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POLK COUNTY? The Gateway of Western North Carolina
Tryon, N. C., April 2, 1925
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SUMMER IN ITS HISTOSY AS RESORT
?Mi?? Boom Strikes Henderson County Capital anil Things are
Himw.ig F*ery Day and in Every Way.
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, held a:: i >?? ?- ? ; I;ls staged.
Ales f.i u:> :: :> i ??model.'ng the
I Gla: ner I- :: i:-" f n Main Street
d will "VvV- a ,v ii ;?artntent store j
soon a.- c ? -'i 'ti i> completed. ;
me X? ?' N'uy I.:r..i:dry has just j
)Ted in''' !'- aning depart-'
intertitf'i e ? : rh-ir particul ar j
IBiremo:; ts a .i w : I ; operate one of j
, best r<i nipped and most complete j
raN BEARS NAME OF j
Mil. GOVERNOR WHOM I
I CAROLINIANS DETESTED
K| Retaliation of Representative of
1^ Crown Resented by Pioneers who
Dabbed Ruler as a Bloody Mind
ed Tyrint.
Tryon was named for one of the
r!r colonial governors and recently
ich discussion lias arisen regarding
i title, "Bloody" Tryon", he earned
tie acting in that capacity under
? Bri:hish Crown prior to being
coved to New York where he acted
governor until the revolutionists
jve him to ship and away. In a re
it historical review we notei
b proof of ihe crult'y and fyranny
Governor Tryon, no e the following
its: Captain Benjamin Merril at
wan Couny, who was one of the
e who had presented the petition
1 redres? of grievances, received
! following entence from Tryon's
ief Justice: "1 must uo-.v close i iy
!ict:ng duty by pronouncing uoon
i. Benjamin Merril, be carried to
i place from where you came ? thai
i came: that you be drown from
re to the p'ace of execution you
cut down while vet alive^ thai
ir bowels be taken out and burnt
ore your fao: that your head b-j
off. your body divided into four
iners and this to be His Majes
? disposal^ an?i may the Lord have
re? on yo :r soul." This martyr of
f 7 died Psa.ms to praise
dry cleaning plants In the South at
:heir new location on Ea9t Fourth
Avenue.
The old City Hal! is being razed
after having been condemned and the
space which it occupied will probably
offer of $1000 per front foot for the
property and it is possible that it
will be so'd and another, site found
for ithe city buildings.
The Quali y Ice Cream Company of
Spartanburg, S. C. recently bui t a
distributing and storage plant for
their products which are having a
wide sale in the territory.
Side streets and alleys in the heart
of tihe city are being paved and a reg
ulaf clean-up program i8 under way
in preparation for the biggest summer
season of Hendersonville's history.
I^r. Frank Bright , a former resi
dent of Florida has opened a real
estate office in the building housinf
the Chamber of Commerce and
Emerson & Perry have leased the
old P.aza Hotel for a similar enter
prise. -
Druid Hills, Laurel Park and other
real esta e developments are being
vigorously pushed and many sales
are being closed.
The St Petersburg contingent will
return with reinforcements in plenty
and the Charleston colony wi.l also
have many new members according
to those who should know.
It is rumored that here will be a
daily newspaper in the field during
the entire summer but whether Mr.
Ho'loweli with the NEWS or Mr.
Fain with the TIMES will make the
effort isn't sta ed. Perhaps both of
'em will tackle it. v
All in all Hendersonville is hitting
on every cy'inder and the faster it
grows the better Polk County people
win be pleaded tor anything that
helps any section of Western North
Caro ina and adds to its prestige
must eventually help all of it
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TRYON ART 10AN
RAPIDLY TAKING SHAPE
The Ar Loan is taking shape,
and though the Sir Joshua Reynolds
and the wonderful o d china owned
by the LeDuc family, the silver and
furniture by the Bownes will not be
on exhibit, there will be pictures by
Mr. Mazzanovitch and Mr. Barnes;
Orien al objects brought by Miss
Steams from the eastf with many
other ^unexpected treasure from the
safe P aces of families liivng ' in
Tryon.
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MS CANADIAN BARITONE WILL SING
AT SPARTANBURG MUSIC FESTIVAL
I
"?y Professional Entertainer Since Eleven When He Toured
torica Willi Pryors Band and Sang With Pittsburg Orchestra
In New York
rtasburc S C - -Douglas Stan
f( Famous baritone of >he Chic
Civic Opt ra Company, will ap
' it the Spartanburg Music Festi
on Opera Ni^ht Thursday May 7.
r. Stanburv was born in Canada
received th? r?- th,. greater part
is musical train. ng. He comes by
Bit of voice r;'ti e naturally, since
1 his moth r and grandfather
e profession a! s:ng/ rs. He was a
solist in an Ki>.s?opal Church of
Wo, Cana-ia At eleven years he
111 Public toiici-rt work and was
i famous. I,(,y ( ontraltos being
r rare, h? was ::iur h sought after,
toured Canada and New York
e With Pyror's Band and sang
' the Pittsburg Orchestra in
heater.
from a youthful contralto qnaL
Stanbury'3 voice gradually dev
^ into a rich baritone, and this,
, 10 many y, ar.? a^o? coupled with
enthusiasm <n >.mth howeve^
th,. pi j! si- (lf the artist, ac
^ {rom much \ iblic experience,
e has cr?nc? "< 1 almost contin
*? The voic.- i., ; { the lumnious
t?.i ever throughout the scale,
rangi. a r; ^ ndequa e to all
lDa^' upon it for volume
lone color.
I, fUl,t,ur-' '-' ^lhiucs rare musi
l. : na emotional en
With a ? rf.nic ability of
1 degree ir,.{ winning person,
a strong ,rt fitage asset,
ability to i/rc-s; nt with joy and
the pres. a repertoire
diverBi'y. makss him a
6Tery ^ace appears.
1 ^ concert tourSj he haji
V
appeared with tremendous popularity
at the biggest New York moving pic.
ture house, the Capitol Theatre, and
it was here th&t he s ood out so mark
ed y that he was spectaculary jumped
right into opera With the Chicago
Civic Opera Company, where he has
ju8? had a most successful season.
Monrea} Herald: Remarkable voice
of great sonority, individual timbre
and expressive power.
Washing on Star: His voice has a
freshness and natural quality and he
has considerable dramatic ability
Chicago Tribune: Here is a voice
resonant round and ardent. A good
looking young ginger, who displayed
musical style and artistic taste. *
. Chicago Journal: A voice and bear.
ing valuable to the company.
6E0R6E C. AID AMERICA'S
FOREMOST ETCHER GIVES EXHIBIT
AT MOUNTAIN INDUSTRIES
Tryon Ma Has Etchings Hunf to Lux
emburg, Paris, Library of Coupes Wash
fngton, D. C? Roaal Gallery, Dresden
and Pubic Ubrary, New York.
George C. Aid, well known Tryon
artist whose etchings have won for
him an interna iona^ reputation and
wto is recognised as the leading
| American exponent of this branch of
the graphic arts is giving exhibit ot
his work for the benefit of visitore
and residen s during this week, at
the Mountain Int^stries.
The American Art Annual in its
review of noted artists shows that
Mr. Aid was a student of the St
Louis School of Fine Arts; attended
Julian Academy under Laurens and
Benjamin Constant, and was wi h
Simon and Cottet In Paris. His work
has been hung in the Library of Con
gress, Washington, D. C., New York
Pub ic Library ; Luxembourg, Paris, I
and the Royal Gallery. Dresden, Ger
many.
Mr Aid is a Southerner by birth
and his wife is a native Carolinian,
Miss Orr. Though spending much of
his life in his native Missouri, Mr.
'Aid lived many years in Europe and
his etchings show this influence
very s rongly." ?
The Atlanta Journal in reviewing
the exhibition of Mr# Aid last Feb
ruary said:
"Les Deux Ponts at San Remo
shows the two ?*d bridges and mas;
sive Italian houses bathed in a lim
pid atmosphere and soft sunshine.
From far over the lagoon he draws
the individual silhoutte of the church
of the Salute against the sky. He
enjoy8 as only an artist can en
joy the infinite wealth of pictur
esquesness offered by the buildings of
countries like Holland, France and
Italy. He is an excellent observer
and does not disdain accuracy, as for
example in his Venitian etchings. A
light band ,a sane design, a hearty
natural love of the picturesque, rec
ommends his etchings to the public.
"With him as with all artis'B who
really love the art ? he does his own
printing and makes the production of
a finished impression as important
an event as the painting of a picture
instead of leaving this part of the
work for some able printer, who,
whatever his training and skill can
hardly, be expected to have that feel
ing for the design which the author
of it knows."
Mr. Aid is a member of the Assoc
iation of American Etchers, Chicago
Society of Etchers, St Louis Art
Guild, Paris AAA, Soc des Pentres
Graveurs Francias and other artis s
organizations. He has spent much of
his time in Tryon during the past
years, owning a country place in the
Pacolet Valley where he now makes (
his home..
Jethro Barren Returns To Tryon
Jethro Garren, a former Polk
County resident and who at one
time was a popu'ar clerk for The
Ballenger Company, is up from St.
Petersburg, Fla., where he spent the
winter, and after visiting Saluda re a*
tives came to Tryon and will do the
office work for S tread wick Bros, un
til the season is over, Jethro's many
friends are glad to hear of his return.
Detroit Visitors love Tryon
Mr. and Mrs. Dteck of Detroit
are with Miss Ravenel. They with
other Detroiters .are renewing their
youth with drives on the mountains
and walks over the hills. Every
variety of humanity may be found
now in Tryon, from an Austrain nobl?
man ;o a Siamese mother. The lands
south of Egypt havt> been represent
ed by an Absynnian, a graduate of
Oxford, and later of a theo'ogical
school. Who know* but the ''federa
tion of the world" will be effected
here in our atfan'ains?
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NINETY THREE YEARS YOUNG
MAJOR KING STOL ACTIVE
Among the distinguished guests
registered at Oak Hall during the
past week was Major William A.
King, 93-year-old agricultural JournaL
.st and horticulturist of Ballston, Va.y
a suburb of Washington, D. C.
Mr. King is well preserved and ex
ceeding y active, taking an interest in
everything about him and looking for_
ward to many more years of useful
ness. He holds a national record for I
service in the field, retiring after
thirty years continious service. He is
one of the oldest members of the F.
A. A. M. and has been connec ed with
numerous agricultural publications
in an editorial way, including Farm
and Fireside and Coleman's Rural
World. He is past post commander of
George Q. Meade Post No. 6, Q. A.
R. Committeeman of the Boy and Girl
Scouts and National Grange Deputy
for Virginia.
Mr. King after examination of the
soli here sta es that those interested
in growing handsome lawns can get
very good results from the use of
Carpet Lawn Grass which may be
secured from Atlanta seedsmen and
which i8 particularly adapted to the
red clay soils sufch as exists in Polk
County.
"One thing you particularly need
in Tryon," said Major King, "is a steel
f.agpole from which Old Glory may
be unfurled every day in the year.
Located on a pedestal near the station
it would attract attention and tetsfy
o the loyally of the town Ameri
can tradi ions. It could be erected by
subscription, I'm sure "
"Qne can not over-rate the good
work being done by the scout move
ment among the boys and giris of
your country. The Bcout organization
equals in value the work of your
churches, I'm sure. They instiJ the
American Ideals in the hearts of our
youth and the boys and girls of this
generation will be the business, in.
dustrail, political and social leaders
of the next. The bettet preparation
they have to meet the difficulties of
life the better citizens they will make
"I am very much Interested in
Western North Carolina. You have
wonderful opportunities here which
you will de well to develop? I have
just returned from a visit to rela
tives in Florida and found it truly a
wonder-land made such through the
aggressive booster spirit which Flori
da fosters. Carolina will develop it as
the State grows."
Major King is an interesting per
son whose weah of experience makes
him an entertaining talker. His active
interest in the development of the
natural resources of the mi tire South
is unusual In a man of ninety-three.
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8TARS
Just as the brook keeps running
Onward with rippling rhyme
So they continue grinning
At the assau ts of Time
So they continue playing
Joyously on the job,
A shining constellation, \
Johnson, Collins and Cobb.
While others come and vanish
From the hit harried field.
They ever face the struggle,
Not knowing how to yield;
Mocking the calling shadows,
Flouting the sunqpt
They jus* keep on pastfanf/
Walter Eddie and Ty.
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Although wise fo'ks predicted
Their finish long agof
They give old Time the ha-ha
As their great records show
For, when books are balanced.
Up tQ the top they bob,
Real miracle performers,
Johnson, Collins and Cobb
? Sportlife
MILLIONS INCREASE IN
MAIL ORDER BUSINESS
Two of the greatest mail-order
houses report a January business of
$34,476,000, four milliod greater than
January 1924, and seven million great
er ihan January 1923.
They represent a fair measure of
the country's purchasing ability and
show conclusively what advertising
will do to -build up a business when
backed by service and courtesy.
These successful concerns spend
approrimatily fiver percent of their
gross income on pai? publicity and
advertising of various sorts. They
grab dollarg from under the very nos.
es of small town competitors because
they thoroughly sell their prospects
through the printed page.
And yet many Polk County mer
chants assume that money spent in
advertising is thrown away and hat
they are conferring a faver when they
by white space in the best possible
medium ? their county paper.
Advertising is a commodity the
same as any other merchandise and
is sold on that basis alone. If you
can't apply it profitab y to y?ur busi
ness?there is something wrong with
your business, and not with adver
tising.
The merchant who uses advertis
ing space in his count paper because
he feels he is "called upon to help
support a public institution" expects
no returns. He neither studies, plans
nor writes advertising in a manner
which will get returns. ? r
He has the wrong viewpoint. If he
approaches the matter of advertising
from a straight business angle andx
uses his brains to plan his sales talk
and uses every possible tie-up in the
shape of window dispay, direct_by
mail signs, and salesmanship he will
get visible returns.
Tourist Activities in Tryu
e
The dogwood and red bud are out
on the mountains and the season is
in full force with every room and
cranny filled with tourists. Mis" Fee.
ett had an exhibit of embroidered
garments at Oak Hall on Thursday,
and Mrs. Ruysdaal read a most in
terestlng story of a recent vfgft to
the Canyon of Colorado IBd of the
unspoiled Indians who ttre lD the
north.
IMPORTANT LEGISLATION AFFECTING POLK
COUNTY INTRODUCED BY F. P. BACON
Bills Passed at Recent Session Which Vitally Concern Citizens of
County were Introduced by State Senator Bacon.
That Sta'e Senator Francis Pick
ens Bacon was active in getting
through necessary legislation helpful
to the interest of Polk County is best
shown in the record of ^ill^ endorsed
by him during the past session which
which became laws. They were:
An act to provide _ for. the collec
tion of the Tryon Graded School
special tax. s
Provides that this tax shall be
collected without any charges or fees
for the service rendered.
Providing a schedule of fees to
be collected by the clerk ol the
Superior Court in Po k County.
Seventy-eight items are set forth
in the act embracing every con
ceivable form of action known to leg
al parlance, enumerating the fee to
be charged f the charge of each be
ng in harmony with fees allowed
under the general statutes. Five per
cent is also allowed- on all fines, pen
din -
COOPER GAP TOWNSHIP
VOTES SPECIAL SCHOOL
TAX AT ELECTION TUESDAY
Legislature Authorizes $20*000 Bom
lisue to Construct New School
At Cooper Gap; To Be Com
pleted for Next Tern. v
The voters of Coopers Gap Town
ship at a special e ection held Tues
day, March 31 1925, voted a specia
school tax of 50 cents to go into ef
feet immediately.
Representative Hunter of Greens
Creek introduced the following bil
it the recent session of the legls.a
ture and succeeded in getting it
throi
Township. .- .
County commissioners empowered
to issue "Polfe County School Bonds"
not to exceed in amount he sum of
$20,000 for the purpose of erecting
a school building in said township.
Denominations to be determined by
fhe Board, bonds to bear said inter
est not to exceed five ppr cent per
mnum, interest payable semian
nually; Issue to be approved by a
majority of the members of the
>oard of commissioners, signed by
he chairman and countersigned by
:he secretary with seal of county
\ tached. Bonds mature in five years
ind none to be disposed of at less
han par.
Prof. ?). W. S. Cobb of Columbus
;tates that they expect to have the
aew school ready for occupancy by
by the beginning of the next school
session. N
alties, amercements and taxes paid
by the clerk by virtue In his office
and five per cent on all sums of
money not exceeding $50^ placed in
his hands by vir ue of his office, ex
cept on judgment decrees and exe_
cution; and upon the excess of$50O
of such sums, one per cent.
An act to regulate the fees of
deputy sheriffs in Po k County.
Executing summonst etc., $1; ar
| rests in civil action, $2; in criminal
actions, $3; imprisonments and re
leases, 50 .cents each; subpeona
[ witness, 60 cents; conveying priso
ners to another county, $3 per diem
\nd mileage, and for prisoners' guard
| *2 per diem and mileage tc^ be paid
! hy the county in which the proceed
ings were instituted; al'otment
j widows' allowance, ?2; taking prop
erty claimed, $2, conveying priso
| ^ers to penintentiary, $2 per diem,
Tiileage, an<j actual necessary expen
se ? $2 per day and actual expenses
"or each guard, not exceed one guard
'or every three prisoners, e'c.
To enforce the prohibition laws in
?o k County.
Officers to receive ten do'lars for
ach illicit distillery seized and
lestroyed in the county. Commit
loners to allow that sum when satis
led, the seizure bona fide.
An act fixing the fees of the reg
ster of deeds for Polk County.
As c erk to the board of county
ommissioners such per diem as the
3oard may al ow not exceeding $4
per day; five cents for each name
'n making out original tax list ? fo*
ach name on each copy required to
*>e made, five cen e; in recording
ind issuing each order of the com
nissioners twenty cents; for ctand
' pfJjtajft^XK&ona fee Is to be char*
each statutory form
mortgage, twenty cents.
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BLUE RIDGE WEAVERS
HAVE SPLENDID DISPLAY
You can't visit Tryon and over
look the Blue Ridge Weavers. George
and Sa'ly Cathey have made many
friends in and out of the town and
their assortment of mountain made
wares is exceptionally attractive.
They are always ready to show visL
tors their wares and explain how and
where tbey were made and by whom.
And Margueri e will entertain you ?
Miss We tner conducts the Blue
Ridge Weavers Tea room. We call
her Marguerite because we know her, -
and like her and can tea ify concern.
Ing her abili y to 8atisfy the cravings
of the inner man for delicious and
appetizing cookery.
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TRYON WINTER SEASON IN FULL SWING
WITH HUNDREDS Of VISITORS
Attractive Bridle Paths, Mountain Trails and Purring Streams Attract
Horseman, Hiker, and Fisheriran. Golf Coorse Popular With
Those Who Play the Game
The lure of the bright crisp days
of a Tryon Springtime, the tender
?reen of luxuriant turf, the chirp of
the robin ? these are enchanting to
hose fortunate enough to winter in
the thermal belt.
On horse, by motor and on foot
visitors seek the beauty spots which I
have made Tryon vajnous since the
days when red-coated Britors ri^d
the land and pioneer spirits matched
strength with primi 1ve savagery.
Up dale and downt over ice-co'd
mountain brooks p'unging from
rock to rock In their mad race
towards the lowlands; through dim
vistas of towering pine and fragrant
balsam bordered with rhododendron
and dogwood; into the coves and
canyons where grim lipped men de_
fled prohibition laws long before
Vols' ead wag born; these things the
trails offer to the observing vis'tor,
these and many others just as attrac
tive.
Incident'y out at the foot of the
moun alng the Tryon Country Club
offers a nine ho'e course for thos- I
"overs of the old game of the canry
Hielanders ? a mountain breed whose
progeny made North Carolina a by
word for stubborn tenacity when the
world was young ? and whose ch 1.
Iron's children seem to have inherited
'he inborn love for the fee' of a bras
I le and the arc of a circling baL veil
strnek.
Every day, natives and viat ors rub
hooiders on tto tsml
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a hurtling bit of rubber over the nat
ure. hazards of an ideal course.
Golf is a great game for those who
ike it. I furnishes out-of-door exer
cije for men and women who might
otherwise never get a fair amount of
sun and fresh air.
The flick of a fly on whirling water
the crack of a rifle on the frosty air,
or the dull roar of a twelve gauge
scatter gun from the concealment of a
duck blind appeal to the red-blooded
American who takes his exercise in
the rough. Golf is probab y a more re
fined and cultivated sport ? and its
lure bringg hundreds to Tryon who
might otherwise ne*-~
But for those wuu cuJU; ~ r rari
ties of recreation we can say that
there are both rainbow and brook
trout in tile Pacolet, Vaugb'g Creek
and Green River. The skillful fisher,
nan will not return with an empty
creel
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