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rv''U v ' ?Sti'!I 1!.';'. ' 'U ' ? r ? t . - j oltf J m ifllV.UOO /III OS rtHT POLK COUNTY? The Gateway of Western North Carolina ? ? >? "t,..-: ? ? Try on, N:':C., May 21, 1925 -W W An Independent Weekly , Published in an inde dendent part of these United States. Five Cents Per Copy $1.50 a Year ? |#S : -INEER SSU '? ' ' PROGRESS OF WORK P" IS 60 PERCENT COMPLETED m firs1)* ? :|6 Is Staked, Bottom Cleared, Oain Oe excavation Through Two Nondred Feet " Winery & Equipment Assembled I" V .? I ..iKO ?.'.I 'rest -ress the i; ? well i< ! -oll rroa. j . i Win. , . .X t' I '?.I" I . \l : Ker- 1 ? . . is ion rs a ml sur- j : moun- , i \ :nent : : a !h Of and . months ! ; must! .. citizens j : Ming of j r-onville ! ?*t ir.r with j II it'll by I i : ht pre . !.i - outlin nstrat. large i.im:.i??Uh t'H and ? i Mr. of the ; n-rossive | ?;:c >ini-er- j me, and ? on the l.lUIM'h. .1' i Apices . : ? h" w ? >od r i'v > ;> ok lind :? .1-' hasty <i -Hit by J Mr. i in c 1 mf nil..- A | r "ii,'lit in j : .i ' u ;-.s < n i: - of the feet in ?A i ' ' TS of is fortt of : * i tearing ! i?I removing hasin. 1!< <1 iip?.n j iperhuman | streets I ' "he most J <!? signing : ? ? iliate con :n.im the ut ? ?ictli with f ; j; :a!i neet*^ ? unit in a ? ?t every riuirement, ground ??f thf ini* ?tdi'd with - in order ? ? 1 ii t ht- small !? lit to be_ the -upplv the h'irde oT en_ i desirous of : s .ti the re ?" prices. Ml three '?\|HTieii'ced immediately K> r-haw has itmitifj organi ? ? il iii!*ine>r? rod ni en and T '! r one direc ' n i if a pre_ ? !iy worked j.l.in designed ? '? -i'iii;e of the ? i 'if this won ... , ''inn and at t(., , ihe utmost in for its fu_ *'? M this task ? -i. ? !iay In- judR r r ht- lapse of ? iue has been . < i the forest. tit t. . i-MUtl.'d and ???'ion fur the ? ?ri.-d through !*n *' i'li and loose *'y,, rock. Ma , ? "A. cement ? ? e.t. . 1 ; r h<M.-n tfath i >n walls, ; ,r , ii?i a suhstan rete placed in V r !;es that at Best tj. S. Athlete v ria'isky, of Georgetown Univers iy. v on the famous Decathlon ?h jtnpionship ht the Penn Relay ?iiies. stamping himself the best aiuurui atiielete in the U. S. least one half of the work incident to completing the dam performed and that within 40 days the last batch of concrete will have been placed and the forms stripped from , the completed structure. Moreover approximately 2 miles of street* Jiave been located and slope staked I and graded out to their full width of I paved roadway and sidewalks Al ready lon^ lines of automobiles hav_ Lng purchasers are daily driving over these new roads admirinp the wonderful scenery, later to be beau- 1 tified tenfold by the sparkling wa ters of a Lake. : Two complete units numbering ISO homesites have fc>een staked out on the ground and another unit of 300 lots is already planned and ready to be staked.out as fast as engineers can place stakes ThiB unit or section lies on the West shore of the Lake upon which no work has been done is yet. A complete prelimin. ary plan .showing the extent and de sign of the completed development embracing some 2500. home sites, with 30 or niore large residential ea_ tates and hotel sites, numerous parks civic center and bathing beaches have beeu prepared. Another feature of Lake Lanier planned for the immediate ; future, says Mr. Kershaw, is a concrete arch bridge at the lake's narrowest point which in one long graceful span hi?h above the boats and pleasure craft on the lake with unite one side of the development with the other. Through Package Car To Havana Accommodates Shippers Spencer, N. ('. May IJ0, ? Manufac turers and other shippers of Virginia and North Carolina now have the ad_ vantage of direcj all rail freight ser-J vice t0 Cuba for less than carload shipments, a package car line from Spencer Transfer to Havana having been established by the Southern Railway in connection with the Flor ida East Coast Railway and the Key West car ferry. Under this arrangement,, cars load, ed at Spencer are moved by the I Southern to Jacksonville, thence by the Florida Last Coast to Key West where they are loaded on the ferry and t td ns,ported l|o Havana where? they are shunted to the freight ter minal iu.that city. ?> This means that shipments from any point from which cars are load ed to Spencer Trannfer can be ?ent through to Havana with only one transfer en route. In ? addition, there are many, other advantages since the requirements* for packing and shipping by this route are no diffenent from those for domestic i freight. Cars are received at Spencer I Transfer from a larger number of points in the territory north of the j Potomac River and shipments for Cuba coming to Spencer in them will I be consolidated with those originat_ ing in Virginia and Carolina terri I * tory. j Similar service is maintained by the Southern from Cincinnati and from. Inmaa Transfer, Ga., and ha? I proved of great convenience to ship pers interested in the rapidly grow ! ing Cubitn trade. ^utocaiter Siwre [Appalachian Highway Good Route South Says Report The report of the South Carolina Highwr.y Commission on that seo tiou of the road connecting the Pal metto State with North Carolina via Tryon reads as follows: Route 19. Appalachian Highway Newberry. Whitmire, Union, Glenn Springs, Spartanburg, l^.ndrnni and to Saluda, Hendersonville and Ashe, ville In North Carolina. Newberry ' to Union good. Union to Spartan burs: partly under construction de tonr via routes Nos. 11 and !?2 fair to good. Spartanburg to North Caroli na line good. The section between Inman and Campobello is now op^n to traffic buj will he closed in about one week. T*he detour will be fair and well marked. O Jackson-Swindler Wedding In June Landrum. S. C. May L'2, 1 0 2 r? Mrs, Eugenia E. Swindler announces the engagement of her daughter Maggie Lee to Mr. Frank Jackson of Mill Spring, N. ('. The wedding to take place the la ter part of June. " " ~ t -rrrf-r May*Day Kiss Mt>. Coolidge is never happier than ^iien tiny tots call on her at the White House ? this one getting a real love kiss during his May* Day call. Regular preaching service at the Cnlumhua Presbyterian church next S -inlay night at 8 o'clock. The pub_ lie of both cities cordially invited. I FlngerviKe Tossers lose 1 H To Landrttm Aggregation The Landrum balLtossei-s travel ed to Fingerville Saturday and lock ed horns with the peppy aggregation representing that thriving village By bunching hits at the critical mo | ment and playing the "old army i game" the Landrum boys nosed out j ' their opponents by a score of 4_3 in ! an exciting finish. Fingerville; Gaingty 3U;. Ptfnse, j 3br Guthrie, p; Porter, c; Burns, <Sf ; Prince lb Ross, ss; Gossss; Cothran If; Ridings, rf. Substitutes: Mor- 1 row and Smith. Landrum; Foster, 2b; Fox, lb W. Capps, 3b; Rorrester, c; R. Capps, rf; Sheehan. ss; Culbreth, cf; Ed wards, If; and Lawter, p. " Golfers Big Tournament Soon Tryon golfers a,re trying out new ! clubs and getting in shape to at tend the twenty-third annual tourna ment of the Southern Golf Associa. i tion which will be held in Asheville j^and it la authentically stated that I over 200 Dixie club-swingers will come to Biltmore B\>rest in June to strive for the championship now held by Jack Wenzler, of Memphis. : Perry Adair of Atlanta, three times winner of the event, will also be here Hie 16th annual meeting of the Congregational Conference ol* the Carolinas which held its session in Charleston, S. C. from Wednesday, to Saturday, inclusive, had as Tryon representatives Rev, and Mrs. Will li. O'Neill and fton Hugh, Mrs. John Orr, and Mrs. McKay. The Confer ence was held in the famous old Cir_ cular Congregational Church, and the guests were royally entertained with interesting trips over the quaint city. Rev. O'Neill was re-elected Registrar and Treasurer, and was al so appointed delegate to the Nation al Council which convenes ' every two years in Washington, D. C., of which body President Coolidge is Honorary Moderator. ^Ttie congregation of the Erskine I Memorial Church, at a meeting Sun day, appointed a building committee to act in tb$ matter of the Commun ity Center house, which will occupy the present site' (ff the Manse, and have rooms connecting with the Church. The committee, composed of Mr. W. B. Weigle, Chm., Nelson Jackson, Jr., W. F. Little, John Orr, W. C. White and Rev. Will B O'Neill, engaged the services of Ro_ land Green, well known architect of Asheville, who also designed ' the Tryon High School Buildinp. Work on the building is expected to begin in the early fall,- the plans calling for an expenditure of $16, 000. Special service at the "Pryon Prc? byterian church next Sunday monu in? at 11 o'clock, to which the pub lic is cordially invited. Presbyter ians continue to worship in the Me ihodist Church, S(^uth. until Che erecion of their new church. Miss Mary Meaeh aud the MLsees Vance have Riven to the Tryon Pres byterians one-half acre of the be&ut. iful property at the corner of How ard street and Grady avenue. The nife formerly occupied by the old town school" building. This site will be used for the building of the new church and the site on Trade St. the R. M. McCown property, for the erection of a new manse. This is a generous gift and one that is most highly appreciated by the Presbyter ians of TVyon. T0 correct an error of last week, Mr. Rttiest Barnes will remain in 'TVyon until June when lie leaves for Mystic, Conn. Mr. Harnes stat ed lie was poiiiK "in June/' We un derstood him to say, "soon". There will be a last week's Polk County News awaiting his arrival, in Mystic. - ^ i v s vJ- 'i )'? J. L. Charles, J. Wfjsqn, ' Walt, er Jackson, of Route 1, Landrum, and Miss Docia McKinney of Route 4 are new subscribers to the Polk uni/ News, which they have found keeps them posted on topics of the day and farm news ua well as local items.- ? Miss Mary Camp of Sandy Plains came to Tryon Tuesday to take a temporary position as stenographer for the ifcyon Development Com pany. ? MIbs Camp is an expert in her profession^ having taught com mercial subjects besides being a proficient operator. Miss Camp will make a vaulable assistant to the de velopers of Lake Lanier. G. E. Dombhart, Manager of the Accounting Service _ Campany, of Charlotte who gupervisfcd the audit of the official >r3cords of Polk County has been called] to Columbus to con sult with the present County Com missioners on pertain phases of his | report to that body. Mr. Dombhart who has many friends here is a i guest at Oak Hall and expects to be a visitor here for the entire wg^c. j ? R. W. Early contributed a small spotted pup to the personnel of the NEWS office this week and Bobbie lias christened it the "Prodigal Pup'' With a mjxed pedigree and an up_ turned nose it has developed a strong liking for the odor of printers' ink and will doubtless become a fix ture .as a mascot for the force. r ,T ft _ GOVERNMENT ORDERS | DETERMINED DRIVE ON MOUNTAINEERS STILLS Spurred to Activity Internal Revenue Bereau Goes into Action on - . land and Sea in Effort to Halt Liquor Traffic, Raids in Polk County Begin Wins $2,000 Prize Robert Stations, 1<5, of Birming ham, Ala., the youngest and small est of seven in the Washington finals, won first prize and $2,000 in > the National Oratorical Contest pres. Coolidge wai an interested Npectafor. FLAT ROCK KICKS " ON TUXEDO-SALUDA CUT OFF ON HIGHWAY More Threaten i Llk ol Prosoerous Town Accci ding tu Its Iriiafels Who Pi O tcst Proposeu Ch r.*z In Route of Appalachian Highway . -The ofraVtng di' "k^fJaludit-Tuxedo cut-off of the Appalachian Highway may remit in the cutting off of East Flat Hock from th;.t main artery oi tourist travel and the inhabitants of that town i re yelling long and loud about the arrangement. The Henderson vi lie News in a re cent issue 'says: "Persistent rumors that East Flat Rock is to be aken off the Asheville Spartanburg highway, Xo. 29, and that for the road in that section is to be substituted a link which will run from Tuxedo to Saluda have gained such currency that a number of letters have been written to the Chamber* of Commerce protesting any such action on the part of the powers that be, in road activities. It is understood that considerable feeling has been aroused among the East Fh.t Rock people since the building of the present Asheville to Spartanburg road through that sec tion has done as much or more than any one factor to induce people to invest their money there. There st ems as yet to be u0 defi nite inf( . m; ;ion come ui* light to give the residents of that section any ideas as to what is going to happen. Me; ntiim the people of the East Flat Rock section are asking if there is any expediency in taking them off a main iri.veled road when this road tire and thriving community, ban -resulted in the growth of an en_ -And ? CarroJ Rogers living in East Flat R( ck wjtl. we imagine, have a fojt to i say before that change goea into effect. Mi-sfers. Page and Kist ler can take warning right now that they are in fof- a red hot session. O Landruni ughtless When Bolt Hits Transformers During the thunderstorm Sunday afternoon lightning struck the trans, former of t 11(1 Tryon Electric Com pany at Landrum j:nd burnt out the ' transformer- and set fire to a supply house of the company, which was completely destroyed with . its von tents. When the flash came and the blaze flared up, some volunteers went to extinguish the fire, but were warned that it was f'.'ngerous, so they stood by nd wai> ; the build ing destroyed. The transformer regulated the lightning of the streets of the town and Landruni was in darkness Sun day night as far s street lights were concerned. The lights in the homes TVyon Electric Service Company,, were not affected by the fire. According to local officials of the j service has been . restored in Lan- j drum and our sister city to the south is no longer plunged in darkness. , Th<> Couzens' committee investiga ring the Internal Revenue Depart ment as forced that bureau into act, ive effort to check the liquor traf fic? on land and sea. in connection with the effort to cork up tiie entrance from the At lantic, Pacific and ? Gulf ports, the department has ordered an infantry i.dvance on the southern mountain sector 'where 'it ?is nfllqged many millions of corn whiskey is being made annually. Enforcement officers are under sealed orders ?.nd raids are to be systematically conducted. Secluded in the rough mountains at the head of some lonely creek, or in a mountain cave ihese stills are protected by the surrounding hills and the utter isolation of the section in which they are located. Cornered by revenue agents the mountain moonshiner often fights. Of the forty.two prohibition agents killed since prohibition went into effect the larger percent of casylties may be laid to the unerring aim of the mount?. ineer who counts the "revenooers" as natural enemies. As a part of the drive in the south Major Hutcheson of Columbus re ports the largest illicit still ever found in Polk County, discoveded in the Green Crtek section on Monday last. A copper still of 125 gallons capa city which is said to be one of the largest ever captured in this sec_ tion in yetrs, was discovered by prohibition officers in its place of concealment 10 miles Ea*t of c0iyni bus in ttw y Greens Creek loSvlands. I'll is find alsi included -WOO gallons of beer, or mash, from which the "moonshine" is made. Th# raid which was made by Ma jor ffutcherson and C. A. Hudgens. resulted in the arrest of three al b-red violators of the Volstead law. A full equipment for a permanent camp including tents, further helped in decorating the scenery, which wan confiscated as well as the more ma. terial evidence. BLUE RIDGE COMPANY LETS CONTRACT FOR SALUDA POWER DAM Largest Hydro-Electric Piant in Western North Carolina To Be Built On Green River in Polk County By Spar tanburg Corporation Polk County will soon have anoth. er four_million dollar hydroelectric development as bids are now being submitted for the erection of the big plant of the Blue Ridge Power Company near Saluda 011 Green River. Mr. John Law, President of the Corporation* suited that this is the largest of the orgaairatoin's four de velopments, the power plant em bracing a fall of 68^ feet, which will .gene.-ate 60,000 to 70,000 horse power; a dam- 175 feet high; a 10-" foot tunnel 2 and one half miles long with a power house at Green River ooce. Other power developments of the company are: The plant at Tuexdo, which is four yeert old; one at Tur ner Shoals, completed this year and another at Foster, which is still to he built. Many Submit Bids. Following is a list of the contrac. tors whi(;h were requested t0 submit bids for the Saluda development: The Foundation Compaany, Atlan ta, Ga., Frederick Snare Corpora New York, N\ Y. 'Charles B. Hawley Washing! . J. C. Moran Construc tion Con.,; , Arkoir, Ohio, U. G. 1. Contracting Co. Philadelphia, Pa<( Dwight P. Robinson Co., Atlanta, Ga. R. G. Hill & Co. Knoxville, Tenn.. Parkla,p Construction Corporation, New York, N. Y., James O. Hey worth Co., Chicago, ,111^,] j Rhinehart & Dennis Co., Charlottesville, Vn.. Hardway Contraction Co., Colt n Ga., Hitchcock & Tinkler, Inc., I, ver, Colo., Bates & Rogers, Chicago, 111 and '^lacam Contracting Com pany, Philadelphia, Pfc.
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