North Carolina Newspapers

Effoimty First, Sec ^ Lust and all the SfH IT GROW.! The Polk County News An Independent Weekly Published in an inde pendent part of these United States. 12 PAGES , -.limit' No-13 POLK COUNTY ? The Gateway of Western North Carolina Five Cents Per Copy Tryon, N. C., November 19, 1925 $1.50 a Year 7[NS of prominence pledge their financial SUPPORT^ to hotel proiect tjons Are Made That The Tryon-Shelton, Which Will L n left Season, Will Be An Immediate Success And 1 Jly Increase All Rral Estate Values In Tiyon the name chos h is to be erected nmediate future, luirge has chosen reason that the under the same ' . . i great 1,200-room \. w York City's most ?V. ' ? . , omplete hotel suc f ; n is the New York . ? -Mine; of important . by the Continental inc. These hotels ; Boston to Florida, w and magnificent ho ";..;.hia, Baltimore. De ^ ? ! Hamilton, N. Y. of this connection ; .. l : i< rstood when it is '.!>? v s.s will be sent in Trvon from various .truer cities of Canada, ,vwn the line through r'iiti and New'' York, with ? prists from Florida and r. it's are already in V- possibilities of obr ^rvi::-uis for next spring. is to organize at laws of South Caro -1 r financing which ?u'/.ished in Tryon will :V without loss of Uime. '?iHk will be issued bear at the rate of 7 per cent, .?mi-snv.tutlly. With each L o: rred stock, one v.ock will go as a loi .I investors. This will of unquestioned j; t, , r i and also give i o,,:.l.iMve value which a'tractive. A most ?" -irii-T- fluent has been en ,v ->u. continental com v. lt-:nracts to earn all including interest ? Iv. amortization fund be a ;<? nny of profit for it - vll 'hvn split evenly the rtV;:li the holders of the , ; k Hotel experts have l>y the end of the v >f operation, if not ear ? :non stock will be earo LVi"> a share. Indeed, the i'Tt *s show a probability -? earnings for the com :,i which is to go as a bonus ;:-f-rred stock. r: i> interested in this ven :hv committee urges that : ?'r.ould have a part in the : r Support is to come cv*';uart?Ts, but it is desired : smaller investors shall ?>n:sflves, partly as a mat ?;:::t, partly as a matter of Try n. and partly as a business policy. A investment carrying with >v':.uh very shortly may as if not more .si investment is not ? h* had. The opening . >hel'.(?n Hotel will in v.;'. of every piece of : ;-rty in Tryon by not ? r e-nt. Men of prom ?;< s business community : voice declared them Lv r \ f the enterprise. to find the bus T yon at last working s single purpose for ? th- comntunity," said !.y:.eh, one of the most r-.ti - state men in West-; ' .r !;nar "For a long ?ry knows, I have been i t y of a real first - tak** care of the tour mi-transient visitors and who are going '? ver increasing num from the outside are > itf ntion to Tryon. All prosperity for them and h- r- ( :n be no doubt of ' f irsj class hotel un ? ?? management here. It 'hut such a hotel will ?o the value of our ? ;? -v. That, I think, is . ? : v p statement. It of rruch more than 20 ? value of our unim With support giv ?? in fair ratio by most to gain, as niven, we should i roject and do our a reality for the : am pledged to do M' ill urge others to l believe Tryon will ? nt- r resort in the ?'uture and will be /,? ?; * ??tally interested in Hotel," said Sen ' l)"cause I believe imiiieiliate and per 'f our city. I re i uood investment, ? n i he effort in a : : putting my money ? ?'! .stock. * As has ' y others, .there are why we should all r: erprise as freely r earning capaci ? lit of a first class ' rn conveniences i'i.'i connected with ' '"Ms as a result of ?l"raiion, will bring "?':sands into Tryon. ?'ill remain here as ?'i. i permanent resi Kreater, prosperi ^'atfe man, for the lumber man and 1:'r ihe banker, for i the garage man, r '-very one of us. we are going to ? "1 will increase the h- ? !l T:-v value of our improved property. It will make our property of more im mediate value for the reason that if we wish to sell, purchasers will be ready at hand to deal with us. The securities of the hqtel in which I shall make a very substantial invest ment will carry 7 per cent interest, and the great company which has agreed to take over the management and operation of the hotel thinks "so well of the opportunity that it will profit nothing itself until it is able to earn dividends for the common stock which will go as a bonus with l he preferred stock. I urge all who can to have a part in this progressive movement, behind which and as addi tional security is the entire future of Tryon." "I am heartily in favor of the Ho tel," said Mr. G. H.* Holmes. "I believe in it as an investment and as a spkndid enterprise for Tryon. I shall ask my friends to help m&ke the hotel a success. We should all have a part in this the most import ant and ambitious effort Tryon has as yet undertaken. I shall invest in the preferred stock because I believe in it." "Every one knows that for a very long time I have been hoping for just such a hotel as is now planned for Tryon." said Mr. B. L. Ballenger. "I am behind the movement with an important investment of my own funds. That is the most practical way I know of expressing myself. I am asking my friends and associates to demonstrate the same confidence in Tryon." NOTABLE OCCASIONS University of North Carolina and the Vanderbiit University to the Fore. .From World's Work columns ig gleaned the following: '?This month brings two notaJble oc casions in education. It is fifty years since the University of North Caro lina reopened its doors after the Civil War. When it reopened after the car pet bag government left North Caro lina. it was as dilapidated and ill nourished an educational institution as ever began the task of holding the lamp of knowledge up to the sight of an unlettered and poverty stricken so ciety. But it had a sturdy inherit ance and in fifty years it has be come one of the most successful state universities in the country. Its suc cess is founded upon its own service and upon an increasingly effective state school system. It is an im portant anniversary. The reopening of the university is about as good a point to begin the record of progress as could be found, and in fifty years education in the South has done much to make good the destruction caused by slavery, the war, and reconstruc tion . "The other celebration is the open ing of the new medical school at Van derbiit University. It also is a mark of the Sou til's progress. This med ical chool is not a 'good medical school for the South." In building, in equipment, in personnel, it is on a par with any medical school in the country. It has not, of course, the size, history or distinction of Johns Hopkins, Harvard or the College of Physicaans and Surgeons in New York, but its buildings are bertter than those of these older institutions, and its personnel is as distinguished as could be gathered together by any new institution. "These two celebrations are cheerr ful signs of the return of the South toward the level of the rest of the country in education, after which all else will follow." ANOTHER STEP FORWARD Carter P. Brown Makes First Move Toward a Tryon Horse Show. The News is informed that the land formerly used by the Tryon baseball club has been leased by Carter P. Brown for three years and he is mak ing a standard size horse-show ring in the middle of the ball field with the hope next spring of having a horse show the week preceding the Asheville horse show. Mr. Brown feels that this will be a decided at traction to the tourists, as well as 'bringing in a number of outsiders who for the first time may become acquainted with Tryon and may be so favorably impressed that they will become residents or property owners here. Already there have been jumps of various kinds placed in the lower end of the field, and it is Mr. Brown's wish that any one interested in jumping or desiring a place for schooling their horses will avail themselves of these grounds. Horseback riding has been one of the great charms of Tryon, and he feels that it should be encouraged in every way. The tourist who moves to Tryon and brings his own horse is more than likely to be one of the best patrons of the town, as anyone shipping horses around for his own pleasure is more than apt to be very liberal and a very good sportsman. Another Proud Father. The stork has not been very busily engaged hereabouts of late, so in or der to maintain his reputation as a benefactor to humanity in Tryon he at 5:05 a. m. Tuesday called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Stone, leaving as his tribute one 6^-pound boy ? a perfect specimen of the race which was adopted and designated as Richard Wellington Stone. The News i is pleased to extend congratulations. I Pnmn J Dozostxm They Dtfwj Him Nuts 1 * "R?W 'GoUbtt* <c I M TMe HA"Z'C *v s L'.cjtAT cp A?PkOA^C Ktl^G bUSK,' TH^E vvJ\Ll^-evCeN HI(^0,u)\TH A flGTOOlsH chUCKLG Of TRIUMPH, CRH^T SLoui LV~ "TOUJA^t^s: THe -reRRofe-^TRiclcEXJ L?MOR?- WITH a. StARIEK Of HO^Ra^ T SHe CLosSb AS -rvte 5WA^tHY ARMS , or the brutc ? CLOSet^ AfeOUT H?R LIK? TH? -reAJTA^LeS Of 5oH? HORfcl&LG -SeA-MONiSXB^ JUSTT -RieM ~CV\? boofe. OPCTOGbk AAOCk JACK L6Ff\MGoJeUL- CoMTlMOEk cq ~R\>SVWb V* A**> 1 la?& -Yh# r*Nb ?u*c OM HIS BAO* witTH A ^?LL-AlH?fc* BUM* OM TH? JAuJ- HA <5ATHCP??k "TH? L?nr fCRM Of Trt C BCAUT1PJL oifct wo His fouonrou ARMS AMfc> ~Ct> fLSC u>*TH H?5* "TO im AMCRICAXJ COM iULATC - S4JT JO?r "THOn? "THE CO&TTAJkJ* J?\erek AMt> SiyrmOJ BLACK. MHO/OS- CO*TOMUCb OA? ADVANCING ITS STANDARD Tryon Country Club Property Will Be Improved and Beautified. The directors of the Tryon Coun try club held a meeting at Oak Hall Monday and the following improve ments were discussed, and It was de cided to start work immediately on them: New sand boxes and seats at each tee are to be built; a small con crete dam is to be placed across the stream at No. 9 tee, flooding a small marsh there and making a water hole with a pond about sixty feet wide. It wag also decided to buy a couple of hundred peach trees and plant them at the edge of the woods on the various fareways and around the log cabin shelter at No. 9 tee. The ab rupt bank on the way to No. 7 green is to be graded and put in first-class order. The club is a great benefit to the town, and a membership campaign was planned with this in view. It is felt by the directors that anyone own ing property or in business in Tryon should support the Country club, as it is one of the great attractions to the tourists, and as Tryon is strictly a tourist town it is felt that the Country club must be kept up to a high standard. Mrs. Shannon Retires. Mrs. Ruth Alexander Shannon, who so cleverly presided over The News news columns as editress for the past several weeks, has retired from news paporial effort and will engage in the more pleasant task of home buiilding on her 7-aare tract near Columbus, later to join her husband who Is em-, ployed in special edition promotion among newspapers of the South, now at Augusta, Ga., whither he migrated from Hattiesburg, Miss., after con cluding a successful campaign for the leading newspaper of that thriving city. The publishers of The News can but plaesantly express their apprecia tion of Mrs. Shannon's editorial la bors, under very trying conditions. New Engineer With Hog Back. Mr. Ira U. Kaufman of the Lock wood Goven Engineering company has been retained by the Carolina Moun tains, Inc., in their development of Hog Back mountain. He is a very competent man of wide experience, having planned and built in Atlanta, Ga.; Druid Hills, Ausley Park, Peach Tree Heights and Boulevard Park. He has also done quite a bit of work for the government, having built the Beamings camp at Columbus, Ga.; the Goodon Camp at Atlanta, the Johnson Camp at Jacksonville, Fla., and the Lilian Mill and Mill villages at Li man, S. C. They have already made a preliminary survey of Hog Back mountain and have submitted to the board of directors a sketch of the entire development. The Drama Fortnightly. The first meeting of the Drama Fortnightly will be held, at the Parish House Thanksgiving night. The play to be read Is Jerome K. Jerome's "Passing of the Third Floor Back." The cast includes Mr. Dwight Smith, Mrs. Robert Denison, Mrs. Brazwell, Mr. Robert Peattie, Miss Goodwin, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Holmes, Miss Elizabeth Marsh, Miss Lucille Smith, Mr. Embry Smith, and Mr. Ted De Boer. Mrs. Peattie will direct the meetings. Following this occasion the society will meet every other Wednesday night at the Parish House. Union Thanksgiving Service. The Union Thanksgiving Day serv ice will be held in Holy Cross Epis copal church ifext Thursday at 10 a. m., the Rev. Dr. Justice of the Baptist church preaching the sermon. All are cordially invited to attend. FRENCH LESSONS given by Miss Siller at little Orr Cottage. Also Piano lessons, beginners or ad vanced pupils. 10-tf ? tc. AN APPEALING CAMPAIGN Of National Scope Is to Be Conducted | in Tryon ? Mrs. Merrick In Charge. The National tuberculosis campaign once more claims the attention and co-operation of intelligent persons. There is no longer any need to ex plain how important to the welfare of the country is the annual contribu tion to the fight against tuberculosis made by the hospitals, camps, and laboratories. The largest contribu tion to this stirring fight comes from the sale of the Christmas anti-tuber culosis stamps. In Tryon this year' the campaign is in the capable hands of Mrs. Ade laide Godshaw Merrick. She does not intend to have a house to house can vas, but has some new plans. First: She asks the school' children to earn money for stamps and to pur chase them. Mr. Schilleter, the su perintendent of our public school will encourage them in this and explain the importance of the work. Each child will be given a chance to tell how he earned his money, and will have the happiness of knowing that he co-operated in this work of mercy. Second: Mrs. Merrick and her as sistants will be at the postoffice as the holidays approach, to provide boxes and wrappings for Christmas packages, and will do this for a small charge. Tuberculosig stamps may be purchased there and at the ohief stores of the town. Third ? Stamps will be on sale at the Lanier Library on all library and club days after Thanksgiving. Fourth: There will be a series of social entertainments of a delightful nature, the time and location of which will be made known later. Livingston Hotel Arrivals. H. M. Gibbs, Peoria, 111.; F. B. VValdrop, Baltimore, Md.; W. D. Reams, Morristown, Tenn.; G. W. Simpson, Augusta, Ga. ; Mr. Jobe, Greensboro, N. C. ; D. T. Owtz, Thos. W. Alexander Willis Huds peth, Asheville, N. C.; Miss Myrtle Huffman, New York City; Mrs. John Hunter, Miss Belle McCullosh, Mrs. Louis Prickett, Valley Falls, N. Y. ; Mrs. H. H. Baker, New York City; Chas. E. Hagan, Hickory, N. C.; J. F. Agnew, Greensville, S. C.; Dr. L. R. Ogle, James B. Mifford, Spenoer L. Mifford, Knoxville, Tenn.; B. B. Burford, Columbia, S. C.; C. A. Edmunds, Charlotte, N. C.; John A. Finley, Marian, N. C.; Ira W. Kauff man, Spartanbiurg, S. C. ; H. F. Young, C. B. Rhodes, Shelby, N. C. Mrs. Burtleson, who so ably oper ates th# Log Cabin Tea Room at Lake Lanier, has planned to give a series of parties and dances at the ' Tea Room . The first one of these will take place this 'coming Saturday night in the form of a dinner dance. Her next party will be Thanksgiving night. It is hoped that the young people of Tryon will avial themselves of these parties and help make them a success. Among the recent arrivals at Pine Crest Inn are Mr. and Mre. George D. Wick of Youngstown, Ohio, and Mrs. D. W. Kuhn of Pittsburg. They are down making plans and prepara tions for their winter sojourn in Tryon. Mr. and Mrs. Wick are both very fond of horses and expect to bring down gome very fine show I horses from their farm outside of I Youngstown. There were two automoiie loads of Tryonites who enjoyed the Furman South Caroline foqtbajl game ;lest Saturday. Among them were Dr. Grady, W. F. Little, Gillam Blake, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Chalmers, Mias Julia Denison, and H. G. Peterson.^ A. L. Sohmidt of Washington, D. C., is in Tryon looking after his real estate, and it is expected that he may open up a new subdivision above God shaw hill, which is very much needed at this time. COUNTY NEGRO TEACHERS MEET Eduoational Program of Interest ? Supt Cobb. Addresses First Session. On Saturday the negro teachere of Polk county held their first meeting of the year. Their organization should be highly rommended, for they were 100 per rent in attendanre and also in their membership in the State teachers' association. A most interesting and educational program was conducted. The county superintendent, Mr. E. W. S. Cobb, gave the opening address; stressing thikt the education of boys and girls is for living today, not for some dis tant time; the teachers must be pre pared to build character as well as teach reading, writing and arithmetic, thus bridging community life to a higher plane. Mr. J. E. Lytle, principal of the Tryon school, gave a paper, entitled "What can the teacher do to secure and hold the active co-operation of all the patrons in the work of the school?" Mr. John H. Holbert gave "An outline showing each step you use in assigning and then in teaching a fourth grade reading lessson." All the teachers were very enthusiastic, and pledged their co-operation in every way. The following officers were elect ed: J. E. Lytle, president; i James Johnson, vice president; Josephine Dodd, secretary;. Annie B. Tucker, treasurer. The next meeting will be held at the Rosinwald school, Green's Creek, at which time demonstration lessons will be conducted?in the teaahing of reading. Mrs. George B. Cobb was a sur prised week-emd hostess last Friday on the arrival of a carload of her relatives from New York state, mo toring through to Orlando, Fla., where they are interested extensive ly in citrus culture. Those in the party were Mrs. John H. Hunter, Miss Belle MoCullough, and Messrs. H. K. Baker and L. D. Pritschell, Valley Falls, N. Y. You will be interested in reading the new ad. of Blanton & Greene, the live-wire Columbus realty dealers, in another column. These gentlemen are doing their bit toward directing home seekers toward a real Mecca, rather than to Florida, and already have scored in favor of Polk county's attractiveness. More power to 'em! Ownership of the Landrum Meat Market has passed entirely to G. E. Green, and the firm of Christopher & Green is thereby dissolved. Mr. Green's acquaintance and experience assure his patrons of excellent serv ice in his line. The Tryon Toymakers' office and showroom on Grady street is being adorned by the planting of a grace ful hedge, composed principally of na tive hemlock, thus adding Nature'e tribute to the artistic little structure. Next Wednesday evening at 8 the Shannon male quartet will be heard in the Landrum high school audito rium with both vocal and instrumen tal nunlbers. Tryonites are invited. W. W. Reid and family, who spent the fall and spring season at their Tryon home on Godshaw hill, expect to leave next week for Oiland, Fla., where they have a winter home. The ladies of the Methodist church will have an Apron Sale and serve tea at the Williams store, Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 24th, from 3 to 6. Everyone cordially invited. Tryon residents will be pleased to learn that Miss Ravenel's boarding house, Cherokee Lodge, will be open and run by Miss Ravenel this season as usual. In a telling poster Ballengers are this week inviting the public to par ticipate in more of their bargain ofc ferings. COUNTY ROAD-BUILDING PLAN APPROVED AND CONSTRUCTIVE SURVEY ALSO URGED Harmony And Better Highways Program Adopted At Enthu siastic Meeting Of Polk County Citizens In Columbus Last Tuesday? State Co-Operation Now Believed Assured The meeting of tlie Polk County club held Tuesday evening in Colum bus was one of the pleasantest of the club's existence. The topic for dis cussion was "Roads/' but the spirit of the meeting was "Harmony." Although those present were dis appointed in not hearing Mr. Kistler nor Mr. Hearon, they made the best of home talent. Mr. P. G. Morris told wha* the Road board could do and what it had been asked to do; Mr. B. L. Ballenger spoke of the value of teood roads to a community; Mr. E. C. Barnard brought word of what Saiuaa would like to see; Mr. J. H. Gibbs told the advantage of working the roads in the county as a whole and not with the township as the unit; Mr. R. N. Hunter advised that the State be not interferred with in locating the roads, but that when the State was through, the county build roads to meet the highways; Mr. G. H.. Holme's gave us the ad vantage of his experience as road commissioner, and Curtis Newman plead for better roads in the out-of the-way places. Mayor Green, as us ual, put the meeting in good hu mor with a story or two, and then gave good, solid advice about begin ning at the bottom and looking to our laws and familiarizing ourselves with what we could do before we began. It was the general opinion that the first things to be done were to urge and, if necessary, aid the State to hard-surface the road from the South Carolina line to Tuxedo; to urge them on in regard to the highway from Columbus to Rutherfordton; then to build a road from the South Carolina line through Green's Creek township to connect them with the Columbus Rutherfordton road, and to build a first-class road from the Columbus Mill-Spring road out to the Charlotte Asheville highway near Chimney Rock. This would divide the work throughout the whole county and be of great benefit to all. When the members had expressed themselves pretty thoroughly Mr. C. J. Lynch proposed a resolution which was discussed and amended, and then unanimously passed in the following form ? "Resolved, That the Polk Coun ty club endorse the idea of a general road building plan, and that the County Road Board be given the endorsement of this club in any movement they may undertake, either by bond issue or other means, to carry out a plan to improve our roads; and be it further "Resolved, That the State High way Commission be urged to com plete its proposed program for highways through Polk County at the earliest possible moment, and that copies of this resolution be forwarded to the Polk County Road Board and the State High way Commission; be it also "Resolved, That, if a bond issue or other means of raising consid erable moneys for roads is voted, a competent Superintendent be placed in charge of the road work of the entire county, and that he work the county as a unit; it is further "Resolved, That before the County Road Board shall advise a bond issue or other means of raising money they shall first make or cause to be made a sur vey of the county to decide what ' work is most urgent and advan tageous and what it will cost to do the work satisfactorily." Mr. Cloud, who presided, said he believed we should have a committee who would take this matter in hand and work with the Road board and report to the club from time to time. He asked for the opinion of the club, and a motion wa8 carried to have him appoint such a committee, the names of which are to be announced later ^ The Parent Teachers association served the supper, which was deli cious, and everyone seemed of the opinion that a step forward had 'been taken by Polk county. If we will just go on with a long pull, a strong pull and a PULL ALL TOGETHER, we can accomplish wonders. The next meeting of the club will be on December 15th, and it will be the annual meeting'. Place and pro gram will be announced later. GENERALLY BENEFICIAL Student Bodies Organize for Survey of Historical County Data ? Results. A unique type of service is to be found in the department of rural so cial economics in the State Universi ty at Chapel Hill, N. C. The stu dents from a given county organize a county olub to further the best interests of their home county. If enough interest is manifested by the citizens throughout the county, a so cial and economic survey of the coun ty is made by one of the ablest stu dents in the club, under the careful supervision of the instructors in the department. The survey sketches the historical development of the county, sets forth its wealth in natural resources, farm products, manufactures, eta., and the types and rates of taxation. Schools, churches and living conditions in country and city are given careful at tention. One of the moat helpful and stimulating features in the ranking of the county with the other counties of the state on such points as hard roads, schools, illiteracy, divorce, death rate, tax rates, wealth, etc. The. points on which the oounty lags are clearly, indicated, and the prospects for fu ture progress shown. The report is printed in a hundred page booklet (the* expense being borne largely by public-spirited bus iness men of the county through car rying advertising), and gets into thou sands of homes. It opens the eyes of the citizens to the good and bad points of their couiity,. They are proud of some features and ashamed of others. It stimulates them to new efforts to fill the gaps. Altogether it is one of the most practical types of local and state service to be found anywhere . ? The Blue Ridge Voice. Tryon Building Notes. The Holmes-Calhoun 'building on Trade srteet is rapidly taking shape and will be ready for occupancy soon after the first of the year. It is understood that Holmes and Calhoun expect to develop all of their Trade street holdings in the way of building new buildings and dispose of them as the opportunity offers itself. Tandy Ballew, who recently sold his frame store on Trade street, has ul ready laid his foundation and first floor for his new building erected on the site of the old John Field black smith shop. Mrs. C. J. Lynch, who is remodel ing the house next to Mrs. Lindsey, expects to have it completed in two apartments, one of* which is for rent, the other to be used by Mr. and Mrs. Lynch soon after the first of the month. She has installed electrical refrigeration and electrical ranges in both of the apartments so they will be modern to the last degree. Wellington B. Stone is progressing nicely on his house whiah he pur chased from Clara Belle on Godshaw hill last year. They have entirely remodeled the inside of the house and are bilding a very attractive stone wall around the street frontage over which vines will grow. Mr. W. A. Dobbins, who is build ing in the valley above Grant Miller's farm, is getting along nicely with his house and expects to have it ready for occupancy about the first of Ja* uary. 5 'We are vetfy happy to wdt come the Dobbins as new residents of Tryon. Mrs. Frazer, who has recently sold her home to Berry of Glencoe, 111., is having a new home built in the Gillette woods. It is to be the first house of stone structure in this vi cinity and people are watching with much interest its development. Romaine Stone, who purchased the "Peanut Shell" of Clara Belle, has re cently completed the remodeling of it and is now moved into his new home. The blacksmith shop owned by Doc Green has recently been torn down to make room for the building for the Chevrolet Motor company of Hender sonville. They h<\ve already excavat ed for the building and will be at the structural work very soon. Mr. Sexton, the contractor in Try on, expects to be in his new home iby the end of next week. He has put up a very attractive house on Grady avenue. The Tryon moving picture theatre is progressing rapidly and Mr. Gaines hopes that it will be in readiness for New Year's opening. The offices in the building are to be occupied by C. J. Lynch and the Postal Tele graph company. Gillett Estates, Inc., Tryon, with au thorized capital of $100,000 and $60, 000 subscribed by F. P. Bacon, A. M. Law, Bell Ballenger and W. M. Hester, all of Tryon. Lake Tryon Realty Company, Inc., of Tryon, with authorized capital of $10,000 and $10,000 subscribed by Paul S,. Ragan and Maude P. Ragan, of Fort Myers, Fla., and Charles J. Lynch, of Tryon. Recent communication from James Vernor indicated that he and Mrs. Vernor would be in Tryon at Villa Barbara about January 1st. Their son, Jimmy, will not be' with them this season, as he is in boarding school. Mr. Vernor has recently purchased two very fine horses fn Kansas City and expects to ship them down when he comes. The family party at the Lanier club last Thursday proved to be a delightful occasion. Young and old were there. There was bridge, in formal dancing, impromptu but in spiring music, singing and refresh ments. Professor and Mrs. William Clark and their daughter of Williamstown, Mass., have returned to Tryon and are at the home of Mrs. Poppe. W. T. Lehman has closed the con tract for the lease of the Livingston hotel' for five years, taking possession January 1st. Mr. James Holden of Detroit has been in Tryon this week visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Holden. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Smith of De troit have recently arrived at their winter home at Five Forks road. The first of Tryon's migratory art ists to arrive this year are Mr. Law rence Mazzinovitch and Mr. Ernest Barnes. V. L. Livingston, proprietor of the Livingston hotel, spent Wednesday in A8heville .