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jTouTc^^ ONLY NEWSPAPER J ' fZZJ e to the Ne ?reux m Ail IIMtt un OBE RE) \ |y Golf Course In High Elevation Co Unsurpassed Will Be Finished an reus Eniniet, the noted golf ex-' is been in Trvon looking over * irses on Hog Back Mountain 8 y d by him. He left Tuesday t jr Nassau to inspect an eight- s e eoif course for the Bahama Club controlled by the Mun- 1 amship Company. On this I will also inspect the large t on Rose Island, nine miles I ssau, one at Schenectady for eral Electric Company, also St. Laurens University at X. V.. for Mr. Owen B. (resident oi^the General Elecipany. / Durse on top of Hog Back . according to Mr. Emmet, is Ifcolutely now m ttns country, me It that it is 3,200 feet elevation, hmanding the wonderful view in lery direction for a hundred miles t I dear days: makes it a golf course t I a class by itself. The soil is ex- g Ik-m. and the contour very suitable r golf course construction. This lurs.- will lie finished and seeded in pril. and play can commence in the i |Thi- (instruction of another course ( I eighteen holes in a neighboring ? Uley will commence in the spring, t ktsf gulf courses, together with the t K>n afforded by a lake which is bek constructed, and together with a t Brvd?Uiiy beautiful bridle path for ( irsvback riding leading in every di- j ctior. through valleys where there 1 t -f at mountain brooks and masses c rli d ibndron, laurel, holly and dog- t )' d. n.akus this Hog Back Mountain c ub trai t a sportsmen's Paradise. i It is proposed to stock the streams s Irur: r :: ,v trout and the lake wltn t bail mouth bass, and to protect Quail, n .i ar.-s, turkeys and other game by t r 'V.'iitiiic forest fires and indis- s rni.slaughter out of season. I fipoLiuoi STAGES GO Many Speakers Th' pwiing of the Polk County r Tuesday evening in Co- I decided success both in v to.ui if attendance and enthusiasm, or. \\ - itig, r and Miss Maywood and I i --fisiams deserve great credit 1 f * us so comfortable under 1 such 'iwrsu circumstances. We sin- t (vij-jy the court room will be in t 1 ' lit.- -s l.y m xt meeting. ? I Mr. srs };. rry, Russell. Cobb and ( lynch spoke on the subject of "How t to Advertises Polk County." Among 1 other things Mr. Berry suggested as t a slog n tor Columbus was "Come to t ' oluti'hus, for Columbus Put America t on the Map." Mr. Russell advocated t a'> increased membershsip so that we s might be able to get out literature which could be circulated in Florida 1 and other places where it would come ' I" the attention of investors. Mr. Cobb ' after making his point with two ( stories advised U3 to "put our hous$ * in order" so that when these people should be attracted to Polk county by ( the advertising they would find good [ I .n ' V*"*V ?.'* -r.jfi HAS A ^ The ws = \<\ Emmet I E CI HOGBACK IDY SOON Country With Such lumanding Views I Anywhere. d Seeded In April Mr. Emmet expresses himself as >eing thoroughly sold on this section ifter having travelled allj over the vorld. He was amazed at the nat-. iral beauty found on the j mountains ind in the valleys. When the courses are (completed, dr. Emmet plans to bring a large >arty of America's prominent golfers o open the course for its first tourT i lament. 1 MR. RAMS ( WORK SHOWN! About a hundred ladies and gen- , lemen viewed an exhibition of the , laintings of Mr. Ernest Barnes, . ihown at the residence of Mrs. R. 3. Peattie, last Thursdajr afternoon, dr. Barnes is one of the several artsts who have their winter studios in Tryon, and many of his paintings arp iwned here and elsewhere. He has sxhibited at the leading; galleries of he country and taken many honors vherever his work was seen. Some of the canvases shown lag* veek are the results of his labors in Connecticut last summer, but the maority represent his woirk- here last Vinter and Spring. There is a quiet harm about Mr. ,BarW painting hat has its own appeal,[and it is not lifffcult to see wherein his success s achieved. He certainly gets the ipirit of our mountain^ in some of heir subtelest moods. ! Mrs. E. G. Holden with Mrs. Peatie received the ladies, and tea was erved by Mrs. C. P. Rogers and Miss lolden. J , _) JNTY CLUB OD MEETING ; on Program oads, good schools, good farms, good tomes and good people, and would rant not only to inves^ but live here. Mr. Lynch suggested that everyone >resent join the club and pledge hemselves to come to the next meetng with one new meinber. He alBo old that as a result of a letter writen by a former Tryon visitor in a taper in northern Maine, the Tryon Chamber of Commerce had had tweny-four inquiries about the neighbortood, and he urged all visitors to vrite articles for the local paper vhich would be sent to their home own papers with the request that hese paperrs reprint, for this he conliders the best sort bf advertising. Mr. J. H. Gibbs, after showing how 'eal estate concerns develop a coun;ry, introduced the following resoluion as one of the best ways for ;ur County Commissioners to develop , his county: $ "Resolved, That the Polk County i 31ub, at its regular meeting in Co- t I . Continued oa lut pi(? ( - - . I I j- .'Is; " ! ' \ * >' ' V | ' r<" j ! 'EAR ROU i i i ? Polk . I i PUBLISHED EVEI j TRYON, N.X Noted Gi Ml | North?Bouod Thq North Pole is the goal of Major nK>mas G. Lanphier, who I4ads: airplane expedition into the land of the midnight sun. The Detroit Aviation Society is sponsoring the flight 4u.',|-i oj h?n off into the Ar"ti; II L i..- i .. . Barrow Tfyon Girls Play Fasslfern. One of the best played basketball ?ames of the season was played on Saturday, February! 14th, when thi Pryon girls played the Fasslfern girls , it Hendersonville. / | 1 The Tryon girls >won the same by i close score of '10 to 9. No sub- , ititutes were added. An unusnal spirit Of co-operation was demonstrat3d throughout the I whole game. The game being j over, the girls of rryon were treated with cakes, sandwiches and tea. This was greatly , enjoyed and appreciated by all. We hope that th^1 team of the girls , ind boys will play many more as sue- ; :essful games in the future. BIG LUMBER PLANT AT 1ANDRUM One of the mo^t modern and best squipped lumber plants In this section >f the country Is tjbat of the Landrum Juilders Supply cjompany in the subirbs of Tryon at Landrum, S. C. Yom a standpoint of variety of buildup material carried, quantity and luality, service offered, this plant is ( inly surpassed by those in cities. The plant consists of one large varebouse, storing sash, doors, com- , losition shingles, building paper, com- ( losition roofing,,1 sheet rock, wall ( loard, lime, cement, plaster, finish- ] ti - * - 1 ..1a_ nn/1 nnutoiia ng lime, mortar uuiur aim iauuuo ither commodities that go to make up i complete building material line. ' ["here are four lumber sheds, storing [( arious grades of finished lumber and 1 noi^ldings. There is also a wood 1 forking shop fully equipped to han lie practically any kind of mill-work This plant started operation a lit le over eighteen months ago, with ' ive regular employees and one de ivekr truck; today they employ fit een regular employees, and are op iraiing five delivery trucks, thus as uring their patrons that they are imply abje to take care oif their leedtfTn the building material line. ii. W. Moore, who is in charge, is I' >ice president of the company, also 11 lolds the same position with the In- l nan Builders Supply Company, both i :ompanies being under the same man- 1 tgement. Mr. Moore is an ardent i mpporter of any progressive step I alfen in this territory and believes r h^t the future holds great things in itpre for this section of the country, i ( Tryon Boys Beat Columbus. After a hard fought game we are < ;lad to hear that Tryon emerged the I rlctors by a score of 20 to 12 in a i rame with Columbus School on Mon- ] lay, the 15th. _ ^ 'ND CLIMA RY WEEK IN THE " ft THURSDAY AFTEMOffl, IV Ti wmm , Wintei State Brevard My Winner Radio Prize Hflllhrd Booth, Brevar^ N. C., literally "picked moneir out of tAa-tlr" when he tuned to on WL8 Wednesday, February 17, tad heard himself announced & the winner of the |J00 cash priie offered by WL8, the Sears-Roebuck Agricultural FenBdntlon station, and the DraaM Lmiw of America in a nation eUe ratio draipa contest ;?i| Mr. Booth's play, entitled "Back Stage," was awarded second flaceont of more than five, hnadred entries, the choice being made tjy Qeorge Arllss, now playing "Old BMIth" hi Chicago, James 0* DonaaU Matt oft the Chicago Tribune, for Aany years I a dramatic critic, and Wither | of New York, emlnen^jMP and playwright. The play wlll^be "staged" { over WLS within the nexMew weeks. ^ 'the first prise of $50(1 and the ? Hopver Trophy cup was awarded to { L#evi Chambers Ballou of Buffalo, N. ? Y., and the winning play, "The Night g Hejrd," was produced In the WLS studio, Hotel Sherman, Chicago, and h broadcast over WLS Wednesday evening, February 17, immediately Following the announcement of the L 8 winners and presentation of the f prizes. The third prize of $100 was g awarded to J. Frank Davis, San Antonio, Texas, for his "Midnight." More than five hundred plays were ^ entertained in the contest from amateur and professional play writers Jn g every state in the Union, Canada and North Wales. f "Besides these three winners, we * g have ten more plays which ate worthy of production," said Harry Dean Saddler, director of dramatic production for WLS. These will be J produced during the next few months j and the authors will be paid the usual royalty. "The purpose of the contest was to Continuedrm last page Filing Income Tax Returns. C. R. Hamrick, deputy commissioner g af revenue, will be at the Bank of Sa- t luda, Saluda, N. C., on Thuysday, Feb- f ruary 25th, and at the Bank of Tryon, fyyon, N. C., on Friday, February 26th, -] tor the purpose of helping those desiring help in filing state income tax >] returns. All single persona making over fl,- r )00, and all married persona making 3ver |2,000, all partnerships and cor j, ^orations regardless of income, must t nake returns on or before March 15th. a A n Parent " Teachers ? ti Mp.p.tinP' ' "O 8 The regular meeting of the Paremtreachers' Association held Monday ifternoon was well attended. The nain speaker of the occasion was Mr. 3wanman of Columbus, the County Welfare Agent. At this meeting the ;wenty-ninth anniversary of Founders' Day of Mothers' Congress and Parentreachers' Association was celebrated. tl The program and social committee 1 arranged a beautiful cake with 29 d handles, which was brought In at the s Jose of the program. y J -a av. ?1 - With the |lbU reaiizeu uu uie *?uj. intine dinner given by the associa- v don, the ladlee decided to finish pay- c ing for the playground slide and to li purchase the supplementary readers c which they are to have in the school, li 51 ~ , / c % J- - - - t i, , K 'f T[TF EQUA] tyN yUWTAIW PARAPIS FEBRUARY 18, 1926 Inspectii * i * | FO SaL rapte. a s in II Extrer 1 1 Men of Affairs 'J&jf- ' . > . I Mr. y?. T. Overstreet of Lakeland, Fla., owner and de Telepor of Skyuka, is in the cify looking after his interests here. V Mr. Overstreet was interViewed by a correspondent of tile Polk County | News and expressed keen delight in the possibilities of a "Greater Tryon." Mr. Overstreet expressed this Fsection as the "Land of the Qods." He was a visitor in Tryon last summer, and was ao greatly impressed with this loK callty that he immediately made purchase of a huge tract of . .land known as Skyuka, which la now in rapid projcess of development He is leaving this week ' for Florida and expects to re-, ofturn in about ten days to take up some important matters pertaining to his magnificent proF "JT . BIG RUMAGE SALE %n Saturday, February JOth,' the uvent-Teacheris' Association of the rryon School will have a big- rummage ale In the room under the Tryon Jharmacy. Tie proceeds of this sale rill go to buy a victrola for the chooL The Parent-Teachers' Association las done a wonderful work for the ichoo/1 this year. There are two hings that they ate striving to put .cross before school ends in May: first, to supply each room in the ichool with three sets of feuppPenentary readers of twenty copies >ach; second, to buy a victrola for he upper elementary school. They lack at the present time just i small amount ot money to accom ilish their desires. They hope tc each their goal when the rummage ale is over. ANNOUNCING FARM WORK Pruning demonstrations will be" ;lven on February 25th and 26th in he orchards of the following named armers^ j - ^ C. A. Jolly, Landrum, Route 4, Phursday, February 25th, 10 a. m. Jl J. Gentry, j Landrum, Route 2, Phursday, February 25th, 2 p. m. Fred Arledge, Saluda, Friday, Febuary 26th, 10 a. m. Mr. H. R. Niswonger of Asheville, lorticulture specialist in the Mounaln District, and the county farm | gent will give the demonstrations. l11 farmers are invited to attend the lee tings, especially^ those who are aterested in fruit growing, and if you annot go to all we hope you will go a the one nearest your home. Brlng^ ne or more of your neighbors along, so. It will be time well invested, beides, your presence is needed for the uccess of the demonstration. JOHN W. ARTZ, County Agent. j . \ Valhalla Bus To Make ! - Two Daily Trips j The big school bus which carries t ie pupils from the Pacolet Valley to l Vvnn used to! make but one trip a I ay each way. Tbi population has i 0 increased of late that Mr. Black, i rho has been on the job of driving ] his bus for the past three years, and 1 'he by the way is a great lover of I htdren and greatly beloved by them, 1 now compelled to make two trips, t arrying about twenty to a load, or a i ittW over forty teach way. i p ? ' [I * I " ' ' I J * - 'M ' i i r/'t \. ' . "< 1 Z'-".. ' 1 . , ^ L TO-THE /* lews s. ?. ' ' , E" ' I **' / : gg i ig Hogbac # ' mam mUm ' - mi i KM I ? lie Pin< nely ! _ STORY IN LEV ATTRACTS Ml I . Resident of Dixfi Interesting Sto: Polk C 4 I Mrs. Eusebia Gammon of Dixfield, Me., writes an Interesting story about Tryon and Polk County, a lan'd with perfect climate. Mrs. Gammon is a regular visitor here and her article attracted widespread interest throughout the entire state of Maine. Over sixty letters were received at the News office this week asking for copies of the Polk County Nowb. Many of these letters asked for detailed information regarding Tryon and Polk County, and several ort^iem made inquiries aboul property, and if there tfere openings here for their particular line of business. [ Letters were received from the following towns in Main^j Lewiston, Fiairfield, Auburn, Dryden, Freeport, Farmington, Portland, East Sumner, Lisbon Falls, Danville, Mount Vernon and Mechanic Falls. These letters have been turned over to Mr. Chas. J. Lynch, president of the Chamber of Commerce, and after receiving copies of the Polk County News they will also receive a letter from the Chamber of Commerce and literature explaining the advantages of living in Tryon, and copies of the News for several weeks. The following is a copy of the news story written to the Editor - of the Lewiston daily paper: A Land With Perfect Climate. To the Editor: , ' I have been both Interested and amused in reading the desscriptions in your paper that the two northern men have given of Maine and Florida. If you will allow me a little space in your paper, I would like to tell what I know of the South as I see it. We don't all see things from the same viewpoint There are good and bad places in every state, tt is very enaeui mm Mr. Titcomb struck a hard town and that Mr. Hardy struck a good one. Some people prefer a eHmate that is frigid in winter and half frigid in summer. Others prefer a climate that is warm in winter and so warm in summer that you can fry eggs on the THE SWAN C PRESENTED FORTNIG / A delightful reading of "The Swan" by the Drama Fortnightly on last Wednesday evening at the Parish House served to introduce to Tryon * ?navfnmn. several ronuciD uon iu uiooc ui inces. For Instance, Miss Margaret Law gave an extraordinary fine interpretation of Alexandra, the young princess who is being bartered away ifter the manner of European royal lamilies. When Miss Law's youth is considered, her reading of the princess's impassioned scenes with the man who loves her was remarkable. By her charm and the naturalness of ler poise and manner, she challenged the work of one of maturer years. Another newcomer was Miss Beth Clarke, who as the whimsically humorous ^sister of the match-making mother, kept the audience convulsed r .. V V * i v ; RIVIERA ?????~?J \ 1A PAGES 10 TODAY I 'I Thirty First Year ^ve Cents Per Copy V ;k Course 1CDC ILI1L t t # Iv J e Tree Severe IflSTON PAPER INY TOURISTS ield Maine Writes ry of Tryon and bounty \ door rock. For my part I prefer an all the year round climate where one month is equally as pleasant as am other, and that is the climate one will fini in Tryon, Polk County, Western V/M.+ K nn??iUn u.u ?W1 IU boiuuua, nuitu IS UH(llflU 1IU.11 way between Asheville, North Carolina, and Spartanburg, South Carolina,' a distance of 45 miles each way. It is 1,500 feet above the sea level, and 200 miles from the salt water, which maij-xi H a high, dry altitude, | 1 , ' where fog Is unknown ami j where rheumatic and catarrhal tj-oubles can't exist; al^o tuberculosis,] if' not > too far advanced, will soon disappear with breathing] of the pure pirje forest I air, and of drinking the crystal pure j /. spring water .j The views sare indescribably beautiful. I was there from the first of ' Continued on last page i * v Camera Shy, * : j?\ Mjirmu i i rare photograph of taataf George R. William*, Mleeowi camera Ajr ' repreeeotatha aI Washfr^ljw. A visit with Pn^ lent Cootfdge put him in a pow> ous mood and he oooamtad to , "watch the birdie" for the photographers. Take a good look?- to may not let it happen again. 4 ILEVERLY BY DRAMA 1 HTLY CLUBV with her reports of the crown prince's movements. Mrs. Washburne, who ap-/ J \ peared in the third act, only received a deserved ovation for her splendid -j performance as Princess Marie Dominica, and th^ audience was delighted to accord the : ame reception to Mr. Burnett in his first appearance In a ' , dramatic character. The difficult and rather thankless part of the crown princess was brought to the front and given added imnortance bv the intelligent acting of Mr. Carroll Rogers, who emphhsied the inherent generosity and mo liness which underlay the flippant M words of the prince. What can be done with lnfinitessimal parts by persona who really take , , I it Continued on laat page I 'J > . . |
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