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hl{ Y 0 N HjOM E I jp IT I ONI Ibscribe to the Ne I XXXI No. 47 piii IMES LflSGEf Irures Reveal Tr* | tare For Moto I Coi H , ill value of inoH . hool property In , : wals astounding figH tabulation made ' "f Rural, Social I'uiversity of H is port is based ?i. ol property for ? - j ! I in lilt' Mine ouy l'ulilii' Instruction ft automobiles, as j ,! ! > the State Deu The value of ! in I'oik County Is J <?f school prop-j H; ; , $224,145. j . Schsois in Good Shape H M'ii.'.iis i I 'oik County are in I -Lipe. hat the above fig-J I veil Some idea of I c'ltitrv is expending for ati.'th-r page in this l> till find a complete tabula-( H;.< la t it rt county in the J -!: aivc? ttnoiit in motor tali;.- school property, I rtl i-;nty !; ads the list with j |(,,r invi-s':".- ni of S17.960.S00 .school io'i>- riy value of $3,}. Mi-ckl< jibursr county comes I vilh a car investment i:\.: a valuation of property i 52.31S.340. Iny Cars in North Carolina !.,; > r.'t- last, sinele index of an: ;?. if the counties of j far . ltM be fouud in the ! p i f ar fioBlles.' Practically p wit can' afford a motor car bh' on--, and many who canfit r.ir.k "i a county in the Ihip ? cars is mighty t' r.::.k n .. altli and income. i n l?- i very close con1 Miv.cit tlie w.'?ith and ind a ( iimy ami its invests I 5,h kil property. And as a appars elsewhere Is-!': striking exceptions, Ws in s,counties the unk v. . are being reme1 building program sd-: way. In some counties in si hool houses comn v.-stment in motor s isr at) v.- the state ratio. Strong f;r Motor Cars ' 1 figures recently supState Department of '* A'>r:!i Carolina has more "df h;:?lrf(l and fourteen i'l in-.i r cars. They reprec <>ri2iii;,l luv.-siuent of more 1)r>" it'tt !: . ii and thirty-one at eight hundred dolf ''' o IL vr.it.nni U lilt' rMailUuai intendent of Pubi'-'rts the value of l'V"pert.v to be $70,: "sineut In motor .i'i-" times our in' property. And A bought for ii.-i lUlincnt plan f '.v months. For srin.ol houses H' ' tin- issuance of \Ve ;,rc immedimotor cars, but w \n;i: supply ^;rri\f; ix MlJCH r.fttkr shape > !i;that was ext f. w days has 7' i due to the Koofl : f-v." days. The ' iM want the publy a.~ imssible un i it line will be ?i'.. he at an early "kit. 1irm for v i'.ig ri siness ' iness men have ' I the entire stock * > i.es formerly own^Hh>' Pharmacy and will ' ' under the name ol in-.u- Company. The M*1,1 V; ;? aisUed and a full >t:it goods will be *' ' in*v; firm with par to the filling b HAS A \ Thel ws : N POLK THREE MTHAN SCHOOL emendous Expendir Cars In Polk iinty [ we must spread our, schoolhouse payments over a period of twenty or j thirty years. On December 31, 1925 our motor ears numbered 310,287. On June 25, 1926, the number was reported to be 114,660. In less than six months our motor cars increased by more than seventy-four thousand, which seems incredible, but the facts are from official sources. During the last six months the sum invested in new motor cars is almost as large as the amount invested- in all public property in the history of the state. North Carolina is not a poor state, judging by the way she is purchasing motor cars. Guilford First j Guilford ranks first both in invest-1 ment in motor cars and in the value of school property. Mecklenburg Is second in motor cars but fifth In school property. Buncombe is fifth in motor cars but second in value of school property. Rowan ranks next to Buncombe in motor cars, but Buncombe has two and a half times as much school property. Edgecombe ranks next to Robeson in motor cars, but Robeson has more than twice as much invested in school property. Halifax and Cleveland have^ about the same number of motor cars, but Halifax, with an excessive negro ratio, has more than twice as much school property. Catawaba has few|er motor cars than Cleveland, but ! two and a half times as much school [ property. Sampson ranks twentyI ? : ? il- : ? l 1?J. ? ii in in in inuiur uiira uut dc m value of school property. Stokes has more motor cars than Craven, hut Craven has more than three times as much invested in publicschool property. Gas Vs Culture The above are merely a few or . the contrasts afforded by the accompanying tell-tale table. Many counties show up remarkably well in school property, their real wealth and income considei-ed. Other counties seem far more wiling to spen(J on gas than on culture. The table affords a very reliable basis by which counties may check themselves to see if they are providing school facilities in proportion to their ability to provide them. WEATHER WASHINGTON, July 27?Weather bureau records of temperature ana rainfall for the 24 hours ending 5 p. m. in the principal cotton growing areas and elgewhere. I Station Max Miu. Prec. Asheville .....' 73 66 .10 Atlanta 79 66 .10 Atlantic City 74 62 .0 Birmingham 88 70 .14 Denver 90 62 .0 JSl Paso 88 68 .66 Detroit 74 68 .0 Galveston 84 80 .0 Jacksonville 84 78 .0 Key West 86 ? .02 Little Rock 92 70 .04 Los Angeles 80 62 .0 Memphis 84 72 .22 Meridian 86 70 .10 Miami 82 72 .92 Mobile 94 74 .0 New Orleans 94 78 .0 New York 78 64 .0 San Antonia 94 74 .0 , San Francisco 66 54 .0 Tampa 86 76. 06 ) I BALLENGER COMPANY TO HOLD THEIR ANNUAL AUGUST SALE THIS SATURDAY The Ballenger Company will start their annual August Sale this SatiU1day and will run for fifteen dajjs. Great preparations have been maie to make the event a record breaker. Practically every article in /he house has been reduced and >^reat ! crowds are expected to atteaj this i marked down merchandising I event. lt They present the readers pf The i Polk County News with a fall page announcement this week showing ; the gerat reductions that will be In force. rEAR ROU Polk PUBLISHED EVER TRYON, N. Business Men c The twenty-three Swiss merchants, Society for the Study of Economic and ( western states. They were photographs SfdfeNews I M HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., July 26?Laurel Park Estates have awarded a contract to Gilbert C. White Co. For the Water System at the companys sub-division. GREENSBORO, N. C.. July 26? The Vick Chemical Company declared a divident of $5.30 on each share of stock of the company. ELIZABETH CITY, N. C., July 26 ?Mrs. T. D. Maness of Concord, N. C., died here today as a result of a bullet wonud said to be selfinflicted. The State Convention of The Ku Klux Klan wll be held in Durham, N. C., July 29. - t HENDERSON, N. C., July 26? Heaviest rainfall in many years reported in Henderson. Seven washouts reported. Seaboard suspends rail traffic between Henderson and Durham. BURNSVfLLE, N. C? July 26? .Mountaineer kills man and cooly walks to sheriffs office and surrenders. CHARLOTTE, N. C., July 26?The Duke Foundation Board will meet in Charlotte, N. C., this week to take up important matters. DURHAM, N. C., July 26?Angler B. Duke whose death resulted from drowning at Greenwch, Conn., about two years ago, left an estate of ?12,432, -431, of this amont $250,000 was left to Trinity College and many oth er gifts noted in the will. RAIJEGH, N. C? July 26?Governor Mcl/ean has offered a reward of $100 for the apprehension of George S. Waterfield who is alleged to have murdered Miss Betha Ansell, of Currituck County. HICKORY, N. C., July 26?C. R. Pope was instantly killed here this morning at 5 o'clock while connecting switches on the main line. It is believed that 44,00 voltq passed through his body. ROCKY MOUNT, N. C., July 26? Over twelve miles' of paving will be done between Rocky Mount and Pine ? A? " <?1 iroti Tops, IN. *J. rue comriioi wan to Hudson and Sugg. RIDGECREST, N. C., July 2lj? The Baptist Mountain Assebly is in session at Ridgeorest, N. C., many people attending the affair. I WISTON-SALEM, N. C., July 2G? | Judge Ogelsby of Concord, N. C., declared in charging the Grand Jury here that the time for whipping of convicts has passed and will not be tolerated iH North Carolina. ROYAL PINES OFFERING FREE TRIP TO ASHEVILLE ROYAL PINES, The beautiful sub-division is offering free trips to Asbeville to inspect their property. Messrs Moss, Owens and Bancom are in the city arranging for thege trips. Their DeLuxe Buses leave Tryon Ftiday morning. The parish house on Melrose Ave. was the scene of a delightful dance Friday night given by members of , e , * I ' ' ' ND CLIMATE EQUAL County N tY WEEK IN THE "MOUNTAIN PARADISE | CT, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 29, 1926 >f Switzerland Making Tour of U. S. I 0 bankers, Industrial leaders and economists, who ure members of the Swiss Commercial Matters In North America, are touring the eastern and middle An tnn a# tha Qtrnncc hullHInff In PW/?o(?rt !U VU wy v/i uuc uvtuuoo k/UiiUlug 1 u V'vugv. VISITORS VIEW PAINTINGS AT HOG BACK CLUB Visitors to Blue Ridge Forest dur-1 Mr. Birren, in all of these paint' ing the past week have been much j ings, has shown himself to be a interested in a group of paintings masterful color artist. He has caught that are on display in the Club | the spirit of the Blue Ridge and in House on Hogback Mountain which | reproduping the lighter tints of the are the work of Joseph Birren, of peaks and hills in their summer Chicago. Mr. Birren is a well-known vesture or the darker shades of ttrfT American painter who has been plain and valley and cove he has visiting the Carolina Mountains for been ramarkably successful. He has the first time this summer, and' who literally borrowed the charm and the has found in the varied scenery of atmosphere of these mountains and of Blue Ridge Florest many subjects transferred their exquisite colors to that have held him on the top of the canvas with a mastery that is Hogback. delightfully restful to the eye. The sketches on exhibition are ten in number, and several of them """""" mm~ have been sold to visitors to the NORTH CAROLINA LEADS Club House. They are all scenes from the mountain top, some of North Carolina leads the Unlthem looking over the Piedmont ted States in the matter or Plain and others over the valleys economic advances over a periand mountains of the Carolinas. All ?d of fifteen years, in the oplnhave a foreground in which are trees >?n "f Secretary of Commerce . or mammoth rocks located at an alti- Hoover. Dialating on the treud tude of more than three thousand ot industry, Secretary Hoover feet. today pointed to the great growth of the South. "Noth Carolina has made hint Oil greater economic advance In 1 rr l/f K every phase of life in the last _ m % fifteen years than any other f\f /J 'yt'l vf" state in the Union," he declarer vl&v e(j ^jr Hoover added that tn Alabama conditions have been Among artists' Mr. Birren is known ratber the 8ame a8 to certaln for the "Texture Quality" of the areas' Iu North C"0" the painting of trees in his landscapes. a,ivanoe has been more eeneraI I Smith is in the midst of He is credited with the discovery of this unique portrayal of tree charac- a Breat economic renaissance, tor in whjch the "swaying, weaving '1L> explained. The main movemass of intricate tree lace is shown nle"t of population is towanr in a charm of surpassing attractive- tdle south on account of the inness." Mr. Birren has found some crea8ed "^""trial development, wonderful trecH on Hogback which " 's not attributable entirely to have enabled him to revel in this l'le development in the cotton character study and startling effeet textile industry, hut rather of the trees in his Hogback land- more on acconnt of water scapes and have been commented power and development in the upon by all who have seen them. '"K are,ia and elegwhere. Mr. Birren will leave the South ?Greensboro Daily News, about August first for New England ???? ?J and will probably paint on Cape Cod NEW CHAMBER DR]VE during the latter part of the summer and early fall. -He Is a life member PROVES VERY SUCCESSof the North Shore Art Association - FUL NEW MEMBERS of Massachusetts and many of his New England paintings are to be found in art collections of note. He A committee composed of Chas. J. Lynch. George H. Holmes, and i-s Fouunder President or the Art in... . ltev. Barnett, have been very successatitute Alumni Association, Chicago , . . . ful in getting new memberships for and Past President of the Palette ? ,n , . TT i i ? j^. the Tryon Chamber of Commerce, and Chisel Club. He is also Life , . . . ... Many have been added in the past Member of many art organizations ' ? , * . XT _ T-. i a tew days. To those who have not in the Central West, New England ...... .. . . .. . . . ? . ?T i. joined it is earnestly requested that and on the Pacific coast. He has ' ' >* , .. , ., -T . they do so at once so this great work painted in many sections of the Unl- ' ? . ? . ' , . . . for Tryon can be successfully car! ted States, in Europe and in Austra- .. .. , ? nea on. Very few realize the good that this body is doing for this community anj is very; imperative CHAMBER OF COMMERCE | that the Chamber of Commerce hare HAS ENCOURAGING the necessary funds in order to keep MEETING 1116 organization carrying on the OrtO f\ WAfV 6WU n w? ui The' last meeting of the Tryon Chamber of Commerce was well at- SERVICE AT tended. Many matters of much tm- MEMORIAL CHURCH portance were discussed before the THIS SUNDAY, 11 A. M. body and the water system was the main topic of the meeting. A drive Dr. 0. W. Benn, pastor of Westfor new memberships was brought minster Presbyterian Church of St. out and a committee was appointed Petersburg, Fla., will preach at the to look after this drive. A recent Erskine Memorial Church Sunday report from the membership com- morning at 11 o'clock. His subject rnh'ttde was most gratifying, as will be Religion in Europe or the many new members have been ad- Moral?Inferiority of the United mitted to the organization. States. All are cordially invited to attend. Mr. Archie McNaughton of Tryon Dr. Benn and his family are spendleft Saturday for New York after ing the summer in the J. F. Black's spending his vacation at home. house in the valley in Tryon. \ i : t i TO/THE lews 11 mrnm ... m ~ f FARMERS TO I ING AT All Farmers Are Re This Import; The superintendent of the state test farm, Mr. S. C. Clapp, and his assistants are making extensive preporations for the annual Farmers' Day which always attracts a large attendance of mountain farmers and their families. This test farm is a valuable asset for Western North Carolina agriculture in its dissemination of information based upon practical tests In fruit culture, trucking, poultry, dairying and other divisions df farm industry. The farm is two miles east of Swannanoa in Buncombe County on Route lo. Mr. Cameron Morrison, ex-governor of North Carolina, and Mr. W. A. Graham, Commissioner of Agriculture, will be the pincipal speakers. Mr. John W. Goodman, District Agent of Extension Service will also speak. Each county will be entitled to a given number of points for each person attending from that county. The county scoring the highest number of points will be awarded a cup to be kept in the office of the county commissioners. As an example, Polk county is given a score of 62 for each person attending. For the benefit of those who may want to go the distance by automobile from Columbus to Swannanoa via Biltmore is 57 miles. The score or other western counties is: Avery, 90; Ashe. * . -1 ; TOWN OF SALUDA HAS GOOD TOURIST SEASON Many tourists are now in Saluda, N. C. Most all of the hotels and Ivmrriincr hniiftp-s are filled UD to capacity. Many improvements are well under way, good wide streets are being completed and with the other improvements that are planned by the city government, Saluda promises to be in line with the other modern towns of Western Nortn Carolina. Saluda has always enjoyed a liberal summer patronage and is becoming more popular every season. It has wonderful advantages in many respects and an ideal climate for the visitors to enjoy. PRESBYTERIANS TO USE STRAND THEATRE The Presbyterian congregation of: which Rev. S. Wilkes Dendy is pas-1 tor will hold ttoeir services in the j Strand Theatre on Trade street be- j ginning Sunday, July 25. The services will be held here until tbe<j * * V.1-*. ?'? * n Kn Kllill on I cnurcn, wmm is iu uc , the lot owned by the church op- j posite Edgewood Inn, can be built., The work on the building will begin in the earl^yfall. Sunday school services in the theatre will begin promptly at 10 a. m.' and preaching will begin at 8 p. m. TRYON GRAPE CROP THIS YEAR EXPECTED TO BRING A BIG PRICE The various vineyards in this section reports a gvod yield of grapes this season. Arrangements are being made to make large shipments to all parts of the country^. Tryon grapes are famous the world over and much fame has come to this section from the beautiful vineyards that are located here. BLANTON AND STEARNS GETTING OUf* GREAT BOOKLET ON COLUMBUS Blanton and Stearns the prominent real estate dealers of Columbus are getting out a discriptive folder on the town of Columbus, N. C. This job will deal with the pos-1 sibilities which the section has to i offer and much publicity will be derived from this means of advertising. KINSTON, N. C., July 26?The directors of the Eastern Carolina Exposition will meet here soon and sign oontradts for the amusements for 1927 show that will be held at Rorky Mount . / f V. X '1 -1" ? %V*4;iPiafcfaJi flfi'h/W v , RIVIjERA | jl IA PAGES I 11 ill TODAY ] I i M Thirty First Year . jl ive Cents Per Copy ] I0LD MEET-" 1 STATE FARM 1 iquested To Attend 11 mt Meeting j I 150; Burke, 48; Buncombe, 13; Clay, 133; Cherokee. 141; Haywood, 47; Jackson, 67; Henderson, 35; Madison, 38; Mitchell, 81; Macon, 91; McDowell, 25; Polk, 62; Graham, 128; Rutherford, 62; Swain, 88; Transylvania, ( 55; Watauga, 109; Yancey, 56. This meeting will afford an excellent opportunity to see practical things done in a scientific way along the various lines of fanning and ' .4 farmers in Polk county ought to arrange their work so they may go and and take their families. It will be a pleasant days' vacation for all, besides its educationl value, and the time you spend there will be wisely invested. All those desiring to take the trip may. write to the County Farm * i Agent, Columbus, because he would like to know how many intend going. A more detailed program of FarmeFrs' Day will be published later. COLUMBUS BIBLE f SCHOOL COM- 1 MENCEMENT 4 Friday night closes the Columbus - ^ Hlble School, when ~ ^^"chidren will take part in the commencement at the Columbus Presbyterian Church. This School has been in session for three weeks. Each day from O'Art o m until 19 HO nrwin hnva nn/> girls from four to fourteen years or age have assembled at the church for Vacation School. They were taught Bible, Music, handwork, stories and recreation. . <3 The school, while under the direction of the Presbyterian church, has been of a community nature. 14 Try- - 1* on boys and girls have attended, arid young folks from the other churches of Columbus have faithfully been pres ent. Mrs. A. T. Banks, of the Assembly's Training School, ,of Richmond, has been in charge of the school and assisting her were Misses Burgess, Kdwards, (Jacl$ of Columbus, ^Miss Haigler of Abbeville, S. C., Mr. Jacob Cobb of Columbus, and Rev. S. Wilkkeg Dendy, the pastor of Columbus and Tryon Presbyterian. Churches o*?*? i ? ~ u,. Af loo Ollirit!? Iiavtj IJCtU ^lVCll UJ mioo Johnson of Tryon, and Miss Hope of Lockhart, S. C. The commencement Friday is at eight o'clock, and me parents and friends of the boys and girls are cor\ d tally invited to be present. CULTIVATION OF COTTON i Dwight B. Heard writing in the Review of Reviews on the Cultivation of cotton on the Geziva plains in Kgypt by irrigation says here 300,000 acres of cotton were grown last year and the area is gradually being increased each year, the area irregated is 600 miles long and the cost for the dam and irregating improvements , 165,000,000. Thus Finland as well as other oountries are producing more and more cotton and other prducts which they formerly purchased from the United States. England however is still our largest cotton customer. Following the article by Mr. Heard Vj.j E. Miller editor of the Southern Agriculturist contributes a very valuable article in the same magazine entitled "Cotton A National Crop". He shows dhat 45 percent of this countries agricultural exports for * 19t>t was cotton and that more than 20 percent of the entire exports of the country were cotton, showing taat cotton is grown primarily for export an that the price of cotton is determined hy the foreign mar ket more largely even than wheat. Over 60 percent of our entire cotton crop is exported. While cotton produces an income of some nine hundred and fifty millions the country that produces this vast amount of wealth holds on to only a small portion of it. v ' - ; -M M
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