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XXI NO. A:VOL. 34. TRYON, POLK COUNTY; N. C. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1915. ESTABLISHED MAY, 1894.2

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Th Community Christmas Festival John . Hayes Instantly Killed by HisFriend, Frank FosterTRYON

NORTH CAROLINABeautiful mountaindrives; out-do- sports;mountain spring water.

A quiet summer resort SALUDA I Amoni the mountain I

with 32 hotel and NORTH CAROLINA topt. Climate andboardinlhousea. 7-

-. tccnery unturpmtted.,. In the Land of the Sky

Municiple ' Chrstmas Tree

Grand Success

For two years Tryon enjoyed anout-doo- r community Christmas freewith candy and gifts for all thechildren; as nearly every child intown receives presents from one ofthe churches or the Mountain Indus-tries or their own home and friends,it was decided this year to do awaywitn the former idea of a communityChristmas and have this one depictthe religious character, only of thiswinter Festival. . The place chosenwas vf$ Graded School Auditoriumand the largest audience ever assem-bled In Tryon was present to wit-ness the living scenes depicting theNativity. The stage was so well ar--

ranged that as the scenes wereshown one forgot entirely the sordidside of Christmas with it's nervewracking exchange of often jtimesuseless gifts but beheld with interestand awe the light, which the shepherds of old beheld and the wisemen and the star which finally set-tled above the manger of the livingChrist. It was iruly one of themost religious exercises ever heldhere and was witnessed as such byan audience representing every classin Tryon.

Rev H N Bowne told somethingof the purposes of the evening's entertainment and introduced RevfctL Daniels who described in beautifuland simple 'language the biblical his-tory of those times and the- - binhJesus. The audience sang the hymnIt came upon the midnight clear'"

with the accompaniment of an organbehind the scenes, at the close . ol

e third verse the picture of theShepherds was disclosed, bending ov-

er the fire of fagots when in theHeavens and oyer the earth appeareda dim light which grew stronger un-

til then men were overawed by it'smyiteri6us: brllliane-a- nd an angel1111 beautiftilVwomaiMitli. a fiue.

i favored spot fur restrecreation. r.xcei-e- nt

hotels and board- -

chouses. In the Thermal

THE TRYON BEEBY WINIFRED

X Happy New Year.

jlisses Mabel and Carolyn Smithinpnt the holidays with their parentsoa Melrose Ave. .

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4 lovely warm day proceeding'Christmas and warm day.following Christmas, but Christmas day

fas rainy or rather showery duringthe middle of the day.

Tryon Lumber Co have installed ajew boiler at their plant. This firmis enjoying an excellent businessind has cne of the best plants alongtoe Southern Railway. ...

InMr and Mrs John Lockhart, - Mr to

and Mrs L. u crown entertained anumber of friends at the Lockhartheme, Monday eyen'ng.

Postmaster Stearns and deputykonrfiwi the largest. Christmas busi- -

nes in the history of Tryon office andid it in a manner pleasing to pat-

rons. Last Monday 52 bags of mail atwere sent away and on, Tuesday 67

and all without delay, besides taki-

ng care of heavy incoming mails. of

Legal Blanks, Deeds, Mortgages etfor sale by Geo B Cobb office overPostoffice Tryon. ' '

SThe new pipe organ is - being put

in to the Episcopal' church, ihe menare working night and day.

Mr J Frank KeHey has returned to LChicago, his wife will remain hereas usual. '

The subscription - dance at OakHall Monday evening was one of thepleasant festivities of lhe .

season,aa orchestra from Asheville furnished-mus-

ic. ...

Col C W Church and Captain BSharpe will attend the NationalGuard officials meeting at Greensbor

" 'next week, ' '

iMss Lois Wilcox wilf be glad toshow her paintings and sketches ather studio, No, 2 Melrose Avenue, enSaturdays after 3 p m. adv 31-- 8t

Good-by- e Old Calender.Well Christmas came, didn't it

children, altho' you felt sure a one' '

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i.ine u never wouia get ueie.A great many readers failed to

see the ooem written for the-- , Beeby Barbara Peattie Erskine and publ-

ished In the issue of December 17 onthe last page, Copies of that issuecan be had at this office. The sent-

iment of the poem might well applyto the author it wras almost pro-

phetic.

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When a, drunken brawl followed bya murder is committed in or aroundTryon, all the neighboring papershae a full account and get a gun .

in the hands of a drunken man isJust as sure to mean tragedy as anignorant man. with tuberculosis.- - Ifsome one here would write up forthe surrounding daily papers ac-

counts of the really fine and greatthings happening in this little burg,we would not have that reputationfor lawlessness which we now have.Polk County and moonshine; seemsto he synonyms to some . people. :J '

If there was anyone in town notPresent at the Christmas FestivalThursday night we certainly didn'tse& 'em. ' ' V

Mr Webster of Mississippi spentthe Uolidays here.

Mr --James Klnlock siperit the hcli- -

aays with his children and sister, Mr0 S M Issildine.

Tcah Hollowell of Hendersonvillenas leased the Sylvan Valley News,(Brevard), 0f the owner, Ora LJones for a year and will edit It. MrJnes win have charge of the Me-anic- al

part. The Sylvan Valleyews has had the distinction cf car-ryi-n

advertisements of every busi-nes- s

house in Brevard, it has beena Very clean, well pointed and wellh ted paper. Mr HolloweU has been

connected with the Heriderscnvilleemocrat fcr the past several years

and is a young man. of a -- good dealof 'hustle. -

Christmas tree at' Mrs Eear&cn'sgdened the hearts of about fif iye mountain children, each child

ceived fruit candy, toys and aair of stcckings. Nearly . aU ; the

s of one of Tryon,s benevoleutcitizens. .

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,? -Without, any apparent provicaiionFrank Foster, a young married man,Shot and instantly killed his friend,John Hayes who was standing nearhim Saturday night on a road out-

side of Tryon near the South Carolina line. Some dispute over somewomen and too much moonshine issaid to be the cause of the trouble.Foster had a shot gun and1 was sohear his friend that the charge kill-ed him instantly. Coroner Dr Gradyempanneled a jury which returned averdict of unjustifiable- - homicidewith Ed Bridgman as accessory. Itseems that Hayes' was walking withthe two girls and met BTidgman, whohad a shot gun, while talking, oneof the girls took out the shel'sfrom the gun unknown, to Bridgman,a few quarrelsoine --words passed andBridgman picked up . his gun, a'medand fired when it didn't go off, Fos-ter stepped out from the hushes andtoia nayesto stand aside ne wasgoing to shoot him and did, so immediately with fatal results, a pariof the sholr entering the girl's side.Foster gave up Monday . to' SherifiHill and was lodged in Columbui.jail without bond. Bridgman didlikewise Wednesday, and lodged icthe same place. - '

Mrs Ralph Erskine Died Suddenly

The sudden death Friday December 24th of Barbara Peattie Ersklne:wife of Ralph C Erskine at theirhome in Stamford Conn, came as agreat shock to-th- e people of Tryon,as jonly that day friends and relatives,here had received letters and pre-

sents from her Blood poisming wasthe cause. of her death, caused bys6me infection getting info-- a crackin . her lip,, she wasa young 'talented

home and everything to "' live fcrbeside her husband she leaves threesmall children, boys, her father andmother, Mr4JVIrs Robert Peattieof Chicago and three brothers alsoof Chicago. Mrs Erskine visitedhere frequently before coming tolive in Trycn about five years ago,her husband built a beautiful Italianvilla here and named it "Villa Bar-bara" for his wife, while here shemade friends of all and was very democratic in all her ways. In lastyear she was president of the Lan-ier Club and only went to live - inConnecticut this past summer asMr Erskine's business called himtlhere. Mrs Erskine was born inChicago and the body was cremated.The deceased is a niece of Mrs WB Stone of Tryon and a grand-daughte- r

of Mrs Wilkinson who is visit-ing here.

Mesdames Lindsey and Hestergave a dance Wednesday evening atthe Library in honor cf their sonswho are home from college. Aboutsixty people were invited and alldanced, Miss Urser, Piano and MrLord violin from Hendersonville, fur-nished delightfully rythmic music.The room was beautifully decoratedwith' English ivy festoons andcaught up with holly and misiletoeand Christmas bells enlivened thegreen. Fruit punch was servedthroughout the evening and a luncbofoffee, cocoa, 5, sandwiches ' andcake was enjoyed. The young mensa'd the ladies looked Jovely and itwas also the unanimous opinion.It was one of the best dances of theseason.

Miss Rebecca Gaither of Hopklns- -

ville Ky. is visiting Miss MarthaJackson.

Rev S M Johnson preached hislast sermon at the Congregationalchurch Sunday, and soon leavesTrvon for other fields. Mr Johnsonhas made himself a most useful citizen during the fifteen months hehas been here, putting his shoulderto the wheel wherever needed, heis one of the practical men whomthis community needs, the ' Bee - issorry to see him go.. Don't blame the Jadies if theywear pantelletts as the hosiery manufactures are abandoning ladies hose

because they take too much yarnand too much dye. So what will theladies wear?

Miss Alice Pettigrew is spendingtlha hoVdava with her sister inTryon. -- A ,

A C Gilbert and Miss . Meldora

Head of Greens Creek were marledIn Tryon Sunday by Squire Gash.

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Mrs Ciclly Garrigues entertainedher sewing calss at her home Mon-day afternoon. All kinds of games,

lighted Christmas tree, beauti-ful refreshments and music made apleasant afternoon for the children.

Miss Nell Brown of Spartanburgand Dr G R Little of Saluda werethe guests of Mr and Mrs W F LittleSunday. 1

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Mrs G. H Holmea will forward a-b-

of clothing to the war. victems,the early part of next week. Personsdesiring to donate casi off clothing

good condition, may send themMrs Holmes residence at once.

The evening school will begin a-ga-

next Monday evening at 7t30 in

the Graded School building. All oldscholars and many new ones are re-

quested to be on time.

There was quite a family re-uni- or

the home of Mr George Weaver,during the holidays. The followingwere present: Mrs Harley E Beane

Bridgeport, Conn, Mr and MrsCarl Scott and baby and Miss Evelyhe Weaver of Spartanburg, MnCoxe Weaver and baby of Greenvilk

C, Mi and Mrs W N Mathews ofMorganton and Irs L A McColl oHendersonville.

Rev M L Taft assisted by Rev J

Daniels will conduct services Sun-

day morning at the CongregationaChurch. i

Alfred D Fisher, who came to Try-o- n

about , two weeks ago died Wed-

nesday night of carcinoma of thestomache. The . widow left with

the-remai- ns-- TJlursday. evening fev.

New Washington, Ohio.

.'Mrs Ohas Nessmith of Atlanta itvisiting he!" daughter-in-law- , MrsWill Nessmithhere in Tryon.

Mrs Barnes Smith was down fromSkyuka .Wednesday.

Word was received in Tryon vast

week of the death of Miss WinifredSarage at her heme in Detroit olFriday December 17, of heart trouble. Miss Sarage was the youngestsister ,of the family who recentlybought a farm on, the auto highway.

She had been ill for two years.

The regular services will be heldin the church of the Holy --Cross onSunday, January 2nd. Holy Ccmmu.ion 7 an a m Sundav School 9:45 am, Holy Communion and sermon li

m.sLost: A eold bracelet at the

School house Thursday, night. Finder please return to Postmaster anu

receive reward, adv

Mr and Mrs U G Speed christened their new barn with a b g danceon Tuesday evening. Nearly everyrvna whr danced was 'invited and itsp!te of the stormy night all came

A colored band from Asheville playedlivpiv music, the place was elaborately decorated and new and delioirnia refreshments were served in

the house.Miss Lois Wilcox, Mrs Holden and

Mr Searles-deserv- e the most of the

credit for the success of the Christmas festival as they managed anddeafened the affair and the artiststouch was "seen in the; exquisiteblending of color and grooping,hirtw rw tnnrA men. women and

children took part..

City Marshal Ross has moved intothe Gaines house on the Lynn Roadformerly occupied by Wm Durham,th latter has moved our into thecountry near his father's place.

. F P Bacon was called to Georgia

last Thursday by the serious illnessof his mother, she is much better atthis writing.

Several cf Herod's Court beautieswith their escorts adjourned to MrsDavis last - Thursday evening clad inall their magnificence and danced forseveral hours.

Mr Paul Davis leaves Sunday forhis honte in Detroit after spendingthe holidays with his family in TrypnMrs Davis accompanies him and willremain two months, r Mrs W G

Smith also goes back for a week orbo. ;v ; - ;

1 The Episcopal sunday school heldtheir Christmas tree at Dr.; Grady'shouse, Monday ' afternocn. Carolswere suns by the. cWWren, I

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We wish ycu aU a happy Newyear. -

Cap J W Wilcox is spending theholidays with friends-an-d relativesin Macon, Ga. -

Miss L E Fraser spent the holi-

days with friends in New York.

D S Pace of Hendersonylle washer Thursday.

J C Thompson spent Friday inAsheville. -

E L Patterson spent Thursday inAshevlle. I

Judge A S Moore and his son, EK, spent the holidays in Spartanburg.

VLt Wm F Wilcox Supt of theTenn Coal and Iron R R Co of Birmingham Ala, visited his s.ster,Miss L C Wilcox recently- -

Mr Allie Chrsolin of Charlestoncame up Sunday aind shipped all thefuniture from the Chisolm house tc

Charleston where it will be dividedamong the children as a keepsakefrom their mother who used to spendthe sum mors in Saluda but whedied severalryears ago.

Mr Kimbrough J Davis of Raleigh,N C who purchased the. Chisolm pro-

perty and who will make Saluda hishome has gone to Raliegh to spendthe holidays after which he will re-

turn to Saluda and begin extensiveimprovements on his magnificentplace, He will set out a fine or-

chard and farm the land also. All tht;ood people of Saluda extend tc

MrTDavis the glad hand of welcomeand all ate glad to have him.

Mr and Mrs N L Pace of Jacksonville Fla is visiting friend?; aiid; Rel-

atives in Saluda. '. . .' i

Mrs rETLtteTsdir Trpetl- t- Fridarin Hendersonville.

G E Bell of Tryon was a pleasntcaler Tuesday.

Misses Nona and Lucy Brown arespending the holidays with friend3at Naples.

Miss Clifford --Arledge of Tryonspent the holidays with friends andrelatives in Saluda.

Miss Arra Lankford spent the hclidays with friends and relatives orMills River.

Miss Lois Reed of Atlanta spentthe holidays with Mr and Mrs Reedin Saluda.

Mr and Mrs T E Norman spentthe holidays with friends in well- -

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Jethro Garren of Tryon visited hissister, Mrs Mattie Leonard Christmas day.

Mrs R C Chapin spent the holidayswith friends and relatives in Washmgon D C.

Mrs D S Hinton and Miss RutbHnton spent the holdays withfriends and relatives in Spencer N C

J L Hart came up from Bailey tcsee us Wednesday.

L P Forrest, formerly of Saluda,now livng in Cleveland, Ohio spentthe holidays with his parents, Mrand Mrs B J Forrest. Mr Forrestholds a good positon in the shopsas mechanic in Cleveland with 4hePensylvania railroad.

Mr and Mrs Ralph Newman spentSunday in Tryon with Mrs S S Oehl-er- .

R M Hall Spent Wednesday inAsheville.

W C Roberterson and son havesold their merchantile business f tcJohn T Coates,. Jr.

John T Coates Sr, of Macon Ga,spent the holdays with his family inSaluda. - '

Rev Wm Allen c f Biltmore spentChristmas day in Sktuda. -

Rev T C King and H P Corwithspent Tuesday in Asheville.

L C Pace motored to AshevilleMonday, taking In the sights atErckton also.

Mrs T S Averill spent Wednesdayin Asheville.

Mss M A Peck spent the holidayswith friends in Tryon.

It has been reported that work onthe concrete dam just above GreenRiver trestle will begin . January 1st.

Miss Mary Coates and John TCoates Jr, entertained, a number offriends Saturday evening at theCoates home. A buffet luncheonwas served. , ; -

The Saluda Christmas tree exercises were a grand succses, over700 people attended and 350 child-

ren made happy with the presentsdistributed by old Santa Clause.The tree was dazzling with it's mul--

ti colored lights and beautiful decor--

ations. Dr Little made the openingaddress, Rev Auld offered prayer anda short talk. - Mr Walter Jonesread the history of the fret Christmas tree m Saluda. The childrenof aU Sunday schools sang carols .and then came old Santa Claus inan auto to gladden the children'shearts. Mr Henry P Corwithmade an exceWent . Santa. Theclosing address was by Rev King.A brilliant display of freworks was .

witnessed after the exercises.

Birthday Party

Mr and Mrs E L Patterson, gave abirthday party December 1 8th 10

ther laughter, Miss Josephine Aman-da on her seventeenth brithday. Theparlor was beautifully decorated inred and green. Old time games

'were played, after which refresh-ments were served. The birthday

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nolr was in a 'wrath of hollv and. v

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the figures 17 were burned on thecake. Seventeen white -- and green il-

luminated the dinning room.Those present were Msses Lucile

Garren, Lila Mae Guice, Ruth. Hin-

ton, Nell and Annie Proffitt, AnnieHart, Lois Pace, Lensef Lucy andNona Brown, Margarette Patterson.Hugh Ward, Willie CulUpher, JohnT Coates4 Jr, Fred Robertson, FredplerfDrgittleBennetr Ham-e- r,

Charlton L Harti '

and Howard Locke.All present presented Miss Jose-

phine with a nice birthday gift andan enjoyable tme was reported by

all in attendance.

First Christmas Tree

The following was read by WalterJones at the Municiple ChristmasTree exercises:

Before speaking of the first Christ-ma- s

tree in Saluda, let us turn ourthoughts far back, to the fime whenour heathen fore-other- s of NorthernEurope, worshipped the Sun as thelife-givin- g power, the power to raisefrom . the dead the flowers andfruits, which He hidden in the bosomof our mother Earth. These , ances-tors called this festival Yule.

Many of their usages . and beliefshave come down to us, but changedand purified by Christianity. Instead of the yule festival, we havethe Christmas season, when we deckour homes and churches, with boughsand branches from the forest, so making nature lend hers aid in our wor-

ship, not of the Sun God, but the"Son of Righteousness" who-gav- e

him-se- lf for us. And it Is the greatgift of him-sel- f, which teaches us atthis season, the joy of giving to,

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This brings us to the first Christ-mas tree gven in Saluda. In theyear 1888, or 89 in the dining roomof the house now occupied by Dr TT Moore, then belonging to Dr Mc-Collou- gh,

Mrs McCollough, childrenand grandchildren, made caikeSH dolls,pincushions and needle-books- , havingno money to spend except for asmall quantity of candy. The young-

est grandchildren contributed a boxof oranges, which had been, sent tothem from Florida. After the greattree had been brought ini there5 wasscarcely standing room for the crowd.Old inhabitants many past theirthree scJre and ten years, babies inarms, children of all ages came ss

the mountains, to see the won-

derful gift bearng tree, which heldfruits for each and every one. Then,every .voice joined in, singing thatbid, yet ever new hymn, sun" by theHerald Angel, hundreds cf years ago,

to the watchng shepherds, "Glory,to God in the Highest, and on EarthPeace, good will to men." '

W S Forrest spent the holidaysvisiting old friends in Atlanta Ga,where he used to be foreman fcr thevV U Telegraph Co. -

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voice spoke to them, "To FearNot", as this was curtained oftthe song, Hark the Herald Angelssing, poured forth and then thedim interior of the stable wifh hayand straw about was shown withthe beautiful Madona, Mary gaz-

ing in religious rapture, over themanger where her divine babe lay,her face lighted by God like ra-

diance reflected from her son, Josephstood, by trying to comprehend ihisnew greatness, the shepherds came

in elad in their blankets and goat

skins with their crooks and fell on

their knees in, worship of this infam-t- o

whom they had been lead by thismysterious heavenly l'ght and voice"O little Town of Bethlehem"-- wassung when this picture vanished anathe men's chorus of "We ThreeKings of Orient Are" with the wholeaudience answering "O Star of Wonder Star of Night" and King Herod'sCourt blazed forth in all its Jewishmagnificence with royal favoritesdecked in jewels and costly rcbesand embroideries, eyes sparkling and

fair' arms and shoulders gleaming

and the proud and mighty Herod ad-ice- d

ancPlsat on his throne, an uneasy look of fear clouded his browdespite the presence of his favorite.Salome who sat at his feet, andthe royal' wealth which bedecked hisperson and surroundings. Messeng-

ers entered and afterwards usheredin the three wis4 men, swarthed in

their eastern garments of greairichness,- - asklrg the whereabouts of

this babe who is born to be king' of

the Jews; .Herod's wrath is tremend-

ous and every male child under tweyears is to be killed for he will notleave a possibility of another kingusurping, his' throne.

The song, "Oh Come All ye Faith-

ful" was then sung followed by thebeautiful carol "Holy Night, Peace-

ful Night" and then the mangerscene again appeared and the WisMen, the Magi, came in bearingtheir gifts of gold, franklncenceand myrrh and fall in worship before

the mother and her mysterious babe.As the last picture was shown,

night had decended and in the darkwas seen Joseph asleep on the floorand the mother' asleep over herbabe's cradle, her face still alightfrom her son's halo, when, lo an. an-

gel with high protecting wings hoversnear them and bending over Josephwarns him of Herod's anger and inhis dream ,; Joseph knows he andMary must flee with the child andheavenly voices are heard blendingwith the dream 1

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