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Glad to see you are underway with your project. Not sure what you mean about the emery paper - never seen anyone bother to do it before - though sometimes wooden pole blocks can expand and contract a little with changing weather, making the poles a little harder to slide in or requiring a bit firmer clamping.
In my experience, the drilled holes in the blocks would have more than enough friction to hold the poles tightly in place. Adding emery paper on the inside of the pole blocks would seem to me to be complicated, problematic and unnecessary.
Of the top of my head- you'd probably have to drill or sand the holes slightly oversize to make the paper fit. The layer of paper and glue might make the fit more "spongey". The paper would likely get torn off in the process of putting the poles in and out. If the paper did not go all the way around the pole, go the whole length of block or had any bumps or wrinkles in it, you would have a less snug fit around the pole than a precisely drilled piece of wood.
Good luck!
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