(Est. 1-31-28) Published Daily Except Saturday and Sunday ________5c Per Copy ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POSTOFFICE AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3 1879 ('HD mm DAILY BUL1IH The World’s Smallest daily Newspaper, Vol. 24—No. 345 TRYON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JAN. 16TH, 1952 Seth M. Vining, Editor Weather Tuesday: High 76, low 54, Rel. Hum. 58. That looks like pretty good weather for January when you read about a blizzard marooning a modern streamlined passenger train for days in Nor thern California where 24 degree temperature and 15 to 20 feet of snow has brought much sufferiner. . . . . The Tryon Liquor store sold $40,891.10 worth of whiskey during-. December which was about three weeks of business as the store did not open the first few days and no publicity was given to the opening. Asheville sold over Sf a million and Charlotte over nillion and a quarter and the te as a whole sold more than eight million dollars worth .... Here from Olkahoma: A treat for many Tryon people Tuesday was the sight of 104 head of whiteface Hereford beef cattle and one cow pony, being unloaded at the Tryon denot for the R. A. Ferguson Jr., cattle farm near Mill Spring. They were shipped by freight from Okla homa. Mr. Ferguson, son of R. A. Ferguson, vice president of Kay nee, largest manufacturer of boys’ shirts, suits, etc., Cleveland, Ohio, bought from Ray Walker the W. C. Hill farm, formerly owned bv the late J. T. Waldrop. The number of fine cattle farms in Polk County Confirmed On Back Page_ GRIFFITH AT KIWANIS Harold C. Griffith, chairman of the Kiwanis Achievement Commit tee spoke to the club on Tuesday at Oalc Hall hotel. The speaker reviewed the work of various com mittees and the duties of the chair men and members of tne commit tees suggesting- various activities that were done in other clubs. Mr. Griffith stressed the importance of attendance and the roll each mem ber must have in order to have a successful club. The speaker prais ed the first issue of the Tryon Ki wanian and stated that it was one of the best that he had ever seen, and hoped that Editor Elbert H. Arledge and his staff of past presi dents would continue their good work. Dana Harris, past prescient of the Fhelby Kiwanis Club, and Harold Warrington of Tryon were guests. Mr. Harris has four years perfect attendance and enjoys visiting Kiwanis clubs. | HOSPITAL NEWS I Patients discharged from St. i Luke’s Hospital are as follows: j Mrs. Alma Morgan, Tryon; Mrs. I E. L. Bishop, Tryon; James C. | Coe, son of Mrs. Betty Coe, Cam i pobello, S. C. ! Sgt. and Mrs. Duane McCormick of Route 2. Landrum, are the par ents of a boy born January 15th, at 6:33 p. m. P. L. Barnette has resigned from the Tryon ABC Board and C. M. Eargle has been appointed bv the Town Council to succeed him. Mr. Eargle is a former town commissioner and is a member of the Harmon Field Commission. He is the owner and operator of the Home Ice Plant.

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