Entered as second-class mail matter August 20,1928, *t the Po» Office at Tryon, N. C..
under the Act of Congress. March 3. 1879.
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TRYON, N. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 15, 1930.
Vol. 3.
Hillcrest School Burns
Fire destroyed the dormitory and school building of
Hillcrest Presbyterian school in Green Creek last night be
tween 1 and 3 o’dodc. Loss estimated about $50,000. The
school had a large number of boarding pupils and was do
ing excellent work in the community. The loss is very serious
to that section. Only a farm house and barn were saved. Au
thorities coulo not be reached for further information.
Good Citizens.... Better Look Out
n Admonishes an anonymous circular letter mailed to the
editor of Bulletin and others a few days ago. The letter, which
is a fight on the chain store, was unsigned and doesn’t deserve
consideration, except for the fact that so many of them were
sent out they might mislead some people into thinking local mer
chants were back of it. The letter itself was printed out of town
showing that the author did not practice what he preached. It
asks the* Dentist how many teeth he has jerked out of the Chain Store crowd. On
investigation we find that Dr. Bishop extracted everyone of Manager McNeely’ss
and replaced them with new plates.
Investigating further we find that Manager McNeely bought his auto
mobile from a Tryon dealer, He buys his clothes here; is a steward in
the Methodist church and contributes to its support. He belongs to a
number of civic organizations including the Chamber of Commerce, Ki
wanis, and Shriners. The Farmer was asked why he should trade there.
We find that last summer the A&P sent their trucks to Mr. Pink Wil
liams in this county and bought all the beans he had, and took all of
Mr. Clarance Elliott’s at a time when they couldn't sell them in Tryon.
We also have seen our genial leading grocer, Mr. R. O. Andrews trading
at the A&P which is further evidence that the local store is all right.
Tryon merchants are naturally big, broad minded type of men willing to
live and let live. They buy everything as low as possible in order to pass
the saving on to their customers. They use government envelopes instead
of getting the local printers to do their work because they get them for
about half price, ana nobody can blame them. Much or their other
printing is done out of town either to save money of some other reason
which is their right and privilege under the American constitution.' We
must not stop the wheels of progress by paying the price or antiquated
methods. Modern business goes forward when we produce something
the public wants, present it in an attractive way and advertise it judic
iously at the lowest market price. '
Tryon is fortunate in having clean, big business men all the way
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