OFFICE FILE. (l*o. 1«W).
ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POST OFFICE
AT TRYON, N. C., UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879
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Vol. 7 TRYON, N. C., JAN. Est. 1-31-23
Mother of John
Landrum Passed
Away Wednesday
Landrum, Jan. 23.—Mrs. Fannie
Fitzhugh Landrum, 87. died at her
home here this afternoon after a
short illness.
Mrs. Landrum was the widow of
Richard Furman Landrum, and
was a daughter of the late John
A. Fitzhugh and Margaret McGee
Fitzhugh.
She was a cousin of Robert E.
Lee.
She was a member of the Lan
drum First Baptist church and a
faithful attendant as long as health
permitted.
Surviving are one son, John G.
Landrum of Landrum, and two
daughters, Misses May and Fan
nie Landrum, both of Landrum.
A number of relatives survive in
Spartanburg arid Greenville coun
ties.—Spartanburg Herald.
Funeral services will be held
Friday at 3:30 at the First Bap
tist church of Landrum with the
pastor, Rev. C. B. Prince, officiat
ing, assisted by Dr. E. E. Bomar.
Dr. Taylor at Rotary
J. B. Hester has charge of the
Tryon Rotary club program Fri
day at 1 p. m. at Oak Hall. Dr.
George Farrand Taylor will be the
chief speaker.
Basketball Friday
Greer, S. C., high school boys
and girls- basketball teams will
come to Tryon Friday night to
play the local teams at the Tryon
gymnasium at 7:30.
Weather News
Intense cold, floods and storms
beset the nation Wednesday as
winter launched its most bitter
assault of the year.
Minnesota temperature records
—some of them extending back 50
years—were topped by a frigid
wave that drove the mercury down
to 51 below at Eveleth. Hundreds
of families were marooned in the
flood stricken districts of Missis
sippi and Tennessee. Rivers roar
ed out of their banks in western
Washington, sending scores to
places of safety and tying up
transportation.
Unusual cold reached across the
continent from the Artie circle to
the Gulf of Mexico. Damage run
ning into hundreds of thousands of
dollars was wrought. New names
were added to the roster of more
than 70 fatalities.
Communication lines in Minneso
ta were snapped, work on outside
was halted, schools in many parts
of the state were closed. Eveleth,
with its —sl reading, was the
coldest point in the coldest state.
The —3B registered at Duluth set
a 50-year record for the date.
Minneapolis and St. Paul re-
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Birthday Cake
Becker’s Bakery of Spartanburg
has generously offered to bake a
large and beautiful birthday cake
for the President’s Birthday Ball
in Tryon, to be held at Oak Hall
hotel on the evening of January
30th. The cake will be on display
during the evening of the ball and
some lucky person will claim it as
his or her own before the ball
comes to a close.