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., MONDAY, JAN. 28, 1935
United Dry Forces
Meet In Columbus
The United Dry Forces will hold
a county-wide meeting this even
yig at 7:30 in the Columbus Bap
tist church. Representatives from
every township in the county are
expected attend.
Highway Projects
A highway construction pro
gram costing $5,640,770 will be
carried nut in 22 Western North
Carolina counties as the funds are
made available by the legislature,
the State Highway and Public
Works commission announced Sat
urday. The program for Polk
county includes new construction,
state highways, $138,000; new sur
face treatment, state highways,
$40,000; total state, $178,000. No
county projects.
Hunt Club Dates
The Tryon Hounds hunting
dates have been announced as fol
lows: Block House on Wednesday.
Jim Fisher’s place on Saturday.
Hounds leave Kennels at 10:30
in the morning.
O. Vance Johnson
Funeral services for O. Vance
Johnson, 36, who died Saturday
at Baltimore, Md. after a month’s
illness, will be held this afternoon
at 3:30 o’clock at the home of his
mother, Mrs. H. V. Johnson, 609
North church street, Spartanburg,
conducted by the Rev. F. E. Dibble
Interment in Oakwood cemetery..
' Mr. Johnson attended Wolford
college. During the World War he
served in the aviation corps. For
several years he was connected
with the Geer Drug Co. He had re
sided in Spartanburg most of the
time until last fall when he mov
ed to Tryon Surviving are his
widow, the former Miss Margue
rite Simmons of Johnston, S C, a
daughter, Rachel, his mother and
the following brothers and sisters:
Louis P. Johnson of Goldsboro, N.
C., H. G. Johnson, Elmer C. John
son. Bessie, Mary, Allene and Sa
ra Johnson, all of Spartanburg.
Box Seats Extra
Some people have the impress
ion that the purchase of a box
seat ticket them to admis
sion to the President’s Ball .at
Oak Hall next Wednesday even
ing. This is aa mistake. The re
served box seats are 25 cents each
in addition to the regular $1 ad
mission price.
Est. 1-31-28