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. 8
TRYON, N. 0., FRIDAY, FEB. 22, 1935
George Edwards
Landrum, Feb. 21.—Georg e Ed
wards, 89, well known Polk county
resident, died Thursday at his home
■pear Mill Spring after an illness.
He was born and reared in this
section and was a farmer.
Funeral services will be held Fri
day at 11 a. m., at the Mill Spring
Baptist church, of which he was a
member, conducted by the Rev. Mr.
Trammel, assistel by the Metho
dist minister. Interment will fol
low in the churchyard.
Pallbearers will be Granville and
Henry Thompson, Frank and
Twitty Jackson, William Wilson
and Elbert Green.
Surviving is one brother.—Spar
tanburg Herald.
Cloud Fight Today
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Due to th e absence of Represen
tative E. B. Cloud Thursday, the
scheduled fight on his bill to in
crease the membership of the Polk
county board of cmomissioners
from three to six members was
postponed until Friday.—Asheville
Citizen.
See “Heaven Bound”, a religious
musical pageant with all - negro
cast in the Parish House on the
evening of March 7. Auspices of
the Methodist Missionary society.
—Adv. 3 t. 22, 1, 5
Basketball Results
Taking an early lead and hold
ing it throughout the entire game
the Industrials defeated the hard
fighting Merchants by the score of
36 to 16. Jess Walker with 18
points was the leading high scor
er, while Clyde Edwards ran a
close second with 10 points. For
the Merchants, Nelson Leonard and
Jones divided honors in the scor
ing, while all their teammates
played a good, clean game. Dr.
Bishop refereed this gam e which
was played in the best of spirit.
In the second game the Firemen
after getting a slow start defeted
the Soumerco-Lynn boys by the
score of 18 to 4. Jim Fisher was
the outstanding player for the
Firemen and with his 14 points his
team was never in danger of de
feat. Soumerco-Lynn played a hard
game and never gave up for a
minute, but just couldn’t get start
ed to clicking. J. C. Williams was
the leading player. Nelson Leonard
and Walt Glover officiated in this
game. A big crowd saw the games.
Green Creek Girls did not show up
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Hunting Season Over
The hunting season for rabbits
and birds closed on February 20th.
Trapping season is also over. All
violators of th e law will be prose
cuted according to R. Burton Wil
liams, county game warden.
Est. 1-31-28