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. C., THURSDAY, AUG. 22, 1935 Est. 1-31-28
Horse Show Judges
C. J. Lynch and George A.
Cathey are judging two Horse
Shows today. They judge one this
morning for the Lake Lure ciamp
for girl's and one this afternoon
for the Bear Wallow camp for
girls near Hendersonville. Mr.
Lynch and Mr. Cathey have been
officials of the Tryon Horse Show
ever since it was organized and
are recognized authorities on es
questrian events in this section.
Flower Garden Leader’s
School
Miss Pauline Smith, Northeas
tern District Agent from Raleigh,
and J. G. Weaver, Professor of
Horticulture at State Cbllege, will
be in Polk county on Friday, Aug.
23, for an all-day Garden Lead
er’s School.
Miss Smith and Mr. Weaver will
discuss planting and transpdiant
ing of flowers and shrubs, types
cf soil suitable to different flowers.
Also arrangement of flotwers and
shrubs around homes and churches.
The meeting will begin prompt
ly at 10 o’clock and will be held
in the Columbus high school audi
torium.
The home agent is anxious to
have the Garden Leaders in each
of the clubs and others who are
interested come to the meeting.
She feels that this meeting will
be of unusual interest and very
instructive to the women of Polk
county.
So please make your plans to at
tend and bring a picnic lunch with
you.
Truck Driver Held
Up by Four Robbers
Four highwaymen operating a
Chevrolet truck and a Fdrd V-8
held up a Convoy Trucking Co.,
driver of Charlotte nead Blacks
burg, S. C., about 8 o’clock Wed
nesday night. They handcuffed the
driver and locked him in the back
Os the big steel truck after they
had taken a large quantity of
cigarettes. Some of the tobacco
merchandise was left on the road
near Landrum. The men then
painted off with green pain the
name of the trucking firm and
drove the big truck on to Tryon
where they left it on the highway
between W. Y. Wilkins’ home and
the Erskine rock bridge. The
handcuffed driver was able to lo
cate a wrench in the truck and
managed to break open the door
with it about 2:30 this morning.
He immediately went to Mr. Wil
kins' home and telephoned head
quarters in Charlotte. No trace of
the men had been found at time of
going to press.
Saluda Man Is Named
On Faculty of School
St. Augustine, Fla., Aug. 21.
D(r. J. C. Settles, president of the
Florida state school for deaf and
blind here, announced today that
J. W. Alexander, of Saluda, N. C.,
had been appointed a member of
the faculty and athletic director
for boys.—Asheville Citizen.