ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POST OFFICE
AT TRYON. N. C., UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879
(Elje ®rmnt Ihitlu jHudettn
Vol. 8
TRYON, N. C., MONDAY, SEPT. 9, 1935
Tryon School To
Open on Monday,
September 16th
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By W. A, SCHILLETTF.R
The Tryon graded school will
open for the 1935-36 session
promptly Rt nine o’clock a. m., on
Monday, September 16. On this
day ail pupils are requested to
please report to their l’cspective
class rooms. They will be marched
to the auditorium for a short open
ing exercise. All patrons are cor
dially invited to attend this exer
cise.
After the program the pupils
will return to their rooms to re
ceive a schedule of work, book list
and lesson assignments.
Pupils entering the Tryon school
for the first time, except first
grade pupils, are asked to please
register at the superintendent’s
office for classification on Friday
SAd Saturday morning, September
P?3th aind 14th from 9:00 to 12:00
a. m. We wish to have all pupils
classified and assigned to grades
before school opens.
We ai’e pleased to welcome to
our faculty membership Miss
Genevieve Randle as teaicher of
English and history and Miss
Carrie Williams as teacher of home
economics. These two teachers
come to us very highly recommend
ed, having taught a number of
years in the schools of North
Carolina.
Teachers for 1935-36 Session
W. A. Schilletter, superinten
dent, teacher of biology, commer
cial and physical geography.
M. B. Caldwell, high school prin
• Continued on Br*ck Pap*
Senator Huey Long
Shot By Political Foe
Baton Rouge, La., Sept. B.—Sen
ator Huey P. Long, Louisiana's
political “dictator”, was shot thru
the right side tonight in the state
capitol with a pistol in the hands
cf Dr. C. A. Weiss, Jr., an eye
specialist of Baton Rouge and
member of an anti-Long political
family.
Boydguards of Senator Long im
mediately killed Dr. Weiss, liter
ally riddling his body with bullets
and leaving him dead on the floor
of the corridor.
As the senator stepped out of
the house doOr spectators said Dr.
Weiss walked up to Long and,
pressing the muzzle of a pistol
close to his bddy, fired one shot.
Then the bodyguards opened fire,
killing the doctor, and assisted
Senator Long down the stairs to
an automobile.
Long was staggering and bleed
ing at the mouth. He maintained
consciousness and talked to his as
sistants. At the hospital he was
rushed to an operating table and
Dr. Urban Maes, of New Orleans,
of the medical staff of Louisiana
State University, was summoned
by airplane.
The hospital said the senator’s
condition was grave but Dr. Ar
thur Vidrine, head of the New Or
leans Charity hospital, in charge
cf the esse, said the bullet had not
struck any vital organs and he did
not cqnsider the senator’s condi
tion ci’itical.—Asheville Citizen.
Est. 1-31-28