ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS HATTER 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., TUESDAY, SEPT. 10, 1935 Est. 1-31-28
Senator Huey Loßg
Died This Morning
Rndio broadcast this morning
stated that Senator Huey Long of
Louisiana died this morning at
as the result of pistol shot
"Lbunds in the stomach on Sunday
when Dr. C. A. Weiss, Jr., of
Baton Rouge, shot the semtor as
he came out c'f the capitol building.
Hope for Long’s recovery was held
until last night after he had been
given blood transfusions and an
oxygen tent taken to his room and
every effort to save his life.
Officers Elected For
Loan & Savings Co.
Officers for the Tryon Federal
Savings & Loan Association have
been elected as follows: President,
F. P. Bacon; Vice-President, W.
S. Green, Secretary-Treasurer, M.
R. McCown. This new company
•jyill start off with about $24,000
The Federal government
-iuinishes three dollars to every one
furnished by subscribers to stock.
Each stockholder’s investment is
insured up to $5,000. The Asso
ciation expects to be able to loan
money on homes within the next
few weeks.
TRYON TEAM LOSES
IST HALF TO BREVARD
The Tryo'n Baseball team lost
the championship the first half
Os the season to Brevard by a
score of 1-0 in a hard-fought game
on Saturday afternoon.
MARTIN WOULD
FREE SCHOOLS
FROM POLITICS
Raleigh, Sept. 9.—Leroy Martin
retired today as executive secre
tary of the state school commis
sion with the assertion that schools
should be freed from local politics
and at least half of the high schools
in North Carolina should be elim
inated.
Martin, who has been with the
state school administration for
eight years, will become connected
with the Wachovia Bank & Trust
company of Winston-Salem after
a short vacation at his home in
Yadkin county.
‘‘The schools are more complete
ly in politics than almost anything
you imagine.” Martin dec'ared.
“Half of this high school busi
ness is a farce,” was his second
remark.
Martin enlarged upon those
statements and said Ire would do
two things if it were solely in his
power to direct the schools.
“First, I would eliminate all
'.coat politics in the operation of
schools, election of teachers, and
bus drivers, and so forth,” he said.
“Second, I would maHc off the map
at least half of the hie-h schools
in the state. If you want to do
something fetr the public schools,
those are the two things to do.
Martin said it would have been
difficult to pursue those two recom
mendations while connected official
ly with the school system.
Regarding polities in school ad
ministration, Martin said local in
fluences weigh heavily upon the
864 district school committees in
the selection of teachers and other
employes.;—Asheville Citizen.