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Vol. 8 TRYON, N. C., MONDAY, JAN. 6, 1936 Est. 1-31-28 '
ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20. 1928, AT THE POST OFFICE
4T TRYON. N. C., UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS. MARCH 3. 1879
Country Club Meeting
The annual meeting of the Try
on Country club will be held to
night at 8 o’clock.
Kiwanis Tuesday
President C. J. Lynch* will have
charge of the Kiwanis program on
Tuesday when the club meets at
Oak Hall hotel at 1 p. m.
Donald Peattie One of
12 Outstanding Young
Men In America
Hurward Howes, editor of “Am
erica’s Young Men,” a national
“who’s who” for men 45 years of
age or under, has selected as one of
the 12 outstanding young men of
America in 1935.. Donald C. Peattie,
37, author of “An Almanac for
Moderns,” and winner of the 1935
award o'f the Limited Editions
club.
Mrs. E. W. Peattie
Is Recognized
A national newspaper syndicate
in making up a< list of important
events all over the world during
1935 listed the death of Mrs. Elia
W. Peattie, author and critic.
On the Radio
NBC stations tonight: Nelson
Eddy at 8:30 on Firestone pro
gram; Grace Moore at 9:30 on j
Vicks; Senator Gerald P. Nye at j
10:30 on a New Neutrality Law. i
FILLERS
When the editor wa.s a little boy
in South Alabama along about
1909-10-11, there were no thumb
tourists, but a good many tramps
who rode the rods or in box cars
on freight trains. Small boys al
ways looked forward to visits from
tramps who would stop off in the
neighborhood of the depot and ask
for food in nearby homes. The boys
would gang up, collect food from
their own homes and take it to the
tramps who would build a fire
near the railroad tracks and boil
water in a tin can for coffe. A
circle o»f boys and tramps would
gather around the fire. The boys
asking questions and the tramps
telling fascinating stories of the
outside world. These tramps came
from various countries. A big
Russian dropped from a carnival,
an Austrian, and A No. 1 stand out
most vividly. The Austrian was
well educated and from a promin
ent family. He washed his clothes
in a spring and nung tnem on a
bush to dry, wishing he had some
way of iro*ning them so they would
stay clean longer. He was no or
dinary tramp, and when he left he
gave each of us some little gift.
One boy got a small hammer and
another a dime—probably all the
money the tramp had. Such a
noble spirit would neV*er live off of
the Relief Rolls. In addition to his
education he had culture and re
spect for himself. I’ve often won
dered how" far he rose up in the
world. He may be today, the
president of some big corporation.
He was bound to succeed. Some
times when I see dirtily clothed
men loafing o'n the street with
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