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Vol. 9 TRYON, N. C., FRIDAY, JAN. 31, 1936 Est. 1-31-28 ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20. 1928, AT THE POST OFFICE AT TRYON. N. Q., UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3. 1879 FILLERS W. S. Green advertised in the Bulletin the other day for old sacks \o put coal in. It reminded the Editor of the time when he was a little boy 10 and 11 years old. He gathered old sacks, scrap iron, brass, bottles, etc., and sold them to the junk man. That’s how I made my first money to put in Postal Savings. It made an im pression on me' because it was money that I had earned by work ing. In South Alabama big bags are called Croakus sacks instead of tow sacks as they do in the mountain sections. 3C 3 When the editor was 17 years old he started his first little paper about twice the size of the Bulletin. It was a weekly, printed in an other man’s shop. It ran one month. The next venture was at the age of 19 when he. took over an abandoned weekly at Hurtsboro, Ala., and published it a year on kan initial capital of $6. That was n experience, sleeping unde;; counters and eating bread and apples. It was a lot cf fun and ' the University of Hardknocks was very interesting. Next at 20 came preparatory school and college and the editorship of the college paper. At 25 came another venture in running a weekly paper at Corne lia, Ga. The editor lasted two years, but the paper is still going. At 28, eight years ago today, The Tryon Daily Bulletin was born. They have been the happiest years of all. There were many days when I didn’t have the "money to buy bread and apples nor know the next day whether I’d have a counter to sleep under, but they -Continued on Back Page Speaker from China At Baptist Church Mr. Eugene A. Turner, for 22 years a> leader in Y. M. C. A. work in China, who is in Tryon on his vacation, will preach at the First Baptist church on Sunday morn ing at 11 o’clock. He has chosen for his subject, “Some By Streams of Christianity in China.” Coley Convicted Of Manslaughter Bill Coley, white man, was con-. victed of manslaughter Thursday afternoon in Polk county Superior Court, for the killing of Will Mil ler, colored, of Pea Ridge section. The jury returned the verdict about 6:45 p. m. Judge Pless ad journed court and will pass sen tence on Monday when the court re-opens. The Weather Snow covers nearly all of South. Columbia, S. C., gets six inches; Atlanta eight. Records broken in many places. 26 below at North field, Vt., was coldest spot in U. S., on Thursday. Railroad cars coming to Tryon from South Caro lina today were covered with deep snow. Rising temperature pre dicted for Saturday. It is estimated that 6,000 Presi dent’s balls were held Thursday night and attended by 5,000,000 people. President Roosevelt thanks people over the radio.
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