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AT TRYON, N. C., UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3. 1879
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Vol. 9, Est. 1-31-28. TRYON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1936.
Electric Range
Demonstration
Manager K. A. Bowen announc
ed yesterday that the Duke Power
Co. would hold a Hotpoint Electric
Range Demonstration on Thurs
day, April 16 at the Tryon School
Home Economics Dept, at 3:30 p.
m. under the direction of Mrs.
Kathleen H. Moore of Greenville,
S. C. All the ladies of the commun
ity are invited and prizes will be
awarded to the lucky ones in at
tendance.
Tryon Negro Killed.
In Automobile Wreck
Harvey Carson, age about 24,
well-known colored man of Try
on died Monday afternoon from
injuries received early that morn
ing when a car he was driving ov
erturned on the Greenville high
way and injured him internally.
The body has been brought to Try
on for burial, probably on Sunday.
Some Cedar
Fiddlin’ John Weaver of Green
Creek has cut on his farm what he
believes to be the largest cedar
tree in the county. It was 30
inches in diameter. He cut it into
two logs, the bottom log being 34
feet long and the top 12 feet long.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Senn of New
berry, S. C. are here for the Show.*
A Large Dance
The largest dance ever given by
the Tryon Riding & Hunt club was
held Tuesday night at Oak Hall ho
tel with Mr. and Mrs. Mark A.
Richards as host and hostess. The
guests came from many surround
ing cities. The Buccaneers of
Asheville furnished the music.
Pea Ridge Man Is
Under Arrest On
Whiskey Charge
Columbus, April 14. — Hicks
Price, of Pea Ridge, was arrested
last week on Pea Ridge with a load
of liquor, officers reported. In
making the arrest, Sheriff Edgar
Newman had his car badly damag
ed by Price who was trying to
get his car clear of a trap the
officers had laid for him. It is said
that when Price saw one of the
deputieSe had parked his machine
across the road he hit Mr. New
man’s car as he tried desperately
to back out of the road.
Price, with the car and several
gallons of liquor, was taken by the
officers.
Printers Work All Night
The printers of Wood’s Press
worked all night last night print
ing the largest edition of the
Horse Show program which con
tained forty pages of interesting
l information about the show and
carried the last entries made at
j 6:30 p.m.