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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
LETTERS
In The Polk County News the
editor has made his guess on the
outcome of the national election
based on the voting of the past
administrations. The various
Spoils ere creating much interest.
The editor’s guess is 321 electoral
votes for Roosevelt and 210 for
Landon. Reuters News Agency of
London, England, gives 317 for
Roosevelt, after a survey of 48
states.
One friend writes:
Dear Seth:
Congratulations on being willing
to stick your head out and make
a public guess on the outcome of
the election. With various nation
wide polls differing widely, your
guess should be as good as anyone’s
and it certainly makes the paper
more interesting. After all, in a
truly Democratic country national
elections are the great in-door and
out-door sports.
In case you are interested in
opinion at present, I will say
Rjhat if you are right about Mr.
electoral votes then
you are wrong about the popular
majority, it will be larger than
you think. He will carry the
Southern States by tremendous
popular vote which will offset the
closeness of the vote in some key
Northern States. I believe Lan
don has an excellent chance in
Minnesota, New York. Massachu
setts, New Jersey and a fighting
chance in Arizona and Illinois.
You apparently give these states
to Roosevelt. All in all. you prob
ably make the better guess when
you pick Roosevelt to win but the
campaign is a confused one full
of uncertainties and possibilities.
TRYON, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1936
Scientist Visits Home
Dr. R. Eugene Dyer, noted gov
ernment scientist of Washington,
D. C., who has been in Mobile,
Ala., in connection with typhus
fever work, returned to Wash
ington after a visit with his par
ents, Rev. and Mrs. Rolla Dyer.
Local Hospital
Gets Approval
St. Luke’s hospital of Tryon
was one of 12 hospitals in Wes
tern North Carolina that have
been found to meet the require
ments for approval of the Ameri
can College of Surgeons. The list
of approved hospitals in the na
tion was read Monday at the open
ing of the nineteenth annual Hos
pital Standardization conference
in Philadelphia.
ZEB WEAVER
HERE MONDAY
Congressman Zebulon Weaver
will address the voters of Polk
County on Monday evening at 7:30
?t the Courthouse in Columbus un
der the auspices of the Polk County
Democratic organization. Mr.
Weaver is one of the most popu
lar congressmen in the house and
counts friends among Republicans
and Democrats. The public is in
vited to hear him.
On Wednesday at the same
place and time. Senator Robert R.
Reynolds will also address the
voters.