ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST ZO, 1928, AT THE POST OFFICE
AT TRYON, N. C., UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3,1879
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(The Smallest Daily Newspaper In The World)
Vol. 9. Est. 1-31-28
Christmas Events
Two additional events for the
Christmas holidays announced for
today are the St. Agnes Guild
d?nca at the Parish House on
Christmas day, Dec. 25, and a
dance given by Miss Barbara
Smith of Wellesley college and Miss
Dorothy Smith of Florida State
college which will be held on Wed
nesday, Dec. 30, at the Pai’ish
House.
Dates so far:
Dec. 23—Dance; Miss Betty and
Harold Shelnutt, at Sunny Dale
log cabin.
Dec. 24—Negro Christmas tree
program. Mrs. Dudley Smith,
chairman.
Dec. 25—Kiwanis distribution of
Christmas baskets.
Dec. 25—St. Agnes Guild dance
at Parish House.
Dec. 26—Dance at Biltmore
Forest.
Dec. ??—Dance; Carter Wilkie
Brown and Donald Wing.
Dec. 29—Dance at Oak Hall
with Pine Crest Inn as joint host.
Dec. 30—Dance at Parish House.
Misses Barbara and Dorothy
Smith, hostesses.
Basketball Tonight
Tryon town girls’ basketball
team will play here tonight at
7:30 at the gymnasium with the
Flat Rock girls’ team. Admission
10 and 15c.
Edward abdicates as British
king; Duke of York succeeds to
throne. Momentous message hand
ed to Commons by Prime Minister.
Edward paves way for marriage
to American, Wallis Simpson.
TRYON. N. C., THURSDAY, DEC. 10, 1936
N. Y. STOCK EXCHANGE STOCKS
Quotations Courtesy Post & Flagg
New York City. Branch office 715
Montgomery Bldg. Spartanburg
Dow-Jones Averages
Industrials, 182.20 up 1.04
Railroads, 55.50 up .30
Utilities, 35.15 off .08
TODAY’S CLOSINGS
BID ASK
American Can 117% 118%
American Radiator- 23% 23 V 2
American Telephonelß9 189%
Borg Warner 84% 85
Burrows Ad. M 29% 29%
Consolidated Gas 45 45%
Chrysler Motors 123% 123%
DuPont 181% 182
General Electric 51% 51%
General Motors 69% 69%
Int. Harvester 99% 99%
Int. Nickel 63% 63%
Montgomery Ward- 66 66%
National Biscuit 32% 33%
N. Y. Central 44% 45
Penna Railroad 40% 41%
Phillips Petroleum- 47% 47%
Radio ... 11% 11%
Reynolds Tob. “B”_ 58% 58%
Sears Roebuck 96% 97%
Southern Railway 23% 24
Standard Brands 15% 15%
Stand. Oil of N. J. 66% 66%
Texas Corporation.. 49% 49%
Union Pacific 130 132%
Tr ’ l ited Aircraft 28 28%
TT nited Gas Imp 14% 14%
TT S. Steel 77% 77%
Wool worth - 67 67%
SPOT COTTON, 12.98; up .14
“Big push” for Madrid opened
by Insurgents. Attack is repelled
by militiamen after bitter fight.