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W. B. Cochran
William B,aylus Cochran, 93, re
tired farmer, died Sunday about
noon at Columbus. Funeral ser-
were held on Monday mora
* Tng at 11 o’clock at the Columbus
Baptist church with the pastor, the
Rev. Dr. Tilley, officiating. The
deceased is survived by Ms widow
and three sons, Joe, Ben ,nd Miles
Cochran.
Jack Foster
Jack Foster, 58, well-known
farmer of Columbus, died Monday
at St. Luke’s hospital about noon.
He was a son of Dave Foster.
Funeral services will be held today
(Tuesday) afternoon at 2 o’clock
at the Williams family cemetery.
The deceased is survived by his
widow, four sons, John, Richard,
Palmer, and Charlie, and two
daughters, Mrs. Claude Constance,
and Miss Rosa Foster, of Colum
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Eggs That Are Eggs
Mrs. Lillie Taylor seems to be
the champion egg raiser of Polk
County. She brought to Tryon
this morning (Tuesday) a lot of
large white leghorn hen eggs. Two
of these eggs weighed nine ounces.
It was hard to believe that they
Avere hen eggs.
Scouts Meet
Tryon Boy Scout Troop No. 1,
will meet tonight at the school
at 7:30, with Scoutmaster W. A.
Schilletter in charge.
Basketball News
Sunny View boys’ and girls’
basketball teams will play Stearns
high school boys and girls tonight
at 7:30 at Columbus.
On Friday night at 7:30 Saluda
boys and girls will play Stearns
at Columbus.
Payne and Turner
Captured at Sanford
Sanford, N. C., Jan. 3.—A group
of Federal Bureau of Investiga
tion agents tonight captured Bill
Payne and Wash Turner, notor
ious North Carolina escaped con
victs.
Payne, the state’s No. 1 bad man,
and Turner, his companion, were
surrounded while they sat in an
automobile on Steele street hero
at 6:45 p. m.
The desperadoes Avere heavily
armed, but offered no resistance
when the Agents surronuded them
They were taken to Charlotte for
interrogation in connection with a
long list of crimes.
The federal agents swooped down
on the unsuspecting pair in the
heart of Sanford. The cordon of
officers surrounded the men so
quickly they gave up Avithout resis
tance.
Residents here said four or five
automobiles containing 12 or 15
G-men, armed with sub-machine
guns, converged on the criminals,
and made the capture.
—Asheville Citizen.