ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS M ALTER AUGUST 20, 1028. AT TUS RUST o*Hc*
AT TRYON, N. C., UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3,1879
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Vol. 10. Est. 1-31-28
Former Folk Woman
Dies In Spartanburg
Mrs. Laura Byers Griffin, 67,
wife of J. A. Gi'iffin and a member
a prominent local family, died
at her home, 173 Crescent avenue,
at 4 o’clock yesterday morning af
ter an illness of three weeks.
Mrs. Griffin was born and reared
in Polk county, North Carolina,
the daughter of J. J and Amanda
Cantrell Byers. Since 1901 she
had been a resident of Spartan
burg.
Funeral services will be con
ducted at 3 o’clock Tuesday after
noon at the El Bethel Methodist
church, by the Rev. J. T. Frazier,
the Rev. MJ. B Patrick, the Rev.
Paul Kinnett, the Rev. E. Gibson
Davis and the Rev. W. H. K.
Pendleton.
Interment will be in the Oak
wood cemetery. Spartanburg
Herald.
“No Jiggering”
R. B. Williams. Polk county
Game Protector, calls attention of
fishermen to the following law:
Jigger and Stet Hook Fishing
Prohibited—lt shall be unlawful
to fish or take fish by jiggering
and by set-hooks at any time of
the year in Inland Waters of North
Carolina. Jiggeidng is fishing from
any of floating device with any
type of lure or bait attached to a
line under two feet in length fast
ened on a rod or pole. Set-hook
fishing is fishing with hook and
line, attached to pole placed or set
in stationary position along streams
or ponds.
TRYON, N C., MONDAY, JAN. 10, 1938
Gymnasium Closed
As far as can be determined now
the Tryon gymnasium will be
closed for the rest of the season
This will mean that the remaining
basketball games scheduled here for
the Tryon high school and the
local town teams will have to bt
played elsewhere, or cancelled. Tin
building will have to have a nev
heating plant and other specirica
tions according to the State Firt
Commission before it can be used.
This will involve an expenditure
of around two thousand dollars
which sum is not .available. Up
to this time as far as known the
Tryon gym was considered on a
par with any in this section, and
was passed on by various Federa
inspectors.
W, A. SCHILLETTER.
Red Cross
A meeting of the Polk County
Chapter of the American Red
Cross has been called for nex‘
Tuesday, January 11th, at 5 p m.,
at Oak Hall hotel.
Kiwanis Tuesday
Dr. E. Gibson Davis, pastor of
the First Baptist church of Spar
anburg will be the buest speaks
at the Tryon Kiwanis club o v .
Tuesday at 1 p. m. at Hotel Tryor
K. A. Bowen will be in charge c
the ’program.