ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POST OFFICE
AT TRYON, N. C., UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879
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Vol. 11. Est. 1-31-28
Mrs. B. A. Slate
Mrs. B. A. Slate, of Charlotte,
passed away this morning about
4 o’clock at the home of her
Cighter, Mrs. L. A. Avant on
lrose avenue. Funeral services
1 be held Thursday morning at
10 o’clock at the Avant residence
with Rev. B. G. Henry, pastor of
the First Baptist church, officiat
ing. The pallbearers will be C.
M. Howes. R. S. Jackson, M. B.
Caldwell, B. L. Ballenger, George
E. Bell, R. H. Brady. Interment
will be in Charlotte. Her pas
tor, Dr. Luther Little of the First
Baptist church will officiate.
Mrs. Slate had been a beloved
visitor to Tryon for over 25 years.
She was 80 years old and a native
of Halifax county. Virginia. She
is survived by her daughter, Mrs.
L. A. Avant of Tryon, one brother,
Capt. J. H. Smith of Charlotte,
granddaughters. Misses Elizabeth
and Lois Avant, of Tryon, and one
niece, Mrs. W. R. Warriner, of
Crewe, Va.
Again Tonight
A Man of Destiny and A Wed
ding will be presented again to
night by the Garden club at the
Parish House. The appreciative
audience last night enjoyed im
mensely the brilliant lines of
George Bernard Shaw in “A Man
of Destiny” and John Kirkpat
rick’s comedy, “A Wedding.” The
curtain rises at 8 p. m.
ROTARY AT SUNNYDALE
Tryon Rotary club will meet on
Friday at 1 p. m. at Sunnydale.
Mfoving pictures of the Internation
al convention at Mexico City will
be shown by Samuel A. Bingham.
TRYON, N C., WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1938
To Meet Saturday
Precinct Democrats
County Chairman W. S. Green
has given notice that all Demo
crats of the various townships will
meet on Saturday, May 7th, at 3
o’clock at their respective voting
places for the purpose of electing
officers and delegates to the county
convention to be held in Columbus
one week later, on May 14th, at
2 o’clock.
On Saturday of this week the
Democratic voters will elect five
precinct committeemen, one of
whom must be a woman who will
also be either chairman or vice
chairman. The committee will elect
its chairman. 'The numbejr otf
delegates to the county convention
will be elected according to the
Democratic vote in the precinct.
Columbus is entitled to 20 dele
gates; Cooper’s Gap, 3; Mill
Spring 11; Shields, 17; Saluda 13;
Tryon 36.
The present County Democratic
Executive Committee is as follows:
Chairman, W. S. Green; vice
chairman, Mrs. J. M. Camp;
Robert McFarland, H. E. Thomp
son, H. G. Laughter. B. L. Bal
lenger, J. M. Camp, W. H. Led
better. ,
Who met them in the moon
light? Henry MfcGeachy as Happy
Powell? or Homer Shields as Keith *
Hayes? The complications are
] amusing to all except Keith. Caro
lyn Slagle as Lovice Morrison and
Lula Burrell as Sigrid Jonson are
two lovely stars met in the moon
light at the high school senior
play on Friday, Mjay 6, at school
auditorium.