ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POET OFFICE
AT TRYON, N. C., UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 1, 1879
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Election Results
The results of the Polk County
Democratic Primary iield on S'at.
urday, Juno 4th, are listed below.
The precinct votes will be pub
lished in The Polk County News.
The County Election Board will
meet on Tuesday to officially de
clare the nominees. Figures avail,
able so far are unofficial. All
victories were devisive except for
Legislature. Baty Hall of Saluda
heads she ticket with 1,013; Carroll
'Rogers is second with 870; James
E. Johnson is third with 342; and
/ George E. Bell fourth with 251.
Mr. Rogers being out of town it is
not known whether he will call
\for a run-off primary. The vote
\in Tryon went 375 for Rogers,
i 206 for Hall, 169 for Bell and 85
< for Johnson. The county total is
as follows:
For U. S. Senate:Reynolds 2,173,
Hancock 438.
Congi-ess, 11th District: Whit,
mire 1,142, Weaver 1,416.
Representative: Carroll P. Rog
ers 870, George E. Bell 251, Baty
Hall 1,013, J. E. Johnson 342.
Sheriff: W. D. Hines 1,582, W.
Y. Wilkins 1,019.
County Commissioner: E. G.
Thompson 1,448, T. P. Clark 833.
Clerk of Court: Robert S. Mc-
Farland 1,930, D. M. Abrams 843.
In the Tryon Township Con
stable race W. H. Durham was
high man with Buster Faster and
Walton Glover both getting over
200 votes each, but Mr. Durham
states that Mr. Foster being sec.
cnd high man has declined for a
i un-off • race.
TRYON, N C M MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1938
Mrs. P. P. Pressley
Mrs. P. P. Pressley, 52, of Hen
dersonville died last night in Pat
ton Memorial hospital at Hender
sonville after suffering a stroke at
about 9 o’clock Sunday morning.
Mrs. Pressley had been a resident
of Hendersonville for a number of
Vears, having lived in Tryon before
moving there. She is survived by
her husband, P. P. Pressley, of
Hendersonville; three sons, Sidney
and James Pressley of Hender
sonville and Philetus Pressley of
Tryon; two daughters, Mrs. Claude
Drake and Miss Bertha Pressley,
both of Hendersonville.
Funeral services will be held
Tuesday at 2 o’clock at Shepherd’s
Funeral Home in Hendersonville
with burial following in Hender
sonville Cemetery.
Cooking School
Here Thursday
A cooking school for the colored
women of this section will be held
on Thursday evening at the Duke
Power Co., sales room under the
direction of Mrs. Frank Moore,
home economist of Greenville, S.
C. Instruction will be given in
the preparation of meals and in
the use and care of electric ranges.
This will be the first of a series of
schools held every Thursday eve.
ning. Prizes will be awarded as
in the oast. The room will ac.
commodate only about 60 people
and those desiring to get the most
■benefit from the course are urged
to attend early.
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