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ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT .’HE _'OST OFFICE AT TBYON, N. C., UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS. MARCh 3, 1879 3% (Ergmt JBailg lc per copy (The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper) lc PER copy Vol. 12. Est. 1-31-28 TRYON, N C., TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1939 CURB REPORTER Tryonites are always interested in one another no matter how far they may go or how long they may stay away. When once they stay here long enough to catch the spirit they become kinsmen in fellowship with hundreds of friends scattered throughout the world. One of these is Clare Briggs, Jr., daughter of the late ClaTe Briggs, noted cartoonist and creator of “When A Feller Needs A Friend.” Clare, who was just 21 last week, spent some time here winter before last as a guest at Melrose Lodge and was a student instructor of woodcarving at the Vance - Yale Craft school. A full page illus trated article by Countess Felicia Mlizycka appeared in the Wash ington, (D. C.) Times-Herald last week announcing that Clare, Jr., would follow in the footsteps of ber famed father. She is to re produce “When A Feller Needs A Friend” and run it in serial form. A new feature will be “Oh Skin ny”, who will appear in the pic ture for the *irst time. Clare and her mother live at Leesburg, Va., where she has a log house and studio which she had built under her own direction .... Another page of interest locally was the full page of Horse Show pictures in Sunday’s Asheville Citizen- Times .... An interesting ex hibit of craftsmanship is on dis- Continued on Page Three Rep. Carroll Rogers Writes of Work of State Legislature Reprinted from The Polk County News, April l£th Issue. (By Hon. Carroll P. Rogers) The North Carolina General As sembly which brought its 90-day session to a close by adjourning sine die at 3 a. m., on the morn ing of Tuesday, April 4th, was a conservative body, friendly to business and agriculture, and a strong supporter of the Hoey ad ministration. It refused to in augurate any new major taxes or to make any considerable increase in taxes now in effect. Notwith standing this, it appropriated for the biennium a total of $155,000,- 000.00, the largest sum ever ap propriated in the history of the State. This tremendous amount was allocated as f^lows: General fund, $84,281,207. Agricultural fund, $967,700. Road fund, $69,750,614. It appropriated from the Gen eral fund for the support of the State’s public school system the immense sum of $53,000,000 for the biennium, an increase of four mil lion of dollars over the preceding two year period. 68 per cent of each tax dollar going into the General fund is now appropriated for schools, and 82 cents out of each school dollar goes to the pay ment of teachers’ salaries. The Legislature refused- to make other than minor changes in the sales Continued on Page Two
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