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Vol. 12. Est. 1-31-28 TRYON, N. C., MONDAY, SEPT. 4, 1939
Softball Today
The first game of the champion
ship series will be played this af
.ternoon beginning at 6:30 at Har
*P&on Field. The struggle Ss be-
Xylween the Bushwhackers and the
Kilowatters for the best two out
of three games. Umpires, four of
them, have been selected from
teams who were eliminat-d prior
to the finals. According to Man
ager -Charles Nessmith of the
Bushwhackers, the umpires will be
Hague of Soumerco; Melton, of
Ball-the-Jacks; McGeachy, of the
Boys’ club; and Gosnell, Ballew
Grocery.
To allow more time for the
games, the time for the start has
been stepped up from 6:30 to 6
p. m. Players on the two teams
are requested to be at the field on
or before this time is possible.
One Injured In Wreck
City Limits
w ’ Troy Walker of Tryon was pain
fully injured early this morning
when the car in which he and Wal
gil Bridgeman, also of Tryon were
riding, collided with a 1914 model
Buick driven by Louis Allen, of
405 North Church street, Spartan
burg, on the sharp curve just
north of the Vaughn’s Creek
bridge.
The car occupied by Walker and
Bridgeman was headed toward
Tryon and was being driven by
WalVer, according to Officer Archie
Burrell, when it sideswiped the
Allen car and then left the high
way, crashed through the guard
fence and plunged over the deep
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Tryon Schools Open
With Large Crowd
Probably the largest attendance
ever recorded at the opening pro
gram of the Tryon Graded school
was present this morning to start
the young people on another nine
months of study and to hear an in
teresting program featured by an
address by W. P. Jackson, former
field secretary of the National Re
creation Association. Mr. Jackson
gave a half a dozen requirements
for success and delivered his in
spiring message in an entertaining
manner that kept the young folk
interested. A large number of
parents and former students at
tended the opening exercises which
were held in the auditorium. The
audience sang “America” and was
led in prayer by the Rev. D. M.
McGeachy. Miss Margaret Sprague
played a violin solo accompanied
with the piano by her sister, Miss
,Sue 'Sprague. Instructions were
given by Superintendent W. A.
Schilletter, who announced that the
State of North Carolina will furn
ish free text books for the ele
mentary grades but that each
child in those grades would be re
quired to pay a small fee for note
book and some other things not
paid for by the State. High school
textbooks will be rented to stu
dents for $2.40 per student.
Kiwanis Tuesday
R. H. Brady will be in charge
of the Tryon Kiwanis club pro
gram on Tuesday at 1 p. m., at
Hotel Tryon. The guest speaker
will be W. P. Jackson.