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Vol. 12. Est. 1-31-28 TRYON, N. C., WED., SEPT. 27, 1939
Football Friday
The Tryon-Saluda high football
team plays its second game of the
season when a team from Spar
«*tanburg invades the local field.
V /This team is known as the Spar
tanburg high reserves and have
been on the local schedule several
times. Each encounter has proven
interestin gand a good game. The
last time this team met Tryon,
resulted in a win for the visitors
19 to 14. The visitors are always
aggressive and well-coached and
furnish strong opposition.
The Tryon-Saluda schedule for
the remainder of the season has
been completed with one open date
remaining:
Sept. &9th—Slpartanburg re
serves at Tryon.
Oct. 6—Marshall at Tryon.
Oct. 16—Swannanoa at Swann
annoa.
Oct. 20—Welcome at Tryon.
—Canton at Canton,
(Night game.)
m Nov. 3—Open.
i) Nov. 10—Valley Springs at
v„/fryon.
Nov. 17—Waynesville at Way
nesville, (Night game).
F. J. Painter
Landrum, Sept. 26.—The Funer
al of Freddie J. Painter, 44, who
died Monday at a Greenville hos
pital after a long illness, will be
conducted Wednesday at 11 a. m.,
at the Green River Baptist church
in Polk county, N. C.
~ Rev - W K - Wyatt, pastor of
• the Green River church, the Rev.
A. O. Jones and the Rev. M. L
Lever will officiate at the funerai
Burial will be in the church ceme
tery.
Landrum Service
Station Owner
Is Fatally Shot
J. S. Dean, 49, Landrum service
station operator and oil dealer, died
at the Spartanburg General hospi
tal late Tuesday afternoon a few
minutes after he was admitted to
the institution suffering from a
small-calibre bullet wound in the
head which investigating officers
reported was accidentally inflicted.
The accident occurred on the
Gramling-Holly Springs road only
a few hundred yards from the
town of Gramling about 5 o’clock
yesterday.
Investigating officers immediate
ly went to the scene and later re
ported that the shooting took place
as Mr. Dean stood beside his tank
truck parked on the side of the
road, apparently engaged in re
filling the empty gasoline tank of
the vehicle. «
A five-gallon tin of gasoline and
a small funnel bore mute testi
mony as to the task in which he
was engaged, it was said by
Deputy Sheriff B. B. Brockman,
one of the investigating officers.
It was thought that in raising
the seat of the truck in order to
get access to the gas tank under
neath, Mr. Dean in some manner
fired a .22 rifle which Jie habi
tually carried upright behind the
truck’s seat, the officer continued.
As the gun discharged, Mir. Dean
suffered a bullet wound in the
right temple.—Spartanburg Herald