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ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POST OFFICE AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879 dftp Bailor lc per copy (The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper) lc per copy Seth fIL Vining, Editor $1.50 Year In the Carolinas Vol. 13. Est. 1-31-28 Rev. J. M. Walker Funeral services for the Rev. John M. Walker, 70, retired Bap §tist minister who died Sunday flight at his home in Boiling Springs, N. C., were conducted at 11 o’clock on Tuesday at the Boiling Springs Baptist church by the Rev. J. L Jenkins. Mr. Walker was well known in Spartanburg, having led Baptist pastorates at Beaumont and Ark wright and also others in near-by • towns. Survivors include his wife, Mfs. Alice Jackson Walker; and two sons. Carey Walker and Wister Walker. —Spartanburg Herald. Mr. Walker was well known in Polk County. His wife is a native of this county and a sister of Frank Jackson of Mill Spring. Shocking Mother Nature Shocking plants to juggle their arran«73ment is the latest “stunt” in plant magic. <!)ne that opens a brand-new vista, not only for the plant breeder, but for gardeners as well. It not only enables the plant builder to cross distantly related specimens, but it also increases the percent age of mutations, or sports, a thousandfold. Every good flower in your garden has been bred from a sport that occurred somewhere ... In my father’s time a “break” as the plant breeder usually calls a sport, was supposed to occur once in every 900,000 plants. But now, by artificial stimulants, we e»n turn them out once in every 900 plants. —David Burpee, in the Rotarian Magazine. TRYON, N. C., WED., JULY 24, 1940 Soumerco Blanks Bushwhackers Soumerco, playing airtight ball behind the three-hit pitching of Swaffer, shut the champion Bush whackers out on Tuesday by a score of 4 to 0. This was the first loss for the Bushwhackers in several games, and the first shut-out ever suffered by a team under Manager Nessmith. Only one Bushwhacker reached second base during the game, while the Soumerco boys were collecting 8 timely blows, good for 4 runs, off the delivery of Pitcher Honeman. A record crowd witnessed this game, and every one agreed that the game was one of the best of the season. The High School will play Adams-Millis today at 6:15 and Soumerco will be after Landrum in two games Thursday beginning the first game at 5 p. m. Don’t miss these games. ROTARY MEETS FRIDAY The Tryon Rotary club will meet on Friday at 1 p. m. at Sunnydale. The program will be in charge of Julian B. Hester. SMITH AT KIWANIS Dwight Smith, retired actor, was the guest speaker at the Tryon Ki wanis club on Tuesday at 1 p. m. at Hotel Tryon, and gave several entertaining stories. The program was in charge of C. M. Howes. Kiwanian J. E. Shipman of Hen dersonville was a guest at the club. The next meeting will be in charge of Dr. C. Arthur Lincoln.
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