ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POSTOFFIC-E
AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879
THE TRYON DAILY BULLETIN
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Seth M. Vining. Editor $1.50 Year in the Carolinas
Vcl. 14. Est. 1-31-28 TRYON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 3, 1941
COTTON STAMPS
BRING BARGAINS
||\The Ballenger-Jackson Co., of
Js/tyon is offering many bargains
in today's issue of the Bulletin in
connection with their support of
the Cotton Stamp program of the
government. A two-page adver
tisement lists cotton clothing for
men, women and children, which
can be bought with COTTON
STAMPS. This cooperation of
The Ballenger-Jackson Co. with
the Cotton Farmers stimulates
business conditions in general and
marks another step in the store’s
progress toward helping to build
Polk County.
In reading an old copy of The
Polk County News of May 23,
1919 it said “The first mercantile
establishment in Tryon was con
ducted by L. R. McAboy, Jr. He
sold to James McMakin and he to
T. T. Ballenger, who later organ
ttyd the Ballenger Co., which is
iill one of the strong and lead
ing mercantile estamlishments of
this part of the State.” A picture
of Trade street at that time shows
buildings as they are today but
extended only from the Wilkins’
building to the Rost Office. This
bit of history is repeated to show
that towns grow where business
men work together to offer the
farmers a market for their produce
and good merchandise at reason
able prices for their money. Try
on merchants are eager to assist
?il their farmer friends. As a
whole they offer a wide variety
(,/ merchandise for the entire fam
ily and home. Every dollar spent
in this section helps to build this
section and will return dividends
to the customer. ,
CURB REPOilraR
The weather for Tuesday showed
a high of 91 and a low of 61 ... .
Charles J. Lynch, chairman of the
Blue Ridge Parkway commission
headed a delegation from Tryon
Tuesday to attend the banquet
given at the George Vanderbilt in
honor of Newton Drury, director
of the National Park Service. Go
ing with him from Tryon were
President K. A. Bowen of the
Tryon Chamber of Commerce,
Carroll P. Rogers, member cf the
State Board of Conservation and
Development, Julian B. Hester
and Seth M. Vining. The park
attracted over a million people to
Western North Carolina this year.
Giles W. Pearson, who
claims to have seen many Paulonia
leaves at least three feet in diam
eter, brought one to Tryon today
that lacked just three-fourths of
an inch being three feet in diam
eter. Mr. Pearson is an authority
on the Paulonia which was named
for Prince Paul of Russia, and
brought to this country from Ja
pan. The big leaves of the Pau
lonia look like elephant ears. The
valley section around Melrose is
beautiful in spring with the blue
blossoms of the Paulonia trees
which line the highway between
the road and Pacolet River gorge.
.... Printers and newspaper
men make so many errors them
selves that they are always con-
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