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AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879
THE TRYON DAILY BULLETIN
The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper, Seth M. Vining, Editor.
Vol. 14. Est. 1-31-28
R. Burton Williams
R. Burton Williams, 59, Polk
County Forest Warden, died sud
denly Sunday morning about 9:30
.. yfo’clock.
Mr. Williams arose early Sun
day and was preparing a fire in the
home when he was stricken. He
was rushed to St. Luke’s hospital
where he died shortly after his
arrival.
Mr, Williams was for many
years Polk County Game and For
est Warden. He resigned the posi
tion of Game Warden last year
to take up the duties of Fire
Warden which he has given his un
divided time to. Mr. Williams was
well known here and in the sur
rounding counties of Polk, having
been instrumental in the duties
of protecting the game and for
ests of Polk County.
He was a son of the late John
Williams and Nancy Constance
y-Williams, pioneer reidents of the
™l;unty.
Surviving are his wife, the form
er Miss Miamie Bishop; one son,
Burton Ray Williams of the U. S.
Navy, stationed at an Hawaiian
port; five daughters, Miss Carrie
Williams of Columbus, Ga.; Mrs.
Verlin Reese of Kalamazoo, Mich.;
Miss Rosa Lee Williams of Tay
lors, S. C.; Miss Nellie Faye Wil
liams of Mill Spring; M>rs. Clyde
Smith of Mill Spring; two broth
ers, John N. and Will W. Wil
liams, both of Columbus; a sis
ter, Mrs. John Foster of Columbus
and four grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at the
Columbus Baptist church with Dr.
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TRYON, N C., MONDAY, DEC. 1, 1941
Almost summer weather pre
vailed during the weekend mid
days. Weatherman Creasman re
ports for Saturday a high of 73
and low of 29 for Sunday, high 72;
low 34 ... . Reading Spartanburg
Herald we read the following
about one of our advertisers:
“Wednesday afternoon from 2 to
6 o’clock The Blue Door will re
ceive in honor of Elizabeth O’Neill
Verner of Charleston, artist, etch
er and author .... in fact
Mrs. Verner’s latest volume is
just from the press . . . “Mellow
ed By Time” a delightful and
intimate sketch of her Charleston
she has trirhfullv and mi beau
tifully depicted with stylus, brush
and now with pen . in two
volumes. ‘Prints and Impressions
of Charleston’ and ‘Mellowed By
Time’ she gives in permanent form
the story she so intimately knows.
. . . filling in, as it were, the
background fc-r her art with her
new medium in which hfr ability
is just as marked . . . her keen
appreciation of character, her
sense of humor catch nuances too
deep for the ordinary observer . . .
all this gives breadth and depth
to her work .... one might say a
new dimension not possible to the
artist or author but' here created
by the artist and author.” . . . .
On Saturday the U. S. Senate con
firmed the nomination of William
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