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5c PER COPY ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POSTOFFICE 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. 15. Est. 1-31-28 TRYON, N. C„ MONDAY, FEB. 9, 1942 W. F. PLEMMONS . William Franklin Plemmons, 67, Western Union construction Tore man passed away at his heme near Saluda about midnight Sun- evening, after a lingering :®n,s. He was a native of Bun cambe county, but had made his home near Saluda for 22 years. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 3 p. m. (War Time) at Friendship church with the and the Rev. M. A. Kiser officiating, assisted by Tryon and Saluda Masons. In ternment in church cemetery. The deceased was a member of the Saluda Masonic Ledge, the Ashe ville Consistory A&A S. R., and of Oasis Temple, Charlotte. He is survived by his widow, the former Miss Emma Forrest of Saluda; two brothers, George, of Saluda and Ernest of Swannanoa, and two sisters, Mrs. R. E. Ingle, of West Asheville and Mirs. C. L. Miller of Leicester. FJR E AT LIBRARY y p Lanier library caught on fir<r" Saturday shortly after mid night and did several hundred dol lars worth cf damage. The flames are thought to have started from cigarette ashes near the desk where the fire burned down through the floor to the basement and then up to burn the curtains near the telephone and shoot out the windows. The desk, piano and fixtures on the platform were ruined, and the entire assembly room filled with smoke. The ex act amount of damage has not been determined, but is fully ccv ( red by insurance, it is said. Try tn Volunteer Firemen made a ouiok response and used caution with the h: sc to protect the books. $2.00 PER YEAR ' CURB RETO^^ Weather cn weekend, Saturday: high 53; low 38. Sunday, high 51; low 35. . . . The Charlotte Ob server carried a picture of Ted Wilcox of Tryon holding one of his cha_mpion Barred Rock* hens, and the picture title read “Na tional Leader”. His hen was high hen in egg producing for all breeds in the United States at the tests conducted recently at the University of Georgia The directors of the Tryon Chamber of Commerce will meet on ..Tues day at 10 a. m. ... . The Bingo Party at the Lanier Library on Saturday night raised over SIOO for the Red Cross and British War Relief .... War Time began this morning on the hour earlier schedule without showing any signs of inconvenience. All busi ness people were operating cn the new schedule as if they had been accustomed to opening at that time every day. Volney Barnette said he almost had to use a flash light coming through Gillette Woods. Tc some it may have seemed strange to come to work by moon light, but to many going to work before day is no novel tv ... . The Japs are getting closer to Singapore .... The errup of Camo Croft soldiers en tertained by the community at the Parish House on Sunday afternoon seemed to have a good time at the informal reception given them. There were around 40 soldiers. Continued on Back Page .
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