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5c PER COPY $2.00 PER YEAR ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POSTOFFICE AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS) MARCH 3, 1879 the mm mm Emm The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper, Seth M. Vining, Editor,-s Vol. 15. Est. 1-31-28 TRYON, N. C., SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1942 POLK COUNTY MUST BUY $10,900.00 WORTH OF BONDS IN MAY ‘The residents of Polk County -^must buy $10,900.00 worth of Bonds and Stamps in May; every month from July on if America is going to win this war. “These are not mere estimates, not guesses, no ‘wouldn’t-it-be nice-to-do’ figures, but the abso lute minimum required for Vic tory. “The nation’s quota is $1,000, 000,000.00 a month. We’ve got to do our part.” This announcement was made to. day by Julian B. Hester, chairman of the War Savings Committee of Polk County, immediately after being notifed by Secretary of the Treasury Miorgenthau that the es tablishment of quotas for the na tion, “placed an added responsi bility on every American citizen.” ‘We have been telling treasury Iffi/cials: ‘Let us know how much you want us to do, and the citizens of our districts will do it. Set a figure, and we will beat it’,” Mr. Hester said. “We now know what is expect ed of us as patriotic citizens in the war effort. I expect the citi zens of Polk County to meet this challenge to their loyalty to the men on our fighting fronts. Not onlv will we equal our quota, we will go over the top every month, throughout the duration.” Countv quotas throughout the United States will be based on the average sales since inauguration of the Bond Campaign May 1, 1942. Chairman Hester explained. “The total sales throughout the ^ ... Continued on Back Page TRYON HORSE SHOW GIVES $782.20 TO THE AMERICAN RED CROSS Herewith is submitted the finan • cial statement of the Seventeenth Annual Tryon Horse Show, show ing a profit of $688.99. Check for this amount has been given to the Tryon Chapter of the American Red Cross. To this should be added the $94.00 earned by the luncheon booth, making a total of over $782.20 going to the local Red Cross chapter as a result of the show. The officers and directors of the Tryon Riding & Hunt club are proud of this contribution to a good cause. They realise, how ever, that the credit should go to the people of Tryon, who by word and deed worked so hard to make the show the success that it was; it was a community effort worthy of Tryon’s best traditions. Credit too should be given to the mer chants of Tryon, Greenville, Ashe ville, and Spartanburg who realiz ed that the Tryon Show is an as set to the entire region, and ad vertised in the program. But per haps the greatest measure of cred it belongs to the exhibitors, who after all made the show. From the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Virginia, West Virginia, and Ten nessee, at great expense to them selves, they send horses and hounds hundreds of miles to compete for a few ribbons and a few Defense Bonds. It was sportsmanship of the finest kind, and a notable tribute to the Tryon Show. Horse shows under present con ditions have been endorsed by the Chief of Calvary and the Chief ..Continued on Page Two
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