6c PER COPY $2.00 PER YEAR ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THB POSTOFFICB AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879 the thm Mar Emm The World,’8 Smallest Daily Newspaper, Seth M. Wining, Editor. I Vol-15. Est. 1-31-28 TRYON, N. C., WED., AUG. 19, 1942 ^ CURB REPORTER Weather Tuesday: high 84, low 67, rain .26 .... * The Fellow ship Group of the Congregational church say they are going to have a picnic this evening rain or shine. They meet at the Federa# tion at 6 p.m. . . . Mrs. A. G. Merrick has heard again from her son, Pfc. Anson Merrick. He is still in Australia and writes that he is all right. Has been assigned to special duty which can’t be re vealed. His address is 34117734, Hdq. N. W. Area, A. P. 0. 921, care Postmaster, San Francisco. .... Bill Elfrink writes as follows: “Dear Mr. Vining: Now that I’m at sea my new address will be W.D.M. Elfrink, section 3, U. S. C. G. M. M. T. S, St. ■^Retersburg, Florida. All mail ad ^Jlressed as above will be held in port for me. Can’t tell you how much I enjoy and appreciate getting all the local news day by day^— particularly since censor ship is now in effect—thus limit ing my correspondence. We are allowed only two letters a week.” ..... Materials and more mater ials—that is the desperate need. This is a war in which tanks are destroyed by hundreds in a single action on a single sector of one front. And yet into a tank of the General Grant type go about 26 tons of steel, some six hundred pounds of copper, more —.—Continued on Back Page_ SALVAGE PILE GROWING The Polk County Salvage pile opposite Tryon Motor Co., is growing. Look and see what you can cntribute to help make the pile bigger. Senator F. P. Bacon, county chairman of the scrap metal campaign visited several communities in the county Tues day. At Columbus Mayor John R. Burgess is going to fence oif a scrap pile and County Superin tendent W. E. Sawyer is going to urge all school children to give their scrap metal to help win the war. Professor Millsapps at Sunny, view will do the same. * * * * County Agent J. A. Wilson says the 4-H clubs and farmers of Polk County have already contributed 50 tons of—jscrap metal to the government campaign for this precious material needed to help win the war. * * * * Charles Carson, Tryon junk bnyer, reports that he has sold 200,000 pounds of scrap iron to junk yards since the scrap cam paign started. Dr. Robert R. Brooks, right hand man, of OPA Leon Hender son, has returned to Washington, D. C., after a visit with his par ents, Prof, and Mrs. James Brooks at Landrum. The Business Women’s Circle of the Tryon First Baptist church will have their regular monthly meeting Thursday night at the home of Mrs. C. E. Dominick, with Mrs. Edward Fisher as leader.

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