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5c PER COPY $2.00 PER YEAR INTER ED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THB POSTOFFICB AT TRYON, N. C- UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879 the mm mi mum The World’s Smallest Daily Newspaper, Seth M. Vining, Editor. Vol. 15. Est. 1-31-28 TRYON, N, C., THURSDAY, JAN. 28, 1943 Probation Officer Here W. E. Alexander, State Pro bation Officer, representing the newest department of the State government, is in Polk Couny this attending court. The pur of the probation department n^to rehabilitate young men who have gotten into trouble, young men who the judge sees fit to give another chance. The probation department gets them jobs, tries to improve their environment if it is bad, acts as general advisor and friend in every way possible. If the ones in their care fail to respond and go back to law break ing ways, then the probation offi cers become sheriffs and put the men on probation back into the courts. The department was creat ed in 1937, said to be the second of its kind in the United States, and since that time only 10 per cent of the men on probation have failed. The 90 percent have redeemed themselves and have be come useful citizens. The proba tion officers work in cooperation ^|felly with the welfare depart ^PRts. The North Carolina sys tem is so good that it has been copied by the State of Virginia, said a court official on Wednes day. The three industrial plants of Tryon, the Southern Mercerizing Co., the Tryon Processing Co., and Adams-Millis Corp., have been granted exemption from blackout requirements in order that pro duction will not be interrupted. A token blackout, however, will be required when the blackout signal is sounded. Chas. J. Lynch, Chm., Polk County Civilian Defense. FAMILY FEUD ENDS IN PEACE FESTIVAL Lee Cudd and James Turner, prominent Green Creek citizens, had bad feelings toward each other for years and things were getting worse all the time. Both were in court this week prosecuting each other for assault with deadly weapons and the solicitor was ready to prosecute both when they got thi’ough with each other. In the opinion of observers things would not have been improved no matter which man won. Some day it was feared, that murder would result. The lawyers, Janies E. Shipman, representing Turner, and McCown & Arledge, repre senting Cudd, Solicitor Ridings representing the State, called for a recess of a few minutes before noon Wednesday, and they all went into a conference and by noon Turner and Cudd had shaken hands and were eating together with the members of the confer ence. When court reopened at 2 o’clock Judge Felix Alley announced that a compromise had been reached and that he was glad to have had a part in making friends of good neighbors. He commended the lawyers and the solicitor in the course they had taken. He said that in his long life he had found i lawyers as a class always willing to work for justice and to promote good feelings; that they were | among the finest people, broad , minded, liberal and charitable. He I had observed that the solicitor -al i ways stood for justice and the j best. He said a judge could not ! act alone. He must have the co operation of all parties. The high . Continued on Back Page
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