Published Daily Except Vol. 18—74
Est. 1-31-28Saturday and Sunday____
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.
5c PER COPY TRYON, N. C. THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1945
CURB REPORTER
I Weather Wednesday: High 84,
low 59, rain .16 . . . Postmaster
R. O. Andrews announces that
the Tryon office has on sale the
new five cents postage stamps
commemorating the United Na
tions conference at San Francis
co. The stamps are blue in color
and about the size of the Special
Delivery stamps. They have the
words in paranthesis (Toward
United Nations April 25th, 1945)
a wreath, and the words Franklin
D. Roosevelt. U. S. Postage, 5
cents. Postmaster Andrews says
he received 500 Wednesday at the
request of many patrons. Stamp
collectors are expected to be among
the larger purchasers of these
special stamps .... George W.
Whitehead, secretary-elect oi the
Tr»/on Rotary club, will be in
jfcarge of the Rotary program on
Cvi day at 1 p. m., at Oak Hall
Sfotel .... 'The Spartanburg
Herald states that Register of
Deeds C. W. Ballenger, has cut
the charge of filing veterans dis
charge papers from $1 to 50c.
Some counties don’t charge any
thing, but in those counties the
register of deeds gets a salary.
In Polk he does not, and has to
run his office on a fee system, says
Mr. Ballenger. . . . 2,000 gas
coupons lost from Spartanburg
Rationing office. . . . James F.
Crook, made editor emeritus of
Spartanburg Herald, and Publisher
William A. Townes takes over the
-.Continued on Back Paae_
Commencement Exercises
At Mill Spring
Principal J. W. Gantt has an
nounced the following commence
ment program for Mill Spring
school:
The graduation sermon will be
delivered on Sunday evening, May
20th, at 8:30, by the Rev. Mr.
N. A. Melton.
On Thursday evening, May 24th,
at 8:30, Mrs. J. W. Gantt will
present her piano students in a
public recital.
On Friday evening, May 25th,
at 8:30 regular graduation exer
cises. Commencement address to
be delivered at that time by Hon.
W. H. McDonald.
All of the above programs will
be presented from the high school
auditorium.
ERSKINE AT KIWANIS
Carroll P. Rogers had charge
of the Kiwanis club program -on
Tuesday at 1 p. m. at Oak Hall
hotel. The guest speaker was
Ralph C. Erskine. the author and
historian, who outlined the dang
ers of allowing governments to do
too much for the people; giving
them jobs, and regulating their
lives, which results in taking
away the stimulus of private in
itiative, and eventually places the
people under the complete control
of governmental agencies.
ARTHUR SAIN
Arthur Sain, about 55 years
old, prominent Silver Creek farm
er, dropped dead early this, morn
ing, presumably'from a heart at
tack. He is survived by his widow
and several children. Funeral ar
rangements will be announced
later.