Published Daily Except
(Est. 1-31-28)Saturday and Sunday(Vol. 20—No. 39)
ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POSTOFFICB
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. Cn WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1947
Curb Reporter
Weather Tuesday: High 77, low
.A5, rain .02 . . . Well, the Tryon
^ Jpction pot is beginning to boil,
virst time in years that we have
had three candidates for mayor.
It’s a .healthy sign of renewed in
terest in civic affairs. A number
of times the ones in office would
offer for re-election without any
- opposition. There should be no
embarrassment at being defeated.
Often the one in minority does the
most good for his community by
bringing to light needed changes, j
He sows seeds of progress that will j
bear fruit later .... Miss Mary j
Frances Lankford was honored j
Sunday at the Congregational |
Sunday school for 11 years regular j
attendance .... Over 70,000 i
people have been convicted of dnv- j
ing drunk in North Carolina, 500
of them were convicted between
Jan. 31 and Feb. 14 . . . The fees
at the Country Club new all
TV jather tennis court are 75c per
and $1 on week-ends and
holidays .... If you can’t afford
to buy one of the baby beef calves
to be auctioned off this afternoon
- at Harmon Field, motor out there
and take a look at the fine animals.
It will be an inspiration to the
4-H Club boys. The show and
judging starts at 1:30. The auc
tion sale will begin around 2:30.
Joe Wilson says we have been giv
ing a lot of lip service; now is the
time to show some real interest.
This is the first sale of its kind
ever held in Polk County and if
we don’t make a success of it
such fine cattle will be taken else
where next year .... A number
of friends of St. Luke’s hospital
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Three Candidates Have
Announced For Mayor
Three men have filed with Town
Clerk C. O. Smith for the office
of Mayor of Tryon in the muni
cipal election to be held May 6th.
They are as follows: George E.
Bell, Col. Tom Poole, and C. D.
Stevens.
Four men have filed for Town
Commissioner as follows: W. H.
(Lit) Durham, C. N. Sayre, Alan
T. Calhoun and R. 0. Andrews.
Three commissioners are to be
elected. The closing date for all
candidates to file is Monday, April
21, at 5 p. m. The filing fee is $1.
In Tryon all candidates run on
a Citizens Ticket without regard
to party affiliation.
DR. PALMER AT KIWANIS
Dr. Cary T. DuRant had charge
of the Tryon Kiwanis Club pro
gram Tuesday and presented Dr.
M. C. Palmer, who gave a brief
outline of some of the interesting
experiences he had in the early
days when he first came to Tryon
in August 1910. He reviewed the
hotels as they were then; the de
velopment of the hospital in which
he played a large part in organ
izing; a street scene of 1910
showed only six brick buildings;
roads were poor; communications
terrible; people travelled about at
night with tin candle lanterns;
only about two automobiles here;
water system was inadequate but
present system one of the finest
in the nation; practice of medicine
was difficult due to no hospital
and poor communications; doctors
often had to spend the night at a
patient’s house because he couldn’t
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