Published Daily Except (Est. 1-31-28)Saturday and Sunday(Vol. 21—No. 186) ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POSTOFFIC1 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, NOV. 4TH, 1948 Weather Wednesday: High 61, low 55, rain 3.75 . . . The Polk County Board of Elections started their meeting today at 11 a. m., in Columbus with chairman J. L. Rhodes, presiding. Official action will be taken concerning the trouble at Saluda, where some of the ballots were seized and thrown into a big stove and burned. Local politicians say they were Demo crat ballots. A warrant has been sworn out for Ray Johnson charg ing him with interference in the election .... The new county officers will take up their duties in jfel mber .... The widespread C^Tnocratic victory for president, senate, congress and governorships seems to have been a big surprise to nearly everybody . . . The equipment for the new Tryon post office has arrived and has„ been installed. Postmaster. G. I. Hen derson is waiting for Inspector Helmick to come and make the official transfer. Everything in the building is new. There are about 200 more boxes available than in the present building, but Mr. Hen derson states that over half of them have already been spoken for. He stated Wednesday that those desiring boxes should make application immediately. The new _Ccvtinvpd ov Bark Paae Mrs. William Gosnell Mrs. Betty Foster Gosnell, 55, died at 4 o’clock Wednesday after noon at her home near Columbus where she was a life-long resident. Mrs. Gosnell was a member of the Gowansville, S. C., Baptist Church. The deceased is survived by her husband, William Gosnell and three sisters, Mrs. Vince Foster, Colum bus; Mrs. Emma Gosnell, Route 2, Landrum; and Mrs. Grace Cook, Route 1, Tryon. Funeral services will be conduct ed this afternoon at 3 o’clock by the Rev. Silas H. Bradley at the Midway Baptist Church. Oak Hall Hotel Bought By Cooksey and Edwards George Dewey Cooksey and Miss Clara Edwards, operators of Hotel Canton, Canton, Ga., have purchas ed Oak Hall hotel from the Angie McLeod estate through a court sale to the highest bidder. Mr. Cooksey and Miss Edwards formerly lived in Tryon and were in the office of the Tryon post office. They took over the Canton hotel three years ago and have . operated it successfully according to all reports. It is the hotel for a city of 6,000 people and is considered the community center where men and women's civic clubs hold their meetings. Mr. Cooksey will continue as manager of the Canton hotel, assisted by Mr. and Mrs. George D. Cooksey, Jr. Miss Edwards will be the man ager of Oak Hall and will be as sisted by Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cook sev and other members of the staff. Miss Edwards is a native of Polk County and is a sister of John L. Confirmed on Back Page

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