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