Published. Daily Except
(Est. 1-31-28)Saturday and Sunday(Vol. 21—No. 213)
ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POSTOFFIC*
_AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3. 1879
The Try on Daily Bulletin
The World’s Smallest daily Newspaper Seth M. Vining, Editor
5c Per Copy TRYON, N. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 19^8
Weather Friday: High 49, low !
28; Saturday high 50, low 20; J
Sunday high 52, low 41, rain .02. j
. . . Tryon merchants are so gen- !
erous in proportion to their ability
to pay and are asked so often by
so many people for so many* causes
that they have almost lost the
enthusiasm to take the initiative in
nromoting things for their town
benefit, for they know that pretty
oon or later someone will be
around soliciting. In most cities
the matter of decorating the streets
tor Christmas is a merchant’s and
jness mens problem, because
iecorations add to the attrac
ts of the town and induce more
people to trade. It helps to get
fhem in the Christmas spirit. In
Tryon when the announcement was
made that donations were needed
to pay for the decorations only one
merchant responded. Fortunately,
friends Of the community who love
Tryon so much that they want it
decorated with those lighted Christ
mas trees are sending in donations
from Minnesota to Florida. Thev
will not have an oppotrunity to
even see the trees but they like the
’dea. Some of the donors who have
already given will not be here, but
they want a part in the decora
tions. Mr. Merchant, we know you
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NO KIWANIS TUESDAY
There will be no Kiwanis meet
ing Tuesday on account of the
joint ladies night program with
the Rotary Club on Thursday at
7 p. m., at Oak Hall at which
time an entertainment will be pro
vided by a prominent minstrel
team.
Tryon At Landrum Tonight
Tryon will tackle the Landrum
basketball team tonight in a Ther
mal Belt League game at 8.
The game will be played in the
Landrum gymnasium.
OVER 3,000 X-RAYED
Rev. Frank W. Murtfeldt, chair
man of the Polk County Council
of Social Agencies, reports that
3,497 Polk County people had
X-rays made during the recent
campaign conducted by* the State
Board of Health in cooperation with
local agencies all over the county.
Christmas Decorations Donors
New donations to help pay for
the Trade Street Christmas deco
rations have come in from the
following: Pierce-Wilson Motor
Co., Mr. and Mrs. Frederick God
dard, Carter P. Brown, Mrs. H. Lan
Moore, Rev. Lawrence A. Harkness,
Miss Maude Harkness, Mrs. Wayne
V. O’Neil, Mr. and Mrs. A. W.
Britton, James C. Kimberly, Mrs.
Margaret A. Richards, Mr. and
Mrs. William C. Conant from
Winter Park, Fla.
Congressman *A. L. Bulwinkle,
who is in the Naval Hospital, is
reported improving.