Published Daily Except
(Est. 1-31-28)Saturday and Sunday(Vol. 21—No. 224)
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
6c Per Copy * TRYON, N. C. .TUESDAY, DEC. 28TH, 1948
Weather Tuesday: It was 28 low
unofficial this morning . . . Things
getting back to normal now and
many consumers are reported buy
ing goods at reduced prices. They
have been saving for the after
Christmas sales that are advertised
in The Bulletin during January.
Schools opened this morning and
so did all the governmental agen
cies in the county. Things will
be underway by the end of the
week. The young folks will be
through with all their parties in
cluding the big New Year’s Eve
|nce at Sunnydale Friday . . .
Jre Tryon Hounds will ride to the
rye Farm Thursday afternoon at
3 o’clock. The public is invited
to witness the event from their
cars as part of the chase will be
over the trails that cross the
roads. For additional information
visitors may call* 1.02 . . . Wednes
day night at 7 o’clock the Con
gregational Sunday school will
show their first motion, pictures in
the new church house. All friends
of the Sunday school are invited.
... To all interested parties,
please take note! Some members
of the American Legion and the
colored families who live., in the
cove back of the Episcopal church
are complaining about the condi
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POLK MAN FOUND
FROZEN TO DEATH
John Clayton Brown, 82, of Mills
Spring Route No. 2, Monday morn
ing was found frozen to death on
a back road of the Cooper’s Gap
section of Polk County.
Coroner James E. Johnson, who
investigated Mr. Brown’s death,
along "with Deputy Sheriff Ken
neth Melton and Claude Scoggins,
said no evidence of “foul play”
was found.
Mr. Brown, a semi-invalid for a
number of years, lived alone in the
Cooper’s Gap section. The coroner
said it was assumed he had fallen
in the road during the sleet storm
Friday night between 8 and 9
while en route to a neighbor’s
house. Mr. Brown was last seen
alive late Friday afternoon, Mr.
Johnson said. No inquest will be
held.
Funeral services will be con
ducted Tuesday at 2 at Cooper’s
Gap Baptist Church by the Rev.
George Lynch. Burial in the
church cemetery.
Surviving are: 2 brothers, T. B.
Brown of Mills Spring Route 2
and W. F. Brown of Rutherford
ton, NT. C., Route 3; one sister,
Mrs. Ella McCombs of Finger
ville, S. C., and several nieces and
nephews.
McFarland’s Funeral Home is
in charge of arrangements.
BRIDGE WINNERS
The duplicate bridge winners of
last week were as follows: North
south, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Newhall;
east-west, Miss Elmina Wages and
P. D. Karsten.