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The Tryon Daily Bulletin The World’s Smallest daily Newspaper Seth M. Vinins, Editor 5c Per Copy TRYON, N. C., THURSDAY, JAN1. 6TH, 1949 Published Daily Except (Est. 1-31-28)Saturday and Sunday(Vol. 21—No. 231) ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POSTOFFIC1 AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3. 1879 Weather Wednesday: High 49, low 43, rain 1.91. Think of it getting down to 27 degrees in Southern California! A $20 mil lion dollar fruit damage caused by the freeze; and oranges and grapefruit have started to rise in price. Here in Tryon and Land rum they are going down according to ads in The Bulletin. So this would be a good time for local people to stock up before the next shipment comes in at a higher nTice , . . The Community Cash Store warehouse in Spartanburg ; a $12,000 fire Wednesday, ac ^Wdng to an item in The Herald. .'t. Folks in the Valley complain ing about the .interruption of elec tric service for hours at a time. . ... A Republican even took heart over Truman’s promise of government electricity where pri vate enterprise fails to furnish it. But then he said, “Gosh, you know what that would mean!” . . . Dur ing the holidays there was an ice storm in the mountains and Wed nesday’s trouble developed when the local office was short staffed for the moment. Taken as a whole this community is fortunate in having as good telephone ser vice, electricity, post office, trans portation, water and other utilities _Continued on Back Page_ Governor Scott Inaugurated Today In Raleigh, N. C. On assuming his duties today noon, Governor Kerr Scott, said he faced the future with confidence; that high prices had reached their peak and we are now in a period of readjustment. He said he copld not see the possibility of depres sion as bank deposits are insured against loss; Labor has more than trebled its average wage; farmers have support prices against below cost of production;, reserve funds have accumulated for the aged and needy through the Social Security program and business has made profits during the past eight years. He said during the war and later, neither labor nor materials were available and the State ac cumulated money but our public service needs increased and it is our job to wipe out this deficit. He proposed a 15-point program which included improvement and extension of roads; an increase in teachers salaries and the erection oi adequate buildings and facili ties; an improved health program; increased aid to the aged and in digent; conservation of our natur al resources; improvement of pub lic utilities to serve the farmers with phones and electricity; stimu lation of more representative' gov ernment; a referendum that will give the people more participation in making their laws; improving election laws; aid to veterans, labor, business and industry, per sonnel of state employees, giving more power to local governments, cooperate with federal govern ment. He said these things cost money but we must go forward if we make progress and give the — Continued on Back Page_
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