THE TRYOm DAILY BULLEH The World’s Smallest daily Newspaper. Seth M. Vining, Editor (Vol. 23—No. 124) TRYON, N. C,. THURSDAY, JULY 27TH, 1950 I “ Published Daily Except (fest. 1-31-28)Saturday and Sunday5c Per Copy ENTERED. AS SECOND CLASS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POSTOFFICE __AT TRYON, N. C. .UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879 Weather Wednesday: High 80, low 66, rain .03. Rotarian W. S. Fellows has charge of the Ro tary program Friday at 1 p. ni., at Oak Hall and will have as guest speaker, Dr. Middleton of Jack sonville, Fla., and Tryon. . . Rev. George W. Hayward of Tryon is conducting a preaching mission at the Columbus Presbyterian Church. Services are being held each evening at 7:30 and will con / tinue through Sunday night . . . Constable Dock Wilson of Mill Spring destroyed a steamer whis-. key distillery Wednesday on Little Briar Creek in the Pea Ridge sec tion. Included in the outfit were J^fcarrels of mash and 5 barrels \£wnaterial .... The Town of Tryon is putting in a new drain between Tryon Shoe Hospital and Andrews Furniture Co., to take care of the overflow of water dur ing heavy rains which in the past has washed considerably down the street’ taking all kinds of debris. .... The Pearson’s Falls area was considerably damaged by heavy rain and wind the other day. Logs were seen floating down the Pacolet River and Garden Club members have been busy clearing away 'some of the fallen limbs along the path to the Falls. Visitors can still get there but the _Continued on Back Page BIG LUMBER PORJECT IS BEING PROMOTED HERE The Gloucester Lumber Co., of Rosman, N. C., have bought the timber rights for about 8 million feet of timber in the Hogback Mountain section of Greenville County and a crew of men with tractors and road machines are building roads into the area. An other crew has just completed a big loading ramp at the depot in Tryon. The trees will be felled on the mountain side and head waters of South Pacolet River, and “snaked” down with G. I. trucks and hauled to Tryon. The trucks will be driven right up on the ramp where the logs will be rolled off into a gondola freight car and shipped to Rosman for sawing. The ramp is about 96 feet long and is built of oak, pine and poplar logs, and floored with two inch thick red hickory brought from the mill at Rosman. 40 penny nails were used in nailing the boards to the logs. The floor must hold up tons of weight. From one to two carloads of logs will be shipped from Tryon daily be ginning within a few days. Amout 15 men will be used at the start in cutting and hauling the timber. This number will be increased as the demand grows. The company expects to finish the job in about 6 years. Logs of pine, oak, and poplar from 12 to 16 feet long and 12 inches in diameter will be shipped. The work here is in charge of C. Hall, wood superintendent and T. E. Brown, assistant superin tendent, Corbitt Package Company of Wilmington owns the land.

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