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AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS. MARCH 3. 1879
THE TftYON DAILY BULLETIN
The World's Smallest daily Newapape^ Seth M. Vining, Editor
(Vol. 23—No. 185) TRYON, N. C.. T'qoc,<DAY, OCTOBER 23. 1950
Weather Friday: High 69, low
59, rain 3.40 Saturday, high 68,
low 60, rain .10; Sunday high 68,
low 58 . . . Congratulations to
Enoch Prather and his chamber
of commerce committee on the
splendid program they arranged
at Oak Hall Friday when officials
of the Deering Milliken Co., who
are putting up a $2 million mill
at Columbus met 100 civic leaders
from all over the county for an
informal get-together gathering.
The spirit of the occasion was in
spiring. The speakers were op
timistic over the brighter future
for the county and especially the
community of Columbus. H. T.
Cotton of the State Department of
Conservation and Development ex
pressed the satisfaction of the gov
ernment in the new project; and
Carroll P. Rogers welcomed the
group for the county. Dixon
Stroud, vice-president and general
manager thanked everyone for their
cooperation and expressed the
pleasure his company has over the
prospect of coming to Polk Coun
ty. He said his company waited
to make a lot of money and at
the same time make it possible for
all employees to make money and
live a happy life in ideal surround
ings . .... Tryon Precinct Demo
crats will meet Tuesday night at
7:30 at the school. The precinct
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>V0LK MAN KILLED
INSTANTLY BY AUTO
Jake Owens, 71, of Saluda, was
killed instantly near Tryon at 6:30
p. m., Saturday by a car* reported
to have been driven by Mrs. Janies
MeKaig of Tryon.
Sheriff W. D. Hines and State
Highway Patrolman W. R. Boyles,
and Tryon Police, who investigated
the death, said Owens apparently
stepped from behind a parked car
into the path of the oncoming car
which struck him. He died in
stantly, officers said. City Police
man Harvey Grumbles identified
the body.
A Polk County Coroner’s Jury
at the inquest Sunday at 10 a. m.,
in the Old City Hail building in
Tryon, absolved Mrs. McKaig of
blame for the accident, accord
ing to Otis Dalton Polk County
Coroner.
Investigation showed that Mr.
Owens stepped in the path of the
car near Stewart’s garage on the
Asheville-Spartanburg h i g hwav
about one mile from Tryori.
Funeral services Monday at 3
p. m.. at the Friendship Baptist
Church, with the Rev. Paul Stepp,
pastor, officiating. Interment in the
church cemetery.
The McFarland Funeral Home
is in charge of arrangements.
Owens was a bachelor, accord
ing to the police report, and had
made his home with Worth Hill
in Saluda for the past 30 years.
Surviving are two brothers, Bas
com of Saluda and James of Bre
vard, N. C. \
The Congregational Fellowship
erroup meeting scheduled for this
weeK has been postponed until
later.