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THE TRY01S HIT BILLETH
The World's Smallest daily Newspaper.
Seth M. Vining, Editor
Vol. 24—No. 190 TRYON, N. C.. WEDNESDAY. OCT. SIStHom
Weather Tuesday: High 62, low
61, rain .07, Rel. Hum. 82 . . . If
it should rain tonight the Tryon
Hallowe’en Carnival will be held
at the school gym. Supper will be
served at the school cafeteria for
those who desire it, 75c and $1.
.... The sacred meaning of
Hallowe’en is given elsewhere in
this issue by the Rev. J. B. Sill . . ,
Funeral services will be held on
Thursday at 3 p. m. at McFar
land Funeral Home for Mrs. Sara
M. Rushing, who was chief tele
phone operator in Tryon for nearly
25 years. She belonged to this com
munity. She operated when few
tfMBs called by number; and her
iHQ^Pedge of the community and
the affairs of its people was often
a godsend in time of trouble. Her
kindness and many courtesies to
everyone in general whether friend
or stranger won the appreciation
of thousands. Many remembered
her at Christmas and other speci
al occasions. But the community as
a whole will alwaj be indebted to
her for helping to maintain the
friendly spirit of Tryon.
~ The American Music Conference
recently revealed that in a survey
of 200 colleges and universities,
officials of 196 declared musically
trained student's to be far superior
to all others.
Hatch Mill One of Finest
The Hatch Mill at Columbus is
one of the most modern woolen
mills built within the past 50 years
according to, Marion Beacham,
superintendent of the Excelsior
Mills of Union, S. C., who was the
guest speaker at the Tryon Ki
wanis Club Tuesday. John Ward
law had charge of the oroeram.
_ Mr. Beacham, a graduate of
Wofford College, and a textile en
gineer, rose in ranks with Deering
Milliken Co., and was superintend
ent of the miH at Rutherfordton
before going to Union. He'Swid Mr.
Stroud and other officials of Deer
mg Millikin made a thorough study
of woolen mills throughout the na
tion in making plans for the Hatch
Mill which they wanted to be the
best of its kind. As soon as some
details are worked out an open:
house will be held and the public
invited to see the new plant which
*n full operation making
cloth for the U. S. Navy.
Within the past year since the
mill as started the price of wool
has doubled and dropped back
again a number of times. This has
played havoc with the industry,
said the speaker. Consequently the
woolen mills'are using a great deal
of the new synthetic fibres pro
duced by DuPont and others, fab
rics that lodk and feel like wool,
and yet are washable, durable and
non-shrinkable.
l ne natch Min at Columbus was
designed to produce fancy woolen
cloth for ladies clothing. It has
the latest equipment that is so.
flexible in order to make material
for changing styles. It. is a mill
anyone could be proud of.
County Agent Paul Culberson
spoke on the importance of the
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