Published Daily Except [Est. 1-31-28]Saturday and Sunday _[5c 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 THE TRYON DAILY BULLETIN The World’s Smallest daily Newspaper. Vol. 25 ' Seth M. Vining, Editor No. 138 TRYON, N. C. MONDAY, AUGUST 11 1952 Curb Reporter Weather: Friday high 82, low 64, rain 1.24, Rel. Hum. 86; Sat urday high 83, low 68, rain .05, Rel. hum. 72; Sunday high 87, low 64, .15 ... . There is still not ^Pugh rain to open the Country Club swimming pool and all swim ming pupils of Miss Ann Buchlv are meeting this week at the Girl Scout Camp on Lake Lanier . . . Chas. Carroll, Supt. High Point Schools, has been named State Supt. succeeding Dr. Clyde Er win ... Joseph L. Campbell, president of Commercial National Bank of Landrum and Spartan burg area, died Sunday of a heart attack . . . Asheville papers gone up to 40c week on ccount of in creasing costs of operating news papers . . . Shooting stars every night this week through Wednes day . . . Ellis Arnold resigns as Price Stabilizer . . . Tom Costa asks all those submitting names for the new development on Tryon Mountain to leave his name out, as t judges will not consider it. se who have done so can sub new suggestions. Dr. M. C. Palmer is a partner in this pro ject, and each new property owner will be partners who will share in the privileges and benefits of the whole development which in cludes a lake and exclusive rights. . . . Howard Greene, who has been away at Ft. Bragg reserve training school, will be in charge of the Kiwanis program Tuesday. . . . Ernest H. Gibbs, Polk County alternate to the Republican Na tional convention, will be the speak er at the Lions Club. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Repp and son, John, of St. Louis, Mo., are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Repp, in Trybh. Daniel Boone, A Great Man Wilbur Roadhouse was in charge of the Rotary program Friday and presented Rev. Wayne Williams, retired army chaplain, historjan, lecturer and president of the North Carolina Wildlife Associa tion as his guest sneaker. As a representative of the “Thunderland” play at Asheville, Rev. Williams gave an outline of the life and achievements of Dan iel Boone, who he linked with Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee as the great men in America from the standpoint of cnaracter and ability. Boone, a native of Pennsylvania, came to Nortn Carolina with his father when 15 years old. Married Rebecca Bryan at 24; was a wag oner in Braddock’s army in French Indian war; killed a b’ar in Ten nessee in 1760; in Florida in 1765; explored Kentucky, and in 1771 with five neighbors went to Kentucky river. Boone only sur vived. Returned in 1773 on a settling expendition backed bv Henderson who bought three fourths of Kentucky from the In dians in 1775 for $50,000. Boones boro was built and beseiged by Indians. Boone captured by Shaw nee Indians at Salt Lick and taken to Chillicothe, Ohio, and adopted. He escaped, travelling on foot 165 miles, with only one meal, to help save the Fort. Later settlers, crooked lawyers, land sharks, etc., froze him out ot his own property. Broken hearted he moved to Mis souri where the Spanish governor welcomed him and gave him a free tract of land. He continued to ex plore the far west until 85 when he died. The speaker said Boone felt -..Continued on Back Bage_

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