[Est. 1-31-28] Published Daily Except 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 [HE TRYOfll DULY BliLLETI .1 The World's Smallest daily Newsimper. Seth M. Vinina Editor Vol. 25—No. 149 TRYON, N. C. TUESDAY. AUGUST 2fi iqkp Weather Monday: High 83, low 50, Rel. Hum. 56 . . . The next big event in Tryon is the Fruits of Labor Tournament at the Tryon Country Club, Monday, Labor Day, September 1. ft’s a Holiday. All business houses will be closed in cluding banks, post offices, etc. The tournament is open to both men and women. Players can play either 9 or 18 holes any time Monday. Handicaps will determine the net scores. As it is a truits of labor” tournament each mem ber is invited, to bring a prize, the result of his or her own labor, and offer it to the winners. Donors • J-ofy-epupsted to list prizes on a ‘'■•'fpJat the Pro Shoo, or phone to •Tim Ferguson, chairman of the tournament. Everybody brings a prize and everybody gets a prize offered bv somebody else. After a tournament a picnic supper will be held at the "club house with each family or group bringing its own complete meal. . . . The Spar t"nbnrc Herald-reports the mar riage of Frances Elizabeth Whit lock of Tryon and Robert Leon ard Demnsey of Greensboro . . . Gongratulations to the Town of Tryon on cutting weeds and clean ing1 up streets. The Department has b°en loaded with extra work the past few wee'ks caused by forest fires and moving water Crviivttprj nn Bnr'k Page_ COMMUNICATIONS On August 20th, 1952, The Grand Jury of the Superior Court of Polk County was presented with a report stating the voting con ditions of the Tryon Precinct. It was pointed out that there is an unusually heavy registration in this precinct and that it is very diffi cult to take care of all who wish to vote in one voting place without placing a heavy burden on the voter who would have to stand in line and on the officials who would spend many hours of counting after the polling was over. In view of these conditions, we asked the Grand Jury to make recommenda tions on the advisability of split ting Tryon Township into more than one precinct. The Grand Jury recognized the need for Tryon Townshio to be divided into more than one pre cinct and recommended to the Election Chairman that a division be made as soon after the General Election of November, 1952, as possible. We take heart in this recom mendation made by the ' Grand Jury and will welcome this division in the near future. However, we believe that the time to make a division in a precinct (which necessitates a new registration) is immediately before an election, and not after . (The last regis tration for voting in the Tryon Precinct was in 1940). We be lieve that it is in the public inter est to secure a maximum regis tration is when the public is inter ested in a forthcoming election. This new registration would not work a hardship on any service man or other absentee voter be cause they would remain on the -Continued on Back Page_

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