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AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCIA S, 18?9
THE TRIOS BAILS
The World's Smallest daily Newspaper.Seth M. Vining, Editor
Vol, 25—NV). 246 TRYON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 1ST, 1952

Weather Tuesday: Tigh 88, low
51, Rel. Hum. 45. RAINFALL
for month of September 1.07 in.
This tells how dry this area is.
Mayor Clement D. Stevens said
Tuesday that the water content in
the soil is very low and for that
reason every one must save water
in order to have enough for drink
ing, cooking and bathing. Reports
have come in that some people
have been seen watering their
lawns with garden hose . . . Tryon
P.-T. A. is getting ready for its
first street dance on October 15th
sponsored by Ways & Means Com
mittee . . . The Asheville Citizen
reports that James Tate, 24, con
y\ed in February, 1951 Superior
^[jjfrt, of assault with deadly
weapon, has been paroled by Gov
ernor Scott . . . Charlotte Obser
ver reported Monday that State
''ignwa.v x^atruiniHii lu waru
Samples held up traffic on U. S.
25-A near Asheville for a few
minutes in order to allow a small
crippled airplane to land in safety.
Patrolman Samples is quoted as
saying that he noticed the low
flying plane losing altitude and
black smoke coming from the en
gine, and ordered all passing mo
torists to pull off the road until
the plane could land .... Mrs.
Betty Steiner and Mrs. Baxter
Haynes were second, North-South
in section B. of the Fifth Annual
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POLK COUNTY ANALYZED
The North Carolina and United
States Departments of Agriculture
have just completed a crop survey
of Polk County made by tax listers
and farm census supervisors for
the county commissioners.
The report showed 5,083 people
live on farms of three acres or
more in the county. The total farm
acreage amounts to nearly 90,000
acres; approximately 17.000 of it
in crop land, 10,000 in idle crop
land, 4,600 in improved pastures,
6,500 in other pastures, 52,000 in
other lands. Corn takes up 6,500
acres, cotton 1,321, tobacco 1 acre,
peanuts 15, wheat 1,140, oats.
1,031, other grain 207, soybeans
alone 28, with other crops 24,
lespedeza 64 for seed, lespedeza
for hav 1,589, alfalfa 270, other
hays and cowpeas 800, Irish pota
toes 50, sweet potatoes 152, vege
tables for sale 300 acres. Cows
kept mainly for milk 1,236. kept
for beef 396; hens and pullets
30,578, tractors 184
The harvested crops amounted
to 19 per cent of the total, and.
42 per cenl of that was planted
in corn, 23 per cent in hay and
14 per cent in wheat arid oats.
Upon written request township
figures may later be developed,
according to the Department of
Agriculture. Tryon is the smallest
township in the county. On the
map'it looks as if the other town
ships are fairly even in area.
STREET IMPROVEMENTS
Many residents of Tryon have
expressed their delight over the
hardsurfacing of a number of
streets during the past few days.
Black topping over crushed rock
foundation, has been put on the
road leading to the colored Embury
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