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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 DULY BULLETIN
The World's Smallest daily Newspaper.Seth M. Vining, Editor
Vol. 25—No. 304 TRYON, N. C. TUESDAY, DEC. 23RD. 1953
CURB REPORTER
Everybody getting ready for
Christmas. Tryon Bank & Trust
Co. will be closed for two days,
Thursday and Friday, Dec. 25th
and 26th. A & P will be closed for
same period. “Mass killings of
prisoners by Americans and other
^human acts” is part of the pro
paganda'sent out by the Russians
and to discredit us before the rest
of the world. Are we going to
take such slander lying down?
Do you want to help correct those
lies in the minds of other people
behind the iron curtain, people
on the border line between being
our friends or enemies because
they are in doubt, lacking sufficient
information as to the true facts?
Your contribution to the Crusade
for Freedom will help broadcast
true information to those coun
tries and encourage them to fight
on for the freedom rvf nil nonnlo
Send your cheek to the Tryon
Bank or the Bulletin office, mark
ed “Crusade for Freedom”. . .
William A. McAllister, father of
Mrs. T. C. Baily of Columbus,
^as killed Monday morning at
|k place near Cuthbert, Ga. when
rie was trying to separate two
fighting hogs. The hogs attacked
him and killed him before help
eould arrive. Both Rev. and Mrs.
Bailey have gone to Georgia for
the funeral service. Mr. J. W.
Gantt will supply the pulpit at
the Presbyterian Church Sunday
if Mr. Bailey is unable to return
in time. Asheville Citizen reports
that Dr. Blanche Uraine McCown
Jones, 33, was found dead Sunday
morning ifi her bathroom at Bur
net, Texas, a 45-caliber automatic
nistol was on the floor, report of
ficers. She was married on Dec.
11 to Col. Paul Jones, U. S. Army
retired. Officers are investigating
cause of death.
Bulletin Twenty Years Ago
H. D. McCallister, 51, affection
ately known as “Red” dies at his
home in Saluda. . . Postmaster
Fred E. Swann urges all patrons
to call for their packages as soon
as cards are placed in the boxes
to avoid congestion. . . A wedding
of interest at Asheville was that
of Miss Ethel Clark, daughter of
Mrs. James Lankford to Mr.
William Hipp. . . John Preston of
Philadelphia has arrived to spend
the Christmas holidays with his
mother, Mrs. Lois Preston. . .
Christmas greetings from Dr. and
Mrs. George F. Taylor of New
York. They are pleasantly remem
bered as guests at Oak Hall. Dr.
Taylor made a number of address
es before local gatherings. . . Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew M. Law announce
the marriage of their daughter,
Elizabeth, to Mr. Charles Robert
Erskine at 4 o’clock in the after
noon on Wednesday, December 21,
1932 at Friendly Hill, Tryon, N.
C.. . . Weatherman Creasman says
six inches of snow and sleet fell
in Tryon last week. . . A wedding
of interest was that of Miss Anne
Bowen to Mr. Dupre Deere Wat
son at the home of the bride’s
mother, Mrs. Robert Lee Bowen. .
. , Merry Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Sessions of
Spartanburg are arriving in Try
on on Christmas Eve to spend the
holidays with Mrs. Sessions’
brother, Clifton Murphy, at his
home, Winyah on Godshaw Hill.
Mayor and Mrs. Clement D.
Stevens are spending the holidays
in Atlanta, Ga. with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Hyde of
New York City and Somerville, N.
J. have arrived in Tryon to spend
the holidays at their cottage on
Melrose Circle.