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THE n\W DAILY BllLLETI The World’s Smallest •£, LY Newspaper. Vol. 26—No. 80 Tl50 )N, N. C. Seth M. Vining, Editor FRIDAY, MAY 22ND, 1953 Published Daily Except rE9t.*T-31-28]_ Saturday and Sunday_[5c Per Copy] ENTERED AS SECOND CO SS MATTER AUGUST 20, 1928, AT THE POSTOFFICE AT TRYON, N. C*o NDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS. JHARCH 3. 1879 Weather Thursday: high 88, low 56, Rel. Hum. 55 . . . World news about the same including another change in French governments. The Mayer cabinet lasted about four months. Elbert M. Antrim of Tryon, Lake Luse and Chicago, was—reelected to the board of di rectors of the Chicago Tribune Company Tuesday. He is also busi ness manager of the Tribune. Oth er directors elected include Col. Robert R. McCormick, Alfred Cowles, Henry D. Lloyd Jr., Mrs. Mary King Patterson, Mrs. Ruth McCormick Tankersley, and Ches ser M. Campbell ... Ed Scheidt, well-known North Carolina FBI chief has resigned to accept Gov. umsteaa s appointment to neaa the State Motor Vehicles Depart- | ment. Watch out traffic violators. 1 The appointment is receiving fav- 1 orable support even from the j governor’s opponents . . . Ted Fox, j Tryon golf pro, says he wishes to | th'ank the business people of Tryon j who donated prizes and did other things to help make the one day golf tournament here a great suc cess . . . Speaking of patience and perseverence and sacrifice It took a lot of that to build the railroad through Tryon. The charter was granted in 1855 and work didn’t begin in Spartanburg until 1873. 18 years latei; and it was 1885 before the road was finally com — Continued on Back Page_ Trvon’s New Railway Depot Is Almost Completed The new Southern Railway Station for Tryon is almost fin ished. Only the installation of three electric refrigerated drink ing fountains for the waiting rooms and business office, and some minor details are needed to make the new station as planned. Prof. W. F. Bryant said the place looks so attractive that there is danger of oldtimers coming back to Tryon and getting so confused they’ll get back on the train, thinking they are in the wrong town. The building is the same size as the old one with the old skele ton, rafters and roof lines intact, but these were jacked up about two feet to increase the elevation be cause the depot grounds were elevated about 18 inches to elimin ate the necessity for the conductor to place a box on the ground for passengers alighting from the train. Even hobbled skirted pas sengers can make it now. ihe new building is Augusta red brick scratch veeneered up to the window sills, and above that white asbestos siding prevails. The roof is of asphalt shingle in place of the old terra cotta. A new rec tangular bay window with picture glass facing the trains, Trade Street and the mountains give plenty of day light over the sta tion agent’s solid mahogany desk which cost over $1,000. Venetian blinds will be installed to keep out the morning sun. White and colored passengers enter the waiting room doors as before but all arrive at a common waiting room with the same facili ties for both. A four foot high brick wall partition divides the _Continued on Page Six__
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