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AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879
THE Tlff'ON RAIL] BULLETIN
The World’s Smalh 5 iAily Newspaper.
Vol. 26—No 104
Seth M. Vining, Editor

Weather Wednesday: High 91,
low 62, Rel. Hum. 62. . . The most
critical time in^Tryon and Colum
bus Friday is that period between
12:30 and 6:30 p. m., when volun
teers will go to the Parish House
in Tryon or Stearns school in Co
lumbus to donate blood to the
cause of suffering humanity in our
communities as well as to the
armed forces and those in need all j
over America. It is a swap and |
trade system. We donate blood i
while we are strong and healthy I
with plenty to spare; then when I
our loved ones need blood we will
draw from the generous supply
donated by other patriotic citizens
for our benefit .... Carroll P.
Rogers has returned from several
meetings in the eastern part of
the State. He was on the commis
s:on meeting at New Bern making
f lans for the restoration of Tryorv
Palace, and then. at Raleierh for
a meeting with the State Stream
Sanitation Committee of which he
is a member . . . . L. W. Ander
son will be in charge of the Tryon
Rotary Club program Friday at
1 p. m. at Oak Fall hotel, and will
have a banker from Charlotte as
guest speaker.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Barber of j
Tryon are parents of a daughter j
born June 25th, at 10:20 a. m.
Escapee Caught Near
Inman Thursday Morning
Polk County Prison Superin
tendent Amos D. Foster reported
today that Raymond Whitesides
who escaped from a work crew
near Melrose, in the Picnic Park
area on Wednesday, was appre
hended early Thursday morning.
Whitesides, who is described by
the prison official as about 22 years
old, was serving a prison sentence
of from 6 to 8 years for breaking
and entering.
The prisoner was caught near In
man, S. C., after a dragnet had
been stationed throughout the area
following the escape. Mr. Foster
said that the prisoner’s home was
reported to be in Asheville.
The prisoner had been sent to
the Polk County Prison Camp No.
909, and he escaped from the
guards during work in the moun
tainous area of Melrose while
working on Highway No. 176.
FIRE DESTROYS HOME
The home of W. L. “Dub”
O’Sullivan was completely destroy
ed by fire Wednesday morning
about 6 on the old Lynn-Columbus
load. There are nine children in
the family ages 2 to 16, and all
their clothing was lost as well as
household goods. Mr. O’Sullivan is
employed at State Line Texaco
Service Station.
HOSPITAL NEWS
Discharges from St. Lukes Hos
pital include Mrs. Joshua Burgess
and baby son; Mrs. Grayson Hor
ton; James Samuel Walker;
Charles Carson.
New patients include Mrs. Clyde
Pack of Tryon; Eulas Kirkendoll,
Try on.