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AT TRYON, N. C. UNDER THE ACT OF CONGRESS, MARCH 3, 1879
THE mm DAILY
The World’s Smallest Ja Y Newspaper.
Seth M. Vining, Editor
Vol. 26—No. 105 T .2 >N, N. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 26TH, 1953

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Weather Thursday: High 83,
low 65, rain .20, Rel. Hum. 66 . . .
The whole nation as well as North
Carolinians were shocked this
morning to learn of the death of
Senator Willis Smith in the Naval
Hospital at Bethesda, Md. He was
recognized as one of the outstand
ing civic and political leaders and
had represented the U. S. on im
portant missions abroad . . . Some
people give their lives for others.
Today is your opportunity to give
blood at the Parish House in Try
on or Stearns -School in Colum
bus. Give only your surplus !
blood to the blood bank and it will
pay dividends in health and hap
piness . . . The Enka rayon plant
near Asheville has announced it
will add a $35 million plant. It
has been licensed to manufacture
nvlon under DuPont patents ... I
i ryon * ederal savings & Loan
has entered five suits against
Ralph J. Craig, former realtor
in Spartanburg, for nearly $20,000 ;
for failure to pay mortgage, ac
cording to The Herald. The feder
al court Thursday denied the mo
tion of Receiver Paul Stevens to
regain control of the Carolina
Scenic Stages bus line of which
Hamish Turner of Trvon and
Snartanburg is president. Mr.
Turner said about 90 per c^nt
of the bus line is now in operation
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SENATOR SMITH IS DEAD
Senator Willis Smith
Radio reports this morning an
nounced the death of Senator
Willis Smith of North Carolina at
the Naval Hospital at Bethesda,
Ma., where he was taken following
a heart attack Tuesday.
The North Carolina junior sena
tor was fast making a name for
himself in affairs of state. He won
many new supporters at the Demo
cratic National Convention last
June.
Senator Smith, a native of Nor-^
folk, Va., had spent most of his
life in North Carolina and was
an outstanding civic and business
leader. He was graduated from
Duke University; had served as
speaker of the N. C. House; presi
dent American Bar Association,
state, district and county associa
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