Published Daily Except (Est. 1-31-28]Saturday and Sunday[5c Per Copy] entered as second class matter august 20, 1928, at the postoffice at tryon, n. c. under the act of congress, march 3, 1879 THE TRYII,\ DAILY BIMJ1I The World’s Smallest daily Newspaper._Seth M. Vining, Editor Vol. 26—No. 13Q TRYON, N. C. FRIDAY, JULY 31ST, 1958 SENATOR TAFT DEAD j Radio news broadcast states that Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio died this morning. He was the Senate leader and right hand of the Republican Party, although he had lost the nomination for president several times. Respect fully known as Mr. Republican, his honesty, integrity and knowledge of facts made him outstanding in ] government circles. He was a son of the late President and Chief Jus'tice William Howard Taft. Weather Thursday: High 95, low 70, Rel. Hum. 62 . . . Senator Taft had a turn for the worse and is reported sinking fast .... President Eisenhower asks for a 15 billion dollar increase in the national debt limit despite all ef forts to cut expanses . . . Mad dogs in Reidsville, Spartanburg County, bite four persons. . . . Dry weather ! has forced restriction on use of water in Asheville which had one of its hottest days Thursday .... Traffic deaths over the nation are more this year than last year by 470 persons ... An East Germpp girl was sent to prison two y^rs for stealing three cigarettes , . . Tryon Methodists have raised in cash or pledges $8,760 toward their $10,000 goal of Phase Two of the —Continued on Back Page_ Rotarians To Choose Between “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” 'And “Dangerous When Wet” Manager Jacoby of Tryon Thea tre is in charge of the Tryon Rotary Club program today and following the luncheon at Oak Hall will offer the club members an hour and a half program: their choice of two technicolor pro grams. One is Esther Williams in “Dangerous When Wet” and ‘“Gen tlemen Prefer Blondes” starring Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe. The movie will be shown at Tryon Theatre to the club mem bers and their guests. HOSPITAL NEWS Lawless Talley is a patient at St. Luke's Hospital. Patients dis charged include Mrs. Betty Sellers and daughter of Columbus and Mrs. Lewis Kimbrell of Landrum. FOLK FESTIVAL The “grandaddy” of all folk festivals will get underway Aug. 6 at Asheville’s City Auditorium and continue through Saturday, Aug. 8. This annual mountain dance and folk festival is celebrat ing its 26th year with Bascom Lamar Lunsford as founder and director. Fiddlers, banjoists and ballard singers will come from the ridges in the surrounding Blue Ridge and Great Smokies—from places with names like Hangover Moun tain, Soco Gap, Max Patch, Hang ing and Jump-Off Rocks, Bent Creek. Standing Indian, Chunky Gal, Hominy and Pigeon. There will be more than 600 participants at the Asheville’s “hoedown.” v

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