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Established January 31, 1928
THE WORLD'S SMALLEST DAILY NEWSPAPER
Member: North Carolina Press Assn.
(Consolidated with the Polk County Nows 1955)
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The Bulletin Is published
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TRYON, N. C. 28782
Vol. 53 — No. 185
Weather Tuesday: high 70, low
12. Wednesday morning was
more of the same, perfect fall
weather.
President Carter and Ronald
Reagan agreed Tuesday to face
each other Oct. 28 in a 90-minute
debate in Cleveland. They will be
questioned by a moderator and
four panelisLs to be chosen by the
League of Women Voters, which
is sponsoring the 9:30 p.m. EST
debate.
After 98 years the Philadelphia
I billies have won a World Series
They defeated the Kansas City
Royals 4-1 Tuesday night in the
6th game of the series. Mike
Schmidt was voted the Most
Valuable Player.
A large number of people
attended the public hearing on
the Green River Cove Tuesday
night at the courthouse in
he d ^ a s,milar hearin s W “
held Monday night at the
Henderson County courthouse in
Hendersonville, A number of
E ' V ' ne thcir opinion
i '“Whether the Green River
should be designated as a natural
access nnd 6 ^ a PP r °P™te
ccess and facilities to be
and mana ^ by the
state or enter into a cooperative
agreement between Duke Power
Continued Orf Back Hage
$2.7 Million In
Farm Product Sales
For Polk County,
Census Bureau
Reports
The market value of
agricultural products sold by the
194 farms in Polk County
amounted to $2.7 million for 1978
or an average of $13,816 each, up
from $2.2 million in 1974 with an
accompanying increase in
production costs, according to a
preliminary report of the 1978
Census of Agriculture released
today by the Bureau of the
Census, U. S. Department of
Commerce.
A breakdown of the county’s
total agricultural sales for 1978
followed by that for 1974, is as
follows: Crops, $613,000
compared with $541,000;
livestock and livestock products,
$1 million and $838,000; poultry
and poultry products, $1 million
and $727,000.
While the value of gross sales
rose, the farmers' cost also
climbed since 1974. Expenditures
for feed for livestock and poultry
for 1978 were $11 million
compared to $704,000; costs for
gasoline, diesel and otiier
petroleum products were $91.
compared to $78,000. Farm
energy costs of all types totaled
$129,000 for 1978. The estimated
market value of machinery and
equipment per farm increased
from $10,944 to $16,817.
THURSDAY, OCT. 23,1980
Ernest Burwell
Funeral service for Ernest
Burwell, 83, of Tryon will be held
today (Thurs.) at 1 p.m. at the
Episcopal Church of the Holy
Cross with the Rev. James
Reynolds officiating. Burial will
be at 2:30 p.m. in the Greenlawn
Memorial Gardens in
Spartanburg.
Mr. Burwell died early
Tuesday morning.
A native of Tarboro, N. C. he
was the son of the late George
Ernest and Lilla Pugh Bell
Burwell. He was a graduate of
Charlotte High School and
studied at the Alexander
Hamilton Institute and General
Motors Institute.
He was a pioneer automobile
dealer in Spartanburg and
founder and former owner of
Ernest Burwell Cheverolet.
Mr. Burwell came to
Spartanburg in December of 1921
to take over the Ford dealership.
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