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Tryon, North Carolina, 28782
Established January 31, 1928
THE WORLD’S SMALLEST DAILY NEWSPAPER
Founded Jan. 31,1928 by Seth M. Vining
(Consolidated with the Polk County News 1955)
Jeffrey A. Byrd, Editor and Publisher
The Bulletin Is published
Dally except Sat. and Sun.
106 N. Trade St., P. 0. Box 790
Tryon, N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
& (USPS 643-360)
Phone 859-9151
Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
24 Pages Today
Weather Wednesday: high 69.
low 38, hum. 72%.
Religious items sold by
television evangelists through the
mail or at crusade appearances
may be taxed by states just like
any other merchandise, the
Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
The court said such taxes do not
violate religious freedom and
unanimously upheld lower court
rulings that forced the Louisiana
based Jimmy Swaggart
Ministries to pay $183,000 in back
taxes to California.
Superior Court in Media. Pa.
has set Feb 15 as the date to hear
the appeal of Paul Patchel, a
Media attorney facing 23 months
to five years in jail for the 1988 hit
and run deaths of Hazel B. Fox.
52, of Tryon and Ruth Wright. 60.
of Union Mills. The two women
were killed instantly when
Patchel’s car. going about 50
mph. hit them along Baltimore
Pike in Delaware county,
witnesses said.
The price of coffee will go up. A
group of Michigan researchers
has conducted a study which
suggests coffee keeps sex drive
perking into old age In a study of
nearly 800 people aged 60 and
over who live in Washtenaw
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TRYON. N. C. 28782
Taxpayers
Association Meeting
The fourth general meeting of
the newly organized Taxpayers
Association of Polk County was
held on Wednesday evening.
January 17 Over 30 people were
in attendance.
Chairman Walt Hamill
suggested that in order to have an
impact on Polk County
government bodies who create
and spend our tax dollars, that
the Taxpayers Assoc, will need
to expand to several hundred
members. It was suggested that
every member bring at least one
new member to every mating
The agenda for the meeting
included reports on the Polk
County Schoo! Board, the County
Commissioners, and the County
Fire Districts.
Hamill reported on the Special
School Board Meeting of January
16th when three Construction
Management firms were
interviewed. Hamill was
favorably impressed in using this
building approach which should
reduce the costs of a general
contractors fee of 8% to 15% to
3%to4%.
As reported in the January 18th
Bulletin, “They said experience
has shown that most school
systems take the savings and
reinvest the money in the project,
rather than returning the savings
to the taxpayers’' This is a
concern of the Taxpayers
Association. Another concern is
the lack of attention given to
other suggestions to reduce the
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FRIDAY. JAN. 19.1990
Father Charged In
2-year-olds Death
The body of a small boy,
believed to be two-year-old
Nathan Adam Hill, was taken
from the morgue at St Luke’s
Hospital to Chapel Hill Thursday
where the state’s chief medical
examiner was performing an
autopsy.
Nathan’s father, James
Christopher Tucker. 28. was
charged with second degree
murder Wednesday evening after
confessing to the crime during a
long interview with State Bureau
of Investigation (SBI) officers
Second degree murder occurs
when a person kills another with
malice It is unlike first degree
murder in that premeditation
does not have to be proved
Tucker was being held in Polk
County Jail Thursday in lieu of
$500,000 bond
Nathan Adam Hill, reportedly
missing since the day before
Thanksgiving, would have been
three years old February 16 He
was found Thursday at about 3
p m in a four-foot grave at the
bottom of an embankment behind
Tucker’s mobile home on Howard
Gap Road. Tryon
Police found the burial site
using Tucker’s directions. "You
couldn’t see any earth had been
moved.” Polk County Sheriff
Boyce Carswell said. “We would
have never found it.”
Police continued to gather
evidence from Tucker’s trailer
and property on Thursday.
Although at presstime no
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FENCE Fund Drive
Makes Goal
Clearing the final hurdle, the
1989 FENCE Fund Drive has
reached its goal of $25,000 to help
meet operating expenses, accord
ing to Nancy Mahler and Carol
Sauter, co-chairmen for this
year’s drive.
“Once again the people of this
community have supported the
annual Fund Drive for FENCE,”
said Nancy Mahler. “We have
met our goal and we want to
sincerely thank all who made this
possible. We couldn’t do it
without you ”
FENCE, a not-for-profit
organization, is financed by
private funds, supported by those
who feel that it is a major asset to
the community's quality of life
“That this community supports
all the worthy causes it does say a
great deal about the people
here,” Nancy added "Hooray for
you' And hooray for the many
volunteers who have made
FENCE what it is today.”
Hooray for FENCE!”
Achieving the Fund Drive goal
means that the nature education
programs for both children and
adults can be enlarged still
further, as well as the wildlife
preservation efforts and
recreational facilities.
Spring will bring a full schedule
of programming through the
public is reminded that every
day. all year long. FENCE is
open free to the public. For
further information, call
FENCE. 859-9021. — Reporter