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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
Daily except Sat. and Sun.
106 N. Trade St., P. O. Box 790
Tryon, N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
Phone 859-9151
Vol. 63 — No. 172
TRYON N C 28782 WEDNESDAY, OCT. 3,1990
The weather Monday: high 76,
low 59, hum. 78 percent.
The Tryon Little Theater
production of “High Spirits”
opens tomorrow night at the
Tryon Fine Arts Center. The box
office is open from 10 a.m. to noon
and 2 to 4 p.m. each day.
Two Tryon artists, Chevalier J.
Tucker and Roland Bandinel, will
open their exhibit of paintings,
drawings and photographs,
entitled “Faces and Places,” at
the Fox Trot Inn tomorrow. The
exhibit will be open to the public
from 2 to 6 p.m. through Oct. 20.
The FENCE Moon Howl will be
held tomorrow night at 6:30 p.m.
The Columbus Town Council
meets tomorrow night at 7:30
p.m. at town hall.
Tomorrow’s a busy day, isn't
it?
The Carolina Carriage Club’s
Combined Driving Event is this
Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 6 and
7, at FENCE. This pits horse,
carriage and drivers against an
obstacle course. There is no
charge to attend.
The Any and All Dog Show is
Sunday, October 7 at Harmon
Field.
Judge’s Reprimand
Disputed By Board
The Polk County Board of
Commissioners were divided
three-to-two again Monday night
in deciding how to handle a
judge’s reprimand.
The reprimand came during a
meeting Superior Court Judge
Marvin Gray called with County
Attorney R. Jay Foster and
Board of Education attorney
Russ Burrell on Sept. 18 to
express his displeasure with the
message placed on the county's
supplemental tax bills by a vote
of three commissioners, Ken
Faulkner, Rachel Ramsey and
Henry Huntsinger.
That statement read: “1990
Supplemental Tax Levy, As
Mandated by the Superior
Court."
Gray was the presiding judge
when the school board brought its
case for more funding to trial in
July.
Reached at his home in
Charlotte Monday night, Gray
described his meeting with the
attorneys Sept. 18, which was
also attended by the
commissioners and school
officials.
“I wanted them to know that
the message on the tax levy bill
didn’t accurately reflect what
happened,” Judge Gray said.
“I presided over the case and
was present and that wasn't at all
my understanding of what
happened,” he said “The
decision came about by both
boards agreeing to accept a
majority verdict of a jury that
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Pictured above are Harold
Stott, Stott’s Ford and Bobby
Purcell, Assistant Director, Wolf
pack Club, North Carolina State
University. Stott's Ford received
a plaque from Wolfpack Club for
being a member of Courtesy
Care Program. Stotts Found has
furnished a car for NCSU
coaching staff in this program. —
Reporter
Columbus Day
In Columbus
The Columbus Merchants
Association is sponsoring the
second annual Columbus Day
Sidewalk Sale, Arts and Crafts
Show on October 13, from 9 a.m.-5
p.m.
Merchants along Mills Street
will offer specials. Local artists
and craftsmen will be exhibiting
their work for sale in the historic
downtown area of Columbus.
For more information contact
Kathy Pack 704-894-3989 or Gene
Owens 704-894-8226. — Reporter
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Plantation Owners
Want Tax Break
Eugene and Ellen Cantrell, the
owners of the Green River
Plantation, have asked Polk
County to give their property a
tax break based on its historical
value to the area.
But the Polk County Board of
Commissioners Monday night
tabled any action on the request.
“If we start that, the county
has a lot of historical places, the
line will start forming to the
left,” board chairman Jeannie
Martin said after the meeting,
echoing the board’s reluctance.
The 363-acre Green River
Plantation was purchased by the
Cantrells three years ago. Built
in 1804 by Joseph McDowell
Carson, it is already listed on the
National Historic Register.
“They say it has 42 rooms,”
said Ellen Cantrell. “We’re still
looking. We have counted 38
Maybe the others are some place
we don’t know about.”
The house and property are
valued on Polk County’s tax rolls
at $450,001, Eugene Cantrell said
If Polk County designated the
property as historically valuable,
it could halve the Cantrell’s tax
bill, saving them approximately
$1,500 a year.
“We’re just asking for what
they give in other counties,”
Ellen Cantrell said, “Just
because Polk County hasn’t done
it in the past, dosen’t mean it
shouldn’t do it.
“Hey, we’re an asset to the
county. When we bought the
Green River Plantation water
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