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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. 0. Box 790
Tryon, N. C. 28782
The Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Printed In the THERMAL BELT of Western North Caroline
20 Pages Today
Vol. 64 - No. 5
The weather Monday: high
74, low 29, hum. 55 percent.
A brief service of prayer and
intercession will be held today
at the Church of the Holy Cross
at 12:15 p.m.
Any who would like to pray
for servicemen and women in
the Gulf, by name, arc urged to
arrive early and register their
names before the service.
Jean Pettigrew's poetry semi
nar will be held today at 3 p.m.
at the Lanier Library. Jean
called to correct a quote from
Walt Whitman given in Mon
day's Bulletin. Whitman
described his rebelious cries as
a barbaric "yawp." If that gets
your curiosity brewing, go hear
lean today.
Congratulations arc certainly
in order for Karen Godlock,
North Carolina state champion
in the 1,000-yard dash. So,
congratulations Karen!
Polk County Board of
Education Meets
The regular monthly meeting
of the Polk County Board of
Education will be Monday, Feb.
11 at 6:30 pm in the Stearns Board
Room.
TRYON. N. C. 28782
Social Services
Comments on Trial
The trial of James Christopher
Tucker, convicted Friday of
second degree murder in the
death of his son, raised many
questions about the lack of pro
tection for the child.
Witnesses testified that
Nathan Adam Hill repeatedly
was abused and neglected dur
ing his short life.
It was also brought out in the
trial that the Polk County
Department of Social Services
(DSS) had investigated those
claims.
On Monday, DSS director Sue
Rhodes issued the following
statement regarding the case of
Nathan Adam Hill:
"Immediately following the
discovery of the death of this
child, the Polk County Social
Services director notified the
regional office and requested
the protective service case on
the child be reviewed by the
N.C. Division of Social Ser
vices. The review was
promptly initiated and was
completed by a team from both
the central office and regional
office staff of the N.C. Divi
sion of Social Services.
"Their in-depth review of the
case determined that the Polk
County Department of Social
Services thoroughly investi
gated all complaints received
according to child protective
services policy and in com
pliance with N.C. General Sta
tutes. It also determined that the
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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 6, 1991
Tucker Receives
Life Sentence
by Michael B. Smith
Superior Court Judge Zoro
Guice on Monday morning
handed down his sentence for
James Christopher Tucker.
Tucker stood before Guice with
tear-filled eyes and listened as
he was sentenced to life impris
onment in the N.C. Department
of Corrections.
The verdict of guilty came
Friday night in the Polk County
courthouse following a one
hour and ten minute jury delib
eration. Tucker was found
guilty of second degree murder
in the death of his son, Nathan
Adam Hill. The two-year-old
died on Dec. 3, 1989.
One juror said that the jury
had no doubt that Tucker was
guilty, but also noted that the
members felt the father was not
the only one who abused the
child.
Judge Guice told Tucker that
he had never been involved in a
case where more cruelty was
involved.
"The evidence of your guilt
was just overwhelming," said
Guice.
On Friday afternoon, defense
attorney Roy Neill began clo
sing arguments by suggesting
that the evidence was inconclu
sive. He said that the tape
around Adam's buried body had
been cut during excavation and
that perhaps a shovel had
caused the internal injuries
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Bradley Family
Burned Out
The home of Jeff and Melia
Bradley on Warrior Mtn. Road,
Saluda, was completely
destroyed by fire Friday, Feb. 1
around 11:30 am.
According to reports, a Duke
Power employee saw flames and
called the Henderson County
Sheriff's Depl. The Blue Ridge
and Saluda Volunteer Fire Depts,
responded. Jerry Pace, Saluda's
Fire Chief, reported the home
was engulfed in flames on their
arrival.
The family was uninsured
There are three children, Layla
13, Ryan 4'2, and Aaron 2.
Anyone wishing to make
donations of any kind may send
them to Warrior Mtn. Church,
Saluda or contact Mr. Bradley at
704-749-3706, or 749-2641. -
Reporter.
12 Roads Renamed
Twelve Polk County secondary
roads were given new names -
again - Monday night.
The action was taken by the
Polk County Board of
Commissioners, after another in
a series of public hearings on
naming roads in the county as
part of setting up the Emergency-
911 calling system.
The Emergency-911 system is
scheduled to gon on-line
February 14.
The following road name
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