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(Consolidated with the Polk County News 1955)
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Vol. 65 - No. 193
The weather Monday, high
56, low 23, hum. 50 percent.
People talk about the individ
ual's rights to do as he wishes
with his property. Does that
right extend to private exploita
tion of public investments?
That's what billboard com
panies are doing. They arc
exploiting our public invest
ment in roadways, says Univer
sity of Georgia professor Dr.
Charles Floyd.
"Turn the signs around facing
away from the roadway and see
what they're worth," he says.
Not only are billboard com
panies and private landowners
who place billboards on their
land tapping a public resource
for private gain, but they arc
doing it by polluting. Billboards
are visual pollution, plain and
simple.
Ed McMahon, president of
Scenic America, suggests that
South Carolina highways be
renamed the Nagle (outdoor
advertising company) Memorial
Highways. Who can see South
Carolina for all the gross,
double decker billboards?
"We are making industry all
over America clean up its pol
lution, but we protect the bill-
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Printed in the THERMAL BELT of Western North Carolina
TRYON. N C 28782
McMillian Protests
'Irregularities' In
Columbus Election
The results of Tuesday's elec
tion in Columbus will not be
certified for five days. Board of
Elections chairman Kathleen
Culbreth said Thursday.
"There were just too many
discrepancies," she said. "They
were just glaring."
Incumbent Mayor Paul Smith
was reelected, defeating Kath
leen McMillian by one vote.
McMillian has filed a protest
with the town's Board of Elec
tions.
Culbreth said McMillian's
protest lists several voting
irregularities.
McMillian charges that town
resident Charlie Feagan was
harassing people as they
attempted to enter the polling
place, almost barring the door
while giving people counsel on
how to vote. State law prohibits
any campaigning within 50 feet
of the entrance to a polling
place.
Culbreth also questioned
the propriety of Feagan helping
disabled people to vote,
although this is something the
law allows.
"Originally, 1 thought people
had voiced their choice and so
be it," McMillian said. "Then I
was made aware of several
voting irregularities. Someone
needed to make a protest, and I
decided to do it as a candidate,
a taxpayer and a voter."
McMillian said when she
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FRIDAY, NOV. 8.1991
Celebrates 90th
Birthday Sat. 9th
Mrs. Mattie Gwinn Effler will
celebrate her 90th birthday at a
drop-in reception on November
9th between 2 and 4 p.m. at the
Highwood Apartments' Com
munity Center. She is a member
of the Peniel Baptist Church.
—Community Reporter
A Tie Is A Loss
The tie vote in Lan
drum's referendum on a coun-
cil/manager represents a defeat
of the measure, South Carolina
election officials say.
Exactly 240 votes were cast
for and 240 against the measure
in Tuesday's election.
If it had been approved, the
measure would have changed
the town's form of government.
A town manager would he' e
been hired to run the town's
departments, personnel and
daily operations, and the coun
cil would have set policy.
28 Pages Today
2UC Per I up'
Begin Season
The Tryon Middle School
girls basketball team begins
preparation this week for their
season opener against Flat Rock
on Nov. 25.
Returning players from last
years team arc Kristi Bond,
Stephanie Bundschuh, Allison
Burns, Alex Rutledge, Sherry
Smith and Sekina Tyson.
Newcomers to the team are
Stephanie Hudson, Nicole
Makins, Katrina Wilkins, Dawn
Newsome, Kristie Johnson and
Carole Morton.
Tryon competes in the Footh
ills Conference along with Polk
central, Landrum, Chesnee,
Campobello-Gramling and
Pacolet. In addition, the four
teen game schedule includes
non-conference contests
against Flat Rock, Rugby and
Saluda.
All home games tip off at
4:30. Come support the Tigers.
The schedule is as follows:
NOV.
25, Flat Rock, 5 p.m.
27, Rugby, 4:30
DEC.
5, Saluda, 4:30
9, Campobello-Gramling,
4:30
12, Landrum, 6:00
16, Polk Central, 4:30
19, Pacolet, 4:30
JAN.
6, Saluda, 4:30
9, Chesnee, 4:30
13, Campobello-Gramling
4:30
16, Landrum, 4:30
20, Polk Central, 4:30
23, Pacolet, 4:30
27, Chesnee, 4:30