Mrs. T.J. Kennedy who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. M.C. Hunter in Marion, S.C., returned home Tuesday.
Miss Mary Louise Porter of Meredith College, Raleigh, is a visitor in the home of Mrs. Florence Averill on Whitney Ave.
Miss Clyde Metcalf, who is spending the summer in Spartanburg, spent the week end in Tryon with her aunt, Mrs. W.C. Ward.
Miss Della Plumley, who lives about three miles from Tryon, was in town Friday with some fine apples which she marketed.
Mr. George Russell Agassiz, grandson of the famous naturalist, who with his wife has just been elected as one of the governing body of Harvard University.
Mrs. Ball, his sister Miss Beach, and her aunt, Mrs. Warner, are spending the summer at “Armored Pines.”
Miss Ferdinand Poppe has returned from Asheville where she has been attending summer school. This school holds a session every year in Asheville, and is very popular with the teachers of North Carolina.
Mrs. Julia Mosely left for her home in Atlanta, Ga., Monday after a short visit with her cousin, Mrs. J.B. Hester. Mrs. Mosely had been in Asheville, a guest at Grove Park Inn, and her visit to Tryon was on her return trip home.
Last Saturday, while a bunch of bananas was being unpacked at B.L. Ballenger & Company’s store, a tarantula, of medium size, sprang from the fruit, but fortunately was killed without biting anyone. The bite of a tarantula, while very serious, is not necessarily fatal, and a bunch of bananas seems to be a favorite hiding place of this dangerous spider.
Dr. Louis Fuldner has been marketing peaches in Tryon this week. These peaches are of the Elberta variety, and are the finest specimens we have ever seen. Dr. Fuldner, an expert in fruit culture, also has splendid grapes, which will be marketable within a short time.
Cleland Green, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Green of Columbia, will be in Tryon this week to spend the remainder of the summer with his mother who is a guest at Mrs. Williams boarding house. Cleland has spent a pleasant vacation in a boys camp in Virginia, and was expected in last week, but his visit was delayed a few days.
It is rumored that Mr. and Mrs. Peattie, whose attractive bungalow bearing the name “Dunwandring” would indicate permanent residence in Tryon, have decided to purchase a country place in Virgnia where they may reside near their son Donald. If this rumor is so—Tryon will lose a valued and highly respected resident. Mr. Peattie has done much to make Tryon a bigger and better town during his residence here, and his work on the recent Camber of Commerce booklet, given gladly with without charge, has attracted much attention throughout the country.
Mr. John Arledge of Hendersonville, N.C., who was clerk of the Superior Court in Polk County for 30 years, will act in place of H.H. Carons, who suffered serious injury in a recent automobile accident.
Mrs. Paul Curran Smith and daughter Sylvia arrived from Glasford, Ill., for an indefinite visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Doubleday.
Mrs. Thos. L. Justice was in Landrum Sunday evening to see her friends, Mrs. Anne Boone, and her daughter, Mrs. J.F. Thorne. Mrs. Boone, who is quite elderly, suffered three paralytic strokes last week, but showed decided improvement Sunday. Mrs. Boone’s Tryon friends hope that she will regain her usual health.
Dr. R.W. Butler, a well known physician of Sarasota, Fla., was in Tryon the first of the week, and before he had been two hours he had purchased Lot No. 1 in the Lindsey subdivision, and will soon begin the erection of a modern residence. Dr. Butler stated that he had investigated thoroughly the possibilities of every resort town in this section, and Tryon completely filled his expectations of what a town should be. C.J. Lynch acted as agent for the Lindsey estate in closing the transaction.
Wm. G. Stigler, editor of the Cincinnati Star and a nationally known newspaper man and writer, was in Tryon the first of the week, a guest of Oak Hall.
Mrs. J.D. Pierce, with her son-in-law Henry fisher, were marketing some nice peaches and garden produce in Tryon Monday.
Tom Lynch, the accommodating clerk at Missildine’s Drug Store, had a holiday last week end which he enjoyed with his mother at Columbus.
Mr. Fred Wolf and sister Mildred of North, S.C., spent a few days with the Johnson family this week at the Strong cottage.
Miss Nan Bell and Miss Alberta Lipscomb returned to their home in Gaffney Sunday after spending a few days with Mrs. Brian Bell in the Kennedy house.
T.T. Ballenger of Atlanta is in Tryon visiting his son, Claude Ballenger. Mr. Ballenger’s friend are always glad to see him on the streets and to welcome him each time he makes it to this city.
Mr. L.W. Lanford, from South Carolina near Campobello, was in Tryon Friday. Mr. Lanford is one of the well known prosperous farmers of that section, and reports that the dry weather has stopped the depredations of the boll weevil to such extent that his outlook for a good crop is encouraging. Mr. Lanford was incidentally marketing some excellent water-ground meal from corn raised on one of his plantations.
Again the delightful breezes and cool nights of Tryon are proving an attraction for out of town visitors. Miss Mary McGowan, the charming hostess of the Williams boarding house has entertained the following guests the past week:
Mrs. McLees of Greenwood, S.C.; Mrs. Marks and Miss Rice of Columbia, S.C.; Mr. Walker of Georgetown, S.C. Also Mr. and Mrs. Conway Thompson of Spartanburg, who have been enjoying a long trip through the Western North Carolina mountains and came here from Asheville.
Recent arrivals this week are Miss Mary Casey and Miss Margaret Casey of Cincinnati, Ohio.
From the front page of the Polk County News, Tryon, N.C., Aug. 14, 1924
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