tr . .; -, " ,; v.
Volume XXVIII
Hendersonville, North Carolina, May 23, 1913
Number 8
I
DROWNED!
PARK LAKE
Oet us Justus, the 18-year-old
6on, of Contractor Robert Justus,
vas drowned 'to the smiling .waters
of R'hododrendroni Lake, today
(Thursday) at 12:30 o'clock.
The body was recovered one and
one-half hours later.
The young man, who was em
ployed on one of the .buildings -being
erected in the park, with
, cousin. Butler Bradley, rowed ,a-
oross the lake to the . opposite
'.shore during their noon hour,
Butler Bradley goit out of .the boat
safely, his cousin missed his foor-
'V a. air.rT Hank
frig, fO'liea uunui --r-
of the dam and met death beneath
the rippling waters of the beafu
tiful lake.
uvc vo.stin.? durinar the
l a H1
,noon hour, on the opposite side
of the lake, heard the .splash, saw
the boy swimming towards the
bank .and hastened to Ms aid, but
the distance was too great, ,and
tlhe boy had disappeared before
tlhey reached the spot.
Butler Bradley says he shoved
an oar towards .his companion
when he was within a few feeli bf
the. dam, that the dead .boy either
missed grasping it or refused its
aid, afnd that he was within a very
faw feet: of the shore when he
wen;t down for the last. time.
Aid was summofaejd from town
nr.,d Roon a larse" crowd had gathw
" - w
ered jarodnd the -fatal spot.
Ropes, grappling irons, and long
stra'nds of barbed wire were used
in dragging the footworn of the lake
for the body. The fcecdnd attempt
was successful. Two jbarbs of the
wire caught ih the boy's -clothing
aW the! azure Bky looked aown
PiltyJngly on ja limp, white-tf aced ob
ject that but fa .couple of hours
go'ae had been full of liie sand
hope.
Dr. Ouy E. Dixcfn was there and
made every effort to restore life
although he khew Jthat Life there
was irsone. The boy's body was
laid join the green award -under--,
heath, a rhododendron in full beau
ty a'nd la'tier was. brought to town.
Under the aible direction of Su
perintendent Bangs of the Light
a'nd Power Company, Messrs. An
ders, Wright, Meyer a'nd Tipton re
covered the body within an hour
after their (arrival ofn the iseene.
R'hoidode'ndron Lake, the newest
of He'tidersonville'is lakes, is thus
the last to claim its -victim. Hi2hi-
o
la'nd Lake,, ,(then known, as ;Rhett's
pond), was the) first to take its toll
of human life1. Rainbow Lake ,was
the next; (then Kainuga, and later
Useeola. Rhododendron Lake
completes the JAst.
COAL TEST
Washington. Final tests to de
termine the value of Alaskan -coal
to the Navy will be made by; jthe
orusier Maryland during the Bum
mer, ocording tio officers who tes
tified today before the Senate Ter
ritories Committee. .Lieutenant
Commander Boyd, of the Bureau of
Steam Engineering, told the oom
mitjtee that incomplete testa of
coal from the Behring River -field
indicated that it Was of high grade.
Paymaster Higgins said the Gov
ernment paid $Z a ton -for coal bn
Ward colliers at Norfolk and BaJ
hnore, and coal delivered on Paci
fic Coast points, Hawaii, or .the
Uppines cost between $7.50 and
$8.25 a ton. About eso.onn t
V dre sent to. t'he Pacific, he
most of it in -British, bottoms.
flre whole American Commercial
J would be needed witfh ai fcon-
uj, . - -tjfix.u oi industry,
;nymastr testified, 'to fur-
tiZ T Ntkn with colliers in
Pacific t0 take coal to
GRADED SCHOOL'S
COMMENCEMENT
The twelfth session of the .Hen
dersonville Graded school closed
an Thursday, May 15, and on Fri
day at eleven o'clock t'he fourteen
graduates of the 'High School held
their Class-tday exercises and re
ceived certificates of graduation.
At the same time certificates .were
presented to eight pupils .from the
Commercial department. The
principal features o;f this part of
the commencement exercises twere
published in The (Mountaineer last
week and freed do further com
ment except to ptate that the at
tendance was very much too small
for so rich n program. -
At eleven o'clock Sunday morn
ing alt the First Methodist ichurch
Rev. A. L. Stanford preached the
annual sermon. The services were
(deeply impressive, and greatly ap
p reclamed by the large audience
in attendance. T'he text tor the
message was the 12th verse of the
.ninetieth Psalm: "So teach tus to
number our days, thatcwe may ap
ply our hearts unto wisdom.'
On Monday evening the .Hender
sonville High, School Literary So
ciety held its second annual debat
ing and declamation contest, which
fooncluded the commencement ex
ercises. The contest annts for the
Declaimers' Medal were: Miss Ruth
Schaeffer, subject, "A Railroad
Comedy"; Miss Lula Alexander,
subject, "T'he Soul of .the .Violin";
Miss Elsie Ficker, subject, "Jamie".
The (Selections were well rendered
and the decision was a very diffi
cult one, but the .medal wasaward
tio Miss Ficker. , f
The question for the debate was,
"Resolved, That American ships
engaged in the coastwise v trade
should be aillowed (tio pass ithruo gh
the Panama Canal free of toll."
Oswald Smith and Thurston .Crane
.upheld the affirmative, and Frank
Corriher and Morse Shreve j,the
negative. The question was de
ciided in favor of the negiative. The
Debaters' Medal was awarded .to
Mr. Crane wh,o was on the losing
side. The debate was, in every
way far above the average high
o.sJv. rvni n.rl -u7n.nl.rl hijuvp. rlorjG- ered
It to a college team.
T'he fountain pen offered by Miss
Sbetrdman for the best composi-'
tiion was awarded to Morris Rip
lev,. The gold medal offered by
vMLss Steedman for the best Lat
in scho-lar was awarded to Miss
Lily Allen.
Marion Trice-, who presided over
the exercises off the evening, pre
sented to t'he Hendersonville High
School the O. Henry Memorial Cup
for one year, whicthi wais won by
Miss Elsie Ficker for the best short
Kiory written by the High School
girls of the State this .year. This
beautiful silver cup, which is val
tued at $75 Wats purchased ,by the
literary societies of the State
Normal and Industrial qoltleige vof
Greensboro, and is presented for
one year bo the High School which
sends the best short story .writ
ten by a regularly entered High.
School girl.
T'he music for the evening was
rendered by the High School or
chestra. Indeed, every person who
took part in these exercises (Was
a regular matriculated pupil ex
cept Mr. D. S. Pace, iw'ho render-
ed the decisions of the judges and
presented the medals.
Error to Try to Hurry Women.
A Fort Scott (Kan.) man and his
wife were planning to take a trip, the
Tribune of that town Bays, and after
they had decided on the day the man
spoiled all the pleasure of preparing
by suggesting that he "bet they would
miss the train." On the fatal morning
his wife suddenly remembered that
she had not put in her mirror and
rushed back to get it. When she
started again she was sure there was
something else she had forgotten and
looked in her suitcase to see. It hap
pened to be there, so they rushed to
the depot. The train was just out of
tight, but the man didnt say 1 told
you so." He did say, though: TJ
yon hadn't taken so much time dress
ing we woullnt have missed the
tram." 1 know that," returned the
wife, "and if you hadnt rushed me we
wouldn't hare had to wait so long for
the next train,"
BONDS SELL
AT PREMIUM
County and township bonds, to
the aggregate value of $95,000,
were sold Monday by the county
commissioners. They sold at a
premium of $3,000.
The bonds were as follows:
Henderson county, $25,000; Hen
dersonville township, $50,000 ;
Hooper's Creek township, $20,000;
total, 95,000- They were bought
for 97,000, by the First Bank and
Trust Company as agent for R-
M. Grant and Company of Chicago
The bonds bear interest at the
rate of 6 per cent per annum, pay
able semi-annually.
The money derived from the
sale of the Township bonds will j
expended under the direction of j
the county commissioners ; and
jthat means that the expenditure
will be closely watched and well
and carefully made, for the coun
ty commissioners are business men
of recognized ability who are ren
dering faithful and efficient ser
vice. The money derived from the
sale of the Township bonds will be
be expended under the direction
of special commissioners elected
ty the townships. Hoopers Creekt
has already elected its commission
ers. They are J- P. Fletcher,
chairman ; P. A. LeLong, secretary
H. E. Lance, E. S- Souther,, W. D.
Bagwell Hendersonvill township
has not yet elected its commission
ers ; they will be elected at a mass
meeting held after due notice by
publication; and it is confidently
expected that this township will
be as successsful as Hooper's
Creek in selecting thoroughly
competent men.
The county commissioners ful
ly realized their responsibility in
the matter of issuing the bonds.
They wejie determined to make no
mistake in the matter- Before is
suing the bonds they took compet
ent legal advice ; and also, out of
abundance of caution, they ob
tained on opinion from Judge
Lyon.
The Times has repeatedly urged the county
commissioners and the Greater Hendersonville Club
to take some action in the matter of the farmers1 co
operative demonstration work.
Following the letter which The Times wrote to
the Department of Agriculture, comes the announce
ment that the department will send its agent, Mr.
Millsaps, to appear before the county commissioners
Monday, June 2.
What are the commissioners going to do about
it?
What is the Greater Hendersonville Club going
to do about it?
The Greater Hendersonville Club meets this
week. This is the opportunity to DO SOMETHING.
The Times suggests that the Greater Hender
sonville Club, at this week's meeting, undertake to
bear half of the trifling expense of securing the dem
onstration work for this county for a year, provided
the county commissioners will bear the other half;
and that the Club send a committee to lay this offer
before the commissioners on June 2.
MAJOR PICKENS
GIVES $300
Major S. V. Pickens, one of Hen
derSonville's most honored citi
zens, as he is one of its Oldest,
has donated $300 towards the pur
chase of an addition to Oak Dale
Cemetery. .
The lot, is . now being platted
and will be on sale within qi few
days.
Major Pickens has Been Hender
sonville develop from a mountain
village tp (a modern city. He was
the owner of frhe first .street car
line here and his heart heats warm
towards; his own home town. .While
the Major's health fcs not jail that
his pscores of friends vwould desire
it is a matter of mutual congrat-
ulatiion that he Bihows a very great
improvement in that Irespect.
HOSPITAL SEEKS
NEEDED LOAN
At Monday's meetrimz of the
ooara ol county commissaoners a
request was received from the
Hospital Association for a loan
from the sinking fund. The com
missioners would have been glad
to loan the money if they had it ;
but the sinking fund is already
ioai.ed out. Therefore the county
o a i iv. t t p r esen t comply with the
Hospital Association's request.
It is understood however, that
city of Hendersonville has money
to loan. W Ido root know the ex-
act amount of pncih money; foul
son two occasions ibond issues jfpr
sidewalks were made jby tihe jcity
$18,000 in one instance and iabout
$20,000 in the other, and the ibulk
of this money was secured by he
abutting property, the principal
pal and interest to be paid in ten
1 T J 1 i i i i
years. ic is understood tinat a
year ago .there was about $24,000
of this .still unpaid; aind that, of
this $24,000, .something iike $8,000 is
now due pr past due; nd It is
presumed that the bulk of this has
been collected. Therefore it is ex
pected that the Hospital Associa
tion will make a strong iplea to be
allowed to borrow bo me of this
money.
The Hospital Association "Urgent
ly needs a loan of about $3,000 for
the completion of the building
A. 11 -
security which can be given
is ample. l
THE FIGHT FOR
WATER POWER
The most important law jsuit ev
er rtried in Henderson county is
that :now occupying the vnttentions
"of Judge Lyon aJnd n jury of 12
men, the Blue Ridge Interurban
Railway vs. R. M. Oaties and oth
ers. It is a. battle of legal giants
warring-o-ver (a strip; of land for
which one of the contestants piaicl
less than a thousand dollars and
upon the possession of which it is
safiid t'he fate of a million dollar
development depends.
Representing the railway com
pany are Smi th, Ship man & Jus-
Miee, C W. TiLLoftt of dharlotte and
Judge Manning, of Kitchim & Man
ning, Raleigh.
Mr. Gates' interests ore v being
watched by iStatoin & Rector, Britt
& Toms, AsheviLle, Judge MerrH
mom. AsfheyiLle, (and Mr. Schenck.
All t'he jevidence was not yet in
on Thursday. The case will reach
the "Jury the ojkL of the week.
It involves many knoltty legal
poinits and whichever way this Jury
decides the ase will proibably be
appealed to a higher court.
APPRECIATION
Asheville Citizen.
Score one for Henderson county.
Her jerterprising and progressive
citizens, without aippealing to the
ballot, have golne on record for a
good roads jbo'nd issue of $95,000.
what this means to the future of
this section anybody who can read
can readily determine. It means
almost as much for Buncombe
county pja it does for Henderson,
in that it brings a .first-lass ma
cadamized highway right to our
county -line. For ijais latter pur
pose $25,000 of the total bond is
sue will be puty to iwork at the
earliest opportunity.
The Citizen coinzraitiulates the
people of our .neighboring county
on their psuiblic spirit. We are not
surprised mt it, however, for the
good roads spirit! is not ia ine'w
one "down the line." For the last
few years the good roads .move-
menti has been steadily 'growing in
Henderson, fund the climax was
reached last- week when the two
hustling newspapers fat Hender
sonville, The Western North Caro
lina Times land The Western Caro
lina Democrat, joined forces and
brought out two excellent good
roads editions. Eadh constituted
a superb effort, and the two mark
ed splendid accomplishment.
THE DEATH OF
MRS. T. S. WOOD
Mrs. 'Thomas . Wood, aged ,60,
died Sunday plight, at vher home in
Brevard, 'after ta Jong illness. The
funeral services were held alt 10
o'clock Tuesday morning at the
residence. Rev. Messrs. Norwood
and Davis officiating. The inter
ment took tplaice the same day at
Davidson River cemetery. 4
On afecount of her high .character
and many admirable qualities, Mrs.
Wood had a large circle of friends
and was held in the .utmost es-l
teem by jail who knew her. Her
deatfh will ibe ftslt as a great loss
by tihe whole community, .and es
pecially by the Presbyterian
church of tfwhich she was a cOnsis-'
tent member.
Surviving Iher jare her husband,
one ton, four daughters, vand three
sisters. One of (her sisters is Mrs.
W. C. Stradley of Hendersonville;
the others are Mrs. Hoilings worths
of Adheville and Mrs. Keljey of
Sumter, S. C.
Tokio. News that ,the Califor-
nian alien land ownership' 'biljl had
been signed ,by Governor Johnson
was received here with' regret, al
though it had been discounted in
official and non-official circles. It
was hoped tup to the lapt moment,
however, that .Washington inter
vention would prove successful.
The newspapers published extra
editions with, fche aounoesnent
that thd , bill bad be e-n sigiied.
CONVENTION AT
LAUREL PARK
Editor Timesii '
Having been .asked so many
times where and when the jnext
County Singing Convention will be
te held, I wish to pay through'
the columns of your paper (that
the next convention will be held
in Hendersonville on the first ui-i
day in June. It is my (understand-)
ing ibhat the committee on place
has nob jdefinitely decided upon a
building. This will jbe announced
later.
I wish Ito say to jail the fchoira
in the county who have (been sing
ing witih us, and others who would
like to join tihe convention that
we extend to them a most hearty
invitation to be present with la
good class. We have had some
classes from other counties aad
we hope to have them with US'
again ton the first Sunday dm June.
We wish, too thank the people
for their attendance at former
conventions fend (we beg them to
help us ito maket his (the best coin-
venbion ever held in Hender&onj
county. Let every bine come and
bring (well filled baskets aind fatVi
have la pleasant, and profitable
day.
I twish ito state further jthat olne
Section of our Bylaws provides
that (ail the singers of any choir
shall live within three miles xf
regular place of practice. We
'hope that each choir will comply
as nearly as possible with (this
Section.
J. F. tepp,
v Preside nit'.
(Since the above communication
was received, we have learned
that Laurel Park has been (select
ed ais the place for the Conven
t'on.) SOME POET!
M. M. Shepherd, Mayor-elect of
the best town in the South, and
that's Hendersonville, is nlso a (po
et, v
Yes, sir, a pno-e-tw
Of course, the electio'n is ovary
'now, and ,so it cant hurt anything'
much and Roe's friends aint go-
ing to 'tioitt it againsx mim eimer,
whein they understand all the lair
cumsta'nceB in t'he icase.
The poem .was inspired vby by
well, by lots of things. It ain't
copyrighted although it ought to
be and it appears elsewhere in
this issue over his owa signature.
THE SCHOOL
IS GROWING
The folio wing figures with) re
gard to Jthe growth' of the graded
school (white) are of fnterestij1
Enrolment for previous jrear, ,554.
Enrolment for present for pres
ent year, 605. Increase, more than
9 percent.
Average attendance for previous
year, 341.
Average attendance for present
year, 411. Increase more than 20
percent, '
The increase in attendance is
more than double the increase in
enrolment.
The number of tardiea during the
bresent year ftxas been only one-
third of the number during' the
previous year.
SUPERIOR COURT
Henderson county Superior court,
now nearinz the end ol the Sec
ond aind last week of the term, 4a
ru'nivug a 'good deal behind Jtp
schedule, a'nd a large number ol
cases will be continued. Judge
Lvon left for home last (Friday erv-
enin? on account of the illness Of
his wife, jafnd did not .return until
Monday afternoon. In .addition to
this loss of Inearly two (Working
days, a further delay has 'been
caused by the hearing of the car
ter power Bouts Blue Ridge Inter
urba'n Railway Co. va Henderson
ville Light and Power Company
and vice versa.
'A
1
I
f
': : -1
.-- 4
. - 1
! 1
r 1
V :