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-1 y y TE RALD H DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY I .. . .:.- ' s - y ' y 'i.i,'-"'":. :-... ' --" . . . -. HENDERSONVILLE, NORTH CAROL LIS A, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER, 1911 1U. c $f IT-...;,---.- . an IS Kiev -a v - . ' . , '.' V':,.-'. mm it ST BUSIES ME City Council Unanimous, ing Second Greatest provement in Paving Main HEiEO iltLES TO BE SUPERB AVENUE ! Paving Representatives Expected Here This Week, When it is Hoped to Close Contract for Immediate Improvement of Main Street. YES! MAYOR STATOX YES! ALDERMAN ALDERMAN ALDERMAN ALDERMAN ALDERMAN ALDERMAN SHEPHERD YES ! MORRIS YES RECTOR YES! PACE YES! GRIFFITH YES STEPP YES! "Do you favor improvement of Main street and Anderson Avenae by means of asphalt or some ctner modern pavement?" f This question was fired at the ferent city aldermen by a Daily Herald man. Without bl'nkmg an eye they all expressed perfect will ingness to go on record as advocat ing the immediatft improvement cf Hendersonville's magnificent busi ness thoroughfare already the finest street in the South and when it's , put in proper condition to be one of the finest in the whole world! This will be the second greatest ;j public Improvement over made i"n . Henderscnville . The " superb concrete sidewal-s were the greatest. The memory of the old rock strewn walks with the pig tail in its centre where folks walked to avoid the sharp pointed pebbles, i still fresh in the memory of everybody 'most. Also is that memcvable fight 'which followed the putting down of the V concrete fresh in the memory of everybody 'most. - ; -- The remarkable progress of Hen dersonville in civic growth and civic pride is . strikingly demonstrated in the fact that it will be possible to pavp Main street without first going to the United States Supreme Court Dr. Hultoh Fills First Baptist Church Last night pr . Hulten preached to a congregation which completely filled the Blrst Baptist Church build ing.. The subject was "what we know about Hell." "'Among other things the speaker said that at one time he could not accept the Biblical doctrine of a hell of fire and brimstone but his mother used a little 'logic which conv him. The sylogism used was: If "Hell is not fire and brimestone it was just as bad as fire PROF. I S- WRES ; V Professor vW. S. Shitle, the cap - nblft coimty: superintendent of educa tion and Miss Daisy Sinclair were married last night at Biltmore, Rev. vA. 1 . v Justice performing the cere- mony- "4 For Im- City's History, Street for authority to make the greatly needed improvement. A few years ago this would not have been possible but things are some different today thank you, mam. It is very possible that a construc tion company will do the work and take the notes of the city in payment. A representative of a responsible concern will be here this week, when it is hoped to close some satisfac tory arrangement along that line. In that case, it is s1-d the work of paving Main and Anderson will commence at an early date and will follow the laying of x the street car rails. v . - The street car company will pave the space within its tracks and for a distance of eighteen inches on either side. It . requires no poet's imagination to conjure up a picture of Hender sonville's superb business street "with it; surface asphalted. One hundred feet wide, level and straight as an arrow, flanked on either side with twenty-foot concrete walks, with as substantial business blocks as may be found anywhere in a city of fivp thousand. Main -street is a thoroughfare of magnificent pro portions, needing but a suitable pave ment to make it compare with Wash ington's famous Pennsylvania Ave nue or Berlin's beautiful Unter-der Linten. . .'. ' The street will be easily and economically kept clean,. It will add to Hendersonville's reputation in every way for progressiveness, for public spirit, for a realizing sense of the value of civic beauty, it win make the town famous for certainly no wher0 in the South will there be any business street to compare wtih it. ' ' ' and brimstone and it, therefore might as well be fire and brimstone . Peo to prove there is a Heaven . to'gej: rid of the teaching of the Bible ate jit Hell, but remember if Hell is not a reality, then Heaven is not. There is as much evidence to prove there is a Hell as there is evidence Staton and ' Rector negotiated' the ' Tonight Dr. Hulten will preach on the subject, "Does it pay , to be a Ch.'f)Uan?" The service begins ftt 8:30. Everybody invited. Prc?or SMtle and his br Me will return to Hendersonville on the 5:15 train this evening. ' -r It was a surprise wedding but a vpry few of the Professors many friends being let in on the secret. SHIM uISS SINCLAIR THE ONE BEST TOWN Mr J. P. Smith, Chief En gineer of City of Montgomery, Ala., savs: "This is my first visit to Hen dersonville. It will not be my last. I am entirely charmed with the town, with its people and with one of its principal assests Laurel Park."' SHORT LOCAL NOTES Mr. H . Edwards of Tampa, Fla . , is visiting friends in this city. Mr. A. J. Finch er of Canton, N. C, is in town on a business trip. Mrs. R. C. Clark, who is under medical care in Asheville, is im proving, her -many friends will be glad to hear. - Mr. W R. Whitson and Mr. R. E. Bowles o'f Asheville are in town for a brief stay. Mr. Giles L.. Wilson, who believes in the number thirteen, and who pur chased lot number thirteen in Lau rel Park, has returned to Spartan burg after, a pleasant stay at Laurel Park Retreat. Mrs. F E. Durfee, Mrs. F V. Hunter and Mrs. C. Few are among the ladies of the First Methodist Church who will attend the Methodist Missionary Conference to he held next week in Waynesville. Mr. George Stephens owner of Kanuga Club, is spending a few days at Kanuga Lake. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Rivers, with Miss Lelia Jones, prominent Charles ton society people, returned to their homes this morning after spending several weeks at the Kentucky Home. They left in. Mr. Rivers' touring car and will make the entire trip through the country . Messrs. Hundley Gover and C. Few two Hendersonville boys who are tramping over Western North Carolina, will have footed it over one hundred miles before returning A letter received from them stages thev areeninyine: the trip and that the weather is fine. After reaching Waynesville the young men traveled across the mountains and stopped at Highland. They will return through the Sapphire County to Henderson ville. About ,the most unique piece of wood work and clocksmith work done in this city is the mammoth hall mission clock shown in Hawkins Jewelry store. There are two styles of these clocks being displayed . The wood work was furnished by F. S. Thomas at his plant near the city. The clock woks were in stalled by W. H.. Hawkins & Son. . Onp of the clocks have worka run by weights which will run thirty days without woinding up. Mr. and Mrs. Dunklee of Jackson ville, who have been spending the season at thp. Summer Home, left this morning for Asheville, where they will remain two weeks before returning home. They were . joined here by Mrs- Bussee, a sister of Mrs. Dunklee, who will return to Jack sonville with them . A CORRECTION.. The impression in yesterdays Daily Herald, that there would be a change in the management of the Henderson ville Wholesale , Grocery Co., is in correct. There will be no change in the management, officers or salemen of this firm. The only change comes in the way of an addition to the now eftlcent force. Mr. S. J. Thomas who has been president 'or. a number of years, will become an active mem ber of this well known firm . - STORY HOUR ENJOYED -.. The Story Hour at the court houes this morning wag enjoyed by an ap preciative audience it should have been . much larger. The Story Hour will be repeated this afternoon at five o'clock. " ' ;" ;'' . Mi5 Meta Eloise Beall, an exper ienced kindergartner and state secre tary of the Afer School Club charm ed all by her intelligent and highly capable work, which 4s- really to give tothe child higher ideals of life ! and tec bring into closer union 'the. i home and ' the school ' GOOD HOTELS, GOOD ROADS. GOOD IIS. "When Western North Carolina," says the Manufacturers Record, "shall extend her hotel facilities and bring them up to thft hour, then will she enjoy unlimited tourist patronage.". Which Is gospel truth and is of special interest to Hendersonville by reason of the proposed erection of a mammouth hotel in Laurel Park by the $100,000 Laurel Park Hotel Com pany, v The. Indianapolis News tells of Switzerland's experience along that line as follows: The actual money invested in ho tels in Switzerland is $160,000,000. The payment of the interest on this sum. the maintenance of the proper ties and a profit on the enormous business, which employs many thou sands of people ig practically all paid by tourists who come to Switzerland in pursuit of health, recreation and pleasure. Commenting on this the Asheville Citizen remarks: . , . . At first glance the sum of one hun dred and sixty million dollars invest ed in hotels in a comparatively small section of country (the scenic portion of Switzerland being the main base of ope ration) seems too much for the ordinary mind to take in, but the figures , quoted are the result of care eyes of the American traveler were turned to the European continent Switzerland, knowing that she was unusually blessed by nature, deter mined to do two things well erect first class hctels and;; build gooi roads She knew that these two were the main factors in attracting the tourist, for he wanted suitable accommoda tion., and he wanted to reach them by "meang of improved highways. So the wise Swiss went to work. The piling up of heavy debts did not bother him, for waa not the good money of the pleasure seeker to pay them? And now to come home. Western North Carolina has long been known as the "Switzerland of America. Her scenery and climate are said to te fully equal to those of Switzerland. Is it not reasonable, then, to presume that had we dotted our peaks and glens with first-clasg hotels, modern in every particular, and fireproof, that we . could have, drawn a much larger tourist patronage than wp have done ?n the past? While the added cost of the ocean trip means nothing to the rich, there are many travelers who would welcome thp saving effected by "seeing America first," and by so journing in a mountainous section which has no apologies to make to Switzerland in the way of natural charm and scenic grandeur. Added to adequate hotel faclities a net work of good roads and Western North Carolina would eventually, make as great a showing as Switzerland now does for in climate, scenery beauty, Switzerland ha only one ad vantage of this part of North Caro lina and this iP ADVERTISING NEWS BRIEFS. Beattie case may be re-opened. New' evidence against accused, man found. Beulah may also be arrested as accessory to crime. Testimony of jealous woman results in arrest of two millionaires charged with smuggling Jewels . - William T. Burgess swims English channel, duplicating Webb's 'eat af ter sixteen attempts . The cotton growers of the South attending the National Farmers Union in convention at Shawnee. Okla., have fixed 14 cents, as the, price for nil cotton sold during September and October. ' . Five young ladies injured at New bern, N. C. when auto colides with -ngine . , ; - '. . , Virginia's second primary to nom inate United States Senators occurs tomorrow and will conclude political fight marked by its extreme bitterness-- A Newport, R. I., Baptist preacher "efuses $15,000 fee to marry divorced John Jacob Astor and Miss Madeline Force. .' . Aviator Robert Fowler starts Sun day to fly from San Francisco to New York fr-r SKO nOO nrl? nffored hv Wil lie Hearst. Crura sr bandits kill wealthy auto owner, throw body In river and use his machine as a priate car. Miss Dora- Keen of Philadelphia, who attempted to climb Mount Black burn, in Washington, 16.140 feet high, giveg up attempt: . GEORGE MERITS' AGENT BUYS flfj ST. PROPERTY. Vast Interests Become Actively Identified with Hendersonville Growth. Says City has most brilliant future. Sale in accord with Mr. W. A. Smith s well known policy of interesting outside capital here. NEW BUSINESS STARTED Among the recent new enterprises started in this city z the Henderson ville Marble Works with offices and shops on South Mala street opposite the Monument. F. E. Tipton, a former Henderson county man. but lately returned from Cobln, Ky., wherA he also has a shop now in operation is proprietor of the Hen dersonville Marble works. Mr. Tipton has had years of experience in the Marble Business and comes to this city thoroughly familiar with ti3 linp of work. There has been a demand for this kind of work in the city for several years. Heretofore it ha3 been nec essary to send out of town for tombstones and monuments with an additional cost to tbe individual. With a stone working plant located here it is safe to predict a fast grow ing business. EXCELLENT STATEMENT. The statement of the WantesLa Tust and Banking Company, publish ed in this paper, ig one of the many encouraging gigns of the present pros perity If Henderson county. The statement shov.s total resources of $116,486.10 and depo8its of $76. 332.00. The notes and bills re-d1 counted are none. The last state ment showed this item as $25,000. The bills payable read none. The last statement showed $13,000 under this head. Since thA last statement wag pub lished the Wanteska Trust and Bank ing Company have also declared and paid a semi-annual dividend of five per cent on its capital stock amount ing to $1,500. Mr. W. A. Chenoweth and family, who have been spending the season at their summer home at Etowah, will return to their Birmingham home phortly. Bestial Degenerate's Awful Punishment Boston, Mass., Sept., 7. After hav ing spent thirty-five years of his life in a solitary cell of "Cherry Hill, the stronghold of Charleston prison where the life prisoners are confined, Jesse Poneroy, thp most notoroua of tnesa life prisoners today entered up on his thirty six year of solitary con flnement. When Jesse Uomeroy en tered the prison cell thirty-five years ago he wa8 a youth of about sixteen years; he is now fifty-one and not withstanding the rigor of bis confine ment which was interrupted but for a short period during the present ear, seems strong, healthy and vigor. ou8 physically as well as mentally. During the latter part of 1871 and the beginning of 1S72 a series of bes tial and indescribable cruel crimes per petrated upon little boys of tender ige created a perfect panic In South Boston and Chelsea. In every one of the cases the little victim was eotic e5 to sone lonely spot by a boy of -bmit twelve or fourteen years, strip ped tied to a tree or board and then unmercifully beaten and tortured by 'Am. It wag many months before tbe police obtained the first clue to tbe perpetrator of these crimes. Infor mation given by one. of the young victims led to the arrest of Jesse Po:n eroy. the son of a poor but respecta ble dressmaker. Jesse Pomeroy at firtt denied his ai .but, after te had been confront ed with several of his victims and definitely Identified by them, he broke down and confessed. He could not explain his motive and Repeatedly aserted that he wa driven to these fiendish outrages by Impulses which he could not resist. He was tried. found guilty and, in consideration of his youth sent to tbe State reform school. At that time degeneracy was not so thoroughly understood afl It Is now. Pomeroy was called a gener ate, but it wag considered more proper to punish him. than to treat him as a defective and send him to an asylum where he could have been kept under permanent control. Pemeroy remained " Is the reform school seventeen months, always play ing the model prisoner. . He acted tie Mr. George W. VanderrlltV a'rent. Mr. C. D. Beadle of Blltmore, hu purchased of Mr. W. A. SrniUi two of the remaining Erwln property lots on Mainstreet. Staton and Rector negotrated tbt deal. ThM consideration If not stat ed. It I understood that Mr. Smith owner of the property. In order to get the vast Interests represented more closely Identified with tbe growth of Hendersonville, mads val uable concessions to close tbs deal. This ls- along tbeline of Mr. Smiths' well known policy In Interesting out side capital in this city. It iN rumored that the property will be Improved by the erection of a bus iness block of the most substantial character In fact, one of handsom est In Western North Carolina. Mr. VandervllU agent, Mr. C. D. Beadle, who closed the deal. Is very enthusiastic about Hendersonville. He unresvedly admitted that thin city has a most brilliant future. Com menting on the growth of the town, and on Its constantly Increasing Im portance s8 a resort, he thought the remarkable progress of tbe past ore yearg was but a sure augury of a more brilliant future, and feeling ab olutely confident of thlH future con sidered the deal just closed as a most fortunate one. The old Irwin property I of Itsetf a concrete. Instance of Henderson ville's growth. But a few years ago It wig vacant land. Now It Is al most covered by substantial buglness blocks, which Include the Clarke Hardware Company building, tbe Syndicate Building. Dsker'a three story apartment dwelling, and Dr. Howe's office. CABD OP THANKS The family wtAh to thank their many friends for the numerous actg of loving kindness and sympathy la the recent I lines and death of their sister. Mrs. 8. M. Boon A. .. . part go successful that he deceived hi mother, several clergymen and a number of charitable Inclined women. Between them they succeeded In pro curing Jesge Pomeroy 'g release with out having him first examined by an alienist. Thl wa. In February. 1174 Scarcely one month later a little girl named Katie Cur ran dlssppeared on her way to school and although a thorough sesrch wsg made extending over many months not a trace of her could 4e found. Later In the same year a clam-digger of South Boston, In crossing tbs marsh back or Washington village. South Boston, found the horribly mut ilated body or a small boy who wag afterward, identified as Horace MUlea. The crime, wa, evidently the work of a degenerate and. remembering the re cord of Jesse Pomeroy, the police ar rested him and took him to tbe mor gue where tbe body of the little boy lay upon a stone sUb. The sight of tbe mutilated corpse so unnerved Pomeroy that he confessed his guilt and algo admitted thst he had tor rted and murdered little Katie Curren. Her mutlated and decom posed body was found burled under rheg and rubblh In the cellar of Mrs. Pomeroy s house. The confession of these crimes created the most Intense feeling "ong th people In South Boston and Chelsea and Pomeroy would nara been lynched had It not been for the nr. cautlona or the authorities. His trial lasted only three dayg and only the prisoner's youth saved him from tha gallowg. He was sentenced to apend the rtnslnder of M. Irtf la sAlitarr confinement In , Charleston prison. During the first ten years of nig Im prisonment Pomeroy made a nntshcr or attempts to break out of jail, but they were frustrated by the watch fulness of hlg guards. A number of sentimentalists Induced the fovemo" In the spring of thlg year to allow Poa eroy more freedom, but hlg prirtlecj were soon revoked when the discovery v!e that he had used hlg greater f ' ."- to nlan hi ascan and kid even obtained rccecs!ca cf a giasl a w 3i i 1 4 , i .-, , vs. -.N ' z
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