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M E N D E R.S-O N- D O U N T Y
Name changed from VISITOR Nov. 19. 1918.
Vol. 3. No. 11
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1919
Independent
BUSINESS HOUSES HAD GOOD
ESSENTIAL POINTS IN
PRES PATTON THREATENS
COMMITTEE IN ATLANTA, FOR
PROPOSED MILITARY SCHOOL
YEAR, MAKE IMPROVEMENTS
THE PROPOSED ROAD LAW
TO QUIT LOCAL ROAD WORK
m
Larger and Improved Quarter
Making for Several Weil-Known
Hendersonville Firms.
Hendersonville business houses
have enjoyed a good year of trade
and some of them are making
changes and additions in order to
improve upon their quarters and
facilities for handling even larger
volumes of business.
Among those making and contem
platine chansres are:
Chas. Rozzelle, Bland Hardware
Company, Hendersonville Hardware
Company; Hendersonville Laundry
Ice Fuel Company; JUwbank, H.W
hank & Comnanv: J. H. Dittmer
Harty's Bicycle Shop, E. Lewis &
Son. -
Mr. .Rozzelle - has taken on addi
tional quarters as storage room for
his furniture. In addition to his
main store this gives him three large
storage rooms.
Mr. Hartv has extended a parti
tion across his place of business so
as to give more privacy and com
fnrt. to the mechanical department.
The Hendersonville Hardware
Company is placing a new metal
ceiling and building quite a number
of fixtures, cabinets, etc., for con
venience in handling hardware. The
company has expanded its quarters
and is using an adjoining room for
storage purposes.
The .Bland Hardware Company has
moved its othce to the rear oi tne
hiii'Minir.. It is buildine: an enclosed
office of large dimensions. On top
of this office will be quarters lor
the cashier, which means that tne
carrier system will soon be installed.
This will make the second of the kind
in Hendersonville.
The firm of E. Lewis & Son is
erecting a modern plate glass front
extending across the entire iront oi
th store, th1 Tenacity of which was
Topontl v rlnnhled.
The front of what was formerly
Alderman's -grocery store is being
converted into offices for Ewbank,
Ewbank & Company and the Hen
dersonville Laundry. Ice & t uel torn
pany. The latter plant will open an
nffice in this buildincr and have in
charge at least one person at all
time in order to add to tne conven
i'fnro nf cus tomers. A partition will
he run from, the front to the back
and the other side will be used Dy
the real estate department of the
firm of Ewbank, Ewbank & Com
nanv. which occupies the rear offices
in this buildinr- E. W. Ewbank will
have his law office in one of the two
rooms to be occupied by the firm.
Mr. Dittmer is planning to occupy
the old stand of the Hendersonville
Hardware Company if an extended
l-ae can be had. If he succeeds
in getting a long lease he will make
considerable improvements on the in
terior and plan for an exhibition of
plumbing fixtures in a most conven
ient, modern and attractive manner.
New Hotel Step
The Kentucky Home has erected
ouite attractive and substantial stone
steps to take the place of the wooden
steps at the front entrance of the
hotel '
Harrill Dru Company
The W. R. Harrill Company, whole
Vale druggists of Forest City and
Hendersonville, a corporation, has
been dissolved and a private partner
ihip fanned with no change in own
ership, management or nature in
business.
The Board of Trade last , week
held a very harmonious meeting to
consider the proposed road bill, the
essential features of which are:
Take jurisdiction out of hands o
magistrates; appoint three road
trustees, one to be member of board
of county commissioners, this body to
name two others at $3.00 per diem
and "mileage, said board to meet
monthly and to have full power and
absolute road control; appoint a full
time road supervisor and fix his
salary; road subjects work 5 days or
pay $4 instead of $2.50 as hereto
fore; fix penalty for failure to keep
up road signs; empower county
commissioners to increase road tax
levy to not exceed 4 mills and be
not less than 2 mills; give right to
take property for road work, giving
property owners right to file claims
tor damages if agreement is not
reached otherwise : work with the
view to upkeep rather than road con
struction for the next few years.
Citizens National Bank
The stockholders of the Citizens
National Bank met lart Tuesday in
annual session and re-elected the fol
lowiner directors : .
E. W. Ewbank, B. Jackson, C. E.
Brooks. W. C .Rector, R. P. Freeze,
F. A. Ewbank, W. S. Ashworth, C. S
Fullbright, F. A. Bly, C. B. Glaz
ener. W. A. Cannon, Foster Bennett
"-The directors met In animal ses
sion and re-elected the following
officers : .
President. E. W. Ewbank; vice
presidents. C. E. Brooks, Brownlow
T-l 111 J .
Jackson; cashier, u. s. ruiiDrigm;
assistant cashiers, W. A. Young and
E. H. Davis..
The bank has had a good year. At
the end of last year's business the
deposits were $479,080.43. The
semi-annual dividend of 4 per cent
has been paid and the surplus fund
has been increased to $10,000.
The bank officials are looking for
ward to the time when they will oc
cupv their new and more commodi
ous quarters, which will probably be
erected this summer.
HENDERSON COUNTY INVITED
TO ATTEND ROAD CONFERENCE
Tir J.. R. Moorse is in receipt of a
. . . . . OT
etter from Division fc-ngmeer w. ssi.
FWtnn nf the State Hierhway Com
mission asking if he can attend a
road meeting on February l in Asne-ville.
F!ncrineer Pevton states that in ad
dition to all the county commission
er nnH road commissioners in West
ern North Carolina he wishes a dele
gation of representative citizens
from each county in order that they
may confer and unite in an endeavor
;o establish a real genuine consiruc
for a substational de
velopment of the main highways of
his section.
. Tf i estimated that North Caro-
ina will receive two million dollars
nf tne federal road fund annually
and since a state highway passes
. i
hrough each county seat in mis sec
inn Kntnneer Pevton wants a gath
ering to outline a real system and
cneuule to work in unity and har
mony to the end that Western North
Carolina gets all of thi3 fund it is
entitled to.
tv,;. meeting t vprv important and
a w . - -"r 9
should have considerable to do with
enA huildinc oolicv of Western
North Carolina for a number of
years.
Pres Patton county road engineer
for several years, threatens to qui
the job because he feels that his
services have not been appreciated
At the meeting last week of the
Board of Trade, which met to con
sider the proposed road bill, Mr. Pat-
ton told those present that he was
wounded and deeply so at the action
of the body
Mr,- Patton expressed the convic
tioh that the county would make a
serious mistake in changing its pres
ent system. He gave many reasons
for this conclusion. As to his per
sonal part, he declared that it was
not selfishness, for he had only the
best interests of the county at heart
Mr. Patton reviewed the road
work in this county for ten years
extensively and gave comparative
costs of road construction to show
that the county had constructed
great road mileage at a minimum
cost and that during this time years
of his service were given without a
cent of pay.
From Mr. Patton 's remarks it
would seem that he was under the
impression that his services had not
been appreciated but he was assured
by' quite a number of speakers that
he had misunderstood their action for
his services were highly appreciated
and his work was held in the highest
regard but that they were of the
honest opinion a time had come for
change in the road law because it
had . very weak links in it. Mr. Pat
ton was assured that he had gained
the 'wrong impression.
FIRST BANK & TRUST CO.
The stockholders of the First
Bank & Trust Company in annual
session last Tuesday re-elected its
board of directors, who afterwards
re-elected the bank officers, whose
names follow:
President. R. C. Clarke; vice pres
idents, R. H. Staton, R. M. Oates, P.
F. Patton; cashier, J. Mack Rhodes;
assistant cashier, H. M. Whitfield;
teller, H. A. Stepp.
The directors are: K. C Clarke,
W. A. Smith, P. F. Patton, J. O.
Bell. F. S. .Wetmur. R. H. Staton, R.
H. Bennett, George Stephens, A.
Cannon, Wm. Lott, G. H. Valentine,
W. J. Davis. J. C. Morrow, J. W.
Pless, G. H. Holmes, R. M. Oates,
C. P. Rogers.
The First Bank & Trust Company
has enjoyed a prosperous year. Eight
per cent has been paid in dividends.
Its deposits on Dec. 31 amounted
to. S556.652.26. Its surplus and un
divided profits total $25,090.43.
METHODIST CHURCH OFFICERS
Following are the newlv elected
officers of the Hendersonville Meth
odist church:
Treasurer. F. H. Kincaid: secre
tary, C. F. Bland; finance committee,
F. E. Durfee, S. J. Harris, F. S. Wet
t,iy. r. F. Bland. A. L. Gurlev:
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church up-keep committee, J. F.
Byers, J. D. Pullen, P. J. Gilreath, J.
'. Henderson; publicity committee,
! v RlanH. F. V. Hunter. C. E.
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nrnoV? music committee. Mrs. Katie
Toms, Mrs. L. M. Colt, Sam T.
Hodges, C. F. Bland.
Annual Hospital Meeting
TVio annual meeting of the Hen
dersonville Hospital Association will
meet at the residence or vr. uuy t-.
nirnn nn Thnrsdav afternoon of this
week at 3:30, when all members are
requested to be present.
W. A. Smith, C. F. Bland and Clar
ence Latham Visit Georgia Military
Academy With Definite Proposition.
Clarence Latham C. F. Bland and
W. A. Smith left on Monday after
noon for Atlanta as a committee
from the Board of Trade to visit the
authorities of the Georgia Military
Academy and lay before them a defi
nite proposition with reference to
the proposed establishment of a mili
tary school at Lake Osceola.
As a result of this visit Henderson
ville will soon know definitely what
to expect m the way of the proposed
school.
Thus far the school authorities
have not named any of the require
ments Hendersonville would be ex
peeted to meet but the committee
goes with a definite proposition and
will return with the full knowledge
of what this community is expected
to do. .
The Board of Trade has been
working on the school proposition for
the past few weeks. The school
authorities have said that they were
favorably impressed with Hendersonville.
FLU IS ON RAMPAGE
IN HENDERSONVILLE
The influenza is increasing again.
There are quite a number of cases
in the community and there has been
a considerable flare-up within the last
few days.
Following are the names of those
reported to The NEWS as suffering -
with influenza Monday in addition
o those mentioned elsewhere in
these columns:
Mrs. J. F. Brooks, Miss Helen
Brooks, Mrs. Joel Fletcher, Miss
Beulah Donnahoe, Misses Mary and .
Pauline Brown, Miss Hazel Shepherd,
Mrs. Jasper Ross, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Garren and family, Tom Grice, Misses ;
Lucy, Helen -and Mary Dermid, Miss
Luratta Thompson, James Thomp
son, Mr. and Mrs. Dock Lanning and
amily, Will Garren, Odell Garren,
Mr. and Mrs. Cloud Stepp, Mrs. Dock
Hyder, Mr. and Mrs. Noah McCrary,
Sam Orr and family, Miss Erline
Case, Miss Roberta Brooks, Miss .
Beulah Trice, Miss Mary Walker,
Garland Sherman.
Mrs. N. R.Sandifer and family,
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Stillwell, Tom
srael, Fred Chaple and daughter,
Myrtle; Walter Davis, Miss Elizabeth
alder, Twiler Thompson, Wallace
lenderson, Miss Helen Spencer, Mr.
and" Mrs. .Will Sherman and family,.
Morris Orr, Southern Garren and
family, Frank Blake, Tom Anders and
amily, Dessie Dixon, Mrs. Jane Al-
en and family, Robert Ercman, Lois
enkins, Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Greogry.
There was a considerable decrease
in attendance at school, some
hroueh sickness some through fear.
Several children were sent home sick
Tuesday.
Maxwell and Jackson
S. Maxwell and Brownlow Jack
son have formed a co-partnership for
the purpose of dealing in automo
biles, in which business Mr. aiaxweii
ha been enpared for auite a while.
They are laying considerable stress
on the Dodge as will be seen by their
announcement elsewhere in The
NEWS.