SfJLPMAN & OSBORNE CO.
HENDEBSONVILLK. . a, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1906.;
VOL. XV. NO. 25
DEMOCRATIC CO.. CONVENTION
Date Named by Committee, Satur
day, June 16. Pecinct Meetings
Wednesday, 13. Delegates
to Judicial Committee.
The democratic executive com
mittee for Henderson county met
at the office of the chairman on
last Saturday for the purpose of
deciding upon tle time forliold
ing the County Convention. There
was present besides the chairman
and secretary the following mem
bers, in person or by proxy :
R J. Eletcher Bowman's Bluff.
C. Oates, Bat Cave. ' .
T. P. Rogers, Clear Creek.
C. C. Young, ilenderson-ville.
T. E. Hugheton, Green River.
A'. Cannon, French Broad.
Frank Smith, Hooper's Creek.
N. VV. Posey, Mills River
V. C. V. Shepherd, West Hen
deraonville. A quorum being present, the
business of the meeting was pro
ceeded with. . Upon motion, the
chairman was authorized to call
County Convention to meet in
Henderaonville on Saturday, June
16, and instruct precinct chairmen
to hold their meetings Wednesday
afternoon, June 18, at which dele
gates will be elected to represent
said precincts in the County Con
vention. The County Convention
is called for the purpose of ap
pointing delegates to represent
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lonal and benatonal conventions.
Upou astertaining that the
judicial convention had been called
to assemble in Marion. June 16 '
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the committee-named the follow-
lag gfmtlemetr-ars
delegates tathi- j.q
tend the same in a representative
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We will offer for
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MONDAY,
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on. Church, Willow and Brook Streets, divided into 10 lots, each wit
50 feet front, 7 with 150 feet depth, 3 with 75 feet depth, 3 corner lot
There will be no by-bidder and the owner agrees positively to have
interest in any bid after a lot is started and cried once
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house, but those who
our office at 10:30. TERMS OF SALE, 1-4 cxsh, balance in one, tvJ
and three yeacrs, notes
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Meal
capacity: S. V. Pickens, Bartlett
Shipp, Michael Schenck, W. A.
Smith, H. Twyf ord, McD. Ray,
C. E. Brooks and M. L. Shipman.
The committee then adjourned
subject to call of the chairman.
THE MAN WHO DOES THINGS.
HON. W. T. CRAWFORD.
This i8l the Crawfojrd of 1890,
when he wrested the district from
Hon. H. G. E wart, by 1000 votes,
reversing a majority of 600 Ewart
received over Capt. Thoa. D. John
ston two years previous Do you
want a man who "shows up" like
this? If so, attend your precinct
meeting next Wednesday after
noon and stand by him. He does
THINGS.
Announcement.
I am now located at Greystone, the
Twyford place on the Flat Rock road,
for the purpose of practicing medicine,
and hereby offer-my professional ser.
vice 10 tne people of Henderson? llle
land surrounding country. Phone. No-
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Respectfully,
J. Steven Brown, M. b.
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THE BUNCOMBE COUNTY VOTE.
Mr. Hewitt t Manager Correct! Er
roneous Statement of the ;
Asheville Citizen. '
Ashevllle, N. G. , June 2nd, 1803. ;
Mr. M. L. Shipman, Editor, - ? ;
Hendereonrille, N. C. ,
Dear Sir: The report of the Ashe-
ville Citizens this morning of the prl-
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mary election held in Buncombe coun
ty is somewhat misleading: .
. The official vote for congressman is as
follows: ,
Gudger ............. ...... ...........1181
. Hewitt 365
Crawford.................... ........ 693
Gudgers majority is 123 instead of 75
per cent as appears in the Citizen. You
will see that he receded only a little
over fifty per cent of the total Buncombe
vote. '
In the city of Asherille the official
vote is as follows:
Gudger.......
...424
He wit..
249
Crawford..
85
. Gudger's majority In the city of Ashe
rille, his home. 90 rotes.
It will be seen that Hewitt made a
good run in AshevlUe city receiving
about 33 1-3 per cent of the rote east in
the city of Asherille. the home town of
Mr. Gudger.
It is due Mr. Hewitt for me to say
that he did. not r lilt but one township
in the county of Buncombe, Reams
Creek, there the rote stood as follows:
Hewitt... 32
Crawford ..40
Gudger...... ...........23
I hope in making the report of the
primary that you will bear in mind the
above which are the facts according to
the official vote. I might add that
there is no authority for the statement
in the Citizen this morning that the
Hewitt delegation will go to Gudger or
any one else for thatmatter. :
- U-eDd xaopj of the paper? '
Yourt truly,
' P. E. Page.
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World's Greatest Inventor
Visits The Hustler Office
and Subscribes
Tho. A. Edison, popularly known as
'the wizard, l' the greatest inventor of
the; age, arrived in Hedersonville at
noon on Monday. His party, composed
of "Mr. Edison, his son Charles, and a
Mr. Miller, were in one car, and two
others, with baggage occupied a second
automobile. . Mr. Edison and his party
took dinner and spent the night at the
Blue Ridge Inn, leaving Tuesday morn
ing for Brerard, their first stop on their
way to Webster, Jackson county.
In an exclusive interview given a
representatlre of this paper, Mr. Edi
son eald:
"I am now on my way to Webster,
Jacksen county, to verify the reports of
three prospectors sent out by me to
search for deposits of cobalt, a mineral
I believe to be found in this state. They
hare discovered deposits of cobalt near
Webster, and we now expect to locate
its source.
"For the past few years I hare been
working on a alkaline storage battery,
and in the course of my investigations I
hare tested a great many different met
als. ; and among them cobalt. As this
metal is comparatively rare, and there
fore expensive, we hare been on the
lookout for possible sources of cobalt-
bearing minerals which would make it
better available for my purposes.
; "If we are successful ia our search,
beilere the question of electric traction
to be solved. It will be the means of
bring log automobiles "for "all . purposes
within the reach of the average man,
and will reduce their price wonderfully.
With one charging of my new electric
battery, a car will run from 100 to 125
miles, and will reduce the weight of the
machine vastly. It will help solve
traffic congestion in the streets of our
Vreat cities, as an electrio delivery
f wagon, for instance, would occupy but
one-half the space and possess four
limes the speed of a horse. We now
pare orders for 100, wagons equipped
i 1 ltn vnis new battery, for tne Adans
Txxpress Co.. and It Is their intention to
immediately replace their thousands of
horses with electric delivery wagons.
"I believe the mountains of this state
Cr be full of minerals of all kinds, but
I jhether in sufficient quantities to pay
inder present mining methods is a ques-
ion ia my mind.
m think the country through which I
are just passed presents erery appear-
noe of being remarkably fine farming
nd. .- What impressed me. forcibly was
he fact that I hare yet to see the first
loon in your state, and I hare not yet
noticed a drunken man since being in
North Carolina.
''The honesty of your citizens is re-
arkable. We hare left our cars for
hree hours at a time on the publio
ad, entirely unguarded, and hare re-
rned to find not one thing missing. In
me part tnat I know ox tne cars
would bare been stripped of everything
removable in that length of time, and
I think the honesty of the citizens of
North Carolina quite remarkable."
Mr.kVUson is unquestiomably one of
jour great men. He held an impromptu
deception in the lobby of the Blue Ridge
pWnt
per men. he made a comical effort to
break through the ring surrounding
him and pretended to be rery much
frightened4.
J While at dinner, he was serred with
soup and two square crackers. Holding
I one of them in the air, the great inven-
lr "ld with a laugh, "Well, there's
two quare meals!"
usage
has had, and the most characteristic
features of the great inventor were his
piercing blue eyes, his ready smile, and
his wonderfully mobile features.
The machine driven by Edison was in
the usual condition for touring, with
tonneau and cna crt ton. Thm ton.
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VfNeau of the second machine, however.
as removed, and replaced by a box-
ike structure in which was packed a
complete camping outfit, baggage, pro
visions and a small amount of labratory
apparatus for use in mlneraloglcal In
vestigations. :
The party left Orange, N. J., on May
16th. The' machines will be shipped
north by rail on the return trip, the
date of which is indefinite. -
The crowd in front of the hotel was
dense, and everyone in town seemed
anxious to catch a glimpse of the great
est inventor in the world today. - He
very pleasantly allowed Miss Harris, of
the Florida Press Association party, to
take a snap shot of him, and when his
big White' steamer started off, he waved
his hand and smiled on the large crowd
waiting to see his departure. :
Mr. Edison paid The Hustler the
honor of a visit on Tuesdar moraine.
He inspected our four presses, made
comments on the different mechanism,
and spoke rery feelingly of the time
when he was a "printe's dsril" in a
printing office. ' "
This is a fact not generally known that
the great inventor was once a printer.
and he laughed most heartily as he re
called his experiences in pulling a Wash
ington hand press, and of the type he
had iet, and also "piedV
Union Meetings,
The next Union Meeting of ' the Bap
tist Association of this county will com
une with the River Side Baptist church
at Hone Shoe, beginning July 27th,
including Sunday 29.
first Day.
10:30 -Devotional exercises, S. C. Sit
ton. 11:00 Introductory sermon by J. E.
Sentell.
Adjournment until 2 p.m.
2:00 Devotional, J. L. Orr,
2:15 What are the greatest difficulties
in our churches and how can' we
best remove them? J. L. Brook
shire. 5:00 How can we best establish and
maintain prayer meetings in the
rural d istricts? Robert Hamilton,
T. A. Drake, night sermon.
SATURDAY.
9:00 Devotional, Jim Allen.
9:30 General report of the condition
' of 'the churches by the messen
: ' gers. . . ' -
IOX) In what way does denomination
al literature help the cause, and
what kiuds are the best? W. A
Morris, A. R. Love.
11)0 What are Baptist principals, and
what have they done for the
world? T. H. Posey, G. a Jones.
1:00 Prayer and praise service led by
A. T. Hart.
i:u wnat snouia oe aone with a
member of a church who lives in
the community and stays away
from the church until a commit
tee has to wait on him? J. C.
Ward, Tobe McCarson.
2:30 What is Christian Education and
what relation does it sustain to
our churches? O. L. Orr, T. H.
Posey,
3:30 Miscellaneous.
Adjournment.
Night 8ermon.
SUNDAY.
9:00 Devotional, D. S. Pace.
9:300 Sunday School Mass meeting.
Topic, Its needs and how best
supplied. Opened by J. Wil
liams, G. S Jones.
lI:00-Sermon.
1:00 Young peoples work. "ist,. B..Y.
P. U. 2nd. Prayer meetings, F.
M. Hugglns.
Everybody who will, will be expected
to take part in the discussions. The
ones whose names appear are only to
offer the subjects. We urge: all the
preachers to come and the churches
to send representatiyes,
M. B. Cash,
O. L. ORB,
A.T. Hart,
Committee.
Young People to Wed.
Friends in the city have received; the
following: U
Reverend and Mrs. George H. Detwiler
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Myrtle Grace
Mr. J. Claude Sales 4.
Tuesday afternoon, June the nineteenth
nineteen hundred and sixx
at half past five o'clock i.
West Market Street Methodist Church
Greensboro, North Carolina . .
The groom-to-be is well and favorably
known here and the bride elect, also has
many friends in this city where she once
raided while her father was engaged in
school work.
Children's Day will be. observed on
the third Sunday, in June ; Exercises
by the children in the morning; an
hour for dinner, after which the young
ladies will have a short exercise and
then we will have a sermon or an ad
dress by Rey. A. R. Lore.
T. S. ROLLINS' RESIGNATION.
Views of Republicans Concern
ing Effect of Chairman Step
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Local republicans are out-spoken in
their views on matters pertainine to repub
lican state politics and especially relative
to the factional differences Id that party
in North Carolina, declare that the resigna
tion of State Chairman Thomas 8. Rollins
at the meeting of the executive committee
in Greensboro Saturday afternoon, was for
the sole purpose of checkmating Congress
man Blackburn, but that the action of the
former state chairman will fail of result.
These republicans who do not hesitate to
express their opinions further, say that the
tendering of resignation by Mr. Rollins was
nothing short of a victory for Mr. Black
burn; that Mr. Rollins and the "organiza
tion" were driven to such a course to save
themselves the humiliation of crushing de
feat by Mr. Blackburn, when, the state
convention meets; that it will In. nowise
suffice to stem the tide of republican sent!-'
ment flowing toward Mr. Blackburn and
that the eighth district representative will
be chosen chairman over the combined
efforts of the opposition.
These are the opinions expressed by re
puplicans favorable to Blackburn, and also
by republicans opposed to him, Republi
cans here profess to believe that Blackburn
is now securely in the saddle; that he will
proceed to apply the lash and that repubh
csns who are opposed te him will be care
f ul not to make too great a display of this
opposition.
Friends of Blackburn In this neck of
woods say that he will sweep the county
conventions fiom the mountains to the sea;
that Mitchell county has started the ball
rolling and that other counties will quick
ly fall in line. It is believed of Black
burn's friends in Buncombe that this coun
ty will be instructed for him or, at the least,
that he will get the big end of the Bun
combe delegation. The fight for Black
bum for state chairman is on in Western
Korth Carolina,, and his friends are jubil
ant over the prospects of his capturing the
pie have seemingly given up. Gazette.
Hpnrlorennvilla Praomnt Maatinmt
The democrats of West Henderson
rille precinct are requested to meet in
convention at the usual voting placeon
Wednesday, June 13, at 2 o'clock p.m.,
for the purpose of selecting delegates to
the county convention called for June
16. A full attendance is requested.
June 2, 1906. V. C. V. Shepherd.
Chairman.
A convention of the democrats of East
Hendersonvllle precinct will meet ' in
convention at the town hall Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock for the purpose of
appointing delegates to the county con
vention. Let everyone attend.
' June 2, 1906. J. D. Dermxd,
Chairman.
Horse Shoe Happenings.
Miss Estellena Johnson, of Asherille,
visited friends and relatives at Horse
last week.
A Cannon is spending some time in
Raleigh looking after the agricultural
interest of the A. & M. College
General interest turns to the growing
crops which have much improved since
the beginning of the recent showers.
The planting of cabbage is somewhat
ll.lA.nUu1 .M S A M 4- . A fit. Mnf M
of plants.
8ome sharp discussion of public roads
is heard in this section, arising from
the condition of Shaws Creek road two
miles from Horse Shoe toward, Hender
sonvllle. We learn that ladies have
been compelled to leave their vehicles
and walk past certain mud holes and
one lady was thrown violently from her
buggy in attempting to drive through.
Public officials may define the best
index to proficiency and thrift In any
county.
Mr. George Holmes and family, of
Etowah, left last week for an indefinite
stay in England.
Notice
I hereby announce myself a candidate
for constable of Mills River Township
subject to the action of the democratic
primary. Would like the support of all
good democrats and straight republi
cans . Don't want any nop dootles rotes.
E." A. Corn.
Notice.
For Constable Mills River Township
I hereby announce myself for constable
of Mills River Township, subject to the
action of the democratic primary in
said township. S. W. Israel, .
Angellne, N. C, May 29, 1906. 1