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HENDERSONVILLE. N . 0 i THURSDAY, APRIL 18. 1907
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A high grade roofing which contains neither tar or a9phaltum. Will not harden and
crack, not affected by heat or, fire. 4'
Sold under a ten year guarantee. Easy to put on. Will out last tin or iron.
The cost is one half less than other roofs. V
Lawn Mowers, the good, easy running kind.
Jap-a-lac for Cabinets, Mantels, Floors, Furniture.
Devoe Paints, the kind that wears. Will make your building look like new.
. Majestic Ranges, the kind you can't wear out.
. Builder's hardware, a complete line of locks and tinnings. '
Whitehall Portland Cement.
Syracuse Plows, all size.
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Fishing Tackle
Sporting goods
Farming Implements
Keen Cutter Tools
Keen Kutter Knives and Scissors -
CKettev.nooga Plows, Acorn Stoves
Coles auntd Favorite Ranges
Delft, Enamel and Chine Ware
f GILLETTE & ENDEL
V SAFTY RAZORS .
The place to . g
: The New Cotton Mill. -
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The .Committee, appointed by the
Board of Trade to visit Spartanburg,
8.' C, and. see Mr A. B. Calvert in re
ference to locating, his new $3000,000
ootton mill here, wil leave on Tursday,
the 18th. Mr. Brocfe, the well-known
capitalist of Inman, S. O., will join the
party m Spartanburg. Mr. Brock has
extensive interests in Hendersonvllle.
The committee will be composed of U.
0. 8taton,E. W. Ewbank, j. C. Morrow,
C." A. Hohba," Claude Brown, T. R." Bar
rowt, Ct.pt. Woffdrd. . Mr. Brock, and
W.P.Williams. .
The sentiment of the town is very
much in favor of getting: the mill here
if - it is at all possible. It is claimed it
will be entirely feasible to raise the
amount required by Mr, Calvert, which
is really only required as an indication
that Hendersonvllle wants the mill.
A B. Calvert and those associated with
him have ample capital to-develop tUeir
own enterprises and Mr. Calvert is one
of the most successful : mill mtn of the
South. -
Back from Atlanta.
The freight ratss committee have re
turned from Atlanta, where they met
Mr. L. Green, of the Southern Bail way,
with whom they spent the entire day
Friday. Messrs. Wilson, Clarke and
Anderson, the gentlemen comprising
the committee found Mr. Green cour
teous and affable and ready to listen to
their requests. v
While they did not get Asheville rates
on all commodities, they still have every
reason to be satisfied with the results of
their trip. Taken in connection wLth
reductions secured previous to their
going to Atlanta, it is, estimated that
Hendersonvllle merchants will save
over H u, WO. 00 each year In freight
rates. '
In taking leave of Mr. Green, C. E.
Wilsonxhairman of the committee urged
that , gentleman to come to this citv and
get better acquainted with its business
men. Mr. Wilson is of the opinion that
reductions on still more classes of
freight will be eventually granted by
the Southern Railway.
Following is the letter the committee
brought back with them from Atlanta.
signed by Mr. Green.
We will establish rates to Hender
sonvllle, N. C, on sugar from XharJes
ton, S. C, 30 cents and from Norfolk 32
cents per hundred pounds. This will
have the effect of making the rate from
New York 40 T cents, and the rates to
Asheville will be to readjusted as to
make that point the same as to Hender
sonvllle. With repect to canned goods from
Norfolk and Richmond, the new rates
heretofore arranged for will be on . car
lpads,46 cents, less care loads 66 cent
per hundred pounds, and these rates are
but one cent higher than the rates from
Norfolk and Richmond to Asheville. ;
, On cement from the Lehigh District
of New Jersey and Pennsylvania from
Richmond, Charleston, Rockmart and
Cincinnati, the rates will be revised so
as to be in no case higher than to Ashe-
fyille.
The salt rate from Cincinnati to Hen
dersonvllle will be made 24 centb per
hundred pounds in carloads which is one
cent higher than to Asheville. The
rate on salt from Richmond to Ashe
ville and Hendersonvllle is 20 cents
per hundred pounds. -
The new rate on fruit jars from Cin
cinnati to Hendersonvllle will be 58 cents
per hundred pounds. To Asheville the
rate is 55 cents, a difference of but 3
cents, and this same difference will pre
vail as to fruit jars coming from Muncie,
Ind. From Pittsburg, however, the
rate to both Asheville and Henderson
vllle will be made on the Lynchburg
combination and will be 65 cents to
Hendersonvllle and 64 cents to Ashe
ville, a difference of but one cent.. -
1 will Write you later about rates oh
drain tile and sewer pipe from Pomona,
N. C., and on sash, doors and blinds and
lumber from other points, a list of
which you gave me to-day.
On the nails and wire aud other arti
cles in the special iron list, the rates
from Lynchburg to Hendersonvllle
have been reduced C cents and will be
26 cents on carloads and 32 cents less
oarloads, a difference of only 2 cents
oyer Asheville.
A corresponding change wllVbe made
in the. rate from Pittsburg as soon as
that tariff can be revised.
I wish to express my appreciation for
the courteous and patient attention
given these matters by your committee
and to repeat my assurances that we
have every disposition to aid in tne de
velopment of the commerce of Hender
sonvllle in every way that we can prop
erly do. Yours tuuly,
L. Green.
Freight Traffic Manager.
In addition to the reductions given
above, the Southern ; Railway had al
ready made the following changes.
From the west:
Class 1. 4cl Class 2, 6c: Class
" 4, 3c; 5,. 4c;
" A, -3c; ; " B, 3c;
D, 2c; " E, 2c;
F, 0c;
From the East: ' .
Class 1, 6c; Class 2, 8c; Class 8, 7c;
4, 6c; " o, OC, " o, oc;
A, 6c; B, 6c; " C, 4c'.
D, lc; E, 4c; H. 5c;
F, 3c. ' -
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Notice.
To the Justices of the Peace of Hen
derson County.
I hereby announce myself as a can
didate for the office of Tax Collector for
Henderson County. Believing that the
counties business should be conducted as
economically as a private business, I
will If elected do all the work for three
percent instead of five, and will return
the difference, two. percent, or about
s.1 OOO -Tr vA&r. into the court house
fund. In time this saving will pay for
the court house and will relievo the tax
payers of Henderson County of a heavy
burden, '
Respectfully
W. C. JORDAN
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3, 6c;
6, 2c;
C, 0c;
H, 3c;
Democratic
Contention
Mayor and Aldermen '. Nominated
by Democratic Convention. .
TDK TICKET'
niCKAEL SCHJENCK.
JTOJEC BRYSON
J. lOACK RHODES
J. JF. BROOKS
The Platfrm
The Hendersonville Democracy be
lieves in and demands:
First: A square deal and an econoni-
cal and decent administration.
Second: In enterprise, progress and
development, but always within the
limits of law, in the exercise of sound
financial judgment and with due re
gard for individual rights.
rmrd: Tne treasury belongs to the
public and should be held, as a sacred
trust, and from it unnecessary expendi
tures should neve,r be made.
Fourth: In protecting and fostering
the material prosperty of Henderson
vllle, while the . social and moral-, wel
fare of the people should be carefully
guarded by the enactment and prompt
enforcement of Jaws.
. Fifth: Graf t; favoritism and official
jobbery should have no place in a demo
cratic administration for Henderson-:
ville. The public and not private in
terests should be served by the public
funds and officers. That , neither the
mayor nor any officer elected by the
board of aldermen should be an em
ployee of a public service corporation
doing business in Hendersonvllle, where
the town's interest may in . any way be
effected. . .
. Second ballot resulted, in Rhodes' 21.
Young 19; Rhodes elected, -:
.Third ballot resulted in Jl F. Brooks,
21, C. C. Young, 21, a'tie. V
Fourth ballot resulted in Brooks 21,
Young' 26: : ' x :.;-v:
Messrs. C. E. Brooks,' -Pickens and
Shipp escorted 'Mr. SchencW to' the Plat
form where he made a stirring littl a ,
speech. Said he expected to be elected i
Mayor and would assume -all ';responsi- ; 1
bility for his acts. Said let the party ,i ' j
stand for-the upbuilding of the town and ' 1
for a greater Hendersonvllle- He was. ; .
heartily . cheered and the convention ;
adjourned. ' ,' ' ' 3
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The democratic convention last Tues
day night was a splendid meeting. ' The
absence' of any cut and dried program,
the fact that nominations were open to
all, the interest and enthusiasm sho wn
by the large crowd, the short, snappy
speeches, all tended to make it a splen
did democratic convention which pre
dicts success at the polls on May 7th.
McD. Ray was elected chairman and
thanked the convention in a speech
which rang true. T. R. Barrows was
elected secretary. '
Messrs. Pickens; Edwards and Brooks
jvere appointed a committee on resol
utions, which were adopted as 'above. '
Bartlett Shipp and Captc Wofford
spoke Interestingly.' Car u Wofford said
he wanted the party to s.and vfor some
thing and wanted the - city ordinances
repealed or enforced.
the platform was then read and
adopted section by section. '
Nominations for mayor were then
made. VT. F. Edwards placed the Dame
of Michael Schtnck before the conven
tion. Joe Israel nominated Henry Twy
ford who withdrew. ,
Col. Pickens referred to Mr. Schenck's
father as the model of a man and the
model of a judge, and said the' son bids
fair to follow in the steps of his distin
guished father. Said the cry these days
was for honesty and faithfulness in of
fice, aad believed Mr. Schenck met these
requirements. ' Mr. schenck was. nomi
nated by acclamation. .
nominations for aldermen were tnen
in order, and the friendly contest was
interesting. . "
Messrs. J. Mack Rhodes, cryson, uui-
lick, Garland, C. C. Young, J. F. Brooks
and Capt. Wofford were nominated by
their different admirers. All witndrew
except Rhodes, Bryson, Brooks .and
Young. .
The candidates were voted on singly',
with results as follows.
First ballot resulted in Bryson 21,
RhodeS 18; Bryson elected.
The Lake." ':.c .;"
. There is no definite news as to the
lake. The outside capitalists, and the
local officers of the lake company are in
almost daily communication. -Many ,
telegrams and long-distance telephone
messages have been exchanged bufthe
capitalists are unable to giveva( de
finite ' reply, as yet It is believed
however, that the prospects ;are stilt
bright, there being absolutely no'auth-x
ority for the statement being -circulated :
that the lake would not be built. Pend
ing the capitalists decision, lake affairs
are pimply at a standstill. . .. ,
In fact, it is quite safe to 'say that the
lake will be built, and. without doubt
will be built by the present group of
capitalists represented by . Mr it, C,
Williams, jr. It is entirely likely that
operations will begin inside of sixty
days. ' " : -''.'.V
There are many interesting specula
tions regarding the big; enterprise.
Every man in town is ready to demon
strate with pad and pencil that the jro
moters are either going to make, a .mil
lion or lose two million dollars. ( The
amount of "inside imformation" . float
ing around town is quite remarkable,
when as a matter of fact no offlcial news
has been giyen out, altho' there is little
doubt but , that there soon willj .be.
Necessarily, much time is required in a
deal of this 'magnitude, and the many
details cannot be gone over in a day. ,.
One enthusiast. has it figured -out the
demand for the Iota will far exceed the
supply. He says,, with the wood cleared
off and the dam built ' and thewat
actually covering the i Iandp6S; proper-.
ty will sell ileltftlmoet". Iris figured
out by this same i man that the company
will have only about 800 lots to sell, for
which they could easily ask $2,000 each
and that this small number may soon be
disposed of . ' Mr. T. 0. Williams, at the
last lake meeting stated his company
would be several years disposing of the
whole property. Another interesting
speculation is this; If the present
scheme is financially successful, there is
talk of building' still another dam at ;
Balfour, which would make a lake-fully
as beautiful as the one now planned.
However all this is mere guess work,
and what the whole town wants to 'know
is "Is the lake going to be built?'' v
It is of interest to note. that the engi
neers . on the A. I. R. R, have been
ordered to make their surveys conform
to the .plans of the lake survey, as to
bridges, etc. V ' .. V
..The Southern Railway has" as yet
given no definite indication of just what
they propose to do about a new bridge -and
elevation of their tracks, altho'
information along that line is expected
daily.
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