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H EN D KRSONV1 LLK. N . C, THURSDAY, JUNE
1908
VOL, XVII, No4 22
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W. C. Rector has returned
from Marshall."
Prof. R. B. Ledbetter of Up
ward was in the city Friday.
Miss Rachel Lane, of Fletcher
has gone to Charlotte for a visit.
S. 0. Edney formerly of Flat
Rock is now living near Hender
sonville on Route 3.
Hon. and Mrs. J. M, Gudger of
Asheville visited relatives in the
city Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Durant
are occupying their beautiful
summer home at Flat Rock.
Miss Minnie Spann is home for
the summer. Miss Spann's moth
er is not at all well..
Prof. Boone is very sick, and
his friends entertain but little
hope of his recovery.
G. E. Durfee, president cf the
new Citizens Bank, has returned
from a business trip North.
Miss Lizzie Cheatham has re
turned to this city after a pro
longed visit to St. Louis, Norfolk
and other cities.
Miss Genieva Theobold and
Miss Catherine Grant, of Ashe
ville are guests of Miss Lula
Whitaker. j
Mrs. J. Brown has returned to
New Castle Pa. after spending
several months herewith her son
Archie Brown.
Miss Pearl Gash of Etowah was
a visitor at the Mountain City Inn
and attended the commencement
exercises Friday.
C. C. Harding and wife, of
Roanoke, Va., have a suite of
rooms at The Hotel Gates for
the summer.
J. Wesley Penlandof Colum
bia, S, C, with his family spent
a few days with Mrs. Penland's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Jus
tine. Miss Virginia Lane is home
from Texas, where she has been
spending the past year, and will
remain at Fletcher for some time
before returning to the Lone Star
State.
Misses Gussie and Ethel Dotson
returned Thursday from States
ville, where thoy had gone to at
tend College Comm encement
anJ visit relatives in that city.
, J.D.DsrmidEsq. was in attend
ance at the Children's Day ex-f-rcises
at Refuge church 4 'on the
ridge," Sunday, and reports a
r..ya! time.
Mr. Brown of Bessm-;r City,
with his two daughters who have
been attending Saluda Seminary,
were the guests of Mrs. A. F. P.
King, Thursday night,
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cone,
accompanied by Mrs. Cone's sister
are at the Gates for the summer
Mr. Cone is one of the best known.
cotton mill men of the South, and
his home is at Gibsonville, N. C.
R. M. Oates has been reading
the meters. Many who have fail
ea to siern an application lor a
meter found their water cut off
June 1st
Mr. and Mrs. Linday Weaver of
Tryon, N. C. spent several hours
in the city, Friday, with a view
of selecting a residence for the
summer.
Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Easterlin
of Orangeburg, S. C. are stopping
at the Mountain City Ind.
Mr Easterlin has secured a po
sition in the store of J. O. Will
iams.
R. G. Anders and J. Foy Just
ice are two young men of this
town who graduated this year
with high honors from - Wake
Forest.
uev. j. m. Justice spent
a day in - town recently,
u 2: m -a
returning irom Richmond on
his way to Georgia. Rev. Justus
has been appointed missionary to
Argentina, South America, and
Will leave for that country on
October 1st
14. a
tO
the Sidewalks
Should Stop
The Asheville Citizen of Mon-
Hnv save TVio riApifiinn rrf the
-s . . - i proving his adopted town, by
supreme court m case of the. ... . .
commissioners of the town of
Henderson ville vs. Charles A.
Webb prevents such an issue of
bonds by the town of Henderson
ville as was contemplated.
The town commissioners some
time ago decided to issue $18,000
worth of bonds for the improve
ment of the town streets, and
contracted with Charles A. Webb
of this city for their flotation
Doubting the validity of the
bonds which the town proposed
to issue, Mr. Webb and the
commissioner filed a case in the
superior court, and upon an ag
reed statement of facts, Judge
Ward held that the contemplated
issue of bonds would be validIn
order to test the question thorou
ghly, the case taken to th sup
reme court which now reverses
Judge Ward's decision and holds
the bonds invalid.
Mr. Webb said last night that
the decision tnrned upon the
question of whether or not it was
necessary under the town charter
for the issue of bonds to be ratifi
ed first at a town election. The
supreme conrt decided that the
commissioners had no right to
issue such bonds without first
having submitted . the question
of Jaonding the town to the people
at an election.
Mr. Webb said he has no infor
mation as to what course the com
missioners would pursue next.
The town authorities have not
yet decided what action to take.
The walks area good thing
and all opposition to the improve
ment should stop.
m l iii. who:
AV. II. Hawkins and Son offers
a fine $1E.00 Ring to the person
who first hands in the correct
number of dots in their ad .er-
iseme-nt in this issue.
The correct number i3 locked
up tight in the Hustler Office g ife
No one knovj the number.
The envelope is sealed with
he seal of the manufacturer of
he ring, and absolutely no one
knows but them just how many
dots there are.
The contest opens June 3 and
closes July 31 st Count the dots
in the advertisemeut
Call at W.H. Hawkins and Son
Jewelry store and get a printed
circular with full particulars.
Ernest Banning, of the Jackson
County Journal, is home for a
visit
Masquerade at ' City Rink,
Tuesday night June 9, 8 o'clock.
A. Cannon has gone to Raleigh
to attend the meeting of the
State Agricultural Board.
Miss May Boyd has returned
from Converse ColleEre. and will
remain here for the summer.
Miss Helena Morris is home
from Farmer, N. C, where she
has been most successful as a
teacher of music
Dr. L. H. Snider, the vrell
known veterinary surgeon, is a
guest of Mrs. Hunt, and will re
main here for the summer.
R. M. Oates has returned from
a brief visit to Charlotte, where
he attended a re-union of his old
class.
Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Smith have
the sympathy of the town in their
great bereavement thro' the
death of their young- child last
week. ' 1
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But Endorses
H. H. Saylor, who has done
his individual share towards im-
laying culverts,' improving walks
and foot bridges in his neighbor
hood, at his own expense, says:
"I only wish that I was able to
bestow a lifetime of effort in
helping to build up the town
of my adoption, and, though a
life-long republican, I believe
our mayor is the right man in the
right place. I read his article
on meters and have got one.
I believe the present ad
minstration is doing their best
forx.the general interests of the
town, and when they cease to do
so, why, turn them out
H. H. Saylor.
Put Police on Night Duty!
Two robberies in two weeks.
One policeman should be on duty
all night long.
Business
Bringers
Cut flowers and plants; Miss
Peden, City Hall.
For Rent Cottage partly furn
ished; kitchen, stables, garden
lot, c Apply to Dr. T. A. Allen
r., Main st
For cut flowers and potted
plants, see Miss Peden, City Hall.
For Sale-At once $500. Bank
stock, paying good dividends,
Reason for selling, need money
in my business. '
G. G. HYDER.
See Miss Peden, City Hall, for
flowers. - -
FOR SALE A saw mill, corn-
plate, with boiler and engine.
Apply to P. F. Patton, Wanteska
Trust Co.
Comfortable f urnshed cottages
for rent by month or season.
Reasonable prices. Table board
if desired. Ransier Place, Hen
dersonville, N. C.
I have 2000 bushels of Charcoal
for sale at 10c bu., delivered.
at 8c bu. undelivered. E. Allen.
Henderson ville, N. C, R. 1.
Don't try to catch flies yourself
when you can get 25 double sheets
Sticky Fly paper for29cts. at The
Red Store.
Board at Club House. Ransier
Place, $5, $6 and $7 per week.
Mineral springs, finest scenery
in North Carolina. New rooms.
clean. Pienty to eat Come and
see or write the Misses Stead
man, Ransier Place, Henderson-
ville, N. C.
Masquerade at City Rink,
Tuesday night, June 6, 8 o'clock.
FOR RENT-Desirable house.
inside corporation limits, 6 rooms,
magnificent view, un the Ashe
ville road. Apply to W. C. Jor
dan. Phone 207.
55 double sheets of Sticky Fly
Paper for 29cts. At the Red Store.
At the Red Store you can buy
25 double sheets of Sticky Fly
Paper for 29cts.
DECORATION DAY.
Wednesday, June 3d was Dec
oration Day, and the customary
honors were paid the memories
of the dead heroes.
Services were held at the court
house at 10.15. Crosses of honor
were conferred upon several
Confederate soldiers, and then
the monument was decorated in
the name of all " the brave "dead.
The exercises were largely
attended.
An intelligent and interesting
audience attended the New
Thought meeting at Ransier
Place last Sunday. Mrs. Italy
Hemperely of Atlanta gave a
very successful psychic reading.
The service on Sunday next will
be on a Sacred Concert and New
Thought reading; all who desire
to attend are welcome.
M nil BROAD
HUSTLER, INCORPORATED
Beginning next Saturday morn
ing, June 6th, the French Broad
Hustler Company, Incorporated,
will take charge of this newspaper
and printing business. '
Among the stockholders are:
M. L. Shipman, T. R. Barrows,
C. E. Brooks, P. F. Patton, J. C.
Morrow, N. H. Hawkins and Son,
R. M. Oates, W. A. Keith, G. M.
Glazener, J. C. Sales, W. A. Smith
Michael Schenck, J. F. Brooks,
C. E. Wilson, J. Mack Rhodes,
J. W. Wofford, E. N. Ewbank,
F. E. Durfee,
The new equipment authorized
by the company is practically all
here.
The Daily Hustler will make
its appearance sometime during
this month.
It is desirable that all accounts
due the old firm be settled fefore
June 6th.
MYSTERIOUS
DISAPHCE
W. F. Byers, for 14 years an
employee of the Balfour Quarry
Cor, has mysteriously disap
peared. He quit the employ of the com
pany Saturday night Monday
he was to go to work for Henry
Jordan.
He spent Sunday night at the
home of his daughter Mrs. Galla
more. He arose at one o'clock
left the house and has not been
heard of since.
Wh
he?
ere is
Charles French Toms and R.H.
Staton went 'a-fishin' last week,
to Green River. Caught over
fifty speckled beauties.
W. E. Ewbauk and Rev. R. N.
Wilcox went to Fletchers, Friday
night, to attend K. of P. meeting
there,
Come to the
Revival Meet
ings at Method
ist Church.
Good Music,
Seats Free.
Morning at 9:1 5
Evening at 8
Come! Come!
THE DAILY. HUSTLER
The mere announcement of the
Daily Hustler's early appearance
was sufficient to excite general
interest
Don't think for a minute that
the Daily Hustler is going to be
a little 6x9 sheet
There will be four pages, six
columns to each page. Size page
will be 15x22 inches.
There will be telegraphic news.
society news, sports, and a little
of most everything else, but first,
last and all the time it will be a
HENDERSON VlliEJii daily pa
per. '
When the young man comes
around to talk to you about it
treat him kindly. It's to YOUR
interest to have a daily paper
here. . ,
0 W
MRS
Board of Trade
and Its Boohlet
Printed in Buffalo.
Only One "Serious
Defect. There Is
No Mail Order
House Ad. On the
back Cover Page.
The Board of Trade's received
part of their town booklets.
The views are said to be rep
resentative of this town and
county. Maybe.
The reading matter is bunched
together in the front part of the
book, the pictures in the back.
The paper is of good quality,
the press work excellent but
the designing and arrangement
is wretched.
v It looks like a machinery cat
alog. If it represents beautiful Hen
derson ville !
A business house is judged by
the appearance of its represen
tives. So beautiful Henderson ville
will be judged by this alleged
representative.
The same cuts, the same paper,
properly arranged would have
improved the appearance of the
job about 1000 per cent
It is saicL-the cover
changed on the balance
order.
It ought to be!
A. Ficker's store is
"The First National
will be
of the
marked
Bank."
This is news. Maybe the First
National is going to swap, only
they don't know it yet
But these are only minor de
fects.
There's an imprint of a Buffa
lo printing house -Jn the front
part of the book.
To be consistent there should
also be a full page advertisement
of Seares, Roebuck & Co., or
John Wanamaker, on the back
cover.
This would have been appreci
ated by the merchants and busi
ness men of Hendersonville.
The Buffalo printing house,
like Wanamaker and others of
his kind, pay taxes in Hender
sonville. They contribute to the
churches here. They help build
railroads and lakes and a few
things like that They spend
their money here.
Sure!
But the Hendersonville Board
of Trade has done got their
booklet
Now it's time this city, this
beautiful city, the finest most at
tractive, with the most public spir
ited and progressive citizens to
be found anywhere on the top side
of. God's green footstool, had a
board of trade which represented
the people of -the town!
What do YOU
think about it ?
Store Robbed!
Three men broke into D. S.
Pace's store last week and got a
way with about one hundred dol
lars worth of goods. Chief Dean of
Spartanburg arrested one of the
men, Charlie Conder, of this
town, for being implicated in the
crime.
Zeb Arledge brought him back,
and brought part of the goods
with him.
He implicated two other men and
Sheriff Freeman, with Deputy
Powers went after them Friday
night
At the Horse Shoe precinct at
thfilrecent prohibit on election,
whiskey bottle marked the pile
of wet tickets and a piece of
bread the dry tickets. , ; v .
Death of Gen. Lee.
CapC Toms' Experience
VICKSBURG. Miss. May-28.
Within sight of the fields on
which he had fought his hardest
battles during the civil war and
on the same ground where he had
welcomed and entertained his
former foes less than a week ago,
General S.' D. Lee commander-in-chief
of the United Confederate
Veterans, and one1 of the -last-three
surviving lieutenant gener
als of the Confederacy, died here
today in Vicksburg National Mil
itary park, at the residence of
the park commission,
The above Associated Press
dispatch recalled to Capt M. C.
Toms the time during the war
when he almost was the cause of
Gen, Lee's death, and this is how
the Captain tells the story:
"We had fallen back from
Memphis, just before Shiloh.
was given a hundred men and
told to guard a certain road.
"I deployed the men across the
highway, about five feet apart
and into the woods for a short
distance on either side. The
night was black as ink. You
could not see a dozen paces in
front of you, .We had not long
been on guard when we heard
a troop of cavalry approaching.
The road was paved, and the
thunder of the horse's hoofs came
rapidly nearer and yet nearer.
They were close upon us. The
command to halt was given. It
was unheeded and a hundred ri
fles spat their tongues of flame
into the darkness and a hundred
leaden messengers of death sped
on their way. ;ihe tiring was
continued all along the line and
soon every picket was blazing
away, he know not at what
"There were cries in front of
us, hoarse words , of command,
and the troop of horseman turned
in their tracks and fled.
"It was not until the next morn-
ing, continued the captain,
pulling a chair towards him and
resting his f&ot uponjit "that we
discovered we had fired upon and
almost killed Gen. Lee, who had
been reconoitering with his
staff and been caught between
the two lines. He was uninjured,
but twas a narrow escape.
When I saw the General m
Asheville not long ago, I recalled
this experience to him. He rec
ollected it distinctly, but his mem
ory played him a trick, as he was
confident it occurred down m
Georgia, which wasa mistake."
The Flat Rock road and bridges
from the Brevard tracks are being
repaired. The bridges have been
dangerous for horses, and holes
big enough to bury the court house
in, have existed for many moons
on the main traveled road out of
Hendersonville.
The store ot ri. M. t lynn was
broken into Tuesday night and
goods tothe value of several hund
red dollars taken. The burglars
have not yet yet been arrested,
THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS!
, The county commissioners were
in session three days this week.
About $1500 paid out in claims
mostly, bridge and road.
The prohibition election cost
about $700.
Painting the court house cupo
la, the cornicee and Miss Jus
tice on top, cost $200, and' its
worth it
Commissioners fixed tax rate.
It will be $1.32 outside this
township. Last year it was $1.50.
In other townships it will be
$1.32. Last year it was $1.46;
This is notauthoritive.
Miss Juno Morris spent two
whole days making out claims.
Hat RogK Road
NEWS
We farmers need rain
Rain, rain,- come again!
Tillman Brock has soldth -
Belmont Cafe.
TheCrowd's going to be bie-
this summer.
BORN-To Mr. and Mrs. Hal
Ripley, a daughter.
Earnest Jordon has a sore foot
Jumped on a nail.
The new telephone dirprtnrv
has been issued from this nflW
Poll tax mustn't exceed two
dollars now. Anything- ovprtW
is illegal,
Rogers Bros., who have bicy
cles for rent and sale, have an
advertisement in this issue.
Parish meeting of St James
Church was held Mondav. Re
ports were read and a new vestery
elected.
JamesClarke, of Penrose, who
has been section boss of Brevard
Railroad ever since it has been
built, was in town Saturday.
Again we wish to rise and say
that Jim Jackson on the Clear
Creek Road, has a crop of Irish
potatoes which can't be beat
On Dr. Allen's Main street
cottage there is a most magni
ficent display of red roses, which
excites the admiration of both
visitors and home people,
When you read of the fearful
storms and tornadoes which have
been visiting the West you feel
real pleased that you are living
in old Henderson county.
On June 9th. Rev. R. M. Will
cqx and C. E. Brooks leave for
the Grand Lodge meeting K. of
P. These gentleman will earnes
tly endeavor to get th& next sess- -ion
here. -'
Beautiful Chimney Rock, one
of nature's wonders, will be more
assessible this season. A hack
line will get you there quickly
and cheaply.
John L. Orr has built a gravel
walk from the third bridge on
the Flat Rock road to the old Po
sey Place. Its an improvement,
a convenience, and Mr, Orr has
done the work at his own expense.
There will be no services at
St. James church during June.
Rev. "R. N. Wilcox will be in
charge of the church of St. John
in the Wilderness, Flat Rock
during the month.
Mrs. E. C. Bedell has opened
the beautiful Pine Grove Lodge.
Mrs Bedell, made many friends
here last summer who will be
glad to know she is to be here
this season.
Dr. Guy E. Dixon has a sample
of wheat grown on his farm
which is a living illustration of
the fact that fine wheat CAN be
raised in Henderson county.
It's almost head high and was
grown, on unimproved ground.
Dr,Waldrop has a smile that
wont come off, these beautiful
days. Miss Nannie lou, his
daughter, has been awarded the
gold medal at the Southern Con
servatory of Music, Durham, for
the highest average in Class work.
Miss Waldrop will be home this
week. She has been spending a
few days in Golbsboro.
. A painful accident happened to
the little daughter of Mr. Pen
land last Friday evening while,
out driving to Mr. Justus' home.
By some means she fell out - of
the carriage and the wheel passed
over her arm near the elbow.
Fortunately no bones were
broken, altho' the injury is pain
ful.
The new Citizens Bank will
open June 15th, unless something
now unforseen happens. The
officers of the bank are: F. E.
Durfee, president;E.W. Ewbank,
vice-president; C. E. Brooks,
n;Mr- F. E. Dur-
foe. C rew A R Drafts. C. E.
Brooks. F. A Bl v. A. H. Haw
kins. J. P. RiVkman and E. W.
Ewbank.
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