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ONE DOLLAR P-J . HEN D E RSONVI LLE . N . C.'f THURSDAYV AUGUSTUS? 1 9 0 8
VOL. XVII, No, 2&
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First National
New ilia!
The First National Bank x has
purchased the Baker property,
corner Academy and Main
streets, and-will erect a modern
three-story stone, and pressed
brick office building there. The
present building on the property,
a handsome and substantial brick
structure, will be torn down to
make room for this latest evidence
of the approach of greater Hen
dersonyille. The First National Bank will
occupy the ground floor of the
building and their new quarters
will be one of the handsomest
banks in the South, The offices
in the building will be modern in
every respect. v
Baker's Art Gallery will re
move to a new building to be er
ected at the corner of Main and
Park, on W. A. Smith's prop
erty, the opposite corner from
Dr. Howe's new office building.
The present building owned
and occupied by the First Nation
al, has been sold. The building
will be lengthened and when the'
changes and improvements are
jgade, will be occupied by a new
and modern business house.
This three-cornered move rep
resents, altogether, one of the lar
gest and most important real es
tate transactions in the history
of Hendersonville.
t The First National Bank open--ed
for business on June 15, 1905,
and has kept pace with the
growth of this city, towards
otiose marvelous development it
Aas done its fullest share. Now
that it has outgrown its present
quarters, finding them inadequate
for a constantly increasing bus
iness, it will still further aid the
steady growth and development
of Hendersonville by the erect
ion of this modern banking
structure. With ample frontage
on Main street, and stretching
back 130 feet on Academy, this
handsome three-story structure
will stand as an advertisement
to the world of the steady and
solid growth of the finest' town
in the South, and of one of its
solid business institutions.
inn of
The initial opening of the ann
ual Conference last night was
featured by as large assembly
as is usually seen in Henderson
ville. There were between 800 and
900 people present.
The preliminary opening was
featured by songs and prayer,
after which the Rev. R. V. Mill
er made short remarks and in
troduced the' Rev. George E.
Guille, of Augusta, who held the
audience with his splendid add
ress for nearly an hour.
The Revs. R. E. Neighbour, of
Salisbury, and Allen Fort, of
Dublin, Ga., are expected to ar
rive today to attend the confer
ence and participate in the meet
ing. There are many distinguished
Bible scholars visiting in our city
and of course they will take great
interest in the conference.
Monday's Daily.
No Race Suicide Here
A man sitting in front of the
Blue Ridge, yesterday, observing
the passing throng, said, "Presi
dent Roosvelt would enjoy a vis
it to Hendersonville in the sum
mer time. ' ; ; k ;
"Look at the children! Why,
there seems to be thousands ' of
'em. There certainly is novrace
suicide foolishness among sf Hen
dersonville's visitors." . '
Onen
Conine
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Amusemen
ts in
Time was when people com
plained of lack . of amusement
facilities here. .
That condition no longer holds
true, as the finest resort town in
the South ; now .has amusements
which cater to every fancy.
Beautiful Laurel Park, easily
and conveniently reached by the
car line, the most beautiful nat
urel park in America.
The Laurel Park Casino, with
its moving pictures, its vaude
ville, the adjacent lake, and its
boating, etc.
The Lyric Theatre, which of
fers excellent attractions at mini
mum prices. .
The ever popular Bowling Al
ley, patronized by ladies almost
more than by men, offering a
clean and healthful amusement,
and to which W. H. Harris gives
his personal attention.
The Swimming Pool, which
attracts hundreds, and which is
undoubtedly 'one. of the most
popular places of amusement in
the city.
The City Rink, with its fine
floor and with the added attrac
tion of moving pictures to inter
est and attract its many patrons.
The two pool rooms, . Hefner
and Cruikshank, in the rear of
the Lyric Theatre, and West's,
opposite the Hotel Gates.
men tnere stne mme bonier-
ence, opening next Sunday, the
Chautauqua, commencing Aug.
19th and the great Mid-suummer
Horse Show, August 19-20, which
promises to be Henderson ville's
Danner weeK. .
aureiy,-nere s enotrgn variety
to suit the tastes of even a crowd
so cosmopolitan as Henderson
ville boasts of this season.-
Bat Gave Railroad
Will Be Bit
The following item from the
Rutherfordton Sun will be good
news to many who had almost
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given up hope of ever seeing this
enterprise started. !
"The Sun has learned from par
ties close to the management of i
the proposed Bat Cave Railway
that the money necessary for fi-!
nancing the construction of the
road is now in sierht: and it is
tiendGrsonae
sonvllle
believed by those who have thej The Waynesvilleboys continue
undertaking in charge that funds to hold a good record as ball play
will soon be available with which ' ers, for they defeated the 'Hen
to begin actual work on the road-! dersonville team yesterday by
bed. This line of oourse is to ; the score of 3 to 1.
connect Rutherfordton with Hen-1 In the fourth inning the locals
dersonville and Asheville and will ! scored the first run in the game.
open up a
country."
rich section of our
The Horse Show
The Mid-summer Horse Show,
daily becoming better known :
through the South, promises to
be the biggest thing ever under-!
taken in Henderson vilte'.
From all indications the town
will be full to overflowing. . En-
tries of fine horses are - rapidly
coming in ana some oitne nnest
horsefleshy and most
women will be here
beautiful
on
these
two days.
Attention has been called to
one or two errors in the horse
show program, two especially.
In class 17, should read: First
prize $40.00 Second, $20.00 Third
prize, $10.00. Class 21: First prize
$30.00. Second$10.00. Third,$5.00
There will be one or two other
sight changes and probably two
or three more classes added.
Entry blanks may be had from
W. A. McBrayer, Gates Hotel,
P. F. Patton, Wanteska Bank,
or the Edwards Hardware Co.
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By Trainiftnpal'hian Rl
! George Johnson, the nineyear
-old boy of Andrew Johnson, was
instantly killed yesterday be
tween one and twoo'clockon the
Mill Creek trestle by passenger
train No. 9, in charge of engineer
, Torii Tarpley. ' " , ,
George and his brothers, Charlie
and Donald, were playing on the
trestle near-Flat Rock when the
accident occured.
The train being a little
late, was running at rapid speed,
and there being a short curve in
the road at that place, the en
gineer was not able to stop the
train after seeing the boy, before
having run over him.
George's two brothers saw the
train in time to escape and they
tried to warn George of its coming
but didn't succeed.
The trestle at that place was
about 15 feet high, but the train
didn't knock the boy off. His
head was badly disfigured also
his body.
His parents were living near
the railroad and were soon at the
scene. The body was brought
on the train to Hendersonville
placed in the care of undertaker
Stepp.
Burial took place at Pleasant
Hill cemetary this morning.
Hendersonville, N. C. Aug., 9r
Georere Johnson, the nine vear
old son of Andrew Johnson, who
lives between Hendersonville and
Flat Rock was killed by Southern
trajn Na 9 Asheville bound,
shortly after two o'clock this
af tenoon. The boy with two com-
panions is Said to have been play-
ing; near one of the sharpestcurves
between Hendersonville and Flat
Rock when the whistle announced
the approach of the train. John
son's playmates managed to clear
the track, but it is thought that
the little victim became panic
stricken and his body was ground
beneath the wheels of the train
which, despite the engineer's
efforts could not be stopped in
time to avert the catastrophe.
The body was taken into Hen
dersonville and after being dress
ed by the undertakers it was tak-
en back to Flat Rock on No.
10.
Much sympathy is felt for the
stricken family. Asheville Citi
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Things went smoothly their
way until Waynesville in the
eighth inning had a man on sec
ond and third base, then Rhodes
gave way the game by throwing
Patton a -wild ball, when two
boys scored, and the ball was
lost afterwards and another
scored.
, The failure of . the locals is
that they get a little confused
when the trying time comes, if
they could nold up as usual they
would have much better results.
Waynesville boys went away
feeling proud 6ver their victory.
They say that Murphey and
! Whittier are all that can handle
them in N. C. West of Statesville
and Salisbury. Saturday's Daily
ACCIDENT.
Lee Wright, a young lad of
Jim Wright, living just out of
the city, had his arm broken
yesterday in a wrestling match
with another small boy.
The crippled boy was brought
to Dr. Egerton and it was dis
covered that his arm was broken
near'' his elbow.
vaynesvilie
Haft
sonviile
W. A. Smith, president of the
Appalachian Interurban Railroad,
has just received a communication
from T.C. McNeely, now in New
York City, in which Mr. McNeely
states that business there is re
viving and hopes are now very
bright for the construction, at an
early date, of this new railroad.
THE REI-IARKABLE IHPROVE
l BE1IIG MADE IN
PARK
The work has begun on the
50-room house which Hon. H. S.
Anderson will build on the Whit
ted place in Columbia Park.
What has been an ' 'air castle' '
in the mindsf the people will
soon be a handsome castle of re
ality in the city of Henderson
vile. The plans for the building
specify a 50 room four story
house. It will have a" fine stone
foundation . -A spacious; veranda
will extend, nearly alLaround the
house, and in it will stand -huge
colonial columns. On top of the
structure will be a large roof gar-
den. This will be the second one
in the city, the first one being; on
his new magnificent building on
Washington and College streets.
The work is to te completed
by the first of June, When com
pleted it will be one of the lar
gest, if not the largest and most
magnificent boarding ' house in
the city, and one that -would re
flect great credit on all the town.
When Mr. Anderson completes
all his new houses in Columbia
Park, he will have a city of his
own.
Beautiful streets have
laid off in the park and
been
nicely
graveled. There is also a little
lake of flowing water about six
feet deep and it will soon be en
larged and improved.
Mr. Anderson has already
leased the 50 room house for
next year, and has maiiy other
inquiries concerning it.
He will have an automobile
line running to the depot, pro
viding that we do not have a
street car line by that time. He
feels that he has sufficient author
ity to say that there will be a
railroad station built on the Tran
sylvania road in his park.
The great improvement done
by Mr. Anderson is one of the
greatest advertising features of
Hendersonville.
He took the large crowd of
editors from the S. C. Association
over his place, also some N. C.
newspaper men, many of whom
said and wrote - good things of
this town.
A statement of his work ap
peared in a large publication
known as the Manulacturers
Record: in connection with this i
mention was made of the propos
ed 150-room hotel on one of the
hills in Columbia Park overlook
ing the city. .This resulted in
Mr. Anderson getting correspon
dence from various parts of the
country, one among them be
ing an enquirer in California.
, Water from - the beautilui
spring in the park has been ana
lyzed by the state chemist and he
stamped the approval of0. K. on
it. This spring furnishes about
30,000 gallons of water daily and
it is the coldest kind of good
spring water.
Mr. Anderson is doing his
part toward the development and
improvement of this city, of
which he says: "Undoubtedly
this place has rfas many visitors
as any town in the state, and if
the people will pull together and
help the interests of the town' it
will soon, be a large city and one
of the most prosperous places to
be found."
COLUMBIA
The First North
s School.
Carolina
The following, from" Charity
arid Children, will be read with
interest by Hendersonville peo
ple, amongst ;whom that fine
man, Rev, J. B. Boone, lived and
labored so long before, his recent
death: .:
; Although the honor came to
him tardily, it is now universally
accepted that Rev. J. B. Boone
tstablished the first graded
school in North Carolina, in the
city of Charlotte, in the year
1873. Mr. Boone was not in the
habit of "blowing his" own horn"
and hence the conclusion in the
public mind upon this ' question.
General Ruf us Barringer shares
the credit with Mr. Boone, in
opening the way for what has
become so great a blessing to the
children-of the state." Together
they planned the organization of
the Charlotte public school sys
tem, and . in the face of local
prejudice and active opposition;
they succeeded in making a
beginning,-.. , ; , , ;,
- When; the voters ; got a chance
at it they defeated the tax levy
and for a time interrupted 'the
work ; but the good seed had been
sown. In a little while the
graded school system ; was put on
its feet, and from that time for-
ward Charlotte has maintained a
foremost place among, the cities
of the state' in facilities for the
education of all its children.
The men who blazed the wajf
for the. graded schools of North
Carolina have crossed - the bar j
but their work abides.
It Pays to Advertise.
"Please, God, bless mama and
i papa an' pussy an' send back my
pretty new clothes I lost on Main
' street yesterday. Amen. "
The pale moonlight streaming
thro' the curtained window re
vealed a little white-clad figure
kneeling by its bed, devoutly off
ering its petition with the fullest
confidence that it would be an
swered. The child, three years old, had
spent the day in the country
Returning at night, a valise con
taininga new suit of. which he
was extremely proud had been
lost, hence his prayer for its re
covery. His" mother listened and
straightway repeated the child's
prayer to its father, who, believ
ing in adding works to faith, in
serted a small advertisement in
the Daily Hustler, which resulted
in the prompt return of the val
ise containing the much-prized
suit The youngster, of course
fiirmly believes he has his clothes
as a result of his prayer.
MISS AMY EDWARDS
Miss Amy Edwards, the dau
ghter of W. F. Edwards, this city,
was painfully, though not ser
iously injured in a runaway on
Methodist hill this morning.
Her eyelid was split open, and
she sustains a few bruises.
Miss Amy and a Miss Beckmari,
of Rock Hill, S. C. were driving
together when their buggy collid
ed with a pony cart. '
Miss Amy jumped out to help
those in the pony cart from being
overturned. As she jnmped out i
her horse jumped to run and in
some way knocked her down and
ran over her.
Drs. Draft and Kirk were sum
moned and they sewed up and
dressed her wound.
W. C. ' Brown, of Asheville,
in the city.
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INJURED
RUNAWAY
Chariest
Ireleri
, The , following is from the
Charleston Evening Post: ,
Hendersonville, ; August! 5.-
bpeciaii iienaersonviiie is as
attractive as ever, and particul
arly so with. Charleston peoples
It almost seems that a Charleston
man is at home with the famili
ar faces and voices that hemeete
arid hears on all sides! Main
street, the principal thorough
fare of 'the town is alive with
people, from Charleston. The
large contingent of Charleston
people summering here is in
creased by the daily excursion!
from Flat Rock and other nearby
places and, one has only to stanS
on a street . corner or doorstep
for .a few minutes when a Cfcarl
stonian will- be seen to pass.
, The , popularity and attractive
ness of .Hendersonville .. are to
well known to require . any speci
aftconmient;. , Its accessibility go.
main line, of the Southern rail
way, well payed: 'streets, good
hotels 'and, boarding houses; fine
water supply, 'excellent Every
service with 1 many Deautaiut
Mnves, competent physician.
first class drug stores, and many
other advantages and convenien
ces combine to make Henderson
ville a most desirable place to
spend a. few weeks of the sum
mer for both the invalid recuper
ating -from illness or for the
pleasure seeker, who wants : to
f orgeffor atime tfcs cares of
business or household duties antl
enjoy that relaxion sc necessary
at this season of the Tear-
Miss Isabel Mays, a charming
woman, oi; Sumter, with a host
of South Carolina friends and ac
quaintances, looks after the in
troduction of the ladies and gives
attention to the social features
of the Gates. Dances, concerts
card parties, ' cake walks and
numerous forms of entertain
ments are provided for the guests
Among the more recent Charles
ton names on the . register are
those of Mr.. T. B. Chisolm, Mrs.
T. T. Hyde, Mrs: Smith, Mr. and
Mrs. John F. Warner, Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph. C Barbot and many
other South Carolina people.
. Among the other Charleston
people who are stopping in Hen
dersonville may be . mentioned:
Col. C- S. Gadsdenr Morpis Isra
el, Mr. and Mrs. Monteague
Trist, Mr. and Mrs. M. Marks,
A. C. Kaufman, Marion Stone, H.
M. Bachelder, Mr. and Mrs. John
Paul, Louis Cohen, Zimmermon
Davis, Jr., Miss Alma Schmetzer,
Miss Hays McDowell, Mrs. W.
P, Cantwell, Master Frank Cant-
well, P. H. Pepper, William bnep
pard, AncumFinlen, F.' J. Car
ney, Messrs. Hanley, H. Boll-
man, bcniacnte, d. n. v&ueii-
dorff , D. W. Ohlandt, Mrs. Isaac
Cohen. J. H. Salt, Misses Sm
derff, Pinkussohn, Edna Morse,
Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins, Prof. I.
A. Brown and numerous others
who might be named.
The Flat Rock contingent are
frequent visitors in Henderson
ville and among these may be
named the following who are
often seen on , the streets: Dr.
Joseph Maybank, Frank Myers,
Barnwell, Mac King,!Bob French,
Mjor T. G. Barker,' Kinlocit
and others.
V. C. V. Shepherd, : said to be
an agriculturist, (not a farmer,
you understand) canae into town
from Pinnacle Mountain yester
day. Mr. Shepherd has? one of
the largest farms in the county
in the shadow of that giaff
mountain. '
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