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ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR HENDERSON VI LLE. N. C. . THURS DAY, AUGUST 27, 190 8 VOL. XVII, No: 30 not Three-story Contractor Joseph McCreary started work Friday on a three story and basement building; -on the corner of Main and Park avenue, for A. F. Baker, whose present building on the corner of Main and Academy has been pur chased by the First National Bank, who will erect a three story building there. Baker's new building will be of stone and pressed brick, and will be modern and handsome. This makes two buildings on the Main street frontage of W. A. Smith's fine property. It is said on excellent authority that there will soon be a third, occupying nearly 7U feet front age. Horse Show Ball A Success The first annual ball of the Hendersonville Horse Show ass ociation was held last night at Laurel Park Casino, and was the social conclusion of the success ful horse show. The ball was a decided -success and lasted until the second hour this morning. There was a good attendance and about 80 couples on the floor. Many people were present from various parts of N. C, S- C. and Georgia. The music was furnished by the Gates Orchestra. The house was beautifully and artistically desorated by the gen eral supervision of C. A. Grimes. The orchestra was on the stage in the rear of the Casino. Front ing the stage were three large emblems furnished by Miss Rosa Few, which were a resemblence of the horse show' ribbons, both in color and style. Beneath this was a large horse shoe composed of shrubbery and given horse shoe shape by numbers of elect ric lights of red, white and Blue. Beautiful paper decorations of red, white and blue were of great profusion and mingled with Japanese lanters and hanging in the hall was the word ' 'Welcome" given on a back ground of nat ional colors. Friday's Daily. Back From Reunion. Mr. F. M. Shipman, of Blan tyre, aeturned last (Friday) morning from the North Caro lina Confederate Veteran's re union at Winstdn-Salem bedeck ed with all sorts of souvenirs of the event He speaks in the highest terms of the generous hospitality accorded the old sol diers by the citizens of the Twin City and says the concensus of pinion was to the effect that a more enjoyable s- meeting of the Association haa never been anywhere in the State. A large number were present and "had a time of their lives." Maj. and Mrs. S. V. Pickens were representatives from Hen dersonville. On account of the heavy rain, the sale of Sunset Heights has heen postponed 'till Sept2a Car nages will leave Court House at !0:30 A. M. Building! iressman Crawford LW. BiGkett Here Next Monday. Every citizen of Henderson county who desires to hear the. truth, , concerning political issues involved in this campaign, dis cussed .should come out to the court house on Monday, of next week and listen to txo able cham pions of the peoples' rights, Re presentative William T. Crawford and Hon. T. W. Bickett, demo cratic nominee for Attorney Gen eral. Take a day off and favor them with your presence. You will enjoy being here. Mr. Crawford is in good fight ing trim and does not mine words in going after the opposition. Mr. Bickett is one of the most interesting speakers in the State and a treat is in store for "all who hear him. Tell your friends. All Trains Lat. .Notice was filed this morning at the depot stating that traffic is checked on the Southern road between Spartanburg and Green ville, and from indications it will be several hours before the road is passible. Great washouts are reported on many roads throughout the Carolinas and many other South ern states.' Traffic has been delayed for hours. Passenger train No. 13, due yesterday at 7 :45, did not arrive until today at 12 o'clock. The passengers were cared for in Saluda. Train No. 41, due this morning at 6:30 arrived at 12 o'clock with the passengers on No. 13. JThis train was made up this side of the wreck. Train No. 9, west bound, due at 1 o'clock was annuled to day. Next train east bound will leave Hendersonville at 5:25 today. A large force of men are working on the wreckage and hope to have the track clear to day so that trains can pass. . There are hundreds of visitors in the city greatly ( wrought up over the matter. Many of them have tickets that expire within a few days, and at present are afraid to travil on account of the damage done to the roads. Bridges are being lifted from their foundations and carried floating down the streams, some times the swift currents sweep ing human lives into destruction. Large dams have been washed out and buildings and . other property Have been swept down the path of disaster. The farmers of this section report great damage done to their- crops, especially to corn. A consi derable number of the excursionists who arrived sever al days ago have returned to their homes, but most all the visitors who came here for the season are with us still; w ;es in a The second and last day of the first annual Hendersonville horse show was fully equal " in success to the expectations of the most sanguine horse show enthusiasts. Competent judges of this class of work stamped their approval on its great success and said it was as fine ahorse show as they had ever witnessed. Things passed off smoothly and their were not the usual class of intoxicated people who attend , horse shows, and there were no accidents , to mar the cheerfulness of the people. The weather turned out fine but the show opened in a light sprinkle of rain. There was a reword breaking attendance. The grand stands were full of people, the open seats were packed and the park ing space that was not occupied bv vehicles was thickly lined with spectators. The Hendersonville band furnished music, and there was an uproar,vall inthe.best of spirT its throughout the show. The show began at 3 o'clock and lasted until dark. Before it had closed nearly all the specta tors had left the grounds. There were six judges in the ring; they changed around and judged different classes, except Robert Flemming who judged in in all classes- The judges were: i Jim Charles, Greenville; Robert Flemming, Augusta; R. M. Hunt. Wiley B. Brown, Ashe- vflle; Senator McLauren, Ben nettsville; and K. G. Whistler, Camden, S. C. In class No. 7, which was featured by good jumping, T. F. Coxe, of Asheville, was rid- ine- his horse. The horse failed to clear the hurdle, wljich threw him: Coxe fell from the horse and as the horse jumped up Coxe was under him and fortunately though mysteriously, 'escaped injury. The awards of yesterday not eriven in yesterday's Hustler were as follows: Given as in formation, the correctness of which is not guaranteed. Class No. 21. Single roadster. Sunshine, owned by A. B. Ben nett won blue ribbon; Silver owned by D. N. McCullough, Atlanta, won red ribbon, and W. W. Burgess' horse, Long Dis tance, of Greenville won yellow ribbon. Fifteen horses shown in this class. Class No. 16. Surry team. W. Burgess' horse won blue ribbon; Mrs. Briggs, of Asheville, won red ribbon; H. De L. Vincent, Flat Rock. won vellow ribbon; seven teams shown in this class, Class No. 19. Ladies saddle horses. ; On side saddle Petron ius, Mrs. S. Harrison Eastman, Ardeh, wxm .blue 'ribb6n; Fan, owned rby. Mrs. ...Hastie, , Flat ) Rock, won red ribbon; Miss JPat ty, owned by J. O. Lewis, Green ville, won yellow N ribbon. Rid ing astride, Tom iMack, owned by N. Y. Livery Stable, Ashe ville, and rode by Miss Katharine Grant won blue ribbon; Mus sette, owned by : Miss Majorie D. Memminger, Flat Rock, won let tory N A factory for Hendersonville ! A tooth-pick factory, con suminig at least two carloads of lumber per week ! Sounds good, doesn't it ? Capt. J. W. Wofford is' quite confident that he will be success ful in Jiis efforts to locate such an enterprise here. . What the Captain undertakes to do he generally does. The capitalists proposing to erect this factory here want a guarantee of two car loads of birch, v maple and ash, besides some other timber, each week. The chance of : furnishing this timber would look good to the citizens of this county. The chance of steady employ ment would look good to many more. The prospects of a steady pay roll would look good to our mer chants. ; Hendersonville needs that fac tory, and if within the bounds of possibilities Capt. John is going to get it! red ribbon; Dutchesse, owned by W. S. Ray, Asheville, won yel low ribbon. Class No: 22. Horses 15.2 and under. Goldie, belonging to D. N. McCullough, Atlanta, won blue ribbon: Tom . Mac, owned by by N. Y. Livery Stable, won red ribbon; Helen, owned by G. B. Hampton, Landrum, S. C. won yellow ribbon. Lillian, owned by T. M. Merchant, Greenville, and Jere, owned by B. M. Chene weth, Birmingham, Ala., were unqualified for this class on ac count of height, so a new clas. was formed for their' entranes Lillian won the blue ribbon and Jere won the red ribbon. There were jno entries in class No. 23 for tandem post entries. Instead six ponies were entered, and Joe Kelly won blue ribbon; Lula Whitaker won red ribbon. Gladya Gover, won yellow. Class No. 18. Pair horses 15-2 and under. Gold and Silver, owned by D. N. McCullough won l-blue ribbon; Roderick and Ade- laid, owned . by P. S. Henry, Asheville, won red ribbon; Long Distance and Gay Boy forW. W. Burgess, won yellow ribbon. Class No. 7. Hunters Aristo crat for D. F. Hastie, Flat Rock, won blue ribbon; Jack, owned by N. Y. Livery, won-red ribbon. Hurdle four feet and four inches high. Class No. 20. Fancy pair. Captain and Dot won blue ribbon owned by Mrs. H. H. Briggs; Jinger and Mate, belonging to Dr. Snider won red ribbon; Long Distance and Gay Boy won yel low ribbon, owned by W. W. Burgess; seven pairs were shown. Class No. 25. Champion Class, post entries. . Nine horses were shown in this class, most of which wore a blue ribbon, Gal lantrv. owned by Dr. H. J. Scwartz, of Atlanta, triumphant ly walked off with the cham pion ribbon. The statement in yerterday's Hustler of class No. 12 gave it that Joe" Heath won blue ribbon for Joseph E. Kelly's poney. Later information gives it that Joe Kelly jr. was the correct name. -Anyway everybody. Joe, the five-year-old champion rider. . " FOR SALE FOR SALE, Two horses weight about 1200 lbs, . each, between four and five years old. 4 Address "B"., care Hustler office. The Recent Rains. General All Over Heavy Toll from Henderson County One Life Lost, Crops Damaged and Bridges Damaged. - Fatal Wreck. Lee London was instantly kill ed, W. H. Phillips is seriously injured, a train load of freight cars lies in a heap of debris, and transportation is stopped ; for hours as a result of a wreck of train No- 36 between here and Saluda last night. The freight train was west bound at about 8 o'clock last night when the accident accured. The wreck was caused by the ex cessive rains which had washed out the embankment, it being one of the. highest on the road through-the mountains. The en gine tumbled down the steep era-. bankment and five freight cara went leaping over the precipice behind it, while some were 'left standing on the track. The Asheville wrecking cretw was hurried to the scene and it took several hours to recover London's crushed body, which was under the frame of the ten der which was 250 feet in the valley below, His body was not badly mutilated. It was taken to his home in Asheville. ' Fireman W. H. Phillips fortu uately made a jump and saved his life, though was badly scald ed and bruised. He is a resident of this city and has . lately been visiting J. S. Holbert who lives a mile from town. Passenger train No. 13 from the South last night was late, and if it had been on time it is prob able that it would have been wrecked instead of the freight, and a great loss of life would have probably been the result. Traffic is delayed for hours but it is thought that transportation will be possible tonight. The land slide on the road beyond Tryon has been cleared off and today passengers and mail will be trans ferred over the wreckage of last night. Passenger train No. 13 was held over at Saluda last night and the passengers were given accommodations. They were not transf ered over the scene until a late hour today. All trains are running late. Following is a statement from the Citizen, and in connection with this it may be said that London was a dear friend to many of the Hendersooville peop le, and that Phillips had just re covered from great injuries he had recently received on a wreck west of here. - - "London was 38 years old and leaves a wife and three children, he has long been a resident of this city, and at present his f am ly is living in West Asheville. He was of a genial and lovable dis . position, and he had a wide cir cle of f riends. Mr. London was an active democrat and he was a delegate to the recent demo cratic state convention at Char- W m m Which Have Been theXoimtry, Exaci Confederate Hendersonville has a winning way of getting most everything: she goes after. Now, can she land, the next State Convention of the Confed erate veterans? Col- S. V. Pickens is one. o a committee of five commanding t generals, and four others wb will decide on the next gathering: place of the gallant boys in gray. The Colonel says the sentiment of the committee is favorable to this town. The other places mentioned are Wilmington, Charlotte and Greensboro. Hendersonville can have it f she goes after it right. It would mean the bringing of more than 5000 additional people to this little old town. The convention lasts two days and certain conditions in the way of free entertainment for a part ofthe veterans must be complied with. It would be a great honor te entertain these veterans. It would" also be a good thing for the town. Does the town want it? lotte. He was one of that great number who felt keenly the fail ure of the Hon. .Locke Craig te be nominated and he expressed himself to that effect " The funeral arrangements arc in the hands of the Order of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers, of which Mr. London was a member. "Mr. Phillips, while seriously injured from being scalded, will recover. He lives at Henderson ville but was formerly of this city and has many acquaintances here. He was an engineer until the late depression in business or the Southern, when he went back to firing. .. He Was Married. Sunshine Hawks paid this news shop a pleasant visit this afternoon. He gently remarked: "A man had a bouqneFof flowers given him with instructions to give the flowers to the girl he loved the best 'I can't, ' said he. 'Why hot,' he was. asked. .'I'm married, ' he xeplied. " The Wanteska Trust . Co. wii hold an auction sale of fine lots a4 Laurel Park tomorrow. Take hs dummy! . Notice to Taxpayers. Your special privilege taxes are past due and .must be paid.! Re union for 1 is if Please call at the City Hall .at ohce.
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