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! - v Ia Year's Subscription ' to.' "The .SAU&emRurdi to ' New -'aside- Re-nevinf? Subscribsr I I . " I 1 t I , a. 11 : 0SE DOLLAR PER YEAR HENDERSONVILLE.- N . C. . TH URSDAY . : NOVEMBER VOL. XVII, No 35 ' - V X ,3 I i 19, iao8- If ;Vi i -r ABOUT OUR 0S$ff i Albert Beck, who has been very ill. is slowly recovering. . Born To Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Smith, on Thursday, Nov, 12th, a girl. - . rharles Bryon, well known jjere, has gone to Florida for the winter. - Rorn To Mr. and Mrs, V. C. V. Shepherd, on Tuesday, Nov. lOtb, a gin, George Stephens, of Charlotte,' came up Tuesday on busines con nected with Kanuga Lake. ' nr. L. B. Morse was in town inct week. Dr. Morse reports several patients at his Sani torium at Bat Cave. J. W. Griffith, the well known contractor of Georgia, who is building the big dam at Kanuga Lake, was in town oaturaay. Mrs. T. R. Barrows, with her daughter, Miss Dorothy, left for Boston, Mass., last lhursday, where Miss Dorothy will enter school. Mr. E. C. McLaughlin, of Rowan county, is in this city, on a prospecting trip. It is posisble Mr. jVlcLaugmin win locate nere permanently. W. H. Hawkins and Son, the lMcelers. had a unique ad. in front of their store this week, a watch frozen in the centre of a cake of ice and keeping perfect time. William Preston Harrison, brother of former Mayor Carter Harrison of Chicago, says this weather, compared with what he left in Chicago, is simply incom- paraWe. - ! Lindzy Anders has1 sold his dairy business to wooley and Fisher. Mr. Anders will go into the mercantile bnsiness. He has erected a new store house on the Willow Road near the Brevard railroad. Mr. L. E. Fisher ond family of Salisbury is a new and desirable addition to the citizenship of Henderson ville. Mr. Fisher has purchased the old home place of John L. Orr, now occupied by Dr. Leon Rose. ' Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Hobbs, of Bridgeport, Conn., spent several days with their son, C. A. Hobbs here last week. Mr. Hobbs ex pected to remain in Henderson ville for several weeks but bilsi- ness unexpectedly called him home on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Faulkner, with their four children, have returned from Oklahoma, where they have been living the past four years, and will be the guests of Mrs. Faulkner's parents until SDriner. when they return to Oklahoma. Mrs. G. W. Mace, widow of the late Rev. G. W. Mace, died at her late home at Bowman's Bluff oh Tuesday morning at the age of 85 years. The interment was in Beulah cemetery. The late "Preacher" Mace was one of the best known ministers of the Gosnel in this county. It is recorded that he had baptised over 4.000 neorjle during his life time, and with his wife, had al ways been a power for good and for righteousness in this county. Mrs. Jessica Maloney Harvey, pow in Savannah, Ga., in send ing a re-newal of her subscrip tion to the Hustler, says: "Am more anxious than ever to . have your paper, to keep posted with the current news. ' ' And so it lis ith many. You might keep in touch with absent friends by having The Hustler sent to them regularly. It would: be like a fetter from you every week JohnC. Case, an old resident of this county, died at his home n the Ridge last Thursday, aged 70 years. The funeral oc curred rm Fridav. interment king in Refuge Cemeteryv Rev, J- L. Brookshire conducting the services. The deceased leaves a yidow, five sons and y three daughters. He was a member the Bantist Church for 30 uie Baptist Church ior. years and enioved the resnect of tt larare eirc. Je of fnenrisj. I I I Jim" Waldrop is home again. , Alf. S. Barnard, of Asheville was in town yesterday. Soliciator J. F. Spainhourcame to townJVednesday. A. M. Clark, of Fletcher. was in the city Monday, on "business, Capt John F. Howland was in town yesterday. The Captain looks well. W. L. Meekin, of New, York, is at the Gates for an stay. extended Ex-sheriff J. Williams has re turned from a' ten days' visit to Tennessee. ' Mrs. Mollie Staton was grant ed a divorcefrom her husband W. Staton, Wednesday morning. J. E.Shipman, the rising young attorney of Columbia, is here this week attending court. Deputy Otis Powers will- prob- abily so to Buck Shoals this week wumeuiarKC ux timt property ior receiver rress ratton. Mr. and Mrs. D. O'Wickham. of JNew York, are registered at The Gates. Mr. O'Wickham is s here on a hunting trip. , J. C. Rogers, was granted a divorce from his wife on Wed nesday. . They were" married in , South Carolina a few years ago. P. F. Patton, secretary of the ' Wanteska Trust Co., has been ap pointed ' receiver for the Buck Shoals property. ' " I , Chas. E. Hicks, manager of Laurel Park last summer was in tuwii jjdonuay. iur. nicKs ayS ; he intends to return to this city next summer. i For Sale A pair of young draft horses. Apply Hustler Omce. , ! The divorce suit.of Mrs. Deck : Staton against her husband Deck j Staton. attracted large crowds to the court room Wednesday. The suit had not been decided at 3 o'clock. . ' Mrs. Isaac Arledge's-condition is extremely critical. This most estimable lady, one of the oldest residents of this town; has scores ' of friends who will regretto hear i such unplasant news. - - Among the guests registered j at The Gates are: Judge Fergu-! son, C. B. Justice, of Ruther fordton, Hope Elias, Asheville, H. S. Fullerton, Chicago, Col. McBee and Eckles McBee. R. S. Osteen. better known as Unce Dick, with his son J. C. Osteen, one of the finest base ball players in this country, who has signed with the St. Louis til rj. "iV-fe of Luther Osteen. -j Miss Mary E. Holden and G.F. j Gallamore were married at the home of the bride's parents, at ; Horse Shoe; on Nov. 8th. Rev. J. W. Williams performing the ceremoney. Mr. Gallamore is one of the successful farmers of this county. ' " Mr. and Mrs. John 0. Houston, with their four charming child ren, are now in this city which will be their permanent home. Mr. Houston has purchased Dr. Carson's place on Shaws Creek Road. Mr. Houston is a half brother of Dr. J. Steven Brown. The first attraction of the five Lyceum Course to be offered by Judge Blythe, will be held at the court house on the night of Dec. 4th. when the celebrated Temple Male Quartette, with an accom plished reader will 'appear. The people of Hendersonville should patronize this fine attraction liberally, and protect Judge Blythe in the enterprising spirit shown. For Sale. A pair of young draft horses for sale. Sound and gentle. Ap ply Hustler office FOR SALE One Mare and Colt, Farm Implements, Wagons, Buggy, Harness, Tools of all de scriptions. Must be closed out at once. Jno. F. Rowland; ' JHillgirt, N. C. FOR SALE Two pens .White Leghorn Chickens 5 hens and 1 cockerel in each pen. $7 per pen, See Dr. C Few. FOR RENT Six-room cottage n v, VkQh on Fast Colleere street. block from Main street. L. T one diock irum iuoui o THE EASTMAN 7 WEE AFFAIR. Mrs. Sophie Harrison Eastman, accompanied by her affianced husband. Baker Edwards, her brother, William Preston Harris wvu, Q1IU 1IC1, OiOtCl , 1U1S. HCttWlJ Owsley, of Chicago, appeared in the several suits brought by her against uoi. v. m. Mciiee were heard before Judge Ferguson. The hearing lasted all , day. The result was the appointment of a receiver for all the disputed property until the whole matter can be threshed out before a referee. P. F. Patton, of the Wanteska Trust Co., was appointed permanent receiver. s Mrs. Eastman is a strikingly beautiful woman of, about 28. She wore a blue serge dress, trimmed with black braid, a. white lace waist, and a three- quarter length -black coat lined ;with white silk. She has re- marKaDiy oeauuiui ome eyes, a fine complexion with a charming dimple. She paid the .strictest attention to the reading of the "affidavits, und daintily ate of chocolates during a part of the morning session. She was in constant comerence with some one of her numerous attorneys, as was her brother. Mrs. East man is the daughter of former mayor Carter Harrison of Chica go and the sister of Carter Har rison the second, also one time Mayor of the Windy City, and in shrJewdhess and ability bears a resemblance to both those able ww uni w;n;n. iixo xir,--;; her in court, is a real estate broker in Chieacrn: while her sis ter is one of the social leaders of the western metropolis. Mr, Baker, to whom Mrs. Eastman was married Tuesday, in Asheville ! by a Justice of the Peace, is a man of about 40 years, tall, smooth j shaven, well dressed and who makes a good appearance. 1 Col. V. E. McBee, . tall, white haired, with a florid complexion and ciose cropped mustache, sat opposite Mrs. Eastman and her party and ' was in consultation hls attorneys, Locke Craig, gtotn and Rector most a11 the time. Mrs. Eastman's attorneys were Smith and Schenck, Judge Jones, Judge Adams, and Junius G. Adams. The hearing was confined to the reading of affidavits and to a thirty minute argument oy counsel. The affidavits were so absolutely contradictory, agree- mg on, practically no single is- sue that Judge Ferguson, in or- der to jeopardise the interests of neither party decided to continue the receivershiD until a referee or a jury had passed on the mat ter and had determined the rights of both litigants. The Colonel was charged, with fraud, with unreliability, with insolvency, and other things. Mrs. Eastman, was charged with many offences, being abu sive, etc. -' , , - Mrs Eastman signed 'a certifi cate of stock to the Colonel for 199 shares in the Buck Shoales Company, which she now claims she was induced to sign under false pretenses, etc. V f The Colonel claims to have spent much money on the pro perty, but outside of $450 paid for horses he failed to specify just how he spent the money. He gave up a salary of $6000 per year to take the job as manager of the estate, and 'twas the Col onel who had that steamer built which was was to ply between Brevard and Asheville, picking up the produce of this fertile country, the affidavit alleges, and which didn't pan out just a3 was expected. Possibly it was because John Grant's navy yard had not yet been built Anyway, Mrs. Eastman ays she advanced $2500 to build the boat and it's never been paid back, and that the Company owes her at least $12,000. She claims to have lost her check book so she is unable, now, to specify just how the money was spent. She also claims to have paid the original purchase price of $6000 for Buck Shoals. It was later, at Col. McBee's suggestion turn ed into a stock company capital- ized at $50, 0W icqcWc tho Hnlnnpl 19Q , Eastman , , , ,, v , t v,.r the colonel's brother one share, and ia mysterious personage, identity disputed, owns one. Affidavits were read that Mrs. Eastman owned real estate in Chicago to thejnet value of $20,- 000. That she had paid a mort gage on property there, failed to have" it canceled or to .destroy the notes and mortgage, and that the Colonel now held those papers ,and 'refused to give them up. The Colonel came, back with an affidavit 1 that - he had given a bona fide option on Buck Shoals and its contents for $30,. 000 and he r wanted to sell it. Mrs. Eastman claims all the chatties and personal property in the housend says the Colonel has no right to sell it and that he is really and truly the owner of only four shares of stock and that tEe rest was obtained from her by fraud as hereinbefore set forth. Mrs. Eastman is charged with destroying a certain book of the company. The affidavit alleges she threw the book intci the fire, and after leaving the room a servant fished the document from the flames. This is denied, of course. Everything charged on either side is denied. Aftidavits from C E. Brooks,- from 'J. S. Knoaes ana most everyooay in the county were read, but it didn't make a bit of difference, tor as ta.st as one side read an affidavit the other side read another contradicting it, so what was the poor judge to do? Mrs. Eastman and Mr. Ed wards are both divorced people. The Asheville Citizen had a silly sensational story about some woman coming from vNew York City to storJ their marriage, which was consumated Tuesday in Asnevnie. There was no foundation for this fairy story. NOBLE JOHNSON DEAD. Mr. Noble Johnson died Wed nesday afternoon at 3:10 Mr. Johnson came here from Texas about two years e ago. He is married and has two children. By Kis. efficiency and invariable courtesy he has endeared him self to the patrons of the tele phone, company. Mr. Johnson was a faithful husband, a kind father, van ideal citizen. , End of Conference Year Last Sunday ended Rev. J. W. Moore's first year as pastor of the Hen dersonville Methodist church, and be fore the morning sermon he submitted a report of the year's work, which was a splendid showing for the faithful pas tor and a live, ehthusiastic church. The report shows that 61 members have, been received during the year, and more than 50 have been addea to the neighboring churches in which he has assisted in revival meetings. He has made more than 1.000 pastoral visits. All the Conference assessments upon the church have been paid in full More than $500 has been paid for im. provements upon the church property. $300.00 has been collected on benevo lences. The reports from the Sunday School and the various Church Societies show ed them all to be in a flourishing con dition, and making steady progress. The pastor, in touching words, paid high tribute to the faithfulness of the officers of each of these, and said the choir was the best he had ever known. He spoke of the sweet spirit of brother hood that prevailed oi the large con-gregations-the evidences of genuine worship, and wonderful uplift that such devout hearers gave to a preacher. Few, if any, eyes in the great congre gation were , dry when he referred to the possibility of being transfered to another work (and here we might truthfully say that such will not be the case if the united voice of this Church is heeded by the appointing powers). We doubt if any pastor and congrega tion ever became so strongly attached in one year's time. Before the congregation was dismissed Mr. F. E. Durfee, for the board of stewards, announced that the board had advanced $155.00 in settlement of the pastor's salary, and in a few minutes this amount was raised by voluntary contributions and the church was ready to begin the new year with a clean bal ance sheet. ' At the close of the Sunday School Dr. C. Few, superintendent for the past year, announced the expiration of his term, and that Mr. F. E. Durfee would assume that office with the opening of the new conference year, whereupon the . following resolution was offered, and unanimously adopted by a rising vote: 4 'Whereas, Dr. C. Few to-day closes his term of service as Superintendent of our school, and Whereas the school has greatly prospered under his zealous and faithful discharge of the duties of the office, therefore, "Resolved,. That we, the teachers and scholars of the school, tender to him our heartfelt thanks, congratulating him upon his eminent success as a super intendent, and will ever pray God's blessings upon him; and that we will strive to heed his f artherly admonitions and to meet him in the upper kingdom. "Resolved, further, That we appre ciate the faithful and efficient service of T. M. McCulloh as secretary, which nas aaaea muca wuie success, oi me and extend to him our'heartv 1 1JJ 1- 4. XI A 1 added much to the inmir JliflLLC DOOM Leap year, most gone an'aint had a single beau all summer! I declare if I aint well nigh dis couraged!" - ; ' ; "An' we aint likely to have, neither. , Goodness knows I've tried hard enough for my part. Here I ve gone an spent seven dollars for these new teeth an when Monroe Shepherd asked me this morning if I d dn't want to buy a pair of shoes, I felt right smartly encouraged. 1 'lowed it was my new teeth as made him speak so soft and gentle like, and so l looked at hinyreal sweet and encouraged him as much as a girl should, but he never said another word. And Roe Shepherd is j u st one of the cutest bachelors there s left in Hendersonville, too!" Mary Ann Jane Wimbkins and her sister Mehitible had lived in nendersonvuie and m the same house for forty years. They were, to be plain, two old maids. Their dearest friends admitted, with a sigh, that they were likely to die old maids and Homer Hawkins, the popular jeweler, felt blue every time he thought of them. 'Now, there's Jeff Dermid. It s time that man was mar- ned, 1 say. Henry Allen says Jeff 's engaged and that's what he s built that new house for, but I don't believe it. Then there's Bud Glazener he's al ways talking of getting married but I dont see no signs of it, nor with his brother Alf either. The smouldering logs in the wide fire 'place burst into a sud den blaze. The flickering flames threw fantastic shadows on the wall -and made Mary Jane's spare form a plump and gen erous figure. . . .. ,'Nv "Well, I declare, Mary Ann Jane .'air you going to speak to all the bachelors? Where dp I come in? Now, I just want to mention it casual like to Mike Schenck he's, just that hand some! Or else to Frank Edwards, for Frank's a good boy but mighty unsettled. Then there's Wilson McCarson. Wilson is certainly a handsome, well set up man, an' they say he's that good-natured! I certainly al ways liked Wilson," replied her sister, carefully removing her false teeth and placing them in a glass of -vvater. 'Dr. Carson had told her they were the naturalest set of teeth he'd ever made. " The two white-clad figures drew their chairs closer to the blaze, gazing intently into the fire, each busy with her own thoughts. From a nearby pine thicket came the lonely cry of an owl, and Mary Jane, reaching across the hearth for the poker inserted it carefully amongst the glowing embers, remarking: "There, if that don't stop that owl I don't know what will!" In the danc ing flames they seemed to see pictures bright and pleasing, for a smile, sweet and tender as a piece of young home-bred pork, crept gradually over their thin faces. "Now, there's Judge Gullick. The Judge aint as young as he uster to be and I've a feelin' in me . Looking intently at the bright embers they seemed to see a crowd of faces all of them good looking all of them familial and both made up their minds that any one of them would do. They saw the pleasant face of Gaither Rhodes, assistant cashier of the First National Bank. They saw Claude Pace, easy -and smiling. Then there was Wil shire Griffith, and E. W. Ew bank, a most confirmed bachelor indeed, and his brother John. Thenv there was Harry Duffy and John Mclntyre, and and many others, all bachelors, and they all looked good to the Jwo maidens. Outside the night was wild and wintry. Fast-flying clouds ob scured the crescent moon and the stars looked cold ' and far-away. The smoldering logs sent a final shower of sparks up the wide chimney, and the bright glow of the dying fire cast a ruddy gleam into two faces peering in tently into the embers. A look of stern determination passed over each countenance, a look whiVb would have made many a rum urirncmi II A B O U T O U R j Wmmi ! ; This weather can you beat' it r anywhere?. , TSggs is still eggs and they are mighty scarce in this townr The taxes for both town and county are coming in slow r-e-m-a-r-k-a-b-l-v slow. Game law was out on last Mon- day and the poor birds have been getting it ever since. Junius G Adams a well known attorney of Ashevillef was here Monday m connection with the Eastman-McBee affair. Al A. Gates, Tuesday picked half-a-dozen small roses from that garden along "the southern side of his big hotel. That s not " so bad, is it? There will be no . preaching at the Methodist church next Sun day as the minister will be attending the Annual Conference at Asheville. ' The Sunday School will be held at the usual hour. 7 Mrs. Jackson, the young wife of Dr. John D. Jackson, recently of Danville, Ky., died at her home here on Saturday. The body,accompanied by the bere aved husband, was taken to Dan ville on Monday. Mrs. Jackson had been married hardly a year, and expected to make Hender sonville her home. The city authorities are beau tifying the town by planting trees along. Main street. By, the time a . Democratic president is elected these saplings will " be fine shade trees. For goodness' sake don't try Cashier, Ed . JBrooks has a new Smith and Wesson- with a barrel at least 19 inches long and when you look Jnto its muzzle it appears like a rain barrel. There will be a Union Thanks giving service held at the Meth odist Church on Thanksgiving Day at 11 a. m. Rev. Jon Hughes, pastor of the Baptist Church,, will deliver the sermon. Let everybody -attend and give thanks. It's true we didn't get the big lake, but its asweet and consol ing thought that that agitations has resulted in . building two smaller lakes, representing an expenditure of about one hundred-thousand dollars. Never thought of that before, did you? J In last week's issue the word "local" was used in reference to the Hendersonville colored Bap tist church, thereby causing a slight misunderstanding. The word was used in its dictionary sense meaning in this instance, "Hendersonville." First you think you're crazy and then you pinch yourself and you think you aint, when you look in G. M. Glazener's Store and see a whirling, swirling tumultous mass of balloons flying around in that big show window of his. Two electric fans and about 200 toy balloons are there and it's about the best window advertise- . ment ever shown in Henderson ville. ' Henderson county, folks were treated to a rare surprise Satur day morning, for they awoke to find all outdoors encased in a sheath of silver, with the fen ces a mere outline of dainty lace, and with the pines groaning un der their burden. The storm of sleet had transformed the world oveinight and had , left it still more beautiful but se damp underfoot! Outside a few wires down the storm did Jio damage, ; and the North slope of Pinnacle Mountain was covered with ice until Tuesday. and quake could they but have seen it, for leap year was rapidly drawing to a close, and -Mary , Ann Jane Wimbkins , and her sister Mehitible had a stern arid , definite determination writ clear in their minds that before, the dawn of a new year the nuriiber of bachelors in Hendersonville n i i
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