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The Only NEWSpaper in the County of Hendercbii If You Don't Read The Hustler You Don't, Get The News 500 Note Hed S00LettefHad For $1-00 Each HUSTLER PRINTg SHOP Phone No. 6 HUSTLER PRINT SHOP. Phone No. 6. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR HENDERSONVILLE. N TH U R S DAY, P EBRUARY 11, 1 909 VOL. XVIII, No. 6 Printing That Talk! . .. ' - - ' ' ' ' .... "N J-v . . . . - - - . - - ,1 I ABOUT OUR C. W. Poore spent Monday in Asheville. D. R. Hoover, of Concord, was among our visitors Monday. , James Haynes of Flat Rock spent the first of the week in Asheville. BORN To Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hollingsworth, a fine boy Feb. 3rd. Mrs. B. F. Morrow - is visiting friends in Whitmire, S. C, her former home. M. Morris and Q. C. Senner, the live Saluda merchants, spent Monday in Hendersonville. Retail Merchants Association meets every Thursday night over Glazener's store. Miss Margaret Davis returned to her home in Asheville Mon te, after a pleasant visit to Hendersonville friends. Asheville was represented in Hendersonville Monday by J. F. McFarland, D. E. Oaker, J. L. Yates, Jr., A. W. DeLand and A. D. Monteath. v A letter from Chas. E. Pless says he is delighted with his prospects at Winston-Salem, and 4 'outside of Hendersonville there are no finer people." We are glad to report that W. R. Hyder, who was seriously injured by a fall two weeks ago, is now much improved and on the road to recovery. Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Barrows are expect home from Cleveland the end of this week. Mrs. Lakeside Hospital, in Cleveland, for several weeks past. , . , ';z We call special attention to the advertisement of E. Lewis & Son in this issue. This great "clearing sale" offers a splendid opportunity for getting season eble goods at money-saving prices. Rev. S. L. Mcintosh, the new preacher on the Hendersonville circuit, gave us a pleasant call Saturday. His works are evi dently starting off well. The meeting at Edneyville church re sulted in nearly forty conversions and about thirty additions to the membership of that church. Frank Smith, of Fletcher,-left Thursday for Morganton, to close a trade for 50 acres of fine land near Fletcher. He will probably sub-divide and sell it in lots to i suit purchasers. It is a splendid location, with fine spring, or chard, etc, and would make a most delightful country home. '"The Terrace' Dr. Hunter's property on Main street, is now in the hands of painters and : paper hangers who will thorough ly improve and renovate it, after which, it will be occupied by Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Thomas, whose reputation in keeping boarders so successfully is well known. Miss M. E. Woodall has pur chased the millinery business owned by Mrs. A. E. Hart and will continue same under the name of Miss M. E. Woodall. Miss'Adele Woodall who has had several years experience as. trim mer in large millinery houses in Philadelphia and Baltimore will have charge of the trimming de partment, while Miss M. E. Woodall will give more atten tion to the sales department Notice W. O. W. All Sovereigns are hereby notified that the Urveiling Cere monies of our late So v. Mitchell J. Allen, will take place at Shaw's Creek Church Cemetery, Sunday Feb. 21st at 3 p m. All neighboring Camps W.O. W. are requested to attend. The general public are cor- uiallv invito rVkTno. !' By order, HniTi ir r t o t . wmo. AliOIHER ROAD LAW. Mr. Rhodes' Bill To Regulate Making and Working of Henderson County Public Roads. . Below we give you a Synopsis of the bill introduced by Mr. Rhodes. Section 1. All roads and fer in Henderson County that have been laid out or appointed by vir tue of any act of Assembly, or any order of Court, are hereby declared to be public roads and ferries. And the Justices of the Peace in each township in said county shall have the supervis ion and control of the public roads in their respective town ship subject to the provisions of this act; they are hereby incor porated, and the Board of Trus tees of such township shall be their corporate name. They shall have the right to sue and be sued, plead and be interpleaded in any of the Courts of the State. The Boards of Township Trus tees and the Board of County Commissioners of said county as hereinafter set forth in this chap ter, shall have full i power and authority as, now provided by law to appoint and settle ferries, and to order the laying out of public roads where necessary, to appoint where bridge or bridges and fords shall be made, to dis continue such roads and ferries as shall be found useless, and to alter roads so as to make , them more useful: Provided, that the making and using of roads shall not be delayed by litigation with the owner of land about dam ages. Sec. 2. Regulates meetings and organization of Trustees, their duties, etc. Exempts members from road duty. To examine and report condition of Township road to spring and fall terms Superior Court. Makes neglect of duty a misdemeanor. Sec. 3. Township Trustees shall divide respective townships into road districts; elect a district supervisor for each district; fixes penalty for. failure to serve at $20 and costs; money so collected to go into road fund, credited to proper district; shall have power to fill vacancies. - Sec. 4. Road bed shall not be more than 16 feet wide, unless ordered by County Commission ers; in opening new roads five jurors shall be summoned or re quired; supervisor to open or cause to be - opened all public roads laid out in his district, and keep same in repairs; owners ob structing to pay him $10 for each offense, to be applied to school fund, and also be guilty of a mis domeanor Sec. 5. Makes all able bodied male persons between 18 and 5 liable to perform 3 days service on roads, or pay $2.50 to be applied to this purpose by super visor. Sec. 6. Supervisor shall or der out all persons liable between February 1st and December 1st, to work as aforesaid; all such persons failing to respond shall forfeit $1 for each day and be liable to four days service, and be guilty of a misdemeanor, unless legally exempt .. Sec. 7. & 8. Provides for proper adjustment in case of re moval from one district to another, and prescribes -working hours. Sec. 9. The residence of any person who has a family is held to be where his family resides; other persons where they may board. Sec, 10. Provides for collec tion of forfeitures by District Supervisors; makes judgements secured same, as other judg ments at law. Sec. 11. Supervisors shall ac count to Township Trustees for all money collected, and furnish true list of all persons liable in their respective districts annually Sec 13 & 14. Supervisors are authorized to construct foot bridges over streams, and pro vide finger boards at cross roads. Sec. 15. Penalty for 'removal or damage to guide boards $50 and 30 days imprisonment. Sec. 16. - Township Trustees authorized to provide tools and implements out of any funds in township treasury. Sec. 17. Authorizes! County Commissioners to levy tax of not less than one mill or more than two mills on the dollar for road purposes, and 7-10 of one mill for general bridge purposes, to be included in and collected with annual taxes; also, provides for additional special tax when deemed necessary by the Com missioners. . ,. Sec 18. Taxes may be dis charged by work on roads. Sec. 21. Unlawful for Super visors to perform labor on any road not established by law. Sec. 22. Provides for payment for material used in working roads. Sec. 24. Supervisors shall re ceive $1.50 per day for time ac tually employed. Those having charge of not more than 25 hands shall not receive more than $15 in one year; and those having charge of a greater number shall not receive more than $20 in one year. Sea 25. Persons liable may be ordered to work vwhen extra ordinary damage requires. Sec 26. Provides penalties for corporations obstructing high ways, or in anyway violating this Act Sec. , 29. Requires persons drivjng to turn to the right when meeting other vehicles. ! Supervisors shall cause rail roads to keep in repair all roads across the right of way. There shall be elected annually one man, known as General Road Supervisor, to see that the road laws are carried out, and receive $2.50 per day for time actually employed, to be audited by County Commissioners, and paid out of road taxes to be elected by the Board of County Road Super visors, at annual meeting in May. There shall be a Board of County Road Supervisors, com posed of the chairman of each of the Boards of Township Trustees with the General Road . Super visor as their chairman, a body corporate. This board .. shall make rules for government of all officers, and it shall be a misde meanor to violate such rules. The chaingang is to be continued, governed by said board. Justices of the Peace are to be organized into a Board of Town ship Trustees the chairman to be ex-officio member of the Board of County Supervisors. This act to be in force from and after May' 10, 1909. fr-- mm Dots From BricKton. The many friends of our popu lar R. F. D. carrier, Cad. Sorrell, regret to hear of his sickness, and. wish him a speedy recovery. Dr Lloyd Russell, ourpoular M. - D. , went to . Charlotte last week, and his hosts of friends here are wishing for the orange blossoms to bloom. Mrs. and Master J. Frank Pate and Miss Janie Lou McDowell yisited Rugby last week. A depot for Brickton? Why, yes; the railroad folks fare up to business, and they know the bus iness demands it It would do your heart good to see the fine crop of pigs and chickens growing for our sum mer visitors. The friends of Mrs. Lance, wife of our clever postmaster will be glad to learn that she is steadily improving. Frank Smith and Bud Lanning went to Morganton last week, and as there'salways something doing when Frank is along, we wouldn't be surprised if Mr. Lanning gets married. The splendid quality of the brick made here'is well known, and the makers are crowded with orders. Mr. Smith displayed plenty of nerve in writing up that box sup per. Pity there were not two prizes in the beauty contest, for both contestants deserved it A. Jones McDowell was called to Easley, S. C, Sunday, on ac count of the extreme illness of his sister, Mrs. Jack. ffllive' On acceunt of bad weather our Sunday School attendance was smaller than usual Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Osteen visited friends and relatives hear Saturday and Sunday. Miss Dollie Masters of Tran sylvania county is visiting rela tives here this week. WU. F. Ballard will move his family to Flat Rock this week. T. B. Ballard will move to his new house this week. R. K. Osteen called on Rev. J. a Ward Sunday. The big cotton mill on Green River will be running in about two months. I will close by saying Hurrah for the big' cotton mill proposi tion that is claming the attention of .Hendersonville people. May the growth of Hendersonville and Henderson county be more rapid this year than ever before, is my desire. v Uncle Ike, .; . Massive Granite B!:sK At Grave Of 'tlllye." Of more than local interest is an event of this' week the plac ing of a massive block of granite at the grave of Bill Nye at Cal vary churchyard near here. In 1903, Mrs. J. ;N. Ransier formed the NyeMenibrial Asso ciation and was chosen National President the removal of resi dence, the illness anil death of several most interested members of the association, among them was Mrs. Nye, who was a mem ber of the Advisory Board as well as Association, jias .thrown nearly all the executive work on Mrs. Ransier, who has by per severing: effort now trtaced - the massive granite block which is : j 1 xi fx . ... kuu uy uiose witnessing lis Dlacimr to be artisticallv beauti ful and imposing in its massive simplicity. The Hustler has always been a friend to the work y and wa in strumental in raising a sum of money for the cause. The eranite is from one of North Carolina's most factious quarries ana oy government test is of the best and most endurinc known. With the concreted work the weight is' something over ten tons. It is the intention of Mrs. Ransier to permanently improve the burial plot and make pro vision ior iuture care oi tne same. BARACCAS BUfRTAIII. . ' - V , The Fruitland Baracas enter tained the Philatheans, ' Friday evening, Feb. 5th. at the boys, dormitory. The color scheme was carried out in Baraca colors. A Literary Contest was the first amusement of the evening, and after guessing the books which the young men represented, the guests repaired to the dining hall, which was beautifully deco rated with potted plants and evergreens. After the eighty five guests had partaken of the refreshments prepared, , they again assembled in. the, reception rooms; where Xiew-games were played, and reluctant good-nights were said to the matron, Mrs. J. P. Whitaker, and all went home to dream pleasant dreams of Baracas. Edneyville Items. The proposed road law is the topic of the day with a few praises and a great many curses. The whistle of W. P. Maxwell's and A. S. Edney's lumber works tells us when to rise and the ring ing of the hammers on D. P. Mosses residence keeps us music by day. Robert Lyda, Thomas Rhodes and Hamilton Balinger have been absent from our section for the last 3 weeks rat hunting. Lucy, their faithful-dog has re turned without rats or master. Weaver Freeman sold his fine mare for $180; pretty good price for Flora. Berley Rhodes, the musician, has been sick for the last three months, says he thinks he will be able to swing his violin by Ithe time the boarders get back. But little farm work going on in this section. Farmers are busy retting rid of the old chestnut ogs that have been in the way or the last thousand years a ittle money in it but hard to get out Old Uncle Eli Rhodes, one of the old Grays, who is 85 years old is not very stout of late, but we hope he may live to cast a few more ballots, he votes the way he shot. ' G- W. Lyda has been out of our burg for the last few days, in Rutherford and McDowell counties. You can tell the way George has gone by the print of the Jacob staff. J. J. Freeman, Currey Rymer and Columbus Maxwell, about 2 hours before day every once and awhile blows their horn and Mr. Fox knows he must git and so he does. . Little Carrie. FIRST ACT PASSED . District Attornev of New York has well said, the poor has but little showing in law with the rich. But all are eaual when they are buying from RIGBY- MORROW & CO. bee our stock before buvincr Fresh first-class Doors, Sash. Lime, Cement, Patented Plaster (Ivory) Floor ing, Ceinng, Moulding, Roofing, Shin cries. Deadnine Felt and Mantels. Special : attention to mail orders. i RIGBY-MORROW CO. Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 8. Hendersonville is larger than Cleveland in climate. The sun Uhines in ' Qleveland sometimes in a weak, bashful, undecided sort of way in marked contrast with his method of doing busi ness in Beautiful Henderson ville.. Cleveland has a new postoffice building costing a few odd mil lions which would look very well in Hendersonville, altho' it woufd take an entire city block to accommodate the structure. Still, when Oongressman-elect John Grant gets the necessary appropriation a somewhat small er building might answer our purposes for a time at least mmm Automobiles are as thick here as touristy in Hendersonville in August There are five thou sand men employed in their manufacture and the annual pro duct is valued at twenty-five millions of dollars. To a countryman, the ex tremes of poverty and wealth seen in a 'great city (Cleveland has over 600,000 inhabitants) is tartling. Private " residences costing from, thirty to vvAy thousand dollars are too num erous to excite comment j and homes valued at a hundred to ,'a hundred and fifty thousand; dol lars, on "side streets," are not uncommon. S. T. Everett, who has a sum mer home in Transylvania county has a magnificent place on Euclid avenue, the beauty of which is somewhat marred by a gigantic steel fence erected on one side to insure privacy from a big apart ment house built close ' to Mr. Everett's line. The county commissioners are erecting a marble court house, costing two millions of dollars, on the lake front Now they are afraid the whole structure will slide into Lake Erie and Engi neer Wallace, of Canal fame, has just finished an in vestigation of the stability of the ground on which the great build ing rests. The commissioners believe the building would be of greater utility on land than if it were to slide into the wet waters of Lake Erie. Tom Johnson, many times the democratic Mayor of a strongly republican town7 has as strong a hold as ever apparently, upon the job. , His three-cent fare plan, one of the ambitions of his life, seems to have been knocked cut and the railroad company is now in the hands of a receiver. ' The idea that Mayor Johnson has lost his great wealth, is in correct He is still a .very rich man. He has done much for Cleveland in the face of the bitterest opposition, and has ideas which are almost Socialistic which he wants to see put into practice in this city. Mayor Johnson has a political machine which is a thing of beauty. He now wants the city to engage in the manufacture of certain articles, which would em ploy thousands of men, save the tax payers thousands of dollars annually, and incidentally strengthen his fences right smartly. A vast amount of paving is being done in the city. . The property owners pay two-thirds the cost and the city the remain ing one-third. Mrs. Dorothy Morris, formerly an extensive owner of real estate in Henderson county, and who has so many friends in. Hender sonville, is confined to her room by a' threatened attack of pneu monia. Mrs. Morris is delighted to hear of the marvelous growth of Hendersonville and enquired closely after her many friends there, especially. Sheriff Williams and Dr. Waldrop. I. Cleveland's a busy city. You go into a barber shop and find a telephone in front of each chair. One man, who must have been in a hurry, was talking into the phone while the tonsorial artist was trimming his hair, a boot black cleaning his shoes and a manicure artist doctoring his finger nails. In the same shop the proprie tor, an old German, used a tattered and worn one dollar bill with which to clean his spectacles. HI I-SEI-SORIAH I feel safe in saying that when the sad news of the death of our beloved friend and brother, E. A. Drake, was announced, that the people of this county never were so shocked before. It came as a great surprise to everyone. But few of his many friends ever knew of his being sick till he was passed from earth to his long home above. He had been sick some . two months and in spite of : the best medical aid, he gradually grew worre ar.a worse. At last it was d . r. -.; - 6 ?, carry him to Asheville v. ; serous surgical op t ::. " ' - resort . I . . 'i.rirf" irieads were glad to got tis news thr,t he had under gone the operation ai?d was much improved and hope were enter tained that he would soon be well u,gain. But these ::ond hopes were flighted on Friday morn ing, February 5, to get the sad, sad message that he was dead. He was near 62 years of age and it made it impossible to overcome the disease. He was a man of sterling worth to his country liked by all who knew him, and but few men had a wider acquaintance than he. The place made vacant by his death will be hard to fill. In fact I don't believe it can ever be filled as he filled it He will be missed in church work especially, for he was a great church work er, and Pleasant Hill church will miss him for many years to come. He always had akind word and a smile for everyone and every one liked him. He joined the Baptist church when but a young man, and has spent his life in the discharge of his duty to his God. He was a great man to visit those who were sick and in dis tress. I have known of him go ing for miles around to nurse the sick. And it did not matter whether he was related to them or not he was there just the same. At one time I know of him going to Flat Rock and nurs ing a sick man all night long, and then during the day time he put in full time helping a man build a house who had had the . mis fortune to be burned out only a short time before. This is only one instance of many of his acts of benevolence. And I repeat it without fear of contradiction, that the place E. A. Drake left vacant can never be filled as he filled it. But it is the Lord's way of gathering up His jewels, and one by one we all must go: He has laid up a treasure in heaven which is incorruptable and will never fade away. And the Lord has called him home to take posession of it Let us all so live that when our work, like his, is done, we may enter into that rest that awaits the people of God. v W. A. Williams. uiiu of Thanks. In this public way we desire to thank our many friends both here and at Asheville for their many acts of kindness and tokens of sympathy to us during the last illness and death of dear compan ion and father. May heaven's richest blessings be yours, to re pay you, is the desire of Mrs. E. A. Drake & family. Fred Wehage, one of the best known men in Birmingham. Ala. , began to serve a sentence of one year in the coal mines for vio lating the prohibition law. ,The law is evidently not a joke in that'State. . : ; ABOUT OUR I The Hustler is having a "Com pliment Shower," and the new subscribers keep a-coming. The. ground hog has had his say it, s now up to the weather man. N Snow and sunshine were the main features of last Sunday's weather. Don't forget the 10th you save money by paying your light and water bills by that date. - The dog-catcher will soon be 'after your canine, if you don't get him a licence fo live. The market continues shy on ' poultry and eggs. It wiil pay to bring them a long distance to Hendersonville. Of the sixteen business houses in Charlotte occupied by saloons prior to January 1st only five are now. vacant. Hendersonville dirt is in good , demand. We hear of many who are expecting to buy or build homes here this year. With the big lakes and many surburban improvements now in progress, an electric car line will soon be an absolute necessity. It is probable that the citizens of Rugby section will soon have . telephone facilities, as estimates are being made , on a branch line to that point. We have a lot of sample copies, of the Atlanta Tri-Weekly Con stitution for distribution. You can get that pap(er, the Southern Ruralist and The Hustler for one year at $1.75. : We are wont to sneer at . the . "blue laws" of. our Puritan an- cestors; bnt oh,: what ;K blessing- the curfew law" would be to the youth of our generation. The next regular communica tion of Kedron Lodge will be held Friday night, February 12th. All Masons will take due notice and govern themselves accord ingly. " Yesterday witnessed the for mal ratification of the election of W. H. Taf t and J. S. Sherman as president and vice-president of the United States, the ceremony taking place in the hall of the House of Representatives. Sim plicity anji dignity marked every feature of the proceeding. NA small army of workmen keep things lively on the old Irwin Square. The foundation of the Clarke Hardware Company's big building is complete, and the - walls are going up rapidly, while the excavation for the Smith and Jordan building is being rapidly made. "It's an ill wind that blows no body good," and the same may be said of the late freeze that caused bursting pipes to flood the big store of the Hendersonville Mercantile Co. An inspection of their page advertisement in The Hustler will fully demonstrate this truth. Hendersonville has fewer va cant houses just now than she has had in many winters past New citizens are con stantly coming in to take up their permanent residence here. Many buildings are in course of construction, but it is considered certain that the coming summer will bring us more summer visi- . tors than we have ever had, and they must be accommodated. - The largest audience of the season greeted Walden, the magician, at the court house ' last Friday night and it was pro nounced the most wonderful ex hibition in that line now on the road. There was not a dull minute from start to finish. Everybody 2s congratulating Judge Blythe on the great suc cess of this number of the lyceum course, and anxiously awatfing the next 'i 3 i n i ? f t J if V ft 9. I r t in i j; f "x. xv. UKK, J. O. JAMM, -Clerk ConsulI'Com'dr
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