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Drastic State Law mFiiDr;
Below is published for the first
time the full text of the State
Law governing automobiles on
the public roads. r , , V , , ,
The law is a wise, a just law.
It protects ALL the people,' and
it is now up to the city and coun
ty to see that the LAW as here
printed, is ENFORCED,
If they do NOT enforce it, it is
up to the voters of Henderson
county to protect themselves by
electing such men as their ser
vants WHO WILL enforce the
mandates of North Carolina.
The law is effective July first.
It provides for the registration
of automobiles, the display
lights and numbers, fixes the
speed at dangerous places,; five
miles an hour, and makes iprovis
ion for suitable penalties and
punishments.
Remember this: -
FIVE miles an hour is only
equiyalent to a fast walk.
Remember this, also:
DANGEROUS places . means,
sharp curves, street crossings,
When the law becomes "effect
ive, July 1st, 1909, let the officers
do their sworn duty, see 'that it
is enforced, and there will be no
inther trouble. '
If they do not ENFORCE the
law, let them step down and out
and make room for men who will.
Section 1. The term and words
"highway" or "public highway"
shall be construed to mean any
public highway, township, county
or State road, or any country
road, any public street, alley, m
park, parkway, driving or public;
place in any city, village or town.
The term and words "busine'ss
portion of any city or. village"
shall be construed to mean the
territory of a city or incorporated
village contiguous to a public
highway which is at that point
either wholly or partially built up
with structures devoted to busi
ness. Sec. 2. Every person now own
ing or hereafter acquiring a . mo
tor vehicle shall, for every vehi
cle owned by him, file in the of
fice of the Secretary of State a
statement containing the name
and address; with a brief descrip
tion of the vehicle so ; oVhed by
hinito be registered including
the name of the maker, factory
number, style of vehicle and mo
tor power, on a blank to be pre
pared and furnished by said Sec
retary of State for that purpose.
Upon the filing of said statement
as aforesaid, said Secretary of
State shall register such motor
vehicle in a book of index to be
jept for that purpose and assign
a distinctive number, and shall
forthwith issue and deliver to the
owner of such motor vehicle a
certificate of registration, togeth
er with a seal, of aluminum or
other suitable metal, which said
al shall be circular in form, ap
proximately two inches in diame
ter, and shall have stamped there
on the words "Registered Motor
vehicle No. , North Caroli-
na" with registration "number
and anv nfhoi ziofo
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rwy oy tne Secretary of State
fted therein, which said seal
snail thereafter at all times be
nsPicuously digpfcy on the
cuicie to wnich said num-
ber has Taeen assigned. The said
certificate of registration shall
contain the same words and num
ber as the seal, hd shall further
contaia the mame of the owner
of the vehicle so - registered as
aforesaid, his address, the name
of maker of said vehicle, factory
number, style and motor power,
and the date of - registration.
Such certificate of registratioh
shall remain in force for one year
from and after the first day of
July of each year. Applications
for renewal of any certificate "of
registration shall be made to the
Secretary of State any time with
in thirty days previous to the
date t)f die vexpiration 6f Buch
certificate. For the registration
and issuing of a certificate and
seal a fee of five dollars ha11, be
paid to the Secretary of 'StateV
and a fee of one fdollar for the
renewal of the same. That -of
the fee of five dollars paid to the
Secretary of State three dellars
shall be paid by the Treasurer of
the State to the treasurer of the
county in which the owner of
said automobile resides, to be
used for the public roads in , said
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.. Sec 4.' In addition to :thef con
spicuous display of the sjsai, as
provided in section two of this
act, it shall be the ducy of the
Dwner of each and every motor
vehicle at all times to have dis
played upon the front and rear
of the body of such vehicle, in
such manner as to be plainly vis
ible, the number assigned to it by
the Secretary of State, said num
ber to be in Arabic numerals,
black on white ground, or white
on black ground, . and not less
than three inches in height, and
each stroke to be of a width not
less than one-half inch, and also
as a part of said number the name
of the State in full or abbreviated,
and of the same color and on the
same ground as the numerals,
the letters of -the same to be not
less than one inch in height
There shall also be displayed up
on every motor vehicle in use
upon any public highway during
the- period from one hour after
sunset to one hour, before sunrise
two lamps in the front of said
motor Vehicle,' shewing-' a white
light,' Visible within a reasonable
distance in the direction which
such venicle is proceeding, and
also a red light in the rear of said
motor Vehicle and visible for a
reasonable distance in the reverse
direction. ,
Sec- 5. No motor venicle shall
be used or operated upon the pub
lic highway after July first, one
thousand nine hundred and nine,
which shall not display thereon a
registration seal, and on the rear
of said motor vehicle a number
as provided in section four of this
act. ' ;
Sec. 6. Nonresident owners or
operators of motor vehicles shall
be subject to the same require
ments and laws as resident own
ers or operators; Provided, that
the nonresident owner of a motor
vehicle passing through the State
of North Carolina shall riot be re
quired to register his vehicle as
provided in this act
Sec. 7. No one shall operate a
motor vehicle upon the public
highway after July first, one
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ivyui .vikvy a bi bm v wmia uuy iiB -ji y u y U y 11 uy V ikl piLiy p Ar MIL : l 1 Vy v!y
M. T. Justus, the oldest busi
ness man in Henderson ville,
where he first opened his harness
shop in 1852, has sold his busi
ness to Messrs. Vernon and Ben
Fe w, and will spend his remain
ing years in well-earned rest.
The Henderson ville of this
veteran's early business life was
not the Hendersonviile of today.
Then the woodsr grew in all their
primeval beauty up beyond where
John Orr's stables how stand,
and there were rio cement walks,
xio- paved streets and no big pub
lic buildings here. J ' ' ?
Mr. Justus opened his shop, in
the Toms rock building, next the
Hustler office, and twenty years
ago built and has since occupied
his present quarters on Main
street where he has been emi
nently successful and from
where his hand-made 1 harness
has gone to . all parts of the
South. - -Vj:-, : '
Mr. Justus will be 80 years old
in October. He was born ;. near
Green River, went to South
Carolina in 1843 and returned
here in 1852. He was married in
1856 to Miss Mary Reese, who
came here from South Carolina
on a, visit and who thereafter re
mained. Five children were
born to them, . W H. Justus,
Mrs. J. P. Rickman, Mrs. C
Few and Mrs. J S. H. Hilliard,
and Mr. Justus has living today
16 grandchildren and 3 great
grandchildren. He was a county
officer during the war, but had 6
brothers in that great conflict
four of whom died for the Cause
and rest in old Virginia. Judge
Pace, by the way, was elected
clerk of the court about that
time, and Judge, Pace is still
clerk of the Court
Dr. T. A. Allen was- a practi
cing physician and Mrs. J. C.
Hawkins is the only lady now
living who was here when "Mr.
Justus started in business. -J
Williarii Hick was- the: Meto:
dispeache 4 jimmy"
Blythe the Baptist, man of God
who preached in the old Baptist
church, now long torn down, on
Main street opposite Dr. Allen's.
That Mr. Justus fcomes v of a
hardy race is evidenced by his
uncle's long life, Asbury Jus
tus, who died recently atr the
age of 92 .years, leaving nine
children; 56 grandchildren and
45 great-grandchildren. There
are but three deaths in Mr. Jus
tus' family between himself and
his youngest grandchild, a unique
record.
Mr. Justus has been chairman
of the board of trustees of Oak
dale cemetery since 1885, serv
ing with Dr. Waldrop and Rev.
Jones. He has served without
compensation but now resigns
in favor of Mr. Thomas Shep
herd. Mr. Justus has averaged 15
hours work every day since 1852,
a total of about 268,000 hours of
toiland he is fairly active and '
vigorous today I He sees only
the brightest future for this
Rev, J.-L. Ouzts, of Inmah, SI
C. and an - extensive property
pwner here, :as an. town iSes-
dayt 'He expressed astonishment
at the rapid growth -; of Hender
sonviile, ; and believes 'it will iibt
belong before! there is a big towii
here; - f xt -
XAnnocement is 'made of -the
approaching maWage, on June
16th 6f isslda Pearl Rose to
Mr. Charles. Brown Harberson.
of Junction . City,"" Ky. Miss
Rose is the accomplished1 daugh
ter of Mr. - and Mrs. J. Leon.
Rose of . East Park avenue.
The Asheville District Confer-
ence pf the Methodist church will
be in session at Tryon Thursday,
Friday and Saturday. The Hen-
snted by toS2to?RS? jPw
Moore, V. Hunter'A lC West
Dri a Few, Dr. G. E. Dixon and
Dr. Jt G. Waldrop.
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Over GmSMndred
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS' .
AliD FRIIDS !
v On the 10th of June I am ob-
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liged to ' make a complete settle
ment with . the Company for the
past year's business'.
All subscribers in arrears will
confer a personal favor on me if
they will settle their subscription
accounts before that date.
'All accounts due for job work,
advertising, etc, must be settled
by that date. ,
T R. BARROWS.
town he loves so well, and is con
fident that in ten years' time
Hendersonviile will be a big
mountain city and he expects
to spend his sunset days in Hen-
dersonville which will mimber
its inhabitants by the tens of
thousands before so many years.
Dave Harris, - colored, was ar
rested by Sheriff Connor, Satur
day, charged with stealing $500
worth of groceries f rom the Hen-
derson vilU Wholesale Grocery
Company,- by whom he was em
ployed as a driver. He was given
aJreliminary hearing, Tuesday
before 'Squire Dermid, and bound
over to court under heavy bond,,
which he was unable to furnish.
T'0 iiouse!
Contractor J. H; Singletofi is
now busy erecting two handsome
cottages on Mt . Hebron Driver
vond Judge Kwart's, for
Messrs. A. M. , Ives and J. H.
; Patterson, of Jacksonville, Fla.
;Both these genilemen s&$t last
!sumer here and were 6 very
Pleasedwith Hendersonviile
that they wfll m the future, spend
t a large portion of each year here.
1 There are about one hun
dred new residences ' now be:
ing built in this town.
Do you know of an y other
town in the State with an
equal record?
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" For The Fanners.
Mr. Andrew K. Orr, division
freight agent for the Sou:hem
Railway, was in town recently,
and talked interestingly of the
railroad's facilities for shipping
Henderson r county, produce this
summer.
Mr. Orr says the Southern is
prepared to give first-class service
(which it does) , and satisfactory
rates, and says freight is now re
ceived here from New York in
six days. r
Mr. Orr is a firm believer in old
Henderson county, and says he
knows there is a market for every
thing the farmers may raise.
As a result i of his .recent as-
sault upon P-D; iGibbs George : ;
Cathay has been. sued, for $10,-
000 damages. lj Suit -was entered .
in Buncombe cbuntyVand $ Mr. : ?
Cathay was released on bond ef
$5,000. : "..'u'jl- '
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Mr. John L. Orr will operate
three or four public service autos
here this Summer. Speaking pf
the State law govering the buzz
buggies, Mr. Orr said to a 1 Hust"
ler reporter: ; J
M am glad the state has" regu
lated the speed of automobiles.
1 expect to run - three or four
public service ones here 1 this
Summer, and I am going to run
them according to the law and
have no fear of any trouble
whatever with the people of this
county. I am hot in the habit
of fviolating the laws and do not
propose to be so foolish txow; ' '
"But there is one thing Ifwant
to say; There nas never k. been
anyone injured in this county as
, a result of the. automobiles here
and I ree no reason why the far
mers should remain at heme cn
their account. How many peo
ple have been killed or injured
herd as a result cf runaway
horses, longltefcie therrtchires
were thought of ? r 1 :
'If themachines are run ac
cording to law there will be no
trouble. In other counties Ihey
are very niroerous end there is
no trouble; and why should there
be here? A machine in the
hands of a sober and right
minded man can be stopped, in
stantly, and is not dangerous to
the other traffic fon a public
road."
The K. of P.
OB.
The arrangements for the K.
of P. Grand Lodge meeting, .to
be held here June 8-9, are pro
gressing satisfactorily. -
There will be a public reception
Tuesday night, the 8th, at the
auditorium, where the address
of welcome will be given.
On Wednesday afternoon there
will be a parade of the D.O.K.IC
and the Uniform Rank of Ashe
ville, followed by a reception to
the Knights on the lawn of the
Wheele. Hotel, weere refresh
ments Will also be served, Music
by a stringed orchestra and the
Uniform Rank's band of Ashe
ville, will contribute to the en
joyment of this reception to be
held amidst: such beautiful . smv
roundihgs. - '
The Hotel Wheeler-will be1 th5
headquarters for the Knights
while here.
The town will be suitably de
corated and the Knights of Py
thias and their friends will find
they have come to the right
place.
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