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lii jr i ' I t ' . -a. - ... 1 I.- .. ,: -.i- ONE DOLLAR .PER TEAR iiiiis NorthkC xamlma 7 T Biewsp aper About 1 00 Distinguished Mold- Fublic Upmion Jr resent. M. V. Richards of the. South ern RailwajffcDciake Import ant AdoxessH Hendersonville h f this weel the honor of enter .ming tbS North Carolina Press ssociatio probably the most influential booM, X of men in the State. Vout oir hundred are in attendance, tHJ' larger part of whom .cs m a H-ii special car on the 5:15 trai day evening. They were met the depot by a large reception committee. Many of the editors are accompanied by -their -.wives and families, wherein the town is douhlv honored. - The first business session was) held at the court house this (Wednesday) morning, at 930. Mayor R. H. Staton welcomed the gentlemen of the press and Col. S. V. Pickens re-iterated that welcome. Mr. M. L. Ship- rv,nr, -f -P nA " ttJ;cv "" " t- t priate remarks on the part of the local newspapers. The Convention lasts Wednes day and Thursday. On Friday the Association, in a body, will leave for Lake Toxaway in their special car, returning Saturday, when they leave for their homes. The Hotel Gates is headquar ters, where the Mergenthaler Linotype Company have a. type setting machine in operation. Mr. M. V. Richards, Land and Industrial Agent of the Southern Railway, will deliver an address on the wonderful development of the South, at 9:30 a.m. Thursday. The program of entertainment prepared by the local committee and citizens of the city provides for a ball at the Hotel Gates on ihursdav merht. to which one hundred invitations have been is sued; a street car ride to Laurel Park, on Wednesday afternoon, through the courtesy of Hon. W. 3 A. Smith, and on Thursday a ride in carriages and automobiles to the lakes and to Mt. Hebron. Messrs. M. C. Toms and J. L. Orr have tendered the free use of the tower at Mt. Hebron, while Mrs. Solomon Jones has given the free use of the road to that point. There are many well-known newspaper men of the State pres ent. Among them are: Rev. J. O. Atkinson, Elon Col legs Christian Sun; Jas. W. At kins, Gastonia Gazette and wife; J. D. Divins, Albemorle Enter prise, and mother; R. R. Clark, Statesville Landmark; J. P. Caldwell, Charlotte Observer, wife and daughter; Josephus Daniels, Raleigh News and Ob server, and sons; J. ; J; Parriss, Hierh Point Enterprise : Jno. D. Gold, Wilson Times, wife and - 3 children; J. F. Hurley, Concord Tribune, and wife; W. E. HolT brook, Hickory Democrat; W. C. Hammer, Asheboro Courier; W. B. Harker, Maxton Scottish Chief; Archibald Johnson, Thomasville Charity and Chil dren, and wffe; W. K. Jacobson, Washington Progress; Jno. M. Julian, Salisbury Post, and wife; Thad R. Manning, Henderson Gold Leaf, and wife; Rev. J. L. HE ND ERSONVILLK. Men essmn Hi 1 Je - urogram. riHGS PUBLIC The citizens or Henderson- yjUe viuc at ij uui uiauy mviicu iu attend fall ;meetings of the Press Association, which are beirJ held at the court house. M ... ' ome and listen to some good talks! TO-NIGHT, Jno. M. Julian of the Salisbury Post delivers the annual oration. vCOME! . . . . - , Murphy, r Trinity Reformed Church Record, and wife: W. M. Moore, Lenoir Topic; - J. A. Noel. Roxboro Courier, two Inrlips- C. H Pn. Raleigh Pro gressive Farmer; E. T. Ph illips, the spot iate to save the un Ay den Baptist, and wife; N. P. m Pepper, Danbury Keporter, and sister blanch; J. i.: yuinn, Shelby Aurora, and wife; Mrs. Dr. E. C. Register, Charlotte Medical Journal. J. P. Sherrill. Concord Times. and wife; W. B. Thompson, Chapel Hill News; ti. 5. Varner, Lexington Dispatch, and wife; D. J. Whichard, Greenville Reflec- ani wife; and wife; W. F. Underwood, lireensDoro Patriot: R. A. Deal and wife, Wilkesboro: H. H. Hamlin and wife, Beaufort; Owen G. Dunn and wife, Newbern; D. F. ' St. Clair, Sanford; J. P. Cook and wife, Concord; Miss Horney, Lex ington ;0. F. Crowsen, Burlington News, and wife. Among the editors arriving Wednesday morning -for, the pf ine- of the nress association are: W. M. Moore, Lenoir Topic;! -M - 1 IT Tfc 1 I J. K, JSwann, Marsnan, itecora; H. C. Martin, Lenoir News,-and Hnnirhter: R. E. Ranson and wife, Spring Hope; C. N. Brown, Sal isbury Post; C. A.Enry, King's Mountain Herald. , Following is the complete pro gram of the convention: Wednesday Morning, 9:30 In the absence! of President J. A- Thomas the convention was called to order by Dr. J. O. At kinson, third vice-president, who invoked a divine blessing, upon the city of Hendersonville, and members of the Association. Mayor " Staton then presented XContinued on last page) ; r s - ' i - ' m f . p ' Jj Where the Press Association meets. l .--V-"'.'. " '' " ""' ' ' - " J - N . C . XH LAKE ITS FIRST VICTIM. 1 . Sheldon Stepp, a young,car- penter employed at Kanuga Lake, was drowned in the .waters ? of the Lake on Saturday evening about four o'clock. A professional diver was wired for, and arrived Tuesday morn ing from Norfolk. Up. to one o'clock Wednesday the body had not yet, been found. At the end of the day's work; Saturday, Sheldon Stepp, with Fiirman Bane, son of the chair man of county commissioners, and Robert McCall, a boy of 12 boat they owned and started, for the dam at the end of the lak When within a hundred feet of the embankment, the overl6aded sk'ff ca:sized. The boy grasp ed and held on to the overturned boat. Bane swam to the - shore, SKA but Stepp sank before aid could ample, but . -only byl the most reach him. Addison lbeth,ous efforts on the part or manger of the lake property, who witnessed the accident from the shore, jumped into a motor boat and sent it flying full speed through the water but reached fortunate man. Every effort was made to re cover the body. On Monday boats were taken from Osceola Lake and a crowd of men work ed all day dragging that parj of the big Lake. Sunday and with his assistant and compjeteapparatus arrived Tuesdav at 8:00 a. m. lie was immediately taken to the lake where he has been at work ever since. Sheldon Stepp was 20 years old, a member of the local Car penter's Union and a fine young fellow in every way. His par ents, who are completely pros trated at their son's tragic death, live at Dana. . The diver, who receives $45 a day and till expenses for his trip, arrived Tuesday and was rushed immediately to : the lake, where many hundreds of people watched him at work. On, Sunday, there were at least two thousand curious spectators at the. lake, waiting for they hardly knew what. The sur rounding roads were full of horses, mules and oxen and peo ple poured in - a steady stream along the road to the. ill-fated spot. There were automobiles, carriages and ox-carts byT the U RSDAY, J U N E 24, 1909 W.lpHni'atore Burned. Fire supposed to be of incen- diary oiigin, was discovered in W-M. Hiirs store on Main street. Wednesday morning, about two Practically the entire ' stock of goods, valued at $6,000, was de-- strpyed. -The insurance is $6,000. . -The. building is occupied by W. M."Hill; ''-with" a general line of merchandise,- valued at $6,000, and by J.C. Cagle, jeweler, who valued his stock at $800. His loss, through fire and theft of goods, amounts to $400, with no insurance. The building is owned by ex Sheriff Williams, and .was dam aged tc the extent of $500, with no insurance. Mr. Hill went to AshevilteyOn turning on the early train Wed nesday; He is at a loss to ac count for the origin of the fire. The building was first discover ed to be ablaze by a tenant occu- The fire department responded quickly, the water pressure was tne nervy nre-ngnxers, wno fought the blaze amidst a chok ing, blinding cloud of smoke,, was the buildiug saved from destruc tion. 1 The back door, which Morning Collins, the young man left in charge by Mr. Hill, is very posi tive he locked on leaving the building Tuesday, ' was found open. ; About three weeks ago Charley Sunofsky found a pile of clothing in the store smouldering and ready to burst into a blaze. It , was extinguished without much loss, $50 insurance being paidMr. Hiii. ; r J. C. Cagle is positiyej the fire was of incendiary origin It j started on" a shelf amidst a pile of clothing and inflammable ma terial. Mr. Hill was insured in the At lantic, of Raleigh, through Ew bank and Ewbank. The policy expires on August 6. score- many remainig "'until ,late at 'night. ' : " i! A J' . " : ' ; J Oh Friday, Stepp had been in swimming at the identical , spot where ,he met his death Satur day. Just,why he did not grasp the boat as young McCall did will never be known. He was an ex pert swimmer. -: "" ' Mr. Stevens, as a conse quence of the unfortunate disaster, has forbidden the use of all boats or rafts on Kanuga Lake, except those boats owned by the com pany, which are, of course, per- fectly safe. '''' i , ,,,, , ,;,. .,,.,, --J - i iririi ifttmmiriii - ... '.- - - " ..... . .-. - -. - ' t . ; ... -.v..; : I - .., i - -- ' -.- ... . - ... ... I. . j.- -..'V . " '. V'.. , The International Association of Bureaus of Labor and the In terriational Convention of Fac tory Inspectors To Hold , Their Next Annual Conventions in the Lake City of the Mountains. MiTPAinsnu Q "Bub" Mitchell, cl lor J L VI IS arrested Monday bi Chi t-of- Police McCarson, en Irged yvith the theft of much weiring appa rel from the merchants of the town. . , . - Hesmplicated two f other , dark complexioned gentlemen, Jess Wofford and Clarence Smith, who have not yet been caught. It is believed by the police that these same men broke into Mrs. Posey's millinery store last Saturday night. Chief of Police McCarson heard some one say on the street, Mon day, that Mitchell had sold a pair of pants worth $6.00 for 75 cents which was reducing the price some. ' He investigated and ar rested Mitchell as a result of his investigations, finding many good Stetson hats, suits of underwear and pants of the fashionable cut in Mr. Mitchell's possession, belonging to G. M. Glazener, to the Wilson Mercantile Co;."and other merchants. Mitchell had been selling goods at reduced prices to most all the darkies in town, a dollar under shirt for 10 cents being one of his undeniable bargains. HENDERSONVILLE HAS Hendersonville has just spent $18, 000 on cement sidewalks. Itendersonville has 5, 000 popu lation now and is growing rapid- iy. ; . ' Hendersonville has hotel ac commodations second to none in the State-X Hendersonville has three banks. , Hendersonville has 'three wholesale houses. Hendersonville has two rail roads, and excellent prospects for two more. - . Hendersonville has an altitude of 2,250 feet Hendersonville has three lakes not ponds, but lakes. Hendersonville shows an in crease of 38 per cent in postoffice receipts for May, 1909, oyer May, 1908. - ' - . Hendersonville has nearly 100 new residences now under con struction or just finished. Hendersonville has pure water, pure air, and a larger percentage of sunshine than almost any town in the United States. VOL. yill, No. 25 ,5 . . nvmnons rJXh$ International Association ' Bureaus of Labor, which in- udes representatives of the var- pus states of the . Union and the rovinces of Canada, and the In- Ufhational Convention of Factory Inspectors, will both , 'hold their next Srinuaf conventions imHen dersohvaiej.a.i'dai'to' be . Set.. ... .,..:: " . These two very important gath erings met last week in New York and through the efforts of Hon.; M..L. Shipman, who represented the State of North Carolina at the first named convention, both will meet in Hendersonville next year. - The presence here of so many men of prominence so closely identified witlTthe industrial and commercial life of the United States and the Dominion of Can ada, will mean much for this town, for the deliberations of these bodies will be telegraphed all over the country and Hender-' sonville will loom large in the press despatches while these gen tlemen are in session here. Mr. Shipman, through whose unaided efforts these two conven tions have decided to come here,, is "receiving the : congratulations of his friends on the entire suc cess of his efforts. - When Mr. Shipman left for Rochester he intended fb try. and land the International Associa tion of Bureaus of Labor for his home town. When he found the International Convention of Fac tory Inspectors also in session at the same feme, there, 'he thought it would be an excellent idea to have them both here, and succeeded in persuading the gen tlemen of both conventions that the Lake City of the Mountains in North Carolina was the only logi cal place in the whole United States for their next meeting place. Mr. Shipman was elected Chair man of the executive committee of the International Associa tion of Bureaus of ? Labor,N and this cdmmittee will set the date of the next convention. '
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