North Carolina Newspapers

SI? iFmtrlf Brnai iislkr INCORPORATED M. L. SHIPMAN T. R. BARROWS Editor Editor Associate k rred o." the Posloflic at BenderionviZs S ( .. mtiii matter ot the tecond clasi. HENDERSONVILLiE, N. C. WELCOME. B The thirty-seventh annual ses sion of the North Carolina Press Association is now in session here. Its membership constitutes the wisest, most progressive and patriotic class of the State's citizenship, and fair Henderson ville feels a peculiar pride in acting the part of host upon an occasion so auspicious. On be half of the city the Hustler ex tends the glad hand and a gen uine welcome, wishing each and every one a pleasant sojourn in the Lake City of the Mountains. - The gates of Hendersonville swing inward, gentlemen "of the press, and the keys are yours while you stay. Thrice welcome to the "Gem City" of this fair and flowerv land. Take the town! The machine Republicans of North Carolina are somewhat disgusted with the President's actions so far, and plainly give him to understand that they've had enough pot luck, and want some pie. The Supreme court of Missis sippi has decided that no bev erage can be sold in that State that contains any percentage whatever of alcohol. This de cision will stop the sale of "near beer" in that State. The council of State nas ac cepted the bid of 103 by the Raleisrh Savings Bank for the $500,000 State bonds to be issued July 1st. There were eight other bidders ranging below the sue cessful one, Wilmington.l Wins ton-Salem, Baltimore, Cincinnati, New York and i Spartanburg, S. C, being represented. Wednesday President Taft sent a special message to Con gress recommending that pro vision be made for an amend ment to the Constitution grant ing Congress the right to legis late for an income tax and urg ing the adoption of an amend ment to the tariff bill to provide for a tax on corporate net earn ings. THE GLUT OF COLD. The output ot the gold mines of the Rand, Transvael, South Africa, was more than a million dollars' worth in the month of May, a gain of a- quarter of million dollars over the yield of the mines in the same month of last year. This is gaming at the rate of about three million a year, and indicates that the world's gold harvest is increas ing at the rate of ten million dollars annually assuming that other districts are keeping pace with the Rand. This is full of significance to those who proper rly consider it. The nations of the earth and the banking institu tions are hoarding gold in enor mous quantities; but they cannot hoard it fast enough to keep the constantly growing output from affecting prices. The genera ,t ,i . nse in prices, tne wona over, is attributable solely to the depre ciation of gold in consequence of increased supply. Gold is the measure of values; and just as fast as gold is cheapened by in creased production, just so fast will the general level of prices be raised. This is so simple a pro position that it seems strange that it is not more generally understood. The creditor class . understand it well enough and are worrying about it. Ti e glut of gold is a specter that will not down. D1T0US TAXATION AfiD TAXES. A few weeks ago The Hnstler had a few words to say about the inequalities of taxation, and in a comparison 6f-rate of valuation used lecklenburg county as one of the examples, which compari son did not redound to the very great credit of that otherwise ex cellent division of the Common wealth. , , . Whether or not the assessors will come clean in their figures this year remains to be seen; but the article vnever touched our neighbor. Now comes one of the new aldermen of the city of Char- otte thefQueen City of the Car- olinas where the expenses of the city exceeds its income by $30,000 a year, we are told, and points out the very principle we went on record against. This is the outrageously low assessment of real estate. From the interview theNews prints, we take these lines: 'The fellow who has noth-' ing but an old bqggy and horse, or a little household and kitchen furniture, is re quired4to list it at its actual value, and swear to it him self. If he's a conscientious man he had rather swear to the truth than to save a few dollars. The result is he pays tax on the full value of his property. The man who owns the valuable store building up town, or any other real estate for that matter, has the swearing done by the as sessors, and gets off about 25 to 30 cents on the dollar. - Is there any discrimination in that?" Now, it is not our purpose to hold up the city of Charlotte as an example of this wickedness, because it is no more guilty of the sin than many other munici palities and counties in the state, and our former article was not intended to apply to any one lo cality or division of territory. We did then, and do still, plead for an even assessment on all property in the state, and con tend that taxes will be insignifi cantly more under a true valua tion than they are now under the low and distorted system, by which system no two localities are subject to the same ratio of taxation, different boards of as sessment using different systems to arrive at what each one thinks is the permissible figure. Need less, also, is it to say that the ideas of no two boards will co incide. Begging our good sister town's pardon for making use of her name, we invite the tax assessors to take advantage of her experi ence, without going to the ex pense of starting a little school of their own. Senator Borah, of Idaho has declared in favor of the indepen dence of the Philippines. $100.00 Will buy a beautiful lot in the city of Hendersonville. Fine shade, city water. $1,000.00 Will buy a nice cottage one block from Main street. Water and modern. Make me an offer on 'i anything I have, and see if we can't do business. . CLAUDE BROWN. WEI' II. G To Our City AND TO IJ Near the Post Office. GONE! : PRESS ASSOCIATION HUNTER'S Till miff ft mr rm mm 1 1. . va II LAI I The County t. Editor Hustler: I see by a notice in a recent issue 6f your paper that the Board of Educa tion will soon be called upon" to elect a county superintendent of schools. This is a very, impor tant position and I hope the Board will pick out a competent man who is actively engaged in teaching, as the law suggests. We have had enough politics in the school work of the county and the people are tired of the superintendent's office being used as a stepping stone to some political office. No one connect ed with politics, in any capacity, should be chosen county superin tendent. We want a man elected with whom the people generally will co-operate; one who will devote his entire time to the work. As I said in starting out to write this letter, politics and the schools ought to? be separated and must be to obtain good re sults. JLet the Hustler corre spondents in the various sections of the county find out the senti ment of their people upon this matter and speak out about it. The Board is composed of fair- minded men and they will not object to hearing suggestions, being the servants of all the peo ple. For my part, I am fully convinced that no political boss has any business with the office of county superintendent. Yours very truly, R. M. Pryor. News Notes. The president of Brazil is dead, and the usual revolution is threatened. . President Taft favors a federal corporation tax. The effectiveness of the typhoid serum is being tested in lOmaha. Wyoming's wool clip this year is estimated at $40,000,000. Tennessee is preparing to har vest the most bountiful'' wheat crop in its history. The Illinois Supreme Court has declared the State primary law unconstitutional. Ex-State Senator Reuben D. Reid, of Wentworth, N. C. died from an attack of apoplexy, last Monday. He was a man of nuusual strength of character and ability, and his passing away is a great loss to the State. The unveiling of the statue of the late Gen. Stephen D. Lee, of the Confederate Army, in the Vicksburg National Military Park last week, was an event of more than passing interest. Hon. Henry Watterson spoke eloquent ly, and was followed by Gen. Fre'drick D.Grant, in the absence of the Secretary of War, receiv ing it in behalf of :the national government. Mr. Geo. R. Peck, of Chicago, orator of the day, spoke feelingly of the splendid affection which bound the North and the S6uth together. Rev. J. B. Craven, of Salisbury, has accepted the Chair of Science at Daveport College. On the second of next month (July 2-11), almost at the foot of lofty Mt Mitchell, on the Assem bly grounds of the Presbyterian church, at Montreat, N. C, will gather throughout the South choice young people interested in the great missionary issues and work of the day. Milton Breckenridge, of Wil mington, shot himself with suic idal intent last week, but it is thought he will recover. A negro attacked Miss Jennie Curtice near Raleigh last Thurs day, but was frightened away by her screams, and is hiding from Judge Lynch, who is likely to catch and dispose of him. President Taft will personally supervise putting the finishing touches utfori the proposed amend ment to the tariff bill providing for the imposition of V two per cent tax upon the net earnings of corporations. mm end&n f " : ...... , ,. ., .. . . 1 -4 HE Have loadstone known as " UNDERSELL " in their c imposition which is drawing t like a magnet traffic from a distance to the city of Hendersonville THE POWER OF OUTLET Our wholesale department at Spartanburg gives us an jmmense outlet for handling quan tities that smaller dealers have not. This outlet places us in a position to buy direct from the mills in big quantities such as small dealers cannot even touch. It enables us to buy direct from manufacturers stripped of air middlemen's percentage, and we can save you from pay ing the middleman's profit which, you are bound to pay when you buy from those who have no wholesale department because the retail merchants you buy from have . themselves paid this middle percentage. Compare our prices before you - buy-and you will find we can save you 20 cents on the dollar on dress goods, clothing, hats and shoes. All the new weaves in summer dress goods. The reason we never have any old goods we sell so quickly they don't have time to get old. , - : : " v Today we offer White Belts for ladies worth 10c for 5c. Pretty ' batiste girdles for .misses and young ladies at only 10c Ladies' cotton hand kerchiefs, hemstitched only 2 for 5c. Linen handkerchiefs 3 for 10c Ladies' white shirt waists, good quality at 49c All the better waists too, at 75c and 98c. Ladies' bleach ed undervests 5c. ' Gros Grained Mercerized Dress Goods, in old rose, blue, green and red, 20c yard. Sea Island, 40 inches wide , for only 5c yard. 10-quarter bleached sheeting for sheets, - splendid quality for 25c Full yard wide bleaching for five cents yard. Pillow cases at 10c. J Bleached towels 5c. Sheets at 39c. Paragon, high grade 36 inch bleaching 8c Cream cashmere (wool) 36 inches wide at 29c. White cashmere, 36 inches wide (wool) at 29c. Side band fig ured lawns at 4c. White India linen at five cents. White India linen, extra quality at 8 1-3 and 10c. White lawn 10c. Cut this out and bring it to THE BEE HIVE and you will get 20 cents cash when you buy $2.00 worth or .more, COMITY ROADS TO BE MACADAMIZED. County Road Supervisor Patton is- authority for the statement that a start will be made, this year, towards macadamizing the county roads. The width of the pavement will be sixteen feet, and that road will be first im proved where the property own ers offer the greatest assistance to the county authorities. At Laurel Park. At Laurel Park, Thursday, Friday and Saturday the famous "Texas Five," black face come dians appear every night. They come well recommended. The admission is 15 cents and doors open at 7:30. NOTICE. Be it ordered by the Board of Commissioners of Henderson County: That on and after the first Mon day in August, 1909, there will be issued in this county no .more pauper claims, except to those persons residing at the county home for the aged and infirm. And be it further ordered, that any person now drawing a pauper claim may, upon application, be be admitted in such home, and such claim shall continue to be issued until revoked by the board. W. P. BANE, Chairman Board County Com. JOHN T. STATON. T. A. W. LYDA. This June 8, 1909. For the ! third successive year the Spartanburg Sunday School, under the able management of Mr. John A. Law, held their an nual picnic at Laurel Park on last Saturday: Nearly 350 well dre.sd and happy looking young people apest iht day at that beautiful pot 'ami left Hender sonville mor favorably impress ed than ever. L I N KS : I N , IJiEt; C H THAT BIND THE PUBLIC TO 111) Mercerized gros grain, old rose colors at 20c. Mercerized ginghams, silk figures and stripes worth 25c at 15c. Do mestic ginghams at 5c Plaids at 4c. Mohairs, 36 ' inches wide, black ; ok blue at 29c. Panamas from 25c up. Black Taffeta silk, fully 36 inches wide at 75c Black Pua de Soie silk, 36 inches wide, worth $1.25 at 98c. Knickerbocker Knee Pants Extra large sizes, extra quality, all colors at. 63c, 69c, 75c and 95c. All the cheaper grades too in boys' knee pants from 15c pair up. Boys' suits with knicker bocker pants bought for 1-4 off at under value. Men's suits, odds and ends, leftovers at exactly half price. All the new styles too, in men's suits, correct styles. Suits for men $4.98 to $9.95. Young men's hats, correct styles at 98c. Young men's hats, latest . shape, correct style, worth $2.00 at $1.50. Come today to Greater Hendersonville's Greatest Store,, Quality up, prices down .D. COLLINS Hendersonville'sGreatestStore BOLD, BAD BURGLARS. Burglars, supposed to be of dusky hue, .known to be unmar ried, broke into Mrs. Posey's' millinery store, Saturday night, broke open the money drawer, took the contents, amounting to one dollar, and departed, taking not one of those delicious peach barket hats or any feminine finery with them, wherefore it is ivuuvyu iiicj vkcic men ciijujriiig single blessedness. Entrance to the store was gain ed through the rear window by removing one of the iron bars." Unsuccessful attemgts were also made to get into Hunter's Pharmacy and into J. D. Boyd's store. Misses Mollie and Parrie Levy,' of Charleston, are here for the summer, visiting Miss Rosa Lew is. Don't Follow the Procession No matter how well versed a person may be in ancient lore, in history, the sciences and what not, if he is not well informed on current events, -and does not know what is going on in the world about him, he is a back - number and must feel out of place among any set of up-to-date foiks. People live fast in the modern world, aud if you don't at least know what the rest of them are doing you will quickly find yourself much to the rear of the procession and in uninteresting company. Subscribe for one of Observer publications and keep posted on the events of the day. Five Observer publications and prices : THE DAILY OBSERVER Mornings. Every day in the Year One year $8.00 Six Months 4.00 Three Months - 2.00 One Month .75 THE SUNDAY OBSERVER . Every Sunday Morning ; One year ; 2.oo Six months.. :.-:. l.bo Three months A--- .5o One month 1 ... .20 THE SEtf I-WEEKLY OBSERVER ' Twice a week One year. . . .- l.oo, Six months - .5o Three months .25 One Month ,; , .lo W send sample Ladies' oxfords and low cut shoes at 75c. All the better grades, absolutely all solid leathers 98c, $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, $1.98. s Mason's Best Quality Glass Fruit Jars: pints, 49c dozen, quarts, 60c dozen, half -gallons, 85c dozen. For One Cent. One pocket mirror, lc. Dec orated picture, glass cover, lc Key chain lc, thimble lc, 6 pen points lc, pencil lc, turkey red thread lc spool, box mourn ing pins lc, paper needles lc, paper pins lc, ball thread lc. chewing gum lc stick, pen holder lc pack hair pins lc, tablet lc, pack envelopes lc, 20 sheets paper lc, ' 10 slate pencils lc,box cobblers nails lc. Clariette Laundry Soap equal to Oclagon 3 f or 10c ' Red Bird Laundry soap 3 for 5c, Sweet Maiden soap 4c, 3 in box for 10c, Best Tar Glycerine soap at 4c, large oval shaped , white toilet soap at one cent. Hats and Clothing at Under price. From Far-off Germany! In a letter received by Mr. Louis Haas, from Osterburg, Germany, Mrs. Frieda Eggert formerly of this town says: 'Tour Lake Edition and sev eral Weekly Hustlers have been received; they gave me and the children a great deal of pleasure and am sorry family matters compelled me to leave dear Hen dersonville to which I became very much attached while being there." THE VERY FIRST. Slug No. 1, Hendersonville, N. C. ; Slug No. 1, Hendersonville, N. C. The above two lines of type, set on the wonderful Mergen thaler, were the very first lines ever set on a typesetting machine in Hendersonville. But they wont be the lastl THE EVENING CHRONICLE Every Day Except Sunday One Year - - 5.00 Six Months , 2.50 Three Monnhs l-f On Month.-- -50 THE SATURDAY EVENING CHRONICLE , OheYear...::.. ; 1-50 Six Months.. Three Months ? One Month--. -lb The Observer Co Circulation Dept. No. 12 CHARLOTTE, N. C copies on request t '7