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T7 State Library TP Com ONB DOLLAR PER YEAR HENDERSONVILLE. N. C THURSDAY. OCTOBER 28, 1309 VOL. XVIII, No. 43 p - "I "NO POLL UTION, CHEMIST, IN WA TER SUPPL Y OF BEAUTIFUL HENDERSONVILLE! Report of State Chemist C. A. Shore Con tradicts the Fake and Alarming Reports of Coniamination of City's Water Sup ply. Clear, Crystal Spring Water, Gush ing From the Living Rock and Piped Direct to Reservoir Ensures Henderson ville the Finest Supply of Mountain Spring Water In the World. The State of North Carolina, through its State Chemist, C. A. Shore; has analyized the water supply of Hendersonville, and has found it to be pure." Folio w is the report in full: Bttxtt Eabnratarg of !!fi9ttu (NORTH CAROLINA BOARD OF HEALTH) ANALYSIS OF WATER No. B 202 Sent by Supi Water Works, Location, Hendersonville Source, Taj Marked, October Received, 101809 Reported, 102309 Sediment, Very slight Color Platinum Cobalt standard 25 TWbidity-SilicastandardVery slight Oder, hot Vegetable .-- 04ot, cold, 0 Alkalinity (in terms of Calcium v car bonate) Alkaline Chlorine, 3 Nitrogen as Nitrites, .04 Nitrogen as Nitrites, 0 Free Amonia, .012 Albuminoid Amonia, .036 Colon bacilli in 1 c.c, 0 Colon bacilli in 10 c. c, 0 Total number of bactenia per c. c, 15 No pollution. C. A. Shore, State Chemist. This report nails as absolutely false the many misleading and greatly exaggerated reports about Hendersonville's water reports which were calculated to i do this resort town the greatest injury and which will require much money and effort to con tradict and correct. The fame of this town as THE resort of the South has long rested upon the absolute purity and abundance of its water sup ply. The tens of thousands who come here in preference to all other places in the mountains have been influenced largely by the well known absolute purity of the town's water, and many scores of times in the past, as m this instance, has the Slate of North Carolina, through its sworn officers, testified to the absolute purity of the water used by the people of this fortu nate resort Not content, however, with Present conditions, good as they are, the city authorities have employed Civil Engineer S. J. Justice to carefullv survev and v investigate conditions on the water shed and to make his re- Port at an early date. It is probable the water, gush es from the living rock, clear as postal, cold and beautiful fas !ce,will be piped direct to the Clty reservoir. This imDrovement will call for the expenditure of thousands of hilars, but the authorities and the people believe it will be poney well spent, for it will make impossible, in the future, the circulation of such stories as were sent from this town last Summer. These stories, greatly exagger ating conditions, and giving an absolutely false and misleading Impression of the true state of affairs, were published in the Charleston News and Courier, and the Columbia State and scores of smaller papers in the South. The person responsible for the art clewas in no wise conver sant with the facts for Hen dersonville HAS the finest water supply of any town in the moun tains. HAS had it, has it NOW, and will ALWAYS have it-no matter what it may 6st $100,000 HOTEL AT COLUMBIA PARK H. S. Anderson has the plans in his office for the new $100,000 hotel to be erected at Columbia Park. Mr. Anderson states work on the building will begin within one month. The plans call for a structure of 150 rooms and is modelled somewhat after the Toxaway Inn and the famous Palm Beach hotel. All the rooms are out side rooms,. each connected with bath, while the great lobby and dining room will be notable f ea- Hendersonville's fine tourist hotels. Mr. Anderson has not yet definitely decided as to the exact location of the building, but states it will either be on old Whitted house or on superb hill near the spring. the that Charlie HefTner leaves this evening for Datona, Fla. Burglars burgled Miss Wood all's millinery store Monday night and got away with fifteen cents in coppers. The Sunday-school Conference, a most important conference in deed, will be held at the Baptist church on November 20th. Henry Jordan's drove of 145 head of cattle was a sight on Main street, Tuesday. Mr. Jor dan will fatten the cattle this winter. Rev. R. V. Miller will preach at the Presbyterian Church next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. There will be no evening ser vices. Thomas W. Erwin, of Colum bia, S. C, accompanied by his neice, Mrs. L. T. Craddock, of Pelzer, S. C, are visiting friends and relatives at Etowah, Horse Shoe and Flat Rock. Mr. Harley Justice has a Georgia Spanish sweet potato on exhibition at Bly Bros., measuring 29 inches in length, grown by Mr. Justice with the aid of Coon Brand fertilizer. Rev. R. V. Miller went to Asheville, Wednesday, to attend the funeral services of J. M. Israel, an employee of the Gov ernment Printing Office, well known in this section. STATE GE JUSTICE C0.W1DS J. 0. BELL One of the most interesting cases coming before Judge Jus tice at the recent term of court was that of Ralph Hudgins, con victed of an assault, last Summer, upon Frank Bell, son of Mr. J; O. Bell, and sentenced to 20 days in the county jail. The boy served only two or three days of his sentence, when he was released. He returned to work in the mill at Green River, where he has since been employed. Judge Justice cleared the court room of all women, girls and boys under 16 while certain evi dence (the language said to have been used by the Hudgins Loy to Frank Bell) was being heard. His Honors remarks were sub stantially as follows: "The language used by the accused is the most detestable I have ever heard mside or out- side of any court room. Since licks ensued from the Hudgins boy he is necessarily guilty and the trial magistrate could not have done otherwise than con vict him of assault. I do not see in any aspect of the case wherein Frank Bell could have : been con flicted of van affray, since all he aia was 10 aenytne viie cnarges made against him by Hudgins by saying that such charges were lies. His striking Hudgins was only in self defence. 'There can be no question as to Justice Owen's right to con vict the boy after hearing the evidence, but I will review the question oi zap punishment im posed." Here counsel for Owens stated in open court that they had no objection to this course and that they were not seeking any fur ther punishment for the boy but did desire to have the conduct of their client, Owens, laid bare to the court, that both court and public might have the facts un distorted from either side and form their judgment therefrom. The Judge then heard the evi dence of the witnesses who had testified before Justice Owens, that of Frank Bell, Mr. J. O. Bell and the magistrate himself. The evidence of the defense was then heard, including that of the defendent, after which Judge Justice said that he could have no criticism whatever to make of Mr. J. O. Bell, who had demand ed the warrant, but that on the other hand he considered Mr. Bell's action justified in every respect. He added that Mr. Bell's action since in giving the boy employment in the mill, with his brothers and sisters, thereby enabling them to make a comfort able living, was most praise worthy. Referring to the sentence im posed by the trial magistrate his honor said he considered it neither excessive nor cruel. That it might have been severe but the offense committed was an aggravated one which needed, possibly, severe treatment. "I have now before me these facts," said . Judge Justice. "Here is a son upon whom a widowed mother is dependent, and since the prosecuting wit nesses have expressed their willingness for the boy to receive no further punishment I wil take a conrse which will enable the boy to prove that he is willing to try and be a good boy from now on, and I will therefore sus pend judgment until March term of court, and require that he appear then and prove his good behavior." Mrs. Hudgins testified that Mr. J. O. Bell had always been friendly towards her, and that but for the fact he was now giv- JUD J. C. GRANTS CHIVALRYC?) His Treatment of Widow Roundly Denounced by the General Public His Action Was a Blow in the Bark Which Could Not Be Defended and ' Smacks of the Assassin's Knife The People Realizing That AU the News ad Observer lias Ever Said About the Tricks of the Radical Party Has About Been Fulfilled in This One Incident Mr. Clapp Has an Interesting letter Financial Contributions Seems a Requisite for Radical Office-Holding. (Special to News and Ogserver.) Asheville, N. C, Oct. 21. It has been many long months since a man in a political position has been so widely "cussed" and abused in this section as Congressman Grant is be ing; not even his most intimate friends are attempting to clef end his courso in connection with the Biltmore post office; there is no" defense, they sav. to the action of a man who in order to carry his political ambitions to a fruition has done as he has. That Mrs. Reed, a guest at the Grant home at the time, and a welcome- guest, a widow, anl a woman unversed in ways political should have been so attacked by a Representative in Congress, is to Grant's friends utterly undefendable. Mrs. Reed, goes to the Grant home in Hendersonville, a guest, and when it comes to a conversation regarding re appointment of her to the Biltmore postofflce, . that he should, in talking tcKa man who passes as a gentleman, have to offer 'xplaratTon-of why she had not put the widow's mite in the contribution box of the G. O. P. is to them unexcusable. Then they refer to the fact - that after having been his guest, he at the moment when he could not affect her removal which removal was absolutely necessary from the Grant standpoint should have secretly stabbed her in the back, with out the least chance of defense; and the still more appalling part -to even Grant's innermost circle, is the fact that not satisfied with making an affi davit himself, he even went so far as to have his own wife and daughter take a hand in this political trick, by filing similar affidavits. Gentlemen, to-day, Republicans and well informed, returned from Hender sonville with the news that not even in Henderson County, the Grant stronghold, is his unscrupulous meth ods being in the least defended. It is useless to say that Republicans un friendly to Grant, as well as the Dem ocrats, see in the matter the down fall of Grant and the redemption of the district by Democrats next year. THEY SAY THAT GRANT'S POLITT CAli CAREER IS AT AN END. THE PEOPLE ARE REAI.TZTNG THAT AL.Ti THE NEWS AND OBSHL1VEU HAS EVER SAID ABOUT THE TRICKS OF THE RADICATj PARTY HAS ABOUT BEEN FUIiFILLrED IN THIS ONE INCIDENT: GRANT HAS THROWN THE FAT IN THE FIRE AND ALONG WITH IT THE EXPO SITION OF METHODS AND PO LITICAL TACTICS THE LIKE OF WHICH IS PERHAPS WITHOUT PARALLEL IN THE STATE. A large number of people are in clined to the belief that a man who would take such underhand methods to accomplish his purposes, is hardly to be believed when he enters a de nial to Mrs. Reed's statements. Grant today, in a statement In which he again stated that Mrs. Reed tried to bribe him, saying "she would pay me more money than either of the other applicants, and that I might see them and see what, they would pay first," that he replied he would not be bribed. He further intimated that he never has. or -never will give his endorsement to any man or wo man who tries to buy his endorsement. Continued on Page 3 ing her family employment they would be obliged to leave that section. Staton & Rector and Judge Ewart appeared for the defense. Smith & Schenck and C. F. Toms appeared f orJustice Owens Mr. Bell is secretray-treasurer of the Green River.. Manufac turing Company, whose mam moth establishment near Zir conia gives welcome employment to hundreds. This is the only cotton mill in this county and were there more conditions here ; would be vastly improved dur ing the Winter time, at least. This paper, in common with the vast majority of the county's citizens, is pleased that Judge Justice went into this unfor tunate Hudgins matter so fully, and in the interest of fair play The Hustler is glad to publish the above results of the court's nvestigations. YOU CANT GET AWAY FROM THESE FACTS! Before next Season Hen- dersonville will havePav ed walks on every street in town An electric, trolley line from the depot to Willow Road. Free city mail delivery. A very heavy volume of building operations, in cluding at least two big structures on Main St. The macadamizing of part of the county roads. Hundreds of thousands of dol lars will be spent in Henderson ville between now and next Summer! The whole great South, with its fourteen cent cptton, is pros perous, and Hendersonville, the fastest growing town . in ; the South, . maintains its proud posi tion at the head of the prosperity parade! Just as it has. almost doubled its population within the past few years, so it will double again in the next three, and from a town of 6,000 it will have in creased to certainly not less than 10,000 inhabitants. .... v . The'amount . of money to be spent here innprivate and public improvements within,, the next eight months reaches a stagger ing total. , ..' , There are now two new build ings going up on Main street. The Peoples National Bank and W. C. Ragan's new office build ing will soon be started and there is more than talk of at least three other business blocks being erected on this magnificent street. Mr. Frank- B. Haynes will spend not less than $20,000 on "Beaumont," his recently ac quired Summer home here. The improvements to be made there include two miles of macadam roadway. Ewbank & Ewbank, with Mr. H. C. McQueen, president of the Murchison National Bank of Wilmington, have a certain de velopment proposition almost resdy lor publicity which means much to the future of the town. The cement walks win oe an actual fact by next season, and this calls for the expenditure ,of probably not less than $50,000. The city will also make seve ral improvements in the water supply on which about $2,000 will be spent. There is no doubt whatever as to R. M. Oates constructing his trolley line from the depot to Willow Road, at least, and this, with contemplated changes at the Big Hungry power plant of the company, means an expendi ture of at least $75,000. What success Mr. McNeely has had towards financing the build ing of the Appalachian Interur ban Railroad is not known. Should he be successful,, as he probably will be, it means the spending of huge sums here. It is almost certain that Mr. W. A. Smith will change the dummy line to a more modern method of transportating people to beautiful Laurel Park, where Continued on Page 4 HUSTLER'S XMAS EDITION The Christmas Hustler, out Dec. 3, will be of rare interest this year. The beautiful cover, in three colors, shows old man Santa Claus, with a great big! bag of toys, leaning over two little children asleep in their bed and dreaming of the joys of the coming holiday. No prettier de sign for a Christmas edition was ever conceived, and the Hustler controls the exclusive rights for its use in this section. BRYAII-PARKER WEDDB!G A wedding of unusual interest to Charleston and Flat Rock peo ple will be that of Miss Elizabeth Middleton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Kennedy Bryan, to Dr. John Emilius Parker, to be celebrated Thursday, at- four o'clock, at Glenroy, the beauti ful Flat Rock Summer home of the bride's-parents. The residence will be most profusely decorated with potted plants and autumn foliage. The ceremony will be performed by Rev. Kershaw of Charleston and Rev. Mickejl, of Tennessee, a relative of the groom. There will be a large number of out-of-town guests present; among them the sisters of the bride, Mrs. Geo. Bryan and daughter, of Cbarlestoft; - Mr. Mitchell King and Mr. Middleton King, of Savannah. The bride and groom will leave on the evening train for an extended trip South, and tneir future home will be in Char leston. - WIHTERS-CM Miss Louise Winters and Mr. Richard C. Clarke were married in Atlanta, on Monday, Oct. 25. Mr. and Mrs. Clarke will re turn to Hendersonville - -this-(Wednesday) evening, and will be at home to their friends at the Hotel Gates. Miss Winters made many friends during her stay in Hen dersonvile this summer who will be delighted to welcome her home as the wife of "Dick" Clarkerone of the most success ful and popular young business men of this town. PEOPif sIatiM" n::i National Bank Examiner Hull has 'inspected the-Peoples Na tional Bank and made his report io the Comptroller of. the Cur rency at Washington, -x Permis sion from that official for the bank to open wiir be received possibly Thursday. R. II OATES RETURNS Mr. R. M. Oates returned from New York on Tuesday evening. Mr. Oates has been North perfecting the financial arrangements for the construc tion of the trolley line. The engineer representing the Carnegie Trust Company of New York, will be in Hendersonville on Friday. EPVORTH LEAGUE IS ORGANIZED At a meeting held at the Methodist Church, Tuesday night, presided over by Rev. Jno. W. Moore, about 40 young people being present, it was decided to form a local branch of the Ep worth League. About 25 joined as active members while many signified the greatest interest iid will join later. Meetings will be held in the; Sunday School room of the church on each Tuesday at 7:30, and all young people are cordially invited to join. Following are the elected offi cers: President, A. M. West; -1st. Vice-president, Miss Lillian Wal drop; 2nd, Vice-president, Miss rink Gash: 3rd, Vice-president Miss Bessie Aiken: 4th, Vice- president, Miss Lillian Dixon; bec'y, Mr. J. M. Dickens: Treas. Miss Hattie Crane; AgtEp worth jra, Miss Irma Justus. NOTICE OF SALE! Pursuant to the statute, as Ex ecutors of E. W. Gurley, deceas ed, the undersigned will sell at public sale, at the home of the deceased, one and one-half miles north of Hendersonville on Hay wood road, on Saturday, October 30, 1909, Beginning at 2 o'clock P. M., the following personal property: Horse and buggy, sets harness, wagon, mowing machine, cider press, bees, numerous farm im plements and tools, encubator, household furniture. R. W. Gurley, A. L. Gurley, Executors. H -me: -"TB
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