North Carolina Newspapers

TTTT T a 41 uJi- and French Bread - Hustler NEW SERIESVOL 1, NO. 17 HENDERSONVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY APRIL 24, 1913 OLD SERIES---VOL; 17 " .' , V ' " ' - - - 11111101 CWESTAEiin 22 DAYS LEFT IW Glazener Gives a Special Prize and a 5c Pencil to every Subscriber Only twenty two days ; in "which you can work Miss contestant. po you feel safe? If you do" you might as well make up your mind that you are a defeated contestant. A race is never finished until the last contestant has passed the , judges stand, often the last quarter mile stretch completely changes the "line up." .. . , . ' ...... There will be no more free vote olers after the present one expires, on April 30th. The scale of votes as published in the beginning of the con test for the third period will be strict ly adheared to for the last twenty days of the contest. So you need not hold back any prospects hoping that at the last moment some wonder full and unprecidated offer will be made, by which with a few clubs of five dollars some one who has remain ed in the back ground would be able to dispossess the contestant who has worked faithfully throughout the-life, oi the contest. ' During the remaining twenty two days it is possible for any one in the race to take first possition regardless of their present standing. There are hundreds of our best citizens who have not been approached at all and who would gladly give their favorite contestant a ' helping hand by; renew ing their subscription for one or twro years. Attorneys W. A. Smith and ' J. K Shipman were among those who are attending the superior court of Polk county in the interest of the. arson case in wrhich several persons are charged with burning a school house near the Rutherford county line after some dissatisfaction had arisen as to the school situation in that section. The building was burned more than a year ago and after some months, evidence was worked up by F. Y. Jor dan of the State insurance department A number of persons were arrested on the charge of having something to do with burning the school house. Ell! DADS BUY GARBAGE FARM Of Unusual intoroct in tha nonnlA of Hendersonville is the announce ment that the citv authorities have Purchased from J. S. Cox five acres ifl t . 'a- w lana on the Edneyville road Just outside the town limits to be used a garbage farm, the consideration being fixed at $500 . ; heretofore the city has not had a regular dumping ground, depositing tJje refuse matter at most convenient Places. The present method of desig- uuuug certain days in the year for clean UO riavs itis ovnor-toH will onnn give eePing the town clean- at all times me Greater Hendersonville club is Dusymg itself along this line with the to having a garbage wagon Perated at more regular intervals. Je city has no special wagon for l,Jls Purpose. v - IX tfe friends f Mrs. Treux, wife of C Truex, local manager of the tel- i'uone company, will regret to learn her illness, which necessitated an ir i Aatlon at the Meriwether hospital iL ieft for A-sheville Tuesday. un ?er most favorable circumstances ifc . ""-"vu vuab A u rr ill. inu l eeRS before she can return to Hen- iaersonvniQ - . - ftPJeI stanfrd Leaves City. MVtfc a otanrortt, pastor or tne left iS churcn of Hendersonville, W-n y or JNewton N- C., where keev conduct revival services for a res!116 absence of Mr.' Stanford -the tt!rar church services next Sunday Hui be conducted by J. R. --v-c niu ue no nigm services. TlMlfDl. , -I.! TTT . S'rt .r "meeting on weauesaay -Ihlin be condwcted by E; a Mcl u p mm lfHIGH TO WORK , Remember that you have until April 30th,'ncJon to work for the watch that has been offered by the management, and also up to that date you are en titled to 20000 free votes with every club of $5.00. , ; : On May the 7th G. M. Glazener, the man that "Cuts the Price and sells the goods" will award to the contestant that pays in the largest amount of money oh subscription to the Contest Manager, a silk parasol, worth THREE DOLLARS of any one's money. This parasol is' on display in the window of the Glazener establishment and can be seen b ythe contestants and their friends at any time. While in New York Mr. Glazener purchased the largest shipment of lead pencils that has ever been brought to North Carr olina, pencils that you are paying five cents for every time you purchase .one of thsee useful articles. Beginning Thursday, April 24th,- at noon and until May 7th noon,- contestants are instructed to give every subscriber one of Glazener's "Cut the price lead pencils" with every dollar paid on subscription. Lets see who is going to take advantage of this liberal offer. It goes without saying that the con testant who gives the largest number of pencils; away will be the winner of the Silk Parasol. The standing of contestants wil Ibe published .again on May first. Wonder who will be first in the "line-up" on that date, , MR: CARLSON GIVES NEW AS TO C. A. Carlson', who last week re turned from New Jersey, where he had been i nthe interest of the Hen dersonville Traction company, which he recently purchased, has left town for abrief stay of two weeks and up on his return promises something in teresting to, Hendersonville people with reference to the operation of the local car line. When seen by a representative of the Democrat Mr. Carlson said that he had nothing to give out regarding the street car- situation in this city but that he would return in a few days and would probably be able to .give some cjefinte information to Hender sonville people, who are greatly in terested in street car talk. It is understook that Mr. Carlson's Pay-as-you-enter cars are in opera ation in Newark, N. J., where he se cured the consent of the Newark Street Railway company to use their lines in trying out' his new cars before placing -v. them in jHendersonville. These cars are understood to have attracted considerable attention in motor and traction circles throughout the county. - . In view of the fact that Mr. Carl son has talked of operating his car line on an extensive scale, probably extending it to. Asheville, further in formation is awaited with much .in terest N. M. HOLLOWELL BACK WITH PAPER Noah M. Hollowell, of Chowan coun ty, former managing editor of the Democrat, has' returned to the city and . has resumed work with the paper in the capacity of "nosing around for news." ' . . . - NEW STORE FRM, V The firm name of S. Maxwell has ) been changed to S. Maxwell & com pany, C. H. Moore of Birmingham, Ala., having been taken is as a partner of what is known as the "Pure Food Store Mr. Moore has been here only a few days but has taken up quarters in the place of business and intends making Hendersonville his hom.e - NEAR SUICIDE RECOTERITfG Mrs. Crow Staggs, who recently at tempted suicide in this city, returned from the Merriwether hospital Sunday and according to Dr. J. Frank; Cran ford is . rapidly recovering. She is considered out of danger. BEPUBLICANS TO MEET. The republicans of Hendersonville will meet Thursday night for the purf pose of nominating a mayor and three aldermen to - oppose the democratic ticket nominated last week, v HIGH SCHOOL EXERCISE Plans : are making for , fhe Com mencement exercises of; the Hender sonville High school to .begin tnrFri- i day morning of May 16. , ; ' A. tentative program has been ar ranged. It calls for a number Of in teresting exercises in the way of rec itation and debating contests, a ser mon at the V Methodist church and class day exercises. " ' " For various reasons it was deem ed better to employ only home talent and for this i -reason no out-of-town speakers will be heard, the exercises, being left to the students with the ex ception of the baccalaureate sermon, which will be delivered by Rev. A. L. Stanford ' at the Methodist church on Sunday, morning, May 18. J The class day exercises will be giv- ; en on Friday morning at 10 o'clock at the school auditorium, the tentative program having been arranged, sub ject to changes, as follows: Salutatory Address R. O. Lyday. ' Class History Roy C. Bennett. Piano Solo Miss Ruth Jjfmith. Class Poet Harry G. Hunter. Class Prophecy Montraville W. JEgerton. ; Piano Duet Miss Fannie Mae Car michael and Miss Ethel Manders. Valedictory Address Miss,' Maude Duncan. , , Chorus Class song" by graduates. Monday Night. r On Monday, night, May 19 at 8:15 o'clock, the recitation . and debating contests will be held at the Chautauqua-Auditorium to which an admis sion of fifteen cents wiir be charged. For the purpose of selecting three girls to participate in the recitation contest a preliminary exercise will be held on Friday night at 8 o'clock cfthis --week -at : the' school bivilding, when the following iglrls -will contes:, for e the honor1 : of" "represeiTtmg; the school, in the final "contest: Misses Elsie Anderson, Lula, Alexander, Elsie Ficker, Lillie Allen, Ruth Shauefer. A medal will be awarded th& success ful contestant in the commencement exercises., . , Following the recitation contest the boys wll ldebate the following sub. ject: "Resolved, That all). Ships of the United States Should Pass .Through the Panama Canal Free of Toll." The affirmative will be represented by Thurston Crane and Oswald Smith, with Frank Corhier and -Morse Shreve upholding the negative. . A medal wil lbe awarded the most successful debater. Music for the exercises-wil lbe ren dered by the High school orchestra. On Friday night, May 23, at the Chautauqua-Auditorium, the literary society of the High school will give a play entitled "The Other Fellow," to which - an admission of twenty-five cents will be charged. Prof. W .H. Cale, principal of the school, announces that no diplomas will be awarded this year as the eleventh grade has been added to the course of study since the last school term. - Those holding diplomas of last year and finishing the eleventh grade this year will receive certificates to show completion of the course of study. ' - . -. Students are required jo make four teen units before being entitled to a certificate, sixteen standard units be ing, possible under the present course oi study. ' The ; following are expecting cer tificates in the Latin, scientific and English courses. Misses E. Anderson, Maude Duncan, Lottie Dixon, Ethel Manders, Fannie Carmichael, Ruth Smith, Nona Ed wards, Lula Alexander ; Messrs. R5y C. Bennett, Morris Ripley, Montriville, Egerton, Harry G. Hunter, J. Charlie Morrow and Russell Lyda. - The work of the business depart ment, which was added this year, has made satisfactory progress and -about a dozen pupils are expecting certi ficates. . Professor . Cale announces that pupils will have to take ordinary stenographic business dictation and be able to handle a typewriter with ordinary speed and accuracy in 'or der to receive certificates in the sten ographic and typewriting courses. He is. anxious for the success of this de partment and being fully aware of the backset it would get In turning out incompetents he is determined to give certificates only in cases where efficiency Justifies. ' . Professor Cale expresses great sat isfaction at the work of J the school as a whole, this year,, fully appreciat ing what Jhe new building has added in the way of convenience and effici ency in school work. ; X , Mr. Justus Sells Home. ! V ; Miss M. S. Willis of Harrodsburg, Ky has, purchased the place of R. J. Justus three miles from town, the deal having been negotiated by the firm of. Staton & Rector., The consid eration was $1,500. - FOR ; J. B. r Freeman, ; of the Edneyville. section, while li Hendersonville Tues- J day talked enthusiastically Cof the good roads situation in his community when seen by " representative of the Democrat. l " '. . ;;" .. , -;' ; ,Mrv Freeman' stated 'tfiat petitions are in circulation for a bond Issue of $17,000 for Edneyville , township, the money to be expended o. nthe follow ing; roads: j C : On the Hickory Nut ' Gap road from the Rutherford . qounty: line to the Buncombe county line; $2,000: on the Reedy Patch7 road from Hickory Gup to the Coston place, $4,000; on the Broad river, road from Bat Cave to the. McDowell county lirte, $500; on the Middle ! Fork road from G. W. Conner's to forks of the road at nWUI Pryor's, $500;-on the Grant Mountain road from Hickory Nut Gap road by St. Paul to ithe Edneyville postoffice $3,000; and on the Big. Bear Wallow road from, Bagwell's store through Bear Wallow Gap to Maxwells' store. $3,500; on Clear. Creek, road from John Lyda's by Maxwell's store at Clear Creek township line. near Riley Barnwell's $2,000; on the old : Edney ville road from Maxw.ell's store by G. W. Lyda' 'to the Coston. place, $500; and$500 on a. road to accommodate the "Point Lookout and V Sugar Loaf people.-"'' - . -y ' ' ' . "': Mr. . Freeman .is , confident that 50 per cent of the qualified voters will sign the petitions as sentiment ' is strong forgood roads. He said that the State's convicts were expected to begin work S0Qn oh. the Hickory Nut. Gap road' through But Cave and that it is. expected,'-that this. Buncombe oounty. convict force at Mine Hole gap-will; bVWrred.toth Nitt;: Gap-road to", work out the1 west end accomplished is section : of Hender son county will have soifie of the best roads in the state. V Fmitland Institute Closes : After Successful Year . successful Having" enjoyed a most year's work, Fruitlan.d Institute gave the last of its closing exercises Mon day night. $ During the session 253 students were enrolled, this being the largest number for any one year in the his tory of the school, and as a compli ment to the faculty for the good ser vice rendered no changes will be made in its personnel for the coming year. . The commencement exercises were well attended, there being a large number of persons in attendance from Hendersonville Monday night, when the medals, diplomas and other honors were awarded. " Those receiving med.als for efficiency in various lines were: Messrs. G. F. Washburn, C J. Young, C. O. Ridings, C. E. Cagle; Misses Maude Maxwell, Gladys Galloway, Glenn Plemmons, Dorsie Martin, La vad Pace, Delia Wade. -' - - - ' '. The graduates are ; Misses Alma Freeman, Belle Jones, Octavia Pitillo, Glenn Plemmons, Lula Prestwood,' Lula Washburn, Bessie Williams; Messrs. L. H. Young, ,D. C. Young, -T. P. Williams, G. F. Washburn, W. J. Reld, D. P. McCann, F. L. Hipps. The personnel of the faculty is as follows: Principal, Prof. N." A. Melton, of Surry county, having' been in charge of the school for four years; Prof. I. C. Woodward,, secretary, of the faculty and professor of English; Miss Martha Sullinger. ,lady principal, o Mexico, Mo., having been connected with ' the school for ten years; Miss Doralie Vause, music, of Atlanta, Ga., Miss Alice Churchell,,art department, Of Nevada, Mo.; Miss Ella Churchell, assistant in music, of Nevada, Mo,; Miss Pearl Morton, assistant in Eng lish and Latln o. Georgia; Miss French Pitillo, teacher of primary de partment, resident of Fruitland. : ' . - Professor Melton has been given a leave of absence for. one year, during which time, he will attend the Louis ville seminary. - In - his absence. Pro fessor Woodward, will act as co-principal. J v . ' ; ' :- ';..;: ', ..' . Presbyterian Minister Here. Rev. J. W. Shive, of Pomona, CaL, arrived In Hendersonville Sunday and conducted services at the Presbyterian church. Mr. Shive will be in Hendersonville for one month, during which time he and the congregation of the Presby terian church will arrive at some de cision as to a pastor for the church. . . Mr. Shive has had several years ex perience in ministerial work in Cali- di V iu-.ii.n f rii- p .r 1 Grinnan last fall the congregaUon has been without a regular pastor. -1 ; 0 GOOD GO! IDS ;of the lid.leading'to Asheville 1 maK.e, us, appearance m magazine torm Bob Liverett Fatally Wounds Takes Driven do desperation by vexatious farm problems, Robert H. Liverett, ager 77 years, a well-to-do farmer on the Haywood road about four miles from', Hendersonville, took hjs life with a shot gun Thursday afternoon after fatally wounding his son, John, aged about fifty-five years. ; , ' ' John Liverett, who lost the lower part of , his face from a shot wound at the hands of his father, died Tues day night about 10 o'clock. ; The aged father met 'instant death by. emptying jthe contents of his gun about the region of the heart while 1 concealed in the granary. There are conflicting reports as to the double killing, the generally" ac cepted one being to the effect that the father and son had - some unpleasant words as to the kind of farm work, to b& done. ;. . - ;. :' ' The father had been in feeble health for some time and it is believed that by reason of this and his ripe old age he grew desperate and seized his gun. - He is said to have announced his in- j tention of taking his son's life in the field where the later was harrowing SKY-LANU'- MAGAZINE -WILL BE PUBLISHED M HENDERSONViLLE "Sky-land" is the ' title .of one of the i lma -tnehrst . .lssueof which "i The production is to be a non.polit- Hcal illustrated monthly and will deal with a wide variety of subjects per taining to material developments in North Carolina, . chief among which will be good roads, agricultural and mineral ' resources, ; the latest and most - scientific v me J hods . of farming, forestry, conservation of the state's1 I resources, educational progress, water J power developments, sociological and i economic problems, textile industries, community and industrial develop ments, biographical and historical sketches, etc. Features of the magazine will be fiction stories and a "Fourth Estate" column, to which some of the ablest newspaper men in the state' have agreed to contribute artiples of in terest. - Although the publication will have its home office and editorial depart ment in Hendersonville, at 216 Fifth avenue, West, it will not be of local nature as it wil Ideal , with problems throughout the state. The personnel : of the staff) is com posed of writers of recognized ability and its patrons' " will 'be men oh ti topmost political ' rounds of North Carolina. Miss Mae Lucile Smith of Hendersonville is editor-in-chief. Miss (Smith needs no introduction' to the readers of the Democrat, of which she was news editor last winter, when she resigned her 'duties therewith in the interest of the ' "Sky-land." In addition , to this work, for several years she has written news articles, short stories and dialect poems for a' number of the leading southern news papers. T. W. Chambliss, of Wilson, is associate editor. r As a writer, he needs no introduction in this state. having served 1 nthe capacity of editor the "Side Table Talks"and wrote edito of the Charlotte Chronicle and a mem ber of the editorial staff of the Char lotte Observer for which he conducted rial sketches. He resigned this work, to accept the pastorate of the Baptist church of Wilson, ' , . William A. Varty, editor of the Isle of Pines Appeal, published at Nueva, Gerona, Isle of Pines, West Indies,' is one of the contributing editors. Mr. Varty has seep service as war corre spondent and worked for some of the New York papers.' He wiir arrive in Hendersonville soon to take up work on the magazine. Robert C. Goldstein, , a member of the faculty of the Asheville High school, held the chair of English at Trinity college for two years, and has considerable newspaper and magazine experience. He will be a contribut ing editor. - ., ' ' Governor Crafe, Senators Simmmons and Overman, Secretary of- the Navy Daniels and others of y opposite politi cal faith;, and some recognized maga zine - writers will - contribute to the new publication. The production will be seven by Ifth inches and will contain as many pages as are carried by the' . averge maeazine. 'The cover design -will be I typical of. mountain laurel in its na tiirnl rnlors. The "Sky-land", will carry a substitute tiue of Stories or Picturesque North Carolina.) Shn . Then ' Own-Life ground. Miss JBettie Liverett is under i stood to have wrested the gun from her father but was 'later overpower ed, whereupon ' she ? vainly attempted to attract the attention of her brother-. in order to warn him of his. father's approach. Indications ' are ' that- the-' father approached and shot from the' side of his son, blowing of the lower part of the face, j ; v ; V ; ; : Having . fatally - wounded : his - son, the father is said t6 have returned to the house and announced his rash, act and thereupon proceeded to the granary, where he -ended his life with . the gun , used to deal -the fatal blow to his son. r '";: ; - The elder Mr. - Liverett Is survived by a widow, a niece of the late John and . Nicholas Woodfin of Asheville, three sons and two daughters. John . Leverett is survived by the Wif e and four-children. . f ' ; ; . Funerals arrangements will not be made until the arrival of a member of the family, Mrs". Johnson, from Green ville, S. C. ; - ..." , ' " -' The deceased were highly respect ed farmers and the tragedy was a sud- den shock to the community.1 . mmm FOR LIBRARY The contract for. the erection of th Carnegie .library, building: In1 Hender- to W.; P. Bane, the, orkao be' completed-on or about, October-l.tv-?fi-"'v-'.:.':.:;-?-v''- Dijir ha - bott-t broken ;r rforjhiti of th.e building on the. lot donated by CapC M. C. Toms on the . corner 5t King and Fourth streets. r The contract calls for a brick and stone structure with two floors and eleven rooms with hot-air furnace. The. matter of. letting the contract was left to the following trustees, who were appointed, by the town commis sioners : W. C. Rector,, Brownlo w Jack son and Captain Toms. The building and furnishings will cost $10,000. It was through the ef forts of Charles v French Toms of Asheville that the donation for the li brary was made. .. D TRUSTEES Hon. J. P. Pa Won of .Flat Rock, chairman of the road trustees of Hen dersonville township, has called meet ings to be held at the' court house at 11 o'clock on the first.an dsecond days of May. ' A full attendance is urged as the trustees will close the business of the past year and appoint overseers , i the coming year. V' " v, Supreme Court Decides Israel Liquor . Case. : The Supreme Court of North Caro line has held that notes given in this State for whiskey spld unlawfully in--North Carolina by the agent of a non resident seller and shipped Into North Carolina to the buyer, cannot, be col lected. , - .. .'.'r ' -: -.:'; ' , The' court's view fs that it is an il legal contract and Chief Justice Wal ter Clark has written the opinion at some length. It must prove one of the most interesting cases recently -decided by the Supreme Court. It is a Ma jority : expression, though, v Justices Brown 'and Walker dissenting,w:hile Justices Alien : and Hoke are with . Judge Clarke. Judge Allen concurs in a short opinion.: - r , . ; This case came' up from Henderson county where J. P. Israel was sued on - note for., whiskey and upon instruc tion of the court that if the jury be lieved the evidence it should return a verdict against the plaintiff r the plain! , tiff excepted. It was tried in a magistrate's "court , There were ' two notes df less than $200 each -and upon appeal were con- , solidated into : one . by consent. The evidence was very brief and was sim ply that the whiskey had been sent , from Cincinnati .to " Hendersonville and the notes were executed there." The issue was: "Is the defendant In- debted' to- the' plaintiff, and if so. In what sum?" 7 The court's instructions that if the .iury believed the evidence . the answer should be , "No, . carried the case to the Supreme Court. . -.- - - ...... . Mr. C E. Brooks has returned from ti business trip to' High Point IE SOOfJ V- ' -v. ...I