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HENDERSONVILLE,. N. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 1913
OLD SERIES VOL, 19
Democrat
P atton Ispital Fund
Appropriation Tangled
Growing More Serious
Hendersonville Hospital Ass!! Claims
Whole, of $ 1 000 AppropriatedPro
duce Affidavits From Commissoners
Substatianting Their Contention
Insist G.H.C.C. Did Not Tell All
Last week the Democrat printed the
kv ihe- Greater HendersonTllle Club
tc attempt a settlement 01 the con
versy regarding a diviskxa xxf the ap-
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commissioners. nat statement nas
called forth another, this one from the
trustees or directors of the vPatton
lleniorial Hospital which is herewith
printed, together with other docu
ments lurnished Dy the members or
xho Hendersonville Hospital Associa
tion. The statement to the public is
signed by the association and carries
iti great seal. Here it is:
Tc the Citizens of Hendersonville and
Henderson County:
"The Hospital Association feeling
ttat the time has come when it is aiec-
eisarv for them to make a statement of
facts in the controversy that has
arisen from the donation of one thou
sand dollars by Henderson county to
help build a Hospital, and respectful
y submit the facts as they are.
"Rev. Mr. Willcox's statements , In
last week's paper are true so far as
they go, ;but he didn't, tell quite all.:
Mr. W. A. SmlfhrMr. T F. Patton,-Mr.
RJH. Staton -and others did say to the
county commissioners if they would
five one thousand dollars to the Hen-
tosonvllle Hospital Association and
the GreaterrW3tern North Carolina
Association they would bring in unre
fined taxes t that would bring Uiat
lauch extra money into the treasury.
"They did have an agreement with
Dr. Drafts and Mrs: iWhttaker. They
did prepare an orderor the commis
sioners to sign. Bui the commission
era DID NOT ACCEPT their proposi
tion, NEITHER did they sign their
order; but THEY DID INSTRUCT
THEIR CLERK TO PREPARE AN
ORDER donating one thousand dollara
to the Hospital alone. , ' -
"When the commissioners refused
to accept the proposition of these men;
that released Dr. Drafts, Mrs. Whita
ker and the. Hospital Association from
"moral" or any other obligations what
ever. A copy of the order a sworn
statement froni W. P. Bane and John
T. Staton which are hereto attached
speak for themselves. ,
"So if there be any further "moral
obligation" it could only rest upon the
men who tried to use the Hospital
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Fine Are Prospects
For Henderson Co.
Farmers Says Perkins
This has been a busy week for the
new Henderson County Farm Demon
strator E. L. Perkins, but it has re
sulted in his becoming fairly well ac
quainted with conditions in this part
J the state and in his meeting many
J the progressive farmers of this
jection. Mr. Perkins has been devot
l his time to looking over his new
th- t nd hQ is immensely pleased. He
"links that there are rare opportuni
ties for the farmers of the county and
jjheves that there is enough progres
spMt among them to make his
fission worth while. While surprised
- l-1e richness of the soil of many sec
ons of the county, he is In a like de
f z surprised at the great amount of
gaily fine farm land that is lying idle.
e insists that by using the govern
ment methods which he is here to.de
onstrate, the farmers will be able to
ar,? increase their yield , per. acre
' P-wfw1 the same time . improve the,
q,lality of their produce. ..
Jjl Mr. Pprlrfn'o AcHmotl
10 QOUbt hilt ttiof tho lon Vilo
thTY wiu grow the . product and all
farmers are lacking in, is the
ohtJ ge ofthe proper methods to
ew tbe best results. The demon-
olJat0r Rave lv i il.
ttlnot u mat. iuis m ueciueuiy me
favli !autiful county that he' has yet
W over and that he has yet the
aiPfrt of u to 8ee- He is encour
61fle in every way possible the grow
BANDITS HOLDUP
D ROB SHERIFF
Highwaymen in South Carolina Secure
$16,000 in Cash From Constraction
Company' Pay Roll Money.
Columbia, S. C, Sept. Three men,
each armed with two revolvers, late
tcday held up a deputy sheriff and
two employes of the J. G. White Con
struction company at Parr Shoals,
twenty miles from here aoid took from
tbem $16,000 in currency which haa
been Intended to meet the payroll of
the company, which is building a
huge power dam there. Tonight 700
employes o fthe company, together
witli the sheriffs and deputies of lour
counties with bloodhounds, are hunt
ing for the robbers. J. C. Joyner, the
deputy sheriff, resisted the bandits and
m as shot, the' bullet taking effect. In
the thigh. His wound is not serious.
The robbery occurred just after
Paymaster Mahar, with Fred Bultman,
assistant cashier, and Deputy Joyner,
Lad taken the money from the express
office at Parr Shoals. To . reach the
construction company's office, where
the money was to be distributed they
had to go down the railway track
a rather deep cut As the three were
passing a box car which was standing
en the railway track a trio of men,
their faces blackened to disguise them,
stepped out and covered the money
bearing party. Deputy Joyner reach
ed for his gun and the robbers. opened
fire. Joyner fell shot through the
thigh, and the others, realizing the fui
tility of resistance, with their assail,
ants in so strong a position,, .yielded.
The robbers took the sack containing
the money and made off into the
woods.
The White Construction company
has offered a reward of $600 for the
capture of the three bandits, but so
far the officers are without a clue.
ing of
cover crops and is enlisting
farmers as demonstrators. Quite a
r.umber haVe already signified their
willingness to make demonstrations on
their farms for the benefit of their
neighbor farmers. On Wednesday Mr.
Perkins and Prof. W. S. Shitle visited
four schools in the county "and spent
some time in the Dana neighborhood.
There Mr. Perkins says he met a num
ber of very intelligent and progressive
farmers who are heartily in sympathy
with, the movement -started by the
state for the education of the farmers.
He expects much good to result from
the several rallies xwhich ahe sched
uled to be held over the county dur
ing the month. A
In addition to the speakers and, in
structors whose names appeared In
the Democrat of last week, who have
signified their intention of addressing
the people at the rallies, there will be
T. E. Brown, manager of the Boys'
Corn ..Club . work in the state.
Mr. Brown will attend all of
the rallies. The dates and places
are as follows : . Green River school
jnOUSe, ESept. uaua Btiiuui """"-i
r Fletcher graded- school Sept. 25,
.Mills River school house Sept. 26 and
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Henderson coumty court uuubb,
dersonville, Sept 27. All persons, in
terested, are . urged to attend these
rallies. - -
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ORE ASSURING
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Representative Lind May T .Point
JTearer Capital Pending Further Ne
gotiations With Government.
I Mexico City, September 9. The pro
bability that negotiations between the
United States and Mexico would be
resumed at aai early date was the
opinion expressed tdday at the Amer
ican embassy, although - Nelson
O'Shaughnessy, charged affaires, was
non-committal as to whether he had
been officially advised of a new pro
posal or of Washington's determina
tion to make a further effort at ad
justment. It is significant, however, that he
bas advised President Wilson's .rep
resentative, Mr. Lind, who is now at
Vera Cruz, to return as far as Orizaba,
about one-third the distance to the
capital, Mr. Lind seemingly not wish
ing to come to the capital until the
preliminaries had feached a stage
where he felt assured his services
could be utilized. Whether Mr. Lind
will act on this recommendation is
not at present known.
The Mexican minister of foreign
affairs, Senor Gamboa, still denies
knowledge of the reported t official
character of Senor de Zamacona's vis
it to Washington.
At this distance from Atlanta, it
looks as if Leo Frank has been con
victed of murder for having an ordi
narily bad character. There was no
direct evidence that he was the slayer
of Mary Phagan, but somebody killed
her and. the man who couldn't prove a
good character at the most critical
hour of his life, was powerless to de
fend himself from circumstances that
helped to. fasten suspicion upon him.
T he hour may come to any man when a
pood character would help his lawyers
to save him from the-clutches of the
law. Wilmington Star. . - ,
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Will Be Inaugurated
For Hendirsbny ille
All Features of Mardi Gras Will be In-cluded-Three
Days of Festivities and
Fun to Entertain and Attract Visi
tors from Near and Far-Real
ization is Assured
Hendersonville will continue to be In
"Spot light" if it is within the power
of the Greater Hendersonville Club to
keep it there, is an assured fact. An
energetic, never resting spirit has
taken possession of he more progres
sive members of that worthy organiza
tion and all of the Land of the Sky
and this city in particular, will be
made to feel the results which this
spirit is bringing about. The last and
most enterprising venture inaugurated
by the club is an annual Mardi Gras
during the summer season which will
entertain the visitors here and attract
thousands from a. distance. The gen
eral plan of the carnival has already
been determined upon and its materi
a1 ization is now a certainty. A com
mittee representing the club, consist
ing of R. N. Willcox and H. C. Meyer,
appeared before the city council at its
last meeting and laid its plan before
that body and asked for its moral sup
port. After a full explanation the
council decided to consider the feasi
b.Mty of such a carnival in executive
session and this ' resulted in its en
doidsement. It is planned to hold a
three days carnival of the Mardi Gras
type here during the height of the sea
Bia GROCERY CONCERJT
TAKES DT NEW PARTNER.
Firm of S. Maxwell & Co. Wffl In-
angnrate New System.
An important business change in
! Hendersonville is announced and
through it Geo. W. Justice becomes
interested in the grocery concern of S.
Maxwell & Co., and the firm will be
considerably enlarged in consequence.
The style of the concern will remain
the same with Mr. Sylvester Maxwell
as manager. This well known firm
has been established here for three
years and has become one of the lead
ing retail establishments, of. this sec
tion of the etate. Its store Is one of
the largest and handsomest doing a
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UlU BETTER
Legal , Complications In -Thaw ' Matter
May Occupy Tear Defendants's At
torneys Are Sanguine. ,
Montreal, Sept, 8. According to J.
N. Greenshields, of Thaw counsel, one
of the main hopes of the defense in
the main, hopes of the defense in the
Thaw . deportation proceedings, aside
from the first against the immigration
act itself, is an alleged irregularity in
the proceedings taken by the Immigra
tion officers. It is contended they did
not have a formal order from the min
ister if justice to take Thaw in charge
vhich the defense claims is necessary
tinder the act when the alien affected
had been in the country ten days.
Thaw had been in the country over
fifteen days when he was surrender
ed to the immigration officials, and
T. R. I E.- Mclnnes, K. C, has made
an affidavit that the immigration men
took Tnaw in charge without proper
i authority.
Demanded Document.
He states that before the hoard of
iauiry he demanded that E. Blake
Robertson, assistant superintendent
of .immigration, produce this document-and
that the latter declined to
do so. ,
The second reason cited to Judge
Gervjus and cross in the informal ap
plication made by Thaw's counsel 'be
fore the matter was brought into
chambers Friday, Was the uncon
stitutionality of the act.
The ' third point was the alleged
rrisuse of the act to supplement and
aid the enforcement of law and order
in New York state.
"Thaw's chances of ultimate free
dom are better now than they have
been at any time since he was firsjt
arrested on a charge of murder,"
summed up Mr. Greenshields. "The
immigration act is full of holes. It
is a ppsitve discrace to XJanada." -
riAf
r ete Season
son, probably the last week of August,
which will serve as a glowing adver
tisement . of the enterprise and pro
gressiveness of the city of Henderson
ville and its people. The details have
not been all worked out yet but the
carnival will be held on the most elab
ci ate scale conditions will warrant.
Safe -to predict it will wrrant. Safe to
predict it will be a credit to its spon
sors. Some of the details contemplate
great srteet parades .pageants, of an
historical or allegorical nature, bril
liant illuminations of streets and
shops and in a word a season of revr
elry and festivity, such as has never
teen known in this part of the world.
It is believed that such a celebration
will do to advertise the place and will
attract numberless visitors to the
heart of the Land of the Sky. The
councilmen and club members are en
thusiastic over the prospects of doing
a wonderful lot of good for the city
and believe that such a carnival, if it
is made an annual event, will become
permanently established in the minds
of pleasure seekers who will attend, it
from year to year as they do the cele
bration of the Mardi Gras at New Or
leans and Mobile or the Veiled Pro
phet at St Louis.
grocery -business in Hendersonville
and its trade has continually grown in
volumn since its beginning. It is the
purpose of the firm to renovate the i
building in which it is located and
will 'put in a large and well selected
stock of fresh goods of all kinds in
keeping with the lines generally kept
by a first class grocery house catering
to the best trade. Hereafter goods
will be bought in great quantities for
cash and will be sold on a small mar
gin of profit thus turning; over the
stock frequently and guaranteeing its
freshness. Next week there will be a
giant three days sale to make room for
rew stock which has been ordered and
which will Inaugurate to opening of
the concern' in its new organization.
T
ariff Revision Bill
p
assed Senate
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even
Vot
Measure Will Now Go ToGonfereiiGe :
One Republican And One Progressive
Voted For Measure While Two Dem
ocrats Voted Against It Conferees:
Named-Pres Wilson Is Gratified,
DREiniini
FOUND GUILTY
End of Famous aWlite Slave" Case In
California Reached at Last Defend,
ants May Get Long Sentences.
San Francisco, Sept.. 5. Farley
Drew Caminetti, soai of the commis
sioner general of immigration, was
found guilty late today on one count
of the indictment charging him with
violation of the Mann white-slave act
The jury was out three hours and
took eight ballots. From the first the
.ote stood ten to two for conviction
and finally the jury reached a com
promise verdict of guilty of one of the
four counts charged. ' . '
$10,000 Bail. '
Bail in the sum of $10,000 was fur
nshed. ; Sentence will, be pronounced
September 10, the day set for sentenc
ing Maury I.Diggs, Jointly .indicted
with Caminetti and convicted on four
counts. 1 Exceptions to the charge of
Judge , Van Fleet as a whole and in
part was taken by counsel, and a pe
tition for an appeal will be filed, as
was announced isa the case of Dlggs.
Caminetti took the verdict lightly,
smiling a forced smile and nudging
his brother jocularly. Before leaving
the court room he lifted his little
daughter, Naomi, who was playing at
his feet, and placed her carefully in
her mother's lap. Then he shook
bands with his lawyers and with Diggs
who had been sitting nearby.
. Daniels Writes Wilson's History.
Washington, Sept 9. President
Wilson's life history from infancy to
almost Imperial power, Js to be the
theme of a book which Sedretary
Daniels is now writing in the time he
is not directing the movements of the
floating fortresses of the United States
navy. The manuscript, it developed
today, is nearly completed and it will
be an intimate biography of the presi
dent Arrangements are said to have
been made with an eastern publishing
house to bring out the book.
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Many Improvements
Now Being Made By
Hendersonville City
Notwithstanding the fact that there
is apparently little on the surface to
prove it, a vast amount of work has
been done on city improvements dur
ing the past three months or since the
time G. W. Justice took charge of af
fairs as city business manager. Since
the beginning of June more than
$5000 has been collected from the side
walk, street, water and special tax and
collections are pouring into the tax
collectors's office every day. The re
sources of the business manager are
very limited, he being compelled - to
accomplish- all that is done with two
teams and a force of about half a dozi
en .men. With this scant force more
than three quarters of the streets of
the city have been worked and their
condition considerably bettered. One
team has been kept almost constantly
engaged in sweeping, 'cleaning and
watering the streets, thus leaving the
ether general work to one team. More
than fifteen hundred feet of. sewer
have been laid besides many exten
sions, sewer and water taps made.
About for acres of . the cemetery has
Leeen cleared and much drainage work
has been done. It is the purpose of
de busines smanager to keep his
force constantly at work until the first
of the year and expects to accomplish
much in that time. The present sea
son has been an unusually wet and
rainy one and it has been difficult to
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Washington, Sept, 91 The denio ,
cratic tariff revision bill, passed the
senate at 5:46 o'clock this afternoon -amid
a, burst of applause that -swept
down from crowded galleries and
found its echo on the floor of the sen
ate. Its passage was attended with
surprise in the final moments of the
voting, when Senator LaFollette, re.
publican, cast his vote with the dem
ocrats and was joined a few minutes
later by Senator Poindexter, progres
sive. The measure passed by a vote
cf 44 to 37.
The democrats had counted through
out the long tariff fight upon losing :
the votes of Senators Ransdell and J
Thornton 1 of Louisiana, democrats, -who
voted against the bill today be
cause it would put sugar on the free -list
Until the names of Senators La
Follette and Poindexter were actually -.
called, however, no one knew definite
ly the stand they would take, and their
votes were greeted with enthusiastic -applause.
Wilson Gratified.
President Wilson tonight expressed- '
great gratification over the end of the
Jong struggle in the senate. Senator
SimnionB, chairman of the finance com- '-" '
mlttee, who had . pilotted : . the bill
through the finance committee, the .
democratic caucus and-the senate, pre- -.
dieted that its passage . would bring.; -immediate
stimulus to the commercial:
i lif e"bfthe country; In-many .import--
ant places the senate ?has changed .the r
bill that passed, the house, and a con- '
feence committee of the two houses
will begin work Wednesday or1 Thurs
day to adjust those differences. Iread-?'
ers of both ' houses predict that 'the -conference
will consume less than two
weeks time. - - .
The senate endeavored today to has
ten the bill, on its progress to the
white house by naming its members
of .the conference committee, as soon
H3 the bill passed.
Senate Conferees.
Vice President Marshall appointed?
Senators Simmons, Stone, -Williams
and Johnson, democrats, and Senators,
Penroe, Lodge and LaFollette, repub
licans, as the senate conferees.
Senator, Stone withdrew from' the
committee and Senator Shively was "
appointed in his place. The house
conferees, it was reported tonight, will
be Representative Underwood, Kitchin
and Rainey, democrats, and Payne
and Fordneyfc republicans.. Each
house will have an equal vote in the
conference committee, even though,
each does not name the same number
of conferees. '
accomplish results speedily. Much at
tention will, henceforth be given to
sidewalks and drainage and all im-i
provements made in the future will be
,-oi a permanent character as nearly as.
j possible. Mr. Justice says that he is
j anxious to receive Information from
i localities where repairs or improv-
ments are urgent and will be glad of"
suggestions. While he has been the
victim of continuous kicking, he takes;
them good naturedly and does the best
he can" with the force and material he
has to work with.
County Superintendents Have. Annuaf
Convention.
Prof. W. Shitle, superintendent bfi
schools for Henderson county, left
jesterday for Andrews, on the Murphy
.branch of the Southern Railway to at
, tend the annual convention of the
Western North Carolina Division or
the County Superintendents. The
convention will be in session for three
days and many prominent Instructors
vvill attend. Among others who will
deliver addresses will be J. Y. .Joyner,
state Superintendent of public Instruc
tion and L. C. Bragden, Rural School
Supervisor.
'Mr. S. R. Thomas who for the past
three months has been with the Cli
max Barber shop, has returned to his
home at Florence.
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