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v .-) r dm cm 4 ' v - 1 arid French Breed Hustler NEW SERIES VOL 1, NO. 47 HENDERSONVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1913 OLD SERIES- VOL, 19 . V ' ' ' I ' ' ' ' ''''' ' ' - -. . .... - '' i ' DeiLiaocisrii - l 1 1 1 12 .-PAGES THIS WEEK; 7 ENCOURAGE EARLY HOLIDAY SHO PPIKG JJY EARLY ADVERTISING. ' : -,-. ' K'y':-: 'U On Our Xmas Edition Erery December for the past fire jears the Hustler-Democrat has issued a Christmas edition, for the benefit of its advertisers in .urging Henderson county shoppers to shop early. : ' v The readers of the Hustler. Democrat look forward to this edi tion before buying Christmas good. The merchants have always used liberal space in telling their pa trons of the many bargains they are going to offer for the holiday trade. This year the management proposes to begin earlier than ever before. This edition will appear the first week in -December. It will containmany interesting Xmas and business announcements from nearly eTery merchant In the city. Copy for the Christmas edition irill be taken in at once. Those securing- spac now, naturally will get better positions than to wait till the last hour with their copy.' ;.' All advertising ccroy must be at the Mutual Printing company office before December 1st. A solicitor Trill call next week, but It will 'e a great favor if the copy is furn ished at the office at once. TYILLIA3T T. CRAWFORD, : : - V OF HAYWOOD, IS DEAD 102 BUSHELS TO ACRE. George Ward, who was one of the close contestants in the corn club .con test in Henderson county last year, has made 102 bushels of corn on his acre of ground at Brickton and will, it is believed, make the contest interest ing for the other boys. County Farm Demonstrator EL It Perkins -was called last week to -assist with the measuring of the crop and he reports this as being the , best acra coming under his knowledge in the county. v ; -. Prominent Democrat of the Mountains aud ex-Congressman Died Sud v. : .denly Sunday Night. Ex-Congressman William T. Craw ford, aged 57 years, died very Sudden ly at "his home in Waynesville about 9 :30 o'clock Sunday night! v The de ceased had been in ill health 'for. 'more tha'n a- year, being a sufferer ; from I stomach trouble .and ' complications but lately he had appeared much im proved in health, and is said: to" have remarked to friends last Friday that he felt better than he had for a long time. ' Itws his plan to leave for Hot Springs, Ark.; today for a month's treatment. His sudden death came as a surprise to his hosts or trienaa in this and other sections of the country. 5EW POSTOFFICE BlTILDIJfG. W. P. Bane's Bid of $6161 Stands Midway of Twelve Proposals. .The" bids submitted to the treasury department for the construction of th proposed postofBce building in Heu dersonville were opened in Washins ton Saturday, and according, to infor mation received by Mr. Bane his bids rank about mid way between those of a dozen other firms. Mr. Bane's bids were $G1,361 for tiraestone and - $61,900 for sandstone. While it is understood that there were about twenty bids submitted, Mr. Bane was the only local bidder and his ranked favorably among the dozen bi listed - by the department and mailed to him,. there being one from, a New York concern for $54,300 lime stone whilo there v ere some consid erably higher than the proposal made by Mr. Bane: This does not necessa rily! mean' that the lowest bidder will get the contract, "which will call for' for the construction of the building within the next-fifteen, months'. v Saturday, the deceased -took a ' vas a member- of the North Carolina very active part in the bond electiqn . general assembly in 1884, 18.86, and held in Waynesviile and was annarent- I 88-"Ho studied law at the- Univer- ' tt S" ji j sity .of North i oa vycii ta evei. ne um uoi, com , :n : toon j 1890. receiving' his admission to tho pieixu 01 uemg 111, m iact, uniu.snoniy ! bar fn 1891 In 1890, his last year In after 7 o'clock Sunday night. While at ; law school, he was first elected to the the evening meal he said that he had house of representatives of the United a severe pain over his left eye and that he felt weak. A physician was called, and he . was given all possible medical attention,-but he continued to grow weaker and at 9: 30. the end came. All the members of his imme diate family wife, four 'sons' 'and three daughters were at his bedside a the time, with vthe exception of Hil lary and Harry, who ''are students at the North Carolina A. and M. college'. They arrived today f rom RafelghV y ' ' Political Career, r 2 The deceased was counted among the section's most able attorneys and popular and successful politicians. Ha state s congress, defeating Judge H. G. Ewart Of Hendersonvillel - His politi cal' career '- following . this date -was rather "checkered. . r. ;'t In 1892 h& was ' agairi given the nomination for congress by the demo- Tcrats of -the district and " defeated Judge Jeter C, Pritchard. At the next election he. was defeated by Hon. Richmond Pearsdn. He did hot enter the political arena again until 1893 when he was a candidate for congress against: Mr. Pearson. ' The first, elec tion returns gave him the position, but the count was contested, the South Waynesville and Black Mountain' pre cincts were thrown -out and Mr. Pear son was geated in the spring of 1890. Mr. Crawford was. vre-nomlnated'by the democrats of the district the same HON. W. T. CBAWFOBD. , A Heart to lieart Talk with O Subscribers We are endeavoring to give our readers one of the best weekly papers In North Carolina. We are doing this at an . enormous expense, and therefore cannot afford - to let any one have the paper free of cost WhUe it is our policy to collect subscriptions in advance, we have a number of subscribers whose subscription expired about a year ago.T Wo haTe had ready responses from'soroc to whom 'we have mailed statements ' while others have ignored: our appeal. . , v A personal letter to subscribers Is a. useless cpst to us, therefore we resort to this method of. notifying them that some are due us the price , of about a year's subscription, as in dicated by the label on the paper. This is an honest debt. . Our readers mayrsay that they don't care for the paper and that they did not subscribe only for -a definite period, but despite this they have persisted in taking the paper from the office and reading it regularlyi 'They ar$ Just as much indebted to jus as we would be to them if we hired their horse, automobile or some other property for an hour but used it aH day. V , C - : : '., In the Ught of these facts wewould: appreciate it very much if pur vsuhscribers who are not paid In ad lancewquld forward. us check, mouey order, stamps or' coin to theamount ct M ty entsra doliajr as suits their convenience. - ' - year- by acclamation, but was defeat ed by Major; J. M. Moody. His next candidacy was in 1906, when he de feated Hon, James J. Britt. His last fight for congress was made in 1908, when he was defeated by Hon. John G. Grant ' "'' ..' ' ' '. -In addition to these political honors, Mr. Crawford 'was selected as a Cleve land elector from his district ln1883. While in congress he was a member of some of the most important com? mlttees. and during the financial up heavals of 1907 he was serving as a member of the committee on banking and currency. During the same year he was selected by Champ Clark and John Sharp Williams to. deliver an address on currency, and this address was later embodied in the platform, of the national organization for the campaign of 1908. " ;' . V s He was a man of remarkably keen Intellect and sound principles. He was considered the, most popular man ever sentfrom hia district to congressand his' friends verywhere were numbered by the score. -In private life ;he was equally popular and successful. From Our New Policy In accordance with the urgent request contained in another col umn, as to methods At improrlK the Democrat-Hustler, we take this privilege of announcing that here after ' we - shall Tnake a nominal charge for printing resolutions ef respecVbituaries, "cards of thanks, memoriams, notices of church, hv pital and all other festivals and en tainments to which an admission fee is charged or where anything Is sold, or ' announcements of money raising ': movements," provided same is not classified as news. f We .have , been running this clasi of matter free at an enormous er pense and inconvenience to us. TTe are under obligations to our sub- scribers to give them news and are also under obligations .to our ad yertisers to give them adequate and desirable .space. If we give away our valuable; space, our chief and only asset, we will have no source from which we can . derive rerenoe to meet-tur heavy expenses. Such matters as. classified above will ho charged for at the rate of, nlv three cents a line, a sufficient sua to cover the expenses. 1899 to 1907 he maintained a law part nership of Waynesville with CapL W. J. Hannah. Thls partnership was dis solved when the latter wenj; west. Out side of this period, he engaged In th practice of law alone. c WISE Buyers, be Wise. The country is being scoured with, mlsrepresen-. - tations : Look around before you ' buy. We have the largest store ancT better goods -.for less money." ; Bul Glazener cuts the' price' and sella tho ' ' goods. 'Hendersonvllle and Brevara i y THE ; : . AminKDMiiiicemeinift I ; . r ' ' ' - "-n ;;. - " . -" ' ' ' .zn ;" :":',::"- , , ,, ', 1 1 11 , ,; , i -. ' fifSt bank' d' trust Company r. Begins a campaign for additional business. We invite y our Consideration of opening an account with us between now and January 1 , 191 4, or on that date. $XXBi This banking institution is the oldest one in the county." We, have the largest capital stockT largest surplus funds and deposits of $378;918.9i We have a number of departments including. Trust Department for landling estates, trust funds, etc.,' Real Estate Department doing as much business as any firm in the aounty. . Insurance Department hand ling every variety of Insurance on the market ; - ; WB CANNOT PERSONALLY BUTTONHOLE PEOPLE AND ASK EVERYBODY FOR BUSINESS, BE CAUSE IT WQULD BE AWKWARD TO US AND UNPLEASANT TO YOU, BUT . WE DO CORDIALLY INVITE YOUR'. BUSINESS -AND OFFER SOME REASONS FOR YOUR CON SIDERATION: r mm 11. However small one's account' Js i. is appreciated and handled with every care and attention. A large number of small accounts is more desirable than a few large ones. - . : " ...'. ; . .. - - . . - . , - - . - - Every transaction in this bank is con fidentiaL No officer or clerk in this bank will talk about a customer's affairs. The total resources of our bank are over one half million dollars. We invite you toscall in and talk with any of our officers between 1st. -; V W. J. DAVIS, Pres. And if you desire, we will: ta ke pleasure in having check book pr epared with, your, name or business card printed therein, FREE pf charge ' j. MAGK RHODES, Cashier - K. G. MORRIS, Vice-Pres P. F. PATTON, Vice-Pres. gaither Rhodes, As&'t. Cashier 4 ) I 4 j -i-
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