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THURSDAY, 50TE3SIBER PAGE 8 THE TFESTEEN , CAROLINA DEMOC RAT AND FRENCII BROAD BUSTER 20. ' : . . . WvanBi ' t I : 4. J CONDENSED NEWS OF 10TH X CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. EeTieTr of the Latest Important Hap- ; a,---. 4.--:;;-,:..:.,, penings of Thirteen Surround- . in? Counties. , ; . Superior court, for tue trial of civil cases convened in Franklin," Macon county; last -week. . . , - iMr. W. C. Smart, of Route 2, was in town Saturday. Mr. Smart says tie raised 287 bushels of corn this year on 2 1-2 acres of land.. He set his sub Ecription forward two more years and cays that if a man can false corn that tv ay he can afford to keep his sub scription paid in advance -Franklin Press." ' " 4The hookworm commission will be gin work in Swain county at an early date. . . Stovall & Woody had a new mill code in last week. Guess they ar going- to grind some lumber. They also have a mill on the Woody Branch In a few years.it will be impossible to find a hand spike as they are cut ting everythig that will make lumber or slabs. Forney Cor. Bryson City Times. Percival Campell Morgan, recently called as pastor of the Congregational cburch of Tryon, was ordained as minister on November 14. David E. Stearns, aged 75 years, one of the earliest settlers of Tryon, died on November 3 after a long and grad ual decline in health. v: George. A. Gash is planning to es tablish a finished lumber yard in Try on. ' A Baptist union meeting will be held with the Eastfork church in Haywood county on November 2S-S0 A meeting of the school teachers for ' the second district of Haywood county will be held at Clyde on Saturday, December 6. ' Joseph M. McCracken aged 84, died at his home at Ironduff, Haywood county, last week. Jacob Weaver has relinguished hi3 lease on the Canton steam laundry, which ' will be operated henceforth by its owners, Rev. A:. Graybeal and R. H. Sorrells. The hook worm commission com pleted its work in Haywood county last week and it was found that 1,657 persons were infected out of the 3,069 examined. Lawrence V. Sigman has been ap pointed postmaster at Calvert, Tran sylvania county, i Coot Ray's neck was seriously cut in a fight with a man named Haney in "Waynesville last week. Kimsey Howell has filed exceptions tj the sidewalk assessments made by Uie commissioners of Wanyesville, al leging fraud in the report of the en gineer. Urs? C. M. Duckett, aged 52 years, from one of the leading families of Haywood and Buncombe counties, died at her Acton home last week. Clifford Slagle, who is said to have been, shot on the, night of October 16 by Zed Battle at Andrews, is reported improved and will probably leave Asheville hospital this week. The women of Asheville are working for the promotion of the Appalachian lark association and soon steps will be taken to secure co-operation from women of the other towns in Western North Carolina. The first town election in the his-1 "tory of West Asheville was held on November 17, when a complete list of Town officers will be chosen. The eighth session . of the Tran sylvania Interdenominational Singing convention will be held with the Glady "branch choir, at Glady Branch church, Saturday and Sunday, November 22 ' end 23, beginning Saturday at 10 o'clock. The Fifth Sunday meeting of Tran sylvania county convenes with Little 'Hirer. Baptist church on November 28, ,29 and 30, for which an interesting program has been arranged. The Rutherford county commission ers have authorized the road coram "s sioners to borrow $6,000 for road build--ing purposes.. - ; . The Presbyterian congregation will begin building a house of worship at Ellenboro at an early date. The road working forces of Ruther ford county are now centered on the Forest City-Carol een highway. When this road is completeed work will be gin on the Forest City-Rutherfordton road. ' ''. The Rutherford county Teachers as . sociation will convene with tHe Forest City school on December 5 and 6. .Will Blanton and J., B. Long are candtdates''for postmastership at For est City to succeed Postmaster McCur iy, whose term of 'office expires on February 15. .; " The boaTd of aldermen o Forest City has decided to extend the water analns ,and electric light lines oh tnc principal streets of the city. The board of aldermen af Old Fort b received a proposition from Daniel W. Adams for the installation" of "a crater and electric power lighting sys- tem. . - The progressive citizens of Old Fort : are organizing a' board of trade5 for the town. - 'S . .:..- ' -J- Thd McDowell association is plann ing to hold a poultry show in January ;W. Roy Plott, assistant treasurer of Haywood county has been appointed as special agent "in the internal -revenue service under Collector A. D. Watts of Statesyille. .-'. vi';i..':?'- , ff-'' Lieutenant John N.: -Ferguson, son of Judge Ferguson of Waynesville, has been appointed - executive officer on board the mine ship "San Francisco.' Revenue Agent R. B. Sams of thi district, who has been succeeded by Thomas H. Vanderford t of Salisbury, will take charge of the sixth Virginia district, making headquarters &t Roa noke. , .. . '" r ; D. H. Swann of Tryon is now enjoy ing the fruits of a second crop of .str iw berries, being about one-quarter as great as the first. The first fatal automobile accident in the Tryon section took place last Thursday on the Lynn road when Ralph Carson, colored, chauffer of Dr. Palmer, was instantly killed. No one saw the accident, the car being found overturned and the driver lifeless with a cracked skull. . The Polk County Highway commis sion is encountering trouble with pro ferty owners through whose property new roads are being made. Judge Webb of Shelby has denied Miss Ha iiett Howe's prayer for an injunction and Dr. Thomas Moore of Columbia, S. C, who has a summer cottage in Saluda, has just brought an injunction suit in the District court. Mrs. Joseph Price, wife of a well-to-do farmer near Caroleen, attempted to take her life last week by cutting her throat. Previous to that she dra.ik some poison liniment. She is believed to be despondent over her affliction with pellagra. . Asheville is Installing an incinerator to burn the rubbish of the city. Since the burning of the depot at Brevard last week the citizens are circulating petitions asking the South ern railway to biuld a new depot at the end of Main street, recently paved. Mrs. Charity Rusk Craig, one of the loading women of western North Car olina, died at her home in Skyland after a week's illness from pneumonia. Mrs. Craig was the daughter of the late Gen; Jeremiah H. Rusk, who wa3 Governor of Wisconsin from 1881 to 1887, and was the first Commissioner or Agriculture, being appointed by President Harrison. Luther. West, a corporal of the U. S. army and son of Mr. and Mrs. Job n West, of Andrews, was killed last week in Graham county at a box sup per. A reward of $100 has been off er-r ed for the capture of Thomas Jordan, who is said to have done the killing, according to the Andrews Sun. West vas acting as peacemaker ina quar rel. A meeting of the stockholders of the Hiawassee Valle railroad is call ed to meet in Andrews on Monday, Nov. 24, for the purpose electing a board of directors. The Oddfellows convention of tha. 20th district will be held at Jonathan creek, Haywood county on November 21 and 22. F. K. May of Canton has purchased the hardware business of E. M. Lide. Mrs. James Cody of East Fork town ship, Haywood county, member of some of the leading families of the county, died last week. The Tuckaseigee bank building ha3 been completed-at Sylva and the ban't will be moved from Webster this week. . The Jackson County Interdenomina tional Sunday School convention will be held on the first Sunday in Decem ber at Cullowhee. Chas. A, Carson, former commission er of Polk county, died at Columbus last week. Earl Cobb pf Polk county was, bound over, to federal court under a $500 bond or the charge, o'f illicit distilling. Solicitor Felix E. Alley of Waynes ville has returned to his home after an operation at the Biltmore hospital for appendicitis. : The directors of the Western North Carolina Fair association are plan ning to open race tracks for the 1914 fair. ...'.'- Mrs. J.-M. Case died Friday at her home at Skyland after an illness of a week. i ; v Without a dissenting vote the. citi zens of Waynesville voted a bond Issue cf $io,000 for the' extension of -the "sew erage system, of ttys town, the specific purpose being to extend the main trunk line of the town system to the boundary of the property of the South ern Assembly at Lake Junaluska, distance of about four rofleo. ' CITY CLUB MEETING. -There wilt be a meeting of the Great e,Hendersonville Club in the city hall, Thursday ;nlght at eight ' o'clock. Alii members are asked to be' there; I 5 The city council meets on the same night but they have.kindly permitted the club to use NtheIr room and on, this occasion will meet in the business manager's office in the cityvhall. " LOCKS WIFE FP WITIT COW. . Swain Connty Man Forgetful : of Wife On Cold Morning. . " One cold morning Jast week G. A. Brooks told Mrs, Brooks he- would go. with her to - milk. When . they got to the barn Mr. Brooks went in -and "fed the cattle, walked out and locked Mrs. Brooks up inside. He journeyed back to the fire (so we are tbldluand Mrs. I today C ' off ering METHODIST CHURCH HEATER. ;;-'N: . '.; : . ;v The new heating plant of the Hen dersonville Methodist church sufficient ly large to adequately heat the build ing during the '. coldest weather, has been installed. The old plant was too small to furnish sufficient heat, thus necessitating a. larger one which was comDleted recently. . Brooks called, screamed and did every thing she could to get some one to come, and give her freedom, as it was very cold, but all in vain.. Being quite strong for an old lady,' she went to work and bursted an entrance through the door. I bet George never locks her up again, Medlin correspondence Bryson City Times. ; j AT METHODIST CHURCH. ' All the members of the Henderson ville Methodfs,t -church are urged to attend the services Sunday as they will mark the close of the present year's work. The accomplishments of the church will be reviewed at the" evening service, when considerable progress for the year will be reported. -The services are as follows: Sunday school at 9:45. . Preaching at 11 A. M. by the pastor, Rev. A. L. Stanford. Subject: "The Second Coming of Christ." Preaching at ?: 30 P. M. FIRST TBUST, CO. S IN BUSINESS CAMPAIGN - j ''','', '.-' . ' . . . -, -A . Becognizes Value Ot Newspaper Space : J And. EstablisnesJPrecedent For ; . v Front Page Advertising. ' V A campaign for additional business has been inaugurated by . The First Bank and Trust company, of this city: ; In .this issue of the Hustler-Democrat an announcement Is being made on the front page of the plans' proposed by the bank.7 Five good reasons. are men tioned why a person - Bhoiild do bank ing business; with The First Bank and Trust? company.',-' This bank has always placed a higJl value upon ." advertising space in the Hustler-Democrat The officers of this bank hare nearly" all been identi fied with' the institution since its early beginning. -They have' been instru- ;j mental in the . growth of Henderson- yilie and JJenderson county,, and , are every , inducement destcned rr MAYER BRO& CHICAGO -' PINCKNEY AND JORDAN. r- W. C Jordan of Hendersonville and C C. Pinckney, recently of Charleston, have united in business under the ntme of Jordan & Pinckney. They will follow the surveying business, which Mr. Jordan has practiced for a number of years in this city. consistentftwith sound - banking prin ciples to place the banking business in their hands'. , : : ' . : I This bank is really an arcade bf bus iness departmens usually connect ed with most of the" large banks' of the country, namely, a real estate depart ment, a' trust department and insur ance department. Efficient, congenial managers are at the head of each de partment assuring as good treatment as can be found anywhere. . "t.'very transaction in this bank is ccnfidential, no offfeer or clerk in this bank will talk about a customers af fairs," reads the announcement on tha front page of this papery ; ; "We invite you to call in and talk with any of our officers between now and Jan. 1, 1914, and if you desire, we will take pleasure in having check prepared with your name or business card printed therein free of charge,'' states the First Bank and Trust com pany to prospective customers. B QVS Cbthes is Our Specia Ity AGRICULTURAL DAT. Schools of Country Urged to HaTe.Ru- ral Life Day. ; So fundamental is the upbuilding of rural life; in the opinion of Dr. P. P. Claxton, United States com missioner of education, that the ob servance in the schools of one.duy. each year as "Agricultural and Ru ral Life Day" should become, a na tional custom, instead ofbeing con fined to a few states, as at present. 'We can do without some of our an niversaries, if need be," says Dr. Clax ton, "to have time for this, the most fundamental of alL The children in our schools should be given an oppor tunity to pause in their regular work and consider the significance of agri culture anjl rural life; the worth and worthiness of fillage of the soil; and the beauty and . glory of simple and sane life in the open country." Dr. Claxton points out that in sev eial state "Agriculture and Rural Life Day" has already been introduced Into the schools, at the suggestion of he bureau of education, in other states exercises appropriate to the purpose are held in connection with Arbor ay, Thanksgiying Day, or th Harvest Home celebration. In order to aid in the proper observance of the day, un der whatever name it may be cele brated, the bureau of education has just issued a bulletin containing ma- terial that can be used by teachers and others in arranging an interesting program. . " . Fittingly prefaced with the "Coun try .Boys Creed," the bulletin includes sections on man's struggle for food; the application of science to agricul- agricultude from George Washington down through Luther Burbank, Liber ty H. Bailey and other present day men; our domestic animals; and a study of forests. . 'r How vegetables have been used as medicines among different peoples; breadmaking through the ages; the mysteries of mother earth; the origin of good" plants; co-operation among farmers; wonders of a single icre these and other topics teated with-special reference to- glorifying country life. - Following each discus sion there Is a list of , suitable poems and songs on farming and farm life. "What we've tried-to do,? said I)?. Claxton yesterday,' "is to get together in convenient form faterial tha't will help- in the movement for appreciation of the true value and .beauty of farm life among all classes of our popula tion The - wider observance of ' Agri culture and Rural Life ;Dayf both In city and country' schools, will give the coming .- generation a clearer insight than the past has had into the fact th?t there is no more honorable work in life than that on the farm. " ' 1 MOVES TO SOUTH CAROLINA. Mr. E. P. Justus and family of Flet cher were in the city last week en route to Wellford, S. C., where they will make their home. Mr. Justus states that he will erect a blacksmith shop and later a home with the view to settling there permanently. , niLLGIRT DOTS. Considerable building is going on here Just now. Mr. Robert Odom is erecting a 12 room hotel, to which he expects to add 4 more rooms later In the season. The large season last summer and the many guests turned away f rori Hillgirt has caused residents of this section to turn their, attention to tha running of boarding houses. . i mmmmmm mmm The kind that are built with special regard to the severe wear and tear to which t hey w i 11 be su b j ected the famous "Woolly Boy" brand. As the name implies, only pure wool fabrics are used and fashioned into the latest model by skilled taiiors. Every item entering into the construction of "Wooly Bov" cioines,.sucn as tnreaas, trimmings, etc., are especia lv selected ior auraDiiity. ine result is wear-resistance which whea combined With style and ht, spells a combi nation most strongly appealing to every provider of boys clothes. : In addition tq this we are now offering' the newest fall models in a beautiful range . of patterns at special prices which makes Ihis an opportunity for saving that should not be overlooked. ) We pride ourselves in providing the best in boys clothes F7 TZT"1 TVT "O" "3 Cuts the Price and sells the Goods Hendersonville and Brevard RirjnMAri QPtinni ?CS central purpose for 120 years has been to maK ., w Men Of Boys. AsheviiJe climate woria renownecl l ' Oreranizaticrri Military. Two details from U. S. Army allowed to N. C. The A. andM. Cc leM has one. Blneham the other. Tarsret and Gallery practice, with latest U. S. Army Rifles. lke for Swlmmtne. Summer Camn durinor Jvy and Autrust. Taitioa and Board $150 per M Term. $300 a year. Address CoL K. Biixg-ham. Box 45 Asheville, N. C. ATT THE T"7 T7 i ii ii AT . ' - t . - . i, , iqqan vkur CAd.Z Stiles. ''':''" ' 'SSi0' . . . . 1 " - ' . - . ' ' ' ' " . " '. . .... ." - . r. - : - . 1 mm 3rd; 4lh9 1913 Birds are selected from all narts of Western North Carolina An A tir active Premium List Address Secl-etarv Henderson Crmntrr Ponlfrxr Afi'n.: for Cata log and Premium List. See a partial list of prizes in another ; - part of this issue 1
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