Dr. 7. H- Yonder Iidea
DENTIST
(her S. Maxwell & Co. Stcre
Phone 351 :
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DR. W. F. NICKEL
DENTIST
Cilco Oyer Hunter ' Pharm&cy
Hendersonville, H. 0.
dr. e. a. McMillan
DENTIST
- Successor to Dr. W. T. "Wallace.
Office over Postoffice.
Hendersonville, N. C.
A. H. MOREY
DENTIST
Morey Building
PHONE 60
101! BETTE
FOR WEAK imiEH
BI Never Spent Any Honey
That Did Me So Much
Good as That I Spent for
j Vinol."
Belief ontaine, Ohio. "I wish every
tired, weak, nervous woman could have
"Vinol for I never spent any money in
tny life that did me so much good as
that I spent for Vinol. My nerves were
in a very bad condition, making me very
weak, tired, and worn out and often
drowsy headaches. I had tried cod
liver oil, doctor's medicines, and other
preparations without benefit.
"'One day a friend asked me to try
Vinol. I did and soon my appetite in
creased, I slept better and now I am
strong, vigorous and well and can do my
housework with pleasure." Mrs. J. F.
Lambokn, Bellefontaine, Ohio.
Nervous, weak, tired, worn-out wo
men should take Mrs. Lamborn's advice
ard try Vinol for there are literally
Thousands of men and women who were
formerly run-down, weak and nervous,
who owe their good health to Vinol.
It is the medicinal, tissue building ele
ments of the cod's livers, aided by the
blood making, strengthening influence
of tonic iron, contained in Vinol, "which
makes it so efficient in all such cases.
JUSTUS' JPHAR3IACY,
"TIZ" FOR ACHING,
E, TIRED FEE!
TIZ" for tender, puffed-up,
burning, calloused feet
and corns.
"Ah! Boys,
XTtL is the
thing r
V
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x eopie who are iorcea to stand on
their feet all day know what sore, tender,
sweaty, burning feet mean. They use
"TIZ,' and "TIZ" cures their feet right
up. It keeps feet in perfect condition.
"TIZ" is tlie only remedy in the world
.that draws out all the poisonous exuda
tions which puff up the feet and cause
tender, sore, tired, aching feet. It in
stantly stops the. pain in corns, callouses
-ana Dunions. it's simply glorious. Ah!
how comfortable your feet feel after
"TIZ " You'll never li
tip your face in pain. Your shoes won't
tighten and hurt your feet. - -
Get a 25 cent box of "TIZ" now from
any druggist, department or general
store. Just think! a whole year's foot
comfort for only 25 cents.
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Rev. R. JT. IVillcox, Rector of Episco
pal Church and resident of Great- '
er Hendersonyille Club and the Com-
munity Club, SaJs That Tourist Bus- I
iness Is .Slinr;. Dependence and That
Industries Must be Established Be
fore Substantial Growth is Assured;
Co-Operation a Necessity, .
Editor, Democrat: "
I am glad to see from your editori
al " denominated, "Hendersonville's
Need," that you at least are alive, to a
condition that must be patent to every
one who thinks about the . matter at
all, viz; that along our present line of
progress we have very nearly if not
altogether reached our limit. -
Uore Substantial Attractions Needed.
.We 'cannot get many more summer
visitors than we have had in the past
two or three years without more ad
vertising and. .more attractions; es
especially "A one" hotels, golf links
and many miles of hard-surfaced roads
for automoblling, as well as other
amusements, plenty of good water, an
efficient sewage system, and an offi
cial health record that is above need
of explanation.
Tourist Business Slim Dependence.
And all these things cost money that
we have not got and cannot get from
our present sole business of entertain
ing summer visitors. Our income
from the summer season of entertain
ment is not more than enough indeed
scarcely enough to finance our living
expenses for the year. We have noth
ing left wherewith to advertise our
business or increase its efficiency. :
Develop New Business or Stand Still
As a city we are somewhat unique
in having no rich men or. men of mod
erate, wealth with vision and enter
prise. Such as we have would seem
to be content to live off the .unearned
increment from real estate or to do
the same business they did twenty
years , ago. We have no one . witli
money to foster new enterprises or
to invest money for the general good.
Therefore, Mr. Editor, you are right,
we must either develop some other
business or be content to stand stUl.
But. Mr. Editor, we have gone too far
to stand still. Our bonds for streets,
roads and water, our obligation to
Fassifern, etc., must be paid and our
present - source of revenue will not
yield enough to pay these outstanding
obligations, without considering uy
new ones. . -
The Tax Problem.
If we are wise we will now focus
our efforts on getting new industries
here. But how? The first and fur-
damental requirement is to make- bur
tax rate honest. It is not honest now
All real property, at least, shjuldbe
assessed at two thirds or three fourths
of its real - value, which real valu
should be set by a competent .and effi
cient county or city assessor and not 1
by the owner. The valuation assessed
on some of the property in this coun
ty is a scandal. Because of this our
tax rate is high and yet does not pro
duce a third of what it ought to briajr
in. And factories are not going to lo
cate where the tax rate is high. That
we have to be dishonest, because other
counties are dishonest, to keep from
paying more than our just share to
the state may be true, but we must
remove the disability somehow. Dis
honesty in the State breeds dishonesty
in the individual as well as vice versa
and so we go from bad to worse. The
legislation which would have relieved
us from this bad condition failed to
approve itself to our intelligent pro
letariat and therefore we suffer.
Four Other Necessities.
Though important, the tax problem
is not the chief problem in getting
factories here. Besides a low tax rate
other things are needed; (1) Good
labor; (2) cheap power; (3) adequatP
shipping facilities; (4) and very often
a little local capital. The first we
have though it can be improved by a
better school system throughout tho
county. The second we ought to havt
if our community rights in water pow
er had been adequately protected by
our governors, and -still have to some
extent. The third we must better by
concerted action and it can be done.
The fourth is the real crux. We musf
try to import some wealthy and pro
gressive, gnterprising, live men here
Unless labor, power, and shipping fa
cilities are very good better than we
have in Hendersonville, at least the
only, hope of a creative industry.herA
is arT individual around whom' if mAjf
be built up.It Js this result; that I had
hoped the advertising of our very real
attractions as a residential section
would! produce. That some . day a
wealthy, energetic, live man would
come here and so like our climate,
scenery and people that he would de
cide to make this his home not for
his declining years but for his ener
getic active years and so . would .start
some-sort of creative industry-Co-Operative
Spirit Needed.
We must go on hoping and be ready
to take advantage of every opportun
ity offered. We have lost some oppor
tunities in the past which we might
have got and , if we had secured them '
we would.be a city more than double
our size to day with a large pay roll,
but we lost them because we were
not pulling together. And we are not
pulling together now. There is some
thing radically wrong with our Chris
tianity. It is up t pthe pastorg of this
town to teach a little more true broth
erly love, which means patient fore
bearance. with one another's opinions.
We can't all think alike but we can all
agree to submit to majority rule and
act alike when it does not contravene
a principle.
Ys, Mr. Editor, you are right; Hen
dersonville needs- sorely needs In
dustries; therefore use the great pow- ;
er of your paper to produce-a better
and more enthusiastic, spirit of co-op-,
eration among our people, -v Let ; our
slogan be "Help Hendersonville grow."
R. N. WILLCOX.
Fay
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I Mr. WilkJns of the John TV TOlklns
Wholesale CoH Says we Ilave Un-
eqnalled "Resources f or Manufac
turers and That Industries I Would
Augment Rather Than Retard -Tourist
Business; Team Work Necessary.
Editor, Democrat: . , ,1 . ; A
Your editorial, "Hendersonville's
Needs," in the last issue of your pa
per, in my opinion, is the most timely
exposition of our greatest need that
I have seen published. ,
Fay Roll a 'Necessity.
We have one of the most' progres
sive communities in the South, and ac-.
cording to my observation.- the . one
thing lacking in trying to induce cap
italists and manufacturers " to locate'
and develop the natural resources
we have to offer, is co-operation among
the leading men of this vicinity. -I
admit that I am not competent tjj make
suggestions ,and am also aware, that
it is far easier to criticise than to con
struct, but we will all agreelhat the
business and other interests ' demand
that we do something that will give
us pay rolls, and if it be cotton mills,
or manufactures of some other nature,
I am sure that we have in our lead
ing men of the community enough bus--iness
acumen and ability, to carry out
and consummate any plan that they
will agree on and determine to do. -
I am partial to cotton mills.. I was
reared :in the cotton mill district of
Spartanburg county, S. C, and speni
ten years in the employ of one in" va
rious capacities, and therefore; submit
that I am familiar with the earning
and spending capacities of the varied
lines and kinds of help that are em
!IoyM;tbelnaTid dtHebjtoegts;to
be derived from the establishment of
Industries of this kind. Cotton mill
help, as a rule, is well paid, and as a
result are liberal spenders, thereby
contributing wonderfully to the up
building of any community in "which
they reside. - ' '
Wonlnt Hurt Tourist Business.
Some objection has been raised to
this class of industry, reasoning that
a cotton mill or mills, would retard
the growth of this section along tour
1st lines, and would be detrimental 10
our summer resort reputation. I can
not see it that way for we have attrac
tions which the great Creator" placed,
and which cannot be done away with.
Our sceneryt water, breezy, atmosphere
etc., will continue to attract the thou
sands during the hot months of the
year, and as the years go by this sida
of the question will automatically take
care pf itself. . We can tase ample
care of both, but hypothetically speak
ing, "if we were called upon to decfe'
which w3 would take. and wer tdrced
to make a decision upon the-question-of
tourists and three months good
business or manufactures' and twelve
months good business, it would be
easily settled. However, nature ha
made it possible to attract both, and
each will augment the other, and the
consequent development along real
estate lines and all other enterprise
will continue to flourish, and the In
flux of money derived from other
sources will enable us to expend and
grow as never before. '
Therefore, all agreeing that we need
pay rolls, the question for discussion !
is "How can we get them.
We have the locations, climatic con
ditions that are not excelled and hard
ly eaualled in the world, labor from
which the cotton mills of the Piedmont
section of South Carolina have drawn
their supply since the writer can re
collect, and who in their mountain
home would be contented and satisfied
and not moving from place to place,
never settled, as is the case when they
leave their beloved mountains. We
have every thing in natural resources
to attract Investors, so the question
would naturally be . raised as to why
they haven't already taken advance
of them.
"Good WI1F Necessary.
Prom my knowledge of past propo
sitions that have been made to lis
along this line, they first want "Good
Will and want it expressed in dollars
and cents. Naturally, one wants . the
good will of the people of a communi
ty where they are establishing a busi
ness of any kind, as it Is of material
benefit and help towards makinjef a
success of said business. . However;
they do not w&nt If as a donation, but
as an Investment, taker stock and be
part owners of the: enterptl8e;-and de
rive dividends from such investment
when run profitably. Capital is the
stumbling block with most of us bus
iness men, and to. raise enough to keep
our different lines of business going.
Is the greatest nlghtmarejhat most ci
us face; not a nightmare or hallucina
tion either, but a cold blooded fact;
and the longer we depend solely ol
the tourist travel to supply us with
that badly needed commodity, the
longer will we. be marking time.
However, a subscription to stock. "In
an enterprise of this kind, could b
managed and handled by our ablfc
financiers whereby this could be paid
In installments or some plan evolved
whereby it could be met without great
hardship, as only a very small per
centage of the capital stock of such
enterprises would be asked for locally
Location Easily Solved.
Cotton mills want good locatlon
they want low taxes also. Therefore,
If it be a cotton mill that we need
most, the,. promoters would not want
to establish it within the city limltr;
I for various reasons; they would pre
Iter to get Just outside for taxation
. m - m
purposes, ana tney want piemy -oi
elbow room to control the lands close
around the mill village and plantain
order that they may maintain order
and establish good government with
out coming into", friction . with-any .in
fluences that might . be detrimental, to
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Jud?e Evfart Says Cant Expect Perm
anent Growth With,. Short, Uncer
tain ' Tourist, Seasons ; Henderson
ville Should Become Gtreat Manu-
- factoring Center; -Should -Advertise
for Industries and New Settlers.
Editor, Democrat; -
I have read with great Interest your
editorial on "Hendersonville's -Need."'
It is 'admirably ; expressed and well
timed. " -
,If Hendersonville Is ever -to. be
come a "Greater Hendersonville," it
will never be with only an uncertain,
and short tourist season. ' - ,
This. Should be Manufacturing Center.
. With our, splendid and equable cli
mate, unequalled water power, and1 a
soil capable of producing everything
that is grown save tropical fruits,
Hendersonville should rapidly !be
come a manufacturing city of no mean
pretensions. : ! ' !
Should Advertise by Economy,
How are we to secure manufactur
ers? .. ' '." 1 , ' ;
1 By a policy of rigid economy on
the part of both county and oily,, thus
reducing taxes which, ; if .burdensome,
will drive away manufacturing capi
tal . ; : - - . , ;
II. With money thus . saved, let
both the city and county Uhnough 'a
special committee selected by both de
vote a part of it to a wise and judicious
system of advertising in .the leading
manufacturing journals' of the country,
offering broad -and liberal : terms;. Jto
such parties as may wish to locata
hare"! - -v : r i -li-
Belgian Settlers Would Help. !
III. Let the Greater Henderson
ville club appoint a special agentto
at once enter3 into correspondence
mittee at New York with the view, of
encouraging, capable emigrants from,
tnat stricKen country to locate In thiji
section. H. G. EWART.
POINT LOOKOUT NEWS.
The farmers of this section are plow
ing their land and preparing for a
new crop. .. , .;, . .
We are verv sorry to learn that the
little son of Mr. J. F. Dotson died last
week -and was burled at. Mt. Home
last Thursday.
Miss Cora F. and Mr. Oval Lamb
visited relatives at -Hendersonville
last Saturday and Sunday. '
Mr. and Mrs. King -Gilbert of this
place moved to Bear Wallow last week
where they expect to make their home
this summer. . ' "- ,
Mr. Edgar Lamb of Hendersonville
was in this vicinity last Friday and
Saturday on business. .
It is understood that Mr. 3f M. Gilbert
will move to Sugar 5 Loaf and' take
charge of.all the property. , t V "
way to
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Apiril IF
tor
G.
Met
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Brownlovr Jacison. President of Peo
I jples National Bank, Says Should
Continue Tourist Business and En
courage Industries so as to Give us
Financial Relief and : Permanency. . -
Editor, Democrat:
; Jnr line. with your-editorial on'Hen-.
dersonville's Need," I think manufac
tures are highly Important' for Hen
dersonville; fji J : ;- -
We are very mucn Interested in get
ting tourists interested and want ; to
do everything : in; our power" to get an
increased number oVery "year and w'e
want ' to make Hendersonyille ievefy
thlng that can be 'desired for the tour
ists' but we ! certainly ' need ' manufac
tures, and ther more the Jbetter,
Pay Rolls Would Afford Relief -
If we had a number of pay rolls at
this : time : we would not be so, much
concerned as , to , what the future of
Henderson viile would be, ' especialV
for next summer: .
Industries Wouldn't Hurt Us.
I am in favor of manufacturing in
dustries in Hendersonville as well a
outsiae me cuy; . anywnere we. can
get them, Just so they are not in . the
main residential" or business part of
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the city. . We ,have plenty ; of vacant
property that is very desirable for fac
tories and in my opinion can best be
utilized for; that purpose. They cer-1
tainly ; would - not be a" drawback -to
Hendersonville. If. we get industries
you will see Hendersbnville. grow and
you will see that the statements of the
banks will ; -show an appreciable . In
crease In deposits.
' Should Offer Inducements, -
I think it would pay the city to
offer' a" free,' site to some desirable in
dustries- withitr the ' city limits and it
might be worth while for the city to
make an inducement in an exemption
from taxes for a number of years.
You are right, Hendersonville needs
industries, the more we can' get the
better. BROWNLOW JACKSON.
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GERTON NEWS.
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We have had a sleet, for the last
twenty-four hours here; in , this sec
tion that has done considerable dam
age to fruit trees, the. ice being oyer'
an inch thick on the. timber. - Nothing
like it for fifteen years.
Mr. Clinton Merrell naa . returned
byme from a visit in the Ldberty sec
tion. " . .
Bom. to Mr. and Mrs. K. G. Owen-
by, a son. .
Mr.'T. A. Huntley has locatea him
self at Mr. G. S. Walls for the year. . .
Mr.rLong of Fair View, has bought
a .fine cow. of G, S-. .Wall for A$5Q. ,
r:1jm:lit.JBtl Cave
Thursday.
irst is tlie ;
Don t poctp one payment lon
ger on the assumption tiiai
arrangeineinW' can be
f urther lime. The
'ARRANGE,' j
to PAY THEM
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COUNTY TEACHERS WILL MT
SjATURDAY TO PERFECT PROGRAM
The county teachers met in
Monthly
session last Saturday but owrir-
the attendance was not up to the -
age, .hence a number of those app!!"
ed to do committee work in Conne
tion-wlth the county comniencPrJC
U on May 14, were ZlT
J. J. Slattery reported for the com
mittee on' rules governing the deck
mation,. recitation and essay conw
Since It is necessary that all I s'
committees prepare their report -preparation
for the work to be rmn?1
taken.-President Pace called a mS
ing-of aJl the Committees to meet Si
urday of -this week at the high srhl,
building in Hendersonville ,
o'clock for preparing reports to h
made at a meeting of the teacher 2
March 20. 3 011
A great deal of committee work
have to be done at an early date and
it Is important that the meeting Sat
urday be attended by all persons hold
ing positions on any of the commit
tees appointed at the February meet"
Ing. - ; ( - ;
The Committees.
Committees appointed were as fol
lows: Program for County Commence
ment: R. A. Reid. W. H. Cal v t
Ponder, Mrs. Redden, Miss
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Mattie
Stansel.
. .Prizes:'. Miss c Gussie Dotson J b
Bjelk, Miss Mamie Briggs.
Rules to Govern Declamation, Reci
tation and. Essay Contests: Miss Bessie
Steedman, J. J. Slattery, Miss Jennie
C. Reames. .
i Subject for Debate: A. P. Bell, J. p
Belk N. Ll Ponder.
Choice of Subjects for Essays and
Rules to -Govern; Miss Rosa Edwards,
Miss Dejla Garren, R. A. Reid.
.Arrangementa: W. H. Cale, W S.
Shitle, N. M. Hollowell, Miss Delorah
Stepp, Miss. Bessie Aiken,
HENDERSONYILLE THE VICTIM
OF YERY DESTRUCTIVE SLEET.
; Hendersonville and community was
visited by one of the most destructive
sleets Friday known in the history of
this section.
( . A slow rain began to; freeze about
12 o'clock Thursday night and on Fri
day morning trees were bearing a
f heavy load of ice. The sleet contin
ued -for the greater part of .the day.
Many fruit, shade and forest treen
were stripped of their branches and
others were uprooted , under the heavy
load of ice. and had there been a hard
wind the result would have been much
worse. 1 '
Telephone, telegraph and electrh
light lines had broken during the
night and on Friday, Friday night and
Saturday there was no power. 1 ne
transmission line was in good order
and tfaerpower could have been given,
but 4t.would havebeen :
''dangwi'"!!'
been at a risk: or.
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