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T7 T7 - a - sync Democrat" VOL XXI II. NQ20 HENDERSONVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1916 1.00 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE EYES TURNED S flUBDCrS PRIPMRY-IAM CANDIDATES WILL CLOSE HOT. EIGHT. FOB GOVERNORSHIP LOCAL REPUBLICAN RACE FOE SHERIFF CLOSE CO NGRESSIONAL RACE AMONG DEM Oi K ITS INTERESTING, i The State-wide primary, .In which Henderson will participate Jiext Satur day, June 3rd, is thxSubjecto great- est local interest .this week,and for the moment wars and rumors of wars are forgotten. The great fight within the State seems to be between Bicket and Daughtridge for .governor, with the friends and supports of Bickett seem ingly the most acme. The Hustler, taking no part in this fight, can ex press no opinion as, to the outcome. It seems to be a foregone conclu sion that Shipman . and most ot the other State oflice incumbents will again receive the Democratic nomina tion. Locally the fight of .greatest interest on the Democratic side is that between the candidates for the State senate in this, the 32nd district. Henderson hav ing the privilege, of naming one of the candidates and Rutherford the other. Here the fight lies between R. M. Oates, T. B. Allen, J. Fpy Justice. R. Ton Lowndes and V, C. V. Shepherd. The light is extremely vigorous .and iflieresting. The only other fight On the Demo cratic side is between R. E. L. Free man and Carroll P. Rodgers for the Democratic nomination as representa tive to the State Legislature. The Congressional Fight. The congressional fight is of interest only on the Democratic side; since Congressman Britt has no onponen within the Republican party and .has been declared .the . nominee. The fight, between Honqrables Sol. Gallert, ZebTeaverand ; M. H. Justice and has reached a high pitch s On the RePnblican Side. There are a big bunch of Republican candidates for the nominations to va rious offices, as .follows: Sheriff U. Grant Pace, T. L. Drake, .Shack Anderson. H. D. Hyder, M. Al- lard "Case. John N. Russell and J.G. J Justus. Tax Collector W. F. Brown, EL B. Drake, R. P. Freeman, E. M. Mullinax. S. L. Jones, W. KL Lcdbetternd Z. Z. Blythe. County Commissioners vote-.. for three Sidney J. Whitaker, John A. Maxwell, .Jackson K Stepp, T. A." W. Lyda. D. S. Pace, CJ E. Canfield, John T. Staton ;and P. T. Ward. Coroner Dr. B. F. Cliff . and J3r. P. W. Sumae?. Surveyor J B. Paterson and Hen Revis. fiooseirt Republicans Active. The local Boosevelt Republicans will work with tickets at. the polls and expect to carry iJie county for T. R. Simifer work elsewhere is expected 'to land the North' K2aro.Hna delegation tor the Coloael. Austral Fallot. The new primary law specifies that the election shall be held under the Australian ballot system, thus ensur ing secrecy for each voter as he mak$s up his ticket. The OKLY person pci mited to be with the voter when he-is making up his ticket U n election official, which the -elector can sumiiwa to his assistance, if he finds assistance necessary. TO HOLD COUNTY TEACHERS' INSTITUTE HERE TWO WEEKS. Prof. E. E. Hawkins and Miss Mftggh? Hrerjrins to Hve Charge of Work All Teachers Mnst Atten L A two weeka session o( counts teachers' institute has been cilled by state superintendent J. Y. Joyner to be held at the court house in Hender sonville beginning Monday, June 12. E- E. Hawkins of Burnsville and Miss Maggie Huggins of Marion, N. C. will conduct the institute. The law requires the continuous at tendance of all public school high school, and graded school teachers, unless providencial hindered, or un ltss SUch teachers attend an accredited summer school in lieu of an institu tion, a certificate of valid attend ance will be issued to all who deserve Jt at the close of the institute. ' Teachers are required to have char ter's "Tefehing the Common branches," and the course of study." H-'E CREAM SUPPER FOR SCOUTS- A very interesting meeting of the Scouts was held in the "Rest Koom" Monday night when several toys were accepted for membership. The offer of the beautiful lawn at the Glendale as the place for the ice ci-eam supper was accepted and a vote thanks sent to Mr. and Mrs. Lester tor their kind invitation to use the lawn. The secure purpose of the festival Is to funds for the prention of a tamp house in Laurel Park. The peo- Pie are requested to help boys in thi3 Way TO STATE-WIDE FERNWOOD WOODMEN HOLD INTERESTING MEETING. - Fern wood Camp, Modern Woodmen of America held an interesting session Monday evening. There were 56 mem bers present, notwithstanding. the'. In clemency of the weather, and three candidates were inducted into the mys teries of the order. This organization is making plans for a rousing celebra tion on July 4th, at Hendersonville. and all the neighboring camps will be asked to participate. Promises of .at tendance have been given by the camp of 400 members at AsheviUe, and those at Saluda, Tuxedo and Canton. Prac tically all the funds necessary have been raised for the securing of iimi forms for the drill team and the order will be mailed during the present week. They will be of dark blue wilh gold trimming and will be here in ample time for the celebration. Fern. wood camp has had a phenominal growth during the past several months and now has a membership of 130. The records show that this fraternal insurance order has added more than 60,000 new members during the pres ent year. ls&S BIBLE CLASS TO BUILD The Men's Wesley Adult Bible class of the Hendersonville Methodist church having outgrown their present quarters, and it being (impossible to find a room in the Sunday school adequate for its accommodation, decided-some weeks ago. to raise .funds and erect a building la fteT grdve cif the church yard. The necessary amount is now in sight, and the ma terial will be placed on the ground within the nestf. two or three days. It is the purpose of the members of the class to meet at the church on next Wednesday morning, June .7th and endeavor to erect and complete .the congregation have kindly offered to furnish dinner for the workmen on that day and it is earnestly 'honed that every member of the class will either be present or send some one in tt:s place to help with th work. The Hustler has been asked to say that while this is a Methodist class, any and all men who feel kindly towards such, an undertaking are cordially in vited to Join with the class on that day. The building will, when finish ed, accommodate about 150 persons, and all men win receive a warm greeting who may enter tts doors this summer. DEATH OF JAMES J. HILL. Great Railroad Builder and Capitalist Passed Away Monday. St. Paul, May 29. James J. Hill, railroad builder, capitalist and widely known citizen of the Northwest, died at his residence here at 9:30 o'clock this morrflng, as the result of an af fection due to bowel trouble. Mr. Hill was born on a farm near Guelph, Ont., in 1838, of Scotch-Irish parents. Under the hard work of the farm he grew up sturdy and j healthy. Between the age of 7 and 14 years he attended an academy near his home, where he aeveiopea a mareu aptitude for reading and study. His father's death when he was 14 years of age made lit necessary for him to go to work a8 a clerk in the village store. Mr Hill began his wonaerrui career as a railroad genius with his accept- ancy of the agency of the St. Poul and Pacific Railway. Mr HUl'g wealth is estimated at from $100,000,000 to $500,000,000. Winter s4uahNot"PPcc,atee, Few appreciate the value of the outhern winter squash, the cushaw. It keeps through winter in ordinary storage and rivals the sweet potato for pies and other table uses. Warm Water for Hens. Notice how eager the hens are to thfiv first come off the roost in the morning. Water should She was conscious up until the time L 0urhtlv warmed when the weather of. her death but could not talk so she "f ! could be understood. is cold. " j Surviving her are her husband. Mr. e C. R. Truex and three sons, Charles, Key to Poultry Suc"ss. , William and A. S. Truex, who is mana The key to success wltn tne noc lger of the. local telephone exchange, this winter is clover or alfalfa hay and i Mr and Mrs Truex cameto Hender the root crop. Roots fed with th sonville several years ago to make grain ration make both more valuable- tneir home with their son. and while there Mrs. Truex endeared herself to LUTHERAN SERVICES SUN DAI. There will be Lutheran services at reaved family extend to them their hi MPthodlst church next Sunday heartfelt sympathy n their bereave afternoon at 4 o'clock rl Regular ser-. ment ' vires will be held durfng the summer J The interment will take place Friday S the lime hour each -Sunday. Rev. . in Montclair, N. J., the old home of F Glover Morgan will preach. - Mrs. Truex. THE CANDIDACY OF M. L. SHIPMAN J Endorsed for Re-election by Local and. District Organizations. (News & Observer, Nov. 14, 1915.) The undersigned respectfully pre sent the name of M. L. Shipman as a candidate to succeed himself as Com missioner of Labor and Printing. He is serving his second term, and we have heard only the highest praise of the manner in which he has conducted the affaira of the Department. Where ever duty called Mr.Shipman has shown himself equal to the occasion, and his actions have brought honor to the State and credit to himself. That he has doubly increased 'the usefulness of the Department is ..generally admitted. There appears little, :if .an.y, sentiment to displace him, and we .wish merely to advise Mis friends that he will ap preciate their support for re-election. Mr. Shipman has not only madea capable official during the six years and half of his incumbency in the po sition, but he has also long been an effective party worker, both as editor and county and district chairman. We "V1 v. , y i s -.w . 1 s . . M. L. SHIPMAN. Commissioner Labor and Printing. Check his name on your Saturday. ballot next appreciate hlis fighting qualities up bore in 'the mountains and want to ee htm more Adequately rewarded for the splendid service he has rendered the Democratic jpar.ty and fox bis constant devotion to duty in the office he now so competently fills. He needs no in troduction to the people of North Car olina, and we feel that our knowledge of their .sense of Justice warrants the sincere belief that Comrdssioner Ship man will be nominated by an over whelming majority to succeed him self. We believe tt won Id be a serious mis take, from a business standpoint for the State, to retire Mr. Shipman at a time when he i3 best fitted to serje the people, and hope his numerous fiflends in various sections of the com monwealth will see to it that his in terests are thoroughly protected. Very respectfully, (Signed) J. Scroop Styles, Michael Schenck. A. Cannon. E. W. Ewbank, R. M. Oates, C. E. Brooks, J. W Bailey, J. Mack Rhodes, Otis Powers. Hendersonville Oct. 28, 1915. These signatures represent the dis trict, county and city organizations pf the Democratic party. Mr. Styies is the chairman of the Tenth District Ex ecutive Committee; Mr.. Oates chair man of the County, Executive Commit tee; -Mr. Brooks, Mayor of Henderson ville; Mr. Powers, Chief of Police; Mr. Schenck, Solicitor of the Eighteenth Judicial 0!strict; Mr. Cannon, member of the State Board of Agriculture for the Tenth District; Mr. Bailey, express and ticket agent, president of the Creater Hendersonville Club and mem ber of the city council; Mr. Rhodes, cashier of the First Bank and Trust Company. and Mr. Ewbank, president of the C.tizens National Bank. MRS. C. R. TRUEX PASSES AWAT. Mother of Local Telephone Manajrer Dies After Stroke of Paralysis; Has Lived Here Several Years. Mrs. C. R. Truex, aged 70, died Tuesday evening at 8:30, at her home on 5th avenue. Mrs. Truex suffered a stroke of paralysis on Sunday, May 2-st and on account of her age and feeble condition could not recover. , all who knew ner. and will be sadly .m'ssed. The many frf'ends of the be- V' ! ' i'i-' V ; u, v. ; - 4 v . ..... r rjEGROES FORCED TO LEAVE GITY Of ACCOM OF RACE LABOR TROUBLE: M:v D. H. Counts Gives His Side of Recent Labor Trouble 3 ': TltE IirTUAL PBINTJXG COMPANY If .TrS ONE OF THE BEST EDI. I HONS EYEB PUBLISHED ? i: HENDERSONYILLE. I F;;0?iABLE COLEIEKTS CiUi:as City Are Well Pleased Wt'jftae 1Yrk of HnsUer Force . KJAj Assisted by B. H. DePrist. ' . il Formerly.x of Shelby Tha. Hustler'a 1916 Resort and Good Road3 Edition was inailed to city read crs jpn : Monday and has been the sub ject!; of -favorable comments on all sides.. For which the paper is duly grateful ':y:y-. All week the-office force, with a few "eictras,; have- been worked to the limitjn. folding" and stapling the sec tions of the. ;40rpage. edition, in trim- mjW thei-aitb big pqwer cutterl a&;Xnmail sands of possible tourists to the South of us, to possible investors in the North and West and to our own folk in the county. The magazine style of the 1916 Re Fort Edition has met with general ap proval on the part of those who have seen ft. The printing was, for the most part, better than the press usually turns lout, but the big cylinder bucked at times and the result was unsatisfac tory with his or that cut And it so happened that the subject of the "bad print" usually got that particular copy. One prominent, dentist, on opening his copy in the postoffice lobby, ex claimed to a friend "Do you think I am really that ugly?" "Well nit quite," was the response. Another prominent dentist, Dr. A. H. Morey, had the worst luck of any, and it was not hjs fault, either. Not having a photograph of himself handy, and being too busy to visit Mr. Baker in time for the issue, The Hustler, un beknownst to the doctor, requisitioned an old negative from Baker, which, it so happened, showed a month's stubby growth of beard, having been taken of Dr. Morey just after he had recovenld from a severe illness and which he had had taken solely to send to his home folks back in. Ohio. This was used in theedition, greatly to the good doctor's embarrassment. But the presses were stopped and the cut taken out as soon as the doctor v set eyes upon the paper. Extra copies of the booster edition have been printed and can be had at The Hustler office. BEAR WALLOW. (Special to The Hustler.) Bear Wallow. June 1. Paul Cock ran, Orval Ponder, and several others, of Biltmore passed through this sec tion Sunday on their way home from Chimney Rock. T. B. Conner of Hendersonville was in this section recently. Joe Sinclair of Rutherfordton pass ed through -here on his way home from Asheville, where he had been at tending the Southern Baptist conven tion. R. S. Huntley of Fairview, spent the past week with relatives here. , Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Conner and chil dren of Fairview spent Saturday and Sunday with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Conner. Rev. and Mrs. H R Freeman of Fruitland, have returned home after spending a few days with relatives here CARLSON MUST SERVE. In the case, of State vs. C. A. Carl son which was heard this week be fore the SuPreme Court there was found no error. This means that Mr. Carlson wffl have to serve out his sentence in the State prison. The case created considerable interest throughout the county and was hard fought to the finish. llflESIlRT MBODD 00T PROlillT SOOTH CAROLIf To the Editor of The Hustler: My name is D. H. Counts. I live, in Laurens, C, I have spent the sum mers "In Hendersonville continuously for about thirty years, which I can verify by Captain Toms and J. L. Orr. of tM:p city, My sister, Mrs. S. H. Sanders, o Florence, S. C, recently concluded to build a summer home here. We bought a lot from Mr. W. A. Smith at Laurel Park. The agreement between us was that I should build the house and that we would divide the costs. 1 live within 75 nfiles of Henderson ville and she lives within 300 miles of this Jlty. I came here on the 16th day of May and brought my own help with me, a big majority of which lived on my own farms in Laurens county, S. C, to do this work. In addition to this I employed three colored carpen ters, who owed me more money than they could possibly have worked out on this job. I was to pay their rail road fare and credit their accounts for the balance. We broke ground on the 16th May, and everything ran smoothly for about a week. On Saturday last. May 27, a committee of white men supposed to J De lwelve or nrteen, aS estimated by be twelve or fifteen as estimated bv noiei, came to "wait on me' as l un derstand, to inform me that I must dispose of my colored labor. I went to the sheriff of the county." He was not in his office. A young man, who informed me that he was a deputy said I could get no assistance from him. I went to Mr. Brooks, mayor of the city, and he said that he would see me at 3 o'clock' in the af ternoon. I went to Mr. W. A. Smith from whom my lot was purchased and asked tt'm for protection of my laborers. He replied that he could do nothing. - - On Monday I took this matter up with Mayor Brooks over the phone and he told me that the sentiment was against my working colored labor. That same night Mr. W. A. Smith phones me thatthere would be fifty men at my building the next morn ing to keep this labor rrom going to Work. I said to him that this ds a "devil of a country." His reply was that "we are doing here like they do in Georgia." On tits information from Mr. Smith, whom I had known for a good many years and believing him to be one of the leading citizens of Hendersonville. I took theee negroes to the depot and purphased their tickets for Laurens, S. C. and sent them back to my farm. I want to state that I am a South Carolina Democrat. I never did a thing in ruy life to advance the negro above a white man. 1 bought every dollar's worth of material that wit into my house in-the city of Hender sonville and paid spot cash for it. I wish to say that in conclusion that I am the last man living that would come to Hendersonville knowingly and violate any law, sod'al. moral or civil. X I write this statement to put the matter clearly before the, good citizens of Hendersonville. Every tool chest on our place was broken open at night between the time we quit work on Saturday aftei noon and Monday morning at the time we started to work, and the tools taken away. Mjr paint and oils were destroyed, absolutely. I haven't the remotest idea who did this "dirty' work nor have I made any effort to find out the guilty parlies. I leave this for the good citizenship of Hen dersonville to do. , D. H. COUNTS. June 1, 1916. JUDGE ADAMS PRESIDING MAY CIVIL COURT TERMi The May term of civil court con vened here Monday with Judge J. W. Adams presiding. A number of cases were non-suited. In the case of Savagg vs. Savage an absolute di vorce was granted and Mrs. Savage's maiden name was restored. A full list of the cases tried at this term of court and their disposals wili be published next week. 1IAI i .D. H. COUNTS, OF LAURENS, MEETS WITH OPPOSITION IN TRYING TO WORK HIS OWN HELP IN BUILDING SUMMER HOME IN LAUREL PARK; TOOLS STOLEN; . .PAINT DESTROYED. Hendersonville i$ infested with a set or clique of men who apparently would do violence as an extreme measuring !n seeing that their desires are carried out. A particular case of this kind has been demonstrated in Laurel Park where Mr. D. , H. Counts, a prominent planter and" stock dealer of Laurens S. was building a sum mer home - under ! his personal super vision and had brought from his farm six negroes to help him with the work.. At some time near midnight last Sat urday (accordKng to neighbors who live in the park) ; unknown parties visited the premises of Mr. Counts and his . sister Mrs. S. H Sanders of Florence, who expect to spend the summer in the house jdtntly, and' stole all the tools and overturned all. the paints and oils that could be found. The total loss to Mr. Count3 .is nearly $50. He has been unable -to secure any clue as to the individual: who performed the deed. Monday morning there was found" on a sign made from a plank about sis. by nine inches long painted the in scription "RUN NEGROES" placed on the property. This of course caused the - negroes Mr: - Counts had b rought with him, much uneasiness and an effort- was., made-in receivings police or county protection, but with no en couragement Mr. Counts stated that he had brought the negroes with him here mainly on account of the faet that they owed him money advanced for provisions, etc. He decided after what had taken place that it would be safer to send the colored brethren back home and possibly, Jose , the $200 -which was owning himv j Mr. Counts states that he Is n6fa contractor, and h'as never: contracted a job of building in his life; He is a farmer and has had at one time hun dreds of negroes working for him as well as many white men. Last Saturday Mr. Counts was in formed by his landlord, where he is boarding here, that there had been a committee of ten or fifteen white men waiting on H'hi, but he had been de tained longer than he expected on business at a local store. He could not find out who these men were. He was approached on the street by two men who would not give their names and was told that he had better get his negroes out of town. He was phoned by a prominent cit'zen one night last week that there would be fifty white men out at his home the next morning, if he did not move the negroes he was working, out of town. Many leadine citizens of Hender sonville feel that Mr. Counts has been done a great wrong and believe that there Is a law that will protect him. If Mr. Counts had been a contractor or even was building a house for anyone else than himself and had employed negroes instead of white carpenters then it. would have been a different case. The fact that some person or per sons actually broke the locks of Mr. Counts tool chests and took from them the working tools and also de stroyed a quantity of paints and oils looks as if there :'s a lawless element at work in Hendersonville. The officers of Hendersonville and county should use every effort in, ap prehending the guilty party. Until the tools are returned a shad ow of suspicion vrti 11 remain upon a certain element of the working peo ple of Hendersonville simply because some irresponsible person or persons had done a deed of violence in trying to destroy property, during a period of time when they (as a whole or large number) attempted to influence 'an individual .in the pursuance of his work. The best element of the city does not believe in placing the negro on any higher plare. than he now stands. The principle of the whole occur rence was wrong in forcing the Im ported belp of Mr. Count's to leave the city. . The Hustler believes In taking the side of the wronged and regardless of threats of jny kinds will cont'nue to stand up for the right, it matters not where the "chips, may fall." . - -t
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