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i ... a o y u tea of Maai i mmik .-mi I Request Llillsaps tbjSend :lilan Herei at Once ifter Three Months the Commission ers Decide to Promote Interests of Farmers Non-Partisan . Measure liaise County Officials. The vote of the county commission ers 0n the question of a farm demon strator for Henderson county last Tuesday afternoon stood: Three, in favor. None, against. Thus ends a long .and strenuous campaign for the advancement" of the agricultural interests of the county, list fall a movement "was put on foot agitating the question of securing a demonstrator. In fact the matter has teen in the minds of "a good many prominent farmers ever since the county failed year before last to em ploy a demonstrator after having him for two years. ; The first public meeting before the commissioners was held on the first Monday in January. At this meeting a large number of citizens and farm ers filled the little court room and not a decenting voice was heard against the movement. The commissioners decided that it would be best to nost- pone the matter until, the people could be heard from, either in person or by petition on the first Tuesday In Feb ruary. ,-r ;(SJJ Those who favored the demonstra tor worked hard, in spite of the "weath er in carrying petitions all over the county. Nearly 250 citizens signed petitions in favor of theagent and sev eral other petitions rave not been turned in. Something over 150 signed petitions against the employing of a demonstrator under the nresent hws. The petition did not say that the sgri erg were against the demonstration work in general. '. It has been thought for sometime that the county commissioners would employ a demonstrator. They went on record at the meeting in February as being personally in favor of, it and were, simply waiting to. hearfrom.the The question of how much salary, the county will pay has not been set tled, but the commissioners were in favor of getting the best man obtain able and state agent E. C. Millsapa has been wired to get Henderson county the best man he can find. -' The farmers are in favor, of a good man, one who knows his business and. will not be a burden on the county. One of the commissioners stated at the meeting that he was in favor of getting a high price demonstrator rather than a cheap one. It is safe to say that the salary will not be less than $1500 per year and the county "will only have to pay one half of this amount. The total taxes of Henderson county is in the nighborhood of $96,000 to $100,000 Tho nrtnjl rnst nf a Hpttioti- 1 strator would hard be over 75 cents for every $100 in taxes. The township of Hendersonville pays over 40 per cent of the taxes and there is said to be very little opposition in that township. It was agreed by the commissioners to begin work at once. Owing to the fact that farmers are now icary for spring planting and to get effective re sults a demonstrator should begin york within the next thirfy days. It is said that Mr. Millsaps has a man he he can locate here within the next few Tveeks. The securing of an agent for Hen derson county is said by some leading fitisens of the county to mean more re?! money to the county than the se r,riRS f a $100,000 cotton mill. This putting it prettj strong but it is a krn..n fact that while some did nl think they had profited by the last demonstrator here others were ready to swear that he made them lots of money and they were very much dis appointed that Mr. Perkins had to avc. It Is a known fact that Mr. Perkins is now making one of the leading agents of the state. He has ;harge of the work in Burke county. Dustover the ridge. . t .; VTnen the announcement was made hy the commissioners after being in short session behind closed doors the crowd in the room gave a strong de monstration of their feelings. They alizcd that their work had not been jn vain and that a, new feeling in the future of the county of prosperity and success would be felt. : As one spokesman stated., the county as the back bone o the city , and so Jng as the farmers lag just so long Avouid the city be a struggler. These Patent factors so 'hand in hand and nen the farmers prosper as they have reason to feel that they will from now on, then, Hendersonville will. JJfliate the prosperity and good will of Henderson county. " The board of agriculture will begin trom now with a new impetus and Wlth a membership of fifty "farmers fn(l citizens at the present there are '"cations it will grow into the hun- uieas . There is said to" be 1500 farmers iiv J"g on their farms county. Tt wotiI he imnnsslhlp --Liaior to spend a day wuu y ------ are all farm- and the government has S wiKspW forked out plans by . which an agent ers ofj the ln citf, , Can work with a groupe of farmers Jnjto the furniture business in tne cuy. nawiuns To Build ; I Modem Store At Once The work of tearing down the Haw kins building, next to the Climax Bar ber Shop on Main street, preparatory to 'the building of a modern stone, has already begun. W. H. Hawkins & Son has leased this hew building for a period of five and one-half years to G. M. Glazener. Mr. Glazener expects to move the Whitmire stock of shoes and gent's furnishings into this store when com pleted.' The new building will be modern' throughout, and Mr. Glazener expects, to conduct one of the most up-to-date shoe stores ever in Henderson ville. Alf Glazener will have charge of this new store. . Preliminary work on the organiza tion for the Browning tablernacle meetings to begin in HendersonvWe on or about April 22nd has already taken definite shape. The various committees have been named with the exception of .a fifth member of each committee, who will be appointed just as soon as the com mittees meet.,-.: ; The following is a report of a meet ing held last Sunday afternoon at 3:30. o'clock at the Wesley Adult Bible class room at the Methodist church: The meeting was called to order by Rev. Wi F. Womble who was made per- manent chainhan with C. SFnbright, The following were present from the different churches: W. F. Dotson, L, A. ChapinyJ. A. Fletcher, L. PJ Carter and C. S. Fullbright, from EastHenderson vllle Baptist church. Rev. T. E. Simpson, Dr. A. H. Mo rey, Dr McPheeters from the Presby terian church. Rev. K. W. Cawthon, T. L. Durham, J; E. Shlpman, R. H. Staton, Foster Bennett and S. J. Justice, First Bap- tist church. Rev. W. F. Womble, F. S. Wetmur, C. F. Bland F. E. Durfee, A. L. Gur- ley and Vance Norwood from the Meth- oaits church. On motion the following ministers and laymen were elected as the execu tive committee: Revs. W. F. Womble, K. W. Cawthon, T. E. Simpson, Geo. F. Wrieht and Rev. Mr. Davis, and 'Messrs. F. S. Wetmur, T. L. Durham, A. H. Morey and J A Fletcher. J On motion the following committees 1 were appointed. The four named are to meet, select a fifth man and organ ize by naming their chairman, etc.: Building Committee Foster Ben nett, A. L. Gurley, J. R. Willson, D. S. Pace.' ' Finance CommUtee R. H. Staton, J. O. Williams, F. E. Dui fee, W. F. Dot son. Publicity Comrjiitte - C E. Black stock, Dr. McPheeiers, Vance Norwood, L. P. Carter. Music Committee Miss Gussie Dot-, son, Mrs.yJ. S. Brown, C. F. Bland, Mrs. J. A. Laughter. - Ushers Committee S. J. Justice, A. H. Hawkins, J. Lawrence Pace, H. F. Stewart! ' Decoration Committee Mrs. Mae Matthews, Mrs. Gordon Garlington, Mrs. J. 'Lawrance Pace, Mrs. G. W. Brooks. On motion it was authorized that the executive and building committee se lect the site and decide whether or not hey 'erect a tabernacle. F. S. Wetmur was instructed to com municate wUh Re. Mr. Browning and ascertain from him his opinion of e-ecting a tabernacle or securing a top for his tent. " Nb other business the meeting ad journed to meet at :20 Sun-iay aft ?r noon, March 11th at ihe same place. W. F: WGMISf 1-2, Jnairman. C S. FULLBRIGHT Sec'y. HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION. A meeting of the Hospital associa tion will be held at the residence of Mrs. C. S. Fullbright; on Main street, Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. every section and thus give the same benefit almost as would be derived by a personal visit to each. Experimental tracts will be located over the county and an o ce will be opened in HendersoiiOi o .where tho agent will be on band one day out of each week to answer inquiries and give out free literature and bulletins. miAsttons of farm marketing is BID louu iwme". - --""important and the best mar in Hender5on ( now po agent, iposslble for a kets wui a TrtWT ?tatonr J' F : - -". fTnmmissioners John l. btaron j. r. x o , . E3E RIDGE" 119 Cost Of IMf Local merchants Sceptical Over Price of Canned Goods Eggs Only 1 " ThlngDown. Because prices for future delivery on canned goods and certain other staples are to their minds out of rea j son, Hendersonville grocers are hesi tating about signing orders now. Some I of them do not understand why certain I large jobbers are unable to 'sell for fu ture delivery a complete line of canned goods. It is thought by some that the manipulation of the market by men higher up is more responsible for. this condition than any other single force An effort was made the other day by a representative of the Hustler, to se cure through a representative source some adequate information to deter mine whether the 'High cost or living" is still in control; of the market, or. is loosing ground. The discovery was that prices on parctically all of the staple" articles for food are upward still rather than downward. With the ex ception of eggs the prices are higher almist day after day, but the hens are coming to the relief of egg shortage and there has 'been a notable decerase within the past few weeks. ' Several leading citizens have signi fied their intention of dscohtinuing jeatng of Irish potatoes until the price Is reduced. They are selling around 1 70c per peck and some predict that they will reach $1.00 befare any relief is given. Sugar is holding her high price with a slight Increase each week. jRice remains about the cheapest" food on tne market. Lard refuses to stop rising. 'Butter can be had, but is short about two days ut of the week,, with the exception of creamery , butter, which is always higher than the coun try butter. - . Many .citizens of 'county are hoping an4 trusting that spring trucking ,will be a success, v Home" gardens are bc- ling.planned.and planted, with tho hor Tor" materially- inducing theh1lfira'c6st "of. jloving. Should Hendersonville havaa t banner seasons -this summer, thousand of dollars will have to be spent out of tn county for the very things which could Tie cultivated here, m o.'der to fr.ed the visitor-." Resu es Farmers to Contract for Surplus Crops at Fair Prices May Relieve - Canned Goods Market. The Ottaray canning company has been leased by T. L. Durham and Jon athan Case, and will resume operation on or before June 1st, according to a statement from the new concern by T. Lt. Durham. i This well known enterprise was 1 started several years ago by J. Case .and C. F. and M. C. Toms, of this city, I An investment of nearly $10,000 was made including all modern machinery, and fire proof buildings. At normal seasons the factory em- . polys seventy live people, of which i ninety per cent are women. The ca ' pacity of the factory is in the neigh borhood of 25,000 cases of canned goods, representing an outlay of $75, (000. This means sixty car loads of i tomatoes, fruits and vegetables to be manufactured in Henderson county a year, provided a normal season can be had. In talking of the new enterprise, Messrs. Durham and Case, were enthu ciastic over the prospect of a banner season. They wish to impress upon the farmers of Henderson county that by producing vegetables on a large scale, and contracting with the can nery for their surplus crops, that it will be of great financial profit to them. It is not the purpose of the new concern to contract for the entire vegetable crop of any one farmer, or any group of farmers. They believe that it is best for. all concerned to al low the farmers to sell as much of their crop as they desire in the local market, especially the early crop, for which they receive a better price. The new concern Is now ready to make- contracts with the farmers for their farm products, such as apples, string beans, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, black berries, peaches, etc. , The man agement has ample capital to carry On this business and, is now contracting for a season's supply of cans and the necessary new equipment. , T. L. Durham will have charge of the financial end and the executive office, while Johnathan Case will devote his entire time to superintending the plant out at Dana; N, C. The new duties will not interfere with Mr. Durham's position as manager of the Slayden Fakes & Co., wholesale grocers. The present extreme prices of canned goods and the uncertainty of future deliveries c.aused.Mr. Durham to enter Oitaray Ca ..111, bdUUIti Damsrrs 3 Place to Extent of irtly. Insured. ",' to; cild at once. y What near being a very disas?- : curred last Friday after v " Pines," the country ; c c X of - Mrs. A- T Smythe, S. C. Five houses, in a tfour roomed servants trous fire noon at v: : placer at Fi of Charle. : eluding 't. houses xwii'i ' Jail z furnishings, smoke nouse witc oyer one hundred and fifty dollars wo .It of meat;-wood house and chicken, he 3 e , were, totally, destroyed, ana- n w witn an enort mat tne otner Dun n yd WAA ' OATTAi) ' n ci c oovcu iiuui cue flames; - t o- re smoke -! h c use ? where Mr. Jones, the headkeepc r, was smoking meat and it was well Under the flames before if) was -discovered. ' All of the buildings burned , ,at e . huddled ; together at the rear" of the Mk house ocojupied by the Smythe family in sunmert and there was no saVins the' five destroyed.' And only the niiny day and absence qf wind prevented 'the: handsome home; barns; offices and other building on this blgi estate "goiiisl down f lit'' ashes tooj; Mr. , Jones-states that the loss was some- thing over;3,CS0. v He says that insur- ance was carried and that the Smythes have alrcly .'signified their intention of rebuU4i"2 before" they come up tn BUILBirr ANB LOAK REPORT, TfcevHuLler Js publishing this week week the cnnual report of the Labor - er's Buildi:;: and ; Loan . Asooc!atlon wmcn wui De reaci witn interest. This Association J now has" seven; series in operation; with three series already matured. fThe assets of, the Associa - tlon are nearly $64,000 and profits over $1Q,OO0. rThere. were 1.386 shares in force at the beginning of the year, and 1.451 share 3 at the end of the year. The Association has , 151 white mem-r bers. " ' , . SUPERIOR COURT CONTENED JUDGE XXE PRESIDING MONDAY. Mr.-tfli K rtt 'it rWyntnal ri,w nna - " .... . ... . . uiiug Judge Henry P. Lane, judge of sn - pcrior court, began a two weeks term of criminal and civil court; There are nn'te a number of minor -cases in court. A full list of the verdicts will be published later. Operation the new business. Jonathan Case has had many-years of experience in the canning business, and is well known throughout the county. ' It is announced that every labeled can shipped from this factory will bear the name in big letters "Henderson ville Brand, North Carolina." This will put the name of the city in many states, and be valuable advertising for this section Mr. Durham says that the new con cern now has an order already for a solid car load of kraut, and that he hopes within a few months to put on the market canned pork and beans, big hominy and a variety of jellies. MIC8 T rrv Tirmrm WTNS moving picture grouy ubib w yiuuuvc mTsiTlFT? TRIP TO W 1SIIIGT0 , 'The Rise and Fall of the Confeder HUSTLER TRIP TO Asm j u l , Mr Turner said ,Henderson- Was Cfnly Successful Worker in Se curing Required Number of Sub scriptionsOthers Get Cash. . The Hustler's free trip offer to the Inauguration to Washington closed last week with Miss Lucy Dermid be ing the only successful winner of the trip. Ther were several participants who shared, in the cash commissions, but. did not secure the necessary $50 in subscriptions, The unusual bad weather during j the months .of January and February nTfl thoueht to have been the main nUse oT his rS : 5er: TTe manalement.of the Hustler t' it has been, repaid for the efforts In- large number of new. subscribers, which have been added to the growing family Of Hustler readers. PAT TOUR TAXES AND GET BENEFIT OF NEW LAW. It Is important that at least one half of - all county taxes : are paid before Slarch 15, in order that the payer may participate Ijn the new law aHowing until Ahgust for the balance to be paid. This law was passed by Representa tive Brownlovf Jackson on .account of the flood suffering last summer. It ii thought that a great numher of clU- Jstate, liheL lyin In.bothX!arolinas. Mrs. zens of the county wfll take adYantzje A J. Lemort r id children will in ihe of jthe opportunitj of gc'curfcis relief., : future reside 1 1 Hendersonville, : she . v-- 77 " ' " ' H' having -purc--ad the new Maxwell V Dr. li. B. Morse' has returned to his residence on Pifth avenue. . She ex home on Mfth avenue, after spending;, pects to move within, the next few several months In Biltxnore hospital. - ), weeks.5 ' ''-'r- v .One, of the best meetings of the Board of Trade held - this year; took plcl at the. city hall Tuesday; night A large number of members were present. - ' . . R M. Oates reported from his 'recent visit to' Raleigh, "in which" hestated that a law had been passed permitting cities to buy property outside the city limits for a golf course. . The golf course 6 committee was instructed to confer with tne city commissioners in reference to calline a bond Jssup Jtionl - Mr. Oates also reported as chairman' of the cotton mill committee, that wnrir j would begin at once on securing stock. subscrlDtions to the amount of $50,000. nW a 111.. 1 1 i t xliks cuiiiiuiLLe aesires to purcnase a hundred acres. F. A. Ewbank,, chairman of the ad- vertising. committee reported that the citv was alreadv receivine direct: re- suits of the $250 spent for advertisirg" in Florida newspapers and moving pic ture slides. ) y ... , . . :j t : Secretary A, S. Truex. reported that he was receiving daily a, large -volume of inquiries through this campaign, Mr. Truex read a letter from W. A. Smith, offering Laurel Park to the city free as a pleasure ground this summer, to the visitors. A vote of thanks was passed by the board to'Mr. Smith, and a committee will be appointed to con- fer. with him in planning . various amusements in the patk this summer. The question of supplying necessary music: this summer was discussed by S various members, and a commiueo was- appointed to arrange lor at leas. 'one band concert every week,, and to select a suitable site for a band stanl on Main street. - - J It was decided owing to the unusual amount of work before the Board of : Trade at this season, two meeting a mnnth -artii hp.ld from now on. AUWUbU v. . ... The next meeting or tne ooara wu. be held Tuesday night, March 20th. .,rrW RE-ORGANIZE BUGGY & WAGON CO . ' ' . L. R. Gelger, Bnys D. S. Pace Interests and Is Elected Secretary and w TreasnrerKew Stand. v rp. TTTidflraonville Buggy & WagOIL ' ; . ' officers. - Leland K. weger. v of Brickton &as taxen siock w cern and is, secretary and treasurer. W. A. Keith, is president; O. Roy Keitn ia vice nresmeni. lue uuivw show rom of the company will be In the store, rom formerly occupied by the" Southern Supply cmpany adjoin ing the store of O. Roy Keith, mer chanrise .broker. , ,' The concern handles the following wagons. Geo. E. Nissen, ThornhilL Mitcheli, Hickory and White Hickory, also the following buggies, Rock Hill, Parry, Columbus, Hughes. TO BUILD ESMERALDA INN. c - t Tom Turner of Chimney Rock States That Work Has Already Begun.; Convicts for Road Secured. Thomas Turner, owner and manager of the famous Esmeralda which was i recently burned to the ground, was 'a visitor in Hendersonville Tuesday. Mr. Turner states that work has al ready begun on rebuilding this hotel (by next .summer. He states that the plans call for a modern structure. The ! tower and a : cottage near Esmeralda' Inn are now crowded with guests. In fact Mr. Turner was called here Tuesr day to receive a party who desired to i stop with him. In speaking of the recent story puo- lished inthe Hustler of the coming of a jvilic is fortunate in securing sucn a ImamrrjCth picture. You have ideal ; scenery for such a picture. We, in j Chimney Rock, do not have the level country and most of the pictures made in our section are of the rough kind; which many of the moving picture di rectors have told me is the finest to be had east of the Rocky Mountain. Those picture people certainly do not mind spending, money. You will find that .they will leave a pig bunch of cash in Hendersonville." ,' ; Mr. Turner had just heard of the act of the Legislature by which Chimney Rock and Bat Cave sections will re- iceive seventy-flve convict, for a period - - ,!!j?& 5 jf . xi tn1A nf UeiUJC 1UI IUC LUUHDl. . i IU.1U Ul one of the largest gorges made by the recent flood, having been' named Borne gorge after Billy Borne, the famous cartoonist of the Asheville Citizen, who. has been a frequent visitor in this sec tion before and after the flood, of 1916. BIG LAND; SALE. Anouncement is made in this issu? of the Hustler of a big real estate auc-tion.sale- of the Lemb;-. Thrace, a Tfyon. N. C, .which property, is com peted of three hundred acres, of mag- l i j niucentlfarmms land, situated on tne !f dlcatlons Are Fine for ApProacif r. ! ; . . ConteiapIatedV - CIT REACHING BOOM STAGE Every, day sees some new. improve ments Or hlliMiltv nnavaf inn ITa. ' dersonville. Business, circles are tak ing on new life and activities in Hen dersonville closely resemble those of large' cities.' ' Some of the many im provements and changes recently and those contemplated are: $10,000 now being spent by the Southern railroad company on the passenger station. It is announced that vitrified' brick -will be laid on the street facing the station and for a short distance down the track. A new shed is nronospd fnr th freight depot over the loading and; unloading- platform. ' The Ottaray canning plant, a" $10,000 enterprise at Dana, N. C, will resume full operation within a few week3, un der tfew management. ( y , ' W. F. Case and J. Boling have pur chased the-up-town store of the South ern Supply; CoC and- greatly increased the stock of goods. ' . , . " As . result; of the newspaper adver tising campaign conducted by Hender sonville in all the leading papers of Florida, there are quite an umber of visitors .'here . now. These visitors have admitted that the advertisements xaey reaa m u ionaa papers Drougnt them to Hendersonville. . ' A chair factory, formallv located on the French Broad river near Asheville. and- was washed away during the re cent flood" wishes tn locate in- TTendpr. rille, and a committee is now confer ing with the owners and are offering a free sight in Hendersonville. This en terprise represents a capital of $15,000. ; James . M. r Gudger, ' , Jr., made the stateuieflt sthat eventually a modem hotel .would be located on' the Hawkins property, and that he was planning the second story of the large store building for H. Patterson as a wing for this ; contemplated hotel. 7 ; ; The . Woman $ ' Club will no doubt I ..v t offer fromsev- bwhersof he vacant lot on Main street; td heautify the same to be used as payks this season fof .the' convenience o 4 fthis v. Ihi'I. M . J. B. STEEDMAN DEAD. Aged Citizen Died Monday Jflght After Lingering Illness Was Confeder-. .v ate Veteran Leaves Daughter.' Ji B.Steedman a former. resident .of Camden, S. C 72 years old died at the home of his - daughter Miss Bessie Steedman last Monday night. i !Mr. Steedman has been in feeble health for several years. He has divided, his time here and in Camden for a. num ber of years. The deceased was a good citizen and while in Hendersonville made many friends. He was a valient soldier and served throughout the war between the states in a South Carolina cavalry company. He was born in Charleston, S. C. Out of a large family Mr. Steed man is survived by only one daughter. Mrs. Steedman died here last year. : The funeral services were conduct ed by Rev. R. N. Willcox. The floral tributes, sent by relatives and friends in Camden, S. C, were unusually beautiful. HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED." r Southern's Handsome Flyer Describes Railroad Conditions as They Were in 1854. . "How Times Have Changed" Is the title of a handsome flyer gotten out by the Southern Railway 'reproduc ' t an advertisement of the Orange ant ander Railroad in 1854 in comp. with a view on this same line :r part of the Southern's Washington di vision, showing one of the Southern's limited passenger trains on modern - 'double track" protected by the electric i automatic clock signal system. ; The old advertisement shows a pic ture of the antiquated wood-burnins engine., baggage car and one coach, making up a passenger .train omnibus rival of cars from Baltimore" will put .them in Alexander in time for "break- .fast and take the cars" and that by transferring at Gordonsville they can.; reach Richmond at 2.30 p. m. in time aT1 wMt " . - . and West' Large black letters display the slo- : gans, "Only Safe and Certain - Line" and "No Detention from Ice," having reference to the, fact that to take the trains of the rival line it was neces sary to travel by boat from Washing ton to Asquia Creek Va., and thence to Richmond, then the gateway for ?'all travel '. between Washington and ; the South. - - .' v v- COUNTY TEACHERS' MEETING. A meeting of the County Teachers Association will be held Saturday morning at 11:00 in the graded school building. ' A" full ; attendance is urged as the various features of the County Commencement will-be discussed, r " Hickory will vote on the question cf ' a 'Carnegie library cn I!cr.fay Arrll T.
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