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VOL. XXVI, NO 14
HENDERSON VILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, MAYS, (919
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$250,000 H- C!H' PROMISE
Building Operations v Here, Where Over
$300,000 Property Transfers Have
Been Made in Past Four Months, Sets
New Record for The Resort of South
Over $15,000 to be spent on Fifth
avenue alone!
Buildingoperations totaling not less
Uian tC50,000 will be started here this
year. - Part of this work is now under
way and contracts for the remainder,
it is said, will be awarded soon.
The number of new homes being
erected, or about to be erected on
Fifth avnue alone is -taken as an indi
cation of a building revival in Hender
sonviile where there is a demand for
residences of all sorts or of any sort.
Over $50,000 will be spent on' Fifth
avenue homes alone this year.
"If a few of the other streets make
a record anywhere as good as this,"
said Contractor W. P. Bane, yester
day, "there's going to be a pile of real
money spent in this town, soon."
On Fifth avenue, A. D. Brown is
erecting a new home to cost $5,000,
'and Alfred Glazener one to cost
$6,Q00.
The following have idicated their in
tention to build on this street tin the
"Mud Creek at HeadersonlrlUe at
least 100 feet higher than he top of
our dam. at the upper development n
Green River" said E .A. Wohliord,
engineer for the Blue Ridge Power
company, the other day. fit has al
ways seemed feasible to :me to turn
the waters ofthe creeks through the
Blue Ridge Mountains."
The proposed plan of certain opti
mistic Hendersonville business men to
turn the waters of the different creeks
through the Blue Ridge Mountains
has appealed to the imagination and
the enterprise of this community as
no other project has since the groat
lake here came so near being actually
bum.- , . . ' -
' It is understood "therej will be mo
lack of the necessary f if nds to make
the preliminary survey, and the men
willing to put their harti cash, into
what many still call a visionary
scheme reveals just how strongly the
gigantic scheme does appear to their
imaginations. -
Insisting that he had falways con
sidered the plan a feasible one, the
distinguished engineer who has charge
of -the Upending of milliona ca Geen
river, continued: , :
endersorivtlle's altitode is- 2154
Jljrt, according to the government
frlate in the city hall wall, Taer top
' mr dam at the npper development
m the river is 2010 feet. Thit makes
-tHeTity 144 feet higher ihari the top
of 6the, dam... It makes Mudf Creek at
least 100 feet higher than the tap of
the dam. That would be ";a tremon
dona fall'in so short a distance."
"As "pointed out in this paper "last
week, the turning of theraters -jpf the
creeks through the mountains .would
develop a water poWer equal to "that
now being gcneratSd on Green River
ad would at the ftsme time drain fcn
Notea j
New Plan
eabrnxous rea of
land now.tubJoct to
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very near future.
, Smith, Morris . and. Maxwell, Claude
Pace, John Forrest, Frank Ewbank,.
Earle Still well and Alex Patterson.
The new hotel to be built on Fifth
avenue by Mrs. A. M. Gover will cost
about $100,000. -
On Fourth avenue there will be the
extensive addition to the Kentucky
Home to be started this fall, as well
as the new office building to be built
by Brownlow Jackson opposite the
postoffice at an estimated cqst of
$40,0Q0.
It is said by the real estate men that
there is imperative need in this city
of at least 150 new homes. It is be
lieved prospective builders will soon
grow ; weary -of waiting -fur lower
building material prices and will go
ahead and carry out the.-r plans.
Should this prove to be the case
there will be twice a .quarter o miir'on
dollars turned loose here for new
buildings, It is boi-;ed b thr-,e era
petent to jude.
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NEATLY AND WISELY SAID
Two able, well-known Henderson
ville business men, good friends and
mutual admirers were discussing the
Victory Liberty Loan.
One was critical of what he called
"waste and extravagance" on the part
of the government in the conduct of
the war. He said:
"I think possibly if the administra
tion would get a little jar it might
make them exercise more business
sense and higher character in the
appropriation of money in the future."
To .which the other replied: '
"Let us assume for the sake of ar
gument that the administration has
been extravagant, wasteful, and has
made thousnds. of mistakes! Never
theless the job was a hurry "one and
possibly in no other way could we
have saved hundreds of thousands of
"lives and billions of money. Our
ditty now is to pay honest debts incur
red by our President and Representa
'tives authorised byf us.'. Let tna ;: be
Jnonest and . pa our debts aid thett
start in. to reform our Government
REFORMERS SHOULD HAVE CLEAN
-HANDS-! 1 AND HONEST HEARTS
BEFORE UlpmjAKlNO REFOR-
overflow. ;.
! Truly, the results would be woHb
many millions! ;
. And truly, the plan to cut through
the great backbone of the mountains
andv-turn. a foaming current of warr
over its side's is one that appeals won
derfully to the imaginations of all
those having the future of Henderson
ville 'within their vision! . .
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Merchants
Ask Fair
"Use my name if you want to," said
a Main street business man; "for I
generally stand behind anything 1 say.
But The Hustler sure hit the .iail on
;the head when it urged that the, Hen
dersonville' merchant be the iirst
choice of Hendersonville shoppers.
"There isn't a merchant in this
town that asks more. There isn't a
merchant here deserving of less. To
get right down to brass tacks, ther
are many very good business reasons
why we can, and very often do, sell
for less than is charged in 'ad joining
cities.
"Two motorists here from Char
lotte, yesterday, bought hats of a cer
tain well known make. They paid
ten ff.Aus for the two. They sa'l
tLey had paid fourteen dollars for -the
two they took off and left in my si ore.
The' hats "wereall identically the same.
"You understand, I'm not knocking
merchants in other towns, anl I
would be the last one to suggest 'hat
any Hendersonville stopper, pay a
cent more here than she can get the
same thing for elsewhere. But as a
matter of fact, she can't do it. Our
rents are lower, our overhead expease
is lower,, we get just as. good terms
from .the jobbers, and as a general
thing we Vre satisfied with a very
modest profit.
"You don't hear of many merchants
here buying twelve-cylinder Packarils
or putting up $50,000 residences, do
,you? There isn't a man here in busi
ness that isn't on the job every day
in the -y ear, and almost every hour of
the day. Their stocks compare with
those found elsewhere and I'm ready
to say that of-my own particular com
petitor, too. They are working for
the up-building of your town and my
town and they are entitled to the first
choice from the Hendersonville
shopper."
J 0. WILLIAMS APPOINTED
J. O. Williams has besn appointed
as Henderson county's tax supervisor
under the new valuation act, an office
created by the last legislature. The
corporation commission, recently an
nounced the names of the supervisors
for the 10 districts and 100 counties.
The jobs are big ones and their re
sponsibilities great. Mr. Williams
many friends here insist the corpora
tion commission has made a wise se
lection so far as Henderson county is
cQcerBed.
J. L. Bell, has been appointed for
Transylvania and George A. Gash, a
former iHenderson couniy man, for
Polk There will be tares meetings of
the -.district-' and ; county , supervisors
held this month one to berf held in
&8bevflle v'CoiJntv supervisor s will
&raw a salary of .$ifo-$2io a month
and' expenses, and they may employ
clerical help, at thr rate of. .110? for
every five; million assessed valuation.
The district meir'will draw $25Q .
month and expenses.- ; v
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HOPE TO SEE HOTEL THERE
A legal advertisement in this Issue
of. The Hustler, calls attention to the
sale of the site of the Hotel Gates
which played an important part in the
development of this city. There" are
many men here who believe this.to be
a. yery. durable site for il Mala street
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,ON OUR OWN
Main street is always interesting
with its bright and inviting shop win
dows and its wide walks" filled with
I people, but on Saturday it wjys es
pecially interesting: ,
On Main street youisee all kinds of
people for Hendersonville is a cosmo
POlitan city, a city whepe people fore
gather from all parts of the earth.
The women are the pictures at lease
they add picturesque touch to the
scene with their gowns of many hues
and fabrics, while the men are but
solemn and tiresome things in their
sober attire. In the street are many
motor cars last Saturday its great
width was filled while a slow-traveling
ox-team formed an almost pathe
tic link between the storied past and
the hustling present; A glistening and
scarlet fixe engine, 'motor ; driven, of
course, clangs a path through the
crqwded street.
On the too-few benches placed
close to the curb are men- from the
city and from the country, "with here
and there a bronze medal adorning
some ancient breast. Gathered in
front of a drug store are a group of
sturdy, up-standing young fellows
just home from across the seas and
veterans of the Greatest War. Every
where is there an exchange f news,
of news the newspaprs hunger tor and
seldom get news from the far cor
ners of the county, from back in the
mountains holding so many secrets,
from the farms and the quiet places.
The farmers are now well up with
their wonc. The pleasant fields have
been plowed and planted and the
coming harvest -promises well 'Th-ere-'
fore, why not leave the farm for a iew
hours and mingle with friends sure
to be in town? What better, way to
get the news? What quicker v ay to
sell a pig, pevhi-'?, or close a lan I
trade, or to buy and sell what is to be
bought and s'i? Henderson iLo is
the county:-: mart i r.C on Saturrl3 7 aJl
roads lead ir. to i are dotted wr,
teams" and inotoi fars and hers and
there a plodding ox-team. For it's an
altogther pleasant experience not to
be lightly missed this Saturday
gathering of folks cn the finest Jus:
ness thoroughfare in the south anc
that's Main street; you know;
GONE TO WASHINGTON
After spending a week here in the
interest of the Victory Loan campaign
Commissioner of Labor M. L. Ship
man left on Saturday for Raleigh.
On May 5 the cominiiont" will arr
tend a conference called by Secre
tary oi Labor Wilson, in Washing
ton, to consider the all-:r.ii;crtaut. inci
ter of child welfare in tho United
States. The conference will ! i at
tended by the commissioners of lab r
of - the different states.
BOUGHT WHITE TRUCK
Henderson coiinty road 'trustees
have purchased a three-ton - White
truck, to- be used partly for. hauling
the convicts from one place to
another in building roads. The' big
truck will berinvaluable, it is believed,
nv hauling material quickly.
The .road trustees have made appli
cation for State aid for all the lead
ins'' roads in the county at the rate of
$50 a mile. , . ,
Application has Also been made for
Federal aid on the .Transylvania, road
for as much as $2oieOO; Chairman Alli
son said' yesterday. Other roads, in
cludiag the '-Cave highwaywill b
included in aPpUcation for Federal
aid r to be made later.
The new road-authorities befan its
odcial llfBtjn Monday. 'All members
wff e.pfeser.Ter oniir Piece of bad
d in tt'couhttfvnear Tuxedo, will
be- improved at once. The Brevard
road, the location of which is causing
ie controversy, will be located by
thest&te : engineer.
' ,W . M. Mintz, on the WUlow road,
had the misfortune of losing a valu
able 'mUch cow last Friday.; J...t;
Mintz -aays the cow seemed all right
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VICTORY LOAN
HERE REACHES
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- Less than $60,000 of Victory bonds
have been bought in Henderson coun
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The county's quota is $135,000.
The campaign ends next Saturday
night
Energetic efforts will be made by
the Victory Loan committee to pu:
Henderson county over the top, but
it is no secret that the members of
the committee are beginning to have
their doubts. .
Hndersonville bankers emphasize
more strongly than ever the gilt-edged
character of the investment offered.
They say the people of this county
are asked only to lend their money to
the government. The boys who left
their homes for the war were expect
ed to give their lives, if need be. No
'one is now asked forjiuch a sacrifice.
The people: are asked merely, to lend.
For many of the boys returning from
overseas the wit. will never be "over.
The blind and the maimed will always
be paying. But they are not com
plaining. The people at home are
given six months and the payments
are easy. 1 ,
Then the job will be finished.
The soldiers stuck to the very end.
Tens of thousands of them are sleep
ing under the little gray crosses in
France. Is their sacrifice worth noth
ing to the people of Hendersbn coun
ty? Is their memory held so lightly
and their splendid heroism" so quick-
.ly forgotten? . .. s -'
Let us finish the job, the loan c6m
mittee urges, and prove ourselves
worthy of our boys.
Honest,- now, -did you. know -there
ws an election in town, Tuesday?
No? Well, there were others.
In the very quietest kind of a city
election during which 117 votes were
cast. j. Mack Rhodes was elected
mayor of Hendersonville, and Jno.
T. Wilkins, Thomas , Shepherd and
Raymond Edwards were elected alaer,-
men.
The new administration takes hold
on June 1 and succeeds Mayor 01 IT.
Brooks and Aldermen J. L. Bailey, 3.
T. Forrest and K. &. Morris, resign
ed. The hold-over members of the
joard are W. M. Bacon, J. A. Flet
cher and Homer Hawkins.
MR. ERWIN APPOINTED
Monday the Co., board of education
held its regular monthly meeting. H
E. Erwin, . superintendent f of the
Green Raver Manufacturing company,
was elected a member of the board
succeed J . O . Bell, recently appoint
ed as a' road trustee.- :'' .. .4."
Contracts. were let for tne erection
of three school houses, one at j;odbIe
Springs," one' at Mt. Olivet and one at
TraceyV Grove. Desks were secuica
for the buildings. J..O" Bell, Ji W.
Morgan and J. C. Sales attended tLe
meeting. '
HOMES HAWKINS IS ASTONISHED
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Science does -the " impossibl e in
Hendersonville. i s . , '
It's as light as a feather and glistens
my., bat -how it does glisten! , .'c. -.
Yon drop it in a basin of water, add
a; pinch of Wl soda or Gold Dust or
somefhihs like that." , . .
Then you place your silverwarflt in.
the water. ' ";-'i'zi- '. '''"",:"-'-
Out- comes the "silverware slistentng
like the magic plate of metal wo rkiug
the transformation. C; ;
Homer Hawkins has the plaUi .vf or
sale, at a' very low price ' : He says.
ithey' aie- M.wpn4crfta,: vH
ow, , fox he uses them hiiasU In
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Wa jweiry store.
MAN ASKS
ALL Tl
VICTORY LOAM
Hendersonville Odd Fellows' mem
bers of Ochlawaha IjDdge Ao . 361,
last week appropriately observed tne
one hundredth annive.sarv of their
srfat orer. The -meeting was well
attended snd was markcl by an a-l-dress
by M. L. Shiprnan.
Mr. Shiprnan, at the clo-i of his
talk, made an earnest appeal for the
Victory Loan. He saW the principles
for which the Victory Loan stood nnc
the principles of the I. O. O. F,
were the same. He declared that; so
far the order had been one hundred
percent patriotic. ' . " '
Noble Grand Garren presided. Chap
lain Pinkney Corn offered the opehine
prayer. Remarks were made by P. T
Ward. A. F. P. King, Rev Pinkney
Corn and Chas. Rpzzelle. Refr0sb
ments were served at the close of the
meeting. -
Mr. Shiprnan said: . 5 '
"Dear Brethren,, sister Rebeccas,
ladies and gentlemen:
"The One Hundreth Anniversary of
our great fraternal order should be
fittingly . observed by Odd Fellows
throughout the grand domain ot
North Carolina and the world and I
am glad to see my home lodge taking
notice of .this auspicious event in an
appropriate way. It is eminently
pToper-lhat we should consecrate the
day ' with suitable exercises in ob
servance thereof by sincere th.ilrs
riving to Almighty God for His v.ani
fld uiorcies to us as individuals snd
as sd Order. -
"This should be made a season of
fellowship and good cheer. The ear
of each "brother should be so j-.ttuned
to the spirit of the times that ho may
catch sfcp with the real spirit of fra
ternity and join in the forward move
ment qn the rising tide of co-oi. ora
tion, among men, ni ministering to.
the trials and adversities of the needy
and the distressed. While some of us
maybe unschooled and, by the Stan,
f'ards of literature, counted a un
educated men, we may all be verted in
love ol th heart and the book' of. -
siasm for fraterniiy, as expressed in
the tenets of our , noble Order, and
crystalize that enthusiasm into effec
tive service for the great principles
we' all love -and revere. Since tiie fa
ther of th6 Order unfurled our stan
dard one hundred years ago, more than
2,500,00 have enlisted under it and
$400,000,000 has been voluntarily con
tributd foi the maintenance of its
institutions, and for the comfort of
those who have become victims to the
trials and' adversities inseparable to
human ylfe. And as : fortune con
mans' 'needs: We may carry enthu-J-.
(Continued on PagD 2)
MOVED TO LARGER QUARTERS
The Garren Medicine company has ;
moved to larger quarters on Seventh
avenue, east, where the constantly
Expanding business of this well known
firm may be more conveniently band
led. "The entire ground floor of the
building near Houston's feed3tore has
been leased, and among the supplies 7
being taken there Saturday was a
solid car. load of bottles.
The Garren Medicin e company
promises to become ah important fac
l r in 'U ing Henderson i
better known. Their advertising cam- -paign
will be extensive this year. It
is generally known that, the remedy -tiey
prlncie i is ojtts ipf csterling worth, ;
reqnjriS bhlffaterpubticity to be- .
come one of .theTpreit pronrietary
Jmedtctoe"ineroftd.'' ; - ;
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A great big F. W. D. truck tearing
down -Main, street emphasized i he fact
that Hen4ertim: county. istow a lopg
way from the bxteam of the old days..
The truck is of the four--vheei drive
and. has performed wonderil feats
on the westehfcjfronC It is a demon
stration car brought he?e :. by the
Rhodes Auto company, Hendersoit ,
county agents.
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