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We wisK td(Mli;
e;p4Tbsmeeti
fhe campaign ior gooa roaus na uuw
of definite pracUcabie proposiuons. rour uuiu-ur-thoroughfares
are projected;-Charlqpo
sheville; Knoxville Ha Atlanta ; Atlatttai
tand Greenville to AAsheville viaj ttenlersonviie.
it is Drowsed to construct two additional links; one
the Broad river to Hendersonyiller and oneisfrbm
anburg to Tryon. Uur Ioiks wm De asseu 10 cuTpp
Hn extending this last-mentiohSd road from Tr)Sit
ndersonville.
kis would place. HendersonvilleJn a very desirable
3iq position, in intimate relation to the whole sys
f improved joads. The project ought by allmearis
Carried out.
Vf "TTT?MC' Next Sunday evenin at 7:30
P A T TTF ItI o'clock there will be union services
at the Methodist church. On this
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enriie Davis of the Misses account there will be no night servi-
m returned Saturday from ces in the Baptist or Presbyterian
ern markets, where she has churches. Rev, J. G. Hughes will
tending the openings and
' knowledge in general for
ty head-gear which she
on exhibition soon. The
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speak on the subject. t.'Did Christ
actually rise from the dead." Every
body is most cordially invited to
attn1i;thislerSfl ,i i
nient of the opening will jen "years ago Milliard Maxwell
lost a pocket book containing $8.30
and a key ring with his name on it
All efforts to locate the missing
property proved unavailing, and the
matter had almost faded from the
tablet!' of tarf Maxwell' s 'memory!
B ut when the Toms rock building
was tortf down recently the pocket
book was found in the garrett. , The
! Jones, an aged and re
blored woman, died Sun
lather, daughter's home
:onviIl&i -The funeral was
day. Aunt Rachel had
I all her life and was well
f by air who knew ' her.
9 years of age at the time
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ongressman
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the Tenth
rici
upposition
pled
The. Times received "a ,'telegraci Monday announcing
that the name of W. . Logan, as marshal of the western
judicial district, had been sent to tne senate. The names
of B. J Luther, as postmaster at Biltmore, and W. W. Roll
ins as postmaster at Ashevillewere Jsent in last week.
Around Messrs. Logan and Luthr a storm had been
raging for some months. Personally; nothing could be said
against them; they are highly esteemed by all who know
them;. but certain politicians, obsessed by an insane and
ravenous desire to injuref the influence of Congressman
Grant, made a desperate fight; to prevent the nominations.
These efforts have completely failed, Mr. Grant is abund
antly vindicated, and his enemies are utterly discredited.
News has been received from the state department of
agriculture that the meeting, un the interest of corn rais--ing,
which was announced for SaturdayV Marc 12, at
Fletcher, will be held on that date at the Case (arm at
Dana. , 1,'. i'
We again call attention to the importance of tins'
meeting. Every man and boy who is interested in the
agricultural success of this county is urged to attend.
Remember the time and place: March 1 2, t the Case
farm at Dana. ' , J
had ; beertt blind. ; W her
j she leaves an example
t younger members of her
I do well to follow.
'(:;iS kef ring wtfsere all riht; but the
money had departed.
M. M. Shepherd is still selling
better Shoes.
OHNSTON'5 Special White
t Goods Sale Now On
ide soft-finish Bleach
ide fine white Cambric
ide Curtain Swiss
bred Percales
ide white Cannon Cloth
add fine Percale -lite
shirt-waist goods
.nish Chambray s
pure Linen dress goods
ser white Lawn
;t colored Prints
ide Embroidery
Mte mercerised waist goods
bite Damask Napkins
hite Table Damask
made Pillow Cases
made large Sheets
made Aprons
orset Covers -.Corsets
all sizes
7 1-2 -;
7 l-2 - -
7 1-2
71-2
10c
10c
10c
10c
10c
10c
5 and 6c
5 and 10c ,
10c
25c and 50c ,
nOcIf
50c
10, 15.25c ;
50 and 75c J
S. JOHNSTON
coes; assorted colors for Saturdnv An
3Pc value for Saturday 6c
on assorted colors Saturday 4 1-2
lton Flannel for Saturday only 4C
;Sgfeg!S?SSi i2 l-2Malues 5at. 7 l-2c
d wi per cales in good 1
1 namwhichill also be snirt nf
ilUnplIih Store"
Agents for Standard Fashions
Interview; with Grant
Special to The Times V !
Washington, D. C, Feb. 28.-CdrV
gressman John G. Grant was inter'
viewed to-day in regard to the?
Biltmore postoflSce matter and other
things of interest to the Tenth di
trict. ,
; "B. J.' Luther's name as post
master at Biltmore, W. W. Rollins'
name as postmaster at Asheville
and W. E. Logan's name as marshal
of the western judicial district ; of
North CaroUna. have all been.' sent
to the senate; said Mr." ; Grant "I
am confident they will all be con
firmed. ' r "A few of rriy political opponents,
continued Mr. Grant, "have tried to
igi ve irie trouble a Ibiout iemattera
and especially about the Biltmore
postoffice matter, in order to make
political capital. With a few ex
ceptions the democratic newspapers
of the state have taken the matter
up, and I have been accused, of
things which, with' a very little' in
quiry, my denouncers might have
found to, beV absolutely untrue I
have not! been trying my case in
the; newspapers. I 'preferred to say
nothing until I had been vindicated.
The fact that the President has ap
pointed Mr. Luther after a thorough
investigation had at the instance of
my political opponents (to which,
however, in no way objected), and
that he has also appoiLted Maj.
Rollins and Mr. Logan who were en
dorsed by. me, is the best vindica
tion that could be asked for. .
"In regard to the removal of Mrs.
Reed", Mr. Grant said, "neither she
nor her friends have any ground
for complaint I did not want to
hurt her, I and I did all I could to
keep from hurting her. She was
surely ill-advised, for she knew full
well that If could make :good the
charges that I preferred against her.
It has been stated that, even though
the charges were true, I was guilty
of improper conduct in not giving
her notice xof the charges before I
preferred them; hut this is simply
untrue,- because I did 1 notify her
fully that I would prefer the charges
if she made it necessary for me; to
do so. I told her that I would let
herstay in for. three months after
her time expired if she would then
get out and she agreed to do so; but
after then she came to Washington,
trying to go over my head in direct
violation of her ; promise, v Failing
in her efforts she cartfeto my office
in Washington and 1 asked nne to let
her stay three months - longer,. mak
ing six months in all, and - promised
that she Would then get out which
I agreed to let her do provided 'she
would getou&without k row;but I
told iher frankly, that I was not 'go
ing to endorse fanyone man or- wo
man, who had acted as she had, and
that I would prefer the y charges if
that the charges were trumped up
suddenly as a last resort in order to
save my political reputation with
ny friends at home. This also is
litterly false. As a matter of fact I
discussed the matter with a number
of leading republicans in Asheville,
Hendersonville, Greensboro, Wins
tori and other parts of the state,
and hi Washington, months before
the charges were preferred, telling
them the facts and telling them
that I - would surely prefer the
charges- if Mr?. Reed forced me to
do so. I had contemplated doing
so for a long time, though I hoped
up to the last .that she would have
uie gooa sense noi 10 iorce ii. naa
she been a man instead of a wom&n
I would have preferred the charges
at once.
"During the early part of the
fight that had been made against
me on account of Mrs. Reed much
was said about her ability as post
master and the entire satisfaction
she was giving to the patrons of the
onice, as though I was trying to
ride rough-shod over the heads of
the patrons. If those who have
made and repeated those charges
with such enthusiasm had used a
little of their activity in ascertain
ing the facts, they would have
found the truth to be the opposite
of what they have stated. They
would have found, as I am inform
ed, that far from being a capable
postmaster, she was utterly incom
petent unable to keep proper re
tards or make an intelligent report;
in fact, able to da very little more
than to sign her name to reports
after they had been made out for
her. I have an affidavit to that ef
fect in my possession. They would
have found that some of the patrons
of the Biltmore postoffice carried
their valuable mail two miles away
to Asheville, because of the loose
and unsatisfactory management of
the .Biltmore postoffice. The re
cords of the Asheville postoffice
will verify this. They would have
found that the wonderful petition
of Mrs. Reed's was as ridiculous on
investigation as it was formidable
in the newspapers; that the alleged
signers thereof consisted largely of
negroes and babies; that many of
the parties whose names appear as
signers were not" patrons of the
Biltmore office at all, but residents
of Aeheville and other parts of Bun
combe county; that seven of the
alleged signers, as I ? am informed,
turned out to be. a negro cook and
her six children one of -them an
unweaned infant and I am also in:
formed that a considerable v portion
of the petition in question was : ain
old petition gotten up five years ago
and'appended to the petition proper
referred to, above. .- ; : ir-; . ;
VI have said all along that Mrs..
February .Mecoris
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The Hendersonville weather re- 1 been kept m Hendersonville:
port for February, 1910, shows an 1 1899 70 9 34.8 9.43
absence of extremes in tempera- 1900 66 1 34.6 10.10 ,
ture or precipitation. The maxi- 1901 69 8 3d0 1.76
mum was 69 on the 23rd; mini- 1902 ' 62 9 32.6 - 8.75-
mum, on the 14th; mean maxi- 1903 71 6 42.8 10.00
mum 50.1; mean minimum 25.1; 1904 73 3 37.2 3J80
mean 37.6; precipitation, 4.44 1905 58 3 323 5.86-
inches; clear days 16, partly cloudy 1906 65 11 39.3 1.21
2, cloudy 10. 1907 62 15 40.0 1.69
The maximum for the month, 68, 1908 65 1 35.5 8.19
was exceded in four of the preced- 1909 67 9 44.0 5.84
ing eleven years. The minimum, 8, Normal 66 5 37.2 6.06
was the same as in 1901 and higher 1910 68 8 '7.6 4.44
than in 1899, 1900, 1903, 1904, 1905
and 1908. The mean temperature
for the month was higher than the
February mean in seven of the pre
ceding eleven years and was a frac
tion of a degree higher than the
February normal. The - precipita
tion was less than' the February
precipitation in seven of the pre
ceding eleven years., and was 12
inches below the February normal
The month" here was entirely free
from the great severity which
characterized the weather in many
parts of the country.
Following is a summary of Feb
ruary weather for the whole period
during which official records have
Francis Is Steadi
ly Irnproving
The many friends of W. L.
Francis of Bryson City will be glad
to hear that he has made long
strides towards recovery from the
severe irjjmte? whicji lier received;
in the dynamite exproabnl; at ' the
Swain county court house. Mr.
Francis has been at the Biltmore
hospital but is now able to be about
and looks remarkably well consider
ing the very severe nature of his
injuries. We hope that before long
he will have entirely recovered. , '
presh
C-arden Seeds,
Our new .seeds have been Received We haiie
almost any variety you wish and Will guarantee ' t
the quality of everyind; to be) true to name
and to germinateE 5' -
DON'T SENDQFJ? FOR YOUR SEED
We can sell them to pu in any i quantity and
often Save You Money onthem.' - - ? V
ONION Sets CABBAGE Plants
CLOVEk and Grass SEEDS
IRISH POTATOES.
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