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PLUME XXV
HENDERSONVILLE, N.:C, FRIDAY SEFIEMBER2 1910.
No. 21
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Rain storms of phenomenal suddenness
id intensity swept over a mrgc area ui uic
luth this week, doing an amount of -damage
hich cannot at present begin to be estimated.
bndersonvilie' 'came in for a" part "otrthe
rm, but was, as usual, fortunate enough -
fare bettertljan many other places.
There was heavy rain here Monday night
d Tuesday, followed by a record-breaking
wnpour Tuesday night. There ha e been
ktterine showers since . then, but it was
jesday night that'did the mischief. , ; '
The Light and Power company's big plant oh
ngary creek was washed awey, nothing being left "
ecpt the dam. The loss is $10,000. " H . ?.
1 The big ditch which protected the city reser-
r WaS qUlcHiy iiiicu cuiu uvw iit w tu, iiuuumg uic
crvoir and filtering plant.
The four bridges on East Anderson avenue were
t out of commission, two of them being carried .
ay bodily, and the other two being displaced.
e second bridge cfn South Main street was slightly
placed but was still usable.- A big gash was
de in the dam at Lake Osceola, and the spillways
re filled to overflowing with a roaring flood
ich loosened part of the massive masonry. Minor
shaps were reported in various parts of the town.
e country has not yet been heard from in detail.
: lights went out suddenly Asheville was hit hard. Part of
' night. Since then there , the town flooded; street cars were
h little power and few lights j put out of commission; and the city
was left m total darkness?
Washouts occurred between here
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and Asheville and also between here
and Brevard. Traffic in both dir
ections was suspended for a day or
so.
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G. Grant
GongKessman Shows the
Folly of Gudger's Yarn
A Conclusive Reply
. The company is doing the
:an and will make every ef
ide over the trying situation.
ity water Wednesday morn
a bright red color, due to
flow of a part of the moun-
the reservoir. Mayor Sta-
erman Mclntyrend;fa large
hands worked heroically all
k iuc wai-ci was minus i uur-
ost of repairing the damage
teservoir was not great; $200
Aably cover it. The cost of
to bridges is about $1,000.
redit is due the city admin
i for promptness and effic
t handling, the crisis. '
rts are already coming in of
josses of stock. Lee Drake
rteen head of cattle between
jd Balfour, and lost seven of
jO. E. Blythe was more for
and lost only two or three
twenty-eight . An active cow
M to J. W. McCarson. got
about the storm and swam
.several creeks and two wire
landing near the -railroad
where she was found the
Admit
sit
Brevard, August 29. J. M. Gudger
spoke here today to a small crowd.
He admitted that he had filed with
the United States government a
proposition to sell his mother-in-law's
property in Hendersohville for
a federal building.
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From the Asheville Citizen
Cogressruan John Grant was in
town Monday on his way back to
fill his campaign appointments in
the western counties, after spena
ing Sunday at his home in Hender
sonville. While here he was asked
about the statement said to have
been made by Mr. Gudger, that
( rant had not succeeded in getting
anything for his district in the
way of public buildings, but only
a hope or promise.
"It is hard to believe that Mr.
Gudger could have made such a
statement," said Mr. Grant.' ' Eith
er he did not read the public build
ings act recently passed by con
gress, or he failed to understand
it. " All the public buildings and
sites for buildings for the entire
country are included in one act,
and Hendersonville and Waynes
ville stand on exactly the same
footing as other towns and cities
in North Carolina and the other
states of the union. There are
several copies of the public build
ings act at republican headquar
ters in this city, and if anyone
wishes to ascertain what I have
been able to get in the way of leg
islation in my district, he is wel
come to call at headquarters and
judge for himself whether Mr.
Gudger 's remarkable interpreta
tion of the act will stand the test.
I am going to try to get several
thousand copies of the act circu
lated in the district, and they will
furnish a better reply to Mr. Gud
ger than anything that I can say.
Text of the Act
"The fourth section of thepub
lic building act," said Mr. Grant,
"includes all those where provi
sion is made for the erection of a
post office building, and reads as
follows:
." 'Sec. 4. That the .Secretary
of the treasury be, and he is here
by, authorized and directed to ac
auire, by purchase, condemnation,
or otherwise, a site and to contract
for the erection : and completion
thereon of a suitable building, in
cluding fire-proof vault, - heating
and ventilating apparatus, and ap
proaches, complete, for the use and
accomodation ot the United otates
postoffiee and other governmental
offices in each of the cities enumer
ated in this section; within its re
pective limit of cost, including
site, hereby fixed , r Un
nited -States post office at-Hender-sonville,
North Carolina -seventy
thousand 'dollars7;
"The fifth provision bf.-tbeTict
which includes all those townstnd
cities where provision -is made" for
the acquisition of a site only, Teads
as follows: - -, . - -." i! :-
"Secr 5. That the treasury; of
the. treasure be. and he is hereby
authorized and directed to accruire,
by purchase, condemnation or oth
erwise, a suitable site for tne un-.
ited States 'postoffiee , and -other
gdvernmental offices in each bfthe
cities enumerated ; in this section
within its xespectrve limit of cost
hereby fixed ' - United
States' postoffiee at Waynesville,
North Carolina, Seven -thotisand
five hundred dollars. " . c
'Cccrctaryfo Duty .
."Now it seems to.me'-contin-
ued Mr. Grant, "that there is con
siderably more than 'hope' or
'promise in these sections. The
secretary of the treasury is ex
pressly authorized and directed to
acquire the site anJ let the con
tract for the building in Hender
sonville, and to acquire the site in
Waynesville. It therefore be
comes the duty of the secretary of
the treasury to carry out the pro
vision of the act, which involves
the letting of contracts on the
part of the United States govern
ment. Is it possible that the Uni
ted States would enter into a con
tract through its duly authorized
agents, and then repudiate it ? Al
ready under the express authority
and direction of this act the secre
tary of the treasury has advertised
for proposals for the sale of lots in
Hendersonville and Waynesville,
and 1 am informed that Mr. Gud
ger himself has submitted a pro
posal for the. sale of the valuable
pronerty in the town of Hender
sonville, belonging to his mother-in-Law,
as a site for the United
States post office under John
Grant's post office bill. I would
like to call Mr. Gudger 's attention
to the fact that, if it is true as he
claims that I have succeeded in
getting only a 'hope' or a;promise'
that promise of wirieh he speaks rc
sarcastically was obtained by John
Grant and not Jim Gudger, and if
the people of the district want this
promise fullfiled. as they undoubf
to congress the man who got the
edly do, they had better send back
promise, and not a man who is try
ing to misrepresent what his coiiv
petitor did get. ,
"But the language of the act fe
too plain for any quibbling or mis
representation. If I have not ob
tained a site for Hendersonville',
th'en the democratic congress
members from other districts of
(-North Carolina have not succeeds
ea rn getting any sucn legislation
for their districts, and Mr. Gud
ger has placed himself, in the em
barrasinsr position of accusing my
democratic colleagues in congress
of wholesale lying to their constit
uents, for they are undoubtedly
making same claims as to public
building legislation in their dis
tricts that I am as to my district.
Apparently, in his Intense anxiety
to get back to Washington once
more;-Mr. Gudger is -quite willing
to stultify and sacrifice the seven
democratic-members of the North
Carolina congressional delegation.
"As to the' concluding clause of
the act, stating that it is subject
to amendment or repeal by a sub
RMinent consrress. that-is necessar
ily sd, because any . such f law,
wbfithei passed . bv congress or by
the legislature of a state, is subject
ii amendment or reDeai by a fut
ure legislative body, and the clause
m question neither .enlarges nor
thfi novters naturally inci
dent to congress And it is rather
strange that Mr. Gudger: shouia
fiTid Rf much fault with the billr
when, as a matter of fact it was
voted for by i. every democratic
member of congress except two,
and thoseHwo were from the state
of NewTork. - . -
.'Mr' Gudger" seems-ito .have
overlooked entirely the fact that I
obtained an order for a survey of
The French Broad river in the riv
ers and harbors JbilL". jl. '
Teachers Meeting
The regular monthly meeting of
the Teachers association was held
last Saturday at the court house,
was well attended by visitors as
well as the teachers of Henderson
county.
After the opening exercises, Su
perintendant W. S. Shitle introduced
Rev. Mr. McClain of Aiken, S. C,
who made an instructive address,
dealing with several matters of ed
ucational interest, especially a per
fect harmony between church and
school, education as a means of
service to our fellowmen and the
benefits arising from the compulsory
school law.
This was followed by a short ad
dress by Rev. N. A. Melton of Fruit
land. The next meeting will be held on
the fourth Saturday in September
unless further notice is given.
Good Comes from Evil
Last fall the Columbia State
made some unwarranted and vicious
statements about our water supply.
As a result, more South Carolinians
came here this year than ever be
fore. A week or two ago the Columbia
State slandered our people. The
next thing we heard was that a res
ident of Columbia has just paid a
good price for Hendersonville resi
dence property.
LOCAL NOTES
J. N. Crawford of Greers, S. C,
who is in town for a few days was
among this week.
Among our callers Tuesday was
C. E. Roper, proprietor of the Way
side Inn at East Fl?t Rock. Mr.
Roper reports that the volume of
business at his new hotel during its
first season was even more than he
had expected, and he is well pleased
with the outlook for the future.
A typographical error occurred in
last week's paper in the name of the
firm for which Michael Bros. & Co.
are agents. The name is the Weav
er Piano and Organ company.
To the teachers of Henderson
county who are interested in the
beautifying of the county school:
At the next meeting of the
Woman's Betterment association
which will be held the fourth Sat
urday in September, I shall dis
tribute a large number of pictures.
All those desiring the prints will
please be pressaL
Lillian Hight, President. .
For several weeks we have been
publishing the laws and ordinances
of the town of Hendersonville: The
final instalment is published in this .
week's paper. We invite special at
tention to Section 160, forbidding
the throwing of peelings on the side
walks. The penalty for violating
this section is $5. We hope that
every possible effort will be made to
enforce this provision with the ut
most vigor. We also invite atten
tion to Section 159 which directs
that awnings shall beat their lowest
point seven feet above the sidewalk;
the penalty for violating this section
is $50.
Monday morning just as he had
reached the top of a well in which
he had been working, Keesey Pit
tillo, overcome by the fumes of
dynamite, lost consciousness and
fell forty feet to the bottom of the
well. He never recovered conscisus
ness and died about half an hour
after he fell.
Mr. Pittillo was the son of L. P.
Pittillo of Fruitland, and his death
is deeply deplored. The sympathy
of the whole cojnmunity is extended
to the sorrowing relatives and
friends.
Elegant artifical Teeth and Crown
aud bridgework at Wallace's Dental
Office.
HUNTER'S DKHCIOnS
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Our big Soda Season is now on us and we
are well prepared to taKe care of the great
crowds who want GOOD SODA, Our
magnificent Iceless fountain is serving many
fine tempting drinks to our many patrons.
WE INVITE YOU TO MAKE OUR STORE
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