n St. Bond Election Tuesday. If You Don't Vote FOR the Bonds You Vote Against Them
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HENDERSONVTLLE, N. C FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1912
No. 39
ie Daily -epublican"
)ut May 1st
$ of Only Republican
y Newspaper Will
'The Daily Republi
jf" and First Issue
11 Appear May 1.
!
r mature and prayerful con-lon-or
was it simply inspira
lit has been decided to name
rsonville's new daily newspa
ie Daily Republican" and not
)aily Times" as was at first
lined upon.
Daily Republican" will ap
larly during this Spring. It
5e an eight-page, six-column
its news and editorial columns
worth while, and the sub
ion price will be four dollars
3ar.
I Daily Republican already has
Ises of generous support Its
will be right here in Hender
lle its field of earnest endeav
flbethe State of North Caro
which has 124,000 Republican
s and not one daily Republican
paper. ' m
f repeat a statement tatty$$gt
tin The Times, The Dy WW?11 l HendersonviUe-of its
.can will be
no man's ' "Blow
Own Bugle." It will jfiQt be
Jy an organ of publicity to boost j
political fortune .iiy oneem41-aSs of its civic activities
lual but will be a NEWSpaper
y,and in' so far as it is within
power of the men back of it, it
( be a readable newspaper. It
advocate most earnestly the
ciples of government of the
ublican party six days a week
id will aid in the development
Vestern North Carolina and help
le its infinite charm better known
Lany thousand -
he establishment of a daily news
ier in Hendersonville naturally
3ns a great deal to the town
on to give the new enterprise a
m welcome.
he Merchants
Grocery Co.
Effective February firstj the Mer-
ants (rronerv rnmnanr will RUft-
. j j
Id the Calhoun-Wilkin S ComDanv.
olesale, grocers. The charter of
old company has been amended
the capital stock increased to
,000.
he officers of the new company
as follows: Charles .P. HayeS
ssident; Charles C. Humphries,
Ce-President and Secretary ; John
Wilkiris, Treasurer and Man-
Mr. a. vv. uamoun nas soia
& interest, in tho business and
ne to Charleston. - '
The Merchants Grocery Company,
ith their long established connec
3ns and increased facilities, will
3lp very materially to make Hen
rsonville still better known as a
'bbing center. The Calhoun-Wil-
s Company was as Well known
any other jobbing house in West-
ix orth Carolina, and the . com-
any s successer will continue the
d nrm'g aggressive policy. They
e in a better position now, with in
eased capital : and facilities; to
ake that policy even more aggress-
Ve whir.K . moon a smmAfhind trt
pndersonville. . .t '
J The company is very., greatly
lengthened by the addition of iMrJ
Jumphries, who has had long ex
)erience in the grocery'. business.
Bond Election
On Tuesday
Means Much
HendersonvilleCannot Af
ford Not to Vote the
Bonds, Says Business
Man. Electton on Next
Tuesday, January 16
"Main street one hundred feet
wide, straight and level is one of
Hendersonville's chief assets as a
resort," said a well known business
man this .week, "and with the
proposed repaying of the street it
will undoubtedly become famous as
the most magnificent business thor
oughfare in the South.
"While I own property in Hender
sonville, it is situated in other parts
of the town. I do not own a foot of
Main street property. I have suf
ficient pride in my town, however
and realize the urgent necessity of
I re-paving this street sufficiently well
to vote for the bonds and urge all
my friends to do likewise.
"It would be a mistaken policy to
let the street remain in its present
condition during the coming season.
To do so, would, in my opinion, re
sult in giving the thousands of visit
ors ..ei here a totally wrong
grown, us progress, ana or mat
grat public spirit so characteristic
of the tlace and which, after all, is
regardless of parties or politics.
"I repeat the street is one of the
town's best assets, and properly
paved, free from the mud and dust
which the tourists have so sadly
experienced in the past, will be the
Very finest advertisement Hender
sonville could possibly have.
, "We cannot afford NOT to repave
the street. There is altogether too
much at stake to let any question,
save the urgent necessity of the im
provement, enter into the proposi
tion. Every hotel and boarding
house keeper, every merchant, every
mechanic, in fact every man, woman
or child who is interested in the
yearly increasing popularity of Hen
dersonville as a resort, will get out
and work for the bonds on election
day January 16th if they have
the best interests of the best town
in the South close to their hearts."
The Last Tribute.
MYRTLE '
1891-1911
Cttutfff to afntmxo JTar Ha.
HAWKINS
This is the simple inscription on
a simple and very beautiful block
of marble which will mark the last
resting place of Myrtle Hawkins in
Oakjlale Cemetery. The block is
about two feet each way, about six
inches thick and rests upon a base.
It is being made by the Henderson
ville Marble Works, F. E. Tipton,
proprietor. "
Mr. Holt Endorses
Changing: Road
Editor Times: I heartily endorse the
communication in last week's Time advo
cating changing the new x Flat Rock road
and thereby avoiding the terrific grade
over Butte Mountain. , This road will be
built in thexight place some day. Why
not NOW?
Joseph W. Holt.
known to the merchants of Western
North Cardlina to require any com
ment, while Mr. Jno. T. Wilkins'
executive ability, responsible large
ly for the past success of the corpor
ation, will now be more in evidence
than ever.
City Council
and the New
Health Rules
New Health Ordinances
Contain Many Interest
ingProvisions.City Buys
Two Horses for the New
Fire Wagon.
City Council met last Thursday
night and transacted much busi
ness. Two good horses, a matched pair
of blacks, admirably adapted to the
purpose, were purchased for the new
fire wagon. When suitable arrange
ments have been made to house the
apparatus Hendersonville will have
what it has long needed adequate
fire protection.
Health ordinances were adopted
which provide as follows:
Section 1. That the following
diseases are declared to be commun
icable -an dangerous to public
health, viz. : small pox (variola,
varioloid r cholera (Asiatic or epi
demic) t scarlet fever, measles, pul
monary and laryngeal tuberculosis,
diphtheria typhoid lever, typhus
fever, yellow -fever, spotted fever
(cerebro-spraaF meningitis), epi
demic of dysentery1 and whooping
cough.
Section 2 Thai when ever any
householder know thatany person
within his family or household has
f a communicable'diaea8e, daneeroua
itf public nealtBY T hejjhall within
twenty-four (24) hours, report the
8ame,to the health officer of the city,
giving the street number or location
of the house; and any such house
holder failing or neglecting to com
ply with the provisions of this sec
tion shall be subject to a penalty of
$25 for each and every such offense.
Section 3. That whenever any
physieian finds that any person
whom he is called upon to visit has
a communicable disease, dangerous
to the public health, he shall, with
in twenty-four (24) hours, report
the same to said health officer, giv
ing the street .nd number or loca
tion of said house, upon the receipt
of which report the said health of
ficer shall immediately notify the
school committee iDf the city, the
superintendent of the city schools,
and the principals of all private
schools within the city; and any
physician or officer failing to com-
ply witn any provision ol tnis sec
tion shall be subject to a penalty of
Continued on last page
To Survey New
Road Monday
My dear Mr. Justice:
I finally arranged to make a survey from
Zirconia to Tryon via Saluda to see if it is
possible to get a good road through that
way. Mr. R. T. Brown will leave here Fri
day evening, reaching Hendersonville the
next morning. He will look you up and
let vou know what he is going to try to do.
Any assistance you can give him I shall
appreciate very much.
On receipt of this letter I will appreciate
it if you will wire me the weather condi
tions and what you think about the possi,
bility of making a survey at this time.
Yours very truly
Joseph Hyde Pratt
State Geologist.
Mr. Justice injorms The Times that, the
survey will be made Monday.
Vote i
If you don't vote for the street
bonds you vote against Henderson
ville's best interests.
Vote for
beauty.
the bonds and civic
I
Who Killed
Miss Hawkins
Sobs Citizen
Famous "Mystery" Is No
Mystery for Mythical
Murderers of MissMyrtle
" Hawkins are But Fig
ments of Imagination
"Who killed Myrtle Hawkins?"
asks the Asheville Citizen in an
editorial criticism of the county and
city authorities here for failure to
discover the mythical murderers,
and proceeds to draw an unfair par
allel between the "unsolved" mys
tery of the young girl's death and
the quick sentencing to the chair of
Richeson, the Boston preacher-murderer
the self-confessed killer of
Avis Linnell.
The Citizen says Richeson was
placed behind the bars a few days
after the commission of the crime,
although the police had but slender
clews to work upon, while the Hen
derson county authorities, it charges,
are doing nothing to bring the slay
ers of. Myrtle Hawkins to justice,
relying upon the fickle, memory of
the public and the lapse of time to
wipe the case off the public records.
"Yet that Myrtle Hawkins was
murdered," says uc 'contemporary,
"is ah admitted fact; and it is known
of all men that the murderer or
murderers committed their crime
within the county and srre "Still living
there."
j"AND ARE STttt LIVING THERE !"
Strong words these "And are
still living there!"
Then whore they ?
It is now up to the Citizen to
name names that delayed justice
may not be defeated entirely.
But the mystery of Myrtle Haw
kins murder is no mystery for no
murder was committed.
Myrtle Hawkins took her own
life.
Driven desperate by her shame,
after attempting to deliver herself
of her heavy burden and dreadfully
failing, she took her own life, and
more sinned against than sinning,
she has been ere this judged by the
one great and supreme Judge of us
all.
On that peaceful Sunday morning
when the waters of Lake Osceola
revealed their secret and gave up
their dead, there was no water found
in the lungs of the betrayed girl
and upon that fact is based the
many fantastic theories as to the
method of Her death, nearly every
one taking it for granted that she
was dead when her body was placed
in the lake or water would have
been found in her lungs.
There are instances on record
right here in Henderson county
where men, known to have been
drowned, whose lungs, when the
bodies have been recovered, were
as empty of water as were Myrtle
Hawkins' on the day her body was
dragged from the lake.
Those who remember the evidence
given at the second coroner's in
quest will recollect that the ill-fated
girl's little clock was found, exactly
where the body was found, at six
o'clock on Saturday evening, while
the remains were discovered there
on the following morning.
Did the mythical murderers make
two journeys to the lake? One to
carefully deposit the clock where
the rays of the setting sun would
reveal it to a passing child, and an-
Continued on editorial page
First Rational
Stockholders
Are Pleased
Annual Meeting of Big
Bank's Stockholders. All
Old Officers Re-elected.
Wm. Lott Succeeds G.
W. Ragan as Direcror
At the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the First National
Bank, held Tuesday, the report of
general business for the year iust
ended showed a handsome and very
satisfactory increase over any pre
vious corresponding period.
All the old officers were re-elected.
One change was made in the board
of directors, William Lott succeed
ing G. W. Regan. A large number
of the stockholders were present at
the meeting a meeting, by the way,
which was very pleasant and enjoy
able. The excellent report of the year's
business was naturally gratifying to
the men who have their money in
vested in the First National Bank,
no less than it will be to the army
of depositors in the "oldest and
strongest bank" in Hendersonville
and to the public generally Jb
First National Bank's steady growth
is the result of that confidence of
satis fied customers which is acquir
ed only by safe and careful manage
ment, and its ability and willingness
to give the most liberal hanking fa
cilities to its customers.
For the First National Bank, one
of the important and best known fi
nancial institutions in this part of
the State, does enjoy the absolute
confidence of the community to a
remarkable degree. The personal
interitv of its officers, and their
well known financial ability, com
bined with the character of the sue
cessful business men who sit around
the director's table, are responsible
for this partly.
But there is another, deeper, un
deriving reason, and that is the
broadgauge business policy of this
bank a policy which prompts it to
take an active interest in all things,
all movements, which tend towards
a Greater Hendersonville and a
more prosperous Henderson county
The First National Bank is often an
instigator, always a liberal subscrib
er and "booster" to any movement
having as its aim the increased
prosperity of the community in gen
eral and the farmers of Henderson
county in'particular. Possibly they
realize that a more productive, more
prosperous agricultural country
means a still more useful First Na
tional Bank for it is "through its
strong and confidence-inspiring
banks that the business blood of a
country flows.
The officers of the bank are : W.
J. Davis, president; K. G. Morris,
vice-president ; J. Mack Rhodes,
cashier; S. G. Rhodes, assistant
cashier.
Hay Establish
Creamery Here
For the purpose of forming a co
operative creamery company, if
possible, a well attended meeting of
representative business men was
held in the director's room of the
First National Bank, Monday night,
and decided that such an enterprise
would be decidedly helpful to the
farmers of the county. They also
decided to take stock in the inter
prise solely for that reason.
A proposition was submitted . by
a Mr. Bridges tto form a stock com
pany of sixty men, each to take one
share of stock at $100. This money
is to be used to build the creamery,
buy the site, equip it, the company
Gudger Plays
PeanutPolitics
Unprofitably
About to Introduce Bill itt
House Making Appro
priation for Henderson
ville Postoffice,Which is
Already Provided For
Representative J. M. Gudger ac
cording to a dispatch in an Ashe
ville paper of January 5, is about
to introduce a bill in Congress ap
propriating $60,000 for a postoffico
building in Hendersonville, for
which the necessary authorization
had already been secured by Johr
G. Grant while representing this
District in" the 61st Congress.
The Government has a 1 r e a d y
bought the site for the building and
paid for it, and there is a balanco
on hand of the appropriation avail
able for construction.
Of course, Mr. Gudger's action
was needless, useless, and can pos
sibly have absolutely no bearing on
the matter whatever, for John
Grant has already done what Mr.
Gudger apparently would have the
people think he is about to do.
In anawer to four questions asked
Jameq-vKnox Taylor, Supervising
ArfiJljjjiCt Taylor, Treasury Depart
ment, Washington, The Times has
has, received the lollowing replied,
whjqfy explain themselves and which,
show ,he utter absurdity and tho
pean'uUy political flavor of Mr,
Gadgets actions.
. 1, danjrm authorize tjbe erection
of a Federal building; here until all
the money necessary has been apf
propnatedr
The reply:. "Have authorised de-
partment to contract for building ai
Hendersonville, using the money
available until that amount is spent.'
2. Does Congress appropriate all
the money at one time when they
authorize the erection of a Federal
building? ,
The reply: "It is notjusual to ap
propriate the entire authorization ai
once."
3. When the Treasury Depart
ment is authorized by Congress to
erect a Federal building, is not Con
gress bound to protect such author
izaeion?
The reply: "Congress eventually
appropriates for all authorizations.' 1
4 Was this second appropria
tion for Hendersonville, N.O., neces
sary? The reply: "The introducing of
the bill referred to in your letter ia
evidently inadvertent. Nothing in
the way of construction of building;
except previous authorizations havo
a prior right. The Hendersonvillo
plans will probably be taken up in
about fifteen months.'
Mr. Brydges representing to do this
and turn the plant over to the stock
holders on completion, when tho
subscribers are to pay for their stock
and not before.
It was said that 300 gallons of
milk daily at the creamery would
make it profitable to the stockhold
ers. Of course, the greatest benefit .
will be derived by the farmers as a
creamery here would enable them
to keep dairy cattle and find a mar
ket for the.r product, at the same
time enriching and building up their
soil.
So long as Henry Jordan contia- .
ues a shining example of what cat
tle will do for wornout land no argu
ment along that line would see in
necessary.
If the co-operative creamery
company is actually organized, milk
routes will be established, the milli
collected daily, the butter . fat ef
tracted and the skim milk returned '
to the farmer, who will receive a
monthly check for his butter fat
air. nayes is a salesman too well