Carolina
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Volume XXIX
Hendersonville, North Carolina, May 1, 1914
Number 5
I
tlRADED
I scrooi
A meeting of the board of
rustees of Hendersonville
Jraded school was held Tues
tight in the First Bank'and
Vust- Company building,
Wrman A. F. P. King pre
Iding. I A number of applications
fr positions were considered.
IProf. W. H. Cale was re
1 e c t e d superintendent,
iss Bessie Steedman was
Icted principal of the high
jtiool. Misses Mamie G.
iggs and Esmeralda Wil
1ms were re-elected to the
sitions which they now
Id. A committee was ap
inted to consider applica
ns and fill remaining va
ries., friday, May 15 will be
1 last day of regular
W work at the Hender
ville graded school. The
lmencement sermon will
'preached Sunday morn
t at the Presbyterian
jch.
Wsday night May 19, is
I date assigned for the
lmencement exercises
uding the presentation of
omas to graduates.
:ass dav exercises and
i events of interest will
place the same week
RACA-
PHILATHEA
meeting of the Baraca-Phila-
ity union will be held at the
Baptist Church Sunday after-
May, 3, at three o'clock. Fol-
g is the program:
location, Rev. J. C. McPheters.
sic.
Jss' J. R. Hill,
sic.
jjorts of Convention. Local Del-
K
SIC.
ress, Prof. W. H. Cale.
jaca-Philathea Hymn.
ica in North Carolina
gton Star.
trip Ma
week, Mr. G. P, Grimsley
jibutes an interesting article
aca mining in North Carolina,
ndustry in the State is de
fid and the operations ex
,ed in a way that is entirely
.htening to those who are
acquainted with the manner
js workings in far-away
ih Carolina.
!e United States mica pro-
on at the present time comes
North Carolina, New Hamp
, South Dadota and Idaho.
h Carolina has been the
J source of mica in the Unit
tates. having produced more
5.000,000 pounds a year.
h l869 to 1912, the United
Is geological survey reports
the output of mica in North
ina has been 8,600,000
ds of sheet mica, or 53,7 per
of the total in this country.
No Need to Worry
ms Purple Cow.
MRS- RECTOR
Mrs. Edith Rector died at the
home of her son, W. C. Rector, on
3rd Ave. West, last Sunday after
noon at 6 o'clock, at the age of 65.
Mrs. Rector was born and raised in
Madison county where she lived
until the death of her husband
about seven years ago. At the
death of her husband, George G.
Rector, she came to Hendersonville,
where she has since resided.
She was a consistent member of
the Presbyterian church, having
moved her membership from the
church at Marshall to the church
here a short while ago. The funeral
and burial took place at the family
burial ground near Marshall, Dr.
W. E. Finley, of the Presbyterian
church at Marshall conducted the
funeral services.
Mrs. Rector was not an educated
i i i l.j.
woman, naving oeen urougm up
back in the '50s and '60s when
there were practically no education
al advantages for the children of
that day, but she possessed a strong
mind and a remarkable will power
which served her to great advantage,
enabling her to bear up well under
the troubles and burdens of life, and
to resist to the utmost limit the rav
ages of disease. She had been
afflicted with heart disease for three
or four years before she came to
Hendersonville; after coming here
sherecuperated to some extent, and
and for a while was able to walk up
into the business section of town, to
go to church occasionally, and to
be carried out driving quite frequent
ly. This period of recuperation,
however was of short duration, and
for the past five years she has been
confined to the house almost all
the time, and most of the time was
nnable to leave her bed.
But she never lacked for atten
tion day or night, and no means or
labor were spared by her son W. C
Rector, in his efforts to have her
restored to health. And the doctors
who treated her. and her neighbors,
who never grew weary in doing all
they could to soothe and comfort
her during her long jllness, say
that there is little doubt that her
life was considerably prolonged by
the kindness her children showed
her, and the splendid care and at
tention she received at their hands.
Mrs. Rector made strong friends
of her neighbors, members of her
church and others who made her
acquaintance, all of whom say she
was a genuine Christian woman,
and that she possessed a remarkably
cheerful disposition for one so long
and so sorely afflicted. The doc
tors who attended her, and the
pastor of her church, say they
have rarely seen a person who pos
sessed such bravery and cheerfulness
right to the end of the last stretch
of life's journey as did Mrs. Rector.
The deceased always looked well
to the ways of her household, and
never ate the bread of idleness.
During all earlier years of her life,
and indeed up until she became
afflicted with the disease that caus
ed her death, she sought wcol and
flax, as it were, and worked dili
gently and willingly with her hands
and she arose also while it was yet
night, and gave meat to her house
hold and a portion to her hired
people. And her children whom
she so carefully nurtured in their
youth, arise and call her blessed.
Mrs. Rector is survived by one
son, W. C Rector of this city, and
five daughters. These are Mrs. E.
F. Rector, Mrs. S. H. Miller, Mrs.
G, W. Jarrett and Mrs. C. E. Lot
speich all of Marshall, and Miss
Zura M. Rector of Hendersonville.
These bereaved ones have the
svmoathv of all
! r the great loss they have sustained
on account of the death of a noble
ftrest Damsel.-"Oh, Sir, catch n otiZ " , u7 T
&an! He wanted to kiss me." n,ther' acd .the P trouble they
aro now passing through on account
of that loss. But they are admon
ished to wipe away their tears and
psive Pedestrian "That's all
I There'll be another along in
iute "
FASSIFEU
In our issue of March 13
we called attention to the
fact that Hendersonville is
developing into a school cen
ter. We mentioned twojhigh
class schools for boys which
were assured, one the Blue
Ridge school, which Profs.
Sandifer and Randolph will
open in the fall at the Moun
tain View Lodge property,
and the other at Highland
Lake. We also mentioned
the possibility that Miss
Kate Shipp would move her
well known school for girls
to Hendersonville.
The Times was the first
newspaper to mention the
possibility that Miss Shipp's
school would come here; and
The Times is very glad in
deed to be able to state that
this possibility is now a
certainty.
Fassifern school, well
and favorably known through
out the State, will open its
fall session in Hendersonville
about the end of September.
The exact date will be de
termined by the speed with
which the necessary build
ing operations can be com
pleted. The location select
ed is the Caldwell Robinson
property at the corner of
Haywood and Flemming.
This property which has been
purchased for the school, is
ideally suited for the pur
pose. The grounds are ex
tensive; the location is es
pecially attractive; and the
present house will form the
nucleus of an up-to-date
school building. The neces
sary additions will be made
as rapidly as posssible, at
an estimated cost of ten or
twelve thousand dollars.
INSTALLATION
OF PASTOR
The installation of Rev. J. M.
Shive as pastor of the church will
take place at 11 a. m. Sunday.
Rev. Dr. A. S. Anderson of
Waynesville will preach the sermon
and charge the members of the
church. Dr. I. S. Archer of Mon
treal N.C. will preside and charge
the minister. Dr. Archer is the
Moderator of the presbytery, of
Asheville. These services will be
exceedingly interesting. The gen
eral public cordially invited to be
present. Dr. Anderson will preach
at the evening service also.
take comfort in the thought that
the dead will live again, and that
there will be many happy Teunions
in the sweet by and by,; and that
those who have known -each other
here will know each other. there, as
to say less means a denial that there
is a hereafter. They should also
be comforted in the thought that
the mother who, full of hope and
faith fell upon sleep so bravely
shall never again feel the agonies
of pain, nor will her y be wet
with life's griefs and sorrows.
Children, you should rejoice that
Providence spared her to you so
long to help you thus far along
life's rugged pathway.
Popular Song Su?etl6fts.
"The weeping willow. had feeaa ealy
atinj onions, after 'alt
HENDERSONVILLE
AND HEALTH
To the Editor of The Times:
That sunshine kills many germs,
that ozone kills many others, and
that the combination ot sunshine
and ozone with the effluvia ot pine
trees and other of nature's healing
balsams as found around Hender
sonville will kill most any disease
germ is a fact so notriorous that
family physicians the country over
are sending convalescent patients,
and "rundown" men and women,
and weakly children to Henderson
ville because they know that here
their patients will run the least
possible risk of infection from any
disease, an important condition to
one whose weakened resistance
would make a disease possibly fatal.
In which place would your intelli
gence tell you that you were the
more likely to contract a disease
(e. g. tuberculosis) viz. the place in
which a patient does actually con
tract it, or the place to which they
are sent to recover? There would
probably be less chance of contract
ing tuberculosis in Hendersonville
with its sunshine and pure air, if
Hendersonville were one vast san
atorium filled with tubercular peo
plewhich it is not than in any
less favored clime with only one
tubercular person in it. In Hen
dersonville too there are strict laws
rigidly enforced, conditioning and
regulating people afflicted with
tuberculosis. Our people have been
very hard on these afflicted people
for whom I think we ought to
hold this climate as a trust incon
sequence of which we have fewer
tubercular people here in spite of
our climate than the average town
of our siza If one wants practical
immunity from the chance of con
tracting tuberculosis let him come
and live in Hendersonville.
It is because of this condition
that we have at last waked up to
the necessity of having good schools
right here in Hendersonville where
we can send our children without
risk to their health. For this reason
also people living in less favored
climes especially in the low-lands,
will if vwise send their children to
be educated in Hendersonville now
that we have boarding schools) for
both boys and girls equal, to any in
the country and better than most.
This "so evident' advantage of
Hendersonville over other places
for health producing conditions,
especially to growing children at a
time when they most needjjust such
conditions for their efficient develop
ment has become so well known
the country over that three large
private schools(Fassifern for girls,
and Blue Ridge and Fleet for boys)
will open here this Autumn. Be:
sides these there are two other well
known and well established, girls
schools and one Commercial College
seeking good locations here!
Then let us rejoice that we are
now able to keep our children home
to educate, where we who have
long lived here, know they are safe,
And so let us all help and pull to
gether to make our schools the best
in the country.
R. N. Willcox.
ANG
i mm
F. H. Valentine of New York,
who has been visiting relatives
here for several weeks, left Wed
nesday for Asheville, Raleigh and
other points. '
G B. Nelson of Route 6, was in
town Tuesday. Although he is
now in his 83rd year, he is hale and
hearty. He thinks that he is too
voung to quit work and is pre
paring, to farm this year. He sets
an example which a good many
youngerlmen would do well to follow.
Argentina, Brazil and Chile
have offered their services as
intermediaries in the Mexi
can tangle. President Wil
son and Huerta have signi
fied their willingness to ac
ceptthe offer, though without
making any agreement or
pledges.
The diplomats of the three
Latin-American countries
are now busy, trying to
reach some solution which
may be satisfactory. They
propose to broaden the scope
of their efforts so as to in
clude the whole Mexican
problem as well as the
Tampico incident. An
armistice is proposed while
they are trying to suggest a
solution.
A SCENIC
HIGHWAY
Tomato seed, $1. 00 per lb., at the
Golden Rule Store.
Galveston, Texas-, April 27.
The note of peace sounded in the
mediation negotiations proposed by
the three South American Repub
lics to solve the Mexican trouble
found no echo here today in the
hurried preparations to embark an
additional fighting force to Vera
Cruz.
All day long the quartermaster's
department rushed the work of
refitting the freighter San Marcos
into an Army transport and tonight
the steamship was loaded with sup
plies and ready to sail early tomor
row with a troop of the Sixth Cal
vary and several batteries of the
Fourth Field Artillery.
Washington, D. C, April 27.
The tenseness of the Mexican
situation was distinctly relieved
today when the representatives
of Argentine, Brazil and Chile,
supported by pressure from all
Latin-America and from foremost
powers of Europe, concentrated
their efforts toward a pacific ad
justment of the crisis.
The success of the first steps
toward mediation the prompt
acceptance by the United States
and the announcement of the
Spanish Ambassador that Huerta
hap accepted the tender of good
officesproduced a feeling of
distinct hope which was reflected
not only in Administration quart
ers, but in Congress where "war
talk" gave way to a spirit of con
ciliation. Washington, April 27, -For
mal acceptance by the Huerta
Government of the offer of Ar
gentina, Brazil and Chile to use
their good offices to bring about
an amicable settlement of diffi
culty between the United States
and Mexico was cabled to Span
ish Ambassador Riano here to
night by Portillo y Rojas, Foreign
Minister in the Huerta Cabinet.
Manufacturers Record.
The mountain road now uuder
course of construction between
Tryon and Saluda, N, C. will when
completed, about May 15th, form
a most interesting link in the chain
of highways , connecting the
mountain secrion of Western North
Carolina, Tennessee and the country
above with the lower South South
Carolina, Georgia and Flordia. For
the engineering feat it represents
and the interest it wili be to tourists
this bit of road building merits
comment.
The course lies from Tryon up
through the Pacolet Valley into the
Pacolet Gorge and along the precip
itous sides on this to Saluda, which
is nine miles distant 1000 ft. higher.
With an average grade slightly
greater than two per cent., the road
in no place over the steepest
mountain side reaches a grade of
more than six per cent
At a cost of $50,000 for nine
miles and as high as $15,000 to the
mile in the most difficult portion,
the road is being constructed 20 ft
wide, well rounded, smoothed and
subgraded. In many places a solid
bed of rock is furnished by nature.
I Excellent drainage will be obtained
by blasting out a few feet below the
road leyel and filling in with crushed
rock to within six inches of the snr-
face, over which dirt will be placed.
It is expected that the road will be
graveled and covered with sand.
In the short distance between Tryon
and JSaluda 13 bridges will be nec
essary. All to be of steel. The
road tunnels the track of the South
ern Railway 60 ft. below the rails
at one point. The Railway Com
pany has provided a permanent
concrete tunnel 160 ft. long at an
expense of $20,000.
A short distance out of Tryon the
road strikes directly up the beauti
ful Pacolet Valley. Here it runs
straight and level. In a short dis
tance the valley narrows! the sides
elose in, ever steeper and higher in
ascending, till one finds himself in
the heart of the mountain along the
face of a sheer wall above the
Pacolet River, plunging and eddy
ing below. A stone's throw from
the traveler the waters of Hemlock
Falls tumble into the river from
their brink high above.
Tourists have been prevented
from motoring through this superb
section largely by the impassability
of the roads. That fear need no
longer be entertained. The key has
been turned in the lock of the
mountains and their fastnesses
thrown open.
Mrs. R. M. Warren, with her
children, Virginia Carolina
and Robert, Jr., have arrived
from Sumter, S. C, and expect
to spend the summer here. They
are very glad to be in the moun
tains again. Having somehow
survived the deadly winter clim
ate of Sumter, they wisely decid
ed not to tempt Providence by
staying there through the still
more deadly summer. Robert
Jr., is especially glad to return
to Hendersonville, as this is his
birth place. Mrs. Warren, who
was formerly Miss Sadie
Kelly, has a large circle of
friends here who are always
glad to see her.
S. J. Whitaker, a leading farmer
of the Mills River section, was in
town Wednesday, and called on
The Times. He reported that .the
prospects for fruit iu his section
are good.
One hundred thousand is the
number of prescriptions on file at
at Hunters Pharmacy. This shows
a very large prescription business
not inducing therehlls.
For sale, four fresh cows.
See me at once. Mrs. J. S. Hol
bert, 2 miles N. of Henderson
ville, W. of Clear Creek road
near Balfour
LOST Five dollars and fifteen
cents on April 18 at the Southern
Depot Reward if returned to The
Times Office.
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