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Volume XXIX
Hendersonville, North Carolina; March 5, 1915
Number 48
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M. T.JUSTUS
' Memory T. Justus, Henderson-
ville's oldest citizen, died Friday
night, .February 26, in the eighty
v "sixth year of his age. '
Funeral services Were conducted
Sunday afternoon at the Methodist
church by the pastor, Rev. W. F.
Womble. The, services consisted
of prayer, Scripture reading and
music by a quartette choir.
The service at the grave was
conducted by Kedron Lodge, A F.
& A. M., of which Mr. Justus had
long been a member. Many years
ago Mr. Justus' had expressed in
writing his de:4re that, when the
final summons came, his body
should be laid to rest with the
beautiful ritual of the Masonic or
der, and the service, with its em
phasis of the ties of brotherly love
and its unfaltering affirmation of a
life beyond the grave, made a deep
impression on the large assembly of
v friends who gathered to pay the
last tnbute of respect.
The pallbearers, chosen by the
. Lodge, were R. H. Staton. Brown
low Jackson, R. P. Freeze, J. 0.
Williams, Hesterly Stepp and Fur-
man Bane.
Mr. Justus was born October 31,
1829, in what is now Henderson
county but was then Buncombe,
near Green River, about five miles
from here. When a boy he went
to Greenville S. C, where he lived
for a few years; but almost all of
' his long life was spent here. On ,
January 10, 1856, he married' Miss
Mary Reese, of Dahlonega, Ga., who
' was then in Hendersonville. Mr.
Justus opened a harness shop here,
and liter engaged in the hardware
business. About fourteen years
ago he sold his hardware business
to S. H IlUliaidbut for a number
f years afterward he continued ;T6i4i
karness work. '
His wife died in April 1889. Of
their five children, four are living;
they are W. H. Justus and Mrs. C.
Few of tnis city, Mrs. S. H. Hilliard
f West Asheville, and Mrs. J. P.
Rickman of Greenville, S C.
Mr. Justus was a member of the
Methodist Church, and a liberal
contributor to church and charit
able causes, just and upright in his
dealings, a public spirited citizen,
and held in high esteem in the
community. Born a number of
years before this county was erec
ted, he had a large fund of interest
ing and valuable information about
the early history of this section ;and
it was always a pleasure to hear
him tell of those bygone days. His
' oss will be deeply felt by a very
large circle of friends. .
W. B. MARtOWE
W. B. Marlowe died at his resi
dence on Bearden avenue in Ashe
ville, Saturday, February 27, aged
53 years. Funeral services were
held at the residence Monday morn
ing at 11 o'clock, Revs Millard A.
Jenkins and John Bomar officiating.
The active pallbearers were: C. H,
Bartlett and H. C. Clark of the Odd
Fellows: G. L? Guischard and W. M.
Francis, of the Royal Arcanum; J.
B. Wells and T. J. Bramlet of the
Woodman of the World. The hon
orary pallbearers were; W. H.
Bird, X. B. Lang, U. S. Miller. T. W.
Osteen, B. C Grindstaff, G. S. Rey-nolds-
' ' ;
; Mr. Marlowe was one of -the best
known business men in Asheville,
having been engaged in business in
f the city market for many years.
He had a large circle of friends in
all sections of the city. He had
keen in poor health for a long time,
utjthe end came unexpectedly
He was a member of the First Bap
tist Church and of three lodges,-
the Royal Arcanum, I. 0. 0. F. and
W.O.W.
Surviving areMrs. Marlowe, two
tons and three daughters. Mrs.
Uarlowe is a ' sisterf of 'James D.
tavs of this city' J . ,
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COUNTY AUDITOR
Raleigh, March 2. After thel
Henderson county auditor bill was
tabled by the House- last week, a
new bill waslntroduced in the Sen
ate, providing for the continuation
of the auditor's office and again
naming Henry W. Allen as incum
bent for two years.
This motning many members of
the House received a long letter
from R. M. Oates as chairman of
the Democratic executive commit
tee of Henderson county, urging
the house to reconsider its vote and
making certain insinuations against
Mr. Valentine which are referred to
below. i.
At the expiration of the morning
hour Mr. Valentine rose to a 'ques
tion of personal privilege. He said
that during last week the' House had,
on his motion, tabled a Senate bill
relative to the office of auditor of
Henderson county; that he held in
his hand one ot the Oates letters, in
which it was stated that he (Oates)
understood that Mr. Valentine had
led the members to believe that the
bill was introdeced by a gentleman
outside of Mr. Valentine's district
Mr. Valentine stated emphatically
that he had made no such state
ment, and that Mr. Oates' letter
did him a great injustice; and that
what he had. in fact, said was that
the Senator who introduced the bill
was not from his COUNTY, and
that the bill pertained to local
matters in Mr. Valentine's own
county.
Mr, Valentine stated further that
he t)ad spoken, to several Demo
cratic merabers of the House who
had told bin that thev remembered
bis statement when the bill -was
table, and that hisC Valentine's) ver -
sion of the matter was correct
After Mr. Talentine had sat down,
Mr; Tucker of Person (Democrat)
arose and corroborated Mr. Valen
tine.
Mr. Valentine again moved to
table the bill. Mr. Conley of Me
Dowell said that he had telegrams
asking that the bill be not tabled
Mr. Freeman of Mecklenburg asked
Mr. Valentine if the office had been
a saving to the'county. Mr. Valen
tine said he could not answer that
of his own knowledge, but that he
had letters from the county com'
missioners and county attorney ex
pressing astonishnent that an at
tempt be made to pass the bill after
the experience of the past two years
Mr. Valentine further said that
HE was the Representative from
Henderson coupty, and that he (and
not Senator Cloud) would have to
stand the racket if the bill was pass-
ed; and that he had presented pe
titions signed by four, or five hund
red citizens of Henderson county,
including many Democrats, protest
ing against the passage of the bill
and that he was safe in stating that
four-fifths of the people did not
want it passed. He then asked
that the motion be put, and the
House once more voted to uphold
him and tabled the bill.
The opinion was expressed that
the attempt to injure Mr. Valentine
by distributing detrimental letters
among the members of the"House,
had acted as a boomerang and had
helped Mr. Velentine's cause.
FUNDS NEEDED
The Charity Organization society
held its regular ; monthly meeting
Monday morning in the Library,
seven members were present. In
the absence of President Hum
phries, who is out of town, Vice
President DeShields presided. Sev
eral applications for help were dis
cussed and referred to various com
mittees. The - secretary's report
showed that in February . there
were four new applicants for help,
and also three former applicants
re-applying, v Relief had been giyen
directly by the society, in two cases;
COURT
The March ternv of Henderson
Superior Court, which convened
here Monday, finished the business
oi the term, and adjourned sine
die Wednesday a noon. The foU
lowing cases were mea ana otner-
wise disposed of in the manner
stated, at this term:
S. H. Friedman, showed good be
havior and continued.
Henry Peck, larceny, nol pros.
Arthur Stroup, "assault, nol pros,
with leave.
Simp Butler, retailing, nol pros,
with leave.
W. F. Foster, retailing, nol pros, I
with leave.
Bob Collins, concealed weapons,
nol pros.
John Wheatly, Tassault."nol pros.
Spurgeon Kuykendall, highway
robbery,' pleads guilty, twelve
months on roads.
J. W. Ducker and F. A. Lance,
false pretense, changed to forcible
trespass, judgment suspended on
payment af cost and balance due
on debt.
LarKin tseddingneld, lalse pre
tense, nol pros, with leave.
W.. F. Israel, retailing, showed
good behavior, and continued.
Henry McMinn, retailing, showed
good behavior and continued.
Annie Staton, retailing, nol pros.
Ged Summey, retailing, nol pros,
with leave.
Richard Maloof, selling goods
without license, nol pros, with leave.
D. A- Walker, retailing, showed
good behavior and continued-
Hall Rhodes, gambling, pleads
guilty, judgment suspended, de
fendant being sentenced in another
case.
' Hall Rhodes, assault with deadly
weayou, icu uiuuuia wt rutiua
George Guice. disorderly, showed
compliance with court's order, and
continued.
Kussell Durr, retailing nol pros.
P. V. Anders, retailing, guilty,
$100 fine and cost.
Henry Jones, hunting on reserva
tion, not guilty,
Tom Mills, assault, pleads guilty,
and having been on roads volun
tary for 23 days, judgment suspend
ed on payment of costs.
Lisnon unageweii, assault, no
pros.
0. L. Norman, seduction, nol pros
Ed Sly, retailing, jury verdict not
guilty.
Ned Memminger, colored, lar
ceny, jury verdict guilty, 13 months
on road.
Will Griffin, retailing, pleads
guilty, $25.00 fine and cost.
Charlie McCall, retailing jury ver
dict guilty, two months on roads,
Liutner. cooker, retailinc. lurv
verdict not guilty.
Arthur Elijah, retailing, jury ver
dict guilty, five months on roads.
Francis Ficker, Willie Guice,
Henry Reid, James Dotson, Jr.,
and Willie Hollingsworth, small
boys charged with going into va
cant house, plead guilty to simple
trespass, and having been chastised
Dy parents, are aiscnargea on pay
ment of costs.
Doots Sly, retailing, jury verdict
guilty, five months on roads.
Roy Pope, retailing, jury verdict
not guilty.
Sherman Youngblood, assault
with deadly weapon, pleads guilty,
$100 fine and cost.
and several other cases had been
referred to churches or individuals
and had received help in that way.
The society's funds are far from
adequate to the task; in fact, the
cash balance on hand at the end of
February was only $25.44, with un
paid pledges of $11.
TRESPASS NOTICES, on doth or
tag board, for sale at The Times
office. .
LEGISLATURE
J . ; Raleigh. March 2. The death of
k. R. Wooten, Speaker of the Houfe
of Representatives, is a vervd
.event.;. He was uniformly courteous
and "(uniformly fair.? to Democrats
ana KepuDiicans auKe, and every
one in -the house was fond ,of him
and admired him. He was affable,
even gentle, in his manner. The
Republicans of the House expressed
their high opinion of him in appro
priate resolutions signed by the
minority members, which were or
dered entered on the minutes of the
Houre.
Speaker pro tem T. C. Bowie of
Ashe, has been elected Speaker in
place of Mr. Wooten, and Mr. Bow
ie is himself a capable presiding
officer, who is;JpersQnally liked by
members ,
In obedience to the mandate fof
the Democratic caucus, the House
relucantly (killed all the bills pro
viding for election of the school
boards in a number of counties
(Democratic as well as Republican,)
in spite of the fact that the House
Committee on Education had re
ported them all favorably by a' vote
of 12 to 4. Many Democratic re
presentatives were bitterly disap
pointed and utterly disgusted at
the action of the caucus, and some
of them did not hesitate to express
themselves on the floor of the
House. The vote in caucus was
close, and demonstrated the fact
that a considerable majority of the
House, regardless of politics, was in
favor of. the election of .county
school boards. But the Democrats
who voted for the measures in the
caucjw felt bound by the action of
thetaucus, and the bills were killed.
So the Henderson County ' School
bih is dead; but it died in a good
cause ana in- good company. And
it seems to be the almost universal
opinion that the next Legislature,
whether Republican or Democratic,
will enact a uniform, State-widelaw
ior an tne counties, proyiding for
elective school boards. It is practi-
cally conceded that the Democrats
in their next State Convention
must put that plank in their plat-
fl-VWWI n. 1 A. . 1 r .
iuiui, ui eise turn ine state over
to the Republicans. In fact, it is
the opinion of many that even
death-bed repentance cannot save
the party now.
Time and again the argument is
heard,- berore the committees and
in the house itself,-on various
measures: "If we do this, or if we
do that, it means a Republican
victory two years from now." The
whole attitude of the party is very
different from the cock-sure, domin
eering tone so common in the past.
The Republican party, as a State
party seems to be wide awake and
at work, and the Republicans seem
more enthused over State issues
than they are over the National is
sues, borne of the Democratic
counties in the rich middle sections
of the State sent Democratic repre
sentatives to the Legislature by
such reduced majorities that Re
publican victories in those counties
in 1916 are almost conceded,
Everywhere among Republicans is
manifested a feeling of optimism
that has not been seen before for
many years.
Night sessions of the Legislature
are now the rule, . the House con
vening every night at eight o'clock.
uiiic-iocai, ana private Dills are
read out and passed so fast that it
is almost impossible for the ear to
follow them. Three or four to a
minute is not uncommon.
An interesting feature of the
night sessions is the ' Song Service"
which occupies half an hour before
the night .session begins. Many of
the members gainer round the
Speaker's desk, where the Sergeant
at-Arms acts as musical director.
Members from the coast and from
the mountains, , Republicans andj
Democrats, join In singing Gospel
MILLS RIVER
A meetiinjf"fwasf held'in' Mills
RiveiwnshipIFebruary 28 for
the purposejofjelectinjr five towu
shipjcommissioners'to'buildroads in,the.township out"othebond
monev. -
The meeting was calledto or
der by Frank Cathey. Prof. J.
W. Morgan was nominated and
elected as temnorarv! chairman
and Wade H. Whitesides'as tern
porary secretary.
On motion, the temporary
election wasjmade permanent.
Before the election"! began the
question was raised as to wheth
er the proper notice had been
given; whereupon it was resolved
that the mass meeting, having
a good representation, proceed
to elect' commissioners; at this
time and the meeting adjourn
till Saturday February 27, at
which time a majority of those
present should "ratify, or ' re
jected. ' It was decided to elect by road
sections anci begin at Etowah.
M. R. Anderson nominated and
elected by acclamation.
John Murray and L. H.J Mc
Kinney were nominated on ballot.
John Murray received 76 votes,
and L. H. McKinney received 91.
L. H. McKinney was declared
elected.
S. J. Whitaker andJM. M.
Brittain were nominated and on
ballot S- J. Whitaker received
94 votes and M. M. Brittain re
ceived 68. S. J. Whitaker elect
ed. S. E. Greenwood, T. B. Allen,
J. H. Burgan, T. E. Osborn. and
Wade H. Whitesides were nomi
nated and on ballot S- E. Green
wood receivedl 54 votes, T. B.
Allen received " 6, J. H. Burgan
received 5, T. E. Osborne receiv
ed 106, Wade H. Whitesides re-
ceivea u. i. u. usoorne was
declared elected.
Frank Cathey, Henry Lance
and J. L. Allen were nominated.
and on ballot, Frank Cathey re
ceiqed 89 votes, Henry Lance re
ceived 94 votes, J. L. Allen re
ceived 1. Henry Lance declared
elected.
The people were enthusiastic
over the prospects of good roads.
Quite a number came from
Etowah. A brief talk was made
by Prof. J. W. Morgan urging the
people to stand by the commis
sioners we have elected and not
to grumble about their work, but
help them in every way possible
to push the work forward and
get best results. The conven
tion then adjourned.
At the subsequent meeting, the
proceedings were ratified.
Hymns at the top of their voices.
The galleries sometimes join in,
and it looks like an old fashioned
camp meeting.
The "Machinery Act" this year
is very much like the one adopted
in 1911, which was dropped two
years later. It provides for . a
county assessor, to be appointed by
the State Tax Commission, and one
or two township assessors to be ap
pointed by the county Commission
ers. A vigorous effort was made
by many Democrats, and practically
all the Republicans, to adopt the
amendment offered by Allen of
Wayne, cutting out the county as-:
sessor ieature, and providing for
three township assessors as was
the law prior to 1911. This amend
ment was defeated by a small ma
jority. The Representative from
Henderson offered an amendment
providing that the County Commiss
ioners instead of the State ; Tax
Commission, should appoint the
County Assessor, but this, too, was
yoted down.
Nurses Clinical Record blanks,
for sale at The Times office.
APPRECIATION
When the Jnew nostoffira una
opened, a number of citizens of
Hendersonville decided to take
that opportunity of expressing
their appreciation of thej untir
ing and successful efforts of Hon.'
John G. Grant, to whom this city
isjndebted for that$70,000 build
ing. T:"A!public meeting wn arrang
ed for Monday. February" 15. in the
court house; but on account of the
sickness of Mr. Grant, the meeting "
had to be postponed.
Mr. Grant is still far from well;
andThursday afternoon of last week
it was decided; not to wait for a
public meeting but to send a com
mittee to Mr. Grant's home and
there express to him the gratitude
and appreciation of ourjpeopleand
present him with a purse of gold as
okenfjufejlodtizens' regard.
The new Federal building isa
verygreaefitjothewhole
community, fand "k wastherefore
fitting that political affiliations
should be lost sight of in the selec-
tion of a delegation to tender Ito
Mr. Grant the thanks of his fellow
citizens of all parties. Republicans
and Democrats vied with one an
other in the warmth of their heart
felt expressions of gratitude and ap
nreciatiniv,nnrM Mr j i.
, . uuuj uu, uiaui, uecpiy
moved by this manifestation of es-'
teem, responded with appropriate
words of thanks'and briefly explain
ed how he had succeeded in doing
for this city what no other Congress
man had been able to do.
i Judge JBlythe was ; appointed
chairman of a committee to draft
suitable resolutions of appreciation
of Mr. Grant's valued services.
SPEEDING
To the Editor of The Times:
When the tax payers on 5tk
avenue agreed to the paving of
that street they had no idea that
said thoroughfare was to become
nothing more nor less than a
veritable race course for motor
cycles and automobiles; that they
could no longer walk, ride or
drive without being covered with
the dust raised by said motor
cycles and automobiles traveling
at the rate of sixty miles an
hour; that their children could
not play on the sidewalks nor
walk across the streets without
fear ot being terribly mangled or
even killed. Can nothing be done
before some terrible accident
brings before the town authori
ties the danger of such proceed
ings? Why were the visitors to
Hendersonville fined on this
same street several years ago for
the same offense when there is
realTy no comparison between
the two cases as far as SDeed i
concerned? Need we expect
more from visitors who are un
familiar with the laws than from
residents who know them and
purposely disregard them? Some
thing must be done, and done at
once or drastic measures will
have to be taken in order to pre
vent the serious accidents whiVh
are inevitable and to insure for
the residents of 5th avenue some
degree of personal comfort while
walking or driving on that
street.
A Tax Payer.
(Since the above was written wo
have been informed by our corres
pondent that the police have been
attempting to abate the nuisance).
Gentle Reminder.
A deaf and dumb man in Frankfort
does such excellent cleaning and gen
eral work about the house that hit
Bilent servloee are In great demand.
A snort time ago be packed a lot ol
furniture for one of his regular pa
tron who waa moving to another town.
8h told him to send hte Bill and h
dfeon a post card decorated In rm
Isf colon, with, the words, "teat w
ton!" India polls News.