MiP!lli!laK'Wdrii
of Ileal Estate Sold Here
This Season
. Hendersonville and Henderson
county real 'estate is bringing good
prices, and the demand for it seems
to be increasing.
; The American Land Company of
. ' Greensboro, within the past few; das,
have sold at auction, the following
properties, all within the corporate
limits of the City of Hendersonville:
W. A. Smith jjivisibn, property at
the corner of ourtiV avenue East
and Main street y . . i, f ' i.;
C. P. Terns division, known as
Toms' hill, including the s splendid
residence where the owner resided un
til he 'moved to Asheville a few years
' ago. ...... .,:
S. Maxwell. division, eorisisting of
one bungalow and several lots on
Fifth avenue West: - '
J. H. Ripley division, eonsiting of
two houses and a number of lots on
Third and Fourth avenues ' West.
First Bank and Trust Company,
lands in the southwestern part of the
Mrs. E. 6. Wilson, lota oh Third
avenue West, in rear of ,Blue Ridge
tn hoteLS-;.,.
'-t The above' properties brought the
aggregate sum of $99,800.
, The following pieces of city prop-
erty have been sold within the past
' two or three weeks by the owners
themselves or by their agents:
C. N. Wrenshall, residence prop
erty on Fourth avenue West. j
S. Maxwell bungalow on Fifth
. avenue West.
H. H. Ewbank, lot on corner of
Fourth avenue West and Church
. street. . " '
Mr. Charles, granite storehouse
property on Main street.
E. W. Ewbank, house and lot in
,r northwest part of town.
' J..B. Steele, residence property on
Fifth avenue West
John T. Wilkins, residence prop
erty in Hyman Heights.
' Sam Johnson, bungalow on Wash
ington street. .'
- A. P. Brantley, bungalow on Fifth
avenue West.
. Mrs. Frank K. Waters, residence
property! , ... s . ..... r-
Mrs. A. E. Sample residence and
business property at corner of
.Seventh avenue and Main street.
, C C Haight, several lots.
Mrs. S. Johnston, business 'prop-
erty 4 Mam street.
- -E. C. Vernon, business property on
Main street.
. A. Pickery business property on
IJHam sireeu , k
'Mrs. Vernon Few,, vacant lot on
Fourth avefiue, adjoining postofflce
: H. C; Rainey, bungalow on Fifths Mr. Carnegie was'88 years old 'at
;enue West. 1 jthe time of hie embarkation oiv jthe
W. H. Justus, vacant lots on Fifth
avenue West? - 1 '
..,W. W; Burgess, vacant lot on Fifth
stvenue West. ;v;
F, H. 'KJacaid, residence property
on Sixth avenue West . , . ' 'v.
The properties last above enume -
"rated Brought the aggegate sum of
$160,600. - ' " -
The following farms and farming
lands have recently been sold -by the
owner themselves,' or by . their
agents:--
The upper vWestfeldt farm u In
Iloor'sr'i Creek township. .
' Several tracts of the Barker, lands,
JJn and Justice division,..' v.
I!:. Fouti farm In Blue Ridge
1. " ip. ",.- '
C. n Toais and Mrs. Ketie B.
T , f-m on Kud Ci'eek. ' v
'a EL ".TIt'-Mss, farm In Mills
IIve:t:' .j' U"' 'V -
C. T. 1 i ri'L'n, Eatie B.
T r l yzVCvjX "
" - ' J.; C 3' acres la'
iH?J. Rainey, farm near Upward,
E. B. Wooten acreage on Thomp
son hill
Dorsey McCall, farm in Tracey
Grove section. '
The aggregate sum for which the
above, farms sold was 113,800.
The above enumerations do not in
nude anything like all the properties
that have, been sold during the sea
son. Tne register of deeds, and real
estate men were - all too busy when
The Times man called on them for a
list of real estate transactions to do
more than mention such deals as they
could think of as having been closed,
witnout reference to any. books or
records. . ; .'iv
Real estate dealers report that
more people are buying property here
this' season than1 have ever bousrht
before in any single year-
, u is sa,i(j mat sooo,oou u an
underestimate of the total real estate
sales -in1 and around Hendersonville
this season.
People who come here to spend a
part of the year are learning that it
Lit much mote- pleasant and . satkrfac
wry to Hve m their; own. property
while here, than to live in boarding
houses and hotels where there are so
many guests thaw even elbow room
is "not; available a good wrtion of
the tune.
Another thing that weighs consider
ably with people . who desire to own
their own property is, that houses al
ready built can be bought for a great
deal less than it costs to erect houses
now, owing to the high cost of labor
and material
Money invested in Hendersonville
and Henderson county real estate is
money well invested, The prices at
which property here" is bejng offered
are not high. . Of " course they have
advanced Very much within the past
ten years, and people who bought a
few years ago have made good money
on their investments. And people
who buy property here now at the
fair prices at which it is being offered
cannot go wrong.
ANDREW CARNEGIE HAS PASSED
AWAY
I Andrew Carnegie, steel magnate
and , philanthropist, died at "Shadow
Brook," his Lenox, Mass., summer
home,' at, 7:10 Monday morning, after
aw illness of three days witii bronchial
pneumonia; So sudden was his death
I that his daughter, Mrs. Roswell Mil-
uer, was onaoie to get to tter.zataers
bedside before he- died. Sja (wife
and private secretary were .with' lum
shoreless sea,:-He leaves, his widow
and his daughter! Margaret who was
married last,; A'pril.to Ensign Roswell
, Miller of Nw York,- V (-v
' Mrs. Miller was at her home in
iMill Bank, N, Y., when word reached
'her ether father's approaching death.
'She hurried to Lenox, kbut did not!
I arrive until a few minutes after her
father's death. ' t
; ' Built H Owm Moauaaeats
Peaces parity and education are
jthe three institutions that have ben e-
fitted fntest from the big 'donations
of Andrew 'Carnegie. He erected'Ws
own monuments in the SflOO libraries
that perpetuate hia name throughout
the world, in the 11,600,000 tewple
of peacei at the.Eajue, Hollani, in
hislcro, feace and edr-tional f anda,
Jmd ia the m-y offtef charities he
I -V I'll' ' - y ars.-"
I Cf t " e : . -t..t vea'. If.
Carfr i was said to have been tU
jttrtt-rry. ; ' V
' Ii i I era l z aai f'l
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RMIOII AT. :
LAUREL PARK
The annual reunion of Confederate
veteran! took place Thursday, of this
week, in, Laurel Park. There was a
large attendnce and the day was
neatly enjoyed. Dr. W. P. Powell
of Asheville madethe principal ad
dress which- deeply interested his
audienee.
A number of visiting veteransswere
present. Among them were J.J. Mack-
ney -of Buncombe, Tom . Gash of
Transylvania, and W. H. McFarlane
and Thomas Aliwine of Polk.
Officers were elected for the ensu
mg year as follows: S. T. Hodges,
commander; Michael Schenck, adjut
ant; Rev. A. I. Justice, chaplain.
Penny Brothers went from here to
Marshall last' Friday evening,, where,
on Saturday, they, sold the Rector
Hotel property and several business
lots along the . Main street of the
town.
memory with the .richest millionaire's
son.
His first job was in a linen mill as
Bobbin boy' for which he received 20
cents a day. Next he became a mes
senger in the jOhio Telegraph Com
pany s office, and in his spare Jime
learned telegraphy.
Starting as telegraph operator for
the Pennsylvania railroad at $25 per
month he worked his way to division
superintendent of the railroad. He
was advised by a superior official, to
whom he was secretary, to invest all
the money he had in Adams Express
stock. He "had no money of his own
but his mother mortgaged; her little
farm "and let him have $600. He
bought ten shares of stock. That was
the beginning of his prosperous
career.
. Mr. Carnegie organized a number
of companies all . of Which prospered
He was first to bring to this country
the Bessemer, process for making
Jsteel 1M8. That set him on the track
tftich he followed to the end of Us
days, 'Tie organized a number of steel
and iron companies, which proved to
be great wealth producers in their
skillful management ,
The "following are Mr. Carnegie
gifts to various funds:
Hero, fund, U. S. and
Canada 1 .'$ 5,000,000
Hero fund, elsewhere... 7,250,000
Municipal libraries 60,000,000
Teachers' fund 16,500,000
Carnegie Institute, Pitts
burgh . 24,000,000
Carnegie Institution,
Washington 22,000,000
Peace endowment 10,000,000
Dunfermline Trust 3,500,000
Colleges in U. S. and Eu
pe . 36,800,000
Relief fund for steel
workers 4,000,060
The Hague peace temple 1,600,000
Mr. Carnegie furnished the money
with which our local public library
was erected, and upon hearing of the
death of the great philanthropist, the
trustees of the Hendersonville Carne
gie library met to take appropriate
action on his death.
t Each of the trustees Vpoke of Mr.
Carnegie as one of the most useful
men the country ever possessed and
that they were shocked to hear of his
sudden death. . ,
Brownlow Jackson, one of the trus
tees, offered the following statement
and moved that it be adopted and
written into the minutes. of the trus
tees as a feeble tribute to the memory
of the great American citizen :
' .VThe life of Andrew Carnegie is a
shining example of what a man who V
born in proverty may do"in this life;
He started out in life working for
only a few, cents a day. ' He . worked
hard, and saved his earnings,: acted
upon the" advice of his more of less
successful employers and invested his
money carefully and judiciously, with
the result that he became one of the
wealthiest men in the world. He
gave liberally of his ' means to the
erection ofvlib,raries all parts of
the world, and to many educatibnal,
charitable f f and I'ether institutions
which had for their object the better
ment of the human family. His do-
natkn amounted to more than $360
000,000. In the death of Mr. Carne
gie : our country has lost :ne"of its
wealthiest and. most useful : citisens,
who, on account of the wajr'lie lived
and used his means f pr thtf better
ment of humanity, oe$ not gi to the
gCafKaweptf-'inbiMied'-
sung,' , bat passes away. JeaTiag b
Lind r 3 a -merrjr that "1 . very
proM'y-tt; t'- " -.!&;. Jour? - V. ' "
Dangerous Days', Rinehart:-.t7ncon-
quered Diver; Jungle Tales 1 of
Taraell, Burroughs ; The v TJirtdylng
Fire; Wells; The Wicked : Marquis,
Oppenheim In. , Secret," Chambers ;
Blue Aloes, -Stockley f Cup of Fury,
Hughe ; The King's. Widow, Rey
nolds i' Judith of .Blue Lake .'Ranch
Gregory; Good Sports,' Prouty;'' A
Man lour-Square,1 Raine; The1 Starl
ing. 3Pompkins ; ' The ' Ivory Trail
Mundyi Blue Grass and Broadway,
Daviii Green. Valley, Reynolds; Life
of the jrarty, Cobb; Under the Coun
try Sky, Richmond; Court of Inquiry,
Richmond; "Just Patty, .Webster;
When Patty Went to College,' Web
ster;' Anne of Avonlea, Montgomery;
Anne'of the Island, Montgomery; The
Best Man, Lutz; Keeper of the Door,
Deli; Hear? of the Hills, Fox; Road
to Understanding, Porter; Contrary
Mary,' Bailey; Gods Country and the
Womanl Curwood; The Mountain
GirlEtskfte; The Man Without a
Country, Hale ; Mystery of the Hasry
Arrow, Green; Way of an Eagle,
Dell; " Little - Colonel . at Boarding
School,' Johnston; Miss Minerva and
William Green Hill, ' Calhoun; Tom
Sawyer.. Abrpad, Twain;' Prince and
Pauper, Twaih ; Little Women, Alcott ;
Told By Uncle Remus, , Harris ; Four
New leepy-Time'' . Tales, Bailey;
Out-Doo Girls in Army ' Service,
HopefGhrls of Central High on Track
and Feld'Morrison; Girls of Central
High d'-Track in Camp, Morrison;
The Of-Door Chums After Big
r .f") t.. mi i. T . '.-
GainewAjkm; The OutDoor 'Chumotry can be hadt It is well worth
on" a House Boat, Alien.
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An election haf been ordered in
this eiti for September 23 on the
propoiittof, to vote bonds for the
purchase If .the Noterman property
for theersoirvfflecjglrsclim
' The Fqurth avenue building, which
was crowded last year, would not ac
commodate this year's enrolment
under normal conditions. But, ow
ing to the compulsory law, conditions'
will not be normal; the enrolment is
expected to show very much more
than the average increase. Either
rooms must be rented here and there
through the city, or some permanent
arrangement must brmade. The city
council and the school trustees be
lieve that the only safe thing to do
is to protect the school's interests by
purchasing now and not waiting until
the opportunity is lost.
APPOINTMENT OF CENSUS
SUPERVISORS
The secretary of commerce, upon
the recommendation of the director
of the census, has made the follow
ing appointments of supervisors of
census for the State of North Caro
lina: First District Lloyd J. Lawrence,
Murfeesboro, Hartford county.
Second District W. O. Howard,
Ttrboro, Edgecombe county.'
Third District Rivers D. Johnson,
Warsaw, Duplin county.
Fourth District Otway B. . Moss,
Spring Hope, Nash county.
Fifth District John E. Tucker,
Yanceyville, Caswell county.
Sixth District Henry L. Cook,
Fayetteviile, Cumberland county.
. Seventh District Lester A. Mar
tin, Lexington, Davidson county.
Eighth District Arthur L. Deal,
MooresvilleK Iredell county.
Ninth District Joseph M. McCon
nell, Davidson, Mecklenburg county.
- Tenth District Corsey C. Buc
ahan, Sylva, Jackson county. '
'" Eleventh District John D. Briggs,
Williamston, Martin county.
.'A description of the supervisors'
districts in North Carolina is inclosed.
LABOR PLAN CALLED MENACE
'Reolutions setting forth unqualified
opposition, to government ownership
or operation of railroadl, under the
plan proposed by the railroad brother
hoods, have been adopted by the ex
ecutive commitee of the Associated
Industries, of Massachusetts, ' The
resolutions characterized the plan as
the most serious menace to the wel
fare Kf the aation ef any legislation
presented to Congress since the for
mation o fa republic. .
The Boston Chamber of Commerce
is exposed to covernment ownership
cf, tie rai!rc! but favors repre-
" -.tio0.ef 1 :r oJ the directcr-
ELECTION
A.tM"?ICEIIT;
DEvEOPi,lEilT
I Ui
The pavilion on ' top of Stony
mountain has been completed and is
now under the splendid management
of Mrs. Laird, a lady experienced In
- . ... . ....
The west half of the pavilion will
be used for dancing,: and the other f
part will be used for serving guests
with lunches, soft drinks, and meals,
that is dinner and supper, where su6h
meals are ordered the day before. -r
.Ice cream, lunches, and refreshing
soft drinks are being . served from
early in the morning until 11 o'clock
at night of each day, and the number
of people who visit the place each
day is increasing rapidly. -
The top of Stony mountain . is
reached by a drive of three miles out
the main highway toward Asheville,
thence by a stretch of about three
and a half miles of magnificent scenic
road up the mountain.
" After leaving the main Henderson-ville-Asheville
highway the scenic
road up the mountain represents, it
is said, one of the finest pieces of
engineering in all. Eastern America,
and the road was built by the owner
of Stony mountain, at a cost of more
than $20,000.
. The road winds back and forth
across the side of the mountain, and
makes a number of harpin curves be
fore) the top of the mountain ' is
reached. .
At different points along the road
magnificent views of the mountains in
thetdistajice and 'the surrounding
bfce'e while to make the trip to see
the road and tne mountain all
around and the valleys below.
The pavilion on top of the moun
tain ifetiuiter a large one, and is built
and furnished in rustic style. Every-
J.!.,-!!' Vl,v'li' if' .1 .1. .
.ning is rustic, tne tables, cnairs,
seats and other pieces of furniture.
' The kitchen near the pavilion,
where the eats are preparedvis also
ef rtrsfic build,- but presents' a' clean
and neat appearance, and the whole
place is lighted by a private electric
lighting system at night.
Water is obtained from a cold
spring down on the side of the moun
tain by means of the use of hydraulic
ram. And the water is fine. .
From the top of the mountain
Pisgah and the Rat can be plainly
seen on a fair day, as can Tryon
peak, the Hog Back mountains, Black
mountains, and others of the Blue
Ridge and Smokey mountain ranges.
The trip is well worth making, and
many of our tourists are going up
to the mountain's top daily in their
machines, and the number is increas
ing as the people learn of the splen
did piece of road that leads up there,
and the grand views that can be had
of the surrounding mountains and
the valleys below, from points along
the road, and from the top of the
mountain and the tower which has
been erected thereon.
Those of our home people who
nave net been up on Stony since
developments have been made should
avail themselves of the first opportun
ity to take a trip up. They will be
well repaid for the time it will re
quire to take the trip.
The management is expecting the
largest number of people to make
the trip to the top of the mountain
next Sunday that have gone up in a
single day before, that is if the
weather is good.
AGED MAN DROPS DEAD
William M. Rymer, aged 65, while
walking the railroad at Brittain's
creek north of town Tuesday morn
ing, in company with Thomas Ward,
fell down dead without speaking
word. Sheriff Case went out and
made an investigation. The investi
gation made by the sheriff disclosed
the fact that ' the man died from
natural causes and that a corner's
inquest would not be necessary. The
remains - Were taken1 in charge by
undertaker, Thomas Shepherd, who
prepared the body for burial ' and
shipped it to Asheville where the de
ceased had been living for some time.
;
MISS MONTGOMERY
Miss ' Lfllie PrvMontgomery, . of
Greenville, 8, who was spending
a while at the Wilson Cottage here,
died suddenly shortly after noon
Tuesday., Heart failure probably was
the cause of her death. She Was
relative by marriage of EL B. Blease,
who spends tie summers here, lie
seconder.!;! J tie-remaina' of the'
191011 L03SS
FRIDAY LIGHT
A special Communication of Kedroa ;
Lodge, No. .887 A.' F. & A. M., is '
called for Friday night' August I5 ' '
at 8:30 o'clock. " V , " " "
TT VIA J VMO U1XU iCKlOC. . .
Visiting 'Brothers cordially wel-1
corned. .
'
PHYSICAL . : ;
EXAI,llNAp:i:
. Attention is invited to the fact that
the . county physician will be at the -
city school building on Fourth avenue
Saturday, morning and afternoon to
hold a physical examination of county
teachers. This appointment is made
in : order to enable the teachers to
comply with a new State law which
requires a physical examination of
teachers before they enter on the
work of the session. ' -
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Wm. Hill has been attending court;
at Asheville as a juror, ' r fk.
''Penny,1 Brothers announced herev
last Friday that on the 26th of tail
month they, will sell Lenox Park, '
which consists of about four hundred -
lots.' : r. - : '
W. C. Rector was in Asheville Mon
day" on professional business. '
Mercer & Bailey of Clinton, S. C,
was a visitor in town Sunday. Mr.
Bailey: formerly owned the, Blue
Ridge Inn and. other real estate here.
He stated that, although he was now . '
in his 79thyear he was still atiyely
engaged Itt business, and was meeting
with good success. Among other en
terprises which he is carrying on he
said he was operating 90,000 spindles'
manufacturing cotton into yarns. ! He
said he experienced little trouble"
with hi operatives. . , , :!.
JTPoy Justicewas in Asnev'ille at "
the first of the week on professional
business.
George Stephens of Charlotte and t
Hendersonville is spending a few days
in Asheville.
Wilmer H. Witten of Marion was in
town Monday and called at The Times
office.
Mrs. Roy Deckle left Friday for
Hendersonville, at which place she ex
pects to spend the next two months.
Canton correspondence, Asheville
Times. ,
Edwin Sherman, the young son of
J. B. Sherman of this city met with
very serious accident Wednesday
evening. He was kicked on the fore
head by a mule. He was taken to
the local hospital; and a telephone
message, received just as we were
going to press, announced that he was
doing well.
If we could only put the profiteers
in cold storage and keep them there
it would soon reduce the cost .of liv
ing a whole lot.
LENOX PARK SPRING
Hundreds of people have visited -
and drank water from Lenox Park
spring during the past sixty days.
Late in the afternoon of each day
people can be seen making their way
to the spring from all directions,
each person carrying some sort of ves
sel to carry some water back home in.
As a general thing several automo
biles are driven up to the spring each
day, and the occupants get out and
drink of the waters of this fine
spring.
Lenox Park spring has been im
proved by the removal of all loose
earth from where the water comes up
out of the crevices of the rocks, and
crushed stone- filled in, so that when
the water comes gushing through the
crevices in the huge rocks it strokes
the crushed stone and rises through
same into the basin which holds the
ster untif it rises above the outlet
which is through , a channel cut in
stone..- "
A wall has been built of concrete
and stone around the spring in such
a way as o provide a seat on which
people can sit while enjoying a drink .
of cold water from the spring withfia.' '.
inis spring is an asset ox muca
value to the people residing ia Lenox x
Park and Vicinity, especially to thW7
who are unable to et ice. and to nee o
pH Who prefer good,' pure.,, spring
water to Krell ir eity water. ' The '
water of this enrinff if aald to aetrrwi ..:
mm i pivjrfues oi muca .y-
ani i nurnWof reo;!e are sr'.J ta,
ecr.;si-l . U CreenvilVwlcfa tl
f-r.cr-1 c -1 1 ' 1 c.rr:I - '