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HENDERSON COUNTl, FORMED IN 1838, IMS QUITE AN EMPIRE (By JUDGE ROBERT L. GASH) Many of those who have known Transylvania county all their lives would be surprised to learn that, as counties go, Transylvania, if not one of the "New baby" counties, is at least one of those belonging to the decidedly "younger set'', and hardly yet sufficiently developed to have reached the stage of "full age and authority". Under the early government of the Lords Proprietors the whole south ern part of the State, extending to "The Western Waters" was not even a county, but merely "Albemarle Precinct", with one seat of govern ment on Albermarle Sound, and an other on the Cape Fear. In 1729 New Hanover county was formed from a part of Albemarle Precinct, included the whole southern part of the State, the northern boun dary passing not far from Salisbury, Asheyille and WavnesviHe. The settlers farther West thought it tco far to attend court, so Bladen was cut off in 17."i4. This arrange ment lasted for fifteen years, but still the Western settlers claimed they needed a government of their own, and this led to the formation of Anson in 1749. By this time making new counties i in the West was getting to be a habit, and Anson was hardly established be for the western settlers were again asking for hew counties. Anson want- i ed to keep some of the western ter ritory herself, so she sought to coin promise by cutting off the northern slice of the western territory as Ro wan in 1753. With this concession she "stood off" the rest of the west- < erners for a few years. However, by j 1762 the Char'Hte district was so in sistent that all cf the rest of the ; Western territory was made into a I county, and named Mecklenburg. Th:> new county had only a rest of < about ten years, for Gov. Tryon want ed a county named for himself, and < caused Tryon county to be made of I all of Mecklenburg's "western terri tory'' about 1772. Since Gov. Tryon had again start vd the movement for new counties, the people around Morganton raised ! a rumpus, resulting in the formation i of Burke in 1777, which included all 1 of the western part of Rowan. By the time the Revolution was t well on its way, the name Tryon was ( so unpopular that none wanted a county named Tryon. Hence. Tryon was abolished, and divided into two s ?counties in 1779, Cleveland and " Rutherford, the latter including the western portion. The county line between Burke and Rutherford was not established west of the Blue Ridge, but, on paper, passed some three or four miles north o f Hendersonville and Brevard. U rants in this section taken out in the seventeen eighties were issued either in Burke or Rutherford. By 1791 the settlers west of the Blue Ridge were fighting for the formation of a new county, and in that year Buncombe was formed. All of the present Transylvania county ( was in Buncombe until 1808, and all north of the Blue Ridge was in Bun combe until 1838. In 1838, Henderson county was formed, including the present county i of Henderson, and all of Transyl: vania that is on the waters of the French Broad river. The Southwest corner of the coun ty, was included in the territory cut off to make Haywood county in 1808; from Haywood to form Macon in 1820: was included in Jackson, when i that county was formed in 1851. In 1SH1 Transylvania was formed j from Henderson and Jackson, and | still retains its original boundaries. | Those who consider it a burden to 1 tome to the Court House from Cedar \ .Mountain, Gloucester, or Old Toxa- j way. should think of the time when | the Court House was at Wilmington,' ;m the banks of the Cape Fear, four ? five hundred miles away. j, The Florida Anthem A local Chamber of Commerce was ntertaining at a banquet a distin- , . juished guest from the North. The | toastmaster, in introducing him,', spent a half hour dilating upon the j >cauties and possibilities of Florida. 1 Finally he concluded and the guest >f honor arose and began his talk: ? i "Let us all rise and sing: 'From :he land of the freeze to the home of ? ' :he bray."' j, The Blarney jj Murphy had been careless in hand-^ ing the blasting powder in the quar- 1 , ?y and Duffy had been deputed to | ' m>ak the news gently to the widow. ! "Mrs. Murphy," said he, "isn't it j oda.v the fellow calls for the weekly \ { >ayment of Murphy's life insurance?" f "It is," answered Mrs. Murphy. "Well, now, a word in your ear," , iaid Duffy. "Sure ye can snap your ingers at the fellow today." | ( j Ifs New! It's Chic I /*?> "Roll your own" the hat of a thousand stylesl \Theflcw" HAND-CROCHETED, hat that is taking the .smart' world by storm I . Roll it ? turn' it "up here, down there ? every time you flVLJH sQ put it on you can make it look like jpHHL an entirely new, different hat ! It's ^HjraP ffW Being1 worn everywhere! Penney's ^ has jt in white, pastels, navy, black \ . . at such a low price that you'll be able to hayc several 1 Semi-Service $ Pair An outstanding value for -^rt ness and service! Pure silk with mercerized cotton garter top, irvwrized sole and toe. Full fasiii )!;od. New shades for Sum mer. HENDERSONVILLE, N. C. Along the Concrete CROP MOVEMENT <CiorrtyM.tr ? u.) Weekly Fashion Article, Featuring ? | (By HON ROE BOOTH) (By Special Arrangement Between this Newspaper and Harper's Bazaar Copyright, 1931) Where Are The Foreheads of Yesteryear? You are going to have to dispose of your old hats and start afresh very soon now. The forehead, the bare expanse from eyebrow to hair line will not be seen again in all its 1 glory. But the new hats are just as exposing in their way. They dip demurely over one eye, not over the eyebrow but actually over the eye. On the opposite side they leave the head Very bare. In exaggerated ex amples, worn by exceedingly smart French women, the hair is uncovered ilmost to the centre of the head. This is not an easy style to wear, but when it is successful it is .very effec tive indeed. Obviously demands will )e made on your hairdresser such as lave never been made before. Hair nust not only be soigne, but it must stay so, whether wet or dry. The permanent wave will be even more of i necessity than it has been in the jast. There will be no jamming the lat on to cover the hair. It must be ?ven more carefully dressed to wear inder a hat than without it. Many vomen will undoubtedly develop a ipecial coiffure to wear during the lay. Feathered Hats To return to the "side swipe" hats, fheir material will more often be felt han it has been for the past season, ti fact felt promises to comprise nany more than half the hats made. I'hat will include taupe and soleil, md in many instances soleil will be nmbined with the customary short lap felt, facing the little brim, or as lecoration. Feathers are ubiquitous, 'especially since the Mercury hat is j of the utmost importance. This has important wing trimmings on the front. One example of the Mercury hat which I saw recently is in plati num grey soleil with the wings ex tending far beyond the brim of the hat, one a matching grey, the other black. (And have you noticed how grey is really coming into its own this year? Grey kid and goat coats, grey dyed ermine, grey dress fab rics and tweeds are distinguished as never before.) Ostrich plumes trim the most picturesques Empress Eu genie hats. Short plumes curl over the narrow brim and lie against the hair. For exceedingly dramatic dress hats to be worn for restaurant dining and theatre going, longer plumes are used, sometimes white on black. On sport hats little quills persist, and as the hats are often in dark tones, the feathers run a color gamut. Bunches of tiny straight quills are caught together into a broom shaped ornament and range through many shades in a small area. There are also the imitation quills, made of compo- j sition. but these are perhaps outdis- , tanced by the real feathers. One ! dark brown Patou felt has a brown j enamelled quill flecked with gold. I The crown has all sorts of new ' treatments. It is frequently made in sections like a jockey hat, but the shape is so different that it is very 1 feminine. The derby crown looks like j a winner. Felt brims are frequently 1 rolled over and stitched into place to give a stiff edging. Many are even ' wired, for this is not an informal j: season and the casual line is not de- ' sirable. In fact the entire body of the l hat is firmer than it has been. It is made in a specific shape and it must | retain this or the line of the hat is destroyed. - World News of Interest to Commerce London, July 29. ? Will the automat j flea become popular in London? This luestior. has been engaging the at- ! cntion of most Londoners connected j vith the restaurant and kitchen ?quipment trades, according to report cceived in the Department of Com nerce from its London office. Me- J hanical food service is certainly be ng given a fair trial in a new "Auto nat Buffet" which has just opened or business in one of the most oopu ous districts of the Strand, accord tig to British reports. The public's udgment will show whether or not t is willing to drop coins in the slot o obtain lunch. Auxlrulia, Reports Rise of New Factories Despite the unfavorable business ind financial conditions prevailing in ho country, approximately 191 in lustrial firms started new works, or ?xtended those already in existence, n Australia during the past year, ac cording to a report from Consul Gen 'ral Roger C. Treadwell at Sydney, nade public by the Commerce De partment. A total of 2,851 persons have been ;iven employment in these new or ex :ended industries, and approximately S12,900,000 in new capital has been atilized, the report states. Has hb Gold on Board No gold bullions, jewels or other treasure is on board the "City of Rio tie Janeiro", now resting beneath the waters of San Francisco Bay, accord ing to advices received by A. J. Tyrer, Commissioner of the Commerce De partment's Bureau of Navigation. JONAS AND HAMRICK (The Cleveland Star) From Charlotte comes the report that Fred Hamrick, of Rutherford ton, a native of Cleveland county, may be named Federal district at torney if Senator Morrison manages to convince the United States Senate that former Congressman Chas. A. Jonas should not be confirmed. Just what part partisan politics may play in the matter we cannot say, but un til it is shown that chances are against Mr, Jonas being confirmed it seems a bit early to be grooming an other for the place. As The Star has said before, the Lincolnton man is as capable and well fitted for the office as any member of the Republican j party in this district, but if Senator Morrison can show why Mr. Jonas should not have the office, then we know of no other party associate more capable of stepping into the opening than Fred Hamrick. There are few more able prosecutors- in either party in this section of the State, and in , Rutherford county it is general ' knowledge that many legal disputes | "Since it seems to have become fashionable to hunt for buried or sunken treasure, and since also offi cials of the Bureau or Navigation are continually receiving long letters asking for technical details concern ing wrecks supposed to contain fabu lous treasure, it is deemed advisable to report that the manifest of the "City of Rio de Janeiro'' show no such treasure to be aboard", Mr. Ty rer said. Many attempts have been made to locate the wreck of the steamer, sunk February 22, 1901, when entering San Francisco harbor in the fog, by supposedly striking the shore at Fort Point, and statements have been fre quently made that a large amount of gold bullion was on board," Mr. Tyrer said. Cam Cleaned for 3 Cents a Day A new concern in Hong Kong, known as "The International Auto ! mobile Cleaning Company", has re cently developed a rather unique ser vice for cleaning and polishing cars during office hours, according to a t communication received by the Auto motive Division. Department of Com merce, from David M. Maynard, As sistant Trade Commissioner in Hong Kong. Boys with the letters I. A. A. C. across the front of their overalls look up your car daily wherever it may be parked, and with sponge, cloth and a little soapy water, give jit a good rub-down. For this service a charge of 4 Hong Kong dollars per month is made. This, at the present rate of exchange, represents approxi mately 85 cents American currency ? less than 3 cents gold per day. reach an early closing rather tljan let Attorney Hamrick get going. The dis trict attorney, no matter who he may be, will come from the Republican ranks, and The Star pays tribute to the legal ability of both with the full knowledge that the paper has dif fered with both, and they with us, on numerous political topics. There doesn't seem to be anything to be gain ed by pushing either or both aside for less able men because they are leaders of their party. We feel sure that all fairminded Republicans look at it in the same light; when they know a certain office is to be filled by a Democrat, being first of all citizens, they naturally prefer that the best fitted Democrat gets the job. Good Reason "Which would you rather be in, John, an explosion or a collision?" "A tollision." "But why?" "Because, in a collision, there ye are ? but in an explosion, where ait; , ye?" FIRST SECRETAR} OF STA1E RECEIVED $70 MONTHLY PA} Nothing illustrates more clearly the great growth of the United States since George Washington's day than the enormously increased activities of our government. As one evidence of this, the Division of Information and Publication of the United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission points to the expansion in the United States Department of State since its beginning as a Com mittee on Foreign Affairs of the Con tinental Congress. The first secretary of that commit tee, which might be called our first foreign secretary ? was the famous Thomas Paine who wrote the lines, "These are the times that try men's souls.'' The state of Colonial finances at the time is reflected in the fact that Congress was able to offer him the modest salary of seventy dollars a month. This was in 1777, and Paine held the position for two years. At the end of that period Congress dropped him for publishing a state paper which it thought he should have kept confidential. After that the Conti nental Congress decided to manage its own foreign affairs. It soon found itself in confusion and chaos, how ever, as a result of clumsy handling of a rapid expansion in its dealings with other countries. Accordingly, in 1781, Robert Livingston of New York was made secretary of the Congres sional Committee on Foreign Affairs. He received the respectable salary of $4,000.00 a year, and was given pow ers closely approaching those of a present day Secretary of State. To Livingston goes much of the credit for skilful management of our diplomacy during the later period of the Revolution, but in two years time Livingston complained to Congress that his living expenses were 83,000 more than his yearly salary. Besides, he was honored with election as chan cellor of New York, and under pres sure of this lure to another field, he j resigned. Another period of chaos in ! our foreign relations ensued, until ' John Jay assumed the duties of for- 1 eign secretary, with still larger pow- 1 ers, which included authority to j frame treaties with other nations. ! Finally, in 1789, the Constitution having been adopted and the new United States having been formally established. Congress passed the act , creating the Department of State as we know it today. President Wash ington appointed Thomas Jefferson the first Secretary of State, but as Jefferson was away at the time, it was six months before he assumed the duties of his office. Today the Department of State | receives from Congress an appropri ation of more than $17,000,000.00, tvhereas the first annual budget sub mitted by Secretary of State Jeffer son called for an outlay of $8, 008.50. f cost to the country, the Departmenc At this almost amusingly moderate cost to the country. The Department of State under Jefferson ran almost everything. In Jefferson's own words, the department "embraced the whole domestic administration, war and fi nance excepted." The Secretary of State then trans mitted all commissions to Federal of : ficers appointed by the President, ex icept military commands. He kept the i great seal of the United States, and 1 promulgated all the laws passed by Congress. He even ran the Post Of fice service, until President Wash 1 ington decided that this belonged tn ' the Treasury Department. Neverthe less the Secretary of State continued to manage the United States mint. He had control of copyrights and : patents. He took the census and issu ed all maps and charts. Many of the acts of pardon passed through his hands. He conducted all our terri torial affairs, collected the customs, issued consular reports, and exercis ed authority over the sale of public lands. And all this domestic business, together with our foreign affairs, Jefferson managed with the assist ance of two under secretaries, four 'clerks, two messengers, and a French i interpreter. One item in his budget | calculated to raise a smile in these ?great days was an annual outlay of S50.00 for firewood. And all this at ;an annual cost of $8,000.00. Yet even now. when our country | has become the greatest of world I powers, and when many of these ' original duties of the State Depart I ment have been taken over by other great departments, like those of the I Post Office, the Interior, and Com ;merce, the United States still re I quires perhaps the most highly or ganized of ail foreign offices for the | conduct of its steadily enlarging re lations with the world. It is ono of the startling contrasts sure to arise in every American mind in 1932 when the nation celebrates the Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington, the man who, more than any other, set going this vast political development Real Tragedy Pop ? "There's nothing worse than to be old and bent." Son ? "Yes there is. Dad." Pop ? "What is it?" Son ? "To be young and broke." Home-Like Delmonte ? "Sleep well in the coun try?" Melachrino ? "First night I couldn't sleep at all. After that I hired a farmer boy to sit in my car and blow the horn all night. Then I got along fine." ! l5 jetti XOU NEED; NO LONGER BE TOLD that you HAVE AN EXPENSIVE FOOT \ 6 AAAAA to EEE Sizes 1 *? 1* - ENNA JETTICK SHOES have superior fitting qualities ? - This makes them the choice of women and girls who want style k' TUNE IN every A TUNE IN ?very enSa Ejett"Ik with com- eSa^ettJcI melodies ovgi WJZ and As^ciatcc! Station; fort. # f ENNA it. ... MELODIES over W J Z and AiiflciaUd Sutioni Allen- Rollins, Inc. / 449 Main Street HENDERSONVILLE, N. C. ,-\'J h
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