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VOL XVIV, No. 31. ,
HENpERSONVILLE," NORTH - CAROLINA; THURSDAY, PEBRU ARY 16, 1911.
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WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
Legislative Happenings in the Capital City During the Past Week
Only Two More Weeks in Which all the Big Legislation is to
Be Handled Including the Anti-Trust Bill, State Wide Good
Roads and the Million Dollar Administration Building Noth
ing . Peculiarly Interesting to Western North Carolina Done
Up to Date Bills to Tax Tan' Bark and Acid Wood 'and' Saw
Logs Judge Pace in Raleigh. "
(Staff Correspondence.)
Raleigh, Feb. 14. You - are in
the crowded gallery of the. house
of Representatives, in the very,
front row of course, arid so intent
upon the moving picture show of
legislative action that'yo11 lean
forward until there is spme danger
of toppling forward on to. the
heads of the distinguished gentle
men below. 1 -
You are interested and only a
wooden Indian would not be. They
are discussing the Cdnnor uniform
bill of lading bill and the hon
orable gentlemen are expressing
their sentiments with the utmost
frankness. Connor is telling the
members that a negotiable bill of
lading, (the purpose of the meas
ure) is but just protection to the
banks and isA good business meas;r
ure, but Ray of Macon insists the
banks have protection enough
now and that the bill enacted, into
& law would open the doors to
f raudeakeir ;DowdonV: the
noor cbndSnni'"" the bill a dozen
other men are clamoring for a
a hearing.5 Ray" waxes .sarcastic
and Connor, heatedly, declines to
be further interrupted in- his
speech. At times it looks as
though there might be trouble, ;but
finally things quiet down'a bit and
a vote is taken. The bill will
probably' become . a lawi .
Two weeks from next Saturday
and the general assembly ad
journs. But," girls, every little sin
gle solitary minute of the inter
vening time is going to be chock
full of pulsating, throbbing, gal
vanic life and energy; It certainly
is. There's going to be morning,
noon and night 'sessions, and the
legislative mill, running on the.
fast pully, geared up to its high
est speed, id going, to work over
time and all the time: "But when
the lights are finally turned off and
the big building no- longer echoes
to the eloquence of the people's
representatives, there's going to
be some important laws added to
the already' big law books of the
State and its all got to be done
within the next two weeks.
Here's a list pf the big legisla
tion to be handled :
The state primary law.
The anti-trust bill.
Insuarnce investigation.
State-wide good roadsuegisla
tion. The million dollar administra
tion building.
Spainhour's "measure appropri
ating $400,000 more "for public
schools. .
Doughton's bond bill to take
care of bonds due in 1913 and to
make up deficiency in treasury.
Different measures aimed to im
prove judicial procedures-more
districts, increase in salaries, and
to make the judges do a little
more hard work, to earn their sal
aries. Koonce of Onslow has a measure 1
in the house increasing: the pen
sion appropriation to a million
dollars.. It is now less than half
that and Mr. Koonce would have
North Carolina deal as generous
ly with the old soldiers as Florida
does, at least. ' ., ; ' ;
The appropriation bill, of course,
will call for the most talk and the
hardest fighting.: It . promises
now to assume gigantic propor
tions it will have to if all the
measures talked of finally get
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Has a Bill in Many
mitteen : Rooms. c'
TR AIN1NG SGHO 0L TAUL
There is a strong inclination for
state aid to good roads, the Uni
versity calls for. halt a millionit
is admitted the public schools need
more money, and the administra
tion building will Undoubtedly
pass. All this means money arid
piles of .it. v
Of legislation peculiarly inter
esting to Western North Carolina
.there has been little or none. Noth
ing has been heard of the West
ern Training School, which has
riot very many friends, it would
seem. There is a Reeling that the
establishment of this school in
Western North Carolina would
conflict .with the interests of the
two little institutions now estab
lished there, both of which have
men here working for them.
l A proposed tax of five cents' a
cora on tan oarK ana acia wooa
seems to be favorably thought of.
The shipper iwouldpay half and
the buyer half. -Inspectors at. $75
a onth onleapointe4 i
measure the wood. The bill is de
signed to proteetihe shipper. ;
Another bill, riot et introduced;
however, would tax saw logs ten
cents a thousand feet, the revenue
derived - to be expended in "pro
tecting fofests from fire.
All of the many Hendersdn
county and Hendersonville bills
are either in the hands of the vari
ous committees or about ready to
be voted on in the house. ' Judge
Ewart has introduced, more than
twice as many measures us any
other representative about; forty
in all. As there is an ' abundant
supplyof ink and white paper
here, and still two weeks more
time in which to legislate, the
Judge may make it an even hun
dred. But, dearest, thera is a
marked and distinct difference be
tween introducing bills and get
ting them passed, and it will be in
teresting -to note the sum total of
J Ewart 's successful legislation at
the end of the session. Some" of
his bills are, in the opinion of the
house leaders, absolutely imprac
ticable and a close reading
of them is apt to convince the
average man of this.'' But the
Judge is of different calibre from
Marshall, the republican repre
sentative from Surry, whose idiot
ic free school books bill, calling for
an expenditure of twp millions or
more, was recently killed. .The
house made aN free exhibition o
the gentleman from Surry who
has been very quiet and sedate
from that time. Ewart 's "dog,
bachelor and justice of the peace
bill" rather destroyed , that gen
tleman's i standing in the house.
It was ,looked upon as frivolous
and silly legislation and while the
members had all sorts of fun with
the author of the freak bill, the in
troduction of such, an" absurd
measure has had a tendency to de- j
stroy Ewart 's usefulness here. j
Up to Saturday, Feb. 11th, there
had been 935 bills introduced, of
which number 200 have been rati
fied. Two years ago there were
914iso the present session is
somewhat ahead.
Hendersonville is 2252 feet high.
Just now it asstill nearer heaven
for its most substantial citizen,
Judge C M. Pace, for 46 years
clerk; of Henderson county, is in
Raleigh, which has .sunk noticea
bly since that gentleman's arrival.
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Wonderful; Infer dements
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The left top cut shows the changin the location of the road" around Stoney Mountain from 8 per
cent to 3 percent. Right to top view is a change of the location inHillgirt getting away , from the
railroad and changing the grade from 9 percent to 5 percent. Theleft bottom views shows the loca
ti6n of Egerton hill with it changed from a 12 percent grade to a 5 percent grade. The right bottom
is a change in the location on Smith hill from a 11 percent road to ajs percent.
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HENDERSONVILLE BOYS OFF
AX COLLEGE ARTTATtTTTq
' "'FHIE RE CORDS 'SPEAKS'
t WELL FOR LOCAL TRAIN
ING AT GRADED SCHOOLS.
There are-, a number of Hender
sonville boys out of town who are
making good record in college, one
of. the best reports. that has been
heard of lately is -that , of yQung
Herbert Smith, ; son of A.
Smith, who is in college, at Casr
cadel la.,-a preparitory school for
Cornell University at Ithacia, 'N.
Y. Young Smith left last fall for
school and. began his studies in a
class Of-which he was the youngest
member.. Having received a good
training in the local graded7school
he soon gained a good headWay
and by persistant studying reach
ed above his fellow student -in
marks and is now leading his class
in many studies. His last report
gave, him the highest' mark in the
study of German of ; any other
student .in thesehoolV
Hunley Gover. another Hender
sonville boy is making a record at
the University Of Virginia, which
institution he will graduate this
year after receiving a M. A. and
B A-course in a period of four
years. Young Gover received his
early training in Hendersonville V
graded schools and has always
stood, around the top of his clas
ses in marks at the University of
Virginia.
The Chimney Rock and Hickory
Nut Gap Turnpike Co.
The Chimney Rock and Hickory
Nut . Gap Turnpike Company has
madV application for a charter,
the bill being introduced by . Rep
resentative Ewart. The capitals
stock of the company is to be fifty
thousand dollars and the follow
ing are named as incorporators :
G. W. Connor, C. Oates, W. F.
Pryor, W. S. Freemans, T. W.
Freeman, Joe L. Asheworth, Dr.
VT. H. Fletcher, THos. W. Long, J.
B. Freeman, Richard Ledbetter.
Z. V. Taylor jand W. F. Flack.
They are authorized to build a
road and charge tolL The prin
cipal office of the company .13 to
be at Bat Cave. The charter pro
vides for a detail of 50 state con
victs to help build the road, the
State to receive stock in tre com-
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pany.,:;. ;-;
" Dont " fall to attend the ' Presbyter-1
Ian ladies supper at the Majestic Ho
tel Tuaaday Feh 31 '
ade
IrifflerMsoii
The Hustler is fortunate.in get
tmg the above photcs of the roads
in' Henderson county which have
been improved!.; "The views' will
show ithe nature of the works go
ing on in this county. . Manyay
brably coments have' been made by
"people who have traveled: . these
already gaining a reputation in the
few' sand clay;-roads' built here.
There is going , to be many miles
of this variety of roads built in the
coming year and thernext move
of importance will be ' a bond is
sue" foV gcod roads. The
Hustler stands for good roads
all the tiem.. County Supervis
or P; F. Patton deserves a great
deal of credit for 4he work he has
under construction and that he
has already done for the county.
My Valentine.
. By Georgette Ruth Pafdnei
(Composed at 14 years.) - -A
little maid with locks of gold,
A pair of eyes of tender blue, :
A little hand I love to hold,
A heart so loving,"warm and true.
Two ruby lips I. love to kiss,
Two cheeks " like roses in their
: bloom.- ' "
(My love; for her I know she ?11
, .guess,-. . ;;-.lc',---:-
And in her heart -for me find
room.) . ' "
I've sent to her a great-red heart
On which sweet words of -love ap
pear, ;
With Cupid's, gay and flowered
dart
And angels' srailinr faces fair!
And one I know yyiii u-eto me
From her, my darling, ever mine,
And on it these sweet words I'll
see,
For Paairom his Valentine. ' '
Party For Visiting Girls.
Mrs. A. Monsky entertained de
lightfully Thursday evening at
her home on Bibb Street, in com
pliment to two attractive visising
girls, Miss Lewis, of Henderson
ville, N. C, and Miss E'ein, of Bos
ton, 3tfass. The home was artis
tically decorated forthe occasion
with, a wealth of fern and cut
flowers. The punch table was. cov
ered with a, cluny lace piece oyer
pink satin and decorated .with!
pink carnations. Miss. Rae Monsky.
and Miss Doris Brockman presid
ed over the punch table. During
the evening a musical program
was enjoyed and delicious refresh
ments were served. Mrs. Monsky
wore a gown of pink crepe meteor-trimmed
with marabout. Miss
Fein was gowned in Persian chif
fon over pink satin. Miss Lewis
wore a gown, of pale blue chiffon
over blue messaline.-About forty
guests ' enjoyed .the eyeplng3Ion I
igomery jaxiverusei:. . - ;v -
M
ammMimS
Cpohtyi Roads.
LOCALS CITIZENS -WORK IN. houses, to say nothing of aboutr
JBAINj, ANDbilCOIJ) TAKING. i$v:ura 1,
CENSUS ;t)-TpnBIAinr:tli state,- Henderso.nyille offers , ;
: FOUND 7H0 NEVER SAW-may -
GOVERNINT'S 1; - "
j rrr " - bers can be assured as to, good ac- - t
. - ' y "' commodations as can he found in
The Hustler's prophecy many ; the; State of North Carolina ; and . ,
months -ago did not lack much can. also insure themes good an
after all to coming te. There outing as they, have ever had, else
are nearly 4000 people in Hender- where. '' '
sonville all the year round, in- exiiv- There is no body of men in the , '
act figures from the repert sworn state that theCity of Henderson--to
by the unmerators 3,705.. . " ville would rather entertain than
- When the call was made by the tMsbne. Thereis no ! brganiza
city" council "for volunteers to take tion in the state that is of as great ,
the census of Hendersonville over ' importance t6. the state as is this
there were many young men to society. ' It will be a peculiar
respond. All day Wednesday pleasure -and honor to have them
through the rain there were six meet ..here. ' A delegation" from
public spirited citizens plodding this city will formally extend. , .
from house to house - getting the ;
names oi every person wno mnaD
ited the place, both "white and col
ored. It was a quick piece of
work and numerators should be
praised for their efforts and sue-
version . of Hendersonville 's pop
: . . c&--ri"""'"
ulation. ' v ;
" Those "who claimed ' to : have
been slighted in the last . census,
responded to tne can and. were
listed as -residents of the town,
The last, census, however does in-
elude a few who live here yet do
not call the town their home. '
In the lat week's issue of the -
Hustler it was stated that 3,400
people was required of a town be-!
iore receiving a iree aenvery sys-
tern. This is not correct. There
are some towns with less than that
number of people enjoying the
free delivery. J "
To be on the safe side and an
swer ; the enquires made by many
of the leading citizens, who have
felt some time,) Chat the town had
nearly 4.000 people the city coun
cil authorized a recount of the pop
ulation. - These figures will be for
warded to the government, to geth
er 'with the exces report of about
33 andone third percent postof
fice receipts for the year 1910 in
aiding in the securing of free de
livery by June 1st.
The Income Tax Amendment.
r The General Assembly has rat
ified the proposed v income tax
amendment to' the United States
constitution, only four votes peing
registered against it in the house.
Some really fine speeches were
made on . the; important measure,'
which came up as a special order
on. Wednesday, morning. .
LIEDIGAL SOCIETY
- MAY-UEET-BERE
Efforts Are Being Mado to
Bring the Distinguished .
JBody Here
WANTED IN 1912
Formal r -Invitation Will be Pre
sented at Annual Meeting in '
r Charlotte' Next June.
A concerted effort on the part
of the medical fraternity, the law- -
j -
yers, bankers, hotel and boarding
hpuse proprietors of Henderson- ,
1 ville ls being made to induce the
Medical Society of the State of . "
Nprth Carolina to hold its annual ,
meeting for June, 1912 in Henderr
sonville 1 j Correspondence receiv- . v
ed by one of the physicians of the
city from aUarge: number, of the'
physicians over the state, seems to'
show that the sentiment in; favor . -
' of, having the meeting her e is very
wide spread. ' .
; The Hustler wishes to add its
.-. support to the mavement, and to
do what it can to be of assistance v
in bringing about the consumma- -tion
of this object. - Henderson- ;
yille is certainly in a position to
handle the meeting in the proper j
shape,, and in such a manner as to
make the members of-that society
feel that they will have made no
mistake in coming here. "We are
also advised that the Merchant's ,
i Association is working in cOn junc-
; tion with, the others who are inter
I este" in this movement, and we
:A bgljeVe that they can ,do 4 nothing
j better for the good of the city.
-j Wifh the . climate scenic en
vironments, hotels and boardinff
-n invitation to the'medical society
in Charlotte this coming June,
ENTERTAINMENT GOOD;
Kate 1 Fuller Company Give De-
.;iignnui irrogram Tuesday
Night.
The, Kate Puller entertainment
company , rendered i the third at
traction of the lyeam 'course in
the court house last Tuesday
evening. Quite a crowd of town
people witnessed the performance
which was delightfully carried
out ,by three talented young ladies
Mrs. Kate Puller Asheby, reader
and chaparone of the trio kept
the house in an uproar with her
interesting talks in varioi'j? dio-
lects full of mirth and hun.or. Mrs.
Ashcl-y is- by far one of th best
elocutionist ever in " Henderson
ville. Miss Margaret Dailey soloist
gave ; some . beautiful - selection
with her sweet suprano" voice,: ac- -compained
at the piono by iliss
Marion Richardson who had a '
wonderfultouch in music, and she''
delighted the audience more .than
once. .' ' J '
- Mrs. Rutledge Dies.
It was learned here , Tuesday
that Mrs, James Rutledge of Flat
Rock died in Baltimore while on
a visit to that cityv "Mrs. .Rutledge
is well known in the. Flat Rock
settlement. She was formerly from".
Charleston, S. C, but in recent
years has lived in Flat Jlock where
she had abeautifhl cottage. The
news of her death was a great sor
row to her Jmahy friendi in this
county. ' ' aJ-a r '
'--See .the clocks dyrttttt3.j7e
Glazener-entstht V"- r :
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uusmgh both finite end" house.
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