The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-09-27
Local News

The circus t) was here Saturday, and
drew a fair crowd.
It Is rumored there will shortly be .
modern mattress factory erected here.
W. d. Barringer. special salesman for
the Ssieff piano people was in town, last
week.
Gov. Glenn's speech at the opening of
b Fair will be along purely education
lines.
J. B.. Seawell, If the Purity Laundry,
has rome to Charlotte for a few DAYS
rest He will visit his brother there.
The deed to the Pleasant Hill Bap-
list church, made in 1882, "a years ago.
was handed in last Monday at the Court
House for record.
John L. eagle, who had all his front
teeth kicked out by a horse recently, is
recovering from the effects of the &C
cident.
Between two and three thousand
school children are expected at the fair,
on the 18th, educational day when Gov.
Glenn speaks.
The Poultry House at the Fair
Grounds ia nearing completion and nice
new comfortable coops in which to- dis
play fowls will be made for exhibitors,
Co. |
Some half dozen restaurant booths are
about completed at the Fair grounds
and parties DESTROYS of securing one
had better apply soon at Board of Trade
rooms.
@. 8. ~Corpening, of Mills River, was
in town Monday. He says the damage
to the crops from the excessive rains
has been great in that section, and looks
for a scarcity of feed stuff this winter.
We draw attention to w. P. Will
liams' ad. in this issue. MIR. Williams
will hereafter be an extensive user of
space in this paper, and he will always
have something interesting TO say.
Sam Cox made a desperate effort to
escape. Monday, while being taken to
the Jail Sam had just been found
guilty OF carrying concealed weapons,
before Justice of the Peace J. D. Der !
mid, and made q break for liberty but
was captured In q few minutes. d,
The Board of Trade had q highly in
teresting meeting last Thursday night, I
which was largely attended. The mat I
tiers discussed was of greatest interest '
to the business men of He~ndersonville. !
Announcement of the great. lake pro- |
lect was made, and methods Of getting ]
good roads discussed. =
'
The Tryon Hosiery 90. have pur-
Is acres OF and from p. H.
Walker, at Flat Rock, near the depot, F
chine knitting mill there. Their Try e1
on mill has . capacity of 800 machines, Ii
but the output is ordinarily but 900, sc
to the lack of labor. It is expect ts
that this difficulty will not exist G
here, as there is now unemployed labor B
W n ~ ASO~O1 IA L1dAy 1ou4l1I0S Wiz | "
nave moved South will be glad to come
back if the chance for employment is
them. The mill is expected to 30
'e in operation by the first of the year. u
The big auction sale of the Claude B
3rown Co. last Thursday, was entirely th
uccessful. A large crowd of buyers sr
Vere present from out-of-town, and Sc
verything was about cleaned out. The hi
wagons were not reached, and will be of
old this Saturday. The Claude Brown th
have had a remarkably sue WI
essful season, this year, so successful in
n fact that the capacity of the barns WI
fill be doubled next year, when the ju
ulldfngs will cover the entire tract of DO
md. Mr.. Brown will go West this en-
inter, buying new stock, and next bu
pring the great barns will be ready for mi
still greater business. ia