The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-11-22

o. M. Ruggins, of Horse Shoe, was
in town Tuesday, buying a stock of
goods.
Mrs. M. Hardin, aged SIS years, died
on Monday last. Burial was in Oak Dale
Cemetary. on Tuesday.
Mrs. O. A. Williams of Hardeesville,
D.. Z. is visiting her daughter, Miss Ce-
Gle at the Blue Ridge Inn.
Joe Garren's 40 room hotel in Marsh
altown is almost completed, and pre-
sents an imposing appearance.
S. M. Mccall, of Flat Rock, has gone
to Gr~eenville, s. c., where he has a
position with the Carolina Mills.
Mrs. A. r. Love and Prof. Boone have
been substituting at the Graded School
during the past week.
Miss Emmanuel, of Asheville, is the
court s~tenographer in the Pickens
case, which is drawing to a close.
Geo. Holmes, of Bowman's Bluff, is
the second largest la payer in the
county, Geo. Vanderbilt being the larg-
est.
The residence of Leonard Phinizy,
Flat Rock, was broken into last Thurs
day night The thieves got away with
considerable booty.
If you know of any blind person in
your community, send his or her name
to John Ray, Principal of the State
School for the blind, Raleigh, N. G.
Miss iFayetta Curly, who has been
visiting her sister in Charleston, has re-
turned home and is confined to her bed
with a severe case of the Grippe
Vernon Few and his family Will
move out to his fathers farm for the
winter, Brownlow Jackson occupying
Mr.. Few's residence during that time.
Prof. Albert Harold, of the Graded
School, has been called to Durham on
account of the serious illness of his
mother, who was reported to be dying.
w. A. Austin of Union County, who
spent last winter here, was in town tor
a few days this week. Mr.. Austin is
in the life insurance business in Ashe-
Vile.
L G.. Case and Miss Mary Posey, of
Horse, Shoe we're married Nov. 14th, at
the baptist parsonage, Rev. A. R.. Love
performing the ceremony. The young
couple left the next DAY for Florida.
1t is rumored that the Hendersonville
Mercantile Company will shortly sell
their grocery department to local men
Mr.. Claude Pace is mentioned as one of
the parties contemplating buying it.
The heavy rains of the early part of
the week has made the creeks bank full.
A. Cannon, Esq, President of the Bank
of HendersonVille, says this is the first
time during 81 years that he has seen
q November freshet.
Cunningham's store, at Fletchers, has
an interesting relic of the negro Har-
ris, it being n of the long, laced, tan
boots the desperate wore, which he
slashed from his foot in bis efforts to
run faster.
The Church of st. Johns in tn
Wilderness is having it's broken win
dows repaired. They are of the old,
loaded variety, and Rigby, Morrow
have the job.
The next attraction in the Star
Course will be Geo. Wayerly Briggs,
one of the foremost lecturers on the
American platform to-day, and by
whom it is said by the Chicago Inter-
Ocean, lone of the most brilliant and
magnetic speakers of this generation.
Sam T. Hodges Is home for a few
days. He leaves again for q two weeks
trip, after which he will be in Hender-
sonville until March. Mr.. Hodges met
Mr. Davidson, Superintendent of the |
Chautauqua, in Washington recently
and that gentleman informed him that
the program for the local Chautaugua
would be stronger than ever nex year.
Mr.. Hodges is really a travelling adver-
Using representative OF Hen~dersonvilIe,
which he predicts will grow like a
mushroom if the lake project goes thor