The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-31

w OUT l0S6 Ou10UuAAS uAOAPOSO
ed may happen. Henderson coun-
ty cannot afford to part with the
territory in question and will n
deavor to hold on to what she has
acquired by fair and honest meth
DDS.
The bill amending the graded
school law for the city of Hender-
sonville has passed the House of
Representatives, goes.to thesen
ate for the approval of that body.
It merely provides for an election
upon the proposition to increase
the tax rate for school purposes,
the poll to be seventy-fve cents
and property tax five cents more
per hundred than it is at present,
for educational purposes.
The executive committee of the
State Bar Association held a meet
ing in this city last Friday even
ing to determine upon the time
and place for the next meeting OF
that organization The last meet
ing was held at Wrightsville Beach
and it is believed that the associa-
ton will want to visit the noun
tains next summer. 1t will be re-
membered that Maj. S. V. Pick
ems attended the Wrightsviile
meeting and extended a cordial
invitation, on behalf of the bar
and city authorities, to the assocl-
alton to hold it's next session In
Hendersonville. The writer was
present at the committee meeting
here at the time stated above and
renewed the invitation. But ow-
ing to the absence of several mem
} bers no conclusion was reached.
However, the members present ex-
pressed themselves favorably upon
the proposition to honor 82Hender;
sonville with their presence and
asked to be remembered kindly tc
Mai. Plckens who pressed them sc
: strongly at Wrightsville to decide
upon his city as the next meeting
place. Asheville, Waynesville anc
= Lake Toxaway are also asking fol
!, the association.
Representative Gallert, of Ruth
erfOrd, recently introduced a bill
which requires all railroads in tn
l State to adopt the block system
except the very small roads, an'
: making it o misdemeanor for an.
employe of a railroad in any de
partment, whether officer or agent
trainmen, telegraph or block op
orator, to work longer than twelv
hours out of the twenty-four; set
a fiat passenger rate of two an
one half cents o mile; the right t
issue mileage books if they desire
at two cents a mile, provided th
-owner of the mileage book ma
i pay out of his book for as man
Q persons accompanying him as b
k may wish; makes the Jim Gro
Car law. uniform throughout th
Q State, and gives railroads condut
i tors police powers. This bill
spoken of rather favorably an
may be substituted for some {
> the moro radical measures upo
y the subject of rate reduction this
are now pending before commi
tees. MI. Gallert's bill goes to tt
E. root of the matter and does nj
seek to regulate everything in tt
1t State like some other wild-cs
propositions that are being agita
fe ed by would-be bosses, whose a
10 tions are really injuring the eau
they are supposed to represen
is and who are seeking r~eputatio
l. for themselves rather than reli
e for their constituents. Playing
4 the galleries, in other words.
Senator Simmons was re-electt
last Tuesday to succeed himself
le the United States Senate for
1e term of six years. Many fifth
tributes were paid to him by a