The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-11-14
NEWS OF THE TOWN
See page o-third last page.

ing q few weeks In
Alex. Capps, with his family, has gone
to Hillsboro, Oklahoma
T. B: Carson, the well known mer-
chant, has been confined to his bed for
several days.
Assistant Postmaster Higgins went
to Bat Cave, Saturday, to visit his mother,
who is quite i'll.
Burt Jackson has gone to Tennessee.
Going to buy q car load of choice pork
ers, to be sold here.
Mrs. Chas. Nuckols, of Charlotte,
who spent last summer here, Is again a
guest of Mrs. Hesterly and Mrs. Freeman.
Sheriff Freeman is slowly progressing
towards r~ecovery.It will be a long time,
however, before he is out again.
Miss Juno Morris, the efficient assis-
tant registrar of deeds, left last week for
the jamestown Exposition.
w. Porter. secretaryand treasurer of
the CAN'T Harness Co., Bellwood,N N. c.,
. spent a few days with DR.. Guy E. Dixon
recently.
NJ. K. Weber, of Colorado, has leased
the beautiful Roper property for one
year. from Geo. Valentine. Mrs. Weber
will arrive shortly from the West,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. 81. Clarke, accom-
panied by Mrs. 7. J. Rlnkson, of New
Castle, Pa, are here for the winter.
They are guests of the Hotel Gates,
Mrs. McCan and Miss Garry, of Col
umbia, S. c., are guests of the sSum-
mer Home" They will remain until
Christmas.
Miss Sadie Smathers left Tuesday for
Roanoke, Va, where she will visit
her sister, Mrs. W. b. Gambler. Miss
Smathers. who has millions of friends
here, will visit many other points in
the North before her return.
Miss Diamond Grimmett has returned
to her home in Alabama, aftera visit Of
some duration with her sister, Mrs. F.V.
Hunter. Miss Grimmett made many
friends here who will look forward to her
return with pleasure.
Miss Francis Hollifeld. now Mrs. j.
W. Carter, was not engaged to Mr.. Car
ter's brother, recently shot and killed in
WaynesVille, at the time of his death,
and the statement to that effect was an
error. Miss Holli6eld's home was in
Pensacola, Fla. ]
Mrs. A. E. Davenport, of Horse Shoe,
is recovering from an attack of double !.
tonsilitis. DR.. J. L. Egerton was called :
and found it a serious case, it being ex-
tremely difficult to perform the neces-
Bary operation. Uuder DR.. Egerton's |
care Mrs, DaYenporb is improving rap I
idly. t
Herr Peter Peters, who will give a !
recital at the Opera House Friday night, :
believes that no town has a greater t
wealth of musical talent than has Hen t
Jacksonville. He spoke of several of our {
best known musicians, as Miss Edna
Hart and Mrs. w. A. Garland, and 3
others, as possessing the true artistic r
instinct, and said he kneW>of none bet c
ter, il
DIR. r. NJ Wilcox, with a party of :
Asheville people, made the ascent. of r
Mt. Mitchell last Friday, and found the :
summit covered with snow. They had
the pleasant experience of sleeping out
the rocks, without shelter, but that i:
experience did not lessen their apprecia- N
tlon OF the magnificent panorama before 81
them. Mt. Mitchell, as is generally c.
known, is the highest peak east of the Il
Rockies and the view is surperb. ID a
Wilcox is suffering from a slight cold E
as a result of his mountain climb. .
The day before Edgar Johnson, ac
companied by his mother, reached his
California home at Fullerton, after the
visit in HendersonYille. his youngest
brother, Carey, aged % years. was at B
acked by illness and fingered between b
lille and death to Nov. q when he died b
at tho bono Ii