The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-03-26
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S. Johnson has big new awning in
front of his store.
q. Patterson has gone to New York
to buy Spring goods.
Those who had early gardens are be.
ginning to wish now that they hadn't
The city council met last Thursday
and signed up the paving contract with
Henry Jordan.
You can get this paper for the re-
mainder of this year for fifty cents
cash in advance.
Ernest Drake says he is the champion
pool player of the city. Challenge ia
open to ANYBODYI
J. d. Boyd has sold his Edison Phouo.
pragh business to Michael Bros. who
expect shortly to open music store here
T. M. Smith says thstevery delinquent
tax payer in Hendersonville will be ad-
vertised on March Both. Better pay up!
We bought 'steen thousand cabbage
plants from D. M. Wells, and they are
good ones, too.
The skylights over the big ball room
OF the Hotel Gates are being replaced
with new and modern metal ones. with
ventilators.
Beautiful Columbia Park will have
city water within 80 days. The big
ditch is dug, and the pipe is here, and
this great improvement will he reality
very soon.
The new bank, talk of which has
been heard for some time past. is now
a reality, and will be ready for business
about the 5th Of June.
w. e. McWiIliams, of Middletown.
N. Y, is one of the recent inquirer's
for printed matter concerning this
town. We sent him several copies of
this paper-about all we could do.
If the county commissioners would
please cut down that unsightly water
hydrant on the court house grounds
they would add their mite towards
beautifying the town.
The banks of.earth in front Of the Ho-
tel Wheeler and the Rhett property
will have to be cut away and the ce-
ment walk laid there, also. The town
council have so ordered.
Let's have good roads association
live, fighting, aggressive association
one that will bring RESULTS-and
help the authorities that much in their
plans for paved roads. No not air
just business.
81. A. Dermid, of Leavenworth, Kan,
has bought one of B. W. Marshals
pretty pebble dash cottages in omar
shaltown." Mr.. Dermid is son of j.
M. Dermid. the popular and efficient
Southern eXpressman.
The Wanteska Trust and Banking
Company haye just issued a neat six
page folder, their statement of condi-
ton on March ls, 1908. The banking
department was opened on Feb. 6, 1908.
| The statement shows deposits OF $l5,
| OSO.61, W. A. Smith is president and
P. F. Patton secretary and treasurer OF
the company.
The inclement weather last Friday
kept down the attendance at tbs tenn
perance netting to a mere handful.
There was no meeting, in fact. Next
Friday. at three O'Clock, at the Court
House, the executive committee will
try once more to have a gathering Of
citizens to decide on the best method
of conducting the campaign in this
county.
After long spell of perfect Spring
weather, the brand was changed on
Friday, and a snow storm, remarkable
for the large fakes, strnck town about
noon, Some of the fakes were almost
nearly not quite the size OF . dinner
plate. This was followed by q GELD
rain and it looks now as tho the peach
es were most all killed: IL is though
the apples are safe as yet. g. M
. Glazener was seen wearing one OF hi
new straw hats on Thuriday and it /
believed this is the cause of the unwel
come cold snap,
], Jonathan Case, of Dana, was in tow
l. Saturday. For nearly 20 years Mr.. Cas-
has been merchandising and since sci
ling his store at Dana,says he has gain
. ed 20 pounds as result of his ontdoo
life since then. Mr.. Case has big vel
paving farm at Dana, properly stocked
and with a fine orchard on it. just no'
e he is working on plan which will 8
e far to improve the quality OF the poultr
raised in this county and which wi
net the sellers of eggs so per cent mol
profit than they now receive Mr.. Ca