The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-04
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Watch this little old town
growing!
Good evening! Have Won
signed any road petitions TODAY ?
j, M. Dickens is now with tho
Hendersonville Wholesale Groc-
cry Company as bookkeeper.
Only think! Election Just a
few weeks off-my, my, but
time sure does fiy-in Hender-
sonville.
There will be five new housas
erected on the old Dixon prone ertv
at Balfour during the coming
year.
Harry Duffy has the plumhino
contract for John L. Orr's new
hotel at Osceola Lake and is now
busy on the big job.
The Woman's Auxiliary held
their regular monthly meeting at
St. James Rectory on Feb. rs.
with good attendance.
The excavation for the new
Smith-Jord building on Main
street is almost completed. The
building will be finished by
Spring.
]. F: Ghormley, who is so sue
cessfully operating the box ball
alley, is contemplating making
certain additions to his already
attractive place of amusement.
To the Williams Realty Co., of
Columbia, S. c., we are indebt-
ed for a most magnificent caIen-
dar, in colors "a fine example of
the printers art.
The structural iron work for
the new Clarke building is being
rapidly erected, and some idea
of the size of structure may now
be obtained.
Among the many signs of
Spring may be mentioned cas-
ually the soul-soothing song of
the grind organ and the ship
ment of hammocks being receiv-
ed by local merchants.
A. O. Jones is in charge of E.
Lewis & Sons store during the
absence of these gentlemen
NORTH They left on Monday
and will visit New York, Balti-
more, Washington and Boston.
The town commissioners meet
on Thursday night in the town
hall. The last water report from
the, State department says the
water is still fne-just pure
water.
T. jackson Henderson's fine
home near DR.. Scheppegrell's es-
tate will contain some very beau
tiful manteIs, now at J. R. Will
sons lumber yard. They are
said to be about the prettiest
ever brought to Hendersonvllle.
Mark Pryor's place was burn
ed on a Thursday, the insurance
was settled in full on the follow
ing Tuesday, without discount or
bubble. The Company was the
Piedmont and Jim" Waldrop
was the agent.
City Tax Collector Bryson's
office, with it's oiled floor, it's big
windows and spotless cleanliness,
| is a most pleasant place and Mr::
Bryson, with his courteous and
affable way, makes the payment
of city taxes really pleasant.
: The Modern Woodmen of
America are working on the ln-
stitution of a camp here: Local
Organizer E. L. Osteen IS max
ing satisfactory progress IN Sc
curing applicants. This ORDER
has over 100000 members In
the United States.
DR.. Guy E. Dixon and Capt;
Ray have purchased 80 acres OF
: land at Balfour, from Mr.. Spence.
,. The land lies between the Ashe-
vile dirt road and the Baltoull
station, the permanent survey OF
! the electric road dividing the
,, property in half.
7 Zeb Arledge, an officer with
out fear and without reproach
t who knows neither high nor low
4 friend nor foe, when it is a ques
2 ton of enforcing the law, ha
j done his full share in the recen
r blind tiger crusade. Hendel
sonville is not ashamed OF 1t
z police force.
d P. J. Gilreath met with a SCI
: ious and almost fatal acclden
s last week. While chopplni
wood his axe caught in a wlr'
: clothes line and threw the pol
t with tremendous force back up
;. covora wO1n(