The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-04-27
LOCAL MENTION.

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few days ago for appendicitis. She is
recovering rapidly, we are glad to
learn.
The National Board of Young Mems
Christian Associations will hold their
general conference in Asheville June
8 to 18th.
A car load of automobiles arrived
here last Saturday to be used this
summer in running an automobile
line between here and Kanuga Lake.
Mr.. John Forest of this city was
married to Miss Chessie McClung of
West Virginia, on last Thursday,
April Goth, at the First Baptist
church in Spartanburg, S. G.
The Hendersonville High School
ball team have played seven games
this season and have lost but one.
This is fine record as the boys have
played some strong out of town teams.
Rome Wallace, a negro who was
captured by Deputy Sheriff Stroup,
has confessed that he is the person
who cut Pug Williams about last
October 1st., inf1icting very serious
wound Wallace was placed in jail
where he will await his trial.
The dance given by the young men
of the city at Hotel Gates last Tues
day night was one oftthe most pleas
ant social affairs attended in-some
time. There were about fifteen
couples present. Music was furnish
ed by an orchestra from AshevilIe.
Mr.. Geo. Stephens, president of
Kanuga Lake club. was in town the
past week. He was here to look af-
ter improvements out at the lake and
to make preliminary arrangements
for the coming State Bankers associ-
alton meeting to be-held the early
part Of June.
There will be meeting of the Conn
mercial club tonight at o'clock.
1t is urged that full attendance be
made as business of Importance is to
be transacted, among other things the
selection or appointment of a delega-
ton to- go to Knoxville. Tenn. to at
tend meeting of the Knoxville e
Greenyftfe railroad promoters.
c., M. Dalton, of Edneyville was in
town last, week. Mr.. Dalton Is one
Of Henderson aepunty.s progressive
eftisensse He is proprietor Of large.
hotel at Slick Rock and a store in
connection. Lately he has put up
miles of independent telephone wires
and has number of phones in his
neighbour subscribed. Mr.. Dalton is
looking for large crowd of summer
visitors at his hotel this season.
Rev. J. P. Rogers preached two in
teresting sermons at the Methodist
church last Sunday. Mr. Rogers is
here in the interest of the Methodist
orphanage at Winston and is
soliciting subscriptions for the pur-
pose of erecting suitable buildings to
care for the orphans of the Methodist
North Carolina conference. Mr..
Rogers has, up to the time of going
to press, secured almost one thousand
dollars for this noble purpose
The Grand, Hendersonv4le's new
electric theatre is receiving a very
large patronage. The Management eX-
poets to continue during the summer
months on the same high plain and
every one can expect a high class
picture show at this theatre. A
change of program every day is now
being made which allows many of the
pleasures seekers to visit every night
one of the towns many attractions.
The game of base ball played last
Saturday afternoon on the Academy
grounds between Hendersonville and
Fruitland resulted in a score of IL to
4 in favor of Hendersonville. The
batteries for Hendersonville were
Allen and Hoots; for Fruitland, Gar
rem and Hutchinson. On Monday the
same teams played another game on
the Fruitfand grounds which resulted
in favor of the Hendersonville boys
aagin by a score of to 6. Batteries
for the home team were Allen and
Hoots, for Fxuitland Hutchinson and
Pittillo. The town school boys will
play Mills River Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. w. Vanderbilt
and party were in the city last Tues
day en- route to Highland Lake club.
Mr.. vandibilt had heard SO much of
Hendersonville's fashionable club
that he decided to come over from
Asheville and see the attraction out
dI IuO C1uUs III COufSF66JlOQ MT.
Vanderbilt expresses his surprise at
such a beautiful place and said that
the prospectus sent out by the COM
pany did not bring the property out
in its real beauty. The party went
over the entire estate and through
the magnificent club house which is
rapidly nearing completion.
An attorney of. this town made an
interesting discovery few days ago
while looking up deed for Mr.. r. W. |
Pace, of Saluda. Mr.. Pace was born
in Buncombe county reared to early
manhood in Hev county, now
lives, an old naAs ak county, yet
lives and alw we'd in the same
house in We. vas born. Bun