The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-10-26
BOOSTERS MEET
Organized Greater W. N. C. Associa-
ton. Meet Next in HendersoaEiIIe.

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The Greater Western North Caro-
lima Association will hold its next
meeting in the city of HendersonVille
during the first week in November.
The date of this meeting will be an
nounced later. This resolution was
passed at the meeting held in Ashe-
vile last Tuesday. upon the invitation
OF Mayor r: H. Station, on behalf of
the city of HendersonVille.
There will be over one hundred de-
legates in attendance in this city at
which time the local citizens will pre-
pare an elaborate program in addi=
ton to the regular business session
proposed at this meeting.
The executive board will hold, a
session a few days previous in the
city of Asheville.
Fifty of the livest boosters in
Hendersonville spent last Tuesday in
AshevilIe attending the meeting of
the delegates of the Greater Western
North Carolina Association and the
perfection of the organization of such
an association. There were fifty Hen
dersonvilIe delegates all wearing
boosters badges and it was grand
sight to see these gentlemen march
ing in file through Pack square go
ing to the county court house where
the meeting was being held.
Hendersonvillc had more represen-
tatives than Buncombe had ever tho
the meeting was held in Buncombe
territory There were delegates from
all the western counties and hardly
has there ever been held in this part
| of tn state a more enthusiastic meet
ing of this kind.
The meeting was called to order a
little before the Henderson delegation
| arrived in the city. w. E. Breese, IT.
| mayor Brevard was nominated chair
| man of the meeting and after calling
] it to order, Frank Miller of Waynes-
vile was appointed secretary. George
/ s. Powell, president CT the Asheville
Board of Trade was asked to state
| the object of the meeting which he
did so in the shape of a report made
/ by NJ L. Shipman, chairman OF thu
| committee selected as the last Boost
ers" banquet held at the Battery Parl
l,several weeks ago.
/ The report was read and discussion
were made at the request of Mr.. Ship
man who stated that the report wa
only a suggestive one and the com
4 mittee desired to get the opinion
of the various delegated before pass
ing upon it. 81
i Our Delegates Talk
At this time the delegation of Hen
derson representatives, in includin
about forty of the leading citizens c
lHenderscnville arrived and member
of which were once called upon TO
talks at the suggestion of M. L. ShiI
man, Commissioner of Labor of Mort
Carolina who was present from tn
start. w. A. Smith made the frs
talk. He said that he was hearty i
favor OF the organization OF such
:. proposed association. In his pleas
} ing manner he told the delegates thu
he did not think the people of Wes
2 ern North Carolina were selfish tn;
-lthey did not wish to tell the peop
e iof the world what "a grand count
this was. He desired it understoc
8 taht~ there was nc undue selfishne;
: on the part of Henderson count
|, against the people of Buncombe.
t I'VE would only be too glad
have Asheville wake up in the NOR
i ling and find a half million people
n her midst, HendersonVille would g
e her proportion and SO, would Il
r other towns exclaimed Mr.. Smith
It his enthiaustic talk.
y Mr.. Smith made some valuable su
Il gestions at the meeting during t
= proceedings which assured the va
IS Gus delegates that he was fully ali
the situation and could be class
"a among the greatest boosters"
=. Western North Carolina.
n Col v. s. Pickens
N Col S. v. Pickens, the veteran ci
zen of Hendersonville was next c;
led upon for a talk He told the I
ganization that he knew nothing me
than had been stated in the pape
r in reference to the organizing OF
EGreater Westerns North Carolin ;
is sociation. In his opinion there "
N kno greater movement before the pe
lp pie of this section today He did I
e. agree that all the great deyelopmel
is were to come and very few had be
made in the past years. He told b
to he could remember when person b
ip to haul goods from Asheville a
HendersC4V1lle all the way 10 Sou
en ern Georgia in order to get to rs
ne road station.
ty The Colonel pictured the mounta
be many years ago when there was
rs a cottage insight and today he
OF the many houses, cottages dot
re here and there "The advanceme
hit already made in the water pow
i'll and manufacturin interests are
'er starting of greater things" said {
he onel Pickens, but he was sure t
ng the people of the last, decade.
,er done their part in making this
ay Of the greatest countries in
ms world.
in Judge C. M. Pace
to Judge 6. M. Pace one of the lead
al citizens of Western North Carol
tes was next called upon for talk. JE
les Pace seemed full of enthiuiasium c
of the meeting and agreed with the