The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-10-19
STATE NEWS.

DdAICA ~ OOWGISs one Oh n mC3t
popular engineers on the Asheville
division OF the Southern railway, was
struck in the head with a bar of iron
by an unknown while crossing
the railroad yards to his hone in
Spencer last Wednesday night, and
seriously injured. 1t seems that Mr..
Sewers was a victim of mistaken fden-
tity as the blow is though to have
been intended for Special Omcer Al.
r. Attaway, of the Southern, who re-
sembles Mr.. Sewers somewhat, and
that the attack vas made by a tramp.
Rev. c. B. Waller, D.. D., pastor of
Deaderick Avenue Baptist church of
Knoxville. Tenn, has announced his
acceptance of a call to the p~astorate
of the first Baptist church of Ashe-
vile.
1t is reported that there was more
liquor sold in Lexington last Sunday
than in any single day in a long time.
The blind tigers seemed to be show
ing their contempt for the churches
who are trying to create sentiment to
run these %hell-holes out of Lexington.
Blind tigers in Lexington must go!
The good people are aroused. and are
going to stand by the officials. Pros
poets are good for several recruits to
the chain gang-both black and white
after the next term OF court-Dis-
patch.
Building operations in Maxton is
practically at a standstiH owing to the
scarcity of labor. Material in abund-
ance can be seen at the different sites
where homes and stores are to go up,
but no n can be found to use it.
One contractor has wired to western
North Carolina for masons and car
penters.
Mr.. o. F. Crowson, owner and editor
of The Burlington News, announces
that he has sold The Burlington News
to Rev. R. M. Andrews of Henderson.
Mr.. Crowson has been editor of The
News for fifteen years. The paper is
winding up it's 28th volume and is one
of the Oldest and best weekly papers
of the State.
The local tax districts for the i'm
proyement of rural district schools in
North Carolina is now we'll passed the
twelve hundred mark and new ones
being reported every few days. The
latest comes from Gates county, where
superintendent Costen reports an
election carried unanimously, making
eleven for Gates county.
Mr.. Perry Campbell of Haywood has
been here the last few days selling out
a carload OF Ben Davis apples. Many
farmers are buying them in five and
ten bushel lots and putting them up
for winter, while merchants are TAX
ing from 20 to so bushel lots. The
Ben Davis is a fine keeper and these !
come from the best apple section of
our mountain counties-Newton En-
terprise.
ficers have been instructed to have a
h-eart-to-heart talk with several of the
chronic loafers about the railroad
and pool rooms, and to
these gentlemen of leisure
that if they are not able to show some
visible means of support before long
an opportunity will be given
them to explain all about it to the
Judge. This applies to dead-beats of
all shades.-Lexington Dispatch.
With appropriate and impressive
ceremonies a marble marker was un-
yelled in Salisbury last Wednesday af-
ternoon in honor of Elizabeth Max
we'll Steele, OF Revolutionary war
and who resided in Salisbury in
1776. The ceremonies were held by
the Elizabeth Maxwell Steele chapter,
of the American Revolu-
ton. Among those taking a promi-
nent part in the ceremonies were
Mrs. w. N. Reynolds, of Winston
state regent; Mrs. j.. P. Moore,
of Salisbury, and Hon. Theo. Fl
Klutz, speaker of the occasion. The
attendance was large.
Charged with passing at least eight
counterfeit silver dollars and having
in his possession the molds for cast
ing these coins bearing date Of 1904,
Charles Johnson, a native of Raleigh,
is held in Jail to stand trial before
Judge Connor of the Federal court in
November.