Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-11-20

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the town.
The Mcdowell association is plann-
ing to hold a poultry show in January.
W. Roy Plot, assistant treasurer of
Haywood county has been appointed as
special agent in the internal revenue
service under Collector A. D. Watts of
Statesville.
Lieutenant John N. Ferguson, son
of Judge Ferguson of Waynesville. has
been appointed executive officer on
board the mine ship "San Francisco
Revenue Agent R, B. Sans of this
district, who has been succeeded by
Thomas H. Vanderford of Salisbury,
will take charge of the sixth Virginia
district, making headquarters at Roa-
noke.
D. H. Swami of Tryon is now enjoy
ing the fruits of a second crop of str Nv
berries, being about one-quarter as
great as the first.
The first fatal automobile accident in
the Tryon section took place last
Thursday on the Lynn road when
Ralph Carson, colored, chauffer of DR..
Palmer, was instantly killed. No one
saw the accident, the car being found
overturned and the driver lifeless with
a cracked skull.
The Polk County Highway commits
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rerty owners through whose property
new roads are being made. Judge
Webb of Shelby has denied Miss Haf-
lett Howe's prayer for an injunction
and DR.. Thomas Moore of Columbia,
S. c., who has a summer cottage in
Saluda, has just brought an injunction
suit in the District court.
Mrs. Joseph Price, wife of a well to-
do farmer near Caroleen, attempted to
take her life last week by cutting her
throat. Previous to that she drank
some poison liniment. She is believed
to be respondent over her aff1iction,
with pellagra.
Asheville is installing an ~incinerator
to burn the rubbish of the city.
Since the burning of the depot at
Brevard last week the citizens are
circulating petitions asking the South
ern railway to biuld a new depot at
the end of Main street, recently paved.
Mrs. Charity Rusk Craig, one of the
leading women of western North Car
DINA, died at her home in Skyland
after a weeks illness from pneumonia.
late Gen. jeremiah H. Rusk, who was
Governor of Wisconsin from 1881 to
1887, and was the first Commission or
OF Agriculture, being appointed by
President Harrison.
Luther. West, a corporal of the U. S..
army and son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
West, of Andrews, was killed last
week in Graham county at a box sup
ger. A reward of 500 has been offer
ed for the capture of Thomas Jordan,
who is said to have done the killing,
according to the Andrews Sun. West
was acting as peaeemaker in a quar-
rel.
A meeting of the stockholders Of
the Hiawassee Valley railroad is call
ed to meet in Andrews on Monday,
Nov. "a, for the purpose. ~electing a
board of directors.
The Oddfellows convention of the
Goth district will be held at Jonathan
creek, Haywood county on November
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F. K. May of Canton has purchased
the hardware business of E. NJ. Lide.
Mrs. James Cody of East Fork town.
ship, Haywood county, member OF
some of the leading families of the
county, died last week.
The Tuckaseigee bank building has
been completed at Sylvia and the bank
will be moved from Webster this week.
The Jackson County Interdenomina-
tional Sunday School convention will
be held on the first Sunday in Deem
Der at Cullowhee.
Chas. A. Carson, former commission
er of Polk county, died at Columbus
last week.
Earl Cobb of Polk county was bound
over to federal court under a $500 bond
OF the charge. of illicit distilling.
Solicitor Felix E. Alley of Waynes-
vile has returned to his home after
an operation at the Biltmore hospital
for appendicitis.
The directors of the Western North
+ Carolina Fair association are plan
ming to open race tracks for the 1914
fair.
Mrs. JIM. Case died Friday at her
home at Skyland after an illness of a
week.
Without a dissenting, vote the. citi-