Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-11-13
..nrvSrD NEWS OF 10TH
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
low of the Latest ImOOrtant Hap
npuings of Thirteen Surround
ing Counties.

Mover in the history of the village.
Ossbly. mas there been such an en-
,,.siasrir revival as is now going on
: rbe Weaverville Methodist church.
,Irost every resident of the town, re-
ardless Of denomination, is taking
..tye part. About $50, young and old,
hove been converted, and there is pro-
Asbv no more than half a dozen
school boys who have not made con-
tssions OF faith.
mU. S. District court, Judge Jas.
Boyd held S. C. Gentry, a member
mrbe petit jury from Cherokee county,
n he in contempt of court for appear
NO in the court room i nan intoxicat-
inc condition and fined him $40, besides
fsfssing him from further jury ser
rce at this term of court.
The sixty-ninth annual convention OF
ee North Carolina Christian Mission
sry Society adjourned Thursday at
!sheville after adopting resolutions
hvoring the reading of the Bib il.
be public schools of this state. The
final session was given over to the
peacbers, who in an iofnrmal man
Eer, discussed the questions affecting
the ministers. They will meet in
Greenville next year.
That the lower court erred in not
ptrmitting the case to be tried in the
State court wa sthe gist of the opinion
D. Federal Judge Connor which re
7ersed the district court at Asheville in
The 100000 damage suit of D. L. Buch-
uan, administrator Of Richard Buch-
anan, against the w NJ. Ritter Lumber
company and Joe Ef1er, engineer on Z
kmber train operated by this com
Rny The opinion was handed down
on the opening day by the Federal
drcuit court of appeals. The case is
rmanded to the Superior court Of
Gdwell county TO rtrial.
By consent of the attorneys interest
g. sznG the court, verdict OF not
uilty was ordered taken in the case
Ebert F. Carr, a former Southern
E?ess messenger, indicted by the
h1uary -(1913) term of the Buncombe
county grand jury, charged with en-
hezz.ement of several hundred dollars
Of the express company's funds while
en- route from Bi1tmore to Ashevilla.
4 former trial Of the defendant,
Carr, the jury failed to agree and
nstriaI resulted.
COnrt Attendants of the U. S. Dis
tict court at Asheville witnessed a1
Unusual sight when Claud Thomas, al
orphan less than II years of age,
faced trial charged with conducting
an illicit distillery. Without relatives
0ctriends upon whom he could depen1
When in trouble, the youngster report
ed to the court that he had not been
stle to employ an attorney and with
Ms body shaken by sobs, the boy ad
mtted that he was guilty of the charge
which had been preferred against him.
he was sentenced to term of 18
nonths at the National Training school
il the District of ToIun1hia
About the most important work
Oohe by the Rutherford commissioners
d their meetings last week was the
Wrning over of all road matters to the
aeWty appointed road commission:
Nessrs. John Washburn, Jason Nc
us1lel, and Lee Hampton.
Thomas H. Vanderford of Salisbury
nas succeeded Revenue Agent R. 3
Sans Of Asheville, who will be trans
Iefred to another district Headquar-
'ers will probably be moved from
ASheFille to Salisbury.
The condition of Solicitor Felix E.
1IieV VINO was recently taken from
"aynesyille to an Asheville hospital
~ an operation for appendicitis, is
'epOfted as much improved.
\ Charter has been granted to the
southern State Bank at Ashevflle wit,
I" authorized capital stock of 100000
=" Oegin business with S25 900 sub
,'rloed This makes the sixth bank
N AsheviIle.
Ne BOARD of Commissioners of
SueFokee county on last Monday des-
,'nated W. P. Walker, DR.. H. N. Wells
.po y. ", Alternately as their repre-
:. u'atlVes for purpose of appointing
y s'Fors for the Hfawassee Valley
~l"ay, on behalf of valleytown
S"nShlD. J. B. Mease, Sam Bristoi
h L. Herbert were designated. IN
S'il'' Tar capacity by the commission
- ot Clay county.-AAdrews Sun