Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-04-02
CONDENSED NEWS OF 10TH
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
Review of the Latest IMPORTANT Hap.
penings of Thirteen Surround
ing Counties.

II
ington has just closed a big dea
whereby it has acquired the entir
output of the Murphy MANUFACTURER
company of Murphy for a period o
two years. The company has arrang
ed for what is known as a milling ii
transit" rate, and furniture will b
shipped from Murphy, unloaded an,
finished at Lexington and then shippet
on without increase in freight rates.
Asheville, March 25.-Thirty-sever
mules perished in the flames and vas
quantities of household furniture
grain, and feed went up in smoke to.
night when the immense stable and
storage plant of the Asheville Dray
Fuel & Construction Co., at the corner
CT Depot and Roberts streets, was
completely destroyed by fire.
Asheville, March 22.-Charged with
robbing the United States mails, Hugh
Denton, a 14-year-old Canton lad
yesterday afternoon faced trial in the
court of United States Commissioner
Robert s. Mccall. The little fellow
was held for trial at the approaching
criminal term of the Federal court un-
der a bond of $500.
Asheville, March 25.-Following the
report of the grand jury yesterday to
Judge w. F. Harding of Charlotte,
Who is presiding at the present term
of Superior court, the Judge ordered
That the guards of two convict camps
in Buncombe county Immediately stop
locking their prisoners in chains at
night. The members of the jury re-
ported that, following the work of the
day, the convicts at two camps are
chained to the floors of their camps.
The county commencement for the
elementary public schools of. Transyl-
vania county will be held at Brevard
next Friday, April 8. It is hoped that
every school in the county will be rep
resented by the teacher and a large
per cent of the pupils, and that all the
committeeman and a large number of
the other patrons of the schools will
be present-Brevard News.
Canton, March 26.-Six more DAYS
remain for the peopls of Spruce to
Vacate their homes, and it is expected
that he Champion Lumber company
will have that town completely erased
from the map within a month. This
is the town situated sixteen miles
from here, at the terminal of the Ten
and North Carolina railroad.
Practically all of the residences there
helong to the Champion Lumber COM
pany and laborers for that c
who live in the houses, will be fur
homes al Sunburst, three miles
north.
Contractor Gaines is rushing work
OF the new municipal building, on
Maple street. 1t is of brick construc-
ton, 40x6O feet, one story high. 1t
will contain room for fire apparatus,
mayors room, clerks office, large
room and cells. The floor is concrete
and roof Of tar and. gravel. The fire
bell will be swung from the top and
worked by electricity. The cost is to
81 ,829.0O.-Tryon Bee.
The Board of Town Commissioners
instructed the mayor to call a special
election to vote on the town borrow
ing $4,000 to own and install a water
works system for the town at their
last meeting, Monday evening. They
also voted to tax all pool or billiard
tables, run in the town, the sum of
SO. An ordinance was passed max
ing it an misdemeanor with fine of
$685. for selling whiskey in the town
OF Tryon.-Tryon Bee.
DR.. Carl V. Reynolds, one Of Ashe-
ville's well-known, physicians, presi-
dent of the milk commission and for
mer health officer, will succeed DR.. l..
B, McBrayer as health officer of this
city. Doctor McBrayer resigned his
position in order that he may leave
Monday to accept the SUPPLEMENTARY
Of the State hospital for tubercular
patients at Montrose.
An interesting program has been
prepared for the Jackson County
Singing convention, which will be
held at Dillsboro church on third
Saturday and Sunday in April.
Ashevillle, March 26.-With thirty
in the field for the various
the Democratic County Execu
tive Committee will open headquaT
tiers here the first of the approaching
according to Louis M. Bourn,
who recently was elected chairman c
The county committee. Donald ellis
the secretary of the committee, !