Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-01-15
CONDENSED NEWS OF 10Th
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
Review Of the Latest ImOortant Hap
PeRings Of Thirteen Surround.
ing Counties.

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Orders have been secured from In
ternal Revenue Agent Thomas H. van
dcrford from Commissioner of Inter
nal Revenue Osborn authorizing the
transfer of Agent yanderford,s head
quarters from AsheviIIe to Green's
boro. The official orders call for the
change of the agents headquarters
sometime during the present month
and it is expected that by the first of
February Agent Vanderford and Mar
shall Webb will have exchanged offices.
The girls of Buncombe County are
to be organized into tomato clubs.
The Lewiston was reached by the coun-
Il officials and 500 was appropriated
to be used in the organization of these
clubs.
Already IS boys have expressed
their desire to participate in the next
Buncombe County Corn club contest,
according to Farm Demonstrators e
Weaver, who is in charge of the work
in this county. In addition to the
boys who will try for premiums in the
next contest, Demonstration Weaver
reports that many men have agreed to
participate.
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Believing that by purchasing a btu
lithic-mixing machine, they Will be
able to pave and repair streets at
much less expense than is necessary
IL having this work done by outside
concerns, the Asheville Aldermen are
considering the purchase of such ap-
paratus for this city. With SS miles
Of paved streets, it is necessary each
year to do a great deal of repair work
and in the past the contract for this
has been let to outside firms.
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The criminal terms of the Buncombe
County Superior court which eonven-
ed Monday adjourned after trying 80
of the 101. cases which composed the
docket.
George L. Linn, a young white man
from Marion, met instant death al
Whitney in a dynamite explosion. He
was employed on the construction
works and while STOPPING over a pit
the explosion occurred, blowing of
his head and both arms. His body
was blown a considerable distance
and was later picked up by workmen.
The remains were taken to his home
at Marion for burial.
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Haywood shipped about n hun
cred and fifty car loads of cattle in
1913, each car averaging thirty-ive
head at $4,000 each. The raising of
cattle is becoming a decided asset to
~thepeople of this section-Western
Carolina Enterprise.
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What. one man a do, so perhaps
can others. Eight hundred and sixty
four turkeys, two hundred and seven
tV-eight chickens and twenty-four
geese and ducks were shipped from
the vicinity of Waynesville at Christ
mas time by one man. twenty-five
hundred dollars was received for these
and a good profit made.-Waynesville
Enterprise.
NJ. r. Beaman, a well known freight
rate expert, who has had several
years. experience at Memphis, Wash
ington and other. points, arrived in
AshevilIe Monday and after a confer
ence with several of the leading lum-
bermen of this section of the State,
who are members Of the westerly
Carolina Lumber and Timber Asso-
citation, agreed to take the position of
secretary and traffic manager of that
concern He will enter upon his new
duties the 18th of this month.
Work has been started on the foun-
dation for a large addition to the
keheville plant of the National Cask-
ct Company, of $4,000. The manage
nlent of the plant hopes to occupy the
new structure by the first of March.
The new building viii be sOx1OO feet
in size and will be constructed OF
brick and concrete, being similar to
the present plant. The additional
plant viii serve as a dry lumber
storage and Will have a capacity of
$50, 900 feet, practically doubling the
present kiln capacity of the casket
company.