Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-02-12
CONDENSED NEWS OF 10TH
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
Review Of the Latest ImOOrtant Hap
penings Of Thirteen Surround
ing Counties.

ing Counties.
Out of a class of ffty-three appIi-
cants to practice law in North Caroli-
ma, the following from the Tenth dis
trict were granted licenses: William
H Oates, H~endersonville Charles B.
Bolick, Macon: William C. West, Ma
con; Lowry Axley, Cherokee; Joseph
c. Leatherwood, Haywood; Orville 4.
Davis, Haywood; William A. Efrd.
Buncombe; Parvis C. Smith, Bum
combe;; Joseph R. Lee, Buncombe;
James M. Alexander, Buncombe; John
L. Woodland. Haywood.
Spruce. the mountain town 16 miles
from Canton, which suffered from a
destructive fire only a few days ago is
already rebuilding. Considerable work
has been done on a new hotel and next
week the Champion Lumber Company
will start work on a new Office build
ing. All new buildings will be i'm
provments upon the old ones, and are
to be constructed along more modern
lines.
After considering a petition from
residents along the Tallulah Falls rail-
way the railroad commission has or
dered the Tallulah Falls Railway COM
pany to put on a double daily passen-
ger service between Cornelia, Ca, and
Franklin, N. C. Franklin Press.
The Mcdowell county commissioners
IN session last week rejected all the
bids for the construction Of six iron
bridges, the lowest being $1O,250. john
Yancey rendered his resignation as
commissioner, saying that his business
would not justify giving his time to
this public work
Collector Watts has appointed E. b.
Quinn of Rutherfordton and N. L.
Ma1mey of Murphy, clerks in the in
ternal revenue ONCE at ~Statesville IL
connection with the income tax, salary
81 1900 a year each:
Mr.F. p. Eastabrook of the firm of
I NJ. Taylor and Company of Boston,
representing the Trackless Trolley
Company of America, was in Waynes-
vile last week explaining the track
less trolley system to local people in
the effort to have organized here a
company to promote an installation of
the system. Several conferences were
held in the rooms OF the Waynesville
Club with the representative business
n.en of the town but as yet no definite
i decision has been reached in the MAJ
tcr.-Waynesville Courier.
We regret to learn that the Iotla
High school building in Macon county
was destroyed by fire inc night last
week. The building was valued at be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000, and was in
sured for $3.50. 1t is the purpose Of
the county school board to rebuild at
once.-Christian Advocate.
An announcement that has been re-
eeived with keen regret in western
North Carolina and that will come as a
surprfse to the hundreds of alumni OF
the Biltmore Forest School isJthat OF
DR.. C. A. Schenck that the institution
will not be conducted any longer. The
school entered the arena of American
lumberdom in 1898 and was the first
forest school to be established in
America. The students studied prac-
teal forestry in the timber districts
of western North Carolina, Michigan
Virginia and Germany.
The congregation of Camp Greek
baptist church has begun the erection
OF a new house, of Worship. The
sIruct1re is being built ear the pres
emf building and when completed will
mean an outlay of about $4,000. Rev.
II. D. HarriH of Forest City is the pas
tor.-Forest City Press.
AshevilIe has been selected as the
place of encampment for rs young wn-
men of Greenville. Ala. comprising the
1 Camp Fire Girls of G%reenviIle.
Constable F. Mack Jones of AsDa-
vile township who boosted of Is years
in public life without a defeat and as
many years as arresting officer of this
township without using a weapon on
a prisoner died at a local hospital al
an early hour Sunday morning, follow
ing an Illness of a week.
Not in year has an announcement
been received with as much interest as
that of the War Department that thu
military training campstosbe located IN
the South during the approaching sum.
ner is to be maintained in Asheyille
! 1he establishment Of the CAMP here
will mean the bringing Of approximate