Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-09-16
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MIS-. JOQQ n. MdSuDuIAs dS6u o.
years. died aat her home near Tate
Saturday night after an extended ILL
ness.-The store of w. G. Tate & Co.,
was burgarlized one night last week,
the thief or thieves getting about SIS
worth of merchandise. Rev. H. II.
Monroe, a missionary of Kobe, Japan,
delivered an interesting address on the
missionary work in the japanese En-
pire at the Presbyterian church last
night..-Union Mills Cor. in Ruther-
ford Sun.
The board of aldermen of Ruther-
fordton have ordered Main street paw
sd, provided the property owners on,
each side of the street will pay one
third of the cost On each side of the
street, the town to pay the remaining
one-third.
Charged with having killed his wife
some time ago, John G. Sodther was
taken to AsheVille last Thursday night
and lodged in the Buncombel county
jail for safe Observation-Disclosures
Sun.
Burton Null an empioye in the big
mills of the Champion Lumber Co., at
Sunburst, was badly hurt last week
while running o re-saw. He was
thrown over a live rope and injured
aboutthe hips and badly bruised in
number of places.
Mr.. G. D. Sutphen has been advised
that the Cherokee Indian ball game
played here for the festival of the
Knights of Doow-Yah will be shown
as a part of the features in the Pathe
Weekly News which goes all over the
world. This means that the name OF
WaynesviIle will be flashed on the
screens of motion picture theatres in
every section of the country, of South
America, Europe and Australia.-Way-
nessville Courier.
The Waynesville graded schools be-
gan the eleventh session on Monday
morning with an unusually large en-
rollment of students, and with opening
exercises that proved most interesting.
There were a .arge number of parents
and friends of the school present to
participate in the opening.-Courier
The board of directors of the Hia-
vase Railway company have author
lied the officers of said company to
issue and offer for sale the sum OF
$685. 900 in first mortgage bonds for
the purpose of completing the line.
Secretary ]. M. Peterson annonuncse
that extensive preparations are being
made for the Toe River Fair to be
held at Spruce Pine October 5, 6, z,
and s.
Congressman James J. Britt has re-
ceived letter from the postoftice de-
partment at Washington stating that
on November 1, rural free delivery
route will be inaugurated from Rob-
binsville into territory near that Office
for the delivery of mail This is the
first rural route to be established in
Graham county, it is stated, and the
citizens who will be served on the new
line are gratified over securing this
convenience.-The fair which will
begin here the 2Sth of this month and
continue until October LIST, promises
to be one of the best fairs yet. From
the number of inquiries that are COM
ing in there will be one of the largest
exhibits of live stick, poultry, agricul-
ture and horticulture exhibited in the
western part of the state.-Jackson
County Journal.
Altha Ira Ruby for the past three
years Sunday school superintendent
musical director of the First Baptist
church of Asheville, has resigned, to
take up musical work for the Home,
Mission Board of the Southern Baptist
Church.
Clyde r. Hoey, county attorney, has
been sent to Raleigh by the Cleveland
county, commissioners to argue the
matter of an order for an increase of
Is per cent over the present valuation
Of property in Cleveland county. before
the tax commissioners. The average
assessed valuation of land in Cleveland |
is $12.85 an acre which is higher than
any other county in the State except |
Mecklenburg, New Hanover. Durham
and Buncombe.
r. T. Howerton, superintendent of |
the Shelby graded schools announces
that the enrolment in both white |
schools up to date is 52S as compared |
with 462 on the first day of school last |
year.
The authorities of Rutherford Col |
lege state that the enrolment for this
time of tn2 SESSION is over twice what |
it has been for the same time in Is
years. :
The board of directors of the State
hospital at Morganton met last week
and Mr.. Heriet Clarkson tells the Char
lotte Observer that the directors we're
all very much pleased with the man.
ner in which the institution is run.
On inspection by the board of the main
hospital and colony building it was
found that everything is being kept in
splendid order and the grounds and
buildings make the place one of the
most beautiful to be found anywhere
Great progress has been made this year
in the farming and trucking connected