French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-31

BAT CAVE.-Jim Sumner returned
on Thursday from Richmond, Va,
where he has been working for the
past several weeks.
Miss Belle Nix left during the week
for Cliffside, where she will spend the
remainder of the winter.
News comes from Mrs. John Heagan,
of Elhorn, Mont, that she and Mr..
Heagan expect to come South fn~the
spring on a visit, with a view to4Ueats
ing in Western North Carolina perma-
nently. Mrs. Heagan, before her mar
riage was Miss Bertha Williams and
was born and reared in this section.
She has many friends here, who are
eagerly anticipating her return and
both she and Mr.. Heagan will find a
hearty welcome. awaiting them.
George DOdson returned on Friday
points in this state.
M. A. Barnwell, one of. our older
residents, had the misfortune to fall
on"the iceIon Monday Of last week, and
sustained a fractured arm.
ESmera1da Inn is the center of in
terest nowadays with the company of
moving picture players adding TO its
effectiveness. Ned FINLEY and his CO.
workers are very busy and are getting
in some god york while the weather
is favorable. They expect to be here
for a month and will make foul pic
lures during their stay. Mr.. Finley
states that If his plans materialiZe he
will return from New York after a
brief business trip and begin prepara-
lions for a permanent studio at Esmer-
aida. 1t is to be hoped that things
will work out as he is planning, for it
will mean so much to this section in a
business way. Then too, there is an
~educative element connected with the
making of pictures, inasmuch as it
brings us in contact with the outside
world and, in a manner, keeps us
abreast with the times. There is an
entertaining side to break the monot-
ony of country life, and; so, all in all,
this country will welcome the Ned
Finley Film Corporation in their new
venture.
Captain Harry Peoples of the State
camp. spent a couple of days in Hen
Jacksonville last week.
Don Stuart, one of the road fofemen,
left on Saturday for Marshall, where
he will undergo medical examination
for army duty.
Inn keepers and proprietors of
boarding houses are hopeful Of a good
eason during the coming summer
Summer before last was so disastrous,
with not much improvement last sum
mer, that it is to be hoped that this
season will be a success.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewitt Freeman enter
tanned a family party at dinner on
Sunday.
Wythe M Peyton returned Sunday
from Tryon, where he has been for
several days on road business. Mr..
Peyton expects to accomplish a great
deal of work on the Asheville-Char-
lotte highway as soon as the weather
permits.
r. Wisner MacGeachy, who was here
for several months in the capacity of
resident engineer, has enlisted in
Uncle Sans army, and is stationed at
Camn Sewer, Greenville, S. G. He has
advanced steadily since his enlistment
n December, and is now a sergeant in
one of the platoons of engineers re-
Gently organized. Mr.. NneGeachY
made many friends dGrine htSs,ay
hnreawho unite<in congratu'r+iHg him.
and will follow his army career with
interest.
Miss GarnoId Dodson entertained a
Few friends at dinner on Sunday.
Scott Freeman spent Sunday at
Chirrney Rock.
Mrs. Clarence Freeman was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Higgins
for several days last week.
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