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French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-23
SHOOTING NEAR DEPOT
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

Quite good deal of excitement was
caused in the depot section OF town
about five o'clock Saturday afternoon
when Pelham Germ, white, of the Clear
Creek neighborhood. indulged III lit
tie off-hand pistol pract,ce with a tar
ct in the shape of 4 BAli1Ur coiored
boy, Ed MCGEE. 1t seenIs that Corn
was coming out Of Pace L Shipnan's
Market and -oade some remark TO the
passing negro, and nt'L meeting with
q response which waS considered sat
isfactory unlimbered his artillery an :
went into action. Afier the first shot
MCGEE replied with good sized rock.
The second shot. However, although
not injuring the darkey pnnctnred one
leg of his overalls, anu showed THAI
Corn was getting the range better, and
the colored by mace a fair short dis
tance record in no lag to a quieter
section of the city. i:orn will be tried
before the Mayor at 5 20 this after
noon.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-23
G, M. GLAZENER BUYS
]. @. WILLIAMS STOCK

In a deal closed last Tuesday G. M.
Glazener purchased the entire stock
of J. o. Williams and will offer it for
sale Immediately, a display advertise
ment of the sale appearing in this is
sue. Mr.. Williams will for several
months at least be connected with the
Glazener store, and after that time IT
is thought that he will devote his time
to the development Of his farming and
orchard properties. The sale OF Mr..
Williams stock marks the close OF a
long and honorable career in Hender-
sonville retail business, one which has
for thirty years commanded the con-
fidence and patronage of a multitude
of people in Hendersonville and Hen
derson county. A host of friends will
wish him success as farmer and fruit
grower. The stock, consisting main
ly of a high grade line Of dry goods,
shoes and ladies' wear, is now being
inventoried, and the sale will COM
mencs Saturday morning, the 25th.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-23
LOCAL TTSINESS MEN
MAKE SHIFT AROUND.

Assistant IGStmaster Gather Rn0 3s
G0r$ to First Bank 6 Trust COmpaHy
aa assistant CaShier.-H. NJ. Whit
field Goes to Americau National In
AShci jIle.
Assistant Postmaster Gather Rhod-
es has been elected assistant cashier
of the First Bank & Trust Company,
and will assume the duties of his new
position as soon as he can be released
from his responsibility as assistant
postmaster. Mr.. H. M. Whitfield, al
present assistant cashier Of the bank.
will go to the American National Bank
in Asheville. He has many friends
here who will be sorry to learn Of his
move to another city, but it is under
stood that the move is in the nature
of a promotion and for this reason
alone will be generally regarded as
good news.
Mr.. Rhodes who has wide exper-
ienc in postal work, is also an exper-
fenced bank man, having previously
been connected with the old Bank Of
Hendersonville, the First Nationa;
Bank, and the First Bank and Trust
Company for period, altogether OF
some ten years.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-23
CLOSE SHAVE FOR LEE ALIEN

Oscar Lee allen, who has been
serving j" .1ne of the gun crews of the
q. S. S. Galveston, is now in the Naval
Hospital in Washington after a terri
BILE experience in which he missed
death only by hairs-breadth. In his
fourth trip across on the Galveston
Lee was stricken WITT influenza anc
pneumonia. In an. unconscious con-
dition he was put ashore on an island
off the coast of Spain and later bron-
ght back to Washington. wrapped III
cotton batting, with .. V0 drainage tubes
id his side and weighing sixty pounds.
Doctors and nurses hal given up hopes
to save him, but had MT stopped try
ing. Latest advice is that he has
squeezed through and is Oh the up
grade, having regainaH 35 pounds OF
lost weight and being in generally
cor yaIescent condition.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-23
HORSE TRADER TRIED
ON SERIOUS CHARGE

Henry Ward, white, horse trader
and railroad worker whose residence
appears to be scattered around over
several adjoining states. was tried be-
fore Magistrate 2, i. EoGd Monday on
charges of highway robbery and as
sault. The roo3e ~ charge was dis
missed and on the assault charge the
defendant was released under S2,o
bond for court, the bond being fur
nished by J. H. Creasman OF Ashe-
vile.
1t seems that Ward anu his wife
and 12-year old boy, James Reynolds
left Asheville for GreenyiiIa, No:e21-
Der 23rd; Ward and his wife in a bag
gy and the boy in charge Of several
led-horses; that they had quart an&
a half of liquor when they left Ashe-
vile aId none when the! sc. alnng in
front uf Lee Smiths nou&e near Hill
girt, where an altercaLiJI between
the ,an and '@oman IS alleged 10 have
occurred. The !'CJ tcs,!7"i ta,t tha
woman jumpe: or Was t:'"1wn =1om
the burgy. an was iEen strack IN
The head with q bottle; that she then
attempted to climb into passing
truck headed toward Asheville and was
violently pulled out and thrown to the
ground by her husband The husband
fatty contradicted this testimony.
saying that there was no quarrel; that
the woman was drunk and he himself
had been drinking, and that she fell
from the buggy. At any rate, the wo-
man died in GreenTille hospital De-
cenber 14th, Ward testifying that
death resulted from an attack OF in
frenza, although further inyestiga-
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-23
STOLEN CLARIONET
UNCOVERS CRIME.

A small colored boy in possession of
valuable clarionet attracted the atten-
tion of a Hendersonville lady some
days ago, and investigation by Chief
Otis Powers revealed the fact that 1t
and a number of other articles had
been stolen from the closed home or
Mr.. L. P. Carter about two miles ou:
on the Clear Creek Road. The little
darkey said the instrument had been
sold to him for the sum Of five cents
by his elder brother, Tom Bird, a H.
year old colored boy, who admitted
his guilt when questioned by the CHIEF.
Missing articles from the plundered
home were recovered from many hid
ing places such as a little darkey
would select, and it is thought that
everything has been gotten back with
the exception of some old family pic
lures which for sentimental reasons
are highly valued by Mr. Carter. One
of these is a small picture carried by
him in his pocket during the Civil War;
and has one corner missing, Wlllcn
was carried away by Yankee OuIlei
which gave Mr.. Carter a close call. IL
seems that Tom has a previous recOrc
of similar offenses, and this fact VIII
probably result in a pretty Sill SEN
tence in spite of his Youthful years
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-23
GOES TO ATLANTA
TO PTLL FOR RIG SCH's9E.

A committee of the Board of Trade
composed of Clarence Latham, C. F..
Bland and W. A. Smith left Monday
aft"rncon for Atlanta to keep an ap-
pCin5lneIt with the authorities of the
Ger";:I;. Military kcGnemy for the pur-
pose OF laying before the school au-
tEorities the proposition which Hen-
dersonville and the Board of Trade Of
fers as an inducement to the location
here OF the institutions branch school
and naval college. While the COM
nIittee preferred that their exact pro-
position be not disclosed before it was
laid before the directors of the Geor-
gia school it is pretty well known that
they will practically offer them the
site for the school. A wire from Mr..
Bland received by the editor of The
Hustler yesterday stated that a meet
ing had been held Tuesday afternoon
without Il final decision, and that a
further meeting would be held that
night This proposition, without exag-
glratit n, probably holds the creates:
possibilities for Hendersonville of any
thing the town has ever really been
in reach of, and further advice from
the committee viii be awaited with
something more than ordinary inter
IS: by 7: erdersonville peaI,Ie.
Later. The committee mas return
ed and reports that owing 10 uuavrid
able absence Of several nelnl;ers d
quorum Of the board OF trustees wes
unable to meet with them in Atlanta.
However, the members showed ;an at
t;tude distinctly favorable to FendeE-
sonyille The school will SEMI a COM
nittee Of Colonel WoodW1r1 and other
trustees to Hendersongi vile wi-liin tle
next few days, and the matter will be
decided Enough is MEuv'n 10 Ter-
n1it the statement that If l!enuccson--
vil:r wants this school here it Can be
had. Let's all pray for pretty day
>vnen the committee kits towp.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-23
TTE-ASHEVILLE
HIGHWAY AGAIN OPEN

After being closed for a period Of
three months, the Charlotte highway
is again open to travel, the small iron
bridge at Uree, between Bat Cave and
Rutherfordton, having finally been re-
placed. The bridge was washed away
several months ago, and the county,
or small unit plan, is held responsible
by roadbuilders for the delay in con-
struction. The bridge could have been
nut In a week after it was washed
away, had the authorities gone prompt
ly TO work. g ,s...
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-23

years previous naturally linked the
Pitts with the murder Of DR.. Henne-
ssee.
Wlseman is sturdy mountaineer.
who, for some reason, was in Glen Al
pine the night of the tragedy and
knew lot about the case, as was de-
Veloped on the witness stand.
The trial of the Pitts boys also
brought out by eye witnesses that the
shooting was done by one man and
that man was seen to board the NOV
ing train after the killing. This eyt-
dence was factor in clearing the
Pitts boys.
Nothing has ever wrought up Burke
so much as the long chain Of fataIi-
ties and trials in connection with what
has generally been known throughout
the country as the Pitts-Hennesse af-
fair.
Now an outsider, no relation to any
of the parties, SO far as can be learned,
a grim, sturdy mountaineer, is to play
part, and the eyes of the country
once again are centered on the famous
mystery of the murder OF DR.. HEM
essee
It is said that it can be proved that
the defendant is an expert gunman,
able TO shoot with one hand as well as
the other.
Another point which a rumor says
will be made is that though the state
ments were made that Wiseman went
to Marion that night (the Pitts boys
swore they were at the train to see
him Off the conductor and fagman
are positive that he did not ride as a
paid passenger. 1t is understood that
other witnesses can be introduced to
show that a man was seen crouchinS
on the rear of the train between Glen
Alpine and Marion.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-23
TO HONOR HENDERSON COUNTY
BOYS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES.

The local chapter, United Daughters
of the Confederacy, are anxious to
learn the correct full name and ad
dress of every Henderson County SOL
dier who was killed or died in service
during the war. The chapter will
erect a marble slab or tablet in the
court house On which will be engrav-
ed the names of the Henderson COun-
ty soldiers who made the supreme
sacrifice in defense of the nation, and
it is the earnest desire of the members
of the chapter that this memorial be
complete and accurate. Relatives Of
the soldiers who died in service are
asked to communicate at once, either
by letter or telephone, with Mrs.
Thomas Shepherd. 1t is earnestly
hoped that this notice will come to the
attention of all such relatives, and that
they will at once communicate with
Mrs. Shepherd.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-23
AND VAGRANTS
BUSY IN DARK HOURS

HendersOnville is suffering the regu-
lar annual depTedations of vagrants
and thieves who make unoccunied
houses their mark. Within the pas:
few days several homes have been
broken into. The Lewis bungalow or
Fleming street has been entered, Mail
Carrier ]. M. Brown discovering tha:
thieves had effected an entrance
through back door. It is not known
what, if anything, has been stolen in
this instance. Out ON the Willow road
the home of Mrs. A. B. KnowIton OF
Columbia was forced by miscreants.
who also seem to have used the near
by Tatum. or Bethea property as Sleep
ing quarters. In Laurel Park Mr.. Will
liam Wright, caretaker, reports tha,
the Wilson cottage has been broken
into and silverware stolen. 1t appears
practically impossible in widely
scattered town like Hendersonvil1e to
protect all the property of absent
owners, but from information in pos-
session of Chief Powers it is probable
that at least few of the criminals
will shortly be enlisted in the good
roads movement, whether they are en-
thusiastic on that subject are not.
It is now reported that the Ball COT
tage Oh Hyman Heights and one Of the
ont at the SOuth Carolina
Club have been entered.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-23
SPECIAL TO THE HUSTLER

Raleigh, NJ c., Jan, 20, 1919.--The
Senate and House of Representative
nave been meeting for brief sessions
each day the past week, but the leg
is Iat1Ve mill has practically been Idle
and no legislation of statewide s:g-
nif1cance has been cleared. All i'm
portant committees have been COM
pleted and the machinery for real
business is thought to be in fine run
ming order. A few minor measures
have been ratified, but nothing of
general Importance has completed the
Journey through both branches ex-
cept the Federal amendment restrict
ing the manufacture or sale Of intoxl-
eating liquors within the domains Of
the United States of America. More
than forty states have taken similar
action and the new amendment be-
comes effective twelve months Ii'>ce,
after which no liquor can be legally
manufactured or sold in any state
Of the American Union.
John Motley Morehead, Marion But
Ter and his brother George, E. Carl
Duncan and other outsiders" met here
in caucus on Friday night with the re-
publican members of the General AS
sembly and "Orated" until one O'clock
in the morning behind closed doors
Newspaper reporters were excluded
from the meeting, but the boys got the
dope ''sOme how or other"
The meeting was called, presumably
for the purpose of discussing le;;isia~
ton to be proposed by members of the
minority party in the General Assem-
bly,. but Butler and Morehead eviJtceG
more interest in trying 70 defeat The
confirmation of Chairman TOIl War
rem for United States District Attor-
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-23
aaron WISENAN CHARGED
With HENNESSE MURDER
Arrested at Morganton Last Friday--Was Star Wit
ness in lrial of Pitts Boys-Carried Scabbard and
Cartridges but no Gun--Said to use Pistol with
Either hand

Morganton, Jan. ia sensation
was sprung here when Solicitor Huff
man had Aaron Wiseman arrested On
a bench warrant from Judge Long
charging him with the murder of DR.,
+. A. Tennessee, at Glen Alpine, sew
eral months ago, for which the Pitts,
boys were tried and acquitted. Wise
man was the star witness in the Pitts.
trial and created a stir by failure to
appear and court was delayed until an
othcer hunted him up in Mitchell
county.
Wiseman was arrested on train No.
80 last night by Officers Scott and
DUclworth, as he was returning from,
Salisbury federal court where he had
been on trial for transporting liquor
from North Carolina into Tennessee.
When arrested a pistol scabbard
was found under his arm but no pis-
tol, according to the officers, who said
he had in his possession a full box o.
.SS special cartridges. It was devei-
oped in the previous trial that this is
the size and type Of shell used in the
killing of DR.. Tennessee.
While the public in general has los:
sight Of the famous Tennessee trag-
edy, the solicitor has never let up Oh
the Investigations, and for severai
months has been preparing to spring
the trap which again opens and CEN
ters interest in one OF the most brutai
murders in the history of the state,
that OF Dr.. E. A. Tennessee, one of the
states most prominent physicians,
who was shot y tines in the back as
he stepped from train at Glen Alpine
at night.
The Pitts boys were tried on cir
cumstantial evidence, but the chain OF
evidence was not conclusive and they
were acquitted The famous Pitts
Tennessee feudal fight of several
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-23
LOCAL BUSINESS MOVING AROUND.

The store room on Main street i"r-
merIy cvned by Homer Hawkins aid
occupicd by the Western Union Teie-
graph Company is Undergoing a!'Hr-
a.: :...s and will be opened as a lnih-
new stcrc by Mrs. BrownloW Jack-
son and Miss Birdie West abouf il,e
FIST Of March. Miss West and MS
Jackson have been using part Oh ''.e
J. u bufr store for their mli.l@"sY
business. hut the growth OF their "isi-
ness makes larger quarters necessary
ale MI. Duff also finds that he i.4'1s
ALI tie tCo~ space available. IAe
v..tx.l Union office is now ocitco
AZ H.. corner of Main street and Flt.n
are: lie il: the former quarters Oh lie
H me Electric Company, which lasf
nox Owns and occupies the Comnun-
ity Cfa,: building. .A,.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-23
FRANK WALDROP IN Frame

Mrs J. NJ. WaIdrop has received a
letter from her son Frank Waldrop,
who is with the famous Fifth Marines
in France. The letter states that al
though he is now in a hospital he is
rapidly convalescing and expects soon
to rejoin his regiment, which forms
a part of the Army of Occupation now
in Germany. Frank says that this
unit has seen some terrific fighting
since he joined it in June 1918, and
that the marines are the genuine ar
ticle when it comes to a mans size
scrap.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-23
NJ T.. Z. L. EN|BANK \ tRRONI:Y
ESCAPES SERIOUS INJURY,

Mr.. Ernest L. EwDank had very
narrow escape from sorious or L,.ssf-
bly, fatal injury last Tuesday while
helping = move the Dis steel oE;ce
safe of Ewbank & E."54nh into the
firms new quarters. bIr. Ewbank was
III fro't e: he safe WuI.e IL was being
mrv.d through a doorway. and ii sun
Sen shove win bar caught his head
between a corner of the sa:e a.: :ne
:icor frame. He escaped with a .'ut
an. one side Of the h"::f. and a badly
uised ear, Dnt n. 1r : ,sure ;:a4 re-
leased fdrolv : -" g TO Il. lid m. oh
'Core serious consrGn-,t'1
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-23
ANOTHER E0T-WATER BAG
TOTER CONES TO GRIEF

Weyman Beard, reported to be a
leader in WeaverviIle colored social
circles, was arrested by Chief Powers
Friday afternoon just as he was
boarding the Carolina Special with the
intention of celebrating backbone
day in dear old Weaverville. An ex-
animation Of Wayman's wardrobe and
person disclosed many new wrinkles
in gents furnishings not ordinarily
carried by the dealers in those artic-
les. For instance, in the pockets Of
Wayman's trousers reposed two
quart bottles full of forty-rod white
lightning, while beneath each arm
hung a half-gallon hot-water bag fill
ed to capacity with the same dynamic
compound. On trial before the MAY
or Saturday he was fined $25 and costs
for vagrancy, and placed under $500
bond for Superior Court to explain
how come he had so much more than
the ordinary citizens allowance. Joe
Summey, also colored, was held under
$500 bond to explain his connection
with Wayman's enterprises, it being
alleged that the two were partners in
transactions with blockaders out in
the Etowah section. Aside from the
letter of the law, many natives OF
Henderson County resent any attemp:
20 export whiskey to Buncombe.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-23
REPUBLICANS IN GUM SHOE
CAUCUS IN RALEIGH HOTEL
Reports of Secret Session Leak Through Closed
Doors-Stoney Mountain Company Wants to Re-
move Body of FederalISoIder-- Jackson Introduces
Tax Amendment for Henderson--Other Items O
interest from State Capital

ney than anything else an1 lIo def
mite legislative program appears to
have been agreed upon. Butler paid
his respects to Senator Simmons in
vigorous fashion, called Linn I'll Tic
mean names in. the catalogue and
| charged Mr.. Warren with acceptipg
the district attOrnayship in order IN
prevent the prosecution of election
frauds. He could see nothing good in
tie IGML"ratic admin: ..-ltIrl o; cd
CaiioIs.l affairs and roasUen rr. JOY
mel for shifting responsibility for the
| system, or attemptll; to Go SC. upon
Other shoulders. Ali of which canes
With fine grace from the nan who
gave negr0e magistIair:s. ne..r.}-,,..:'n,I
committeeman, and i.G.5"D yovcrnnrilx
gene. 'li| to the pe,rle Of Eastern
North = rolina fr0::. 1896 % .>iJ,
when the white pe',o.e of th4 State
could and the oppression Ho longer
and determined to drive the despoii-
ers from place and power. Senator
F. NJ. Simmons, then chairman of the
State Democratic Executive Commit
ee, led the fight and afterwards de-
feated Butler for United States Sena-
tor, a position he had disgraced by
selling out 10 bond grabbers who,
through him and his associate, Sena-
tor Pettigrew Of North Dakota,
brought suit against he state.
1t is small wonder that Mary Ann
Butler is not fond of Senator Simmons.
The Senate members of the commit
tee to oppose the confirmation of Dis
trict Attorney Warren is composed OF
Fisher, OF Sampson, and Haymore, of
Surry. The House members are put
down as Jackson, of Henderson;
Swami, OF Polk, and Herring, of Sam
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-23
CABLE REPORTS HENDERSON
co. BOYS SAFE AND WELL.
"Ladd and Henderson Boys
Safe and Well We all send


"Ladd and Henderson Boys
Safe and Well. We all send
Love-"
The foregoing cable, received Tues
day night by Mrs. W. A. Smith from
her son Lieut.. Walter Smith, will tend
to relieve much anxiety on the part or
local people who have sons and broth
ers under Capt. r. V. Ladd's command
in France. The message was sent
frcn, st. Lazaire, a port on the south.
east coast of France, and the fact lnat
Cart. iadd's command has been moF-
ed TO S.. Lazaire from the big embark
alton point at Brest would appear 20
indicato that the Henderson Courty
invs a.e going to be shipped home "l-
rect from the former port. Regard
lc..7 t.f suesses as to homecoming ms
cable will bring relief to many W9c-
ricd lnOthers here.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-23
sIHEH+ ,sRSONVILLE NEGRO
Il AfRRESTED AT KNOXVILLE.

Jake Mahan, colored, of Henderson
vile. is in jail at Knoxville, charged
with assaulting Anna Carson, aged
20. colored. He was bound over to
Criminal court in that 'city at hear
ing last week, under bond OF $1,0OO'
which he was unable to give. Mahan
denieS the charge and declares that
tbe girl had him arrested on frame
up.-Ashevf1le Times.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-23
STRAY Dogs KILL SHEEP
ON REV. BROWNING'S PLACE.

Ann:Lpr ardent convert to a Dog
La - vas made several nights age
Wi. N Geg. Raymond Browning, Who
owns a p..ce on the Mills River ruaa,
discovered that stray dogs had gotten
in'1 lis little flock of FIVE sheep, che
.lhem being dea 1 an " others bA l.
ly tern.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-23

Delicate Compliment by Dear Wife.
There is nothing 81 soothing to an
elderly registrant as to have his dear
wife pat his slippery crown, and say
that he needs a haircut dReHdfqlty.-
65rnnd Rapids RReSS. -
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-23
Delicate Compliment.

Charles received a wagon on his
birthday and promptly broke wheel
His father soon mended it. "Papa.
he saic, "you are smarter than ToD
look"
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-23

ton of the cause of death will prob
ably be made it seems Likely that
Wards statement ON this point will BE-
substantiated.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-23

Continued ON last page.)
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-12-21

Phone 7S9 Taxi. Prompt service.
When ordering wildwood. phone 4S7.
DR.. ]. II. Bower, osteopathIc physi-