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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-15
Hendersonville, N. c.
February 10, 1885

HendersonVllle, NJ U.
February Is, 1885
Honorable Robert R. Reynolds
United States Senator
Washington, D. G.
My dear Senator:
u I have your letter Of February
IL replying to my communication
Of February z in regard to the
building of a dam across the
French Broad river in the Bent
Creek section of Buncombe coun-
ty, in which you say that you had
"taken this matter up with the
authorities and received a COM
munication to the effect that the
erection of the dam could not be
approved. at this particular time,
but that they recognized the avail
ability of the site and it may be
that a little later on the dam will
be erected" -
In reply I wish to say that we
very greatly appreciate your in
terest in this matter.
- The very fact that they have
failed to give positive answer as
to this enterprise has created a
doubt in the minds of your con-
rstituents and has caused ire
'mendous uncertainty and stagna.
ton of business in a great part
of Henderson; Pennsylvania ant
Buncombe counties. l. am aware
that this is a tremendous under
taking and requires time to make
necessary surveys to ascertain
whether or not the building of the
dam is feasible and essential. But
as I said in my recent letter, i
seems to me and to our citizen!
that the T. v. A. has had ample
time to ascertain these facts. The
farmers are at q loss to know
what to do, whether to drain theil
lowlands which is so essential tt
the production of crops. AS mat
ter of fact, business is at stand
still and will be until this matter
is settled one way or the other
Citizens who would be affected
directly by the building of thi
dam are entitled to this consider
alton, and knowing you as I do
I do not believe that you will &C
cept for an answer that "it ma!
be- that a little later on the dan
will be erected" Instead of thi
statement giving the people an!
assurance either way, it onl!
makes it more Of an uncertainty
l am not writing this letter il
a spirit of criticism to the T. v. A
authorities, but am writing it il
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PRISONER DRINKS
: POISON AND DIES

CHARLOTTE. Feb. Is. (uPl
trial on bad check
charges, J. P. Neikirk, 27-year-
old insurance salesman, drank
poison in. county Jail here yes
terdav and died Is minutes later:
Neikirk had kept a small vial OF
poison concealed in his clothing.
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BLYTHE SLAIN, BODY
PUT In LAKE, BELIEF
= Sos sT' 3" so ''".
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(Contlnued from page one)
toned tightly about the throat,
although numerous friends of Mr..
Blythe said yesterday that he
was never known to button eth
err shirt or coat about his neck. :
In several raids Yesterday af-
ternoon in an effort to find
some evidence officers arrested
four people, but none Of these
arrests were made in connection
with the finding of the body.
Arrests were made on evidence
discovered during the course of
the investigation.
A man and woman giving their
names as Mr.. and Mrs. Peyton
Baxter, of Newport, Tenn, were
arrested on a liquor charge at
Fifth avenue garage apartment.
Baxter, who first gave his name
as Johnson, said that he had re.
Gently moved here from New
port.
Last night the woman admitted
to officers that she was not Mrs.
Baxter and gave her name as
George Marshall. of Newport.
Alb Cox was arrested on a liz.
uor charge when officers visited
a house between the Asheville
and Haywood roads Just on the
edge of the city.
Minnie Cox was arrested at q
rooming house on Allen street
and was lodged in the city jail
on a vagrancy charge. Others
arrested were placed on the
county Jail.
NO TRACE OF BLYTHE
AFTER $3.50 Am. TUESDAY
According to information in
the hands of officers, Blythe was
last seen between $3.50 and 9
o'clock Tuesday morning on Main
street. He left home about $3.50
o'clock Tuesday morning to OBJ
tain medicine for his sick wife,
He was seen at the corner OF
Third avenue and Main stree'
about $50 o'clock and shortly
afterward on Main street. He
was picked up earlier near Laure
Park and given a ride by two
young men to the vicinity Of the
Maxwell apartments. OFFICERS
also obtained information that ne
purchased aspirin tablets at
| local store and it was believed
that he also purchased tobacco
A pouch of tobacco was found II
his pocket when the body wa:
recovered. =.
These purchases would explain
the difference in the amount Of
money he had when found anc
the amount he is believed to have
had in his pocket when he LEFT
home. 1t was said yesterday
that he had about $1.40 when
he left home and the sum Of
S1.03 was found on the body.
In the investigation yesterday
afternoon officers examined
number of vacant houses in the
vicinity of the lake on the
theory that he might have beer
killed nearby and thrown int
the lake. No evidence of any
gathering or of any fight wa
discovered at any of these
houses.
BELIEVE DEATH WAS
SOMETIME TUESDAY
AS the case stood today, j
was an established fact that Mr.
Blythe reached Hendersonville
Tuesday morning and that he wa
in the city as late. as $50
o'clock. From this time there i:
no evidence until the. body. was
found yesterday morning in tho
lake. It is believed that he. join
ed one or several persons =. il
Hendersonville. 1t is believed
that he was killed sometim,
Tuesday night or in the earl!
hours of Wednesday morning.
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SCHOOLS WILL QT
y MILLION, BIN
Continued from pag. c.

Continued from Page !.
commissioners to purchis
furnish equipment to prmI
erosion. BOwie's fight sgi,s
measure was based on bis q
ton that it would lead 70 4
indebtedness in counties &,
overwhelmed.
After two attempts to ti-
bill over until today had Is.
was left hanging on the "a
when a milton to adjourn y
resentative Lumpkin Of ~
stemmed a food Of amst'
to exempt certain counts
the bill now stands. it ES.'
apply, if passed, to the .;
of Ashe, Pamlico, Camtel
fort, Lincoln, BuncOn't:
Pasquotank, Sampson GIS
Burke.
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MISS DOTSON HONORS
NIECE DELIGHTFULLY."-

Miss Kate Dotson compliment
ed her young niece, Miss Mary
Camp, who has been i'll all win
ter. by having a few OF her
school friends come in yesterday.
She is spending the winter with
her aunt snd grandmother, Mrs.
NJ. C. Dotson. The decorations.
games and refreshments We're
suggestive of st. Valentines day.
The guests at this attractive
affair were Misses Margaret
Brookshire, Frances Shipman.
Sara Dixon, Edna Stepp, Annie
Williams. Frances Justus and
two young cousins, Margaret
Dixie Heollowell and Louise
Beck assisted with the games.
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tbe interest of the people VINO are
now greatly affected because OF
the uncertainty that exists as TO
whether or not this proposed dam
will be built. 1 believe that II
r v. A. authorities were tuiiy
aware of the resultant stagnatloon
this uncertainty is producing IN
the above mentioned counties
they would readily render de-
cision and let the people know
Just where they are in this con-
Please pardon me for taking up
so much of your time, but know
ing of the interest that you have
in your constituents, l feel sure
you will give it your afternoon
with pleasure.
With kind personal regards,
am
Respectfully yours.
BROWNLOW JACKSON.
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added coy note, and marcissi
Appropriate games and con-
we're blooming here and there.
tests were engaged IN, the prizes
going to Mesdames w. F. Bow
man and R. B. Meek. st. Val
antine fortunes were also told.
Claire Cox gave humorous
reading we'll and a beautiful duet
was rendered by Mesdames W.
B. Sinclair and Amos Bennett;
Heart shaped sandwiches and
cakes, iced in red and white,
were served with punch to about
fifty at this lovely party.
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RQL1
Of FLl
Of Georgia Hol
Cracker n Assemblymsn
Probe OF Federal N
lief Work In St,h

ATLANTA, Feb. Is. r,|
Amid charges of "carpeib,D,N Z
the Georgia house Of 'I rSn,s. .
tlves yesterday adoptcS iT''sI
luton asking an invrs si
practices of federal rei ssHa Y
cies in Georgia. '''s'
Speaker Protein Eli, ,,|
Heatedly charged some y
agencies We're importing s 4
KEGS for jobs that t'T Gag!
need and could fill and it ~
one agency workers v,r ]
structed to address neS ps
Miss, Mrs. or Mr." awe
ITS nothing more Nd, j
than carpetbaggirg," h. J" j.
Except that the Old ssr,. ~
gers drove the south ,rou.S y
bayonets while the preser, -.
are using federal noDev !, :
effort to undermine he so ~ I
The FERA activities in ~ !,
state and the Atlanta t,,,,;.,,
relief bureau bore The brvrt t'' !,
Arnalls attack. he aj sts !,
blame should be put " hsr .'
sive Republicans like SwS !.
Hopkins in Washington nj
the only lady member d
cabinet, Miss Perkins. Thyh
got it in for the old south
Subsequently the house
feated a resolution which y
have invited Secretary Of b
Perkins to address it.
Both house and senate id,
resolutions for appOintmen,
committee to study new \
legislation in Washington
draft bills to enable GeoTl
participate fully in the vd
lief program.
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Relieves Worst Cough
Z in JIG Time

One dose of Bronchuline Emul-
sion may fix that cough of yours.
Gives INSTANT RELIEF An
other dose or two an hour apart
VIII probably end it for good and
az. If you have to take more
than half bottle to get rid of it,
iyou can have your money back.
The Justus Pharmacy, Rose Phar-
macy, Wilson Drug Co., and all
other good druggists guarantee 1t.
Contains no dope and won't upset
VotSr$ stomach. (adv)
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-02-15
CAR FOUND in LAKE
WAS BREVARD MANS

The Ford coupe, recovered
from the bed of Lake Summit by
the sheriff's department on Tues
day afternoon. has been identi-
fled as belonging to Edward
Owenby, Brevard barber.
The car was recovered from
the water after tracks were
found leading into the lake from
a side road. 1t had, been strip
ped of tires and battery. The
car was insured, it was said to-
day.
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bilious Attacks, DIZZINESS

! Bilious Attacks, D1zzlneSS
,,Bilious attacks" dizziness. spoe
.tefore the eyes, a feeling OF 1ulness
after ordinary meals, belching up o.
gas, q dull, sluggish technique 70
constipation - are usually driven
away by q dose or two OF ola. 70
liable Thedford's Black-Draugnt'
IT take Rlaok-Draught for bilious.
ness, dizziness, and when l leei ou!t
tired and stupid" writes MI: Nd; L
Simmons, of. Pickens, 8. G. III seems
to cleanse the system and make one
feel hundred per cent better.
Thousands Of men and women
prefer this purely vegetable laxative
THEnFORD's BLACK
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COMPLIMENTS VISITOR
YESTERDAY

Mrs. J. C. Morrow, Jr., ten
dered an informal courtesy to
Miss Christine Hutaff, of Fay
etteville, who is the guest of her
sister, Mrs. Thomas D. Clark, by
having them. as her luncheon
guests yesterday. The only 9TH
err guests at this charming little
affair were Mesdames Frank
Waldrop and W. E. Bracket.
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IN THE WORLD
SPOTLIGHT

save mns,t her son 5't ften d ssesss,..
eTrmrrssoetsa I'D
ply to France, B ,at5y haaa1
to join air aid n a,t'a'A, aa1
enGe to return to Gsr .mis 4
s W !
e CT crisis equal t 10 .. o. 81
stavlsky affair aro % me ID
government given yic,os sUa'
employment PI9Eyn!t relief de S,s,y L
BUENoS AIRES Seo'i e..
S claim minor victorie. Doh /
Monies sector of ChacSo W. ~
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CARD OF THANKS

l wash to express my sincere
appreciation to our many friends
for their loving sympathy ex-
tended in the sorrow that came,
to me, in the passing of my hus-
band; also for the gorgeous
floral tributes
MRS. II. C.. PATTERSON g.
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JACKSON ASKS
AGAIN AS TO
iva PROJECT
Pushes for Definite An
swer on Dam in Behalf
of Interest of Public.

Replying to a letter from
Brownlow Jackson requesting in
formation concerning the Tennes-
see Valley Authority's intentions
in regard to a dam at Bent Creek,
Senator Robert R. Reynolds states
that the letter has been forward
ed to DR.. A. E. Morgan, chairman
of the IVA. j..
Senator Reynolds replies that
his information from IVA was TO
the effect that the dam could not
be approved at this time, but thaI
a dam might possibly be erected
at later date.
Senator Reynolds letter, TO-
gether with Mr.. Jackson's reply
are as follows:
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CAGE TOURNEY PLANNED

RALEIGH. (UP).-The annual
Southern Conference basketball
tournament will be held in Ra-
leigh, Feb. % through March 2.
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FIRST COLLEGE FOR WOMEN

WINSTON SALEM. UP).-
The first female college organized
in the United States was. Salem
college, established here in 1875
by tie Moravians. ~-.--+,4
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title Copyright 1890 Ty,',rsdov
Developments abroad THURSDAY
included: Ahv.s;n;on
er,neror demands peaceful settle
mept of boundary dispute with
Italv: declares he will stand 1of
no POWE - Italian government
homes for peaceful settlement OF
Ahvssinian crisis, but mobilization
continues; decries false reports.
KAMENz, Germany-Frau Au,
line Hauptmann, aged motner oi
Rrnno Richard Hauptmann, ap-
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ABYSSINIA NOT
TOBECOERCED

Adds ABABA, Abyssinia,
Feb. Is. (UP)-Emperor Heils
Selassie first has revealed that
he is depending on the League
of Nations and his army in his
Businesses to see him
through the crisis with Italy.
Everything he told the United
Press correspondent emphasized
his desire for peace and friend
ship with Italy. But he will not
be coerced as intimidated it was
indicated.
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Freedom From
Stomach Ditt'
Read this letter:

Nea0 tnls ictee'
"Gentlemen: ! have w I
Dare's Mentha Pepsln OH
wonderful medicine in ih !
relieved an old stomach d
from which | have beer ).
for many years. The DO! d2cI
me that | had gastrl' as,,,|
nevep had any results peru ~,
as your valuable remedy ! u Il h
NJ iie' Johnson sc Lancaster T. p
Get a bottle TO-DAY
Drug Co., and all drug dTaEsi1
authorized to sell Dsts' n
'Pepsin on a guarss n.y
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Bennett, E. R. Dolbee, M. M. Red
den, A. V. Edwards, H. B. Kelly,
H. C. Ransom, B. L. Foster, A. w.
Grower, Thos. H. Franks, and
Mrs. Buchanan.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-12-27
house and lot in Morgan Township,
said ut being described as follows.

house and lot in Morgan Township,
said kt being described as follows:
Lying about " mile S. W. from
Morgan's Store. Beginning at an
Oak Tree on S. E. side of Road, Eli
Eagles corner; thence S. u E. with
the original line, 500 Oh. to a
Stake; thence S. 76 w. 800 Oh. to
IA Stake; thence N. II IL w. $40
Oh. to a Stake, Eli Eagles corner;
thence N. IL E. 200 Oh. to the
beginning, containing two acres,
more or less. Same being a part of
land by deed recorded in Book
40, page 1856.
Terms Of sale cash, and sale will
be left open ten days for an increas-
ed bid as now provided by law.
Bidding to begin at $4,000.
This December %, 1895.
J. C. EAGLE, Admir-, of Eli Eagle,
R. F. D. No. l., Gold Hill, N. C.
Dec. 27-Jan. 3.
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devils! The Homestake was

nant devils! The Homestake wa.
full of them.
An insane determination took
slow hold of Fisk. He went GU,
and cranked up his flivver, mum
bling to the nurse that it was neces-
sary for him to go out and look
after the job. Company affairs, he
told her, wildly, had to proceed.
even if girl wives died and their
husbands went crazy with grief.
Companies were like that-soulless
and unfeeling-just like devils
great joke on company managers,
wasn't it? They put in their lives,
they sweated their souls white, and
got-this. Damn all companies!
The car shot away and went
rocking, pitching down the road.
Mckay and his men were asleep
when their employer arrived; he did
not awaken them. The desert moon
was bright enough to read by, so
he flung himself out of the car and
picked his way to the shanty where
the nitroglycerine was stored. The
explosive was just as he had left it
three weeks before; he carried it
out into the light and poured it into
the long tin container designed for
lowering into the we'll. He worked
swiftly and with no more caution
than if he were handling so much
lubricating oil. The torpedoes,
when filled, he carried in upon the
derrick floor; then he ran a thin
manila line through a block, and
the end of this he made fast to the
first cartridge.
So! Those little devils would
drop his tools, would they? They'd
wreck the well, bankrupt the COM
pany, and make him lose his boat,
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-:-LEGAL NOTICES. :.

|tional Sales Contract was given t.
secure, the undersigned will sell al
public sale for cash, at the cour,
House, Salisbury, N. c., on thu
18th day of December, 1885,, a,
1900 Noon, or thereafter, the
following personal property:
One Chevrolet l IL Ton Truck,
motor No. TsoS773e, 1885 model
conveyed by the said C. B. Bostian,
to satisfy the debt provided for in
said Conditional Sales Contract.
This the 9th day of December,
1885.
RANEY-CLINE MOTOR co.
Mortgage
BY c. F. Raney.
d-13-27.
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eh? Murderers, that's what they
were. They had murdered Gloria.
By Heaven! two could play at that
game!
He let the long, shiny torpedo
slip quietly into the casing mouth
so as not to give them warning of
what he had in mind.
Mckay and his crew were awak-
ened by a peculiar sensation; it was
as if their beds had been lifted a
few inches by the upward thrust Of
a thickly padded piston and then
dropped.
"Hey! Who kicked my bunk?'
inquired the driller as he sat up.
A startled voice answered him,
"That's funny! Me too. Did you
fellows hear anything?"
One man had, another had not.
Somebody suggested an earthquake
anything was likely to happen in
this accursed country. They were
arguing stupidity in the dark when
Mckay spoke with all trace Of
sleepiness gone from his voice:
"Hark! -. My God, listen!"
An instant, then he was out upon
the floor and the others had fol-
lowed him. They stood strained,
alert. At first the hush of the
desert was as complete as that of a
tomb; then from somewhere came a
long, signing exhalation, not unlike
breath issuing from the lungs of a
wounded giant. 1t was an eery.
penetrating sound, close yet far
away; it came from nowhere, from
everywhere, and it raised the hair
upon the necks of the listeners. To-
gether they tumbled out of the
shanty.
There was nothing in sight ex-
cept the Homestake derrick, a
gaunt skeleton silvered by the
moon; nevertheless that sigh grew.
second by second, and as it con-
tinued it changed into a whistling
moan, indescribaby blood-curdling
The men realized finally that it
came from the well. And yet that
was impossible! The soil beneath
their feet was trembling now; from
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in dripping, oil-soaked garments
which the dust of the road had
rendered indescribably foul His
hair vas matted, his face was smear
ed, his shoes were sodden, and when
he stepped they oozed a sticky
liquid the color of tar. He had, it
seemed, been plunged into a lake Of
oil, then rolled in dirt, for the reek-
ed with the smell of crude petro-
Ileum.
1t was Donald Fisk. He stood
rocking upon the threshold; the
whites of his eyes glared idly as he
fixed his gaze upon the bedroom
door; he tried to voice a question,
but the dust was thick in his throat
and he failed.
The doctor approached him. laid
a hand upon his greasy sleeve, and
spoke in a low tone: "She is
asleep!"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1935-12-27
MORTGAGE SALE OF REAL
ESTATE

By virtue of a certain Mortgage
Deed of Trust executed by M. J.
Carter and wife, Jennie E. Carter,
to P. S. Carlton, Trustee, dated
March IA, 1929, and registered in
the Registers Office of Rowan
County in Book of Mortgages No
liz, page 165, default having been
made in the payment of the note
secured thereby, and request Of
foreclosure having been made by the
holder of said note, the undersign-
ed Trustee will sell at public auc-
ton, to the highest bidder, for cash
at the Courthouse door in Salisbury.
N c., on SATURDAY, DECEM-
Der 2S, 1885, at IL O'CLOCK
NOON, the following described
real estate:
One certain house and lot deed
ed to Robert B. Hall by Hattie
Graham, November, 1912, and deco
recorded in Book of Deeds No
l51, page so, situate on Unior
Hill just back of Livingstone Col.
lege, and known as the Rober'
Mowery Estate: Beginning at
stake, John Browns corner, with
the Old Plank Road on the Johr
Bradshaw Map, marked No. A.
1.5S chains to a stake No. 5; thence
N. 81 E. 6.33 chains to a stake No
5 and E; thence North II IL w
1.5S chs. to a stake; thence S. ;:
W. 1888 chs. to the beginning
containing one acre more or less
adjoining the lands of James Lem
iy, James Horah, ct al.
For back title see deed from Johl
Mowery to Henry and Hattie Ora
ham in Rowan County Record o
Deeds, Book 80, page 40; also Sc
Deed Book No. 1856, page 1S9.
This November 26, 1885.
P. S. CARLTON, Trustee.
Nov. 29-Dec. u,
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NOTICE OF RESALE OF
REAL, ESTATE

Under and by virtue of an or.
der of the Superior Court, Rowan
County made in the special proceed.
ing entitled C. R. Lomax, Admin.
istrator of the Estate OF Minnie
d. Lomax, deceased VS. Willie A
Lomax, James I. Lomax and Others
heirs at law and devises, the same
being No. 1874 upon the special pro.
ceeding docket of said court. Tit
undersigned commissioner will or
the 18th day of January, 1886 a,
twelve o'clock noon at the cour,
house door in Salisbury, N. c., Offer
for sale to the highest bidder 70,
cash, a certain tract of land lyins
and being in the town of Spencer
Rowan County, North Carolina
and more particularly described a.
follows:
Beginning at a stake on the N
W. side of Salisbury Avenue, s.
feet S. Sc deg. ST. W. from the
West corner of said Avenue and StI
Street; thence N. 50 deg. TO- W
1874 feet to a stake in the alley;
thence S. So deg. So E. with the
alley so feet to a stake; thence S
50 deg. TO- E. 1874 feet to a stake
on Salisbury Avenue; thence N. Sc
deg. So W. feet to the beginning
being one of the lots at the new
Town Of Spencer, Lot No. 4, Block
F. between 9Th and 9th Streets.
See deed from Francis M
Thompson and wife to w. ]. Vestal
dated April 7, 1898, registered ir
the office of the Register of Deed.
of Rowan County, N. c., in Book
No. 81, page $40, reference te
which is hereby made.
Dated this the 23rd day OF
December, 1895.
P. BARRINGER, Commissioner
Dec. 27-Jan. II