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fo) OFFICE i Second Floor Hunter Bldg. r Phone 103 SUBSCRIPTION 50 Cents Per Year In Advance Nonpartisan and Non-sectarian. Published in the Interest. of the Common People. Vol. l. "' HENDERSON VILLE, N. G., TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1917 No. 38 THE LOCAL r EOUNDUP A spcial meeting of the trustees of City School was held Monday. Ex-Governor Cole Blease of South Carelina, has been in thecity for sev eral deys on a summer' vacation. ' Mrs. Jas. Williams of Orlando, Fla., and Mrs. E. W. Steele, of Tuscumbia, Ala., are the guests of Mrs. J. B. Ar ledge. , , v ' ' Mrs. Paul J. Rhodes , and Miss Cecil Rhodes are in Statesville, N. C, visit ing Mrs. Rhode's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J, L. Steele. . j . . . Mrs. Cara Lambe Siler, of Siler City, and 'Miss- Jewel, of Foldston. C, are the guests of their aunt, Mrs. W, F. Womble... There will be an icecream supper given by S. R. Morgan, merchant," at Etowah, on July 28. The public is cor dially invited. . - Estimate's : from. all over the county indicate a bumper crop of potatoes, both -sweet and Irish, which will re duce the present price. Mrs, Leach and son, Mrs. Ware and children, Mr3. Johnson and two daugh ters,; of St. Petersburg, Fla., are stop ping at the Columbia Home. . ' H, Patterson will occupy the hand, -some building at the corner of Main arid 4th - avenue E., which is being G. W. Connell and C. Biuinhour have formed a partnership to conduct a fuel arid milling business at the corner of Crab Creek and Willow street. They will handle, coal, wood, fuel, meal, etc. JohnT. Wilkins has returned from Atlanta, where he went on. a project to establish a memorial in Hendersonville to commorate Joseph Cullen Root, the founder of ' the Woodman' order who died in Hendersonville a few years ago. E. Eewis & Son have an attractive advertisement in this issue of the Visitor. They are conducting a "Birth day Sale" and offering1 many valuable bargains in merchandise. Be sure to read their ad. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Whttm'ier were charming hosts on last Tuesday evening rrom t to b:div when, they entertained a number of the member of the loca il A. ' 1 . . miliary company in nonor oi meir , son, Mr. Liee vvnitmire. we hope the Queen will reproduce "Civilization," 89 many citizens asked our influence to have it reproduced. It is a tint show,, and we hope it will be re produced, so as to allow all who missed it another chance. . A Baptist Young Peoples' Union was organized at the First Baptist Church recenuy, witn uatner liriggs, presi aent, ana Mrs. Vada Orr, secretary. l here is also a membership contest on at that church between the Baraca and Phijlathea Classes. M. L. Gullick and family. Dr. W. E. White and family. Mrs. Lucy Young, of Greenville, S. C, and Judge W. G. Gullick, oi Hendersonville, spent Sun day with Edward Freeman at Zirconia. Mrs. Freeman is a" daughter. of Mr. M. L. Gullick, who -is a native of this county, and he will remain there for sev eral days, visiting friends and relatives. They had an enjoyable time acdan ex cellent dinner. . Wilson and the Kaiser, The Birth of the Nation, then Civilization. " JustU & Harty received twenty-five native lambs from Transylvania county last week. City School Teachers The following selected for the teachers have Hendersonville been City School this year: Superintendent G. W. Bradshaw. ; HIGH SCHOOL: Miss Bessie Steed man, principal; Miss Maud Schaefer, Miss Connie Marrow GRAMMAR AND PRIMARY GRADES: 7th grade Miss Rosa Ed wards. ' 6th grade Miss Alma Freeman. 5th grade Mrs. A. C. Jones. 4th grade Miss Gussie Dotson. 3rd grade A Miss Madge Wilkins. 2nd grade A Miss Ethel Patterson. ",2nd grade B Miss Anna Crowder. 1st grade AMiss Lois Edwards. 1st grade B---Misss Mamie G. Briggs. Department Store H. Patterson , has a page advertise-, ment in this issue of the Visitor. He is a great believer in "Printers' Ink." By judicious advertising and fair deal ings he has succeeded in building up one of the largest mercantile businesses in Western North Carolina. The large department store buildirlg now being erected for him on the corner of Fourth and Main streets will be completed in the early fall, and when he gets established there, we will, have a de partment store that is second to none in this section. A Bad Break Buncombe county picked the very worst possible time to improve her end of the Hendesonvifle-Ashville highway. Just at the time when the summer folks are in the mountains and must travel over the road the Buncomhe commissioners proceed to tear the road up and make it impassir ble lor the season, Why not wait until October or November to do the work? With the rain and consequent mud travel between the two places is maae very aisagreeame and almost impossible.' . ' Biiiiiiiiniiiiinniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiina DISTINCTIVE ;i!l!!!I!I!;iI!I!i!!II!!!!;i:i!!!!!:n!IIII!i;a a s C Printing that will I C2 attradt attention and 1 put your advertising ' 1 in a class by itself printing that contains 1 - originality in con- i ception and excel- lence in its execution this quality of s i originality and in- dividualitycharacler- izesall the printed g work wo. turn out. s UiilllllitlUI iHIUliim.lll.X.lliillUUIHlUlltllliMaiuiltl't.J Printino WEEK'S NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD The town. hogs are voted out' of the Recent rains have greatly helped' the" farmers of the county and crop conditions are reported fine. The United States troops how many nas not oeen toia are training in hearing of the big guns of France. The city commissioners agree to contribute $100 to help pay the , band boys to entertain the town with music three times a week for the next six week: 'V'"': - '""v:".: ' . After all the first call from the se lective draft will get only 22 from Henderson county. The county is- given credit for the Coast Artilary company. Mayor Mitchell of New York City will be a candidate to succeed him self. He has consented to run on a fusion ticket, which'will in reality put him in opposition to the regular dem ocratic ticket. He has made a splen did mayor and it is to be hoped that he will b re-elected. The Hendersonville-Greenville road will be completed in a few weeks. It is said that the road will be all that could be, hoped for - or expected across the mountain. The grade is good and the road is wide and well built. Greenville made no mistake - . T- n r in getting r. r. ratton to sunerin- end her road building. m m s Lrreece has taken dehnite -action and her .troops will soon be fighting beside the Serbians fulfilling her treaty obligations. Greece owes her freedom from Turkish rule to the er -tente and the United Stales .and it would be strange when called upon if she'did not lend her aid to these countries. e has about 35,000 well trained troops who have had ex perience in former wars. In July 29,000 Germans were killed, 21,000 severely wounded,. 79,000 slightly wounded, 37,000 missing, making a total of 166,000 causuali ties. Another year at that rate would seriously reduce the fighting force of the Kasier. Alreadv more than 1,000,000 Cermans have been killed, say ing nothing of the wounded and captured. Royal ambition is expens ive. The question of having sanitariums in the city for the treatment of conta- gious or inieciious diseases is ueiore the city commissioners. A petition has been filed with them signed by a lame number of citizens a?kin-? that such institutions within the . city be declared a nuisance and that their op- Ceration be discontinued. The board as the matter under advisement awaiting a report of the city health olhcer. Much interest is being mani fested in the matter and the pro?pects are there will be a Iivelv hunt over its settlement. A gentleman and a Spanish-American solder and a union printer, would like to catch a car for. Florida, Good com pany. I'Jease let ua know at the Vist. The Food Control: v Bill Past Senate " By a vote of 81 to 6 the Senate on last Saturday passed the food ; control bill which has been pending for some six or seven weeks. The bill filially passed by the Senate differs -in .many, respects from the one passed by the lower house and; will now have to be' considered by. a conference commit- A. . Li.o ." J jTI.. rl. tec num uie ociiai,e arm nouse.-- n will probably not take long for the committee to reach an agreement The bill as passed by the Senate pro- j(j i viuciui ti iuuu auiiiimsuauun jjuaru to consist ot three members one, oj ' wnum niusi ue a1 pracucai iarmer The bill is of far reaching importance ana n rigidly entorcea will protect the country from the robbery of the unprincipled speculators who have been operating in the country for the past year. 1 his is a new departure m legislation m the United btaies and .11. r i . me results oi course are speculative. If the law works , well, and there apr pears no reason why it should hot, it will in all probability be continued as a peace measure alter the war is over. : I he people need some kind of pro tection from market manipulators arid speculators whether the country is in. war or at peace. 1 here ' have been too many people growing rich from States and past conditions permitting that kind of thing should not be. -allowed again. As nearly as may be each man should have what he earns ' arm no more, it is said prices oi al most all the necessities of , life are 1 T. 1 - 1 much higher in, the United States than in England or France. These, countries have much better laws than this country for the protection of labor. , : Birthday Celebration ; A pleasant and agreeafjle surprise was that given Mrs: G. W. Worley and hus band, who reside on South Church street, on Sunday morning last, when their sons and daughters, with their wives and husbands, all came in, laden with many good things to eat, for the purpose of celebrating the 76th birthday of Mr3. Worley. Dinner was served at the noon hour, and every one present seemed to be highly pleased, especially so when the delicious ice cream was passed around. notable feature of the occa sion was a large cake, beautifully trim med and surrounded by seventy-six can dles. Those present were R. L. and G. C. Worley with .their wives, and W. J. Worley of Asheville, and daughters: Mrs. C. P. Whitson of Swannanoa, and Mrs. J. D. Davis,of this citv, with their husbands; Ja neice, Mrs. C. B. Eaves and husband. AH wished that the eood ladv mav live to enjoy many more such happy events as this one proved to be. , On account of the defection of some of Russia's troops, the recent victories over the Austro-Germans in Galacia are being nullified. A few rampant " socialists in the country who want no-' thing in particular save to be in 'op position tp the wishes of everybody 'u else, have been able to reach and in- fluenccsome of the Russian troons.- Late reports, however, stale that the . rouble is over and the situation again tor omce. under control. ' . .
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