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THK XKWS OF HKXDEKSON COUJSTA', JIKMEJW0NV11J.K, A. C. THEN E W S Of Henderson County PUBLISHED EVERT TUESDAY Office Second Floor Forrest (tnHdlng, Noah Hollowell, Editor For .short call it "flu-monia." Weigh the park election well. Con ' sider the future as well as past and present. - Shovels full of cinders; Wagons full of sand Would make better walking For the feet of. man. The Asheville Times in its zeal to knock the health board policy of that , city in not letting the press associa tion meet there said "there are about as many cases of influenza in Hen dersonville as in Asheville." Of course the Times meant to speak in proportional terms of population. In a few sections whistles and bells call the people to prayer just as they HENDERSON VILLE MEN property at anything like a reason able price. Even those cities which do not cater to tourists know the value of parks. A tourist town finds them highly necessary. , Let's look a little farther and see the investment from an educational viewpoint. As soon as normal condi tions return Hendersonville will need a high school building. Why wouldn't this property with slight -alterations in the building on it provide very desirable high school quarters : at comparatively little cost? We must consider provisions of this kind with in a year or two". Wouldn't it be good business judgment to consider them " in connection with this pari: project which we will support or op pose on February 11 in our expres sion of choice through the ballot? This subject is of more than pass ing interest. We should do it justice. It takes the majority vote of qual ified voters to carry, the bonds, there fore those' failing to vote will be counted , aerainst the issuance of bonds. Eleanor Plank, Carrie Garren, Sophie Bude, Elizabeth Sossamon, Margaret Israel, Delia Gregory,. Emma Greg ory, Lillian and Lula Justice, Wil liam Redden, William Bude, Paul Rhymer, Graham Barnwell, Cecil and Ernest Hollingsworth, McLoud Man ning, Perry Lee, Roxie Anders, Mar vin Justice, Rickman Orr, Joseph Sargent and Lloyd Jackson. did before the armistice. If people believed much in prayer the practice would be more universal because there are more American deaths by far from influenza than from the war. Prayer is too common-place ; it' is the privilege of every human and an opportunity to reach the DISCUSS ROAD MATTERS W. M. Peyton, of the. State High way Commission, who is in charge of the work in 22 counties of Western Carolina," met with a number of rep resentative citizens of Hemdersonville - , 1 1 , . i , I - j fc)" - ? uivmepnysiuans ouice wnnout com. Jackson, Moms & Co. and discussed " u l!i oig sum oi money io with them plans whereby this section - j vi.il erace hopes 'to get its share of the large aim niim, i ich aim poor, wuuiu ue making a great scramble at the door way. federal appropriations for roads. It is expected that congress will "iss the billion dollar road bill. Un der its provisions a state will get the oenent of federal funds provided it , Should the newspaper say that the lady s visit was not 'pleasant "; that furnishes an eqUal fund for road con the hostess was not "charming"; that cn t a . Mr. Highbrow's daughter was not chinery and organization in shape to 'attractive"; jthat the refreshments were not "delicious";" and that the hostess did not "delightfully enter take care of this fund a meeting is to be held in the Red Cross room in Biltmore on February 1. It is esti- tain; somebody would have to leave L fori w ti0twc nura i the city. It is always understood - iiiLiiir.ii l v i 1 i j 1 1 j uc: x 1111 ia ii ij zi . v w w u that these adjectival descriptions are year provided the county spends an liueu in eveiy pariacuiar un au oc casions," then why waste time and consume space with these worn-out equal amount in road construction. Plans for financing the matter were discussed Thursday night and descriptives from week to week? For it was the sense of the meeting that our part we are going to omit them and content ourselves with other facts. , MORE ABOUT CITY PARK the state should Issue bonds. It was giving estimated that a gasoline tax would be the easiest way to meet interest on the bonds. One cent a gallon it is believed would raise about $216,- 000 annually in North Carolina. W. A. Smith and Dr. L. B. Morse will go as appointed delegates from 1 In our discussion last week rela tive to the issuance of bonds for city park we stated that the town's this county. All county commission oonaea inaeoieaness was : ye.ouu. ers, road commissioners and others We now see by the advertisement hr, ocv0 tn aHonH tha calling an election whereby the meeting in iltmore, instead of Ashe- 4uiiiiCu vutexrs ux nenuersuiiYinc ville where gatherings are not per win ue given uppui bunny lu CApicaa i jvjjtfgd themselves on this subject that the city's "net debt" Is only $129,877.25. We understand that the difference is taken care of by those bonds which The Republican Daily K. G. Morris last week attended 11 a.' 1 A 1 Ml- i1. icc.A ; f I uie meeung in snevuie oi sluck- i;j o,r; I holders of the company which is to are self-sustaining in a way, paying . v"r ' ' " : hV Knnofhincr infn tha trpsnrv. ssue a republican daily newspaper in like the water department, taxes .of Asheville, and reports the election of f ' two Hendersonville men, R. C. At any rate the net debt is ad-1 Clarke and Brownlow Jackson, on the . tion 077 oc ii, board of directors. Mr. Jackson was gross bonded indebtedness of $298 elected vice president of the Com- 800. This debt led us to intimate vr that the city had about reached its bond limit, the amount it could sell. We are told that a city may issue bonds to increase its net indebted- THE MILITARY SCHOOL Although the committee did not lie sj wi kc ii uci vciii. ui i wo asniwcvii .... y t . i valuation of the property subject to munary scnoui it urouKut fUU1? in xehirh rn npt debt" from the authorities of the Georgia could be increased to about $200,000 Military Academy that another visit as our assessed property valuation is would be made to liendersonvuie about two million dollars. This ap- within a few days for the purpose of near to tnvt n Rf marten to tilav lOOKing over me grounus, xaivc in arA af Vi a aaraa tima icma Knn1 Osceola, for the third time.. The 1 11 d&l VI C W hllb oaiuv V Kill V lOd M V r . for a larger and more adequate water authorities are well impressed with Hendersonville and a decision will be made shortly as to where the school system. A in the value of n citv nark. neonle will differ in opinion, but will be established. every city that had sufficient fore sight in its. youth provided this most essential asset. Hendersonville 'was INFLUENZA PATIENTS Among those who are suffering not provided with park space when J with influenza are: Mrs. and Mrs. G. the encineer laid off its streets, a W. Brooks, Mr. and ''Mrs. Joseph deplorable omission. Now we see the I Garren, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Clay- needs of a park. -The city Is erowinglton. Mr. and Mrs. James Lee, .airs. and this looks like about the last op-IC. C. Richards and daughters, Isabel portunity to purchase desirable parkland Cecile, Misses Annette Brooks,! ROTH CLOSED tm ERS Vfc ,-L'. . ' . This car for sale One carload of Dodge Brothers cars on the road, all sold but one 5-passenger. WHO SHALL THE OWNER BE? ' ' " .. ' . See S. Maxwell at once. Terms can be arranged. Maxwell & Jackson Irr mi M crease a our SOL D SAFE SOUND each month by depositing your savings in our Savings Department where it will earn Four per cent interest,1 compounded 4 times a year. You can do this while wait ing for a raise in salary. When it comes you can then save the raise. CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK ..-
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