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THE NEWSPAPER THATS DIFFERENT
Vol.3. No. 32
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1919
Independent
MISS BESSIE STEEDMAN IS
REMOVED AS PRINCIPAL
Short Note Like Bolt From Clear Sky
Informs Her That Her Job as
Principal Is Ended.
Miss Bessie Steedman, for sixteen
vears connected with the Henderson
ville tmblic school and for the past
nine years principal of the high
school, has been divested of the
urinciDalship of the school by the
board of trustees and as a result
withdrew herself from the school
work altogether.
This divestiture, somewhat sudden
like the noted Bradshaw "declina
tion of office" comes as quite a sur
prise and especially to Miss Steed
man. who had every reason, it is un
derstood, to presume that she would
be re-elected to the principalship in
which capacity she had labored so
efficiently for years. ,In the expecta
tion of re-election she had arranged
to leave for the University of Virginia
this week and take a summer course
and had gone so far as to make a
deposit as a guarantee of her attend
ance.
lAiss Steedman, however, was of
fered the position of teacher in the
school.
Miss Steedman is understood to
have no intimation from any member
of the board that she would be re
moved from the principalship before
she received a little note from the
board to this effect on the 11th, stat
ing that the board had decided it best
to have a man principal on account
of contemplated location of the high
school department in a separate
building.
In view of the faithful work of Miss
Steedman an effort was made to have
her retained and her work co-ordi
nated with that of a man in the new
location of the high school, but finally
the divestment of office came, where
upon Miss Steedman retires from
school activities and is preparing- for
other work she has accepted.
Miss Steedman is retired after very
faithful service. She has always been
a strong force in the high school. In
addition to her regular work she
has given unselfishly of her time and
talent in training the high school
pupils for public debates, paying her
way to Chapel Hill and elsewhere
when necessary to give them the
proper training as a result of honors
they had received in being selected
after her patient training. An in
stance is the late play, to which she
devoted many hours of faithful toil,
which was not expected of her, and
from which the school realized more
than $100 and from which she reaped
not a cent. It is this type of un
selfish.service in addition to her school
efficiency that has given her a high
place in the estimation of the pupils
and patrons, many of whom regret
her summary removal.
Carolina Terrace Opens
The Carolina Terrace of which E.
B. Wooten was the recent purchaser,
opens mis weeK. Mr. wooten an
nounces that the hotel will be conducted-under
the same management
THE NEWS INSTALLS NEWER
MAILING SYSTEM; EXPLAINED
THE NEWS has . installed typo
graphical and mechanical equipment
to send out the papers this week for
the first time with the subscriber
name and date of expiration of the
subscription printed on the label.
THE NEWS has met with such
popular favor by reason of its con
tents and unique featuresthat its
circulation has doubled since the first
of the year. This made the' writing
of each subscriber's name, 650, such
a burden each week that better facili
ties were necessary. The printed
label has its advantage in that it is
a record sent the subscriber each
week of the date to which his sub
scription is paid. These labels vary
so much in style with newspapers
NEW SUBSCRIBERS SWELL
RAPIDLY THE NEWS LIST
The increase in circulation is the
best proof of the popularity of a
newspaper. THE NEWS has grown
until it has a circulation of 650 each
week. Following are names of new
subscribers received since the last re
cently published :-
Rev. J. A. Mason, Miss Annie
Camp, Mrs. M. M. Jordan, D. P.
Moss, W. L. Miller, Mrs. D. T. Fuller,
B. Dalton, Mrs. Joe Garren, Mrs. Hil
liard Maxwell, Camp Craggy for
Boys, Mrs. A. P. Davis, L. R. Geiger,
J. L. Mace.
Carey J. Blythe, Miss Bessie E.
Allen, J. V. Allen, Mrs. T. R. Barrows,
Rev. C. S. Blackburn, Miss E. W.
Brown, Mrs. G. W. Connell, F. J.
Cooper, W. N. Fisher, Chester Glenn,
that an explanation of that of THE George Gianakos, Mrs. C. W. Harty,
NEWS is not amiss. If the date fol- Mrs. Dora Garmeny, Rev. T. C. King.
lowing the name of subscriber reads Wm. Lott, C. H. Loop, G. J. Milward,
"Jun 20" it means that the sub- ivianon l,. walker, Morns urr, ti. u
scriDtion is naid until the first day Morns, W. B. Staggs, N. D. Hollms
day of June, the year 1920. Num- worth, Henry Revis, P. T. Ward, C
bers 18. 19. 20 and 21 indicate years A. Morrison, P. D. Holbert, N. B.
and the month is given in each in- Stepp, Rev. R. N. Pratt, W. X. Gar-
stance, subscription being paid until ren, t. E. Coston, Miss Martha Sul
the date designated. linger, L. P. Carter, W. M. Nix, C
There is a possibility of errors in K. Hale, Mrs. J. W. Thompson, C. E
the list because the record when the Moore, J. W. Drake, S. B. Meares,
present management purchased the Mrs L. R. bcott, Alfred L. Allison,
plant was not exactly uniform, there- Glaspy Newman, Geo. B. Cobb, Rev.
fore if arrearage shows unfavorably A. J. Nielsen, Thos. Turner, C. V.
in any case the subscriber is requested Freeman, N. V. Drake, Mrs. A. W.
to adiust same as soon as convenient. Penland, Mrs. D. A. Hutto, Mrs. M.
because the list is beine placed on a E. Alderman, J. H. Stepp. O. S.
paid in advance basis. Brock, Miss Natalie Crawford, John
At the price THE NEWS is pub- I. Allen, Mrs. J. B. Crews, Miss Pink
lished, only 50 cents a year, when its Gash, A. S. Gallimore
contents should warrant $1.50. it is
hoped that statements under first- CITY TO VOTE AGAIN
class postage will not be necessary ON CENTRAL PARK
because additional expense will
naturally mean increased subscription W. A. Smith Makes Proposition to
MR. PATTERSON BUYS MR.
JOHNSTON'S BUSINESS
price. Tlirj -NEWS is anxious to ad
just any subscription showing an er
ror in date
When subscribers fail to receive
the paper regularly they are request
ed to give information to this effect
Use Property Adjoining City Hall
as City Park; Election Called.
If
CAROLINA TERRACE
and plans as the Kentucky Home, of
which is he is also owner. The Ken
tucky Home is very popular and the
lifting of the Carolina Terrace to the
aame plane of popularity is no bad
advertisement for HendersonviUe.
K - A
W. A. Smith has made a proposi
tion to the Board of Trade, which
endorsed it and passed it on to the
FNr.iNFPP.PVANr.n kt noAWS city aumomies wim request ior
rnnwrQ at fat rHimrH election, on making tne amitn prop
erty adjoining the city hall a central
T! on n a a f-lf'.v a r era 1 ? c f DaviM t vr park. An election is to be called.
nf Afianf ),. mmoA fho mv;Val The property includes that covered
meeting at the East Hendersonville U111WC ?
Panficf 4inr.Ti Yia eorviVo i, o v. Still well s oflice, residence and the
ing been held Sunday. The meeting prim? cottage, all making about
began with good attendance and two-thirds of a block,, centrally
splendid interest. The messages are located and well adapted for park
forceful and spiritual and richly illu-U,"FdVea,urf ,.uu",: WIUC"
strated with incidents in the sneaker's "" W1" puuuwi wtw.
life. Services are held each night at
8:45 and beginning Wednesday will pnia Ledger will be of interest:
Mr. Fant makes his run from At
lanta. Ga., to Greenville, S. C, one
day, and spends the next, his day off, j
preaching.
'I believe in prayer, he told the;
congregation. "A man should pray
every day to keep in touch with God."
Mr. Fant spends a half hour daily
in Bible reading and prayer. More
over, he kneels in the cab of his loco
motive before pulling out of the big
Atlanta terminal, and commits his
train and all it carries to God s care
'The prayers of a friend saved my
life when my train was wrecked,
he told his hearers. The engine and
three cars jumped the track, rolled
down an embankment and upset in a
field, but Fant was unhurt. Every
person on the tram was unhurt. The
wreck took place at Toccoa, Ga., in
1897.
Mr. Fant carries his symbol, a little
brass Bible, on the front of his loco
motive. It hangs under the number
plate.
Mr. Fant s sermons are suegestive
of the rail and roundhouse. They in
elude "iris Last Run." An Emerg
ency Run," "The Man That Lost His
Axe," -The Way Home and How to
Find It," and "On the Limited to the
Great TerminaL"
Also Becomes Owner of Building;
Will Put on Big Sale; Undecided as
to Further Use of Building.
H. Patterson, owner of Patterson's
Department Store, has purchased the
mercantile stock of S. Johnston and
the building occupied by the business
of Mr. Johnston, deceased.
Mr. Patterson is arranging to put
on a big sale and dispose of the mer
chandise. Before the doors are open
ed the interior will be painted and
the store and the contents placed in
most presentable manner.
Mr. Patterson is unable to an
nounce what disposition he will make
of the building after closing the sale.
He is undecided between making it
a high-class store for just a few
popular lines or converting it into a
real bargain store.
JUNIOR ORDER ORGANIZED
HERE WITH 64 MEMBERS
HendersonviUe Council No. 528 Jr.
O. U. A. M. was organized on June
7 with 64 charter members by P. H.
Galloway, councilor of the Junior
order at Brevard and J. P. Mason and
Chas. B. Deaver, of Brevard.
Names of officers follow:
Councilor, J. C. Beck; vice counci
lor, Frank S. Brunson; recording
secretary, W. T. Drake; assistant, N.
B. Gibbs; financial secretary, Paul
Dermid; treasurer, A. O. Jones;
chaplain, H. L. Grainger; warden, W.-
N. Fisher; conductor, M. Allard Case;
inside sentinel, W. B. Justus; outside
sentinel, Robt. F. Reed; trustees, Joe
King, J. C. Brown, A. A. McCall;
Junior Past Councilor, V. E. Grant,
alternate, Otis Powers.
All members who haven't been
signed up are requested by Councilor
Beck to be on hand next Wednesday
night, when a full attendance is de
sired.
Meetings are held at the I. O. O.
F. hall on every Wednesday night. A
delegation of four men were over
from the Canton order on last Wed
nesday night.
The work has started well with a
strong charter membership.
COL. S. V. PICKENS
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also be held each morning at
o'clock.
The following from the Philadel
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Death of Col. Pickens is expected
at any hour. He has been in a feeble
condition for the past few years.
When in his prime he was one of the
leading citizens of HendersonviUe and
was a big promoter.