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THE NEWSPAPER THAT'S DIFFERENT
COUNTY
Vol.3. No. 37
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1919
Independent
HOME ICE AND OIL CO.
IS ORGANIZED HERE
Will Manufacture Ice, Conduct Cold
Storage, Sell Oils, Fuels and Handle
Cold-Storage Products.
The Home Ice & Oil Company is
Hendersonville's latest enterprise. It
has been organized with the follow
ing officers:
J. 0. Bell, president: Brownlow
Jackson, vice president: John T.
Wilkins, secretary-treasurer; E. J
Rhodes, manager.
The company has acquired prop
erty adjoining the railroad nearly op
posite the Hendersonville Lumber
Company and the Hendersonville
Laundry Ice & Fuel Co.
The company proposes to erect a
15-ton capacity ice, plant and con
duct a cold storage plant and also
deal in oils, feeds, fuel and food
products suitable for cold storage,
such as eggs, fruits, butter, etc.
The company is understood to be
heavily capitalized , with sufficient
capital to , put into operation its full
purposes, and plans to this end are
said to be nicely shaping themselves.
NOT A SQUARE DEAL
Editor, THE NEWS:
When a man stays in Henderson
ville all the year round and pays
license to do business and rents a
building for such business we take it
for granted that he is entitled to pro
tection from the city whether or not
he deserves patronage.
The special privilege tax on sign
painters has been raised from $10
to $25 a year. At the best there is
no great abundance of such work
here but the person who chooses to
do it is certainly entitled to protec
tion if he pays the license fee.
We would like to point out a few
injustices. We pay the city the only
sign painting license fee paid in Hen
dersonville, but when the city of Hen
dersonville wanted some traffic signs
painted it gave the job to some one
who does not pay license to do this
kind of work. On the 2nd and 3rd
of July a vaudeville actor who did
not pay the license told us he set up
a temporary office inside the city hal
and painted signs and show cards.
We could point out several instan
ces wherein sign painters from other
places have been induced by business
men to come to Hendersonville and
paint signs without having paid
license to do so. This kind of dis
loyalty to local enterprise and the in
crease m the . privilege tax has re
suited in leaving Hendersonville with
out a licensed sign painter, so what
is the merchant, or other person going
1 A
to ao wnen he wants a sign paintea:
Will he go to a neighboring city and
have the work done or will he lm
port the sign painter and pay the
privilege tax of $25 in order to have
the work done 7
We think local enterprise is en
titled to a little more consideration
than has been shown our business?
What do you think about it?
What was the
James-Russel Sign Co.
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PERSONAL MENTION
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Mrs. Margaret Cole of Asheville
has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. J. C.
Clouse.
, Dr. E. E. Bomar is in Mars Hill
this week as a member of the faculty
of the Mobile Baptist School.
Rev. M. F. Moores has returned
from Columbus, 0., where he attended
the Methodist centenary convention.
Rev. C. S. Blackburn is at Fruit
land this week as a member of the
faculty of the Mobile Baptist School.
PERSONAL M E N T 1 0 N
O-
Mack Colt resumed his work at the
office of THE NEWS Monday after
a week's absence from illness. Bert
Colt substituted during the absence
of his brother.
Misses Janie and Belle Minick of
Edgefield, S. C, who have been
spending: some time at Henderson
ville arid Asheville, leave Wednesday
for Harris Springs, S. C
Alma, Ruth and Frank Rozzelle
are back from Salisbury, where they
were for several days on a visit to
Mrs. C. S. Orr and two children their grandmother, Mrs. L.L. Rozzelle
Teachers Want More Money
Supt. W. S. Shitle has been on the
job for ten years as superintendent
of the schools but this is the worst
year he has experienced in the way
of requests and demands for higher
salaries. There has been a genera
increase from time to time, but the
new law is quite liberal and the teach
ers are taking advantage of it. They
have . labored a long time on inade
quate pay and are taking advantage
of public sentiment for all there is
to come their way.
Miss Dahlia Clouse has returned from
a visit of a week at Bat Cave.
of Greenville are visiting her daugh
ter, Mrs. Ernest Brookshire, and other
relatives in the city.
Abe Lewis and sister are expected
to return this week from New York,
where they have been for some time
making fall and winter purchases for
the store of E. Lewis & Son
Mrs. Henderson and Misses Lula
Sexton, Louise Evans and Bertie
Davis go as delegates from the First
Baptist Sunday school to the Mobile
Baptist School at Fruitland this week.
Miss Mamie Bnggs, former teacher
in the local public school but now of
Birmingham, was a visitor in the city
this week. She is spending the
greater part of the summer in Ashe
ville.
Rev. I. T. Poole of Rocky Mount
visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Poole, at Horse Shoe, last week and
was present at the marriage of his
sister.
Mesdames Byrd and Leggett and
Misses Woodside, McKeithan and
Northrup of Southport, who are visit
ing in Asheville, were over last week
as guests at the homes of JUrvin
Anders and Roy C. Bennett, with
whom they were well acquainted while
the latter vere in encampment at Ft.
Caswell.
John C. Oldham of Asheville was in
the city Tuesday in the interest of
Modern Woodcraft. -
Solicitor J. E. Shipman is in Bre- j
vard this week attending court. He!
was at Marion last week.
Miss Effie Haynes of Anderson, S.
C, is spending a few weeks with
who gave all her grandchildren a
house party.
Miss Erline Case entertained a few
of ' her friends at her home Friday
evening m honor of her guests, Mis
Effie Haynes and Herbert Felton of
Anderson, S. C. Music, games, etc ,
composed the form of entertainment
J. Herbert Waldrop, assistant
cashier of a Greenville, N. C, bank
has returned to his home after a visit
of ten days with his mother, Mrs. J.
G. Waldrop. Mr. Waldrop was ac
companied by two of his friends,
Dave Moore and Jack Brown.
Buford's For School Books
Buford's Book Store has agreed to
handle school books this year. Mr.
Buford's announcement elsewhere in
this respect will be of interest.
Blue Ridge Summer School
The Blue Ridge School for Boys
is holding its initial summer school
and has 24 boys registered from vari
ous parts of the United States.
Band Concerts at Night
Arrangements have been made be
tween the Board of Trade and the
Hendersonville band for concerts on
the street on Tuesday, Thursday and
Friday nights of each week.
Miss Erline Case on Oakland street
H. Patterson is in Cincinnati pur
chasing goods for Patterson's De
partment Store. .
Miss Marguerite Elaine O'Connor
of Charleston, C, is the guest of
Miss Ethel Manders for the summer.
Mrs. C. N. Wrenshall and children
will be in Waynesville for a few
weeks.
Mrs. R. A. Coffey and two little
sons, cecil and Ivan, left Sundav for
a visit to Mrs. Coffey's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. i$. Moore, at Globe, N. C.
Kev. K. V. Miller and Rev. Ray
mond Browning are conducting an
evangelistic meeting at Inman, where
they began Sunday.
Miss Bertha Frazier of Atlanta,
Ga., formerly of Hendersonville. has
been here on a visit to Mrs. Joe Kin?
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and her brother, Ludy F. Frazier.
Albert Lyda. who has been with
the motor transport at Fort Mc
pherson, is home on a visit of 10
days to friends and relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Stackhouse and
children have returned to their home
at Dunbar, S. C, after visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Wetmur.
C. N. Wrenshall has returned to
the city after being in Rutherfordton
for a few days incident to an opera
tion which Mrs. Wrenshall underwent.
She has left the hospital.
Mrs. It. C. Moore, nee Miss Gladvs
Stackhouse. and daughter, and Brvan
Moore and Miss Irene Hamilton have
returned to Dunbar. S. C after a
visit to friends in Hendersonville.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Stone. Mr. nd
Mrs. Simmons "and W. F. Nichols of
Spartanburg spent the week-end on
a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kinr on
Third avenue West.
Mother of R. M. Oates Dead
Mrs. D. W. Oates of Charlotte,
mother of R. M. Oates of Henderson
ville, and Mrs. N. II. Pharr of Char
lotte, died Saturday. Mrs. Oates had
been quite ill for some time and Mr.
Oates was en route to Charlotte to
visit her when the message of her
death was received. Lieut. William
Oates, a grand son, is alco in Char
lotte with his father.' Mrs. Oates was
about 72 years old. She was a native
of Virginia but for many years
resident of Charlotte, where she was
held in high esteem.
COUNTY FIXES TAX RATE
AT $1.85 ON PROPERTY
Itemized Statement as to What
Taxes Will be Applied to in Coun
ty; Total Rate and Township Spec
ials. 1
The county commissioners have
fixed the rate of taxation in Hender
son county at $1.85 2-3 cents on the
hundred dollar valuation of property.
The levies for the different objects
follow :
State, .15 2-3; county purposes,
73; roads, .20; schools, ..77. The
73 cents for county purposes is
divided as follows: General expenses,
19 cents; poor, 4; bridges, 10; inter
est on court house bonds, 5; hospital
indebtedness, 2; interest on Asheville
and Spartanburg road bonds, 10; in
terest on iron bridges, 5; on bonds
for sanding roads, 3; 1916 flood
bonds, 10; on funding bonds of 1914,
5. In addition to these taxes there
are special ones in various townships
for railroad, schools, roads, etc.
At the Miami House
The following are registered at the
Miami House: John Berry, Birming
ham; Herbert Berry. Savannah: Mr
and Mrs. Weaver and four children,
Attorney General and Mrs. I. J. Buf
fell and daughters, Lala May and
Ruby, Mrs. Riddick and Marshall
Walsh, of Fitzgerald, Ga.; Mr. Davi3
of Spartanburg; Mr. and Mrs. Hill,
Clearwater, Fla.; Miss Dora Patla
and niece, Miss Retta Patla, Charles
ton; Mrs. Fally, North, Ga.; Mr. and
Mrs. G. W. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Hill, Miss Blanche Ray and Nathan
Goldman, of Miami, Fla.
County Buys Ford
The county commissioners have
purchased for County Supervisor J.
O. Williams a Ford machine for use
in the revaluation of property. The
commissioners were ox the opinion
that it would be economy to buy a
car rather than have such an enor
mous amount of livery bills, and sell
the Ford after Mr. Williams finishes
his work.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our friends for
their many expressions of kindness
and sympathy incident to the illness
and death of our father.
M. Aliard Case and other children
Deplores Going of Demonstrator
Ex-Sheriff A. M. Blackwell was in
from his two-acre plantation near
East Flat Rock Monday and expressed
to THE NEWS editor his regrets over
the going of the farm demonstrator.
He suspected that the situation as
presented in THE NEWS last week
about a big majority of democratic
demonstrators in the state was true
but even at that rate a farm demon
strator, he said, was good to have.
Mr. Blackwell sold his farm to Mr.
Garvin but is farming on two acres
and expects to make some good corn.
He feared that P. T. Ward of Dana
would not win any $50 prize for grow
ing 150 bushels of corn on acre "for
even lUU bushels is some corn, but
Demonstrator Fleming said I'd made
that last year if the dry weather
hadn't hit it" said the former sheriff.
'And say, I like THE NEWS for it
speaks out with conviction that rings
true. I enjoy reading it."
New Baraca Officers
Following are the names of the
new officers of the Baraca class of the
First Baptist church: President, Roy
C. Bennett; vice president, R. T.
Long; secretary, T. W. Keith; assist
ant secretary-treasurer, Frank Randall.
Crab Creek S. S. Convention
C. S. Fullbright, president of the
Henderson County Sunday School As
sociation, has published the program
for the Crab Creek township annual
Sunday school convention to he held
at Pleasant Grove church on Sunday,
July 27. The morning session will
begin at 9:30 and at 1 o'clock there
will be adjournment for a recess of
90 minutes, following which there will
be an afternoon session. A con
structive program of interest to all
Sunday school workers has been prepared.
BASKETS! BASKETS!!
BRING YOUR BASKETS
We pay the highest cash prices for
"Home-Made Baskets" and all other
Novelties" that are made at home.
We buy all you bring the year
through. We "Wholesale and Retail"
them.
"COME AND SEE US" at BU
FORD'S BOOK STORE, OPPOSITE
QUEEN THEATRE. HENDERSON
VILLE, N. C.
Wanted To sell a boarding or
rooming bouse on south Main M.
75 ft. front, 150 ft. deep. Terms
easy. F. C Hart. 7-22-2tp
For Sale Baby Carriage, good as
Hew. Cost 940," used two months.
$20 cash. Phone 350. ltc