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NEW SERIES VOL 1, NO. 23
HENDERSONVILLE, N. TTHURSDAY, JUNE 5; 1913
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For- Hencler$on Co
County Commissioners Appropriate $700
and will Receive $500 From the
Government.
With. the. understanding that
the Greater Hendersonville club
the County Ioard of Education
and the Farmers Union avill sup
ply part of the money, the Coun
ty Commissioners on Monday ap
propriated the sum of $700.00 to
meet the Federal Governments
cffer of $500.00 to secure an ex
pert Farn Demonstrator for Hen
derson county. -
Prof. E. S. Millsaps, the dis
trict agent of the department of
nirr. culture, came to Henderson
ville on Monday with Col. Gilbert
T. Wood, Land and Industrial
4ent of the Southern Kail way
and Mr. Weaver, the farm demon
strator of . Buncombe county.
These -gentlemen met with the
Greater Hendersonville club and
the special .Agricultural Commit
tee of the club and discussed the
proposition thoroughly. At the
close of this preliminary meeting
the club in conjunction with the
Farmers Union, which was repre-
sented by Jonathan Case and if.
T. Ward, was prepared to. make a
proposition ' to the county com
missioners that they, would take"
up part of the expnese.
Pro. Mifllsaps very ably ex
plained the department's work,
quoting some ofthe remarkable
results:, alra3yr,lichjeyed .by this
work. 'The . Henderson county
demonstrator will be located 'here
permanently and it 'will his his
duty to ' co-operate with all the
farmers in the , county, visiting
their farms, explaining the differ
ent up-to-date farming methods
in successful operation through
out the country. He will also in
struct in orchard spraying, dairy
ing and poultry raising.
Prof. Millsaps emphasized the
importance of raising more and
better poultry; stating that the
beef supply of theentire country
was rapidly growing less and that
chickens would inevitably have to
take its place.
He also brought out the fact
that under present faulty condi
tions good Henderson county
roads were not needed so much
for the farmer to bring his- pro
duce to town," but to haul rail
road ties, haul home the food
stuffs which he purchases in
,town, and which he should have
raised on his farm. ;
Prof. Millsaps advocated the
procuring of tracts of land ad
joining school Houses in the coun
ty and letting the school children
conduct model farms uflaer the
supervision of the . local demon
strator. The proceeds from the
sale of the produced thus raised
would be turned over to the
schools for the extension of this
or any other laudable jvork. .. '--j
Mr. Weaver quoted some of the
actual results obtained from de-.
Bionstration work in Buncombe.
In over a hundred instances,
farms that fiad Been :A yielding
about fifteen bushels' of corn per
acre werenow producing over, six
ty bushels. Quite a number
brought over 100 bushels while, in
one instance 158 bushels were
raised to the acrev The depart
ment of Washington suggested to
the people of Buncombe vthat if
they desired the demonstration
work could be discontinued now
in view of the fact that the farm
ers had adopted the modern meth
ods, but the proposition -was not
even considered by Buncombe
countv farmers!1 and Demonstra-
tor Weaver could not quit" if he 7
"wanted to. -
President R. N. Willcox an
nounced to the Commissioners the
Greater Hendersonville ; Club's
willingness to co-operate.with the
county in procuring an expert,
and Mr. Jonathan Case stated
. Farm-: DemmstrMm
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that . the Farmers . Union would
line up with the Greater Hender
sonville club in the matter.
The result of the meeting was
that the county commissioners
made an' order for $300.00, the
county board of education gen
erously, contributed $150.00 and
the Greater Hendersonville 'cluh
and Farmers Union $250.00 thus
making an appropriation of $700
to meet the United States Gov
ernment's donation of $500 for
for the most needy causes in ex
istence here. - V
An ofScer of one of the leading
Hendersonville banks, told a
Democrat reporter that . it was
only necessary for a person to stay
at the bank one day to see the as
tonishing amount of money Jhit
goes out of the county for pro
duce that could and should be pro
duced here.
Tlie county commissioners the
board of education, the Greater
Hendersonville club and x the
Farmers Union are to be congrat
ulated on the splendid work they
have done in making available
one of the greatest opportunities
the Henderson county farmers
have ever had offered to them.
The appointment of an- expert
f or here ,is left in the hands of
the- government - -district agent
subject to the approval of. the
county commissioners. rThe work
will begin in September of this
year .
ST. PETERSBURG
BOOSTERS HERE
Over Twenty-five Have Al"
ready Arrived.
Dr. Ennis and a party of twelve
St. Petersburg, Fla., visitors arriv
ed in Hendersonville last week,
and have located in various places
throughout Hendersonville and
vicinity for ;the summer.
Mr. C. E. More of St. Peters
burg, arrived with Mrs. Moore
and daughter Helen, about a week
in advance of Dr. Ennis.
; Visitors from-that city are ar
riving daily, there being about
twenty-five here no w. . '
Those registered in the hand
some register book donated to the
Florida 1 Association by the St.
Petersburg Board of Trade are:
Jno. E. Ennis, Marie Jj. Ennis,
Chas. E. Moore, Mrs. Chas . i E .
Moore, Louis 'Edison Post, Wil
liam G. Moore, Mrs. H. Welton,
Mrs. D. Pepper, J. N. Singeltary,
Miss RuthButler, Mr. B. W. Rob
bins and Mrs. B, W. Bobbins, i
A news item from the St. Peters
burg Independent, states that E.
D. Graves and J. P., Lynch, of
that place left or lndersonville
last Friday, - driving through in
Mr. Lync's touring car. They
will remain v during the .summer
to Jobk after their real estate in
terests her.,
Dr. Ennis and Mr. Moore have,
been elected honorary members of
the Greater Hendersonville club
in appreciation of their tireless
efforts in behalf of Henderson
ville. They maintained a Hender
sonville information bureau in St.
Petersburg, distributing a vast
amount of our literature, and in
many ways called the attractions
oi our city to the, attention of the
thousands of St. retersDurg visi-,
tors.' ' i'-'" ' " '
We are sincerely glad , to have
our St. Petersburg boosters with
us and. - trust their stay will be
beneficial and, enjoyable in every
vyay: . . , JJ ,
mtty
YELLOW JACKET
Members and Friend . of City
Club to Feast
. The big campaign banquet of
the Greater Hendersonville club
will be held . at ' the Kentucky
Home, June 5, at 9:30 p. m; The
spread is being .furnished by the
' Yellow Jacket ' -team, " which
was defeated by the " Hornets' ' in
the recent membership campaign
of the club. : ' . .
Over one hundred guests will
participate and every effort is be
ing put forth to make this the
biggest event of its kind, in the
history of Hendersonville. V .
Prominent, speakers from all
parts of North and South Caroli
na have been invited and an in
teresting program has been ar
ranged. .
President R. N. Willcox will
serve as toastmaster and his? pre
vious services in that" capacity in
sures a string of sparkling, snap
py speeches. ; ' -
Sam T. Hodges, captain of the
victorious Hornets, has been on a
milk and toast diet for the past
two ' weeks and promises to do
himself and the elaborate spread
justice, even if he had to thereby
do the Yellow Jacket an injustice.
Captain -Meyer? of the Yellow
crew . ;and. Lieutenant '-V A Ew
bahk"arrMun"daunted by the ef
forts of the Itorhets are making
bring in every 'possible -Hornet.
The Yelolw Jackets, to. a man,
are nobly responding to the call
for assistance in furnishing - the
hungry Hornet hordes with food
f nl.
ways bearing, in mind, the honest
and upright methods employed by
tnem m securing new memoers to 1
the Greater Hendersonville club
as compared to the questionable
tactics, and in some instances un
questionably' ' queer ' stunts re
sorted to by the Hornets and their
hirelings. . - t
.-Visitors in the city and friends
of the Greater Hendersonville
club are cordially invited to. par
ticipate in this get-together oeca
sion. .
Arrangements for entertain
ment and elaborate decorations
are being made. The banquet
will be served at $1.00 a plate
A short business meeting of the
club at the" hotel will preceed the
affair.
JACKSONVILLE NEXT YEAR.
United Confederate Veterans to
. Hold 1914 Meeting in Far South
Chattanooga, Tenn., May 28.
Jacksonville, Fla., today was
chosen as the meeting place of the
1914 United Confederate Veter
eran's re-union.
Tulsa, Okla., anot, Nashville,
Tenn., delegations : contested the
fight, but when the' Florida city
received a majority of the votes
the selection of that city . was
made unaniniouH,
General Bennett HjYoung,of
Louisville, ' Ky., commander-in-chief,
and his three departmental
officers, late today were' unani
mously re-elected to serve as' the
chief executives of the United
(Confederate Veterans. . . v .
The department commanders
re-elected are Lieutenant-General
Theodore S. Garnett, of Norfolk;
Va., commander of the Army of
Northern Virginia ; Lieutenant
General, George P. Harrison, of
Opelika, 'Ala., commander, of the
"Army of Tennessee, and Lieuten
ant-General K.; M. Van Zandt, of
Forth Worth, Tex., "Commander ;
of the trans-Mississippi depart- '
ment. v .
A wrestling match is the next
attraction for Hendersonville.
Up; t LUNCHEON
llFOR VEtfeMi
Trying to Send Soldiers
v Gettysburg Re-Unioh.
to
v The local chapter of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy
served a luncheon to about twen
ty veterans and friends of the
chapter in the court House Tues
day of this week, in celebration
of Dayis K birthday. Xf, Crosses of
iionor were conferred upon a
number of the old soldiers. :
After the delightful spread, the
veterans were escorted by a pro
cession of children to the Confed
erate monument wher appropriate
and impressive services were.held.
The children and soldiers then
decorated the monument with
flowers and marched to the Vista
Where they enjoyed the moving
pictures as guests of the manage
ment of the theatre. This latter
feature of the exercises was, es
pecially appreciated by those at
tending. - ') .
' The U; D. (.V have inaugurat
ed a movement to secure funds
to send he veterans of the county
to the Peace Re-union which will
take place at Gettysburg in the
near future.
The Gift to Orphanage. ;
With much pleasure we Chroni
cle the gift of another' splendid
farm to our Orphanage. : It con
sists of 375 acres of land in the
fertile and lovely French Broad
Valley above Brevard, only twelve
milesthis side of Lake. Toxaway.
The i generous donors are Misses
2ary . and Victoria lGaUbway," of
Calvert, N The deed has al
ready, been made but the proper
ty does;not pass into the hands of
Lour Orphanage ,. Trustees . dupng
the life time of Miss Galloway. To
this generous gift and the new re
sponsibility which .it places upon
i North Carolina Baptsts, we shall
call attenton later and when more
, space s at our disposal.
Union Meeting. ;
The Unionmeeting of the Caro
lina Association will be held with
the Horse Shoe Baptist church
June 28 and 29. .
Saturday," June 28. '
11 a. m.,sermon by Hev. R. D.
Carroll ' j '
12 m. Dinner. ' ' '
1 p. in. Associational Missions
by W. A. Morris and J. J. Slat
tery. ; " " ; .
' . 1 :45 p. m. State Missions R.
D. Carroll and J. T. Anders
2:30 p. m. Home Missions, Rr
N.Pratt, C. D. Cole and J. O.
Ward. A
3:15 p. m. Foreign Missions,
A. I. Justice, K. W. Cawthon and
J. P. Corn. -
Sunday, June 29.
9:30 a. m. Christian Educa
tion by L C. Woodward and T. P.
Williams.
10:15 Sunday School Lesson
byW, N. Flanders.; V '
11, Sermon by A. W. Williams.
All the churches are requested
.to send 'messengers. s..
' T. A. DRAKE,
For Committee. ,
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The SingingConvention Sunday.
Quite a gatherin g of Henderspn j
county's good people from the ru
ral districts were in town Sunday
to attend the singing of the Musi
cal Association which was held in
the court hopse, and it is said by
those competent to speak on such
matters that it was one of the best
and most successful convention?!
ever held by the association.
After a reorganization of the
association J. F. Stepp was re
elected president, R. J. ; . Wilkey
was chosen vice president, and W.
H. Gibbs was elected secretary.
Twelve choirs representing vari
ous Sunday schools and churches
of the county participated.
,Each -choir rendered three ' selec
tions and the musical - program
a-very enjoyable 1 one. ; v;
Mr. P. A; Hodges of Columbia,
S. C.j was in iown this week. -
NEXT COWVpiON
S IN HENDERSONVILLE
North Carolina ; Dental ' So-
" - - " ' ' . ' -, '
ciety Will Meet Here
;;;V . ihi9i4 V
The ' Greater - Hendersonville
club sent 1 Secretary H.C. Meyer
lo Winston-Salem lastv week,
where the State Dental Seciety
was in annual convention to. in
vite the dentists to meet in Hen
dersonville next year. - . -
Dr. W. F. Nickel of this place
was in Winston-Saelm at the time,
taking the State Dental Board
examination and joined forces
witb Secretary Meyer, fhey pro
ceeded to make, a personal cpn
vass of all those attending . the
meeting and found that there were
two places under , consideration,
the seashore and , Ashevillei. A
booth was erected, attractive pho
tographs of Hendersonville and
local pennants tacked on the
"r - i i ' t 1. .1 ' i '1 1
j.oit.. xyccx utxxuuu
booklets and oth.er Henderson-1
ville literature and ' Talked
Hendersonville each day and part
cf the night during the meeting.
SpecmLinscriptions viting. the,
dentsts were printed on the book
lets. Yellow ribbons with7a suit
able, inscription were, pinned on
the various delegates, , , .
A series of Mutt and Jeff"
chalk cartoons on a large black
board created agfeat -deal of in
terest. ' "v' 1 .; "
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.Towards the close, of the last
day. it ;Wa,leiirrnedtJiat -Asheville
was bing to use;a special hotel
rra'te as'fan "intlueement -to seeurej
the next convention. Secretary
Meyer immediately wired the St.
John1 and Kentucky Home hotels
for a rate. A satisfactory reply
was received just in time Tele
grams from the AsheyilleBoard v
were read and Dr. Hunt and Dr.
Sinclair, both dentist of Ashe ville
extended a further invitation.
vitation. . . y
A telegram from President R.
N. Willcox and Mayor M. M.
Shepherd inviting the dentists toj
Hendersonville . was .then read.
Secretary Meyer briefly set. forth
the advantages of Hendersonville
and then read the telegram quot
ing the special hotel rates, which
were lower than the" others. The 1
dentists were ;, urged to accept
Hendedson ville 's invitation, es
pecially because these, low rates
enables them 4o: bring their fam
ilies and thus enjoy a vacation in
r mountains while attending the
convention. V '
When tne matter came to a vote
Asheville received " twenty-one
votes and Hendersonville twenty
five. ' ; " '.: -';.;. '. .
A motion prevailed making
Asheville second choice in the
event that the hotel accommoda
tions, wouhl not be satisfactory
here. Those present were assured
that the low-rate quoted the con
pecially made to secure the con
vention and that it was for absor
lutely first class accommodations.
The convention will i be held
here between June 15 and July
15,? 1914. '. .s v sr . ..
Secretary Meyer and Dr. Nick
el returned home Saturday night
much worn out by tljeir efforts
but happy over the result. r
Miss Lillian Martin and Miss
Emily Newkirk of 1 Wilmington
vere guests of the Kentucky
Home Sunday after attending the
North Carolina -Nurses association
&t Asheville last week
Miss M. Cade and Mr. and Mrs.
McGary of Charleston, S. C, are
occupying their - handsome new
residence on Rainbow Lake, Lau
rel Park. They have visited
Hendersonville .for a number of
summers and finally erected a
permanent summer home here,
which is one of the most beauti
ful in the Park. . .
COUNTY HOSPITAL
ASSOCIIAJIOnS
Auxiliaries to Local Society"
to be Formed
Dr. Wm Redin Kirk, on Behalf of
' the Patton Memorial Hospital
Association Wishes the People
Throughout the County (to Or
ganize Auxiliary Associations
to Co-Operate With the Hospit
4 al Movement1 in Hendersonville.
Dr. Kirk, on last Sunday ad-
dressed the people who attended
the big Singing Convention at the
Court House, explaining what the
hospital when established, will
mean for the ounty at large. 4 i
The people of Hendersonville
have responded most liberally and
Dr. Kirk is; taking this opportuni
ty, to call on the people of the '
county 'to organize and proceed,
as sdon as ppssible, to secure aid
in their various districts, for the
furtherance Oi this movement-
j looking forward to the early
corn-
pletion, and equipment of the
handsome new building now be-
mg erected. , Hesuggested that
parties who desire to donate any-
tning to the Hospital to bring
produce! to toWn and dispose of
same, allowing all or a part of the
proceeds to go to the hospital.
Representatives of the hospital '
association will gladly assist any
district toNhelp. organize and so
licit help for -this worthy cause,
or those desiring to assist in the?
work may cali on Mrs. C. R. Whit-.,
aker, president of the. assiciatioxs
at the book store on Main street'.
INVESTIGAriGMf
Members of Cabinet on Visit to
Western North Carolina;"
v ; Washington!, -May 28. Secre
taries :v Garrison, Lane and Hous
ton, of . war, interipr and agricul-
Vaify respectively,' leave tomor
row for. North Carolina to in
spect the Vanderbilt estate in the
"Land of the Sky.M . Mr. Van
derbilt has offered his estate, with
the exception of Biltmore, for
sale to the government ,to be used
as a 'part, oL the f Appalachian for
ets reserve.' '
Experts of the forestry service
have .inspected the property
thoroughly and have recommend
ed the purchase. If the price, is
satisfactory in the judgment of
cabinet ofBcers the safe 'will
doubtlessly be made.
A committee from Corgress .
will accompany the cabinet offi-
cers. Correspondence News and
Observer. r
Bad Roads and Bad Citizenship.
No less a newgpkper than the Ch!- .
cago Journal is responsible for this
very stricking editoralf
Bad roads are a potent aid to bad
citizenship. . K .
It s generally agreed that the; least
desirable' vote in any commonwealth
is the vote of city clums. The lack of
good roads in Illinois -multiplies the
p6wer of the slum vote by keepng
thousands of farmers from the polls.
Many farmers have to go several
miles to vote. If roads are decent;
they . go. If rains have . come, and
roads are turned into mud lanes, wher
traveling at two miles per hour is a
leffort- the-farmerBtays- at .hpme-iJt. s.
is very wrong 01 mm; purmy no- -man;
and almost anyone would act
the same in his place. . - j
Men familiar with the election Ms-
tory of Illinois ' say that heavy rian
two days before election wiir reduce
the farming vote 10 per cent. " It does
not reduce the slum vote at all. Tn
"colonist" in the alums may not know
where he is going to lodge when elec
tion week ends, but he can always
get to the polls. The sidewalk Is his:
and often carriages and . automobiles ;
are his also. " - -
- Bad roads encourage Nbad citizen
ship. Good roads make for. good citf
zenship. The first in getting good
roads for Illinois is to set the convicto j
la" this state at work preparing road
materals and building highways. ,
- Mr. A. J. Morton who has been
a resident of Hendersonville " for
eighteen months, left Monday for
Morgantoh, ; where he will make,
his. future home., . -
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