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. .' V J., I'.- , . and Frencilf Broad Hustler NEW SERIES VOL 1, NO; 4 HENDERSONVILLE, N. C; THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 1913 OLD SERIESVOL, 1 9 V " V w k. ANOTHER DELAY IH11AT1ER Extradition is Discussed Before Gov ernor Felker of Jfew Hampshire Decision is Reserved. Concord, Sept. 23. The duty of th3 state of New Hampshire toward Harry K. Thaw was the subject of extensive argument before - Governor Felker to day. The legal battle in which "William Travers Jerome, special deputy attor ney general of New York state which seeks to obtain the extradition of Thaw as a fugitive from justice, was pitted against three of the fugitive's array of counsel, was, dramatic at times, and near the close came dan gerously near to being personal. To the charge that he had resorted to subterfuge and was moved, by ulter ior motives in his determination to re- j turn Thaw to the Matteawan insane ! asylum, Jerome retorted with unusual feeling that the state of New York would not permit its justice to be dev feated by the corrupt nse of Thaw noney. At the conclusion of the arguments the governor gave counsel until Mon day to file supplementary briefs so his decision -will' not be knqwn for a week at least. OLD ST. JAilflES' CELEBRATION ' - J Auspicious Occasion Duly Celebrated at Historic Place of Worship Tisit Ing Trelates Assist inc'SerTicesT' -v Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, September 17th to 19th, the convoca tions of Waynesville and Morganton united and met with the parishioners of St. James church to celebrate the Eemi-centennial of the consecration of the church building. The opening service Wednesday evening was de voted to Sunday school work. The Rev. W. S. Cain and Mr. Thomas, both of Asheville being the speakers. Thursday began yrith the Holy Eucha rist at 7:30 followed by ; morning prayer at 9 :30 and business session of the two convocations at 10:30. Some important business was transacted: Among the most important being the appointment of a committee to investi gate ways and means of making the Missionary District of Asheville a dio cese. The Kev. wyatt Brown ot Asne- ille, was appointed chairman of this committee. Another committee of which Rev. R. N. Willcox was made chairman was appointed to investi gate the matter of increasing the num ter of lay workers, especially in the mission field, and mak'ng their work more efficient. A correspondent for the church papers was established, and Rev. W. C. Cain appointed, his ex- (Continued on Page Five.) City's School Year Began Monday.' Morning With Large Attendance Another Grade And A Manual Training Department Have Been Added Since Last Session-Prospects Bright For Active Year-Several New Teachers Are Added To Prof. Cales Staff ' The autumn term of the Henderson ville Graded school began Monday raoming and the new academy build ing was again the scene of much activ ity. Hundreds of the city's youth, rosy cheeked boys and girls were ther greeting each other after a delightful vacation and in some cases an extend c3 separation. Prof. Cale and his staff of assistant teachers were on hand early to welcome back the pupils to their studies. The morning was spent in assigning the pupils to their re spective classes, arranging the seating and in other ways getting ready for the business of the term. A very largo percentage of those. who attended the graded school last year returned thi3 session and many of those who had completed the course of last year will avail themselves of the eleventh grade ork which has been" added to the school. A manual training depart 11 ent has also been added to the curri culum which will be a feature that 'will be taken advantage of by many cf the pupils. The attendance at the H end ersonvi Build IMS HONOR THE DEAD WOR Late Major of JfewTork is Laid to Best Beneath the Dew Fall of a City's Tears Impressive Funeral. New York. Sept 22. Historic Green wood cemetery, the resting place in Brookly of many famous dead, recenr ed the body of New York's late mayor. William J. Gaynor, at midafternoon to day, after funeral services in his hon or that were without parallel in the history of the city. In the presence of the family, the honorary pallbearers. Including William Howard Taft, and city officials; among them Mayor Kline," the flag-draped coffin was committed to the grave in the Gaynor family plot The brief Episcopalian service was Lead by the Rev. Frank ' W. Page, former pastor of St. Jonn's, the church where the mayor worshipped. Million Saw Funeral. A million people, it is estimated paw the funeral cortege move slowly, first from the city hall, where thou sands had witnessed, the body lying in state Sunday, to Trinity church, where Bishop Greer conducted the solemn service; then back past the oity hall, across Brooklyn bridge, through Brooklyn streets past the late mayor's Eighth avenue "home-, and on to -the cemetery. ' " Upon the bridge, hung in black, traffic did not move. City employes stood six feet apart, heads uncovered, as the . police-escorted catafalque pro ceeded into the mayor's home borough. Eelow, the river noises "were still. Not a craft blew its whistle, not a gong was f sounded The funeral train across the bridge and for a distance In Brooklyn paralleled a favorite route o fthe mayor, who in all kinds of weather was accustomed to walk to and from the city hall. Gordon Garlington to Wed. (Spartanburg Journal.) The approaching marriage of Miss Amy Elizabeth Edwards and Gordon Fleming Garlington is an event of state-wide interest The engagement was announced by the parents of the Lride-to-be, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Ed- wardff, of Hendersonville, several days Hgo. Tne wedding will taKe piace in October. Mr, Garlington is originally a Spar tanburg boy. He was reared here and attended the graded schools and later Clemson college For a time he was employed on the Spartanburg Journal taff. He is a son of the late John Conway Garlington, a prominent newspaper man, and Mrs. Annie Gar lington, of Laurens. opening of school was most gratifying and there is every Indication that the youth of Hendersonville wil enjoy, one of the fost profitable school years of their young lives. Several of the teachers who were appointed on the staff have not yet arrived but are ex pected shortly and the teachers' corps is this year one of the strongest that the-school has ever enjoyed. Mr. Shipman to Preside. The Hon. M. Iv Shipman, State Commissioner of Lajior and Printing, ha been invited by the Western North Carolina Fair association to preside over the morning exercises of Brother hood Day, when Secretary of State Wjiliam Jennings Bryan will deliver one of his popular addreses. Mr. Bryan is scheduled to speak during the morning of October 8, and in view cf t3 fact that t-i is to be one of the biggest days in the history of the fraternalism of Western North Carolina, it is likely that Secretary p'-yan will deliver one of his ad dresses along brotherhood lines. lies Soon ing Bids For Construction Being Ad vertised for by Government-Will Be Handsome Structure Two Stories With Basement AndCov er Large Ground Area Be Ready For Next Season. N Hendersonville will have its new public building in the near - future. This is pleasant and authentic infor mation. In another column of this issue the United States goyernm ent advertises for bids for the new ppst office building complete with fixttsf es, etc. The announcement says that Ithe Mds will be opened on November lSth. The specifications call for a handsome two story building, one which will be an ornament to the city. It will be located on the government lot at the corner of fourth avenue and Church street with the main entrance on Church street. It will be fireproof in c nstructlon and will have a base-n-f nt while the ground area to be oc cupied will be 4,400 feet. That the building will be one which Henderson Formal Notice' Served On Civil Service Com. By M. L. Shipman Prest. Mcllhenny Answers Criticism and Invites Suggestions Designed to Improve Examinations Hendersonville Man Gets Hearing and Declares He Will Follow Matter -7 Until Hope Of Fair Play Vanishes In a recent issue of this paper there appeared an editorial taking the Civil Service Commission to task, on ac count of the character of the examina tion given on August 16, and intended to apply to those seeking employment under the Commissioner of Internal revenue, along with those desiring po sitions in various branches of the pub lice service. The substance was put in form of a letter and mailed to Col. W. II. Osborne, Commissioner of Internal Revenue who, after dictating a re sponse to the same, forwarded the letter itself to President Mcllhenny, of the Civil Service Commission. v Desirous of according to Mr. Mcll henny the courtesy of having his side of the controversy presented the Dem ocrat is privileged to publish his ex planation touching the character of the examination in question and Mr. Ship- 1 A 1 A. T 1 man s repiy. Aiinougn personal, in a sense, this correspondence relates to subjects of a purely public character find we consider it no breach of pro priety to acquaint readers of thi spa per "with the whole story, a sit ap pears below: President Mcllhenny'g Letter. U. S. Civil Service Commission, Washington, D. C, Sep. 11, 1913. Hon. M. L. Shipman, Raleigh, N. C. My dear Sir: Col. W. H. Osborn, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, sent me your letter to him of August 27 on the subject of .be character of the examination given on August 16 for the Internal Revenue Service and other branches of the Gov ernment service, and requested that 1 write you about.it, I feel sure that your conclusion that the test is too difficult and that it is tiOt practical must be based upon a it apprehension5 lack of full knowl edge of the questions given; and I am in a position to know that you are mis taken in assigning any other motive to the Commission than the good of the service for the cliange that it made in 1S10 in the character of the examina tion given for positions in the Internal Revenue Service. The change was proposed by the Commission, and I happen to know that it was "proposed without any idea whatever .that it would help or hinder .anybody on ac count of their political affiliations. Moreover, I do not see how the in creased difficulty of the examination could be detrimental to the interests of any democrats who 'may desire to enter the service through this exanti- 1 nation. FT) ew jrii Be 6 ville will be proud of, goes withoat saying for the specifycations as drawn warrant this assertion and there is reason to believe that there will be no delay in erecting the building when It is once begun. Postmaster Brown low Jackson said to the Democrat to day that he was greatly pleased by the information from Washington that the department was to begin action on the .local postoffice. If these was ever a city in need of an up to date post office, it is Hendersonville and the public here, visiting and residential, has been long suffering while the local pestoffice officials have "been up against" o the limit. Mr. Jackson is of the belief that the new building will be ready for occupancy by the be ginning of next s'eason if no unfore seen delays occur. The statute requires that the ex aminations be practical in character; it is fundamental that the examina tions must be practical if the compet itive examination system is to sur vn e, and for thirty years the Commis s'on has been earnestly engaged in making its examinations practical in character. There are positions, of course, for which tests in the actual kind of work to be done may be given with best results. In such cases there can be no question as to what con stitutes a practical examination. For example, there is little room for dif ference of opinion as to what consti tutes a practical examination for steographer and typewriter. But for' some positions the requirements are not definite, but rather so general and diversified as to be more accu rately represented by a certain de gree of general intelligence. It would not be a fair test of relative capacity and fitness, for example, to include in the examination for post office clerk a test in the actual dis tribution of mail or in the actual' duties of a money order or registry clerk. t it would be a practical examination to give tests that will determine wh5ch of the applicants have the proper degree of mental training and development to enable them to adapt themselves to the ; dutIes rafter appointment. What is wanted is a man who can learn the business one who can learn it more quickly than some others, and who when he learns the work, will per form it well. One other point: in preparing ex aminations the Commission has in mind not only making, them practical, hot also, that they must be competi tive and therefore of such character rhat a person in the service will have no advantage in the examination over competitors not so employed. It has been the aim of the Commis sion to make these tests of general in telligence such, that a man who has had actual business experience will dp better able to pass them than one who has had no such experience but who is fresh from school. Thus, the questions in arithmetic are framed with the idea of ascertaining the com pet'tor's ability to-reason rather than his memory of -the rules of arithmetic. So far as the scholastic knowledge necessary to pass the examination given August 16 is concerned, it does T (Continued on Page 7.-)- IT D11C ealized CURRENCY BILL lupnoi Strong Pressure Will be Brought to Bear oh Congress to Bash Adminis tration Measure. Washington, Sept. 21. The strongest test of President Wilson's control over party policies and' over legislative performances of congress is about to occur. He has seen the triumph in the house of his currency reform demands and the practical completion of the tariff revision bill so far as adminis tration Ideas are connected with it. The question now paramount in con gressional circles bears directly upon the president's potential control of the currency reform situation in the sen ate. Except for those immediately connected with "the handling of the currency bill, the general query is: Will the president be able t oinduce the senate to act on the Glass-Owen bill without ' delay in the senate and that teration of its provisions? , No doubt remains of the determined purpose of the president to urge con gress, by every legitimate means at his command, to complete currency legis lation within the next few weeks, and to give the country a new banking sys tem and a revised form, of paper cur rency before December. Evidences of his concern in the mat ter have come in a series of events in which his influence has determined the action of congressional leaders. After a conference with, Mr. Wilson more than a week ago members of the Senate Democratic "steering commit tee" announced that consideration of currency reform would be pushed without delay, i nthe senate and that there would be no senate recess. ' A growing demand In the house," for a month's recess, to begin this week, culminated a few days ago, when Rep lesentative A, Mitchell Palmer, one of the Democratic house leaders, after a conference with President Wilson, an nounced tha tthe house would not re cess for more than three days at a time, but would remain close at hand where its influence could be exerted on the senate, if desirable to speed up that today's work on the currency bill. .With the aid of Secretary McAdoo, who helped in the original preparation o fthe currency bill, it is understood the president will attempt to satisfy many of the criticisms that come from Democrats and will endeavor to bring Democratic forces into united support of the plan embodied in the bill that has passed the house. Burnt Cork Artists To Present Mammouth Minstrel Show Soon Company Of Local Talent Preparing Sensation Of Season In Form Of Ministrel Performance Prominent Ladies And , Gentlemen To Participate Proceeds To Be Devoted . To Worthy Cause. Extensive and elaborate preparations are being made for a mammoth min strel show to be given here early in October, perhaps the second week of that month. A company composed en tirely of local talent, numbering oyer one hundred people, will start rehears on Friday night of this week at the auditorium, and all those musically in clined are . invited and urged to be present at that rehearsal. Mr. H. C. Meyer nd Dr. A, C. Te Leau, have agreed . to undertake th? direction and management of the pro duction and are actively engaged in arranging chorus and ensemble mem bers, as. well as the numerous solos and specialties.' Several striking and unique inovations will be introduced some of which will be announced later, but the nature of the majority of these novelties and spectacular features will be withheld ,in order to orecom pletely surpirse the public on the night of presentation.. No effort will he spared in making up an entertainment the like of which has never been seej here. . It is an assured fact, and one of in SUGISFIG HI AGIST SULZEI Impeachment Proceedings Now In Full Blast Before Jfew York Senate Sulzer Lawyers Fighting Hard. Albany, N. Y., Sept. 23. Afffer a day spent in listening to lengthy argu ments, the high court for the trial o the impeachment of Governor William Sulzer adjourned tonight without hav ing decided whether the impeached ex ecutive will have to answer charges iuvblving the misuse of the funds con tributed tor his campaign last fall. It is expected that the court will reach a decision early tomorrow. in event of the denial of the motion to strike out the three articles deal ing with the campaign contributions the guns of the impeached executive's legal battery will have been spiked asfar as the preliminaries are con cerned, and the actual trial will begin. That counsel for the assembly man agers are confident the court will not dismiss the three (articles is evidenced by the fact that they announced that Jacob H. Schiff and others who con tributed to the Sulzer election fund would be on hand tomorrow to testify. AlOUENT Jlexican President Declares He Will r" Use Army to Enforce Fairness at Polls Plays no Favorite. Mexico . City, Sept ; 21. 'Not only would it be an anomaly thai the gov ernment should have a candidate, but it can be further said that the govern ment has no predilectionvfor, nor will it aid any candidate." In these words, Provisional Presi dent Huerta. today replied to the quev tion as to whether he fa vortd a can didate in the coming presidential elec tions. The interrogations which has been freely Indulged that General Hu eita, intended to throw his support to this or that man for the presidency -to succeed himself. - ' ' President Huetro received the news papermen at Popotla, a suburb where he is erectfhg a residence, and where, for the greater part of theltime, he resides. He explained the attitude which the administration will main tain, especially in. the present circum stances, "as one of absolute impartial ity " and added that it would only take precaution to prevent any disturbance of public peace and order and would suppress any effort in that direction. Use Army, If Necessary. The president said he would use the (Continued on Page Eight.) terest, that some of Hendersonville leading business and. professional men will participate in the show, several of them' in the capacity of end men and fun makers. A number of the best known ladies in the . community "have agreed to take part, and every indica tion points to the coming event as be ing the biggest thing ever undertaken in Hendersonville. The songs and jokes as well as the manner of pro duction, will be absolutely new and up-to-date. . The , proceeds will be devoted to at most worthy cause which will be an nounced from the stage on the night of the performance. - The management has arranged a very, pleasant feature in the form of a dutch supper to be tendered, at the conclusion of the show, to all those taking part. As previrtHPlv aot1 io first ra- hearsal v ; - " . I" . on Friday, Scyi. 2C, at S p. m., and aii those desiring, to take part are re quested to be present In addition to the regular , ladies, and gntlemens chorus there will be a juvenile chorus. nil Sr--7-
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