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k'lujZliti4 -va '-27J3 -ToAN OTHER -PAPEH" : ------ A ' - and Vnch Breed iHustl VOL XXI 1. NO 12 HENDERSONVILLE. N. C. THURSDAY. JAPRIL t, J915 $1.00 PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE V V , SitlSiL- IL-iL m m t i -.' i v - i i " m ' "' ' i - - - - "- - TALUE OF BOARD OF TRADE WORK TO A CITY OR COUNTY. Mr. Buekner of Asheville In Harion Address Tells How Board of Trade Helps all Classes. Neptune Buckner. a native of Hen derson county, for the past few years secretary of the Asheville Board of Trade, which organization has bad an important part to play in the growth and development of Asheville and vi cinity, recently delivered a speech on koard of trade work to the people, of M-ion. Yu view of the merits of this speech and the influence it should have in Hendersonville, the Democrat repro duces it from the Marion Progress. Mr. Buckner's address follows: A solemn stillness , pervaded the borne; it reached every nook and cor ner. The mother arose and walking, to the foot of the stairs shouts: "You, johnny, Bobby, what are you doing up (Continued on 7th Page.) H. I- ROBERTS BIG HOG RAISER AT FLETCHER. Harry L. Roberts of Fletcher la making an enviable record as a hog raiser. He won the first and second prizes in the Blue Ridge Berkshire larni contest, the first prize calling for $75 and the second for $40. By the rule of the contest the con testants were given two pigs to raise, one to be returned at a certain age. Mr. Roberts returned both and took in f vi -hange for the one belonging to him three registered pigs worth $75, re citing in a total ain of $190 as a re uit of his participation in the con- Mr. Roberts says he is going to fur rsh highly bred Berkshire pigs at far mers' prices and is also going to breed '.ili-class Durocks. Mr. Roberts has become enthused ' ver hog raising and hopes to stimu: '.ate greater interest in this industry. ADVERTISING CHURCH WORK. Religious Advertising in Secular Pa , pers Has Produced Big "Results. - Is the Christian religion a paying proposition not in dollars and cents, but in the returns it yields in the re clamation of human lives and spirit ual possibilities? Is it worth as much to a church, a denomination if wo may use that term or to a commun ity as a stock of goods is worth to a store, a syndicate or a system ?Is it worth putting before the world in an attractive form yes through the press if you please?. In ' glancing over the exchanges we notice that the Wilson" Times of Saturday carried k third of a page advertisement an nouncing the presence in that thriv ing little city of Rev. W. M. Vines of Charlotte to conduct a series of evan gelistic meetings. Dr. Vines' picture appeared in the midst of the space the promoters of his meeting bought and. along with that, there was a lot of de scriptive matter in - attractive type, such as a newspaper could not con sistently donate to any purpose what soever. Prom the above incident, it is evi dent that those interested in the con version of souls in Wilson thought their project worth spending money on. The Christian religion is a thing that is deemed priceless, and proper ly so, by those who possess it as a saving medium. The man who has a knowledge that he is a saved man and who is a doer and not merely a hearer of the word would not take worlds for his hope of always living a useful lifo here on earth and a continuation of that life in heaven as an eternally re deemed soul. If it is worth that much to him, it is not worth display ing in the biggest type ever filled the cases of a print shop? We do not mean to be putting relig ion on a commercial scale. We hope it will never be so cheapened. But Your Dollars - i City Sins J (Continued on. 8th Page.) 0 2VeRYBODY ebould go to cburcb. Gaster In every cburcb in tbfs com munity tbere veill be special eerviccG on Gaster. Cbere -will be epectal music Cbere wfll be sermons appropri ate to tbe dayv Cburcbes always are attractive Ht no time are tbey more so than on Gaster morn, tbe morn of tbe risen korcL Do your part Swell tbe bosannas Go to cburcb Get your neighbor. to go It Is a day of great rejoicing 1IW HOW TO INCREASE CHURCH MEMBERSHIP, AND ATTENDANCE. The religious census taken a 'few months ago in Henderson ville revealed the fact that there are many residents who hold their church membership elsewhere. This is a resource that is not utilized but which rightly belongs . to the church, and should.be useful. Would a united "Get Your Church Letter." movement accom plish the desired results? Here is how the pastors of Statesvllle view the situation, as ex-. pressed in the Landmark: - The local pastors, in conference yesterday morning, canvassed the local situation with special reference to the revival services to be held in all the churches of the town for the week preceding Easter Sunday. The greatest religious need of Statesvllle, as viewed by the pastors' conference, is to enlist and use the re-, sources already rightly belonging to the church. " - . , There are on the rolls of the various religious organizations of . our town the names of 3,185 white people of our community. It. was found, in the religious census of the town made five years ago, that at that time there were 510 church members in States ville whose membership was recorded elsewhere. It is estimated, that there is now about the same number as at that time.' The pastors agree that the paramount need just now is that these People secure their church letters at once. There is really no more reason to keep one's church membership at.the Old home church, than for the -children to keep their names on the? old home school roll. - '.' . The pastors desire to urge every church member in Statesvllle whose name has not been enrolled - in the membership of , some Statesville church, to get his letter this week and present it to the pastor of his denomination here-, within the next few days. It is believed-that there are a sufficient number of people here 'ho have not brought their church membership, to form an or-..-sanization as large as the largest membership of. any; church. in the town. ' - ' " ' : instead of a 'Go V Church Sunday," the ' pastors. urge "Get-v Tour Church Letter Week' for this week. - - . HOW FARMERS MAT ADVERTISE THEIR PRODUCTS PROFITABLY. sYOU, Mr. Citizen of this town ! ; Do you nt your d the brightness of the lights : of the city that the evils they represent may makie a stronger appeal to your boy? That is just what you are doing when you oend your dollars to the mail-ordei man of the city instead of sjpehding them at home. 1 . " Every dollar you send away from homd means an added reason for the bo v to fol ? low the dollar. And there! is; much less ! opportunity for him to succeed in life in the city to which your dollars go than there is right here in this town where the people know and appreciate him. There is not a hundred-to-one chance for him in the cityr and yet you are in viting him to leave you that lie may fol low your dollars! ? Why not keep the dollars at home where your boy and not the son of the mail-order man, will hc&e a chance at them? . . Why not spend them with the local merchants? Think it over. Merchants' Association of Hendersonville More Than Ever Fanners "Are Adrerv Using Their Prddnets and Big Realt Are Obtained, Never before has there been- so much advertising by farmers, in the general press as this ' season. : Not; of course.; that this advertising ? has amounted to very much, ' even " in the aggregate,-- but it shows a new ten dency, which doubtless has-been stim ulated by the parcel post. Advertis ing properly "done pays the farmer as well as the merchant and there seems to be no reason, why it should not be a help in getting the producer and the consumer into closer touch. . An acquaintance: of the writer has built up a t good apple trade through newspaper advertising and the use of circulars. v His original investment of about forty dollars brought him ; back several hundred dollars in orders and won him customers who send him an order regularly every fall. Each sea son he sends a well-worded circular to all the names on his list, telling the size and condition of his crop and giving prices for the season: Newspaper Ads That Pay. ' Also, an advertisement must be pro perly prepared. Otherwise the mon ey spent for it will be thrown away Two announcements recently appeal ed side by side in a city paper. On read as follows: "Baldwin apples, to be delivered in November from the farm where the grew to your door for $3.50 a barrel. Jacob South," etc. In all likelihood that advertisement paid well. It told the whole story clearly and succinctly. The reader was informed as to the kind of apples, the price, time of delivery and trans- SPARTAKBURO ROAD BOOSTERS C0JHNG T0 IIEHDERSOJrraLE. (Continued on Sth Page.) Will be Entertained ; at Coamuniiy Clnb at O'clock AprR 8; later. Zi esting Firaia 'AlrrBEged I Arrangements have been made by the boosters of Spartjaturg to make an automobile; tour to Hendersonville over the new road on April g; -.; Arch Bl Calvert, who is behind tha movement and chairman of arrange ments for the event has named Road Supervisor . P. ;F. " Patton and Al Smith as members of the- Henderson ville committee. r , . Mr. Patton and Mr. Smith have en tered upon a plan to royally entertain the Spartanburg boosters while in this city. :v : . " ; ',,.-?; It is understood that upon invitation of the Community club, the bankers, lawyers, doctors and real estate men of the city will entertain the boosters while they are the guests of Hender sonville. . 4 This will be the first trip made over the' road by the South Carolina, boos ters. Some of the most prominent men of Spartanburg will be afforded an unusual opportunity to become ac quainted with its South Carolina neighbors. " " The details of the program of enter tainment have not been completed, but it is understood that a luncheon will be served by the business and profes sional men of Hendersonville at.ther Community club. .. ; (Spartanburg Herald.) The boosters' automobile trip to North Carolina to advertise, both the music festival and the good highway that- leads from Ashevilie to . Spartan burg received enthusiastic endorse ment from the good roads committer . (Continued on 5th Page.) WHAT -MERCHANTS IIAYE RONE AND ARE TRYING TO DO. " , The Merchants Association of North Carolina accomplished big , things at; the last : session of the General Assembly. , Gratified .rwith the results so far obtained, they have gone to work to in fluence still greater legislation two years hence, .' As will be seen from the report below taken from the States ville Landmark regarding an address in that city by A. B. Justice of Charlotte, many good things were accomplished, but there are other conditions to be arighted. ... .. The Ueiiersonville Merchants. The Mefchants Association of Hendersonville will meet in the office of the association in the Smith building ori Thursday night - of this week when a good attendance is desired in order that ac tion may be taken with reference to reducing bad accounts to judgments and advertising them for sale; and as to the local or ganization affiliating with that of the State for remedying condi tions controlled by the laws of North Carolina. . .The local association organized with a good attendance and thirty-two bona fide members belong to it Efforts will be made to induce all of them to be present as well as prospective mem bers at the meeting Thursday night of this week, when matters of interest to all Hendersonville men doing a credit business will be considered. Methods for stimulating local pride and trad ing at home will be discussed.; , - Some Tilings Accomplished Through Organization. The advantage of merchants coming together by organization, the helpfulness of their co-operation to each other, to their com munity, was discussed by Mr. Justice. In addition to the ad vantage of local co-operation, the merchants had, by organizing the State association, secured legislation that , was helpful-to them and to. the public. They had secured the abolition of the merchants' tax ,an unjust burden; the abolition of trading . - stamps, which were not an advantage to them or to their cus- - toxnere; had secured a law to compel the express company to publish Its rates, which enabled the shipper to determine whether all patrons were treated alike; and had a!o -Tsettarred legislation - compelling the express company to turn over promptly money collected on C O. D.. shipments. Prior to the enactment of thia law the company paid such collections when it got ready. In one case it held on for eight months to cash collected for a ship ment . -Other good laws secured by the organization were to prevent the adulteration of feedstuff and the misbranding of products; requiring the amount of gold and silver in jewelry to be specified; to prevent deadbeats securing goods on approval and keeping them; to make married - women responsible for contracts; to check the issuance of fraudulent checks and to prevent the pub lication of fraudulent or deceptive advertisements. . Some of the things the merchants are trying for but have not yet attained are a fairer adjustent of freight rates that will en able them to compete with the Virginia cities, and a modification of the homestead law. . ' . MR. PERKINS BUYS AN AUTO? HORSE COULDN'T FILL CALLS. Farm Demonstrator Perkins Has ' Equipped nimself With a Ford " 4 Automobile. While Mr. : Perkins is aware that riding in an auto is a somewhat aris tocratic idea ; among the Henderson county farmers, -when asked by a rep resentative of the Democrat to "set himself straight' witn them on the subject, he said: ' ' yx-' "I. received so many calls from-farmers wanting, me to visit their places and give: advice on. various subjects, especially spraying at this season, that it was impossible "for a horse to cover the ground. For the last- few days I have received calls from peo-. pie I never knew before. . There Is a my services until now I have invita tions from farmers in such numbers that I will not be able to fill air of themT in two weeks, and should I de pend on a horse taking me over the country I never would make the calls' Mr. Perkins added that the publicity that 'had been given him through the Democrat had resulted in his receiv ing calls from people of whom he had never heard: They tell him that they have read so much about his work that they. want to get in closer touch with hlm.-: ;-- ; -. . :. r : r ' ; ; .. :;v Mr. Perkins will furnish the Demo crat other interesting farm articles as soon as he-is able to dispose of the great rush of work on his hands. A Breeding Place For Flies ' : J ; J ' CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN FROM MARCH SO TO. APRIL 3. The city authorities, as recently announced in tbe Democrat. - authorized" va clean-up campaign from March 30. to April 3, dur ing which time the city's wagons will remove garbage without charge to the property owners. Persons having garbage two blocks or more from Main street may have it hauled away by notifying the city authorities, phone 112, during this free clean-up period- The garbage should be placed in receptacles or piles, conven iently located for the wagons. " , After April 3 the city authorities will enforce clean premises, the cost of cleaning up to be paid by the garbage owners,'. The city authorities are determined to make Hendersonville clean permanently clean thereby making -it one of the most attractive and healthy places in the country. Am.. riFmL - --- r --jr ST. JOHN HOTEL ADVERTISED FOR SALE. u .As will be seen in the advertising columns of the - Democrat this weeft, the St.:rJohn 'hotel is .adyertised for sale to the highest bidder - for cash at ' .12 o'clock on Friday, April 30,by virtue" of the power of sale contained in I a deed of trust executed by the proprietors in January, 1912.
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