HendersonvEIe.
Fastest growing city,
in the mountains.
Henderson County
" Home' Paper
vol. xxiv. NO. 2
HENDERSONVILLE, N. G. THURSDAY, FEBUARY 1, 1917
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Germany Proposes to Literally Starre
Cause Break "With United States
VMTED STATES BROUGHT NEARER WAR THAN EYER BEFORE.
Washington, Jan. 31. Germany has j -
.ii -irp.i unrestricted warfare.
Sta.rVa.llUU UlVn.VAO Ul xaxifexvi,
he like of which the world has never
seen was announced today in notes
delivered to American Ambassador
Gerard, in Berlin, and tothe state, de
partment here by Count von Bern-
Thus begins the long feared cam-
paign of ruthlessness, conceived by
Von Hindenburg, it is said here, on a
magnitude never even centemplated by
Von Tirpitz.
Statements Recalled.
Again the United States faces. sever
ance of diplomatic relations -with
Germany, with all its eventful possi
bilities. President Wilson's repeated
warnings of "a world afire" and Sec
retary Lansing's "verge of war" state
ment are being recalled in the capital
ytonight with feelings of apprehension
and misgiving.
Germany's action is the, super-crises
of all those that have stirred the
American government in' two and a
half years of world waT.
Peace and means of preserving
peace have gone glimmering.
President Wilson, incredulous at
first when the unofficial text of Ger
many's warning was brought to him,
at once called for the official docu
ment, which had just been presented
to Secretary Lansing by the German
ambassador. Mr. Lansing absolutely
refused to make a comment. President
"Wilson began at once a careful study
of the document. -
PAREXT-TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.
Call Meeting Next Wednesday In the
School Building All Interested
Are Invited to Attend.
. A call meeting of the parent-teach-.
, era association 'trlllijlits--. held in " the
graded schooT' tullllns next ---Wednesday
afternoon : MX 3.S0 o'clock Im
portant matters will ' be discussed
Committees will be appointed and it
is urged that every member; attend
and those who are intersted 'are in.
Tited. . ;
At a meeting to be held Wednesday,
February 21, Mrs. Rubin- Robertson,
president of the Orange street school
parent-teachers association of Ashe
ville, will address the" meetingT Mrs.
Robinson has been interested in this
work for a number of years. She will
no doubt have a very interesting mes
sage to bring to the members in Hen
dersonville., 3nSS DELLA DAYIS
APPENDICITIS
OPERATION.
Miss Delia Davis, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Davis, was operated on
for appendicitis Wednesday mornipg
at the Patton Memorial hospital and
is reported to be getting along nicely.
Miss Davis is a popular member of
Kendersonville's society and her
friends wish her a speedy recovery.
REV. CAWTHON PREACHES
SPECIAL SERMON ON SCHOOLS.
large Number of Students Attend in
Body Sunday Night Favors
Increase Taxation.
Some two hundred of the students
of the Hendersonville Graded 3Chool,
and the entire student body of Fassi
fera, marched in bodies last Sunday
night to the First Baptist church at
the invitation of that church. The
pastor preached on the text, "Prove aU
things and hold , fast that -which 13
good." He said that our religion was
not founded upon faith alone, but also
upon reason. He. emphasized the fact
that ignorance and prejudice ate tho
Ereat enemies otiyilizaiion, Chriati
anity and progress. The pastor said
that a knowledge of : God increased
aith, and that education,, whetted , the
reason and rendered it -more capable
of grasping the truths - of God's
word. Clearly and forcefully T?ere the
Points made that ignorance could, -be
banished only by. the training, of the
intellect, and that prejudice could .be
overcome only by having-the heart at
tuned with the purposes of .the Ma3ter
of love. . - '-v. , . . 7 :'.
Mr. Cawthon concluded his sermon
by advocating that the citizens of
Hendersonville should vote an In
crease in the rate of taxation' of twen
ty cents on the $100 valuation in or
der that funds may be provided for
properly educating the children of the
wn. He said an increase In the
rate of taxation, together with a bopd
issue for the erection of a high school
building, were the only remedies for a
sltuation which demanded immediate
attention. '.
AH of the other ministers of the
town have declared themselves in
favor of the program outlined and ad
vooated by Mr. Cawthon, and they can
render no greater service toward uo
cuilding the town than by visorously
supporting the movement for better
school facilities for Hendersonville.
England Within Sixty Days May
Wilson to Announce Today Position.
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PERSHING IS OFFICIALLY
. ORDERED FROM MEXICO.
American Troops Have Begun Evacu
ation of Colonla Dublan 110
Miles From Border. "
Washington, Jan. 28. The final act
In the entrance into Mexico of 12,000
American soldiers as a result of the
Villa massacre o 17 Americans" at Co
lumbus, N. M., on March 9. 1916, wa3
written today , with official announce
ment by the war department that Gen
eral Perishing had. been ordered, and
actually had ,- started, to bring his
troops back to the United States.
: Secretary Baker issued the follow
ing announcement:
; "General Pershing has been ordered,
to bring his troops out of Mexico. The
movement is to be an immediateone
and is probably already under way.""
Later advices to the department said
that the troops already had begun the
evacuation of Colonia Dublan, 110
miles from the border, where they
had been concentrating during the
past few weeks. The last American
soldier is expected to recross the bor
der in about a week. ,
No official Information is at hand as
to whether Villa or Carranza troops
will occupy the territory left vacant by
the Americans, but the belief is strong
here that the bandit, who is credited
with at least 8,000 well armed men and
who is at least four times as strong
as when the American troops went
across the border, will make a desper
ate effort to take the territory, par
ticularly for It3 moral effect.
The two other phases of the Mexi.
can problem on which interest cen
ters now are the positions of the more
than 50,000 militia still on the border
and" th sending of Ambassador
Fletcher to. his post at Mexico Cltyu
reached la 'either of ' these" 'Questions
but that both are dependent on the
turn oj events m Mexico, . . yv-
At least a part '.of the remaining
guardsmen are expected to be prdered
home as soon as the 25,000 "now leav
ing have been moved out of the way
and Pershing's' regulars have been
redistributed to provide adequate pro
tection for the border, perhaps In
three weeks rtime. Pershing with
drawal , will enable a much smaller
force to guard the border, as a large
support has been essential to his long
line of communications.
. The delay in sending Ambassador
Fletcher is due to the administration's
hesitancy to accord that degree of re
cognition to the Carranza government
which is felt not only to have been
none too friendly, tut also to be seri
ously endangered by Villa, Zapata and j
tja.ya.ia auu
KovstJ nnun;n a i
t,Q vfr0mnur oaav
tion in the country.
The Pershing withdrawal will be
carried out with as much speed as i
possible over th rough, arid water.
less section and it is hoped that the
men will cover about 15 mlies a day.
Railroads will not be used even for
carrying supplies, as it is desired
neither to run any chances of raids by
Villa, nor to incur any obligation to
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Carranza,
Preparations for withdrawal have
have been going on for sometime, it
was admitted today with the calling
in of outposts and the taking of steps
to protect friendly Chinese and Mor
mons from punishment by the Mexi
cans. A combination of reasons are given
unofficially for the withdrawal deci
sion. First was the Impracticability
of actually "capturing Villa" as the
object of the expedition was explained
to be in a White House statement
issued at the time the expedition was
sent in. . Then with the border appar
ently safe, the demand for the return
of the state troops has. become more
and more pressing
MOONSHINERS' ELUDE OFFICERS
MONDAY' NIGHT NEAR KANUGA
Sheriff Case and Deputies Hare Lone,
gone Hunt Over Bad Roads. Get '
Oaly Part ol StflL p
J A "tip over, the telephone brought J
Sheriff Allard Case and several depu
ties to a place along the road near
Kahuga lake last Tuesday night,
where they, were forced to ; abandon
thi car on account of the condition of
the' road, :in search for a moonshine
still nearby ;
-After walking over all kinds of
grounds the officers came upon a
place where only a few minutes be
fore had been a hot still in opera
tion. In fact the fugitives made such
a quick get away that, they left part
of their outfit still warm on the
ground." Five permenters and a part
of ' the fixtures we,re cut up by the
raiders. - It is thoucht : that the
watchouts at each , end of the road
nearby gave the alarm in time for .n
escape. ' The still was located in ; a
denco ivy bluff. , . . .
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ou are just m time
ful trip at the expense of THE HUSTLER
and witness the greatest Inauguration in the
history of the world
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The plan by which. THE HUSTLER can njake this liberal offer
13 simple, easy andjvorh yourwhile. Ge us $50 in subscrip
tions among your neighbors, relatives ant friends. Make it one
$50 subscription or ten $5- subscriptions or' fifty $1 subscriptions
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we do not care which and you will be' presented with a round
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trip ticket from Hendersonville to Washington good from March
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1st to March . These tickets can be extended after you get
to Washington for a nom inal sum. f ; ; V
If you should get more than $50 f or usf- then we will give you
twisnty-five per cent in ca sh of all over ius amount. If you do
not secure the full fifty then we will give you twenty-five per
cent commission. , You cannot lose a cenf for your time.
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This is no Contest.
Call for Receipt Books;
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CHiiiori
Camp for Boys Located ton Highway
to Chimney Roek This
Sumner.
REV. WRIGHT, MANAGER.
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"Chlmrok" Is the name of a new
boys camp school recently announced
through the columns of the Hustler to
be located near Chimney Hock.
The promoters of the school have
sent out through the tiOuth many,
card3 bearing the question, "What Is
Chimrok?" A full session in the
camp school will be given co the firt
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i DOV wno seuus iu liiu ucaicai. nvvw
(answer. A number of answers have
already been received but the man
agement was not ready to announce
the winter at the time of this inter
view. , .. ,
The camp school will be owned and
operateq oy -rtev.
or jnenaersouviiie.
had considerable experience in hand
n. Vinva hnt.h in Dastoral church
rk and in Public school w0; rk and
i ho. i at. nresent scout master or vne
Hendersonville scouts and it is easily
predicted that the school wiirbe a
success under his leadership.
The camp will be located on the
beautiful automobile highway ap
proaching the famous Chimney Rock
about half way between Broad river
and the Rock. Work is in progress,
at this writing, on clearing the ground
and one 'Of the most attractive club
houses to be found in the south will
be constructed at once ready for ine
opening of school in the early sum
mer. . " '
The camp will have . headquarters
in Asheviile at Smith's Drag;: Store, I
ana m xienuersuiiAiic v iki
- Pharmacy; -
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.There has been several -cases cf
smallpox in and near. Bat Cave lately.
Captain Snyder, - who is building" th
Rutherfordton Bat Cave road under
the state highway commission is now
a icted with this dreaded disease. He
is reported to be getting along as w.ell
as could be expected. .
.REESE SCHOOL HONOR R0LL
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Seventh grade Creo Collings.
Sixth gradeSadie Neuman, Grady
Johnson. 'iDula Anderson.
Fifth grade Erma Andersont.Isahel
Stroup, Geneva Featherstone, Gladys
Orr, Wilburn Flynh. :
Fourth grade Susannah Stroup,
Helen Love. "Felts- Collimcs. Eurana
Johnson, Charles McMahan.- Elsie Mc
Mahon. ' " :
j Third grade Maxine . Neuman,
Janette Anderson. I
1 ' Second grade George Love, Raleigh
J Orr; Charles 'Morgan , Pearl Ander-
' For veek ending January 26. v
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to take this delight
Get Busy NOW
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ncadersonTlll Stands , Fine Chance of
Becoxnlng Home of Leader of ,
Woodmen of N. C.
ROOT MEMORIAL REQUESTED.
' Suitable . resolutions and a strong
delegation will be sent from White
Pine camp Woodmen of the World, to
the-state head camp which convenes
in Newbern, N. C, early in March to
support the Root Memorial for .Hen
dersonville. The delegates -will be
appointed Thursday and instructed to
use their utmost power, in bringing the
city a large and substantial memorial
for the dead founder of woodcraft,
who died here.
Several months ago when Sovereign
Commander Fraser visited Henderson
ville he was shown several suitable
sites for a Root memorial park. It
will be left to the head, camps of the
Southern states . as to what kind of
memorial shall stand in memory' of
the late founder.
s Head Advisor V. E. Grant is receiv
ing indorsements from all over the
state for the position of Head Consul
of the Woodmen of North Carolina.
While it has been a custom to promote
in rotation there has always been
strong fight for the leadership of the
state. Mr. Grant stands next in line
and has the endorsements of all the
leading members of the head camp.
The head camp convenes the second
Tuesday in March at Newbern. Three I
delegates will be appointed next
Thursday by White Pine camp and it
Is understood that John T. Wilklns
will be a delegate at large. Mr. Wil
klns will work In .the interest of Hen
dersonville .candidate for the head of
the Woodmen of the World. r
"EckV Grant- has. been a strong
worker In his order- fori the past
seven years. He has canvassed and
stumped the entire district. and many
important parts of the state. He
hold sthe rang of Colonel in the 136
district regiment of. the uniform ranks
and tad charge of the erection of camp
Lee Overman, at Salisbury, last
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k CORRECTION.
In publishing the quarterly - state
ment for Henderson county last week
an' error appeared in the report of
-rnntv h nm ex Yrfn?ia f mm TWarrli
1916, to December 1, 1916 in which i
was stated that $28.80 was spent for
item of cost in the last primary elec- I
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CHURCH NOTICE. .
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There m will be sei-viccs at Cavalry
Cpiscopal) -church at Fletcher, Sun
day Feb. 4a at 11 o'clock, a; m.
JAMES D; SILL, Rector.
. Scott Freeman of Bat Cave, was
Hsndersonville visitor this week.
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City Council . Orders AH Stray Doffs
Ieign Including a Leading Cchin
RESULT OF RECENT MAD DOG
DARING GET AWAY BY
CONVICT ON RAILWAY TRAIN.
Uses Red Pepper in Blinding Officer
Holds Train Crew at. Bay and Es
. capes in Henderson County.
- "Fatty" Burnett, a convict of the
Buncombe county chaingang, made a
daring escape from a running pas
senger train - while " he was being
brought from Spartanburg to Ashe
viile one day last week. He, is still at
large and a few people think he is
still in this, county. -,
. The Spartanburg Herald has the
following to say of the escape:
After blinding the deputy sheriff
with a double handful of red pepper,
a. desperado charged with a serious
offense in . North . Carolina snatched
the officer's pistol away from the rep
resentative of -the law, ran the con.
ductor out of the can, and held all
passengers terrified until he could
jump , from the train, according to the
story told .here last night by people
who were on" a Southern railway'
train Thursday . morning between
Spartanburg, and Asheviile, N. C.
Geter Davis, alias Joe Burnett,'
alias Joe Henson. was tried in Bun
combe county, N C., about two
months ago and sentenced to serve
two years on the chaingang. As offi
cers were taking him to jail he made
aJ successful break for liberty4 and
succeeded in reaching South Carolina.
Here he chanced to, run against an
officer and when "'wrisked" a pistol
was found on his person. For carry
ing unlawful weapons he was sen
tenced to: serve 30 days on the Spar-"
tanburg chaingang and that sentence
was completed Wednesday. - When the
North Carolina authorities were noti
fied they dispatched Deputy - Sheriff
Bell ta Spartanburg to secure the pris
oner and' bring him- back first warn
; i f..-f'f?icer-lhit th offender ;. waS
a dangerous" manOiiicferC2 Belli e:
cured his man about , 10, o'clock 1 in
the morning and took, passage : on a
Southern train for Asheviile, -first
seeing to it that Davis had heavy
handcuffs on his wrists., 4 ;
When Melrose -was reached, where
the heavy grade begins on the rail
road, the prisoner asked permission
to Visit the toilet and the officer, re
moved the handcuff from the left
hand. Deputy Bell meanwhile . sta
tioned himself outside the door and
as the train lurched round a curye on
the mountain 3ide, running approxi
mately five miles per hour, the pris
oner stepped from the toilet and flung
the red pepper in the officer's, face.
Before Mr. Bell could see or get his
breath, Davis had snatched the offi
cer's pistol from tho holster and noti
fied every man in the car thatone
move meant instant death. As the
conductor entered the '- car his life
was also threatened and the railroad
official was forced to retreat in haste
from that coach. A few minutes
later Davis swung from the train and
is now at liberty in the North Ccr o-
lina mountains.
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Tile man is wnue aua is muui
years of age. JNonn. uarouua uui
cials say that he is a desperate char
acter. , . .
HENDERSON VILLE'S
MOONLIGHT &CHOOL.
For the past three years North Car
olina has been. engaged in an attempt
to reduce illiteracy by the means of
moonlight schools.' Much good has
resulted in this state. The aim of the
originators of the movement in this
state is to "Eliminate illiteracy in
North Carolina by. 1920' Let us hope
by that time we may, at least, make a
good showing. And,, let us make the
best showing here, in Hendersonville.
The purpose of the moonlight school
is - to teach men and women over the
age of twenty-one. who have, never
had the chance to get an education,
how to read and write. We are start
ing this school only for the purpose of
helping those who need help, and, for
the purpose pf-rendering our help ; in.
the spirit; of sympathy audi love.
Now in order to secure the best rer
suits -it: is necessary that wt receive
the co-operation of all the churches,
orders and, in fact every "organization
in the city .which is interested in this
school. - And, certainly, we. must re
ceive the support of the people,, indi
vidually. -";
The moonlight school begins next
Monday night, February 5, at the Hen-
dersonville
graded school building..
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sin " reading, writing, arith-
etc., will - be given free of
Any white person over the
charge..
age of twenty-one who wishes to enroll
) in the school will pleaso make it
known by coming to the school build
ing next Monday night. .
Respectfully; :
- A. F. P. KING and
THOMAS J. HYDER.
All railway fares in Great Britain
hae been , increased : 50 per cent, , be
ginning January 1, 1917. -
Shot at Sight Many Patients In Ra,
ty Physian Serious Condition
NEAR RUGBY FATAL.
Mrs. McFall i3 dead, her husband
and four of their children have either
taken Pasteur treatment or are - now
taking same in Raleigh for hydropho
bia. Mrs. McFall who lives at Rugby
died soon after giving birth to a child
last Friday. . Tho child at the tlqie
did not show any symptoms of the
plague and a Mrs. Hefner, a neighbor
who also had a young baby volunteer--ed
to care tor the young McFall child.
A day or so later Mrs. Hefner con
tracted signs of hydrophobia and she .
too was rushed to Raleigh.
Some several weeks 'ago as reported
in the Hustler a mad dog bit two of
the '-McFalUchlldren, , two cows and a
hog. The children were rushedj -Raleigh
and the animals were killed. -It
seems that the entire family were
doomed and It is now known tp have
been the principal cause of Mrs.' Mc
Fall's death and may possibly result
fatally to one "or ' two of the ; others.
The physician attending the family
left Tuesday for Raleigh , as a safe .
precaution for himself where !ae will
also take treatment.
Mrs. Hefner and her baby left for
Raleigh Tuesday and the latest reports
are that they are getting along well.
The entire county is aroused over
the situation and for the past few days
dogs have been killed on a wholesale
scale. ' ''; ':: ' "":'': -
A call meeting of the city council
was held Wednesday in the city hall
end an ordinance "was passed forcing
all owners to have their dogs tied up
or suffer them to be killed at sightly
tho policemen and pay a fine of $5.00
besides. ,::'v" W'. . . ' : ': '
i The county commissioners will-pro- .
hablyl beT! asked to make strenuous
orders in the county in reference to
stray dogs running at large.:
MORE N - C? LDPURCHASID ,
FOR NATIONAL FOREST BESERY33
Xrj-t-Ftert Pjirc!e'ls AcrcJ
v; 0ver--in -Burka-idCclicIlj; T
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v Washington, Jan. 2$.-rEnlargement t
of the" National Forest JReserves by
23,709 acres ;H acquired , t through pur-:
chases in the Southern Appalachian
and White Mountains was announced
today by the reservation commission.
It brings the total added to the publie
forests in the East and South under
the Weeks law up to 1,373,131 acres..
The largest single purchase amdng
those announced was a tract of 8,000 r
acres on Mount Mitchell, N. C. in the"
White Mountains of New Hampshire,
4,500 acres were purchased, -and .the
Other tracts, scattered through North,
Carolina, Virginia, Georgia and Ten
nessee, follow: . ,
.' In Burke and ; Caldwell counties,,
North Carolina, on the Boone National
Forest 4,300 acres. On the Natural
Bridge - National Forest in Amherst,
Bedford and Botetourt counties. Vir
ginia, 12 tracts, comprising 3,185. In
Buncombe, Henderson, Macon 'and
Jackson Counties, North Carolina, 722
acres; in Union, Fannin, Lumpkin and
I . WvM).Uwi61, i-x-r a.!CO, 1U
Kabun counties
fsnenanaoah county, Virginia, 741
acres and .320 acres in Polk county
Tennessee. " . '
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1W,000 POSTMASTERS
MAY HAVE LIFE. JOBS
Enthusiasm of Republican Senator or
Civil Service May Prove Blessing
to Many Democrats.
Washington, Jan. 2 9.--By reason of
an amendment tacked on to the lerfs- '
lative executive and Judicial approprL
ation bill I0000 Democrats appointed . ,
first, second and third class postmas-
ters ,. during the administration of
President Wilson, will stand a fair -chance
of holding their jobs for life.
In his enthusiasm for civil service
reform Senator Poindexter last wee!:
proposed his amendment during a list
less debate of the bill. It 'provide? as
follows: ;
"The office of - postmaster in : eaca . '
class shall Jxereafter bTa non-political
office, and" shall be tflthin the classiied
civil service, and appolntnlents thcrto
shall he . made in accordance with: th
civil service rulear, an dso' far as prac
tical, by promotion or transfer!, upca .
merit, without regard. to politics frc ra
the mployes of thepostdf3ce depart-'
ment, subject to the permanent 'civil
service regulations and requirements.
Contrary, no doubt, to thexpectr -tions
of Senator Poindexter, there waa
no objection from the Democratic side. .
The few Democrats who heard the .
amendment, read, to be sure, looked a
little surprised, but no voice .was raised
in protest. Senator Overman V of -North
Carolina, a Democrat, and act
ing chairman . of the appropriations
committee, quietly accepted . the .
amendment without debate and it was '
adopted. -: , :, " ' " " ,-
That the Democratic majority of tiie
house, through which body the appro
priation bill had previously passed,
will accept the amndment without
question goes without saying. Wash-,
ington Dispatch to Greensboro News.
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