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Hendersonville. Fastest growing city in the mountains. VOL. XXIV. NO. 19 HENDERSONVILLE, N, C THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1917 PRICE FIVE CENTS eds of Lives Lost by V Vestorn Xarolina Edfc Ko! at narion,!! C. Interned Germans to it ARr.l OR FARm Tornado in Central West I ..... - ..'".- .3k. . " . ' ' .. - ; . - ,. . .... , .- . .-- N. . . ; ' I .....V: I x k v v - , r . .. , ' v . . : I V .... ' ' -. . .1 , i iii i . Hundr 1 Upwards of Fifty Killed in Town el Sfattoon, IllBusmess Section Destrojed; 1,000 Homeless. Chicago, May 26. Spring tornadoes, makin2 their appearance earlier' than usual in the central West, caused the deaths of more than one hundred per sons today and yesterday, theN injury of several hundred more and property, damage which cannot be estimated be cause of serious loss in, growing tcod crops. Mattoon. 111. was the heaviest suf ferer in the storms, from 50 to 70 per sons being killed there late today. This was more than twice as many killed in Kansas on Friday when" the village of Andale virtually was wiped out and heavy toll taken in the sur rounding country, the dead beng es timated at from 24 to 30. The storm today wrecked the northern, half of JUattoon, including nearly all the bus iness section and rendered 2,000 per sons homeless. -While the principal force of the storm struck Mattoon. other sectiocs of Illinois were visited by vagrant tornadoes which' left death: and de struction as they twisted through a rich farming territory. Hail followed the wind, in many places, beating growing crops to the ground. N THE GARDEN SCOUTS OF HENDERSON VILLE. The Woman's Club of Henderson Aille was asked to perfect a practical plan by which the garden scouts could work most effectively within the city.. A committee, comirosed of Mrs. Whoel Avright, Mrs. Frank Ewbank and 'Mrs. W. P. Whitmire, w'as appointed to. ar range details. Now that food production is the most vital subject of the day and the home garden has become a question of supreme importance, it is of es pecial intedest to the Hendersonville people to know that the garden scouts' movement of the town is no longer, a talked of possibility, but has become an actual fact. Those of us who in the spring at tempted to do "our bit" by planting araens, have realized how difficult it lias been to obtain, necessary laborj. As a consequence gardens have suffer ed, and foodstuffs have not matured as rapidly as Cey would have undex the proper cultivation. The garden scouts were organized by the North Carolina Agricultural Department to ' meet this need, and clubs are render-, ing valuable aid in other towns Ou rboys are a part of this state or ganization, and have volunteered for the service from" purely patriotic mo tives. When wve em' "oy them we are not only benefitting ourselves at the present time, but are training a corp of efficient assistants for the coming sprnig when perhaps, the necessity of gardening will be even greater than it is today. - . To many of these young gardeners a . hoe is no stranger. They are accus- j tomed to the work and have learned : ruden of the art of weeding, hoeing ! etc. However, that the fields may pro duce in their fullest abundance, these j boys will be guided in their work by j leaders of recognized agricultural ability. Rev. Cawthon.- R. E. Curtis, Mr. Fleming, farm demonstrator, andj others, have very v generously volun- teerea to act as overseers ior a iew hours each week and will accompany the boys into whatever field they, may be called. These gentlemen will place a valuation upo nthe services render ed and the boys will be paid accord ingly. Next winter when food is per haps scarce and prices high, we will realize, in a measure, what a debt we owe these gentlemen who have so quickly responded to the call for hel and given willingly of their time and strength not, primarily, that the gar den scouts' movement might be a suc cess, but that they might assist, even in this small way, the causelfor which we bear amis -todayu.lt' is one way of rallying 'round the flag. Let us hear from other capable men who are willing to serve as leaders In this work. We think It fittine that the names of the boys who form the garden scout j club, and who have willingly decided to sacrifice a summer's play that, hey might be of service to others should be printed in all of our town papers. They are: Gaither Ilhodes. Harry Holtzclaw. Cameron Shipp, Edward Patterson, Zashariah Bacon, Otis Ful ler, Everett Brock and" Clarence and Lewis Durham. We are pleased to know that some have already . sought to avail . them-r selves of this oppotrunity to have their gardens cultivated- We are certain there will be more. To those who de sire such -assistance, a message to Mrs. W. P. Whitmire.- phone 345-W will w5ithjn a few hours time, bring the scouts with a competent leader, into their gardens. ' R. Y. P. U. TO MEET FRIDAY NtGHT The meeting hour of the B. Y. P. IT. of the East Hendersonville church has been changed from Thursday night to Friday night at 8:00. A business meeting will be held Fri day evening, June.Ast, at which time the election of officers tcIi take place. It is essential, that each and every member be present and come prepar ed to take part in the business meet-lng;--rr: .: ;:--i.-;.. .v, . ; .V'-'i ... GERTRUDE SHIPAN--; ' - Ptesiieat. ; , (Copyright.) Tuesday, JiineSth, Dau for All Men 21 Local County Registrars Named--It is very Important that All Men of Proper Age Should Register. LISI OF REGISTORS. ,TT TT , ... . ,, West Hcndersoyille Robert Means Oates. Gordon Fleming Garlington. East Hendersonville Jerry Madisop Stepp, William Hill. Flat Rock John Philetus Patton. Rugby John Leander Allen. Horse Ixoe Joseph Pinkney John son. " Green River Henrx Emerson Erkin. Raven Rock James Clinton Staton. Upward Winfield Scotj; Young. N. 31ue Ridge Wrilliam Alonzo King. Edncyville George Walton Lyda. Bat Cave DeWitt Talmage Free man, j Clear Rogers. Creek Thomas Pinkney Hoopers Creek Rober Walter Fltcher. Mills River John Taylor Osborne. Etowah James Wilson Morgan. BowmanV Bluff Robert Jackson Fletcher. , - . Crab Creeks-John Brown. Washington, May '29. Men who claim exemption from army dfaft jwhen they register next Tuesday, will be required later to explain fully why they belieye they should not- be called. Provest Marshal General Crowder an nounced today. Public authorities will determine- the exemption of each individual on the basis of the seconi' and more ample explanation, "not on the T briefly stated reason given the registrar Tuesday. All men vro are": married or. who belong, to classes wfclch may be ex empted, will not necessarily be sub ject to -exemption. .: Furthermore, every, man between the ages of 21 and SO, inclusive, must register, regard less of his claim to exemption, ttnlesp he is a soldier, sailor or officer actually- in federal, military or naval service. Each man must state his full name aee on last birthday. . street address J date and year otJMrth, occupatlbn and the kind of establishmeit where he is employed; military experience; whetn er he is single or married at Dresent whether he has-a father, mothert wife or child, brother or sister under 12 vears of age dependent solely on .him for support'; whether he is a state or federal Officer; whether he is a-native-born American; or whether he or his father is naturally, or has taken firs, papers. - - . -. ' Men ast 31 should not try to reg ister, as they will be refused and will only confuse the system. Marlon Trice returned- from the A. and M. College jot West-Raleigh Satur da?.iancLj!rin, spend the,8urmaer In the K CAPTAIN LADD RETURNED TO TAKE CHARGE OF COMPANY. Local Company Recruiting to War Strenffth to be Mustered In Some Time in Early Part of June. Captain L. V. Ladd of the Sixth Coast Artillery company has returned from an officers schoool from Fortress Monroe. The local company received quite a number of recruits during the past few days, among them a number of members of prominent families of Hendersonville. The names of . the entire company will"be published in the' Hustler next week. " ANALYSIS OF WATER. No. D-857; sent hisuperintendent water works; location Hendersonville, N. C; source tap; marked May; re ceived 5-16-17; reported 5-22-17; sedi ment very slight; colpr Platinum cobalt standard very slight; tuniidity Silicia standard, slight; odor, cold 0: Alkalinity (in terms of Calcium car bonate) 7.5; Chlorine. 2.5; Colon ba cHMn 1 c c. 0; Colon bacilli in 10 c. c.i present; Total number of bacteria at 20 deg. C. per c. c. 55; Total num ber of bacteria at 38 deg. C. per c. c. 7 ; Total ' number of acid-producing bacteria,-1. C. A. STONE. Director. Water Report, May 22. 1917. No trace of typhoid fever in. the city. I have just been in cdnersation with each physician in the city and they all report no typhoid fevsr. How ever tnere nas been a considerable number of cases of diarrhea. Thees cases are attributed to the after effects of measles- and new 'unripe fruits and vegetables. Should the state's analy sis show the city water to at any time unfit for use the public's attention will bft called to it at once. J. FRANK. CRANFORD. City Health Officer. V WILL FURNISH CITY'S TEAMS TO PLOW, UP VACANT LOTS Mayor C. E. Brooks ever alert ' to the interests of Hendersonville and its people, has authorized the statement that alK persons who have lots that are not now under cultivation.1 and -who ' are yet willing to do their "hit" along horticultural lines, will be as sisted in the preparation of - the their lots by the use of the city teams. The necessity for this action upon the part of the town authorities has been point ed out from the fact that manv of our citizens who were willing and anxious to Dut their, vacant lots under cultiva tion early in the spring, but found it impossible tojjet some one to plow -up. their lands.. In some cases parties from the . country - were induced to bring their teams to " town' to do the work, but as many did not succeed in this and as it is not yet to late to Plant for many of 'the substantiate that will .satisfy the inner man next fall and winter, the "Mayor is particu larly anxious that every one - who has a-Tacant lot-will avail tBesaselves- of egisiramon M31 Years COLONEL WILLIAM E. IIOLI ; OF LEXINGTON DEAD. One of the ; States Xeading 3Ianufac- L f faPtursra, and.ilVealtMcsV-CItlzeii rasses Awaj". ' ; Vt. Lexington, May 20. William Holt, sr.. one of the state's leading manufacturers," died at his home here this afternoon at 5 o'clock at the age of 77 years following an illness of tw weeks. Tue funeral services will be held 'Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock and the interment will vje here.: Surviv ing are the widow, one son, William E. Holt, Jr., of Lexington, and five daugh ters, Mrs. Cuthbert Vivian, of Spring field, Mass.. Mrs. David L. Malsby, of Batlimore, Md., Mrs. Robert M. Oates, Mrs. Robert L. Tate, and Miss Emily Holt, all of Charlotte. Banks Holt, of Graham, and Lawrence S. Holt, of i jjurnngion are surviving Dromers, The deceased was a son of the late Edwin M. Holt, of Alamanee county. founderof the Alamance mills, one of the first important cotton manufactur ing plants in .North Carolina. He had large cotton mill holdings here, in Ala mance county and at Charlotte and Henrietta, and was interested in sev eral of the most valuable hotel pro perties in NorthL Carolina. Mr. Holt was also probably the largestrTiolder of the North Carolina 6's and North Carolina railroad bonds in the state. His estate Js valued at-several million dollars. - For more than50 years he has been actively identified with the construc tive industries of the state and was largely instrumental in promoting the great advance in cotton manufactur ing in this section of the state. Sunday, .May 13f v Holt suffered a stroke of paralysis from which he later rallied. Three days ago reaction began and he gradually, sank into un consciousness, until the end came quietly this afternoon. . ' HORSE SHOE CURVES. . H. W. Allen of Hendersonville and Thos. J.' Rickman of Asheville were vlsit6rs at Horse Sho on Monday. Clarke Moffitt is at home for. a few days.' - -. ' ' Miss, Sue Cannon, is visiting in Brevard ' - Frank Johnson and bride ' of Ashe- ville visited his mother on Sunday. -M Born to Mr. and-Mrs. J. H. Kitchen on Sunday, a son. Miss Bessie Pole is. at home for the summer. FAMOUS MINSTRELS COMING. . (Press Agent.) Tlie old Kentucky minstrels one of the largest ever at Hendersonville, will pitch their tents on 3rd avenue East for one night's performance only, on Thursday, ' June 7. These shows have always given the pubile a snappy clean performance and it is safe to sav that there will be a large crowd outr to see-them, for who , amonsr us do not believe in the old' adage that mirthful comedy brightens life. -. . -i ; ; . . Madeline Justus, the nine year bid daughter of Mr. and Mrs.A ; F. Justus, was carried to the Merriwether hospit al on last Thursday afternoon. She Ka Wn rritlcallv ill with throat trouble., but is reported to bo getting alons-nicely.; ': . . When the -editors ,, ot the; weekly newspapers in Western Noxthi Caroli na organized about a year ag they adopted as one of their guiding pxin--ciples an educational policy- an, un deftaking wherein - the- publishers would visit various, towns- in Western North Carolina and better, acquaint themselves with the places, visited-and publish their impressions' for. the, 1n lormation of- their readers.. The scribes are invited and entertained at the expense of the.town visited, suck town considering it- a rare, treat, to gain valuable publicity at such. a. rea sonable cost. . - .'" . In carrying out this policy the western North Carolina weekly Press association met in Marion on last Fri- i day and Saturday and were pleasant! entertined by Editor S. E. Whitten and the Marion Board of Trade. Industrial Plants Most of the publishers visited Ma rion for the first time and were, sur prised to find it such a busy industrial center. Editor Sentele of the Canton Observer, who doesn't hesitate to use an indelicate expression to describe his sentiments, summed up the situa tion figuratively when he declared that "Marion is just lousy with indus tries." He was then completing the automobile tour of the town Saturday morning. The Marion business and professional men took the scribes over thetown a.nd showed them points of interest and a visit was made thrugh the plant of the Clinchfield Manufac turing company, a Tbig cotton mill that is, now more than doubling its ca pacity. - The industrial plants in Marion in clude four cotton mills with an invest- ment of about two and one-half mil- ; lion dollars; two hosiery mills; four j furniture factries, a veneer, plant, a tannery, two. flour mills, a glove fac- ; tory. two novelty, factories, two plan ing mills, two lumber companies, a. bakery and some smaller -plants. The town iias two wholesale grocery stares ! anl between 40 and 50 retail stores; two banks with total resources ofover 900,000 and two good hotels,-"where the editors were entertained. Marion claims to have more mileage of concrete sidewalks per capital than any other town in the. State The town siiows signs of growth and ac- fivity as well- as civic pride in the street improvements- now under way : to; care for these people should go upon whereby $0,)00 will be exp'endeHittfet)eriiment; leniti? rather than upon pri - building asphalt streets. The- town has v electric lights and sewer system ana justly claims xne position of tne "Border Land of tne Sky," which en ables it to have a gravity line of mountain wrater., Marion has an up-to-date high school building. The town, including the mill vil lages about a mile distant, has a pop- ulation of about 6,000. Marion is the county seat and largest town in Mc Dowell county, is located on the cen- tral highway across the state and bv ! reason of its altitude Qf about 1,400 j mans are out to work to build a gov feet;is putting in a bid for some sum- J eminent road from Brevard across the mer tourists. It has two competing mountains in the government prouerty railway lines extending in five direc- it will also add"largely to the valuerof tions and has sixteen passenger trains property and - increase . business in. daily, being on the Asheville-Salisbury division of the Southern. How Marion Grew. The business men of about every, town, large or small, crave industrial plants and Marion was not an excep- tion. About seven years ago Attor ney J. W. Pless of Marion (former!;! of Brevard, where he was, associated with W. A. Gash in the practice of , Creek Saturday. He and Mr. Tom Mc law. having left this town in 1900) jCullough were standing near a tree read In the French Broad Hustler of Hendersonville, where he took his course in law, that some-Snartanburg capitalists wanted to locate in Hender sonville but couldn't get a $75,0Q0 sub scription of support. : Mr. . Pless and other Marion live-wires, seized the op portunity and invited the cotton mill men to Marion and no trouble was ex-J perienced in raising a subscription in excess of the required amount. The Marion Manufe "uring . company was established. It propered, then camV other plants of Mke character .until now the town : has r an investment of about two and one-half million dollars in his type of industries, and when Hendersonville grows pensive and holds industrial mass meetings it al ways take soccasion to celebrate the eventful date on which it dropped its candy. It has recognized its mistake over and over again in its efforts to win some industrial plants to supple- Lment its touristic bank roll. Incidentally it will not be amiss to say . for the benefit . of the friends of Mr.. Pless that he has made good in, Marlon, where he ; has built jnp . a flat tering professional- business and ac cumulated considerable means. - He Jbas one of the finest residences In Ma rion and has ; invested in it-and the adjacent' property something like ?25,opo. ' ..- ; Marion, while en joying. a most pros perous state, evidently has a bright futiirebefore it. It is ideally situat ed in the foothills of the mountains with good climate and water; has competing railroads, is within the cen ter. of a good farming country with di versified crops ranging from' those peculiar to mountain climate andSoil to that of cotton. i Business of -Publishers. The meeting was fairly well at tended and the sessions -.C on Fridav night and Saturday morning were in teresting and profitable, : .The, following members were Dres ent: Miss Beatrice Cobb, Morganton News-Herald; Horace Sentelle, Can ton Observer: S. E. Whiten. Marion. Progress ; Jesse Daniel Boone, , way- . nesville . Mountaineer; Dan Tompkins I Jackson Countr Journal; E..B.-GI1- (By Parker R. Anderson.) ', Washington. May26. Secretary of Labor Wilson announced today that he had decided to lease the Mountain " Parle hotel, at Hot Springs, for the use of some 3,000 or more inteurne Ger- mans and that tn first consignment of . the prisoners of war will , be "sent u Hot Springs Jrithln io cays. : It is re- : allzed, however, that all of the Ger- i mans now being In detention catnp3 and otherwise because of the war. can not be taken care of at Hot Springs -without building a great many build--' ing at government expense and. there- -fore, only such a sacn-be taken care of ; immeaiately will be sent to the ' Mountain Park hotel, v The others will be made comfortable on -government property in western North Carolina, probably at Pisgah Station, where they will be used to build roads through the government's forest Hands in-that set-' tion. - - It will be remembered that the gov ernment at first leased or rather thought they had leased the property, at Lake Kanuga. It . developed, how- . ever, that Mr. Gresham, whom the government agents dealt with, did not have what the goernment termed a' clear title to lease the property for; the use desired. Members of the Ka nuga club objected and upon investiga tion Secretary Wilson decided, that it would not be wise to hold Gresham to his .contract. . , - Secretary Wilson and Assistant Im migration General Hampton are well pieased with the Hot Springs property and believe it will even better serve the needs of the goernment for the purpose aesired- tnan Lake Kanuga. The moun- tain section of North Carolina has been - pronounced by the department the most healthful section from the Pacific coast to Maine. In a statement issued today Secretary Wilson said: "The Mountain Park hotel is said to- be one of the handsomest property 6 the kind anywhere and the location of the detained Germans at that point v -will insure healthful conditions and an? oppotrunity to take outdoor exercises,' ' which is of course difficult at immigra- -tiof stations, which are only adapted to detention for short periods of time. j .. ' The department of labor is of the -belief that any -improvement which it may be necessary to to provide in order vate property and is shapisg its course to that end. The Hot Springs proper ty is taken because it is ready for Im mediate occupancy, while a ; few months time will be required to make lands now available for the mirnnsfi and v admirably suited for an intern- ment settlement." The . selection of the North Carolina site for the Germans will bring a large amount of business to that section of the country. In addition if the Ger- western North Carolina. All eonsidr ered, it is thought that North Carolina is exceedingly lucky in having the Ger mans sent to Madison county. 1 ZOLLIE ALLEN LOSES AN EYE. A peculiar and serious accident hap- pened to Mr. Zollie - Allen of Shaws upon which Mr. McCulough was beat ing with a stick of wood, when a splinter flew off of the stick and struck Mr. Allen in th& eye. j The wound was, so painful that Mr. Allen was sentto 1 a hospital in Asheville. and its stated 1 that the sight of the eye will be com pletely los't; - Lunsford, Old Fort Sentinel; R., L. V Sandidge, Jr.. Bryson City Times;. L. r Edwin Gill.' advertising representative of Asheville;" Noah M. Hollo well, Bre vard News. v - ; . - The newspaper men'enjoyed the de-. lightful experience of. having a ; lady to convene with them for the first time and they were enthusiastic in electing . her to membership. Miss Cobb appar ently enjoyed her new surroundings and can be depended upon hereafter to add the feminine touch of refine ment to, the meetings. " - Many questions of interest to tha publishers were discusssed. - Resolu- tions were adopted pledging the sup port of the association in co-operation with the American Red. Cross. Anothr er resolution urged -senators and rep resentatives - in congress to yote against the proposed increase- in second class postal rates. A- yote of " thanks was extended to Editor Whit ten and. the Marion Board of Trade for -their hospitality. . -. - ' . : Editor Sentelle was elected treas urer to succeed W. F. Little of Trvon. who has retired -from - the publishing; and entered the banking business. While the association is suDDOsed to meet quarterly, in ,view of the fact v that some matters of imDortance need to be attended to with a full attend ance of all the members and bv rea son of the delayed meeting in Marion. . it was decided to hold the next meet ing on schedule time in Asheville on ; June 8 and 9. This will be rmrelv a business meeting with no social fea- ' tures - attached. The' semi-annual election of officers will take nlace. at this meeting. There will be some In-1 formal ' -discussions! "Handlinsr Sub-. criptions" will be th only shoo sub- ject for formal discussion. This will be led by Noah M.. HolloweU, who will be followed4 by others in a round tablo
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