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VOL. XXIV,
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C . THURSDAY, AUGUST 16. 1917
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OF PRICE-FIXING COMMITTEE
SUPPLY C011TROLLED
FROM HEW YORK OFFICE
Branch Offices TTI11 be Opene Through
out the Wheat Belt of the United
States. " v
Washington. Aug. 15. Foodadmin
istrator Hoovrjtoday aanftunced Ux,e
personal of the committee to fix the
price of wheat in the United States.
The chairman wil ibe President
Ganleld of Williams College, and the
members are
Vice-President Doak, o Brotherhood
of Railway trainmen;
Presidtnt Funk of 'National Corn
Association; -
President Ladd of North DakQta
Agricultural College;
President Rhett of .Chamber l of
Commerce. OtJUnftJte;
Secretary ShoTthlll of the National
Council Farmers Cooperative Asso
ciation; James Sulliran of American Feder
ation of Labor; ...
Mter Tabor ef the Ohio State
Grange; .
Chakman Taunslgi of the -Federal
Tariff Conqpiissioat t
President Vail of the- American
Tefieph one-Telegraph Co.;
President Waters of the Kansas Ag
ricultural College.
President Garfield has "created the
Food Administration Grain Corpora
tion with a capitalization of 5t,t)00,
600, with tHe government as sole
stockholder. "
ew York. Aug. 15. America's
wheat supply wi!4 be conterlled from
Xew York offices. The ro5a Ac'-'-fn-istration
Wheat Corporation will be
opened here in charge of Julius
Earnes, chief assistant to Herbert
Hoover. Branch offices are being
opened everywhere In the United
States. - .
Chicago, Aug. 15 Tracing In, wheat
futures on the Chicago Board of Trade
'will cease Aug. 23th. This action
was requested by. Hoover. -
Switzerland's
Mission Arrives
Coding to Get a Line of Food Stuffs
Needed There.
Atlantic Port; Aug .15;. Switzer
land's mission to the United States ar
rived today. The members will pro
Boea to Washington to negotiate the
question of allowingfood stuffs ship
red to Switzerland under the exports'
licensing act.
3fre Cotton Being Consumed.
Washington. Aug. 15. Government
report shows that 541,498 bales of cot-
ion were consumed - in July against
"28 last year.
Cotton Market.
Xew York, Aug. 15. Cotton opened
October 25.35; January 25.08.
HIS 11
ILL
sooi
LEAVE
FORIEFIIIT
American Camp, France, Aug. 15.
General Sibert will shortly review the
American troqps, after -which; they
will take their leave ror eome place
on the Frenoh front where their oper
ations are contmplatad.
AmeiHan Training Camp in France,
AAig. 14. New nicknames for the
American troops continue to spring
p daily. The latest is "Johnny
Yank." The tropps themselves are so
busy training that they have no time
to pay any attention to nteknames and
whether they are hailed as "Teddies."
'Sammies'' 05 "Johnnys Yanks" they
merely, smile wearily and go on with
their work.
New Division National Guards.
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Washington, Aug. 15. A new divi
sion of the National Guards was Der
ated yesterday and will be mobollzed
at Minetida, L. I., the war department
announced today, . .
Mra. K. G. Whistler, of Camden, S.
C, who has ben with - Miss Bessie
Steedman or two -months, left yester-
day.AfterBoon ZotJ&VLgoPZ&Mi
definite stay, r v
Mr?. H. C. Rainey, Mr. and Mrs. H.
C. Ralney, Jr., Miss Helen Taylor and
Miss Carrie Ralney formed a party
that spent yesterday at Chimney Rock
and enjoyed a picnic dinner.
DEDICATION OF THE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
On Sunday morning August 12, at
11 o'clock the Presbyterian church of
Hendersonville, was formally dedica-
ted, an event in the history et the
church which -has long been looked to
by the membership, but deferred until
all outstanding debts against the
discharged.
Rev. R. B. Grrnnan of Norfolk, Va.,
a forrntr pastor of the church
preached the dedication sermon, which
was listened to by the largest audience
that ever assembled In that building.
After the sermon, Mr. J O. Williams
on behalf of the buiading committee,
presorted the church to the congrega
tion in a few well chosen emarks.
Dt A. H. Morey, one of the eMers,
. . . --u -u aQ ,o
on oenaii 01 mo uiun-u,
speech of acceptance
and feelingly
exhorted the members to greater dili-
eenoe in the service of the Lord thati
the church might be more effective In '-tanburg.
spreading the gospel and savingsouls. Ora L. Jofles, who purchased the
: The dedicatory prayer was offered Slyvan Valley News six years ago, and
bv Rev R. P. Smith, of Asheve, who who has been running the Quality
" i mnrt Wp- Print Shop since May 1, 1916, will re-
has done more mission work in wes-, v
tern North Carolina than any other Port at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.. on Au
pefson of any denomination, x . st 27 to take training for a corn
Many a church owes its existence ? missioned office In the United States
to his faithful efforts to spread the army ,
... f ho 1 Noah M. Hollowell, who leased the
eosnel throughout this section or tne
State,
Hundreds of men and women
date their spiritual and awakenirV
andconversiom to a'Chrlstian life -to
Dr. Smith's minisrjr and earnest per
sonal work... . :
- Other ministers who participated
i the services vsrere
Revs. A. m. sampie,
w M, McPheeters, A. i. Justice, of the
Ba fist church and T. EUyson Slmp-
son, the present pastor. -
The present edifice . was "began in
1904 and compCeted in 1906 and is a
worthy monument fo the skill of the
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PIJECEEMD BY TERRIFIC BOM
BARDMENT BY BRITISn AND
FRENCH. - :
If
BATTLES NOW ON
British Aeroplanes Swaipn the Skids
Directing Engagement The Ger
mang Crectfd by RMSSO-Rnmanians.
London, Aug. 15. Official Another
'powerful thrust at the German position
at-Lens was made by the British to
day. AM objective along the first line
BULGARIA AND
GERIilCI
i. "
Balkan Stales TTants HaLuic f the
Geneva, ' Aug. 15. Indications - are
that the relations between . Bulgaria
and Germany are becoming strained,
according tp advices received today.
Bulgaria is insisting upon the re
tention of Serbia, Macedonia end es
pecially the northeastern corner of
Serbia, containing the BerUn-Oonstan-tlnople
railway ttnd Dobrudja, a dis
trict containing over 6000 square miles
with a population of 258,000.
Germany is opposed the avaricious
demands, . Insisting that they prolong
the war and hinder the opening of
peace negotiationsT
HON. M. L. SHIPMAN BUYS
BREVARD NEWS DRINT SHOP.
Has Leased the Plant to C. B. Ogfcorne
of Spartanburg.
The Brevard News and the Quality
Prist Shop have "been sold to Hen. M.
PL Shipman, State Commissioner or
Labor and Printing, of Raleigh. - By
u
man will not be in a position to gire
. ., . . ...
tne Piant n ww-v
therefore has leased them to Ms
brother-in-Oaw, C. B. Osborne, of Spar-
-- . -
partment, on Jan. 1, lyib, ana run un
der this pjlan until May 1, 1916, when
he purchased the News from Mr.
Jones, leaves the early part of Sep
tember and will resumework with the
French Broad Hustler of Henderson
ville. . He will surrender the plant
on Sept. 1. - - - -
Mr. Osborne will take charge of the
Quality Print Shop immediately. He
is a Transylvania -boy, son of the latt
W. K. Osborne. He returns to Bre
vard highly experienced in the me
chanical and of the business which he
ONTOF
GREATEST
OIRilS
wa scarriedrby storm: The attack
followed a terrific bombardment of the
German trenches onr a wide front in
the . Eens-Loos sector simultaneously.
The Fi-ench attacking on the West
Flankers front advanced a considera
ble distance along the Dixmdue road,
say sa Paris dispatch. ""
Germans Checked.
- The Russians and Rumanians have
checked for thetim.e being, the 'off en
si of Field 'Marshal von Macksen
in the region of Fokshani while in
western Moldavia and Rumanians con
tinue. successfully their counter of
fensivt. In the Ocna-Groeechti re-'
gion - the Austro-Germans have been
dislodged from the villages of Slanise
as well as from heights southwest of
Grozfchti. - . . ,
WPLEIEIi
iCORlFROGl
Hen4er&n County Proves. U. Ffeitl
: . . Blood. ; .
Henderson county secured its Jull
quota out o fthe first call of men made
by the local exemption board. In the
final decision made of those who claim
ed exemption enough men were secur
ed to make the required-21 men.
. The second call of 15 men which
was made several days ago will not
be examined until there are vacancies.
This Is quite a record for Hender
son county as many counties through
out the eountry failed to secure the
required number out of the first call
for men which numbered twice the
amount of the full quota of any
county.
will conduct, having been with fhe
printing and publishing establishment
of Band & White of Spartanburg for
12 yearsr He" had his- first training
when associated with Mr. Shipman at
Hendersonville in the newspaper
business. - -. :
As to Mr. Shipman's investment, Js
is merely a case of !coraing back
home." He was in the newspaper
in Brevard, moving the French , B;v-ad
HustHer from this place to Hendersra
ville 21 years ago to the exact-date
when he takes over the News, Sept. 1.
Mr. Shipman took over, the Western
Nort hCarolinian rom J. L. O. Thomp
son og Pickens, S. C, and conducted
it under the name of the Transylvania
Hustler for six years before moving
to Hendersonville. Just before mov
ing to Hendersonville Mr. Shipman
married Miss Lula Osborne. During
his residence in the county Mr. Ship
man was a public school teacher and
for three years was county superin-
tendent. of. schools, giving the office
only a portion of his time. He was
elected for e, second term by the
justices of the peace but-in the mid
dle of this term the fusionists got con
trol of the State and appointment of
superintendenj s was placed in the
hands of clerks of courts, resulting in
a change In personnel of the superin
tendents. ; " -
Mr. Hollowell, who first entered the
newspaper work under Mr. ; Shipman
at Hendersonville nine years ago, has
E RST CALL
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1ST FIRST
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DE10LISHED
METROPOLITAN PRESS 'BELIEVES
NOTHING TO POPE'S PROPOSALS.
1 -i ";.
6EIILII1 AND U1A
lAIit Illlif TOTHEH
Report Has it That Teutons Will Ac-
cPt the Terms and Place Barden of
'-u y :
Rejection on United States and En
tente Powers.
Ngw York Aug. 1J. Pope Bene
dict's peace proposals were received
with a cold reception in London.- But
there is every indication that they are
acceptable to Berlin and Vienna,
Metropolitan newspapers here" and
eflsewhere state, with few-exceptions,
that they take the position -that no
peace is possible until Prussianism is
demolished for good and? all time.
Some , believe the agitation may lead'
to further peace movements.. J
, . TCTtciABies Wni 4ctpt
that Germany., and 'Austria-Hungary
will accept .the .Vatican peace propo
sals and place the. burden of refection,
, wt TTnH.j .nj
the Entente powers, reached Washing-j
ton:today. , ,: ,7 , . ,
The information : came . through - di-
- & .'
plomaflc confidential circles and is
causing some anxiety to fhe adminis- J
tration, which- views with deepest ;
concern the injection into the war this
S - I
new concrete proposition at the pres
ent time.
By epeciaj direction of the Presi
dent, officials refrained from all pub
lic discussion of the Vatican's propo
sals. It is emphasized at the IWhite
House and State department, however,
that the suggestions of the Pope will
receive the utmost comsideratioh. j
It some quarters it is expected the
proposals may result -in counter-propo
sitions from the Entente powers and
America. ;.. . ;
- Congress Gets Busy on Peace. -Washington,
. , Aug. "15. Senator
Lewis introduced a resolution in thel
Senate to stop Congressional Interfer
ence In the conduct of fpeaqe negotia
tions. ' ;
Senator Sherman introduced a res
olution directing peace negotiations
along certain lines.
South American diplomats anxi
ously inquired what attitude the Uni-
Teaclier'. Joys and Tribulations.
A teacher , of English tells In the
New Republic of his tribulations, one
of them being that among the S0.0OO,
000 words he has passed upon in stu
dents' papers, "athletics" has appeared
100,000 times I On the other hand, one,
of his pleasant memories is that of "a
delightful lass who defined, esthetic
as 'something to k?Il cats with,' ai: il
lustrated her definition by the sen
'"tive. 'We ff&pah cat m 5thrt!i-'
been associated with the Hustler in
one capacity or another from time to
time and the present arrangement in
volves ?n exchange of a, portion of
Mr. Shipman's financial interests-m
the Hustler to Mr. JHollowell for the
News. ' . " - .
. The present editor of the News will
sing, his swan song in the final issue
under his management, August 31.
BE
EATLESS
mm
DAYS SU
Everything oh the Hoof Jumping Over
the lloon. , I
Chicago, Aug; 15. -Hogs set a hew
mark today,, an advance of $2.50 in
two weeks." ':: -,y ,- " r- -V- '.
. Lambs, made a similar advance . at ."'
$17. Cattle" touched $15. '
ted States would take and received no
satisfaction)! All in higher-jup cir
cles are saying nothing. .
Officials and diplomats frankly ad-,
mit that the Pope's action completeyil
re-opens the entire subject of peace.
POPE'S PEACE PROPOSAL :
HAS A GERMAN FLAVOR
So Says Diplomats in Europe and Plait
1?fll be PnbUghed Tomorrow. C
Rome, AugL 15. Peace proposals
made by Pope Benedict have been de
livered to all the belligerent govern
ments.' - ; ;; l' . y .H." .' '
- The Pope suggests" restoration, of :
Belgium, Serbia and Roumainia and
peaceful solution o fthe problems f
Alsacce-Lorraine, Trent, Triest and
Polaad awwdinftp ;epbrisifrm Ta-:
Tlos . sources rfV-i T-if si$e'jh
The pope's - peace; appeal .proposed
that there be no annexations and ne
tJC -, JU-
such as Belgium and Serbia the rr
turn to Germany of their colonies in
exchange for; the occupied, depart
ments of France freedom of the seas,
disarmament and the formation' of a'
supreme court of "arbitration for the;
settlement of future international dis-
pufs
The peace proposals wil Ibe pub-
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lished here Thursday. J -
,-London, Aug. 15. "The so-called :
peace terms have a distinct . German
flavor." . This reply . was- given in an
I authoritative quarter In London yes- "1
terday. v
The opinion twas expressed that the
'inspiration for the peace move proba-
bly emanated from Austria and was f
in the nature of a trial balloon as a
prelude to more" definite propsiUonsf
from: the' central powers to the 'allies. ,
"It : has long -been known to states-- :
men of theA allied countries, that, the"
central poyers are eager to conclude -T
peace on terms of restoration . of the ;
status quo. Therefore there is - no
need of any protracted consideration r
before saying what the attitude of the
afllies will be. A status quo peace
would bedistinctly a German peace, ..
and is the very thing which President -Wilson
and other American statesmen
have been long emphasizing as impos-
sible and unthinkable. All the sacid; -3
fices of this terrible war will have ;f
been in vain if we do not concclude a -j
peace which will insure the yorli -against
a repetition.! -, .
In reply to an inquiry whether the ,
Vatican note had been expected or had"
corne a sa surprise, it was stated that
the first information -"-regarding it-;
reaehed Whitehall .. yesterday . "sii-:
though' a similar note would not have
caused - any surprise at any time "in
the past two months." . . .... ':"
It. was explained that on account of '
its nature the note probably would re-; J
quire no formal answer. - It is ex- .
pected informal replies wil lbe deliv
ered by means- of speeches ; in thenextvw
few; days by various allied statesmen .
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