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-w V s Hustler The VOL. XXIV NO. 50 Annual 31eetlus Will Ue Held .at iKen tuckj Home Tuesday Mglit; Elec tion of Officers Scheduled, .r -y ' ' ' v -' : .V BOARD OF TRADE10" SfED I - Hp": .: .-. '. ' the. first few days of the campaign tor Henderson ville boosters are .looking iJiew mcmDers for the Red Cro3s, per forward to the Board of Trade supper misaion has been granted to count all at the Kentucky home on Jiext Tuesday imemhera.we can secure-between this niht- date . and Jan. 1st on our Christmas This is to be one of the big social membership quota. So far we have and business events of the organiza- had. reported 463 new members, which tion. ; is not bad, and is very gratifying to all A few out-of-town people of promi- ntncc have been invited and an inter- es'::'o projrmn of events has been arraugod, including the annual .elec- tion of officers. C. F. Bland has served well and faithfully for the past year, giving am- selfishly of his time and attention for the promotion of the Board of Trade work, and since it is a job that "carries with it no great honors and no salary and one which requires a good deal of attention, efforts will be made io per- suade Mr. Bland into a second term as president. The office of secretary is another elective one. A. S. Truex Is the pres- ent secretary and he promises that an session this year it will do so -with a clean slatp and no indebtedness. This fft in itoif snpaVs vrilumfis for the efficiency of the secretary. The office carries only a -nominal salary It could x-- j. j - '.ni not propel ly Jje leru-leu a aaidi . nuu since no one seeks the! job, TJr. TrueiX " effective! v -eerved in tile capacity of "watch dog" of the treasury and al- though the Board of Trade "has execut- mieM cor tribute to the work, he could ed a nrorrram of progress she stands not loin, and for MIia sane reason did out of debt, which is c redit to the vo belong to the church: ? Corinth secretary for the organization's chief !?ns. Bil.Bo ye not unequally. yoked .mrr-.ePTit hPTPtnfnre "has been its hi'mi'iiating .indebtedness. Supper tickets to the members w'll be sold for 75 cents a plate. Tickets will have to be purchased from the copper committer bv Friday niglit of this week in order "that preparations mav be mado fo tho event. It is to be an interesting meetmsr: rrrtu h !sr ii Ren . mak'ne it important for all members to be present The supper committee consists or Dr L B Morse, chairman; K. G. Mor- Ti? JD Duff. Clarence Latham and Noalr M Hollowell. POSTOFFICE FELT RUSH OF BIG HOLIDAY TRADE The-merchants of Hendersonville had a big trade during the holidays. That Z i Una. His great grandmother was Eliz meantra busy time at the postoffice yQtjr g,,. ome rtav wbo abeth Bacot of the prominent Hugenot ti'wia nowunonprq pavo stories of con- o it tcto n Anniiiiiinn t wrioh to family of Charleston, S. C. ... j .i. iA ,o?ia h irPCMJn. u n l in in. ii 1 1 tri v t-n liiaiia &u wuca. . T ' ciaTTifTS r-i hiiiiki KuuvniK naa a.u c- - - f ceptjon. iThe mails were worked reg uarlv and kept out of the way. The stamp window was a busy place . . . HendersonyJUIe Postoffice and although the patrpns would file in line occasionally, jaootn this line was dissinated nnd tho r.nmmndatinr,a and service at the local office in the face of a neavy business wa.s notning over which just and general complaint could be made. ' One of the postoffice employes said - that the hiiRinPsa wn -third heav- ier than it had been at any time he had . rendered service in this cosnection for tne past ten Christmas seasons. I Th0 nnefnffina min,ra. shnwpri -vj- - t, iiiv. ill xwt . tv lostoffice employes showed their appreciation and respect for Post-, master S. Y. Bryson, by presenting him a nice silk muffler. FROST BITTEN CORN DANGEROUS Iaat wcoi r tj1 rt irat on bull and also a yearling, their deaths being caused by the eating of frost bit- ten corn. " r . " -V-Xk vj. Xi. V 1 AUO b H.U Ai3ww The bulT was one of the fine cattle display made by Mr. Orr atthe fair. A shorttime ago he was offered $1.50 1 for his animal, Brerard News -! Jit Contains Mnrfi To all Red Cross Campaign Managers and the People of Henderson County: As the weather was so bad during who are interested in the Red. Cross, but it is only 77 of the 600 we were expected. to get. v The campaign was to secure 10,000.- C00 new r.ieinoers in the United States. About 13.000,000 have been reported, showing that some sections have done far better than was requeterl of them, Do v?e want Henderson County to lag behind the re"t of the country in this important matter? I do not wish to believe it. but in order to do our part, we must secure 137 more new members before Jan. 1st. Some of you have just neglected to send in your name and 1 rconey. P'easo don't wait for some- ! boay to call on you, but send your ! name r1 'oll?- o -ire. to TI. F. Stew- erers of the campaign in the county You Know, all yon need to join the Red Cross are "A heart and a dollar", and "if yon have the heart, you can find the dollar." J want to give you a few o.nco i ui uic uuiuauu iroauu; rA.ov.o tlat hnvebeen iyen for.;.not;4otuius, tme man quotea tne loiiowing passage of scripture, and said that, while he together with unbievers: for What MinwsK" hath righteousness with nn- eteoRTess? nrd what communion -ith Tight with darkness " pou von be- long to hi class? Another said he already eiving 20 or SO dollars worth 0f hi tir-e to the government p- thought he was doing n he co"W aord. t v0" tn trat ciassY An- nthor rha he did rot know what would Tie don with his dollar? Do you be- long with hhn? Why. even a. German o"?M. to join h T?ed Cros, for just as surelv as nig follows dav. the time win come . whn tho American Red C'03 workers i" Eurone will -bff call- ed nnon to mlniPter to sick and wound- ?rd their Uipq. . Their work Is too -broad to -he" limited to caring for onl Am-r'cans and our aMies. So. if re German or v.i, n wh ho-hoinoi ir. otw wav Liiani an n uw ilu f n ,iiuuu iia u-ij whatever to mPlre our camDaign as . --- --- - . w - - jf v,,na f 107 whirh - 0 . .. still need to maKe our campaign a com- plete success. J Sincerely yours, j A. C. TEBEAU, Chairman I Christmas Membership Campaign. .WHOLE-HEARTED SUPPORT , j TO AMERICAN RED CROSS. December 21st, 1917. Dr A C. Tebeau, V President, Red Cross, Hendersonviue, jn C. My dear Sir: . i. wlf , tit myself, are all members of the lied successful as it has "been for the gen- was an iuibiosiiiib"'.'4' squadron on, Mannheim Christmas m an interview who. aiuswuui i.Grover A. Shipman. N.rnerce spicer, erous and unselfish spirit shown in event and the war between the stsu eve accordiHg to a dispatch from Ba- be soon after the first-Lusitama note, ' waiter D. Stepp, Singleton F. Thomp t m A-u t '0 He recently wrote at the request of , ru.i.. -v tna .Ynu mav auote me as saying that i i ta t Word .Harrv F WiiliarYiR. (Cross and have been since the organ- . I 7a f inn nf the Hendersonville chapter, but I am informed that renewal mem - bershlps count on the Christmas Mem- bershin Campaign now on. - The President of the United States says in uuuucuwu that "our conscience will not let us enjoy the Christmas season if this pledge of support to our cause and the .world's weal is left unfulfilled, 1 1 . 1- f1mm Red Cross memDersmp. is tue mas spirit in terms of action. t m terms oi ntuuu. - as we want to nave nut nhristmas spirit but to have it in As we want to nave noi umy ---- . Christmas spim uut tu "terms of action," I am enclosing .herewith four dollars- wh the request " . - ,--a. t, rlu tha us tnat we may Keep m iuu.u n. ffreat . work. J - . - TVIay I say to Red Cross worn, inro you its president, the prayer we all want to say for the boys as they Go over the Top uoou iuck, dnu tn . .bless you! Cordially yours, MICHAEL SCHENCK. tnat you renew tue iui wun a pacil uu Ui8 "r, VJ, iT I Britain. Italy and the United (Mrs. SCliencK. my ooy ana mysen, an airpiane mucn to me aengut ui oioa-nfps Tho . have thA Red Cross Magazine sent to ahout 100 small children wno nuaaieu - - . . l mt tr L . - m. - m I n V XI a U V A mm w HenrWsrm Tniintv HENDERSONVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, . ! ' ' . f?.y a ; U 1- -'. J ; ill 1 - . . - FATHER OF MRSu WARD DEAD. Ward Goes to Wilmington to A trend Bxami oi iier rather. nends of, Mrs, R. Ed ward will sinpttuize with Her in tue loss of ner d"ier au fccuul OI. t"011 13 lven Deiow as taKen irom tne Morning star. - V"V - r.iilf,0.11 - V C ; Mrs" Ward is now in Wilmingtoi:rTf tiTVo traVnr,yV Wnrt oti The deceased was a visitor in Hender sonville last .winter. The following is from the Star The funeral of Mr. William Alexan- der Willson, whose death occurred naay at tne nome oi nis son in inat- tanooga, Tenn., w:ll be held this after- uuuu a- U(lhuaie ceuieteiy muueuiaieiy after the arrival of the Atlantic Coast Llne tram from 'the south. Owing to the fact that practically all trains are running on belated schedules, the ex- act hour cannot be given.. o. incxiuox uiim.v"" ii. with profound regret vesterday of the Passing of Mr. Willson. He was the ui we nuiuwi iiouxi Ann iri uduse auu ueatcuadui ui several prominent families of the old CaPe ear section. His ancestors were conspicuous in the history of the Colo- nial arfa Revolutionary period, his great grandfather, William Gause, a wealthy planter of Brunswick county, fought bravely in tne Jirst years or me vlu"nai Uncle Billie, as his friends called . . . im, loved to talk of the old times ana ia r 4- the United Daughters of the Confeder- anv a rtTti.hlltirn fnr thA Statp .Tfllir- ""-i r. ; nal nis recollections of the old navy yard in Wilmington. "Mr. Willson was of several one brothers and sisters as follows: The late Mrs. Cornelia Grant, Mrs Emeline ! Owens. Mrs. Julia Toomer, Mrs. Elvira 'Bethea and Mrs. Adelaide Martin and Messrs. Walter Willson, Benjamin .Willson, Charles Willson and James V Wlllonn nf th b ftv JU. VVUlSOn, OI ima City. 1 "The deceased was married in 1861 to M'ss Sarah Jane Beery, vhp survives eerjr, wuu uith: him with two sons and two daughters whoare; Mr, W. K WU.son, Jr. Mr, " t tv Mj.s w L. DeVany and several grand cfcJWren." : ,. . -American Soldiers HaTe Santa, ! with the American Army in Franca, Dec. 26. The American expeditionary forCe in celebrated Christmas m a uowuug suu w cu m . ued all-day. - Despite the difficulties due t0 the storm few features of any pr0gram were cancelled. Even the celebration at the quarters of the . . - J .. M mm-wf A.A American air squaaron out although a piinamg snuw Wncu int0 the hangar wnere axree naa ueeu into tne nangar wuere rprted for the children of a nearby erpctea tor me umiureu Ul UGMUJ. vii.age There, banta swoopea aown f the loudi l " .rC t h1 that wumn tue sucuci. it i "-""" - nh'idren an v where had ever seen sucn - - a sight v . London's Valuation. o dnn's jsouare mile is estimated at don's square mile is about. $150,000.000. Nevn i hnn AH Other Nexvcbaners Combined; If. C. MEYER PRESENTS THE HUSTLER, FOR WHICH LY CARTOONIST WHILE ENGAGED AS ARCHITECT IN HENDEKSON TILLE, WITH THE FALLOWING TIMELY CUT, WHICH HE SENDS WITH HOLIDAY GREETINGS FROM 73 HERRIMAN AVENUE, JAMAI CA, L. L - . , AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN FRANCE 1 - GET HEAVY XMAS MAILS T Washington, Dec 22. rMore than a million Ihoimds of American Christmas cneer ag rumbled to the Sammies'. . sector thevFrench front and their uink.i,t nef liaiiliilS.ttaiuys mcjcawut, , mc.;vvt offlfejaaOT vessel to get it an iuuc. The folks at home heeded the warn- irttr and mnilprt vorvthiner before Nov- i A. -i. it. ll K-.no V.- , - mr l5. the deDartment said, "thus 1 nRalirw thaf t.h men will iret all their N-ift hv Christmas morning." . Tn from home" packages number- ed 374751, fined 31,341 mail sacks and weighedx 1,181,055 pounds. Eighty-five Frelicll baggage cars were assigned to scatter the bundles to their destina - tions at the Front. : I Not a singie bomb, not a solitary stick of poison, nor a pro-German ar- Mi. nf nriv rinA waa found in anv of the 'packages. Every article in. every paCkage was carefully examined by women searchers 40 of 'em, count :emf 40in New York, and 40 more in Chicago. A few boxes of safety j matcne3 In some bundles were the j y forbidden atricles found. About 400 distributors were employed to handle the packages for the postoffice at "the two terminals. KAISER NARROWLY ESCAPED. Geneva, Dec 26. The German em peror, returning "with his staff from the ita, y,a 0 n9rrnw oranP t ci uuii ii l aiuu m umt w t vwv v dllrin th- rPnrisai raid of a British air a DT0.Qi fr, ioff tv,0 fltioTi . . . . .. . - . , . which was partly aestroyea oy several .rtTVlHa . A nf th tmoko was bombs. A, section of the tracks was torn uPcuttlnS communication north. THE GERMAN RATION. . ta. or ni..f ftAa pny dim - " SfJL n Sfemnts at u rr,on,fo0t r . . ' . m. 1 frnnhlo cnh a ar- Xit socilalst leaders tt 4a CQiH trt h4 fnr niirelv r-i whinh i Raid tn be for Durelv ' orta, HAtaii are suppressea. uis Boisumusmg uiu.3 is connected with food difficulties, which appear to be reaching very se rious -stages. Universardemand exists for the increase of the potato ration from seven to 10 - pounds per head weekly. Workers say that responsible .i&TtKtiZ authorities agree that seven pounds Is toes is so bad that often of the seven pounds given only six are usable. Allies Aslied to Participate in Peace. Petrograd, - Dec. 22. Reports from Rret-Litovsk tonight declared it had desirable from the stand inf.inlp fh i t f principie, that all belligerents o m ;arfllan,tp ln neace negotiations now - . conducted there. Both sides, it was said, had decided to invite-France, States -to Germans consid- BT It neuesd.ry tu n.uu" txxo nlw ,0fro nnpnin? formal negotiations Tit It t, "Rfntfno- In PetrASrAuL I Berne, Dec. 22. Rioting reigns in j Petrograd. according to reports here tonight. Wine shops have been de- 1Isned and sacked. resulting in wild orgies and pitched fighting in-the streets with rifle and machine gun fire, 1917 HE WAS FORMER RAILROADS TO BE OPERATED BY GOYERXMENT DURING ?t PFRTOTI OF THE WAR- wasmnKion. jjcu 2 6. Government e - and ODeration of the ;naf r ' . " k WQo r, uuu -aaiuvdus-iui . ie:-n , 4 ., ' -. -. Onrtpnight: . --. i rt r tt rati it day, December 28. William G. Mc- Adoo, retaining his place in the cabi net as secretary of the treasury, is placed in charge as director-general of ! railroads. uvery ranroaa engagea in general ! transportation, with its appurtenances, , including steamsmp nnes, is taeu ! over and all systems, will be operated j as one under the d.rector-genearl. 1 . In a statement accompanying hiS ..proclamation, the President announced ; that as soon as Congress reassembles ue w.u recummeuu legiaiduuu &uiu.- teeing pre-war earnings and mainten ance of railroad properties in good re j pair SETS BRYAN STRAIGHT, Washington, D. C, Dec. In view of ! the misrepresentation repeated ltf the newspapers and finally embodied in a book with reference to the so-called Dumba incident, President Wilson has written Mr. Bryan the following letter dated December 17: "My attention has been called to a book in which the author states by very .clear implication that I demand ' .a " A j 'ed vour resignation as Secretary of - 1 State because of language used by you . . . ... ... . 1 nun. did not ask for your resignation or de J i. nn-r no no -n lacrn from m V one t, ""j r. . , note accepting your resignation. . And this statement ought also to be a suffi cfent answer to the critrcism of you t based upon, the Dumba interview, foj I could not make it if i tnougnt you resnnnsihio for tho misinterpretation placed upon that interview in Berlin, But knowing at the time all the facts, il did not give the matter serious thought and I may add, in justice to you, that as you promptly corrected the misinterpretation when, within & few days,-it was brought to your at tention, it, could not have affected the diplomatic .situation." Presbyterians Plan Union. Richmond, Va., Dec Committees of prominent ministers and laymen rep resenting the Northern and Southern branches of the Presbyterian Church met in Richmond regarding plans for closer union of the Church. The two bodies at their respective annual meet ings in May last considered the matter of -closer relations and co-operative plans, with the view , of ultimately bringing about a federation of all the Presbyterian and Reformed bodies of the United States, which now operate under twelve different forms of or organization. CLOTHING FOR SOLDIERS. Washington, Dec. 26. Its first dlrect information regarding equipment of America's fighting men In France and American training camp was received today by the senate military commit tee in resuming its inquiry Into army operations, and the committee pro ceeded" independently to remedy winter clothing shortages in the latter. PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 rtenaersonviiie nas aauuue .? tary air during the holidays asra result' of the return of , the boys from. Ft. Cas weiU where they have been in training. 'Practically all- the boys fromXthis -county are home from Ft;. CaswelLex cept those" who were i punishe'd forbear ing without" leav' of absencet as ,was' stated in the Hustler, last-week..' . I It iq understood that-the punishment i n ftiiA ' hnvs " who ' visited their, homes :'- v'wtliniit lisar'A nrrt?stpr!' mnstlvnf .- a line of eacn, tnougn tmtj luiuiuia- v tion is not official. , ' - . r -.V ment in this company; which was a lo ca organisation. . : . - days-' pass. '-The list of names, of those f ; ircing witfi the Sixth Company Coast -( Artillery Corps -from Henderson and . surrounding counties, f olio ws: This ; list does not designate official ranks, transfersrpromotions, demotions; dis charges, etc., which could not behad officially. , .... v C ' . Rolla V. Lad, Wiltshire Griffith, J. r rjiaiv .rrhfvmns Cl- McAbee. William G McCall, Claudef Lr English, Vin. 1?I. T?pndfir. Zolla "II Reese, Herschel II.';r B5y, ,Wm. F, Bradbprn; Albert V.E warria! fTrt-, Jamlsbtii Merls'H. Jo..aison ij? .Q 'Stm'H'SCVsni . r . l&y JL Sta I ' . - . son. Rov C Bennett, Chas. w. .Bloom, Wm. F. Reese, Frank-Davis, Henry A. Robertson, Way land H. Beason; Carey J.'Blythe, Carrol F. Blythe. Frank M. Ely, John S Brown, Isaac H. Case,. Al bert J Corn, Robert E. Corn, Lusk , : Cochran, Wm. H. Crook, McKinley ; Drake, Paul W. English, Russell urnsi, j Overton L. Erwin, Sam Freeman, Hen- j rv c Fowler, Furman Fowler, Hilliard powier) Chester- R. Glenn, Robert Gil- niand, J W. Garren, Henry Garren, ; Arthur Garren, Claude 1m Hathcock, ; Carl Hardm, Harvey tr. tiamiuon, uus L. Hoots, Daniel B. Huggins, Jesse P. TT.. J Tnnnn nnircn'na TT"o olov TTlld- - son, Glover Jackson, Paul T. Johnson, Guy P. Jordan, Robert Jones, John L. Tnnes Tamea King. Fred Laughter. AlexanderK. Lewis. Emmett E. Lott, Floyd L. Maxwell, Charlie Mace. John P. Mills, T. Manning Morris, Wm. F. . McCall, Mark L McCall, Ezekial W. McCall, Homer C McCall, Wm. H. Mc Call, Wilford McCarson, John W. Mc Crary. Roy N. McMihri, Ernest O. Nel sonrcharlie Norrs, CovOrr, Thomas E. Osteen .Finley Pace, Ralph M. Pear son, Clifford Raxter, Will R, Reid, James O Revis, Franklin .Y. Revis, Thomas O. Rhyne, Henry T. Scruggs, i r v Lantie A; Sen Wm. A. Smith, ; . Harold Williams, Oren Willis, Robert. L Whitmire, , A. Ficker, James P. Whorton, E. J. Anders, H. H. Case. Mexican Bandits Cross Lines. Marfa, Tex;, Dec. 26. -American troops today were guarding all out lets to Van Home canyon, where 100 . Mexican bandits on Christmas morn- ing crossed the American border, raid ed the postoffice and general store on ?.. the Brite ranch, 27 miles southeast of here, killed Michael Welsh, a veteran stage driver, and his two Mexican pas sengers, wounded Sam Neill, foreman ' of the Brite ranch and carried away, booty estimated to be worth" $7,000. .- .. - Bolshevik Power Wanesi London. Dec. , 26. There have been occasional assertions In Petrograd dis patches that the influence and power of the Bolshevik! were waning Dut never with such unanimity as in special dis natches dated from the Russia" capital Sunday and nrintcd . todav. - Nearly U aiake the point in one form or. other thai defection from tit f. woil men's and -cW dfers organization is growing con stantly. Among causes alle??od are general lack of authority, the i..reao in drunkenness, the rpl'.icace f the rjomilation to work and the rrcarrity of foodstuffs. The main desire of the diers is said to be for peace. .j . . Loss bv Submarine Less. London, Dec. 26. The looses to British shinninf show a material de crease for the past week. According to the admfra'tv " report tonight, 11 British merchantmen of 1.600 tons or o-er were sunk. during this, period by mine orv submarine, as , well as one merchantman -vrjder that tonnage, and one fighting vessel. ison, Rusieil Drake, Alln Hawkins, i turn jr.jgcit.uJJ, vicu. : . - -- , .- rAUen, ;Robt. "Vvkr McAbeS, '"Donald, ii. t;
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