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VOL. XXV. NO
HENDERSONVILLE. N. C. THURSDAY; -SEPTERIBER 19 1918
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Evangelist Raymond Browning ttn-
der the auspices of the local Metho-
dist church, held the initial meeting
under his big tent on Sunday alter-
noon.
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Euinsolist K-rmond Browning
The congregation was fairly repre
sentative for the opening service and
the able evangelist touched up his
hearers on the type of life Christians
represented, told something cf the
fire? th
vould have to pass through
a roa". strewn witn nardsmps as well j icai ability: '
as fragrant rcses. but pictured good j "Miss Evah Blythe, the accom
rettuns for thoe vrlio hold out faith- plished daughter of Judge and Mrs.
i ally in the race. I O. V. F. Blythe, who has been spend-
Thi is Evangelist Browning's sec- i jng ner summer vacation with her
ovA tent meeting in Hendersonville, j parents. at their home on Fourth ave-
v.here the noted preacher has been
making his home for nearly two years
The evangelist is well qualified for j
his v.-ork. He is strong in the faith ;
and is gifted with those qualities in I
delivery whereby he at his will runs
the full gamut of human emotions,
having his congregation smiling at
one moment and wiping tears the
next. He is dramatic, endowed with
a very vivid imagination; splendid in
mimicry, caustic in sarcasm and
most uncompromising in his severe
arraignment of sin. All in all, "Evan
gelist Browning is interesting; lie al
"tfays has attentive listeners in large
numbers and always gives something
good to reflect upon.
Mr. Browning will hold two services
daily, at 10 in the morning and at 8
at night. The meetings will last for
t7:o weeks.
J. Perry Carter, a Henderson coun
ty boy who has been taking evenge
hstic singing at the Moody Bible In
for yars, if home on a va
CLtlun. and is leading the music for
-io meetings.
Gso. Dukes Loses
Life On Transport
George !H. Dukes, son of Mrs. Eli
zabeth A. Dukes, who resides on
tiee street, lost his life on a torpedo
ed transport on September 5. The
transport was not lost but Mr. Dukes
ho was in naval service, suffered
fatal injuries in the engine room
when the ship was torpedoed by an
eemy submarine.
JEWISH SERVICES HERE.
he Jews cf Hendersonville, a-num-b?r
of summer visitors, and several
siting Jews from nearby army camps
observed the Jewish holiday here Mon
day. They held the first service on
Sunday night. Services were held
throughout Monday.
The Jews were fortunate in being
able to get Rabbi A. Colatz, of New
rk, to conduct the service, -tail
being the first of the kind ever held
In this city. The services were In
tne hall over Patterson's Depart
ment store.
MR. HAMPTON DEAD.
M. Bacon and family have re
turned from Stem, N. C, where they
ent to attend the funeral cf Mrs.
peon's father, V. H. Hampton, who
"ea at the Patton Memorial Hospital
ast Tuesday, September 10. Mr.
Hampton had been sick for a month
anl died after .an operation.
fed To Gamp
Actic
er call. No. 1447 the io-
ca cf a board will entrain ten
colored meiffor Camp Green during
the period,- October 16-18.
The names of the men, including one
substitute, follow: 1 '
Arthur Kennedy, Hasker Fletcher,
F T - - . -
France Shipman, Hobert Taylor, Car
irol Johnson, Clarence Dorrity, Benny
E. Lynch, Julius' Franklin, Boney
"Payne and John Laula. Allen.
These
men were
registered prior
to August 24.
REV. MR. SCOTT LEAYES
On last Sabbath Rev. W. Moore
Scott, of the First Presbyterian
church, of Savannah, Ga., closed his
service for the First Presbyterian
church of this place and on Monday
returned home through the country,
by motor.
Rev Scott endeared himself to the
members o fthis church, -and all those
with whom he came in contact, for
his sterling wotrh. .He was f wtr-
less in bringing the true , gospel
to his hearers, and we trusc
prove that it fell in good grounds and
will bring forth rich fruitage in a
Richer more zealous service for our
plaster.
"Vacate" again, Brother Scott, in
our wonderful mountains; we love
I you and yours. A. H. MOREY.
PRAISE FOR HISS EVAH BLYTHE
Friends of Miss Evah Blythe, who
has had several years in music and
is specializing in violint will- be in
terested in the following appreciation
cf her attainments as summed up by
a great admirer of her marked mus-
nue, west,, will return to. the New i
England Conservatory of Music, Bos
ton, Mass., on Monday, September 23,
to resume her work in that great con
servatory. Miss Blythe is -quite mod
est as to her attainments, but she has
had several years of work in her
chosen art. For several years the
has had the best teachers obtainable,
and has been constant in her appli
cation to her work. She already
holds two diplomas; and has spent
the past three years in the New Eng-'
land Conservatory of Music, the great
est in the country; completed her the
oretical studies under Mr. Elson, and
other celebrated teachers of the con
servatory; and has been during those
three years under the special training
of Mr. Winternitz, on-e nf the great
master, and greatest violin teacher
in the country.
"That Miss Blythe Has made good
in every particular, and .has musical
ability of wide range is attested by
i ikes beauty and accuracy oi ner ren-
aons oi the mosi difficult composi
tions, us veil a.3 by tha pathos and
perfection with which sue renders sa
cred, patriotic and sentimental pieces.
That she stands high 'in the great
conservatory is well attested by the
high marks she has made upon all her
examinations; and judging irom her
performances, she ranks among the
real musicians of the country; and
Hendersonville wishes for .her great
success."
MISS JAMIE CARSOJ WEDS
Miss Jamie Claire Carson, daugh
ter of Thomas B. Carson, of this
city, was married to William JE.
Phipps of Greensboro on last Tues
day ,at the local Presbyterian church,
by Rev. W. Moore Scott.
It was a quiet wedding with only
intimate members of the family and
a few close friends present. .
Mr. and Mrs. Phipps will mase
their home in Greensboro after Sept.
20. '
Mr. Phipps is a business man of that
pity, being at the head of the Greens
boro Hardware company.
The bride is well and favorably
known in Hendersonville, though she
.has not lived here for five years. For
. . ,
four years sue tooK training as. a
liaurse in Greensboro and for the past
r . a. s : l A-.
year nas Deen practicing uei jjiutco-
slon in a hospital of that city. She is
an attractive lady with many well-
I wishing friends in Hendersonville,
where she was rgarea.
Sigar bowls "H&ve been banished
from American dining cars a trav
eler is served bis portion of sugar
an? np jnpre.
W'EkWIiM
DR. E. K. HARDING OF ASHEVILLE TO pELIVER SECOND AD.
DRESS HERE; HOME GUARDS TO LEAD IONG PROCES
SION; MILITARY BANDl FROM CAMP; PUR
CHASING OF STAMPS SUBSCRIBED FOR
IMPOR TANT.
Henderson county is to have a big
War Savings rally at Hendersonville
on next Saturday.
C, F. Bland , the county War Sav-I
ings chairman who recently succeed-?
ed Brownlow Jackson, is arranging
for a large celebration. 5
. Dr. E. K. -Harding, pastor of the'
Central. Methodist church of . Ashe-Vties
ville, who made a splendid impres
sion with his address in this city last
spring, has been engaged to deliver
the principal address, which will be
at the court house at 3 o'clock.
Mr. Bland is in communication
with Camp Wadsworth authorities
with the view, of securing a military
band for the occasion. The Pioneer
frBand has been promised.
Every person who has purchased
or pledged to purchase War Savings
stamps will be invited and urged to
join the parade wihle those who have
neither purchased nor promised to do
so will take their stand on the side-
walk and watch the procession golsources and by various persons and
by. ' .
Mr. Bland will endeavor to have a
parade extend from the Carolina Ter-
. BRITT TO SPEAK AT
CHIMNEY ROCK SATURDAY
Ex-congressman James J. Britf will
deliver-abr address at-theigritrnce"to
the Chimney Rock grounds on "next
Saturday at 11 o'clock, when War Sav
ings and the Fourth Xdberty Bond will
e emphasized v
BOOKS SHELVED AT LIBRARY
IX JUtT AXD AUGUST.
The Devil's Cradle Sidgwick.
The Blond Beast Bennett.
Unpardonable Sin Hughes.
Daughter of the Land Porter.
House of Whispers Johnston.
The Man Who Lost Himself
Stackpool.
The Rough Road Locke.
Red Pepper's Patients Richmond.
Lord Tony's Wife Orczy.
Dere Mable Streeter.
The Theshold Cooke.
Making Her His Wife Harris.
..Joyous Troublemaker Gregory.
"Over Here" Xelley.
. Cver There With the Australians
Knyvett.
Hilltop on the Maren Aldrich.
Good Old Ann L.owndes.
The Dark Tower -Bottome.
Last of the Great Scouts Grey.
Twenty-fourth of June Richmond
Light Above the "Crossroads Ric
kard. Five Tales Galswwrth.
Merry Men and Other Tales
Stevenson.
Kidnapped Stevenson.
The Black Arrow Stevenson;
New Arabian Nigkts Stevenson.
Treasure Island Stevenson.
Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Twain.
Girls of Central High on Lake Luna
Morrison.
Outdoor Girls in a Motor Car
Hope.
Outdoor Chums in the Forest Al
len. Tom .Slade on a Transport Fitz
hugh. Boobsy Twins at the Seashore
Hope.
Literary Digest War Map.
PRESBYTERIANS TO HEAR
REY. LIGON ON SUNDAY.
Rev. J. Frank Ligon, of Reidsville,
S. C, a man of strong spiritual pow
er, will fill the pulpit (morning and
evening), of the Presbyterian church,
the 22nd. Every member is urged
to be present and the public is cordi
ally invited to both these services as
this church Is seriously thinking of
calling Brother Ligon to its pulpit,
and it is hoped he can stay over the
following Wednesday evening for
prayer meeting, when a general re
ception or get-acquainted meeting
will follow the prayer service,
A. H. MOREY
race Hotel to a point well down South
TVIain street The Home Guards will
Jmost likely head the. procession, in
which the Rd Cross will make an
impressive showing. v
A striking feature of the event
will be the raising of the flag furnish-
ed by the government to those coun-
.which have pledged their War
Saving quota. This event will take
place at the ; court house.
Henderson county has been cred
ited with subscribing its quota of
stamps, $357,000, but less than $100
000 have been purchased and the
purpose of this rally is to impress
the people with the importance of
making their purchases as early as
possible.
Mr. Bland will go over the sub
scriptions carefully in the effort to
learn - if any other of the subscrip
tions have been counted twice, which
is reasonable to expect since they
have been turned in from - various
organizations, all of which were anx-
ious to swell their subscriptions to
the largest possible figure.
GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR
1 LARGER WHEAT CROP
Demonstrator Fleming (JiTes Valuable
Advice in Matter of Yhat Grow
ing; Based on Practical , Experi
mentg.
Last year the government asked for
a 10 per cent increase in the wheat
acreage of this state. The result was
an increase almost equal to that ask
ed for. Another request now comes
from the government asking for an
other increase of 10 per cent in our
wheat crop sown this fall. There may
not be as mUch profit on an acre of
wheat, as some other crops, but from
a patriotic standpoint we should try
and grow wheat for our own con
sumption. If we have ur wheat at
home we will have no worry as to
getting our flour. We also release
just that much for .whining the war.
Every farmer should do his best to
get his land well prepared and his
seed sown reasonably early, October
5 to 20is recommended to be the best
time for seeding in this county. Farm
ers should have their -seed wheat
screened. This will get rid of the
small, immature, undeveloped grains;
also seeds of weeds and other pests
will be removed.
According to experiments made at
the Buncombe Test Farm, Bearded
Purple Straw, Fulcaster and Leap's
Prolific give better results in this sec
tion than other varieties. On this
farm 16 per cent, acid has given larg
er returns than any other fertilizer.
If "possible let wheat follow clover,
soybeans, cowpeas os some legume
crop. About 300-Ibs. 16 per cent, acid
phosphate per acre should be used at
time of seeding wheat.
Much wheat is damaged by sowing
smutty seed. It costs very little to
treat the seed with Formalin or blue
stone, and it may be worth several
dollars to you. ; '
FRANK FLEMD3JG,
County Agent.
EXEMPTION BOARD FORCE
The Henderson County Exemption
Board is crowded with work incident
to the new registration. Mrs. C. Few,
Jr., Miss Jessine Brooks and Perry
Carter are assisting C. N. Wrenshall,
who has been , clerk, for several
months.
Louis Hesterly left for Camp Green
with the understanding that he was
to return and assist with the clerical
work but . they were quite disap
pointed over the fact that; he was in
ducted into Tegular service after ar
riving at camp. ' .
And we may all stand "meatless
days" as long as there is strength in
codfish. - - . . . ,-
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CD 0025TI
Governor' T. W; -Bickett informs R.
M. Oates that he will be in Henderson
ville oh September 25 at which "time
he .will make a patriotic addr 3s. The
hour of speaking has not been fix'od.
Gov.Bickett states that this will be
his lastOpportunity to visit this county
durlhgtHeWeahr - v '
No EriForcement
Of ccination
Until November
The vaccination order of the Coun
ty Board of Health is causing con
siderable trouble in Henderson coun
ty.," . - '
The board recently renewed its
order "to the effect that the people
must be vaccinated an dthat children
would not be permitted to enter
school after Sept. 15 without vaccin
ation. -
The order was by no means sym
pathetically, received an dthe author
ities have been troubled over the sit
uation. A special meeting of the
board was held Saturday to hear
from those who were protesting most
vigorously. The argument was pre
sented that the war is on; that this
is a busy season with the farmers in
their fodder; that children are re
maining from school to help with the
farm .work and that in view of these
things it is not the proper time to
have a sore arm from vaccination.
The enforcement of the order was
postponed by the board from Sept.
15 to November 1. The extension of
time applies to those engaged in
manual labor where vaccination
might trouble in such work as fodder
pulling;
- A- few-school ; committees..' Jiave
akeh cneerf uily the order for vac
ciriation an dthe people were vaccin
ated without protest, but in other
sections the people are bragging
about liberty and declare that, they
shall not undergo vaccination, some
pretending to fear it and some even
obj'ecting on religious grounds.
Ladies Organize
Liberty Loan Work
The Woman's Liberty Loan ' Com-
mittee of Henderson county has been I
organized and has already begun its
plans for the campaign for the
Fouth Liberty Loan, whln will begin
September 28.
The county chairman is Mis. E. W.
Ewbank; city chairmi, Mrs.' R. P.
Freeze; chairman of couuiv sfiool or
ganization, Miss Bessie Suecr ir.iau.
Mrs. R. P.' Freeze is now in Raleigh
attending the meeting of tue State I i
berty Loan committees, wulch meet
ing will be helpful in va'rymg out
plans for Henderson co'inty.
Miss Steedman has enlisted the
help of the county school tea..v,ers la
an active campaign f-vr. bo.-'uis.
Next w-ppV tho entire "nprsnnTipl nf
the Woman's Committe throughout the
.
county wBl be published.
COUNTY TEACHERS HOLD
FIRST MEETING OF YEAR.
The public school teachers of Hen
derson county met in the first regu
lar monthly meeting of the present
school year at Hendersonville Satur
day. The teachers did not permanently
organize. Supt. W. S. Shitle was
elected temporary chairman. He
called on Dr. E. E. Bomar to lead in
the devotional exercises.
Mrs. E. W. Ewbank was before
tke teachers in the interest of the
fouth Liberty Loan campaign.
E. W. Ewbank presented the mat
ter of help for, French orphans, tell
ing the teachers how tfiey could help
i nthis worthy cause in the schools
and asking for their support.
Prof. G. W. Bradshaw spoke with
reference to a reading course for the
teachers.
The question of vaccination of the
school children brought out some in
teresting remarks. Two or three
teachers stated that they had experi
enced no trouble, with the vaccina
tion order, but the most of he teach
ers were 1 encountering great difficul
ty, reporting that some-of, the. -patrons
had stated that they would not
permit their children to become vac
k . i ir..- . '
' ("ST. ;. s '
- Hendersfcn f county registered 1,7
persons in the last registration. The
estimate by the government .. was 1
720. On registration day 1,750 were
registered, but 36 additional ones
have been filed since the 12th.
There was not the slightest friction
in any part of the county and It is
Relieved that "slacking" was at the'
the minimum. V
- There were 6 orientals, 154 colored
and 1,590 white. ' 1 . -
Personnel Of Legal
Advisory Board
j "v.".
The Iqcal Exemption Board began
sending "questionnaires to- those who
between 19 and 36, inclusive, .regis
tered on Sept. 12 and expects to hare
them in the hands of the registrants
by Sept. 27. Registrants are given
seven days from the dating of the
questionnaires to return them to the
board properly filled out.
There are 747 men between thesa
ages. -
The local Legal Advisory Board and
their associates, will without any
charge help registrants to fill out their
questionnaires. The board consists
of all the lawyers in the city and the
following:
Sam T. Hodges, K. G. Morris, A. O.
Jones, W. S. Shitle, J. D. Waldrop,
L. B. Morse, George Justice, Frank
Edwards, B. F. Staton, W. A. Keith,
J. T. Wilkins, S. Y. Bryson, H. F.
Stewart, W. F. Brown, R. P. Freeze,
A. C. Tebeau, Arthur Cobb, C. F.
Bland, A. S. Truex, Homer Hawkins,
W. H. VanderLinden, E. G. Stillwell,
Clarance Latham, Maurice Manning,
Mr. Johnsbn (at Cedars), H. Lv Keith,
IS. J. Pace,; Charlie Hobbs.
RYMER-PITTILLO
A wedding that was simple in its
arrangements though very impressive
was that of John B. Rymer and Miss
Hester Pittillo in the Fruitland Insti
tute auditorium on" Sept 11 at 3:30
o'clock. Rev. N. A. Melton was of
ficiating minister. Miss Manolah Pit
tillo a sister of the bride, was maid
of honor and the bridesmaids were
Miss Verdie Plank of Hendersonville
and Miss Jamima Rymer, sister of the
groom. Charles W. Cahoon, of Nor
folk, Va., . was best man and the
groomsmen .were Flake Houston and
J. H. Todd of Hendersonville.
The color scheme of pink and white
was completed by little Helen Melton,
as ring bearer, and Amelia Dickens
and Grace Bly as flower girls.
The bride and groom left for a short
wedding tour to Washington and oth
er points after which they will be at
home at Welmerding, Pa.
To Mr. arid Mrs. Rymer goes the dis
tinction of having been the first to
wed in the Fruitland Institute audit-
ormm. -
The bride is a native of the Fruit
land section and the groo'ii is a Hen
dersonville boy, where he has made
ihIs home fnti! a '?w .
.-rtrna o oonmo tori wltri tna 11 Till TIC
He
was associated with tha Carolina, Oil
& Supply company of Hendersonville
as one of the members of the company
before his departure f'ir Pennsylvania.
He is a young man of Bler'-nr quali
ties. The bride is well and favrT
ably known over the coanty, in which
she taught public school for a uumber
of years. She was honored by the se
retaryship of the orgauizatio'4 of coun
ty teachers. She was very acti re and
popular in her school work at Fruit
liii . where she was honored with
leadership by the literal organiza
tion of which she was a member.
DR. MEMMINGER DEAD.
Dr. P. B. Memminger died at the
Patton Memorial hospital in this city
where he had been for nearly three
years, on Sept. v 6. The cause of his
death was paralysis.
Dr. Memminger was a physician.
A large part of his life was spent in
the west, but his family have been
prominently associated with this im
mediate section from its earliest set
tlement. His father was C. G. Mem
minger, treasurer of the Confeder
ate States, -who was buried in the
picturesque church yard of the
Church of St. John in the Wilder
ness. His brothers, Dr. Allard Mein- "
minger, a well known physician, ' rdf
Charleston, S. C, and Edward K.
Mimminger, a lawyer still have sum-.
met. homes at Flat Rocfc
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