OVER THE LAND -OF
THE LONG LEAF PIKE
SHORT NOTES OF INTEREST TO
CAROLINIANS.
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jyiooresville. With several commit-5
tees yet to report, Mooreaville ' has
gone at least 40 per cent beyond her
Liberty loan quota, and is still buo-;
scribing. :- 'a -,7 7';-7
Greensboro. Corporal , Alfred A.
"Williams, of Greensboro, died at Lang
ley field, Virginia. He was training
for aviation service, Pneumonia
.caused his death. -- ;
Winston-Salem. After cutting his
fife's throat with a knife at their
home, Charlie Geddle, colored!, shot
himself with a single barrel shotgun,
dying almost instantly.
Charlotte. The big round-up has'
started. Chief Moore and his, under
studies started the war on the Char
lotte slackers and as a result 18 "ne
groes spent the night as guests of
Sergeant Russell at his famous hos
telry. 7 . .
Fayeftevilla. On request of Capt. A.
R. Sweeney, United States public
health representative In charge of the
situation here, the American Red
Cross will place $2. 000 at the disposal
of the local authorities to be used in
combatting influenza in Cumberland.
county. , m fcgrvu.i .
Salisbury. All unskilled laborers
are to be required to carry cards show
ing that they are working 48 hours a
wesk, the city aldermen having pass
ed on Its f nal reading an ordinance
for this purpose'
Rutherfordton. Mrs. T. C. Marrs1
has been aotified of the death of her
husband, Lieut. T. C. Marrs. which
took place in an airplane accident. ''
Rockingham. The Richmond coun
ty board of health In cession' Thursday
instructed the sheriff to forbid the
exhibition of a circus and all other
tent shows, carnivals, opera house
shows, moving picture theaters and
the like until the order may be re
scinded. The Richmond county fair,
schedule for October ' 16-19, was' also
ordered postponed. wjiji
FayettevjUe. To prevent a further"
spread of Spanish influenza, the coun
ty board of health; acting- on the ad
vice of the state and federal board of
health, issued an order which clr?d
all schools, theaters, churches and
motion picture and tent shows; in
Fayetteviile and Cumberland .'county
and prohibits all public gatherings ufi;
til further notice. - . ' .
Raleigh. Forty-six children, 20 boys
and 26 girls, were born In Raleigh last
motath and 25 of them were white, and
21 colored, as reported. Six of the
births were Illegitimate. Registrar
Davis requests that parents .report to
Mia at once births aro not in the list
made public. .
Graham. A special cablegram has
been received by J. L. Scott, Jr., stat
ing that his son. Major Don E. Scott,
has been promoted to lieutenant col
onel. He has sent home a cap taken
from the first Hun killed by his bat
talion. . - . '
! Raleigh. The fall meetSng or ha
North Carolina Presbyterian synod,
ealled to be held October 15 at Itat
eiffh, will not be held 'until Novwmber
19 at Raleigh. The prevalence oi
Spanish influenza in this staU wa
declared the cause of the postpone
have passed an ordinance requffiug.on last Wednesday night as a result
all church, schools, . theaters, movies of pneumonia, which developed from
and other places of assemblage ta influenza.
close until the ordinance is repealed.! interment was made in Oakdale
Spanish influenza has made its appear cemetery Friday morning following
'ance here. funeral services at the First Baptist
church, conducted by Dr. E. E. Bomar.
; Charlotte. Dr. Hammer C. Irwin, The father ot the deceased was cal-
on of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Irwin, ol Raleigh on the 6th on ac-
407 West Fourth street, ranking aa iea 10 ,;ct f
. 7 . . count of the condition of 1153 son anu
-captain in the medical service, 1 has count, uj. , 1, ura F,nt
:been advanced to major and named. upon his arrival wired for Mrs.J Frank
chief of surgical service at base hos- ! Randall to go to Raleigh and take the
pital, No. 100 at Camp Custer, Michi case .as nurse. , .
gan. I Lewis wa3 a little more than eigh"
I 'teen years old. He was enjoying his
i Lumberton. The remains of tw first-year in college and had , enrolled
j Robeson county soldiers who died oi &g a member 0f the Students Army
j influenza have been sent home from draining Corps. He 'was a fine young
training camps. These were Coj agreeable and congenial,
jBritt, of Barnesville, and Ellis Hardin, Jband a !over of his Sunday
Indian, of R. 1 from Lumberton. we11 Denaea anu .
i school and church, lor which he often
i Salisbury.-The canteen service a! served -as a member of the orchestra:
the Salisbury depot has been discon- Lewis was a regular attendant of tnc
tinued upon suggestion of the county Baraca class, which he served as an
IJeard of health and the hut closed foi officer, and the funeral arrangements
the present. The general closing m were turned over to -the Baracas. The
of all places included in the order ol fonowing Baracas served as pall
jlhe countv board has had a notice- . n w Rradshaw. H. L.
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:able effect.
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Wake Forest. Secretary F. B. Igler,
detailed by the government as Y. M. a
A. secretary of the Wake Forest unit
of the students army training corps,
arrived and is making plans for th
Y. M. C. A. work here. . ' -
Asheville. On account of the pre !
valence of Soanish influenza through !
i Aahftvilla meet-.
j , w w -
ing of the synod of Appalachla, called
for October 15, has been postponed
'until further notice. The city health
board has isued aa order closing 2'
o3ls and amoam.at boa -
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(Asheville Citizen, Oct. 12.)
W. B. Valentine " died' last ' night at
the Vision hospital shortly after 9.
o clock, ,. from pneumonia and other
complications which followed an at
tack of influenza. Mr. Valentine had
been critically ill for several days and
o.Oiaus had little hope for his
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7 Valentine was born In,Cinn?ns
, p... in and in iSSs
came to Hendersonville with the fam
ily and most of his' life was spent: lu
Hendersonville and Asheville. Several
years ago he was associated here
with the Balfour Quarry Company ana
later became president and treasurer
of Valentine and company, u dealers in
crushed stone and sand. lie was well
known in business and took an active
interest in civic matters, especially iii
the various . patriotic campaigns
which have been launched here since
the war began. Ke was a member of
ML Herman lodge-of Masons and of the
Episcopal church.
His father, Frank Valentine, who
died some years ago, was a well known
teacher who at one time conductea
Ravenscroft. as a private school; Tk
niothen is stilt living. V His, wife, who
survives him, wa3 Miss Jfe$ai Hattc
mer, of Asheville; a eQly child, a son,
died several years ago. He a survive-,
also bV four brotheis, 7. W. Vanlen
tine and G. H. Vanlentine, of Iender
sonville; J. C M. Valentine, formerly
of Asheville, now in eminent .ser
vice, and F. H. Valentine, and two
sisters, Mrs. A. C. DeVis. Cleveland !
and Mcs. J. G. Jenkins. Snmmprvm..
S. C. . ' ,
As previously stalci, tLo death o
Mr. Valentine removes one of the mos:
popular, young business men of the
city. He was an ardent and tireless
worker, in his office and in all move
ments of a public nature. In the firs,
and second Red Cross drives and in
the various Liberty Loan campaigns
he worked unceasingly. Physicians
who attended him in his last illness
say that he made a -valiant struggle
against the disease to v.hichlie suc
cumbed, and his untimely death will be
greatly deplored by a large circle of
friends. At one period of his illness
it was thought that Mr. Valentine had
a chance for recovery, but he sank ra
bidly throughout the day , yesterday.
Interment was made in Asheville
Sunday afternoon. ,f
JURORS FOR I'EDIIfl.VL- COURT.
The following Ke-.ulcr?;ri couniy
Juen have been, drawn to sorve , as
jurors at tho' Novs-nUor lorni of the
United States District roan at Afcao
ville:
Z. B. Jackson, Hcndiii-sonvillo, Route
1. . .
J. P. Holbcrt, Hsactftrsonville, ill.
2.
Walter Justus, Eilaevillo.
W. S. Jones, Zircon ii.
J. C. Gordon, Sal ada. .
J. M. Garren, Hendersonville, Rt. 2.
LEWIS DURHAM OF THIS
CITY DIED IS
RALEIGH.
Lewis Durham, aged 18 years, oldest
son of Mr and Mrs. T. L. Durham, of
Hendersonville. died as a student of :
the A. & E. college at West Raleigh
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oearcis. v. -
Grainger, A. L. Beck, W. A. Keith, O.
xr Justice and Charlie Morrow.
V- Justice ?1 Hender.
Bland and William S lh mn Hender
sonvllle boys and students of the A
& E., accompanied the remains or tne
deceased, to Hendersonville. They
acled a honorary pall-bearers.
INSTALLS FURNACE HEAT,
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nf the store Of E.
J.Xi C"i',V
; . Son are enjoying furnace hsa-.
18
as one of the improvements made .n
the remodeling and doubling of the
"tar of the store. .
THE WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPBNIN8S O F TH 18
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN I
obvbw wig uivBM . j
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THE (IE17S OF THE SOUTH
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What Is Taking Place In Th Coutft
land Will Bo Found In
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; Brief Paragraphs .
Domestic ... r: f.
ir.w j 11 i , ' ' ' '
The daylight saving law may re-
main in effect until rescinded by con-
gress under a bill passed by the Unit-
ed States senate.
fourth Liberty Bond loan: "The best
thing that could happen would be that
the loan should not only be fully -sj&by
scribed, but very greatly ov,erBl
scribed. The time is critical, and
the response must be complete."
Secretary- of State Lansing in an
address at Auburn, N. YT, sas that , if
another war is to be prevented, strict
justice and the 'common, good must
be the underlying motives of "those
who are charged with the responsibil-
ity of. drafting the., peace" treaty aftei
Prussian militarism is crushed.
TkA rvrinrlnloa nnTi T.rVi?Vi o (ran.
Mr ttUVltVkl U VM VI UA M VM
eral peace will be made between the
warrinc nations." savs Secretary Lan-
Sing, "haveeen clearly stated by the
president. These principles of jus
ilQQ must guide those charged with
the negotiation of the great treaty ol
peace, and must find expression in
that momentous document which will
lay the foundation for a world trans
.formed." ..-' - wr-ni
.Twenjr thousand men for the army
motor transport coii's are wantecTby
the war department, and will be in-
ducted into the service as ranidlv as'.'
they qualify. Men from every clas- orders to Belgian residents .in Eng
sification in both the first and second land directing them ta return to their
draft are elisrible. The men of the native land.
corps have been dubbed "gas hounds."
General improvement in crop pros
pects on October 1 over a month ago
was shown by the department of agri
culture's monthly report. Corn, whicfc
had such a big loss in prospective pro
duction as a result of July and August
Weather, improved to the extent oi
46,000,000 bushels and now gives pros
pect of a 2,717,7:5,000 bushel cropv
Spring wheat during the month ol
September, the national department oi
agriculture reports, improved to the
extent, of about twenty million bush
els.'" Washington
Haggard from lack of sleep and
nearly famished, the men' of the Vlost'
battalion have been rescued after hav
ing been surrounded for more that
four days in the Argonne forest, tele
graphs , the headquarters of the Amer
ican forces northwest, of Verdun. Th(
men are now recovering from theii
: harrowing experience. .
Under an agreement completed be
tween the postoffice department and
the Western Union Telegraph com
ipany, the government agrees to paj
all interest on outstanding bonds oi
the company, all dividends and inter
est payments due on stocks and oonds
pf subsidiary companies, all taxes and
operating charges on the property and
in addition the sum of, eight millior
dollars annually.'
The smashing victory of the Anglo
American forces north of St. Quentix
, may be paving the way for early in
ivasion of Germany itself. Striking
hints of a wholly new enterprise, di
: rected at the upper Rhine valley, have
i come from unofficial quarters la strain them. - - , :
i France, and they follow repeated re"!,. Alexander Feodorovich Trepoff, for-
M ports from Switzerland that the civi:
l! i -11 1 ni.l.
1 popumuons ui tut? wuC yaijr www
Iwere heinsr removed bv the German
j authorities. -
While the constant hammering is
; kept up in the north to pin the Ger
?man armies there, it may be possibl
to deliver a new stroke on the Alsace
'Lorraine front that may swiftly de
l.int."infn on TnVoViAn nt nam)4iW it'
self by way of the Rhine valley.
The Japanese steamship Hiranc
Maru, of 7,935 tons gross, has beer
torpedoed and sunk, says a dispatct
from "A British Port." The vesse:
was outward bound for Japan and car
ried about 200 passengers.' The vesse
was torpedoed and .sunk br a Germar
submarine when about 300 miles of
the south of Ireland. There were s
few survivors picked up by an Am er
lean torpedo boat.'
There were 250 men aboard the Ti
conderago, an American steamshin oi
5,130 tons, and all except the twentj
who arrived, at "An Atlantic Port" arc
.believed to nave perished. The 'sur
vivors got away in the only boat whict
' was not demolished by the shell Art
from the submarine. Seventeen of th(
men reached port were members of a
detachment of soldiers detailed tc
care for horses: which w-ere bein
.transported.
Surgeon General Blue of the United
States public health service sends oul
: the following : Public health service
. will mobilize with aid volunteer medi
; cal service, corps all outside mcdica!
aid required in combating present In
fluenza epidemic. Red Cross upor
specific request from this service wil!
; mobilize nursing personnel and fur
inlsh necessary; emergency hospital
? supplies which cannot be obtained dtfr
i erwlse. ; Whenever necessary public
; health service will establish -district
officers to co-operate with state off!
cials and distribute medical and nurs
ing persona!. 4 -
Wnh more than 1,300,000 American :
troops embarked fcr the frcnt and an
army of , 2,000,000 men in preparation
4o. jnake victory certain General
March has sounded an urgent call for
popular support for the fourth Liberty
Loan.., ; .:.''. v-..-V;:, -7: ;-'-'-.;.
"posal to Presldwit Wilson aSrdiiis
to rePorts in circulation in London.
,tScores of American sailors and ol-
diers were killed or wounded by shrap-
hel fired by a German submarine aftc?
MHfS
coast, according to the story told by
twenty survivors who arrived at "Aa
Atlantic Port" aboard a British
freighter. .
' According to survivors, of the Ti-
conderaga the submarine was not
sighted until she had sent a torpedo
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SSS?J? l J??' f
n Jt JL?!? t8P
fn ,1 Cr0Wded on ful1 8team
rft iuritey nas maae a aennite pro-
President Wilson has met Germa
ny's peace note with a move which
will, at one stroke, develop whether
her proposal is sincere or is merely
J 7" y:,T
be, fully justify for all time before!
tne. world the prolonging of the war
force to the utmost, force without stint
or limit. At the same timethe pres
ident has left open the door to peace.
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European -
A large number of American tijops
have been lost as the result ci' the
Sinkinff' Of the tranSDOrt OtliilllLO in
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the North channel between 1 he iScot-
tish and Irish coasts in a collision
with the steamer Kashmir, says a dis
patch from "A British Pori." The
Otranto after the collision was dashed
to pieces on the rocks off the south
Scottish coast with a probable loss
Of 372 American soldiers. .
( kovatz have advanced and reached a
4J ten JUw .to. nori of thai
town. More than three thousand pris-
oners were taken.
Belgian authoriUes have delivered
- It is believed that 600 lives were
lost in the sinking of the mail steamer
Leinster by" a torpedo in the Irish sea.
About one hundred and fifty persons
only were saved.
On the wings of necessity the Ger
mans are flying eastward from their
old battle positions from Douai to La
Fere and northward from La Fere to
the Meuse river. Their flight is to
ward some haven of safety from : the
talons of the allied hawks.
The famous Chemin-des-Dames,
the ridg which the Germans had be
lieved to be an insuperable barrier to
an advance northward' from Soissons,
is being evacuated.
Along the' Meuse river the French
and American , troops are pushing fur
ther northward. f
Douai is now completely outflanked
by the latest operations of the Brit
ish. . ' -- - ...
A revolt has broken out in Bruges,
Belgium, the populace having arisen
against the attempts of the Germans
to deport the civilians, according to
'a dispatch from Amsterdam,
r Throughout Flanders the roads are
'encumbered with' cattle, horses and
pigs which are being sent toGer-
many.
Field Marshal Mackensen has ar-
rived in Old Serbia not to aid the.Bul-
garians. but to save the remnants of
the" Austrq-German forces which the
allies are closely following toward the
Danube.
i. The Austrians are evacuating 'Bel
grade and the whole Serbian popula
tion is taking revenge. Even women
with rifles are driving out their for
mer oppressors. The, women have en
dured so much, it is impossible to re-
mer Russian premier, has been shot
ill wn a Aftv.cfv naoro rvl A Prnm Vila
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childhood he was destined for the
army and that was . his profession un-t
.til 27, when he went into the ministry
of the interior.
' In diplomatic circles In Great Brit
'ain President Wilson's reply to th
peace proposals of Prince Maximilian,
.Oprm'ftn fmiiprlal r.hancellor. is reirard-
. Ted as clever and logical. j
- Talaat Pasha, the Turkish premier,
has resigned and has been succeeded (
by Tewfik Pasha, former premier and j
ex-ambassador at London. Enver j
Pasha, the minister of war, also haai
resigned.
Former King Ferdinand of Bulgaria,
ith a retinue of servants, and Prince
Cyril, his second son, two Bulgarian
, generals and a large suite, has gone
to his estate in lower Austria, at Er
enthal.
. The Hindenburg line no longer bars
the path of the allies.
The definite
rupture of it was achieved on the first
day of the fighting in the new develop
ment toward the north of the great
battle from the Escaut to the Meuse.
The extraordinary maze of defenses
in some places 12 miles in depth, . be
tween Cambrai and St. Quentin have
been stormed and taken by the Anglo-
Saxon forces.
The allies are in the open country
on the Cambrai-St. Quentin front and
are threatening Bohain, an important
junction of roads and railways, the
Americans having pushed within two
miles of that place. .
South of . St. Quentin the French
over a wide front have , crossed the
Oise river. 7.. . 7' ; v -! ' -' ' -:
The entente allied forcea every
where are defeating the armies of the
Teutonic allies. In France they are
f ast .carrying forward maneuvers that
are resulting in the enemy's line gir
Ing way from th reioa of CamhrrJ
cs4 Verdua.. f . '
SIDKEY SCOTT
Friends of Sidney Scott, former resi
dent of. Hendersdnville and employe
of the Hustler, will be interested in the
following "from the Asheville Labor
Advocate:
s "William S. Scott, member of Typo
'paphicai Union of this' ci$y, has re
turned to the city after having so
journed in Waynesville for a couple
of weeks, having been employed on the
' paper at that place, and is back at his
old job on The Times ' again. Mn
Scott says the strenuous life of Way-
nesville is too much for one accustom-
ed to the "quiet" of Asheville. The
workmen the paper in Waynesville is
being done in part, at ih a present, .by
-ym
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T;S. MORR130N CO., Ageafcy
ASHEVILLE, N. C
a soldier-printer who has been gassed
at the front, and is at Waynesville
hospital recuperating."1 I ' '
A CARD OF TIIAXKS V
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1 Words cannot- express? ouri appre
ciation of the numberless acts of kindf
ness and tokens of sympathy ; which
liave come to us since the loss of bur
' son, Radio Sgt. Donald H.Bly. Surely
f4no one ever had kinder friends. As
we cannot see you all promptly, will
not each one please consider this &
oersonal messaee of thanka from
Yours with deep gratitude,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Biy.
Outlook, Hendersonville, Oct. 15, 1913.
NO. 7
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but consider it first
Don't choose quickly.
(
What looks like a saving in first
cost may in a few vears be a big
expense.' : .... . (,
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