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V ' ' u " '-" : ' ' '- '' . ',".' ' ' . " . ' 15 .Wf. ' - . J VOL. XXV, NO. 39 H ENDERSON VILLE, NI C.,r THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24 1918 PRICE FIVE CENTS ---- Tl- SEC 1 . I - -'-- - I I r . , -'. . -- QUARANTINE 10 i LAST THROOGH 10MBER21 The Henderson County Board of Health met last week and; decided to continue the quarantine against, gath erings fcr two more weeks, pending' on the night of November 2. This will make four weeks of the quarantine. Local conditions didn't . appear to sliow much improvement and in view of quite a number of cases and a few deaths in tire 'county from influenza and pneumonia resulting from this disease, the board decided to extend the precautionary measures. Small Pox Vaccination The Board of Health revived the smallpox vaccination question over which there has been considerable ob jection. Recently the board suspend ed the order requiring vaccination un til after the fodder pulling season. This order was suspended until Nov ember 1. On and after November l he people are required by law to un dergo a vaccination against smallpox, from which there was a recent deatli in the county. ' '- - OLOIl o The influenza epidemic seems to 'be holding its own in Henderson coaufy. In the Green River section; vne-e the , trou ble-rxh04dn where there were in thn ; ncIlp'; hood of 40 deaths, the epidemic has evidently reached Its crest ; On Tuesday physicians wereof the opinion that the trouble w;s snhVd ing in Henderson county bu. on 'A'nl nesday a number of new case A weix. reported and the physicim-.s .v re in doubt as to whether the ep:-leiuie w&3 increasing or subsiding. The epidemic is mo'1 trom 'ht eastern part of the Unitel Sir8 to the western states, and is exacting an enormous toll in deaths. ii in AT - (By. Evelyn Byrd Graham) Saturday evening the students :-ve an feutertalnmsat tu i-aie ciioayh money for another iboi-ty l.jau -Bond. They went "over the :op" in their efforts and are to be congnitu kted upon their success. One evening in each week haj neen set aside in whfeff the faculty j.nd students will work for the Red Cross tesidts those who are .giving .aJJ.p, eir spare time to knitting -'forV tlic soldiers. " The school congratulates itself x!oa fact that there have been no cases Spanish invluen'za among .he . &Lc treats or faculty. We are one - of three schools in the State . in . whic!i tiere has been no influenza. Miss 'PP and Mrs. McBee have taken v;y precaution to prevent this kcvJcd disease in school. The scooi js quarantined against Hen 'scnvillo and the surrounding tcwr.s until the epidemic is entireiy over. - MRS. WILLIAMS DEAD. T. C. Williams died at her e near Hendersonville Stinday .( morning after an extended illness, j Jntevnment was made Monday morn-; inS in Oakdale cemetery, where she ! had two children buried. Services ;vere conducted from the home by Dr- E. E. Bomar. Mrs. Williams is j survived by her husband and six j c&ldren. Mrs. Williams was a Miss . Erck before her marriage. She ir. Williams has the deep sympa- mm is of his friends, especially because. means employed. What does it niar f the double sadness in the death of ter if a Republican .Congress Ts both wifp -fofoT. yy th KameLi? fand. bv-the-way, that y&y l h h e . n mm m m m arm iiri-Fi n i i n n mmi a m m wn. fv rtm m m mmt. w gem. rr w wm - v inik - tmm m i - - DIED SUlDA T. Few Shipman is dead., ? This sad intelligence was the, sub stance of a telegram-received from Aspen, Colorado, Sunday afternoon. A telegram was received Saturday uorn-' ing to the" effect that Mr. Shipman was critically ill with influenza.- The deceased was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Shipman, ojr Hender sonville. - In addition to his parents he i3 survived by the following brothers and sisters;: Mrs. R. P. Freeman and MrsW. P. Lane, Hendersonville; Mrs. Lillie Williams, Greenville, S. C; Mrs. J. Dicks6n Whitmire, Jonesbom,' S. C; Miss Lola B. Shipman, Greenville, S, : C; Miss Kate Shipman, Raleigh; J. E. Shipman, Hendersonville and Carl Shipman, in war service In France. The deceased left Hendersonville about a year ago for Silver City, New Mexico. He remained there until & few months ago when he went , tc BouldeV, Col., where he lived until a few weeks ago, when .he accepted c position v as private secretary 'to a blind politician-lawyer, at Aspen, Cblorado. . Since receiving the news of his death his. people received a letter writ ten by Mr. Shipman felling of his ill ness, the influenza, and ; the kind treatment accorded him. Mr. Shipman was educated at Fruit land, Wake Forest and the University of Colorado. He taught for a num ber of years, his work being at the Sylva Colhegiate Institute . at Sylva, at the Webster high school, at.Bry- I son City, and some point near Char- ' a ' A M njr OLI.. was complimented with the presiden cy of the Henderson County Teachers" association. Several years aga.; he taught in tRis -county, ; . Mr. -Shipman vvas a member of the First Baptist .church, ol-tiascitynd. loyal menrtjer f the Baraca-class" of Ihe First Baptist Sunday school, which tie served for quite a while as teacher Mr. Shipman was an . apt student. His close application to his studies at Wake Forest preceded a breaking down in health, which he was seeking in the West. His recent improvement in health justified his acceptance of work of which he expressed himself as being very fond- Mr. Shipman was thirty rfive years old. He wak a mah it splendid habits, very agreeable in bis disposition, of profoun i thought, vvel? read and axceptional'v initiPEt ing as a convert it ionalisc and spe;k- The body was shipped on Tuesday and is expected to arrive 6ome time the latter part of the week. Conform ing to the ruling against public gath erings, the services will be at the family burying ground at Ebenezer and willl be conducted by Dr. E. E. Bcmar, pas-tor of ..the First Baptist church of this city; by Rev. A. I. Jus ;.icc, r. close friend of the deceased, ?nd by(pr. W. F. Powell, pastor of the First Baptist church, of Ashe ;iHe, wbo was Mr. Shipman's teacher if:t Friutland. The music will be ar ranged by Mrs. J. F. Brooks. (JR. HODGIfiS REPLIES v TO MR. ewbank Editor of Hustler: . In a remarkable' article by R. W. Ewbank published last week m The Hustler fce said a vote for Brit: means ope for Germany. I vroorse to vr.te for Britt and . therefore, if Mr. Ew bank's statement is true, J help Ger many, but anyone who ,ayj I heir Germany tell3 a confounded lc Everybody with vhom I have dis cussed the said remarkable article t.e lieves this contemptible subterfuge is being resorted to solely for the pur pose of getting' JDemocratic votes. v. t 1 'Now nobody doubts Mr. Ewbank' J natred for the Huns, and there seems to rage within his patriotic breast DUt one passion greater and that Is nis undying love for Miss Democracy. jr Ewbank feels sure he made, his int clear, and he did, bii1. now :c not the time to use such arguments. Things are too serious and times too strenuous for his finely drawn theory, ana the mere political destiny of fc. candidate. now- holding an office- to honestly elected does not justify tre thing is going, to happen:) OF DIS H "HURRAH FOR' Thats vt hat nearly a million Independent Democrats cried In tlie cam paign of 1898, when the United ..States asat. r:. with Spates Robseveltpasslonately pleaded the cause of the ' RepaMicans In this lan- i guage: . . - ' - . ,v , ' . ' . "REMEMBER THAT WHETHER YOU WILL OR KOT, YOUR TOTES THIS YEAR WILL BE VIEWED BY THE NATIONS OF N HUROPE FR03I ONE STAXDPOOJ OXLY. TJIEY;WILL IIRAW 0 FINE DISTINCTIONS. A REFUSAL TO SUSTAIN THE PRESIDENT THIS YEAR, WILL, IN THEIR EYES, BE READ AS A REFUSAL TO SUS TAIN THE WAR AND TO .SUSTAIN THE EFFORTS OF OUR PEACE COMMISSIONERS TO SECURE THE FRUITS OF WAR. SUCH A REFUSAL 31 AY . -NOT INCONCEIVABLY BRING ABOUT A RUPTURE OF THE PEAC E NEGOTIATIONS. IT WILL GIVE HEART TQ OUR DEFEATED ANTAGONIST; IT WILL MAKE POSSIBLE THE INTEFEilENCE OF THOSE DOUBT FUL NEUTRAL NATIONS, -WHO IN THIS STRUGGLE HAVE WISH ED US ILL," - , ; j . : " ' ' And, tliee independent Democrats parched to the poles andvgaTelhc Republican ticket a tremendous majority;. ; . " J . Again, hear ezPresident - 'Benjamin''. Harrison -lnthsame''mpMgn:' J If the word goes forth that TI! E PEOPLE OF THE UNITED -STATES are standing solidly be lilnd the Ttesldent (Mr. Mckinley) . the task of the Peace Commissioner s will dbe easy but If Oiere Is a break f in the ranks IF THE DEMOCRATS score a telling victory H Democra tic Senators, Congressmen and Got eniors aro elected, , SPAIN . WILL ' SEE IN IT a gleam of HOPE. SHE will itAKE FRESH HOPE, and aV " renewal of hostilities, MORE WAR, may he necessary to secure to ns what we have already won . ' f "X t: - v . Yet, again, read what the New Y ork Sun' President McKinleys'great New York mouth-piece declared in th at memorable campaign of ;1898, .wbjeh we were warring with 'Spain: J 1 j-" -' " . ,''.' ""':-' --.v "WE ARE AT. WAR WITH SP4IN PEACE COMMISSIONS -and PEACE JUBILEES TO THE -CONTRARY,:.NOTWITSTANDING. UP ON PRESIDENT McKINLEY AND Jfjs i ADMINISTRATION-ARE YET " THE BURDENS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF A STATH4)F WAR NOT YET TERMINATED. AND UPON 'ALL4' PATRIOTIC CITIZENS 6F EVERY POLITICAL PARTY RESTS THE DUTY. OF .SUPPORTING 4 THE ADMINISTRATION AND SUSTAINING THE NATION'S CAUSE AGAINST ALL FOREIGN ENEMIES, BOTH BY VOICE AND BY VOTE.? ' :" : " -Y ;' : ' . :':t Hf.. C- :" '' v- , v.. On June 9th, 1864, Abraham Lincoln-a man . long reverec ,of the great men of bur country by Democrats and Republicans said concerning his own candidacy for re-election: '.': 'r "' " "I HAVE NOT PERMITTED JUtSEXF T6 CONCLUDE TDTATI JlI THE V TOA COMPANION THAT, IT IS NOT BEST TO SWAP HORSES WHILE CROSSING A STREAMS - - ; I can produce reams of like appeals made by the great leaders of the Republican party in 1898,"but the ab ore is sufficient to show that . the Chairman of the Republican party. in Henderson county is woefully ignor ant of the utterances of his leaders when he declares In a hand-bill now being distributed in a reply to a letter of mine published in the Hustler on October 17th, epitomizing the appeals of Mr. Roosevelt, Mr. Harrison and Mr. McKinley'8 spokesman In the. Spanish-American war; and asking the voters of the country "OF EVERY POLITICAL PARTY" to sustain the Pre sident and his . administration . in this war, my letter to be'' "'slanderous." . What President Harrison said would -be. a "GLEAM OF. HOPE FOR SPAIN," if the Democrats did not support the- (Republican) president in 1S98, Mr. Staton now characterizes as 'false and unjust charges" when I say that "a vote for. James J. Brittmeans a VOTE OF HOPE for the German people" if the Republicans do not support the Administration for the very, same reasons in 1918! In short Mr. Staton says fn his leaflet in reply to my appeal, that what was the cry of patriotism on tiie part of HIS LEADERS in 1898; is now the voice of "slander" .when 1 invoke it in almost the identical language of his lead ers, in behalf of Mr. Weaver and the Democratic Administration, which, is "YET BURDENED WITH THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF A STATE OF WAR." ; . " -." It is noteworthy that Mr. Britt's Manager, Hon. Brownlow. Jackson, has, so far, preferred to appeal for support of his candidate upori the high ground of his intellectual and moral fitness rather than to descend to the cheap fol-de-rol of denouncing an appeal that HIS OWN leaders justlymade in 1898, as "false and unjust . charg es against his neighbors who i differ wttVi Viim nrkHHal1v nnrl n la.linrhl Ji T IkU U.U fc V.. V.M. , mm w the SAME APPEAL on the SAME copducting the. war agamst Germany. 'I have a much higher regard and appreciation of the( Republicans vof Henderson County than Mr. Staton seems to have since I do not think It vrould affect their subscriptions to theLIberty loans ' and Thrift Stamps.' a particle even if I had been foolish enough to publish an "unjust" or "slan derous" article about them. On the contrary, I have faith enough in their patriotism. to believe they would have "turned their pockets wrong side out" in buying bonds and stamps to refute it! , Furthermore, I take great pride in the fact that I have many Republi can friends who can read -and write; understanding and who know the dif ference between a legitimate argument and appeal to reason and "unjus charges and slander." I challenge MrStaton to publish in full my article, .vhich called forth his circular! ' ' ' , J In conclusion, I again appeal to "ALL PATRIOTIC CITIZENS OF V- ERY POLITICAL PARTY" to support VOICE AND VOTE" 'and cast their. h allots for Simmons for the Senate and Weaver for the House of ! Representatives and dispel "THE GLEAM OF MOPE" In Germany as President Harrison asked to dispel "THE GLEM OF HOPE IN SPAIN IN 1898! . ' ' - . W. EWBANK, , Chairman Henderson Co. Dem. Ex. Committee. Do Mr. 3w;)iwk and The Ashe villi Citizen-meaa to sayRepubllc-u cau not stand back of the President with out outraging their feelings to the, ex tent cf voting the Domocrilic tic- ...... . . ket? Have not the Republicans in Congress supported the President and essential war measures more strongly compared with numbers, rthan the democrats? Does Senator : Lodge's utterances printed in bold type ab n e Mr. Ewbank's misguided . stateiae ts hold out any hope for Germany? Are hot the two statements, niost-ivvon-sistent and clearly, contradictory? Who, Mr. Editor, is attempting to ROOSEVELT V as .one "alike nf ft WimnftltTl nf slander" "When I make j 0 mm C ' CJ GROUNDS in behalf of-the party now I the Administration "BOTH BY V disgrace and dishonor men who per haps have sons now in France where at any moment they may .be called upon to make the -supreme, sacrifice, for these at homo?- And who is ;in- rl,v0rtlv if not nnlv atto-mntinr to brand every man and -woman who dares not vote the Jemocratio; ticket as 'holding out hope to Germany? It is hard to-imagine what some people would not do in the last extremity to secure political success. ,: ' . S. H. HUDGINS. Ott. 23,-1918' .' " DIED S " L. Taylor Williams, aged 72 years; died at hisThome m Hefia'ersonville at 4:20 Sunday afternoon. Interment was made in Oakdale cemetery Mon day afternoon, following . services at I the home, . by Rey. G. W Belk and Dr. tE. E. Bomar. . 'iMr. Wiliiams suffered agTeatrdeal during the past" year and recently underwent an operation in Asheville in" hope of relief. "'He rallitd to some extent but took a turn for the worse about two weeks before , his" death. Despite Jiis intense suffering he was conscious-until the end. i - ; ; Mr. Williams was reared , in the Mills River section. , He. was married twice A and has five children. They are Mrs.;JV W.r"'Acker, Atlanta jV'Q. WilHams, T. : C. Williams, Hender sonville ?:'Mrs.5 Beulah Holmes, 'Atlan ta, and Miss. Ruth Williams, Hender sonville. . ''. . .' . '; i ' ', . Mr, Williams first married a. Miss Banning. His second wife,' who is living," W2s a Mrs. Banning by a former marriage. ; V ' s V Mr." WilUams saw. service in the Confederate army, entering. when' 17 years; - old. $ He was a consistent member of the r Presbyterian church as evidenced by the f aci that he was an elder ; of this" orgariilation He was a tanner by trade, which he fol lowed in his earlier days. 5 Mr-. Will iams was a juiet, unassuming man, Of a- very peaceful disposition and - . , f , .- wua.tt guuu citizen oi nign cnaractep. IMPROPER RESPECT SHOWN i FLAG: AND "SOLDIER'S CORPSE. (Contributed)' A party of women - while recently station at the; time when a train from the South rolled in bearing all harTveithstandmg rthfe,1 hardships ; as they waa left of . a soldier who had 'given his life for his country, was much surprised and hot a little shocked to notice that when the box enveloped in the folds of our country's flag ; was borne through the station no head was uncovered, nor was any sign of re spect either to the flag or dead sol dier shown. The curiouscrowd gath ered as usual at train time, accorded to this hero and to its country's flag only a cursory glance and went about1 its business. " Should such things happen? Should such an apparent lack of patriotic feeling arid understanding be per mitted? With no desire to criticise has Vthe '; above been written, but T rather I with the wish to call attention to the Tact in the beliefs that In a "patriotic acommunity where so much is bein Jone in, every way to add to tbe com fort and welfare of the boys who have ijgone " across, such apparent indiffer ence to one who was denied that privilege must come only ' from thoughtlessness and jtvith the hope of preventing a recurrence in the fu- fiir ' Rut-cjItt nna mntnant fnr t- mm. J L m V spect could ,be spared!' FRAIK BROWN ILL, Frank 3rown, " county- t--oUeep4,'H:q. Anti-Aircraft - Service, tort us critically ill, with pneumonia, i Mr. 3tatois Circular - "A vote for James J. Britt means a vote, of hope . for the Cierman people. A vote for Weaver means a vote of doom to any hope of a ne- ' gotiated peave peace that would suspend a German sword above the people of the earth for all time to come." The above paragraph is an extract from an article, signed by E. W. Ewbank, who is chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of - Henderson County, and published in the French Broad Hustler , of date October 17, 1918. In answer to. this charge we submif the following facts: ''. ' . . James J. Britt has delivered 242 patriotic addresses; has contribu ted liberally to the. demands of tie government for money with which to carry on the war, and taS!es pride in the fact that two of his sons are now in the trenches in France battling for the success of the cause . for which we and our allies have spent and are continuing to spend so much blood and treasure. We, therefore, ask if it is right; patriotic or fair for any man -to make such false and unjust charges against his . uwa wa . vv u v wim mMmmmm wsskivaiij OUU WJJCWMilJ IU ftHCIUpi LU launch a campaign of, slander in the closing days of the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign . when all men -and women, irrespective of party or creed, are working hard .to promote the J come the money to feed and clothe ish them with ammunition end arms bloody track of the Hun will neverbe seen in our' fair land. We maintain that, of all times,' for making charges of the charcter of those made by Mr. Ewbank in the article1 from which the. above quoted paragraph is taken, or when any dissesion should be brought about, or attempted to ' be brought about among; our people, which would tend in any way to hamper the sale of bonds, or otherwise hinder the successful prosecution of thenar. Chairman Rep. Ex. Committee of Henderson -Cotcity ' .?':um- Lf UU . - France, . October 3, 1918. French Broad ..Hustler, : Hendersonville, N. C. j --"' Dear Folks.' . - - I am; taking time to write you a few lines to let you knowthat all our Hen- defsqn 'county boys in nrjr drganiza tion are alive and doing well. We get pleiity to eat, although, some times wo don't know where it is coming from. The battery ha s been through some very exciting- experiences lately' and all have heard the music of the shell fire, .the Tbursting H.Es. and machine ' guns. No one was hurt. , , We hay e been moving so rapidly our mail has been unable to catch up witn us and we have not been paid for the . past two months. ' , . . The thing which we need the most Over HerV is MAIL, so I request each of you please write to some of us. - N . We are glad . tor say' we have, some German machine guns which we were able to' pick up lately, on the f roris arid" we are going to give the Boche air. birds some of their own lead ir -JUiey will ?orily .but fly low enough for ' us toi use the gun on them. Not many days ago some of the German artillery decided to drop a; few shells ovpr us -to see how things vwere going-and to let us know. that they were still in the . - V .x. iwww just uej'uuu me iiixis iroin us; They did- so and the bursting' shells were close 'enough to some of the boys had 1th ey been standing in place of be ing flat upon the ground, that they would have "Gone .West," howere no -one was hurt and it was a great j ' experience for Ithem. v The front we lare on now is-mite" danEerOus.&fcr---' an the boys, of. old: - Henderaon are should and each and every one want ; to be in at the "Kilf as we say when' f we have a fox chase- Some of us received some mail last night, the first ' in over six weeks. Those that did not should have and 1 want to say again that we need f3i& ' letters and each Sister, Mother, Fath er, Brother and Sweatheart, should write to the boy "Over Here" often aft letters from home will take away the pangs of hunger, the hardships of trench life; the very thpughts of war" will go away when we get the news 1 from home the long looked for letter ' from Dad or the Girl. So write that letter TODAY to the boy over" here. From the news we are 'able to get. " here on the front we will sodn finish' this war arid then for the : hills of . W. N. C, arid Home. You r know ... that Xmas will soon be here now and we all will expect a box from 'you witli the good things to eat. But send the lettersl - With best wishes from all the boys i and regards to all at home, from CAPT. ROLLA V. LADD j 7th Anti-Aircraft Bat. C. A. C. P. S. All letters ta us should be ad dressed as follows: , Rank' and. Name . 7th Anti-Aircraft Eat.' C. A; C. . . 1st Army, Am. E. F., France. sale of the bonds from which - will oar boys in the service and to furn in order to make it so that the this is the most inopportune time -
French Broad Hustler (Hendersonville, N.C.)
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