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VOL. XXV, NO. 50
HENDERSON VILLE, N. C. THURSDAY. JANUARY 9, 1919
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FORMER PRESiDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Th
heodore Roosevelt, Twenty-sixth ' Present of the
United Sates, Died in
Morning, January 6th,
Hill, Oyster Bay, N. Y. Death is Believed tO have i inended to the ho jvs naval affairs cr m
' ' , - m, ioiitee today by Rear Admiral Jidd-
Been due
tO FlhsuniatlSITl Ol the Meart. 1 he
Funeral
was
Prayer at the Roosevelt
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Were held at Christ Episcopal Church, Where he
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And his Family had Worshipped for many Years, j
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And the Body of the Former President was buried j
On a Knoll Overlooking
Plot Selected by Himself
After he Left the White
T,onfin.p Rooeveit. was born inrineichborhood, Roosevelt was tutored
, o7v. nt nn.
rew I oris. Vji-Jf -
ler,-185S. The Roosevelt family has
heen prominent in the life of New
York for many generations, and is cf
Dutch origin. Mr. Roosevelt's mother,
Martha Bullock, came from a fatuity
of Scotch-Irish and Hugenot origin
equally prominent in Georgia. " V -Mr.
Roosevelt spent much "of ; his
boyhood at Oyster Bay, the country
home of his father, on Long Island
Sound, where he" began with a dla
tinct purpose, unusual among boys of
his age, to build up a naturally frail
physique by rowing and swimming in
the watens of Long Island Sound, and
by riding over thc hills and tramping
through the woods cf Long "Island.
Boyhood and College. '
vkail that he was not privileged
i lite. . . . i, ' ai VrtTt in llic1
APPOI3fT2IEXT OF -
COUNTY PHYSICIAN.
v "vV. S. Shitle, Secretary of the Hen
v derson ;County Board of Health, an
nounc&s that on Monday, January 13th
" a meeting of the board vi II be heK
1 for the purpose of appointing a County
f physician for the coming year. Phy
i 'i sicians interested in the announce
j f - ment are requested to fila with Mr.
f Shitle, prior to this meeting, a state-
ment of the terms on which they will
undertake the duties of this oiRce.
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his Sleep Early Monday
at his Home on Sagamore
"L 1J iT AAr Unnrv RtU Afr
held VY ednesaay, laniiary Otn. -IIICa ,
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Home Funeral bervices
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Long Island Sound in a
and Mrs. Roosevelt soon
a
House.
J privately, in New York and during
privately, in
travels on vhich his parents took the i
children abroad. A Dorch gymnasium
at his home provided him with phys!-fones
cal- excritoes vitix which- he combattea
a troublesome ' asthma. . His father,
a glass importer and a man of means,
was his constant companion ; he kept
a diary j he read so much history and
fictional bookg of - adventure that he
was known as a bookworm; he took
boxing lessons; he was an amateur
naturalist; and at the age of seven
teen he entered Harvard university.
There, he was not prominent, in an
athletic way, but his puny body had
undergone a metamorphosis and be
fore graduation he became one of the
champion boxers of .the college. This
remarkable physical development was
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empnasisea snortiy. airer ne ien nar-
vard in 1880, when he .yent to Europe,
climbed the Matterhorn.-and as a rs-
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FIRST BANK & TKUST COMPANY .
DECLARES EEGUI.A R YWE D.
At the ! .December meetLng of the di
rectors of the First Bank and Trus::
Company the regu!ar."ser.li-annual divi
dend of three -per cent" was declared
and checks were nailed to the sicci-
holderg on New Year's Day- The oankj
has just .closed a year , of extremely
satisfactory' growth and prosperity,
and, Tith deposits of $552,000, has a
Surplus and Undivided Fronts Account
of $23,000,
COUNTY COSDIISSIGNEIIS'
HOLD MONTHLY MEETDfG.
The Henderson County .-CcmisslOn-
ers hold their regular monthly meet-,
ing last Monday, January 6th, the en
tire Board being presnt. The com
raissioners are: J. N. Russell (Chair
man), J. A. Maxwell, S. J. Whitaker.
Clerk, A. O. Jones.
Mrs. Sallie Johnson, who has been
in charge of the County Home sct
the death of her husband, J. H. John
son, tendered her resignation effective
March 1st, which date terminates the
contract made by her with the com
missioners. Persons desiring to se
cure -the position of manager are no
tified to file application with A. O.
Jones before January 18th, and to ap
pear in person before the commis
sioners. A petition was received from voters
of Pleasant Hill School District for an
election to levy a special school tax
in that district for the purpose of ex
tending the present school term of four
months and making- the- term- six
months- The petition was approved
"and the election ordered for Febru
ary 15th next. .
A petition, by voters of Green River.
TownBhip was presented by J. 0; Bell,
asking for re-location of the Bob's
Crook Road from Green River Bridge
to the head of Green River up near
the Transylvania County line. The
petition was ordered posted, and hear
ing on it will be had at the next
monthly meeting on February 3rd.
The Commisioners notified the State
Highway Commission that Henderson
County would guarantee the raising
of a sum equal to the amount
of the allotment of highway road funds
to this county, about $18,000, this
guarantee being necesary to secure
such allotment.
Many small items were disposed, of
which the claims orderd paid vrill of
course appear in publication cf the.
regular county statement.
RECOMMENDS SINKING OP
SUREEXDERED GFUJIAX SKIPS.
Atfmirsl Rodman Advises Tctjil De-SrTin.!oi-,
Seti'ctr.rt VDii?cJ Op
posed lo idea. Says Use Csvn be
Io and" for CapfEr-'l War YVsself.
'Tashington. Jan 3. Destruction of
ail capital ships of the German navy
mU rendered to the .lies was recc-ni-
man, who commanded the American
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"During the war the combined
I Ti 1 oh on1 A rn ripo n flootrj liova Vio
; such a predominating superiority over
A. T 1 .! a i.1 i. ' . " A.
1 - 1 vjennau ueet tuat it aarea not come
out and fight us," Admiral Rodman
said. "If that supremacy could be
maintained when the German Seet was
ex'ste"Pce, v,rhat would be the ob-
ject of adding the German ships to oar
lur'jes wnea zne ctanger- oi ineir ar-
tackins us has been removed?
"The expense of maintaining
the
ships would be enormous. The types
jare entirely diSerent from those of the
British and American fleet. They are
equipped with different guns and use
a different kind of ammunition.
"Furthermore, there is no object for
..the aiii-es to keep theia or protection
y the time Germany can build newCross in New York has been wonder -
andJ Jf50 0TPm
i fw'r the vcr.d s - iarge;t -est, iesw
ships will have become obsolete and
would have to be thrown away any
how." ,'
Admiral Rodman said the ships
should be "token out in the North, sea
and sunk "?o . that they never
could be four.-. ain," adding that if
the allies kept n. :m. thgywould soon
And that they "have annexed a herd
of white elephants."
Yashington, Jan. 4. Secretary Dan
iels today expressed himself as being
personally opposed to sinking German
surrendered warships. He thought
the older tvess even of the German
war craft might be used like the old
American battleships Iowa, IVIassa
chuetts, and Indiana, as training ships,
and if no other use were "found they
njin-ht b used as targets to tsst new
irans
i. o: o. f.
The "following officers have been
elected for the term ending June 30,
1S19.
S. M. Garren, N. G. '
,T. Si Kyde'r, V. G.
A. C. Jones Sec'y.
A. F. P. King, Treas.
- J. M. Stepp, "Warden.
W. T. Drake, Chaplain.
All. Odd Fellows are requested to be
present next. Tuesday night for the
installation of ofiicers.
J. C. BROW, Seb.
VAS BREAKS OUT
IX OLD BLUE EIDGE.
At a hearing before Magistrate B. F,
Hood last Tuesday mornin
Jesse
McGraw, Furman Stepp, James Step?,
F. G. Blackwell and Thomas Parris
were each bound oVer under $200 bond
to the March term of the Superior
Court, the charge in each case being
assault with a deadly weapon.
The affair from which the charges
resulted occurred on Mr. McGraw's
farm in the Hungary Creek section or
Blue Ridge Township last Saturday
afternoon, and seems to have been a
general engagement of no small pro
portions. The testimony was to the
effect that McGraw was husking corn
at his crib, and that the other parties
came along the road and remarked to
him that they had just cut up his
blockade still and stopped his whis
key making, and that Blackwell had
been appointed a deputy marshal, and
that McGraw made reply to the effect
that he guessed he could fix the still
up again. So far the testimony was
not conflicting, but right here it di
verged sharply. McGraw states that
he had been squirrel hunting that
morning, and had his shotgun leaning
against the crib, and that after the ex
change of the remarks noted, he pick
ed up the gun and started toward his
house; that he heard a rock strike the
side of the crib and stopped and turn
ed around, and that thereupon the
other parties commenced firing upon
him with pistols. The other parties
to' the affair state that McGraw fired item. When the supper itself had
the first sliot. Anyway, the testimony Deen comfortably stowed away in the
come3. together again here, and all J respective interiors of the members
hands agree that at this stage the j present, and the cigars and cigarettes
best tactics of European military '"were being handed around and lighted
leaders were adopted by both sides, up, and chairs were being moved
and the warfare of open movement . around a little for easier and lazier
gave way to the warfare of fizel po- 'listening, C. 53. Bland, retiring resi
sitioas, with McGraw in a heavily "or- I dent, opened the business session
tifiec Bosition behind a small post -
oak, and the enemy strongly entrench
ed in the ditch alongside the road. In
pife of the terrific artillery fire main
tained by both sides as long as ammu
nition held out. the casualties Vere
comparatively light, all of them beinSlBarn son's European. Speeches an5
sustained by Furxnan- Stepp vho -sto?-. p retiouhj'ejmii as "Evilse
Sed-se S sbt with his head arid! Prophet." Roughly Handled b In-
another vth his shoulder. In add!-
tion to the bond of $200 set by the
court, McGraw and Furman and James
Stepp are also under $300 bond to
keep the peace until the case is heard
at the March term of Superior Court,
The armistice being thus arranged,
it is hoped by friends of both parties j fire" demonstration . started in La
that a treaty of peace may be ratified j Fayette park by "sentinels" of the na-
ent even if it fails to set up a league
,
of nations.
xiss anne oates in
TEKVlfc-VTED IN CHARLOTTE, j and their banners destroyed, while an
j urn in which the "watch fire" was
Charlotte, Jan. 5. Miss Anne Oates, burnin3 waa destroyed. After the po
of Kendersonviile, who has been in the lice had restored order the WOmen
city for two days, leaves today. Miss ; lishted s nev fire in OR9 of thc hig
Oates coe from New York where shejarns ia the p?rk and Qye of them were
Las been since September last, in Red arrested by tilQ police for . this vioia
Cross work, being a member of the;tinn nf nrr reKtation ' Thpv Pft
ambulance corps. "I find the work j fuged tQ furnish bond and were hel(t
intensely interesting," said Miss Oates, at a precinct station,
yesterday. "The corps did wonderful! During the afternoon the, women
work at the Morgan explosion at burned COpies cf the speeches deliver
Perth Amboy. Yes, ve wear uniforms j ed fcy president Wilson in Europe
but they are not objectionable. Weand ag tne last one was destroyed the
could not very well work in regulation j sesjtinela unfurled a banner bearing
female attire. The work of the Red
ful in ope and as perfect in organi -
-ion a3 lo .pestle fcr any organized
I effort to be. I am going back Satur
day to continue my work and can't
,say just when I'll be home again. The
demobilization of the army vrill bring
its work of no less interest than dur
ing the war period. The coming home
of the wounded, and the care of them
Is what the society is now planning
for. This latter work will be of in-
tense interest and beside its aid-to-the !
injured side, there is also the side of I After thG "ych fre had been put
uplift and benefit to those who givejout togi the WOmen lighted anoth
themselves to the cause. It is a great )er and party leaders announced that
privilege to feel that you are relieving
ii to . x " t
the sufferings of others
Miss Gates, came to Charlotte to see
her grandmother, Mrs. David V . Oates Later the five women were released
and aunt,-35rs. H. N, Pharr, and is at jby the FOlice and told-to appear in'po
the Pharr home' on Church street. lipe cnurt tomorrow moraine to ans-
iss Gates Ms the sister of William
Oates, who was aen prisoner by the i
Germans and who. is now in Paris j
hoping to. come home soon. Charlotte
Observer. -. .
KED CROSS J.1BETING.
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A called meeting of the Executive
j
Committee '.of the Red Cross Caanz3r
meeting oi tne chapter wm wnww a. t
3:30. All officers and others interest
ed are requested to be present.
Dr. A. C. Teteou, Acting Ch'm.
Henry F. Ptewart, Acting Sec.
i m v- TT.li try j.
will be heia tne icy nan wur- ch
day afternoon at. 2:80. January 11th. j '
. . w it - ,. . waite house
. m . sed tne
Board
Of
Enjoys
Clarence Latham President. A. S. Tru ::
Re-Elected Secretary and Treasure,
and Honored by Gift, Steps Taken
to Locate Georgia Military
Academy, Discussion of
County Roads
In spite of a temperature that was bers, and made an earnest plea for
reaching the zero mark and promis
ing work for the plumbers next day,
the largest and most successful meet
ing In the history of the Henderson
ville Board of Trade was held at Ken-
'"tucky Home last Friday night. . Be-
tween fifty and sixty members and
several guests gathered In the big din
ing room where a short invocation
was made by W. A. Smith. To say
that the supper was held at Kentucky
Home is to say that every item on the
menu was delicious, that there were
plenty of items, and plenty of each
1 "with a hearty welcome to the mem-
SUFFBAGETTES RAISE
BIG ROUGH HOUSE.
dignant Spectators in Frost
of
White House.
Washington, Jan. 2. Riotous scenes
were enacted tonight in front of the
f white house when soldiers, sailors
and citizens undertook to end a "watch
"against the failure of the senate to
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nass the eaual suffrage resnlutimi;
"Women carrying banners were
knocked down by the charging crowd
intt(,rirAinn .inAr.r.mnc- p-f-t
:Wilscn as a.false pr0phet of demo-
; cracy A doZen soIdie:s and sailors
i-3vant:y surrounded the "banner and
shut it from the gaze of the crowd of
several hundred persons.
An army captain then stepped in
front of the spectators and called for
three cheers for the President, "the
world's leader of democracy and the
best friend ihe women of America ever
had." The crowd gave the cheer with
a will, but there was no atempt then
t molest the "sentinels.
ery p0ssibIe effort wouid. be made
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to keep it going until the senate pas3-
ed the suffrage amendment.
wer formal charges of -violating parte
reu!ations At the
woman s party
headquarters it was said that since
rt5ie women had not ; furnished any
ibond they would not appear for trial.
I V'sshington, Jan. 5. Because cf in-
itn 'erence by the police the national
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.! v- v-an's party announced tonight
. . t. , in w
burning in front of the
until the senate had pas-
Susan B. Anthony susrage
. ! constitutional amendment resolution.
Four more -of the party "sentinels"
were arrested tonight when they un
dertook to start another fire to replace
that extinguished last night by a
crowd of men and they are held in the
Trd
Big
d
prea
cooperation In the work of the com
ing year, and then, called for a verbal
report from Secretary and Treasurer
A. S. Truex.. This report, showing
the general healthy and active condi
tion of the organization, and also not
ing a cash balan.ee. of nearly a. thou
sand dollars In the treasury, met with
hearty approval shown by generous
applause- After the handling of one
or two important items, it was pro
posed, seconded, and carried , unani
mously, that as a token of apprecia
tion of Mr. Truex's energetic and
effective work as secretary and treas
urer, that he be presented with a
Check for a hundred dollars, the carry
ing of this motion also meeting with
applause. -. -.
Proceeding to the election of officer
for the ensuing year, the following
were elected, every nomination meet-
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house o? detention to await trial to
morrow.
Officials of the woman's party said
they recognized that'lt would be iiri
possible to furnish women to bulla
the. fires as fast as the police could ar
rest them," but declared that "no
amount of police interference" would
prevent the burning in front of the
white house of copies of speeches
which President "Wilson delivers i:v
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! CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK
DECLARES DIVIDEND.
Four per cent dividend checks have
just ; been mailed out to stockholders
of the Citizens National Bank, the
regular semi-annual dividend of four
ner cent having been declared at a di
rectors meeting held December 10th.
This bank, which has been successful
since its organization in May, 1915,
has just closed a year of exceptional
prosperity. It has paid a regular
semi-annual dividend of four per co-it
Since its organization, and now, with a
capital of $50,000.00, and deposits of
almost half a million, has a surplus
of. $10,000.00 and undivided profits of
$4,500,00, and has reduced its furnituro
and fixture account from $6,000.00 to
$4,500.00. The bank owns the bnila
ing site at the north-east corner of
filain Street and Fourth Avenue, and
'a modern banking office and buiituutf.
The offi'cerg of th Lank
.?Tt'r.rH: Prcident, C. E
are: E. W.
Brooks, 1st
Vice-President; iiro.vniov one.:' '
2nd Vice-President; C. S. Fullbrigh,.,
Cashier; W. A. Young- and E. H.J
Davis, Assistant Cashiers- Directors:
E. W. Ewbank, Brownlow Jackson, C.
E. Brooks, W. C. Rector, R. P. Freeze,
F. A. Ewbank, W. S. Ashworth, C. S.
Fullbright F. A. Ely, C. B. Glazener
W. A. Cannon, Foster Bennett.
SELLING FOBDS AGAIN
The Rhodes Auto Company has an
advertisement in this issue which will
doubtless attract the attention of auto
ists who have been wondering wh2a
they could secure another Henry, and
at what price. The Rhodes Company
announce that on orders placed now
they can make reasonably .prompt de
livery on two of the Ford models, the
Sedan and the Coupelet, both o
which are offered at the same price as
last summer. Some days ago a loal
Observer remarked that, other signs to
the contrary notwithstanding, he
would not feel fully convinced that the
war was over until he saw Archie
Erown hauling a long string of usw
Henry's from the freight depot. Co It,
would seem that peace is pretty close
around the corner.
A CABLE FEOM FRANCE
Libourne, France, Jan. 6. 1219.
W. P. Whitmire, Hendersonville, N. C.
Am well. Home soon.
Lee "TOiitmire.