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InlTiiMfoir e T 1. : :iyoL.xxv, no. si HENDERSONVILLE, N. C THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1919 PRICE FIVE CENT i " : o-riiL nuULS'lEJLI' ill Brummitt of Granville Speaker of the House-J . . Bryson, Asst. Sergeant-at-Arms After Close Race Federal Prohibition Amendment Passed by Sen ateBryan Speaks for Prohibition and Suffrage. : Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 13. The 1919 General Assembly of North Carolina in bi-ennial session here on Wednesday, January 8, at 12 o'clock and proceed ed in the usual way of getting down to business. v The House was called to order by ; the Principal Clerk, Alex Lasiter, of Bertie County, after which all except three of the 120 members presented -j themselves or subscribed to the oath "of office administered by Chief Jus tice Walter Clark, of the North Caro : llna Supreme Court. The three ab sentees later appeared and entered upon their duties. , The House chose for it's presiding officer for the session Hon. Dennis G. Brummitt, of the county of Granyile, who is admirably fitted for the stren uous work before him. The other House officers are: Principal Clerk Alex Lissiter, of Bertie; Reading Clerk D P. Dellinger, of Gaston; En grossing Clerk O. P. Shell, of Har nett; Sergeant-At-Arms J. H. Mo oring, of Wake; Assistant Sergeant-At-Arms E. J. Jenkins, of Granville. Lieutenant Governor O. Max Gard ner called the Senate to order and will preside over the deliberations of that body during the session. Senator Lindsay Warren, of Beaufort, was unanimously elected President Protem of the Senate and his duty will be to preside in the absence of Lt. Gov. Gardner, R. O. Self, of Jackson, was re-elected Principal Clerk; I. W. Hughes, of Beaufort, Engrossing Clerk C. C. Broughton, of Montgomery, Read ing Clerk; W. D. Gaster, of Cumber land, Sergeant-At-Arms, and Josepli A. Bryson, of Henderson, Assistant Sergeant-At-Arms. There were no contests for positions in the open sessions of either the House pr Senate, all nominations having been made in caucus on Tuesday night. In the Senate caucus J. A. Bryson, of Hendersonville, and J. S. Williams, oT Watauga county, were the only partic ipants in a real contest, all the nomi nees for other positions having serv ed during previous sessions. Mr. Bry son was handicapped by the absence of his Senator from Polk county (Mr. Cloud) who was detained on business and did not arrive until "the morning after." But Hendersonville friends of Mr. Bryson took up the fight and witli the timely aid of Judge Henry B. Ste vens, Senator from Buncombe, O. B. Cc' ' M, Senator from Jackson, Sena- tor -, ewton, 01 iievuiaixu, - 1 1 ri i TT? B. Cooper, of Wilmington, and others succeeded in putting the Henderson man "across" by a majority of two. The position pays $4 per day and mile- TEACHERS MUST JUKE REPORT ON SUSPECTED DISEASE. Measures to Combat Not Only Influen za but aH Contagions Diseases Child Must be Excluded Until Health Is Regained. Prof. Bradshaw and the staff of teachers of the Graded School will have an added and important duty un der new regulations of the state Board of Health requiring prompt re port on every suspected case of con tagious disease. By this plan school work is not to te interrupted' as much in the future unt of communicable diseases 3 . i been in the past for the rea- IS. ..4V T- rt 1 4 sVi rTc, Trrill T0- quired by the State Board to give a ' .m stricter, watch to the children's health. This new ruling has been found necessary oy me oiauj aumu i not only to check the spread of influ enza through the schools, but all other communicable , diseases. The regula tion requires 'all teachers to report to i the county quarantins officer when a '.pupil is found to have symptoms sug " gestivo of chicken pox, diphtheria, ' measles, german measles, scarlet fever' septic sore throat, small pox and whooping cough, and furthermore, to - exclude the child from school until 'the nature of the disease is deter mined, and If the disease Is contagious Who can blame him? The General Assembly appears to be composed of intelligent, conservative men, who are disposed to legislate up on a basis of "the greatest good for the greatest number!" Many matters of state-wide importance will come up for consideration later on and the ses sion bids fair to rival all immediate predecessor's in providing progressive legislation for the benefit of all the people. Committees for both branches of the Assembly will be annoanced early in the week, when the solons are expected to get down to busluess In dead earnest. So far no measure of importance has run the gauntlet of either house. Both house adjourned out of respect to the late Col. Theo dore Roosevelt and sent resolutions of age. "Joe" is visibly pleased. sympathy to the bereaved familv. The. J , . , a M1 t . 'approval of this draft, Mr. P. F. Pat-i the Senate on Friday by a viva voc vote, with only a few scattering noes. vThe House will take similar action this week. Col. William Jennings Brjan addres ed an audience numbering something like 2,000 people at the Raleigh audi torium on Friday night uauer the aus pices o! the North Carolina Equal Suf frage League and won a numter of converts to the cause. The suffra gettes are busy down hero these clays and are going to ask so.ii 2 big favors at the hands of the General Assembly. Mr. Bryan spoke to the members of the. Assembly in joint session on Fri day morning. He was' rn line . fettle and made the welkin ring in the old time style prevalent during the clays of free silver and "the cross of gold." He is now a citizen of Nortii Carolina for the greater portion of the time and boasts of the fact The Colonel wants the State to get on the honor roll for prohibition and woman suffrage right away. Master Jonathan Jp.ekson, the bright little seven-year-old son of Repre sentative and Mrs. Brownlow Jackson has been appointed page in the House by Speuker Brummitt and is one f the youngest boys to hold teat posi.icn. He is attentive to his duties and thinks well of his work. Youu? Jonathan 13 quite a favorite with the members. Representative Lyda. of Transyl vania, wants the treasurers office re stored and has introduced a bill which will give it back to uncle Sam Lance. The House to a ay nuiiied.the Fede ral prohibition amcr.d-'-'eni by a vnt of 93 to 10. The resolution was vigor ously opposed by Hepresentativc Stubbs, of Martin; 3rovr. of Pitt; Crisp, of. Dare and Kiser, of Stokes. Proponents of the measure did no talking. It was not necessary. until the child is well. Teachers are now being sent cards prepared, for reporting all cases of communicable diseases. . It is the pur pose of the board to have the cards in the hands of the teachers as soon as possible that they may be prepared to handle any outbreak of influenza or other communicable disease that may occur. The cards will bear the Gov ernment frank and will require no postage. It is thought that the teachers can render a most effective service in con trolling contagious diseases by watch ing carefully their pupils on their re turning to. school and reporting and excluding all suspected cases. They are requested by the Board to keep in touch with their county quarantine officer and to call upon ' him when help is needed in an outbreak of any disease. vrtjitLAND STUDENTS TO PRESENT PLAT. On Fraiday evening, January 17th the -young ladies of Fruitland . Insti tute will present, as their annual play, Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night." The play was postponed from Thanksgiving the date fixed for the performance, because of the serious ness of the influenza epidemic at the time. . The proceeds will go toward fur nishing the girl's society hall. BOARD OF TRADE APPROVES THE NEW ROAD LAW. The special meeting of the Hender sonville Board of Trade set for Tues day night convened on time and pro ceeded to business with the newly elected president, Clarence Latham, presiding in a manner that promises well for the future of the organization. After disposing of the formal order of business, the committee on Georgia Military Academy reported satisfac tory progress, and the committee, on roads, through the "chairman, Dr. L. B. Morse, made it's report, embodying the draft of the new county road law, which after being read and discussed section by section, was approved with out a dissenting vote. The essential features of the new law He In the erection of a board of three county road commissioners, one of the toad commissioners to be chosen from among the county commission mem bers, and the other two to be citizens of the county selected by the county board. The law also makes it man datory upon such road commission to employ a whole-time road supervisor places violation of the lav , by employ ees or others, directly under the jur isdiction of the superior court, chang es the road labor assessment from I $2.50 to $4.00 in lieu of the five days work ; directs erection of proper roaC signs; and provides for a" monthly meeting of the road commissioners on i the Saturday preceding the first Mon day in each month. Following thS" LUIl Was UttllCU UUUU, auu O wun.c ai. length, reviewing all the road work of the county and comparing costs and results with those obtained in other j counties, and urging the retention of the present law. The meeting lasted until nearly midnight, but no further business was transacted after the ap proval of the road committee's report as stated. HENDERSON COUNTY LIQUOR SPELLS EIGHT MONTHS. ! Asheville Darkey Was Taking Nine! Pints to Sick Friend. Part of it in; Hot Water Bottles. Friend Doing Well. Asheville, Jan. 14. Almost a month on the county chaingang for every pint as the river valley lands,' will be re of blockade whiskey which he brought ' lieved of the destructive floods which into Asheville was the nrice which have so long been a menace or hin- peter Collanter nas to pay acording towhat Judge M. H. Justice says. areas affected. It is not known what Some time ago Collanter took a lit- report the engineer will make, but he tie trip out in the country and wentwent over the territory extensively into Henderson county. He came.n a-view lo-uems back on the Carolina Special and as soon as he alighted from the train the nfH rem saw that somethine was wronir. Aq examination sh0wed that he hadjderson County, as the drainage of the . . f whiskey deoosited on his person, which his bulging j rtnthes stiva nroof of. The moonshine was in a variety of bottles which ranged from an ordinary quart bottle down to a small sized medicine bottle. Besides the bottles there were four red rubber hot water bags which were, filled with the mountain dew. These hot water bags were tied by two strings so that two bags could be hung over each shoulder under his picking up Mr. J. L. Whitaker and Con coat. J stable Press Garren headed for the The iiquor was brought in Superior I neighborhood of Fruitland. They ar- court today as evidence, and the judge stated that there was no doubt about the whiskey being regular blockade, because he and the sheriff both took a "healthy whiff" of it. The negro would not state where he got the liquor or from whom he ob tained it. When questioned by the judge he stated that the man was dis guised. "He had black hair and a red mustache, and you know dat don't correspond," said the darkle. The judge asked him where he was when he saw the man. "I was in the road when he tackled me," said the negro. He also stated that he had to wait till the man went Into the woods for the beverage. When asked if he meant to drink all the whiskey, he said he was bringing it to town for a sick friend, but that the friend had become better and gone to work since that time, and was, therefore, not very seriously in convenienced by the failure of Peter to show up. The judge took the fact that Peter lost all his whiskey into consideration and let him off with a rather short sentence, giving him only eight months at hard labor on the county roads. The Citizen. DR. MORSE COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER. At the meeting last Monday of the County Board of Health Dr. L. B. Morse was elected county health offi cer, succeeding Dr. A. B. Drafts, who has held the office for four years, but denies accumulating any large for- tune thereby. - . BRIDEGROOM ARRESTED BRIDE TAKEN HOME. The course of true love seems to run no more smoothly in Henderson Coun ty than in other sections. Gerlie Pat terson, an employee of the Green River Manufacturing: Comnanv maa w XT MAUU I a triD to Asheville last Rat - - -WW f UUU while there invested in a marriage li cense for. himself and Miss Zola Jones, ; also an employee of the company. On Sunday the young couple got into a car, ran over to Arden, and put that license to the use for which it was in tended, and were married. On Sunday afternoon the father of the young lady, Mr. A. L. Jones, also got Into a car and started out in pursuit, but failed to catch up with the couple. Returning Sunday night he had a warrant issued, and it became Sheriff Case's painful duty to put at least a temporary end to love's young dream by placing the bridegroom under arrest, and return ing t the bride to her father's home, young Patterson being releasedi under bond for hearing before Magistrate Hood. The father of the young lady alleges that she is only sixteen years of age," .while she herself contends that fihe has already passed her eighteenth birthday, and it is said that , this con tention is borne out by the employ ment records of the mill, which are said to carry a statement .by her father, made over a year ago, that she was seventeen at that time. . v a jjiiuiiiMJuu VISITS HENDERSONVILLE. Looking Into Question of Draining Hud Creek by Blasting out Buck and Long Shoal. Owing to the efforts of Henderson County's Farm Demonstrator, Mr. Flemming, a government engineer has been recently sent to this County to investigate the situation at Buck and Long Shoals on the . French Broad River and to advise the Government of the practicability of blasting out these shoals and whether, when re moved, the lands on Mud Creek, Devils Fork and other tributary streams of the French Broad, as well ! drance to farming development in the comprehensive report. Thiiis a matter that will be of in- V erest. to all of the people of Hen- lands affected will add much mater- ial wealth to the county at large. ' BREAK UP BLOCKADING ' C DERATIONS NEAR FRUITLAND More whiskey making has come to grief at the hands of the local offlcers. On last Monday evening, after dark, Sheriff Case and Capt. T. V. Lyda got out that anti-moonshine auto, and riVed on the scene of action just about sixty minutes too late for the ! party; finding the fire burning but the . still missing. Fermenters and Darre.s concealed in the brush nearby were located and destroyed. One arrest was made, that of Robert King, col ored who lives near the location of the still, and under .whose house was found a large assortment of bottles and jugs and one keg smelling strong ly of corn liquor; also about half a gallon of that brand of stimulant. Robert was unable to make bond, and he and the t-lf-gallon were both locked up in the county jail, but in different .compartments. LOCAL RED CROSS. The Impression has gone out that tlrti work of the-Red Cross is about over now that hostilities have ceased. On the contrary our work is increas ing, the only work not being done is Surgical Dressings. The garments are badly needed and the women must feel their responsibility in this mat ter. The minimum should be a garment a" week for every woman worker, is there a woman in "town w ho could not do this? In addition to the 330 boys shirts now being made the local char ter has just received an. allotment of 150 Men's shirts,, the acceptance of which will entirely depend on the ! workers. Shall Henderson county fall behind in her quota or will you do your part? . JOSEPHINE E. KIRK, D. W. W. Old John Barley corn Grasps at Straws Spi Legislators Poke Their Storm is passing-Dry Point Along the Line. Washington, Jan. 11. Much is being said about what the returning soldier boys will do to prohibition when they return to this country from France, where light wines and beer are popu lar. Metropolitan newspapers have started quite a movement to save old John Barleycorn. They have inter viewed men who have come back from the front, and most of the talk was against prohibition. Prohibition leaders here are ner vous over the threats from the "front." They feel that efforts are being made to upset their plans to have the con stitutional amendments ratified with in the next few weeks and fear some change of sentiment that would re sult in postponement of action in some states. Wobblers Brace Up. The soldiers' movement started in France among the American fighting j men, has already brought about a' change in the prohibition controversy Apparent effects are that: 1 Weak-kneed legislators' who were going with the crowd, led or driven by professional prohibitionists, have been TWO LOCAL CONCERNS MAKE IMPROVEMENTS Carpenters are busy making altera tions in the Main street property for merely occupied by the Citizens Bank and later by Alderman's Grocery,, and preparing it ' for new tenants. The former banking office will be divided by a partition running from front to back, thus making, two large roomy offices, each with a big. window on Main street. One of these offices will be occupied by Ewbank, Ewbank and Company, and the other will be fitted out as the up-town office and agency of the Hendersonville Laundry Ice & Fuel Company. The room Immediately to the rear will be used as the law office of E. W. Ewbank. The firm of Ewbank, Ewbank and Company has come to be one of the largest and best known insurance agencies in this section of the state. Representing a line of fire and acci dent companies known as standard all over the world, they have handled their business in such a manner that they now cover a wide territory, much of their business coming from distant points, while their uniform and unfail ing regard for the interests of their policy holders as well as of the com panies represented has given them a .firm grip on local patronage. The present change in their office arrange ment simply marks a forward step in the growth of the concern. The other tenant of the premises, the Hendersonville Laundry Ice and Fuel Company, is one of the bes: known and most prosperous of the lo cal industries, and one which by con tinual addition to plant and facilities has kept well abreast 'of the growth of t )wn. This new feature of the bu , an up-town office for handl ing . ness in all of the company's lines, will add much to the conven-j ience of its patrons, who in the sum mer season are numbered up in the thousands. The up-town office will be in charge of Miss Edith Blythe, while ' Mr. Latham, the president of the com pany, will also have a desk there, ai. . will probably spend no small part of his time in his new Main street quar ters. Edgar Latham will be in active charge of the plant. louis hesterly transferred to fort Mcpherson hospital. iLouis Hesterly, who recently grad uated from the "Non-Commissioned Officers School at Camp Greenleaf and promoted to sergeant has been trans ferred to General Hospital N. 6, :7ort McPherson, Georgia, and is now on duty there: Hesterly's induction into general military service was one of several surprises coming to the Hen derson County Local Board during the course of it's labors. The department issued a call for one "limited service' man from nearly every local board in the state, to report at Camp Green for a few days instruction, and then to be sent back to their respective boards Heads up to Learn if D Leaders Fighting at Every heartened by the voice from the boys who helped to whip the kaiser, ana make the country safe for democracy. Anti-Prohibitionists In close states have commenced action in the courts to prevent the ratification of the amendment. This is notably true in Ohio, where, in the Absence of the soldier vote, the state went "dry" m the last election by a. small majority. Congressmen opposed to prohibition will urge members of the senate sub committee of the judiciary committee, Investigating the trewers to inquire Into the methods and practices of th& Anti-Saloon league, which organizes ; the nation-wide campaign for prohi bition. Say It is Too Late. The prohibition leaders claim tha: It is too late for their wArw.'WAbW ' make any headway 'now. While they are shaky over the attitude of the re turning soldiers they see 119 way their proposition can be defeated.4 .They are planning to have Congress pass, strict enforcement laws to stop bootleggfc.. (Continued on Page 3) ?C FEW, ILL IN BASE HOSPITAL IN FRANCE. Many friends of Columbus Few, Jr., will regret to learn that he is ill witli pneumonia in the base hospital at Brest, France. His organization, the. 6th motor battalion, sailed from Brest for Newport News, Virginia, the day after Christmas, and reached Newport News last Wednesday. Not hearing from his son on the arrival of the transport, Dr. Few' wired Major Ro berson, the commanding officer of the battalion and received telegraphic re ply that "C" as he is generally knoVu, had been left behind in France with pneumonia. Major Schenck has en deavored to have an inquiry cabled by the War Department, as all priva'.e business is being refused owing to tua over-burdened condition of the Atlan tic cables, but so far has not bee successTuT. ;" under a ?Cial call for motor machinists, "C" volunteered last July, and took a course of pre paratory training at Clemson Colle-a before sailing for France in October. His friends are encouraged to thinx that he is on the road to recovery, a3 the illness had evidently fully deve loped by Christmas, and the crisis or the disease must have been reaches very shortly thereafter, so that if the outcome had been fatal word would have been received here before this time. . Later: Mrs. Sam Hodges received a telegram v from Mr. Hodges .Monday afternoon, stating that he had just gotten in touch with Major l!o"c son at Newport News, and that Major Robertson stated that he visited "C" in the hospital in Brest about , half an hour before the transport sailed, and that he fonnd him convalescent, ana expecting to be invalided home in the course of the next few weeks. WOMAN'S CLUB. Hereafter the Woman's Club will hold their regular meetings in the Mayor's Office in the City Hall, every second and fourth Wednesday at 3: SO o'clock. MRS. J. F. BROOKS, Sec. ". to assist in the clerical work of the beard. Under this call Hesterly was' sent to Camp Greene, and his return looked forward to with some desroe of pleasure by the board members. Some days later they learned, un officially, that the camp aufho itiss had accepted him for general itary, service and lifted him out 2 the board's jurisdiction. Dr. H: fcs Jus tus, who needs him badly, ha . rr tie a. strenuous effort to obtain a discharge in this instance, but so far without success. In a letter to a Hende-ron-ville friend shortly after going in' general service Louis remarked with some force and no doubt with some, truth that "It's all right to have Sam for your uncle; but when he gets to be your daddy .it's hell." 7
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