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Consolidated Circulation Sicreessor To French BrosJ Hutl?r And The News VOL. XXVI NO 29 HENDERSONVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1919 PRICE FIVE CENTS MR. LATHAM TELLS WHY ICE SHORTAGE; DEMANDS ARE LARGE The Sbuth's Popular Promenade i VISITORS HAVE NOT I TO LAY HEADS; CITY MUCH CROWDED WHER NATIO-WIIE SHORTAGE FELT SEVERELY IX 1IENDEKSOSYILLE All Efforts to Get From Neighbor ing Towns o" No Avail; Loral riant Making Best of Situation. A nation-wide shortage of ice, pre dicted last winter, is causing incon venience and perhaps suffering to many. Asheville and Hendersonville residents experiencing this shortage, and who will continue to experience it during the remainder of this ?u;n mer, are but a comparative tow among many millions. The Laundry, Ice and Fuel Com pany of this city has discontinue Jl all deliveries of ice except to ihe sani tariums and the hospital. The ice plant is being operated to its maxi mum capacity, Clarence Latham, its owner, states, and the daily product is being distributed in small quanti ties to those calling at the factory for it. This method of distribution, Mr. Latham says, is equitable in that it affords a larger number an oppor tunity to share in the ice made each day. "If the ice is placed on the wagons and sent out, only those closest to i the centre of town receive any," ..said Mr. Latham yesterday. "It is abso- j lutely impossible for the drivers 10 get beyond a certain very limited ra- i dius. Those living beyond this radius ' are justly entitled to a share. For , that reason and certainly for no ft-! nancial profit, I have discontinued deliveries except to the hospital and the sanitariums." Mr. Latham, has, he says, exhaust ed all efforts to secure ice from other points. He succeeded in getting a certain quantity, which he sold at a lower price than he paid for it. He is willing to do this again if he can get the ice which he cannot, for the shortage is nation-wide. Mr. Latham has received wires from New Jersey cities and from Philadelphia asking for ice in car lots. Naturally, he has been unable to fill, the orders. In Philadelphia the shortage is serious, it is said, and in many other northern and southern ri tioa tho crroo toot innn rnntn frrnr this source is common. Asheville is but one other of these cities. There, the ice companies are quite unable to supply the home demand, leaving none for outside trade. "During the war," said Mr. La tham, "it was impossible to increase the capacities of the ice plants of the country. Since the armistice was signed, conditions, as you know, have been but little better. I have made arrangements to increase the capac ity of this plant, but this will take time and no. relief from this source is to be expected this season." Mr. Latham declared the labor situation to be most serious, and in this the owner of the ice plant is not alone. " But, as a prominent business man pointed out, yesterday, Henderson ville has its own peculiar reasons for experiencing this shortage of the summer luxury and ' that is the en tirely unexpected size of the crowd now here. "I am confident," says this business man, "that there are tvice as "many people here today as there were last year this date. - I am absolutely sur prised at the number of strangers in this city. Had I believed it possible I certainly should have made ade quate arrangements in my own busi-1 ness to handle a trade that is swamp ing me." It is a fact that the town, for the very first time in its history, is com pletely full of strangers. The drivers of public service cars say they nave the greatest difficulty in finding any sort of accommodations for the steady stream of people continually coming to Hendersonville. One instance is typical of many. A party of fisre en deavored to secure accommodations first at one boarding house and then another, until hours had been spent in this way, and unsuccessfully spent. Finally and in sheer despe ration, they returned to the first place they had visited, and al though the house was completely full, or at least seemed completely full, reom somewhere was made for the little party- of tired tourists and they remained for the night. Another in stance: the Blue Ridge Inn, probably for the first time since that historic structure has been . built, is com pletely full of guests with many cots arranged on the broad porches. "Yes," remarked this business man, "there are different and other sourc es of inconvenience here just now aside from the ice question. White sugar is but a fond memory with most of us and last Saturday nighi there wasn't a loaf of bread to bt bought. There is a scarcity of milk and once in awhile ihere is a small load of vegetables brought to town. The trouble is that none of us made adequate preparations io haucile thlh ,'enormous crowd the "si'oa-tcsl in numbers we ever experienced." . MISSIONARY MEETING The Ladies' Mission-ary Society of the Presbyterian church mat Tues day afternoon at 4:30 o'clock in the church. Fh iy fe.'Jjftx.-5ssSr----4i3y3iS Si 'flirty &sr$Mr.!l oard of Trade To Help Local Fairs No County Fair Will be He' 1 but Board of Trade Will Doubtless Ex tend Willing. Hand to Community Fairs. - The Hendersonville Board of Trade has voted on extending the helping hand to the community fairs in iitfifcuii tuuiuv vviiuiiii; uiiiui;iii etui. The body voted to recommend to financial committee, through which all financial matters must pass, that it appropriate $100 to community fair work, $25 each to four community fairs that may apply for the aid. ' The Board of Trade considered the advisability of holding a county fair this year in view of the fact that Victor J. Garvin promised to give it considerable time, but owyig to the lateness of the season the financial and moral support will most likely be extended to four community fairs. Community fairs may also get $25 state aid if application is made be fore September 1. In order to ex pedite matters in making application for aid. Mr. Garvin will furnish proper blanks sent him by state au thorities. He can be addressed at Flat Rock, Route 1. . Community fairs will have to aet promptly to receive this aid. It is practically certain that the Board of J .iraae win extena tnis neip xor tne encouragement of the fairs. ARMY OFFICER JAILED ON CHARGE OF ASSAULT Captain Thomas Grier, of General Hospital No. 12 Biltmore, was bound over to criminal court Monday under $1,000 bond on the charge of crimi nal assault upon Mrs. P. J. Mayfield, of Greenville, S. C. The captain was also found guilty and fined $25 on a charge of intoxication. Failing to furnish bond, Captain Grier was in the city jail awaiting replies to urgent wires sent to relatives near Charlotte: The alleged offense Was committed on the Southern railway train reach ing Hendersonville about 9:30 o'clock Saturday night. During the hearing of the evidence the court room was cleared of all spectators. Newspaper men and even court officials were barred, only Magistrate R. M. Oates, the attorneys for the plaintiff and de fendant, remaining in the room. Mrs. Mayfield. an attractive look ing young woman, remained on the j witness stand for less than twenty j minutes. The alleged offense was i committed on the train near Fletcher, and while Mrs. Mayfield's husband had, for a moment left her side. Captain Grier told the court that when he left Biltmore on Saturday inght in response to a wire calling him to the bedside of his sick wife he -found a pint bottle of li .uor on the Biltmore bridge just before the train left the station. Mr. and Mrs. Mayfield aressummer visitors here. They had spent Satur day in Asheville. BAPTIST ASSOCIATION WAS UNUSUALLY GOOD Association! G-itheriii Wt. G'le'l We" Attnde'l: 'ext Meeting Goes to East Flat Rock. ThR Carolina BptVst Association which covers Henderson and rvart of some of the adjoining counties, met in 43rd annual session at Mt. Gilead church in the Mills River section last we,"lc . The attendance, which was a little small for the last few years, show ed an pnonn.s'ns inevi in-1 in attendance were of the oninion that it. was an unusually interesting sessiou . Rerrns'-Ti'flHvrs of different. Ban list organizations were present and the aprroa chins 75 million dollar campaign Io be wasred by Southern r!iscussed with conside- rable enthusiasm. The irext annual session will be held with the East Flat Rock church. Oncers were elected as follows: Moderator Rev. W. F. Sinclair. Cork Rev. J. J. Slattery. Treasurer G. J. Lambeth. Historian Rev. A. I. Justice. CONFEDERATE VETERANS TO MEET AUGUST 14 Dr. Yi. V. I oweil of Asheville WH1 De liver Address to Old Soldiers; '.Pin ner Will '3e Served at Laurel lark. 1 The Confederate veterans will Void Hen-Jthc5r ianua re-union at Laurel Park 4 , - M , - ..-m be delivered y Dr V. F. Powell of Asheville. Dinner will b secd by the Daughters of the Conlederacy. People are requested to take baskets of dinner for the occasion. There are between 75 and 100 Con federate veterans in Henderson county and it is hoped that they will all attend. Those in adjoining coun ties have bsen invited to join them. For a long time T. J. Shipmsn was commander but this duty has ben delegated to his son, Solicitor ,T. K. Shipman- School Election On September 23 I ! People to Hare Their Say as to Buy ng the Noterman Property the Noterman for High School Purposes. At a special meeting of the city commissioners Tuesday night before whom appeared members of the board of school trustees it was unanimous ly voted to hold an election on Sep. 23 to determine the will of the peo ple on the proposition of buying the Noterman property at $30,000 for high school purposes. LADY DIES SUDDENLY Miss Lillie P. Montgomery of Greenville, S. C, a guest of Wilson Cottage died unexpectedly, Tuesday afternoon shortly after dinner. She was a sister-in-law of E. B Blease, well known in Hendersonville. He accompanied the remains to Green ville Wednesday. FELL AND CUT FACE Miss Nell Johnson of Horse Shoe, who fell Sunday and cut her face so badly the physicians had to take sev eral stitches in it, is recovering nicely. SINGING AT ETOWAH There will be an old time singing at Etowah on the 5th Sunday in Aug. There will be dinner on the ground. Everybody come and bring well-filled baskets and Christian Harmony sing ing books. J. H. MOFFITT. BUICK AND CADILLAC CARS ARE STOLEN A Buick six and valuables , amount ing to over $200.00 were taken from Main street Friday evening while the occupants of the car, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cannon of Orangeburg. S. C, were in the Queen Theatre. The per son or persons who carried the car away has not been located. A Cadillac, belonging to Mrs. Mitchell of the Phinizy place at Flat Rock, was taken out of the garage Friday evening. The car thief or thieves evidently did not know the main road very well as they ran the car into a tree .within a short distance of the house and wrecked it so badly it could not be taken awav. Elsewhere in THE NEWS Mr. Mitchell is offering a. re ward of $200 in this connection. A boy from Laurel Park stole a car and was caught on Main street en joying a ride Tuesday night. He was placed in the city prison. Rev. and Mrs. M. R. Osborne and little son, Mark, who have been visit ing the former's sister. Mrs. J. P Emhler, have returned td their home in Greenville. II. M. McAUisfr.pr. resident of the i First National Bank of Luniberion.. N. C. is visiting his brother, W. P. McAllister, at Laurel Park. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bennett have as their guests, Miss Mattie Lee Bennett ot Williston, S. C. and Miss Mattie Kizer, G. M. Whetsell and 'Durham Whetseil of St. George, S. C. FillliD INSTITUTE EXPECTS LARGE CROWD . i Principal X. A. Melton of Fruit- j land Institute, which opens next Tuesday, states that every indication points to a crowded condition at the opening. Prospects are the brightest j he has ever seen for the opening of j tors here it is interesting io note that this Baptist institution, which is t on last Sunday the Kentucky Home working a marked uplifting influence served dinner to 750 guests and sup upon the young men and women or per to 685. Henderson county and other sections. MILLS 1J1VLK SUKPK1SE SOCIAL The "Surprise Social" given at the home of W. F. Cathey of Mills River on Thursday evening of last week was enjoyed by" a large number of guests. The porch which was used as a stage was profusely decorated wth Japanese lanterns, vines, goldenrod and daisies. The ice cream oooth was attractively decorated. The ttraciive ness of the grounds was largely due to the efforts of Mrs. Hargreaves and Mrs. Deal. The folio wing program was given: Piano Duet Misses Lenon and Helen Johnson. . --Reading Miss Elmer Johnson. Song Misses Lenon, Helen and Elmer Johnson, with violin accom paniment by Miss Agnes Deal. Piano Solo Mary Heath. -Reading Mrs . Newlin. At the close of the program Mrs. Newlin in behalf of the guests ai the Cathey home presented Mrs. Cathey witn a oeaucirui pin as a toKen oi their appreciation of her . hospitality. The guests of the evening then walked for the cake. Jir. Cordron of Savannah won the cake, a model of the confectioner's art vhich had been prepared by Mrs. Martin and Mrs . Newlin . Mr. Cathey presided over- the ice cream booth and proved himself grand master of the art of dishing ice cream. Misses Deai and Hennessy and Messrs Bob Cathey and Cecil Rhodes were hostesses and hosts at Billy Whisker's party. Mrs. Martin looked after the money box so well thac a neat sum was realized. This will be turned over to the Ladies?" Aid of the local Metho dist church. The credit for the success of ihe evening is due to Mrs. Newiin, who not only planned the details of the entertainment but. was ..he efficient mistress of ceremonies . MILLS RIVER NEWS School Opened With 133 Attendance; -Ice Cream Supper Saturday Night; Farmers Day Next Tuesday; Mayor Roberts to Speak. The Mills River high school opened August 11 with an attendance of 133, with Miss Charlotte Young, 'principal Miss Georgia Corpening and Miss Irene Osborne, assistants. Another teacher is to be added. An i e-earn supper is to be given at Mills River high school on Saturday night, August 16, the proceeds to be used for betterment work. A new plan! of electric lighting will be tried out at that time. The farmers and farm women are looking: forward to an all-day ex ercise with dinner on the ground next Tuesday, August 19. Besides the institute speakers, Mayor Roberts of. Asheville is expected' to be pres ent and give' an educational address. Special music by the school children. Every invited. MRS. PRINGLE DEAD' Mrs. D. L. Pringle died Sunday, August the 3rd, at her summer home in Flat . Rock. Tr death cnie as a result of complication of diseases. The funeral servis nnd interment took place at the church of St. Johns in the Wilderness Monday afternoon. Dr. Wright of Kentucky and Pr. W. W. Meminger .-' tl-ta conducted the services. The pallbearers were: Dr. Maybank, Rev. K. G. Finley and Messrs. R'on Rhett. J. P. Patton, E. R. Pickney, Fred Patterson and Langdon Cheves. Capt. and Mrs. J. !R Pinkney, Fred Patterson and to attend the funeral of the former's mother, have returned home. 750 Dinner Guests At K?ntucky Home A'nmber of .Guests Served'' indicates Something' of Bi Season and Ho- tel's Wide Popularity.. As indicating the number As maicatmg the number ot visi- This establishes a new record for this widely-known hotel. MOVEMENTS OF PEOPLE IN OR NEAR HENDERSONVILLE 3Iiss Gussie Dotson, Reporter Mrs.' H. M. Flynn returned from visiting relatives in Biltmore. Miss Dayvault of Concord. N. C. is visiting Miss Verna Moores. "Miss Ruth Hayes is visiting friends in Spartanburg. Mrs. Mamie Thomas of Augusta is visiting Mrs. Susie Lundy. Miss Maud Grigg of Lawndale is visiting Miss Stella Dixon. Dr. E. E. Bomar left Sunday j night to help conduct a revival m i Laurens county, S. C Mrs. C. W. Harty is visiting her mother, Mrs. M. E. Vass, in Spartan burg. Miss Bertha Brevard, who has been visiting Mrs. A. B. Freeman, has re turned to her home in Fairview. Miss Elizabeth Bomar left Tues day for a visit to friends in Fin castle, Va. Mrs. Theodore Price, who has been visiting Mrs. Susie Lundy, has re turned to her home in Augusta, Ga. Mrs. Natalie Crawford has return ed from near Bear Wallow,, where she spent several weelo. Mrs. A. 3. Coats and little daugh ter. Louise, of Mars Hill, are visiting the formers parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Freeman. The Ravenscroft Guild give a tea from 5 to 7 o'clock at the rectory on Wednesday afternoon. Miss Margaret Rucker, who has been visiting Mrs. J. E. Shipman, has returned to her home in charlotte. Mrs. A. B. Clyde of Panama City, Fla.. is the guest of his brother, W. P. McAllister, at Laurel Park. Miss Kate Shipman has returned from attending summer school at , Chapel Hill. - Master Brownlow Jackson. who has been visiting his sister, Mrs. A. P. McAllister, at Lumberton. lias returned home. k C. F. Bland left las t week for Cincinnati and other cities for the purpose of making purchases for his hardware store . Rev. T. C. King will conduct prayer rmeeting at the First Baptist church Wednesday evening in the absence of the pastor, Dr. E. E. Bomar. A violin solo by Miss Evah Blythe of the Boston Conservatory of Music was enjoyed at the Episcopal church Sunday. Miss Bessie Allen a deaconess of Nashville, Tenn., will conduct prayer meeting at the Methodist church Wed nesday evening. Miss Mo reel le abb. who has been Visiting .vliHS Annie Faye ivtdtli, has returned io Inn. S. C. Iier . home at i-onntain Mrs..J F. Ligon has Lor quests her sister. Miss Janie KrJgore, and cousin, Mir-s Jahie Masse'v. ieth of Woodruff, S. C. Mrs. Maggie Hallman and daugh ter, Margaret, who have been visiting relatives in Asheville, have returned home. BOARD OF TRADE TO MAKE CANVASS FOR ROOMS TO ACCOMMODATE VISITORS Even Rumor of. a Vacant Room Brings 38 Applicants; Town Full to Rim and Overflowing. The Board of Trade will flash the emergency call for vacant rooms in hotels, board houses and private residences in order to accommodate the influx of visitors who find it very dilficult to find sleeping quarters. The Board of Trade Tuesday night decided to employ some person to operate the Bureau of Information during the month of August and systematically collect information as to available rooms that will be throw open to help accomodate the people coming here without reserva tions. The city faces a crisis in this respect. People are begging for some where to lay their weary heads over night. The interests of the commun ity will be served if the people will throw open their vacant rooms to visitors at a reasonable rate. The Bureau of Information will begin collecting data for general dis tribution immediately. Headquart ers will be at the city hall. J. B. Garvin, chemist and princi pal of Denver school, is with his fam ily at Upward for a few days. Mrs; Spivy and daughter of Con way, S. C, have arrived to spend the season at their summer home on. the Edneyville road. Rev. Nathan Seagle of New York city and brother, Dr.- Chas. Seagle, of New Orleans, are expected soon to visit relatives in the city. Mrs. J. W. Beadenbaugh and chil- i dren have returned to Batesburg, S. C, after visiting her brother, H. T. Rikard. Monroe Trimble, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. J L. Red den, has returned to his home in Mon roe, La . Mrs. C. S. tSiackourn has as her guests for the season her mother and sister, Mrs. Clarke Waring and Miss Frances Waring of Columbia, S. C. Miss Marguerite Allen and brother, Stanford, who have been visiting re latives in Lynchburg and Amherst, Va., have returned home. Miss Alice Sarven, who has been visiting Mrs. W. A. Bates, has re turned to her home in St. Peters burg. Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Patton and family of Sumter, S. C, are visiting the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Patton at Fla; Rock. Mrs. G. W. Smith and two daugh ters, Misses Genia and Marie Smith, Of Jacksonville, Fla., are located at Mrs. Ballinger's on South Main Roy Northington was called to his home in Jonesboro, Tenn., last week on account of the illness of his mo ther. Mr3. S. Shuptrine and daughter. Mrs. Stillwell of Savannah, who are spending the summer in Asheville, are guests of Mrs. W. C. Powell. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Leever and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Linton from near Cincinnati, O., motored to the city Saturday for a visit of a few days to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bowman. Miss Alma Freeman has returned from a six-weeks' course at the State Normal, Greensboro. Miss Freeman is a member of the city school's teach ing staff. Mr n n rl lire A T? TVTJna rA T B. Mins of Sumter, S. C, are ex pected this week to visit the latter's sister, Mrs. I. E. Griffin. Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Rector, who have been visiting the former's par ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Rector, have returned to their home in Spartan burg. . Corporal John T. Alexander of 111 Field Signal Battalion of the 36th division is the guest of Mrs. L. M. Dodamead. Corp. Alexander will leave socn for his home in Waco. Texas. Rev. and Mrs. Ralph Carson and little " daughter, Dorothy Louise, who have been visiting the former's pa rents. Dr. and Mrs. H. H. Carson, leave this week for Ord, Nebraska. James Brown has received his dis charge from Camp Sevier and is ex pected home this week for a visit to ai3 parents. Dr. and .Mrs. J . . Mrs. A. Truitt. nee Miss Anne Connor, who has been visiting her pa- rent Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Connor. has gone to join Savannah, Ga. her husband in- Few Lyda, manager of the Sapphire Theatre of which John Glenn is own er, was mingling with friends and relatives in the city Tuesday.
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