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SCHOOL BOMBS
Consolidated
.August 1,
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Successor To
French Broad Hustler
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VOL. XXVI, NO 34
HENDERSON VILLE, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1919
PRICE FIVE CENTS
THE
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HIT BY H. CI.
PROBABLY THE LAST BUSINESS
TO ADVANCE ITS KATES
Advertising Space And Subscription
Rates Stood Firm From Beginning
of War Until Date But 3Iust Suc
cumb to Col. H. C. L.
The high cost of living has finally
hit The News.
(Right here E. H. Davis, assistant
cashier of the Citizens National Bank,
walks in with an order for bank
statements and sees the first line
typed on our machine and laughs
with the statement, "It was a long
time hitting you."
And that's the point we started to
explain in the second paragraph. Ad
vertising and subscriptions stand in
a class to themselves in that about
every other commodity or manufac
tured article long ago took a rise. It
was not so with the newspapers of
Hendersonville. The News has learn
ed by experience (a very trustworthy
teacher) that it cannot hold up its
head as an up-to-date, progressive
local newspaper at present rates,
therefore will advance both subscrip
tion and advertising rates. The sub
scription rate will be advanced to
$1,150 a year some time before the end
of this year. Ample notice will -be
given subscribers that they may re
new at the old rate.
The advertising rate will be advanc
ed from a flat rate of 15 cents an
inch (regardless of space taken) to
the minimum of 15 and the maximum
of 18 cents per column inch for each
insertion. -" - ,
Less than one-third of a page (40
inches) will sell at 18 cents an inch.
Fprty inches and up to 79 inches will
sell for 17 cents. Two-thirds of a
page (80 inches) will sell' for 16 cents
and a full page (120 inches) will sell
for 15 cents, the present rate. These
rates will be effective October 1,
1919.
JURY LIST FOR COURT
SEPT. 29
The following jury list has been
drawn for the Fall term of Superior
court, which convenes on Sept. 29:
For First Week
S. E. Sumney, John W. McGuinn,
N. A. Drake, A. C. McKinnia, J. M.
Case, Walter Hooper, Ben Capps, B.
F. Pace, G. A. Goode, R. V. Blythe,
S. W. Davenport, D. L. Kimsey, H.
F. Cantrell, W. M. Hyder, C. E.
Souther, J. C. Lanning, W. P. Potts,
C. N. Drake, E. M. Osteen, W. S.
McCraw, V. Laughter, Frank Young,
J. R. Wilkie, J. M. Laughter, J. H.
Williams, M. S. Shipman, E. S. Hill,
E. L. Sinclair, J. F. Garren, Z. D.
Brevard, J. P. Fletcher, E. R. Gar
ren, A. J. Carland, J. P. Townsend,
R. K. Osteen, R. B. Allison.
Second Week
C. W, Vaughn, M. A. Ward, Geo.
Gillespie, A. P. Garren, J. 'V. Grant,
J. M. Jackson, R. N. Reid, R. O.
Keith, J. C. Butler, A. L. Gurley,
R. E. L. Freeman, B. F. Gilbert, J.
F. Re vis, B. H. Raines, W. H. White
sides, J. P. Anders, G. O. Love, T.
L. Johnson.
SAYS HENDERSON COUNTY
HAS AROUSED FR03I SLEEP
The road trustees have sanded the
road between Horse Shoe and Etowah
and the Brevard News crows in the
following style:
"At last the Henderson county road
commissioners have decided to work
their end of the road between Hen
dersonville and Brevard. The section
between Etowah and Horse Shoe has
long since been in a very bad condi
tion and the motorists in this sec
tion will welcome the improvements."
mi. & 3IRS. JUSTICE ENTERTAIN
Mr. and Mrs. J. Foy Justice enter
tained at their new bungalow in
East Hendersonville Friday evening
with a rook party. Several games
ments consisting of fruit punch, cake
and cream were served. The guests
of the evening were: Misses Annie
Faye Keith, Lucy Bomar, Ethel Grif
fin, Conley, Clara Sargent, Virginia
Youmans, Marguerite Briggs ; and
Gussie Dotson, Mr. and Mrs. George
Justice, Mr. and Mrs. . Paul J.
Tthodes and W. Carl Shipman, Dr. H.
L. and Claude Keith, Gay Young, Guy
Brookshire and Furman Rhymer.
10ARD OF TRADE TO MEET
ON TOP OF CHIMNEY ROCK
Acting on the theory that the peo
ple of Hendersonville need to cultivate
a closer acquaintance with the com
munity's very valuable assets, Dr. L.
B. Morse has invited the Henderson
ville Board of Trade to be the guest
if the Chimney Rock Company on
Chimney Rock at its regular meeting
on the second Tuesday in October.
The Board of Trade enthusiastically
accepted the invitation.
Better Schools yote the bonds.
THE MS
CONVENING
BOARD OF TRADE ENDORSES
PURCHASE OF NOTERMAN
PROPERTY FOR THE SCHOOL
The Board of Trade in monthly ses
sion last week unanimously endorsed
the purchase of the Noterman prop
erty for school purposes and every
member present' signed a statement
to the effect that he would vote for
the bonds on next Tuesday. C. F.
Bland, school trustee, presented the
matter and said that he couldn't un
derstand why any man with love for
the school, the children and the com
munity, could oppose the issuance of
bonds for the purchase of the property
Small Ads Work
While You Sleep
The News Points Out Many Instances
of Big Results Produced by Ads
Costing Only a Few Cents.
The small classified advertisements,
although unassuming and occupying
only a line or two in a paper, are in
one respect likethe well advertised
medicine in that they "work while
you sleep."
This column is one of the biggest
business producers to be found. It is
full of human interest as well as
business.
"I only wish I had kept accurate ac
count of the replies to my advertise
ment," said Miss M. S. Willis as she
paid 38 cents for two insertions as a
result df which she rented her house
on Washington street. Rented a
house for 38 cents and had many
other applicants.
"Stop the ad. It sold the old horse,"
advised G. W. Justice.
"Too many fellows want the job, I
have a man now so stop the ad," ad
ised J. R. Willson, who advertised
for a bookkeeper.
"The ad rented the house and I
want to give you another," said Mrs.
W. H. Zimmerman.
"I bought a cash register on the
strength of the ad" advised another
advertiser.
"Cut out the ad. Ercuglr: results
second day after paper issued. So
many communications hard to answer
them all.' Send bill." writes Wn. A.
Band of the .3rvard Printery after
selling all his poultry.
These, are instances called - to the
attention of The News within the past
week.
What the small classified adver
tisements have done for these adver-:
Users they will doubtless do for
others. They are fine business pro
ducers. They sell important items
like houses and farms and an invest
ment of a few cents sometimes brings
profits of hundreds of dollars.
It would be a better investment for
a farmer to insert a small advertise
ment and sell his stock than it would
be to run around over the country
spending half a day or more trying to
dispose of live stock and other pro
ducts. The advertisements cost one
cent a word for the first insertion (25
cents the minimum), half price after
the second insertion. Try one. It'll
. certainly let Henderson county folks
know what you have to sell or what
you want to buy.
DAYIS FAMILY RE-UNION
Mr. and Irs. A. P. Davis held a
family re-union on September 7 when
all the children were at home, to
gether with several grandchildren. A
feature of the-happy .event for the
family was a bountiful dinner, which
was enjoyed. by the following children
and their families: Mrs. H. C. Lusk
and children, Beulah and James, of
Hot Springs, N. C. ; Mrs . O . S . Swann
and daughters, Edna and Mildred, of
Ft. Pierce, Fla. ; Mr. and Mrs. Will
Davis and children, Walter and Marjo
rie; of Hendersonville; Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Davis and daughter, Ethel, of
Hendersonville; Mr. and Mrs. Ed R.
Brown of Hendersonville and May and
Bertie Davis, who reside with their
parents. Together with the children
were the parents of Mrs. Davis, Mr.
and Mrs. H. D. Carter, near Hender
sonville. THE I) UR FEES ENTERTAINED
Mr. and Mrs. William C. French
are entertaining Mr. and Mrs. F. E.
Durfee, Miss Alene Durfee, of Hender
sonville, N. C, Mrs. Franklin Clark
and daughter, Jeanette, of Sioux City,
Iowa, and Mrs. Richard .Bissell, of
Cleveland, Ohio at a family reunion
today at their home, 232 South Chest
nue street. From the State Journal,
Lansing Michigan.
VALLEY HILL HONOR ROLL
- Honor roll of Valley Hill school for
the week ending September 12, 1919.
Thelma Anders, Blanche Smith,
Gussie Gibbs, George Drake, Olen
Jones, Blanche Williams, Marguerite
Hefner, Zeb-Summey, Edith Waddell,
Warren Waddell, Gordon Williams,
Wright James, Myrtle Markum, Doro
thy Redden, Christine Ray, Thelma
Bowen, Rudolph Blackwell, Jennie
Summey, Eldora Hefner, Ruth Sum
mey, Bertha Blackwell, Mary Leslie,
Dura Kilpatrick, Homer Hefner, Dan
Justus, Sadie Anders, Eunice Edney,
Maud Hefner, Ollie Anders, Erline
Markum, Hazel Ray.
School Bonds better children.
Children Deserve The Bonds.
Help the child rote the bonds.
DOES SOMEONE
0? VOL? 0USI AT "ME
CHS NATIONAL
MAKES FINE REPORT
The quarterly statement of the Citi
zens National Bank at the close of
business on September 12 presented
an excellent showing for this institu
tion and the financial standing ot
the community. Its deposits exceed
three-quarters of a million, $763,762.
99 being the exact amount while the
cash and amount due from banks to
tal $248,429.24.
Money in Hendersonville is now at
the floodtide, if money ever reaches
such a height, because it represents
the business of a community at its
climax the summer season.
Presbyterians Will
Hold Fall Session
The Asheville Presbytery is to be the
guest of Hendersonville Presbyterian
church during' its fall sessions from
Sept. 23 to 25, inclusive.
Dr. Edward Mack of the seminary
in Richmond is to deliver a series of
lectures on Bible themes of especial
interest to Christian workers during
the sessions of the Presbytery. Dr.
Mack will begin his lectures on Sun
day the 21st and continue through
the following Sunday.
Efforts wilLbe made to have repre
sentatives from the various churches
composing the Presbytery.
BOILING SPRINGS HONOR ROLL
Boiling Springs honor roll for those
who have been neither tardy nor ab
sent during second month:
Walter Baldwin, Tompain Baldwin,
Helen Crook, Jessie Crook, Hubert
Crook, Earston Crook, Mary Frady,
Elizabeth Frady, Tommy Israel, Char
lie Israel, Edward Israel, Paul Lance,
Hal Lance, Pauline Lance, Mabel
Lance, George Robertson, Alex Liv
ingston, D. M. Livingston
HELEN ' LANCE.
COUNTY SINGING WAS LARGELY
ATTENDED HERE LAST SUNDAY
J. F. Stepp and V. 'C. V. Shephei'd
advised all music lovers to forget
"business and the rush of life" and
hear the good music at the general
singing at the court house Sunday.
About everybody took the advice,
judging from the crowd that packed
and jammed every available space in.
the court house while hundreds of
others who couldn't procure seating
and standing accommodations in the
court house made the most of the
day.
A' large choir of musicians from
Greenville was present and the music
was pronounced excellent. There
was no. competitive singing. Hender
son county singers joined. Quartets,
duets, solos and chorus songs were
rendered for many hours to the plea
sure of the hundreds present.
GAITHER BRIGGS ORDAINED
Gaither Briggs was ordained to the
Baptist ministry last Wednesday night
at the First Baptist church. The ex
amination and ordination was in open
session. Rev. A. I. Justice, Rev.
C. S. Blackburn and. Rev. T. C.
King joined the pastor, Dr. E. E.
Bomar, with the examination. The
ministers constitutes the presbytry
did not retire after examination to
pass on, his qualifications but recom
mended his ordination which imme
diately followed. Rev. Mr. Briggs
expects to return to Wake Forest for
further coliege work.
B. H. Brown recently purchased
the stock of goods of Bert Kidd on the
Edneyville road and is conducting a
general mercantile business at the
old stand at the fork of the roads.
ALWAYS PASS INTPamT
COKAX OF A PICTURE
FIRST BANK HAS AN
EXCELLENT REPORT
If the quarterly statement of the
First Bank & Trust Company were
submitted to Manager Horace Sentelle
of the Asheville Times for oral com
ment he would say "It's lousy with
money," meaning lots of it. The re
port is the best in the bank's history.
The deposits total $880,785.22. Cash
ier J. Mack Rhodes points out that
the cash and the amount due from
banks, $248,222.71, is more than the
deposits were in 1915, which now
approach the million dollar mark.
BLUE RIDGE AND FASSIFERX
HATE CAPACITY OPENINGS
Military Naval-Academy Holding Ses
sion; Public School Not Able to Ac
commodate Enrolment of About
700.
The school season has opened.
Public schools over the county have
been in session for some time, but
private schools and the city public
school are now open.
The local public school ppened
Monday with an enrollment tliat ap
proached 700, necessitating two shifts,
morning and afternoon sessions the
high school operating the latter half
of the day.
Fassifern, for girls; and Blue Ridge,
for boys, opened Wednesday of this
week, both with capacity openings, all
available accommodations having
been reserved for quite awhile.
The Carolina Military-Naval Aca
demy opened at Highland Lake on
Tuesday of last week. This is the ini
tial session. The opening was attend
ed by a few Hendersonville men who.
extended the new institution a hearty
welcome to Hendersonville. This in
stitution js splendidly equipped, gov
ernment aid having been given freely,
and it is expected to become a great
asset for not only Hendersonville but
the entire state of North Carolina.
Gardner and Britt
To Speak Here
Friday Night
Lieutenant Governor And Former
Congressman to Deliver Educational
Addresses Friday Night; High
School Parade Friday Afternoon.
Hendersonville will hold an educa
tional rally at the city hall Friday
night of this week at 8:30 when Lieu
tenant Governor O. Max Gardner of
Shelby and ex-Congressman James
J. Britt of .Asheville will address the
people in the interest of improved
educational facilities. v
Mr. Gardner and Mr. Britt are
deeply interested in educational work
and their recognized ability as .strong
speakers will make their presence of
interest to those who are interested
in the educational welfare of the
children of this community.
-The high school pupils who need a
building for school purposes will pa
rade on Main street Friday iftornoon
shortly after 5:30. It is the purpose
of the school authorities to use the
Noterman property for high school
purposes if the school bonds are vot
ed next Tuesday.
Better Schools vote the bonds
G00D0PHG
LOCAL SCHOOLS
KENTUCKY HOME TO HAVE
RUNNING WATER IN EVERY
R003I THROUGHOUT HOTEL
The Kentucky, Home has contract
ed with the Hendersonville Plumbing
Company for the installation of
equipment for running water in every
room in the hotel not provided with
this convenience.
Most rooms have running water
equipment, but the remaining 33 will
before the end of the year have hot
and cold water accommodations with
latest equipment ,in automatic cut
off, etc.
The News Installs
Modern Equipment
The News and Hustler Plants Merged"
,And 'Electric Linotype Pot And In
dividual 3Iotors Modernize The
Equipment.
The News and French Broad Hust
ler plants have been merged. Tha
business was consolidated on the first
of August but owing. to the busy sea
son time1' would not permit merging
the plants.
The equipment of these plants with
additions place The HenderSonviile
News in splendid condition.
Last week an elactiic pot was in
stalled on the linotype to take rLe
place of the gasoline burned a change
much desired by all linotypists and a
decided improvement in this almost
human piece of machinery. This ma
chine was recently equipped with an
individual motor. Two individual mo
tors have been installed for Iavo job
bers. Time has not permitted ad
justment and repair of all machinery
and equipment but soon these thing;
will have attention and The News will
naturally pride itself on beia splen
didly equipped to meet the growing
needs of the rapidly growing terri
tory it serves.
O. B. Sterett, an expert linotype
machinist, now with the Asheville
Times, -installed the electric pot, this
making his third response to call for
help from this machine within the
past year.
MOVEMENTS OF PEOPLE IN
OR NEAR HENDERSONVILLE
Miss Gussie Dotson, Reporter
Miss Nelle Stepp is visiting friends
jn Fingerville, S. C.
Guy Jordan spent the week-end
with friends in Boylston.
Miss Mary Brown left last week to
enter Montreat Normal at Montreat.
Carl Glenn has gone to Indiana to
enter college and take a course in
electrical 'engineering.
Mrs. G. L. Crawford of Spartan
burg is visiting her sister Mrs. Glov
er Anders'.
Miss Katharine Goodman left Mon
day to enter Flora McDonald 'College
at Red Springs. '
O. E. Vass h.as returned to Green
wood after spending a few days visit
ing relatives in the city.
- F. D. Walker of Black Mountain
has accepted a position with Justus
'Pharmacy.
Mrs. W. M. Shelton had as her
guest for the week-end Miss Harriett
Johnson of Highland Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Stepp and
family of Fairview spent the week
end with friends in the city.
P. Edgar Seagle, who has been
visiting relatives in the city, has re
turned to his home in Raleigh.
i Miss Nannie Brock of Dana lias ac
cepted a position to teach Latin in the
Iotla high school at Franklin.
Miss Pink Gash, who has been visit
ing friends and relatives in Asheville
and in this city, has returned to her
home in Etowabv
Misses Irene Caldwell, Annette
Brooks and Seretha Sossamon leave
Yhis week to enter the State College
for Women at Greensboro.
Mrs. E. E. Sams and daughter,
Willie Mae, who have been visiting
the former's sisters, Mesdames E. R.
Black and W. N. Flanders, have re
turned to their home in Raleigh.
James Williams and Brownlow
Jacicson, Jr., of Fruitland Institute,
spent the week-end wi'th relatives in
the city. .
Rev. Nathan Seagle, who has been
visiting relatives in the city, has re
turned to his home in New York
city. ,
Paul Gibbs, Johnnie Cagle, J. W.
and E. M. Gibbs motored to Greers,
S. C, Sunday and attended the In
ternational Bible Student Convention
which was in session there.
- Miss Faith Pottea-of St. Augustine,
Fla., who has been spending the sum
mer at the Flanders bungalow, left
this week to enter the State Normal
College at Talahassee.
The First Baptist churAi of Ashe
ville enjoyed a violin solo hy Miss
Evah Blythe, Sunday." Miss Blythe
was the week-end guest of Mrs'. Dav-1
id Hildebrand of that city.
Miss Artie G. Barber left last week
for Kirksville, Mo., to enter the Ameri
can College of Osteopathy. Miss Bar
ber expects to spend four years as a
student in this institution.
Few Lyda, who has been managing
the Sapphire Theatre in Brevard
during the summer, is in the city and
expects to go north within a few days.
Vote for children's Future.
Tote For School Bonds Sept. 23.
COMPARES FRANCE AND U. S.;
Kinston Ex-Soldier May op May Not'
be Exception to Rule in Opinion
of the French People.
Kinston. Paul Bissette, who is'fc
back from France after spending a
year in tliat country, may be an ex
ception to the rule of fighting men aa
regards his opinion of the people. His
duty with the marines took him to
many parts of France. His dutfit did
guard for the service of supply after
the signing of the armistice. He visit
ed numerous resorts and leave areas.
He even went into Spain. "The French
of the best classes live better, I
should say, than the average Ameri
can," Bissette thinks.
"They're better educated than
Americans of the corresponding;
classes. They are democratic, as I
learned by contact with them at m.
number of places. All of France cats
not be juttged by dock rats at Bor
deaux and Brest. If you are looking
for respectability you will flnd.it on
every hand. I don't believe French
morals are much worse than Ameri
can. London is a more immoral town
than Paris.
High Point. Oscar Mitchell, who
killed Grant Johnson in an automo
bile accident, was released on a two
thousand dollar bond for hl3 appear
ance at trial.
Fremont. The tobacco market
opened up here, though neither of tha
two large brick warehouses were com
pleted. One of them, which is almost
finished, was filled to overflowing.
Durham. Campaign to check prof
iteering through the use of short
weights and measures has been start
ed by Elihu N. Woods, inspector for
this city, with the result that more
than 100 measures and scales have
been confiscated.
Salisbury. W. J. Steele, of Salis
bury, "tias been named as sanitary of
ficer for the .district of 10 counties, of
which Rowan is one. Mr. Steele fiaa
been sanitary officer of the city for
the past year and 'he has resigned thia
position.
Lumberton. The board of county
commissioners of Robeson have order
ed an election in Raft Swamp town
ship to vote on a $20,000 road bond
issue. The election will be held Octo
ber 30. This makes a total of 20 town
ships in the county that have asked
for an election to vote on a bond is
sue for building roads.
Goldsboro. Sheriff R. H. Edwards
and his deputies captured and - de
stroyed two large moonshine stila
which were found by the officers a
few miles south of Go'dsboro. An au
tomobile, which was found' near one of
the stills, was also confiscated.
Greensboro The executive commit
tee of the state highway commission
met here and opened bids for the con
struction of roads in , Mecklenburg
county. The commission decided that
all the bids were too high and re
jected them.
Wilson J. D.. alias "Bud" Robbins,
who ran over with an automobile and
killed the 13-year-old son of Mr. Daniel
Boykin at Five Points, while in an
intoxicated condition, was sentenced
by Judge Devin to serve seven years
in the penitentiary.
Hendersonville. Major B. A. Tol
bert, recently retired from the Coa3t
Artillery; Major T. K. Lewis, ju3t re
turned from the 48th Infantry, and
Lieut. C. D. Woodward, recently re
tired from the U. S. Marine Corps,
have all reported for the opening of
the Carolina Military Naval Academy.
High Point. The first statement of
the High Point cotton and furniture
manufacturers since labor difficulties
began there charges neither empoyer
nor employe with responsibility but
puts the blame upon the "outside agi
tator" who, the committee declares,
"has caused all the mischief and ha3
done It for what he could get out of
it."
Dogmas and Doctrine.
Charlotte. Seventh Day Adventist3,
conducting a tent meeting on East
Trade street; wrote Rev. R. "D. Car
roll, secretary of the Baptist Minis
terial Association, accepting the chal
lenge to a debate issued by the Bap
tist ministers of the city and couaty.
According to the conditions which
shall govern any debate in which the
Adventists take part, the subject must
be discussed from a Bible basis only,
in five meetings of two hours each ux
the city auditorium. The time will ba
divided equally.
Children Deserve The Bonds.