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VOL. XXVI, NO 37
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 9. 1919
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THE WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OP THI9
i AND OTHER NATIONS FOIl
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH
What Is Taking Place In The 8ouO
land Will Be Found In
j Brief Paragraphs
Experts say that the live stock in
dustry and dairy industry are going
ahead so rapidly that it is only a
question of a few years until the South
will be the leading cattle, hog sheep
raising section of the United States.
Because of' the illness of President
Wilson, King Albert of Belgium has
decided to cancel all his engagements
In connection with his tour of the Unit
ed States after those in Boston and
Buffalo up to October 14.
From October 18th to the 31st an
Intensified safety campaign to reduce
personal injuries to employees and the
public will be conduct by the Amer
l. ican Railway Administration. The
i idea is an outgrowth of the "no acci
v ent week" observed by the railroads
in the southern region in January, and
every one in railroad employ from
. president to office boy will strive dur
ing this period to avoid injury by ac
cident to himself or in any way en
dangering the safety of others.
The South is building many good
roads. Large areas of fertile land are
being prepared for cultivation by
drainage and clearing. Progress is
being made in the clearing out of
cutover timberlands and all softs of
new methods are being introduced.
The United States gunboat Wheel
ing, for the last five years operating
chiefly in gulf waters, has been put
out of commission at the naval etation
in New ' Orleans. The Wheeling was
caught in the recent tropical hurricane
and was badly damaged in a collision
with a Mallory line steamer.
Health bureaus throughout the en
tire Souih report that health condi
tions are splendid and getting better.
.The whole South is beginning to wake
up to the fact that good sanitation is
the first requisite for good health.
Washington
Bodies of all American soldiers in
" terred in Germany,. Belgium,. . Italy,
Great Britain and Luxembourg and in
northern Russia will be returned to
the United States v as soon as neces
sary transportation can be arranged.
Secretary Baker announces that he
has issued instructions to the pur
chase, storage and traffic division of
the general staff to take charge of
the matter and to hasten it as much
- as possible.
Oficial information bearing on the
reported disappearance in Ukrania of
Brig. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, representa
tive or 'the American peace delega
tion, had not been received in Wash
ington. Major General Churchill, the
chief of military intelligence, cabled
the American military attache at War
6.1W, Poland, to thoroughly investigate
the 'report
President Wilson's condition is re
ported improving slowly.
Admiral . KaDP commanding the
American naval fcrcesin European wa
ters, says' that intervention by the
American naval forces at Trau, Dal
natia, prevented bloodshed "which per
haps would have resulted' in a state
pf actual war between Italy' and Jugo
slavia." The Russian. ambassador ha inform
ed the state department that that the
superior Russian commander in Sibe
ria has appologized to the commander
of the American forces in Siberfa for
the incident, at Im,any, Siberia, involv
" ing the arrest by cossacks of an Amer
ican officer and enlisted men and the
Clogging; of the. latt t r.
investigation has been started by
the bureau of internal revenue of the
L-omplaints made by jewelry men that
articles taxable under the luxury
clause of the revenue act are being
sold in tobacco and stationery boxes
Without collection of the' taxv
.American aid for Armenia soon will
ce unnecessary, says James W. Gerard,
former United States ambassador to
.. Sennany. He says there. will be no
Armenian problem, because all the Ar
menians will have tarve'd to . death
n a tnonth.v
; Breaking a three weeks', .deadlock,
senate and houee conferees .Miave at
last Teached an agreement., on the pro
hibition enforcement bill, "Quick ap
i liroval of the conferees', report is, expected.-,
r. -.
At last reaching the stage of action
in its consideration of the peace trea
ty the senate has swept aside 36 out
of the 45 amendments which had been
written into the document, by the for
eign relations committee.-
In the absence of a definite agree
ment, senate leaders think that the
debate on the remaining amendments
to the peace treaty will run on for -several
days before another roll call vote
is taken.
John W. Bennett of Waycross has
been nominated by the president to
be United States attorney for the
southern district of Georgia. .
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I FIRST BAPTISTS HOLD
EVANGELISTIC MEETING
DR. J. H. DEW PLEASES
LARGE CONGREGATIONS
Preaching Twice Daily at First Bap
tist Church; Uses Mehods That Are
Different And Striking.
Evangelistic services at the First
Baptist church of Hendersonville had
a fine beginning last Sunday with
three large congregations to hear
Rev. J. H. Dew of Ridgecrest, an
evangelist well and favorably known
over a large part of the United States.
Dr. Dew followed his talk to Sun
day school children with a sermon at
the morning service, one for men in
the afternoon and another at night, all
well attended and pleased with his
messages and manner of presenting
them. There were conversions and
additions to the church Sunday after
noon and night.
The public is cordially invited to
hear any and all of his messages. He
preaches twice daily, at 4 and S
o'clock. It has not been determined
how long the meeting will last.
Dr. Dew is far removed from the
custom of reading some portion of the
Scripture, taking a text and preach
ing therefrom. He begins preaching
and takes the Scriptural backing by
piece-meal, calling on helpers to read
designated passages from the Bible at
the particular time needed to best il
lustrate his statements. He has a
good store house of illustrations an 4
short stories to impress his messages,
which are being received with inter
est. While Dr. Dew is a stranger to
Hendersonville he is not to the pap
tor, Dr. E. E. Bomar, who had en
gaged him in a successful meeting
under a former pastorate.
JEROME B. FREEMAN DIED
SUNDAY; PROMINENT IN '
POLITICS AND CIVIC LIFE
Twice Represented Henderson County
in Legislature; Of Late Resi
dent of Chimney Rock;
Aged 71
Jerome B. Freeman, for many years
one of .the" commanding figures in
Western North Carolina, died at his
home at Bat Cave last Sunday morn
ing at 11 o'clock, at the age of 71. Mr.
Freeman" 'had "been in ill health for
years and very recently suffered a
stroke of paralysis! Funeral service?
conducted by Rev. W. F. Powell of
Asheville, and Rev.' A. I. Justics 'if I
this city, were held at Fruitland on
Monday. Tflterment was at Fruitlann.
He is survived by his widow, threa
daughters and four sons, by one bror-
her, A. B. Freeman, of this city, and
Fairview-.
Than Jerome B. - Freeman it is
doubtful if there has ever been a man
in this part of the state more widely
known or more generally esteemel,
even by his political opponents. He
was a republican. He represented
Henderson county in the state legis
lature in 1896 and again in 1902, and
during his active political life it is
said of him that he spoke in everjr
church and school house in Hender
son and in almost every one in Bun
combe. In 1SS5 he made the race for
the state legislature in Buncombe
county against ' "Richmond Pearson,
and while defeated succeeded in re
ducing the majority there from 1200
to 226.
Mr . Freeman was born . in Hender
son county and lived for many yeara
in Buncombe. There he married
Miss Ash worth, the daughter of John
ston Ashworth of Fairview. He was
one of the "fathers" of Fruitland In
stitute, and to the very last never
failed in his manifested interest in
that educational institution. He long
ago recognized the possibilities of
Chimney Rock as a tourist attraction
for this section.
Mr. Freeman, tall and of magnifi
cent physique, was of the very best
type of Western North Carolina man
hood. During a long and useful life he
played Bis part in the development of
this "section where his name stood
for a' very great deal, indeed. He liv
ed to seegreat chahges-here changes
which he v believed long ago would
come. To say that he was a good citi
zen would be to say a trite thing,
and Mow that he is .gone "his kindly
presence" will be missed by-many:
BAPTISTS HAVE BIRfHDAY
PARTY FOfe; PIPE ORGAN
; The Ladies Aid Society of the First
Baptist .church gave'. -an; ! informal
."birthday''; .party Friday evening at
the parsonage. Quite a few people
called and left the required number
of pennies according to their ages.
During the evening Lt. Burnside and
Mrs . Newbold of the Blue Ridge
School faculty favored the audience
with some splendid music and the
readings by Miss Elsie Ficker dis
played rare talent and added much to
the enjoyment of the occasion. In
the "penny" contest Misses Elizabeth
Garland and Grace Freeman won the
prize, which was a lovely box of sta
tionary. Refreshments consisting of
cake and cream were served .and
about ' $40,00 was realized ; for the
pipe organ fund. . J'f.
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SUPERIOR COURT GRINDS
AWAY WITH SMALL CASES
GRAND JURY DISCHARGED ON
31 ON DAY; MANY TRUE BILLS
No Case of County-wide Prominence
in Court; 31any Minor Affairs;
Grand Jury Makes 3fodest
Report,
Superior court is grinding along
on what a prominent lawyer termed
"chinquapin" cases, meaning that they
were small, and some very insignifi
cant, consisting of fights, drunks, illi
cit liquor dealing, etc. There is not
a case coming up at this term of the
court that Judge C. M. Pace would
consider worth a newspaper reporter's
time "to fool with." A great number
of defendants appeared to show good
behavior. , There were some submis
sions and many jury trials of matters
of no general interest.
The grand jury before being dis
charged Monday recommended that
the front porch of the county home be
repaired and that a kitchen be erect
ed; that a portion of the court house
roof be repaired and painted and that
the columns on the south side to be
repaired. W. P. Potts was chairman
of the grand jury.
FOOD PRODUCT PRICES
COMPARED BY BUYERS
HENDERSONVILLE IS USERS
LONG FOR DROP IN PRICE
Newspapers Telling of Lower Food
Prices Elsewhere Lead Local
Bayers to Ask Questions
When News readers ses in other pa
pers the reports ot decreased prices
they naturally want to know when re
ductions will be made in Henderson
ville. '
Government reuorrs from Washing
ton on October 1 said that retail
prices of food products reached their
highest point in the nation's history
in August, when they were one per
cent higher than in July.
Another report from Washington on
the same date stated that' there had
been a decline of 10 to 16 per cent in
food prices in some states since the
fair price committees began their
work.
The Asheville Citizen last Saturday
reported a decline in retail prices of
meats ranging from 5 to 12 cents.
Prices on other articles of food, pays
the Citizen, have also been lowered
during the past week during the op-.
ration of the recently, apppfnted fair
price committee . " . '
The Charlotte" Observer is waging
war on meat pricesf which Henderson
villV people say are about in keeping
with those in Hendersonville, where
buyers say . there has been .no appre
ciable decreases, but which are hoped
for soon.
The Observer's comparisons ar.; in
teresting and are as follows:
The following table is a comparison
of prices quoted for staple meats in
Atlanta, Montgomery, and Charlotte.
A perusal will show the local prices to
be much the highest, despite the fact
that Atlanta is four times as large as
Charlotte and Montgomery a city of
practically the same size of Charlotte.
The Montgomery and Atlanta prices
were advertised in newspapers of
those cities while the local figures
were secured from Charlotte dealers,
who . said they were the prices pro
mulgated by the fair price committee,
which prices govern almost every lo-
IfiATs lit' Tator-TTM-
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TWO COMMUNITY FAIRS
IN COUNTY THIS WEEK
LIBERTY AND DANA TO
HOLD FAIRS 10-llth
EdnejTille And Mills River Come For
ward Next Week; Board of
Trade And State Give
Aid.
Preparations are in the making for
four big community fairs in Hender
son county this month.
Premium lists have been prepared
and published and the offer of attrac
tive prizes and the pride that farmers
naturally, and should have, in their
fine products will doubtless be the
means of mducing the growers of pro
duce to make a fine display of the con
tents of Henderson county farms."
The schedule of fairs is as fbllowf?:
Liberty October 10th.
Dana October 11th.
Edneyville October 15th.
Mills River October 18th.
Fifty dollars of premiums are co
operative. For each community fair
the Hendersonville Board, of Trade
and the State Board of Agriculture
give $25 each.
MISS NELLIE ANDERS WEDS
Miss Nellie Anders of this city and
George Jamison of Augusta, Ga., were
married at'the home of the bride Sept.
28 at 2:30 p. m., by Rev. Huntley.
The wedding was a very quiet one
with only the immediate families
present. The ceremony was perform
ed on the broad veranda which was
prettily decorated with golden rod and
potted flowers for the occasion. The
bride is the pretty and attractive
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. An
ders of this city. The groom is a
prominent young business man .of
Augusta. The young couple will
make their home in Augusta.
MRS. MITCHELL STEPP DEAD
Mrs. Mitchell Stepp died at her
home at Flat Rock Wednesday aftei
noon at .3 o'clock. The funeral ser
vices were conducted at Mud Crtek
Baptist church Thursday afternoon by
Rev. John Slatery. Mrs. Slepp was
before her marriage, Miss Bertha
Hood, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ripley Hood of Flat Rock. The de
ceased was a faithful and consistent
member of the Mud Creek Baptist
church. She is survived by her pa
rents, Mr. : and Mrs. Ripley Hood,
sisters. Mrs. Otis Drake, Mrs. Peace,
Mrs. Steve Thomas and Misses Ruby
and Unice Hood, her husband and
three litle children, one of whom is
an infant.
MB. SOUTHER BUYS HOME
Mr . and Mrs . Ben Souther . have
purchased from Mr. and Mrs. George
Gianakos their residence on Williams
street.
jal market man, it is understood.
Meats Mont. Atl." Char.:
Pot Roast 20c i 15c 30r35c
Veal Chops.. .. 25c 20c - 30c"
Porterhouse ... 30c '20c 40e
Round Steak... 25c 25c 40c
Hamburger . k , . 20c 15c 25-35c
Sliced Bacon .. 48c 40c - . 60c
Salt Meat ; . . . 20c - ' 35c
Ham . .. . . 39c 35c 50c
Ah extract from the Citizen article
follows:
"In one instance a local dealer
states that he has reduced the price
of best grade breakfast bacon from
65 cents per pound to 55 cents per
pound sliced. On hams, best grade
this dealer reports he is now selling
hams, which formerly brought 65
per pound sliced at 60c per pound,
sliced.
"Beef prices have also been lowered
and the present prices are quoted at:
Porter house steak, 40c per pound;
sirloin 40; round steak, 35; rib roast.
35; rump roast 30; chuck roast 25:
boiled ham 75."
HENDERSONVILLE REAL
ESTATE CHANGES HANDS
VISITORS TO CITY INVEST
IN PROPERTY FOR HOMES
Ewbank & Ewbank Negotiate Sales
Aggregatingr $45,000 Within
Last Few Weeks; Ingle
side Sold.
The , Hendersonville real estate
market continues active. Improved
as well as unimproved property was
in great demand during the past
summer and within the past tew days
quite a number of transfers have been
made.
.F. A. Ewbank, of the firm of Ew
bank & Ewbank, reports recent sales
aggregating about $45,000 by his
firm, as follows:
Mrs. Daisy Boone of Columbia who
ran the Dixie Inn or Inirleside thk
summer, has purchased the property
h AIIam T - ...
i iiucu o . vjti euictm oi lireenvnie,
who recently purchased it from C. A.
Hobbs. .
Miss Bessie Steedman has sold her
Fifth avenue home to Miss Green of
Georgia.
Roy Keith has purchased four lots
on Oakland street from Av L. Holmes
Claud Pace has purchased two lots
from J. I. Westfeldt of Greenvilla op
posite the old home of Mrs. A. C.
Morris.
Mrs. J. G. Wanamaker's cottage on
9th avenue has been sold to J. L.
Folk of South Carolina .
W. M. Guill has sold his house on
5th ayenue to J. S. Middleton of Col
umbia. Plan Farm Course
In this City and
Flat Rock School
VICTOR GARVIN; EMPLOYED
TO EQUALLY DIVIDE TOIE
BETWEEN TWO SCHOOLS
Federal Aid Offered; Conference Sat
nrday Resulted in Certainty
of Course; Fine For Farm
inclined Boys.
. .The. public schools, of - Henderson
ville and Flat Rock are to conduct a
course in vocational agriculture.'
This decidedly progressive step was
definitely determined after a confer
ence between Mr. Brown if the State
Department of Agriculture, Supt. A.
W. Honeycutt and Victor J. Garvin.
Federal aid will be given. Mr.
Garvin, graduate of the Oregon Agri
cultural College, and practical farmer
of wide experience, recently a resi
dent "near Dana, was induced to divide
his time between the two schools so
as to meet the needs of some of the
students living on farms perhaps
more so than the strictly academic
courses meet them.
HOSPITAL MEETING THURSDAY
The Hendersonville Hospital Asso
' ciation will meet in monthly session
at 4 o'clock Thursday with Mrs. W.
R. Kirk.
TAX BOOKS OPEN
The city tax list for 1919 is now in
the hands of City Clerk G. W. Brooks
for collection. According to the law
the taxes are now due and payable.
RAVENSCROFT GUILD
- The Ravenscroft Guild will meet at
the rectory at 10:30 o'clock Saturday
morning. The time has been chang
ed from the regular afternoon hour
to 10:30 a. m. , .
SINGING AT MT. GILEAD.
There will be an all-day singing' at
Mt." Gilead Baptist church Sunday,
October 12,.
There will be dinner on the ground
and everybody is cordially invited to
attend and take well-filled baskets of
dinner. .......
ENJOYING TRIP TO BREVARD
A party of young people composed
of Misses Clara Sargent, Seldeo ad
EmiJy Ewbank, Mrs.. E. W. Ewonk
and John Ewbank. are spending, ten
days 'in Brevard. Mrs. E. W. Ew
"barilc' is chaperoning the party; v , '
PARTY ON STOREY MT.
Miss Seiden gave a picnic Saturday
evening at Stoney Mountain in honor
of her guest. Miss Evans, of Spartan
burg. The occasion was much en
joyed by the fifteen young people
present. Mr. and Mrs. E. W; Ew
bank were the chaperones of the eve
ning. PHILATHEAS VISIT HOSPITAL
The Methodist Philathea class mo
tored to Oteen Sunday afternoon,
carrying flowers, candy and maga
zines to the convalescent soldiers. A
short but enjoyable program was
given, consisting of a violin, solo .by
Mrs. John Woodward, a vocal solo by
Mrs. "Rumph and, readings by Mies
Aletta Plank'. ' ' '' :
Florida Hotel
Men Study Plans
For $165,000.00
Hotel For City
CONSIDER PLANS FOR
FOUR STORY CONCRETE
78-ROOM HOTEL HERE
Florida Man Meets With Board of
Trade, Gathers Ideas of City And
Returns to Confer With Pro
spective Hotel Builders.
Whether or not Hendersonville is to
have a four-story concrete, fireproof,
strictly modern hotel in accordance
with plans now under consideration
will be determined by Florida hotel
people.
J. L. Tallafast of Miami, who has
been engaged to conduct through six
seasons the $800,000 hotel under con-;
struetion in that city, made a special
trip to Hendersonville last Friday
and held conferences Friday night
and Saturday with Hendersonville
people in the interest of the proposed
hotel. Mr. Tallafast somewhat re
vised the figures given in The News
last week, stating that it would take
at least $215,000 to erect a hotel ac-'
cording to plans which he brought
with him. These plans call for a
five-story concrete structure with 117
bed rooms. The most of the rooms
were provided with private baths and
many other shower baths. The first
floor, a little below level of the street,
would be suitable for barber shop,
store rooms, etc. The second floor
wouia contain looby and other neces
sary quarters and the three upper
floors would consist altogether of bed
rooms.
The conference with the Board ot
Trade Friday night lasted for nearly
two hours. Labor conditions, finan
.cialpossibilities, cost of materials, na
ture' 'or structure, all were given,
'CaTful attentfon and Mr. Tallafast
impressed his hearers in the informal
discussions of his extensive know
ledge of the hotel business. He came
with no definite proposition as to fi
nancial aid he and his associates
would give and returned to Florida to
confer with them, after ascertaining
the ideas of Hendersonville men on
the proposition.
President Clarence Latham of the
Board of Trade appointed C.: F..
Bland, S. T. Hodges, F. A. Ewbank,
J. "O; Bell and Brownlow Jackson as
a committee to confer with Mr. Talla
fast on Saturday and also with the
bankers as to methods of financing
me unaertaKing.
As a result of the conference Sat
urday morning Mr. Tallafast revised
his plans so as to call for four , stor
ies instead of five,' giving two floors of
bed rooms instead of three and 78 .
rooms instead of 117, and thereby re
ducing the building cost from $215,
000 to $165,000.
Sentiment is strong for another ho
tel in Hendersonville and if the pres
ent movement comes to naught it is :
believed that it will develop into
something that will eventually take
hotel shape whereby hopes will grow
into glad fruition.
METHODIST LADIES AID
HONOR 3IESDAMES TOMS
AND DRAFTS BY SHOWER
Mfpwllaneflus Shower Given in Their
Honor Tuesday; Tokens of Love
And Deep Appreciation
One of the most interesting and en
joyable events of the season was a
Miscellaneous Shower given in honor
of Mesdames,M. C. Toms and A. B.
Draft0 'by the Ladies' Aid Society of1
the Methodist church . oh Tuesday af-.
ternoqn. Oct. 7, from 4 to 6 o'clock at
the residence of Mrs. L. M. Colt go.
r lemming sweet..
The library, music and living rooms
were thrown together. The decora
tions were in keeping with . the ; au
tumn season and made the rooms very
attractive. After the thirty-five
guests had. arrived and exchanged
greetings. Mrs. C. Few entered the
room with a large basket,; piled high
with-dainty packages. In a few weU
ohosen words Mrs. Few .presented
this, basket to Mrs.. Toms, in .behalf of
the society as a little token of ap
p'reciation for her faithful' and valu
able eeryices as organist for many,
many years. Mrs. .Toms; with' tears,
made touching;, response- that caus
ed others to weep. Every body knew
her gratitude was sincere. "Mrs. M.
H. Moores, with appropriate wor
for the society, gave to Mrs. Drafts,
a solid silver fruit bowl. Mrs. Drafts
has given her time and talent to make
the choir a success. This gift com
pletely overcame Mrs. Draft's as was
shown by the expression of her face
and the tone of her voice as she ex
pressed her appreciation.
The stewards of the church sent, a
fine wardrobe trunk to Mrs. Toms.
A buffet luncheon of two courses
was served. The first course, chicken
salad, olives, wafers, coffee and
whipped cream. . Second course
chocolate, strawberry and vanilla
ice cream with angel food cake.., After
the" luncheon. Mrs. Toms "untied her
packages so that everybody could see
the beautiful things she received that
will he ef service os her western trip.