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VOL. XXVI, NO 41
HENDERSON VILLE, N'.-'C. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 13, 1919
BUILDING MODERN HOTEL
DISCUSSED AT MEETING
OF THE LOCAL SHRINERS
BUILDING HOUSES IN -
LAUREL PABjK ON THE
CO-OPERATIVE PLAN
.Experienced Hotel Man of Floriiia Pro
poses to Take $50,000 Stock If
City Will Subscribe
$125,000. l : ;
II03IE FOR SHRINERS PL AX NET)
A definite proposition looking to the
early erection of a modern hotel here
and the possible building of a per
manent home for the Shriners' Club
were both informally discussed at a
well attended meeting of Henderson
ville Shriners held at the Kentucky
Home Tuesday night.
R. C. Clarke, president of the First
Bank and Trust Company, and C. E.
Brooks, vice-president of the Citizens
National Bank were appointed a com
mittee to consult -with the Board, of
'Trade in reference to the proposition
of J. L. Tallevest of Florida, who is
ready to take $50,000 stock jn the
proposed hotel if the business men of
the town will subscribe $125,000 .
A separate committee was appoint
ed y-to 'secure permanent quarters for
the club. This is understood to be the
first step towards the erection of a
building to be used as the home of the
Hendersonville Shriners' Club.
The proposal of Mr. Tallevest, con
tained in ia letter read at the meeting,
was most favorably received by the
business men present. Mr. Tallevest
is an experienced hotel man of the
liighest class and is identified with
a hotel syndicate operating a chain
of hotels. It is expected that defi
nite action n the matter of securing
a modern fire-proof hotel for Hender
sonville will be taken at an early
late by the Board of Trade and the
Shriners' Club.
SOME RIDGE POTATOES
"That the Ridge section will grow
Trish potatoes in profusion is made
evident in the report of two cases of
remarkable production in that part
of the cbunty.
Kimzey Stepp says that he raised
68 .1-2 bushels of Beauties on one
quarter of an acre. This is more
than double what is considered a
good average. "
Sevier Clark reports that he plant'
ed six Rocky Bluff potatoes, which the
generous and magic soil of the Ridge
multiplied into three bushels.
U. D. C. ELECT OFFICERS
The U. D. C. held a business meet
ing Wednesday afternoon akthe home
of. Mrs. Lila i R. Barnwell and the
following officers were. elected:
President, Mrs . ' J . S . Brown ; secre
tary, Mrs. Ethel Patterson; treasurer,
Mrs. Thomas Shepherd; his'toitfan,
Mrs. L. R. Barnwell.
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FASSIFERX NEWS
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(By Evelyn Byrd Graham)
"The Fashion Show" given by the
basket ball team Friday evening prov
ed a great success both socially and
financially.
The Fassifern girls will play the
Waynesville High School in basket
v ball Saturday, Npv. 15th. The girls
have taken advantage of the fine days
thisv fall and are seen on the athletic
grourids every afternoon practicing.
Miss Lucy Bomar is teacher of ath?
letics this year, 'and under her direc
torship . the girjs show 'marked im
provement. ,
November 11, i recitations were sus
pended and faculty and students as
sembled in the auditorium-.. tq celebrate
the signing of the armistice one year
ago this date. Rev. J. F. Ligon of
the Presbyterian church was invited
to give an address. Mr. Ligon's ad-
. dress was impressif e and appropriate
for the occasion f National ..songs
were sung and the program proved an
interesting and patriotic one.
Tuesday afternoon- the Presbyterian
Fassifern girls were delightfully en
tertained at the PrAsbyterian Manse
Ijy the ladies of the Presbyterian
church. y
Mannes Concert Well Attended
The Fassifern faculty and students
had an unusual opportunity for
musical enjoyment Saturday evening,
Nov. 8th, in the violin-piano-concert
given ' by DaNrid j Mamies ndl' Clara
' Damrosch W&nnes of New Yqrk, two
of the most celebrated artists or the
day! The program called for all the
qualities of . genius, temperament,
, sympathy understanding, musician'
' ship, technic in its broadest -sense, na
with a generous endowment of these
'" ifts, the artists triumphed. It is the
a V mesmerism of the voice of the' fingers
2jof the music by which these great ar-tistsmake-us
see colore,- hear the
rush of water, ringing of bells, th
. voice of the wind, the rhythmic, waft-
1ng of butterflies.
' Having the gift of drawing from
the King of instruments a tone ex
quisite and varied, fine and bright as
a gold th'read, or dark with depth of
feeling, these- artists excel.
A large audience from Asheville,
Arden and Fletcher took advantage
of the opportunity of hearing such
artists. An informal reception was
Tield in the drawing room after the
concert to give the taudience an op
portunity of meting Mr. and Mrs.
portunity of meeting Mr. &ul
OVER 400 TICKETS SOLD
FOR THE LYCEUM COURSE
COMING DURING WINTER
Sunt. Honeycutt Announces Sale That
Guarantees Splendid Attractions
For Reason; Schools Enthu
siastic Jn Support
FOUR NUMBERS SCHEDULED
After visiting all the schools of the
city and some twenty-five of the lead
ing business men, Superintendent
Honeycutt announces that over four
hundred tickets have been sold, as a
guarantee- for a strong Lyceum course
for Hendersonville during the months
of December, January, February and
March. All the schools were enthu
siastic in their support, practically the
entire personnel of the faculty and
student body signin'g up in each case.
Notwithstanding the fact that Fas
sifern had already secured a splendid
course of attractions, about one hun
dred students and faculty members
signed up from that institution .
It looks now as if admission to
hese Attractions will be entirely by
season tickets. Those desiring to
arrange for reservations should com
municate with Superintendent A. W.
Honeycutt this week.
The attractions will be as follows:
December 5th The De Mille Quar
tet, with Miss Hilda Buckingham as
accompanist. These are all Canadians
and there is no quartet in Chautauqua
of Lyceum work that has a finer rec
ord or repertoire.
Later in December the Florentine
Musicians will give an entertainment
which will be followed in January by
the Metropolitan. Singers, a grand
opera quartet one of the best at
tractions ever brought to Henderson
ville. In February Ralph Parlett will give
his world-famous lecture on the
"University of Hard Knocks."
The closing number will be Grand
Opera Star, Miss Mary Adel Hayes, a
colotura soprano from New York.
GIVES BIRTHDAY DINNER
i Mrs. Jonathan Case entertained with
a six o'clock dinner Sunday in honor
of her husband's birthday. The fol
lowing guests were present: Mr. and
Mrs. T. J. Waters, Mr. and Mrs. Ed
gar Waters, Mrs. Amanda Case, Mr.
and Mrs. P. E. Ward, Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon Ramsey and Mr. and Mrs.
Everette Waters.
CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK
The week of Nov. 10 to 15 has been
set apart as Children's Book Week
the idea of the movement being ex
pressed in the slogan, "More books in
the home."
NOVEMBER 11 OBSERVED
The first anniversary of Armistice
Day was observed as a legal holiday
by the banks of the city and the post
office. The school children were given
a half holiday on that day.
MOVES MILLINERY
Miss MV
E. Woodall has moved her
millinery store to the Bailey building
opposite Bland's Hardware store
COURT IN SESSION
Superior court for the trial of civil
cases convened here Monday with
Judge James L. Webb presiding.
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HOSPITJLL SfEETING
The Hendersonville Hospital Asso
ciation will meet with Mrs. C. S.
Fnllbright Thursday at 3:30 o'clock.
FOR BENT Three, larfc coBectlng
rooma,' furnished. Cozy winter
apartment.' South' Main street:
Phone 279-W. ll-13-2tc.
Get yonr magazines and newspapers
at the Climax News Stand. ' (
Buford's Book Store keeps all
kinds of . legal blanks and trespass
notices.
For something to read go to Bu
ford's' Book Store, Morey building.
Welding done by Ward & Few, Third
avenue, west. We can save you mon
ey on this class of work. 10-23-4tc
Office supplies you bare wanted can
be bad at Buford's Beok Store.
LAUREL PARK BATHING BEACH This unusual mountain treat in addition to other rare charms and the co
operative building organization promise -to make Laurel Park a thickly settled summer colony as well as
pleasure ground.
HENDERSON RED CROSS
INAUGURATES NEW ERA
IN LOCAL EDUCATION
Trained Worker To Be Employed As
Executive Secoetary; Work In
County Put On. Most Effi
cient. Basis.
PROVIDES FOR HOME NEEDS
(By A. W. Honeycutt, -Supt. City
Schools.)
Realizing the long neglected work
of health education, of disease pre
vention as well as the present neces
sity of caring for 250,000 disabled
fighting men, the Henderson County
Red Cross Chapter has mapped out a
program of constructive activities and
has decided to employ a trained Red
Cross worker as executive secretary.
This marks the beginning of a new
era in education in Henderson Coun
ty. With the most efficiently organ
ized corps of workers as well as the
most widely known and best establish
ed local chapters, the Red Cross is
prepared to undertake this work on an
efficiency basis second only to the
government .
The idea that because the war is
over that the work of and the need
for the Red Cross activities are over
is becoming more antiquated every
day . Here are .some of the reasons
why it is still needed more desperate
ly, if possible, than. ever before.
1. One American baby out
seven dies in its first year.
2. 200,00 people die annually
of
of
tuberculosis.
3. 500,000 would die in another in
fluenza epidemic 'like the last.
4: 300,000 children under 5 die an
nually of preventable diseases .
5. Thousands of children are
forced out of school every year from
correctable physical defects.
6.. ' One adult, in seven is known to
be in need of medical attention.
7 . Registration showed that 800,
000 American boys were unfit for "ser
vice. 8. Schools for instruction in home
nursing are needed all over the coun
What organization is prepared to
undertake these gigantic tasks as well
as the Red Cross either from exper
ience or training or purpose of exis
tence? The Roll Call for members
should not be made in vain in Hen
derson County. Only 50 cents on
every dollar you put into the roll call
is sent out of the county, the rest
being retained for health education,
home-nursing classes, disease pre
vention, and in an effort wisely
directed for improving our own
generation and making the next
a healthier and happier one;
VISIONS OF YOUTH STRONG
Incident Proves How Firmly First Itr
pressions Are Implanted in
Child's Mind.
What won't impressions, received in
childhood, do for a man? Take those
two youths from the Tennessee moun
tains who desired, wheji they were
drafted, to go into the navy. Their
mountain home was as far removed
from the ocean as it well could be.
They had never' seen even a large
pond. For three generations not one
of their ancestors had seen the salt
..... v , i .1 15aton
fl Se noy womu
to anyvcall for the, army, but they,
s The , story came to an officer in
nearby camp,,, and he. became Inter
ested and visited that home. Both,
fltheV. and moe'r W ee puzzled over
the action of their boys, and they
could jnot nuderatand why Henry and
WiHiiuB had "demanded .the ocean.
A the. officer 'turned . wy .h
noticed hanging on the wall in the liv
ing room of that house the crude
picture of ship nndr fall sail on
an impossible blue o'Bnn. It had come
into that family years before, wrapped
around a package of goods, and mother
had hung it on the Avail. Those boys
had grown up with that picture before
them, and it -had decided their life.
It was stron-er than the influence of
father and mother they could not
overcome it.
Men and womon with children of
their own ought to understand how
the dreams, the poetry, the visions of
youth will prove stronger influences
than any of the science, or the wis
domor the fine example you, may
put before your little opef Exchange. ?
HAWKINS AND LA VOGUE j
STORES TO BE ENLARGED:
J0 ADD NEW FEATURES t
Jewelry And Millinery Stores to Be
Enlarged at Once; W. H. Hair
kins & Soh The
Owners.
ALLEY WILL BE. 131 PROVED
In order to take care of a rapidly
growing business and provide more
modern and commodious facilities the
firm of W. H. Hawkins & Son has
entered into plans for the enlargement
of their quarters and also those of the
La Vogue millinery.
A. H. Hawkins in speaking of the
enlargement said that it would In
crease the floor space of the jewelry
and optical store about one-third and
double the spaca of the adjoining
building occupied by the millinery.
He said that his quarters were too
limited. Additional machinery. Is
being installed in the optical depart
ment, which will be materially en
larged and given more privacy. The
additional space will also provide a
larger work shop as well as more
space and better display for merchan
dise. This building as well as that occu
pied by the millinery belongs to the
firm of W. H. Hawkins & Son.
Miss Birdie West announces ' 'that,
the trade last summer conv-inced her,
and Mrs. Brownlow Jackson, owners
of the La Vogue, that their new quar
ters were too. small. This store room
given an L extension to the rear of the
barber shop. This will double the
capacity of the building.
Miss West announces that a depart
ment for children's toggery will be an
addition to their business. They will
also add a beauty parlor. for use by
men and women. She says that men
who resort to the polish of nails by the
feminine touch ask for such luxuries
in the summer and that this will be
provided for the men as well as the
ladies.
Miss Clara Orr, who is with the La
Vogue, ; before next summer expects
to complete a course in millinery,
specializing in the making of hats.
Materials have been ordered for
these enlargements.
Mr. Hawkins says the city has
promised to grade the alley from 4th
to 5th avenues to the rear of the busi
ness houses and that some co-operative
arrangement will be entered into
for the improvement so as to permit
suitable approach to the rear of the
stores. '
SIMPLE MATTER TO EXPLAIN
Butcher's Ready Explanation of Cir
cumstance Which Aroused Con
siderable Ire in Customer.
An irate customer entered the butch
er's shop, threw down a piece of metal
, on the counter.
a n d indignantly
exclaimed :
"What do you
call that, sir?"
The man of
pork examined it,
and replied:
"It looks like a
bit o' brass."
"Bit of brass
of course it is;
and do you kn0w where I got it? Why,
aa6n(rAa.,
The bntcher put up his hand, Tubbed
his double chin; and' said - tie thought
he j exguld? explain.' it. V r '
: "Te.: and .esolain it4 yo .will b$fQr
I leave this hopi!" continued the "ex
cited one. "
"Well," drawled tba batcher, s he
smacked hii lips, "I must hv for
gotten to lake the collar
v Didn't Sy That, y
A Httie girt was. mvitea to-
friend's house for dinner, and before
leaving her mother warned her to say
"please," "thank you," and "no thank
you'
When the little girl returned she
was asked if she had been good.
"Did you say 'no, thank you.'?" ask
ed her mother, "when they passed
something you didn't want?"
"No, mother, I didn't, because they
didn't pass anything. I. didn't? want."
Fact About Poker.
The best poker hand Is made up of
calling card.. . i , . . . .
TWO SPECIAL SCHOOL
TAX ELECTIONS WILL
BE HELD NEXT MONTH
Citizens of Mills Riyer and Smoky
Hollow And Finey Grove Will
Vote On Question Decem
ber 6th
ENLARGE SCHOOL DISTRICT
The county commissioners at their
regular December meeting last week
ordered special tax elections in the
Mills River and . Smoky Hollow and
Piney Grove school districts. Both
elections will be held on December 6.
The election carries with it the ques
tion of enlarging the Mills River dis
trict. A number of taxpayers in the
Smoky Hollow and Piney Grove dis
trict have requested to be excepted,
and these exceptions will be included
in the Mills River district. The ex
ceptions are: W. F. Cathey, Gaither
Rhodes, E. L. Sinclair, Floyd Os-1
Dome and u. J. jenrees. j
The petitioners for the elections in
both districts ask for a levy not to ex
ceed 30 cents on the $100 worth of
property and 90 cents on the poll.
-The election for the Smoky Hollow
and Piney Grove district will be held
at Hayes Brothers store, and the
Mills River election at T. L. John
son's old store .house . ;
WHEREIN BUSINESS MAN
IS UNLIKE THE CAMEL
It's just as easy for yon to eat
enough in one day to last yon a
week, as it is for the business
man to advertise enough in one
week to last him a year. The
business man who thinks he is
a camel and can make a vlong
journey across the desert of busi
ness on one spurt of advertising,
will find himself very dry, long
before he has reached the first
oasis From Roanoke News.
WILL CONDUCT PRAYER-MEETING
Judge O. V. F. Blythe will conduct
prayer-meeting Wednesday evening at
the First Baptist church in the ab
sence of the pastor, Dr. E. E. Bomar,
who is attending the Baptist state
convention at Raleigh this week.
It S 0
s
Henry Brookshire of Flat Rock is
visiting friends in Charleston, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. John Francis are vis
iting the former's mother in Asheville.
Mrs. A. M. Gover, Tom Egerton and
family leave this week for St. Peters
burg, Fla.
Mrs. M. A. Pitts and Mrs. H. B.
Hall, who have been visiting the lat
ter's aunt, Mrs. Foster Bennett, have
returned to their home In Avondale.
S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. Kirk King and Mr.
and Mrs. Mack King are enjoying a
camping trip at the Holmes cabin on
Little River this week.-,
Mr. and Mrs. Arnette and family of
Rutherfordton have purchased "Fern
wood" on the Flat Rock road adjoining
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Whitaker's and
are occupying it.
Mr. and Mrs. Rudolf Seigling ar
rived last week from Charleston, S.
C, to spend awhile at their summer
home in Flat Rock.
Capt. C. H. Drayton, Jr., came np
last week from Charleston, S. C, to
accompany home his mother, Mrs.
Chas. H. Drayton, and sister, Miss
"Charlotte Dray ton . .
Dr. H. L.-Keith is in Raleigh this
week attending , a meeting . of the exe
cutive T conimittee of the Ndrth Caro
lina Pental 'Society, going as secre
tary of the organization. .
"Secretary Lawrence; J. Pace .of the
Baraca organization of the Tenth dis
trict and Mrs. N. .Buckner. state Ba
racarPhllathea" secretary; will" conduct
a meeting in Black Mountain Sunday.
Solicitor James H. Shipman has re
turned from Burnsville where a well
filled two-weeks' term of criminal
court adjourned on Saturday.
C. F. Bland left on Monday for a
business trip to New York and points
in Connecticut.
Mrs . Thomas Pace, who is recover
ing from a recent operation perform
ed at the Meriwether hospital, is ex
pected home on Sunday.
Mrs. E. G. Wilson will leave this
week for Florida to spend the win
ter. Mrs. Wilson will go through the
country in a car driven by Thomas
Egerton and will join Mrs. Gover
and Mrs. Egerton in Florida.
Business Men Form Organization to
Build Houses in Park; Many Ex
changes There and Several
t
Improvements.
HEAVY DEMAND FOR HOMES
A number of Hendersonville busi
ness men have entered . into an ar
rangement for the building of cottages
on a co-operative progressive plan ia
Laurel Park.
Walter B. Smith, who organized
this co-operative organization, out
lines the plan to The News something
in this order. Men who have or con
trol labor, materials, etc., compose
the organization. They will build
houses and own interest in them in
proportion to materials or labor em
ployed in the erection. The plan calls
for the selling of such houses at a pro
fit to the builders and turning the
money over into another building of
moderate cost.
ne ionowing men nave join
ed the organization and are to furnish
time or materials as designated: R.
M. Oates, electrical; J. W. Mclntyre,
plumbing; E. G. Still well, archi
tectural, cash and labor; Foster Ben
nett, lumber and other building ma
terials; John Forrest, labor; Pat Reed,
rock and labor; Raymond L. Ed
wards, hardware and paints; W. A.
Smith, lots and cash. , The original
investment will range between fifteen
and twenty thousand dollars.4 Mr.
Stillwell is preparing plans for the
erection of three bungalows costing
between four and five thousand each.
The lots were selected by a committee
consisting of Messrs. Oates, Edwards
and Bennett and the first house will
be erected on 5th avenue just beyond
the canal
Mr. Smith announces that houses
will be erected primarily for selling
purposes and that each sale will re
present another new building. He
says that the plan was tried out in a
limited way before the war and . was
found practical and profitable. The
great demand for Laurel Park homes
prompts these men to enter into, this
organization. Mr. Smith says there
is not a house in tne park for sale
and not. one to supply, the many re
quests for rental houses ; This condi
tion is quite unusual coming as it
does upon the heels of the closing of
a season rather than at the opening
of the season.
One of the conditions making homes
in the park more in demand is the de
liveries of ice, groceries, laundry, etc.,
the same as in the city. City water,
is also provided as well as that from
Crystal springs.
T. B. Kernaghan was the itrst man
to buy a lot for building purposes in.
the park. He sold the house for $5,000
last summer and will erect another
before next summer. There is quite
a summer colony at the park and the
increased number of visitors to the
park makes improvements necessary,
the first of which will be the widening
of several miles of roadway in the
large wooded estate.
Mr. Smith states that during the
past few months real estate to the val
ue of $30,000 has exchanged hands in
the park. The majority of these tran
sactions were negotiated by him.
Proposed investments for the park
territory for the coming year total
about $42,000.
The following purchased Laurel
Park homes this summer:
F. W. Fairy, 2 houses. Kings Tree,
S. C; H. K. Kaminer, Gaston, S. C;
L. S. Welling, Darlington, S. C;
Whitcover, Darlington, S. C; D. P.
Sloan, Anderson, S. C.
The following have announced, their
intention of building- soon: Penny
Brothers, Greensboro, N. C; Sam T.
Hodges, City; O. W. Hartness,
Orangeburg, S. C; W. M. Sherrard,
Whitmire, S. C; Mrs. Williamson,
Florence, S. C.
Lots were purchased during the
summer by: Mrs. Annie Burwell,
Warrenton, N. C, one lot; Penny
Brothers, Greensboro, N . C . ; two
lots; Mr. Scott, Florence, S. C, one
lot; Miss Frances McCullough, Pana
ma, one lot; T. B. Kernaghan, Bates
burg, S. C, five lots; C. Few, 5 lots,
four being occupied hy nursery; C.
N. Allison, City, 2 lots; Mr. Whit
cover, Darlington, S. C, bought bun
galow from park and one lot to build
on; Mr. McCullough, Darlington, S.
C. ; one lot; Sam T. Hodges, City, one
lot; O. W. Hartness, Orangeburg, S.
C, one lot: W. M. Sherrard, Whit
mire, S.. C, seven lots.V ' ; L
UNION CARPENTERS GITE
NOTICE OF FBICE AUtAN CB
This is -to notify all contractors
doing , work in . .Hendersonville . and
surrounding community that on ana
after. Jan. 1st, 1920, the scaleiof
wages for union carpenters will b
62 l-2c per hour. Done by order of
Local Union 1492, Hendersonville,
N. C.
This Nov. 8, 1S19.
S. L. JONES, R. S.
BUSTER BROWN C03IING
It will be good news to the children,
that Buster Brown and -his dog Tige
are coming to town. They will give
a" free entertainment in front of E
Lewis & Son's store on next Tuesdar
afternoon. y - '