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Consolidated
August 1, 1919
Circulation 1300
Successor To"
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VOL. XXVI NO 44
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 4, 1919
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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CLOSED
Business Men Accept Situation and Will Observe
Regulations Strictly-Few Exceptions to Gov
ernment Order Limited Goal Supply Here
Chief of Police Otis Powers on Wed
nesday notified all business men here
to keep their places of business clos
ed except between the hours of nine
in the morning and four in the after
noon. The only exceptions are bakeries -and
meat shops ,which may remain open
until six o'clock, and restaurants,
which may remain open as usual, pro
vided fifty percent only of light and
heat is used.
Newspaper offices may remain open
as usual while working on the news
paper only . Jb printing repartments
must observe the same hours as otheiv
business houses.
Mayor Mack Rhodes gave thechief
'his instructions.
Merchants and business men are
taking the order patriotically, of
course, and indicate every desire to
cooperate with the government in the
coal crisis now confronting it.
Further restrictions will be put in
to effect shouldthe coal situation con
tinue to grow more serious.
Hendersonville is called on, like .all
the cities in the south, under the pro
visions of the Lever act and the pro
clamation of the presidents to -curtail
the consumption of coal, owing to the
shortage, that has been- brought about
by the miners' strike. ;
Governors of states, mayors of cities,
sheriffs and other officers are called on
to assist in seeing that the federal
regulations are observed . A list of
instructions, giving in detail the re
gulations to be followed, has been re
ceived by the mayor JDf this city..
These' regulations in brief forbid
the use -of electric signs and display
advertisinolimit the hours of -operation
in industries to 4S hours a week,
and prescribe hours between 9 a., in.
and 4 p. m., for the use of light and
heat in ' stores and office buildings
and between 1:00 and 10:30 p. m., in
theatres, motion picture shows, etc.
Among the exceptions to these re
quirements are drug stores, restau
rants, dairies and bakeries , which
may continue to operate under their
present schedule.
J. W. Bailey, who as agent of the
Southern Railway is representative of
the fuel administration, made the
statement that several cars of coal
were-being held at the station.,
; The title to all coal in tran
sit at the time the . order became
effective, December 1, reverted to tne
government. " Dealers who run short
must make application through Mr.
Bailey, who will forward the applica
tion to the railway superintendent,
from whose hands it passes to the
coal committee for decision .
When asked for air- estiniateSf the
amount of coal now on hand In the
city, Mr. Bailey said that he' thought
it was close to eight or ten hundred
tons. None of the dealers are near a
shortage and the large consumers
" have for the most part already laid in
the winter's supply.-
It. M. Oates, president of the Home
Electric Company, in reply to a
question about the action of the com
pany under the circumstances, said
that at present no change would be
made in the service, but that an at
tempt would be made to get instruc
tions from the proper officials . Mr .
Oates was formerly fuel administrator
for the city, but does net now hold that
position.
BAZAAR sOD SALE.
The ladies of St. James parish will
hold a bazaar, December 10, in; the
Morey building . Lunches will be
served, and fancy work, household ar
ticles and novelties will be sold. The
bazaar- will open early and will con
tinue throughout the day.
GREENYILLE HAN PURCHASES
JIOIJNTAIN PROPERTT
.Dr. B . .WV Carpenter and family,
of Greenville, S. C, spent Thanks
giving day with Mrs. Josephine Pen
der. .
Dr. Carpenter has recently bought
of W. P. Lane part of the J. D. Mil
ler tract of mountain land. This Is
considered one of the most desirable
as well as. most beautifully located
pieces of, property in the Rugby neigh
borhood. Dr. Carpenter intends building a
summer home on it in the early
, spring. . '.
MEETING OF WOMAN'S CLUB
TfceSfesiness meeting of tre. Wo-maa'-sf!!'
V will be held in the May
or's onTce4at 4 p.. m Wednesday,
Dec, 10th,
HITS
RDERS
EXCEPT
CAPTAINS AND TEAMS
CAPTURE BIG SUM ON
FIRST DAY OP DRIVE
Complete Success Attends Baptist
Canvass on Sunday Afternoon j
Fine Reports Come In From
County Churches.
FIRST CHURCH EXCEEDS QUOTA
The Baptist $75,000,000 campaign
entered the first stage of the great
"drive' Sunday afternoon. At that
time, after strong appeals from the
pastors, canvassing teams went
among the .members. and secured their
pledges for missionary, benevolent and
educational work for the next five
years.
The result was i great success. In
the state, with, less than one-fourth of
the churches reporting by wire, over
$4,000,000 was signed up in one day.
The quota of the state is $6,000,000.
The drive is still' going on all this,
week . . By the end of next Sunday it
is confidently believed that the sub
scriptions will amount to more than
$7,000,000.
Here in Hendersonville the -canvass
was a complete success. The quota
of the First Church was $17,500. At
6:30 p. m., more than $23,500 . was
subscribed and turned in to Director
Foster Bennett. The canvass con,'
tinues. Another report wiJI be made
at prayer meeting. Wednesday night
In the county only a few churches
were able to telephone' their reports
to the director,. Dr. E. E. Bomar.
These were, Jones Gap, $414, with
only a partial canvass; Fruitland,
$7,500; Beulah, $1,619.50; French
Broad, $1,000; Saluda, $1,650; East
Flat Rock, $2,627 ; First Henderson
ville, $22,839 .
The quota for Carolina Association
is $55,000. These six churches on the
first day raised $36,035. ,
Mud Creek, Horse Shoe, Greeii River,
Tuxedo and others reported that they
were canvassing, but not able yet to
report.
Most of the , churches are well or
ganized and will report later.
The captains of the teamp of the
First Church, who did such splendid
work, are Jno. T. Wilkins, J. E.
Shipman; Roy C. Bennett, R. H. Sta
ton, O. V. F. Blythe, W. A. Keith,
G. L. Lambeth, R. P. Freeman, James
Stepp and T. L. Durham. '
. The women of the church who as
sumed fifteen per cent of the quota
have far oversubscribed. There were
some splendid large gifts; three of
;?1,000 and more, and six of $500 or
more, but the body of the gifts came
of the rank and file of the member
ship. Perhaps the best thing about
it all was the dutiful and spiritual
motives which actuated the givers.
Nobody had to be cajoled into giving.
All did it cheerfully and even with
joy.
It is confidently believed that the
First church will exceed $25,060 and
the association will go over - its al
lotment. !
NEW PACKING RULE OF THE
AMERICAN R, R. EXPRESS CO.
Under the new express packing re
quirements, which go into -effect on
December 10, all shipments sent by
express weighing over 25 pounds
must be packed in wooden containers
or cartons of fibre-board, pulp board,
or corrugated strawboard material of
specified "test strengths." - This
means, according to agent J. W. Bai
ley, that after December 10, packages
over the 25-pound limit wiJI not be ac
cepted by the American "Express Com
pany, handling the express business
of the entire country as agent of the
railroad arministration, If only paper
wrapped. v
FRUIT SENT TO OTEEN
Through the efforts of Mrs. C. A.
Hobbs and Mrs. W. R. Kirk fruit was
sent to the nurses, who. are patients
at Oteen, for Thanksgiving. The do
nation consisted of eight boxes of
oranges, four of apples and one box
of chocolates The following were
the contributor's, Mr." and Mrs. C. A.
Hobbs. J . O . Belt Mr. and Mrs . R
P. Freeze, Miss M. A. Sampson, Mrs.
G. H. Valentine, Dr. A. C Tebeau,
Dr. and Mrs. 'w. R. Kirk. ,
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NATION-WIDE CAMPAIGN
PROGRESSES IN PARISH
St- James Observes "Intensive Week,'
Every Member Caniass To Be
Next Sunday.
Matters regarding the Nation-Wide
Campaign in; St. James parish are
progressing most satisfactorily. The
people have caught the spirit of the
carHpaign and are doing what they can
to further its aims. The prayer cir
cles which have been meeting at va
rious homes of parishioners came to
the church on Monday, December
first," for a service of intercession.
The week of November 30 Is" known as
the "Intensive Week" of the campaign .
In addition to the service mentioned
above services of intercession were
scheduled at noon on Tuesday, Wed
nesday, Thursday anil Friday lasting
exactly twenty minutes-; It is found
by experience that a service at this
hour suits the congregation particu
larly the men, better than any' other.
On Sunday, December : 7, the , Every
Member canvass will v take place.
Every parishioner is alteto remain
at home until after thevlsit of the
nvassers has been made . The can
vassers are to be - served luncheon at
the rectory immediately upoirtecon
clusipn of the njid-dayjseryie.ri.".
DEATH OF DR. HATCH
Dr. W.Irvine Hatch died recently
at the residence of his brother, James
A. Hatch, of this city. He is survived
by his wife, one daughter and two
brothers, Melvin S. and James A.
Hatch. T
Dr. Hatch has been a prominent
dentist in Jersey City, N . , J . , for the
past 25 years.
Interment was at Magnolia ceme
tery, Charleston, S. C.
ENTERTAINMENT AT EBENEZEK
The school children of Ebenezer
under the direction of their teachers,'
Misses Bessie Allen and Ollie Town
send, gave a most enjoyable program
last Thursday afternoon at the school
building. Quite a number of patrons
were present.
CHURCH SOCIETY SALE
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Me
thodist church will have a sale of
fancy work and eatables, such as can
dy, cakes, salads, etc., on Saturday,
December 13, in Dr. Morey's store
building on Main street.
BE BIG SEASON
"Next season will be fully as great
a one as last summer's battle," said
John C. Wooten of the Kentucky
Home. "It will simply be a" question
of capacity,' and that is all," he con
tinued. "Hendersonville fully de
serves its reputation as THE resort
of the South and its summer business
will continue to grow each year."
"What we 'want, though, and what
we can get by going after it, is a big
ger -winter business . "
HIGHER PRICED MILK
The enormous advances in the
prices of feed and labor has compelled
some of the dairies here to advance
their prices to twenty cents a quart.
Cottonseed meal, for instance, is now
$4 a sack, and dealers say it may go
to $5 before the first of the year.
Cottonseed meal is essential to the
production of rich. milk.
Those dairies which have advanced
the price of their product say they
would welcome a return to the lower
prices for milk and for feed which
prevailed a few years ago. To pro
duce clean milk, under reasonably
sanitary conditions, costs far more
now in proportion to the price re
ceived, they say, than it did a short
time ago, and instead of discovering
any relief from high prices they are
confronted with prospects of still
greater advances.
It costs money to produce good, rich,
clean milk, and more than one owner
of a dairy has said he will go out of
the business rather than conduct their
business at a direct loss.
THAT NEW HOTEL
Those in a position to know state
positively that Hendersonville will
soon have a strietlv modern, fireproof
I .hotel. Interesting- developments
the next few days.
RES
TO
"HAINT A COMING TOWN
SHE'S ALREADY THERE.1
"Hendersonville haint a coming
town," remarked Judge CM. Pace,
forcibly. She's already "here !" --
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The Judge, a portly and imposing
figure, familiar cane, in one hand, the
equally familiar little black satche
in the other, stood at the corner of
Fourth and Main. . On one corner the
'million dollar bank"had torn out a
dividing wall and for temporary use
had added a whole big store room to
its working space.
"Going to be a mighty fine building
there soon," said the best-loved - man
in Henderson. "Yes, sir, a mighty
fine building. Be elevators init,. 1
suppose, and shoot"" away up yonder."
A crowd of workmen on the oposite
corner attracted his attention.
" And that foundation the Citizen's
Bank is putting in over there for their
new building is just about the deepest
and safest foundation it's possible to
build, I reckon. Won't be long, now,
before all that frontage over there is
built up. Bill Smith' sold a mighty
valuable piece of land there mighty
valuable. Me I used'to own Lau
rel Park once with Bill Smith. 1
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soia ana ne Held. Town'll be out
there, soon."
He glanced down Fourth avenue to
wards the railroad tracks where he
saw building material piled high in
the street.
"And that's an addition to the hos
iery mill. Ought to be more of them
here."
He turned his judicial form slowly
around and faced the postoffice. On
one side of Fourth avenue he saw
Brownlow Jackson's new office build
ingor its imposing skeleton. Al
most opposite he saw the site where
a great new hotel will soon be built.
Opposite this was the place concern
ing which he had heard many inter
esting rumors. Just around the cor
ner J. O. Bell was manifesting his
faith in a good: town, while a block
away in the opposite direction was
the site, he knew, of still another ho
tel "They'll have to rename Fourth
avenue," he -murmured. "They'll
have to call it the Avenue de Hotel,
as we French say." 1- i
DeliberateyJieig6thder wav for
the court hous?herege.A'is as much
a fixture and a necessity as the very
records themselves. i,The good-morn-inglf,
Judge," -werOgianS?': the . cordial
hand-shakes;just asTnany; and so ' his
progress was not what you might call
right speedy. As he passed Dr. Jus
tus pharmacy and saw still another
new building being started on Main
street, he said once more:
'No, sir, Hendersonville haint a
coming town she's already, here !"
THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH
What s Taking Plac; ?n The South
land Will Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs
'.Foreign
Representatives of France,. Eng
iana, naiy, .Belgium, witzenana, tioi
land, Sweden. Uorway, Portugal, Po
land, Greece, China and Japan will
meet in Brussels on December 1 tc
discuss the adoption of the measures
fand suggestions for the establish
fment and functioning of the league
(of nations. r -i
Notwithstanding opposition by thf
' members of the German National par
ty, the national assembly has passed
?the property levy bill through its
i French occupational troops hav
j ; entered Marash, Aitab and Curf a, th
j : principal centers of the Aleppo dis
Strict, in Turkey.
Lady Astor, American born wife
of Viscount Astor, was elected to par I
liament from the Sutton division oi!
', Plymouth, England, in the balloting
iof November 15.
Gen. Felipe Angeles, Mexican revo
ilutionary leader and famed throughoul
!the world as a military genius, was
executed by a Carranza firing squad
here, following his conviction .witii
two companions on charges of rebel
lion against the Mexican government
; King Victor Emmanuel, of Italy, will
come to theUaited States next sum.
mer, and also wfllvisit South Amer
iica, especially tbe?ppublics of Brazil,
Uruguay, Argentina, Chile and Peru,
'unless the political situation prevents
ihim from . carrying out his desire.
Teeigrams received my . tier Serbi
an bureau at Berntf from Belgrade,
Zara and Spalato, convey the impres
'sion that only prompt interference bj
(the allies "can prevent war over th
; Adriatic' situation, as the Jugo-Slavi
are said , to have lost patience &ni
jto be ready to fight the Italians.
, Dispatches confirming reports fron
Geneva that the situation along the
eastern shore of the Adriatic is criti
cal, are issued by the Jugo-Slav bu
reau in Paris.
A semi-oficial communication receiv
ed in Belgrade, says that a signifi
cant movement has been noted among
the Italians in the northern -occupied
zone. An Italian legion has been J
formed at Sebenico.- It is composed
of newly, arived troops equipped witl :
ammunition and other supplies by th
Italian army.
The British government expects thi
trial of ,'foriner "Emperor VVllliam ol
Germany to-begiTLi&Ldndpjiearl is
J. D. DAVIS, WELL KNOWN
AND ESTEEMED CITIZEN
PASSES AWAY SUDDENLY
Taken Tiolently 111 on Wednesday of
Last Week And Died on Friday ;
Buried at Oakdale.
ONE OF CITY' BUILDERS
The sudden death at his home here
last Friday of James D. .Davis
marked' the passing of one ; of the
county's outstanding figures, one of
Jie early builders of Hendersonville,
l contemporary of tie late Colonel
3. V. Pickens and Captain M. C.
Toms and as widely known and esteemed-
as were these distinguished
citizens. .
Death came quickly to Mr. Davis.
He was- taken ill on Wednesday he
was in town the day before and the
end came Friday at noon time. The
funeral "services were held at the
First Baptist church, where Dr. E
E. Bomar and Rev. M.' F. Moores
said the last words over, the body of a
man who always had a ready smile
in his eyes and in his heart, a man
trusted with public office and one who
dealt honorably with his fellows
The interment was in Oakdale ceme
tery and the pallbearers were W. H
Justus, C. E. Brooks, J. O. Williams,
O. V. F. Blythe, S. Y. Bryson and
A . Ficker men who knew "Jim"
Davis when Hendersonville was but
a mountain village. :-
Mr. Davis was married twice. He
was born on Reedy Patch and lived
here and in Buncombe county all his
life. He was twice married. His
first wife was Miss Althea West of
Buncombe county and three . children
were born to them: C. W. Davis-,
E. H. Davis, Mrs. C. B. Eaves, all
of this city. His second wife was
Miss Harriet Worley daughter of G.
W. Worley of Buncombe. No chil
dren were born to them. . He is.sur
vived by three children, his wife, two
brothers, F. P. Davis of Dayton,
Tenn., Tom K. Davis of Spartanburg,
S . C . , and one sister, Mrs . W . B
Mario w. of Asheville.
Mr. Davis served faithfully the
people as a member of the board or
county commissioners, served on the
board of aldermen for several terms,
and -was "the founder and editor of
one'of theflrst papers ever published
in Hendersonville, and was for many
years a merchant here. During the
past few years he lived on his farm
near town, and his death takes one
more of the early builders ; of. a town
he helped start -on the high road to
prosperity.
KNEW WHERE TO GO
Some men know where to go for
the right thingr ever?c time .
F. S. Wetmur lost two Liberty
bonds, the other day. What did he
do? Came to The News office at once
and right away. What was the re
sult? "Go see Henry Twyford," Mr. Wei
was told at the newspaper shop.
He went.'
Mr. Wetmur has recovered his two.
Liberty bonds.
3IR. PATTERSON IS PUZZLED
- -H. Patterson, just back from a
business trip to Chicago, is puzzled.
He, like thousands of other American
business men, is wondering what's
going to happen next where this road
everybody is traveling so gaily Is
going to end.
"Goods are going higher and higher,
with some lines impossible to get at
all," says Mr. Patterson. "Men's
clothes will cost more next spring
much more. Orders placed now cost
me wholesale as much and more than
I am getting for the same garments
in stock. Wool, cotton, labor that's
the answer. I wonder where -it's all
going to end?" 1 -
Mr. Patterson's already extensive
establishment is to be remodeled and
greatly enlarged . The second floor
of the building will be added to the
storg, the enormous basement will be
utilized, balconies added . and other
changes made, Mr. Patterson states,
as roon as room can be made for the
workmen .
,nienew year, and is completing' at
the necessary arrangements, says th
London Daily Mail.
: The withdrawal of the Americai
troops from Coblena, Germany, is nol
'considered in American peace confer
ence circles' as necessary. It is con
tended that the United States is still
one of the alied and associated" pow
rs, and that the postponement of tht
final action .on the treaty does not
change; its relation to either the asso
elated powers or to Germany.
' The 65,000 -American dead in France
must be left in the graves they non
occupy until the French are ready tc
exhume their own dead, which, it ii
hoped, will Tie before January :lf 1922
The foreign office had promised t
consider the last request of the Unit
ed States government for the return
of its fallen soldiers, but later decided
that the alies who fell together foi
the same cause should remain togethei
in death until circumstances permit ol
the returning of the bodies to tht
families for , whom r tbey sacrifice
themselves.
DELIGHTFUL ENTERTAINMENT
SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY NIGnT
-leMUle Quartet, First Number la
Lyceum Course, Will Be At
Opera House.
At 8:15 on Friday evening of this
veek, at the Hendersonville Opera
House, one of the most delightful en
tertainments ever brought to this
city will be given under the auspices
of the Hendersonville Lyceum Asso
ciation. -
This attraction will consist of vocal
and instrumental numbers, ranging:
from the choicest of English, Scotch
and Irish melodies, selections from
oratorios and operas to standard and
popular songs.
The DeMille Quartet is made of
Hartwell DeMille, baritone; Alfred J.
Atkinson, basso; W. Edmonds Capps,
lyric tenor; Gladstone Brown, tenor
robusto, with Miss Hilda Bucking
ham, pianist-accompanist .
About 450 reservations have al
ready been made and the manage
ment is daily receiving, calls for other
reservations.
The. several schools of the city;
Blue Ridge, C. M. C. A., Fassifern,
and the city schools are expected to
sit in groups and render school songs
and yells for 20 minutes before the
program begins. Great school spirit
will doubtless be in evidence.
ME3IBERS OF FERN WOOD CAMP
HATE AN INTERESTING SESSION
Fernwood Camp, Modern Woodmen
of America, held its regular weekly
session Monday night. This being the
time for the election of officers, the
following were chosen .with complete
unanimity and harmony.
Jerry, Boling, consul; W. D. Jus
tus .adviser; J. C. Coston, banker;
G. H. McMurray, clerk; G. J. Mil-,
ward, assistant clerk ; Grady Edna,
escort ; W.N. Fisher, watchman ;
Lifus Colins, sentry; J. C. Beck, J.
L. Forest, N. B. Huggins, trustees.
At 9 :30th e' meeting was turned over
to Chief Forester-J. H. Hollingsworth.
who gave an exhibition drill with his
team. Dressed in snow white uni
forms with gold braid trimmings the
team presented a ver pleasing ap
pearance as they marched down Main
street followed -'by the members bear
ing torches which threw out colored
lights. The procession ended at the
Central Cafe, where an oyster supper
was enjoyed. .A number of Asheville
Woodmen were present.
In response to an effort to raise
money to buy a sabre for the chief
forester, the sum of $25 was collected,
in a very few minutes..
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
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the increasing cost ot producing &
newspaper and the urgent necessity
for conservation of newsprint by all
newspapers, THE NEWS on January
1, 1920, will advance from $1.00 to
$1.50 a year on a pay-in-advance
policy.
There are quite a number of sub
scribers In arrears and THE NEWS
would be pleased to have all these
as well as all others take advantage
of the $1.00 rate.
CITY FARMS
The property of George Kershaw
on King street will be sold at auc
tion on next Saturday morning at
10:30 o'clock. R. C. Clarke, presi
dent of the First Bank and Trust com
pany will be the auctioneer and the
transaction is being handled by Smith,
Jackson, Morris Company as agents.
This sale has an unusual interest in
that the property has been sub-divided '
into two acre truck gardens, and with
each one of these city farms will be
sold a home site on one of the ad
joining streets . This offers those
wanting to combat the bigh cost of
living a chance to buy a litle farm in
the city - and actually within three
blocks, of the county court house-an
unusual opportunity, surely.
The land is said to be the richest
in Henderson county and should pro
duce abundant crops. The residence "
is a strictly modern and thoroughly
well built home, beautifully situated.
Smith, Jackson and Morris Company
state they find a most lively interest
manifested by town folk in the com- '
ing sale and they believe the very
limited number of garden farms to be
sold on next Saturday will be snapped
up quickly by those who believe there
is health and some wealth to be dis
covered by getting back-to the land.
Especially, they say, when the land
is almost within the shadow of the
county court-house. ,
'ARTICLES WILL CONTINUE
The Agricultural Department of The
.News, edited by Victor J. Garvin, was
necessarily: left out of this, week's is
sue, owing ' to ' a shortage of help in
the office.- Readers of these instruc
tive articles may look for their con
tinued apeparance in later issues.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish; to thank our friends for
'he many expressions of kindness and
mnoathy incident to. the illness.
death and burial of pur husband and
father.
Mrs. J. D. Davis and Family.
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