Newspapers / The Times-News (Hendersonville, N.C.) / Jan. 13, 1922, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Times-News (Hendersonville, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
Boost and Help Speed Up Henderson County's $2,000,000.00 Building Program for 1922 T PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY VOLUME XXVIII BEN SOUTHER TO MANAGE GANG IN SPARTANBURG CO. Tendered Resignation Hero to Ac cept More .Fay; Built County Koads For 16 Years. Ben Souther, who has had charge of the chain gang of Henderson coun ty for sixteen years and who recent ly resigned as county road super visor, leaves within a few days for Spartanburg, where he will take charge of the Spartanburg county chain gang. In going to South Carolina Mr. Souther will get an increase over the salary of $125 he has been receiving from Henderson county. Mr. Souther has been intimately identified with the history of road building in Henderson county. He ias had charge of the chain gang for sixteen years and worked it when it consisted of only three men and as many as eighty-five. At times he had charge of the work when the force eras so small that the county could not employ guards, so he worked the men by day and guarded them at camp by night. Whether the force as large or small ho looked after the men in camp, provided food and clothing and was manager of all Its operations, working part of the time tor $45 a month. When Mr. Souther took hold of tht vork under Road Supervisor P. F Patton there was a great deal of worf to be done, and despite a small foroe and limited capital he and Mr. Pat ton carried the work forward, em ploying or borrowing teams, begging sand and gravel, and soliciting con tributions in the form of labor. His services continued through the ad ministration of Mr. Patton and the two year period in which George W. Justice served as road supervisor and then again under Mr. Patton until he was made road supervisor about two years ago, since when he served in the dual capacity of road super visor and superintendent of the chain jcang. Mr. Souther had no friction with the authorities but feeling that his services were worth more to the coun ty than he was receiving he sought more profitable fields of labor and his work in South Carolina wilj again associate him with Mr. Patton, road engineer of Spartanburg county. American Legion and High School to Play Basket Ball Jan. 20th At a meeting in their club rooms tonight the local post of the Ameri can Legion expects to complete the organization of a basketball team and discuss other questions relative tc the organization's work during the next few weeks. Frank L. Fitzsimmons, athletic coach at the high school, announces a game between the American Le gion and the high school Friday night, January 20. An admission fee will be charged for the purpose mainly of raising money to furnish the Legion quarters above Patter son's Department Store. Fifteen or more Legionaires may be seen on the basketball court of the gymnasium on the high school grounds, almost every night, and judging from the skill and enthusi asm shown they are going to pro duce a well-rounded team to repre sent the Legion. Among the more likely ones are Fitzsimmons, Kirk, Waldron, Edwards, and Justus. HAROLD DAVIS ACCEPTS DEPUTY MARSHALSHIP E. H. Davis has been appointed United States Deputy Marshal by Marshal Brownlovv Jackson. Mr. Davis has already entered on his du ties and will spend the greater -part of his time in Asheville. He will accompany Marshal Jackson to the various districts and assist him in the capacity of deputy and secretary at all federal courts in Western Caro lina, paying jurors, witnesses and other court attendants. The friends of Mr. Davis are con gratulating him on receiving the ap pointment as he is well equipped to perform the duties that will come under his attention. MESSRS. CASE BACK ON ROAD. Jonathan Case, traveling for W. R. Case & Sons, a cutlery firm of Brad ford, Pa., and II . II. Case, represent ing the Foster Pottery Company of East Liverpool, O., both of whom travel together in Tennessee, Vir ginia and North Carolina, left the city Tuesday after spending the holidays here. MISS WEST TO LEAVE FOE SOUTHERN MARKET MONDAY Miss Birdie West, manager of the La Vogue Millinery Shop, will leave Monday for a two weeks' stay in At lanta, Ga., where 3he will buy her spring stock of goods. She expects to combine pleasure with business by spending several days with Mrs. J. M. Bacon at Marietta, near Atlanta. LUTHERANS TO HOLD ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING The annual congregation meeting of the Lutheran church will be "acid Sunday morning following the eleven o'clock service in the mayor's court room at the city hall. All members are urged to be preset- IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER IN BRIEF FORM UfMjsral Summary of Events of United states and Other Tarts World. ot Foreign ships now are carrying the bulk of the cargo between this coun try and the east coast of South Amer ica, the commerce department an nounces. Representative Dallinger Republi can of Massachusetts, has appealed to President Harding not to award the contract for reconditioning the Levia than until the advisability of having the work done at Boston is deter mined. Ilierome L. Opie, major of the third battiion, 116th infantry, who has been in the limelight for several weeks, jhargod with having wantonly shot down American soldiers overseas, ap peared before the investigating com mittee and vigorously denied the al legations. Unanimous agreement has been reg istered by the five powers in the arms conference? upon Articles I and II of the original Root resolutions (now arranged in three articles) regarding submarine warfare, with but minor al terations. These resolutions, provid ing for an invitation to the rest of the world to follow the "big five," cm- brace subscription to a restatement of international law governing rules of submarine operation against merchant vessels. But by far the most import ant action was unanimous adoption of the original Article II, now known as Article III. Fear that many weevils will hiber nate in the weevil-infested territory In Texas and reappear in large num bers in the spring, has been express ed in reports to the department of agriculture, and it was said that the national agricultural . - conference which is to meet in Washington soon will give serious consideration to this subject. A uniform re-discount rate In all federal reserve bank districts would lie coinouisory under a bill introduced by Senator Harris, Democrat, Geor gia. lractiea I completion of the report to be submitted by the committee of naval experts to the navel committee of the armament conference and agreement of the subcommittee on Chinese tariff on a 5 per cent effec tive basis were two important devel opments in the conference situation. The. agreement for an increase of Chinese tariff rates to an effective five per cent was adopted by the nine conference powers sitting as a com mittee on Far Eastern questions. Senator Truman H. Newberry, of Michigan, will speak in his own be half from the floor of the senate when that body decides whether or not he is to retain his seat. Poison gas as an instrument of war fare was outlawed by Great Britain, Japan, France, Italy and the United States at a recent session of the dis armament conference. After the adop tion of the anti-gas resolution, the conference took up the report of its sub-committ- eeon aircraft limitation, but no conclusion has as yet been reached on that matter. A general agreement for the enact ment of a bonus bill for former serv ice men early in the present session of congress has been reached, it is indicated, which seems to have come as a result of a white house dinner between President Harding and a num ber of senators and representatives and members of the cabinet. Fifteen shipping board vessels, to cary grain to Russia for the Ameri can relief administration, have been selected and allocated. Ex-Senator Marion Bmtler of North Carolina has forwarded Secretary of War Weeks an offer from capitalists whom he represents for the govern ment nitrate plant located at Muscle Shoals, Ala., and seeks an apointe ment with the secretary to talk over the matter. The number of persons killed in the explosion on the Greek torpedo boat destroyer Leon at Piraeus is now giv en as twenty-one, with forty-two in jured. The explosion occurred while a number of the crew were handling a submarine bomb. The allied supreme council has ap proved unanimously the calling of an international economic conference to bo participated in by Germany and Russia. American Ambassador Harvey to England, who is in attendance at the meeteing of the allied supreme coun cil in Cannes, France, says he will "jump the fence" when he comes to It, which is interpreted to mean that he is merely an onlooker. Marquis Okuma, the "grand old man of Japan,' was one of the most d!3t Inguished men of the island em-.-re from the period of the restoration until the present day. Twice premier of Japan, Okuma was in office when the famous "twenty-one demands" were made upon China, and it was fol lowing the agitation which resulted from. those demands that his ministry HEMDERSONVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1922 " .- N0MBER S3 Southern California Gets Thoroughly Soaked r 41 TM it i f ?:.sf fSsL. ;; if Damage estimated at several millions of dollara resulted from the floods wiuenuousiy neavy rains tnat continued for days. The illustration shows G. N. SENTELL DIED THURSDAY Public Spirited Citizen. Former County Commissioner, is Dead. Geo. N. Sentell of the Big Willow section died at his home Thursday, following a short illness with influ enza and pneumonia. The funeral services will be conducted at the home tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock by Rev. Mr. Morris and Rev. Mr. Huntley, and interment will be made in the Sentell cemetery. Mr. Sentell was in his 79th year. ' The deceased is survived by his son, R. S. Sentell of this city, and three daughters, Mrs. Jas. Huggins, Mrs. Delia Redden and Miss Bettie Sentell. . Mr. Sentell was for many years county surveyor for Henderson, and for several terms county commis soner. He was known widely as a public spirited man, interested in the civic and educational progress of his community and county resigned. He was succeeded by Field Marshal Count Terauchi. The director of the American rellel administration in Russia, who has been in England, has returned to Russia by way of Riga, optimistic over the twen ty million dollar grain appropriation by the United States congress. The last effort of the dail eireann in Ireland to bring about an agree ment on the Anglo-Irish treaty failed. Other efforts will be made.- Princess Joachim of Prussia, daughter-in-law of the former emperor, is suing the ex-kaiser for support, con tending that the laws of the Hohen zollerns entitles, her to support. Her husband suicided in 1920. During ceremonies over the body of an unknown soldier at the Arc Ge Triomphe, Paris, an unknown young woman jumped from the top of the arch and death endued instantly. She had removed all marks of identifica tion from her clothing. Chinese bankers are reported to have formed a group which would like to join the inter-allied consortium ia lending the Chinese government a big sum of money. The report comes from Pekin. Lloyd-George is at the zenith of his career. The English-Irish feud of cen turies, through his efforts, has ended, and Europe has virtualy accepted the British premier's plan for the regener ation of the world's economic struc ture and for constructive negotiations with Russia, a scheme that has been attacked for more than a year in ev ery other European capital but Lon don. The treaty creating thelri3h Fro-n State has been ratified by the dail ei reann. By a majority of seven votes, 64 to 57, the dail gave its approval to the document signed by its dele gates at London. Coincidental' Ea mon de Valera announced his resigna tion as president of the "Irish Repub lic." Ralph Culver Bennett, doctor of civil laws, doctor of laws, bachelor of art and president of the Metropolitan College of Law, at Dover, Del., quali fied as a full-fledged absent-minded professor when he was arraigned in Washington Height police court on a charge of assault. Eldorado, Ark., is being thoroughly policed in an effort to locate the itre bug who recently attempted to bura the business section of the town. Barring an eleventh-hour change Governor Sproull will appoint ex-Governor Edwin S. Stuart as United States senator to succeed the late Boes Penrose it wos learned on re liable authority. W. G. Garren of the Willow Road is Dead Geo. W. Garren, aged 80, died at his home on the Willow Road Thurs day morning, and will be buried in the Oakdale cemetery today at 330 o'clock. For several months he has been in a helpless condition, as a re sult of paralysis, ami due: to this in firmity sustained some severe burns while sitting before the fire in his room Wednesday evening. Funeral services will be conducted at the home by Rev. Mr. Hill. : ; The pall bearers will be ' his sons-in-law: Roth Moody, . Jim , Drake, Burgin Staton, John McMinn, Albert Gibbs, all of this city; and Roy Wil liams of Try on. The deceased is survived by seven daughters ; Mrs. Roth Moody, Mrs. Jim Drake, - Mrs. Burgin Staton, Mrs. John McMinn, Mrs. Albert Gibbs, Mrs. Maggie Brock, of this city, and Mrs. Roy Williams of Tryon; and two sons, Claud and Frank Garren of this city. SLIGHT CHANGES D TIME"-OF HOLDING COURT DT DISTRICT Time of Henderson County Court the Same, But Others Changed. At the recent special session of the Legislature, some slight changes in the time of holding some of the courts in this district were made. There is no change in the time of holding the Henderson county court. The present calendar is as follows: Transylvania April term is changed from the sixth Monday after the first Monday in March to the fifth Monday; after the first Monday in March, and will convene this year on the tenth of April, 1922: the spring term of Polk county is changed from the sixth Monday after the first Monday in March to the seventh Monday after the first Monday in March; the May term of Rutherford county is changed from the eighth Monday after the first Monday in March to the tenth Monday after the first Monday in March; the spring term of Polk county is changed from the second Monday after the first Monday in September to the first Monday in September; the October term of Yancey county is changed from the eighth Monday after the first Monday in September to the sixth Mon day after the first Monday in Sep tember; the October term of Ruther ford county is changed from the sixth Monday after the first Monday in Sep tember to the eighth Mond&v after the first Monday in September. The dates of the courts in the dis trict this year will be, under this law, as follows : McDowell: January 23, for civil cases, 2 weeks. Rutherford: February 6, for civil cases, 2 weeks. McDowell: February 20, 2 weeks. Henderson, March 6, 3 weeks. Yancey: March 27, 2 weeks. Transylvania: April 10, 2 weeks. Polk: April 24, 2 weeks. Rutherford: May 15, 2 week3. Henderson: May 29, for civil cases, 2 weeks. McDowell: July 10, 2 weeks. Transylvania: July 25, 2 weeks. Yancey: August 15, 1 week. Rutherford: August 21, for civil cases, 2 weeks. Polk: September 4, 2 waekn.. McDowell: September IS. 2 -ceeks. Henderson: October 2, 2 week3. Yancey: October 16, 2 week3. Rutherford: October 30, 2 weeks. Henderson: November 13, for rh'il cases, 2 weeks. Transylvania, November 27, 3 weeks. J. W. DAVIS DEAD. J. W. Davis, who was a prominent citizen of St. Augustine, Fla., and who has spent many summers in Hender sonville, died shortly before Christ mas at a hospital in his native city. He was a cousin of Mrs. M. D. Hall- man of this city. In southern California that were caused one of the business streets In Loa An- G. B. KAY TO BE BURIED TODAY Former Hendersonville Citizen Died at Asheville Wednesday. The funeral services of G. B. Kay, manager in charge of the McLellan Stores Co. of this city until last September, were conducted from Shepherd Bros, undertaking estab lishment this morning at 11 o'clock, and interment made later in Oak dale cemetery. '- Mr. ! Kay died at Asheville Wed nesday, following a lingering illness with pulmonary tuberculosis, con tracted, it Is stated, during the world war. He was in his 34th year. At tending the funeral services were his wife, Mrs. G. B. Kky, and brother, Mr. Kay of New York city. Friends of the deceased state that he was in the famous Canadian divis ion which was first to see service in France,, and that early in the war he was t he victim of a gas attack. He was born in Scotland. The acting pall bearers at the funeral services were W. P. Whit mire, Jr., G. C. Richardson, Col. Wad dell, J. C. Beck, Jeff Johnson and Mr. Harkins. MANY ACTIVITIES PLANNED BY WOMAN'S CLUB WEDNESDAY Program Includes Rummage Sale, Silver Tea, and "Get-Together" Banquet. .The Woman's Club had an unusual ly interesting and enthusiastic busi ness meeting Wednesday afternoon at the. higbschool building. Mrs. Frank Ewbank, chairman of the Oteen com mittee, reported that she, Mrs. W. R. Kirk, Mrs. Erie Stillwell, Miss Samp .son motored to Oteen and carried two cars full of Christmas things. For this purpose Mrs. W. R. Kirk had given a bridge party recently netting about ?40. The guests at The Cedars contributed a number of gifts and the school children furnished quite a number of stockings, eighteen pairs of warm, serviceable bed-room slip pers, all the fruit, joke books, etc. The boys of Oteen were very appre ciative of their beautiful Christmas tree to which the club had contrib uted. No one was left out and all shared equally in the gifts distrib uted. Each boy received a large stocking containing candy, nuts, gum, fruit, cigarettes. Substantial gifts as foot-warmers, bath-robes, razors and bed-room slippers were also receiv ed. The boys had asked that they might have as their Christmas pres ent the pleasure of meeting Dr. WT. R. Kirk. Dr. Kirk went over and his visit was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Several excellent plans to be per fected later were proposed by the members and endorsed by the club. Among them was a rummage sale; a silver tea, the proceeds to go to Pat ton Memorial Hospital to buy china, linen, and other needed articles; and a get-together banquet for the club members and their friends in the near future. The Woman's Club needs club rooms as do other city organizations. The members are now making in quiries as to a good location for a club house and will continue to work toward that end. HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAMS ARE AGAIN ACTIVE The high school girls' basketball team will play the Asheville High School Friday night, January 20, on the Asheville court. Several games, also, are pending for the boys ot the high school here: with Wofford Fitting School, the Y. M. C. A. at Canton, and the Biltmore High School. Leave it with a classified ad. It will do the work for you for only 25;eents for each insertion. I-' ' ' "BILLY" SUNDAY PROBABLY COMING Famous Evangelist May Preach to Hendersonville Audience Rev. J. F. Ligoh announces that in all probability Hendersonville will have the opportunity soon of hearing "Billie" Sunday, who is now holding a six weeks' meeting at Spartanburg. Mr. Ligon has information fron Dr; A. D. P. Gilmore, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Spar tanburg, that the famous evangelist might be secured for one service In Hendersonville. Mr. Ligon, accompa nied by a committee, will go to Spar tanburg the first of next week, to con fer with the manager of the Sunday organization, with the purpose f bringing Mr. Sunday here at an early date. B. SHOCK DIED IN SANITARIUM HERE THURSDAY Death Follow Battle of About Ten Years For Health; Inter esting Career. Bert Shock died at the Edgemont Sanitarium at an early hour Thurs day morning. Interment was at Oakdale ceme tery Friday afternoon following sex- vices at tne laxe residence on cirorcn street conducted by Dr. E. E. Boraar and Dr. Frfltlt Si lor- mnaii koini rendered by the Methodist choir. The deceased is survived by the widow and two children of Hender sonville, a grown son by his former wife, his parents in West Virginia and a number of brothers and sisters in distant states. Mr. Shock came to Hendersonville for his health a few years ago. He suffered-with an attack of influenza last spring and could not recover from it. After being in bed for quite a while and getting out he went to the Edgemont Sanitarium for treat ment. He returned to his home for a few days during the holidays and was taken to the sanitarium again Sunday in a cirtical conidtion. By reason of the unusual ordeal through which Mrs. Shock is passing the situation enlists deep sympathy. The condition of her mother, who has been at the Bilfmore hospital for several days, is considered very critical and news of her death at any hour would not be surprising. The family had just completed a handsome cottage on Church street and Mrs. Wilson and Mr. Shock had the privilege of occupying it for only a few days. Mr. Shock has had an interesting career and quite a long battle for health. Just a few days before he entered the sanitarium h e talked freely of life's battle to a represen tative of The News and the interest ing story of his career runs some thing along this line: The deceased was the son of a Methodist minister and being one of a large family struck out early in life to earn a livelihood. For a long while he traveled as a member of a quartet that proved very popular. While on the stage and engaged in a performance taking the part of first tenor, he felt an unusual sensation in his throat. It was there that his trouble began, some of the voal chords failing on him. He carried through his pari by changing to a falsetto voice. After consulting a physician he struck out for the mountains, going to Asheville. Upon his arrival and in a weakened condi tion he was informed of the death of his wife in Pennsylvania. He return ed home but soon came to the moun tains again, coming to Henderson ville, where he has made his home for the past few years. Mr. Shock made quite a sum of money while on the stage and applied a good part of this in helping to edu cate his brothers and sisters and a son, who is now grown. He made friends easily, having a very genial disposition. Shortly after coming to Hender sonville he was employed as enter tainer at the St. John hotel. In addi tion to these duties he gave of his talent to the city in helping arrange entertainments for the benefit of the hospital and other public causes. For a while he owned and conducted a garage in the city. After selling this he organized about two years ago the Young Men's Club. This he sold to gether with the fixtures a few months ago because his declining health would not permit him to give it the attention xequired. The pallbearers were: A. C. Glazener, E. H. Davis, W. F. Ed wards, Jack Gesser, J. Manning Mor ris, L. E. Hesterly. INSTALLATION OF WOODMEN CIRCLE OFFICERS FRIDAY At the meeting of the Woodmen Circle at their hall here Friday night. Installation of officers for the year will take place. Those elected are a 3 follows: Mrs. Blanche Grant, Past Guardian; Miss Christina Pace, Guar dian; Miss Florence Justus, Adviser; Miss Virginia Justus, Clerk; Miss Annie Ramsey, Banker; Mrs. Marie Hayes, Attendant; Miss Hannah John son, Assistant Attendant; Mrs. Ella Stepp, Chaplain; Miss Minnie Morris, Inner Sentinel; Miss Elizabeth Hen derson, Outer Sentinel; Miss Agnes Corn, Musician; V. E. Grant, Re porter; Mrs. Nannie Orr, Mrs. Edith Ccnnell. and T. V. Lyda, Managers i Dr. J. S. Brown, Physician.
The Times-News (Hendersonville, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Jan. 13, 1922, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75