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Boost and Help Speed Up Henderson Comity's $2, 000, 000. 00 Building Program for 1922T PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY volume xxvra HENDERSONVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1922 NUMBER 85 WILL DISCUSS NEED HERE FOR KINDERGARTEN FOREIGN EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEF NEWSY STYLE Covington Has a Serious Flood NATIONAL EVENTS OF IMPORTANCE BRIEFLY TOLD CAMPAIGN FOR WILSON FUNDS BEING WAGED r t. Mrs. W. H. Yander Linden Will Read Paper Before Parents and Teach ers; Attractive Program Outlined. Mrs. W. H. Vander Linden is pre paring a paper to read on the occasion of the next meeting of the Parent Teacher Association, Tuesday night, February 7, on the need for the or ganization of a kindergarten depart ment in our city schools. Mrs. Van der Linden thinks this is one of the greatest needs at the present time. "Our present educational system," she says, "is working at the top instead of at the bottom. There are so many little children who are entirely un prepared to enter the first grade in school." It is her conviction, also, that a kindergarten would start chil dren right and save much retardation in the first grade. "It is not only the right of children to have the best opportunity," she said, "but it would "be real economy to give them the ad vantage of a kindergarten course,, in that it would save a large number from repeating the first grade." Mrs. Vander Linden is positive that a kindergarten would be well patron ized by the tourists in the summer time, who would regard it as a real asset for Hendersonville. Her paper promises to be most interesting. The program committee, under the leadership of Mrs. A. W. Farnum, is planning other interesting features, and the lunch and recreation com mittees, of whom Mrs. Parsons and Mrs. J. TV. Williams are chairmen re spectively, are already busily engag ed with plans to make the program attractive. Every parent in the city is asked to reserve the first Tuesday evening in each month in order to meet with the other parents and school teach ers in a common group, that the Parent-Teacher Association in Hender sonville may grow and assume the responsible position that an organi zation of this nature should in every progressive, christian community. GOOD ADVICE TO THOSE SUBJECT TO INCOME TAX Instructions Are Given Whereby Those With Income May Determine What Course to Pursue in Making Reports. The following statement has been issued by Collector of Internal Reve nue, Gillam Grissom for the district of North Carolina. The Revenue Act of 1921 contains two new and important provisions, which are the subject of frequent in quiry. The first relates to the per sonal exemptions allowed married persons, and the second to the pro vision requiring that a return be made of gross income of $5,000 or more. The act provides that a married person, living with husband or wife, whose net income for 1921 was $5,000 or less shall be allowed a personal discount of $2,500. If the net income of such person was over $5,000 the exemption is $2,000. Under the Rev enue Act of 1918 the personal exemp tion allowed a married person was $2,000, regardless of the amount of net income. The normal tax rate re mains unchanged, 4 per cent on the :first $4,000 of net income above the exemptions and 8 per cent on the remaining net income. In order that an income slightly in excess of $5,000 shall not be sub ect to an inordinately disproportion ate tax because of the reduction of the exemption to $2,000 thereon, the law provides that such reduction shall Tiot operate to increase the tax, which -would be payable if the exemption "were $2,500 by more than the amount of the net income in excess of $5,000. For example, on a net income of $5,010, the tax, without this saving clause, would be $120.40, which is four per cent on $3, 010, the amount of net income less an exemption of ;$2,000. The actual tax is $110.40, computed as follows : from the net income of $5,010 is deducted $2,500, leaving $2,510, the 4 per cent tax on which amounts to $100.40. To this is added $10. The amount of net income in excess of $5,000. The personal exemptions allowed married persons, apply also to the lead of a family, a person who sup orts in one household one or more relatives by blood, marriage or adop tion. - Heretofore, a person whose net iri come was less than his exemption ($1,000, if single, or $2,000 if married) was not required to file a return. Under the Revenue Act of 1921 if the gross income Of an individual equal led or exceeded $5,000 or if the com bined gross income of a married cou ple and that of dependent minor chil dren equalled or exceeded $5,000, a return must be . filed, regardless of the amount of the income. "Net income" is gross income, less certain deductions. The fact that al lowable deductions from gross in come, for business expenses, losses, nad debts, etc., may reduce the net income to an amount below the per sonal exemptions of $1,000 or $2,000, does not alter the requirement to file a return of gross income, if such gross lincome equalled or exceeded $5,000. Summary of Events Happening In Foreign Countries; World's Activities. Terribly mangled by the premature explosion of dynamite Olaf Peterson, a farmer of Ramnaes, dragged himself 400 yards and drowned himself to end his agony. While Lieutenant J. M. Robb was piloting a military machine across the English channel, the machine fell onto its tail. Lieutenant Robb was rescued by a boatman. The kings' proclamation of amnesty, announcement of the departure of the auxiliaries and the resolution of the Sinn Fein executive council to sum mon an extraordinary convention soon, to decide upon the future of the or ganization and its policy, after Earaon De Valera had predicted a split in the organization, were the chief develop ments in the Irish situation. President Millerand recently accept ed the resignation of Premier Briand and his entire cabinet and' indicated he would not ask anyone to form a new ministry. Minister of War Bar thou and former President Poincare were mentioned prominently in par liamentary lobbies as likely candi dates for the task of forming a new government. Marquis Okuma, former premier of Japan, died recently at Tokio. He was field marshal in the Russo-Japanese war. The Irish dail eireann defeated de Valera for the presidency of the Irish Republic. It is now thought that the next step of the eireann will be to aid in making a stable government for the "Free State." The volcano Ometepe, on the Is land of Ometepe, eight miles from the western shore of Lake Nicaragua, is in active eruption. Many thousands of coca plants have been destroyed, large areas of grazing lands are cov ered with ashes, and many cattle are dead. The supreme council at Cannes re- Lcently examined the situation created by the departure of the French dele gation and ruled that decisions on which a complete agreement had been reached become operative, especially that regarding the Genoa conference, for which Premier Bonomi, of Italy, was charged to -issue invitations. Thomas S. Ryan, a newspaperman, at Paris, has been arrested charged with attempting to murder his wife, formerly Miss Audrey Creighton, of California, by forcing her to swallow bechloride of mercury tablets on a threat he otherwise would kill him self. The Irish politcal prisoners in London, England jails Brixton, were released recently under the amnesty proclamation issued by King George recently. Instructions were sent to the provisional jails for sim ilar releases. The British government has given its assurance to Indian officials, at Calcutta, India, that "conscientious objectors" who sought to evade war service will not be allowed to com pete at future examinations for In dian civil service positions. CLIFFORD DAVENPORT SUFFERS FATAL WOUNDS WHILE HUNTING Gun Discharges While He is Using it to Dislodge Rabbit in Hollow. Clifford Davenport, age 20, only son of Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Davenport, 334 Hillside Street, Asheville, died Monday night at the Mission Hos pital shortly after seven o'clock as the result of wounds received while hunting Saturday by the accidental discharge of his own shotgun. The accident occurred in the vicinity of Mt. Meadows Inn, where Davenport, in company with George Davis, had run a rabbit into a hole and the vic tim was using his gun to dislodge it when the entire charge lodged in his right thigh, after grazing his right hand. - His companion ran three miles to get a car to carry him to the hos pital. He had suffered from loss of blood and from exposure through ly ing in the snow a half hour, so that an operation was impossible. Gan grene soon set in and all hope of re covery was gone. George Davis never left the bedside of his dying friend. Funeral services were held from the residence of his mother the fol lowing day at 4:30. Dr. R. J. Bate man, pastor of the First Baptist Church, of which the deceased was a member, officiated. The singers sweetly sang, "Safe in the Arms of Jesus," and "Nearer My God to Thee." The body was laid to rest beside his father, wha died only a month ago, in Riverside cemetery. Many beauti ful flowers were contributed. The heartfelt sympathy of a- host of friends goes out to the bereaved ones and especially to the mother and sis ter. The deceased has a great many ICl. 1 UC UCV-COOCU " O relatives in Henderson county, where he was favorably known. For the people who live at Covington, Ky., across the Ohio river from Cin cinnati, the holiday season was marred by serious floods, as may be seen in this photograph. MASS MEETING TUESDAY WILL DECIDE SECURING OF NURSE Red Cross Treasurer Holds $2,000 Which May Be Applied to Employment of Full-Time Com munity Public Health Nurse. A mass meeting will be held at the city hall in the mayor's office next Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock to consider the employment of a full time public health nurse. A number of persons have been in terested in this movement for some time and it was thought during tie last Red Cross drive that the i re ceipts would provide for the employ ment of such a person without the necessity of raising additional funds from other sources. The Red Cross treasurer holds about $2,000 which, it is understood,, may- be applied-to the employment of a community nurse, the advisability of which will I doubtless be determined at the mass meeting Tuesday,. The necessity for the service is universal for its objects are the sav ing of life, the upbuilding of family health and the promotion of commu nity sanitation and hygiene. It deals with both individuals and families in its efforts to assist in checking and eliminating communi cable and preventable diseases; in discovering and correcting unsani Auto Circles Discuss Reductions In Prices The automobile realm has been the center of increased discussion during the past few days by reason of re ductions in automobile prices. Among the more popular cars in Henderson county on which recent reductions have been announced are the Ford, Buick, Hupmobile, and Studebaker. Dodge Brothers an nounces a reduction effective the first of January. Just how much reduc tion will be made will not be known until the first of February. Big re ductions, were made some time ago on the Overland and Willys Knight cars. These reductions put the cars back along in company with pre-war prices, when great prosperity reigned and the factories could not cope with the abnormal demand of every class and type of American citizenship ex cept those behind prison bars for something to run on wheels and pro pelled by gas. It is generally believed by auto mobile dealers, that rock -bottom has been reached for a long time to come and that further reductions need not ; be expected i MUCH INTEREST CENTERED ON BASKETBALL GAME TONIGHT American Legion and High School to Fight For Honors. A real game of basketball is an ticipated by lovers of that sport here tonight at the high school gymnasium, where teams representing the high school and the American Legion will combat for honors. A small admis sion charge will be made, the pro ceeds -to go chiefly for the benefit of the local Legion post in the furnish ing "of their club rooms. A dozen or more likely American Legion members have been candi dates for places on theteam, but the following is the probable line-up for tonight's game: A. Edwards, center; F. Justus and L. Waldron.f orwards ; J. Duff and Sergeant, guards; with Bland and Patterson as a reserve force. The tentative line-up for the high school is as follows: Jordan, center; Hunter and Scoggins, forwards; Ray and Whitmire, guards j . 1 T1,, TtiArrn Professor Andrews of Blue Ridge will proDaoiy reiere uu j:f 1 tary conditions; and in educating the community in physical hygiene and public sanitation. The nurse arranges her day on a visiting basis. She lists all the homes where there is sickness and she ar ranges her schedule so that she can call at each of these homes to give the necessary care daily or as often as she is needed or as often as time can be spared. She does not remain in the home except in cases of emer gency, but she does not leave it neg lected. She gives the well members tf the family soine plain "and simple rules to follow in ministering to the sick. And while she is in these homes, her concern is not onty for the per son who is ill. - She must look out for the entire family. She endeavors to discover and remedy physical de fects and habits, unsanitary home con ditions and anything else that may be productive of disease. She not only instructs the family on how to care for simple cases-of illness, she instructs them as well as to how the family can be kept well. Methodists Held Big Acquaintance Event The reception given to the Metho dist ministers and their wives, and 'to the officials of the First Methodist church and congregation, Wednesday night was attended by a large number of people, despite the inclement weather and the fact that many who had expected to be there attended the lecture at the city hall. Mrs. W. H. Justus and Frank Ed wards greeted the guests at the door and escorted them to the receiving line, composed of the ministers, stew ards, trustees, officers of the Sunday school and various societies of the church, with their wives. No formal program had been ar ranged. It was primarily a get-acquainted event and methods were adopted for better acquaintance and a general social gathering, a feature of which was the serving of refresh ments in the form of hot chocolate and cake. . Auxiliary to Wage Campaign In Interest Of Ex-Service Men Ways and - means for waging more efficiently and thoroughly a campaign to locate every ex-soldier and ex sailor and his family in Henderson county will be discussed at the next meeting of the American Legion Auxi liary, the first Monday night in Feb ruary. Mrs. W. H. Bangs has been appoint ed historian in the important work of recording the data relative to each ex-service man and his part in the great war just concluded. An excel lent beginning was made in this work on the night of December 29 when a banquet was given to the ex service men at the Hodgewell hotel by the Auxiliary, each man having written down his name, date of en listment, date of discharge from ser vice, and rank while in service. The Commander of the local Auxiliary,- Mrs. J. W. Williams, states that their plan is to keep in touch with j each ex-service man who gets sick, ana see tnat every possmie Kinaness is shown him. In their campaign, also, she states that they hope to in crease the membership of the local Legion post. . A large attendance at the meeting February 6 is requested by the Com mander. Principal Topics of Interest Through-: out Nation In Condensed Form. The French government has ap proached Henry Ford by cable asking if he would consider the purchase of battleships. In announcing the re quest here Mr. Ford said he had re plied than unless he could buy the entire French navy he would not be interested in job lots. No answer had been received, he said. Senator Truman H. Newberry, Michigan, given his seat -in the senate by a vote of 46 to 41, declared he vould not resign. Reports have been current that the senator would re tire if vindicated by the senate of charges of personal knowledge of ex cessive use of money in his campaign against Henry Ford. The most encouraging feature of the business situation at the opening of the new year is that a positive fourr dation has apparently been establish ed upon which to build banffing and business development during 1522, the federal reserve board declared in its monthly bulletin for January. The resignation of Aristide Briand as premier of France was received with almost bombshell effect in arms conference circles, the action being considered likely to have great effect on decisions already reached or about to be reached. Organization of a local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan in the nation's cap ital has been started with the initia tion of three members at a ceremony in Rock Creek Park, attended by all ihe formulae of the order. Direct negotiations between the Chinese and Japanese delegations on the Shantung railroad question, re sumed at the suggestion of Secretary Hughes, have resulted in an agree ment on one of the collateral issues, namely the withdrawal of Japanese troops from the' railroad and from the leasehold of Wei-Hai-Wei. President Millerand, of France, has directed- M. Sarraut, liead of ' the French delegation, to continue in that capacity until "the end of the Wash ington conference. Instructions to this effect were received recently in a cablegram from M. Briand, retiring French premier, who continues under French procedure to exercise the func tions of his office until his successor lakes up his duties. Secretary of Agriculture Wallace is considering a tentative draft of rules and regulations for administration of the federal highway act, under which $75,000,000 is maid available for con struction of federal aid roads. Senator Truman H. Newberry will retain his place in the United States senate. This was determined, when the senate, hy a vote of 41 to 46, dis missed the contest of Henry Ford, and declared that Newberry was duly elect ed and is entitled to his seat. Henry Ford, who is in Washington for a conference with Secretary of War Weeks on the Muscle Shoals ni trate project, announced a reduction in the price of Ford automobiles. Nearly a dozen witnesses all from Virginia, broke about even in num bers in testifying for and against Heirome L. Opie, of Staunton, Va., be fore the senate committee investigat ing charges that American soldiers had been hanged without trial in France. George Wharton Pepper took the oath recently as United States sena tor from Pennsylvania, succeeding the late Senator Boies Penrose. Sales of scores of tracts owned by the war department and the consol idation of a number of army activities are recommended by a house subcom mittee which, after months of investi gation into the advisability on dispos ing of war department property made rpublic its report recently. (Continued on Page 5) L. Scherman to Open Store In This City L. Scherman of Asheville has rent ed the store room occupied by Harty's Bicycle Shop and expects to open business therein about February 15. Mr. Scherman, who is a nephew of A. Kantrowitz of this city, has not fully determined the exact nature of his store but plans to carry an assort ed line of goods other than clothing and general merchandise. TOM SKEYHILL'S LECTURES PROVED VERT POPULAI! The last lyceum number for Hen dersonville in the person of Tom Skeyhill,. Australian soldier and poet and -veteran of the world war, proved quite interesting. "The Trojan Way" was the subject of the address on Tuesday night and "Russia of Today" was the theme Wed nesday night. Both addresses and the one deliver ed to Fassifern students Wednesday morning all proved very interesting In Absence of Local Organization The News Will Forward Subscriptions lo Headquarters. A national committee of 250 repre sentative men and women has under taken to establish The Wood row Wil son Foundation. The purpose of the Foundation is to honor a great Amer ican and to create a method whereby public service will be encouraged and conspicuously recognized in this and future generations. The Foundation is created by pub lic subscription in recognition of the national and international services of Woodrow Wilson, twice President of the United States, who furthered the cause of human freedom and was in strumental in pointing out. effective methods for the cooperation of the liberal forces of mankind throughout the world. The award or awards from the in come of the Foundation will be made from time to time by a nationally con stituted committee to the individual or group that has rendered, within a specified period,'' meritorious service to democracy, public welfare, liberal thought or peace through justice. From the income of the Foundation the Woodrow Wilson award or awards will be granted in recognition of dis tinguished public service. To- establish this foundation on a fitting basis, the national committee, through an organization in each state, will make an appeal for a popular subscription. .The amount of the fund sought is $1,000,000 or more. The appeal will be issued to all who believe in those liberal and demo cratic principles that Woodrow Wil son has so conspicuously championed, and who wish to perpetuate the in fluence of America's great war lead er. After the fund has been raised a board of trustees, composed of emi nent Americans, will be entrusted with its permanent administration. The active campaign throughout the country began last Sunday. Sub scriptions, however, will be received at any time at National Headquarters. Checks may be made payable to The Woodrow Wilson Foundation. Mrs. Josephus Daniels of Raleigh is state chairman and funds may be forwarded to her. In view of the fact that, there is no organization in Hen derson county The News will gladly receive, acknowledge and forward any subscriptions from this county. R. E. Lee's Birthday Generally Observed Robert E. Lee's birthday was cele brated yesterday with fitting exer cises in every department of the city schools, by the Daughters of the Con federacy, who presented Pleasant Hill school with a picture of Lee, by the banks and postoffice, which observed the day as a legal holiday, and by Sundav school classes at the St. James Episcopal church, who celebrated the occasion with an old-fashioned "tea." Representatives of the local chap ter of the U. D. C, in presenting Pleasant Hill school with a beautiful picture of Lee, - followed an annual custom of theirs of placing a like ness of the great Southerner in one of the city or county schools until all shall have been supplied. The entire high school student body assembled in the high school audi torium to hear Mrs. Frank Siler in a most impressing speech on Lee's life, in which she stressed the righteous ness and gentleness of his character. In each room at the grammar school building on Fourth avenue, west, appropriate exercises were held commemorating the life and charac ter of the illustrious Lee. BLY HARDWARE COMPANY HAS SAMPSON TRACTOR AGENCY The Bly Hardware Company has secured the agency for the Sampson tractor and also the Sampson truck. This firm now holds the agency for both the Cletrac and the Sampson tractors. The Sampson is a more popular priced machine than the Cle trac and therefore will-no doubt meet with greater favor in this section, where the tractor fever is beginning to spread among the more progres sive farmers. REV. J. D. MAUNEY OFFICIATES AT FUNERAL IN AUGUSTA, GA. Rev. J. D. Mauney was called sud denly to Augusta, Ga., last Saturday to officiate at the funeral of D. Sauck- en, a prominent merchant of that ity and a leading member of the church of which Mr. Mauney was for merly pastor. In addition to the' funeral service, Mr. Mauney spoke at both the morning and evening ser vices to his old congregation which gave him a cordial reception. At the night service he told them of his work here with the Grace Lutheran Mission. T. D. JACKSON IMPROVING. T. D. Jackson of Etowah, who was recently hurt in the overturning of an automobile and who was placed in the hospital, has been out for sev eral days and is improving nicely. Mr. Jackson was severely mashed in the breast and one arm was badly wrenched.