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Boost and Help Speed Up Henderson County s $2,000,000.00 Building Program for 1922! TO PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY jvolume xxvra HENDERSONVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1922 NUMBER 8T li MASS MEETING IN INTEREST JEWISH RELIEF CALLED FOR TUESDAY NIGHT Governor and Mayor In Proclamations Ask People to Give of Their Means to Save European Jews From Starvation. Blind and Without Hands, He Works IMPRESSIVE MODERN BUILDINGS TO FILL NORTH END CITY HALL BLOCK Queen Theatre Being Extensively Enlarged; Dr. W. a. Kirk Will Begin Soon 'the Erection of Handsome Corner Building. aga Following the issuance of a procla mation made by Cameron Morrison, Governor of North Carolina, setting apart the week of February 6-12 inclu sive as Jewish Relief Week, a local committee made application for and secured yesterday the consent ol' the mayor to call a mass meeting, by the mayor's proclamation, for the pur pose of interesting the people of this community in this movement. The date has been set for next Tuesday night at the city hall, and men, women and children are invited to attend this meeting, the purpose of which will be to gain contributions for the relief of the Jews in Europe, thousands of whom are in desperate straits. The Governor's proclamation is as follows : Whereas, there is great suffering among the Jewish people of Europe, thousands of whom are reported as being entirely destitute and in a dy ing condition, due to the lack of food and other necessities; and, Whereas, our own land has been blessed with a prosperity that not only guarantees our own safety, but which enables us, and should impel us, to share our bounties with our less fortunate fellow human beings in other lands: Now, therefore, I, Cameron Morri son, Governor of North Carolina, do hereby set' apart by this Proclama tion theweek beginning Monday, Feb ruary 6, and ending Sunday, Febru ary 12, as Jewish Relief Week. I ask that all newspapers of the state give wide publicity to this week, de voted to such a worthy cause; and I especially ask that on Sunday, Feb ruary 5, notice be given in all the churches that the following week will be observed as Jewish Relief Week, and that the ministers, Sunday School superintendents and teachers, and others, urge their people to seize this opportunity of helping the sufferring .and contribute to the relief of these worthy distressed people, so far as their means of relief will permit. In witness whereof, I have hereun to set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State to be affixed. Done at our city of Raleigh, this the sixteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, and in the one hundred and forty-sixth year of our American independence. Cameron Morrison, Governor. COUNTY NURSE I BE EMPLOYED WILL BE PAID FROM FUNDS OF LOCAL RED CROSS Henderson County is 27th in State to Undertake This Progressive Type of Work. Henderson county has joined the rank of most progressive counties in North Carolina and by the employment of a full-time public health nurse will make a forward step in health work. The decision to employ a nurse was reached at a meeting Tuesday which Miss Katherine Myers of the State Board of Health declared was the largest of the kind she had attended in the tate. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Henderson county chapter of the American Red Cross with Mrs. R. P. Freeze presiding. Miss Ruth Crenshaw of the Atlanta office of the American Red Cross was also present and she volunteered to remain in Henderson county long enough to help raise funds necessary for the purchase of a car for the use of the nurse. The local Red Cross chapter has on hand a little more than twenty two hundred dollars and this will be applied to the cost of the work. The salary of the nurse will be be tween fifteen and eighteen hundred dollars for the year. Thus is guar anteed for this city and county im mediately the services of an expert full-time Red Cross Public Health nurse to be selected by the North Carolina Director of Public Health nursing, Miss Rose Ehrenfeldt. A. W. Honeycutt, chairman of the Henderson County Nursing Service Committee is in receipt of a letter from headquarters assuring the local organization that a suitable nurse will be available at a very early date. Thus materializes the efforts of those who have for eight years been work- , in g hard to develop sufficient senti- ient and moral and financial sup port for this greatly needed educa tional work. The following interesting facts were taken from the address of Miss Myers : Henderson county is the 27th in North Carolina to put on a full-time Public Health Nurse-and North Caro lina has the distinction of being the second state in the union to accept the offer of the American Red Cross SOON (Continued on page 8) NATIONAL EVENTS OF IMPORTANCE BRIEFLY TOLD Principal Topics of Interest Through out Nation In Condensed Form. Will H. Hays will become directing head of the new National Asociatlon of Motion Picture Producers and Dis tributors "immediately after March 4," it was announced recently at a dinner at which the postmaster general was the guest of a group of motion picture officials in New York. Mr. Hays' for- mal resignation from President Har ding's cabinet will be presented soon, it was said. After an all-day investigation, fed eral officials at Mobile, Ala., probing into liquor smuggling on the Gulf coast, announce that the probe will continue several days. Nine arrests have been made, six on the Gulf coast and three in Mobile. The investiga tion of liquor smuggling will extend from Miami to Mobile. Beautiful, temperamental Geraldine Farrar has put it up to New York to guess why she has suddenly announced ker abdication of the queen privileges and prerogatives which she enjoyed throughout the fifteen years of her stardom with the Metropolitan Opera company. Next year Miss Farrar will, in the patter of the vaudevillian, "hit the grit'' as a lone trouper, in a con cert tour which may earn her a quar ter of a million dollars. President Harding, it is learned in Newark, N. J., has commuted the pris on term imposed upon Frank H. Nobbe, one of the group of men sentenced by a federal judge in New York for vio lation of the Sherman anti-trust act. ' A good, warm cell in a penitentiary is preferable to liberty these zero days in Utah, according to Jim Wilson, alias Martin, an escaped convict 'from the south. Martin walked into the office of Chief of Police Burbridge at Salt Lake City, Utah., and asked to be tak en back to the North Carolina state prison. The jury trying Arthur C. Burch, at Los Angeles, Cal., for the murder of J. Belton Kennedy reported itself un able to agree on a verdict recently and was discharged. severe eartnsnocks were telt in many sections of Los Angeles, Cal., recently, shattering window glass in some- quarters and shaking frame buildings. Lillian Russell sailed on the steam ship George Washington, from New York recently, determined to get at the heart of the American immigra tion question. Unable to reach an agreement on the railroad wage question, the man agement of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railway and the Order of Railway Telegraphers will submit jointly their proposals to .the railway labor board for final action, it was an nounced recently by W. P. Bruce, gen eral manager of the road at Nashville, Tenn. Reports that a large store in Chi cago had opened a window display in which living and unclad reproductions of Helen of Troy Venus and Cleo patra were the chief points of interest, attracted such crowds that traffic was blocked, and a police sergeant and five aides rushed forward. "Come on, men it's all right,'.' he mumbled to his aide, who still were staring in the window. "Those are just wax figures, but way back in the rear of the window that way, they sure did look real." Daniel G. Buntin, 47, of Nashville, Tenn., real estate operator, at Nash ville and in Chicago, shot and killed himself recently at his home in West End, the act being attributed to ill health. This year of 1922 will be "a good year for remembering, above all, busi ness is business and not speculation," Herbert P. Howell, vice president of .he National Bank of Commerce, re cently told delegates to the convention of the National Wholesale Dry Goods association, at New York. Rev. W. E. Robb, sheriff of Pollc county, Des Moines, la., has resigned 'lis pastorate at the Urbandale Fed erated church, because, he said, he ;oes n;t wish the church to bo sub- iected to criticism when he hangs tw murderers this; snritts: (Continued on Page 8) UP FROM SOUTH CAROLINA. Henry Lane, who came up a few days ago from Newberry, S. C, says the farmers are holding their cotton, a condition that makes money slow of circulation in that section. Jle said the boll weevil hit Newberry section pretty hard last year and that as a result the farmers will diver sify their crops this year. Carl Bronner, blind in both eyes and with both bands blown off by a gre nade, demonstrating to Colonel Forbes, director of the veterans' bureau and Maj. Arthur Dean, assistant director, in charge of the rehabilitation division, how he is still "carrying on" by using a typewriter despite his serious handi caps. Bronner was a seaman stationed in Italian waters during the war. BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS IN CITY IN FLOURISHING CONDITION H'VILLE B. & L. HELD ANNUAL MEETING TUESDAY Nearly $25,000 in Loans Granted In 1921; Seven New Directors Add ed to Staff. That the Hendersonville Building & Loan Association had a most satis factory growth during the past year, the first in its history, and that a large volume of business was-done by the corporation in assisting its stock holders in building homes, business houses and otherwise improving real estate, was evidenced in the reports of the acting officers in the annual meeting of the stockholders at the old Citizens National Bank building Tues day night. The shareholders of the Association now number 207, according to the treasurer's reporrt, which also showed that during the first eleven months of 1921, seventeen stockholders had been granted loans for real estate purposes, amounting to a little less than $25,000, fourteen being to build or remodel and three to finance build ings already erected. In addition, many members received loans on their stock. The amount of cash received dur ing the year was given as $26,S59.93; the number of installment shares in force, 1796; and the number paid up in full, 29. The stock of the Associa tion had earned over 6 1-2 per cent net to December 31, 1921. A unanimous vote of thanks was ex tended to the Secretary-Treasurer, D. H. Lee, for his untiring efforts the past' year in the interests of the As sociation. The constitution was amended pro viding for a larger board of directors, increasing the number from eleven to eighteen. All the old members were re-elected, who with the new ones are as follows: (the last seven named constituting the new members) : C. E. Brooks, J. D. Duff, J. Foy Justice, E. W. Ewbank, J. W. Bailey, W. C. Rector, G. W. Justice, T. L. Durham, R. P. Freeze, J. D. Pullin, D. H. Lee, D. C. Hood, Bruce Drysdale, W. A. Bennett, J. W. Mclntyre, Charles Roz zelle, J. C. Sales, and James H. Pat terson. There was a good attendance, both J of officers and stockholders, all of whom expressed satisfaction over the condition . of the Association. The next series of stock, it was stated, will start Saturday, February 4. The Board of Directors met imme diately after the stockholders adjourn ed, and elected the following officers for the ensuing year: C. E. Brooks, president; J. D. Duff, vice-president: J. Foy Justice, attorney; D. H. Lee, secretary-treasurer; and G. W. Jus tice, assistant secretary-treasurer. INCIDENT IN MR. THOMPSON'S LIFE READS LIKE FICTION One often reads those rare instances in case of fire or death where protec tion was secured just in the nick o' time but the firm of Smith, Jackson, Morris Company has a real case in Hendersonville in the recent death of Phralo M. Thompson, who died a few days ago. Fortunately for Mr. Thompson's family he applied for $1,500 life in surance on the 13th of last December. On Januarry 25th a check from the Equitable Life Insurance Company was presented to Mrs. Thompson by a member of the firm of Smith, Jack son, Morrris Company, which takes advantage of such a rare occurrence of death following so soon upon ap plication for insurance to present the advantages of such protection in case of unexpected death. !... ; LABORER'S B. & L. TO HOLD MEETING MARCH 14 Report Shows $240,616 Granted In Loans and S348 Installment Shares In Force. The Laborer's Building & Loan As sociation has published in pamphlet form a statement of its resources and liabilities, evidencing a flourishing condition. The report is as follows: Resources: Loans, $246,616.00; in stallments unpaid, $950.25; Interest unpaid," $127.75 ; liberty bonds, ' $12, 500.00; cash in bank, $11.47; total re sources, $260,205.47. Liabilities: installments due share holders, $206,213.84; paid-up shares, $24,300.00; interest reserved for paid up shares, $750.00; bills payable, $10, 000.00; undivided profits, $18,941.63; total liabilities, $260,205.47. Installment shares in force Decem ber 31,1921, 8348; paid-up shares in force December 31, 1921, 243. Invitations are being issued this week, announcing the annual stock holders' meeting Tuesday evening, March 14, at 8 o'clock. INTERESTING PI GRAM HELD BY MODERN W OILMEN MONDAY Plans For "Spe' iur Bee;" District Deputy Oldf am Was Present. Inclement weather does not deter a Modern Woodman from attending a session of his camp, as was evidenced by the large number of members pres ent at Monday night's meeting of Fernwood camp. A membership and attendance contest is being staged by this order, N. B. Gibbs and J. C. Cos ton beings captains of the oppos ing teams. An interesting debate on the question, "The works of art or nature" was indulged in at the Mon day night meeting, and it was decided to have an old-time spelling bee on Monday night of next week. An old blue-back speller will be used, be ginning with the word "Baker," on page 25 and will extend to page 28. A two-pound box of chocolate bon bons will be awarded the winner but with the explicit provision that he take the candy home to his wife. District Deputy Oldham of Ashe ville, who was present at the meet ing, informed the neighbors that Nat ional Lecturer Lanning, Rock Island, 111., would visit Hendersonville dur ing the month of May. Commissioners Accept Bond of Citizens Bank The bond of the Citizens National Bank as county treasurer was accepted by the bounty com missioners Tuesday . in a spec ial meeting held at the court house. The amount for which the bank is bonded is $110,000 $70,000 to cover schools, and $40,000 to cover general county purposes. ERLE STILLWELL HONORED BY ARCHITECTS OF STATE The North Carolina Chapter of Am erican Institute of Architects, which met in Charlotte on January 18, hon ored Erie G. Stillwell of Henderson ville with the presidency of the orr ganization. Mr. Stillwell was un able to attend ancUwas notified of the election by wire. H. E. DRAKE BUILDING. H. E. Drake has begun work on the bungalow he is to erect on Church street and Third avenue. FOREIGN EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEF NEWSY STYLE Summary of Events Happening: Foreign Countries ; World's Activities. In The French chamber of deputies re cently gave Premier Poineare a vote of confidence, 472 to 107. Influenza, accordng to dispatehes from Paris, is becoming an epidemic all over France. Recently twenty four deaths were reported in one day in Paris. Premier Magnusson of Iceland, who has been on a visit to London, has gone back home to get warm. He says that it is ten degrees warmer in Reik javik than in London. Enver Pasha, former Turkish minis ter of war, who fled from Turkey very shortly after the close of the war, has been captured in the Caucasus and has been handed over to the Turkish Nationalist government at Angora. Chile has accepted an invitation from the United States government to des ignate a plenipotentiary at Washington to study the form of execution of the treaty of Ancon under which the Tac-na-Amica dispute between Peru and Chile arose. Premier Lenine will represent Soviet Russia at the coming Genoa economic conference on the condition that the Russian secret service be permitted to organize a system to guard him safely during his absence from the Soviet capital. The British cabinet is said to be def initely opposed to any alterations in the draft of the proposed Anglo-French alliance. The cabinet is particularly unfavorable to the French suggestion that the treaty should contain specific provisions regarding the extent , of Great Britain's " coo-peration in the event of aggression. LARGE BUSINESS BUILDING BEGUN JUST OFF MAIN J. A. Rusher Putting- Up Store and Apartment House on Corner Third and Kin-. The construction of a brick apart ment building has been begun on the corner of Third avenue and King street by J. A. Rusher of the Crab Creek street, a structure which will cost approximately $20,000. The new building is to be sixty feet square. The first floor will contain three store rooms, eaech 20x60 feet, and the upstairs will be built for apart ments. The contracting firm of Ham ilton & Orr has the work of c instruct ing the building. It is estimated that the building will be completed by April 1. AUCTION SALE STAGED BY LOCAL AGENCY SATURDAY Farming property consisting of 750 acres of land, on which are resident buildings, roller and grist mills, gin, etc., was disposed of in an auction sale Saturdey, 21st, by the Hender sonville Real Estate Company. The property, which lies between Union and Newberry, South Carolina, was partitioned and sold at good prices. The majority of the deals, it was stated, brought cash returns. 182 acres was purchased by the agency. FOUR INCHES OF SNOW FELL HERE YESTERDAY AND TODAY Snow lovers in this vicinity were rewarded finally, after a long wait, yesterday and today with a good, generous sprinkling of about four in ches' depth and it is yet falling, though in much lighter flakes than came hurling down all day yesterday and last night. The dry ground, ren dererd firmer by the freezing temper ature of a few days' previous to yes terday, formed a good receptacle for the snowflakes. FRUIT STAND BEING OPENED ON NORTH MAIN BY N. KUSTAKOS Nick Kustakos of Youngstown, Ohio, will open at an early date a fruit stand oh Main street in the building formerly occupied by the Model Bar ber Shop. In addition to fruits he will sell soft drinks, tobacco and candies. Suitable alterations are be ing made. AD CLUB MAN TO TALK TO LOCAL MERCHANTS A. W. McKeand, national field rep resentative for the Associated Ad Clubs of the World, who was recent ly in Hendersonville, expects to ad dress the merchants of this city on next Monday night at the city hall. The north end of the city hall block promises to take on a more citified appearance by the opening of the next tourist season in Henderson ville. Already the Queen Theatre building, whose owner and manager is Chester Glenn, has been enlarged in its outside dimensions to such a degree that the passerby can see in his mind's eye a modern, full equipped moving picture house, with all those finishing touches classing it with amusement houses found in the larger cities of the country. Adjoining this building and extending to the corner will be the handsome two-story store and apartment building which Dr. W. R. Kirk plans to erect. The con struction of the latter, Dr. Kirk states, will commence about Febru ary 1, his present office building to be moved to the rear of the lot. The two structures will have a total Main street frontage of eighty-one feet, fifty-six of which will be in the Kirk building. The latter will be two stories high, of brick, and will have a depth of seventy-five feet. The QUEEN THEATRE down stairs will be divided into three store rooms, two with twenty-foot frontage each and one with a fourteen foot frontage. The up-stairs will be fitted up 1 into three modern apart ments, each suite to contain a private hall, two bedrooms (one sleeping porch), living room, dining room, kit chen, and bath. The entire building will be steam heated. The new Queen Theatre will be 130 feet long and 25 feet wide, 40 feet longer and 17 feet higher than the old structure. The side and back walls, of tile and brick, and the front wall, of terra cotta and brick ana uie, nave Deen practically com pleted. On the interior there will be office rooms and a regular theatre balcony. The new building will be equipped with a metal ceiling, heavy oak flooring, veneered theatre chairs, modern wiring and dimmer systems, one of the latest manufactured screens, a Hertner transmitter, and steam heat. The Hertner transmitter is a new device for making a clearer, stronger picture, found only in the larger movie houses. Something of its importance may be realized in the fact that its installation means an outlay of over a thousand dollars. The building will be equipped with a small stage for a screen effect only, Mr. Glenn stated, except that at times it may be used for public speak ings. The building will be fireproof. The ventilation problem will be ade quately taken care of. BOARD OF TRADE'S PLANS PROGRESS GOVERNORS AND COMMITTEE MEET; CONSIDER SECRETARY Meetine: Thursday Decides to Com plete Membership Drive and Search For Secretarial Timber. In a joint meeting held yesterday afternoon at the city hall, the Board of Governors of the Board of Trade and the committee appointed to con- siuer employing an an-time secreiaty decided that the drive for member ships, waged last year, be continued to a thorough completion, and that likely secretaries be invited to visit the city during the month. A. W. Honeycutt, one of the Gov ernors, was authorized to write to secretaries with whom he is ac quainted, inviting them to visit here in February, one on the 6th and one on the 13th. The latter date, the monthly meeting time for -the Board of Trade, has been set aside as a social meeting to which the ladies have been invited. Following a decision at thl3 meet ing the Governors and the 2omnilttee met this morning at ten o'clock to make plans for the completion of the membership drive. The purpose oi this is to find just what the organi zation can expect from .memberships in the financing of a full-time secre tary. In the meantime, while these plans are going forward, the committee (Continued on Page 8)