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The Jews of The East 4re Starving. Hih 1 You Help Them?
PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
VOLUME XXVIII
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1922
NUMBER 90
A.
FEDERAL REVENUE
OFFICER COMING
Government Agent Will Be Here to
File Corporation Returns.
A revenue agent from the federal
government will be in Hendersonville
and other Western North Carolina
towns and cities this month to file
corporation returns preparatory to the
placing of income taxes. His itiner
ary has been given out by W. C.
Robertson, deputy collector for this
district. This agent will be in Hen
dersonville February 22 and 23.
The full itinerary is as follows:
Forest City, February 15-16-17.
Rutherfordton, February 18.
Marion, February 20-21.
Hendersonville, February 22-23.
Brevard, February 24.
Canton, February 25.
Waynesville, February 27-28.
Asheville, March 1 to 15. .
T. P. Brannon of Horse
Shoe Died in Oklahoma
Henderson county friends will be
grieved to learn of the death on Jan
nary 5 of Thomas P. Brannon of Bon
ham, Okla.
Mr. Brannon was a Henderson coun
ty man who went west in 1891 and
amassed a comfortable fortune, be
ing the owner of three nice farms and
lots of stock at the time of his death.
It was the announced purpose o)
Mr. Brannon to visit Henderson coun
ty relatives in January for the third
time since he first went west and his
father had planned to return to Okla
homa on an extended visit with his
son.
Mr. Brannon is survived by his vife
four children and father, R M. L5ran
non of Horse Shoe, two brothers, A.
P. Brannon of Horse Shoe an-! W. .'.
Brannon of Canton; four sisters, Mrs
J. H. Dalton and Mrs. Mae it Daitor
of Bowman's Bluff; Mrs. She ax Alli
son of Horse Shoe and Mrs. Flora
Blythe of Canton.
The article from the Cetxteiville
Okla., newspaper relative to the deatii
of Mr. Brannon, follows:
"The community of Centerville was
deeply grieved to hear of the sudden
death of one of its most prominent
citizens, Mr. Thomas P.. Brannon. Oi:
Thursday, January 5, he became il5
with a severe toothache and sore
throat, he had the tooth extracted
but he grew worse until on Sunday
night he was taken to the Bonham
Hospital at Hobart by the advice o!"
his physician. A specialist was called
from Oklahoma City, but in spite
of everything that could be done by
physicians, friends and relatfves, he
passed away Thursday morning a;
4 a. m., January 12.
" Mr. Brannon was born at Horse
Shoe, Henderson County, North Caro
lina, December 28, 1872, where his
boyhood was spent. In 1901 he came to
Kiowa county and settled on the
homestead where he lived until his
death. After staying alone for a few
months he returned to North Carolina
where on January 8, 1903, he wa
married to Miss Dovie Patton. They
came back to his home where with
their united efforts and industry they
established a home in the truest
sense. To this union were given four
children, two boys, Clyde and Orville
and two girls, Minnie and Evelyn.
"After coming to Oklahoma he was
followed by a number of relatives
from North Carolina, including one
brother, Mr. Ken Brannon, of Cold
Springs, and three nephews, Kenney,
Pinkney and George Brannon, who
have made their homes in the same
community. He is survived by a wife,
four children, father, three brothers
and five sisters.
"He was ever a devoted husband
and a loving father, nothing was toe
tough for him to do, no service too
great for him to render for the com
fort and happiness of his family.
Quiet and unassuming he was esteem
ed and beloved by his neighbors for
his kindness and generosity.
"It can truly be said of him that
his right hand did not know of the
good deeds his left performed, for
he was always ready to help those
who were in distress.
"The community has indeed suffered
a great loss in the death of. Mr.
Brannon, who has passed away in the
prime of life.
"We extend heartfult sympathy to
the bereaved family and sorrowing
friends."
Reamers Lose Game
To Canton Y. M. C. A.
The Hendersonville Roamers lost to
Canton Y. M. C. A. in a close game
played on the latter's court Saturday
night, 32 to 22. Though this was their
first out-of-town game the Roamers
held their own from start to finish.
Williams was their, principal scorer.
Kirk at center is said also to have
played an especially good game.
The Roamers' line-up was as fol
lows: N. Faulkner, rf; Williams, If;
Kirk, c; Drake, lg; and I. Faulkner,
rg.
The locals are planning to get a
sweet revenge next Saturday night
when the qanton quxntet will come
here for a game.
Send in the news and help make
NORTH CAROLINA
HAPPENINGS OF
LAST FEW DAYS
Leading News Events of Old North
State Told In Short, Interesting
Paragraphs. j
Durham. City Building Inspector
John T. Still Issued an order con
demning the old Hopkins House ho
tel building at the corner of Liberty
and Cleveland streets in this city.
Pinehurst. Dogs entered by North
Carolina owners swept the board at
the conclusion of the judging in the
American fox-hound classes in Pine
hurst's fourth annual A. K. C. show.
Taylorsville. While he was whit
tling a stick of wood with a sharp
knife,, the 12-year-old son of Monroe
Fox, who lives near here, suffered a
painful accident when the knife glanc
ed and entered his right leg, between
the thigh and Knee, severing an art
ery. Several stithes were required
to mend the gash.
High Point. Wilson was selected
as the next meeting place of the
North Carolina Hospital association.
The association held its fourth annual
session here with about one hundred
doctors and several registered nurses
from the leading hospitals of the state
in attendance.
Greensboro. Helen Mayes, 18 years
old, took poison rather than go to jail,
and is in a hospital here with chances
for recovery. It is not known just how
much bichloride of mercury she swal
lowed when the door' of a cell in the
city lock-up clanged shut, but she
made two attempts to swallow the
poison.
Hickory. Hickory business men at
a largely attended meeting at the
chamber of commerce voted to accept
the proposition of Frank B. Simpson,
Raleigh architect, to erect a 100-room
fireproof and thoroughly modern hotel
building at a cost of approximately
$250,000, and president George F.
Ivey was authorized to appoint a com
mittee to solicit for stock.
Winston-Salem. Bids were opened
for the Baptist state hospital to be
erected in the western part of the city.
The lowest bid was filed by the J. A.
Jones Construction company, of Char
lotte, the figures being $133,690. Ow
ing to absence of members of the com
mission, awarding of the contract was
deferred for a f etw days. It is planned
to begin construction work within the
next week or two.
New Bern Consolidation of the of
fices of superintendent of the Norfolk
and the Beaufort and Pamlico divis
ions of the Norfolk Southern railroad,
with headquarters in New Bern, will
be perfected in a few days, it was
learned at the local offices here.
Hamlet. Ty Cobb's Detroit Tigers
and the Rochester team of the Inter
national League will play here March
24. A guarantee of $1,000 -was neces
sary to close the contract with these
teams and was negotiated by Dr. W. D.
James with business men of the town
backing him.
Asheville. Fred Fullam and Sidney
Ballard were feund not guilty of mur
der of Theodore Taylor, by a jury in
superior court after deliberating three
and a half . hours. - Taylor was shot
from ambush on a country road, while
he and a cousin were riding with
two young women.
Burlington. Burlington will have a
daily newspaper after March 1. The
Burlington News, a semi-weekly news
paper published here, will make the
venture and launch the new daily.
Plans for the publication of the daily
are nearly completed, which provide
for an afternoon paper, the name of
which will be The Burlington Daily
News.
Chapel Hill. Dr. George Howe,
dean of the College of Liberal Arts,
and president of the Southern section
of the Classical Association of the
Middle West and South, announces
that the second annual meeting of the
teachers of the classics in schools and
colleges of the South will take place
in Atlanta April 27, 28 and 29. One
session will be devoted exclusively to
the discussion of- high school prob
lems. Greensboro Plans looking towards
i student body of over 1,300 are now
being considered by officials of tae
North Carolina College for, women,
and word has gone out that the fresh
man class for 1922-23 will number
about 750 girls.
Charlotte. James Henderson Wed
'lington, former mayor of Charlotte
ind former postmaster, died at ms
residence of kidney trouble and other
complications. Mr. Weddington was
'3orn at Sugar Creek, this county, No--ember
1845.
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4n Urgent appeal
The committee in charge, of the Jewish Relief
Fund work in this county hereby wishes to make an
appeafto the hearts of the Henderson county people
in the interest of this fund.
The total quota for this county is $1,200, of
which about half has been raised. Other cities in
the state already have gone over the top and surely
Hendersonville and county will not lag behind. We
have confidence in the good will of the people of
this section and we therefore ask that when the
committee comes to see you that you contribute
freely and liberally. Even if no one comes to see
you we will be glad to receive your subscription,
however small, making your checks payable to R.
Bit!
C.
Clarke, treasurer.
Those for whom this work is intended are
dire need of it. Save them or they die !
WAR MEMORIAL BUILDING SUGGE
AS CLUBHOUSE FOR CITY AND COUNTY
Women of the Legion Auxiliary Discuss Coopera
tive Plan to Honor Warriors and Furnish
Recreation Center.
The suggestion that the various
clubs and organizations of both men
and women in Hendersonville erect a
War Memorial Building as a general
meeting place was the most interest
ing feature of the American . Legion
Auxiliary in its regular monthly meet
ing yesterday afternoon.
The suggestion met with the unani
mous approval of the large number of
members assembled, who agreed that
such a plan had many points in its
favor over the building of a monument
to the memory of the men, living and
dead, who fought for the honor oi
their country. Another reason for its
endorsement was suggested in the fact
that several of the organizations cf
the city are already contemplating the
WILLIAM H. SMITH OF THIS
CITY DIED SUNDAY NIGHT
William H. Smith, aged 69, died at
his home in Columbia Park Sunday
night. Funeral services will be held
at the house ' and interment will ht
I made at Oakdale cemetery Thursday
by the Shepherd Bros, funeral direc
tors;.
Mr. Smith, with his wife, a son an
a daughter, who survive him, came t
'Hendersonville about two years age
from Florida, but was a native of
Pennsylvania.
YOUNG & DIXON BUY BUSINESS
OF BOLICK'S PAINT SHOP
The firm of Young & Dixon, auto
mobile painters, has bought out Bol
ick's Paint Shop on South Main street,
and moved in to the stand formerly
occupied by the latter paint shop. W.
T. Bolick, owner and manager of the
former Main street firm, has gone to
Warrenton, Va., where, it is , under
stood, he is opening a paint shop.
AYCOCK LITERARY SOCIETY,
ELECTED OFFICERS TUESDAY
The Aycock Literary Society of the
j city high school met Friday and elect
ed the following officers for a period
of three months: Alonzo Gilreath.
president; Miss Virginia Walker, vice
president; Miss Edna Byers, secre
tary; Miss Dorothy Mauney, treasur
er; Miss Myrtice Brooks, critics.
BUYS OUT TRANSFER BUSINESS.
John J. P. Livingston and Steve W.
Camp have dissolved partnership at
the Hendersonville Transfer Com
pany, and the business will be con
ducted in the future by Mr. Livings
ton at the same stand.
MICHIGAN PASTOR HERF7 SUNDAY.
Dr. W. S. Potter of Battle Creek,
Mich., preached at the Presbyterian
church Sunday morning.
WILL VISIT HERE THURSDAY.
E. H. Van Heure, Secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce at Hickory, N.
C, will spend next Thursday in Hen
dersonville on business.
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Committee.
erection of club rooms.
The memorial building in question
would ; be cooperative, built by the
Woman's Club, the Board of Trade,
the Legion Auxiliary, and other or
ganizations of the city and county,
and .would, serve as a general recre
ation center.
Four new members were admitted
to the Auxiliary: Mrs. Thomas Shep
herd, Miss Jessie Bowen, Miss
Norton and Mrs. Roy Bennett. The
total membership of the organization
now numbers thirty-two.
The ladies discussed plans for get
ting in touch with ex-service men and
their families in Henderson county,
and rendering assistance to any of
those needing it.
RODEHEAVER CONCERT ENJOYED
LAST NIGHT BY SMALL AUDIENCE
Homer Rodeheaver, v assistant to
Billy Sunday, famous evangelist, ap
peared before a Hendersonville audi
ence last night at the city auditorium,
together with Robert Matthews, sec
retary to the well-known preacher, in
a musical entertainment and program
iven under the auspices of the city
schools. The audience, though small,
thoroughly enjoyed the entertainment.
D. D. MARTIN AND J. P. GREY'
ESTABLISH POULTRY FARM HERE
A poultry farm stocked with about
five or six hundred hens and a large
number of baby chicks has been es
tablished by D. D. Martin and James
P. Grey, Jr!, on Mrs. Wheelright's
property, Rosemont, on Ninth avenue.
The owners will make a specialty of
fine egg-producing, single-comb white
leghorn chickens, baby chicks, eggs
for hatching and fresh eggs for table
use.
FINISHES REMODELING HOME
OF C. J. VALLEY ON FIFTH AVE.
King G. Justus has just finished re-
modeling the residence building of C.
J. Valley on Fifth avenue, west, which
was badly damaged by fire shortly
before Christmas. A large part of
the interior of the house, particularly
the downstairs, was burned before the
scene. The loss was in part covered,
it is understood, by insurance.
NEW LUNCH ROOM OPENS.
A. J. Rogers is preparing to open
this week a "hot dog" stand in a cor
ner of Stagg's Tin Shop. This corner
has been partitioned off, and the in
terior rekalsomined. The trade name
for the business is Dixie Lunch Room.
ACCEPT POSITION AT TRYON.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Lord leave this
week for Tryon where the former has
accepted a position as druggist.
BUILDS ON FIFTH AVENUE.
John Stepp of Route 2 is having
lumber and other materials placed on
his lot on Fifth avenue, west, prepar -
atory to building a six-room house.
NATIONAL EVENTS
OF IMPORTANCE
BRIEFLY TOLD
Principal Topics of Interest Through
out Nation In Condensed
Form.
Washington. The arms conference
made the last entry on its record of
achievements and adjourned sine die.
At a four-plenary session two more
treaties and a half dozen supplemental
resolutions were passed through the
final stage of conference approval and
then the delegates exchanged farewell
courtesies in a series of speeches ex
pressing universal satisfaction over
the results of the history-making 12
weeks of negotiations just ended.
Monday's session was decoted en
tirely to formal signature of the con
ference treaties and to an address by
President Harding voicing his ap
praisement of the work accomplished
by the conference he called into be
ing. Most ot the foreign delegates
left Washington on Monday.
The two treaties accepted formally
at the last session both relate to China
one providing for a revision of the
Chinese customs system and the oth
er embodying Elihu Root's "four
points'" and the amplified open door.
Some of the separate resolutions not
on the record deal with collateral Chi
nese questions, but included in the lot
was a supplement to the four point
pact, excluding from the scope of the
agreement the principal islands oi
the Japanese empire.
A few hours after the plenary ses
sion adjourned the Japanese and Chi
nese met and affixed their signatures
to the treaty by which Shantung is to
be returned to Chinese control. Al
though the long debated Shantung
question occupied a keynote position
in the conference program the negotia
tions by which it was settled proceed
ed outside the conference proper and
only the two Oriental powers were
made parties to the resulting treaty.
Every delegate had a voice in th6
final session of oratory that really
brought the work of th? con
ference to a close and every spokes
man predicted that the negotiations
of Washington would bulk- large.in
,the history of the world. Secretary
Hughes for the United States and Ar
thur J. Balfour for Great Britain hailed
the conference accomplishments as
ushering in a "new era" of interna
tional understanding and Albert Sar
raut for France eulogized the record
of achievement ' as constituting the
"loftiest precedent of mankind." Sim
ilar expressions came from all the
other national groups.
What the negotiations had done foi
China and for peace in the crucial area
of the Pacific and the Far East was
the keynote of nearly all the conclud
ing addresses. Japan renewed her
pledges of fair treatment for China
through Baron Sidehara, who solemn
ly declared his government wanted
only to aid in bringing the Chinese
nation to its proper place in the
world, and Minister Sze of the Chi
nese delegation asserted that his peo
ple would look upon the decision?
reached here as the animus of a new
inspiration to go forward to orderly
development.
Reject Sales Tax Plan.
Washington. Republican house
leaders are understood virtually to
have abandoned the idea of financing
the soldiers' bonus by means of s
general sales tax, a program which
has been freely discussed with more
or les favor at both ends of the cap
itol..
Opposition among the majorit:
members, mostly from the Middl.
West and Far West, to a sales tax i:
said to be so strong as to threate:
defeat of such a program. The aligr
ment against it is understood to b
practically that which forced accep.
ance of the 50 por cent income sui
tax voted into the revenue bill by th
senate. ,
To Meet in March.
Washington. The 17th conventioi
of the national rivers and harbors cor
gress will be held March 1 and 2, i
was announced here.- The program c
:he meeting has not been definite!
formulated but the officnial call state
that "perhaps the livest of the topic
to be discussed will be the propose-.
St. Lawrence river canai.
Other topics to be included are th
Muscle Shoals, Panama Canal toll
and government barge lines on th
Mississippi,.
Little Dangsr cf "Flu" Epidemic.
Washington. Reports to the Unite
States public health service indicat.
little danger of a recurrence of an ep
demic of influenza in any of the 2
states from which the service receive
regular weekly returns. New Yor
was the only state reporting a decide;
increase in influenza cases during rt
cent weeks and officials were incline
to attribute this largely to seasox.c
conditions, which were said to hav
j been conducive to an abnormar mirt
ber of catarrhal cajses.
CADETS ADMITTED
TO CONFERENCE
lVed-Foot Cadets Became Y'esterday
Member of Athletic Conference.
Admission of Carolina Military
Naval Academy, of this city, as the
eleventh member featured the session
yesterday at the Y. M. C- A. at Ashe
ville of the Athletic Conference of
Secondary Schools of Western North
Carolina, according to the Asheville
Citizen.
The meeting was called primarily
by President George Jackson, of
Asheville school, for the purpose of
approving and checking over the base
ball schedules of the institutions.
These were passed as drawn. Open
dates will be filled shortly.
The membership of the athletic
conference now includes C. M.-N. A.,
Asheville high, Canton high, Hender
sonville high, Blue Ridge, Fruitland
Institute, Asheville school, Bingham,
Farm school, Christ school and Cand
ler high. .
RELIEF CAMPAIGN
BEGINS FAVORABLY
OVER HALF OF COUNTY'S QUOTA
HAS BEEN RAISED
Committees Find Good Response to
Appeal For Suffering Jews of
, European Lands.
More than half of the county's
quota of $1,200 for the Jewish Relief
has been raised, those in charge of
the movement stated this morning,
and it is believed that the entire
quota will have been raised before
the campaign ends next Sunday.
Local committees met with their
captains yesterday morning and be
gan a systematic and thorough can
vass of this city. A. Kantrowitz is
general chairman and the First 33ank
&; Trust Company general treasurer
of the campaign. The committee
chairman and their assistants, togeth
er with the territory each committee
is to cover, are given as follows:
For A. Kantrowitz: Dr. Frank Siler,
C. E. Brooks, J. M. Rhodes, A. W.
Honeycutt. All territory south of
First avenue, west.
For Mrs. R. L. Edwards: Mrs. C. J.
Valley, Mrs. Nan Feaman, Mrs. A.
M. Trenholm. Territory, First to
Fourth avenues on west side of Main.
For Nathan Brenner: Dr. E. E. Bo
mar, R. L. Edwards, Chas. Rozzelle.
All territory south of Sixth avenue,
east.
For H. Patterson : F. A. E wbank,
Mrs. W. R. Kirk, R. P. Freeze. Terri
tory, Fourth to Sixth avenues, west
For A. Lewis: Harry Ewbank, C.
F. Bland, Rev. J. F. Ligon. All terri
tory north of Sixth - avenue, east.
For Mrs. A. Kantrowitz: Mrs. J.
Mack Rhodes, Mrs. F. A. Ewbank, Mrs.
A. Y. Arledge, Mrs. Jas. Beason, Mrs.
Lawrence Pace. All territory south of
First avenue, east.
A. Kantrowitz, general chairman,
states that he will t telegraph each
night to state headquarters the out
come of the compaign here. A meet
ing of all the committees was held
last night to report what was done
the first day and to plan for the work
today. Such a meeting will be held
every night this week.
Mrs. C. P. Rogers has been ap
pointed chairman of the drive for Erst .
Flat Rock, J. M. Peace for Flat Rock,
H. E. Erwin and J. O. Bell for Tuxedo.
It is understood that they have or
ganized their committees and are at
work to help make this county go
over the top.
The campaign for funds began yes
terday in all parts of the United
States, and will be conducted through
next Sunday in the effort to raise
$14,000,000. Lionel Weil of Goldsboro
is North Carolina chairman during
the week of February 6 to 12.
David Brown, who heads the cam
paign appeal for America, writes:
"One of our immediate problems is
the care of some 200,000 Jewish war
orphans. These helpless little tots in
Central and Southeastern Europe are
absolutely bereft and have no prospect
of help from anyone except the Jews
of America. Without us they starve.
Their lives must be our sacred trust."
Recent reports from the agents of
the committee on the other side have
revealed the extent of the problem
facing the committee. Of the 3,000,
000 Jews in the Ukraine, it is esti
mated that nearly a fourth have suc
cumbed to disease, pestilence and
wars, and there are over 90,000 or
phan children in extreme need. In
the Odessa region there is acute suf
fering among the 500,000 Jews. Of
the 4,000,000 Jews in Poland a large
portion are still in - straits and need
assistance to become self-supporting.
In the Bessarabian province of
Bukovina, where - there is relatively
small Jewish population, ' agents of
the committee have - reported 5,000
Jewish homes destroyed. In the Jew
ish town of Smargon, in the Minsk
district, the committee's representa
tive found only a few brick chimneys
standing amid the general ruin caused
in the Russo-Poiish war and subse-"
quent guerrilla raids, while the exiled
inhabitants, eking out a wretched ex
istence in Lithuanian towns, among
strangers, pleaded for repatriation.'
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