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PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
J 'VOLUME XXIX
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 1922
NUMBER 12
COMMISSIONERS APPOINT W. T. DRAKE
COLLECTOR TO SUCCEED A. E. HUDGINS
Mr. Drake's Appointment Followed Order Declar
ing Tax Collector's Office Vacant; Experience
as Merchant, Teacher, Rural Mail Carrier.
PUBLIC WIRELESS STATION FOR CITY
WAR MEMORIAL BUILDING COMMISSION
CREATED IN MEETING HERE TODAY
Many Civic Organizations of City Combine to
Provide Community Building as War Memorial
Mrs. J. W. Williams Chai rman.
P F RAT I IMQ m At a meetinS held Tuesday morning
j) llULildLllD jJ in the rooms of the American Legion
Would Give Wireless
To Summer Visitors
Would Send Congress
Debates by Wireless
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William T. Drake has been appoint-
ed by Board of County Commission-
ers to succeed A. E. Hudgins as tax
collector. Mr. Drake will make $50,-
000 bond and will likely qualify to-
lay i following ms appointment at
noon.
He will take office immediately and
enter upon the big task of tax col
lections, which have been held up
since last fall.
For the past six years Mr. Drake
has been with the mercantile firm of
M. M. Shepherd. He is a Henderson
county man and has spent all his
life in the county. He taught public
school for three years, was engaged
in the mercantile business for a num
ber of years and for five years car
ried the mail on Route one out of
Hendersonville, having had the dis
tinction of making the highest mark
of any Hendersonville man in the
civil service examination for this
job.
Mr. Drake is well known in Hen
derson county and it is believed that
his appointment will meet with gen
eral approval.
The commissioners gave Mr. Hudg
ins until Tuesday to make a decision
as to the course he preferred to take
in the matter and not being able to
reach a working arrangement they
decided the office of tax collector
vacant.
Delay has been occasioned in the
appointment of a tax collector or
final agreement with Mr. Hudgins
because of the inability to get the
complete audit, copies of which were
furnished last week to Mr. Hudgins
and the commissioners, who fixed
yesterday as the time for reaching a
definite decision as to the course to
The audit consisted of two volumes,
one containing 123 typewritten pages
and another 450 pages, covering the
period from Nov. 15, 1918, to Nov. 30,
1921. , -
The audit finds the shortage of the
tax collector and treasurer to be as
follows:
Treasurer's shortage $22,695.69
Commissions disallowed 2,904.10
Uncollected taxes 13,482.30
Total - $39,082.09
The audit sets out that in ransack
ing the records the auditors discov
ered approximately $4,300 for county
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GRAND JURY THIS
TERM COURT MADE
REPORT SATURDAY
Public Buildings, With Slight Excep
tions, Found in Good Condition
by Grand Jury.
To His Honor, Judge Henry P. Lane.
Judge Presiding:
We, the Grand Jurors for this the
March term, 1922, beg to submit the
following :
We have by committee visited the
county home for the aged and infirm
and find that it, in its present con
dition, for keep, is good. We find
plenty of provisions, bedding, etc..
and the inmates say they are well
cared for by Mrs. Johnson, the keeper.
We have by committee visited the
chaingang and found everything in
good condition, and under the man
agement of S. Y. Bryson, who seems
to be giving his best efforts to this
department. The prisoners say they
are treated as well as could be ex
pected at a place of correction. We
find that they have comfortable and
sanitary quarters, with good beds,
clothing, food, etc., and the manage
ment seems to be very efficient.
We have in a body visited the coun
ty jail and find it well kept by Sheriff
Grant; prisoners well cared for, but
the jail in its present condition is
not safe for the keeping of prison
ers, and we find that the present
building used for the kitchen is not
at all satisfactory. We would recom
mend and insist that a new addition
be built to the present jail.
We have in a body examined the
courthouse and find it in good repair,
except that the basement toilets are
in bad condition. We recommend that
new fixtures be put in.
We also find that all the offices are
well kept, but find that the Regis
ter's office is in need of more shelves,
as some of the records are now hav
ing to be stored on the floor.
We wish to thank his honor, Judge
Henry P. Lane, for his kindness
shown us during the court, and the
Honorable C. D. Bailey for the as
sistance rendered during the session.
We also wish to extend to our
Clerk of Court, Judge C. M. Pace, our
thanks for his efficient service.
Now having finished the business
which came before us, we ask to be
discharged.
Very respectfully,
B. A. MERRELL,
Foreman of Grand Jury.
Hendersonville, N. C.f
March 11, 1922.
BUILDING OX HYMAX HEIGHTS.
Miss Bessie Steadman ' is planning
to have erected in the near future a
modern bungalow on Hyman Heights,
adjoining the home of Mrs. William
McKay.
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MASS MEETING WILL DETERMINE
PARTY PLATFORM.
Party Plans Made in Meeting of Re
publicans From Fifteen Precincts
in County Saturday.
Representative. Republicans from
fifteen of the seventeen precincts of
Henderson county voted unanimously
that a primary be held to pick Re
publican candidates for the Novem
ber election of county officers, in a
meeting held Saturday morning in
the rooms of the county commission
ers at the courthouse. A motion was
made and unanimously passed that
a mass meeting of Republicans be
called to determine what the party
platform will include, the time for
such a meeting to be decided on by
the chairman, E. B. Drake. The
chairman was given power to appoint
delegates to the state convention in
April.
The meeting Saturday was presided
over by E. B. Drake, and H. G. Edney
acted as temporary secretary in the
absence of A. O.Jones. G. F. Jones
was temporary chairman of West
Hendersonville precinct, in the ab
sence of W. C. Rector. Representa
tives from Clear Creek and Bowman's
Bluff could not be present at the
meeting.
After the meeting was adjourned,
the members were taken to the Cen
tral Cafe and served dinner.
Tire and Rubber Co.
Of Asheville Opens
Branch Office Here
The Poston Tire & Rubber Co. of
Asheville has opened in this city a
branch office which is under the di
rection of J. H. Reaben. The firm
handles the famous Keystone cord
tire, which is guaranteed to run 10,
000 miles. The local store will do
tube repairing, vulcanizing, etc., and
will make all adjustments here. The
firm has in stock already $6,000 worth
of tires.
Mr. Reaben comes from Asheville
where he has had several years' ex
perience in the tire business.
$28 FOR IDEAS ON
COMMUNITYTAIRS
NEWS ANNOUNCES CONTEST TO
AROUSE INTERFr I IN FAIRS.
W. R. Hoots, F. B. Harton pud L. J.
Penney Will Act as Judges;
Seven Cash Prizes.
The News announces this week a
rather novel contest to public school
children in Henderson county. It is
offering $28 in cash prizes for papers
to be printed in The News on the ad
vantages to be derived from commun
ity fairs.
The contest is open to public school
children of all ages in the county ex
cept to those living within the city.
The News announces that L. J.
Penney, newly selected secretary of
the Board of Trade; Fred B. Harton,
principal of Flat Rock school, and W.
R. Hoots, owner of the Carolina
Nurseries of East Flat Rock, as the
judges. .
The contest will remain open until
April 15. The winning papers will
be published after the judges an
nounce the seven prize winners.
The News is endeavoring through
this method to create greater inter
est in community fairs in the hope
of developing from them a big county
fair. Full details will be given in
The News Friday.
PUBLIC HEALTH
NURSE AT WORK
IN THIS COUNTY
Miss Weaver of Weaverville Under
takes New Phase of Work In
County.
Miss Pearl Weaver, of Weaverville,
has assumed her duties as public
health nurse of Henderson county.
Before the war Miss Weaver was en
gaged as public health nurse but
later was in war service, gaining a
practical experience that will doubt
less be of great value in her under
taking in Henderson county.
LADIES OF METHODIST CHURCH
WILL GIVE IRISH SILVER TEA
The Ladies' Aid society of the Meth
odist church will give an Irish silver
tea on St. Patrick's Day Friday aft
ernoon, March 17, from 4 to 6 o'clock,
at the home of Mrs. W. H. Justus on
Main street. The committee in charge
of the event announce that an excel
lent program consisting of music and
recitations, commemorating St. Pat
rick's Day, is being arranged. Every
body is invited.
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Maj or J. IVi'acIv, niiodsspropodcs a
! radio receiving station in the opera
house for the free entertainment of
visitors in the city this summer. Ex
pect him to spring the movement on
some organization for support.
$27,680 SHORTAGE
IN SCHOOL fund:
REVEALED IN AUDIT FOR BOARD
OF EDUCATION.
Shortage Equally Divided Between
Brown and Hudtnns Admin
istrations. A shortage in the county school
funds of $27,660.10 is revealed in an
audit by the Wilson Audit Co., Inc.,
of Asheville.
The audit covers a period of six
years, dating from July 1. 1915, to
June 30, 1921, embracing the admin
istrations of Tax Collectors W. F.
Brown and A. E. Hudgins.
The audit covers records that per
tain only to the school funds. It is
by no means complimentary of the
system of books used by the tax col
lectors. It claims a shortage of $13,
811.06 from the administration of Mr.
Brown from July 1, 1915, to Oct. 31,
1918, and a shortage of $13,849.04
from Mr. Hudgins' administration
from October 31, 1918, to June 30,
1921.
The report covers 230 typewritten
pages.
This audit has no relation to the
three others that have been in prog
ress in the county since it covers only
those things pertaining to the funds
alleged to be due the County Board
of Education as coming through the
county commissioners after their set
tlement rath the tax collectors.
ANTI-SALOON MAN
TO SPEAK HERE
ON MAY 28TH
Dr. M. E. Cotton Will Deliver Prohibi
tion Address in this City on May 28
Dr. M. E. Cotton, assistant superin
tendent of the Anti-Saloon League of
North Carolina, will address the peo
ple of Hendersonville Sunday, May
28, according to an announcement in
the March 4 issue of "The American
Issue." He will speak under the
auspices of the National Anti-Saloon
League of America, and his address
in this city will bring to a close a
month's campaign during which he
will address a large number of meet
ings in western North Carolina.
At the same time Dr. Cotton is
speaking to western Carolina towns,
five other prominent prohibition men
will address other towns and cities in
the state. It is planned that two hun
dred meetings will be held during
April and May, so that the Christian
patriots in every part of North Caro
lina will be reached.
Committees Working
On Convention Plans
The committees having in hand the
entertainment of the North Carolina
Baraca-Philathea convention here in
June met with the general secretary,
Mrs. N. Buckner, Mr. Buckner and
Mrs. Glenn of Asheville at the Hodge
well last night and made a general
survey of the plans and formally se- i
lected the Carolina Terrace as con- j
vention headquarters in view of the ,
inducement made in rates by Manager
E. H. Wooten.
Mrs. Buckner expressed herself as
highly pleased .with the manner in
which th.e local committees had un
dertaken the big task of caring for
the convention.
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STOCKHOLDERS ASK
RECEIVERSHIP FOR
ASHEVILLE 3IED. CO.
At a meeting of the stockhold
ers of the Asheville Medicine Co.
.Tuesday night the membeers of
that body, by a unanimous vote,
asked that a receiver be appoint
ed for the concern. It is under- i
stood that this will be complied
with at the present term of
court.
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Congressman Vincent Brennan, of
Ohio, proposes a powerful radio
broadcasting station be installed at
Washington so that people all over
the country can listen to debates on
important legislative measures.
400,000 WATER
NDS FOR CITY
HEM)EKSOVILLE PLOHlIXi CO.
IS 3IADE WATER SUPERVISOR
Under Terms of New Law City to Sell
$400,000 Bonds; W. Brooks
Collects Kents.
The Board of Water Commissioners
of Hendersonville has made demand
upon the board of city commissioners
;n accordance with the recent act of
the legislature for the issuance of
$400,000 bonds. The city commission
ers have approved the application and
will endeavor to sell them. They will
bear interest not in excess of 6 per
ce4t, according to the law governing
this issue of bonds for the purpose of
building a water line and sewerage
system.
The water department of the city
is in the hands of the newly created
board, consisting of C. E. Brooks, K.
G. Morris and J. W. Bailey, and this
board handles all the funds relating
to the water works.
G. W. Brooks has been appointed
collector of water rents and the Hen
dersonville Plumbing Company has
been made supervisor oi the water
works. All troubles incident to the
water works, repairs, alterations, im
provements, etc., now come under the
supervision of the Hendersonville
Plumbing Company, which also has in
charge the reading of the meters.
The Board of Water Commissioners
is going ahead with its big task of
making preliminary arrangements
for the building of a new water sys
tem. LENGTHY DOCKET
KEEPS COURT
BUSY THIS TERM
19 Cases Disposed of Since Friday;
Defendant in Mills River School
house Case Acquitted.
Nineteen cases have been disposed
of since Friday morning by the pres
ent term of criminal court, which be
gan March 6, with Judge Henry P.
Lane on the bench. Seven true bills
found by the jury have not yet re
ceived attention by the court. No case
of especial interest has come up, with
'the exception of the case of Clyde
Galloway, who was acquitted Friday
of burning or attempting to burn the
Mills River schoolhouse last year. As
a result of the inclement weather,
rendering farm work unprofitable,
and the large number of witnesses
called to court, the courtroom has
been crowded every day since court
convened.
The following jury verdicts have
been rendered :
Will Johnson, larceny, 12 months
on the county roads.
L. E. Picklesimer granted divorce
from Louise Picklesimer; grounds,
disorderly conduct.
Henry Booker, retailing liquor, two
cases, 90 days on county roads.
Henry Booker, resenting officer, 90
days on county roads.
Luther Logan and Arthur De
Shields, assault, 4 months eaeh on
county roads.
The jury lists for this week and
next are as follows:
Second Week.
B. B. Blackwell, G. W. Lance, V. V.
Blankenship, J. M. Peace, P.- G. How
ard, M. W. Davis, V. V. Bagwell, R.
VV. McAbee, T. E. Waters, J. L. Jones,
J. C. Sales, J. R. Barnwell, A. L.
Beck, A. P. Brannon, J. D. Morris, Z.
V. Kilpatrick, B. H. Hill, J. M. Wil
liams. Third Week.
J. A. Burckmyer, J. C. Gibbs, John
son Bell, J. M. Nelson, J. J. .kevi, J.
W. Tankersley,- H. C. Pace, W. E.
Love, B. R. Cornwell, M. M. Brittain,
R. H. Levi, B. B. Suttles, J. N. Rus
sell, J. A. McCraw, M. Y. Pittillo, M
Mintz, Luther F. Kilpatrick, M. L.
Hall.
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NEW FASHION SHOP WILL OPE
HEIiE THIS WEEK.
Initial Sprlnsr Opening and Apparel
Exhibit Will Take Place at New
Ladies' Store.
Among the new business concerns
opening in the city is that of - the
P. E. Rollnis Company, on Main
street, which will have its initial
spring opening and apparel exhibit on
Thursday of this week, March 16.
The coming of this concern to Hen
dersonville will doubtless be greeted
with delight by the fair and fashion
able part of our population, for the
P. E. Rollins Company caters exclu
sively to ladies, aided and abetted by
the East's foremost- exponents ef
fashion in- women's wearing apparel,
millinery and footwear. Already the
interior of the store, located next
door to Burckmyer's Grocery, pre
sents an entrancing sight to the
feminine eye and its general appear
ance places it in the front ranks of
local fashion, shops.
A glance over the page announce
ment of the Rollins Co. in this issue
will doubtless result in putting in an
appearance on Thursday, the formal
opening day.
First Spring Opening
Brenner-Penny Co.
Staged for This Week
The first formal spring opening of
one of Hendersonville's leading busi
ness houses, Brenner-Penny Co., suc
cessors to Anthony Bros., will take
place Thursday, Friday and Saturday
of this week. Special music and the
giving away of souvenirs and flowers
will make the event a gala occasion
particularly for the women of Hen
dersonville. The very latest creations in ladies'
frocks, suits, dresses, and all wearing
apparel, it is announced in the big
page ad carried by the firm in this
issue, will be on display, tempting the
most discriminating in the colorful
and attractive models offered.
The men also are promised a part
in the spring opening, a part featured
by what is described as the new
est and best quality in shoes and
oxfords and the best in style and
quality of clothing. A. O. Lucas of
Cincinnati, representing the American
Art Custom Tailors, will be with
Brenner-Penny on these opening days,
16th through the 18th. He will have
500 styles of foreign and domestic
woolens and long ends to show to
the trade, featuring clothes for Easter
wear, and will take orders for im
mediate or future shipments for suits
or overcoats.
Officials of the Brenner-Penny Co.
state that since the firm came into
existence last November 1, they have
had the support to which they were
entitled of the people of this city and
county, who have realized that this
firm carries exclusive and medium as
well as high-priced goods. To repay
their customers for this confidence the
firm states that they propose to spare
no time nor efforts to secure the best
of goods at the most reasonable
prices.
Merchants Plan For
Big Golden Rule Sale
The censor committee of the Hen
dersonville Advertising club held its
first meetttig Monday preparatory to
the second Golden Rule Sale of the
club. The committee passed upon
quite a number of bargains submit
ted by the merchants for the Golden
Rule Sale on the first Monday in
April and expressed pleasure in see
ing that the most of the articles of
merchandise exhibited were genuine
bargains in line with those which
made the first sale on last first Mon
day such a remarkable success.
IYSTERT CLOCK IN WINDOW OF
FIRST BANK PUZZLES PASSERSBT
A novel clock just inside a window
of the First Bank & Trust Co. has
aroused much curiosity among pass
ersby as to the means by which it
runs. All that is visible are the
hands of a clock, which appear to be
of bronzed metal, and the figures 1
to 12 in gold letters to which the
hour and minute hands point. The
hands are suspended by a chain.
Over the hands is a suggestive sen
tence, "Time to start an account," and
under it the words, "No clock works.
No electricity. No air control. No
mercury." A card placed under these
words reads, "What makes it go?
Old Father Time guards the clock
while we guard your deposits.. Open
an account today."
Those who don't understand how
the clock works are invited to ask
the man inside. To those who in
quire, the man inside gives a little
booklet which explains just how the
clock works if you can understand
it.
post there was formed what will be
fenown as the War Memorial Building
Commission. Mrs. J. W. Williams
was chosen temporary chairman.
Representatives of nearly every
civic organization in Hendersonville
were present. A. W. Honeycutt,
superintendent of schools, presided.
The purpose of the organization is
to provide, in the shape of a war
memorial, a building which all civic
organizations might use as their
home, and to make the building a
purely community enterprise, having
as its distinctive features an audi
torium, a rest room, offices for the
Board of Trade, relic rooms for the
historical organizations, quarters for
the local company of state guard,
club rooms for the American Legion
and committee and general meeting
rooms for all the bodies engaged in
promoting the community's welfare.
Mrs. Williams will ' shortly call a
meeting of the organizations expected
to participate, and early action is
contemplated.
BALFOUR ORPHAN
HOME IS SOLD
ORPHANACJE OFFICIALS PLAN
CHANGE OF LOCATION
Offer of Local Firm, Home, Ice & Oil
Co., to Buy Balfour Property is
Accepted Tentatively.
The owners of the Balfour Orphan
age made tentative plans last week
with a local firm, the Home Ice &
Oil Co., for the disposition of the
orphanage property at Baltour, and
during the next twelve months will
consider sites in and around Hender
sonville and elsewhere for the loca
tion of this home for children.
The purpose in the transfer, the
authorities have'stated, js to secure a
site with more agricultural possibili
ties than are found at the present lo
cation. -It is desired that the new Jo
cation should have at least three to
four hundred acres of iand, one hun
dred of which would be --tillable, so
that the orphanage might be self
supporting largely and that the little
fellows might find an outlet for their
energies.
The new site must be accessible to
churches and if possible to schools.
The authorities desire that the new
building housing the children shall be
fire-proof.
The directors of the Home, Ice &
Oil Co. have not decided what they
will do with the property they have
tentatively bought, but suggest that
they may at a later date transfer their
Balfour quarry to the present orphan
age grounds. They have expressed
hope that citizens of the town and
county will put forward every effort
to keep the orphanage in this vicinity
and bring it, if possible, to a point
near Hendersonville. Suitable sites,,
it is hoped, will be offered at reason
able prices.
Though the Balfour orphanage is
the property of the Presbyterian,
synod, it admits children from any
denomination. Neither is it limited to
children whose parents were mem
bers of some particular lodge. In
these respects it is unique.
STATE LEGION HEAD
HERE FRIDAY NIGHT
C03DIANDER BYRD AND OTHER
OFFICIALS WERE IN CITY.
Hubert M. Smith Post Honored by
Visit of North Carolina Legion
Leaders.
Thomas W. Byrd, North Carolina
commander American Legion; Chas.
A. Sloane, editor of the Oteen Echo,
published at Oteen; Tracy A. Vincent,
business manager of the Oteen Echo,
and L. C. Jones, member of the Kiffen
Rockwell post of Asheville, were the
guests of the Hubert M. Smith post of
the American Legion last Friday
night. Excellent addresses were made
by State Commander Byrd, Editor
Sloane and Mr. Vincent. Thomas J.
Hyder also was a speaker.
Commander Byrd- in his address de
scribed the educational program of
the North Carolina department, and
of its efforts in caring for the sick
and disabled ex-service men. He de
clared that this state leads all other
southern states in membership in the
American Legion.
Editor Sloane told the members that
the Oteen Echo had become recently
the official publication of the Ameri
can Legion in this state, and as such
needed the united support of the mem
bership of this and other posts. Mr.
Sloane then made a very emphatic
appeal in behalf of the Oteen pa
tients, 1,000 in number.
MARRIAGE LICENSE GRANTED.
Marriage license was granted yes
terday, a the office of the Register of
Deeds, to Theodore S. Douglass, of
New Smyrna, Fla., and Miss Una
JCapps of this city.