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'Tlwm PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY VOLUME XXIX HENDERSONVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1922 NUMBER 13 J. W. BAYNE NAMED TAX COLLECTOR TO SUCCEED W. T. DRAKE, RESIGNED Bond is Being Prepared and Books Will be Opened For Collections at an Early Date; Mr. Drake Did Not Enter Upon Duties as Collector. RIOT OF COLORS AND VARIETY OF Excuse Our Dust GOODS MARK OPENING OF SPRING BUSINESS IN LOCAL STORES 1 ., 1 LJ J. W. Bayne, deputy sheriff of Hen derson county, has been appointed county tax collector. The appointment of Mr. Bayne fol lowed shortly upon the appointment of W. T. Drake, who refused to serve for the reason, it is understood, he was not favorably inclined toward as suming obligation tor collecting taxes dating further back than 1921. Mr. Bayne has been active deputy sheriff, in which capacity he has also been attendance officer for the pub lic schools of Henderson county. Mr. Bayne is making necessary preparations looking to the opening of the tax books at an early date. W. R. HOOTS URGES BIG COUNTY FAIR SAYS IT WOULD SERVE TO IJI PROVE FARMER'S FORTUNE. Tells How County Fair Would En courage Farmer to Work to More Definite End. Henderson ought to have a county fair. It seems that one of the surest assets of the county is being neglect ed farming and the 'rural people. In many other countries the farmers look forward to the county fair as a great occasion. A good fair is educa tional. It helps the rural and city people to understand each other and their work. And it creates interest in better farming and improving rural life. Why not give the farmers a big day? About 74 per cent of the popula tion of the county lives in the rural districts and about 50 per cent of the taxes are paid by the farmers. So better farming, better rural condi tions, socially and economically, would mean a great deal to the coun ty as a whole. A good fair would help to develop these things. The greatest benefit of a fair to the farmers is educational. Farm pro ducts from all over the country are placed on exhibit and judged by men of experience. A farmer sees and learns why a beef cow should be pure bred, blocky and compact in type. On the other hand he learns why a dairy cow should have a "wedge shape," large milk veins and a soft thin skin that shows quality. He is told why an ear of corn with straight, even rows, well filled at each end is moro profitable than corn selected at ran dom from the crib at planting time. He learns why potatoes of medium size, uniform, and free from disease are more profitable than potatoes carelessly grown. The farmer not only learns why these things are to learn how to produce products of profitable but he has an opportunity this knid. The man who makes any money farming now must think about his business and have some plan. He ought to know what he can grow profitably and he ought to know the kind of products that his market will pay the best price for before he plants. Imagine a merchant that does not study markets, keeps no books, and takes no inventories. Then each farmer's products arf compared with those of his neighbor.-?. If a man fails to win first, prise he learns why and goes back home with a picture in his mind of a Jersey cow, a Duroc hog, or an ear of corn that will win over everything in the county next year . When he goes 10 work to produce these thing3 he will begin to investigate, read, and use his mind in various ways probably never attempted before. It is always hard to put your finger on all the benefits that result from work of this kind because there is no definite way to observe and measure it. But the agricultural progress of the county can be observed by com parison. From an agricultural stand point Henderson is not far from the bottom. It ought to be the best in western North Carolina. We have the location, soil, climate, and an unlim ited market just south of us, provided we will produce and ship with a standard of requirement in mind. Now is the time to begin planning for a fair. Each exhibitor should have ni mind the things that he can best produce, produce a surplus, and produce it so well that he is sure of winning a prize. W. R. HOOTS. East Flat Rock, N. C. MAY BUY HOME HERE C. W. Dunbar, of Millett, S. C, was in the city two days this week look ing over property with a view to making his home here during the summer season. WILL INT!' NEWSPAPERMEN TO MEET IN HENDERSONVILLE Noah Hollowell is attending the meeting of the Western North Caro lina Weekly . Press Association in Asheville this" afternoon and tonight and is on the program to discuss the subject, "What Makes a Good News paper." On behalf of the Kiwanis Club of Hendersonville he will in vite the Association to hold its next meeting in Hendersonville. COURT EXPECTED TO CLOSE THIS WEEK DOCKET FINISHED ONE WEEK EARLIER THAN EXPECTED Solicitor States Court May Finish Work Today; Many Liquor Cases Disposed of This Week. Solicitor H. G. Bailey stated this morning that this term of court which began Monday, 6th, would probably be brought to a close this or Saturday afternoon. Court will end a week earlier than was anticipated in view ol the heavy docket with which it began, and this fact was probably possible because of a large number of cases of small consequence. Many were nol prossed. Before regular proceedings began this morning the Hendersonville bar convened to hear a resolution of re spect to the memory of Judge James H. Merrimon, a native of this county, who died since the November court convened. J. Foy Justice read the resolution. A glowing tribute to the j deceased was made by W. A. Smith. Tin a rosnlntinn wn c thpn nneeori nnnn- imously. A tribute was paid also to Judge C. M. Pace, Clerk of Court, said to be the oldest public official in the United States, from the standpoint of continuous service. The following decisions are some of the more interesting and more im portant made since Tuesday: J. R. Bright vs. Elmer Bright, divorce granted, five years' separa tion. State vs. Mack Osteen, retailing, 12 montlls on county roads. State vs. Mack Osteen, retailing, S months on county roads. State vs. H. L. Keith dismissed by court and appealed to Supreme Court by private prosecution. State vs. J. S. Patterson, manufac turing whiskey, $100 fine and placed under $200 surety bond for good character. State vs. J. T. Jones, carrying deadly weapon, $50 and costs. State vs. W. H. Case, assault and battery with deadly weapon, 2 years on county roads. ' State vs. W. H." Case, driving car while intoxicated, 2 years on county roads. State vs. John West, indecent con duct, hardr labor state penitentiary 15 years. Placed under appearance bond of $5,000. State vs. Theo Hart Howe dismissed by court and appealed to Supreme Court by private prosecution. State vs. Will Tesley, larceny, 12 months on county roads. State vs. J. H. Stepp, assault with deadly weapon, $100 and costs. State vs. Emma J. Savell, perjury, not guilty. SAYS NEWS MODEST IN BOASTING OF HENDERSONVILLE Prominent Cotton Mill Man Finds Business Exceptionally Good in This City. W. M. Sherard, vice president and general manager of the Glenn-Lowry Manufacturing Company of Whitmire, S. C, a regular reader of The News becausehe is a property owner in Liaurel Park, has a deep interest in Hendersonville and wants to keep up with its affairs, had come to the con clusion that The News kept on its staff an artist whose business it was to give color to things that were not in existence and to excessively boost Hendersonville, but when in the city this week he informed the representa tive of this paper that it had been very conservative in its description of the real things Hendersonville and community had to boast. Mr. Sherard said that Henderson ville has more building activity than any town that he has seen with a population as large as 25,000. He ex pressed his great delight in finding business conditions so good in Hen dersonville, where he is arranging for his family to spend the coming summer. . Mr. Sherard says the coming sum mer will be a good one; that while business conditions are not so good in South Carolina mental conditions have greatly improved and this will result in more South Carolinians coming to the mountains than was the case last summer. CARLOAD FISH WILL ARRIVE TO STOCK COUNTY STREAMS G. W. Justice, one of the promoters of The Fish and Gun Club, announces that a large quantity of rainbow and speckled trout will arrive on the 8:00 o'clock tram from Asheville Tuesday morning, and has called a meeting of the members of the club, and others interested, at his office Monday night to devise ways and means ior geumg these fish out to the streams on Tuesday. Are you trying for one of those seven community fair prizes? NEWS ITEM: All signs unmistakably point to the fact that prosperity is just ahead and up the road only a short distance off. MORE THAN ONE NEW SUBSCRIBER RECEIVED DAILY To List of 43 New Subscribers Re ceived During January is Added 131 Renewals. Cervantes said that the "proof of the pudding is in the eating." Any street corner philosopher could tell you that the "proof of newspaper cir culation is" names subscribers." The best proof The News could pos sibly offer of its healthy and growing circulation is that showing the new and renewal subscriptions and the tone of citizenship they represent in the community. The News recently printed a very extended list of new and renewing subscribers for December. This is followed today by a list of 43 new subscribers, more than an average of one and one-half new subscriptions during the dullest month in the year for every day the shop was open. In addition to these ,43 new subscribers there were 131 renewals. A glance at these names will give the reader something of the type of subscribers of The News, represent ing the very essence and cream of our best citizenship. Following is the list of new and renewal subscribers received during the month of January: W. A, Perkins, city. Mrs. M. C. Toms, city. Sol Reese, city. D. E. Stepp, city. W. W. Hyder, R. 1. R. U. Hoots, city. Hesley A. Stepp, city. W. A. Henderson, Flat Rock. Mrs. W. H. Whiteside, Horse Shoe. Mrs. W. A. Burdette, Badin. James Arnette, city. J. R. Northington, Zirconia. M. B. Hanckel, Flat Rock. E. B. Lawton, Estill, S. C. W. R. Hoots, Easi Flat Rock. O. M. Vernon, Bessemer City. Mrs. W. A. Carrigan, Society Hill, S. C. (Continued on Page 11.) ATTENDED PURINA CONVENTION J. P. Clement returned yesterday from Atlanta where he attended the Purina Feed Convention, attended by 100 dealers and many manufacturers of this noted feed for cattle and chickens. Mr. Clement, who is a member of the local firm, Allen & Clement, declares that he is more en thusiastic than ever over the virtues and value of Purina feed, which his firm carries as a " specialty. SPECIAL MEETING OF LEGION POST CALLED FOR TONIGHT A special meeting of the Hubert M. Smith post of the American Legion has been called tonight by Command er Albert Edwards, to choose dele gates for the district meeting ofLe gion posts at Waynesville and to ap point committees for the local mem bership drive. At the Waynesville meeting will be representatives from all the Legion and auxiliary posts in the 10th dis trict, who expect to make plans for a service and compensation drive in the interest of the ex-service man. The drive will be made particularly for the disabled ex-service man, who has not yet been reached by the Red Cross or government bureaus;. COPYRIGHT tSgg- PUB. AUTOCASTER SERV, CO. STATE PRESS TO BE INVITED HERE BY KIWANIS CLUB Committee Named to Invite Press As sociation to Hold Annual Meeting in This City The Kiwanis Club in regular meet ing yesterday decided to invite the State Press Association to hold their annual convention in Henderson vi'le this year, and named as a committee to extend the invitation, F. W. Shep per, chairman, Walter Smith and A. Y. Arledge. This was the featuring action in a lively luncheon held at noon at The Carson, and attended by about thirty members and many visitors. L. J. Penney, the new secretary of the Board of Trade, and others made short speeches, P. L. Wright was presented with a silver pencil for attending the largest number of meetings of the club dur ing the past year. SPECTAT, PICTURES TO BE SHOWN HERE FOR CHILDREN Movie Manager Says Children Will be Remembered Two Days Each Month. Chester Glenn announces that at the beginning of the next school term in September, pictures especially in- teresting and wholesome for children will be shown two days out of each month at his theatres here. These pictures, he stated, would be chosen by himself and the Parent-Teacher Association. This decision was the result of the recent attention given the subject of the "movies" and their result on the young life of the community, by the parents and teachers of the city. Mr. Glenn has proposed in addition to the program for next fall, to inform the Parent-Teacher Association be forehand this spring of pictures best fitted for children. BLUE RIDGE WON OPENING BASEBALL GAME, 12 TjO 0 Blue Ridge played "rings around" the Farm School from Asheville Wed nesday at the local park in a 7-in-ning game, resulting in a 12 to 0 victory. A large crowd attended, de- spite the rawness of the weather, and I seemed well pleased with the results. The pitching of Bennie Smith, for mer high school star of Camden, S. C, was decidedly the feature for .Blue Ridge, allowing no hits. The timely hitting of Byers, Carson, Curry and Orr was responsible for the piling up of Blue Ridge's score. Blue Ridge made 10 hits and 2 er rors; the Farm School no hits and 3 errors. Blue Ridge will play Fruitland In stitute af the city park Saturday at 3:30 p. m. MRS. GOTER SELLS FINE HOTEL PROPERTY IN ST. PETERSBURG Mrs. A. M. Gover, manager of Dun craggan Inn, has sold her valuable hotel property, "Sunset," in St. Pe tersburg, Fla., according to informa tion reaching this city. The hotel is situated in one of the rapidly develop ing suburbs of this resort city and is considered one of the most elegant in the city. Mrs. Gover has been ac customed to spending the winters in St. Petersburg and the summers in Hendersonville. LABORERS' B. & L REPORTS BIG GAINS $15,000 PAID TO STOCKHOLDERS IN TAST YEAR. 9,500 Shares Representing ja Maturity Value of $950,000 Reported by Sec retary at Annual Meeting. That the Laborers' Building & Loan Association during the past year had matured two series of stock in which $45,000 in cash and cancelled mort gages was paid out to the stockhold ers, and that the Association has now J in force 9,500 shares representing a maturity value of $950,000, were some 1 of the featuring statements made by 1 the secretary, Hestley A. Stepp, to the stockholders in their annual meeting Tuesday evening at the First Bank & Trust Co. All the old directors were re-elect ed in this meeting, and five new ones were added to the board, as follows: H. E. Erwin, H. G. Edney, W. L. Petty, L. R. Geiger, and W. W. Walker. The other members of the board are: P. F. Patton, R. H. Staton, A. H. Hawk ins, K. G. Morris, P. J. Gilreath, G. J. Milward, Wm. R. Kirk, F. S. WetmUr, J. C. Morrow, T. W. Valentine, W. H. Justus, R. C. Clarke, Foster Bennett, Jno. T. Wilkins, W. A. Smith, Guy E. Dixon, William Lott, J. E. Shipman, G. H. Valentine, Sam T. Hodges. Immediately after the stockholders' meeting the directors met and re elected the old officers, who consist of the following: W. A. Smith, presi dent; R. H. Staton, vice-president; Hestley A. Stepp, secretary-treasurer; Loan Committee: F. S. Wetmur, G. H. Valentine, and H. A. Stepp. A. W. HONEYCUTT IS RE-ELECTED SCHOOL HEAD C01111uitt.ee Last Night Elected Mr. Honey cutt to Superintendeiicy for Coming Year. ' A. W. Honeycutt was unanimously re-elected to the superintendency of the city schools for the year 1922-23 in a meeting of the board last night. The board voted that his position should carry the salary fixed by the state schedule which is $3,000 in the event that the teaching force numbers thirty or a - lesser number, and $3,500 in the event that the. teaching force numbers over thirty. It is not known yet as to the number of teachers which will form the faculty of the city schools next year. The entire board, with the excep tion of S. T. Hodges, was present last night. Those constituting the committee are: Judge O. V. F. Blythe, chairman; T. L. Durham, secretary; A. Li. Gurley, Avery Justice, Chas. Rozzelle, King G. Morris, W. A. Keith and S. T. Hodges. W. H. BANGS HEARS WORLD OVER HAND MADE EQUIPMENT Receives Messages 2000 Miles Distant Over Wireless Equipment From Own Hands. W. H. Bangs has the distinction of having the first wireless telephone outfit in Hendersonville. The unusual thing about the equipment of Mr. Bangs is that it is a production of his own skilled hands and brains. Mr. .Bangs has been complimented by wireless operators from Asheville upon the fact that his receiving out fit, though crude in form, is a better one than any in Asheville. Mr. Bangs has been able to pick up messages on the ocean at least two thousand miles from Hendersonville. He has ' erected a 75-foot pole for his aerial and this will add to the distinctness of the messages he is receiving daily from various parts of the world. The wire less receiver has been installed in the workshop room of his residence on Sixth avenue and he and his fam ily and friends are deriving a great deal of pleasure from the Wireless messages they are receiving, reports of the markets, noted singers, lec turers, and others in various parts of the country. Convention Bureau To Be Organized Here By The Board of Trade A convention bureau is to be or ganized at an early date by the Hen dersonville Board of Trade. This bu reau will be composed of the chair men, of the various committees and divisions of the board, and its work will be carried on under the direc tion of a general chairman. Other Hendersonville organizations interested in the bringing of conven tions to this city will be requested to join in the movement. It is realized that the conventions that are meeting this summer and the following fall are definitely com mitted to locations already. However, in order to get some of them for Hen dersonville next year it is necessary to begin action at the earliest prac ticable date. Send in the news and help make The News newsy. The opening of the spring season in Hendersonville this year is marked by a riot of colors and extensive variety, coupled with elegance and expression, in the different styles so tar as ladies millinery, wearing apparel and foot wear is concerned. And, what is more, business is good, judging from the crowds that throng the different ap parel shops of Hendersonville, espe cially where the formal spring open ing has already been announced. Brenner-Penny Opening. The initial spring opening of the Brenner-Penny Department Store on Thursday was marked by the vast number of shoppers in attendance during the opening day. Greeted with a bouquet of flowers and music from a distant corner, visitors were con fronted with a fashion display that was as varied in its conception as it was distinguished by elegance and exclusiveness of the many things on display. Ladies' finery, from the late modes in ready-to-wear garments and ' spring hats, to the more intimate and daintier lingerie, in a background of potted plants, formed the main at traction in the ladies' department. Such was the' fame that preceded the opening that on this particular morn ing an entire class of next year's debutantes, from one of the schools, put in an appearance and went through every department. In the adjoining men's department things went not very different, for Society Brand clothes form an at traction there that few can resist. The last word in ladies' and men's shoes graces the shelves. P. E. Rollins Co. Popular. Making its first bow to the public of Hendersonville and Henderson county with a glorious showing of things dear to the heart of women, the P. E. Rollins Company threw open its doors to the public on Thursday, with a formal spring opening. Quiet elegance and distinction in selection are the outstanding features of this new apparel shop, which bids fair to become a popular shopping center for the fashionable. Handi capped by the fact that many of the late creations in ladies' apparel were late in arriving and could not be shown, the things that are to be seen there are a mute but urgent invita tion to buy. Patterson's Big Day Tuesday. An event still in the future, but which, like all big things, is already casting its shadow ahead, is the spring opening of Patterson's Depart ment store, slated for Tuesday, March 21, and on through to Saturday, March 25th. Seeing is believing, of course, but nevertheless, a glance over the double-page preliminary announce ment in this issue should prove an inducement to attend, especially as the occasion will be marked by a novel style show, with living models to display all that's new and nobby for both sexes. NEWS INSTALLS CUT MAKING EQUIPMENT MACHINE AND SERVICE HIGHLY VALUABLE TO MERCHANTS. News Readers Will Find Comics and Illustrated News Service of Un usual Interest. The "Autocaster," a machine for making cuts from mats for use in connection with the news and adver tising departments of The News, has been installed and is working to per fection. The Autocaster is the product of the Publishers Autocaster Service Company of New York and although a relatively new thing is now in use by nearly two thousand newspapers, The News being the first in North Carolina west of the Blue Ridge mountains to engage the service. Advertising art pictures are fur nished in mat form weekly and from these are made metal plates for use in illustrating advertisements of every trade and business. In addition to the cuts for adver tising purposes mats are sent of car toons, pictures of important events and personages in the public eye. This machine enables The News to furnish cuts for merchants from mats they often receive to illustrate vari ous brands of merchandise. Hereto fore it has been impossible to cast these mats into cuts because of lack of a casting outfit. This machine in a small way will be for The News what the stereotyping plants are for the daily newspapers. With reference to the exclusiveness of the service and its character the Publishers Autocaster Service Com !pany has the following to say: j "Nobody else in your town can get ' a line of type or a picture that is produced in this service from one Ivpar'a end to tha ntfior "Autocaster's staff of editors, writers and artists are salaried to give their entire time, all their thought and every bit of their labor to the Autocaster service. Their contracts prohibit them doing anything for any body else on earth. "Consequently, every ad art picture in Autocaster's service is original; every job office picture is original; every cartoon is original; every com ic is original; every editorial, every news and feature article, every line of type in our service is original. They all see the light of day first (Continued on Page 12.)
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