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PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY I - VOLUME XXIX HENDERSONVILLE, N. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1922 NUMBER 14 "V RECEIVER NAMED FOR MEDICINE CO. MICHAEL SCHENCK APPOINTED BY JUDGE HENRY P. LANE Local Attorney States He Will Wind Up Affairs of Defunct Company At Earliest Date Practicable. Michael Schenck was appointed re ceiver for the Asheville Medicine Company Friday by Judge Henry P. Lane, who presided at the past term of criminal court. Application for the appointment of a receiver was made by the Atlanta Paper Co. of Atlanta, Ga., through G. H. Valentine. The attorney for the defendant, J. E. Shipman, appeared voluntarily and waived notice of hearing. Mr. Schenck was agreed upon as receiver. He will take charge of the assets of the defendant as soon as a bond of $2,000 is furnished. In the application for the receiv ership it was stated that the Ashe ville Medicine Company had prac tically no funds on hand to continue business, that the company owes debts amounting to $28,000, that all assets of the company, outside of un paid subscriptions to capital stock, amount to only a fraction of the in debtedness, and that there is a large amount of unpaid subscriptions to stock outstanding, aggregating $39, 000. Some of the subscribers, it was stated, are insolvent, so that suit maj have to be brought to enforce the payment of subscriptions. Business was practically at a standstill for the firm at the time of the application tor a receivership, it was stated, and still the company was incurring an office expense of about $235 per week for Schenck stated yesterday that It was his purpose to wind up the af fairs of the business as soon as it is possible. It is his opinion that all the creditors of the defunct company will be paid in full and that there will be a surplus. The - Asheville Medicine Company was a corporation with an authorized capital stock of .approximately $225, 000, $100,000 owned by Henderson ville shareholders and $125,000 by Asheville shareholders. It has grown amazingly fast since it was organized in February, 1921, and was promoted by some of the leading citizens of this city. Lawyers, bankers, automobile dealers, merch ants, and business men from all walks of life are shareholders in the cor poration. The Asheville Medicine Company., organized by W. W. Bruce of Ashe ville, entered into a contract with the Garren Medicine Company of this city for the manufacture and distribution of the famous Garren's Tonic. This tonic was discovered by W. A. Gar ren, who, after struggling many years to get it on the market, believing it to be a wonderful medicine, interest ed D. S. Pace and Lawrence Pace and got their cooperation. As a result the Garren Medicine Company was form ed in 1919. During the next two years the new company succeeded in getting the medicine before the pub lic so favorably that, according to Mr. Garren, the value of the stock grew from 25 cents on the dollar to $4 for each dollar. It is rumored that the stockholders of the Asheville Medicine Company will reorganize and retrieve their for tunes, the common verdict being that the product, Garren's Tonic, can be successfully manufactured and sold under judicious management. VAST NUMBER FISH BROUGHT TO COUNTY FIFTY CANS TROUT AND RAIN BOW PLACED IN STREAMS Biff Delegation Rod and Gun Club Met Southern Train This Morn ing and Distributed Fish. Approximately fifty cans of speckled or brook trout and rainbow fish, each can containing thousands of the fin tribe, arrived on the 8:10 train from Asheville and were distributed to the tributaries of Green River, Big Hun gry, and the French Broad. These fishes were shipped in a spe cial car from the great hatchery at Erwin, Tenn., by the federal depart ment of commerce. They were brought to Henderson county through the agency of the Henderson County Rod and Gun Club, who are taking this means to stock the streams of this Plans for the distribution of the fishes were made last night at a meet ing held in the city hall and attended by about thirty men, who paid their membership fee of $1 and became members of the organization. The following officers were elected: E. L. Ewbank, president; Frank Edwards, vice-president; W. C. Rector, secre tary; G. F. Jones, treasurer. A big delegation was at the South ern station this morning to assist in the unloading of the cans of fish. Many other cans were left in the car and carried to points in Transylvania county for further distribution. The fish were sent by automobiles to va rious parts of the county. TO PREACH AT PLEASANT HILL Rev. E. G. Ross, of Whitmire, S. C, who was recently called to the pas .. torate of Pleasant Hill Baptist church, w"11 preach at 3:30 o'clock in the aft "ernoon on April 2 at the church. Everybody is invited. NATIONAL EVENTS OF IMPORTANCE BRIEFLY TOLD Principal Topics of Interest Through out Nation In Condensed Form. Washington. Problems connected with the care of disabled soldiers were the first matters considered by President Harding on his return from a ten-day vacation in Florida. The President called, Director Forbes, of the Veterans' bureau; Di rector Dawes, of the Budget bureau, and Brigadier General Sawyer, to meet Illinois officials of the Ameri can legion in conference for the pur pose of discussing the plan of gov ernment hospitalization and voca tional training of former service men. The Illinois officials were asked to state the criticism which they were said to have against the present plan and to suggest any improve ment or amendment they had in mind. The President made known his deep personal interet in the sub ject and the desire of himself and other government officials to do everything possible for the welfare of men whose disabilities have re sulted from their serving the United States. The special train conveying Mr. and Mrs. Harding and their party from Florida reached Washington shortly after noon, the run having been made on schedule time and without incident. The executive and Mrs. Harding went at once to the White House. Others who returned in the presi dential special were Secretary and Mrs. Weeks. Attorney General Dougherty, Under Secretary of State Fletcher, Brigadier General Sawyei and Secretary Christian. Mr. Harding said he felt greatly benefited as a result of rest and the numerous games of golf which marked his vacation stay, and de clared he had a "bully" time. Mrs. Harding and the other members of the party voiced similar sentiments. Secretary Weeks, who joined the party at St. Augustine for the re turn trip, said his vacation had put him in 'tip top'' condition. Rate For Veterans. Memphis. Announcement that the United Confederate Veterans will still be allowed the old rate of a cent a mile to and from the annual reunion in Richmond, Va., was made by railroad officials here. The Southeastern Pas senger association at a meeting in St. Augustine last month announced that the reunion rate this year would be one fare for the round trip. This an nouncement raised a storm of protest from the veterans with the result that the railroads have granted the old rate. To Protect Bullock. Toronto. Rev. William E. Guy, pastor of the African Methodist Epis copal church, arranged for adequate police protection for Matthew Bullock. negro, whom Canada refused to turn ; over to the authorities of Norlina, N. j C, for prosecution on charges of at tempted murder. The dominion declined to honor the j extradition request across the border ' after the authorities of North Caro Una had declined to send special wit nesses to Canada. Later there be- j came current reports that threat shad been made to kidnap the negro. Liberty Bends Are Missing. Washington. Between $170,000 and $200,000 in negotiable Liberty bonds are missing from the Liberty bond branch of the treasury, W. H. Moran, chief of the secret service, said. Secret service operatives have been sent to Richmond and Charlottes ville, Va., where two employes of the branch wanted in connection with the Investigation of the loss were reported to be, he added. Engineer Collopses at Throttle. Jacksonville, Fla. Louis G. Dowell, 45, engineer in charge of the Atlantic Coast Line passenger train, fell un conscious at the throttle of engine while running at full epeed near Hain esworth and died a short time later in the baggage car, where he was taken after the fireman had stoped the train. Mr? Dowell was a brother of i W. W. Dowell, of Wilmington, N. C, ' general paymaster for the Atlantic, ! Coast Line system. Physicians said death resulted from acute indigestion. Mexico to Pay Foreign Debts. Mexico City Regardless of wheth er the United States grants recogni tion to the present Mexican regime, arrangements soon will be made to start paying Mexico's foreign debt, President Obregon stated here. The President gave his first au dience to newspaper correspondents since his return from Vera Cruz. "There will be a favorite solution of the problem," said the President. "Reecgcion is a question of conver sations and they are now in progress in the United States." Fill out the blank for the contest and enter to win first prize. A Convincing Warning for Anto Speeders : ' ' CI Hi? : ? ' . J& At a railroad crossing in Texas has been erected a unique "Stop Look Listen" warning, as shown above. Perched high on its specially constructed pedestal, the wreck of an auto, with which some foolish driver once tried to beat a train to a crossing, presents a convincing argument for care and caution. ORPHAN HOME MAY BE MOVED TO BUNCOMBE Rumor Current That Balfour Orphan aire Will be Moved to Vicinity of Swannanoa. The Balfour Orphanage may be moved from the present site to a lo cation on the Asheville-Black Moun tain highway near Montreat, it is rumored. Purchase of the 200-acre Sluder farm near the North Fork bridge in the vicinity of Swannanoa and near the State Test Farm is said to have been decided by the trustees. This will provide larger facilities for the institution which has outgrown its present quarters. On the new site larger buildings will be erected, it is understood, which will provide accommodations for a larger number of orphans and sufficient class rooms and vocational training shops. The real estate and buildings at Balfour will be sold to the Home Ice and Oil Company under the plans by the Synod of Appalachia of the South ern Presbyterian church. One of the ideas in moving the or phanage' location to the Sluder prop erty is said to be its proximity to other property of the church in Bun combe county. Swannanoa is only a short drive to the famous Montreat assembly grounds, the summer gath ering place of southern Presbyterians. The location of the orphanage there would place it in closer communica tion with Montreat and noted clergy men and laymen visiting Montreat would have ready access to the prop erty. A committee meeting is expected to be called in the near future to decide definite action in regard to the future plans for the orphanage. FINE PROPERTY NEAR FLETCHER SOLD RECENTLY C. H. Plain from Illinois Buys and Will Occupy Valuable Mullally Property. C. H. Plain of Aurora, 111., has pur chased the C. H. L. Mullally property near Fletcher, the deal being con summated by the local real estate firm, Ewbank & Ewbank. The deal involved approximately $25,000;. The property consists of 75 acres of land and a big dwelling house, and lies just off the Hendersonville-Ashe-ville highway, near the excellent Blake and Sumner properties just out of Fletcher. Mr. Mullally is a prominent busi ness man of his native city of Aurora. It is understood that he will make big and extensive improvements on his new property, "which he expects to occupy at an early date. MISS WEAVER, HEALTH NURSE, LOCATED AT S. M. GARREN'S Miss Pearl Weaver, public health mirca io stnnninF at R . M. Garren's UUl J- f wwx'-mo - - j on the Flat Rock road, where she will , be until arrangements can be made i for ah office for her in the city. Her present telephone number is 391-W. 0 0 I ENTER FAIR CONTEST The first mail after the an nouncement of the contest in which The News will give $28 in cash prizes for ideas on the benefits ot county and com munity fairs brought notice that Ruby Johnson of Route 1 and Grady B. Rhodes of Route 4 had? entered .the contest. The water's fine. Come on in. Fill out the blank in last Friday's News and send to this paper. I The contest will close on April ! 15 after which the seven cash prizes will be awarded and the ! papers published. v 0 0 SEDUCTION AND ABDUCTION CASES WERE CONTINUED Court Closed Saturday With Cases of John Wright and R. Cox Carried Over to Next Term. Disposition was made Saturday of the final cases coming before this term of court, presided over by Judge Henry P. Lane, and court adjourned a week earlier than was anticipated when it convened March 6. The chief part of the last two days of court was spent on the case of the state against John Wright, who was charged with seduction. The jury on Saturday afternoon returned a charge of guilty and the defendant was sen tenced to four years in the state pen itentiary; but this verdict was set aside because of a technical error, and a mistrial declared. The de fendant was then placed under a bond of $3,000 to appear at the next term of this court, which will convene in October. R. Cox, charged with abduction, was found guilty of the charge and sen tenced to the state prison for 10 years at hard labor, to wear felon stripes. Appeal was made for the defendant, and he was placed under a bond of $7,000 for his appearance at the next term of criminal court. T. L. Case was fined $50 and costs for carrying a concealed weapon. Loyd Chapman was sentenced to 90 days on the county roads, but not to wear stripes, for having more than one quart of whiskey in his posses sion. Hilliard Steppe was assigned to the county commission to be assigned to work, without stripes, on the public highways for 20 months, for assault with a deadly weapon. On a second charge, that of manufacturing liquor, he was sentenced to 6 months on the county roads, his sentence to begin at the expiration of the former sen tence. The case of the state against Perry Hoots for housebreaking wras non-suited, the case of the state against Herman Laughter was nol prossed and the case of the state against Mark McCarson, charged with forgery, was continued to the next term of court. In cases where defendants take an appeal to the Superior Court, if bond is not given at once, it is ordered by Judge Lane that the defendant be re moved to Raleigh for safe keeping on account of the defective condition of the Henderson county jail. In his report Solicitor G. W. Bailey stated that he found the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court in good condition. ARCH MASONS WILL ATTEND CANTON MEET Many Royal Arch Masons of Citv Planning- to Attend District Convocation. A large number of the Royal Arch Masons of this city are planning to attend the Special District Convoca tion of Royal Arch. Masons at Canton next Thursday. They will take with Royal Arch degree, including F. S. Wetmur, N. Brenner, T. R. Keith, Vmm oft T .ntt TT Pattorsnn and T A ' McCoy, the last of Pisgah Forest. Among those attending from the Arch Masonic membership here will i be C. F. Bland. R. P. Freeze. Dr. Geo. Wright, H. I. Hodges. Dr. W. H. Van der Linden, J. R. Sandifer, J. E. Mitchell, C. Few, Jr.. J. W. Johnson and Judge O. V. F. Blythe. INFANT CHILI) DEAD The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dunn, of New York, who are spending the winter in the city, died suddenly Thursday. The funeral ser vices were conducted by Father Marion Saturday morning at the home. NORTH CAROLINA HAPPENINGS OF LAST FEW DAYS Leading News Events of Old North State Told In Short, Interesting Paragraphs. Durham. "Durham Products Week" is to be held in Durham during the week of March 27,. according to plans mapped out by local chamber of com merce officials. Salisbury. Salisbury city authori ties have let contracts for enlarging three of the public school buildings at a cost of $124 000, all of the work to be done by home contractors. Kinston. Evidence in the hands of the police tended to completely exon erate Patrolman Archie Noble, who shot and killed Ray Milton Dawson, a negro, 19 years of age. Greensboro. Josephus Daniels, of Raleigh, former secretary of the navy, will deliver the commencement ad dress to the graduating class of the Greensboro College, the institution for young women conducted by the Meth odist Episcopal Church, South. Greensboro. Cora Smoak, a white woman, with a husband serving a sen tence on the roads of another county, and three children, absolutely help less, threw herself on the mercy of -he court after being convicted in the Guilford superior courtj here on a charge of having whiskey for sale, and --.-as given a chance to reform by Judge B. F. Long, who suspended judg ment. Hendersonville. An organization, to be known as the War Memorial Building Commission, has been formed liere, with.. Mrs. J .W. Williams as temporary chairman, for the purpose of erecting in Hendersonville a prac tical war memorial in the shape of a building in which might be, Roused all civic and patriotic organizations: Plans for raising the necessary money will be discussed at an early date. Kinston. Ray Dawson, a negro, was shot and instantly killed by Patrolman Archie Nobles when the former resist ed arrest' in a' colored settlement here. Gastonia William Redd, aged about 35 years, believed to be a resident of Columbus, Ga., was struck and in stantly killed by southbound South ern passenger train No. 15 at a point near the Mutual mill, just west of the city. New Bern. Albert W. Parker; local amateur wireless operator, received a post card from K. S. Rogers, of Char lottetown, Prince Edward Island, Can ada, advising him that his signals had been caught recently, and expressed surprise at the strength of the New Bern man's sending outfit. Spencer. Mrs. Ellen Owen, aged about 45, was instantly killed, and her husband, Abe M. Owen, aged 46, was seriously injured by a tree falling across the National highway on which they were driving. The accident hap pened some 300 yards north of the Piedmont toll bridge, three miles from Spencer. Marion. A serious and possibly fa tal accident occurred here when John See was shot by Ad Jarrett with a .44 calibre Smith & Wesson revolver: The ball entered See's body in the lower part of the abdomen on the right side and punctured his bowels. He was taken to the Rutherfordton hospital. Both parties say that the shooting was accidental. Raleigh. Work on Raleigh's new-million-dollar 10-story hotel, to be lo cated at Fayetteville and Davis streets has virtually begun. Buildings occu pying the site, notably that occupied for many years by the late Col. X C. L. Harris, are being torn down and as soon as- they are removed: the- ex cavating will begin. Oxford. Preparatory to beginning the first tour of the year the Oxford or phanage singing elass gave a dress re hearaal in the chapel of the Institu tion. In spite of a miserable night, from the standpoint of weather, many town people were present to see the 10 girls and four boys comicrtT the class" get their try-out before tak ing the road. Greensboro. One million dollar's worth of Quilford county highway 'bonds were sold by the board of coun ty commissioners to the Third Na tional Bank of Cincinnati, Ohio, at five and one-quarter per cent, with a premium f $1S,700. Rutherfordton. News has bee a re ceived in Rutherfordton of the sudden death of Otis Coxe in Oakland, Cali fornia. Mr. Coxe, who was a native of North Carolina, was a son of the late Colonel Frank Coxe, a native of Ruth erford county. Winning one of those fair contest prizes would be just like eating pie. S. S. CONVENTION TO BEGIN SUNDAY THREE DAYS' .PROGRAM PLANNED BY RELIGIOUS WORKERS. Sunday School Leaders of City and County Will Meet at Presbyterian "Church Here. Beginning next Sunday and con tinuing through Tuesday the Hender son County Sunday School Conven tion will convene at the Presbyterian church here. Prof. A. M. Locker, of the staff of the International Sunday School As sociation, Chicago, and D. W. Sims, general superintendent North Caro lina Sunday School Association, Ral eigh, will be present to conduct the meetings. The convention will be for all Sun day School workers, and will be con ducted under the auspices of the North Carolina Sunday School Asso ciation. C. S. Fullbright, superintendent Grove Street Baptist S. S., is chair man of the committee on arrange ments. The others of the committee are as follows: A. W. Honeycutt, Supt. First Methodist S. S.; Marion Walker, Supt. First Baptist S. S.; A. H. Morey, Supt. Presbyterian S. S.; J. D. Mauney, Supt. Lutheran S. S.; Rev. A. W. Farnum, Supt. Episcopal S. S. ; Rufus Hoots, Supt. Wesleyan Methodist S. S.; Dan McCrary, Supt. Mission Baptist S. S. The finance committee is as fol lows: A. F. Barber, chairman; A. H. Hawkins, Lawrence Pace, J. A. Rhodes, and G. W. Lentz. The program for the three days' sessions follows: Sunday Afternoon, March 26. 3:30 Devotional. Dr. E. E. Bomar, pastor First Baptist church, Hender sonville. 3:40 The Teacher Before the Class Mr. D. W. Sims, general superin tendent North Carolina Sunday School Association, Raleigh. 4:10 Teaching a Fourfold Process. Prof. A. M. Locker, Chicago, 111., of the staff of the International Sunday School Association. 4:50 Period of business. Attend ance record. Announcements. 5:00 Adjourn. Sunday Night, March 26. 7:30 Devotional. Rev. J. F. Ligon, pastor Presbyterian church, Hender sonville. 7:40 The Weak Link in the Sun day School. Mr. D. W. Sims. 8:10 Period of business. Attend ance record. Announcements. 8:20 Relationship of Pupil and Subject Matter. Prof. A. M. Locker. 9:00 Adjourn. .Holiday Afternoon, March 27. 3:30 Devotional. Rev. J. D Mauney, pastor Lutheran church, Hendersonville. 3:40 Principles of Child Study. Prof. A. M. Locker. 4:25 Problem Solving Period. Con ducted by Mr. D. W. Sims and Prof. A. M. Locker. 4:50 Period of business. Attend ance record. Announcements. 5:00 Adjourn. Monday Kfcrht, March 27. 7:30 Devotional. Rev. Frank Siler, pastor First Methodist church, Hen dersonville. 7:40 Principles in Religious Edu cation. Prof. A. M. Locker. 8:15 Period of business. Appoint ments of committees. Record of at tendance. 8:30 Our Purpose and Task. Mr. D. W. Sims. 9:00 Offering for support of the North Carolina Sunday School Asso ciation. 9 :15 Adjourn. Tuesday Afternoon, March 28. 3:30 Devotional. Rev. A. W. Far num, rector Episcopal church, Hen dersonville. 3:40-Relative Values in Teaching. Prof. A. M. Locker. 4:25 Problem Solving Period. Con ducted by Mr. D. W. Sims and Prof. A. M. Locker. 4:50 Period of business. Attend ance record. Announcements. 5:00 Adjourn. Tuesday Night, March 28.. 7:30 Devotional. Rev. R. V. Mil ler, pastor Grove Street Baptist church, Hendersonville. 7: 40 Trained Workers Why and How. Mr. D. W. Sims. 8:10 Period of business: Attend ance record. Announcements. 8:20 Evangelism and Emotional. Prof. A. M. Locker. 9:00 Adjourn. LOCAL TRIANGULAR DEBATERS TO MEET CANTON HERE FRIDAY Hendersonville High School will take part Friday in the state tri angular debating contest, competing with Canton and Waynesville. The question is, Resolved: that the United States should join the League of Na tions. The affirmative members of the lo cal team. Thomas Stroup and Jakie Fred, will debate the negative mem bers of Waynesville's team at the city auditorium Friday evening. At the same hour the negative members of the home team will debate Canton's affirmative team at Canton, and Waynesville's affirmative will debate Canton's negative at Waynesville. WILL QUALIFY TODAY AS COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR J. W. Bayne expects to make bond today and qualify as county tax col lector. He will open the tax books this week.
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