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VOLUME XXIX
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C., TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1922
NUMBER 16
SECOND GOLDEN RULE SALES DAY WILL
BE HELD APRIL 3 ANNOUNCES AD CLUB
Thirty-three Dealers of City, Under Neosho Plan,
Place Sixty-six Different Articles on Sale at
Rock-Bottom Prices.
GEORGE GARREN OF
FRUITLAND TOLLED
Hendersonville's second Golden
Rule Sale day will be held here next
Monday, April 3, beginning at 9:30
o'clock sharp and continuing all day.
Thirty-three merchants and dealers j
in this city are offering, under the
Neosho sale plan, two articles each
at specially reduced prices on that
day. Each of the thirty-three is of
fering entirely different articles for
sale, making a total of sixty-six dif
ferent household commodities which
will be for sale Monday practically at
cost.
The extraordinary success and big
attendance of the Golden Rule Sales
the first Monday in March make it
unnecessary for detailed explanation
of the Neosho plan to be given here.
People from every part of Henderson
county came to Hendersonville March
6 and bought generously of the large
variety of articles and excellent
values offered. They already under
stand the plan and have doubtless
told many others, who did not attend
the sale, of its merits. They are
doubtless planning to attend the sec
ond Golden Rules Sales, and will
hring their neighbors with them. For
the benefit, however, of those who do
not yet understand what theNeosho
plan is, the following outline is
given :
The plan is very simple. It is
called the Neosho plan because it was
originated in Neosho, Mo., where the
merchants decided to put on sales ac
cording to the golden rule; that is,
sales which represent actual cost
hargains. Each merchant or dealer
who enters it must submit to a censor
committee of responsible and capable
TWO PROPOSED ROUTES TO BUNCOMBE
FOR PAVED ROAD ELICIT MOMENT
Rugby Route 'Strongly Supported by Mills River
Section; Old Route Exponents Say They Repre
sent County's Permanent Interests.
Great interest is centering upon the
special meeting of the county com
missioners called for Wednesday,
March 29, to take action concerning
the proposed hard-surfaced road from
Hendersonville to the Buncombe
county line.
At that meeting the report of the
engineers on the survey will be
heard from. Road trustees and all
citizens and property owners affected
by or interested in the location of
this road are invited to be present
and submit their views.
The commissioners must decide
over two possible routes: the old
route via Balfour, Hillgirt, Naples,
Fletcher; and a new route via Mills
River road to Rugby, Naples, Fletch
er. A page advertisement in this issue
of The News and signed by eighty
two citizens is evidence of the sup
port given by advocates of the new
route, who assert that "the two lines
are almost exactly the same length,"
and "that there would not be any
substantial difference in the cost of
construction."
DATE AND PLACE
PARTY MEETINGS
HAVE BEEN NAMED
State and County Conventions, Boards
of Elections, Senatorial Nomina
tions 'Are Announced.
The republican state executive
committee met at Raleigh last Wed
nesday and decided to have the' re
publican convention in Winston-Salem
April 12.
The democratic state executive
committee was in session on the next
day at Raleigh and named April 20th
the day and Raleigh as the place at
which the democratic state conven
tion will be held. Precinct meetings
will be held on Saturday, April 8, at
2 o'clock, and county convention on
Saturday, April 15 at 11 o'clock.
The state board of elections met
Saturday, 25th, at Raleigh, the tenth
Saturday preceding the state-wide
primary as required by law, and se
lected the county boards of elections.
Those for Henderson county are R.
L. Edwards, Charles Rozzelle, demo
crats, and K. G. Morris, republican.
This board will meet Saturday, April
15, for the selection of registrars and
judges.
The chairmen of the executive
committees of the 27th senatorial dis
trict met at Rutherfordton Thursday,
23rd, and decided that Cleveland and
McDowell should nominate the sen
ators this year. Cleveland and Ruth
erford will alternate every two
years, as they have 4een doing. In
1924 Polk will name the democratic
nominee for the senate and in 1926
Henderson will name the senatorial
aspirant. " ,
Tell your neighbor to subscribe to
The News now before the paper be
comes a tri-weekly at a higher rate.
men two articles at approximately
their cost prices. This committee ex
amines each article listed to see that
it is an actual bargain, and that the
price quoted is not above a rock-bottom
price.. The, dealers " are willing
to do this; on. the belief that if people
visit, their stores to buy the articles
listed for sale,, these same people will
,buy other articles and in the end be
come good customers. With this be
lief, they are willing to sell at cost
the two articles listed for sale, and
they realize that the sale articles
must be bargains, else the customer
will lose faith and will not be perma
nent. Every Golden Rule Sale is backed
by the Hendersonville Ad Club,
which is composed of the leading
business men of this city. This club
is running a double page advertise
ment in this issue of The News, con
taining a description and prices of the
different articles listed. The News is
distributing to nearly every taxpay
ing family in the county a copy of
this ad at least, is attempting to do
so. In case any family fails to get a
copy, the secretary of the Ad Club,
P. L. Wright, should be notified, so
that a copy can be forwarded.
Special provision is made by the
Ad Club for auctioning any articles
the farmers of the county wish to
dispose of. It is hoped that this fea
ture will be taken advantage of. Ar
rangements have been made with the
firm of Maxwell & Anders, to sell at
auction such articles of stock as
automobiles, farm machinery, stock,
farms, etc., on a reasonable commis
sion basis, at the court house.
The crux of the argument for the
Rugby road is that it is better for
Henderson county to. have two good
roads serving different sections than
to tear up one good road in order to
build a better one in the same place,
and that the larger interests of the
county would be served in the build
ing of this road through the Mills
River section.
Those who oppose changing the
route by building via Rugby state
that the cost of building a hard
surfaced highway to the Buncombe
county line via the Mills River sec
tion would cost the county many
thousands of dollars more, and that
it is not at all evident that changing
the route would serve any larger
number of people. They say also that
the old route is more direct. . They
hold, too, that much of the tourist
travel would pass Hendersonville,
and Henderson county, if the paved
route should go by Rugby, in that
the distance to Asheville for those
coming from Brevard would be les
sened. 1.READERS OF NEWS
TAKE ADVANTAGE
TEMPTING PRICE
Jump At Offer to This Paper Every
Other Day at . Price of Semi
Weekly News.
It is human to seek good company.
Those who join the big family of
readers of The Hendersonville News
get into company in which is found
the better element of the citizenship
of the community as evidenced by the
new and renewal subscriptions for
February given below.
One of the encouraging things to
The News is the healthy growth,
there being on an average a new sub
scriber added to the list each day in
the month of February.
j New and renewing subscribers are
taking advantage of the offer to get
this newspaper three times a week
without any additional cost over the
present price of the paper. The price
will not be advanced until the Tri
weekly News makes its appearance
and until that time subscriptions will
be received at the regular rates of the
twice a week paper.
Plans are " already in the making
for improving the paper when it goes
to a tri-weekly. Exclusive features
(Continued on Page 10.)
LEGION AUXILIARY WILL GIVE
SOCIAL TO LEGION MEMBERS
A "Get-together" social will be
given by the American Legion Aux
iliary on Thursday evening, April 6,
to the members of the Hubert M.
Smith post, it was decided at a call
meeting of the Auxiliary last Monday
afternoon. The social will be held
at the home of Mrs. J. W. Williams.
A musical program has been ar
ranged and refreshments will be
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Walter Allison, the cartoonist, has caught the spirit of the business man, the reading public and the publisher
in the accompanying illustration. Every lover of his community takes especial pride in every progressive step,
every new business firm and every improvement as noted from day to day in the newspapers and he receives
with the same peculiar pride the news of development of its newspaper because these improvements place such
publication in a position to portray with more ability and more frequency the growth of the community interests.
The average reader welcomes the announcement that The News will soon land on the tri-weekly step and al
though going there with a struggle and strenuous effort, as pictured by the cartoonist, the readers duly appreciate
the publisher's efforts and beckon him to step up higher and give the city a daily publication,' as soon as possi
ble and we trust that the top step does not have many summers between it and the tri-weekly.
W. 0. W. Uniform Rank Encampment And
Executive
Sovereign Committee in Session at Omaha Decided to Meet in Henderson
ville July 3 and Decreed That Uniform Rank Encampment from Five
States Meet Here at Same Time.
That the members of the Uniform
Rank from North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and
Virginia, probably 1,000 strong, and
that the entire sovereign executive
committee meet in Hendersonville be
ginning July 3, were the decisions
reached in the recent session of the
executive committee of the Woodmen
of the World at Omaha, Neb., and
wired by State Manager E. B. Lewis
to V. E. Grant of this city yesterday.
The telegram stated that a letter
was on the way from Sovereign Com
mander W. A. Praser to John T. Wil
liams, chairman of the local Wood
men committee on entertainment,
asking that twenty or more rooms be
reserved for the executive committee, !
and giving further details relative to
SUNDAY SCHOOL
CONVENTION IS
PROGRESSING
Representatives From Many Schools
ill I'nimfv A r AftoiifHno- Tiiciiir- I
ing Meetings Here.
Sessions of the Henderson County
Sunday School Convention being held
in the Presbyterian church of this
city have been well attended and the
addresses and discussions have been
interesting and inspiring to those at
tending. The convention will con
tinue through today, closing with the
night session.
Representatives from 12 schools in
the county attended the meeting last
night, with a total attendance of 260.
Among these were 9 pastors, 8 Sun
day School superintendents, and 62
teachers. .
D. W. Sims, general superintendent
of the North Carolina Sunday School
Association, and Prof. A. M. Locker,
national Sunday School worker, are
the principal speakers at the convea-
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the committee's stay in Henderson
ville. The coming of the Uniform Rank
encampment to this city is an unlooked-for
but most pleasant surprise
to Woodmen and the people in gen
eral, many of whom regard the de
cision bringing them here as a happy
omen of what else the sovereign com
mittee has in mind for Henderson
ville, particularly when the men in
khaki will come simultaneously with
the National Woodmen leaders them
selves, who had previously planned
to come here in May. Some are bold
to state that the gathering of these
two important bodies in July means
that Henderson county will gain the
much-coveted sanatorium the order is
going to build as a rest and tubercu
lar hospital.
ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE
- BOARD OF TRADE ANNOUNCED
A. W. Honeycutt Heads Committee to
Look Alter Entertainment Feature
of Chic Board.
Here are the names of the Board
of Trade's entertainment committee,
of which A. W. Honeycutt is chair
man: Edgar Latham, Miss Gladys
Hodges, A. R. Hanson, C. Few, Jr.,
Mrs. Earle Stillwell and Mrs. E. A.
McMillan. .
The personnel of this committee
was announced yesterday by Secre
tary Penney. "This is an important
committee," he declared, "and I am
sure that Hendersonville will be pro
vided with a splendid program of en
tertainment the coming summer."
tion. Prof. Locker will not be here
for tonight's service, but Mr. Edwards
of Asheville, a layman Sunday
School teacher, will take his place on
the program.
A detailed account of the meetings
will be 'given in the next issue of The
News.
"The sovereign executive committee
never met in regular session outside
of Omaha," Sheriff V. E. Grant, local
Woodman and past Head Consul,
stated, "and this departure from past
custom," he said, "by coming to Hen
dersonville to meet is a great compli
ment to this city." With the entire
committee here, it will be possible
for a site for the proposed sanatorium
to be chosen, adopted, bought, and for
machinery to be set in motion to be
gin the building of the hospital, while
they are on the grounds.
AVith the coming of the executive
committee, forty or fifty bonding men
from many states of the union, it is
said, will also be on hand.
Wiltshire Griffith, Brigade Ad
jutant of the W. O. W., will be the
active officer in charge of the open
ing of the camp in July.
PINK SHERRILL
STABS RELATIVE
AND IS IN JAIL
Jonah McGraw is in Hospital as Re
sult of Being Seriously Wounded
by Brother-in-Law.
Jonah McGraw was stabbed and
seriously wounded Saturday night by
his brother-in-law, Pink Sherrill, on
the carnival grounds near the -West
Hendersonville station. He is in the
Patton Memorial hospital, with knife
wounds in the abdomen, but it is re
ported his chances are good for re
covery. Sherrill is held without bail
in jail here, awaiting the outcome of
his victim's condition.
Sherrill was arrested by Policeman
Clarence Edney. Officers said both
men were intoxicated, and that 1 the
quarrel was the culmination of , a
jealousy that had existed between the
two men.
YOUNG MAN FATALLY STABBED
SATURDAY NIGHT
Hubert, Maxwell of Ridge Section is
in . Jail Without , Bail, Charged
With the Killing.
George W. Garren of Fruitland was
fatally stabbed Saturday night about
7:30 o'clock in the churchyard of
Ebenezer Baptist church, and Hubert
Maxwell, of the Ridge section, is
held without bail in jail here, charged
with the murder.
Maxwell was arrested about 30
minutes after the killing. William
Wall, a cousin of Garren, rushed with
the wounded man to the city, hoping;
to secure quick medical aid, but Gar
ren died before the automobile
reached town. Wall was Tield in jail
here Saturday night but released Sun
day under bond, to be a witness.
The fatal cutting was done with a
small knife, with a blade about two
and one-half inches. Following
an inquest by Dr. B. F. Cliff here
Sunday morning, a coroner's jury re
turned the verdict "that Garren came
to his death by wounds inflicted by a
knife in the hands of Maxwell."
The tragedy occurred, it is stated,
while a community singing was in
progress in the church. Maxwell is
said to have been in the churchyard
when Garren drove up in an auto
mobile, the trouble starting as he
alighted. Melvin Hill stated that
Maxwell cursed Garren two of three
minutes previous to the killing. He
and Wall are important witnesses,
though neither actually witnessed the
killing, it is asserted, due to the
darkness. . They, testified ;that; Max
well . and Garren were seen to rira
around the automobile, and-that when
they arrived on the scene, the? found
Garren lying on the ground.
Maxwell is said to. have had an ill
feeling toward Garren because the
latter .was welcomed at the home of
Miss Milda Guice, to whom '. Garren
it is reported, was engaged, while
Maxwell's, attentions to the young
lady's sister are said to have been
discouraged.
Garren the son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Garren of Fruitland, was 28
years of age. He was engaged in
farming with his father, and,' it is
stated, was a man of good character,
being well thought of in his com
munity. Maxwell is about the same age, it
is stated. He also, was a farmer in
the Ridge section, where ' he lived
with his. mother.
MT. ECHO PROPERTY
SOLD TO FELIX LAKE
WASHINGTON HEAL ESTATE MAX
BUYS PATTERSON PLACE.
Beautifully Situated Tract West of
City Sold Saturday; Will be Much
Improved.
The beautiful Mt. Echo property of
J. H. Patterson was sold Saturday to
Felix Lake of Washington, D. C, by
the local real estate agency, Smith,
Jackson & Morris.
This property comprises twenty
acres of land and a large, com
modious summer home, which is situ
ated on the tiptop of the mountain
west of Hendersonville. A wonderful
panoramic view is possible from this
estate.
Mr. Lake is a Washington real
estate dealer. He became interested
in Hendersonville through Fassifern
School for Girls, where his daughter
is now enrolled. He recently bought
the Ewart property on Third Avenue,
West, and has bought the Patterson
property, it is said, for his daughter.
Mr. Lake contemplates, it is stated,
many improvements of the former
Patterson place, both in the buildings
and grounds, with a view to making
it one of the loveliest of the small
estates in this section of the country.
The Ewart place is already under
going improvements, which, it is esti
mated, will mean an outlay of several
thousands of dollars. A large force
is at work laying out roads, building
drives, and beautifying the fifty -acres
of grounds contained in this estate.
With these improvements, and sub
stantial remodeling and added build
ing, Mr. Lake proposes to make of the
Ewart property a model estate.
FACILITIES FOR
HOUSING PEOPLE
DECLARED AMPLE
Secretary Penney, Board of Trade,
Takes Issue With Statement That
G" Families in City Homeless.
Are there 67 homeless families in
Hendersonville?
Yes, according to an article which
appeared Tuesday in the Asheville
Citizen.
The Citizen quoted a North Caro
lina university professor, who urged
that Chambers of Commerce all over
rsorth Carolina get busy with a hous
ing program for there were some
18,000 families of 81,000 souls with
out proper shelter and that they could
not get it.
The Board of Trade has been un
able to confirm this statement, ac
cording to Secretary Penney, who has
asked the Citizen anl. the prof essor
tor proof.