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em PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY p VOLUME XXIX HENDERSONVILLE, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1922 NUMBER 17 OFFICERS, CITIZENS AND ENGINEER I Giving Children a Weigh in Washington V i INSPECT PROPOSED FLETCHER ROUTE Committees From Three Townships Join Commis- sioners on Trip of Investigation as Result of Sharp Division of Views Regarding Road. T2ie course of the Hendersonville- Ashtmlle hard surfaced highway be tween Hendersonville and the Bun combe county line will not be deter mined until after a earetul consider ation of information gathered by the county commissioners in company with citizens and the highway engi neer on an inspection tour today. This decision came as a result of a -.argely attended meeting at the court house Wednesday morning end afternoon, when there wero large delegations of citizens from those sections most directly interested in the proposed routes. The meeting was called a few days agt by the county commissioners and there was a ready response, judg ing from the size of the crowd, which comfortably filled the court house. J. E. Shipman, attorney to the board of commissioners, acted as spokesman and stated the object of the gathering, assuring the audience thj.t it was a free and open neeting in which every man had the right to express himself. Nr. Shipman read the engineer's reiort covering the proposed roads from Fletcher to Hendersonville, one following in the main tha present higiway and another turning west wari at Fletcher and coming into the Haywood road at Rugby. The lat ter ;ourse was reported as the most adv sable route to take. This is the rou,e in which Mills River so keen ly interested itself. Citizens of the Fletcher section were present in large nunbers and matched pretty well the oratory from the Mills River delega tion Several speakers were heard, each gtang a reason for his contentions ani pointing out why the road should tate a certain course. Many reasons were given in favor of both routes ard the Mills River people were sup plied by a very favorable report torn the highway engineer. They sught to have the report adopted, loping to have such action serve as i guide for the commissioners in le nding the course for the road, but Fletcher people and those living on the present Asheville highway man aged to keep the question from com ing to a point. . J. C. Sales of Fletcher made a mo tion to the effect that a committee composed of three men from the Hendersonville, Mills River and Hoop er's Creek townships be appointed to p over the routes with the commis soners. Objection was raised to this h the Mills River delegation. Fletch er people and those living on the , rod to Fletcher want another survey. T'ey say they have a route in mind wreby railroad crossings may be eliminated and long fills across the bttoms reduced to a minimum and feat such proposed route has never een given attention by an engineer. The discussion lasted for about three hours and adjournment was taken until an afternoon session, when the question before the house was never brought to a vote. J. E. Shipman stated for the commissioners that it was their desire to go over the proposed routes and that they would like to have a delegation from Mills River, Hoopers Creek and Hen dersonville townships and any other citizens who might be interested to accompany them, the engineer being with the company. Mr. Israel of the Rugby section raised objection and said that the commissioners could not shift re sponsibility to the shoulders of the citizens. Mr. Shipman retorted that the commissioners were riot shift ing responsibility but seeking light and assistance that they might intel ligently decide the course of the high way. There was hearty applause, even the Mills River delegation join ing to some extent for the first time, as all the applause ud to this time had been from different delegations. Mr. Israel attempted to reply, there were hisses, and applause above which he couldn't raise his voice. This continued with Tiis repeated ef forts to speak until finally he was heard to say that the commissioners could no more shift the job and re sponsibility than Pontius Pilate did the responsibility for the cruci fixion of Christ. At that juncture Chairman W. P. Bane of the Board of Commissioners rose and assured Mr. Israel that it was not a question of shaking or .shirking responsibility but a question of doing the right thing and serving the public to the best interest of the board and that the board of commissioners rather than the committee would select the route. This was met with an avalanche of applause from all parts of the house and Commissioner G. B. Hill gave his hat a wave into the air and the meet ing adjourned without ceremony, leaving the townships to select their delegates to make the trip of inspec tion today at 10 o'clock. Citizens Rush In To Pay Their County Tax Taxpayers are responding promptly to the call for the payment of county taxes, accoridng to Tax Collector J. W. Bayne, who has collected within the past few days about $40,000. The clerical force is having all it can do to receive the money and issue re ceipts to the taxpayers. Legion Auxiliary Plans "Get-Together" Social For Ex-Service Men A "get-together" social will ge giv en the ex-service men . of the county Friday evening, April 7, by the Amer ican Legion Auxiliary... The social will be given at the home of Mrs. J. W. Williams, comrnindT of the Aux iliary and sponsor ?md chairman of the War Memorial Commission. Invitations went out this wcok to as many of the ex-se'ice men cf the f-ounty as have as yet b:n lif.ted by the ladies of the auxiliary. Thurs day evening, 6th, was the ante origin ally fixed, but it , was changed to Fri day because the la"ter is tl.e rcgv.lar time for the monthly, meeting of the Legion post of the city, A musical program is.-being . pre pared for the occasion, and refresh ments will be served. It is the plan of the auxiliary lead ers to make this kind ct "pjet-togeih-er" meeting an annual aff;J the an nual date to be April 6, in commemo ration of the entrance oc America in to the World War. j STRONG SERMONS ENDED REVIVAL PROGRAM SUNDAY Evangelistic Meetings, by Thomson Party Concluded With Large Sunday Audiences. With a record of sixty-odd conver sions and a large f number of recon secrations, the Thomson evangelistic meetings were 'brought to a most suc cessful conclusion Sunday night. . The last day was marked ; with large crowds and 'with two powerful sennQ,ns by Dr. Harry A.: Thomson; th,e one in the morning on "Knowing Jeans," and the one at night on "The Judgment." At the. latter service the First Baptist male quartet sang twice." At the morning service 150 feconsecrations were pledged. ' : The revival was featured by the number of young men and young wo men who were converted. Twenty two were saved Thursday night, 17 of these being Blue Ridge boys. ; A generous free will offering for Dr. and Mrs. Thomson 'was made Sunday, all of 'which,'' outside, of that amount necessary for current ex penses, they turned over .to the Bal four Orphanage, in which they have become greatly interested. . A repre sentation has come each v service from the orphanage. , The evangelistic party, composed of the preacher and his wife and singer, David Williams, go from here in a few days to Rodford, Va., for another meetnig. Then will follow eight other campaigns under the Abbing ton presbytery. E. G. Stillwell Is New Treasurer Trade Board At a meeting of the Board of Trade's board of governors Wednes day the resignation of A. S. Truex as treasurer was accepted with much re gret. Mr. Truex had been treasurer of the Board of Trade for several years and, until recently, was its sec retary as well. His work was greatly praised by the governors. Erie G. Stillwell was elected to succeed Mr. Truex as treasurer. The board heard a report of what Secre tary Penney had done during his ad ministration of two weeks, and unani mously adopted a motion thanking him for "taking hold", in such an ad mirable and efficient manner. . DISTRICT MEETING OF LEGION AT WAYNE SVILLE BIG SUCCESS One Hundred Members From 11 Posts Were Present; Hendersonville Post Was Represented. One hundred - Legionnaires of the tenth district, representing 14 posts, met last Friday at Waynesville for a one-day rally. Plans for the service and compensation drives were dis cussed and Rutherfordton was chosen as the meeting place for the district conference of 1923. J. Will Pless, Jr., of Marion, dis trict committeeman, who presided, stated that a census of former service men will be made in tlje district in an effort to determine their service status as well as their business status since they have resumed civilian life. This will be done, it is stated, that the Legion may help every ex-service man, whether or not he is a member of the legion, to get the credit and service to which he is entitled. The Hendersonville post was rep resented by Lee Whitmire and. Man ning Morris. The former was on the program, speaking on' the subject, "Post Club Rooms." Before- the business session opened, the legionnaires were taken "to the Waynesville training center, where 275 former service men are receiving vccational training. Following this, they were given an excellent lun cheon by the ladies of Waynesville at the legion ball. . -mill Every child in Washington up to six years old will be given a weigh by the Child Welfare society, and statistics compiled as to the general health of children in the District of Columbia. The object is to "make the child fit for school." SECOND GOLDEN RULE SALE WILL BE HELD MONDAY 33 Dealers of City Place Different Articles on Sale at Rock-Bottom i Prices. 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 in this city are offering, under the Neosho sale plan, 1 or 2 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 over fifty dif ferent household i commodities which will be for sale Monday, practically at cost. The extraordinary success and fig attendance of the Golden Rule Skies 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 Game to Hendersonville Marcb 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 bring their neighbors with them.' For the benefit, however, of those who do not yet understand what the Neosho plan is, the following outline is given : The plan is very simple. It is called the Neosho plan because it was priginated in Neosho, Mo., where the merchants decided to put on sales ac cording to the golden rule; that is, sales which represent actual cost bargains. Each merchant or dealer who enters it must submit to a censor committee of responsible and capable 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. THIRD STORY BEING ADDED TO CHEWNING HOUSE ON N. MAIN The Chewning House on North Main street, owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Chewning, is having a third story added and a sleeDing porch added to the first floor. The new story will have 8 rooms, mak ing the house contain altogether 21 rooms. The added story as well as the entire house will receive a new coat of paint. GATE PASTOR POUNDING The Baptist congregation of Shaws Creek church' met and went in a body to the home of their new pastor and wife, Rev., and Mrs. D. G. Ross and gave them, a genuine old-fashioned pounding Wednesday evening. Week-end rates over southern will be sold Southern's. Week-End Rates. From Points South to This City Given Out; Summer Rates Cheaper. The Southern Railway this sum mer will restore its week-end rates to Hendersonville, according to . the Hendersonville Board of Trade. . In addition to this feature the Southern's summer rates to western North Car olina will be appreciably cheaper than they were last season. The sale of these tickets will begin May 15 and be continued until September 30, and will be good for the return journey as late as October 31. I Secretary Penney of the Board of Trade urges that hotels; and boarding houses particularly make note of these facts. General Passenger Agent Cary in a letter to Mr. Penney, says that "because of the widespread busi ness depression throughout the coun try, and the importance of letting the people know in advance that they can spend the summer in the moun tains at much less cost than has pre vailed , for r several years past," he trusts that as much publicity as pos sible be given the announcement. Continuing, Mr. Cary said: "These week-end tickets will be sold Friday evenings and Saturdays good for the return trip, leaving Hendersonville until Monday evenings following. "The particular object of these week-end fares is to attract people who are not in a position to make extended summer trips, and for busi ness men visiting their families in the aioun'tains for the week-ends. "Your particular attention is called to the very marked reduction in these fares, and if all other interests in volved will make corresponding re ductions and inducements, we believe in the long run all will be benefitted, and pre-war happy conditions will result. "We are preparing attractive book lets, folders and other advertising matter which we will undertake to distribute beginning the early part of May, and we will also do an appro priate amount of newspaper advertis ing. "We also expect to establish satis factory summer schedules and sleep ing car lines, at the proper time, to accommodate the travel." The week-end rates from Atlanta will be $10.10; Macon, $13.90; Savan nah, $12.25; Charleston, $11.75; Co lumbia, $6.15; " Spartanburg, $2.10; Greenville, $3.45; Raleigh, $12.75; Greensboro, $9.20; Knoxville, $6.60; Chattanooga, $11.35. The summer season rates from Birmingham, $23.35; Atlanta, $13.45; .Jacksonville, $26.20; Macon, $18.50; Savannah, $16.35; Charlotte, $7.10; Raleigh, $17.00; Columbia, $8.20; Charleston, $15.65; Louisville, $24.75; Cincinnati, $25.95; St. Louis, $24.75; Memphis, $25.95; New Orleans, $34.90. These rates are a big reduction from those of 1921, ranging from 13 to 43 per cent. The Board of Trade will include this information in its hotel and boarding house accommodation list, and it trusts that these institutions will give as much publicity to these low rates as is practicable. Secretary Penney declares that his mail is being swamped with inquiries about Hendersonville, several coming from as far west as the land permits: Los Angeles, and from points in Maine. ' MRS. T. C. NICHOLS DIED AT MARION LAST WEEK Jerome Gilreath has returned from Marlon, where he was called last week by the illness of his sister, Mrs. Thomas C- Nichols, who died soon after he arrived. The funeral ser vices and interment took place in Marion. Mrs. Nichols was before marriage, Miss Sallie Gilreath of Ebenezer. She was a faithful and consistent Chris tian worker in the Methodist church. The deceased is survived by her hus band, two children, Paul and Mamie; her mother, Mrs. Amanda Gilreath; sisters, Mrs. Jane Lyda, Mrs. Hattie Justus and Mrs. Alice Vaughn ; brothers, Jerome and &. H. Gilreath, and a large number of relatives and friends. - . - - CITY MARKET AND MEAT ORDINANCE ARE SUBJECTS OF LIVELY DISCUSSION Revision of Ordinance is Hinted at by Mayor to Affect Sale of Hogs License Was Intended to Restrain Professional Beef Buyers. J. E. Goodman to Move Grocery Business To Main Street Building J. F. Goodman has leased the build ing now occupied by the Henderson ville Dry Cleaning Establishment on Main street, and will begin work Monday preparatory for moving in. Under the direction of K. G. Jus tice the front of the building will be rebuilt and the entire interior re modeled, at a cost of several hundred dollars, With a view to making it a modern, up-to-date room for a groc ery store. Cbunters and other neces sary fixtures will be built in. Mr. Goodman has been in the groc ery business in the city for several Shears, having formerly been in the building occupied now during the summer by the Razook Art Linen Shop. For the past year his store has been located on Pattdn street near the Southern Railroad.' THRILLING GAME WON WEDNESDAY BY LOCAL HIGHS High School Nine Won Close But Thrilling Game Here Wednesday ; From Asheville High. . With a 9th inning rally which net ted two runs and won a game by the score of 9 to 8 from the Asheville High School, the local high school nine gave evidence Wednesday on their grounds . here that thrilling, spectacular games have not all been played yet. E. Jordan long and. stnrdy, Pur prised liimself in delivering the win ning stroke when he, at the psycho logical moment, turned t!ltl lablps by knocking a threc-baggef, and .'-incidentally knocking the prop3 out of Asheville's supposedly ."neved-up" victory. Had he not been so surpris ed, he would probably hav3 started running in time to have stretched hi hit into a homer. As it was,-he tied the score, and Bob Cathoy singled, bringing him home. Other features of the gamo were the batting of Lann'ng, who got four hits out of four tims up, and short stop Cathey's spectacular, running, 1 hand catch behind second bast. Batteries: Greenwood and Case; Dickson and Micely. Umpire: Moyer. 100 Convicts Now In County's Camp The convict camp on the Greenville road now contains nearly 100 men who are putting in faithful service in the construction of the hard surface road. The force was enlarged by about a dozen men as a result of the recent term of court. The Methodist church of Hender sonville and that of East Flat Rock have been conducting religious ser vices on Sundays at the camp and the men appear to be quite appreciative of the attention shown them by the churchmen. Road Supervisor S. Y. Bryson is anxious to see several days of good weather so that the men may work to good advantage. SUNDAY SCHOOL CONTENTION CLOSED ON TUESDAY NIGHT Closing Session Featured by Organ ization of Permanent Association For County. Final sessions of the Henderson County Sunday School Convention were marked by a full attendance. This convention which closed Tues day night, Ma'rch 21, had been in ses sion for the past three days. Sunday School workers from over the county attended. Featuring the closing session of the convention was the organization of the Henderson County Sunday School Association and the election of officers for the ensuing year. The officers as elected are: C. S. Full bright, president; Dr. A. H. Morey, vice-president; J. A. Rhodes, secretary-treasurer. By unanimous vote it was agreed these officers would meet and name township presidents for the eight townships of the county. Through the organization of the various county and township Sunday School Associations, Mr. Sims ex plained the purpose was to create public sentiment in favor of more and better Sunday Schools. The conven tion brought the Christian people of all denominations together to think and talk about the Sunday School and how to make it better. Further, he stated, it furnished an opportunity to study the needs in the county and plan to meet them, it is necessary to know conditions before we can plan intelligently to improve them. The conventions help to solve the new problems which arise each year. Mr. Sims expressed great confi dence in the upbuilding of the Sun day School work in Henderson county through the promotion of the county and township association work. If its news it's in The News. A lively discussion of the recent ordinance passed by the city commis sioners and affecting the peddling by farmers of meats in the city of Hen dersonville was a feature at the weekly luncheon of the Kiwanls Club. at the Hodgewell Thursday. Inci dentally the subject of a city market, where farmers and local business men alike could sell their products, was mentioned and advocated by a number of Kiwanians and the matter was referred to the committee on public affairs for action at the next meeting. After the subject had been broach ed President Kirk called on Mayor Rhodes, as being more familiar vrith the purpose and intent of the "Meat Peddling" ordinance, to give the club the benefit of his information. "There is no doubt in my mind," said Mayor Rhodes, "that the ordi nance, as it stands, will have to be and probably will be revised, at least so as not to place too great a restric tion on the sale of pork and thereby restrict the market for same too much. The intent of the ordinance primarily was to restrict the profes sional cattle and beef buyers, of whom I could name several, and what make it 'their business to buy this beef wherever they can and sell it in town." Following his assurance that the ordinance would be revised the mayor called on A. Y. Arledge for further comment. Mr. Arledge, while admit tnig that he was the author of the ordinance by request of the commis sioners, explained that he voted against it. He further and at. length stated that he was in favor of andT would work for the establishment -of a city, market. The subject elicited a good deal of comment and a resolution was of fered -in. favor of the establishment off a city market and against all , in fringements on the proper sale off farm products, which was referred to the committee on public affairs for presentation at the next meeting. The meeting was largely attended following a unique stunt on the part of the attendance committee in send ing telegrams to all the members, urging their attendance. The attend ance prize was won -by J. A. Rhodes- ! Southern Supply Co. Moves to New Home In BIy Building The Southern Supply Co. moved this week into their new home, which is in the Bly building adjoining the Bly Hardware Co., and just below their old store on Seventh Avenue, East. Their new quarters have un dergone substantial remodeling re cently, and will provide amply, with much greater convenience, for this firm's large stock of goods. New counters, new shelves, a new office, and new coats of paint make the in terior present a handsome appearance. Royal Arch Masons Of City Attended District Meeting at Canton R. P. Freeze, C. F. Bland, J. EL Mitchell, Rev. J. F. Ligon, C. Few, Jr., H. Patterson, N. Brenner, J. A. McCoy, and Emmett Lott attended the dis trict convocation of the Royal Arch Masons at Canton Tuesday. The Most Excellent and Royal Arch degrees were conferred upon the latter four. These and other degrees were conferred upon a total of 36 candidates. Grand High Priest John J. Phoenix of Greensboro and 250 chapter members attended the convocation. On Tues- 9 day night the members were given a grand banquet by the ladies of the Eastern Star chapter at Canton. At the local lodge tonight F. S. Wetmur, T. Keith and P. H. Bailey, the latter of Saluda, will be conferr ed the Most Excellent and Royal Arch degrees. With the initiation of thess the required number, 25, for obtain ing a Royal Arch chapter will have been reached. Tonight ends the fis cal Masonic year. The charter will be requested of the Grand Chapter which meets in Winston-Salem in May. MISS WEAVER WILL ADDRESS PARENTS AM) TEACHERS OX 3RD w Public Health Nurse Will Dis cuss Health Questions at Next F. T. A. Meeting. At the meeting Monday evening, April 3, of the Hendersonville Parent-Teacher Association Miss Pearl Weaver, public health nurse, will be present and will speak on the health crusade being waged throughout the country. The meeting will be held at the city high school auditorium at 8 p. m. Leaders of the association ex tend an invitation to all parents in the city to attend this meeting, par ticularly to hear the new health nurse and also that they may become per manent members of the organization. There will be community singing and other musical numbers, and a social hour will follow the formal program. t
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