Publishes More Henderson County News Than All Other Newspapers Combined
PUBLISHED MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS
Vol. XXIX No. 7 1
Hendersonville, N. C, Friday, August 25, 1922
One Year by Mail $3.00 C D r
Delivered by Carrier, $4.00 -C rex Opy
300 MEMBERSHIPS
IS CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE GOAL
The Chamber of Commerce mem
bership campaign is progressing most
satisfactorily, according to P. L.
Wright, chairman of the committee of
pledged workers.
"We will not close the campaign,"
Mr. Wright said today, "until our
goal has been reached. We have set
our hearts on procuring 300 member
ships. As a matter of fact we should
get many more, and we may do it.
The 300 mark, however, will be safely
reached this week. The Kiwanis club
has added its personnel to ours and
we are working hand in hand, and
with this added support the Hender
sonville Chamber of Commerce will
be properly financed for a term of
three years."
The three-year program appeals to
so many of Hendersonville's busy
busniess men, it was pointed out, be
cause it discourages the practice of
passing the hat every year. Then,
too, in order to carry forth a con
structive program it is almost abso
lutely necessary to have pledges in
sight for a period longer than a year
which has been the rule heretofore.
The workers hope to end the Cham-4
her of Commerce campaign this week.
It has been prolonged in order to give
every one a chance to get in on the
chamber's publicity booklet: "Who's
Who in Business Hendersonville,"
which booklet will receive wide local
an out of town distribution.
WALDROP-THORNE
FAMILY REUNION
SET FOR SUNDAY
The annual reunion of the Waldrop
and Thorne families of Henderson
and adjoining counties will be held
next Sunday at Laurel Park.
An invitation received from Ruth
erf ordton says:
"We will be pleased to have you
and your friends attend. Be sure to
bring a basket of dinner for this is
one of the big features of the day.
The following are expected to be
present:
Mrs. J. M. Waldrop and family.
Mrs. J. G. Waldrop and family.
W. E. Waldrop and wife.
J. T. Waldrop and family.
R. E. Waldrop and family.
Geo. I. Waldrop and wife.
Fred Waldrop and wife.
Jno. D. Carpenter and sister.
F. M. Burgess and family.
Frank Jackson and mother.
A. H. Parker and wife.
Gray B. Hampton, wife and family.
Jas. M. Jackson and family.
Jno. L. Jackson and family.
Bob Williams and family.
M. L. McConnaughey and wife.
Audrion Updike and wife.
D. T. McClain and wife.
C. D. Green and wife.
J. R. Anderson and wife.
C. E. Justice and wife.
J. L. Taylor and wife.
W. C. Keeter and wife.
C. F. Geer and wife.
T. M. Rosse and wife.
O. T. Baynard and wife.
Mack Morris and family.
J. T. Green and family.
Dr. W. S. Green and wife.
Miss Myrtle Thorn and brothers.
T. F. Thorn and family.
Mrs. J. M. Lewis and sons.
Ben Boone and mother.
M. L. Edwards and wife.
Grayson Arledge and family.
J. P. Arledge and family.
Yates Arledge and wife.
Committee :
Miss Myrtle Thorn,
Sam Waldrop,
O. T. Waldrop.
OLD-TIME FOX HINT IS
SPORT NEAR DANA
Jim Hyder, of near Dana, this coun
ty, together with some of his neigh
bors, enjoys the old-time fox hunt, fol
lowing the hounds hard on the trail
of wily Renard.
On Monday and Tuesday of this
week a hunt was staged in that neigh
borhood, which netted one fox, about
two-thirds grown, and which was cap
tured alive. Tnree others were jump
ed by the dogs, and a lusty chase en
sued every time, but the foxes got
away. There are, however, many
more in the hills around, and Jim
Hyder plans to have some fun.
WAYNE SVILLE TAKES
THE LAST GA3IE, 5 TO 2
A Waynesville, after losing two
.straight games to the Boosters, took
the last game here Wednesday, 5 to
2. Humphries, pitching for the
Mountaineers, permitted only six hits,
while Corn, in the box for the Boos
ters, did not do as well, giving up
ten hits and walking five.
Today the Boosters will play in
Waynesville to play the last games of
the season in that town.
Canton Looms for Second Half
Canton is rapidly forging to the
front and the Gudgerites bid fair to
cop the second half, being now only
one game behind the Asheville crew,
after winning the third game of the
series with the latter yesterday.
Tailings recovered from lead and
2inc mines are being used in Wis
consin for fertilizer. Four to five
tons to the acre benefit clover and
alfalfa crops.
Mr. Davis Sells Local
Hardware Interests
Mr. Davis, who a few months ago
purchased from C. F. Bland an inter
est in the Bland Hardware Company,
has disposed of this interest and re
turned to Goldsboro. Mr. Davis was
unable to .dispose of his business in
terests in Goldsboro to advantage,
especially his holdings in the Wayne
Agricultural Works, manufacturers of
farm implements, and this was a
strong factor in leading him to"' a de
cision to return to Goldsboro.
GOVT. OPERATION
OF MINES URGED
Coal Outlook is Better, Says Hoover,
As Coal Production
Increases
Washington, Aug. 25. A resolution
empowering the President to take
over and operate the coal mines was
introduced in the senate by Senator
Walsh, democrat, of Massachusetts,
after a long and heated debate, and
was referred to the Interstate Com
merce committee, which also received
a bill, introduced by Senator Cum
in ings, proposing to create a federal
coal distribution agency, controlling
distribution as well as profiteering in
coal.
Secretary Hoover stated today that
improvements in the coal production
would make possible discontinuance
of the priority system for the move
ment of coal. He also stated that the
most dangerous stage in the coal
price situation had been passed.
NEWS PRINT SHOP
IN NEW QUARTERS
The News Print Shop, which has
been separated for the past year from
the mother shop on account of limit
ed space, making its home in the
basement of the La Plaza hotel, is
now in the process of moving to its
new quarters on the second floor of
the Bailey building above the office of
The News.
The new quarters were erected to
suit the needs of the job printing
business, which is being conducted by
Messrs. Davis and Flanagan.
"Condenser" Still
Is Captured By
Prohi Officers
Henry Gibbs, a 75-gallon still, two
and a half gallons of whiskey and
700 gallons of beer are the net re
sults of a sortie by prohibition 'offi
cers W. ,B. Michael and W. W. Owens,
a deputy sheriff of Polk county, ac
companied by J. K. Hill of this coun
ty, into the Blue Ridge section of this
county, eight miles from here.
The still, according to Officer Mich
ael, was one of the most complete
and up-to-the-minute outfits it has
been his good fortune to find. It
was a still within a still, according
to the officer, of the condenser type,
and consisted of a sixty-gallon copper
still niside of a 75-gallon galvanized
still. It was operated with an air
pressure gasoline outfit, although the
men used kerosene oil.
Of the three men operating the still
two escaped, but Henry Gibbs was
taken on to Hendersonville and
placed under $1,000 bond.
Robt. Levi Enters
Political Arena
Robert Levi has broken the silence
of the political realm and thereby
throws his hat into the ring for the
cnstableship or Hendersonville town
ship subject to the rulings of the
democratic party.
Mr. Levi is the first to make his
announcement in The News.
PRESIDENT GRANT'S SON
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Recent photograph of Ulysses S.
Grant, Jr., son of former President TJ. S.
Grant and Mrs. Julia Grant. The son
of the famous general-president was
born in Bethel, Ohio, July 22, 1852.
He was, admitted to the bar In 1876
and has been practicing law In San
Diego, Cal., since 1893. He was sec
retary to his father while he was pres
ident and assisted him politically.
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SCHOOL DAljS
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DAHLIA SHOW WAS GREAT SUCCESS;
BIGGER EVENT PLANNED FOR 1923
The fourth annual dahlia show of
the Woman's Club was so successful
in the number of exhibits, a variety of
flowers, attendance and purchase of
the beauties, resulting in the collec
tion of $75, those in charge have
caught a larger vision of the flower
show possibilities and are looking
forward to the next annual event with
much larger things in view.
The dahlia show, which was held
at the store of the Bland Hardware
Company, was composed of about 100
exhibits and while dahlias predom
inated there was an excellent variety
of flowers. There were beautiful dis
plays of many varities of flowers but
probably no one exhibit represented
in merit and effort that of Camp
Minnehaha of Bat Cave. The exhibit
of this camp was varied and showed
artistic taste in arrangement. In a
basket exhibit prepared by camp girls
under 12 years old there was quite a
novel arrangement. The basket was
beautifully lined. Among the plants
used were seven kinds of ferns and
eight kinds of mosses from the Bat
Cave section. In the general exhibit
of the camp there were 50 varieties of
wild flowers, the names of which were
in typewritten form for the informa
tion of the spectators. The dahlias
in the exhibit were grown by Mrs.
Nanny.
Mrs. R. P. Freeze, general chairman
of the show, and Mrs. W. R. Kirk, one
of the committeemen, in expressing
their gratification over the results,
found pleasure in the fact that the
show was representative of the coun
EVIDENCE ALL IN
BY STATE IN TAX
SHORTAGE MATTER
Tue case against A. E. Hudgins, for
mer tax collector, involving alleged
shortage of funds, has been in prog
ress before the referee since Wednes
day. The state rested its ease yesterday
and the defence is offering testimony
today.
J. E. Shipman and Judge Frank
Carter are representing the interests
of the county and state and Julius C.
Martin, McD. Ray, Judge O. V. F.
Blythe and Yates Arledge are appear
ing for Mr. Hudgins and the bonds
jQen. The testimony is of a technical na
ture and while the matter is being
heard in the court room the average
citizen finds little in it of interest,
hence, the lack of attendance other
than by those directly interested.
Pictures Show Life
Of Boys in G. M. C.
The motion pictures recently made
m Main street and of the activities of
:he cadets of the Georgia Military
Camp near the city were shown at
he Queen theatre Wednesday. The
object of the picture was to show the
?ull activities of work and play of the
adets from their first movement
aarly in the morning until the last
apon retiring. - - .
Life with the cadets at the camp
appeared to splendid advantage. The
pictures will be used by the school
authorities for advertising purposes
:n various motion picture houses of
:he country.
CATERPILLARS STALL TRAIN
Caterpillars interrupted operations
on the Hetch Hetchy Railroad in Cal
fornia recently. The Insects crawled
along the rails, covering them for a
naile and making them so slippery
that the engines could not get frac
tion up the grades. It was necessary
for the crews to cut the engine from
the trans and run over the caterpillar-covered
rails and coat the rails
with sand before the train could be
moved.
ty because the 100 or more exhibits
came from various sections.
The iiumber of exhibits was so large
the display space was too limited to
show the flowers to best advantage
and while the ladies expressed them
selves as most grateful to C. F. Bland
for his kindness in providing space
they are already embarrassed over
the question of larger and centrally
located quarters to care for the great
exhibit they are planning for next
year. , They are already calling at
tention of the ladies to the fact that
they should keep plantings in mind
for next year because the show will
be heRi. and Mesdames- Freeze and
Kirk hope to see it made the most
notable event in the flower kingdom
of Henderson county. The prizes will
be more attractive and encouragement
will be given to the exhibit of a
greater variety of the many beautiful
plants grown in Henderson county.
Prizes were awarded as follows:
Best general collection,' Mrs. A. M.
Cmyre of Zirconia, who also won
honorable menton for best decorative
dahlia.
Second best general collection, Mrs.
W. C. Bell of Flat Rock.
Third best general collection, Many
Pines estate of Flat Rock.
Second best decorative dahlia, Mrs.
Florida Davis of Cherry Hill Farm.
Best cactus dahlia, Mrs. L. G. Wil
kie, Hendersonville, Route 3.
Best collection of asters, Mrs. H. A.
Stepp, Flat Rock.
Special prize exhibit, Camp Minnehaha.
BAPTIST LAYMEN
WILL ORGANIZE
HERE SEPT. 17TH
At the call meeting of the Rev. A. I.
Justice a number of Baptist ministers
and laymen met at the First Baptist
church Thursday afternoon and for
mulated plans looking to the organ
ization of the laymen of the Carolina
Baptist Association.
A program committee was named
by the temporary chairman. G. W.
Justice, to prpeare a program for the
organization meeting to be held at 2
o'clock, Sunday, September 17, at the
First Baptist church.
In addition to the chairman and the
secretary, W. A. Garland, both of
whom will serve on the committee,
the following were named: Robert
Steadman,- Mud Creek church; J. B.
Merrell. Mt. Moriah; S. S. Rozier,
East Flat 1 Rock; 'Dr. W. H. White
sides, Mills Fiver; Noah Hollowell,
First Baptist church.
Able laymen will be requested to
discuss the following topics:
"Do our men need to be organized?"
"Things to be done?"
"How to organize the laymen?"
Dr. Henderson of Knoxville, secre
tary of the laymen's movement of the
Southern Baptist Convention, will be
invited to .discuss the first topic.
The women of the Carolina Associa
tion are organized and have been for
several years into a very active work
ing group but the men have no organization-except
any that may exist
in the churches separately. The need
of a layman's organization has been
greatly felt by not only the ministers
but by some of the more progressive
laymen and it is hoped that the work
will be so clearly outlined at the
coming meeting that they will be suf
ficiently interested and instructed as
to enter into a very effective working
body.
HARRELL DRUG COMPANY
MOTES TO DEPOT SECTION
The Harrell Drug Company has va
cated the quarters occupied since it
was established near the monument
to the building recently vacated by
the Southern Supply Company near
the depot.
Kiwanians Helping
Chamber of Commerce
The Kiwanis Club yesterday again
took up the Chamber of Commerce
membership campaign in an effort to
wind it up. Cards on some 50 pros
pects who had not been seen by the
regular workers were placed in the
hands of the Kiwanians who enthusi
astically declared their intention of
reporting 100 per cent.
It was announced at the Kiwanis
meeting that by a bit of leverage on
the part of the Kiwanians the 300
mark would be reached. This, it was
pointed out, would give Henderson
ville an enviable record in commer
cial organization circles. Four per
cent of the population of the average
city, according to practice, is eligible
for Chamber of Commerce member
ship. By carrying 300 memberships
ihe Hendersonville chamber will dou
ble what is considered the rule.
The club was addressed by several
out of town guests, including a min
ister who has just returned from
Japan, bringing, he said, a message
of friendship from the Orient. The
president of the Louisville Optimistic
j Club made a stirring appeal for
i Chamber of Commerce support.
C CLUB TO
IVE WRESTLING
AND BOXING BOUTS
Interest Grows in Indoor Sports at
Gymnasium, Which is Being- Fitted
Up for Sport Lovers
The Athletic Club of Hendersonville
is making plans for a championship
wrestling and boxing match. The
champion wrestler of the local Na
tional Guard outfit, who recently
wrestled the Camp Bragg champion to
a draw, has been challenged to a
match for the championship belt, now
held by the Camp Bragg man.
In addition the champion boxer of
Camp Bragg wishes to meet Graham
Curry, TIenderson county champion.
Both men are good boxers and if the
bouts, as planned, are arranged, the
public is assured of as fine an exhi
bition of boxing and wrestling as may
be seen anywhere, according to those
who have seen these boys in action.
Both are good fighters and in excel
lent condition. A number of prelim
inary bouts are also being arranged,
the event to come off soon after the
first of next month.
Play Indoor Ball
In the meantime interest continues
to grow in activities at the city gym
nasium, and one of the largest crowds
since the opening of the hall attend
ed last night. Several fast games of
Dodge Ball and Indoor Baseball were
played, both games being of a variety
that affords the greatest measure of
sport and exercise. These games will
be played all winter and anybody in
terested is invited to come to the
gymnasium on Monday or Thursday
of each week.
The Gym is being fitted out with
dressing rooms and new equipment
and should prove a source of attrac
tion to many this coming season.
I). P. MOSS SAYS FARMERS NEED
BETTER MARKET FACILITIES
W. E. Moss and son, D. P. Moss,
who were in the city from the upper
Clear Creek section today, expressed
themselves heartily in favor of some
kind of marketing facilities in Hen
dersonville as an improvement over
the present system.
D. P. Moss, who reads government
bulletins enthusiastically in an effort
to gain practical information about
farming, is a strong advocate of the
use of sprays. He has four kinds of
hearing grape vines and they are
sprayed with good results, according
lo some fine bunches of fruit he
brought to the city.
There are quite a number of farm
ers who spray their apples but neg
iect their grapes and there are others
who have no faith in -spraying- any
kind of fruit. .
BIRMINGHAM'S BEST
Each year the News of Birmingham,
Ala., presents a $500. silver cup to the
person who bas rendered the most
distinguished, unselfish service to the
city during the year. For 1921 it has
neen awarded to R. S. Munger, here
shown, for his benefactions to the
Birmingham Southern college, Howard
allege, tho Y. M. C. A. and other in-
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NEGOTIATIONS OF
RAIL PROBLEMS
STILL GOING ON
New York, Aug. 25. At the end of
the eighth week of the railroad strike
conferences between the union chiefs
and executives of over a score of
roads, representing approximately 30
per cent of the mileage in the coun
try, were still in progress today, after
executives had previously declined to
yield on the seniority question, but
manifested interest at the suggestion
that separate agreements might be
affected
At the same time shop craft lead
ers in informal comment, indicated,
that they were not in any mood to
accept individual settlements. The
tone of these comments was that the
brotherhood men had not been author
ized to suggest abandonment of the
"all for one and one for all" policy
enunciated by the unions at the be
ginning of the strike, that "it's now
up to the shopmen" that the media
tors would fine difficulty in winning
them over to approval of any indi
vidual agreements.
When the mediators returned to
labor headquarters for the noon-day
conference with shop craft leaders,
the report was current that some
definite proposal was under consider
ation. However, it was said that
only tentative suggestions had been
advanced and that negotiations were
still in the discussion stage, with a
poll by either side some way off.
PAUL L. DERMID
TO PLACE MAN
ON THE ROAD
Field extension work will be a new
feature of the business of Paul I.
Dermid as soon as he receives a.
truck from the International Harves
ter Company, the arrival of hich to
Knoxville, from where it "will be
driven, is expected, daily.
Mr. Dermid has disposed of a great
deal of farm machinery and fertilizer
during the past few months, a fact
that has led him to the conclusion
that it will be a good investment to
put a salesman and demonstrator on
the road to sell And make deliveries
of hardware in any part of the county.
The International Harvester Com
pany is co-operating with Mr. Dermid
in this enterprise.
Hendersonville Man
Dies in Rutherford
(From Rutherford Sun)
Jack C. Cagle died at the hospital
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock after,
an illness of five weeks with leak
age of the heart. The deceased was
born in Transylvania county, July 7,
18S0, being 42 years old. He joined
the church at Tryon 13 years ago. He
moved to Rutherfordton about four
teen years ago and has since been a
plumber.
The funeral was conducted at the
local Methodist church at 3 p. m.
Wednesday, conducted by the pastor.
Rev. E. N. Crowder, assisted by
others.
He is survived by his father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Cagle
of Hendersonville; one sister, Mrs.
Weldon English, of Horse Shoe; five
brothers, Messrs. M. A., G. H., and
J. H., Jr., Hendersonville; Bert;Cagle,
Rutherfordton, and S. L. Cagle Bor
gia; widow, who was Miss Myrtle Al
lison before her marriage, and two
daughters, Loree, aged 10, and Ruth,
aged 6.
The out-of-town people who were
here for the funeral were: Mrs. James
Jackson and son, Fred, of' Tryon;
Miss Mabel Maccesfield, Tryon; Mrs.
T. M. Israel, Mrs. M. A. Cagle and two
vhildrei!, of Hendersonville, and Mrs.
D. M. Orr and two children of Bre
vard. Mr. Cagle has made many friends
while here who will regret to learn
oL his death. He was in the bloom
of life and was- a good citizen.
WILEY Mc( ALL DIES AT KOCK
HILL, BU11IEI) AT CKAIi CitEEK
(By Everett Patterson)
Wiley McCall of Rock Hill, S. C,
died at his home there, August 20,
and his body was sent to Crab Creek
for burial.
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday morning, August 22, at Crab
Creek church, by Rev. S. B. O. McCall
and Rev. J. E. Osteen.
Interment was made in the church
cemetery. At the time of his death
he and his family were living at Rock
Hill. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Champ McCall of Rock Hill.
About twenty-two years ago he join
ed Crab Creek Baptist church and
has been a member ever since.
He died at the age of 35 years.
Previous to his death he had been
sick for several weeks. He was a
man of pleasing personality and was
well liked by his fellow citizens.
Mr. McCall leaves a wife and a
small child, and a host of friends and
relatives to mourn his death.
1MB. RHODES" HAND INJURED
Gaither Rhodes of Mills River is
suffering from injuries to his right
hand, a condition that handicaps him
in his work. He hurt it first in hand
ling a calf and the next time by mov
ing a stump.
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