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Vol. XXIX No. 89
Hendersonville, N. C, Friday, October 6, 1 922
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PHYSICIANS OF WESTERN CAROLINA
WILL MEET IN THIS CITY THURSDAY
Addresses by Dr. L. B. McBrayer,
of Sanatorium, secretary of State Med
ical society, and Dr. J. W. Long,
Greensboro, will feature the annual
convention of the Tenth District Med
ical Society at Hendersonville next
Thursday, October 12.
Two meetings will be held, iu the
afternoon at 2 o'clock, and in the
evening at 8 o'clock. The physicians
of the tenth district will be the guests
of Hendersonville chapter. A ban
quet will be held at 6 o'clock.
Mayor Mack Rhodes, Henderson
ville, will deliver the address of
welcome at the initial session, with
response by Dr. Thompson Frazer,
Asheville. Dr. Guy S. Kirby, Marion,
president of the society, will give his
annual report following the prelim
inary speeches. . The minutes of the
last meeting will be read by Dr. W.
J. Hunnicutt, Asheville, secretary.
Addresses will be made by Dr. A.
C. McCall, Asheville, on Salvary
Glands in Relation to the Nose and
Throat Specialist; Use of X-Ray and
High Frequency Currents in Treat
ment of Malignant and Many Benign
Conditicns, Dr. W. P. JVhittington,
Asheville; report- of cases, Dr. Guy
Dixon, Hendersonville, and Dr. I. B.
McBrayer.
The evening session will be fea
tured by election of officers. Ad
dresses will be delivered by Dr. R.
R. Ivey, Asheville, on Some Aspects
of Daodenal Ulcer; Illustrated Lec
ture on Radiographic and Clinical
Study of the Lungs of Children, Drs.
J. D. MacRae and Thompson Frazer,
Asheville; report of cases, Dr. J. S.
Brown, Hendersonville; and Dr. J. W.
Long, Greensboro, president of State
Medical society.
Officers of the district society
are: counselor, Dr. Eugene B. Glenn,
Asheville; president, Dr. Guy S. Kir
hy, Marion; vice presidents, Drs. J.
R. McCracken, Waynesville; W. B.
Adams, Murphy; W. R. Kirk, Hender
sonville; Dan Bryan, Bryson City;
and Dr. A. F.J Toole, Asheville, secre
tary. Asheville Times.
EIWANIS CLUB
ELECTS DISTRICT
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The Kiwanis Club Thursday elected
P. L. Wright and L. J. Penney as
delegates to the Asheville district
conference to be held Oct. 17 and 18.
Miss Nancy Bomar will be the club's
sponsor, and Prof. A. W. Honeycutt
is on the program for a song or two.
The Kiwanians, taking note of the
.golf enthusiasm which is enveloping
the city, put up a handsome loving
cup to go to the member of the Hen
dersonville Golf club winning the an
nual fall tournament.
Next Thursday the Kiwanians will
toe the guests of the Gilbert H. White
Company at the in-take being con
structed in connection with the new
water system development.
PROMOTION AND
RALLY DAY WITH
PRESBYTERIANS
The Sunday school of the Presby
terian church is planning an inter
esting inspirational service for Rally
Day next Sunday. The theme of the
entire service will be the ministry of
the Bible. This theme will be devel
oped by each of the several depart
ments of the school, each department
through chosen representatives por
traying its need and use of the Bible.
Each group will also contribute to
the musical program. The church
will be decorated by Mrs. Everett's
class of girls. Sunday is also pro
motion day, and the school is making
.an effort to bring the enrollment up
to 200 at that time.
RA3fD JURY HAS NOT
COMPLETED ITS WORK
- The grand jury will probably com
plete its work this week. It had not
finished its work incident to passing
mnon bills presented to it Friday
morning.
The grand jury found time to visit
the county farm yesterday afternoon
and will visit the other county insti
tutions before adjournment.
In view of the unusually large num-
ter of bills to be passed upon the
work has been much" heavier than
usual. .
PARENT-TEACHER
BODY TO ENDORSE
WORK OF NURSE
Probably the most interesting in
every particular was the Parent
Teacher meeting on Tuesday night.
Questions of vital importance to the
young people of the city schools were
discussed and more or less definite
steps taken. The usual routine of
business was carried out, with re
ports from committees on school
lunch, chautauqua, recreation and
programs. Due appreciation was ex
pressed publicly to these committees
for their earnest endeavors and re
sults obtained.
The appointment of new committees
was taken up, one of the most im
portant was that of the committee to
meet with the school trustees of the
city to express co-operation in every
good thing in behalf of the boys and
girls. An adequate high school build
ing was discussed at length with
viewpoints of teachers and parents
made known. An adequate school
building was thoroughly explained
the advance ideas and advantages of
the departmental work taken care of.
Father Swanman made a most ap
propriate address illustrated by de
scribing an angle of vision circum
scribed rigidly on one side by relig
ion, on another by politics and an
other by the selfishness of one's own
particular child. The narrowed vis
ion as set against the broadened
angle which becomes an entire circle
unbounded by angles, away from pol
itics, narrowed religion, and a sysf
tern for the children of all the people.
Very timely, suggestive and helpful
this message from a member of the
clergy to those who have the every
day school training of the young
American citizens in" hand.
Miss Pearl Weaver, the county
health nurse, was present and upon
request, spoke of her work in the
health crusade. No estimate can be
placed on the work throughout the
communities that she is bringing to
pass. Resolutions oi appreciauun
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Will ue UldWU fxy, piou v.v.. ,
and siven to the local and Asheviiie
papers, on the work of the Red Cross
leader in this county, Miss Weaver,
who was recently elected president of
the State Nurse's association.
The treasurer had on this occasion
a mite box, for the free will contribu
tions. It is hoped at later meetings
this will become a Mite-Y box. No
dues or taxes are compulsory but this
little contribution demonstrated the
interest growing, as was also shown
by the applications for seven new
memberships. Any person interested
in the forward movement of the
school system is eligible to member
ship. The list is not restricted ex
cept as . to interest.
At the adjournment Mrs. Parsons,
chairman of the school lunch com
mittee, served those attending a de
licious cup of hot coffee with sand
wiches. Publicity Committee,
Parent-Teachers Association.
You Write the Head To
This Story; We Dare Not
Comes A. H. Hawkins, the jeweler,
and says he caught 143 fish in the
Savannah river. Mr. Hawkins' father,
mother, wife, sister of Morristown,
and brother, C. C. Hawkins of Can
ton, were in Savannah with Mr. A. H.,
the party having motored down to
the Georgia city for the week, re-,
turning Thursday. The fisherman,
despite all the folk in his p.rty, does
not offer any of them as witnesses
to the above mentioned 143.
The reporter then ventured up the
street to the store of Brenner-Penny.
Says Mr. W. F.: "We caught a mile
or two of fish at Wilmington."
Overcome and overwhelmed, the re
porter sought W. F. Wetmur. "All
the Fords made couldn't transport our
catch back to Hendersonville," said
Mr. W. F.
The reporter, simple-minded he ad
mits, thought he had better not seek
out the other fishermen. He let it
go at that, and turned in his copy,
marking the incidents, respectively,
as numbers 3,456,781, 2 and 3.
The more sales you expose
yourself to, the more you will
, get. . .
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VENIRE OF 100
SUMMONED F0
MAXWELL JUR
Hubert Maxwell, who is charged
with the murder of George W. Gar
ren, was arraigned in court this week
and he entered a plea of not guilty.
A special venire of 100 Henderson
county men has been drawn and Sher
iff Grant and his deputies have been
ordered to summon them for appear
ance at 10 o'clock next Tuesday
morning.
Cases of minor importance continue
to occupy the time of the court. The
following cases have been disposed
of since the report given in The News
Wednesday:
In the case in which J. H. Stepp,
Minnie Stepp and H. G. Stepp were
charged with an assault, J. H. Stepp
was found guilty and fined $50, while
the other two defendants were found
not guilty.
Cobert Lyda entered a plea of guil
ty on the charge of larceny, admit
ting the taking of a can of gasoline.
Prayer for judgment was continued
and the defendant was placed under
a bond of $200.
Zan and Merida Lyda were found
guilty of an assault with a deadly
weapon.
Hattie Green Spears was found to
be not guilty of retailing.
Wayne Beard was found guilty of
transporting in one case and not
guilty in another.
Vol Stroup was found guilty of
carrying a concealed weapon and
also of disturbing a religious meet
ing. He was given six months on the
road for the disturbance of worship
and three months for carrying a
weapon.
Judgment was suspended on pay
ment of the cost in the case of Cleve
land Anders, charged with cruelty to
animals.
Ambrose Green, plead guilty of car
rying a concealed weapon and was
fined $50 and costs.
J. F. STEPP URGES BUILDING OF
SECONDARY ROADS AS BEST MEANS
OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN COUNTY
Editor of The News:
A few days ago I had an invitation
by M. Allard Case, superintendent of
roads for Henderson county, to ac
company him to inspect the work on
the new road being built from Hen
ri frsoTvillo tn Smrnr T.naf mrilintain.
We traveled on the Edneyville road
for two and one-half miles, leaving
said road at Moore's Mill. We then
traveled oyer the old Ridge road lead
ing'; to Edneyville, to the old Blue
Ridge postoffice. I was surprised to
find the grade of road being built
across this beautiful section of coun
try. The road has been graded down
and widened and is now being sand
ed. When finished it will be one of
the best roads in the country, being
a road upon which any automobile,
can exceed the speed limit.
We are delighted to see one of our
most beautiful sections of country be
ing opened up by such a grand road.
Leaving this road at a point near the
old Blue Ridge postoffice we turned
to the. left up on the Sugar Loaf
road. This road leads across a beau
tiful farming and fruit growing sec
tion that has been hidden from the
view of Our tourists, not even one
tenth of our own people knowing of
First Lyceum Number
Proved Very Popular;
Next Program Oct. 17
The opening number of the lyceum
course, "The Lewis Concert Party,"
was well attended and universally en
joyed. Sam Lewis, a distinguished
Welsh tenor, has been in concert and
oratoria work for eleven years. He
is one of the most popular ballad
singers in America, and his voice
possesses a never-to-be-forgotten
rrahness that goes home to the heart
of every hearer.
With Mr. Lewis appeared Marie
Colliton, pianist; Linn Schuler, vi
olinist, and Nell Adams, reader.
Miss Colliton is a graduate of mu
sic department of South Dakota State
college, and has taken post graduate
work with Jeanne Boyd, of Chicago.
Linn Schuler, violinist, is a pupil
.of- Frank Mach, of Omaha, a graduate
of Bush Conservatory, of Chicago, and
artist-pupil of Richard Czerwonky.
Nell Adams, reader, is a graduate
of Lyceum Arts Conservatory of Chi
cago. She was formerly with Elias
Day Players, and has been very suc
cessful in the portrayal of comedy
roles.
"Cappy Ricks" will be the next
number, which will appear on Oc-r
tober 17.
SUBJECTS OF SERMONS AT
BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY
"What Value Does My Church Place
on Me?" will be the subject of the
sermon at 11 a. m. in the First Bap
tist church by Dr. Bomar. At 12
o'elock, immediately after preaching
services, there will be a most im
portant business meeting.
The subject of the sermon at night
is "Religion for the Rank and File."
LaPLAZA HOTEL CLOSED
The LaPlaza hotel closed this week
and Frank Wren, the proprietor, has
gone to St. Petersburg, Fla., to oper
ate his hotel there under the same
name. He expects to open his local
hostelry the first of next April.
its existence. You would be surprised
to note the grade on this road across
these hills and valleys, why even a
Ford can make every inch of this dis
tance in high gear. The country from
the "ld Blue Ridge postoffice to the
Sugar Loaf mountain is one of the
finest sections of Western North Car
olina. Its land is productive; its pos
sibilities as a fruit growing section
are unsurpassed by no. section of the
world. It's scenery is so grand. Why
this section has been so neglected in
the past is a mystery.
Now, Mr, Editor, this is my idea
of opening up our country with good
roads. Why should we spend erery
dollar that the county can rake and
scrape in building a few highways
and leaving so much of our country
without roads? I wish to congratu
late our road board and county su
perintendent of roads and our board
of county commissioners for the good
common sense they have shown and
the fair minded spirit they have evi
denced by building this grand high
way across a section of country
which was so much in need of this
improvement.
Along this highway there is room
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OLF MATCHE
NARROW DOWN
IN CUP FIGHT
A spurt of golf enthusiasm has en
veloped the Stoney Mountain course
these last few days, the event being
the annual fall tournament. Semi
finals are being played today, and the
finals will likely be reached by Sat
urday. The enthusiasts are working hard
for the Kiwanis cup and the other
valuable prizes. The cup will be
come the property of the club mem
ber who wins it three times.
Players in the semi-finals are: W.
F. Edwards and W. P. Whitmire; A.
R. Hanson and Leslie Walden; W.
Griffith and D. P. Dinwiddie; C, F.
Bland and J. Mack Rhodes, and Mrs.
D. H. Roberts and Dr. H. I. Hodges.
Buddy Richardson on Thursday was
eliminated by A. R. Hanson, 2 up;
Chas. Weiching lost to Frank Ed
wards, in 11 holes, 1 up; Mrs. W. R.
Kirk . was' defeated by Mrs. Roberts,
1 up; Dr. Griffith beat R. P. Freeze,
4 up; Roone Arledge lost to Dinwid
die, 4 up; L. J. Penney gave the hon
ors to Dr. Hodges, 4 up; Dr. R. E.
Sample lost to Walden, 3 up; Whit
mire beat Roberts, 5 up; Dr. W. B.
Wilson lost his match, 3 up, to C. F.
Bland.
Carrol P. Rogers defaulted to His
Honor, J. Mack Rhodes.
W. P. Whitmire made the low med
al score of 44.
The tournament has been by far
the best ever held in Hendersonville,
and club officials are elated- over the
interest shown.
Rymer Community Club
To Resurrect Itself On
Next Wednesday Night
The Rymer Community Club will
be resurrected on next Wednesday
night at the Rymer school house.
H. A. Corriher, who was president
of the former organization, which de
veloped into a high state of efficiency
and service during the war, has call
ed the community together for next
Wednesday night and he is anxious
that any one who is interested in the
community welfare be present.
Mr. Corriher has a strong convic
tion that the success of the farming
communities of the county lie to a
great extent in the community organ
ization working hand in hand with
the county agent.
Just as soon as the organization is
perfected it will probably be the pol
icy of the club to invite outside
speakers to address the people on
various topics of vital interest to
them.
BATTLER FASTS FOR TWO
MONTHS DURING SUMMER
Guy Jordan has been experiment
ing with a big eleven-year-old rattler
by seeing how long he would live in
summer without eating or drinking.
The rattler was over Mr. Jordan's
garage for two months, having been
left there b an acquaintance, who
failed to retun ' and claim itfcte1 "rep
tile, which after this period of en
forced fasting, though too warm to
be hibernating, showed considerable
pluck ana" fighting spirit. ,
"A inarket is no bigger than
the advertiser's imagination."
SHELTON HOOTS
PREFERRED DEATH
TO COURT TRIAL
Shelton Hoots, aged 22 years, who
took strychnine last Wednesday rath
er than face a jury on the charge of
blockading, died at the Patton Mem
orial hospital a few hours after tak
ing the poison.
Hoots declared that he was inno
cent of making liquor under the
charge brought against him and for
which he was recently arrested but
admitted that he was guilty of trans
porting. Despite this fact he deter
mined not to face the court, the grand
jury of which had not up to that time
found a true bill against him.
Hoots purchased from a local drug
store a sufficient quantity of poison
to kill about a dozen persons and
while no one saw him take it, a por
tion of the quantity purchased was
found on his person and while fran
tically ill and taken to the office of
Dr. Guy E. Dixon he is said to have
admitted taking it. Every measure
possible was resorted to relieve his
system of the poison but to no avail
and the end came shortly after he
1 was taken to the hospital.
Late in the afternoon an autopsy
was performed by Coroner B. F. Cliff.
The contents of the stomach were
shipped to Raleigh for a detailed
analysis and until this is received the
jury of six men will not render a de
cision. The jury which witnessed the
autopsy at Shepherd's undertaking
parlors was composed of the follow
ing: A. L. Beck, W. B. Penny, M. A.
Case, T. E. McCaU, Vick H. Justice
and L. C. Garren.
Shelton Hoots was the son of Andy
Hoots.
The body was taken to Mt. Moriah
Baptist church at Edneyville for in
terment at 1 o'clock Thursday by
the Shepherd undertaking establish
ment. FIRST WOMAN
U. S. SENATOR IS
NAMED IN GA.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 6. Gov. Hardwick
has announced himself a candidate
for the unexpired term of the late
United States Senator Thomas E.
Watson, and simultaneously announc
ed his appointment of Mrs. William
H. Felton to the ad interim vacancy,
after Mrs. Watson, the late senator's
widow, had declined to accept the ap
pointment. The governor, in announcing Mrs.
Felton's appointment, made it clear
that she will serve until the election
of a permanent successor to Senator
Watson in the general elections of
November. The special primary of
October 17 will designate the party
nominee.
Mrs. Felton, in a telegraphic com
munication to the governor, has ac
cepted the place, expressing her
gratitude and declaring that Georgia
now stands alone in the honor of be
ing represented in the United States
senate by a woman.
Former Senator Hoke Smith has
declined to run for the short term.
WIDE PUBLICITY
GUARANTEED FOR
HENDERSONVILLE
Hendersonville and vicinity will re
ceive wide publicity this winter as a
result of a contract entered into with
the Philadelphia Record by Frank A.
Ewbank, chairman of the advertising
(committee of the Chamber of Com
merce.
The Record will contain an adver
tisement of the Chamber of Commerce
for thirty days, beginning in Decem
ber. In addition to thii the resort
edition or travel bureau department
f tne Record with a circulation of
$z,uuu, win carry a striking advertise
ment of the local "organization.
This same contract was entered
into a year ago and the results were
the most gratifying of any advertis
ing ever done by the Chamber of
Commerce, says Mr. Ewbank. Three
hundred inquiries about Henderson-
Kyille were t received direct from pros
pective visitors or through. the Record
bureau and in addition 500 names of
persons who had made inquiry at the
bureau were also furnished Hender
sonville in order that' such ? might be
followed up with literature of thi
section.
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