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4 - Ju 4r i - tmuoil sW irvA VCLUT.IS XXXIII. ?-1 1 ' NUM2E R ft. . " " ' 'HE NDERSONVILLE, NORTH CAROL IN-' VY, MAY 31, 1918. FIVE CENTS COPY p?iCCsiiE:::gs 07 Tllii COUIiT HIETAR" After delay' of some' weeks, caused by the Btaggering losses in- Th Mav term of the Superior I .b nd Britlsh V; I . t a xi. - court of Henderson county convened tne wose oi Apm, we uenuwi. my here Monday with Judge M.' H. Jus- again started a big offensive. tice presiding. As it had been ar ranged that no jury trials would be taken up at this term, the business of the court was finished Monday and Judge Justice left for his home at . Rutherfordton. . ; The following cases were disposed of .in the manner stated: . ' C. E. Wilson vs. P. H. Love, eject- This time the blow fell in the Aisne sector, Overwhelming numbers en abled the Germans to force their way across the Aisne and the Vesle, driv ing a wedge, about a dosen miles deep, into the allied lines, The ground gained was dearly paid for in German lives. In Flanders. ' British and French ment, appeal from justice's court, 1 oops navo completely restored the judgment according to .referee's re- Uituation in the Locre sector where port. Neither party recovered any- tne Germans made temporary gains thing. - ' N Monday. P. H. Love vs. C. E. Wilson, dam- American troops in their .first as- age Buit, judgment according to ref- sault against the Germans in Picardy eree's report Neither party recov-1 have scored a brilliant success. Strik- ered anything. - V ing the enemy where he had-ben re- C. E. Wilson vs. Nellie Ward, ex- pulsed the previous day, General Per. ecutrix of Eliza Hudnall and P. H. (shine's men advanced their line to a Love, injunction proceeding, judg- considerable depth on a front of one ment according to referee's report, and one-fourth miles, captured the Neither party recovered anything. t6wn of Cantigny, west of Montdi- .? Ponnlaa Nntinnnl Rnnlr va Hlnvnr 1 lior nnA fnnlf 2ftfl nrisonpra. TTeavv T. Orr et al action, on note, judg- losses were inflicted on the Germans, ment for plaintiff for amount of note, while the Americans suffered rela- - J. D. Dial vs. K. C. Shipp, action I tively small casualties. on note, judgment in favor of plain tiff for amount due on note, and for. foreclosure of mortgage. City of Hendersonville vs. M. C, Home, action on account of assess ments for street improvement, judg ment in favor of plaintiff for amount of assessments due. Citizens National Bank vs. J. D Boyd, judgment on non-suit. J. Manning Case et al. vs. J. Case I et al., action to enforce lien judg ment of non-suit. 89 PER CENT. ABOVE QUOTA The second Red Cross drive met with gratifying success. The amount asked for was $100,000,000. The re- sponse was about. 50 per cent more than that Henderson county exceeded its ap portionment by 89 per cent An ex cess of 100 s per cent, could- easily have been reached, but when it was learned that the response was so much greater than the amount asked for, it was agreed that certain amounts, which mieht have been claimed for this drive, should be al lowed to remain with the local chap ter for local Red Cross work. Henderson county was asked for $2,000. The Jesponse was $3,786.43, as follows: Hendersonville, $2,305.04; Horse Shoe, $300; Tuxedo, $300; Naples, $46.50; (Fassifern, JuSiior, $20.15; Mills River, $48.00; Bat Cave, $122.05; Bowman's Bluff, $52.00; East Flat Rock, $156.00; Flat Rock, $100.54: Fletcher. $233.15; Blue Ridge, $100.00. LAUREL PARK. The Times is requested to publish the following interview W. A. Smith reports two facts of much importance. One is that tbe Laurel ran? street ears cannot operate this season, and whv. The other is, the park will be serv ed by up-to-date jitney service. The city is understood to have made an order prohibiting the Laurel Park Street Railway comnanv from f T. S. Brvan vs. Howard Caldwell repairing the pavement of its street - I - . 1 W. M . . i and .wife, action on purchase money ST nuns, juusineni, in ivor oi piainun construction, such as has been used for amount due on note and for fore- on the other parts of the street. Mr. closure of fibrtgaee. Smith says that an investigation will Beasley Shoe Company vs. W. T. Wmi . .rihrf nnnt hn ri Smith, action on note, judgment in I street car tracks, and therefore, the "' I j ii i , tut Roy Young vs. Gertrude Young, the track as heretofore paved, pro- action to dissolve marriage relation hibits the operation without repairs. X I fTl!1 1L. 1 l . . 1 IL.. UPon the eround that defendant had unw lne r can D0 repairea wre a living husband from whom she was not divorced at time of marriage to plaintiff. Judgment in favor of plain tiff dissolving the relation according to the prayer of plaintiff's complaint. Bettie Lyda vs. Ernest Lyda, ac tion for divorce, divorce granted plaintiff upon statutory grounds. prise in the way of a wholesale drug business. The W. R. Harrill com pany, incorporated, has opened busi ness here in the rock building on the corner of First avenue and Main street. The following are the officers: W R. Harrill, president and treasurer O. Bell, vice president; and J. E Jenkins, secretary. Mr. Jenkins, who is in charge of the business here, will be aided by W. D. Webb, of Forest City, so that Mr. Jenkins may at intervals go out on the road as traveling salesman for the business. r Mr. Jenkins and family recently on street.' His family consists, of his wife and two daughters, the Misses Lois and Leary Jenkins. R. N. Freeman vs. W. W. Lyda, ad- ministrator. Judgment on non-suit ?. L. E. Freeman vs. W. W. Lyda. administrator. Judgment of non- suit J. B. Frisby vs. T. B. Conner and T TO C 4V Tj . jw. it. oiunuien. tiuugauini ox non- BUIIn J. B. Cathey vs. J. S. Jones and cars cannot be operated. An effort to get the commissioners to modify this order-having failed, he put to work to prevent temporary disaster with the success that he has made a contract with the White Star Auto company, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., to furnish their large type cars in sum cient number to operate a fifteen minute schedule, and in a way to take care of all the work that a heavy sea son may produce. The White Star Auto company peo pie have a reputation in Florida and one here from their service in past seasons from Hendersonville to Ashe- ville for doing things and doing them well that makes a guarantee that the bus line from the city to Laurel Park will be all that a fastidious and pleas ure loving people can require. It is a matter of congratulation tnat Hendersonville s play others, school trustees; action to re- Laurel Park claimed to be the cover an alleged balance due on I "Most Beautiful Natural Park in teacher's salary.. suit Judgment of non- HON. H. a EWART To the Hendersonville Bar Associa tion: We, your committee appointed to prepare suitable resolutions commem orating the life ; of our deceased brother, Hon. H. G. Ewart, who de parted this life April 23, 1918, beg leave to submit the following America" will be opened and oper ated, this year under splendid traffic arrangements ana mac tne , amuse ments and entertainments at the park, under the management of Me Allister and Gerow, will be ideal, with many new features under splendid management. REVIVAL AT FLETCHER. The Rev. J. E. Hughes and wife, evangelists-of Kingswood, Ky., will hold a camp meeting at Fletcher, be Whereas, our departed brother and innm May 25 and continuing until honored President. Hon? B. f! lTmJ "ma 1 r, uevume emmu. aenoerson 2. That the judge presiding over county in his boyhood, and a member the MayJune, 1918, term of the Su of the Henderson County Bar in the perfor Court of Henderson county, be v v o, .. reB.uu nsn.iw near- Mtad to- make an order that the iy nan a century: and whereas, fox the period of his whole life he had WHOLESALE DRUGS. Hendersonville has a new enter , COUilTY . THEPRIUARY cc. of i The primary to be held Saturday I of this week will be the first to be !;her notable educational event held throughout the country under ne down in Henderson county the Australian ballot system. A de-yr-the fourth annual county tailed explanation of this system is ancement, which was the best given in our editorial columns. i commencement last Friday CITY SCHOOL MAKES BIG HIT waa complete success. The prizes ' WITH AMERICAN hau. wers many and the contestants, were we" prepared for the interesting test A The attendance was large, the At the city hall last Thursday evening "The American Flag,'' a play o nntrint.iR nature, was given by behs tlor good, with nothing t6 mar the graduating class and assisted by the veil prepared program. Ti e' exercises opened with the ad- dresayof Rev. Dr. Harding, of Ashe- villet the court house. He deliver ed ft thrilling patriotic address that was heard with keen interest . 'This was followed by the awarding of seVenth grade diplomas by Supt. W."s Shitle to quite a large number of .these finishing the course. Follow- ,V tUn jvk4-.w!acin trr IUK.iua came nic i,iocii.ioi5iw.. xv dinnt r and then the choral contests. A", p.1 sasing feature of the program were the numbers rendered at vari- oua- intervals by the Tuxedo quartet. Anfinteresting musical feature was the diet sung by Louise and Gardiner Biyji TOt the riymer scnooi. iney were 'heartily ancored and after pleasing the audience so well in the afternoon they were called for again at night, when the applause was even greater than in the afternoon, when they sang effectively the "Stars and Stripis Shall Wave Over Germany." Pro&W. S. Shitle and Prof. G. W. Bradsjiaw were each moved to hand the children a dollar and others f ol lowed their course, resulting in a gift of $9 for the singers. Following their delightful music at night a col lectioii of $53 resulted for the Red Cross! - . -A strong feature of entertainment was th( snellinir contest. Prof. A. J. Hutchins, of Asheville, pronounced the words to a class of about twenty They contested for about members of the high school. Everything connected with the pre sentation of this play was an entire success. ' . .. The play was given under the di rection of Miss Bessie Steedman. The proceeds, $160, less the expenses of costumes and city hall tax, go to the Red Cross fund. The hall was crowded to its capacity. By request this play win De repeat ed some time during the summer. The program was opened by the pupils of different grades singing "The Marseillaise." Between acts "America" was sung by the audience; "Tenting dh the Old Camp Ground" singing and tableau by "our soldier boys" ;" the rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner," by Arietta flank; piano duet by Mrs. Wheelright and Miss Claypoole. The sweetest scene of all was the salute of "Old Glory " by little Jo seph Patterson and Edward Brenner. COUNTY FAIR. REGISTRATION WEDNESDAY All men who have attained the age of 21 years since June 5, 1917, are required to register (for the selective draft) between the hours of 7 a. m. and 9 p. m. on Wednesday, June 5, 1918. The only exceptions are men already in the military or "naval ser vice of the United States. The registtration must be made be fore the local board having jurisdic tion over the registrant's place of permanent residence. The only ex ception to this is in the case of a man who is unable to be in his home dis trict on the date of registration; and, in that case, he is required to obtain a registration card, complete the en tries thereon before a member or at- ache of any registration board in the United States, and mail said card to his home board in time to reach said board not later than 9 p. nr., June 5, 1918. Frank nnllrfra tw hours and spelled everything in T. ' T . . . . . ... 1. - l-Jj. jne oogMyiAn.f v, ' f. school, and iea wax, 01 1 - - 7 " SUNDAY SCHOOLS. The annual township convention of the Henderson County Sunday School association, interdenomination, will be held with Mt. Gilead on 'June 9. In announcing the convention, President C. S. Fullbright said : "This work was organized by our brother, G, S. Jones, in 1909 and dur ing these years much foundation work has been done among the Sun day schools of the county. It is the purpose of the organization to hold a convention once a year m each township in the county for the pur pose of studying better methods of carrying on, and advancing the1 Sun day schools of .the county." Commencement of Colored School. The commencement exercises of the colored school Monday and Tues day nights were considered by hun dreds who attended, the best ever held in the history of the school. The exercises were featured with beautiful solos, duets, quartettes, plays, recitations and declamations A strong educational sermon was delivered Sunday evening by Rev. Beaty. At a meeting of fair enthusiasts at the court house last Saturday morn ing further plans were entered into for the county fair to be held next fall. John Ewbank presented the report Of the steering committee and this was adopted as presented by Mr. Ew bank, Frank Cathey and Frank Fleming. N Kj. r. ciana was eiecieu preaiueiii. and JI. F. Stewart secretary. The following are directors : Frank Pace, Tom Osborne? J. .O. Bell, E. POSEY. manifested great, interest in public affairs, and was always a patriotic, 1a.I ..J l. 1 vjrai ouu iiuueiiuui xiuzen, ana as evidence of hia ability and popularity, .he was placed, by' the people, in the General Assembly of North Carolina .a plumber of times, and in the Con gress of the United States, and, on both State and1 Federal benches, as yell as in all other public positions which he occupied, ,,he served with narked ability and distinction, ! al vays using his splendid educational salifications and legal accomplish tients for theupbuilding of the State md Nation 1 , Now, therefore, - be it esolved by the -Hendersonville Bar Association, , ' ' ' l.'That in the death of Hon. H. G. 2 wart , this association has lost one of its most esteemed and honored members, and the county, State and 4 fc.."on a hyA, r ' tie andi frfJ c',' t ' - 1 1 1 above preambles and those resolu tions be spread, upon the records of the court, and that same be indexed in such manner that ready reference can be made thereto in the future. w. A. SMITH, -V , . W. C, RECTOR, O, V. F. BLYTHE. The - foregoing resolutions were adopted unanimously by the members of - the Hendersonville Bar Associa tion and the laymen who were' pres ent in thecourt;room at 11) o'clock Monday. Judge M. H. Justice presid ed Over the meeting,' and each mem ber of the local bar delivered a short memorial address in. which the life and character of Judge Ewart was discussed. . Judge Justice, in the course of his address," said that he knew Judge Ewart well, and that he was a splendid man. He said he had had several' tilts with Judge Ewart in couH house and had appeared ' ! " ' a r- ' r f ! i 3 t'l GOD SAVE, KEEP, HOLD OCR m z God, save our boys our men Safe home bring them again, Humbly we pray. Save them on sea and shore, Save them midst cannon's roar. Back to our homes restore, Our boys our men. God, keep our boys our men, From every stain and sin, And make them true. ) When Satan .would allure, Be their protection sure, When tempted keep them pure, God, keep our men.. God, save and keep and hold, And in Thine arms enfold f - Our boys our men. ' ' Our love with them they bear, ; Our. hearts are filled with prayer We leave them in Thy Care, God, save our men. . , notorial for Wooden Shoes. . ". ' For L.e style of wooden shoes " of Libertsr Valley HilL The Contest went on until it looked as though they could not be floored and Prof. Shitle sug gested that they retire to his office and resume a series of words in the dictionary since the exercises was much prolonged by reason of the spelling ability of the children, ine young man in quite a gallant manner stated that he would prefer to aban don the contest in favor of his op ponent and then the house roared with applause. The girl reluctantly accepted the otter ana it is under stood that she divided with him )w $10 prize, while he drew the $5 pri-i for the second best speller. The Prize Winner. The names of the prize winners and the schools they represented, fol low: High school recitation contest, Elma Johnson, $50, Hendersonville. Miss Bessie Steedman wnn th S25 for training the winner. High school declamation, Henry Capps, $60, Pleasant Hill. Henry re ceived his training from Mother Na ture, where he spoke to the streams, birds and forests, and the spzo ottered the instructor for training him went for charitable purposes, being given to the Patton Memorial hospital. Music contest, first prize, $25, to Tuxedo; second to Hendersonville. Prof, J. W. Briggs won the $25 prize offered by J. C. Sales for the best essay on the reasons why the United States is in war with Ger many. The other contestants were Misses Frances Summerrall and Bes sie Steedman. Spelling contest, Dollie Freeman, Liberty, first prize, and Ted Ray, of Valley Hill, second prize. Sevnth grade declamation, first prize, $25, to Cecil Rhodes, Hender Recitation contest, Mariah Fletch er, of Fletcher, $25. Highest average for seventh grade work, $10, by Ted Ray, Valley Hill. Second - highest, Hazel Grant, $6, Hendersonville. Readlnar contest. Lois Lance. $5. Fletcher. . Best exhibit, one teacher school. Horse Shoe,'$5. BeBt exhibit, two teacher school. Tuxedo, $5. ; Best exhibit, three or more teach ers, $5, Hendersonville. Second best, three or more teach ers. $3, Fletcher. Fourth grade drawing, Mary roweu, fvjtiorse Shoe. Fifth grade. Clara Pool. $1. Horse Shoe. .-. : . , Seventh grade, Willie. Osborne, $1, Horse Shoe.' Best Henderson county map, Ber tha Tinsley, $3, Valley Hill. .. Second best map of county, How ard Patterson, $2, Hendersonville. , ' . Best map of North Carolina, Mar guerite Kershaw, $3, Hendersonville. Second best map of State,' Bertha Tinsley, $2, Valley HilL . ' A rr Writir- third grade, Margaret Heffnc- U, Valley Hill , , Fo'- rr,i8 Lohren Davenport, Edward Posey, son of the late N. W. Posey, of this county, met with a fatal accident at Camden, S. C, on Tuesday, when the scaffold upon which he was working as a mechanic for the Southern Power Company, fell inflicting wounds and injuries which caused the death of Mr. Posey shortly after the accident. The deceased was a well known citizen of this county, and was high ly esteemed by all who knew him. His sudden death came as a severe shock to his relatives and friends, of whom he had many, to-whom the sympathy of the community is extended in this time of sorrow and bereavement. Funeral services were conducted here Thursday morning, and inter ment was made in Oakdale. cemetery in this city. be held at all the school houses in the county on Saturday night, June 8, at 8 o'clock. Each school district will be re quested to contribute toward the financial success of the fair. It will be necessary to raise $500 for the fair to be distributed in prizes and expenses. The State Board df Agri culture will give $100 and it is hoped that the county commissioners will renew their old promise of $100. Miss Anna Mary Baker, the home .bmov- ration agent, has written to the school officials of each district, requesting them to attend the meet ing on June 8 and take charge of the work. The directors have been instructed to name three helpers in their respec tive districts so as to make the fair as representative as possible. These are to name sub committees for the various departments of the fair. W. A. Smith has offered the use)f Laurel Park casino for fair purposes and it is understood that Miss Flor ence Jordan will offer the lower part of Laurel Park Villa for the depart ment for women. If these offers are accepted little expense will be en tailed in the way of building houses for the exhibits, Those at the meeting Saturday were determined upon having a good fair, renresentative of all sections of the eountv ana an event m which the people would take pride a fair with nothing of a questionable nature in the way of amusements. LOCAtWMTflER Date May Max. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 55 68 76 81 82 78 81 77 75 H 82 76 73 73 81 72 75 76 75 76 77 78 80 79 84 81 86 84 87 Min. 40 36 33 43 44 44 47 56 50 57 44 56 60 50 52 56 58 52 53 52 58 58 57 53 58 58 59 58 58 Mean 48 52 54 62 63 61 64 66 62 69 63 66 Prec'n 66 62 66 64 66 64 64 64 68 68 68 66 71 72 72 71 72 0.60 0.19 0.04 T 1.44 T 0.01 0.S5 0.07 0.62 T T 0.46 V 0.74 X SUMMARY. Max. 87 I Mean max. Mean 65 78 Min. 33 Mean min. 62 Prec'n 4.02 Sixth grade, Mae Kilpatrick, $1, Vallfiv Hill. Seventh grade, Bertha Tinsley, $1. Vallev Hill. The nrizes were very attractive in Value and were converted into War Savings and Thrift stamps before be- iner awarded. J. O. Bell was a liberal contributor in this respect and his liberalitv added sreatly to the at. To those who are not familiar with the form used by the U. S. Weather Bureau in tabulating its observa tions, the following information may be of interest: The day ends at 6 p. m. The figures in the column headed "Max" give the highest temperature occur ring during the twenty-four hours ending at 6 p. m. on the dat&indica ted. The figures in the column tractiveness of the prizes. headed ! o.!v i w,f w The exhibits, a grand display 01 --. -- , r ra Toole; $1, Ilor-e them, greeted the eyes of the visitors as they entered the court house. The exhibit created many favorable com ments and while the colored school of Hendersonville did-not win an exhibit prize, it made a very creditable show ing, The Judges. The iudtres were : ; Music: MrsJ. F. Brooks, Mrs. R. N. Pratt. Fralo Kuykendall. ' Exhibits: Miss Anna Mary Baker, Prof. A. J. Hutchins, Prof. Wayne T. Jarvis. ' 1 i Seventh grade recitation and decla mation:- Misses Anna Mary Baker, Sue Cannon, Prof. Randolph. - , Hieh school recitation and decla mation: Miss Anna Mary Baker. Prof. A, J. Hutchins, Prof, Wayne T. Jem.. i 1 w ? t: 'lv i ' 5 ' MirM Anm'a Crowdor, perature occurring during the same period. The mean temperature for' ; the twenty-four hours is assumed to be the average of the maximum and minimum. The precipitation is given in inches ' and hundreths. When the precipita tion occurs in the form of snow or sleet it is converted into water be fore measuring. How It Looked to Jlmmle.' Jimmie's older sister has a, beau. '. The beau has a tourimr car. - One dnr Jnnmie was playing In the front yard and the beau drove ' up In a roadster ' Instead of his touring car. T"' vi 't j.; ; m .1, . ft 1', r' i' 1 'if , . T.