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' '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-
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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
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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
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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
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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
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tw hours and spelled everything in
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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
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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
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GOD SAVE, KEEP, HOLD OCR m
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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
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