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VOLUME 'XXXIU.
NUMBER 10.
y HEjNDERSONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, FI.IP AY, JUNE 7, 1918.
FIVE CENTS COPT
YEAR'S VORK
IN CITY SCHOOL
(By G. W. Bradshaw.) -
The conditions under which all in
stitutions have existed and operated
'during the past year have been ab
normal in many respects. Thjs is no
less true of public school systems
than- of. other organizations.
But in spite of the fact that the
public mind has been diverted from
the regular channels of thought,
many of the good people of the land
have realized the fact that now of all
times is no time to allow the children,
the future citizens of our country to
slow up in their efforts to get an edu
cation and to fit themselves for life.
And although there have been dur
ing the school year just closed a num
ber of children in Hendersonville
who ought to have attended school,
but did not, yet, in many respects the
results of the year's work is quite
gratifying to the administration and
to the faculty. Both in enrollment
and attendance the records show a
slight increase over former years, and
owing to the fact that the school this
year has run nine months, we believe
the grade of work done has been
above the standard of the past.
During the year just past the total
enrollment for the graded school has
been 625, there having been 480 in
the grades and. 145 in the high school.
Based on this enrollment, the average
daily attendance has been 445. This
is a comparatively low attendance,
but many things have operated to
bring this about We have had epi
demics of measles, whooping cough,
smallpox, which carried with it vacci
nation, and the coldest winter that
has been for years. But with all
these, we should have done better.
The pupils on the whole have
studied well and made the desired
progress. ,
As may be already well known, the
graduating class for this year con
tained twelve members. The number
graduating from the grammar school,
thereby becoming eligible for en
trance into the high, school, was thift
ty. .This is 25 per swU more than the
seventh grade has sent out any year
previous. We, therefore, look for
next year's eighth grade to be the
largest in the history of the school.
The pupils have had a great share,
too, in outside activities. The school
had basketball teams, both boys' team
and girls' team, and played games
with neighboring schools including
Asheville High. In the Henderson
county commencement, our pupils
took part in almost all the contests
and won a large share of the valuable
prizes offered. Miss Alma Johnson
won the $50 prize in the high school
recitation contests. Cecil Rhodes, of
the seventh grade, won the grammar
school declamation contest prize of
$25. Margaret Kershaw handed in
the best mai. of North Carolina and
won a prize of $3, and Howard Pat
terson won $2 for the second best
map of Henderson county. A prize
of $10 was won by the Henderson
ville chorus class, and the first prize
for the general exhibit was awarded
to the city school. Miss Hazel Grant
of the seventh grade, won second
prize, $6, for making second highest
average in the county examination.
She was awarded also a $2.50 gold
piece for making the highest average
among the Hendersonville pupils on
the seventh grade examination. Qlark
Kindal also won a $2.50 gold piece
for making the highest average
among the boys on the seventh grade
examination. Miss Steedman was
awarded $25 in war stamps for hav
ing successfully trained Miss John
son. About $4,500 has been invested by
pupils and teachers in war stamps,
and a number of Liberty bonds were
bought The high school purchased
a $50 Liberty bond for the school, an
act much to be commended.
Tho honor roll for the month of
May is as follows:
Firtt Grade.
William Bangs, Wilbur Carter,
Raymond Freeeman, James Holtz-
claw, Harold Torrence, Henry King,
Eunice Bennett, Pauline Lewis, Ed
na May Miiward, wary v aientme,
Mildred Moores, Margaret Ashmore.
V Bottv rnrtta. . .
. Second Grade B.
' Vern Holtxclaw, Charles Embler,
Donald Guice, Charles' Israel, Ray
mond Robinson.. 4
Second' Grade A.
Reginal Hill, Stephen Stepp, Ham
ilton Stepp, Vernon McMurray, Maud
Hyder, Nell Jones, Fannie Justus,
Marlon" Morris, Vera v Orr, Jane
Truex. , -
s. Third Grade B. .,.i!
' - Mildred Walker, Louise Reese, Wil-
lie r ores.
Third Grade A. A ;
J) s Paul r Jones, Joe Byera,' "John
::' Brown, Jack Spence, Marguerite Dit
. mer, Margaret Johnson, Thelraa Orr.
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t? ' Pauline Brown, Feltx Collins, Kay
'Ony Leona Hawkins, f Ruth ' Hayes,
cv Lillian Justice, Lula .Justice; Dora
Justice, ; tjDoroihyi) Jamison, :u Ethel
vs;,; tfonnson, r.mei .mcmurray, uecu
.'J Shepherd,- Violot -Penland, Margaret
Rosier, Wadhworth Farnum,; Vernon
i;. Henderson, r"i C.m'--".m.'i-,-:
now hie guns
YERE LOCATED
A good many people have an im
pression that certain studies espe
cially higher mathematics are un
worthy of attention in a "practical"
age. Such studies, they say, may be
of theoretical interest to cranks and
enthusiasts but are of no practical
use. '
. In this connection it is interesting
to note that a very useful and prac
tical achievement, namely, the de
struction of the German long range
guns, was recently accomplished by
means of ah abstruse calculation in
higher mathematics. The story is
told in a news dispatch from New
York, which reads as follows:
"Careful measurement of two
holes made by a single shell in pass
ing through two awnings in a Paris
factory enabled French artillery of
ficers to locate the great German long
range guns by a feat of mathematics.
To Chester M. Wright, a member of
the American labor mission, which
has just returned from Europe,
French officers explained how the di
rection and distance of the guns were
figured.
"The two awnings were several
feet apart and the relation of one to
the other gave perfect data on the
couree which the shell had taken as it
approached the earth. After the
apertures had been measured, to the
one-thousandth part of an inch and
the direction of the shell's fall ex
actly established, the earlier career of
the shell became a problem on paper.
By applying the laws governing the
flight of projectiles, and allowing for
the wind, the state of the atmosphere
and other considerations, French ar
tillery officers were able to follow
back the course of the shell to the
mouth of .the cannon in the forest of
St. Gobain, after which it was speed
ily demolished by French artillery."
TAX LISTING
Non-resident taxpawers, and' oth
ers who were unable to be here last
month to list their property for tax
ation, will be given an opportunity
to attend to this important matter
within the next few days. This op
portunity will not last long, and
those who wish to escape the extra
tax should respond promptly.
Sixth Grade B.
Edward Garris, Edith Hopkins, Oli
ver Carson, Charles F. Hunter.
Sixth Grade A.
Nelle Morris, Helen Drafts, Boyce
Whitmire, Alleine Wilkins, Ruby
Bennett, Katharine Valentine, Sarah
Valentine, Thomas Freeman, Edwin
Jordan, Winnie Hoggsett, " Frank
Read, Virginia Walker, Hannah John
son, Glenn Patterson, Mallie Black
burn, Mildred Foster, Raymond Sta
ton. Seventh Grade.
Clark Kindel, Scott Coburn, James
Williams, Cecil Rhodes, Owen Reid,
Hazel Grant, Miliicent Hayman, Myr
tice Brooks, Eula Anderson, Lucile
Holtzclaw.
Eighth Grade.
Helen Johnson, Hazel Shepherd,
Sara Gregory, Ben Brown, Edward
Patterson, Leon Staton.
Ninth Grade.
Helen Bly, Roberta Brooks, Albert
Bangs, Dessie Dixon, Robert Gilreath,
Lula Kate Stepp, Mary Elizabeth
Walker, Ellen Baldwin.
Tenth Grade.
Mary Brown, Helen Brooks, Myrtle
Bennett, Annette Brooks, Irene Cald
well, Elizabeth Elsom, Bertha Jami
son, Aletta Plank .Eleanor Plank,
Garland Sherman. -
Eleventh Grade.
Katharine Bacon, Mary Brooks,
Dorothy Guice, Vada Orr, Jefferson
Donnahoe, James Duff.
Pupils Who Have Been on the Honor
, Roll Every Month.
, Second Grade.
Stephen . Stepp.
Third Grade
Mildred Walker.
Fourth Grade.
Kay Orr,' Feltz , Collins, Pauline
Brown.
'l - V -: Sixth Grade.
' Nelle Morris, Thomas Freeman,
Edwin Jordan, Alleine Wilkins, Helen
Drafts, Katharine Valentine. ;;
'':,"" Eighth Grade.V .'.'
; BenJ:Brown. :,
s;''';A': Tenth Graded J V'v
Mary' Brown, Helen Brooks. An
nette Brooks, Iren Caldwell, Aletta
Plank, Bertha Jamison, . Eleanor
flank; Garland Ehermam
p.
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THE PROGRESS
OF THE YAR
Last week we announced that the
Germans had started another big of
fensive, this time in the Aisne sec
tor and had crossed the Aisne and
the Vesle. During the past week
this offensive has developed, and the
wedge driven into the allied line has
reached the Marne. This wedge is,
roughly speaking, an almost equi-H
lateral triangle, the base running
from Noyon to a point near Rheims,
and the apex reaching the .Marne at
Chateau Thierry, 45 miles from
Paris. The western side of the tri
angle runs nearly north and south,
and it is along this side that much
of the fiercest fighting has occurred.
There are two reasons for an espe
cially strong resistance here. One is
to keep the enemy from getting
nearer to Paris. The other is that
a deep, narrow salient exposes the
forces which create it to consider
able damage. Therefore our allies
would naturally resist any attempt
by the Germans to widen the wedge.
At latest accounts the force of the
offensive had been greatly reduced.
On other sectors of the front the
Germans made no gain.
News was received Monday of
enemy submarines attacking vessels
off the Atlantic Coast of the United
States. The submarines had been
in those waters for some time be
fore the public knew it. Twelve or
.thirteen vessels have been sunk, but
the loss of life has apparently not
been great. The vessels were mostly
schooners and small steamships. One
large vessel, the coastwise steamer
Carolina, was sunk but most of the
passengers were saved. No ' trans
ports or war vessels were hit.
Every death which occurred was a
murder. The crews and passengers
were non-combatants.
It, is very desirable to
against- disappointment: and the
surest way to do this is to face the
known facts. The major strategy of
this year's campaign was determined
in advance by two facts, to which
frequent reference has been made
in our columns. It is worth while
to state them again.
1. The year began with the nu
merical preponderance on the side
of the enemy. The Times has re
peatedly called attention to this
fact, but some of our readers have
questioned it and have cited official
or semi-official statements which
seemed to point in the other direc
tion. But the fact was as we stated
it. It may be that at some particu
lar moment during this year our al
lies had a slight preponderance on
the western front; but if so, this
were merely temporary. Our ene
mies outnumber our allies slightly in
population and outnumber them
greatly in available population ; and
enough of the enemy's man-power
was within immediate reach of the
western front to insure numerical
superiority for the enemy, whenever
he chose. Furthermore, the loot of
Russian material set the odds against
our allies in material as well as men.
2. The second fact, clearly evi
dent throughout this year, was that
by 1919 the numerical preponder
ance' would be on our side, owing to
the movement of American troops
across the water.
In the light of these two facts,
several things at once become clear.
For our allies to launch a big offen
sive iths year Would be a rash and
reckless gamble; whereas next year
they can launch a big offensive with
assurance of success. On the other
hand, Germany, by taking the offen
sive this year, might possibly win a
very great and almost decisive vic
tory; whereas the prolonging of the
fighting into next year would spell
defeat for Germany. Thus the only
safe strategy for our allies was to
stand on the defensive ; t butt Ger
many's only hope of victory in the
field lay in an immense offensive
this year.
The side that takes the offensive
has certain obvious advantages. It
gains the initiative; it cah strike
where and when, it chooses; and it
can mass an immense weight of men
and material at any point it chooses
and,.' thus", gain "valuable j territory.
The - defending armies must '-.-scatter,
their forces over the .whole "iine;iie
attackers; cjrodpM
matter of fact, in --the' March offen
sive the concentration against Gen
eral v'GoughV. armyW was ' -; in ''. s6 -i
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liiEVOTCIN
1 THE PRIMARY
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' ' Mist Saturday's primary, the first
held;,' throughout this county under
the Australian ballot, passed off
tarjquietly. The' only county of-
nceuer which there was any contest
was? that of register of deeds, and
A J Jones received the nomination
by majority of nearly five to one
ovef D. E. Stepp, the vote being 618
forijones and 131 for Stenn. The
Deniocrats are not putting out any
county ticket this year. The Repub
licans had held a convention to make
recdjrnmendations and had recom
menced A. O. Jones for register of
dees. D. E. Stepp, who did' not
$ppar before the convention, decid
ed run in the primary; but the
of the Republican party evi-
y were satisfied with the action
e convention, and showed this
emphatically by their votes.
-Following is the vote by precincts :
Ptefflnct. Jones. Stepp.
BafcjCave 14
Blu Ridge 38
Bowjnan's Bluff 29
Cleai Creek 28
Cratf Creek 54
Etdniyville - 57
&;lVille , 42
J3ah 1 26
FjaKRock 27
Greijtt River 52
Holer's Creek 59
HorteShoe 12
MillRiver 48
Rugfy 10
Raven Rock 21
UpwVrd 52
W. .'HVille 79.
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fMal.-. 618 131
J Pji 'the Democratic side there were
cohi sts for the position of Judge
o-ilj& Superior Court and State Sen
aiorjtfy The vote in this county for
jtid$was: ' M. H. Justice, ;340
guaatpT::' fcCalloway. 137; Bis Ray, . 46.
ine :vote ror state senator (eacn
voter having two votes) was: Cloud,
277; Fisher, 269; Newton, 268.
Our allies knew what they were
doing when they allowed this great
advantage to pass into the hands of
the enemy; it was part of the price
they had to pay for insuring a vic
tory later. The enemy may do us
enormous damage this year, but he
will do it at enormous risk to him
self ; and, having done it, he will
have shot his bolt. He will find him
self next year, with depleted m,:n
power, facing superior numbers
which will steadily increase while
his numbers decrease. ,
The problem of our allies for this
year is, with such help as we can
give them, to hold their line as well
as they can, and when they retreat,
to sell the' evacuated territory as
denrly as possible. It is a hard job,
but apparently nut beyond their
power. As Frank 11. Simonds puts
it, there is every reason for confi
dence, but none at all for ovor-confi-di-nre.
Now, a to the danger from sub
marines on this side of the Atlantic:
There is, of course, danger from
thi source, and the danger has been
fully realized and expected by our
high command ever since we entered
the war. Every precaution has been
taken to reduce' and control this
danger; and the success of these pre
cautions is shown by the fact that no
damage has occurred until recently
aiul then only to an extent which,
from a military standpoint, is negli
gable in a war like this. Our navy
is thoroughly onto its job. It has
had the advantage of Great Britain's
experience; and the highly prized
secret methods of British warfare
against submarines have been free
ly communicated to our naval au
thorities. By these methods Great
Britain has in this war transported
many millions of soldiers on voyages
of varying lengths with a loss from
submarines of less than one-fortieth
of one per cent. In addition to
what our navy has learned from
Groat Britain, it has the benefit of
several new devices suggested by
American ingenuity. ,
There will, of course, be come
losses from submarines, in spite of
our efforts. But these losses have
ben anticipated and discounted in
advance;
Another, thing we're going to show
Germany, is4 1 that J the Roumanian
peace treaty is a Scrap of paper that
is a s ' of f paper, -Kanrosv . City
CLIPSE
OF THE SUN
An eclipse of the sun, visible
throughout the United States, will
occur Saturday of this week. It will
be a total eclipse along a line run
ning from Washington State to
Florida; and a large percentage of
the sun's disc will be obscured
throughout the United States.
The following description, which
we published two months ago, is of
sumcient interest to warrant us in
publishing it again:
On June 8 will occur one of the
greatest of sky phenomena. On that
day the. moon, in its travels around
the earth, will cast between the earth
and the sun a shadow of 167 miles
wide, and this shadow, which will ap
pear at a time of day when it will
be visible to a large proportion of
the world's population, will travel
over the earth at the rate of between
1,000 and 5,000 miles an hour.
The shadow will first appear at
sunrise on June 9 (it will be June 8
in the United States) on the little is
land of Borodino, off the coast of Ja
pan. It will then sweep eastward
and, having by this time attained a
speed of 33 miles a minute, will ar
rive two hours and 15 minutes later,
or at 2:55 p. m. Pacific time, at the
mouth of the Columbia river in
Washington State. For the next 47
minutes people in every part of the
United States will be privileged to
witness an eclipse of the sun such as
has not been seen in this country in
a great many years.
The last great eclipse observed in
America was that of May 28, 1900,
but the one this year will surpass it
both in total path length and the
available territory which it covers, s'
From the Columbia river the path
,of the total eclipse will sweep south
east, will pass the Mississippi river
at 5:37 p. m., central, time, and
leave the coast of Flonda at 6:43,
eastern time. Three minutes later it
will be lost in the sunset 400 miles at
sea.
Those persons living on the track,
,or those sufficiently interested who
travel to a point in the path, will be
the only ones to see the eclipse in
totality. Residents of other sections
of the country will see it only part
ly, according to their distance from
the track, but it nevertheless will be
an imposing sight. Cambridge, Mass.,
for instance, is many hundred miles
from the path, but the per cent of
totality even there will be 63 per
cent.
Shadow Will be a Long One.
In an eclipse of the sun, the
moon's shadow passes over part of
the earth. The greatest width of the
.shadow is Ui7 miles. It passes over
the observer at the equator at tho
rate of ,0t'0 miles an hour, but for
.higher latitudes the speed is much
greater, and when the shadow falls
very obliquely this speed may amount
to 5,000 miles an hour. The length
of the moon's shadow varies between
228,300 and 2;!6,050 miles. The long
est duration of a solar eclipse is 7
minutes and 58 seconds. In this lati
tude, however the duration of a to
tal solar eclipse can barely .exceed six
minutes. Shortly before a totality,
.shadows of foliage assume a peculiar
appearance. The light, coming from
the edge of the sun only, produces an
effect more like that of oxy-hydrogen
light. Animals act strangely and in
a perplexed manner, and birds often
go to roost.
AIRPLANES
During the month of May 1,137
airplanes were brought down on the
various fighting fronts, nearly four
fifths of the loss being sustained by
the enemy.
On the western front 971 air
planes were brought down, 749 of
them being German. Of the 749,
the British brought down 497, the
French 234, the Americans 13 and
the Belgians 5. On the Italian
front, the British and Italians
brought down 116 enemy airplanes
and lost only four.
' It was desirable, of course, to in
scribe the new Russian flag , with
something Bhort ,simple, and easy to
read at a distance. So after mature
deliberation they settled upon this ;
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COMMENCEMENT
AT FASSIFERN
(By Miss Evelyn Graham.)
The eleventh' annual commence
ment of Fassifern school began Sun
day afternoon at 6 o'clock in St
James' church, when Rev. A. W.
Farnum preached the baccalaureate
sermon. The students, wearing
white dresses and hats, made a
charming scene, marching from the
green lawn into the beautiful little
ivy-colored church. Mr. Farnum's
eloquent appeal to the young held
the attention of a large congrega
tion. A beautiful silk flag was pre
sented the parish by the Fassifern
students, carried in by little Miss
Mary Peace.
Fassifern closes its fourth school
term in Hendersonville; having
moved here from Lincolnton in the
fall of 1914, Fassifern has closed
one of the most successful years in
the history of the school.
Monday, June 3, at 5:30 the grad
uation exercises were held in the au
ditorium, which had been beautifully
decorated for the occasion. Owing
to the weather, the exercises could
not be held on the spacious veranda,
as heretofore. Despite the inclem
ent weather there was a large num
ber of town people who enjoyed the
exercises, which were characterized
by beauty and simplicity.
The program for the afternoon
was as follows:
Invocation Rev. A. W. Farnum.
Song "America," students
Salutatory Ella Tew Lindsay.
Address Haywood Parker, of
Asheville, who was introduced bv
W. Ai-Smith.
Following the presentation of di
plomas and certificates by Mr. Park
er, Dr. W. R. Kirk presented the
three medals which are offered each
year by the following: Miss Kate
Shipp offers one to the pupil who
designs the best plate, this
year the work of Miss Jessie Hen
derson Cary, of Savannah, Ga., was
Voted the best. Miss Chambers'
prize for the best work in still life
was awarded by a committee of Hen
dersonville ladies , and ' gentfcnieiu
A gold medal offered by Dr." Kirk for
general excellence in the art depart
ment was awarded to Miss Mary Ly
brook Lasiter, of Winston-Salem,
N. C.
E. W. Ewbank presented three
prizes, which were offered by Mrs.
Annie Walker, of the intermediate
department for general excellence in
mathematics. These fell to Misses
Mary Alice Wilson, Erma Morris and
Marjorie Carson, all of Henderson
ville. Dr. E. E. Bomar presented the
medals offered by the following:
The Catherine Cameron medaL
which will be given annually by Miss
Evelyn Graham to the student in
school who throughout the year has
exerted the best influence for good
over the other students, was award
ed this year to Miss Ella Tew Lind
say, of Spartanburg, S. C. The vote
of the student body and faculty by
ballot was overwhelmingly for Miss
'Lindsay. ' Also a prize, a small gold
cross, was given by Miss Graham
this year to the young lady on Miss
Graham's hall who had so faithfully
performed her duty as monitor of
the hall during the entire term, and
who had never shirked from any
duty that had been entrusted to her.
This prize was given to Miss Caro
line Yancey, of Marion, N. C.
The modal given annually by W.
H. Hawkins for general excellence in
deportment and scholarship was
awarded to Miss Alma Seagle, of Le
noir, N. C.
Miss Mary Alice Wilson received
the music medal, which is given by
Rev. Ellyson Simpson, for the most
improvement in music during the
year.
Honorable mention was made of
the following art pupils: Josephine
Dixon, Sallie Lou Packard, Mildred
Lindsay, Cornelia McDowell.
Valedictory Miss Jean Robert
son. Song "The Star Spangled Ban
ner," students.
Following these exercises there
was an exhibition of the work done
by Miss Cornelia McDowell, certifi
cate pupil, and by the other members
of the art class.
There were ten graduates this
year, namely: Jean Robertson, of
New York, first honor; Ella Tew
Lindsay of Spartanburg, second
honor; Misses Josephine Bird, of Ma
rion, N. C; Nell Carson, and Lucile
Morris, of Hendersonville: Margaret
Doty, of Vermont; Sue Hardin, of
Wilmington, N. C. ; Blanche King, of
Albemarle, N. C; Emily McRae, of
Asheville, and Caroline Stamey, of
Fallston, N. C..
Music .certificates: Josephine
Bird, Ella Lindsay and Mary Brooks.
Art: Cornelia McDowell, of Mor-'
ganton, N. C.
Domestic Science: Mary Lybrook
Lasater, of Winston-Salem; Cornelia
McDowell, May Latta Moore, Bettie
Skelding, Lola Taylor, Frances Parker.:----.
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Miss '-Virginia' Whitfield, of Hen-,
dersonville, received a music certi
ficate ' v i 11 ' ' v.
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