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1 Y ; ! , i a ' , 1 VOLUME XXXIII. NUMBER 42 HENDERSONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1919. FIVE CENTS COPY. II, ! , . L- L. THE PROBLEM ; OF HIGH PRICES On all sides we hear complaint about the high cost of living And it is no idle complaint; it is warrant ed by the facts. ' Prices are extra ordinary and ruinously high. "And in many instances the high prices are not based on the law of supply and demand; they are artificial;' they are profiteering.. The merchant gets blamed; but, in 'vnost cases, he cannot help himself; he has to pay enormously high prices for what he buys; and, though he advances his prices, he frequently ad vances them less than in proportion; ' he actually, in many cases, makes a smaller profit than he did two years ago. The ultimate consumer gets it in the neck. The war is over. But we are pay ing ' more for a good many things than we paid a year ago when the war was on and prospects were gloomy. What is the cause of it all? Under the law of supply and demand, when "that law is allowed to operate freely, it is alP a question of labor and material. The labor supply is now greater than it was a year ago, and the labor demand is less, be cause many war activities have been " , 6 . , .... a ...... I t iliMiMiahnjI Htnnnn increasing, and the demand is not increasing. Therefore prices ought to be falling. What is the reason why prices of many things do not fall and prices of some things arc actually rising? 7 r?"8U" w " national reputation as an orator and ment price fixing. In this connec- , . ,, . , F ... . i vi 1 was regarded as one of the most tion we will give some remarkable , , .... , . ... .. J 1 w ii ,-.ibl political speakers of his time, facts and figures which call for very . ..... Ci t . . , .. I and, without a superior in the State serious consideration. . ... t , r,,orJ Jomt debate or on the stump. VII UOIlUttlJf X, X.Atf, H'Vlli w more than sixty million pounds of frozen pork in storage. On January 1, 1918, there were thirty million pounds in storage. In other words, the amount in storage is double what it was a year ago. Also, the present hog crop of the United States is 70 per cent above normal. Also, the amount of dry pork stocks is 5Q per cent more than it was a year ago. Also, the present amount of lard in the United States is more than 100 per cent greater than it was a year ago. Yet the present price of pork is more than double the normal price, and more than three times the price which prevailed at one time since the outbreak of the war. j The price is being kept up by an agreement between the packers and the meat division of the national food administration. And, unless . some patriot finds a way to smash that agreement, a number of the citizens of the United States will be liable to face starvation in the very near future. The 1918 wheat crop was almost 50 per cent greater than the 191T wheat crop. The average estimate on the crop for 1919 is about double the 1917 crop. The price is fixed at 12.26 per bushel. The people of the United States cannot consume half of this year's estimated crop. (If the pment price holds, they will con sume a good deal less, because of financial inability to buy). We can not export wheat at $2.26. Argentina wheat sold last week at $1.28 3-4. Australia and Canada are ready to bell at $1.26. Of course, the government must keep its promise to the fanners. It must buy their wheat at $2.26, be cause it contracted to do so. But there are a good many pdople who contend that, having bought that wheat, the government should sell it in the open market for what it will bring, and thus help to prevent the suffering and actual starvation that would otherwise develop in many cities. The government would lose money by doing so; it would lose nerhans the cost of ten days of war. ti Ions, it is urged, would be a legitimate war expense, because the t2.26 contract was a war measure, . Also, it is entirely justifiable to incur some loss in order to keep our own fellow citizens from starving. If some patriot can succeed in mashing the nefarious agreement be ; tween the food administration and 'h Backers; and thus turn loose on V the market the immense amounts of hoarded pork, mal-nutrition and sic Z new might be ' reduced and awne 1 deaths prevented in a good many ; cities and towns In the united sreaw For some time past predictions lave -been made that before long thera wiU be bread lines in the larger cities. That terrible condition now appears to be rapidly epproacmng. TII0:.1AS SETTJLE Thomas Settle, thrice Congressman ! from the fifth North Carolina dis j trict, one of the most brilliant po litical speakers in the State and a Republican of state-wide and nation al acquaintance; a close friend of the late Thomas B. Reed and in 1912 theftubbs' bill amending the Page block- regular Republican candidate for Governor of North' Carolina, ; died Monday . night at 8 .o'clock at the Mission hospital in Asheville from pneumonia.' Mr. Settle was born in Rocking ham county, adjoining Guilford but moved with his parents to Greens boro in his early youth where he lived until he went to Asheville about 15 years ago, to make his home. He was a son of the late Judge Settle, who made state history in his memor able race against Zebulon B. Vance for Governor during the campaign of 1876. ' Mr. Settle was several times elect ed solicitor of his judicial district and was three times elected to Congress, defeating Archibald Williams, R. B. Glenn and Judge Graham. While in Congress he served with marked dis tinction. Among his friends and as sociates was Thomas B. Reed for whom he voted for Speaker of the House. " " tie took a prominent part in politics and in almost every campaign his services as a speaker were in demand. Several years ago he made the race for the state senate against Charles A. Webb, the present United States marshal for this district, but was de feated at the polls. Mr. Settle had Surviving is a widow, who was Miss Eliza Potter, of Wilmington, The Greensboro News, in its ac count of Mr. Settle's career, says: "News of the death of Thomas ! Settle was received here with genuine regret. Although a native of Rock ingham county, his parents, the late Judge "and Mrs. Thomas Settle, re moved to Greensboro when he was a lad and Greensboro regarded him as a native son. He removed to Ashe ville about 15 years ago, but made frequent visits to his old home, where he was always welcomed by a host of friends. "Soon after maturity he received his license to practice law and later removed to Rockingham county. He was for a time solicitor of the dis trict and was later elected to serve the fifth district in Congress. Mr. Settle was 54 years of age. Surviving are his wife, formerly Miss Eliza POtter, of Wilmington, and the following brothers and sisters: David Settle, who resides near this citv: Col. Douglas Settle, now in France; Mrs. W. P. Beall and Mrs. B. C. Sharpe, of Greensboro; Mrs, S. H. Boyd, of Washington city; Mrs. James Renwick Wilkes, of Charlotte; Miss Floreta Settle, of Paris; Mrs. Frederick Hurst Mair, of Philadel phia; also a number of other rela tives here and elsewhere." WEED PLANTING NEW FORM OF I. W. W The sowing of noxious weed seeds is the most recent form of sabotage practiced by the I. W. W. in Cali fornia, according to testimony in the trial a); Sacramento of 46 members of that order. In numerous cases the advance in wages has not kept pace with the advance in food prices. In numerous other cases (and these are ' to be reckoned by the- hundreds of thou sands, -and perhaps by the million) there are no wages at all because the laborers are out of work. Yet, in the. face of these facts, the price of food is artificially boosted. Let " us repeat the outsannding facts: There is abundant wheat and flour on hand, and this year's wheat crop wilfte twice as much as we can con sume; The present hog crop is 70 per cent above normal, and the amount of pork products in storage is double what it was a year ago; And yet our own people. threatened with death from starva tion because the price of these pro ducts is being deliberately and arti ficially boosted to a point averaging 100 per cent above what they would bring under,, the operation of the natural law of supply and demand. ' The government can give relief at once, If it chooses.,, ;f i . LEGISLATURE The Legislature has done very lit tle of general interest or importance up to this time. Monday the House met at 2:30 o'clock and adjourned in less thaiMin hour for Lee-Jackson day. In that time it passed the ading . law so . that the first offense will hot be a felony and demand a year in the penitentiary, The Page law enacted by the Legislature two years ago makes persons guilty of the illicit manufacture of liquor felons and provides that they shall be punished with from one to five years' hard labor in the State's prison. A bill providing a more liberal ali mony to the wjfe in divorce cases was also passed by the House Mon day. The Senate remained in session only 2 minutes and considered only routine matter. During this time jt received the first tax bill to be pre sented in that body this session. The bill was introduced by Senator Humphrey of Wayne county. The bill provides for a State Board of Revaluation consisting of five mem bers which would have supervision of re-assessing all taxable property in the State on a true value basis, its work to be completed by October, 1920, and the sum of $375,000 to be appropriated to carry on the work. The Senate in like manner as the House, adjourned for Lee-Jackson day. At Tuesday's session of the Senate a bill was introduced by Senator Scales of Guilford, to allow women to vote in all primary elections in North Carolina. Senator Beddingfield of Wake in troduced a resolution requesting members of Congress to oppose cer tain encroachments upon the rights of States. Senator Mangum of Gaston intro duced a bill requiring fathers of ill egitimate children to provide for their maintenance and education, Senator Scales introduced a bill amending the present seduction law so as not to permit a defendant-4 be convicted upon the unsupported testimony of the woman involved. A bill permitting either husband or wife to testify in criminal conversa tion cases, was passed by the Senate Tuesday. At Tuesday's session of the House, a bill was introduced to provide for the temporary removal of the pati ents from Caswell Training school to the State hospital at Raleigh, the dormitories at the school haying recently been burned. The bill was passed. A bill was also introduced by Swann of Polk, to require the publi cation of proceedings of the General Assembly, Corporation Commission, school boards, and municipalities; al so advance publication of proposed laws or amendments to the constitu tion. Tuesday in the House a resolutioil was passed inviting Woodrow Wilson to speak in Raleigh. A bill was also passed to authorize the Governor to appoint the North Carolina Memorial Building com mittee. Representative Jackson of this county has introduced a bill in the House providing for a material in crease in the pensions of ex-Confederate soldiers and the widpws of deceased ex-Confederate soldiers. The following bills applicable to Henderson county only, have been introduced by Representative Jack son: A bill to provide for better drain age of wet land where the people want such drainage. A bill to allow the remains of Walter Sigmon to be taken up and re-interred elsewhere. STILL DESTROYED At an early hour Sunday morning Sheriff Case cut up an illicit still, which was located on a Bmall branch in the vicinity of the Vincent place, about 4' miles from Hendersonville. The still was of the steamer pattern, and, from the looks of things about the plenty one or more runs of liquor had been made there. . About 1,000 gallons of beer and several ferment- arelers were destroyed by the Sheriff at the same time he cut up the still. Just as a man is known by the company he keeps, so the public puts an estimate upon a business man by the kind and amount of advertising he does in the papers of his town. By this meana a petty correct esti mate can be arrived at Tl? A Till?!) Q MEET The public school teachers of the county met Saturday. The attend ptfce was small. Dr. L. B. Morse, new county physician, spoke to the teachers with reference to reporting contagious diseases, actual and sus pected. Arrangements were made f of the teachers' reading course. The movement for better pay for teachers was presented and cards were signed to be forwarded to State headquart ers from which they will be sent to the Legislature. a O. P. DRAFTS POLICY iThe task of outlining a policy for both branches of Congress already has been commenced by Republicans ti' both the Senate and the House. Work on the policy was launched im mediately after the meeting of the Republican national committee in Chicago..- Instead of independent ac tion the Republicans have asserted that there will be complete co-ordination between the committee and thi members of the party in Con gress. Habile the Republican policy has not been announced, it is said that it will be in favor of a progressive program of reconstruction. The party will approve woman suffrage and will oppose government ownership, will express in their policy a determina tion to eliminate the evils that ex isted under the old system of private ownership. . Organize "Listening Posts" Will H. Hays, chairman, has been authorized to organize the work of the. national committee. It has been decided to establish "listening posts" at prominent points in the country. One alreadv has been placed at San- Frfpcisco, another is to be located at Denver, Col., and still another at tni cago. There will be a sub-organization for the committee in New York city which will furnish the nucleus! for an organization planned to reacn into every precinct in the United States. Only two attempts have been made to Haunch a candidacy for president Frank 0. Lowden, of Illinois, and friends of General John J. Persh ing in Ohio. The committee has ex pressed its opposition to the "fa vorite son" movement as being a backdoor method of approaching the selection of a candidate. West Favors General Wood According to delegates who attend ed the committee meeting in Chicago, the West is strongJy in favor of Gen eral Leonard Wood as a candidate. William Howard Taft will be looked to for advice and not for leadership, according to Republican leaders. Among those mentioned as possible candidates among the "favorite sons" are General Pershing, Senator Hiram Johnson, of California; Senator Me dill McCormick, of Illinois; Gover nor Goodrich and Senator James E. Watson, of Indiana; Elihu Root and Senator Lodge. NEW JUDGESHIP Congress has passed the bill pro viding for the appointment of an additional judge in districts where the present judge is past the age when he can retire on full pay, and refuses to do so. The bill provides that the President may in his discre tion, appoint an additional judge in districts where the present judge has served as much as ten years on the bench, and has passed the age when the law permits him to retire on full nnv. nnn h refuses to retire. Antic ipating that another judge will be ap pointed for the Western District of North Carolina, a large number of "deserving" Democrats have entered the scramble for appointment to the new judgeship. Among them, are sev eral from Asheville, quite a number from Charlotte, and others scattered about the district. The friends and endorsers of W. C. Newland of Le noir, claim that he is leading in the race for the appointment. MISSIONARY SOCIETY OFFICERS The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist church has elected officers as follows: President, Mrs. C. Few; 1st vice president, Mrs. F. E. Durfee; 2nd vice president, Mrs. J. F. Byers; 8rd vice president, Mrs. J. Mack Rhodes; 4th vice president, Mrs. Guy E. Dix on j recording secretary, Miss Ella McClain; corresponding secretary, Mrs. O. F Bland; treasurer, Mrs. G W. Brooks; agent for the Voice, Mrs, W. H. Justus; superintendent of sup plies, Mrs. M. R. Allen. REAL ESTATE The following real estate transfers have been closed this week through the agency of Staton & Rector. James T. Staton to Fleetwood Lan- neau of Georgia, 65-acre farm in Blue Ridge township Consideration $4,000,- A. L. Gurley to Charles Taylor, house and lot on 8th avenue West. . . . " J I J. Oil. TTT A. Consideration $2,000, ANNUAL MEETING OF CLUB MEMBERS NEXT SATURDAY The annual meeting of the mem bers of the Boys' and Girls' Corn, Pig, Potato and Poultry clubs will be held at the court house Saturday, January 25, at 11 o'clock. This was to have been held in December, but as I had influenza at that time I was unable to arrange for it. Members are asked to bring corn, potatoes or chickens, according to which club they are in, to exhibit and compete for the prizes offered for the best shown. Prizes will also be awarded to those who have done the best work during the past year in the various clubs. If for any reason any one failed to carry their work out through the year, they are urged to come and be with us and let us make some plans for this year's work. One of the Extension service men has promised to be with us that day. I also have a club pin for all those who sent me their reports. FRANK FLEMING, County Agent. LICENSE SYSTEM IS BEING RELAXED In accordance with the policy of the food administration of relaxing trades from the restraint of war leg islation as rapidly as possible, a large number of articles have been with drawn from the license system, and manufacturers or dealers in these products are no longer required to have a license to operate. These products include syrups, peas, beans, ned goods, bread, coffee, and prac tically all food stuffs. All persons engaged in the manu facture, storage or distribution of wheat and other grains, beef, pork or mutton, peanuts, cottonseed and cottonseed products, butter, cheese, eggs, sugar, vegetable fats and oils, wheat feeds, corn meal, hominy, starch, corn syrup and rice, are still subject to license. Every manufacturer or dealer handling food or feed stuff must still conform to the provisions of the food control act, which prohibits speculation, profiteering and waste, ASHEVILLE TRIBUNE INCOR PORATED The Asheville Daily Tribune Pub lishing Company was incorporated last Saturday by the Secretary of State. The authorized capital stock is $100,000, but the company is authorized to commence business when $30,000 has been subscribed for. Some of the incorporators are, T. T. Jenkins of Asheville. R. C. Clarke of Hendersonville, C. J. Har ris of Dillsboro, C. Brewster Chap man of Asheville, B. Jackson of Hen dersonville, J. B. Ensley of Sylva, I H. Green of Old Fort, F. W. Thomas nt Ashpville and James J. Britt of Asheville. The purpose of the company is to publish a Republican newspaper at Asheville to be known as the Ashe ville Daily Tribune. The above are only a few of the stockholders in the company. Almost every leading Ke publican in Western North Carolina has subscribed for some of the stock of the corporation, and many others will do so right along, from time to time. More than $30,000 worth of the stock has already been taken, and the company hopes to begin the pub lication of its paper within ninety days from now. METHODIST CHURCH OFFICERS Following are the newly elected officers of the Hendersonville Meth odist church: Treasurer, F. H. Kincaid; secre tary, C. F. Bland; finance committee, F. E. Durfee, S. J. Harris, F. S. Wet mur, C. F. Bland, A. L. Gurley; church up-keep committee, J. F. Byers, J. D. Pullen, P, J. Gilreath, J. T.5 Henderson; publicity committee, rJv, Rland. F- V. Hunter. C. E. Brooks; music committee, Mrs. Katie Toms, Mrs. l m. yore, am j. Hodges, & F. Bland. Buy War Stamps. ; NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST The secretary of the treasury haa just placed an additional sum of $100,000,000 to the credit of Italy, making the total of the American. i V0 tU MlCtb VUUUbl V 1V1 WAIT CA" Ipenses, $1,310,000,000 and our total loans to all of the allies, $8,585,- 523,702. AMERICA'S PREMIER ACE Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker, of Columbus, O., is America's premier flying ace as the result of the Euro pean war. He has to his credit 26 German machines. Second in rank is Lieut. Frank Luke, Jr., of Phoenix, Ariz., who was killed in action. His victories totaled 18. Maj. Victor Raoul Luf berry, of Wallingford, Conn., also killed in ac tion, was third on the list, with 17 machines to his credit. Capt. Reed G. Dandis, of Chicago, and Lieut. David E. Putnam, of Brookline, Mass., tied for fourth place, each having 12 victories. Putnam was killed in action near the end of the war. The report shows 62 American aces men who downed five or more enemy machines in action when the war ended. GUILTY OF SEDITION Five prominent Socialists, arrested on charges of sedition and disloyalty, were convicted before Federal Judge Landis in Chicago. One of the de fendants was Victor L. Berger, of Milwaukee, Wis., who was recently elected United States Congressman. Berger and his associates face sentences of from 1 to 20 years, in addition to a maximum fine of $10, 000 each. JOBS AWAIT SOLDIERS The work of placing discharged sol diers and sailors in suitable occupa tions is "progressing rapidly and smoothly and the military authori- lie. federal employ-. ment sefvifee '-representatives- nar..", closest kind of co-operation," accord ing to a statement issued by the De partment of Labor. - Chicago reports that "not a single instance has occurred where an em- ployer has refused to re-employ a discharged soldier or sailor." Out of 19,000 men discharged at Camp Grant, D.I., 60 per cent had secured employment before they left camp. At the Great Lakes Training school 5,200 out of 6,200 discharges were employed before they left the station. BUFFALO FOR NATIONAL PARK Six buffalo, presented to the gov ernment by Austin Corbin from his famous herd in the Blue Mountains of New Hampshire, were delivered the first of the week at the reserva tion a short distance out from Hen dersonville, and turned lose in the big pasture of the game preserve. The big animals were shipped in crates by ' express, and all were delivered m good shape. They will make a splen- did addition to the variety of game which Uncle Sam already has in this preserve. THE FUTURE OF PALESTINE A few days ago 400 delegates from all sections of the country, and representing more than 3,000,000 -; American Jews, assembled at Phila delphia for the second session of the American Jewish Congress. The del egates were unusually enthusiastic because of the present bright pros pects for the re-establishment of a Jewish nation in Palestine and the realization of the aspirations of the . Jewish people throughout the world during the last 2,000 years for a homeland of their own. That their hopes in this respect are well founded seems evident from the fact that the projeqt has already been approved by France, Italy, Serbia and also by our own Presi dent, and moreover the attitude of the delegates to the peace conference is reported to be, almost without ex ception, favorable to the plan. BOY KILLED BY WIRE LIVE Just as we war i going to press the news cam of .the death of Walter Gibbe on the Lake road in the vicinity of Pleasant Hill. ' While walking along the road he touched sv live wire, which was down, and was killed Instantly. e e e e . e e ' ';'.-'i;'"'-''; ii, '. ' ', ; W ' 'i "'.Vv'-i1--T-i . . :: , " : ' v.?. ,i V T0)TD) TTTTTP
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