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. .'The 'county, commissioners, have
IVllbVU II J., OUU A. J.' JC
King as members of the county board
of 'appraisal and review, - The State
supervisor who will be chairman of
' this board and will be empowered to
. employ a cleric . The board is charged
,' with the duty of making an entirely
new taxable valuation of all the real
estate in the county, valuing the same
at 100, cents on the dollar of its
actual value. ' .
The valuation thus determined will
v become effective for 1920 taxes.
The assessment , of real estate for,
; 199 taxes will be the same as for
1918, except in cases where improve
ments have been made or where
' losses have occurred (such as by
tire, etc.) t ' '
Tax listers fqr 1919 for the vari
ous townships of the county have
. been appointed as follows:
Blue Ridge, B, A. Merrell.
Clear Creek, J. N. B. Lanning.
Crab Creek, J. V. Blythe.
Edneyville, D. P. Moss.
Green Rivet, John T. Staton.
Hoopers Creek, H. E. Lance.
Hendersonville, J. D. Davjis, J,
Drake. . "
,, Mills River, J. H. Kitchen.
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MORE. POWER BY END OF YEAR
Electric current will be, transmit
ted over the lines of the Blue 'Ridge
Power company before the end of
the present year. The current, how
ever, will not be manufactured at the
company's power house on Green
River, but will come from steam
plants in Spartanburg. While work
'on the 'company's big dam, which is
located just below the bridge of the
Southern v Railway Company across
the river about one mile south of old
Zirconia, and the flume that will con
vey, the water .from the dam" to the
powerhouse" af'PotlfrhWs;: ftl
ing pushed as rapidly is possible un
der the conditions existing ' at this
time, the plant will not be sufficiently
finished and equipped to enable the
company to produce electric current
by the operation of same before some
time next year. ' 4
Last Sunday's Atlanta Journal-carried
the following account of the big
development, under an Asheville date
line;
In the very heart of the Blue Ridge,
in the gorge-like, rocky path of foam
ing, dashing Green River, one mile
from. Tuxedo station in Henderson
county; eight miles from Henderson
ville and 28 miles from Asheville,
just off the main highway, are the
operations of what will result in the
million-dollar power development of
the Blue Ridge Power Company, of
Spartanburg a development ' that
will give Hendersonville' competitive
electrical power, a condition that has
long been dreamed of as one that
would eventually mean the. bringing
of greater industrial growth to this
section.
Because of the fact that the huge
development is well back in the fast
ness of . the mountains, making it
somewhat inacceslble, Henderson
ville people are not intimately ac
quainted with the progress that has
been made since it was undertaken
nearly two years ago. 1
, - A transmission line has been sur
veyed into Hendersonville bj Engi
neer Wbhlford and the transmission
line to Spartanburg,' the principal
consuming pointy is practically 90 per
cent completed. It is understood that
the small towns en route will enjoy
i the power and lighting facilities of
the Blue Ridge Power Company. . .-
TVirt Anm urhnn cfmnln(1 will hn
-iil feet high, 31. feet thick at the'
bottom' and; three and one-half feet
thick at the top. Just at this point
is a narrow gorge in the' river with
mountains of roqks on either side. .
'-V; Tha'.dam w '876; feet'long,. con-'
- structed with .a "curve so as to give
'additional strength by arch action; It
j ; will back; the water three miles up
stream. Just above -the dam' it a
' ' trestle of, the Southern Railway Com-
pany; 'Its present leyelwill be. four
feet. Below the' water 'level of the
' lake when the dam is completed.. This
tiec'essitated a mile of grading in or-
det to, raise the road; 18 feet arid
" ,','. The codidbdv has suitable sites for
tower : aams aoove 1 taw jwewsui vn
'which could fa Veetel telcta. iter
s' $2? i, is vncsrstooa t. at i..a
-rates a ,
Lort f:;r "
road trustees:
organized
Capt. J. 0. Bell, C, N. Allison and
J.' A. Maxwell, the newly 'appointed
road trustees, met ; Monday and ' or
ganized by electing C. N. Allison,
chairman, and Capt. Bell, secretary.
The other member of the board is
John . Albert Maxwell, one of the
county, commissioners. The law pass
ed by the recent session of the Gen
eral Assembly provides that ' the
trustees shall be chosen by the board
of county commissioners, one of
trustees to be, a county commissioner.
The law specifies that the other two
members of the board 1 ''of trustees
shall be men who have proven them
selves to be in favor of good roads
and who believe in the dexelopment
of Henderson county generally.
At, the meeting of the trustees
Monday, B. B. Souther was appointed J
county road supervisor and his salary
fixed at $125.00 per month. The
trustees also decided that they would
furnish the supervisor an automobile
for use only in his official capacity.
The trustees thought the expense of
such car would be much more than
off-set by the saving in , time, and
would enable the supervisor to do
more work than he could possibly
get done without a machine.
Mr. Souther has been superintend
ent of the chain gang, under P. F.
Patton, for quite a number of years,
and you might say, is the finished
product of Mr. Patton in so far- as
the making and repair of roads is
concerned. The long experience he
has had in building and repairing
roads will be of very great advantage
to him in performing the duties of the
position to which he has been elected.
The term of Mr. Patton, as county
road supervisor, will not expire until
May 1, and the new management will
not begin active work until after that
date.
FAMINE
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IN ARMENIA
The American relief commission in
Tiflis has sent a cable dispatch to
Paris stating that there was no bread.
in Armenia and that thousands of
people in Armenian towns were in
dire straits because of the food short
age. In one district, the report said,
there was not a living animal left,
everything having been eaten. Re
fugees have been seen stripping the
flesh from dead horses -in order to
secure food. Marty Armenians, have
died because of the famine that has
extended to many parts of that war
stricken land.
... The mission has appealed for a
larger staff in 'order to give more
efficient service in the relief work.
The report said that there were large
supplies of food .at Bak and Batum,
but it was impossible to secure them
because of transportation facilities,
The mountains have been covered
with snow , and 'it has been impossible
to transport the food to the Armen
ian towns. .
NOTICE MEMBERS WOODMEN
CIRCLE
Circle will hold public meeting at
W. O. W. hall, Friday night 8:30, in
honor of their ' distinguished guest,
Miss Annie H.. Watts of Mississippi,
supreme chaplain of the supreme
circle. Everybody invited.
The gratifying thing about the ar
rest of Bolshevists in this country is
that all of them prove they were born
across the pond.
to the present power house site.
.This company 'does not propose to
stop with the power development. Its
plans call for residential section
around the 350 acres of impounded
water, This probably will soon be
plotted, landscaped and laid out with
drives. A survey calls for a splen
did road passing through' the residen
tial property around the lake' and
connecting the '.- Spartanburg and
Greenville highways. This will givs
a, beautiful. 350-acre lake, 2,000 feet
above sea level and easily accessible
either from 'Greenville or Spartan'
burg1 highways, ' , - '
The, officers of the Blue "Ridge
Power Company are W. A, Montgom
ery; president, Spartanburg; John A.
Law treasurer, of Spartanburg. Mess
& Mess, of Charlotte,' are the consult
ing engineers, and, Mr. Wohlford, of
Charlotte, is , the Resident , engineer,
who has .been' on the, ground since
July; Mil "JackWard is construe
C n $;?erhiondent Q.f AKcye'e
r " rt r-sE'-r, and P. I. Ham-
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DETAILS OF THE ,
VICTORY LOAN
' The following details in regard to
the Victory Liberty "Loan are of in
terest: v Bonds dated, May 20,1919.
Payments: Ten per cent with ap
plication on or before May 10; 10
per cent July 15; 20 per cent August
12; 20 per cent September 9; 20
per cent October 7; 20 per cent No
vember 11; with accured interests on
deferred instalments.
Payment in full can be made on
May 20, 1 the 10 per' cent required
with application having been duly
paid on or before May 10. . ,
Payment in full will also be allow
ed with application but without re
bate of interest, but there may be a
limitation as to the maximum amount
of notes upon which such full pay
ment will be accepted.
Payment can also be completed on
any instalment date with accurred in
terest, but no completion of payment
can be made except on instalment
dates.
First coupon on the notes will be
payable at a sufficient time after the
last instalment date to allow for
completing delivery of notes.
Denominations of notes as heretofore.
SEE TWO-YEAR SEEEION
Congressional leaders are now lay
ing all plans on the theory that Con
gress will be in continuous sesion
from around the middle of next May
until March 4, 1921, or over a stretch
of nearly two years.
A prolonged extra sesion is fore
seen, one that probably will run into
the regular session next December.
Then will come a long regular session
running right up into the 1920 pres
identail campaign, if not through it.
, Many Problems to Be Considered
The league of nations controversy,
the peace treaty, many great interna
tional problems, arid domestic ques
tions of unprecedented magnitude are
looming up for the consideration of
thejtew Congress.
Already the house appropriations
committee, the leaders on the inter
state commerce committees, and other
factors of importance in the new Con
gress are. giving attention to the
tasks ahead.
Questions of Organisation
With the approach of the extra ses
sion, acute problems in connection
with the organization of the House
and of the Senate are beginning to
become still more pointed.
Not only is there the trouble over
the composition of the Republican
steering committee in the House, and
the controversy over whether Champ
Clark shall be minority leader, but
there are difficulties over the organ
ization of the Senate.
Progressive Republicans are de
manding recognition in the organiza
tion, and unless they get it will kick
over the traces. Already they have
wrung frOm the conservatives , the
Norris resolution liberalizing the rules
as to make-up of committees.
'FLU" JUMPS INSURANCE RATES
More than 1,000,000 of the Modern
Woodmen of America, the largest f ra
ternal insurance organization in the
country, must stand a rate increase to
meet the abnormal death losses result
ing from the influenza epidemic
which caused, a reduction in the
Denenciary tuna oi tne oraer from
$12,000,000 to $70,000.
On the present membership the in
crease is a flat advance of 50 per
cent and all new members joining
hereafter will have to pay materially
increased rates. ,
A SUGGESTION
To the Editor of The Times:
Oft course our county will have
sons from service, and time and place
to .celebrate their home coming
should be selected soon," and a pro
gram ' adopted. : First a - service to
give thanks' for the return of those
back horne, and a memorial service
of those who failed to return, because
they sleep in .graves overseas. -:
A SUBSCRD3ER. ,
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A ew. phase in Bolshevism was
discovered in Philadelphia when John
McGinnig demanded wages for the
tura fee spent, in Jan on a charge ol
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SATURDAY IS
'K BANK HOLIDAY
,; featurday of this week will be a
legal holiday of some sort and the
banks of the' city will ..be closed on
that day. Those persons who have
a, payroll to take care of, or who for
any, reason are likely to need a con
siderable amount of coin of the realm
on :'that day, will do well to make
the necessary arrangements Friday.
Take due notice and govern your
selves accordingly.
WILSON, SOCIALIST
(From letter of former Senator
Joseph W. Bailey, ex-Dembcrat, to
LeonO. Bailey, Democrat.)
I'am fully persuaded that within
thenext two years the Democratic
party must either repudiate Presi
dent Wilson or it must embrace prac
tical all of the Socialist doctrines
He' has already led our party or
rather I should say he has already
driven, our party into a reluctant
support of many socialistic measures,
and before his term expires he will
have -committed us, unless his powe
in that regard is challenged, irrev
ocably to socialism, under the name
of ''progressive democracy."
What then can you, and men like
you, ;say to yourselves and to your
friends?
Will you say that you' allowed Mr.
Wilson to deceive you? You can
hardly excuse yourself on that plea,
because every Democrat in the United
States with intelligence enough to
know why he is a Democrat now
knows that Mr.' Wilson is a Socialist
or at least he is not a Democrat if
Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jack
son were Democrats.
The Socialists understand the at
titude of the President if Democrats
do not, and 40 per cent of the men
who voted for Eugene Debs in 1912
vote for Mr. Wilson in 1916.
I say this, because the Socialists
pdHeipslmost i;000,0OtT votes for
Debs in 1912, while they polled less
than 600,000 votes for their presi
dential candidate in 1916. Where
did those 400,000 Socialist votes go?
Nobody supposes that they re
mained at home, nor does anybody
suppose that any of them were cast
for Judge Hughes, they must, there
fore, have been cast for President
Wilson.
A Socialist preacher and teacher
recently wrote a book entitled
"Woodrow Wilson and the World's
Peace," in which he describes the
President as "revolutionary beyond
anything his words reveal, beyond
anything his contemporaries have dis
cerned," and further declares that,
"as compared with Woodrow Wilson
there are ' Socialist spokesmen who
are bourbon in their understanding
and their sympathy."
The man who wrote that descrip
tion of the President has, since the
publication . of the book in which it
appears, been appointed by the Presi
dent to represent the United States
at a most important conference.
I may not accomplish much by a
public and emphatic protest against
the present trend of Democratic legis
lation and administration, but it is
certain that I could accomplish noth
ing by remaining silent, and when the
disaster comes as come it must if
we persist in our present course I
shall have the unspeakable satisfac
tion of 'knowing that I have done
what I could to avert it.
SOLDIER IS DEFENDANT
Edward J. Hants, of Chicago, re
cently a soldier in the United States
army, has been made defendant in an
unusual breach of promise suit in
which Miss Marian Gleason, of Syra
cuse, N. Y., is seeking $22,000 dam
ages.
According to the statement of the
case, the acquaintance between the
wo was made in 1917 when Miss
Lucile Meadows, of Chicago, sent a
letter to Miss Gleason in which she
stated that Hants was going to be
drafted; and he wanted to correspond
with some nice girl while in the army.
Miss Gleason replied and soon Hants
was addressing her as "Baby SweeN
heart", and telling her that he kissed
her photograph every night and
morning, . . 4 , . .
While at Camp Gordon, Ga., Hants
metand married Miss Rena Maynard,
henCO the lawsuit '
At lot of people who couldn't be
spared &pm business so that ' they
could join the army, will soon be go
ing "? t j Europe to inspect the
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NEWS NOTES.
OF INTEREST
The United States is nearly 1,000,-
000 homes behind its need, according
to William A; Bradford, editor of the
American Builder. He said the short-
age will be overcome during 1919.
U. S. AIR CASUALTIES 554; '
171 MEN KILLED IN COMBAT
Casualties in the United States air
service personnel, serving with the
American and allied armies at the
front, numbered 554. Of this total
171 men were killed in combat.
A table has been made public by
the War Department giving the fol
lowing official casualty report for the
air service at the front:
Killed in combat, 171; prisoners,
135; wounded", 129; missing, 73;
killed in accidents, 42; other causes,
4.
WILL SELL ARMY TRUCKS
The War Department has announ
ced that the different branches of the
government will be consulted to see
whether the surplus of army motor
cars can be used to fill their require-'
ments. Various manufacturers also
will be approached with a view of
having them take over the machines
of their own make.
The surplus remaining after these
methods have been followed out will
be disposed of to the public.
SLAYER DIED WEALTHY
After 28 years, the disappearance
of Henry E. Webb from the peniten
tiary at Jeffersonville, Ind., has been
explained. His sisters at Poseyville,
Ind., have identified ' the body of a
recluse as their brother who was
sentenced 32 years ago for the mur
der of a 'station agent. A bullet
wound led to his identification.
Webb was sent into Jeffersonville
with other convicts to do some car
penter work. He remarked he bad
forgotten his tools, went back to the
prison, changed his garb and walked
away.
Afterward he went by the name of
George Granger and amassed a con
siderable fortune. He was a post
master of Mokena, 111., for six years
and also treasurer of the school dis
trict. SUPPOSED PAUPER HAD $25,000
ESTATE
When Patrick Gleason, 73 years
old, died suddenly of heart disease at
his home in Denver, Col., it was sup
po?cd he was penniless. A few days
later it was discovered he .was pos
sessed of an estate worth "$25,000.
Mrs. Hattie I. Thompson, an adopted
daughter, who nursed him when he
was sick, was made his sole heir.
U. S. WILL TRAIN FLYERS
Gen. Charles T. Menoher, director
of the air service in the United States
army, has been authorized to re-enlist
or recruit men up to 15,000, as part
of the new and permanent organiza
tion of that branch of military
service.
The aviation director said the time
will come within a year or two when
there will be a great demand for skill
ed mechanicians and other aeroplane
experts who have had experience
uenerai jvienoner declared it is im
possible for men now in the air serv
ice to get their discharge with the
$60 bonus and re-enlist for a year
with the privilege of a month's fur
lough.
PARSON HAD CARD PARTY
The Rev. Charles H. Small, pastor
of the First Congregational church in
Sandusky, O., who has been critized
by. other clergymen for saying the
church must provide the social en
tertainment the saloon now provides.
asserted he had the right idea.
The first of a series of parties, fea
tures of which were cards and danc
ing, was conducted by the Rev. Small
The event was held in the church
basement and was largely attended,
"TO HELL WITH REST GIVE
US A BARRAGE I" SAID YANKS
The dav the 27th (New York) divi
sion cracked the Hindenburg line it
received orders to rest from the Brit
ish general commanding the sector,
jaui instead sent oacg wora, j. o nei
i la." r. . i i . i. L i j ,.m . . . ,1
with the. rest give us a barrage.'
declared the Rev. Francis Kelly, of
Albany, "fighting chaplain of the
27th," in an address in New York
city. , , i
The division finally rested, he said
when,- after an entire day . spent
"morDDine ud" German machine gun
nesta, it received from a British aero
plane, circling overhead, a note which
tVe Germans have evacuated And
tha Hindenburg line is yours.";, ' 1
KEDRON LODGE
FRIDAY NIGHT
' The regular Communication of
Kedron Lodge, No. 387 A. F. & A.
M., will be held Friday night, April
H, at 8:30 o'clock.
P. S. RAMSEY, Master.
w. o. w.
A telegram, addressed to Head
Consul V. E. Grant, was received here
Thursday from Mrs Lola B. Andrews
and Mrs. Virginia Justus, saying that
they would arrive here on No. 10 Fri
day with Miss Annie H. Watts of
Mississippi, supreme chaplain of the
Woodman Circle. The local "circle
feels that it is fortunate to have the
privilege of a visit from this distin
guished guest.' As announced else
where in our columns, a public meet
ing will be held Friday night in the
W. O. W. hall.
CHEAP EXCURSION RATES
TO ENCOURAGE TRAVEL
Big slashes in passenger rates to
encourage summer travel to Hender
sonville and other of the nation's
breathing spots have been provided
for, it is said, by the railroad admin
istration. These reduced rates are
scheduled to go into effect June 1.
Reductions it is stated, are expected
to reach as much as 133 per cent
of the war rate increase, or a virtual
return to summer excursion priv
ileges of pre-war days.
Railroads have been asked to spend
one million dollars in advertising the
new rates. A nation-wide newspaper
and magazine campaign will com
mence April 15, it is said.
Every effort will be put forth to
encourage the people to travel, it is
explained by administration officials.
The reduced rates will be in effect
until September 30, according to pres
ent plaap,
There- will be two classes of fares.
One will be those on tickets limited
to three months and the other tick
ets limited to fifteen days.
ATHLETICS AT FRUITLAND INST.
The students and teachers believe
in athletics. In our opinion nothing
is finer for the development of body
and mind, for fostering the right sort
of school spirit, for training in the
art of co-operation or team-work,
for drill in the prinicples of honesty
and fairness.
We have basketball, baseball, ten
nis, and track with its various per
formances. In order to participate
in any contest of any of these a per
son must be a bona fide pupil, that
is, one doing full and regular work
at the time; also he must be in good
tan ding and making passing grades
on his class work.
There are three reasons for this.
First, it is fair to the pupils them
selves. If others than regular stu
dents were permitted on the teams,
just so many pupils of the school
would be crowded off the teams. In
the second place, is it fair to other
institutions and to the public. Every
one knows who plays on a Fruitland
team, and if we win or lose the school
gets the credit or otherwise. Lastly,
only such practice is in accord with
what is known as clean athletics in
school and college games.
Our next baseball game is with
Mars Hill College on the Fruitland
grounds, Thursday afternoon, April
10. "
N. A. MELTON, Principal.
EASTER MILLINERY OPENING
On Saturday, April 12, the ladies of
the Woman's Club of Hendersonville
will have a great display of remodeled
hats to be sold below cost. This in
cludes all kinds of hats for men,
women and children. The customer
purchasing the largest amount will be
given a hat free. Patterson's old
stand.
HOME-OWNING CAMPAIGN
"Qwn-your-home" campaigns "have
been launched in 18 cities, according
to an announcement made by the
ment of labor. The cities are Billings,
Mont; Charleston, W. Va. Chicago,
P.lAVtfliiiftfl Matt trai .Ta Mr-eM tart11it t?1
SA T VIMIIUI - v v HVaBUMrtUUlA'iau
Johnstown, Pa.; Lynchburg, Va.; Mid-
dletown, Conn.; Milwaukee, Philadel
phia, Portland, Ore. ; Salt take City,
Seatt'-O rcLsae.. Staunton." Va. i
Ipaul 4 Toledo, XtVv"l .