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Elghty-flve thousand Germnn helmets, captured by allied troops In Coblenz, are to be awarded as pHzes bj
federal district committees In the Victory Liberty Loan campaign. They will be given to Victory note snlesmen niak
ing the best selling records and school children writing the best essays von the loan. In the picture shown above, takei
on the Treasury steps in Washington, are shown Frank R. Wilson, director of publicity (left), and Lewis B. Franklin
director of War Loan Organization (right). Wilson created a panic in the helmet market by buying the entire 85,00
allotment from the War Department for $1. It cost the German government more than vhat amount to manufactur
each one of the helmets.
These helmets were a special supply held In reserve for a triumphal entry Into Paris. Eventually they arr'
there by freight
EXPERIENCE OF A MARINE
The story which follows was writ
ten by Mary Brown for the eleventh
grade English class of the city high
school. It is a true story giving some
of the experiences of a marine whom
the writer knows.
Hagan Phlegar was formerly a
young teacher of Russel, Kan. He
was the younger of two brothers, very
tall and very striking in appearance.
His dark eyes and bright, laughing
countenance attracted attendtion
wherever he went and his jolly dis
position made friends of all who
knew him.
When America declared war. April
6, 1917, Hagan Phlegar immediately
volunteered for service with the Uni
ted States marines. He had eight
months training at Paris Island, after
which he went with his company to
France where he was soon ordered to
the front.
He reached Chateau-Thierry at the
close of two day's and two nights
journey in a packed truck, having no
time for food. Here, in active bat
tle, the entire company, with the ex
ception of Private Phlegar and two of
his friends, were either killed or badly
wounded. These three men were
ordered to join another company, so,
June 8, 1918 found them with a
strange company in an open field
ready for the battle of Belleau Wood.
The Huns were continually
sneiung their position, so these three
comrades, in order to better protect
themselves, dug a deep hole. They
had just finished digging it, when a
shell hit the ground only a few feet
from them, covering two of them
completely with dirt. Hagan was so
tall that his head and arms remained
uncovered, but before he had time to
get beter fixed, a second shell struck
eyen nearer and blew them all out of
the hole, the concussion knocking
them senseless. The next thing
Private Phlegar knew, it was pitch
dark about midnight, and he was
leaning against a tree. He realized
that his right arm was nothing but
fragments of skin and bones and that
he had been hit in the head, but
his helmet, which was badly dented
on one side,, had saved his life.
The question now was, how could
he find his way to a dressing station,
since he had no clear idea as to
where he was nor in which direction
he should start. Nevertheless he
started off, but the shells were too
thick for him. and he dropped into
a shell-hole to wait until daylight,
which seemed an endless while in com
ing, though not more than five hours,
he started off again and this time
luck was with him. After walking
five kilometers (over four miles) he
reached a French first-aid station.
He had put forth every effort and
strained every nerve to reach the
station, hence when he arrived he
sank down completely exhausted.
When he awoke he was being put in
to an ambulance which was to carry
him to a hospital near Paris. He
noticed that the French had taken
his helmet and every button off his
urorm for souvenirs.
On account of his wounded condi
tion, as soon as he reached the hos
pital, the doctors operated on his
biiu niiu wiieu ue ttruuseu iivm uie
ether, he realized that he was very
hungry. He had had nothing to eat
for four days and nights except s
half vox of. hard tack, but the nurse
Would not give him as much as he
wanted. Inis made him desperate
so he tried to get up and get some
thing himself. In the struggle the
braces were torn off his arm. It
took two nurses and a doctor to hold
him. The nurse quickly gave him a
hypodemic, which nut him to sleep
and when he awoke he was strapped
in cage, but they gave him food,
so he was all right. Gangrene set in
and ' the ; doctors all said the arm
must come off. but Hagan would not
let them take it off. '
- Time went on and after about
five months stay, in the hospital, he
got well enough to" be sent back to
America. He spent several ' weeks
in. New Yorkr but . finally reached
h?ne about Christmas time, s , -How
happy -everyone was to see
I 'm and how-exci they all were
t- hear cf his t' rL'lng adventTM
..." -?r, ,a': few.i'Wt" ' i . t' 1 -pase1. It
was ordered to a hospital in Wash-J
ington to have a bone grafted in hisj
arm. He hopes that he may again :
have a right arm as good as that of
any otner person.
ASWELL NOT SO WELL
QUACK REMEDIES FOR WAR
(By Edwin M. Borchard, Professor of
International Law, Yale Univer
sity.) All mankind, and not least of all
that part of it inhabiting the Uni
ted States, has a fondness for the
patent medicine. The cure-all, the
panacea, always, finds favor, and
now again we are offered a specific
for the social disease known as war.
It is offered in a bottle labeled
"League of Nations," and, the name
having been well advertised, we are
asked to buy it on its label, with the
representation that the contents, if
swallowed not too gingerly, will give
L us decided relief.
Those who wish to make a quick
sale resent the disposition of some of
I the sufferers to analyze the contents
j before taking, for who ever heard of
la patient questioning the wisdom of
the doctor? It seems indeed almost
; sacrilegious to question the efficacy of
ramedies so sagaciously concocted
for our relief.
i If the world had not to suffer so
much in the past from its misplaced
'confidence in labels we might more
j readily be disposed obediently to
I swallow the new concoction known
as the covenant of the league of na
tions. If the league'Were ever established
the great game would be to obtain
control of the board of directors, and
it is not difficult to guess which power
would control it. We inevitably
would become the tools of another
power in the accomplishment of its
own political purpose, and our posi
tion would soon become an unenvi
able one.
The covenant at best is a fragile
instrument, which is likely to break
on the first concrete shock. When
we are asked to send troops to in
terfere in some European quarrel in
which we have no direct concern our
country will inevitably split into two
camps, those who wish to stay out and
will interpret the covenant to give
us that privilege, and those who will
be disposed to go in.
The proposed covenant is loose and
vague enough to permit of much in
terpretation. The result of internal
differences on the question of inter
vention cannot make for domestic
unity, and the hesitation alone will
cause foreign recrimination. It is my
belief that the league will not work
as planned, and that it embodies
ominous consequences for us.
To conclude, we will, in my opinion.
be sacrificing the independence and
best interests of the United States
by joining such an alliance, even if
constitutionally we had, the power.
TIMBER SUPPLY LOW
.SEEK HOMES IN AMERICA
More than 4,000,000 war;weary
Europeans have turned their eyes and
thoughts to new homes across the At
lantic, and if these homes can be
found in the United States they will
flock here as soon as the opportunity
is afforded. France has thousands of
people wno are ready to seek new
homes oh this side - of the ocean.
Italy' has even more, and England
will be largely represented when the
propitious time arrives. .. But it is
Germany that has the largest num
ber and most eager people who would
be emigrants to America. '
Frederic C, Howe, commissioner of
immigration of New York city, who
has returned from Paris, said that if
conditions were favorable a large
numDer oi Europeans wouia cross tne
Atlantic this year.
May not Approve Passports
One of the difficulties that will be
encountered by the European who has
planned to emigrate to the United
btates will be to secure the approval
of his government to a passport. : Dr.
Howe said jt was extremely improb
able that these governments .will
grant such approvals at this time
when all the available man power will
be required in the work of recon
struction. I
Dr. Howe said that the situation may
remain much as it is now for tha
next 12 months, if not for the next
two years. The year 1921, he said,
may see the shifting under .way. .
SEARCHERS COMB FRANCE -
FOR GRAVES OF YANKEES
Gore said, "we are to have our Sir
Tom, or Dick, or Harry. - We are to
have . our Sir Jacks and sir 'Joseph
uses." . , .
The Senator has - discovered a lat
ent amendment to the Constitution
which-escaped ratification by one
state and which, if resurrected; he be
lieves, would end 'the desire for aris
tocratic uplift in the United States.
The amendment, which would prevent
any citizen from acquiring Any title
of. nobility or honor, failed of rati
fication by one-half of a state, as the
Senate of South Carolina approved
the amendment, but the House failed
to do so.: Senator Gore said its rati
fication would be a fitting celebration
of the triumph of world-wide demo
cracy. , , ...
Derivation of Word "Prophet"
The Hebrew word for prophet-is de
rived from ji-verb slimlfWn "ta hnh.
We forth" like a fountain.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
At least one of the Democrats who
took a leading part in the framing of
the legislation of the last Congress
has become appalled at the result,
and intends to obey the call of his
conscience and penitently apoligize
to the House when it reconvenes for
the part he played in bringing about
the national disorganization. Rep
resentative Aswell of Louisiana is
the man who initiated the legislation
for the taking over by the govern
ment of the wires and cables. He
savs he is thorouerhlv disanDointed
over the result. He had been led tflCT
believe by officials with whom he con
ferred that government operatioh
would lead to a general reduction
of rates, in some cases as much on
half. But. not only have the rates
not been reduced, but telegraph
rates have bt?n increased about 20
per cent. v . ,
"I am the author," humfity' con
fesses Mr. Aswell, "Of the resolu
tion that was made the basis of ex
isting law taking over the control of
the telegraph and telephone wires for
the duration of the war. I believe..
in it heartily and worked for it faith
fully, but I am very frank to state
that I am greatly disappointed and
discouraged to note the increase of
20 per cent ordered on telegraph
rates. I am not yet ready to admit
that any such increase is justifiable
or necessary.
"This means the death knell to gov
ernment control or ownership of
telegraph, telephone, and . railroad
lines. I owe it to my people and'
the Congress to apologize for my
resolution if government control
means increase in rates."
We are glad to know that Mr. . As
well's vision at last has penetrated the
cloud of Wilsonism and government
ownership that seemed to inspire him
and -his Democratic colleagues. It
would have been far better for the
country if the predictions of the Re
publicans, since proven to be true,
had been followed when the Aswell
legislation and similar bills were up
for discussion. Apologies cannot re
pair the damage that has resulted
from the experiments of the Demo
crats in upsetting the established
order of things and substituting their
own untried schemes. The people
will be slow to entrust the govern
ment again to the control of the men
who have brought such disorganiza
tion to our railroad and wire svstems.
and who now seek forgiveness for
their misdeeds in abject apologies.
Four thousand men of the Ameri
can' expeditionary force are now en
gaged in the registration of and
search for the graves -of Americans
who died in battle.
The work of seeking the resting
places of American heroes is being
undertaken by the section of graves
registration, which is directing its
efforts so as to be able to designate
the grave of every American should
Congress authorize the return of the
bodies of the fallen.
Tireless seeking for identification
tags marks the daily task of the men
of the graves registration section.
They set out on their solemn mis
sion equipped with pick, shovel and
gas masks.
sometimes they pry down into the
ground for the identity of the dead
warriors, sometimes they ferret into
the recesses of discarded dougouts.
and Sometimes they clear away the
brusU of the forest to find some trace
of tne victims of battle.
Each cemetery whore Americans
have been buried is fully plotted on
mats. The graves registration serv
Ise now is extending every energy to
complete the burying, marking, re
cording and classifying of the heroic
Americans.
HavinC Qualified an riminiafntn
of the estate of C. M. Dalton,
deceased, late of Henderson county,
this is to notify all persona having
vuums against me nam enr.ara t-n km.
sent them, properly verified, to the ;
uuucisigucu uu or Deiore tne zetu'
day of March, 1920, or this notice!
will be pleaded in bar of their re-1
covery. And all persons indebted to i
tha artiA ab1- -Ml 1 , !
uu cobBic wiii juease maice
prompt settlement. .
.ims 4Di.n aay oi Aiarcn, ii9.
W. Jtt. DALTON,
Administrator of the estate of C. M.
Dalton, deceased.
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL '
ESTATE
Under and by virtue of the pro
visions of a certain mortgage deed of
trust executed on the 21st. day of
February, 1912, by . G. W. ConnelJ
and his wife, Edith Connell, to the
undersigned trustee, ; which said
mortgage deed of trust was executed
and delivered to the undersigned
trustee for the' purpose of securing
the indebtedness therein mentioned,
and which is duly recorded in' the
office of x the Register of Deeds for
Henderson county in Book 34, at
Page 133, default having been made
in. the payment of the indebtedness
thereby secured, and the holder of
the said indebtedness having applied
to the trustee for the foreclosures of
the said mortgage deed of trust in
accordance with the terms thereof,,
the undersigned trustee will, on Sat
urday the 3rd day of May, 1919, at
the Court House door in. the town of
Hendersonville, N. C, at 12 o'clock
noon, expose to public sale following
described lands, situate, lying and be
ing in the town of Hendersonville,
N. C, and described as followB, tj
wit: . .:,,;. : .
Beginning at a stake on the south'
margin of Spruce Btreet, on the north
west corner of Mrs. W. B. Anders'
lot and runs South 10 degrees East
150 feet to a stake; thence South
80 degrees West 57 feet to a stake
in the margin of Washington street;
thence with said street North 1 de
grees West 160 feet to a stake in the
South Margin of Spruce street;
thence with South margin of Spruce
street Norths 80 degrees East 57 feet
to the beginning.
TERMS OF SALE: CASH.
This March 25, 1919.
P. S. CARLTON, Trustee.
AGAINST FOREIGN TRADE
A crusade against the acquisition of
foreign titles by American citizens
has been instituted by Senator Gore,
of Oklahoma, who declares that some,
of the people have expressed a desire
for titles, trappings sand spangles of
aristocracy
"If rumor speaks truth," Senator
TANK CORPS IN U. S. ARMY
Original supplies of yellow pine in
hte South will be exhausted in ten
years and at least 3,000 mills will go
out of existence within five years, ac
cording to Henry S. Graves, chief of
the United States forest service, who
quoted leader of the lumber busi
ness as his authority. :" ;
' Mr. Graves pointed to the situa
tion in the South in advocating com
pulsory practice of reforestation on
private timber lands, coupled with a
liberal policy of public co-operation
and assistance. y '
"The public should provide a sane
system of taxation," declared Mr.
uraves, "and should co-operate in
such problems as over production of
lumber, land classification, coloniza
tion, problems of labor and technical
matters involved in a constructive
program of forestry." v.
BRITISH ARMY RELEASED MANY
YANKS . . .
American" soldiers in the British
army are' being demobilized rapidly.
On arriving in EnirWd." lthey -are
taken to a camp at Y . v r eatefsnd,
when a sufTdoTt nr-,er are assem
bled for if11:' 1, t. '7 ere embark-
el for ee V - K
Recognition of the importance of
armored tanks, "ordnance cavalry,"
in modern warfare has been indicated
by the peacetime organization of this
arm of the service, just approved by
the War epartment. The United
States will maintain in commission
and ready for action a minimum of
1,050 tanks, 330 being of the heavy
type, 720 of the light type and others
that will be classed as ''signal tanks.",
A tank brigade, composed of one
battalion of heavy tanks and two of
light tanks, will be attached to each
army corps. The typical heavy bat
talion includes 45 fighting tanks, with
24 in reserve, and the light battalion,
45 fighting machines, with 27 in re
serve. Thus . the army corps' com
plement will total 135 battle craft
fully equipped, with 78 awaiting
orders from the corps commander. .
NO STATE CHURCH FOR GERMANY
: The commission on constitution of
Jthe German national assembly has
adopted a clause stipulating -that
there will be no state church. San
day will be maintained as a legal
holiday.' . - - - ,
ARMY MORALS TO BE GUARDED
"'Authority of Secretary of Wat
Baker to make regulations for the
protection of the morals of soldiers
has been upheld by the supreme cr "t
v p confirmed convictions of D. ' 5.
I c .Jnley'and J. t Cray; of Geo ,
ci diar.-os of establishing disor
r firs wi'Jiiu five miles of a mil
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
HENDERSON COUNTY
Having qualified as executrix of the
last will and testament of R. A. Mc
Killops, deceased, all persons having
claims against his estate are hereby
notified to present them to me for
payment by the 21 day of March,
1920 or this notice will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery. And all per
sons indebted to the estate will please
make immediate payment to me.
This 21 day of March, 1919.
HENRITTA MCKILLOP,
Executrix.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Havine qualified as Administrator
c. t. a., of L. I. Jennings, deceased,
notice is hereby given to all persons
owing the estate of said Jennings to
come in and make settlement at
once, and to all persons having claims
against the said estate to present
them to the undersigned properly
itemized and sworn to, within twelve
months from date of this notice or
this notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery.
This April 1, 1919.
W. C. RECTOR,
Administrator c. t a., of L. I. Jen
nings, deceased.
Dr. H. K. Carson
Dentist
Office over H. Patterson'
Store
Mani street, Hendersonville, N. C.
Dr. e.a. McMillan
Dentist
Successor to Dr. W.T.Wallace
Office in Burckmyer BIdg.
Entrance on '4th avenue
Phone 442
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C
DR. H. L KEITH
. , , . . DENTIST , '
(SaccMMi't Dr. W. F. Nioksl)
i Office Over Hosier's Pharmacy ' ;
- Dr. GEORGE WRIGHT ,
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Our new Polar Soda Fountain has juat been in
stalled and we are ready .to serve you without quibble
or question the purest, cleanest and most delicious soda
that any fountain can serve.
Clean surroundings, bis; capacity, perfect refrigera
tion, comfort and convenience for all will provide serv
ice methods that will appeal to you.
We shall have an unusually large menu with all the
old-time favorite drinks, from the little fruity, snappy
thirst chasers up to various ice cream combinations,
sodas, sundaes and ices and the newest fancy conceits.
Visit us often and meet and treat your friends at
our fountain.
Come today, get acquainted with our new drinks
; and our new dispenser. . Vi j
You will not only be delighted, but by your attend
ance will show your appreciation of our efforts in in
troducing many new ideas in soda drinks and soda
pleasures this year.
Most cordially yours,
Hunter's Pharmacy
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Valuables in Our Safety Deposit
Vaults where they are SAFE.
He has no FEAR
of Fire or Burglars.
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