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.An a tm ilt&te Library : VOLUME XXXI V. NUMBER 6 HENDERSONV1LLE, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1919. FIVE CENTS COPY i 7 CLUBWOMEN T6 MEET HERE This city and section will be the host to all the club women of North Carolina, and also to many visitors, during the first week of June, the annual meeting of the North Caro lina Federation of Women's clubs be ing scheduled to be held here June 2-4, inclusive. Many prominent women throughout the country have accepted invitations to be present on the occasion of the meeting here. Mrs. Cyrus E. Perkins, Grand Rapids, chairman of the department of art of the general federation ; Mrs. John D. Sherman, Chicago, chairman of conservation; Mrs. True Worthy White, Arlington Heights, Mass., chairman of literature and library ex tension, and Mrs. William D. Steele, Sedalia, Miss., chairman of music, will address the convention. Two prominent North Carolina women, Mrs. Jane S. Kimmon, representing the home economics department, and Mrs. Kate Brew Vaughn, health, are also on the program. Unusual interest is centered in the nesting as it marks the election of a new president, Mrs. Clarence A. Johnson, of Raleigh, having served two terms. Other out-going officers are Mrs. J. M. Gudger, Jr., of Ashe ville, vice president; Mrs. Thomas Bost, of Raleigh, corresponding secre tary, and Mrs. T. D. Jones of Dur ham, auditor. The Hendersonville Women's club, of which Mrs. L. M. Colt is president, will be hostess club, the Board of Trade and other town organizations co-operating in the entertainment of the federation. It is understood that a large number of the delegates will be entertained in the homes of the city. NEW LAW HELD UNCONSTITU TIONAL BY JUDGE BOYD Judge James E. Boyd, of the Uni ted States court, sitting at Greens boro, has held that the provision of the new federal revenue law, taxing goods made by children, is uncon stitutional. The judge holds that Congress could not do indirectly that which it could not do directly. April 25 was the date on which this pro vision of the new revenue law was to go into effect. Judge Boyd's decision has been appealed from and the case will go to the United States Supreme court. The first child-labor law, passed in 1916, which attempted to exclude child-labor products from interstate commerce, was declared unconstitu tional by the Supreme court. This time another method of reaching the same object was adopted. Namely, goods that are made by children's labor are to be taxed so high that manufacturers cannot afford to em ploy children under a certain age, 16 we believe. Fundamental It is a fundamental principle of law that you can't do in an indirect way what you can't do direct. The courts, however, have to pretend not to know about it when the lawmakers occasionally resort to schemes of this sort to get around the constitution. For instance, the constitution says that no state shall interfere with a citizen's right to cast his ballot in any election for whomsoever he pleases, and this without regard to race, color or previous condition, etc. But many of the states have devised ingenious schemes for getting around the provision of the constitution in this regard. So also it is a broad principle that Congress should not be allowed to use the taxing power for the purpose of taxing any industry or class of industries, out of existence. The reason for this is that any Congress that wanted to be partisan or sec tional might use this great taxing power to penalize or even ruin cer tain states or sections. A Caie in Point When oleomargarine first began to compete with butter, the dairymen all complained loudly. Congress had no power to declare that oleo margarine should not be made and sold, for it was a legal product which many people wanted. The main harm came where the makers and dealers committeed a fraud by palm ing off oleomargarine as butter and charging a butter price for it. Finally a law was passed by Con gress taxing oleo. A quarter of a cent a pound was placed on the un colored sort, and 10 cents on the colored. The object was to tax the product off the market; but the ob ject failed in that case for in spite of the tax, the business keeps increas ing, as there is not enough butter to go around. There is no more reason for taxing eleo than for taxing butter or any other product, but by .placing a tax on eleo the industry is brought under the control of the government, so that frauds can be headed off. The New Plan The new child-labor provision is based on the taxing idea, that is, any manufacturing establishment or con cern that employs even for ore day, a child below the legal age renders itself liable to a tax of 10 per cent on its total net income for the en tire year. And in adition it is sub I ject to a fine of $1000 to $10,000. Under this provision of the new 4 federal revenue law, the employment ' of children under 14 years of age in mines, factories, canneries, stores, etc., is absolutely forbidden: Chil dren between 14 and 16 may be em V ployed not over eight hours a day or . six days a week, and not before six I a. m. or after seven r. m. All con cerns that employ children must, under tire provisions of the new law, make sworn returns to the govern IT WOULD NOT BEWELCOI It has been rumored about town that the county road authorities were thinking of constructing a camp for the county chaingang, just east of the railroad on Fourth avenue. We have not seen any of the road authorities to learn if this rumor has any foundation. We cannot, how ever, think that it has. it would be an imposition, leading citizens say, for the authorities to establish headquart ers for the county chaingang in the town of Hendersonville. It is assent-' ed that the folks in town would not want to see the gang parading the streets two or three times each day going to and from their camp to their work, and that the members of the gang would dislike the idea of being put in a position where they would have to continually be passing in and out before the gaze of the people of the city. It is also contended by some of our people that the establishment of chaingang headquarters in the city might not prove to be a paying adver tisement for this popular and most extensively patronized resort of the South. It is also pointed out by some of our citizens with a humorous term of mind that some of the inhabitants of the city will get to the chaingang soon enough without having its headquart ers located right at their door. And many other objections are be ing urged against the alleged plan to locate the chaingang camp in town. But the camp will not be located here, somebody is simply endeavoring to play a joke on the townspeople at the expense of the newly chosen road officials. ment giving all details, and the gov ernment can send agents into any fuch place of business at any time to ascertain if the law is being viola-1 ted. j Laws of Statei I Thirty-eight of the states already have laws fixing 14 years as the minimum working age, but in many of such states the enforcement of tht, laws is lax. For instance a boy of 13 who is big and strong for his age, may be permitted to work if his widowed mother is relying on his wages to help support the family. There are cases also where boys will not go to school and it is better to have them doine useful work than loafing and getting into all sorts of deviltry. The Southern States have persist ently fought child-labor legislation, but this provision of the new revenue law was passed over their united op position. The cotton and other fac tories of the South have and do em ploy many children, by which reason they are enabled to successfully com pete with the older factories of the North, where the wage scale is much higher. Sentiment Has Changed A very great change in public sentiment has taken place on the sub ject of child-labor recently. When President Wilson was a university professor he condemned the proposi tion to prohibit child-labor by federal legislation, as being an attempt by Congress to carry its "power beyond the utmost limit of reasonable and honest inference." But when he became president he expressed "genuine pride" in signing the law of Congress for this very purpose. In his younger days the president was a strong advocate of state rights on theoretical grounds, but as he has gained experience and has been promoted to power he is no longer the stickler for state rights that he once was. He now swallows these anti-state-rights acts with ease and "gen uine pride." Judge Boyd's decision on the Keat ing child-labor law, declaring it un constitutional, was upheld by the Supreme court by the vote of five for and four against. The decision of the court in the new case in which Judge Boyd held the new act un constitutional will be anxiously awaited, and especially by many manufacturers of the South. SAMUEL JOHNSTON Samuel Johnston died at the Pat ton Memorial Hospital in this city Wednesday evening, May 14, at 7:30 o'clock. The cause of his death was apepndicitis. The funeral and inter ment will take place Friday. Mr. Johnston was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He came to this country when a boy. For a number of years he was engaged in the wholesale and retail mercantile business in Charles ton, S. C, and was very successful. About twenty years ago he came to Hendersonville and bought the dry goods business of the late Joseph Crowder on Main street. His success, here as in Charleston, was due not only to his safe and conservative business methods and good judgment but also to his well deserved reputa tion for strict integrity. His word was absolutely good; he made no promise which he did not keep. Mr. Johnston was a good citizen, a good neighbor, a kind-hearted man who performed many deeds of un obtrusive charity, and was held in high regard by all who knew him. He was a loyal member of the Roman Catholic church. Surviving are his wife, who before her marriage was Miss Mary, Gannon of Charleston,' S. C, and one daugh ter, Mrs. R. H. Staton. They have the deep sympathy of the community in their bereavement. VICTORY LOAN The Victory Loan campaign closed last Saturday. The amount of the bonds purchased in this county was $79,550. This was more than had seemed likely two weeks ago, for it was well known that this county had pretty nearly gone its limit in the purchase of bonds of previous issues and in contributions to various war activities. But, if unfavorable weather had not interfered with the active canvass of the county, a still larger amount would have been sub scribed. All who subscribed are to be con gratulated, for these bonds, like those previously issued, will, in all human probability, sell at a premium in open market before maturity. Edward Simmonds, who is manager of U. S. Experimental Garden Miami, Fla., is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Clifford of "Wharncliffe," this city. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Spencer of Jacksonville, Fla, have returned to their home, "Malvern," Ninth avenue. "The World Is My Parish" The only safe basis for a per manent peace is a Christianized world, and the only safe way to Christianize the world is to send the Gospel to all peoples. The Methodist Episcopal 1 Church, South, is the first of all Christian Churches to under take the responsibility of unit ing a world Christianity with a world Democracy. Men are realizing as never before that the Church is the great bulwark of the social and moral life of the community. The support of the Methodist Missionary Centenary is the surest way to strengthen, forti fy and expand the sphere of the Church. It is not narrow, but be lives the "World is its Parish' The surest way to get far-reaching good for citizens here and abroad, the surest way to be a moral influence in your community is to send a contribution to the Treasurer of the Methodist Church. You will receive the blessing. God somehow seems to have a way of Hii own of using unselfishness as an open door through which He comes, scattering blessinjr and benediction. The campaign for $35,000,000 is during the week of Sunday, May 18th, to Sunday, May 25th. Send your check now to the Treasurer of the Methodist Church in your city. Don' delay. This 6po Contributed by k SAM T. HODGES KEDRON LODGE A special Communication of Ked ron Lodge, No. 387 A. F. & A. M., is called for Tuesday night, May 20, at 8:30 o'clock. Work in the Third Degree. Visiting Brothers cordially wel comed. P. Si RAMSEY, Master. EX-SOLDIERS GET BATHS Shower baths and well-aired sleep ing quarters were demanded by 80 per Cent of the ex-soldiers working as laborers on the farms near French town, N. J. Their employers are busily engaged in making the neces sary Sanitary improvements about the home in order to keep the hired men iatisfied. According to the Delaware valley farmers, who will face a greater shortage of labor- this spring than at any time since the outbreak of the war, the men who drift back from army camps seem looth to Dart with the sanitary scheme of living which has been drilled into them for many monins. HONOR ROLL OF CITY SCHOOL (By Supt. G. W. Bradshaw.) The work of another school month has been completed, and the record below will give a slight idea of the activities of the different grades and sections in the Fourth avenue school, including the enrolment, the average, .1 i ... i . aany attendance, ana tne nonor roll. luwIls'"P "ear me iransyivania lst-B Grade I line. The officers surrounded the Enrolment, 35; daily attendance, j Btin where two men John Cooper Honor Roll: Kathryn Shepherd, 1 and Leonard Oliver, were busily en Sarah Sandifer. Lucile Flvnn. Lillian gaged. The men ran in different Brown, Will Cagle, Donald Hill, Jack Manning, George bpann, John Bowen. 1st-A Grade Enrolment, 37; daily attendance, 38. Honor r611 : Raymond Freeman, Donald ' Guice, Janette Shipman, James Holtzclaw, A. J. Henderson, Leon Jackson, Jonathan Jackson, Marion Justice, Edna Drake, Annie Carson. ' 2nd Grade ' 1T1,. OQ. ,i;i j-4..j I UIIIVIIIUJIIL, t-C?, Weill V tllltMIUUIItt:, 34. Honor roll: Minnie Bland. Ressie Gianakos, Lula Justice, Edna Kil- Patrick, Hasseltine Lane, Mary Valen-1 tine, Helen Vaughn, Bettie Curtis. Barnes Uland, Lee Arledge, Houston Case, Claude Grant. 3rd-B Grade Enrolment, 35; daily attendance. Honor roll: Johnnie Mav Stanlev. Louise Smith. Isabelle Richard. Mi'l - dred Moores, Mary Brown, Kathryn Reese, Joseohine Brooks. William Bangs, William Bacon, Herbert Graingcr. 3rd-A Grade Enrolment, 17; daily attendance, 15. Honor roll: Beatrice Garren, Ola Hill, Janette Justice, Vera Orr, Katherine IVnland, Ruth Rozzello Reginald Hill, Jack Shepherd stepnen Jstcpp, Hamilton Stepp. 4th-B Grade Enrolment, 23; daily attendance, 22. Honor roll: St. Claire Guice, Svbil Gurley, Clark Blackburn, Philipp Clevenger, Frank Israel, Charlie Roberts, Earl Stanley, Bynum Stepp, Elmer Stepp, Emmett Stepp. 4th-A Grade Enrolment, 42 daily attendance, 41.4. Honor ro.ll: Jessie Johnson, Carter Freeze, Minnie Sue Flvnn. Emma i Lee Kilpatrick, Thelma Orr, Flora Keid, Mildred Shepherd, John Brown, Julius Carson, Edward Laughter, William Freeze. 5th Grade Enrolment. 49; daily attendance, 44. Honor roll: Pauline Brown. Marie Garren, Dorothy Jamison, Mattie Richard, Cecil Shepherd, Ruth Whit lock. 6th Grade Enrolment, 30; daily attendance, 28. Honor roll: Wadsworth Farnum, James Grey. 7th-B Grade Enrolment, ID; daily attendance, 1 7. !! -nor roll: Carolyn Spann. 7th-A Grade Enrolment, 33; daily attendance, 32. Honor roll: Edwin Jordan, Glenn Patterson, Mallie Blackburn, Helen Drafts, Nell Morris, Mary Middleton. 8th-B Grade Enrolment, 13; daily attendance, 13. Honor roll: Hazel Grant. 8th-A Grade Enrolment, 24; daily attendance, 23. Honor roll: Mvrtice Brooks. 9th Grade Enrolment, 21; daily attendance, 20.4. Honor roll: Sara Gregory, Edward Patterson, Ben Brown. 10th Grade Enrolment, 18; daily attendance, 17.9. Honor roll: Lula Kate Stepp, Marv Elizabeth Walker. 11th Grade Enrolment, 18; daily attendance, 17.9. Garland Sherman, Eleanor Plank, Alletta Plank, Bertha Jamison. Eliza beth Elsom, Helen Brooks, Brown. Mary RECKLESS DRIVING To the Editor of The Times. I am going to ask you to give this letter as much publicity as possible, for the reason that by doing so, it may be the means of saving me from doing something which would be very distasteful to me and also perhaps save some others the embarrassment of appearing in our Mayor's court to answer to the charge of very reckless driving. Now to the point: This afternoon, as I was sitting on my front porch reading the paper, I heard a great noise somewhere up Fifth avenue and by the time it took me to look up from my paper, a Cadillac appear ed in front of me, going at a rate that I estimated to be between fifty and sixty miles an hour; certainly not less than the former speed, and pos sibly even more than sixty. That was at the corner of Fifth and Bun combe, and as far as I could keep up with my eye, there was no perceptible slackening of speed. The car was being driven by a Henderson county man, but he does not live in the town limits. Further than that descrip tion, I will call no names at this time. He has always been a good friend of mine, but I wish to serve notice now on hjm and any others who have no more regard for the safety of my children and other people's children, NO REST FOR MOONSHINERS Sheriff M. Allard Case is untiring in his Pursuit of moonshiners. Among this week's raids was one which he made Wednesday, in company with William Hi1 and Vernon Lyda i , , . . The Place raided was m" Crab Creek ii. m 1 directions. Oliver escaped; but John Cooper was shot in the arm and was captured. He was brought to town, taken to a doctor's office where his wound, which was slight, was treated, and is now in jail awaiting a hearing. A fine copper still was captured, and a good deal of beer, but no whiskey. ROUNDING UP AUTOMOBILE THIEVES Officials throughout the South vhae known for quite a while that a well organized gang of automobile thieves have been operating through- I out the section, and that both modern : anu unique metnoas nave Deen used to tnrow on suspicion and prevent detection of members of the gang or gangs. However, it now appears that one of the men, perhaps a ring leader, responsible for many automo- bile thefts in the South, has been apprehended and brought to account. I Raymond W. Glass, general mana- I Per of tlle Raymond Phonograph com- pany of Atlanta was convicted and sentenced Monday in the Fulton county court sitting in Atlanta, to five years on the chaingang on a charge of having an automobile in his possession on which the motor number had been changed. While he was not actually charged with larceny of the cars it was alleged by the solicitor that he was the instigator of the theft, and it was alleged that the men who did the stealing were his accomplices. The Atlanta Journal, in its account of the trial and conviction of Glass, says: "Glass' conviction was the climax of an extended investigation on the part of the local police, sheriff's office, county police and solicitor general's departmen-. in a campaign against automobile thiev ing. It is the belief of the solicitor general that several gangs have been working throughout the South from Atlanta, in a systematic manner, and that hundreds of cars have been stolen as the result." On the trial of Glass several men testified that they had been in the business of auto-stealing for a num ber of years, and that they were con federates of Glass. One witness testified that at Glass' suggestion he would insert an advertisement in a local paper offering the machine for sale. Glass, he said, would then come to him accompanied by some friend, and would make an offer which wit ness would accept. The transaction would appear legitimate, he said, as Glass had answered the advertisement and it was supposed to be a bona fide sale. Just recently an automobile be longing to W. M. Guill was stolen from his garage in East Flat Rock, and no trace of it has been found. There is little doubt that a profes sional auto-thief stole the car, anu local officials are of the opinion that he was a member of a gang with headquarters in Atlanta or some other large southern city to which place the car was taken and all means of identification obliterated. The sheriff's office here thinks that cars stolen in this and adjoining counties are taken to Atlanta, and that perhaps the hundreds of cars stolen throughout the Southern States east of the Mississippi River during the past three or four years have been taken to Atlanta and disposed of by a well-organized gang of auto thieves making their headquarters in that town. REPUBLICANS MEET A large number of leading Repub licans from various parts of the State attended an enthusiastic meeting of the Western Association of Repub lican Clubs at Salisbury Wednesday and discussed many matters affecting the welfare of the party. The prin cipal speakers were George B. Lock wood of the National Republican and Congressman A. B. Focht of Penn sylvania. Speeches were made also by President Kohloss, C. A. Reynolds, John M. Morehead, W. G. Mebane, A. H. Price and others. The resolutions adopted were plain-spoken in their demand for honest election laws and in their condemnation of the Demo cratic Legislature for its refusal to put an end to the intolerable frauds which are perpetrated under the pres ent system. that a repetition of such speed will most certainly be followed by the is suance of a warrant and his appear ance in court. While I am on the subject, 1 will confess that I, as well as almost all drivers of cars, sometimes, in fact often, exceed the speed limit, but there is a limit beyond which it will not do to go. I realize it is a great temptation to the motorist to make our paved avenues speedways, but I, for one, wish to serve notice that the limit has been reached by several, and I shall from now henceforth, take what steps I can to stop the practice. Very truly yours. A. C. TEBEAU. May 14, 1919. t v if 4 t I -- t j H 1 J: . .. ,; - r rr TFTiTTn TrRvTHT