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VOLUME XXXIV.
NUMBER 16
HENDERSONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 2S, 1919.
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IIEHDERSOUVILLE
There are more people in Hender
sonville now than at the correspond
ing period of any previous year. You
could guess this from looking at the
crowds on the streets; you can verify
your guess by inquiring at the hotels
and boarding houses. It is an enor
mous crowd, larger than the city
could have held a few years ago.
aw nenaersonviue is steadily in
creasing its capacity; and, in spite
of the vast numbers of visitors who
. arrive on every train, there is still
room for more. Which is very for
tunate; because there are plenty more
coming.
Hendersonville'a great and increas
ing popularity is largely due to its
climate and its location,. and the
, climate is due to the location, on a
v comparatively level plateau near the
crest of the Blue Ridge, at an ideal
altitude, with hills and mountains
near but not too near. Also, the
near hills are oft the west side, which
is as it should be.
Of all the resorts in Western North
Carolina, Hendersonville alone can
boast of any considerable extent of
moderately level surface. We have
any amount ofpicturesque scenery
within easy reach; but, fortunately
the ravines and canyons are not al
lowed to come on Majn street. For
this reason we escape the dense fogs
which mar the pleasure of less for
tunate mountain cities.
There is an immense crowd here,
and the folks seem to be enjoying
themselves.
REAL ESTATE
ATA
A few years The Times said that
Hendersonville real estate was higher
than it ever had been and lower than
it ever would be. The latter part
of the statement was questioned by
some persons, who apparently were
expecting a slump. But, as a matter
of fact, local real estate has been ad
vancing steadily in price. And the
end is not yet.
A few weeks ago, W. A. Smith of
fered to take $31,691 for a part of
his holdings south of the city hall, on
Main and King streets and Fourth
avenue West. The offer, fortunately
for Mr. Smith, was not accepted.
That property was sold at public auc
tion Thursday of this week; and the
price was $46,985, an increase of
$15,286 over the price at which he
recently' offered it.
The city bought one of the Main
street lots immediately south of the
city hall. This was done in order to
protect the property which the city al
ready owned.
Mr. Smith expects to move his of
fice building to the King street and
Temodel it.
Real estate on Fifth avenue to the
-value of about $17,500' changed
hands Wednesday.
RE-ELECTED
The county board of education has
re-elected W. S. Shitle as county
superintendent of schools, a position
which he has already held for five
consecutive terms of two years each.
The election was unanimous, and the
salary of the office was increased
from $1,200 to $1,500.
EE-VALUATION
OF REAL ESTATE
The Times again invites the atten
tion of its, readers to the question
naire which owners of real estate will
be required to answer under oath.
This questipaire is published else
in our columns, and we urge all real
'estate owners, who have not already
: done so, to study it carefully so as
- to be ready to fill ta the correct answ
ers when the '.county supervisor calls
on them,' This will save delay, , and
thereby save money for the bounty.
TUBERCULOSIS TOOK BIG TOLL
1 1 Twenty-five thousand French sol
idlers died from tuberculosis during
fthe war, and 120,000 men were ex
"empted from service because of the
J disease, it was stated in the United
; States Senate, during a discussion on
a bin ta V tuberculosis , ssnl
PREMIUM
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ROOSEVELT
MEMORIAL
The work of getting up the or-
ganization in this county for the
Roosevelt memorial fund, is being
proceeded with and it is thought the
entire list of committees will be com-
pleted and sent in so that same can:iine with his views on the documents
be published in next weeks paper.
The names of committeemen for
the. various precincts in Henderson
ville township, so far selected and
given us, are as follows:
West Hendersonville .
K. G. Morris, M. Allard Case, M.
N. Orr, E. B. Drake, W. M. Mintz, J.
S. Cox, T. M. Israel, J. Fanning
Stepp, J. P. Anders, Hicks McCrary,
A. B. Freeman, E. J. Anders, B.
Jackson, W. T. Drake, R. U. Hoots,
J. C. Drake, Albert Beck, F. M. Corn
and T. C. Israel.
East Hendersonville
P. S. Ramsey, T. L. Drake, M. S.
Shipman, Albert Henderson, W. T.
Clark, B. R. Cornwell, P. E. Capps,
J. M. Stepp, Z. Z. Blythe, Lawrence
Pace, W. M. Hill, W. C. Stadley, H.
Hyder, R. P. Freeman, Joseph
Newman, W. C. Newman and J. P.
Hyder.
Flat Rock '
W. b! Michael, Mark King, W. A.
Slattery, W. P. Bane, T. C. Westall,
L. A. Justus, J. M. Case, J. L. Pace,
J. F. Brookshire, S. L. Jones, Pierce
Jones, C. E. Campfield, W. R. Free
man, R. M. Patterson, W. S. Hooker,
J. J. Dryman, R. F. Hamilton, D. E.
Brock and M. P. Anders.
Rugby I
R. J. Evans, W. L. Miller, G. W.
Monteith, J. J. Ballard, W. L. Mc
Fall, W. A. Corn and Mr. Justice.
Horse Shoe
A. Broyles, W. N. Corn, J. C.
Bishop, Rev. J. L. McCarson, and V.
C. McCrary.
It is the duty of the committeemen
to solicit contributions for the Roose
velt memorial fund. A. O. Jones, at
the register's office, is . secretary
treasurer of the Roosevelt memorial
committee for this county, and is
now receiving contributions from
those who desire to contribute any
thing to this memorial fund.
Committeemen, when they collect
contributions, will take down -ihe
names of the person or persons con
tributing and the amount contributed
by each person, antTmake return of
both the names of those who contri
bute and the amount contributed bj
each person, to Mr. Jones at , the
register's office. It is important tha
the correct name of each contributor
be given, as it may be desired that
a list of All contributors be supplied
the committee in charge of the con
struction of the memorial to the late
Colonel Roosevelt, . h- ':t:ff'?f
It is not necessary for you to wait
until the organisation is made up for J
precinct and published, before mak
in'i your' contribution.-;,;: You can pay
in the amount you desire t6 contri-J
HENDERSONVILLE THE
; Tha House has been wrestling with
! the prohibition law, while the Senate
I has been seeking llcht on the treat'.
j and loapu8 covenant.
j The surrender of Shantung to
!aPan nas aroused intense opposition
g Senator Resident Wilson
has beon conferring with individual
members, trying to brinsr them into
!as e.
whole. So far, he docs not ap
pear to have accomplished much in
this respect.
The President requested the for
eign relations committee of the Sen
ate to approve provisional appoint
ment of an American representative
on the international reparations com
mission without waiting for ratifica
tion of the treaty. The committee
refused to do this; it adopted a resolu
tion declaring that "no authority ex
ists" to execute provisions of a
treaty in advance of its ratification.
FEDERAL AGENT SLAIN
Federal secret agents and private
investigators are convinced that F. A.
Dowsey, federal agent from New York
city, who was found dead in Seattle,
Wash., on May 3, 1919, was murdered
and did not die of apoplexy as re
ported by the coroner's jury. At the
time it was stated that two scalp
wounds were caused by a fall when
he dropped to the floor in the bath
room in the hotel where he was stop
ping. Now it is believed the wound
were inflicted with a hammer found
in the room.
The theory of detectives is that
Dowsey, who had been investigating
alleged graft in shipbuilding, was
put out of the way the day before he
planned to make certain disclosures.
It is intimated important arrests will
be made soon.
bute to Mr. Jones at the register's
ofBce any time. Or if it is not con
venient for you to see Mr. Jones you
can send your contribution to him
by mail. Address A. O. Jones, treas
urer Roosevelt memorial, Henderson
ville, N. C.
OLD, BUT
A preacher at the close of his sermon said: "Let
alf in the house who are paying their debts stand up."
Presently every man, woman and child, with one ex
ception, rose to their feet.
The preacher seated them and said: "Now every
man not paying his debts stand up." The exception,
a careworn, hungry-looking individual, clothed in his
past summer's suit, slowly assumed a perpendicular
position.
' "How is it, my friend," asked the minister, "you
are the only man not able to meet his obligations?"
VI run a newspaper," he answered, 'and the
brethren here who stood up .are my subscribers, and "
"Let us pray,' exclaimed the minister. . ' . ,
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MOST PjOPULAR SUMMER RESORT IN THE MOUNTAINS
IMOME ICE AND
; OIL COMPANY
i The Homo Ic:e and Oil Company is
: a recently chartered corporation
j which j will operate a cold-storage
j plant And sell ice and fuel in this
i city.
! The isfiicsis of the company are J.
i O. Bell, president; Brownlow Jack-
son, vice-president; John T. Wilkins,
secretary and treasurer. E. J. Rhodes
is to bmager. The plant will be
located on the railroad a little dis
tance north of the freight depot.
The company expects to be operat
ing its plant within the next 30 or
45 days.
REAL HOMES FOR MINERS
The J. R. Crowe Coal and Mining
Company at Crowesburg, Kan., is
erecting 40 new houses for thv use of
employes and their familie:. Tho
buildings will be real homes instead
of places to stay. They will be lighted
by electricity, have running water and
will be equipped with modern sanitary
devices. In addition each house will
have a lot much larger than the
average city lot and some will have
as much as an acre of land surround
ing them.
Under the plan outlined by the
Crowe Company, which has coal that
will keep miners busy for at least 25
years, the miners will have an oppor
tunity to purchase their own homes at
cost plus six per cent.
AIRSHIP SERVICE PLANNED
A Zeppelin freight and passenger
trans-Atlantic service will begin about
October 18, between New York city
and Hamburg, with Boston, Chicago,
Berlin and Dusseldorf as ports of
call, according to announcements
printed in German language newspa
pers published in New York city.
Booking for freight shipments and
passengers would be received after
September 18, according to Hans
Khars, a German importer.
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WEEKLY REVIEW
OF MARKETS
The foltowing weekly review of
stocks, cotton and grain is written
for The Times by George. A. Leds
worth, manager of Clement D. Cates
& Co.:
Stocks
The past week has witnessed an ex
tremely active stock market. Dur
ing the early part of the week, prices
advanced rapidly, in fact too rapidly,
and financial institutions in New York
were again obliged to advance money
rates in order to curtail the heavy
borrowing, contingent upon the pub
lic carrying so many long stocks.
We must expect this sort of thing
to happen from time, to time as an
advancing stock market requires
enormous amounts of money in loans.
While it may be, that these reac
tions will extend somewhat further at
times than is necessary, it is our
opinion that there is nothing funda
; utaHy wrong with conditions in
our country, and that eventually,
much higher prices will be seen. j
Railroad earnings are showing ai
slight improvement, and with the1
help of Congress, which we are sure
to get, we cannot but believe that this
class of securities are the ones to buy
at this time.
Cotton
Sensational price movements are .
again the rule in this market. The
weekly report shows temperatures!
below normal in extmeme Eastern and '
Western portions of the belt but nor
mal elsewhere. Rainfall has been
vory heavy in the Eastern states, in
fact too much rain has fallen. The
crop made fair progress 'in Texas,
Oklahoma and Arkansas. Conditions
and progress unfavorable in Central
Southern sections, and very dis
couraging in Eastern districts. Weevil
damage reported increasing in East
ern section of Florida and Georgia.
Every day brings us nearer to the
reatization that we are not going to
1 have more than a fair crop of cotton
at the best. While there may be re
actions from time to time, much
higher prices are sure to prevail
ultimately.
Grain
Corn and oats are reported as mak
ing good progress, but wheal is not
doing so well in the Northwest. How
ever, we expect a good crop of grain
all around, but there is sure to be a
demand for every bushel we can
raise, and one cannot look for any
cheap grains for a long time to come.
WOUNDED YANK SUES U. S.
Private Leo L. Covey, of Cherokee,
Iowa, seriously wounded at- Chateau
Thierry, France, has filed suit against1
the United States government for
122,9150.40, alleged to i have been
guaranteed him under the war risk
insurance act at the time of his en
listment if he was totally disabled.
The case is said to be the first aver
filed against the United States gov
ernment by an individual '
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S. S. CONVENTION
The annual Sunday school conven
tion of Crab Creek township will
meet with Pleasant Grove church
Sunday, July 27.
The mourning session will open at
9:30 with devotional service, followed
by the regular Sunday school. At
10:45 the roll of Sunday schools at
tending will be called, and ;he pro
ceedings of the convention v. ill con
tinue until the lunch hour, 1 o'clock.
The sessions will be resumed at 2
o'clock and continue until 4. ':
An interesting program has been
arranged and a large attendane is
desired.
MEXICO SEEKS GERMANS
The Mexican government is mak
ing a bid for German coVmists, ac
cording to information in the hands
of the State Department in Washing
ton. President Carranza is said to be
back of the proposition, taking the
position that the German is a good
immigrant, as they are all hard work
ing men, devoted to industry and
commerce, and to a certain extent to
agriculture. He believes that, if a
large number of Germans can be in
duced to settle in Mexico, they would
cultivate large areas of land at pres
ent abandoned through the lack of
men with enough enterprise to cul
tivate them.
It is reported that already 5,000
Germans, eager to escape the heavy
taxes that will be imposed on the na
tion, are planning to settle in Mex
ico, just as soon as transportation
facilities become available.
Opposition to Carranza lan
Leading opponents of Carranza
look with grave concern on the
scheme of the Mexican president.
They hold him, largely to blame for
the failure of Mexico to be included
in the league of nations and declare
that the experience of Brazil where
thousands of Germans settled years
ago should be sufficient warning to
Mexico against German immigration. .
They declare that Germans have ac
quired preponderance in Southern
Brazil and that the same thing that
was witnessed in Brizal during Jhe
war doubtless would be repeated in
Mexico in case of future trouble.
TO BUILD HUGE HANGARS
Acting under specific authority
granted in the new naval appropria
tion bill, the Navy Department will
begin construction on two of the larg
est dirigible hangars in the world.
An expenditure of $31,100,000 for
the buildings has been authorized.
They will he located on the seaboard
probably in New Jersey.
Ground area necessary for the con
struction of a double hangar will be
about one square mile. Each hangar
will be about 800 feet long, 250 feet
wide and from 150 to 200 feet high.
It is probable that all steel constate,
tion wil be used, 'and officials sti
mate that it will take from six W
eight months for erection. ' ' ,;