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HENDERSONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1919, 1919.
VOLUME XXXIV.
NUMBER 19
FIVE CENTS COPY
ACTIVITY IN
REALEOTE
People ' are learning that real
estate around here is valuable.
The recent purchase, by the First
Bank and Trust Company, of the
Ficker property adjoining the bank,
for $15,000, began to make folks sit
up and take notice. This was follow
ed by the auction sale of the Smith
property on Main and King streets
and Fourth avenue. That property
brought nearly 50 per cent more than
the amount of the option which the
owner had given only a few weeks be
fore; and some of it sold for more
than $300 per front foot, which estab
lishes a new record for Henderson
ville. Fifth avenue property has been
changing hands lately at big prices.
vFive big auction sales are scheduled
for this month;, three of them are ad
vertised in The Times this week.
In the county, as well as in the
city, real estate is in good demand.
We understand that the Hooper farm
in Mills River has just been sold for
$40,000. Also, a capitalist from an
other State has just purchased a
large tract of land in this county for
stock raising.
If you want any real estate here
or hereabouts, you had better buy it
now, before the prices jump any
more.
U. S. FEEDING CHILDREN
Four million children in Europe are
being fed under the auspices of the
American relief administration. This
work, it is said, will probably be con
tinued through private charity under
American direction, even after the
conclusion of the work of the Amer
ican food administration in Europe. J
Enough supplies are now available i
to continue operations for several
ntonths, and experts who went to !
Europe with Herbert Hoover, chair-j
man of the inter-allied supreme foou
council, believ that they will be able,
to obtain sufficient funds from private
sources to continue feeding children !
as lone as the necessity exists.
The Amorinnnn liovo t.ha rbildren 1
subjected to an examination and feed !
only those who are undernourished
until the doctors pronounce them
strong enough to thrive on a diet
which can be afforded by the home
supply. .
JEWS TURN TO PALESTINE
More than 1,000,000 Jews from
every part of the globe are prepar
ing to migrate to Palestine as soon
as its political status is fixed, accord
ing to surveys by the International
Zionist organization, of New York
city.
Emigration committees have been
formed in many countries, it is said,
while tens of thousands of young men
from every occupation have organized
groups for agricultural training and
study of technical and scientific ques
tions bearing on settlement of the
Jewish homeland.
Whole Jewish communities are pre
paring to leave Russia, according to
reports, and they have made strong
protests against the proposed limita
tion of emigration to 60,000 a year.
SHAMES FICTION MISERS
By displaying a stingness that
would have shamed the sordid misers
of Action, John H. Hewitt, of Chi
cago, has been able to accumulate an
estate of $300,000. In his youth he
married, but later drove his wife and
three children from his house. He
would not support them, even
though the courts ruled that he must.
After .Hewitt's wife died a few
years ago, t was shown in court that
he had lived on $55 and a garden
during 1915. Going to bed at sun
set during all seasons to save light
and heat, he was driven to the verge
of insanity by the income tax. His
two daughters and one son have had
Hewitt declared incapable ofmanag
ing hia estate; and they .will handle
it for him. V '
SUPREME COURT TO ACT ON
BEER SUIT
The question of the right of brew
ers to manufacture beer containing
two and thiee-quarteri per cent
alcohol '; has vvMaxtiMUaitM
States Supreme court Because of
thi importance of the question in con
nection witi foe enforcement of r
time' proLiLlwon, court oScials Je
yect the r.t to ack. that the
INSTITUTES
Farmers' and women's institute in
co-operation with the State del- rt
ment of agriculture, will be held in
Henderson county at the follov lng
times and places: j
Edneyville, Monday, August 18.
Mills River, Tuesday, Augu 19.
The institutes will open at 10:30
a. m., new time.
Among the matters to be discussed
are economical soil improvement,
food and feed crops, live stock, pas
tures, marketing; good recipes for
fireless cookery, how to prepare food
for the sick, balancing meals on a
small income, up-to-date laundry
methods, convenient arrangement of
the kitchen with home-made labor
saving devices, beautifying home
grounds, communiy building, etc.
Everybody ' who is interested is
urged to attend, and to bring note
book and pencil.
FREE TO
NORTH CAROLINA
FARMERS
The North Carolina Seed Labora
tory will examine and test all kinds
of agricultural seeds for the farmei
free of charge. Most crop failures
are due to poor seeds seeds filled
with weed seeds or seeds of low
germinating power. This cause of
crop failure can be entirely elimi
nated by taking advantage of the
seed laboratory at Raleigh and having
all agricultural seeds wheat, rye,
oats, clovers, alfalfa, the grases, and
so on, tested before planting. Do
I not sow crimson clover seeds this
fall without having them tested for
' germination. It costs nothing and
; may save thousands.
W. A. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Agriculture, Ral
I eigh, N. C.
CLOVER AND CORN
Should grow on the same land the
same season
Sow the clover in the
fall and plow it under in the spring,
just before planting the corn crop
But the clover crop frequently fails
from poor seed or from lack of proper
inbcluation. Both these causes of
failure can be avoided by having the
seed tested for germination in the
State Laboratories, and by securing
the proper inoculating fluid from the
State Department of Agriculture at
Raleigh.
ARSON WINS DOUGHBOYS
Chaplain E. S. Currie, of the
Second division, has become known
among the American forces on the
Rhine as "the wrestling parson" in
his go-to-church campaign, which he
inaugurated recently among the sol
diers. The parson has been putting on an
exhibition in Leutesdorf every night
the last few weeks, and each man he
throws promises to induce five other
soldiers to accompany him to church
the Sunday following the wrestling
match.
NEGROES KILLED THREE MEN
Angered over the result of a law
suit concerning a stolen watermelon,
Agent Brown and Ozell Anderson, of
Denmark, S. C, negroes ran amuck
and killed George Stevens, a negro,
mortally wounded Carroll Mobley,
white, and shot Henry M. Ray, son
of the county's sheriff, through the
neck. Ray died from the wound.
Brown was shot and killed during
the fight, while Anderson was cap
tured and placed in the penitentiary.
FRENCH PLANNING TO FREE
45,000 GERMAN PRISONERS
According- to official dispatches
from Berlin, it is expected in Ger
many that the return home of Ger
man prisoners of war in France will
begin about the middle of August.
They will return to Germany by way
of Switzerland at the rate of about
2,000 a day. The Germans still held
by the French number about 450,-
000.
PLAN THIRTY-STORY CHURCH
A church, 30 stories high, to cost
about $4,500,000, will be erected by
the Christian Scientist Fifth avenue
congregation, of New York city.
The total amount involved will be in
the neighborhood of $7,500,000. The
skyscraper, in addition to the church,
will 'contain hundreds of offlcee. ,
Have ya visited Steaeyt
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CONSIDERING
THE COVENANT
In the performance of their consti
tutional duty, members of the United
States Senate are carefully consider
ing the proposed peace treaty and
league covenant, and are seeking
light from various quarters. After
obtaining, detailed expressions of
opinion from Mr. Root and Mr. Taft,
they have just received a similar ex
pression from Charles E. Hughes.
Mr. Hughes insists that reservations
must be made. We quote the follow
ing: The question is then what, specifi
cally, should the reservations be
(1) With respect to the right of
withdrawal (Article I). It is reason.
able' to provide that a member with
drawing from the league should not
be released from a debt or liability
previously incurred. But it should
not be possible that, through a claim
of the non-performance of an obliga
tion, a member desiring to withdraw
should be kept in the league, perhaps
indefinitely. I understand that dif
ferent interpretations have been put
upon the clause in question, and I
think that there should be a clarify
ing statement as a part of the rati
fication.
(2) The clause relating to domes
tic matters, such as immigration or
tariff laws is ambiguous (Article XV),
as it provides for a finding by the
council whether the question is one
solely within the domestic jurisdic
tion. There should be a clear state-!
ment of our understanding that such! '"e Up due to the 'Proved
matters, where no international en-' weather conditions published in the
gagement has been made with respect! ,y reprt issued at Washington
thereto, are not submitted for the1 0(Ty'
consideration or action of the league L temperatures are seasonable; min
or any of its agencies. j fal1 heavy ln many localities but the
(3) It is urged by the advocates j planttiS reported to have made raPid
of the covenant that Article XXI growth generally speaking. How
recognizes and preserves the Monroe i T' " 'I shdmg badly in sections
Doctrine. But the descriptive phrase 'W thte has been to much Un
employed in the Article is inaccurate, , S1me Tton was destryd in low
and the meaning of the Article is far landn Jh Carolina, progress was
frbm clear. There should be n in-!Pr ln Flonda and Alabama. Satis
terpretative atatwueat which will re- i ' " ll3Wi, north and wes,
move, all doubt that the traditional1,8 andjv.ery gd Oklahoma,
policy of the United States as to! "y gd in Arkansas, and Tenn-
purely American questions is still
maintained. I fully endorse Mr.
Root's proposed statement of reserva
tion and understanding upon this
point, but in the view that an alter
native form of statement may be help-'
ful, I submit one below.
(4) I agree with Mr. Root that it
would be .desirable to eliminate
Article X, with its guaranty to "pre
serve against external aggression the
territorial intergrity" of all members
of the league. My views as to this
Article were stated in the address be
fore The Union League Club (March
26, 1919) and I need not repeat them
at length. I still think that Article
X is a trouble-breeder and not a
peacemaker.
As an appropriate form of resolu
tion to be adopted by the Senate, he
suggests the following:
The Senate of the United States of
America advises and consents to the
ratification of said treaty with the
following reservations and under
standings as to its interpretation and
effect to be made a part of the instru
ment of ratification:
First: That whenever two years'
notice of withdrawal from the league
of nations shall have been given, as
provided in Article I of the cove
nant, the power giving the notice
shall cease to be a member of the
league or subject to the obligations
of the covenant of the league, at the
time specified in the notice, notwith
standing any claim, charge or find
ing of the non-fulfillment of any in
ternational obligation or of any
obligation under said covenant; pro
vided, however, that such withdrawal
shall not release the power from any
debt or liability therefore incurred.
Second: That questions relatinr
to immigration, or the imposition oi
duties on imports where such ques
tions do not arise out of any inter
national engagement, are questions
of domestic policy, and these and any
other questions which according to
interantional law are solely within
the domestic jurisdiction are not to
be submitted for the consideration or
action of the league of nations o
of any of its agencies.
, Third: 1 .That the meaning of Ar
ticle XXI of the . covenant of ' the
league of nations is that the United
States of America does not relinquish
its traditional attitude, toward purely
American qusitfowv nd is not re
quired by said covenant to eubmit
its policies tending questions whkh
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5EKLY REVIEW
lifOF MARKETS
,,The following weekly review of
stocks cjptton and grain is written for
The Time by George A. Ledsworth,
manager of Clement D. Cates & Co.:
Stocks
past week has witnessed a very
ar market and at the moment
dency seems slightly lower.
Labor disturbances reported in many
localities, together with racial trou
bles nave had the effect of creating
a very; unsettled feeling in business
circles arid it may be that we are in
for .a further period of uncertainty.
Ununited States steel statement
issued on the 29th was not as en
couraging as might have been ex
pected but on the whole, was not so
bad. IfThen one stops to think that
the recent improvement in the steel
business came too late to be reflected
in this; quarter report, it would ap
pear that the third quarter will show
earnings' entirely sastisfactory to
those most interested.
L,ac or news pertaining to the
turning, back of the railroads to their
owners-and the dilatory tactics in
Washington are not stimulating fac
tors, arid until something definite is
announced from the quarter it is
likely that the market in railroad
stocks wifl be quiet.
Good -securities should, however, be
purchased, on declines, to be held for
substantial improvement.
Cotton
Conditions in the cotton' market are
caaee. Lfeienorauon reported in east
and south Texas. Much complaint of
shedding there as well as in Georgia
and Alabama.
This market has had a substantial
raction' and at present prices, pur-
chases would seem in order.
Grain
Dry hot weather in the southwest
portion of the corn belt has caused a
sharp advance in that commodity,
and unless seasonable weather is re
ported from these sections soon, we
are likely to see very high corn prices.
Oats are reported as making good
progress, and prospects are for a fah
crop.
Wheat in the northwest continues
to make satisfactory growth, and we
will probably raise an average crop
of this cereal, barring the unexpected
in the way or rust damage, of which
there is no indication at the present
time.
SALE OF BEER PERMITTED
ARIZONIA
IN
Sale of beer containing 2 3-4 per
cent alcohol was permitted in a
decision by Judge William H. SawJ
telle, of Arizonia, in the United
States district court in San Fran
cisco, Monday.
tions to the league of nations or any
of its agencies, and that the United
States, of America may oppose and
prevent any acquisition by any non
American power by conquest, pur
chase or in any other manner of any
territory, possession or control in the
Western Hemisphere.
Fourth: That the meaning of Ar
ticle X of the covenant of the league
of nations is that the members of
the league are not under any obli
gation to act win pursuance of said
Article except as they may decide to
act upon the advice of the council of
the league. The United States of
America assumes no obligation under
said Article to undertake any mili
tary expedition, or to employ its
armed force on land or sea, unless
such action is authorized by the Con
gress of the United States of Amer
ica, which has exclusive authority to
declare war or to determine for the
United States of America whether
there is any obligation on its part
under said Articleand the means or
action by which' any each obligation
shall be fulI!ed.v ,v '-.;
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BUFFALO AND ELK
The elk out in the Pisgah forests
on the government reservation, are
all living and doing nicely, rangers
report. The buffalo, however, have
not done so well. Two of the cows
died a short time ago, leaving only
one cow still in the herd. The calves,
it is stated, are doing well, and it is
believed all of them will be raised
now that the animals are becoming
better acclimatized, and that the herd
can be increased right along. Efforts
will be made to procure another
grown cow or two to place with the
herd.
" The government is making strong
efforts to protect all kinds of fish in
the waters of the reservation and
game in the forests, and those in
charge of the preserve say that hunt
ers and poachers will be vigorously
prosecuted, and that offenders will no
longer escape with small fines.
COL. S. V. PICKENS' WILL
The will of the late Colonel S. V.
Pickens has been admitted to pro
bated The proof requisite to admit
ting the will 1o probate was made by
the subscribing witnesses J. D. Davis
and M. M. Shepherd.
By the terms of the will the bulk
of the estate is conveyed to Cor
nelia S. Pickens, widow of the tes
tator. In the first paragraph of the will
the deceased directs that all his just
debts be paid, and that a suitable
stone be erected at his grave to cost
not less than $1,000 and not more
than $1,500, "Tipton to have noth
ing to do with it."
Besides the bequest made to Mrs.
Pickens, which as already stated, com-!
prises the bulk of the estate, the
testator made other bequests as fol
lows: Augusta Pickens, niece, Topeka,
Kansas, daughter of John C. Pickens,
$500 by reason of her kindness to the
mother of the testator. To John C.
Pickens, brother of testator $50. To
Ora Hunter and Dimerich Carver 1-2
to each in fee the testator's 10-room,
yellow house and the lot on the west
side of Main street just south of the
T. A. Allen lot, of the value of
about $3300.
To three 6-room house on'
South Seventh ( avenue West, lot
known as the Addie Barnett house
and lot of the value of about $1100.
To Benard Ramsey, great nephew,
in fee, the corner lot on west of
above lot 75, feet on South Fourth
avenue West and 75 feet on east side
of church street, value about $600.
To Bernard Ramsey of Madison
county, great nephew, the McGuire
4-room house and lot 75x75 feet on
Church street of the value of abot
850.
To Hendersonville Graded Schools
small lot on east side of town, 60x185
feet. This lot was probably sold last
year to Wm. Mitchell.
To Hendersonville hospital and Bal
four orphanage 1-2 each in fee the
fish pond land 1 3-4 acres bought of
Butler Justice, value $700.
North Carolina Methodist Confer
ence in fee lot on hill on east side
of Crab Creek road south of Trans
lyvania railroad, value about $500.
To Miss Susan Hunter, grand
niece, of testator, in fee one 16t north
of Holiness church, value about $150.
To Douglas Wild, nephew, in fee
three lots in same plot.
To the North Carolina Conference
M. E. church, after death of Mrs.
Pickens, to aid young men in pre
paring for the ministry, the Malory
house and lot at the junction of
Fifth avenue and King street, value
about $3,000.
To the Methodist Protestant
church of North Carolina after death
of Mrs. Pickens, for the education of
young men for the ministry in said
church lot west of above, value about
$1,000.
To William and James Pickens 1-2
each, then to pay $25 per year to
Mrs. Pickens, all of "No Such Park."
Value about $6,000. William and
James being sons of the testator's
oldest brother.
To Mrs. Minnie Jarrett, niece the
old field between the R. and J divi
sion line and ,a line of the south
boundary of Oakdale Cemetery, value
about $1,000.
To Thurea McCain, niece, Julia
Bryant, niece, Riley Ramsey, nephew,
1-3 each all balance of grave. yard
tract abont 5 acres, vlue about $2,000,
Mrs. Cornelia S. Pickens, widow of
testator, is made executrix of the
will, and in the closing paragraph of
the will the testator says: "Upon my
dear wife. Cornelia 8. Pickens, I now
tavtie Reave V;hest blessing? and
ROOSEVELT
MEMORIAL
Below are the names of the com-
mitteemen who have been chosen for
Blue Ridge, Upward and Hooper's
Creek precincts, as a part of the
Roosevelt memorial organization for
this county. We published last week
'the names of committeemen who had
been selected in the several, precincts
in Hendersonville township up to the
time we went to press with last
week's issue of the paper.
Judge J. C. Pritchard is State chair
man of the Roosevelt memorial or
ganization in North Carolina, and
Hon. J. J. Britt, is chairman of the
10th district. W. C. Rector is chair- ,
man and A. O. Jones is secretary
treasurer of the organization in this
county. A list of persons who have
already contributed to this fund is
published elsewhere in this paper, and
it is urged that all who can possibly
make it convenient to do so, call at
the register's office in the court house
between now and Wednesday night
of next week and have Mr. Jones
enter their names on his list so that
same can be published in next week's
issue of The Times.
The following are the names of
cqmmitteemen so far chosen in the
precincts above mentioned :
Blue Ridge
Harley T. Justus, B. A. Merrill, C.
J. Edney, G. W. Morrison, Rev. T.
J. Waters, D. D. Henderson, Grant
Pace, J. R. Jackson, Z. V. Whitesides,
J. A. Marshall, W. W. Hyder. H. O.
Lively, T. C. Blackwell, L. T. Can
trell, B. F. Pace, Jonathan Case and
H. K. Pace.
Upward
P. T. Ward, J. G. Justus, Henry
Revis, A. H. Blackwell, F. R. Jones,
L': W. Clark, J. H. Brock, W. R. Par
ris, James T. Staton, Lee Hill and L.
L. Tabor.
Hooper's Creek
E. E. Lance, K. R. Seals, B. F.
Steppr, Henry King, H. ELanfe; P. '
N. Souther, W. J. Baldwin, W. M.
Maxwell, R. C. Beddingfield, W. J.
Souther, J. J. Baldwin, J. E. Young
blood, H. E. Trantham, W. T. Smith,
J. K. Williams, B. H. Youngblood and
J. R. Rhodes.
The road up Stoney is fine.
SCOTTISH RITE MASONS
TO MEET IN ASHEVILLE
The annual fall reunion of the
Scottish Rite bodies of the Valley of
Ashevile will be held on September
2-4, it is announced. Indications are
that the reunion will even exceed in
number the record class of June.
which was said to have been the larg-
est class ever taken in at a reunion
in North Carolina.
The reunion will draw candidates
from all the territory covered by the
Ashevilie jurisdietion, which extends
to practically every section of the
State.
YORK GETS ITALIAN WAR CROSS
An Italian war cross, awarded to
Sergeant Alvin C. York, America's
greatest war hero, was received at
Nashville, Tenn., Monday by Col. W
M. Newman, recruiting officer, and
same will be presented to York at
Nashville Saturday.
PULVERIZED LIMESTONE
The North Carolina State Depart
ment of Agriculture has very large
holdings of limestone in East
Tennessee, a tract of about 226
acres estimated to contain not less
than 150,000,000 tons and a small
pulverizing plant that can put out
about 50 tons a day. This limestone
is given to the farmers of North Car
olina at cost of production, plus the
freight.
The stone is milled to pass a ten
mesh screen and analyzes from 80
per cent to 90 per cent calcium
carbonate and carries a small per
centage of magnesium carbonate. It
is known as a high calcium lime
stone.
The capacity of the plant is now
being increased somewhat and is is
planned to run day and night, begin
ning about August 15 or 20. This
will double the plant's present out
put. Orders sent in early can likely
be filled in time for use this summer
and falL Address all orders to W.
A. Graham, commissioner of agricul- '
ture, Raleigh, N. C.
pray that wisdom may be her con :
tinned guide in all things. M . . v-t ,
SteaeyV a.W eating. lC