REPUBLICANS
- In Tuesday'! election the Republi
cans swept practically the whole field.
; In Massachusetts the Republican
candidate lor governor won by a
plurality of 126,000, the largest ma
jority ever received by any candidate
X in that state The entire Republican
, state ticket was elected by large ma
' jorities. ' . . "
v i The old Democratic state of Ken-
tucky was swept into the Republican
column. Edwin P. 'Morrow; the Re
publican candidate was elected by a
majority of 80,000. Republicans
elected 63 of the 100. state represen
taties, whihv the Democrats elected
46.
.: In New York the Republicans elect
ed their candidates for judges of the
supreme court by good margins. An4
James O'Malley, Republican,.defeated
. James A. Foley, Democrat, for sur
rogate in New York county.
- In Virginia, where the rottenest
election laws ever penned by the
hand of man, are upon the statute
books, the Republicans gained sever
al members of the legislature.
In Philadelphia, the Republicans
elected their candidate for mayor by
a large majority. They also elected
their .full legislative ticket.
Republicans won ar decided victory
in Chicago, electing eighty-one mem
bers of the constitutional covention
against twenty-one Democrat. v.
In Maryland the question who
was elected has not been determined.
.Both sides are claiming the election.
It will take the official count to de
termine which side has the best of
the Maryland election.
The latest news from Mississippi
was to the effect that the Democrats
would probably win, the Republicans
- not having any candidates in the run
ning in thastate. -,
r In Massachusetts the slogan of the
Republican candidates was: "Law
and Order." In New Jersey the Dem
ocratic candidate for governor had
for his slogan: "Make New Jersey
as Wet as the Atlantic Ocean."
Goernor Coolidge, Republican, won
in Massachusetts by the enormous
. majority of 125,000, 'and President
Wilson sent him a telegram congratu
lating him on his great victory which
he had won on a law enforcement
platform.
In New Jersey'the Democratic can-
didate for governor won on a liquor
issue, and the President .wired him
congratulating him for having won
such a great victory.
Just a few days ago the President
vetoed the law enforcement act, the
significance of which can now be
plainly seen. Comment is unnecessary
' The result of Tuesday's election
was, in short, proof conclusive of
what would have happened to the
Democrats had the election been a
national one, and from the results
it is easy to see what will happen in
the election of 1920.
LADIES AID SOCIETY HOLD
MEETING
The Ladies Aid Society of .the
Presbyterian ehurch held their month
ly meeting on Tuesday afternoon. Im
mediately after business was con
cluded they went to the home of Mrs,
Bessie, Egerton, where they had been
invited to celebrate the seventy
sinth birthday of her mother, , Mrs.
Aniie L. Anderson. For eighteen
years Mrs. Anderson has been presi
dent of the Aid Society, andtill holds
toe omce or nonorary president,.
When the guests had all assembled,
Mrs. Lila Ripley Barnwell, president
of the society, presented Mrs. Ander
son with a handsome silver spoon as
' "4 token of affection and appreciation
...from the organization which she has
o faithfully and satisfactorily served
for many years. The gift came
llrs. Anderson as a complete surprise, i Wbit8 livestock, poultry and farm
and she accepted it with ret machinery. The 'fair will be aonuf
pleasure. Immediately afterward re- interrupted by the arrival of
ifrcsbments Were served, and a Peas-
antseial 'meeting followed.
. ' i Cmni ftamnlff asiuted Mrs.
EszAon in sewing the guests. .,'
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. "LARGE SWEET POTATO
Ti. W.,D. Justus M Flat Rock,
"Ta 1, 'sent us tins week sweet
. r - to that she grew this season. The
T -tat is perfectly sound, we!ttour
i,UH pounds' and ta.a'fiTrer"
' t ' It n te ten in -t fret
SWEEP FIELD
HOLS J.
nffflY T 1 111 Barker, once so familiar a figure on
Hr Li fl II I Main street and a part of wljoee vast
UIIll .111111 jhouinga are now on the market, to
- ' be sold at public auction by R. C.
' News of the death of Thomas Jef-
ferson Shipman, who died suddenly
last Friday, while at work in the Pink
Beds, came as a severe shock to his
many friends and relatives.
Mr. Shipman, who was a valued
and trusted employe of the Carr
Lumber Company at Pisgah Forest,
and Brevard Tanning Company, was
in the performance, of the duties in
cident to his employment When the
final summons came. He had -gone
to the telephone to speak with some
one in .the office of the company at
Pisgah Forest. The man' who an
swered yie telephone call 6f Mr.
SKlpman, asked how he was feeling.
Mr. Shipman replied that he was feel
ing fine. He then dropped dead of
heart failure. Undertaker, Shep
herd went to Pisgah Forest . and
brought the body to Hendersonville,
and prepared it for burial.
Funeral services were held at the
Baptist church in this city Saturday
morning, and interment was made in
Oakdale cemetery. Dr. E. E. Bomar,
pastor' of the Baptist church, and
Rev, M. F. Moores, pastor the Metho
dic chorchhere; conducted the -fun-oral
services. A large number of the
people of the community, among
whom Mr. Shipman had resided for
several years, were in attendance at
The deceased was 62 years of age,
and appeared to be in good health.
He had been a resident of this city
for a number of year! and was a
man who was highly respected by all
who knew him. He was a member ef
Pleasant .Grove Baptist church, hav
ing resided in the vicinity of that
church prior to his removal to this
city several years -ago.
Mr. Shpiman formerly conducted a
mercantile business near the depot
in this city, but for several years past
had worked at the wood and timber
business in Transylvania county.
The members of his family left
surviving, and who reside in Hen
dersonville, are: The widow, and five
children, Misses Jessie, Gertrude,
Beulah, Mazie, andkGrover L., Ship
man. "
The following brothers and sisters
also survive : W, E. Shipman, Hender
sonville, Mrs. M. F. Blythe, Etowah;
Mrs. Lula Kilpatrick and Mrs. Pat
rick Henry of Brevard; Mrs. Emma
Johnson of Greenville, and Mrs. A.
F. Justus, of Hendersonville.
MAN STEPS FROM AUTO,
FALLS, NECK IS BROKEN
I
Asheville, Nov. 4. John L. Moore,
aged 56 years, night watchman at
Saint Geneveive's convent, was in
stantly killed this afternoon when he
slipped as he stepped from the ma
chine driven by Sheriff E. M. Mitchell
at Arden and, falling on the concrete
paving, broke his neck. The party
had gone to Arden to look for a
negro wanted for stealing a cow and
as the machine turned to go up to
the Arden station Mr, Moore stepped
out of the car and fell. He wqs for
many years chief engineer at the old
Kenilworth Inn and was well known
in the city. Surviving are a widow
and three sons.
) SPARTANBURG FAIR IS
OFF TO SPLENDID START
Spartanburg, Nov. 4. The Spar
tanburg county fair opened here to
day with a good attendance for the
opening day. There are good attrac-
Wjtions, fair races, but exceptional ex-
Rmglingf Brother's circus in the city
tomorrow, but the management says
there is no doubt as to record-break
ing attendance for Thursday and Fri
day.' ; 5' ,
WES3 v CONFIRMED
., The nomination of.; Congressman
E. Y. Webb, of Shelby for the federal
judgeship in the '-western district of
tils stat has been t.'.r!' ',ed ry t1 1
f ve11"9 is t " -d' to r'
WERJLAIID
TO BESOID
From Balfour to the outskirts , of
East Flat Rock and from the South-
miles stretched the. truly magnificent
estate of the late Major Theodore
Clarke on Wednesday morning,.No.
vember 12.
There were between two and three
thousand acres of the estate, recalls
W. A. Smith, a life-long-friend and
admirer of the eminent lawyer whose
hunger for Henderson county land!
seemed never to be satisfied. The
stretch of that estate appeals to the
imagination strongly: beginning at
Balfour to far-off East Flat Rock and
running eastward for miles. A mag
nificent estate, truly.
And now it is being sub-divided
being cut up into small farms whose
fertile soil means future competence
to the worker. The tracts will be of
varying sizes from five to fifteen
acres. Some of them are splendidly
wooded these will appeal to the city
man desirous of suburban home.
Others will consist of bottom lands, or
uplands and these will speak to the
farmer, the trucker, or again the city
man who wants to fight the high liv
ing costs in the most effective way.
This property was the pride of a
big man a man who ranked high in.
his profession. He was the law part
ner of a man no less distinguished in
the law Barker and Simonton was
the firm title. Judge Simonton was a
noted jurist, at one time a federal
judge, and the partnership endured
many years. Although Major Bar
ker's winter home was in Charleston,
and although he owned great rice
plantations in South Carolina, it was
here in Hendersonville and on this
beautiful estate now Ho be turned
over to the sa WNjMre maawt
means that he' found his 'relaxation
and greatest joy in life.
P. F. Patton and Brownlow Jack
son who announce this important
sale of an historic estate, have had
good roads and streets built there and
have so platted the 225 acres to be
offered that almost any man may find
his needs satisfied. The fertility of
the soil of the estate is common
knowledge. So fertile is it, indeed,
that Smith, Jackson & Morris, the real
estate brokers handling the transac
tion for the interested parties, be
lieve the development of these 225
acres as small farms will mean a very
considerabe addition to the county's
agricultural wealth. Major Barker
took pride in the estate pride in its
beauty, in its wonder appeal, and
pride in its farms' productiveness.
Ami so, an estate which once equal
led in area many a little old country
kingdom, which ran from Balfour to
the confines of East Flat Rock, will
soon pass into many different hands.
It is a matter of congratulation, how
ever, that the building of roads, and
streets through its depths has but
revealed new beauties there, new
charms and, perhaps best of all, new
opportunities for those who find joy
in the country on the edge of a town,
and who will there work oyt a wise
plan in which new health and more
wealth will play equal parts.
CHURCH OFFICERS MEET
The new stewards of the Methodist
church met Monday night at the
church and transacted such business
as was necessary at the beginning of
the conference year. W. S. Miller was
made tiairman of the board of stew
ards; F. H. Kincaid, treasurer; C. F.
Bland, secretary.
Finaaca Committaa
F. S. Wetmur, chairman; J. D.
Pullin, J. F. Byer's, Chas. Rozzelle, F.
V. Hunter, F. E. Durfee.
Haare Upkaap Cemniittaa
A. L. Gurley, P. J. Gilreath, J. F.
Byers, Al J. Henderson.
- TMinic Committaa
Mnu'A- W. Honeycutt, C. F. Bland,
8. T.Hodges. ; '
' - wjeea CwmaittM ;
,C, E.t Brooks.
' - " tallMton
J. F, Byers, F. V. Hunter, A. F.
Justus. ' " i v
a H, jFj Stewart, W. F. Edwards, Jr.,
A. & Gssuer, M. C LetsonV
. 'Ty r'uy feat yat,rl
r- - " -i af.2C0,.fordflie in
MlCULTDRAL
COURSE STARTED
,? The course in livestock anddairy
ing at the Hendersonville nigh school
was staVted Saturday, November 1st.
There Was a large number of boys
presentahd- much interest was dis
played jht the course as outlined by
Mr. Garvin. ,
To show the type of young men
Who are interested, in taking this
course', , might be well to say that
most of them are boys who , are at
present living on farms. One lives
on a lQO-acre farm near Hillgert
On this, farm they have a good num
ber of .. beef cattle and this boy is
interested in the further study of
beef cattle. : He wants to know how
to feed them more economically so
that he will make a greater profit
therefrom. So as his project in con
nection with the course of study he
will feed several head of cattle
through the winter, keeping accurate
account of all expenses. Then when
they are sold in the spring he will be
able to figure out his exact profit or
loss on same.
There are several others like this
boy -and all of them are in dead
earnest about the course.
Then there are several registered
for the course who at present live in
town. Some of them have at one time
lived on farms. Others never have
but think that they want to make
farming their life work. This type
of boy will find that he has much to
learn which is new to him, but he will
als find that there will be much of
great interest to him in the learning.
Unless this boy has some land or live
stock of his own, he must use some
belonging to someone else in order
that he may gain the practical ex
perience which will be necessary for
him- If he chances to be interested
in dairy cattle he may get a pure bred
calf and raise it, keeping account of
all expenses for a year. This is
something? sfchich would be very tttach
worth while.
Until the high school moves into
their new quarters the class will be
gin every morning at 8:30. All who
are in any way interested 'should
consult either Superintendent Honey-
cutt or Mr. Garvin. This course is
open to all boys in the' county who
are over 14 years of age.
BOY GROUND TO DEATH IN
SHAFT AT COTTON GIN
Salisbury, Nov. 4. Paul Cp.-.tor,
12-year-old son of Berl Castor, m6t a
horrible death today at the cotton gin
near Faith where the elderCastor is
employed.
The boy, while handling a bag, got
it caught in the shafting and was
dragged into the rapidly moving
shaft. His legs were torn off and
his head badly battered, death being
almost instantaneous.
ASHEVILLE SANAT6RIUM IS
COMPLETELY OUT OF SUGAR
Asheville, Nov. 4. Ashevill's sugar
shortage has reached such a stage
that one large sanatorium reported
today that every ounce of sugar had
been exhausted and they had been
unable to get more. The hospital
filled with patients and the situation
is serious.
CAMPAIGN IS LAUNCHED AT
KINSTON AGAINST MOSQUITQ
Kinston, Nov. 4. Representatives
of the United States public health
service and the local health bureau
tonight put in motion a movement
for mosquito eradication here. The
city council is expected to make an
appropriation, to be augmented by
government funds, to combat malaria
next year. Low ground south1 and
west of city have been breeding places
of considerable numbers of pests in
years past, while even the northern
part. of the city, on the highest
ground in eastern Carolina, has had
an epidemic of mosquitoes the past
three' weeks. Oil will be extensively
used in the campaign. .
EAST HENDERSONVILLE
BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. C. S. Blackburn who is" serv
ing both Fairview and East Hender
sonville wilf fill his regular serried at
the East Baptist church next Sunday
at both services and. again on the
fourth Sunday, at ha' ia giving this
church the second and fourth Sun
days of efjch mantfcfux-t&t present.
All at cordiallyt. invited io thaae
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GREAT WASTE
PUBLIC FUNDS
The congressional sub-committee Mr. Ellsworth said he was refusing
which has been investigating the $27,-
000,000 munition contract involving
the Standard Steel Car Company of
Hammond, Ind., will ask that at least
a dozen army officers and civiliians be
prosecuted criminally. And if the
report of the committee is true, the
whole outfit of them ought to be put
in prison stripes. -
Among those who will be scored
most severely by the report of the in
vestigating sub-committee, which is
scheduled to be read on the floor of
the House of Representatives, are
certain ordinance officers of the army
central department, members and at
taches of the Chicago district ordi
nance claims boards and officers of
the car company, of Hammond, Ind.,
which held a $50,000,000 contract to
manufacture howitzer carriages, ac
cording to a declaration. of William
J. Graham, chairman of the House
sub-committee.
Among the principal charges which
will be brought to the attention of
the House of Representatives, are:
The government spent $27,127,628
on the contract and received 200 gun
carriages, which were to have cost
$40,00 apiece, or $8,000,000.
No carriage was finished before
the end of the war. No guns were
mounted on these carriages until af
ter the armistice was signed.
Settlement of the claim of the
company which had the contract to
irake the -carriages, was rushed
through at break-neck speed and un
der unusual conditions, despite the
fact that the Chicago Tribune months
before had published an expose of its
doubtful ramifications.
Lost $3,000,000 ia 3 Day.
A filial award of $3,000,000, as a
last portion of the $27,000,000 total,
j-wjaa-tfide; to,, the ;CQrp,wition, the
claim settled and the check paid with
in three days another record break-
ing procedure as regards war
fl.ana !
Many items in the claim, which j
were accepted by the claims board,
amounting to hundreds of thousands
of dollars, were never audited by
the government, it is charged. The
government was overcharged on sub
contracts, and the officials of the com
pany, together with army officers, re
ceived automobiles and other presents
from the sub-contracting companies,
according to the committee's findings.
In a statement made by Represen
tative Graham concerning the matter, !
he said credit for the expose belonged
to government accountants, mainly to
L. J. Blakely, stationed at the car
company's plant. Mr. Graham's
statement is in part as follows:
"The sub-committee is satisfied
that the government is the victim of
a gigantic fraud on this contract. We
shall' make our report to that effect,
and we shall see that it is read be
fore the House. Of all the munition
scandals I have encountered this is
the worst. While the boys were los
ing their lives in France and the
army was borrowing French artillery
to fight the Germans, productjpn was
dallied with here and not a gun car
riage was put out until after the close
of hostilities."
Other members of the sub-commit
tee, which investigated the matter
which brings forth their report, were
Representatives Albert W. Jefferies
and Finis J. Garrett, both of whom
assented to the spirit of Mr. Graham's
statement quoted above.
More Wild Waste
According to official reports now
before Congress, the committee on
public information, headed by George
Creel, cost the government approxi
mately $6,600,000 on the face of
what is characterized as its chaotic
records. The reports filed with Con
gress declare the Creel committee's
affairs cannot be wound up for sixlife in order that they may be able
months so great is the confusion
Chairman Creel and other members
of his committee are charged with
gross negligence in handling the gov
ernments funds, in a report by E,
K. Ellsworth of the council of na
tional defense, appointed to liquidate
the Creel committee's affairs.
, . Creel's committee issued hundreds
of cheeks for Individual expenses far
in excess of the $1000maximum limit
fixed by Congress, the report of Ells
worth says. These checks ranged, it
adds, from $iq0 to $U00,000, and
wer issued to between '400 and 500
f. .;tVwi advanced- tatty te other
to pay accounts apreved by Chairman ;
Creel. In this he is undoubtedly cor ;
.rect. When it is recalled how. the
men and women of this country, boor
as well as rich, contributed of their
means to carry on and win the war, ' v
few will be found who will say that
all the scoundreds who wasted,
squandered and stole their money' .' ' :
should not be dealt with criminally
and each punished in accordance with
Via Jamma a4 ...
Mr. Ellsworth said he found a - -balance
of about $1,500,000 left out ' v
of the $$5,660,000 from President :
Wilson's special war fund, and $1,
250,000 provided by Congress, in- -eluded
in the committee's assets. Un
paid bills agregatlng several hundred ' -
a.1 j j-ii m . n. ...... . . . . . !
luuusunu uuiiars ior service, were
still in the Creel committee's files, '
some of them many months unacted
upon. There were also checks and '
money orders payable to the Creel
committee agregatmg $76,000, dated
last spring, upon which collection had s
not been attempted. Ellsworth said ' '
he also found "several thousands
worth of checks thrown";
in file cases" without any effort hav
ing been made to realize on them.
Uther rapert hound
Other negotiable papers were found
"in desk trays and on the
floor," in the office of E. H. Hobbs,
former disbursing officer and busi
ness manager of the Creel commit
tee, and additional funds were found
in "New York and Washington banks
and in Riiufon Kanlra onf iivaj! Kv Km A .
Bolsheviki, the Ellsworth report said. !
One item of $10,000, in the hands of 1
a New York auctioneer, was listed,
"several thousand dollars with an '
army officer in Roumania," and other
funds reported by the Creel commit- .
te aa hAvtno- Wn 1ff with ainan'.
in Riisuia anH Franop N
The Ellsworth investigating com
con-lmittee gaid. tht. fa.t, in hanA .
the committee (senate committee on
....
apropriatinons) can readily see the
manner in which the financial affairs
of the committee ion nnhlie affairs'
of which Mr. Creel was chairman)
were handled before being transfer
red to the council of national de
fense." A New York moving picture film
company, Mr. Ellsworth's report said, ;
claimed two accounts of $8,000 and
$27,000.
"Upon my refusal to pay same
without proper investigation," he
said, "they refered their case to the
White House. After a careful in
vestigation I did not feel warranted
in approving it as it did not appear
to be a just one, and was forwarded
to the auditor for the state and other
departments with the reasons why I
did not approve it, even though ap-
proved by Mr. Creel and also the chief
of the division of films."
This paper stated a short time ago
that before the election in 1920 the
people would be told about how their "
money was spent by the present ad
ministration during the war period.
It has been, and is going to continue '
to perform its share of the task of
letting the people know just how
their money was spent. It believes
is its duty to do so, in order to as
sist its readers in the matter of de
termining how they should cast their
ballots in the election of next year. '
It believes that the men who are
proven to be criminally negligent in
the matter of the expenditure of the
people's money during the war period, "
should be punished more severely
than any other class of criminals, in
order to deter others from like viola
tions in the event that it again be
comes necessarv for this count.rv ta
go to war. It is too bad for the peo- ,
pie to work hard and deny them- '
selves of many of the necessities of '
to contribute money to help defray
the expenses of a war in which their '
country finds it necessary to engage, 1
and then have millions of that money '
squandered and wasted.
"MILLS DID IT"
Mills did what? Painted that biff
sign on Rose's Drug Store, : corner
Fourth and Main. When? Thin week!
What kind of a job did he doT The
sign is a "beaut" if you don't feelva
itjtake'a look at the side of
store when passing. ' '