North Carolina Newspapers

1 11 J V VOLUME XXXIV. NUMBER, 45 HENDERS0NV1LLE, NORTH CAROLINA, ffelDAY, NOV. 21, 1919, ' FIVE CENTS COPY 0 A t 1 II I 1 Hi' A LAUREL PARK ATTRACTIONS , The beauties of Laurel Park have drawn to that spot, thousands ' of people during the summer season for several years past. Many of the thousands who have visited it have declared it to be the most beautiful natural park in America, v , The park's name is appropriate. Dense thickets of laurel .clothe . the ' sides of the hills, and in spring-time make most ' beautiful the landscape with the snowy whiteness' of their blooms. These are , soon followed each season by the, rhododendrons with ir gorgeous pink and scarlet displays. The honeysuckle, ' great masses of galax, the clinging ivy cov ering everything it can reach, and . other-flowering shrubs, too numerous to mention here, together with cold springs, little brooklets, and pretty artificial lakes, and beautiful drive ways, 'indeed make of Laurel Park, to say the least, one of the most, if not the most beautiful spots in all the mountain section' of North Caro lina. We have never traveled in Switzer , land, but we have been told by people who have looked upon the magni ficent scenery of that country, that the beauties of the much talked about resorts of Europe do not show Dame Nature attired so beautiful and so lovely as in Laurel Park. ' Laurel Park has added in no small degree to the fame of Henderson ville, which town is now one of the principal resort towns in Eastern America. 'And while much has been done heretofore to add to the works of nature; in the territory embraced within the boundaries of Laurel Park, much more is planned to be done. So that the visitors whose good for tune it will be to visit here next season, will see much in the way of Improvements, that will render still more attractive, what has often been termed, "he most beautiful natural park in America." A number of Hendersonville's prog ressive business men have recently entered into a scheme which contem plates the building of cottages in Laurel Park, on the co-operative plan, Walter B. Smith, who thought of, and who is, with his associates, promot ing the co-operative building scheme, is enthusiastic over the outlook for its success. The plan, briefly stated, inyolves the idea that wheremen who have control of labor, building ma terial and supplies, shall compose and control the organization to put in operation and carry out the building plans as contemplated. A number of men, of the classes mentioned, have already joined the organization, and are said to be at work, preparing details and doing other necessary work preliminary to setting in motion the machinery for the production of the work contem plated. The original investment, under the plans of the promotors, it is said will be around fifteen thousand dollars. E. G. Stillwell, local architect, is pre paring plans now, for the erection of some three or four bungalows which will cost between three and four thousand dollars each it is stated. A committee has selected the lots upon which these three or four bungalows will be erected, and the first will be built, it is said, on Fifth avenue just beyond the canal as- you enter the park. -The houses will, of course, be erecffej to sell to those people who desire to make their summer or all-the-year-round homes in the park. ; Residents' of the park have practi cally the same advantage's as those who live in the city have. Ice, groc eries, etc., are delivered there. City prater may be had as well as that ifrom the famous Crystal Spring. I Many homes have already' been uilt in Laurel Park. Some are oc- Icupied all the year, and others are occupied only during the summer season. ' Much work is being done on the streets and, driveways in the park. Most all these are being made wider and the grades improved so that an- omobile travel over them may pro eed with the' same degree of speed and ease as over public highways of he section." r .t '.:,! So,:.s already stated, the visitors ere' next : season ; will' be more ; de lri.&.a ;xi . ' j iii.v Akeantv anil ttrApttvenawi inf TatiTwl Parkv and we extend a hearty Invita- ion to all who c6me to the moun tains from the heated parts of the PEACE TREATY UNRATIFIED Late i Wednesday ' afternoon the United States Senate ended its spec ial session and went home, leaving the peace treaty unratified. Failing after three attempts to ratify the peace treaty, the pact was laid aside and the- Senate adjourned, after being in special session exactly six months. All compromise efforts to : bring ratification failed the three resolu tions of ratification all going down by overwhelming majorities. Two of the three ratification votes were taken on the resolution drafted by the Re publican majority, containing reser vations, which President Wilson had told ' the Democratic Senators in a letter early Wednesday morning would mean nullification of the treaty. On each of the votes most of the Democratic supporters of the treaty voted against ratification. , We will give a more complete account of this in next week's Times. HOGS WENT DOWN, PORK WENT UP August 1, hogs were selling "on hoof" in Chicago stock yards at $22 the hundred weight. At the same time loins of pork-were selling at $34 the hundred weight. The big meat packers were buying hogs and selling pork. A week later price of hogs dropped $1.00. But the price of pork loins went up to $35. Another week and hogs were sell ing . at $18.50 as the packers bought them, and pork loins were selling at $36.00 as the packers sold them. On August the 29 hogs dropped to $16.50. But pork loins went up to $37.60. - On September the 11 hogs reached their lowest price paid the farmer by the packer, $16. The same day pork loins reached their highest price. paid the packers by the consumers $38,00. In six weeks hog prices fell $6.00. In the same six weeks the price of pork loins went up $4.00. VALLEY HILL SCHOOL On Thanksgiving evening at o'clock at Valley Hill school there will be an entertainment given by the student body. A box supper will follow the enter tainment. The proceeds from the ex ercises and box supper will be spent for the improvement of the school. Admission 25 cents. The public is cordially invited. BOX SUPPER TO BE HELD AT EDNEYVILLE SCHOOL There will be a box supper at Edneyville public school house on next Saturday night, Novembebr 22. The proceeds will be applied to the needs of the school. Everybody will be cordially welcomed and a good time is assured all who come. BOX SUPPER There will be a box supper given by the young ladies of the Pleasant Grove school and vicinity on Friday night, November 28, at the school building, for the benefit of a new school building. The public is, cordially invited. MARY ORR, Teacher. south and elsewhere, to come to Hen dersonville. Our latch-string is al ways on the outside. COULD EAT A LOT. "I wish at dinner today dat I was a cow." - r ' How'i datT" - ' "Why nt a cow got seven stum- mlcks?" ; .Vr:- THE MODERN '' imi.iiii -i- r-rT 'The modern day pilgrim, while retaining som of the principles of the first pilgrims, has enlarged hla scope of activity. The spirit of freedom, equality and peace Is being spread throughout the universe, and American democracy, it ia to be hoped, Is to be followed Irt spirit by the peoples of j other nations. And then when the unlversaji day of Thanksgiving comes, all the people will know and realize what It means to be an absoliriely free nation. Our photo shows the pilgrim of today, emulating his forefa-, there who went forth as he did to secure his bird for the feast. ! PROGRESS OF THE BAPTIST $75,000,000 CAMPAIGN (ByE.E. Bomar, Campaign Director) At th state convention in Raleigh last week, reports from pastors and directors showed all associations working in the campaign except one. Even in that one some of the churches and some individuals will take part, Most of the reports were enthusiastic, showing churches well organized, many ready now for the canvass and some few, in their zeal, with allot-. Woodmen furnishes current cost pro- j ments more than raised.. In common tection at the lowest rate at which it j with Rev. J. J. Gentry of Asheville, can be obtained. ! atid one other director I could not Two meek and lowly seekei's for make such exceedingly hopeful report, knowledge of the arcanum, in the jwr North Carolina is doing well, so far sons of Dewey Case and Buigin as I have heard, but I have heard Hyder, received theirs in all its in- nothing from some churches. But speakers have lately visited these enthusiastic boosters for the society, churches. They were kindly received The new uniform for the Foresters and hopes are entertained that they will arrive next week and arrange along with Fruitland, French Broad, ments are being perfected at the Cen- Balfour, East Flat Rock, Tuxedo, the two churches in Hendersonville and t.AM ...711 Wtnt SY U nn VbllCIS, Will lllCCt VL CAtCCU t-Ildl tip- portionment. The First Church has ten teams with fields already assigned , to them. The captains of these teams are: O. V. F. Blythe, James Stepp, G. J. Lambeth, R. H. Staton, W. F. Penny, R. P. Freeman, T. L. purham, J. E. Shipman, W. A. Keith and Jno. T. Wilkins. The allotment of this church is $17,500. Of this sum $5,000.00 has already been subscribed and two other subscriptions of $1,000.00 each have been announced. Also one for $500. It is expected that other large sub scriptions will be made and that the teams will solicit subscriptions from every man, woman and-child in the church. The canyass will be made in the afternoon of November 30th. Those who are not -members but are Bap tist in sentiment, and unaffiliated Bap tists living in our midst may be asked to contribute. Reports through the religiqus pa pers and from private correspond ence show that victory is assured in most of the states. Kentucky will exceed her apportionment. Scores of churches' in that state have already taken subscriptions in every case ex ceeding apportionment, and aK. ex-director, Raleigh,' for pledge cards if pect to ' exceed. Sputh Carolina is the supply is not at hand or not organized almost to the last detail.1 sufficient. The canyass can be made Texas has raised her, apportionment! whenever the churches are ready, but by an extra million, making seventeen the set time is victory week, Novem millions in alL Mission churches in ber 30th-December 7th. ( South America voluntarily ' assume J - Pastors and church directors should nearly a half million.4 Dr. T. B. Ray,; remebmer that all church subscrip of the foreiirn mission' board, feels confident that thechurches in foreign unas in connection witn oar Doara, 'will give over $1,000,000.3 - s Such enthusiasm causes some fear Mo aveh Wifi?i FEAST PROVIDER MODERN WOODMEN j ' HOLD BIG MEETING! i A ! ! The,big)at4eting ife -point .of, attendance, as well as enthusiasm 'and genuine enjoyment, in the history of Fernwood Camp Modern Woodmen of America, was the session held by that order on Monday night of the present week. Truly it is that the members of this order are united by the strong ttes of a great brotherhood and as to life insurance, the Modern tensity Monday night and are now. tral Cafe on Monday night, Decern-' ber 1st. I GARREN MEDICINE CO. MOVES The Garren Medicine Company which has occupied quarters for some time on Seventh avenue East, moved this week into more roomy quarters below the railroad. The company at the present is occupying the Pace building rear of Keith's garage. The building formerly occupied by the Garren Medicine Company is un dergoing repairs. When completed the Keith Auto Company expects to move their garage, into this building and the Garren Medicine Company will then move into the building now occupied by the Keith Auto Company. The enlarged business of the Garren Medicine Company made it necessary for them to have more room in order to supply their trade. slackening of work. The supreme considerations now are constant prayer, complete organizations and a thorough canvass. . Everywhere it is recognized that failure can only come where the pastors do not take hold with a firm hand, God and the people are even now ready. Pastors and directors should write to Rev. T. W.' Chambliss, publicity tions should be reported to the asso ciation director, Rev. E.' E. Bomar, if possible by' phone, as soon as made To, avoid confusion; reports will not be made direct to Raleigh but to Hen ASTONISHING EXTRAVAGANCE J. N. Birch, secretary of the Juli ette Milling Company, of Macon, Ga., recently wrote a letter to the Man ufacturers Record, in which he said the greatest obstacle to overcome when soliciting subscriptions to the various issues of Liberty Bonds, was the almost "unbelievable' extravag ance, and waste in the construction and maintenance of this camp," the camp near Macon. : We publish the following quotation from Mr. Birch's letter and the com ments of the Manufacturers Record thereon, as follows: ' "I have read with interest your editorial, 'A Riot of Extravagance,' in your issue of September 25. The writer resides in a town where a camp was maintained and it fell to his lot to solicit subscriptions to the vari ous issues of Liberty Bonds. The greatest obstacle to overcome in se curing these subbscriptions was the almost unbelievable extravagance and waste in the construction and main tenance of this camp. "Has it ever occurred to you that a mental attitude arrived at through calculation, distance between the fixed stars is utterly incapable of realiz ing what a billion dollars is in human which we are now suffering! endeavor to create or in sacrifice to A distinguished army officer in re acquire?" turning from Europe during the past Record's Comments summer on the same ship with' Mr. The "unbelievable extravagance"! GomPers in substance said : and waste to which Mr. Birch refers 1 Mr. Gompers, the Federation of was so evident at every camp during Labor promised that there should be the war that it was very difficult to n strikes during the war. That pro keep the people from breaking loose mise was not fulfilled. When I was at that time in such a spirit of de- superintendent the building of a plant nunciation as would have restricted whose product was absolutely es the sale of Liberty Bonds and weak- sential to the making of explosives in ened the spirit of patriotism which to save our men at the front, needed to be aroused to the utmost thousands of labor men under me in order tbat we might win the war,. w?re congtajitly refusing to wo Patriotic -'taw 'arid xome'''u1S- i' that?" , with these various camps were hor- , Mr. Gompers' reply was: rifled beyond expression at the 'Wild ' ' "Perhaps you worked them too waste and extravagance and the utter . hard." disregard of everything which would Tne officer's reply was: have meant the saving to this coun- "I was working 18 hours a day, but try of hundreds of millions of dol- the laboring men were constantly lay lars. Thousands of soldiers died be- inS oft and refusing to work even the cause they were inadequately housed, appointed number of hours assigned with inadequate equipment at the to them. I was drawing $3,000 a camps, though jt seemed impossible year. but some of the plumbers work for any intelligent man for two years in8 under me were drawing about prior to our going into the war not to twice as much, and yet I never halted know that our only safety lay in pre- at the 18 hours which were necessary paredness. General Pershing said tnen to complete the plant." la. vcek, in testifying before Con- Mr- Gompers declined to discuss gress, that if we had been prepared tne subject further, got up and walk we would not have had to enter the ed off and during the balance of the war. The enormous cost to the coun- tr'P kePt very mucn to himself, try in lives thrown away by lack of The "unbelievable extravagance" preparedness in hospitals and in army and waste to which Mr. Birch refers camps, the billions of dollars wasted in his letter had its origin in Wash by riotous extravagance, all testify ington, where, for instance, the to the shortsightedness of the nation shipping board in one case threatened when for two years it permitted such to "cel a contract for ships if the conditions to exist. company, which was employing men From the very day when Germany wno were thoroughly satisfied at threw honor to the winds and struck $2-50 a day did nt raise the wages its blow at civilization, every man to $6 a day. This was but typical of who had known Germany's career the sPirit abroad in Washington dur through the centuries should have inB the war. We poured out billions known that this was a war on all , in extravagance as though billions civilization, and that if France went counted for nothing. Had this wild down before the onrush of barbar- ( waste been essential in order to save ism, America was doomed. , the nation it would have been wise to Secretary Lansing stated the case sPend as freely as we did, but that against Germany when in an address! wild extravagance merely bred wild during the war he said: ! extravagance on the part of the peo- "In view of this spirit of hypocrisy ! Pie and helped to develop the prof, and bad faith, manifesting an entire teering spirit which is abroad in the lack of conscience, we ought to be land. and against which the nation astonished that the Berlin foreign of- fice never permitted a promise or treaty engagement to stand in the way of a course of action which the German government deemed expedi- ent. I need not cite as proof of 'this fact the flagrant violations of the treaty of Brest-Litovosk. This dis creditable characteristic pi jth9 Ger man foreign policy was accepted by German diplomats as a matter of course and as a natural, if not a praiseworthy, method of dealing with other governments. Frederick the Great, with cynical frankness, once said : 'If there is anything to be gained by it, we will be honest. If decep tion is necessary, let us be cheats.' That is,, in. brief r the immoral prin ciple which has controlled the foreign relations of Prussia for over a hun dred and fifty years." ; With this knowledge of Germany's lying diplomacy and its constant, ef fort to deceive in order that it might loot other nations, which every stu dent of history had known for years Just as Lansing- knew, it, sorely it is an incompreheasible situation that Secretary Lansing and the whole ad ministration did not follow Lansing's knowledge to the point of getting ready to meet the inevitable. Thou sands and tens of thousands of superb American men died because of our failure to do this, and then when we entered the war it became necessary to undertake to do in a few months the things which we ought to have been doing during the two preceding years, and with Mr. Gompers ap parently in charge of the whole labor movement, we entered upon a career of wild extravagance in paying exor bitant prices to labor and encourag ing contractors working on the cost plus system to increase their earnings by increasing the pay Of the men em ployed. If a man getting 10 per cent on labor at $5 a day, he would make still more by getting 10 per cent on labor at $10 a day or $15 a day, and with the conpivance of the American Federation of Labor, and with Mr. Gompers and Secretary Wilson hav ing such a dominating power in the suitation, the country entered upon a career of wage profiteering through the national governmnt which is re sponsible for many of the ills from muft nw ftgnt with unceasing actitvity. : BUSTER BROWN AND TIGE ! On Tuesday afternoon of this week, at 3 o'clock, Buster Brown and Tige appeared on the stage in front of E. Lewis & Son's Department store and gave their free entertain ment to a large crowd who had gathered to see the show. That Buster Brown made a hit with the children is a fact that cannot be de nied. Buster Brown is a fully developed man of diminutive stature, dressed in the familiar red Buster Brown suit, with the famous hair cut. After the salestalk, Buster put Tige through his paces which the chil dren seemed to thoroughly enjoy. Buster Brown' . and Tige have been with the Brown .Shoe Company seven years, have been in every state in the union and are supposed to make two trips yearly to cities in which a store is 'located selling the: Buster Brown shoes. Only one store In a city handle this inaks of shoe, r ' y ' '--K' - if , '' yip.'-ff: