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Ijrsonyille'g school plant iff not
v,i-to-d,ite but la also a model
i the state board of education
-e other progressive citiesi to
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. E. C. Brooks, state superintend
. ( J c ! jcation, was bere last week
ted our plant. . He was
'y enthusiastic oyer what ,he
, a;,l he announced his willing
) to put pictures of our new high
" ool 'property on the education
' J's moving picture screen and ex
1 it throughout the state as an
Nation of what a progressive com
ity ought to do. v -, '. v -
Ti.- Brooks -was for a number of
Ms professor of education in
..Inity College. A year ago , he re
ined that position to- accept the
i. .ce of state superintendent and he
is intensely interested in . all ' educa
tional activities. ? Last month our city
superintendent and several of . the
teachers were in Raleigh attending
the -teachers assembly , and they ex
tended to Dr. ; Brooks; an invitation
from our city school trustees to visit
Hendersonville and dedicate our new
h'rh school building.. At first he said
he did hot know when he could find
time to come; but finally he promised
to be here Friday, December 19.
- Friday afternoon h reception was
the? in the high school in honor of
four1 distinguished guest, and all P
tromrand friends Were Invited to at
tend and take the opportunity of in
: specting the''hewly'aequired property.
The domestic .' science ' department
1 served refreshments and a very enjoy
able afternoon was spent. Both Dr.
Brooks and the patrons of the sclioof
were delighted with the plant.
After the reception given to Dr.
I Brooks at the new high school build
ing, in the afternoon at 8 o'clock, a
large and" appreciative audience met
at the city hall to hear the address of
Dr.- Brooks.--- On the platform Were
members -of the board 'of trustees,
several of the pastors and preachers
of HendetsonviDe and vicfhityV and
other' prominent citizens of the com
munity., .The meeting was called,tp
order bjrGv V. F Blytlie chairman of
the; board of" trustees. The opening
prayer was led by Dr. 12. E. Bomar,
which was followed by a brief musi
cal' program, ' consisting of a well
rendered piano solo, by Miss Bryant,
and 'several selections . well rendered
by a quaret composed ' of Messrs:
Honeycutt, McAdams, Tebeau and
Garvin. : E. W. Ewbank, Esq., was
called for; and responded in an en
thusiastic speech, describing the ad
vance in school interest in the city
and .. community, congratulating '1 the
trustees and the people of the city on
the present school facilities and ad
vantages, declared that Henderson
ville was now "On the - map," and
that by the united efforts of the
Hendersonville people, ' Henderson
ville will immediately become one of
the school centers of the state and
country; and then introduced to the
audience,; Dr. E. C. '- Brooks, state
superintendent of educationwho de
livered a strong and impressive ad
dress, illustrating the needs of better
school facilities, more general, and
more thorough education of all the
.youth, of. the: state, congratulated
the trustees, and people of Hender
sonville ' upon their , recent achieve-
.mentsbpth' in facilities, school-spirit,
and the splendid faculty; and stated
that Hendersonville was fully up with
the best high schools in the state, and
va some lines of work ahead, with all
'.$-,hatural advantages necessary to
eep tfs place. '''"',
, The meeting closed . with benedic
lon 'pronounced by Rev. Raymond
""rowning. 1 x '
Dr. Brooks was given a cordial in
ion to return to Hendersonville
t summer, when it is expected that
a other school activities will . be
. t.&iuc:ted,;;i;;;s
r?. rrooks had intended to leave
i I'.e f.rt. train' Saturday morning,
he was so much interested in focal
'."Joris'that he decided to stay over
r " 1,. the monthly meeting of
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The fUoT?iR3 statement Jby , Mr..
Moreiu i, relative to the 9th district
election, as' published in the Charlotte
Observer, is of interest:' :
As far' as I ant informed, reports
of the following frauds and violations
of the law -have Teached Republican
headquarters here: 1 ' - ' 1
First Reports from many pre
cincts that the Democratic registrar
did not comply'with the law, by hav
ing' himself and -the ' registration!
books, available so that , voters . could !
register.- These reports are confined .
practically, to ; Republican counties
and precincts. .
Second That in at least three pre
cincts in Burke county, all strongly
Republican the registration book
each precinct was mutilated and
whole pages-torn out to destroy the .
record of Republican registrants, . i
b TEird That at one box in Catawba
county there were counted and of-
ficially returned, over 250 more bal
lots than were registered voters in '
the precinct. - If
Fourth That the Cleveland county
Democratic majority was obtained by
counting or casting, or both of a
minimum of 500 illegal ballots and
11 ? specific v charges of fraud were
filed before the county board of elec- ;:
tions in that county. ' . i
In the light of these reports and
charges, spjeaking for myself, I wish
to-sajr that a thorough going inves
tigation of all of them will be made.
If competent and legal substantiation
is secured, I will proceed to the limit
of my ability to punish the perpetra
tors and to uphold the purity of the
ballot ' - I
If-these reports be tr,ue, whether
Mr. Hoey or' I represents the district
in . Congress is a matter of signifi
cant foment.. On the other hand,
however, it is vital Ithat the sacred
ness of the ballot be protected. Other-
Wise tlie-fundamentals of our system
of government are undermined and
destroyed. , .
In this-connection, muefc has been
said iii- print concemjng the amount
of ujsds -ia.ihhaiik of the-RepttblU ,
cans of the : distf fci." '-' One over
wrought and per-fervid Democratic
editor has declared in the columns of
his paper that the Republican national .;
authorities had sent $100',000 to the
district. V Honorable 0. Max Gardners
how lieutenant governor 'and candi-.
date for governor, declared' from thes
public platform that these same Re
Dublican national authorities had sent
$50,000 in gold to the district. (I fV
am reliably informed that Mr. Gard
ner afterwards naively confessed that' SC
he made this remark while speaking tr
in an out-of-the-way community and
that he had no idea that it would,
appear in print) . ; ' ; ;
The flimple truth is that, fo my
knowledge, not one penny has' been
sent to the district by any Republican
committee orany individual non
resident Republican and I think it
reasonable to presume that I would
know had $100,000 or $50,000 or any
otner sum neea sent nere to oe used "gant, Claus" made a visit tp Fern-
wvixvf i. i wood Camp, Modern Woodmen of
With the' Democrats in the town
of Charlotte bidding In the 4 open America, Monday night of the pres.
market, "five dollars and a dram;' ent week and what he failed to leave
(think bf the potency. of a "dram" in in the way of good (? things for
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mese ory cays; ior a yoie ior air. --ndiJaf,.,. from the newcamn at
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IT is the seasonof Christmas cheer in all the
I homes where spbbcribers to this paper dwell.
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Christmas also in the minds and hearts of
, you good friends of ours. -
' 'T; .
Christmas, with" al that jterra implies asto
universal feUowsounteous! unselfishness and
renewed recognitfci of the .fact that to give,
is actually better than to receive
As you have putBCaanythihg, that much will
you get . out of itOUtof the interest you have
taken in this paper diuW.the past year we hope
you have derived ' jjul qtial personal pleasure.
Your appreciatioii has 'ie tMi paper's issuance
a congenial work tosthe staff.
ind likewise in thafc same spirit which makes
Christmastime . wht f itjsitklce'; this oppor
tunity of expressing ou thanks' to. the business
men of this communi', and? of the territory
, within wnich this pc.-cifculSes,iotheir cor-
om co-operauon p . vya ,vvioi nas
best editorial efforts 4o the community in a credit
able manner.
, , May the kindly, glow of this holiday season
color life , for you and yours throughout the
coming year.
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: Washington, Dec.'22.fln annbunc- v:
ing today that the. government alone , 1 M
must handle the prdblem of bring- ; "
ing back the bodies of the: American ' r
soldier dead from France; the' War kJ.
Department gives a general answer to
tit sin an a 'in : u4itAa4-a '. ' 4 k-AiiMliada ''
from'bereaved .relatives. tvV i v
Since the' armistice" was sighed all
members of the North Carolina' dele
5tion,for instance, have received let
ters from flie : state asking first for'
inf ormation to plans for bringing
home the soldier dead and then re
questing that pressure be brought to
expedite . thet return. Requests also
have come from parents in all sections
of the country that they be permitted
to'go to France, disinter the body of
a son and bring it home at the expense
o'f the family Involved.' '. v . .
Today the War "Department - an- 4
nounced that "individual requests of
this character will uniformly be re-':.
fused." . The governmenttalohe, the
statement says, is in position to bring
the bodies home and no matter how ,
wealthy a grief-stricken parent may
be the War Department will pay the I
expenses and the official ; program
must work itself out. ;
; The department says the granting '
of individual permits for such removal ;
would interfere with orderly arrange- '
mehts and also with negotiations un
der way with the French government. -The
consent of the French govern- ,;
ment is required before there, is a T
general removal , of American bodies
from French Soil. ' '
i Another reason given for govern- ';.
ment control of the entire tragic un-. ,
dertaking is that there should be no
unfair- discrimination against ; those V
relatives who ate of limited financial .
means. ' "fr'-', ? : : r.-'PX
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Lucy JG. Youngj a ujmown cblf
ored woman of-Flat lRock died in.:
Asheville on je4.&tf . .ienth,u
from in effect of .aakoof piiraly-':
hsisl:JemA;
brought to this city and laid to rest
in Oakdale cemetery. v
She had three sons in the World
War, took an active interest in war
relief work, especially the Red Cross,
of which she was a faithful member.
She Was born in 1865 and spent most
of her life at Flat Rock except two
years in Asheville. . She was 54 years
of age.
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MRS .GARREN DEAD
W. O. W.
Hoey, it wouw appear mat tne shoe . v,
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is on the other foot and that the Re
Dublicana were altoeether ontclassed. i vouli hardly be
However, I digress. '
Concluding, permif me to reiterate
that me question of who, ' aa - be-
fnraoif X-m and tf aai amj! mimaII
! j. Foster, and Earl Covil. Those from
the main point. , - - -
The issue is clearly whether or not
worth mentioning.
The Lynn candidates were Frail Dur
ham, Chas. Gosnell, Loranzo Kuyken-
, dall, Harrison Rndgman, Hughey
legal ' election can be enforced in
North Carolina.
I .have most definite determination
to bring to the bar of justice, every
proven violator of the law.
"' This much, ayt least, I owe to the
perpetuation of oaf government and
those men who so loyally supported
me at the election. 1 -
JNO. M. MOREHEAD,
? Charlotte December 'i; ' ' '
.."'r "'MAJ3 tZZZTING '
There will be" a mass meeting of
r.e c'Uzens of Hendersonville and
' ! uy l'l in tU t'.tj Utt next
y t i. A'l citizens who are
: ' " : 1; xr. r.fam,
; i". c - ". i irs 2i to
i t 1 .' -,. v:ll: will be
' t ';rt!5r ' s tr 8
j Hendersonville were Adolph Sherman
' and Howard Patterson. Eight candi
dates yrmt a few more than the num
ber usually taken in on one night and
the midnight hour was almost reached
when the session ended, zr The new
sabre for the Chief Forester is ex
pected by January 1st and the drill
team, in their bright new uniforms,
will attend a aessioSi of Vance camp,
in Asheville, on the evening of Janu-
1 Iry 7th. v r
OBTAIN WAGE INCREASE ,
Employes of packing house firms in
Chicago have been 'granted increases
in wages aggregating $12,DOO,009
ear The increase will affect about
125.000 stockyard workers, and . is
retroactive from September 1 W19.
; , The demands cf tie men for X 14
hour week and double pay for over
time were, denied. At present they
r-"ive t'-'e" t d a half for ovv " .;e
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BRIGHT QUITS '
' MILLING BUSINESS
E. R. Bright of the Mills River sec
tion was in the city Tuesday and
stated that he had transferred his
Asheville milling stock to George
Connell of this city, and had decided
to retire from the strenuous milling
business and give his undivided time
and attention to his country home,
and that he expected to spend his
dividends and income on four legged
stock in the future; as two legged
animals were rather hard to keep up
with. )
. Bright . also wishes to extend A
cordial invitation to his co-operating
ex-milling company and 'friends to
take dinner with him during the holi
dayls, especially those who were pres
ent in Hendersonville November 7th
and gave him such a warm reception
at the big blow out. ' J
DEATH OF ALONZO TWYFORD
NETTING TAX DODGERS
Alonzo Twyford, age 20, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Twyford of this
city died Monday afternoon at 4 :30
o'clock at the home of . his parents
on South Main street. The young
man had been afflicted with diabetes
for several years, but it did not be
come chronic until recently. In fact,
the young man kept able to go about
until Thursday of last week when he
took his bed. His physician saw him
and informed his parents that his con
dition was serious. He continued to
grow worse until he passed away Mon
day afternoon.
Funeral services were conducted at
the borne of the parents of the de
ceased Wednesday mourning, and the
remains were taken to Charleston for
interment .. . - -
The deceased was born and raised
here) and was quite well known to
many of the young people of the com
munity who will be sorry, to hear of
his passing.. '
. Much sympathy is extended the par-
At least (600,000,000 ; w'ill be ent nd other elves of the de
forced from income tax dodgers in
1920 by the .federal government, ac
cording to an ofSclal statement issued
by Daniel Roper; commissioner of in
ternal revenue." This is the first of
ficial, accounting from Roper en the
drive, agthst tax - dodsm which he
undertook pn January 1, 1919, under
a special 'f jjt .;. t datlon, Jfrora 'Con
ftei. ,;; A i: .j-A:
So far the drive bar netted $200,
CC0.CC 3. - It v" I dose at the end of
the' t.zc$X y : r f 1 June J3.
ceased because 01 ' the occurrence
which' has brought trouble and sad
ness to them at this Christmas time;
ONE MORE SUFFRAGE STATE
J Tht North Dakota legislation . has
voted to ratify the federal woman's
suffrage amendment!, the house by a
vote ef 96 and the senate 49 to 5. :
i North Dakota is the twentieth state
U the Union to Tatify the amendment
giving -nen the right to vote.
Mrs. Vicy Garren, wife of George
Garren of this city, died at her home
on Third avenue East, Sunday morn'
ing at the age of 69 years.
.Mrs. Garren leaves a husband, a
number of children and grand chil
dren. She was buried in Oakdale
cemetery Monday afternoon at 3
o'clock. Undertaker Shepherd had
charge of the burial.
HEIRESS QUIT CHAUFFEUR
Mrs. Julia French Geraghty,
daughter of Mrs. Leroy French, has
been granted a divorce from John
Geraghty, with whom she eloped in
191'. Her husband made no defense
against the allegations of non-support
for several years.
The sensational elopement created
a big stir in Newport, R. I., where the
young heiress had been living.
CHRISTMAS SWEETS ESCAPE
Christmas with only a limited sup- .
ply of candy, cakes and other con
fections is the prospect that faces New1
York city this year, f According to ;
bakers and confectioners, the sugar -shortage
has become so acute it is
now impossible to buy at exorbitant
prices. .
An investigation is being made of
the books of candy makers to see if: '
they have been securing sugar which ,
should have gone into the retail trade, :..
HAIR TONICS UNDER BAN
: Hair tonics must be made undrink
able, according to Prohibition Com-
miasioner Kramer; who has issued an.:
order on manufacturers of , proprie
tary medicines, barbers' ! supplies an I
other alcoholic preparations tht V -7
must prepare their products so f t
they may ; not be used as t ev : 1
after January 18, wica toT'.T.y. . I
prohibition becomes tractive. r '
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