1. r VOLUME XXXVII. NUMBER .5 1 HENDERSONVILLE, NORTH CA pXy(,m 5 v. BOARD EXPLAIN SITUATION County Commissioner Explain Why . Money Was Spent , to Defeat Bill. The allowance and payment out of pubic funds of the legal expenses in curred in opposing certain proposals of local legislation at the recent ses sion of the General Assembly is being assailed in' certain quarters as an unauthorized and wrongful act on the part of the undersigned Board of County Commissioners; and this up on no less an authority than the opin ion to that effect openly avowed by Hon. James J. Britt, of counsel for A. E, -Hudgins in - the pending controversy over the accounts and settlements of said Hudgins as Tax Colector and Treasurer of Hender son County. Hitherto it has been the settled policy of this Board and of -its legal advisers to pass without notice all and singular the multitude of mis leading reports and injurious innuen does with which an over-zealous propaganda has bombarded public opinion, to the studied prejudice of our every endeavor to secure a cor rect and orderly accounting for public funds and something like busi ness efficiency in the administration of the public affairs of Henderson County. We have been content to bide our time, so that ultimately mis representation might be answered by achieved results. But such conside rations hardly suffice when the legal ity of our official acts is publicly questioned by a lawyer and publicist of the rank of Mr. Britt, notwith standing his position as the retained counsel of Mr. Hudgins necessarily impresses his opinion with an aspect of hostile partisanship. Whatever our confidence in the legality and propriety of our conduct, we recog nlae the opinion of Mr. Britt as im posing upon us an inescapable obli gation forthwith to give the fullest publicity to all the facts, to the end that the action thus impugned may be intelligently and conscientiously judged by the people whose servants we are. There can be no correct under standing of the questions involved without a statement of the antece dent facts which led up to the legis lative proposals which the Board of Commissioners successfully opposed. As bearing upon the merits of the proposed road bill, which is herein - after set out in full, we state the ma- terial facts, as follows: A few months after it was induct ed into office, this Board, after much urging, made sale at par to local banks of $590,000.00 in road bonds, and for reasons which the public very well understands, the proceeds of that sale were carried on deposit until needed, in equal amounts, without interest, in the purchasing banks, -namely, the First Bank and Trust Co. and the Citizens National Bank. This sale was made and the transaction carried through upon the faith of existing laws, towit: (1) the law which gave to the popularly elected Board of Commissioners full control of the money realized by the sale of said bonds and which provid ed that it could only be paid out up on the orders of said Board, and (2) the law which gave all matters of the construction and improvement of the public roads of the county into the control and management of a board of three road trustees, namely, the chairman of the board of county commissioners, as an ex officio mem ber, and two others to be appointed! Dy saia Doara; so tnat iuu control both of the bond money and of the results to be achieved by its expendi ture was lodged in the local popular ly elected government of Henderson County. While approximately half a mil lion dollars of this bond money was still held on deposit without interest in the banks named, the President of the First Bank ahd Trust Co., in his capacity as the representative of Henderson County in the State Leg islature, introduced in the House of Representatives ,a bill which was un derstood to have the full support and approval of the Vice President of said bank, in his capacity as the Senator from said county, which bill is in words and figures following, that is to say: H. B. 105 Mr. Clarke. A Bar 'Entitled "An Act to Amend Henderson County Road Laws."' The General r Assembly of , North ' Carolina do Enact: That whereas since the enactment of Chapter 217 of the Public . Local V Laws of 1919,, known as the Hender- - son County Road Law, the State has f?A provided for . State-wide . road im- i provement and construction ' under ' the State Highway Commission, and whereas it is essential that the roads and highways: of Henderson County D6 so constructed aito meet with the approval find indorsement of , the . State Highway Commission, to the end that the count of Henderson v may demand and obtain all the bene i fits 'hat can accrue to said county - through 'co-operation vfith, the' State c.r Highway Commission it n - v 5'. Npw, therefore be: ft nactedi t ' ,. -nublic local lawi of 19-19 'be stricken out and the following substituted in place thereof, vre: , . . -C?r ;w .That to make more effectual the operation; of this Statute and pro- Ton te cw-pr?ii0n of the. County ed a board1 of five trustees consist ing of J. 0. Bell, C E. Brooks, Frank Staton, F, S. Wetmur and Harry M. Roberts, whose term of office shall commence by the meeting and organ ization of' said board immediately af ter the ratification of this Act. And their term of office shall expire on the 1st day of March, 1925, with the right in said board to fill by appoint ment any and all vacancies that may occur by resignation, removal or other, cause, and at the termination of the office of any member or mem bers of said board as prescribed above, said office or offices shall be filled by the Legislature from parties of the same pdlitical affiliations. This boakl shall be known as the Board of County Road Trustees of Hender son County. Under this name, they are hereby constituted a body corpo rate with all the rights of corpora tions to sue and be sued and to act in general for the best interest of all the public highways and roads in Henderson County, and shall have ultimate control and supervision of all the other road officers' in said County. The said board shall hold regular monthly meetings at the Court House in Henderson County on days to be fixed by said board, and at and on such other times and. places as the interest of the public shall by them be deemed necessary. Section 2. That Section 26 of said Chapter shall be amended by strik ing out in Line 16, the words "iron bridge across French Broad River at Horse Shoe ", and insert in lieu thereof "the Transylvania County line at Blntyre." Section 3. Amend Section 28 of said. Chapter by striking out in Line 6 the word "before", and insert in lieu thereof the words "which shall be." Section 4. Amend Section 29 of said Chapter by inserting between the word "power" and the word "if" in Line 9 of said Section the words "and are required." Section 5. This Act shall be in effect from and after its ratification. Section 6. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are hereby. repealed. r As to. the personnel of the board of road trustees proposed to be created and appointed by said bill, it will be noted that J. 0. Bell is a director of the First Bank and Trust Co., 1 that Mr. Frank Staton is a brother i of a director who is also vice-oresi- aeni oi me same DanK, mac t . S. Wetmur also is a director of said First Bank and Trust Co., and that C. E. Brooks is .a director, and active vice-president of the Citizens National Bank, leaving only one non-bank member. Harry M. Roberts. And it will be noted fur ther that said board was authorized itself to fill such vacancies as might occur in its own body, and that at the expiration, of the terms of office of the members of said board their successors should "be appointed by the Legislature. It will thus be seen that the most careful provision was made to set aside and perpetually disallow any manner of control of said half-million dollar road fund or of the geneal road affairs of Hen derson County by the voters or by the locally elected officers of suid county. In' connection with the road bill above set out, Bank-President-and-Representative Clarke introduced another bill which likewise was un derstood to have the full support and approval of Bank-Vice-President-and Senator Oates, which latter bill is in words and "figures following, that is to say: "H. B. 106 by Mr. Clarke. A Bill entitled "An Act Appointing Board of Audit and Finance for Henderson County.' The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact: ' 1st. There .shall be and is hereby and herein under the constitution Article 14, Section 14 of the Constl. tution of North Carolina appointed a board of finance and audit consist ing of: J. O. Bell, C,E. Brooks, F. S. Wetmur, Frank Staton and Harry M. Roberts. 2nd That said Board shall con stitute a body politic and corporate with full powers to carry out, man age and perform the duties of a board of audit .and finance generally and particularly, to discharge the du ties herein specified, said Board to be known as the Board of Audit and Finance of Henderson County, with Eowers to sue and Jbe sued, plead and e impleaded as a municipal corpora tion, whose term, of office shall ex pire on the 1st day of March, 1925. . 3rd. That it shall be the duty of said Board of. Audit, and Finance to take general control of and to direct the Board of Commissioners of Hen derson County as to what taxes and rate' and amount thereof shall be levied fdr all the several purposes authorized by law. 4th That the said Board of Audit and Finance shall meet and organize immediately after the ratification of this act and provide for. the institu tion 'of a. correct system Of book keeping in all the offkes of Hender son County, and see that said system is rigidly carried out to the. extent that definite information, can 'be had at all timet as to the true financial status as enertaining to each o.l'ice, and sail 1 bard sball imme-'tely fasri ' 1 vi!,"' l ly v ' ' lr - ADDiiMNsllp::iSiiM Times Receive Substantial Contribiij tions to Woodrow Wilson ; Foundation Fund. - i i, ' ' y$ The Times acting as treasurer for the Wilson foundation fund jtakes1 pleasure in acknowledging through these columns the following contrir butions received since the campaigp was started. The time will be eft tended another week and we shall ibel 1 1 j.- i i i . giaa io receive ana repori any mo ther contributions to this fund. There! are two or three names omitted front this list, hese being names reported as cash. Should any person's name be left out of this report who wishes it to appear in The Times next week, please notify us and we .will gladly attend to this promptly. The list-of contributors is as follows: ' Fassifern (Miss Shipp) $ Blue Ridge School for Boys (J. R. Sandifer) Mrs. A. M. Trenholm W. Hi Hawkins Mrs. W. H. Hawkins F. S. Rozier Miss Lillian Padget W. L. Petty - V. E. Davenport J. W. Beal Mrs. S. E, Greenwood Jos. McDowell chapter, d. a. r A. A. McCall E. L. Ewbank -- F. A. Ewbank H. H. Ewbank Frank Bright Pete Gianakos V. C. V. Shepherd W. W. Walker A. G. Thompson Chas. Rozzelle W. E. Tilley M. C. Letson R. L. Whitmire Herman Potta O. R. Ruth J. E. Shipman P. L. Wright D. M. Bussell G. W. Brooks Mrs. N. B. Sandifer J. D. Duff Michael Schenck A. Y. Arledge W. A. Smith , Chester Glenn Henry King G. W. Justice Miss Marie Lane 20M 5.0ft B.0Q m 1. 5.0fr 2.00- 1.00 2.60 Dr. J. L. Egerton 5.00 Chas Hobbs 25.00 Otis Powers 1.00 W. P. Bowline 1.00 A. Cannon 5.00J C. E. Brooks 5.00 J. Allen Rhodes 1.00 Frank Smith 1.00 Rector Publishing Co: 5.00 W. G. McGraw 1.00 B. P. Burckmyer l 1.00 J. F. Brooks 1.00 Glover T. Orr 1.00 Thos. Shepherd 2.00 R. M. Oates 10.00 W. M. Guill 1.00 H. A. Stepp 1.00 Frank Edwards 2.50 T. L. Durham 2.50 C. F. Bland 5.00 Ernest Thompson 1.00 A. H. Hawkins 2.00 E. W. Ewbank 5.00 Florence S. Ewbank 2.00 E. W. Ewbank, Jr. 1.00 Mary M. Ewbank 1.00 Virginia B. Ewbank 1.00 S. Y. Bryson 1.00 Cameron Shipp ' 1.00 W. P. Whitmire 1.00 Cash 6.00 Total $197.00 CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS , The United States civil service commission announces two open com petitive examinations for the posi tions of fireman-laborer and laborer in the postoffice af Hendersonville, N. C, on February 21, 1921. Applicants for fireman-laborer must have had at least six months' experience as fireman of a steam plant. . No credit will be given for experience acquired in the course of firing a private ordinary household heating plant.' This position pays a salary of $660 per year. The laborer receives $600 per year. f For application blanks or infor mation apply to the secretary of the board of civil service examiners at the postoffice. J. A. MASON, Local Secretary. DR. KJRK WILL BEGIN i BUILDING AT ONCE A few months ago we gave our readers a description of the new corner building which Dr. Kirk had under consideration- for building a little later. Last Saturday he in formed us that he expected to begin the erection of the buildng early in February. ' When the work gets un der way -we will have something more to say about it. BIRTHDAY DINNER Mr. and Mrs. A. A. McCall gave a family dinner Sunday in honor of the fifth birthday of their son, Al fredThe little boy's grand-parents, Mr. and Mrs. p. W. McCall and his cousin, Miss Louise Perry, were the chief guests present. - A lovely, white cake with the . proper "nomber, of candles adorning It, was the center of attraction on the well-filled table. - I' Dr.' W, W.' Howe, who has been on tn extended vfcrt amo it friends ( Womw'a.prfanlrtJ ju-US .fTPJ.",' ami--s unique-. , 1 .. .. . jrj.'i.-J.-' . I , tSrhUptmlpes to. be ithe biggest jiymmKi f vp fnf ine spacious diriijighall Of the Kentucky Home. ' in the -movement all the. local wo- "wen'j; brganizatiOns are represented ouu . ijiuceu, ft w nopea mat every "Oonsidet herself as vitally important to-.the' entire and final succeur of the narty ft to :hO ftTeal it et-tbeether i and talk-it-over "occasion for the wo men, of th town Addresses on the Various topics pertaiftlng; to wotrien YiA . fidlt Vflll'W 1.-41. AwaA 'h M .'i..' w "tfvf'" wwicvvi, a(i co evally elaborate raiisical program IntereaniriJeaturaa rovlded;'i!:It .te ihoery5 rto tiaii irt the. annals bl 'Migiiin the l.$opronten;af thetowhalre! taoVluch Tyvwuenui opportunity to come io getheriri their mutual pleasures and 1ntereiteBrfd, the, citjj; 'Can"aff6rdr Uy uMW-r- P?. tickets ar '$1,.06 - and' y be; had of any rejub .woman, in fW city.v preservation may be: made by iphoninit MrsC John S.f Forest. ihes arrangements should: be torn Dieted oy Tuesday, r'eb. 7th. Jut may be ,madeviter;: It is, probably uije charia'ijiaile siihply;:to defray the actual '"fiiptMH'i of the bahquevf no monev Beinsr used for other nurnnoeR. FihHiwhlsnkis uhlquft and Ifives bne'.a rfosetaste' of the evening's pleasures. As follows: . ''Henkra'so&p Hendersoidyille chicken "Wings"' with'Brown" "Grey"-vy v-"Bell"-peppers . ;'Mackft-arotti "Lila"" teans Rice-a'U-"Whi,tmirt? ; ,v "Bailey? bread OV "Waldrop" salad rtFan"-cy cracteil f'Mabel" ice cream, "Josephine", cake "McMillan" fillings,: VRose1 flavoring) . v rure diuus watei "Col-T" "Martin'M-cocktail "For-rest" of menu jtou will have to put on your "Gladys" rags and come to the banquet. "Ewbank" on getting "Morey" "Ward" (and being "Stillwell" but not "Hollowell") for $1.00 than you ever did before. We want a "Lott" of pep so we'll be "Mattie" glad to have you." MAKE AUTO DRIVER DEFENDANT IN SUIT ' (Ashevillo Citiznn) P. W. English, driver of the au tomobile which struck and fatally injured Miss Kathleen Wyatt. I S years old, on Biltmore avenue si-vi -al weeks ago, was made defendant in a suit for $15,000 damage in the superior court Tuesday by J. A. Wyatt, administrator of the estate of the deceased. The plaintiff alleges on the night of the fatal accident, Mr. English was driving at a fast rate of speei and the brakes on his machine were defective and would not stop the car. A copy of the city ordinance govern ing the operation of automobiles on the city's thoroughfares is attached to the proceedings. Mr. English, who is a resident of Hendersonville, took the injured girl to the Biltmore hospital, immediately after the accident. Death came a short time later and the driver of the machine reported the matter to the police. It is further alleged Mr. English was driving in a dangerous and reck less manner. At the hearing in the police court, Mr. English was bound over on the charge qf jnanslaughtet;-. NEW POULTRY ; FARM HERE A new poultry farm, known as the Overyonder Poultry Farm was re cently started on Mrs. Wheelright's property, Rosemont, on Ninth ave nue, by enterprising young business men of this city. The owners of the farm are D. D. Martin, president and manager and James P. Grey, Jr., vice president. The new farm will make a specialty of fine egg-producing, single comb white leghorn chickens, baby chicks, eggs for hatching and fresh sterile eggs for table use. At present all the buildings have not been completed, but unless the weather interferes, they will be com pleted the latter part of this week. It is understood that the new con cern will start business with five or six hundred hens and a large number of baby, chicks. WOMAN'S AUXILIARY . WILL MEET MONDAY The Ladies Auxiliary of the Amer ican Legion will meet Monday after noon at 3 o'clock in the legion rooms over Patterson's Department store. There -are several important busi ness matters to ' attend to at this meeting and a full attendance is urgently requested. . . FANNIE HECK CIRCLErJCMEgf ?The Fannie Heck circle of the Bap tist ' YomanV Minionary Union, -will id' t r"'t -Tv' ? s: Arnoon with 1 JVP"" STATON i REtTOR y trk.:.:; fIRM IS blSSOLVED After h' Tittipi hk,i last weefc we learned that : the, ;laV ui xa ) vumpua 9 .4 w . yj jtvector , ana R, H. Staton and; the real : estate, composed of B. F, iand 'R. H2 Staton and W. C Rectot had y mutual ton senfo: dissolved 3?artnershpV "thj transaction being completed on ' Japi :. An . Since . R. H,Statbn .appointment . ostmasier at xienaersonvme -s. G. Staton, a nephew; $f Br .Fiirid :r& H. Staton: has been mnlnvA in fh real estate office arui wiU assist F. business, R, Htat6nt deVotingjJtiis. time to ' the work-in . tha postoffice ' y , . The lay firm- of '.Staton A Rector waiformed about ,20; yarigo; and has. alwaya, heen f egardd al an, abli firm' fat their nrof essibn. their advice and cbunsel being;Sbught-in' many. nal these cases always beingihindled With legal -skill on 6 high .professional p'laifrefomliftef fnelwbd9.;.tb. which men of less, force an Iharact: than Staton & Reor haya, jro sort mm ptM-WJPMH ;t Mr." Staton . saw ;.the.elatwn yb, Itween;; hiinsolf r, an4 ;Mrv Rector ;.hasf. aiwaytvtwen mow pleasant sanovnu goo .opinion of Mr. Rector's 'obity of -ihafacterrand his unBhakeh. Stand fnv the rieht in any business .transact tion has alwayd been of, the highest tvte.'-...;vff..; '''V .t?;.! hTha name of the new firm 'will be- tha Staton Realtv. comuanv and williln continue to do business at the office i iri the First Bank & Trust company's building, where it has been located for a long time. . REV. J. P. ROGERS DEAD vJ P, Rogers who directed the; raising of $180,000 fund for pen sioning worn out Methodist preach fts,.. died at his home in Salisbury: Tuesday nigWY . " . Mr. Sogers' last work as a mem her of the Western North Carolina onferenevwas in,. tW capacity, of presiding - elder strict. v.; ;-.f: MR. AND MRS. UfKR. AND MRS , air. an rs. r. S. wetmur ana TTv ayyA ATfa WT Q TV.Ti11 nrnrtT- n 1 St. Petersburg, Fla., last week, mak-1 ing the trip by motor. j Word has been received from them ; that the journey was completed with- out accident and all reached their destination in the best of health and ! on schedule time. I It is reported that Mr. Miller, af-! ter eating a square meal of fish, oy- j ster soup, apple pie, grape fruit, ! oranges, sliced bananas, strawberries - and cream, proceeded to the barn- yard golf court and in less than a , day cleaned up every expert horse- ' shoe pitcher living in St. Petersburg, tnen sianeu in on me lounsis wno pending the winter in that city, ur d t'v.- ni'xt day had them all on the run. The latest reports are that "Dad" was sitting under a big palm tree, waiting for another company of tourists to arrive so he could renew the game. Mr. and Mrs. Wetmur and Mrs. Miller were doing the rooting for Mr. Miller. MISSIONARY SOCIETY MEETS The Woman's Missionary society of the Methodist church met Tues day afternoon with Mrs. Siler, at the parsonage. The officers for the com ing year were installed after which a short devotional service, led by Mrs. Siler, was conducted. A read ing by Miss Elizabeth Hook and the signing of pledge cards were features of the exercises. BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL FOR BOYS At a meeting of the football squad some days ago, Fred Byers, star half back on the team the past fall, was elected captain of the team that will represent Blue Ridge on the gridiron next season. At this angle, the pros pects for a winning football team next fall appear bright, as five or six letter men and a majority of scrub team are expected to return. In all probability light spring practice will be held for the purpose of acquaint ing some of the new material with the rudiments of the game. Under the supervision of Messrs. Magwood and Anders the two literary societies are doing splendid work. Unusual interest on the part of the members is being taken in the weekly meetings held Monday mornings when a carefully planned program, is carried out. On Thursday morning the Rev. A. I. Justice conducted the devotional exercises in the school auditorium. The students listened with keen in terest to his exposition of certain parts of the fifteenth chapter of Proverbs. Basement rooms in the new annex have been fitted up for reading and game rooms, which afford the boys much ehjoyment when the weather is too inclement for outdoor play. In door tennis, crokinole,.carpms, 'ch?K"' ers apd pool; are the.:; mow ; popular gamjes. The reading table is sup plied with the leading national mag agine? .attd-feriodicals. ASK WITHDRAWAL OF MARINES Cobari officials have asked the XI. S. government to. withdraw their ma rne fron Cameguey, whfite a ranch r vr""'- ' ' f"7--a . WETMtW ANtt KfiRector PflWishing Cp; tmUm&miA, ..miller W'nmmmmmmmmM(h d Mrs. r . S. wetmur ana isatnan rred .... 'IBOIO-;. Firm-. Groups CanviissrCiry; t ;i5Sv ;lFunds. for Tje.K:Repf A a.meeting of ;the : Jewishtelief 'Ftfw$ movement at the eft' lisll ; TnJaw&t . Tndflvf: nKW;ior ine purpose: or onraniiinsr y? are-jhe -co-workeri A IBahtrowit . is cnairman oi group number two -and . v si-' ctovKS andi. i. : Atsck H sTatteraOn -'is thairihritn ni w wr reuei oi Tne; sirujKett.ew'0uj7 Europ.fiva: squads;;. .r,ompaAiiep;a i weppointed''4i(ttanvasa:;Hk I sonvillejftake subscriptions andeok f lect funds. , . , s.T wSSJ 'rnan'of ' group . number Fnjs'and;s Medamesf A' M. Trenholm, N-l&&iii Feaman;. 5. P. Freeze -Cv JiliVaUe?4liSSS Khodes.1.?, numDer xnree.and hl9 co-worker Arn s.z .: Frank. Ewbank. R. P; Freeze and Mrs. WIS, -5u:;; Ni Brenner la chairman - 'Boma and . Chas. IozzeUelv AVifi; ''MM ..IS'" hairman"'of ' oronn-' number t msim SvandAisorfWorkera are ftKvMh DahkC..: Bld,Jte-' it: F Ligo;'l-:sf'!' ..uBiaen.:orwejv groups win eerfeiin; section of the ettrlnwUdi !-Wf-i to work,' the territory being divided , ' - . to correspond 'witlw,the 'numbei; .groups aadthe -work will - hqfaS&pflft (jgTtiif. following:, subscriptions Vera :" 'VCt vouched for at the meetfna' Tuesday :--iV.--v'' knight and gives the, work1 a good start -,:, yRi-i,, . Hendersonville onville:.. '.-Hi-WjeM f3J$fi n. 5O.O0-.: iv,&?,v : rson 'id,W--i?Sw3. wis:.--..-.....r;iior Hv Patterson Mrs.'; Patterson Aiv-Lewjs Mrs. E, Lewis . N. Brenner ; Jakie Fred Copley-JBros.r: .A, 4-anoroiWjta.----. ,wsm:"pwwm o.uu,v ' 1ft Oft Alex :Paitisfn L$friM.;M Mrs:, towards -i.i isatnan rred . lOiUO Total $335.00 The Times endorses and supports this organization and feels sure our friends will not be found wanting when an occasion of this kind is to be met. HIGH SCHOOL NOTES a meeting of the junior class was caiie(i Tuesday afternoon by the president, Miss Edna Byers, for the purpose of completing the plans for the junior-senior reception which will be given on the evening of February the 10th. It was decided that this shall be a masquerade affair, and as it is one of the most important social functions of the entire session it is hoped that it will be very enjoyable. The girl's varsity team of Hender sonville high won a decisive victory over the Grove Park quintet by a score of 34 to 20 on the latter's court Saturday at 4 p. m. Miss Jennings caged most of the goals for the local team while Miss .Hunt played an excellent t game as right guard for the Grove Park con stituent. The high school team used both the substitute guards and cen ter throughout this game and they proved themselves equal to the best players on the court. The following line-up was used: H'ville (34) Grove .Park (20) Position Jennings (29) , Cplloway (10H Forward Lancaster o) Forward Cline (8) Whetson Anders Center Allen Cline Guard Barnwall Hunt Guard Score by periods: Grove Park . 9 1120 Hendersonville-- -- .24 10 34 ' Substitutions: Hendersonville, Red den for Anders; Grove Park, Wil liamson for Hunt. Referee, Miss Ethel Boyte. DAMP IN MONTANA According to the New York Times, the city sewers in Butte, Montana, are blocked in large deposits of moon-shine mash, including pjune seeds, barley, rice and corn. EARTH LEARNS SHIMMY Seismographs in eastern labora tories have been put out of commis sion by very violent earthquake shocks, some where in the Pacific. The shocks were felt from British Columbia to San Francisco. "FLU" CASES MILDER itl. XT tr.-iv .mtfYVA.a..' J ine new, wi. .jumeioj'reB., l- reports laftWtases of influenza fend 18B of nneumonia. Health Com mifcsioner Copeland states that thr i condition is an epidemic but that the 7 i, ,i disease is of a milder form than in 1918. i," j-Y Vju., : The , straight 'and narrow path: Is wile; enough for jt .Ualtic;;v t-i:s' fCl!' ''t W"h'i'9W"f"': 1 1 v-.: k.-,?r; 9: .-a 'A ! V f W.I ! .qvi f '-5 it H i v '.. f I r 1 i IV ' ' j s.