North Carolina Newspapers

r 1 w p- V .1 1 VOLUME XXXVII. NUMBER 42 . . ' V - HENDERSON VILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUG. 11, 1922 ' FIVE CENTS COPY FACULTY FOR ; . CITY SCHOOLS CONFEDERATES FORM NEW CAMP L.G. THORNTON, RETURNS HOME Doughnuts '4 Faculty Named for 1922-23 Session On of Best That City Schools'. Hay Ever Had. After a search and investigation covering the last five months, the Appointment Committee of the Hen dersonville School Board is ready "to announce the faculty for the school session which opens September 11th. Twelve new teachers appear on the list, six in the High School and six in the Elementary School ' r---";' According to a recent ruling of the State - Department of - Education, schools having less than fifty teachers will be allowed, only, one part-time Principal to direct the larger unit of any given system. As the Elemen. tary School is approximately three times the size of the High School Miss Rosa Edwards was continued in charge of the former unit. The ruling thus made it necessary for the Superintendent to become responsi ble for the duties of the High School Principal. He will have associated with him in the High School unit the following teachers, all of whom have had successful teaching exper ience: v, Miss Helen Baker, M. A. Graduate of Columbia University, New York History and Civics. T. W. Valentine, A. B. Trinity Latin. Miss Ruby Johnson, A. B. Meredith College English. Miss Vera Pritchard, A. B. Uni versity of North Carolina Mathe matics. Miss Lillian Allen, A. B. Converse College French and Science. Miss Hazel Rogers, B. S. N. C. College for Women Home Econo mics and Science. Mrs. E. C. Turner, A. B. Winthrop College 8th grade Mathematics and Science. Miss Estelle Fitchett, A. B. Rich mond University 8th grade English and Civics. Miaa Ciena ftnrHnar. A. R Mur- freesboro College Physical Educa- tion for girls of both schools. The teachers In the Fourth Ave nue School will be the fololwing; Miss Rosa Edwards, Principal, now iStudying at Mibitnve,l fler iotk viy. Jtfisa ICEdwr4Wr:o now studying" at CmbiayEIniver aitv New York Citv. ' ' . Misses Emmie and Pauline Sams, A. B. Graduates of Winthrop College- first grade. Miss Lucille Morns, student at Columbia and University of Tenn. second grade Miss Ruth Anderson, A. B. Win throp second grade. Miss Mary McLean, East Carolina Teachers' College Diploma third grade. Mrs. C. Few, Jr., N. C. College for Women third grade. Miss Calara Futvoye, New Orleans Kindergarten diploma fourth grade. Miss Mabel Andrews, Georgia Normal fourth grade. Miss Bertha Rogers, New York State diploma fifth grade. Miss Rebie C. Hardy, Blackstone College diploma fifth grade. Iverson Graham, Presbyterian College . diploma of S. C sixth grade. Miss Mary Verner, University of North Carolina sixth grade. Mrs. Mabel Baughman, Albon Col lege sixth grade. '' Miss -Lucille Sales, Asheville Nor mal dinloma seventh grade. Miss Eva Howell, Coker College, B. A. seventh grade. - Mrs. J. C. Morrow, Jr.. North Carolina College for Women Public School Music ' The entire faculty for the colored ohnnl was re-elected including Wm. Robinson,' Pricipal, Mary Lee WaddelL Octavia Rhodes, Mrs. tu. d nwpn. Mrs. H. B. Anderson. A . record breaking attendance is expected in all departments of the ntr SpWIh. An afternoon session will he necessary for a number of the classes. BIBLE CONFERENCE TO BEGIN MONDAY Bible Confeernee Will Begin Mon day; Y. P. C. U. Meeting Closes. The Y." P. C. U. and Sabbath School conference at Bonclarken will close tomorrow, after a, week .. anoint. . with nrofit and pleasure. There have been 175 guests at the assembly ground for the conference, and they have enjoyed their stay Work has been done in mission study, and many speakers , bearing anspiraponai, meif uvo 1 xi, . been heard. , - . ,, Monday, with Rev. S. W. " Reid ;. as -: ' fonder. For this also there are i M number of interesting speakers on , ' t:'i the nrotrram. and it is planned to make the week of this conference as interesting as the one lust closed.; 7 Woman Work will be one. of the -this Yv$m 'conference,' besides tne many wiers, aMM "htat which mahv are enrolling.: It is i - w aannrrnr iim i. niii:ini kdii v 111 aaen w a wu secure additional rooms lor-ae w . .nnfPTonce as it did for the first "4ilii'--iWtftioh ba been extended ' ' T": Erysn, who has ''Vvii l i ! - 'a tlble class in Florda Confederate Veterans Form Watt Bryson Camp at Well Attended - Meeting on Last Thursday. Thirty-seven Confederate, veterans of. Henderson county met .at the city high school for their annual reunion yesterday, enjoyed a generous din ner furnished by the local Daughters of the Confederacy, and heard a num ber of good speeches. The main address of the day was by Rev. J. D. Mauney, of the Luth eran church. He acted as chaplain for the camp also, and made a speech that the veterans appreciated, and did not hesitate to say so. The veterans met on the porch of the high school building before the dinner, and swapped reminicences and ancedotes of the war, enjoying greatly the opportunity to meet old friends again. Dinner was served in the gymnas ium. According to all reports, the old soldiers did full justice to it, and each one interviewed swears that his brother ate more than he himself did. 'E. B. Wooten, besides furnishing the music for the occasion, very kind ly invited the veterans to dinner at the Carolina Terrace, but as the Daughters of the Confederacy had already prepared an elaboate and bountiful dinner, the invitation could not be accepted. This dinner was indeed bountiful. It was noted that there were 12 kinds of cake set before the veterans. After the meal, cigars were furnished the guests. The coffee for this occasion was furnished by Raymond Edwards, who makes this his annual custom. A very generous gift was made by Mr. Edwards to the Daughters, consist ing of a large coffee pot, a number of cups and .saucers and many other utensils to be used on future occa sions. The blessing for the dinner was asked by Thos. Shipman, and at the conclusion of the dinner, a very happy little speech on behalf of the veterans was made by A. Cannon. Among those who made interesting talks on the day were W. M.aCase, of Horse Shoe, A. Cannon, Tom Shipman, Preston Lane, Dick Lever ette, of South Carolina, C. C. Young and Mack Kimzey, -One of "the leatureTnw - vContinued on Pag5;4) THE STORY OF THE PAGEANT Numbers of Merchants and Business Houses Have Representatives in Pageant Next Monday The arrival of stage properties from New York yesterday, a final rehearsal Friday afternoon, the erection of the stage setting with a special design of it3 principal feature by Erie G. Stillwell finds every thing in readiness for the big spectacle Monday night. Last hour entries are busy getting their costumes ready and there are so many mer chants sending in representatives that it will be impossible to publish the cast complete until tne oniciai souvenir program is printed on Mon day morning, giving every one ample time to register at the Chamber of Commerce, personally or Dy tele phone up-to Saturday evening. Some of the business houses who are all ready for the Pageant are: The Citizens National Bank, Bly Hardware Co., Rose Phamacy, Buckmyer Bros., Doyle's, The Hen deson County Bank, Patterson's, C. Few. Jr.. Bland-Davis Hardware Co., Foster's Fancy Grocery, the Brenner- Penney Co., Smith's Bakery, Hi. l-ewis A Son. Ideal Candv Co.. J. F. Good man Grocery Co., "uuntnurst Hendersonville Wholesale Grocery Co., Hendersonville Hardware Co., (Continued on rage i) BUYS INTEREST IN REALTY FIRM J. D. Pullin Will Be New Member of , Realty Firm. k r The interest in the firm of Justice, Lee and Rector of George Justice, has been purchased by the other members of the firm, and Mr. Justice is no longer connected with the com pany. ' ' v .Mr. JuBtice states that he will de vote his time to the mountain prop erty, of which he possesses a good many acres, and will engage in the surveying business to a ccrtaui ex- tent- - ': . After September 1, J. D. Pullin wjll 'be ' associated with the firm as a partner. Mr. Pullin is well known here, and was the proprietor of PuU lin'i Five and Ten CentStore for a number of years. He is known as a business man of ability. Some time ago, he sold eut his interest in the terr cent store, and moved to Char lotte, where he operated a grocery store. The lure of the Land of the Sky, however, wa too great for him, and he returned, to the great pleas ure of, many of hia friends. - 4 . The two other members of the firm, Mr. Rector and Mr. Lee, are J experienced realty men, their arm Hs befin connected with eome of the 1 . j 1- f (?- 'j rade in m As DINNER WILL BE LARGE AFFAIR Three Hundred Dinner Reservations Made; Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt Will Be Honor Guest. . Hendersonville takes a look at her self Monday evening. Her religious life, her educational facilities, her in dustrial productions, her tourist good will, her hotels and boarding houses. her stores all Hendersonville,. in iX aajexpt Chamber of Commerce will be fea tured in a spectacular pageant of progress which will be held, follow ing the "Hendersonville of Tomor row" dinner, at the convention hall of the Carolina Terrace. The dinner will be served promptly at 6:30 o'clock. More than 300 ladies and gentlemen have already re served plates through the chairman ! of the entertainment committee, I Mayor J. Mack Rhodes. Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt will be the ; honor guest. Dr. D. W. Daniel, of (Jiemson col lege, will address the dinner guest 1 on a subject of community interest. E. W. Ewbank will talk on tne "Hendersonville of Tomorrow." J. 0. Bell, president of the Cham ber of Commerce, will preside. The pageant will begin at 9 o'clock. Several hundreds of presons whose business will prevent their dinner at tendance may come earlier than the pageant hour, however, and hear the sneakers. The doors are to be thrown open at 7:30 o'clock. The general public is invited. The dinner and pageant will be attended by many persons from Ashe ville, Spartanburg, Greenville, Char lotte, Raleigh, Winston-Salem and Charleston, persons interested ih the leadership of their communities. There wll be many visiting news paper men. The president and board of direc tors of the Asheville Chamber of Commerce have accepted invitations to attend as a body. President Bell has received many letters congratulating the folks of Hendersonville in their efforts to broaden their scope of appeal. The dinner and pageant will mark the beginning of a three-year pub licity and development campaign which is designed to give Henderson ville the publicity she deserves in the matter of attracting tourists and industries, and of developing her great resources. It is thought a greater Chamber of Commerce, according to President Uell, that Hendersonville will come to her own. In order to accomplish most, he says, . it is necessary that a careful plan of operations be drawn ud. This has been done by the direc tors, with the approval of the mem bership, and with the introduction of a reorganized Chamber of Commerce next week Hendersonville will pre sent a "solid front" for civic growth. High School Will Take Part in Pageant on 14th With .all the business ' houses and firms in the city registering repre sentatives in the pageant for . the night" of August 14 at the Carolina Terrace, the city high school has an nounced that it wul not be behind the times, and has entered not only one 'representatve,,: but M eight, two from each class , in?, the, high school. V A boy and , girl from the senior, junior, : sophomore ': andVf reshman classes will be W costume represen tative of their classes, ; and; the- eight high school students will no doubt be one of the-chief centers of Interest in t' a rrjeant !00,000 MORE TAX ASSESSMENT Sone Property Trebles in Value Since Last Assessment, and Many Increases Recorded. ' . iMcr ii?:tA.-4., X 7?. - . crease in the tax assesment of I thirty of Hendersonville was made JzIonoard to the amount of ap- 1 inneiy fzuu.uuu. on about 20 hotels and estates iti me city. On some of these the increase was great, on account of greatly in creased valuation due to improve ments or any other cause and on some was very slight. The increase of the above named amount on Hendersonville property indicates in a graphic manner the steady, ever increasing, value of property in this city, and the vast improvements that have recently i taken place, most of these improve-1 I a- j tl . ments being made for the benefit of 1 the tourists who come here in the summer. One of the instances showing the increasing valuation of property in Hendersonville is that of Laurel Park, which more than trebled in value. There are several other in stances in which hotels and pivate estates show great increase in valua tion. The commissioners will hold an other meeting Saturday, at which time they will levy the taxes. The assessment has been completed. HEAD KIWANIS SPOKE HERE Kiwanis Governor Pleased With Local Club's Progress; Good Speeches Heard. The guests of Col. J. C. Woodward at Highland Lake Inn, members of the Hendersonville Kiwanis Club on Thuradav eveniner. with their ladies. enjoyed a most hospitable dinner and dance, and had the pleasure of wit nessing the cadets formally salute the flag. Col. Woodward reiterated his belief in Hendersonville and made a most delightful speech, declaring that all Hendersonville must display the Kiwanis spirit to the visitors and that he noted very pleasingly that a greater Chamber of Commerce is growing up through which Henderson County might express its high civic purposes and aims. The district governor of Kiwanis clubs in the Carolinas, W. B. Merri mon of Grensboro, addressed the club on Kiwanis philosophy. He said that there were 42 clubs in the Caro linas and that each club prided itself on the quality of their membership rather than the numbers on the rolls. "I am glad," he said, "that the Hen dersonville; club is progressing so nicely, and that it is backing the Chamber of Commerce in its every move toward 'community , progress and betterment." The president of the Jacksonville, Florida, club, Dr. McNair, a Presby terian minister, in a brief address, declared that Kiwanis stood for a high degree of citizenship and that a man cannot be a Kiwanian and not do his best to stamp out of his community any'spot or aspect of "civie disease." Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Curry and son Graham: are home from Greycout, where thev attended the annual re union at the Curry f amlly.J . . -i GREAT AMOUNT PROPERTY SOLD Week's Transactions in Real Estate Show Ready Market For Home Sites. The total sum of real estate sold in Hendersonville the past week by auction sale is approximately $30, 000, and there is perhaps more than that. The majority of the transac tions we have not calculated were in tne city, x -- '-'..v -.i The Mims property in FlaPKbcl sold for between $5,000 and $6,000 and consisted of seven lots and one house. The Mims property is about three-quarters of a mile outside the city limits, and is just opposite the Maybank place. The lots sold were some of the most desirable building sites in Flat Rock. The sale was put through by the Justice, Lee and Rec tor real estate company. Fifteen lots in Lenox Park, be- longing to A Wricrht. were R. Hanson and P. L. Wright, were sold by the Henderson- ville Real Estate Company at auction yesterday afternoon. The 15 lots were sold in the short time of one and a half hours, all of these going to out-of-town people. The average sale price of the lots was $300. The lots were all building sites, and no houses were included in the sale. Those who purchased the Lenox Park lots were : J. T. Jammaer and A. E. Graham, four lots, Mrs. T. W. Tillman, one; J. C. H. Bagget, one; F. O. Williams, one; Mrs. Milo Ep stein, one; W. B. Herring, one; C. Buckner, one and Mr. Turner, one. Main street property this morning found a ready market. The lots ad jacent to the Times office were auc tioned off, and some of these went at extremely reasonable prices. Two of these lots were sold to R. P. Freeze, one to Miss Annie Crowder, mine to Mrs. Sadie Melnick. of At- I lanta, Ga. The approximate total of these lots was $12,000. This was I the property of Claude Brown. Sale of lots on Seventh avenue I yesterday was also very brisk. Two lots lelonging to A. Ficker were sold to Erie Jackson, and two by W. F. Israel to H. D. Hyder. , These lots sold for $6,000 The brisk market for buildinc lots in Hendersonville indicates that there are many people desirous of locat ing here. It will be noted that the majority of the sites offered were taken by out-of-town people, and that the majority of them were, small home sites. Chamber of Commerce Issues Map of City One thousand maps of Henderson ville and surrounding territory have been printed by the Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce, and may be obtained at that office. These maps show in detail many of the beauty spots of this section, such as Chim ney Rock, Kanuga, Laurel Park, and Lake Summit, and the roads leading to them are clearly outlined. Be sides this, the schools, public build ings and hotels of the city are de picted. ' The map was made by Walter Alli son, whose cartoons appear in .the Times from time to time, and.it is one of the best pieces of work that this talented young man has turned out. It is not printed in colors, but shows in plain black and white, the lay of the . city and the positions of the most popular centers of interest. Measurinir 27 by 22 . inches, and printed on fine white paper, the man Is'easy to understand, and will be an invaluable 1 aid to tourists. ;y Boy Who Disappeared At 15 And Took Assumed Name Returns To Hendersonville. L. G. Thornton, who disapeared in 1916 at the age of 15 has returned to his home here. From the time Mr. Thornton dis- ' appeared until the present, no one here was aware of his exact location. It was rumored that he had joined the navy, which later turned out to be the case. Some time ago, a girl came to Hen dersonville claiming to be the wife of Leon Trice, but upon investiga tion, it was found that the ' Leon Trice of Hendersonville was not the man she had married, and a picture she had was recognized as that of Thornton, who had disappeared. Suit was then entered by the wife, who claimed that she was deceived and mistreated, and that Thornton had assumed that name of Trice to throw her off the track. Mr. Thornton, however, explains that he took the name when he was a boy to elude pursuit which would re turn him to his home here, and he had no false intentions in doing so. In order to, absolve the real Leon Trice of any connection with the matter, the following statement has been made by Mr. Thornton. "Hendersonville, N. C. "August 11, 1922. "Editor Western N. C. Times: "Some time ago there appeared in your paper an account of Leon Trice as having married in Brooklyn, N. Y., and having abandoned his wife who afterwards learned that her husband was not Leon Trice, but Leonadas G. Thornton. "In order that Mr. Trice may be absolved of any connection with this alleged abandonment I beg to advise that I am the man of whom it is al leged that he abandoned his wife and while it is true that I was married, and have lived under that name for seven years, I assumed that name when I was a boy 15 years of age , "LEONIDAS a THORNTON." in order that I might not be traced and brought back home and not for the purpose of- perpetrating any sort Qf fraud. "The merits of the case in question will be threshed out in the courts of this county in due course, but I de sire to absolve Mr. Trice of any conhection with the matter whatever. The fact that I took his name when I was fifteen years of age is due solely to the whim of a boy without judgment and for no purpose than that of eluding pursuit that might re turn me to my home which I knew would be probable if I could be lo cated. "I have been in the United States Naval service ever since I left here at that age and have an honorable record which I propose to maintain. "Yours truly, "LEONIDAS G. THORNTON." Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt To Attend Dinner Mrs. Edith Vanderbilt, president of the North Carolina Agricultural Society, has written the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce that she will be present at the dinner for "The Hendersonville of Tomorrow", which will be served at the Terrace Monday evening, August 14th. Mrs. Vanderbilt's letter commends Hendersonville on her progressive ness, and closes with the following paragraph : "Thanking you for your interest, and looking forward to the dinner of "Hendersonville of To-morrow" I am, "Yours truly, "EDITH VANDERBILT." Carolina Ass'n. Ministers Meeting TIt1 Carolina A:orktion of Bap-' tist Ministers is meeting this week at Mud Creek Baptist church. The meeting began Thursday, and all of the 55 churches in the Asosciation had representatives there. The program which will be follow ed out today is given here. 9:00 A. M. Devotional and Mis cellaneous. 9:30 A. M. Orphanage. 10:00 A. M. Missions. 11:00 A. M. Education. 12:00 M. Sunday Schools. I m 12:30 P. M. Adjourn for Luncheon.; j-uvtfw .... - v a f . 0 ;.K:.;Vv:;i,, AiiernooM oessiwn . .j., 1 :3 P. M-Devotional .Exercise."? W:&:.r 1:45 P. M.Periodicals. , - ,y? . 2:00. P..M.Temnerance.-0::fft ' 2 :30 P. -a M Miscellaneous Busi hess. .,'ifi ' 1 '-.. 4M , 5"-" 'i-i-lX:'. , i Ml C HATCH TCPiir nlmni'mi nitiiUMH .mi