. VOLUME .XXXVII. - NUMBER 43 r'i3 HENDERSONVILLE, NORTH C X " " ; ; : : ' - ,- li :iK TUESDAY, AUG. 15, 1922. . FIVE CENTS COPY POPPY DAY WILL Contribution Will Go To Establish . University m Memorial To - ; Those Who Fall. . ? . The movement ', for a ' National Memorial University as a tribute to the men who gave their ' lives in France "was first fostered in . 1920, and "since then has found a place in the hearts of many, and it is the earnest hope that the dream of this magnificent - tribute to America's dead may be realised in the not far distant future.; The work has press ed slowly on account .of the' many heavy demands growing out of the war, but it is now thought that the time is auspicious, and with ' great enthusiasm the drive is being; begun. Hendersonville will be given an opportunity to share in the move ment for a memorial for our boys a memorial that will be more than some cold, sculptured rock and one that will be a benefit for all time. Poppy day will be held here Sat urday, Aug. 19, and mrs. jr. a. aw bank is chairman of the local com mittee. : Poppies will be on Bale on the streets by numbers of the young ladies of the city, and all those who have not forgotten those who made the supreme sacrifice on Flanders fields are expected to contribute libe rally to the cause. A poppy will be ceremoniously pinned on everyone who contributes. There have been many tributes paid the men who. did not return, many things to remind us of our debt to them, but were ib one nuie poem that has made a greater im pression than all of them, one that seems dear to every American. "We Shall Not Sleep", by John McCrae has touched the hearts of many, and has a peculiar significance on Poppy day. The poem follows; "Wo Shall Not Sleep" In Flanders fields the popies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place: and in the sky The larks still bravely singing fly Scarce heard amidst the guns below. We are the dead. Short days ago, We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foel To von from fallinor hands we throw The Torch. Be yours to hold It high ! I it ye oreaK iaitn wun us wno me, We shall not sleep, though poppies grow. In Flanders fields. America's answer to this plea has been made in verse, and we must now answer it with work and accom plishment. The answer to "We Shall Not Sleep" is called "We Shall Keep Faith" and was written by Miss Moina Michael, of Athens, Ga.; and it is due to her that the idea of using the poppy as a perpetual memorial for those who shed their blood in Flanders fields had its inception. Miss Michael, besides being a South ern woman is the daughter of a Con federate soldier, and she has had ac tual experience in the war, render ing great assistance in aiding Ameri can refugees in getting back to their country . We Shall Keep Faith. Oh! You who sleep in "Flanders Fields". Sleep sweet to rise anew! We caught the torch you threw And, holding high, we keep the faith With all who died. We cherish, too, the poppy red That grows on fields where valor led; It seems to signal to the skies That blood of heroes never dies, But lends a luster to the red Of the flowers that bloom above the dead In Flanders Fields. , And now the torch and pony red We wear in honor of our dead. Fear not that ye have died for naught In Flanders Fields. Following is the proclamation is sued by Mayor J. Mack Rhodes: "Whereas a nationwide move ment has been started for the erection of a national memorial university In honor of those who fell in Franca in order - that civilisation might be preserved, and . - , "Wherea committee , have been named in all parts of the United States to raise fund ', for the construction, of this in titution, and. ;-v v' "Whereee nature has decorat-'." ed the grave of those who fell"" in " Flander field 'with poppies, , , and tha commiMao in charge has decided to ash' the young women of this city to salt poppies on tha . streets of the? City, Saturday, ' August iBtl v.-v:;.v.:;iv;.:'i , "Therefore, I, J. Mack Rhodes, by the power vted la mo a . mayor, do call upon the people of tUs city-to remember: tha ; valor of those who defeated tha Hun in tho mot gigantic con. . fjlct of arm recorded in the ' . v :, '. naaea mi hlstorv. and reouest Y.. that all :eitiaan; ef Henderson- .' MML. mm' IIiM. teAMto. i s;?;fti$ ladies tha poppies whleh they will, k w1;W4t'.4timf for lie Streets, haifr! i- ;.'-;;t;all upon'tfcam U'twlfaribuMmjSv .'N'aw&rW tla ftato0";'for; ' - v ' V " A' ebe-s-.-' U r-i ' 'avery.?'- $:titMti'4 I' ; 4d'- Car ' 'VWW PACK, WHEN ME HAD TZ) HJKE. A COUPLE MILES FOR OUR MAIL-AND rriP ilS i Pre" ...... .. . u , Splendid Dinner and Pageant Initiates Three Year, Hendersonville Over 1 500 Attend Dinner and Pageant Which is Opening Wedge Greater Hendersonville Campaign; Mrs. Edith vVaiiit Speaks, Complimenting City; Many Attractive Costumes Displayed ; In Industrial Pageant. The opening of the three year cam paign by the ureater Chamber oi Commerce for a greater Henderson ville was appropriately and beauti fully celebrated Monday night at the Carolina Terrace convention hall with a huge dinner, at which speak ers of state wide prominence were heard, and which was attended by approximately 400 people and a beautiful and stately pageant which was viewed by at least 1500 specta tors, and was universally declared to have been the most beautiful spec tacle Hendersonville has ever had the opportunity of witnessing. Dinner was served in the conven tion hall, where long tables had been placed. The toastmaster for the oc casion was J. O. Bell, president of the Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce, whose inspiring address on "Our Determination" was the first speech on the program. He out lined the program to be followed by Hendersonville in the future, and ex pressed clearly the vision the Cham ber of Commerce has for this city. He complimented all those who have given their time and service for the furtherance of this campaign just now getting under way, and especial ly did he commend the board. of gov ernors of the Chamber for their in defatigable labor. I "Why I Am Here", was the sub ject of an interesting address by Dr. Joseph R. Sevier, of Augusta, Ga., whose camp for girls is located on the shores of lake jummit, at Tuxe do. . It seemed that the waters of this lake had a great deal to do with his coming here, and he has great hopes that Summit lake will one day be so widely .known as lake George even. He spoke encouragingly of the prospects for more camps here. Clearly and distinctly, in a voice that carried easily to every corner of the hall, Mrs. Edith vanderwit, the next speaker on tfie program, made a beautiful talk on "North Carolina", especially western North Carolina which she terms "the gar den spot of eastern America." r Very graciously Mrs.-- Vanderbilt thanked the Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce for its invitation for her to be present as the guest of honor.; - She complimented this city on its enterprise and wished it great success in the undertaking it is now beginning. In speaking of the pro gresi that' Hendersdnvilla.has made in the last few years,: Mrs. Vander bilt said that she feared we would soon outstrip Asheville if that city did not look to its laurels. The co-operation of this county funds, and I hereby designate ' K Saturday, August 19th, 1922, ; PoW; Day." " 1 .' v ; "Uvea under tny hah! and' S seal this 14th day at March; AV - D. US2. ' 4 - , .v v 1 1 I KACX Klerks, Kayor. R'member W m and city are heartily desired by the officers of the state fair, said Mrs. Vanderbilt, and she extended a cor dial invitation for all to attend the state fair this year at Raleigh. After Mrs. Vanderbilt had seen the pageant, she was lavish in her praise for those who got it up. - "I have not seen anything so beau tiful and as interesting in a long time", she said, "and I am simply astonished at finding such enterprise among the merchants here to put over such an inspiring and colorful spectacle. I am at a loss with Mrs. Barnwell and Mrs. Ewbapk to de cide oh which of the costumes stood out sufficiently to deserve the prize, as they were also pretty and effec tive. This evening will long con tinue in my memory aa a most happy and inspiring one, and I believe that it promises great things for Hender sonville." The speaker of the evening was Dr. D. W. Daniel, of Clemson College, and he proved himself a veritable fountain head of wit and wisdom. Ancedote followed ancedofe in such rapid succession that his hearers bad harlly recovered from the- effect of one story before being cbhyulsed with laughter at the next. Illustrating his points as he went from his seemingly inexhaustible storehouse of fun, Dr. Daniels made some observations on ' rne forces that Build Communities" that apply FINE SPEAKERS AT CONFERENCE Many Are Enjoying Fine Addresses At A. R. P. Conference Now Being Held at Bonclarken The program for the Bible confer ence being held at Bonclarken, the A. R, P- assembly grounds, includes daily addresses by two noted Bible student Dr. ' Thornton Whaling, professor of Theology in the Presby terian Seminary at . Douisville, . Ky., and Dr. John McNaugh, president of the Pittsburg seminary, Pittsburg, Pa., :-;:.vr''--'.--v-''.i-v,.;-i ' . The conference began Sunday, and will close on the 20th. Immediately preceding this Conference was the Y, P. C. U. conference, which was a fine and inapirational.meeting, and it is hoped that this one will be as good as the first From all indica tions, it will be.-.. , - The music for vthe conference is under the direction of D. S. Ed wards, and great interest is being manifested in this feature of tho pro gram. v.st?' r t ' ' 4 The public is cordially , invited to (Continued on Page f v : : "V reater Campaign m not only to this particular city, but to all ciies. "I have never built a city," declar ed Mr.. Daniels, "and what is more, I wouldn't live in a city that any one man could build. Nor a thousand men. The city must be built by it; citizens, working together", he said. He stressed the point of being cheerful at all costs, going ahead with the work with a smile. "This is your town", said Mr. Daniels, "and if you think that the town is not big enough or good enough, it is because you are not a better or a bigger man. If the town is irot good enough for you, get out! "Hendersonville may be the most beautiful city in the United States I don't know. If I were running for office, I'd say it is, but however beautiful it may be, it can be made more beautiful, and it is up to you to make it so." Here Dr. Daniels expressed his views on the beauty of Hendersonville, which were certainly favorable. That the city can be made more healthful than it is now, that the law can be better enforced, no matter how healthful or how law abiding the city is, was Dr. Daniel's opinion. "The most important thing in any community is the character of the individual citizens, and this is my mam point", concluded the speaker, "ii you are ail rignt, tne community is all- right." Don Farnsworth was on the pro gram for an address on "The Mo dern Chamber of Commerce", but as a longer time had elapsed than had been expected, he cut his address short to a few pertinent remarks on the work that can be done , by the Chamber today. The Pageant The Greater Hendersonville pag eant, declared by many to be the most beautiful thing of its kind that has ever been seen in this city came directly after the dinner. It was beautiful, colorful, chaste and yet magnificent, but it Was marred by one thing, and that was the pushing of the immense crowd of interested spectators which overflowed the benches and for which not enough chain could be provided, although every., available source was tapped. Many who came to see the pageant got but the fleetingist glimpse of per haps one of its impressive scenes, but praise was not lacking. The tableau was divided into three parts, The Tableau of Adoration, tho Allegory of Tribute and the Pa rade of Patriots. ' America, North Carolina and Hen dersonville, come to pay tribute to sons and brothers at a shrine erected in a woodland dell, are comforted by words of America, who tells them that Jtheir heroes are now dead, that thera is no Death.-1 A aolo by Mrs. (Continuad on Pag U r i jv RESPONSE TO DRIVETODAY FINE MEETING OF BAPTIST ASS'N. Number Inspiring Addressee Heard; Great Increase Shown in Wo - men' Activities. The Carolina Association of Bap tist Ministers met with Mud Creek Thursday and Friday of last week. The attendance was very good, and visitors from other association and other states, as well as messengers from the church, were present in large numbers. Rev. N. A. Melton was elected moderator; Rev. E. E. Bomar and Dr. W. H. Whitesides, clerks; G J. Lambeth, secretary, and Rev. A. I. Justice, treasurer. Under consideration of the state of the church, Grove Street church, Hendersonville, at its request was stricken from the roll of Baptist churches. There were no messen gers from Grove Street, but its re quest was made by letter to the clerk. The Association was constructive. Resolutions were framed calling for a reorganization of the executive committee, the organization of lay men at a meeting to be held in the First Baptist church Thursday Aug ust 24, and the calling of a meeting in Fruitland in September of all the B. Y. P. U. organizations. Women are becoming , messengers or delegates in increasing numbers. The report of the activities of wo men's organizations was one of the outstanding features of the meeting. Another feature was the B. Y. P. U. meeting Thursday evening, led by W. Lester Wilson, ' of East Flat Rock, and conducted by young men and women. Rev. O. L. Stringfield, founder of the home for Motherless Children, stirred everybody with his inmitable eloquence. J. J. Slattery, of this county, now a professor in Mars Hill college, made a notable speech on Sunday school work. Rev. J. M. Justice, reared in Hen dersonville, until recently pastor of the Bryson City Methodist church, and who goes soon to be pastor in Kansas city, made an appealing ad dress on Foreign Missions. -The association was - Wuntif ully entertained by the ladies of Mud Creek church, led by the pastor, Rev. W. M. Wilson. The next meeting of the Associa tion will be held with Refuge Church, Thursday, before the second Sunday in August, 1923. Horticultrists Meet In Queen City H. P. Corwith, president of the North Carolina Horticultural Society in a recent meeting with the secretary of the Charlote Chamber of Com merce, arranged for the state apple show to be held in Charlotte this fall, the date to be some time in Novem ber. Asheville had been considered as a possible location for the show, but it is thought that greater publicity may be obtained by having it in the Queen City. The tentative plans call for the show to be held in the Made in Caro lina Exposition hall, which will give a space of 100 by 300 feet, two stor ies high. Besides showing the fruit itself, there will be displays of the ma chinery used in the conducting of the modern orchard, and the latest meth ods of growing and spraying will be demonstrated. Prizes to the amount of hundreds of dollars are called for in the rough sketch outlined so far, and the show will last for a solid week. ' Mr. Corwith is considering calling a meeting of the society during the week the show is held in Charlotte, this giving manufacturers of fruit machinery the chance to exhibit to all kinds of growers the machinery suited to their particular needs. It is expected that the show will be a great thing for both the society and Charlotte, and that greater co operation among fruit gorwers will be the aim of the members meeting there. y Definite plans are expected to be announced shortly, and there will be many here who will be interested in knowing them. Henderson county growers have displayed good spirit in co-operating with the society and there is little doubt but that there will be many entries in the show from this section. BUILDS LARGE STAIRWAY FROM BASE OF CHIMNEY ROCK From the base of Chimney Rock, there has recently been constructed a stairway leading to the top of the mountain directly behind the rock, and which ascends at so gentle an in cline that it is an easy matter for anyone to climb to the higher ppint, and get a larger and better view of the surrounding territory. This is only one of the recent im provements ' at i popular Chimney Rock. . Constant additions and at tractions vare being added,-' and the tourists each year find more to en- toy at the famous beauty spot It i reported that people are coining to tho Chimney in even greater crowds than ever before. . , MEMBRSHIP UNANIMOUS First Day' Drive Net Encouraging Result; City I Divided Into Sectors. The results of the first day's drive put on by the Greater Henderson ville Chamber of Commerce for new members were very encouraging, the response being unanimous, accord ing, to reports from the office. They have not yet had the time to make a full report, as they have been lite rally swamped with membership ap plications. The office force at the Greater Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce campaign headquarters in the Edward Mixson and Sanitary Laundry offices, is up to its neck in work listing the new members. President Bell is smiling, the sec retary is smiling, those who made the drive are smiling everybody is happy, realizing that work well done hasbeen accomplished. Twenty-five or thirty of Hehder sonville's representative I business men met in the office of the Cham ber this morning and mapped out the campaign plans. Then , without greater ado. they rolled up their sleeves, emitted their war whoop and went after the scalps of new mem bers. This was at about 10:00 o'clock. At 12 the returns began to come in and the headquarters office began to look alive, striving to keep from being snowed under by the avalanche of membership blanks the campaigners turned in. The system followed today with such great results will be followed tomorrow. According to this plan. two men are appointed to a certain section of the city, given the names of those in it who are possible mem bers of the Chamber of Commerce and told to go to it. Just such a hurricane drive as was waged today will be made tomorrow. The members who reported for campaien duty today were those who signed the pledge cards at the lun cheon given Thursday at Bonclarken, which cards called for two hour's service today and tomorrow. With this new system of gettine m touch with prospective members working to such perfection, there is little doubt but that the member ship of the Chamber of Commerce will ever fall below par. It is reported that one of the cam paigners given 12 names to bring in as members of the Chamber of Commerce, returned with nine of these signed up, and instead of hav ing nine memberships, he had 27! From this it will readily be seen how the drive is being received. Moving Pictures Are Made on Main Street The cadets of the Georgia Military Academy Camp were seen in dress parade on Main street Friday after noon, and the cadet band furnished some excellent music for the occa sion. Moving pictures of the cadets were- made as they paraded up and down the streets, and many visitors and residents of Hendersonville, lining, the sidewalks on either side of the street will appear in the picture. The parade was reviewed by the Mayor of Hendersonville, Mack Rhodes, Chief of Police, Presidents of the Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanis and many others. Very impressive was the appear ance the boys made marching down the street, with Old Glory streaming in the breeze. As the flag passed the crowd, there were cheers and hand clappings. The crowd of spectators stood with heads uncovered and the cadets at salute while the band played "The Star Spangled Banner." Ropes had been stretched across the streets, barring cars from Main street between Fourth and Fifth ave nue, leaving two blocks for the pa rade and review. Moving pictures were also made of the camp at Highland Lake, and these will be used in an advertising campaign Colonel Woodward is planning. Many New Members Added to Legion Post The American Legion campaign for new members is now in full swing, and is meeting with success, according to Commander Albert Ed wards. Each member of the Hubert M. Smith post, American Legion, is striving to attain the goal, which is a membership of 30 more men.' To increase the membership to this ex tent, will be an easy matter, mem bers of the Legion state, if all will push the matter, and the many ex service! men in Henderson county can be made to realize the advan tages of belonging to the Legion. The object of the post in making the drive for new members is to se cure -the necessary enrollment which will enable them to have three re presentatives at the national Ameri can Legion convention meeting this fall, in New Orleans. The three men' who work the hardest getting new members will likely be the three that are the representatives of this post at the conventions . Very, few girls are as bad as they re painted, but Iota of them are as white as the are powdered. ' -

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