. VOLUME .XXXVII. - NUMBER 43 r'i3 HENDERSONVILLE, NORTH C
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:iK TUESDAY, AUG. 15, 1922.
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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,
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"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,
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, "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 '
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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,
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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
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reater
Campaign
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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.
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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. ' -