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VOLUME XXXVII.
NUMBER 84,
HENDERSONVILLE, NORTEC .:. .,UNA, FRIDAY, JAN. 12, 1923
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Found' With
Gut and
Ambrose Green Discovers Body Near
Brittains Creek on Outskirts of City
People in Vicinity Heard Shots and
Cries for Help Between 7; 15 -and 8.00
p. m. Inquest This Afternoon.
Bloodhounds Sent For
And Put On The Trail
Harvey Case, who lived
east of the Southern Rail
road, east of Balfour, was
found dead in the old
Asheville road about thir
ty yards north of Brit
taia's creek, with his
throat cut and three bullet
wounds, - early this morn
ins:. The last knowledge of
the dead man was when
he told his wife and four
children, all of whom are
sick, that he was going to
town to get some lemons.
Several people living in
the vicinity say that they
heard shots and crys for
help between 7:15 and
SL0O p.'toa.; lastnigh. . .. .
The body was lying in a
muddy piece of road in a
pool of blood and covered
with mud, and was discov
ered by Ambrose Green, a
French Populace Srrongly
Support Their Goverment
.French Government Cave Vote of
Confidence to Poincaire Move
ment of French Toops Into The
Rurh District Approved by The
Assembly Much Cheering.
'.While '.the French Government
realizes the seriousness of the move
: it has undertaken in commencing oc
cupation of German territory as pro
vided for in the treaty should Ger
many' fail in her. payments of the
stipulated amounts, the French peo
ple seem to be backing the' govern
ment and the parliament has over
whelmingly voiced its approval by
giving Poincaire a vote of confidence
by a vote of 478 to 86.
, The Germans are making no move
except to withdraw the German am
bassador from Paris. What moves
they are liable to take in a diplomatic
way are not foreseen, nor what will
be the lilfiimate attitude of other
governments are yet to be learned,
In the meantime American troops
have" been recalled from the Rhine
and the French are carrying out their
plans, apparently lacked by Belgium.
Movements of troops continue. This
government, of course has been keep-
jing in touch with the situation and
it is reported that Secretary Hughes . leave Vri French troops have
has had several .conferences with!ed the Ruhr District in Germany
Ambassador Jusserand discussing the j an4 the U. S. troops .have received
replies of the French -government orders recalling them from the
with relation' to the problems Which . RMn ntxxrn home,
this -country has been especially in- What the outcome from this situ-
t..J I. ..u.l 'aiinn will h la vfirv rinnhtfnl tha
terested in ndabout which , com
' munications with the French Gov
: ernment have been taking place from
' time to time. ' . " '"'--r-.
England has been more prominent
than an j other country aa opposed to
the French view of the German situa-
, ?j ,tlon and what attitude she will take
V :';Vta "S&rd to the determined French
J fX policy;' has not been: announced. The
v ,f,it English believe' the French are inak
'r' J '.;;' Is their pronounced attitude, and the
perfectly justified nnder.the peace
treaty In taking the action they, art
now taking.' This is admitted, but
'many. feat that the action will tend,
- to discourage Germany, and also pro
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se's
Bullet
teamster, who sent word
to the sheriff's office.
From the condition of
the ground in several
places near the railroad
track to the road there is
evidence of a scuffle and
several trees show slight
marks of blood, from
which it would appear
that the fight or murder
ous assault started there
and continued to the road.
A coroner's inquest will
be held this afternoon.
Sheriff Ballenger .just pre
viously to the coroner's inquest
stated that as yet no warrants
had been issued in the Case mur
der. A thirty-two calabre revolver,
containing fiVamlAlls wa
discovered in Brittain's Creek
this afternoon, at the railroad
trestle and may have much to do
in fixing the killing.
duce a disquieting effect on other Eu
ropean countries and possibly drive
Germany to an alliance with Russia,
or possibly Turkey and thus open up
a tremendous problem which eWld
not be handled by France ultimately
and which would perhaps draw the
world into it.
It is of course hoped that the out
come of the movement will clarify
the atmosphere and one way or
another be the means of a speedy
settlement of the digicult situation,
and that in any case that a definite
policy and action is better than sus
pended and uncertain action, and
what the World most needs, accord
ing to contention of the best inform
ed men is a stable policy and a defi
nite programme. It will not be sur
prising if the French move will not
after all clarify the situation and set
something definite before the world
and be the means of getting h
whole matter settled in a shorter time
than continued discussion-and par
leys without agreement.
THE FRENCH INVADE GERMANY
The German Embassador has been
notified by the German Government
opinion of the Russian press, if it
is of any value, indicates that a
new war is threatened. :;
With this invasion of the Ruhr by
France, the great munition plants of
the Krnpps, at Essen come under the
(control of the French.
.The Germans pave moved the head
quarters of, the coal syndicates to
Hamburg owing to this invasion.
MR.
RECTOR WILL. -'
" GO TO XNOXVIIJLE
W. C. Reotor will go to KnoxvOIe
this week to consult his physicians
in that, city.' Ha will not likely ha
out of the. city but a law days',
Kodyi
Throat
Wouiid
Cotton Mill Com:
Goes To GreeMle?: 1?! f
As a result of the work done by thjk
coumittee of the Chamber of Coital
merce with relation to securing sites;
for manufacturing enterprisesr a.
committee consisting Tf Stanley .JL
Wright, Chas. Rozzelle, and .the i Se-s.
cretary, together' with Mr.- Wetmuri
President; will go to Greenville :to
day to try and present to J. E. Sir
ine, engineer for a large cojttori mill;
the advantages Hendersonville haftif
to offer. N '
Blue prints of property expected
to carry the requirements of . this
tU tally tllC ICUUUGUICIIW VI . tit M . ,
large mill have. been prepared, an4fcan S club C0?d, apPmt COm;
backed by personal enthusiasm for
the cause these gentlemen will makie
a strong pull for this city. Should
in this case success not come to their'
efforts the process in other instances
will be repeated until Henderson-!
ville does get results from her cam
paign to secure manufacturers.
The company which the town is
now trying to interest is a large
company and its requirements are
extensive.
Two tracts of land of 1,00 acres
each have been investigated and
found to have practically all the re
quirements of this concern. Detail
ed description as to water, lay of the
land, jocation with relation to the
town and railroad, and all matters
touching the desirability of the two
sites have been prepared and will ba
submitted Ajnong the. big4eatae
of the requirements is the heed for
a water, supply that will furnish some
three million gallons per day. When
one considers that this is about the
amount of water which will be fur
nished the town by the new water
system one can get an idea of the
size plant the city is now seeking to
interest, It is stated that 'at both
sites offered the water problem can
be satisfactorily met.
The committee is prepared to take
care of any matter which.might COrtie
up with relation to this county as a
desirable section for a large mill
such as this one is.
The town is lucky in having an ex
perienced engineer, and a man who
is much interested in this section, Mr.
Stanley H. Wright, on this committee
and his technical knowledge will
stand the committee in good stead.
Mr. Wetmur as President of the
Chamber of Commerce will not fail
to present the attitude of our citizens
with relation to locating manufac
turing establishments here.
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MERCHANTS
CONSIDER PLANS
FOR ASSO'N
Merchant Hold A Very
" Meeting.
Successful
'Tuesday night, according to sche-
tdule, the merchants of the city met
ih the city hall for the purpose - of
considering plans for the organiea-
ion oi a retail merchants protective
Association in Hendersonville. About
W. F. Pen
my, of Brenner-Penny Company, call-
the meeting to order and explain
ed its nature by referring to the ad-
ftnntages to be derived from such an
organization on the part of both the
itnerchant and buyer. Such an or-
-ganization furnishes a medium
ir6ugh which the public can express 'i
itself by committees; where all civic
organizations can send representa
tives and discuss the problems of the
buying public and the merchants be
aoie in turn to present tneir metnoas
and views. As an illustration of this
it. is sited for an instance that the
fcittee to appear before a meeting of
the organization and there present
to the merchants any matters touch
ing the retail business and the mer
chants would be then in a position to
,ve personal contact whereby mat-
.ers. for the public good could be
handled. In like manner a repre
sentative of the merchants associa
tion could meet with the Woman's
Qlb in like capacity. It is believed
that such intercourse would be a
great thing towards getting our citi
zens t0 pull together.
Again. Mr. Penny brought out the
necessity of organizing in order to
bate a medium of collecting infor
mation with relation to credit and all
skch matters as the retail emrchants
ire -interested in. Mr. Penny was
fMriph&tic in his remarks bearing on
an organization " wouldingenaer.
Several merchants expressed their
views, all to the general effect as set
forth above. Mr. McWhirter was
made secretary of the meeting and
pending regular organization a com
mittee of men Was appointed to in
vestigate and present plans flfla fe-
eomm'endaltions for permanent or-
ganization. The committeemen are
W. F. Penny, H. Patterson, R. L. Ed
wards, L. J. Penny, W. A. Keith and
Chas. Rozzelle.
The next meeting will be held soon
with the state secretary and officers
of ih6 Asheville association present.
There will be a banquet for the occa
sion and particulars will be announc
ed later. It was stressed that no pol
icy seeking to control prices or busi
ness in any other way than by the es
tablishing of a better credit system
and a means of getting people togeth
er and engendering a more extensive
fellowship and a better good will
among merchants and customers.
By-laws and constitution will be
Locals
REPORT OF RED
CROSS NURSE
Total Number " ef Visits During
'.-'Month of December 248
The meeting of P. H. N. Activities
Committee was postponed from Jan.,
1st to Jan. 8th. Because of bad
roads and sickness few attended.
The Nurse urges representatives
of each community to come to the
monthly conferences when possible
as this is the only way in which we
can plan work to cover the whole
county successfully.
The report for December follows:
Total cases during month, 50;
New cases during month, 45; Cases
at end of month, 793; Total visits
made, 248; Car miles traveled, 232;
School children taking modern Health
Crusade chores records to begin
Health Habits, 262; Schools visited,
7; Children weighed and examined,
179: Children having neglected de
fects, 121; Nursing visits demons
trating necessary care, 5.
Christmas boxes sent by Sunday
school classes, Baptist Mission Circ
les. City School. Interested Indivi
duals, to twenty-seven families on
our sick list. Letters of appreciation
were received from three of these
families.
The committee will meet again on
first Monday in February at 3:30 in
office of County Board of Education.
Each member is urged to attend all
these meetings.
A. W. HONEYCUTT, Chm.
M. COLE, Sec'y.
GOOD GAME LAW
IS NECESSITY
State Game
Protective
Formed.
Association
As a result of the recent agitation
nnlrino. tfiWH rrl fho noaca ra nt n
was an organization formed hi Char
lotte this week with the purpose in
view of seeing to it that the proper
framing and pushing of the right
kind of a law for the whole state
pe piloted through the legislature. At
the meeting in Charlotte certain1 work
was laid off for each county and di
rector Ur the work in each county
chosen. K. tji Ewbank 6f this coun
ty was appointed direetof for the
activities in this sedtl6rL Mr; Ew
ik reports that there is much sym
pathy iV." the enactment of a good
game law and some fifty parties have
already contributed funds to be used
in the necessary way.' Mr. Ewbank
says that he will still receive contri
butions to the fund and any party in
terested may call upon him and get
information with relation to the sub
ject.
presented at the next meeting for
ratification, and amendment if there
is need for amendment.
SEC. OF STATE
SUUIBS FROi.1
PNEIONIA
Held Position For 22 . Year. Was
Highly Esteemed Citizen.
Col. J. Bryan Grimes, one of the best
knownpublic ogicials in the : state
who has served as Secretary for
twenty-two . years, died yesterday; in
Raleigh. CoL Grimes had been suf
fering from influenza and an attack
of pneumonia. It had been known
in Raleigh for several days that he
was dangerously ill but hopes for his
recovery had been entertained.
He will be buried in Raleigh but
the date of the funeral had not been
fixed at the time of this writing.
Col. .Gnmes was a valuable citizen,
and was attached to many organiza
tions of a public nature. He waa
thought of most highly by all who
came in contact with him, and as a
public servant his services to the
state have given him great prestige;
his work as a public spirited man en
deared him' to the people.
Col. Grimes father was prominent
in the civil war and came out of the
conflict with the rank of major gene
raL The people of the state will mourn
his passing. He was, an experienced
farmer, was a member of several so
cieties, including that of the Knights
of Pythias, Farmer's Alliance, tle
Farmers Union, the State Orange,
the State Board of Agriculture, and.
the State Agricultural Society. Jle
was instrumental in the formation or
other societies of a public nature.
His death will be felt as a decided
loss to the State. , I
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ANNUAL MEETING
STOCKHOLDERS
The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of The Citizens National
Bank was held at the directors rooms
of the bank at 2:30 p. m., on Tues
day at which time the old board of
directors and officers were re-elected
for the ensuing year. The offi
cers and board of directors being as
follows!
E. W Ewbank, President, C. E.
Brooks, VicePresldent, Brownlow
Jackson, Vice-President, F. A. Bly,
Vice-President. Directors, E. W.
Ewbank, B. Jackson, C. E. Brooks,
W. C. -Rector, R. P. Freeze, F. A.
Ewbank, F. A. Bly, C. B. Glazener,
W. A. Cannon, Foster Bennett, W. A.
Young.
The review of the year's business
showed it to be the most successful
in the history of the bank the in
crease of business being far ahead
of the increase for any like period
since the bank was organized in 1914.
Every year since this bank was or
ganized there has been a handsome
increase in the business of the bank
until the assets of the bank are con
siderably in excess of a million and a .
quarter dollars.
The officers and directors of the
bank were extended a vote of thanks
and appreciation for their conduct
of the institution .
BANKS SHOW
STEADY GAINS
Banks Make Fine Showing Healthy
Condition of the Town Reflect
ed ia Statements.
As these lines are written the
statements of the Bank of Fletcher
and the Henderson County Bank are
not available for a presentation of
the figures comprising the resources
as called for Dec- 29th, under the
banking laws, and their resources
will of course considerably swell the
totals. However, by referring to the
statements of the First Bank and
Trust Company . and the Citizens
National Bank, in this issue of The
Times, one will readily appreciate
the stability and power of these two"
institutions and their abilty 'to han- '
die the financial affairs coming under
their direction. That the combined
sufficient evidence of the financial
gregate more than $2,600,000.00 is "
sufficient evidence of the . vnancial
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