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Volume IV. Number 52 Waynesville, Haywood County, North Carolina, Thursday, November 14, 1918. $1.50 a Year in Advance
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PEACE PARADE
Waynesville and Surrounding Country
Assembled 4,000 Strong Mon
day and Celebrated
After a former celebration that was
too previous last week on account of
the United Press dispatches, when the
bells were rung and the whistles were
blown, the community along .with the
, rest of the country including the big
cities, was a little suspicious of bulle-
. tins, but we posted one Saturday aft
ernoon from The Associated Press,
which was phoned by the Asheville
Times editor saying the Kaiser had
abdicated and that all members of the
royal German family, had. renounced
.-. all clsiins to the, thrpne. This was
confirmed by the papers Sunday morn-
On Monday morning early, Manager
Curtiss, of the local . telephone, ex
change, had an Associate Press 'dis
patch through the Asheville .Citizen,
saying that the armistice of peace had
been signed at 2:40 Monday morning
and that the war was at an end. ' We
.posted this bulletin pn our window and
at once all the bells in town began to
.ring out. and continued for hours.
Whistles blew at all the factories here
and at Hazel wood. Men quit Work
- and a general holiday ensued. Cow
bells were rung, automobile . horns
continuously were blown, . people
shouted and yelled and made all the
noise that could be devised.
At 2 o'clock the big Peace parade
formed at the army hospital at Sul
phur Springs, where two companies of
' enlisted men, officers, nurses, some of
the patients, ambulances and trucks
joined the Waynesville people and
made a parade a mile or more long.
The parade was led by the Waynesville
Band. There was a long line of autos
and other vehicles many of them dee
orated, in the long and enthusiastic
line of march. Everybody waa happy
and light-hearted and it was the
greatest day in our history.
The streta were lined with people
and it is estimated 4,000 people were
here. Just before this parade Hasel
wood pulled off a good one. In their
line were many suggestive and laugh.
able banners and a wagon with a stuf
fed dummy representing Kaiser Bill
In the Waynesville parade was a cof
fin dragged through the streets, sup.
posed to also contain his majesty. At
night this casket was burned on the
street near Tipton's undertaking es
tablishment.
A great day was fittingly celebrated
In the afternoon the.arade paused and
heard a patriotic speech which bristled
with noble sentiments, delivered by
Hon. Felix Alley.
The war is over and everybody is
glad. A better world and a better un
derstanding among men and nations
is bound to follow.
CORPORAL WM. H. McCLURE
W. H. McClure had a telegTam Mon
day from Paris Island, S. C, telling of
the death of his son of pneumonia at
the marine barracks there, where he
was a corporal.
The remains arrived here yesterday
on the morning train and were carried
to the home above Hazelwood, where
services were conducted by Rev. Frank
Arrington. The interment "was at
Green HilL 2 p. m., where the Home
Guards held a military funeral. There
was a contingent of Odd Fellows pres
ent most of whom acted as. paH bear
ers for their deceased brother. William
H. McClure, jr., whs .was a member
of the local lodge and a fine young
man.
Red wm Cross
Ceatiraing Chriatsias Package
The chapter rooms are open daily
for the purpose of packing Christmas
packages for the soldiers overseas.
VTa -t.aM mm It mmw nnlaM an nffi.
K ""- " I
cial label has been received from the
foldier in France.. All who have re-'
calved these labels can call at the Red
Crors Chapter rooms and receive full
instructions. The packages are
packed, inspected and weighed by the
: ladies ia charge of this work. Ne
package can be received after Novem-
bar 80th. Beer the date ia mind and
be oa hand early.
" Fiaal Netfas-
The last "date ea which pledgee
givaa Ja connection with the fed
Croaa drive last apriag. aaa be paid Js
Of ZSth W this month, AOwhehave
aet eU an eereeatiy ' reqosetad te
Kr. C & AOJaeoa,
awr, at
MeBiltinehfiM
paid pledges will have to be officially
reported to the. Atlanta headquarters
and we want to report as few as pos
sible. ... . V
MRS. W. J. HANNAH IN MEMOR
IUM
. There is always something in the
providence of God that we do not un
derstand. It is well that the finite
mind cannot grasp the hidden myster
ies of the infinite. We cannot ques
tion the purposes of God we dare
not. One of our country's best worn
en is gone. A co-worker that was
closest to our hearts, has been taken.
We keenly feel this stunning blow
in the gloom that now surrounds us,
but we lift up our hearts and say,
"Thy will has been done," "Lead
Kindly Light."
Not every life reaches such a high
degree of f ullnes and beauty in, so
short a time' as did hers. Few can
take the small everyday opportunities
ana turn mem into so many cnanneis
of blessing for others as she did. Not
many can succeed in making a home
like hera, and yet find time to serve
God so faithfully to ornament the so
cial and intellectual life of a commu
nity se creditably and to serve their
country so lDvattjras did Mrs. Han
nah. Certainlv We mav benefit bv
her ideals so well conceived by her
kindly deeds so well done.
MRS. A. V. JOYNER, ,
MRS. R. N. BARBER,
MRS. V. C. NOBECK,
MRS. W. T. CRAWFORD.
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL
FREEMASONS
Waynesville Lodge, No. 259, will
meet on Friday, November 15th, at
7:30 p. m. prompt. All the members
of the lodge are earnestly requested
to be present at the hour of opening.
Owing to the cancellation of previous
meetings due to the influenza epi
demic. there are arrears of several
matters of great importance to be
dealt with. After the transaction of
the business, the entered apprentice
degree .will be conferred on Mr. Gsp.
M. Beman, of Burlington, Vt All
visiting masons in the city or at the
government hospital are cordially in
vited.
SAM SUSSMAN BACK
Sam Sussman, whose stove hag been
closed for more than a month and
who recently wrote a sad letter or
this paper, telling of his older children
having influenza in Philadelphia, re
turned Sunday with his family and
they were all delighted to get home,
Before his older children got well
the two smaller ones were stricken by
flu in Brooklyn and Mr. Sussman
wrestled with it himself. He says it
was no pleasure trip rhey had.
DERRY ALLEN KILED IN SAVAN
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Derry, the 20-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Coot Allen, was killed in
Savannah, fia., Saturday afternoon
when he was run down by an auto
truck. He had just quit work at a
ship yard where he had been working
for eleven weeks and was on his way
to his boarding house.
The body, accompanied by Mr,
Stanley, a fellow worker, arrived here
Monday afternoon and the funeral
services occurred at the Allen home
on Killian street Tuesday morning,
held by Rev. A. V. Joyner. The inter
ment was at Green Hill.
THE JOHNSON MEMORIAL
For the "Nurse Johnson Memorial
Fund" the following additional sub
scriptions have been received: Mr.
and Mrs. Woolsey, New York, $10;
Mr. T. L. Gwyn, Springdale, $5, and
Dr. J. R. McCracken, $5. Total
amount now is $45. The fund will be
kept open one week longer, so will
intending donors please send their
contributions at once to the Rer. AI-
Km Naw
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Mr. John Wilkes died at his borne
on Iotla, Oct. 80, following an attack
of influents. He had been in 01 health
for the last 12 months. Director, af
the Census, Hon. Sam u Rogers and
hit daughter.
Miss Margaret, of
Washington, D.
G, have been ' ia
Franklin several days the gueata of
Dr. aad Mrs. W. A. Rogenb Dr. S. H.
Lyle leturaed hone last Friday frosa
Coebara, Va. It has been reported
her that Mack Slagle had beea JdDad
ea the front and Irte Dowdle had
died freai paramenia and Ralph Deh-
eoa .aae; Charles hUPherm.he4
The Worlds
(By Jesse Efaniel Boone)
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From Timbuctoo to far-off Greece,
The world is busy spelling Peace. ,
We've spelled such words as War and Hun
Until we're glad such tasks are done.
The class will now' prepare to spell
Some words which joy and gladness tell ;
Such words as Home and Mother, dear,
Which bring no dread, no tears, no fear.
And mothers, now, will spell out Son,
. Without a. fear of shell or gun,
While lovers soon will spell no more
. Their words of lpre for .foreign shore.
All words of Btrifeand war shall cease
And - give .- their pjace to words of peace ;
But words .wh.e&.lan4jtb strong and bfrave
We stiU :wUl'-th"eroh, spell and save. '
Joys m.the Wbrlfor IJeaee Has Come.
(By Jesse Daniel Boone.'wrth Apologies to Sir Isaac Watts)
Joy s in the wdrldtlfOT Peace has come,
Ajid garth is jiijof, .kings. - -Let
meeds of k)tfse supplant the drum
No more shall men their war seedstsow,
Nor sit on "kingly; thrones; .
"Pmise God, from iwhom all blessings flow,"
Who hears His children's groans.
God rules the worldSand all is well,
And now, the nations know
That kaisers . and the hosts of hell,
Must dwell in realms below.
Now give the Jews their Holy land,
Where Christ, God's son appeared;
So they may join-our happy band,
And have their visions cleared.
Day dawn has come for all mankind
And God is God of all;
He opes the eyes of all the blind;
All nations hear His call.
Joy's in the world, 'for God is here,
And Peace has come to stay;
No more will Earth be filled with fear,
..... ' Since- dawned: mis' happy-day. . - -
Brigadier-General Harley B. Ferguson .
Visits His Home in Waynesville
Was Wtth Second American Amy Which Captured Blli
court and Nauroy
(From Bsaabpreof) .
Brigadier Gaearai HaX'FwT
soa, whs eastiwiaTil UteWbhijr'af the
barnaeM "eft V learf f a
few feys4:fc-We family ta Wsja
rule, left last Vends? fe WaahiBfJ
Spelling Match.
ton ander orders te report te the War
Department.
General Fergaaoa wee with the See-
ad Aaerican Araiy Corps whtch teok
BeTJceart -'aaeV Kaaroy.' He
rsMsae last spring as Celooel ia
Vntfef the laMh Engiaaan, sad was.
shortly afterwards promoted to his
present rank. Last month he left the
30th Division, having ibeen chief en
gineer of the corps. Just prior to
his recall to the United States he was
placed in command of the. Engineer
forces of the Second American Field
Army.
The Second Army Corps, under Ma
jor General George W. Read, was
trained and first saw action in Bel
gium. They, occupied for several
weeks a portion of the famous Ypres
salient and were engaged on the
British left in the capture of Mount
Eemmel. It is interesting to note
that the Second Army Corps are the
only American troops to be engaged
on Belcrian soil. They were also with
the ' Australians at the time of the
grand attack which began at various
points September 26th and by the 29th
engaged $he entire line from the' sea
to beyond Verdun. ,
The 2fth and 30th Divisions, of ithe
Second vAxmy Corps, were the aspault
troops uireciea rowtira int lurinwsec
tion of the Hindenburg line between
Cambrai and St Quentin. At'Belri
CQurt, one of the strongest points' 'pf
the 'Hindenburg line, .'they;- broke
through, capturing Nauroy. In this
first baptism of fire the men were re
marked by a British officer to have
fought like veterans, following the
barrage so closely that they suffered
but little from the fire of the enemy
machine guns. Many of the German
guns were captured before they had
time to fire more than a couple
rounds.
Acting as shock troops these two
divisions went irresistibly forward,
eagerly folowing one of the heaviest
barrages ever laid down, and preceded
by a strong fleet of tanks.. Starting
at 5:45 a. m., they gained four miles,
achieving their objective at 9 a., m.
By that night a firm truck road had
been built forward to Bellicourt and
beyond to Nauroy by the engineers of
the corps.
October 19th the following com
munique was published by Field Mar
shall Sir Haig: "In the course of the
last three weeks the 27th and 30th
Divisions of the Second Americas
Army Corp, operating with the Fourth
British Army, have taken part with
great gallantry and success in three
major operations, besides being en
gaged in a number of lesser attacks.
In the course of this fighting they dis
played soldierly qualities of a high
order and have materially assisted in
the success of our attacks, having
fought with the utmost dash and
bravery in the great attacks of Sep
tember 29th, in which the Hindenburg
line was broken, and having on this
occasion captured the villages of Bel
licourt and Nauroy with a large num
ber of prisoners."
IN ATLANTA FOR TREATMENT
Norton Persons, whose eye was in
jured in a gun accident a year or so
ago, was examined toy a specialist at
the army hospital last Friday and it
was found that some steel fragments
are still in the eye.
He left Tuesday with his mother.
Mrs. Nannie Persons, for Atlanta,
where an operation will be performed.
U. S. NAVY LEAGUE NOTES
The Waynesville Chapter of the U.
S. Navy League opened its rooms
Monday night after five weeks of
quarantine. The president, Mrs. R.
L. Allen, with her assistants, Miss
Lena Palmer, Mrs. W. L. Harden,
Miss Jessie Rogers, Miss Robena Mil
ler, Miss Georgia Miller and Miss
Mabel Boyd, served hot coffee and
sandwiches. About sixty of the army
hospital soldiers enjoyed the hospital
ity of the Navy League rooms.
The Waynesville Navy League and
Junaluska Chapter of Navy Leajrue
will get its box of jellies off this week.
This collection goes to the hospitals in
France.
Mi Nannette "Jones, the secretary
and treasurer of the league, has been
ill with the flu for the past week.
Mrs. Lens Palmer ssve s nice dona
tion from s collection at her heme
for fuel for the league rooms The
Navy League appreciates her mem
bership, all that aha undertakes for
her flag means success.
Garfield West died from the after
effects of Influeosa at the Wsyasevflle
Hospital last Friday and was buried
at Creea HUT Satusdsy. He left a
wife aad far ehildrea Ja a eertitort
caadftiea. Here ia esse for real
charity.
Episcopal Church . ;
Rev. ALBERT NEW, Rector
Sunday, November 17th, 1918;
9:45 a. m. Sunday school, Mr.
James W. Reed, superintendent, y
Adult Bible class, teacher, Mr, J.
E. Carraway.
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The special "Peace" service eon
sisting of a choral celebration of the
Holy Communion and sermoh' will be
conducted by the Rector and the Rev.
F. , B. Roseboro, Chaplain of U. S.
Army Hospital.
The national airs of the United
States, France, Italy, Great Britain
and Serbia will be played during, the
service.."
Offertory solo, "One Sweetly (Sol
emn Thought," by Mr. Meakinj of
U. S.' A Hospital, No. 18.
, Everybody cordially invited.
' v Services at Baptist Church
Sunday, school at 9:45 a. m.
C. JL Ifajpes, superintendent.
! Sermoa, 71 a. in.
i Subject, ? With God in the Crisis ef
Life." ..
.;jZYl W U.; 6:45 p. m.
Sermon, ,7:30 p. m.
Subject,' "An Impossible Service."
Wednesday evening at 7:30, prayer
meeting, after which a church con
ference and the election of church
and Sunday school officers for the
year 1919.
For several weeks our church has
been closed and we have greatly mis
sed the joy and the blessings of pub
lic worship. We sincerely trust the
dark days of war and epidemic are
gone forever. May we as a church,
come together with hearts of grati
tude to God, and reconsecrate our
selves to His services.
. To everybody we extend a cordial
invitation to attend all our services.
- A. V. Joyner, j a:-tor.
Presbyterian Church
Rev. W. M. SIKES, D. D., Pastor.
Preaching Sunday morning at It
o'clock. .
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.
Christian Endeavor Society meets
at 7:30 p. m. .. s-
We are glad to be able to begin
services again after a long- suspen
tion; and we hope that there will be
a large congregation gathered for the
Sunday morning service. Let us en
ter into the Lord's house with thanks
giving, and into His courts with
praise. Please bring your contribu
tions for the past month and a half
if you have not already given them
to the treasurer.
Methodist Church
W. B. West, Pastor.
Sunday school at 10 o'clock. Prof.
E. J. Robeson, superintendent. AU
teachers ai expected to be present to
arrnnge for the postponed children's
day program to be rendered on Nov.
24th at the elevn" o'clock hour. Our
new compet'tive system will be dem
onstrated on the new boavd.
At 11:15 will begin the fiYst church
ervice iw seven weeks. We want to
make it n genuine praise and thanks
giving: hour. The subject of sermon
w'll hs "God's Boundless Benefits."
At 7:30 the sermon topic will be
"Yearning for the Sanctuary."
We confidently expect a crowded au
ditorium at both of these times of
worship. Will not the people of Way
nesville make Sunday "Go-to-Church
Dav?" It seens to me that we should
crowd every nook and cranny of each
church. This is our last Sunday be
fore the annual conference convenes
in Chavlotio. We can report every
thing out new.
GET YOUR BONDS
The banks reauest all who h.-.ve
paid ca-ih for 'coupon Fourth L;berty
bonds to call and get same. Those
who bought on the installment plan
are requested to pay the 20 second
payment not later than Nov. lfith.
If these assesr
promptly sub3cr:i.f t.t.jij . -J
4a lna what thp' have naid.
Mm. B. R. Sinit.i. n. of voutc 3, '
had a letter from her son Caur'.c, un-
r.p.r fiare oi irct. in iiitu iu i; un
had been to the front and was back
rest raniD. He also said. ' Wed, I
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pened over -here Sept. 29. Remem
ber that I was in it. I got this pa
per out ei s rots ougom.
Among the recent flu victims are
a M-ycar-eld girl named wise, or
East Murphy, who died Sunday night
and s foar-yesr-old gM named Young
who died Wedaesday-Charlie Hall
af the A. F, ia Prance, a Grape
Creek eokber, die! frees -weones re
ceived as aettea.- htarphy Sceat -
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