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Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-10-07
MOONLIGHT SCHOOLS TO OPEN
OVER STATE IN NOVEMBER

Chapel Hill, N. c., Oct. 4.-"With
the exception of Louisiana and New
Mexico, North Carolina has the larg-
est percentage of native born white
illiterates in the United States" This
was the declaration made by w. C..
Crosby, secretary of the committee
On Community Service, in an address
at Chapel Hill on Moonlight Schools
in North Carolina"
1--WE boast of our good qualities in
North Carolina but conceal our faults.
We hide our illiteracy as a horse
trader does an old sore. The ten
dency now is to o the sore and
heal it with the salve of moonlight
schools. In order to further the cam
pafgn against illiteracy, the month of
November will be set apart and will
be observed throughout North Caro-
lima rs Moonlight School Month" A
night school will be organized and
conducted three nights a week for at
least this one month in every school
district in the State where such illit-
crates are to be found. The dav
school teachers will, in most cases,
teach in these night schools. 5000
teachers have already volunteered for
the work. The State Department of
Education will place in the hands OF
these teachers a little bulletin out
lining the work to be done. The
school will hold twelve night sessions
during that month. Twelve lessons
each month in reading, writing and
arithmetic will be given. The
reading book will be a promeir
such as the children use but some
thing which contains simple SEN
fences and yet which concerns the
movement Of people with whom those
attending the schools are acquainted,
together with such sentences as would
inspire their county pride and awaken
them to continued effort. We want to
get the people interested in this work
and get them out of these schools. It
is a fact little known that one-seventh
OF the voting population of North Caro-
lima cannot sign their names. This
means that ~one-seventh of our homes
are devoid of books or papers. This
means that many homes are without
the Bible, and eternity is approaching
rapidly. The responsibility rests on
us. Let us try to clear the stain from
our State. Let us hope that when the
census Of 1920 is taken there will not
be a single adult illiterate in North
Carolina"
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-10-07
HARD TIMES FORGOTTEN.

Talk about hard times has ceased
with everybody except the chronic
kicker that can't be satisfied. Mai.
=. h: smith Of Winston-Salem, COM
mercial agent of the Norfolk & West
ern Railway company was in Lexins
pon Friday on business. He says that
the past year has been the best in the
history of the Norfolk Western Rail-
way company that last June was the
best month they had had up to that
time, that July was better, and thar
August was an Improvement Owe
July. Major Smith says thai business
q coed eEeryWhereh he goes, audsHS
goes nearly everywhere.-LexinRton
Dispatch.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-10-07
No. 1874
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Office of
Comptroller of the Currency.

Comptroller of the Currency.
Washington; ID. G., May 4, 1915.
Whereas by satisfactory evidence
presented to the. undersigned it has
been made to appear that the Citizens
National bank of HendersonviIle in
the city of Hendersonville in the
county Of Henderson and state of
North Carolina has complied with all
the provisions of the statutes of the
United States required to be complied
with before an association shall be
authorized to commence the business
of banking; 10Y therefore, I, John
SHELTON Williams, Comptroller of the
Currency, do hereby certify that the
Citizens National bank of Henderson
vile, in the city of HendersonVilIe, ~
the county Of Henderson, State of
North Carolina is authorized as pIo-
vided in section fifty one hundred and
sixty nine of the revised statutes Of
the United States.
In testimony whereof witness my
hand and seal of Office, this the 4th
day of May, 1915.
JOHN SHELTON WILLIAMS,
Comptroller of the Currency.
Seal of
Comptroller of tho Currency.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-10-07
THIS JEW TELLS HOW
HE MADE MONEY

In the current issue of Farm
and Fireside, the national farm
paper published at Springfield, O..
appears an interesting interview
with Joe Steuer, an Austrian Jew,
81 years old, who lives on a "a
acre farm in Miami County, Ohio.
He buys and sells secondhand
farm machinery, and is enormous
ly popular with the farmers in his
part Of the county. Following is
an extract from the article in
which Mr.. Steuer tells some of the
secrets of his success.
"When I first came to this
country from Austria" he told
me, 81 started in the produce bus
mess in New York City, but there
1 didn't fit. After a while ] came
west and settled in Dayton, Ohio.
L bought a broken-down horse and
broken-down wagon and started
out buying and selling anything I
could. But / liked the country
and used to drive out to see far
mers- For a long time business
was not good, and ms capital got
down to So. About that time I
bought a pillow one day for so
cents: At the next place / stop
ped the man who knew me pretty
well said, Joe, what did you pay
for that plowf' I told him, and
he said it was worth SIS. So ]
took it home and kept it. The
next year I sold it for So. In that
way 1 stumbled into business.
That year I invested In q hun
cred dollars worth of secondhand
Ierm implements picked up 3 Few
. time. ] found people would
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-10-07
SOMETHING ABOUT SMOKE.
(Philadelphia Public Ledger.l.

Lr- ~ E4E IEE1..
We were talking about smoke
How muchcoal is wasted in a locomo-
t1Ve?" asked H. A. Lewis, who used to
live in Philadelphia, but is, now q
Chicagoan.
About 50 per cent" replied Viii
liam Copeland Furber.
IA trifle more than that" was Mr..
Lewis guess, "but in five years they
will all be burning powdered coal,
That will enable them to 95 per cent
OF he energy out of their fuel and
send but 5 per cent out of the smoke
stack"
Then Mr.. Lewis told me that one OF
the big Middle Western roads is using
powdered coal with great &
Besides getting many times as much
heat out OF every ton Of fuel" said
Mr.. Lewis, this process solves the
ugly smoke nuisance
they say IN Pfttsburg that smoke
causes annually $4,000, 900 in DAMAGES
to buildings and the contents of stores
and houses. / presume that in PHIL
adelphia our smoke bill must reach q
million OF. two.
Scientists have proved that more
people die Of pneumonia in smoky
towns than In clean ones. The deatha
from that disease are most numerous
ia, those sections of smoky cities like
FIttsburg where there is the most
IN that theory the pneumonia ben.
OF Philadelphia is ON the west side Of
the SehuyIkilI, where TIE 4Esaf nesfs
OF locomotives blaeken the aff. Wast.
ing fuel via the Hue Il an American
habff. and while v : hroduce moresoo
th4n other country We a1so throw,
m8fe away. !
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-10-07

buy them after they were fixed
up. The year after, / bought a
thousand dollars worth, the next
year three thousand and the next
six thousand dollars worth. Since
then l haven't kept track of my
stock. Eight years ago j was
rated at $4,000, and last year at
$4,000.
when anyone asks me how
business is / always say, Business
is good When I say I'll be at a
certain place at a certain time nj
always there And l always pay
my debts when they come due"
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-10-07
NOTICE.
State of North Carolina,
County Of Henderson.
In the Superior Court.
annie J. Mitchell.

state OF NOTJA OdIU1Audb
County of Henderson.
In the Superior Court.
Mamie J. Mytchell.
VS..
John w. MytcheIi.
TO John w. Mytchell, defendant:
Take notice that on the Both day Of
October 1915 at 8 o'clock p. n. aud
thereafter in the law offices of WcDD
& Null in the city of Shelby, county
OF Cleveland and state of North Car
Dina, before J.4F. Ledford, Notary
Public the dispositions of Mrs. Mary
Waite Robinson and Miss Mary NJ.
Robinson will be taken, to be read as
evidence for the plaintiff in the above
entitled action, which is now pending
in the Superior court of Henderson.
County, State of North Carolina; and
you will further take notice, that if
the taking Of the said dispositions is
not begun and completed on the said
day, same will be continued from day
to day until completed.
This the End day of Oct. 1915.
j. F. JUSTICE,
and MICHAEL SCHENCK,
1O-7-4tc Attorney for the Plaintiff
F Ea +@E
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-10-07
RED AND WHITE ROSES.
"a True Story.)

r
Shall / tell you where I found
them-these red and white roses ?
[ am sure that you think at once
of a beautiful June morning and
a rose garden. But it was not in
such a garden that / found my red
and white roses.
One icy winter day our washer
woman failed to~appear as usual
at our home. She is a faithful
dependable woman, and fearing
she might be i'll or in trouble,
when evening came I set out To-
find her. | knew the ramshackle
old tenement in which she had a
room, but lost myself in the p:sch
dark halls of the house, and sc
knocked on the wrong door. a
voice inside said, Come" SO |
opened the door-and / shall nev.
er forget what | saw. Sitting on
the cold bare floor in fHont of the
boxes were four little girls; the
eldest about eight, the youngest
certainly not more than three.
The mother Of the children was
there too, and would you believe
it, it was in this dark, cold, dismal
room that l found the red and
white roses.
For on the boxes were piles of
cotton rose petals, and wire and
green paper. With these the
pale, thin, half-frozen and half,
starved little children were max,
ing artificial red and white roses.
The mother was there too, work
ing as fast as her stiff fingers
could. The tiny 3-year-old was al
most asleep, yet making valiant
efforts to keep awake, her blue
fingers still winding the stems.
1t did not take many second to
find all the money l had with me
and to place it on the box before
the mother saying: "Get coal and
wood and bread, and milk" while
I gathered in my arms the sleep,
ing babe and the child who was
crying. Poor, poor little "for!
eigners."
1t would be a dreadfully sad
story for you if you could do moth
Ing to help hake the sadness
less. But you can help to make
brighter other little children and
you do whenever you bring to
your band meeting money for our
missionary work among foreign
ers in America.
AS I went home (butInot until
there was a brightly burning
fire in that freezing room and the
tired children had been comfort.
ed with warm milky I thought of
a family of weh-cared for, happy
children, who, with their father
and mother, delighted to follow,
the cheering up business" Well,
l told them the story and suggest
ed that they might, if they chose.
make a happy New Year for those
little foreigners. They did choose.
and l wish you could have seen
those transformed little flower
makers on New Years day-and
indeed through the whole year
when in the mission kindergarten.
they became the happiest, mos.
useful little Americans you can.
magine.-Selected.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-10-07
q SCHOOL OPENS.
70

J. B. Johnston of Randolph county
arrived last week and completed ex-
animation preparatory to taking
charge of the Rugby school for a. term
of six months.
Mr.. Johnston will be assisted by
Miss .Inez Justice.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-10-07
WHY AND HOW TO
SECURE COCO SEED CORN.

- 5aIE aE1-
The first requisite 70 IA good
crop of corn is good seed secured
from a, crop that was grown IN
your locality. Too often we de-
pend upon imported seed which
invariably brings Disappointing
results for several years, says John
Klinka, agricultural representa-
tive of University of Wisconsin
Experiment station.
Seed corn should be selected as
far as possible and practicable IN
the district in which it is to be
grown land about a week before
the first killing frost is expected
northern Wisconsin this time usu-
ally falls between the 10th and
18th of September. Some where
between these two dates the care.
full corn grower will go through
his cornfeld and select his seed
corn. If the corn is fairly well
matured a light frost will not
hurt the husk covered ears but
they should be picked, husked and
put to fire drying the day follow
ing the frost.
The frstNtest to apply to seed
corn is maturity. In the northern
part of Wisconsin where every day
must be utilized for ripening a
crop the question of getting seed
that has matured i'll our latitude Is
of prime Importance. We want a
corn that will mature nine out Of
every ten and this corn can only
be secured from our own cornfields
by selecting the best matured ears
one week before the usual time for
the killing frost. We want to
raise large cornand get big yields
per acre, but maturity must not be
sacrificed for size.
Having made se1ection OF
about double the amount of corn
we expect to plant, our task is by
no means completed. The ears, If
left only over night when the
weather is damp, will become COW
erred with molds which will germ,
nate and produce more spores or.
mold seeds which will become par
asites and feed upon the young
ulants when the seed terminates
the following spring.
As soon a. the seed corn is pick
ed it must be cured. Many de-
vices have been used for drying
seed corn. The most common Of
these are single string, double
string corn, tree frame covered
with chicken wire and boards into
which finishing nails have been
driven. In the last method thu
seed ears are jabbed onto the nails.
This device has the advantages
over the Others. It is inexpensive
and easily made. When the corn
is tested in spring the ears can be
numbered very easily by writing
the figures on the boards below tho
ears.
The curing Of seed corn is de-
pendent upon two conditions
free circulation of air and a tenn
perature above freezing until the
corn is thoroughly dried. These
conditions can best be secured by
fire drying. Open the windows in
the room in which the corn is stor.
ed and build a fire every day until
the corn is thoroughly dried. After
it has been thoroughly dried freez-
ing wilfnot injure it's vitality and
fit is keptm a dry place where it.
will not absorb moisture it will
make the best seed corn that you
can secure for your farm.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-10-07
RAISE THINGS.

twenty-five years ago a certain
great agricultural county had on
it's farms 10000 more cattle and
$4,000 more sheep than it has now.
It had a few more horses and hoas
too but we won't count them.Tf
farmers of that county said the
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-10-07
JORDAN.WERTz COMPANY.

have formed a co-%partnership which
will deal in real estate. They will
use Mr.. Jordan's Office as headquar-
tiers.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-10-07
Harry r. Savage. Defendant

Louise whitaker savage, Plaintiff.
vs.
Harry r. Savage, Defendant.
The defendant above named will
take notice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced in the Su-
perior Court of Henderson County, IN
which the plaintiff asks an absolute
divorce from the defendant on the
ground Of ~fornication and adultery
committed since his marriage to the
plaintiff; and the said defendant will
take notice that he is required to ap-
pear at the next term Of the Superior
court of Henderson county to be held
on the Fourth Monday after the first
Monday in September October 4thJ
1915, at the Court house of said county
In Hendersonyillee North Carolina,
and answer or demur to the complaint
in said action or the plaintiff will u
ply to the court for relief demanded in
the complaint. es-s
This September 7th. 1915.
C.M. PACE III {. g
OF Henderson, OOuntySN. c..
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-10-07
MEAsHn WITH cOappr4ONs

Comfy Superintendent ". s. ShitIa
visited the Flat Rock school Fridar
and waA well and tayorably Impress
edeK1ththa work and took occasion to
compliment the appearances Of tie
school both interior and exterior.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-10-07
Roots, Herbs, Barks, Etc.
WANTED,

We are in the market for large
quantities off,
BeesWax,
Lady Slipper Root,
Mayapple Root,
Sassafras Bark of Root, Select
Bright
Slippery Elm Bark Of Tree,
Spikenard Root
Star Grass Root,
Star Root.
WE ALSO BUY ALL KINDS OF
Banks, Herbs, Leaves, Roots, and
SC. We pay cash upon receipt Of
goods. Write for shipping tags ana
any other information that you de-
SIRE. Price list mailed upon request
Address
II. b. LATHROR & co. INC.
IS ass North Lexington Avenue
AsheTiIe, Nc
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-10-07

NOTICE.


After October j, 1915, 1 viii w.. y
over Maxwell Cash o:ns
Gerry In the new Holmes bunoD
on Main street.
Dentist
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-10-07
NOTICE OF MMO

North Carolina-Henderson County.
In the Superior Court,
October Term, 1915.
Louise Whitaker Savage, Plaintiff.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-06
TALKING MOVIES
TIMED PERFECTLY
FOR ILLUSION

The famous talking-moyies, shown
in Honolulu last night for the first
time at the Bijou theater, are an agree
able surprise, the timing between the
concealed monograph which carries
on the dialogue and the actions of the
mines on the screen, is practically
perfect
Last evening the sound of the phon-
ograph was trifle muffled, the ma
chine being back of the screen on
which the moving pictures were
thrown. Tonight screen of lighter
weight will be substituted and it is
expected that every syllable will be
distinguishable in all parts of the the
alter.
"A Daughter OF the People Is a
film feature run In addition to the talk
ing movies. The latter Will continue
for one week.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-06
.R0SARIAN TRIP
LOOKS CERTAINTY
Many are Booking for Special
Steamer to Garry Portland
Organization

Prospects for the visit here OF the
Royal ROsarians of Portland next win
ter in speefally-charsered steamer
continue bright. Acting Director Tay-
lor of the Promotion Committee has
received a letter from Lean Vincent,
who is chairman of the arrangements
committee, expressing confidence that
the excursion will materialize.
Meanwhile the special committee
named by the Hawaii Promotion Com
mittee to arrange for invitations from
Hawaii's leading officials and organi.
cations is going ahead with its work.
Governor Pinkham and various other
officials are lending their hearty CO.
operation in expressing to the Rosar-
ians Hawaii's hope that they will come
to the islands.
In his letter Mr.. Vincent says:
Il feel that the Royal Rosarians will
be able to make the trip as contem-.
plated next February. as we have be-
tween so and so reservations at this
time, all of which have come in volun.
tarily.
The personnel of our party will be
made up OF the Royal Rosarians and
invited guests. 1t will not be open to
the public. We will charter a special
steamer and sail directly from Port.
land and directly back. touching at no
other ports. We are planning on
spending seven days in the islands"
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-06
DAILY REMINDERS

Round the island In auto. 800.
Lewis Stables. Phone 2141.--Adv.
The Goodwin, only exclusive corset
shop in Honolulu; absolutely new 1915
models; Pantheon bldg. Adv.
New arrivals in chic steamer bon
nets are on display at Milton & Par
sons, milIiners. Pantheon Bldg. adv.
Panama hats reduced from $40 to
$3.50: Porto Rico hats reduced from
$3.50 to SITS. Leading Hat Cleaners.
1852 Fort St, opp. Convent. Adv.
The rebuilt Underwood and Rem
ington typewriters which Arleigh &
Company are offering at $3.50 and up
win give you as good service as new
machine.
The popularity of the Honolulu
Dairymenss Associations special sun
day ice cream is growing each week
This week they advertise two-havor
brick, caramel and peach mousse. at
so cents quart Z
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-06
SRlDAN AND PARTY
URNEY TO KAHUKU
IN SEARCH OF FACTS

RI j. Sheridan and other special
agent the department of commerce
sent le to Investigate the cost OF
sugaRduction in the Hawaiian isl
ands today for Kahuku to OBJ
tain q from the sugar plantations
In INACTIVITY Upon their return
to Holu they will do a considera-
Die ami of work in this city, and
then the other islands. In a
recent kment to the Bulletin.
Mr.. Sndn said that he and his as.
sociatesl receiving every courtesy
from thear planters association
DR.. X Meeker and Victor s..
Clark, sfere by the department
OF labor qure data for a report on
labor conns in these islands. left
on Wedng for Hawaii.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-08-06
BETS DOLLARS TO DOUGHNUTS
LIGHTFOOT gets M'CARN JOB

ney. the maTshars office maintains
that there will be something doing
Within thenext two weeks which will
result in ir. Lightfoot replacing jeff
AfcCaFfl.
MT. Lightoot's seemingly authentic
orders 10 Deputy Marshal Albert Har.
ris we're tina he should take two depu.
ties and raid an. okolehao still on the
island 81 Hawaii. Harris said today
that, from rtmors he had heard. he
believed that tightfoot either had been
appointed distict attorney or was go
ing TO be appinted. and was there.
fore eualified % give orders.
Did you gets cable?. Harris asked
Mr.. Lightfoct.
@Yes," replied Lightfoot
is it all righer
-Yeg
This conversion took place before
representative the Bulletin
After IL had gok as far as quoted
above, Harris too Lightfoot into the
marshals private Affice.
Il told Lighted that he had bet
ter be careful. as tere was a reporter
outside and that n would hear what
was being said, Hrris explained to-
day. ~Lightfopt relied. oh, that's all
right; / don't care He didn't tell
me that there was az bluff about it. .
A federal official sted frankly this
morning that the sders given by
Lightf6ot were merel bluff. Light
foot, thesofflciaf saidAas been in the
habit OF going into thsnarshaTs Office
and saying Why dot you fellows
get to work" or 'Whl don't you get
busy and raid that ohm joint or
Why don't you have sRnd-so arrest
ed On a statutory offenl
Deputy Marshal Hart cannot see
II that way, however. 4 said that If
Lightfoot was joking, 1 was never
told about it, and consquently he
spent the greater part ofkst night in
ascertaining that the matt OF raiding
okolehao stills is up to le internal
revenue department and d to the Of.
! fee of the 4. S. marshal
A deputy clerk volunteAd the in.
formation this morning tia Attorney
Glenn Quinn and G.. ID. Prgle were
to ne sworn in at 10 o'cld as spe,
cial deputy marshals. Quinbr Prin-
gle was not sworn in. and 4 deputy
1 clerk later admitted that Are was
nothing to the information.
"Fll bet you dollars to Aghnuts
that before the end Of thlmonth
1 l,iehtfoot will be appointed dict at.
/ terney.p said Deputy MarshaHarris
to-day.