Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-16

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You should mourn your loss in no
attending the big banquet.
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Mr.. Farmer, why not get on the co
operative creamery wagon? 1t woult
benefit you and your n~eighbors. -.
Remember the worthy institution
in our midst that is appealing for
help by which it may continue its
splendid work, which has been going
on at Fruitland for seventeen years.
The Breyard News has at last seen
the wisdom of charging advertising
rates for death resolutions, cards of
thanks, bazar notices, etc. Congratu-
lations Brother Jones.
It's delightful to think that Hender-
vile has a board of officials with sufi-
cient genuine business courage to Sc
rI@usly tackle a giant like the city
hall.
When the Canton Observer recent
ly dWindled in size while installing
new office equipment, the Jackson
County Journal made a joke of the
newspapers size. Now is a good time
for Brother Sentelle to urn the joke
on that four page issue of the Jour
nal. What's the trouble Brother
Tompkins, and it just before Christ
mas?
One of the most beautiful things to
be seen in Hendersonville during the
holidays will be the many colored
autographed Christmas covering of
the Democrat. for this issue, which
contains in addition to a great vol
ume of Christmas reading matter
many suggestions from Henderson
vile merchants on holiday shopping.
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Why not give the Greater HendeI-
sonviIle club sufficient moral and
financial support to enable it to walk
straight and carry a high head? But
: don't do this until we are able to find
"a leader to discharge it's affairs who
can command the full confidence and
respect of the public. To do this
very efficient secretarial duties will
have to be performed, and it is not
amiss to say that Hendersonville has
g great many Missourians just now IN
this respect.
The Tryon Bee and the Polk County
News have merged and the paper
Genes out under a double heading.
Mr., w. F. Little, former editor of the
News, will continue to hold down.
things while Mrs. Norton, former
news editor of the Bee, holds an edi-
torial position. The announcement is
made that two papers found rough
shedding in Tryon. Polk county now
has N paper and it has a splendid
plant. Some improvements in the
paper are announced and we see no
reason why an excellent weekly can
not be turned out with the forces
united. 1t has not beGn but a few
laws since the writer was in Tryon
looking over the situation with a view
to purchasing and now we almost
envy Editor Little and his possibili-
tise for doing good in the growing
county of Polk.
Cold weather is with us again. This
means suffering in the community,
followed by begging, some deserving
anG some otherwise. The local
charity organization was perfected
last year for the purpose of rendec
ing aid to. the needy. Good work has
hen done along this line, wedding out
the impostors and helping those IN
greatest need. The people of Hender-
sorville are urged to make their con-
tributions of a charitable nature
through this organization in ordeZ
that the charity work of the commun-
ity may be lone to the best advantage
A personal appeal is being made ant
the public in making gifts shoult
bear in mind that every cent of il
will be spent wisely and economical
Iy and not until after a thorough in
v~estigation into the merits of ever.
case appealing for help.