French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-08-17

held it's frst meeting here during the
last week at the instance of Commls-
sioner of Insurance j. r. Young. was
. pronounced success and will result
in annual meetings hereafter. II
PROMISES to become n of the most
nsefu1 and ~beneficent of organizations
upon whose good work many lives and
much property will be saved annually,
the loss of which Through faulty cleo
trical installation and kindred acc1-
dents) had become SO alarming OF late
that Commissioner Young determined
to secure means to stop most of it.
The meeting extended it's thanks to
Mr.. Young by a rising vote for his &C
tivities and good advice.
Federal Relief for Flooded Sufferers.
North Caro1inians who have Just re
turned from Washington give assur-
ances that the Federal Department OF
Agriculture and the War Department
are already at work to help relieve
the situation in the flooded counties of
North Carolina. Representatives of
the government have already been in
Raleigh in this connection and are
now in western counties.
The meeting held last Friday in this
CIV was dLLC11uOO NY OODO ~ ~
The work of these agents and the
money congress is appropriat1ng will
greatly help our home people who
have raised ~thirty-odd thousand dol
lars in the State so far. The means
at hand, however, are not yet ade-
quate to meet the situation.
That Farm Loan Bank.
North Carolinians who are actively
-.z-Is - O0,-~ OVn1 - tho Run1un
farm loan banks for this State have
wisely reached the agreement to make
the CITY of it's location subordinate to
the main idea-the establishment of
one of the new federal banks in North
Carolina for the benefit and conVen-
fence of North Carolinians, the rural
element especially. Raleigh van
the bank and there are other towns
that would like to ecure it. Once it
is declared by the Farm Loan Bank
Board to locate a bank in North Car
DINA, the matter of selecting the city
can be adjusted later.
This week the North Carolina Con-
gressmen and other Tar Heels in
Washington for the purpose, expect to
pet a hearing with this farm loan bank
board. Later, when this district is
reached, chairman Norris, of the bank
board promises he will hold a hearing
in Raleigh some time in November.
New Tar Heel LieutenantS.
A.number of young Tar Heels. grad
yates and students of h A. and M.
College at Raleigh and other colleges
where military tactics form part OF
the curriculum areeXpected to take the
test here for army appointments Aug.
81. There are fifteen hundred vacan-
cies in the grade of second-lieutenant
of the U. S. Army at present and the
is something worth while. Early
promotion to first-lieutenant is also
possible and the salary that much bet
ter. The Adjutant Generals at Wash
has written to President Rid
dick of the A. and NJ. college stating
that graduates and certain students
at that institution are eligible for ap-
if they stand the customary
This opportunity is something Diff
ferent" and rather to the good, wnen
to the opening for enlist
ment as ~privates in the National
Cuard of the several states. Enlist
in the State Guard has practically
a in this community, as the pros
poets of a fight with "Greasers" have
vanished, and the boys mere
abouts do not aspire to border patrol
Or Fort Bliss camp duty. The re-
officers sent here from camp
Glenn report practically nothing do
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