French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-28
TREEA
BIG SUCCESS
Mayor Brooks, Chief Powers and COM
mittee Of Ladies Receive Praise
For Their Efforts.
LIBERAL SUPPORT GIVEN.
lSam T. HOdges.l

lSam T. HOdges.)
1t was some community Christmas
tree-Well guess so. Everybody
was there including Santa Claus a Ia
M. G. Letson, and everybody was hap
py. Why not? One LOOK at the de-
lighted faces of the poor littI7 tots who
received gifts would have sent yule-
tide glow into a heart of stone-and
there were no stony hearts there. B.g
Ed Brooks or to use his officia! title
Mayor Brooks, started the ball rolling
, when he introduced in a few we'll
chosen words the Big Scout, Rev. Gee,
Wright. big Scout Wright was in
; his happiest humor-he saw the happy
faces of the needy children and he saw
further-he saw into the hearts CT
tk0st children and he knew that i'm
presslons were heing made that would
last throughout all time.
The spirit of Christmas is the spirit
of Ghrist-and the Christian spirit was
everywhere in evidence. Chief Otis
Powers was there with the tree and
the decorations and called on Bill
Bangs to- electrify things. Bill was
there as usual when anything is need
ed. Lots of folks stand in awe of a
chief of police probably because he
represents lawful authority but no.
body was awed by the smile that stuck
to the face of our chief of police Sat
urday. He had worked hard and he
received his reward. theonly reward
that any real man ever desires on such
an occasion, the reward of a duty faith
fully performed and the satisfaction OF
knowing that by reason of his efforts he
was bringing sunshine and happiness
into the lives of hundreds of poor little
children who but for the community
tree would have had no presents, no
toys, no candy and no real Christmas.
] - The ladies. God bless sem, they are
= a1ways iglit and they we're hassE-
as could be--Mesdames L. r. ,Barnwe1l,
FJ.F. Brooks. James Laughter, r. P:
Freeze, J. L. Rose and Miss Ella Nc
CLAIM made a seXtette of ministerine
spirits whose kindness. love and care
for the poor made them known as real
Daughters of the King. They were
everywhere, they wanted to help every
needy one and they did. DR.. G. Few.
who attended the festivities, thought
for a minute that he was attending a
Methodist love feast and he had diff
Guilty in restraining shout of praise.
1So Wonder-any man with heart
would have felt the same way-and the
men who attended the community
celebration were men with big warm
hearts.
; The merchants and citizens of Hen
Jacksonville had the spirit all right.
they contributed freelyLawyer w. A.
Smith had the honor of making the
first contribution and his friends know
that Bill Smith is ready always to do g
most liberal part for Hendersonvi1le
on every occasion. It is to Bill Smith
more than to any other man that Hen
dersonville owes her position as the
leading resort OF the Western North
Carolina mountains and he was right
there to start off the community sub
scription. Almost everyone helped.
Just few tight wads-and every town
is numbered with a few selfish spirits
who want to keep every penny that
they can get their clutches on refused
to contribute. They didn't get much
pleasure out of Christmas-sdch peo-
pie never do. The spirit of Christmas
isn't for such people. The real Christ
mas iov consists in making come one
else happy-and it's a paradoxical
III S,1NAAS " ONASAS W. -
ceive more than we give.
r But this story has nothing to do with
them. This is about the people who
| did-not those who didn't.
| Hendersonville's second community
! tree was such a success that every
BODY agrees that it must be an annual
event hereafter. Mayor Brooks was
as happy as tho he had just heard OF
ZebuIon Weaver's election to Con-
gress. There was not sad heart in
h; the city hall. unless it were some heart
, big enough to feel sorrow over its in
ability to provide similar occasion
, for all the poor little waits of the whole
world. The author of Christmas has
promised that even cup of cold wa
! ter given in His name shall have an
abundant reward. Then think the
, reward for the people who contributed
of their means or labor to make happy
! hundreds of poor ones most OF whom
! they do not even know. They are the
! salt of the earth and Hendersonville is
! full of such. 1t makes fellow feel
!, good to know that he can shake hands
, with such real human folks and be
one of 'em.
| Below is list of the contributors.
Some names may have been omitted.
+ But there is a record kept by the Clerk
who makes no mistakes. He has their
! names as we'll as these for future
holiday that will be theirs when the
, King makes up his jewels.
i A balance of $5485 was turned over
,, to the Associated Charities to help re-
lieve the needy during the long hard
! winter months that are to come.
Cash contributions to the Communi-