French Broad hustler and Western Carolina Democrat. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1915-1916, 1916-04-06
WATNESVI[[E
WINS DEBATE.
! LOCAL TEAM LOST FRIDAY NIGHT
| IN HEATED ARGUMENTS BE-
FORE LARGE CROWD.
ALL GOOD SPEECHES
Miss MuirfeI Fuller and Horace Gray
Represented HeRderSOnVHIe; VIM.
and J. Palmer Waynesville.

The debate in the court house Fri
day evening between the representa-
tives of the Waynesville and Hender-
sonville high schools ended in a vic
tory for the negative and the Waynes-
vile team. The query was, Resolved,
that the United States should adopt a
policy of greatly enlarging her navy"
The Hendersonville debaters Miss
Muiriel Fuller and Mr.. Horace Gray,
were on affirmative and Messrs. Will
liam and James Palmer debated for
Waynesville on the negative. The de-
cision was rendered by Mr.. Goldstein
of AsheVille, Judge H. G. Ewart and
+. w. Ewbank of Hendersonville.
Miss Bessie Steedman, principal of the
high school, sat on the rostrum and
timed the speakers. Miss Alice Pace,
president of the High School Literary
society was mistress of ceremonies.
Before the beginning of the debate
two selections were sung by a quar-
tette composed of Messrs. Denny
Starnes, Roy Bennett, Quay Dotson,
and Perry Carter. Miss Carrie LYDIA
recited while the judges were making
up their decision.
publish a resume of the speeches that
were delivered but that met with the
disapproVal of one of the debaters.
Mr.. William Palmer is a charming
speaker, and it must have been his ex-
cellent delivery, his bearing, and his
engaging personality that turned the
tide of victory for Waynesville. He
handled his more difficult side of the
question in an admirable way and took
lltc seat at the sound of the gavel with
graciousness worthy of a-Philip
Sidney.
Mr.. James Palmer seems to have
faith in himself with the courage of
his convictions.
Miss Muiriel Fuller showed that a
powerful navy was absolutely neees-
sary to enforce the Monroe doctrine
to hold our colonial possessions, and to
carry out our foreign policy. She
cited instances of countries coming out
OIL war stronger than when they went
into it, and argued that such a thing
was not impossible in the present Eu-
rcpean war. Her personality is a
blending of girlish innocence and wo-
manly intellectually.
Mr.. Horace Gray delivered his
speech with an earnestness and com
posure that are his special character
istics. He stated that an inefficient
navy handicapped Napoleon, the South
ern Confederacy, and Turkey in her
recent war with Italy He refuted
some of the arguments of his oppo-
nents by showing that England, with
Napoleon just across the channei,
scheming to pounce on London, the
breeding place of all coalitions
against him, was able to send an army
over here and lay the capital of our
Republic in ashes He declared that
6readnaughts are cheaper than war
and cheaper than pensions-evidently
cognizant of the fact that neither the
North nor the South have yet finished
paying for the valorous deeds of the
Union soldiers during the sixties, that
for fifty years the Washington govern
ment has been pensioning g. A r
| veterans and is now paying out pen
sions to the tune of more than hun
and fifty million dollars year.