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French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-10-11
PLEDGES FOR THE
PROTECTION OF THE HOME.

At a called meeting of the Woman's
club of Hendersonville. 1t was decided
that the following pledges for the pro-
lection of the home against IRE be
printed in the town papers:
Il will not permit rubbish, greasy
rags, paper. and useless waste to ac-
eumulate in or around buildings.
/ will see that matches are kept in
metal boxes and out. of the reach OF
children, aud use only safety matches
/ will not permit children under ten
years of age to use matches.
will see that lamp sand lamp
burners are kept clean, and that lamps
are filled by daylight ony.
I will see that kerosene oil is kept
in a closed metal can IN a safe place,
and not used for kindling fires.
I<wil not permit gasoline to be kept
in the house.
will not permit gasoline to be
kent in anything but an air-tight met
al can, painted red.
i will not allow any one to fill q
kerosene or gasoline stove while It Is
1. l.ghted, or by artificial light.
will not allow any one to wash
clothes or other articles in gasoline IN
4 house. If they are washed out o.
doors I will not permit them IN the
house until the gasoline has entirely
evaporated.
will have the chimneys, fues
stoye-pfpes and stoves inspected a
least twice a year. will never per.
mil a stove to be sit up without met
al protection underneath
I will see that all ashes are placed
in tightly closed metal RECEPTACLE
and not deposited near a building O
fence,
will not permit cotton or othei
fimsy decorations to be used on o.
around Christmas trees.
win not celebrate the Fourth 9
1,,Iv or any other holiday by endang
ering life or property.
For ordinary care will preyen
ranv fires and save many lives an'
much property.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-10-11
/ CITY HAS l1WO CON-
MERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS.
Question of White Way for Main Street
Being Agitated.

Hendersonville now has two eem-
mercial organizations that are destin-
ed to be of inestimable value to the
business and social life of the city
and county. The Board of Trade
which has been in existence for two.
years or more, is composed of sou1e
of the very best business men of the
city, who are ever on the alert and
ready to take hold of any legitimate
enterprise that may rebound to the
welfare of the town. It's officers are
thoroughly wide awake men, who with
the cooperation Of whole membership
are planning many things for Hender-
sonyille in the near future. AT an en-
thusiastic meeting held this week two
subjects were brought before the body
that created a considerable amount OF
speech making. The first was the
matter of advertising the city and its
advantages as both summer and al.
the year round resort The scheme
agreed upon, which it was believed
would bring forth the greatest results,
was through the picture shows. The
advertising committee was instructed
to ascertain the cost of two or three
thousand feet of films showing the
and Henderson county, and to ascer-
tain what arrangements could be
made with the movie people in the
States South of US to have them run
! in many of the largest cities.
The second matter that created much
enthusiasm was that of white way
| for Hendersonville Mr.. r. NJ Oates
of the Hendersonville Light & Power
company stated to the meeting what
it would cost to erect fifteen arches
across Main street, commencing at
i Seventh avenue and extending to the
court house. each arch to contain 80
lights. While all present agreed that
/ Mr.. Oates proposition was very lib
eral one, there. were many in the
meeting who expressed a preference
| for the posts with cluster lights, and
| it was finally agreed that this plan o.
lighting woula give better results and
make better appearance than the
arch lights. This matter was also put
in the hands of a committee who are
expected to make report at an
early date.
1t seemed to be the general opinion
that both schemes will be accomplish
ed at an early date.
HendersonYille's other commercial
organization. which has just been re
organized is the Merchants Associa-
tion. It's officers are young business
men who mean to make the associa-
ton telling factor IN Henderson,
rilIe's commercial life As time
much good is-expected to come from
this organization,
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-10-11
FIFTH AVENUE PROPERTY
FINDS READY MARKET.
6. 6 Clarke Sells Fine New Resident
to Clarence afIlOm at Good Price.

Firth Ayen property is in de@.
End fIonl the lumber of recent sales.
el4ss have takea place on this popular
t oroughfare during the past few
weeks. r. G. Clarke. president of the
First Bank & Trust company has sold
his handsome new home, just COM
pIesed TO Clarence Latham, owner OF
the Hendersonville Laundry, Ice and
Fuel company The consideration is
not made public, but it is known that
Mr. Clarke valued the place at about
$1,000
,This is the third real estate trans
fer of Fifth avenue property within
the past few weeks There are hui
niors of another large deal on this
street of about $25, 900 but confrma,
ton cannot be had yet.
w. Marshall Bridges who recently
sold his handsome bungaolw to H. G.
Rainey. Jr., has purchased a beauti-
ful lot on Fifth avenue from Col. S. V.
Pickens expects to build another home
sometime in the spring.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-10-11
r. ". OATES NAMED COUNTY
FOOD ADMINISTRATOR,
Ninety-Nine Men and One Woman Ap-
pointed County Leaders by State
State Administrator Page.

Robert M. Oates president of The
Hendersenvi1le Light and Power COM
pany, has been appointed county food
administrator for Henderson He has
accepted the commission and will be-
gin at once organizing each school
district
With all the war mea snres In force
in this county an organization Of Co
operation will soon be perected by
which inform ton ana orders can be
place &c flhFz sslttltss -
only a few hours notice
The system, it is thought. will even
be better and quicker than that of Sc
curing the election return in Hender-
sonvil1e from all the precincts on the
night of election.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-10-11
HENDERSON COUNTY FARMERS
ARE BLESSED WITH ABUNDANCE
All Records Broken in the Size of the
Harvest This Fall.

11dAIOot 1AAAS Il uAAs
The farmers of Henderson county
are certainly having their inning in
the prosperity Of bountifuI harvest
of the products of the soil this year,
1t is said that there is considerably
more corn raised than will be consum-
ed in the county thus giving a large
surplus something that was never
known before Besides corn it is said
that there is more Irish potatoes still
in the ground ungathered than was
raised during the entire season last
year.
One prominent farmer said that he
had been bringing little stuff to town
all along to sell but that he had not
touched his main crop yet.
A large number of the farmres are
refusing to sell their potatoes for less
than $1.25 per busheI while others say
that they will hold for more.
Another farmer said that he ex-
pected to see good hay sell for $40 a
ton and that a great many OF his
neighbors were going to raise enough
for their own use.-
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-10-11

Mrs R. Reynolds. of winston
Salem. chairman of the state woman's
committee of the second liberty loan.
has returned from a meeting Of the
state chairmen held in Washington,
and reports that she was agreeab1y
surprised at the point Of organization
reached in North Carolina. as com.
pared with other states Already rs
of the 100 counties in the state have
been organized and many of thin have
already started their campaigns for
active work during the month Of 0c-
tober The counties thai, have not al
hopes have every county IN tho
State organized within the next lew
days.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-10-11
SOLDIER GOES PROUDLY
TO DEATH BEYOND TOP
Writes to His Father 0f g wonderful
Feelings on Most GIorfons Day Of
Life


New York, Oct. 7.-As an iIlutsra-
ton of the lofty sentiment possessed
by men who die on the battlefield IN
the war for democracy and remind
er for Americans who may be back
ward in contributing to- the second lib
ertv loan for the same great commit
tee made public tonight the last letter
written by Capt. " G.. Tupper. of the
Canadian Scottish 10Th battalion, to
his father. Sir Charles HILBERT Tup-
per before his death at the battle of
Vimy ridge last April. The soldier
wrote.
"My dear father; / am writing one
of these in case letters for the third
time, and of course hope you will
never have to read tiff you are
reading it now, you will know that
your youngest son went under as
proud as Punch on the most glorious
day of his life, am taking by com
pany over the top for mile in the
biggest push that has ever been
launched in the world, and / trust
that it is going to be the greatest fac
tor toward peace.
Dad you can't imagine the WoIl-
derfuI feeling; man thinks some
thing like this, we'll if I am going to
die. this is worth it a thousand times
ST have. been over two or three
times before. never with a company
I of my own. Think of tia hundred
and fifty officers and men who will
follow wou to he'll, Is need be!
81 don't want any of your dear peo-
fple to be sorry for me. although OF
course you will in way You will
/ miss me, but YOU will be proud of me
i Mind you, / know what I am up
i against and that the odds are against
fme am not going in the way did
/. the first time, just for sheer dev11ment
and curiosity. / haze seen this game
for two years and / still like it and
feel that my place is here.
So much. for that. want tc
thank you from the bottom of my
heart for all your loving kindness te
me. This war has done wonders tc
me and make me realize lots oi
things I would not have done other.
wise. could write book about i
but you know what / mean
Good bye. dear father and mother
and all Of you. Again say that I an
Iproud to be where am now.
.GoRDIE
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-10-11
Blue RIDGE scHOoL ITEMS.

Charming visitors at the school the
past week were Major and Mrs A. H.
5Silcox Of Charleston. S. c., who came
to place their son Hardy in school and
to visit their second son Hal, who en-
tered school at the opening of the ses-
sion in September. Major Silcox is
In the field artillery branch of service
and has been recently transferred from
Camp Jackson, Columbia, to Camp Sc
vier. Greenville.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Boyd. Mrs Sadler
and Mr.. McFadyen motored to Green
vile on Monday to visit Camp Sewer.
r MunnerIyn, who has been
gIest at the sekooI fo1 some weeks
expects to return to her home III
Waynesboro, Ca, on Friday of this
week.
Much interest is being taken by the
students in the military drill, and con-
siderable progress has been, made by
them in learning how to execute the
different commands. The uniforms
are expected to arrive within the next
few days.
CITY HAS Two CON-
MERCIAL ORGANIZATIONS
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-10-11
SC,RCITY OF COAL NOW
MAKES WOOD IN DEMAND.
Farmers Busy With Crops and Have
Not Time to Haul WOOd-RefIef
Soon. Stk1lsl aS

The recent scarcity of coal has
caused a big demand on fuel wood.
Owing to the particular season of the
year the farmers were unwilling to
stop harvesting long enough to cut
and haul wood which is considered by
many a winter job. The result has been
that many people were forced to pay
a higher price for wood as they could
not get coal
The coal situation is beginning to
clear up. 1t is said that a few cars
have been received here since the re-
cent appeal was made to Washington.
The Southern railroad authorities
were forced for a time to confiscate
nearly all the cars billed for local
Earties. A strike at the coal mines
is said to have made shortage of the
railroads supplies. This strike. 1T is
said ha5 been settled and the min ers
are back at work. q
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-10-11
HENDERSONVILLE BOYS HAVE
BEEN TRANSFERRED IN ARMY
First Sergeant zoe HOIlingsWOrth.
Private Finley Pace and Joe Ward
Get Orders.

Three of Hendersonville's military
unit stationed at Fort Caswell have
been transported to other army camps
where they will receive an increase in
pay. The transfer was made volun-
tarily on the part of the men. They
are all plumbers, by trade and when
a call was received for such they vol
unteered.
Those transferred are First Ser
geant Joe Hollingsworth, OF Camp
Greene. at Charlotte, Messrs. Finley
Pace and Joe Ward to Alexandra, La.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-10-11
TOWNsHIP S. 5. eONYENIIOa.

There will be township Sunday
school convent :on. at Crab Creek Ban
'tist church Sunday the 14th, to which
all the Sunday schools Of this toyVnsl
are requested to send delegates and
in same
Til eobject Of these conventions IS
TO arouse more interets il the ssas
schools of our county and confe
gether as to the best means Of promo
ing this work This is the fifth tow
ship convention held this year land
the. organized Sunday school
ment, ard we are looking for
a good county convention ii Move
sber.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-10-11
MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION ELECT
w. TEL. ZIMMERMAN, SECRETARY.
Meeting Held Last Friday Night With
Good Attendance; Outlook Good,

w. H. Zimmerman, proprietor of the
book store, was elected secretary and
treasurer of the newly organized Mer-
chants Association of this city.
The meeting was last Friday night,
the first meeting since organizing and
a well attended session was held.
With the proper cooperation it. is
thought by those deeply interested that
this association that it can do a great
deal for the benefit of the business
houses of HendersonviIle.
A campaign is now on for more
members and the committee will wait
on several business houses In the city
that have not. as yet decided to be
come members.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-10-11
NEW LIBERTY LOAN BOND.
r,,fs County Expected to Raise in the
i" xcighbOrhOd of $4,000 Worth.

Tina two banks of Henderson coun-
- aII others in the county are exa
,,ortad to subscribe total of about
tyG>.G1O TO the new Liberty loan---the
+fr,> bIlion dollar 4 per cent. bond
!!.,-a Tor the prosecution of the war.
The banks are not exl eetad to put
Nh the amounts named ~hus tie banks
and public subscribing through the
hanks are expected to subscribe the
amount.
Now is the time to subscribe. Abse-
nrely safe and profitable investment,
and patriotic duty to furnish the
money necessary to prosecute the war.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-10-11
MANY SOLDIERS SPENT
SUNDAY IN HENDERSONVILLE.

City Had a Military Air When Army
Men Spend Burroughs Here.
Soldiers could be seen on all sides
here last Sunday. Cars filled with
khah clad young men began arriving
in Hendersonville early Sunday morn
Ing and many passed through en- route
to and from the two camps in Spar
tanburg and Greenyille.
A trip to HendersonviIIe from either
Of these camps is considered one Of the
best outings for the soldiers and they
are eager to visit the mountains of
Western. North Carolina. A large
number of officers of the New York dl-
visions stationed in Spartanburg have
Visited this city for day since their
arrival in the South
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-10-11
PARENT-TEACHERS MEETING.

The Uarent-Teachers Association
will hold its regular monthly meeting
on Wednesday, October 18th. at $3.50 p.
m. in the graded school building. An
interesting program is being arranged
the principal feature of which will be
an address by Mrs. Reuben Robertson,
president of Orange street. Parent
Teachers Association, Asheeville.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-10-11
DOCK HYDER BUYS STORE,

Purchased the Stock of Goods From
His Nephew. Henry Hyder.
A recent deal of interest in the
business circle of Hendersonville was
the sale of the st ock of groceries and
notions of Henry Hyder and company
sold to Dock Hyder.
Mr.. Hyder has for twenty-three
years conducted a grocery and gem
eraI merchandise store in Henderson,
vile and the field is not new to him.
He expects to increase the prdesent
stock of goods to about $4,000. Be-
sides the present lines he will con-
tinue to buy produce and sell fertiliz-
ers. His son conducts the large bus
mess over in. East Henders0nyille.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-10-11
D0INGs OF HENDERsONYLLE
BOYS AT RUTHERFORD COLLEGE

Rutherford College, Oct. 9Hen-
dersonvil1e leads all towns in North
Carolina at Rutherford College. haY-
ing ten boys from here in attendance.
they all eat at the same toble in the.
dormitory. Denny StaTnes sits at the
head and pours mfIW and returns
President Hinshaw delivered an ad-
dress at-Valdese Sunday night, quite
a number of the college. students att
tended
Miss Evelyn Estes entertained last
evening with lawn party at her home,
Quite a few were invited among others
all of the Hendersonville boys.
jimmie Allen returned to Hender-
sonvi1Ie Friday evening for weeks
end visit.
Hugh Waldrep, Allen Rhodes and.
JirnEaie e Allen are all making strong
bids for positions on the basket ball
team.
The baseball season closed last week
with a game between the town team
and the college team. Ralph Ledbet-
ter q former Charlotte star pitcher
and j. r. Marshall with the Tennessee
League, and several other leaguers
were on the town team. They Won
to Batteries: Town team. Wells
t and Rutherford; College team Yost
and Starnes.
Bill Hodges, Be1ton Beason a Hen
/ Rhodes, Hugh ~ aISaagstsp and wy bol1rn
Beason went to Connolly spflng sat-
Iurday, shopping
Denny Starnes. manager Of the bass
ball team is now working on the dia-s
mond. near the new administr ion
building, betting in readiness for the
spring season.
A quartette composed of BeIden Bea
son, John Robbins. Elmer Yost and
/ iWynbourn Beason. are rehearsfng
daily for the big revival that is Just
approaching.
Bolton Beason has secured posi-
ton in the College barber shop Tor
Saturdays.
Frank Bland has been overseeing
some work on the estate of Prof. r. p.
Hinshaw for the last few Saturdays.
| Bolton Beason on a recent test
made the highest grade of any in his
class.
The new street running from Fca1I
! ty avenue to the Vets end of the ad-s
lministration building is now under
development and in a few days viii
! be open for travel.
President Hinshaw is now installin
some machinery in the new laundry
The plumbers are now at work On
i the heating plant, and in a few days
! the students will have a warm time
with thep rofessors
Prof. j. r. Walker OF the science de-
partment returned last night from
I Newton where re delivered very
foreeful address.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-10-11
HyEDRBDs OF AUF0fsTs GO
TO GREENVILLE & SPARTANBURG
Travel Through and From Henderson,
villa to Visit Army CanDs.

IFdYUI IHIUUEH iI1IU 7 YIN 81
Vile to Visit Army CamDs.
HendeTsonvfIle is receiving the ben>
eft from hundreds of automohlle
parties who travel through enToute, 70
and from Camp Wordsworth at Spar
tanburg and Camp Sewer at Green
vile.
1t is said that over $50 automobiles
passed Flat Rock last Sunday going to
one or the other of these camps. The
roads are in fairly good condition and
all during the weeI, parties travel
along the mountain highways 60 get :
last glimpse of the soldiers before
they go somewhere in France:
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-10-11
Editor Had B. and L. Stock.

Gordon Darlington, pub
Usher Of the French Broad
Hustler told this the other day
One of the very first invest
ments | made after coming to
HendersonviIIe was to buy five
shares in the building and loan
association. These shares had
been running three years and
within three and one half
years they matured You can
imagine my delight in finding
that $500 had been placed to my
credit at the bank. !"
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-10-11
r. II. Station SAYS Its Good.

r. III. Station Says Its Good.
R. H. Station. vice president
OF the First Bank and Trust
company and a leading lawyer
of HendersonVile said 4 took
out number of shares of
building and loan stock and in
structed the secretary to draw.
on my bank account every w
The payments were so small
that | did not miss the money.
When the series matured / was
astonished tLet.I had saved so
much that way. !"
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-10-11
BUYS STORE FIXTURES.

II. Patterson has received car load
of handsome store fixtures for hts
.41es ssofa ss.1h ~ ssletlf -
into some time before the first of the
year. These fixtures were nnanufac-
tured in Grand Rapids, Mich, and
made specially to the order of Mr.
Patterson.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-10-11
LETTER RECEIVED THANKING
SURGICAL DRESSING UNIT
Fer the Dressings Sent Recently ia
The Baltimore Chapter.

\. Mrs. r N. Wilcox: of Jamestown.
N. T.. has just received very kind
tetteT from the Baltimore chapter
Hg IHnanking the HendersonviIIe Surgical
hbFesslng unit for the dressings sent
the local unit of the National
League for Women
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-10-11
AMERICAN FLYER IN
FRANCE IS gAPTyJRKD

Geneva, Oct 9. AN American avia
tor flying in the Lafayette Escadrille
of the French army has been Captured
by the Germans, said a dispatch from
Dusseldorf lately, quoting the Genex
Anzieger. The name of the Amer
can was not given.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-10-11
EMERGENCY CALL RECEIVED
TODAY FROM FRANCE,

70 the Members of the National
ea@ue for Women:
onr Marine are 5shivering with coIdi
'et!o Us as soon as possfbIe
1900 heaviest possible wooden socks,
sI7" 12 Or thereabouts
1000 comfort bags.
Signed
NAVY LEAGUE OF u. s. A.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-10-11
AT THE FIRST BAPTIST
CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY,

Rev. X. w. Cawthon, pastor.
Sermons by the pastor IL a. m. and
8 p. m.
Morning subject: "Arise, Shine.
Evening Subject: "The Lords Ser
mon.H
Sunday school 9:45 a. m.
Mid-week service, Wednesdays at
g pm.
A cordial welcome to all.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-10-11
Next sunday at Presbyterian church

Sunday school and Bible classes e
9:45 a. m.
Preaching at II o'clock by the par
tor, "The Christian under Fire.
Preaching at b. M, by the pa stpr,
ePerpIexities about Christ. "
Visitors and students of the schools
always welcome
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1917-10-11

A. L. Flemister has his nice farm
home listed for sale at what seems a
real bargain. He is anxious to go into
other business and will make for u linn
tied time a price which should appeal
to any farmer who desires to raise
stock and crops. His home place con-
sisting of $50 acres with two wells,
four upland tanks, one of which is
stocked with catfish. House is modern
having hot and cold water connections
and bath room conveniences. Barns
and many other improvements such as
as fruit trees, shrubbery, etc. This
farm is located on the Ozark Trail
eleven miles east of Tucumcari, and
can be bought for $3.50 per acre, by
paying $4,000 down and balance on
time at 8 per cent interest. Write the
News Office or to Mr.. Flemister for
further particulars, Tucumcari, N. NJ.