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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-08-04
A. w. Williams Resting
Well at Hospital

A. W. williams Of % North Fifty-sixth
street, woodlawn. who was seriously in
jured Saturday afternoon when a Tide
water street car crashed into Louisville
& Nahsvi1le freight train. was reported
to be resting we'll at st. vincent's hos
pital last night and his condition Is
thought to be improved.
The accident happened at Fifth avenue
and Thirty-third street. The freight train
was being backed along the tracks and
the motorman was unable to stop the
car, owing to faulty brakes 1t Is said.
The trolley was packed to capacity with
ma ssengers. and much excitement waa
caused. The street car was badly dam
aged.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-08-04
Atlanta Terminal Bonds

Harris, Forbes & Co, and CLARK
Dodge g. Co. are offering new Issue
of $1,200,00 Atlanta Terminal con-
pany. Series "a" first mortgage s per
cent gold bonds, which are due Angus.
1. 1899. Coupon bonds in denomina-
ton of $1,000. which may be registered
as to principal Registered bonds in
denominations of $1,000 $4,000 and &c.
600. Coupon and registered bonds are
interchangeable. These bonds will be
the direct obligation of the Allan a
Terminal company. and will be ee-
cured by a direct mortgage on the en-
tire property Of the company. 1siee
mar and interest.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-08-04
CROIX DE GUERRE
AND SERVICE CROSS
FOR NEGRO SOLDIER
Private Clincy, Local Negro, Wins
Decorations for Conspicuous Brav-
cry on Field of Battle

Private Will C1lncy, colored. of Biz
mingham. was also presented me
French crox de guerre, which was
forwarded to the recruiting station
through the War Department for de-
livery. Private Clincy also won the
distinguished service cross while a
member of the 366th infantry His 81
tation reads as follows.
Seeing a comrade mortally wounded
who was operating an automatic rifle
with him, though himself severely nit.
he continued to operate his machine
gun until the enemy was repulsed.'
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-16
NURSES PRODUCE WILD
WEST PICTURE SHOW

Entertain Roumanian Countess at
American Show in France.
Picture shows are being put on in
France without cameras, scenery or
any of the necessary properties, ac-
cOrding to reports reaching the Ma
tional Y. w. G. A. from a Y. W. G. A.
nurses hut in Base Hospital.
Having no film or camera, the
nurses at Base decided to put on a
living picture show and invited a
group Of nurses from a nearby hos
pital to be the audience. 1t was a
real thriller, one Of the wild and WOOL
ly west variety, with bucking bron-
choes and wild rides on broom and
mop horses.
Imagination supplied the scenery,
with the exception of placards, which
announced 'the sun" when it was sup
posed to be shining or "cacti" when
the COW punchers rode across the
desert.
Countess Vacaresca of Roumania.
who had been talking to the nurses on
conditions IN the German courts at the
time she was lady-in-waiting to the
Queen Of Roumania, was the most ap-
preciat1ve Of all the guests.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-16
FOYERS in FRANCE.

Four departments Of the French
Government have asked the American
Y W. C. A. to open social and recrea-
ton centers for girls employed by
thern-Finance, Commerce, War and
Labor.
Lieutenant Poncet of the Ministry
Of Labor recently requested that this
7. w. c.. A. work be begun for girls IN
his offices after seeing the social and
recreation ceI1ters which had been
opened at the request of the Ministry
OF War. Sixteen centers Of this kind
are operated in six cities in France.
Three of them are in Paris.
The last Of these FoyerS des Alliees
is for girls who are working in the De
partment of Labor. It is far down the
Seine, under the shadow of the Eiffel
Tower, and overlooks the Quai dOrsay.
The rooms are bright and cheerful,
with chintz hangings and cushions,
comfortable chairs, reading and writ
ing tables and a fireplace. A kitchen
has equipment so that girls can pre-
pare meals for themselves. They go
to the foyer for their two hour lunch
con time, for social evenings and for
classes in English.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-16

also are not being released from ser
made inquiry of the adjutant general
Of the state, the reply from that Off
cial being that the North Carolina
Home Guards would be held in ser
vice until plans for another state or
national guard had been worked OUT
and put into execution by the state
and federal governments. In many
places the guards have seen lot OF
decidedly active service, and not a
few of them have been killed just as
dead as any boy buried on a French
battlefield, but no doubt many men,
bers of every home guard now feel
just as the Asheville men do. Most OF
them have felt that if for one reason
or another they we're not called into
regular army service the least they
could do was to meet the governors
call for service at home, and THAI
their enlistment in the home guard
was their plain duty under a war
time measure for the public safety,
and for no purpose of playing sol
der Many of them, especially the
older men, regard the emergency as
past, and would like to regain their
former status of plain civilians and
cut out the squads right" 1t would
be an injustice to many who have
served willingly and faithfully to
hold them until they are forced to ask
for discharge or until the organization
dies out from lack of interest. 1t
would be far. better to have a general
mastering out, and then start with
men who wish to belong to a guard
organization in time of peace.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-16
INSIGNIA, CURTAINS,
MADE FROM SKIRTS

Blue broadcloth skirts used for or.
ganiEation insignia and plaid summer
dresses reconstructed into window cur.
tainS dre after war economies Of the
nine 7. W. G. A. secretaries invAnch,
angel, Russia.
These secretaries have just succeed.
ed, in the face of food and cloth short,
ages, in opening 7. W. G. A. Hostess
House for American troops stationed
in Archangel, town behind the allied
lines. 1t was necessary to hunt I'D a
wolfe summer dress which one of the
secretaries had discarded for heavy
winter clothes in order to have cur.
tatns at the windows. They live on
regulation army rationS.
Archangel rs the fourth city in Rms.
STA where the Y. W. G. A. has estab.
hshed work. CenterS were onened
first in Petrograd and Moscow and
then in Samara, 900 miles eastward
from Moscow.
Miss Elizabeth Boies, head of Rus.
sian work and one Of the few Ameri.
cans who remained In that country
throughout the revolution, is en- routa
10 America by way of England to re.
crult workers for Russia.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-16
100000 YANKS ARE
Y. w. c. A. VISITORS

Four hundred thousand persons and
more served in the cafeteria in one
year is the record Of the Y. W. @. 4.
Hostess House at Camp Lewis, Amer
1can Lake, Wash.
The majority of the 100000 diners
were mothers, wives, Sweethearts and
friends who went to the camp to visit
their soldiers. The remainder we're
soldiers themselves who broke the mo-
notony Of "chow'' with home cooked
meals In addition to all these guests,
$4,000 little children were cared for in
the nursery and the rest room served
10000 tired wives and mothers.
The workers at the information
desk received and answered. $1,000
questions varying from how to get the
best connections to a destination clear
across the continent, the rates of sol
diers' insurance and the kind Of Gre
tonne a girl bride should have IN her
living room now that Private John is
coming home from France. Eleven
thousand of these queries required tel
ephone conversations with various
company commanders relative to hunt
ing up soldier whose parents had az
rived Unexpectedly.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-16
CHILD LABOR.

Governor Beckett suggests that the
child labor law should be made a par:
of the public school law and enforced
by officials of the Educational Depart
ment. This is impracticable. Our
educational officials have neither the
time nor the inclination to perform
the service necessary to proper en-
forcement of child labor legislation.
They have had this authority for the
past six years and the first violation
of the toothless law now on the books
is yet to be reported, although Fede-
raj inspectors, who visited the State
and made number of Investigations
last year, found many violations which
would have been prosecuted by the
Government if the opportunity had been
giving before the United States Su-
preme Court passed upon the validity
of the act from constitutional stand
point. The superintendent of schools
in each county is designated as fac
tory inspector in the child labor law
which now encumbers the pages of our
statute books. This provision was in
serted in the law at the instance OF
attorneys for the employers of children
with full knowledge Of their inability
to perform the added duties along with
the work as school supervisors. They
have not inspected factories and frank
~ admit that other duties require al
of their time. For the very same rea-
son, and because they desire to aYoic
friction between school authorities anc
the employers of labor, they are no=
going to inspect factories now.
Without adequate machinery for
complete inspection of industrial plants
the State may as we'll have no child
labor law at all North Carolina has
played with this subject too long al
ready. ...-- ..5 .-.
Advocates OF child labor are no doubt
in full agreement with the suggestion
OF Governor Beckett to continue the
farce comedy presented in delegat-
ing the authority Of enforcing the
child labor law to the educational
authorities. This idea did not origi-
nate with the Governor. It was fore
ed into the child labor bill during the
final day of the session Of the General
Assembly six years ago through the
insistance Of paid attorneys Of the
opponents of effective legislation Of
this character. If Governor Beckett
is sincere in the deliverance he has
made relative to the needs Of the child,
it does seem that he would suggest
class of labor legislation in harmony
with the progress Of tht times. The
State must go forward or lapse into
a condition of stagnation.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-16
THE POLL TAX

Governor Beckett would limit tbs
poll tax by constitutional amendment
to two dollars and remove the pro-
vision making payment of it a pre-
requisite to voting. He argues well
the point that it breeds bribery and
corruption in politics and ought to be
eliminated from the State Constitu-
tion.7 The intentions Of the sponsors
of this legislation twenty years ago
were good, but time has shown the
uHWisdom of it and an opportunity
should be given the people to correc'
the mistake, if they agree that an err
ror was made in Incorporating this
provision into the Constitution.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-16
CHESTER COUNTY ROADS.

A meeting of the Chester county del
egation was held at the Court House
last Monday. In addition to the mem
bers Of the delegation there was q
small crowd of representative citizens
present.
Matters pertaining to prospective
legislation we're freely discussed,
among them being the question OF
maintaining the highways of Chester
county, especially the roads now. being
built by the highway commission.
We all know that for the people of
the county to fully enjoy the benefits
of these roads, it is necessary that
they be maintained after they are
built 1t is something that cannot be
delayed. 1t requires immediate atten-
ton. The question before the people
is, how can it be done advantageously
Many suggestions have been offered
and many of them are deserving OF
serious consideration, However, we
notice that parties who have sugges-
lions to offer are a little reticent about
Offering those that will offend some
Office holder or some citizen. This, OF
course, is perfectly natural, but the
matter of maintaining Chester county
roads is purely a business PROPOSE
ton. The people have invested almost
one-half million dollars in an enter
prise, so to speak, that will assuredly
pay a handsome dividend, if properly
handled, and to be properly handled
it is imperative that the question of
maintaining our roads be handled
with the gloves Off"
Chester county should have three
county commissioners, who are to
serve without compensation. Two to
be selected by the county delegation
and these two to select the third man
These three men are to employ and
have full charge of all the highways
throughout Chester county. In this
manner politics would practically be
eliminated from this branch of the
county government.
If the county highway engineer
should become derelict in his duties
it would be an easy matter to dispense
with his services Immediately.
The highway engineer should be
|Ipaid a Lucrative salary, a salary thG'
hwiI get a sure-enough engineer, and
should be furnished, or required Il
furnish, an automobile in which tc
travel throughout the county. 1t Is
impossible for any ole man to super
gyise 700 miles Of highway when he
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-16


It looks good to see the kids all
going to school again. And by the
way, do you suppose any other town
in the country can show a bunch of
fat red-cheeked youngsters to match
'em. Too many of our people who live
here year in and year out actually for
get how fortunate we are in the mat
ter Of .,climate. AS a matter of fact the
mere privilege of being alive is worth
just about twice as much as it is in
lower sections. If you don't believe
it take a run down into the lower and
warmer country any time from May
to September; or make the trip in
winter and take look at the school
children "down the country"
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-16
PROPOSED BACKWARD STEP

In his admirable message to the
General Assembly last week Governor
Beckett stated it as his conviction that
only the Governor and Lieutenant Gov
ernor Should be elected by popular
vote. He would have all the other
state administrative officers appoint
ed by the Governor and suggests that
beginning be made by the present
legislature with a view to the ult1-
mate accomplishment of the object
sought.
This suggestion is not in harmony
with the progress of the times, or il
line with the expressed policy of the
democratic party in North Carolina.
There is little consistency advocating
the selection of county and district
offices by the primary plan of making
nominations for public Office and il
the same breath suggesting the ap-
pointment Of State officers by the Gov
ernCr.
When the Democracy resumed con-
troll of the State government in 1899,
the Corporation Commissioners and
| the Insurance Commissioner were Sc
lected by the General Assembly; the
Commissioner of Agriculture, and the
Commissioner of Labor and Printing
quired only a little time for state as
sembl;os to enact statutes making
these officials elective and responsible
-. ectly to the people. There is no de-
the old days and a democratic legfs-
lature is not likely to tumble to this
suggestion of the States Chief Execu-
tive.
We are quite sure that it was far
from Governor Bickett's purpose IN
Offering the suggestion, but the ineVf-
table effect of the method of making
nominations proposed by him, if It
should be adopted as a state policy,
would be the construction of politf-
cal machine in North Carolina that
could be overturned by nothing less
than a political revolution. Every as
pirant for State Office would be lim1
ted on his good fortune in lining up
with "the right" candidate for Cover
nor. Governor Beckett could not have
had any such purpose in view, for his
suggestion could not possibly become
effective during his term of Office.
A very plausible argument justifes
king. We all saw it exemp1iffed in
! the perfect fighting machine of the
German Empire the past four years
the continued selection and promotion
Of the most efficient and the wedding
out of the inefficient. The German
plans could not be developed in a
democracy. Here the kingly idea
loses all it's force and retains it's fail
ings when it is proposed to cut it up
into four-year shifts. The world has
been won for democracy. Let us not
set up an autocracy quite so soon after
the victory right here in North Caro-
| lima. 49,. ~a-.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-16

only has horse and buggy to use as a
means of transportation.
There is no reason for passing .
law to cover every move to be made
by the engineer. He should have
enough ability to be able to handle
the situation without being dictated
to by every Tom, Dick and Harry in
the country. If he does not possess
the ability the commissioners can SOON
handle him.
Above all things Chester county
should abolish the township superv:s-
or feature of our present system. 1t
is archaic and a drawback to syste-
matte road maintenanee.-CheScer,
rs. c. News.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-16
K h+&+*k+k++<**tka
MESSAGE TOY. w. c. A. FROM
FRANCE.

X 1 must express to you the =
X very great satisfaction and most i
X sincere gratitude of the French i
X Government for the service rem i
X dered to the women working in j
X Government factories through 4
X the establishment of Y. w. c. A. =
X Foyers des Alliees (clubrooms
X for munitiCnettes)
X These fOyers have been an ex- 4
X cellent means for betteriHg the =
X physical conditions and the mo- =
X rale of our workers. They have 4
K been constantly used by the wo- 4
X men workers, who have found \
X there new elements Of dignity )
X and social education.
X I must thank you for bringing
X this to pass, and I hope that
X Y. W. c.. A. work will not disap- :
X pear with the war, but will be !
X carried on in order to develop \
X the principles Of social solidar-
X ity which it has inspired. j
X (SigneO N. LOUCHER, !
X Minister Of Arms and bIuni-
X lions Manufacture.
X
Xxx X X X X 4 4 4 i X / z + 4 = \ I
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-16

In another column we are carrying
the city's notice Of an election to be
held February 18th to determine
whether or not Hendersonville voters
are in favor of issuing twentythree
thousand dollars of thirty-years bonds
to secure funds for the purchase of
the Noterman property on North Main
Street That Hendersonville needs a
suitable city park is hardly matter
for argument; it would pay handsome
dividends. On the other hand, the
city needs a great many things, some
of which may be more necessary
sure enough water system for in
stance. Personally, We would not re-
gard it as sensible to spend our last
fifty cents for new necktie just when
all the Misunderstanding had disap~
peared from the southern exposure OF
our only pair of trousers and no other
funds were in sight for repairs.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-16
RUSSIAN PRINCESSES !
LEARN TO TRIM HATS
Y. w. c.. A. Saves Wife of General
From Becoming Charwornan.

Y. w. c.. A. Saves Wife of General
From Becoming charwoman.
= When the war work of the Y. W G.
A. In Russia has all been told one If
the most interesting stories will lie nj
the establishment Of the first Wome, 8
Cooperative Association at Moscow.
There day after day princesses wo *
side by side with peasant girls. wives
of high Russian officials make dresseS
or trim hats at long tables with simple.
unlettered women, and the money ia
used for self support Of these prin-I
cesses and notable women as well asl
for the peasant classes.
The need and suffering throughout
all Russ1a was so great at the time
the Association was. established that
1t was problem to find where the
money would help the greatest num-
Der OF people. It was thought hest IN
expend 1t to help capitalize oreaniza-
tons Tor giving work and per7na nen+
opportunities to families and lmdiv;du,
ais to earn their own living.
The women bring their handiwork
to the Association for sale or take orr
ders to do dressmaking, miIIineYv orr,
In the rooms Of the society or nj horne
suitable work was found lust in time
not long ago to keep the wife of ono Of
huSsias greatest generals from going
out as charwoman to earn bread for
her husband, who was i'll. !.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-16

One of the most interesting things
in this issue of the paper is printed
under the head of Some Henderson
vile History" on another page. This
starts continued story of the his
tory of the local light and power COM
pany from it's beginning back in 1902
down to the present time. 1t is a
story of good luck and bad; smooth
sailing and rough. 1t is the life
story, one might say, of a business
which touches every citizen of Hen
Jacksonville, and there is little need to
request attention to it; it will be
closely read by the whole Hustler fam
lily.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-16

raj reasons. The principal one OF
these reasons is the fact that Chester
County, like our own, depends for
road supervision upon such part OF
his time as Mr.. P. F. Patton can give.
The Chester paper makes several
comments and suggestions which
sound very much like good hard COM
mon sense. Take a look at the clip
ping.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-16
Y. w. G. A. CAFETERIA
IN PORTO RICO

Porto Rico has a cafeteria. It is the
first one established on the island, and
when it was opened In the z. W. G. A.
Hostess House at Camp Las Casas the
natives crowded around, much amused
at the Innovation. They insisted upNn
having American dishes.
The house became very we'll known
in a short time, and a group Of women
from San JVan volunteered to go out
every week to mend socks and sew ON
buttons for the soldiers.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-16

We regret that a final report from
Mr.. IT. Wilkins of the amount of
Thrift and War Savings Stamps pur-
chased by Henderson County mer-
chants was received too late for IN
clusion in detail in this issue. The
quota for the county was $16,497 and
Mr.. wilkins report shows sales OF
$33,502; more than double the quota.
The county has made a fine war re-
cord in money as well as in men.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-16

Congratulations to seven-year old
Master Jonathan Jackson, Henderson
County's youngest ofice-holder, who
has just been arDo.2 ed page in the
House O. Repro:-, 2tives al Raleigh.
~~s ting -" young but he's
evidently chip OF the old block anc
COulC- =, eng into the game.
-on5 me and success to the yoUngs-
ter.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-16

If the general conduct and bearing
of the American boys in France and
Belgium is any index to what they
are going to demand when they get
home, the Whiskey ring is making a
bad guess in counting on the votes of
the returning soldiers to retain or re-
instate the rum shop throughout the
country.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-16

A second Y. w. G. A. Hostess House
Tor wives and children of soldiers. is
soon to be opened at Cashier, Oahu
Hawaiian Islands, to care for the over
how OF women and children from the
hrst house, which opened some months
ago in answer to a call from the com.
handing officer of the camp.
During 10 days in November o77o
visitors were entertained at the house.
including women and children, q tnn
following nationalities.; Philippine. Ia.
WaitRn, Portuguese. Sparish --.--.3
Porto Rican, KOREAN, .A,s.e.. >.
American,
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-01-16

The Hustler appreciates most
heartily the friendly editorial COM
ment upon the new managem ent by
the Asheville Times, the Morganton
News-Herald and several other pap
ers in Western North Carolina. If any
flowers are coming to us we would
rather have them before the funeral