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French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-08
TOO MANY PIECES

Tanning Stepp a busy. Anyone
looking at him while working in the
rear of that big furniture store on
Main street could see with half a
glance that he was busy. He was an
island of busy-ness surrounded by a
SEA of different things he was strir-
i,lg to assemble, to put Jog :tIler. or t
collect into one piece, as it were. Ii
Looked like a photograph, Ora sew
i1.g machine or a Hun machine gun
after the Yanks got through wiz it,
or something like that, you krJT.
Whats the matter flaming? Amt
all the pieces there?" queried an inter
ested friend who wasn't working very
hard just then.
"Ail the ~pieces?" growled flaming
Sure, all the pieces are here. The
trouble is there's too many OF the
~pieces!"
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-08
WOMAN'S CLUBS TO MEET HERE

THE annual meeting of the North
Carolina Federation of Women's
Clubs will be held here June "a in
elusive, The hostess club, of which
Mrs. l.. M. Colt is president, is MAX
ing every preparation TO entertain
this meeting royalty. The chairmen
of, all the committees are busily at
work as they feel the great response
bilitv of entertaining so large a gath
ering.
Ac~ceptances from the various clubs
in the state have been received by the
hospitality committee. .
The social functions will include Z
buffet luncheon my Mesdames L.. M.
Colt and R. P. Freeze to the execu>
tive board on Monday.
On Tuesday, at the residence OF
Mrs. r. P. Freeze, a buffet luncheon
will be served to the delegates. At
the Kentucky Home on Wednesday
there will be a luncheon. The D.A.
RS will give a reception at Park
Hill on Monday evening. There will
be an automobile drive on Tuesday
afternoon. Miss Kate Shipp and Mrs.
NcBee will be hostesses at a tea Oh
Wednesday afternoon at Fassifern
school.
Many ofthe club women of the state
are planning to attend both the Ashc~
Vile and Eendersonville meetings.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-08
IN THE THICK OF IT

All of us were in the thick OF 1t be-
cause all of US we're doing our best to
accomplish victory. All of us how
ever, do not bear the marks.
Whether in the uniform or not every
American responded to the appeal OF
the country, and early peace was the
reward.
Some gave their lives. Many bear
marks thai signify sacrifice of less de-
gree. A scar is what a large number
of them received from their part in
the war.
If your part had to be financial as
sistance, you were in the thick OF il
also. Do you, however, bear any mari
|! as the result of your sacrifice, or, il
a substantial bank account, accumu
| lated by the wars lesson in economy
what you received from your part il
the war.
Americans have done their part won
| derfully. All are not distinguished
| scars thanks to the spirit with whlcI
the nation entered the fight.
Keep up that spirit especially a
this time, and make the Victory Lib
erty Loan the greatest victory in gov
ernrnent loans.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-08
YESTERDAY, TODAY, TOMORROW

Yesterday: War ragged in Europe.
Khaki clad boys streamed from camp
to ships, across ocean and into the
mud of the trenches. Each day
brought it's casualty list, the list
that meant the end Of all happiness
for thousands of hearts. Mothers anc
fathers gave up their sons to the SER
vice with prayers for the uncertain
future, bravely facing the possibility
of their loss. Sacrifice vas the order
of the day, sacrifice for the ideals and
principles for which this country
stands. And these principles uon. \
Today! We are celebrating Eictor":.
In a far shorter time than thai which
the most hopeful optimists judged
would be necessary the American SOL
diers turned the tide on the enemy.
fnrcing him to sue tor peace. By The
whole heartedness with Tficl: the
United States went into the var an un
told number of lives we're saved. ~Ihe
greater part of the army of two million
men that was sent across the ocean are
already home, the rest, barring tne
sixty thousand who lie in FraI.c. vii
he back before many weeks. America
has cause to be grateful, and the op-
porturity to "show forth" this grati'
tude presents itself at the present no
ment. By supporting the Victory LID
erty Loan we can not only express
our thankfulness but make the future
sure.
TOmOrrow:. There will be peace
Peace that brings prosperity will fol
low the meeting Of today,s obligations
h sooner business industries are re
sumed the sooner tomorrow VIII D.
here. but business cannot be norma
until all obligations of the natiol
have been met. This can best be &C
complished through the support OF tn
government
Yesterday, sacrifice and uncertain
ity-Today, Victory and obllBatloe-
Tomorrow, peace and prosperity.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-08
THE TEXT OF THE COVENANT

A part of the text of the revised
covenant of tho League of Nations is
published in this issue Of The Hustler.
The remaining portion will appear
next week. The League of Nations is
designed to prevent all future wars
and its covenant will rank in history
with the greatest documents OF all
time.
H. Patterson left on Sunday for
New York city where he will buy
heavily for his establishment here. Mr.
Patterson notes the increased pros
perity Of the county as rejected in
the greatly increased business of his
department store and believes the
best is yet to come.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-08
THE PRICE OF PEACE

Secrets of the war recorded by the
motion picture camera and only now
released by the censors are revealed
in The Price of Pace" an official film
issued in behalf of the Victory Liberty
Loan, and being shown all over the
country.s
1.-THE Price Of Peace is the only
official picture ever assembled which
purports to cover the war from the
day it was declared down TO date.
The purpose OF the picture as an
nounced by the Department. of the
Treasury through Frank r. Wilson,,
director of publicity, is to put before
the public a graphic accounting and to
make clear why there is now a Vic
tory Liberty Loan.
The picture opens with a scene in
President Wilson's office and a refer
ence to that momentous April 6, when
war was declared. 1t concludes with
a remarkable view Of the Statue OF
Liberty, in New York harbor, and the
homecoming VI OuE army.
But there is a vast deal between,
including the embarkation of troops,
their landing in France, final training
over there, then the desperate reali-
| ties of the front line trnchs, gas at
tacks, army railroading under fire, the
great attack from SCISSORS to Chateau
Theirry, infantry and artillery under
heavy bombardment, a battle between
~aeroplanes, and the downing Of an
enemy airman, the observation bal
looms under fire, then the battle dead,
the prisoners, captured guns, our
/ troops marching over the Rhine into
Germany, General ~Pershing and HIS
men in Prussia. Christmas with the
Army of Occupation in Germany, and
the Homecoming.
Probably the greatest thrill OF the
picture is in the scenes where ouI
trooDs are seen going over the top
and into the: wheatfelds at ABS o'clocA
on that famous July Is, 1918. There
is a dim, misty light, that gives these
scenes a peculiar intensity. Other
scenes OF desperate fighting show all
American battery under heavy fr'
, from enemy guns IN the Argonne. II
yet other scenes american soldiers
are shown bravely advancing undel
, shrapnel fire across an open glade
+ Two are shot down near the camere
E The activities Of the American nav!
furnish another important chapter o
the picture. A number Of Impressive
| scenes show the German feet steam
ing t surrnder>
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-08
A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY

We have won the war.
We have yet to win peace.
We never get anything worth while
unless we earn it AMI pay for it.
Think of ia chance of earning a
peace that is going 10 last, n that
will benefit US, our children and our
~children's children.
And how? BY sacrificing q little
and lending the results Of our sacII-
ices on the best security in the N'Orld,
at a fine rate of interest.
Look the facts squarely in the eyes,
A year ago, it didn't seem possible
that we would have a chance to buy
our last Liberty Bonds on April q,
| 1919. 1t looked as if we would be then
only well started il pouring DIT our
| blood and treasure.
Now, the war is ever.
All we have to do noW is 10 pa? fer
| peace-pay for it by depriving our-
selves of a few luxuries and invest
ing u savings in an enterprise thai
| will lay broad and deep ti:e FONDA
tons of a lasting prosperity.
Looking back TO the dark days then
Germany seemed So far frnI1 beaten
and when every day meant death,
danger and destruction, it is CasY to
recall the e~xtrat4g;tnC phrases which
then described the passion fer. peace.
There were many fathers who would
have paid fortunes to have ended it one
day sooner-if that day their sons
were to be sent to the firing front.
There were many mothers who would
have thought no financial sacrifice
would be too great if The war could
have ended in 191S-as it dill e,iG.
Peace then seemed to be so wonderful
"a thing-and so priceless.
Now we can have that priceless
thing by lending our none to pay
for it.
The dollars we lend viii 81 for the
boys who are in Fra ice II i'll camDs,
Will go for their wages and their COM
fort.
They are needed to pay For the
guns, the areoplanes, the ships Which
were obtained over night and which
spelled doom for the boche.
Are you fit to live in peace? Il you
are, you will gladly, thankfully, pay
your share by subscribing to the limit
for the Victory Liberty Loan.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-08
LET'S THANK OUR LUCKY STARS
1T ISN'T AN INDEMNITY

The Victory Liberty Loan should be
in the nature Of a CELEBRATION. 1t
should be taken in a SPIRIT OF
THANKFULNESS.
1t may be the last chance we will
have to render val service to the ma
tion's gallant defenders.
It's like building a house. The
structure is finished but much remains
to be done in the way of cleaning UP
A tremendous army, ore than a mil
lion of our gallant boys are still "ove1
there" They must be paid. They
must have food and clothes anC
equipment and all that is needed tt
clean up the job.
Much of the funds to be raised IL
this drive will go for the care of the
! men disabled, and they will be cared
| for as men were meyer cared for I'm
| der similar conditions. When the.
threw up their peace-time position
to go they knew not where, and ofe
their lives that the nation might live
! we said, in effect: go ahead, boys
give a good account of yourselves
we'll see you through! And we'v
got to carry out our end of the bar
gain 1t does not seem possible tina
there can be anywhere a red-bloode
American but will be GLAD to com
up with the cash and save to blu
! these BONDS.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-08
FAVORS A Tunnel

Brownlow Jackson, a busy, a very
busy man, but not too busy but what
he has the general direction CT Wash
ington, D. c., in his mind, vas inter
ested in the plan to cut the B:ue Ridge
mountains and so defect the waters
Of many creeks into Green Rive-.
il LAY he all right, said The one
time postmaster of HendersonVille,
TT may be alright to cut down Q few
mountains or SO in order to drain
these lands, but why not dig a tun-
nel?'
And his auditors wondered if he was
indulging in a little sarcasm, as ii
were.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-08
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.


Having qualified dS the Adm:n:stra-
tor, C.T.A., of theestate of Susie
Vida Mccullough all .s~sons indebted
to the said Susie y. N.Cu!loHgh i'll
Immediately make settlement of such
Indebtedness to the undersigned; anG
any and all claims which may be out
standing against said estate must be
presented for settlement to the under
signed at Citizens National Bank with
in II months from the date of this
notice otherwise it will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery.
This May 5, 1919.
+ G. S. EULLBRIGHT,
Administrator C. T. A.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-08
BUSINESS GOOD AT THE DEPOT

Eyes, both freight and passenger
business shows an Increase here dur
ing the past two wee6s," sal S:a1ion
Agent Joe Bailey, yesterday. Il nc
tice that there are several consign-
ments of household furniture coming
IL, too. 1 suppose that still
raore people have fond out that Hem
ii. sCnville is q prett" god 10 Nn III
Itch to live"
1t you know o: 4 hetthr. Carrain ;
Tut the capita / smiled and "a'k.H,!
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-08
MIR. EWBANK'S MACHINE

"Wytt' Ewbank, as his friends &c
know is a master of terse n express
sive English.
That's a good machine you're rid
ing" a friend called out as he pedaled
down Main street towards the court
house, mounted on a bicycle.
"Yes-it's the only two-cylinder ma
chine in town that will take you &c
Asheville and back on five cents
worth of cheese and crackers. came
the cheerful reply.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-08

THE QUEEREST SIGHT,

The queerest sight in Henderson
vile last week was that of a fair
sized building being jerked along the
Southern railway tracks at the sta
ton. L was tied to a big engine and
travelled the distance from the ice
plant TO the water tank without 1ils-
hap.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1919-05-08
TIE EARLIEST ROSES

AS always, the earliest S in town
are,tlose in the front yard Of S. John
ston, on Seventh avenue, east. They
were out last week in all their loTli-
nsss. striving hard to look in the
front window where their good f.;ano,
the Spirit of Music, is %coninoi in a
mysterious looking box. For years
always have the frs, r,;.'s been seen
here 'buL just W. It's is GO is %;
known for sure.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08

ers alike as the foremost devel-
oper and seller Of advertising in
the country. Perhaps the best
known of his advertising creations
is Uneeda Biscuit, but that is only
one example of his genius which
was applied to scores of articles
and service in many lines to which
advertising had never been applied.
A bronze tablet on which was in
scribed His constructive genius
and tireless energy made inestima-
BILE contribution to adequate recog-
milton of the power of advertising q
was presented to the organization
in memory of Mr.. Mckinney.
Numbered among the guests at
the banquet were Representatives OF
each of the clients of \. W. Aver
& Son, and the 400 employees of the
firm. Page boys and page girls
were ranged behind the chairs OF
the speakers as living "placa
cards" Ensconced behind the
chair of Mr.. Taft was a living pic
ture of G. o. P.
Behind Mr.. Box, of the Ladies'
Home Journal, was Color Page" in
black-face makeup. Paging Mr..
Jordan of the Jordan Motor Car
company, was Miss Play Boy in
characteristic Jordan Arrow" cos
tune. Behind Mr.. Kingsbury. of
the American Telephone and Tele-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08
VETERAN ADVERTISING MAN is HONORED
Advertising Agency
Including Banquet

Philadelphia, April s.-A half
century Of advertising history was
brought to an suspicious close here
tonight by one Of the largest assem-
blies OF advertisers. advertising
men, publishers and captains of in
dustry ever gathered together.
Nearly Thousand of these leaders
of the advertising business cele-
brated the 50th anniversary Of the
founding of the H. W. Aver & Son,
the oldest and largest advertising
agency in the country, by a banquet
in the Bellevue-Stratford hotel.
The event was notable, not only
because of the eminence of the
guests present, but because it
marked milestone in the progress
of one of the most respected and
powerful of constructive forces in
American business. 1t brings to the
minds Of those who have been asso-
ciated with the advertising business
since its earliest beginning, the part
played by n. W. Aver & Son III
building it up.
The speakers at the banquet were
ex-President William Howard Taft;
Victor Lawson, publisher of the
Chicago Daily News; Earl D. Babst,
president of the American Sugar
Refining company; N. c. Kingsbury,
vice president of the American Tel
ephone and Telegraph company;
Edward w. Box, editor of the
Ladies' Home Journal, Edward S.
nf 11r
Motor Car company, and members
of the firm, Albert G. Bradford,
Jarvis A. Wood, Wilfred W. Fry
and William M. Armistead, F. Way
land Aver, who with his father, was
the original founder of the firm OF
n. W. Aver & Son, and is now the
active head of the business, pre-
sided as POSTMASTER.
One of the features of the jubilee
was the presentation of a portrait
painting of F. Wayland Aver to the
organization. The presentation was
made by Albert G. Bradford, a mem
Der of the firm. Mr.. Aver was then
presented with a testimonial of ap-
probation signed by all the guests
present and employees of the firm
The testimonial, in the form of an
deliberately bound and illustrated
autograph book bore the inscrip-
ton:
ITO F. Wayland, who made a
motto and has lived it, who evolved
a principle and has practiced 1t,
who set an ideal and has attained
it."
Tribute was paid to the memory
of Henry N. Mckinney, a member
of the firm who died April IS, 1915
Mr. Mckinney was associated with
the firm for AZ years and was rec
ognized by advertisers and publish
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08

vertiser on the same side of the
counter as sellers. The modern adj
veI Using agency is as different from
the old as a department store is
from a pack peddler.
The Aver agency made the first
successful venture into advertising
a staple as a branded, trade
marked product. That was with
Uneeda Biscuit. Since then they
have developed such famous pro-
ducts as Domino Sugar" Prince
Albert tobacco" Camel Cigarets,"
"Karo Corn Syrup" Hires Root
Beer" and "1S47 Roger Bros"
Among other we'll known products
advertised by Aver are United
States Tires" National Cash Reg
isters," "Steinway Pianos" Life
Saver MINIS" Seth Thomas
Clocks" Blue Buckle Overalls,"
Dixon Pencils" and "Conklin
Fountain Pens"
Having won its place as the fore
most advertising agency in the
country, N. w. Aver & Son has set
its aim upon still greater things for
the advertising business. Recently
it started an advertising campaign
to Advertise Advertising" point
ing out to the reader of the daily
newspaper the benefit to be derived
from reading carefully every adveT-
tisement. This campaign provides
for one piece of 40-inch copy once
a week, over a period of at least
so weeks. According to announce
ment made at the banquet, by Will
liam NJ. Armistead, member of the
firm, over 900 newspapers have &C
cepted the campaign
A glimpse into the future OF ad-
vertising was given by Wiifred ".
Fry, another member of the firm,
in a talk on "The Next so Years"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08
ILLINOIS THIRD
IN NATION POINT
OF CROP ACREAGE

Washington--More than sc, 000. 900
acres have been added to the coun-
try's aggregate crop acreage in the
last ten years Statistics Just an
nounced by the department of agri-
culture show country's aggregate
last year to have been 367,73S,O 900
acres, or COS, $40 square miles That
is more than one-fifth of the total
land area of continental United
States, almost two and one-half
times the size of the state of Texas
and about ten times the land area of
the entire New England states. The
number of farms in the United
States is estimated at 6.717. 900.
Texas has the largest aggregate
crop acreage with 25,32S,000 acres,
or a little more than one-sixth of
her total land area
Kansas is second with 22.5SS, 900
acres, or almost one-half of her en-
ire land area.
Illinois is third with 21,727 900
acres, or about three-sevenths of
her land area.
Iowa in fourth place is very close
to Illinois with 21,613, 900 acres.
which is about three-sevenths of her
land area
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08
COFFEE PRICES
HAVE ADVANCED
Up 80 1-3 Per Cent Already Due to
Freezing Weather That
Hits Brazil.
NO JUMP DURING THE WAR
Cost of Java During HostiIities
Showed No Tendencies to In
crease Greatly.
Freezing temperature.

From the householder to the
speculator it is constantly assum-
ing an added significance. Its
presence at times and in localities
is a blessing, or again it may be a
disaster. A Spectator with an eye
10 the market freezes an egg and
doubles its value. An early spring
makes your strawberry shortcake
a wanton luxury. The lack of 1t
in Rock Island raised the price of
ice. The presence of it in Brazil
raised the price OF Coffee
The latest sting in the high cost
of living is the price demanded for
CGSee. Down in Brazil, to which
>1he world must look for the great
est part of its coffee supply, a
freeze destroyed a good part of the
1918 coffee crop. But that was not
all, for the trees were also severe
ly damaged by the cold wave and
importers declare that the crop
will not again be normal until 1921.
All through the war the price of
coffee showed no soaring tenden-
cies and it was believed that this
almost necessary drink to the av-
erage family would fail to join in
the upward climb of food prices.
Hardly had the armistice been
signed when coffee did begin to
climb and retail grocers of the city
today declared that its increase in
cost up to the present time had
amounted to SO 1-3 per cent and
that it will not stop at that point.
Lack of Shipping.
Officers of, the Halligan company,
when questioned regarding the high
cost of coffee, stated that the 1918
freeze in Brazil was undoubtedly
responsible, that and the present
lack of shipping facilities.
- Coffee roasters of the United
States at a recent meeting voted to
spend thousands of dollars in the
next four years to tell the public
just why coffee will constantly
cost more. 1t is announced that
the Brazil growers will add a mil
lion to this publicity fund.
So far as the ultimate consumer
is concerned they could save this
item of overhead expense.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-04-08
Iscf VDuSI1eSS and
HeadacI he's Caused
by Acid Stomach

There - q much closer connec-
ton between the stomach and
brain than most people imagine.
It Is because of this close con-
nectfon that indigestion, belching.
sour, gassy, stomach and other
stomach mfseries-all OF which
are sure signs of acid stomach
are so often followed by severe
attacks of binding, splitting head
aches.
Nervousness, sIeeplessness, fr-
ritability, mental depression, mel
ancholia and many other disor-
ders which affect the brain can
also nearly always be traced to
the same source-acid stomach.
So often you hear people say,
ct am so nervous I think I'll fly
TO pfeces;;" or, 1T seems I never
get O good nights sleep anymore,
my nerves are all on edge" Little
do they dream that acid stomach
is the direct cause OF their trou-
bles because very often there are
no pains in. the stomach at all So
You see you can't always Judge an
acid stomach condition by the way
your stomach, itself, feels.
If you are weak. nervous, unfit
If yousare not up.to your old time
form-if you lack your accustom-
ed enthusiasm, energy and pep
make this test and see if it isn't
acid-stomach that is holding you
back-robbing you of your health.
strength and vigor. Get big box
,lof EATONIC, the wonderful mod
ern medicine that so quickly puts
an acid stomach to rights. 1t is
N the form Of pleasant tasting
tablets that you eat like a bit OF
candy. EATONIC rids the stom-