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The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-03-21
GENERAL NEWS


Senator Bacon of Georgia is Sc
riously i'll.
The gross earnings of the United
States Steel Corporation fell off $92, ;
1000 last year.
DR.. Craighead, successor to DIR. Z.
A. Alderman, was inaugurated as
president of Tulane University at
New Orleans.
Guglielmo Marconi, the wireless
telegraph inventor, was married in
London to an heiress, the Honorable
Beatrice O'Brien.
Mrs. Alice Webb Duke has entered
suit in New York against Brodie L.
Duke, of Durham, N. c.. for divorce
on the ground of abandonment and
non-support.
Gen. Joseph B. Hawley, long a
Senator from Connecticut, died Sat
urday. He was born in Stewards
vile, Richmond County, North Caro-
lima, October 81, 1926.
Daniel J. Sully has been dis
charged from bankruptcy and it is
understood that he will now under
take to manipulate the bull side of
the cotton market again.
Gen. Stephen d. Lee, of the
United Confederate Veterans, issues
proclamation thanking Congress
and the President for the act return
ing Confederate battle flags.
Ninteen persons lost their lives
forty were injured. several fatally
and more than two hundred persons
are homeless. as the result of ten
ement house fire in New York city
Tuesday night.
1t is announced from Washington
that the Powers are uneasy about a
secret agreement of peace between
Russia and Japan and will demand
that the terms must be presented to
them for inspection.
Secretary of War Taft gave out q
statement that the Roosevelt admin
istration's policy is to hold indef-
nitely the Philippines until they are
ready for the independence or self
decided allegiance to the United
States.
The remarkable statement comes
from Indianapolis. Ind, that Daniel
Flickinger Wilberforce. a native
African. highly educated here, has
returned to heathenism. has taken
to himself bunch of wives in Afri-
ca and is chief of his old tribe.
Gov. James B. Frazier has been
nominated for United States Senator
by the Democratic caucus of the
Tennessee Legislature to succeed
Senator Bate. who died last week.
The vote was by acclamation, no 9th
er name being presented. Frazier
will be succeeded as Governor by
John ]. Cox, president of the Sen
ate.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-03-21
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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-26
THE WHEAT
Failing Off in the Usual Export to
Foreign Lands.

New York City.-Since harvest time
frequent allusion has been made 10 the
fact that the production of sound mer-
charitable wheat did not exceed 800
100000 bushels, leaving practically
nothing for export, but this was not
generally accepted by the rank and file,
who stubbornly adhered to the idea
that we could spare 100000 to lO0'-
O0O,O 600 h1lahels for export. Suddenly
every one seems to have discovered
the mistake, and for b a reason they
are now ready to acknowledge that the
yield OF prime milling wheat was I'M
der rather than over 500,O0O,0O0 bush
els, which is no more than enough to
meet our home requirements for food
and seed. The fact that so much OF
the wheat raised this year was OF III
ferior quality and light weight seems
now to be generally understood, ana
has had a decided influence in shaping
prices.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-26

There can be nc doubt that the
chastity carnage at Sha-ho river has
excited q general feeling of horror
throughout the civilized world. Not
onfy has the slaughter been carried
out on a scale unknown to living man.
but all this hideous butchery has led
tn absolutely nothing. After days and
nights of u~nceasing and u~nrelenting
fighting the japanese, we are told,
have pushed the Russian army fifteen
miles further to the north. Is it sur
prising that people should be asking
what is the good of it? The advance
OF fifteen miles in a m~easureless con-
tinent has been purchased by q sacri-
fee Of some &c, 900 lei On the part of
the victors and of the loss of an even
larger number Of men by the Russians.
War of this sort, offering as it does a
prospect of indefinite bloodshed so long
as a Japanese force can be mustered
against a Russian one, presents a
spectacle which wen to the most in
different and case-hardened must be
~mtolerable. The loss of life and the
torrent of human agony would be bad
enough in any case, but in the present
war they stand out with a gloom
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-26


Diamonds can be engraved In a very
artistic manner. This development of
the diamond cutting art brings into
existence new class of jewelry, for
which a considerable demand is ex-
pected. 1t was long believed that the
diamond could not be engraved with
Bafe or satisfactory results. A few
stones roughly engraved were found
In India, and a diamond was exhibited
at the Paris Exposition in 1878 on
which q portrait of the king of Hol-
hand was scratched. But the work was
imperfect and the stones were rather
depoIished than engraved. Some OF
the finest specimens of engraving on.
diamonds are the work of M. Bordinet,
n Paris jeweler. One is a scarfpin
representing a yataghan, of which the
blade is. a slender diamond and the
handle a ruby. Another is a large cir
cular stone on which a pansy with its
foliage is engraved. In another case
the design is a knife made with two
diamonds. An elaborate piece OF
work is a bicycle of which the wheels
are two circular diamonds. The
spokes are represented by lines en-
graved on the diamonds. A small hole
Is pierced al each axle. Another dia-
mond is carved like a fish. A hand
some brooch is a scarabaeus, sur
rounded by sapphires and brilliants.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-26
Ways Of the Tenderfoot

mits, ashamed of being considered
tenderfeet by the biggest tenderfoot
of them all.
A man need not whine when he
u n against hardships; he may even
encounter and overcome them with a
certain joy; but he need not run to
meet them and.put his head down and
butt into them. What would you think
Of a man who would sail his boat
smash into every comber? You'd be
likely to conclude he did not know
enough to huff, wouldn't you? How
about the chap who yanks his trout
out with a "pole?" You don't imagine
for a moment that he does it because
he considers a six-ounce rod indica-
tive of .effeminacy, do you? To get
through a difficult country is a tri-
umph; but to get through a difficult
country with but a light equipment
and without serious discomfort is an
intellectual as well as a physical tri-
umpk.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-26

Up ard to horse. as the kiss Of the
morn
Reddens the cheek of the SKY,
And her sweet breath blows through the
aiSleS of the corn.
And the pulses of youth beats high!
Up and away in the cool moist air.
Life worth living. and all things fair
Cliekity- click click clickity- click
And it's o for the Cavalry!
The ring of hoofs on a shady road;
The charge down a village street:
The halt to parley-to fire and load
The rush of retreating feet!
On and on in the winey air,
Welcoming danger anywhere
Ciickity-c click click clickity click
And it's o for the Cavalry!
The CLEAN Of banners to victory borne;
Cfashing of steel 'gainst steel;
"A thought for the dead-but no time to
mourn
Then hurrah! the foemen reel;
Forward-forward-tO do and dare,
With Sheridan squirting everywhere!
Clickity-click-click-c lickity click
And it's o for the Cavalry!
A stirrup cup at some wayside rfll:
A bed on the warm, bare ground;
The plant of a lowly whip-poor-Will
From the cypress trees around.
OF to sleep without fear or care,
~ The sleep of youth in the open air
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-26
judge Landed His Catch

boat tilted UP on end, but the judge
did a tilt or two himself, and kept
from going overheard. Then his fish
started for the lands across the sea,
actually towing the Judge along, but
still his honor refused~to let go. His
hands were torn and blistered and he
was doing more hard labor than since
he was a boy down South, but he
wanted that fish. By and by the strain
let up, and the judge hauled in. When
he got the fish alongside he didn't
know what it was at first, but he
fought and landed it, and then discov.
cred it was nothing but a salmon. ]
weighed it myself, and it tipped the
scales at forty-two pounds. The judge
is a little shy of telling about it, fear
ing that he will be accused of romano.
ing, but I can vouch for the story
Seattle Post-IntelIigencer.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-26
Terrible Cost of War

that is absolutely unrelieved. Both
forces are fighting for a foreign terri
tory, and it is foreign soil which Japa'
nese and Russians alike are soaking
with their blood. No question of patri-
otism or the defense of hearth and
home enters into the dispute. Men
may die happily for their country, but
what sort of death does a battlefield in
Manchuria offer to the miserable pea
SAINTS who, in obedience to orders are
laying down their lives by the thou
sand? But this is not the only point
to be considered, nor perhaps he
most important. The abandonment OF
two great states to the work of blood
shed is a disaster to the world, which
sees the result of centuries Of effort
thrown away, nor can Europe forget
that these events will be read through.
out Asia as a damning indictment OF
that Western learning and civilization
of which our ally is the latest expo
nent. Nothing is more horrible il the
whole chapter of horrors than the
thoughtless self-complacency with
which certain Europeans have hailed
this bloody war as a testimony to the
glory and greatness Of the Vest
London Chronicle.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-26
MANIAC FLoURIsHED GUN
Insane Man Enters Houses at Winsted,
Conn, Christening Inmates.
After Much ~PAFia5tne He is Persuaded to
Give Up His Weapous, and Goes
to Jail Peacefullys

Winsted, Conn.-"Peace or wars ex-
claimed an insane man as he darted
into the dining room of Mrs. Ellen NJ.
Phelps, at 10. 50 Parl. place, about z
o'clock at night. and thrust a loaded
revolver in the face of her son, William
IA. Phelps, cashier of the Hurlbut Ma
tional Bank, who was dining. Around
the wrist of the mans left hand was
wound a slungshot: III q belt around.
his waist was a knife with 4 twelve
inch blade, keenly s~harpened: in his
pockets anotller sharp~knife and straps
! ard fully a pint Of red pepper and salt.
Mrs. Phelps fed out of doors. Her
daughter, Miss Judith. went upstairs
to her brothers room. obtained his two
PevolTerS and. returning down stairs,
waited in the hallway for an .opportu-
nifty to pass the weapons TO her BROTH
or. Failing in this she finally followed
her mother to the street, Several hun
dred peonle WHO gathered outside could
see Phclpsaand the dining room win
,Gows.
Before the arrival of the police
George Taylor. David king and Fred
Woodbeck entered the house, AS they
passed into the dining room the mad
man moved hack short distance from
Phelps and pointed the revolver first
at n and then the other, remarking
rs he did so, rs it peace or war" The
three citizens passed out.
Where is your sister," the insane
man asked of young. Phelps. who re-
Piled: 81 will, go and find her.. and
started to leave the r0om. The visitor
commanded him 70 remain and pushed
the revolver in his face. Phelps tried
to humor the man by Offering him a
cigar and supper. but he accepted
neither. After fifteen minutes Phelps
remarked that he would go outside and
see what was doing. The stranger
offered no objection and the cashier
walked leiSurely out of the house. The
stranger snapped the lock behind
Phelps and passed from the dining
room to the front hallway. stepping
into an alcove. where the crowd out
side could not see him. ,e
Chief of Police s. c. Wheeler. who
had learned that the stranger was
Frederick Baker. a stone cutter. who
came here with his wife and three chill
dren from Kent. n. Y. last May. sta
toned Il policeman at the front door.
while he went inside through. a rear
oCor. LAS Ne opened the door to the
dining room Baker came in from the
hallway.
peace or warp" he cried. Both men
were pointing reviewers at each other.
why. peace. of course, Baker, an
,swered the Chief. Nand dropped his
weapon by his side. Baker dropped
his pistol also. Then Wheeler adj
vanced slowly to Baker and took his
weapons away. Thentthe Chief led
him to the police station. where he was
searched. When the Chief. put his
hand into the pocket containing the
pepper and salt Baker said: "Be care.
full and not get that in your eyes; it
will be the end of YOU"
1t is supposed Baker thought Miss
Phelps had something to do with his
losing a position at the marble works
OF o. q. Ripley recently.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-26

The most remarkable Is a ring made
of one diamond, the interior surface
being polished and the exterior elabo-
rately engraved. Other examples are
brooches, representing flies, of which
the wings are thin engraved diamonds,
and two diamonds engraved with
armorial bearings, the imperial arms
of Russia being used in one instance
on shirt and cuff buttons.
Formerly it was only possible to
produce the polish on fat surfaces,
but M. Bordinet has been able to do
this on concave portions, as on the
body and tail of a fish and the interior
Of the ring. His tools produce not
only straight lines, as in the wheel,
the racquet and the flies wings, but a
free modelling, as in the pansy, the Rus
sian arms and the ~scarabaeus. He had
invented these tools himself and in
tends that his son alone shall have
the use of them. They are exceeding
ly delicate and difficult to handle. He
has spent t~hirty-five years bringing
them to perfection. It is comparative
ly but few years since it was pos
sible to pierce holes in diamonds. This
feat made possible the placing Of dia-
monds on a string, alternating with
pearls. This. work now is done gen.
orally in demonstrating establish
mentS. =
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-26

The tough youth always throws his
blankets down on the hardest, rock
lest bit of ground within reach, and
then smiles a fine little smile at your
efforts to rake together enough pine
needles for a good foundation, says a
writer in Harper's Weekly. He loads
his tump-line with a staggering burden
rather than make two trips. He races
Through the brush at an ~exhausting
speed with all the day before him.
When it rains he remains nonchalant-
1y and superbly exactly where it hap
pens to catch him. And actually, as a
matter of preference, time and again
i have seer him bully his party into
camping Ill a bleak side hill when
ideal conditions offered a scant guar
Ter OF a mile ahead.
ooh, you tenderfeet make me
tired" he laughs. @Why don't you
hiring a feather bed? This is good
enough for anybody"
And meekE that 6eluded outfit sub
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-26

According to Attorney James T.
LAWYER, who has just returned from
Long Beach, Judge R. B. Albertson
had the time of Ills life at that resort
recently. zone day." as Mr.. Lawler
relates the story, "the judge went out
trolling of Ilwaco. He was jogging
along in a leisurely fashion when he
felt a tug on the line, as if he had
fouled a Russian warship. The judge
stopped rowing unhesitatingly and
grabbed the line. At that instant
something on the other end took a
fresh grab, and it was a tug or war,
with the occupant of the King County
Superior court bench offering the
least resistance. He was game, how
eve and hung on
Talk about tafpon fishing in Flor
ida. why, that a nothing to the cir
Gus tha' Judge Aibertson had. His
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-26
PENS Els NAME IN HER BLOOD.
Act of Infatuated Woman After Al
tempting to Kill Herself.

Syracuse, N. Y.-Lottie Burner. alias
Hamilton, infatuated with another
woman's husband, slashed her own
throat with scissors when the object
of her affection, Morton Parrot, refused
to accompany her. The deed was COM
mitted in the presence of Parrots wife,
who tried vainly to prevent it. Rush
ing to a nearby physicians Office. the
woman then with a pen wrote in her
blood a letter in which she told the
name of the man for whom she tried to
end her life. She rushed through the
streets, resisting for a time all efforts
to capture her. Finally she was over
powered and locked up. Parrot has
been arrested. His wife was pros
trated.
The trouble began years ago. The
Parrots were married in Utica. There
the Hamilton woman appeared DON
after. the wedding, twas said, and al
most caused a separation of the newly
married couple. 50
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-26
SONG Of the Cavalry

Clickity-click- click clickity-click-
And it's o for the Cavalry! -.
The years have come and the years have
gone,
And many a dream proved true;
But I sometimes long for youths cool o
the morn.
And the faces that 1t knew
The ideals under the clustering hair,
When for all life's plans was time and
to spare
Clicxity-click- Click clickity- click
And it's o for the Cavalry!
For time has deadened the cries of pain
That tortured our years Of yore;
The heat. the dust, and the binding
rain.
Forgotten forevermore!
Hallowed the hardships we had to bear,
The toll. the suffering. the meageI
Observation-Disclosures lickity-click-
And it's o for the Cavalry!
Ah, me-for the joy of the bugle call!
And fain would / see once more
The flames of the bivouacS rise and fall
On the Rappahannock's shore.
Hear the whinny of my roam mare.
And ride-and r~ide-through the SUM-
rise air
Clickity- click click clickity- click
All. me-for the Cavalry!
Boston Transcript.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-26
RIVER STRIKE ENDS
Gov. Douglas Settles difficulties Of
Textile Operatives and Men.
Tie-Up of over Six Months-Cause of the
Trouble - Meeting Held In Boston
between Employees and Strikers.

Between Employees and Strikers.
Boston, Mass,-The strike of the cot
ton mill operatives at Fall River, which
affected about $4,000 persons. and
which has been in. progress for six
months, was settled through the media
ton Of Governor Douglas. Ma
Under the terms of an agreement ac-
cepted by both manufacturers and OPP
oratives at 4 conference held at the
State House, the strikers will return to
work ut once under thel12N peri cent.
reduction against which they struck
last july, and vita {noy discrimination
because of the strike. EHit 81 4
No rate OF wages was established,
but it was agreed that Governor Doug
las shall investigate tha-matter Of mar
gins between the cost of cotton to the
mill owners and the selling price of the
cloth. and submit his conclusions as to
an average margin upon which the
manufacturers are to pay a dividend
of 5 per cent. on wages earned from
the present time to Anril l.. az
Both sides regard the outcome of the
deliberations as q victory.
Governor Douglas. in a statement is
sued after the conference. expressed
especial pleasure that the manufactur-
ers had accepted even q modifie1 form
of arbitration. and said that he felt
assured that the arbitration seed now
planted would grow i'll q few years
to a point that would prevent a recur-
renee of "these demoraliZing and pitt
full strikes" F s
Fall River. Mass.-The news of the
settlement of the strike was received
in this city with great enthusiasm. The
posting of bulletins on the newspaper
boards and the appearance OF extra
editions on the streets containing news
of the settlement was the signal for an
almost instantaneous Outpouring Of
mill people. Within half an hour OF
the time that word first came to the
city of q settlement the streets were
crowded with men and women giving
every manifestation of joy. q
The strike began July %. 1904, and
was the greatest disturbance the tex
tile industry of America has eve
known. About $4,000 operatives were
thrown out of work. Seventy-one mills
controlled by thirty-three corporations
remained idle until the middle of No
vember, since which time most OF the
factories have been running, generally
with less than one-half the usual force.
The strike was directly Cue to a re-
duction of 1919 per cent. in wages. The
mills had reduced wages 10 per cent.
eight months previously. Under the
second reduction tue standard price for
weaving was 1872 cents per cut.
The mills affected by the strike hare
q combined capital OF $25,Oa0;000.- ard
have 100000 spindles. During the
months the seventy-one mills were shut
down the operatives lost nearly $780,
600 weekly. and the corporations about
$4,000. The aggregate direct losses to
all interests to date is estimated at
fully $4,000, 600. The indirect losses
were also considerable.
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The worlds Potato Crop.

According to a report of the Ministry
NJ Agriculture the German potato pro-
duction last year amounted to S6O.O00,-
600 centiweights. Next came Russia,
with 10000 600 centiweights, Austria
with 2S0,00O,O00 cent?
weights: France, with 240,0 100000 cen
tiweights; the United Kingdom. with
114.D00.O00 centiweights. and the Uni
ted States only 102, 100000 cent?
weights. Germany, according to the
above report. produces, if Russia IS
not taken into consideration, more po-
tatoes than the rest Of Europe.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-26
Crop Report.

The Agricultural Department has
made public its final figures on the
principal farm crops for 1904. Corn
heads the list with 2,467- 100000 bush
els, having a value on the farm esh-
mated at $1,OS7 100000. Winter wheat
was $50, 900 bushels. worth 1926
100000. and spring wheat 219.0 600.
worth $1S5, 100000. Oats were 500
100000 bushels, worth S2S0,OOo, OOO.
Potatoes were 333333, o00,oOo bushels.
worth $751; 600, 900, and hay was 61,-
:OOO. COO tons, worth $500, Co0,O0O.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-26
RECORD IN PASSENGERS KILLED
Worst Quarter Known For Fatal Rail-
way Accidents. te


Washington, D. C-The Interstate
Commerce Commission has issued Il
report on railroad accidents in the
United States during July, August and
September, 1904. showing that 22S pas
sengers and 1S3 employees We're killed,
and 2154 passengers and 1893 employees
injured in train accidents. Other ac-
cidents to passengers and employees,
not the result of collisions or derail-
ments, bring the aggregate casualties
for the quarter IN to 1882 killed and
13.207 injured. There We're 1859 col
lisicns and 1921 derailments. the Cam
age to cars, engines and roadway being
$2.439,OT3.
The report says that while these fig
ures show a gratifying decrease in the
number of employees killed, the three
months, as q whole. maybe termed the
most disastrous quarter ON record in
fatal accidents to passengers.