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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-09-29

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eight or ten
years. stand
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the most severe
backache an d
other pains in
the region of
the XII dneys.
These were es-
pecially severe
when STOPPING
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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-09-29
RATES OF ADVERTISING

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tsjos made with monthly. quarterly and yearly
sdyuftiscta.
Ew-LOCal notices and political or persona
roTnmunicatona 10 cents per line Bourgeois
III bseauentins. rtions 10 cents per line.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1905-09-29
AN OLD MANS TRIBUTE.
An Ohio Fruit Raiser, Is Years Old,
Cured of Terrible Case After Ten.
Years of Suffering.
When suffering daily torture
From backaehe. rheumatic pain,
Any i'll Of kidneys or bladder,
Turn to Doan's Kidney Pills.
A cure endorsed by thousands.
Read an old mans tribute.

Sidney Justus. fruit dealer, Of Mentor,
Ohio, says: II was ,ured by Doan's
Kidney pills Of q severe case Of kidney
The Greenville times., 1905-04-15
THE WRONG TACK

The Memphis News-S Scimitar, bright, brainy and
usually correct, takes peculiar and rather disap-
pointing position the subject of immigration OF
Italian field laborers and the substitution of them
for negroes The Ms. admits that the Italians
have proved so far to be satisfactory workers.
but its remarkable arugment against them IS that
they are too frugal, too acqIstive, do not spend
their money freely the negroes do; keep their
own accounts and are saving and industrious "al
most without limit
Strange arguments, these, to be used in de
predatory sense They might appeal to individuals
composing purely predatory element of the com
munity; birds OF prey. who live and fatten the
contrary qualities for which the negroes motor
ious but could surely appeal to no others.
The only valid ground for the Scimitar's stand
appears to be the sppposton, rather vaguely ad-
vauccd. that in time these fragal saving Industrious
newcomers will possess the land. II this be a
fear ii IS well grounded Is there single case il,
which Italian has been citizen of the Delta for
ten years and has failed in that time to a
competency3 Is it not almost certain t'.at these
immigrants now coming in, with no capital but
their industry and economy, will in .few years
possess themselves Of land and change the condi-
tons and methods OF the country?
Our present system of great plantations hal
worked is acknowledged to be burdensome ane
dsadvantageous Forty or eighty acres in ths
hands Of Italian farmer would not be tarmed /
world be gardened. With the gradual division Q
lands and the intensive farming methods of thes'
people the whole Delta is destined to become a
carefully cultivated as our choicest fields now are
Land which can be bought for $1,000 today will h
worth $1,000 more and incaculable increase 0
wealth will result. The Hon. John Sharp William
in his address to the planters of this county too
occasion to speak most favorably OF the quaIi6ca
tons these people as citizens.
Their desirabiIity as laborers Is shown BY til
eagerness with which planters are engaging ther
after several years experience with those alread
settled here. The objection Of the Sciniitar
hardly stand. The verdict Of planters Of thousand
Of acres is more convincing than the theorizing
a newspaper sYekn FNrlWN
The Greenville times., 1905-04-15
WEST OF THE RIVER

The Lake Prudence Banner-Democrat IN pub
fishing the following notice calls 10 mind the fact
that the great and rich country to the west of
Greenvile IS developing fast and that it will, before
long join hands across the Mississippi with the Va
zoo Delta
"The Gould surveying party now in West Car
roll is Interfering somewhat with the plans of the
promoters of the other road who to build
from Alexandria to point opposite Greenvllle
and they claim that Gould is simply in the field to
prevent them from securing the tax and the build
ing of their road, while the Gould interests deny
this and say they going to build nme ediately
through the parish and do not ask for any tax
subsidy, only the right OF way They propose to
build from Gilbert, La. to Eudora, Ark, and lose
time in doing it. We understand bids are being
asked for grading and clearing the right of way
and just as soon as possible, work will be started
on its construction
We have been so busy with our own develop
ment and the building of our lattice work of rail
ways that we have lost sight of what our neighbors
doing 1t is little startling consider that
in a short time perhaps railways
may come doors
We have been accustomed to think of the Delta
the magnificent oblong tract between the Misss-
sppi river and the hill country-to the exclusion of
the region almost large, and identical in natural
advantages, on the west of the river. The fact is
that the Mississippi is the centre and not the west
boundary, of the finest tract of land on earth
and in time the two halves-the Yazoo-Delta in
Mississippi and the Deltas of the White the Ar
kansas and the Valley OF the Tensas in Arkansas
will join hands in magnificent bridge at Green
vile and make this city the centre of the most
splendid agricultural region in he world
The Greenville times., 1905-04-15
AN OPPORTUNITY

An excellent opportunity is presented Tor the
establishment of municipal ownership IN the sale
of the old lighting plant and the placing OF street
lighting within the hands of the city At present
the street lights cost $4,000 each representing the
interest on a considerably larger sum than that Tor
which the lighting plant could probably be purchas-
ed.
The city already its water works plant
with the power of which the lighting plant could
also be rum greatly essening the expense New
wires have been run, and little or no outlay would
be required to put the plant into salts actory order
The car line need not be included i'll this transac-
ton The city probably has no desire to own or
operate II.
A sale OF the lighting plant to the city might be
readily effected, leaving the line to some other
purchaser There is strong and growing dis
position to favor city ownership of its utilities, and
no better cheaper opportunity to put it in practice
has ever been offered,
The Greenville times., 1905-04-15
STREET IMPROVEMENT

The Times IS not vain enough to suppose that
the general and gratifying movement for street
and sidewalk Improvement is response to its urg-
inps but il is none the less pleased to observe the
good work which is being done in this direction,
hoping that what has been said by this paper may
have caused some to think who would not other
wise have done so
GreenvlIe presents special facilities for the
beautifving of business and private premises. One
of the most conspicuous of these and one which
is at present receiving most attention IS the wd1n
of the sidewalks. After concrete of the prescribed
width has been laid there remains space of sew
eral feet of earth and this space is in most cases
being tastefuly and inteligently utilized. In some
instances sod has been laid down In others
grass seed has been planted, and again Towering
shrubs have been set out in these places.
Those who visit Northern cities in the summer
are familiar with the beautiful effects obtained by
I,...u., in al available street spaces. The
-, .,Ir.h the practice is carried is scarcely
realized by those who have not seen It. city
as far south as Greenville has great advantages OF
climate permitting handsome plants to live
through the winter without care or attention, and
, few wears Of intelligent efforts i'll this direction
might easily give Greenville a wide reputation ior
beauty and attractvcness.
Among the most beautiful and useful plants
for shmmer decoration of these public spaces are
the numerous varieties OF coleus, and other fohage
plants, which have flowers to tempt children
The pink Grape myrtle which blooms almost ai
summer and does not grow to an 1nconvenent SIZE
is also excellent. The cucumber tree Wmcr
grows wild in the hill country, Is also very orha-
mental and tropical in appearance Excellent re-
suits have been obtained from the castor bean plant
Banana trees will live and flourish out of doors to
nine months in the year, but perhaps the best OF al
these street decorations is the native palmetto
which is beautiful alike in August and January, an
which has already been planted in front OF one c
the most beautiful residences on Main street
The Greenville times., 1905-04-15
THE RIVER COMMISSION

Captain c. H. West. c'.ief Engineer of the
Lower Yazoo. or the Lower Mississippi District.
according to various design tons, has arranged a.
very pleasant drive for the Commission and men,
bers Of its party over some work lately completed
by this district. It had been arranged to make an
early start Carriages were in waiting at 7:3o
o'clock
After breakfast the sun was shining, and light
pleasant breeze blowing. No trace of the nights
storm was observable except in the muddy roads,
and even detective could have found 4 clew here
Everybody knows what country roads are after a
heavy rain, 50 nothing further need be said
Six carriages and FIVE saddle horses were IN
waiting for the party in sight OF the boat It had
been anticipated the night previous that the roads
would be comparatively dry, and several Of the
gentlemen looked forward with pleasure to horse
back ride At the thought Of splashing mud. how
ever. the fascination Of such ride decreased IN
intensity
The Greenville times., 1905-04-15
Notice to All Privilege Tax Payers

Notice to All Privilege Tax Payers
Notice is hereby given, as required
by Section III, of the Privilege Tax
laws of 1904, that all privilege tax
licenses, except those issued TO rail-
roads and retail liquor dealers, will
expire during the month of April and
must be renewed for twelve months
during the month of May.
Unless the licenses are renewed dur
ing the month of May it is made the
duty of the Tax Collector to collect
double the amount of the original tax,
and as he is left without any discre-
ton whatever in the matter, l trust
that all privilege tax payers vii
promptly come forward, procure their
licenses during the month of May,and
save me the necessity of enforcing tht
heavy penalty.
]. H. CROUCH,
IN fen
4-8, At Tax Collector.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-05
Police Officer Shot.

Charlotte, Special.-Rural Officer S.
E. Cole, of Belmont Park, was killed
Sunday afternoon at half-past 5 o'clock
by a negro, Will Springs. The homicide
was committed at the railroad crossing
near Sugar Greek church and within
200 yards of Zion negro church. Mr..
Cole's-son-in-law, Mr.. H. B. Majors. a
machinist at LiddelFs, was there and
was shot also. How seriously he was
wounded does not yet appear; it seems
though, that he is not much hurt. Mr..
Cole was attempting the arrest of a
negro for the larceny of a bicycle be-
longing to another negro.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-05
How She MANAGED Hubby

would one by ons make an excuse for
a short stay.
He was so afectionate that it be-
came rather tiresome and one day
Maud requested quite sharply that he
wouldn't paw so much In the way
of companionship it is undeniable that
each e prefers its own, and Maud
began to long for the comfortable
chat about subjects dear to her soul
with other women, but Tom gave her
no chance. Finally she talked to him
seriously about the duties they both
owed to society. Tom took it in very
good part. He recognized the neces-
sity of sometimes speaking to other
women and of keeping up his men
friends and he promised to take an
interest in other people.
81 should call them now a model
couple. They are fond of each other,
but they are also fond of their friends.
She attends her dinners and bridge
parties and he goes u~nrestrictedly to
his club, and the amusing part Of it
all is that Maud thinks it is her clever
management that has brought this
eminently satisfactory state of affairs
about New York Tribune.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-05
Real Wealth Of Nations

distress would follow. AS a matter OF
fact, the assets of the American CONT
nent are less than they were when
Columbus discovered it. Millions OF
mineral wealth that were then stored
away in the bowels of the earth are
there no longer; u soil has been
partially exhausted Of it's fertile prop
critics, and our hills and valleys have
been largely denuded of their forests.
Yet 100000 0 people exist in compar-
alive comfort where a few hundred
Thousand Indians gained a ~precarious
living before. The industries of war
draw upon the surplus energies of a
people, and, by stimulating them to
larger effort, increase their power Of
production. What would be the eff
feet upon the fortunes of the indus
trial classes of the European states if
their armies were suddenly disbanded
and the millions now employed by the
state were to come into competition
with the laboring classes? 1t is the
industries created by the artificial
wants of a complex civilization that
produce what we call wealth, and not
the simplicity of living which the phil
osophers of the Poor Richard type are
always extoIing and never practicing.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-05

It is estimated, says the Army and
Navy Journal, that Japan has put
forth Is per cent of her strength thus
far in the contest with Russia, while
the drain on the resources of Russia
is less than 2 per cent. This is only
a single factor, however, in the COM
pick problem of military success,
which does not always respond to the
conclusions of the multiplication ta-
BILE. The politico-economists and the
Observation-Disclosures may manipu-
late the figures as they please, the
fact cannot be made to accord with
their theory that war is necessarily
exhausting to national strength. Pre-
cisely the contrary shown in the
case of our great war. Material re-
sources may ssum new forms of
distribution in time of war, but this
is not necessarily waste. It is the in
dustries created by industry which
are the foundation of the business of
a community through which it's indi-
vidual members procure their means
of living. If all those who have the
power of purchasing should cease for
a single year to buy to make good
their wastage, universal poverty and
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-05
P~enitentiary Report.

The penitentiary directors Monday
evening fled their report with Cover
TOR Aycock, showing a net surplus of
$132,S6S. Included in this are $50, 900
in pGnitentiary debt bonds purchased
by the directors. Other assets, con-
sisting mainly of cotton, are estimated
at the present market value, several
crops being left of the estimate SO
as to Offset any further slump in cot
ten. But for the slump the surplus
would have been $3.50, 0O0, the direc-
tors state. They recommend that the
$4,000 debt bonds they hold be de
voted to the establishment of a re.
formatory for young criminals. The
Governor approves this recommenda.
ton. The prison and it's various
branches r in good physical condi.
ton and the past -four years Iwere I'M
marked by any epidemic, Small or
great. Tho order vas good, generally
speaking, the convicts haveI behaved
exceptionally well, this being due to.
strict discipline and kind and consider,
ate treatment. There are now hospis
ta2 wards for white and negro con
sumptives. Many improvements have.
been made in the convict quarters at.
the State farm. The latter yielded
great harvest.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-05
H Honesty Of the Sexes

AS to the question whether women
are by nature more honest than men,
certain masculine critics aver that
women have gained that reputation
only because they are subject to few
er temptations to steal than are men.
But is this the case? What occupa.
ton offers a more severe test of hon.
esty than domestic service 1t is i'm.
possible for a mistress to lock up her
belongings from her servants, and op-
portunities for pilfering are numer.
Gus. Yet stealing is comparatively
rare.
The majority of business men are
convinced of woman's fidelity in re.
sponsible positions and her ability to
discharge important duties. Never
were there such opportunities for cap
able energetic women as at present
await them in the business world
Housekeper.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-05

"Tom Gray is a very clever man,
remarked one of his friends. He
has managed to effect by diplomacy
what most of us have tried and gen.
orally failed to bring about by self
assertion, i. e., a satisfactory freedom
of marital action while remaining on
perfectly afectionate terms with his
wife.
"The first year of his marriage he
and his Maud were a typical pair of
turtle doves, and were never happy
out OF each others sight. Then the
man, as is generally the case, with
out loving his dear Maud any the less,
began to be interested in outside
things. She noticed this change, and,
womanlike, resented it. They had one
row after the other. Then Tom con
sidered the situation and developed
M~achiavellic talents. He did not re-
lax his devotion to his Maud. On the
contrary he became more and more of
an ardent lover. He gave her no
peace. He would come up for after
noon tea when she wodld be in the
midst of a delightful gossip with her
especial intimates and sit and look
at her fatuously, so that her friends
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-05
North. State News.

The State has granted charters to
the Tar Heel Company, Greensboro,
asocial club of which Spencer Black
burn. A. E. Holton and other promi-
nent Republicans are members. The
capital stock being $4,000. To the In
dependent African Acknowledgment
pal denomination, headquarters lat
Winston-Salem, the purpose Of which
is to establish churches, missions,
schools, ETC., and push the work of
that denomination generally; to the
w. J. Revis Manufacturing Company,
OF Wilmington, which will manufac-
ture. sash, doors. blinds, ETC., capital
stock 2 5000; to the Gray ManGfac-
turing Company, Gastonia, capital
stock $150, 900, sto manufacture fabrics
of cotton and other textile. Geo. A.
Gray, Joseph A. Separk, and C. J.
Husk are the stockholders.
State Superintendent Of Schools JOY
Ber has ISSUED a circular letter to the
county superintendent calling their
attention to the unsafe condition Of
the school houses in regard TO their
liability to fire. He says many Of the
new houses arc fitted with terra Gotta
pipe, which cause twenty per cent.
of the fires in the State, according to
the report of the insurance commits
siOner.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-05

The increasing tendency toward the
employment of women in positions of
trust by financial institutions is thus
explained by the president of n of
the largest banks in the country: "The
feeling is gaining ground that wom-
en- are now rendering satisfactory SER
vice as cashiers and t~ellers, handling
large sums daily without loss or error.
Zone of the most conspicuous traits
in the feminine nature is fidelity to
trust. Speculation, the chief pitfall Of
defaulting employees, does not attract
women as it does men. Cards and
drink also drag down many a male
employe, and these, again, are more
particularly masculine vices. Some of
the largest banks in New York are
employing women in positions of
heavy responsibility. Banking is an
occupation in which men no longer
have a monopoly"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-05
Creditors Want Receiver.

Greensboro, Special.-In the United
States Court here Judge Boyd heard
a creditors petition in involuntary
Bankruptcy fled by Walter Swink, OF
Concord, and S. NJ. Swink, of Winston.
attorneys for the creditors of d. P.
Dayvault & Bro, wholesale and re.
tail merchants Of Concord, Cooleemee
and Gold Hill. The petition states
the assets of the firm to be 500, 900;
Liabilities $150,000. Judge Boyd or.
dered a subpoena to issue the parties
to appear here Jan. II to show cause
why they should not be declared bank,
rupt. Pending a hearing, T. d. Man.
us. of Concord, was named as receiver.
filling a bond Of SIC, 1000.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-05

Herman Ditweiler performed a hero
&c act recently at the imminent
risk OF his life. He was coming to
town with q heavy load of rock when
he overlook a little girl carrying a
basket of eggs to market, and invited
her to ride the rest of the way with
him.
When he reached the top of the
Iong,steep hill leading down into town,
he locked one of the wagon wheels
In order to make the descent safely,
but had only gone a very few feet
when one Of the horses stepped on a
rolling stone and was taken suddenly
very lame.
He got OFF the load, unhitched the
team and requested another farmer
who was just behind him to put in his
team and take the load down the hill.
The other farmer was about to COM
ply and Mr.. Dwitweiler had lifted up
the tongue of the wagon to prepare
for hitching in the other team, when
the loaded wagon started down the
hill, with the little girl still riding in
the seat.
Ditweiler braced back on the
tongue, but was unable to stop the
wagon, which, gathering Roadway
every moment, was soon flying down
the steep hill like a runaway engine.
Ditweiler knew that if he dropped
the tongue the wagon would be tipped
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-01-05
Chadwick Couple Meet.

Cleveland, O.. Special.-Sherif Bar.
ry n Leroy S. Chadwick arrived here
Sunday from New York and were
driven at once to the county jailswhere
a bail bond for 100000 was furnished
for DR.. Chadwick's appearance in the
Criminal Court next Tuesday, when
he will be given a preliminary hearing
The bail bond was signed by Virgil p
Kline, counsel for DR.. Chadwick. and
also Ny P. Dawley, counsel for Mrs.
Chadwick. These formalities beino
completed, DR.. Chadwick was admttta5
to the woman's department of the iail
where he held a long conference with
his wife.