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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-04-19
Two Aged Men Suicide,

Asheville, Special.-Seren E. Parks
a white barber, so years of age, COM
mitted suicide on the mountain east of
Asheville Saturday night. William
Quinn, living six miles fro~o Asheville
white and also 80 years OF age, sui
cided at his home between i and 6
o'clock Sunday afternoon. This is
the suicide record in Asheville for two
days. Quinn had been partially de-
mented for several years. Joe Quinn,
a brother of the suicide, stated that
his brother asked for strychnine Sun
day morning with which to end his
life. "He declared" continued the
brother, ''that the officers were going
to arrest him; that he would be
brought to Asheville and lynched.
Several times lately he has believed
that men were after him with guns
to kill him." To end this torment,
,"Bill" Quinn, selecting a time when
his brother was absent, possessed him
self of a towel and making a rope
hanged himself.
The suicide of Parks was not dis
covered until 6 o'clock Monday after
noon. Two children while wander
ing about on the mountain side near
an old deserted shanty, espied a man
through the half-open door. One OF
the children, drawing nigh, saw that
the man was standing up and shat he
had a rope about his neck. The
children fed and told their story.
Sheriff Reed was notified and vent to
the scene where he found Parks
hanging by a wire from n of the
rafters in the deserted building. The
man was dead, his body being stiff
and cold. The body was cut down
and turned over to an undertaken.
Parks was a well-known barber here.
It is said that Saturday night he and
his wife had a quarrel at Parks bar
Der shop. Parks was not seen again
alive. Domestic troubles it is said,
drove the man to his death. On the
floor near where the body was found
vas also found a bottle of whiskey.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-04-19

Chris Hahn, of this county, whose
p~Ostoffee address is Leseuer, had a
great stroke of luck last week result
ing from a serious accident.
He was driving home, and, to snort
en- the journey, turned from the high
way and took a short cut across Pea
nut Lake. Just before he reached the
opposite shore, however, the ice broke
and the team and sled were precipi-
tated into the water, which, fortunate
N, was only about five feet deep where
the sled went down and still shallower
where the team was.
The horses were quiet and did not
plunge about, but were unable to climb
out over the ice with the sled attached
to them. Hahn promptly dove down
into the water back of the horses,
pulled out the pin that held the double
tree to the tongue, dove into the sleigh
box and got an ak, with which he cut
out some of the ice in front of the
horses. The team then was able to
climb out and were driven to Hahn to
a neishbor's barn and well blanketed.
After Hahn had changed his clothes
and had taken a few drinks of hot
homemade wine at his neighbours, he
borrowed a team, and, going back to
the lake, cut a path through the ice to
the shore, fastened a long chain to the
end of the sled tongue and hauled the
sled out on land.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-04-19

1t is generally the unusual thing
which is the easiest to remember
but it seldom happens that exactly
the same elements in any situation are
most unusual or most striking to my
two onloCkers. A man who has trav-
eled many times up and down the
Mississippi stood on the levee at Cape
Girardean, Mo-, n nOontime, wait
ing for the arrival of a downbound
packet. Another prospective passen-
ger stepped up and accosted him.
Pardon me, suh," he said. you
and / have met befo', but you do not
remember me-"
Doubtless if you will recall the
circumstances I shall do So" said the
other.
Well, sub, it was at Bahfield, All
kansas, one evening five years ago."
I remember Barfield and the even
ing perfectly" said the man accosted.
1T was a frightfully stormy night.
The mud at Barfield was deeper than
I had ever seen before. l had moored
by boat at the bank in front of town,
but the bank was so soft l could not
climb it. l Skinned up a rope to the
top, waded over my shoes in mud to
a store, bought some groceries and
returned to my cabin by sliding down
a lumber chute. My wife cooked sup
per, and we spent an evening reading
aloud from Mark Twain's Life on the
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-04-19
Fined $50 and Costs.

Asheville, Special.-James Clari-
den, Of this city, was arraigned IN
police court on the charge of making
an improper proposal to Nellie Fowler
a girl residing in the cotton mill sec
ton of the city, and of cursing and
abusing her. Judge Jones gave the
defendant the maximum penalty, fin
ING him $50 and costs. The evidence
against Clariden was very strong and
unfacorable. The defendant was al
so fined $25 and costs for resisting. an
officer, he having given the patrolman
much trouble in arresting him. He
gave notice of appeal.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-04-19

counsel for the plaintiff that the print
ed matter had no relevancy with the
case-the fact being hat the proposal
was written on a telegraph blank by
accident-the ruling of the court was
that everything on the blank should
be read. Accordingly the reluctant
counsel for the plaintiff was forced to
read the following:
There shall be no liability on ac-
count of this message unless the same
shall BE- repeated, and then only on
condition that the claim shall be made
within thirty days in writing" Then
after the signature followed: yours
devotedly. Harry" together with his
N. B.: Read carefully the conditions
at the top"
To the great delight of counsel for
the defendant the jury returned a YER
dict in his favor in twenty minutes
arper's Weekly.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-04-19
Gets 20 Years For Assault.

Newport News, Special-Silas Rob
inson, an 1~9-year-old negro boy, was
given 20 years in the penitentiary IN
the York County Circuit Court, for
criminaly assaulting Faithie Wallace,
an aged negress. William Washington
Ribinson, alleged accomplish, will be
tried. These cases have attracted an
immense crowd of negroes from all
parts of the country.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-04-19
SAVED By THE CONDITIONS

Last summer there was tried at Chi
cago a breach of promise suit that
awakened much interest in legal cir
cles by reason of the ingenious means
taken by counsel for the defendant to
ecure a verdict for his client. Coun-
sci for the plaintiff had begun to read
what was alleged to be the proposal
Of marriage on the part of the defend
ant. This so-called proposal appeared
on a telegraph blank. Turning to the
jury counsel began with "My darling
Marie" At this %juncture counsel for
the defendant Interrupted his col
league at the bar.
May it please the court, this docu-
ment, being partly printed and partly
written, cannot, by the rules of evil
dence, be offered in part by plaintiff.
Everything on the blank must be
read"
Notwithstanding the protests of
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-04-19

in other cities and to learn somethm.
of the market value of the franchises
This committee will report the result,
of its investigation to the club at an
early date.
Postmaster J. S. Hasty, Of Monroe,
has received official notice that three
more rural routes will be inaugerated
at once.
Mr.. Lewis E. Wood Of Kingstret
has been commissioned court StenOe.
rapher of the third court TO succeed
Mr.. Robert Latham, who has resigned
to accept a place on the News and
Courier of Charleston.
The Greensboro, High Point and
Thomasville Inter-Urban Electric
Railroad is now a certainty. The
Philadelphia company, whose repres-
entatives have been III the field fOd
several days has secured franchise
from Thomasville and High Poln4
and while it is their policy to wa
quietly enough has been given Out y
assure eve the most CONSERVATIVE
that they mean business. The cor
poration has been organized unde1
the name Of the Carolina Electrical
Company and Chief Engineer 3D.
wards with a corps Of assistants i
now surveying the line, having com
menced work at T~homasville-
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-04-19
THE HOLINESS OF TRUTH

What is truth that through the ages man
should rife earth and star
Seeking ever in the unknown where it's
mystic fountains are,
For the law of righteous living, for the
love that shall not die.
While the soul has aspirations to be
glorified on high?
What is truth that in the distance it
should blaze with holy light,
Beating back the hosts of darkness in the
worlds Unfolding night,
Making man a nobler creature, giving
states a wiser aim,
Giving virtue. knowledge. vaIor, each a
bright, immortal name?
Lo, the world is ever changing, and the
new is ever old,
And who fights with human progress is a
warrior oyerbold;
And the truth is what we make it by the
light of that great love
Which forever lifts the planet toward the
singing stars above.
(. -Ch1
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-04-19
A Serious Accident.

Oxford, Special.-A heartrendlng
accident occurred here in which Lii
liam Sizemore, a little n~ine-year-old
girl. was seriously. wounded. With
her little cousin, Mamie Moore, she
was walking across the trestle on the
Seaboard railroad in East Oxford just
as the engine and two coaches were
backing from the SeabOard depot to
cross the t~restle.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-04-19
North Safe News.

Major I'll. l.. Grant, clerk OF u
United States Court, says IN:
last year the number Of cases
bankruptcy were larger than AZ 4 aa
time since the law went into eHe &c
numbering So, but that aireaf3 III
vear there are % eases. l..
The agricultural department Il,
boon sent cotton seed. which brlli-
81 90 q bushel. these heing known :
the Drake. These seed VIII Dc F'" ~
cd at the test farms in lredcli III
Fdoec1mb Counties
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-04-19
New Enterprises.

New enterprises were Incorporated
in the office o fthe Secretary of State
as follows:
The Bank of Sampson, Clinton, with
$4,000 capital authorized and $1O,-
900 subscribed by r. A. Ingram, A. w.
Colwell, G. A. Chute and II. A. Grady.
The bank will do a commercial and
savings business.
The Charlotte Land and Investment
Company, capital 100000 authorized
and $22,O subscribed by j. A. Hen
derson, T. w. Harklns, H. Nj. Wick
and others.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-04-19
Cold Brick Swindler Dies.

Raleigh, Special.-H. D. HaWl7!
one of three men convicted slz year
AGO of attempting to swindle Pa'
Garrett, a wine maker, of Norfolk b
a gold-brick scheme. died IN the PEI G
itentiarv here. aged SO. Liver di'
ease. which had kept him IN the no:
pital most Of the time, caused i'll
death. He was from New York al
certain politicians there had rad
tremendous efforts to get him pazdol
ed.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-04-19
To neuelon AsheVille.

Ashville, Special. About Vnll
Asheville men numbering anol
them some Of the city most prom
nent citizens have a movement .
foot to form an association ior l.. u
industrial development of AsheVlil
and they issued a call for a I'D,
meeting to be held at the court nOu5
next Saturday to organize and IoI
out the work gefore the assoGiaL'''
The work will be along the iii1
the board of trade but they 1n's J,
working in harmony with that OO'
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-04-19

Truth is simple as the sermons nature
tells US on our way.
Gentle as the thought Of brothers who
We're parted yesterday;
1t is plain as honest faces that betoken
hearts so kind
They are hands unto the weary. seeing
eyes unto the blind;
1t Is beautiful as morning when the world
awakes to joy
And life's golden expectations thrill the
eager heart of boy;
1t is lasting as the cliff rock that forever
fronts the sea,
Lasting as the ocean waters that shall
wash the cliff rock free;
And although it wrings emotion from the
life that suffers long,
Though 1T girds the loinS of labor for the
battle fierce and strong;
Truth is ever what we make it in the light
of love and peace,
Help and hope unto the toiling who would
give the soul increase!
es w. Stevenson, in New York Press
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-04-19
Woodworking Plant Burned.

Durham, Special. Late Friday
evening the woodworking plant or
Denmark, Grist and Company, stu
ated some distance east of East Dur
ham, was burned to the ground. The
plant had been standing idle for a
year or more, but in the building was
all of the costly machinery, including
the engine and boiler. The main
building, office, dry kiln, and boiler
room we're all burned, nothing being
saved.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-04-19
Bow Accidentally Shot.

Littleton, Special.-While a little
friend of Robert, the ten-year old
son of Jno. R. Patterson, of this city,
was trying to push a cartridge into
& rife the weapon went off, sending
a bullet through Roberts thigh. The
guilty youngster walked home, a dis
lance of about half a mile, and DIR.
Picot was summoned to attend HIM.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-04-19

The Chinese boycott upon the u"
of this country is not 50 serious
it has been represented. AccoTuiHo
the Monthly Summary of Comme :.
and Finance the exports of the On IL
States to China in the seven IL -
ending with January, 1906, amo 20
in value to s2S, 1852 $50, against $So,4 :,
948 in the corresponding PERIOD VI r
preceding year. There is little u
to complain Of that kind OF d i
colt.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-04-19
News Items.

The question of granting the Caro-
lima Telephone and Telegraph Com
oar a e franchise will come up at
the next meeting of the board of
aldermen at The Industrial Club OF
that city have taken a hand IN the
matter, have appointed a committee
to investigate local telephone systems
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-04-19
Iecturing before a London

Lecturing before a LONDON
ence on the importance U -
cleaning, an English scientls' a. ~
ed that as much dust as can po p
on a pin point yields no
5000 colonies of living germ
majority of. these germs are Ivy
tative of disease.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-25
HEARS FROM 30 COUNTIES.
Chairman woodruff Says n situation
Therein Is Satisfactory.


Chairman Woodruff Of the Republican
State committee had talks yesterday at
Republican headquarters, II East Thirtieth
street, with thirty Of the sixty-one Republic
can county chairmen. These county chair
men have been coming to town in patches
since Sunday morning, the day after the
final upstate re gistration. Chairman Wood
ruff. from early morning yesterday until
very late last night. personally went over
with zach Of the thirty county chairmen
the situation in his county. Az a result
Chairman Woodruff said that -The situa-
ton in the thirty counties examined to-day
Is satisfactory"
Personally a number OF the county chair
men said hat they had discovered quite
a drift toward Hearst on the part OF work.
nRmen in a number OF the smaller cities
and manufacturing towns. These county
chairmen went on to say, however, tina this
was more than Offset by the votes OF thou
sands upon thousands Of Democrats who
would not vote for Mr.. Hearst. The farm
ers, it was stated, Republicans and Demo-
Gratis, are solidly for Hughes. Further
talks with a number Of these county chair
men elected the Information that there Ia
a spirit of unrest all over the State. just
who is responsible for this state OF affairs
the Republican county chairmen did not
wish TO say for print. just why Republi-
can workingm m who had voted for Mckin-
ley and Roosevelt and had participated in
the prosperity Of the last twelve years
are now FESTIVE and apparently desire a
change the Republican county chairmen
said they could not for the life OF them
explain. Neither could they explain how
these Republican workingmen thought
Hearst was likely to add to their prosperity.
The Republican county chairmen were
convinced that the campaign has reached
that acute stage when all hands are ner-
vous and suspicious over the slightest in
dication Of a change in the political senti-
ment in any OF the ~up-country ~bailiwicks.
They predicted that between o and
election day this feeling will reach fever
heat because OF the momentum importance
of the oampaign.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-25
WANTS TO BURY HEARST.
John y. Carlisle, Ex-state Committeeman,
Calls on Democrats { o Defeat Him.

John y. Carlisle, Ex-state Committeeman,
Calls on Democrats 10 Defeat Him.
WATERFOWL, Oct. 24.--William Randolph
Hearst is a disruptor Of the party n
through his Independence League openly
intends to run for President W years
hence. He is a bolter Of nominations.
and if the Democratic party is to live
it must not only beat him this year but it
must bury him.
This was the meat Of a letter addressed
10 a local newspaper to-day by former Demo-
cratic State Committeeman John N. Carlisle.
Mr.. Carlisle, who for the first time makes
his position known in the present campaign,
saws that Hearst has announced hat he
will not vote the Democratic ticket but will
support the Independence League ticket.
This being so, how. " he asks, can Hearst
EXPECT any Democrat to support himp'
MIR. Carlisle says he cannot leave the Demo-
cratic party, which he has always supported,
to vote at this time for an Independence
League candidate.
He a that Hearst cannot escape the
responsibility OF the independent nomina-
lions in almost every county from Kings
TO Erie, for these nominations are his indie
pendence League nominations bya corpora
ton organized and Incorporated by himself
with only a few directors consisting Of him
self and q few hired men
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-25
CLOUD AND HIS WIFE RELEASED,
Had Been Held In Connection With n Tour
lists Death In Chicago.

~ N0N SN
CHICAGO, Oct. 24.-After having been
detained nearly ten hours by the police
in connection with the death Of William
8. Stewart OF Toronto at the Saratoga Hotel,
David O.. Cloud and his wife, OF Roches-
ter, N. Y, were released from custody
to-day.
However, husband and wife we're COM
PEELED to promise to be on hand when the
inquest is begun Friday. Both we're ques-
toned for some time by the officer and
repeated the story they had first told.
Stewart was on a pleasure trip with Mr..
and Mrs. Cloud and occupied a suite on the
fourth floor OF the hotel with them. He
had been drinking heavily for several days
and his nerves were 80 badly shattered that
Cloud vent 10 a druggist and purchased
some medicine for him. but Stewart refused
to take the drug, saying that he was feeling
better.
A few minutes later Stewart said he was
going to his room, and shortly after a shot
was heard in the bathroom.
Mrs. Cloud was the first to reach the bath
ROOM, where she stumbled over the body
Of Stewart. He died in a few moments,
before a physician could be summoned
and without speaking TO his friends.
Cloud notified Manager W. L. Hicks imme-
diately, but instead OF informing the police
OF the death Mr.. Hicks ~telephoned to Coroner
Hoffman and obtained permission 70 remove
the body 70 an undertakerig rooms.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-25
UNIONS REPUDIATE HEARST.
Angry at False Statements That They We're
Concerned In Meeting Tonight.

Angry NJ False Statements That They We're
Concerned in Meeting Tom sht.
The of GERS Of many Of the unions given
out by the Hearst managers as deciding
10 take part in the Hearst demonstration
in Madison Square Garden tonight were
indignant yesterday and say that their
organizations took nc such action. The
Socialist unions particularly were very
angry. Cigar Makers Union l44, which is
not a distinctively Socialist union, will
officially r~epudiate all connection with the
affair On behalf OF this union it was stated
that IL even refused to distribute circulars
about the meeting among its members
1t was stated officially yesterday by the
officers Of the New York section OF the
Socialist party that a number OF unions
given out as having met and decided to
take part in the demonstration not only
took no such action but do not meet at the
addresses given and some of them have
not met this week.
U. Solomon, campaign manager OF the
section, said last evening:
THE list Of names given by the Hearst
people Of the unions n their meeting
places stamps the whole announcement
as misleading M designed TO give the idea
that the unions are giving TINS monstra
ton. For instance, the Amalg amated
Sheet Metal Workers No. IL, which in the
announcement IFS cbdbN " 10 AHN ~
az East Fourth street and to have decided
to take part in the demonstra ton. has
changed it's meeting place and does not
meet until Thursday.
-Cigarmakers' Union 90, which the an
nouncement says met at 1856 Second avenue,
now meets at DAB East Eighty fourth street,
and happen to know it has taken no such
action. In fact any one who would pro-
pose such action TO the union would meet
with a very unpleasant reception. Car
renters Union 800, another union said to
have decided to take part in the affair,
does not meet at S21 East Se~venty-third
street, but meets at 2O4 East Eighty fourth
street. and does not meet until Thursday
Solomon said he could give many other
such cases. The names Of the unions
given are in a list Of the unions Of the
American Federation Of Labor, since the
publication Of which a large number Of
the unions have changed their meeting
places.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-25
SHOOTING ~ "THE GAP"
Italian MORALLY wounded Found LytnG
on sidewalk.

~"
The Gap, which has been on its good
behavior for the past few months, broke
loose last night. An argument started in
front Of S Monroe street, there were a few
blows struck, three revolver shots were
fired and the crowd scurried to cover.
Detectives from the Madison street police
station found an unconscious Italian lying
in the street with a bullet wound In his left
temple.
The man later, in Gouverneur Hospital,
regained consciousness long enough to say
he was Ippolito Francesca, 81 years old, a
stonemAson, Of Is Mott street. The doctors
say he canno live.
The detectives learned that a man with
a revolver. accompanied by another Italian,
ran through the coffee room at S Monroe
street and up the rear stairs to the roof.
They were followed by a boy, Thomas Hines
of "a Monroe street. AT the head of the sec
ond stairs a revolver was thrust into the boys
face and he stopped.
The detectives say they heard that the
proprietress Of the coffee saloon bad assisted
In the eScape. and arrested her as well as a
man who was In tho place when they ran
through
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-25
BETTING IN BROO KLYN.

Even Money At schumm's That Hughes WIN
Garry The Borough by 10000.
There was some lively election betting
yesterday at Fred Schumm's cafe in Brook
Ign, most Of it being even money that
Hughes would carry Kings county by a
plurality of 10000. More than 5000 was
placed on this proposition. Odds Of IA to 1
were given that Hughes would be elected.
Mr.. Schumm still has IS 200 TO bet even that
Hughes will have a plurality Of 10000 in
Kings county.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-25
CHAIRMAN SHERMAN RESTING.

slightly IndIspOsed, but Expected to Ne ne
His Desk on Friday.
Chairman James s. Sherman Of the Re
publican Congress campaign committee is
~indisposed and will be compelled to give
up active work for several days. Congress-
man Henry C. Loudenslager, secretary
Of the committee, said last night that ON
gresham Sherman was not quite up to par
and on the advice Of his physicians was
taking a rest, but would surely be at his
desk tomorrow. He 10 at his hotel here
and his wife Ia with him.