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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-07

Ter to do this two years ago than now
and is sasier now than two months from.
now. If you are one of the land owners
come up today and make your price ac-
ceptable and shift the responsibility for
its failure on some one else. If your
option has been taken for a higher
price than you were offered you will be
responsible for its failure. If you are
not one of these probably you know who
is and you may have some influence
with that one, go and talk to him and
see. If carried through this town will
be city in few years. If it fails it
would have been mnch better for us
never to have mentioned it. Have q
heart to heart and some sensible
business talk with yourself about this
matter to night and let US know your
decision tomorrow. If in doubt about
it give the lake the benefit of the doubt
and you will never be sorry for it even
If it fails.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-07
County Commissioners.

The county commissioners met last
Monday and transacted routine bus
iness, mostly. The only matter of i'm
portAnce was about issuing the bonds
for $4,000 to take up the floating in
debtedness, authority for which has
just been granted by the Legislature.
Mr.. j. P. Rickman's offer OF S12, 900
for the bonds was accepted, and the
printing of the bonds will be done as
soon as possible.
1t is expected the claims of the county
will be taken up in about one month,
that is, they will start then. The f.
nsnce.committee passes on all claims.
The commissioners met on Monday,
adjourned to Tuesday, but transacted
DO business then. They then adjourned
until next Tuesday, the 18th, in order
to avoid calling a special meeting for
that date. Just why they are going to
meet is somewhat of mystery, but it
was announced that something big is in
the wind which will come up at this
meeting. One of the commissioners
said 1t meant the saving Of several
thousand good dollars to the county.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-07
Generas

IN tn ~
~ ar want of few dollars more or
s. pie se of land9 There is not
Auie se land is offered but could take
. 'lile IN rice and make money. He
endmenfS he money that he gets and
l tho "a. N lands that are not want
ef o. lake boundry and pay even
-1ore foIFit than the owner is asking
now and then in three years time he
will be worth twice as much as he will
If he holds his land high and causes us
to loose the lake. If you are one of
the men who has been asking more for
your land than you are offered find the
difference in what was offered and what
you ask and multiply it by one thirty
five and see how much it is, the other
fellow has just as much right to have
that difference as you have. I know
you think he was offered enough for his
land but he thinks you have been of
fered more than yours is worth. This
sounds ridiculous but it lis an actual
statement of facts aslthey exist among
some of our men who are regarded as
good business men, You ought to get
yourself off by yourself somewhere and
have talk with yourself and then go
and hunt up the option taker who has
been talking to you and put your land
in for any where from 800 to 81 900 less
than you have been offered for it and
then you would get lot more than it
will be worth any day during this com
ing June and more than il will be worth
in June 1910 if we do not get the lake
and your putting your land in for what
it is really worth, not what you hope
you can get for it some day or at least
your grand son may get for it, will
make the other fellow ashamed and he
will come up and put his in cheaper and
then we will get the lake, but unless a
lot of you dc this and do it quick we
will be just as sure not to get it as the
sun has been rising and setting. 1t is
already settled fact that We cannot
get it unless almost, all of these ia
land owners do this and do it within the
next two or three days All has been
done that we know how to do and if we
fail OH it no v We may as well kiss it
good bye, for>the question of price gets
worse every time trade is made in
this boundry. I6 would have been eas-
L
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-07
Steamers On The French Broad.

Last Sunday the new steamboat running
on the French Broad passed Horse Shoe
for the first time, She carried good
load of passengers and made brave show
ing as she went up the river. She is about
39 feet long and 20 feet wide, was built
under the direction of man from Norfolk,
Va, and is owned by Miss Eastman and
Mr.. McBee, of Horse Shoe. The new
boat runs"from Fanning's Bridge up to
Davidson River. and covers a distance Of
about 15 miles.
There is decided possibility of Ashe-
vile men building and operating steam
boat to run from Asheville to Long Shoals.
Passengers will then be transferred
around the Shoals, distance of 8 few hum
dred feet, and re-embark on the boat now
running. For picturesque scenery and
natural beauty the trip is unsurpassed,
it is said, any where in the world.
This steamboat line is one of the novel
ties of the world, as there is probably only
one being operated at higher altitude
than the one now making regular trips past
Horse Shoe. It is really steamer line In
regular operation on the top. of the noun
tains, and aside from the beauty Of the
trip, possessess' the charm of 3 decided
novelty. If the AsheYille men carry out
their part, it is expected it viii be q paying
proposition from the start
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-07
Notice to Taxpayers.

This is to notify all Taxpayers who
have not paid their city taxes for the
year 1906 to please settle at once and
save costs After March 28, 1907, will
advertise all property personal and real in
the town of HcndersonviIle, which may
under the law be levied upon and sold to
pay taxes due to said town by delinquent
taxpayers. This is my last call and it is
now left with you to say what you will do.
This March 9th, 1907.
Respectfully,
T. M. SMITH,
Tax Tax Collector.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-07
Notice..
Tax Tax Collector.

To the Justices of the peace of Hen
derson county
take this method OF announcing to
you that win be candidate for the
Office of tax collector of Henderson
county at the May. 1907. election and
will appreciate any support given me
by any and all my friends at said cleo
tion.
do not wish in this contest to create
any factional fights ia the democratic
party and shall urge my claims for the
Office with the best of feelings for any
Others who may like myself desire the
position. Yours truly,
j. 7. GARLAND.
Mills River. N. c. Feb. 9th, 1907.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-07
HendersonviIle's Opportunit,

Z The following article. written by
OF the the men intimately come
with the big lake project, is of n
interest. y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-29
TO COUNT THE NOTES.
Controller Of the Currency Has Re-
quested It Be Done.

The vaults in the issues division of the
bureau of the controller Of the currency
contain a present about $1I3.0006OO Of I'M
signed bank notes. While every possible
precaution to prevent any loss or abstrac-
ton of these notes is taken daily, by keep
ing count of the number of notes and the
sheets which should be in each individual
package, the labor of counting this whole
amount of currency is so great that it is
not very frequently done. 1t has usually
been done only every four or five years.
when there has been a change in the office
of the controller of the currency.
Controller Ridgely has requested the Sec
rotary of the Treasury, in view of the fact
that count has not been made for more
than five years, to assign sufficient counters
to have this work done. and complete
count will probably be made within the
next two weeks. 1t will take about six
clerks and eighteen counters to make this
count, working steadily for the time named.
There have never been but two losses in
the history of this bureau, the last of
which was in 1869, since which time there
has been issued to the banks over s., 0O0,-
100000, without the loss of a dollar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-29
McCLEARY SWORN IN.
Succeeds Shallenberger as Second As
sistant Postmaster General.

Former Representative James T. Nc
Cieary of Minnesota was today sworn in as
second assistant postmaster general In sue
cession to William s. Shailenberger, who,
after having held the office for ten years.
recently resigned to engage in private BUSH
ness. Assistant Chief Clerk Thompson of
the department administered the oath, the
ceremony being witnessed by number of
departmental officers and several of Mr.
McCleary's personal friends.
Mr.. McCleary represented the second Min
nesota district in the House of Representa-
tives for fourteen years and was defeated
for election to the Sixtieth Congress by a
very small margin. He is particularly well
known to Washingtonans, having been
chairman of the District of Columbia SUBJ
committee of the House appropriations
committee up to the time of his transfer to
the ways and means committee Before this
action was taken by Speaker Cannon Mr.
McCleary was prominently mentioned as the
probable successor of the then Senator-elect
Hemenway as chairman of the appropria-
lions committee. He is a red-hot standpat-
ter and was put the ways and means
committee for that reason.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-29
CoURT-MARTIAL CONCLUDED.
Report Of Connecticut Grounding Case
Ready for Washington.

FORT MONROE. Va, March 29.-The
trials by court-martal of Capt. William
Swift and Lieut.. Harry F. Yarnell, on
charges of neglect of duty in allowing the
battleship Connecticut to run aground on
entering Culebra harbor on January ID
last, were concluded today. Upon the case
of Capt. Swift being completed and the
record signed that of Lieut. Yarnell was
taken up and occupied but short time.
All of the witnesses in the cases have
testified that the two officers were at their
posts of duty and did their whole duty in
bringing the ship into the harbor, and that
every precautfon was used to hold the
ship her course. That she got off her
course sufficiently to Craze the submerged
rock it is stated. must have been due to ir-
Irregularities of the engines, the revolutions
of the port and starboard propellers being
different and the natural difficulty in steer
ing a battleship in shoal water, where tidal
effects are strong. None of the members
of the court would make a statement as to
the probable findings.
The courts report will be forwarded to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-29
STAHL WAS WORRIED.
1t is Thought That Was the Cause of
His Death.

WEST BADEN. Ind. March 2o-The
body OF Charles 8. Stahl, captain of the
Boston American League base ball club
who committed suicide here yesterday. WAS
taken today to Fort Wayne. Ind. for burial
tomorrow. A brother of Stahl arrived last
night from Fort Wayne. and took cbarpa
of the body. The verdict of the coroner
was merely formal. declaring that 1.-THE de-
ceased came to his death by his own hand -.
No light was thrown on the cause for the
suicide further than the general supposition
that nervous worry had caused Stahl to
take his life. The twentyfour members Of
the team are awaiting instructions from
Manager John 1. Taylor. who has not been
heard from. He left Chicago Wednesday
for Omaha, Neb. to meet his wife. who L.
on her way east from California.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-29
Syracuse Varsity Team Coming.

SYRACUSE. N. Y, March 29.-The SYRIA
cuse University base ball team, which
leaves today for Washington on the annual
southern trip. was chosen as follows:
Pitchers. A. H. Stein, Dean Watkeys,
William F. Mack and r. E. Thayer; catch
ers, Daniel E. Sullivan and Edmund Dol
lard; first base. ]. r. Vanarnam; second
base. c. F. Walker; third base. Albert Rag
faub; short-stop, William Truax; left field,
John E. Morrissey. center field, Capt. Jas.
p. Ryan.
One OF the pitchers will complete the out
field. The entire rnfield is composed Of
freshmen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-29
Washington and will be given out by the
Navy Department after being reviewed.
Judge Ball of GAINESVILLE Dead.

GAINESVILLE Ohio, March 20.-Judge
William H. Ball, lawyer jurist and poll
tician, died today. at the age of eighty-nine.
He served three years in the civil war,
ranking as colonel. and was elected to the
state legislature in 1871.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-25

of the State something for the edu.
cation Of the children whose parents
they rob Of the money which ought
to go for the children's schooling. The
Register and its party have never
shown any disposition to do away
with the saloon, but they are very
solicftous about protecting the saloon
keepers and keeping the license tax
to minimum. The vote of the Dem.
ocrats of the last Legislature in re-
fusins to let the new license law take
effect from passage and thus give
the State nearly 100000 more reve-
nue. 70" this year shows how the Reg.
ister's party feels toward the liquor
business. 1t isn't so much that the
Register thinks the money ought not
TO be used for supporting schools as
it is that it dtslikes TO see its friends
the saloon keepers cough up. That is
where the rub comes.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-25
IN PRISON Ia YEARS
FOR AKO1HER's CRIME
JOHN BUTCHER DECLARES THAT
HE KEPT SILENT FOR PRO.
LECTION OF BROTHERS.

CHARLOTTE. Mich. March 25. =
Silas Compton, aged 20, was arrested
at Athens, Pa, according to dispatches
from that place, charged with the mu,.
der of William Lampman, of Grand
Lodge, Mich, on November IA, 1892.
The warrant is based on an affidavit
made by John Butcher, who has serv.
ed IA years of life sentence at the
Jackson prison for the crime.
Butcher says he has kept silent all
these years to protect his brothers.
Frank and John, farmers. who. he
claims, were in the plot with Compton
to rob the old man. who was rich and
regarded as miserly. He insists Comp.
ton was the slayer.
On the day of his arrest John Butch
er made confession in which he said
he did the killing alone. but afterward
denied the admission.
Lampman lived alone on the edge
of town, was rs years old and pen.
sioner. His skull was battered in and
pair of overalls were used to choke
him to death.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-25
ALONG FAREWELL.

The Marion county school book
board on Saturday voted to lay on the
shelf the old. time.worn and antiquat-
ed McGufey's readers. For more
than frrty years the boys and girls
of Marion county have used the old
McGuffey readers as text. There
are many fathers and mothers and
even Erandfathers and grandmothers
who learned to read in the old series.
The old books were good enough in
their day, and It Is like parting with
an cid friend to give them up, but
the board undoubtedly did wise
thing IN offering the children mod.
ern series Of readers, one in which
both teachers and pupils will have
more interest than they could posi-.
bly, have in the books first placed in
the schools soon after the war. II
was hard for teacher to arouse any
degree Of interest in books SO old as
the McGuffey series. The new books
are attractive and modern and viii,
no doubt prove great delight to the
school children all over the county.
Another change made by the board
which will be almost as far reaching
as the change OF readers was the adop-
tion of new list of books in matne-
mates instead of Rays arithmetics.
This will be another welcome change.
Text books get out of date and out Of
fashion just as other things and the
time for a change In arithmetics was
certainly due. Some people may OBJ.
ject to the changes on the ground that
1t costs to change books, which is all
true, but certainly no sane man can
object 60 replacing series of books
that las been in use as long as Mc.
Guney's readers and Rays aritnme.
tics. With the passing of these old
books and Mitchell's old Biographies
Marion county may now be said to be
taking steps In advance in modern ed,
ucation.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-25
"rAINTEp MoNeY.n
ucation.

Governor Dawson says that IL the
legislature had only increased the
liquor license TO $3.50 year instead of
a paltry 5000. he would not have been
obliged to veto the appropriations for
the State educational institutions. In
other words he wants the saloon keep.
ers of the State to educate the youth
Of the State. Most parents would rath.
er their children would receive their
education from some other source
Wheeling Register.
Now, that's charming drive the
Register makes. Would the increase
in license from 5000 to $3.50 make one
saloon less in the State? The Regis.
ter Is well aware it would not. Them
so long as we have saloons why not
make them pay back for education
small portion OF the money they take
from the fathers Of the poys and girls
and thsu help the cause TO that; extent
at least. II nothing else win do but
we must have saloons, their keepers
ought to pay into the general Golfers
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-25
rERMs on sunscR1pr1oN..
AN lE:s,peRIMeNr.

An editorial in the West virginian
a few days ago relative to the plans
of the Monongahela and Ohio Packet
Company has brought forth considera.
BILE comment from the papers of the
State. They make much of the state
ment that the company will put on
boats as an experiment, but they as
well as we know that experiments of
business kind usually succeed in
Fairmont. Below is what some of the
papers have to say:
Fairmont Is agitated oyer the pros.
poets of getting passenger boat ser
vice With Pittsburg. The river has
been Stacked for a couple OF years.
but boats have not yet put that town
in their schedule of stops. One of the
packet companies has agreed to try
an experiment for a time, anu will give
Fairmont a daily boat. BUT certain
conditions must be complied with.
sql pug .sSsIrru4 ssI1 90 lsnm slsuL
newspapers must give free advertising
for a year and must show a friendly
attitude. 1t would appear from this
that the boat companies look with
some doubt upon the paying qualities
of the Fairmont passenger trafiic.
-Morgantown Chronicle.
The above looks little tough on
the people Of Fairmont. The trans.
portation company ought to have at
least enterprise enough to make a
trial trip or two and thus ascertain
whether there was a probability or
the regular service paying. The gov.
eminent has spent millions of dollars
improving the river for commerce and
now those who woald be benefited by
1t want the public to eput up for them
still further Pretty rave. Grafton
Sentinel.
Steamboats, are going to run from
Pittsburg up to Fairmont as an eS.
pertinent. to see If It win pay. The
Fairmont people win not display their.
usual amount of good sense IL they
DO not make 1t pay.-wheelingf Reg
lister.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-25

Hon. Harvey w. Harmer, of Charts.
burg, whilom Republican and some.
time rrohibitionist but now candi.
date fer reelection on the mugwump
ticket for mayor of his city. was in
Fairmont on last Saturday. He said
the the campaign was to open to-day
in earnest the election coming on
Tuesday of next week. From reading
the claIksburg papers we were under
the impression that the campaign had
already started but Mr.. Harmer says
not. 1t will certainly get interesting
If the preliminaries are anything to
judge Ivy
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-25
THE PEOPLE'SFORU
uztown S. s. News.

S&hoWIl .. .. news.
Editor Of the West virginian. best pa.
per iitthe State:
As have not seen anything In
your paper reporting our uztown sun.
day school, l thought would give you
a few items.
Our school is progressing finely and
is improving very fast. Since we
started in on our new year we have
had nite attendance every Sunday. ex.
cept those very bad Sundays. Our at.
tendance IS increasing nicely and our
collection is very good Our attend.
ance yesterday was 40 and our collcc-
ton was SIS cents on an average VI
2 cents for each scholar On next Sun:
day We are going to have our anniyer.
sary easter service and we would be
very glad to see some of our brothers
and sisters and little children from
the town school come down, and ficlp
us in our services. We extend to
them a welcome and hope to see them
down with us. Wishing the West vir.
ginian' much success and good luck,
Yours for good luck and success.
U. G. H
p. s.-There is series of meet.
ings at the Chapel at UPTOWN. There
is preaching every evening at 1880 p.
m. The meeting is In charge of Rev.
W. H. Rogers and Rev. Ritenhouse
and will be assisted by Rev. W. o.
David. of Mopongah.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-25
NOTICE OF LICENSE APPllcA.
TIoN.


Notice is hereby given that the fol
lowing named persons have filed theil
applications and petitions for State
licenses to carry on the business of Q
brewe- of beer, ale and porter, and tc
sell. offer for sale. expose ror sale anu
solicit and receive ORDERS for spiritu
GUS liquors, wine, porter, ale, BEEF
and drinks of like nature, in the coun
ty of Marion. for the year commencing
May list, 1907. And that the following
is lisI containing the names of al
such applicants, their respective resi-
dences, and the place for which applt
cation is made:
Name, residence, place for which ap
plication is made:
Carroll Currey and Clarence Cur
rey, Mcnongah, w. Va, Currey Hotel
Thomas Connell, Monongah, w. Va.
Eureka Hotel.
Philleppo Pellegfini. Monongah. w
Va, The White Front Saloon building
David NJ. Kidder, Monongah, w. Va.
Coliseum building.
Mike Kelley & Sam Cornell. Mo
nongah, w. Va. Kelley building.
And notice is also hereby given thai
the said applications ana petitions
for said licenses as aforesaid will b,
heard by the County Court in April
1907.
Given under my hand this 18th da,
of March, 1907
GEO. NJ. JACOBS,
Clerk of the County Court of Marion
county, West Virginia.
Mich. 1926.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-25
BROUGHT AERE FoR BURIAL.
Were Remains of Three Year Old
Child of Mr., and Mrs. Charley

Saturday morning at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Smith at Wheel.
ing occurred the death of their three
year old son. The remains were
brought to Fairmont this morning ON
the 1888 train and conveyed to the
Catholic church, where services were
held followed by interment at Holy
Cross cemetery. Mrs. Smith. the
mother Of the child, IS d daughter of
Mr.. John Kennedy. of this city. and
has many friends here. who deeply
sympatfize with the parents in their
said affliction.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-25
OF INTEREST
TO ALL SUFFERING FROM RHEu-
MATIsM. KIDNEY OR BLAp-
DER TROUBLES.

For those who have Rheumatism.
Kidney or Bladder Trouble of any
kind, or fear that they are predispos-
ed TO any of these diseases. Or. George
Edmund Flood, the specialist on rheu-
matte diseases. gives us permission
to publish the following simple but
effective prescription which he uses
In his practice, and to which he at
tributes his remarkable success: Fluid
cascara Aromatic, half ounce; Con.
centrated Barkola Compound. one
ounce; Fiuid Extract Prickly Ash
Bark, half drachm; Aromatic Elixir,
four ounces. Mix by shaking in a
bottle and take one teaspoonful after
each meal and at bedtime.
Plenty of good pure water should be
drank in addition. SO that the rheumat.
ic poisons can be flushed from the
system. Any druggist will put up the
prescription or you may get the in.
grdeients and mix them yourself. The
prescription is inexpensive, agreeable
to take and, coming from such sue.
cessful specialist, is worthy trial.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-03-25

A Missouri woman is very angry
with her home paper. because in writ.
Ing up her husbands death, the edi.
tor said: HE has gone to a happier
home" This creates doubt as to
where she thinks the deceased really
went Either place might be happier.