The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-24
COLLECT YOUR MONEY.

which 10 noted TOT lCs mucn CaIk
and little performance, is still
prating about the existance of u
few federal licenses in this city.
Here is the latest labored out
burst from that alleged dissemina-
to of so-called news about Hem
dersonvllle:
This paper is camping very
close upon the trail of the esteem
ed Hsndersonville Hustler. Read
ers of this paper will no doubt re-
call how our Hendersonville CON-
temporary grew red headed, really
and metaphorically speaking, when
We charged that any number of so
called "blind tigers" were to be
found at that place, and that Hem
Jacksonville had simply exchanged
one or two saloons, conducted on
the main street under police SUI
pervision, for number of places
whore whiskey is being sold under
q Federal license. Whereat the
Hustler felt outraged, and easily
succeeded in communicating this
emotion to other residents of the
place who should have known bet
ter.
The result was that this paper was
offered$25 for each case wherein it
could DO shown that whiskey was
being sold in that place under o
Federal license, and we were given
O dissertation on the Beerine busi-
ness. The condition imposed up
on as is the burden of profit
was put up to us to make good our
words and present sufficient evi.
dence to convict, or take back wa
tor, so to speak. Well, the Hust-
Ter now owes as $75, for we have
furnished that paper with the
names of three persons who are
selling whiskey (no beerine bust
ness in this) in Hendersonville,
under q Federal license, and as
the holding of q Federal license is,
according to our understanding,
prima facie evidence of guilt, we
want our money. We understand
that Mr.. Shipman of the Hustler
10 going to Statesville, the head
quarters of the Fifth Internal rev.
enue district, to ascertain whether
our facts are straight, and we are
confidently expecting q check for
$75. This Sherlock Holmes role
is a little out of our liue but, as
we have before remarked, we al
ways strive to please"
Dear Gazette-News, the burden
of proof is still upon you. You
have not made good, aud the
Hustler is still ready to come
across with twenty-five plunks for
each and every party convicted
by evidence produced by you.
It is true that the holding of
federal licenses to sell liquor is
prima facie evidence, but that ia
by no means sufficient to CON-
IVCT, and our offer was contin-
gent upon that condition, as you
will recollect. We have received
the list of three names you speak
of. Two of them have closed their
places of business and are now out
of reach of the local authorities.
The one remaining open was gwen
attention at the last term of the
Henderson Superior Court, before
the Gazette News volunteered any
information concerning the mat
tor, and therefore it is not enti-
tied to any reward in that case.
We want the worth of our mon
ey, that's all, and when the Ga
zette.News comes along with the
evidence to CONVICT, the money
will be handed over to it. Up to
the present time it has not done
10. II has merely furnished us
with = list of three men holding
federal licenses. Two of these men
are out of reach of the local au-
thorities, and the third was in
dicted by the last grand jury with
out any assistance from our
esteemed contemporary.
The Gazette-N News has doubtless
found out by this time, that the
authorities of this town are handl-
ing the blind tiger situation with
ont gloves, and that The Hustler
was about right when it said these
illicit places were not numerous
here.