davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-28
OPPOSE INSANITY CHARGE
Attorneys For ThaW Deny His
Being Insane at Present
SHARP FIGHT ON JEROME'S MOVE
This With One From Thaw's Mother
Supplements Unanimous Opinion of
eDefeasee attorneys in Regard to
District attorneys Suggestion
Looking to Appointment of Lunacy
Commission.

New York, Specialize attor-
lneys for Harry K. Thaw filed answer
to thS suggestion made by District.
Attorney jerome to Justice Fitzger-
aid that Thaw is mentally incapable
Of 4nderstanaing the nature Of the
proceedings against him and is 9 sub
ject for y commission In lunacy
rather than for a jury which holds
only the power of liberty or death.
experimenting their own unanimous
opipioh, that Thaws.d does understand
the nature of the proceedings against
him andylayca advises. aintelligently
with his counsel, the lawyers have
fled afidavits from the medical ex-
perts employed by the defense AMI u
farther affidavit by Mrs. William
Thaw, the Rother of the defendant.
Mrs. Thaw, however, does not address
herself to the Question Immediately
at issue. She takes advantage of the
opportunity, she declares, to state,
that in the direct lme of descent for
four generation there has been no
faint of Insanity or epilepsy in the
prisoners family. She resents the
malicious Misrepresentation and
gross exaggeration'' on the subject.
The principal affidavit made in.
Thaw's behalf is signed Dolphin M.
Delmas attaches to his personal state
ment a score or more of letters and
notes he has received from Thaw
during the progress Of the trial.
These writings of the defendant, Mr..
.Delmas declares, clearly indicate his
grasp of the proceedings and have
contained from time to time valuable
suggestions as to the course of the
defense.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-28
Negroes Suspected of Murder.

Norfolk, SpeeiaL-Charged with
being implicated in the probable, muir
der of Charles F. Ferguson, the New
SONS postmaster and, business man,
whose body, with pockets picked, was
found in a lane here early Sunday
morning, Thomas Tynes and Lee
johnson, two negroes, have been ar
rested. The prisoners were seen COM
ing from the lane and on their per-
sons keys and eyeglasses supposed to
have been the property of the dead
man were found.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-28
NORTH CAROLINE AFAIRS
Items of interest From Many
Parts of the State
MINOR MATTERS OF STATE NEWS
Happenings Of More or Lses Import
nee Told in ParaGEaphs-Th0 Cot
ton Markets.
Knled by Electric Car.

Asheville, Special.-As a result Of
injuries sustained by being struck by
an electric car on south Main street
Wednesday, Mrs. James Foster, Of
leicester township, died at Mission
hospital. Mrs. Foster, who is 60
years of age, attempted to o south
Main street just below Court square,
and passing behind q wagon, stepped
directly in front of the rapidly o
ing car. But for the prompt actor
and presence of mind of MOrtorman
Naughton, who quickly reversed with
one hand while he reached over the
front Of the car and lifted Mrs. Foster
to n side, the old lady would prob
ably have been instantly killed. The
contact with the moving car, though
slight, threw her to the ground and
caused injuries which though not
deemed serious at the time, were suf-
6cient, in view of Mrs. Fosters adj
vanced age, to justify her immediate
removal to the Mission hospital,
where she received every possible at
tention. She failed, however, to rally
and died Friday morning. paralysis,
caused by the shock; being the direct
cause of death. Mrs. Foster was q
resident of New Found Greek, Leices-
ter township about eight miles from
Asheville. She had lived in that To-
eality for Is years, during which long
period she had never, until last We'd
nesday, left that immediate neighbor-
hood. On Wednesday, accompanied
by her son, she made her first visit
to Asheville. and her unfortunate
death may perhaps be in part at
tributed to the fact that until run
down, she had never before een an
electric ear, and probably miscalcu-
lated the speed at which it was run
ming. There is no blame attached to
the mortorman, who made every effort
to avoid the accident.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-28
Crushed by q Belt.

Shelby, Special.-Blaine Dellinget,
superintendent of the Werner Oil Mill
at baltimore, was caught IN the main
betting of the engine one night last
week and was so badly injured that
death resulted in about three hours.
His remains we're brought to Shelby
for burial. MI. Dellinger was the
son of J. P. Dillinger, a prominent
citizen of Shelby. and proprietor of
the Werner Oil Mill. He attended
school at the A. & NJ. College a few
years ago.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-28
oAtsbt thk tAheNartnr.

: Norfolk, SpeciaL-Striken with pa
ralysis and scarcely able to move
Captain Emerson, keeper Of the
White Shoals lighthouse in the James
river, stuck to his post until relief
came. Although ,striken early In tho
night he kept the light burning. His
feeble cries Tor help coald~not be
heard. He hung out a distress sig
nal when daylight came. That was
eel in the afternoon by a party Of
excursicIsts from Smithfeld. He
would not leave the lighthouse until
relief came. Captain Fimerson's
home is IN Portsmonth 1t is believed
that he viii recover.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-28
Governor Saws Willmington.

Raleigh, fSpecial.-A letter was re-
ceived recently by Governor Glenn
from Ex-Governor Hayward, asking
that North Carolina cooperate with
South Carolina in getting immigrants
to come South; and also asking that
the people of this state use their eff
forts towards making Charleston the
port of entry for. immigrants coming
into the Southern States. Governor
Glenn in reply stated that he would
be very glad on behalf of the people
Of North Carolina to aid in the mat
ter of getting immigrants, of a de-
sirable character, to come South, but
that Wilmington is the desirable port
of entry for immigrants coming to
North Carolina.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-28
By Wire and Cable.

LIE. C. Fosba2rggh, Of Norfolk, was
elected presient Of the North Carelina
Pine Association.
John C. Blair, Assistant United
States District Attorney for the
Western district Of Virginia, died at
Wytheville.
The Seventh District Educational
Conference is in session at Wood
stock. I
A student OF the Unworthy. of yir
GINA who was accused Of cheating
was acquitted at a public trial, five
of the suniversity's alumni sitting as
a court.
District Attorney Jerome submit
ted affdavits of alienists who con-
slider Thaw insane, andasked for the
appointment of a lunacy commission
Brig.-Gen. Theodore j Wint of the
United States Army, died in Phila-
delphia,
Floods have isolated four States in
the Northwest, tied up railroads III
California and cut a gap 80 miles
~wide-in Utah railroad.
John Alexander Dowie, who was
buried Friday left q posthumOus sci.
mon threatening to return and
A smite' his enemies.
j. D. Howbert, a Norfolk and Nesrt
rnofaciak admitted be was shOf'
In his accounts.
Ambassador Bryce is going to cay
ada to study the problems at ISSUE
sbstWssntha sO~unssyand the Unitso
States.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-28
New Enterprises.

A whiskey sdistiIlery was chartered
at Wadesboro-the Pee Dee, Distill-
ing Company, G. o. Fullenwider, P.
T. Bennett and w. T. Mills, to mako
corn whiskey, the capital stock be-
ing $1,000
A. charter is also granted the Pep
pies Telephone Company, Taylors-
wills, capital stock $4,000.
Commissions are issued to- the off,
GERS of Company M. Third Infantry,
Of the national guard at Sanford, as
follows: K, B. Griffin, captain; A.
w. Teague, first lieutenant; Willian
Widdifeld, second lieutenant.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-28
Big Fire at Fayetteville.

Fayetteville, Specialize W. H
Skies Lumber Company, among the
most extensive operators in timber
and lumber in upper Cape Fear, lost
its entire large plant, which has been
burning all day, up to the afternoon.
The loss is estimated at $4,000, with
partial insurance, amount mot yet
known. Dwellings surrounding the
plant were in danger, but were saved.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-28
Turnpike 90. in Receivers Hands

Norfolk, Speeial.-The Consolidat-
ed Tufnpice Company, owning a large
majority Of the county toll roads and
bridges in Norfolk county, under a
suit brought by Arthur Depue, of New
York, holding $4,000 of the com
panys $180606 beid issue, has been
placed in the hands Of II. L Page,
receiver. The remainder of the com
panySs bends are held Rrincipally in
New York. The p~ata4eling of the
company sutPH fpads by tFply lires,
thus Fedueing tell collection; the high
cost se9 Improvement material and
highAabof are assigned as the causes
Of the failure.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-28

DanvhIe, Va, SPeclat.-A tremen-
dous forest fire is sweeping the
county of Patrick and heavy damage
to property has already resulted and
the lives of many are endangered.
The fire started Friday night, it
appears, ear Stuart, the county seat
of Patrick, and the terminus of the
sDanYille g Western Railroad, and
has been, raging, ever since. Latest re-
ports r that the eonfagration is
under no control whatever, though a
large number of citizens and farm
ers engaged in an effort to cut down
trees and e%onfne the blaze to GER
tain limits.
From Stuart the fire has spread
southeast In the direction of DanvilIe.
Sunday night it had reached Critz. a
distance of about Is or 0miles from
Where It originated. The width of
the confagTation is. about six miles,
1About so farm houses have already
been burned and the occupants bare
~ escaped with their9lives. At Pat
rick Springs, an aid established sum-
mer resort. four cottages located sew
eral hundred yards from the main
hotel were burned. The main hotel
is located In a valley with woods on
both sides. IL is In an open space
and was saved only by this enclosmc.
The GsrT1nss, are located ABOUT two
miles from Shut, the railroad station,
and several niles beyond Critl. As
yet no lives nave been repo tel Ios.,
bat there have been many thrilling
escapes. The valuable dwelling hOus-
es of W. N. Martin, a. prominent
Lcitazen, was destroyed together with
its contents. The occupants fed for
their lives and no effurtsYas made to
save anything.
The scene of the origin Of the fire
was on the plantation of the Stuart
Orchard Company which had many
acres ef apples and peach trees. All
OF. the fruit trees ofgfhis concern,
which, Is the largest of its kind in
this section of the State, have been
bifnsd.
Patrick county is a mountainous
couD.fy3lecated about go miles seetL-
west OF DhnviHei and Is famous for
its timber lands, and as a fine fruit
growing section. Apples grown i'll
the c6anty are shipped to all parts
OF the world.
The fire is confined mostly to Bull
and No Business mountains. The
first named mountain was burned sew
eral years ago. No Business noun
tain is a great timber land and the
loss in this respect will be heavy.
In the area of about Is by six miles
already swept only a few farm hoases
located in the valleys escaped destrue-
ton. ~xw
The Danville &Weern, a branch
line of the Southern, IS the only rail-
way that rms through Patrick couil-
ty. No damage is feported to have
been don6stes railroad propertyA
1t Isl impossible to get com
municatlonTto any of points along
theAseeneaof The fire. The Hrst news
was brought here by the crew and.
passengers of a train arriving here
In the afternoon. No trains run on
the DanViIle & Western Saturday a1d
Sunday, hence the telegraph offices.
are closed. The fires on the burning
Mountains Illuminated this section
for miles around, the blaze being
clearly seen by those ontthe tran.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-28
$50 To Public Schools.

Prizes amounting to $50 in money
are to be awarded at the next state
fair to the public schools which show
the best methods in teaching agricul-
ture. The prizes are only for the pub
lie schools, the colleges and higher
institutions being excluded from the
contest.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-28
Bought a Mil Site.

Fayetteville, Specially. d. Nc
Neill, w. E. Kindley and S! H. Mae
Rae have purchased from MI. Neill
Black very valuable property at Man
chester. The purchase includes 129
acres df land, the splendid water
power with five hundred horse al
ready developed, on Lower Little river
at Manchester, a saw mill, planning
mill and several houses.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-28
shesAm Drunken Row.

Clifton, Special.-Bud Cupples and
Lutte Brooks became involved In a
drunken~row at CerroL Gorde Satur-
day and Cupples shot Brooks just be-
low the heart with a 42-caliber Der
ringer. At last reports little hope
was held out for the recovery of
Brooks. h -
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-28
New Steamship Line Savannah
Norfolk.

Savannah, Ga, Speeiai-Annotnce-
ment is made here by the Merchants
and Mariners Transportation conn
pany that beginning April 3d., a
line of steamers will be put on be-
tween Savannah and Norfolk and
Baltimore and Norfolk. This will be
on account of the jamestown Expo
sitiOn. A 40zhour trip between Sas
vannah and Norfolk will be made.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-28
Timber Land Deal.

Dickson, Special.-A deal was con-
sumated by which George Eleazer, a
lumberman of this vicinity, gets pos
session of a large tract of timber in
the Fifth Civil District, known as the
Hail lands. The timber is very valu-
able and will at once be mannfactur.
ed into merchantable lumber.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-28
E!lLg n FOREST.
Sweep through Forests Along
Southwest Virginia
MUCH PROPERTYIS DESTROYED

Patrick County. Va Being Swept
and Already Much Property Loss
Has Resplted-Connagration, Which
Started Near Stuart. is Under No
Control Whatever in Spite of Eff
fortsto Cut Down Timber and Con-
Rne It 20 Certain Limits.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-28
Plenty of Evil to Fight.
ALI Bad Men Alike
BY President Roosevelt.

BY President HOOSSVeIC"
" :: 8: =: E: = {: .; =: ::.; !: :: =: :: =: =: !: :: !: !: ! !: 80: !: =: ~: ! !; $: ': $ !: 4; !: :; s.: ::
whose training should peculiarly help them to leadership In sun
tSNEESJT a tight.
WS@A&SS G Now, just oe word in connection with hat gnt: heMeM
80 Der always that honesty an never be unlateraL ID mol auacA
the poor man whoi is dishonest or tn rich man who is ishonesL as a memD e
Of a class Attack him simply because q is dishonest. wage war TGeuueeSST
ly O every man of wealth who does what is ron Attack in every" y me
inin1fty of the corporation which commits iniquty. But remember, yu ,M n
ofAducat6n, you @mn of college training, you to whom we naVe a VSnC "
Io0krDr9 leadership in the generation taking u pitsb burdens, tnat .yoGuo
the greatest possible wrong if you train people to a obhqueness Oh Vn pn
which shall max them condemn wealth instead of eondemning rookie ,WeaHnt
which shall make them fail to see that the rea test is honesty as Against :"
honesty Hf #~ # -.
Condemn the rich nan who corupts a Legislature; condemn equally the
demagogus who seeks te ncte N set Of III citizens against anotnerD ecan
that other is in the material things of this world more fortunately o: 1e
wealthy cordpt6mst and the sol denogogue, who denounces III Weahn' rePLS
sent not opposite vices, but the same vices developed Inder dfterent .conaQE
t0ns The arrogance Of the man Of wealth who disregards' MS pngauo %
the country, who looks down upon and dtsregards htsp poorer romH5 HWout%1
different feeling from; It's the same feeling as the envy w Ia 1gare @ ultimate ate
mn W q ihpns msganns The selfish arrogance e n tn en1 ff Is n saSs foul of
shield You, can rest assured that the poor man who ths enves and n %M a the
rich man. the arrogant mai who looks down upon and regar MS MS uy
toward the poor nn would leach. commit the faults Of tn otner II 1oftne
placed him in the position of the other.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-28
~ y "
invention dna Imagination.

~@A%N4EAT poets seldom invent their myths and it may in time become.
a commonplace of criticism that they seldom invent heir orms.
But in default of the lesser invention, they have tn larger masnF
haEaaaA alton; and there is no pedantry in seeking to emphasize the us
AFN, tncuon between these two" qualities, often careessy onuuseu
Invention is external and imagination is internal n poets, "
tE the mere fact that they are poets, possess the power of magm
ton, which alone gives vitality and significance to the readymade plots ney are
willing to run into eadymade moulds. Invention can d no moret nan devise;
Imagination al interpret The details Of Romeo n Juliet may be mor or
Iessc contained in the tale O the Italian novelist; but the meaning Or that
ideal tragedy of youthful love is seized and set forth only by the English rama
tt - @&s
Imagination in it's fullest meaning must be held to include invention; Tut In
vention is only one OF the less important elements of imagination; n 1t Is
the element which seems to be more orless negligible when the other elements
are amply developed. La Fontane of the most individual Of enc poets,
devised only a feW-and not the best-of the delightful fables b e related with
unfafing felicity. Calderon, who was the mos imaginative of the dramaucs
OF Spainj vas perhaps the least Inventive of them all, contentedy awaiting MN
self of the situations, and even of the complete plots Of his more fertile fellow
paywnghts; and two of his most characteristic dramas, for example w IN
which he has most adequately expressed himself, the "Alcalde of Zalamea. n
the Physician o. His Own Honor are borrowed almost bodily from. stories,
both Of them, each in it's kind-did not demand a larger Imaginative enor ito o
the part of theirs several authors than was required Ito write the "Riseo Of Snas
Lapham" or "Tem SaWyer"-FFom7 Invention in Literature" in Scdbner%
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-28

BaaEF ally PROCESSING CnTsuanIy; IMe able DOIed ngage IN son
form If manual labor, by which they earn the means of subsistence.
The alarming extent Of. this dreadful infection prevailing among them
cannot be oVerstded. Hardly a home where it has not found victims, and
hardly a home where it does not still exit in some form The disease is usG-
and goes to his trader and orders a suit of grave clothes. 81 have the sick,
ness" he says. He is measured for the suit, and by the time it is finished
the buyer is often ready to wear it through the long sleep The mother and
the grownup Sol Or daughter are likely to, share a similar fate. Under such
conditions and in such environment, it will readily be understood that a n at
mosphere of gloom and depression abounds, paralzing to ambition and to
further advancement-From" tuberculosis Among the Sioux ndians"-Am-
ercan Monthly Review of Reviews. .
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-28
The Ideal Republic.
~ Theodore Roosevelt.

@ET-NHIS government will succeed because it shall never fall inos such
a pit al the republics of old fell into; this government shall not
IT, - ODE a government by a putocracy and it shall lot be a govern
- ment by a mob. 1t is 70 be- and it shall b a government Of the
1MNNHNNA fqplan people, where each nal zeaIously guards his own rights and
AE@&2t n o less cruPulousIy remembers his duty n pays a due regard
- tothe rights o others; a government whose guiding principle is
and shall be that each man. rich or poor whatever his rank. whatever his DE-.
cupaton, whatever MS creed, Is to be judged solely IN his worth and merits
as aman.# aE5I.-. - -#N ="Y~.~#%>%E-M
We need to check the forces OF greed to insure jast teatmen alike of cap
ii and of labor andSfL the generalp pubic, to prevent any mar, rich or poor,
from doing or receiving wrong, whether this wrong be one Of cunning OF of
Violence Much car be done by wise legislation md by resoIute nforceme
of7tHe law. Butstl more must bed done by steady training If the Individual
citizen in conscience and character until be grows to abhor corruptfon and
greed and tyranny and brutality. and to prize justice and fair dealing. ~
9.YTlbebooTes us americans to- look ahead and plan out thu RICH kind OF a
.a-uGotmD 90 fhat which w Intend II deyelop from these onderfni nnw I'm
difnns of ys industrial growth
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-28
The 3. 7. White Plague.
Among the Sioux
By De1orrr1e w. Robfrn son, IL. ..

az great Sioux tribe. the most puissant of the American aborigir
the Missouri.
There are about twenty-five thousand of these people m
is whitening to extinction with tuberculosis at the agencies ak
ing fair progress in civilization; living in houses; wearing
ezenR cothtng: the children being educated: the families gel
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-28
Service or SelfiShnesS%
!. Which !?

3766lD affairs men are to be found who seem to have n o purpose IN life
- caeSAe say to crafty their own ambitions or appetes, Officials violate
heir oAhs of Office, trusted employees become embezzles, intrigue, trfckery,
and rascaHty are found in every department OF public and private life. It is
quite possible so to fill the vision with all this as to shut out that which is
good IN unselfsh, But w e shall b eIuntr1e to facts if W e fail to- take into
account hi growth in unseffsh devotion to- the public welfare If there are
horrible examples Of the utter disregard Of the interests Of others, there are
also encouraging instances O sefforgetful ministry TO Til best. life If the peo-
pie Wherever men devote themselves to plundering others give themselves to
debauchhg our political life there one will find another devotng his best
energies to the task Of publication. Do some spend their lives in ministring
to their own selfshness, in heaping up wealth regardless of the means en-
ployed Or the injury done to othHs? Owe against these stands a noble body
of men which finds life 10y losing it, which gives years an the fulness Of pow
aSt TO helnflness -
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-28
Story of the Crime.

1t will be remembered that Kenneth
Beasley, ~9-year-oId son of StateASena
tor 8. M. Beasley, mysteriously disep-
peared during recess at the afternooE
session of the school he was attending
near his home at Poplar Branch,
Currituck county, this State, Monday,
swamps wer thoroughly searched by
hundreds of people, In a systematic
manner being divided into companies
with captains of each party. The
search continued for two weeks OF
more and, ms is well known, no trace
of the lost child was found.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-03-28
20 YEARS For GARRISON

Judge Allen Fixes Bond at 5000
and Harrison is demanded 70 jan
Until Bond Can Be Certified
Court o~verrules Motion to Set
Aside Verdict and Arrest Judg-
m0mf