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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-18

Totals q ,e9S, 24O,3 76 Inc so, SIS, sos
In exports 1906 gave us compared
with 1905 $21,00O,O 900 more for less
cotton, $S2,000,0 600 more for wheat,
100000 more for wheat -four, ST.
500, 900 more for automobiles, So
100000 more for railroad cars, near
ly S2S000,000 more for chemicals,
$4,O00,000 more for copper, $4,000
600 for hops, 100000 more
for scientific instruments and ap-
paratus, $~1,20O,OO0 more for
steel sheets, $1,700,000 more for
wire, $1,S00,000 moro for builders
hardware, $2,3O0,0O0 more for metal
working machinery, $1,4O0,000 more
for sewing machines, $4,000 900
more for locomotives, $5,O00,0OO
more for upper feathers, $1,000 900
more for boots and shoes, $1,90O,0OO
more for tallow, $7,60O,00O more for
bacon, $4,000, 900 more for pork, So
600, 900 more for lard, 1900, 00Omore
for oleo, $1,700,00 more for butter,
$1,700,0 0 more for cheese, ST.
100000 more for naval stores, ST.
100000 more for oil cake and meal,
S1,700,0 900 more for crude oil, $4,-
100000 more for refined oil, $1,000
600 more for paper and manufac-
lures thereof, $11, 1000, 900 mor for
seeds, $5,S00,000 more for leaf to-
bacco, $5,6OO,000 more for timber,
100000 more for lumber and pla-
ming mill products, besides a host of
minor increases, with. very few de-
creaSeS.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-18
COST OF LIVING LESS.
commodity Fricss Fall, Partly Because the Hen
is Busy.

New York City. - A decline of
nearly two per cent. in commodity
prices is attributed by Dun's Index
Number in large measure to the
spring activitieN Of the American hen
and the consequent decline in the
price Of eggs of ten and a half cents
a dozen, which resulted in a heavy
increase in the per capita consump-
ton.
It is usual at this time of year for
the prices of dairy and garden pro-
ducts to recede, but last month the
decline was exceptional. Comment
ing on the causes Of the decline, out
side of the influence of the break in
eggs, Dun's mentions the relief to
railway freight blockades, that made
it possible to move grain and many
other products more freely to mar
ket. and the feeling of conservatism
in some industries, which restricted
purchases of raw materials. a.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-18
BUSINESS SKY CLEARER.
Country's Great Trade Centres F:e-
port Record Prosperity.

port record prosperity.
New York City.-Special dispatches
to the Tribune from three of the
country's great centres of trade
P~ittsburg, st. Louis and Chicago
show no appreciable' falling off in
business. The opinions of fnanciers,
manufacturers and business men in
general are uniformly optimistic, and
do not reflect the pessimism expressed
by James j. HILL. Mr.. Schiff and Mr..
Belmont in recent interviews.
Pittsburg expects some slackening
up, and will welcome it, but scouts
any real business depression. Men
high in the steel trade say, there can
be no depression there this year or
next.
st. Louis is enjoying the greatest
business prosperity in it's history, and
prospects are for more business this
year than last. One of the great rail-
road equipment companies reports or
ders on it's books for nearly 100, 900
cars.
Chicago reports business in every
line booming and on the increase.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-18
NO RoCKEFELLER BOULEVARD.
Cleveland Takes His Name From the
Driveway He Gave.

Cleveland, Ohio.-John D. Rookie
f%eIler's name is no longer borne by
the boulevard he gave to the city.
The administration has changed the
name of the upper driveway in Rookie
Teller Park from Rockefeller Boule-
ward to East Boulevard.
Residents in houses and apartments
along the driveway are indignant.
The change was authorized some time
ago, but those most affected knew
nothing of it until signs bearing the
new name were put up within d last
few days.
No explanation has been offered by
the city authorities.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-18
CHRONOLOGY OF
THAW.WHTTE CASE.

These are the chief events in
he ThaY-White tragedy:
L906-Jane 26-ThaW shoots
and instantly kills Stan
ford White on the Mad
ison Square Roof Gar
den.
l907-Jan. 23-Thaw arraigned
for trial. before Justice
Fitzgerald in the Grim
inal Branch Of the SUI
preme Court; drawing
= of jury commences.
Feb. 4-Morning-Tak-
ing of testimony begins;
prosecution puts in it's
case during the fore
;. noon. Afternoon-De-
tense opens.
Feb. z and 8-Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw, wife of the
prisoner, testiies to the
story of her ruin by
Stanford White, which
she told her husband,
Harry Thaw.
, Feb. 12-"Brainstorm"
theory advanced by
alienist for the defense.
Feb. 14-Death of jurors
wife stops trial.
Feb. Is, 10, 20, 81, 25,
26-Jerome cross-exam-
ines Evelyn and attacks
her story of her down
fall.
March S-Thaw's defense
closed; prosecution
opens in rebuttal.
March 1S-Abraham H.
Hummel puts in photo
graph of last page of
Evelyn's alleged retrac-
ton of charges against
White.
March 20-Jerome halts
trial to demand a COM
mission to test Thaw's
present sanity.
March &c Commission
appointed by Justice
Fitzgerald to decide on
defendants mental con-
dition.
April 4 - Commission
after having examined
Thaw reports him sane;
trial ordered resumed.
April S-Lawyer Delmas,
all evidence for both
sides being in, begins
final appeal to the jury.
April 10-District Attor-
ney Jerome made his ar
gument; Justice Fitz-
gerald charged the jury.
April Jury deliber-
ates.
April Jury disagrces
and is discharged.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-18
A BILLION PAID FOR AUTOS.
French Statistician Says That America Now
Leads the World.

Washington, D. C.-M. Faroux, a
French statistician, according to a
report received by the Bureau of
Manufactures, estimates that about
$4,000 motor cars have been manu-
featured in the nine FEARS since the
experiment of self-propelled road We
hicles first succeeded. These ma
chimes sold for more than a billion
dollars.
Until a year ago France, the pio-
neer, led the world in the production
of the motor vehicle. Now the United
States has taken the lead. Accord
ing to M. Faroux, the United States
built $4,000 automobiles in 1906,
France $4,000, England $4,000, Ger
man $4,000, Italy $4,000 and Bel
gium $4,000. In 1901 the United
States built only 314 cars, and that
same year France built 2S.711.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-18
ao,0oO,ooo RUSSIANS STARVING.

Commissioner Sends Heartrcnding
Report From the Famine Districts. i
London.-Dr. Kennard, Commis-
sioner of the Society Of Friends, who
was sent to investigate the Russian
famine, writing from the nea-t OF
the famine district, appeals to the
United States and Great Britain to
promptly send help. He says: b
There are 10000, 900 people dis
tributed in the southeastern provinces
of Russia who cannot live to see n
other aaryest without aid"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-18
Customs Receipts Essyier.

New York City. = Customs re-
ceipts are running $7O,605 a day
heavier than last year.. So far
this fiscal year they have averaged
$749,579 a day, as against $678,973
during the fiscal. year 1905-6. Treas
ury officials predict the highest an
nual record the country has eVer
known on july l..
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-18
resolution Indorses President.

Representative Hitchcock intro
duced a resolution in the Pennsylva-
MIA House, Harrisburg, indorsing the
stand which President Roosevelt has
taken in regard to corporations and
giving him a vote of confidence. 1t
was unanimously adopted.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-18

Galusha Grow Pensioned by Carnegie
The late Galusha A. Grow, of Penn
sylvania, was so stripped of his Tor
tune by blackmailers that his wants
were provided for by Andrew Carne-
gle for the last two years.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-18
OUR GROWING FOREIGN TRADE.
Increase Of s223,s 2s, soi During the Pas,
Eight Months.

Washington, D. C.-The foreign
trade of the United States increased
S22S,629,301 during the eight
months ended February 2S, not
w~ithstanding a falling off of $23,-
100000 in the exports of foodstuffs.
The increase was made up of $780,
779,3O6 in the volume of imports
and $9O,S4S,995 in the value of ex-
ports-the most notable in any one
class being the exports Of crude me-
terials to be used in manufactures.
which reached a total Of $~447,O73,-
SGT, against $372,054,9O1 in the
same period of the previous year.
The imports of like materials also
showed a large increase-$44,S21,-
164. The totals for the several
classes and the comparative increases
are.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-18

Manchuria Clear of Japs.

NJ. ,Hayashi, the japanese Minister
GG Pekin, has officially informed the
Gnlnese Foreign Office that all the
japanese troops, with the exception
VI the railroad guards, have been
Withdrawn from Manchuria.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-18
Fremont Court-Martial Begun.

The court-martiaI trial Of Major
F. F. Fremont, son of "The Path
finder" on the charge of conduct I'M
becoming an army officer in connec-
ton with several financial transac-
lions, was begun in New York City.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-18
Indorse Third Term.

The Minnesota House of Repre-
sentatives at st. Paul with a rising
vote which the Speaker announced
was NEARLY unanimous passed con-
current resolutions indorsing Presi-
dent Roosevelt for a third term.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-18
Premier stolypin Censured.

M. Golovin, President of the Duma,
~ 1t' petersburg, sent a curt letter
~ Premier Stolypin, rebuking him
no ~curtailing the activity of Parlia-
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-18

Free Rides For Jersey Congressman.
The Free Railroad Pass bill was
amended in the House at Trenton, N.
J., to give to United States Senators
and Representatives in Congress free
travel on all New Jersey railroads.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-18
DE. Haueh Respited.

Governor Harris has respited DR..
oliver Haugh, who was to have been
e~Iectrocuted at Columbus, Ohio, an
insanity plea having been decided
upon. @na,IIIA=
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-18
:Jap Embassy at Constantinople.

Advices from London say that a
Japanese Embassy at Constantinople
is assured, and it is pointed out that
it's establishment~WiIl put IN end to
ideas of the partition Of the Ottoman
Empire.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-04-18
Gets Three Years Leave.

Secretary of the Navy Metcalf
granted the, application of Command
er Robert E. Peary for a leave OF ao-
sence for three years, the time TO De
devoted by him to Arctic exploration.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-10-24
The Weekly Papers Problem.
Charlotte Observer.

Charlotte Observer.
In discussing the increasingly Sc
rious problems which now CONFRONT
newspaper publishers all over the
country, the Fourth Estate, whose
name sufficiently indicates it's nature
as a publication, expresses the opih-
ion that the worst sufferers Will oe
those weeklies and semi-weeklies when
several years ago reduced subscrip-
tions from So and $1.50 to$1. This
unfortunate cut in price" says our
contemporary, occurred when the
country was in the clutches OF hard
times, and the people were not aple
to pa their bills. Now every sup,
scription taken at that price Is Weli
NIGH financial loss. 1t will be at a
loss when the new price OF paper
goes into effect. There is but one
thing for small publishers to do. ana
that is to increase the price OF theii
papers. They should not expect &C
make the advance less than fifty
cents on 81 subscriptions, and tht
same amount on S1.5O rates.
No subscriber ought to expect to ge
; a paper for such n sum as 81. IN
q blank paper alone will be worth neari
= that" That's the way it looks t
e us. is looking to more and NOR
| weekly and semi-weekly publisher;
e and should shortly look to All tn
e subscribers concerned. If the Lahore
5 is worthy OF his hire and these pa
ticular laborers are to receive an
!. hire at all, no other course remain
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-10-24

Lexington Dispatch
: An old Confederate soldier named
Webster, Of Cowpens, S. C., was III
Lexington last week for day on
business, and while here met a com
rade in arms and the two compared
notes on the war, both having been
in the commands that operated to-
gether a good deal. Mr.. Webster
topped off his conversation with a
Joke the scene OF which he laid in
South Carolina. He said a preacher
was telling about the wanderings ol
the children OF Israel. Moses, be said
| led them all about in the wilderness
i for 40 years before they ever got out
4 When be reached this point it wal
more than one of Jackson's old sol
diers could stand, and he rose up II
, the congregation, and pointing
long, bony forefnger at the parson
he said, Eyes, and if .Stonewail Jack
r son had bin thar, he'd got .eI
! out in three daysr Saying which
o Mr.. Webster boarded the train fe
lCowpens.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-10-24
Stay With the Farm.
Pacific Homestead.

Pacific Homestead
Much is being said and written
urging the-rising generation TO stay
on the farm.
The farm is the best place Tor
The, same can be said in regard to
old folks. 1t is also the place Tor
One OF the saddest sights we see IS
when old folks and middle aged peo-
nle who have lived all their lives on
The farm. raised a large family ana
surrounded themselves with iuSuries
and comforts which only the country
can furnish and the city cannot sup
nort-iust when they have every,
thing fixed so they can lay back ana
enioy life-snll the old farm ana
with it all that memory cherlshes
and moves to town, thinking they
will he satisfied, and that they nave
at last attained the ease and freedom
from care which is their due aftel
lif's struggles with adve rsity. :. :,
This would be all right II L
brought about the desired result Du
# does not. 1t all seems very nc
and restful for while. but In n'nearl:
: every case after a year or SO OF Tow w,
: life with it's rush and rattle, with th
!. high prices which they must pay 10
t the same necessities which they hav
y always heretofore produced then
s selves. without horses, COWS or cnicl
e ems. for these things connot De kel
O in town except at great expense, tne
-e berin to long for the farm with I i
ts milk. butter and eggs-plenty Il
Is all and some to sell.
le II is hard for men and women who
lie lives have always been full OF aetl'
ne to suddenly cease from manual iao'
,g and spend their remaining days
IN leisure. The old folks seldom enl
he the sports and pastimes with whl
ne the Youth OF the cityb begulle
yh nassing hours and time hangs hea
en- on their hands. .,,. .
he Stay with the farm, whether )
ed be old or young, and you VIII ne'
lly be assailed by the ills and bills "n
is, make life a burden to the city owen
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-10-24
Making il Hard for the Dead Beat.

Gastonia Gazette
Moreanton has joined the growing
LIST of towns in the State that are put
ting the clamps on the dead peat .
The business men of that town me.
"a at at week and organized a merchants
collection association. Its oplecC ,s
to collect long-standing accounts que
w. W. mem 5ers and in the meantime TO
nrotect ,r themselves against the futnIe
impositions of those who MAKE ueuss o
and an do not pay them. Reference ice mas mas
been I made in these columns to tine tne
GOOD work being done at statesVl,ie
and and perhaps other points ,,da.ina IN tna
State Sta by the bad debt coiiecting
a~encies. This latest organiza'i.1hl hL
has the added advantage that m .n'
collecting of bad debts is TO 'a, pe oor'
on n attorney whom they have chose se,
for this work. Verify, it seems a I'll
dars OF the dead beat are NUMBERS
in the Old North State. We can oni
odd that the sooner the dead oea.: 7:
one and all, reach the ends OF ene, =,
rows and come to the root-nosU;
die noint this neck O. the WOODS WI
he infinitely better OFF.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-10-24
Only Sober Men Wanted
The Influence Of Employers in the
Cause Of Temperance.
Roanoke lVa) Times.

Roanoke tVa) Times.
There Is aninteresting temperance .
lecture in the classified ADVERTISEMENT |
page of the American Press, tie i
weekly bulletin issued by the Ass1via !
ton which furnishes readym-tde !
'.plate" mat .er tc the smaller papers.
In the last number Of that pu@r
tllirty-six newspapers and printing
offices advertise for help wantei,
and tliirty-three persons advertise
for positions wanted. Oh these,
twelve nf the advertisements Tor help
especially -ay that lleapplicant must
be sober, or mo booze fighter three
for women, (who would presumably
be sober anyway and a large share
OF the remainder specify that the ap-
pIicant must be reliable" must
have references as to character OF
other statements obviously intended
to mean that he must be sober. Two
of the advertisements also require
that applicant shall not be asm"ker
OF the rhirty-three applicants Tor
Jobs, fifteen specify that they are
sober, two are women, and most "1
tile remainder ;innonnce themselves
: as ",trictly reliable Or offer refer
ences which nobody but a snber mai
wG..l! be likely to get.
Among the advertisements, The
l following arr, extracts from the most
extraordinary:
.Wauted-Lady and gentleman
: composit,rs at once; 10 bonznrs he'';
!, apply"
e Mariiiiist operator wants day
II LIGHT place. Addrrss, with best wages
e sober, etc.
g This is the newspaper and printin.
II business, in which perlodl: drunkei
q ness was once SO common as to be Il
is most IL qualification for acceptance
rs Now hall tue people who advertls
70 for help or Jobs expressly deman
y, sobriety, or recommend tiemselve
W as having it, and the other half In
as ply the same qualification.
~ In some other line OF employmel
at the requirement is even more rlSl
an Railroads are requiring tralnmen
lis be not merely sober, but total a
ed stainers. The same demand Is ais
20 made on operators OF all sorts
ng dangerous machinery, or men 7
p quired to be prepared at any mome
or to meet an emergency, as IRENE
De- policemen and train dispatchers.
he And the requirement OF absolu
Dis sobriety at all times, on and OH dut
Die has become the commonest standa
re. OF business life and professional
ri sponsibility. The only man who
'er atliberty to get drunk when he pleas
les is the roustabout whose place IN {
sh- world anybody can take. -.
ng 1t is the temperance OF prace"
OF business. In these modern days
in are all so dependent on each oti
or that none of us can afford to ha
ern any Others fail to keep up their el y
his When the drinker hurt nobody
du- himself, society managed to aff9
i'll to let him get drunk. Now I'll
ess society is so interlocked that
it's tdisarrangementofpart disartlcuia
for the whole, intenperance simply G.
a not be afforded. And therefore,
md whiskey or drink problem is work
The out it's own solution.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1907-10-24

The responsibility for daughters
future largely rests with the nother'
The right influence AID the lnfor-
nation which is of vital interest To
the daughter impaired at the proper
time has not only saved the ilIe ono
insured the success Of many a ceiso-
tifnl girl.
When girls thoughts become
sluggish. with headache. dizziness or
a disposition to sleep, pains III PACK
or lower limbs, eyes dim, desire Tor
solitude; when she is a mystery to
herself and friends, her mot her
should come to her aid, and remen-
Der that Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound, made from native
roots and herbs, will at this time
prepare the system for the coming
change, and start this trying perlod
in young girls life without pain
or irregularities. 1t has been thus
depended upon for two generations
Hundreds of letters from young
girls and their mothers. expressing
Gratitude for what Lydia h. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has done
for them, are constantly being re
| ceived.
Miss Ellen NJ. Olson, Of AIT n. Eas
| St Kewanee, Ill. writes:-
| Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
.T have had the best doctors in our tow
for INV sickness and they all thought tina
an operation was necessary. l had heeaache
No ether remedy has sue
ills. Thousands of women re-
! States bear willing testimony
q. Pinkham's Vegetable Compo
lydia E. PiaAhac,'s Vegetable Comp;
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A Coulter. F"
Farmville (Va) Herald.

FarmvIlle tNa) heraid.
eff one-half OF the lack OF Chris
tianity in the world comes from indef-
initeness, the other half comes from
men who are cutters. Do not be
a quitter. A gutter is one of the
meanest and most cowardly things
on earth. Do not be a quitter. The
GUTTER is a pessimist, and a pessimist
gets fat on dreaming great things
and then uses the accumulated tissue
in destructive criticism, who blows
| out the light to see how dark it is
So said II distinguished Episcopal
| divine in ii recent address at Wash.
| ington and they are words OF truth
| and soberness. And we are going to
add that a "quitter' in politics is
next in ..meanness" and "cowardlce
to a gutter in affairs religious. Th'
man also goes into Convention viii
party associates and then quits whei
the latter is joined is "A deserter o
darkes. hue. .'Better' not vow am
1 vow and TO pay