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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-10
Oh, What i Week

Court Is over, Judge PEBBLES is gone,
the jail is empty Of prisoners, and all the
attorneys and most of the officials feel
like drawing a long breath and offering
up a prayer Of Thanksgiving.
His Honor is a strict and impartial
judge. While on the bench he ex-
pressed himself with a distressing free
dom about many different things and
said the officials were extremely negli-
gent of their duty in-not disarming Joe
Rhodes before he had an opportunity to
cut::Bryson in that election day scrape.
He said the verdict in the osteen case
was an outrage, and seemed dissatisfied
with the verdicts as q general thing.
He hurries things along. and the jail is
now empty of guests. The chaingang
has been increased by six.
When not on the bench the Judge is
q genial and companionable man with q
store of good stories. he served in the
same regiment with ]. M. Shepherd,
was promoted on the battlefield of Five
Forks for gallantry, eight days before
the surrender, and commanded the last
skirmish in which Mr.. Shepherd par
ticipated.
These are some of the prizes handed
out by His Honor:
r. G. Blythe, ARRAY, acquitted.
Cashie Morgan and Fred Cash, ARRAY.
not guilty.
Tom Washington, colored, ARRAY,
guilty, Judgment suspended.
Frank Mayhue and Eliza Goodwin,
fornication and adultery. Since mar
ried; Judgment suspended.
Hickman Osteen, larceny and receiV.
ing. Notgsilty. The Judge remarked
that he did not see how the jury reach
ed that conclusion.
Ed Daugherty, COL, found guilty o
forcible trespass, Judgment suspended
State VS.. Joe Rhodes, Joe Bryson ant
George Liverett. Ltverett not guilty
Btyson guilty of simple assault, which
verdict was set aside and mol pressed
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Rhodes found guilty and sentenced to
IL months In jail, to be worked out on
the county roads. Defendant appealed.
Will Elijah, COL, ARRAY, 8 months on
the gang.
EdJohnson. larceny, II months on the
gang.
Ely Griffith, carrying concealed wea-
pons, not guilty.
Col. Smith and Henry Goodwin, COL,
ARRAY, Smith guilty. judgment sus-
pended.
John Hammett, colored, larceny, IL
months. .
Jack Hun, colored, larceny. y months
on chain gang.
White Belcher. carrying concealed
weapons, $40 and costs.
Clarence Roper, same, $50 and cost.
Henry Butler, same, s months on the
chain gang.
Harrison Green, colored, John Morris
and Clarence Trai, disturbing religious
meeting, guilty, judgment suspended.
J.L. Alexander, carrying concealed
weapons, go and costs.
Clingman King. assault and battery,
Eve cents and costs.
Sam Baldwin and Dovie Lewis, forni
cation and adultery, Baldwin fined 800
z. B. Arledge, assault and battery 81.
Lewis Hoots, carrying concealed wea.
pons, $2e and costs.
Ward McCallop, same, $50 and costs.
Bob Duncan and Mary Fowler, forni-
cation and adultery, Duncan drew chair
gang sentence, sentence suspended fol
the woman.
I. Q. Guice, for retailing liquor. no
guilty.
Sam Dotson, retailing, three charges
judgment suspended on payment of tn,
costs.
Henry Brock and Dave Dogan, ARRAY
Brock not guilty and Dogan $25 AMI
costs.
Harrison Brown, carrying conceale,
weapons, $40 and costs.
Long Collins, same charge and sam
sentence.
Jennie Hardin, keeping a disorderl
house, not guilty.
Frank Waters. COL. carrying conceal
ed weapons, nj guilty. Mr.. Water
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ready for them, possibly Mr.. Crawford
may get the Department at Washing
ton to send experts here who will bring
machinery and constructs short stretch
Of road which will serve ~ 3 model and
guide for your future work.
The benefits to be derived from good
roads may be summarized as follows:
They require less power; save time;
save money by saving time and power;
brings markets nearer; better profits
to the farmer; diminish wear and tear
on stock and wagons; increase the value
Of farm lands.
Indiana has 80 per cent. Of her roads
improved and farm lands no better than
North Carolina lands sell nc @0O an acre
against $40 an acre here. I know Of one
man in Madison county, Tenn, who vas
offered "a, 600 dollars for his place be-
fore they had good roads there. BE
has since absolutely refused sl3, 900 for
it. If your lands are increased in value
only s5 an acre you have made enough
by that Increase to pay the cost Of .
good road.
Good roads make life more desirable
for your family. They bring in . more
desirable and better class of people.
You win have more tourists who will
come in crowds to this finest part Of the
beautiful Land of the Sky.
have spent q short time ut Lake TOx.
away, and while there noticed the i'm
provements and good roads q certain
wealthy man is making in his great CO.
tate. This gentleman has spent part OF
his life in California, in Egypt, in Eng
lano and In Switzerland, aud has finally
selected Western North Carolina a. q
permanent residence.
He says he believes this part OF the
country to be the finest part Of the whole
world and will reside here permanently
If you have the good roads more suct
people will come here and eventually
the western part of North Carolina viii
be q veritable paradise.
! Mr.. Eldredge then showed many pic
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Crawford on
a good roads
Campaign.
Dent win greatly improve them.
Continued from First Page.

ment will greatly improve them.
Now, as to road location. A ten per
cent. grade takes ten times as much
power to haul q given load as on q level
stretch. The load you can haul is gov
orned by the steepest hill on the road.
So when you cut down hill on your
roads You make . permanent improve
ment.
Always follow the route of the easiest
grade; avoid unnecessary ascents or de-
scents; use the shortest route common
purate with right grade; locate your
road 30 as to reduce cost of grade; cross
I'll obstacles at right angles; go around
hills instead OF over them; cross ridges
ut lowest pass; have no grades over 5
per cent; make sharp curves level.
! Now as to drainage and construction.
Only 3 per cent. of the roads In North
Carolina are improved. The best in
vestment you can make is to get road
machines. One machine with 4 men
and 1 horses or mules will do more and
better work than 200 men with picks
and shoyels. BY all means make your
bitches with a machine, Make cuIverts
Of sufficient capacity to carry all the
water. Garry the water under the road
no frequent intervals. Maintain the
roads with the split log drag to smooth
out Ghe ruts and keep in repair.
A road kept in repair by this means
becomes like q hog wallow turned up
side down. Il becomes water proof, ant
sheds water as readily as O ducks back
It becomes SO hard you cannot drive
pick into it.
Roads should be 20 feet wide. Do no
repair holes in q dirt road with rocks
but with the same material as the res
OF the road itself.
As to macadam roads. When you &c
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Notice of Land Sale

BY virtue of the power con..,,
Two mortgage deeds executed ~ :
Israel and wife, n. 5. Israel, to ~
Kay, the one on Jan. 18th, 1908 arS SsD
other on Aug. 2lst, 1908, and T. Aa
said Mod. Ray duly assigned for aa
TO me, l will offer for sale at pnhl "Aal
cry &C the court house door in HS. W.
sonville. on the 4th day of Novs%S'e
1907, to the highest bidder for c .I
following described lands. lv;nu' al
beng in tho township of Mills Pjv. at
Henderson county, and in Avery'sc .,!s
township, BuncOmbe county. NJ
Carolina, and known and desiSn,tNS1a
follows, viz:
Tract Mol, being that tract upon III,
E. r. IsraslnoW lives, lying and n.,'
on the west side of the French pS1
river, in Mills River township, HonS,
son county, North Carolina. sdio;usa
lands of P. J. Israel, Westley LsSha.t
and w. r. Hickman, and mors tss
described in q deed from A. O, Nv.
and wife to E. r. Israel, dated Nav sss
I 1884, and recorded in Book 81, at Nv" a
221, Of the records Of deeds for EeDsS Ss
son county, containing so acres mor.
less, except IL acres sold by E, R. T,r,.
and wife TO G.. G. Lance, Describes -
deed recorded In Book 50 at paOs 5S :
the records of Henderson COUNTY
Tract No. 2, in Avery's Creef tovn
shis, Buucombe county, North Carol'.
adjoining lands Of 8. B. Birch, q y
Ledbetter, ct al. :"
Beginning on a white oak on ths v.,,
side OF Barnayis branch, which i, n,
| Henderson and Bnneombe countv In.
and runs northwest 80 poles to a WIN,
oak; thence south four poles 20 a hI,s.
oak; thence 8 W 80 poles to a blscfosL.
northwest 40 poles to a NJ
pie on the bank of Barnay's branch
thence east with the branch 40 pole1 +
G. w. Ledbetteris corner; theuce Nh
said branch to the beginning, coutsiniu.
80 acres, more or less. !.
Said sale is advertised and will N
made in order to the collection Of III.
debts secured by the said MORTGAGE
default having been made in the psy.
ment thereof by said E. r. Israel st Ia
time the same fell due and after dsnaI
for payment thereof has been made up
on the said E. r. Israel.
This October 9Th, 1907.
Med. RAY, Mortgage,
W. C. JoRDA AN, Assignee,
per Med. RAY, Attorney.
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lures OF roads In different parts of the
world, the old Egyptian roads. hfstori-
cal roads Of the old Bible times, the ia
nous roads OF Persia and India, the
marvellous mountain roads Of Russia and
Of Switzerland. The Swiss government
has found good roads to be very profta-
BILE. Last year English tourists alone
spent over $4,000. 600 in that country.
Finally roads in this country before
and after improvelng them were shown,
and It Is . pity that the whole of Hem
derson county was not present to see
them. They were objsct lessons which
would have impressed the most bigoted
and the audience present left the opera
house with the desire and the spirit for
good roadS burning brightly within
them.
These pictures OF the old time roads
WerO V0Ey OoouSAUA ndoOOS sVmO Va WIG
Swiss mountain roads, climbing around
and around the monstrous mountains at
q grade which permits q horse trotting
clear to the summit, thousands of feet
high, being among the wonders of mod
ern engineering.
Mr.. Crawford and Mr.. Eldredge left
for Brevard in the afternoon. This cam
paiRn Of education for good roads
will be carried all over the tenth con
Rresaional district. The results are
bound to be an awakening among Con-
gresham Crawford's constituents for
better roads in their neighborhood. Mr..
EldredRe shows how it can be done n
little cost and proves the great advant'
age Of good gravel roads. The awaken
ing Of the people may DO o. little slow
along this line but eventually it is bound
to come, aud Mr.. Crawford is to be con
RrntulAted upon his desire to place thu
matter fairly before the people in 80 at
tractive and interesting q manner.
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made an imprisoned speech to ,th.
who We're SO touched by his mo me Jun,
peal that they decided that h. Uvlng ~
guilty. Was Na
Cnas. Station, retailing, iuduu.u
pended on payment of costs. ent aus
William Smith and Rob;rso.
fornication and adultery, not oU;I,. Cl,
Ernest Boyd, carrying concssIsSy .
pons, $40 and costs. We
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And just think! Twenty blind tigers
running around loose in Beautiful Hem
Jacksonville, and we meyer knowed moth
ing about ID. Great 10 the Asheville Ga
zAtte News.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-10

We have just received a
shipment of 10000 Shells and
can supply your wants in any
size load.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-10

Steeltraps, any size at right
prices.
Old Hickory Wagons are
going at cost, from $500
up to $500.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-10

STOVES &
Coles Hot Blast Heating
stoves, wood and coal, guaran-
teed to save 1-3 fuel over any
other stove made. Heating
stoves from 1.5O up.
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Mr.. Eldredge then showed many pic
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-11-14
OF NInrn Imnnrtnncn.

A considerable humber of years ago
young man went to Marshall Fields
great dry-goods store TO apply for a
position, and was fortunate enough to
be shown into the Office of Mr.. Field
himself, to whom he stated the object
Of his call.
The merchant was favorably Inn
pressed with his appearance and ad-
dress, and after asking him a few ques-
tons relative to his business expert
ence, promised him place In his en-
ploy. But the caller, who evidently
had expected TO be more vigorously
catechized, thought II best to volunteer
some more information.
IF you wish" he began, ito know
something OF my antecedents-"
II don't care to know anything about
your antecedents young man." inter
rupted Mr.. Field, with smile. III
your subsequents are all right, you'll
do. You may report to Mr.. Hitchcock
next Monday"
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A Vast Difference.

There was never any haste at Aunt
Euphemia's table. consequently Dor.
othy, the youngest Of all the nieces and
nephews who gathered at Poplar Hill
In the summer, had learned what to
expect Everything was served by
Aunt Euphemia, and age had strict
precedence.
There came a day, however, when
Dorothy. returning TO the family din
ing-room after season spent In her
room with sore throat, found at her
place little delectable apple pie, so
small that 1t seemed as II 1t must be
meant for her alone, Nevertheless she
determined to be cautious
Am Ir--she looked anxiously to-
ward the head of the table, where sat
her awe-inspiring relative-"am to be
auuty for this pie, or is it all mine,
Aunt EuphemiaT
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Nine. Levin and had lost 1t on the gam
Ing tables at Monte Carlo. She pressed
them for payment and they killed her.
On the same day on which this ghast-
ly crime was committed young Eng
lishntan and the American girl whom
he had married ended their lives at
Castellamare. They were on their
honeymoon and had lost every cent they
had at Monte Carlo.
When the gambling season is at Its
height there are sometimes twenty sui
cldes a day at Monte Carlo. Nobody
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THE PENALTY OF MIRTH.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

The First Church of Lynn, one of
the oldest organizations in the country,
has lately celebrated its one hundred
and seventy-fifth anniversary. Accounts
| of the services, however interesting,
contain nothing of so exciting nature
as do those Of s former celebration.
| The occurrences marking the dedication
of the "Old Tunnel Meeting House."
in 1852, are recorded by an eyewitness
and quoted in obadiah Oldpaths'
Lin" After the formal ceremony OF
dedication a feast was held.
Ye dinner was in We create barne Of
Mr.. Hood. While we were at table
rooster flew to We beam over our
heads. Mr. Richardson, We Newbury
minister in very loud voise and
stately mein proclaimed that tho ye
house was a noble temple 1t yet was
but fit casket for We godly jewel of
Lin. Whereupon most lusty crow
was set up by We old cock on We beam,
and he tapped his wings sending ye
dust down onto We table
IS SOLlpttule uullSu dpplSS at We HIS
behaving fowle, but not being of good
aim did not hit and with whirring
noise it few to We ground as if in dis
gust.
Mr.. Gerrish was In a merrle mood.
Not having his thots about him he en-
deavored We dangerous performance OF
gaping and laughing at We same time
In doing so he set his jaws open in
such a wise that it was beyond his
power to bring them back again. His
agonie was very create and his joyful
laugh was soon turned to grievous
groaning
We did our utmost to stay the an
guish of Mr.. Gerrish, but could make
out but little till Mr.. Rogers, who
knoweth something of anatomie, did
bid We sufferer to sit down on We floor,
and taking his head between his legs.A
turning ye face upward as much as
possible, gave powerful blow and
sudden press which brought We jaws
again into working order But Mr..
Gerrish did not cape nor laugh much
more, neither did he talk much, for
that matter.
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Rnce suicide,s Foe.

Prof L. c. Marshall, of the Ohio
Wesleyan University, who attributes
race suicide to excessive immigration.
said on this subject recently:
But in the summer time the effect of
immigration is largely offset by the va
cations effect. Nothing encourages
marriage of the good, honest, fruitful
sort like summer vacation at the sea-
shore or on the mountainous. The
other day l met former student of
mine, a prosperous young business man.
He looked brown and fit
"'Hello,' l said. You are the picture
of health
Eyes said he. 4 am just back from
my vacation. l gained 115 pounds
Nonsense cried. 81 don't believe
IT.
"Don't your said he. We'll, here 1t
Gomez now, any way. Wait minute,
and I'll introduce you"
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would thus debately take advantage Of It's clients g
norance?
Life insurance Rates based expectancy. The
age which thousand persons die establishes
for all. Some die earlier while others live long
beyond the average The who dies first reaps the
greatest direct benefit his insurance while the man
who lives longest receives his compensation In that
That the company may protected level
premium rate loaded to meet the expenses incident 10
the business provide against emergen-
cies and to pay interest on the capital Invested.
The company therefore, would not the loser If the
should die the day before his premium fell due.
II the policy Cancelled Internationally and the
policy holder did not accept its surrender value in
paid up insurance then he defrauded himself or his
beneficiary and should be entitled to recover. At any
rate he has entirely wrong conception life insur-
principles. But really, what snap 1t would be for
the companies If all policy holders entertain
similar views and be strong conscience this
from Cleveland Toledo Blade
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Carlo is usually afforded every oppor.
tunity to escape. Murder trials are
costly; besides, the notoriety is toe
great.
Can these horrors be suppressed
That is the question which is now be-
! ing, widely agitated and discussed In
England. 1t has been suggested that
| President Roosevelt take the initiative
in this righteous crusade, since Ameri-
can plutoerats are as prominent at the
gaming tables as the aristocracy Of
Europe. To compel the Prince of Mo-
naco to close the Monte Carlo casino
would require unanimous action on the
part of the great powers, and English
men who are starting the present move
ment are hopeful of being able to Sc
cure this.
The Prince of Monaco receives from
the company operating the Monte Carlo
tables 100000 year, with occasional
bonuses declared periodically on the
extra earnings of the casino. The next
bonus to him will be made in 1913, and
If the present rate of profit making is
maintained he will receive S3,0O0,OO0.
The annual profits of the gambling den
are $6,000,000
The concession to the present COM
pany has forty more years to run but
this fact does not disturb the anti-gam-
blers, who declare Europe should not
recognize any legal rights of the COM
pany TO continue the operation of
plague spot.
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The minute Postmaster General
Meyer had expressed himself as serl-
ously considering the feasibility Of add
service with n limit of ten pounds
weight on packages carried there was
a rush OF arguments from certain quar-
ters to show why such service would
be lmpractlcabie In the United States
although every other country could use
| It. The central assertion on which the
arguments depended was that distances
were too great In the United States.
| lt was claimed that with a uniform
postage rate depending on weight alone
the government would lose all the
profitable short distance matter and be
compelled to carry all the long distance
matter at loss, which the critics did
not hesitate TO estimate, In advance
OF any information as to the exact plan
of the department, at n minimum OF
Sl50,O0000O year. 1t may or may
not be the case that thorough parcels
post system would have to modify to
some extent the method 70 successfully
employed In European countries. But
here nrc some facts as to what the gov
eminent finds Itself able to do to-day
In the way of giving parcels service to
and from foreign countries, which bear
on the problem. Packages may now be
sent to most of the South and Central
American countries, to Germany Great |
Britain, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, |
and Belgium, and to Australia, New |
Zealand, Japan, Korea and many Chin
ESQ cities at the rate of 12 cents a
pound. For the majority of these coun-
tries the maximum weight Is eleven
pounds, and to none Is the permitted
weight less than four pounds six
ounces. The packages may be three
feet six inches In length or six feet In
length and girth combined. This serv-
ce is given, even though domestic par
,els cannot exceed four pounds in
weight and cost n cent an ounce or 10
'ents a pound. At the cheaper foreign
ate packages may be carried the full
ength Of the United States and then
o foreign country. And even more
triklng discrimination against domes-
ie service Is to be found In the case of
natter classified as Commercial pa
'er," including deeds, Invoices, manu-
crlpt and 80 forth. This can be sent
broad at the rate of / cent for two
unces, while at home 1t costs full
stter postage rates of cents an ounce,
lst four times as much Apparently
here would be no terrific danger of
ruin, should the government
" to experiment at home with the
eryice 1t now can give to foreign coun-
les.
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dangerous and dirty-as In fact, II
WAS at that stage In Its development
Not until 1914 were London streets
lighted by gas, nor until then did In
diyidual consumers begin to use 1t ex-
tenSvely. The first successful Ameri-
can gas company began to operate in
Baltimore In 1916. Boston followed,
then Philadelphia and New York.
When the electric light became com
mercially successful, many persons as
sumed that the newer method of IL
Elimination would replace gas But
gas companies have not been driven
out. BY the introduction of the mantle
burner, the gas range, heater, flatiron
and other domestic conyenlences and
appliances, and by the al
most universal reduction in price, gas
has more than held Its own.
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Mrs, Agassiz, the widow of the great
teacher of science, was herself as much
interested In the cause OF education as
was her famous husband. The first
president of Radcliffe College, she was
all her life the warm friend and per
eonal sympathizer with and adviser OF
young women; and her great wealth
was used, not for ostentatlous luxury.
but for many quiet charities. "A mem
ory written all white" is the beautiful
way In which Mrs. Julia Ward Howe
summed up her life.