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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
Two Trains Collide.

Greensboro, Special.-The Wins
ton-Salem passenger train and a
southbound freight train had a head
Oh collision Monday near the coal
shute, in which two passengers were
slightly injured. c. w. Rawlings,
chief clerk to Superintendent An
dfews, was thrown from his seat. His
head struck a window and an ugly
cash was cut on his forehead. Mr..
Rawlings head struck the window
with such force that the woodwork
was shattered, and he was rendered
unconscious. A physician treated him.
The other injured man, whose name
was not learned, also received a cut
on the head. The responsibility for
the accident has not been fixed. 1t
is thought to have been due to a mis-
understanding in regard to orders.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
New Durham Street Railway.

Durham, Special.-A number OF
capitalists are arranging to back a
company that will put in here anoth-
er street railway system, or rather
an auxiliary system to the one that
is now in operation. This new com
pany proposes, so it is stated, to ask
the city officials for a franchise that
will put in a boult system for the
city, this skirting the edges of the
city, touching East and West Durham
and connecting with thep resent sys-
tenn at a number Of points. The ru-
and connecting with the present sys-
gained currency here a few days ago.
Saturday afternoon it was learned as
an absolute fact that men of great
wealth. who are able to float the deal,
are planning and arranging for this
new company.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03

Richmond, Va, Spectacular Ia
Cross, Va, on the Seaboard Air Line
at 2:30 Monday morning the passep-
gers IN the sleeper of train 81 ont Of
Richmond, were held up and robbed
Of about $500, besides jewelry. The
robbers, two in number, got on at Ac-
ca, north of here, as passengers and
one remained in a day coach while
tic other went through the sleeper.
The Pullman conductor while at
tempting to arrest the man robbino
his passengers, was shot by the rob.
Der through the arm. The man then
pulled the emergency brake cord
stopped the train, and with his con-
federate escaped to the woods. F. K.
Bull, a millionaire, of Racine, Wis.
was among the passengers who were
robbed.
The two men who held up the train
are known to the local authorities.
They had been Swallowed here for
four days, but gave the police the
slip. A Petersburg special says they
were heavily armed and had the pas
Sengers at their mercy.
The Pullman conductor, C. a. Eb-
erhart, of Jersey City, N. j., who was
shot by one of the robbers, was not
dangerously hurt.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
Future Occupations Gn0
%Is sf rs Medical Profession
President Eliot, Of Harv ard.

- HE future occupations and interests of the medical profession
~ are to be in some aspects different from those of the past N
they are to be more various The ordinary physician as for I'M
@2 i sssase,a srs ss s;s; is;ssr s5g'a a. os nsss Id. in diagnosis nsRee so ss G ss q
= - > 81 sought remedies and a cure. He was the sympatneuc ~ no hIs
full helper of sick or injured persons Most of the cases nat Game u WeL IL L.
care were cases considered plain as to symptoms, period and cceppteo ~
ment. The minority of cases. were obscure, called for unusual hu
edge and skill in discerning the seat Of the disorder, or the roAm -
of the bodily disturbance. Hence the special value of The experiences c uSHn.
ant, who was ordinarily a man of some peculiar natural gnt OF Douy. LnnttiCn
temperament possessing also in high degree the faculty OF Keen te eoSino
and the habit of eliminating irrelevant considerations, N utMnNUeHyn naNS
his way to the accurate, limited inference. from tn tacs DeLoIe sb hnIrod Nv
the extraordinary progress made in medical science during inc last W ~
years, but they have been helped chiefly to a surerr recognition OF o IIH,ss s
tabIhedi in human bodies, and to a better treatment or nell pdIenS -"
eases when recognized. =,
s 1a The physician or surgeon commonly renders a personal service % Al IN
dividual sometimes for a pecuniary Tecompense, bt often without money
compensation He is ofen a trusted adviser in the nos fnthmat FAMILY con
Germs. Births and death alike bring the physician 1ntoth d nome. In r eenHIE
ing these services he must be tender sympathetic, consderate, puremnded
and judnious. There will always be need, crying need, of the physician ana
urgeo n this sense, and for these functions; and whatever else the reg1ar
education of the MUSICIAN provides in the future, it nus provide all the
elements of the best training for the practising physician who is to treat as as
eased or crippled human bodies, and give advice about ne suooen au us
chronic ills which ahict humanity So much will continue to b emanoeu
II all good medical schools; but much more they must do.
The progress Of what W call civilization exposes human beings more
and more to the ravages of disease. When saVages come in contact with men
called civilized, they invariably suffer from diseases nw to them. When a
rural population crowds into cities, it falls a victim 10 diseases from which
IN the country it had been exempt When hundreds of thousands Of people
nudde into small areas, and create there smoke, dust and noise, they suner
10 only from diseases, but from the xacerbaton of diseases lot wholly In
known to them in the rural condition. Under such favorable conditions. o.
residence n labor the human body degenerates in many respects, and, los
ing vigor, becomes in son respects less able to resist the attacks Of dis
ease. EF. e# - a a7 | " .
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
Serious Fight Beneath Earth.

New York, Special-Far below the
surface of the earth in all air lock
of tie MacAdoo tunnel under North
river two men fought Monday until
one of them was stretched out uncon-
scious with a fracture of the skull
which may cause his death. When a
patrolman was lowered into Inc Gals
son he found seven men standing
around the PROSTATE form of John
laundering. The injured man recov-
cred consciousness for a moment and
pointed out Christopher Lynch as his
assailont.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
Dead Now Number Fifty-Fwo.

Washington, Specialize Balti-
more G. Ohio wreck at Terra Gotta
Sunday night grows in magnitude, as
the hours pass. The most conserva-
tive estimate of the dead Monday
night is 80, with three scores of injur-
ed in the hospitals at at their homes
suffering from wounds and fractures
sustained in the rear-end collision
which completely demolished the two
day coaches and the smoker attach
ed to the local Frederick md train
No. &c. Several of the most seriously
injured are exepcted to die and the
death list may reach 60 or more.
Heart-rending and pitiful were the
scenes at the city morgue Monday
where hundreds of persons focked to
assist the police in Identification of
the dead. Women, girls and ven
men with iron nerves, sobbed faint
ly as their relatives or friends were
found among the corpseS strewn
about the door.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
NORTH CAROLINA AFFAIRS
Items Of Interest From Many
Parts of the State
MINOR MATTERS OF STATENEWS
Happenings of More or Less Import
ance Told in Paragraphs-The Cot
Z ton Markets. dt ratfee~aH M
To Push Immigration Matter.

Raleigh, aSpecial.-It seems certain
that the next Legislature will be pres
Sed to push the matter of immigra-
ton to North Carolina, following the
lead Of South Carolina, where the
movement seems to be so successful.
There will also be a very earnest ef-
fort to secure immigrants from the
Northwest and North, particularly
English, Germans and Scandinavians,
who have been in the country long
enough to become somewhat acclima-
ted and to know enough of the langu-
age to make themselves understood.
1t is the opinion of many observant
people that this class is more desir-
able than those from abroad, as the
latter will have SO much more to learn
in every way. The New England
States are now congested with for
eigners, and out West the good land
has to a very great degree been taken
up by homesteaders and great num-
bers of the people are pouring yer
into Canada. If this movement could
be diverted Southwark it would mean
a good deal. Governor Glenn feels
that North Carolina needs a quarter
of a million of sturdy immigrants.
A concerted movement, literally ad-
vertising and active work by agents
will mean a great deal. 1t is Gov
ernor Grenn's desire that Secretary
Bruner, of the board of agriculture,
shall make a tour of the Northwest
illustrating North Carolina by a dis
play of and perhaps by
steropticon views and by the very
free distribution of literature.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
Child Burned To Death.

Winston-Salem, Special. = The f.
year-old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. T.
M. Num-, of Walkertown, was burn
ed to death. The child was out in
the, yard with her mother, who was
burning some leaves and trash. The
little ones clothes ignited and soon
her body was wrapped in flames. Eff
fort was made to extinpuish the fire.
but the child's clothing was practi-
cally burned off before the flames
few minutes, MI. Mum is manager
OF a Touring mill and is a highly es-
teemed citizen of Walkertown. =
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
Horrible Death of Engineer s. E
Maxwell in Seaboard Wreck.

Charlotte, N. C. Specialize Sea-
board Air Lines fast mail No. 80,
northbound from Atlanta to Rich
mond. crashed into a string of load
ed freight ears at Peachland, a flag
station 10 miles east of Monroe, late
Saturday night, partially wrecking
the passenger train and killing En-
gineer S. E. Maxwell of Raleigh.
Running 80 miles an hour Engineer
Maxwell sighted the freight train as
he rounded the curve near 'Peachland
and with concern only for the pas
sengers, whose lives were in his care,
he applied the emergency brakes in
an effort to moderate the impending
crash. The speed was reduced to 10
miles an hour when the train struck
and the fireman jumped without be-
ing hurt. Maxwell stuck to his post
of duty, was caught between the en-
CINE and tender and slowly roasted to
death in view of the rescurers, who
strainedaevery nerve to reach him.
Helplessly pinned in an upright po-
sition with both feet in the firebox,
the brave man lived four hours, full
ly conscious, talking cheerfully to
the rescurers, his last words being a
message to his wife and child at Ra-
leigh. No one else vas hurt.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
SPURIOUS coIHlEcRC;UfL-ATioN
James W. Muse, of Asheville Arrest
ed, Charged With Passing. COun-
terfeit Money.

ed, charged WIN FasSlAg. Ooun-
terfeit Money.
Asheville, Special-James w. Muse
probably 80 years of age, has been
arrested here charged with passing
counterfeit money. He has been
given a hearing before a United
States commissioner and held under
81, 900 bond, to await the action Of
the grand jury at the May term OF
United States District Court. 1t is al
legged that Muse passed several half
dollar and dollar pieces in the rail-
way section of the city, and it was
upon this evidence in particular that
his arrest was effected. Several OF
the spurious coins were recovered and
are now in possession of the officers.
The "queer'' is a good counterfeit,
and would easily pass undetected. 1t
has been known for some time that
spurious money was being circulated
in and around Asheville, and the Of
icers have been on the lookout for
the guilty ones. The counterfeit that
has recently been passed is of half
hollar and dollar silver pieces. MusS
makes no denial Of paying money to
certain persons, from whom the u
terfeit was obtained, but contends
that he did not know the money was
counterfeit. He alleges that he Is IN
nocent of the crime and that he will
be able to satisfy a jury of this al
legged fact when placed on trial. He
came to Asheville from Salisbury
several years ago and has been m
ployed by the Southern Railway sincs
that time. AT the time of his arrest
lie was a fagman on the Asheyills
division. The officers say they ara
confident that Muse has had in his
possession a considerable quantity Of
the counterfeit, and that he knew II
ives counterfeit. They do not think
however, that he has made the mon
ey. 1t is supposed that he was a
mere representative of the makers Of
spurious money.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
State Farmers to Meet.

The annual meeting of the North
Carolina division of the Southern
Cotton Association is to be held in
the capitol building in Raleigh, We'd
nesday and Thursday. The address
of welcome will be delivered by Gov
ernor r. B. Glenn Wednesday even
ing at 7:30 o'clock. A preliminary
meeting of all the presidents of the
county organizations will be held
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 O'Clock
Thursday morning at 10 O'Clock the
report of the president will be read.
The election of officers for the ensu-
ing year will follow.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
Dies in Paris. France.

Winston-Salem, Special.-A cable
gram from Paris, received Tuesday
by Geo. P. Pell, the death
near Paris of Mrs. Edwin L. Hardin,
his aunt. Mrs. Hardin was a sister
of Mrs. V. c. Pell, of Oxford; Miss
Annie Pell, of Raleigh, and Theo. N.
Ramsey, Esq, of Norfolk. She was
the mother of Madam De Strole, wife
of the Swedish charge d'affairs at
Washington, and of Duncan B. Har-
din, a prominent Partisan artist. She
was a native of Raleigh, being the
daughter of Walter J. Ramsey, once
a jeweler of that city, and, as Miss
Booker Ramsey. was known prior to
the war as one of the bellies of the
State.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
Nero Killed in Wreck.

Louisburg, Special. = Saturday
morning as the 1880 train was COM
ing in from Franklinton the engineer
lost control of his train and the en-
CINE, tender and one box ear, loaded
with hay, ran off the little bluff at
the waiting rooms overlooking Main
street, and are now a complete wreck,
almost blockading the street. None of
the train crew or passengers were in
jured, the box in front preventing
the passeger coaches from running
off. One negro, Tom Macon, was
caught under the tender and killed
instantly. 1t is miraculous that the
hacks and waiting carriages in the
street escaped injury, but none was
hurt. The air brakes were not work
ing nor had they been for more than
a week and the sand box on the en-
CINE was devoid of sand. There is
a steep grade for about n mile COM
ing down to the station and it was
upon this grade that the train attain
ed a terrific rate of speed, which a
reverse of the engine and the hand
brakes on the box car, whose wheels
were sliding along the rails, failed
to check in time.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
Three Men Cut.

Asheville, Special.-A special from
Canton says that there was a serious
stabbing ARRAY among the Italians
employed by the Champion Fibre
Company, at their quarters there last
night. Five Or six of the men were
involved in the fight. Three. men
were badly cut, one in the back of
the neck, one in the side, and the
third, the most seriously injured, near
the heart. Officers have caught two
of the men implicated, but the one
believed to be most guilty has not
been apprehended.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
A Chapter of Tragedies.

A special from Asheville gives the
following:
Delayed communications from
Dlllsboro, received here indicate that
jackson county was made a veritable
battle ground this week. One man
was shot and instantly killed, while
another man shot several times, is
not eXepcted to live, and a third was
cut so badly that he will hardly re-
owe
In Savannah township Sunday
night Coleman Frady was shot and
instantly killed by his brother, Rob-
ert Frady. The brothers were the
best of friends up to the moment of
the killing. They were drinking and
playing cards, when a dispute arose
and Robert drew his gun and killed
Frady.
In Canada township Christmas day
John Brown was shot several times
by Henry Rheinehart and is not ex-
pected to live. Rheinhart and Brown
engaged in a pistol duel in Rhine
hart store, when both emptied their
revolvers. Brown was shot through
both shoulders. A few hours after
wards the men met again and for a
second time a pistol duel was fought,
Rheinhart shooting Brown in the
mouth, inficting a'probable fatal in
jury.
A day before the Brown-Rheinhart
shooting, Elijah Owens was stabbed
to the hollow several times by a man
named Brackens. Owens was fear
fully cut. He had the reputation of
being Canada townships bad man.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
Brought to 'Spartanburg.

Spartanburg, Special.-George T.
Dallas and Otis L. Dallis, who were
arrested in Crowley, La, several DAYS
ago charged with taking $4,000 from
the local express Office, were brought
to S~partanburg by Deputy Sheriff ".
). White. The young men were re-
leased on bonds of $500 and $1,000
respectively. The bonds were. signed
by NJ. L. Dallis and Stanyarn vii
son.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
Give Wage Increase.

Wilmington, Special.-The Con-
solidated Railway, Light and Power
Company at a special meeting of the
board of directors, called by Presi-
dent Hugh McRae Saturday, granted
a voluntary increase of ten per cent
in the wage scale of all conductors
and motormen of its city and subur-
ban lines.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
The Farmers, Institute.

Raleigh, Specialize two patries
holding farmers Institutes in 16
counties have completed their work.
DR.. TAFT Butler in charge of one,
Franklin Sherman of the other. The
attendance was much smaller than it
should have been. DR.. Butler said
small attendance was due to the
great encouragement of the farmers
crops being largely a failure In the
east.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
Curtis Jett Gets Life Sentence.

Louisville, KY, Special,-Curtis
Jet was found guilty of the assas-
sination of James Cockerell, at Jack
son, KY, four years ago. He was
sentenced to life Imprisonment. Jett
confessed Friday that during the
progress of his trial at Cynthiana
that he alone had killed Cockerell.
Jet is now serving a life sentence for
Completely In the murder of Attor-
ney Marcum, several years ago.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
Burned Cut of Jail to Enjoy Christ
mas.

Bolton, Speciat-Samuel Rollins
was arrested by the chief of police
Sunday and placed in the guard
horse. 1t is alleged he had violated
the d~ispensary law aud was also neg
iecting his family. Some time dur
ing then light he barneG a hole in the
building sufficiently large to make
his escape, then extinguished the fire
and left. He is still at large.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
Shooting scrape at winston-s Salem

Winston-Salem, Specialize Cor
don and Pride Brannum, both color
ed, exchanged several shots Tuesday
night. Uranium is in the hospital Ill
a dying condition. Gordon has a ball
in II arm, but the wound is not CON
sidered serious. The two men fell out
e Gordon's wife. Gordon alleges
that Uranium was too intimate with
her.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
Wen-Known Restaurant Proprietor
Dead.

New York, Special-Samuei W.
Martin, proprietor Of a well-known
all-nieht Broadway restaurant, died
suddenly Monday from heart disease.
The restaurant, properly known as
DSam Martin IS" was for many years
Ole of the most popular and widely
known of the many eating houses
along the Great White Way.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
Mills Shut Down.

Concord, Special.-On account of
the scarcity of coal and the inability
Of the railroads to deliver the coal
the Cannon Mills Nos. 2 and 3 and
the Franklin Mill were compelled to
close down Thursday afternoon at 3
O'Clock. This, of course, means an
indefinite period, and will necessarily
throw many employees out of work for
the time being.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
Bucket Shop License 81, 0

Lancaster, Special. The town
council has made the license of buck
ct shops $1,000 for the next year,
which doubtless means that Lancas-
ter will have none in the year 1907.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
THREE RAILROADS SUED

Corporation Commission Takes Ac-
lion Against Southern, Seabcard
and Coast Line for Inaccurate
Train Bulleting.
Raleigh, Specialize Corporation
Commission is suing the Southern
Railway in this county for violating
the order which went into effect No
rember 1st, requiring train bulletins
to be posted promptly and accurately,
these violations having occurred at
Raleigh, Gastonia, Whittier and
Greensboro. The Atlantic Coast Line
is being sued for violations at Fay
e~tteville, and the Seaboard Air Line
for several violations. The penalty
In each case is $500.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
y 81 @ @
The Ship Canal Between the
Chesapeake Delaware Bays
George Harvey.

R@ARF commercial usefulness of a broad and deep waterway between
GRe bays Ghe Chesapeake and the Delaware) named will be ap
prsSated when e point ut the services that have been rem
HA derea even by the small Chesapeake and Delaware Canal which
kMENHWH has existed for about threequarters of a century, and which has
~ a depth of only ten feet, and a width Of lot more han thrty-sx
snTI aN* t feet at Ne bottom. The construction of this canal began in
Aprn1 1924, n was completed in October, 1925. During b period of its
existence 78 600 vesseEA carrying merchandise to the aggregate weight of 49,
100000 tons, have passed through it. Its largest traffic in n One yea as
131SO0O tons in 1872; but although The traffic. has since decreased, it amount
ed even last year, to MORE than 10000 tons, carried in 547 vessels, besides
ten of thousands of passengers conveyed through the waterway Oh the ELcs-
o Line steamships. The initial cost OF this canal which is thirteen an he
j. eighths miles long wa only $25OOO00, and this total subsequent expenditure
for repairs has only been about a million and a half of dollars. No fewer
than seven canal routes have been surveye at various times acrOss the PENN
sular separating the Delaware and Chesapeake bays. They vary in length
from Is So miles TO So 34 miles, and the estimated csto Of construction
ranges from about 100000 up t0\$42OOOOOO, 1t is as re have said, only the
anime When the new Chesapeake and Delaware Canal shall hav been fin
ished, a artificial waterway deer and wide enough for batueships will next
be called for between Philadelphia and New York. The Deaware. and Rartan
route nay be selected for that PURPOSE Dr. perhaps a more northery line
might be prefered-HarperS Weekly. :
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-03
HOLD UP ON The SEAGH21
Conductor on Pullman Car Is
Shot.
ROBBERS KNOWN TO OFFICIALS

seaboard Air Line Train No. 81
South Bound, is Held Up Near Ia
Cross, Va, by Two Men, Who
Boarded Train at Aeca-Pagsen90
ers Robbed OF $500 Besides jewel
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