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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-02-15
HERE'S A CHANGE
TO MAKE A RECORD
Missouri School Teacher Ready
to Contend for Spelling
Championship.
TAKES ON ALL COMERs
While He Is Ready to Go Against ths
Best Spoilers of World, Does
Not ALLOW Teddy Method"
to Govern Contest.
From the Kansas City Star


The champion speller of the world Is
Professor d. Jones. a school teacher OF
Lancaster, Mo.
Once a Year for thirty-two years he
has published in his county seat paper
a challenge to anybody who talks Eng
lish to spell against him. His chal-
lenge Went unaccepted for thirty-two
years.
Jessie Hamilton is a country girl who
went to Macon a few months g to
read proof for a newspaper. She came
across the challenge of Professor Jones
and accepted it.
Miss Hamilton is is years old. She
has the certificate of her last school
teacher that there was no word In the
English language she could not spell
1t was this that secured her the posi-
ton as proofreader.
"How did YOU come to challenge the
champions" she was asked.
I'm reading proofs of q c~om1nunica-
ton he had sent to my p came
across this she answered. without
being afraid of criticism on account OF
being an egotist. VIC fearlessly assert
tina we nave paid more attention to
spelling han amy of Your leaders ever
saw or ever viii see, There is moro
spelling in our little finger than there
is in all the spelling books combined,
be they dictionary or what not.
Hurls a Def.
when ! read that / determined to
take the conceit out of Brother Jones,
and III do it or eat the dictionary he
offers as Il prize. 1t may look a llttle
presulnptuous in me, but he or l must
20 back and sit down. In the country
used to have luck at the spelling bees
and liked the sport. i don't claim
to be the only speller on earth, or even
In Missouri, but l don't shiver mueii
at the thought of meeting Mr.. Jones'
1is plan is fair, and | Will agree To
all it's conditions
The professors rules of battle are
these: Ordinary English words. clear
" pronounced by AN expert. and writ
zen down by the contestants; each con
.estant to get same words 1nalch 70
mn fonr ho,rs continuously; no cheer
ing tin result is announced; winner &c
ret new unabridged dictionary on the
lily leaf of which the loser WI wr1.e:
SThe Champion Speller of the World
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-02-15
The really popular boy always has q

The really popular boy always has q
nickname"
Very few men are sufficiently vain to
have much use for a pocket mirror.
Unpleasant truths always please a lot OF
people whom they do not concern.
Some people imagine they are cultured
because they prefer tragedy to comedy
The man who is only agreeable when he
wants a favor. doesn't get a great many.
1t is not enough to disprove of gossip.
you. yourself, must keep from gossip.ng.
Most of the sure schemes for making big
money pay all the dividends to the pro-
moters.
A girl is sure to be interested in a mar
who pays her attention, If her father finds
the man Objectionable.
The woman who cries easily comes near
er having her own way than the woman
who fights for her rights.
Occasionally q man is so lazy his chic
regret is that he is not so constituted tina
he can hibernate all winter.
1t is a good thing for most OF us tina
our mistakes receive less attention thai
IS given those of railway ~telegraphers.
When a woman raises her sons in wha
she considers the right way, 1t is neve
with a view of making good husbands o
them.
The only or. oyment father gets out o
the custom VI men have Of giving after
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-02-15

trick of raising her brows While animated,
thus wr:nllling her forehead before her
time, she might pass easier for % years
of life. In these twenty-seven years. how
ever, Bertha Lebeckc has kept the insti-
buttons of four states guessing-to some
extent experimenting.
Her father was a cobbler. and there were
five children. only one other of them llv-
ing. The father Is dead. The mother.
with the one sister, is living in Council
Bluffs. Seven asylums and one states
prison have held her-for a time; Kanka-
kee three times and lIlgin twice, with two
escapes from each place credited to her
childish cunning. But today the face of
Bertha Lebecke In trouble anywhere IN
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-02-15
MHLZZ7QG IEzgL7HH :

Christian civilization would draw helping
funds for less than her asking.
Don't write that l am the awful crea-
ture that the papers have pictured me-,
she exclaimed with a tragic movement
of her little hands. 90. l have been a
bad girl know that-but not as bad as
they accuse me OF being burying her
face in her ar1I.
But in a moment she was sitting up,
dry eyed. stitching on the bit OF linen
drawn work" which she said was In
TENDED for Governor Deneen at Spring
field.
Criticises the States Linen.
But what awful linen" she exclaimed
holding 1t out to DR.. Zeller as she sat i'll
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-02-15

a ward with twenty other women inmates
regarded as among the hardest to watch
and control among the l.&D inmates Oh
the great institution. I'm surprised at
YOU, Can't you buy better linen than
that?"
But while she talked and the doctor
smiled a small key fitting nothing In
particular was laid by DIR. Zeller close
at hand and 1t disappeared in ten seconds.
Likewise a pencil from the doctors pocket
found its way almost unnoticed into
Painting B~ertha's'' blond hair. Her
smiling face turned all frowns when final
ly, one at a time, she took the key from
her waist and pencil from its hiding place
In her hair.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-02-15
Sounds Familiar,

From Harper's Wersly.
LaundryInan-l regret to tell ou, SIR,
that one of your shirts is LOST.
CustoIner-But here / have Just paid vol
IL cents for DOING 1t up.
l.aundryman-Guite right, So. we Iaun-
lerrl il 4cfu.e We ioat i.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-02-15

He who cneers another encourages
himself.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-02-15

To exalt one at the cost of many is
to drag all down.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-02-15

The only or. oyment father gets out of
he custom VI ,men have Of giving after
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-17
Capt. Toms on Good Roads.

In an interview with u representative
of this paper, Capt. N. c. Toms has the
following 70 say on the subject now agi-
tating most of our citizens.
ST am in favor of good roads, and the
present bad condition Of our highways
is the result, of course, Of the unusually
heavy rainfall. The roads have been
very badly managed and worked, and /
regard the present road law, with a few
necessary amendments, as n Of the
best and most suitable for a county like
u r I have not seen q copy of the pro-
posed new road law, but If it Is as l hear
and understand it to be, 1t is entirely
to expensive for this county.
"Our people are already heavily bur-
dened with taxes, and the q tax by
which it is proposed to raise money
enough to carry out the new law would
be.a great burden on our people" -
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-17
GENERAL LEES BIRTHDAY.
Memorial Ceremonies by the Watt
BrysOn Camp, No. 1921, At the
Court House, January,
18th, 1907.

Saturday. January the 10Th, 1907,
being the centennial anniversary Of the
birth of General Robert E. Lee, the sur
viving veterans of the Confederacy
everywhere will hold appropriate MEM
orial exercises commemorating the life
and services of this great and good man,
and the members of the Watt Bryson
Camp No. 1921 are, therefore, command
ed to meet at the Court honse in Hen
Jacksonville on that day at two O'Clock,
p. M, to do honor to the name and
memory OF their trusted and beloved
leader
The program for the occasion will
consist of addresses and remarks by
citizens of the county i~nterspersed with
music under the direction of The
Daughters Of the Confederacy, who will
attend in a body.
The public are cordially invited and
urged to attend.
This, the 14th daY<of Jsnuary,A.D.
1907.
By order of J. M. Shepherd, Com
mander.
W. g. GULLICK,
Adjutant.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-17
The Cotton Mill.

According to some Of the citizens OF
Flat ROck, the new cotton mill will
hardly be built upon the outskirts OF
aendersonville. It is said the Eill
company have options on certain lands
from E. T. Station, Levi Jones, h. w.
Vernon and P. J.. Hart, which contains
a clause that the mill is to be built at
Green River Falls or the options don't
hold. It is claimed these lands r
necessary If the company intends
erecting a dam of any considerably
size,
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-17
The Lake.

The meeting of the lake officials with
the SouthC Carolina capitalists which was
scheduled for last Friday has been post
poned to the coming Friday, the 18th
Il is expected that q definite proposition
win then be received, which will indl'
cate whether or not there is any tmmeo'
late prospect of the lake being built.
To repeat an old story, however, III
a s'sure thing" to drop into the verna'
culAr of the street, that there will be nc
lake at all unless the options on lane
bordering it are secured at prices which
will tempt capital to come here anc
invest in the big enterprise.
One of the strangest features OF the
whole agitation Is that some men wn'
saw they are most heartily in favor O
the scheme, and who can tell you dow
to the last penny just how much IT.
going to benefit the entire county, ar
the very e who demand the highes
prices for their submerged and sur
rounding land. 1t is said they are no
willing to back their faith with deeds
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-17
A Cotton BIeachery.

When the big mill at Green River
or wherever 1t may be located, is In
operation, there will be q rare oppor-
tunity for some capitalist to come here
and build q colt on bleachery.
As is generally known, the water of
Henderson county is practically abso-
lutely pure, a most exceptional thing.
We believe that the great cotton bleach
cries of the country are located at Ger
mantown, Pa, where the water COM
pares very favorable with that of Hen
derson county.
Pure water is the first essential to be
considered in cotton bleaching, and it Is
here in unlimited quantities.
Many of our most prominent business
men believe that the cotton mill to be
built by the Henrietta people will bring
other mills here, and If SO q bleach0ry
would be a natural sequence of such
condition.
1t is said the margin of profit is large,
and being located in HENDERSON county,
close to the big mills, that an enormous
business would be done.
They claim that the natural conditions
here are unsurpassed anywh ere in thu
country for such an enterpris g, and be
lieve the proper agitation would result
in bringing the matter to the attention
of capitalists who would be interested
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-17
The Lake Map.

The map Of the proposed lake is a
very complete affair, showing all the
land to be covered, the various depths
at different points, the location of the
town, the railroads and the different
public roads, The work reflects great
credit upon Major Strong, the eminent
engineer.
The shore line of the lake, as mapped,
will be 1881 miles. There will be 1.449.S
acres of water. At its widest point the
lake will be 4 Ito feet, almost g mile,
The longest stretch is 81 miles, while
one arm is four miles long.
From these figures some idea may be
gathered as to the great size the lake
will be, and it is said the natural beauty
of this great body of water will be un
surpassed by the most famous lakes o
| Switzerland.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-17
Local Men to be investigated.

Charged With pernicious activity In
politics, by Senator Simmons in q letter
to the Civil Service Commission, the.
following federal Office holders viii be
Investigated by that body when it takes
up its promised inquiry into partisan
activity of Uncle Sans servants In
North Carolina.
''That T. G. Israel, deputy marshal,
Hendersonville, and BroWnlow jackson,
postmaster, at that place, Mr. jackson
having left his place Of duty and rode
over the county in the interest Of his
party.
'"That o. v. F. Blythe, United States
Commissioners, wrote for partisan news
papers during the campaign
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-17
New Corn Culture Club.

All farmers who read carefully the
new method of culdvating corn and
who are desirous of introducing It In
this county are requested to meet in the
County Commissioners room ct the
Court IHouse. Saturday, Jan. 26th, at IL
O'Clock A. NJ, for the purpose of con-
sultation and taking some uniform ac-
tion in the matter Of buying ferti-
hzer. A large convention Of corn far
mers are called to meetin Columbia, 8.
c., about the lst Of February to luther.
this same plan and have It introduced
in every section of the State. It has the
endorsement Of Gov. Hayward and other
state officials, and must surely be OF
great value ii the farmers.
J. w. WoFFoRD.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-17
IMPROVEMENTS At THE PARK.
Modern Roller Skating Rink being
Built. Club House to be turned
into fine Family Hotel. Rail-
way to be extended.
Other Improvements.

There is now being built at the Park
and Amusement Grounds q roller skat-
ing rink. The building will be 50x1OO'
Mr.. w. A. Smith intends having a mod
ern rink in every respect. The build
ing is at the upper end Of the lake.
The foundations are in and most Of the
building material, including the maple
flooring, is on the ground. The walls
will be 16 feet in height and the floor 8
feet above the water. In addition to
the rink there will be bathing accomo-
dations, including shower baths, dress
ing rooms, &c. Boats on the lake will
be able to come up under the building.
Boat houses will also be built and there
will be ample opportunity afforded those
who wish to indulge in this sport. The
building is now we'll under way and it is
expected it will be completed by April
first. The street railway will be extend
ed to this BODYBUILDING and passengers
may alight at the entrance. The roller
rink may also be used as q gymnasium
or a theatre, and it has been suggested
that the Western North Carolina Fair
would be able to utilize it to good adj
vantage. Mr.. Smith also intends re-
modelling the old club house. An archi-
tect is now preparing the plans and as
soon as they are received the contract
will be let. 1t is proposed to convert
the building into a modern family hotel
with 20 bedrooms. 1t will be supplied
with water from the park springs, the
grounds surrounding it will be improv-
ed and beauti6ed, and it is expected 10
make it one of the most desirable places
IN the country. These are the present
Improvements, which are now under
way. Among Mr.. Smiths plans for the
near future In reference to Laurel Park
Is an inclined railway to one of the
mountain peaks in the Park. The many
beautiful drives Owe the excellent
roads of this most attractive spot has
already made it we'll known to the citi-
zens and the tourists who visit Hender-
sonville. The present improvements,
combined with this projected Swiss rail-
way will add vastly to the enjoyment it
will furnish, and will fill a gap which
has been noticed in these columns be-
fore, a lack of proper amusement facili-
ties for the thousands who come here
each summer.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-17
Notice of Dissolution of Partner
Shin,

January 1st, 1907.
Notice is hereby given to the public
that G.. W. Brooks and j. o. Williams,
heretofore doing a general merchandise
business at H~endersonville, N. O., under
the firm name of Brooks & Williams,
have this day dissolved partnership,
q. w. Brooks. having sold his interest
to ]. o. Williams, who will continue
the business at the old stand in the
Bank of Hendersonville block. ALI &C
counts due the irm are payable to J. o.
Williams, as he assumes all the indebt-
Of the firm.
The retiring member of the firm
thanks his customers for their patron
age, and takes this opportunity of be-
speaking for Mr.. Williams q continue
tion of the patronage which the people
OF Henderson County have given the
old firm In the past.
G. ", BROOKS.
J.. o. WILLIAMS.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-17

WANTED: By a prominent monthly
magazine, with large, high-class circu-
lation, local representative to look after
renewals and increase substitution llst
in Hendersonville and vicinity, on q
salary basis, with 9 continuing interest,"
from wear to year in the business Great
ed. Experience desirable but not es-
sentiaI. G God opportunity for the right
person, Address Publisher, box 59,
Station o, New York.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-17

Food don't digest? Because the stom-
ace lacks some one of the essential d.
restants or the digestive juices are not
properly balanced. Then, too, it is this
nndipssted food that u sOurness
and painful Indigestion. KOdol Fol
Tndirestion should be used for relief.
Kodol is q solution of vegetable acids.
r. digests what you eat, and corrects the
deficiencies of the digestion: kodo
conforms TO the National Pure Food and
Drug Law. Sold by F. v. Hunter.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-17
What This Town Wants.

Good Roads.
The big lake.
The Appalachian Interurban r. r.
The Greenville & Knoxville r. r.
The Cotton Mill.
A Cotton Bleachery.
Another big Hotel.
Depot improvements.
Waste paper boxes on Main st.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-17

Mr.. Michael shenck will preside at
the above meeting.
ReY. q. 8. Jones, it is expected, viii
make the address of the day. Other
we'll known speakers will be heard also.
The leaders of the choir music of the
different conc egAtious are urgently
requested to be present. Music will
be Interpreted throughout the program,
which will be interesting.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-17

Clear up the complexion, cleanse the ltv
er and tone the system. You can 6est
do this by q dose or two OF DeWltts
Little Early Risers, Safe, reliable little
pills with q reputation. The pills Ina
everyone knows. Recommended Dy +.
". Hunter.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-17
Frank Israel has returned from

Frank Israel has returned from
Asheville.
Part of the changing is busy on
Main street
0. 8. Station has gone west for a
months visit.
Mrs. Claude Brown has gone to Jack
sonville, Fla, for an indefnite visit.
Mrs. De Vane and Mrs. Cooper, of
Brevard. were in town Tuesday.
Mrs, 5. A. Hatch has been quite i'll at
her home on N. Main during the past
week.
A. A. Gates came up from G~reenville
in his automobile on Thursday, return
ing Friday.
U. g. and billiard Station have pur-
chased Joe Israel's residence on Aspen
street.
Mrs. f. e. Taylor, q guest of Mrs.
Anderson,s during the past seven
months, has retained to her home in
Jacksonville, Fla.
We have received:notice that the 47th
tn Annual State Fair OF North Carolina
will be held at Raleigh, on Oct. IA, Is,
16, II, 18, and 10, 1907.
Many flowers are in bloom. At Tryon
the dogwood is almost ready to blossom.
The weather sharps predict that we'll get
cold weather just when we don't want il.
Plato Hefner is just recovering from
an operation recently performed on his
knee. Mr.. Hefner is able to be about,
but needs the assistance of = walking
stick.
Mrs. J. H. Cashier, of Cleveland, O.,
and Mrs. A. K. Scandreth of PiLtsburg,
spent Tuesday in town. They return
on Friday and will be guests of the
Knickerbocker for an indefinite time.
The barber shop under the Blue
Ridge Inn will be accessible from the
lobby of that hotel. The entrance will
be where the long distance telephone
booth formerly stood.
The Williamson plan of corn culture,
fully described on the first page Of this
issue, is O tried plan, and no expert
ment. Moreover it is absolutely free
and there is no formula to buy nor any
trick about it any way.
The Hospital Association will meet
Thursday afternoon at half past three
with Mrs. Fullbright.
All members are requested to be
present.
DIR. J. L. Egerton was called tt
Atlanta, Sunday night, by wire, to attend
g. w. Spivey, who spent his summers
here for many years past. DR.. Egertor
found Mr. Spivey's condition very criti-
cal, and his demise occurred on Tuesday
of last week.
Rev. r. B, Grinnan was pounded
Tuesday night by his a~ppreciatlve con
gregation. About 60 members were able
to get into the manse, and many others
who wished to, couldn't. 1t is said to b
the most successful donation party eve
given here and DIR. and Mrs. Grinnan visit
to express their apprecItion of the kind
ness of the members OF the church.
The next entertainment in the Grad
ed School Star Course will be an excel
ent One, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Marshall
at the city hall, Wednesday, Januar.
23d. The program presented by these
clever entertainers has won for then
unstinted praise from press and pulpit
The i-mpersonators are said to be yer!
good, and the range Of character ant
feeling portrayed is wide, from ''sidt
splitting jokes" and lively repartee tc
the pathetic and tragic, and all present
ed with artistic ease and smoothness
Reserved seats for this entertainment
may be had at Hunters Pharmacy.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-17

wANTED-Pork, Poultry, Eggs,
Butter, Sweet Potatoes and Peas. All
are in demand here and are selling &c
follows.
Pork &c Id. Hens 100 to 500 each.
Turkeys ,1Sc to 30 Id. Eggs zoe to 22c
doz. Sweet Potatoes Toe to 600 bu.
Butter scarce, 15c to Csc Id. B. z. Peas
e.. so to s. Is bu.
G. W. NIXON & 90,
WILMINGTON, N. G.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-17
Notice.

Notice is hereby gwen that appli-
cation for deed will be made on May Z,
1907. for the seven acres of land in
Edneyville listed by G. I. Jones, and
sold for taxes on May I, 1905.
s. 8. GRESHAM
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-17
Terrible Earthquake.

Kingston, the capital of the Island OF
Jamaica, has been devasted by a violent
earthquake. The whole city said to be
wrecked and in flames. All wires down
and communication cut off. Number
lead not known.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-17

Jerry Carter will have an auction sale
of picture frames, shirts, buggy, &c, In
front OF Carter Bros. store, on Saturday.
sale will begin at IL o'clock.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-17

For SALE-Fine LOwden Raspberry
Plants. Apply to j. T. Brooks, Hunter,s
pharmacy. S1.OO per 1OOO-$6 per 1000
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-17
Preferred Locals.

The Georgia Home is now open to
guests. Good accommodations; for terms
INQUIRE of>Mrs. A. M. Brown, Hender-
sonville, N. G.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-17

The Ladies and Gents Pressing Club
is now open to serve the public, upstairs
over Mayor Kings store. Mems depart
ment will be under the management OF
". E. Grant, the ladies department. will
be under the care and supervision, OF
Miss A. L. Grant. Satisfaction guaran-
teed in every instance.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-01-17
Can't Vote.

Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Newman had two
little strangers arrive at their house
last week, where they expect to make
their permanent home. They r twins,
both girls, and mother and children are
doing nicely. Mr.. Newman nov has IL
children, including 1.-TWO sets of twins. !"
and agrees with President Roosevelt as
to a G suicide.