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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-03
After Forty-Seyen Years.

The following 10 from the "Watkins
Express, of New York State.
EDITOR WATKINS ExPRESs-Dear
Sir: Captured by the Daughters of the
Confederacy and marched with the Con-
federate veterans. Yes, Mr.. Editor,
| was indeed captured blythe Daughters
of the Confederacy, and did march up
the main street to the city hall with
fifty old grizzled Confederate veterans:
and strangest of it all Is that to me Ii
was a most pleasant and happy occasion,
for [ assure you that with us the war is
over But before telling you how this
came about / must first say, that when
We arrived at the city hall we listened
to an Grafton, or eulogy of, BtonewalI
Jackson, which at first thought would
make it seem n absurd for an old
Yankee Union veteran to be caught In
such company on such an occasion: bur
when ! explain you will see the matter
very differently from what you might
suppose.
To begin with, the war is over, and I
am 2 citizen here,.a taxpayer, q neigh
Dor, q friend and one OF them. as though
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-03
CITY BRIEFS.

A new steamer was launched on the lake
yesterday. 1t cost $780, 600 and was built by
local capitalists.
A 1876, 900 of1ce building will belerected OF
the old p~oStoflce site. There will be six
passenger elevators in il.
The corner stone of the new g. 600, 900 post
office was laid yesterday. President Viii
liam Jennings Bryan n Vice-PresIdent
Theodore Roosevelt were present at the i'm
preSSiVe ceremony. The vice-preSident will
leave on the 6:47 for Jackson county, where
he will try and bag q big bear which has
been reported there. Efforts will be made
TO keep the news from the Dear.
John r. Smith was drowned in the lake
yesterday. He fell from the l96thStreet pier
and persisted before help could reach him.
The Hendersonville s. AsheVille Traction
Company are double tracking their road to
Mills River.
Judge c. M. Pace, clerk of the court, says
there are seven murders, sixteen divorces
and fourteen burglary cases TO be tried at
the present term of court.
DR.. StrouSe held his Sth annual Chautau-
u here last night. President Bryan and
j. Pierpont Morgan made the principal ad-
dresses. Admission was free.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-03
Council Proceedings.

The city council met last night for the first
time in their magnificent council amt
in the new 81, 00O,0 900 city hall. The galleries
were crowded with interested spectators.
Thefollowing resolutions were introduced:
~Appropriating 81, 900, 600 for construction
of new water works system. !
To compel property owners on Main street
to lay cement walks, similarly to that in front
of the Hotel Gates. Said it was impossible
for ladies with hin sole shoes to walk on
present side walk. Member was enthuSi
aStcally cheered and presented with a bou-
quet of flowers by the ladies.
To compel the HenderSonville & Asheville
Traction Company to, give universal trans
ferS and sell twelve tickets for % cents.
10 ~IImitsheight of new buildings to 30 sto-
rieS. Claimed present water pressure was
insufficient to cope with a greater height.
To install a modern fire alarm signal serv-
ice. Said present IRE protection was fool
ishly inadequate, Z
Member from fifth ward wanted to know
when the poles we're to be taken out of Main
street. He was ruled out of order and ser
gent-at-arms made him sit down..
To extend city limits to include ASheville
and Zirconia.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-03

Southern States being sosolidly Demo
cratic. That is more particularly in
State politics, and the fear of what the
North may do in consequence of the cur
.tailment of the negro vote by restricting
their representation in Congress. While
the truth is, the conditional d~isfran-
chisment Of the negro Is not q hostile
act toward him or the North, but strict
ly to prevent the domination of the
ignorant negro vote by allowing the
balance OF power politically to remain
in their hands. And this same rule OF
qualification as a voter is now being ap-
piled to both black and white alike; as
It should have been In the days OF recon
H. 81, SAYLER.
Hendersonyille, Sept. 6. 1907.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-03

The following copyd he DalyEIusder dated August Is, 1915, was picked upon Pckens Square
and shows the surnaneg growth of Hendesonvile since the lake wasb built
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-03

th ere had never been any war. ID the
next place we have q Chautanoua So
ciety here, and in the schedule Of exOr-
cises this year one day set apart as ssOId
Soldiers Day" with q free lunch to
the old veterans at the court house on
the invitation of the Daughters of the
C~onfederacy, a march to the city hall
and ri Grafton on St0newall Jackson,
etc. In this Invitation by the Daugh-
tors all ola soldiers were urged to at
tend, with the assurance of welcome;
but it did not specially mention the old
Union soldiers, and considering the
source of the Invitation and the fact
that Ii was little vague or ambiguous,
Ifelt q little dubious about attending
lest 1t might be solely an old Confed-
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-03
M. e~raseFealled M up By phone last

Mr.. Cr~Atef-ealled ms up by phone last
night and requested n4U not TO say any
thing about the conversation bad in the
morning, and I would keep silence now
but for the fact that my name has been
drawn into it and1 want my position In
the matter definitely and clearly under
stood. Had I thought the matter would
ever come uD in the newspapers l would
never have mentioned 1t even casually
to q friend in the first instance.
Mr.. Crater called to see me between
9 and 10 O'Clock this morning at the
bank and the conversation between us
at that time was in the presence OF Mr.,
Briggs, cashier, as I found MI. Crater
talking with MI. Briggs when | went
into the bank. l attach hereto tho
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-03

statement made to me by Mr.. Briggs of
what occurred at that time.
In Justice to Mr.. Crater it is proper
for me to say that in u conversations
Mr.. Drewry's name vas not mentioned
and Mr.. Crater made NO intimation that
Mr.. Drewry got any of the money in
question,
sincerely regret this publicity.
Very truly,
CHAS. e. JOHNSON.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-03
Largest Circulation
In the world

Hendersonville has added mother cotton
mill to her list. This makes the tenth.
Policemen are stationed at all crossings in
the down town shopping district. They are
the finest looking men on the force.
There has just been completed q 1850. 600
summer hotel on ut. Hebron. It commands
a fine view Of the lax
The sixth National Bank stockholders
yesterday elected it's old board of directors
and officers, and increased it's capital stock.
The new city directory has just been pub
lished. There are exactly 1,749, 365 people
living in Greater HehderSonyille.
The Appalachian Interurban has put on a
new express train with four Sleepers. 1t
ms direct to Charleston.
G. NJ. Glazerner says he will De married
next week. The ladies' name is not an
nounced.
The electric car line TO Laurel Park is now
operated on q Uwo-minute schedule.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-03
STATEMENT OF MIR. BRIGGS.

September 25th, 1907.
Col. Chas.E. Johnson, RslOigh, N. O.
Dear SiT:-In response to your inquiry
as to what passed between you and Mr..
Crater at the bank this morning, ! will
say: Mr.. Crater came in the bank be-
tween 8 and 10 O'Clock and asked for
Col. johnson. While waiting for. Col.
Johnson to come in, Mr.. Crater
stated.to me that he had heard that q
prominent banker had remarked that
he, Mr.. Crater had made q statement
that the Evening Times did not get six
thousand dollars but that John q. Drew
.ry did. About that time Col. johnson
came in and the same statement was
made to him by Mr.. Carter. Col. johnson
replied that that was not the case, and
asked him to repeat what he, Mr.. Cra-
ter, did say to him yesterday morning.
Mr.. Crater replied that he said that the
Evening Times did not get the six
thousand dollars. Col. Johnson replied.
eyes, that Is what you told me. You
told me that you did not know anything
about the SIX thousand dollar vouchers
and that the Evening Times did not get
the six thousand dollars"
Yours very truly,
F. H. BRIGGS.
Thursday afternoon Mr.. Crater pub
lished a card in the Times in which he
reiterated his statements in the previ-
Gus issue, in the face of "the undisputed
authority" he had demanded of the
News and Observer for publication in
that paper to which he had so strenu-
ously objected. So there you are, with
the SIX thousand dollars yet to be &C
counted for by the business manager OF
the Evening Times.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-03
New Uuion Depot.

General Superintendent FulIbright, of the
Southern Railway, says his company will
Immediately start work on a two million
dollar passenger depot. 1t will be finished
next week.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-10-03
Some Special Bargains
in Furniture

Just now We are offering some special
bargains in Furniture and House Furn-
ishings of all kinds. The prices mean
money in your pocket. The stock is the
most complete and up-to-date in town.
Come in and look around.
The Washington times., 1907-01-27
Public AdmireS and Fears New Species of
Nabob and Is Curious AS TO His Doings.

d0uBJedIy has Many so-eaIled pleas
ures pail after little while The pos
SCISSOR Of numerous horses and car
Tiages. for example. nuds that he has
no pleasure i'm driving or riding lie
is tired Of il ali or. To his surprise
he finds lis yacht a bore. and. ON the
whole, plague. Then me can cast
aside the pleasure. which is no longer
a pleasure and take up with some new
fad or fever.
Tie public does NOT grudge their
pleasures 10 the very rich. providing
they can be pursued without harming
others Indeed the pic approves all
manly, outdoor, risky sports OF the
rich, if not iuconsiderately pursued.
and rather prefers the very rich man
who is eNuravagant in these ways 10
one who has no interest in sports.
When il comes TO what are called
luxuries the very rich have undoubt-
eddy the advantage over other people
Thus. the very rich can procure for
themselves all sorts Of rare and de
licious foods and drinks. They can
have fruits and vegetables out of sea
son, and fish and game brought from
3far.
These pleasures Of the palate the
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Queer Threats Alleged.

According 20 a Mrs. somers. who
was IN the Gilman house when The
body was carried IN By Collins and
Payne from the adjoining lot Bessie.
the younger sister. said 10 her mother
on seeing the body.
You are 20 blame for this You
have often wished that this would hap
pen" Fayne then rushed 10 the side
Of her smaller sister and placed her
Land over her m1Ith. saying: shut
up or I'll Kill you"
Al the time or tie murder, II was
claimed that Mrs. Gilman would hard
ly survive the shock more than "a few
DAYS She was suffering from dropsy
and from heart trouble. the physician
said. \ week later she vas removed
10 the Miami Valley Hospital. and
the home was broken up. On De
cember l6. two doctors pronounced
the illness Of Mrs. Gilman a sham:
and she was AT once removed 10 the
jail ln spite 1f her pretended bodily
suffering she IS said 70 have stood the
rough ride without complaint.
Where was the BODY Of Dons Gil
man from Tuesday night 10 Thurs
DAY morning. Her brother Collins
says that she slept on a sofa down
stairs Tuesday night. So that he could
wait on hts mother Il she needed any
attention. When DOna did not appear
on the following morning. the family
thought that she had probably elop-
ed Mrs. Gilman j. said 90 have teIe-
phoned 10 young Anderson 10 find out
- he and Dona had made on together.
Mrs Gilman claims that she told Col
ans 10 so out and search for the
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StrangIed By a Flend.

Ia less than twenty-four hours after
penning these words she herself was
cold In death, the life strangled out Of
her BODY by the remOrseless clutch Of
some human fiend. II that hend was
a member Of her own family. her
brother or her mother. so much the
more terrible and gruesome does the
death scene become Robert Keyes. d
neighbor, says that he and his wife
heard struggle IN the Gilman house
90 the evening when the girl vas
killed. In the affidavit filed BY De
tectiVe Heitzmau, Mrs Gilman Is &C
cused or being the principal IN the
affair. and Fayne and Collins Gilman
are accused Of having aided her
This IS one or the strangest murder
cases that have eVer banied police
and detectives. For three weeks after
The discovery OF the dead body on the
the vacant lot right By the side or the
Gilman home, no clue could be found
which pointed 10 a guilty party. Many
suspects In various places were held
ana examined, but they were allowed
10 go as soon as IL Vas found that no
actual charge could be made against
them.
Several seIf-confessed murderers
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Alcohol No Inspiration To Poets Say Poets

II he Literary Echo newspaper.
Of Berlin, - entity printed ID
symposium signed by many Of
the most eminent writer's Of
poetry and prose in Germany ou the
question as 10 whether or not alcohol
is an inspiration TO creative literary
and poetical work. some Of the opin-
ions are given as follows:
Karl Henckell: dare say a good
cognac has occasionally delivered me
from au attack of stomachache. but
il has never yet carried my lyric bal
loon into more rarifed air. For habit
uaI jrunkards. total abstinence seems
the Only cure. TO matter whether the
tippleT is a grocer or poet
A SchmitthenueT. Whenever / have
occasionally been induced to take al
cohol during the DAY, the result has
been that both the wish and ability
TO work have invariably vanished /
take no srimulants apart from a bottle
Of light beer just before going to bed
DeJlef Won IdlliancTOn; never take
alcohol before or during work. ! have
observed that II inJcrferes with my
working powers.
Fritz Lieuhard; take next TO no
alcohol. / have no need aud no de-
sire for il.
Geooge Reiche: Alcohol may oc-
casionany inspire This OF that idea.
but real work is only hindered by it,
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! would not do away entirely with al
coholic drinks. but thu greatest mod
GRAFTON should be practiced.
F. Avenarius: sinos I began serious
work ! have never taken alcohol either
before or while / am at work. II does
not inspire the Imagination and II does
paralyze the critical faculty. Judg-
ing by personal experience ana OBJ
servation, alcohol is the greatest
stupefier in existence.
DR.. Karl Busse: / own with salts
faction that mine Is a good German
throat, which l take care 70 moisteu
every evening. i object TO temBer-
ance principles, because they seem 10
me 10 go hand in hand with a certain
lack Of temperament. 1t is nonsense 10
try 10 force man physically and
morally sound 70 adopt methods only
required fer invalids and those NOR
ally weak.
Otto Julius Bierbaum: ] have moth
ing To say against people raising their
spirits b. the consumption Of a mod
crate quantity of alcohol should do
II myself IT the consequences were not
fatal TO me, Unfortunately. alcohol
begoiten hilarity does not make my
heart merry, but heavy. and has the
exactly opposite effect of the feeling
of oXhilaratiOn in raTefed mouuta.n
air or Tie sight of a thing of beauty.
or the sound of good music. OF the
fragrance Of certain odors. The small
est quantity of alcohol absolutely
paralyzes me. 1t stupehes my brain.
The Washington times., 1907-01-27

making OF more money. they have to
invent themselves. The public admires
and erVics them, and sees that they
are often serviceable, but also crit-
cises and blame them, and to some
extent fears them. II is disposed 10
think them dangerous 10 the republic
and a blot on democrats society; but
at the same time is curious about
their doings and their mode of life.
and is in rather a puzzle about their
moral quality. 4 propose 10 consider
briefly some - Of the advantages and
Disadvantages which. great modern
riches bring the owner and the com
munity.
Adequate warmth and. light, appro-
pirate clothing. good bedding, good
plumbing. and nice chairs. tables and
household fittings sufficient TO insure
bodily comfort, are easily within the
reach of all well-tO-dO persons; and
great riches can do no more for- their
possessor in the way OF comfort. The
least physical ailment, like a equity
toe. or a dun ear or a decayed tooth.
viii subtract more from comfort than
all the riches in the world can add
With pleasure il is different Some
real pleasures are very expensive. and
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Went to Work as Usual.

Instead OF this Collins and Fayns
went 10 work the next day as usual
and reported the disappearance OF
their sister. saying THAI they thought
she must have eioped. II the body
Of the dead girl had been lying on the
spot where II Was later found within
100 feet OF the house and not more
than 20 feet from the sidewalk 10
would surely have been found II any
sort Of a search had been made. why
was The family so slow in calling
in outside aid In helping them 20 I0-
cate The missing glrl7 II Is said that
they wished 10 avoid thu notOrieIy
which Is always attached 70 such az
fairs But a little notoriety would
usually be preferred 10 a lost or bru-
tally assailed sister
People in z civilized country shrink
from the thought that a mother. as
sisted by two Of her children. would
have deliberately and without any aD-
parent cause put 10 death a third
child D0ns was a beautiful girl. and
she is also said 10 have been Of A
lovable disposition. One OF the girls
employed al the factory where the two
sisters worked said that Fayne was
devoted 10 her sister. and that she
looked after her like a mother.
"Fayne is one OF the most worthy
girls / ever knew" continued Miss
Johnson She has g good mind. re-
fined tastes and sensibiIities. and II Il
COMPREHENSIVE 70 me that she c9uId
know z y@ing about the crime" And
Yet Fayne Gilman has been accused
in an affidavit OF being an accessory IN
the murder OF her sister. Whether she
is guilty or not Is yet to be decided.
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Dave is a tin badge" detective; and
so when the Gilman muir was an
nounced TO him. ne said that he would
find out the yillFin.
Dave heard so huch about the details
Of the murder that he finally imag-
ined he had committed the crime. On
the 9TH Of December he went 10
the police station and gave himself up
as the guilty party. He went with
the detectives 10 the supposed scene
or the murder and in pantomimr
showed exactly how he had assaulted
and strangled &c death his innocent
and fair young victim Later in The
DAY Dave denied that he had done the
killing.
The confession gained from Baby
Dave was OF con idera bic length. and
IN IL lie accounts for his movement
in detail on The night Of the crime
ending with a description OF the
methods he had employed in murder
ing the girl
lie claimed in tie confession To have
eaten In a restaurant at about ga.
on Tuesday evening and left on
Fifth street car for the Soldiers.
Home, whore he had 10 deliver some
circulars and almanacs The Inflated
bona Gilman was on the same ear.
and together they rode out 10 Grove
land avenue. Dave stated that he Wa.
struck with the girls great beauty.
ana when she alighted he asked her
n he might accompany her home. She
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a privilege only by availing himself
Of great public domains. or of unOc-
cupied regions; and there his own
privilege will not he secure. or IT ms
missable 10 descendants. The very
rich man can provide himself with
music and the drama without reg ard
10 their cost; but il by no means re-
quires very great riches TO procure a
quite adequate amount Of these pleas
ures.
Such pleasures as involve the pur-
chase and maintenance Of very costly
machines like yachts. or large aut0mo-
bi.es, or OF great stables filled with
line horses and carriages, OF OF large
greenhouses and gardens. may be en-
Joyed in their extremes only by the
very rich; but then on smaller scale,
similar pleasures may be enjoyed
equally by persons who are only mod
erately Weli-off, and often the larger
scale does not aid TO the pleasure.
fhe young lawyer who is fond of rid
ing may easily get more pleasure out
Of his single saddle horse. kept at
club stable. than the multi-millionsire
gets from las forty horses and twenty
different carriages.
one advantage the very rich man an
The Washington times., 1907-01-27
No ~Dense Weeds.T

number OF people who had gone
aefoss the vacant lot on which the
BODY was found claim that they would
surely have seen IL had It been there
on "Wednesday 10 looks. therefore.
as IL the body must have been brought
there some time that night IL was
reported at first that the body was
concealed by dense weeds. bur Later
II was found that the only under
growth was dry timothy. The dead
body could have Deen plainly seen
from the upper window OF the Gilman
house, and Mrs. Gilman herseiw saws
that she saw Collins pick I'd his sis
ter. Fayne then ran out ana helDed
him 10 carry IL into the house. Only
q few people saw them carrying their
CHASTITY burden: but more soon began
10 arrive.
According 70 Detective Hsltzmau. a
colored WasherwomRn, who was al
work in the Gilman home on Thurs
day morning. said that when Collins
came back 10 the house and told his
mother that he had not found his sis
ter. the mother commanded him 10
look right below the tree in the com
4l4til1r anu Alieti IT ne NoA4Q not 20 and
bring the body she herself would 20
ana get the remains II she had 10
crawl there on al tours. Then when
the people began 70 come In Mrs Gil
man and Fayne. Il Is said. thanked
;he old cOlOred woman for what she
had done in helping them 10 find Dona.
Fayne Gilman knew that her beauti-
Iul younger sister started for home al
. o'clock Tuesday evening She kenw
that her sister had 4 dark lot TO cross
before she reached her home. When
she arrived ana found that Dona Was
not there, The natural thing TO have
done would have been 10 start a
search OF the neighbOrh0od for fear
that some villain had attacked her.
IAere is colOred settlement, known
as Tin Town. not far away, and they
might have suspected that Dona had
been wsylsid by a negro assaiIaut.
The Washington times., 1907-01-27

fine pictures etchings- statuary. or
beautiful examples or ceramic art
In the care OF health-their own aud
those they ioVe-very rich people have
certain indisputable advantages, al
though they also suffer from peculiar
exposure TO the diseases consequent
on luxury and enrui
The keen pursuit OF wealth is often
exciting and eXacting. 10 keep and
defend great wealth Is sometimes an
anxious business; and if great riches
bring with them "a habit of seIf-iu-
diligence ana Of luxurious living in
general. IL IS Well-nigh certain That
the self-indulgent and luxurious per
son viii suffer bodily evils which his
plain living neighh"- ssili escape.