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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-25
Injuries Prove Fatal.

Salisbury, Special. - G.. G. Britton
of Admission, Ala, took the remains
of his brother, N. B. Britton who
died at the Whitehead-Stokes San
atorium following a runaway accident
the day before, back to the home of
the unfortunate man. He never re-
gained consciousness after the acct
dent. The brother arrived too late
to see him alive. The dead man was
travelling superintendent for the Inter
State Roofing Company. g. G. Brit
ton is president of the same company
They had contracts for roofing the
new plants at Kannapolis, the junior
brother having charge of the work.
He was 35 years old and unmarried.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-25
CONVICT IS YEARS BY ERROR
Girls Plight Not Discovered Tin She
Was. Dying.

Montgomery, Ala. = Rcna Rivers.
who died a few days ago in the prison
at one of the mines. had served asa
convict for nearly twenty years on q
sentence of only twenty months. IA
clerk in making out the papers made
the mistake of writing years for
months.
s The girl was twelve years OF aga
when arrested for larceny. She had
almost served out her long term
when she died. The white man for
whom her mother worked became In
terested in the CASE and discovered
the mistake, but too late to help tha
woman. Her mother. who is old and
needy, has asked the Legislature to
reimburse her for her daughters ser.
vices. - atTHsz
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-25

Washington, N. C, Special-Wash-
ington wants the shops of the Nor
folk & Southern Railroad located in
this city. The chamber of COM
merce and a large number of citizens
are working assiduously toward that
end, and everything viii be done to
induce the railroad company to estab-
E1ish these shops here. Several at
tractive sites have been offered and
other attractive propositions have
ern people and it is sincerely hoped
that we may secure this plant.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-25
Dead Body of Boy Found in Neuse.

Newbern, Special. = The dead
body of Alonzo Peterson was found
in Neuse river at the coca-cola COM
pany's plant. The water was less
than 4 feet deep and it is thought
strange that a boy should have
drowned under such circumstances.
Coroner Jones examined the body and
decided that it was plain the boy
came to his death by drowning and
that an inquest was unnecessary. The
boy was last seen alive about noon
Tuesday.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-25
To Prevent Western Land Frauds

Washington, Special.-In a state
ment issued Acting Secretary of the
Interior Woodruff says prompt action
will be taken wherever cases of ille-
gal fencing of public lands are dis
covered, but that inspectors and
special land agents are especially oc-
cupied this summer with preventing
fraudulent requirement of public
land.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-25
wannamaker's Fine Stables Burn.

Philadelphia, Pa, Specialize
magnifcently equipped stables on
John Wannamaker's country estate,
Lyndenhurst, near Jenkintown, a sub
urb, were destroyed by fire Sunday,
entailing a loss estimated at 100000,
including valuable articles stored in
the barn. Lyndenhurst was destroy
ed by fire February last, causing a
loss of nearly $2,0O0,000.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-25
SENATOR BACON LOST FORTUNE.
Failure of Macon Bank Takes AbOat
All He Had Saved. ~

Macon, Ga.-About, half OF United
States Senator Bacon's small fortune
was swept away by the failure of tha
Exchange Bank last week. The Sen
ator was worth about $4,000, half
of which was represented by Ex-
change Bank stock. This stock is not
only worthless but It is said the Sem
ator and other stockholders will bo
assessed heavily to pay depositOrS.
1t rs feared that when the affairs
Of the bank are wound mp senator
'Bacon's fortune. will be entirely gone.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-25
Hayl Touches Top Price.

The backward weather conditions
of the spring have resulted in the
price of hay rising to the record
breaking quotation of $40 a ton. Be
tween $14 and SIS has always been
the average price of hay before the
July harvest. Reports from all sec
lions indicate that the new crop will
be an abundance of fine quality.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-25
site For Telephone Exchange Pur-
chased

Winston Salem, Special. The
Southern Bell Telephone and Tele-
graph Company has purchased . Ioi
55x98 feet, on Liberty street, between
Second and Third streets, upon which
they will erect q large brick building.
The lot was purchased from Messrs.
J. A. Gray, F. H. Fries, II. E. Fries,
w. A. Lemly and J.. E. Gilmer. The
plans for the new structure have not
yet been drawn.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-25
Attacked and Badly Hurt by a Cat.

Salisbury, Special. = Calvin A.
Jacobs, a Franklin township farmer,
was severely wounded by a cat that
made a savage attack upon him at
his home. The flesh on one of his
hands was torn to the bone but he
does not believe the animal was mad
Nh. Jacobs did not succeed in killing
the vicious feline.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-25
Meet Next at Asheville,

Baltimore, Special.-The annual
convention of the Southern Grocers'
ASSOCIATION adjourned to meet at
Ashevllle, next July. President ..
A VanHoose, of Birmingham, Ala,
was reelected, as were also all the
present officers and members of the
ADVISORY board, except First Vice
PRESIDENT G. NJ. Thompson, of New
Urleans, who was replaced by Hem
y Forcheimer, Of Mobile, Ala.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-25
Tar Heel Topics.

Nine applications for pardon are
refused by the Governor. Geo. Crit
fin, serving II years for manslaughter
from Nash county; Will Hunt, serv-
ing four years from Forsyth county
for larceny;T James Grant, serving
Is years from Iredell county for
murder in the second degree; Sam
Carter, serving five months in Stan
ly county for retailing; Joe Duffy,
| serving two years from Rowan couh-
ty for retailing liquor; JAS. Marine,
serving two years on the roads in
| New Hanover for secret assault !;
| Clyde Strayhorn, serving two years
in Durham county for larceny;
George Graham, serving two years i'll
Henderson county for larceny; Sam
White, serving three years in Cabar-
rus county for larceny.
The temperance forces of Raleigh
have decided to call an election in
Raleigh on prohibition or ~dispensary
about September Is. A citizens
committee, consisting of n. +.
Broughton, w. N9 Jones, z. p. Smith,
| S. J. Belts, W. j. Young, DR.. I. N.
Pittinger and J. 7. Miller, has been
named to make the preliminary ar
engagements for the election and direct
the campaign for prohibition as
against the present ~dispensary sys-
tenn.
Charters are issued for the Sylvia
Furniture Manufacturing Company
of Sylvia, Jackson county, the capital
$4,000 by J. w. Mckee and others;
for the Powell Murray Land & Tim
| Der Company, of Asheville, capital
$4,000, by George S. Powell, G. A.
Murray and others
Thomas Marshall is pardoned by
Governor Glenn at the request Of
many citizens of Surry county. He
was serving 20 years from 1902 for
murder In the second degree. The
Governor says on the evidence the
jury could easily have acquitted the
prisoner.
The Charlotte board of aldermen
| have determined to repeal the local
ordinance which prohibits the Sunday
selling Of ice cream, soft drinks and
| cigars.
Governor Glenn has committed
the sentence Of death to life impris-
onment in the case of Rufin Fuller,
of Granville county, for criminal as
sault, the reason given being that
the Governor is not willing to- hive
life taken in punishment on the testi-
mony Of such d woman as the prose-
cutrix seems to be.
The Catawba Power Co. is now
furnishing power to run the mills ac
C~herryville, 70 miles from the plant.
A pardon is granted Jno. E. Cox,
of Wayne county, serving eight
months on the public roads for too
severe whipping a negro boy, whom
the Governor says appears to be a
very bad fellow.
b. G. Putnam, chief electrician of
the Selwyn Hotel, in Charlotte, re-
ceived 2,7OO volts of electricity
through his body last week while at
tempting to cut a ''live' wire. It
was thought at first that he would die
as a result but later he is recovering.
Mrs. Carrie Nation lectured in
Greensboro last week to a large audi
ence.
In the case of the State against
city ticket agent Green, of the South
ern railway at Raleigh for violation.
of the new law, all objections of
counsel were overrulcd by Judge
Long and the case was ordered to
trial.
Another new cotton mill, costing
$125,000, was started up i'll Charlotte
last week.
High Point reports unusual actiyi-
ty in the furniture trade.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-25

Because of the large number of
Black Hand crimes intNew York City.
Police Commissioners Bingham de-
,cided to ask for an appropriation OF
$3.50 with which to establish a
secret service devoted to detecting
Black Hand offenders.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-25
SAY He TOOK 100000.

City Council Accuses DIR. Ira C.. Lee
dom, Treasurer of BOrdcntOWD.
B~ordentown, N. J.-Dr. Ira G. Lee
dom. City Treasurer and Collector OF
B~ordentown, left his wife and Young
son recently, and no one, except his
lawyer, seems to know where he is.
The Finance Committee of the City
Council charges that DR.. Leedom is
$4,000 short in his accounts with
the city. If this be true, he has left
only $78.41 rafting in the bottom OF
Bordentown's Golfer.
DR.. Leedom has been highly ses-
teemed by his fellow citizens, but cir
cumstances hitherto unknown now
lead them to believe he has been lead
ing a double life. A warrant was is
sued for his arrest.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-25
Blood HOEnds Capture a Man.

Fayetteville, Special. A hurry
telephone call came from Boards Sta
tion, to Sheriff Watson to come with
his b~loodhounds immediately and he
went at once. The dogs were put on
the trial of a man suspected of break
ing into the house of w. A. Beard,
about which he was seen loafing and
he was captured after a short chase.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-25
Nv. r. wins

The Appellate Division in Drooklyn
decided that w. r. Hearst is entitled
to have the ba1lot-boxes of the May
crafty contest of 1906 opened and
the ballots recounted.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-25
Fayetteville Has Big Fire.

Fayetteville, Special.-Fire Thurs
day afternoon at the big Holt-Wil-
Hanson Mills, in east Fayetteville,
came near sweeping away the Whole
property, the main building catch
ing two or three times. The dry
house was destroyed.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-25
81 DIE IN TRAIN COLLISION
Crowded Excursion Train and
Freight Collide Head-on
HORRIBLE SCENE OF SUFFERING
Excursion Train From lena TO ?
troit, Mich, Crashes Into Freight
Between Selma and Plymouth.

- -LtI ~ ETTFTJ
people dead and more than seventy
injured, many of them seriously, as.
the result of a head-on collision Sat-
urday between this village and Ply
mouth, when a Pere Marquette excnr-
sion train bound from Iona to Detroit
crashed into a west-bound freights III
q cut located at a sharp curve about
q mile east of Salem.
Following is the list of dead, all Of
whom with a single exception lived in
Iona:
Homer Smith, a boy.
Albert Trautwine.
John Taifel.
Charles Hess.
Herman Hess.
Paul Hess.
William Cornell.
Don Rogers, Lowell, Mich.
Dick Jones.
Mrs. Abraham Eddy.
Edward Gallagher.
Frank Douse.
i. K. MerreU.
Henry Reynolds, a Pere Marquette
engineer.
Charles McCauley, Sr.
ALT Herbert.
Edward During.
Charles Broad, aged Is.
James Wizard.
William Stager.
William. Grams.
William Colt.
Mrs. August Richter.
Fred Fitzgerald.
Brakeman Ed. Corwin.
Fireman Knowles.
William Evans.
Frank Latham.
Benjamin During.
Charles Fenton, fireman of freight
engine; Harry Williams; E. j. Pix
ley, conductor passenger train.
Charles Hermann and Paul Hess
were brothers. James Wizard was a
well-known minor league ball player
who had played in the Central League
and also at Omaha. William Stager
had come to Iona recently from Kan
sas City, where his mother now lives.
Edward Gallagher is the son of an cz-
mayor of Iona. Henry Reynolds
was a Pere Marquette engineer bound
for Detroit on the excursion TRAN to
take out his regular run.
a The passenger train of eleven
cars, carrying the Pere Marquette
shop employees of Iona and their
fanatics to the Michigan metropolis
for their annual excursion, was run
ming at high speed, probably 80
miles an hour, down a steep grade.
1t struck the lighter locomotive Of
the freight train with such terrific
force as to turn the freight engine
completely around.
The wrecked locomotive lay side by
side, both headed eastward. Only a
few of the freight cars were smash
ed and it was only a few hours work
to remove all traces of them from
the scene, But behind the two
wrecked locomotives six cars of the
passenger train lay piled in a hope
less wreck. -Four of the passenger
coaches remained ON the. track un-
damaged and were used to convey the
dead and injured to Iona; one. coach
was entirely unchanged, with only
its forward trucks off the rails. These
were the ear five cars. The two
coaches next ahead of these were
~telescoped. The next car forward
stood almost on end after the wreck,
its forward end resting on the road
bed and the rear end high in the
air upon the two telescoped coaches
that had been following it.
misunderstanding of orders was
the cause Of the wreck.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-25

Money Market Strain Indicated,
Increased percentages of assets to
liabilities this yea point apparently
to money market strain on otherwise
solvent concerns. rs aVl
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-25
Manufacturing Orders Large.

Manufacturing returns tell of large
orders on hand and heavy production
during the first half of the year.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-07-25

MILK.
The Milk Exchange price Tor standard
quality is 2%c. per quart.
Rr1srl.p
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-13
DOG BROKE THROUGH
ON RED LAKE
RIVER
Drowned at Point Where
Farmers Team Crossed Fiji
teen Minutes Before
PROVES THE STATEMENT
Of Ice Dealers That This Has
Been a Peculiar Year Re the
Freezing of the Ice.
PROVES THE STATEMENT

Grand Forks ice dealers are having
a hard row to hoe. In fact every
dealer in the Northwest is experience
Ing difficulty in harvesting the reqni-
site amount of frozen liquid for the
summer season.
Grand Forks annually consumes
5000 to 5000 tons of ice and the task
OF housing this vast amount is one
that always gives the dealers con-
siderable worry. This year, however,
additional trouble has been added TO
the burden.
Good ice is hard to get and now
that the harvest is practically COM
pleted there is almost none at all
procurable. Aonther condition that
confronts the ice cutters is the un-
equal thickness of the ice. In spots
the ice exceeds two feet through,
while in others it narrows down to
four, five and six inches. This year
has been very different from others in
that the snow has had to be cleaned
on the ice to give it chance to
freeze-then when it would be ready
for the cutters nice snow would
come along and the shovellers would
be called again. Where the snow was
not removed the ice was not bulky
enough to cut.
Said a prominent dealer this morn
ing, eyes, We have had a hard time
but, thank goodness, the worst is now
past. The ice has not been first class
this year. What We cleaned off first
CONTINUED on page 81
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-13

The most disastrous fire that has
ever visited Crary occurred today.
Six of the best buildings in the city
were destroyed by the flames, and had
it not been for the heroic work done
by the volunteer firemen, the damage
would have been far greater
The fire started from an overheated
furnace in the opera house, which is
owned by E. ]. Doe. The building is
a large one, of frame construction,
and had been made ready for brick
veneering. From this block the fire
spread to the Great Northern hotel,
and from there to the Maccabee hall.
The blaze then jumped across the
street, consuming the Foutham Bros.
general merchandise store, the Nc
Leod & Kavanaugh hardware store and
the w. H. Wake confectionery and
millinery stores. From here the fire
went across the alley, and burned the
LaDuc Bros. livery barn.
Send for Aid.
The fire department of Crazy worked
valiently, but when it was seen that
the blaze was getting beyond their
control, the alarm was sent to Devils
Lake. The fire engine of that city
was at once placed on a Great Nor
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-13
UNDER LYCEUM CONTROL
Evans Male Quartet viii Tour Entire
Eastern Part of United States,

1t has just become known in musical
circles that the Evans Male Quartet
composed of Grand Forks young men
under the leadership of j. A. Evans,
late Of London, is now under the
guidance of eastern Lyceum bureaus.
Starting about the last of June the
quartet will tour through Missouri and
adjoining states, making all the sum-
mer resorts and Chautauquas under
the management of the New Dixie
Lyceum Bureau of Columbus, Miss.
This tour will last about eight weeks.
At the end of the eight weeks the
club will tour under the Redpath
Bureau, being with this bureau until
Jan. I, when it will travel exclusively
under the New Dixie colors.
The line of march commencing Jan.
1, will lead southwark from Kansas
City to Tampa, Florida, and from that
point north along the Atlantic coast
to New York state.
Next Saturday the quartet goes to
Fargo, where five concerts will be
given.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-13

thern fiat car, special train bring
ing it into the unfortunate city. After
the arrival of the engine, the work
was made easier and more effective.
Bucket brigades assisted in extIn-
gushing the blaze, and did some good
work.
The Losses.
The opera house block was valued
at $4,000, being one of the best build
ings in the city. In the block there
was barber shop, bowling alley and
poolroom. The loss on these is about
$4,000.
The Great Northern hotel was a
cheap structure, valued at about $500
and the furnishings were worth about
$500.
Fcutham Bros. general merchandise
store was about the largest in Crary,
and a stock of about $12 900 value was
carried. The building was worth IN
the neighborhood of $4,000.
The Mcleod & Kavanaugh hardware
store building was valued at $4,000 and
the stock at about $1,000. The post
Office was located in this building.
The w. H. Wake building was
worth about $4,000, and they carried
a stock of the value of $4,000, in mil
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-13
street and Boulevard avenue. Among
the local people interested is Louis
Borchers. AS soon as the incorpora-
ton is completed, further announce
ments will be made.
The BIRTHS AND DEATHS
In Polk County During the Last Year
No Race Suicide in Evidence Ac.
c0rdfng to the Report.

Clerk of Court Lanctot has jus,
finished compiling the figures for the
births and deaths in the county as
reported from the different towns
during the past year. This report will
be sent to the state board of health
and vital statistics and embraces all
the births and deaths in the county
during 1906. The report shows that
there were S29 births and 81 deaths,
clearly proving that Polk county is
not in the race suicide" zone,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-13
C0|I|FlL AGRAT0N At CRARY TODAY DID DAMAGE
WHICH IS ESTIMATED At ABOUT FIFTY THOUSAND
An O9er Heated Furnace in the Crazy Opera House Was Origin of
the Blaze-Deui Lake Lent Aid to the Unfortunate Ciy
The Fire Burned for FiDe Hours
linery and confectionery.

llnery and confectionery.
The LaDuc livery barn was worth
in the neighborhood of $4,000. All the
buggies, etc. had been removed before
the fire reached it.
The Maccabee hall, owned by the
Maccabee lodge was worth $1,000.
This makes total loss of $4,000,
but this amount will probably be
swelled to $4,000 when the account
ings are made. Some of the stores
had just received conslgnments OF
goods, and the stock was unusually
large on that account. The loss to the
pOstOf1ce could not be learned definite.
~.
Wires Cut.
The first information of the fire
reached Grand Forks through the
Northwestern long distance, when at
9:15 o'clock the operator at Crary
notified the local station that the
switch board was to be removed on
account of the fire.
Crazy is one of the pretty cities
along the Great Northern. 1t is To-
Gated east of Devils Lake about TWEEN
ty miles. The fire will be severe set
back for the town, but it is expected
that most of the burned buildings will
be replaced by others.
The amount of insurance carried on
the various buildings and stocks could
not be learned today on account of the
disrupted telephone and telegraph
service. 1t is understood, however,
that there was some insurance on all
Of the buildings burned
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-13
THE DEMURRER WAS SUSTAINED
In the Case Of the Red Lake Lumber
Company Argued at CrOokston
On Monday.

Crookston Times: Attorneys Fin
layson and Collins were over from
East Grand Forks yesterday to argue
on demurrer in the case of the RED
Lake Lumber company. The demur-
rer was sustained and the plaintiff
was given thirty days in which to
amend the complaint. Attorney Fin
layson represented the plaintiff and
Attorney Collins, the defendant
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-13
THE petition WAS FILED
To Admit Will Of the Late Henry h.
Nolan-Estate Consists of $500
and Several Lots.

The petition to admit the will of
the late Henry R. Nolan to probate
has been filed with Judge NIorken,
and there will be hearing on March
9. The widow, Mrs. Jane Nolan, is
named as executrix in the will. The
estate which consists OF lots % and
"a, block II, original townsite OF
Crookston and property to the value
of $4,000 is left to Mrs. Nolan.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-13
TEAM WENT THROUGH THE ICE
Team Of Horses Belonging to North.
land Township Man We're Nearly
Drowned.

A team of horses belonging to Pete
Peterson, Northland township farm
err, being driven by him on the Red
River went through the ice yesterday
afternoon. For some time. Mr.. Peter
son had to engage in some hard work
to get out of the water. He was haul
ing load of lumber to the city.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-13

Damage estimated at $4,000 was caused by blaze or
ginatng in the opera house of Crazy N d. this morning
at $50 o'clock Six buildings destroyed and it was
not until 1890 o'clock that the fire fighters had the blaze un
der control An over heated furnace in the opera house
ed the fire. which spread rapidly Of the high wind
prevailing Only by the most ardent work did the citizens of
the little town check the fire when they did The assistance
Of the fire department Of Devils Lake necessary The
fire went east from the place it originated burning in two
blocks, crossing the street and an alley
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-13
THE COMPANY HAS
ORGANIC Ed
HERE
Will Have a New Brewery
Capitalized at $4,000
Officers Elected.

At a meeting of those interested in
the new brewery to be erected in
East Grand Forks, held Tuesday after
noon, the organization was completed
by the election of officers. The articles
OF incorporation will be filed with the
secretary of state as soon as possible.
The new company is capitalized a,
$4,000, and their plant will be 10
Gated at the corner of Washington