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The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-30
IA Hsmii,sa. q va.issa ono. IS

a Hamiii9a q Nasissa. Ono. Is
sgeudlns today l. Flniia
> 3. Qdsley can.e - ffen Talsa lsst
n.stt ara nenrue1 todag
El Hauoa. # CeHeg-ine Kaas- spent
l6s afsernooa in Vinita
G Kiela O hardware man q Gikishsma
ctg had buslness ia FmsaS today
VI Hammoad q Caelses va trans
aci-ns bassness befe shis uoraine
An eight pound eel arrived IS thehgsae
q ~ and 8rs c G. Loas Is, nisht.
ID acCAatoak u L5nealn Se6 IS
among ire BUSINESS y.sitgrs 10 Yin.ta
IA Lepie has returned from Kansas
Ctg. and ~il . Western 0klah9ma.
Gus Patton IS 81 N0uata 81 business
and vii retau q this cts ms evening
JT Coleman mule buyer 81 Fort
aorth Tea s n Einita i0r ies days
D r Graham. the aea known business
man q Pryor Greek was here this mornine
Judge Frear and + S RatcliH win 90
% Success school house tonight 70 speak
Ross Bleuns Is rapidly recovering from
the operation which he has recently under
gone
e. y katcilH returned lasi night from
huskosee and went % Tulsa this after.
noon
The northbound Katy passenger xain
due here AZ midnight vas ten hours late
this morning
Il Is mmored that one d Vinitas most
prominent young attorneys is soon TO
marry an Indian girl
F D. PeIsue and wife and Miss Camp
bell, of WEIGH we're here last night 70 hear
Qaentanio's Royal Italian band
Mrs A. Afford. and Miss Linda Afford
Of Marshal. Tex, and Miss Jane Spencer
Of Greenyille. Tex. arrived in Vinita last
night
Walter Aaiott general agent Of the New
York Underwriters Insurance company
spent yesterday with Butler & Bonfoey in
this city
Mrs. Sam Smith and Mrs. Hartman.
sister and mother Of Mrs. }. R. Campbell
will return from a months stay in Colorado
today. Hester the little daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. j r, Campbell accompanied
them on the trip.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-30
Women a. Chemists

"It Is iBexpedient publicly to en-.
courage women 10 adopt chemistry as
a professional pursuit"
In this concise way is expressed the
view Of those members Of the Chem
ical society Of Great Britain who dis
approve Of the proposal to allow wom-
en- to become members
out OF 3.400 papers read on per-
sonal researches during the last 35
years, only 23 have been contributed
by women alone. There Is a growing
desire, however on the part Of many
Of our leading scientists to admit wom.
en- chemists to membership. and, as
the wish has met with the strongest
opposition from other members. the
question Is being put TO a ballot
Nine. Curie is AZ present the only
woman member, and she has been
made merely an honorary fellow.
with neither voting power nor eliglbil.
ity for Office on the council.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-30

PhIia1siphia Journals ssrraine Up of
Betsy Rass lnel5ert-

The Betsy Ross legend Is quite
harmless. Anybody nay Believe Il
NO 9im i Is Ike TIE story o.
Washlagten and lhe cherry tree. No
body cEn prove that the youthful
Wazetzgtun did not chop a cherry
uea- Very probably be did. ard quite
as probably he 6i3 not lls about it
Bat 4 q were proposed 70 erect q
public UouuUe1t to marx the spot
H.here the cherTy tree stood, We should
ask fcr some more certain evidence of
The accuracy " the story than Par
son WeeDs' long subsequent narFa-
ure. That IS a. that the historians
appear % Be asking about the Betsy
Ross legend. They are not attack.
Ing tha memory % That estimable
woman. nor the veracity Of her de-
scendants. Family tradition is 10 be
respected Bat family tradition that
g not supported BY contemporary rec
ords or other historical evidence is an
insufficient basis Tor an Official IN
dorsement that Is supposed 70 Be au-
thoritative and conclusive. Nobody
wishes . spoil q good story. but
those who are satisfied with family
traditions ought not tc -: Anything
more Philadelphia Ledses.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-30
COMPANY IN MISERY.
Stranger Asked for Directions al un-
fortunate Moment.

Il beg your pardon" said the stran.
ger on the bicycle. riding slowly up to
the sidewalk and steadying himself
By putting his foot on the curb. but
] am looking for a restaurant where I
can get good meal. Can you direct
me to one2"
The man whom he addressed was
standing In front OF store. trying TO
rub a grain Of sand out Of hls eye with
one hand and holding hls hat on with
the other. for II vas a windy day, and
at FIRST he made no response. But
presently he spoke.
"Go to the next block" he said, and
turn to the right. Four doors down
you will find a restaurant"
The stranger thanked him and rode
on. About an hour later they accl-
dentally met again The stranger was
on his way out Of town He stopped
aud spoke.
MY friend" he said. 4 followed
your directions. I went TO the re2tau.
rant you directed me 20, and got the
worst meal ever had In my life"
7 thought you would. answered the
other IF you had waited TIL got
that grain Of sand out OF my eye /
should have sent you to a good restau.
rant, but you didn't I Just had TO
divide my misery with somebody and
you happened to be handy. Youths
Companion.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-30
psvII.Tsmpssd Yeuna Men.

There Is no one so devIltempted TO.
day AZ the young custodian Of the
cash drawer lie Ia tempted becauis
he assumes he is not paid enough.
tempted because he cannot indulge
himself a. some who afs better paid.
tempted because ne is vain Of a good
appearance. tempted because he
wants 70 shine socially; tempted be.
cause he loves devotedly and cannot
shower gifts from his thin pocketbeok.
tempted because he is a neophyte "a
forbidden mysteries tempted. most
Of al, by the desiss to emulate some
other apparently successful young
men Who have made great Killings"
"a the race track or the stock ex-
change. Philadelphia Telegraph.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-30
lndlans, nIa cateh of salmon.

The catch Of Quinaut salmon this
season, was the greatest ever known.
seventy.fve thousand fish were de.
livered at Hoquiam. valued at s35 600.
This is 210O0 more FISH than have
ever been caught in any previous sea
son The Quinault Indians used ad.
vanced methods this season In fish.
ing. going out beyond the breakers IN
their frail canoes and then setting
their nets Hundreds OF fish were
caught in the lagoons where they had
been left by the reeedIng tides.
This enormous catch was made by
30 Indians and the entire tribe en-
joyed the prosperity They were paid
in full at Hoquiam one day this week.
Tacoma Correspondent San Fran.
cisco Chronicle
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-30
An Apt Reply.

Senator LaFollette. discussing the
currency bill. said OF certain pas.
age.
THAT needs delicate handling. II
Is like the position OF the young man
on his honeymoon This Young mans
honeymoon was peculiar because.
While still IN mourning. he had mar.
ried his deceased wifes sister A
friend Of his. a char he had not seen
flr years. aecosted him on the honey.
moon in a Niagara restaurant The
friend, after being introduced to the
bride. said sympathetleally
But who are you Ia mourning for.
old man.
For ny slsterin las. vas the
delicate reply"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-30
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY

G. G. easkey returned fromCatal today.
Edd Burson is here from Enid on busl-
ness
Next seek viii be Carnival week in
Viuita
Dr. Oliver Baeby Is at Bafllesvile on
business.
Miss Ella burnett is here from Alton.
today.
George kapp mads business trip 70
Miami today
Morris Knigh, eft last nigh, for Tulsa
an business
EN-. Ratelin went to rulsa today On q
business trip
Russell Elliott was quite sick yesterday
and last night
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-30
Certain symptoms.

"Blll." asld the farmers boy In an
sved whisper Jim has washed hia
face twice this morning"
DO tell" calculated his lanky
brother Well. visitors must be com.
ing"
And he has put on new shirt and
clean c0llari"
Jumping June bugs Why, he must
be going 10 a picnlcl"
And his shoes are biacked aud
avery time you get near him you can
smell hair oil"
Then that settles T. BIN has Got q
gal. Tell me ahe can soon prepare for
= ueg daughterInlaw Never knew
hsm thar symptoms to fail"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-30
FROM FRIDAYS DAILY
Mrs. G N Bebout is quite sick

Mrs G. N Bebout is quite sick
GIL Harrison is here from Parsons on
business
W Il. kornegay was at Tulsa yesterday
on business.
George Graham made a business trip TO
Welch today
Harry Bland was over from Aftootoday
on business
RE. Lynch was here from Tulsa On
land business
} Spencer returned from Chouteau
this morning
II L Conant came up from Tulsa last
night on business
W II Walker Of Stilwell was a business
visitor here today
K. B Gsuett Is among the visitors here
from Pryor Creek
o l. james Is here from Sapulpa on a
business visit
VI S Maloney was IN town from Blue
jacket this morning
d. B.F. fortner IS here from Springfield.
Mo, on business.
B z Llsgett was among the Muskogee
visitors here today
". ? Eddy Of welch is transacting
business here this afternoon.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-30
IRRITABLE MAN HAS \ KICK"
Misuse Of Ap0strophe and Quotation
Marks, Not 10 Mention kindly"


Misuse Of Apostrophe and Quotation
Marks, Not 70 Mention kindly"
There ere Two things that are mis-
used great deal. said the irritable
man and the mishandling Of them
aunOys me a lot. For one thing, some
persons haven't the vaguest idea OF
the proper use OF the aDostrophe.
I've seen werd written this way,
autos which is meant only 10 indi-
cate the plural Of auto Now. there
isn't the very slightest excuse for
that and It makes me sore every time
see IT, Then again, other folks don't
know what to do with quotation
marks have seen sign on an ele-
yated station reading. Keys" with
the agent" Now, what earthly use
are those quotation marks about the
words keys and agent2 None. none at
all. There isn't any rhyme or reason
In e."
"Well," replied hts listener. there's
another as bad as that There's the
uss OF the word kindly You hear a
lot OF folks using that atrocious vaude-
Vile phrase Thank you. kindly
That makes me sick saw the other
day In Brooklyn a sign, Gents will
kindly not smoke Only gents would
use that sort Of language"
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1908-10-30
TOMMY As GOOD As a CHART
Nurse Had No Trouble Remembering
Time for His Medicine.

A Boston physician tells story OF a
youngster OF his own that an over
strenuous vacation had put on the sick
list. Tho father had an appropriate
prescription filled. and left the bottle
with the ehlld's mother As she. how.
aver. Is very forgetiul. he gave her a
chart, and suggested that she set down
the hours when the medicine should
be given. checking of each dose as
taken Upon returning from his even.
ing calls however. he found the chart
blank.
Good gracious, Mary, he exclaimed;
surely you haven't failed 10 give Tom
his medlclneY'
"Oh. no. did not miss single
time. his wife assured him.
How IN the world did you remem
Der Il without the ehart2" he asked
She smiled
That was easy Just told Tom this
morning at what hours he was 10 have
Il. and aalf an hour before each time
he would begin halloolug that he
vouldn't take it"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-03-19
Crooked Creek News.

New Hope school of Crooked Greek
township closed last Friday. The house
was, well filled, and seemed to enjoy the
closing exercise very much. Mr.. a. M.
Crooms by request of the teacher.spoke
on Responsibility to School"
Mamps are prevalent on Crooked
Creek.
We rave an interesting and enjoyable
debating society at New Hope school
house, which meets every Friday night.
Mn George Conner of Crooked Creek,
has moved back to his former home in
Jackson County.
Mr.. A. L. Byrd has moved to Old
Fort,
The young boys and girls of this place
are expecting to take a Mountain trip
next Saturday.
Some excitement prevails on the
road question, there being changes and
Improvements being made in this vi
cinty.
The fruit was almost a failure on
Crooked Creek last year except tho un-
failing orchard of II. NJ. Crooms. which
produced two hundred bushels and sold
for q better price than formerly.
Quite an entertaining crowd of young
boys and girls gathered at II. M.
Crooms, Sunday evening, and had a
veryinice time:
Miss Minnie Byrd gave q singing
Saturday night.
The school at Mt. Hebron will close
the 9th of this month. VIOLET.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-03-19
FruitIand Items.

II seems that the Fruitland Scribler
has bsen absent for some time. Hope
he will be able to make reports to the
Hustler again for a while.
The Fruitland School is getting along
fine this year. The Phi Chi and Philo-
ponoccan Literary Societies r doing
gOod{work.
W NJ. shytle made a flying trip to
AsheEille, Saturday.
Miss Marion Sehell spent Saturday
and Sunday with one of her school girls,
MISS Maud Souther, at IToopers Creek.
A. T. Hart has moved in u little
town. at FruitIand. He purchased
house. anc lot on Main street.
Miss. Kittie Freeman, of this place,
has been spending a few days with her
sisteraat Horse Shes.
Rev. T. H. Posey went to Hoopers
Creek to preach, Sunday.
J. L. Whitaker is building some more
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Around E~dneyviIIe

Rev. Freeman will preach at Mt. Nor
riah the fourth Saturday and Sunday,
at IL o'clock a: m.
Isaac Justus, of this place, went to
H~endersonville Monday on business.
Mrs. L. A. Springs and Miss May Nix,
of st. Paul, spent Saturday with Misses
Mollie and Matte Justus.
Dock Gillian has been on the sick list
for the past few days.
Mr., and Mrs. Thomas Williams spent
Saturday night with Mrs. Essie Collins.
We are having a lot of mumps around
Edneyville at present.
Tom Edney, of Flat Rock, visited Ed
NEVILLE last week.
Turner Justus, son of Isaac Justus,
will work in the shop this summer, can
do any kind of work you want done.
Tom Rogers, of Frnitland, bought a
nice lot of chickens, Monday, from
Ernest Justus, the well known merchant
at Edneyville. BLUE EYES
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HilIgirt News.

Mrs. s. L. Reese went to Asheville
this week.
Mrs. Dawes has been very sick for a
ew days.
Joe stroup is preparing to build q
new house.
A stack of lumber fell on Sherman
Edwards and injured him severely.
c. S. Whitaker has been burning of
his pasture.
Robert Featherstone is home from
Tennessee
s. L. Reese is at home now running
his sawmill.
Joe Newman is home from Canton be-
ginning II alarm work.
Zeb. Justus spent Sunday with his
sister Mrs. Newman.
John Carlisle in clearing some land on
q. S. Whittaker's place.
". w. LYDIA has built new garden
fence of poultry wire.
Obed Taylor has bought 3 yoke OF
steers from Zeb Byers.
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That building now occupied by Tom
Shepherd on Main street, opposite the
Hotel Gates, was once the scene of q
tragic incident. as ex-sherih Williams
relates the story. A man named L. s..
Cooper had killed aUnited States Mar
shall out West in cold blood. he came
to HendersonVille, opened an artists
studio upstairs in the Shepherd build
ing, and seemed to be prospecting. He
had q wife and one little child, the wife
being half Indian and q most remark
ably beautiful woman. One day q de-
tective came to Mr.. Williams, then
Sheriff, and asked his aid In arresting
the man, telling him what he was want
ed for. The Sheriff agreed, and going
upstairs to his room, walked up to him
and shook his hand. The detective, who
was shaking and trembling with fear,
then snapped the handouts on the artist
and he was . prisoner. The wife and
child came into Che room, and the little
one, looking in amazement at her father
said, "Why, what's the matter, papa"
The prisoner made no reply but two
great tears rolled down his cheeks, and
the Sheriff said he had never witnessed
a sadder scene. Well, the man was
taken North, tried and convicted, and
sentenced to the pen, for life. A queer
thing here is that the Sheriff endorsed
q note to enable the mar he arrested to
raise S5Oo for his defense. The artist
had consumption, was pardOned, and
came straight to Hendersonville. Mr..
Williams was then freight agent at the
Southern depot, and one day he heard a
voice say, well, I'm here!" Turning
around he recognized the murderer, and
thought his time had come sure, but
his intentions were quite friendly. He
remained here until his death, which
occurred not long after his return.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-03-19
Horse Shoe

Is it the s.rlng 81 or is it the
magic touch of Charley Stradley,s paint
brush that brings 30 much brightness to
this village? Doubtless a graceful
combination of both.
If the Davenport store, with its COM
modious and airy apartments, its ample
ware houses, the attractive touch and
finish of all when completed with their
full line of dry goods, groceries and
hardware, we're q member of the firms
in our county seat, it would then consti-
tute q special object for the booming
mediums of that fair city; but as it is q
Horse Shoe enterprise. it goes as a mat
ter Of course.
r. P, Freeman may completely play
the role of high sheriff of the county
when he goes to town, but at home he
kindles a blaze of enthusiasm as a farm
er, throwing the mud as a ditcher,
pumping the pure mountain water to
the door of his dwelling and gathering
in young cattle to his farm. 1t is also
due Jim, the sherif's colored stockman,
to say that he shows some tact in the
care of horses; by some streak of doubt
full luck, he became the possessor, at
Hendersonville, Ofan extra bony spcimn
of the horse kind and succeeded in get
ting him to sheriff's farm, but kind fate
had decreed that Horse Shoe should not
90 into the "bone yard" business ana
upon the next day the horse was seen to
have a genuine case of the "broadsides."
A neighbour passing saw Jim vainly tug
ging to raise the horse once more to his
feet, and heard him call out, "Hellow
dar, white fokel Can't 20 cum ober and
give dis nigga a little lifP' "Oh," said
the passer by, "that horse will die; no
use to lift at him." "No sab! no sab!
white foke," said Jim, ''dey muffin de
matter wild dat boss, sab! He not sick,
only. sab, he iis can't git up to eat de
feed 1 gin inn. Ineber seed a hos eat
a-laYin down in me life! Least wise,
white foke, cum ober In help me turn
i'm wild he feet up de hill, so lax when
he slide, he slide up de hill an not down
in to de branch an drown"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-03-19
]. N WaldrOp 4 Son
General Insurance and
Renting.
Notice of Tax Sale.

By y~irtue.of the tax list of the Town
of Hendersonville now in my hands for
collection and by virtue of the powe
and authority invested in me by Law.
1 will sell the property he einafter
named at the Court House door in Hem
Jacksonville, N. c., on March, %, 1908,
at ~12so'clock, noon, for the purpose OF
satisfying the taxes of the delinquent
taxpayers hereinafter named, together
with all costs on same.
Lanning, D. FL COW, l yearling.. s 1892
Fitzpatrick, VA Household and kitchen
furnlture........ ......... ..".".....4.l
CoLoRED
Gfles.B B. s., Household and kitchen fur.
niture, / musical instrument. A 80
Leonard, Alfred, cow.."...~.....3.94
Wheeler, Simp.1 cow. -....... 81
Respectfully
T. M. SMITH.
Town Tax Collector.
This march 70. 1905.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-03-19
onto his house.

onto his house.
The committee who were appointed
to . about recovering u church are
at work and hope to-be able to place .
nice tin roof on the church o
We had a splendid sunday-school
and B. Y P. U. at Fruitlaud Baptist
church last Sunday.
The Philsthea sunday-school class
will give'a sucial at the Girls Home some
evening in the ear,fu.ure.
Rev. G. w. Whorton will preach at
Fruitland next Sunday, March 22nd.
M. E. Barnwell, of this place, has just
returned from Cleveland county where
he has been teaching for the past few
months. ScRIBLER.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-03-19
Maxwell

Willie Wall has returned to Fairview,
after spending the winter with his SISTER,
Mrs. Ada Maxwell, of this section.
Miss Mamie Lou and Master Luther
Sinclair, of GertOn, visited their sister,
Mrs. Mass, last week.
R. t. Oates, Of BearwallOw, was a
visitor at Maxwell, Sunday.
Oscar Corn, of Hendersonville, vas q
guest of R. j. Brown, Sunday.
There was a very en- Joyable musical
entertainment at Dock Mass, Saturday
night. DAFFADELL.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-03-19

Mr.. Allston was a brother-in-law of
Lance Halmes, the welt-knoen attorney
of this city.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-03-19
From Aneeline

We have been often asked the ques-
ton Whathas become of the chain-gang.
They have mo- been in this township for
some time. Also reports say that the
road Tax we pay go to the support of the
gang. Why take the money that should
be spent in this township and give it to
other sections of the county? Have the
commissioners the power to use the
money that way?
d. L. johnson, an old Confederate
soldier who has been very sick at his
home is slowly improving.
Mrs. Thomas Carson of this place is
very ill with pneumonia. She was
thought to be dying but at last reports
the Doctor has some hope of her re-
covery.
Owing to the bad weather through
the winter months it has set the far
mers in this section back with their
work. Since winter broke they have
gone to work with a rush. We hope
with favorable weather We will be up
with the work by the 18th Of April.
Small grain is looking well but very
little was affected by the hard winter.
CITIZEN.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-03-19

Aman on being notified that bis bank
account was O~verdrswn promptly drew q
check, on the same bank, for the
amount of the overdraft, and handed 1t
in as a deposit to cover the shortage.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-03-19

That reminds one of another man,
wealthy but lgorant, who could barely
write, who asked q friend to sign
his name to = check, saying he
"wasn't much of q writer, nohow."
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-03-19
From Liberia.

Next Friday night, at 7:30, at st.
Paul Zion Church, Rev. H. IT. Wright,
colored, a missionary and presiding Ell.
der of Liberia, West Coast Africa, will
deliver an interesting lecture on his
work in that far-of field. Ali white
friends are cordially invited to be pre-
sent. ]. F. WILLIAMS,
Pastor.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-03-19
Fatal Shooting
Occurs at Tryon

Tryon, N, c., March 13.-R. F. w.
A~Ilston, a prominent citizen and grape
grower of Tryon, was shot today at 2
p. M, at Lynn, two miles from here, by
Deputy Sheriff Lee Fisher. The ball
entered the left side just below the heart
and he died in less than thirty minutes.
Mr.. Allston had employed Fisher to do
some work in the vineyard and the men
had some words regarding the work.
Fisher, who is a violent fellow. is said
to have been drinking and in an ugly
mood.
The shooting took place at the Office
of the Tryon hosiery company at Lynn
where Mr.. Allston was book-keeper.
Fisher rode up on a mule to see Mr..
Allston and a few words passed between
the men when Fisher made a threat to
shoot and almost without warning pull
ed his pistol and fired; when he realized
what he had done Fisher turned his
mule and rode away.-AsheYille Citizen.