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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-05-28

with cereals. This years report con
talns the following in regard to the
most productive varieties of spring
wheat and the earliest varieties. Elk,
Guiding the durum wheats, the follow
Ing varieties of wheat have shown un.
usual productiveness for a series OF
years on this farm Central. Ottawa:
Preston, Pringle's Champlain. Huron,
Herisson Bearded and Bishop. The
first four of these are red wheats with
bearded heads. Bishop is a white
wheat and is beardless. or the Eve
varieties Pringle's Champlain is prob
ably the best for the production Of
strong -four.
Somewhat lower in yield, but su-
periOr in the strength Of their -four,
are Red Fern Cbearded), Red Fife
~(beardless) and White Fife ~(beardless).
Several very early varieties Of spring
wheat are being grown on this farm.
but they are not at present recon-
mended for general cultivation. Farm
ers oul remember that extreme ear
illness is frequently associated with a
rather small yield, short straw, liabili-
ty to rust or some other defect to
which the more vigorous wheats are
less subject
The earliest wheats which are as yet
included In the regular distribution of
seed grain from this farm are Prin-
gle's Champlain, Preston, Huron, Stan
ley and Percy. These are all some
what earlier than Red Fife. Stanley
and Percy are beardIess sorts.
The practical identity Of the -four
made from White Fife wheat with that
produced from Red Fife wheat has
been established. 1t has ais been
shown that these two varieties produce
Of the very highest baking
strength.
Among the winter wheats it has been
shown that Turkey Red yields -four of
quite remarkable strength, very little
inferior to Red Fife.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-05-28

One good citizen of Henderson.
vile, who has always been
against prohibition, appeared at
the polls on Tuesday and to the
surprise of the vets present
picked up a ticket against
the manufactre and sale of in
toxicating liquors" Here is the
ticket you want" Il said one of
the opposition, more liquor
and better liquor" II am not
looking for liquor now" replied
the gentleman, and in he marched
with the ballot for temperance
and the right.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-05-28
aAH FRENCH aasA6 human IRssNplaleNVNAa /, 81 NAY ii ENaE
Pa MANS EASY lob.
Average Family Eats a Quarter Ton
of Pork In a Year.
- - mi HAYWOOD Della

Average Family Eats a Quarter Iot
of Pork In a Year.
By Professor HARRY HAYWOOD. Della
ware.
That pork production is an important
agricultural industry is shown by the
fact that In the year 1900 the average
private family ate a little We half q
ton of meat, nearly half of which was
pork. This fact Is explained by anoth-
err fact-plgs for various reasons are
more profitable animals to raise than
beef steers or sheep and on this ac'
count always have occupied and prob
ably always will occupy a prominent
place In American agriculture.
In the first place, pigs are more pro-
life than any other class Of farm ami
mails. They mature more quickly and
can therefore be turned of sooner than
any other live stock a v poultry.
Again, the pig produces its meat upon
considerably less feed than any other
meat producing animal. much~o OF which
feed could not be used advantageousiy
In any other way. A pound of pork
can be produced upon half the amount
Of feed that is required to produce a
pound of beef and two-thirds as much
as it requires to make q pound of NUT
ton. Another point in favor Of the
pig is that the percentage Of dressed
weight is higher In pork than in either
beef or mutton.
There is probably no branch Of ami
NAL husbandry that can be taken up
with as small capital as raising pigs.
They can be kept in comparatively
large numbers in small Enclosures or
they will do we'll on pasture, which
furnishes part of their feed. and they
are subject to but few diseases. AS
population increases the demand for
pork will also increase. It is one Of
our most palatable and ~nourishing
meats.
Practical experience shows that one
good man can handle quite a large
herd Of hogs II he will properly ar
range his pasturing and feeding sys-
TENS. Some pasture seems essential
to success. This calls for a very
small area OF tillable ground per head,
in course Of time should become
very rich and productive from the
Of the animals and the grow
ing Of legumes for feed.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-05-28
FLAT ROCK WOMAN DIES
At THE AGE OF lis YEARS

Aunt Sarah Williams, died al
her home in Flat Rock last week
at the age Of lis years. She
was probably the oldest colored
woman in the South. 1t is said
there is ample evidence to sub
stantiate the date of her birth. in
1893, or in the century before
last.
Aunt Sarah was born a slave.
She belonged to the Davis fam
lily, in the Southern part of this
county, and was the mother of
Y children, most of them buried
in her private cemetery back of
her Flat Rock cabin.
She was active and able to get
about almost to her death, and
her mind remained clear and her
memory and recollections of the
old days vivid to the end.
Aunt Sarah, bent and shriveled
almost to the proportions of a
child, with a remarkably bright
eye, and astrange and quiet dig
nifty which became her we'll, was
a woman of many lovable TRAITS,
and the stranger seeing her di d
not soon forget the, impression
she left.
She was the devoted attendant,
to her death, of a perfect
ly helpless and half-witted son.
She was faithful as a slave.
and after lis years of life, many
more than is generally allotted to
people on this earth, she sleeps
with her children ona beautiful
back of her former cabin
home. There in the shadow of
the pines, amidst the great oaks
which were but saplings when
she came into this world, she is
1T rest, and is waiting for the
great final commentator, well
lone, thou good and faithful SER
7ant." The sun shines as bright.
he stars light the heavens as {,
hey did one hundred and fifteen ]
years, ago, yet surely they must
Mss one who has been with them
or so long, and who had so ably
'erformed her duty in that state /;
i life unto which ithad pleased !
J cd to call her.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-05-28
HAS IT CONE TO THIS!
May %, 1908.

The attitude of the republican
leaders toward the negro voter
lately is amusing to democrats
and respectable white republi-
cans. Ever since President
Roosevelt exhibited the courage
of his convictions in dealing with
the negro troops implicated in
the Brownsville riot last year,
there has been heard distant
rumblings of an impending storm
from the ''black and TAM ele-
ment in the radical camp. Fire
alarm" Foraker, of Ohio, who
hates Secretary Taft with all
the venom his of prejudiced soul,
had the temerity to take up the
defence ofthe colored rioters in
the hope of injuring Mr.. Taft in
S presidential aspirations.
He thought to ingratiate himself
in the hearts of the brothers
in black" and at the same time
further his own candidacy for
the presidential nomination
against Mr., Taft. But when
the "show-down'' came in his
home state Mr.. Foraker met with
a crushing defeat, as he richly
deserved. Every American citi-
zen through whose veins courses
pure Anglo-Saxton blood was re-
ioiced to hear of Secretary Iaft's
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-05-28
THE VICTORY COMPLETE.

The expected has happened.
North Carolina has put herself
on record against the manufac-
ture and sale of intoxicating IL
quors" by a decisive majority of
the popular vote of her splendid
citizenship. Latest advices put
seventy-eight of the ninety-eght
counties in the prohibition column
with a total majority of anywhere
from As, 0 to 60, 900. This is
really a great victory, consider
ing the stubborn and brazen op-
position in many sections of the
State, which has been waged
during the past three weeks.
Even the temperance forces re-
Gently became fearful of a much
less favorable outcome and would
not have been surprised to see a
majority of less than Is, 600. But
seeing the imminent danger con-
fronting them, made possible by
the lavish use of money, the
folks got busy in dead earnest
and the magnificent majority
which has crowned their efforts
speaks for itself. There can no
be any mistake about
what the people of North Caro-
lima desire in the matter just
passed upon and the Hustler
joins them in the glad acclaim:
Glory to God, in the highest,
peace on earth and good will to
ali men,"
In Henderson county the vic
tory exceeds all expectations and
the3 local prohibition commit
tee is entitled to the heartiest
congratulations of all temperance
advocates. In the final Great
Day, if faithful to the end, they
will receive the welcome plaudit.
We'll done, thou good and faith
servants, thou hast been
.althful over a few things, l will
make thee ruler over many, enter
hen into the joys of thy Lord" |.
We congratulate this commit
ee and people generally for the
ght in this county.
To those who honestly opposed i.
ne measure, we have no word of l
riticism. This is a free country l
nd they had right to their opin- {
m. Now, that the contest is
yer let one and all cooperate in .
determined effort to enforce :
he aw. 1t can an must be done. {
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-05-28

The two Hendersonville pre-
clncts gave a majority of 1913
against the manufacture and
sale of intoxicating liquors."
My, what a change of sentiment.
In the last local option election
held here the anti-saloon forces
won out by only nine votes.
But the people have grown bet
ter since that time.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-05-28

The result of Tuesdays cleo
ton in Henderson County shows
that her people believe in tenn
perance, sobriety, education and
happy homes, against ignorance.
debauchery, crime, misery and
broken hearts.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-05-28

Writer apnreciates the flat
ering endorsement recently given
his candidacy for Commissioner
OF Labor and Printing by the Hen
dersen eountyD Democratic conven-
tlon' which unanimously adopt
ed resolutions setting forth the
reason for it's action in the mat
ter. While for years separated
from the brethren in person, I
have ever been with them in
spirit audit is, indeed, crafty
ing to know that our relations
are yet unstrained. It has been
said that "a prophet is not with
out honor, save in his own coun
try, ''bnt it Is genuine pleas
ure to know that this does not
apply in all cases: Although
three hundred miles distant from
them, my good friends have CIV
en- public expression to a senti-
ment OF which any man should
be pleased in the highest degree.
Language is inadequate to ex-
press in words the high appreci-
alton l feelfor. the great honor
my party in Old Henderson has
done me SO handsomely. And
God being my helper, no act of
of mine shall ever cause these
good friends, who have stood by
me loyalty in the past and are
now manifesting so emphatically
renewed confidence in my ability
and integrity, to regret the &C
ton they have taken.
To those interested, I am
pleased to say candidly that the
prospects for my nomination, to
the Office for which the united
democracy has so strongly en-
dorsed me, are exceedingly en-
couraging. I am we'll in the lead
on the instructed vote and have
flattering assurances of liberal
support from the counties that
did not instruct tneir delegates
for minor State officers. The
contest for Governor has eclipsed
everyother consideration, up to
this time, and there seems to be
little likelihood of I'VE little folks"
getting a satisfactory hearing
before the convention meets.
Again thanking the democracy
of good old Henderson for her
magnanimous support, and hop
ing for a sweeping victory this fall
1 am, with best wishes for the
happiness and success of one and
all, Yours very truly,
NJ. L. SHIPMAN.
Raleigh, May %, 1903.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-05-28
Bronze crass.

Hronle grass (Bromus inermis) is at
present of most Importance in the Da.
kotas and sections adjoining these
states. but is grown to some extent
throughout the general region from
Kansas ti''rs:i to tho Canadian bounda-
~ ard west to theI'aciir coast. Its
lElaHtt:':''-' !" r'ie timothy region is as
Yet GER" limited.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-05-28

We are mighty "fraid" Bun
combe county has carried off
the banner. But Henderson is
a close second, considering the
proportion of the cast. Eight
to one is hard to beat.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-05-28

The next attraction will be an
address by ex-Judge Hamilton
Gladstone Ewart upon the SUBJ
ject: Why the people voted for
the bill" Admission five cents,
threefor a dime.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-05-28

Some few of our citizens went
wrong on Tuesday, because they
didn't like the bill" True
there are objections to the pro-
visions, but it is a long step in
in the right direction. No LAWS
absolutely perfect, except the
law of God.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-05-28
H. Redwood & 20. AsheVilIe, N, E..

A wealth Of Spring Novelties in fine Dress Goods, O
Wool and Silk. Dainty White Goods, Laces, EmbIoideries
ktc. Gloves, Hosiery, and Underwear. Kimonts, Shirt
Waists, Etc. Ladies' Suits and Skirts
Hats, Fancy Goods and Butterick Patterns.
Also Mems and Boys Suits and furnishings Fine
Shoes Tor ladies, cli!Gren. men and boys iats, Caps Um-
brellas- Trunks and Bags----Fine Rugs from very small
"n up to about I2xI2.
Immediate attenth n 10 mail trder-.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-05-28

For Rent Cottage partly furn-
ished; kitchen, stables, garden
lot, Sc. Apply to DR.. Ia. Allen
r., Main st.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-05-28

LOST-Ladies brown jacket,
on w. Academy or Broad st.
Finper return to A. Fisher, s store
and receive reward.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-05-28
CEREAL NOTES.

Productive and Earliest Spring
Wheats-ouaIity In Wheat.
For many years the experimental
farms Of Canada have pursued most
systematic, careful and extensive work
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-05-28

Henderson county did nobly.
She is all to the good"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-05-28

What's the matter with Sails
bury anyhow?
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-05-28

Victory hi Ohio a1d feeliaR 6
Reeh appreciation was entertain
ed toward him in every sectiol
of the country. But a strang,
vision has evidently come owe.
the spirit of his dreams. Lister
at this, from a recent issue o:
the Fayetteville Observer:
Solicitor N. A. Sinclair re.
turned last night from Savannah
Ga. wher he went to attend
the funeral of his aunt, Mrs.
Mary Mcneil. On the trair
with Sinclair was Secretary Of
War VIM. H. Taft, leading Re.
publicans candidate for the Presi.
dency and three attendants, two.
white men and a negro.
The Secretary of War and party
boarded the train at Charleston,
having returned from a trip to
Panama. The Secretary ordered
four covers laid on the table for
dinner and on account of the
great bulk of the Secretary, the
table which is intended to seat
four people, had to be extended.
When the great man and his
three companions appeared in
the dining car and were prepar-
ing to take their seats, the con-
ductor came on the scene and in
formed Mr.. Taft that in South
Carolina colored men had to wait
until after all the whites had
eaten, and despite the Secre-
tary's protest, his negro COM
panion had to retire.
Taft is certainly bidding high
for the negro vote, and we Won
der if he can wean them back
with such bait.
Indeed he is bidding high for
the negro vote and by so doing
is estranging the respectable
white element in his own party
from him. ''Colored men have to
wait in North Carolina until
after the whites have eaten,"
also, just the same as they do in
the good old state where flour
ishes the Palmetto and the Pine
We have had the habit for
many, many years and do not
intend ever to depart from it.
The better class of negroes are
opposed to social equality and
would be shocked to receive an
invitation to eat at the same
table with white men, in this
part of the country. The South
Carolina conductor was everlast- !
ingly right in giving MI. Taft to
understand that the white people
of the South propose to maintain
their self respect. The big War
Secretary will have to pratictice
his social equality stunts in other
sections than the South. Wei
folks have very decided convic-
lions with reference to social as
well as to political conditions
and have a way of resenting any
attempt to disregard the time
honored custom of a distinct sep
aration of the races in the home.
The incident referred to clearly
indicates that Secretary Taft is
not the man we Southern folks
want for President. His election I
would mean<<a re-opening of the +
race problem, which everybody,
both white and colored, had t
hoped was settled for many years c
come. An Individual who is q
to sit at the same i
able with a negro would descend O
o even more Objectionable prac- a
ices, and that is not the type of t
nan to hold in his hand the des-
my of this great American re-
Mr.. Taft may attract G.
following in states where g
ne negro holds the balance of $,
but he loses the respect N
t every true white man south of 7,
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-05-28

Bully for Horse Shoe, Mills
River, Bat Cave and Flat, Rock.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-05-28

Score one each for Governor
Glenn, Josephus Daniels, John
A. Oates, Judge Prichard and
N. B. Broughton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-30
Walkers Of the Past.

The twenty -four-hour walking match
which is to begin at the stadium tomor-
row takes the memory back to the late
'7Os. when similar long distance compe-
titions flourished amazingly under the
aee1s OF Sir John Ashley and when E. p.
Weston, Howes, Vaughan and Hubbard
were the heroes of the hour. Though
Weston, the pioneer. accomplished some
fine performances, they were soon eclips-
ed by our own walkers, whose feats
created a great sensation at the time.
One Of the best of them all was Billy
Howes, a little one-eyed athlete. who
walked one hundred miles In the truly
marvellous time of Is hours. 8 minutes 15
seconds, a record which still remains I'M
approached Hubbard covered fifty miles
in 7 hours "a minutes Ii seconds. and
without stopping lowered all existing rec
ords up to seventy miles. for which dis
lance his time was IL hours 80 minutes
IS seconds. Even more wonderful was
the performance of George Littlewood,
who at Sheffield tramped 531 miles in 1913
hours 4S minutes 80 seconds, an average
OF not much less than four miles an hour,
night and day, between Sunday and SUM-
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-30
PROMISES ANOTHER INQUIRY
Buckley Says Taft Favors Furthe'
Action Regarding Brownsville.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW HAVEN, October 3O.-United
States Senator Morgan G. Buckley prom
Uses that If Taft is elected the Brownsville
raid matter will be revived. a new resolu-
ton for an investigation pushed through
Congress and the matter sifted to the
bottom. He says that Taft is not in SYM
pathy with President Roosevelt In the
matter.
In addressing mass meeting of colored
voters. whose opposition to the republic
ans Is said to have turned this city over
to the democrats In the election last fall
and who threaten to bolt the republican
national ticket this year because of the
Brownsville affair, Senator Bulkeley spoke
at length on Brownsville. He called at
tention to the fact that Mr.. Taft, while
Secretary of War, had asked that action
be suspended, and said that the republican
candidate had then done all he could for
the colored troops. When legislation for
the benefit of the Brownsville soldiers
came before Congress he promised that 1t
would looked upon with favor by Mr..
Taft
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-30
WHOLESALE MARKET REPORT.

Quotations given below are for large
lots. Jobbers' prices are higher.
EGGS-Nearby fresh Virginia. %:
west Virginia and southwest Virginia,
81; Tennessee. 26a27.
BuTTER-creamery. fancy. 2sha3o:
Western firsts. 2Ta2S: seconds. 23a24
Process. fancy. 23a24: fair to good. lea
20. Store-packed. fresh. 16a16.
CHEESE. - New York state factory.
new. large. 14a14h.
observation-disclosures spring per h..
Halls; hens. per h.. II; ROSTERS: per
h.. 8: keats. per h.. 10: turkeys. hens.
per h., Halls; turkeys, toms, per h..
Halls; ducks. per h., 10a12.
DRESSED POULTRY.-Hens. choice.
per h.. 13a14; ROSTERS. per h.. g.:
chickens. per h.. 15a16; ducks. per h..
12a14.
VEGETABLES. - Potatoes. per Dbl.
No. l. 2.o0a2 %: per bu.. 75aS5; potatoes.
No. 2: per Dbl. 1.0oa1.5o: sweet potatoes.
onions. per Dbl. It's: per bu.. rs: pep
pers. per Dbl. 100: cabbages. per Dbl.
1.00a1.5O: per hundred. 4.OOa7 100: egg
P1aa6 per Dbl LOO TO-, eggplant
per basket. scars; per Dbl. 1.25a2.0 90;
new beets. per bunch. oa3; lettuce. per
basket. 75a1.25; tomatoes. per box. 5Oa
1.25; radishes, per 100. 1.o0a1.25: green
corn. per doz.. 1oa2o: celery. per bunch.
30a6O; okra. per crate, 1.25a1.50.
GREEN FRUITS. Apples. ,er hbl..
loose. 1.25a3.0O; per double-headed Dbl.
3.O0a4.5O; oranges, Cal. per box, 3.5Oa
500: grape fruit. per crate. 3O0a3 so;
peaches. per half-bushel basket. 1OOa
ket. 5oa2oo: Keller pears, per Dbl. 75a
lbs; per blu. box, 3Oa60; grapes. per bas-
ket. 13a20: ounces. per bbl, 3.50a5 so:
per basket. 75aS5: chestnuts. per lb., 3a5.
cranberries, per bbl., s.OOa9.O0: per box.
2OOa2. 90.
HAY AND sTRAw-Hay western.
No. 1. 14.OOa1450: No. 2, 12OOa13. 90;
mixed. 11.OOa13.OO. Straw. rye. bundle.
17.O0a1S.OO; rye, machine thrash. 10OOa
1880; wheat. 6.00a650; oat straw. per
ton S.0Oa9.00.
sEEDS.-Alsike. per bu.. o.0oa10.75
clover, per bu.. 5O0a6.OO; timothy, per
bu., 1.7Oa2.O0.
LIVE STOCK.-Cattle. extra. per cwt.
4.5O: medium. per cwt.. 3.5Oa400: ordl-
nary, per cwt, 2.OOa3OO Hogs. per
cwt.. gross. 5.0Oa5.5O: Sheep. per h.. 800
a3.50: spring lamb. choice, per h.. $50:
medium, per h., 600: Calves. choice, per
h., 81; medium, per h., 7ka8: grass.
per h.. 3a4.
BEEF CUTs.-Ri5s. No. 1. per h.. IA:
No. 2. IL: No. 3, 10. Rounds. No. 1. per
h.. 10; No. 2, 8: No. 3. 7. Loins, No l.
per To-. Il: No. 2. ~; No 3. 10. Chucks.
No. 1. per h.. g: No. 2. Z: No. 8, g.
WOOL AND HIDEs-Wool. washed.
per h., 2Oa21. Hides. greer. yer h.. g.;
dry per h.. 10a12. Sheep,kins. green.
each. scars; dry. each. 25a6O. Calfskins.
green. each. 1.25a1.40. Dry flint hides
1Oa12.
GRAIN.-Wheat. per bu., s4a38. Corn,
shelled, new, per bu.. 63a67: ear. 275a
800; old shelled, per bu.. S5a9O; ear. 4.15a
A.4O. Oats. western white. No. z, per
%. ooaso.o0. Middlings. per ton. 10000
1900.