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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18

Washington, D. C.-Mrs. William
Howard Taft, first lady of the land"
has assumed duties without public
ceremony or oath of Office which. in
weight of responsibilities, magnitude
of Importance, delicacy of execution
and lack of compensation, have no
comparison.
President Taft is charged under
his oath with executing the Office of
President" Mrs. Taft is charged,
without oath, of administering the
social and domestic affairs of the
White House. Mrs. Taft will execute
these requirements primarily by
means of her long experience in pub
lie life. She is in full possession of
the detailed requirements of her DO
sition, has reached her own conclu-
stOns, and is already making the mi
nor changes in the administration Of
the executive mansion necessary to
meet her own ideas.
The addition of the executive Office
building permits of an entire divorce
ment of the official business of the
President from the White House pro-
per, and this is to be availed of to
the full extent. That the main IN
trance of the White House may pre-
sent as near as possible the appear
nee of a private residence, the uni
formed police officers and frock-coat-
ed doorkeepers have been eliminated
and in their place are negro footmen
in livery. For safety an officer is re-
tanned on duty in the miniature Office
room inside the main entrance. and
another on the second floor of the
mansion.
The rights of the public r recog-
nized by the maintenance of the hour
from noon, until 1 o'clock, when ad-
mission Is GRANTED through the east
entrance I'd the historic East Room
and the parlors of the mansion.
Mrs. Taft has abolished the posi-
ton of steward, and will conduct her
domestic arrangements through a
woman housekeeper.
While the season Of prescribed Of
fetal dinners is over 1t may be pre-
dicted that the new tenant of the
White House will conduct a series OF
Informal social functions during the
special session of Congress which will
bring renewed animation and social
life to the sedate and sombre struc-
ture during the first few months OF
the Taft regime.
President Taft surprised church
goers by walking democratically to
services at All Souls Church. He
was ACCOMPANIED by his brother,
Charles P. Taft. The crowd Of GU
rious that had gathered at the edifice
to see the new President were expect
ing him to arrive in an automobile,
and the President and party were at
the doors of the church before the
expectant throng realized that the
Chief Executive had walked through
the crowd without being recognized.
There was no demonstration along
the street or at the church. When
the services were over the President
elbowed his way through the crowd
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Iron mould can be removed by
holding the stain V steam and rub
bling in salts Of lemon. Rinse care
fully as the acid is poisonous, and
1t may rot the material.
If a cruel pot is allowed to stand
on stones or something cold for a
minute or two after cooking, it will
not cool the contents very much and
will make sticking less probable.
One woman keeps her chairs OF
every kind from marking the hard
wood floors by glueing to the bottom
of leg or rocker a piece or strip of
thick felt. ~
A delicious sandwich for the salad
course is made by spreading very
thin slices of buttered bread with
crisp fried bacon reduced to a paste
by mincing.
You should lever allow one fish to
lie on top of the other, but wiring
a cloth out of clean sailed water,
wrap them separately in this, lay
on dish; keep in cool place.
Do not throw a skirt over a chair
at night; there it will be more dam
aged than during days Of wear. AL
ways hang it up on a skirt hanger.
Arrowroot is better than cornstarch
or -four to thicken fruit juices. It
does not cloud the juice or thicken
in Jumps, and it remains transparent.
A woman who always has delicious
little cakes and cookies on hand keeps
a cut lemon or orange in the jar
with them to give a far away" and
delightful flavor.
One cook always puts a very lit
tie lemon juice in the water in which
she boils the rice. She claims that
it keeps the rice white and the grains
whole and separate. 1t may be worth
uytng.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
Two Homicides in Madison.

Asheville, N. c., Special-News
has been received here by telephone
from Marshall, Madison county, of
two homicides occurring in that eoun-
ty last week. One of the killings oe-
Cured Saturday night about 7:3O
O'Clock on Bailey's branch, when
Hartly Bryan shot and killed Zeb
Brooks, the slayer of Brooks using a
shot gun. The other homicide on the
Tennessee line, Wednesday, when W.
n. Andrews was shot and killed from
amubuSh by Elias Pate.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Mr.. Roosevelt spent his first day as
a private citizen at Oyster Bay by
taking a tramp in the snow.
1t was estimated that President
Taft had travelled more than 100000
miles in the last nine years.
Joseph Pulitzer returned to New
York City, summoned by his counsel
in the Panama Canal libel case.
Baron Gutenberg, a leader in the
movements to benefit the Jewish race,
died from cancer in St. Petersburg.
DR.. Alexander Graham Bell and
others determined to conduct areo-
plane flights to break records in Nova
Scotia.
Professor James Geddes. Jr., of
Boston, was made a knight of the
Order. of the Crown of Italy by the
King of Italy.
The Rev. Hugh Birckhead, rector
of st. Georges Church, New York
City, will wed a granddaughter of
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe.
President Taft, in a magazine arti-
Gle, paid a loving tribute to ex-Presi-
dent Roosevelt, whom he places in
history with Washington and Lincoln.
Justice Gaynor spoke or the I'M
provement of the national and city
newspaper press in an address at the
laying of the cornerstone of the new
Press Club house.
William A. Austin. we'll known as
an inventor, who constructed the first
steam carriage and steam bicycle,
died suddenly at his home in Win
throp, Mass, aged eighty-fve.
Chairman Wilcox, Of the Public
Service Commission, declared the
bridge subway loop was a 100000
900 blunder without provisions for
BROOKLYN IN. W connections.
DR.. William s.. Bige1ow, who is re-
anonsib1e for the cutting of the new
United States gold coins in intaglio
instead of in relief. a new departure
in coinage. is neither a sculptor mol q
numismatist, but al author.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
The Place to Experiment.

Crude molasses as a top dressing
for roads, to prevent wear and tear.
from automobile tires, is the newest
scientific solution" of m phase OF
the good roads problem. But
Remembering the evil-scented e
quel of the scientific solution" of the
dust problem, which sprinkled PEI
troleum to cover the surface OF Back
Bay streets, it is urgently suggested
that all future molasses and petro--
leum experiments be made on high
ways remote from habitations until
the drawbacks as well as the merits
of the schemes shall have been disc
covered.-Boston Post.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
NEWsY

Albert T. Patrick wept as he ar
gued his own case in the Supreme
Court, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Frank c. HoIlins, head Of the
banking and brokerage firm, commit
ted suicide in New York City.
The cornerstone of the New York
Press Club Building was laid by the
Grand Lodge Of Masons of New York
City.
Theodore Roosevelt, in his first
signed article as associate editor OF
the Outlook, assailed yellow" jour
nalism.
Justice Guy, of the New York SUI
preme Court, in an opinion, said 1t
was the duty Of newspapers to expose
wrongdoing.
The case OF a Spanish dancers son
who claims the title and estates Of
the late Lord Saekville-West opened
in Madrid, Spain.
King Alfonso had another narrow
escape in a motor car, the machine
striking a tree and stopping on the
brink of a ravine.
The Grand vizier of Turkey, Kla-
mil Pacha, demanded that Bulgaria
state whether or not she desired to
resume negotiations.
Twenty-four thousand parcels OF
realty were announced for sale at
auction to collect unpaid taxes due
the city of New York.
Spanish war veterans complain OF
a War Departme emit ruling which ap-
peared to deprive ninety per cent. Of
them of service medals.
A thirteen-year-old boy was COM
mitted in the Children's Court, in
New York City, on his own plea, be-
cause mo one in the world loved
him." s
Philip Gladstone, fourteen years
old, testified in the Children's> Court,
New York City, that for five cents he
had given false testimony, which re-
suited in the Imprisonment of another
boy charged with larceny.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18

Occurrences 9 Interest Cleaned From All Sectious Of the Busy
Tar Heel State

young for the first generation. N
which one-half might be females. VI
tnese torty-elght females reproduced
al the same rate, the second genera.
ton would number 4,6OS individuals
counting only one-half as females
ea"h capable of producing ninety-si1
young, the third generation would
the enormous number of 221,-
1S4, the progeny of one female in a
SINGLE year. We can divide this num-
Der by n hundred and still have
over 1900 as the number of bugs pre-
vented by killing one Individual when
she first appears.
During the warm summer
months a minute parasite in
the form of a tiny black
lily destroys a large percentage of the
eggs, put as a general thing these
parasites do not become abundant
until the first generation is well de-
veloped $50 that the destruction of
the bugs that produce the first gener-
alton is more essential than the death
OF bugs later in the year. Another
point In favor Of early destruction
Are not the above facts sufficient
to impress farmers with the impor-
lance of spring destruction of terra
pin bugs?
How to Destroy Them.
Hand Picking.-This is probably
the most valuable method of killing
terrapin bugs at any season of the
year. The work can be done rapidly
by children. The bugs are inclined
to hide on cold, windy or dark DAYS;
SO that warm, sunny days should be
selected for this task. We cannot
expect to find all the bugs in one day,
or ever the majority of them. A good
plan would be to collect two or three
times a week, but be certain to COM
mence within a few days after the
bugs first appear. They may be killed
by crushing or by dropping in a little
kerosene.
Spray With Pure Kerosene.-When
the bugs are abundant on worthless
plants they may be killed with pure
kerosene. With the aid of a small
spray pump a large number of bugs
may be killed in a few hours.
Arsenlcal poisons are not effective
against this insect, which feeds by
sucking the plant juice.
Kerosene emulsion of Is or 20 per
cent concentration is used with sue
cess for killing small or half-grown
bugs, but this treatment will not kill
many adults. By following the sug-
gestions made above, the young bugs
Will not become numerous, but when
ever spraying does become necessary
kerosene emulsion is the best remedy
to use. r. I. SMITH,
Entomologist.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
PRES. TAFT'S MESSAGE
Urges Speedy Revision of Tariff to
Suit Present Conditions and Raise
More Rauenna

II ---rseaE -E H--- [EE2g&E= ~
Urges Speedy Revision of Tariff to
Suit Present Conditions and Raise
More Revenue.
Washington, Specialize Presi-
dents message was read in both
houses of Congress Tuesday. The
Senate adjourned Immediately after
the reading of the message until Fri
day. The message received close at
tention in the Senate and was receiv-
ed with applause in the house.
The following is the text of the
message:
"To the Senate and House of Rep
r~esentatives:
81 have convened congress in extra
session in order to enable it to give
immediate consideration to the revis-
ion of the Dingley tariff act. Condi-
tions affecting production, manufac-
ture and business generally have so
changed in the last II years as to re-
quire a REIMBURSEMENT and revision of
the import duties imposed by that act,
with other sources of government rev.
enue, does not furnish income enough
to pay authorized expenditures. By
July 1, next, the excess of expenses
e. receipts for the current fiscal
year will equal $100, 000, 0OO.
Party Pledged to Revision.
"The successful party in the late
election is pledged to a revision of
the tariff. The country and business
community especially, expect it. The
prospect of a change in the rates of
import duties always causes a suspen-
sion or halt in business because of the
uncertainty as to changes to be made
and their effect. It is thefore of the
highest Importance that the new bill
should be agreed upon and passed
with as much speed as possible con-
slstent with its due and thorough
consideration.
Urges Speedy Action.
"FOr these reasons I have deemed
the present to be an extraordinary oc-
c%asion, within the meaning of the
constitution and requiring the calling
of an extra session.
"In my inaugural address, stated
in a summary way, the principles up
on which, in my judgment, the revis-
ion of the tariff should proceed, and
subjects of legislation in this session,
revenue that might be properly re-
stored in order to avoid future deficit.
1t is not necessary for me to repeat
what / then said.
81 venture to suggest that the vital
business interests of the country re-
quire that the attention of congress
in this session be chiefly devoted to
consideration of the new tariff bill,
and that less time be given to other
subjects of legislation in tbs session,
is better for the country"
"WILLIAM II. TAFT"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
Mountain County Enterprises.

The Watauga Turnpike Company
has leased the convict force from
Watauga county and the first work
will be to construct turnpike roads
from Edgemont to Linville, Blowing
Rock and Sholes Mill. 1t is stated
that a narrow gauge railroad is con
templated from Edgemont to Boone.
The idea is that the County of Watau-
ga and private citizens and other in
terested parties will put up $1OO, 900.
IF this road should be built, it will
have a station very near Blowing
Rock. The resources named are con-
sidered sufficient if they can be got
ten together. 1t is expected to get
80 conviets from the State. Talk
is also heard of extending the Lin
vile River narrow gauge road which
runs from Cranberry to Pinola to a
junction point with the proposed
Watauga road, either in the Carey
Flat s neighbornood or at Edgemont.
So far all these plans are simply
being talked of but it is hoped that
out of the talk something will come.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
Converted.

Back Talk believes an overwhelm-
ing majority of the people of Texas
have been converted to the good
roads gospel and stand ready to sup
port any movement to improve the
States highways. The time has now
come for action, and the lead must
be taken by the commissioners court
Of the various counties. In the abb
sence of a State highway commission
to furnish expert advice and super
vision, the duty devolves upon the
county judges and commissioners to
study the needs and resources of their
counties, and after consultation with
competent engineering authority
map out a systematic road improve
ment plan and submit it to the peo-
pie. When this has been properly
done, in nine cases out of ten the
people will vote the bonds or taxes
necessary to carry the plan into exc
cution. The people have been con-
WINGED and it is now up to the county
omcers.-Fort Worth Telegram.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18

Chicago.-"Feminine deceit is all
right. Love piracy is all right. Keep
your husband loving you by any hook
or crook. But for heavens sake don't
20 to bed with a quarter of an inch
of cold cream on your face to tip him
of on how you keep beautiful"
These pregnant thoughts were
rouchsafed 800 of Chicago's wives
and mothers at the Music Hall, Fine
Arts Building, by Nine. Hatton, mat
rimonfal PHILOSOPHERS to the Windy
.City's Smart Set.
1T don't care what method a wom-
an uses to make her husband think
she's prettier than time has let her
be. If she succeeds in that and holds
him true to her, cosmetics are the
real agent of morality. But scores of
married women I know of deserve to
lose their husbands. They think so
much of him that they leave their toi-
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
One on the Workman.

When Tommy was taking papa ais
dinner, he stopped for a moment 10
watch a workman emptying a sewer
THAT" remarked Tommy interest,"
eddy, ais the crate my brother lost
shilling down" esf
The workman's eyes lit up.
well, young man. he said. WIN
a show of carelessness, you'd Detter
get forward with that dinner neIore
it's cold" -
In about half an LoUr Tommy 9
turned, to find the man still at the
same crate.
Are you quite sure 1t was mis-
crate the shilling was lost in?" SAID
the workman.
81 am certain" replied Tommy.
because I saw my father get 1t out
-Tit-Bits.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
Football and Baseball Give Har-
ward a Surplus of $4,000.

Cambridge, Mass. A surplus OF
S26,091.10 in receipts over expend1-
lures In all lines of Harvard athletics
is shown by the report for the college
year 19O7-O8. The total receipts
were $~127,S1S.44 and the total ex-
penditures $101.227.34. The total
net surplus exceeds by $14,45O the
surplus of the previous year. the gain
being due in part to increased re-
ceipts from football and baseball and
in part also to a saving on football
coaching and the training table.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
Asheville in Darkness.

Asheville, Special.-A terrific cleo
trical storm visited Asheville Tues
day night and as Q result of lightning,
the plant of the Weaver Power Com
pany were put out of commission.
The storm was at its height about
$50 O'Clock when lightning burned
the wires of the two power plants and
cut out all electrical power in the city.
All street ears went dead while the
town went dark. An emergency plant
of the Asheville Electric Company
was started up and about one O'Clock
the cars were able to get to the barn
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18

The question of improved rood.
versus the rubber tires of automo.
biles is forcing itself on the attention.
of road engineers and constructors
everywhere. France reports a marked
increase in the deterioration of its
improved highways since automobiles
came into use. In England the cost
per mile Of maintaining rural ma
cadamized roads has increased tbir-
,ty-one per cent. in the last ten yeapeF
while the same cost for city roads has
increased nine per cent Tn +bia
country the same fact is renorted
wherever attention is paid to IT. New
Jersey, which led the other States in
improving country roads, is now sur.
passing them all in ATTEMPTS tn ree-
ulate their use by automobiles so az
to secur the least possible damase
No one who seeks demonstration
need go outside Of Pittsburg tn fnd
it. He can e for himself on fire
boulevards the effect of the new yehi-
cles, and car easily perceive the
causes though it may be difficult tn
determine the proportional force off
each. The suction Of rapidly revolv-
ing rubber tires is one cause nsnac.
tally active when the roads are drv.
The tractive force of he driving
wheels is another, especially when
the surface is soft. The chained tires
are a noted disintegrant during and
after thaws.
Automobiles r more deeply in
terested in the preservation of good
roads than any other class. If some
means are not found of decreasing
the wear and tear the good roads
they enjoy will be short-lived. There
is, of course, universal endorsements
of the hope that such methods will
be perfected. Next spring or sum
mer we can have practical knowledge
of the value of oiling or tarring the
country Or city roads that were so
treated last fall. Engineers of En-
rope and America are working at
that subject. Concurrently it seems
pertinent to ask whether it might be
worth while for automobile construc-
tors to investigate the possibility OF
some material for the treads of auto
mobile tires less d~isintegrating in it's
action on the surface of the roads.
Further, it can hardly be denied
that the automobile going at thirty
or forty miles an hour wears out the
roads much more rapidly than the
one travelling at the rate of fifteen or
twenty. Might it not be worth while
for that interest when the spring
opens to respect their own safety, the
safety of the public and the preserva-
ton of the highways by adopting
moderate speeds, at least until it is
learned how to make roads that can
survive the stress Of the bubble wag.
ons?-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
The split-Log.

It seems the "split-log" has the
right of way in road building. OF
this there is little question It we are
to judge of Its merits from the eulo-
gies it receives. We have always
contended that talk is talk, and you
cannot make anything else out OF IT.
and we further advocate that to nave
any roads we must have some CONF
mon sense legislation. When this IS
done the road problem will be solVeo
in the interest of the people VINO
travel them.-Sulphur Springs "a
Eette.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
"DEcE1T ALL RIGHT TO HoLD A HUSBAND"

let articles lying in full sight about
the house, confess they go to massage
artists, throw rats c~arelessly about
and even admit to strenuous gymnas-
tics to keep down weight and give ar
tifcial lustre to sinking yes.
Women ought to keep their hus-
bands guessing all the time-just as
the coy girl of romance plays hide
and seek with the grande passion, UNI
til she has her sweetheart groveling
and trembling lest the Yes she has
secretly meant to say from the start
won't be said at all.
Here's the secret of keeping a
husband. Stay beautiful and don't
let the male half know the reason.
Also, don't. eat too much. Given the
aid of modern corsets and lacings, the
American wife is indefensible If her
husband deserts her because she has
grown fat"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
The Field of Sports.

Yale defeated Princeton by the
score of 35 to IS in the annual dual
swimming meet.
Tommy Ryan, the fighter, says ne
would like to train JeRr1es for q bout
with Jack Johnson.
Jay Gould and Joshua Crane were
defeated in an exhibition court tennis
match at Cambridge by Tom Pattlt
and Alfred White.
'I do not agree with the idea that
the influence of summer baseball 10
bad for university men, a y DR..
Hutchins, University OF Wisconsln
phyaaen1 direct.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
Moonshine Still Destroyed in Alex
ander County.

Statesville, SpeciaL.-Revenue Of
fcer Davis, of Statesville, was in
Alexander county last week looking
after the moonshiners of the Brushy
Mountains and during the latter part
of the week he and Sheriff Adams, Of
Alexander, found and destroyed an
illicit distillery near the corner of
the three counties-Iredell, Alexan-
der and Wilkes. The 65-gallon still
and other fixtures showed that the
still had been in operation only a
short time before the officers arrival,
but no. one was on the premises when
the officers arrived.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-18
Will Harness Haw River.

Burlington, Special. = Following
his success of interesting capital suf-
hcient to build an electric line con-
Meeting Burlington, Graham and Haw
River, which is now in course of con
Struction, Mr.. J.. W. Murray is en-
gagged in the promotion of the largest
enterprise this section of North Caro-
INA has known-the Southern Trac-
ton and Power Company, chartered
Saturday wit Unauthorized capital of
$4,000. 900.