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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11

Louisville, KY, Special-Death for
probably q score of persons, losses of
hundreds of thousands of dollars in
property and the Gripping of many
telegraph wires resulted between
noon and dusk Friday from a series
of small tornadoes which swept the
south central States from the Ten
nessee line to the Texas Panhandle
The storms were accompanied in most
cases by hail, darkness, terrific light
ming flashes and sheets of rain.
Most of the towns where loss Of
Life occurred are off the railroads. 81
that news from them has been COM
ing slowly. Known casualties are:
Stuttgart, Ark.-Mrs. GerGeld and
a child of Will Story. Mrs. Story is
reported fatally injured.
Sulphur Springs, Texas.-Mrs.
James Ards and Mrs. C. Caldwell.
from Rolling Fork, Miss, just before
the telephone wires broke word came
that four had been killed.
Booth, Miss, reported to Birming-
ham that six had met death there.
In other towns such as Ennis and
Wa1ahatchie, Tex, and Boscoe, La.
many dwellings are said to have been
demolished by the wind.
Arkansas and upper Louisiana rice
fields were injured to the extent Of
many thousands Of dollars, while the
larger cities experienced rains and
darkness and lightning bolts that
made large. buildings culver.
At Chattanooga there was a terri
fc storm Of hail.
Reports from Birmingham state
that several persons were killed by a
tornado at Cullman, Ala. Friday
The home Of George Stewart, seven
miles east of Hanesville, Ala, was
totally destroyed. His 2~-days-old
child was blown half mile and killed.
His 2-year-old child was blown into
a CRATE. and probably fatally burned
Mrs. Stewart was caught under some
rafters in the house and so badly in.
jured that she will die. Mrs. Tom
tBowner and a child who were in the
house were fatally hurt.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
Seven Dead in Alabama.

Birmingham, Ala, S~peeial.-Mayor
George H. Brier, of Cullum, Ala,
wires that seven people are known
to have been killed in that county
Friday afternoon by the cyclone
which passed over this section of the
State but that wire communication is
impossible with the stricken locality.
At Kayosa, a mining camp west OF
Birmingham on the Southern Rail-
way, five houses were blown down but
only one man was injured, a Mr..
Logan. The property loss in the ter
ritory north of Birmingham appears
TO have been very large.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
Haskell Memorial Home Burned;
y. ., Three Missing.

Battle Greek, Mich, Special.-The
Haskell Memorial Home was destroy
ed by fire Friday morning. Three OF
the thirty-scven members of the or
phanage arr missing. Seven little
girls jumped from a third story Win.
dow, but it is not thought any OF
them are fatally hurt. James Arm
strong, u years old, standing on a
shed under the window from which
the girls had to jump, directed thtn
how to make their fall as easy Is
possible and caught two Of the small
er girls in his arms.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
KILLED WHILE HUNTING.

Newbern Lad the Victim of a Dis
tressing Accident-Trigger of his
Gun Caught on Briars and His
Death Results.
Newbern, STRAIGHTFORWARD, the
15-year-old son of Rev. ]. n. II.
Summerell, pastor of the Presby-
terrain church here. met with a dis
tressing death. He went hunting
and when he had not returned at the
time appointed his parents became
alarmed. A party of citizens went
in search of the boy, and the dead
body was found in the marsh near
the county home, five miles from
Newbern. The gun had discharged
its load, which lodged under the
boys jaw and his brain was perforat-
ed with shot. The trigger had evil
IDENTIFY caught on a briar in the under.
growth and caused the discharge.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
Woman Brutally Murdered.

Winston-Salem, Speeial.-Charles
Ferrell, a negro about "a years old
brutality murdered his wife, Christie
Friday afternoon as she sat in her
home on Highland avenue. He fred
four shots from a revolver, killing
her instantly. An eyewitness says
Ferrell began firing after his wife
told him she was afraid to live with
him longer; she having left him after
a fight Christmas week.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
Dies Protesting Innocence.

Spartanburg, S. c., Special.-WlH
Foster, colored, who was twice con-
victed on the charge of murederlng
John Young, a w~ell-known white man
Of the country. in November, l9O|'
was hanged in the county jail Friday
morning. Foster went to his death
declaring his innocence. After the
black cap had been adjusted he was
asked if he desired 70 make any state
ment, and he replied that all he had
to say was that he was innocent.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
FROZEN TO DEATH NJ BOAT.

Edward N. Wright, Accidentally
Hurt, Skull Being Fractured, and
Dies of Injuries and Exposure to
Weather.
Washington, Special. = Startling
news was received in this city Tues
day morning to the effect that Mr..
Edward N. Wright had been frozen
to death while in a gas boat on
Pamlico river Monday night en- route
for this city. The gas boat Lena
was located near the Black bouy
about n mile from this city and
was towing a raft of logs to this
city.
Upon boarding the boat the search
ing party found young Wright lying
in the bottom Of the boat, with blood
spattered all over the interior and
his body frozen, his skull being
crushed in. There were no evidences
of foul play. It is believed that his
head was caught in the machinery
and his wound and the extreme cold
! caused death.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
Hog Gained Five Pounds Daily.

Winston-Salem Spccial.-A hog
that gained in weight five pounds a
day is the exhibit offered by MI. John
Vawters, Of Centerville, a suburb of
this city. Mr.. Vawters say that he
bought a hog last November, when it
weighed PIP pounds. He kept it So
days, and it weighed just 485 pounds.
Witnesses s~ubstantiate Mr. Vawters,
should any doubling Thomases come
forward. An average of two pounds
a day is considered fair for a hog to
gain In training.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
Night Firing Tests at Fort Caswen
Satisfactory.

Washington, Special.-In tests
made at Fort Caswell, NJ c., Febru-
airy LIST and I'd of the new system Of
fire control for rapid-fre guns, the
coast artillery corps made an aver
age of so per cent of hits in night
firing at a moving target at range
from LOO to 1000 yards. The pro-
j~ectiles were provided with lighted
tracers, and the target, which was 10
feet by "a feet was illuminated by
scarchlights. The test was conducted
by a 3-inch gun battery and was very
satisfactory.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
DAIRY pRopucrs ANp roop.

DAIRY PRODUCTS AND FOOD.
When It ONE to making a COX.
parison Of the value of the animal food
products Of the farm, the dairy leads
them all, far and away. Over and
over analysis by the best experts
show that three pounds Of milk are
equal as food to n pound of meat
of the best, quality. Now we know
also that about the best that can
be done in making meat with the
same farm products is two pounds per
day. Only a fair cow gives 1920
pounds Of milk a year. That exceeds
the food value of two pounds of meat
daily for the year. But considering
that good ccws-not the best but
only good-give more than twice g.
200 pounds yearly, and it gives n
a fair iGea OF the value of dairy pro-
ducts. This is putting the question
Of comparative value on bedrock
facts.
OF course we all understand that
meat and vegetables. fruits, ETC., are
essential in the dietary, and must we
| devote time and acreage to growing
all these?, We allude to the dairy
| question in this way to give empha-
sis to the Importance of it, and to
show that If it docs require hard work
and constant attention these arr most
worthily bestowed in the great pro
gram Of human industry.
Another important feature in dairy
ing is well stated by the Iowa Agri-
cultural College. as follows:
One ton Of butter, worth $500, robs
the soil of only 80 cents worth OF
fertility, while a ton of wheat takes
from it $3.50 worth. In reality the
IairymaD is selling air, sunshine and
rain. If the population increases at
the rate prophesied and expected in
the coming year we will have three
people to feed where we have one
now.
Our grain crops are reducing in
production e acre yearly, while
dairying is increasing, and dairyins
In Europe is made profitable on land
valued at 5000 to $1,000 per acre. In
fact. the farmers there are ever i'm
porting American feed and still max
ing this land pay him for dairy farm
ing purposes.-Jndiana Farmer.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
News in Brief,

D. II. Hallock, one of the wealth
lest men in Oklahoma, has been con-
victed Of subornation of perjury
in connection with location of pub,
lie lands and has been sentenced tc
serve in the penitentiary at Leaven-
worth for six years.
Five white men and twelve Ne
oroes were killed in a coal mine a
Ensley, near Birmingham, Ala. OF
Tuesday by an explosion caused D.
what is known as a "Windy Shot
The mine was working on short force
thus many lives were saved.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
Kept omcers in Cold.

Newbern, Special.-A negro named
Shade Morning held the chief Of
police and three officers at bay all
Sunday night and until s o'clock
Monday morning. The negro had q
row with his wife. Hester Morning,
and when the officers appeared ne
shut himself upstairs and threaten
ed to kin the first man wha attempted
to enter the house. All Sunday night
the officers stood on guard-the cold
est night of the winter. Monday
morning. Officer Griffin went to their
rescue and succeeded in arresting the
man, although he shot at them dur
ing the attempt. He was tried and
sent up on two CHARGES. and as court
is in session he will likely be SEM
to the roads this week.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11

High Point, Special.-Monday az
ternoon a three-inch water pipe on
the third floor Of the Redding build
ing bursted, flooding the building and
causing several hundred dollars dam
age to furniture and the building.
Another accident due to frozen
pipes was at Bascom Hoskin's place.
A fire was being built in the kitchen
to prepare breakfast when water
back, which was frozen, exploded,
rearing the range to atoms and the
flying pieces tearing out the door and
two windows. Members of the fam
lily had just left the room, thereby
escaping an awful death.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
General ITEMS ConSenSed.

The very latest SAYS a man mas
been dug out Of the ruins CT Messin"
conscious and with chaares OF Lle
after being shut up tller" - days.
The town Of YehaIaa t>ays a chi-
caro- dispatch of the - is 10 feeE
deep in water.
Pittsb.rg. Pa, hes b"ri5' the victim
Of many n~ero ~d~"rr@a''"nS ana ~
suppress i! menE - nc
arrested. Thi< + ko'"' tnat nH
toric cit, -. fee e 'aee Will .
race waf.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
Fair Gees Into Receivers Hands.

Salisbury, Special.-Upon the APP
plication of H. C. Trott and other
creditors Judge E. B. Jones on Sat
nrday ordered the, Yadkin Vall->
Fair Association in the hands of a
receiver, naming Walter H. Wood
son, Esq, of Salisbury, to take
charge of the property. The action
was precipitated by the death of P.
W. Brown, one of the heaviest
creditors.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
The Proposed Moseley County.

On Tuesday the question of form
ing a new county out Of parts-.of
Greene, Lenoir and Wayne counties
came up before a committee of the
Legislature at Raleigh. The pro-
posed county is to be known as
"Meseley county," named in honor
of Governor W. D. Moseley. who was
born and lived in Moseley Hall town
shin.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
Explosion Damages Repaired.

Spencer, Specialize ,mampoth
shop buildings of the Southern Rail
way Company in Spencer are being
reprinted in connection with the re-
pairs made following the powder
magazine explosion here October
LIST. The repair work has been COM
pleted and when the painting has
been finished the buildings will pre-
sent a new appearance.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
Vanderbilt,s School to Close.

Asheville, Special.-Baltimore Par
ish school, established and maintain
ed by George W. Vanderbilt for IL
years, will be discontinued at the end
of the present term and the building
will be leased to an Asheville teach
er, VINO will conduct a boys school
there, because competition of a near
by public school has reduced the at
tendance from one hundred last term
to twenty this term.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
Eridcmic of Anrcndicitis.
he Ki1USton Free Press saws

The Kingston Free Press says:
There would seem TO be quite an
epidcmic Of appendicitis judging
from the number Of cases now at the
hospital. Mrs. j. c.. Mills, Of Pitt
county, was brought to the hospital
suffering with appendicitis. Mr..
Clarence Moore, Of Greene county.
was brought to the city and operat-
cd on for appendicitis at the hospital
and MI. A. o. Hight, Of this county.
was taken TO the hospital suffering
with a severe attack of appendicitis.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
Small Prescription Business.

Winston-SaIem, ~Special.-Whiskey
prescriptions filed at the four white
drug stores in Winston in January
numbered onl III. 1t may be re-
marked that in Greensboro last
month there were 500 prescriptions
filed. The druggists Eere say they
have had comparatively little bother
with people wanting liquor without
prescriptions. Every prescription,
they say, was for medical purposes.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11

occurrences Of Interes: Cleaned From All Sectious g the Busy
Tar Heel State
,rorEWALL TRAINING SCHOOL.

dEIl N Ia w ~
c;+v School Superintendent and
Principals Association Hear Val
ratla Addresses.
Raleigh, Special.-Declared to be
tbp best meeting since its organiza-
lion in 1889, the North Carolina As
ISOLATION of City superintendent
and Principals Monday closed its
session of three days which has been
tc,d in the auditorium of the Raleigh
High School. In 1889 the assoeia-
+ion began with a membership of
soven and it has increased till now
its membership numbers sixty-two.
The meetings in Raleigh have been
pleasant and profitable, the discus
sions in themselves showing that ed
ueational interests are advancing in
North Carolina, and that there is no
abatement of the spirit of progress
which seeks to make the schools of
this State the very best i'll the coun-
try.
The session of Monday was an
especially interesting one, for in adj
dition to the discussions there were
helpful and inspiring addresses by
State Superintendent of Public In
struction J. Y. Joyner, DR.. W. l..
Poteat, president of Wake Forest
College. Mr.. J. P. Cook, chairman of
the Board of Trustees of the Stone
wall Jackson Training School. AT
the session there also occurred the
election of officers for the ensuing
year.
President-Supt. L. C. Brogden, OF
Kinston.
Vice-President-Supt. Harry How
ell. Of High Point.
Secretary-Supt. C. W. Wilson, OF
Scotland Neck.
Prof. Cook was heard and the fol.
lowing was adopted:
"Whereas, the State of Nortl
Carolina now has a Reform School
under the charter name of the Stone
wall Jackson Manual Training ant
Industrial School, where incorrigibl
boys and youthful offenders unde.
the age Of sixteen years may b
placed and taught correct habits an
receive instruction in the severa
branches prescribed in the Publ
School Law, and taught one of sew
eral useful trades; and,
"Whereas, the Board Of Trustee
of said school have succeeded in ST
curing property and buildings wort
more than thirty thousand dollar
of which the State contributed onl
ten thousand dollars; and
"Whereas, this is a long needle
work In our educational system, re
Iieving many schools of disturbin
problems and yet offering a well
founded hope for saving to the Stat
useful citizens That otherwise woul
become expensive criminals; and
"Whereas, it reflects the progress
sive and the moral spirit of the pee
pie Of u State; now, therefore, tn
Association of City Superintendent
of North Carolina, in convention a
sembled. do
"Resolve 1. That it views wit
pride and satisfaction the gre,
work accomplished by the Board {
Trustees of the Stonewall Jaekso
Manual Training and Industrii
School of Concord, for the waywa1
boys of the State; and that We her
by pledge the said board and ma
agemert our heartiest sympathy al
moral support in this humane az
important educational work.
'2. That we unite in expressiI
the hope and belief that the prese
General Assembly will deal kind
and generously in its provisions /
the maintenance and development
this great work so long delayed
our good State.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
snap Reans in the Market.

Newbern, Special.-One of u en-
terprising fruit merchants received a
consignment of string beans Sakur-
day night. This is unusually early
for this vegetable, but it shows the
advanced condition of the truck in
the extreme South.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
Burned to Death.

Fayetteville, Special.-Miss Claude
Youngblood, the 1~9-year-old daughter
of N. E. Youngblood, a railroad engi-
neer Of this city, was burned to
death Sunday afternoon as a result
of her clothing catching fire from an
open stove,
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
Wind Storm Does Damage at Boone.

Boone, Special.-One of the most
fearful wind storms visited this sec
ten Saturday and Sunday that has
ever been seen here. Much damage
Was done. Part of the Watauga
County Bank roof was blown off
Many out buildings were blown to
pieces. The temperature was below
Zero and one Of the most disagree,
able times ever witnessed by noun
tain people was a realty.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
TORNADO IN SOUTH
Storms Reach from Texas to
Kentucky.
SOUTHERN W AREN'T HARD

Severe Rain, Hail, Wind and F;lectri-
cal Storms Sweep Over South Cen
tral States, Killing and Injurinr
Many and Destroying Property
Valued at Hundreds of Thousands
Of Dollars.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11

New bills in the Senate on Monday
were in part as follows:
Emple: Amend Sec. 1884, Revisai
relative to. the closed seascn for hunt
ing quail and other game.
Peele: Repeal Chap 924, PUBLIC
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11

In the Senate on Friday certain
bills and resolutions were introduced
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11
Results of the Blizzard.

open stove.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-11

funeral expenses.
The following new bills offered:
Taylor: Amend Revisal 37O, rela-
tive to bringing new actions after
non-suit .
Foy: Joint resolution to pay expen-
SEES of subcommittee visiting insane
asylums.
Conner: Repeal Revisal 1902 and
require assessment insurance compan-
les doing business in North Caroline
to make deposit with the State Treas
ure..
Perry: For greater protection an'
comfort of the travelling public
! Substitute for similar bill which was
mislaid). Provides for screens tt
windows of hotels and boarding
houses and railroad cars.
livingston: Require attendance o,
public schools in Trycn white graded
school district. Polk county.
Gordon: Amend Revisal relatin'
ia public health. (Fnlarges power
of State board of health and. increas
es1 approximation from $4,000 to $40
coo. putting secretary in the field
providing for assistants and actlv
work..
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-01
SCANDINAVIAN POLITICAL
 CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS
Annual Meeting Held and School Con- solidation and Free Text Books Were Diseussed-Ludvig Anderson Re- Elected President.

In Foresters' hall Thursday evening the annual meeting of the Scandinavi- an Political club was held with a large attendance when called to order by President Ludwig Anderson. Four new members were received. Both the pres ident and the secretary were re- elected for year, the entire list being as follows: President, Ludwig Ander- son; vice president, John Iindroth; secretary Ivar Olson; treasurer, Ernest Johnson; sergeant at arms, Anton Ell ason; members of the executive board Charles W. Pearson and Oscar John- son, with the officers.
 A vote of thanks was passed to the retiring officers. After informal po- litical speeches, refreshments were served and a social hour closed the evening. President Anderson desired to let someone else become president but the club would not listen to it, as the success of the club has been due to him and the other officers.
 There was a report from the treas urer which was approved and showed the club to be- in good condition. A discussion took place upon the con solidation of town schools and free text books. Many of the members have come from Massachusetts and they have had them there and are much in favor of such an idea here No action was taken on either mat ter.
 The executive committee has plenty of business on its hands in assisting the aliens in getting their naturaliza- tion papers and then onto the voting list, 1t being possible now to have them naturalized in this city. the state league having been influential in bring ing this about
Norwich bulletin., 1909-10-01
MT. HoLYoKE ALUMNAE
Entertained by Mrs. D. L. Gates a
 Crescent Beach.

Entertained by Mrs. D. L. Gates at
 Crescent Beach.
 Members of the Eastern Connecticut Mt. Holyoke Alumnae association had a delightful days outing on Thursday, being entertained by Mrs. D. Lyn- sted Gates of Mantle at her cottage at Crescent beach. Her hospitality included a shore dinner. which was de- licious and fully appreciated. The surf was another great attraction and those of the party who ventured in bathing found the water delightfully."- warm and invigorating. Mrs. A. N. H. Vaughn presided at the regular business meeting held during the aft ernoon. Besides the usual reports the association voted to hold it's annual meeting during the Christmas holiday time and 1t appointed Miss Alice Woodward as the delegate to the Founders day exercises at the col lege in November next. There were several from Norwich who attended the meeting, going down by train in the morning and returning by trolley late in the day. These were Mrs A. N. H. Vaughn, Mrs. William R. La throp and her sister, Mrs. Smith of Wisconsin, Miss Ida Sutherland, Miss Susan Hyde. Miss Mary A.C. Avery, and Miss Alice Woodward.