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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-08
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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-08
TAX SALE.

BY virtue of the Tax List of the
county of Henderson, now in my
hands for collection for the year
1908, will offer for sale at the
court house door in Henderson
vile. N. c., on Monday, the third
day of May, 1909, between the
hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and 2. 90
O'Clock p. M, the following lands
herein mentioned for taxes due
and unpaid.
This April 5, 1909.
C. E. BROOKS,
County Tax Collector.
DTrn
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-08
Charged with Murder;
Now with KidnaDinQ

With a laughing, blue-eyed
babe in his arms, for the sup
posed murder of which Tom
Childs now languishes in Green
vile jail, big Deputy Sheriff Con1
nor stepped from the train, Mon
day, and gave up his precious
burden into the arms of Pelham
Corn, the child's father.
Last Friday, in Greenville, a
warrant was sworn out charging
Mrs. Pelham Corn, the 18-year-
old wife of Pelham Corn, of this
county, and Tom Childs with the
murder Of Bennie Louise Corn,
the two-year-old daughter of
Mrs. Corn. The warrant was
sworn out by Pelham Corn, the
woman's husband, who alleged
that his wife had deserted him
and was living with Childs and
that Childs had been heard to
say he intended to make way
with the little girl.
Now the charge against Childs
will not be murder, but kidnap-
ing, and Pelham Corn has gone
to Greenville to prosecute the
accused man.
1t is said that Childs' eloped
with Mrs. Corn from Henderson
vile on last Tuesday, that the
woman left him in Spartanburg
and returned to Canton with the
child. Deputy Connor, with
Pelham Corn followed her to that
town, recovered the child after a
heartrending scene with it's
girl-mother, and returned to
Hendersonville on Monday, leav-
ing Mrs. Corn in Canton. Ben
ME Louise, still laughing and
merry. is now with Mrs. Corn's
mother at her home on the Clear
Creek Road, and Mr.. Corn has
returned to Greenville to prose
cute the charge of kidnapping
against Tom Childs, who no
longer rests under the awful
shadow of alleged murder.
Pelham Corn, the son of Avery
Corn, deceased, was born and
raised in Henderson county. |
About three years ago he met his
girl wife, the daughter of John
Wright, of Madison county.
Alter a brief courtship they were
married and then Bennie Louise
came to gladden. their little home
and all the world looked bright
to the young husbund and wife.
n For a long time he worked at
Travellers Rest. in the employ of
w. M. Wing. Last Fall they
moved to Greenville, where they
met Tom Childs, and the first
cloud fell over their welded |
OIlSS. Three weeks ago they
came to Hendersonville followed
Gy Chllds, who, it is said, on last
tuesday eloped with the young
VII WE to Spartanburg, where the
aIeged threat about the child is
Sald to have been made.
MRS, Corn, taking her daugh-
Ter with her, left Spartanburg
69r Canton, where Deputy Sheriff
GGonnor, accompanied by Pelham
G1Orn, followed her and recovered
sne child. Childs is still in jail
OreenVille and will be given a
nearing this week
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-08
TOWN TAX SALE.

By virtue of the tax list of the
Town of Hendersonville, now in
my hands for collection, and by
virtue of the power and authority
vested in me by law, l will sell
the property hereinafter named
at the court house door in Hen
Jacksonville on May 3, 1909, at IL
O'Clock, noon, for the purpose of
satisfyingfthe taxes of the delin-
quent tax payers hereinafter
named, together with all costs on
the same. 5. Y. BRYSON,
Town Tax Collector.
Owner
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-08
Inc 2lSt Anniversary.

April I'd was the 21st anniver-
Iary OF M. M. Shepherds busi-
EESS u: Ilte in Henderson county.
PlS IS the oldest business house
/ Town and he is the fourth
Iluest business man here. Start
tp g IN 1888, for Fl years he has
zen gel selling shoes successfully
ana a.1 other merchandise, too)and
Ew men have a higher reputa-
D,l VII Tor giving their customers a
aud audrer deal than NJ. M. Shep-
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-08

The regular Easter egg hunt
will be held at Mud Creek church
Saturday, April 10th, at 8 p. m.
Come, bring the children, and let
them hunt the rabbits nests.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-08
A Superb Display.

o5.J AC j. ., Williams store will be
,sa ,sst1 a superb display of this
IT;aGllS I;orl goods, a detailed list of
1tfH t5i. viii be found on page two
,irt rtIS issue. The showing of
ty mIY and attractive articles
|wp y~10 0e hard to surpass in any
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-08

ICoNTINUED ON LAST PAGE.
Efforts are being made to raise
the fund necessary to bring the
North Carolina Confederate
Veterans here this year.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-04-08

On rIe 5ol present city administra-
ewo, las quilt and extended more
kevion Gc and water lines than any
le 1ous nous administration during
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-10-29
SPEAKER CANNON TO RETIRE
Intir1ated That He VIII Not Seek Re-
Election t. CONGRESS.

On Board Mississippi River Steam
er st. Paul. Off Hickman, KY. Oct.
27.-Speaker Cannon is intimating to
his friends that he will probably re-
tire from politics at the end of his
present congressional term. He de-
MED that he had any intention of get
ting out, but, as was indicated IN
press dispatches several days ago.
powerful influences are at work. OF
which the speaker has full knowledge,
and at the proper time, that is to say,
on the eve Of the next congressional
campaign, he will announce his re.
tircmrnt from public life This sacrl-
fee will be forced from him in order
that control of the next house may be
retained in tie hands of the Republi.
cans, M ts
III the Middle West the opposition
to the new tariff law is centering on
the speakers head. The people can't
fight the president,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-10-29
MGR0sF|RST PLACE
CALVIN BowDRX BISMARCK, HEADS
LAND DRAWING LIST.
He Is a Porter Employed in the North
Dakota Capital City; Several Man
kato Men Are Among the Fortu
nate Ones; So Are Blue Earth
County Residents; Drawing Pro-
ceeds Today; Uninterrupted.

Butte, Neb., NOct. 27.-Wihiam j.
Engle of this place, whose name was
the first drawn inS'the distribution of
farms on the Cheyenne and Standing
Rock reservations, was disqualified
three days ago when he filed on
homestead in Trip county, South eDa-
kota. Under the law ,Engle cannot
make second filing for government
land.
Aberdeen, S. D., Oct t27.-Calvin
Bowdry, colored, scored in his first
attemp to NEEDLE with the wheels, of
high finance when he drew number 2
in the Cheyenne and Standing Rock
lottery yesterday. Incidentally, lin has
leap from poverty to wealth, Bowdry
set new mark in government annals,
for according to Judge Witten, this Is
the first time in history that negro
has taken down leaders prize. 4
Bowdry is porter employed by NJ.
w. Webert in Bismarck, n. d. The
news of mis- good fortune came to him
SO suddenly that he could scarcely APP
preciate what it meant. lie is TWEEN
tyfve years old.
Mankato Winners
Residents of Mankato who won:
Godfrey Anderegg, Bayard I. Leverichi
and w. Conrad
Residents of Blue Earth county who
are in on the drawing: Edward j..
Bennett, Eagle Lake; jeremiah Me-
earthly, Madison Lake; Louis j. Elder,
Madison Lake.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-10-29
TO DRIVE OUT THE YEGGMEN
Minnesota Bankers Association VIII
Take Drastic Measures.

Minneapolis, Oct. 27.-Aroused by
the activity of the yeggmen, whose
daring this year has gone beyond all
bounds. the protective committee of
the Minnesota Bankers association
will meet in Minneapolis TO devise
means for fighting the epide mic Of
bank robberies and safe bowings
that has run startling course
through the summer and fall
Extraordinary occasions only call
for meeting of this committee. 1t
has not met for nearly two years.
The membership consists of four and
the names are a secret They are
never printed in association literature
and not more than ten members Of
the Minnesota Bankers association
know the personnel. *
Charles R. Frost. secretary of the
Minnesota Bankers association, said
, thet he has called a meeting. It will
be held, he said, this week. He pre-
fers not to give details. Mr.. Frost
was in the East on association bust
ness, but he cut short his stay by u
week and came straight from New
York to Minneapolis because of the
many bank robberies being reported.
The committee Mr.. Frost said, will
stop the bank robbnries by the most
drastic measures if necessary. There
is determination to put an end to
present conditions.
The meeting has no relation to the
work of the Tri-State Protective asso-
citation, composed of bankers of Min
nesota ard the Dakotas, and also of
Wisconsin and Iowa. That associa-
! ton has it's hands full.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-10-29

are continually covering up and mini
MIXING the actual. Conditions, in the
interest of the vast combinations that
are levying tribute from every man,
woman and child, in the land and
sapping the life blood of the republic
They shape legislation and influence
our courts. These are the things that
are dangerous because they work I'M
der the cloak of law and order and
morality"
Following Mr.. True's paper, general
discussion took place in which nearly
every member took part and keen
interest was awakened on the subject,
regarding which there was consider.
able variety of view points.
The following committee on resoIu-
lions was appointed on the death of
Mr.. Charles Geddes, who was mem
Der of the Social Science club, B.
c. Taylor Rev. P. X. Edwards and
Thomas Hart.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-10-29
NEEDS OF THE STATE
Continued From Page One.

existing acts amplified and broadened.
In the matter of refOrestation alone
there is need of much work and educa-
ton. Two amendments to the constitu-
ton designed to encourage forest re-
serves will be voted upon at the gen
eral election of 1910. These amend
ments as pointed out by General c. c.
Andrews, state forest commissioner,
are but little understood, and unless
their import is grasped by the voters
there is danger that they will fail of
passage and the state will suffer seri-
Gus harm by the delay in starting the
work on substantial scale. general
discussion in his opinion will accom-
plsh much toward stimulating public
interest and thereby passing the
amendments. i.;iss '9iGa 7EaiH
Matter for Legislators.
An attempt was made in the legis-
lature last winter to acquire in the .
name of the state the many unde-,
veloped waterpowers, but the matter
was so little understood that nothing
tangible came of the movement The
question is sure to be brought to the
attention of the legislature in 1911.
The defeat of the "pork barrep bin
brings direct to the legislature the
necessity of some enactment for pro-
viding good roads, that will stand the
test of the courts. In place of the
''pork barrel" the state needs meas
ure that will mean the scientific and
systematic construction of modern
highways.
An entire week could be proftably
occupied in discussing these questions
by body representative of every sec
ton and every industry of Minnesota.
One day could be given to the farm,
one day to the forests and the fuel
problem, another to waterways, drain
age and the development of water
power, one day to good roads and one
or two to game and fish preservation,
immigration and other questions which
may be proposed before the conven-
tion will be called.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-10-29
shoe,r1axer shoots Aged Man.

Minut, n. D., Oct. 27.-Alonzo Krae-
mer. a shoemaker. thought to be siui-
ple-minded, was arrested for shooting
and seriously wounding an aged man
by the name of Palmer. The two men
became engaged in an alteration over
bill and Kraemcr shot. the bullet
going through both cheeks. Kraen,e1
will probably be sent to the james.
town asylum.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-10-29

H. T. Sondergaard, the longest in the
service of the state dairy and food
commission of all its inspectors, mas
rendered mis- resignation to take effect
next Monday. He will take position
as representative in this territory of
George NJ Baer of Philadelphia, but
ter buyers. Before being appointed as
inspector in the dairy and food depart
ment Mr. Sondergaard was a butter
maker at Litchfeld and won numb@-
of prizes for making the best butter.
He has been with the department six
years and is now almost the only one
who was there before Governor John
son was elected.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-10-29
FAMILY QUARREL
CAUSE OF CRIME
Kansas Mans Confession Ends
Murder Mystery.

Kansas CITY, MO-, Oct. ZI.-.IaneS
Mcmahon confessed he murdered his
sisters. Miss Rose Mcmahon and Mrs.
Alon2o Van Royen, and the latter's
husband, on farm near Kansas City,
| Kan. last Tuesday. long-standing
family quarrel caused the tragedy.
McMahon killed Van Royen in a wood
anil later went to the Van Royen home
and shot his sisters.
Fearing MOB violence by a throng
gathered about the county jail after
the confession, the authorities rushed
the murderer and his brother, Patrick
Mcmahon, and Patrick Lamb, a farm
hand, who are held as witnesses, to
the Kansas state renitentiary at Lam
sing in automobiles.
Prosecutor Taggart and Sheriff
Becker sweated James Mcmahon for
two hours. Then McMahor collapsed
and confessed ALL
"Yes, l killed my two sisters aud
brother in-law, and l was crazy when
did it," he shouted rising out of the
chair and pacing the room.
1T took me three months to plan
and execute the crime. Day by day
the picture of their bodies lying be-
fore ME grew, and at last two weeks
ago ! saw it all. My plan was per.
feet. My hatred would be avenged. l
bought a revolver in Kansas City, Mo.
Going home, carefully waited until
| knew my intended victims would
be in the right position for me to kin
them and get away. Tuesday Rose
went 20 visit at Van Royen's and Lon
went to the woods.
Shot Him in the Head.
ITO make sure he was not at home
I went to the house and learned where
he was. I found him and shot him in
the head. He fell and / fired six
shots into his back. l always hated
him dragged his body across the
creek and then prepared to finish the
decd
For an hour l wandered about
planning. Then I walked into the
house and found my sisters.
"My first shot probably killed Mrs
Van Royen as she sat on a chair. She
screamed and fell Rose started up
to speak 20 me and l shot her down.
with the two women virtually dead
] was free to take my time. free
two more shots into the body of Mrs.
Van Royen and five more into Roses
body did not hurry away. was
net unduly excited. 1t was the culmi.
nation CT my only Thoughts for
months.
81 searched the house and found
some rings and other valuables.
took all Of them and my revolver and
hid them in corn shock.
Later it dawned on me that had
committed a crime. l tried to keep
it a secret. But hour by hour some
thing told me that must tell ALL To.
night will leep in peace"
The quarrel between the Van Roy
ems and McMahons is said to have
started over the desire of the senior
Mrs. Mcmahon to give part OF her
property to Van Royen. Rose Nc.
Mahon was friendly with the Van
Royens. This caused James McMa.
hon to dislike her.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-10-29
DEATH OF JAMES GEGAN.
Pioneer Resident of Madison Lake Died
Last Evening

James Gegan passed away at st.
Josephs hospital at $3.50 o'clock last
evening of the effects of old age The
last three years of his life were spent
at the hospital where he made his home.
He was one of the very earliest set
tiers. of LIE Sueur county, and was
we'll known to the residents around
Marysburg, where he lived for half a
century.
Mr. Gegan was born in Ireland and
came to America in lS49, locating in
New Jersey, where he resided for three
years. He then went to LIE Sueur
county and took farm near Marysburg
where he continued to reside until
twelve years ago, when he retired, and
spent his time between there and Min
neapols, visiting his children, until
he entered the home for the aged at
the hospital
Mrs. Gegan died twelve years ago
but eight children are surviving, John
Joseph and Lawrence. Gegan, and Mrs
John Mulvehill who live at Marysburg
Miss Rose Gegan of Minneapolis, Mrs
James McGrath, who resides somewhere
in Alaska, Miss Gertrude Gegan, whose
home is at Seattle. Wash, and Chris
Gegan, who lives at White Sulpher
Mont.
Mr.. Gegan was an excellent citizen
and was one of the hardy pioneers o
the state, and his death is much re
gretted by ali. who knew him.
Funeral services will be held at TIN
Catholic church at Marysburg at tel
o'clock Friday forenoon, and the in
terment will be made at the Marysbur
cemetery.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-10-29
Fifty in Colony Are Not Lepers.

Honolulu, Oct. 27.--Fifty supposed
leuers ont of the first 100 examined
by physicians at the island OF Molokai
have been declared non-leprous and
nrobably will be freed. The astound.
ing results of the first five score OF
cases has caused hope to run high In
The hearts of the SIS outcasts IN the
settlement.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-10-29
DAILY PRESS A TOPIC

Continued From Page One.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-10-29

Sixth. But don't neglect your paper.
1t is reflection of the daily life of
the world and that is worth study
ing. I think that if the newspaper is
admitted to the family on these terms
its influence will be for good and not
| for harm
Some people talk of government own
, ed newspapers, government controlled
| newspapers, or a strict censorship of
the press, but 1 do not believe that any
of these things are practicable or de-
+, sirable. What we do want and must
have is deepened sense of RESPONSE
bility on the part of the owners, man
ayers and editors of our newspapers.
We need that deepened sense of re-
sponsibility all through our national
life. Our future happiness depends
more than all else upon our having
leaders of deep sense of responsibility
for the welfare of their fellow men
leaders Of this kind in the field OF
finance and industry, labor leaders
leaders in church and education, and
here to. we want that kind of leader.
ship and management in the newspaper
field, so that as the paper tells us the
story of the worlds life day by day
it will tell it in such way, fearless
and straightforward, giving us the
facts, but telling it in such a way
that we will be inspired with an indy
ing hatred of all uncleanness, and dis
honesty and wickedness of every kind
with an unceasng zeal of righteousness
and Justice, so that we will become
more and more people, just and pro
gressive.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-04-13
STUDENTS
DOUBT CHRIST'S DIVINITY

New York. April l3-Three young
candidates for licenses to preach, all
members of the senior class of the
Union Theological Seminary, have
been rejected by the Presbytery oil
New York Their applications were
considered at the annual meeting OF
the Presbytcry, held here yesterday,
but they were rejected because oi
their answers to some of the funda
mental questions asked in the exam
nation. Although the meeting was in
private. it Is said, that one of the old
er members of the applicants. ques-
toned the miracles and accepted the
modern view Of the divinity OF Christ
In other words. he did not believe that
Christ arose from the dead in body.
The other candidates saw fit TO eI-
press doubt concerning the divinity OF
Christ as advanced by the old school
of Presbyterianism.
The rejected candidates are Archi'
bald Black, brother of the Rev. DR..
Hugh Black of Edinburgh: George f.
Fitch and John Steen.
1t is said, however. that they will
have a further opportunity of explain
ing their beliefs. There was only one
other application considered, which
was accepted. 1t was that of Luigi
Moxegano, an Italian graduate of the
Bloomfield, n. j.. seminary.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-04-13
w. A. MUIR MAKING A
STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY

Denver, April 13.-W. A Muir. the
former San Francisco broker, for
whose return TO California requlsi-
ton papers were issued on Friday
last by Governor Shafforth, was plac-
ed In Jail last night after his bail bond
had been ordered temporarily with
drawn by Judge Shattuck of the dis
trict court. This action was taken af.
ter statement in open court admit
ting Muir to bail was not legal or
binding upon his bonds men Argu-
ments upon The motion to cancel the
bond permanently were set for today.
Judge Shattuck granted Muir ball
pending action by the supreme court
on the application of Muirs attorney
for a writ of supersedeas, asking the
high tribunal to reverse the decision
OF the district court In refusing a
writ of habeas corpus sought to pre-
vent the carrying out Of the requisi-
tion order Muir claims that the requi-
sition was secured by means of false
representations on the part of Detec,
tive Sergeant Friehl of San Francis
co, who has been In Denver for sew
eral days fighting TO have Muir sur
rendered TO him that he might take
him back 10 California to stand trial
for alleged embezzlement
Three attempts have been made to
secure possession OF Muir on requisi-
tion OF the governor of California. The
first failed by reason of "a flaw in the
papers; the second was issued. but
Muir securel his freedom on habeas
corpus proceedings and now the third
| is tied up in the supreme court,
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-04-13
TWO ALARMING FIRES ARE
RAGING IN THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, N. Y.
Gale Blowing Thirty Miles Hour Spreading the Fame-Jewsh
SYNAGOGUE Ruined and Apartment Houses Valued 100000 Are
Swept Away--In Another Part of City Fire Starts in Church
Fire Departments Inadequate e-One Life Lost

the rescue yesterday, but according to
reports, they are stalled in the snow
several miles this side of the paSsen-
ger train. A 50-mile gale was blow
ing onSthe main range yesterday, and
work had TO be suspended. The derail-
ed Snowplow is now buried in the
snow, and it is thought that Ii will be
several days before the blockade can
be lifted In the meantime. the pas
sengers and tralnmen are eating what
they can get from the express car
and sleeping in thesday coaches of the
train. 1t Is reported also that passen-
gers who left Steamboat Springs. the
western terminus at present oil the
Moffatt road, on Wednesday last for
Denver. are still on the road. their
train being stalled at Fawn Creek, The
people along this line depend upon
the daily shipments OF supplies from
Denver. and unless the road is open
ed soon, there will be real scarcity
of provisions.