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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-03-11
GOYERNMENTINNEW Hands
President Taft Takes Oath of Office in
Senate Chamber Because of Binding
Snow Storm Raging Without.

Washington, Special.-With all
the homage that assembled thousands,
representative of every State, almost
every hamlet, of the nation could pay,
the accompaniment of martial music,
the rythmic tramp of soldiers feet,
the echo Of saluting guns, the IN
Saecked enthusiasm privileged only
to a free people of a great republic,
William Howard Taft, of Ohio,
Thursday became the twenty-seventh
President Of the United States.
Ard not without its influence upon
the day and the epoch-making event
was the exit of Theodore Roosevelt
beralded by countless admirers for
seven years past as the most pictur-
esuue, the most virile, and one of the
greatest figures ever upon the stage
Of American public life.
Panoramic Decorations.
The inspiring medley of nationa.
airs. of folk songs, Of b~Iood-stirrine
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lifted, un~falteringly uttered the oath
of office,
81 do solemnly swear that I will
faithfully execute the Office of Pres
ident of the United States, and will
to the best of my ability preserve, pro-
tect, and defend the Constitution of
the United States" kissed an open
Bible In the hands of Chief Justice
Melville w. Fuller, and stood erect
President of the greatest nation on
earth.
After his inaugural address
hundreds pressed about to grasp
his hand, until at last he slipped
away to the President s room in the
Senate, where he rested a few min
utes before beginning the return to
the White House.
Roosevelt Withdraws.
The retiring President loath to d.
| vide the honor with his successor,
/ quietly began the journey to the
| Union Station, where he took spec
iaI train for Oyster Bay.
The new President and Mrs. Taft
were alone in the first carriage, and
the drive from the Capitol to the
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sixtiett Congress Ends.

The Sixtieth Congress came TO an
end at noon Thursday and 1t glldeo
into the Sixty-First so precept!DtS
that the change was scarcely notlee-
able. The final act, though unofflclai
insofar as the House was concerneu.
took place in the Senate chanoel
where both houses witnessed the IN
coming of the new administration;
The Senate will meet at noon FIN
day to consider President Tart
nominations but the House Will MOI
convene again until the beginning o.
the extra session Of Congress to D'
called for the 18th inst.
The Senate met at 9:3O a. m.' ah1
the proceedings were confined to the
most formal work, mainly adoptlol
of the complete report Oh the
ferees on the pension approPrla.IJ..
hill the last Of the great supp,'
measures, which the House also pass
Cd within II hoar Of acJournn1es
and The appointment Of tT,o Q. 'n =
eommTss:ons In accordance WIZ re
cent congressional ~enaetments- VIZ
president Fairbanks deliyered an
dress in response to resola. 1a.
thanking him for his conduct oi 'Ns
Office.
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giving the institution State sanction.
The vote was 10 to 6.
The Senate declined to concur in
the Onse amendment to the bill en-
larging the powers of the State labor
atory of hygiene, and Senators Pharr
and Manning were named as a con-
ference committee.
The House ~concurred lin Senate
amendments to the appropriations
bill. The bill to increase the APP
preparation to the State board of
health, putting a secretary in the
field for all his time, was taken up
as a special order, the appropriation
being changed in committee from
$4,000 to $4,000, the present appro-
priation being $4,000. The bill pass
ed and was sen to the Senate.
Some of the bills passed were: To
provide for building the Statesville
Air Line Railroad; Senate bill pro-
vide for examination and checking of
books and accounts of State depart
ments and State institutions by per
ons appointed by the Governor
whenever deemed advisable; S. B,
amend Revisal as to dissolution of
corporations.
Expressions of appreciation of
Speaker Graham as a presiding Of
icer, and like tributes to others were
passed and ittingly responded to.
Murphy, of Guilford, was ~recogniz-
ed and proceeded in fitting words to
present to Speaker Graham a hand
some silver service as a token of af-
lection from the members and clerks
for the services of Mr.. Graham as
Speaker and for his sterling personal
worth.
Mr.. Henderson, after a glowing
tribute to the Confederate soldier
and the women of the Confederacy
secured the passage. of his bill admit.
ting to pensions those widows mar.
RED to veterans between 1865 and
1868.
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SUFFRAGE m AUSTRALIA.

Victoria is the last of the Aus
tralian States to give women h
right to vote for members of the
State Parliament. Fourteen times
the woman suffrage bill was thrown
out by the Legislative Council after
it had been passed by the lower
house. Each time the hostile major
ity steadily diminished, and the WON
en- kept up their courage. At the
last meeting of the House the bill
went through by a majority Of more
than 4 to I, the opposition breaking
like the giving way of a dam. For
years the women in other States OF
Australia have stood on the same
footing with the men. The gaining
of the ballot by the women of Vic
toria has been tie cause OF great re-
joicing among the s~uffragists beth II
| England and America. They point
to it as a proof that had the pre-
| dicted disasters befallen the other
Australian States the ballot would not
have been given to the women of
| Victoria even al this late date
Charleston News
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White House down Pennsylvania
avenue consumed only about fifteen
minutes.
Immediately after a hasty lunch
con the Presidential party proceeded
down the curved walk at the western
side of the White House grounds and
took their position in the reviewing
stand in the Court of Honor.
The parade was several miles In
length, and was more than three
hours in passing the reviewing point.
1t formed in streets surrounding the
capitol.
Who Made Up the Parade.
The greatest event in the life of
William Howard Taft, now President
of the United States, was now practi-
cally over. More than $4,000 soldiers
and sailors, regular and volunteer,
and more than 5000 members of
civic organizations were in the great
parade, a total of nearly $4,000 per-
sons.
Pyrotechnics.
The fireworks programme, which
began at $50 o'clock contained fifty
numbers, and embraced 1000 rocket
bombs, 500 batteries, 600 colored
lights, 2 tons of colored fire, so bal
looms, 10000 Roman candles, and 75C
sky rockets. One of the unique fea.
lures was a pillar of light 100 feet
high, which was seen for miles
around. The Star Spangled Banner
was unfurled 1000 feet in the air and
the word, "Taft' appeared in let
tiers of fire in the sky. This feature
was accompanied by an aerial SALUTE
of twenty-one guns. The most spec
t~acular piece was a "battle in thu
skies"
President Taft Leads the Dance.
President Taft and Vice Presiden
Sherman arrived at the ball at 9:3'
o. M, when the grand march began
which. was led by Mr.. Taft, who ais,
4danced in the first waltz. The bril-
liant uniforms of the army and nav.
the gorgeous dress of the diplomat
corps, and the expensive costumes o
the women, all went to make a seen
. that will long linger in the memorie
of the beholders.
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NEWsY GLEANINGs.

japan decided to return to China
several telegraph stations in Man
churia.
Important reductions in transcon-
tinental freight rates were announced
in Chicago.
President Roosevelt, in a letter to
Secretary Newberry, paid a tribute
to the signal service of Commander
Sims.
Magistrate Crane, of Brooklyn, N.
Y, held court in the street, discharg-
ing a woman pedler whom he saw ar
rested.
Rabbi Schulman, Of New York
City. said the church should not as
sumo a hostile attitude toward the
theatre.
The Rhode Island and the New
Jersey were the first of the globe
encircling battleship feet to reach
New York harbor.
United States Government official!
obtained evidence against a well or
ganized system for smuggling Chi
nese into this country.
The French tariff proposals ant
agitation against increased nava
armament are causing anxiety to tn
British Liberal Government.
Ambassador Reid was the princi
nal speaker at the dinner given uHde
| the auspices of the Authors ClTD il
London in honor of the memory o
| Poe.
Jean Maths, the waiter who as
saulted President Fallieres on De
cember 20, was sentenced to fou
yoorc, im~nrisOument and five add
tional years of exile from Paris.
The famous feet of flower boat
which was destroyed in the typnoo
of July last and Immediately reDul
at Canton, China, was again az
stroyed by fire, the loss of life bein
mere than 200.
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Washington Notes.

Rear-Admiral Schroeder has been
designated to commander-in-chief Of
the Navy to succeed Admiral Sperry,
who has resigned it.
Mr.. Taft and family went into the
White House Tuesday as guests OF
President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
President Roosevelt held his las
cabinet meeting on Tuesday. 1t was
more of leave taking and good wish
ing than a business meeting.
A severe blizzard caused the lnau
guration to take place in the Senate
Chamber and came near dispensln!
with the pageant.
Taft, in a current magazine article
saws Roosevelt will have a place II
history with Washington and Lin
coin.
For a while during Inauguration
day the Associated Press wire to AT
ANITA was the only line out of tn
Capital City that was not put out O
| commission by the storm.
I It is estimated that $500 person
| called on President Roosevelt Thurs
day to give him a farewell greetins
The late Congress failed to mai
| states out of the territories of Ar
IONA and New Mexico.
President Taft was ~inaugurated J
a pair of pants presented by Republ
cans of Texas, from wool grown i
the Lone Star State.
It is announced that the Big Fle'
returned from encircling the wor.
without a scratch.
MI. Taft is now in possession
the White House, the 9th PresldeI
of the United States
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SPECIAL SESSION CALLED.
President Taft Issues Call For spec

President Taft Issues Call For Spec
ial Session Of Congress For March
18th.
Washington, Special. President
Taft Saturday issued a call for a
special session Of the Sixty-frst
Congress to March 18th.
The following is the text of the
call:
By the President of the United
States of America-A Proclama-
ton.
Whereas, public interests require
that the Congress of the United
States should be convened in extra
session at II O'Clock noon the 18th
day of March, 1909, to receive such
communication as may be made by
the Executive.
Now, therefore, I. William Howard
Taft. President of the United States
of America, do hereby proclaim and
declare that an extraordinary occa-
sion requires the Congress of the
United States to owen in extra
session at the Capitol in the City of
Washington on the 18th day of
March, 1909, at II o'clock noon, Of
which all persons who shall at that
time be entitled TO act as members
thereof are hereby required to take
notice.
&. Given under my hand and the sea
of the United States of America the
9th day of March in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and
rine, and of the independence of the
United States the one hundred and
thirty-third.
WILLIAM H. TAFT.
By the President: P. C. Knox, Sec
rotary of State.
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4arches, floats over a kaleidoscope
panorama Of red, white and blue;
futtering flags, wind-fapping bunt-
pg, every form and manner of dec
Grafton that could be devised in
honor Of the nations chief pays its
silent tribute to the day.
By dusk the pageant passing in con-
slant review before the Court of
Honor had its end; the light of day
yielded the scepter to the most gor-
geous and brilliant illumination of
the Capitol ever attempted; the hiss
of skyrocket. the jubilant crack and
boom Of every form of pyrotechnic
device was heard; the rumble of ear
Tlages, the shouted command of Of
fcers, the beginning of the inaugural
ball. came in for their own.
The escort from the White House
to the Capitol consisted of members
of the G. A. R., United Spanish War
Veterans, and the Army and Navy
Union.
The Vice President entered the
Senate chamber just before noon.
md IN q speech filled with emotion
Impressed his regret at parting with
frt body. The scene was an affect
4g one.
Vice President Sherman
Vice President Fairbanks, in his
most impressive manner, then admin.
istered the oath to his successor. This
Impressive feature over, Nh. Fair
banks handed the gavel to Vice
President Sherman, the retiring Vice
President taking a seat neal Speaker
Cannon. Mr.. Sherman then bega1
his short inaugural address.
At its conclusion he administered
the oath of the new Senators, som,
of them reelected, and then formal
ly adjourned the Senate. Gradual.
the procession began to 10 to tn,
Senate Chamber where President
elect Taft was indicted into Office.
Takes the Oath.
In all the dav replete with history
making events the one great suprem
moment was that when the shoutin
thousands ceased their acclaim,
solemn hush fell over Che multitude
and the President-elect with hand up
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SEVERE STORM on HISTORIC 4TH OF MARCH

haustion among persons who stood
for many hours in the slush and
snow viewing the inaugural parade.
News from New York says: AS
a result of a blizzard which swept
down unannounced Wednesday night,
the middle Atlantic Seaboard from
New York to Norfolk found itself
buried in an avalanche of snow and
swept by destructive winds. For a
time conditions seemed to threaten a
rendition of the blizzard of 1883.
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No Statewide Prohibition FC
South Carolina.

Columbia, S. c., Specialize
House concurred in all amndements
to the prohibition bill, thMs accepting
the local option compromise proposed
by the Senate. The amendments to
the bill deprive it of its Statewide
character, providing that an election
be held In the nwet" counties to de-
eide whether the sale of liquor shall
continue under the Carey-Cothran
act. The Hdryp counties are not at
tested.
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Washington, Specialize specific
opposition was made to the conirma-
ton Of any member of the Cabinet
when the President sent that body
his list Of nominations Friday.
The following nominations were
confirmed: Philander C. Nnox, of
Pennsylvania, to be Secretary of
State; Franklin MacVeagh, of Hi
nois, to be Secretary of the Treas
ury; Jacob M. Dickinson, of Tonnes
see, to be Secretary of War; George
W. Wickersham, Of New York, to DC
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CABINET NOMINATIONS ARE CONFIRMED

Attorney General; Frank H. Hitch
cock of Massachusetts, to be Post
master General; George v. L. Meyer
of Massachusetts, to be Secretary OF
the Navy; Richard A. Ballinger, OF
Washington, to be Secretary OF the
Interior; James Wilson, of Iowa, to
be Secretary of Agriculture; Charles
Nagal, of Missouri, to be Secretary
Of Commerce and Labor; Huntington
| Wilson, Of Illinois, to be Assistant
| Secretary of State; Beekman Win
throp, Of New York, to be Assistant
Secretary Of the Navy.
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A fearful storm struck the nation
again on the historic 9Th of March.
4 Washington special says: Much
suffering was caused among the vast
Inauguration crowd here by the win
try winds, the slush under foot and
freezing temperature. Two persons
were reported dead az a result of ex-
posure and many other persons are
seriously i'll
All the hospitals report that they
have treated numerous cases of ex-
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THE news IN BRIEF
Items of Interest Gathered By
Wire and Cable
GLEANIEGS FROM DAY TO DAY
Live Items Covering Events CT Mere
or Less Interest at Home and
Abroad,

DR.. W. D. Crum, collector of the
port at Charleston, S. c., who was
appointed by President Roosevelt six
years ago, has resigned the Office.
Sallie Brown, of Camden county,
5. c., died recently at the ripe age
Of I'll years.
An air gun in the hand of Law.
renee Ingram was accidentally die
charged Monday, killing his sister
Mrs. James Turner, in Richmond, We
A terrific storm crossed the moua
tain regions of Tennessee and Moth
Carolina on Wednesday. 1t seemed
lifted by the mountains and only
dipped down on the eastern counties
of North Carolina, where it killed.
several persons and did great dam
age to property.
A site just west of Fredericksburg,
called Rowe's Heights, has been Sc
lected for a State female normal
school. About forty acres brought
$65, 900.
Alexandria is said to be the only
county in Virginia in which cock
lighting IS against the law. This was
brought out In connection with a sup
posed violation in Norfolk recently.
An explosion of dynamite effect
ually checked a distressing fire in
Gold Hill, n. c., last Saturday, thai
did damage to the extent of 5000.
1t was authoritatively announced
very recently that the cotton oil mill
at Bamberg, S. C., will be promptly
rebuilt.
Twenty fee. of the Mill Springs
railroad bridge, near Old Fort, N.
C., was burned Sunday morning, and
notwithstanding it spans a deep
gorge, it was ready for use again
within six hours.
Broadus Morehead was killed and
Coley Fisher and Charles Stamey
were cut in a fight at Rutherfordton,
N. c., on Monday.
Robert Amory, of Virginia, was fat.
ally shot by his brother Leroy
Amory, on Tuesday and died that
night. 1t was the result Of i'll feel
ing.
1t is estimated that $4,000 people
went to Norfolk to see the big feet
There wer more than attended the
jamestown Exposition during the
same length of time.
A furniture exposition began Mar
1st to last till the 18th, at Higl
Point, N. c., the great furniture
center of the South.
A fire destroyed 1.-The Greensboro
Hardwood Mfg. Company's plant las
week, entailing a loss of $4,000
with $4,000 of insurance.
John Y. Darlington, M. G. Jeane
and j. Stubo Young have been ar
rested and bailed in connection will
the Seminole troubles.
"Lucky" Baldwin, who died a
the Santa Anita Ranch, California
is said to have left an estate wort
> $29,OOO,OOO net.
In Detroit, Michigan, on Tuesda
a primary was held for school in
!, spectors in which women are above
= ~ NOIe. ~ uuHuOeI VI Iuom sOG mt
to hold their babies while in tn
booth.
Forty-fve men were threatene
' with destruction at Port Blanchfort
, Pa, on Wednesday, by a mine e1
: : p~losion, followed by fire. 'Luckil
I they found a roundabout way {
reaching an exit. Several were ser
. ously injured.
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Foreign Affairs.

The German government has in
view airships on the Zeppelin type
to be armed with rapid fire guns with
which to fight infantry in al
A disease resembling yellow-fever,
but unlike it IN that it affects only
natives has broken out in Barbados
Islands, and is battling scientists to
diagnose it.
The telewriter has been introduced
IN London by which messages car
be recorded when your friend of the
other end of the line is out.
The Dolores star., 1909-01-22

Warships will never be so admirable
In war as they have been during these
terrible weeks in southern Italy. A
cruiser seeking to save and suceor the
victims of mighty catastrophe is in a
lot better business than if it were seek
ing to destroy the commerce of ma
ton. What is more, if warship is
indeed peacemaker, as its champions
assert, it makes peace far more efiec-
tually through mercy than through
might. We have reason for patriotic
pride in the service rendered by our
ships in behalf of Italy's stricken citi-
zens. And that pride is neither d.
minished nor spoiled by the knowl-
edge that other nations have been busy
in the same gracious ministry.
The Dolores star., 1909-01-22
A Few Figures.

Some fear was expressed Tuesday
evening that the gentleman who in
tends putting in an electric plant at
| this place would lose money on his
Investment. Let us figure just little:
There are now go dwellings and 80
business places, offices, lodge rooms and
churches in Dolores, making so places
that would need lights. Suppose these
places would only average $3.50 per
month, that would be 1926. 90 month
or ", 10000 year. This would allow
man $4,000 for looking after the
machinery and business, $500 for re-
pairs and 81 900 for interest, making
per cent for SIT, 500 investment. These
figures are for Dolores alone at the
present writing. 1t is almost certain
that five more dwellings, business
concern and two-story X. p. hall
will be erected and occupied before this
system is put into operation. 1t is also
Mr.. Hopper's plan to light the Town
of CorteZ from the same power plant
and the returns from that place at
present will be larger than from Dolo-
res. Some of the gentlemen in attend
ance at the meeting Tuesday evening
seemed to think that in order to pre-
vent Mr.. Hopper from investing his
money in losing proposition the
franchise should not be granted. We
hardly think it necessary to lose any
sleep over Mr.. Hopper losing money in
this Investment. If he has the busi-
ness ability The Star gives him credit
with, he will put in plant that will
not only pay running expenses and
fair rate of interest on the money In
vested from the start, but will pay for
itself by the end of five years and be in
better shape than when first installed.
The thing for the citizens of Dolores to
lose sleep over is the fact that the
Town is not putting in water system
and electric light plant of its own.
A combine water and light system for
this place would pay running expenses
and interest on money invested from
the start, besides making Dolores one
Of the most desirable little town to live
in in the state.
The Dolores star., 1909-01-22

A linen shower was given in honor
of Miss Cleaver Pyle, at her home Mon
day evening, January IS, 1909. Those
being present were: Beulah Hughes,
Myrtle Belmear, Ethel Belmear, Ma
BILE Coleman, Justina Sagrillo, Angeline
Sagrillo, Ruby Wallace, Dinple Tread
way, Dorothy Pyle, Mary Osterfeld,
Agnes Lupke, Mrs. Mary Reed, Mrs.
Susie Pyle, Mrs. Flora Pyle, Mrs. Cole
man.
The Dolores star., 1909-01-22

Grandma Dunham died at the home
of her son, r. Dunham, Monday even
ing. The funeral, conducted by Rev.
Dixon, was held from the home Tues
day afternoon and the remains laid to
rest in the Dolores cemetery. Mrs
Durham was 81 years of age and has
been an invilid for several years.
The Dolores star., 1909-01-22

"And as 1t is Appointed Unto Men
Once to Die, But After That the Judg-
ment." That will be the subject of
Preacher Evans at the gospel meeting
of the Methodists that will be held at
the Dolores school building ON Sunday
night at 7:30 O'Clock. There will be
Bible study service at II o'clock in the
morning, conducted by Mrs. Evans.
The Dolores star., 1909-01-22

Rev. Evans had the misfortune to
dislocate his left thumb at the first
joint Sunday evening. He had held
services in Peel hall and was going to
get his horse when he stumbled over
rock with the above result.
The Dolores star., 1909-01-22

Charlie Rust and Leslie Hammond
returned home Sunday evening from a
two-weeks' visit to the Bluff oil fields.
Mr.. Rust bought with him sample of
oil rock from McElmo Canon which
looks good.
The Dolores star., 1909-01-22

There will be preaching services at
the Baptist church every Lords Day
at II a. IN. and 1880 p. m. A hearty
invitation is extended to you.
GEO. w. DIXON, Pastor.
The Dolores star., 1909-01-22

Andy Torsell returned from Califor-
mia the first of the week. Mr.. Torsell
has bought so acres of land in Southern
California, and will return in the near
future to make his permanent home
there.