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Franklin's paper the statesman., 1910-10-08

ANVIL IL
FOR RENT-Furnished rooms in a
wodern house at 1898 Welton street,
downstairs. Mrs. Holland.
FOR RENT-Four rooms, upper fiat
with bath, gas, electric lights and fur
mace. Apply at 2417 Ogden street.
FOR RENT-One nicely furnished
room for man aid wife at 2O21 Mar
/ ion street.
FOR RENT-Furnished rooms In a
modern house at 4524 Vrain street.
Phone Gallup S76.
FOR RENT-A five-room furnished
house. Enquire at this office.
THE STATESMAN ALWAYS HAS
ROOM FOR YOUR NEWS. IF YOU
WILL CALL PHONE MAIN 1905,
WE WILL BE GLAD TO RECEIVE
YOUR NEWS ITEMS
FOR RENT - Neatly furnished
rooms at 1862 Champa street Very
clean. Mrs. j. Cowden.
FOR RENT-Modern accommoda-
ton, very convenient Transients ac-
commodated. One large double room
also. Phone Main 1852. Mrs. frankie
Martin, 1856 Welton street.
FOR RENT-5-room house with
bath, gas and coal range; partly fur
nished No children, 800 per month.
Inquire at 261S Downing Ave, ]. B.
Gist.
FOR RENT-Large front room at
2041 Stout ST. Gentlemen preferred.
FOR RENT-Furnished rooms, very
convenient. One large front room
suitable for man and wife and one
side room Mrs Willis, 429 oath
street. Phone Purple 1913.
THE STATESMAN ALWAYS HAS
ROOM FOR YOUR NEWS. IF YOU
WILL CALL PHONE MAIN 1905,
WE WILL BE GLAD TO RECEIVE
YOUR NEWS ITEMS.
Observation-Disclosures
Phone Main 724 TRADES A SPECIALLY
Money to Loan on Good Security
4 WHITAKER r CO.
REAL
ESTATE
CITY PROPERTY AND FARM LANDS
CITY PROPERTY 10 TRADE FOR LANDS
GARDEN TRACTS FOR SALE OR TRADE
918 18th ST., DENVER, COLO.
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If You Want to
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1AcOpS s : The Il REAL ESTATE
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1910-11-24
Ellison Bros.

A~ioi - w. tell you besides groceries From their advertising
ap Ellison Bros and see they
You've oean gtyh dH n
Here's
k
ttnepGesa and shaw! Henl
ms IgdE Stoves
Here fey
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-08
A WILLFUL LIE.

This is big statement to make and
especially for little man like me to
make. but want to say that the man
who says, and has been saying / do
not sell flour, yes "a pounds of good
wheat -four at sob tells willful lie,
and I will prove it to you if you will
call at my store. do not only have
this staple article. at this low price
but one of the best lines of fancy and
staple groceries that are to be found
in HendersonvilIe. Also nice lot of
Solid Leather Shoes, the very best
shoes that can be had in Western
North Carolina. Gloves from 10c to
$3.50 per pair. They are all bargains
at these low prices. Clothing, the
biggest and best line of mems, ready
made suits from $3.50 to $500 that
can be found in the state of North
Carolina. Feed stuff, cotton seed
meal and bulls, Corn, Oats, Hay,
Shorts, Bran and Molasses, Grains.
The prices are always right. Crock
cry, churns, jars, lamps, dishes and in
fact all kinds of Christmas goods.
This store is full of jam up, long gen.
uine Bargains Come and see.
COVER HYDER,
Nv 1t ''The Price Cutter"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-08
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS GRANT
FRANCHISE FOR ELECTRIC r. r.
(From Wednesdays DailY.l

The county commissioners have
granted a franchise to the AshevilIe
and Hendersonville Railroad Com
pany to build an electric line from
some point near the Flat Rock post
Office, and running hence northerly
over the county roads, through the
town of Hendersonville and thence in
a north westerly direction following
on or near the Haywood road, cross
ing the French Broad river and Mills
river, thence again crossing the
French Broad river and on to the
Buncombe line" This is from the
application for the charter which the
promoters of the enterprise submitted
to the commissioners at their meeting
Monday. The matter was discussed
then and laid over until Tuesday,
when the commissioners granted the
franchise.
The document provides that the
company shall begin construction
work within six months from and af-
ter the passage of the franchise and
shall complete the same between the
town OF Biltmore and Henderson
vile within two years after the COM
mencement thereof. The franchise is
Tor fifty years, and contains the usual
provisions safeguarding the inter
eSts of the people in the matter.
The men asking for this right are
the same who have been so busy dur
I'M the past three months securing
rights of way and releases in the
Mills river section. 1t is currently
reported that prominent Asheville cap
ltallsts, whose names are withheld
Ior the present, are the ones mostly
interested in the proposition. If this
Is So it is well known that they have
Tie necessary capital to push the pro-
'ect to an early and successful COM
pletlon. 1t is rumored that actual
construction work on the line will be-,
gin long before the expiration of the
SIX months specified in the franchise
granted by the commissioners.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-08
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
County of Henderson,
n the Superior Court, Before the Clerk
R. l.. Heatherly ct. al.
]. G. Heatherly.
Notice of Sale.

&
Under and by viEtue of a decree OF
the Superior coul of Henderson coun-
ty, in the alb We entitled cause. I vii.
offer for sale for partition among the
parties, at public auction, at the Courl
House door in Henderson county, with
n the legal hours of sale. on
MONDAY, JANUARY IND, 1911.
to the highest bidder. all the follow
ing described land, to-wit:
Tract, No. L.. Beginning at balck
oak, running E.with conditional lin,
made between John McMinn and Sila,
Pace, to water oak in the East line !,
No. 25 w with said line to chestnut
on top of a ridge, then w 100 poles to
chestnut, then N. " w Sc polessto a
black gum, then S S5sW "a poles. to
gum, then S 43 WIG poles to stake
then S. A E 152 poles to black oaI
on Gordon's line, on the South Carroll
ma line, then with it 80 East Il pole.
to stake, then S. 20 w 10, poles to
poplar bush, then N % E SIS poles to
water oak in the old line, then witt
it West (E) 80 poles to a stake, thence.
E with the oil dJohn McMinn line as i.
runs to the beginning.
Tract No. 2. Containing 5 acres,
more or less, and fully described in
that deed from j. R. Heatherly and
wife to Robert L. Heatherly, Stonewall
J. Heatherly. JOS, G. Heatherly,
Francis M. Heatherly, and Della A.
Heatherly, recorded in Book 40. at
page 429 of the records of deeds OF
Henderson county. -
Terms of Sale: One fourth cash, ball
ance in twelve months.
This the 10Th day Of Nov, 1910.
MICHAEL SCHENCK,
Commissioner.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-08
Reaching The Top.

in any calling of life, demands a
vigorous body and a keen brain.
Without health there is no sue
cess. But Electric Biters is the.
greatest Health Builder the
world has ever known. 1t COM
pels perfect action of the stomach
and enriches the blood, tones anu
inVigorates the whole system ano
enables you to stand the wear and
tear of your daily work. After
months of suffering FROM Kidney
Trouble, - writes w. NJ. Sherman,
of Gushing, Me-, three bottles
of Electric Biters made me feel
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-08
A Business Deal!

/ have purchased the store of goods
at Zironica owned by Mr.. u. G. Sta
ton. 1 will continue the business
there. I am prepared to offer the
highest market prices for chestnut
wood, cross ties chickens, eggs, herbs
and in fact anything you have to sell.
will carry a full and complete line
in general merchandise at reasonable
prices. assure the public of cour-
teous treatment and honest values at
close prices. ALI / ask is to give me
a trial. Good weights and good meas
ures guaranteed. / have large ship
ment of goods which will arrive at
once. In order to be among those
who will enjoy big bargain be sure
and come right now. promise eff
cient, prompt, polite and honest SER
vice.
Yours for fair dealing,
G. e. HYPES,
noo r 1Q10 Houdorconvi11n NJ r.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-08
A PRopUcr OF NATURE.

Warmed into life by the sun shining
On Southern cotton fields, nurtured by
IAN and dew, the cotton plant concen-
EfS in its seed that life-giving and
nntte-suuStaining quality which is the basis
VI III, Cottolene. From CottoNfeld to
o 81, human hands never touch the
vi from which Cottolene is made. It is
product of Nj ).
of Lard comes from the fat of the hog
t S,ten impure, always indigestib1e. Cot
;; oT' on the contrary is pure, and
i{rny made from the juice of choicest
g Halt Is not more easily digested than
t tj,,S product of the oil extracted from
VIC Kernel OF the cotton seed.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-08

[ life on Monday morning Give
help to men that are down and out.
and put new strength into the week.
Rev. George g. Gates was called
upon for ten-minutes address, and
he earnestly appealed to the confer
ence to aid in the great work Of saw
ing souls which row engrosses the
entire attention. almost, of the peo-
pie of HendersonvilIe. He said it
was q preachers business to glorify
God and win souls for Christ, and
that preacher much first absolute
" believe thing himself before he
could get others to believe it.
The committe on organization re-
ported as follows: That the title OF
the organization be The North Car
Dina Conference of Baptist Minis
ters." The report stated the purposes
of the organization, dates of meet
ings, membership, officers, dues, ETC..
and recommended that a nominating
committee be appointed to place the
officers before the conference. The
committee reported at the afternoon
meeting, as follows:
Rev w. R. Cullom spoke of the de-
lightful and profitable day spent by
the members Of the conference.
For President, Rev. w. r. Cullom.
Wake Forest.
For Secretary treasurer, Rev. W.
N. Johnson. Wake Forest.
For Vice Presidents, Revs. c. L.
Greeves, Newbern, G. P. Harreli,
Henderson. and w. N. Vines. OF Ashe-
vile.
The report of the committee was
accepted without dissenting vote.
A resolution was adopted to form
a minister's benefit association. pro-
viding for the payment by each mem
Der Of the association OF one dollar
to the widow Of any member. A
committee was appointed to consider
the advisability of such an organiza-
ton and to report back to the next
meeting or the conference.
An unusually large number of
questions were put to the different
speakers at both the afternoon and
morning meetings, and the discus
sions which followed were said. by
one of the pastors. to have been I'm
usually profitable. This was espec-
tally true of the talks which followed
DR.. Rays informal address on For
eign Missions.
At $50 the pastors conference adj
iourned, well satisfied that the meet
ings had been a conference" In
every sense of the word.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-08
Bomb ExpIOdes in Chicago; Italians
Panic Stricken.

Chicago, Dec. Glad in their night
clothes, Italians swarmed about the
Twenty-second police district, follow
ing an explosion of bomb which
blew out the entire front of three
story building at 2S4 Alexander street
this morning. There were many mar
row escapes from death.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-08
Gave His Life to Save Child.

Easton, Pa, Dec. 6.-Endeavoring to
drag a boy from the railroad tracks
while train was rapidly approaching
in snow storm cost Harry M. Kern
of Phillipsburg, N. j., his life. Kern
was % years old and supported Wild
owed mother.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-08
Three Killed; Five Injured.

Johnson City, Tenn, Dec. 6Three
men were killed and five wers in.
jured today>wh freight train witt.
two engines on the Carolina, C'inch
field and Ohio road struck rock nea
Clinchport The engines and I've ca, {
went over thegbank.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-08
Cost s1.OOO,OOO to Fight Forest Fires.

st. Paul, Dec. 6.-United States
Forester Henry S. Graves, addressing
the Lake States Forest conference,
stated that there were 1000 fires in
the national forest during the past
season; and that fighting them cost
$1,O00,00O. The total area burned was
100000 acres.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-08

G. e. HYPES,
Dec. z, 1910. Hendersonville, N. G..
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-25

persons whom the "junta" can trust implicitly and
who understand their business Many of them are
engaged exclusively in the work of detection Others
work that fall directly under their notice.
AL nearly all, minge unsuspected with the tourist
horde. They may be themselves in the guise OF
wealthy Americans they may be natives and resi-
dents of Europe The .'junta" needs many sharp
eyes and is quite Indifferent the personal tactics
of its agents SO long results produced Some
times agent bungies, but not often.
An excited gentleman rushed into the Office of the
American consul general in a European capital one
day this summer and demanded explanations, protec
ton, trouble and battleships all in a breath.
I'm being followed, I tell you,y he shouted. Il
want to know what it all means Things have come
pretty pass when citizen OF the United States
is dogged all around Europe by scamp who watches
him wherever he goes.
The consul calned him and heard his story 1t
seemed that the citizens wife and daughters had
noticed red faced man who seemed much interested
in their shopping expeditions during their stay IN
Paris His interest had not ceased there, for he had
turned up again when they made the tour OF the
stores in Brussels and again Budapest he still
their heels, appearing myseriously whenever they
approached jewery shop.
When the consul understood the situation he
smiled
There is a very simple process by which you can
rid yourself OF this particular follower" he said.
How: What?'
when you catch sight of him next time just shake
your finger at him. I'll go bail he never bothers you
again
4 can't expect that to frighten him., protested the
citizen.
"Yes you can," returned the consul. when he
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-25

that he's been noticed that you are aware of his
espionage, he'll leave you quick enough"
Whom do you make out he s?"
You'll have ask that question of few estinable
gentlemen in New York" returned the consul I'm
less I'm much mistaken he one of the agents of the
precious importers, and it is very rarely that
they pick SO stupid allow himself to be dis
covered. He's been watching you in expectation of
witnessing purchase of jewels Let him know that
you have noticed him and he will disappear for his
usefulness has ceased so far you are concerned"
DO you think that will end the matter?"
No. said the consul. Frankly, I don't 1t will
end it for him, but other agent, more circum-
spect and skful, is quite likely to be on your case
tomorrow
ITS outrage" exclaimed the citizen
Very likely, from your point of view" said the
consul, with shrugl But you certainly can't blame
the agents and don't how you can blame the i'm
porters The enforcement of the revenue regulations
means life or death to them. They are simply rem
derng efficient aid to Uncle Sam in their own inter
est, of but incidentally in the interest of law
and order
Usually the jewel detective works on rowing COM
mission. 1t is his custom, reaching large city to
obtain lists of those who stopping at the leading
hotels The detective being versed in his craft soon
winnows out the useless and finds the avail
able material among the Americans who are likeiest
to make considerable purchases. These he watches
and if any wont to nger in the vicinity of the
jewery stores he is keen the scent Immediately
Probably some one party individual will attract
his particular attention Observing that Mrs Blank
is intensely interested in the subject of diamond
stomachers and is in the habit of pricing them wher-
she goes, he naturally to the conclusion
that Mrs. Blank is very apt to buy stomacher be-
fore she leaves Europe.
He accordingly attaches himself, unobtrusively to
the company of Mrs. Blank He may follow her for
month or two, even longer. Whenever she has any
negotiations with jeweer the detective makes it his
business to find out what that negotiation When
he finds sale he promptly notifies the treasury
agents. who are hunting for just such information
themselves and the news is transmitted to the port
at which Mrs Blank will land in this country. In
New York it is Collector Loeb who ultimately re-
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-25

bargain; that he aware of the date on which they
were booked to leave for home and the name of the
steamship
They would have been somewhat uneasy could they
have guessed that after leaving the Rue de la Paix
the mysterious nondescrpt hied himself to the private
Office of the special agent of the United States treas
ury department resident in Paris, with whom he left
memorandum embodying all the essential facts
concerning the transaction OF the day
Two weeks later the handsome, middle aged Amer
ican and her daughter, after signing declara-
tons for the revenue officers the effect that they
were bringing nothing dutiable landed upon Hobo
ken pier search of their baggage revealed nothing
Of special interest the officers, but they
permitted to leave with other fellow passengers in
like case Inspectresses took charge of them and in
spite of protests they subjected to search.
The result was humating and disastrous, for the
necklace discovered together with lace and other
vauabes worth some $25,o00 In addition to conis-
cation of the property they compelled to pay a
heavy fine, besides enduring arrest unwelcome noto-
riety and court hearings.
When the affair with its attendant lessons for such
attempt to defraud the government of its legal
dues had passed. the two women, mortified and
shamed, remained in ignorance of the method by
which customs officials had so unerrngly detected
them for srnuggers among the hundreds of first class
passengers. In New York there were and, are four
who could have told them that method in all its
Details Those the employers of the keen
eyed watcher, and of them had, or has, the
slightest official connection with the government.
THE END OF THE TRAIL
A luxurious mahogany furnished Office at 1872
Broadway forms the rendezvous twice a
week for the group They all serious minded
businessmen and they meet behind the sober sign
board of dignifed business concern. While there
they transact certain affairs with all the secrecy and
precaution OF nihilist poters By training and pro-
tession they importers OF jewels by necessity and
enterprise they directors of of the most
remarkable detective systems in the world They
come together to confer in their capacity officers of
the Precious Stone Importers protective association
From this quiet Office, apparently given solely
to the common concerns of commerce, is controlled a
band OF secret agents which the highways and
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-25
J T w T l.

byways of Europe, and in which the with the
ferret eyes is trusted member. From here issue
orders which place every wealthy American tourist
IN Berlin Madrid, St Petersburg, Naples and similar
accustomed haunts under an espionage OF which he
is biissfully unaware Here are read and discussed
reports on the doings of hundreds of and women
who are wont to believe that for three months of
the year at least their comngs and gongs un-
noted.
The Jewel junta and its employe, the jewel de-
tectve represent remarkable private attempt
to hold up the hands of the United States government
Smuggling has cost American dealers millions OF dol
lars, but others have suffered SO heavily and so
consistently as the dealers in precious stones Now
the importers have entered the game in person and
are actively engaged in running down the perpetrators
OF species of crime which threatening their very
existence
Their aim is to interfere with suppant the
regular official machinery already in operation for
the detection of smuggers But for years they have
seen the government fight losing fight against dis
regard for certain laws among large and growing
class OF prosperous Americans The government was
pretty well able to take of the professional Snug
gler-the man woman who took up the hazardous
occupation of goods runner and brayed the gauntlet
of the customs habtually With the vast increase IN
foreign travel during recent years, however, new
and very mucHmore complex element was introduced.
What OF the we'll to do citizen, or, especially,
the wife and daughters OF the we'll to do citizen who
could see no wrong in swearing falsely and would
adopt any expedient evade the payments upon arti
cles purchased abroad which the laws of the land
declare must be met?
1t was through the unprofessional and pre-emnent-
y respectable smuggler that the importers of precious
The San Francisco call., 1910-09-25

stones began feel the heaviest losses They were
confronted by promise of time when every prospec
tive purchaser of gems would the money against
the summer trip abroad spend it there and bring back
the property in defiance of all safeguards, The gov
ernment, in response to repeated complaints, added
to its secret service force abroad and attempted
watch the jewelry firms and other of snug
gled valuables But the result far from satsfac-
tory and the importers themselves finally conceived
the idea of lending hand in aid.
Then was formed the Precious Stone Importers
protective association which undertook furnish the
government with additional information concerning
foreign purchases of jewels The association discov
cred that there ample opportunity for its actvi-
ties, and slowly built up present competent sy5
tenn. 1t has feelers all the ground where
American tourists annually expend far from
home 1t is responsible, through its 'junta and its
agents. Tor scores of each year. and it is max
ing smuggling much less attractive and profitable
occupation for the home conner who considers him
self or herself exempt from the law.
THE EYE ALWAYS OPEN
When you walk down the Rue de Rivoli Rue de
la Paix next time in search of that diamond tiara for
your wife, remember that you being watched
closely, If with less deadly purpose would be
should the Partisan police trail you for desperate
criminal As long you in the jewery district
and you bear the outward marks of prosperity you
are an object OF intense interest to some lynx eyed
individual who sees in you possible smuggler
And you may be sure that if you make consider
able purchase you will be no stranger to the customs
men when you land in New York They will know all
about that tiara and probably will the members of
the jewel junta" at 1S2 Broadway If you declare
the purchase and pay the legal duty well and good
Otherwise-look out
Should you decide to procure your valuable gift in
some other of the of the ewelry trade at the
marvellous shops Of Venice Florence or Lucerne,
you will equal chance of surveillance. In the
Parlsan shopping districts agents particularly
numerous, for here the wandering American is most
likely to be tempted by the gorgeous window dis
plays But the jewel detective is omnipresent.
he detective may be either man or woman.
In either case you seldom will be made aware that
you are being watched. The agents employed are