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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-17

to his heart, there must needs be a
faithful restoration of she surround
ings and conditions existing during
his residence, while above and beyond
all was the fervent hope that Mount
Vernon should become a shrine with
er all liberty-loving pilgrims should
resort in reverence and v%eneration.
The association appealed to the
country for 5000 900, the price de-
manded for this portion of Mount
Vernon. The pledge given was the
preservation and restoration of the
home of Washington. How has the
association redeemed It's pledge?
1t is needless here to recount the
disasters and discouragements which
attended the initiative efforts of this
small band of devoted women. One
formidaBl lie, cause of opposition, scarce
credible in our day, was the prejudice
than prevailing against women as
workers in any public affairs.
But, inspired by the enthusiasm of
Miss Cunningham and guided by her
marvellous ability and executive tai
ent, each State was canvassed and Of
ficered, and enthusiastic interest
awakened, with the result that the
sum required was collected, and that
in 1858 Mount Vernon became the
property of the Mount Vernon Asso-
citation.
Once in possession the association
realized that their work had but be-
gun, for ruin and decay showed on
every side. Nothing daunted. repairs
were instituted. a small steamboat
was leased for the conveyance of Wis
itors to Mount Vernon from Wash
fngton-the gate fee being twenty
five cents. and there was much to en-
courage the hope that in a few years
Mount Vernon would be restored to
order and beauty.
Alas. civil war burst upon us! The
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-17

LIN ignorance in regard to Mount
ern the home of Washing
ron. is depIorable and informa-
4 ton concerning 1t should be
u,ron to grown folks as we'll as TO
L;Idron 1t is not, we dare say, gem
Cno,Iy known that the women or
.%orica bought Mount Vernon in 1883
;Ist ffty-two years ago-and have
-,otorad and maintained it ever since
N:9hout p penny from the United
Ctotns or from any State. This great
occomnlishment is strong evidence or
~,~onan's administrative and execu-
t;ro ability, and the men OF America
abo,,Id give recognition and acknowl-
odgn,ent to the great fact. In order
~ rive the readers of The Commoner
come idea of the work accomplished
NV these patriotic women The Com
S!oror reproduces an address made
rooontIv in the city of Omaha by Mrs.
charles F. Henderson. Mrs. Mander-
son is vice-regeut of the Mount Yer
NON Ladies' Association. Speaking
before the Woman's Club, of Omaha,
Wrs Henderson delivered the follow
Ing address:
Mount Vernon, endeared to every
American as the home of George
washington, and sacred to all who
have love of the country of which he
Uas the chiefest citizen, has a history
5eeply interesting and because of the
fife spent there and that it is the last
resting place of the Father of His
Country. the estate will ever remain
the Mecca of all who rejoice that they
are citizens of the great republic,
founded by him and those who
wrought with him in the creation of
our splf-govnrning nation.
Located on the west bank of the
broad Potomac River in a laovince
renowned for its fertility and produc-
tive ncwo~ che does not wonder that
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-17
THE FAIR DATES FIXED.
Virginia : Carolina : Georgia Circuit
Elects Reynolds President.

Roanoke, Va, Specialize an
nual meeting of the Virginia-Caro
lina-Georgia fair circuit was held
here Tuecday night. The following
dates for fairs were selected: Galax,
Va, August 36-September 2; Rad
ford, Va, September 90; Tazewell,
Va, September 1916; Roanoke, Va,
September 1923; Lynchburg, Va,
September 27-30; Winston, N. c.,
October Al; Greensboro, N. c., Octo-
Der lila; Raleigh, N. c., October
1922; Charlotte, N. c., October "a
%; Spartanburg, S.. c., November-1-
d; Columbia, S. c., November 9-11;
Fmporia, Va, November 1926.
S. Walton declining to be elected
as president, W. n. Reynolds of Win
ston-Salem was elected. Other Off
GERS are as follows: First vice presi-
dent. Paul v. Moore, Spartanhurg,
S. c.: second vice president, C. Wal
ton, Falls Mills; third vice presi-
dent. Louis A. Shoalz, Roanoke:
secretary, CoGrad Geizen; treasurer,
Joseph E. Pogue, Of Raleigh, n. G.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-17
Many Letters Received Urging
Passage of Bill.
farmers UNION HEARD.
South Carolinian Declares That They
Are Not of Advantage Either to
Consumer or Producer.

Washington, D. c., Special,.Ih
question involves hundreds OF mil.
lions of dollars and the welfare OF
millions of people," declared II y.
Brooks, of Atwood, Tenn, president
of the Farmers National Union, IN
opening the hearing on the anti
option bills before the House COM
mittee on agriculture last Wednes-
day. The proposed legislation is
designed to prohibit dealings IN fu-
lures on boards of trade and ex-
changes. The committee room was
crowded with Congressman from the
States interested.
Mr.. Brooks declared that dealings
in futures of cotton we're no more
necessary than in wheat and wool n
farm implements. Hedging opera
tions "on change" he characterized
as no different from gambling on
the rice and fall of prices.
son what moral principles, he
asked, "is n class of citizens oblg-
ed to make up for the losses OF an
other class, for where one gains n
other must lose? The original inten-
ton of the cotton exchange to bring
the buyer and seller together has
been eliminated in the development
of present exchange practices.
"We r willing to abide by the
results Of abolishing futures, he
said, depicting the temptations held
out to the prospective victims who
later "come into the game'' and get
'tfrozen out"
Under the shadow of the ex-
changes, competition among local
buyers had been eliminated In the
South, he said, and he charged the
existence Of a tacit understanding IN
the cotton and tobacco belts for d.
vision Of territory. The farmers
union which MI. Brooks represents
has a membership extending over %
States.
Characterized by Mr.. Lever Of
South Carolina as the largest con-
sumner of cotton in the South, Lewis
W. Parker, a G~reenville, S.. c., man
ufacturer, contended that abnormal
conditions ought to be represented
at the same time. He said that as a
rule futures control spot cotton. He
declared=tha the exchanges are not of
advantage, either to the consumer or
the producer and that, it seemed I'M
possible to make the exchanges real
lie the fairness Of the complaints
! against them. He said the fight OF
has interests is to have the farmers
properly warehouse their cotton and
to market it gradually during the sea-
SON.
George W. Neville, an important
factor in the New York cotton ex-
change, arraigned the report of Com
missioner of Corporations Herbert
Knox Smith as a masterpiece OF
theory" but lacking in ~practicabilit5
in the working out of his theories.
Charles S. Webb, a broker, contend.
ed for the necessity of "hedging'
against future deliveries and pre-
dicted that adjustment of the cottor
exchanges would put the price O.
cotton in the hands of the spinners.
Cotton Exchange Side Of the Case.
The cotton exchange interests pre-
sented their side Of the case a
Thursdays session of the hearing b.
the House committee on ~agricultur,
on the proposed legislation to pro
hibit the dealings in futures. Pres
ident S. T. Hubbard, of the New
York cotton exchange; George W
Neville, one of the leading member
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-17

Washington selected 1t at an early pc
riod in his life as a desirable posses
sion. That he fondly cherished it af-
ter it was acquired can not be doubted
by any one who reads of his care for
it and sees at this time the material
evidences of his pride in it and fond
ness for it. So long as he lived that
provident care was exercised and the
great estate remained without loss or
damage. After his death there came
decay and destruction that nearly
reached utter ruin. Those to whom
it passed, although of his blood. were
not of close kinship or direct descent,
and many acres we're sold, until at
last there rem lined but a few hun
dred acres, upon which stood the his
toric home and the modest tomb.
George Washington died December
IA, 1899. and for half a century
Mount Vernon seemed neglected and
forgotten. In 1854 John Augustine
Washington. owner of the estate,
made repeated efforts to selEthe prop
erty to the United States and TO the
State Of Virginia. Every effort failed.
N A00S q AO0AC anu PolA4OAAC spa 4lSA
woman of South Carolina, Miss Ann
Pamela Cunningham, conceived the
Idea that the women of America
should acquire the estate and restore
Mount Vernon that It might be cher
fshed and respected. The offer to the
General Government and to the State
was to convey the property for $780,
900. but when the Mount Vernon La
dies Association of the Upion sought
the purchase and care, of the 200
acres the price demanded was $780,
600; an immense sum when the date
is considered and the equivalent now
OF probably five times that sum. The
money was raised by the women of
that time, their greatest help being
the orator of that day, Edward Ever
EFT, who by his lectures on Washing
ton raised $4,000. read from a re-
port made by Mrs. Hudson, the vice
regent from Connecticut, that which
tells better than l can narrate the his
tory of the Mount Vernon Associa-
ton:
The Mount Vernon Ladies' Assoc
1 citation of the Union" was founded in
1854 by Miss Cunningham, of South
Carolina, the first regent. She Ep-
as ~vice-regents n lady from
Ach State.
The immediate object Of this first
DOMAINS society was to raise funds
or the purchase of 200 acres of the
Mount Vernon estate, including the
mansion and the tomb wherein reposs
he mortal remains of General Wash
4ngton. The ultimate design was tC
teach the people of the United States
to remember Washington and hi
great achievements. To attain thi
result and bring the people into sym
pathy with this great man and nj
daily life. here, In this home 90 dea
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-17
MANY Childran Hnngrv

Washington, D. c., Speeial.-In the
House Tuesday Representative Hen
ry, of Texas, read letters from Chica-
go, saying 5000 Chicago children go
to school hungry each dav and that
10000 more are not properly nourish-
ed was the verdict by Assistant Su-
perintendent John D. Shoop. "I am
certain the figures are not over
drawn" said Mr.. Shoop. CT know
from personal observation that many
children do not make progress in
school because thew do not receive
good nourishing food" He blames
sthe new traiff lay for existing con-
ditions.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-17
Cotton Growing in Africa.

Washington, Special. = Cotton
growing in Africa is becoming an
important pursuit and one which IN
time, win affect the marketing OF
American cotton in Great Britain as
that country which uses so mucn
cotton from the United States, Is ~
couraging the development OF Inc
growing of that staple in her colonies.
This ssson;s cotton crop IN Wess
Africa Is estimated at 5,2OV'OOO
pounds. or over twice as Huch a.
vas crown there Last year.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-17
White Slave Bill Passed.

Washington, Specialize Senate
last Friday passed the Bennett "white
slave'' bill which had previously re-
ceived the sanction of the House.
The measure was so amended as to
Intimate the interstate regulations
originally contained in the bill, the
object of the Senate being to divorce
the immigration feature Of the
question from all others.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-17
AN Kinds of Weather.

Louisville, KY, Special.-Last Fri
day the South experienced all kinds
of weather. At Tampa, Fla, it was
warm; rain at Mobile, Ala; freez-
ing at Atlanta, Ga, high winds. at
Galveston, Texas. In fact the South
from Ohio to the Gulf and from
Texas to the Atlantic, had q variety
Of weather, real old time winter.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-17
Gets TKo. Ysars in PEN.

New York, Speeial.-Oliver Splitter
former dock superintendent Of the
American Sugar Refining Company's
plant at Williamsburg, vas last
Thursday sentenced to two years m
the federal ~penitentiary at Atlanta,
Ga, for his part in the recent <
tensive underweighing frauds.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-17
Clash " Races.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Specialize a
pitched battle between whites and
negroes at Hale's Bar, about twenty
miles south of Chattanooga, early
Tuesday morning, three negroes were
shot to death. They are Lee Sloan,
a laborer; Daddy" Baker, a preach
er and ring-leader of the black riot
ers, and one unidentified.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-17
Poor Mans Bill Passes.

Washington, Special. = Senator
Overman's bill allowing a poor man
to prosecute writs Of error and APP
peals from the circuit and district
courts Of the United States to the
court of appeals without giving bond
and being required to advance fees
or pay cost passed the Senate FIJI
dav.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-17
$40, 100000 For Missions.

st. Louis, Mo-, Special,-It is an
nounced that the countrywide series
Of meetings which close in Chicago
the first week in May will result in
increasing foreign missionary offers
TO nearly $40,00O,000, more than
four times the amount of last years
offerings for the purpose.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-17
Deserted. Tries TO Die.

London, BY Gable. Florence
Schenck Wilson, the beautiful Nor
folk, Va, girl wins eloped four years
ago with Charles II. Wilson, man.
ager of Alfred G. Vanderbilt s stable,
attempted suicide Friday night in a
West End hotel by taking ehloral.
She may recover.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-17
High Honor for Peary.

Washington, D. c., Special.-Com-
mander Robt. E. Peary has been made
a rear-admiral for his achievement
in discovering the North Pole by
Congress. Z
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-17
Would Tax Cats.

Louisville, KY snacial-Alderman
Coder has a scheme FLOR increasing
the general revenues of of the city
by imposing q tax Of 50 upon every
eat and kitten maintained within
the corporate limits Of Louisville.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-17
Big Sum to Plant Cotton.

Los Angeles, CAL, SpeciaL.-Ar-
engagements have been made with
London and San Francisco banks to
advance 100000 to finance the
planting, cultivating and harvesting
of this years cotton crop in the
Imperial valley.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-17
IN COTTON FUTURES
Taft Approves Suggestion.

Plans for the reclassi6cation .
OF public lands, suggested bv .
Clifford Pinchot, have been an
proved by President Taft. The
action made available for home
stead settlement more than
100000 acres of land included
In the forest domain.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-17
Night-Riders in Rockingham

Reidsville, N. c., Special.-Several
farmers throughout this section have
received circulars and postcards
threatening deeds Of violence similar
to the outrage of the night-riders In
Kentucky unless they pool their to-
bacco in the dry pr~izeries and stop
the practice of disposing Of the pro-
duct on the warehouse floors.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-17
A Liquor Monopoly.

Stockholm, By Cable-A liquor
monomoply for the exclusive manu-
facture Of spirits in Sweden has been
organized with a capital apprOximat-
ing $4,000,0O0
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-17
For Rivers and Harbors.

Washington, D.. c., Special.-Ap-
proximately O,OO0, 900 will be car
ried in the rivers and harbors appro-
priation bill for the next fiscal year.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-17
Diplom,tc and cousul.r Bill.

Washington, Specialize diplo4
matte and consular bill was passed by
the House last Friday. It carries an
appropriation of more than $4,000
900.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-17
10 organize BIG cottOn oorpOratiOn:

To Organize Big Cotton Uorporat1ons
Washington, Special.-John Hays
Hammond and Daniel j. Sully, asso-
ciated with several men prominent IN
the cotton business In the South, are
planning the organization of a cotton
securities corporation, which probably
will have a capitalization Of $lO,OOO,-
600.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-17
Next year At winston.

Winston-S salem, N. c., Special
The North Carolina Library Associa-
ton will hold its annual convention
here this year, the time to be next
October.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-17

Gas explosion in a coal mine, at
Starns, KY, Thursday, caused the
death of six miners.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-17

German Ambassador to Spain Dead.
Madrid, By Cable.-Count Won
Tattenbach, the German ambassador
to Spain, died last week.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-17
Rnhher. was Her Hnahanh

P~ittsburg, Special.-Mrs. Jerry
MeAuley Of McKecsport Monday
shown a picture of "a man killed
two weeks ago while robbing the
postofiee at Tallahassee, Fla, and
identified it as thai of her husband
who has been missing from this city
for q year.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-17

Last Thursday Clark Howell Of
Atlanta, Ga, was operated on for APP
pendieitis.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-02-17

Up to last Monday the foreign
subscription to Paris flood relief
funds had reached 100000.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-09-10
YMARKETQUOTATIONS
LIVE STOCK.

Sept. 9, 1910.
 NATIONAL STOCK YARDS.-Cattle- Native beef steers, $7006lS,00: cows and heifers, $5.50Q6.75; stockers and feeders, $3.150 5.75; Texas steers. $4.25M600: Tex as cows and heifers, $3.00@4.50. Hogs Mixed and butchers. s9:5o@e,75; good light sa.S0@9.9O; pies ss.00@9sO Sheep -Muttons. s4.10@4.5O; lambs, $45067OO
 CHICAGo.-Ca -Cattle-Beeves, s4.S0@S 40; cows and heifers. s2.40@65O; stockers 500; calves, &.00@9,25 Hogs-Mixed and butchers, ss606970; good heavy, SS. 40@9.50; rough heavy sS.4OQS65 light S9.25Q9.S5; pigs $S40Q950. Sheep-Na- lambs, S5.254710; Western, $5. 254700.
 GRAIN.
 ST: LOUIS.-Wheat-N red, $102A @lo4' No. 3 red, sshgloo: No. 4 red, hard 9S. Corn-No. 2. 5s; No. 3. 57 No. 1. 55: No. 3 yellow. 5S No. 3 yellow, 57; No white, 6sQ5sA; No. white 5S@ ss ss F. oats-No. ?. Sl; No. 3, 30; No. I. No white, S3hQs4la No. white SO1a CHICAGo.-w -wheat-No. red. s7Hm a1.Oo; No. hard, s5d9s No. I n north. re 1.14: No. 3 spring, slos@l1s. corn~No. 2. 57A @57h; No. 3. 5sh @56%: No. (, 55 low. 57@57h: No , white. 57H @57S; No. 3 white, 5sAQ Q57. Oats-No. }. 8oN; No, 3. 30; standard. 3SA Qs4; No. white, ssA 9s4h: No: white. S2AQss. - ss AHsAs Sss No red ss s5gs. No red red 91@s5; No. 2 hard. sSQi.03; No. 3 hard 96Q1.02: No. { hard. s2M Qs7. Corn-No' ?, 56; No g. bb; No. 2 yellow. 57; No 3 ssm ysllow ss; Nc white .sM ss; No. white, s2H; No. white. ss@S5h; No. 3 white.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-09-10
ELECTION PROCLAMATION

Notice Is hereby given that in pursuance of law, there will be a general election held in Ine county of Nevada. State of Arkansas on Monday September l2, 1910 for the following ramed officers: 9 One governor, one secretary of state. one state auditor one state treasurer one attor- hey general one superintendent of public in structlon. one commissioner of state lands one commissioner of mines. manufacture and agriculture, one associate justice of the su preme court, three railroad commissioners one circuit judge. one chancery judge one representative one county judge one circuit clerk, one county clerk. one county treasurer one tax assessor one Sherin, one coroner. one surveyor. one cotton weigher. two justices of the peace, one constable, for or against road tax Tor or against license. for or against the sale or native wine, for or against Amendment NO, lo.tor or against Amendment No H. Said election to be held at the following places: - Alab ana township at Falcon
 Albany No. at Laneburg.
 Albany No. at Sutton.
 Boughton at Boughton
 Caney No, at RoSston
 Caney No. , at Gale
 Emmet at Emmet
 Georgia at Morris
 Jackson at Hatley's Store
 Leake at Glenville
 Missouri No at court house
 Missouri No at Woodmen hall. Parker No at Bodcaw
 Parker No. at Brisbane.
 Redland No, at Lackland
 Zealand No, at Wire Road school house Taylor No 1 at Willisville
 Taylor No. at Pleasant Hill, Union at Bluff City.
 Given under my hand this August 22 19l0
 ED HOOD, Sheriff Nevada County
The Prescott daily news., 1910-09-10
bOLT IF bALL|NGER MEN
MAJORITY MEMBERS OF COMMIT. TEE DESERT IN MINNEAPOLIS
Fearing Adverse Report by Demo- crats, Friends Prevent
 Quorum.

Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 10.-When the BallingerPinchot congressional committee resumed its sessions here, five declared anti-Ballinger men were confronted by only four whose failure to declare themselves leaves them classed as Ballinger adherents.
 Senator Sutherland left the hotel where the committee Is meeting, and Representatives Mccall and Denby can not be found. The bolt is posi-
The Prescott daily news., 1910-09-10

tive. Meanwhile the anti-BailinSer five are in session with Nelson, char man, present.
 A message from Senator Root, say ing he is now available for the pur- pose of the committee, and message from Representative Olmstead. saying he had left Chicago for Minneapolis, were the direct cause of the bolt Of the three Republican members. It is plain they intend to keep the commit tee without a quorum and thus defer action until the two absentees have arrived.
 It was also upon the cards that the antf-Ballinger majority might again disregard technicalities. as it did Wednesday. push through the already prepared anti-Ballinger report and then go home, leaving the remaining seven members of the full committee to frame a majority report when and where they pleased.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-09-10
Named With Warrlner, Fired.

Washington, Sept. 10.-Frank NJ. Couden, whose name was prominently mentioned III the Mariner -embezzle- ment scandal in the Big Four rail road, was discharged from the govern ment service. He was cashier in the office of the surveyor of customs here.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-09-10
Cashier of Defunct Bank Indicted

Dallas, Tex. Sept. 1O.-Charging him with illegally receiving bank de- posits, three indictments were re- turned in the district criminal court here against w. c. Witwer, formerly cashier of the suspended Western Bank and Trust company of this city. The bank failed in January, 1909 for more than $1 ,00O, ,00O
The Prescott daily news., 1910-09-10
SPARKS FROM HOT WIRES

Three men escaped from the Spen- cer county jail at Rockport, Ind, by saving the bars.
 During the past 24 hours II new cases of cholera and six deaths have been reported in Rome.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-09-10
Passenger Dies on Train.

Salida. Col, Sept. 10.-While Denver & Rio Grande train No. 6 was nov. ing over Tennessee pass w. H. Agner. presumably from Ottumwa, la, died suddenly from heart failure. A bank book on an Omaha bank was found on the body
The Prescott daily news., 1910-09-10
Kermit Roosevelt visIts Duke.

Paris. Sept. 10.-Kermit Roosevelt, who recently returned from Turkey, is at present the guest ot the duke and duchess of Rohan at the chateau Josselin.
The Prescott daily news., 1910-09-10

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