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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-15

Christmas Oh, Santa, | declare
If that ism t too badl We viii be
50 disappointed And everybody
was looking for it, too. Maybe
you viii send it along laterY Yesg
Well, that's real nice of you, I'm
sure. Yes, that s all / can think
of now, except, well / hate to ask
for SO much at once. you know,
but our little boy, Jim Waldrop,
has been crying for an airship.
He says you promised it to him
and he wants it. You willY You
are a perfect dear-I'd just like
to hug you to death. Well, good
bye, Central's got a call for you
from Asheville, she says. Yes,
they want to talk to you about
next seasons tourist business, I
expect. Well, goodbye good
bye"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-15

nave the bond issue than the cleo
trio line if you cant afford both.
Wish you would call around at
John Grants private Office in
Washington, yes, Washington, d.
q, and tell him to give you that
$1,000 for the new federal build
ing he's done promised us. While
you are in Washington you might
see President Finlay, of the South
ern Railway, and tell him the
folks here believe they ought to
have new railway depot to take
the place of the present box car
doing service. And we want the
ground around the depot fixed
up real nice with plants and
flowers and things like that you
know. You tell Mr.. Finlay,
there 8 going to be just scads of
people from all over the world
in Hendersonville next Summer
and he ought to be ashamed
to himself to let them be unload
ed at such chicken coop as the
thing answering for a depot here
now. And the children say they
wont speak to you again unless
you bring them a new school
building-one that costs about
$4,000. Oh, yes, we can afford
that much for that purpose. Hen
Jacksonville is growing so fast, you
know! Yes.
"You can't bring that other
thing we were talking about this
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-15

the news The truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth
about one Of the greatest little
cities IN this glorious old South
land of ours. While / differ with
you in politics / do, and every
other man and woman should, adj
mlre the steps which you are tax
ing towards the upbuiId1ng of the
city by condemning that which
is debasing and complimenting
that which is right. Your interest
ing accounts Of the recent State
Convention should entwine
around you the good will and
subscription of every Baptist in
the State. Your interest in i'm
pressing upon your readers the
great amount of good the Gates
meetings are doing for the city
should appeal to every Christian.
And wher it comes to secular or
daily business affairs, there is not
a man, woman or child but what
should JOIN you in building a
stin greater city. So I contribute
my mite.
Yours for Hendersonville,
j, S. B. CRAWFORD.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-15

"Hello, Santa Claus That you,
old man! This Is Henderson,
king-Hendersonville yes,
Hendersonville- what's the mat
Ter with this doggasted line any
usy' Yes, I want to tell you
what to bring to the folks here.
"First of all we want an cleo
TIC car ine-a real car line. you
hOW, not one on paper. Yes.
Then we want a bond issue for
about 100000 for good roads.
Don't forget that. We'd rather
-
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-15
"a - Ael iAf- lsl4
Appreciation.

Hot Springs, N. c., Dec. IL.
The Daily Herald, Henderson
vile, N. G.
Dear Young Friend:
Enclosed please find one dol
lar ($1.OO) amount due on sub
scription- and I hope that you
will continue to call daily at my
Office. While you may not be as
large as The Atlanta Journal or
The Charlotte Observer, you give
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-15

SEE! THE Old MAN WEEPS FOR HIS FAIRY BRIDE"
They TOuSbf her night day
And they SOuS6F her IN Gain sOben
n f6e hiebegf. tbs tOsOsE1. fbe ioneiies1
young Lowell SouSbF ahOHdlL bur- found
And pears JIetO BY and their Srief
6OGs field q SorrotOfuf f0Ie long
And WbRn LoteU appeared the children cried
81 man for fofrLt BRIDE.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-15

Still, you can't most always
sometimes tell. Bachelors are
oft times the objects of mis-dir-
ected attentions. -- -,
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-15

"Tn1 tUearY Of dancing rbe cried
"f7ers q m0menf-IU hide III bdeI
An LoLeU. be FirS1 20 frocs
The cIetO lurking place"
an. G. her
Each fOeOer search and each nook o
And young LoUeH cried: -Ob sobere thou
I'm Lonesome sOffb0uT thee, dear BRIDE
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-12-15

-S4S@|@1 OA4<AA1 Ell 14G41 Ii LINZ ~
Al length oak cbeSf thar had long lain hid
eOnS found IN fbe carrie. They raised fbe lid.
And a SkeIefon form lay 07ofderf1e there
In fbs bridal tOreofb Of thar lady far.
or. sad. hOnS her fofef IN sporffOe jes1
She bid. from her lord IN fbe old OAK fbesf.
II closed sOff6 spring. and. dreadful doom.
ODE bride lay cInsped in Der H1'i7G fOmbf
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-11
improving Steam Turbine.

A letter from Ir. George Wess.ng-
house makes it evident that he has
himself undertaken to improve the de-
sign Of the steam turbine. He has
brought 20 the attention of the Unite
State Navy Department the merits OF
his own invention as well as those of
the Melville gearing. a mechanism in
tended to enhance the advantages de
rived fro m the use Ct turbine. though
Mr. Westinghouse evidently believes
that the best results can be secured
sTom enc only in combination with the
ether Il Is manifestly TO the interest
CT the government TO inquire how well
ercunded Is the faith OF the Pittsburg
inventor and manufacturer. Whatever
can be saved n the space occupied by
he motive machinery OF war vessel
may be gained for fuel storage and
sieam;ng radius That truth IS
lyicmatic. Hence. every claim Of such
advantages. OF simplicity Of construc-
ton. OF facility Of repair. and CT ether
improvements. when advanced by a
man OF established reputation. de-
-erves investigation. The chief dues-
ton to he answered in the present
instance IS how the government can
best obtain the needed Information
Shall 4 institute its cwn tests OF
.rwait the result Of experiments Win
merchant ships2
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-11
OBJECTS TO PROPOSED d.
vORCE LAW. 4

Some of the gentlemen who APP
peared before the legislative commit
tee on courts of justice in Richmond
Wednesday night to oppose the pend
ing amendment to the divorce statute
misstated the case. according to our
understanding of the matter, when
they argued that the proposed law
would make new causes for divorce.
The bill makes no new cause for di-
yorce; it simply gives either party
instead OF only the "aggrieved party.
to a case in which partial divorce
has been granted the right to come
into court and ask for an absolute
divorce As has been pointed out be-
fore, the amendment only gives the
"aggrieved party" the right to ask
for a divorce; IL does not Say that
the divorce shall be granted unless
good and sufficient reasons therefor
are presented to the court by the APP
plicant This paper would not advo-
cate the adoption o. the amendment
because IL believes that the divorce
law ought not to be tempered with at
all until the legislature Is willing and
ready to revise il as a whole. Our
belief is that all or as many OF the
States as possible should agree upon
the uniform divorce law already in
force in some half a dozen states
q some other divorce law. But the v.o-
lent objections to proposed law dc
not appeal to us as reasonable
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-11
LITTLE MIXED.

Two Frenchmen stood admiring a
pastoral scene from the brush OF
young American. 1t CHANGED that the
artist was in the gallery.
And how did monsieur ever create
such a wonderful painting?" asked one
in broken English.
"Ah," said the artist, with q FAR
away look, that picture was an on
spring of my brain"
The other Frenchman was inter
ested.
What did he say. Henri"
81 can hardly explain" whispered
the other excitedly; 'he said re pic
ture was one spring of OF his brain.
Ees eet any wonder Eat re Americans
act queerly when they have springs
on their brains?"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-11
COMMISSIONER LEE
DEFENDS BYRD BILL

Editor Pres.
Yen are disposed 10 be fan ana
pen 10 conviction on the James rive5
Baylor proposition. Al first you ap-
peared 10 have the right end 81 ;he
matter. bot 7 see that my friend. Sen
atoI Holt. and ca este rnei brother
journalist 81 the Virginiau -Piloi saye
gotten your Niexs . little warped.
May I dsatuse yoor mind on The
liowing points,
% No barren ground Is 70 be
rented within the field Of fertile
rocks. This s. one rcas.r for straight
cning the liuc-io get out of the fer
tie Geld CT cping stskea. whose man.
ipula'ors prey upon the rocks under
ever Of such sfafcs
80 Tho Byrd bill (the commis-
sicn Of FISHERIES btu. amended and
caaa-ed from ne original ideas 81
NJ. nyrdl j. not 3 -breakipr~ 81 the
Baylor Sufycy There can be ~
breaking whcre nothing exists Il Is
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-11

which TO work and al the same time
benefit the oyster industry generaiiy
On the contrary. any measure that
will give protection TO the natural
rocks nut more oysters in the river
for the independent tonger and bene'
III the industry would be for the
good OF the public generally ana
Newport News particuIarly-and
both this paper and Senator Holt
would fight for and not against IT,
II Mr.. Lee can demonstrate tina,
his chart is misleading, or that we
have misunderstood it, and that the
Byrd bin actually is designed 20
s.raighten and define the Baylor sur
yey lines without cutting out OF the
reserve any natural oyster rock not
permanently barren and worthless
the opposition OF this paper and. we
believe. that OF Senator Holt, The
Vlrginian. Pilot and all others VINO
have protested against the measure
from disinterested motives VIII be
Withdrawn.
AS to the commissioners complaint
that this paper was not fair in charg
ing that we are backed by the
planters" we sincerely hope that he
is right. For IL the powerful influence
of the planters is not behind the bill.
It hardly will be passed by the Leg
lature unless Commissioner Lee Is
able to eliminate or explain away the
objections referred 20 above.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-11
tntoxicnts-

A bill has been introduced in the
legislature making :; a misdeamor for
nny newspaper in south CAROLINA to
rrint an advertisement Of anything
that wiz produce intoxicaticn. which
- a condition OF mental excitement
lr exLilaration at times superseded
~ a state q detection.
Therein We recognize a fen blow
a the liberty C the dry good Ber-
chant II that bin becomes law, no
more shah We behold displayed In iai
page advertisements IN the Sunday
rapers and IN the fashion plates. the
intoxicating cxhaiiing Of fascinating
paraphernaiia- The models for de-
play q embroidered hose shah No
r,orc obtrnde themselves IN public.
Nor shall the French and American
forms divine. mended, nodded sni
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-11
Faith in the American People.

Belief that there is continuous in
crease of this good brand of material
istic wisdom. and confidence in it:
certain consequence, are not idle
dreams of optimistic Missionaries, say!
f. A. Van Valkenburg in Success:
Magazine" They are certainties fore
Swallowed, not to the novices, but Il
the sbrewdest of the SCARED expert.
in the game of pratical politics. They
constitute the political creed of tin,
most useful citizens in America to
day-the short-term pessimists WHIT
are long-distance optimists.
These are the true teachers of the
time. These are the men who see
the rottenness cankering the whole
social and business fabric of our mod
ern civilization, but who never for &
moment are disheartened. because
they know the nature CT the pain;
everyday, average American: and by
grace of that knowledge, the certainty
has been given them of the ultimate
triumph in this nation of right idea:
and ideals. They propose to cleanse
what foulness exists, and not to ig
rore nor to gid it. For they are no
deluded by the ancient lie that what
ever is is right
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-11

who is misled by agitators into be-
lieving his heritage is at stake, not
understanding the purposes and plans
Ct the commission OF fisheries. not one
OF the five.~members tut who is Op-
posed to ablishing the Baylor survey
or taking from it a single acre of pre-
ductive fcck. Nine tenths of these
planters and tongers want no law, and
any method for executing the hwS
meets with their vi-lent opposition.
Clashes occurred four years ago when
We be gan TO break up the permit
system and summer depredating. and
one police boat was scuttled by a
class of this people in Warwick
river. Bucvs are removed. or sawed
off under water. in a night.
You are not fair, Mr. Editor In
charging that We are backed by the
planters, fo- ouch is MT the case. me
Byrd bill Is too mild TO meet their
desires.
In conclusion, pardon me for re-
minding you that your city and your
papers have for two years been prod
ding my commission to do something
for the James situation We need only
Legislation. and tried two years ago
10 get il. but had no support. Now
when We ask 10 be given marks or
Boundaries that can be maintained
and effectually guarded. We are mis-
understood, jumped on, and our pur-
poses distorted. with no alleviatins
suggestion from any source.
Respectfully.
W. MCDONALD LEE.
Commissioner of Fisheries.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-11
settina BAD Example.

"Been reading up astronomy Of late.
Mr.. Hardapple." asked the windmill
salesman.
No. son." drawled the old man.
Comet hasr't arrived yet. has IT."
mo. but In the east a meteoritc
struck kitchen stove and cooked two
eggs
Land sakes, Don't talk so loud.
~ my old woman heard that sh'd keep
breakfast waiting until a meteor
tie came. II e took a thousand years.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-11
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLL
MENT.

After all there seems to be no great
difference between Superintendent of
Schools jenkins and Trustee HUH
man on the enrolment question.
about which there has been so much
discussion. Prof. Jenkins says. and
his reports to the board show that
s.O7S pupils have been enrolled dur
ing the present year and that the
number actually on the roll at the
beginning of the present half-year
term was 1927. Col. Huffman states
that when he went through the
schools few days ago he found that
there were $3.50 pupils actually on
she rolls, according to the figures CIV
en- him by princiI ais and teachers. On
the face of this IL appears that there
is a difference of i57 between the
Jenkins and Huffman figures. But
when 1t is known that two whole
rooms afterwards provided for in the
new building were not in the schools
when Prof. Huffman made his tour,
end that new pupils were enrolled
in a number of the rooms after
Prof. Huffman had secured his fig
ures and before the. teachers had
made the reports upon which the
superintendent bases his report to the
board. the 157 may be readily account
ed for.
In view OF these facts IL appears
that the row over this matter has
been something of a tempest In
teapot.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-11

STANTON. VA Feb IA ca
bicziam from En~jlnd today an
rouures the cca;h r Miss Constance
Ashbt lnlr. sister Of G. = Ashburner.
city manager q Stsrutou. Miss A'h-
burner vas a daughter o. Mrs.. c. =.
AshLuruc-. of Richmond. and formerly
lived there. she vas principal ~
Lincoln High School Cor G-Tss IN Eng-
land she vas forfy -eikh' years ola.
she iclvss her mother. thrte Noth-
cre-C. r.. Arthur az L-nel-anc
enc sister. Violet. Of Richmond.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-11
NICARAGUAN REBELS
CAPTURE MATAGALPA
Revolutionists Defeat Government
Forces and March on to Take
City.

MANAGUA. NICARAGUA. Feb. 10
The revolutionists. 1909 strong
under General Chamorro and Nasis,
captured Natsgalpa this morning.
On receipt Of the news that Nata-
galpa had been taken by Chamorro
the authorities here declared that the
city was undesendcd. the government
troops having evacuated H. II IS
rumoTed. however. that the insurgents
defeated General Porte Carrero. who
vas IN c1rnmand q eight hundred
men IN zhc vicinity a Maymuy and
that they continued ONO Matagalpa
without o7osition
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-11

a establishment of the long gone
BAYLOR boundaries. changed only SO
that they can be maintained. NO
marks oil the survey ever existed, anu
no re reasonable human agency couid
ever maintain what was delineated
only on paper as the Baylor lines IN
James river. Forty corners tsome OF
them in $50 feet of water) and zig
gag courses cannot be maintained
with the means at our command, nor
would the State warrant the exfen-
dituIe Of tens of thousands OF DOL
lars to do so.
go The proposition of my commits
sion, evolved after years Ct mature
thought and practical experience. Is
to straighten the lines, having in view
three essentials: (a) Few lines as
possible, (b) corners in shoal waters,
where bloys and watch h-uses may
be constantly maintained. and tcl
throwing out as little hard bottom as
possible in securing the two ends
named. Our proposed line meets
this better than any other, and we
have schemed and planned and tried
in every possible way to reach the
happiest conclusion.
(D Not a foot Ct ground thus left
out is today worked by the tongers,
nor has been for years. Even at
Crowns Shoal we have embraced
every foot that the tongers work upon
And right here ! may say that no
white tongers work regularly On
Browns ShoaI. IT being left TO few
negroes nearly altogether. The cor
ners here proposed are the only pIac-
ticable ones in shallow waters that
will furnish straight lines and at the
same time enable Us to MAINTAIN
buoys and a watch house. The grouna
here left out has for many years been
coupled by planters paving no tax.
and the famous Warwick cases-on
which our predecessors spent thous-
ands OF dollars and my commission
many more in futile efforts TO keep
planters back. where no mark or
boundary exists or can be maintain
ed-chiefy centered around Brown S
,shoal. Every one Of tho six corners
of our frc posed line Is in water where
tuoys and houses can and VIII be
maintained. and by this method dou-
BILE the amount of rcck can be made
prolific for the tonger-
15) In addition to making the
planter pay for what he has been
usinr free fer years. We can. under
OF. plan. drive him back from thous-
and.s of acres Of good rock he actu-
ally h Ids now within orr proposed
straight lines.
TO- Today it costs annually $4,000
10 police these rocks; collections,
sf.ooo. Within the mythical Baylor
lines a $4,000 acres there are less
than FIVE THOUSAND acres OF oyster
icck. OF this FIVE. the tcnger has less
than three thousand to work upcn- by
our proposition. there will be 1900
within the lines. four thousands Of Il
now fertile. and from fOr TO six
Thousand that can by our props sed
methods be made prolific in from two
TO fur years. What. then. Is the re-
suit. WITH bali the expenditure. We
can double the revenues. and give TO
the tonger double the area TO profit
ably work upcn-to say nothing -
doubling or trebiing the ontpu: Of
seed oysters. which Is a crying de-
mand OF today.
The strenuous opposition comes
chiefly from tao sonrces-the Ilanter
who has been holding rich ground fcs
years. without cost. q prey upon inc
;onxers' preserves. and the tong :
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-11
Rrecious Pet.

'Tn the name of goodness. what Is
all that noise in your fiat, ma'am7"
demanded the janitor as he came up
from the basement three steps at a
time.
ITS the baby" explained the proud
mother, "and isn't he a precious lit
tie pet?"
What has he been doing, ma'am-
making boilers?
"Of course not Mamma's little
wootsy- wootsy has a musical ear He
thinks the radiator is a xylophone and
has been trying to beat tune or It.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-11
Hampton, Phoebus and Old Point
The Coming Issue.

Just one tariff speech has been
made in the present. congress. Hon.
Robert L. Henry OF Texas made IL.
He spoke strenuously for lower
tariff and fidelity to campaign pledg-
IS. He quoted President Taft's pre-
election promises OF revision down
ward. and pointed out wherein per-
iormances fell short:
-. in my judgment, if the tariff
issue can be clearly and squarely pre-
scented this year, crushing defeat
awaits the Republican forces, and a
triumphant majority will be attested
here in this house by a splendid DEM
ocratic victory. with the people record
ing verdice that NO party can here
after make promises and then truth
lessly break them and defy honest
voters
Perhaps the tariff will be the issue
the congressional elections which
take place the Sth of November. Sen
ator Lodges action in getting Cong
ressman McCalls defense of the
Payne bill in the Atlantic Monthly
printed as public document, avail
able for free distribution under franks.
may overshadow the same thing as
Congressman Henry's speech. But,
tariff or no tariff, the Republicans are
thoroughly worried over the coming
congressional nominations and cleo
tons. II the newspaper men should
reveal the names of all the promi-
nent Republicans who have said in
confidence that they expect a Demo
cratic Lower House, it would cause
party panic The shadow of Can
nonism is on every Standpatter who
seeks reelection The long series of
congressional primaries and conven-
tons which will name candidates be-
gins in March. In that month the
convention will be held which will re-
nominate William o. Barnard. of the
Sixth District of Indiana. composed OF
the counties of Decatur, Fayette,
Franklin, Hancock Henry, Rush,
Shelby, Union, and Wayne.--Mark
Sullivan, in Golfers.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-11
FRANK LEM CLAIMS
COLLECT0RSHIP is HIS
President OF Jefferson Bank Asks for
Endorsement fer Fat Federal
Plum Here.

Frank LEM. president OF the JEFF
ferson bank, Is in the race for the
nomination as collector OF customs for
this port. He entered the race yes
terday morning with colors flying
end with the public declaration that
lit (referring to the coIlectorsh.p) is
ny plum" Mr. LEM says he could
have had the job four years ago for
the asking
Mfr. LEM was circulating a petition
yesterday fer his appointment and
is said to have secured number Of
signatures TO It.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-11
N. LEONARD,
rs Mellen St. Phoebus- Va

Horse Wagon and Harness az Pub
tic Auction. at 10: 30 g m. Sstuf-
day, Feb r. 1910.
We will sell Saturday. Feb. 5th- at
1880 a. m. 1910. horse. wagon
and harness. riding saddle ana
bride used about month. new
wagon breast strap. l Edison Home
talking machine. s-eye 81 ghtiy used
cook stove. Franklin heater. and
sewing machine. us ". Queen ST.
white Front Auction House, Chas.
". White. Aucticncer. T.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-11
Twenty nur IN Railroad Accident.


CHATTANOOGA. TENN. Feb. 10.
More than twenty pefscne we're m
jured. none fatally. late this afternoon
~hra q switch engine on the Central
n Georgia railway crashed into .
Rosssnle car Of the Chattanooga Rail.
way Company al the Intersection Of
the two lines N Main street
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-02-11
49,


Cleopatra had sent the slave for
the adder.
There's nothing like having a
spectacular finish she confded.
4 should say not. approved MaFk
Antony. Keep your name before the
public and some day you may have
an Egyptian cigarette named after
you
For even in those days the press
agent was not unknown.