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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-10-20
DEMOCRATIC SENTIMENT IS
SWEEPING THE COUNTRY.

Washington is the home of poll
teal writer's for the newspapers Of
the United States. Most of them
have been travelling about the
country "feling the pulse" SO to
speak. These political writers,
who represent both Republican
and Democratic papers, are of one
mind as to the result of the COM
ing congressional election. They
do not hesitate to say that condi-
tons could not be worse for the
Republicans, while they report
that the Democrats are active,
united and aggressive everywhere
Phese men, who have been cut in
the States and Investigated condi-
tions, say tat the victory for the
Democrats will be a most decisive
one, and such IS the tenor Of their
dispatches to Republican as well
as Democratic papers.
The Washington Times, a Re
publican paper, has had three Of
its special political writer's travel
ing for the purpose of investiga-
ting and analysing the political
situation in those States and dis
triets where the fighting has been
the keenest. They are unani-
NOUS In the stories they have sent
their papers, and that is to the ef
feet that the g. o. ?. is going
down to defeat. Here is the re-
suit Of the investigation OF these
writers as annoHAneed by TIE
Times:
The investigation OF the Times
political writers, wn6n consider d
with other information OF p0ltl,
cal conditions, shows that several
important events may be predicted
with hardly any qlalifcatc1
aThe next House will be Dem0-
cratic.
The Insurgents will q ie2s be
a potent factor II the 1ezt HouSe.
and may control the Repu0lcan
caucus.
"The next Senate will have a
greater Democratic Membership,
the Democrats, perhaps, gaining
as many as six senators.
New York is quite likely "
elect a Democratic governor anu
t may elect a Democrat to the 0'D
ate to succeed Depew.
Massachusetts may go DemU
cratic.
s.New Jersey may go Democrat
ic and elect a Democrat to suecs'O
Kean. Last
"Ohio is almost certain to elsc'
Democratic Governor, and no.
send 4 Democrat TO the Senate
Dick.
Indiana is likely to e5ec''
to succeed Bevergss
Nebraska viii probably elec.s
Republican Governor, but II I foy
.ndorse Hitchcock, Democrat,
he senate, under its .orsS
TO succeed Burkett.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-10-20
from the head Of Fayetteville
street out to the fair grounds.


Two pardons, both conditional,
were granted today BY Governor
Kitchin. Lee Caldwell, Of War
rem county. is pardoned from a six
years sence IN the penitnetiary af-
ire two years service. The crime
was manslaughter. However his
victim had a few days before the
killing attacked and beat the
prisoners mother, apparently
without cause. Furthermore
Caldwell warned the deceased
when he. met him that he intended
to beat hi NOR get beaten. The
deceased struck Caldwell with a
hoe that Caldwell lwrenched away
from him and struck him with it.
The deceased then drew his knife,
cut Caldwell IN three places. AS
he ran away from the deceased he.
fell into a ditch. It was after he
was down and the deceased was.
coming ia on him that Caldwell
used his revolver with deadly eff
feet. The governor says in his
statement of reasons for the par
don that Caldwell lived six years
in Manchester, Va, where he was
regarded as honest, industrious,
temperate and polite. He has.
been a model prisoner.
b gsecend pardon is for Robert.
Shofner, Guilford county, a ne
gro charged with criminal init.
macy with a girl under fourteen
years old. He had been charged
with criminal outrage but submit
tie dtorthe lesser charge by con
sent at the trial taking1a SEN
tence Of 25 years Of which he has
served - years. The governor
says that indications are that
many believed the man to be in
noeent. ibis pardon has been
pressed by influential friends
through sympathy and without
any fees, the trial Judge and sole
ltor taking the view along with
others that the fellow has had suf-
icient punishment for. whatever
degre of guilt he might have had
in the affair.
The state democratic campaign
management announces with dis
tinct regret the inability Of Con-
gresham Sell of Texas to come
NTH North Carolina this week for
the three speeches for which he
was billed at Goldsboro, Asheville
and Raleigh. Sickness in the
Congressman's family is the rea-
son for the cancellation of the en-
gagements. There seems ii be no
possibility either of arranging for
later dates with this distinguished
publicist and campaigner.
A charter was issued today for
The w. A. Adams CO., Oxford,
epital $4,000 by w. A. Adams,
]. P. Taylor and others for mer-
tile business.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-10-20

tor and two brooders; some
household goods. Will be sold
At court house, Hendersonyille,
N. G., at auction, Saturday, Oct.
2, at 8 D. m. Examine incubator
at shoe shop 701 North Main
street.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-10-20

stern Pa-Kstherine, when
ana that young man ar ors.
40 vor think ybu can econON
"A the furniture liaei z.
Katharine-I think 50 Pc hotb
are making one chair do
now-Chicag0 Daily N&'
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-10-20

Capt. M. M. Drake, Of the Vel
don company Of the North Caro-
lima National Guard, has notified
the adjutant eeneral's Office here
and officers OF the Raleigh mill
.taGy company that the Weldon
company expects 20 tale IN the
great State fair and Home Coming
next week, coming probably on
Wednesday. 1t is probable that
the company will be induced TO
take . place Ia the ranks Of the
ranks Of the parade for that day
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1910-10-20

A charter was issued today for
The w. A. Adams Co., Oxford,
epital $4,000 by w. A. Adams,
]. P. Taylor and others for mer-
Ga tile business.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23

munities within easy access Of their out
lying farms.
In the Sun River Valley. Montana, for in
stance. twenty towns are now being laid
out six miles apart. so that no farmer.
even IL he lives In the most remote corner
OF mis- farm, is more than three miles from
tne school, church, stores and offices or the
village. Moreover. the towns are connected
Dy trolley lines, the power being suppIed
Dy the Irrigation canals which rurnisn
water and power for the farms.
1here Is d similar arrangement in South
ern Idaho, where thousands of people have
round homes and have prospered in a re-
sIon which wsOabsolutely desolate and un-
inhabited few years ago.
Ih1s plan eliminates the loneliness and
many disadvantages Of farm life, where the
homes are far apart and many miles from
a city or village. OF course. il Is possible
oniy IN a new country, where the town Is
arbitrarily located and made to order. and
not the result Of natural conditions and
Slow development.
The older farming communities OF the
country will watch with interest the gov
ernment programme In this matter, for In
1t they viii find hints for the solution OF
their own neutrality-suspicious. toward the
happy settlement OF which long steps have
been taken within the last generation
Youths Companion
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
A CHANCE FOR DEVELOPERS
Tract Of Nearly a Hundred Acres at
Hampstead To Be Sold at Auction

Many operators are inspecting the nina
ty-nine and One-half acres at Hampstead,
Long Island, which is to be sold at auction
by Bryan L. Kennedy at the Real Estate
Exchange salesroom. Nos. IA and 16 Vesey
Street. on Monday October 81. The prop
erty is the Hutcheson country estate. and
1t is considered to be one Of the finest un-
developed tracts in this well known Hemp
stead section.
The property has a frontage on Hemp
stead avenue Of almost half a mile. Mr..
Kennedy said yesterday that the retailing
Of this frontage alone should yield any
purchaser substantial profit on his invest
ment
On the tract are a large homestead, a
number of farmers dwelling houses, q
garage and a set of outbuildings, all OF
which are said to be in excellent condition
The premises are well laid out, and also
has a large frontage on John street and
Walnut street. A mortgage OF go per cent
may remain for three years at per cent
with liberal release clause.
On the same day Mr. Kennedy will sell
twenty well located lots in the heart of
Hampstead, being only few minutes walk
from the railroad station and trolley.
These lots are between Grand and Frank
lin avenues and are fully improved. They
are ready for the builder They are a
part Of the Hampstead Square property.
and were not offered at the two auction
sales last spring.
On October 81 Mr.. Kennedy will also
sell the choice Lefferts Park lot, located
on the north side of list street, Brooklyn
This lot is 2Ox1OO feet, and is two blocks
from the 69th street station OF the West
End and Coney Island IT, Railroad
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
e-FvENson's mAkE-sELIEvE.

Austin Strong. grandson OF Mrs. Robert
ro,,,s Stevenson tells story about the
a,,-,or of Kidnapped ." When Mr.. Strong
- little chap Stevenson liked to sit
~o,,,..d m in bed to watch him at play in
- -, roorn. And often it happened that
the bigger boy of the two would make sug-
.,to,,s for the make-believe games and
sn.,s, that they be carried on. too. One day
A,-s,,,, bad arranged some chairs In a row,
- +na+ they were ships, and he.
s-.,5,1z an the front. was the captain.
For a long time ne proudly walked the
- - lse vessel encountered pirates and
-, - All kinds OF storms. Stevenson
looked on in perfect silence, but complete
sts,rl4fon. no doubt playing the whole
Tbtug much the harder OF the TWO. flnally
Austin got tired OF his vessel, cHnloed OF
- hair and began walking across the
Taon1 to some object which hah attracted
his interest. -. .,tss ..gtf
saaT1 in the game, Stevenson rose Ia ms
Sex bed and shouted excitediy III tiie ,s,s,,
cffrant sea captain SWAiS
NsWe
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
PANAMA MACHINERY NOW JUNK
De Lesseps's Costly Equipment Broken
Up for Scrap Iron.

T-ba Ghost Of old Ferdinand de Lesseps,
the French engineer, would stand aghast
we're Il 70 visit the yards OF the Harris
burg Iron and Steel Company, al Harris
t77,rr Penn. and see what is being done
with the costly machinery and equipment
which he shipped from France 70 the
Tsthr1us Of Panama in the i0s 10 aid
in the construction Of the big ditch that
vas to be dug solely by French labor
conducted by French skill and paid for
bv French cash from the strong box OF
the banker and the humble woollen SOCK
Of the French peasant, says correspond
ent Of The Philadelphia Record"
AS all the world knows, after De Les
seps had made such a great success IN
building the Suez Canal he was urged
n greater efforts 10 build a canal across
the Isthnlus of Panama 10 connect the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans. and he set
about the task with fervor and desire
10 enrich his countrymen as well as 10
add lustre to his own name and reputa-
-fon. Il was too expensive a transaction,
however. and after the French govern
rnent withdrew its patronage and the
French peopIe declined longer TO contrib
ute there came scandals without number
that shocked the world. and De Lesseps
WlIEGTGA 10 ant ~ ~ VA -
heart
In The abandonment, the French company
left on the ground all its machinery
some Of which had never been In use. con-
sisrtug of locomotives, steel cars. huge
steel SCOOPS and dredKes, valuable tools OF
iron and steel bridges that had been MADE
n, France and were ready to put together,
huge cranes. levers and costly casing ma
terial. -.
This costly outfit lay in the path OF the
American engineers when they came 10
Sig ne new ditch which Uncle Sam has IN
course Of construction. Some OF IL was
covered with mud a foot deep; some OF II
Gathered rust an inch deep in the forests
Of the tropics. locomotives that cost thou-
sands in france lay upturned, the resting
places of the swamp birds, and monkeys
swung from one bridge piece TO another'
&C had done their ancestors when De Les
seps and his merry men began 10 dlS the
ditch that failed -.
There was only one thing TO do with this
old stuff snd that was 10 gether IT, snip II
north and sell II for junk. to be remeiteo
IN the Yankee smelling pot TO make useful
rbinas Tons upon tons Of IL were sent TO
Nezr YORK and sold, and among those VINO
got 2 share was the Harrisburg Iron and
StaaT (~oupany Thus far Harrisburg has
La,S1sd / 900 tons Of this scrap. AS none
"a - can he used for its original purpose,
y +as+ a il is received here Il is cleaned
q re rusf OF wears and the mud of Pan
- and sent away 70 furnaces. for there
a sIv-avs demand for il because OF its
rriality.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
RENTALS AT SOUTHAMPTON.

Alfred E Schermerhorn has made the
following rentals at Southampton, Long
Island. for the season Of 1871: For Mrs.
z. c. Rushrnore. her cottage, in Main
street, TO Goelet Gallatin: for himself. his
Red House, on the west side Of Main street.
on the lake, to Ambrose Mcneil; for DR.. II.
Holbrook Curtis, his Hampton Court cot
tage. on The south side Of Ok Pasture Road.
to Howard Page; for Miss Sophie Johnson.
her Metauwack cottage. on the north side
OF Toilsome Lane, to Miss Edwina NJ. Post;
for Miss Catherine C1eary, her cottage. on
Little Plains Road, 10 Mrs. Walter Cut
ting; for Mrs. Frederic H Belts, her Mo-
cCmanto cottage. on the east side Of First
Neck Lane. on the lake, to Nathaniel c
Reynal. Also rented at the same place. for
three years. the following: For Duncan
Cryder. his cottage. on the Dunes, TO Mrs.
Carter c. Beggs; and for Samuel l. Par
rish, his cottage, on the west side Of First
Neck Lane, to Major John McGew Wood
bury.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
TIRED WATCHES.

Christian H. Stroh, q ST Louis jeweller.
who IS AZ the riggs, IN speaking Of
watches, said:
7 suppose YOU don't know that watches
IKE human beings. sometimes don't go for
the very reason they are tired out and need
resting. Sometimes a watch Is brought %
ne which is all right Nothing about it is
out ot order. and II Is fairly clean. When
they become sulky and refuse 70 run ex-
cept BY ITS and starts, the best thing 10
co is 70 lay them aside for q good rest.
The mechanism Of a tired watch seems
70 be IN perfect condition. but il just
won't work The fact is that long and
faithful service has thrown il slightly ont
of adjustment ia perhaps a dozen places
Scraping and cleaning and readiusting a
me watch is the worst thing that could be
done 10 H. month rest will cause the
works slowly 10 readjust themselves and
81 the end OF that time, after careful Oiling.
the watch win go as chseffully as ever
Washington Herald.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
RECORD OF TRANSIT SITUATION.

The Bronx Transit Association has COM
piled and issued in sheet form a collection
of editorials from various New York news
papers and from magazines, discussing the
transit situation in greater New York.
There is a comprehensive and authorita-
tive map, which shows clearly the transit
situation in and around New York. and
also a carefully prepared photography on
the subject Of transit, referring to maga-
gtne articles. reports, discussions and ad-
dresses on the subject which have ap-
peared both in this country and in Euro
pean cities. Copies will be furnished
upon application to the Bronx Transit AS
sociation, Singer Building, No. 135 Broad
way. and requests by mail should be ac-
cOmDanied bv hostage.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
FOR INSIDE LOTS, $500.

The American Real Estate Company has
sold through A n. Gitterman. as broker,
70 an adjoining owner, Elizabeth Burrow.
q plot fronting about fifteen feet on
Adrian avenue. running through to Van
Corlear Place. Marble Hill. This property
is diagonaIly opposite lot 230 the oft sold
plot on Marble Hill which was disposed
of by the same sellers in January. The
price of this sale shows a value
of $500 for inside lots on Adrian avenue
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
UPPER FIFTH AVENUE PROJECT

Plans have been prepared by Carrere &
Hastings for large house 10 be erected
for William Starr Miller, at the south cor
ner Of s6th street and Fifth avenue.
The proposed building is to be a five
story American basement structure OF
granite and limestone and will cover plot
approximating 47x100 feet, purchased in
January. 1907. by Mr.. Miller, who now lives
in an old residence built by his father at
No. So Fifth avenue. There are two dwell
ling houses on the plot one five and the
other four stories. which are 70 be razed
to make way for the new home The
house adjoining on the Fifth avenue side
is the home OF Michael Dreicer. the jew
eller.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
OWNER OF THEATRE PROPERTY.

The ThaNa Theatre in the Bowery. Just
below Canal street is owned by the estate
Of William Kramer. It was purchased by
him on February >, 1874 The executors OF
his estate are Albert ! Kramer and Will
lam Kramer. r., his sons. and Conrad
Waber
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
DOWN IN POLITICAL ROW

Koenig lives in Political Row" in 7th
street Whether OF not he is there, his
home is always filed with men and women
asking for favors OF some kind IN his ab-
sence the woman whom President Taft de-
scrfbed as the real Secretary oe state"
might take care Of the callers.
L Is probably true that Mrs KOenig
knows the people OF the East Side fully as
well a. her husband. Before her marriage
she was a school teacher. She Is a woman
@ exceptional ability, reads human nature
well and knows politics as well as she does
her algebra She is & great help 10 her
husband in his political career. She knows
the needs Of the people Of the district, and
can handle those who call al her home IN
her husbands absence as skilfully as he
can. She is interested in charitable So
cferies and gives freely Of her means TO
those II distress
There is probably no man in New York
VINO gives more literally according 10 his
pockerbook 10 charities regardless OF their
creed than Secretary Of State Koenig. A
story is told OF him that recently he went
into his banker in New York TO find out
how his account stood. He thought that
h. had balance on hand He
r-ised when the banker sale 10 him,
- sam you are overdrawn. That last
check you gave 70 the relief society more
Than wiped out your balance"
The people Of the East Side Of New York
hold Eoenig II great affection AT MS out
angs and picnics that section OF the city Is
sivsyE decorated and Illuminated in MS
honor. When he returned from the Sara
ro-a convention this year the entire section
o. The city bounded by the East River. 1lth
street. Avenue and Houston street was
sb!aze with red fire and fireworks in his
honor. Thousands turned out 10 congratu-
late and cheer him koenig has taken the
place OF the late Patrick keenan,, leader
OF the East Side. IN the esteem an affec-
ttons OF the people. and when he runs for
of6ce rhev rush 70 his standard.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
SELLS A BROOKLYN HOUSE.

Hugh D. Smyth has sold for an estate
10 a client No. 41S Classon avenue, Brook
lyn. a three story and basement. swell
front, stone and brick dwelling house The
property was held at ss50O. It was sold for
a little less than that sum.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
MODEL FARM VILLAGES.

In rbe newly irrigated regions OF the
West the government is laying out model
farm villages and the experiment has novel
FEATURES which make IL an interesting study
TntaDsive methods and the certainty OF
water make possible large crops on a small
area and the plan is TO have the farmers
and their families centralized n suasll COM
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
OF BROOKLYN

stone OR TWO CHRISTIAN ADULTS DE-
string upper part OF quisr cUo-sar1ily house
toEly man and vie occupy lower parr) will hear
cf a genteei place by addressing OWNER. 1OoO
FOrtieth St. BROOKLYN.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23
EAST SIDE.

superintendent on respective prem ises,
Office. iO5-IO9 WEST 10Th ST.
New-York tribune., 1910-10-23

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-01-07
SAVE THE C0UNTY'S MONEY

The indictments against the Schwants
should be dismissed by the state. If
a jury could not be found that would
render a verdict against Mrs. Ledbeter
for completely in the murder of her
husband, what can be expected from
trial of Schwandt and his wife
Wherein could the state expect to Sc
cure. evidence of an discriminating char
acter against these two people when it
has failed to convict one who had all
along been believed to be the principal
actor in the crime?
Hr. Mrs. Ledbeter met the fate that
it was confidently expected she would
then, and in that case, it would have
been eminently proper to prosecute
the Schwandts. There would have been
some foundation at least upon which
to predicate a possible conviction. Not
SO at this stage of the proceedings
however.
The Free Press in common with the
community, is willing and anxious that
no expense be spared in Furnishing
crime but it is equally averse to using
public money where the chances tol
conviction are so remote as they would
seem to be in prosecuting the Schwants
Better save the county's money.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-01-07
John Klein Undertaking Co.
F. J. NGANIK Alto ALI So. Second
Manager MAMMAL Street

there must have been a prior intent
to do the act, but it is not necessary
THAT this intention should have been
|carried for any particular period of
time before the doing of the act re-
,sulting in death. 1t is not premedita-
ton if the act is the result of mania,
or of sudden paroxysm of passion such
as suspends the intellectual powers.
If. however, there is evidence that
| the act is part of conspiracy to
take life, or if there is evidence that
q deadly weapon likely to take life
lis intelligently and unlawfully used,
! or if there is evidence that there has
been harbored design against the life
of the person murdered, this is evil
dence of premeditated design which
the jury should consider, though such de-
sign had not prevailed or existed for
any definite period of time.
If you find from the evidence be-
yond reasonable doubt that at the
time and place as alleged in the in
dictment, the defendant, Grace Led
better, killed Holland j. Ledbeter, with
the premeditated design to affect the
death of said Holland j. Ledbeter, in
the manner and form alleged in the
indictment, and if you find that such
killing was not excusable or iuStiiiabe
| under the law, as | have charged you,
| then You should find the defendant
Grace Ledbeter, guilty of murder in
the first degree as charged in the in
dictment.
If you do not find from the evidence
beyond reasonable doubt. that at the
time and place as alleged in the in
dictment, that the defendant, Grace
Ledbeter, killed said Holland j. Led
better with the premeditated design
to affect the death of said Holland
j.. Ledbeter, in the manner land form
as charged in the indictment, or If
you do not so find that such killing
was not excusable or justifiable under
the law as l have charged you, then
YOU should find the defendant, Grace
Ledbeter, not guilty of murder in the
first degree as charged in the indict-
ment.
/ SOuHly <ASIOih otdlcu th.o
afternoon that he did not know when
he would move for trial in the case of
Mr.. and Mrs. William Schwandt. He
would not take the matter under con-
sideration until next week, nor would
/ he move for sentence in the case of
Frank Smith until then.
| 1t is likely that if Mrs. Ledbeter
should be acquitted the case against MIR.
and Mrs. Schwandt would go by the
board. If she should be convicted, they
would probably be tried in the near
future. In case of a disagreement
it is likely that their case would be
continued.
The audience this afternoon was not as
large as it has been previous afternoons
but filled all of the seats. Most of it
withdrew after the jury retired at
about $3.50 p. m.