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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-07-20
Doc Tax Puzzles Corector.

While some may hold the opinion
that the position of tax collector is
somewhat of a sinecure in the way of
a position yet there are others that
hold a contrary opinion. Among the
latter class might be mentioned the
name of MI. A. J. Williams. In al
most every calling there oftentimes
arise sit atoms which must be met
and co~ei with in a calm, dispassion-
ate clear headed way.
By way of illustration, yesterday a
lady with a dog in tow (she said she
bought it at G~lazener's) marched into
the collectors office and addressed
the courteous Nj. Williams about as
follows: ooh! Mr.. Williams do tell
me if l will have to pay license for
this dog" you know the horrid law
requires a tax to be paid on bird dogs,
and wont you please look and see if
this is a bird dog?'
Any other man but Mr.. Williams
would have been somewhat nom
plussed to answer the question off
hand as it were, and SO, Mr.. Williams,
Looking the dog squarely in the eye
ne answered quickly and to the
point: well, Madam, you see-er-that
is what I intended saying-I-er-hav-
emit yet said, but that dog of yours
is unquestionably a-dog." Then a
long pause, finally broken: "I will
consult the mayor and let you know
positively by this afternoon
The lady left-better still-the dog
left and the doughty and intrepid tax
collector began to wipe beads of
perspiration from his forehead. Twas
a narrowing ordeal but adroitly han
died,
Had Mr.. Carnegie thought to in
c1H"e in his list of medal deserving
individuals that class of men who
retain their equanimity and self
composure under most trying cir
cumstances then within a week at the
latest, Mr.. Williams would be de-
eorated with a large-sized medal
possibly two.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-07-20
An Interesting Percentage.

The "back-to-the-farm" and "stay-
on-the-farm'' movements have come
none too o and can not be too
aggressirely pushed. Statistics made
public this week by the census bureau
indicates that over As per cent of the
people of the United States live in
towns of $500 or more inhabi3ants-
in other words are consumers and
not producers from the viewpoint of
the f~ood-supply. Mans conquest of
the whole arabic surface of the globe
of agricultural processes have lessen
ed the danger of a shortage of pro-
visions, but in the ultimate analysis
he is an animal needing food and the
question of its convenient supply has
just as genuine if not quite so domi-
mating an influence upon his fortunes
as it had five or six thousand years
ago when the rich carbohydrates
and Nile valleys were Inhabited by
teeming hordes primarily because
they were adapted to agriculture.
Considerations like these show the
Importance of the agri--
cultural awakening which is observ-
able throughout the county Just now,
We must build up good rural schools,
we must build good rural highways,
we must emphasize improved agri-
cultural methods, not only for the
intrinsic advantage such advances
will carry with them but because it
Is of vital interest to North Carolina
and to other States as well-that
boys and girls who are pupils in
our country schools should find farm
life more attractive than the allure.
nents of the city.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-07-20
BABYLAND WILL BE AUGUST IS;
PRIZES FOR ALL KINDS KIDS.

Prizes for babies with the most hair
and for babies with least hair or no
hair at all. Red hair, black hair,
brown hair, yellow hair-a prize Tor
each and every of the ffty-seven va
rieties of babies will be given at the
baby show, to be held at the Auditor1-
UNI on August rs.
Already the greatest interest is be-
ing manifested in the show which
promises to eclipse anything of the
kind ever held in North Carolina.
Entry blanks and a partial list OF
prizes will be announced within a
few days-and there are indications
OF many youngsters completing.
The show will be held under the
auspices of Sunshine Chapter 81, Or
der Eastern Star, for the benefit OF
the Masonic Orphans Home and the
Old Folks Home, being built joint
" by the Masons and their woman's
auxilliary-the Eastern Star.
There will be many attractive
booths in the auditorium, good music
will be furnished, and possibly a
carnival participated in by the child
rem.
But the one great, main unique
attraction will, of course, be the
babies themselves. The competition
is open to babies from every State
In the Union-including South Caro-
lima. Some folks think that Hender-
sonville babies will have a cinch.
They say that as the sunshine down
which the babies slide from Heaven
is SO much brighter in Henderson
vile than anywhere else, so are the
babies just naturally bound to be
brighter than other babies& Some
contradict this theory and have
slight grounds for their contentious,
therefore the baby show on August,
% is necessary to settle a dispute
which is getting exciting.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-07-20
Clergyman Resigns Because of Action
in Prosecuting Ball Players.

Pensacola, Fla, July 13.-Arch-
deacon William B. Allen of St. Cath
erin's Episcopal church, today ten
dered his resignation, as a member of
the Pensaloca Ministerial Association
of which he was president, as a re-
suit of the action of that organization
in prosecuting baseball players for
playing ball on Sunday. The arch
deacon, who is one of the most proni-
nent ministers in Florida, in an inter-
view is quoted as saying that base
ball is a matter of conscience solely
and that il it is wrong to pay 25 or
SO cents to see a game of baseball
on Sunday. it is equally wrong for a
local Christian association to- charge
IS cents for a bathing SUIT.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-07-20
LIGHTNING STRIKES HOUSE
PLAYING CURIOUS PRANKS

with the rockers of the chair in
which he was seated torn away by q
lightning bolt, the ceiling of the
porch brought tumbIing about his
head, the interior of his home almost
wrecked and the building set ablaze
Mr.. William Spence of Balfour had an
experience with the electric juices
pranks, Thursday Afternoon, that is
accorded to but few men surviving to
tell the tale of horror.
While seated in q rocking chair on
tho porch of his home, holding his lit
tie daughter in his lap, with another
child playing by his side, the mystic
rious fluid from the storm-laden skies
seemed to literally enev1op the doom
ed home of which it made a plaything
and a thing of sport. Striking the
chair in which Mr.. Spence was seat
ed, it tore away it's rockers, brought
down the entire ceiling until rests
V-shaped on the porch floor and then
entered the building itself.
The front door was thrown back
into the hall, the door frame knock
ed out, the oak studding of the wall
| splintered into fine fragments. All
the plastering in the hall is down or
hanging precariously. The fluid then
entered an adjoining bed room, de-
! stroyed a marble top bureau, flatten-
ed and let the floor and old-time
mahogany bed, removed each n of
the rollers and burned holes in the
floor.
A noteworthy feature of it's work in
this room was this: Every coil in the
spring mattress became incandescent,
setting fire to the shuck mattress
wherever they came in contact with
it, and suggesting burning fodder to
the neighbors as they neared the
building to offer aid.
Mrs. Spence was ironing in a room
opposite the bedroom. The lightning
played around the iron with a remak-
able brilliancy. Sparks shot from it
in a million directions and Mrs.
There's a stretch of chicken wire
running up the back porch upon which
flowers climb. This acted as a lad
der for the lightning to reach the
roof, first setting fire to the porch
column and the nsetting the metal
shingles of the roof on edge, ripping
many from the house and loosening
some of the boards underneath.
A section of barbed wire fencing
around the barn was literally burned
up, only a fragment being left to one
of the posts. A latch was knocked
off a gate and fence posts burned.
Bricks were taken from the founda-
ton of the house and great holes torn
up in front of the\ building. Three
young trees were stripped of every
leaf and al their bark. The light
hing, following the course of the trees
roots, ploughed deep burrows for a
distance of twenty feet from the
the trunk.
Window glass was shattered all
over the building, the floors of the
different rooms are Uttered with
plaster and wooden s~plinters and the
scene of destruction is complete. The
ceiling of the porch hangs almost to
the floor, and Mr.. Spence's and his
two daughters escape from injury
from that cause alone is remarkable.
As it rs, not one of the occupants
of the building were even shocked, al
though the entire building must have
been completely enveloped by the
strange fluid.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-07-20
Turtles TAXED to Bring Rain.

Wetrr-}l1s OKLA, July 13.-Creek In
dams il til vicinity are resorting to
ancient tri | customs in an attempt
to obtain a ainfaII.
One of i cir customs, which has
been wieely followed in the last week,
Is to STAKE mud turtles on the edge
OF a st1ea It far enough away from
q water that they cannot reach
it.
1t is tn lians belief that the tur-
tie desna ; Of tH2:r attempt to
reach the er. invoke the aid of the
Great So to send rain so that
the stream 81 be raised and brought
to them.
Since t." turtles have been staked
out severe rains have fallen. The
Indians believe their prayers are be
ing answered and they are FASTENING
up more turtles to pray for a still
greater rainfall.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-07-20
Healthy Place For Darkies.

Sumter, July 13.-If age estimates
are correct the climate of Rimini,
IN Clarendon county, near Sumter,
Is very healthful for darkies. At the
Fourth of July meeting of st. Peters
church at that point one of the fea-
lures was the introduction of the old
est members. The names and ages
as given are: John Byrd, 107 years;
Alice Hampton, 80 years; Serena
Clark, 80 years; Rosa Cantay, 95
years; Por lie Gordan, rs years.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-07-20
Woman 10 Years Old Threads Needle,
Does Darninp.

Lavonia, Ga, July 12.-Stephens
county claims the oldest inhabitant
n this part of the state, if not in the
state, in the person of Caroline
Scott. a negro living 5 or 6 miles
Horth of Martin. This remarkable
omar is able to be about the house
the age of Ito years and does a
~reat deal of patching. always thread
1g her W needle and doing the work
naided.
She has raised a number of child
en-, some of whom have already
reached an extreme old age. Her
memory of things a hundred years ago
active and she talks readily of af-
airs of the times of slavery.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-07-20
BODYGUARD OF DAVIS
LOSES HIS POSITION
"Jim" Jones VIII Draw No More
Money From the United States,

Washington, July 12.-"Jim" Jones,
a negro, who vas bodyguard of JEFF
ferson Davis, president of the Con
f~ederacy, and only possessor of the
secret hiding place of the Confederate
great seal, is among those whose posi-
tons al abolished under the Lodge
resolution, passed by the senate to-
day without debate. Later the SEN
ate reconsidered the vote so that
Senator Williams, of Mississipni
might speak on the resolutions.
Jones has been absent on sick leave
for two years.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-07-20
n. 7. Library to Cost s1,25O,OOO.

Albany, N. Y, July ia bill an
.propriating $1,25O,000 for the reha-
b~ilitatiop of the New York state Iibar-
ry, which was destroyed by the recent
nre in the capitol, has been passed
by the legislature.
able 1mmediatlelyshr ditto outaouu1f
The sum of $250.OO0 is made availa-
bic immediately, $500. 900 on January
next and the remaining 100000 on
October l., 1912.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-07-20
Young wife Hangs Self.

baltimore, Md, July 13-Mrs. Anne
Sanner. 70 years old, wife of Henry
y. Sanner, a prominent business man
OF this city, and daughter of w. II.
Wells, an official of the. Southern
railway at Athens, Ca, committed
suicide by hanging today at her home
IN Windsor Hills, a suburb of this
city Mrs. Sanner had been suffer-
ing from insomnia for several weeks.
and it is thought her mind became
temporarily unbalanced.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-07-20
LIGHTNING SHREDS WAIST.
Bolt Leaves Collar Intact After Rem.
derfng Woman Unconscious

Mobile, Ala, July ia remark
able freak of lightning occurred last
night at McHenry, Miss. A bolt
struck a small pine tree near Peter
McLeod's residence.
The bolt ran into the house on the
wires, and Mrs. Mcleod was knocked
down and badly burned. She was UNI
conscious for a while, but is loing
We'll today. The gingham waist she
wore was torn into shreds, but the
collar was left intact.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-07-20
T MILL STRUCK.

Lightning Starts Fire i'm FingervfIIe.
which Causes Damage Amounting
to $4,000.
Spartanburg, S. c. July 12.-Dur-
ing an electrical storm which swept
over the northern part of the county
today, lightning struck the ware
houses of the Cohassett cotton mill at
Fingerville, setting fire to the cotton
and entailing a loss of over SO, 1000.
During the same storm a bolt of
lightning tore up the floor in the
company's store, shocking the book
keeper seriously.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-07-20
Burglars Take $4,000 Gems.

Evansville, Ind, Jdly 13.-Burglars
entered the home of Mrs. J.. G. Win
frey some time last night and stole
$4,000 worth of jewelry. Family heir
looms were among the articles taken.
No one was at home at the time OF
the burglary.
Mr.. Winfrey who was formerly po-
lice Judge here, has been in a private
sanitarium for the last six years.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-07-20
Horses Killed by Heat Wave.

New York, July 13.-Twelve hun
bred horses died from heat here dur
ing the past IL days. The total loss
in horse flesh throughout the coun-
try as a result Of the heat is estimat-
ed by statisticians al 81, 600, 900.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-07-20

Raleigh, July 13.-The directors Of
me State hospital for the insane here
a V Just ordered the installation of
an electric lighting plant for the IN
Stltutlon, the electric current being
now procured from the Carolina Pow
or q Light Co. The generating plant
.tor the hospital is to be installed OF
once.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-07-20

Miss Mabel Miller of Ashev1lle who
has been visiting Miss Marjorie Scott
for several days has returned to her
home.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-27
YOU RISK NO MONEY
Our Reputation and Money Are Back
of This Offer.

We pay for all the medicine used
during the trial, If our remedy fails
to completely relieve you of constipa-
ton. We take all the risk. You are
not obligated to us in any way what
ever, if you accept our offer. Could
anything be more fair for you? Is
there any reason why you should hes
itate to put our claims to a practical
test?
A most scientific, common-sense
treatment is Rexall Orderlies, which
are eaten like candy. They are very
pronounced, gentle and pleasant in &C
ton and particularly agreeable in
every way They do not cause diar-
rhoea, nausea, flatulence, gripping, or
other inconvenience Rexan Order
lies are particularly good for children
aged and delicate persons.
We urge you to try Rexall OrderIies
at our risk. Three sizes, 1Oc. a5c, and
soc. Remember. you can get ReSall
Remedies in this community only at
our store-The Rexall store. MIC
Grath Bros. Drug Co, corner Fifth
and Main streets.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-27
AUTO BLAZING IN
FRONT OF STATION
Was Close to Fire Headquarters But
the Chemical Engine Was
Out on Street.

Just because there is an automo-
bile on fire in front of the fire sta
ton with the chemical engine up Main
street on a morning spin, does not
disturb the fire department. Such an
occurrence happened this morning
and within few secone after the ex-
cited chauffer had notified the depart
ment, the blaze had been extinguished.
The auto, belonging to Dodge Bro
theirs, was standing across Sixth street
from the engine house and in some
manner caught fire beneath the motor
AMI was 6lazing merrily. The chem
zeal engine was out on upper Nam
street at the tire, bat the depart
ment was equal to the emergency ard
secured couple of fire extinguishe~s
from the Grand opera house, one Of
them being sufficient to quench the
blaze.
The damage to the machine was
slight, owing to the promptness in
putting out the blaze The incident
attracted quite a little crowd.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-27
Lumberman Expired In Drug Store Of
Dr.. A. R. Wilsey Sunday After
noon After Half Past
Three.
ALWAYS LIVED HERE
Mr.. Ward Was for Number Of Years
With carson-Rand's and Of Late
at 8. c. & S. Carter
Company.

Leaving his home about $3.50 Sunday
afternoon, the sisters of John Ward,
who made his residence at 524 South
Seventh street, were shocked to learn
an hour later that the brother had
died suddenly in the drug store of DR..
A. R. Wilsey, SIG Palean street.
Members OF the family saw Mr..
Ward leave his home and 60 down
Palean toward the drug store. Death
was evidently caused from heart fail.
ure, Mr.. Ward having been troubled
with that ailment for some time and
the organ had grown weaker during
Sunday.
When found in the rear room of the
drug store, the body was removed to
the Crimmins & Chase undertaking
establishment to be prepared for
burial and later to the home on Sew
enth street.
John Ward was about forty-eight
years old and had always lived in
Keokuk. He was lumberman by
vocation and for number of years
wGs foreman OF the old Carson Rand
concern, and was one of the able men
in the piling of stock. Later he was
in the shipping department of the now
defunct lumber business Until the
last week, Mr.. Ward had been employ
ed at the Carter mill.
Deceased was member of St.
Peters Catholic church. also of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians.
The only two living relatives are
his sisters, the Misses Julia and Mary
Ward, who reside in this city.
Funeral services will be held We'd
nesday morning from st. Peters Cath
Ollie church The hour will be an
nounced tomorrow.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-27
MANY CITIES ARE
STARTLED BYCURES
New Root Juice Medicine Gre
ates Wide Interest by it's
Strange Power Over
Disease.

The startling rapidity with which
the fame of the new Root Juice medi-
cine has travelled seems little short
of marvellous for although it's strange
power over disease has been known
but short time, reports from people
in many cities, praising it to the
skies and describing the most phe-
nomenal cures, are coming from ev-
erywhere.
Dozens of people here in town who
were among the first to obtain the
medicine at the Wilkinson & Co., drug
store, are now telling of benefits that
have been derived from its use.
At the drug store one may hear
stories that seem almost Incredible
and yet the persistency with which
such reports, are made seem to dispel
any doubt concerning the remarkable
merit of discovery.
From ell reports the Root Juice
exerts a powerful and curative influ-
ence upon the digestive and secretory
organs and some of those who have
tried it say they can scarcely set
enough to eat and the stomach seems
able to digest anything. Rheumatic
sufferers, too, declare that the effect
of the medicine on sore, swollen, ach-
ing limbs, and joints is wonderful and
that the pain simply seems to vanish.
The strange properties of the juice
are being explained at the Wilkinson
G. Co. drug store and any sufferer
from stomach, liver, kidney or bowel
troubles will not regret having called
there to learn more about it.
The following extracts from few
of the many recent reports will con
vey a good idea of the great results
that are being obtained by its use in
many cities over, the country. f. Abel
Seymour, Ind, Il have used the medi-
cine with fine results and know of
many others it has helped" Albert
Timlick, Cantrall, ILL.,, Il suffered with
stomach trouble two years. Was al
most dead one night when l sent for
Root Juice. After three or four doses
felt much better. 1t has since
worked wonders for me- j. E. Ogden
St Louis, Mo-, 1T is the best medi
cine ever used and have tried many
kinds Joe Battle, Moultrie, Ga, q
have tried Root Juice and received mo
more benefit than from any medicine
ever used" Other similar reports have
come from Darlington, No. Oak, An
derson, Ind. Kane, Pa, Chicago, Ill.
Harrisonburg, Va, Springfield, Ill.
Bellefountaine, O., and many othel
cities in all parts of the United
States.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-11-27

exactly what they want because
stocks of merchandise of all kinds are
then complete and clerks have an OPP
portunity to wait on customers in a
manner that is satisfactory to both
purchaser and clerk.
People everywhere do a tremendous
amount of buying ct the holiday sea-
on. Until the shop early slogan be-
gan to be sounded time back, peo-
pie in the last two weeks, or even
"a week before Christmas, plunged in
to vertiable lunacy of shopping. So
truly were people in panic over the
matter that they did violence to their
good sense and made it impossible
for the clerks to serve them in a
rational sort of way. Late Christmas
shopping works untold hardships on
salespeople. and shoppers should be
considerate of the feelings of those
who labor SO hard to see that custo-
mers are given the very best of at
tention and to supply their every
want.
Begin your Christmas shopping
now. Give the matter some intelli-
gent attention. Study tho advertise
ment that appear in the columns of
The Gate City from day to day and
visit the stores while you can avoid
the rush, OF the last few days before
Christmas and while you can be
shown the attention proprietors and
clerks SO much desire to give you.
Take the sensible view of this mat
ter and give to those around you the
benefit of your thoughtfulness. In
yoar circles start the vogue of early
shopping AS matter Of fact, you
know that there is far more brother
hood in an ounce of early Christmas
shopping effort than there is in ton
of excuses for waiting until the last
possible moment to make your pur-
chases.