The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-02-23

1unCh6t AASs OAOAJS, eAO DoS1 A0an
er, Is dead.
A recent snow storm in New Yorl
did damage estimated at $1,000,000.
Postmaster Hushurst of Philadel
phia has disappeared and detectives
are hunting for him.
Governor Harmon's presidential.
BOOM was launched by opening head,
quarters at Cincinnati.
More than 900 girls are beine
taught to operate electrically driver
machinery in a new trade school il
New York.
Whether the prohibitions of the
manufacture and sale of Intoxicating
liquor shall continue under the con.
stitution OF the State Of Maine, Is to
be determined by the voters of the
State at a special election next Sep
TENDER
Mrs. Frances Esper, los years OF
age, said to be the Oldest woman in
Colorado, died in the arms of her III
year old husband last week from
burns received when her clothing
caught fire from an open CRATE. Mr.,
and Mrs. Esper had been married 81
years.
Deputy III. f. Floyd arrested a man
named julius Felmet last week and
took him before United States Com
missioner Bell of Gaffney, S. G. for
a preliminary hearing. Felmet is a
fugitive from justice. being wanted in
North Carolina for a breach of one of
the United States laws.
Two brothers, only survivors of the
famous Cherokee Bill' gang of out
laws, which once terrorized Oklaho-
ma. met in a finish fight last week
when BILL" Stidhum killed his BROTH
er Ike" Ike" it is alleged, attack
ed his brother with a pocketknife,
whereupon bill" shot him.
Charles F. Morek, a professional,
though comparatively inexperienced
aviator, was forced to dive into the
Hudson river with an aeroplane Thurs
day while trying to fly from a point
near the New Jersey palisades to
Central park on Manhattan island. He
narrowly escaped with his life. /
John Mullins, widely known as a
trainer of trotting horses, killed his
~favorite racing mare last Thursday
afternoon and then sent a bullet into
his w brain. Master and horse were
both dead when a negro stable hand,
attracted by the reports of the pistol.
reached the horses stall, the body of
the man was lying cro that of the
horse. \
The country club of Spartanburg
will open within the next two weeks.
The handsome new club house situat-
ed on the Glendale car line about five
miles from the city will be opened
with appropriate house-warming fes-
tivities. Tennis courts, golf links and
other features will provide much
pleasure for members of this delight
full social organization.
With strawberries fast ripening and
with shipments promising to be heavy.
the truck gardeners of Hammond, Ca
are facing a serious problem on ae-
count of the scarcity of labor. 1t is
estimated that 1900 laborers will be
needed within the next thirty days
if the present. summer weather CON
ditions prevail.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor has
sent to all labor organizations through
out the country a circular asking aid
Il laising a fund of half a million dol
lars to be used in fighting opponents
of organized labor at Los Angeles.
We are issuing this appeal" said
Z -, 1OT tie purpose of aid
ing Il fellow-workmen in Los An
gees to maintain their rights and lib
critics as men of organized labor"
Nineteen widows and % children
wives and dependents of the fremen
who died in the stock yards at Chica-
go two months ago, including Mrs,
Margaret Koran, widow of Fire Mar
shall Koran, became, pensioners last
week when their names were placed
on the fremen's pension roll. 1t will
4nonth to take care of the
families.
The susceptibility of storage eggs
to surrounding influences is the basis
of a bill filed in chancery last week.
in which the compliments, Swift &
Co, seek repaTation of a local ware
800 ~ Tx @0ulAaOl fpGU,UUUs
The chemical constitution of 2,160 :
egg is brought into question. The
bill relates that when the eggs, 5000
cases. came from storage they were.
impregnated with the odors of fruit,
favored to such an extent as to be
understandable.
There are 14,618,761 Roman Catho-
lies in the United States, according to
the 1911 Wiltbzius official Catholic dir
ectory, now in press. The figures Civ
len does not include. the Catholics in
e ~i1nilliplnes, Porto. Rico or Hawai-
an islands, for if these were added,
the number of Roman Catholics under
the stars and stripes would be nearly
%, 100000.
Concentration.
NV daughter" says the first mother
proudly, is the most popular girl ID
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