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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-09-07
list PTRE WATER

One of the assets of beautiful Lau-
rel Park is the many springs of crys-
tai water found on the estate. Basin
Spring, a photograph of which is re-
produced elsewhere in this issue, is
one of the best known to the tens of
thousands who have visited Hender-
sonville's playground during the pre-
sent season. While far less beautiful
than the famous Crystal Spring whose
limpid waters. boil from the solid
rock in one of the most picturesque
parts of the park. it still has been a
~favorite camping place for hundreds
of picnic parties the past few months.
The great cid trees shown in the
picture have been many years in the
growing-possibly they stood guard
over the spring while the red men
still roamed the primeval forest and
the estates sylvan retreats may have
been the scene of many a primitive
courtship.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-09-07
ET0WAH NEWS

Etowah school is wide awake. This
was shown by the interest taken
by all young and old in the sale and
contests on last Friday night. The
money raised at that time will be spent
in identifying the school building and
the parsonage.
The Betterment Association is also
doing a great work.. On Friday night
the %, this Association viii give q
Birthday Party The public is cordi-
ally Invited. The proceeds from this
party will be spent for the croquet set
and a Basket ball clt fit.
labor day was appropriately cele-
brated by the school. The boys and
girls with the teachers spent the day
in cleaning off the grounds. The
stumps were removed and all rubbish
with them. A croquet and basket ball
court were laid off.
Don't forget the old time singing
here Sunday. All who love the good
old times come and Join in the singing
Dinner will be served on the grounds.
Rev. M. A. Matheson was called en-
last Thursday to unite in marriage
Miss Emma Holden of Horse Shoe and
Mr. Jasper Neal of Macon Ga. They
were married at the home of the bride
and then left for SDartanburg, where
Mr.. Neal is in business.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-09-07
c0NTReT ryns

The beautiful little range whioB
has. created Sc much interest at Ed
wards Hardware in the contest whic7
has been running for the past few
months among the children of Hen
derson county will be given away
this evening at six O'Clock
The ballot box where thousands Of
votes have been cast for the manv
contestants will be opened and count
ed. The winner of the range will
be announced this evening.
With every dollar purchase at Ed
wards Hardware ComDany one is en-
titled to one vote. Votes have been
coming in rapidly the last few DAYS
Ct the contest and there will likely
be close races among the contestants
in this popular contest.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-09-07
Good Roads ~yaIue-Makers
Catawba County News.

ON-N
We note a Mecklenburg farm adj
yertised thus: Fourteen acres for
81 300 four miles from court house. y
That is nearly 500 an acre, and the
reason is, stoa macadam road" Some
people say they don't want good
roads because it will make their land
go UP and they will have to pay
more taxes. The history of tax as
easements IN counties where goc7
road have sent values flying upward
IS that there has been comparatively
little increase in value for taxation;
but even if good roads did so in
creaes values as to make a man pay.
more tax, it seems strange that any
body wcslld double or treble or eaud-
-uple the worth of his property.
Good roads make farm lands a whole
lot more valuable than the same
lands. are worth on mud roads.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-09-07
WOmens Headgear to be Planned on
Aviation Lines.

Chicago, Aug. 3O.-The science Of
aviation is to be the chief influence
on designs for women,s headgear
next winter, according to the Nation
al Association of Retail Milliners.
which opened its fall conyentin here
tonight. Like the aeroPlanes, the
hats will be based on two distinct
designs, monoplanes with single
spreads of plumes and biplanes. In
the display of winter styles such
names are found as SKY stars" the
9~volplane urban and the rain
bow spirita1,p a particularly giddy
effect in many colors.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-09-07
ROADS DISMISS s1.7sO WORKMEY

chicago, Aug, 29.-Following {
plan for -retrenchment railroads of the
country in the past year have dis,
missed 81,780 men, effecting a net an
nual saving in operating expenses O
$94. O00,0 900 according to a report made
public today.
This economy has been adopted by
sc per cent of all the roads, and is
rapidly spreading to remaining lines
The decrease lin expense and main
.tenance is said to be the result c. &C
ton c. fthe interstate commerce com
mission, which refused to allow the
roads to put into, effect a general in
crease Of freight rates. The largesi
reduction in the forces are found
among the trackmen, shop men and
miscellaneous employees.
The report containing these figures
IL is said have an important bearing
on the wiTesDread unrest existing in
the ranks of the Hartman line shop
men.
fhat the DISPUTE with the shopmer.
on the Union Pacific, Southern Paci-
fc Illinois Central and other lines
may extend tc other railway systems
was Indicated today by the report
that men employed by the Chicags az
Northwestern railroad have given no
tice that with the expiration of tbs
present wage agreement. next month
~arcincrease of wages will be demand
ed.
After a day Of secret conferences
the executive board Of the Tllihofe
Central Federated Workmen. repre-
senting time trades. has decided to
leave the question of calling g. Strike
TO the International presidents of the.
different unions. This action is take7.
by some toSmea1 q stem in the direc-.
ron of a peacefGI settlement Of the
dispute.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-09-07

There's not a dollar Ia circulation
ID all western Carolina now that does
not give out d faint and subtle odol
Of South CaroIina.ACoIumbia State.
We are not able to discourse learn
eddy Of a great length on the faint
and subtle odor" Of money in general
and the delicious and overpOWing odoI
LOT the South Carolina money in par
ticular. but we have heard people con-
versant with such things talk and
we are going to give you the benft
of their knowledge.
True, money from different states
can be readily distinguished through
certain characteristics determined by
enc with old factory mowers educated
in the dissimilar conditions of the
various states. For instance. Money
from Kentucky, boldly proclaims of
mint juIeps, fair women, and fast
horses; money from North Carolina
tells in clarion tones OF woman in her
highest state of perfection, of man
grown to strong virile manhood, of
scenery satisfying to all classes of
people, and CT climate unsurpassed
in any section of the world; money
from South Carolina breathes in a
faint and subtle way of women fair
to look upon, of men passing strong.
of hot torrid climate from which sur
cease must be had. of storms and
earthquakes from which one must
fee, and of a certain high d~ignitary
from whom there is no escape.
In addition to giving OFF this faint
and subtle odor the money from the
Palmetto state proceeds to talk" and
tells in unmistakable terms of the
reasons for changing homes, SO to
speak. 1t tells of the countless thous
ands of South Carolinians sent back
to their homes after a short sojourn
the mountains Of this section COM
r~eiuVenated and again ready
for the tiresome and laborious grind
another nine months of the year
1t tells of the return of the fair
for the winter galI'es
with the bloom more than yer indie
IDLY stamped on their cheeks and the
coquettish sparkle more plainly Turk
.ng in the eyes, warning men to be-
ware. 1t tells of countless pleasures
by both sexes while spending
J few months in this garden spot of
he world.
And when stress OF work called us
away it was still talking.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-09-07
WHEELER HOTEL

The dance at the Wheeler hotel last
night, contrary to expectations, was
enjoyed by a large crowd. 1t was
thought that the rain which fell al
most intermittentIy during the day
and most of the night would keep the
.arger part OF the pleasure lovers
away, but numbers of them mustered
up their courage sufficiently to brave
the rain and mud in order to nswer
present when the dancing began. For
several hours the dancing continued
On this excellent floor and even when
adjournment was in order at a late
1Our, many found it hard to leave.
The music was of the kind calculated
to make one dance without conscious
effort almost. Some of the waltzes
We're especially tantalizing and simply
iured one on the floor regardless of
whether or not he wanted to dance.
These dances at the Wheeler hotel
are becoming more popular each night
and succeeding nights see the, crowds
increased by additional numbers who
laye heard Of the excellence of the
music and floor. It will be hard to
lay goodby to these affairs which,
seem to grow more pleasant as the
nears the close. Countless
numbers who have participated in
them this summer will have some
very pleasant remembrances to con-.
lure up in the bleak cold days Of win
ter while planning to so arrange mat
ters as tc be able to return again at
the beginning of next season. And
most Of those who have had a round
Of these pleasures viii return, for To
enjoy ONE of them is to crave eag-
erly for more.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-09-07
POSTPONED no aug Is. 1919

The committee of ARRANGEMENTS
7having the proposed automobile pa
rade and hill climb in charge,
meet in the office of the Wanteska
Trust and Banking Company this af-
ternoon, at 2 o'clock and decided to
postpone the event until August 18th,
1912.
1t is said the rains Will have ceased
by that time. Certainly the commit
tee will have all arrangements made
Tor the biggest event of the season
OF 1912.
All entry fees paid in the hill climb
viii be Immediately refunded by the
secretary of the, committee.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-09-07

Henderson7ille vii lnxe 2 Of tAs
best Lyceum courses tnas falI that nas
ever been here IN leeeL6 years rs
il. e. Meyer has closd tie contla1L
with the AEkahest Lgee
Atlanta Ca, for five CT b best at
fractions gwen by this company.
Last year it will be remembered
that the Boys Christian Club conduct
ed 4 lyceum coures here and were
successful in placing before the peO-
Die of HendersonviHe several pleasing
attractions.
This year the management will give
the people Of Hendersonvile still pet
ter attractions for the same money
iThere will be i've attractions tG take
place all before Christmas.
Literature and advertisements will
appear in a few days announcing the
opening attraction some time in Sep
TENDER.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-09-07
TIMELY ARRIVAL OF OFFICER
QUELLS a DISTURBANCE


The dampness OF the atmosphere q
the past several days did not dere.
four white women from engaging in
4 setto of somewhat alarming proper
tfons yesterday just outside the city
limits. TIE scene of this Titanic
struggle was staged in the section
commonly called by that euphomious
and highly poetic ~abbreviatdon, the
rive Patch" Quite appropriately
named in this particular instance, for
the mysterious. elusive, n almost
uncanny disappearance Of some ten
and a fraction gallons of the ardent
lionod was the casus be1Ii which pre-
ciDitated these four unfortunates into
a regular old-time hair pulling con-
test-not into a commonplace and de-
grading fistic encounter-and then on
and on through the, varying degrees
Of assault and battery until a drawn
gun on the part of N of these Anna
IONS put a Quietus on the bloodthlrsty
aspirations of the other participants.
In the words of one of the 'onlook-
ers, who, by the.way was called from
the scene of carnage rather hurriedly
on matters OF imperative business
when the gun was brought into play,
it was a great and glorious scrap.
One which would have put to shame
the recent embroiglios among the hot
headed South Americans and have
made them forever forswear their
puny revolving.
According to the evidence deduced
before Squire Hood in his apartments
at the court house, it seems that two
of the women had been accused of
stealing several gallons of whiskey
from a hiding place thought to be free
from the ken of even the most thirsty.
Anyway the whiskey was stolen and
it was evident that someone could be
properly called the thief. Whether
or not the name was correctly applied
i nthis case was not decided but the
stigma of such an accusation rested
heavy on the minds of the accused
and a few minutes of cogitation on
their part resulted in exceeding great
wrath. Words of violent import were
banded about on both sides with al
most as much frequency as the rain
which was pouring down in torrents.
The more violent and the more lurfd
the bandigage became the closer the
combatants approached, until finally
they were all in such close proximity
that the expressive gesticulation
which accompanied the conversations
for greater emphasis seriously inter-
fered with each other. From the ac-
cidental touching of each others per-
son in this manner grew the real be-
ginning of hostilities. Hair pulling
nearly all sides introduced the
evenings festivities. Then on into
realms in one round of which
a stick about three feet long was no
ticed playing a tattoo On some ones
head. The final round in. which the
gun was brought into play was inter-
by the timely appearance of
Deputy Case who corraled the bunch
and then escorted them to the Temple
Of Justice. All were adjudged guilty
and the school fund of the county was
enriched to the extent of some several
contributed by the gladia-
tors. Thus passed into history a
battle.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-09-07
Suicide Plans Fooled, But Death Came
Anyway.

~Statesville, Aug. 29.-Will Wrown,
aged about 40 years, an inmate Of the
county home, died this morning from
an illness from which he has suffered
for some time. He will be buried at
the home tomorrow. SEVERAL rela-
tives survive. Brown tried tc take
his own life Friday afternoon by hang
ing. He was up in a tree with a rope
around his neck when found by the
keeper of. the home, James Thomp-
son.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-09-07
The Corn Wagons.
e Press and Banner.

Abbeville Press and Banner.
In the good old summer time OF
fifty years ago, when Thor threw his
mighty bolts through the summer at
mosphere and the thunders resound-
ed over hill and dale, the negroes
were wont to exclaim, 1.-THE corn
wagons! the corn wagons"
The distant rumbzling of the thun-
der sounded like the rumbling of q
wagon loaded with corn in the shuek:
ads, toe, the thunder accompanied
the rains necessary to make the
corn. So it was. thunder was known
as " the corn wagons
The corn wagons have been rumbl
ling for some time about the coun-
try, but the accompanying rains have
been few.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-09-07
War Breaks Out in Cnieago's China.

Chicago, Aug. 30.-A tong war
broke out today in Chinatown. Lee
ZIP Wing, a merchant, is dead, Moy
Long Tong, a laundryman, was shot
and wounded The shooting was done
by Gnu Tu Nun, who escaped in a
fax1cab. Tong is a cousin of Frank
Moy, ChinatOwn's king"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-09-07
She Wac Taller.

JessfeI suppose he fell in love
with you first thing.
Tessie-No; he didn't fall. He just
reached up and kissed me.-St Louis
Times.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-09-07
Telegraphic Sharks.

MAYS LANDING, N. J.-Sixteen adj
ditional indictments charging violation
of the election laws in Atlantic City
were returned today by the grand
jury.
COLUMBUS, GA passenger train
on the Hooking Valley railroad was
wrecked here this morning while en-
tering the city. 1t wa sloaded with
visitorsl to the state fair and seveTal
we're reported injured
SALISBURY, N. enlarged with
1ealing in white slave traffic in the
abduction of Clara Belle Gibbs, aged
thirteen years. Mrs. Jenie Mel, aged
twenty-five, of Lexington, was ar
raigned in Rowan superior court in
Salisbury today.
The gasoline motor a of the Lau-
rel Park Street Railway was given
another try-out yesterday and gave
good results. The car made the trip
to Laurel Park Retreat and back to
town in quick time, all day The
dummy and one car made the balance
Of the trip from the Retreat to the
Swiss Railway, where the grade is
-ather stiff. Many favorable COM
ments we're heard from the passengers
on the gasoline motor a as to its
convenience. speed, etc.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-09-07

1t is reported that the deal is off
whereby the Franklin Park Improve
ment Co., was to sell the Franklin
Hotel together with eight acres of
land to Cleveland and williams of
Greenville, s. @. The sale was an
nounced as concluded about two
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-09-07

weeks ago, the consideration :
being $35, 900. When the time
for the actual signing OF d
however, it is said that the oTp
the Franklin Park ImproVems,
refused to- afix their signall5'
reason for their action no'
known.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-07-29
SYNOPSIS.

Howard Jeffries, bankers son, under
the evil influence of Robert Underwood,
fellow-student at Yale, leads life OF dis
sipation, marries the daughter of a gam
bier who died in prison, and is disowned
by his father. He is out of work and In
desperate straits. Underwood, who had
mother, Alicia, is apparently in prosper,
Gus circumstances. Taking advantage or
his intimacy with Alicia. he becomes a
sort of social highwaayman Discovering
his true character. Alicia denies him the
house. He sends her a note threatening
suicide. Art dealers for whom he acted
He cannot make good. Howard calls at
his apartments In an intoxicated condi-
tion to request loan of $1,000 to enable
him TO. take UP a business proposition.
Howard drinks himself into a maudlin
condition, and goes to sleep on a divan;
caller is announced and Underwood
sleeper. Alicia enters. She demands a
promise from Underwood that he will not
take his life. He refuses unless she Will
and takes her leave. Underwood kills
himself. The report of the pistol ava ave-
HowarG%,s % turned nee ""SS over o' to the SV police
Capt cShton, notorious for his brutal
treatment, of prisoners, puts Howard
through the third degree, and finally gets
an alleged confession from the lharassed
man. Annie. Howard's wife, declares her
belief iH her husbands innocence. and
calls on Jeffries. Sr. He refuses to help
unless she will consent to a divorce. To
save Howard she consents, but when she
finds that the elder Jeffries does not In
terd to stand by his son, except flnan-
cially, she scorns his help. Annie appeals
TO Judge Brewster, attorney for Jefries,
Sr., to take -Howard's case. He declines.
1t is reported that Annie is going on the
stage. The banker and his wife call on
Judge Brewster to find some way to pre-
vent it.. Annie again pleads with Brew
ster to take Howard's case. He consents
Alicia is greatly alarmed when Annie tells
her Brewster has taken the case. She
confesses to Annie that she called on
Underwood the night Of his death and
that she has his letter in which he
threatened suicide, but begs for time
before giving out the information. Annie
promises Brewster to produce the missing
woman at a meeting at his home. Brew
ster accuses Clinton of forcing a con-
fession from Howard.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-07-29

shown that the common tumbler or
other receptacle used for such pur-
poses is a frequent and dangerous
source of infection. To employ such
a vessel on q train, at a street fountain
or elsewhere is to take a serious risk.
A drinking cup which had been used
for several months without washing
in a high school was lined with a
brownish deposit which when viewed
under the microscope was seen to be
composed largely of particles Of mud,
with thousands Of bits of dead skin
and millions of bacteria. When a
small quantity of this sediment was
injected under the skin of a healthy
guinea pig the animal died in As
hours, the post-mortem examination
showing that death was due to blood
poisoning A second guinea pig. un-
der similar circumstances, developed
tuberculosis; and inquiry proved that
several of the pupils in the high
school were afflicted with the dread
malady.
The rim of another drinking cup
uSeu III Il SCHOOl DOIe lcWeI lIStil
100000 germs, while vastly greater
number fingered deeper in the vessel
where saliva had dripped down.
The conclusions drawn from all OBJ
servations are to the effect that the
common drinking vessel Is one of the
most fruitful sources of the spread Of
infectious diseases. Such mouth-to-
mouth infection, furthermore, is espe-
cially dangerous because of the moist
state in which the germ cultures pass
from person to person. Peril fingers
about the edge Of the familiar tin dip
per-the kind that used to hang along
side the drinking place at school, and
which still hangs near the kitchen
pump in many a farmhouse.
The mouth of every human being Is
a breeding place for multitudinous mi
crobes, and these are of many forms
and species. Some of them are rod
shaped: others are spherical; yet 9TH
ers arrange themselves In chains, and
so on through a considerable diversity
of shapes. Even the biggest of them
are so small as to be seen only with
the aid of high-power microscope.
Charlevoix county herald., 1911-07-29
CHAPTER XVIII.

AS Annie entered the room and
caught sight of Mr.. Jeffries, she In
stinctively drew back. Just at that
moment the banker was. perhaps, the
one man in the world whom she was
most anxious to avoid. Capt. Clinton
no long6yShad any terror for her. Now
that thefmissing witness had been
found and the precious suicide let
ter" was as good as in their possession
there was nothing more to fear. 1t
was only a question of time when
Howard would be set free. But
1t was not in this girls nature
to be concerned only with her
self. If she possessed a single wom-
anly virture, it was supreme unselfish-
ness. There was some one beside her.
Aeif to take into considerations
poor, vacillating, weak, miserable
woman who wished to do what was
right and had agreed to do so, but
who, in the privacy of her own apart.
ments, had gone down on her knees
and begged Annie to protect her from
the consequences of her own folly.
Her husband must not know. Annie
had promised that II there was any
way possible the knowledge of that
clandestine midnight visit to Under.
woods. rooms should be kept from
him. Nj there stood the banker!
She was afraid that II they began
questioning her in his presence she
might be betrayed into saying some
thing that would instantly arouse his
suspicious.
Judge Brewster went quickly Cor
ward as she came In and led her to q
chair. Capt. Clinton and Mr.. Jeffries
eyed her In stofid silence. Looking