The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-05-11
NEWS.

hotel to cost 81. 100000.
If the wishes Of a number of the
south Georgia members of the state
executive comomittee are considered
at all a primary to decide who will be
| Georgia's senator in the United States
senate will be called by the chairman
of this committee.
George Nowland, who is pastor Of
two churches in Alabama, according
to United States revenue commission
er G. b. Randolph, will be tried
next Monday on the charge of operat-
ing a moonshine distillery. NowIand
was captured near the Ehenezer
church, said to be one of his charges,
Last Sunday when a big still, of which
he was the alleged owner, was de-
stroyed by the raiding officers.
Savannah, Ca is prepared to act,
as host during this week to a thou
sand drummers who will gather from
all sections of Georgia and Florida to
attend the sixth annual grand coun-
Gil of the Georgia-F10rida jurisdiction
of the United Commercial Travellers
Over $500 active travelling men will
be represented at the convention,
which will convene Thursday morn
ing and continue through Friday.
There is a possibility that Senator
Bacon, of Georgia, may be elected
president pro tempore of the United
States senate, to succeed to the vac
ancy by the resignation of Senator
Frye, of Maine, The choice Of a DEM
ocrat for such an honorable and pow
erful a position by a Republican SEN
ate would, of course be unusual, but
yfactional differences among the Re
publican members of the senate make
it possible.
Some democrats are urging the ways
and means committee to agree to post
pone action on the wool schedule
until the regular session Of congress-,
and take up revision of the cotton
goods schedule at this session. They
claim that revision of the textile
schedule will be as acceptable to
the consumers at this time, and that
there are reason of party expediency
why the cotton schedule should take
precedence.
W. J. Fields, of Kentucky, a new
democratic member began the debate
ON the free list bill in the house last
week. "Sixteen years ago there was
a wedding" he said. 'rMr. Republic
can Party married Miss Money. They
but there were no children. They
drew, john D., and J. p, and trouble
a Flor @roYJAIo fn1Iourod a,nSil khor1 horo l.
been driven from home.
Four sisters. all widows of railroad
engineers killed IN wrecks. met at
the funeral of Engineer Thomas
Pitcher, Of Atlanta, who was killed in
a wreck on the Chesapeake and Ohio
railroad neal Thurmond, last week.
Mr.. Pitcher was one of the four en-1
gineers who married four sisters, the |
Misses Garner, of Albemarle county,
West Virginia. Each met death in
his cab, each was the engineer of
fast express trains and the fireman
of each was killed..
If you cannot run your hand into
pocket and haul fourth a roll of
$34.55, you are not financially an aver
age man. A statement just issued by
the United States treasury depart
ment gives that amount as the per
capita circulation, basing the figures
upon an estimated population of May
1, 1911 of 93,705, 900. The depart
ment showed that on that date there
a general stock of money amount
ing to 1856, 74,337, which included
$308, 936, 220 held in the treasury and
1921 ,639,117 in circulation.
William Menamin, SO a old. OF
It antic City, who will spend the next
ninety days in Jail there for drunken
,ass, will pass most of the time, he
5ays, in regretting that the sentence
YES not for ninety years. 81 want to
e2d the rest of my life in jail. Won't
~ 1iease accommodate me?" he plead
Il before the recorder when arraign-
L. +" You see," he told the recorder,
I once had money and a happy home.
Drink took both. / do not want to
Sc or tast any intoxicating liquor
for the rest of my life. If you can't
send me up for life, you'll be play
ing safe if you make it ninety years
at hard labor. All my people live
to be over 100 years of age and you
had better make the sentence long
enough"