The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-06-08

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out until the governor says the
treasury will stand it. He has
announced that the state schools
will not get their money until Oc-
tober i. Much of it is due now.
A bill is being drafted for In
PRODUCTION in the Legislature by
Assemblyman Cuevallier which
provides for the return to the
Southern States of the Confeder-
ate battle flags captured by New
York troops and now exhibited
in the Capitol there. The pro-
wise of the return is that each
State that has a flag Must eturn
to New York any flags captured
during the rebellion.
The Baptist Tabernacle at the
corner Of Luckle street and Tab
ernacle Place in Atlanta, Ga, WENT
under the hammer last week and
the spot made famous by Camp.
bell. Morgan, DR.. Brougton and.
scores of other noted divines from
all parts of the, world will soon be
given over to business. The lot and
building brought $25,700, or 1857
per front foot.
Clifford Foxhall, a brakeman,
was killed and two white passen-
gers were shot through the hands
early Sunday night near Tayloe,
Ala., on the Southern Railroad,
when an unknown negro fired
upon the train, while it was rum
ming alta medium rate of speed.
FoxhaIl was shot twice and died
shortly after being wounded. Mel
Their tof the passengers whose
names could not be learned, is
seriously hurt
Senator Lorimer of Illinois
faces another investigation at the
hands of his colleagues. The in
quiry will be conducted by a sub
committee of the committee on
privileges and elections, compos-
ed of four Republican and four
Democrats, four of whom voted
for the conviction and four for
the acquittal Of the Senator last
session. The method selected is
regarded as the latest thing in
jury trials.
Passengers and crew of the
White Star liner Celtic brought
with them to New York Sunday
a revival of the sea serpent tales
of other years. They reported
having passed early Saturday
morning a formidable looking
creature which was going at high
speed in pursuit of a school of
young whales. The monster, they
say, had wings, although it APP
peared to be an aquatic animal,
and rose frequently ten feet or
more from the water. Whales
and pursuer faded from sight
within a few minutes.
Thousands of dollars of dam
age was done Sunday by a wind,
rain and hail storm, which wreck
ed buildings, broke windows in
nearly every house in Staunton,
Va, and blew down hundreds of
trees. The Bruce building, occu-
pied by n. Harrison, John Cros-
by and Frank Grafton, was dam
aged with it's contents, the roof
being blown a square away and
the Church Of the Brethren wss
wrecked. Hailstones two inches
in diameter battered the city,
breaking windows and stripping
trees Of their leaves.
Attorney General Wickersham
appearing before the house com
mittee on expenditures in the de-
partment of justice1ast week, test
flied that he had advised the I'm
tied States Steel Corporation on
several occasions, from 1901 to
1909, during his connection with
the firm of Strong & Cawalader,
and also that he had received his
share of the fee turned into the
firm for services to the American
Sugar Refining Company, person
ally attended to by Henry w. Taft,
brother of the president. Mr..
Wiskersham said his share was,
about $26, 900.
There is to be a reunion of the,
blue and the gray in Atlanta, Ca,
next October. Plans were an
nounced Saturday by the second
coast artillery corps, the Boston
Light Infantry sand the infantry
veteran corps for a trip South.
The occasion is the dedication hv