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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-10-12


The ~Tradesmah report 81 new indus-
tries for the week ending October 4
follows
Aabaama-Jasper, $4,000 realty
company; MonFOeville, $4,000 railroad
company; New Hope, $4,000 cotton
gin: Sheffield, $4,000 veneer factory.
Arkansas-BatesvilIe $4,000 excel
sier company; Benton, $4,000 bank;
~Jonesboro, $4,000 bank; Little Rock,
$4,000 automobile company; Pine
BLUM, $4,000 drug company: Texar-
kama, $4,000 milling company.
GeoTgia-Bostwick, $25, 900 bank;
Gainesville. $4,000 waterworks com
pany; Denton, SIS, 900 bank; Hampton,
$4,000 bank; Lincolnton, SIS 600
bank; Rome, $25, 900 bank.
Kentucky-Hickman $4,000 laun-
dry; Louisville, $4,000 paint factory.
Louisiana-AbbevilIe $4,000 bank
fGibsland $4,000 lumber and tie COM
pany; Scott $4,000 bank.
MISUNDERSTANDING $500 cot
ton gin; Columbia $3.50 grocery
company; Jackson, $4,000 lumber
company.
NORTH Carolina-AshevilIe $25, 900
furniture factory; Concord $685. 600
lumber company. Conover $1,000 600.
handle factory; Hamlet $4,000 bank;
Magnolia $4,000 bank; Maxton $780,
600 lumber company; Raleigh $780, 900
ice plant; Rocky Mount $25, 900 pub
fishing company Statesville construc-
ton company.
Oklahoma-Camargo $4,000 bank;
Davis, $4,000 mine; Durant $780, 600
oil and gas company; Oklahoma $780,
geo bank, $35, 900 oil and gas company;
$4,000 oil and gas company; $4,000
development company; Tulsa $4,000
oil and gas company.
South Carolina-BennettsyiHe S15.-
900 bank; Camden $4,000 warehouse
company; Conway 100000 lumber
company; Greenville 100000 medi-
cine company So, 900 electric company.
Tennessee-Knoxville SIS, 900 dis
tilling company, $4,000 quarry; Mem
phis $4,000 brick and tile
$4,000 automobile company, SIS, 900
bottlng works; Nashville $4,000
medicine company, $75 900 land com
pany Somerville $4,000 drug company.
Texas-Bagwell $500 cotton gin;
Beaumont $4,000 oil company; Com
merce $4,000 oil and gas company;
Dallas $4,000 realty company; Dick
son $4,000 bank; Galveston $4,000
grocery company; Georgetown $4,000
bank; Harold $4,000 lumber company;
Jourdanton SIS. 900 ice, water and light
company; Leesburg $12,500 bank Oak
Cliff $4,000 bank; Ricardo $4,000 cot
ton gin; San Benito $4,000 develop
ment company; Vernon $4,000 lumber
company; Waco $4,000 development
company.
Virginia - Fredericksburg $780, 600,
bank; Norfolk $150,000 packing COM
pany; Pennington Gap $4,000 mine;
Richmond $5,750,OO0 chemical COM
pany.
West Virgina-Chester $40, 900 oil
and gas company; CIendenin $4,000
bank; Letart $4,980 telephone COM
pany; Warrington SIS, 900 development
company Mascntown $4,000 oil and
gas company; Matoaka $1,000 opera
house company; Parkersburg 100000
hotel company; Mullens $4,000 drug
company.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-10-12

ateye IS one q the Six young mem
WIG have not received their claims.
The letter received by Mr. Meyer the
other day stated that hisscIaim would
likely be passed upon next and It
amounted to about $4,000.
Mr.. Meyer stated that he had long
given up the idea of getting the amount
due him by the bid board Of Education
Il was Just before the panic that an
increase in salary of $3.50 per week
was granted the young architects and
when the panic came the Increase not
made.S This is where the claim is de-
rived from. MI. Meyers friends wish
him success in getting what by right
belongs to him. His attorney feelas
highly confident thatthe claim viii be
paid. MI. Meyer vii go to New York
sometime in December and while
there visiting parents he will person
ally give his attention towards getting
his back salary.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-10-12

QaaAAty Tor about tWo weeks tos on
The nerves Of the editor at this end a.
the line. and when finally al acconnt
of finding a pocket clock in the lake
came in. Patton and Bell. who dis
burses The News. we're inspired to
send Bruce the following sarcastic
suggestion THAT clock story apnears
to have something en- its face. WIND
yourself up and make a strike Now
pc It known that Bruce @. Nabers is
plenty good enough to better that nun
But 1 this instance he read the tele-
gram, and Just smiled. Then he
came home and told Bell, he, Bell. was
Incapable of knowing a good thing
when he saw it and fntimated that
there ere certain persons Who-aDnre-
ciated his services just exactly Eve
times the value The News placed IN
them. That was the ace he had been
holding up his sleeve to- take Bells
trick. After a while the force gath
Ted that Bruce @. had run down" ar
edltorship for. himself. In brief IN
put the thing inteIligibly, the Hen
Jacksonville affair gave him his chance
tc show his hustling character. and
the rustling little town of Rocky
Mount Record,
Bruce came to The News about
three years ago., and before that had
seen newspaper service Utmost of its
colored lights.
His, probably, is the most varied
genius of any that has wasted it's
energies reading News proof. Before
ne was a newspaper man he was an
actor for a %seasonoft hirtytwoWeeks
actor for a season of thirty-two weeks
He asserts that thos experiences is
largely responsible for the reputation
ne has earned being the fairest n
ablest critic on the southern circuit
He takes just pride in the many letters
that have come to him from prominent
player folks complimenting him for
MS CRITICAL work. With infinite care
OF selection he has gathered a picture
gallery CT present day stage beauties.
THESE he would take with him to his
new sanctum but for the fact that
they are most artistfcally pasted on
the wal lover his desk.
He is an automobilist who thinks
nothing of IN hundred and fifty mile
run per day.
re - philosopher AFTER MS OWn
peculiar fashion as is every other
philosopher who is a philosopher.
One of his epigrams Is, that all a man
wants in this world is tc be under
stood. Not bad for an amateur, is it?
Then he has his own erratic sense
of humor. We found on his desk the
other day a sheet filled with these
brilliants:
If Washington was the father of
this country is Panama?
If a pen points, vii la pencil rub
Der?
If a cork floats. viii la bargain
sail?
If you can't blow all your coin dy-
Mantle.
If Barnum & Bailey's circus was a
big success, how will a Mecklenburg
Fair.
Well, Bruce we hate to see you go,
and we get only a meagre consolation
in the knowledge that you hate to
leave us. Well miss the things you
do, and the pal you are. Where will
Patton get his matches now? But we
are-not so selfish that we can't wish
you and we will bet on your success"
you and we vii bet on your success"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-10-12
Resolutions.

Whereas, The Almighty and all-wise
Father has seen fit to take from our
beloved brother, A. II. Hawkins, his
loving sister, therefore be it
Resolved 1st. That we extend to
him our heartfelt sympathy in his
sad bereavement.
Second, That we recognize the hand
and commend him to the one Great
Sovereign Commander" who doeth all
things we'll.
Third, That a copy of these resolu-
tons be SEN to the bereaved brother.
one to the local papers, and enc placed
on the minutes of the White Pine Camp
No. 213 w. %. w
R. K. ORR, Commander.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-10-12

three county high schools there is s
farm from ten to twelve acres ID size
and the cultivation Of tt has been
eommenceds Peas were soWed on the
land IN the summer and r now being
picked by the students. Each OF the
farms, he says, is poor and gives
abundant opportunity Of showing what
can be done with poor land.
Alodgesof Pythian Sisters was or
ganized in AsheYiIe last Thursday
night.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-10-12
GOOD FOR mn. MEYER.

ItHAOM 70 DUNJCU HB
Is About to Receive Back Salary 10
the Amount Of Nearly $4,000.
Having long given up all hopes Of
receiving several thousand dollars
which was due him on back salary
while in the employ of the Building
Committee of the Boar dof Education
OF New York City Mr.. H. G. Meyer OF
this city has received a letter from
M of the leading law firms of New
York stating that claims had been paid
to six out Of the twelve young archi-
tects who failedato get their full sal
airy during the years 1905 to 1908. Mr..
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-10-12

FOR SALE-TWO horses. three two
horse wagons, 1 one-horse wagon.
one set of two horse wagon harness
VIII sell cheap for cash or on time
Glover T. Orr. 9-2Stfc
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1911-11-09

house." he announced upon HIS return.
Pellman frowned as the big gates
swung open. admitting his limousine.
At the door an almost decrepit servant,
not in livery. ushered him into dim
old parlor. where rusty horsehair fur
niture bulged and crinkled with the
everlasting dampness. There was
rustic Of silk ia the hail, and girl
Of about twenty stopped for a moment
in the door. She was Of unusual beau
ty. dark haired and dark eyed. with
certain quick. 1.-THE movement that told
Of nervous energy gone riot for want
of outlet. For just moment she
stood. a startling figure in her semi
fitted house gown Of wood brown silk:
then she moved swiftly away. and her
place in the doorway was taken by
DIR. Zelphan.
"Dr Zelphany' asked Pellman. ris-
ing.
IT am, sir" replied the other. with a
bare trace Of foreign accent. you
wish to see Mr.. BreedY'
"On a matter Of the greatest i'm
portanee."
Impossible" declared the doctor
TT is not only my orders, but his own.
that no one be admitted ON any ex-
citing Grand"
Pellman considered a few moments
In silence
ITO be continued)
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1911-11-09

er. His next step was To estsh,,.h
tne immense bakery system which
now bears his name. Flour was act
az such price that families could not
anord TO buy 1t and that opposing
bakeries were forced out of business
NOW In all the centers Of population
ne mas his immense mechanical broad
furnaces, from which his bread trains
rush before daylight to distributing
stations in all the small towns. while
MS remarkable automobile service SIM.
plies the cities. BY concentration Of
manufacture he claims to have been of
actual benefit to the country, furnish.
ing better grade of bread at a lower
price than was ever known before and
making more profit on 1t than individ.
ual bakeries ever did.
Breed pays everything by check. nv.
pothecating some of his immense stock.
holdings and thus turning them into
cash. He supplies nearly 100000
people with every ounce of bread thew
vat, with every spoonful Of cereal food
upon every breakfast table in the
United States, with every particle of
pastry served in this broad land of
ours. Think for one moment! Through
this monopoly Of all cereal foodstufrs
every one Of 100000 people paws a
tribute to him Of, on the average, about
= cents day, which amounts daily to
over $2,500,0Oo, or in the past year to
nearly billion dollars. Actual cash.
gentlemen. nearly a billion of actual
currency gone from our already limited
circulationp'
One-half of them had out their pep-
ellis and were figuring upon the backs
OF cards and envelopes.
Nine hundred and ninety-five and a
half million, to be more exact" cor.
rected Pellman. eve still have nearly
S2,5OOOOO,OOO with which to transact
business, however"
You are making an error when you
estimate upon our approximate $780,.
100000 of cash. You are not deduct.
ing the government cash reserves in
the United States treasury and sub
treasures. You are not deducting oul
$1,5OO. 100000 of gold which practically
never sees the light of day or emerges
from its sealed canvas bags In the
bank vaults. You are not deductine
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1911-11-09

the currency reserves in the approx
mate 1000 national banks in this coun-
try. You are not deducting the re-
serves in private banks nor the i'm
mense number of small private hoard
ings. The per capita circulation Of
money in this country is estimated at
$35. In reality. allowing for these re-
serves, the actual amount is probably
but little over SIS per capita Of ac-
tual circulating hand to hand cash.
OF this over $40 per capita is now
in the possession of Henry Breed, and
this money has seeped away so in
sidiously that not one Of you shrewd
financiers. who make knowledge Of
the ebb and flow Of money your bust
ness, has been aware Of 1t. Gentle
men, it is nearly all gone now. and
soon there will be no money whatever
in the United States"
That night there was much quiet
selling of stock. and the Atlantic ca
BILE was busy with selling orders for
the London Exchange. There had been
eight of the mighty kings Of finance at
that dinner. either in person or by
their near representatives.
Rollins had walked away with KEEL
win.
"This is a marvellous thing you have
been telling u.s." said he. but an In
cendiary thing too. The strange part
is that 1t should have remained for
you alone to discover 1t and profit by
It. How did you find it outr'
"Well. with about 10000 distributing
agents, each one instructed to remit in
currency only. 1t would be very strange
II there were not leak. Doubtless
host of people other than myself know
Of It, but the individual amounts were
so small that no one paid any atten-
ton"
"That's precisely it." insisted Rollins.
lit remained for you to appreciate
and take advantage Of the enormous
possibilities Of the thing. to understand
its magnitude in the aggregate. You
are a great man, Mr.. Kelvin. You
have been selling all the time, haven't
your
EVERY morning" admitted Phillip.
smiling.
"You must have an enormous ac-
count by this time"
"Close to 100000 shares" confessed
Phillip.
"And You held back your explana-
ton Of all this until you had acquired
all you wanted? thought SO. Well.
it's an i'll wind that blows nobody any
good. I want some railroad shares.
suppose you realize what calamity
you are going to bring on the coun-
try?"
~ think I do" And Phillips jaws
closed with snap.
Rollins looked at him in slightly dis
approving speculation.
"Gadr' he said. "Some of the big
men here have been pirates. but you
will be the most ruthless wrecker who
ever got into Wall street."
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1911-11-09

Backache, Headache, Nervousness
and rheumatism, both in men and
women, mean kidney trouble. Do not
allow it to progress beyond the reach
Of medicine bnt stop it promptly with
Foley Kidney Pills. They regulate
the action Of the urinary organs.
Tonic in action, quick in results. For
sale by all druggists.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1911-11-09
CHAPTER Nv.

DON'T see where that could
amount to q billion Of actua,
currency" demonstrated Ralph
= Eldridge.
NOR replied Kelvin. II will show
you. Twelve months ago Henry
breed quietly issued from his central
organization. the United Food Compa-
~ VI New Jersey, general order that
al bread and cereal foodstuffs must
W solo for spot cash only. The re-
seipts from these sales were not to be
Seposited in banks. but were to be
suipped In currency to the general Of
.Ies OF his company. Do you know
"uat this meant? Breed began as an
o'cure miller. He formed combina-
son AFTER combination Of Touring mills
.a i' twenty years after he started
. -a. TASK. ne practically owned every
o. 'uiii aud v,S1J grain elevator IN
e United States. accomplishing tina.
,.ough an elaborate system Of rebat-
a e on wheat and -four shipments. Ev-
~ farmer who raised wheat raised 1t
-, sell to Henry Breed at prices set
breed, for there was no other buy
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1911-11-09

was that it started simultaneously in
nearly every trading group upon the
floor. Men with orders to sell 5000
shares of U. P. would no sooner exc
cute that commission than they would
plunge into the Steel Common group
with equal frenzy. Men with orders
to wait for a price beloved in sheer
nervousness. 1t was roaring, shrek
ing. cursing hell. in which clothing
was rent and men fought like fero-
cious dogs for a mere glance from a
man who had buying orders.
By 3 o'clock every security listed on
the Stock Exchange had dropped twen-
ty points share. Many Of them had
gone still lower That afternoon the
private dining rooms of all the exclu
sive cafes were filed with grave men.
certain groups planning to go with the
movement and others. more far seeing,
devising ways and means to stem the
oncoming tide.
Pellman took q train to Forest
Lakes. the country home of Henry
Breed. The six biggest railroad oper-
ators in the street had decided that il
any man could influence Breed Pell-
man was the man. Pellman himself
was dubious. He had once angered
Breed; but. for that matter. Breed had
engaged in some quarrel or other with
every man in the market.
Pellman approached Forest Lakes
with a confidence that diminished as
he came in sight Of Breeds immense
estate.
At the great iron gates grizzled old
woodsman with a gun took Pellman's
card through the grill and. stepping
inside a small lodge. telephoned to the
house. He came out again in a few
moments.
"Mr. Breed Is ILL.," he said. 1.-THE
doctor has forbidden him to see any
one"
"Is the doctor in the houseY' asked
Pellman.
Eyes. sir"
Psllman proffered bill. Telephone
the doctor that I would like to see
him."
"All right. sir" said the gatekeep-
er and turned slowly away. but he
did not touch the money. He was
gone about FIVE minutes. "Dr. Zelphan
says that you may come up to the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-07
Auto Hose Wagon to
Be Tested Saturday
Eighty Horse Power Combination
Truck Bought by the City
Has Arrived.

The motor driven combination chemical
and hose wagon, recently purchased by the
Board of Fire and Police commissioners
FOR the use Of the fire department. will
be given Its first public trial Saturday
morning.
The vehicle has arrived and is quartered
at the engine house at Eighteenth and
Harvey streets A demOnstrator from the
manufacturers will arrive In Omaha Friday
morning, according to Chief SaIter. and
as soon as details can be completed. the
wagon will be given a public trial.
The trial win consist OF a run through
the streets OF Omaha, which will include
those thoroughfares which are OF steep
incline. The new wagon, which Is driven
by an eighty horse power motor is caps-
bic OF developing a speed OF forty miles
an hour. II carries about 1900 feet Of reg
ulaton hose nearly twice as much as the
present wagons. The tank has a capacity
OF forty gallons The wagon cost S. 49,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-07
BOYS ARE MURDER SUSPECTS
Police Hold Two Messengers and Seek
Third for Cohn Killing
TANGIBLE EVIDENCE Is LACKING
Clues rail 60 Connect Those en- jail
with share in Crime--How-
ara clark Given Thirty
DAYS.

Back over the same tran az that pursued
In the Investigation Of Twiggs, Deland and
Steingger. the police are working In their
endeavors 70 connect three messenger BOYS
with the murder OF Herman Cohn So far
, aftorts Of the police to connect Ted Shar-
hey and Albert shsffer Of Council Bluffs.
now In custody. with the crime, have
failed Of success.
VIII Hammond. messenger boy. reported
at the police station Thursday morning. but
was not held
No one has vet identified the revolver
dropped by the assassin OF Cohn, according
20 Captain Savage. shaffer pawned re-
volver. but N was .3S-caliher Colts, while
the one that killed Cohn is a 'bulldog.
Shaffer admits the ownership Of the Colt
revolver and another weapon Of the bull
dog" type. but Of different calber from
that with which the murder was com
mittcd.
Detectives were out all Thursday morn
ing locating the men who were victims OF
messenger boy stckups during March
Shaffer went to work for the messenger
COMPANY on March IA and his hours were
from - o'clock noon until midnight Hii
time slips reveal no greater absence from
the office than would be naturally con
sumed by his runs
previous suspect Howard Clark. ar
rested in company with Tom Carr. 2o2
Farnam street. was sentenced TO thirty
DAYS in the county jail as a suspicion,
Character
Dean Ringer OF South Omaha. victim o.
a holdup called at the police station. bt(
was unable to identify the boys in jail Al
having had a part in It,
other holdup victims are to be put fac,
to face with the boy suspects with tn,
purpose Of gaining, II possible, evidehc,
tending to show that the two were con
nected with robberies in Omaha. The SAM
men who sought TO identify other suspect
are robbers viii be called.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-07
Ak-Sar-Ben Fetes Are
Better Than Europe
Charles Beaton Finds Meal Prices
Just as High in the Old
World.

Charles d. Beaton. one Of the several
Ak-Sar-Ben governors. who has been
spending the winter in other climes. re-
turned 70 Omaha Wednesday. Mr.. Beaton
has been TO Europe on an eleven weeks
trip. visiting England. and practically all
Of the countries Of Europe except Russia.
on his visit there the Ak-Sar- Ben booster
attended many Of the carnivals and fairs
given by the Europeans and not one OF
them in his estimation came up to the
Omaha Ak-Sar- Ben nor any Of the other
great carnivals held by American cities
THE carnivals in Germany Italy France
and all the countries consist OF the men
and women throwing confetti and paper
streamers. There are no shows, and their
street parades are very flimsy affairs, and
always carried on in the daytime. The
mask carnivals in Nice, and other Italian
cities are In no way practical here, as
American women would be very much in
suited at the roughness of the proceedings
and the actions Of the revelers' said Mr..
Beaton.
/ Among the cities MIR. Beaton visited was
| Lisbon, Portugal The capital Of the de-
posed Manuel is n beautiful city he de-
! Clares The Portuguese citizens are divided
even yet IN their allegiance to Manuel and
70 the republican government established.
] Several Of the prominent citizens admitted
90 him and to other Americans visiting
I there that 1t was not to Manuel that they
objected, but. to his advisers. and the
queen
And speaking about living being cheaper
in Europe than America is a joke" re-
marked the returned traveller. Not a
first-class hotel there but charges Identical
rates as the hotels here. Theater prices
are almost beyond belief, and the per
formances almost without exception, poor
We we're even disappointed in the grand
opera given at Paris.
But in progress Of all kinds the nations
Of the old country are not one bit behind
the United States. was surprised in many
cities at the manner in which things were
carried out. They beat our cities in som,
| ways"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-07
He Loved and Lost
and Went to Jail
Swain from Pierce, Neb., Has Day
Filled with Adventures Which
Ends Badly.

He came. he saw. He loved.
He paid.
She went
He's Jailed
Love money and luck admixed with the
nckleness of the object OF his alteration
took Henry Vanderohe. farmer. from
Pierce, Neb, through q dizzy whirl OF ex-
perienees Thursday mornlng-and left him
In the hands of the police
Vanderohe came to Omaha wednesdav
night. He met Josie Smith. He liked her.
told her so, and proposed
PAY my debts and I'll go back TO the
farm with you" said Josie, In her own
practical little way.
Vanderohe visited Allen g. Dudley com
mission dealers. South Omaha, and cashed
check for $3.50
He paid $50 worth of Josie's debts.
Then he called for Josie she wen;
away with another fellow this morning. -
he was informed at the door. Il understand
they are TO be married"
At the police station Vanderohe told Inf,
story. Accompanied by an officer h,
started after Josie.
What did you say your name was p
asked the officer, half a block from tn,
station.
''VRnderohe."
Come back to the station"
The check which vanderohe caahed II
South Omaha has been returned as bogus
He is held pending investigation. Van
derohe is fairly wsll-to-do and is expecte,
TO make good the check