The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-11-16
GENERAL NEWS.


charge az DEPUTY Police Commissioners
lnnn sherry. are leaders Of band or
Err gers who In the last five years have
awindled New York banks out CT more
than $500 900, have been arrested 10
Nav york city. John Charles Ger
Iesi one Of the men arrested, accord
4nr 10 Mr.. Dougherty,s charge, is the
leader Of the band. IL is charged also
that he was the master mind OF the
italian kidnappers and black hand
criminals that terrorized New York re-
Gently.
The full effect OF the drought and IN
tersely hot weather Of the past sum-
rner was reflected In the government
crop report last week. tt showed that
the production of corn in the United
States, which at the beginning OF the
season promised to exceed the bumper
crop OF last year, was smaller by 349,-
Az, 900 bushels than last years crop.
one hundred and forty-nine chair
men I'm as many Texas counties have
been appointed by Gov. o. B. Colquitt
to assist in spreading the gospel OF
Hold your cotton This first became
known when Mr.. Colquit had written
to Governor O'Neal, Of Alabama urging
him to follow his lead.
After four years of Republican rule,
Kentucky awoke last Wednesday morn
ing to complete counting majorities
her voters gave yesterday to practical
ly all the Democratic candidates in
the State The next administration
goes into Office with a heavier indorse-
ment than occurred to any set of cam
didates in years.
Peculiar interest attaches to the an
nouncement that the navy department
is ready to receive bids for the two
new battleShips authorized at the last
session of congress in view Of the fact
that there is a decided possibility, II
not probability, that there will be no
bidders. January 4, 1912, is the date
set for opening bids, and the depart
ment announces that they will be re-
ceived upto that hour. Nearly all the
private shipbuilding concerns Of the
country have maintained heretofore
that the application Of the eight-hour
law to battlesh4p construction made it
impossible for them to bid On the yes
sells.
With throats cut, the bodies of
Jacob Lutz, aged 75, and his wife, aged
20, were found lying in pools Of their
own blood at their home at Gallant,
Ala, by neighbors last week. The aged
couple lived alone and the belief that
the old man boarded a quantity of
money is thought responsible for the
crime. Lutz was one OF the pioneers
OF this section of the state.
The Democratic state committee OF
New Jersey met at Trenton last
Thursday and endorsed Gov. Wood
row Wilson for the Democratic nomi-
nation for president Of the United
States. The committee decided to
open and maintain permanent head
| quarters at Trenton to further Gov
| ernor Wilson's nomination.
| Denouncing the Elson history as
prejudiced to the south and abound
| ing in misrepresentation the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, in con-
Vention at Richmond last week unani-
mously adopted resolution condemn
ing its use in southern schools anC
colleges. 1t was characterized as 8 toe
wilful, wicked and slandeFous to &C
unchallenged by the Daughters"
William f. McComb, who is il
charge of the Woodrow Wilson presi
Dental headquarters, at AZ Broadway
left last week for Detroit. He viii
hold a conference with Democrats from
different parts of Michigan with ;
view of securing instructed delega
ton from that state for Governor VIII
son. Before returning Mr.. McComl
will visit other states in the middl,
west.
). Father Patrick Murray, pastor of ST
Thomas Aquinas church, was MORTAL.
injured by trolley car on Lexingtc.
avenue last week. As the priest Ia.
unconscious in the glare of an ar
light, four white-robed Dominica
fathers from nearby parish hous
administered extreme JUNCTION. A 81
lent crowd with barred heads, watch
ed the impressive scene.
The will Of Frank T. Howard, @
ew Orleans, requeathed $500 t
ington and Lee university at Lexing
ton, Va.
Mrs. Olga Stadis, of Meridian, Conn
. a pretty German widow, is going
New York to secure the release G
Baron Adolph Schieb, whom she ez
poets TO marry after courtship
mail. The baron, it is alleged, is Ii
hero of five duels. He comes fror
Berlin and is held by the immigratio
authorities because of his lack of ST.
cash which an immigrant is require
to possess.
haywood, suburb of Chicago, is
: a furore because of the establishmeI
OF a home for negro girls there. Th
home is a branch of the Illinois Indus
trial school for girls. The villas
board ordered it removed within q
days following an indignation meetin
held last Thursday night by citizens