The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-03-16

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Cleveland Star Congressman
E.. Y. Webb has accepted an invi.
tation to deliver the alumni ad.
dress at the commencement exer.
cises of Wake Forest COLLEGE,
May Is. Mr.. Webb IS 4 graduate
of this institution of the class Of
1898.
The highlands y. M. Putnam.
who lives In No. Three township
is q progressive farmer who raises
pigs and cattle for sale. He sold
In one day $50 worth of pigs. Sold
also this winter two head Of regis.
tered young Jersey cattle for 500
also two smaller ones for $65.
On four acres Of pea stubble be
scattered q loads of stable ma,
nure and this wheat crop looks
promising.
Lincoln Times: Chas. Seagle,
son of D. p. SeagIe, was badly
kicked by a mule at a saw mill up
near the Cleveland line Monday
evening about three o'cIock. The
mule was hooked up to the log
wagon crooked. Charlie went to
straighten the traces. AS he
stopped over, the mule kicked with
both feet, knocking out his front
teeth above and below, and break
ing his Jaw bone in two or three
places.
Rutherfordton Sun: Wednesday
night of last week Miss Annie
Abrams, of Sandy Plains, Polk
county, died quite suddenly at the
home of Mrs. M. A. Camp, in the
some county. Miss Abrams was
visiting Mrs. Camp at the time.
She retired, seemingly, as well as
usual on Wednesday night. Thurs
day morning Mrs. Camp, called.
Miss Abrams to breakfast, and
getting no response to her call,
Mrs. Camp went to her room and
found her dead in bed. Miss
Abrams was about IS years of age
and was a most estimable chris
tian lady.
Charlotte Observer: Drs. r. L.
Gibbon, William Allen, George w.
Pressly j. r. Irwin w. Faison.
and J. e. S. Davidson spent Thurs
day In Rutherfordton attending
the dedicatory exercises of the
new Rutherfordton hospital,
founded by Drs. Norris and Biggs.
Dr. Joseph Prica-of New York,
one of the foremost surgeons of
the North, gave a clinic and lee
tured before the thirty-fve doe
tors present. The lunch served.
was a delicious one. The Ruther-
fordton hospital is one of the best
arranged and most scientifically
equipped to be found in the State
Charlotte Observer They had a
rat-killing time down on North
College street yesterday after
noon when the rear end Of the old
stable soccupied by j. G. Cochran.
& Bro, was torn down prepare
tory to the erection Of a larger
and more commodious building
for the same tenants. As the
brick were taken down the rats
became ratified and began to move
out and to hunt for more comfort.
able quarters. Young boys and
some older ones, too. organized a.
c~rusading band and succeeded In
killing $50 rodents of various and
sundry sizes.
Lexington Dispatch: Sunday
there passed through the city en-
route for New York a solid train
load of eggs and poultry. They
came from Asheville and adjoin-
ing points and all were fresh.
There was nothing In the lot re-
surrected from the vaults of cold
stora an houses. In the train load
were 0aas Of eggs; four
cars of live poultry and four ears
of dressed poultry, making 80 cars
loaded with poultry and poultry
products. This shows something
of the enormous proportions to-
which the poultry business has
grown in North Carolina and it is
a fact that the industry in this
part Of the nation is barely In its
infancy.