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

against the combine. The de
partment Of justice is now con-
sidering the question of bringing
criminal suits against leading men
in the American Tobacco Com
'pany,
North Carolina, the old North
State, is signally honored this year
by having the largest number of.
native sons of any State gradual
ed from the Naval Academy. She
comes forward with seven grad
yates and is the only State hav-
ing nor than five men In the first
class without at least one drop
ping out One is a Charlotte
boy.
Believing that kerosene oil that
had been poured into a cup by the
servant, while she was at the task
of starting a fire in the kitchen
stove, was a drink for persons,
caused Julia Lewis, the eighteen
months old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. D. G. Lewis of Rocky Mount
to take a swallow of the fluid from
which she died about 2 hours later
after everything known to medi-
cal skill had been done for her.
Rev. M. Harper, Of Kinston, N.
C.Y,and five other curates will be
advanced to the priesthood at an
ordination service in the Church
Of the Epiphany, Winchester,
Mass, June 8. Mr.. Harper has
been appointed assistant pastor at
st. Paul's church, Boston, one of
the wealthiest churches in the
city. Rev Roland Cotton Smith,
of Washington will preach the
sermon at the ordination.
Bishop Haid and Father Felix
Of Belmont visited Tryon and
saluda recently for the purpose
Of looking over the field and re-
porting as to the ACCESSIBILITY of
establishing Catholic churches at
these two growing resorts. After
INVESTIGATING the conditions and
coming into closer touch with the
opportunities offered, it was de
,ided that churches be establish
I'd at both places, construction of
which will begin in a short while.
At the A. & M. College the work
s soon to begin on the new $780,
300 animal industry building and
also on a new dining hall for the
college. The beginning of the
work on the proposed $4,000 Y.
VI. C. A. building. is near at hand,
ample funds being already avail
lble in good pledges and cqnsid-
4rable cash in hand. The animal
1dustry building is to cost $780,
700 and is to be erected by the
State Board of Agriculture.
Apparently trampIed to death
W his runaway team, the body of
Alexander Oxendine, a Croatan
indian, was found lying by the
road, west of Fayetteville late
Saturday afternoon. The team,
which was recovered by a negro,
evidently became unmanageable
and, from a blow on his head it is
supposed that Oxendine was pre-
ciptated beneath the mules feet,
his neck, being broken. The YER
dict of the coroner's jury was that
his death was accidental.
A fire at Balsam last week des-
troyed a large two-story building
where was located the Bryant
Hill store, the Odd Fellows hall
md the Balsam postofice. The
origin Of the fire is unknown.
The Odd Fellows occupied the
upstairs portion of the building
Us a lodge room and all their fur
1iture, paraphanallia, ETC., was de
Stroyed, with insurance amount
ing to about $1,000. It is under
stood that Mr.. Hill carried no in
surance. The loss is several thou
sand dollars.
A lievly debate between Editor
J. q. Green of The North Caro-
ina Union Farmer and Editor
Beasley Of The Monroe Journal
has been going on for several
weeks in the columns of those
papers. The subject of discus
sion is a politico-economico-agri-
culture one, and the two editors
go alter each other with big sticks
in such manner that a man on
the outside would Immediately
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