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The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-08-24
FREE DELIVERY FOR HENDERSON
VILE

1t is positively announced by Post
master Jackson that the free city de.
livery of mail will begin the first of
October, The necessary fixtures have
been ordered and will arrive within
the next few days. Two deliveries
will be made each day and four col
lections from the boxes. The first
delivery will begin at $3.50 A. M. and
the second at 200 P. M.
The effort to secure this delivery
was begun a long time ago and for
awhile it seemed doubtful of success
Persistent work finally receives its
reward and now in the course of a
few weeks we ca nexpect to- hear the
postman's whistle. And maybe it
won't sound good to may of us who
haze been compelled to match wits
with the daily crowd at the p~ostof1ce
in a strenuou sendeavor to reach the
window with as little loss of time as
possible. LIB
Sometimes too the fortunate and
proud possesscTs of boxe, having for
gotten or misplaced the necessary key
have patiently waited their turn at the
window and suavely requested, with a
subdued and submissive air, that the
mail from box number so-and-so be
placed in their tender keeping. The
employees have been extremely court
eous in acceding to such requests and
no doubt they have marveled greatly
at the fertility of invention displayed
by many who had forgotten the key
and felt that it was better to tender
an excuse which would not reflect on
the power of their mind to remember
You know you sometimes rather like
to make excuses. For instance, when
you have been out rather late the
night before and are brought to task
the morning after, it is a positive
pleasure to explain hat business C.
away. Having succeeded so we'll you
some other horrid thing kept you
feel proud of yourself and proceed tc
elaborate, until you are caught in
net of you rown weaving. Thus it has
happened at the postofice. You
would sometimes leave your key a.
home from a pure delight in trying
to bluff the clerk with a framed-uI
story, but like the pitcher that went
to- the well once too often, you finally
contradicted yourself.
Free delfery will be welcomed moi
only from the fact that it saves con
siderable time and worry but from its
moral uplift in removing an almost
irresistible temptation, at times, -tc
Craze far afield from the path OF
truth.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-08-24

49,
Another real estate deal involving
several thousand dollars and M that
will mean much to the city was final
ly closed last Thursday. The firm of
Ewbank & Ewbank sold the Judson
College property to a syndicate of
South Carolina capitalists for a con-
sideraticn involving about seven
thousand dollars.
This syndicate expects to convert
the property into a club colony. Some
twelve or fifteen Thousand dollars
will be spent in remodeIing the old
rock building which will be the club
house proper. On the remaining
ground which embraces about two
acres will be erected several cottages
fer the club members.
Actual work will begin the first of
March and a large corps CT skilled
workmen will rush the several build
ings to an early completion. The cot
tages to be erected will be both hand
some and councillors and it is Ger
tain that they will be tenanted by
some of the very best class OF peep1e
to be found anywhere.
The situation of this club colony is
one of the most ideal that could have
been found. A clear and unobstruct-
ed view Of the mountain n can
be had from almost any point. The
nearness to the business section OF
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-08-24

the city wilIalso prove a decided adj
vantage. The members will bein POI
sition t enjoy all the pleasures of
both city and urban life, and this
happy combination is one seldom
found. While they are to be almost
in the midst of the city, yet they will
be a community unto themselves.
One to which nature has already
generously contributed towards MAX
ing an ideal community.
With this club colony assured for
the coming year and the several that
are already built or in process of
Construction. it would not be too
much of an e~xaggeration to refer
to this section as the Club Colony of
the South.
Nearly every day the story of some
new enterprise is published. 1t may
be a college, hotel, bank. club colony,
or just a mere residence, but the
truth is plainly in evidence that this
city is at present enjoying the great
est development. as well a sthes great
est eason in it's history. The two
advantages, climate and scenery, so
long boosted of are finally coming
into their own. Their merit and
worth are being recognized more and
more every day, as the real estate
transactions for the past few weeks
Individually testi1es.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-08-24

Nam Dying ol RelIaska Says Doctors
Nag Experiment on HIS Body when
hes Gone.
Atlanta, Aug. 18-Because Of the
frightful increase in the number of
cases Of pellagra in Atlanta during
the past six months-51 people have
died of it-and because the physicians
find no remedy, and because sufferers
from the disease are barred from all
local hospitals and institutions, John
H. Johnson, of % Gaskill street, who
is dying of the disease in his own
poverty-stricken home. has vOlun-
teered to give his body, just as soon
as the life GIBBS out of it, to the local
physicians to dissect and experiment
On in the hope that they may find
something to benefit other sufferers.
He knows he has but a short time
to live and even goes to the extent
of offering himself alive for expers
mental work if gy SO doing the doc.
tors al hope to learn anything.
He is not the only desperate suf4
ferer from pellagra in the city. The
Associated Charities does not know
what to dc. 1t has 20 cases now, and
no place to send them. There is but
one institution in Fulton county that
will accept a pellagra case under any
circumstances-the almshouse, and il
can take no more cases at present.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-08-24
Man-Bird Tells How it Feels to
Drop 1000 Feet Into LAX,

Chicago, August 17.-Arthur Stone,
t he Aviator who fell into Lake Michi-
gan yesterday from a height of more
than 1,000 feet, narrowly escaping
death, told how it feels tO drop that
distance and what his first thoughts
were after striking the water.
my first thought, when l saw no
tugs in sight and the storm coming
on" said Stone, "III bet / won't get
to- dinner in time. Funny, isin't it
when n is facing death, but that was
my first thought.
PVe Got to Swim.
my next thought was, I've got to
swim. because those mutton-heads
won't see me. / acted on that second
thought and padded the water at a
rate that would have done credit to
an old lake packet.
When l stop to think how close 1
came to poor Jchnstone's tragic end
it makes me quake.
81 first noticed that something was
wrong with my machine after l had
made the first turn on the second Ian.
About two miles out / pulled my con
trolls. They didn't work. / pulled
Ind pulled. I was drifting off the
course into the hazy mist over the
water, then l concluded my end hac
come.
ST pulled frantically at the controls
again and that time they responed
Instead of making the left turn as
wanted to, the machine darted up into
the sky at a terrific speed. I was
going out past the line.
Knew 1t Was Running Wild.
81 knew it was running wild. ]
kept pulling the control and t~vi-
to come back to earth. Then suddenly
something happened to the controls
I felt the machine turn and ther
speed like an arrow for the lake.
tried tc turn it tall first but could
not do it.
"Then 1 saw the. lake water. 7
seemed to be coming up to me.
asn't afraid. Again / thought q
tombstone and his being dragged dowI
beneath the water. In the few seconds
time I was falling l did a thousant
and one things. / had my hand owe
my face and stood up in the cock
pit.
when the machine was 80 feet from
the water I dived headfrst and ava,
from tilt hit about the same time
hit with a great crash.
"I had on a life preserver and wa
able to keep afoat until the tug
came"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-08-24
Handing it to the South.
Omaha Rec


The Souths growth is remarkable,
and the West, as we'll as the East, re-
joices, because the South's develop
ment vas greatly needed by the coun-
try a sa whole. It's resources and
energies lay dormant too long as it
was. The fertility of the sell, its
mineral products, its mills and facto-
RE, all were needed, and their deVel-
opment is a national boom. The
South's attention to extensive farming
which has been spoken of, is n mat
ter in which the West feels especial
concern, for the Wet rather prides
itself on pioneering somewhat in this
great movement and if it's example
has caught other sections SO much the
better. There can be no unfriendly
rivalry in these two sections. One
profits by the others progress, OF
would lose by its 10. -.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-08-24
Poe and Cardinals.

There is robably nothing unusual
1y alarming in the fainting sell from
which Pope Plus x is suffering, for
he is subject to such attacks, espec--
tally in hot weather. Should any
thing go wrong with him. however,
his reluctance to create new cardi-
| consistory, one of less .han fifty mem
bers to elect his uccesor Death has
been removing cardinals faster than
the Pope has created them. OF the
/ present Sacred College only fourteen
have been nominated by Plus K. AL
the others helped to select him,and
one, Cardinal Oregile di Santo Ste
fano, created by Plus TX, took part
also in the consistory that chose Lee
XIII Cardinal Gibbons is now
fourth in seniority in the Sacred Col.
lege,
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-08-24
TO SUE FOB s25,OOO.OOO
CherOkees Say the United States Owes
Them That Sum.

e 5ra-1 rs AAOAA 40 Quinn @
Muskogee, Okla, Aug. 18.-Rally-
ing for a final stand, the full blood
Cherokee Indians are preparing to
instigate a suit against the United
States government for twenty-five
million dollars. That sum. the Chero-
KEGS say, is due them for property
rights and money d~issipated by the
government and paid to. whites and
negroes who were not Cherokees, in
the last hundred years.
The leader of the movement is
Mrs. Susan Saunders, of ST. Louis, a
three-Quarter blood Cherokee, sc
years old and blind In the action
the majority of the more progress
sive of the Cherokees take nc part,
being convinced that the suit will be
in vain.
The principal claim of the Indians
is for land in the Cherokee Nations
which has been allotted to negroes
who are known as freedmen and to
whites who have married into this
tribes There are $500 negroes who
have been given allotmenIs III the
Cherokee nation.
When 1he Cherokees came to the
Indian territory from Georgia il
1885 they brought manv negro
slaves with them. These they kept the
same as whites slave owners until the
cioes of the civil war.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-08-24

day.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-08-24
Secretary wilson is rs

Washington, Aug. 18.-Secretary
Wilson, who has been a member of
the cabinet since 1897, longer than
any other cabinet officer in the his
tory of the government, observed to-
day the s~eenty-sixth anniversary of
his birth day.
He was bern in Ayrshire. Scotland
and came to this country when he
was sixteen years old, with his par
ents and after a brief residence IN
Connecticut settled in Iowa, combin-
ing farming with politics.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-08-24
PRAYER FOR RAIN ANSWERED
| Connecticut Valley Flooded A Hours
After Legislative ChapIain's Appeal

After Legislative Chaplain's Appeal
Middletown. Conn. Aug. 18.-Four
hours after Rev. Henry, G.. Marshall,
chaplain of the lower branch Of the
Connecticut Assembly, had prayed for
rain yesterday a drenching shower
swept through the Connecticut Val
ley, and scores of the unbelieving
legislators who had failed to probe
themselves with umbrellas were wei
to the skin.
"A large number of. the Legislators
i've on the farms, and many of them
have complained bitterly of the dam
age the drought wa sdoing to tn
crops. No one took it amiss there
fore whe nthe chaplain in the mide
of his daily prayer asked that "th'
windows of heaven be opened upo1
the earth that the parched lands
might be refreshed"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-08-24
sEABOAD SHOPS BURNED.

Failure of Water Supply Responsible
For Most of the 100000 Loss al
Savannah, Ga-FOur Hundred Mel
Thrown Out of Work.
Savannah, Aug. 18.-Failure of the
water supply was responsible for
most of the loss early tonight when
fire swept through the shops of the
Seaboard Air Line Railway here, lev
cling the machine shops. The total
loss probably is 500, 900.
-Four hundred men are thrown out
of employment Work viii be trans
ferred to Americas, Ca, and Jackson.
vile. Fla, shops for the present.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-08-24
To Begin Work IN Charlotte POstoficc
in December.

Washington. Aug. 18.-Represents-
tive Webb was assured by the Treas
ury Department today that ground
would be broken for the new $250.000
Federal building at Charlotte nevt
December. This is the first definite
information received as to when
work will be started on the nev
building, dthough it was intimatf
some time ago that the building would
be in progress of construction by
January 1.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-08-24
Not a Bondholder.

"Father seems impressed with
your talk about coupons" said the
girl, "Have you, really any,"
"Sure," answered the guileful
youth SCOT 700 saved up toward the
furniture in our little fat.-Pftts-
burg Post.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-08-24

Mr.. J. S. Shit1e, County superin-
tendant of Education, has just re-
turned from F1etchers where he has
been in attendance on the agricultnr-
al meeting held at that place yester-
dav
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-25
Jan EXCITING CHASE
Drunk Pursues a Woman
About Her Home.

Receiving telephone message from
a woman. who breathlessly exclaimed
that man was chasing her back and
forth around her house, Sheriff Steen
with Deputy Sheriffs Roberts and
Morel went to a house near Moor
mans switch east of the city last eve
ming and arrested Manford Paxton,
charging him with drunk. He was
fined 81 and costs in police court this
morning. The woman. whose name
could not be learned. informed the au-
thorities that Paxton had chased her
around the house for several minutes
and after making several unsuccess-
full attempts to elude him she finally
was able to get into her home. She
barricaded the doors and notified the
sheriff It is said that Paxton lives
near New Paris
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-25
CONSISTENT STORY
TOLD BY PRISONER

A consistent story was told by Her
shell Davis. a young man living at Win
chester, when arraigned this morning
in police court on the charge of steal
ing a bicycle. Mayor Zimmerman de-
clared that he would not convict Davis
until he was positive that he was gull
ty of the theft. The mayor suggested
that patrolman be sent to Winches-
ter with the watch, which Davis de-
clared was traded to him with the bi.
cycle for a gold watch belonging to
him. The mayors idea is to have the
patrolman show the watch to Mrs. Da-
Wis and II she states that it belongs to
her husband. Davis will be fined. 9th.
erwise he will be released. Davis is al
legged to have stolen the bicycle yes
terday morning.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-25
SUGGESTS REMEDY
FOR NAUGHTY KIDS
Gormon Says Law Should Be
Passed Making Parents
Responsible.

Lamenting the weakness of the In
diana statutes which provides punish
ment for delinquent children but not
for the parents, where he believes the
blame for the child's acts should be
placed, Superintendent l. A. Gormon
declares the next legislature could do
well to turn its attention to this feat
ure of the criminal code and pass laws
which will make it possible to prose
cute the responsible parents.
Though the police have to contend a
great deal with juvenile misdemean-
ors, they act reluctantly because they
can only deal with the child The po-
lice personally would rather arrest the
parents and prosecute them for the
acts of their children. The superin-
tendent of police believes as soon as
the laws compel the parents to be
more careful in bringing up their chill
dren juvenile crimes will be reduced
to the minimum.
AS the law now is, excepting in the
abuse, neglect or ill treatment, the
child is the only one with whom the po.
lice can deal. If the police were
empowered to exercise the rod just a
little, or could with authority com.
pei rather than advise the parents to
tie misdemeanors of minors, who are
not bad enough to be sent to reform
schools, would soon end.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-25
Ed Van Pelt, Collector, Shot
Chas. Tindall, Prominent
Lawyer and Orator on
Shelbyville Streets.
VAN PELT STATES
WIFE WAS ACCUSED
Alleged Boonville Murderer,
Will Lee, Only Believed
Guiltless by His Fiancee
and Her Mother.
tNationaI News Association,


SHELBYVILLE, Ind, Aug. 25.-
Charles Tindall aged 35, lawyer, su-
rreme director of the Court of Honor
lodge. and orator of note. was killed
by Ed Van Pelt. 60 years old, a civil
war veteran and collector on the Shell
byville Democrat on South Harrison
street at 11:55 O'Clock this morning.
Trouble of a years standing due to
factionalism in the local Court of Hon
or, is the ascribed cause. Tindall and
Van Pelt met in front of the Schroeder
pharmacy. Without word Van Pelt
fired two shots. Both entered Tin
dalps abdomen and he fell unconscious
In the pharmacy. Van Pelt gave him.
self up at police headquarters.
The principals are among the city's
most prominent lodge workers. Van
Pelt is a brother-in-law of U. S. Sena-
tor Works of California. A score of
people witnessed the shooting, the bull
lets passing within few inches of
several of them
Van Pelt says Tindall accused his
wife Of misappropriating funds of the
local Court of Honor while she was
secretary for seven years. Faith In
her services was recently shown by
her almost unanimous reelection
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-25
NEW TEACHERS ARE
TOLD ABOUT WORK

Shop talk was indulged in BY
county superintendent G. O. VIII
liams and the beginning teachers in
the schools OF the county on Thursday
afternoon at his office in the court
house. The new teachers were In
formed as to how to make out pro-
grams for the days work. how to
keep order and numerous other small
things which interest the teacher in
achieving success with her pupils.
On Friday all Of the teachers in the
county met at the high school where
discussions on different matters were
held The institute adjourned early
in the afternoon in order to allow
the teachers to attend the opening
lecture at the chautauqua assembly.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-25
FUN AT CHAUTAUQUA TO Be POSTAL BANK
Expected One Will Be Lo-
Gated in Richmond.

Within a week or ten days, it is be-
lieved, official notice will be received
at the local postoffice in regard to the
postal savings bank which the postof-
fee department is establishing in cit
les throughout the country. AS yet no
official word has been received that
Richmond has been awarded a postal
savings bank, but it is understood that
this city will be among the first in the
state to receive a bank.
1t is said that no additional work
will be necessary to establish the bank
system here. The business will be con.
Quoted in connection with the money
order department 1t is believed that
the banking system will meet with
general favor and success here.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-25
Sends Communication to the
Home Telephone Company
Requesting that the Sys-
TEN Be Improved.
COMPANY is. MAKING
TEST OF SENTIMENT
SAYS the Service Will Be Inn
proved and Alleges Storms,
of Summer Haxn 49,
u Great Hardship.

The Richmond Home Telephone
ton from the Richmond Commercial
Club requesting the company to i'm.
prove the local telephone service. In
this communication, it is understood.
the Commercial Club informs the com
pany that it has received complaint
on the service rendered and states the
club would be appreciative if the COM
pany would give the matter its atten-
ton.
Although no statement could be Sc
cured from the Commercial club off,
cials regarding the communication
it has addressed to the telephone COM
pany, the officials of the company ad-
init that they have received letter
from the club, it's contents as outlined
above.
The telephone company announces
that the complaint viii, be given the
utmost consideration; that in fact, a
test has already been begun to ascer-
tain the views of the company's pat
rons on the service rendered. The last
test made, the company announces, re.
yealed the fact that only per cent OF
the patrons had complaints to make.
The company anticipates that this test
will show only ten per cent have com.
plants to make.
The unusually heavy storms OF the
summer have worked great hard.
ship on the telephone companies all
over this section of the country. The
cloud1urst here about a month ago did
the g-eatsst amount Of damage
Charges made by many people tina,
the automatic system has not proven
a success are flatly denied by the tel
ephone company officials. They say
that the system is more complicated
and erratic than the manual system
and harder to keep in repair, but not
withstanding it gives the telephone
patrons a much prompter and more ef
ficient service.
The company officials say the great
est percentage Of complaints comes
from non-subscribers, people who are
not familiar with the system and who
are apt to injure the instruments BY
careless handling.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-25
Young People kid Special
Police Force.

Hardly a night passes at the Chau-
tauqua but that there is excitement of
some nature in which one of the Chau-
tauqua policemen are called. AS a
rule the trouble is of a minor nature
and no arrests are made.
"Oficer, tell the cop to call the po-
lice." simultaneously exclaimed six
members Of the feminine sex who are
camping at the Chautauqua. A special
policeman. dutiously patroling his
beat" heard the remark and running
to tent on one of the "boulevards'
learned that someone had pushed a
long tent pole into the girls linn" "
This was about 1880 o'clock but the
"cop" refused to make an investigation
as he ascertained that the girls had
been disturbing the peace" by sing
ing popular songs in the wee small
hours.
This morning three special police
men were sworn in as members of
the metropolitan police force. They
were Edward Thatcher, councilman
at-large. Charles Morgan and Ora
Highlands. However. Patrolmen
Thatcher. Morgan and Highlands will
be engaged at the various gates of the
Chautauqua in the capacity of ticket
takers. They were sworn in as police
men so that if any trouble arises they
will have the power to arrest
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-08-25
TWENTY-FIVE VETERANS
KILLED IN N.Y., WRECK
National News Association)


ROCHESTER, N Y, 25Lehgh Valley train No.
2:3O gded off 45 foot bridge
will
doubleheade
national
A. weckage department
fighting hard Eleven coach
beneath
left Rochester m. i
all
avail nurs