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Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-05-15
NEW IN THE TEXTBOOK LINE
italian Meant Well, But HE knowledge
Of American Schoolbooks
Was Small.

One morning, just as a teacher Ut
In Harlem was entering her school,
she was met in the hall by an Italian
leading his little daughter by the
hand.
"She wan go school," said he po.
ntely, indicating the little girl. He
pushed the child forward. "She wan
go school," he repeated, with many
bows. "She has book" pointing to
the book under the girls arm, ian
she wan go school"
81 see," said the teacher. "You
have brought her all prepared. Can
she read?"
The only response from the father
was a shake of his head and a reitera-
ted, "She wan go school"
Whereupon the teacher took the
book and looked at it. 1t was old and
worn, and neither q reader nor an
arithmetic It was a social directory
Of the year 1903.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-05-15
Unused Doors.

With slight trouble and small eN
pense an unused door may be most
advantageously converted into a book
case by having a carpenter set up a
vertical board on each side Of the
door-jamb and upon these boards-to
the saving of the door-frame itself
nail the cross-piece upon which the
book-shelves are to rest. Then have
your woodwork painted or stained to
match the door behind it, and hang a
curtain Of canton flannel, denim, or a
more ornamental and servicable ma
terial from a rod fastened just inside
the door-jambs, If the recess be good
and deep; If shallow, as the door-set-
tings r apt to be in u newer
houses, have the rod fastened across
the outside Of the door-recess A
door thus treated will accommodate o
surprising number of books.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-05-15
EaIIs.cumbinn Eels.

Do fish possess the initiative fac
ulty? That has been the subject OF
much discussion. Now salmon fish
ermen in the Willamette and Colum-
bia rivers, near Portland, Ore, say
that cells r the monkeys Of the sea
Salmon have the ability to climb up
waterfalls. They can be seer doing
it almost any day at The Dalles, near
Portland. At seasons Of the year
Columbia river fishermen have found
large quantities of dad cells near the
falls. A fish warden found that cells,
in attempting to initiate the falls
climbing salmon, met their fate.
They would attempt to climb the
falls, be washed back and be crushed
to death by the weight OF the water.
More than sixty tons of .eels killed
In this way were gathered last month
at The DaI1es.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-05-15
win. the Films Stop War;


The cinetpatograph as an institu-
ton has come to life since the last inn
portant war. 1t remains to be seen
how a battle, or the awful fringes of
a battle, will look upon the screen.
For ~assuredly films will come into
play. Soldiers have always said
and correspondents have in a measure
agreed with them-that the truth OF
war cannot be told. How if the truth
of war were now to be seen?
The late Colonel Stanley has pho
tographs (daguerreotypes they would
perhaps be called) of the dead and
wounded taken after the Crimean n
gagements, but they were too horrible
for exhibition. He showed them,
long afterwards, to those who could
bear it, sometimes to those who could
not-and they will never forget
them.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-05-15
MISTAKE THAT is GENERAL
Too often Time le Wasted Consider
Ina Difficulties Instead Of Per
forming Allotted Task.

When q hard thing is to be done the
natural inclination of most of US is to
allow ourselves to think on the enoft
necessary to do It, instead Of going
ahead and doing it.
And here we make one of the most
common mistakes-tn our lives.
When one is confronted by a severe
task of duty which seems almost be
yond ones powers, it is fatal to pause
to consider its difficulties.
Never mind how hard it may seem,
nothing can be tolerated in the mind
except the consideration of ways OF
accomplishing it,
The secret of accomplishment lies
In the answer of the urchin who was
asked If he thought he would get the
woodchuck for which he was ener-
g~etically digging: "Get him? Why,
man, I've got to get him; the minis
ter'sHcoming to dinner and there amt
no meat in the housed"
1t is q wise economy in daily life
to train the mind to take the attitude
of determination In the beginning; to
be deaf to the self which insists upon
dwelling upon difficulties, and at once
to bring into action the self that is
determined to succeed.
Most persons have had the expert
ence of looking back owe an accom-
plished task with amused surprise at
the exaggerated idea they entertained
of It beforehand. Do the thing first
and consider it's difficulty afterward.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-05-15
Floral Death Leaenda.

"By the Mexicans m~aFigolds are
known as death-fowers, from an ex-
ceedingly appropriate legend that they
sprang up on the ground stained by
the 1ife-blood of those who fell victims
to the love of gold and cruelty Of the
early Spanish settlers. Among the
Virginian tribes, too, red clover was
supposed to have sprung from and to
be colored by the blood of the red man
slain in battle with the white invaders.
In a similar manner, the red peoples
which followed the blowing Of the field
Of Waterloo were said to have sprung
from the blood of the killed and
wounded in that famous battle. Ac-
cording to tradition, the Danish inva4
sion is the cause of the Dane-weed, a
coarse, asteraceous plant common in
England, as it sprang from the blood
of Danes slain in battle; and, If cut
on a certain day in the year, it bleeds.
The dwarf elder, for the same reason.
Is called Danewort and Danes blood"
Suburban Life.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-05-15
BLACK LETTERS AND wu1,.
Former 10 Better secaua.
Read e q Greater DIst.ns.H b
Than the Latter.

There is a tendency ON
railroads to adopt signs w,th pan Of
letters on q black ba~ckgrouna white
realizing that the black lettor net
white background is easier - IN q
and can be seen at a gras+oo read
tance. This follows in an ~ dis
way from the structure of tbo stins
Of the eye. no retna
The Impression Of a letter o.
limit of vision is received inc
ends of a small bundle Of me
which convey to the brain q neIVes
mosaic impression. A nerva OF
only transmit to the brain inror~aa
ton as to wether or not a raw of ,tuat
is falling upon it, and when q na sn'
Is partly in the light and partIv 1--we S
darkness the sensation is the N
as though all of it was in the I,ah4 aus
It follows, therefore, accordina
the Scientific American, tbat 20
nerves on the dividing edge betwoau
any black and white area tran.ue,.
the sensation OF light SO that III
white lines and white areas onrnA
wider and all black lines and blaoI
areas appear narrower than they real.
ly are.
Black letters grow thinner at ~.
limit of vision and are still recoYniz
able, while at the same distsnoo
white letters grow thicker and cannot
be distinguished. There are circnnn.
stances when it is necessary to uaa
white letters, but in such cases legi.
bility will be improved If they ara
made with a thin stroke and strong.
ly lighted. Black letters are mora
distinct II made with a heavy stroke
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-05-15
EVIDENTLY HIS FIRST CASE
Young Attorney Considerably ARat
tIedsn and the Court INDUCED In .
Little Laughter.

Several prominent attorneys were
discussing the peculiar and rather hui
morous questions put to Witnesses by
young attorneys entering upon their
legal work, and n of the number
vouched for the authenticity Of this in
cident:
II went up to the superior civil
court one dry to hear a young friend
Of mine try his first case. All his rel
atives and friends were there and the
novice wore a most serious expression
as he started to question a witness.
He did nicely until he asked the man
"Did o have q contract with the
plaintir?'
"sYes,' replied witness.
"What kind OF a contract was it?'
"An oral one,' replied the witness.
VIII you please produce it?'
saThe witness stood stalk still star
Ing at the attorney and then looked at
the judge, inquiringly. There was a
ripple of laughter throughout the
courtroom, but still the young attor-
ney did not catch on and looking
toward the judge, remarked:
Your honor, I ask you to give the
witness until two o'clock to produce
that contract.
"The court could not longer with
hold and Joined in the laughter. Then
the young lawyer saw his mistake and
with Redeemed face also had a good
laugh"
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-05-15
(spartanburg HeraId.)

The Western Carolina Democrat
and Western North Carolina Times
Hendersonville, issued a Resort and
Good Roads Edition" last week thai
is a wonder, not only from a typo
graphical point of view, but from the
/ splendid character of it's contents, ex-
plotting that great region of the coun-
try toward which all the south turns
at this season of the year for rest
and recreation.
To begin with, here are some good
road facts" the papers present:
Rutherford county has voted $780,
900 for roads; Polk county hasvoted
100000; Madison 100000; Bun
combe county has Just issued $50, 900;
Mcdowell has ordered the issue of
100000. and Pennsylvania $4,000,
The amount which will be spent in
Henderson county is estimated at
$21O, 0e0-this amount being derived
mainly from county and township
bonds to be issued by mandate of
the legislature or by petition.
This makes a total of $1,060,000."
Apage is devoted to the climate OF
the region and this is followed by an
interesting and authentic article on
fruit-growing in Western North Car
DINA and what the Greater Western
North Carolina Association is doing
is also presented.
Flat Rock, Saluda and others of
the popular resort towns of the noun
tains are given much space.
AS the papers say Perhaps the
most interesting picture which APP
pears in the Resort and Good Roads
Edition is the accompanying radius
map, showing existing power and
railroad developments in this section
which lies just south of u.s."
The map referred to is one of the
proposed developments of the Blue
Ridge Interurban railway. projected
by the Manufacturers Power COM
pany, the project being promoted by
Spartanburg men. The map shows
the proposed power station on Green
river, near Saluda, and electric lines
radiating from the point to Landrum,
Inman, S%partanburg and Chesnee, S.
c., and Rutherfordton, Marion, Ashe-
vile, and Brevard, N. G.
On the whole the Resort and Good
Roads Edition" of the Hendersonville
papers is one of themost interesting
every published in North Carolina. 1t
presents the facts concerning a region
little exploited heretofore from a
commercial, agricultural and indus
trial standpoint, and it proves it's
case.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-05-15
cast-Iron Maonets.

The difficulty Of making good cast
iron permanent magnets has been
overcome by a very simple process.
The iron casting, after being machtned
to the required dimensions, Is heated
in a gas furnace until the iron can 1uss
be handled without distortion through
softening.
1t is then plunged in a chemical
bath, which removes superfuous ma
terials and leaves the iron clean. Fl
nauy, it is magnetized by means OF
electric coils.
In strength of field, cast-iron mas"
nets are from ten to fifteen per cent
inferior to those of steel, but they are
equal in magnetic permanence' anu
cost, for intricate patterns, only one
half as much as steel magnets.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-05-15
What Alaskan DOCS Eat.

Dogs in Alaska, when on the trail,
are fed once a day, after the days
work is done. They are never fed in
the morning, for if they were they
would be lazy all day, or, what is
o probable, would vomit UP their
breakfast soon after they got on the
trail. Dogs, to work well, must be
well fed, and it is false economy to
underfeed a dog. They are fed on a
variety of foods, including rice, tai
low, corn meal and fish. If rice or
corn meal forms q part Of their food
it must be cooked. Some men prefer
to feed their dogs on bacon or fish,
thus doing away with cooking. Cook
ed food is cheaper and more fatten-
ing than raw feed, but the question
as to whether dogs can work better
on cooked Or uncooked food is one
that will never be settled so long as
there are "mushers" to argue the
question.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-05-15
Luke MeLuke Saws.

From The Cincinnati Enouirer.)
Grandma used to blush all over
when a man got a glimpse of a half
inch of her nose. But Granddaughter
hoists knee-high and says: 81 should
worry"
A man wants his own pleasure, but
a woman is happy if her children are
happy.
1t is what you keep out of the news-
papers that fixes your standing in any
community.
The story of a mans passion for a
woman is written on water. The
woman's story is carved in granite.
Unselfishness is the quality we all
cultivate but never find in the other
fellows garden,
We all wonder every now and then
why Rockefeller or Carnegie doesn't
slip us a couple of thousand. We fig
ure that they wouldn't miss it and it
would look mighty big to us.
The a Sc many married COUP
less are unhappy is that the contract
ing parties tell too many lies before
the ceremony and too much truth aft
er it is over.
One ofNthe finest ways to get sick
is to keep on drinking to the health
of other people.
Hot water will relieve almost any
i'll. That is the reason married men
live longer than single men.
Lots of men who can speak three
OF feur different languages have to
keep still while their wives are using
the only one they know.
A wise man can listen to the pho
nograph records used by the mar next
door and tell what kind of a guy he
is without meeting him.
Most women outliye their husbands
because they know that if they died
first the ornery men would get mar
ried again.
Some girls are SO modest that they
blush when they see a hammock
hanging in a store window.
When a mans wife is a good look
er and a good cook he usually sur
wives the shock even if his political
party is defeated.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-05-15
(AshevileC itizen.)

Asheville subscribers to the West
ern Carolina Democrat and the West
ern North Carolina Times have re-
ceived copies of the resort and good
roads editions of those two papers,
which were issued Friday. Both pa
pers contain forty pages and are il
Illustrated with cuts showing scenes OF
western North Catolina. The reading
matter contains some valuable infor-
nation and considerable space is de-
voted to the history of the Greater
Western North Carolina association,
and the work which it is doing in be-
half of the Land of the Sky.
The Asheville board of trade con-
tributed a lengthy article dealing with
the advantages of this city as a health
and pleasure resort and the opportun-
tiles which are offered for investors
and manufacturers.
Various Nhotels and mercantile es-
adjustments of Asheyille boost Ashe-
vile in their space.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-05-15
THE NEW CANCER SERUM.
Improvement Follows Treatment by
Novel; Rabbit Vaccine.
(Boston Dispatch to The New York
(Sun.)

Boston Dispatch to The New York
(Sun.)
Within forty-eight to ninety-six
hours after the first incubation with
DR.. Howard w. NoweIl's rabbit serum,
the so cancer victims treated at the
Massachusetts homeopathic Hos
pital, many of whom had been suf-
fering agony, are reported to have
benefited to such an extent that OPT
ates have been dispensed with in all
the cases. Each patient treated is
reported to have shown Improvement.
All were severe, %recurrent or inoper-
able cases that had BEEN s~urgicaIly
and microscopically examined, and
with two exceptions cases were opera
tons were not possible.
While Doctor Novel; still insists
that his work is only experimental his
announcement of the first three weeks
of treatment of human beings has
created a sensation in the medical
world. Doctor NOVEL; repeats that
he does not claim to haveAa cure for
cancer, but he is undoubtedly making
progress toward the discovery Of such
a cure. Personally he has received
and answered 5000 letters. All who
have inquired have been told that the
work is experimental. that no serum
is for sale, that no patients will be
taken except through the ho~spitaIsun-
der whose auspices the work is being
done.
Doctor Novel; admitted today for
the first time that he had apparently
cured a great many rabbits of cancers
grown from his cancer virus, which
is obtained from a human malignant
growth. He had previously announc-
edyhis success in immunizing rabbits.
He is treating the human beings at
five days intervals, as he treated the
rabbits. He has % patients in the
hospital all the time and % more VINO
come for treatment.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-05-15
Did She Get the pIac.2

"Oh, yis, num-" said Kathleen, ap.
plying for a new situation, 81 lived in
me last place tree weeks, mum, an
though I say it th't shouldn't I gev ex.
cellent satisfaction"
And why did you leaye?" ventured
the lady who was looking for a serv-
ant.
"Shure, I couldn't get along wild tn
missus at all, she Wor that ould an
cranky"
But. maybe you'll find me old and
cranky, too"
Cranky ye may be, mum, for sweet
faces like yours is sometimes de-
ceivin.s but we're not ouldI ON see
that at 3 glance!"
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-05-15
HaIrpln Box.

One may obtain the most charmlne
and at once the most useful halpLn
box which has been shown for man,
9 day. 1t is made entirely OF oalA
tortois shell and stands about InIeo
inches high and five inches long. 1no
little top opens to hold M size nan
pins, and, without closing this IneLo
may be opened at the same m wv
lower trays, In the manner OF pureao
drawers. It viii distinctly appear ~
the woman who must dress In a nuI4i
and for whom attractive toilet ar+
cles have a strong claim 4
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-05-15
Asheville. N. e. May 14th 1s1s

.Messers;
G. Darlington, French Broad Hus-
tier, Hendersonville, N. c.
T. r. Barrows. The Times Printing
Co.. Hendersonville, N. G.
Gentlemen
The Resort and Good Roads edition
gotten out by French Broad Hustler
and Western North Carolina Times re-
fleets credit on your good work, and
will without doubt rebound to the
credit of the city you representrbring-
ing benefits that cannot be estimated
at this time. The people of Hender-
sonville owe you a debt of gratitude
that cannot be quickly paid. An edi-
tiop of this size, coming as it does
from a city of the proportions of Hen
Jacksonville. shows thrift, energy, pro-
gress and prosperity.
If ! can aid you in any way in dis
tributing this issue, 1 shall take pleas
ure in doing so. 1t marks a new era
in journalism is your city, and will
without doubt be a potent factor in
the Good Roads movement.
There is no better evidence of the
march and progress of Western North
Carolina than is demonstrated in the
support that your Joint papers receiy-
ed from the merchants and business
people in the communities.
While Immediate results may not
accrue, the seed sown by your Good
Eh M
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-05-15

'The Resort and Good Roads edition
gotten out by the Western Carolina
Democrat and Western North Caro-
lima Times reflects credit on your
good work, and will without doubt re-
dound to the credit of the city you re-
present, bringing benefits that cannot
be estimated at this time.'-CoI. Sand
ford H. Cohen, manager of the Greater
western North Carolina Association.
'The Resort and Good Roads Edi-
ton last week is a wonder, not only
from a typographical point of view,
but from the splendid character of it's
contents. "1Spartanburg Herald.
ct is one of the most creditable
things of its kind eve produced in
this misunderstanding Gazette News
These are only a few of the many
complimentary remarks concerning
the 4S-page edition of the Western
Carolina Democrat and the Western
North Carolina Times of last week.
The papers were identically the same
in substance, there being onlya diff
ference in name. In an effort to fair
Iy represent this much favored section
the two papers of H~endersonVille COM
bined their Mechanical and editorial
forces and their proddct has been
highly commended as being n of the
most important productions ever' pub
lished in North Carolina.
The press of North and South Car
olina is speaking inIthe highest terms
of the paper and the individual or per-
sonaI compliments r unnumbered
and inquiries are coming in daily for
copies of this issue.
Probably no higher compliment has
been paid the production than that
given by Col. Cohen, manager of the
Greater Western North Carolina Asso-
citation.
The greater part of the work or
this edition was done in a weeks
time.
The attractive cover was designed
by Architect HI. G. Meyer Of this city
and many of the cuts, produced espec-
fally for this edition were made from
photographs taken by Photographer
F. A. Carr, a new resident of Hender-
sonville.
Following are some of the remaks
concerning the edition:
Baskerville Gazette-News.)
The Western Carolina Demo-
crat and French Broad Hustler, and
the Western North Carolina Times, of
Hendersonville this week issue identi-
cal numbers, a Resort and Good
Roads Edition" 1t is Of 48 pages,
lavishly illustrated, many of the n
cravings made especially for this edi-
ton, and admirably adapted to it's
purposes and character. The cover is
a strikingly handsome and artistic de-
sign, the work of H. c.. Meyer, the
architect. Naturally we haven't had
time to read it, but a glance shows the
edition to be filled with good meat.
1t is one of the most creditable things
Of it's kind ever produced in this sec
ton.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-05-15
CRAIG Confers with Railroad Of6cials

Washington, May 12.-Readjustment
of North Carolina freight rates was
discussed at an important conference
of railroad men and State officials to-
day, but absolutely nothing would be
given out about the matter.
Governor Locke Craig, VINO was one
of those present, left tonight for Raj
eigh and is expected to make a
statement following his arrival
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-05-15
FIeIdInc.

What do you think of Eeldfng?"
a asked young Mr.. Ashby.
oh, it's important, of course, but
It won't avail anything without good
batting"
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-05-15
Her Eervor

$50 you have won the American
heiress, after all" observed the friend.
Yes" fervently replied the foreign
nobleman, she is mine-a gold mine ;,
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-05-15

FOR SALE-Sweet potato slipes at
Richard Towards. Prompt Delivery.
Phone 3S J..
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-05-15
TWO PAPERS Combined
TO BENEFIT SECTION
Resort and Good Roads Edition" Of
Two Hendersonville Papers, IS Pages
Of Valuable information, Call Forth
Many Kindly Words Of Praise from
Press of the South.

Roads edition is bound to take ROOT
and bring forth fruit abundantly.
Sincerely yours.
Greater Western North Carolina
Association.
Per S. H. COHEN. Manager.