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Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-04-30
Condensed NEWS OF 10TH
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
Review Of the Latest IMPORTANT Hap.
penings Of Thirteen Surround
ing Counties.

peAlMgS D InIrL6en surround.
ing Counties.
The post Office returns show quite
an increase for the quarter ending
March, $794.18 more postage stamps
than in the corresponding quarter OF
1913.-Tryon Bee.
Landrum has signed a contract with
the Tryon Electric Light Company
for electric lights. They are expect
ed to be installed within a MONTH
Tryon Bee.
A building for the use of the North
Carolina Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church, South, will, be
erected on the Assembly grounds at
Lake Junaluska in time 70 rthe 1915
season according to plans formulated
at a recent meeting in Raleigh. Plans
for a $4,000 building were recently
announced for the Western North Car
DINA Conference, and the
ment now made means handsome and
commodious buildings for both of the
SASO Al, Sh10 0IdCOs ~ 1n0 ENOICuE
Carolina Conference embraces in its
boundaries all of the state east OF
Greensboro, including the strong
churches of Durham, Raleigh,
Fayetteville, Wilmington, Rocky
Mount and other large towns, and
cities of the eastern section of the
~state.-Waynesville Courier.
Work at Lake Junaluska has started
on an eighty room building which is
being constructed for Littleton Col.
lcge at Littleton, N. C.. The Original
plans called for a thirty-five room
building for the especial use of the
stockholders of the building company,
composed of the trustees, members
CT the faculty and students of the col
lege, but before the work was started
it became apparent that more room
would be needed, and so an eighty
room building is to be erected.-Way-
.nesville Courier.
The grand jury recommended that
the court house be re-shingled, and
repaired and the court room
cleaned out, door locks put in or
der, all offices badly in need of office
furniture. The judge also advised the
commissioners to provide the court
.ouse with modern toilet convenience
OF males on first floor and for fe-
males on second floor.-Polk County
News.
Forest City, April 20.-About 2001
,hilatheas and Baracas of the county
in the Baptist church here
yesterday and organized a Rutherford
Baraca and Philathea Union.
At a meeting of the trustees of Syl- /,
Collegiate Institute, Saturday, Prof. .
I. C. Ingram, at the request of the =
ructees and of DR.. A. e. Brown, de-
iced to reconsider his decision 10 :
nit teaching and go to his farm .
ear Albemarle and has withdrawn .
is resignation as principal of the :
viva Collegiate Institute.-Jackson
Journal.
Old Fort is soon to have another
1lportant manufacturing business in '
peration, as evidenced by the recent :
of a charter to the Old Fort :
Manufacturing Co., with an authoriz- '
ID capital of $4,000 and $4,000 sub l
cribed by 1. H. Greene, R. l.. Murphy +
Il al. The manufacture Will iem-
brick and lumDer.-Old Fort {
|
The Democratic county convention l
las been called to meet in Marion on {
DAY %. Precinct meetings will be
.eld at the various precinct voting
,laces in the county on May 16.-Ma-
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-04-30
COURT CONVENES MONDAY.
Will be in Session for Two Weeks.
List of Jurors.

Will be in Session for Two Weeks.
List of Jurors.
Superior court for the trial of civil
cases will convene in Hendersonville
Monday for a term of two weeks.
Probably the most important hear
ing will be that of the Hendersonville
Light & Power company against thu
Appalachian Interurban Railway com
pany over a power site on Green
river, the case resulting in a mistrial
al the last term of court.
The list Of jurors follows:
First Week.
Nj. p. Duncan, S. G. Ward, d. G.
Hood, J.. E. Jones, w. c. Capps, w. H.
Lance, w. F. Wilson, NJ. S. Shipman,
r. H. Mccall, J. G. Morrow, D. w.
Mccall, c. E. Cameron, w. E. Davis,
E. M. Mullinax, J. M. Guice, }. d. Mer-
rell, R. ". Middleton, z. B. Whiteside,
F. z. Morris, B. F. Mintz, j. F. Miller.
]. E. Youngblood, j. H. Burgin, ". j.
YGungblood.
Second Week.
T. c. WestaIl, RI N. Patterson. B. ].
Forest, B. L. Hill, j.. A. Williams,
Nj. B. stepp, R. M. Reed, W. s. Byers,
J. R. Bagwell, N. B. Featherstone,
Justus, B. F. Ward, R. L. Gar
rem, M. G. Townsend, H. B. Lance, P.
B Gibbs, b. w. Ward, w. P. Hipp.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-04-30
Second Week.
CHILDREN OF cONFEDERACY

The Josephine Lane chapter of Chill
with Miss Mary Brown at her home on
erc1 Of the Confederacy will meet
Flat Rock Drive on May 2 at S;2o
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-28

California has done with oranges. and
what Washington and Oregon have
done with apples, other sections OF the
country can do with potatoes. hams.
and in fact all standard farm products.
Every community has one product
which reaches perfection IN that local
ity. BY intelligent cooperation among
all the farmers OF the community that
product can become a source of profit
to all, in the opinion of Secretary
Houston.
THE farmers must be induced in par
ticular communities to develop staple
products" said Mr.. Houston. ito stand
ardize them, to prepare them properly
for market. TO study what market to
reach at a given time. and the best and
most economic method of shipping.
nothing less than concerted action will
suffice The individual farmer cannot
solve the problem. He cannot suffi-
GENTLY control the problem OF produc-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-28
IL Wouldn't Go.

I'm afraid" said the venerable min
lister, Il shall not be able to get up a
new sermon for next Sunday. Do you
suppose the congregation would notice
it if 1 hunted up one that 1 used, say
Is or 20 years ago, and gave it again? ''
I'm almost sure" his wife replied,
that 1t would be noticed"
do you think they remember my
preaching as we'll as that?"
"Oh, / don't think they remember
what you preach much longer than it
takes them to reach the church door;
but you would be quickly found out all
the same if you attempted to make use
of a sermon that you had preached Is
or 20 years ago. You used to try to
scare people by limiting that there was
q devil, you know"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-28

Il In 1908. 4 IN 1909. 81 in 1910. and
"a IN 1911.
Twenty-six OF the deaths OF 1918 oc-
CURED in the United States. IS in
Great Britain. 81 in Germany. 81 in
France and 50 in various other coun-
tries. Twelve airmen fell into the
water and we're drowned, 157 were
killed by the impact OF falling to
earth, 9 were burned to death and II
met death in various other ways, .
OF these being spectators who were
killed while watching the airmen. One
hundred and forty-six OF those killed
were plotting their machines at the
time, Is were mechanicians and p
were passengers.
September produced the longest list
OF casualties, % fatal accidents occur
ring in that month. There were % In
April and an equal number in July,
while December was the safest month,
with but six deaths.
Undoubtedly the best known airman
who was killed in 1913 was Colonel
S. F. Cody, an American naturalized
In England, who had done perhaps
more than any other one man to fur
Their the interests OF aviation In Great
Britain and had won international
fame through his inventions. He was
killed Aug. Z by the failure of BIZ
plane OF his own construction A
passenger with him was also killed.
Almost equally famous in Europe was
NJ. Vlaicu, a Roumanian pioneer in
aviation, who was killed Sept 13 at
Bucharest. Charles Newport, a French
airman. famous the world around as
a designer and builder OF monoplanes.
was killed Jan. "a.
Besides the 1872 fatalities due TO
aeroplane accidents. 90 persons lost
their lives in 1913 through accidents
to airslSos or dirigible balloons.
Twenty-eight were killed Oct II,
when the Zeppelin IL 2" exploded over
Johannisthal; Is died when the IL I"
was wrecked in the North sea, Sept. g;
FIVE French aeronauts were killed by
the wrecking OF balloon April IL and
two German soldiers were dropped
from Zeppelin that broke away from
its moorings Sept. 10.
What Mr.. Wright's new safety de-
vice. which promises TO make avia-
ton foolproof, will do toward dimin-
ishing the death rate remains to be
seen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-28
FREEING THE FILIPINos.

One objection advanced 20 the pro
posaI TO grant the Filipinos independ-
ence Is that the United States with
drawal from the islands would be
followed by the entry Of japan or
some other power.
This objection is gently overcome
in a resolution presented in the senate
by Senator Overman OF North Caro-
lima Il provides independence as
soon as the same can be achieved
with honor to the United States" and
provides further that the president
shall be empowered 10 negotiate with
England. Germany. France, Russia,
Italy and Japan-all the naval powers
for the preservation OF that inde-
pendence. when granted. and making
the Philippines neutral territory IN
lime OF war. The resolution went to
he senate committee on insular az
fairs.
The Overman proposal IS open to
me objection that in agreeing 10 neu-
ralize the islands in war this country
might strip itself OF one OF the com
rnanding stations OF the Pacific. The
answer TO this is that Uncle Sam
would still have the advantage n the
Pacific and that he does not need the
Philippines. having Hawaii. 10 protect
the western sea coast
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-28
Capital Comment
Steel Mall Cars.
BY CLYDE Il. TAvENNER
Congressman from the Fourteenth District

ton, or the machinery for marketing.
or the transportation facilities"
Steel Mall Cars.
Government owned steel railway mail
cars are in the way of becoming an
actually. The pending postoffice ap-
preparation bill contains AN item of
s20O, 200 for building steel mail cars for
an experiment. This sum will build
about Is cars. AS ii is now the govern
ment pays too much rent to the rail-
roads for the use of cars often built OF
wood that as a business proposition II
could well afford to build for itself all
the steel cars needed for the service.
United States Fish Commissioner
Hugo NJ. Smith has been making a
study of the life habits of the common
eel, and in an article prepared for the
National Geographic society he shows
that the eel is one of the strangest OF
all fishes. Although cells are found in
inland streams sometimes thousands
of miles from salt water, yet they were
all spawned in the oceans, probably in
the dark and soundless depths of mid
ocean, and in reaching the fresh water
sources they have travelled thousand or
miles.
It is probable, according to Mr..
Smith, that cells never deposit their
spawn in water less than mile deep.
The eggs at once rise to the surface
of the ocean, where they hatch. The
young larval eel is less than 1-25th OF
an inch long when Matched. 1t floats
about the surface for year, in which
time it becomes ribbon-like fish three
inches long. yet in that time 1t eats
nothing whatever. How it lives and
grows is a mystery.
In this larval period the young cells
drift 1000 miles or so. eventually
reaching the coasts and fresh water
They make their way upstream over
dams and other obstacles, and on
reaching headwaters remain until full
grown, when they begin their journey
to the sea again.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-28
AvIAT1oN's DEATH TOLL.

Aviator Hamilton. whose life ended
several days ago. is one OF the airmen
who have gone into the beyond who
didn't die with his boots on. But
he died as the result OF his perilous
work. which made a nervous wreck
Of him Hamlton's death will there
fore not be reckoned among the toll
OF the air" for 1914. II f. hoped. by
the way. that this toll Will not be as
heavy this year as Il was last year.
Popular Mechanics for February
prints = list of the casualties TO air
nnen- II shows that as against 40
aviation fatalities IN 1912. there were
zs2 IN 1913 In all the years before
1912. since the Wrghts made the first
tablic flights IN heavier-than-air ma
'eh1nes. thsre had been but ia deaths
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-28

THE BRIDE AND GROOM MET AT THE ALTAR
likely to resist an extremely fascinat
, ing man. European society has always
been full of unprincipled men whose
main object is the conquest of women
but it does not appear that this Amer
lean family failed scrupulously to OBJ
serve the etiquette relating to the asso-
citation of young persons of opposite
sex which has always been in vogue in
Europe. The count, by asking for the
hand of Miss Durand, seemed to indi-
cate that his intentions were perfectly
honorable.
One precaution, however, was not
taken. While the Durands had evil
dence that Count Stremoff held the
rank. the position and the wealth to
which he pretended, they had no in
formation as to his character. This is
the rock on which so many American
girls abroad, in making matrimonial
contracts, have been wrecked. Once
satisfied as to the position of the man
they want, they are not likely to pay
any attention to what he is in himself.
The catalogue of Americans who have
married titled foreigners to their cost
is large, and still it grows.
Count Stremof being a Russian. any
marriage he might make was amena-
bic to Russian law. That law explicit
ly required that a marriage should
take place in the Russian or Greek
church and in accordance with its
ceremonies. There was no Russian
church on the Riviera, and IL was ar
ranged that the couple be married at
the consulate. The wedding took place.
putting Miss Durand in the paradox
zeal position of being Strenuous legal
wife. while he was not her legal hus-
band.
1t was arranged that the Durands
and the count should go to Paris.
where there was Greek church, and
they could be married according to the
Russian law. Stremoff preceded the
others 1t was then the Lenten seasors
when no marriage can De celebrated II
the Greek church. This the count
doubtless knew. Nevertheless. he de-
parted. ostensibly to make preparations
for the celebration of the wedding.
When the Durands reached Paris
they discovered the fact that the mar
riage making Heloise the legal wife In
Russia as well as other countries could
not be completed for some weeks. And
now he count showed his true charac.
ter. He used all his persuasive powers
TO induce the young girl to go away
with him. assuring her that she was
his legal wife.
Go with me-" he pleaded. ito Rus. /
STA. where we can be married accord, |
ing to the requirements OF the Greek |
church. where / will be at home and
where my family may attend the we'd /
ding. Here We must pass dreary
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-28
The Daily Story
HELOISE DURAND--BY MARIAN KNOX.
Copyrighted, 1918. By Associates Literary Bureau

The Riviera Is a favorite place for
the aristocracy of Europe to winter,
especially Russians, who are often
glad to escape the snow and ice and
cold winds of that bleak empire. Nice,
Mentone and other points on the Medi-
terranean sea are during the months of
December, January and February
thronged with people, who find there
both a balmy climate and gayety.
About the middle of the nineteenth
century an American girl gifted not
only with beauty, but remarkable
histrionic genius, seventeen years old.
was visiting the Riviera with her
mother and brother. One afternoon
while walking on the promenade on
the Mediterranean shore the party met
among the throng of idlers tall. hand
some young man whose light hair and
blue eyes marked him for north
erner. As he passed the girl his gaze
was fixed upon her with admiration,
while she lowered her gaze to the
ground.
These two were real personages, but
since this is a story rather than an ac-
count we will call the girl Heloise
Durand and the man Count Stremofr.
The latter was a young Russian,
member of one of the most aristocratic
families of st. Petersburg. He lost no
time in discovering who was the girl of
such striking appearance. he had met
and in looking for some one to intro
duce him to her.
He was successful in making her ac-
quaintance, and then began court
ship which would likely have but one
ending for so young girl courted by
nobleman handsome as a picture and
possessing the most charming man
ners. Satan is pictured with cloven
feet and a disagreeable countenance.
But his most effective work is done
under the guise of beauty. The two
listened to the music to be enjoyed at
Nice, promenaded on the sea walk and
were together in sailing parties on the
blue waters of the Mediterranean.
And all this while the count was pour
ing into her ear his tale of love.
The Durands were satisfied that the
counts position was all he claimed it
to be, and since Heloise was of an age
when n girl is easily won she was not
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-28
A TALE FROM ILLINOIS

common in the evening, an alarm of
fire came to the camp, and the whole
45 followed the superintendent over
the fields and through woods for two
miles until they reached a farm where
a big barn was blazing, threatening
outbuildings and residence. They sue
ceeded in saving the house and out
buildings. but the barn had to go.
At midnight As convicts arrived at
their camp unguarded, and lay down to
a well-earned rest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-28

crops. cooperate
standardize, adver-
tise.
That. in a nut
shell, is the advice
OF Secretary OF Ag.
rIculture Houston,
and is the result OF
10 months of study
on the part of the
newly or g anized
bureau of markets.
The government
Investigators have
received many val
liable poin ( e r S
from the coopera-
tive marketing ef-
forts of the fruit
growers OF south
ern California and
elsewhere, and the
experts now be-
lieve that what
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-28
1T IS HERE.

A Chicago newspaper has interview
ed a large number OF the biggest mer-
chants, manufacturers and financiers
IN that city and they all agree that a
long period OF prosperity is in sight.
Things that move them to optimism
are:
More plentiful supply OF money and
lower rates OF interest.
Coming Inauguration OF the new
system OF regional reserve banks
which Is counted on ito make panics
impossible"
Better understanding between busi-
ness men and the administration
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-28
PARCEL POST AND EXPRESS
COMPETITION.

That public competition with private
monopoly is a good thing for the peo-
pie and the life of trade and also that
/ II It does not put monopoly out OF
business, # inspires It to up-to-date ex-
ertions and good service, is shown by
the illustration furnished by the COM
/ petition between the parcel post sys-
tenn and the express companies.
1t was thought by many that the In
I PRODUCTION OF the parcel post system
would make II impossible for the ex-
press companies to live or at least
confne their business to very large
packages. and thus greatly handicap
the service and reduce its usefulness.
From present appearances IL does
not seem that any such results will fol-
low. The express companies are going
TO meet the parcel post on its own
terms and go It one better, and the
parcel post will have to look 10 its
laurels, which OF course It will do.
The express companies have just
issued a schedule OF new rates, which
has been approved by the interstate
commerce commission, and will go In
TO effect February I.
The samples OF these rates which we
find in an exchange illustrate how the
competition between the companies
and the parcel post is going to be OF
great advantage TO the people.
The old express rate OF 81 on a 20
pound package from New York TO Chi
cago will become 81 cents. The ex-
press company will call for the pack
age, transport Il and deliver II for that
sum. The parcel post rate between
the same points and for the same
weight is $1.22, and the man who
wants TO ship his 20 pounds by par
eel post will trudge TO the postoffice
with # himself.
The old express rate OF 75 cents on
five pounds from New York to Dallas,
Texas, will become IS cents. The par
eel post charges are 81 cents. On 10
pounds the old express company rate
OF S1.15 will become 20 cents; the
parcel post charges are s1.01. The old
express company rate OF s1.65 for 20
pounds will become s1.20; parcel post,
S2.O1.
The old express company rate OF So
cents on FIVE pounds from New York
to Milwaukee will become 30 cents, the
same as the parcel post. But the old
express company rate OF so cents on
10 pounds will become ~ cents. as
against the parcel post rate OF 90
cents. The old express company rate
OF $1.10 on 20 pounds will become 6s
cents. as against the parcel post
charge OF S1.22.
This competition OF the express
companies IS not going to put the par
eel post system out OF business any
more than the competition OF the par
eel post has put the express COM
panies out OF business. But the live
competition between the two will re-
suit not only IN cheapening the trafic
to the people, but VIII be instrumental
IN bringing about more careful, more
expeditions and better service IN every
way.
The express companies for years
have enjoyed q practical monopoly of
very profitable business, and were
10th TO give Il up. They fought the
Introduction OF the parcel post sys-
TEN, but now that the system Is estab-
lished. the express companies cheer
fully meet it and continue in bust
ness with a Yigor that insures success.
Competition is the life OF trade. II
IS a public benefactor.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-28

His father. at last. having wealth that
was vast,
Went the way that all fathers must
travel;
His grinding was done and his saving
was past,
So they haulel him out over the gravel.
He inherited all that his father had gained
BY striving and frowning at pleasure;
Not a lawyer, indeed, had a chance to
proceed
For the purpose OF sharing the treas
ure.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-28
Jan. 20 in American
History.

1S59-william Hickling Prescot., "a
ed historian. author OF w9lAs
Spanish conquests of South AIT Al n
can states: also of Mexico, o's ,sos
Boston: born in Salem. Mass so,.
1S64-The legislature OF Maryians
ed to abolish negro slavery. ..l
I909-The government OF CUBA ic .n,rss
~ turned over to President ssssI
BY United States Governor oe1
Magoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-28

That the meat producing animals in
the United States should during the
past year have decreased in number
though increasing in value. while the
number OF horses should have increas-
ed despite the competition OF motor
vehicles, presents a contrast OF facts
sufficiently interesting TO be worth
study as one OF the minor paradoxes
OF economics.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-28
christian HERALD

September 3 last As convicts
from the state penitentiary at Joliet
boarded a special interurban car for
Aurora, Ill. where they were to take
special car on the Chicago & North
western railroad to Dixon. They were
dressed in civilian clothes and only
two unarmed guards accompanied
them.
One night when the men were gath.
cred in the big tent which is used in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-28
Freed Of Attempt 20 siav.

Decatur. Ill. Jan 2s.-John Gibson
OF Springfield. arrested for an alleged
attempt TO kill DR.. J. w. MCLEAN, a
veterinary surgeon at Neoga. was dis
charged because of lack OF evidence at
a preliminary hearing yesterday. DR..
Mclean charges that some one fired
a revolver at him at close range Sun
day while he was entering his barn,
but he was unable to find his assaiI-
ant
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-28

The Indianapolis News says that II
the country is TO have as many po-
litical parties as Senator Cummins
thinks. II looks as II there were busy
days ahead for Bourke Cochran.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-28
Too Ready to Cult.

1T is very kind of you to ask me to
be your wife; but l must refuse.
hope you will not hurry away and do
anything rash"
Don't worry about that. I merely
wanted to be sure that we understood
each other"
You are so sensible that am going
to take back what I said and accept
you"