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Iditarod pioneer., 1914-09-05
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During the coming winter the Iditarod district is to have the advantage of mail delivery over two routes the through route from Seward, which will be operative on and after November l, and the local ukon. Tanana valley and Seward benin sula mail from Ruby rla Crhir to Ia kotna. The latter service will be monthly rply. the former once a week. Over the latter route Ruby and lditarod will eN- change q through pouch, to contain all hrst-cI4>s mail a way pouch from Ruby to contain aIl mail for points al>ng the ane The lditarod office will include in the pouch for Ruby all mail for points ln Alaska on the Yukon and Tanana rivers 4au seward peninsula.
 l. Not Eager to Bid on Special Trip
 The summer contract for carrying the mai! to IIitarod expires on September 30, and J. 4 Handles, the chief clerk in charge of the ryer mail service is endeaVorlng to secure proposals for carrying the mall on q speca last trip up river from Holy Cross on October O. so far no proposals have been received. IL iS reported that the req son for this is that the department shows q disingllnatiou to pay more for thls trlr thaG fer the ordinary summer trips, "ni ewing to the risk ot being caught Tn the freeze up, owners of launches do not feel disposed to take the risk without adequate compensation,
 Regulations in Regard to Money Orders
 The local pcstot1ice has received from the third assistant postmaster general at Wash ingtcn the following notification in regard to issuance of money orders
 o,r,,l,.,ol h,-+ tho States with foreign countries give each postal administration powCT to suspend, te,upcrarily. the exchange of money orders in case the course of exchange, or any other circumstance, should give rise to abuses or cause GetrIment to the postal revenuC.'
 The sudden and extraordinary advance in bankers exchange due to the puhhc ap- prrhcn>ion of q general Errorean war may Iaau to abuses cf the mcley oruer system, because of the much lower Iates of conyer- sion c5;ain&hle at postottIces
 In these unusual circumstances. and Un- I'll thc return of normal conditions postmas- ters may decline ot accept applications for international money orders, when made for unusually large sums, and when there Is ressOn to believe the orders are wanted for speculative purposes. In every such case. however, immediate report of the facts should be made to the office of the third assistant postmaster general division Of money orders.
 Io ald the return home of Americans now Ill Europe, postmasters at international of ices, until otherwise instructed, may issue money orders in their favor, upon due ap- fIcatlon limiting the amount to Sl00 to each person.
 These instructions apply to European countries only.
 Announcement is made of the discontin- uance of issue of money orders by Egypt and the Sudan, and postmasters are in- structed to decline to issue orders payable IM those countries
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-09-05

length to be concreted throughout two miles of extra grading have been done cast of Rockdale, and new yards with turn tables and passing tracks constructed.
 Work on the big tunnel was started in 1911 and carried on in a desultory way until the big snow drifts at Laconia tieins up several trains made apparent the neces- sity of rushing the work. Since the spring of 1913 it has been pushed at full speed
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-09-05
Field Marshal Sir John French

Sir John French is one of Great Bcitain'~ most distinguished officers As cavalry leader he achieved considerable fame dur ing the Bocr war, when the forces under bis command did not uaa, with single reverse. During the Ulster crisis General French resigned as chief of staIf. He was appointed to the command of the British expeditjonary force assisting the French and Belgians in repelhng the German invaders,
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-09-05
PASSENGERS DOWN RIVER

Among the passengers leaving on the Prairie Bell la>5 Saturday were Mrs. I. Bayles and children Mrs F. NJ. Rusl. Miss Cmey E3 Anderson, A. Bernier, o. B. Perry and John Hulmgren.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-09-05
TERRIBLE DISASTER TO BRITAIN
tRubv Rpcord-Citizen. Ar.. 2-l

CRuby Record Citizen. Ar. 22l
 New York Aug 2l Definite reports from reliable source hol!s that the wire less dispatches received some days ago that the German HotjIla destroyed thirty nino hattlaships of the British navy are corre>J. \ letter arrived here via Poland declares that German Ze pel.us destroyed three English dreaIu4u-hrS and sc;cra! smaller Vessels in Hull harDnr.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-09-05
PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR WAR

The British government has comman- 3eered all automobiles and horses in Eng land Scotland Ireland and Walos for army use. Even the racing stables were denuded.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-09-05

0. B. Perry, general manager of the Yu kcn Geld Company, who has been here for some time past, was a passenger on the Prairie Bell last Saturday on his return trip to Dawson.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-09-05

Eddie Anderson, who last week disposed of his business at Flat City to Al Curry left on the Prairie Bell last Saturday, on his way to Calgary, Alberta. Mr. Andcr son expects to return here about the first of January.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-09-05

Bennett James came in from the hills Thursday He has worked of surplus flesh to the extent of fifty pounds since coming in from the Outside last spring
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-09-05
COMING AID GOING

Jack Folsom of Moore creek received word of the birth of a daughter on August 20 Mrs Folsom left here on one of the first boats this summer, and is with rela- tives in California
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-09-05

The Prairie Bell arrived up river eariy Friday morning. She brought no passcn- gers She left again this morning.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-09-05

Dan Mcdonald, who has been working d the new power plant at the mouth of Otter creek, is in tko city visiting with hi, family.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-09-05

Miss Eva Carey who has been visiting her sister, Mrs Charles Larson, for the past few months, left for her home in Fairbanks last Saturday.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-09-05

Percy Charles. Jr., Was a round-trip pas sengcr to Dikcman on the Prairie Bell this week
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-09-05

The steamer Pup left for Holy Cross at noon last Thursday, in charge of Captain Ray Henderson. She will take cargo from Holy Cross for Diskaket and Ophir. Ray expects to do some duck hunting on the trip, and is talking of cnlarging the Pups smokcstack
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-09-05

Captain G. Milton Landerking was a passcnger on the steamer Pup for hcly Cross on Thursday last From that place he will tal.c the steamer Julia B. for Fair banks.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-09-05

Tom Mokinnnn arrived in the city last saturday from the Kuskobwim country.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-09-05
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The Marie r. took party of hunters to the lower river Thursday morning plloted by Captain Joe Hannegan.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-09-05

J. F. Riley and II. II. Marsron, of the firm of Riley 6 Marston, were in the city yes terday.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-09-05

Fresh ranch eggs, 75c dozen
 Iyitarod Meat Co.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-09-05

Tom Willett has canccled the proposed Fairbanks trip of the steamer Teddy H., for the present. at least. Owing to the copious rains of the past few weeks every body is too busy to travel at present.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-09-05

Fridays River Buet;n.-Boat down Eagle, 6 q. m, probably Alaska Canadian up Big salmon s q. m. Casca up Hoota linqua, 30 8. m Dawson up Dawson s a lii, Jacobs, Tanana for Fairbanks, 3 a m. Julia B up St. Michael, 31st. Sarah up kotlik, 30th Schwatka, Panama for Fairbanks 1:30 d. m. Whitebor5e up Yu- ken Crossing 10:30 ?, m. Sd. Yukon Chena for Dawson, ?. III. today
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-09-05

Fresh ranch eggs, 75c dozen,
 Iditarod Meat Co.
Iditarod pioneer., 1914-09-05

Location Notices at Pioneer office.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-12-17
STATE BAPTIST CONVENTION.

Raleigh, Dec. 9.-This has been an
epoch making day in North Carolina
Baptist History Four distinct fea-
lures mark the day. For the first
time in history a Baptist state con-
Eent1on was moved for a day from one
city to another. For the first time in
state Baptist history a meeting house
erected by theentire denomination as
q convention meeting house was OPEN
ed for service. For the first time in
Baptist history in this state, Christian
education becomes actually one of the
benevolent objects of the denomina-
tional activity. The fourth feature
OF the day was the raising this morn-
ing of $4,000 toward the completion
OF the Wake Forest college church
building
Two years ago the convention in
session at Goldsboro appointed a COM
m1ttee and authorized it to cooperate
with the Baptist church at Wake For
est in the matter of erecting a mod
ern, model, meeting house on the
campus of Wake Forest college. The
convention pledged $25, 1000 to the
building, the local church to con-
convention met it was announced tina
the building would be ready when the
convention met in Raleigh. This
morning, using a special train, the
convention, officers, messengers and
Visitors eight hundred people in all,
went to Wake Forest and held two
sessions of the convention in the
church building, and returned to Ra-
leigh tonight
Cost of Building.
The report of the commission shows
the cost of the building to be SAT-
515.S4, of this amount $2O,247 sc has
been raised. The convention agreed
to raise $4,000, the local church to
handle the balance. About $4,000 was
Immediately pledged and a committee
apPointed to secure $4,000 additional
By unanimous vote the convention
changed its constitution and provided
fer board of education, to be located
at Durham and this board will have
entire oversight of all phases of edu--
cational work and institutions and fur
Their the support of the educational
work that goes on the budget of the
churches along which state, home and
foreign missions. This board will be
appointed later.
Assurance Report.
DR.. w. r. Cullom. for the Baptist
Ministers Assurance association, re-
ported for the year eighty members
/. and three deaths.
This association is a benevolent or
ganization in which every member
pays one dollar upon the death of !,
ministerial member.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-12-17
THREE SHIPS SUNK

London, Dec. 9-It was announced
officially here today that the German
cruisers Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and
Leipzig had been sunk in the South
Atlantic by a British fleet.
The following announcement was
issued by the official information
bureau:
"At 1880 a. M, on the 8th of Deem
Der, the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau. Nurn-
berg, Leipzig and Dresden were sight
ed near the Falkland Islands by i
British squadron under Vice Admiral
Sir Frederick Sturdee.
can action followed, in the course
of which the Schanhorst, flying the
flag of Admiral Count Won Spec, the
the Gneisenau, and Leipzig were sunk
The Dresden and Nurnberk made off
during the action and are being pur-
sued.
1.-TWO GOLFERS also were captured.
THE vice admiral reports that the
British casualties are very few in
number.
"Some survivors have been rescued
from the Gneisenau and the Leipzig"
The official statement makes refer
eEce to survivors from the Genisenau
and the Leipzig, but no mention is
made of any of the crew of the Scharn-
horst, flagship of the German admiral.
being saved, and it is presumed that
Count Won Spec, his officers and men
went down fighting.
The British casualties were light.
but beyond the fact that the British
squadron was commanded by Vice
Admiral Sturdee, no information is
vouchsafed regarding the ships engag-
ed, and newspapers are enjoined not
to speculate as "other combinations
may be affected"
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-12-17

Deadly tuberculosis has steadily
spread to such an alarming extent that
humanitarian men and women of the
United States deemed it necessary to
organize a national association for the
study and prevention of the disease.
Money was needed to carry on this
work, and out of this necessity the Red
Cross Seal was originated. The pur-
pose of the Red Cross Seal is two fold.
To arouse an interest in the work of
teaching people how to care for tuber-
culosis and how to prevent it: and to
raise money for the relief and preve~
ton of the disease. When the first
purpose is accomplished the second
will spontaneously and speedily fol-
low.
Following are some facts which
should most certainly convince indif-
ferent ones that it is high time money
and time were given to help stay 2
disease so ravaging in extent: Tuber-
cuiosis kills 100000 persons each year
i'll the United States-one every three
minutes. 1t kills one tenth to one
seventh of all of our people 1t kills
one third of all who die between the
ages of eighteen and forty five. II
costs in dollars and cents over $780,
100000 year in loss of life and labor
to the United States Not less than
100000 people, it is estimated, in the
United States are now suffering from
it. One funeral in every ten among
church members is due to tuberculosis.
Do you not want to help arrest this
disease? Have you bought your share
of Seals? Every seal you buy helps
in the fight against tuberculosis.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-12-17
FASSIFERN HOUSE BLESSING.
Event is Highly Enjoyed by Those Par
ticipating i'm Public Blessing.

| Event is Highly Enjoyed by Those Par
ticipating i'm Public Blessing.
When Fassifern school commenced
its work in Hendersonville in October
of this year it was not possible to have
| formal opening, as there was still!
much to be done in the way of work
upon the buildings, so on December 10
the friends and patrons of the school
joined the faculty and students in the
service of blessing conducted by Rev.
r. N Wilcox.
To the inspiring music of the pro-
cessional, THE Son of God Goes Forth
to War;" the students moved into the
school room, followed by Mr.. Wilcox,
who, after a short and beautiful sur
vice of prayer and praise, invoked the
Divine blessing upon the school and
it's work
After the hymn, spirit of Trust, We
Call on Thee This House to Bless"
Mr.. Wilcox spoke from the text, what
is this that thou hast done?" God
question to Eve.
Mr.. Wilcox talked most beautifully
and feelingly to the young girls of tlS.
duties and possibilities of their lives.
The service concluded with the hymn,
20 Little Town of Bethlehem" after
hich Mr.. Wilcox, turned the assem-
bly, hall, and speaking as citizen of
Hendersonville and friend of FASH
fern introduced to the audience the
ran whom he described as the best
known and best loved man in Hender-
son county, Hon. w. A. Smith, who has
from the start, been a most enthusi-
astic worker in the interest of the
school
| Mr.. Smith, in graceful and we'll
chosen words congratulated all con-
cerned upon the successful opening of
the school, the completion of the
buildings, and the good fortune that
/ has SO far attended the efforts of pro-
motors and teachers.
The exercises closed with the sing
ing of the school song, "Fassifern,"
composed and set to music by Miss
Pixley, musical director.
Afterwards a social hour was spent
by the guests who moved through the
two houses thrown open for their in
epection. Halls, parlors, dining room,
etc., had been beautified by the lavish
use of holly and 1eucothoe, and the
Christmas green and scarlet former
rich back ground for the white robed
girls who moved about entertaining the
visitors.
Fassifern, with a capacity for. sixty
boarding pupils, has enrolled the full
representing nine states. There are
also a number of day pupils and spec
ial students of music and art.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-12-17
RED CROSS SEAL COMMITTEE
BUSY SELLING THE STICKERS.
Headquarters Have Been Established
at the Postcffce by Ladies' to
Increase Seal Sales.

The publicity committee in charge
Ct the red cross campaign makes the
following report:
For the good of the cause" as Billy
Borne would say, the fair maids and
E,strons of the city continue to push
the sale of Red Cross Seals. Some E.
the most prominent women of the city
are giving generously and willingly of
their time to this campaign. This
week the postoffice is the center of
action of the seal vendors. The ladies
have worked in relays of four each day
this week and will so continue until
Xmas Day.
When we consider what the sale Of
Red Cross Seals stands for, interest
and purchases will be more liberal.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-12-17
Court Calendar for The January Term,
81 5

MONDAY JANUARY 4TH.
Criminal Docket to take from 4th 9th inclusive and the
divorce cases.
s shipman VS.. Shipman.
4 Urls VS. Urls.
688 Briggs Briggs.
713 Fisher vs. Fisher
THURSDAY 7TH.
$50 Ward vs. Brick Co.
COS Citizens Bank B. w. Marshall.
GIG Morey VS.. Geo. GianakOs
624 Slayden Fakes VS.. Andrews
63S Emble admir- VS. Gloucester Lumber Co. Consolidate
CTS Cannon Briggs (Deft protess9
CTS ,Stepp Hendersonvile Traction Co.
693 Hooker VS.. Pace
FRIDAY 8TH
CSC Quinn Marshall Co. VS.. A. O. Jones'
692 Blue Ridge Interurban ToXaway Co.
693 Blue Ridge Interurban VS.. Toxaway 20.
694 Blue Ridge Interurban Borland.
500 Savage vs. First Bank & Trust 20.
7O1 Tabor Byers.
7O4 Coston J. c. Garren.
705 Rankin Oates. ,
7O6 First Bank & Trust Co., VS.. Cox.
MONDAY 11TH
100 Butman VS. Freeman.
712 Thomas vs. Railway
715 John r. Crawley VS.. Littlefeld.
All not the calendar stand Motion Docket,
cep that have been continued and they be taken
up by the court will They follows
356 Mccall vs. Southern Railway Go.
412 Michael Pryor.
1872 Siegley VS. Siegley.
497 Column Co. VS.. Power Co.
400 Young Column Co.
SOL Posey Pinner
SGT Mccall Co.. vs. Goodman.
$50 Fuel Constu Co. VS.. Ohio Hay Co.
$40 Brown Ohio Hay Co.
ST. Wetmur & Houston VS.. Ohio Hay Co.
573 D. E. Stepp Foster.
574 Hustler Co. VS.. Foster
594 Pace Ramsey.
627 Carson VS. Capps
62S Wikie VS.. Patterson
667 Nelson Lumber Co.
668 Lumber Co. Allen
$50 Bank VS.. Little
707 Bank vs. City.
7O8 johnson Corn.
724 Nichols VS. Wall
H. G. EWART President
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-12-17
Assurance RenOrt.

Deeds, Mortgage Deeds. Deeds In
Trust, Trespess notices, Chattel Mort
cages and other legal blanks for sale
at the Democrat ONCE.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-12-17

Deeds, Mortgage Deeds. Deeds in
Trust, Trespass notices, Chattel Mort
cages and other legal blanks for sale
at the Democrat once.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-12-17

Deeds, Mortgage Deeds, Deeds in
Trust, Trespass notices, Chattel Mort
cages and other legal blanks for sale
at the Democrat Office.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-12-17

Read the Democrats advertising
columns for your best bargains.
Advertised goods sell for less.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-12-17

7 Help the merchant who helps the
city by helping to boost the commun-
ity's champion-The Democrat.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-12-17

The Democrat is proud of its adver-
Using columns for there is something
in them worth your reading.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-12-17

Patronize Democrat advertisers.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-12-17

Advertised goods are worth buying.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-02-05

mented for his honest and just way in settling dis
putes and differences. He was told more times
than once that some day he would turn out to
be a lawyer.
Having read all the literary books and what few
there were of law in and around Rockport, Lin
coin heard of the court at Boonville. He resolved
to go down to that place. 20 miles distant, and
learn what he could in the real court, which was
in session there several times during the year.
The court house in Boonville, then a small hamlet
of less than 300 inhabitants-in strong contrast to
the beautiful new structure that now adorns the
beautiful little town-stood in the very sport
where the new one now stands, in the center of a
large court square. 1t was a frame building; the
architecture was, to say the least, very novel. A
ditch two feet wide and two feet deep, was filled
with smoothly hewn logs, on which was built a
stone wall IS inches high. This furnished the
foundation upon which the building proper rested.
The building itself was never entirely completed.
1t was weather boarded, but neither plastered nor
lathed. 1t remained in this condition until 1886.
which was after the Lincoln family had moved to
Illinois. 1t was capable of holding only 100 peo-
pie and could only be used in the summer. In
the night the cattle which grazed about town
would go there for shelter. Such was the struc.
ture where President Lincoln received his first
impulse to become a lawyer. Here it was that
he received his rudimentary practice in pleading
cases that afterward aided in making him the
lawyer of the reputation he had.
1t was to attend court in this rudely constructed
building that the young man walked 20 miles from
Lincoln City to Boonville, Ind. He was an ardent
listener and the lessons that he painted upon his
memory at this place are the ones that inspired
the great man to become the lawyer he afterward
became. And from this act the little town OF
Boonville claims the distinction Of furnishing to
him the material that aided in his after success.
To claim so great a distinction If it could not
be verified would be false and unfair; but from
the history of young Lincoln while he was a visi'
tor here attending court, and from the assurance
that he received the knowledge he did, which in.
spired him to become the lawyer he did, it is an.
other laurel for the little city I'm SOUTHERN Indiana.
John A.. Breckenridge, then the ablest lawyer in
southern Indiana and a practitioner in the court
at Boonville, noticed the eagerness and the earn