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Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-01-01
vrcRETARY's REPORT
CLUB MADE LAST MEETING,
.,or and other Reports Show
Finan, IA Have Done Considerable
puSiuess in Past 8 Months

AT Tic 1OSN
Hendersonville club, held in
:. city hall on Friday night, there
about twenty representative busi-
men present. The meeting was
Istorosting. President R. n. Wilcox
"a.;dod and the following business
was transacted;
The secretary's report was read and
.rovpd and referred to the finance
~afmmittee. (The report appears be-
INV and covers the time the present
D.cratarv has been in office, from Oct.
/, 1879
leaves a Balance.
Tho following report of K. G. Nor
&c was read and adopted. OF the bal
a,co on hand, $1,000, the sun of $41,25
nos ordered paid for printed adver-
tising literature taken by Mr.. Wetmrr
IN his trip. Part of this literature is
stfIl in the secretary's Office and is
rsed daily. The balance of the money
m hand, $37.75 was ordered set aside
as a special fund to be used towards
occurring conventions. etc.
M the President and Members of the
Greater Hendersonyille Club:
We the committee appointed to raise
money for the expense of +. S. Wet
rur's western trip, beg to say, that We
collected $4,000. We turned over to
Mr. Wetmur $4,000. Upon Nj. Wet
mur's return he handed back to us ex-
rress orders to the amount of $4,000;
leaving a balance of $500.
Respectfully submitted,
K. G, NORRIS,
For the Committee.
The New POstOfice.
The following communication from
Hon. J. NJ. Gudger, in reference TO the
rev postofice building, was listened
to with interest. Mr.. Gudger has been
advised that the club prefers more ex-
pensive constructive mentioned
naturally.
Washington, D. c., Dec. 10. 1913.
Mr.. T. R. Barrows Secretary,
The Greater Hendersonvilie Club,
Hendersonyines Ne
Ny Dear Mr.. BarroWs:
am just in receipt Of your highly
esteemed favor of recent date with in
closure of a copy of resolution D.
thanks as adopted by the members o
your club.
desire to express to them through
you my sincere thanks for the honol
they have thus shown me, and assure
them that 1 feel greatly stimulated t
further action in whatever concern.
the welfare of the city of Henderson
Vile.
am inclcsing herewith a copy of
letter recently received from til,
Treasury Department which is self
explanatory. I will be glad to feerl
whether or not the members of you
club desire the more expensive con
struction, and if so / will take pleas
IRE in urging the Assistant Secretar,
t. have it installed.
Very truly yours,
]. NJ. GUDGER, JR.
The Ely miner., 1914-01-09
hULY CROSS MEN HAVE KICK
Athletes Are Wrought Up Over Method
Of Dividing Out Glass Letters,
Claiming Discrimination.

The awarding of letters to the Holy
Cross athletes brings to light queer
situation. OF SO men who reported ana
shaved through the season, 20 were
given letters, which is a greater num-
ber than is usual at the institution,
but the puzzle comes in the naming OF
the games in which the men must play
to get the coveted letters.
Holy Cross played Princeton, Yale,
Harvard and several smaller elevens,
but in naming the games where play
ing counted in getting letters, both
Princeton and Yale games were left
off, and Fordham, Worcester Tech and
ton dispatch to the Detroit Free Press
Why the Tiger and Eli games were
not rated as high enough to warrant
the issuing of letters is hard to un-
derstand.
They certainly were bigger games
than that with Worcester Tech, which
Holy Cross won by an overwhelming
score of 72 to for Holy Cross. An.
other unique turn of affairs at Holy
Cross kept Captain Metiver from. win.
ming his letter. He was injured at the
time of three of the four big" games
Fordham, Worcester Tech and George
town-but played in the Yale, Har
ward and Princeton games. In other
words, he played in the real games
and did not get his letter, while sub
stitutes played in the easy games and
received their letters.
The Ely miner., 1914-01-09

AS has been forecast for several
months, the coming year promises to
stand out as a record-breaking period
in international sport competition,
with the United States acting as host
for a Qumber of cup hunting contest
ants. Challenges have already been
received for the Americas yacht cup
and the polo cup. The Davis tennis
trophy will have to be defended, and
Oxford university has accepted an in
vitation to enter a team at the Uni
vefsity of Pennsylvania relay carni-
val to be held on April 25. These are
but the forerunners or other interna-
tional events yet to be announced, and
it becomes more evident each month
that the United States sportsman is
going to have an exceedingly busy sea-
son defending his various trophies
during 1914 Confronting the situation
a resume of the invading and defend
ents is both logical and timely.
BY all odds the most important even
of the coming year will be the effort of
Sir Thomas Upton to regain the Amer
icas cup with Shamrock w. The
new challenger, now building at Cos
port, Is expected to be the last word
in English speed yachts, and, accord
ing to Designer Charles e. Nicholson,
will show a surprising turn of speed
and several innovations in the way of
build and rig. w. P. Burton, an Eng
lish amateur yachtman of renown, will
sail Shamrock ". and Albert Turner
will act as captain.
The situation from defending
standpoint is more complicated, since
ct least three 75-footers are assured as
candidates for the task of defeating
Shamrock w.
While the yachtmen are in the
throes of tuning-up races, the sixth
contest for the international polo cup
will be witnessed, probably at Meadow
Brook, L. l., and here again the United
The Ely miner., 1914-01-09
Worth Tryinu.

Paul Poiret, the Paris milliner, crea-
tor of the minaret and hobble skirts
said in New York the other day:
Il like the Americans. The women
are very chic. The men are very
capable. But your breakfast foods!
why do you eat so many queer
breakfast foods? Aren't you afraid
they'll have deleterious effect upon
your temperament?
"a Brooklyn lady told me yesterday
that she had said that morning to her
parlor maid:
I don't know what's come over
my husband. Instead of starting off
for the office cursing and swearing, as
usual, he went out just now with a
hop and skip, happy and twittering
and whistling like a bird
It's my fault, madam said the
maid contritely. I got the wrong
package and gave him bird seed for
breakfast food"
The Ely miner., 1914-01-09
QUEER ANIMAL CAUSES ALARM
Rural Residents Near Monticello (Ind)
Lose Pigs and Doas-Footprint
Is Found.

Monticello, Ind.-An unseen animal
has been terroriZing the rural people
nine miles northeast of this city with
its weird screams that sound like
cross between the snarl of lynx and
the scream of panther. A footprint
in sandy spot in a field resembled
monster cat track.
The first screams were heard north
of Burnettsville. Then, six miles north
of Monticello man went to husk corn
on one of the Baker farms, and as he
drove his team in the field he heard
the creatures screams. He drove
around the field to his work rather
than chance an encounter with the
animal He could not get sight of
the beast, which probably was hidden
in the corn.
1t is reported that pigs have been
missing from the fields. and faithful
watch dogs have disappeared under
conditions that lead to the belief the
mysterious animal had made. away
with them.
Many opinions have been advanced
as to what kind Of an animal 1t can be.
Some think that it Is panther, others
a lynx, while others think it is
prairie wolf come down from the
north.
The Ely miner., 1914-01-09
There Was a Crash.

their natural liyes-and that goes for
Tam O. Shanter. too
Thanksgiving eve Phelps was jog
ging home from Momence. 1t was
raining. But the curtains of the bug
gy kept out the rain, there was plump
turkey and all the ''fixins" for boun-
tiful dinner slowed away under the
seat, and the sorrel mare Betsy knew
every road for miles around. So Jim
let the mare chose her own way and
gait-he should worry.
But bark! and likewise hist! AS the
buggy topped the grade of the Chica-
go & Eastern Illinois railroad tracks
the Shrek of a locomotive came
through the fog. Farmer Jim reused
himself in twinkling, snatched the
whip and cut Betsy across the flanks-
The mare leaped forward, bringing the
buggy squarely ON the tracks. There
was a crash and splinters of the buggy
few in every direction. Betsy also
flew, but apparently unharmed.
But Farmer Jim-what Of him?
Well, when he came out of daze he
found himself clinging to the cow
catcher of the speeding locomotive
He yelled for help and clung on. The
engineer couldn't hear him above the
roar of the train. So Phelps rode ten
miles to the next stop at Sollitt. Then
he tottered down. The station crew
saw him and called q physician. But
Jim had only few bruises.
The Ely miner., 1914-01-09
YOUTH SEES UPSIDE DOWN
Curious Abnormal Case Found in
Durham, England-Writes
Right to Left.

London-A boy who sees every
thing upside down, writes from right
to left. inverts all his letters and
figures and draws and copies any OBJ
jects the wrong way up, has been
discovered at Chester-le-street, Dur
ham. He is five years old. Not only
does he write upside down, his teach
er says, but he also sees upside down.
For instance, If he has to write a
small ''h," the result Is ''y" written
backwards; that is to say he COM
mences to form the letter at the tail
end and works backwards. The same
operation takes place when he frames
such letters as "u" and "m," the ef-
feet being that the letters written are
IN" and wv" respectively. His mind
acts in a similar topsy-turvey manner
when he is set to copy any figure or
outline drawing. His reading, how
ever. is not affected by the brains
popularity. Though it is evident that
he sees letters upside down, they
make apparently the same impression
on his mind as upon the mind of an
ordinary boy, and he can read his
words with as much facility as any
other child Of similar age.
The Ely miner., 1914-01-09

States is going to have a lively time
defending the cup against the attack
of Lord Ashby st Ledger's challenging
four. AS was the case in 1913, un-
limited money is at the disposal of the
challengers and the world is being
searched for the fastest polo ponies
in order that The English team may
not be handicapped by slow or poorly
trained mounts. According to present
plans Lord ST. Ledger does not in
tend to leave the least little thing to
chance.
According to announcement made
Immediately after the polo matches
of 1913, the American big Four" con-
sisting of Capt. H. P. Whitney, Larry
Waterbury, Monte Waterbury and
Devereux Milburn, decided to cease
cup defending as team, but 1t is
thought that when the battle cry
sounds again a majority of the four
will be found in the saddle.
Unless there is a most unexpected
upset in the Davis cup preliminaries,
the tennis Menace of 1914 will come
from Australasia. The semi-ofiicial
statement that Norman Brooks, An
thony Wilding, Stanley Doust and A..
B. Jones will probably form the team,
gives line on what may be expected
in the way of opposition for the Amer
ican Davis cup defenders. AS safe
guards the United States has Nc
Loughlin, Williams, Bundy, Johnson,
Johnston and Strachan among the
younger generation of players, while
rumor has it that William Larned and
Malcolm Whitman, players without a
peer in their day, will endeavor to re-
gain their previous prowess with the
racket and offer their services as cup
defenders. If such comeback feat
is possible a combination consistir g
of Larned, Mclaughlin, Wiliams and
Whitman would daunt even the ia
nous Antipodeans, Wilding and
Brookes.
The Ely miner., 1914-01-09
sight, though when he megaphoned me
I could hear him plainly.

sight, though when he megaphoned me
could hear him plainly.
"'My own secret says he. "Abso-
lutely invisible from the ground Come
here he says, and he shows me a
tiny searchlight machine My new
invisible ray he says, and he shows
me how it works.
"'Saved. l SAID, and went out and
borrowed some more money to bet ON
New York.
"That afternoon 100000 people were
in the grandstands when the Chicago
New York game was called. We used
to think that was crowd in the ola
days. Old Bill was in the box. Blink
er was at bat for Chicago. Bill sailed
one over. Blinker looked at it in
amazement. 1t was perfectly
straight, slow ball, right where Blinker
could kill it. Blinker pulled down
his cap, set himself and waited, ready
to knock it out of the lot. The ball
came over. 1t was the same kind as
before. Blinker swung. But as it
was about to connect with the ball
his bat jumped about two inches and
he missed. He tried it three times.
Then he went back to the bench look
ing puzzled
THAT was the way it went the
whole game. Bill was serving up
straight, slow ones right over the
heart Of the plate and the Chicagos
were swinging at them, and missing
them because their bats jumped about
two inches just before they met the
ball.
with New York it was just the
other way. They'd swing at ball
way outside the plate and the bat
would shoot over and connect. When
the last man was out the score stood:
Chicago 0, New York 10. And Bill had
pitched as he was ordered.
"You see, the secret was that was
laying up there in the air right above
the plate In Professor Ignatz's invisi-
BILE sky-blue, self-balancing aeroplane,
with his new invisible magnetic ray
bearing right on the rubber. The ray
would magnetic and control anything.
even $50 hitter's bat When Chi
cago man would swing I would wait
until the bat was near the ball, then
jerk it up and let the ball go by. When
it was New Yorker I'd guide the bat
smack against the ball. That, gentle
men, is how airships and baseball first
began to mix"
There was a long silence.
What did you do with all the money
you won?" asked the young captain.
"Blast your dynamo, you inquisitive
cub" roared Captain MacManus. II
endowed a school for teaching cubs
respect for their superiors."
Copyright, by w. G. Chanman)
The Ely miner., 1914-01-09

Of California, series Of champions
would be produced. At the outset he
engaged a veteran professional to in.
struct his young charges, and monthly
tournaments for high. class trophies
have stimulated interest in the game,
Mr. Marvin's boys" as they are
known on the Pacific coast, develop
championship caliber early. McLough.
liz was only eighteen when he first
was sent to Australia as a member OF
the United States team of challengers
for the Davis international trophy.
Johnston, who eliminated such players
Touchard and Clothier at Longwood
on his invasion of the east and his
first important competition on grass
courts, celebrated his eighteenth birth.
day only recently. Strachan, the new
clay court champion, is the same age,
The Ely miner., 1914-01-09
FINDING NAMES FOR NOVELS
Modern Authors Differ From Those of
the Past in Selecting Titles for
Their Volumes.

Modern novelists find it difficult to
teristically, Dickens could always hit
on a score or so of titles for his
books, and found difficulty only in the
selection of one from among so many.
For "Bleak House." for instance, he
drew up a list of twelve possible ii
tles-including "The Ruined House."
''Tom-all-alone's,' "The Solitary
House." "The East Wind" Bleak
House and the East Wind'-and SUBJ
mitted it to Forster for selection. It
is worth noting that in the end Dick
ems always chose the most effective
of the titles he devised.
Talking of titles for stories, how is
it that the eponymous title is stunned
by modern authors and frowned upon
by publishers? Surely the name Of
your hero or heroine should be good
enough for a novel. Fielding, Smol-
lett, Sterne, Thackeray, Dickens,
Meredith all favored the eponymous
title, and 1t is certainly easier to re-
member than any other What could
be better than "Tristram Shandy," or
"Pendennis,," or David Copperfield,
or Richard Feveral"? Mr.. Pughs
Tony Drum" is perfect title,
worthy of that remarkable book. The
catchy title that so many modern
writer's seem to strain after Is, as
often as not, by no means easy to re-
member, and when you have finished
the book yoe wonder what the title
has to do with it. Let us get back to
simplicity in this matter.-London
Chronicle.
The Ely miner., 1914-01-09
A Cute Quaker.

One morning Quaker happening to
rise before any other member of his
household, was surprised to find that
his house had been burglared during
the night, and several small but val.
liable articles stolen.
After considering the matter for a
while, he decided, however, to raise no
alarm, not even to tell his wife, for
the present.
His cuteness was quickly rewarded.
Late in the afternoon of the same day
he was stopped by neighbor.
81 am sorry to hear Of your misfor.
tune" said the neighbor. HAS the
rascal taken much?"
The Quaker smiled.
rs it necessary, friend" he asked
slyly, "that the rascal should put such
a question to me? Where has thou
hidden thy plunderr'
The Ely miner., 1914-01-09
TRAIN HITS A BUGGY;
MAN ON COWCATCHER
lin Phelps, Farmer, Lands on
Engine Pilot and Travels Ten
Miles to Next Stop.

Momence, Ill.-Jim Phelps, a farmer
living five miles from this city, knows
somewhat of the history of his coun-
try. He knows that way back yonder
had a bit of an exciting ride assem-
bling the reception committee for the
Britishers. And he has heard say and
read that quite spell later an Irish
man, Phil Sheridan, had little jog OF
a few miles just to get into ruction.
Yes, Farmer Jim knows about these
events, but if either Revere or Sheri-
dan ever had such ride as he himself
had on Thanksgiving eve he's willing
to bet they were satisfied the rest of
The Ely miner., 1914-01-09

and begged and borrowed every cent
l could lay my hands on and had bet
1t on New York to win If you lose,
Bill, says l, I'm a dead duck
Bill almost cried, he was that
broken-hearted. But l can't help it.
Mae says he. Morgan has ordered
that New York lose.'
"Of course, after that there wasn't
anything more to say. Bill had his
orders from the nations boss to go in
and pitch the full nine innings. but
not to put any speed or curves on
the ball, just to put 'em right over
where the Chicagos could line 'em
out. Having the orders straight from
Morgan, he had to obey, of course.
Don't think hard of me, Mac, he
says, gripping my hand It's fate
p" I understand, Bill 1 said.
Morgan and Fate were the same in
those days.
Invent into the steering turret and
sat down to, think it over. 1t certainly
looked as if my gas-tanks were pune
tured and / was doomed to fail. If
New York lost, as they were sure to
do, with Bill pitching that way, there
wasn't much left for me except to
make a nice little hole in the water
somewhere near Ellis island and the
Jersey shore. didn't like water in
those days, so I began to think. My
litde job was to figure out how to keep
Chicago bats from colliding with Bilps
curves. 1t was something of a lob.
the way Chicago was hitting in those
days, and Bill being ordered to serve
them nothing but straight, easy balls.
Did despair? Ha! Little you know
of Captain MacManus of 40 years ago
who ask that question.
when I got back to New York city
I hurried up to Yonkers to see Profes.
sor Ignatz. the man who knew more
about air-flying, electric currents. mag
nets and so on than anybody would
believe, and told him how I was fixed.
Rest easy, Mac says he, and took
me out to his hangar and showed me
his new invisible, sky-blue, self-balanc-
ing aeroplane.
Watch me- says he, and up he
went. In two minutes he was out of
The Ely miner., 1914-01-09
WHERE CHAMPIONS ARE MADE
Sidney Marvin, Wealthy Resident OF
San Francisco, Developed Nc
Loughlin, Johnston and Others.

Developing tennis champions is the
favorite pastime of Sidney r. Marvin
OF this city, man of wealth who de-
votes his spare time to the promotion
of juvenile athletics. His success is
measured by the progress of Maurice
E. Mclaughlin, United States cham
pion; William M. Johnson, winner Of
the Longwood cup at Boston, and John
Strachan, winner of the national clay
court championship at Omaha. This
trio was graduated from the club
which Marvin founded ten years ago
and his directed since.
1t was Marvin's idea that if through
constant tournament play, great ac-
curacy could be obtained with the
speed developed on the asphalt courts
The Ely miner., 1914-01-09

demonstrate that airships and base
ball could mix 1t was in the year
1920, which was before most of you
turned to stare up In the air when
they heard ships propellers whir-
ring, and when the man who could
write Master Alligator after his name
still was looked up to, to use an an
cient phrase. / was running little
excursion packet, the Star Tamer,'
that operated between New York city
and Atlantic City, two hours run in
those days, it being before we began
to make much speed.
Naturally, having this sort of run
in those days, when people thought it
was something of treat to ride in
dirigible, we came into contact with
lot of the most prominent people in
the country One day we'd have on
board Lillian Russell, who was just as
young looking then as she is now, go
in@ down to spend few hours at At
lantic City; next day we'd have a
senator from Mexico, coming up to
New York to take look at the lights,
and next, probably, Bill Finger, cham
pion pitcher of the New York ball
team, or some other great parsonage"
Didn't you ever have Ty Cobb"
asked the young captain.
''Ty Cobb?" said Captain MacManus.
Who was he?"
Il don't know. / read about him in
an ancient history the other day."
said the youngster. "But to go on
with your story"
"As l was saying, naturally got
acquainted with these great people,
with hauling them to and fro between
the two resorts, and pointed out to
them where the Statue of Liberty used
to be, and so on, and pretty soon
was on friendly terms with a lot of
them, and of course the friendship
that priced the most was that of Bill
Finger Of the New Yorks.
"Bnl was as nice and sociable a
little fellow as ever you saw, and
be wasn't at all stuck up, because
he was going to be put in the Hall of
Fame He'd talk to you just as if he
was an ordinary man, and many the
The Ely miner., 1914-01-09
GOSSIP Y
Y4nlONG |
| SPORTS

Rochester will try to organize pro-
fessional basketball league
Massachusetts and also Michigan
agricultural colleges are to have new
athletic fields
Richmond Amateur Athletic feder-
alton is talking of erecting a $25, 900
municipal club house.
The Reds will use a swimming pool
of salt water at their training camp,
Alexandria, La, next spring.
Louis university, and later Barnes,
may coach at Creighton next season.
First Baseman Bluhm of the Toledo
Hens is to be shifted to the New Or
leans club, and Kutina given in ex-
change.
John Siegle of Urbana, o., has been
appointed manager of the. Huntington
team IN the Ohio State league, succeed.
ing Lee Fohl.
In reply to query, 1913 out OF 159
colleges replied that they required Of
freshmen physical exercise under
proper instruction.
Tom White, a well-known Austral-
ian trainer of greyhounds, is now in
England with the team sent from Aus
tralia by Oscar Asche.
Jack Dillon made an impression on
the miners of Butte, Mont, by his
great milling against Sailor Petroskey,
solid piece of fighting material.
The Boston Braves have been given
permission to use Fenway park, the
American league park, until July 1,
when their new stands will Do COM
oleted.
The Notre Dame basketball sched-
ME was given out the other day, and
it includes one of the greatest east
ern trips ever taken by western
college.
Jack Britton had a tough time with
Mike Glover of Boston at New York.
Glover, who is clever fellow, got
credit for a shade over Britton In sew
eral papers.
Henry Laussat Geyelin was elected
president of the Athletic association
of the University of Pennsylvania for
the twentieth successive year at a
meeting Of the board of directors.
Although Jake Daubert led the Ma
tional league with the willow, he didn't
pole out many extra base hits Dau-
bert smashed out but seventeen dou-
bles, seven triples and two homers.
Norway is to have a stadium at
Foogner, Christiania, that will accom-
modate under cover. it is said, 100000
people. There Is to be a big athlet-
ic carnival on the new grounds next
May.