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Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-10-01
MOVE VOTING A

At a meeting of County Board Elec-
ton held Sept. 28th 1914, it was or
dered that the voting place in Horse
Shoe precinct be changed from Dav-
exports store at Horse Shoe to Cook
& Hefner's mill at Rugby.
A. S. EDNEY. Chairman.
F. z. NORRIS. Secretary.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-10-01
SOME 1 N FRUIT.

Farm Demonstration E. L. Perkins
has on exhibit at the Citizens bank
some fine fruit from his newly acquir-
ed orchard. MI. Perkins has a nice
crop of fruit, which is among the best
seen in Hendersonville.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-10-01

H Patterson has returned from thu
Northern markets where, he states, he
purchased two solid al loads of mer-
chandise for his two stores in this
city.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-10-01
MEETING.

The hospital association will hold its
monthly meeting Thursday afternoon
at 4 o'clock with Mrs. Bessie Egerton
at the Waverly. All members are
urged to attend.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-10-01

Help the merchant who helps the
city by helping to boost the commune
ity's champion-The Democrat.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-10-01

Advertisers are not ashamed of
their goods.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-10-01
DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERACY.

The daughters of the Confederacy
will meet with Mrs. ]. s. Brown on
the Flat Rock drive on Wednesday af-
ternoon next, at 3 o'clock.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-04-18

neither of these two extremes prevail
here. In hotel facilities happy
mean has been established, offering
every convenience and comfort that
particular people can reasonably de-
mand, at prices within the reach OF a
modest purse. The Hotel Nevada, on
Main street, opposite the Phoebe Rec
ord building, and adjoining the post
office offers just these. advantages,
with the additional one of being in the
one location in the city where hotel
manifestly ought to be. Strictly first
class, modern in it's appointments
and scroupulously clean, 1t Is within
one minutes walk of the stores, and
within ten minutes of the principal
mines. Mining men, commercial trav
elers, and visitors to the city will find
here exactly the place they had hoped
to find, but feared, perhaps, Phoebe did
mot possess.
ADVERTISEMENT
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-04-18
The Man Who Runs the Phoebe Post.
office for Uncle Sam and One Of the
Camps Leading Business Men, !.

In any business venture there are
certain lines Of least resistance
which lead inevitably to success.
Contrary to very common supposit
tion, the thing to be aimed at is not
the greatest effort and the hardest
work, but the biggest results for the
least effort, the largest possible use
OF those natural advantages of Local
ton, available space, unsupplied. de-
mand, personality, which can prop
erly be counted among the assets of
the business
Mr.. A. A. Carman, in the business
which he conducts at the postoffice
corner, has discovered the happy
secret In many years of efficient
and courteous service as postmaster
OF Phoebe, he has learned what articles
people most frequently want to pur-
chase when they make their daily
trip for the mail, and he has lust
those articles for sale-no more, no
less. For instance. it is natural that
ladies', waiting at the postoffice-
corner for the expected letter to ar
rive, should think of that agreeable.
companion of their leisure moments:
candy. Mr.. Carman has 1.-THE
choicest chocolates and bon bons, in
pound and half pound boxes, and in
bulk. A man wants his morning
smoke while glancing over the paper
which has just been put in his box.
Mr.. Carman carries his favorite-
brand. An important letter arrives;-
must be answered at once-out Of
stationary. Get it from Carman ~
the next counter. Lots of mail ex
pected; none comes-time to read
The latest magazines are at Car
mans.
All this seems like coincidence. II.
isn't. tits the result Of careful study
In the art of conducting an efficient
business and serving the public by
selling them what they want, when.
and where they want It. Mr.. Car
man was born in Phoebe, and has,
been In charge of the local postog-
five fourteen years. He is active IN
the support of every good .canss. ana
leader in all that pertains to the
upbuilding Of Phoebe and the Piocnc
district-a man who can afford to
be public spirited. because he Is sucs
cessful; and who is successful H.
cause he is public spirited.
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-04-18

in its proper handling. In due time
the Carey act will prove a material
factor in our agricultural develop
ment,ment, besides supplying the
state with considerable revenue arts
ing from the sale of such lands to set
tiers.
In closing this article, it may he
proper to summarize some conclu-
sions which the study of the agricul
tural resources of the state suggests
The reclamation of our arabic lands,
generally speaking, presents far great
er inherent difficulties than is found
in any other state. When the normal
flows of our streams, during the irri-
cation season, were all appropriated,
all additional acreage to be reclaimed
became instantly an engineering prob
lem. That is our status, today. These
least familiar with the facts imagine
that the mere invitation of settlers
here, by means of advertising, solves
problem. 1t does not even touch it.!
The settler comes and goes away
again, unless he buys land which al
ready possesses a water right, or cen
tiers upon land which may be dry
farmed, or which may be irrigated
from artesian or pumped wells He
cannot store the flood waters of our
streams-that is problem for con,
centrated capital. So what Is the
issue? The issue is this: That we
must stimulate the breaking up OF
large and indifferently cultivated land
holdings, possessing water rights, into
small farms, highly cultivated. We
must as rapidly as possible improve
our farming methods, so that we can
show profits per acre in farming
which will challenge attention, and SO
produce the incentive for capital to
develop and conserve our latent sur
face and sub-surface water supplies,
until we have under cultivation every
acre possible
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-04-18

sports and amusements. All right,
let them gather. He knew that he
could deliver the goods; all he
needed was the fixtures.
Then came the IRE, making a clean
sweep of everything. No one lost
more heavily in proportion to his in
vestment than did Mr.. Dorothy.
Calamity, of course, If you want to
look at it that way, but Mr.. Dorothy
didn't. He thought it was opportun-
ity. He leased a fine, large room a
few doors up the street, and pro-
ceeded to transform it. New fixtures,
baths, billiard and pool tables, bowl
ing alley; all these were installed as
fast as the workmen could get them
in place. You wouldn't know the
place now-or rather you would think
it had always been that way. 1t has
such a look of permanent comfort
and good cheer. And the bunch"
come there to play billiards and to
bowl, just as though they had been
in the habit of doing 1t all their lives.
Mr.. Dorothy isn't taking any chances
on competition. He makes his place
SO attractive that there Is no room
for competition to get foothold.
1t Is more than good business to
provide a pleasant place of amuse-
ment for young men and older men
who enjoy the society Of their fell
lows and who don't care to spend
their evenings in the saloons 1t Is.
public spirited act, which deserves
the commentator of all who are in
terested in the life and growth Of
the town The unanimous patronage
of this class of men is convincing
tribute to the good sense and dis
cernment of the proprietor.
Mr.. Dorothy's barber shop and pool
room is equipped with everything
which a modern place of the kind re-
quires
Expert workmanship, hearty well
come, congenial atmosphere and
every provision for comfort and
: amusement are extended to the pub
, lice at this popular establishment.
Advertisement
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-04-18
innocent. But it has this advantage

innocent. But it has this advantage:
it works.
The same thing is true of a bust
ness. The live ones come back, no
matter how hard they are hit. Just
as Phoebe has shown the world what
class she is in as town by starting
her plans to rebuild before the en-
bers of her recent disastrous fire
had grown cold, SO the business men
directly affected by the fire have dem
onstrated their quality of turning that
set back into boost"
Among these who have come
through this acid test with flying col
ors is George Dorothy, the popular
barber. Mr.. Dorothy has been a res.
ident Of Phoebe for years, and he
knows good camp when he sees II.
Proprietor Of the only barber shop
here, the business this town provides
looked good to him, and he wanted
more of It. Now It is a fact known
to science that hair on the human
Uranium grows only So fast. No
chance there, but that didn't battle
George. Hn hai been making a few
observations ON his own account. He
knew that well-appointed, well-con.
Quoted barber shop is the natural
gathering place Of lovers Of clean
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-04-18
HOTEL NEVADA.
Best Location in Phoebe, Next e
Postoffice, Offering the Sojourner
the Accommodation He Warts
Where He Wants Them.

1t is said that first impressions last
longest, and for this reason it Is fire.
quently true that town is judged by
its hotels The paramount concern
of an ambitious community should be
to provide pleasant and convenient &C.
commodations for its guests. In this
respect mining camp generally Of
fers either the best or the worst. A
cot in sleeping tent, floored with
rough pine, with cracks half an inch
wide between the boards, or palace
Of brick and stone, with appointments
worthy of New York or San Fran
cisco, and prices worthy of the Klon-
dyke-such is the provision usually
made for the stranger is a mining
town.
Phoebe is unique, as well as FORUM
ate, among great camps, in that
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-04-18
poRoTHY's BARBER SHOP.
Where Careful Workmanship anc
Wholesome Amusement Combine
to Make One Of the Most Pop.
ular Resorts in Phoebe.

There Is one sure way to tell a
live town from a dead one: burn it
up. The live town comes back, big
ger and finer than ever. Witness
Chicago and San Francisco. The
dead one remains heap of ashes.
This method may seem to be little
too much like the old fashioned test
for witchcraft, popular in colonial
days, when our ancestors used to put
the suspect into pond, thinking If
she swan to shore she was guilty, if
she sank and was drowned she was
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-04-18
Total bulletins distributed 95, 900

Total bulletins distributed. 81, 900
This distribution has, to some ex-
tent, been in Nevada, but only in
small part. The bulk has gone into
the hands of prospective homeseekers
over the United States. Agricultural
Nevada especially, was a homeseek-
er's bulletin, and in subject matter
and beauty of illustrations, is gener-
ally classed as one of the best ex-
amples Of the kind Nevada Pota-
toes" and Alfalfa and Hogs have
been distributed extensively among To-
cal farmers and new settlers, as we'll
as elsewhere. In these the subjects
were treated both from the commercial
and the technical standpoint. with the
view not only of showing the profits
to be expected from the application of
correct methods, but such advanced
methods were presented in detafr.
preparing similar bulletins on Dairy
The bureau is at present engaged in
ing in Nevada Dry Farming in Ne
vada," Nevada Sugar Beet Indus
try etc. Any of the above bulletins
will be mailed free to any address
on application
In December, 1911, the bureau con-
Quoted an agricultural exhibit at the
Chicago Land Show, which, during the
three weeks of the exposition, was
visited by about 100000 people. The
commissioner also delivered seven
teen lectures on Nevada, illustrated
with colored lantern slides, to about
10000 people. In addition to this ad
vertising, page advertisements in Sun
set magazine were carried during
1911-12 for twelve issues, in addition
to four pages of illustrated reading
matter. Advertisements were also car
ried at different times in the Chicago
Inter-Ocean, Post-Herald, American
Agriculturist. London Abroad, San
Francisco Call, Golden West, Irriga-
ton Journal, etc, appearing, all told,
in over 100000 copies of such Pc
riodicals. The bureau has also pre-
pared lectures and supplied lantern
slides for addresses on Nevada in
many parts of the country; prepared
articles for the press and magazines,
and answered special and general in
quiries regarding Nevada, by CORE
spondence, aggregating a large vol
ume, since its Inauguration.
In addition to the foregoing. the
bureau is charged with the admins
tration of the 1000, 000-acre Carey act
land grant, by the government to the
state, and which has involved aconsid-
CRADLE labor and much responsibility
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-04-18

Issued Subject. Distributed
5000 The Carey Act" "a pages 1900
$4,000 Agricultural Nevada" 6S
pages .............24 "a, 900
5000 Nevada Potatoes" 4S
pages ............. 5000
1000 Alfalfa and Hogs 80
pages ........... 5000
5000 Irrigation Pumping in
Nevada" 50 pages :. 5000
1,500 Biennial Report" 60
pages ......... ..... LOO
The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-04-18

Thirteen years ago the United
States census gave the valuation o.
J, all farm property in Nevada at $2s..
673,S53 In 1910 1t was given as $780,
1893, 1865; an increase for the ten yearI
OF 110.6 per cent. At the same rate of
annual increase, the valuation of farm
property in Nevada, on January /,
1914, would be;
Land ................. SAT, TAI 1892 90
Buildings ............ $50, 568. 90
Implements and ma
chinery .......... 2,213,244.00
Live stock. including
poultry and bees. 26,033.5 $500
Total value ......... .$81, 914, 7970O
In the above all stock-range land is
classed as farm land. The cultivated
area, in 1900, was 572,946 acres, and,
in 1910, had increased to 752,117 acres
An annual increase in round numbers
of about $4,000 acres. OF this total
cultivated area, approximately $4,000
acres represents pastured or grazed
lands, leaving about 456, 900 acres from
which crops are taken. The division
of cultivated lands in the state is
ABOUT as lOllOWS.
Acres
Grazing and pastured lands. $50 900
Forage crops, alfalfa and grass
es 1863, 90
Potatoes 5000
: Sugar beets ................. 1000
Grain $4,000
Miscellaneous, fruit, garden,
etc. $50. 10000
/, -
The 456,000 acres of cropped land
yielded about the following gross re-
turns in 1914
Alfalfa :. .......... ga, 500 100000
Grass hay and other forage2, 900 ,000.o 90
Grass hay and other for
age 2,000,000.00
Potatoes ................ 325,OOO.e0
Sugar beets ............ 100,00000
Cereals, wheat, barley, oats,
katir 75O,00GOO
Onions ................ 100000
All other crops, fruit and
garden, etc. ........ 25O,oDooO
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-17
GERMANS SHELTER BRITONS.
Better Glasses In berlin Treat
"Enemics" COurtcOusIy.
Special CaJle Dsspatch TO TuE Sun,

Special Cdble Dsspdtch 10 THE Sun.
LONDON, Aug. ia score of English
men who left Germany on August 12
reached Leith to-day on .the Danish
steamer Bernstorff from Copenhagen.
They had neither money nor baggage.
Many British subjects are still In
Berlin. They are said to be treated
courteously by the better class Of Ger
mans. who often offer them the shelter
of their homes. The soldiers, however,
treat them as IL they were so much
dirt, while the common people hustle
them around beat them and spit In
their faces II they venture into the
street.
Leslie Osborne escaped from Stettin
on an American passport. Tie spent
four days and nights there in police
cell. where he was served with thin
soup three times day, For this he
paid one mark (2f cents) day. He
travelled to the frontier on cattle
train with a dozen others, four OF whom
went mad on the way.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-17
RUSSIA CLAIMS RIGHT
TO USE DARDANELLES
Makes Demand on Turkey for
Passage Of Black Sea
Fleet.
CopENHAGEN, August l6.

CopENHAGEN, August l6.
a Constantinople despatch to the
Poltiktcn says that Russia has made
demands upon Turkey that unrestricted
passage through the Dardanelles be
granted to the Russian Black Sea
fleet.
AZ the outbreak OF the war Turkey
proclaimed the neutrality OF the Oar
danelles. After that time the German
cruisers Goeben and Brcslau took
refuge in the strait from British and
French cruisers, and they have since
been sold TO Turkey. The allies who
are fighting Germany and Austria con-
tend that this purchase by neutral
nation was violation OF international
law.
The Russian Black Sea fleet has been
having everything it's own way In the
Black Sea and is reported To have
swept IL Of German and Austrian COM
merce. This accomplished. the fleet il
of little use where IL is and only by
passing through the Dardanellcs can
1t Join the British and French fleets
in patrolling the Mediterranean and,
possibly. in bomharding Austrian ports.
Tho Black Sea fleet comprises six
pre- Dreadnought battleships ranging
from II $50 to 1880 tons, four of them
carrying four ~ inch guns each and
and two Of them Carrying six II incn
guns each, and all with the customary
secondary batteries of the pre-Dresd-
nought period. There Is one smaller
battleship besides. There also are two
cruisers, sixteen destroyers, sixteen tor
pedo boats and FIVE submarines.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-17
Says England Is About to Equip
and Drill Large Number
Of Volunteers.
PREDICTS UNITED NATION
Leader Declares Nationalist
VIII Attack Invaders. Not
COuntrymen.

DUBLIN, Aug. 16.
John Redmond. the Irish Nationalist
leader. presented a set of colors TO the
Nationalist Volunteers at Marlborough.
Queens county. to-day and made an
address in which he said he rejoiced
at the hearty response Ireland had
given To his speech In Parliament. n
which he declared the Volunteers would
assist Great Britain in resisting any
foreign invasion.
He said he had received assurances
that the Nationalist Volunteers were
ready to fulfil their duty. He intimated
that he hoped he would shortly be able
to present the Nationalist Volunteers
with several thousand rifles Moreover,
he added, the Government was about
10 arm. equip and drill a large number
OF Irish Volunteers and he believed
the day was near when every National
list Volunteer would possess rifle.
The Nationalist Volunteers, Mr.. Red
mond said, were not to attack anybody
who was fellow countryman. but were
to work shoulder to shoulder with the
Ulster Volunteers II they were allowed
TO do so and in this way create united
nation.
Mr.. Redmond said he prayed that
the recent incident AZ Ennlskillen, when
body OF Ulster Volunteers marched
shoulder to shoulder with a force OF
Nationalist Volunteers in escorting the
Enniskillen Fusileers as they left for
the front. was an omen OF the future
He closed by saying:
you are not drilling and arming "a
attack anybody in your own country
God forbid that should ever happen
Your ideal is at any cost and any sacri-
flee to create a united nation
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-17
BRITISH FLEET HAS
SEA FOES CORNERED
Germans Trapped at WiIhelms-
haven and Austrians in
Adriatic.
Special Gable Despatch 10 Tnn Sun.


LoSDoN. August l6.
AZ sea the enemies of Great Britain
appear TO he successfully cornered. Tho
German fleet, according to reports. re-
mains bottled up In the North Sea.
presumably IN the vicinity OF wilhelms-
haven and under the protection of the
fortress of Helgoland.
The Austrian fleet Is reported to have
sought refuge at Pola, where the shore
defences are said to be inadequate.
The Adriatic, according to the reports,
has been mined as a further protection
to the Austrian ships against the COM
bined British and French Mediterranean
fleets which are seeking them.
The Admiralty has made no an
nouncement regarding the movements
of British cruisers In West Indian and
American waters, There are reports
of the capture of several German mer-
chant ships in that quarter and uncon-
firmed reports say that one or more
British warships have had an engage
ment with the German cruiser Karls-
ruhe in Cuban waters. Both Caibarien
and Guantanamo dispatches tell OF
heavy cannonading heard Off those
ports
Dispatches received here from st.
Petersburg say that two German
cruisers approached the western end OF
Dago Island. between the Gulf of Fin
land and the Baltic. on Thursday and
fired a number OF shells at the light
house. None OF the shells took effect.
a British warship captured an Aus
tran merchant vessel last night OF the
Northumberland coast. The names Of
the two ships have not been announced.
The man-of-war chased the Austrian
for some distance, finally firing three
shots before getting her to stop.
In spite Of the fact that floating mines
have been scattered In the North Sea
merchant vessels are making regular
runs between the east ports of England
and Scandinavian ports bringing provi-
slons to England,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-17
GERMAN DESERTERS
TELL OF. UNREST
Say Circulation Of False War
News Breeds Spirit of
lndecisiOn.
PARISIANS ARE CHEERFUL
Reports Indicate Allies Making
Steady Progress Against
Enemies Works.
Special caJte Despatch 10 Tnt suS

PANs. August lG.
Despite the severity Of the censor
ship. which has prevented Paris from
knowing in detail what Is going on on
the frontier, the city awoke this morn
ing moro cheerful than It had been for
fortnight The news from the front IL
emphatic that the allies are slowly but
surely penetrating the labyrinth OF
works within works occupied by tho
Germans and Austrians. some 800 miles
in length.
Stories told by desertns from the
German army say that the rank and
file of that army is in a state OF in
decision. Dissatisfaction is caused by
reports which are gradually gaining
currency that the stories told Germans
that President Poincare had been as-
sassinated and a commune established
in Paris are not true.
other false stories circulated In tina
German army. such as that the forces
invading Belgium were really in France
and that the enemy they were fighting
was made up OF Frenchmen. with tina
subsequent revelation that the German
soldiers were being hosxed, have caused
a spirit Of unrest. the deserters say.
Arrangements are being made for
the sending Of daily wireless reports
from the Eiffel Tower station 10 those
points which through the severance
os other communication are receiving
war news only from German sources.
Free soup stations are being estab-
lished throughout Paris for the assist
ance OF tho poor.
The French Government has de-
creed a general amnesty for deserters
who have not yet Joined the colors If
they report for duty at once. Marines
are to be used for the Increase of tho
garrison for the defence of Paris.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-17
CRUISERS IN HASTE.

HALlFAx, n. s., Aug. l6.-The two
British cruisers Suffolk and Good Hope
sailed hurriedly from here to-day on
the receipt OF orders from Rear Ad-
miral Sir Christopher Craddock. The
Good Hope was coaling when the orders
were received but Immediately ceased
all operations and sailed away under
full speed
The British battleshlp Glory. which
arrived to-day. will also sail as soon as
she takes a supply of coal aboard.