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Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-01-28
w. vA.-vA. DEBT SETTLED.

Washington, Jan. 22.-West Virgin
las share of the debt outstanding
against Virginia when the states sep
arated in 1851 was fixed in a special
masters report to the Supreme court
today at more than $12,O 900. The
report, presented by Special Master
Charles E. Littlefield after a long Sc
lies of parings, is expected to be made
the order of the court.
The court held in 1911 that West
Virginia must pay $7,1OO,000 of the
principal of the debt, which totalled
$50, 600, 900. The question of interest
and participation in Virginia's assets
in 1861 were not decided.
West Virginia's Share.
The special master reported that
West Virginia was entitled to share
to the extent of So, 900, minus
some $4,000, 900 already paid, in the
Virginia sinking fund and turnpike
and railroad bonds, on which the debt
based, and which were valued at.
a total of $14, 100000, He also held,
However, that West Virginia must pay
not only the ST. 900 principal desig-
ItdL0Q III the court uGCE00, DuI luC6i-
est on it from 1861. Representatives
of West Virginia tonight estimated
that interest at $4,000, 900; bondhold-
ers claim it will amount to $4,000
600.
Mr.. Littlefeld reported that the
basis for the settlement had been
fixed by contract arising out of the
adopted by West Virginia
in 1863.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-01-28

Fond Mother-'Tommy darling, this
is your birthday, what would you like
best?' Tommy, latter a moments
re1ection)-"I think I should enjoy
seeing the baby spanked"
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-01-28
NOW IS THE TIME TO DRAG
ROADS FOR IMPROVEMENT.

The cheapest good roads maker ever
invented is the drag. If you don't
want impossible roads in February
and March, begin dragging them now.
Send to the United States Department
of Agriculture, Washington, D. c., for
a free copy of Farmers Bulletin No.
321, "Split Log Drag on Earth Roads"
Also demand that your Legislature
rake proper provisions for paying far
mers for dragging roads. Here is the
gospel of road dragging in a single
paragraph by DR.. D. Ward King, in
yentor of the now celebrated split log
good roads maker:
tits not the water that falls on
your road that does the harm,b ut the
water that stays on it. After you
grade your road the surface is still
composed of porus dirt. This absorbs
water. Either you drive at one side
or you drive at the top and cut it up.
You know the kind of mud you find
i'll a hog wallow. 1t is like wet ce-
You could fashion a water
Lroof vessel from it. This same dirt
is found on a travelled road. If it is
rot dragged after rains it is like a
long basin, holding the water, later
hardening into a rough, humpy sur
face. Drag the road after a rain and
YOU spread a thin layer of this fine
dirt over the surface and it is beaten
down. Drag it after the next rain
and YOU put on another layer which is
also packed down. Keep this up and
after a while you will have a road,
higher in the-middle than on the sides
and covered with an 1S-inch or 2-foot
smooth. hard crown that will shed
ali water. Using a simple drag is the
only suggestion yet made that viii not
a road worse before it makes 1t
better. Never drag up more at one
time than can be packed down by the
traffic. PROGRESSIVE Farmer.
5ror+;so5 ~roads-aro worth hTfying&
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-01-28
MATERIAL FOR TOUR BOOK.
Western CarOlina Roads Are to be
Accurately Mapped.

Western Carolina Roads Are to be
Accurately Mapped.
H. Tucker Brown, director of the
North Carolina Good Roads ~associa-
ton, is preparing to begin the logging
OF the roads of western North Carroll
IA for the tour book which is to be
published for the benefit of motorists
throughout the United States dealing
With the highways leading into this
section of the State.
The book will contain road maps,
Illustrations and statements as to the
condition, grade, curves and constitute
tons of each of the roads of the wes-
tern counties of this State. It viii.
be issued with the endorsement of the.
National good roads organizationeand
the information contained in it will
be accurate and reliable.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-01-28
MAN KILLED DOG PAID 5000.

Sam Dooling, riding in an automo-
bile in. Currituck county a owe and
li1led a dog in the public road. The
dog was the property of ex-sherif r.
e. Flora of Currituck, and he was
much aggrieved on account of the death
oil the canine that when he found Mr..
Hoolin he swatted the auto man good
and hard. Mr.. Doolin applied to the
courts for relief and at the recent
term of Currituck court a jury decid-
go that the ex-sheriff should pay Mr..
.Doolin $500 in good and lawful money
for the pounding the latter receive
at his hands, and the resultant humil-
iStion.
The $500. court costs and lawyers
Zee will doubtless help to assauge the
Currituck officials grief on account
CT the death of his dog.
Nothing so cheap and handy as old
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-01-28

81 q n n IF IF IF IF II IF F
His Hearts Content.
Fond Mother-Tommy darling, this
is your birthday, what would you like
best?" Tommy latter a moments
refection)-"I think / should enjoy
seeing the baby spanked"
BE- % %
A Little Green One Himself.
Lady. These berries look very large
and ripe"
Little boy (who is selling berries
fer the first time.) eyes, mum, the
! little green ones are all underneath
That's the way the boss fixes 'em up
every morning"
Chicken Dinners Personal.
Are you fond of chicken Adam?"
"Oh most certainly is"
Do you have it very often?'
wei oh git some once in a while"
When do you get them Adam"
wei now OATS a personal matter.
It's de ole saying, dat love will find de
way"
DE- De
Bfgamy VS.. TrigOnOmetry.
A policeman rose in court to testify
6 sainst a prisoner.
Magistrate What's this Teller
charged with?"
Policeman-"Bigamy your honor
Eie's got three wives"
Magistrate-'Three, why you igno-
ramus, that amt bigotry-that's trig-
onometry."
Family PrOnOuns.
Teacher-"What are the three per-
sonal %pronouns? )"
"Pupil-"He, she and it,"
Teacher-FGive an example of their
USE"
Pupil-"Husband, wife and baby"
) % Dc De-
Gum Drops.
From the out it's Cream laid" envelope
l drew her dainty note,
And on the air around me
Her own wood violets" float
With sweet anticipation,
I Ope the we'll filled sheet,
And at it's fond beginning
My pulses wildly beat,
But deeper the emotions
Paused at this relic dumb
On this last page my angel,
Had dropped her chewing gum.
% Dc
Why the Baby Was Bounced.
The new baby had proved itself the
possessor of extraordinary lung-power.
One day baby's brother, little Johnny,
said to his mother:
Ma, little brother came from heav-
en-, didn't he?"
E6Vdc donr" oncuyorod Tho nonfhor
Johnny was silent for a moment, and
then he went on: 81 say, ma"
what is 1t, johnny"
IT don't blame the angels for sling
ing him out, do you?"-Tit Bits.
Publishers Embarrassment.
Typographical errors" said q writ
or, ARE continually cropping up. I
called for a magazine editor the other
Gsy to take him out to luncheon. AS
he was getting gratefully into his coat
Ia man entered.
do you read your magazine?' the
man asked.
"T do replied the editor.
Have you read the new number,
tie one that came out yesterday
"T have
"rHave you read my poem, "To Ga
brielle," on page III?
FN-no.'
emo! Well, in that poem / wrote
the line, 81 love you better than 1 lovC
ny life"
Cd said the editor soothingly.
"tAnd one of the professional hu-
mOriStS of YOUR composing room set
il up to read, 81 love you better than 1
love my wife,"
HOVER
ethan my wife-precisely that. And
my wife knows nothing of composing
room comedy, and she thinks the line
was printed exactly as I wrote it,"
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-01-28

Advertised goods are worth buying
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-01-28

Nothing SO cheap and handy as old
newspapers at this once for I'VE cents
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-01-28

Advertised goodssar worth buyies
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-24
ITALY MAY NOT ENTER WAR
Participation Said to BE Growing Less
Likely.

Rome. April ga prominent Ital-
Ian statesman said that the participa-
ton Of Italy In the war, at least In the
immediate future. seemed less likely
now than had been the case for some
time.
ITO enter the war Italy first you'd
be obliged to break of negotiations
with the central empires. which are
still being conducted at Vienna" he
explained. THE government then
would have to find a plausible reason
for denouncing the treaty which
created the triple alliance. Even
were that done. 1t is most likely that
the central empires, under present
conditions, would not consider such
action as a cause for war.
ITALY must find another eason IL
she desires to pick a quarrel with Aus
tria. This might be In the form of an
ultimatum on account OF the gathering
OF Austrian troops along the Italian
frontier or on account of the unfor-
tunate position OF Italians under Aus
TRAN rule. IL b easy to foresee. how
ever, that Austria would attempt to
give Italy satisfaction in every posi-
BILE way"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-24
RUSSIAN GIRL POSES
AS CZAR'S DAUGHTER.
Pays "Roysl" Visit to Hospital to
Avenge Generals Compliment.

That the Russian peasant girl does
not lack u sense of humor has been
shown by Yelina Romanoff, sixteen
year-old daughter of a poor fruit deal
er in Petrograd. Because she thought
he had made fun of her she has made
an army general the laughing stock of
the capital.
While buying fruit from her at her
fathers stall the general quizzed the
girl and told her she bore SO striking
d resemblance to one of the cars
daughters she might easily pass for
the grand duchess. The girl took him
at his word.
Aided 10y a couple of friends, she
dressed as n Sister Of Mercy and mott
fed the station master at Tsarskoe Selo
by telephone that the grand duchess
was going to Gatchina, where the gen
eral was stationed. Yelina refused the
offer of a special train and enchanted
the railroad officials by her simple,
democratic bearing.
VII ultlNiitE ut 1utNhitd ShC Nohii
not let the general vacate his apart
ment for her, but chose his company,
She declined the state carriage and
rode to the hospital in an ordinary
droshky, surrounded by fiunkies and
officials and accompanied by the gen
eral.
A ceremonial reception was extend
ed to Yelina at the military hospital
where she inspected the wards and
conversed with the wounded, who felt
greatly honored.
But just as she was asking about
the money collected for the grand
duchess fund up came Count Mord
vinoff, the emperor's attache. who dis
covered the imposture. Instead of be
ing embarrassed Yelina greeted the ex
posture with peals of laughter.
The girl was returned to PetrograC
in a third class car and there examin
ed at length by the police. Afterwaro
she was turned over to her father.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-24
MADISON GRAIN MARKET.


Sioux City, April 24.-Receipts of
cattle for a Friday were of fair vol
ume. some 80 cars or 500 head. as
against 532'a week ago and 5S1 the
corresponding day a year ago.
There was nc apparent shifting OF
values in the cattle trade today.
Killing grades formed the bulk of the
material at hand, with steers FREEDOM
mating and there was "A reasonable
amount of activity displayed and an
early clearance was effected. Stock
cattle continued to be good property
and cashed at steady terms.
Declining tendency in the hog mar
ket was checked and there was a
slight reaction for the better today
Tone to the trade was active and
prices were judged to be strong to q
shade higher. Long string of sales
went at $7.25, while tops landed al
$3.50.
Not enough ovine stock arrived
this morning to test conditions in the
sheep department and prices remain
ed unchanged.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-24
HILL DENOUNCES
TARIFF SttSAWING

New York, April 24.-James j. Hill,
In an address to the American News
paper Publishers association, gave
some general advice to publishers
and expressed his views on various
important questions. He particularly
argued against changes in tariffs by
Legislative bodies.
Experience has shown that every
general reconstruction of the tariff
whether for better or worse" he said,
means at least two years of doubt.
hesitation and bad business. The
eternal seesaw of tariff ups and downs
costs the country much more than
II would to live quietly under a bad
tariff system. Some day, perhaps. the
idea of taking the tariff out of politics
and combining it's regulation to a com
mission of experts will be realized.
I'm the meantime. while there may
be some mistakes to rectify and some
items to be rewritten in the light of
~stnpendous trade changes that have
occurred, agitation for any wholesale
tariff overturning must be bad for
everybody, and for labor worst of all.
The reason for expressing these
views here Is that IL the newspapers
of the country make 1t plain that they
will disapprove such a movement
which can only have a political mo
tive and only unfortunate industrial
consequences, the attempt will not be
made"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-24
NAVAL BATTLE EXPECTED
Allied Warships Preparing to Meet
Germans In North Sea.

London, April 24.-There is a tense
feeling here that great events are i'm
pending in the North sea and that a
decisive contest may be waged there
shortly between the allies navy and
German fleet.
This belief is caused by a number
OF significant things. The French
feet is reported from Copenhagen to
have joined the British In North sea
waters. All commerce between Hol.
land and England has been stopped
until further notice and British ships
are operating In the eastern reaches
Of the North sea, even under the guns
of Helgoland, from which place the
claim is made that several British
submarines have been sunk.
News Of the order concerning the
stopping of shipping between Holland
and England came from Amsterdam,
but was significantly enough passed
by the censor. The order adds that
1t Is hoped shortly to resume limited
largo and passenger traffic.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-24

London, April 24.-The assault on
the Dardanelles has been renwed, al
though II Is not apparent whether the
allied forces are ready to begin the
expected general attack.
A Havas dispatch from Athens says
heavy firing has been heard at Chios,
which leads to the superstition that
bo~mbardment OF the Smyrna forts has
been resumed.
Four British warships entered the
Dardanelles and bombarded the forts
for three hours. The Turkish FORTH
cations also were subjected to an in.
direct fire from the Gulf of Saros.
They replied vigorously to the attack
of the warships. French mine sweep
ers are continuing their operations
actively.
There Is nothing to indicate, how
ever, that any move has been made
toward an attack by the forces landed
from the Gulf of Saros.
A long conference between the ital
ian foreign minister and the Austrian
ambassador at Rome is accepted as q
sign that negotiations are still under
way between Austria and Italy.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-24
CAN YOU CONCEIVE WHAT
100000 MEANS7

Russia has 100000 men IN the
field; Germany. 100000; France,
100000, and Great Britain,
100000; total, 1900 900.
The soldiers are counted every
day, but If one man had to count
them the task would take him
about $50 days, working day and
night and taking no meal times.
If the whole of the troops could
be crowded close together, like
strap hangers i'm n New York
subway train. they would cover
LILO acres of ground.
Could the men be stood each
upon another's head they would
make a column 1908 miles high.
Standing shoulder to shoulder
they would require a trench that
would reach from New York to
San Francisco and back again.
If each man wrote only a sin
gle word the result would pro-
vide n newspaper with ten pages
of solid matter every day for six
months.
If the fastest stenographer had
TO take down the names he
would be lit days getting his
notes and nearly three years
translating them.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-24
Emperor Approves Program.

Toxic, April 24.-Emperor Yos
hihito and the elder statesmen, &C,
cording to the newspaper Jill Shin
po. have sanctioned the cabinets
program with reference to the de
mands on China and Minister Ext Hi
oki will make known his country's
position at Peking at once. II China
declines to accede to the demands
the Jill intimates, the situation will
become grave.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-24
Repairs Are Being Rushed or the
kronprlnx Wilhelm.

Newport News, Va, April 24.-The
auxiliary German cruiser Kronprin2
Wilhelm has left drydock and is now
in the same pier used by the Eitel
before she finally interned.
Her hull has been cleaned aud
painted up to the water line and her
smashed plates have been repaired
The new set of boiler tubes has ar,
rived and Is being installed and Off
GERS say their ship will soon be good
for twenty-eight knots an hour.
Mechanics here claim all repairs
can be finished within a week.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-24
CAR BUYS SHELLS HERE
One Order Involving sss. 10000 Given
to American Firm.

New York, April 24.-Details re-
garding the order from the Russian
government for shrapnel received by
the Canadian Car and Foundry CON-
pany are available. The total order
involves about $50, 0O0. 900, calling for
5000. 900 shrapnel at an average price
OF @17.86 for each shell.
The company proposes to manufac-
ture about 20 per cent OF the order at
IT. v plant and has already sub
1T so per cent to manufacturers In
oonada and the United States.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-24

Chicago, April 23.-Wheat-May,
$1.62h; July. SISSY Sept, $l.26.
Corn-May, 7sAc; July. S0Hc; Sept,
S1Ac. Oats-May, 57Ac; July, SEC;
Sept, 4SAc. Pork-May, $17.65;
July, S1S,22h; Sept, $500. Butter
Creameries, 271ac. Eggs-1SQ19c.
Poultry-Springs, 1Sc; fowls, 15c.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-24

South st. Paul, April 23.-Cattle-
Receipts. 1900; steers. $4.75@7.75;
COWS and heifers, $4.50Q6.50; calves
s3.75@7.75; stockers and feeders
$4.5007.25. Hogs-Receipts, 1890
range $7.20@7.S2h. Sheep-Receipts
80; lambs, s4.O0Q9.S5; wethers, $5.25
OTIS; ewes, S3.00q7.50.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-24
MANN WOULD BE PRESIDENT
Boom Started for Republican House
Leader In Illinois.

Springfield, ILL.,, April 24-Congress-
mar James X. Mann is an active can
didate for the Republican nomination
for president. Petitions for Mann's
nomination as a candidate In the iii.
nois president preferential primaries
next spring are in circulation in
Springfield.
Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman's
friends were stirred into immediate
activity and tentative arrangements
have been made to develop the Sher,
man candidacy.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-24
Doc Reseues F6undIina Baby.

Guided by the whining of Lottie. his
Scotch terrier. Paul Haberman follow
ed the dog into a hallway at 103 Hes
ter street, New York city, and was led
TO what looked like a bundle of rags
under the stairs. Lottie scratched al
the bundle and refused to leave 1t.
Haberman her found that II contain
ed a pretty ~ten-days-old girl.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-24
rheumatism Yields Quickly to sloan's

You can't prevent an attack of rheu-
matism from coming on. but you can
stop 1t almost Immediately. Sloan's Lin
iment gently applied to the sore joint
or muscle penetrates in a few minutes
to the infiamed spot that causes the
pain. 1t soothes the hot. tender, swollen
feeling. and In a very short time brings
a relief that is almost unbelievable un-
til you experience 1t. Get a bottle OF
Sloan's Imminent for csc OF any drug
gist n have ii in the house-against
colds, sore and swollen joint, lumbago,
sciatica and like ailments. Your money
back IL not satisfied. but II does give al
most instant relief.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-24
Raider Near Aberdeen.

London, April 24.-"According to
Berlin evening newspapers" says
Reuters Amsterdam correspondent.
"a German submarine stopped the
British steam trawler Glencarse off
Aberdeen aud took 1t into q German
port on the North sea-"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-24

Chicago. April 23.-Cattle-Steers
s5.65Q7.50; cows and heifers. $1,000
1885; calves, $6.O0Qs.75. Hogs
Light, $7.40W7.S5; mixed, $7.30@7.75;
heavy. s6.90@7.65; rough, $6.9007.15;
pigs, $5.75@7.00. Sheep-Native. $3.50
@S.60.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-24
Minneapolis Grain.

Minneapolis. April 23.-Wheat-
May, $1.56H: July, s1.53%; Sept,
s1.23ss. Cash close on track: No. l
hard. s1.65&s; No. l Northern, $1.5SB
11.62A; No. 2 Northern, $1.54% %
1922; No. 3 Northern. $1.47$ a
1878: No. 3 yellow corn. 74074Ac c;
No. 3 white oats. 5+A @55Ac; flax.
s. .916D1.93.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-24
wHooPrMo COUGH.

Well-everyone knows the effect OF
pine forests on coughs. DIR. Belts Pine
Tar-Money is a remedy which brings
quick relief for ~whooping cough, loosens
the mucous, soothes the lining OF the
throat and lungs. and makes the cough
ing spells less severe. A family with
growing children should not be without
1t. Keep 1t handy for all coughs and
colds. CSC at your druggist.
Electric Bitters q spring tonic.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-24
st. Paul Grain.

st. Paul, April 23.-Wheat-No. l
Northern, s1.5sMQ162%; No. 2
Northern, $1.54h Q1.59B No. 2 Mon.
tana hard. s1.60A 91.62B; corn, TAG
74hc; oats, San @55Ac; barley. esq
Tee; rye, $1.13Q1.14; flax, $3.50
1873.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-24
MARKET QUOTATIONS..


Duluth, April 23.-Wheat-On track
and to arrive, No. / hard, $1.63A; No
/ Northern, s1.62A; No. 2 Northern
$1.55A Q1.58A. Flax-On track and tC
arrive, $1.94h.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-24

Activity at the Dardanelles is now
increasing. Another concerted effort
to force the strait is expected daily.
Admiral Roebeck, who was highly
praised for his work In a recent Brit
ish wal office statement.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-24

+ Petrograd. Aprpil 24.-The i
: Russian Black sea torpedo i
: boat squadron bombarded the 4
: Turkish coast between Archai- I
+ va and Artaschin. This fif- I
: tcen-mile strip of coast was I
: swept with shell and barracks I
: and provision stores were de- :
+ stroyed. A large number of :
+ Turkish coastwise vessels la :
: den with ammunition and :
+ supplies we're sunk.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-24
RUSSIAN SHIPS
lombard TURKS
Coast for Fifteen Miles
Swept With Shells.
ATTACK ON DARDANELLES

Four British Craft Enter Channel
and Make Forts Target OF Their
Fire for Three Hours-No Evidence
Of Participation by Land Forces.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-24
EFFORTS TO END CHICAGO
STRIKE.

Chicago. April 24.-Negotia-
+ tions which are expected to
+ bring an end to the strike of
I. 10000 union carpenters were
started at a meeting of the ar
I. bitration committee of the
!. Carpenters union and repre-
+ sentatives of the Employers
!. association.
The two committees, Ii is
!. planned, will act as an arbi-
+ tration board.