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Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-03-11
HOME PAPERS CHARITY.

Ex-Governor David r. Francis ..
Missouri, once said the following NJ
newspapers:
Each year the local paper gives
from $500 to $1,000 in free lines to the
community in which it is located NJ
other can or will do this. The editor
in proportion to his means, does NOR.
for his town than any ten men, and in
fairness he ought to be supported
not because you like him or admire
his writings, but because the local pa
per is the best investment a commun.
ity can make. 1t may not be Dril-
liantly edited or crowded with thought,
but financially it is of more benefit 10
the community than the preacher or
teacher. Understand me, I do not
mean mentally, and yet on moral
questions you will find most of the pa
pers on the right side. Today the ed
itors of the local papers do the most
for the least money of any people on
earth"
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-03-11

~E&&EF-
sumner and thereby prove q great bless
ing to them, their families and the
communities in which they reside:
The temperance forces are not sat-
isfed with the compromise measure,
but prefer it to going through astreR
uous campaign next summer, which.
the Senate amendment to the original
house bill contemplated. Besides. the
provisions of the bill finally adopted
are all considered constitutional and.
therefore, no controversy in the courts
is anticipated. The strongest legal
minds were at variance upon the con-
stitutional standing of the Grier bill
Many of the best informed lawyers Ia
the State held it to be in violation oil
the constitution of the United States
and the very fact controlled the ac-
ton of a number of senator's. How.
ever, the defeat of the bill in the. Sen.
ate was due to fear of political revolt
The Senators lost their nerve and
to involve the people in a Bit
ter campaign, rather than take the
responsibility placed upon them by
tie folks at home last election. Theic
in: rejecting a genuine Drohi;
bition measure and forcing a compro-
mise by no means settles the question
and we have two more years OF agfta-
ton.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-03-11
OUR RELIGIOUS COLUMN,

The Democrat for some time has
sought the cooperation of a number
o. ministers in conducting a religious
Column in the paper each week. The
proposition was recently submitted to
the Ministers and Laymen's Meeting
of the Carolina association and as will
be seen elsewhere in these columns
h offer was accepted and the first
1nstallment begins with this issue.
1t is the purpose of the Baptist min
listers under the supervision of Rev,
r N. Pratt to tell the people some
tfing from week to week in this col
along church, Sunday school or
other religious lines, be it a news
item, short sermon or timely discus
sion.
While we have not been niggardly
With u space in this respect, we hone
to hereafter carry more religious
news, and the columns are open to
the ministers of Henderson county Of
all denominations.
We feel that such a department as
this will prove helpful in that it will
broaden the field of ministers n
put them in closer touch with all the
people, for the ministers as a rule
rarely get beyond the bounds of their
respective denominations. Through
the columns Of the Democrat their
audience or congregation would con-
s'st OF the people Of Henderson cour-
ty as a whole.
The religious activities of the world
are inseparably linked with all worthy
history-making events and we hope
that our readers will appreciate. this
new column and that through II the
cause Of Christianity may be strength
.eneds
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Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-03-11

WHAT IS A KILOWATT.

The following description Of a kiIo-
watt is published for the benefit of
those who will soon be called upon
monthly to pay for several thousand
of them to the collector of the local
light and power company, says the
Apopka (Fla.) News: ~
"a kiloWatt is a measure Or a
weight, or a certain term by which
we can find out how, much water it
takes to run a. dynamo to generate a
certain amount of electricity, to load
an amount of wire with a certain
amount of energy sufficient to produce
a certain amount of heat that when
forced through a certain kind Of plati-
mum wire and is suspended in a Gel
tain snapped glass bottle will illumi-
nate a certain amount of space in GER
tain buildings, as in such cases made
and provided.
You find out by certain figures il
simple proportion. You multiply the
current by the conscience of the pro-
prietor of the electric plant, divide
this by the meter on the wall, anu adj
whatever you can't multiply. Tue
answer will come in dollars and cents
Just divide these by the price you pay
per kilowatt and multiply again and
find out what a kilowatt is. 1t is
something you can't see, that you pay
for according to what some one tells
you who don't know what he is talking
about, and he proves it by the meter
that runs by guess and by thunder
and is attached to the wall by a hired
with machine-grease On his o
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-03-11

A North Carolinian is soon to sit a.
the head Of another important division
Of the Washington government. Good
old Sam Rogers" has again landed on
his feet, President Wilson having
named him<as director OF the censu2
The nomination was promptly CON
firmed by the Senate and Nj. Rogers
will be indicted into the ONCE on
March Is. OF course 1t was Senator
Simmons who turned the trick" not
withstanding the fact that Mr.. Rogers
had strong support In Washington and
from every quarter OF his own state
His numerous friends are ~retoiced I'd
Eear of his, good fortune. The post-
ton carries o salary Of $4,000 and IL
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Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-03-11
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THE WEAVER BILL KILLED:

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The Weaver child labor bill. Hes
upon the table in the senate and with
it went a substitute offered by Senator
Nash of Orange, which sought only to
provide simple machinery for the en-
forcement of the present law relative
to the employment of children in man
ufacturing establishments. The pro-
posed measure was pigeon-holed" the
day it was introduced. early in the
session. and an insidious lobby has
been maintained in Raleigh by the
North Carolina Manufacturers asso-
citation. from the opening of the Gen
eral Assembly, for the purpose of dis
suading the members from passing
this bill.-or any other. for that mat
ter, touching the subject of chidI
labor.
The Weaver bill has had rough sled
ding from the moment the Senator
from Buncombe offered it. A commit
tee on manufacturing had previously
been named by the president of tina
Senate and the name of every manu-
lecturer in that body was placed on
this committee. Like the billy goat.
they had already voted before the bill
was introduced. The pity is that this
meritorious measure could not. under
the rules have gone to a committee
composed of disinterested men. A
bill that is unfavorably reported by
any committee is generally rejected
by the main body in either branch of
tho Assembly. The committee on
manufacturers. composed largely OF
mill men and their sympathizers. had
decreed that no advanced labor legis-
lation should run the gauntlet of it's
sacred councils at this session and
they kept the faith. On the floor of
the Senate they we're ably assisted by
corporation lawyers, bankers, and foE-
mer mill employees, who outnuInber-
&c the advocates of the bill more than
three to one. Had the manufactur-
ers themselves named the members 0"
the commilte, to which Senator Weav-
er's bill vas referred, they could not
lave selected men more in harmony
with their wishes. And they nave got
ten what they wanted. So what does
it matter to the juvenile workers, who
are expending their energies in indus
trial plants.
The defeat of the Weaver bill occa-
little surprise, after the commit
tees adverse report on it weeks ago.
But the substitute offered by Senator
Nash which provided machinery fol
the enforcement of the subterfuge 10Y
on the statute books, was so fair t0
both sides that the public is astounded
a. the attitude taken by the opposition
with reference to it. The adoption of
the Nash substitute would have given
large measure of protection to every
manufacturer who is obeying the law;
1t would have thrown the arm of pro-
around the young children of
parents and put an end to the
rumors that the mill operators are
violating the law. 1t was a fight be-
tween paid lobbyists and a few faith
rul friends of the little children who
are toiling in factories, instead of be-
ins educated for business and the pro-
The result is regrettable,-
not to say disappointing, and the Sen |
ate of North Carolina has done itself
no credit by the action taken in this
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-03-11
EDITORIAL OBSERVATIONS
.(COntributed.)
THE ANTI-JUG LAW.

The bill offered by the Anti-Saloon
League would have prohibited the
shipment of liquor and beer into the
State for beverage purposes, but the
Senate put an amendment on the
House measure providing for a special:
election upon the question. The
went to a conference committee which
prepared a substitute acceptable to
both houses. The new law allows a
person to receive a quart of whiskey
or five gallons of beer each fifteen
days.-and no more. This does not
stop the delivery of liquor for bever-
age purposes, but will 90 a long way
towards putting blind tigers out Of
business. They cannot exist a great
while on two quarts a month. The
object sought q to put and end IL
blind-tigerism in all its, forms, more
particularly the boot-legger which i'm
tests almost every community in. the
practice of his nefarious business. ThE
article he may be, able to dispense at
ter April l, will come mighty high.
since the law to become effective AT
that time requires that shipments
Inugt be made in packages containing
only q single quart. Adding express
charges to the purchase price will re-
move both spirituous and malt liquors
beyond the reach Of the average con.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-03-11
Friendly Face of the Home Newspaper
Sure Of a Welcome Wherever 1t Goes
THE HOME. NEWSPAPER is the most interesting re
matter one can obtain. There is nothing else like it.

THE HOME NEWSPAPER is the most interesting reading
matter one can obtain. There is nothing else like it.
NEXT TO A LETTER, THE HOME NEWSPAPER IS THE MOST
ENTERTAINING THING IN THE WORLD FOR ONE LOCATED IN
A DISTANT CITY. 1T is JUST AS INTERESTING WHILE WE ARE
AT HOME, ALTHOUGH WE ARE NOT WON'T TO APPRECIATE
THIS FACT. IT Is OVERLOOKED BECAUSE IT HAS BECOME A
PART OF OUR DAILY LIFE, JUST AS MUCH so AS THE ALLoT-
TED THREE MEALS A DAY.
No one who FORMS THE HABIT of reading the HOME
NEWSPAPER will ever give it up. No one is willing to MISS
THE PLEASURES thus derived. No one is willing to deprive
himself of the intimate knowledge of his ~neighbors' successes and
failures, joys and sorrows, trials and tribulations.
There is NO OTHER MEDIUM that can take the place of
the HOME NEWSPAPER. Aside from giving the news of the
whole world, it gives US something THAT CAN BE OBTAINED
NOWHERE ELSE. It gives us all the little incidents in the
daily life Of our friends and ~neighbors, of those people we go
through life with, arm in arm. It tells of their progress. It tells
Of their social life. It tells Of the weddings, parties clubs, church
societies, etc. Z. tells who is visiting. It tells who is sick and
heralds their recovery.
THESE LITTLE Personal ITEMS CREATE A HOME NEWS.
PAPER. THESE .LITTLE FAcTs4AsoUT THE PEOPLE We e..
BOW THROUGH LIFE WtTHsARE FAR MORE INTERESTING
THAN SOME "BIos STORY" FROM A DISTANT CITY. THIS IS
WHAT MAKES THE HOME NEWSPAPER.
Can You afford to be without it for ONLY A FEW CENTS
a week? sb4s4a. -g# =
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-03-11

Congressman James M. Gudger has
forwarded the Democrat a quantity OF
seeds for general distribution. Tho
seeds ma ybe had by all persons CALI
ing for them DE they republicans. DEM
ecrats, socialists, independents, mug
w,1mps or suffragettes:
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-03-11

You know just how many kilow.t.
you have had, just what they COST WOW
apiece, but you don't know what tbou
are, what they look like, who msJa
them, what shape they are, whether -,
not they are all of the same siza y,
how old they are before they are rinC ,
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-03-11

enc 6f the most desirable in the gift
oe the President. 1t is needless to.
suggest that sam rogers VIII make.
good. He. has been tried in North
Carolina and yKas not found wanting
puilYfors the ggOd North State"
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-03-11

The Democrat publishes on an aver
age three times more county news
than any other newspaper, but it costs
no more.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-04-29


kIl bsEuFS IL hAd psassa the ttlgg,FqAF
old. He looked upon. tnaf h6Bt Md ts
looked across to tho sofa, Thsa ns
looked at French.
"My God!" he 1nuttered. s..+.,
The professor pushed past. He had
looked around the room, and gazed at
the two bodies with an expression Of
blank and absolute terror. Then he
fell back into Craig's arms.
"The poor grill he cried. "Horri-
BILE! Horrible! Horrible!" y.
know anything about this?'' Quest
asked quickly.
mot thing" the inspector replied
eve arrived, Mrs. Rheinholdt and l.
at five minutes past twelve. There
was no answer to our ring. / used
my pass key and entered. This is
what l found"
Quest stood over the body of his
valet for moment. The man was OBJ
viously dead. The inspector took his
handkerchief and covered up the head
A few feet away was heavy paper
weight.
"Killed by blow from behind"
French remarked grimly, with that
little affair. Look here!"
They glanced down at the girl
Quests eyebrows came together quick
". There were two blue marks upon
her throat where a mans thumbs
might have been.
"The hands again" he muttered.
The inspector nodded.
"Can you make anything of it?"
mot yet" Quest confessed. Il must
think"
The inspector glanced at him curl
ously.
Where on earth have you been toy
he demanded.
Been to?" Quest repeated.
Look in the mirror!" French sug-
gested.
. Quest glanced at himself. His col
lar had given way, his tie was torn, a
button and some of the cloth had been
wrenched from his coat, his trousers
were torn and he was covered with
dust.
"In tell you about my trouble a lit
tie later on" he replied. Say, can't
we keep those girls out?"
They were too late. Lauraaand Len
ora were already upon the threshold.
Quest swung round toward them.
Girls" he said, there has been
some trouble here. Go and wait up
stairs, Lenora, or sit in the hall.
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with your cursed prying into other
peoples affairs. Don't you remember
me. eh7 Red Gallagher?"
"Of course l dc" Quest replied
coolly. "You garroted and robbed an
old man and had the spree Of your life.
The old man happened to be a friend
Of mine. SO took the trouble to see
that you pa | for 1t. Well?"
Five years Of hell. that's what ]
had" the man continued, his eyes
flashing. his face twitching with an.
ger. well. you're going to have a
little bit more than i've years. This
sheds been burnt down twice, sparks
from passing engines. It's going to
be burnt down for the third time"
Sounds remarkably unpleasant"
Quest admitted. You'd better hurry
or. the boss will be back"
Gallagher finally slammed the door.
Quest heard the heavy footsteps OF
the two men as they turned toward
the section, house. He drew . little
case from his pocket
He opened what seemed IN re-
little mahogany boy. looked y
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he set HIS Teeth and Jumped.
Laura, you had better telephone to
the police station and for a doctor.
That's right, isn't it, inspectors"
"Yes!" the latter assented thought.
fully.
Lenora, white to the lips, staggered
a few feet back into the hall Laura
set her teeth and fingered.
rs that Ross?" she asked.
Its his body" Quest replied: "He's
been murdered here, he and the Saliva.
ton Army girl who was to come this
morning for her check"
Laura turned away half dazed.
I'D have trusted Ross with my life"
Quest continued, but he must have
been alone in the house when the girl
came. Do you suppose it was the
usual sort Of trouble?"
Inspector French stopped down and
picked up the paper-weight. Across 1t
was stamped the name Of Sanford
Quest
This yours, Quest?"
vi COu1 % IL 49, <ZUO6L Oils w OE6Q
Everything in the room is mine"
"The girl would fight to defend her
SELF" the inspector remarked slowly,
"but she could never strike man such
a blow as your valet died from"
French stopped and picked up a
small clock. 1t had stopped at eleven.
fifteen. He looked at it thoughtfully
Quest" he went on, IN have to
ask you question"
why not?" Quest replied looking
quickly up
Where were you at eleven-ffteen?"
"On tower No. 10 Of the New York
Central, scrapping for my life," Quest
answered grimly. "I'verreason to re-
member It."
Something in the inspectors steady
gaze seemed to inspire the criminolo-
gist with a new idea. He came a step
forward, little frown upon his fore
head.
Say, French" he exclaimed, "you
don't-you don't suspect me Of this?"
French was unmoved. He looked
Quest in the eyes. II.
II don't know he said.
ITO TT cONrT,--70r
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SYNOPSIS.

Sanford Quest. master criminologist Of
the world, finds that in bringing to Jus,
tice Macdougal, the murderer of INrd
Ashleigf's daughter. he has but just On
tered a life-and-death contest with mys-
terious master criminal. Engaged by Pro-
lessor Ashleigh, Lord Ashleigh's brother.
to recover. the stolen skeleton Of an an
thropoid ape, hurried to Mrs. Rheinholdt's
IT ception, where her diamonds have been
torn from her throat by q pair OF hands a. as
appears from nowhere in his rooms and q
note contained in It signed by the taf aT the
Rheinhoidt diamonds and the skeleton
may % hidden together While -, La urS
fessofsD valet, Quest and Lenora. his as
sistent, 6nd the skeleton in a hut in the
professors garden. and discover there an
inhuman creature, half monkey and half
man. AZ the professor explains. the hut
is set afire and the nnonkey-man and
skeleton are destroyed in the flames. In
Quest'9 rooms the Rheinholdt diamonds
suddenly reappear. enclosed In q second
black box with note signed By the
firoafAnluR hands
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-04-29


LID sspds. Where.hel haa iefN tls III.
Tne' ohsfifear, who saw him, coming
started up and climbed to his seat
Guest took his place. -.
sDrive to the Office" he ordered.
The man slipped in his clutch. Tney
were In the act of gliding on when
there was a tremendous report. They
Stopped short. The man jumped down
and looked at the back tire.
Blowout" he remarked laconically.
Quest frowned.
How long will 1t take?" ~
-Four minutes" the man replied.
tive got another wheel ready. That's
the queerest blowout / ever saw
though"
The two men leaned. over the tire.
Suddenly Quests expression changed.
His Rand stole into his hip pocket.
"Tcm," he explained, ''that wasn't
blowout at all. Look here!"
He pointed to the small level hole.
Almost at once he stood back and the
sunshine flashed upon the. revolver
clutched in his right hand.
THAT was bullet" he continued.
Someone fired at that tire. Tom,
there's trouble about"
The man looked nervously around.
That's a rife bullet, sure" he NUT.
tered.
"Get on the wheel as quick as you
can," Quest directed. Here, I'll give
you hand" &
He stopped down to unfasten the
straps which fastened the spare wheel.
It was one of his rare lapses, realized
a moment too late. Almost in his ears
came the hoarse cry:
Hands up, guvnor! Hands up this
second or I'll blow you to hell!"
Quest glanced over his shoulder and
looked into the face of Red Gallagher.
raised little above the level Of the
road. A very ugly little revolver was
pointed directly at Quests heart.
my mate's\ got you covered on. the
other side Of the road, too. Hands up,
both Of you, pr we'll make quick job
of it."
Quest shrugged his shoulders, threw
his revolver inte4he road and obeyed.
AS he did so, the other man stole out
from behind a bush and sprang for
the chauffeur, who under cover Of the
car was stealing of. There was a
brief struggle, then the dull thud Of
the railway mans rife failing on the
chauffeur's head. He rolled over and
lay in the road
pitch him of amongst the bushes"
Red Gallagher ordered. you don't
want anyone who comes by to see.
Now lend me hand with this chap"
What do you propose to do with
me?" Quest asked.
You'll know soon enough" Red Gal.
lagher answered. "A matter Of five
minutes talk, to start with. You see
that handcar house?"
Perfectly WELL" Quest assented
"My eyesight is quite normal"
Get there then. I'm q yard behind
you and my revolver's pointing for
the middle Of your back"
Quest sprang lightly down from the
road, crossed the few intervening
yards and stepped into the handcal
house.
Gallagher and his mate followed
close behind. Quest paused on the
threshold.
tits filthy dirty hole" he re-
marked. Cant we have our little
chat out here? Is 1t money you
want?"
Gallagher glanced around. Then
with an ugly push Of the shoulder he
sent Quest Keeling into the shed. His
great form blocked up the doorway.
"No," he cried fercely, "tt's not
money / want this time. Quest, you
brute, you dirty bloodhound! You
sent me to the pen for FIVE years-you
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CHAPTER III.

Mrs. Rheinholdt welcomed the in
spector with q beaming smile as; he
stepped out of his ONCE and ap-
preached her automobile.
How nice Of you to be 20 punctual.
Mr.. French" she exclaimed. making
room for him by her side. win you
tell the man to drive to Mr.. Quests
house in Georgia squared"
The inspector obeyed and took his
place in the luxurious limousine.
How beautifully punctual we arel"
she continued. glancing at the clock.