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Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-09
MORE ABOUT MYSTERIOUS
LIGHTS in MOUNTAINS.
Unusual Lights i'm Burke County
Come in For Considerable PubIici.

ty; Cause of Lights Unknown.
w. w. Scott of Washington, who was
visiting in the mountains of Caldwell
and Burke counties during the past
summer. has written at len. 9Th in the
Lcnoir Topic concerning the mysteri-
oGs lights in that section, for the in
vostigation of which a meeting was
recently called by a Lenoir newspaper
man.
The article follows in part:
For nearly five years reports of the
appearance OF a mysterious, or unex-
piGinable, light from over or about
Brown mountain. as seer from Loven's
have been current in the State, but,
in spite of the fact these reports have
been vouched for by scores, if not hun
dreds, of the most respectable people
in the State, public opinion, if it has
paid any attention to the matter at oil
has not treated it seriously. Calling
it an optical illusion is the mildest
form of incredulity with which the
story of the light is brushed aside,
while the usual way of laughing it
down is to call it the light that ne'er
was seer on land or sea or to classify
it with the Statesville Landmarks
SduIOI VI a SOAOAoI1OA oSO1 anu 0NSh
old wives tales.
Sidney Gather Saw It First.
Eight. or nine years ago q party Of
young people, fishing and ~frolicking at
Lcven's, were on the ridges neal his
hotel looking at the beautiful noun
tain scenery as disclosed by bright
moonlight, when Mr.. Sidney Gather,
of Morganton called out to his COM
panions that he saw a bright light rise
over Brown mountain. When the rest
Of the party turned to look they saw
nothing and guyed Mr.. Gather, ac-
him of seeing visions. He pro
tested that it was no optical illusion
and now contends that he was vindi-
Gated by what was seen at the same
SCOT three or our years later n has
continued to be seen ever since.
Scores Claim to Have Seen the Light.
give years ago Rev. DR.. Gregory.
Presbyterian minister at Morgan
began occupying. for several
weeks. the cottage at Loven's which
ON the hill above the hotel, In
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-09
MR.. GLAzENER SELLS.
(Breyard News.1

The entire stock of dry goods of G.
M. Glazener, who has been in busi-
ness in Brevard and HendersonVi1lo
for many years, is being sold out this
week, preparatory to closing out the
business.
R, S. Fuller, who has been in charge
of the store for SOME time, has ac-
cepted a position as salesman with.
Mr.. Plummer and has taken up his new
duties. The sale of the Glazener stock
is under the direction of Mr.. Glazener
himself, assisted by Frank Corriher,
of Hendersonville, and P. S. King, OF
Breyard.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-09

and having won the approval of Gov
ernor Craig, a teacher will probably
be- employed to instruct white con
victs in the documentary arts OF read
ing and writing.
While it is a slight jar to racial
pride to know that prisoners OF an IN
ferior race make a better showing IN
intellectual attainment than those
who by nature were intended to FUR
nlsh an example for the weaker protn-
er4 it is comforting in another way
comforting to know that white men
Of education and refinement We're q
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-09
SCHOOL FOR CoNvICTs.

le putting on Of moving pictures
raoI Le state penitentiary having re-
anu the fact that white ~illiterates
eng the prisoners were largely in
onoS; as OF the blacks similarly dis
nIeG. a movement is on to conduct
tbono oonilght school for the benefit Of
VIII u~hIortunates. Mrs. Meredith,
is Ooeaches in prison Sunday school,
No"loter Of this much needed SER
those for whom the State of
Carolina is now responsible,
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-09
A LONG TRAIN.

A train of 1913 cars, making a line
zoo yards over a mile long, perhaps
the longest train " hauled over the
Atlantic Coast Line, passed through
here Saturday morning en- route to
Florida. The cars were all of the
refrigerator type, were empty and
are to be used in shipping Christmas
fl uits northward.-Benson Review.
Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-09

aWewill base this price on Chicago
quotations with the freight added.
To-day prime a corn is worth 74c
per busheL. IF it is worth more next
week we will pay more. We also
pay cash for nubbins and field run
corn according to grade.
Henderson county does not raise
one-third the corn it should, because
there has been no regular market
where it could be disposed of at
prices it should bring. We will pay
you the same cash price that outside
shippers ask for it, and are in position
to handle your surplus at all times.
Raise more corn.
The Washington herald., 1915-06-11

When they have good teeth and good digestion
they would have Congress compel all the farmers
to raise beef cattle and make roast beef the uni
versal diet of mankind; but when their teeth decay
and digestion goes awry, they would have the law
changed to prohibit any from eating other than
asparagus or oatmeal porridge. The reformer is
built on the personal idea and personal appetite
plan. AS rule he knows no law but his own sell
fish tastes which he calls conscience and would
spread it the earth the fiat of the Almighty
instead Of his own whims due to indigestion.
Over in that great and good city of Philade-
pha, which Billy Sunday recently converted they
have law prohibiting music and dancing in any
hotel, cafe or saloon where liquor is sold. The
good people wanted the law enforced, and the
saloons have complied with the law, but the fash
ionable hotels contend that the law was not made
for them. They continue in the old way, and some
of the reformers who inspired the law support
them. 1t is one of those curious developments of
the old farmers idea that his gun should be loaded
to kill bear but miss calf. Too many reform
want laws written that plan that they
instead of the courts can be the judges to when
it applies. They eternally complain of jokers in
the law and they eternally trying to interpret
jokers into the law. And yet they wonder why
they not taken more seriously when they al
most daily advertise that the law is not for them
or those whom they favor, but only for the indi-
vidua and the occasion when they desire to use
the strong of the law to enforce their
petty, personal DEGREES
The Washington herald., 1915-06-11

They were. moreover. painfully
periously isolated. Ships could come
from England to any part OF the Eng
lish coasts OF America in five weeks
whereas IT was a good six months
journey from France to the frontier
posts upon the lakes or by the far
away western rivers.
The st. Lawrence was closed for
nearly half the year by ice: and it was
a weary task to get any boat up the
stream of the endless Mississippi
against its slow tide of waters and
through the puzzling. shifting chan
nels Of its winding course.
The Marquis Duauesne had called
the lroquois to a council in 1854. ere
he left his governorship. and had COM
mended his sovereign's government to
them because OF this very difference
between French and English.
Are you ignorant" he said, of the
difference between the King of Eng
land and the King of France? Go. see
the forts that our King has established
and you will see that you can still
hunt under their very walls They
have been placed for your advantage
in places which you frequent The
English. on the contrary. are no soon
er in possession of a place than the
Is uTlNeH away Inc forest 1dlls
before them as they advance. and the
soil is laid bare SO that you can scarce
find the wherewithaI to erect a shelter
for the night"
Perhaps DuQuesne. being soldier
and no statesman. did not realize all
that this difference meant
The French posts. with the forests
close about them. were not self-sup-
porting communities such as every
where filled the English doRlinion
Their governors were soldiers, their
habitants a garrison. the few settlers
near at hand traders. not husbandmen.
or at best mere tenants of the crown
of France.
No doubt II was easier for the saw
ages to approach and trade with them;
but it would turn out - be Infinitely
harder for the French to keep them.
Their occupants had struck no deep
rootage into the soil they were seated
upon. as the English had.
Tomorrow The Tide of Prosperity
The Washington herald., 1915-06-11
The Ways of Reformers.

One OF the best known women in the nit ed
at her table and there many who approve that
custom. But she goes farther and refuses to have
in her wardrobe in the furnishings Of her home
any article which represents the sacrifice of bird,
animal fish life. She wears no furs nor has
she fur rugs in her homo. She wears wooden or
silk shoes with rubber solcs instead OF leather
1t is a thoroughly consistent policy reprcscntinc
life governed AT all points by belief that neither
food nor clothing should depend on the sacrifice of
life to any being on Gods footstool.
She does not, however, insist that other people
shall follow her personal system. She meets other
women clothed in luxurious furs with brilliant
plumage their hats, and dainty boots made from
the finest skins their feet She is a PHILOSOPHER
as well regulator OF her own life She
could not teach, let alone compel other people to
take her view of life and its obligations to other
life. Instead of being leader in reform she is
wayward example of individualism 1t is her
individual right to allow her conscience to govern
her conduct, to the point of eccentricity and
it is recognized as high order of individualism
If she should organize cult and begin a move
ment for reform on these lines, she would become
the object OF ridicue, and yet she would be no
more ridiculous than other people with eccentric
notions, but with the development of an eeotism
which impels them to preach the only true gospel
of correct living, and demand legislation to com
pei all other human kind to fall in and do likewise
The Washington herald., 1915-06-11

How is peace to be established and main
tanned among nations" asks Senator Lodge. "Onc
thing is certain ii cannot be done by words
Nothing will be accomplished by people who arc
sheltered under neutrality, gathering outside the
edges OF the ip;'i and from comfortable safety
summoning tho combatantS to throw down their
and make peace because is filled with
horrors and women the mothers of men. The
nations and the fighting they believe
for their lives and their freedom and their ma
tional existence know all this better than any one
else and would heed such babble, If they heard
it, no more than the twttering OF birds" And
vet the birds that twitterng in this country
expect to be listened to with respectful consider
alton.
The Washington herald., 1915-06-11

AYO one who marked how the Eng
~ lish colonies had grown, and
q how the French had Jagged in
the effectual settlement and mastery
of the regions they had taken. could
wonder that in the final struggle for
supremacy the English had won and
the French lost everything there was
to fight for.
The French had been as long on the
continent as the English. and yet they
did not have one-tenth the strength of
the English. either in population or in
wealth. when this war came.
There were 5000 white colonists In
Canada. all told; and only $4,000 more
in all the thin line of posts and ham
let's which stretched from the st. Law
renee through the long valley Of the
Mississippi to the Gulf-S00CO in all
In the English settlement there were
more than a million co!onists 1.160.-
O00). not scattered in separated posts
set far apart in the forested wilder
ness. but clustered thick in towns and
villages. or in neighborly plantations.
where the forest had been cleared
a -ay, roads made. and trade and peace
established.
The English had been seeking. not
conquest. but comfort and wealth in
busy centers and populous country
sides. where their life now ran as
strong and as calm. almost. as II they
were still in the old lands OF England
itself.
The French. on the contrary. were
placed where their government wished
them to be: could hardly be said to
have formed independent communities
at all: and were glad If they could so
much as exc out a decent subsistence
from the soil. or from food brought
by ship from France over sea.
The English spread very slowly. con-
sidering how fast they came. and kept
in some sort solid mass: but the re-
suit was that they thoroughly pos
sessed the country as they went. and
made homes. working out a life of their
own.
The French merely built frontier
posts. the while. on the lakes and
rivers. as they were hidden or guided
or eXhorted by their governors: took
up such land as was assigned them by
royal order: did their daily stint OF
work. and expected nothing better.
The Washington herald., 1915-06-11

According to statement filed by their coun-
sci the principal express companies OF the coun-
try face present deficit OF s., 3soSo4 from opera
lions since the lower rates prescribed by the In
tcrstate Commerce Commission went into effect
and the increase they ask would give an APP
parent profit only SI5o,422 a gross business
OF SI3I.oooooo which is far from a reasonable
return But think OF the handsome showing the
Postofhcc Department has been enabled to make
by having the railroads carry the bulk OF the par
cells post business for nothing.
The Washington herald., 1915-06-11
uSzzz.

Fort Warren and transported by a gov
eminent tug across Massachusetts Bay
to the Rinaldo. OF course as the Rinal-
do was sixty miles. away from Fort War
rCn. it was impossible to salute her flag.
and Mason and Slidell were taken out
of Fort Warren at ( o'clock in the morn.
inG-no salute being fired except in day
light-it was not possible to salute the
departing prisoners who had been set
free. Both commissioners We're deplor-
ably seasick while making the passage
from Boston to Cape Cod and S1idell
was perfectly limp and helpless when re-
moved from the tug to the British vessel
These facts were narrated to Secretary
Seward. 4 short time after. he enter
tanned Lord Lyons at his house. and
probably told the British minister what
had happened. Lord Lyons heard this
story At Secretary Stewards table and
was greatly amused He was able to
communicate to his government that
while the United States was all ready to
salute the British flag. 1t was imprac-
ticahle TO do that under the crcum-
stances. so that presumably the better
part would he to take the will for the
deed.
Copyright 1915. IN E. J. Edwards. All rights re-
seryelJ
Tomorrow DR.. Edwards will tell of "A
Mysterious Friend of the Union in
France
The Washington herald., 1915-06-11
HISTORY BUILDERS.
How the Country Was Spared One
Humiliation.

Written Expressly for The Washington Herald.
BY DIR. T.. J. EDWARDS.
The Lusitania incident has revived
recollection of the time when the United
States, in response to the demand of
Great Britain, delivered Mason and Sill
dell to British authorities some weeks
after they had been taken from British
steamship. the Trent. because they were
acknowledged commissioners from the
Confederate government whose service
was to be at London and Paris.
Secretary william II. Seward agreed to
meet the demand of Great Britain by
surrendering Mason and Slidell and by
also making an apology for the taking
of them from British mail steamships.
and he Furthermore agreed to salute the
British flag.
Secretary Seward and Lord LYONS, who
was at that time minister of Great Brit
ain to the United States, were personally
attracted each to the other so that at
last a warm friendship was established
between them. The hardest part OF the
duty which Secretary Seward felt he
must perform was the agreement that
the British flag should be saluted when
Mason and Slidell were delivered to the
British authorities.
There was at that time a strong suS-
picion that Secretary Seward and Lord
Lyons came to a sort of informal under
standing by means of which the humili
ating ceremony of saluting the flag
could be avoided.
Mason and Slidel were confined as
prisoners of war in Fort Warren. Bos-
ton HarbOr. Gustavus Il. Fox. Assistant
Secretary of the Navy. was designated
as the officer to supervise the handing
over of Mason and Slidel to the British
authorities. Fox. although a very seri-
Gus man so far as his Navy Department
duties were concerned. had a keen sense
Of humor. When he came back to WASH
ington after Mason and SlideIl had been
delivered to a British steamship which
was at anchor off Cape Cod. he detailed
to Secretary Seward the manner in which
these two commissioners were turned
over to Great Britain and how the sa-
lutte of the British flag had been avoided.
1t had been agreed that in view of the
violent feeling in Boston against. Great
Britain It might he the better part not
to ha We the British steamer Rinaldo en-
ter Boston Harbor So II was agreed
that she WAS to anchor off Cape Cod.
Mason and Slidell were to be taken from
The Washington herald., 1915-06-11

We are going TO have plenty of wheat and cot
be connected with the Department of Agriculture,
believes the wheat crop will to GAL 900 900
bushels or 6oooo.ooo more than last year, and the
official reports condition give color to this. The
official estimate OF the reduction in cotton acre
age from last year is not yet issued. The National
City Bank of New York thinks it may amount to
10 per cent; the New York Journal of Commerce
puts il at 10 to IS; Memphis computation puts
it at Is, and ono estimate is 20 per cent The two
lowest estimates arc the most authoritative and
they give assurance Of large crop. though, of
course not like last years remarkable yield Less
fertilizers have been bought than usual The re-
duction of acreage is nothing like what it was
expected to be, because the prices got up to re-
spectacle figures some time ago. and exports have
nearly caught up with last years hgures-Phila-
delphia Record
The Washington herald., 1915-06-11

York. The two mines were
composed of East Side boys,
some OF them rather tough
looking.
1t was interesting to sec
them play. They entered in
to the work with enthusiasm.
And toward one another
they showed a fine spirit.
The Englishman was very
much impressed. Those arc
very remarkable boys" he
said. Then. with that pc
culiar upward infection to
The Washington herald., 1915-06-11
Doings of Society

of honor. and Miss Ursula Knautb Mic,
Isle knauth. of New York City; Miss
Hazel Scudder. of Glen Cove. l.. l.. and
Miss Lucy Howard. of this city. as brides
maids; Lieut. j. Ogden Hoffman was bcst
man and the uShers were Lieut. Francis
John Comerford. Lieut.. Augustine GRAY
Lieut.. Lewis Hancock. jr. and LEY,
Everett Cole Capehart, brother of the
bridegroom.
Lieut. Capehart is attached to the
United States Aviation Corps. and is sta
toned at Pensacola. Fla.
Rear Admiral and Mrs John d Adams
will leave Washington the end of this
month and will spend most of the sum-
mer motoring throughout New England
Mr.. George Foster Peabody. of Sara
toga Springs. has been spending several
days at the Shoreham
Mrs. Joseph Rucker Lamar will leave
Washington the end of this month TO
make a series of visits in Kentucky
Later Mrs Lamar will go to White Sui
pnur Springs for lengthy stay
Mrs Sfgerfoos. wife of Mai. Edward
siserfoos. will entertain at bridge on the
afternoon of June 16
MI. and Mrs. Leonard Nicholson went
10 Leesourg yesterday for the horse show.
Mr.. Archibald C. Thacher. Of New York
arrived at the Shoreham yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William w D,r.r-
mower announce the marriage of their
daughter. Adelaide. and Mr.. Harry
Augustus Grant. on Wednesday after
noon at 2 O'Clock. at the German Luz
theran Church. The Rev. DR. Richard
Schmidt nffici1rad
of the family were present. Mr. and
Mrs. Grant left Immediately after the
ceremony for a Northern trip. Thew
will be at home at 1919 l street after
July Is.
Mrs. Tomb. wife of Lieut. Com
mander j. H. Tomb. l.: S. ~, will go
to Blue Ridge Summit. Pa, in July.
Mr. Henry Sherman Boutell and his
and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs
John Brooks Ladd. have gone to Ken
nebunkport. Me. for the summer Mrs
Boutell will join her family next
week.
Comma nder G. l.. p. Stone. u g ".
and Mrs. Stone. accompanied by their
small daughter. left Washington last
evening for Norfolk. where Com
mander Stone. who has been on leave.
will rejoin his ship. the u S. S. Yer
mont. Mrs. Stone and her daughter
will take an apartment in Portsmouth
for a few months and will be Joined
there by G. l.. P. Stone, jr., when his
school closes
Miss Eloise Orme who is visiting
Mrs. Moore in Wilmington. Della. will
be the guest of Miss Henryette Staddl-
mann next week at her home in will
mington.
Comma nder Mutton. L. s. ". and Mrs
Mutton are at the Ebbtt for stay Of
several days.
Capt E F. Robbins. L. S. A.. is in
the city for a few days. He Is at the
Ebbitt.
Former Senator and Mrs. W. MUIR
ray Crane have opened their summer
home. Windsor Hill. in the Berkshires.
Miss Bertha Mae Embrey. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs John s. Embrey. and Mr..
A. Turner Cox. son of Mrs. T. A. Hill.
we're married in the Maryland Avenue
Baptist Church last evening by its
pastor the Rev. Harry ]. Goodwin. in
the presence OF large gathering.
The church was deliberately and artist
ALLY decorated with palms. ferns. and
with standards of roses and
ribbons marking the pews. and the altar
was banked with palms, ferns. and
oeonies.
The ushers who preceded the bridal
CONTINUED on FACE SEVEN.
The Washington herald., 1915-06-11

And now we are informed that the boosted
honor system does prevail at the Naval
Academy Certainly it used to prevail, and the
question how and when it eNtingushed natur-
ally arises From recent developments it would
appear that tho sooner it is restored the better
The Washington herald., 1915-06-11

In all this discussion over the unprcparcdncss
OF our navy. it seems strange that Admiral Fiske
and so many OF his fellow fighters should have
the temerity pronounce our national sea defense
inadequate when many Of our frcsh-water states
men have declared it to be otherwise.
The Washington herald., 1915-06-11

Mr. Bryans son says his father will not be a
candidate Tor the Presidential nomination in 1910,
but that he will support President Wilson. Ac-
ccptine Mr.. Bryans announcement OF his
plans the President may we'll exclaim: Save me
from my friends"
The Washington herald., 1915-06-11
Why Was Thisl

81 do not believe that the President will care
to assume entirely the cares and responsibilities
and problems of our international relations, but
that he will be glad to divide the burden with
Congress-, declared Senator Cumnins As he pre-
dicted an etra session not later than September.
And then ne listened in vain for applsuse.-Indian-
The Washington herald., 1915-06-11
PLUNGE IN.

Waiting, waiting for success?
That's no plan of mine, l guess
Not while I've the nerve to go
Out into life's tidal flow
There to swim about and find it
With its prizes trailed behind it!
Copyright lslSI
The Washington herald., 1915-06-11

For his seven weeks work of soul-saving in
Paterson, n. J.. Billy Sunday received $685. And
there is no rebate for backslidcrs.
The Washington herald., 1915-06-11

Gen. Christian De Wet leader OF the South
African rebellion against Great Britain, pleads
not guilty to a charge Of high treason, but guilty
to a charge OF scdition. He evidently believes it
is fine TO be hero. but wise to draw the line at
the point where he is in danger of being a dead
The Washington herald., 1915-06-11

A Washington policeman is accused OF house
breaking Possibly his defense will be that he
once served on the New York City force.
The Washington herald., 1915-06-11

1t is not altogether impossible that the re-
ionder to Germany was revised and improved IN
the last two days.
The Washington herald., 1915-06-11

Another note from this government to Great
Britain is in course of preparation, the output APP
parcntlv not being seriously curtailed by recent
vents.
The Washington herald., 1915-06-11

Two prisoners III the Police Court were SEN
fenced to Jail yesterday for stealing furs. A serl-
Gus crime, surely, in these days.