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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-23
- Net Income and Gross Receipts
a. Munisaon Makers Assessed,
lay CAUSE FORCE REDUCTION
<npany Did Not Provide for Amy
Il mach Bursiensomc Added Expense
Y when Large Volume of CoatraCts
7 Was Written.

ha sci !
M the du Pout company with re-
nues, that x he given iu the public.
II IL as follows,
July : 1915.
4 fYonorat HE claude KitsL.u. Char,
Navs ana Means Committee
Il s House at Rcprtseutatives
wv Dear slr.-The do Font Company de-
nire~ t. submit 10 thN Ways aud
Means Committee House OF Repre-
sanrafives and 10 other members ~
Congress certain facts hearing on fao
sr11nnufact,lrc q "runpowier and
r,yhar exrlrstvas taxation on wIiln
4 rrny3ded III II i le1t2
We regret that We dld not have
an opportunity 10 hc heard before
this bill was framed and refr4 ned
fror, rao.losttng IA hearing because
We felt that any suggestion 1olln.
ssecred might he miecoustrucd How
ever the proposed TAX is III $50 vital
anterest 10 his COMPANY ana the so
zs5(,f,n men now 5p oar cTnpitst that we
zee, 41stl5ed in sending yoa.thie com
4 nunication
i This bin makes the au Point
rxon,nauv and other manufacturers
ar axrIosvas the subjects of double
saxatiop a f. places "a lax on net
sprayne and an gross rerttf,fs
? Tho b3lI dtvsr.yuiratts against
4he manufacturers If explosives.
sIneiing out .ne5r industry for arse-
tic trea,rlcn1 amounting Pea Honai.za-
ton. while others engaged ln th.
,rnnrufar tt,re If munitions of ,va~ and
snaking equal on greater profits are
+ r,arr,itted 10 rn free For example.
From ttc t7rrtrrrr-79,. RI ,y---.
10 and including ArrH laaf there
were exported from tIG limited.
Eta4es for military purposes
Auto trucks and pas
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-23
Look at These Domestics

PERCALES, in assorted stripes
and figures; yard wide: worth
10c and IL 1-2c yard. for g Sic
CHAMBRAYS, in assorted colors:
lengths to 20 yards; all worth loo
a yard, now offered at 80 1-2c
COLORED l. Az Ms AND
NOILES, worth 10c and IL l-2c a
yard, lengths to 10 yards, tomor-
row .,............ sc
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-23
.OCHET BED SPREADS.

CROCHET BED SPREADS, in
beautiful Marseilles patterns, taken
from lines worth soc are now zoe
SUMMER COMFORTS, filled
with soft cotton and offered in good
large sizes, worth $3.50. at .Si.19
BLANKETS, in large size with
blue or, pink borders: instead OF
$l.25 pair will go for ST 90
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-23
1Oc Longcloth, Yard 80,

THIS LONGGLOTH is So inches
wide. with that much desired soft
chamois finish; Monday -. 8 1-2c
IL f-2c MADRAS for shirts and
waists; SO inches wide: lengths to
10 yards; per yard .....,.9 3-4c
EXTRA SPECIAI-White Cab
ardine Skirting yard wide, shown
In skirt lengths; tomorrow. IL lac
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-07-23

DRESS GINGHAMS, In pretty
plaids and stripes. unusually fine
quality, worth IL 1-2c for ..s3-4c
BLEACHFD COTTON, of good
quality, a yard wide, very special
since 1t drops from 10c to 80 -4c
SILENCE CLOTH that comes so
inches wide will be among tho
other Bargain Basement specials
csc
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-05
City News
&: {: i'm Briet

Enroilme0t Coz tive Horne Gusr5s
au ufart h' arfa= t4ius,r Iuhus "a h.
tuts Uuf tHst t..rt is r1ow n tnr
c'wia.w nr ID RESIST siNtHs wnu mru
fhr irN tunIsht oII ~uau promptly az
lo yle,k tum fhc CiN HaN Those
wtn dn. uc W ur fhe company sry
ul-ui ta hc at jhe Gins hau promptly
an umr
The entertainnsnt that was g have
nV.n sifru Ht fhr Nsh ~chnH aula-
tHrnm asi neht unarr tnr aasricts of
tN0 MoWrns Relief CORPS ~ fhr
Grand ANN, hewhlc was postponed
tUi unf NrVk
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-05

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French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14
WAR DEBT s75,OOO,OOU, 900.

The Indebtedness of the seven prin-
cipal nations engaged in the Euro
pean war has crossed $75,OOO000,O 900,
according to statistics prepared by the
Mechanics and Metals National bank,
made public in a special booklet on the
financial aspects of the war. Mid-19l4
the Indebtedness of these seven ma
tons was $27. OOOO0O,0O0.
The war is now costing $105, 100000
every twenty-fOur hours estimates the
Mechanics and Metals National bank.
expenditures Of the entente allies be-
ing fully double those of the central
allies. Last April, when this bank
undertook to make a financial analysis
of the war, its calculation of daily war
cost was $9O,0OO,OOO. That Europe
will have expended $75, 100000, 900 di-
rectIy for military operations, and that
it's combined direct cost will have
been 1OO,OOO,OOO,OOO, if hostilities ex-
tend to the miGdIe Of next yea, IS a
statement made by the bank. In MAX
ing it's estimate Of direct military eX-
penditure, the bank compares it with
the approximate cost of other great
wars of history as follows: ~
* NapOleOnIc wars, l193-l8Io, $6,z4O.-
100000.
:: American Civil War, 1861 1855,
SIS, 100000 900. '-'.
Franco-Prussian war, 1870-1871,
$3,OO0,O0O,00O. h..
s.. South African war, 1900Z19O2, 81,
10000. =.
Russo-Japanese war, ,19O4-19O5, ST.
500,0O0,000.
european war, 1914-1917, $75,OOO,-
100000.
Interest on debt will require the
payment of $500, 100000 yearly after
1917, if the war ends next year the
Mechanics and Metals bank figures
N. Y. Commercial
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14
Improved Camera.

The convenience of the camera has
been further increased by the addition
of a means for accurately judging the
actinic value Of the light at the time
of making a picture, and thereby ar
irving at the correct length of expo
sure to be given the sensitive film, says
the Scientific American. The improve
ment relates particularly to those
cameras which carry a roll film. AS
these films are now made they are
backed with a sheet Of black or red
paper for the purpose of protecting
them from the light, and they have
imprinted on them numbers which ap-
pear under a tiny opening in the back
of the camera and serve as a guide to
the operator in properly spacing the
exposures on the film. The new
scheme, in addition, cOntemplates at
taching to the backing paper, pieces
of sensitized paper at regular inter
walls which pass along under another
opening, and by observing the change
which takes place in the color of these
pieces as they are exposed under the
opening, the operator is enabled to ar
rive at the length of time the shutter
is to be opened in making the exposure
for the desired picture.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14
OBEDIENCE BETTER
THAN SACRIFICE.

The war with Amalakites was war
of determination. The divine com
mand to Saul was to utterly destroy
man and beast so that one Of the Vilesr
nations of history might be blottcd
from the face of the earth. Saul was
victorious, but no sooner had the
enemy surrendered than the victor
Wavered in the hour of triumph. He
reserved the best Of the soil as an i'm
pressive ornament of the victory. But
the prophet appeared, the king was
censured and his throne was promised
another.
There is such a thing as Intellectual
sacrifice. 1t is ineffectual when it
varies from the command, as in the
case of Saul who kept when he should
have killed the spoil; in the case of
Moses who should have spoken to
rather than struck the rock; in the
case of Naaman who at first would
have dipped himself in crystal ALBANIA
or Pharpar rather than in the muddy
Jordan Sacrifice is Intellectual when
it is for ostentatiOn, even as the Phari-
sees by their phylacteries and prayers
and prOclaiming trumpets won instant
though empty reward. Sacrifice is in
effectual when it is designed merely
to conciliate men, even as Herod by
! the costly building of the Temple
sought not the glory of God but firm
! er hold upon the Jewish people. Sac
rifice is Intellectual when it uses unlaw-
/ full means, such as the building of a
church with embezzled funds. This is
not saying that in >the sacrifice itself
there may not be some element of
good; but it is saying that all sinister
sacrifices are mere mockery when con-
sidered as a part of revential and ac-
ceptabfe worship.
There is something superior to sac
rifice however liberal it may be. It
sis exact obedience; for obedience is
a larger word than sacrifice. It may
and often does include sacrifice, but it
j is still true that sacrifice may lie part
! ly outside the circle of obedience. The
idea and the value of sacrifice consists
not so much in the size of the gift as
in the spirit which prompts it. The
nature of true obedience is loving, vol
! untary, unselfish. In act, obedience is
the more difficult, more continual,
more heartfelt. And it is more effec-
tive, for it produces, upon others as
upon ones self deeper and more per-
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14
Matter of Fact,

Great is the power of matter-of-fact,
greater and made up of richer elements
than perhaps we care to remeAber. 1t
is part of the power-the eternal power
of the story teller over the mind of
man. There is no great story teller,
from Hunter to Scott and Guy de Maui
PEASANT, who, whatever else he may
have, has not the faculty for matter-of-
factness.
It is the treasury from which the wit
and cynic draw their income, and often
the philosopher his capital.
Stranger still, it is the bed rock upon
which the poets build their palaces !;
glorious views from top windows are
made possible by the hard substance
below the basement, and the men who
build without it, trusting wholly to
imagination, are not the men who en-
dure.
What reason is to faith, matter-Of-
fact is to imagination. -/-.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14
THE VOTE FOR STATE OFFICERS.

The state board of elections can
vassed and certified Friday the vote
for governor and all, other state Off
GERS and the two superior court judges
voted for in the, November election.
- The state ofhcers' votes, the name
of the democrat being first in each
office follow: GeWernor-Bickett, 1877
761; .Linney. 120, $50. Lieutenant gov
Gardner, 167,2S1; \ jenkins
1889. Secretary, Of state-Grimes,
1877 1853; Strput. 1I9O65. Auditor
Wood. 167. 1S9; J. Q. M. Wood, 1880.
TreasArer-Lacy, 167, 19e; Harris,
10000. Superintendent of Public In
struction-Joyner, 1877 JOG; Pugh; 1870
O7S. Attorney General-Manning, 1877
312; Parker. >12O,121. Commissioner
of !: LABOR and Printing-Shipman,
1882; Jordan. 1857. Corporation
Commissioner-Lee. 1929; Faison,
1883. Commissioners of Agricul-
ture-Graham. 166. 947; French, 49,
788. Commissioner, OF. Insurance
Young. 1876, 90S; Hardin, 1864. Judge
Third District-Kerr. 166, 1923; Snipes,
199 567. Judge Eighth Digtrict-Stacy
166, 800; Meares, lis, 527.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14
LIVING COST A CENTURY AGO
Sugar Was 81 Cents a Pound and a
Coffin Sold for $3.50, According
to Old Ledger.

Chester Knipe has compiled some in->
teresting data, collected in this Sec
ton, setting forth what it cost our
forefathers a century ago to live,
writes. North Wales (Pa.) CORE
sp0ndent of the New York World At
that time potatoes sold at 80 cents a
bushel, a coffin was made for $3.50
and 25 cents was charged to mail
letters.
Some of the data are obtained from
ian old ledger kept by David G. kulp,
founder of Kulpsville, near North
Wales, from 1913 to 1884.
Some of the interesting prices shown
follow: In 1913 sugar was 20 cents
pound; in 1915 it was q cents a
pound; coffee was 25 cents a pound
and molasses SIPS a gallon. Calico
was 33 cents a yard, cotton flannel,
% cents and a handkerchief cost So
cents. Shoes for adults cost $1.20
pair and for children so cents. Trous-
erS sold at 80 cents, suspenders 43
cents, stockings 81 cents, writing pa
per 4 cents a sheet, candles % cents
pound, tobacco 1914 cents a pound.
About 1915 oats sold at so cents O
bushel, straw cents bundle, powder
IS cents a pound. Eggs sold from 6
to Il cents dozen and butter brought
from 10 to II cents pound. Tea at
that time sold at $1.O2 pound. Meats
were exceedingly cheap. Pork was
4 cents, veal 5 cents, beef cents q
pound. Flour was cents a pound.
Anent labor, it is shown a farm
hand was paid so cents a day except
ing in the harvest season, when 60
cents was paid a hand. Mr.. Kulp
charged 6 cents for cutting a pair Of
trousers. The entries show that he
"made a new frock for Polly Rina-
walt" for 81 cents. Snuff was used
extensively then and the price was IL
cents a pound. The village storekeep-
er paid 81 a week to have his mer-
chandise hauled from Philadelphia to
Kulpsville. The records show Mr.. Kulp
was a milliner and charged 40 cents
for altering a bonnet"
In 1916 Kulp paid David Meschter
$3.50 for making a coffin for his father.
Potatoes sold at 80 cents a bushel
and bricks cost $3.50 per thousand. He
was allowed per cent discount on
banknotes, paying 95 cents for dol
lar bill.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14

The increase in bank deposits in st.
Petersburg is fine showing, and just
what has been expected Of prosperous
and growing st. Petersburg. The fam
Gus Sunshine City is now entering
upon its greatest tourist season and
next year will show even greater fig
ures in the bank deposits
The present season opens with a
rush of visitors that promises to make
the greatest ever known in the history
of the place. Every train Or steamer
arriving brings one or two hundred
more to spend the winter. A pleasing
feature is to note that fully one half
of them are here for the first visit, en-
couraged to come by the ~old timers"
who come every year. There arc
many places on the west coast of Flor
ida that have the same natural attrac-
lions of climate that we have, yet are
quiet and dormant for the reason they
have failed to procure and offer to
tourists the comforts of life, and the
amusements they demand. Good no.
tells, boarding houses, and a fine eli
mate, alone will not draw a crowd OF
tourists. If to these be added amuse-
\
sports. golf, croquet and quarts, sue
cess may be predicted.
That scenic beautiful region extend
ing from Tryon on the east to Knox
vile. Tenn. on the west evidently
planned and laid out by Deity for the
use of hundreds of millions of his chill
dren on this continent who desired and
needed a summer resort. Perfection
in climate, purity in water, air anG
beautiful scenery, easy of access to thy
populous sections of the nation cal
Ionly be found in this limited area
Some one place Of the numerous re
sorts now in operation in this marvel
Gus land will in the next decade be
come the tourist capital. What one o
the numerous aspirants will gain thi
enviable position. While we canno
yet decide and name the town, we cal
say positively it will be the one tina
adopts the methods used by st. Peters
burg which in few years has mad
her the greatest winter resort in tn
land. Of all the many places wishin
to be the great tourist city of the Ap
palachian range none have the beauti
. full location, none more easy of access
none with so many beautiful environ
. ments. as Hendersonville If you
EcitiZens desire to- know the plan
adc%ted here that have been so sue
) cessful, I will cheerfully write ther
, to you in few brief letters.
Yours truly,
JNO. E. ENNIS.
i st. Petersburg, Fla.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14
Sounds Reasonable.

Bob Goree, who has recently been
in New York, brings back yarn Of a
man showing his rich aunt from the
country the sights along Broadway.
zone night the young man took his
aunt to see q musical revue. He was
keen ON making good impression, as
he had great. expectations from the
old lady. So he was quite taken back
when, as soon as the curtain rose, the
good dame: grasped him by the arm
and hurried him from the theater.
"'ptsgracefuI! Such bad manage
mentr She SAID. indignantly, when
they had, reached = the lobby. 'Just
fancy allowing the curtain. 70 60 up
before those: poor girls . were were
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14
manent impression,


True compliance with this principle
is, then. of great importance. We can
not, indeed, comply absolutely with the
law in all details, but we can bring to
the performance of every known COM
mand the spirit of loving and faithful
obedience. We shall have constant
reason to exercise penitence for our
shortening, faith in an Unseen Hand
at dark and stormy times, courage,
persistence, conservation.
Let no one, then, tamper in the
slightest degree wit hthe Word of God
Let no one seek any substitute what
soever for exact obedience to divine
commands. Remember that the test is
coming. for God knows and will deal
, unerringly with each SOUL Could we
stand the test now? Can we stand it
then?-Biblical Recorder.
! y y y
) STANDARDIZATION muscica! fnstru-
ment makers will combine with cleo
! trjcal manufacturers, central stations
and contractors in the celebration of
'tAmerica's Electric Week. December
2-G
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14
Will HENDERSONVILLE
BECOME TOURIST CAPITAL ?
DR.. John E. Ennis cites St. Petersburg
Fla, as an example for us
to Follow.
Editor French Broad Hustler:

Editor French. Broad Hustler:
In period of six to eight years ST.
Petersburg has risen from a little
second-class village, unknown outside
of few contiguous counties to be
recognized as a tourists capital, and
now known all over America and
Europe rs one of the greatest resorts
in our land.
To show its wonderful growth in the
past few years 1 give the increase of
the taxable values. the postoffice re-
ceipts, the increase in population and
our bank deposits.
Taxable values 1915, $15, 959.435.O0.
Postofice receipts 1911, $17,521OO.
Taxable values 1911, $3,158,O
Postofice receipts 1916. $47, 1883.
Population 1910, 4,627.
Population 1916. 1882.
Bank deposits, December 1, 1916,
$2,47O,O71.
The wonderful growth of the city.
| due entirely to its many attractions,
has excited comment and praise from
the press of this state, also from lead
4 ing papers and magazines in the north!
The Tampa Times says, provision
for the amusement and care for the
entertainment of tourists is just as
much Importance to Tampa as the es-
tablishment of factories of various
kinds, if not more so. Furthermore
owing to natural advantages it can be
accomplished with greater ease on a
larger scale and prove equally or more
profitable.
The man who doubts the truth of
this statement should consider the
history of ST. Petersburg for the past
decade and visit the Sunshine City and
behold the improvements that have
been made in and near it during the
past eighteen months. st. Petersburg
is being rapidly developed into a mar.
velous beautiful city, end the work is
being done with tourist made money
and for the attraction of tourists.
In the neighbOrhood of Devista (ar
addition to the city, alone fully three
quarters of million dollars have beer
spent during the past year, and two
miles along the bay front one finds al
earthly paradise. A magnificent hote
has been erected. golf links establish
ed and much attention paid to land
scape work. The homes along the BAY
front are more attractive than GU
own on our bay shore boulevard. Pro
gress is also being made in other near
by sections and st. Petersburger
spend a great deal of time in planning
attractions and entertaining their win
ter visitors"
The Jacksonville Times-UniOn says
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14
WANTS
NEW MAIN HIGHWAY,

DR.. Joseph Hyde Pratt said to the
secretary of the Motor club of Ashe-
vile, says the Citizen. that the people
OF Brevard and Pennsylvania county
were very much interested in a main
highway from Hendersenllle TO Bre.
ward, to ToXaway and on to Cashiers
Valley, Highland and Tullulah Falls,
Georgia, and also in another highway
leading from this highway to Green
vile and South Carolina, near Caesars
Head. On last Wednesday DR.. Pratt
spoke at a good roads meeting, held in
Brevard and at the courthouse there
he made an address on Federal aid
and the maintenance of highways. The
county was we'll represented at the
meeting and all present seemed to
agree to the plan for building these
two main highways first and then when
these were constructed to build other
good county roads leading into them.
A bond issue was suggested for this
purpose. said DR.. Pratt, and the sug-
gestion was favorably recGiyed. and
that the work of construction of these
roads should be done under the super
vision of the state highway commits
sion. These two. highways would be;
OF course, main highways. and as such
would come under the Federal aid law
and this fund could be utilized in their
construction.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14
VIM. J. BRYAN WILL BUILD
SUMNER HOME AT .ASHEVILLE.

William Jennings Bryan said last
week that he expected to spend his
summers at Asheville, N c.. and next
spring would build a. home there
which would be called Mount Calm
He added. that he would continue to
call Lincoln. Neb.. his home and would
spend part Of each year there, includ-
ing election day.
''By spending the summer in Ashe-
VILE" he said. II man remain home
more and yet be near enough to come
to Washington whenever it may de
desirable to do So"
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14

= It was the women of bingham, that
quaint. old Massachusetts town. that
first brought down from their attic
their grandmothers' old candle mol1&
and began making the sweet smelling
green bayberry candles for few ap-
spreciative people who wanted them TO
burn in homes furnished in antiques.
The women Of charming Old Deerfeld,
in the same state. shortly followed suit,
and then the housewives of Cape Cod
saw their opportunity; all of them us
ing the mods that had been IN the
towns for generations:
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14

The United States gave less than
two cents an acre for Alaska, less
than three cents an acre for California,
Nevada, Colorado and Utah, less than
IA cents am acre for Florida and less
than u cents an acre for the Philip
pines. Even for the Canal zone only
1858 an acre was paid, but the gov
ernment is Offering Denmark more than
1926 an acre for the Danish West In
dies.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14
HARD CHRONIC COUGH
Made Well by Delicious Vinol

Crestline, Ohio.-"I contracted
hard, chronic cough, and was weak,
nervous and run down. 1 have a small
family of three, and it was hard for me
to do nv work. took different medi-
.;nps without benefit. Finally I heard
obout Vinol, and it has restored me to
health and strength, my cough is all gone
and I feel fine. Mrs. ii. 81. CARLISLE.
Vinol is a constitutional remedy for
chronic coughs and colds, and for all
weak, nervous, rundown conditions
TRY it on our guarantee.
The Justus Pharmacy in Henderson
Vile. Also at leading drug stores in
all North Carolina towns.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14

A good conversationalist is one VINO
talks about things in which his listen
ers are terested-Albany Journal.
Distance lends enchantment to the
caJcimined cH'Intenance.
True love is nothing but friendship,
highly intensified, favored with senti-
ment, spiced with passion, and spr1n-
killed. with the stardust of romance.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14

rrauswerable.- Poaicepan-s'What
are you standing ERE fOrF
1oafer-"Nufink."
po1iceman-"Well. just move on. If
ror,body was, to stand in one place,
-, would the rest get past "-CHris-
tian Register
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14
Queer Christmas Dinner. ,;

:. Roast ostrich was the prime dish at
the Christmas dinner of the Young,
Mems Christian association of Los An
geles. Cal, a few years. ago. More
than 800 persons were served from
one bird. .... =.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-12-14

Came people set the pace and then
:! 0 Snwr and are content to watch the
81, "o"ossion go by.-Desert News.