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French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-26
TYPHOID DOES NOT+KILL
AS MANY AS YOU THINK,

In the November American Magazine
DR.. Richard G. Cabot says:
"But these are not the diseases that
we are fighting In civilized countries
today. There is practically no small
pox left, except a few spots where the
b~ackWardness of the community or
the f~orwardness of characterization
cranks prevent universal vaccination.
There is practically no typhus Or yell
low fever in America. The scourges
we have to fight are tuberculosis, can
Ger, syphilis, gonorrhea, scarlet fever,
Bright's disease, heart disease pneu-
mOnia, diabetes, arterio-sclerOsis, al
coholism, insanity.
"Most deaths and serious illness are
due to these causes. The easily pre-
ventable dieases are now either pre-
vented and gone, or reduced to minor
factors in public i'll health. Further
publication of water and milk supplies
can eradicate much of the remaining
TYPHOID. But typhoid is a relatively
rare disease. and a small factor in
mortality as it is. In 1913 it produced
but IL per cent of the deaths in the
registration area of the United States.
The large residue Of common danger
Gus disease is with us today for no
easily removable cause and for 10
cause that legislation or health Off
GERS can remove
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-26
Fox Liked His Comfort.

An unusual sight met the gaze OF q
Duarte (Cal.) man when he opened
his house the other morning and found
his swinging seat occupied by a full
grown fox. With the cushion for q
nest the fox was resting comfortably
and evidently enjoyed his Quarters:
When his presence became known the
members Of the family came trooping
out to see the porch climber. Then
the fox disappeared under the houses
where his nature prompted h1m to
hide until the spectators left the
porch, when, finding the coast again
clear the fox gracefully jumped on the
porch and into the swinging seat, and,
with an almost human air of comfort
and satisfaction, adjusted the pillow
and settled down to complete the
morning nap. When again interrupted
the fox disappeared and headed fol
the mountains. The theory that 1t
had escaped from a luxurious captiv'
ity probably accounts for the domestic
tastes of the visitor.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-26
MRS, |. WANET
SAYS She WAS
BENT BY PAINS
rauIac Of all Medicines, Helped Her.
Does HOusewOrk After Years
of Suffering.

81 suffered from kidney troubles for
ME- past ten years." Mrs. Z. A. Wanet,
Of Poenix, near Wilmington. explained
TO the Tanlac Man. "and Tanlac is the
sos+ medicine l have ever tried and |
uIadIv give my statement sc others
nav be reached by it through the pa
pers.
ras very poor and I was in a weak
md run down condition. I would stay
vide awake all night. My back gave
mo lots of trouble and, when attacked
frequently by a burning sensation,
had to bend over to ease my pains
headaches also bothered me. But
now am so much stronger than ]
was and I am able to get around and
do some work"
Tanlac Sc sold III Hendersouville 10y
Hunters Pharmacy. ~ 25-1tc
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-26
c1SSIE LOTUS COULD INITIATE
IRVING OR BERNHARDT WELL

Walter Pritchard Eaton, in the No
vember American Magazine. says in an
article about famous mimics:
IN the days when Cissie LOTUS
was delighting vaudeville audiences
with her limitations. she used to give
an imitation of Lillian Russell. Miss
Prssell countered by giving an imita-
ton of Miss LOTUS imitation of her.
But TO an artist like Miss Lotus that
presented no difficulties. She mercy
came back with an imitation of Miss
Russelrs imitation of her imitation Of
Miss RUSSELL The fair Lillian there
mon retired from an unequal contest.
"Cissie LOTUS could initiate anybody.
The present writer once heard her. in
the course Of a casual conversation,
initiate most thrillingly Sir Henry
irving in a blank verse death scene.
The. an imaginary curtain descended,
and YOU heard Sir Henry, in a totally
different voice (nO less Enthusiastically
his) inquiring in very Saxon prose.
where in - were the red lights?
Standing on the stage of a theateI,
without a change of costume, with the
flicker of a smile on her rather visit
ful face. she would range from Sarah
Bernhadt to Ethel Barrymore, so that
YOU almost gasped a. the uncanny cleV-
erness of it, and if you shut your eyes
you could hardly b~elieve'that the &C
tual persons were not present. Hers, OF
course was an extraordinary gift OF
mimicry, and it brought her in a thou
sand dollars a week, much more, prop
ably. than she could command as an
actress"
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-26
DID NOTHING FOR A COLD
At Least That Was Old Abijah's Asuer.
ton, and He Proceeded at Once
to Prove It.

Old Abijah Meeker tottered into the
store, crawled in behind the red-hot
stove, and sat carefully down in the
warmest corner of the battered old
settle. Taking out his bandanna, he
gave a mighty sneeze and generously
blew his nose; then, squirting and
blinking, he glowered round.
The place was deserted except for
the proprietor, busy at his desk. Old
Abijah seemed disappointed. He ex-
perforated feebly once or twice in the
direction of the sawdust box round
the other side of the stove, then
cackled tentatively.
"Te-hee!" The proprietor looked
over the top of his spectacles toward
the corner back of the stove.
Encouraged, old Abijah went on
with a sardonic grin. "Te-hee! Jest
met that dude school teacher goin' to
the san'tar'um. Had a cold, he says.
Coin for treatment. Te-hee! A cold!
Got one myself. I don't do nothin' for
a cold. Wen I go home SaIly'n gt'
me a drink Of hot ginger tea, and soak
my feet in b'ilin' mustard water, and
rub my chist with mutton tarler, and
put some ON it on my nose, and give
me a dose Of speerits of nitre, and a
bag OF hot sand for my stummick. I'll
go to bed, and in the mornin-gosh!
I'll be all right. I don't do nothin' for
a cold. San'tar'um! Te-hee!" And
old Abijah sneezed in derision.-
Youths Companion.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-26
Sailors Do Own Washing.

Did you ever notice how ic and
span Uncle Sans jackies always look
when they are on shore leave or
aboard ship? And did you ever real
lie that Jack is his own WashWoman?
They have washdays aboard the fight
ing. ships as we'll as the housewives
have theirs. Every man has to be
on the job when the boatswain's mate
orders Wash Clothes" In the old
days this was some task. Each man
had to wash his, soiled clothes in a
bucket of water and hang them on
the line to dry. But on the newest
battleships washing and drying ma
chimes have been installed which do
away with all hand work and much
labor. The old familiar sight of a
long line of clothes strung up is no
longer to be seen. Also the boatswain's
mate has forgotten how to pipe wash
Clothes" When Jacks apparel is
soi1ed he just throws it into the wash
ing machine and in q few minutes 1t
comes out clean and dry.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-26
THICK, GLOSSY HAIR
FREE FROM DANDRUFF
Girls! Try it'll Hair gets soft, funny and
beautifuI-Get a Is cent bottle
of Danderine.

If you care for heavy hair that glis-
tens with beauty and is radiant with
life; has an incompatible softness n
is fluffy and lustrous, try Dandertne.
Just one application doubles the
beauty of your hair, besides it imme-
diately dissoIves every particle OF
dandruf. You can not have nice
heavy, healthy hair if you have
dandruf. This destructive scurf robs
the hair of it's Iustre, it's strength and
its very life, and if not overcome 1T
produces a feverishness and itching OF
the scalp; the hair roots famish,
loosen and die; then the hair falls out
fast. Surely get 9. 25-cent bottle OF
KnoWlt0nss DapdariGa from any drug
store aNd Just tTy a.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-26
How Catarrn is Contracted.

Mothers are sometimes so thOugnL-
less as to neglect the colds which their
children contract. The Inflammation
of the mucus membrane. at first acute,
becomes chronic and the child has
chronic catarrh, a disease that is sell
dom cured and that may prove a life's
burden. Many persons who have this
loathsome disease will remember hav-
ing had frequent colds at the time it
was contracted. A little forethought, a
bottle of 6~hamberlain's Cought Rem
edy judiciously used, and all this
trouble might have been avoided. OBJ
tainable everywhere.-Adv. Oct.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-26
When You Take Cold.

With the average man a cold is a
erious matter and should not be trifed
with, as some of the most dangerous
diseases start with a common cold.
Take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
and get rid of your cold as quickly
as poss, BILE. You are not experiment
ing when you use this remedy, as 1t
has been in use for many years and
has an established reputation. 1t con-
tains no opium or other narcotic. OBJ
tainab'e everywhere.-Adv. Oct.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-26

IN ITEMIZED STATEMENT. SHOW.
ING THE AMOUNT OF SCHOOL
FUNDS Discussed FOR THE
QUARTER ENDING OCTOBER 1.
1915.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-26
How Do You Say 1t?

What word is most frequently mis-
pronounced? "Arctic," widely pro-
nounced without the first c, would
have a high place in the list. Others
might be these: Culinary for GU
linary, la-mentab1e for lam-entable,
a~iro-pIane for a-e-roplane, ac-climate for
accli-mate, cupolo for cupola, charlotte
roosh for russo.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-26

Minis RIFPr IDWNsILIDs
Dist. No. :. Teachers salary
Dist. No. 2, Teachers sala.ry--
Dist. No. 2. f. Allison. taking
school census
Dist. No. 4, Southern Desk Co.
Dist. No. a, Teachers salary ]
.n.st. NO. 5, Teachers salary
Dist. No. D. s. Mahaffey, TAX
ing school eensus.
Dist. no. 3. Alma Freeman, re
pair and tprnlsnlngs-- -
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-26

DIST. NO. /. (coI) NJ. e. Free
man, taking school census
Green River Township.
Dist. No. /. Teachers salary
Dist. No. 1, H. R. Ward. labor
on school building
Dist. No. 4, Teachers salary
Dist. No. 5. Med Ray, insurance.
Dist. No. Z. Teachers salary 1
Dist. No. z, A. w. Russell. TAX
ing census -
Dist. No. z, A. w. Russell. fur
nishingS
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1916-10-26

The maximum electric rate to resi-
dence customers in ST. Louis has been
voluntarily reduced from 8 to 8.5 cents
per kilowatt-hour.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-06-22

to escort his visitor to the bank
vaults.
BE so good, Mr.. Wells, as to show
our clients that our vaults are not
made Of tissue paper"
This the attendant took much pride
in doing.
The array of defensive measures,
puzzling as it was to the younger mem
bers of the party, served to bring a
sense of assurance to Enoch Golden
himself.
A certain one-armed criminal, new
ertheless, was at that precise moment
very busily engaged in preparing for
SO proudly regarded as impregnable.
Two workmen in the uniform of Gen
eral Electric employees, exploring a
section of abandoned cable gallery,
were busily engaged in charging a
wire conduit which met this gallery at
electric mining drill, they burrowed
like two moles deep beneath the level
of the street along which the traffic
of great city SO ceaselessly ebbed and
flowed From a manhole opening into
this gallery was quietly passed huge
cylinder of iron capped by drum of
zinc having a hinged cover. The two
subterranean workers had been
warned to handle the cylinder with the
utmost care. And this they did, know
ing full we'll that its weight was due
to the fact of it's being tightly packed
with high explosive.
Legar himself, in the meantime, hav-
ing clothed a number of his henchmen
In uniforms and caps bearing the In
scription Western National Bank" d.
rected his attention to the much more
critical task of tracing the signature,
Henry H. Stonington, on typewriter
sheet bearing the embossed imprint
OF the Third National.
His next move, once he had received
a report that his two gallery workers
had fitted their massive cylinder in the
wire conduit and pushed it gently but
firmly into the uttermost recesses of
that conduit by means of 1ointed
bamboo pole, was to verify the time
at which the decorating clock had
been set, advise his colleagues, and
take up his position in the window Of
building commanding a view Of the
great granite-bastioned bank itself.
He consulted his watch from time
to time, with his eyes always going
hungrily back to the heavy-pillared
back entrance ITSELF
In one minute" he announced,
they'll get dose of the medicine they
gave us this morning" Again he
looked at his watch.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-06-22

rfedIy summoned for a conference.
Il tell you, Sibley," said the man Of
millions, something has to be done
and done soon. I'm surrounded by enc.
mies can't run down, enemies l can't
even understand In the first place,
there's this man in a mask stalking
Through my house and pinning threats
to my doorpanels. Then"
wait cut in the man of law. did
anyone actually see this man of the
/ mask" ~
~ Yes, Wilson, my butler, came face
| to face with him as he stepped out of
a passageway. Then, when my secre-
tary, Manley, started in pursuit Of the
intruder, instead Of finding a stranger
in this fool mask, he found his way
blocked by girl, girl in a cloak,
who seemed to come there out of thin
air. And that girl, sir, turned out
to be my own daughter, my own
daughter in some miraculous way res
cued from Legar"
Brought there by the man in the
mask?" T.
Yes, brought there by him. So
she asserts. Yet this stranger, who
brings me back the one thing precious
in my life, on the same day assumes
to criticize my conduct and threatens
to rob me of my money"
But that threat, as I've already
pointed out, is foolish Your money
has all the protection that steel and
civilization can surround it with. 1t
lies in the vaults of the Third National
bank"
But tell you I am surrounded by
enemies, by unknown enemies of great
skill and daring. That has already
been proved And while they can
never make me COVER, they have at
least made me cSJtfous."
Il guess we'd better all go down to |
the Third National and make sure
they're not putting their gold and !
notes out on the windowsills for the
first crook that comes along to carry
off" said the lawyer.
President Stonington of the Third !
National received them in his private |
Office and learned from Sibley the .
reason of his visit. That official, in
fact, was an active sharer in the mere
dulity of the old lawyer. He quietly
touched bell, sent for uniformed at
tendant and instructed that attendant
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-06-22
FOURTH EPISODE
THE NAME AND THE GAME

Legar had reason to feel well
pleased with his mornings work. De-
Eeated for the time being, in one quar-
ter, he promptly swung about and
struck at another.
His attack, in this instance, was d.
rected at nothing less than Enoch
Golden's own home. There, effecting
AN entrance through neglected coal
chute before even the servants were
Astir, he had crept stealthily upward
until he found refuge in trunk room.
SThrough the door crack of this trunk
room, however, he soon had the dubi-
sDus pleasure of beholding figure quite
ss stealthy as his own, figure that
wore laughing mask and made its
way cautiously downward to the door
of Enoch Golden's study. On that door
the masked figure, before vanishing
rs quietly as it had first appeared,
pinned an oblong paper. Stealing up
70 it, Legar read:
Enoch GoIden: You have proved
disappointment to me. Despite my
warnings, you still Cypress the poor
md abuse your power. Your daugh-
Ter has been saved from the clutches
II Legar, and at the proper time will
Ae produced. But that time will not
some until you have changed your
ways of life. So while still you have
HE chance, do some good deed!
THE LAUGHING MASK.
Legar, having thoughtfully perused
this strange warning, promptly added
postscript:
As slight sign of my oisapprovaI,
J am appropriating your fifty thousand
doIIars from the vaults of the Third
National bank, for which ! now take
occasion to thank you.
Ten minutes later Legar had made .
his escape from the house and was
speeding scuthward In his car, to con
fer with his own men as to the ap-
preaching assault on Golden's wealth
ln the Third National vaults.
The Laughing Mask himself, in the
meantime, was busy with his own en-
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-06-22

sulky grunt, one of the newcomers sud-
denly struck a match and held it close
to the bearded face, the hands
gripping the wheel quite as suddenly
relinquished their hold and fastened
themselves about the throat of the
overinquisitiye cargo sentry. Before
his companion, standing quite close to
the bow of the boat, could quite real
ize the meaning of the movement the
two men beside the wheel were with
ing and stamping and painting about
the narrow deck.
Fierce as that fight was, it was not
q prolonged one. For the white-beard-
ed man, despite his age, with one final
effort, succeeded in lifting his OPP
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-06-22
Tho Secret Attack.

Enoch Golden was no longer a con-
temptuously Indifferent man as he
faced his attorney, John sibley. hur
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-06-22


terprise. He had rescued Margory
Golden from Legar, IT was true, but
her conveyance to place OF safety,
In open daylight. was a much moro
dificult problem. In his extremity,
accordingly, he had to resort to those
expedients nearest at hand.
This. led him down a secluded by
way, where the powder shack of con-
6truction company still stood half way
up wooden hillside. At the end Of
\ tunnel piercing this hillside was q
timbered chamber for high explosives.
Guarded as it was with its double lock,
the Laughing Mask seemed an expert
ID the manipulation Of such obstacles,
sfnce ny6 minutes work with his
SkAie toh Keys threw open that we'll.
hidden room. Once there, he even ven
tured to explors his SURROUNDINGS and
takeffom thetr4p certain small cylin-
ders incassd gfease-stained paper.
He dtfRo& aiu 10 the already over
puzzled gfia however, that these
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-06-22

tenant, who had been requisitioned to
clear a way through the crowd. For
| this was not the intrusion of mere Gu
| riosity seekers. That much the cap
tain In charge of the police lines
| promptly discovered when he was on
| the point of ordering both truck and
attendants out of the forbidden terri
tory. For the cool-eyed man in COM
mand of that truck had come well
armed for any such emergency. Into
the astonished hand of the police Off
cial he thrust an authoritative-lookin
document from the president of the
Third National himself:
This letter of introduction read:
To the Officials In Charge: Act
ing on an emergency decision of our
directors, herewith authorize tho
agents of the Western National Bank
to take possession of and remove the
contents of Third National Bank vaults
to the vaults of the Western National.
AS this decision was arrived at to
Illustrate any possible interference
with our gold and collateral when SO
obviously exposed, trust you will do
everything possible to expedite the re-
moval Of this treasure to a place of
safety.
Yours very truly,
JOHN ELIOT SToNlNGToN,
President.
At the same time that the police
captain, acting on this peremptory or
der, was clearing path to the neigh
borhood Of the still smoking vaults,
Enoch Golden, with Margory and Man.
ley at his side, was fighting to break
through those jealousy guarded fire
lines. And at the sight of the motor
truck and the Western National at
PENDANTS his antics became even more
frenzied than before.
Il tell you I've got to get In there!"
he shouted to the apathetic patrolman
holding him back.
YES" agreed the patrolman, "of
course you'd like to get in there"
But tell you I'm Enoch Golden"
was the financier's frantic cry.
Il don't care If you're the president
O. the United States" was the retort.
You stay out"
1t was young Marley himself, who,
watching his chance, suddenly slipped
in through the lines and gained the
side of the busy captain before he
could be stopped. For already the
work Of removing the vault contents
was under way"
You've got to keep this gold from
going out" the young man cried into
the face OF the somewhat astounded
captain.
who are your" demanded that off,
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-06-22
SYNOPSIS.

d On Windward island Palidori intrigues
Mrs Golden into an appearance of evil
(which causes Golden to capture and tor5
lure the Italian by branding his face and
brushing his hand. Palidori opens the
dyke gates and floods the island and in
The general rush to escape the flood kid
: haps Golden's six-year-old daughter Mar
cory. Twelve years later in New York a
Masked One calling himself the Hammer
sof God" rescues an cighteen-year-old girl
from the cadet Casa ganti, TO whom Jules
Iegar has delivered her and takes her to
,the home of Enoch Golden. millionaire.
whence she is recaptured by Degar Legar
and Stein are discovered by Marley. Col
sden's secretary. setting fire to. Goden's
Buildings, but escape Margory's mother
tfruit1essiy implores Enoch Golden to
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-06-22
\ sudden thud and roar Of sound

A sudden thud and roar Of sound
cut off all smaller sounds. Then came
the cries of terror-stricken human be-
ings, shrill calls for help, hoarse
shouts from stalwart figures in uni
forms, and the sudden shriIl of po-
liceman's whistle. The clamor and
tumult of the streets rose above the
quick and ever-nearing throb of en-
CINE bells, the gongs of ambulances.
the rattle of iron-tired patrol wagons
pounding over car rails, the shouts Of
blue-coated patrolmen already forming
their Gordon around the dust-crowned
ruins.
"Fire!" was the cry that filled the
canyon! "The buildings on fire!"
And it was then that Legar re-
placed his watch in his pocket, and
tossing aside the field glasses through.
which he had been viewing the street,
showed that he was once more him
self.
'Now's the time, men," he an
nounced to his followers, ito get ready
for work."
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-06-22
stated MestIh,
OF

Stated mestIn,
OF
WAshoE LODGE, NO. 70.
A. =. & A. M. are held In the Ma.
sonic hall in the Thurston-C Creighton
building on the second Tuesday sY-
ening Of each month. All sojourning
Master Masons are fraternally inyis-
90 to be present.
R. L. SHAW. W. M.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1916-06-22
The Bitter Bitten.

The news of the Third National
bank outrage soon spread through the
city. And as the resultant fire grew
in intensity the crowd in the neighbor-
hood grew in volume. Police reserves,
marshaled by a stalwart and stern
faced captain, had already estab-
lished their fire lines and still fought
back the overcurious that trampled
the long scorpions of black hose and
kept edging and shouldering ever
closer to the scene of the great catas-
trophe.
There was no relaxing of vigilance,
in fact, when the limousine of Enoch
Golden himself came throbbing and
crawling through that densely packed
mob of human beings, Golden himself,
alighting from that car, pleaded and
stormed in vain with the inexorable
officials confronting him. And while
he still frenziedly argued and demand
ed hearing with the officers in
charge, a second vehicle made it's way
towards the still smoldering ruins.
This second vehicle was a motor
truck on which was mounted not only
q number of men in the uniform Of
bank attendants, but also a police lieu