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French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-01
FACTIONS GET TOGETHER.

The General Assembly has voted Il
allow the people aSvoice in the seIec
ton of members of the boards of edu,
cation of the various counties of the
State by making nominations in pri-
mary elections called for the purpose OF
nominating candidates for county. dis.
trict and State officers. The bill fin
ally passed, as a compromise measure
provides that each party at the time
for the regular nomination for other
officers shall nominate a member of
the county board of education and that
the names of these nominees shall bo
certified to the Secretary of State. who
within ten days after the General As
sembly convenes, shall certify these
nominees to that body, which shall Sc
lect from the list submitted, one mem
Der for. each county for a term of six
years. The bill does not apply. to
counties, however, in which the cleo
ton of these boards is by popular vote
at the present time, Therefore, the
of Buncombe, Cleveland.
Iredell, Mecklenburg and
Rutherford are not affected by the
of the plan solved by the
passage of this new and rathr remark
able measure. These six counties
ought to have been included, so the
plan would have been statewide ir
act as well as. in name. However. the
State system builded under the old
plan of selecting school boards. NAV
maintained under the new order
Of things and the Brummitt-McCoin
Dill is better than the elective plan a
of representatives have been
advocating since the Assembly con-
yened.
The adoption of this new appoiative
Ian ends n of the most stubborn
lghts of the session which, at times. J
rev fast and furious. 1t is a COM
'romies between the adherents of the
of election by the people and those
Vho believe the present plan should
in force in sorder to keep the
chools of the entire state in the hands
the Democratic party, which is en-
rely responsible for the splendid ed
c%ational system at present prevailing
every section of the commonwealth. |
ny change is, of course, disappoint-
to a large majority of the people,
no were entirely satisfied with exist.
lg conditions. But another legisIa.
Ire will convene two years hence and
ny needed changes can be made in
le mixture" prescribed by the pres
Mt one. If it does no more, all the /
'unties, should be placed on a similar t
isis with reference to their educa. i
onal affairs. That which is sauce {
r the goose should likewise he !;
auce for the gander." I
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-01

ments here Ire mixed and mingled to-
gether in such way that on the North
side and in the deep caVerns it is cold
and bleak much Of the time, while in
the more sunny places it warns up
and trees and vegetation grow and
flourish to some extent. Pine, Fir,
Birch, Mahogany, Maple, Dogwood,
Wild Cherry timber trees are to some
extent manufactured into lumber, but
if you were to ramble all over that
rugged mountain side looking for a
White Oak, Black COAX, Spanish Oak,
Red Oak, Poplar, Black Pine, Chestnut.
Hickory, Walnut, Sourwood, Black
Jack, Locust or Black Gum, your,
search would all be in vain-no such
trees are there. The region. around
the cities or Manitou and Colorado
Springs is called the Upper Austral
Zone, but you would be laughed at if
you asked any one in that neighbor-
hood what upper Austral" meant.
We looked at & place called Cog and
Magog, but could not tell which was
outfghting the other-aIso a place
called the Botomless Pit, but was UNI
able to tell whether it had a bottom or
not, or how hot it was in its lower
region. There is one rock on top of
another called Frog Rock" another
called Turtle Rock, a third Lizard
Rock, a fourth Hanging Rock, then
there is a place where the rocks have
for ages been sliding down and they
call that the Devils slide, and to a
tourist they all look natural and true
to their name. There is also a place
on the side of that mountain called
Plum Pudding, a rock shaped like a
big head and eyebrows, called Ben
Butler and also one dressed like a for
mer characteristic woman called
Grecian Bend.
The girl spoken of in our last who
on the train going up and took
passengers names, entered the car
down and sold you a Rocky
Mountain Newspaper with your name, ;
occupation and place of residence in
the same and within a very few min |.
ltes after the distribution of the pa
pers a man arose inathe car and called
0ut to know if a gentleman by the
of Thos. J. Hickman from Aseh-
lille. N. c., was among the passengers,
while the conductor with whom we
lad talked, pointed US out and a baked
'~ean-eater from Boston, who had visit
& in Asheville and HendersonvilIe.
lad his, curiosity satisfied. Il
The Garden of the Gods, which we
would call the Garden of the Eternal
together with other interesting
World spots in the Rockies will have
next attention. The conclusion of
t all will be, that none but God is
,reat, but that man has been taken
nto partnership with Him.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-01
ROTATION IN OFFICE.

The present legislature does not
look with favor upon the suggestion
of rotation in Office. A bill limiting
State officers to two and county Off
Gers to three terms was tabled in the
Senate last week without even being
discussed. Not only that, a 'clincher"
was put on it and the matter cannot
be brought up again at this session.
A similar bill in the House has not
Deen heard from since its was intro
dueed. Touching the subject of fire.
quent changes in State officials last
weeks issue of Charity and Children
speaks its mind freely. We quote:
North Carolina does not believe in
fotatlon IN Office. We believe that
puDIlc ohce is a public trust and not a
private snap; not a reward for the
but an opportunity for ser
wee. The man who can best serve
the public interest is the best public
serVant. This is sound doctrine and
It's opposite is dangerous. The senti-
ment OF the people of North Carolina
was squarely tested in the last cam
palgn. Several of our state officers
VINO nave been in Office for manv
years. were assai1ed on his verv
round Nobody denied their ef1ici-
ency, but the issue was made in the
that they had been in Office
long enough, and it was high time that
some bod else had a show. The 3eo-
PIE ~deIlDerately reelected every n of
tnese men, and will probably continue
70 90 SO as long as their service is SAT
ASIacIoFy. The rule of rotation vo1l5
put a premium on party zeal rather
endn on emclency in the service of tho
s9ate. 1t would give the nimbIe nofi- !
CIclans the advantage and our Offices
would all DE filled with party workers
ratner than with faithful Dublic cor
Yants. We are persuaded that rho
re" OF our people in this matter is
Dased on good common sense. arn hat /
II mas been wholly beneficial f. H.
public interest. lie
Ouf 0ongressmen remain In Wash /
iHgton' as long as they are use.,1I :,
the state. If we changed them evarI. |
t"o years North Carolina woI1fa boLo
no influence in Washington: as j. is
we are at the head of the who,o =
cesslon, and the ommandin noeitio, +
NoFth Carolina in the adminisfratiSn
= the envy Of all the Other otato.
notatlon would have put us at tna eoot
instead OF at the head of the o..
VIII the governor, the case is diffe~
en me rule that no governor sLon
succeed himself is a good one nacar;sa I
that power low OF appointment would mean
.nat MS faVorites would be nermonN~
laIIeu; but in all elective oRcoa I
WI the people do the selectinr 4 tbes
IRE entirely right in hoIdina as tney :
- ms place who can do the busin man !
n NE tb nope Of the present legislature is !
often r esisfod legislators who have !.
s son L appropriations, and who urea haao r
through long experience to siff +
he questions coming before them en- SIT ~ . .
# the be'' onaa and get at the real merits J J
nay be ever so honest but tbnV ID m na s.
ave the balance and pofse of 1e eel ! not Q,
veterans. osi0Ia- :
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-01

h Methodists of Mount Olive oro
e~ndeaVoring to pay off within the na+f
Two or three weeks Of debt $500 nnon
tnelr new church. The dedication -
the church is expected to axe n1ooa
on Easter Sunday, April 8, and Risbon
hllgo OF Charlotte has been invited ~
preach the ~dedicatory sermon.
me remainder Of the North Carroll
- FOODS on the border will start for
nOme on March IA. Is an. d17.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-01

t~ertained quite a number of young
folks at their home Saturday night.
Hix McCrary has purchased a new
horse.
G. w. Allen and son Zollie have re-
turned from the South.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Duncan of Ashe-
vile are visiting her mother. Mrs. P.
N. Mccullough.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-01

The State House of Representatives
has shown the part of wisdom by vot
Ing down the proposition to increase
the number Of judicia districts from
twenty to twenty-four. The tendency
to increase the number of court dis
rrlcts, judges and solicitors during re-
cent years has been entirely too an
parent and the people Of the State will
LpproVe the action of the House in
turning down the Senate bill provid-
ing for an additional fou rdfstricts. tho
passage of which would have n~ecessi-
tated the appointment of four more
judges and a like number of solicitors
The Assembly declined to increase the
salaries of the constitutional State Off
2ers. 1t could not consistently create
Unnecessary e offices, which would
represented additional salaries
.ggregating thousands of dollars
Emergency judges may be needed, but
prevailing opinion is that the state !
as a suficiency of superior court dis
riots.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-01
NOTICE BIZ

Having qualified as executrix of the
last will and testament of Joseph D.
Carter, deceased, all persons HAVING
claims against the estate are herebT
notified to present them to me at West
Asheville. N. c. by the 26 day of Feb
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-01

HUNTERS PINK PILLS are mild
and do not grippe. Try them for -your
stomach and Liver, Csc. Hunters
PhaEEmacy. 2.1ARtn
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-01

FUR KENT room house on Third
venue West, $1,000 per month. Ap-
ply 70 MRS. r. @ Wilson. 3-1-4tp
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-01

ruary, 1913, or this notice will be plead
IN bar of their recovery.
rms the 10Th day of February, 1917.
o-l-otc NANCY G. CARTER.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-01
Observations Of a North
Carolinian in the Great West
Is the Land Of the Sky and Especially Hender-
SON County Interior to the West.
Written Especially for the Hustler by Thos, ], RieEman)
son County Inferior to the West.
Is the "Lund Of the Sky and Especially

Written Especially for the Hustler BY Tho. J. RieEmano
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-10
DON'T GO TO HALIFAX.
Stay Away Till the City Begins to Re.
cover from Catastrophe.

| Halifax, M s., Dec. TO- Deliveranct
from its friends IL the immediate urgent
need of this stricken city. Last night
the authorities appealed to the press to
send the word broadcast.
Shock, fire, wind and deluge have fol
lowed in succession. but the spectre that
has caused dismav is the threatened in
vasion of former residents, friends of the
injured and missing, and the merely Gu
rious. They have arrived in hundreds,
They are coming in thousands, if reports
are true. Every trainload adds to the
problem already indefinitely difficult.
Shelter insufficient for the homeless
and food needed for the destitute cannot
be spared for visitors. Even physicians
and nurses are here in sufficient number
for the present. They are doing all that
can be done, and others who have freely
offered their services have been notified
to await a possible later call For the
present, medical supplies and clothing
are not required, so generous have been
the early responses. There is still need
of building materials, including glass and
putty.
The foregoing sums up the attitude of
those charged with the work of relief as
expressed to the press, with emphasis on
the added statement that their gratitude
for the aid extended is profound
When it was realized yesterday that
sentiment must give way to the practi
cal, Mayor p, f. Martin issued proela-
nation calling upon all non-residents not
engaged in relief work, or here on bust
ness of extreme emergency, to leave the
city, In a second message the mayor
urged outsiders not engaged with relief
missions to stay away from Halifax dur
ing the next two weeks. The relief com
nittee asked that no more workers come |
until called upon, and the reconstruction
requested that no further sup
,les be sent until their character had |
'een made known to and approved by
he committee.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-10
THIRTEEN MINISTERS PRESENT.
And Listened to Paper By Rev. Wesley
G. Meade.

| One of the newer members of the Wash
ington county clericus addressed tht
Ministers Monday club at it's monthly
meeting this forenoon, when Rev. Yves
/ ley G. Meade, recently installed pastor
Of Trinity Methodist church in Mont
pelier, gave a paper entitled 'sThe Preach
er to the Poets~-Debtor." The clergy.
mans views were broadly expressed and
his audience listened attentively. After
ward there was a discussion of the pa
per, and before adjournment other mat
ters pertaining to the welfare of the club
were considered. The meeting was held
in the vestry OF the Hedding Methodist
church and l3 ministers. including the
speaker were present.
Rev. Frank Bloomfield of Berlin, the
longtime secretary, was absent and Rev.
B. G. Lipsky acted as secretary. The fol-
lowing ministers participated in the gath
ering: Rev, Mr. Meade, Rev. l. II. Bene-
dict, Rev. l.. c. Carson and Rev. Mr..
Ramsey of Montpelier, Rev. Mr. Bingham
of Mortified, Rev. Mr. Bliss, Rev. j. II.
Plainfeld, Rev b. J. Lipsky, Rev. Edgar
Grassland. Rev. j. B. Reardon, Rev.
James Ramage and Ensign Crawford.
TIE Barre ministers entertained at din
ner after the meeting.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-10
PREDICTS BIG BLOW
ON FRENCH FRONT
Sec. Baker Declares Germans Have
Massed Their Forces There-United
States Must Speed Up.

Washington, d. G., Dec. Germany
has massed ON the western front her
greatest army Of the war" Secretary
Baker declares in his weekly war review.
ITO meet this menace, the United States
must speed up its military preparations, .
the secretary adds, with warning that
the enemy is preparing to put into ex-
ecution in France the plans he has been
maturing since the defeat of the Russian
armies at Tannenberg early in the war.
The review asserts that the counter
offensive on the Cambria front has been
successful in winning back less than one
third OF the territory captured by Gen
eral Byng. but draws a warning from
the German exhibition of strength. It
also points at the expected German
thrust against the French front. The
statement describes events on the Italian
front without adding to the published
information or attempting to predict the
outcome of various Austro- German
thrusts.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-10
FRENCH CONE UP
IN TTALI4N FRONT
Send Their Own Batteries Into Position
and Then Brought Their Infantry
Into Sector Assigned Them.

With the French Armies in Italy, Sat
,irday, Dec. S.Protected by their own
artillery fire and whenever possible un-
der cover of night the French forces have
gradually taken over their allotted posi-
tions on the Italian front, and to-day
face the Austro- Germans in full strength.
The French began the task of tax
ing over their sector with the determi-
nation to do this as far as possible un-
aided and they brought up their own
batteries and placed them in position be-
fore single infantry company advanced.
Consequently it was under the shelter Of
the French and not an Italian barrage
fire that the troops finally began slipping
into the lines they now occupy. These
French troops are thoroughly familiar
with all kinds of fighting, both in the
mountains and in the plains They are
among Frances best and they have tax,
en- up their positions which are among
the most important along the entire Ital
ian front in full confidence that they
cannot be dislodged This has been ire
mendously heartening and inspiring to
the Italians retiring for rest and reor-
ganization.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-10
NOT AGREED YET.
Barre Churches Come to No Understand
ing on Fuel-Saving Plan.

Nothing definite has been achieved by
the churches of Barre in the way of eff
fecting merger during the cold weather
but the question is still under considera-
tion. and had it not been for the lateness
of the hour this afternoon when the Min
isters' Monday club of Washington coun-
ty adjourned, the Barre members would
have had an interchange of views. 1t
was stated that several of the pastors
presented the proposal to their congre-
cations yesterday.
One of them submitted four sugges-
tions in the interest of fuel eonserva-
tion. The first proposed using one
church editice, the denominations to as
semble at different hours; the second
suggested using the opera house; the
third would set apart two churches TO
be heated for public worship; and the
fourth had to do with the use of its
vestry by each church.
/, Apparently the churches OF Barre are
not ready to unite under one roof, even
at different hours. In one church, il is
said. the members do not look with favor
on the consolidation plan, and in another
the parishioners expressed preference
for using their own vestry. although they
were willing to go farther If other
churches were so disposed The minis
ters were of the opinion to-day that
meeting would be called later in the
week for the purpose OF ascertaining
lust what the church societies are will
NC TO do.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-10

LOSING POWER
They Have Lost the Prov
ince of Orenburg to
Gen. Dutoff
RULE IN MOSCOW
NOW THREATENED
Petrograd Government Is
sues an Appeal to the
Russian People

London, Dec. l0.--A counter revolt il
southeastern Russia under the leadership
of Generals Kaledines. Dutoff and Korni
loft apparently is aimed at seizing au
thority in that section and cutting of
the food supplies from Siberia. Accord
ing to proclamation Of the Bolshevik
government, General kaledines' forces
are menaeing Moscow and other cities
In the province of Orenburg, the Bol.
sheviki have been overthrown by Gen
eral Dutof.
The proclamation says that the enc
mics of the people have undertaken a
last attempt to destroy the cause Of the
revolt. 1t appeals to the people to sweep
away these enemies of their cause and
announces that necessary military dispo-
sitions have been made to suppress up
risings.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-10
Action Of the Authorities at
Halifax Is Not Ex-
planned
ARRESTS NOT DUE
TO NEW EVIDENCE
With 1000 Known Dead
There Are 1000 Unac-
counted For

| Halifax, n S., Dec. l0.--The revised
dead, 1000 unaccounted for, 5000 wound
ed and $4,000 homeless. Only part of the
burned section has been ral.ed for the
bodies of the dead
BY direction of the military author.
tiles, the police to-day arrested score OF
German residents. There was no ex-
planation, but the officials said it was
not due to the discovery of new evidence
bearing on the explosion Thursday.
Premier Robert l. Borden has an
nounced that preliminary appropriation
of 100000 has been made by the Ca
madam government for immediate relief.
This fund viii be placed at once in the
hands of the citizens finance committee.
An appeal to the people of Canada for
S20.000,000 to S25000,000 for immediate
relief of the homeless and for the re
construction of the stricken district of
Halifax was issued yesterday by the
mayors of Halifax and Dartmouth. The
appeal explained that the ruin was com
plete in wide area occupied almost ex-
clusively by the laboring class.
For the present and immediate fu-
ture,' says the appeal, shelter and
maintenance are being found for them
in public buildings and private homes,
but the season of the year renders it i'm
perative that immediate steps shall be
taken to begin the work of reeonstruc
tion.
1T will be of great assistance to us il,
when offers of goods or building mate
rials are made, descriptions and quanti-
ties should be mentioned so that supplies
of all kinds may come forward as re-
4uired.
"The Bank of Nova Scotia, Halifax,
will act as treasurer of the relief fund
and the branches of that bank and of all
The other banks in Canada will receive
and transmit them to Hall
lax without charge
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-10
AUSTRIAN PRESS PLEASED
Over Peace Proposals Presented By Boil
sheviki.

/ Washington, Dec. l0.-A report re
eeived bv one of the allied diplomats
establishments yesterday says that th'
press of Austria Hungary is almost unan
imons in its approval of the peace pro
posals of the Bolsheviki as expressed by
the Petrograd Soviet resolution.
The Neue Freie Presse says;
by this proposal Pan Slayism is jet
tisoned. There is no word of hate for
the Austro- Hungarian monarchy. These
proposals reflect the impression OF the
international committee in Stockholm
rather than the influence of the entente
"Nor are these proposals particularly
hostile to Germany The Pan Slavist
program is abandoned both as regards
Turkey and Constantinople. 1t is also
important to note that Russia's old as
pirations in the Balkans must be con-
sidered as abandoned, and that this I'M
plies a step in the direction of freedom
of the Balkan peoples.
"As regards Austria individually, it is
noteworthy that among these proposals
there is not one referring to the Czechs
or to any other of the Slav nationalities
in the monarchy, which is in contradic-
ton to the proposals submitted in Stock
holm. With regard to Bosnia, nothing
is demanded but what had already been
promised in the manifesto of the Emper-
or Francis Joseph, viz, autonomy
''The very thing that the entente de-
sires most" says the Tageblatt. "the
Soviet will not have. This is so impor-
tant that it is not worth while at this
moment to discuss in detail those points
there are few-which are not agree
able to the central powers. The Soviet
with democratic frankness
what it is that divides the entente into
two camps. Above all things, it sacri-
fees Pan Slavism, the unfortunate heri-
5age of czarism, which constituted the
harm in the alliance between Russia and
France. who thereby became an acces-
sorry to the world war.
There is no word of supporting the |
Jzech claims, and the Jugoslavs are only |
in connection with few gen !
raj references to autonomy. This is a |
lap in the face for the entente"
The Fremdenblatt says;
"The significance of the proposals lies
lot so much in the actual details as in
he fact that Russia has at last emanci-
'ated herself from the Utopian war aims
4 the entente. The great significance
{ the Russian proposals lies in the rec
gnized principle that this great blood
he'd must be ended by a great general
greement.'
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-10
WAS PROBABLY LOST.
Howard w. Plant of Burlington Was on
the Jacob Jones.

Burlington, Dec l0.-Howsrd W
Plant Of this city, who has been doin9
duty as an electrician on the American
destroyer Jackob Jones. sunk by a sub
marine Thursday night, may have lost
his life as his name does not appear in
any cable list of survivors. He is but
Is years old. He enlisted in the navy
a little more than year ago, He took
a three months training course at New
port, r. J., and was then admitted to
the electrical school at Brooklyn where
he took up wireless telegraphy.
With a little over six months of study
he was rated to the position of third
class operator and transferred to one of
the destroyers, crossing the Atlantic five
months ago.
He is the only child of Mr.. and Mrs.
William II. Plant of 20 Front street.
this city. His father has stated that
if the boy was killed he would enlist,
himself, to avenge his death