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French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-12-20
Tale of q Gift
That Wasn't Given

~ HT giving has marked the theat
~ rical profession in all times, an6
it was interesting to hear on one
occasion an old actor tell with tears in
his eyes of the most beautiful Christ
mas present that he had ever received
"a wig that Edwin Forrest had worn
in "OthellO" and that he gave to thu
actor, then young, in token of his es
TEEN, says a player.
It was a most fearful scene, this oil
man recalling this touching incident OF
the good old times, and we were all
leaving the table, burdened with the
picture and the memories that it evok-
ed, when Stuart Rogson leaned over
and whispered:
"You know Forrest never gave any.
one anything, and he didn't wear a
wig in 'Othello.'"
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-12-20
MUCH LIQUOR IN W
(From Canton observer.)

Judge Shaw should be given another
chance to suspend judgement on good
behavior of the many blockaders IN
HAYWOOD and Jackson counties
whether it is due to the fact that the
new corn crop is at hand for the max
inp of "nubbin' juice" or becsue his
honor was so Ienient with the whiskey
defendants. we know not. But one
thing is very evident, and that is tnaI
more whiskey is being sold now than
before the last term of Haywood
ty superior court, an da part OF IT, at
least, is coming from a section where
the transgressors shouIGcred thelr
faithful old copper stills n went be-
fore the courts with she promise OF be
ing good if only forgiven just TINS
once"
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-12-20

If you need a dresser or iron bed We
have some old stock and will give Gus.
toners benefit of old prices. Hender.
sOnville Furniture company. 12-13-2tc
See us for anything in furnishing
your home. HendersOnVille Furniture
company. l2-lS-2tC
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-12-20
Cards at Christmas

During the reign of Henry VII, a
statute was passed prohibiting card
playing, except at Christmas. 1t was
a universal custom to play cards at
Christmas. Persons who eve played
at any other time felt bound to do Sc
at this season. The practice had even
the sanction of the law.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-12-20

D. P. Moss of Edneyville, who was
secretary of the fair, when in town
Wednesday furnished the Hustler some
interesting statistics with reference to
the crops grown by members of the
Edneyville Agricultural club.
Some of the figures follow:
Flave Rhodes made IA ga bushels
of corn on o%ne-fourth of an acre;
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-12-20
Not Vacant House in Canton.

From Canton Observer
The fact that there is not a dwelling
house in Canton for rent speaks well
for the town.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-12-20
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French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-12-20
Club II
Gets FinesC Crops

w. E, Moss Grew 9S Bushels of Corn,
43 1-2 Bushels of Irish Potatoes and
3 1-2 Bushels of Soy Beans on Same
Acre. '
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-12-20

The old miser in the story, VIII
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-28
TWO SENT TO JAIL
ANDONE MANFINED
FOR BEING DRUNK

Two men were sentenced to jail,
one man was fined. and one forfeited
collateral in the Police Court for
drunkenness today. One other was
intoxicated when arrested but was
not sentenced for drunkenness. as the
charge against him was one OF dis
orderly conduct.
George Harper, fifty-eight years
old, was still groGgy when he ap
peared in court this morning. He
was sentenced to sixty days in Jail.
Thomas Jones, colOred, who was ar
rested at Union Station on December
is in a drunken condition, and has
since been held for investigation by
the police, was sentenced to fifteen
days in default OF SIS fine. Nathaniel
Fisher, colored, was sentenced to pay
q fine Of Ss5, which was later reduced
TO $40 out Of consideration by the
court for his sick wife.
Herbert B. Andrews WIS arrested
at Union Station for using profane
language on a train. He was drunk
a the time, but as no charge OF
drunkenness had been preferred
against him, his fine was only $40,
for disorderly conduct.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-28
LEM TOWERS, R., is
CHOSEN BY MASONS

Lem Towers, jr., was elected grand
master OF the Grand Lodge OF Masons
of the District of Columbia at the
st. Johns day communication celc-
brated At Masonic Temple last night
Mr. Towers succeeds James :. Witten.
Joseph II. Milans was elected
deputy grand master. J. Harry Cum
ningham, senior grand warden;
Charles J. O'NeilI, junior grand war
den; Arvine W. johnson, grand sec
rotary; Charles S. Baldwin, grand
treasurer; Thomas II. Young, grand
lecturer; Hugh T. Stevenson, grand
chaplain; Ulysses G. Il. Pierce, as
sistant grand chaplain: Charles G.
Coombs. grand marshal: Mark T.. Fin
ley, senior grand deacon; Charles L.
Roberts, Junior grand deacon; Roe
FulkersOn, grand sword bearer: sgd
ney X. Jacobs, grand pursuivant:
Ezekiel J. Ayers, senior grand stew
ard; Gratz T.. Dunkum, junior grand
steward, and Warren e. BicIIford.
grand tileT. James A. WctmUre, trus-
tee for three years; Wallace Streater,
cOrpOratOr in Masonic Hall AssocIa-
ton; Lurtin L. CHM. Charles ].
James, Charles r. Baldwin, represen-
tatives OF directors Masonic and
Eastern star Home
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-28
CAMP DODGE FORBIDDEN
TO USE CANNED TOMATOES
PENDING INVESTIGATION

CAMP DODGE, Iowa, Dec. est
was officially announced today that
ground glass had been found in can
ned tomatoes in the commissary OF
the Eighty-eighth army division sta
toned here. Warning had been re-
ceived from the central department.
and officers were especially detailed
to be on the lookout. After an ex-
haustIve examination they discovered
the poison.
Ground glass was first found in
canned goods for army use in Chi
cago, with the result that a general
warning was sent out.
For the time being. the use Of can
ned tomatoes has been forbidden at
Camp Dodge. The poisoned food is
said to have come from Missouri.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-28
RAYMOND NORRIS.

the motorcycle smash. the machine with
side-car attached colliding with an iron
pole on Benning road. She has a
lacerated forehead and conclusion of the
brain. Her twenty-two-month-o child
was cut on the head. and Kimber was
thrown twenty-five feet. but escaped
unhurt. The Kimbers live at 735 First
street northwest The injured are at
Casualty Hospital
Private George Armstrong OF Com
pany d. Twenty-third Engineer Corps,
is at Walter Reed Hospital suffering
from conclusion Of the brain and posi-
bic cranial fracture. The company
truck, which he was driving and which
also carried Private Henry d. Royse,
turned turtle at First street and Mary
land avenue northeast when struck by
Washington Railway and Electric Com
pany car, driven by L. E. Mcintyre.
Both men were thrown clear OF the ma
chine, Armstrong lighting on his head.
Royse sustained Commissions OF the
shoulder. hip. and hand. Treatment was
first given at the Casualty Hospital.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-28
GROUND GLASSPLOT
IN CAMP TOMATOES
STARTSU.S. INQUIRY

Intelligence officers under Colonel
Van Deman, OF the War College, to-
day are working in cooperation with
the Government Secret Service in an
effort to reveal dastardly German
plotters who sought to poison Ameri-
can army food.
Discovery OF ground glass in toma-
toes at Camp Dodge appears to be
the first substantiated case of this
new, insidious weapon Germany is
launching at this nation.
Realizing the extent to which such
a plot might go, Secret Service agen-
cies are bent on stopping it before
it is too late. Short shrift will be
the fate OF any pIotter caught.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-28
TURKS KILL AARONSOHN'S
FATHER AND SISTER

Word reached Washington today OF
the murder by the Turks in Palestine
OF the father and sister of Aaron
Aaronsohn, head of the Palestine ag-
ricultural experiment station, a sub
sidy of the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture.
Mr. Aaronsohn. who is widely
known here. was in Washington only
week ago as the guest of Judge
Julian w. Mack, at the Cosmos Club.
while he delivered lectures in the
interest of Zionism. His relatives
were among thirty Hebrews put to
death by the Turkish army which
surrendered Jerusalem to General
Allenby.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-28
ILLINOIS HOUSE BLASTING
BLAMED ON |. w. w., WHO
INTENDED BLOW AT CAMP

CHICAGO. Dec. 2s.--Blowing up OF
a residence in Rockford. ILL.,, today,
spurred Secret Service agents who
are conducting a systematic campaign
against German and Austrian plot
tiers and members of the !. w. w.
who have sought to create a reign
of terror through dynamitings, poi
sonings and sabotage.
The blowing up Of tho home Of
William Ogden in Rockford is laid to
the !. ". ". by Government opera
tives, who believe that a blow had
been directed at Camp Grant, and
not the Ogden home.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-28
FILES PETITION FOR
PROBATE Of WILL

Petition was filed today by Louisa
Beall Gwynn for the probate OF the
will OF her mother, Mamie Lewis
BeaIl.
The petition sets forth that the de-
ceased died on October 30 last, and
left a will dated October 20, 1907,
which is submitted for probate, hav-
ing been now fully proved. BY the
petition, a large amount OF the per-
sonal property is listed consisting of
stocks in different banks and in the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-28
WINNER Of KUBIC
KID CONTEST IS
'T|NYLAMEPRINCE'

In a massive gray stone fortress
facing a bleak. wintry park a second
Little Lame Prince" lies imprisoned
fluffy little bed.
The first little lame prince is the
one who used to float over the clouds
on n magic blanket in the second
grade reader of the old school days.
The second little prince is fourteen
year-old Raymond Norris, OF 406 F
street southwest. the winner OF two
prizes in the Kubic Kid contest, an
Erector set OF mechanical toys and
a set OF drawing instruments. He Is
confined to his bed and rolling chair
at Providence Hospital, nursing
lame leg, which seems almost incur
able.
Everybody was stuck on my
toys" he said. 81 sent them home
the other day so they could all en-
joy them"
Raymond said that he will not use
his drawing instruments until after
the Christmas holidays. His first
painting will be a sunset on an ocean
and he will send II to The Times.
Just Loves to Draw.
This little pale and slender boy.
as frail and delicate as a lily, seems
to have come from a sunny cline
with "his dreamy brown eyes"
81 love to draw, and next to that
like music" he said. Raymond
said he hopes again to compete in
the Kubic Kid contest. This time
he would like to win a musical IN
strument, such as a banjo.
Pointing to his withered leg he
said:
81 used to want to be a marine,
but with this l gave up the idea.
will have to take up something where
1 can use my hands. kind Of have
a bunch I'll be an artist"
When asked II he would like to ny
over the battlefront in the modern
magic bIanket-the airpIane-his
eyes flashed, and a shade of color
rushed to his white cheeks.
you bet your life 1 would" he an
swered.
Nobody but the little boy knows
what he has suffered since that dream
of a marines life was shattered If
teen months ago when a bruise on his
leg disabled him possibly for life.
He is too brave to admit IL, but
that wistful look that comes and goes
in his eyes tells it plainly enough.
Eyes Wide with Wonder.
The Little Lame Prince was told OF
Reuben, the great Flemish artist, |
VINO being armless, painted with his /
toes. His eyes opened wide with |
wonder. He laughed and said, "Well. \
/ won't be quite so bad OF as that"
Raymond said that IL his drawings !
were good enough he would like to .
send some to the soldiers, but to The !,
Times first.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-28
DR.. 7. c. JANEWAY DEAD
AT HOME IN BALTIMORE

DIR. Theodore Caldwell Janeway,
head OF the medical s;aff OF Johns
Hopkins University. Is deal at his
home at Baltimore after . short III
ness.
DR.. Ianeway, w.o was "A years Did.
was the son of the late DR.. Edward
G. Janeway OF New York. He was
one Of the most eminent physicians
in America. He Is survived by his
widow and ave children.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-28
NIAGARA WATER POWER
REOUTSTTTONED BY U. S.

The War Department today reQui-
sitioned all the power being produced
on the American side of Niagara
Falls to secure an adequate supply of
electricity for factories in Buffalo and
Niagara Falls engaged in war work.
Existing contracts will not be dis
tUrbed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-28
FRENCH MINISTRY UPHELD.

PARIS. Dec. 2-GeneraI satisfaction
was expressed today in the action Of the
Chamber Of Deputies in unanimously
unfolding the French ministry in it,
Russian policy. A resolution Of Cd
position was voted down All to 90. This
was followed by a vote OF confidence,
balloting 3s4 to O.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-28

United States Steel Corporation to-
talinga valuation of about 100000
Mrs. Gwynn is the only child and
sole heir at law, and is made execu-
triX OF the estate and by her petit
ton, which is filed by Attorney will
ton J. Lambert, she asks that letters
testamentary be issued to her.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-28
TWOBADLYHURT
IN MOTORCYCLE
AND AUTOCRASHES

Two persons lie critically injured in
Washington hospitals today as the re-
suit Of automobile and motorcycle acci-
dents
Mrs. Fannie Kimber. aged twenty-six.
wife of Max Kimber, was the victim of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-12-28
SENATOR HUGHES BETTER.

Senator Hughes of New Jersey, who
is i'll with pneumonia in a hospital
at Trenton, is reported improved to-
day.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-30
.BLAMES RAILWAY
FOR FAULTY REPORT
Andrew Sangster Says He Lacked
Complete Cooperation.

Concluding his testimony yesterday,
Andrew Sangster, accountant in
charge Of the historical report on the
value Of the Washington Railway and
Electric properties. made the charge
of incomplete cooperation against the
Washington Railway and Electric
Company when he stated that many
of the defects in his report could
have been avoided II he had been ac-
corded the same assistance by the Of
ficials of that company as he had re-
ceived from the Capital Traction Of
ficials.
In a cross-examination by the Dis
trict corporation counsel, Conrad B.
Syme, Sangster said the officials OF
the company had refused him infor-
nation pertaining to ceratin proper
ties under their control. Asked II he
had any knowledge of any bias ex-
isting as regards the company or its
officers, or the part of subordinates
or himself, Mr.. Sangster emphatically
denied that he knew Of any such feel
ing.
The cross-examination by Syme
concluded the testimony of Sangster.
Sangster said that when he had
used the word admit in replying to
questions asked by the attorney for
the company he used the word only in
the sense that he understood an exist
ing circumstance and not that he was
negating anything that had been pre-
viously said by him.
The hearing on the valuation Of the
Potomac Electric Power Company's
properties has been set for today at
10 o'clock.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-30
GRINDER GETS Is
YEARS in PRISON
Slayer of Elsie Sacrey Sentenced by
Judge Gould.

Edward Grinder, the 19-year-old boy,
convicted of mansl~ughter in connec-
ton with the shooting of Elsie Sacrcy
September u last at Seventh and ID
streets southwest, was sentenced yes
terday by Judge Gould in Criminal
Court No. to fifteen years in the
penitentiary.
Stephen ]. Ransom, colored. con-
victed of manslaughter, was sentenced
to ten years in the pepitentiary.
Ransom was convicted of burning his
wife to death last December.
Julian +. Reed, convicted of setting
up a gaming table. was sentenced
to one and one-half years imprison-
ment and fined $500. The court sus-
pended sentence. and Reed paid the
fine.
George William Marshall, who killed
Edward Williams with a brick dur
ing a quarrel at IS Fenton street
northeast February !. 1915. was given
twenty years Imprisonment.
Justice Gould granted the request
Of Attorney Robert l. Miller for a
new trial for Peter w. Allen, con-
victed of murder in the first degree,
in connection with the death of his
stepson Ernest Allen.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-30
PLANS AMUSEMENT
FOR SOLDIER CAMPS
Marc Klaw Will Seek to Entertain
Enlisted MeA.

Amusement plans whereby some
form of entertainment will be pro-
vided for the enlisted men in Amer
ica's thirty mobilization camps, soon
to be established, every evening, have
been formulated by Marc Klaw. of the
Klaw & Erlanger theatrical establish
ment, and will be transmitted to Ray
mond B. Fosdick, chairman of the
committee on training camp activities,
who has charge Of this feature, in the
very near future.
This announcement was made last
night by Mr.. Klaw, who is at the
Shoreham.
No one seems to realize the gigan-
tic task to provide nightly amusement
for the soldiers in camp" Mr.. Klaw
said. 'In my report to Mr.. Fosdick
I have outlined what to my mind is a
feasible manner in which to conduct
the continuous performances.
IT propose that they have not only
theatrical entertainment, but also lee
lures, motion picture plays, musical
entertainments. I also suggest that
the theatrical talent among the vari-
Gus camps, for there will be consider
able, organize themselves into COM
panies for their mutural benefit"
Mr.. Klaw, when questioned as to
how hard he believed the present war
would AFFECT the legitimate theater,
remarked that he believed the present
outlook poor"
I do not mean to be pessimistic, -
/ SIR. Klaw explained, but I am COM
PEELED to say that sincerely believe
the coming theatrical season will be
a very poor one.
Such has proven to be the case on
the other side. and 1 see no reason
why it will not be so here. OF course,
as the war wears on it is bound to
pick up. But there is little use
prophesying so far off. the remaining
and evident fact is that there is at
first bound to be a slump"
Mr.. Klaw said he was in the city
mot to fight" the proposed tax on
amusements which is contained in the
revenue bill now before Congress, but
to suggest more feasible manner of
taxation than is now contemplated. &"
He said he was sincerely in favor Of
the efforts to provide amusement, es-
pecially theatrical entertainment. for
the soldiers who will gather at the
camps. as are the majority of other
theatrical managers. and that he in
tended to aid them as far as he pos
sibly can.
When questioned as to whether he
believed the call to the colors" was
taking many young actors from the
stage. Mr.. Klaw said that as yet loss
Of theatrical talent through enlistment
was comparatively small"
The Washington herald., 1917-06-30
WONDERFUL STUFF!
GEE! YOU'LL LIKE IT
Apply n Few Drops Then LIZ
Corns or CaIIuses on with
FinRers-NO Pain.

No hummgJ Any corn, whether
hard. soft o. between the toes. will
loosen righ, up and lift out. without
a particle of pain or soreness.
This drug u called freezone and is
a compound OF ether discovered by a
Cincinnati man.
Ask at any drug store for a quarter
ounce of freezone. which will cost
but a trifle. but is sufficient to rid
ones feet of every corn or caIlus.
Put few drops directly upon any
tender, aching corn or Callus. In
stantly the soreness disappears and
shortly the corn or callus will loosen
and can be lifted off with the fingers.
This drug freezone doesn't eat out
the corn or Calluses but shriveIs
them without even irritating the sur
rounding skin.
Just think! No pain at all; no sore
ness or smarting when applying it or
afterwards. Try a little and see for
yourself.-Adv.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-30
Corporal Of Engineers
Takes War Bride Here

American soldiers are in France
and the rest OF us do not know when
we will be given sealed ORDERS" said
Corporal Barnett NJ. Trew, of Com.
pany A, Sixth Regiment of Engineers,
yesterday when he applied to Col. w,
A. Krell at the marriage license coun-
ter for a license to wed Mrs. Nellie L,
Gudger, a comely Kentucky widow.
II am getting married while 1 have
the opportunity" said the corporal
French girls may be all right, but
prefer the girl from the blue grass
State"
Rev. Edgar c. Powers will perform
the ceremony. The bride and bride
groom are both "a years old.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-30
Omaha Lawyer Named
For Court of Appeals

President Wilson sent to the Senate
yesterday the nomination of Constan-
tine J. Smyth. a well-known Omaha
attorney. to succeed Chief Justice
Shepherd, retired, OF the District
Court OF Appeals. Chief Justice Shep-
herd retired last April, having reached
the age OF 20. The two other members
Of the Districts highest tribunal are
Justice Charles H. Robb and Justice
Josiah Van Orsden. Mr.. Smyth was
born at Gavin. Ireland, in 1859. He
came to America when II years Of age.
He entered Creighton University at
Omaha and was graduated from that
institution. He was a delegate to the
Democratic National Convention at
st. Louis in 1904.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-30
Suit Follows Arrest on Boat.

The Colonial Beach Company was
made defendant in a suit to recover
SO. 900 damages for false arrest filed in
the District Supreme Court yesterday
by William r. Kelly.
Kelly AYERS that on the Fourth Of
July Of last year he was a passenger
on the steamer st. Johns on a trip to
Colonial Beach, and when near the
landing he was put under arrest for
disorderly conduct and imprisoned
falsely on the boat five hours.
The Washington herald., 1917-06-30

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