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French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-25
H YOUR CHILD Is CROSS,
FEVERIsH, C0NsTIPATED
Look MotherI II tongue 10 coated
cleanse little bowels with "CAIt-
fornia Syrup Of Figs"

Mothers can rest cas-. after giving
o'California Syrup OF Figs" because In
N few hours all the clogged-up waste.
sour bile and fermenting food gently
moves out of the bowels, and you have
q well, playful child again.
Sick children needn't be coaxed to
take this harmless fruit laxative.
Millions Of mothers keep it handy be-
cause they know its action on the
stomach, liver and bowels is prompt
and sure.
Ask your druggist for 50-cent bot
tie of California Syrup Of Figs, " which
contains directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-25
LIBRARY HAS
FINE REPORT
HendersOnYiIIe's Popular institution
is visited by Over 1000 Patrons
During Year.
NEEDS MORE CH1LDREN's BOOKS
To the Board Of Alderman of the
Town of Hendersonville:

To the Board of Alderman of the
Town of Hendersonville:
The first annual report of the pub
lie library for the year ending De-
cember 81, 1915, is herewith SUD
mitted
II will be recalled that the library
was opened to the public in the tall
of 1914, at which time there we're
about 700 books. While records were
kent from the beginning, this is the
first report showing actual figures OF
number of members, circulation OIL
books. number of books bought, DO
mated, etc.
The past year has witnessed a
| steady increase in the usefulness OF
1.-THE library; it is being used more and
more by the people of ,the town, and
especially by the pupils of the high
school. At the request of Prof. Black
stock. superintendent of. the graded
! school. a dozen valuable books OF ref
erence have been purchased to be used
in connection with the school Work.
These books were bought with part of
the money realized from the entertain
ment last fall which was due to the
efforts of Mr.. f. E. Curtis and Mr.. s.
T. Hodges
What Libary Has Cost for the Year.
The municipal expenditure by the
town for theh library in 1915 has been
about 100000, which includes Ii
brarian's salary, janitor service, heat,
amount spent for books, magazines,
etc. For this amount 1898 books were
read by the people of Hendersonville.
THE magazines and newspapers were
read by S241 "grown-ups" and chill
dren.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-25
"DOdson's Liver Tone" Starts Your Liver
Better Than CaIOmsI and You Don't
Lose a Days Work

Liven up your sluggish liver! Feel
fine and cheerful; make your work a
pleasure; be vigorous and full iof ambi-
tion4 But take no nasty, dangerous
calomel because it makes you sick and
you may lose days work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis of the bones.
Calomel crashes into sour bile like
dynamite, breaking it up. That's when
you feel that awful nausea and cramping.
Listen to me! If you want to enjoy
the incest, gentlests liver and bowel
cleansing you ever experienced just take
> spoonful of harmless Dodson's Liver
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-25
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
h carolina Henderson County.

North Carolina-Henderson County.
Before R. M. Oates, J. P.
In the matter of VIM. GULL, petitioner
for Homestead.
William GULL of Henderson County.
N. c.. having filed his petition before
the undersigned for his homestead
and personal property exemptions, this
is to notify all the creditors of the
said William GULL that the said petit
ton will be heard at my office in Hen
dersonville township, Henderson coun-
ty on the 7th day of June 1917, when
and where, if they shall appear, they
may be heard.
This the 7th day of December, 1916.
r. nj. OATES, j. p.
Hendersonville Township. Hen
12-14-6tc derson County, N. G.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-25

Rent Collection.
On January 1, 1916, the rent shelf
was installed. On this shelf the lat
est fiction is kept and for which a
small charge is made until book
pays for itself when It is placed on
the free shelves. Fifty-five books
have been purchased with the money
received from the rent collection, "a
of which have paid for themselves
and been transferred to the free
shelves. In this connection 1 would
add that all the new fiction is paid for
in. this manner, thus leaving the
money that is spent by the town for
books that are more lasting than light
fiction OF the day.
Reading Room Attendance.
Number of persons using the read
ing rooms in 1916, 3241.
Gifts.
| The library has been fortunate in
| having received some generous dona-
tons of :books during the past year
The Flat Rock Circulating Library
! contributed about $50 volumes con
sisting of histories, books of travel
and fiction, all of which have beer
tcatalogued and placed on the shelves
Mr.. Edward .Memminger of Flat Rocl
was also instrumental in giving {
large number OF books, all of which
have not yet been catAlogued.
Other appreciated gifts were mad,
by Mr.. George H. Malcolmson, Mrs
Charles Hobbs, Mrs. George Waddill
Mrs. b. J. Barber, Mrs. Alice Morton
Flat Rock. Miss Bessie Steedman, Dr.
W.4R. Kirk, Mrs. NJ C. Letson, but un
fortunately for the children, all tn
books donated have been for grow
people. We are badly in need of som
new books In the children's depart
ment. MRS. N. R, SANDIFER,
Librarian.
French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-25

How Viral Made Her 8trono

BeaIlsVille, Ohio.-"I wish all ner-
Vous, weak, rundown women could
have Vinol I was so rundown, weak
and nervous I could not sleep. Every
thing I ate hurt me, and the medicine
j had taken did me no good. I de-
cided to try Vinol, and before long I
could eat anything I wanted and could
sleep all night. Now I am well and
strong, and in better health than I
have been for years.-Mrs. ANNA
MML1soN, Beallsvi1le, Ohio.
We guarantee Vinol for all rundown,
weak and debilitated conditions.
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, 1917-01-25
SPECIAL
EXCURSION
sst 9 RRRA
From Hendersonville, N. C.

SSAAA = o0~OS
5000 TAMPA, FLA: GasparilIa Car
nival. Tickets on sale Janu-
1917. (See ticket agent).
airy 31st to February 9Th, 1917,
inclusive. Final limit F.ebru-
airy Goth, 1917 Tickets may
be extended to March 3rd,
$3.50 ATLANTA, GA: Southeastern
Land Show and Builders Ex-
change. Tickets on sale Jan
uary 81, 10th, 18th and 14th,
1917. Final limit February
Goth, 1917.
S1S.15 MOBILE ALA.:S Mardi Gras
Celebration. Tickets on sale
= February 18th to 18th, 1917,
inclusive, with final limit
March End, 1917. Tickets may
be extended to March 18th,
1917. (See ticket agent.)
$22.35 NEW ORLEANS, LA: Mardi
Gras Celebration. Tickets on
: sale February 18th to 18th,
1917, inclusive with final limit
March End. Tickets may be
extended to March 18th, 1917.
(See ticket agent.)
=. n. WOOD Division Passenger
Agent, AsheYille, n. @.
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French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-01-25
Orchard Brand /"
Lime and Sulphur Solution
The safest and most reliable preparation for spraying all
kinds of fruit trees in the dormant season

There are many for which
ggerated claims of these Soluble OIL
applications they are injurious
the trees repeatedly will kill them
Jose scale
sprav i'm February March the buds swell
Write for information prices.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-08
CUSTOM OF CARRYING CANES
Biologists Trace il to Their Satisfac-
ton to the PARKWAY Days Of
the Caveman.

\ cane imparts sense of confidence
and ease to its carrier. Before the age
of boomerangs, bows and arrows. fire.
arms and steel cane Cor cudgeD in
the hand was often a matter of life
and death when q citizen of the can
yons was attacked by an enemy. He
who could ply his knotted stick with
the best skill was probably the political
boss of those days. A certain remnant
of this primitive instinct exists today,
remarks the Minneapolis Journal.
Some biologists trace the origin of
the walking stick back even farther
than cavedom. In the arborial stage
certain animals were accustomed to
| the feel of wood and depended on
trees for sudden ascension from dan
ger. The ape found it easier to walk
| on his hind legs with a bowed stick in
his paws. Whether there is any con-
nection between these facts and the
present use of the cane is. of course,
| highly theoretical.
| Man today carries his walking stick
! for three reasOns--it is fashionable, II
makes walking easier and in the event
of attack it may be used as an article
of self-defense.
There are many memories and senti
ments wrapped up in canes. Collec
tons of them have the same artistic
and historical value as any other an
tiques or curios. If you walk down the
avenue With cane that was once use(
by the prince of Wales. you probably
step little more proudly. The stici
carried by your distinguished GRANDPA
Their is a relic with which your house
hold will never part.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-08
TO INSURE SOCCER PLAYERS
Most Unique Idea Ever Evolved IN
Sport Tried Out Successfully
in California.

Probably the most unique idea ever
evolved In sport has been tried out sue
ccsdully in California and is being
considered by soccer football officials
elsewhere. This is the establishment
Of mutual protection insurance COM
pnny for the league players. Hereto
fore soccer players, who are exposed
10 many injuries in the course of a
sea son. played ut their town personal
risk aud many suffered the consc-
Qucnccs Of their accidents, rs the reg
ulor insurance" thmfahiCs viii not
handle these hazards.
The California Football association,
which has suffered NJ various times
througb these runs of injuries, finally
Inns decided 90 insure its own ath-
lclrs. Funds are secured through Il
small assessment of players, through
o. alc of programs. and by smokers
AMI other sources. The plan provides
for compensation up 90 $50 for any in
jury q player may sustain.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-08
Sporting Notes.

Contracts sent TO the players on the
New York American league baseball
club in no instance call for a cut in
salary. In some cases increases are
given.
1t is now reported on what is con-
sidcred good authority that the French
government will not give Georges Car.
pentier leave of absence to come TO
America and fight fist battles for the
purpose of aiding the French war fund.
Jack Barry has signed his con
tract to manage the Red Sox and it is
for a term of only one year. He had a
chance to sign one for a period up to
three years but chose the short time.
The salary is reported to be $4,000.
Ruth, Shore and Agnew are the only
players of the team, besides Barry, who
are under contract
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-08
Sand From Inexhaustible Source.

Because of the difficulty of getting
good sand for road work the California
highway commission has hit upon the
use at one point of what appears to be
an inexhaustibie source-the bottom of
river Near San Luis Obispo a cable
way excavator takes sand from the
bed Of the Salinas river and delivers
it to a screening plant, whence it is
loaded on cars. 1t is expected that each
winter the pits made the previous sea
son will be filled by freshets and the
supply will be never ending.-Engi-
neering Record.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-08
When the Powder Did Not
Blow Up They Returned
and Shook Keg
TWO CHICOPEE LADS
EXPECTED TO DIE
List at Hospital, and Several Others
Are Under Medical Treatment in
Their Homes.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Jan. s. - A
beer keg stuffed by boys with 10
pounds of powder and hay, and then
ignited, gave the expected explosion,
with a terrific noise and probably ia
tai injuries to two of the youngsters,
in Chieopee yesterday afternoon. They
had applied match, and when the
powder did not blow up as soon as
hoped for, they returned and shook
the key. 1t responded Theodore Gel
mas, 10, of % Linden street, Chicopee
Falls, and Stanley Kusiak, Is, of Is
jackson street, Chieopee Falls, are in
a very serious condition at the Mercy
hospital, and Uzed Turgeon, II, of p
Patrick street, and Frank Mccarthy,
II, of 20 Patrick street, Chicopee, are
under medical treatment at their
homes.
Both Gelinas and Kusiak are on the
dangerous list at the hospital. Both
are expected to die from their injuries
Kusiak was the most seriously injured
He was hurled several feet into the air
by the blast At the hospital il was
said that he was badly burned about
the face, head and bod, and that he
would lose one eve. One ear was al
most entirely torn away Gelinas was
injured about the face, head and legs
The explosion occurred in large
field between Sheridan and Montgom
cry streets at point about a quarter
of n mile from the stand pipe of the
IL
to have been Is or 90 bows in the par
~. but those who escaped uninjureC
were not TO be found last evening. Ae
eording to the first story given to the
| police, the boys claim that they found
/ the powder in the dump near the Ste
vens- Duryea plant, but later anothe
explanation was given which the Pc
| lice would not give out.
| The boys carried the powder to tn
vacant lot near near tn stand pip
and poured it into an empty beer keg
/ Then, according TO the police story
they dropped a match through tn
bung hole OF the key and ran away
When the powder failed to eXplod
some of the more adventurous returne
TO the key and joined in shaking it.
Inc explosion resulted ana tue NJ
siak boy was thrown into the air. Som
of the boys who were uninjured ran I
the home of John II. Ash on Montgon
cry street and told him what had haI
pened. Mr.. Ash telephoned to D
Michael |. Shea DIR. Shea summone
the ambulance and hurried to tn
scene, taking Or. l.. +. Mannix Wit
him. The physicians gave first aid an
ordered the Gclinas and kusiak boz
removed to Mercy hospital.
Purgeon and Mccarthy were carrie
to their homes by companions and d
o. f. Metevier of Broadway was ealls'
Stanley Kusiak, the boy who was mo
seriously injured, is the son of Mr.
Sophia kusika. His father, JOSEF
: Kusika, died several years ago. NJ
: Carthy is also the son of widow. II
mother is Mrs. Catherine McCarth
widow of James Mccarthy. IT
| charge of powder weighed abtut
. pounds.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-08
PARROT is VERSATILE BIRD
Exceis Other Representatives Of Fcath-
cred Tribe in Many Ways Besides
Initiating Human Voice.

1t appears that it is not only in
initiating human speech that the par
rot excels most of the birds. 1t is
alone among birds in taking food in
it's claws. With these two character
istics it makes more or less use of
that which distinguishes humanity
from the rest of the animal kingdom
the hand and the larynx.
The monkey uses its hands and the
elephant its trunk in feeding. Various
animals have a habit of paving their
food Rodents have serviceable toes.
Still, the parrot is pre-eminent among
birds in this regard. The secretary
bird is said to attack reptiles with
its claws, and some observers have
said that owls make partial use Of
their remarkably flexible perching-toe
somewhat more than does a hen in
scratching for food, However, there
is no other bird which. when present
ed with piece of food, will accept it
in it's claws.
/ Parrots do not. of course, talk, as
| the word is used, in their wild state,
| and are not known to be initiative OF
neighboring sounds, nor to possess
the repertory of the mockingbird. 1t
is. therefore, question whether or
not their use of the claws is largely
initiative also. The shape Of the par
rot's beak would indicate that some
assistance in eatin has always beer
a part of the birds characteristics.
Like man. the parrot makes its ap
pearance in the world naked anC
helpless.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-08
LIKE PIECE OF FARMLAND
cred by Merest Accident in a
Mine in Arizona.

blast in the Shattuck mine in
Arizona, set for the purpose of bring
ing down ore, was responsible for the
discovery of q remarkable cavern, now
known as Shattuck cave, which has
yielded unusual mineral specimens,
some of the finest Of which have re
Gently been added to the collection at
the Michigan College of Mines. When
the miner who had been working in
that part of the 300-foot level returned
with the night shift he found a great
opening that reacher farther than his
light could penetrate. Looking up
ward, he could see tiny lights flashing,
! and, in the belief that they were stars,
he ran back to the shaft and declared
that he had blasted a hole clear
. through TO the surface. On investi-
eating, the mine official found that the
blast had opened a great circular cav
ern 345 feet in diameter and IT'S feet
high, which seemed like q piece of
fairyland. On the roof myriadS of crys-
tails reflected the lights Of the miners
| lamps. The walls, the roof, and the
floor were covered W h great clusters
/ of crystals, and near the center of the
cavern a mass of stalactites, 40 feet
long, hung from the ceiling like 8
great chandelier. For the most part
1 the crystals were pure white, but, IL
places where the STEERING waters hac
contained iron and copper, great trans
parent stalactites and stalagmites
some ruby-red, others clear emerald
green or azure blue, added to the beau
ty Of the scene.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-08
News TO Her,

A travelling one night found
himself obliged to remain in a small
town OF account of washout on the
railroad caused by the heavy rain,
which was still coming down in tor
rents. The travelling man turned to the
waitress with:
"This certainly looks like the
Flood
"The what?''
''The Flood. You We read about the
Flood, and the ark landing on Mount
Ararat, surely
"Gee! Mister she returned, q
ain t seen a paper for three days. =
Harper s Weekly.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-08
Still Had Them.

What is known in certain town as
"a Shop Carnival was being held,
and little girls represented the vari-
Gus shops. One, dressed in white
muslin frocll gnyly strung with gar
lands of bonbOns, advertised the local
candy store.
When the festival began she fairly
glistencd with attractive confection
cry, bat as time wore on her decora'
tons grew less. Finally. at the END
Of the last act, not bonbOn was tC
be seen.
why, Dora cried the stage man
nger, where in Inc world are all your
decorations? Have you lost them?"
"Oh. no. replied Dora; they re
perfectly safe. I'm wearing them in
side
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-08
HAILED AS COMING CHAMPION
Young Jake sehaefer Thought to Have
Good Chance to Succeed to
willie Hopes Title.

Young Jake Schacfur has a good
chance Of becoming champion billiard
i-' one Of these days say those who are
expert I'm Che halE-line game. Srhacfer
has been coming along fast and is soon
duc 10 reach the perfection Of hi. play,
which, his friends think, viii place him
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-08

NJ the top Among those who have
been instrumental in bringing out the
best billiards there is In Schacfcr is
Willie Hoppe. the champion Hoppe
was a pupil OF the late Jake Schucrer,
the father of the present seeker after
the title, and the Wizard was rCSpon-
sihic in large measure for making
Hoppe the che wonder he is today. II
IS nothing strange, therefore. that
Hoppe would In turn impart much Of
his own knowledge 10 the son of the
man who taught him many Of the finer
points Of the grecncloth game.
Schaefer Is now twenty.thrcc years old
and IN his style Of play reminds ono
rbrcIbly or his father who was one OF
the greateslsexlalglIS ~. tie gaIae. .
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-08
Sarsaparilla.

Sarsaparilla grows all over the
island of Porto Rico. 1t is in common
use and 'jibaros" peddling it in small
bundles are TO be seen constantly 1t
is used for medicinal purposes, brewed
in the form Of vations teas and other
dec6etions, and also STEPPED in rum
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-08
LITTLE pI(KUp5
OF SPORT

Soakcm Yoakum is still letting them
soak i'm.
Aside from being bicycle riders most
of them are sane.
The Amateur Athletic union has S15,-
J6T.12 in its treasury.
Jess Willard doesn't care thing
for money-in small quantities.
Milwaukee wants the 1917 Western
Handicap trapshooting tournament.
Educated toes, il seems, win plaudits
on the gridiron as well as on the stage.
\ caddie is the only spectator who
Is paid FOR watching sporting event
Some minor league clubs made
money last year. The Cardinals, for in
stance.
The way some players run bases
you'd think first base was the end of
the world.
Since Jack Dillon opened his cafe
i'm Indianapolis he is eager to meet
all Corners.
New York horse show las distrib
utcd $SO3G65 in prizes since its inau
gmation in 1883.
Montreal A. A. has 632 members il
the Canadian army, of which g. were
killed in the conflict.
There are times when the bali play
or is all smiles-the first and fifteenth
Of every summer month.
Les Darcy has made more trips (
the United States than any other hu
man being and amt here yet.
Harvard played it's first football
game with Yale at Hamilton parl
New Haven, November 13, 1875.
The successful boxer these DAYS
the one whose manager can beat e1
erybody else to the telegraph Office.
If the war is over next summer til
great American public will be able I
concentrate its attention on baseball.
The New York American LeagJ
club will build clubhouse at Maco
Ca, for their spring training quarter
One of the chief enjoyments of
six-day bike race is the warm flop yC
get in secluded corner of the BIZ
cony.
New Iberia. In. ought to be fiji
place for seasoning baseball player
, IL is the center of the tabasco Sau
e industry.
g Australia, according to informatit
=. recently received, has levied a tax
r Il cents ON every dollar taken in
l. boxing shows.
Il Ball players do not play their be
t when transforming says a crit
# Most of them must think they are bal
e Storming all the time.
~
?. The Pittsburgh club is anxious
d do some trading before the season
L. 1917 starts. The Pirates have q stro
u list OF Youngsters aud viii make so
good trades. 49,. .-..y.-.,zs,=.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-08

carried the South institution But
championship form it is entirely useless.
October April
with
golf between September and April
unbeatable between April
side Phil Carter who five consecutive ouna-
failed win after April
% be But the who
20 months will stale with
all kpcnnCs ora
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-08

Two new canals have recently been
discovered on Mars, strengthening the
belief of scientists that the planet is
Inhabited. Here may be a tip if Mai.
Gea. George uoethais il hooking tor q
capable assistant.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1917-09-19
LIFT YOUR C0RNs
OFF WITH FINGERS
Row to loosen a tender oor,
or callus SO it lifts out
without pain.

Let folks step on your feet hereafter.
wear shoes a size smaller if YOU like,
lof corns Will never again send electric
sparks OF pain throus+h you, according
to this Cincinnati authority.
he says that a few drops of a drug
calieo 1~reezone, applied directly upon
a tender, aching corn, instantly re-
leVes soreness, and soon the entire
corn root ana all, lifts right out.
This drug dries at once and simply
shrlVels up the corn or callus without
even Irritating the surrounding skin,
A small bottle of freezone obtained
at any drug store will cost very little
put Will positively remove every hard
or soft corn or callus from ones feet.
II your druggist hasn't stocked this
new drug yet, tell him to get a small
bottle of freezone for you from his
wholesale drug house.-adv.