Newspapers / The Daily Herald (Hendersonville, … / Sept. 5, 1911, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Daily Herald (Hendersonville, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
m -v .. - i i TH RAO) DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY f - HENDERSONYILLE. NORTH CAKO LENA, SEPTEMBER 6,; 1911 JVCJ t r - 't 11 ft f iV1 WILL SURVEY FRENCH BROM A preliminary survey" of French Broad river from - Asheville to Bre vard with a view to ascertaining the feasibility of making a navigable stream between these points, the al i leged appropriation for which by Con--gresa formed an Important, plank in .me iafct cijgressiJiiai iav.e of Congressman-John G. Grant of Hen dersonville, appears now to be an as sured thing at an early date. A letter to Postmaster W. W. Rol lins from W. H. Rose, captain of a ' corps of engineers of the engineering office of the United States army, of Chattanooga, Terin., states that Mr. Rope expects to be hee during thr; month, to make preliminary ar" ,nauon oi tne nvT From the tone of the letter ihe writer evidently expects to find a deep stream, floating gasoline laun ches and probably white-winged ves sels of commerce. He will.be disap pointed in finding a rocky bed pro truding from the surface of the water at irregular intervals. . It will be recalled that Congressman Grant called attention to the approp riation he obtained from Congress for T his snrveyi?n all rf his campaign ! speeches, which provoked much sar casm from ms oppJi-euc, CoL&iessLi i J. M. Gudger, Jr., Ashevillft Citizen CHOLERA CLAIMS 593 VICTIMS IN ITALY - Chiasso. Switzerland, Sept. 3. Ac cording to an official statement by the Italian government, which has just - reached here, there are 11,635 cases of . cholera and . 593 deaths from the disease in Italy in seven days, from August 20 to 26, inclusive. In the province of Naples, there were 104 cases and 46. deaths; in the province orGenca 18 cases and V deaths, and" in the province of Paler mo 30 casessand 9 deaths. There were many ' cases in Rome, Naples, and Palermo cities, but the fatalitie? were not so high as iri the provinces- London, Aug. 31 The following story, which was stopped by the Ita lian telegraph censor, reached Lon ' don by mail today. Rome - Aug. 28 An outbreak - of cholera is . reported atV Berbyuro in Calabria,, with 82 .new cases, reported yesterday, and 44 dead. The dead were.left unburied because the authoi ities could, not get help to inter them The populace, wrought, up over the spread of the pla gue and incensed at the mayor and other municipal digni taries, set fire to the municipal buila ings and shot ahd f killed the pretore or magistrate, who had been sent tc calm them- They then seized the mayor's secretary, SigfiOr Agostinc Amcrosi and after subjecting him tc terrible tortures, cut his ' head off and paraded it- upon aj)ole. The - mayor escaped a like fate-oy shutting himself up in his house. ; Cases of cholera continue all ' over Italy, - notably. :at Leghorn, Rome; Na ples, and 1 . olher principal ' seaport towns. " Farmers' CInion In Sessioii Shawnee. Okla., Sept. 5.- A na tional" convention for farmers unparr alleled, probably in importance, un doubtedly in attendance, in the his tory ofAmerica, assembled in Shaw nee Tor ;aX three days' session. The occasion is the annual convention of the National Farmers' Union, the largest, most influential and most successful organization . of its kind r ever existed in this country, not. ex- ' cepting the Farmers' Alliancft which made , itself felt in national politics several decades ago . - The present convention is attended by delegates representing .a member shrip of over . 2,0(50.000 scattered over more than half the States ofg the Un- : ion. While the South and the West are the best represented numerally there is abundant evidence to show that the organization is steadily ' making- headway among the farmers of other. sections of the country. . .. AT THE PALACE A full bill was presented last night as the first offering of a new week in the way of moving pictures. And - it was a good way to start the week too; for all the pictures were g3od, the only distinction' being that seme were better Wian others- Two gocd Biograph films were shown and the ve showing the bashful country boy - fgi his first and rather disastrous 'encounter with love was especially in- teretsing and indicrous . It might have seemed a little overdrawn but these of us who have been , in . love with love when we thought we were in love with "Her" known, better "The ' Taming of tjie Shrew" "?ras indeed, a masterpiece as a picture film just as it is in the realm of literature . For tonight. " Swat the Flies" ' a comedy entirely approbate and apt, another good comedy on the same reel, a good tragedy, and then the orchestra will complete "the t)fEering. . . .. -7 - PROFIT 5 ifcWS I! BRIEFITHOSE JUNEAU, Alaska Nine persons are believed to have perished in a - fire which destroyed the Juneau "hotel and the McGrath building last - night . Four bodies have been recovered from the ruing and five more are believed to be buried in the debris. DERLIN The German foreign minis ter, HeFr Van Kiderien-Waechter, and the .French ambassor, M. Can bon. met here yeslelay to discuss France's prosposa.1 to Germany look ing to a settlement of the Moroccan dispute. HARTFORD, Conn The opening lay of the Gran Circuit races was iield here yesterday in connection with the annual state fair with the historic ten thousand Charter Oak, 2.14 trot, as the feature, and which was won by R. T C. driven Dy Mur - ohy in straight heats. RALEIGH.N. C. Two delegations called on Governor Kitchin to press claims of favorite candidates for the judgeship of the ninth district, ' made vacant by thp resignation of Judge J. Crawford Biggs of Durham, N. C. W. J. Murphy, the Seaboard Air Eane conducted . who was arrested as he stepped off his train here a few mights ago on a charge of participat ing in a badgergame at Albany, Ga.," vas today released on habeas corpus !ars before .Associate Justice W. A. Hoke of the Supreme court. CHICAGO . President. Markham of Illinois Central railroad, last night ended hopes of an immediate settle ment of the-V labor difficulties of the raod by : directing a letter to W." F. ramer, secretary of the International blacksmith's Union, refusing to meet, the representatives of the Federated Shop Employees today as had been eauested. Boston, Mass. The derby event f the second, annual Harvard-Boston aero meet, a cross country flight of '60 miles through the" country, the longest competitive cross country "ight ever held in this country, was won yesterday by Earl L. Ovington of Vston in a 50-horse power Bleriot monoplone. SPRING LAKE. For the first time "vithin recent American history tr.e e;ovbrnors of ' approximately forty of 'be forty-six states will meet in con ference here today. Thirty seven chief executives havp accepted the all outright, several from nearby commonwealths have yet to be heard "rom and of the small remainder those vho can so arrange their duties wili attend for at least a portion of the timet CHICAGO JUDGE MAKES THIRD MAMliALVENTURE That the darts of little Dan Cupidx strike indiscriminately,, and do not spare those more advanced . in years any more than 'they pass by the young is shown by the announcement made at the apartment of Miss Susan p Trimble at the Imperial last night, that she is to become the bride of Judge Richard Tuthill, of Chicago, tomorrow'.' : ; V; .V C- This TriiiPh". was r Tie thN case by Miss Ella Trimble, of Chicago v niece of Miss Trimble, who is with her aunt, further than that she. de1' alined to discuss the matter. Miss Trimble is fifty : years old and 's slightly deaf,. She has apartments at the Imperial,. 1769 Columbia road, and has been a clerk in the Land of fice since 1882. Judge Tuthill is in the city, but his exact whereabouts were not disclosed He is seventy years old, and this will, be his third matrimonial wenture . He has 'five grown daughters and one sn living in Chicago. ; . V FOR SALE. At a bargrain. 5fy home nlace on Sunset .Hefehts.Ea'ay terms. , SeQ me at once. WILL J. CASE city. . ... v-. - ' , Yi mm .row R Winter Playthings. That the farmers of Henderson county believe in good roads, and that thev are willing to go down intoV their pockets for that purpose, is in dicated by the following list, a "Roll of Honor," of the men who have con tributed to, aid the chaingang in its work.'' -The following have furnished two horse teams, worth at least three dollars per day. - J. Beddingfield, 1 day; Bud Cone, 1 day: E. J. Drake, IV day; S. M. Gil- liam. 1 3, dav: J B Guice, 1 day Dock jHTdfir - -iu; day: t T. Henderson. 1 day, Deck Justus. 1 day; Sam Laming, i-.aay; J. a. Maxweii, aays; j. a. Newman, 2 days; R. M. Pryor, 1 day; 2. V. Pittillo, 1 day S. P. Pittillo, day; D. S. Stepp, l9 day; Tom Sea- gle, days; Bail Staton, 2 days; T. J. Shipman, l day ;Edd-Ross, 2 days; Samuel Race, $ 'day ; J. N. Boss, 1 day ; J. K . Whitaker-, 2 days Z. V. Whitesides, 13,4 day; C-. Young U9 day; Total dys 43 3-4 . The following ' subscriptions are cash, all used . for. the purpose of building, better roads in Henderson county. ; B. G. Collins, $20 ; Rigby-Morrow & Co, $15; D. S. Pace. $6; Columbus .Mores, $6; W. A. Keith, $5 T, B. Car sen, $6 H. D. Hyder, $6; Belvin The arman, $3, Total $67.00. -, - Supervisor George Justice feels gratified at receiving such substantial support from the public-spirited far mers and business men of the county as v thp, above list indicates, and believes- that the dawn of good roads for Henderson county is ready to break.' v - Mr. Justice states!that active wcrk on the new Greenville highway will commence October first. He has al ready secured one thousand dollars in subscriptions" tp aid in building the new road . This money will be used to supplement the county funds The general road supervisor will, within a few days purchase a pair of 1200 pound mules to help move the convict camp to . its new location and to help in the work of building fhe new road. Mat Side, Chicago, Sept. 4 . The wrestling championship of the world remains at Humboli, Iowa . It took Frank. Gotch 19 minutes 50 seconds to win from George Hackenschmidt, who has , thus far twice failed to wrest the world's highest honors from the sturdy Iowan. Gotch securedl the first fall with a reverse body lock in 14 minutes and 10. 1-5 seconds ; the 'second fall re quired exactly 5 minutes and 32-15 seconds. According to the general Comment. Hackenschmidt entered the ring a beaten man. He looked like a loser from the start. . Gotch, in supreme confidence, was master of the situation at every stag. . - .The second fall looked as if the so called "lion," from across the Atlantic simply ;;uitv It was a rather pitiable spectacle. , ; x Gotch followingf his victory, held a levee just outside bf the arena, while Mrs. Gotch held another in the grand stand . V- , . ' Messrs . J K . Thorn? s and Alex . Rowlaiid of Columbia spent the week end in the city, returning to their homes, yesterday. . GOOD ROADS U( GOTCH WIS MATCH SHORT LOCAL NOUS Mr. Albert Rickman of Greenville, S. C. left yesterday after spending several days m the city with friends. Mr. S. T. Hodges left yesterday for a business trip of several week's duration in South Carolina and Flori da.. Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Allison and daughter, and Mr. D. Penton and three children of Wilmington reach ed the city Sunday and will spend sev eral weeks here. Mrs. B.E. Crafts 'and Miss Crafts of New Orleans who have been spend, ing the past week at the Kentucky Home left yesterday for Asheville where they expect to spend several days befor returning to their homes. Mrs. S. M. Taylor and Mr. J. L. Barnhardt of Salisbury arrived yes terdayand expect to spend a couple of weeks here. Miss Gladys Cummings of Reids ville, N C, reached the city yesterday and Rxpect to spend several weeks here. , Miss Corinne Williams of Ocala Fla., arrived yesterday . and ' will spend several days at the Kentucky Home. Mr.- Frank Waldrop returned yes terday from a week-end visit to New berry, S. C. v Misses Emilie Labrie. May Zachary, and Blanch LeMarie who have been spending the summer months at Lau rel Park Retreat, left today for At lanta, Ga., where they will spend a week or two before returning to their homes in New Orleans. A white hobo waa arrested at the station last night and lodged in thejrnarled In the sectory of the Cathed jail. .He will send in his card to one of the court dignitaries this afternoon who will see' that he is received with the proper eclat. Inquiry will likely be institued to learn the reason for his non-appearance at the convention held in Washington a few days ago. It may be that some of the visitors have departed for their several homes in the various sections of the country hut Main street of an afternon i8 still able to muster quite a goodly collec tion of visitors who have elected to s,pend awhile longer with the recent arrivals who keep coming. Septem ber is a great month to spend in the mountains and numbers of people prefer it to any other month of the year. i The Lyric theater which has been running all the summer and offering vaudeville attractions along with the moving pictures is now closed. Some what like the proverbial Arab, Man ager Venable folded his tent and left from here Saturday night. He seem ed not to have taken anyone in his confidence but dispensed with tearful adieus attendant upon formal leave-taking- and let the blow of separation fall heavily last night Many besieg ed the door waiting for some sign from within but none came. After waiting around for several minutes they went to their homes, and the ad mission fee was B&yed, provided of course it was not otherwise spent. - Labor Day passed off quietly .yes terday and no particular notice seem ed to have been taken of it except by the banks . and the post office which which wer,, closed. The closing of the bank was felt in several of the business houses and hotels. It was almost impossible to find any money in town except in the form of checks. The shortage was felt way out at Ganuga, one man phoning in to see if as much ag $50.00 could be found in order to cash a check and tide over the tempory stingency. Several places were unable to help him, because they were in nearly as bad a condition.- ..'-.,'v " REAL ESTATE AW V The real estate market for the past week has been very active. The firm of Ewbank and Ewbank having transacted deals amounting to 'about $9,000.00 in this time. The transaction of primary interest to residents of the city is the one whereby Dr. Kirk secures possession of the property on the cornor of Main street and 6th avenue. This prop erty heretofore had been rented an? Dr. Kirk has been considering the purchase of it for several weeks but only in the last few days could satis factory terms be negotiated. Two other deals Involving consid erable money were made at Flat Rock Mr. J. Baldwin of Atlanta, Ga Who owns a place there bought nearly a hundred acres of land adjoining hit present property. Eight one acres were purchased from Mrs. Heler Grimball and about fifteen acres frop Miss Mary Morton. These two recent purchases give Mr. Baldwin somr very excelent sections of land whict will no doubt give him a handsome print in the course of a year or two should he decide to place them on thr real estate market. ETOWAH KEWS. Etowah school is wide awake. Thlt was shown by the interest taken by all young and old in the sale anr contests on last .Friday night. The money raised at that time will be spent in beautifying the school building and the parsonage. The Betterment Association Is alsr doing a great work. On Friday night the 22, this Association will give Birthday Party The public is cordi ally invited. The proceeds from thlr party will be spent for the croquet se and a Basket ball out fit. labor day was appropriately cele brated by the school. The boys an? girls w'th the teachers spent the da' in cleaning off the grounds. Th stumps were removed and all rubbisr with them. A croquet and basket bar court were laid off. Don't forget the old time slnglnr here Sunday. All who love the goo old times come and join In the sing1nn Dinner "111 be rved on the ground. Rev. M. A. Matheson was called cm last Thursday to unite in marriage M-'ss Emma Holden of Hbrgp Shoe an Mr. Jasper Neal of Macon Ga. The' were married at the home of the bride and then left for Spartanburg, wbef Mr. Neal is in business. SON OE SENATOR LODGE WEDS NURSE Boston, Sept 2 Back Bay socletj has not received such a shock it fears as it sustained tonight when it learned .that during the afternoor John Ellerton Lodge, the son or Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, and Mil; Mary uonnoiiy. a beautiful nursr from the Carney Hospital, had beer ral of th,, Holy. Cross by Rev. Fa the Finnegan. Several months ago Miss Connoll: nursed Mr. Lodge, throv.eh a ter'ou illness at-private hospital conducted by Dr. William Sturgls BIgelow It Beacon street. The statement war mad at that time,, that, won by thr tenderness of his beautiful attendance Mr. Lodge had asked her to be hi wife. This, however, was promptl; ienied by Miss Connolly, by Mr Lodge and by Senator and Mrs Henry Cabot Lodge, so society was not prepared to hear of the ceremony. Th6 Lodge are so firmly intrenched in society, however, that it is hardly likely the Boston "400" will attempt to exclude the heroine of this romance from its charmed circle. The only witnesses of the cer-niony were Senator and Mrs. Lodge, Re presentatlve Augustus B. Gardner. Senator Lodge's brother In law and Mrs..G. Ci Lodge widow of Sena to T Lodge's son, who died some time ngo and Rev. Father Connolly, a bothe of the bride. . That Mr. Lodge has become a Cat he He was denied tonight by Representa tive Gardner, who acted as spokesman for the family, but he would not ex plain the fact that a Catholic priest officiated in the face of the opposi tion of the Catholic Church to mixed marriages. The school term for the ensulnp school year will begin on the 21st of September, so on of the com mitt man informed a Herald reporter this moiniKg. i o Jo.-i i t atifef n ment will carry glad tidings to many a youthful heart Just now in the hev dey of his summer's enjoyment. Marv of the youngsters will laboriously count the number of days until school begins and then wonder petulantly why the- old school starts anyway. Several of the more nature pupils will really be glad for school to open so that they can put on the finishing touches in anticipation of pursuing and finally overtaking "education" In the classic walls of some college. A good ambition, and .here's success to yon. ...... . t BEATTIE TAKES WES S A Chesterfield Court House, Va., Sept. i. Through six . weary hours In a crowded and stuffy court room. Henry Clay Beattle. Jr., indicted for the nurder of his wife, battled for his lif today. Evening shadows alone Interrupted a vigorous cross-examination by the Commonwealth Judge Watson ending the ordeal by adjourn Ing court to an earlier hour than usual tomorrow 9:15 a. m. when the prosecutor, Mr. Wcndenburg. will continue his rapid Are of quetslons A lone figure was young Brittle In the crowd that surrounded him on ill sides even the windows and tree ?ommanding tbe court room bring 'hick with staring faces. And tbe Hisoner sat for hours, his manner :ool and collected, unfolding tbo-nor-lid detail, of his relations with lleu ah Linford, a 17 year old girl, for hom the prosecution alleges Brattle illed hla bride of a year. But not lcnc thA orgies of tbe four years br io re his man (age and those that pre- riled the trncedy but the gruegomo ale of the atUicu by the highwayman tnd of the wild ride to the Owen tome at a sreed of r3 miles an hour vlth the Hfelts. bloxdcovered body )f his wife In the machine beside 11m, was given to the jury In all its horrible detail. i OHIO TREES OUT ELECTION LAW Columbus, O., Sept. 5. Tho Kim jail corrupt p,actice, art enacted hf he last srsslrn of the Ohio legisla ture was given its first jiractlc! Irl n th primary held tlnoughm,! the State today. The law In all i's pro visions applies tc the primaries as veil as to irj.i lar citations. The rc .liltu f its oprratfon arc awaitrd vlth keen iitrrert, particularly In Cincinnati. Tolrdo, Columbus and ithrr largr fitIrM whrro It was trlrd 3tit today. .The advt.cnt?s of th? Klmba'i rt xlieve that ft will work a revolution n th tiiethrds of practical politics. Cce measure Is designed to iring radically e.rry ruovrmrnt of every telitical party and candidate Into the layllsht of publicity. Tho publicity rature is ctalnrd by the provisions f tbe law vtlch romt'Cl th filling within trn days aftrr any elrc'Jon. of itatemrnts thowing the precise unount of m r.ey sicnt by every can ildate, party committer, or associa tion or t. gailatlon of two or more persons. Interested In the election, ind showing in addition how every nllar wag s nnt. I'rlmary elections vc Incluckd, .nd the law make tb llicg of such stajrmcnts abMiltitrlv compulsory. The law requires, f'tr erniore, thit tho statement must .ncluJc not only tbe amount of noney r.'ent, but tbe amount Mpromljt-r t,r 'i-cclved. Th nv? law also pHee strict IrrrJt upon tlic amount of monc .i y ijindidati ca i srend for his nomlcv Lion. Th an.frint allowed Is. to be In noportlon t thr population of thj tr'rltory In which the randt'latr jrek nominailrn or elrrtlon. In ad Itlon. th Ja-ar rporlfV ill ihtngi that arc to he rrg.irdrd as legitimate campaign expenses, such aa advertls ;ng. traveling expmrrs, rxpnso of halls and speakers, omers and hrad luarters, the prrj aratlon of lists of rotrrs, etc. The prnattirs for the violation of my of the provisions of the law are severe. For a candidate mean forfeiture of oTlre, In addition to the Ine or Imprisonment. The fine Is to be from $100 f $S00 and the Impris onment not to excrd six months. Employers who srrk In any way to fnfliirnce or control the votes of thosr 'n their employ are made amenable to the law. An employer who threat ened even vnl-ally or Indirectly that fhe ejection of any ijnrtlrular candl l.ite or tlrkrt would result In a j tar Mil suspenstcn of btipJnM or a cut 'n wagrs, mfht undrr the provision of the law, be sent to prison for sit months. The Klmbr.ll law, which Is pronouni ed by experts to be the moht d ran tic "corrupt practices" art In fore In any of the Ftates, Is the rrsnlt of the revelations of votr-buylng In Adama county, this fitite, where hundrrd of voters wer, disfranchised a yrar rro by Judge A. Z. Blair. The masttr Tas Intiodurd in the logljlattir by be r-"-of ertalivo from cointy, Mr. Kimball. Central ll!fno! Tf E ronfrrenre Peoria. 111., Sept. f.T1 Central Illinois Confrrrnre of the MHhodt Episcopal chtirrh, brgan Its annual meeting here todar and will continue fn session tintll Turdar cr Wrtns dav of nxt wrrV. Bluhon Quayl rf Oklahoma City I pmldlng. A large number of mlnlrters and lay tnrmbrrs are In attendance! The opening lar was given over to session of the Ktv- ' worth League and Methodist Brotherhood. hp ' -3-- ... . ; t ' v . , " ,
The Daily Herald (Hendersonville, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Sept. 5, 1911, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75