r EXCITING VVEEK IN RALEIGH
. Tiffiel have' been exciting in Raleigh
for tbe past tendays on account of the
dlicusaionof;the sensational informa
tlon Riyen out f rom Washington by the
'State's attorneys in the rate hearing
about the $8,000 paid by : the Southern
Railway for advertising ten months in
the Raleigh Evening Times. As stated
in The Hustler last week, the News &
Observer gave this interesting piece of
news to the public on Tuesday morning
and denounced the Southern Railway
and President John C. Drewery, of the
Times corporaOm, for the giving and
taking of such an excessive amount for
the apparent email service. rendered.
Wf; ffoiief called ub by uhone list
night and requested me not to say any
thing about, the conversation had in the
morning, and I would keep alienee now.
but for the fact that my name has been
drawn into it and! want my position in
the matter definitely and clearly under
stood. Had X thought the matter would
ever come ud in the newspapers I would
never have mentioned, it even casually
to a friend in the first instance. ;
Mr. Crater called to see me between
9 and 10 o'clock this morning at the
bank and the conversation between us
at that time was in the presence of Mr,
Bricrers, cashier, as I found Mr. Crater
talkinff with Mr. Brlsres when I went
into the bank. 1- attach hereto the
thefe hadneVel befell any WaP Xn'th
next place we have a Chautauqua" So
ciety here, ana in the schedule of exer
cises this year one day set apart as "Old
Soldiers' Day," with a : free lunch to
the old veterans at the court house on
the Invitation of the Daughters of the
Confederacy, a march to the city, hall
and an oration on Stonewall . Jackson,
etc. - In this invitation by the Daugh
ters all old soldiers were urged to at
tend, with the assurance of welcome;
but it did not specially mention the old
Union soldiers, and considering the
source of the invitation and-the fact
that it was a little vague or ambiguous,
Ifelt a little dubious about attending
lest it might be solely an old Confed-
The following copy of theDailyHustler, dated August 13, 1913, was picked up on Pickens Square,
and shows the surprising growth of Hendersonville since the lake was built.
Largest Circulation
.'in tie world
THE DAILY HUSTLER
Largest Circulation
' In tie world
VOL. 13
FKIDAY, AU
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T IT 1913.
NO. 313
Council Proceedings.
Tlie city council met last night for the first
time in their magmincent council chamber
in the new 13,000,000 city hall. The galleries
were crowded with interested spectators. . .
The.following resolutions were introduced :
Appropriating f 1,000,000 'for construction
of new water works system.
To'compel property owners on Main street
to lay cement walks, similary to that in front
of the Hotel Gates. Said it was impossible
for Jarties with thin ol shoes to walk on
present side walk. Member was enthusi
astcally cheered and presented wUh a bou-
quet of ilowers by the ladies.
To compel the Ilendersonville & Asheville
Traction Comyany to give universal trans
fors and sell twelve tickets for S3 cents. - -
Tq llmikhelght of new buildings to 32 st6r
ries. Claimed present water presure was
Insufficient to cope with a greater height.
To" instal a modern fire alarm signal Berv
ice. Said present fire protection was fool
ishly inadequate, . . . ... '
. Member from U7tn ward wanted to know
when the poles were to be taken out of Main
street. He was ruled out of order and ser-gent-at-arms
made him sit dawn.
To extend city limits to include Asheville
and Zirconia.
CITY BKIEFS.
A new steamer was launched on the- lake
yesterday. It cost $250,000 and was built by
local capitalists.
A $375,000 office buildlnfr will beforected on
the old postoffice site. .There will be six
passenger elevators in it. J
The corner stone of the new 12,000,000 post
office was laid yesterday. President Wil
liam Jennings Bryan and Vice-President
Theodore Roosevelt were present at the im
pressive ceremony. The vice-president will
leave on the 6:47 for Jackson county, where
tie will try and bag a HiJT bear which has
bwn reported there. Effort's will be made
to keep the news from the bear.'
John R. Smith was drowned In the lake
yesterday. - He fell from the 196th street pier
and perished before help could reach him. -
The Hendersonville & Asheville Traction
Company are double tracking their road to
Mills River. - ' , .
Judge C.-M. Pace, clerk or the court, says
there are seven, murders, sixteen" divorces
and fourteen, burglary cases to be triedat
the present term of court. , '
Dr. Strousc held his 8th annual Chautau
qua here last night. President Bryan and
J. Pierpont Morgan. made the principal ad
dresses. Admission was free.
Hendersonville h as added 'n other cotton
mill to her list. This makes the tenth.
Poiicemen are stationed at all crossings in
the down town shopping district. They are
the finest looking men on the force.
There has just bedn completed a 1850.000
summer hotel on idt. Hebron. It commands
a tine view of the lake.
The sixth National Bank stockholders
yesterday elected its old board of directors
and officers, and increased its apital stock.
Tbe new city directory has just been put
lished. There are exactly 1,749,35 people
living In G rcatcr Hendersonville.
The Appalachian Interurban has put on a
new express train with four sleepers.- It
runs direct to Charleston.
G. M. Glazerner says he will e married
next week. The ladies' name is not an
nounced. ' The electric car line to Laurel Park is now
operated on a two-minute schedule.
,JVew Unian Depot. ' ."
General Superintendent Fullbright, of the
Southern Railway,-says his company will
immediately start work oma two million
dollar passenger depot. It will be finished '
ntxt week.
It was naturally expected that the Times
would explain the matter m its issue of
Tuesday af teraoon, but instead this sim
ple statement appeared: "We have
been trying to get some definite and cor
rect information concerning certain al
legations which formed the basis of a
story printed in the Raleigh 'morning
paper.";' This was disappointing to
those who had hoped for a more specific'
explanation and left the public to con
clude that the allegations were wall
founded. ' ,
On Wednesday morning the News &
Observer contained a spicy review of
the situation which added largely to the
interest of the' discussion by printing a
statement to the effect that Business
Manager George B. Crater, of the Even
ing Times had said his paper did not re
ceive any of the money and he knew,
nothing of It having been paid to Mr.
Drewery until the publication appeared
in themormng paper. Tbe story, went
on to say that Mr. Crater appeared to be
worried about the circulation of such a
report concerning The Times and pro
fessed no knowledge whatever of the
money naving been paid to either the
paper or the president of the corpora
tion publishing it. This, m view of the
indisputable fact that somebody had re
ceived the money, placed the reputation
of Mr. Drewery in jeopardy and brought
out a special edition of the Times Wed
nesday morning with a positive denial
from Mr. Crater, who declared that he
had not made any such statements as
were attributed to him in the story
published by the News & Observer and
bitterly denouncing that paper for pub
lishing what he termed ''a tissue of lies'
Said he had made no such statements to
any one and demanded the authority
for what the morning paper had credited
him with eaying concerning the South
ern's vouchers. By this time the ex
citement had become intense and Thurs
day morning's issue of the News & Ob
server was eagerly scanned, it is said,
for evidence to confirm its story of the
day previous. Here is what it said:
"The News and Observer, - with the
statement that it was upon, undoubted
authority; printed that Business Mana
ger Crater had said that he knew noth
ing about the vouchers from the South
ern Railroad to John C. Drewery for
"advertising" and "special notices" and
that the Times die1 not get the money.
In an extra edition of the Times, is
sued yesterday, he pronounced it "abso
lutely false and its author a combination
liar, back-biter, defamer of character,
slanderer, bearer of false witness."
Col. Charles E. Johnson, president of
the Raleigh Banking and Trust Company
and one of the most prominent business
men in' North Carolina, ignores Mr.
Grater's slander and makes a frank and
direct statement which leaves Mr. Cra
ter in a position from which not all the
ingenuity of the 8outhern Railway law
yers can extricate him. ,
Col. Johnson's letter is as follows:
" Septemper 25th; 1907.
Mr. Josephus Daniels, Raleigh jN. C.
Dear Sir: Since my name, much
against my will, has been brought into
the discussion of the matter, I feel that
it is due myself to make a brief state
ment of exactly what . occurred in the
conversation I had with Mr. Crater. I
repeated the substance of this conver
sation in Governor Glenn's . office later
and such a thing aa a controversy aris
ing from it was very foreign to. my
thought or intention.
In passing through the Capitol Square
on the morning of yesterday, the 24th,
I met Mr. Crater. The matter . of the
publication in the morning's News and
Observer was brought up and Mr. Cra
ter seemed very much disturbed over
the prospect of injury to the paper and
loss to hi mself . , He said . that he had
known nothing of these vouchers until
that morning and that The Evening
Times did not get the $6,000. He said
that he was so worried over the matter
that he did hot know what to do. He
said that he would like to talk with : me
about it, to which I replied "All right."
He remarked that his livelihood depend
ed on the paper, or words to that effect,
and in reply I urged .him not to be dis
couraged, tnat tne paper was a gooa
business proposition and Jo go abead
and work the thing sall out straight. I I
, left hixri, feeling sorry for him over the
situation, and with the imttression firm
ly Axed in my mind that he knew noth
ing whatever 01 the $3,000 transaction.
statement made to me by Mr. Briggs of
what occurred at that time.
. In justice to Mr. Crater it is proper
for me to say that in our conversations
Mr. Drewry's name was not mentioned
and Mr. Crater made nt) intimation that
Mr. Drewry ot any of the money in
question,
I sincerely regret this publicity .1
Very truly,
Chas. K. Johnson.
STATEMENT OP MR. BRIGGS.
September 25th, 1907.
Col. CbasJEL Johnson, Rnleigh, N. 0. .
Dear Sir : In response to your inquiry
as to what passed between you and Mr.
Crater at the bank this morning, I will
say:' Mr. Crater came in the bank , be
tween 9 and 10 o'olock and asked for
Col. Johnson. While waiting for, CoL
Johnson to come - in, " Mr. Crater
stated to me that he had beard that a
prominent banker had - remarked that
be, Mr. Crater had made a. statement
that the Evening Time's did not get six
thousand dollars but that John C. Drew
ry did. About that time Col. Johnson
came in and the same statement was
made to him by II r. Carter. Col. Johnson
replied that that was not the case, and
asked him to repeat what he, Mr. Cra
ter, did say to him yesterday morning.
Mr. Crater replied that he said that the
Evening Times did not get the six
thousand dollars. Col. Johnson replied,
"Yes, that is what you told me. Yeu
told me that you did not know anything
about the six thousand dollar vouchers
and that the Evening Times did not get
the six thousand dollars." "
Yours very truly, -
F. H. Briggs.
Thursday afternoon Mr. Crater pub
lished a card in the Times in which he
reiterated his statements in the previ
ous Issue, in the face of "the undisputed
authority" he had demanded of the
News and Observer for publication in
that paper to which he had so strenu
ously objected So there you are, with
th six thousand, dollars yet to be ac
counted for by the business manager ef
the Evening Times.
MR. DREWRY'S STATEMENT.
President John C. Drewry, of the
corporation which publishes the-Italeigh
Eyening Times, has issued a statement
concerning those . Southern " Railway
vouchers he received from Col. A. B.
Andrews last year. Mr. Drewry ad
mits the acceptance of two of the vouch
ers for $3,000 each, but says he return
ed the third one because he feared crit
icism if the same was: accepted after he
had qualified as senator from the coun
ty of Wake in the recent General As
sembly. He says Col. Andrews agreed,
some time during the fall of 1905, to
give the paper advertising "to the ex
tent of a few thousand dollars upon
the Times publishing the schedules,
special notices, and sich clippings from
other papers as .he mlcrht designate."
The statement of Mr. Drewry is disap
pointing to his friends, inasmuch as "it
is an explanation that does not ex
plain." Such business transactions as
this cannot be too severely condemned.
After Forty-Seven Years. '-
The following is from tha "Watkins
Express,' of New York State.
Editor Watkins Express Dear
Sir: Captured by the Daughters of the
Confederacy and marched with the Con
federate veterans, .Yes, Mr. Editor,
I was indeed captured bythe Daughters
of the Confederacy, and did march up
the main street to the city hall with
fifty old grizzled Confederate veterans;
and strangest of It all is that to me it
was a most pleasant and happy occasion,
for I assnre you that with us the war is
over.v Bat before telling yoa. how this
came about I must first say, that when
we armed at the city hall we listened
to an oration, or eulogy of, Btonewall
-J ackson,. which at first . thonght would
make it seem more absurd - for an old
Yankee; Union veteran to be caught in
such company oh such an occasion; but
when I explain you will see the matter
very d iff erently. from what you might
suppose. .-. .. .. , r; , ;
To begin with, the war Is over, and I
am a citizen here,. a taxpayer, a neigh
bor, a friend and one of them, as though
erate demonstration, I and if the
invitation did not include all veteran
it would amount in my estimation to
social ostracism so far as I was concern
ed, as I surely did not intend to crowd
myself In upon them before the matter
was distinctly, understood. So I ad
dressed a note to the president of the
Chautauqua informing him as this wsb
a public affair and a general public in
stitution, I wished to distinctly under
stand whether the invitation was gen
eral and included the old Union vete
rans. Upon which he informed me it
surely did. And more than this, the
Daughters of the Confederacy went
still further and appointed a prominent
gentleman to specially extend their in
vitation to any old Union soldier whom
be might meet, and - he very cordially
took me by the hand and gave me a
hearty invitation. What, then could .1
do if I had , a spark of the gentleman
about me, or the gallantry or the spirit
of chivalry of the true Southern gentle
man, but to accept the invitation as the
"burial ef the hatchet" and the offering
of the "olive braneh" and enter heart
ily and cordially into the enjoyment of
the occasion, and I felt that I was most
richly rewarded.
When I entered the dining-room fil
led with old (Confederate veterans, as I
have on so many occasions with Union
veterans, a most beautiful and highly
accomplished young lady of the city, a
Daughter of the Confederacy, greeted
me with a smile at the door, extended
her hand and gave me a most cordial
and ' hearty welcome. She then seated
me and proceeded with other beauties
to wait on me and others to the excel
lent refreshments of the occasion. The
old veterans while truly cordially and
sincerely friendly, at the same tlm
maintained their self-respect and true
dignity as men who, having believed
they were right, bad fought bravely
through four long years of terrible strife
and hardship; some had been wounded
several times, and one old veteran told
me that he wis a prisoner of war two
years and more on Johnson's Island in
Lake Erie, He is a neighbor to me now,
a successful truck farmer and gardener,
doing well, -. - T ;
A visit of an hour or two after dinner
and then the veterans fell inJUne for the
march to the hall and how did they
look and how did they appear? '.Why,
jim like our. men; men of the' same
names, nationality and character, and
I believe most of them men could be
trusted anywhere, and some of them
now, 'men of abundant means. .Did they
have a brass band, and did they- march
to the tune of Dixie, and did they flaunt
the old stars and bars, or the later' ap
proved flag of the Confederacy? No,
indeed; they marched witheut any mus
ic and without any flag, but they march
ed with dignity and in grim silence
But how do you suppose it seemed : to
me, the only old Yankee in the line. I
thought of the days of yore and saw the
old fellows vainly trying to keep the
step to "hay foot straw fot," as we
used to in the -old drilling ; days some
times of yore?
At the hall we were all seated in a
body, and the oration was , delivered by
ueorge M. Edgar, I1L..U., formerly on
the staff of Stonewall Jackson. It was
a most eloquent and able portrayal of
the life, character and military achieve
ments of that noted chieftain In both
peace and war; and to crown all,' after
narrating his wonderful success to the
time of his tragical death, and shewing
his reasons for believing, that had he
been spared Gettysburg would not have
been necessary, he frankly admitted
that he could not account for his re
moval except it was to "prevent the
success of the Southern Confederacy
or at least it was an act of an inscru
table God. This was a manly, noble and
Christian-like admission, and one which
goes far to satisfy and reconcile men of
both parties to the result, firmly believ
ing that, under Providence it is all for
the best.-' . ; , ' . r
In conclusion I call your attention to
the fact that thousands of the old Con
federate veterans were bitterly opposed"
to secession, and . but r for the call' for
troops to aid In quelling the rebellion
whole States like Tennessee and North
Carolina would ..never have seceeded,
bnt they,wou-d not; fight "their filolw
Southeraers..- . ; . , j,
I -But then you; will ask -what is the
I cause of the "solid South" or of the
B60M IN THE WESTi
Important New Railroad Projects
in the M ou ntains. - -
Buncomb t, : H ay wo odf . He nd e r s on
Polk, and Transylvania" Coiin
ties to Vote Oct. 17 on Sub
scriptions tox Railroad Building
Resorts Full of Visitors.
; - (News & Observer.) -
Assistant Commissioner M. It. Ship
man, of the Department of Labor and
Printing, who has returned from a two
weeks' vacation in the western part of
the S,tate, says that "summer visitors"
were numerous at all the mountain re
sorts this year. The hotels did not re
ceive quite the usual patronage in a
few of the towns, on xocount of the
large number of new boarding houses
recently censtructed and opened to the
public but these are rare Jnstanoes and
little complaint is being heard from any
source about this condition During his
absence Air. Hhlpman visited Asheville,
Hendersonville, Brevard, Tozaway and
Wayneivllle. At each of these popular
resorts there was no "dearth" of tou
rists from the South Atlantic and Gulf
States, who had sought refuge among
the delightful mountains of Western
North Carolena, in s section known far
and near as "the Switzerland of Amer
ica." The season opened a little late
this last summer but the visitors are
lingering longer than usual, many of
them having indicated their purpose of
remaining until the latter part of Octo
ber, thereby getting the benefit of the
most enjoyable month of the year in the
"Over Hills of Ottaray." The climate
is more agreeable during October and
the scenery picturesqoely grand. V
Two Nw Railroad Lines. N
Mr. Bblpman says the people In sev
eral counties, viz., Buncembe, Hay wood,
Henderson, Folk, Rutherfordton and
Transylvania, are greatly enthused over
the prospects of two new lines of . rail
road which they have come to believe
will Boon traverse that section of the
State. An election will be held in each
of the counties named on the 17th day
of October, for the purpose of deciding
whether any, or all of them is willing
to vote a reasonable subscription to the
capital stock of the . companies promo-"
ting the scheme, and tbe prevailing
opinion appears entirely favorable to the
proposition. Buncombe Is asked to
subscribe $200,000, Henderson $50,000,
Polk; $50,000 and Haywood and Tran
sylvania $3,000 per mile of road pas
sing through their territory. No bonds
are to be issued until the roads Are
completed and in actual operation and
tbe counties are to be amply protected
by first mortgage bonds upon the pro
perty. There are three : corporations Inter
ested In this great project, Ur. Ship
man is advised: The Appalachian and
Interurban Railroad Company, tbe Bat
Cave Railway Company and the South
Atlantic and Trans-Continental - Rail
road Company. The first named will
owu the line from Bat Cave, via i Hen
dersonville and Asheville to Turnpike,
on the Haywood coumy line; the second
from Bat Cave to Rutherfordton and the
third is to operate the road from Turn
pike to Waynesville, also the trunk
line from Knoxville to Waynesyllle,
thence to Brevard and on across the
Blue Ridge to Greenville, S. C. The
Appalachian Construction Company has
already been duly chartered by the
Secretary of State, with a capital stock
of $125,000 and is ready to begin opera
tions when the proposition is ratified by
the voters of the several counties inter
ested "This concern has given a justi
fied bond of an adequate amount to
guarantee a speedy execution of . the
work proposed and the people are jubi
lant over the encouraging outlook.
Millions of money are. said to be behind
the undertaking and the only thing nec
essary, in order to secure the success of
the scheme, seems to.be the co-operation
asked for upon the part of the people
directly concerned. ' And the chances
are that this will-be forthcoming if
"outward appearances" may be relied
upon. Mr. Shipman says that the . peo
pie in the sections where the real
merits of the proposition have been ful
ly understood are practically unani
mous in their approval of the plan. He
belieyes the line from Hendersonville
to Asheville and Rutherfordton is
practically assured, as considerable
local capital is interested in it.
Southern States being sosolldly Demo
cratic That is more particularly; in
State politics, and the fear of what the
North may do in consequence of the cur
tailment of the negro vote by restricting
their representation in Congress. While
the truth is, the conditional disfran
chlsment of the negro is not a hostile
act toward him or the North, but strict
ly to prevent the domination of the
ignorant negro vote by allowing the
balance of power politically td remain
in their hands. And this earns rule of
qualification as a voter is now being ap
plied to both black and white alike; as
it should have been in the days of recon
struction Immediately after f he war.
H. H. S ayLiER.
Hendersonville, 8ept. 6, 1907.
A Good Result.
.Under the operation of the new Pure
Food Laws, baking powders now gener
ally bear on the labels a statement of the
ingredients This is of "Utmost impor
tance because of the harmful ingred
ients used in many cases.
Royal Baking Powder is known to be
the only baking powder made of Royal
Grape Cream of. Tarter, and this no
doubt explains its greatly increased
sale here. - .
L Careful housekeepers are, taking ad
vantage of the protection which, the
Laws afford, and are examining all the
reading matter on the back of the label
before adopting any brand for use In
the home : ; ;
V When in place of the words Cream o
Tarter the words "alum" "alumiaum"
or "phosphate of lime" appear among
the ingredientsthey hieed the warning
and avoid baking powders , containing
these substitutes. . s. i .,..-".:
There is
an Overcoat
here for YOU
A big stock to
select from. . ,
The prices are -right,
the quality is
v right, the style is "
'right' ; , .
"It pays to dress
well." A man's '
personal appearance
has much to do with '
his success in life.
i : fCftntrtt4v2t' nvrr-
coats meet the de
. mand for high class
goods at prices with
in the reach of all.
We want to show
Why , -Kantbebeat
clothes
. are " .. - - - .,
- "SUPERIOR TO TAILOR-MADE."
Drop in and look through , the new Une of suits and overcoats.
laze in
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ETumiture
Just now we are offering some special
bargains in Furniture and House Furn
ishings of all kinds. The prices mean
money in your pocket. The stock is the
most complete and up-fo-date in town.
Come in and look around.
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just begining to arrive, r
We can show you -some handsome Plaids in Mo
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Broad Cloths, Mixed Suitings arid Voils, Small
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