made panics. Now the hand-writing
is on the wall and the people
3se finding them out.
Congressman Crawford then
spoke ol John (irants campaign
r t ' ti-
misrepresentation, ne reiuses
i& stand "here where Pritchard
snd Peason have stood, but flees
to the woods. V
If he's too ignorant to discuss
hese issues what will they do
rath him in Washington? You'll
Save to send him there by freight
'S&d then turn him over to the
sergant at arms to keep.
The democratic party has never
jot disfranchised a white man
sad never will. The Republicans
2iave disfranchised white men
and have put the nigger over him.
The republicans appointed 300
!sigger magistrates in North Car
olina. They wanted the Governor
to appoint nigger'aldermen in
each town. Cox says they have
10), 000 white republicans in this
state. We never speak of white
democrats for we are all white.
We have made the republican
ssrty a white man's party.- We
gsve them a new. suit of 'clean
dflthes 'and started them out
anew, but they have already
soiled their clothes. They are like
tiie man who was trying to con-
jffince another that he was only
25 years old. The man refused to
Relieve it because he said no man
ssuld get as dirty as he was in 25
- yhere are 3,000,000 people to
day begging bread. The people
who haye made the wealth of the
country are trirned out of em
ployment, while Rockefeller;
' could buy the whole state of
North Carolina and still have un
told wealth left 1
y The last congress expended a
thousand millions of dollars in
one session. Cotton mills in Ruth
erford county, built and operated
during Cleveland's administra
tion are closed now.
In closing Mr. Crawford pre
lected the election of Bryan. He
said we must have a change, the
iseople were demanding it, and
It was surely coming.
SOBBED OF $190:
HEREAFTER WILL PUT
I'IuHl! in int mm
Jack Dill, accused of rob-
f 1 J i-l. T
Ding nis granu latiier, uaines
Johnson, of Balfour, of $190, was
arrested Sunday on the train
at Fletcher by Deputy Sheriff
Conner. The story runs as fol
lows: Jack Dill roomed with his
grand-father at Balfour several
nights ago. Johnson . had $190
in his pocket on retiring that
night. The following morning,
Dill made an early disappearance
and the sum of money had also
disappeared when Johnson made
search for it. Dill could not be
located, and the officers were
uutllieu aim v icwaiu ui
dollars offered for the retnrn of
the money. Yesterday the officers
were notified that Dill was in
Sewn and making a display of his
money. Officers Conner and Ar
fedge moved in hot pursuit. Dill
sras informed of the fact and
took the evening train for
Asheville. Conner also boarded
the train and arrested the accused
at Fletcher and an Asheville
woman who was with him. The
couple was placed in the county
jail and after closely searching
Dill, nearly a hundred dollars
was found in his shoe. He, with
the woman, will have a prelim
inary hearing today.
Some Fine Apples."
W. F. Pryor, of Bear Wallow,
brought, us in six great big
Hoover apples, Friday, at the
same time cautioning us to guard
them safely against Ed .Brooks,
Cashier of the Citizens Bank,
who HAS been known .to well,
well, let it go, let it go.
They are mountain orchard
products, and are about the finest
yet brought to this office that is,
. if amongst eo much superlative
excellence there may be any
best.
Tom Gets His Reward f
When : Charles ' French v Toms
electrified the country some two
or three years ago " by solemnly
declaring that his allegiance to
the Democratic party disturbed
his nightly slumbers, and he could
no longer affliate with it. The
Citizen modestly remarked that
Charles French Toms renounced
his party and political faith be
cause he "wranted pie. He was
office hungry. Long and earn
estly had Charles French Toms,
a Democrat in Democratic Hen
dersonville, scanned the ' politi
cal horizon. Like Alexander, he
sighed, not exactly for worlds to
conquor, but for some niche in
the world of political fame where
the name of Charles French
Toms might be emblazoned in
letters large and portentious.
It must be remembered that at
that time the future for demo
cracy looked any thing but rosy.
Republicanism was the zenith of
its power, and to the uninitiated
it looked as if the G. O. P. had
a mortgage on eternity, as far as
holding down the pie counter was
concerned. Therefore, the heart
of Charles French Toms was
sorely troubled. He reflected
with some bitterness that the
yearning of his soul would not
be fulfilled as long as he remain
ed true to the political faith of
his fathers.- No, sir, with eyes
that shone with the lustre of am
bition, Charles French Toms
looked around him and he saw
the fat offices of the land held
down by the republicans. Even
in this Democratic country, Dixie,
where Republicans are as scarce
as hen's teeth, he saw the vari
ous troughs occupied by desci
ples of the national party in pow
er and a bold and fearful
thought penetrated his brain.
"Other men have bolted," tho
ght he, "and have prospered;
why couldn't I?" The thought
was father to the deed, and Dem
ocracy received a fearful blow in
the plexis when it was trumped
abroad that Charles French Toms
had cast the robes of "error and
blindness" from him for all time.
Hereafter he would take his
stand among the high and mighty
of that party which has ever made
-
a football of his own country.
Then it was that The Citizen,
peeping out from the mountain
fastnesses, ventured to remark
that Charles French Toms would
get his reward. Such an illustri
ous example of martydom and
self-sacrifice would be written
down in the chronicles of men
who perform big deeds. The Cit
izen did not attempt to pick but
the precise niche which Charles
French Toms would be chosen to
fill, but it felt sure that Charles
French Toms would no more sigh
in vain for political honors.
i
And now, behold, ' recognition
has come. Charles French Toms,
once a Democrat in Democratic
Hendersonville, was nominated
vesterday for the lieutenant-governorship
on the Republican tick-
et! There's reward for you. Char
les French Toms actually on the
Republican ticket! What availeth
now all the jibes and jeers of his
fomer friends and allies? He has
left them f arv in the- lurch, has
Charles French Toms, once a
Democrat in Democratic Hend
ersonville. Asheville Citizen.
JMiss Carrie Corbit after spend
ing several weeks with Mrs. H.
H. Carson, will leave for Red
Springs, N. C, this week, where
j she will be engaged as music
teacher. .
Apples! Apples!
v If you like apples, go down to
Flave Hart's place and see him
shipping Henderson county ap
ples to many far off points.
Haywood apples may be fine but
surely nothing could surpass
those beauties he had men crat
ing up this morning. And - the
numbers! Why, there must
have been millions and millions
of them!' Great, big, firm Hoo
vers, red beauties, and many
other kinds, all magnificent ex
amples of mountain fruitr-culture
in Henderson county. It was a
scene for an artist the big room
piled and crowded with fruit
The many men packing, others
bringing them in from big two
horse wagons and still others
waiting a chance to unload.
Outside in the pig lot were
crates by the score of late cabb
age none finer grown anywhere
than Henderson County cabbage
and the big lot was filled with
teams either waiting to unload,
or having sold their cargo, wait
ing for the sleek mules, the . fat
horses to finish their dinner be
fore starting homeward. ,
If you want to "get an idea of
Henderson county products go
down to Flave Hart's place arid
see for yourself just what this
county can do!
St
Wi
A great deal of space has been
given in these columns as to how
this county has been blessed
with fine fruit and vegetables,
but a word needs to be said about
the enormous amount of big fish
in our streams
T. N. Redden was in town yes
terday with a buggy full of fish,
jumping and fluttering for life.
The lightest ones weighed about;
six pounds and the heaviest
weighed twelve pounds, famil
iarly known as the Carp species.
Redden caught them in the
French Broad only about eight
miles of town. The heavy rains
washed the fish out in the shal
low water,' which resulted in
their capture. .
Dance at'The Floral House.
The dance at Floral House on
Mills River last evening was one
of the best this season. The bal
room was beautifully decorated.
The dance in every respect was a
success.
The Mills River Orchestra un
der the directions of Mr. Sexton
was greatly arranged for the af
fair and played some of b the
most up-to-date music of the
season. The dance was opened
by some beautiful figures led by
Mrs. Rosemburg of New Orleans
and Woodfin Sumner, assisted by
Miss O'conner of New Orleans
and Ona Sales.
During the intermission which
came at mid-night refreshments
were served in the dinning room
which was very attractively
adorned with Potted ferns and
Salnia.
Nearly two hundred guests
were present Saturday's Daily
All Puffed Up Over Nothing
"Yes,' these are pretty fair
apples. They're Hoovers, you
know. My friend, W. F. Pryor,
brought them in Saturday. He
knows I'm a good judge of fine
apples and sweet potatoes."
Cashier C. E. Brooks was talk
ing, in front of him, but back of
the iron bars of the cashier's
window of the Citizens Bank
were three apples," that is,- 'it is
said they were apples, and may
be they were. We don't know,
as only the best in the county
are brought to the Daiy Hustler
office, and these that Mr. Brooks
was so puffed up about but
still maybe they were' apples, af
ter all, maybe they were. There's
all kind of fruit grown here and
many kinds of apples.
E. L. Craig, of Cola, S. C,
has left after spending several
days in the city. '
Abound
t
Fish
li issue
(Courtesy Raleigh News and
Observer.) -
A CLEAR AND, CORRECT STATE
MENT. The Republicans in Western North
Carolina are fertile in raising false is
sues. When the Constitutional Amend
ment, relating to suffrage was before
the people, thty had the effrontery
to declare that if it became a law it
would at once deny the right to vote
to every white mdn who had been
denied the advantages of an educa
tion. The result was that they deceived
some illiterate man who voted against
the purified suffrage. Later these men
found out that the Republicans had
fooled them and that they had been
used by corrupt politicians to try to
keep all the ignorant negroes enjoying
the ballot.
This year the Republicans of the
mountains have discovered another
mare's nest. There is a .big company
in Haywood county making pulp for
high grade paper and wrapping pa
per. These Republican ignoramuses
are telling the people of. the moun
tains that the Democrats favored a
measure that would destroy that in
dustry in Western North Carolina.
There isn't a word of truth in the
statement. Hon. , W. T. Crawford, the
able and patriotic Congressman from
the Tenth district makes a clear and
correct statement of the matter that
does not leave the Republican manu
facturer of campaign canards a
place to stand upon. In sl, letter to
the Asheville Citizen, Mr. Crawford
says: ' ...
To the Editor:
I.Iy name has been mentioned in the
discussion of the proposition to put
wood pulp and print paper on the
free list. I am sure that there are
many who desire to know the whple
truth, while there are others who do
not care to know the truth and will
not be governed by it when they do
know it, for the reason that they
have already planned to make poli
tical capital out of supposed ignor-.
ance of people by misrepresentations
as to the purpose and effect of legisla
tion along this line.
The agitation of this-question began
more than a year ago when the In
ternational Paper Company and the
Great Northern Paper Company and
others combined and formed a trust
and deliberately planned to add to
the burdens of the 12,5 00 newspa
pers of the United States, the enor
mous sum of $60,000,000 per annum
in the cost of -their paper, as was
alleged by the Newspaper Publishers'
Association, representing, as it does,
80 per cent, of the newspapers of the
country. The association resisted the
demands of the trust on the ground
that there had been no material in
crease in the cost of producing the
paper, yet the price - was raised, on
a general average, from $38 to $50
per ton, and the smaller papers are
paying at the rate of $65 per ton.
Since the trust was formed, there has
not been a pound of paper bought
except at the trust-fixed price, if the
evidence taken by the committee is
tn be believed. The newspaper asso
ciation, composed alike of democrats
and republicans, appealed to the de
partment of justice for relief, insist
ing that a trust had been formed In
violation of the anti-trust law; and the
attorney general instituted suits in the
federal court against , a number of
these companies. In the meantime
Congress convened and President
Poosevelt in his anual message, of
December 3, 1907, says: "There should
be no tariff on any forest product
grown in this ' country ; and, in espe
cial, there should be no tariff on wood
pulp." Following the suggestion of
the president, Mr. Stevens, a republi
can from Minnesota, introduced a bill
to put wood pulp and print paper on
the free list. The committee on ways
and means refused to report the bill
to the house, whereupon the demo
crats joined in a petition to the speak
er, asking that the committee be dis
charged from further consideration of
the bill, and that it be put upon its
pasage; This the speaker declined to
do, but In compliance with a resolu
tion of the house, he appointed a
special committee to investigate the
wood pulp and newspaper business
as to prices, trusts, etc. This com
mittee was composed of four repub
licans and two democrats, and after
taking more than 2,000 pages of tes
timony, two reports were made. The
republicans agreeing with the demo
crats that the price of print paper
had been increased as alleged, but
contended that it was due, largely, to
the increased cost of production, and
that there was not sufficient evidence
to warrant a conclusion that a trust
had been formed, while the democrats
contended that it was not due to In
creased cost of production, and that
the evidenc showed conclusively that
the price had been arbitrarily raised
by agreement. And since the reports
were filed, the companies, which had
been indicted, came into the court and
pleaded guilty to the charge of vio
lating the anti-trust law. So by their
own confession their guilt was estab
lished. The court imposed a fine to
be discharged in money, and permit
ted them to go on with their extor
tions. They now can recoup their loss
by adding a fraction of cent to the
price of their paper; If the guilty
parties had been sent to jail like or
dinary criminals the trust might have
been controlled. The democrats, real
izing that there is little hope for re
lief by indictment in the courts, de
clared in the national platform that
wood pulp and print paper should be
put on the free list. Then the news
papers would be free to buy their pa
per in the open markets and pay
the price fixed by the law of supply
and demand.
'. Shall trusts be granted special pri
vileges when they are living in open
and wilful violation of law? If there
is to be no limitation on the power
of the paper trust, one of two things
must happen. Eitker the increased
cost of paper will be transferred to
the patrons of the newspaper, or many
of the weaker papers will be forced
into, bankruptcy.
But It is being contended by cer
tain men that such law will destroy
the : value of the pulp wood of this
section and reduce .wages by putting
the Champion Fibre Company at Can
ton in competition with free trade of
Canada in wood and- its products.
What are "the facts?; v . -In
tb e first place, all acid and pulp
woods are now and have always -been
or he free list. (See the testimony
at pages 8, 19, 903, 2,015). And that
the se woods in Western North Caro
lina are much cheaper than , similar,
woods in Canada on board the cars.
(See" testimony, page 900 and follow
ing pages.) , X
In the second place the Champion
Fibre Company makes no wood pulp
for sale, but uses every pound pro
duced at Its own paper mills at Ham
ilton, O., and than lacks, at least,. 5 0
tens per day ot supplying its demand
and, besides, it does not produce a
pound of pulp used in making news
paper. Only stone-ground pulp is
used for such purpose.
' In the "third place, the " Champion
Fibre Company does not produce a
pound of news print paper. In the.
Canton" mills a low grade of wrap
ping paper is made, and at the Hamil
ton mills a high grade of gloss-finished
paper is manufactured, such as is
used in first-class catalogues and
magazines.
And in the fourth place, the Cham
pion Fibre Company does not belong
to the newspaper "trust and has no
connection with it, and can in no way
be affected, directly or indirectly, by
suppressing the 'newspaper trust. And
consequently no harm can come to
those who are supplj'ing Vit . with
wood and labor. )
The people are intelligent and are
aroused; and will not Jcnger tolerate
the paper trust and .her trusts, by
allov ng theiri to taks phelirt- ; un
der a subterfuge and continue 1o rob
iht-m. And in the meantime, their
defenders, disguised though they may
be, will be smoked out- I welcome
the issuer ' '
Very respectfully,
W. T. CRAWFORD.
Waynesville, N. C, Aug. 19. 1908.
The Fruits of
Henderson County.
The marvelous possibilities of
Henderson County as a fruit
raising section are shown by
some recent examples recently
brought to the Daily Hustler office
W. G. Painter left an apple
here weighing just one pound a
fine Pippin perfectly formed,
smooth and delicious to the taste.
T. D. Brittain of Naples pre
sented, the shop with a sixteen
ounce peach, certainly a beauty,
and very fine tasting, -firm and
solid.
Capt. M. C. Toms, some pecu
liar red apples, of which the Cap
tain does not know the name,
shaped like the old "Sheepnose"
variety. These came from the
Jump-off Mountain orchard, and
demonstrates that the mountains
are peculiarly well adapted to
apple culture, as these samples
are twice the size of low-land
fruit and sell for three times the
price. As is generally known Capt.
Toms has an immense orchard
on Jump-off, the revenue from
which will very soon be consid
erable. Then along comes M. M. Shep
herd, toting a turnip of such
monstrous size as to make the
genial "Roe' ' stagger under the
load. He didn't grow it, tho.' No,
sir! Nor Vol Shepherd, agricul
turist, either, but the giant tur
nip was the result of W. K. Web
er's labors, who came here from
Ohio and is now living on the
old Roper place.
Then again, there's Charley
Nelson, who dropt into the sanc
tum this morning with a few
little apples from his orchard
near Mt. Hebron. They were
"Summer Buffs," and Charley,
smiling sadly, requested that
they be measured. We did, and
one of 'em measured only 14 in
ches around, and the four would
probably make a pie as big as a
dishpan.
These few specimens, with the
others which have been mention
ed from time to time in these
columns show clearly that "Nat
ure is kind to Henderson County
and will repay a hundred-fold
every effort made to cultivate
her smiles and good will.
Got Seven;
Chief -of police Reece started
out to arrest one man this morn
ing for vagrancy. He got; him
and six others, all colored, from
Simp Dogan's dance hall. -Simp
was brought along under charge
of running a house of ill-repute;
He was but recently released
from the chdr gang.
Plants a Ton of Radish Seed
You know how much seed y0u
get foranickle? Generally there's
enough comes up to supply half a
town. Well, how would you like
to plant a ton of radish seed a
whole ton think how many little
seeds there must be in a ton 0f
radish seed! ! .
H. W. .Whipple, of Whipple
Bros., Beaufort, S. C, is a guest
at Aspen Cottage, and last spring
his firm planted that quantity of
radish seed. ' The radishes are
marketed in New York City. They
have 400 people working for them
cultivate 100 acres of ground, use
from one-half to two tons of
fertilizer per acre, besides com
post, and often . pull, clean, pack
and ship one million radishes in
one day which is traveling
some. They have 75 Biltmore hogs
on their place. Another trucker
near them has 700 acres in cabb
ages alone.
Mr. Whipple says he has never
yet seen a place ' with so many
fine . horses as Hendersonville
has. He thinks the land here
unsurpassed for certain lines of
agriculture.
Mr. Whipple will remain here
about ten days, when he will re
turn to Beaufort.
It
The eighteen-months-old boy
of Mrs. J. B. Kerr; of Abbeville,
S. C. died at W. J. Davis' resi
dence suddenly last night.
Mrs. Kerr has been staying
with Mr. Davis for some time for
the childs health, and its troub le
grew serious last night which
resulted in" death.
The child's father was not able
to be here on account of the poor
railroad service. -
Undertaker Stepp embalmed
the body this morning, which
will be snipped as soon as possible
to Abbeville for burial.
's Gsri
John Robinson's men has cov
ered the old sign on the bill board
on Main street with the pictures
of some of the animals to be
shown hereon Sept. 4. These are
a number of some-of his largest,
wildest and most ferocious beasts.
A great part of these are ampli
bious animals and it will take
large'tanks of water for them.
The city has sold the show people
several thousand gallons of water
for this purpose.
It has been several years since
there was a circusjhefe and prob
ably none were as large as this
will be. While nearly all the
people in this section have seen
such a show, there are a few
who' have not, and will take ad
vantage of this event.
Constantly the boys can be
seen standing around looking at
the pictures, and the big animals
seem like a dream to them. Yet;
they are betting on seeing these
dangerous beasts, and many a
father or mother will be provoked
day after day until they cough up
the change by which they can go
to the show. ' This event has been
widely advertised . in Western
Carolina, and more people will be
here than ever before in the his
tory of Hendersonville. Train,
loads will pour in the city from
all nearby points on the road and
the people : in the more remote
rural districts will be here in wag
on Toads to see the arrival of this
big show-
from GuDa.
.Col. William Ewing, origian
ally of Wilmington, is in
the city. He made an interest
ing talk on the street Sat. morn
ing, .outlining his thrilling exper
iences while on the island of
Cuba. He told of how he went
there and invested in property
many years ago and at that time
he invested in property that
would have been worth millions
of $'s today had it not been taken
from him and destroyed during a
Spanish insurrection. He joined
the .fluban war and during that
time was made chief of a Cuban
hospital, also won his present
title of colonel.
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