North Carolina Newspapers

Our 'store will "be pen every , evening, of ' ' this weelt ".' jO v - HOLIDAY GOODS. The Christmas shopping and buying: is now the jorder of ,the 1 day. ' Very little time left Jor decision, but there is no meed for hesita tion about ;where to buy, be cause our's'cis the $fore to visit for. the nicest goods, and last, but not least bar gain prices. . Holiday Specialties are Here in Great Profusion : !"..'-..'.-Handkerchiefs, " Umbrellas, Vegular hol iday styles; Metal moking Tables, Metal Picture Frames Collar; and Cuff Boxes, Metal and Dresden Toilet sets, Easel and Hand Mirrors, Fancy Garters, Perfumery, I "Alexandre" French KidGloves, . . ' Shaving sets, Manicure sets, Artistic Fancy China and Dresden . Ware, Glove and Handkerchief Boxes, . Jewelry, v . ' Etc. that's always the last word. OESTREICHER & CO. 28 South Main Street. The All important (?) Is your bouse well furnished. t If not, why not, wnen f urnltuTe . is godng so , . . . - -1-. cheap? How oibout that bedroom suit that i ..'.. " J " '; ' .-.- . --.:. ' .... - '-.,. you have been thirnkimig .about eo long? Nice oak Butts going now at J15.00. In-dustrial- cunons taken on all cash. " pur chases. ' ' ' . . W. A. BLAIR, 1 i r (i Phones k. : r 4. S ' Patton Ave. A VERY S AD DEATH, Of Miss Oalla "von! Ruck; at Bo-wling Green. Kentucky. At Bowling Green, : Kentucky, af ter , brief Illness, Calia von. Ruck, , aged twen.tyt onlv lmHtr of Dr.' and TMre. von Buck, of Asheville, died 'Sunday, afternoon, in terment in the family, lot, at Toledo, Ohio, The news of the sudden Staking away j Ot Miss von Ruck is a deep shock tocher many friends in ' 'Asheville jand" t elsjewhere, A "Rniftk, went .to Bowling Green to perfect toerself Jn mu- sic, and three weekB;ao -wast -taKen Mrs. von 1Ruok' was' sent for. "'Dr.f von 'Ruck was absenit from the -of ty itb Ithe time. but soon after hi return' be also toatend. to his daughter's ide iAll , 'that medical skill and -unreni&tting, atifemtion could , do availed HtHe, however ind the - hright young, life passed; away.'." -Tno- profeund sympathy of the teommxmtty is wJitli JDr. von Ruck v and family fiai thelrj great: he reavemen -",: -'A V ' established, paying business for sale. For parucuiars address box 705, city. SPECIAL TERM CIRCUIT COURT r Judge Ewart?s Charge to i, the Grand Jury , tt . ti -i. . j HIS UPiniOn On JJeiinaUent " I ' Tax Question Sheriff Will Not Make Oul For Indictment List W iiUlUUfB VVUU JWUB Oil rrtJBB Paqrpq Judge Ewart Thinks the Question of 1eir Right to do so Should be Decided by the Courts- The Docket Taken Up, The circuit criminal court convened yes terday with Judge Ewart on, .the bench. . - - - - i After the eeleetfon of a gmandi jury fche Judge delivered tie cbarge wMdhwiaBadtmiit- ted m all sides to be an able one. THe prin- dpal portion of -tlhe charge was devoted to his construction of the law requring'&her- iffs to furniisOl Che solicitor with lists of delinquent tax payers. Judge Ewart's con 9truction of this law was 'm. line with thatt g'i.ven in 'brief in the. columns of the Ga zette. Judge Bwar-t read! a letter fron . Judge Stftton denying that !he ih ever ex presesd nknself to a grand- jury on. the sTibjedc, asserting that all' jbe did1 was in & i Jocular way to .the sheriff aind mot to tbe grand Jury, asking if ite bad bis list of delinquent payers prepared. A letter from tlhe attorney general on Siie. subject was also read. Judge . Ewart's conclusion! aa to the meaniLg isnld tartest of the law, after ibis discussions of the sectionsi that refer to the indictnvenft of delinquents,- isi as fol-, lows: 'It must be manifest to you, as it is to every thinking or sensible man, that these two sections read in context with the other provisions of -law and- foaive no reference whatever to any class of tax payers, save those delinquents wihom the sheriff .or taxr collector reports that he has exQuauisted all means in his "power to collect taxes from ; that he can discover no property ; .that tbey are not arsaivenfc&, and . that they wilfully refuse to pay tbeir taxes. For -this class of people no one has any sympathy, and they deserve indictment. Tbose who are so poverty stricken as to be practically Dauoers are relieved by existing Jaw. But every able bodied man, who Is protected by Jtlhe law, and who exercises the right of suffrage, and Who educates nis. cMl' Area at the public expense, ought to das' charge his part of the public burdens, and if be wantonly and wilfully refuBes to do bo. he ougbt to be indicted and be made to work out his taxes and costs on the public road. Ilhat is whdt te statute of 189T means, and is the Jconsitruiotian that I be lieve our supreme court will give it when a flft Tach.'3 it." Jird&e 'Ewart devotes a' part of his charge to the law forbidding any dtecrimination ln ; tbe matter of either passenger oi freight- transportation on railroads. There are certain newspapers," ne said, "pulbTished not . thousand miles from -this city, whose editors, like the Pharisees and iSadducees of old, enlarge Mttr nih:a vTi,horsi liirA ,hi their -iborders., make Jorge their phylacter- ies; and daily thank Tod that they are not a other men are. These editors are con- Btji-nt-iv fliftnoimc4,nfir the railroads for eriv- ing passes and -feiear recipienlts for accept- tag them. They toonsider St! a most Indlecent end' in excusable tbins: for any one to ride over a railroad on a Hree pass, and tney exhibtt a righteous horror at the spectacle nf ...UvAvtm.-t srfllwi torn tand other, ijeniarMed frAA TWLaa-es. land, -'therebv.. a unev mtaist. delivering themselves, body and soul, to the railroads. - ' . . v NOWT ail iinia . is very oifice, aira - we S i JLtt Rr4T,-.livV vh,i f Ann hmf for .Mip fit .that ihev never ride on a railroad except'. -upon -free, pass," and they ride so often and. so Ire- ior prpmouns vms wujwccb w -urp asswi nuentlv that most of them know, every tion within the state and county whera.it tulle post on the route.; Assuming for prea- ent TTOrposes that the inter-sltate commerce act contains a pronioiuon as io xne giving of free" passes, the only exceptioium&de-is by the ipwnament to tne act 01 ioti. imese Y!rttlona are: : lEmployes of the road, officers of railroads and persons travelling In the interest of the- onarraioie msxira tmi,. f f iha tkte. 1 Now., newspaper men cla.im that the passes given them are not compiimemtary, out are givtru tuew uiwu Mm.Hnn of servTces rendered in the pub H-niftn. vf schedules, notices or excursions, etc: D3ut the act exempra w vraawa, named above. ' Are the editor or newspa pers employes of the road'?,That is a mat r vf wrastruotion. s and without express- yw . . , , . everr- case 'Wnere au ,vi. . injs any opinion upon iDe-qutsuuu, i uyb j vuie M. B. cnurcn, performed, the - II.... T A.. I ... ,- - . i . ' only .ntw,o eayto youti best that you should find a true ia in . a ClatnllS'tbat a-pass nas weu.jsntw uuu uus fiouuu jwuug pwine are irum auc accourit of advertising. . -Whether such pass Tme, Mr. Gudger being a son of Capt. J. es are autnorizea .oy ww a mucou.ij i the courts, nd the sooner it i settled by our court oi -iaKi rwt hm wi.v.a., noios a piace nnaer uouector warKins as jje'. - - -J ''' - storekeeper and gnager at Cleveland, N. C t ' . c".-' t 'THE DOCKET. -l , ' , f -Mr. and 'Mrs. Gud-ger have gone to.Cleve- - At the inclusion'of the.eharge the dock- land, which they will make their home, - , et was -called for trial. ; The first case wae YThe germ jof the wheat M conifcmedin the'state vs. J. G. Lindsay; which.t the Blltfmore' Patent rFtoar. It is Mgbiy rtm--. - : rrmntryrilv for. the firdt tritious and superior, to teny flour on the last Term vv B v - tf . the case was eut , " ing, with -the distinct understanding that no dilicory motion would be beard and that the trial wouid proceed. "This is ta charge against the defendant, Lindsey, -of em bezzling tie funds of the Asheville Tem perance society. : A large number of witnesses, most - ol wihoim 'were members v of Ithe : society, ale in attendance on the part of the state. and quite a number for the defence. Able i vvuxioui nave ucx7ju viJUivj'C'U. vu '.iLJLit'a i and the trial will perhaps., continue two J Several cases of minor importance were d?enosei 1 of by trial and1 otherwise.- 2 A negro boy by the" name of GoligbJtly, was convicted , of stealing an' overcoat, but an ar-piication was made, for- a new wWA will be heard later Ca the Week, application was made., for a new trial A. negro by the name of Payne, ibis wife, Rosa, Moses Swiniton and Ed Johnston were arraigned- for. an affray. It. was a cross i fight, . the solicitor representing the staite i and, ?- B I. CarteT" two . of the 'dtef endanits. i 'Payne,: wbo Is well, "but unfavorably; known in this commund-ty, by leave of the co-urlt, appeared for iMmeelf .and wife. Payne- cross-examined the witnesses and sat at a ItaWle wi-th the air of. a licensed at torney. , He made .ai fifteen miniuites? speech: to the Jury, in wbioh. ne placed-' T" v-- rr'rrrTi IdefeiiM - or.Ms.iritewljo was about Co be. was willing to admit,,' and bad admitted, being in the peniitentiiary, on the - chain 825 StttgZE. H""', saryito defend ner.: The negro wa oorm plimenited by members of the ibar, and both he andnfas wife "were prcrmptly acquitted wMle the apher parties to the afflray were cdnvioted. ,J- f ' THE COTTOH GROWERS REBOLUTIoNS ADOPTED AT THE MEMPHIS MEETING. A Vigorous Effort to be Made to Orga i nize the Planters so as to Reduce Acreage. ; .Mwhi tw. ?.ft.Th Awr1f5an Cot- ton Gtrowers' Protective, association met here to-day. (Delegates were .present from nearly every cotton state. Heritor Lrfine, of Athene,. Ala., 'president of ithe association, presided. i President Lane's annual address took rather a disoouiraging view of the presejit condttitiion of the cotton, industry. He de - clared that the real toobton tarmer, the'm4n wiibh hoe and . plow, got only item cents ; a day' wages-when raising jfive-cent cotton. Tf081.. a-e' senalte suh-committee on He recomanended Vthat cotton farmers raosel more food crops and less cotton, in order to at rid of the aamnall 3.000.000 bales siir- plus. - . - ' The resolutions adpoted by the conven tion state the following:. "We adopt the principles announced by this association ait its meeting in Jackson, Miss.,, on January 9 and 10; 1895, and at to carry .them out, we' shall strive tby and through 'the organization of all , cotton growing states, coumties and dustricts in unite all cotton growers in an- earnest ef fort to reduce the acreage of cotton each year to soich a point as will insure a fair average price to every grower. 'This organization haH take no pairt in national, state or local politics, , and will perarit no persons to use it for personal advancement or purely political purposes. 'This association chaH. . aim, above all things, to teach the American cotton grow- I er, first, too reduce 'the coat of the produc- tion of .cotton; eeconid, to practice princi- pies of thrift and economy' which "shall en- aore mm to escape oeot ana maKe nasveotf ton a real tooney crop;' third, to' make' all nws own supplies at nome, to ime ena tnat the crop -when produced may he ail his own; fourth, to hold Ms crop-each year until he can sell it to the (best advantage; fifth, to buita factories for manufacturing ctftkon near the cotton Aelds, so that the i gqulq anav receive xne 'larEesL reourns irom i eoutu may receive me largest returns irom each annual cotton, crop, and that foome manrkets may be uilt up for all other farm proaufow. . -"ne resoiuiuons' .pxovxae ior -me eiecutm oi a vdce-presMeiMC irom eacn or me cot- ton elates, who shall -be president, of-hls; state association.- flEffis duty will be to or ganize the cotton-growers by countiesand u'sihuih, auv jLtus, iuuo. wuyeimHair i- me department of agrlcuature andi farmers' or 1 gantoa'tlcas.- ' !"-"'-. . , Btuoun wiwunirw. m vauuto wuiuuvhctj'i." .w..w.w , of the association he (president of thWusr oewnea to oe ex-omcao onairman.. r wdwwv" But,Bw-,wv,,ri. tty of malking a, levy of one cent for" each acre' of cdtton put. in each yeai- by : each j jnafber, vjfuDde;isp .raised to", be expehded.I raitsed, as shafll :be determined: by the f ooaa association. : : .. , ' Other resoluitions "asked that thie farmers 1 in each, county meet on the first 'Monday Tin February and organize, and that congress pass the Stokes -lantl -option bill-, The convention aajoumed sine due to night.- . ... ' i GUDGER-LINDSEY. Marriage of Two of Ashevilles Tourgl ' - v . - 1 . I'eo'Dle. ,: ' . - 14' .M. ' V.ll. -IV.. .Ihi. i'uvniw ouuubj mvi m6f Rev. E. Ij. Bain, pastor of ; North Ashe- Gudger , . .... - . TjmWv. r- - - " . ' - j .M;j hunger, anti tne trnle tlie laugntei: oi otographer T. H. Idndsey.:. Mr. Gudger ; market..': EVerr time :.m,1iivvflnir.'Ji!M upon having . Biitmore Patenlt. CIVIL SERVICE DISCUSSION m . - 1 -t; trie SlQ&nt JDQeS JNOt EXDSCti to Make Modifications Commissioner Evans Before ,n Senate Comnutte 1 - H 6 Says the Law Has Worked Badly in His Bureau UWmff.t0.1nllUen0e Of, Senators and Representatives. i i- . One Hundred Useless Clerks on the Pension Bureau Force Presidential Appointment Withdrawn. V - , . . : ""Wtohfington, Deio. 20. The -wadting room ouitsMe tlhe president's door wajj packed i with office-seekers to-day. (Representa tives andi senators' got the president's' ear easily, Ibut place-hunters received a cold cepUon Representaitive Brosius, chairman, of the sub-coniimdtitee of-tflxe house civil service committee to consider ques-tions of the re. peal of the law, talked with ithe president about the contemplated modifications in Ithef civil service rules, urging that they be made speedMy. !He ,said after the ' conifer- 1 wxvi xne presmem ooes mot expect xo 1 make any changes in. the rules at this time. - The . president . bias .wlUhdspawn the ap- j poinmenlt of Cbarles Page Bryan of Chlca j go, ras minister to China, owing to; the protests 'that (Bryan has not sufficient dip j lomatic expedience and1 knowledge. No 1 new candidate for the mission has devel- l oped. ., I ! .r .- I ' A A;R 70 BC0N01MY. la ...Comanissioiier 'Evans1 of the pension hu ciy service to-oay, umat-nme resuiit oi .sua xperience wfth the workings of the -civil service law in connection With 1,800 clerks in his Ibureau, was that he government money is 'being (squandered on one hun- dred clerks, whom (the mmaniissioner Is un able to discharge owing to the influence of senators' and representatives,, v He said he had 'been a civil service reformer, but it did not "work out. The ibest men. had come in through the spoils system.. The commissioner eafd there were in nearly all "the d'epammenits clerks' whose usefulness 'had become impaired, hut who could not be removed on account of the civil service law. He could drop one hun- dren without impairing the efficiency of his force if he were not trammelled and infiu enced by senators, represenitatives and the civil.' service commission. He said he would remedy the evil .by placing under the- classified service charwomen, laborers I and clerks who receive up to $1,100 per I anmrm. All above ttihat could 'take their I chances. J So far as politics of the clerks1 are con- cerned Mr-iSvart eaJd; the (alerks can change their politics quicJker than the ad- i miniistraM'on- liis 'idea of reforming the system was to limtil the -term of office to eiht or ten years. P0UCEC0URL A , Large Number of Cases Heard Yes terday- Police Jusitiee Carter had a'"fiiM house' yesterday . morning. Jasper Roger's, who was the cause of ell the trouble at "Greas.y. Comer"! Saiturday night, was fined - i t - $20.00 or thirty days. Louis Boone found ;titat . toarrying ft concealed weapon woul' ...1' 1..-', I derly Two dollars-a, round is whait fight la-deducts .from, the vpocketbooks of An j - .. . - o-w,',nmM r' 1 Stendwickand - OtJt Brown. iiWM Go- itghtjy ' who rocked the poMce aft- the 'Gaeasy 'Cornerf,r row, was bound' ftocourt In" the-sum of $50.00. - . 'Isaac (Wilson ' who on Saturday "wa ar rested by Cap.t, i!Lee and Patrotoan Lyer- ly,t4had a .hearing. and was re-committed ft AWaH fiirlrhr information y from South . ' t. - - Carolina., '.The. testimony of, the officers was .to; the "effect that a man puiTportiag t be a'oousih of Wilson had informed1 "CapL'l w,a a fiw,i!rfTn f mm 4imHM fliiul titti ft 1 ' i . n .... , r iresu iwiison waarrescea oy juee ana j - y ' ln-r.lv ,a,nAMT tihta Tursnn. -nnna .fniind 1100 in . - - goM. 520.UO ;la Datr money ana eeverai J dollars in tsMver. ' -He roomed: en Valley I atrpftt" wJirtt, !h' r)fflvi- Wfint v wi'Ch him. an jus truns was rounu nrteen or iwwty pocketbooks, two dozen pairs of scissors, and : other, artMes. - On his r person . was a mall band1 saw and file. Another ' point : in South1 Carolina was! telegrapihed to with no isatisfactory resucts, whereuponWilson was dSscharged.- ' , - TO CTJR8 'A COLD -,TN ONE DAT v TakeXaxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All I-offerito eH etoiteen acres of 4aad-(iB-drugglsts refund the money if it fails to duding top of Town mountain) at reduced cure. 25c. The genuine- has li B. Q. on price if purchased within next ten days; it each tablet' 'Stable for rentnear Hotel Berkeley. "Al so one set-of hand-made double harness , at J1L00,-S. EL Chedester. ' f - s A GAUGER REINSTATED. - - 'Washington;-' Dec. ' 20. Samuel TH. Saun- tiers, sltorekeeper and ganger, iil the Fifth ... . -. .... i JLsfiriot of North- Carolina, was re-Instated - . ; .. . -- - .V kj. itihe internal revemie service to-day. DOWN GO WAGES. Manchester, N. H., Dec, 20. The cotton manufacturers operating itwo-tbirds of tbe 4 . ' spindles of the state (have decided to reduce V !., the wages of employes aboift 10 per uent. ' . ' .v. on January t. Ot least 20,000 employes ion January 1. At least '20,000 employes be accespted. DEMORALIZED WOMEN, Montgomery, Ala., Dec. 20. Albert Hines, a colored school iteacher of this citv. i Shinto an argumt at Ms (boarding house i last night wftth Frances Cochran and Ber tha Clayton over the bill in Ithe last legis lature, prohibiting the rw earing of sMrt waists, bloomers, etc. He maintained that tbe author of the bill had saved women from demoralizing their sex. The women were very indignant. They procured raw- bides, met Hines on the sidewalk and cried 'You brute,- we're demoralized, are we?" Before ne could recover from his. astondslh- ment the women struck him at least a hun- dred times. When the job was finished the - - CSayton woman tsaid, "There's demoralflza- uon oi sex ior you. The women were t arrested. SAVANNAH'S PROTEST j AGAINST THE APPOINTMENT OF NEGRO OFFICIATE Strong Resolutions Adopted at Meeting of Business Men Yes terday. Savannah, Ga., Dec. 20. A meeting of business men was held to-day to enter a formal protest against the v appointment . - of a negro posttmaster or collector at Sa- yannah. Resolutions were adopted in' which .this J language occurs: '"The .war ended thirty two years ago. If there is any siniberity in 'the frequent pTotestatlons that we are now considered an integral pant of this country, and not as a subjugated province to 'be ruled at the caprice of the conquerer, in disregard of our wishes and sentiments and prejudices, then the president and senate have no morall right, whatever taheir arbitrary power may be, to impose upon this community officers to whom it has a settled and abiding objection.' This is aimed at the candidacy of J. H. Devereaux, colored, for the collectorship. Resolutions were also adopted cailin5 upon the mayor and aldermen to make of ficial protest against the appointment, of negroes. A BOY MURDERER. .Columbia, S. C, Dec. 20. Alt Cheraw to day Jack 'Mcintosh, fourteen years old, made threads of shooting Willie Jackson, a boy under five years of age. Mcintosh had an odd pistol "which 'he flourished. By standers made Mm put it away. 'Later, wnen no one was Dy 10 mxenere, ne snoi - . . 1. L - ' L ... 1 the Jackson boy through fthe head, killing nun instantly, xoung Mcintosn was piacea in jail. ZEB VANCE CLUB. A fair attendance, dtespke (the disagree able weather, was .present last evening at the Zeb Vance Democratic 'club. In the "absence of President 'liUther, Mark W. Robertson presided... iA number, of committees' were appointed under the head of "new business," who will report at next meeting. The "committee appointed for securing a j bkil for the oyster supper January 3, re 1 portea tnat -tne armory in xne-count mouse I bad been preserved' through the kindness I. ..T"? - 6 j .. . - Tickets for the oyster aupper were is sued to those present by Secremry Postell. Fifteen new names were received for ttunhu.Mn maVIn, i itmfil nf ARB . TUC CIVAMHlNnt RCVICW I inh. Anrf 4nc.iiA jvt- THA Strati TiTta-nna Xto - 1 . ............ 1 viaw in tni art ft is vpitv. rreditAMft nitihld .1 I' - i., t. Ao-aoa n all the interests of Western North, Caro- 1 im- n iuuoiM. vt winuiuus cuts of Vanderbilt's' " mansion -and " the I Swannanoa hotel, at ' is to be -hoped that t this publication wall be continued, as It will evidently be of great 'advantage to our i seotion This publication, is made Ty F. 1 A. Lincoln and H.-M. LaBarbe, the pro prietoraof the popular hoteL" ; b i known - the Jervey " lands. The top L tuts the highest elevation in 'Asheville; f rom Jt there are grand niountain views on aid sides:- - " ' v -' -E. COFFIN; 2GM -;'.'- 13 Haywood streetL v COL RUIZ'S EXECUTION " ' " 1 " " ''.', AS - r T , J -. ' - !V .- :- How the Spanish Commis sioner Met Death. Men , Who Guided Him to Cuban Gamp Hanged. The Cuban Commander Had Begged s Him Not To Come. He Brought a Proposal for. the In surgents to Surender. A Sad and Tragic Episode in the War Ruiz 1 Faced the Rifles of His Executioners Bravely Autonomy offer Answered. Havana, Dec 20. -Near Oampo -Florido, 'Havana province, - the insurgent leader, . Col. Neslter Aranguren, ordered his men to shoot Col. Joaquin Ruiz, of the Spanish i army Tuesday last, and declared that he did so only to comply with the proclamation the leaders of the Cuban army in the prov- 1 ince of Havana. Tbe proclamation stipu lates (that any (Spaniard or Spanish officer - endeavoring to induce insurgents to ac-' cept autonomy shall be executed. When Ruiz approached' Aranguren two I miles from Campo Florldo on Tuesday af ternoon, Aranguren said to him : "It is a , sad duty for me to shoo't you, but you are a military (man and you must know what mSli'tary duty is." Col . -Aranguren regretted the oecesity. of shooting Ruiz, and was "much impressed j by tOie recollection of the tragic scene. ! Ruiz was shot and two men -who oocom- ' I panied him as guides were ihangedu;, i -. . ... i ' - .utuiz torn jvtl. bianco tnalt 'lie could . I convince Col. Araniguren of the advantage v lof. surrendering' and aiccepting autonomy. j In several 'letters written by Ruiz to Aranguren, Ituz -tad; -'Med' td' Induce the j insurgent leader to surrender. Aranguren ' I Answered in amiable ' terms, but energy tW- ally refused the proposal' 'that he betray the Cuban cause, ( Considerable correspondence ensued which led to a report that Aranguren had betrayed 'the Cuban cause and been shot by order of his superior Gen. Rodriguez. In th'is correspondence Aranguren at all times urged Ruiz to gtay away, if he per sisted1 in wanting to discuss 'the proposi tion to surrender. 'Ruiz letters were sent to Gen. Rodri guez, who ordered Aranguren to "do his duty" if Ruiz came, to see him. Ruiz per sisted, and when he came wich his guides, was promptly shot while the guides were hanged. , One of Aranguren 's letters to Ruiz urged him, "for God's sake do not come." On (Monday, December 13, ! Aranguren, with fourteen men met Ruiz. (Ruiz plead ed with Aranguren to return with him to Havana and accept autonomy. Aran guren'e reply was that he was under or ders to execute any one making such a proposition. Ruiz refused to be' tied and facing the rifles of his executioners bravely met death. J. w. Tw -mrnnnsw tW h wi.it Wn j1 or open every night this week until 10 o'clock. We wish to take this opportunity oi thanking the public for their many kind ex pressions and also for making our opening such a brilliant success We wi wvt oglze for not "having our stock in better shape, but the extra, unexpected rush jus: at this time,, both in town and from eata- . ..... Iogue orders, made it impossible for us to be better prepared. ! -We have endeavored this year to put on the market bur usual high grade of goods, at prices mucn Sower-than rr be-, fore, and we can safely say that w are - .. . . .... " .:' . . . " .-. now selling goods as low if not lower than -V-. ; : - - . .. - ' - . " - ' '. ' '-:''; : ' -.'."; any other Jewelry chouse in the country; . . . , .'.V-. . v - - ; ' 1 ! who handle a high class of goods. ' 0 , . - ARTHUR M. FIELD. '-a - Leading -Jeweler, Cor. Church St. and Pat ton avenue, AshsTille, N. C, i i