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AflHKVIIXE.. N. C. .
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James (B. Norton ..President
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When questioned, Mrs. Nation says,
"I cannot tell a lie. I dad it with my
little hatchet." .
Special guards are 'being detailed for
inauguration day, to prevent "kodak
fiends" from violence.
No more romances with the little
queen of Holland as an anonymous hero
ine can be written now.
Ashevdl'le is proud of its own enter
prise and it congratulates Durban on its
ability to do things. That city is to
build a $350,000 electric line, extend the
city 'limits, and hold a fair. "Next to
Asheville" Donrham is evidently one of
the most thriving towns of the state.
The Danville (Va.) Kegister, com
menting on the movement in the North
' Carolina legislature to secure a better
law as to divorces, urges some action to
secure ' uniformity in the laws of this
state and Virginia regulating marriage.
Under the present laws, the Register
asserts, person who have not attained
their .majority can cross over the line
into North Carolina and -wed in defi
ance of the consent and judgment of
fxarents or .guardians. It believes that
"such marriages of minors are general
ly hasty and I'll advised, and often re
sult in unbappiness and divorce. There
are, of course, exceptions, but we be
lieve that such runaway matches of
young ipersons are promotive of divorce,
an evil for which the State of North
Carolina is seeking to provide a rem
edy." Mi V. Richards, the land and indus
trial.agent of the Southern railway, who
is accompanying the Cincinnati party
which visits this city today, is quoted
as saying in Knoxville yesterday: "This
year, in my opinion, is going to be one
of the best in the history of the indus
trial development of the south. Already
I have scores of applications from par
ties who are looking for sites for in
dustries, and: I expect to be able to lo
cate a number of them along our rail
road. Trips like this also do a great
deal to helip in securing new manufac-tu-ring
.plfants, because the people talk
about what they have seen and others
lcoking around begin to investigate these
reports." Asheville is a locality wher.3
a good class of labor for manufacturing
purposes is available, and power in al
most unlimited quantity can be develop
ed cheaply by those who have the cap
tal for the first investment. It Is with
no deslire to greet Mr. Richards un
pleasantly that we suggest that the chief
drawback to industrial development
here is the high freight rates to and
from Asheville. If Mr. Richards can
assist us in equalizing these with other
towns in this state we can assure the
industrial agent of the Southern that
the enterprising and public spirited cit
izens of Asheville, under the leadership
of its efficient board; of trade, 'will do
their full ,part to induce manufacturing
plants to locate here.
What people can do. If they win. has
had a forcible illustration in Oalum
bus, Ohio, where the electric power
companies were brought to time.
This result was not gained without an
effort on the part of those at interest.
In Columbus, as elsewhere, there were
two partiesfche people and the inves
tors. The people had valuable rights
in their possession, worth many rn.il
lBor.8 'of dollars They wtere so rich
aid Juicy that 'the mouths of the in
vestors watered for them. Proceeding
3n the uaual way the investors sought
to Hl'l the council chaimber with their
owm creatures who would voj3 to
iucuu cYcijuuL's'ui Bigiu, ana whatever
visu-sia,iiun, jta,cis?ciu wou' i oe private
in twihioh the public would have no in-
terest. In this eme.rgien.cy the people
of ' Cbltnriibira, appreciating their own
property and feeling that they had a
genufoe interest at stake, elected men
' to the council whom they could trust to
keelp tWeir promises, 1 Then followed! ne-
itaiiity w cenpuau, 'out, a plain dieclara-
ukjij. -o-uai. vivpeny u;erveo: its mrip
, endthaut the city would no more part
with. itt values than would an ihdl
.VMuaa ." The cfity treasury and the
-general private ipooket are equally
ihelpe amd" th people- get somie' re-
' turn -for mrhtait they thad to give. A t-
'tanta Constitution. . ; .
- The f presettt ' legislature is going to
"impeajoh Purches andliBoiiglas, judges of
the BiwireoiVcourt, They ougrht o im-.
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BANKRUPT inhealtti
:onstitiition undermined by ex
travagance in eating, bydisre
garding the laws of nature, c
physical capital all gone, if so.
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Tutt's Liver FilW will cure you.
For sick headache, dyspepsia,
sour stomach, malaria, torpid
liver, constipation, biliousness
qnd all kindred diseases.
Tutt's Liver Pills
an absolute cure.
peach Fairclothi and give him and oth
ers to understand that when any man
antagonizes the greedl of a, North 'Car
olina legislature, he can't get out of
it by the little act of dying. This (leg
islature is determined that no supreme
court shall be behind what it does.
Then perhaps there are two lawyers
not yet provided with jobs, and they
must have them. The founders -of this
government made a mistake in estab
lishing a judicial department. They
ought to have placed ail dowot, wirn
no appeal, in the legislative depart
ment and have called it "imperialism."
Hickory Times-Mercury.
The Brooklyn Ea-gle sagely remarks
1f you want to find out about a woman,
don't judge by v, hat other women say
of her, (but by ic cae siys or xnem.
TOPICS OF THIS TOWN.
I ROTH'EiR J. C. Garlington of the
Spartanburg Herald contributes to
his paiper a column and a half of
interesting stuff about the National
Park association meeting, which ne at
tended and about par matters in gen
eral. He says a number of graceful
and1 timely things. 'A few of these
follow: "It is a great mistake to look
upon this (the park movement) as in
Asheville enterprise. While the land
that it is proposed to turn into a park
is in western North Carolina, it is some
distance from Asheville. It is a move
ment that ought to enlist the sympa
thies of the entire south and the coun
try at large because of the fact that,
tihio, preservation of the forests, 'which
are more extensive in this territory than
anywhere in the United! iterates, is con
tempLated. We do not believe that any
matter was ever uwic mLcui&tuv.j
efficiently presented to congress than
park project. It seems to toe in excel
lent shape, with every prospect of
speedily passing, me people or .vsne
ville are progressive. They go into an
enterprise with the aerermurauou
win. We hear a great -deal irom nine
to time about Asheville -being entirely
dependent on northern visitors, but the
fact remains that (the town is moving
forward, property is advancing in price
andl nearly all of the industries of the
ot-q in a fl nuT shn n er condition. The
tax rate is only $1.40 on the $100, not
withstanding 'the fact that the city is
permanently paved from one end to the
other. They have a rule in Asheville
to make the property owners pay one
half the cost of paving, and this has
enabled them to give the city good
streets. It is a great pity that such a
rule cannot be enforced in Spartan
burg." H (FRTENT reports the following
51 fragment which he overheard in
the freight yard the other day:
"Go 'way f'om heah; I ain't got no
time fur common niggers lack you. I'se
er milyunair, I is." "Yes, you is er
milyunaire: Tou's got er milyun air
holes in dem ere rags."
J.
iW. C. DEARIE, who is to be de
pended upon as a weather pro
phet, says the cold weather is over
for the winter, so far as Asheville is
concerned. We are yet to have a great
deal of dirty weather, however. It is
consoling to those of us who, for hu
mane reasons, delight to see the tourist
within our borders, to remembev that
in the north and west they are having
weather that is just as toad as weather
can be-, e en in the north and west.
Ml.Lc FfiihDs 'VEMENS.
The Fjrst of the musical es of the
Asheville Conservatory of Music will be
a concert by Frieda Siemens Cone ere
company, to be given in the Grand
opera htause next Wednesday night.
Among the many claimants for the
approval of the musical public in this
country, there -are none wrho occupy a
higher or more deserved rank than
Mile. Frieda Siemens, whom the most
prominent critics of Europe and Amer
ica have unanimously styled the equal
and, successor of lMme. Essipof, the
greatest woman pianist of the past
century. When as a child she was
making a concert tour through Europe
and at his special request, Mile. Siem
ens played before Arton Ruben-tein
and she so charmed the great master
that, after three-quarters of an hour
playing, he said toheT "Pou are bound
to be a very great artist, for you pos
sess the two principal; qualifications
a perfect ear and great artistic per
ception." Since then she has appeared
with unrivalled success in all Europe.
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS.
Are grand, but skin eruptions rob
life of Joy. Bucklen's Arioa Salve
cures them; also old .running and fever
sores, ulcers, "boils, felons, corns, warts,
cuts, bruises1, burns, calds, chapped
hands, chilblains. iBesit pile cure on
earth. (Drives -out pains and aches.
Only 25 cents a box. iCure guaranteed.
Sold toy all druggists.
Bon
Sp'inb Showings in
Silks,
Woolens and
Cottons
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IHCIDUITS OF A VAGDIj RIDE
ASH VIUE TO OKLAHOMA
George E Stephens Writes of His Ex
perietces.
iMr George R. Stephens whb left
Asheville in a wagon for the west last
fall, writes back froim- Oklahoma as
follows:
When I first hinted that I had a faint
notion of going "by waigon over the Ap
lachian System' of mountains, and
across the tMississiippi vtalley, away out
into the supposed wilds of Oklahoma,
or some other "No-Mans-Land," the
wise ones of my friends showed a look
that expressed aU the. shades from
doubt to positive disbelief. Some
thought I was indiscreet, if nothing
worse, in wanting to undertake such a
feat. One good soul said' it would be
quicker t! go by rail. iBut-I wanted
the outdoor life and the experience of
traveling among the savages of Ten
nessee, Kentucky, Missouri and Kansas
So one bright dreamy autum day I haa
my road-house stocked' With edibles
and wearables and headed toward sun
down. The first day was a rpicnic.
The next day I thought was about the
same. The third day seemed almicst as
good as the day blefore. The fourth was
not 'positively interesting, and by the
end of the week I began to feel dike a n
old veteran, who had 'been on ithle road
for an age.
When nearing the first range, of mioun
itainia the natives tried to make me feel
as badly as iptasisible by saying thle road
was impassable. So I 'had to draJw on
my reserve force somewhat, and whis
tle to keep 'up courage. But I found
that in traveling only a rod at a time
one can get over some pretty steep
grades. I was two and a half hours
going up and dofwn the 'etter W, but I
can imagine harder feats, and then go
ing down the other, side isn't half so
hard. Having gone over the first one
?o successfully, I naturally had more
seIf-assurance about the next one, but
persons alcng the route said it was
a "whole heap" wforse than the one I
had passed. I caWt understand why
these natives ibold me such stuff unless
they enjoy scaring peopjle. If they ex
pected to give me such a case of shiv
ers as to cause me to face about and
go home, they missed a large-sized
guess. I found the zigzagging a trifle
more numerous and a few more peb
iblias the size of Ja wash-tub in the road,
and the turns were sometime s so short
and sharp that it bothered me to get
my wagon around but consoled myself
by the easy going down on the other
side, you may be sure it didn't take me
two hours. and a half to make the de
scent. After 'that I had pretty good
sailing to the pretty town of Murphy.
There I met sociabCe men who knew
what they wlere talking about, and di
rected me correctly on my way. I had
passed alonig little valleys sometimes
not wider than a village street, always
full of homes and small plats of land.
The residents were ready and 'willing
to sell me a dozen eggs or an armful
of corn blades, or to talk. It was an
invariable question as to where I was
from, If ol lowed by the querry; "Whar
ye aimin' foh?" I had expected to see
a gctod many Indians, as there is a
strong .settlement of Cherokees in these
mountains, but I saw only one. I heard
of them at Various points, and was
oncte within a half a dozen miles of
where they were holding a sort of
church convention. I had camiped in
front of the home of an old settler, who
knew them very well, as he had been
engaged in what he called "ipublic
works," which I learned was such work
'as miller in some of these little water
wheel mills, or a saw miiJl. He sai-1
they could now conduct almost any
'court trial without the service nf p
Tinkster (interpreter). He had an old
wooden clock that excited my curiosity,
which he assured me was a hundred
years old. It was a Seth Thomas, and
was keeping about as good time as
most of thle gay looking clocks of this
day and generation. It was a soher
looking old ticker, but seemed to be
good for another century.
One miorning as I was jbgging along
I noticed several wagon tracks lead
ing off into the bushes. I asked a man
leaning on a fence where they went.
He said "I reckon you don't live about
here?" I told him I did t not. Wall, you
you will find out." This had very near- ,
Paragoio
EDWARD HOPKINS, President;
p
aragoii
Opposite Post
go up there about a Ihuaidrted arfe an3
ly the air of tnrystery, a I concluded
to see for myself. Going in the tracks
I soon saw a man, Wih.o aoted as thou- h
he, too, had just happened there. I
asked ttow far ft was nip to where they
were at "work. He asfced me where I
was from, where I was oing asked my
name and business, and 1 expected him
to ask my age, politics and church
connection .
But he appeared to toe satisfied, and
(without saying more (walked up the
smaai, indistimct -path, while I follow
ed. A few steps brought us to a small
log building, so loosely tuilt that you
could throw two cats through it on any
side. In this stood several nogsheids
of crushed apples in a souring condi
tion. In one corner was a simali fur
nace, and the simplest apparatus for
making torandy. A stream as clear as
crystal about the size of your little fin
ger ran into a key- 'My guide permit
ted me to taste the dnnocent looking
stuff. "'A tea-spoonful -wos enough to
satisfy my curiosity.' I had heard of
swallowing liquid lightning and here
was an example of it. I quickly told
him goodbye and went on my way,
wiser if not more joyful. As I jour
neyed I wtondered more and more
where the sweet dlelieicusness of this
stuff came im, tihat men would comes
miiles to get it and 'drink it. It never
fails to ht back, resulting in aching
heads, cashless pecketbooks and bruises
galore. An yet the king of fruits, the
ap(pUe can produce such an article.
All along I had admired the clear
water in the many 'stream. It was
soft and clear and cold, and many were
the nights that I camped near enough
to hear the musical gurgle of some
limpid brook during my waking mo
ments of the night. I sometimes over
looked the poetry of th'sse waters, and
the tunefulness- of their riipple, wben I
had to ford the deeper ones especially
if the ibanks were steep and the toed of
the streams literally strewn with boul
ders that ail tout upset my Wagon. At
other time's I f orgot the extreme beauty
of the situation, when the mountain
road ran so close to the edge of a high
bank that a six inch "wobb'e" would
have tumlbfed me into the cold embrace
of the .gurgle. It it said to be but a
step from the sublime to the ridiculous,
and here the distance was but a few
inches. I know my readers will all ad
mit that it would be exceedingly
ridiculous to be rolling over in mid
stream or down a stony bank. There
are times when I prefer to be perfectly
decorous, even ilf there is no one in
sight to appreciate it.
I think I got my 'greatest impressions J
of granduer at the summit of the rnour- :
tain ranlge just before reaching An- j
drews. As I looked back from the J
TOiiriiianumg- emanence i cuu u ssw
countless paks thick as ant hills. This
impression was increased by the sud-
ue pwwaiKB vl vii anmy w wuus can approacn it in efficiency. It in
that shut off my vision, yet rushing by f stantly relieves and permanently cures
like a torrent. I suspected that a rain i Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn,
was following close, and after night- j Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea,
fall when I was safely eaimiped in a vai- j SickHeadache,Ga8iralgia,Cramps,ancl
ley, it came in (bucket sfuJi. This is the j all other results of imperfect digestion.
third shower cf the week, aU at night, j Prepared by E. C. DeWitt ACo Cfclcajjo.
when I and my horse are in dry quar- .
ters. Good luck sometimes favors the
wanderer.
IPE
John A. Hendricks came in yesterday
from Marshall.
s
Allen V. Sheridan of Paola, Kans..
is in the city.
M. Lehmann of New York is a re
cent arrival.
A. W. Adams of Chicago is staying
at the Hotel Berkeley.
Mr. and Mrs. "Watt G. Bass of In
dianapolis were among yesterday's ar
rivals. O. C. Bell of Atlanta is here.
H. Nelson Burroughs of Philadelphia
is registered at the Berkeley.
Fred P. Millier came up' from Hickory
yesterday a f te rnoo n .
SxS
tMiss May Harden of Jamestown, Ind.,
who has been in Asheville for several
weeks, will leave today for Barto, Fla.,
to visit relatives. Miss Harden has
miade many friends 'while here 'who
will learn of her departure with regret.
Drug
E DESIRE to call your attention
to the new management of this
elegantly appointed Pharmacy
Their bject is to conduct the business
to meet the approval of the citizens of
Asheville
Office.
Brug
BAINBRIDGE'S,
. Patrick Mcrntyre,
wine And spirit merchant,
53 South Main Street Tel phone 216.
HIS LIFE WAS SAVED.
IMir. J. E. Liily, a prominent citizen
of Hammival, Mo., lately (had a wonder
ful deliverance from a frightful death.
In telling- of it he says: "I was taken
'with typhtadd fever, that ran into penu
monia. My lungs became hardened. I
was so weak I couldn't even sit up m
toed. Nothing helped me. I expected
to die of consumption when I heard of
Dr. King's New Discovery. One bottle
'gave great relief. I continued to use
it, and now am well-and strong. 1 cant
say too much in its ipraise." This mar
veKous remedy is the surest and quick
est cure in the world for all throat and
lung troubles. Regular sizes 50c and
$1. Trial 'bottles free at all drug
cstores; every bottle guaranteed.
C. A. Raysor, the druggist, will re
fund your money i you are not satis
fied after using Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets. They cure disor
ders of the stomach, billious constipa
tion and- headache. Price 25 cents.
Samples free. C A. Raysor, druggist.
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Bears the
Signature
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Digests what you eat.
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For Sale Either in the Log or
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and enjoy a happv New
Year and fine clothes
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cnemicai cleaner.
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No necessity of running up extrava
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not philanthropists vce are in business
to make a living but it is to our inter
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