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THE GAZETTE AflHKVIIXE.. N. C. . " MM fiery moroing Except tedays ASHMVULnJE GAZETTE PUB HilSimN'G CSOMSPAjNT. James (B. Norton ..President TERMS CXF SUBSCRIPTION: nvHv Gazette, one year $4-00 Iaily Gazette, twelve (weeks 1.00 TtaiW Gazette, one month..... 40 Weekly Gazette, six months Weekly Gazette, six months 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-. R0YGU BANKRUPT inhealtti :onstitiition undermined by ex travagance in eating, bydisre garding the laws of nature, c physical capital all gone, if so. NEVER DESPAIR 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 Qav nrUD t c e KZ IS U v ? ill ft K V 11 Cj 1 D O , m dl II 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. o Bears the Signature STORIA. tThs Kind You Hav8 Always Bought AMERICA'S Greatest Medicine is Ilooi.l's Sarsapavil la, because it pos sesses unequalled curative powers-aiu vecord of cures is GREATEST Dyspepsi Digests what you eat. 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