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VOL. VII NO."lV, Btate T
The Mineral Properties"
Contained in Vv 7:
Mineral Water.
Will greatly benefit those afljic-
ted with ".'"'
Liver or Kidney Troubles
Bates are exceedingly cheap toy
-eck or month. Daily deliveries
made.
Phone 95.
APPALACHIAN ; -MINERAL
WATER CO.-
I
Ostrich Farm Nov Open.
See the herd of full gTO-WTi
Af-
Ostriches and the five weeks old j
rican usmcnes uu uiw ."-T.";"-r
babv chicks. . ... . ... :. .-.
A large assortment' of Plumes, Boas,
Fans, Pompons, and other feather or-
laments of only the best grade of featb.
nroducer's prices.
I?!, ooen from 9 ai an. to 6 p. m.
Admission 25 cents. Children under 10
years free when accompanied by care,
takers. I ' ' "' ... ?" "
Take Lookout Mountain Cars tc
the Farm.- : ?
If we have it, it is
the BEST.
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V.
Attractive
Inducements
Are being off-ated
now to people wha
fond of '
are
Easy RidM
That are altogether lash
ionable aud ; have a
known repntationscf olf:
goodness, Colu mbus Bu g
gy Company's vehicles.
Con? e in and Eee them,
no trouble to show them
to you, aud just now we
are. offerihg special in
ducements injhe way of
low prices. : '
Asheville Hardware Go.
On the Square. - f
Asheville,
Phone 87.
C.
N.
Murphy &
BROKEKS.
Phone 649; r
Private Wire. Continuous
Quotations.
61 Broadway, ,
New York
Unchurch St., v Asheville
Kei er to Blue Ridge National Bint
IN A NTJTSHEIiL
We buy our goods as lW as any one
and sell on a closer margin. ..Brooms,
good quality, 10c; Oil, Tterosene, per
gallon, I2y2c; Vinegar, ibest, per gallon,
20c; Sugar, standard granulated, 18 lbs.
forSi.uu; Sugar, biftwn, 20 lbs. for $1.00;
Coffee, good per poond, 10c; Coffee, Ar
bucklfs', per pound 11c. 1
THE I X L DEPARTMENT STORE,
22 Patton avenue." - " Phone 107
MON
'e will sell you o"n ll'Tcom -house
ne 3 room cottage and two vacant
lots near Dass?ensrer dixnot f or auick sale
t $950.00 spot cash --Rental" "values
$22.00 per month. This Is a bar
Win and we are going to sell it for. the
reason that "we need tb money S -
Natt Atkinson fit Sons Co ,
Real Estate Xaler.
SOUlltfcRN HOTELS
MRS. S. BTEVENSON, rrop."
Best u.oo per day house In the ity
a and cold baths. All line ofc cart
s the door. SpecialTetesbrthe
centrally Located. , 2H 8. AMaln 8t.
Asheville. N. 0.-.
The Best Spring Laidl) ; -
and Spring;.Ccke;D
Phoiiev75i
V !t '
Gazette
Appalachian
anits. on cent a ttctxI.
PRESIDENT IN
; MEW IIAMPSIIIRE
ENTERTA! NED t. AST. E V E N 1 NQ BY
y SENATOR HALE AT ELLIS-
: WORTH, ME.
Visited Bangor and Waterville
Yesterday To New flamp
shire Today. ,
FAIR WEATHER FAVORS
NEW ENGLAND TOUR
.SPENT YESTERDAY MORNING IN
' AUGUSTA, WHERE HE SPOKE ON
PREVIOUS EVENING, LEAVING
AT 9:30 O'CLOCK." -
. Em&worth, Me., Aug. 27. The presi
dent-is spending the evening with Sen-
ator Hale a't his home here.
r r vxue- guv-
ernor s staff are entertaining the "lesser r
members of thi2 Presidents : p-tT at
dinner at the American house. By J
early. timing the president -will be in
New Hampshire.
, Bango?, Me . Aug. 27 .The special
train- bearing" the president and his
party arrived here at 12 o'clock,, on
schedule time . The president was
met by President' Beal of the Eastern
Maine State Pair association, Senator
Hale, Congressmen Littlefield, Powers
and others. The party immediately
started for a drive about the" city. At
Waterville, on' the way from Augusta
to this city, where- are located a num
ber of large paper mills, a stand was
erected, close to. 'the depot and from
there the "president greeted a large
number of people, many of whom had
come from a. distance, in all sorts of
conveyances, to hear him. He spoke
briefly. ;
Augjjsta, Me., Aug. 27. Perfect
weather cohtlnues today, favoring Pres
ident 'vRoosevelt on Iris tour through
-New England. V , .
This; morning when he arose he said
he had passed a refreshing night, and
he; showed1 "no eyrdence" of fatigue from
yesterday's Jsfi vere strain. Early in th5
forenoon he was Taken for a drive;
about the city and shown the (beauties
of the scenery along . the Kennels
Hver. He left here at 9:30 for Ban
gor. ' ' ' . . ' .
'IVERMiFQRMaPPEHDIX :
OF THE BODY POLITIC"
IS
WHAT A FEDERAL , OFFICE
HOLDER CALLS CORPORA-
TION COMMISSION.
Special to the Gazette. .
Raleigh, ' Aug. 27. In the republican
judicial convention of the sixth district
held here today, Judge W. S. O'B. Rob
inson of Greensboro -was renominated
If ever you needed a FILTER it is
right now I Muddy water is the unit
versa! cry! A lot of best tested FIL-
TTTTRS- atr1va1 vAstP.rilav at ' Thaw's. SS
Pat ton avenue.
A
Pair
sses -
I Mav help you more than you think pos'sl-
kio w PTamine-ancL nt eacn eye sep
arately so that you can see with perfect
comfort. .Satisfaction .guarwiKwu.
The -,v-:
-w:-..--. -
Repairing a, specialty.
Galvanized Cornice,; Gutter
iLllGottta Court Ctfaare.
lliiip
;Iiiii;w
4k
Boy
iot judge. ' Jaaiies.D.JPairker.of John
ston county ' was named tor - solicitor
A federal office-halder-who was cited
to show -why, his 'income should not
taxed, replied as follows: c r J
j'With- all due .respect to the gentle
nan composing the board, this, litest
break, is a Justification 6 my life-time
opinion that r the North Oafolin cor
poration commission island Jhtas always
been the yermif orm appendix of cur
present "body jpolitie." - L '.I :
The corporation -commission is deter-
nere pay income tarps Tnniipr Via toto.
la. It is determined .that 'the state
cannot collect on these salaries, but the
comfmission thinks otherwise. It ls-re-ported
that Judge T. R. Pumell will
make a test in resisting payment. X
LAST NIGHT:
"He will do it once
to often, " is -the
expression oftenest heard in connectiott
with xhigh divers and others who per
form perilous feats. It" appears that
the athlete who has vbeen diving into
xne iaKe at Kiverside park, from a 50-
i, - . ' ' ' . .
evening this veek,
it "once to often," last night,
He waa -w
ikus descent when his foot slipped and
he-fell, striking. thex water flat, and
fracturing Ms spine it is thought. He
was quickly rescued from the water,
and was taken at once to 'the Mission
hospital . .
The diver's condition is such that the
doctors could not determine at once rhe
exact nature of his injuries. The-re
port from the hospital at 4 o'clock this
morning is that he rests comfortable.
The diver is known by the "stage
name
r
of Prof. Speedy. . :
COTTON STATES AS'H
ELECT THEIR OFFICERS
Nashville, Aug. 27. The Cotton
States association of Commissioners ;df
Agriculture this afternoon elected J. G
Lee of Louisiana president, R. Rr
Peele of AlabeoMefia'd G. W. Kerncr
.tff. Virginia vice presfdentsV -T. H.
Paine of Tennessee treasurer and B. W.
Kilgore of South Carolina secretary. -
WOMEN'S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
Chicago, 111., Augj.27. A small army
ofxfair golfers added gayety and ani
mation to the Onwentsia club links at
Lake Forest ' today;' They were the
players in the annual tournament '.o de
termine jthe Western women's ehaui-
pion, wnlcn will be contested during
the remainder of this week. That this
year's affair will outshine any of its
predecessors seems to. toe a foregone
conclusion, as the contestants include
nearly all the prominent participants
in the former tournaments together
with a number of promising players wh5
have not taken part heretofore :
LUTHERAN MISSIONS
Winston-Salem, N. C, Aug. 27. The
Woman's Home and Foreign Mission
ary society of the Evangelical Luther
an synod of North Carolina began , its
annual convention in the Lutheran
church here today. The sessions, which
are well attended, will continue through
the remainder of the week.
MILLIONAIRE J. B. HAGGIN
BUYS LEXINGTON TRACK
Lexington, Ky., Aug. 27. Tnorougn-
bred circles were startled here today by
the . announcement that "Millionaire
i James B: Haggxn, proprietor oi me
Elmendore stud,, had purchased the his
toric Kentucky. Association race track
for $3,000.-The course is owned by
(Charles E. Green of St. Louis, wno tooK
it on a mortgage; when the pacing asso
ciation here went .under.-.-
RAIN IN COLORADO
Florence, Col., Aug, 27. One of the
heaviest rains tnat nas ever visuea
the Arkansas valley fell here last night
and .great damage is reported. The
streets of Florence were like rivers.
Many houses on tne iuwiauu wci
flooded. At Canon City tne -streets
were covered with several - incnes ox
water. . .The' damagw to the fruit crop
jn. this country is very neavy.
Victor Emanuel at Berlin
RAT,iin; Aiifir. 27. King Victor Emanuel
of Ttalv arrived here this afternoon and
r.o rrAPteri bv the emperors empress
princess and an enthusiastic crowd.
Smoke Exponenta Clear Havana Ci
ears," 5 , inch fenecio snaye,-
Nothing like It on the market. Sfflller
size at lOc at Blomberg's Cigar Store. ,
WhenWelVant
Goo'dSrek, Nice, Cakes or;
anything ip .ttibilwfeVy?
we;al way 'SfVJS
bHcbtons Baltcry:;!
Dili HURT
(IT RIVERSIDE
HEARING BEFORE
KELLER SEPT. $
IN CASE OF MEN CHARGED WITH
4 !, VIOLATING BLANKET IN - .
JUNCTION.
Seven Men Arrested Yesterday
on This Charge and Taken to
Charleston. -
KLONDYKE WASHERY,
AT TRESKOW, BURNED
HERE
IS EVIDENGE THAT THE
'.(STRIKERS
IN PANTHER CREEK"
;.SVALLET ARB STILL IN A VERY
J. UGLT MOOD. -
arieston. W. Va., Aug. '27, Dep
uty. Marshal Cunningham today arrest
ed and brought here Frank Lewis; Wil-
liarn Counts, W." JC. Daniels, J. ' M.
eadler,X;C. Whitman, W. J. Short
er -.and a. L. Esteph, charged with
violating' the blanket injunction lately
issued by Judge Keller in the case of
the C." & O. Coal Agency company. .
.- Judge Keller will come, here Septem
ber .2. to hear the cases .against them
At: tteaasn toaay seven snots were
fired from ambush upon guards em
ployed to protect the mines. The
guards returned the fire arid later
scouted; the hills in an endeavor to find
the nien who did the shooting, but with
out avail.
Hazelton, Pa., Aug. 27. The Klondike
wasbery at Treskow, owned and oper
ated toy Jos. Seager, of this place, was
destroyed ? by fire of unknown origin
today. . Causing a loss of $7000, partly
The jwashery suspended,,; ' operations
when.; -the 'strike began; but resumed
twajpweeks ago. Strikers : raided the
plant ' and. closed 'it on Tuesday of 'last
week, and two attempts to resume this
weekgppere; trustrated "by-the strikers.
Tat-naqu'a, 'Pa., .August IfThe fact
that the striking miners in jthe Panther
creek valley are in a very 'ugly mood
was shown- today when several of tbe
poies or tne troney lines, wnicn runs
from this -place to Summit Hill were
chopped down and the wires ut. This"
prooably was done to prevent . troops
from being taken from Manila Park.
where they are encamped, to Lansford
and Summit Hill. Major Gearheart
outwitted the strikers, however, - by
taking two companies of soldiers to
Summit, Hill an hour before they were
expected. In Lansford, Summit Hill
and Coaldale the detachments of sol
diers that were sent out at day break
to preserve order and protect non-union
men were greeted fey large crowds of
strikers, who hooted them and called
them names. "At Coaldale the soldiers
were compelled to get off the trains
and force -the mob toack from the
tracks. In Lansford a crowd of women
joined in hooting-th; guardsmen. Ma
jor Gearheart admitted that the situa
tion is serious. He .would not say
whether he would aslt for re-inforce-
merrts.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Aug. 27. President
Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers,
said today that he had no comment
to make on a meeting of coal Operators
held at the office of J. P. Morgan in-
New York. -
A large humbsr-of men are reported
to have gone to work in the Dorrance
colliery of the LehighJValley Coal com
pany. At tne otnee or tne company it
was -said that an increased number of
applicants for work were being daily
received.
REPUBLICANS ENDORSE
HON. ROBERT li. PAGE
RESOLUTIONS DECLINING TO
OPPOS E HIM ADOPTED :
' YESTERDAY.
Lexington, N. C, - Aug. 27. At the
congressional convention held here' to-
day the following was adopted -unani
mously: v-
"Resolved, that we, the republicans
of the seventh congressional district, In v
convention assembled, declare tnat in
view of the high character, as well as
the greats interest which . Hon. Robert
N Page, the democratic nominee has
heretofore manifested with ; respect to
industrial affairs , of -the " people . of this
district, we decline to nominate acan
didate inJ opposition to himT ' ik-S-Z
TThe , resolution -vyas . introduced by
Hon. 2S7V, Walser. Colonel Alien Jor
dan spoke, in. approval of them and
moved their adoption. ) ,
For- preserving , and beautifying .
the halrv It iremoVeaf' dandruff :
and" preyenta the- hair frW-fall
ing; out.It renders ,rhe" hatr 4
'brffliant ' andi Btrengthens- it,' and
has a delicious - and- - refreshing '
Dertumei Price 50o er bottle, a.
Pfafflin's : Drug Store, -;
Cof.- Patton AveC arid Church St.
LARGEST
OF REPUBLICAN PARTY
In the State, Will Be the.Conventiori at Greensboro Today--Ho-i
tels Filled with Delegates Last Evening Prof essiohal Hen,
Mil Owners, Cotton Growers, Farmers and All Classes Rep-
- resented Convention Opens
Staff correspondent of the 'Gazetter
Greensboro, Aug. 27. The hotels are
full tonight with, delegates to the re
publican state oonvehtibn, which opens
afternoon tomorrow. The converttioai
will be the lareest in Ihe historv oT the
Party. Among the delegates are husi-
ness and professional men; mill owners,
cotton growers, and representatives of
the most influential class of the rural
population. -
It will be a convention worthy of the
national republican party i a.nd of the
great cause of political freedom, decent
politics and good ' government in this
state. Among the large delegations now
here is the one from Meck'.enBurg, in
cluding J. P. Wilson, George B. Hiss,
E. A, Smith, A. P. and U. S. Wash
burn, all large mill men. -
The Randolph county delegation, one
hundred strong headed by;ar brass band.
will arrive tomorro w , morning. The
convention will tie onened at the opera
house at noon 4y Senator Pritchard,
chairman of the state committee. Sen
ator Pritchard will address.; the con
vention on the issues of the campaign
His speech is looked forward, to with
CONTEST OVER FAIR . ..
ESTATE PRECLUDED
San Francisco, Aug. 27. All possl-
biUty- of , a contest' over the Fair e stats
was precluded today when" Mrs.- Har
riet E. Nelson, the mother or.. Mrs.
Fair, on behalf of herself and her chil
dren, for a sum in cash, said to be half
a million dollars, relinquished all claim
on the es'tates. of Mr. Fair or his wife.
MUNROE ROGERS WILL
- i BE SEHTiTK DURHAM
Rnston. "Amr. 27.v-Governof " vjjrane.
this afternoon honored the requis'.tio
for Monroe. Rogers, tne negro , wno is
wanted at Durham, N; C, upon a
charge of arson.
HOTTEST DAY IN TEXAS
riaiins Te-jras. Auff. 27. Today -was
thA hottest day of the year in Texa.
-The thermometer at 2 p. m. registered
104 in the shade. A -good sbower or
ra in . fell this evening. It will benefit
the cotton.
There is not precious or semi
precious gem that possesses
more beautiful colors than the
O P A L
We have thousands of them to
show you which we have just
bought at one-half their value
and will.be glad to give you the
benefit of the reduction. .
Arthur M. Field
iany
Leading Jewelers
Ck)r. Charch St. aiid Patton Ave.
;Ashevilier N. CI .
?-vOpVRciif"
jjarge boarding house pn Spruceu
renovated good- ehadey for $60.00 a p
month '
Beautif ul suhurhaa nousewith : h
g: Soton Bawls & Cq q
h 1' South Main,8triet p
r FIVE CENTS PER COPT.
. FOUR DOLLARS Xs TEAR. "
liSIHISTGRY m
at NoonMeeting Last Night 5rTf
great interest, along with the platform V
mat wm be adopted as definine the ,
issues on which the campaign will be""
lougnt. r..Srfiit
WILL ENDORSE HILL
Tonight the questions coming; before'
the convention were discussed at . a
largely attended meeting- at the Ben- ' -v "
bow house. The sentiment was , Drac'- 5-"-
tically unanimous to endorse: Judge Hill! -
of Halifax county for chief justice V
against Clark. As' to.'Comior-ana ?
Walker, the probability now seems to- V
be that no nominations will be made "v.? " '
AMENDMENT NO ISSUE
The question of the party treatment v
of the amendment question in the tpdat-
form, that has worried Mr. Simmons, " CC-'
is a matter on which there seems to be
practically a unanimity of sentiment"
and a declaration will probably Ice w I "
made .that the amendment is no longer ,
a political Issue. DemocratiG , rjleda'p .
will be cited to show that the adoption -of
the amendment removed the. race -.
question from politics. . I' . -
IS MOUNT PELEE
GIVING MORE TROUBLE?
St. Thomas, D. I. W.t Aug 27. A:
aespatcn received nere from --the lsiana
of Dominica," dated yesterday.: August
26, at 6 p. m. says: v"
"Since 2 p. m. today '(Tuesday) nro-
longed noises in quick succession have
(been heard fromthe southward. There W '
is every indication that Mont Pslee is- :
violently erupting." :
Efforts made to communicate by ca- -
ble direct with the island of Martinique ;
nave proved unsuccessful. The French -Cable
company , has no cable working'" ?
to . that point and the company offices ,
are unatue to say. wnen: communication : -
Tvith' Martiniqtie,fll beTesumed.-'.
tor KBisir..;.
Furnished house of 14 rooms, good
tlATt DfiQr. ofrnnf sr 4Aatfi VI a
for taking boarders.
New house of 7 rooms on Montford
avenue for rent, $30.
New house on Charlotte street! fur
nlshed, $50.
For full particulars enquire of -
H, P. Grant & Son
4S Patton Ave
Turnip
Fresh supply of Wood's Turnip and' ';'
Ruta Baga Seeds for table, stock and,
salad.
Headaches ; t
Sick, nervous and neuralgic headacha ' '
i quickly relieved with Baldwin's Head- -
ache Cure, 25c bottle.
Grant's Pharmacy, 1 1
Agency for Wood's Seeds. , J
fti2
Opening Day j
, 28,
FOR
Dunlap
SOFT, STIFF,
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Phone, 78'
11 Patton avenue-..:
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