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rt FOUR THE ASHEVD1LE GAZETTE-NEWS. Tuesday, December 13, 1010. The Gazette-News PUBLISHED BY Cvening News Publishing Go. ASHEVILLE. N. C. SUBSCRIPTION RAMS: Ashe viae and BUtmore. One Week 10c. Three Month $1.25 BU Months -" Twelve Months 6.00 BY MAIL, IN ADVANCE: Three Months $1.00 BU Months 2-00 Twelve Months 4.00 Entered at the Postoftice In Ashevllle as second-class matter. Bstttatftsti. m $ The Gaiette-News is a mem- t at ber ol The Associated Press, f t Its telegraph news Is there- " t fore complete and reliable. st mm . r Tuesday, December 13, 1910. THE "COVER FIRE." Some recent discussion of the proposition of a "curfew" law for Ashevllle brings to mind some facts of interest concerning curfew. The word has its origin from the French couvre feu, meaning cover lire; the custom of putting out the lights and covering the tire at sunset, in sum mer, and at 8 o clock, In winter, was Introduced into England by William the Conquerer. Fire and plague wer twin terrors in those days; the build ings were of wood, thatched as to the roofs and as Inflammable as the tem pers of their inmates. Thei means for fighting fire were crude and Ineffec tive. In the day time, when people were awake and alert, it was a seri ous matter, and at night, when, after the deep potationB of those days of riotous living, mm slept a sleep from which nothing short of an earth quake aroused them, it was the one unconquerable calamity. Therefore the custom, Introduced by the Nor mans, and characteristic of their fru gality and caution, became martial law In England during the reign of the Norman conquerers. In New England the custom was adopted with a double purpose; pro tection from fire and the (fathering of the people, especially the young folks, in the early evening into their homes, safe from any convivial Impulses that might bo fanned Into fame by the breezes of th nlgM, the mystery' of moonlight, the witchery of starligh and the shy touch of young haiuiB 1n the deepening twilight. The custom Is, practically, obsolete in this land where persomal Inde pendence is the measure to which beats the throbbing pulses of young America. In northern Michigan, near thi Shore of Lake Superior and nestled beside a copper-colored lake called Torch lake, Is a busy village known as Lake Linden. Here the curfew bell rings at 8 o'clock even on sum mer evenings, and children, at Its warning sound, hurry Indoors, with out question or delay. The custom has doubtless held here because the town Is essentially French. Walking through the. narrow streets all the signs merchants, saddlers, druggists or cobblers are as French as If the city were across the ocean In France. The language most spoken, and more universally understood than English, Is what Is known as Canadian-French. patois that Is made up of a cor rupted French with Indian trimmings. Black-eyed, black-haired, girls with eniooth. brown skins, trim figures and the vivacious manners and gestures of the Gascon, walk the streets with lim, handsome youths as dark almost as Indians, picturesquelly !:...! in dark flannel shirts with flowing scar let ties, buckskin trousers and leg ling. It Is a little bit or France, and with a love of all that pertains to the mother country the people still cling to the curfew law. "A FEDERALIST DEMOCRAT." Chief Justice White I evidently a denatured Democrat. You could hardly call a pronounced federalist a ear-Democrat. The present Democratic party In the United States had It beginnings In the anti-federal party of the time W the constitutional convention, and Ba ory basic principle was implied in . mmr. m leasers were such men a Thomas Jefferson, Edmund Ran dolph and George Clinton. It original Ijr demanded merely an established league of Independent republic. It Jl curious fact of history that tht Mitl-federalbrta, a well as the feder alists at that trme expected future ad vantage by construing the terms of $ written Instrument to suK them- Sslvea. Under the leadership of Jef Men the party called Itaelf In 171 the Democratic-Republican party, and nortenrd that soon to the title Re puum-an. iot aDout II years, since when It ha been known, for II years. the Democratic party. The differences between the parties M touching the nature of the rela- MHU nt ... r '"; own as a union, are fundamental Out of Dnm crew the monstrcua struggle railed by federal i ranemon and by antl- Mralists by a variety of n. -asnnci une of elsavase slaturt of our history. (It Is a common saying that these questions were settled by this war, but as a matter of fact It Is impos sible for a principle to be changed Ly a war or any number of wars. 'I he tariff question, which has been I lie real political divisor of late de ludes, is distinctly and essentially a question of federalism; and the war Old not settle it. It has been an t isential line of cleavage between the two parties, and it threatens today to rend the Republican party into ir reconclleable factions and, for the mi' being at least, to ruin it. THE NAPIER AND QU ASTER CASE The Napier and Quaater trial in Oreensboro, under an indictment re turned in Ashevllle, charging two men engaged In the theatrical busi ness with violation of a federal statute directed against the "white slave" traffic, has brought out a mass of t stlmony which, while unfit to print, 1 as been described in a general way l y the Greensboro aewspapers and correspondents. It is a sordid story of the depravity of a certain class of men engaged In promoting a certain sort of entertainment for the public. Judge Coble In his argument for the government set forth as n state of act that a part of their business was to produce immoral spectacles, that t was Quaster's business to prepare women for this work, that If they were, modest it was his business to iiestroy their modesty, so they would exhibit themselves for money. The federal statute under which these men were Indicted for trans porting women from one State to an other, for immoral purposes, was not generally known until this Indictment was found here, and Its provisions, as was pointed out In The Gazette-News, are very strict in verbiage, so that If i man accompanied a woman of bad haracter across a State line, paying ler fare, he would be subject to fine uid imprisonment. Judge Boyd yesterday afternoon di rected that a verdict of "not guilty" e returned, and in an extended de ision he held that the Immoral acts roven came within the cognizance of ihe State laws and if congress con- lemplated regulating the morals In tales, it was encroaching on the State's right of exercise of its exclu sive police power. Whatever may be the ultimate de islon as to the legal aspects of the ase, the bringing out of the facts ught to have a salutary effect on the ubllc conscience. v'-JPINQ THE RECORD STRAIGHT Th sweeping decision by the North " 'na Supreme court this week knocking out the exchange of mileage to tickets at stations, has caused many references to the offort of the !at lecisli lure to change the law. Al most without exception the papers say that ihe measure passed the house and ns killed In the senate by a tie vote, which the lieutenant-governor broke The fact Is, says the Greensboro Rec ord, Senator Barrlnger of Guilford In troduced the measure in the senate. ut the committee to which It was re ferred made an adverso report, but when It came up Senator Harrlnger fought so hard for its passage that when the vote was taken It was a tie, which the lieutenant governor broke and killed the bill. "The error Is that It never passed the house at all. Rep resentative Conner of Wilson Introduc- d it in the house some time after It was killed in the senate, and it met a quick death. The roads had lobbyists on hand from Washington and every where else and they succeeded In get ting a majority of the members so mixed up on it that they did not know what they were doing." The Raleigh correspondents are the source of the error the Record points out, If It Is as the Record says, and we presume it has looked Into the (act. rhe Gazette-News, among many other papers, accepted the Raleigh dispatch es without question. THE SUPREME JUSTICESHIP. Chief Justice John Jay of the Unit ed States Supreme court ( 1789-176- was a New Yorker. John Rutledge, who succeeded him (appointed but never served) wa from South Caroli na. Oliver Ellsworth (1791-1800) came from Connecticut The great John Marshall of Virginia served from 180 1 to 183G. Roger B. Taney (1831-1814) was a Marylander. Salmon P. Chaae ( 1864-1871) waa an Ohlan, a wa Morrison B. Walte (1S74-1888). Mel ville W. Fuller, appointed in 1888. waa from Illinois. it has been 109 year since a native of the southern group of states wa appointed to this high office; an office that In all Ule history of the government, has been held, prior to this time, by but two men from this section class ing Maryland as a border State. New England ha nearer had a representa tive In this office; nor has the far west. The only far western State that ha ever had any representation at all on the Supreme bench Is Cali fornia (Stephen J. Field. 1811-1817, and Joseph MeKenna.) The oath which Mexican presidents take or the Mexican president takes I longer and mors rhetorical than the one taken by President of the United States. It wa Dr. Manual Flores, the Mexican speaker, who ad ministered It to Gen PorArto Dtaa last weak. I hereby premise.'' said Caa ged prertdent, "to i vteet and to 1 cause to be protected the constitution of the United States of Mexico, with any additions or changes that may be made in it; the law of reform, and those that may arise from It; and to discharge loyally and patriotically the duties of president of the republic with which the nation has entrusted ine, seeking In everything only the welfare and prosperity of the Union." At Washington, on March 4, the chief justice's part in the function ends with the administering or the oath. The Mexican ritual is different; there Is a prescribed response. "If so you shall perform your oath." said Dr. Flores to Gen. Diaz last week, "the nation will reward you: If not. It will require an accounting." It might, but would it get It? The corn meetings held In Aahe- ville last winter were poorly attended, hardly a corporal's guard being pres ent. The meeting of next Monday, unless weather conditions are very bud, will, we believe, bring out a large crowd, gathered from all parts of the county, and illustrate strikingly the advance In interest in less than a year. The Atlantic Coast Line has re ported net earnings of ten million dol : .-, the post year, three million more than the year before. A petition, oigned by 7,000 of its employes, is be fore congress asking that the road be allowed to increase freight rates. If that is done the Coast Line ought to earn a real neat little sum next year. if the Government did not spend so much money for legitimate expenses it would be possible to pay those who did not fight to save the country twice a much for saving it as they are now getting, Is the way the Charleston News and Courier figures It out Yes, and a lot of money Is oth erwise diverted. In South Carolina the counties where the boys are not organized Into eorn clubs, under the leadership of the county superintendents of education, are the exception, rather than the rule. This condition is going to react powerfully on that State In a very few years. The country continues to go Demo cratic. Speaker Cannon yesterday ap pointed another Democrat, K. J. Speer of Georgia, to a 15000 place, that of house committee stenographer. It Is an off day when Woodrow Wil son does not produce an epigram or a near-epigram. One of his latest sayings is that he Is starting on a voy age for the fun of naglgatlng well. Miss Frlck. a Minnesota cooking school teacher, bo, won fame by an nouncing that mashed carrots are a successful substitute for eggs in pud dings. Break it gently to the hena. The Chamber of Commerce of Eliz abeth City Is endeavoring to promote an oyster convention, to be held there. It will probn'oly be a regular talkfest, however. Faw can appreciate a chestnutuntil they have attended at least thre for mal dinners In the same town. Charleston News and Courier. What a pit, It Is. ' Senator Tillman says frankly that he will never quit until they pry him loose. However, he merely confirms nn opinion quite generally entertained. The committees of the two houses on disposition of useless papers are what you might call the official office boys of congress. Nevada has practically doubled its population in the past few years. Peo ple are now you might almost say, fre quent out there A trust magnate Is known by the companl's ho keep. Hunter Sharp has found something. ASHEVILLE BUSINESS MEN REQUESTEDTOCO-OPERATE Governor Sanderi Deiirei Asheville'i Help in Landing Panama Exposi tion for New Orleans. The committee of Louisiana busi ness men, who are charged with the responsibility of securing the Panama exposition for. New Orleans In 1116, continue to put In their effort at all place where they think result will follow. It 1 of eapectal Interest to the southern people and western ..".....V, , ' . ill. l , 11 i n in nn una fXiHifll- uon, sinoie. sucn a large proportion or the summer tourist business come from New Orleans and the far south. Governor Sanders of Loulaiana ha ent to the board of trade a letter asking that the Aahevllle business men use their Influence with the wholesale houaea In the north with which they do business to get them to write their representative In con gress to work for New Orleans a the "logical point." Farthquske Shocks Felt. St. Lnul. Dee. II. Nine earthquake shocks were felt between S and 7 o'dJocV thla morning. Center of dis turb re ISO miles southwest of lower California coast. CHENEY'S EXPECTORANT CUM COU9MH A NO GOLD No Better Gift Can Be Made Opera Glasses for the Thrutorgocr. Field and Marine and Binoculars are always appreciated as gifts. Thermom eters, Barometers for weather sharps. Many other suitable gifts, such as Self-Filling Fountain Pens, Fancy Spectacle Cases. . CHARLES H. HONESS OPTOMETRIST AND OPTICIAN Manufacturer of Spectacles and Eyeglasses 51 Pat ton Are. Opp. PoatofTlcc. FOB SAL1S 3 4-room house, good lots, $750 each. 4 4-room houses, In the city, $800 each. For rent 11 -room house and 11 acres land In West Ashevllle at $20 per mo. S D.HALL IS PRQGRESSINGWELL Ashevllle Electric Co. Hopes to Have West Ashevllle Line Open by Spring. The work of grading .the electric rullway line to West Ashevllle Is pro gressing well although the unfavor able weather has been a handicap at present. The company is getting a splendid line up the hill from the new bridge, in fact much better than was first expected. The maximum grade is about 4 per cent, with only two curves, and these are not sharp. Of course no date for the opening of the new line can be set yet, for the bridge Is not completed. With fav orable weather conditions It would require a few days more of concrete work to complete the structure. The Ashevllle Electric company is now cradlng on Roberts street, where It has to make a considerable fill and expects to get the work done as soon ;is possible so that the West Ashe vllle line may be in operation early In the spring. It Is the Intention of the city to pave Roberts street, its entire length since this street Is to become a highly Im portant one as being the avenue of approach to the new bridge. The board had the matter under consid eration last Friday night but after discussion, action was postponed un til Friday night The board seems to be of the opinion that the street should be paved as tuon as possible; but of course no paving can be laid until cprtnr: neither ha the city avallable funds for a water and sewer 'ine at present. The fourth annual show of the Ashevllle Poultry and Pet Stock asso ciation came to a close last night and today the exhibitors are busily engag ed In removing their birds. The show was a success although not the suc cess that was anticipated. LOGICAL REMEDY FOR ECZEMA Many different remedies have been tried for Eczema and other skin dis eases. But It is now known that the only possible cure I a mild, soothing liquid made up of Oil of Wlntergreen. Thvmol. Glycerine, and other Ingredi ents so carefully compounded that each Ingredient has Its proper effect. This compound Is now made up In the D. D. D. Prescription. Ten years of success and thousand of cures bhow the merit of thi wonderful i ompound, but the most convincing proof Is a trial of the remedy by any eczema sufferer. D. D. D. will prove to you that you can be cured. The very first drops will give you Instant relief. Get a trial bottle today. Smith's drug store, Pack square, opposite Public library. The Children's Play House Let the children come to the Photo play often. It will do them more good than a world of candy or a library of ttory booka The Photoplay I entertaining for everyone. No matter If you have traveled far and wide you will always see new sights and refreshing scenes i t the Photoplay. Ashevlllo's modern :I0 minutes play house. Visit the Pho loplsy once and you'll come often. Remember' the location, IS South Main street. The Photoplay Is not only a source of amusement It I a great educator as well. When you visit the Photo play you are Instantly transported to th great cities of the world, to the burning desert of the west, to the snowy wastes of the north or to the mystic lands of the far east. You see the world a It really Is without any stage settings or faks scenery NV photograpb can possibly give an Idea of the world like the amotion pic ture. For the motion picture IS a reproduc tion of life Itself In those atrange place. The photo drama ha done mor to bring the far ends of the world to gether than all the books ever written or all the lecturers ver given. Today every (notion picture produc ed by the Independent companies end exhlhltlted by the Photoplay Theater I passed by a rlgorou board of cen sorship appointed by III stale of New York so that Vry picture la guaranteed to carry the best of moral and cannot help but have a good In fluence on the young. LET GEORGE DO IT. Wear those ready-made Clothe. There I economy In wearing clothe msde to order, you do not have to get so often. They look better when they are old. Thay wear better because you have bettsr material Foliar makes them that Issk rlgut when you buy them, and stay right when you wear tbem. With the closing of the year our busy season closes On an order given now you will receive a liberal discount Patton Avenue. GRADING Inn GIFTS THIS YEAR WILL EE OF THE PRACTICAL SORT And Shoes and Slippers are coming in for tlic.ir J. share of the gift problem. Not before in many years, in fact, NEVER have we shown such a beautiful supply of haud some slippers for men, women and children, in price ranging from 75 cents and a dollar for children to $4.50 for men. We invite you to call and see them. BROWN -MILLER SHOE CO. Leaders in Fine Shoes. 47 Patton Ave. Special Sale For Saturday, Dec. 10th Florida Oranges (Sweets), 2r each, in any quantity. Golden Grape Fruit 7c each. You can't get these prices elsewhere "Let's go to Sea well's" Seawell's Drug Store In Swannanoa Hotel. 45 South Main. Pbone 201. ') THE BEST EXPRESSION Of what good will Christ mas times is to GIVE AN ASHEVILLE LAUNDRY BOOK It will keep the spirit of good cheer throughout the new year. Phone 95. Ashevllle Laundry. J. A. NICHOLS, Manager Designated U. S. Depositor' Opposite Post Office i THIS 18 A HEALTHY BANK DIRECTORS: H LIPINSKT W. R. WHITSON OHO. 8. POWELL OEO. A. MURRAY JULIUS C. MARTIN J. R. OATE8 H. TAYLOR ROGBRS F. 8TIKE LEATHER M H. KELLY H C. JOHNSON JOHN A. CAMPBELL Cashier. EDWIN L. RAT PrasidaBt Wachovia Loan & Trust Company ASSETS OVER $6,000,000 CAPITAL ..$1,250,000 Commercial Banking, Savings and Trust Departments. T. S. MORRISON, Vice-President. niiiimean I The American Capital $300,000. Deposits $1,200,000 The Largest Bank in Western North Carolina. The Only Bank in Asheville Under U. 8. Supervision. ACCOUNTS INVITED, LARGE AND SMALL. JOHN H. CARTER, President. I L. JENKINS, Active V.-P. R M. FITZPATRICK, Casliier. The Conklin Pen is the tain Pen. Perfect in construction, perfect in behavior. It feeds with automatic precision, does not smear up the hands, and to fill I CON KLIN'S just dip pen in any ink, press the Crescent-Filler and it drinks Ink like a camel taking water for a journey across the desert. Nibs to suit all bands. Sold Exclusively hy BROWN IMK)K COMPANY ,..-(. Postofrice on I 'niton Avenue. SaLaaaasai MM You should not fail to sec our great variety of DOLL CARTS Harris Furniture Co. "Home Furnishers." 19 S. Main. Phone 1515. Christmas Suggestions We mention a few useful and beautiful presents from our large stock of furniture and house furnishing goods. For. the sitting room -Leather, Golden Oak, Mahogany and jped Rockers, Rugs of all kinds and sizes to suit anything, Jlorris ( liairs. Tallies, Clocks and Pictures. Bed Rooms We are showing a large stock of Chamber Suits, Brass and Iron Beds, )dd Pressor? and Wash Stands. For Dining Room W have a handsome lot of Side Boards, China cabinets, tables, Leather and Oak Chairs in large quantities, Library Tables, Couches, Bool: ( uses, Ladies' Desks, Comb Cases and Hall Racks. For Kitchen National, Rogal, Our Choice and Progress Ranges. These are excellent ranges which wo are offering at prices that sell them. A'so Kitchen Cabinets, Cupboard Safes, Tables, and Linoleum, Oil Cloth. Oon't forget the little folks. Plenty of Rockers, High Chairs, Baby Walkers and Velocipod es, Hand Cais and Wagons, Doll Carts, also Baby Carts. Many other useful articles that we would be glad to show yon. Our prices are below the av- y i tmr 1 1 J i a . erage Tome ami select now. sav. Terms: Cash or Credit. Donald U South Main Street. sflsaasVlsv TrTGaawtte W. B. WILLIAMSON, Cashier. lllllllllMMHII National Bank C. J. HARRIS, Vice- Pres. U. REDWOOD, Vice-Pros. one perfect foun LikeX r?5iSr, PEN GROCERIES. FRESH MEATS. OYSTERS. OYSTERS. The Largest and Best in Town. VEGETABLES. POULTRY. M. HYAMS Cor. N. Main and Merrimon Ave. Phones 49-243. THE BIGGEST START In our bakery Is nn delicious loaves of home made bread and home made loaves are better than those that moth er used to make because no one made such a light, nourishing, and palatable bread as thit made here. Our rolls, buns and all bread stuff are high grade goods, i.et us serve you with trial order. Phone 62-381. Asheville Steam Bakery Just a work about STACY-ADAMS SHOES One pair will prove to you they are the best. Price $5.50 and $6.00. 0 K Grocery Co. 2 Stores In 1. 302-34 Depot St. Phone 72. SHOES FOR WOMEN Men and Boys at prices enormously reduced. Big drive in Suits and Hats to close out. O.LStonerCo. we win aenver any nine juu & Donald si . Phone 441 W-m HWiH m Hi 'News Want A seen Pestotflc.