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Fine Groceries, Vegetables and
Fruits.
12 NorUi Pack Square and City
Murk ct. 1" h die 473.
Saturday, December 17, 1910.
PATRICIAN
SHOES
for Women
$3.50 and $4.00
Combine quality and dur
ability with winsomeness in
style.
A fit for every foot.
GuaranteeShoeStore
4 South Main St.
EGGS
DOWN
Guaranteed
38 cts
Per. Doz.
STRADLEY
& LUTHER
Sell the World's Best Cof
fees and Teas.
3 East Pack Square.
Two Phones 651 64.
A now Insurance company, which
gives promise of good things for
North Carolina and especially the city
of Ashevllle', where the home office
will be permanently located, was this
morning organized at a meeting held
In the office of Tucker & Lee. The
charter name of the company Is The
Provident Mutual Life and Accident
Insurance Company of North Caro
lina. The meeting was attended by the
original incorporators who form the
first hoard if directors of the corpor
ation as follows: J. P. Sawyer, R. S.
llowland, J. H. Tucker. Thomas Mac
Ltfiland, William Farr, Robert J.
MacLellan, Alexander W. Chambllss,
Erwin Eberman, J. W. Kirksey and
Charles G. Lee.
Capt J. P. Sawyer, president of the
Battery Park bank, who Is also offi
cially connected with the Dixie Fire
Insurance company of Greensboro,
was elected permanent chairman of
the board of directors, and Charles G.
Lee secretary of the board. All the
affairs of the corporations are placed
under the by-laws in control of this
board.
The new company will have the ac
tive assistance and direction of men
who have had wide experience in in
surance lines and who have been ac
tively and successfully engaged in
the business for many yeads. J. W.
Kirksey, who is already favorably
known in North Carolina and who Is
a man of wide insurance experience,
was elected general manager. Mr.
Kirksey's headquarters will be in
Ashevllle, where the home office will
be located. Thomas MacLellan and
Robert J. MacLellan were elected
president and secretary and treasurer,
respectively. These gentlemen are
trained and experienced Insurance
men and are connected with an In
surance company doing a similar
business in Tennessee, with head
quarters at Chattanooga, where they
have built up a large Insurance busi
ness during the last 20 years. This
connection will be of great benefit to
the new company because of the
strong financial standing of the Mac
Lellana and their long experience.
The board of directors elected the
Rattery Park bank as the designated
depository for all the funds of the
new company and the standing of
this bank Is such as to amply guar
antee the safety of all of the reserve
as well as the active funds. Messrs.
Tucker & Lee were elected general
counsel for the corporation and these
gentlemen will also serve as members
of the board of directors.
The Messrs. MacLellan were ac
companied to Ashevllle today by
Alexander W. Chambllss of Chatta
nooga, who has been the local repre
sentative for years of the insurance
interests with which the MacLellans
have been so successfully connected
In Tennessee, Georgia and Virginia.
The character of the business to be
dene by this company is unique In
that while it is industrial In Its oper
ation It will not In any manner come
In competition with the weekly Indus
trial Insurance now done in North
Carolina.
With so strong an organization of
representative men, associated with
experienced men from outside of the
state, there is every reason to expect
a prosperous future for the new com
pany and a resulting benefit, especial
ly to the western section of North
Carolina and to the city of Ashevllle,
where the funds accumulated will be
from time to time invested.
New Shipment
of
HOBART M.
CABLE
PIANOS
Just in at
Dunham's
Music House
"The WACHOVIA WILL HELP YOU"
"The difference lietwoen the clerk
who speiMln nil of his salary and the
clerk wlm save part of It la the differ
ence In ten years between the own
er of a buslm-m ami the man out of a
job." John Wansmaker.
Grant's No. 24 Cures Colds. IS cents.
Chambers A Weaver, Livery. Phone IS
The Milter-Rice Paint t. Lucas Paint
"
mum.
GIVE YOUR WIFE
A
DINNER SET
You know she has always
wanted one.
Tou know of nothing that
would please her mors.
Why not gat her one? Bless
her heart. She certainly deserv
es, and you can afford It, at
our prices. i
10 PIBCB ROYAL CHINA X
DINNER SPECIAL 4
ii.se.
IX I DejA Storei
WlMMMtMMIIMMMM
OUR PHOTOGRAPHS
MAKE APPROPRIATE
XMAS GIFTS.
COME IN NOW.
Higgason Studio
18 N. Pack Sq., over the
"Theato."
DELIGHTFUL
CHARMING
CANDY BOXES
for gifts
Bee the exquisite, dandy new
"Dolly, Vardln" Candy Boxes.
BellVbitlnty Candles
Whitman's, the old favorites.
All delightfully fresh.
At the new drug store.
I Paragon Pharmacy
Corner rack Sq. and Market.
The next meeting of the American
Woman' league will not be held
Monday as usual, but Is postponed
until January 9.
E. L Henry, one of the oldest let
ter carriers from point of service con
nected with the Ashecllle postofflce. is
seriously 111 at his home, 1694 Pat
ton avenue.
Right Reverend Bishop Horner of
the diocese of Ashevllle will preach at
All Souls church. Blltmore, tomorrow
morning at 11 a. m.; evensong at 4:3"
p. in., special music.
The revenue office here has been
notified of the destruction of two big
illicit distilleries In Wise county, Va.,
by Revenue Officers Bowers and Mo
Brown. One was GO gallon capacity,
the other 80 gallons.
The county schools, with the excep
tion of those in the special tax dis
tricts, closed yesterday and the teach
ers' association htld Its regular meet
ing this morning. The next meeting
of the association will be held on the
fourth Saturday in April, 1911, at
which time will be taken up the study
of Mrs. Densmore's "Teaching a Dis
trict School."
The Foreign Mission board of the
Southern Baptist convention has se
lected some of the prominent minis
ters of the South to deliver three
lectures on some phases of foreign
missions before the leading colleges
of the denomination. Rev. W. M.
Vines, D. D., has been chosen as one
of the lecturers and he has been re
quested to lecture on the above sub
ject at two of the colleges.
Clarence E. Swlck of .Memphis, fifth
general vice president of the brother
hood of painters, decorators and paper-hangers
of America, is In the city
and tonight will address a gathering
of the local painters, decorators and
paper-hangers In the Central Labor
Union hall, nt which time ho will dis
cuss various questions relating to the
organization. A good attendance Is
desired.
Last evening witnessed the close of
the "Week of Prayer" for men. Dr.
Dusenbury was the speaker of the
occasion. He dwelt with emphasis
upon the duties of the professing
Christian in a Christian state. To
morrow afternoon Rev. W. H. Mano
koo will speak at the Y. M. I. song
service at 5 o'clock. He will be as
sisted by Dr. W. a. Torrence. With
the present interest already manifest
ed, there will be a large number
present. Bible class 1:15 to 3 p. m.
par the convenience and accommo
dation of the members of Trinity con
gregation the vestry has leased the
large store at 57 South Main street
adjoining Swannanoa hotel as a tem
porary place for worship until the
new church is built. All services will
be held at that address. The services
next Sunday. December 18. will be at
and 11 a. m. On Christmas day,
celebrations of holy communion at 8
and 11 a. m. Sunday school next
Sunday in chapel of First Presbyte
rian church. Sunday evening ser
vices omitted until after Christmas.
PROTECT YOUR TIRES
FROM WEAR AND PUNCTURES
Also prevents skidding in snow, ice or mud. We can
fit yom tires from stock. Come in and see them.
Ashevllle Automobile Co.,
Telephone 1310. 15-17 South Ltxington Ave.
Southern
Coal
costs you less because you get
more heat and better service
from a pound than from any
other. Try a ton and be convinced.
Southern Coal Co.
IIHtMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMI
IT'S A MERRY
CllKliSTMAS
To all who use
M & W
COAL
Phone 40 for a supply
NOW.
PAQlliqW THE ASHEVTLLg QAZETTH.NtWg.
llNEWINSURANGECQ ! II
w w w a ww l8 i0S8 of viijty, ,0, or tone, and Is rirjRB?--x,
coal in the D C P I HI 0 DUO I II TOO "asT a forerunner of prostratln8 dls- PgW,
CHRISTMAS Dtblllw wUwllltww ' jS
GTfu"i uTTTr set behindhand. c. 7IuS5r
I iUCiMINU, The best medicine to take for it is in n i nn
Capt. J. P. Sawyer Elected Chairman ""' reat constitutional remedy IbHtt "Hi mr IHy1' HT IV" jil1 J'" Lii" 'W
Atl(1 raw H is M- & Brd of Directors of Provident Hood's SarSapaHlla STafflTtll toWslI iSl
W INDIAN COAL. Phone l,rsne. fn Which purifies and enriches the blood Wjl Tffl A if Jt T mM IB
insurance tO and builds up the whole system. BSHE MPBWjaJliaiajH
l' Got It today In usual liquid forni or I XafT?ffaWalWy 1 ' 4
-ov' chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs. I J Wl "
I COMPANY WILL HAVE OFFICES 1 JMlf JljmT.: ifr
III id run I r nrniiiairnri w I I I l.,l llll 1111 HIU1ILIUU-
I CITY NEWSh
wiivauj . , i
U "ire Bon, to Mr and Mrg A H carrier j
SLlwaHKSTHBiBHaEraaaEKaa Strong Coiiinj Incorporators "f Broad street, a son.
Scope of Business. J. M. Campbell "has removed his
IbwHwSsVHsVbVbHbHbBbVwM West to
the Legal building.
Winesap
Apples
The kind that cook.
Per Peck 30c.
E. C. JARRETT
Phones 358 or 193.
Phone 114.
Pack Square.
Books for Christmas Giving
Nothing better expresses the real Christmas sentiment than Books. We
.have more than ten thousand volumes to choose from, and read all the new
book, so we can help you select book s for all pa' ties.
See itogers Crow In the window.
ROGERS' BOOK STORE
39 Patton Ave.
Phone 254.
YOUR HUNTING GOODS. S lop In, look through my line.
Everything for the Huntsman.
L. BLOMBERG.
Cigars, Tobaccos and Sporting Goods. 17 Patton Avenue.
Special to Ladies
I invite your attention to my store and mj special
largo assortment of new articles for the Holidays for
the gentk-rrmn mid the boy.
It is useless to tell you my study in the lines during
the past 23 years in my business and the line I carry
It speaks for itself.
Blomberg's Cigar and Sporting
Goods Store
17 PATTON A VEX DSL
I
I
i
"WantkuT
SALESMEN for city and nearby
counties, to sell a line of men's,
women's and children's 15c and
25c hosiery to the retailer on com
mission basis Only men with es
tablished trade will lie considered.
State counties traveled, also give
reference. This is a small compact
line and will work well at a aUu
line for men calling on department
storei and haberdashers. Triangle
Hosiery Mills, Inc., Paicthorp and
Oxford 8t Philadelphia. It
A Christmas Present
It will please anyone PARK & TILFORD'S CAN
DIES in 1-2, 1, 2 and 5 pound boxes.
Mixed Chocolates, Chocolates and Bon-Rons, all at 80 cens
per lb. If you do not decide that this la the best 80 cents candy
you ever bought, your money back
Clarence Sawyer
53 Patton Ave.
Six 'Phones, N. 1800
A FEW standard bred silver spangled
Hamburg cockerels for sale at $1.5u
and 12.00, or pairs at 13.00. O. M.
Pressley, R. F. D. No. 2. 268-26t
HONEY A LUXURY At the cost of
ordinary necessities, a fairy food
for brains and muscle, think of the
moHt Industrious little creature Ood
ever crested. Ho Intelligent to pro
duce the most wholesome sweet in
the world. Headquarters for sweet
gifts. C. W. Harmon Co., Phone
1181.
A PLAIN PROPOSITION TO RENT
ERS We loan money at G per cant,
simple Interest to buy or build a
horns or pay off a mortgage. Oar
Interest rate is so low and monthly
payments so smalt a home la within
the reach of all. You pay only
17. JO per month on each 11000.00,
plus 5 per cent simple Interest. We
can show you a safe and profitable
method of saving your earnings
Every day you delay adopting some
definite plan for owning your home
or accumulating your earnings, you
tote In dollars and cents one day's
rent or one day's earnings on mon
ey not wisely Invested. Think It
owr, which Is best, to continue on
the old Indefinite plan, or Investi
gate the liberal proposition we of
fer. You have INTENDED making
this start long enough, now MAKE
It. Write today for an Illustrated
booklet explaining our plan In de
tail. Lee Roy Smith. ISO Brown
Marx Bldg, Birmingham, Ala.
AN YON .anywhere may earn good
nay doing light work at home even
ings Send stamp. C. It Rowan.
Chicago, III. u
MIIMIMMMIIIHII'm
ANYON4C .anywhere may earn good
par doing light work at home even
ings. Send stain n tl U liwu
Chicago, IIL it"
Useful Xmas Gifts
For Every Member of the FamUy
Baby Walkers $3 50
Children'i Steel Wagons $1.Z5
to 12 50.
Children'i Rockers tic to
$5.00.
Children's High Chairs. 75c
to $3 50
Oo-Cartt, Collapsible, f4.M
to 110.00.
Framed Pictures 25c to is. 00
Ladles' and Mea n Rocking
Chain from $1 00 to $17. CO.
Morris Chairs $12 50 to $25.
Ladies' Desks $7.60 to $10 50
Combination Desk and Book
Cases $14.50 up.
Toilet Set $2.50 to $10.
44 pieces China Tea Sets $4.
51 piece Dinner set $5.00.
II piece Breakfast set 11.50.
nccs
17x11 Tapestry Brussels, 76c.
11x54 mt pet try Brussels $1.00.
27x64 Tapestry Brussels $1.13.
17x54 Velvet Rugs $1.10.
11x71 Velvet Rugs M 00.
AXMINSTERS
17x54 Rugs $1.00.
llz?l Rugs $4.00.
ART SQUARES
Ingrain, Pro-Brussels, Tapes
try Brussels, Velvet Brussels,
and Body Brussels, Axmlnster,
ranging from 11.00 to lti.lt.
Folding Card Tables $1.50
and $1.50.
Center Tables from 75c to
$16.00.
Folding Sewing Tables, $1.00
nnd $1.15.
Sideboards, Dining Tables,
China Closets, Dining Chairs,
Single or In sets, at reasonable
prices.
We handle the celebrated
Progress lines of heaters and
ranges. Best hy tett, and the
most reasonably priced.
Kitchen Cabinets $10 to 111.
All Wool Scotch Plaid Blan,
kets, full bed slse, worth 16.00,
11.11.
10 Per Cent. Off on Comforts
and Ijtce Curtains.
Beaumont Furniture Co.
27 SOUTH MAIN STREET
"The Home of Furniture Values."
J. E. Carpenter
JEWELER
32 Patton Avenue.
Fine Watch Repairing
a Specialty.
HOLIDAY SUITS
$15.00 and $18.00 Suits now going at
$12.50 for a limited time. Shoe early.
GEO. W. JENKIXS
29 South Until, Phone 123.
I Ashevllle Coal Co. I
MMMHMIMMMM
MIIHIIII
CHRISTMAS
will soon be here. Place Z
your orders for Turkeys Z
now and thereby insure a 1
choice selection.
HILL & YOUNG
Phones 4 and 359.
City Market.
Think of It
A box of BARBEK'S FULL VALVE
CIGARS. Just the thing for a Christ
mas gift. They please all smokers,
from ll to $25 per box.
Universal Coffee Percolator
M;ike the best gift for housekeepers. With It anyone can make
perfect coffee. No coffee Is wasted, and each cup from the percola
tor bra the most delicious aromatl'.- fragrunte. $3.50, $4 and $5.
Also pee pretty line of Russell's and Rofcrs Carvers, $1 to $8...
Ashevllle Hardware Co.
SOUTH PACK SQUARE AND 82 X. MAIN ST.
Something Electrical for Everybody
SPECIAL BARGAINS
oak
glass
Handsome weathered
imifsiun unue lamp, an glass
panels complete with plug and
cord 3.60
Electric toasters .$3.50 to $7.50
Pressing and Smoothing
Irons $4.00 to $15.00
Library and Desk
Lamps. :., . . .$$.50 to $13.00
Flash Lights and
Lanterns $1.00 to $5.00
Toy Motors and
Engines $1.50 to $7.50
Chandeliers and Art
Class Domes .$5.00 to $50.00
Piedmont Electric
Company
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
$4 Patton Ave,
Citizens Transfer Company
JULIAN WOODCOCK, Owner,
FURNITURE MOVING.
Prompt Baggage Transfer Service.
Endorsed by U. C. T. and T. P. A.
sssaaisajsassBBafsas fVE IiTi
it
S. STERNBERG 6 CO.
FOR SALE For Immediate dellrry, all kinds of second-hand ma
chinery In first class condition.
STEAM BOILERS, ENGINES OF ALL KINDS
Pulleys, Hangers, Bearings, Boxes, Shafting, Band Saw Mill com
plete; Steam Engines and Boilers ot all sizes and makes; new and
second hand Piping, all sizes.
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.
WHEEL
S that It will be as good as am If
you send your carriage here. No
matter how badly damaged tt may bo
we can restore It It anyone can. Our
repairing la growing mors popular
among carriage owners every day. Do
yon think that would be the case an'
less our work wag more than unus
ually good.
J. 0. WALLACE,
M and $7 SOUTH MAIN STREET.
FOR RENT.
T-Hoom Hoose $13.00
-Room I Inline $15.00
Room Honse $10.00
': With bath and lights.
MARSTILLER & CO..
FOR SALE
Five Room Cottage, Depot section,
' ...', Trrmg noo.mio down, bal.
ance $$0.90 month.
MARSTILLER A 00
St Haywood.
Scissor Sets
Manicure Sets
Tocl.et Knives ;. . .
zor, safety and straight
$1.00 to $6.00
$1.00 to $5.00
. .6c to $6.00
.$1.00 to $6.00
Any of these make excellent gifts for ladies or gents.
Ottis Green Hardware Co.,
TIN SHOP V CONNECTION.
PhooffiS. 11 Pack Square
sisnwss
(feettc
VOL. XV. No. 269.
ASHEVILLE, N. O, MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 19, 1910.
A REVOLUTION
I MOCRATS, ON RETURN TO POWER
IN BOTH HOUSES
PROPOSED
The Rules of the House, Which
Champ Clark Favors Changing,
Are the Only Ones That Have
Been Found Practicable:
SENATORIAL ELECTION PLAN
EVEN MORE REVOLUTIONARY
Clark Makes a Virtue of a Necessity,
Perhaps, and so Do the Senators
of Sub-Committee, in
Their Report
INFANT INDUSTRY
15 KILLED EARLY
Southern Express Company Ruined
Manuel Weeks' Snake Business
and He Is Feeling Sore
REFUSED TO SHIP THE PRODUCT
OF MR. WEEKS' FARM IN SWAIN
Oazettd-Mews Bureau,
The Hamilton,
Washington, Doc. 19.
ONQRESSMAN POU today char
acterized as Untrue the story
J published in the Washington
Post and other papers to the effect
that he would not be a candidate for
membership on the ways and means
committee because he had voted for a
duty on lumber.
It will necessarily sound unkind
statesmen are not always kind to
one another but talk may be heard
to the general effect that Champ
Clark made a virtue of necessity when
he Anally gave out a formal statement
saying some more popular method
should be adopted for choosing the
house committees. However that may
be, it is safe to Bay that renunciation
cost the prospective speaker many a
pang, for whereas high honor at
taches to the office of speaker, the
honor is nevertheless an empty one
with that high prerogative of appoint
ing the committees removed. As
Speaker Cannon ran things before
the insurgents, with democratic aid,
began to draw his fangs, the speak
er's voice really predominated in all
matters of legislation.
Illustrations come readily to hand,
but take one In which North Caroli
nians may reasonably be expected to
leel an Interest. There is Senator
Dixon from Montana, the former
North Carolinian who first went to
the house from his adopted state.
While serving in the lower branch of
the national legislature Mr. Dixon
was one of the most steadfast and
faithful of the standpatters. He
yielded to none in his oft-expressed
admiration for Uncle Joe, and there
cannot be the least doubt that the
arrangement proved profitable to him
and his state. Mr. Dixon could al
ways get the eye of the speaker when
he wished recognition, to call up a
bill, and there is little doubt that he
got recognition at times when others
were not so favored. He could not
have been an insurgent so long as he
remained in the house, because the
speaker had been kind to him, and
he could not well have shown such
Ingratitude. Once In the senate, un
trammeled, free to do as he liked, and
removed a safe distance from the
one man power, Mr. Dixon more than
once felt Impelled to co-operate v, ,ih
thelnsurgcnt forces. This likewise
serves to show the difference between
the senator and the representative.
The senator is nrmitted to take n
broader view of public questions, he
Is not directly answerable to a con
stituency so limited in number and
sometimes unstable in their views.
The senator is a unit in the federal
system, a co-partnership between the
states, and the report of the sub-committee
of the senate, which has acted
favorably upon a bill permitting the
HtHies to take a vote upon the pro
posal to elect senators by direct vote
of the people, is looked upon by many
u. hin much more revolutionary
In character than the proposal to take
away the rlglit of the speaker to ap
point the committees.
Some MlHgitlngA.
Conditions seemed Intolerable the
way Speaker Cannon ran the house,
hut nevertheless democrats, upon
whom the responsibility for legisla
tion will soon rest. In part, are view
inn the future with some misgivings
It cannot even be said for the more
popular method of selecting the house
,.mmlttAi I hat It Is untried, for it
was tried once. It was abandoned as
imnrnctifuhle. Somebody has dug up
a book wrlttn by Woodrow Wilson
f.vnt-Bri hv many as democratic dan
m. .-,r the nresldential nomina-
ir, which contains a chapter devot
ed to this very subject. Dr. Wilson
recites the trial of the present p.
by the first congress which, In April
17ii9 ordered the selection of the
more Important committees by ballot
ing. Uw than one year's application
of the plan served to demonstrate Its
undeslrablllty. and In January 1790,
the hous. adopted the rule for ap
pointment of the committees by the
speaker, which has .
day. Says Dr. Wilson In hhT book
No house, however foolish in
..u. ,...t. has yet been foolish
enough to make fresh trial of electing
?U committees. That mode may do
well enough for the cool and lelsurel
asnat. but not for the hasty and tur-
btenmohcrr"rsaHM that the innova
tion promises the greatest revolution
in hiu procedure since Speaker
Heed counted the quorum, and all
hands are wondering how the pro
posed changes will eventuate.
Th tollei-lornlilp.
,, .., Powles will see Pres
ident Taft again this
will take up the matter of th collet -
...,.h. Whan Mr. Cowles w the
prealdVnt Saturday the "br
postofflce was the one subject broach
(Pnntlnued on page S)
Box Full or Them Broke and tli.
Consignment (Jot Away Company
J. B. Moisant Racing With Joe Seymour g j MILLED DYN AM ITE BLAST
Iwuictl Order Against TlMm.
Manuel Weeks of Swain county
was in the city last week on business.
Mr. Weeks was in the recent wreck
of the Southern train near Bryson
City when the train went over the
embankment, he said that he was se-
m ' if HUB
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Ifl I
IT . LASTKDmOH
I Mr I 1 WeatiMJT forecast:
jfp Colder tonight; rain or snow.
1
EJBjpEI KILLS MOPLE
DING
GROUP
PHIS, Tenn., Dec. 19. John
Moisant, In his fifty horse
power Hieriot racer, mui nu
trouble whatever in winning a ten
mile race from "Joe" Seymour In his
verely Injured and will likely bring i bo horse power Tanderbilt cup racer.
suit against the railroad. This Is The contest was staged on the fam
ous o d Montgomery race iracit,
whre mnnv thoroughbreds, in the
nas againsi me railroad, or ratner tne days wnen ponies instead of automo-
express company, for some years ago
Mr. Weeks while engaged in a very
profitable, ulthough novel business,
was obliged to discontinue this busi
ness because the express company re
fused to carry his products. Mr.
Weeks did not bring suit against the
express company but It is highly
probable that since ho has a chance
to get even with an associated com
pany he will take advantage of It.
It came up in this way: Mr.
Weeks had a small mountain farm
In the Smokies. There were a few
snakes of various sorts on the farm;
In fact there were several sorts, and
several of each sort. One summer a
gentleman come down from New
York citron a trip to the mountains. MR BRAMSON IS NOW HERE
In the conrs of his rambfes he came m
upon some of the aforementioned
snake, and far from being appalled
bv the discovery, as many would
haua i ..... 1 1 tin then ind there made
contract with Mr. Weeks to ship The Group comprises nan, annim-
him snakes to New York. He did not
biles and aeroplsjies were In vonue,
lowered records. ! At times Mr. Moi
sant was hardly, 15 feet above Mr.
Seymour's head.
At the big mefet in Memphis the
aviators not oitw cut figure eights,
"dip the dlpfiiay aerial tag and
give thrilling -Imitations of "shooting
the chutes," but Hons. Roland B.
Oarros demonstrated that an aero
plane can successfully stand on its
hend.
While frisking over the1 grounds In
his Demoiselle, the smallest heavier
than air machine In the world, Mons.
Garros lost control and dropped to
the earth, the Demoiselle landing
head first, with her heels pointed sky
ward. Mons. Garvos escuped practi
cally unhurt.
Pastor of Bethel, M. E. Church,
Leaves Without Notice, Wear
ing Two Pairs of Trousers
and Taking Diploma.
NO REASON ASSIGNED FOR
ACTION EXCEPT ILL HEALTH
Explosion Occurred This Morn
in New Electric Power House
of N.Y. Central in N.Y.
$100,000 Damage.
Rev. Mr. Miller, It Is Said, Was Last
Seen at Passenger Station Friday
Afternoon Was in Possession
of His Faculties.
ELECTRIC CAR PICKED UP
AND DRIVEN INTO AN AUTO
One Hundred Men and Women in Bible
Training School Nearby Thrown to
the FloorPanic Follow
ed Explosion.
L
OF RARE BEAUTY
Southern Colonial Style Followed Close
ly in Design for Blue Ridge
Ass'n. Buildings.
JITCfiU
mm IE HIGHEST COURT
Authorized Capital Stock Is $25,000
- J. M. Chiles, D. R. Millard and
E. L. Ray Incorporators.
MAS HEW CHIEF
Edward Douglass White Becomes Ninth
of the United States Supreme
Court Chief lustic.es
PROCURING THE ESTIMATES
rlum, Gymnasium and Ten Cot-
tagcH Some of the Details.
what he wanted with them. The
main noint v as that he co ud use
snak n his business and wis will
ing to uav for them when they reach
d him alive. Mr Weeks did not say
either what the price was, but one Lo'ils Allen Abramson, who is asao
would gather from his remarks that cated with I . E. Jallade of New York
It was a moi.uy-maklng proposition.
Anyhow It was some way based on
the size ar.d toxic pro
snake, a fine healthy rattler being
quoted at a considerably higher price
than the harmless water snaKe or
common garden variety, miuiouKh
anything in the way of a snake went
So Mr. Weeks went at this nigniy
interesting calling with avidity ana
city, the architect for the group of
pertles of the buildings for the Blue Hidge associa
tion, near mack Mountain, is now ai
Ashevllle procuring estimates from
local contractors for the erection of
the work.
The operation is to be advanced
with all possible speeo consiBieiii
with the help of his boys he soon had with good work, and It is hoped tnat
very respectable shipment res- the association win ue o-" w
nectable as snakes go. The labor was conferences nexi tan.
OazeUiirffows Hureau,
Chamber ofnnmeree ltooms,
If ofltmon "fiiltlding,
Raleigh, Dec. 19.
The state lias issued a charter to
the Jlt-a-Cola company of Ashevllle,
having for Its purpose the compound
ing and scllim;, wholesale and retail,
"all manner of soft drinks whatso
ever, the compounding of drugs, fruit
juices, and all manner of chemicals
and the maintainance of stores for
the sale of them In and out of the
state. The Incorporators are J. M.
Chiles, D. R. Millard and E. L. Ray."
Another charter Is Issued to the Metro
politan Club company of Salisbury,
capital 5,000, for social purposes,
the incorporators including S. A.
Kabas and others.
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SENIOR, ADMINISTERS OATH
The lubor was I conferences next fall.
,..,i o,t Mr Weeks said there The architect's drawings
was iii danger attached to it. When most Interesting group and comprise
t. . rattler he nroceeded to the Robert E. Lee hall, auditorium,
n oig,.m" - -.- r- - - ------ . .,,.M Th.
pin its head to the grouna wun a gymnasium anu ieu -"" '"
forked stick, grasped it by the back plans also show an outdoor athletic
. .w. i, Hrnnnerl t Into a ii.i, anil a large nine.
u a. i'-m. the dav's catch was The hall will have a capacity of
'., a . hnv nn and the dining room will com
lliiciit - . . . n ., .... u.l.
When the box wat) full Mr. V, eeas fortably accommouaio v v
fastened the top securely and shipped g. The kitchen In connection with
i. . o.i,ire.w in New York. The the dining room will be of the latest
consignee remitted a check which was type and will include numerous stoam
entirely satisfactory to Mr. weeKS ana tables ana a du.kk hoop.
he set about getting up anotner con- have oeen mam ioi
summtnt oious ioouy ---
. .. .... u i..t,.r i . wan was 11- .ma or Hicove wiin ...
,)e,j and a It was of goodly propor- The norary is locaicu ...
tions and ot line quality, Mr. Weeks quiet corner where the guests may
indulged In tome pardonable dreams read undisturbed.
of future prosperity, for as before The equipment of the building will
. ..... .n.l,.. ui-pp I) enil 11 . DUll.M UD ED uaie 111 " . e- "-
with equal force can the proverb of An room are equipped with running
..h.,i,ert chickens be ap- ater electric lights (from a private
(Ollllli:i . . . a I...I...
idled lo the shipping of snakes, rer- plant) ana sieum ......
r ............. ...... ,,,,1 ii,s L,i anA i.illlurd room have been
haps tne cover m - ' -.." ..--
. , ...... ..... ,..! i.rn w in, nun- . t.r iv it'll i,n uir m.
L, man fancied 'that he was hand- The auditorium will accommodate
iirnV trunk. Whatever the cause, 70o and the plans show a largo Btage
the result was that while the pack- and several dressing rooms, tne ur
ure was being tranferred at Ashe- terior will be very simple and dlgnl
?.: ... . w iininr the inikci n,wi The roof trusses will be ex
vine in.- , . ; .., . . .., hond.
was burst and the contents aisinu- poea ana win w "
,.td in various localities. MaKing no hewn oak ana wrmigm . "-'
'. .r the valuable ship- The irvmnaslum will Include bowl
enori. iu -r"".-" ki . . K.... ,i loeUers
. a. haiim ru ncvi ri ir iiiul iic i m n wvh nil wi i mn"" .
had1 suddenly been overtaken with be-U.ecial provisions have been made
lated delerliim Uemens from his last for the accommodation of the mn
week's bottle of bUtlormiiK, me in- using tne ouiu..". "-
. , u AIA th rnv. -i nt arrhitecture
enger "-'" V' . "- ., ... .n,hmi rnlo
- .. Mr VV fit' K H WIHI. l,n.J hll H nifN Will ' smii ....i...--..-
-..rlH .11 over the city." nlal. and Mr. Abramson states and
- . . . I . I , ,., , th
..,iiui. v the local ageni i i n, iiraw ngs coiiiirni ......
Bryson Cltv received an order: "Ac- deMlgn naa been Inspired by the best
cent no more snakes for shipment." oxamploa of our rapidly disappearing
cepl The hall, auditorium and gym-
li.-iiri.il Man Murder ill, Widow Under ntt,ium are connected by a colonade
Arrest. and the t.tuiainsjs w "m...
of terraces.
-.i. tw 10. Francis Knllten when the buildings are completed
a m a i - , hla i.w.n.lm' . i....ln anil moat beautiful
with his head spilt opm. His widow, group of educational buildings will be
Nellie Knlffen, was arrested nut ae- located at HlacK Mouninn..
The Jit-a-Cola company. Incor
porated today with $25,000 authorized
capital stock Is to ao a general man
ufacturing business of extracts for
drinks. Including lemon, cherry, gln-
e-er and cola. The comp ai. will have
tu inhi.riiinries n Atlanta ana us
main office in Ashevllle. The com-
nnnv is to be independent of tho Nova
Cola company aitnougn some m
atrtnirhnlrlers are Interested in both
comnanies.
The Nova Cola company nas us
offices at present In the Carrier bulld-
hut will shortly move to new
quarters, constructed especially for it
on Denot street near tne ireigni. uv
pot. The Jlt-a-COia company win
have Its offices In the same building
with the Nova Cola company.
lYcceuVntfi Broken Simple Public
CcrciniHiles of IH-Aallatlon in I lie
Little Supreme Court Ilooin.
DR. CUFF ACCIDENTALLY
SHOOTS HIMSELF IN SIDE
Was Kxamiidng ristol at Time, of
the Accident Son Denies Ku-
n, ,r of Attempted Sulfide.
Dr. Charles CUf of Swannanoa. who
accidentally shot himself atiout i.
lo k Saturday afternoon, la report
ed as doing well today, lie is 01
yea's of age and Saturday was the
flrst time he bad been out of doors
for ouite a while.
It seems Hint he and several others
were near the house and that he naa
a .38 calibre ,ietol In his hands; some
of tho men had been examining it
and Ir. Cliff had taken It. In some
wrv the trliri.i'r snapped ami the bill
let, penetrating his clothes, inflicted
a tllK.it lb' i wound. The bullet did
not penetrate his ribs. His son, H. O
Cliff, a railway mair clerk, went to
see lilm yes'.enlay and says that he
is doing nl( i 11 . denied rumors that
It was an attempted suicide.
Washington, Dec. 19. Edward
Douglass White, for 16 years associ
ate Justice of the United States Su
preme court, today became the ninth
chief Justice of the nation. Simple
public ceremonies of installation were
held in the presence of the bench and
a distinguished gathering that filled
every available inch of space In the
little court room.
The oath of allegiance was admin
istered by Associate Justice Harlan
Just before the court took Its place
on the bench. Tho new head of the
court marched In to the court room
and to his usual place on the bench.
As he took his scat, he smiled at his
wife, v.-ho sat in a reserved seat with
other relatives.
Presiding Justice Harlan, who has
headed the tribunal since Chief Jus
Uca Fuller's death last July, an
nounced that Justice White had been
appointed chief Justice of the United
States nnd was present, ready to take
the oath. He extended the congratu
lations of the court to the new chief
Justice and dirocted Clerk McKenney
to read his commission. The presld-
ne lustlce then turned to the new
chief justice and In the presence of
the gathering, standing, administered
the Judicial oath. The senior Justice
then bowed tho chief Justice into tne
chair at the head of the court ex
tended his personal congratulations
and himself resumed his old seat at
the right of the chief justice.
For the lirst time In history, an as
sociate Justice had been elevated to
the chief justiceship, and for tho flrst
time a president and senate or one
political party had honored a rnem
h.r it a rival Dartv bv niacins him at
the head of the highest court in the
land. . . : J
..i... .rv know led re of the crime. A
bloody axe was found In the wood
shed at their homa,
ii m mn
M "
Six Days to i Uranus .
DKCK.HBBK It.
About Time to Order That
Ctiflsrmsa Tree.
sUftftftftftftftft1
Willis Opposes the Mann Bill.
Washington. Dec. 1. President
Tft talked with H. K. Willis, the
legislative representative of various
railroad unions, retarding the amend
ment proposed to locomotive boiler
in,., tr the Mann bill now
nemlln in the house. Willi, oppos
ed the Mann bill. He said the law
needs amendment but that the Mann
bill would make It worse than ever
The president has taken the matter
up With Representative Mann.
Klectlon of I'nlted States Senators by
Direct Vote of People.
Washington, Dec. 19. The question
of recommending- a constitutional
amendment to provide for the elec
Hon of United State senators by dl
rect vote of the people was made a
'pecla! order by the Judiciary com
mltte for Its first meeting after the
holiday recess.
Prominent lawyer Drowned In Bath
Tub.
Kastnn, Pa., Dec. 1. Irwin
Uhler. a prominent lawyer, was found
arowned In it bath tub at his horn
last night. Uhler was a crlonle
I supposed he fell Into the tub while
preparing for n hnth. He was alon
si me time.
Ilev. D. J. Miller, pasor of Bethel
Methodist church disappeared from
his home on Phlfer street Friday af
ternoon and all efforts to locate him
have so far been In vain. The search
was placed in the hands of the local
police but as there is abundant rea
son for thinking he has left town,
search in the city has been abandon
ed. It was reported early Saturday
morning that Mr. Miller had disap
peared from home but as it was
thought that he would return soon
the matter was kept quiet, at the
request of Dr. C. W. Byrd of Central
church. So far as is known there
was no reason why he should have
left voluntarily and hiB friends arc
puzzled to account for his action un
less It Is that his mind became de
ranged as the result of bad health
and hard work.
Inquiries have elicited the Informa
tion that Mr. Miller was seen at the
depot about 3 o'clock In the after
noon: that he seemed to be waiting
for a train and that he appeared to
have his faculties about him. It Is
also learned that before he left he put
on two suits of underwear and two
pairs of pants, also that he took his
credentials and college diploma with
him, and borrowed a small amount of
money.
It is owtam that Mr. Miller had
been In bad health for some time
that he had been working very hard
for his church and that he was dis
cotiraged with the progress that he
was making. The charge that he had
was not very prosperous. It If
thought that constant worry about
his health and hard work may have
been too much for lilm.
There are various conjectures as to
where he may have gone. It Is said
that he has been wanting to go west
for some time but that his friends
opposed the move. He had been very
closely associated with Rev. G. H.
Detwller, Rev. T. U Lallance, and has
a brother in South Dakota, and tt is
possible that he may have gone to
one of these.
Another theory entertained by some
of his friends its that even If Mr.
Miller was suffering with melancholia
he must have had a definite plan In
mind and one that he had considered.
This is borne out by the facts that
he borrowed the money, wore the ex
tra clothing and took with him his
diploma and credentials. His taking
his clothing without a suit case la
evidence that he wished to leave
secretly.
On this account some of his friends
lo not entertain any fears as to his
Immediate safety. They think that
even If he Is In bad health and per
haps not exactly well balanced. If ho
had the faculty to deliberately plan
his departure; he is able to take care
of himself until he reaches whatever
destination he had In mind. They
think that as soon as he Is settled In
the place to which he has gone, he
will make his whereabouts known to
his wife and to his friends.
His domestic life Is said to have
been practically Ideal but he was ap
parently not satisfied with his church
connections.
Mr. Miller came to this conference
from the Northern Methodist church
where he had for the most part held
rood appointments. This, too. Is
thought to have a bearing on hla ac
tion, as the Bethel charge is not very
remunerative. These things added to
the fac 1 that he wished to go to some
western state make the latter theory
hat he knew what he was doing
seem very plausible.
New York, Dec. 19. Thirteen per
sons were killed and 50 Injured in a
double explosion of gas and dynamite
in the new electric power house ot
the Nw York Central at S o'clock
this morning. The explosion's force
shattered hundreds of windows In big
hotels and apartments, causing In
tense excitement among the guests.
The dynamite blast picked up a
northbound trolley car, lifted It Into
the air and sent It crashing upon an
automobile. The railway service was
temporarily Interrupted. The power
house, six stories high, took fire from
the explosion and the interior was
burned out.
In th Bible training school, qi-
rectly opposite the power house, its
men and women were thrown to thai
floor by the blast. The damage to the
power house is likely to reach 1100.-
000.
Fire Chief Croker says it will hs
24 hours before his men can get at
the bottom of the debris covering the
battery room where the explosion oc
curred and where many missing work
men are Interred.
200 Were Injured.
Iuate eeltmates were that 800 per
sona were Injured. Temporary hos
pitals were established In Are engine
houses, dwellings and stores In the
vicinity. Clamoring hundreds be
selged the police station where the
dead were taken. Pitiful scenes sn
acted as Identifications were made by
mothers, wives and relatives of the
victims. What Is left of the walls of
the power station stood like masonry
exposed to a fierce cannonade.
MAURETANIA WILL TRY
FOR NEW WORLD RECORD
Great Sea-Going- Vessel Slipped Oat
of Her Dock Saturday Night
For Race Across Bess.
Hornet Clesrs for Cape Graeias.
New Orleans, Dee. 18 Tho former
Untied States gunboat Hornet, re
ported purchased by Honauran revo
lutionists, cleared from this port this
aftornon for Cape uraeios wun a
crew of SO men, 300 tons of coal and
revisions fr 30 days. Included
among the crew are several connect
ed with previous filibustering expedi
tion directed against Central Ameri
can republics.
Body of Chilean Minister Lying In
State.
New York, Dec. 1. Thirty-eight
hours after she put In at her dock,
the turbine racer Mauretania slipped
out again at 6 o'clock Saturday night
and It wri the hope of her captain.
W. T. Turner, to complete the round
trip from Liverpool In twelve days
and thus establish a new world's re
cord.
Three-quarters of an hour before
sailing time the last of thousands of
Christmas mall sacks left the post-
office and were rushed to the pier.
The 4 60 cabin passengers climbed
aboard and the Mauretania backed
Into the river. Captain Turner hoped
to touch at Queenstown Thursday
midnight. If he does a world's record
for the round trip will be established.
SALE CONFIRMED
Judge Prit chard In Richmond
lay Confirmed Sale of Whitney
Plant to N. O. Power Co.
SETTLEMENT OF ENGINEERS'
DIFFERENCES UNFAVORABLE
Roth the Railroad Managers and tho
Kngineers View Outlook With
Misgivings.
Washington, Dec 19. The body of
Senor Don Anlbal Cruse, the Chilean
minister, who died suddenly yester
day, Is lying In state at the legation.
The body will be placed In a vault to
await the arrival of a Chilean war
vessel to transport It to Chile.
Chicago, Dec. 19. No results are
expected today from the efforts of
Mediator Charles P. Noll to adjust
the differences between members of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers and (1 western railroads from
whom the Brotherhood ask increased
wages. -Mr. Nell neia two conferences
with the railway managers yesterday
and one with the engineers but It was
announced the efforts so far have
been In vain. Both the railway man
agers and the engineers declare the
chances of mediation, (resulting In
settlement, appear unfavorable.
At Richmond Saturday Judge
Prltchard confirmed th sale of the
Whltnoy company's uncompleted pow
er plant and land holdings In sear ere!
counties In this state to ths North
Carolina Electric and Power com
pany, a New Jersey corporation,
which bid it in at the sate Thursdsy
for $490,260.
This company Is composed of some
of the large bondholders In America,
and Europe, who co-operate with, the
Franco-American bank of Parts, a
holder of some of the bondsborrow
ed enough money to pay off the court
osts, receivership expenses, etc.. sad
the lien i of the T. A. Gillespie com
pany for construction work done.
In speaking of the company this
morning Judgs Moore, who repre
sented the bondholders, said that the
iroperty would be turned over to the
bondholders and that It was his opin
ion that the plant would be complet
ed at the foils of the Yadkin liver In
a reasonable time. It will take about
12,000,000 to carry out the plans.
I'rge Restoration of the Army Canteen.
Washington. Dec. 19 -In the in
terest of "true temperance In the
army" Representative Bart hold of
Missouri, Introduced a hill providing
for the restoration of the army can
teen.
UUcs, N. T.
Postmaster Break His
Neck.
One Robber Killed; Two Captured h
shertBrs Posse.
Orand Junction, Col., Dec. IS. -After
a running battle between a
rtiertff's poaee and three robbers who
looted a merchandise store at Clifton,
ono robber was killed, ths other two
captured.
UUcs, N. Y Dec 19. Herbert Par
rlniltnn, postmaster at Raquette Lake,
fell from th postofflce building last
night sad broke hla neck, dying instantly.
Fairmont, W. Va,. Dec. 19 Tw
miners were killed today by a
explosion In the Mfddleton mine
the Consolidated Coal company. TH
bodies were iuvswsl,