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TL2 Gazette-News . . tTZlZZSSD BY EvtsiEX Kewi Pnbliihinf Co, AbHKTLLiIiEli H. CL ' sTCBSCRIPTION RATES! ft AabrrOta and BUfw, . Oh Week 10c tbm Months) ,...$1J5 8U Month! a.50 Vsmlva Montha .00 Three Month I1-00 Blx Montba TWfibra Montha 4-00 tltltftilltftKtt M Tha rinritta TTrrwi la a mem- at kaf of Xba AaaocJated Presa. t , Ita telegraph Beam a ther W m fnra mmnleta ana Nllabit ( stKatltltttttlftatRstRtt Entered at tb Poavaflloa la Asheville as aeoond-clasa matter. . Saturday, June 17, 1911. BILL'S PASSAGE SEEMS ASSURED Canadian reciprocity we shall have, and the Taftlan smile will take on added proportions and joviality. Mr. Taft who is supposed to un derstand what Canadian reciproc ity is and what la will do, wants con gress to pass the resolution, and a great many other people, who have a hazy general notion of what it is, or little notion at all, think they want congress to pass It. Senator McCum ber, who has strongly opposed the pact, predicts that it will pass the senate by two to one; the political doctors see mto agree that the Root amendment is about to be a flash in the pan. Some representatives and some sen ators are really and heartily in favor of the pact, but we doubt if even a bare majority care anything about It. Congress is passing the measure in response to urgency from the chief ex ecutive and a considerable portion of the press of the country, and that is about all there is to it. The senate will pass it, it is not too much to say, against Its judgment. "Anything to be accommodating, that is at all within reason" may yet become the motto of that august body. But the President is profoundly convinced that the trade agreement will be a good thing he is more convinced, it may be said, than con vincing. Congress will, It now seems cer tain, pass the bill which provides for reciprocal abatement of import tar iff charges,' and in the course of time Canada will take similar action; and the trade pact will doubtless be In ef fect In time for the people to decid)' whether they like It well enough to reward Mr. Taft by choosing him again for President. CORPORATION APPLE GROWING. The fact that two or three persons have been looking for fruit lands in this section of late, with a view to embarking In fruit culture on a large scale, reminds us that the modern corporation is now being brought into use in growing apples. The Balti more Sun a few d.j since told how companies had been organized in some parts of Maryland, and had purchased large tracts of land with a view to setting out apple trees. The promoters proceed upon the theory that apple growing on a large scale f beyond the man of ordinary means, If the business is to be started right, because at least five years must elapse before any appreciable amount can be realized on the investment While those directing the work of , the companies recently organized In Maryland do not approve of the plan as a general thing, peach trees have been planted among the apples with a view to giving early returna This Maryland movement does not mean that the farmers of the sections In terested have begun farming upon a co-operative basis, but simply that men of means have formed a holding company to Invest in apple lands, and are willing and able to wait a few years for returns, upon their Invest ment This might prove an idea of some value to the people of western Caro lina, where the appla Is at home, be cause, apart from returns that may reasonably be expected from the sale of fruit, there is the further consid eration that lands, well set in apple trees, never fail to command a good price. , .!,.,, tivlng the entire proposition. : The general understanding 19 r that , the Federal government would have not a whit more power to supervise the election of senators than it. has now over ' that of representatives, if it chooses to exercise it; in fact, this was the case- with the Southerland amendment ' But the amendment was unnecessary except to furnish an excuse that could be made to sound well for voting against the thing. Some congressmen In both branches do not want the direct election prop osition to go before the people of the States for ratification at all. Some would like It presented with auffiT cient objectionable features to ; In sure Its defeat; others &tt anxious that it shall be presented In ac ceptable form. The constitution, as it now stands provides: The senate shall be composed of two senators from each State, by leg islature thereof, for six years. The times, places, and manne&of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the legislature thereof; but the congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators. The Bristow amendment to the amendment proposed by the house judiciary committee strikes out the following clause: The terms and manner of holding elections for senators shall be pre scribed in each State by the legisla ture thereof. Interrupting Senator Raynor last week, Senator Sutherland said: "I rv:tnt to direct the attention of the senator from Maryland to the fact that there are a great many peo ple in this country who are sincerely opposed to taking from congress the supervisory power over the election of senators which It now possesses un der the constitution. Those people, r a very large number of them, will be found opposing the adoption of this joint resolution if it passes as it is now presented to the senate. In addition to that every man who Is oposed to that portion of the joint resolution which proposes to give to the people the right to elect will use this other provision for the purpose f defeating it before the legisla tures. Mr. Raynor replied: "I do not believe that this event will ever take place. I do not be lieve the question will ever be asked outside of the southern States on any hustings in the country whether or ot we, in substance, preserve this power in the constitution. I do not think the attention of the people will be directed to it. I do not think they care. In other words, I tninK, witn the Bristow amendment out of It, all the States which would vote for It with it in will vote for It anyway. But I do say you will have a tre mendous struggle In the southern States If you put It in to carry per haps any one of them." THE TIDE OP ENTHUSIASM. "The west," says the Charlotte Ob server, discussing the central hign- way project, "Is Instinct with enthu siasm. Madison county folk;, are beg ging their commissioners to levy a special tax In order that Madison may no longer be termed 'the roadless county.' Haywood not on the direct line of the central highway has practically completed arrangements to drive an improved road from the Buncombe to the Tennessee line which, when completed, cannot fall to be an alternative route for the great road. Black . Mountain town ship in North Carolina has gained enviable pre-eminence among town- hips in North Carolina by approving bond Issue of $40,000 for the im provement of Its roads. McDowell, Burke, Catawba, are each and all taking steps to shoulder their part of the burden. Iredell has already evi denced Its faith by Its works, hav ing carried a $400,000 bond lssu by majority which leaves no manner of doubt about the earnestness of the people." The intelligence In yesterday's Or zette-News that Mara Hill township will expend $10,000 on the highway Is an indication of the stage of the tide of enthusiasm. tain date when, he devoutly , hoped, all the tobacco plants would be killed. His Idea' was that the country would be much' better oft if no rain fell upon the unjust grower of the weed whose success would mean cigarettes for the boys. ' ' i . . It Is said to be a fact that one Ten nessee town, with 6000 ' population ships over $3,000,000 worth of chick ens and eggs per year. - Where poul try is profitable. It is vastly profitable, and with the rapid advance in meth ods, increasing so. It would be inter esting to know the actual figures of the Asheville poultry business. The Raleigh News and Observer thinks the day is not far distant when 600 )00 people will come to the mountains of western North Carolina every summer. May it, and they, come speedily. There will be a good part of 500,000 people here, first and last, this summer. Any little movement having for its object the abolition of that cute little klosh, or the removal of the lnstrj ments to some place where they would not exaggerate the temperature would probably be hailed with enthusiasm. Will Bo One of 100 to Subseribo $1000 Each. Editor of The Gazette-News: I will join in the Industrial move ment under the Williamsport plan or in the industrial Building and Loan project and will be one of 100 to sub scribe $1000 each as suggested by the Nichols Shoe company. S. MONTGOMERY SMITH. Asheville, June 17, '11. SPECIAL TERM OF COURT Tl Judge Webb Will Hold the First Week and Judge Lane the Second Will Clean up Docket According to Mr. Mason, the agri cultural agent-of the Southern rail way, the dry weather this, season will give the' farmers a splendid demon stration of the wisdom of using Im proved and modern methods of cul tivation. Mr; Mason has recently made a trip through the Catawba valley and states that he was able to tell without difficulty the fields of corn which were being cultivated with modern methods and those which were not There would be a field, he said, where the corn was strong and healthy and next to it might be one where the corn was withered and blasted. Mr. Mason said that If the season had been wet, or even what would be called a good season, the yield of corn by Improved methods would have been from 10 to 15 bushels to the acre more than by the old methods but now he thinks that the increase will be In some cases as much as SO bushels more, for he saw fields where he does not think the farmer will even get nub bins from them. He attributes the! difference to frequent cultivation, pulverization ot the soil and putting back humus Into the soil. Mr. Mason also thinks that the dropping of young apples is to a great extent caused by the dry weather and that falling would not have been so pronounced liad the orchards re ceived the proper cultivation and at tention. ' Solicitor Robert R. Reynolds re ceived the Information yesterday from Governor Kitchin that Judge Lane has been assigned to hold the second week of the special term of Superior court for the trial of criminal cases, which convenes here July 3. Judge Webb is to preside the first week and would continue through the second but for the fact that he has to hold the Haywood county court which con- enes July 10. There was some fear that the special ter mWould only be that the special term would only be the new arrangement the full trrm will be had and Solicitor Reynolds stated that he thought that the crim inal docket could be cleaned up. Judge Lane will preside in this dis trict from July 1 to January 1, a pe riod of six months, and it is under stood that he will tako a house here for the summer. THE BRISTOW AMENDMENT. We are unable to sea how anyone who really yearns to have the Fed eral constitution changed so that the people may elect United States sena tors flrut hand, instead of through their legislatures, can see In the Bristow amendment sufficient objec tion to defeat the entire proposition, That, however, is what this amend ment which " provides for Federal supervision will do, unlets the sen ate kills It ,and it Is announced to day that Clark and Underwood x pect to contrive that the senate shall do that ' The attitude1 of the house on the lirlstow amendment seems to Indi rate thai a good many of the breth ren who voted for the resolution are lukewarm. . To such the amendment provide sufficient reasun for nega- T. C, 8OL0 TO IV C. COMPANY? A special from Clarksville, Tenn., to the Knoxvtlle Sentinel says that little things that leak out from time to time indicate that preparations are being made to turn the Tennessee Central over to the Iillinots Central Railroad company. The latest and most direct news of surh a deal Is In a statement made by an official of the Tennessee Central to Clarksville business man. that sale had been made. It Is aald this same official stated that the road would be transferred July 1 it lbo necessary arrangements could be made by that time. x In addition to this, it Is said, an ap plication was recently made to the Tennessee Central for an annual pass, and that the request was refused on the ground that the road would change hands in a short time. 'It will be remembered publication was made in newspapers a few weeks ago ot tho transfer of certain parts of the Tennessee Central's property In Montgomery and Cheatham counties such property as was acquired and deeded to the Tennessee Central after the main line was built" Any little movement on the part of the Tennessee Central may have Its meaning for the people of western North Carolina, who are watching just now In the hope ot finding out a num ber of things. , ' , ; , They have been praying for rain In some sections in the eastern part of this State, but not with one ac cord. One preacher, of the Holiness sect we believe, offered a petition that it might not rain until a cer Additional Social Miss Lucy Penniman, who is a stu dent at Vassar, has returned to spend the summer vacation in Asheville. It ft E. W. Keith of San Juan, Poit" Rico, is the guest of his sister, Mrs. R. R. Whitson, on Chestnut street. Mrs. Keith, who is visiting her parents in Bristol, Tenn., will arrive shortly. Mr. and Mrs. Keith will spend the summer in the city. It ft The Asheville friends of Mrs. L. G. Miller of Ottawa. Canada, will be glad to learn that she has decided to re main at the Battery Park for the sea son. ft ft C. J. Harris ot Raleigh is in the city today. W M A party Including Mr. and Mrs. E. Cohn, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Curtis of Meridian Miss., and Mrs. Staton ot Hendersonvllle arrived at the Batten' Park hotel yesterday. ft t Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Trumbo are visiting the city from Baltimore and are guests at Battery Park. R. E. Peters of Charlotte is an Ashe llle visitor today. at it Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Holt arrived in the city today from Newport Tenn., and are staying at Battery Park. H H - Mr. and Mrs. John M. Latham are visiting In the city from Charlotte. y- ,f One pill at bedtime. Brings morn- YIP. A 111 mg relief from tneneaaacne,inaigesr constipation. If your doctor approves, why not use Ayer's Pills? Then seek this approval without delay. J. 0. AyerOo., DE Mr. Maion i Says Corn Properly Culti vated Shows Little Effect of the Drought .,' NEW EYES $ It la Impossible to get new ayes, bnt yon can get the next heat thing our Co-Rite Torlo Lenses with Shar on mountings. Such a comfort and such a relief. , Quick repairs. CHARLES H.HONESS Optometrist and Optician. 54 Fatten Ave. . Opp. Postoffice. FOE SALE $2700 will buy a nice E-room Cot tage, one block from car line, large lot plenty of fruit stable, chicken yard. $700 cash, balance easy term 9. $1050 will buy a 6-room House on paved street. Half cash, balance easy. F. M. MESSLER, 25 American National Bank Building. Phone 682. WORK OF SUB-TEXT BODK Supt. Reynolds Says Commis sion Won't Conclude Be fore August 1. Supt. A. C. Reynolds, who is a member of the sub-text book com mission, having in charge the selec tion of the school books to be used in the public schools of the state, and who has been in Raleigh for the past ten days engaged in that work, re turned to Ashevlll last night and will return to Raleigh tomorrow. Supt Reynolds ,suid that the com mission would not finish its work be fore August 1. Numerous publishers' agents are before the commission and it is likely that each member of the commission will have to consider over SOO books. Supt Reynolds said that the commission has heard the subjects of drawing, writing, reading and arithmetic and that it will take a week longer to hear the other sub jects. This is only the beginning of the work, however, as the selection and examination of the books will have to be done after that He stat ed that there were about 17 different readers, 11 arithmetics, three of writ ing and three of drawing. Supt. Rey nolds will probably be here next Saturday. tlMIMMIIMIMMtttltl FOR THAT COUGH 1 Try SEAWELL'S WHITE PINE WITH TAR A palatable and efficient ex pectorant which la free from "dope." "Let's Go to Sea well's" SeawelFs ! Drug Store I In Swannanoa Hotel j t 45 South Main. Phone 201. 1 MM. MM., ... J HarrisFuraitureCo. i : I II S. Main. Phone 1515. I "Home Furnishers, THE MARKETS New York, June IT. Moderate strength developed in early trading on the stock exchange. . The opening range of prices showed fractional gains for most active railroad issues. Although there were reports of needed rain in various wheat - and cotton sections, the market weaken ed directly after opening. Reading, Union, Pacific and U. S. Steel were supplied freely; reacting to fractlon- 11;' below yesterday's closing. There was a sharp rally before 11 o clock and losses mostly were recovered. The market closed steady. Trad ing fell off in the second hour. The list took another dip but recoveries came toward the end of the session. leaving the net result comparatively unchanged save in the cases of cer tain specialties. Fertilizer issues showed no recuperative powers. GRAHAM VS. SOUTHERN EXPRESSJM TRIAL Plaintiff Suing Defendant for Damages for Alleged False Arrest. Mr. and Mrs. Job. L. McRee are here to spend some time from Memphis. 5 M Dr. and Mrs. Carl V. Reynolds and Miss Aleen Reynolds left today for a several weeks stay at Toxaway Inn. t Miss Cuthbert and Miss Adele Da- four leave Monday for Columbia, S. C, to visit their grandmother; Mrs. Roman. It t Mr. and Mrs. 8. H. Chedester, Mrs. Wright and James Marsh of Balls- bury have gone on a driving trip from Asheville to Salisbury, spend ing three weeks driving and tenting on the way, Superior court la today engaged In the trial of two damage suits entitled Oraham vs. Southern , Express com pany. The suits grewi out of the arrest and trial of Horace Or ay- ham, formerly an employe of the Southern Express company here on a harjf of embezzlement of $600. That was four or five years ago. At the time It waa alleged that Graham was short; that $500. was missing and a warrant for hla arrest was sworn out The case was tried in Superior court and Graham was acquitted. After wards ta brought r suit agulnst , the company for false,' arrest and injury character. .The trial of the cases was begun yesterday afternoon ana when court adjourned today for the noon recess practically all of the tear tlmony tor both the plaintiff, and de fendant was in. . AT THE PALACE. Tha change of program at the Palace alrdome for the latter part of the week brought a delightful bill to that popular amusement theater, The Velolsa brothers are a hefty pair of strong men who give a unique and novel act showing both skill and re markabla strength. The physique of each Is superb and may be observed with euvy by moat of thoaa attend Ing. Rogers and Martin present singing and talking act that Is most charming. Tha solo singing of Miss Marvin In a rich contralto voice In alone worth tha price, but tha duet numbers of old aongs brings down the house and tha applause is so per slstent that encores are almost forced upon them. Tha talking act li ludicrous to the last degree and keeps i everybody shaking with laughter. STOCKS. Open Close, Atchison r.. 1131 113 Amer. , Locomotive ..... 42J 67 Amer. Smelting 82 Atlantic Coast Line 131 Brooklyn Rapid Transit. 80 80 Baltimore & Ohio .... 108 Amal. Copper 4......... 701 71 Canadian Pacific 240 N. Y. Central Ill Colorado Fuel & Iron.... .... ' 4i Chesapeake & Ohio 83) Erie 86 361 Great Northern pfd 138 1371 Illinois Central 141 Mo., Kana. 4 Tex........ 27 . 87 National Lead SSI - 66 Missouri Pacific 60) Norfolk & Western 1071 Northern Pacific , 1341 1841 Pennsylvania .. 124 Rock Island 231 831 Reading 1691 169 Southern Pacific 120 120 St Paul .... 127 Southern Railway 111 81 Southern Railway pfd 70 Tennessee Copper ...... 41 42 Union Pacific 186 185 V. B. Steel 78 78 Wabash pfd 181 NEW YORK COTTON. , July ... ... August ... . September . . October . . . January . , , Spot 15.60. Open. Close. '. ... 15.10 14.85 14.76 14.61 ......... 13.66 13.52 13.35 13.37 13.34 13.29 HEV. DR. VINES CALLED 10 ST. JOSEPH cn A special from St Joseph, Mo., to tha .Charlotte News Is to the effect that Dr. W. M. Vines, pastor of the First Buptiet church 'of this city, has accepted a call to tha First Baptist church of St Joseph. A reporter of Tha Oaxette-Newe asked Q. F. Strad- ley, one of the leading members of tha First Baptist church, in regard to the matter. Mr. Btradley had heard nothing ot it and telephoned to Dr. Vines, and Dr. Vines replied that he was not yet ready to make a statement In regard to tha report LOCAL SECURITIES. Reported and corrected daily by Henry F. Claudius: . ' Bid. Asheville Water 4s.. .$ Beaumont Furniture.. ...... Citizens Bank 142.00 Universal Security 6s. 10.00 Universal Security ct 12.00 Wachovia B. ar T. Co. Wm. Brownell Mill... 10.00 TRAVELERS CHEQUES American Express Co's; " ' v American Bankers4 so's, Most convenient means of carrying funds for For eign Travel. Can be Cashed anywhere. For sale by mum Diiuft. a irusi Company 1 I The American National Bank! uapitai 93uu,uuu. vipvuui ,uu,uuwt The Largest Bank in Western North Cajroliifc The Only Bank in Asheville Under U. 8. Supervision, t ACCOUNTS INVITED, LARGE AND SMALL. Iu Ik JENKINS, President , C. J. HARRIS, Vice-Pres. R. M. FTTZPATRICK, Cashier. T xx. nuuwuuu, TKs-rraj, I;': Asheville Our regular Monday's' 20 per cent discount sale'1 for Monday, June 19, will be on China Closets. If you need one we can save you dollars. One day only.- - Beaumont Furniture Co. Phone 1002. 27 S. Main St. . ' 1 . , , ..... i .a : - -.. . -. . - V - ' . FOR SALE v 475 acres of land well im proved modern home. See me. S.D.HALL 32 Patton Ave. Phone 91 PORCH ROCKERS We have a nice assortment of porch rockers, porch shades, hammocks, chairs. Price $1.00 and up. DONALD & DONALD 14 8. Main St. , . , Plione 441. ftosiery Values for Joday Saturday, as everyone knows, is llosiery Day at the Bon Marche. - Many of these specials were ' bought at low prices, considering their worth. They are to be closed out at a , small margin of profit, thus giving the buying public values seldom equaled. 25c black and tan Lisle Hose, excellent quality, for 19c pair. , , Infants' and Children's Silk Sox, in tan, light and white, very special at 25c pair. ' 15c tan, pink and light blue Hose, specially priced at 10c pair. i A line of Silk Ilose, in black, light blue, pink and white, for 50c pair. The new cob-web effect Silk Ilose, in black only, for $1.00 pair. . '' " . Asked. $ 07.00 110.00 145.00 MAKES AN EARLY START. A "card" from a Carthage paper: "yt a desire to extend our sincere rhanks to the members of the Ore de partment who so nobly assisted u tn our recent loss. W. E. Lyon A Co." I. w. Olaaer, the Patton avenue clothier, announce tha 'Inauguration ot a mid-summer 20 per cent dls count sale on all ot his large and well assorted stock ot men's One tailored summer garments. This sale is a regular annual event but this year tha announcement of the liberal re duction In prlcea on the season's lat est models is made at a much earlier date than usual, thereby giving cus tomers a much longer service for their purchases aa this la the time that men's Warm weather garments are in greatest demand. ( ' It Ladies' Day Monday night1 at Theato Airdome. Aast Pay of the Salt of fancy Ribbons This sale has been very successful. It will be round ed up today with a veritable feast of values. Don't miss it. - , K 25c figured Ribbon, in colors, for 18c yard. Other specials at just as great a reduction, but you mubt buy today.