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VTlty, IT:v. 1, 1C11. m i ) Hi ;? ' V 1 V H 't ' J , i i : The Gazette-News PUBLISHED BY Eresizi Newt Pnbliihiiff Co. Abbeville, w. ol SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Asheville and Blltmore, On Week . 10c $115 , iJo , 5.00 Three Month Six Months ., Twelve Months BY MAIL, IS ADVANCE: Three Month Six Months .. Twelve Months .$1.00 . S.00 . 4.00 KKKftltltltltftltlt H H The Gasette-News Is mem- . t bee of The AssocUted Press. st Its telegraph news Is there- It fore complete and reliable. t Amy matter offered (or publication that la not classified as news, giving notice or appealing for support of any entertainment or project where an ad mittance or other fee la charged Is advertising and wtU be accepted at regular rates only. The same applies to cards of thanks, obituary notices, political announcements and the like. Entered at the Fostofflce in Asheville as second-class matter. Wednesday, Nov. 1, 1911. THE TOTTERING MANCHU THRONE. The last Chinese emperor of China died by suicide, and the chief of the Manchus become the first Manchu emperor In 1644. Since that time the government of this vast empire has been a little oligarchy of Imperial princes and Manchus, pensioned leeches on the body politic. ' The Chinese people have struck at this little coterie, to oust them from control, at a time apparently most opportune. The title is held by an infant The government is strongly subject to foreign influences. There Is no strong leader,' no commanding presence, no diplomat of over master ing skill to control the situation, among the court clique. The army is disaffected, the Impe rial coffers are empty. The govern ment makes almost grotesque ack nowledgement of its weakness. And so the baby "ruler" of 400,000,000 souls grants them a constitution. Princes are to be excluded from the cabinet. Political offenders are par doned. In panic and desperation, they call for Yuan Shlh-kal a Chinese, native of Hp nan; three years ago dismissed, as viceroy of Chl-11, In disgrace, through the devising of the Manchus and notably the prince regent. He It was who attempted to create for china a modern army. He assisted the old dousger empress In the coup d'etat whereby she reasserted her au thority over the late emperor, the prince regent's brother. He saved the lives of the foreigners in Pekln, in the boxer uprising, and thereby saved the empire from disintegration. He founded the anti-opium movement, abolished the classical literary exam ination system for public office, and suggested the parliament, as the gradual evolution of a constitutional system. With concessions from the prince regent. Yuan will lend his aid to bolster up the Manchu throne. It may be too late; but In any event the Intimate participation of this Inde pendent statesmen In the affairs of state at this crucial time will advan tage the whole people. A GREAT FRUIT CENTER. Borne North Carolina Impressions are given by Henry J. Fox, weather forecaster of Chicago, In an Interview following his survey of the mountain fruit region with State Horticulturist Hutt. . ;There sre wonderful sgrlcultural possibilities in North Carolina," Mr. Cox said. "In many sections where the conditions are almost Ideal for fruit growing there has been practi cally no development In the working out of Mr. Moore's plans for the es tablishment of forecasting stations at Intervals along the mountain slopes the best interests of fruit growers may be furthered. "At Blowing Rock we found an or chard of 10.000 tree which has yield ed practically no fruit Ws found the altitude there about 4200 feet, which Is too high la that latitude for suc cessful fruit growing. "On some of the mountains ws found ths fruit ripe both In the valley and on the summit, while on the slope It was still green. The reason for this phenomenon is that the air becomes cool and tends to settle to ward the valley. "North Carolina Is awakening to a rHllwtlon of Its resources. Several railroads are being constructed. These r -a ,ls from the transportation of fruit ""KM to b successful." ' Is of the opinion that the ' slopes of Nnl, Carolina ' he rvrkoiK-d among the ' '' of th. ,irld. Tbe v ' " .. arrtv- "' ' ' ' c, ,h t-Mlmony of , , , . oUlw h 1 yn of tain.. COMPARISONS NOT TO Bli POINT ; ED TO WITH PRIDE. Some 50 years ago, .as Clarence H. Poe pointed out In a peculiar connec tion In an address not long ago,, a North Carolina secretary of the navy planned an expedition the accom plishment of which opened to tho world the sealed doors of the ancient heathen country of Japan. The aver-' age public school term In that coun try is ten months, the attendance of children between six and 14 years, 9S per cent In North Carolina the average term lh the rural schools Is 03 days a year and the average attendance is a varying quantity. The Japanese arc about one-tenth as well-to-do as our people. Mr. Poe went on to say that the average child outside North Carolina has a BO per cent, longer school term than the average boy or girl Inside North Carolina. Average length of school term In days: North Carolina. 101; United States, 155; North Atlantic States, 179; South Central States, 123; North Central States, 164; Western Stotes, 161; Vlr glnla, 131; South Carolina, 98; Geor gia, 132; Florida, 115; Tennessee, 128; Alabama, 115; Mississippi, 123; Louisiana, 130; Texas, 128; Arkansas, 98; Oklahoma, 140. Considering the quality of modern public school education all this is not as horrible as it sounds; but we arc rapidly evolving a rational education, and when it is provided, every boy and girl must be given full opportun ity to absorb It " The State board of health Is re sponsible for the assertion that of over a quarter of a million school children Recently examined It war found that over 21 per cent had de fective vision, 49 per cent had defec tive teeth and over 27 per cent had diseased tonsils, and that about the same percentage In this State art more or less infected with hookworm disease. These conditions are easily remedied; their existence Is a dis grace to the people and a crime against the children. Many a dull or backward pupil is so solely because of these physical disabilities. They are allowed to go on, thus fearfully- handicapped In the race. These children are not getting a fair chance In life, and it Is not on account of an "adverse fate" buVbecaUae the grown people, their parents, are neglectful of their primal duty. Medical inspe-c tlon of school children is now in sue cessful operation in Guilford, New Hanover and Durham counties, and the children of these counties, as a whole, are getting much the advant age of the children of the State gen erally. The people in other sectlonr couM have the same advantages 11 they would demand them of the county authorities. Our penal institutions are excellent In their way, no doubt and according to the lights of the times; but never theless the penitentiary is no place for a dying man, and the Governor does the proper thing whenever he pardons one of these. Says Mr. Bryan: "I would like to know whom the trusts want for Su preme justice in place of Harlan They have all the rest on the bench." If we felt that way we'd toss up a penny whether to take calomel or cyanide. The Governors, in session at New Orleans, came to the eminently sapient conclusion is that the way for the farmers to get a better price for cotton is to hold It until the price ad vancee. What is wanted, In many lines of human endeavor today. In public and In private affairs, in government, In agriculture, Is not "new methods" so much as "more method." There Is much disagreement as to the number of places in Raleigh where you can buy It by the drink. Figures range between II and 12 Either way, the young fellow Mra McRee killed got what he had every right to expect was coming to him only he probably didn't expect It A Cleveland county farmer hated automobiles and got killed as a re suit of his hatred. Hate Is a dan gerous thing. Those Ottorordemgschenfeldes In Terrs Haute must needs be an Intel lectual family. If they can sign them selves offhand. Did you ever see anything that ap peared to be much heajthie than the Greater Western North Carolina move ment? Only six months until May Day. JJ t H It It It It It n K K It st t m Jt MACADAM. ROAD MAKER. t n it u it u t st it n n st n n I, It has been said that the best roads built since th riava of h are those known as macadamized roads. Macadam was a Bcotchjman who spel.'t Several veare is A his return to his native land, toward ins cine or the eighteenth century, he devoted hie mtcntlnn to rond hniirl. In. Hie lending prtru'1il whs thuit a rn-m oiiuiit to bs considered as an irtmi'ial t.,rlt.g so Btrnnir and even " '" 1 " I.. v. hl. :m , over t Imw ' mi. from billons Impurities in the blood. J allOW tOmpleXlOIl and the fault lies with ths liver. It is torpid. SIMMONS : ' '. red z ' ; v.f,.'. v, LIVER REGULATOR , (THE POWDER FORM) " ' b the greatest of all liver medicines. Its powerful purifying and strengthen ing influence is at once apparent in an improved appetite, good digestion and a feeling of strength and energy in the body. When the system has been put in order the yellow cast in the skin gradually disappears and the complexion becomes clear and healthy, v ' ... Sold b Dealers. Prica, Larg Package tt.OO. ' .- ' A for As fanriM with the Red Z en the tabd. If yo omsot rw It, remit la a e will m i It by mil pottfeid. Siounooi Urer Remittor U put u tin te ovule form lor tboM ?he ewer k. Price L00 per bottle. Look tor the Red Z UbeL J. H. ZEILI1 ex CO.. Proprietors, St. Lends. Hlsaetnt heresy that a better and more lasting road could be made over the surface of a morass thtan over solid rock. Another of his principles was that the soil Is more resistant when dry than when wet. In order to keep It In a condition of the greatest resist ance that is to say dry he advocated the putting over It of a covering im pervious to rain the road in fact The tickness of this covering was to be regarded in relation to its im pervlousness, and not at all as to its bearings of weights. Instead of digging a trench, there fore, to do away wlthl the surface of the native soil he carefully respected it and raised the road sufficiently above It to let the water run off. Impermeability he obtained by the practical discovery that stones broken small and shaken and pressed to gether as by the traffic on a road rap idly settle down face to face and angle to angte and make as close a mass as a wall. Mankind In general now be lieves that this last is all that Mac adam Invented; the rest Is forgotten. That Important fraction of his discov eries Is whatTias given to us the verb to macadamize and to the French their nouns macadam, macadamlsage and the verb macadamiser. It was soon found that roads which were mere layers of broken stone, six. four and even as little as three Inches in thickness passed through the worst winters without breaklng.up, while, as the coachman used to say, they "ran true. Even In the breaking of stones Mac adam effected a revolution. He saw that able bodied men standing up with heavy hammers wasted the greater portion of their strength. He made his stone breakers sit, so that all the force of the blows took direct effect on the stone; and the result was that he found small hammers did the work perfectly well, and thus was able to confine It to old men past hard labor, women and boys, which reduced the cost of the broken stone by one half. The size to which the Btone should be broken he determined In a practi cal way by the area of contact of sn ordinary wheel with a smooth road. This he found to be about an Inch lengthwise, and therefore he laid It down that "stone which exceeds an inch in any of Its dimensions Is mis chievous" that Is to say that the wheel in pressing on one 'end of It tends to lift the other end out of thle road. In practice he found it simplest to fix a weight of six ounces, and his surveyors carried scales to test the largest stones in each heap. Macadam would allow no large stones even for the foundation of his roads, and he found that they con stantly worked upward by the pres sure and vibration of the traffic The whole road was of small broken stones, even over swampy ground. Harper s Weekly. , stltsldltl(StStlllttllttlr t PRESS COMMENT. at t s A UAILROAD THAT IS MAKING ITSELF POPULAR. We note that Colonel S H. Hard wick, passenger traffic manager of the Southern Railway company. Was quite a factor In the organization of the Greater Western Hnrth (-ornllno association at Asheville this week. This association is formed of Bun combe, Henderson, Haywood, -Jackson, Madison, Polk, Rutherford, Transylvania, Swain and McDowell counties, and its object is to exploit the mineral, timber, water-power, farming and other resources of that section of the state. The movement is a distinctly good one and the fact that the Southern's Influence Is en listed through Mr. Hardwlck, encour ages the belief that much good is go ing to come from It The Southern has been doing much for the moun tain section. It Is putting on more trains and Is proving hospitable to all sorts of development work along Its line. Since It circled Round Knob and pierced Swannanoa, this railroad has been ths great artery of western North Carolina traffic, and no rail road has been more In touch with the people of Its territory and no railroad has dons more to deserve the good will of the people It serves than the S 1 - I ueMeeeeeeeeeeeeeesi 4T . I $28.00 tailored Suits for $15.00 This ia a special lot of Suits we've just received. See window display. Knit Underwear Jpccially Priced The cojd days of November will call for warm underclothing. Many, people are hold ing oil until the last moment to purchase their supplies. Are you one of thorn t If you are, you are making a m'intake. liny now and be - prepared. . "VVe are offering a social lot of warm win ter underwear, worth 25, U5c and 50o a gar ment, for , ' Southern. This same policy Is being pursued In all the territory traversed by the Southern railway lines. The Southern Is popularizing itself to such an extent- that it may come to pass In time the lawyers will find some diffi culty In securing a" Jury that will give a verdict against it. Charlotte Chronicle. ... . . ' CLYDE AN EDUCATIONAL CENTER Clyde Is becoming quite an educa tional center, as the two reports ii this Issue of the. Courier show. The Haywood County'- Institute presided over by Rev. W. H. Woodall and the state high school with Prof. Moss as principal furnish ample facilities for the education of the girls and boys of the community and those who may be attracted there, from a distance. The two institutions , furnish . more stimulus among the people in educa tion than if there were but one; they do furninh stimulus among the people in education and are helpful to each other. Of course they are different in curricula and In methods of dis cipline and Instruction. The high school has its course mapped out by the state and is finely graded to meet the demands of the system, whereas the institute has departments of the arts and sciences, of music and elo-4 tutlun and furnishes' courses to those who desire more adanced training for the professions and universities. There can be no conflict between the two schools and the Courier Is glad to learn that they both are getting along admirably and attracting much favorable notice to Clyde. Waynes vllle Courier. VAST AMOUNT ! OF SENSATION DOPE. The Asheville Gazette-News makes this pointed observation: "The proved fact in the Linnell case Is that the girl Is dead. Same way with the Myrtle Hawkins case." And enough sensa tional dope has been handed out In each case, if founded upon facts, to electrocute 40 murderers. Greensbo ro News. , SWAIN APPLES WON. Mr. & W. Black, who had on exhibit some of the finest apples entered at the State Fair, has Just been notified that he has been awarded second prize In the York Imperial exhibit Mr. Black has one of th best orchards In Western North Carolina, and was pos sibly the only man .who had an ex hibit of apples at the Btate fair from Swain county. Bryson City Times. A CLEAR-CUT ESTOPPEL. Governor Kitchln Is being criticised by his enemies and praised by his friends for preventing an unanimous vote in the governor's meeting at Spring Lake. N, J., on an important question. This was the appointment of a committee to protest ' to the United States Supreme court against the decision of federal courts which encroach upon the rights of the states. While agreeing with the point at Issue, Governor Kitchln contended that It was not the business of gover nors to dictate a course of action to the Supreme court. The vote was 14 to I in favor of It. We agree that the governor took the proper course in the matter. Hickory Democrat Of course Governor Kitchln did the right think in voting according to hln own Judgment and conscience, al though he stood alone' and all the other 14 governors voted the other way. And we do not blame hie friends for commending his course. But, by so doing, they estop them selves from repeating any rrtbre their oft made charge that Senator Bim mons put himself out of line with his democratic associates In ths senate when he voted according to his Judg ment and conscience against the reci procity bill, though all but . three other democratlo senators voted for It Newton Enterprise. " GHEEX MANURING NO. II. COW PEAS. Who has not heard of the cow pea as hay making and soil Improving plant T And, who has not been let to believe that one-third or more of the nitrogen and other plant food ele ments found In this plant at maturity, are left in the roots and stubble after the crop Is harvested and cured for hay that Is to say out of every hun dred pounds of nitrogen, etc, found In the pea crop at maturity, .11 1-1 NEW EYES ,: !' It is impossible to get new eyes, but you can get the next best thing our Ce-Rite Toric Lenses with Shur-on mount ings. Such a comfort and such relief. Quick repairs. ( CHARLES H HONESS Optometrist and Optician. 54 Patton Ave. Opp. Fostoffice HOT WATER BOTTLES We are agents for the Kant leek Water Bottles and Foun tain Syringes. . They are made of Para rubber and guaranteed for two years. . GRANT'S PHARMACY, ' Agency for .Wood's Seeds. pounds are the roots and stubble? This was our best Information up to a short time ago and even- now some of our best agricultural advisers Insist on proverbial third of the nitrogen, etc, being left in .the underground portion of the plant Like the old idea of the souring of the soil on well drained land, some man seems to have guessed at the amount of nitrogen, etc left In the roots and stubble and hastened to rush his Intention into print Now a ton of cured cow peas has, In the whole plant about 10 pounds of nitrogen. If one-third of this amount were In the roots and stubble we would have left on the soil and in the soil about 14 pounds of available ni trogen per acre in case the acre pro duced a ton of cowpea hay. This amount of nitrogen Is equal to that furnished by 700 pounds of an 8-2-2 fertilizer, a pretty heavy application for most farm crops. This seemed to be rather weighty argument In favor of rutting the vines, feeding them, to live stock, and putting the manure back on the land regardless of the fact that the manure from a ton of cowpea hay fed to cattle will cover well, what part of the acre will It cover? Our farmers have been acting on this advice for a number of years In the face of the daily decreasing fertil ity of their lands under this system. Mr. W. A. Marsh of Union county took this advice literally, sowed oats, cut and removed them, then sowed cow- pees on the oat stubble and cut these for hay when mature. This practice was continued till his land would not produce a crop even of peas. Exam ples could be multiplied where the pea crop has been removed year after year with disastrous results. Indeed, It now seems that the surest method of depleting the fertility of the soil Is to remove a crop of cowpea vines from It every year for a few years In succession. i . . The real explanation of this phe nomenon has Anally been discovered. In an exhaustive series of tests and experiments conducted by a number of our best experiment stations It Kts been found that the amount of nitro gen, etc., left in the roots and stubble of the cowpea plant is not one-third but about one-tenth of that found in the whole plant Here seems to be one of the leading factors In the ex planation of the running down of average soils by the annual removal of the pea crop. Another, and, per haps the leading factor. Is that all the organic matter is removed from the soil for a series of years by this method and thus all bacterial life Is driven from the land which Is thereby rendered dead. These dead soils are not necessarily robbed of their min eral plant foods, however, as will be demonstrated by plowing down a cow pea crop or a good crop of rye for a year or two In succselon. . One ton of green cow pea vines con tains about t.S pounds of nitrogen; t pounds of phosphate; and I pounds of potash. It Is an easy matter, on average soil, to get a growth of 11 tons of some one of the rank growing varieties per acre, which will cure up Into three tons of hay. Composition of green cow pea vines compared with composition of fresh cow and horse manure: Green cow pea vines 1.4 nitrogen, t phosphate, and .J potash. Fresh cow manure ?. nitrogen, l.t phosphate; and 7.1 potash. Fresh horse manure 1.7 nitrogen, 1. phosphate, and 7.1 pouskx. With this yield per acre there would be produced on a ten acre field 120 tons of green peavlnes which. If cut to pieces with a sharp disc harrow, plow ad under, and thoroughly Incorporated wun tne wnoie soil stratum, would add to this Held about ISO pounds of nitrogen and render available 240 pounds of. phosphate and about 760 .",7 TT -TTvT' "."p !it"":' T.T- r 'nt ,-t-t --,- rr-r-vv.;"TT71 Cut flass and CcnxurJHj Siticr ' Mcar - We are making great headway in this de partment. Our valups are m extraordinary that they nttra ct instant attention of all who see them. The largo, round ease in the very front of the Ht'oro chows the various kinds in Mixk. J Six teaspoons cf f.'oniiminity Silverware are ; i li.nd a C2 ;i mi. Wachovia Bank & Trust Company J Capital and Surplus ... ...$1,610,000.00 Resources. ..... . . . . . . . . . . , .$6,250,000.00 Trust Assets .v. ... ..." $1,400,000.00 NORTH CAROLINA'S OLDEST TRUST CO. STRONGEST BANK. T. & MORRISON, V. Pres. W. B. WILLIAMSON, Cashier. ' 8. M. HAINES, Asst. Cashier. ' MltmHIHMHIMIHHHimMHItmMHIMtH BATTE.R.Y J?ARK BANK f "; ASBEVTUUB, H. X . si J. P. SAWYER, President E. SLUDEB, V-Pres. T. C. Coxe, V-Pres, J. E. RANKIN, Cashier Capital ... ..,,. nr..,.. r fee ... $100,000 Surplus and Profits... ... .... ... $130,000 TRANSACTS A GENERAL BANKING BTOtNsteA Spexlai attention given to collections. Four percent Interest paid on time deposits, . pounds of potash. ; , ' By this using the pea crop as green manure the farmers gets from the air as much nitrogen In the first ten Inches of the soil of his 10-acre field as would get from 86 tons of manure or from 6 tons of an 8-2-2 fertilizer. He gets as much phosphate rendered available to , the- succeeding crop as lie would get from 150 .tons of manure or from 1V tons of an 8-2-2 fertilizers- The potash thus rendered from over -MO tons of manure or from nearly 19 tons of an 8-2-2 fertilizer. And the humus obtained from this amount of vegetable matter turned Into the soli will be sufficient to feed bacterial life for years to ornie and will add Immensely to mechanical conditions and water holding capacity of the land. . The results of having lost 'sight of the fact that the humus or organic matter content of the soil Is the basis of all successful farming - have been apatling not only In Northi Carolina but over the whole south. Can we afford to reduce the vitality of our lands still further and hope to retain ownership of them? When we have finished this series of articles on feas ible methods of soil Improvement we expect to take up and outline a- con dition that Is even now settling down like a pall over thle farmers of North Carolina. J, L. BURGESS, N. C. Department of Agriculture. RIOTING IN EGYPT Report of Turkish Victories Aronsc FaimtlclHins of MohIwis at , Alexandria. Alexandria, , Egypt, Nov. ' 1. Re- "porta of Turkish' victories at ''Tripoli caused a. tumult here today. Shots were exchanged between Moslems and Europeans, one native was killed and 14 wounded. ' NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS. Waynesvllle, N. C," Nov. 1, 1911. The annual meeting of stockholders of the South Atlantic Trans-Continental Railroad Company will be held at the office of the company In Asheville, North Carolina, as provided In the By-Laws, on Monday, November II, 1911, at 10 o'clock a. m., for the pur pose of electing directors; also for the purpose of changing the date of meeting to the first Wednesday fol lowing ths second Tuesdsy In Janua ry. If you are unable to be present personally, will you have the kindness to sign the attached proxy In blank, that the same may be voted by a proper representative at the meeting. I. L COUNCILL, 126-71 Secretary. FOR SALE One 4 -roomed cottage at Spencer, N. C, on 2rd St, near Spencer shops. Lot 60xlE0. Well, cow barn, etc Price I960. Apply to S. D. HALL 11 Patton Avenue. , Phone 81. ; . Asheville," W. C r Ji Vll' V- meut. Take fica:;'ifi:l Collars cr.d fichus j The neckwear' department shows a wide i , range, of laca collars and the newest designs I in fichus. Our assortment have been so popu- lar that we feel that every woman in town t knows of them. ; 1 If, tlii.!:; !i, you 1 not, cotn. in nn.l we wit! ), f'.la.lly i-how you the lancet, ns wt II ih the prcttict lino ever l.-rou.-hlr t A-l -vi:!.'. ' f I. Turkey and China Will Be Dismembered if the Powers . - ' Decree. , ' There is nothing like power. There Is nothing like the 1812 Cadillac. No cranking, no lighting of lamps. Press the, button and the car does the rest 126,000 miles without a single failure Is the- record of , : the new- , Electric starter. Mr. James Vernor has Just arrived In Asheville across country from Detroit, making 1491 miles in rain over rough and muddy roads without a single mishap vr thtf slight est MJustment to ,hls Cadillac Ths new C'adiracs are now In our garage. , See them; it costs lothing to look at the handsomest and most complete car every turned out of a factory. , The little - .v GUARANTEED FOR UFC is a Junior classmate and both pass examination. They are known by reputation for reliability. . Western Carolina Auto. Co. ' Walnut A Lexington. BLANKETS AND COMFORTS. . We have a nice asssortment of Blankets and Comforts.- Cotton Blan kets 1.00 up. Wool Blankets $4.00 and up. Let us show you our stock. DONALD & DONALD ' 14 & Main St rhone 441. This Is ths season of the year when It pays to have your teeth at tended to. It saves much pain and worry during the cold weather. Come to us and get an- estimate of Its cost Our prices are reasonable. . -. DR. MATTHEWS ' DENTAL PARLORS Near Court House, corner College and Spruce Sts. Phone 949. Famous Djer-KissPerfums $2.00 Bottle at Seawell's Drug Store 45 So. Uain St ! Jrunks and Suit Cases Familiarize yourself , with this depart tho elevator for tho third floor. -I 'I - k rr:i.
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