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....3 a wliishizig Co. KYILLE, N. C, - si nst kiption rates: Asheville and Blltmore One Wee k . .............. 10c. Three Months .$1.S5 fix Months ' , , . . .& Twelve Months 5.00 BY MAIL, IX ADVANCE: Three Months fl-00 Hx Months .. 2.00 Twelve Months ................ 4.00 Any matter offered for publication that Is not classified as news, giving notice or appealing for support of any entertainment or project where an ad mittance or other fee Is charged. Is advertising and will be accepted at regular -rates only. ; The same applies to cards of thanks, obituary notices, nnlltlca.1 announcements and the like. ft .. -v. ,:" ..,.,,,....-, . It The Gazette-News Is a mem- It It ber of The Associated Press. It It Its telegraph news to there- It It fore, complete and reliable - t It ' - ' ' - ' tttltKKKKKKtt Entered at the Postoffice In Asheville as second-class matter. Saturday, December 30, 1911. A CIVIC BETTERMENT ORGANI ZATION. ( . There has been through the long years little on which to base a hope that It would come in our time, but those of us who live until next Wednesday will see the organization of a civic league In Asheville. The men got so far on one occasion as to hold a mettlng and elect officers, but that .was the supreme civic better ment effort. It exhausted the com munity. That league died, dried up, faded into Inoeuous desuetude. And so the women have decided to under take for Asheville a work that wo men have undertaken and done in other towns. What Is a civic league? Were we to undertake to set Its 11ml . tations tt would be In a sense to offer advice aa to what they ought to be; a thing we Intend pointedly to refrain from doing. A society for civic lm provement, In a city, however, is measurably comparable, we think, to the mistress of the house. There Is a something about a house that Is presided over by a woman of culture, . Industry, good taata and real gentll- ttv. on mi mm nro amv tnat la th. nnint of community of innumerable little things, and tasks, and thoughts; or der, ibeautly, utility, cleanliness the home atmosphere. - ' i It is hoped by those who have started this enterprise that the socle' ty, which IS to be formed, and named at a meeting at the Henrietta, will have the name of every lady in Asheville enrolled In its membership. , This of course It will not have, liter ally, but It Is to be broad, catholic all-inclusive, the few who have begun It hope. What a power the united womanhood of Asheville would be In any wortt Jt might Ul"1rtake. The Gaxette-New wane them tin hounded success. It , tenders them co-operation, without . reserve, . and trusts that they will use Us columns freely for any messages they wish to convey to the people. .OF FAR-REACHING IMPORTANCE. An event of far-reaching Import . anc In the industrial life of tha na Hon Is the decision of President Taft to recommend the establishment of a labor commission, having powers an alogous to those of th Interstate com- Biero . commission, . The mighty changes Incident to the development of corporations and unions, and the growing complexity of modern Indus trial' Ufa never have been adequately considered ln the Catted States and an aotlve and efficient government body, with power to deal with labor dis turbance to ameliorate the condition f worker by Investigation of condi tlons, the recommendation of legisla tlon, etc, would be of Inestimable ben eflt to those most intimately concerned and to society at large. Rabbi Steven Wels of New Tork and Mis Jane Addams of Chicago were among those who yesterday took up the matter with the President. Rabbi Weiss put the need for such a body forcibly. He said: . We hare yet to solve the problems of democracy In Its Industrial relation ship and to solve them along demo' crattc line. In order to arrive at the worker point of view. It la necessary only to review the long list of occupa tlonal disease, the failure of both employer and th state to prevent them or mitigate their effects, ths lacy of employers' liability laws, the failure to provide adequate safeguards in dangerous vocations, the attacks upon the constitutionality of th laws to shorten the hours of women and of workers In certain trades, the reluct anc of .legislature to abolish child labor it 1 necessary only to contrast this dead renter of the social tnachln. ery with the speed at which It acta to prevent picketing and rioting during strikes. Proper regard for the condition of the vast host of toiler would proba bly make s much for the Increase of th enVli-nry of th human rac a the 'somewhat extraordinary scheme out lined yeitterday before the cienilm 'in si-ftwfun t Washington for tagging 'member of the human race rod mat ing them by number ' accot ding o V th ! ie !. iny," and would be In tn.''"ly -Vr if tiitnlnnient. We dls it !y ! t t !! reward for labor, i. ! i . . -t nt,.!lnir with thin ..J Good to Asheville HERE is much in fashion, mode of life and trend of private am- bltion and effort that compels grave consideration. ' There Is a con fusion of ideals and standards. There a comparative laxness in custom. literature and the drama. Reckless expenditure on the part of a consid erable number Indicates a great stress of social ambition and straining to ward luxuries. There Is a vast waste In public and private business, and as vast a complaint at its results. ' Un rest pervades the social structure. It is an era of protest. The pace of life in 1911 ha been fast. An Increasing number of minds are succumbing to it Insanity In the United States la In creasing faster, a special government inquiry shows, than population. ... The population increased 11 per cent In the five years, 1904-1910, while the population of the Insane asylums In creased 25 per cent. There are 187,- 464 patients confined in hospitals for the insane. Massachusetts has the largest ratio, 344.1 per 100,000 people; Arkansas the smallest, IS per 100,000. Examination of the children in va rious parts of the country, and espec ially In urban communities, reveals a very considerable percentage of actual defectives children who lack, men tally or physically, In Boston, for in stance, this is 30 per cent or more the exact figures are not at hand. There continues a decided drift of the population from the farms to the towns. This is doubtless due to nat ural laws, but it is a condition tend ing to a constant Increase of the cost of food. , There is by no means a catalogue 1 . ln", "' wing. wi are w o. , Z . 7k . . 7. prele 10 ,v...,. ,,,.ii.u,.,,.,- firing uung. on we oiner siue ot in. wi-iuis. nunio naiure i. noi gums to be very different in 1912 from what ' i JW, u, lw .iur,. en. cannot be doubted that there 1 , what may hei called an arousing of ; civic conscience or consciousness. There are certain evil that have reached such . proportion that the average man cannot overlook, Ignore or long forget them, and there: Is a strong popular determination to seek earnestly for a remedy for them. It has been frequently pointed out that the main trouble is the lack in politics and business, of simple honesty, which ought to be a very fundamental of a Christian civilization. It 1 one thing, however, to discover a lack, and an- other to remedy it The condition Is admittedly serious; and there la a mul- tltude of doctors, which perhaps is not altogether a reassuring fact But In the number and variety of the pro- posed remedies, ranging all the way from simple cordials, stimulant, poul-1 ucea, auerauves to aynamite ana sui- cide, there I Indication that careful students of government and of human ity, as well a reckless empiric,' are attempting to devise remedlea And we believe that some fundamental dif ficulties, some real underlying fault that can be simply cured, have been discovered. It is also more than pos sible that the patient 1 not nearly a sick as is generally supposed. If It be true that correct remedies have been found, It 1 not unrea sonable to expect , that the . year 1912 Will be marked In American' his tory as that period when the words "political party" came entirely to change their significance. ; In the past 20 years, It ha been calculated, one-fifth of the world' progress ln science. Invention and dis covery has been mad. And th year just passed 1 the culminating one of that achievement. Think of It we are permitted to live a much in on year, to be present ln point of time with aa much achievement, aa trans pired In centurlea of average life In the world' previous history. Throughout Christendom today there Is a spirit clamorous for the cessation of war; for arbitration, rea son and Justice, and for the abatement of the grievous tax on Industry Im posed by militarism. Without under- THE Y. M. C. A. NIGHT SCHOOL. The value to the community of the T. M. C. A. and It work la steadily Increasing. The educational depart ment returns to the community many times what It cost. In th increased efficiency of worker; many employ er of those who attend th night classes testify to th growing value of the employes. Th night school tend to equalize opportunity for those capable of improving it; It af ford th boy who must work In order to live and perhaps to help th fam ily, th mean of fitting hlmsslf for th life contest with th mor fortu nate youth. Th young men, of Ashevllls, It 1 gratifying to observe, have never been so appreciative of thl opportunity aa at present. Th past term th school ha had 40 student, There art many time that number of young men la th city who ought, by giving np th dlvrton which occupy th hours they are not compelled to work, to avail themselves of th opportunity th T. M. C. A. offer to aeour a tech nical education. Learning Interesting and useful thing ought to be Just aa enjoyable to a boy as playing cards or pool, or frolicking with kindred spirits. In the communication In which 6b Jtfctlon Is mad to the Passion Play exhibition to b given next week, "F. II. C." appears to be under a misap prehension. A pictorial representa tion of th presentation by tha people of Oberammergau la what I adver tised, whereas It seems The Gazette NeT correspondent understands the dram la to b enacted by persons upon the Auditorium stage. Greater western North Carolina will have 90.000 tou.lat capacity next nmmer; and if they are willing to enjuy the tiMaa of sleeping out door. our glorious summer Bights, wall .taking to prophesy, we must recognize the great growth of that clamor, and especially the developments of the past year. War Is terribly wasteful; and the minds of the people are turn, lug toward economy. Sentimental ap peal can also be made of powerful effect-in the argument again mlllta- rl8m ;-r- - v;'V: .v.''.' : The vastness of the world's material achievement furnishes plausibility for those who incline to deplore the present state of religion. And yet the closing year has seen launched what is planned to be the most stupendous church effort in the history of this country which its originator and leader, Fred B. Smith, chose to call "the .Men and . Religion Forward Movement"; the old revival, the old camp .meeting, but organized along modern business lines, financed, sys tematized, with trained workers, aim' ing to combine the efforts of the earn est men and women In community after community and spread and sweep, like fire; which goes Into the Statistics of a city,, finds out 'What wages girls are paid, and how churches compare with barrooms in number and i finances; which undertakes the practical conservation of men, and boys, and women, - and girls; in quiries into allegations of right and wrong between class and class, labor and capital. The other day in Kansas City women religious workers went into the moral bogs of their town, and offered each hopeless sister, there a respectable home, to be conducted as an ordinary boarding house, its ad dress kept secret; offered to every ntia th m.ini rf umtntf a lliHtia ,hl. ,. . -(,m, , th. .. RelIglou, Forward Movement." It alms to spread over the whole countrj in the coming year. Organizations and forces for moral ,,,,.-., h.v. mn , ni.l.hl. aohlevement. , economy of effort and .. - ir. - .tinn f nnrnoa. tha r. vaar Donations and bequest for chart ,au,e nd philanthropic purposes In the I'nlted States were. In 190. 175. 000.900; ...in 1910, $163,197.12$; In 1911, 24S.007.$75. "Am I my brother's keeper?" asked Cain. The year has been fruitful of hope and achievement for Asheville and this vicinity. It ha been one of has In- marked moral advance. It creased educational facilities. , Good progress has been made In the con struction of good roads. Our people have reaped knowledge of road build- Ing gained by costly experiment the past decade. Messrs. Lange and Green decided to complete the big hotel, and have the work well ad- vanced and that- has helped ' every Dusiness ana put neart into the corn- munlty. Why recount what Mr. Grov has done for Asheville, and encourag ed Asheville to do for Itself? These things are on every tongue. -One Important polnt--ther has been an other demonstration that Asheville people can get together and do things. nnen win we learn that we are a united ciiyT Look back, at the magni ficent achievement of the past decade. We are a united, a courageous, a pow erful community. By the way, Mr. Finley, we have- the golf links. Great . stride have been made by the idea of business farming during the year; great enthusiasm baa been engendered. There 1 the ' western North Carolina fair; a great begin ning. Behold what ha developed since th morning of September 20, when p. Harris Invaded this sanctum and bade us proclaim to western North Carolina that the time had come for united action to achieve the grand development the future held for all this section. These are but sketches. Although not without It weed of Borrow. grief, anxiety and tress, doubt and difficulty, th year that lie dying ha been good to us a people. Let u pledge him In th king; of beverage, the living, glo rlous memorial and to unity of pur pose and courageous public spirit fvortn Fork water. jar. lupung na probably aent a marked copy of those verses In which he advised against making any truce with Adam-see. "th br that walk like a man," to Sir Edward Grey, the foreign secretary. If you start th Nw Year In Ah- vnie you nav th satisfaction of knowing you tert under th moat favorable auspice possible. . All record of production of hog and hominy In western North Carolina ar about to be shattered. Watch. All western North Carolina marches into th year 1111 united In high pur pose. If you do not wish to get left In th 1912 procession, start right. u is going to be th best sort of a year for planting appl tree. It la going to year. be th optimist' Happy Nw Ter. every body! Th great annual swear-off. ' "Sacrilege." Editor of Th Gasette-New: Profaning sacred things. Ought It to b allowed la a land of Christian civilization? Once In ten years at Oberammergau, after careful religious training, the scene In th last days of our Lord and ftavlor ara presented by living actor. Persons of the pur est moral and religious character are elected to act the part of th Christ and hi Immediate followers. The scene ar so Impressive and Inter esting that thousands visit tha place when the performance tskes place. Ministers snd devout Christian find a spiritual uplift as they gas on the x ens so Ilk th reality of 18TJ year ago. It ia not for us to sit in Judgment on this devout snd conscientious peo ple, but fur those who copy and nuke w S 4 ia '' m When our u . is naked ami ex' i amlnation given, Vve fclve It honestly. Therefore when there are symptoms of sight breaking down, you had bet ter ontiiiult us at once. '.We'll exam- j ins your eyes and fit you with proper glasses in a thoroughly Hentlfl-man-ner. . ' ' Our reputation assure you of best results attainable. CHAS. H. HONESS T Optometrist and Optician 34 Patton Ave. Opp. yostoffU-e. Our Co-Rite Torlc Lense are the best. NYAL'S CATARRH REMEDY For ''Catarrhal Condition of . the Nose and Throat Com. , plete treatment,. II. GRANT'S PHAXSXAOTs ' Agents for Nyal Remedies. ' merchandise' of their idetil we ought to have th severest condemnation. To have our Lord, Ood's beloved Son, pictured, or , represented by a living person in a theatrical perform ance, is enough' to shock: the sensibil ities of anyone bearing the name of Christian. And to gaze on an attempt to represent the agony of the cross, when he bore our sins in his own body on the tree, would be heart sickening beyond description.. And all th persons appearing are represented by ungodly, irreligious men, and only for the sake of the money to be made out of it. It 1 to be hoped that our pastors have taken the matter In hand and can influence our.- aldermen to pro hibit the performance, and If that cannot be done to so -Instruct their congregation that not a Christian ' man, woman or child will sanction this sacrilege by their presence. F. H, C. Asheville, Dec 80, '11. , ' West Asheville Water Question. Editor of The Gazette-News: In reporting the meeting held last evening. Friday December 29, In West Asheville the Citizen omitted to report a statement made by R. P. Hayes, president of the Buckeye Water com pany. ' Mr. Hay laid, "the Buckeye Water company ha water sufficient to supply West Asheville ' for many year." He alio offered to sell water to the proposed new company at the same rate charged by the city- of Asheville. " ONE PRESENT. Asheville, Dec. .0, '11. i f PACKERS' POOL IS LAID BARE (Continued from pue 1) N, C. Hartwell. of Swift & Co. J. Martin "of Armour & Co.," Swift, or E. continued Mr. Veeder. "All the firms who attended, paid their proportion ate amount of tha rent and other ex pense which was determined by the volume of business done In fresh beet in territory A. Workings of the Pool." In response to another question, Mr. Veeder replied: "The offices in which these meetings wer held adjoined the law office 'of my father. A. Veeder." ' ' ( "What wer yon-duties as Secretary of the meting?"1 ' "The preparation or statistics," waa the reply. "What was done at those meetings of the packer!" "I received two statement every Monday from each of the firm.". Mr. Veeder replied, "one showed th total shipments in territory A, made by each firm for the weelu The other stater ment gave th price received for the fresh beef sold by each firm. I tabu lated these figures Into on statement for use by th packer at t,he Tue day meeting." The witness aald he prepared a weekly statement showing th coat. average, selling price and margin of profit on all beef sold at each point In territory A, thesa pe roe n tags state ments he aald wer mailed to repre sentative of each of them Monday night In envelopes tnarked "personal "Was there any other statement regularly mailed to the members T" "Tea, every Tuasday after th weekly meeting I would send a letter to each member notifying them of their allotment In pounds to be hlp ped ln territory A. 'during th current week." , . "Can yon give us the form of tho letter?" f "They read about like thla! " 'Dear Sir: Your shipment into territory A. th coming w.k will be 90 per cent of yoar maximum allot ment or eight million pound.' " ' Did each member receive a copy or wnt th other waa to ship 7" "Yes." Court then adjourned until next Tuesday. THE MARKETS New . York, Dec, 90. Trading wa actlv and price were higher at the opening of th stock market today. Standard stock followed In moderate fashion the spirited advance la nunv erou specialties. Tha markst closed strong. Ths whole list tlffened again In th final dealing, STOCKS. ' Open. Cloa. Atchison . 1) iot Amer. Smelting .... 72 Brooklyn Rapid Tranatt 7J laltlmore at Ohio 10.1 A ma I. Copper ......... ft) ( Canadian Pacific ....... 142 1 N. Y. Central 11 Chesapeak Ohio Krl ., Great Northern pfd Illinois Central ,....'... 1401 Mo., Kan. Tex....... . ... Ixuiiavlll A Nashville.,. .... National !ead . . . .' 241 101 117 1401 9 Hit 6 1 101 llil Missouri Paftltc Norfolk at Western. . Northern Psclflc .... Pennsylvania . .. ... People' (ias Rook l.iand ........ Hoik Inland pfd..,., 40 I0 ii 1031 :s 111 10X II 41 Heading Ml) Amer. fru;nr Ui-ntilng ... Southern I'ailtio 1511 lir, i nil St. I'D-1 "..mlx-m I iv .. I ,.i..., . "(.per . . 10SJ MM : WE, CAN.; HELP YOU To make the new year of 1912 a very happy -year), by making your FEET COMFORTABLE - -t .... . . . : Our shoes are scientifi- cally . planned and ' con- structed by: shoe artists, and only materials that are carefully 'inspected are used in their making. The new 1912 shoes for la dies are real beauties with special shoe values at $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00. Brown.fililler Shoe Co. HAVE THE BABY ' PHOTOGRAPHED NOW The beat baby picture ar made here. We have special facilities for ! getting good photos of children. I Quickest plates, lots of light and fast lenses. Catch them laughing, playing, etc. You are certain of best results at RAY'S STUDIO, ' a N. Park Square, f' '.,, t TT V. S. Steel ........ (71 7J U. 8. Steel pfd .... Ill Wabaah 61 Wabash pfd 1C Local Secxuitlea. teported and corrected dally by Henry F, Claudlu. ' Bid. Ak4. Ishevlll Water '.... $ 91.09 Beaumont Purnltur. 111.00 Citizen Bank 144.00 ...... Universal Security 4'. 10.00 ...... Universal Security cert. 11.00 Wachovia B. T. Co. 141.04 Wm. Brownll Mill... 11.00 ...... Gen. D. W. d Lee Break Hip, Richmond, Dec SO. General D, W. Curtla Lee, Robert E. Lee' Bon, Is seriously 111 at bis horn near Burks station, Fairfax county. Th distin guished Confederate soldier, aged 80, la suffering from a broken hip. I have two Brunswlck-Balke reg ulation Bowling Alleys, with a quan tity of balls; two Baxter Automatic Pin Stickers; on Brunswick-Balk Pool Table; one Steven Box Alley; oh Steven Trlvoll Table. The above la In At condition and will sell cheap for cash, and would exchange for dry lumber, tit Chestnut street, phone 1164. .' . Palace Theatre MONDAY ; x , 2 Matinees . . 3 Night Performances . '- opening with , " BILLY BURNS, . "That Breezy Fellow". The Orijinal Originator of . Original Originalities, ; ' and RUSSELL' & BERGER Singing and Dancing Sister Team. A Dig Hit This will give you a good chance to nee good vaudeville in Asheville. A comi'lete change of actor ami ad Thursday. Watch for our announcement. Vaudeville - . Vaudeville I 'Jaciiima mm 1 Company Capital anff 'Burping . , . ., ' ". ,V.S1,610,CC3.C3 Resources. . . . ... , .. . w . ., . , . ,3,25O,CC0.C3 Tnufc-Auetf ...... ...P... $1,430,000X3 NORTH CAROIJNA'S OLDEST TRUST CO. STRONGEST BAIfX. T. B. MORRISON, V. Pre. . W. & WILLIAMSON, Caabier. .aCBAINES. Ami. OMhlec. - : ' MMtHOIHIIIMHMMmrmMltumiMttHMMt BATTE.R.Y X J. P. SAWYER, Preaideml T. a Coxe, V-Prekv -' X Capital Burplu ftnd ProiU. ..... . TRANSACTS A GENERAL RANKING BUUHshA . 1 Bp lal attention glvn to collection. War pronC Interest Bald I on tlm dapoaita. . 20 Per Cent Discount on Stoves , .-. .' ' ."' ' .. '". .' ' " ,' -:' '" . '".," ' T " - - , ' i ' ,- In ordr to close out balance of Btock we are giving 20 per cent. Discount on all , heating stoves, coal or wood. Some good second hand coal stoves in stock. You save 20c 'on every dollar you invest here in a stove. Also hill gBins.in Furniture, Rugs and Matting. . 'f V 1 f ; v, Donald & Donald 14 S. Main St., ma Cadillacs and the CUARANTEEO KM UFt , . , We have also some unex celled bargains in second-hand cars. '..';' '-.' j Western Carolina Auto. Oo. Walnut andWngtoa, "i" . !- & .f .! , ,t, I Holiday Gifts 1 Let vi help you decide. Good val ues and pleasing assortment await your inspection, -- 1 Diamonds, Watches. Jewelry, Gems, Jewelry Novelties, Soavenir, i Sliver ware, Fountain l"na. . V J.t. CARPENTER, Jeweler . ' ;. - No. 11 West Park Square' (In Moore't Furniture Store.) - eV9 fialf Prico and css on Suits. Coats and grosses Today winds up an exceptionally successful Clearance Sale of Women's Beady-to-Wear. Apparel. We offered this merchandise at practically what the cost of raw ma terial would be, if you were to have' similar garments made. To'say that many people appreciated their op portunity is expressing it mildly. , ' . - . . , Ilalf price on Coata and Dresses. -. $20 Suits are priced today at $D.45. - " . $25 Suits are priced today at $11.95. - .' i ; Tiara Values in J ino P:ns Folks are beginning to bit up and take notice that we have an excellent assortment of medium and fine Ilugs. This h a new Department and we would like everyone ; interested to come in and view tho lino. They jaro being shown on the third floor. The design re very attractive, the prieo me low. Large 9x12 Art Squares are priced from 10to Small KugM sell for $1.23 to $10. fy, ,p , i PARK BANK v - & SLUDEB, V-Pwa. J ; J. E. EANE3N, Cashier . .. . . . ... ... . . $1C3XC . . . . . . . . . . . . . , .$100,000 ;'.-.' Phone 441. juuv roiiiS We carry a complete line of Steins make-ups, liners, greese points, cold creams, etc Take and Seawell skill when . you have a prescription. .Prescrip tions sent for and delivered. rm - : "! rV '-'l oeaweu s lirug Store 15 So. Zlais St. FOR SALE - 11 acre common, 4 -roomed house, 4 mile out, $1,000. roomed Modern 1 Residence In City, Bn location, ,I0. S. D. HALL. Phone !. U ration Are. 1 : iniinmre to tuka care of several hun- iIt.mI thousand. ..Ec, V i;
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