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Wednesday, March 6, 1912.
a much more serious business than
mteht at first appear. Difficulty may
yet be. encountered In preventing the
disintegration of Hie vast nation as
the new regime Is put in working
order. ' ; ; ' .
k TAXKS OX fOXSlMlTIOX.
In un interview in the current
World's work Oscar W. I'nderwood
elves utterance to certain ideas anil
: plans that he hopes, a h chairman of
the ways and means committee, to ac
complish. "I do nut think there is
any 'doubt," he snys. "that my ,bcsl
(inalitication as a public' man will be
along the lines of work that come he
fore the ways and means committee.
1 have-, more information and more
knowledge of the -subjects embraced
in the general question 'of taxation
trian of any other subjects, and my
Work has been along those lies. If
I could aid li. writing on the statute
books laws that would equalize the
burden of taxation, make the wealth
of this country carry its fair share of
the taxes to support our government,
and lift from the backs of the masses
of the people the inequitable load ol
taxes they are compelled to carry, due
to the fact that our taxes are levied
on consumption and not on wealth, 1
should accomplish a vast deal of good
for the American people."
If ever there is a revolution in this
country, if ever tile existing older is
violently demolished, it will not bel
because of tho theorists, who are all
the time pointing out that the funda
mentals of the social fabric are all
wrong, illogical and uneconomic.
It will result from the signal, the
long and clearly demonstrated fail
ure of those who arc most advantage
ously circumstanced under the exist
ing system to recognize their moral
obligations and of that system to com
pel a recognition of t he law of simple
honesty.
Take tills matter mentioned by .Mr.
I'nderwood. There is hardly a com
munity in this country where you will
not liud wealth by force, finesse or
fraud placing upon the shoulders, of
poverty the burden ol the support of
government; a government taut per
inlis the accumulation of-wenllh; af
fords to wealth a proportionate per
sonal immunity: and affords to wealth
every proteetlou in its power.
I
PAPER MILLIONS.
The fortune of Yerk.es, the late trac
tion magnate, has dwindled from an
imaginary total of many limes that
amount to live millions. While he
lived his "pile" was a thing with
which 'to conjure. At his death his
estate was estimated at from 20 to SO
million dollars. Now it seems out o
the question for the large plans he
had sketched for the public better
ment ever to lie fulfilled.
The vanishing of this treasure Is
not a singular or solitary case. Sim
ilar revisions of estimates almost In
variebly have to he made upon the
passing of the linaiuial wizards. Death
is no partner to pretense.-. The King
f Terrors is 'the deadliest foe to
make-believe. Consideration of these
instances causes one to wonder just
how many cash multi-millionaires
there are: on paper their number
eem to be legion.
It is a question how many of them
are seir-deceived or whether these
phantom fortunes are deliberately
rented, i ifttimes they answer the
purpose as completely as niore.sub-
tantial wealth. The - man's riches
after all are found to lie his audacious
mind, his compelling will and the
name which he has invested with awe.
Death removes the cornerstone and
the insubstantial editlce collapses. 1'Vr
then not only do mourners go about
the streets, but long baffled curiosity
ncs under the beds and into the.
losets and turns man's pockets in-
iile out.
Orieved but not surprised, we learn
that Senator lleybiirn of Idaho. yes
terday told the senate of his undying
Antagonism to the arbitration treaties.
Advocates of these treaties hope by
them to shackle Mars and that as a
result there wiill in time be peace on
earth. The Idaho defender of the
union is out flat-footed against this
laudable ambition. W'e are convinced,
however, that not mere bloodthirsli-
ness and savage delight In seeing man
kind in the bloody shock of battle
prompt his opposition. Having been
born too late in a world too old to
demonstrate his martial prowess in
the war of the sections, Senator Hey
burn undoubtedly and rightly longs
for un opening along this line before
legislated millenlum. When an oc
casion shall have been furnished for
ti I it to convince an admiring senate
how effectively he could have annihi
lated those Confederates, he surds
will espouse the cause of righteous
ness. ;
Another good work for Asheville is
inaugurated by the Civic Uctlermonl
league the cm ouiageiiieut of the
scl I children to add to the city's
beauty by planting Dowering shrubs
u Arbor day.
The law requiring registry of births
is a good law. lint it ought to be en
forced regardless of that, for it is a
law.
COL. KOOM Vt.l.T l MR. TAIT.
I Ion. Thomas Settle furnishes The
tiazolte-Xews an article upon political
matters the length ol which precludes
its presentation in these columns at
this particular juncture. It is as cer
tain as any nunian event can be. he
tour property tax dodger Is your I says, that Mr. Taft will be renomlnat
true anarchist. The force moving for I ed and re-elected. In the first propo-
radicalism Is not the fantastic fanatic majority of the opinion with
,1 ,.i,.i,. i , , lh . I which -we come in contact agrees;
I from the second it differs; most Such
feverishly uttering frantic creeds. .million being that of Democratic
That force I the man w hose fetich I newspapers.
Is wealth, whether smug pharlseel Mr- "eitie tiimks that on the Issue
hunlixn ,1 t 1 1 1 I I 1 I ,-lMlillllJ .Ml. lilll HtitllOH HB WCII
"" 's niiii.i. Ol ir,M, v.. -IV, Cnll.. T.....l.ll..
frank and bold pirate; contriver and ,,, Ml. (Hvelt, the correet
boneliclury of false standards of taxa- news of which Idea we doubt. Ke
tion real tax, privilege tax. personal "'""'Hess, however, of that Issue, he
protection l'" " happens In this contest that
'I ".Mr. Taft stands for the noiltitemincp
revenue, hocus pocus the name mat- ,, ,(,.rpetiuHion of the Institutions of
our country, for its constitution, the
wonder and admiration of the world;
comprehension of history. The Su
preme court of the United States over
which ,'hlef Justice Taney presiuea,
represented to you spiritual heirs of
ihe Cotton Whigs constituted author
ity, and by it you stood until the war
and what followed changed mo or
ganic law of your land."
Senator Dixon ami Campaign Inllii
end's.
ters not.
hit is written Is written. Our evo
lution is upward. If the present mode
of social organization dos not meet
tile lest it will perish 'of Its own In
herent weakness.
U.ltl I OK CHINA'S IDEAL
ISTS.
the independence and Integrity of the
judiciary: against the compulsory
eferendiim. and against the recall of
judges or judicial decisions except as
provided by the constitution; and for
the maintenance and perpetuation of
the principles of the Republican par
ty." He says he has rendered Col.
Uoosevelt more service than any tit
the present Roosevelt partisans in
the State; but it was a different Hoose-
Somcthing of the difficulties which
must be overcome before the dream of I veil
Dr. Sun Vat Sen and other Idealists Regarding that celebrated C.reens
1. realised and the Chinese people ,,,,rH s'7n ,Mr' 'hat It
have a government that Is strong and president and Mr. Taft secretary of
free Is now easily realized. Many I war, that Mr. Taft came direct from
years ago an observant Chinese states- Oyster Ray to Oreensboro and "all
man said the Occidental, would never ln 'T"' 'u "u.
I meiit that that speech was submitted
rest uoiii u.cjr oau uwaneneo. i mnu a)prved of and endorsed by Mr.
"the sleeping giant and he predict- Roosevelt
cd that when that result had been ac-l U"ota the offending portion of
o oib.h.,.1 ,.n th,. .,.ri,i , ,t"u speech, with Its context of ergu
. .. t.,u . . ,.. , Imcnt which does In fuct mitigate
gret It. With such hardihood urn) ,,,,, lie believes Mr. Taft went
energy that all forecasts of failure I into the White House "sincerely de
were sel at naught, Dr Bun and hisrinK o pursue, a more liberal policy
r.. ,i.ii. ,uni i.ntiffi itiiun ti,.. r.. I towards tho sou th than many s man
.... ,, I who has been President during my
uiroiio. rur. oo u,CT. was quiet if,,lmie. i believe he feels tho same
a lull after the storm, or before. I way today.
Now the cables dally tell of murder I On the contrary, Mr. Settlo finds In
i ..in.. ri Th. .i.n Mr. Roosevelt's Columbus speech "an
.fc, J uncalled-for fling at the people of the
a I III W IllUM I cnt' ci ti, n -' wiiiici vcu, i guth
the army through which order wail ! any contest today where th
maintained Is the first to yield to the I people stand for justice and the courts
wild spirit of anarchy. I do noi- th "" "upport. the
, , u t . x, . 1 courts against the people Is untrue to
ine enuea.or . '' the memory of Lincoln, and shows
tlie natlonul capital located at Nan-1 that he is the spiritual heir, not of the
king was one of the causes of dls-1 men who followed and supported Lin
satisfaction In the Peking vicinity. coln' ' Cotton Whigs who
..... i i iivs n-u v iiii surtiuc laiiri iiiu
lr. Hun ha l-cen compelled to give anounce(1 Unoon for BtUok,n, thf
way al this point, he and his advisers I courts and the constitution.1" "Who
having decided to remove their head-Ms trt decide?" Mr. Settle asks.
miarters to the northern, city. He- "Wn& Cotton Whigs," and
, . ,-hin. wh? ".'"" '""h " the aplrll
.-.m- ... j..,.....r,, iniid.tn th flesh? What a. vnst love
provinces t lie eelcction ' cajdiat t I for t,h south la here showu, ana what
The act of Colonel Roosevelt in
placing Senator Dixon at the head of
bis lire-convention campaign com
niittee must be regarded as peculiarly
characteristic. Mr. Roosevelt has al
ways liked Mr. Dixon, largely becuuse
this former North Carolinian has been
a clean man in his public and private
nr.. lie is a self-made man. Mon
tana is proud of the finished product
and we have an idea that a great
ninnv- North Carolinians, without ro-
terence to political affiliations, feel
the same way about It. .Mr. Dixon
does not have any dealings with 26
liroadway. and he bears no intimate
relations to high priced lobbyists who
use about Washington. His house
record put him In the senate. Moi
tana has been the scene of great strug
gles between the Amalgamated Cop
per and the lleinze companies when
politicians by the score sold out to
lirst one side and then the other, it
all depending upon the high bidder.
Judges were traded in by these great
corporations. Perhaps this is one
reason that Senator Dixon has been
able to escape the goosetlesh with
which the more sophisticated and the
more eastern politicians, have been
seized following the suggestion by
loud Roosevelt that the people
night to lie given the opportunity to
remove a judge known to be corrupt,
or incompetent, proposed legislation
intended as a corrective when needed
in certain states, and not as a fixed
governmental policy. There are those
who, lp their excess solicitude for the
onstitution nf the lathers, stand
ighast at this horrendous suggestion
of .Mr. Roosevelt; but curiously
Hough, the spectacle, of a copper
ompany, or the Southern I'acltte
tailway company, 'or any other great
orporulion buying a judge, excites In
them no emotion, save, perhaps, one
f amused Indifference.. Senator
Dixon is different, mainly because he
knows, and he and other men Iroin
the west who have walked circum
spectly through all that welter of cor-
option, understand one another.
As we were saying. .Mr. Dixon Is an
honest man, and, as the provincial
press would put it. he and Mrs. Dixon
have been blessed by several children
hat is what Colonel Roosevelt meant
when, a few days since, he expressed
the fear that illness In the senator's
family would render it impossible for
him to take charge of the Roosevelt
impaign. They now have six child
ren.
Rut a man of the type of Senator
Dixon does not appeal with favor to
'resident Taft. Mr. Dixon being hon-
st, Mr. Taft probably feels that he Is
ticking in originality, or mayhap, In
magnetic qualities, and in Montana
matters the president turned to the
ite Thomas Carter for guidance, in
.oilit of fact, Mr. Tuft has never gone
utside Unit justly celebrated group of
:ili liusincss senators, that familiar
and of Town Tories, in his choice of
intimate friends, and frnni the time
that Colonel RooWivc.lt left for Africa
to the 'present moment they ' have
never ceased to bedevil Ills counsels.
When Roosevelt, nominated Taft for
the ' presidency he had to fight this
hoice assortment of reactionaries
IVnrose, Crane, Cannon, McKlnley o'f
Illinois, Ablrich and Smoot. While
the White House, striving for re
form legislation, Ihe DolIiver-IIcpburn
lilroad act. extension of forest ser
vice, national irrigation act, employ
is' liability act. pure food and drug
let, for federal meat Inspection and
the long and altogether creditable
line of Roosevelt reforms, the then
president had these-men to tight. Pas
sionately devoted to everything that
tho enactment of any of these pro
posed reforms Into law,' would be fol
lowed by black chaos, a rush of mat
ter anil crash of worlds that none
would survive. There could be no
mistake then, and there can he no
mistake now, with reference to whnt
these guides, counsellors and friends
of Mr. Taft stand for in American
public life. They pee no reason why
the Pennsylvania Railroad company
or the Standard oil company, should
not e persona! ugents in the I'nlted
Slates senate, if they are able to pay
the price. They heartily favored the
plan of transforming Ihe republic
Into a government of, . by and for a
iiiinon junta, with the highly ap
toved plan of smothering In com
mittee pigeon holes all legislation that
light prove displeasing to the great
orporatlons. They saw no earthly
reason why tariff schedules should not
be fixed alter a private heurlng given
o the hired agents of the trusts. The
working alliance between the big pub
service corporations, the agents of
irganized vice In the big clUes. and
the corrupt politicians, they look upon
as a necessary evil. These gentlemen
have a, contempt, which they make
little effort to conceal, for those feeble
minded, supercilious persons who may
be averse to seeing the nomination for
the presidency bought by the use of
corporation money In the north, and
federal patronage In the south; they
have the utmost respect and sympathy
for the cold cynicism of Watterson
who believes that It Is money, not pa
triotlsin, that determines. Presidential
nominations, and they are violently
opposed to those who are Inclined to
think that honesty would prove the
best policy In politics.
It la these men, the direct exponents
of all that la unwholesome, and un
sali'tary and unclean In American po
lltical life, in public afTalra, wbo have
undertaken the task of nominating
Mr. Taft by playing upon the passion
of self-preservation which an I mutes
the professional placemen of the pur
ty, and by heading off the effort of Un
friends of Colonel Roosevelt to socur
presidential preference primaries In
number of states. And It Is thesi
men that Colonel Roosevelt, with
mingled orler and astonishment, no
doubt, found In complete charge of
things upon his return from abroad
In the language of Senator Dolliver,
Mr. Taft was observed to be a man
totally surrounded by gentlemen
"who know exactly what they
want."
In Wisconsin Mr. Taft could see no
merit in LaPollette, the man who re
stored popular government In a state
that was owned by the railroads and
other big corporations. He won unable
to discern any good in a man who hud
refused to take a brllaj from old Saw
yer, who wanted J,f Follette to Inflit
enoe tho' Court In behalf of polltlcsl
thieves who, along with the public
service corporations, had for
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amination given, we-give It honestly.,
Therefore when there are symptoms
of sight breaking down, you had bet
ter consult us at once. We'll exam
ine your eyes and tit you with proper
glasses In a thoroughly scientific man
ner. "
Our reputation assures you of best
results attainable.
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Optometrist and Optician
Our Cc-Kltc Torii: Ijciiscs are the best,
it Patton Ave. Opp. Postofflcc
15c
will buy a pound box of un
questionably good Talcum Pow
der. : .
GRANT'S PHARMACY
Drugs and Seeds.
robbed the people of Wisconsin with
what llurke I'ockran once called a
leadly Impartially. In that state Mr.
Taft made Senator Stephenson his
friend, and lie w ill remain his friend
until the seriate lets him out on the
charge of buying his seat. Kven after
that sad event Mr. Taft, along with
the editor of the charlotte Observer,
will continue to drink milk extracted
Irom Pauline, the famous llolsteln
cow presented to the president by his
good friend Stephenson,
We allude to the Charlotte Ohsjerver
because we believe there are at least
four people who are sincerely In favor
f the president's renominatlon and
election. It lias of course been ob
served how our Charlotte 'contempo
rary Is furiously opposed to the nom
ination of any democrat who has the
slightest chance of winning. The al
together devoted quartet to which we
of course allude Is comprised of Pri
vate Secretary I lilies, lirothcr Charles
P. Taft, the Charlotte Observer and
the Mormon church, of which Reed
Smoot is tne senatorial personifica
tion.
And yet our ears are continuously
issalleil by that peculiar form of piffle
ibout how Mr. Taft has-been betrayed
iy his creator, Theodore Roosevelt. It
would be -much more in keeping with
the historical verities to say that Air.
Taft, In his stvinge friendships.
through a complaisance and credulity
that has brought grief to his friends.
and through an incompetence that is
now ulmost universally recognized,
has betrayed the American people.
The worst thing the people of this
ountry have got against Mr. Roose
velt is Mr. Taft. Greensboro News,
Taxiilloii In Proportion to
Puy.
Ability to
NEVER ANY .
WET FEET
When clad in 15. .M. S.
Co. Shoes. I'lioy iiiv cou
sli'iidt'il so us tti lie water
proof aiil (iniiijiproof,
coinliiuiiig comfort and
stylo in 1 1 i ir li dejriw.
(Jrcat values in these
shoes at four dollars, for
both men and women.
Children's school slioes
that are warm and will
keep the feet dry in the
worst kind of weather;
two fifty to three fifty.'
Brown.Miller
Shoe Co.
47 Patton Avenaa ,
Phase 71.
7RNISH YOUR HOME
NOW
Pay for it Later.
BEAUMONT
FURNITURE CO.
27 South Main St.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR
. T hereby announce myself a candi
date for the office of tax collector of
liuncombe county subpeet to the uc
tlon of the democratic primary.
R. A. PATTON.
BATTERY PARK BA
ASHEVriiLE, N. O.
E. SLUDER,Vicei
, J. E. HANKIN,
SlOOflu
.. ... '..$100
TRANSACTS A GENKRAIi RXN.KINU RlhlNEsg I
Special attention given to collections. Four per cent tntem,
on time deposits.
4HnHi
J. P.'SAWYET?, Fres.
T.C.C0XE, Vice-Pres.
Capital ... ......
Surplus and Profits .
Churning Time
Wo offer tho following reductions in Otto Minnie Churns: '' '.
4 gal. Churns reduced from $3.75 to... ... ...
3 gal. Churfta reduced from $4.00 to,,. ... . ... . - ' ';
5 gal. Churns reduced from $5.00 to... ... , "
10 gal. Churns reduced from $7.00 to. ... ,.. ... i....,:
Brown-Weaver Hardware Co,
25 North Main St.
Call at our store and see the
$200.00 SHETLAND PONY
Vliicli will be given away June 10th, to some loy orr'
uuder 16 years of age. ' ' .
M. HYAMS
FRESH MEATS
l'hone 49-21.1. ,
GROCEEE
Oor, N. Main &'Mcrrnioiili,
We Buy Anything
AND
Editor 'of The !uy,ette-iNVvs: 1
Apropos of your editorial in Satur
day's Gazetlc-.Vows on "Taxation In
proportion to ability to pay," I want to
tell my experience, liavinp; been told by
Cleveland lawyer that not only fov
self-protection but for the protection
of 'society,' I ought not to submit to
the exhorbit nit taxes levied In this
stale. My bouse and lot cost under
100 and Its TurnlshiiiRS are- corres-
hiliiiKly inexpensive. "Solvent over-
tils in my case mortnaBn bonds on
propertv wholly outside of the sliito
I ni iik in an Income of nearly $350, my
solo income, Jpon that tho taxes have
been from about $!iil.0U for : several
years up to $102.30' for 1911 minus
the -discount for early payment. , How
many iroierty owners. In the state, do
you think, pay in taxes 30 por cent of
their income? , -
Is it nut possible for our loKislators
to frame a tax law that shall not com
pel an honest citizen either to submit
extortion, or to resort to evasive
or an individual interpretation and a
rordinK to one's common sense? This
itter I was advised to do but I have
been trained to believe that no law
should be subject to private interpreta
tion for personal gain.
TAXPAYER.
Asheville. March 4. '12.
D. A. R. HISTORY
Many Data-Have ltccu I'ur-lli-lml,
Hut Some Sect ions
Have Neither iveii
.Nor Promised Any.
Editor of Tho Oaaette-Xews:
The ladios of the Edward Buncombe
haptcr of the Uannhtors of the Amer-
an Revolution me very much en-
oiiruKcd by the interest bcinK shown
by many In the collection of facta tc
In- lined III the writing of a history of
the inouutulns of North Carolina
Krom some, counties and towns they
have received information that la full
rid accurate of those who first settled
ihere and of many incidents and
events that otherwise would soon be
orgotteu. AmonK these towns are
Andrews, Altamont, Itoone, Haysville,
Franklin, HlKtihinds, ItobbhwvUlc
Hryson t'lty, Valle Cruel and Ban
ner Klk. They have also much in
formation from the following coun
lies: Clay. Graham, Macon. Hwaln
ind the new county of Avery. They
have premise of much interest from
Murphy and Cherokee, from Brevard
and Transylvania, from Waynesvllle
and Haywood, from Jefferson and Ashe
county ti tit from Yancey, Mudison arid
Mitchell. Col. W. 8. Terrell has sup
tilled much of value trom ' Sonoma
the most. bcauttul valley of Haywood
connry, uirrl premises much more, liul
of Jackson county and its many Hour
iMhliiK and uttructlve towns, and i!
own eharmlnif and unrlvulnd neifth
bor, llendurnon and Its capital, of
Sparta, and the rolling and attractive
county of AllcKhniiy, they are still in
want of even promises thoimh Hon
Itufus A. looKhtoi has airreed to
help ull he can us to AlleKhanv. There
are no three countlea In the mountains
with srenter advantages than these
and the ladles still hope they may
"find a place In the picture, near the
Hashing of tht unK."
The ladles of this patriotic order
are actuated by no selfish motlv
Most of them reshlo In Asheville a
city already widely known and exton
slvely advertised. They, therefor
are not a-rrkla primarily or specially
ror me glory or their home city. In
deed, they wish as far as possible, to
take away from It what soma regard
as a reproach the fast that while
much can be ascertained here about
Aslievlllemml Hun com be county, very
little can be learned by strangers of
years any other section of (.lis mountains.
FOR TREASURER
I hereby announce myself u can
didate for the nomination for treasur
er of Buncombe county, subject to the
action of the democratic primary.
WII.I, W. PATTON.
They want lo supply that Information
in a compact and reliable and Intelll
gible form, so that when stratiRcrs
ome bore they can find out all (hat
of importance concerning every oth
aoction of this beautiful land of
th s!,y. . They do not wish; any
stranger to' go away from this moun
tain country-.with the notion that thev
ave seen It all by coming to Ashe-
ille and driving around Ju this vi
cinity. Tliey would have Them know
that for 1.10 miles due west the blue
mountains and clear streams continue
to the stone, where corners North Car-
lina, (Jeorgia and Tennessee, while
for 125 miles northeast and 7.1
miles southwest the same) delightful
panorama of mountain, stream, and
ale extends to Virginia on the tiorUiJ-
iiul South Carolina on the suwtlT.
Now, while the principal object of
the forthcoming history was not to
upply this deficiency, but to rescm
from oblivion the names and deeds of
many of our worthy but obscure pio
neers, they are going to present In as
un attractive a form as possible all
the principal advantages of soil, cli
mate, minerals, water power, schools.
olleges. churches, resorts, industries
ind opportunities characteristic of
very county, town and hamlet in the
mountains, as well as reliable Infor
mation obtainable from official sources
rrorn State and Cnlted States' officials
on all these points. Surely no better
or cheaper advertising can be found
anywhere than that they -offer.
of course, what they most want are
the names and deeds of those who
lirst settled In these mountains and
truggleti with nature fh her harsher
moods. They want also the names and
deeds of those who have followed the
original pioneers and have been of
the most use to their fellow men
old farmers, hunters, preachers, doc
tors, schoolmasters and carpenters
who hlaxed the way and made smooth
the paths our feet are treading, for
getful of the obstacles they encoun
tered In "days of danuer. nights of
waking.
What this history shall have to sav
of these departed men and women
will probably be the best, and alas
the only memorial many of them will
ever have: and while "honor's voice
can not provoke the silent dust or
llattery soothe the dull, cold ear of
death," yet, what we shall now say of
them will prove indeed . whether In
truth and reality they are the "dead
but sceptered sovereigns who still rule
our spirits from their urns," or merely
the unremembered and unhonored
dead whose "artless tale'4 Is not worth
the trouble of relatlne;. ,'
Mr. Johrt P. Arthur, wild has un
dertaken the collection -ol' all this In
rormation, is very enthusiastic over
his work. He has been very persistent
In trying, to get at nil the facts oh
taliiable at this late 'date, and has
meet with considerable success. , 11
has already accumulated a greater
volume of Information than has be
fore been guthcred,, and Is still striving
to get mure. VT, even If the D. A, R
cannot ifford to publish all that is
accumulated now, they will preserv
every atom of It. and maybe, at some
future time all will see the light. But
it li almost certain that the ladles
will be able to publish everything of
interest that may be contributed at
this time. So certain are they of this
that they have extended the- time In
which such Information can be sent
In to April 10, next.
ONE INTERESTED,
GUARANTEED fOR Lift
We have also eome xinei
celled bargains in second-hand
.. - - . . , ... ,i ,-.. , ,
cars.
Western Carolina Anto. C.
Walnut and tieiiurkia.
VTe show some '.extra fine
valui'S iu - - .i .
BRASS BEDS
Cash or Credit.
J. L. SMATHERS AND SONS
Mammoth Furniture Store
15-17 No. Main St.
Sell Everything
S. STERNBERG & C0MPANI
Depot Street. .
.Phone 335
Cadillacs
and th
Kitchen Furnite
AVe have a coinplotc stock
Kaiitfos, Stoves, Kitchen Cn
nets, Safes, TalU'S,ptc. Lei j
show you our stuck. Pri
reasonable. Terms, cash !
credit. For every tlultepj
us you get li eliaiice outM
lirass Keds. 1
Donald & Don:'
)
US. Main. l')'"
TOR SALE
105 Acres 7-roomed House, one of
the choicest farms on sale. Party leav
ing state, fine orchard, plenty of wood
and water. 8 miles from city.
S. D. UALIi
l'hone 91. S2 Patton Ave.
NO ITI'-Ml MY
HARRY S. BURROWS
Tailoring'
OITIces 1 ami 1
- OVEll C1TIZI AS B.I
NOTICE I
Drs. Purefoy A Powell hj"
moved their office l"10 "U
Legal Building. Voom -i
Elevator service.
J05-1M
I
"Jhe Store That Selb Wootiex
MOUNTAIN CITY
. STEAM LAUNDRY
Tclepone' 423.
ft r-. ill :r::
JfJt Zains or Jnom Shop-
Jiore . :
- , .... . ' . i
There in one lug advantage in shopping here wlicii 1
rains, the SI root Car steps direetfy in front of tli
and customers from any part of the city can step l,l"u
the car into, the Store in a hecond. Ami another yh'?n'
tiige in that we always hiivo JJain Day Specials that 3
not advertised. Kor instance, wo make n specially f
lluihrol.his at 8!c. .This price is the rainy tiny price m
is ohiainable only on Rainy DayR. ' ' , ff
We want you to use the' Hon Marche as. ni''(,(,ul?
phiee. , "Our llest Room is always at your disposal, t0!11"
and go when you wish. ' .
t Son MarchStyies in Tailored JW&
for iOomsn
!'ij"i.iinl.v from the host manufacturer'' ml
counting all hills we are enabled to oiler a high n'';'"'
line of suits at very reasonalte prices. See our wnn,1,r.
ful showing at $23 to $40. ' They are not to he einn1r"
wilh any others, within $7.50 of price asked. ;,'.