Monday, December 23, " 1912
THE ASIIEVILLE GAZETTE-NEWS
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OPTOMETRIST AND OPTICIAN.
78 PATTON AVENUE
Involutions Against Ires
Following the usual custom the in
surance department ol" the state lias
.sent out the 'following circular villi
reference to taking precaution against
fires during Chri-imaii:
"lo not decorate your Christmas
tree with paper, cotton or any other
inlkinmiaUle material. 1'se metallic
tinsel nnd other nnn-inilammaitle dec
orations only,- nnd set the Christmas
trees securely in order that the chil
dren, in reaching for the gifts, will
not turn them over,
"Do not use cotton to represent
snow. If snow is absolutely nececs
sary, asltestos tihre should be used. .
"Io ijot h:::?:: the . children to
iiKht or relight the candles, while
parents are not present. They fre
quently set fire to their clothing In
Htia l. The l.'ee itself will hum. when
needles have become dry.
"Po not leave matches within
reach of children at holiday time.
Mother
It Is
Your Duty
To protect your own to see that your child
ren are protected when Croup and I'neumonia
come. GOWAXS PRKPAKATION will cure
any disease v.'horc. lS'l..:i.'.,'..'l'. i.i the
cause. K'ep Clowans In the home. Ail drug
Klts. External. 2Tt cents and GO cents. P.L'Y'
IT TODAY and lie prepared.
Candles ar meant to be lighted, and
If the children can get matches hey
will experiment wlht them. They
imitate their elders."
Christmas day will be observed In
the city with special Christmas music
at the different churches. . St. Law
rence will observe Christmas morn
ing with high mass at 6:30 o'clock.
celebrating low mass at 8 and 11
o'clock. The musical program for the
high mass is as follows:
Hail Christmas Morn . ... . , . Gounod
Kyrie Klelson .............. Vangel
Gloria in Excelsls Mozart
Credo . .... .............. La Hache
Offertory . . . , . . ... . Christmas Song
Snnctus ... . . . , . ... . ... . . . Latrovost
Benedictus Gounod
Agnus Del La Hacht
Christmas services at Trinity church
will be continued throughout the
week, the particular feature of those
services being the boys' vested choir, n
recently instituted organization under
the direction of Garland A. Thomason,
which contains 16 of the young boys
of Trinity who will sing at these ser
vices. Holy communion will be con
ducted as follows:
Holy communion will be conducted
as follows: Monday morning at 8
o'clock; Wednesday morning, at 7, S
and 11 o'clock and Wednesday after
noon at ! o'tdock: Thursday morning
at 10 o'clock; St. Stephens; Friday
morning at 8 o'clock, St. John; Satur
day morning at 8 o'clock, the Holy
Innocent. ,
Service at All Souls' church, Hilt-
more, will take place at 11 o'clock
Christmas morning. Rev. Dr. Rodney
Rush Svvope officiating, when the fol
lowing musical program will be rendered:
Te Deum and Jubilate in D minor,
by Nobel; Anthem, 'Calm on the Lis
tening Ear," Harker. A full choral
celebration of the communion will be
held after the morning prayer.
Three masses beginning at midnight
tomorrow will be held at St. Gene
vieve's college, the following musical
program to be given:
Kt Incarnatus .............. Zlndleu
Adeste Fidelia Zlndieu
Gloria In Excelsls Mozart
French Hymns, infour parts.
CHRISTMAS BARGAINS
Ladies' New Fur Hats
$7.50, $5.50 and
$5.00 Goods
NOW $3.00
Ladies' Handsome
Long Coats
$32 and $30 Goods now $16.50
$22.50 and $20 goods
now ..$12.75
$17.50 and $15 good3 now $9.75
$12.50 goods now $7.50
Ladies' and Children's
Coat Suits
$30 and $28 goods now $18.50
$22 and $20 goods now $13.50
$17.50 and 15.00 goods
now . . $10.75
$12.50 goods now $7.75
$ 9.50 goods now $6.00
$ 7.00 goods now $5.00 "
$ 5.75 and $5.00 goods
now . ; . 4 . . .$3.50
$ 4.00 goods now $2.50
H. REDWOOD & CO.
SOCIAL HAPPENINGS
(Continued from page 5.)
Pennsylvania, to spend the holidays
with his parents, Dr. and Mrs. L. H.
Mcllrayer.
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lirown-Wootl
The wedding of Miss Esther P.rown,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
lirown of Weaverville, to William C.
Wood.- of Llngle, Wyo., will take place
at the home of the bride's parents in
Weaverville tomorrow afternoon at G
o'clock. Rev. J. H, West performing
the ceremony. The wedding will he
followed by a reception which will be
Tor a few relatives and close friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Woods will leave on the
Carolina Special for Cincinnati, where
they will spend Christmas, going lat
er for a short time to Denver, after
which they will be at home In Llngle,
Wyo.
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Mini Frieda Bcrnecker has gone to
Savannah to visit her sister. Miss
Amelia. Uernecker, and brother for the
holidays.
George Craig, son of Governor-elect
and Mrs. Locke Craig, hns returned
to the city from the University of
North Carolina where be is a student,
to spend the holidays with his pa
rents at the Battery Park hotel.
Donald Young of Detroit, who for
some weeks past has been a guest at
the home of Mrs. Taylor Amiss on
Haywood street, leaves shortly after
Christmas for the A. and M. college
In Raleigh, to study scientific farm
Ing. . ,
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Mason Alexander, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. 1 Alexander, has returned
from Trinity Park school, Durham,
where he is a student, to spend the
holidays with his parent In the city.
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Judge J. C. Prltchard Is expected to
arrive from Richmond this afternoon,
R. C. Daniels, his secretary, has al
ready returned.
Miss Alma Reagan of Atlanta Is vis
iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 3. 3
Reagan, at Weaverville.
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Charles E. Waddell arrived thin
morning from Boston to spend Christ
mas with his family in BUtmore.
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John Minor, son of Dr. and Mrs.
Charles L. Minor, has returned from
Charlottesville, where he U a student
In the University of Virginia, to spend
the holiday with his parents.
Talbot Pennlman of Wilmington,
Del., son of Mrs. W. Talbot Pennlman,
Is spending a short while In the city
wth his mother and family at Forest
Hill.
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Cahrles Milllnder, son of Dr. and
Mrs. M. C. Millender, has returned
from Chapel Hill, where he Is a stu
dent In the University of North Caro
lina, to spend Christmas with his pa
rents.
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Mis Lucy Penniman. who 1 a stu
dent at Yussar. being president of the
senior :1hm, turn returned to the city
to spend Christmas with her mother,
Mrs. Talbot Penniman, and family, at
Forest Hill.
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Willium Henry Harrison has re
turned from the east, having, with
Mrs. Harrison, been spending some
time in Philadelphia and Virginia, and
is a guest at the Battery Park hotel.
Samuel Fisher has returned 'to the
city from the Raleigh A. and M. col
lege, where he Is a student, to spend
the Christmas holldavs.
at it
Dr. Louise Anderson Merrlman and
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emery
Merrlmon, who have been guests of
Mrs. Taylor Amiss at her resilience
on Haywood street, have returned to
their home on Chestnut street, where
they are keeping house. i
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R. C. Daniel returned last night
from Richmond, where he has been
with Judge Priteharn.
CHRISTMAS SERVICES
Music Programs That Will Be Fol
lowed in Some of the Churches
Wednesday.
The Christmas music given last
eyening at Central Methodist church
wan attended with an unusual degree
of success and received much favor-
ulile criticism. The following pro
gram was given by the choir under
the able direction of the organist,
Miss Daisy Smith:
Organ prelude "The Cadinette
Shepherd's Song... Jores
Anthem "Sing, O Heaven," . .Simpei
Hymn "Joy to the World."
Solo "The Christ Child".' Coombs
, Miss IJes.-iOwnbey. '
Offertory Pastorial Symphony (The
Messiah) Handel
Solo "O Holy Night" Adamr
Mrs. J. E. Meares.
Hymn "Brightest and Best the Son?
of the Morning."
Cantata.
'The Story of Bethlehem"'
William R. Spencr
Postlude "Toccota" Crawford
The soloists in the cantata were
Mrs. Joseph E. Meares, Mrs. J. M.
Rums, Judge Thomas A. Jones and
James G. Stikeleather. The program
was well selected and excellently ren
dered. F. Flaxlngton Harker's organ
prelude, "Pastorale," was given at the
morning service, this program also In
cluding Bochan's anthem, "There Were
Shepherds," John A. West's anthem,
"Sing Unto the Lord," and Dubois
"March of the Magi Kings."
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For Those In Prison.
A Christmas treat is being arrang
ed by the Brotherhood of St, Andrew
for the prisoners In the county jail
on Christmas day that will be a lil
ting celeb-ation of the occasion
which her 13s "good will to men." A
committee composed of Garland A.
Thomasson, director of the Brother.
hood, Arthur Amoler, Cecil Dcvenlsh,
Lavon Sarnflnn and Samuel Fisher,
will meet nt the office of The Gazette-News
at 1 o'clock on Christmas
day and with other Interested citi
zens will go to the prison where bask
ets of fruit oranges, apples, and ban
anas win be given the prisoners.
This has been a practice of the Bro
therhood for some years past and has
with other highly commendable fea
tures of the efforts of this worthy
organization of young men proved of
much benefit and resulted in the
promotion of the ultimate object of
the brotherhood of man. This or
ganization engaged in thl same work
of remembering the prisoners on
Thanksgiving last and are making
plans at the present that will Include
even more extensive efforts along
those lines for the Christmas occasions.
Show Falling Oklahoma.
By AiiocUtteA Prru.
Oklahoma City, Dec. 3. Snow fell
steadily throughout northeastern Ok
lahoma this morning. At Muskogee
the ground was oovered to a depth of
two Inches at daybreak. Frsm four
to seven Inches was reported in the
Panhandle region of Texas. At Abi
lene, Teouuv now was still falling at
7 a. m.
Ills Omission.
He boasted loudly of the pies
His dear mother used to make.
He never said a word about
' Dyspepsia pills he used to take.
Judge.
Dr. Saintly "Ever one should viva
according to hi means."
Dyer But most glv according to
their meanness." Judge.
Tis exceedingly hard
to make the garments
for Formal Dress. So
difficult that but few
have the ability to do so
with success.
The wonderful Crafts
manship, the attention
to little details, the art in
selection of Quality Fab
rics have made I. W.
Glaser C lothes the Choice
of the Best Dressed Men
of Asheville.
And this same Clothes
Perfection is linked to
the Garments of every
day wear made by Smith
Gray Co., 5th Ave. Tailors.
18 Patton Ave. Mail Orders Promptly Attended To
1914
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Her Present.
Smith Is a hard-hearted man. The
spirit never touches him. His wile,
however, Is different. She entered the
dining rnoni with a troubled look on
Christmas Eve.
"Oh, John," she said, "Mary, has
lust swallowed a dime! What shall
we do?" ' '
Mary, be it said, is the maid in the
Smith household.
"Do?" repeated the master of the
house. "Well, I suppose we'd better
let her keep It. She'd have expected
i Christmas box, anyhow." Judge.
Miss Ida St. Leon in "Finishing
Fanny" at the Auditorium tonight is
the youngest star on tho American
tage. , it
There being a compensation for
everything, such a thing as cany mon
ey does not exist. Atchison l?Iobe.
reamIland Hheatri
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VAVDEVI LLE AND MOVING PICTURE!
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"BTCUNE AND GRANT" Comedyi Singing ' Danoli
Tumbling and horizontal bars.
3 REELS REFINED PICTURES
"The Skinflint," a beautiful drama. . . . . . . .... . . . .Kill
"The Telltale Message," an interesting detective story, .,
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"Reviewing French Troops by Airship," also "The
Beautiful City of Paris" Kle
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$1.00, $7.00, Engines, $1.10, $1.75.
' Telegraph Instruments, $1.25, $2.75
Christmas tree Lighting outfits, $2.00,
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