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Wednesday, Serf l8 ,. rAujS TjaN ' THE ASHEVILLE GAZETTE-NEWS iVIIEOEVMB HEWS holds moms Places of Interest Just : i in Troubled Old Europe GOOD CHANCE GIVEN TO STUDY GEOGRAPHY National Oeofxttphio Society Xante Primer ST .ft to Students of Wu Qauu Prominent Plaooa. 7'' - '. TOn A northeastern French gar- nson town, 16 miles west of Nancy, and 23 miles from the Lorraine bor i der. Its population Is about 11,000. jit is bordered on the south by the j Moselle River and on the north by ;the Marne-Rhine Canal. Immediate ly after the Franco-German war the whole system of frontier defense was revised in France and Toul was made the most formidable of all the new fortresses of the Aleuse and Moselle. .The perimeter of the Toul defences proper is nearly 30 miles, and their i mean distance from the town about : six miles. The city is connected with the fortress of Verdun by the "Meuse iline" of barrier forts. The town's industries include the manufacture of porcelain; its trade is in wine and brandy. It is one of the oldest towns in France. After being sacked successively by Goths, Burgwndians, iandals and Huns, Toul wus con quered by the Francs in 450. The town capitulated in 1S70 after bom bardment of 12 days. MEAUX. In northern France, on the right bank of the Maine, the chief town of the agricultural region of Brie, 28 miles east of northeast of i Paris by rail, with a population of about 13,000. It was here in 1567 that the protestants tried to seize the French king Charles IX, and his I mother Catherine de' Medici. The ! plot failed, the king and queen escap ing with their courtiers to Paris. It was the first town which opened its Igates to Henry IV in 1S54. On the I highway to Paris, its environs w ere jj-avaged by the army of Lorraine in 11652 and it was laid under heavy requisitions in 1814, 1815 and 1870. The town has a large trade In cer eals, wool, cheeses, and other farm produce, and manufactures flour, 'lumber, mustard, hosiery, plaster end machinery. - COl'LOMMIERS A French town, 45 miles east of Paris by rail, In the Brie district, with a population of about 7,000. The town's chief indus try is printing. It also carries on tanning, flour-milling and suar-mak-lng, and trades in agricultural pro ducts especially in ceeses named af ter the tomm. The town contains a statue to Commandant Beaurepah-e, who, in 1782, killed himself rather than surrender Verdun to the Prus sians. PARIS TO CHALOXS-SCR-MAR-VE The country over which the contending armies are fighting, to the east of Paris, Is full of Interest. Eight miles out Is the town of LK RAIXOY built In the park of the cha teau which belonged to the Orleans family and was pillaged in 184S. At this point an electrlo tramway runs to MOXTFERMEIL, two and a half miles away. Eleven miles out of Paris at CHELLES was the villa of the Merovingian kings. In which redugunda caused Chllperic to be murdered. The town was celebrated for Its abbey, destroyed after 1790. A few miles further on is the town of XOISIEL, where one of the largest ! chocolate factories In the world is lo ; cated. Seventeen miles out of Parts Is the town of LAGN'Y, with a popu- latlon of about 6,000, situated on the ! River Marne. Here is found the early Gothic church of St. Pierre which Is really thet choir of an im mense abbey church which was be gun but never finished. Beyond this place the river makes a detour of ten miles, which vessels avoid by a short canal t cut through a tunnel running iparalel to the railroad tun nel sir. miles further on is the town of ESIiLY, on the Grand Morin, a picturesque river which frequent ly floods the environs of Paris. Twenty-eight miles from . Paris Is MEACX, with a population of 15,000, which carries on an active trade in grain and Brie chese. The Cathedral of St. Etienne is a Gothic edifice be gun In the 12 th century, whose south tower Is still unfinished. Thirteen miles further up the Marne is I'ER-TE-SOVS-JOIAURE, a small town famous for its mill-stone quarries. It was the "divine fortress" of the Gauls. Etghten miles further east Is CHATEAU -THIERRY, famous for its manufacture of mathematical and wind instruments. The castlp here is said to havo been built by Charles Martel. At this poin t begin the beautiful vineyards of Champagne. Eighty-eight miles nut of Parla Is the town of EPERN'AY, the center of the champagne trade of France. There are vast cellars used by the champagne makers, consisting of long galleries hewn in the chalk rock. It is estimated that annually 5.000,000 bottles of champagne are laid down here. Beyond Epernay, 92 miles out of Paris, is a very ancient heronry occupied annually by herons from February to August. Fifteen miles further up the valley of the Marne is the city of CITAIjOXS. GAIJCIA The largest province of Austria, bounded on the north anil east by Russia and separated from Hungary on the south by the Car pathian mountains; on the west It is hounded by the province of Moravia and on the southeast by the province of Bukovina. Long winters, with an abundant snowfall, short and wet springs, hot summers and long and steady autumns give it the severest climate in Austria. Its principal agri cultural products are barley, oats, rye, wheat, maize and leguminous plants, and its minerals are salt, coal, petroleum, zino and sulphur. Galicia makes nearly forty per cent of the total production of spirits In Austria. It also manufactures lumber, paper, sugar and cloth. In 1910 the provincp had a population of .f22.1M. On the first partition of Poland in 1772, Ga licia came to Austria; in 1795 west CURED HIS RUPTURE I was badly ruptured while lifting a trunk several years ago. Dotors said my only hope of cure was an opera tion. Trusses did me no good. Fin ally I got hold of something that quickly and completely cured me. Years have passed and the rupture has never returned, although I am doing hard work as a carpenter. There was no operation, no lost time, no trouble. I have nothing to sell, but will give full Information about how you may find a complete cure without operation, if you write to me, Eugene M. Pullen, Carpenter, f 243A Marcellus avenue, Manasquan, N. J. Better cut out this notice and show it to any others who are ruptured you may save a life or at least stop the misery of rupture and the worry and danger of an operation. Galicia was added to the district and the further addition of Cracow was made in 1846. lH'KOVLXA A small Austrian province in the extreme eastern part of Austria-Hungary lying next to that part of Russia which was formerly owned by Turkey. Its area is 4.035 square miles and its population In 1910 was 800,099. Its Industrnes are brewing, distilling and milling. Us agricultural products, wheat, maize, rye, oats, barley, potatoes, flax and hemp. The' oflicial language is German.- The province belonged origin ally to that part of Turkey which is now in the possession of Russia. It was occupied by the Russians In 1769 and by the Austrians in 1774. In 1777 Turkey ceded the province to Aus tria. It was incorporated with Galicia in '1786, but was separated from it in 1819. ISHESIiAV The capital of Prus sian Silesia, on the Oder, 350 miles from its mouth and 202 miles from Berlin on the railway to Vienna. The city is 50 miles from Russian Poland, its population in 1910 was 511,891. lireslau is exceedingly rich in fine monuments and handsome fountains. The industries comprise machinery and tools, railway and tramway car riages, furniture, gold and silver work, carpets, furs, paper, musical instruments, glass and china. Coal, sugar, cereals, spirits, pertoleum and timber are traded In extensively. Breslau Is the headquarters of the sixth German army corps and con tains a large garrison of troops In peace times. The city came into the possession of Frederick the Great In 1741. It was recovered by the Aus trians in 1757, but was regained by Frederick In the same year and has since belonged to Prussia, although the French held It for a few days in 1807 and again in 1S13. : I GDESJGOUTIKG Baseball Magnate Leaves on Thursday in Search of New Tim'oer. Yonr glasses at our expense. On Thursday and Fri day of this week only, the Louis I. Alexander Optical Company will present you with a full sized regular hot tie of LEUZO, the standard eleanser for eyeglasses and spectacles. Fill out the coupon below and present it at our store, 7S Patton Ave., just below the post office, and receive the free bottle of Lenzo. Xame Address City Date 1914. Good only when properly filled out and pre sented at Louis I. Alexander Optical Co., 78 Patton Avenue. Statement of Condition of Git men B ASHEVILLE, N. C. At the Close of Business Sept. 12, 1914 RESOURCES e Loans . Furniture and Fixtures N. C. 4 Per Cent. Bonds .. . . Cash in Vault and Banks $493,603.10 5,000.00 10,000.00 71,874.40 $580,477.50 LIABILITES Capital Stock Surplus and Profits Bills Payable Deposits $ 50,000.00 30;933.84 20,000.00 479,543.66 $580,477.50 DIRECTORS S. LIPINSKY Dry Goods W. R. WHITSON Ijawyer GEO. S. POWELL Investments GEO. A. MURRAY Lumber JULIUS C. MARTIN Lawyer C. BREWSTER CHAPMAN Capitalist RUFUS J. WOODCOCK Ileal Estate H. TAYLOR ROGERS ltookscller, Stationer, Printer F. STIKELEATHER Insurance, Real Estate M. H.KELLY Water & Sewer Contractor H. C. JOHNSON Proprietor Ashcvllle Grocery Co. JOHN A. CAMPBELL Ex-Mayor of Ashevillo (Cashier) EDWIN L. RAY President Manager Jack Corbett of the Ashe villo Haseball club will leave tomor row for a scouting trip through the east and nilchlle west and plans, while ' gone, to get a line on a number of promising ball players for the local club for next season. Corbett will take his time and visit many cltliea during the trip. Knowing baseball men In all parts of the country it oupht not to be much trouble for Corbett to tret in touch wi'h men who will bo valuable addition.) to the Mountaineers next year. Corbett is without a peer in the Carolina league when It cornea to picking ball players and ho not only knows how to pick them but can Ret more work out of a player than the average manager can. Ho will be gone on thin trip for several weeks, visiting Cincinnati, To ledo, Indianapolis, Chicago, and other cities and expects to be able to (ret In touch with as many men as! he will need for the try-outs next spring. Corbett will spend the greater part of the winter In and around Ashe ville anil during all this time will be in correspondence with baseball men. keeping a line on the movements of players In all parts of the country. clInpliiK to llieui and. bending over thrust them Into my mouth well back Immediately 1 knew that I had made a mistake; the ropy stuff got on to my tongue and wouldn't come off. The moment It touched my tongue I knew that It not only looked like billboard paste and smelled like It, but that It tasted like a pot that had been left over from yesterday. For an hour 1 tried to worry It olT my tonjme and all afternoon I could taste It lurking In my month. Homer Croy In Leslie'. CASTORIA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Signature of ollna, this Is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned at Arden, N. C, on or before the 5th day of September, 191I, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons Indebted to said estate will please make Immediate payment to the un dersigned. This September 2nd, 1914. (MRS.). AGNES MORRIS, Administrator of Sid Morris. NOTICE OP SALE. By virtue of the power of sale con tained In a certain Ieed of Trust, ex ecuted by J. I Wright and wife, R. O. Wright, to R. M. Wells, Trustee, to secure to E. S. Garrett certain notes therein described, dated the 3rd day of April, 1912, and duly recorded In the ofllce of Register of Deeds for Bun combe county In Book of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust No. 89 at page 99, and default having been made in pay ment of the notes therein described, and demand having been made upon the undersigned as trustee to sell the same to satisfy said notes, I will on Thursday, October 1, 1914. at the hour of 12 o'clock, noon, In front of the Court House door In Buncombe coun ty, sell to the last and highest bidder, for cash, the following described real, estate, to-wit: - Lying and being In Buncombe coun ty, N. C, on the waters of Turkey Creek, adjoining the lands of William Rogers, J. Frank Wells and others, bounded and more particularly de scribed as follows: First Trace: Beginning on a large rock. Turner Hall's corner, and runs North 86 dog. West 36 poles to a Spu ish Oak; then South 78 deg. East II poles to a Chestnut; then North deg. East 20 poles to a stake In Htlli line; thence South 60 poles to I Chestnut Oak In Dover's line; thetti with his line South 82 do. West 1U poles to Dover's Locust corner; tbo North SO deg. East with a marked But to the Beginning corner, contalninj 25 acres. Ix)t No. 2. Beginning on a Uifi Chestnut, Philips' corner, and runnlns North 80 deg. East 29 poles toaltm Chestnut; then North 38 deg. EutH poles to a large Chestnut; then Soati 84 deg. East 8 poles to a Black Oik; thence South 45 deg. West 16H pole! to the Beginning, containing four WW and 73 poles, more or less. This Is the 1st day of Septemtm, 1914. R. M. WELLS, TruiW. IN TIME OF WAR PREPARE FOR PEACE While all Europe is engaged In war every young American should pre pare for the business of peace. The sword will soon be withdrawn and all commercial and Industrial pursuits re sumed. Then there will be 5P Pepsi-Cola .s V IN BOTTLES AT ALL FOUNTS AN ALL-THE-YEAR-ROUND BEVERAGE For That Thirst For TItat Tired Feeling For TItat Brain Fag Drink Pepsi-Cola ; KEEP IT IN THE ICE CHEST AT HOME ' Order a Case from Your Grocer. EATING PASTY P0I. """ A Painful Experience With the Popu lar Food of Hawaii. Tbe national food of Hawaii Is "pol." It Is to them what rice la to the Chi nese, frljoles to the Mexicans, blubber to the Eskimos. The first day I was there torn friend of mine or I bad thought they were friend Inveigled me Into eating some of It. "It's made out of taro root." they ex plained. "They take an Iron that look Ilka a pestle, put tbe roots on a hol lowed out board about tbe elze of a ta ble leaf and pound It ip. It la their tall of life. Dave some." With that the person with whom I bad been friendly passed me a dish of poL It looked like billboard paste the same color, tbe same consistency and. from at near aa I could politely get my nose, tbe same smell "Tbey eat It with their forefingera,' be explained, "and It la known aa one Soger or two linger pol according to bow thick It U. Thla la two finger pol, so yon will bare to dip two flogere In and quickly put them well back Into yonr mouth. Just go ahead and help yourself." I wanted to make a bit wrer what 1 was eating and started to take tiny taste, but he saw the motion and line of pain ran across bia face that I ahould doubt the food be bad set oat for roe. -We bate plenty of It," be said cordlnlly. holding oat tbe bowl With Unit I thrust my two fingers In stirred. thsmsMjinduntjLthl tfol was EMPLOYMENT FOR ERYONE EV- Factories and mills now idle will re sume operations on double time. Ship ping facilities will be crowded to the utmost and the demand for young men and women in offices as stenographers, book-keepers, salesmen, shlppif.r clerks, time-keepers, etc., will far ex ceed the supply. Every business col lege In America today ought to be crowded with pupils. I OUR ENROLLMENT IS DOU-, BLE j What It was thla time last year. hut It is not enough for the demand. We need at least titty more pupils for the fall term. We are offering j TWO COMPLETE SCHOLAR SHIPS FOR THE PRICE j OF ONE j tilt fifty more enter. See announce- ment of our courses In another page of thla Issue. We Invite you to call and see us and let us explain many reasons why you should begin a course now. Ashcvllle Business Col lege, Henry B. Shockley, principal. Miss Anna Jarrett, shorthand and typewriting department, third floor. North Pack Square. Il31tf fl Redwood k Co. Handsome Suits and Coats for Ladies, Misses and Children Handsome Suits for Men, Youths and Boys Handsome Wool Dress Goods, Coatings and Cloakings Handsome Silks and Velvets Stylish Shoes and Hats for Everybody NOTICE. ' Having qualified as administrator of the estate of Hid MorrU. dsceamd, late of Buncombe county, North Car- A WEALTH OF BUTTERICK PATTERNS. Our stock is a good one one that would be a credit to a city of fiftf thousand souls. We buy our merchandise right from sources of the highest clas and we mark but a close living profit on our wares. A call at your earljr convenience, please, while the stock is at its best. I
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