Tuesday, December Y PAGE FOUR EE ASHEVILLE GAZETTE-NEW3 THE' GAZETTE- IN PUBLISHED BT Evening News Publishing Co. ASHEVILLE. N. C SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ' Asheville and Blltmore One Week Three Months Blx Mouths Twelve Months - B-00 BY MAIL, IX ADVANCE Three Months ......... 11.00 fiix Months Twelve Months - 2.00 4.00 Any matter olrerea for puDlication that Is not classified as news, glvlne notice or api-eallr.g or project where an admittance or other fee Is charged is advertising and will be accepted . at regular rates only. The same applies to cards of thanks, obituary no""8 political announcements and the like It st It 1 . . st Th Oftzette-News Is a mem bef of The Associated Press. r K Its teiearaph news is there- fore complete and reliable. i Entered at the Fostofflce m Asheville as second-class matter. Tuesday, December 29, 1914. STOCK IMPROVEMENT, While tt may sound like a radical statement The Gazette-News believes It Is not going too far to say that it iwould pay Buncombe county to hire an expert stock man to give hla time to the improving of the cattle, sheep, hogs and horses in the county. How over, we do not think It essential at this time, for the reason that the farmers themselves are beginning to realize the Importance of improving their stock, and the Asheville Board of Trade has inaugurated a movement with this end in view. As an example of what may be ac complished by a movement of this kind we have only to cite the corn club work and the things accom plished by the county farm demon strator. Three or four years ago it was that The Gazette-News began preaching in and out of season tho tmnnHnnrfl ctf com clubs for the farming men and boys in the county. A little later this paper urged the creation of the farm demonstrator, and Buncombe county was one of the first counties in the state to employ such an official. At first he was only paid for four months' work twice a year', 'but early It was evident that It would repay the county many fold to employ the demonstrator the year round and this was done. Very tangl ble benefits have been the result benefits too numerous to mention. It is enough to point to the recent corn show held at the courthouse and to remind the tax payers that the corn clubs and the farm demonstrator this year alone caused to be added to the corn yield of the county some 200,000 bushels an estimate of course; and it Is estimated that Buncombe in various lines benefitted this year to the extent of between $300,000 and $400,000 by reason of the corn and canning clubs and the farm demon stration work. For this added wealth the best sort of wealth; literally making two blades grow where only one grew before the county was "out" a few hundred dollars. So we have great hopes for the movement to better the stock, A promising plan has been worked out for the purpose. It is proposed that the farmers of the various communi ties go in together and buy fine reg istered bulla These bulls will be transferred from section to section of the county from year to year to avoid Inbreeding, and in this way good grade cattle will be secured from the stock already on hand. In the course of time full blooded stock or stock near enough pure bred for all prac tical purposes will be the rule instead of the exception as is now the case. It is not proposed to change the breed of which there is a preponder ance in any section. The farmers themselves will be the Judges of the sort of cattle they raise. Going back to the farm demonstra tion work. The Gazette-News has been informed that there is a dispo sition on the part of certain of the commissioners to cut the work from full to part time. We wish to say that the commissioners, though they have the power, have no right to do this. It has been clearly showed that the work pays the county. It is said that the cut would be made In the interest of economy.; That Is carrying economy to too fins a point. We can not believe that the board intends to 'lo this thing, but If It should It will not only have Interrupted progress In the most vital of our material ef. fi'.is hut It wlH actually have taken a ifirkwrd step which would require -nr nf effort to make up. The Adhnvllln Hoard of Trade Is to ri.tfuriKmleil fur the rttind It ho ' '- kKulnut thin retrKr wlon. The ' i 1 l iin J'lnynl nn Importnnl jtnrt lulu Im fruvi mi lit mk; mill -.'"nl .f!l.-l:i 1 tliu nt,r u ullural sevrlce recently remarked that a good board of trade was one of the best adjuncts farm demonstration work could have. . FLIMSY TOYS. Look at the children's toys a week after Christmas or two days after and what do you find? Little automo biles with the wheels bent and the driving mechanism disarranged, little stoves with the doors broken off and the stovepipe loosened, little horses with their legs gone, little dogs with their tails off, little dolls with their arms dislocated, little tin dishes bent and china dishes shattered, little wooden things with the paint soaked oft and the glue loosened by water. Of all the playthings left by well meaning Santa Claus it is fortunate if one remains intact and serviceable by the end of January. Parents are largely to blame, no doubt They should not be taken in by the glitter of tinsel and the glare of paint. They should prefer substan tial merit to cheapness, buying one good, durable toy rather than half a dozen cheap, flimsy ones. But the dealers and manufacturers have much to answer for. Surely play things may be both durable and cheap; but one may go through store after store during the holidays and find scarcely an attractive toy that looks able to withstand a week's handling by a healthy youngster. Even the expensive things are far too fragile. Do the makers, the dealers and the parents not know that children need strong toys? Toys are the tools they use in their work of building up their sense-knowledge and shaping their intelligence. It is as absurd to give them specious trash as it would be to give a carpenter tin saws and leaden nails. Not only are simple, solid, usable toys the most sensible presents for children, but they are the things the children prefer in stinctively and cherish most fondly. It is time for a general reform in this business. Now that we are mak ing our own toys in America, let us make honest toys that will stand rea sonable usage by American children. . TXFAIR TO THE HEX. Judging from testimony given in the federal "egg trust" investigation, we owe a national apology to the great American hen. This busy bene factor works as hard as she can to lower the cost of living, but she does not get enough co-operat'on. She produces an annual crop of eggs worth $700,000,000, and what do we do with them? According to the department of agriculture, we waste more than $200,000,000 of them. The hen puts perfectly good shells on the eggs, but we break one out of every ten of them on the way to market. She lays them fresh and wholesome, but wo let three out of every ten get addled. Thus we destroy 40 per cent of this great food pro duct, or let it get into such shape that It Is not good for anything except tanning leather. If hens paid any attention to sta tistics, they would entertain a proper contempt for a race of people that cannot do any better than that. The spectacle of their darling eggs going into the tanning -ats would assuredly fill their maternal souls with - dis gust. As for the economic question involved, they would doubtless say that It serves us right to have to pay 60 or 60 cents a dozen for the eggs we have not sense enough to keep unbroken and ' moderately fresh. While Horace Fletcher is teaching the Belgians the art of abstemtous eating and thorough mastication, he might extend his lessons to the 23 German officers at Bruges who are reported to have gotten away with a Christmas dinner consisting of fifty dozen oysters, the usual soup and fish, twenty-three chickens, twelve roast geese, seven roast ducks, a lib eral quantity of vegetables ' and pound of cheese apiece, the whole washed down with eight quarts of sauterne, twelve quarts of Burgundy, seventy-two quarts of champagne, nearly 100 quarts of beer and over 100 glasses of liqueurs. Three months ago -American bank ers were much distressed because they had to ship $70,000,000 in gold to Canada In partial liquidation of our foreign debts. Losing that money was like having a gold filling pried out of a sore tooth. Now the bankers say the turning of the trade balance Is soon going to make it necessary to ship most of that gold back to the United Statea And nobody seems to care a continental whether it comes back or not. There you have the amailng change that three months have made In our financial situation. A New Jersey man Is seeking a di vorce from the sister of hi first wife's third husband. Wonder re'atlon he Is to himself by rlnRe. 4 what mar- iti ri.ji H to ri JAYAO, Kilitor nf Th" I'.axelle-Nrws: In reply tn "TrjHMir" In your pnr iH-rmiUr 1 I trj fur a liitl :; ,ln )uur pur tu correct sum of lilt, errors relative to the teachings and Interpretations of Pastor Russell in connection with prophetic dates. "Tejayar" is to be congratulated upon his accuracy with reference to many events proclaimed by Russell to hap pen on certain dates, but a close scru tiny of his definitions reveals tho Cact that he Is not a close observer or tv.t he wrote his criticisms a long iime ago and neglected having it published until the things Russell foretold came to pass. i "Tejayar" says: "If anything took place In the way of resurrections In 1874 or 187S have we seen It, felt ov known it?" That the "First resurrec tion" (Rev. 20:4) has been in effect of the saints from the human nature to the spirit nature is a fact beyond dispute and yet few people believe It. In Acts 3:19-21 we read that the resti tution of all things ' will begin at Christ's second advent In the year of 1S74 the restitution of the Jews belSan and they have been returning to Pales tine ever since. AH the holy prophets foretold that this would haprei. (Acts 3:19-21) at Christ's second advent. In Russell's book "The Battle of Arma geddon" "written nearly 40 years ago he foretold of the European war and that it would happen lr. the year of 1914 in October or near that (Into enl yet "TeJayar" says nothing has hap pened! On December 15, in.it, I . clipped from The Gazette-Newi nn editorial In which the "Zionist Movement" was dealt with in plain words showing that Palestine was to soon be made a "neutral state" by Russia and Eng land. Pastor Russell has been preach ing about this very thing for 40 years past and yet "Tejayar" hasn't found it out! The prophet foretold of this very event several thousand years ago saying: "And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto my servant Jacob and David my servant shall be their prince forever." (Ezek. 37:25.) ; In Ezeklel 37:23, the prophet agrees with the editor of The Gazette-News to the letter regarding the restitution of the Jews and their return to Pal estine! "Tejayar" seems to be greatly per plexed because Pastor Russell pro claims the fall of Christendom to which we reply: .Pastor Russell only quotes the words used by a man by the name of Jesus Christ who said that this age would go down in a great time of trouble such as never has. been nor will never be again (Matt. 24:21, Dan. 12:4). If there isn't a big time of trouble such as has never been be fore on this earth right now we ar? badly fooled. Yet "Tejayar" doesn'i know it. Wake up old man! "'Tejayar'.' suggests that these proph ets step aside, to which we reply: They shall willingly step aside when their time is up and their work on earth is clone and we hope with nil our hearts when they do "step aside" they will step into the "Kingdom which the Lord has -promised them that love Him" (Jas. 2:5). In conclusion we beg to say that "the Bible certainly does teach a reign of peace on this earth by the saints sometime future. God hasten that time. : fYours rincetely, ; JAS. W, IrEATHERLYi Saluda, N. C, Dec. 21, 1914. RIPPLING nil RHYMES PER ASPERA. - - A. winning smile distorts my phiz, e'en while the jumping rheumatiz is scorching through my bones; for . I discovered long ago it doesn't pay to voice one's woe; and fill the air with groans. Not Spartan is this soul of mine; by nature I'm Inclined to whine when I am sick or sore; my impulse Is to tear my hair, to shed the briny and to swear, and make myself a bo:-?. Experience has shown to me that if a man wants sympathy, when ho Is out of luck, he'll make 'the scalding tear, drops cease a-rolllng down his frontispiece, and show some signs of pluck. And sympathy, my friends. Is sweet, when one has colic in his feet, or gout all up his back; tls good to see his friends uome in and praise him for his cheerful grin that does not Jump the track. The man who grins and bears his pain In course of time will surely gain a fins and fair renown; the story of his dauntless front when rheumatism did Its stunt; will travel over town. Then men will say he Is a Jo, because he faces pain and woe with calm and steadfast eye; and lovely dames will bring him Jam, and chicken broth and deviled ham, and slabs of pump kin pie. So, selfishly, I Jog along, and try to croak a cheerful song, and stop the flow of brine; and as I hob ble on my crutch, I say, "They don't amount o much, these doggone aches -if mine!" N WALT MASON. Copyright by Tho Adams Nw paper Service. St TIIK PERMANENT CHRISTMAS TREE. . It n n n n n fandusky, Ohio, has followed the fashion becoming popular through the country or having a community Lnrist ras tree. It's a fine fashion, too, for rich and poor, old and ' young, to gather about a tall, green tree at Christmas time, hear Christmas music perhnps Join In singing carols and go on their ways with the little glow In their hearts that come when many people unite In good feeling for each Other. But Sandusky wants to tn a step farther than this. Pandusky wants to have permanent Christmas tree. In stnl of rutting down a fine evrrrreen every year to perish in the ratine o festivity, the proposition Is to ehoon nn appropriate park par and i-t there next Augunt the rUht trans Planting time, for evergreens, a Pn young tree whli-h hnll live out It hl" life s a riir'tmH tree. The Ksnitunliy Heelir iPoInt nut The illlllmlly of minting a millnM tree this y ir p ilnts ti the mmo pro illrrtPTiit In future yeiim. If th piibll ft'vil I I"" coiilinin "I aniMiu'tv, The "Ht nf a tree e-ry year In surli as to make a permanent one a good Investment under the same clrcum'" stances, so that from the dual stand, ard of convenience and economy a Christmas tree that will stand all the year "round is the proper thing." 1 " Do you remember when you were a small person how you used to wish that you could have Christmas every day in the year? And have you read the whimsical fairy tale in which Wil liam Dean Howells tells what hap pened in the town where the wish came true? The reason the people In the story got so tired of it, however, is that their idea, of Christmas was one of presents and big dinners. When the toys began to overflow from the houses Into the streets and clog up the sidewalks they were sorry enough to have Christmas every day. If Christmas meant what it should mean peace and good will and the giving without thought of receiving, the giving of self, in kindly thought rather than material gifts, one Is in clined to think Mr. Howells wouldn't have wanted to discourage permanent Christmas even with such a charming story ns his -"Christmas Every Day in The Year." , The lasting, living Christmas tree ought to help a community keep the Christmas spirit all. the year round. When a man went by it with his heart full of angry thoughts, the sight of it should give him a silent, gracious mes sage of "Peace and Good Will." When a man went by intent on a greedy design to take advantage of his neighbor it might call out to him some thought of the blessedness of giving. To the woman inclined to be selfish or irritable it might bring a moment's vision of a baby lying in a humble cave whose- message was to be "Love is not easily provoked. Love seeketh not her own." To the discouraged the tree might bring words of healing. "Come unto Me, ye who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest" To all it would speak with Its green LEADING HOTELS AND FIREPROOF Swannanoa-Berkeley Hotel POPULAR. PRICE America? and European Plans HARRY L. LANGEL, Proprietor. THE BATTERY PARK HOTEL Under New York Management Refurnished Redecorated Modern Kitchen Cuisine and Service Highest Standard. C. E. RAILING, Proprietor. . Formerly of Hotel Plaza, New York', THE ST. JOHN Hendersonville's Largest and Best Hotel COMMERCIAL TOURIST The only steam heated hotel homelike, rooms en suite with private bath. Large Sample Room Hotel on Main Street. , St. John and Son,, Props. Commercial UNDER NEW THE KENMORE HOTEL COMMERCIAL HEADQUARTERS. Large, Well-Lighted Sample Rooms OPEN THROUGHOUT TlIE YEAR A. R. Spears, Prop. UHTr f T 17 f T JVJ.VV 1 EjLj lvllVJi.l- Hot and Cold Water. Telephone in Heat Large Sample Rooms. S peclal Attention to Traveling Men. ' RATES: $2.00 and 12.60 per day. Special Rates by tha week. Headquarter for U. C T and T. P. A. CANTON, N. C. t- ; THE IMPERIAL HOTEL .' 1 B. M. GUttR, Prop. FREE SAMPLE ROOMS . . - STEAM HEATED RATES HOTEL STERLING . , , ' ; CINCINNATI, OHIO. . . . ' Overlooking New Slnton Park.' Every room' outside wltb bath, or hot and cold water. , Vllk. cream, American risn, o.uu, ii.bu, R.'B. Mllla Prop., formerly tf and Oread Hotel. New Tork City. ' SIXTH, MOVNB AND Tim JAR RETT SrRINtiS IIOTkJ i Coouurrrtal and Trwlst. Itstcs II. Mr day. Hot and cola Mstha Special Rate fey the Week of Uenta. n. r. jtimrrr . Manager blllnboro. N ( THE OLD FORT INN ' OLD FORT, N. C Convf n'xntly iocet'A, nr flrpoL Acrommoilnilon oy T. week er "riKih. .letee ronb,e. L J. EPLEY, Proprietor 0 0 N S 0 1 E NO E and car enter Into every pair of glasses wa make for you. Wa are at all times conscious of the responsibilities placed on us when you come to us for glasses and that U why we are o careful in our examinations and in making and fitting your glasses. CHARLES H. HONESS. OPTOMETRIST and OPTICIAN B4 Patton Ave. Opp. Post office silence, its spicy perfume, of Christ mas Joys. Why not place beside it a metal plate saying: This is our city's Christmas tree. Peace on earth; good-will to men. ' . v Denned at Last. "Pa. what's a cynic?" "A man who has an undivided affection for himself, son." Phil'idnl'ihln 1 1cer . ' C ASTORIA For Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Signature of NOTICE. . Notice is hereby given that the an nual meeting of the Pack Memorial Library Association will be held In the library reading room at noon, Jan uary 11, 1915. . DONALD GILL1S, President. BOARDING HOUSES o o 53 a a ASHEVILLE. N. C. in the town, modern, attractive, Transient MANAGEMENT Waynesville, N. C. MURPIIY, NORTH CAROLINA. Cv I. Gresham, Lessee and Manager. Every Room. Private Batha Steam ' ELECTRIC LI GUTS FREE BATHS t- SS.00. vegetables from our own farnv. ti.vv ana si.tv per ay. Ilotsl Bennett, lilnghamplon. N. T- - KENYON STREETS. HOTEL ENTELLA catso on Headquarters for traveling end lumtermuB- Race II per tt Special rale 'by tht month. Bate room. Free earn pi room. Rallroed eating boue fieAIIng Mouther fepet lAry In cortn lo. -w. w. wnrri.rn r. b. rny, THE GAZETTE-NEWS Ey Hail, $1.00 Per Year.' Start the - V Have Your House Wired for Electric Lights and Cook With Gas. Then you'll have x more comfort and convenience dur ; Aug 1915 A Happier Year? Asheville Power and Light Co. Phone 69 I Battery Park Bank . ASHGVrXJJB, If . X ' Capital .......... m.. $100,000 , Surplus and Profits . ....... .$160,000 ' ' I- ' V:.'1- ..'" " OFFICERS: " ' '. James P. Sawyer, Chairman of the Board. T. C. Coxe, President. J. E. Rankin, Cashier, Erwin Bludcr, Vlce-Pres. ' ' C. Rankin, Asst. Cashla. ;.fniiiiH4HtM( SOUTHERN ; , Premier Carrie r of the South. , Schedule Figures Published as Information Only and Not QuaruUit EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1914. . ARRIVES PROM ' Eastern Time No. t Savannah; and Jack onvllle w. ....... S:10 pan. No. 11 Washlnsrtotr, New York. Norfolk, Rich mond 2:0 P-m- No. 12 Chattanooga, St. Louis, Louisville, Cincinnati, Memphis 2:05 p.m No. IS N. Y., Philadelphia, Washington 10:80 a.m. No. IS Murphy ft Wayney ville f. :S0 p.m. No. JO Murphy Waynea- , vllle. . .......... 1:4 p.m. No. SI Ooldsboro and Ra'r- eigh :00 p.m. No. 22 Waynesville 1:40 a.m. No. SI Charleston and Co lumbia 1:10 p.m. No. 28 Cincinnati, Memphis Loualvllle, St. Louis and Chicago 10:20 a.m. No. St Washington, N. Y. and Richmond 1:40 am. No. 41 FromColumbla ...11:16 am. No.102 Bristol, Knoxvilla S. Chattanooga 10:65 p.m. No. 41 receives connection at and Brevard. . No. 27 receives connection at Hendersonvllle - from. Brevard. Train 28 connects at Hendersonvllle and Rosman. Train 10 connects at Hendersonvllle for Brevard and Lake Toxawsy. Throurh sleeDlna cars daily to and from New York. Philadelphia Baltimore. Washington, Charleston, Cincinnati, Chicago, Memphis, St Lou Is, Louisville. Through chair cars GoiasDoro-Aenevme Dining car service trains Moa 17, II. WOOD, Dlv. Pass Agt. STREET? CAR SCHEDULE ZELLICO AND RETURN ' :oo. ii6. e:it a. m. V " TLm- n.Tvf?- Di " 15 minutes until RIVERSIDE PARK p. ..-, , ... :I0 a. m. and every IS minutes untfl, DEPOT Via SOUTJISLDE 1:1S p. m.;. then every 7H jM AVliMUb ntes antll 11:0 p. m. j i " n i - 1 "l DEPOT - FRENCH ,:0o a. m. and every IS mnuUt rt BROAD AVENUE uho p. m. ; ! " " 6:00 a. m. and every-16 minutes until MANOR 11:00 p..m. S:00 a. m. and every CHARLOTTE STREET unui u:oo p. m ;t'.c I TEfimNUs y ' ST&T T'T L: PATTON AVENUE , . EAST ' STREET;.! , '1,1 " GRjvSEilEEIimoN ,:'-" uW:..T.?31 2 ' AVENUE ry 10 mlnotes tintll luo P- : mJ'PMnPP . : nd tnen 11 0llnut- J JilklMUlVti . , until 11:00 p. m last car. ; DEPOT and WEST ASHEVILLE via S0UT1ISTDE' AVE. SUNDAY ECHEDCLK DIFFERS INTUU FOLLOWING PARTICULAR Car leaves feiuare for Manor :0 a. m. returning 1:11 a m. " Care leave Square for Depot via Bouthelde Ave. 0:00, :!. !?0,Orl41j 7:10, and 1:10 a. m. Care leave Ave. 0:16. Car lor Depot leaves Square 1:41 Broad. , .,trl , Flrt car Wv- the Squere for Charlotte Street at 1:00 . B0 " 10 mtnutr until 1:11,, nxt 1:46. , r l Flrirt tar ! the Rquere for Ptversiil l:J0j nt 1:4. i lL- IT r.t rf iv the Square for West Asheville 1:16. 1:00; ' With .the above eieeptkm. Sunday echedules commence at . ' wid continue earn week eya Oa evenlnr when enferrlnmnts are In prOTres at the And! j the UM trip on all llns will tie from entertainment, leaving Square e lr time end holtitng over t AuiHtorium. ' rh" Cr 1 JiinT to mt No. I J. B'ht treln, 10 mlnotes before e 1 or announced arrival New Right RAILWAY DEPARTS FOR Eastern Timt No. 10 Eavacnan. Jackson ville ...... .... 1:10 W& No. 11 Knoxvllle, Chatta nooga, Memphis, '' Louisville, St Lou Is and Cincinnati. . ..1:55 p.m. No. IS Washington. N. Y Norfolk and Rich mond 1:15 p.ov No. IS N. Y- Philadelphia, and Washington ., 6:46 p.m. No. 17 Waynesville and . Murphy .......... 1:10 ap. No.- IS Waynesville " and - r.:w . Murphy 8:11 No. 21 Waynesville .." ... 8:16 No. SS Raleigh and Oolds boro ..IiJM-s No. 27 Chicago, 'Cincinnati, Chattanooga and ' Memphis 8:8 p.m. No. 8S Columbia, Charles ton ' ).. 10:11 ba. No, SS Washington, Rich. mond and N. Y... 8:0 a No. 42 Atlanta & Charles ton No.101 Bristol. Knoxvllle -Chattanooga W Henderson vllle from Lake Toiiww Rosman ail trains Noa II ana i. f - ALEX. A. ACKER, City Pass. A Ticket At , is IN EFFECT NOV. 24, 1914. S:80 a m. and every IS mlnotei WJ 11:00 p. m. Square for Depot via jrrensa a. m.. both Southslde and rrc ft tTro