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Saturday, , THE ASHEVILLE GAZETTE -1TKW0 ; The Asheville Gazette-News iJV -3) PUBLISHED BT EVENING NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY P' ' ASHBTOLE. K. C. . . " W. A. HUdebrud X R Du.i.11 ....... , Editor ..v...-.; Business) Manager SUBSCRIPTION RATES Asheville and Blltmore On Week .10 Three Month .......... 1.15 Six Months ............ J.50 Twelve Months . . . . ... . . 8.00 By Hall, la Advance Three Month .........J1.0o' Six Months ............. 1.00 Twelve Months 4.00 Any matter offered for publication that Is not classified as news, riving notice or appealing or project where an admittance or other fee Is charged, is advertising and will be accepted at regular rates only. The same applies to card of thanks, obituary notices, political announcements and the like. The Gasette-News Is a member of The Associated Press. It telegraph news Is therefore complete and reliable. Entered at the Postofflce in Asheville as second-class matter. Monday, November 15, 1915. FARM COMMUNITIES. "Heretofore, In rural land develop ment," gays Benton MacKaye of the United States forest service, "it has always been the single farm that has opened up. Instead of that, the de velopment should include a group of farms. It is the community and not the farm that should be the unit of development." IC the community plan were generally adopted, he argues, the opening up of unoccupied land Would proceed much more rapiflly. In laying out farms, each commun ity would be Erouped around some center, preferably a shipping point on a railway. The families occupying xnese iarms wuu'u men cunaiiiute a sort of rural town. Though farther re moved from each other than neigh bors in the city, they would still have much the .same relations to each other. The houses would be placed for convenient access. There should be co-operative arrangements for Belling farm products and perhaps al so for buying farm supplies. Both for business and social purposes much could be done to add to the conveni ence and pleasure of country life. Undoubtedly the chief obstacle to modern pioneering is the loneliness of the pioneer farm. And that obstacle exists also in most of the older communities, where farms have been laid out as separate units rather than parts of an organized rural communi ty. In most European countries farm ers have their houses grouped In lit tle villages, in the center of the land lhey cultivate. Thus they combine country labor with community life. American farmers prefer to have their houses on their farms, and American farms are so large as a rule that the houses are necessarily sepa rated by a considerable distance. There is no reason, however, why farmers cannot live closer to each other than they usually do, both liter ally and figuratively. bol.i of all sorts and conditions. Most especially have the meetings received the support of business men. One of the leading business men of Asheville speaking of the Tabernacle meetings a day or two ago, said that the business men of Asheville could well afford to bear the expenses of such an Institution to bring It here every two years, not considering the results from a purely religious stand point. He said that such meetings quickened the moral perceptions of the people; made them more careful of their obligations and more liberal and charitable in their everyday inter course. It might be rather hard to deter mine exactly where morality gives place to religion as an Influence in producing the conditions which this business man referred to. In fact such differentiation is not necessary, ; Cer tainly, in this case it is useless to at tempt an analysis. Of one thing there Is no doubt: Most of us can find profit In periods of introspection, which as a rule are much too rare. Agencies which can bring about these periods of introspec tion are also rare. There is abundant evidence that the Chapman-Alexander meetings do this. his friends both from the north and south refused to listen to this plea and promptly made him the choice of the democratic caucus. What abil ity he may demonstrate In legislative strategy-and parliamentary tactics is still unknown. "If the differences of opinion be tween the president and Mr. Kltchln as regards the naval program become accentuated there will be danger of an outbreak of personalities only If some of the president's friends go to the extreme of discourtesy. Mr. Kltchln has a temper and will resent such conduct. . The real danger In the situation from a democratic stand point is that some lesser leader in a burst of enthusiasm may start an acri monious discussion that will cause bad feeling. In that event there would be real war, It is conceded." "Real war" la en Irely correct. It Is inconceivable that Mr. Kltchln wants to start anything; he is risking a great deal merely by opposing the administration plans. But if anybody is spoiling for a fight to such an ex tent that he is willing to climb aboard the Kitchin anatomy to get it, he will oertalnly be accommodated.TrrOreens boro News, Wins Title by Defeat of Auburn Virginia Not Included In S. I. A. A. Territory. QUARREL IN JAPAN S DURA us Controversy Results F rom Non-Prosecution of Viscount Oura For Bribery. GRATITUDE TO ENGLAND. A citizen who disapproves of the critical attitude the United States has taken toward Great Britain reminds us that our exports have Increased about 100 per cent and our favorable trade balance nearly 300 per cent. And this, he says, is "the gift which the Hrltlnh fleet has made to America." He seems to think it highly un grateful of us then, to demand that Great Britain stop Interfering with Such of our export trade as she dis approves of. It is a curious sort of reasoning. There Is no question that our great increase of exports to the Allies has been facilitated by British control of the sea. But for all that. It does not follow that jne owe Great Britain any particular Tlebt. Her fleet lias been used solely for her own purposes only Incidentally for our advantage. Her real motive appears in the fact that the moment there Is any question as to whether a cargo Is destined to benefit the Allies or not, England solves the problem by hold ing it up or confiscating It, regard less of law and precedent. If naval conditions were reversed, vnd Germany controlled the sea, the leanorta now going to the Allies In 0uch volume would naturally go tb .the German powera In that case we hould not owe Germany any more gratitude than we now owe England; for she, too, would merely be using tier fleet for her own designs. ' It Is not apparent that In this war we owe much gratitude to any betllg. rent. We might add that some of the belligerents ought to be grateful to lis. Bat with the exception of Bel glum, none of them have shown any such disposition. THE TABERNACLE MEETINGS. The Tabernacle meetings have taken Unusual hold on the people of Ashe vllle. The very flrst of the meetings gripped the Interest w'.ilih has been maintained through the whole series. i ne innuence of such power must make Itself felt In the future. Its force U loo wldrly,exrtd to end with th meetings. And the appeal of these inrrtlnits has not been conflnsd to par- limliir chuwes. It seems to have taken euouxh and was toa aatXuuuO.' t PRESS COMMENT. H 5 ft Poking Up Mr. Kltchln. The New York Herald, the property of a more or less well-known resident of Paris, appears to have constituted itself a committee of one to prove to Claude Kitchin the error of his way in refusing to support the administra tion's plans for national defense. It began by asserting that Mr. Kltchln claims to represent the sentiment "back home" a claim Mr. Kitchin promptly denied ever having made. Then the Herald proceeded to guage sentiment In the Second North Caro lina by means of telegrams addressed to constituents of the Scotland Neck congressman; of 24 replies received and published by the New York news paper 20 were against Mr. Kltchln, three for him and one was evasive. We are in ho position to deny the accuracy of the Herald's conclusion that the Second as a whole is not in clined to follow Mr, Kltchln in this particular enterprise. The Second has an exceedingly, perhaps excessively high record for the president; If they are against their representative In this case the chances are that It is not that they love kitchin less, but that they love Wilson more. But that is neither here nor there. The point Is the Herald is attempting to form a coercion on Claude Kitchin. Whatever may be his sentiments as regards preparedness the average North Carolinian will smile at that idea. Moreover, whatever may be the impression of the editorial department the Washington correspondent of the Herald has no Illusions si to what manner of man the panr la deallnr with. In a dispatch published last weanesday he says: Air. Kltchln is regarded aa an r- cellent type rfof the old fashioned soutnern statesman courteous ni lant and likable; an orator who plays on the emotions, now brlnrlnr laugh from his hearers, now bringing a team: wears a soft black bat anil plain black clothes and generally a sombre colored tie; temperate In hab its, never affecting an automobile or anything of that sort, and living sim ply at a hotel of modest type. in season and out of season Mr. Kltchln has been for a low tariff and is an orthodox democrat. He has con slstently denounced what the southern democrats have termed 'republican extravagance.' He has scrupulously adhered to the ' democratln natlonaJ platforms, voting against the Panama canal tolls exemption repeal and the administration's ship purchase bllL "In opposing the naval nroaram. his friends say, he is exhibiting two Im portant characteristic consistency ana courage. He Is regarded as con slstent in the stand he haa taken, be cause ne nas always opposed army and navy appropriations. Concerning his courage, it Is said by democrat that It requires a good deal of courage to resist an administration program, whatever It may he. "I'n fact, the Kltchln family obtain ed Is prestige in North Carolina by taking the lead against negro domln tlon when it required courage to do so. It required rough and tumble politics to elect a democrat from some of the district In North Carolina prior to dis franchisement of the negro vote, some years ago, The principal argument made against Mr. Kltchln's designation for democratic floor leader of the house was that he was 'not . cosmopolitan Tokio, Nov. 16. The decision of the government not to prosecute Vis count Oura, the recent minister of home affairs, whom a preliminary court declared had contributed $20, 000 for purposes of bribery of mem bers of parliament, has excited a con troversy throughout Japan. The controversy centers about Yu- klo Ozaki, the minister of justice, who frankly takes the responsibility upon his own shoulders, and who says: Viscount Oura was undoubtedly guilty of bribery but the act was propmted not by any base or selfish motive but solely and entirely by a sincere desire to carry out the govern ment's policy, though in unconscious disregard of the principles of the cab inet. In consideration of this and of the fact that the ex-minister Is re pentant and has resigned all political and public positions and has mani fested his intention not to interfere in state politics for the rest of his life we have decided to postpone prosecu- ion. "Criminal punishment has the dou ble aim of preventing repetition of an offense and of warning the pub lic against committing similar of fenses. Prosecution of the ex-minister Is dropped not because he was a member of the nobility or the holder of a high position but solely because we believe the end of the criminal code has been attained without sub jecting him to punishment." The same preliminary court which found that Viscount Ouro had distrib uted bribery money found four mem bers and fourteen former members of the house of representatives to be guilty of bribery. The case centers about an attempt to buy over mem bers of the opposition groups and in duct them to vote for the govern ment's project to increase the army by two divisions. That project was adopted by the last session of the diet. The disclosure of bribery scan dals and the subsequent resignation of Viscount Oura led to the collapse of the entire Okuma ministry. The cabinet later returned to office In reconstructed form. The records of the preliminary court show that Oura admitted that he had given certain politicians varl ous sums of money but pleaded that he hsd acted for the good of the na tion. "I feared." testified Oura, "that If the proposed army expansion was rejected it might create antagonism between the army and navy and cre ate circumstances undesirable for the country. I thought it would be better for the country to make the house accept the government's bill even If it were necessary to expend money to accomplish that end." Oura con tinued by saying that he had not In tended to bribe members of the house but merely to use the money In de fending the government against at tacks from the opposition. The opponents of the decision to grant Immunity to Oura contend that the law should have been allowed to run Its course Irrespective of the po sition or the so-called motives of the defendant They declare that It Is a miscarriage of Justice to give freedom to the briber and hold the bribed for trial. They contend that the argu ment that Oura, having forsaken pub- llo Ufa and gone Into seclusion, Is really more severely punished then ha could have been by the law, la more sentimental than legal. (lays the Japan Times: "The ptaln fact is that the government haa not the heart to brand as a criminal a man, who, as on of its members, did what he considered to be In Its In tercut, even to the extent of violating tha law of the land. The government apparently considers that the offense has been adequately and severely ex plated. But we can scarcely see how the government can avoid a very heated discussion of this question In the next session of the diet." The warmth of the discussion throughout the country on this) ques tion Is another proof of the striking growth of the freedom of public pole mica in Japan, a freedom that has come from the west and Is especially based on American Ideaa. VANDERB1LT GETS OLD Si I Ai At Atlanta, Nov. 15. Vanderbflfs de cisive victory Saturday over Auburn is regarded by football experts as giving the Commodores the title to the cham pionship of the old Southern Inter collegiate Athletlo association terri tory. Georgia Tech, the remaining contender for honors, was outplayed here Saturday by the University of Georgia and held to a scoreless tie. Auburn previously had defeated Georgia. Virginia Is not included In the In-ter-collegiate territory, nor Is Wash ington and Lee, which until Saturday had been undefeated for two years. But both are southern colleges and must be sonsldered in the all-southern championship. . Virginia has defeated Vanderbllt, but Washington and Lee has played none of the big southern schools, Its most Important game against such institutions being the an. nual Thanksgiving clash with the North Carolina Aggies. Vanderbllt outplayed Auburn In every department of the game.. The Plainsmen's goal line had not been Accept Our Congratula tions If You Do Not Need Glasses. If yon do need them, you will congratulate us on oar ability to fit glasses correctly to your eye. " CHARLES H. E0NES3 Optometrist and Optician 4 Patton Ave. Opp. P. Q. Whan la WayneavUle Stop at THE ENMOE HOTEL The Leading Commercial Hotel A, R. SPEARS, Prop. Free Sample Room. ' -OPEN THROUGHOUT THE TEAR. . HOTEL REGAL MURPHY, N. O. 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Some of them carried three-Inch guns and all of them were equipped with the latest appliances for dealing out death and destruction. The picture drawn by the press correspondent was so amazing as to be well-nigh Incredible, yet it was a fearful, ghastly fact and added it that be possible new horrors to war. Yet It was but the realization of a poet's dream. Alfred Tennyson lived to be an old man. He was one of the world's great and real poets. He has written lines that will live as long as the thoughts of men are preserved in printed speech, and In that great poem, "Locksley Hall," are found gems of poetio beauty which shine with unquenchable lustre. He said: Love took up the glass of Time And turn'd It in his glowing hands. Every moment, lightly shaken. Ran Itself in golden sands. He said, too: Love took p the harp of Life And smote on all the chords with might; Smote the chord of self that trem bling Pass'd in music out of sight And when he wrote these matchless lines, he wrote for himself passport to enduring poetic fame. The verse in the same great poem, which fore cast that which has come to pass; was the one in which he spoke of: Heard the heavens fill with shouting, And there rained a ghastly dew From the nations' airy navies Grappling In the central blue. , Men read the line and passed It over as but the outburst of poetio fervor, of "fancy in fine frenzy roll ing," but the poet, endowed by the divine with the gift which is born In a few of the favored ones of earth, caught a vision of what was to be, and to-day that vision has become a reality. The dream of the great singer has materialized and that of which he sung men see, and, seeing, shudder and grow pale, for grim death rides on the "sightless coursers of the air" and destruction follows in the wake of the winged navies, which, with well-nigh lightning speed, mount far up toward the "cen tral blue.": Houston Chronicle, THE BATTERY PARK HOTEL NEW YORK MANAGEMENT Entirely rew interior-attractive, home-like' chambers, sum. and ensvute with or without private batli. Lovely suites consisting of sitting room, one or mors chtm. bers and private baths. Excellent cuisine. High standard of service. Exceptional or chestra. ? Dally The Dansant Dancing every evening. (Sunday evening concert: muslo during meals. The right au Biosphere. C. E. RAILING, Prop, Formerly Hotel Plaia, - - ' : ' - ' - - ' ' New York City, N. 1. .' HOTEL ENTELLA BRYSON CITY Ratea l per day. Bath room. Free cample rooms. Livery in connection. W. W. WlIEELEh ft P. K. FRY, Proprietors. 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