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ASHEVILLE, N. G MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 27, 1915.
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sports, However, uotu-jct
Concerning the Possibility
,f Attack on Allied Forces
At Saloniki.
jDLGARS SAID NOT TO
BE EAGER FOR ATTACK
Reports Say Austro-Ger-
Bians Will Invade Greece,
Supported by Bulgarians
And Turks.
london, Dec. 27 Conflict-
jjg reports iravu
London from the scene of the
near-eastern' campaign, state
ments from some sources make
it appear that the Teuton forc
es are preparing steadily for
jj offensive movement against
tie allies in conjunction with
He Bulgarians and Turks.
Other ail vices, however, are to
tie effect that the Bulgarians
fear to attack lest they be
caught between two tires m
tk strip of territory from the
Silonild-Doiran to the balom
tfiievsreli railroad.
Hie central powers are still
jwrotiating with Greece. An
interview wixn rreimer oiuui
tttflis forecasts the failure to
prevent an invasion of Greek
Macedonia. it i , mwunvcu
that if an invasion is under
taken the Athens government
will devote its efforts toward
obtaining guarantees of the
evacuation of Greek territory
immediately after the comple
tion of military operations.
On the western front Paris
reports successful artilery ac
tion by the French in the Cham
panic', Woevre and Vosges dis
tricts. Berlin says that opera
tions are restricted by incess
ant rains.
The British public are look
ing forward with keen interest
to today's cabinet meeting. It
is expected that the cabinet
will consider the report of the
Earl of Derby in regard to his
enlist incut plans, with special
reference to the effect of the
renort on the question as to
whether military service shall
be compulsory.
Itpnlra CrucltT.
Berlin (Via Sayville. Dec. tt.)--"Th.
i nmti.n Times on November 36
nd ! published an article about the
misery caused by the German author
ity In the occupied parte 01
Poland,'' says an Item given out by
th Over-Seas News agency today.
"In reality the German autnonue
did everything In order to restore ac
tivity and furnlah food to the occu
pied district.
The grain harrested there wa
Uoit entlratv tnr nnnulatlon. BlnCe H
i impossible to bring raw materials
f. .u i -. .tnr4Aa. he
meeting at which tt was decided to
ask the Serbian government where
the Serbian parliament eould re
open' " , -
To Report on Derby Plan.
London, Dec. 27. A cabinet coun
cil postponed from Friday wlU be held
today and It is expected will make a
decision of the sueation of whether
the results of the Derby schema cf
recruitment justify continued adhe
sion to tne voluntary system, or
whether some form of conscription
will become necessary.
The Times suggests : this morning
that the consort ptionlsts are In a ma
jority in the cabinet and that should
force be decided upon, some antl-
consciiptlon ministers will resign.
They, however, will not go to this
extreme,'' until all - hope of securing
unity Jn the cabinet Is abandoned.
Their plan, according to the Times is
to give the single men another chance
for a fortnight. -
. Another proposed solution to . the
problem is a general election the
question of which it is stated that the
ministers also have discussed.
Shells for Christmas. - ' r '
Arras, on the French Front, Dec.
27. Hundreds of big shells tore the
air over Arras all Friday afternoon,
The echoes of these were the last
compliments of the season and they
had noVjiooner died away than the
life of Axras began to show Itself
through re-opened cellar doors and
windows In preparation for the usual
Christmas eve festivities.
: The people of the Artols region rise
above their afflictions due to the war
and the spirit of Arras ' survives
among the heaps of rains.
After the usual systematic shelling
died down, rifle shots and the occa
sional rattel of machine guns was all
that broke the stillness of death that
settled over the city. The cathedral,
where midnight mass was said last
year under the thunder of cannon,
stood out against the twilight in rag'
ged ruins like a spectacle with crumb'
ling walls of demolished buildings all
around giving the aspect of a gigantic
cemetery with decaying headstones.
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Does
East Suffered Severely From
Storm of Unusual Gharac
. ter Many Deaths and
Accidents Reported.
SHIPPING WAS DRIVEN
ON SHORE BY WIND
Storm Was Succession of Rain.
V- Snow, Lightning, , Sleet
and Thunder, Winding
Up With High Gale.
LUMBERMEN MEET
NEW YEAR'S DAY
r MvassBBBM-es
Re - classification of Lumber
Will Be Considered by the
Members-of Aos'e'n.
far tho M.nnnlnv of factories.
frrmnn authorities began road build
in In order to give work to the pop
ulation. Now 260,000 Poles are oecu
(ltd In thla wv. Resides, the authori
ty Instituted offices for those willing
lo work outside their home districts.
Disorder In Moscow.
Berlin, (Via wireless to SayvlHe,
Sec. J7.) The Ovtr-Bea News agen
tj irave out the following:
"Kenorts about Russian law eourt
proceeding give a vivid picture of
th street riots during llli. Thus Itja
ww p-oved that In the Moscow u
Wh of RnlahivB. Praanva. 1. 000 pe
pi gathered and looted the nreao
"ores. The Moscow Judges stated that
th people scted under th Influence
f hunger and famine. There were
mllar riots at Kostroma, According
the court records. It la proved that
Kostroma crowd trltd to free
orklng men arrested by th police a
'w days previously. During th riots
h people threw stones at th pollcs
na th police killed on and wounded
teen persona The rioters are now
Mor a courtmartlal.
On New Tears day at 10 o'clock In
the morning the semi-annual all
mombers meeting of the Western
Carolina Lumber and Timber assocla
tion will be held In the offices of the
organization in the Electrical build
ing.
In sending out the call for this
gathering, Secretaryr-treasurer and
Traffic Manager George I Forester
stated today that the Important mat
ters will be considered by the Lum
mermen at that time". The chief sub
ject for, consideration will be the mat
ter of reclassification of rates on
lumber proposed by railways In the
United States. The Interstate Com
meine commission has under way an
Investigation of the carriers proposals
and lumbermen In all sections of the
country have prepared answers to the
17 questions sent out by the commis
sion. The answers compiled oy Mr,
Forester In behalf of the local organ.
Uatlon have been Indorsed by the Na
tion Lumber Manufacturers associa
tion and will be filed with the com
mission jointly with those of the na
tlonal body. Twenty other lumber
organizations of lumbermen are aftlll
ated with the naUonal association.
Important Matters.
The presentation of the cas for
the lumber Industry before the com
minion in Washington la one of the
most Important matters to the lum
ber trade, said Mr. Forester, that has
arisen since the first order of lumber
was loaded Into a box car for ship
ment. If th proposition of the rail,
ways should prevail, said the secre
tary, It will mean an added toll on
lumbermen of from Ave to ten mil
lions of dollars annually.
Th lumbermen have empioyea
Judge William A. Wlmblsh of Atlanta
to represent them berore tn com
mislon. Judr Wlmblsh ha had
wide experience in cases of this na
ture and has won a number of fa
mous ulU befor th Interstate com
mission. In regard to th New Tork embar
ma on shipments of freight, Mr. For
ester stated that condition at the
present ar changing from a day to
days; and that at present lumber,
not for .export may h consigned to
um vork within lighterage limits,
.... tna naltlmor and Ohio railway,
and to Philadelphia by way of th
Pennsylvania road.
HGOUIRIS
HIS MS 10 OFFICE
Not Think It Wise
Change Greek Governr;
At This
to
1916 CHRISTMAS
IS BEST SO
Berlin, (Via Sayville) Dec, 27. M.I
Gounaris, whose party won in the re-1
cent general elections in Greece, has
renounced his claim to the premier
ship, says the. Overseas News agency.
An Athens dlspatonto the agency
says that M. Goungrls made a re
port to King Constanjtine on the result
of the election and added that as the
leader of the new majority party he
was willing to support the present
ministry, headed by Premier Shoul
nudls. Owing to political conditions In
Greece. M. Gounaris said, he believ
ed a change In government not only
would be unnecessary but nuwlae. It
Is nald that King Constantino agreed
with the suggestion.
Greatest Christmas North Car
olinians Have Ever Had, Ac-
cordingto the Commis
sioner of Agriculture.
New Tork, Dec. 27. Northern and
Eastern New Tork and New England
are slowly recovering from the dam
ages Inflicted by yesterday's storm
succession of rain, snow, lightning,
sleet and thunder, winding up with a
prale which tore down trees and wires,
unroofed houses and drive shipping
ashore, caused widespread damage
and many deaths and accidents.
Telegraphic communication In many
sections Is still interrupted, owing to
the levelling of telegraph poles by the
wind.
The phenomenon of trunder and
lightning In the midst of a driving
snow awakened New Torkers at the
height of the,storm about 7 o'clock in
the morning. The local weather bu
reau reported at total precipitation of
5.2 Inches, of which 2.8 was Bnow.
The wind shifted to the northwest
and increased in violence, reaching its
ninety miles intensity at 9 o'clock and
soon after carrying off the storm
clouds. The gale continued, however,
throughout the day, .blowing in hun
dreds of plate glass windows, hurling
signs and copings to the streets and
demolishing several partly built struc
tures.,'. T4y storm had its center In
Massachusetts, the weather bureau re
ported. Several land lines of the ca
ble companies between New Tork and
Nova Scotia were put out of business.
Shinning of all kinds scurried to
shelter and several ocean liners drop
ped anchor until the gale abated.
Twenty-flve persons aboard fifteen
canal boats driven ashore off Sandy
Hook were rescued by the coast guard
and the crew of the coast guard cut
ter Seneca. James O'Neil, in com
mand of one of the boats, was knock
ed Into the sea by a flying board, and
drowned.
A barge In tow of the tug Penecs
from Norfolk to Wew England ports,
sprang a leak and sank twelve miles
east of Ambrose lightship. Beven Erie
railroad barges loaded with automo
biles, sank In the East river.
CAROLINA VENEER
CO. GOES TO S,C.
$60,000 Plant Is Being Erect-
ed at Columbia Valuable
Hardwood Products.
FACT IS PROVED BY
BURSTING CORN CRIBS
cially been presented and was to have
been kept secret until th meeting of
the board o feducatlon Tuesday when
its announcement would have made
known the retirement of Mias Royster
from all school work.
Alston Grimes, the young son of Col.
and Mrs. Bryan Grimes, has greatly
improved after a severe illness which
necessitated the absence from hla office
as secretary of state. Colonel Grimes.
The little fellow is -able to sit up now.
The DOlice still hold Dt H. Price, the
young fellow caught with more whis
key than the law likes Friday evening,
while McGfiee, his companion on the
trip from Virginia to North Carolina
and joint defendant in the case against
the two for running over the Macon
child in Franklington, Is out on a $5,-
000 bond.
Both men will give Interesting tes
timony according to the police. W.
H. King, implicated by them is still
under heavy bond.
1SKE QUIET
Maj. Graham Says We Should
Talk More About Good
Things and Less About
Illiteracy.
ITER DISORDER
City Becomes Normal After
Night of Trouble with Threat
of Clash Between Whites
and Negroes.
II. C. I STIFF APPOINTED
BT lUIU-GEN. J. BETTS
J. E. Kocha of Blltmore,, presi
dent and manager of the Carolina
Veneer company, ..will leave Tuesday
In his automobile for Columbia, S.
C, where his firm has under con
struction a $60,000 plant which will
turn out high veneer, products for
markets in the United States, Cana
da and England. I ,
The company's, factory at Blltmore
was burned several months ago and
the corporation at once began plans
for rebuilding on the old site. Mr.
Kocha visited northern and eastern
cities to purchase machinery and
some of the heavy timbers for fram
ing were placed at Biltmore for the
reconstruction.- Recently, however, the
concern has decided to establish their
mill at Columbia. :
The building will be of brick with
wood framing and the larger part of
the superstructure Is being made of
stel. The company manufactures ve
neer from all varieties of hardwood
Including oak, ash, cherry, walnut
and mahogany. Curly grain woods
form the raw product for the most
valuable part of the product; and Mr.
Kocha stated today that he will ship
large amounts of curly maple and
other curly woods from western
North Carolina to th Columbia plant.
Fine table tope, panels and other ar
ticles will be made there.
The main office will he In the
South Carolina capital afid Mr. Kocha
will reside there. In the summer
months however, his family will re
turn to Ashevllle.
Tt Is expected that the new factory
will be In operation within about ctx
weeks.
General Order Issued Announc
. ing Staff G. H. Bell of
Asheville is Aide.
TRYON MAN WAS
HILLED
-e-t ,
COT-
ris. J. 17 Mavas Athen
"pon-lent sends the following;
The Herhlan mlnlater cf war r
"d Haturday and was received to
"7 7 the premier and th Oreek
Mnlnter of war. A number of Ferb
1 deputies also arrived and held a
PASTOR RUSSELL
TO LECTURE HERE
Pastor Russell, well-known author
..4 ... nutor of Nnr Tork City
Temple congregation, and head of the
International JJioi n v
.i.. v... hB secured for hi lecture.
The Battle of Armageddon," In this
city next Wednesday at tne ujiy auhi
tortum at T:l o'clock. He comes at
the Invitation of th local body of as
wi.t.l mill students. Announce
ment has been made that admission
to neat Wednesday' lecture at the
Cliy Auditorium will be fr. and no
collection taken.
Wilmington, Dec il MaJ. Oen.
James I. Metts commander of the
Norm Carolina division of United Con
federate Veterans, has issued a gener
al order announcing the appointment
of his personal staff, a follows: Col.
Henry A. London, adjutant general
and chief of stair, Plttsboro; Lieut
Col. William R. Kyle, Inspector gener
al, FayeUevtlle; Lieut. Col. A. H.
Boyden, quarter master general, Sal
isbury; Lieut. Col O. N. Hall, commis
sary raneral, Red Springs; Lieut. Col.
Cyrus N. Watson, judge advocate gen
eral, Winston-Salem; Lieut, uoi. i
Leon, chief of ordanc, Wilmington;
Lieut . Col. T. C Boone, chler oi artil
lery, Winston-Salem; Lieut Col. Hen
ry T. Bahnson, surgeon general, Win-
ston-Salem; Lieut Col. E. A. usoorne,
chaolaln general. Charlotte: Major
W. F. Wood, assistant adjutant gen
eraU Raleigh; Major Junius Davta, as
sistant judge advocate general, Wil
mington; Major W. W. McMillan, as-
slstant surgeon general, Wilmington;
Major A. M. Powell, ensign, Vlneland;
Motor Blum, aide,, Winston-saiem;
Major W. H. Bmith, aid Wlnston-Ba,
lerai Major Jas. A. Bryan, aide. New
Bern; Major P. H. Hans, aide, Win-
ston-Salm: Major Henry C. Duck
worth, aide. Charlotte; Major George
ii Tti.ii aide. Asheville: capt. j. is,
Parker, bugler, Smlthfleld.
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K YARAKA "XOT WARDED."
s Waahlnston. Deo. 17. Amerl-
t eaa Consul Bristol at Port Said M
. Bas cabled that no warning was M
t given th Japan steamer Ta
t saka Maru before th liner was K
m torpedoed and sunk In th Aled- R
Itarranaan last Tuesday by at
M submarine of uneetabllahed
kt tlfinalltv. The message stated
M that th liner mad no attempt R
to escape.
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RtllltlttlltltlttltalR"tl
Frank Foster Held for Killing
John Hayes Occurred
Near Tryon.
SATURDAY
Frank Foster, a young unmarried
man and member of a prominent fam
ily of Tryon, shot and Instantly killed
John Hayes, also of Tryon last Satur
day night. The killing occurred about
two miles from Tryon, according to
Information received her, and Foster
used a shotgun. He was so close to
Hays at the time of the shooting that
part of the wedding of the shall went
into the dead man's heart
At a coroner's Inquest held yester
day afternoon Foster was ordered
committed to jail without bond. It Is
stated, and today he surrendered to
Sheriff A. L Hill of Polk county.
No cause la assigned for tne kin-
In, aa oFster and Hays were said to
have been the best of friends and few
o fthelr friends are said to have
known that they wer out of th city
until the report of the killing was
brousht to Tryon.
The shooting caused a great deal
of excitement In Tryon and throughout
Polk county owing to th prominence
of th people Involved.
ROBBERY CHARGE
AGAINST BISHOP
Dawev BIshoD wm brought her
from Csnton on last Saturday by Dep
uty iherlff Paul Wright or wesi
Ashevllle, to answer charges of store
breoklng. He Is now In the county
Jail pending arranfments for a pre
liminary heat-Ins In his case.
Iilahop 1 charged with ntrlng
and robbing a store In West Ashevllle
nmatima mi and was arrested at
Canton on advlc ol the local author!
tie.
(W. T. Bost)
Raleigh, Dec. 27. "This Is the
greatest Christmas that North Carol!
nians have ever had," Major W. A.
Graham, commissioner ,of agriculture
said today, "and our people are en
joying their greatest prosperity.
"Our people today have reason for
added happiness and satisfaction
throughout the year. We ore now
producing 65,000,000 bushels of corn
and somehow I have always regarded
corn as the Index to our general pros
perity. I have been accustomed to
measuring our prosperity In terms
that Include our great crop and have
said in many addresses that I have
never seen a man with full corn crib
sold out by the sheriff.
"In my recent report to the board
of agriculture I declared that North
Carolina ought to talk more about her
good things than about her illiteracy
or ill health. We have done so many
big things that our people ought not to
be discouraged by being told that they
are illiterate. If our people are illiter
ate they have made more progress in
agriculture than the people of any
other state in the union. , , .
Homo Owners Grow.
"And while there is a lot of talk of
absenteo landlordism and the evil of
tenancy we don't want to forget that
last year 2987 new home owners and
landowners were added to sixty coun
ties In which we took a survey and
only 102 were sold out. . That means
that about 25 times as many people
acquired land as lost land. Perhaps
some Ojf these are absentee landlords,
but the great majority are farmers
who have acquired farms and homes
by their own successful wbrk.
"We are going to have that 65,000,
000 bushels of corn this year. This
will be 81,000,000 Increase over our
yield In 1910. In other words this
means that we have Increased our
corn yield in five years 91 per cent.
told the board that we have this year
180 pounds of flour for every man.
woman and child In North Carolina.
That means an excess of 'something
like 80 pdunds, which means that we
are a flour selling rather than a bread
buying people. I was Just thinking
about all these blessings today reflect
Ing upon Christmas and the cause for
a general happiness. Our corn, is now
almost as valuable as the acre of the
great corn growing states of the west,
the section where the crib Is the em
blem of its prosperity. And above all
our state of eighty per cent rural pop
ulation lives at home.
Old Soldiers Celebrate
Among the Christmas celebrations
the old soldiers with Major Graham
speaking to them at thu Home had
on e of the most entertaining times.
Manly' battery gave the feaat and
Christmas gifts. Major Graham spoke
as an Intimate friend and schoolmate
of Basil Manly who captured the or
ganization still bearing his name. They
were at the university and were life
long friends.
The major described the "swearing
In" of Captain Manly who was elected
mayor of Raleigh while things were
still hot from th war. "There was
only one democratic magistrate In tho
county," Major Graham said, "and
they did not think of this phase of It
until midnight th day before. This
magistrate was 26 miles In the coun
try.
When Captain Manly was sworn In
ne nan ma company and their arms
with him," Major Graham said by way
of recalling the days of trouble. The
old fellows at the home had a delight
ful evening of It and enjoyed th trlb.
ute of the patriotic body giving It.
John Wilbur Jenkins, one of the ed
itorial writers of the Baltimore Sun,
spent Chrlatmas on the city and left
yesterday for his work.
Mr. Jenkins had his first newspaper
experience in Raleigh and Durham
and edited the old Press Visitor a
long time, a nam which old timers
find It ImpoMlble to forgot. The paper
Is now the Times.
John U. Smith, business man of Ral
eigh, died Christmas night In a Rich,
mond hospital after an Illness of a
few days. x
He had been a hotel man and con
ducted a cafe on Evhange street . His
death followed a long and steady de
cline which developed but a few day
Into an alarming Illness. Th funeral
will be held In Raleigh this afternoon.
Mlaa Edith Royater, aaaixtant super
intendent of th Wake county schools,
has resigned hr work and will not
return to th ofTic for th spring
term.
Mlaa Royaler ro'mtiatlon was of
fered Friday evening but has Dot enV
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
HOLD CELEBRATION
Xmas Meeting in the Masonic
Temple Last Saturday at
, . . Noon Toasts Given,
MOB OF WHITES FORMED
TO LYNCH TWO NEGROES
Two Hundred Negroes Threat
ened to Attack Whites of
Violence Occurred Pris
oners Removed.
At the Christmas celebration, helcl
at the Masonic temple at noon last
Saturday by CyTene commandry No.
5, Knights Templar the program, as
arranged for Knights Templars in all
sections of the world was carried out.
The following toasts were given at
the celebration:
R. K. Sir and Dear Frater: The fol
lowing sentiment prepared for the
Christmas observance was to Right
Eminent Sir Lee S. Smith, acting
grand master:
While we rejoice In the numerical
increase and growing Influence of
our order, may we more earnestly
pray that the ruling motive of each
life be kindness and brotherliness to
all, seeking to extend a helping hand
to whomsoever may stand in need,
remembering the words of the blessed
Immanuel, "Inasmuch as ye did it un
to one of the least of these, ye did it
unto Me."
The acting grand master sends the
following response:
Sir Knights: In responding to the
beautiful and appropriate sentiment
expressed in your toast, I heartly and
earnestly enter Into the spirit of the
same. It Is easy for me to do this, us
the object aimed at has been one of
the ruling passions of my life; a de
sire to bring sunshine and happiness
to the lives of others; as I consider
that no monument in bronze or mar
ble can equal a living monument In
the hearts of our fellow beings. To ro
live and act that the world may he
neiter necause
Muskogee, Okla., Dec. 27. With the
Bafe removal from tho county jail of
twp negroes arrested in connection
with the murder of a policeman, Mus
kogee today returned to normal condl- : !
I tions and there was nothing on thi
surface to show that the jail had been
besieged for five hours last night by a
mob of white men threatening to
lynch the negroes, while across tho
street from the jail 200 negroes had
gathered and announced openly that
they would fire on the whites when
they attempted violence on the negro
prisoners.
Two assaults were made on the jail
by the white men and were repulsed ,
by militiamen with fixed bayonets, al-,
though at onetime the mob succeeded
in battering down the jail door with
railroad irons.
While a third assault was being airl
tated, the two negro prisoners, dressed
in militia uniforms and covered by
militia overcoats with high collars
were rushed from the jail in taxlcabs
before the watchers knew what wna
being done.
With the negroes safely removed,
the leaders of the mob were allowed '
to sarch the Jail and then the mob
dispersed. This eased the racial ten
sion which at one time threatened ti
result in a pitched battle, when th
whites declared they would charge the s,
negroes unless they disarmed and
went home.
In preparation for serious trouble a
local hardware dealer opened his store
and supplied all available fire arms to
citizens who wished means to protect
themselves.
The two negroes, William Green an I
Mathis Foreman, are believed to hav
been taken to the state penitentiary at
McAlester. They are accused of slay-
we havA lived In. It
should he the aim of all members of
thlH VAllfint And mno-naMlmna
founded i.nnn nc -v., L l" Samuel Neal, a patrolman, when
or Him of whom it is written. -Never:"; "
man spake like this man," and who
devoted His short earthly life for tho
benefit of mankind.
The occasion that called
af Christian knighthood into helmr
wai the cause of those needing help
and protection. The present day Tem-
piar nas a sacred duty to perform,
though of a different character.
J reiterate the appeal for eharltahl
Act not words. Issued by Grand Mas
ter Melish In Christmas response of
1910.
I call upon each of the nenrlv on.
quarter of a million Knights Templar
unuer ine jurisdiction of the grand
encampment to individual reconse
cratlon In the cause of humumtv.
Have you an enmity against a soul on
earth? Go to him and be reconciled.
Have you wronged anyone? Mako It
charge of burglary.
The police today arrested three
younfj men who were charged with
leading the mob and disarmed a num
ber of negroes.
Although Company F. of the state
militia was held ready for duty today,
there was no sign of further disorder
either by whites or by negroes.
In similar manner the signal sys
tems of railroads running north and
northeast from New York were crip
pled and trains were not able to make,
schedule time..
New England suffered more se
verely, than New Tork and reporu
from there told of serious damage to
buildings and of vessels caught in tho
path of the gale.
The snowfall In northern New Tork
and New England was comparatively
right Are there thos .hnnt m I Rht h"t was sufficient to interferi
have little of this world's necemiiMesI wlth B,,burnan railroad traffic.
or luxuries, or upon wh..m fate has! ElKht death ln thl oltv' dlreotly
irownea m other ways? Then, at this; imnrcLny we arawira io me
nappy Christmas time, go to them
either with a smile or material help.
mus Dnng a little of the sun
shine with which God has blessed you
no mo lives or otnera. By this vou
will prove to yourself the truthful
ness of the saying, 'It Is more blessed
to give than to receive."
storm.
The wind at one time attained a
velocity of 90 miles an hour.
MRS. MARY LEEPER
DIED LAST FRIDAY
Well Known Resident
Asheville Passes at
Hiddenite.
of
PETER OF SERBIA
HAS REFUSE III ITALY
Aged Monarch, Broken In
Health with Kingdom Lost,
Has Arrived at Brindisi.
Mrs. Mary M. Leeper, wife ot Rev,
Dr. If. Y. Leeper of this city, died Krl-
day, December 24, at the home of her
son. Dr. Donald I-eeper of Hiddenite,
N. C.. after an Illness of two month.
Mra Leeper was 70 year of age and
waa widely known In wcatern North
Carolina. She was a member of the
Presbyterian church and was active In
religious work, being at the time of
her death president of th Woman's
Circle of Missionary worker. .
Betide her huiband end son th
deceaaed I survived by a daughter,
Mia Mary Lpr, The body was
takn to Tallow Creek, Ohio, Mrs.
beeper's old home, and the Interment
will take place there.
1-, -
fisiry nnkeiatein, who each yur
Drlndisi, taly, Dec. 15 By way of
Paris, Dec. 27 King Peter ot Serbia
has arrived here aboard an Italian
cruiser. The sovereign hud refused
resolutely until now to leave his army
and it waa only on th urgent en- '
treaty of hi son, the prince regent,
that he at last agreed to go into ex
ile
Th prlnc pointed out that ' It
would be better for the king to pre
serve hla strength so as to be able to
return to hi country at head of a re
organised army.
A Rom dispatch of December 1C
aid that King Peter had accepted
Italy offer of a plac for hla use at
Caarta near Naples, but later re
port Mated that the aged king had
declared hi determination of dying
witl, hla people and that he would
not abandon hla army. King Peter
has been seriously III for several
months, but waa frequently with th
Play. Hanu t'l.a to member. J ! " h flH"f !lnb.-
the polio department, this year re
membered each man on the force with
a present.
for hi troop were overwhelmed by
the Austro-Gorman and ItulgarlM
troop a v