Farm Wagons
THE CELEBRATED TENNESSEE WAGONS
; Steel or thimble skeins, high or low wheels, with special
mountain gear brake; extra thick" tire, specially ironed to order
for hard rough hauling; .
T.
S. MORRISON,
AGENT....... , ASHEVILLE
' ' - Also agent for the Birdsell, Nissen, Piedmont -v
and Chattanooga Wagons. ;
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Ever Brought
s Such as the finest Parlor Sutts,
Dressers. Sideboards, Beds, Chairs,
Tables, Couches, Lounges, and irt
fact everything imaginable.
We . have an Oak Bedstead for
$2.00. Call and examine it. Ev
erything for the house,. from the
parlor to the kitchen.
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We do a great "deal of work
AshevilTe; some of them outside
Make up a bundle of your soiled
we will return "it promptly,
fastidious.
NOTICE,
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THE BEST FARM WAGON
In existence. They can be furnished in different width-tires. All the material used in its
construction is the best and we know it will give you satisfaction.
sheville
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for 'people outside the city.o
the State" of -North Carolina
linen and express to us and
laundred to suit the mos
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J. A. NICHOLS, Proprietor.
Hardware Co.
OVERMAN IS
IN THE LEAD
For
United States
Senator
Craig and Watson Will Prob
ably Be His Only Competi
tors on First Ballot The
Organization.
Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 5. Tonight
U- seeina; that -S. M.- Gattis of
Orange will bo elected speaker of
the house, in the general, assembly
which' convenes r on Wednesday.
Newland of Caldwell and Abell of
Johnston, who were prominent
rivals have withdrawn from , the
race, Luca3 of Hyde, Morton ofi
New Ilanover and Smith of Gates
are still cantesting for the- caucus
nomination,; : but ; without any
prospect of success.
Lee S. Overman appears to be
m tne lead . tonight for senator.
Craig claims to have as many votes
as Overman, and "Watson claims
hat his strength is growing. - The
other candidates will not be much
in the voting at first, but hope to
pull up on the leaders as balloting
progresses. . '
A forecast of the organization
of the legislature gives the, follow
ing results: F. B. Arehdell. of
of Wake, reading clerk -of the
house; A.J. Maxwell', ''of Rich-
mond, principal clerkof the j sen
ate; T. J. . Murphy, -ol Guilford,
reading clerk of the senate, It is
an open fight, between Fonville of
Wayne : and Cobb of Burke for
principal clerk of the hoosevrvr'
LEGISLATION PROPOSED.
The foL
of the temp
are the features
"?e legislation pro-
1 by'theExv-rntive Committee
1 u
C.-rolina Ant;-!
North CaroRnJplethodpt Con
ference and the Baptist btate
Convention:
lv Prohibition of sale or manu
facture of intoxicating liqnors out
side of incorporated towns. Pro
hibition of sale of liquor in towns
of less than 500 population,
whether incorporated or not. , Pro
hibition of manufacture of liquors
in towns of less than 1,000 popu
lation, whether incorporated or
not. -
The distinction is made between
incorporated towns and unincorpo
rated communitiea because incor
porated towns are organized and
policed. It is made ; also to pro
tect the rural districts from the
T orae oivpn lin
to die with
I then began
quick consumption
to use Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. I
mDroved at once, ana am now in
perfect health." Chas. E. Hart
man, Gibbstown, N. Y. ;
It's too risky, playing
with your cough: v
The first thing you
know it will be down
deep in your lungs and
the play will be over. Be
gin a r ly wit h :l. Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral arid stop
the cough.
Three sizes : 23c, 50c., JL All initfttt.
:onsnlt yonr doctor. If he say take it,
then do as be says. If he tells you not
to take It, then don't take tt. He knows.
Leave it with mm. , we are wimn.
ASHEVILLE, N. C.
1
saloon. It is made also to protect
the towns and crties from being
surrounded by saloons. The dis
tinction is made in respect to
population mainly to prevent the
evasion of the law by the incorpd.
ration of saloon or distillery settle
ments. , ' '
z. .Local Option elections in
incorporated towns of more, than
ouu inhabitants at any time upon
30 days notice and upon petition
of one-third the qualified voters
provided elections shall not take
place of tener than once in two
years. f
In such elections the question
ot-: saloons or prohibition:- r
saloons or dispensary? or.dispeRt
sary or prohibition may be .'siib-
roitted r ; ;
quest; only 1
fUC
an
election,, however.
3
3. Prohibition of th
imp
tion of liquors by any mean
prohibited or dispensary, territory.
4. After July 1, 1903, all ap
plicants for license to eell cr r';i.
ufaeture liquors shall present r ith
their r "plication petitions in t' sir
De:. t s,0:,?a 1.7 a i.-ajonty: t . the
quali.-J v-Z-r", in those
owns and riil i ia vhich . bs
ween the date of ll. : c-nctmexit
of this bill and July 1. 1003, -ah
can
ied for saloons.
y:i4
clear.
These propositions
p.rt
and need no expositiuu. ihey
lodi" to the suppre1" ion of the
6 il .on and distillery in the ru
districts, and to local option elec
tictis in t!:a f owns " '. -J ciliss'iin
the near f .re on a
reasonable basis.. The
net bs a saloon "in . arv
city - unless the m""-:;
peopla expres 'y r
Thr.peopla of .
fair
slii
and
ild
or
the
",vn
are entit:
Ion- I -Thev
I
:d to this.
1 cr posed t t
.r i
in a
1
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They
have
"at tL..:
Ind no-
t1
tiei
at the peopio s
petitlen for ft fair opportunity to
grapple with tljo evil that i-theirrecor(ls 0f the city iter receipts
ong aflliction fastened itself upon
them. ;
Especial attention is directed to
paragraph four. That calls for
he recognition on the part of the
General Assembly that the people
Of North Carolina are moral peo- wag preSented to the governor and include George Washington, Pres
pie. The saloons now exist not wtjcn asted for the prosecution of ident Roosevelt, Queen Victoria,
with the consent of the people -of
North Carolina, but solely because
conditions have prevented the
moral forces of the State from as-
serting tnemseivee in elections
against saloons. Every intelligent
public man in
the State knows
that this is true. It is but; reason
able to ask now that the patience
of the people be .rewarded, and
that thfi trna attitude of the ma
jority be recognized. Isj it- un
rpasnnable to uresume that the
saloons should not be opened un
less it is' expressly voted r by the
majority to open them? Is it
mora reasonable to presume that
the people of North Carolina de
dim t h a sftloons recoffnized as
ruinous, as the sources i of all man-
nor nf r.rimfl to co on with their
work unless they vote to the con
trary? To be sure, he does vio
lence to the character of the peo-
nlo whn hold that thev tavor
"
imUAnii anA tint Rfllonns must ex-
l.t lil thev have been voted
out. - One does not ask a good
man if he loves virtues His char
acter is answer. One who believes
in the1 people of North Carolina
will say that the people desire the
saloons closed and he will not ask
tha nponlfl to nrove this, but will
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bid the saloon men disprove it,
This is just what paragraph-Jour
calls for. It is fair; it is repre
BOTifAtivA-. it is reasonable: it is
only , a just recognition of
the
noii'onfA of t.h moraL forces ot
U 111 V v - w
norni;n. if tiniMmtji ' theml
i,ullu , r-
with the opportunity that they
have lone waited for. In their
name we ask for this recognition
or, tia nnnrtnnitv to vindicate
themselves and those who respect
them. v J. W.BAILEY
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 2, 1903. .
The Executive Committee: N.
B. Broughton, A. J. McKelway, J.
O. Atkinson, T. N. Ivey, I. C.
Blair, J. O. Gates, J. W. Bailey,
and Q.. K..Nimocks lepresenting
the N C. Conference, and M." L.
Kesler, representing the Baptist
State Convention.
A boat load of trout brought to
the Newborn market was said
be a single catch and sold for two
I hundred dollars.
CONDUCTOR
WAS SHOT
But Didn't Know it
at the Time.f
Wounded at Hendersonville.
Found it Out at Biltmore
No Known Mojtive for the
'Assault. V
A mishap of a very peculiar na
ture befell Conductor John ,L.
Palmer of Asheville Saturday
night as he was passing through
Hendersonville. On arriving at
Biltmore he discovered that he
had been shot in tne side, and
was bleeding, the bullet - having
passed through his coat and vest.-
The wound was not a serious one
but proved very painful, ss Capt.
Palmer's side swelled considera
bly. ,
Mr. Palmer remem I ered having
heard a pistol shot ns he was
mounting the cab at Henderson
ville, to carry orders to the engin
eer. He felt a stinc in his side
but paid no attention to it, as he
supposed be had strained himself
in pulling up by his arms.
On reaching Asheville he asked
some of the trainmen if they had
rlheard the shooting and they said
that they had. x" urthermore they
had seen several men, four or five
in number, standing at the switch
just outside of . Hendersonville.
Here the story ends. No motive
or the shooting can be learned.
Captain Palmer is able to make
bis regular run. '
ARREST OF MAYOR
OF SAN JUAN, P. R.
Led to Much Excitement and
Shots Were Fired.
San J uan, P. R., Jan. Q. Mayor
llEmanueLEgoscue has, been arres- i
1 1 o. L rui. '''."f. A.s. rmn .hail on I
the charire madd ..bv?. Insular In-1
Lector Hoist of Idestrovim? the
wnjci1 constituted the only evi-
dfinoo at alWed extensive necula-
tjon8 an(j embezzlement.
rpne allegations against the may-
or were orieinallv made last Octo-
berin a petition of citizens which
The editor of . thelMrs. McKinley and an idealized
ews which publishes the text oi
wtition. was arrested October
U3 Dn the complaint of the mayor
on a cnarge of lible. The arrest
cancel considerable excitement
n1ftrl in the shooting of
two men. Since then three other
officials have been arrested and
are being prosecuted for falleged
shortages in their accounts and
for. embezzlement The pecula-
tions are said to range from $8,000
to $43,000, and misappropriations
of iW funds are also alleered. 1
The arrest of the mayor today
led to great excitement. Mobs
congregated in the plaza and sur-
rounded the omce oi sawyer
Acuna, who has undertaken tle
defense of a former : city othcial
named Rivera who turnedstate s
evidence Shots ' were . fired but
na per80ns sustained serious ' in-
jury.
PROGRAM FOE THE
SUrEKlJN TyiNIiJliJN I iS
Meeting of the State Associ
ation at Raleigh.
The meetingiof the Association
of City School Superintendents,
of which Superintendent Tighe of
the Asheville chool is president,
will be held at Raleigh, January
22, 23, 24. The program of the
meeting is as follows ;
Thursday evening, 8-11
. o'clock.
I m
Brief, written report of supenn-
, Kinn no
tendents tor nait session Kim-vo,
giving tne loiiowing point
1- Enrollment, whites,
males
and females m- primary,
inter
mediate and high school depart-
ments. Colored as aoove.
2. Average daily attendance,
both races. ;
3. Tardies.
4. Length of school year in
days. : ': ' v
5. Length of school course in
years. '
6. JJecent changes or additions
to course of study.
7. Number of (a) regnlar and
(b) special teachers employed. -
to 8. Salaries paia.
9. Estimated receipts and ex-
' penditures tor iyu-w. wiving
any, oyer previous
year. . .
10. Amount received from
of bonds.
sale
It
Permanent improvements
and
post of same. '
12. Other interisting data
Friday morning, 9-12:30 o'clock.
Reports of superintendents con
tinued.
Round table ' discussions . of
topics of general interest. -
Friday afternoon, 2:30-5:30. Re
port of committee on course , of
study.
Report of committe on vertical
writing.
Report of committee on high
schools.
Round table discussion.
Friday evening 7:30-11 o'clock.
Report of committee on prepara
tion of teachers. J
Report of committee on school
decorations.
Compulsory education for cities.
Round table discussion.'
Election of officers for the en
duing year. . j
Saturday morning 9-12:30. The
scope and value of manual train
ing: W. C. P. White, supervisor
of manual training, Durham.
General discussion.
What are the essentials of
efficient supervision? Brief ans
wers by members.
Superintendents are requested
to bring for exhibition copies of
school forms, such as . reports,"
teachers' registers, vouchers, etc.
Also specimens of school work,
photographs of buildings, interi
ors, grounds, etc., and anything
else'ot interest to superintendents.
UNIQUE GIFT j
BY AN.EX-SLAYE
Cane Presented to President
Roosevelt by a Negro.
Washington Special to New 6rT
. leans Times-Democrat
President Roosevelt has receiv
ed a remarkable carved cane from
Georgia Thdxmor?
JsmmfAt-
kinscm,- of Korrt. Gai Bava lie is
aa :-eac-bia e,
President
bo . law toi
allow me to present you this
is cane
as a New Year's gift." With the
cane, the old negro sent a pocket-
knife with which he carved it.
There are 103 linages on the cane.
Twelve are of people and they are
remarkably good likenesses. They
conception of Christ on the cross,
There are fifteen fowls, three
dogs andsix houses on the cane, a
ouuerny, noney oee, nouseny,
bear, ox, hare, monkey, chair, pot,
axe, hand and balance, cannon,
seven small guns, ship, four flags,
horn, three cherubs, pocketknife,
a sea dog, pig, goat reindeer head,
sword, shoe, book:, turtle, giraffe,
fish, rose, three links insignia of
Odd Fellows, chipmunk, sheep
head, Masonic badge, heart, star,
Jaoon, umbrella, six ficcures, six
letters, snake and rope.
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Coinage of U. S. Mints.
'Lhe statement ot the coinage
executed at the mints of the
United States during the calendar
year 1902, shows a total of $79,-
485,815 as follows:
Gold, $47,109,852. i
Silver, $29,928,167. ;
Minor coins, $2,447,796.
In addition the government has
coined 550,000 pieces for Venezue
la, 1,360,000 pieces j foif- the gov
eminent of Colombia, and 7,508
gold dollars for the Louisiana
Purchase exposition.
increase,, if
WAS DYING ;
OF HUNGER
Mother and Her Five
Children.
Found in St. Louis by Police
Her Husband and 1 6-months
Old Grandson Lay Dead in
Same Room
St. Louis, Jan. 3. Sict and
tossing on a miserable couch in a
poverty-stricken abode and sur
rounded by her five .young chil
dren, the police today found Mrs.
Nancy McKane slowly dying from
hunger. The dead bodies of her
husband and sixteen-months old
grandson lay in the same room.
There werej neither fire norj food.
One of the children lay on the
couch with the sufferincr mother.
flushed wjth fever. The husband
had died from consumption yes
terday and the infant grandson
had , succumbed to insufficient
nourishment. " '
PRItCHARD-GREENE
Marriage of Two Popular
Young People.
BakeAville,- N. C, Jan.
1 On
December 30, at 7:10 p in., one of
the most beautiful weddings that
has ever taken place in Bakers
ville was solemnized at the M. E.
church, south. -
The bride, Miss Blanche Pritch
ard, daughter of Hon. George K.
Pritchard and niece of j Senator
Pritchard, is one of Mftchell's
fairest and most accomplished
daughters. The bridegroom, Mr.
Charles E. Creene, is j one of
Western North Carolina's most
promising young men, having
graduated at Wake Forest Law
school in 1901. ...He was admitted
to the bar Tclrcarv 4.
fession until the recent election
Iwhen he was elected clerk of the
Superior court, of Mitchell county
over great opposition:
While we would consider Mr.
Greene an exceedingly successful
voune man. we think the crown-
ing point of this success is his
recent achievement in winning
the heart and hand of Miss Pritch-.
ard. The ceremony was per?
formed Jby Rev. J. J. Brooks, pas
tor of, the M. E. church, south, in
ihe presence of. a brilliant as
semblage of guests.
The church was lavishly deco-.
rated with flowers and ;evergreens.
and the musical 'accompaniments
to the ceremony Mere on a scale
commensurate with the surround
ings. The maid of honor was
Miss Martha Pritchard of Jones
boro, Tenn., a relative of the bride,
Mr. J. D. Bowman of this place
acted as the best man 7 After the
ceremony there was a brilliant re
ception at the home of the bride.
The parlor and reception rooms
were handsomely decorated. The"
reception was largely attended by
the many friends of both. ; '-'
I A Brotherly Suggestion.
Among the stories, that have
been brought back by Philadel
phia Christian Endeavorers .on
their, return from Boston, was one
concerning a peripatetic of the
barefoot variety, and a farmer who
was also a ctmrch deacon. The
latter was taking lunch under his
For Good Value
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. In seasonable clothing for men and boys, see our line.
We have several lots at reduced prices which! are bar
gains!! indeed, and it will pay you to see them before
buying. BUTTERICK PATTERNS. I '.
t ONE PRICE TO ALL.
; H- REDWOOD & CO.
7 and ? PATTON AVENUE. ' '
own vine, and unto him the peri
patetic said :
"Sir, I'm very hungry.
''You haven't been shaved," re
plied the deacon. ' '
"No, but Fm hungry."
"You're very dirty into the bar
gain." "Yes, but I'm very hungry."
"Well, can you say the Lord's
prayer?" J. )
"No, I can't."
."Will you .say -it for a piece of
bread?" ' W .
"I will." .
The deacon started on with
"Our Father," at the same time
cutting off a slice as he enunciated
the words. The tramn reneatwl
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Our Father," and then suddeuiyi
asked : . -
Did you say 'Our Father ?" L
"Yes: "Our Father."
' Stop just a moment," contin-
uuu uiuj lllllll. .1UU ineHii
your father and my father ?"
"I do," answered the deacon.
"Then we are brothers," tri
umphantly proceeded the un
shaved. 'We are." ' '
"Then for our lather's sake cut
the bread thicker, and cut it quick
er. Seiiator Pritchard Improving:
A letter to one of Senator
pritclmra
nmcuaru8 inuraate mends in
Asheville says that he (the Sena
tor) is. improving rapidly and ex
pects to be out in a few clays. This
announcement will be received
with pleasure by the Senator's
many friends here.
BOOK-KEEPING 1
- -f
American Banking, Short
hand, Typewriting
and Business
.. Practice
Will be the leaders in tli? course
of instruction at AshevilllU "i.
were secured during the past ten
days: -Miss Nellie Davis with W..
B.3IcEwen& Co., City; W. J.
Mayo with Whittam Textile ' Co.;
French Broad River; Miss- Annie
Ramsey, with S. H? Reed,"Atty.,
City; J.O. Rainey with Armour
Packing Co., Atlanta, Ga.; Miss
Josaphine Nelson with Mark W.
Brown, Atty., City. The following
APPLICATIONS
have been received since the first
of the month: Manufacturing
Co., Chattanooga, Tennessee,
Book-keeper and Stenographer;
Manufacturing Co., Bristol, Tenn.,
Stenographer; Law firm, Raleigh,
N. C, Stenographer; Manufactur
ing Co., Marietta, Ga., Book
keeper and ' managers Company's
Store. These positions are still
open and must of them are first-
class. We consider applications
only from first-class help. Over
100 SITUATIONS
can be secured this year that will
pay good salaries. It will pay
yoUj young man, young ; woman, if
you haven't the money to borrow
it and come to see us at once and
... ' .
we
win prepare you tor a gcou
situation and place you as soon
as
you are through.
Address for further information
ASHEVILLE
BUSINESS COLLEGE
; j Asheville, N. C.