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VOLUME VIII.-NO 147.
ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 20, 18J).
PRICE 5 CENTS.
Ashevil
1
A fresh shipment expected in today.
ZWEIBACK
GRAHAM WAFERS
ANU-
water crackers
lust the thins for invalids and the con
valcsccnt.
KROGER.
REAL ESTATE.
W. B. GWYN. W. W. WBST.
Gwyn & West,
(Successors to V niter I), Gwjn )
ESTABLISHED 1881
REFER T BANK OF ASHEVILLE.
Real Estate, .
Loans Securely Placed nt 8
Per Cen(.
Notary Public, Commissioner of Deed.
FIRE INSURANCE.
SOl!THBAST COURT SUVARI!.
CORTLAND BROS.,
Real Estate Broker
And Investment Agents
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Loans lecnrtly placed at 8 per cent.
Office!
J & 36 ralton Arenue. Second 'Boor.
fcbMlT
JOHN CHILD,
REAL ESTATE AND LOAN BROKER.
Furnished and Unfurnished Hnusci.
OFFICE ROOMS.
Loan, ucurcly placed at Kinlit per cent.
WILLS BROS.,
ARCH ITECTS
NO. 3a PATTON AVE.
LAW'S NEW SILVER AND CHINA HOUSE
35 and 37 Patton Avenue,
ALL READY FOR BUSINESS!
NEW STORE,
NEW
ALL ARE ASKED TO
WHETHER TO
We have labored bard
but have not found it necessary to copy our neighbors.
-GHOCERIES
I 1 I r I H 1 I rI
You cannot do
better than to buy
your GROCERIES
from us. We ha re
what you want
and will give you
satisfaction both
in PRICES and
QUALITY.
A. D. COOPER,
CRUCKRIK8, HW. GRAIN.
NORTH COURT SU'JARH.
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Ladies' : Wraps
UNDERWEAR
FOR
Ladies, Misses, Children, Men
and Boys,
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A i: oilier Iiiiportn
(ion Storm Serjjea
CHENILLE AND LACE CURTAINS,
NEW GOODS IN ALLIDEPARTMFNTS.
BON MARCHE
,17 South Main Street.
NEW GOODS
RECEIVED DAILY.
The mult attractive goods, nui li ai funcy
smoking iirtlelea. Hare added to my line
the largest assortment of toilet sets, fancy
work boxen, Indies' and gents' traveling
sets Toe largest line of sporting goods
cvtr seen in Aslievtllc.
L. BLOMBERG.
Model Cigar Store.
FITZPATRICK BROS,
Contractor uud Dealers in
Mixed Paints and Painters' Supplies,
WALL PAPER.
30 NiiHTii Main Stkkht, Abukvii.lk.
THLEPHONB NO. 142.
N C.
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NEW PRICES,
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BUY OR NOT-
to have an attractive store.
will liUui-LAViii) ri;w
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THAD. W. THRASH & CO.,
CK STAL I' A LACK.
4X 1'ATTON AVKNl'K.
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American and I mooi teii .Jam
Preserves and Jeliics.
Pure Honey,
-pple, Peach &, Plum Butter
Cranberry Saute.
Knowing the difficulty in
obtaining; absolutely pure
articles of this kind, we have
been very careful in nut king
our selection this season.
Respectfully,
!
H, REDWOOD & C
We are showing ex
cellent value both
as to style and price
in fine Dress floods,
Wraps and Boule
vard Skirts, Under
wear and Hosiery,
Handkerchiefs, Cor
nets, Kid and Fabric
Gloves, Laces, Em
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Trimmings, Buttons
jintl general siimll
wares, II. REDWOOD & CO
Dry Goods, Clothing,
Carpets. Shoes
and Hats,
A NOVEL IDEA.
Umbrellas re-covered whi!
you wait for them, making
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the sue?: stoke,
WEAVER & MYERS,
31) Puttuu Avenue.
Athcvillc, N.
PROF. CLAXTON'S ADDRESS
"Tin-: I'i'ni.ic schools of
ASHEVSLLE."
'I'liv Superintendent ot the City
Sclioolrt civcH the Letiiiu Sn
ctcty Munv I'actH or Interi-Nt to
the AHlit-vllle Public.
"Five years ago," said Stij e 1 iiitcmlciit
I'. 1 Claxlon in his address before tlic
Lyceum Tuesday evening, ' 'the school
cumtnittcc began the work of organizing
a public school svstcm. H then had
neither grounds, buildings, apparatus uur
system. Now, alter live years of con
stant effort and wise direction, il has
four excellent buildings, containing
thirty-lour school roomsMl commodi
ous, well lighted, heated and ventilated.
These school rooms arc nil suppl'ed with
the very best and most approved ap
paratus. This makes an equipment not
surpassed by any citv in the Stale, and
by few of its size in the whole country.
This property is worth about sixty
thousand dollars, and there arc accommo
dations for not less than sixteen hundred
children.
"There are now ll.h ly-i.hrce teachers
employed in these schools, all of whom
have been selected solely fur their fitness
to teach. As far as has been possible,
teachers have been selected from among
our own people, and this has been right;
but when, in order to get trained and
experienced teachers, it has been neces
sary to go beyond the bounds of city or
State, it has been done. There have al
ways been ninnv appli-ants, and only
the best have been chosen. I-' or two
years, 110 teacher has been given a posi
tion in the schools who had not had
special training for the work, or else
uiariicd success as a teacher. No more
irncst body of students is to be found
invwhere than arc the teachers in these
hools.
'The idea of the public school is to cd-
ate the people, not for any one or
more special lines of study, but lor the full
est and eoniplctest life and the best citi-
nship. II am bov or girl wishes to
pursue farther any line of study, the pub
lic school training should he iouiul the
very best preparation for it. With these
ttvo thoughts continually in mind, the
present course of s'.uilv in our school
is been formed, or rather has grown
up as the result of the live years' experi-
ec and study on the partol coimnntre,
aehers, and supet interna ut. - Reading,
like other things, is taught as a means
nd not as an end. The child must, in or
der that its lile may ever have a broader
horizon than that all" orded bv its live
eases, learn to get thought from the
printed page. The attempt hasbceu not
to make good oral readers merely, but
to teach the child to n,terp-,ct rightly its
ulhor to feel with the poet, think and
observe with the scientist, s-c with the
traveler, and U'asoa with the philoso
pher. Language, grammar and rhetoric
ave been studied cruelly in connection
ith this course of reading. Language
exists solely for tin purpose ol express
ing lliougut, anil is soonest learned by
smg it, under proper direction, lor tins
purpoi c. Like sculpture and music it is
m imitative art, and Irving, lennvson,
Kiiskin, Scott and Shakespeare, am1 not
Harvey or Swinlon, arc the best tcach-
Arithmetic, geometry and algebra
ue taught, not bv rule but by develop-
the chihl's ability to study and un
derstand the conditions of the problem
be solved. Here, as elsewhere, the
bject h is been to give power and skill
illicr than to store the memory with
endless rules and, to the child, uncon
nected facts.
In geography theal'cmpt has been to
am sonic idea ol the great natural
forms and the ever present geographical
lorccs to know the world of magnifi
cent bounty find varied beauty as the
home ol 'man rather than to know it as
number of flat and curiously colore. 1
maps the strange names of which arc to
be repeated us meaningless jargon.
In this lav every man and woman
must know something of the natural
sciences, and from the lirgmmng to the
end ol the school term these arc taught
111 the most practical way, the children
themselves making their own investiga
tions and, to a large extent, drawing
tueir own conclusions doing to the ex
teat ot tlieir own ability what the gieat
scientists and original investigator does,
thus giving the child, besidi s knowledge
power and tendency. History is taught
to give the child sympathy with the pco
pie ol the world at all times, to help him
understand tlieir problems and how they
have worked them out, or failed to do
so, to give him some idea of the march
of civilization and the great forces that
have hastened or retarded this march.
All this has its practical outcome in the
ibihi v winch '.lie men and women will
lave to grasp and solve properly the
picstions of their own day.
"Music and drawing are considered of
the same importance that reading or
arithmetic is and are given as much time
111 the program. For lo'T years the
schools have had special directors in
both these subjects, and the progress
made has been very satisfactory."
I'rof. Claxton nlso spoke ot the moral
nd religious training in the schools, of
the general discipline of the pupils, and
the question ol the co-education of the
sexes as it affects the schools.
In conclusion the needs of the schools
were rclcrred to. "The most pressing
need," the speaker said, "is now, -1 library
ol ten or Idteen thousand well selected
volumes, housed with tlenty of reading
room space somewhere in the central
part ol the city. Tins is the next tiling
to be worked for, and bv the beginning
of ar.other school year il is hoped such a
library will have been secured for the use
of all the children of school age. This
can probably not be done bv public tax
ation, but Asiicviue is lortunate in mat
it has a large number of wealthy and
public spirited citizens, who nave never
failed to respond when an opportunity
has been offered to do something for the
good of the people. This is an opportu
nity unequalled and win no douov meet
a hearty response."
To liiuure (tie r.lcctiou Law.
Lit 11.1: Kucii, Oct. UO.-Judgc Me
diae, chief ol the l'nited States election
supervisors, has issued instructions to
precinct supervisors in which be directed
them to ignore the new clcctirfu law of
Arkansas, requiring voters to cast their
ballot within five minutes niter
entering
the booth. The instructions have pro
duccu a sensation.
Ai'' rt.ii l iiui'.i; millions
And Tticy Will Probably Ue After
It a I.oim Time,
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 18. Laborers
are at work night and day in Wyan
dotte, just over the Slute line from here,
digging for treasure said to amount to
$0,000,000, believed to have been buried
there before the war by the famous
(Juantrcll gang.
The work is being prosecuted by ;i
company composed of S. N. Simpson, J.
1). Wyatt, W. II. Sloan and N. M. I'ur
viance. It is stated that one of the victims of
the robbers, whose name is not given,
made a plan of the locality where the
plunder was buried and that recently
he induced the parties named above to
conti Unite funds for a search. Thus far
none of the treasure has been found. N.
Y. World.
TIIK ADMINISTRATION' MKD-TKA1'.
AT liucichtkr. ' j
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One Hundred and Forty Mounted 1
Hen Meet Crawford.
LiilCKSTHK, N. C, Oct. lit. This has i
been a great day for the solid Democracy
of Leicester Unvnslrp. The oldest men ,
o! tins neighborhood sav that they have i
hborhood say that they have
never known such a crowd of people
present as greeted Crawford here this
morning.
Three miles out of the town one hun
dred and forty-one mounted Democrats,
by actual count, met Crawford with
llags and shouts, and escorted him to
the town. Such staunch Democrats as
I'ucle l'leas Israel, Dr. . M. Stevens, J.
Frank Wells and other leading Democrats
headed the procession.
Forty-one mounted men, by actual
count, met Maj. Rollins, who was to do
the speaking for l'ritehard.
Ibothcr llrown did not put in an ao-
pearancc today, and Crawford and Rol
lins had a great time. Maj. Rollins led
oil', and declared that the people
of the Tinted States did not pay
one cent tax toward the support of
the federal government. This is a
lair sample of all the statements
made by the Major, who really deals in
fewer facts, if possible, than l'ritehard.
Lrawlord literally tore the statements
ot Rollins to shreds.-
l'here is no doubt about Leicester
township giving an increased Demo
cratic vote over two vears ago on the
Sth dav of November.
Kverv Democrat in this township
seems to be thoroughly alive and hard
it w.irk, and they are pushing the light
along all lines of work. . K.
CHICAGO'S (iUKAT i-tttAni:.
A I'roceHSiou Several Miles Lone
in the Windy City.
Ciiicaoo, Oct. 20. In the glitlcring
sunshine and bracing air today the peo
ple enjoyed a magnificent parade, Hun
dreds of thousands crowded the tiwn.
The people in town were early astir to
day, though the booming of cannon to
signal the start of the civic parade were
not heard until 11 o'clock. Out from
the crowded hotels and from the board
ing houses of the outsk'rls the people
came even before sunrise. They bright
ened the streets with the color of vivid
badges. The police as early as 7 o'clock
closed all bridges which cross the city's
turbid and lilthv river, and at 10
o'clock the line of march was clear.
YiccT'rcsidcut Morton, under a civil es
cort, took his position on the reviewing
stand at 11 o'clock. Soon after 11,
three guns spoke out the singnl for the
parade to move. Then appeared at the
starting point the chief officer of the
day, and police ahead of him led the
way, the various bodies falling in from
stieets opening in the route of march.
The parade was several miles long,
ih.ainb; walks iiriskly.
Joint's Manly Speaks of Jas. ; s
"Hearty Sympathy."
Xi;v Yonk, Oct. 20. There was an
unusual stir al Republican national
headquarters this morning wheu James
G. Blaine briskly walked up the steps and
into the private office of James Manlv,
where lllainc had a conference vith
Chairman Carter and others. Sub
sequently Manly said: Mr. "Maine's
viit was purely for the sake of a politi
cal conference. The details of that con
ference, as it was of a confidential na
ture, I cannot, of course, make public,
but you may be sure mat Miainc is in
hearlv sympathy with us and will do
whnt de can to aid the fight."
"Will Uluine make another speech dur
ing the campaign?" he was asked. "No;
Iilamc s physical condition will not per
mit of it."
Columbus Day In New York.
N'liW York, Oct. 20. Columbus dav
was celebrated in all the public schools
here today. The President's proclama
tion was fit st read and then the flag was
unfurled. Three cheers nnd n salute were
gifen "Old Glory," after which allegiance
was pledged to the Hag, national rtirs
sung, Bible selections rend and patriotic
addresses delivered. In lirookiyn there
was a great parade of the Roman Cath
olic parochial schools. Public buildings
- land private houses in the City
cnurcues are ablaze w it 11 bunting.
ANGING
TODAY
A CROWD OF TUN TUOI'aANU
IN GREENSUOUt),
Reynolds and Headen ray the
Ucatli Penally The Negro Says
He is fioini: toieaveii,uiiclTIitit
HiH Sentence Was Jusf.
Gri;i:.siioko, X. C, O t. I'o. Special
Ten thousand people witnessed the
double execution of Re vnoldsand Mender)
at :'2 this afternoon. The men were
escorted to the place of execution by a
detachment of the Guildford Grays and a
procession half a mile long.
On the scaffold when asked lor his dy
ing remarks, Reynolds said he had noth
ing to say. Headen, the negro, spoke
eight minutes, and declared his sal-
ration and trust in the Lord. Me said
was going straight to Christ, and
was going the nearest wav. He begged
the nslK generation of negroes to takt
"'"ruing by his end and keep out of
Dad company, and acknowledged the
iusticp of hie culm,..,. i...i:..;A..n
vjcc was held by two ministers.
Death was instantaneous.
The colored
people generally pronounce the punlic
itv ot the hanging to be a salutary les
son. Iiverything was quiet and tin
crowd remarkably sober, there being
only one arrest today.
MACVICtGH IN NEW YORK.
lie Talks Pointedly on the l orco
Hill Last Night.
Niiw Vouk, October 20. Cooper
Union was crowded last night with '
people anxious to hear Wayne
MacVeagh. The meeting was held un
der the auspices of the Democratic club
of New York City.
On the force bill Mr. MacVeagh said :
"The bill would provide that the Circuit
court judges of the 1'uitcd States, only
eighteen in number, should takeaway
from the )eople the rigid of conduct
ing their own elections It
is not ( lily that such a meas
ure involves a vast expense to
the tax payers; but it is that it de
stroys at one fell blow the very princi
ple on which we must nlyifwc are to
continue to be a Republic: that is, trut
ing the people in their d.li'ereiit election
districts to conduct their own elections,
and, it there is not sufficient virtue to he
found there, il is not likely to be found
in the appointees of a political party,
whether lield in judical oflice, or any
other.
"And the deadly blow thus dealt al
the populni confidence in our national
judiciary would result in irremediable
injury. All respect for the elections
would be destroyed, all confidence in the
pretended results reached at the polls
would disappear, and the Presidential
election must result in a very luief time
in the resort to force by one party or the
other, believing itsell to have been dc-
Iraudcd of its rights.
WANT TO LYNCH HIM.
I-'rlends of a Wronged Woman
May (iive a Young Mau Trouble.
M KM puis, Twin., Oct. 20,-ShcriiV Mc-
Clcndon.of Memphis, has received from
Sheriff livers, of Tuscuuibia, Ala., a tele
gram requesting him to meet the Ala
oamu slicrill wit 11 a lawyer, to prepare
habeas corpus proceedings lor the libera
tion 01 1. lias. a. luirgcss, who was ex
pected to reach here last night. Burgess
formerly lived in Tuscunibia. Not long
ago it was rumored that Burgess had se
duced a young lady belonging to one of
the first families of Tuscunibia. Burgess
lied to lexns whether two men followed
and captured him. When last heard
from tlit?,' were between Marshall, Tex
ana luscumma, Ala., on their wav
home with their mau. Sheriff Bycra
intention is, if possible, to capture the al
leged kidnappers when they reach Mem
plus and take Burgess out ol their hands
He believes it is the purpose of friends of
the voting woman to lynch Burgess as
soon as he reaches luscumbin.
tinned McKluIcy'M Car.
IU'VTINc.ton, W. Va. Oct. 18. While
Gov. MeKinley was passing Hurricane
Station, midway between Charleston
and Huntington 111 a train last night u
stone crashed through the window of
the ptivatc ear next to the Governor.
unt uiu not nurt any otic, l ive other
stones were thrown. The men who did
the work could not be found. X. Y. Sun.
Raleigh's Celebration.
R.U.liit'.n, X. C, Oct. 10 The success
of the fu st day of Raleigh's centennial
celebration today exceeded the most
sanguine expectations. Perfect weather
and a delicious temperature made out
door life a delight. The city was decor
ated nrofuselv in orange and red, the
city's colors, and the national colors
were on every hand.
The P. P's. in Mouth Carolina. '
Coi.l MliiA, S. C, Oct, 20. Candidates
for presidential electors on the People's
party ticket were yesterday put in the
filH Thpv will noil a vrrv 1'mhr vol,.
of
j.v.v. - .- - J v,
the estimate being from one to three
thousand in the entire state.
D0UB1
BUHCOHBE
SYRUP OF TAR
AND-
WILD CHERRY
Is a sale and reliable cure for coughs,
colds, croup, hoarseness and all affec
tions arising from an inflamed condition
of the throat and lungs. Price. 25 cts.
Manufactured at Grant's Pharmacy, 24
South Main Street.
lil'NCuMUlv SAKSAPAKILLV, with
Iodide of Potash.
, Sarsaparilla has been long esteemed as
possessing decided alterative properties,
and, in combination with Iodide of Po
tasiiim, exerts a marked curative action
in ali diseases due to impurity of the
blood, especially such as are inherited or
arc the result of Syphilitic or Mercurial
Blood Poisoning.
Py its use you can save yourself from
the suffering caused by foul Erup
tions and Ulcerous Sores, through
which the system strives to rid
itself of Corruptions. It Purities
the lllood, Riving it renewed Vitality and
Force, licing an Alterative, it changes
the action of the system, imparting
Fresh Strength and Vigorous Health.
The Concentrated Power and Curative
Virtues of Buncombe Sarsaparilla render
it the most Reliable Wood Purifier that
can be used, while it is entirely safe for
patients of all ages. Manufactured at
Grant's Pharmacy, 2 1 South Main St.
UUNCOMUE LIYF.K PILLS arc mild,
yet sufficient; do not cause pain or
gri e, and act upon the liver and bowels.
They are especially valuable as after
dinner pills, and readily cure constipation
and constivenes1?, nausea, distress in the
stomach, etc,
They are purely vegetable and we be
lieve they are tae best family pill yet lire-
pared and offer them with perfect confi
dence, believing that whenever used it
will be with the happiest results.
Try them and judge for yourself.
At Grant's Pharmacy
DR. JAEGERS'
Woolen Underwear
-FOR MEN
3 FAIL AND WINTER WEIGHTS
CAN EE FOUND ONLY
-AT-
3Mrro 11 1211 ;s,
a8 Pattou Avenue.
Clods! Clocks! Clocks!
Small Clocks,
Large Clocks,
Nickel Clocks,
Alarm Clocks,
Wood Clocks,
Marble Clocks,
Onyx Clocks,
Weight Clocks.
IF YOU WANT CLOCKS YOU CAN GET THEM
BY CALLING ON
B. II. COSBY,
Patlou Ave, AHlievlIle, N. C.
RAILROAD TICKETS
Bought and Sold.
Buy's
ol need
allronU
it ten.
O. V. KAY,
28 8. Main Street.
Member American Ticket Broken' Xuo'n.
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MODEL STEAM LAUNDRY
THIS VERY DEST WORK, '
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