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Asheville Daily Citizen, r ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1894. PRICE 5 CENTS. VOLUME X. NO 15. N V Wlien ? Ymir husband will notice a gicat im provement, in your cooking when you use cottokne. Your children can safely cat the same food as yoinscll, wlicn You Use CoUolenr. Your house will not 1)C filled with the odor of hot lard, when you use Cottolene. Your doctor ill lose some ol his dyspepsia eases, when you iw Cottolene. our money will lie saved, and your cooking plained, WHEN YOU USE COTTOLENE. FOR SAl.U' AT WM. KROGER'S TO FISHERMEN ! Iu you Uiiuw w la-ic uu call net our (iMiiti;; outfit? Jii-1 Rci-ivftl a new Mipply I runt llus split tmmlHK) rotls. all kimln from toe. up U Uo. I looks, silk lim-, liraitk-.l lints, Mi Imskcls, seines minnow net, Cork floats. Have you seen thf ymiucf sU-cl ioil '' lull line uir cul!ai lor pii; ilo chain h. luK Ukh, Conic au-1 examine my lint. L. BLOMBERG TIIK Mnlil-I. CU'.AK AM) M'uKTINli t'.tiolts. Ilol'sl'. I? 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Thrash & Bro., CRYSTAL I'Al.ACK. $3.95 orth Carolina Roe Herring, Fat Selected Mackerel, Cream Codfish, Magnolia Canned Salmon, Selected Canned Oysters, Lobsters, Shrimp, Clam Juice. OWELL & SNIDER SEASONABLE Shirt Waists. An excellent line ul well made Kouil in stylish eficets. I.AD1KS' WKAI'l'KKS: Six or eight strung catiR LACKS: I'oint Venise, Polut ile Gene, Valen ciennes, Oriental, Uoimluu, Turchon, l'oillt de Oazc, Chantilly, Medici, etc. K.MHKOIUKR1KS lu great variety, on Swiss, Nainsook unit Cambric. WASH DKKSS GOODS: A large Htock of guoit hlyles, the kinds not so easy to find. PARASOLS, PANS, OXKOKU T1KS, I.1SI.K T1IKKA1) 1IOSK, KTC. H, REDWOOD &. CO , CLOTHING, DRY GOODS, S110KS, AND HATS. 1 RK NOW SKKVISC. til R DKI.ICUll Frozen Fruit Frappe. Ice Cream Soda (All Flavors.) Sotol Coca-Cola Hire's Root Beer AND OT1IKR POPULAR DRINKS. SHI.I.1NG ACKNTS FOR HUYLEll'S CANDIES THE NEW BOARD GOES IN 1NAIGI R4TION AT NOON 1U- UAV. TUeUaior Takes Ibe Oath and Delivers His Inangural-Coni-tnlllees Annoaucert at Itae Flrnt MeelliiK of Tbe Mew Board. Following upon the strjke of noon in the court house belfry, in the presence of citizens ut Asheville and surrounding towns, the first Reform Board of Alder men died by limitation and the new Board was ushered into existence. The court bouse was nearly filled with those drawn thither by a desire to sec the inauguration of the Mayor and Alder men elected with hint, Messrs. V. A. Itlair, Henry Kedwood and Fred. A. Hull. In calling the house to order the Mayor said the hour had arrived for the admin isteringof the oath. To do this he had selected that esteemed citizen, Justice A. T. Summcv. Mr. Summcv then ascended to the platform and read the oath to the Mayor, wno ktssca me hook ana sun scribed to the oath ns prescribed. This Ceremony concluded tbe Mayor began his inaugural, speaking without innnii script. The inaugural in part was at follows : The Haioi's ttpeecli l;roni a Shorthand Kcirl. "l'cllow Citizens: After a residence of 53 years, almost uninterruptedly, in the city of Asheville and the county of Bun combe, 1 have never experienced the time when an ussembly ot the good people hesitated to give attention to an appeal to their sense ot lusttcc. "1 ask that it be remembered that a little more than a vcar ago, without anv solicitation on mv part, the suggestion was made to me that 1 should assume the position of Mayor of Asheville..s this is rattier a plain and not very uiiius ing statement of facts that I shall give vou, perhaps vou win let me suggest a thcr amusing point at tnc iieginntng. don't think any ot you know who was the first man in Asheville who made that suggestion, so tar as it came to my cars. uouot, in view ot recent occurrences, that any ouc could guess. It was no other than Mr. Frank H. Robinson, ed itor of Tin: CmzKN. In his office, where he tills the position ot getting up nb stracts ol deeds, be being a Inenil ol mine, as I supposed, be said to me, the st man who ever intimated such thine to me, 'Mr. ratton, the citizens ol Asheville want vou for Mayor.' I said do not think they do. There arc liet- men here more ipialilied for that position than mysell. lie said, The people want you nnd they must have you.' Not for one moment did 1 Bay that did not appreciate the compliment which he paid by making tuat sugges twin, nor the compliment winch vou paid me bv electing me in May. Hut 1 did deprecate the responsibilities which were to be placed upon mv shoulders. 'Fellow citizens, I snv nere, asl slanii before my God, that for not n single mo mcut Irom that day to this lias tttc wcl fare of mv Icllow citizers been out of my heart or mind, whether I have been here or away from here. My whole time has been devoted to your services, my wiioie orivatc business has been neglected anil s.'rted to my great mnterial damage' There is not a man in this town who does not know that this is the case. Hut on will nsk, 'What didyounecomplish? ant tree to confess that 1 did not ac complish what 1 hoped to accomplish, merely mane u start, t aiu not npprc late the horrors of the situation or I ould never have accepted. I appeal to Mr. Uudgcr and ask him if he did not ay that r. Y. I'atton made the best Mavor that Asheville ever had. You have had other g""'.! Mayors in Ashe tile, Mr. U. I. Aston, Mr. A. I.hummey, Mr. 1. I.. Rankin and Mr. liarkins, In the course ot events we had a meet ing of the school committee in the city hall. Hint was a lata I dny lor me mlerstand that 1 am not dispurng'tig the honor you have done me. 1 npprcct ale it and thank you for it. At that meeting some ol the gentlemen expressed their opinion that it would be better that 1 should be elected. That put the thought in my mind that it was my uty that 1 should struggle tor anotiicr yeur, U my leilow-cilizetis inougnt in to impose the burden upon me. I tleterm incd to accept it. When the reporter ol l ilt; Litizk.n came to me to sec it 1 was a candidate, 1 said that I was not a candidate, but thttt il my Icllow-citucns snw lit to impose the burdens upon me far nnnthrr venr. I would bear them. 1 accented the position with the full intcn- tmn tn An mv ilutv na the law nrovides thnt I should swear that I will do it. and asl will do it. "What has been the reward? What have been the punishments which have been indicted upon me during tbe last four weeks? You all know. It is tin necessary lor me to mention them. You need not answer tbe tptcstion now. Tukc it to your homes and turn it over in your minds and benrts and nsk your selves, what has T. W. I'ntton done to deserve the punishment which has been inflicted upon him since April last r My name and mv lather's name have been made the butt ol ridicule and of charges which cannot be mentioned in this ns scmblv, thanks to the presence of the adtcs. You all know it and will bear me out in it. Mv feelings of self-respect have been degraded because 1 have bad charges brought against me tlntt would oe con sidered disgraceful if applied to an ir. mate ol the Kaicigu pemieniiary. inai is tbe reward of a year's faithful services and of ei vine up my own private busi ness nnd of being, as Mr. Gudger says 1 have been, one ot the best Mayors tnut Asheville ever bad. I did not care for tbe salary attached to the office, but 1 did hone that mv cood name nnd my father's good name migt be shielded from such lings and arrows as have been thrown against them. 1 have little more to say on tuat sun- ject. There have been certain charges made not ol tne Character to which I have referred and to which it is perfectly nrooer thnt I should reply briefly. One of these charces was as to my politics. What ore my politics, was usietii. t win tell you what my politics are. Itwassuid in the columns of Tim Citizbn that Mr. K. M. Furman had said that I was not professedly a Democrat. 1 met him on the stteet the next day and suit! 'My old Iriend Bob, if your brain was half as big rouwouldbe:' PrioralDVmoe was iiiimtrntrii in tnis nouse on tne utu .nin..i ii... sr tkn. Ul J1UIII IU, IIIH . . ocrat means that man sitting there I Col Davidson, or such men as my friends rnrmS Pnwll I K RnnVirt. if It ftem. ocrat means such a man as our honored senator; ll tne word Democrat means such men as tbe 480 Democrats which supportcdthe ticket which put tnc through. Then I am a Democrat, not professedly, but from the bottom of my heart, and ever shall be." Aldermen Sworn lu. The Mayor then announced his lirst ollicinl duty to be the swearing in of the new Aldermen. He prophesied that re sults would show that the people had made good selections iu these officials. He appealed to the people of the city, re ferring particularly to lion. 11. A. Oud gr, to give the Board their co-operation. If this were not given the responsibility would be with the peop'e. He declared be would never lc a candidate again. Messrs. Redwood. Hull and Illair then advanced to the front ol the desk anil took the oath, administered bv the Mavor. Alderiuanlc Comuilllef ft The first meeting ol the new Hoard followed, to which all were invited by the Mayor. The only business was the announcement of the committees for the vcar. In doing this the Mavor said he had made the Mayor a member of each committee, and cared not for any 'stupid criticism" that might be made of his action lie had ulsn appointed a prtyatc citizen on most of the commit tees. The list follows: Finance Alderman II. Kedwood, Law rence I'. McLoud nnd the Mavor. ll'ater Alderman H. L. Gttdgcr, Geo S. I'owcll and the Mavor.J tittivts Alderman lilair. A, 1. Cooper and the Mavor. Police Alderman Hull, It. II, Cosby nnd the Mavor. Market House Alderman Illair, J. M. Westnll and the Mavor. .wins Alderman Jones, J. 1'. Sawyer and the Mayor. ire department Alderman Hull, lolin R. Rich and the Mayor. Ollices anil Salaries Aldermen H. 1.. Gtidgcr, II. Kedwood and the Mayor. Revision ol the Charter ani; Drill- nances Alderman Jones, 1-. A. aondlcv, 1. 1. Murphy nnd the Mayor. I'lirks .Mrs. II. A. Uudgcr, Mrs. . r Dickerson.Gco.S. l'owell and the Mayor. Special tases Alderman Illair, . , Sevier, R. K. Rawls, S K. Kepler, . li Brevard, . II. Fcnland, lohn Hampton, W. 11. Williamson, I. II. Tucker, W. C, Carniichael and the Mayor. Mr. UudKer'H Replv. lion. II. A. Gudgcr asked to be allowed a few words, is be had been frequently alluded to in the Mayor's remarks. Hi thought the Mayor had risked his co operation as if he had a doubt that it would be extended. However hitter a campaiun might be, tic said, he always submitted to the will ot tnc majority, and always did all he could to hold up the bauds of the authorities. He had said the Mayor bad made otic among the best Mayors Asheville ever had, but lidn't think the Mayor ought to feci hurt about that. At lirst be was for the Mavor, but saw reasons to changi: and those reasons had been verified in the past three or four davs. At the conclusion ot Mr. Imager s rc- murks the meeting adjourned. A FLOOD OF HIGH WATER Wll.tI tllBI'OUT. IA., PARTLY rlKltMKK;i'.l. H'hIm r Watt r TIihii since iSH When ImuieiiMe Itiiiiiuce Was Done TliouHaudM ol liollarH Worth ol Property Ie'rovd Wii.i.iamsi'oht, I'd., 1 p. m , May 21. The water in the Susquehanna river has reached 'M feet, one foot higher than the disastrous flood of ISM!). The entire city is under water, from four to twenty feet. The water is still rising. The loss has already reached more than a million dollars. loiiNSToWN, l'a., May lil. The little Concmatigh is on the rampage. Lincoln bridge is guarded by police who permit no one to cross ns the structure is being battered fiercely by Homing logs. A Irame build'tig at the bridge appronch was swept away this morning and other buildings are tottering. The fire mid church bells arc ringing, whistles blow ing, and people are fleeing Irom the rush ing waters. So far no loss of tile is re lortcd and it is not thought there will :c nnv. I'ittsiii m;, I'n., May 21. A brief dis patch Irom ohustown tins morning says the damage by Hood there is csti mated at about l.!o,(H)0. l he damage nlonir the line ol the Tcmisylvaniu rail- roud between Johnstown nnd Altoonn I is tilaccd atn ciuartcr of a million I riill.AliF.Ll'ltiA, ra , Alay .'l.-liie I big boom nr. Vt illiamsport containing millions of feet of lumber broke this morning. The river has overflowed its banks and the lower floors of houses and businiss places near the riverside flooded. The Western I'nion office there has been washed out, arid telegraphic communication is now entirely cut on. There have also been heavy losses by high water caused by heavy rains, tit Williamsport, Altonna, Himghtoti, Lock Ilivcn, llelklont, lyroue, l a., nnd nt Danville, Dunkirk, lamcstown, Roches ter and ButTulo, N. Y. liOOD NEW. Time of The Passaice of The Tar in Bill net. vYasiiiniiton, May 21. "The end ii in sight, remarked senator Junes oi the Finnnccconitnittcc, "and we expect to begin gathering taxes under the Wil son bill on the first day of July, which bci'i8 the new Itscnl year. 1 Ins statement was endoned ny Mr, Harris. Messrs, Harris, V'oorhees and I Jones of Arkansas assert that they have I the forty-three votes necessary to pass the Dill Uolny; Backwards. IlKl.GHADK, May 21. King Alexander has accomplished another coup d'etat A royal proclamation, issued this mora ing, abolishes the constitution of 1SS8 and restores that of 1801), giving the King the right to appoint one-third of the members ot the Uhamlwr Deputies now All Over Kentucky. Cincinnati, 0Mny21. Specials from re- of r. :.r - I tne Mate, ( Ureal nioclluir. Baltimorb, May 21. Elmer C, Davit in a race against time Saturday broke the Maryland 24 hour cycling record I He rolled oft 240 miles in 15 hours, AN UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE RKMAKKA111.E SCENE AT THU V. M. C. A. BALL. T. w. ration Maltcaa Beml-Pollll-cal speech At a Religious Galh-erlaic-Coulradlcted By H. A Undirer A cause Of Much Dis cussion. A most uulooked lor, and deeply re grettable occurrence was injected iuto the Y'. M.C. A. gospel meeting yesterday afternoon not through any fault of this noble institution, however. It was the occasion of the address to men bv Rev. J. L. White, pastor of the First Baptist church, on "The Seventh Commandment; or, The Sanctity of Marriage." There were near 300 per sons In the hall. Mr. White argued upon his subject from a scriptural stand point. He laid, in carrying out bis ar guments, that houses of ill fame existed in Asheville, to the knowledge of every body, and read three ordinances of tlr ciiv intended to suppress tbe houses tlltidcd to. Hedid notaccuse tbe author ities, but asserted that everybody would admit the ordinances had not been en forced. He knew the Mayor's heart was in tbe work of enforcing the ordinances. Mr. White called upon those ol the audi ence who were in favor of ridding the city ot these houses and would uphold tbe Mayor and citizens of this town in aid of this work to rise, nnd the gathering rose a a body. Mr. White, further, mentioned the obscene literature, pictures and posters to be lotind here, mid alluded partic ularly to tne t'olicc liazette. tin sug gestion ol I Ion. II. A. Gudgcr, he called on all who tavored suppression of the Gazette to stand up and the audience again arose. Mr. White said thnt what he stated was merely a presentation of facts, not in cntuisni ol the city government, but to sec if some method could not be devised whereby the city could lie rid of disreputable bouses. V hen Mr. W lute bad concluded his at!- dress Mayor T. W. I'atton was named, he having during Mr. White s talk sent a note to Secretary Willis, asking to be called on. He defended the city authori ties in their cflorts to enforce the ordi nances against persons keeping houses of ill fame, nnd urgucd that they had done all in their power. lie stated that one woman of notorious diameter had been convicted before him and lined $01), and that she took an appeal to the Criuiinul court, her attorney going her bail, and when court came the witness for the prosecution could not be found and so the cost had to he accepted, or it would have fallen on the city. He also stated thnt he would give the name of the at torney it called upon, repeating this invi tation twice or three times. Some person in the audience therefore said: Name him, and the mayor said: Mr. . 1 name him. said tuc mayor, because his lather ha fmiueiitlv criticised my every action.' He said another woman had been con rictcd of keeping a house ol ill fame be fore Acting Mayor Westall and had np pealed to the Criminal court, whereupon the solicitor of that court ollered to go bail for her appearance, and that the acting mayor, deeming it useless to bind it person to court to be prosecuted by her bail, dropped her case. Ihesc wee be said, sonic of the difficulties in en forcing the law, nnd declared his willing ucss to do everything in his power to carry out the law. the Mayor next referred, in an earnest and impassioned manner, to certain incidents of the recent munici pal contest. He said his moral charac ter had been assailed in a political meeting in the court house Saturday night before the election, when members of his own church, perhaps members of th Presbyterian church, nnd certain mem tiers of the Methodist chusvh, and mem bcrs of the Baptist church bad sat by and never ollered to defend him. The Mayor here asked, "Isn't that so, Mr. Gudger?' and that gcutlcmnn replied. No, sir. 1 lie Mayor lurther said lie Had told a worthy member ot the Methodist church t that time (pointing at Hon. H. A Gitdgcrl nnd a worthy memlier ot the Uaptut church I pointing at Mr. Martin lint il he bad heard their characters its- ailed in a similar manner, he would ave detended them. He pointed at Mr, Martin and said in a very impassioned manner, ics, Martin I would nave dclendcd .four character if it had cost mc the little mayornlity of such a town as Asheville. Mr. Guducr then asked to be allowed to interrupt the speaker nnd said that perhaps Cant. I'atton did not know it but that lie, Uudgcr. had made a speech at the time, sucukini! both for himself and Mr. Martin, and had said that the Mayor was an upright, honorable, chris tian gentlemen, against whom nothing could be san I. Here Mr. Williss and Mr. White spoke to the Mayor, attempting to quiet lu in and get him to be seated, and after making a lew remarks, t lie Mayor re sinned bis scat. Mr. Williss then said be thought that during this interval the spirit ol God had lepnried; that what bad been said was foreign to the subject, aud that this meeting was in the interest ol the men who supported these bouses to show them the evil of their ways, and not to show the dereliction of anybody. Mr. Williss usked that the meeting oin in prayer, l lie prayer was lea oy Mr. White, and at its conclusion the meeting was adjourned. The news ol the unusual occurrence spread very rapidly, and yesterduy and today was discussed everywhere as one ol the most extraordinary and lament able events that eyer occurred in Ashe ville or anywhere. THE FACTS. Tbe Mayor's Recllal Controverted Bit Coiupeteut Testimony. Tin; Citizbn interviewed tbe attorney relerred to by Capt I'atton in his speech in the Y. M. C. A., outlined above, in order to ascertain the truth ol the mat- tcr. The attorney tells Tub Citizbn that one night, Saturday, he thinks, between 10 and 11 o clock, be was standing in the doorway of the en trance to the Johnston building when t carriage drove up and he was requested to go to the Mayor's otticc. lie did so nnd found tbe woman re Icrrcd to by Capt, I'atton under arrest, charged in two wnrrants one with an atsnult nnd tbe otherof selling beer with out a license. She was convicted of the com tevBD ox roi'KTU fads. WJ ftW IUST RECEIVED 100 BOXES Tanglefoot Sticky Fly Paper, Tbisistho lost, ily paper on the marker, 25 double sheets to the box. Each double sheft will caleh a piurt of llien. The trade supplied at wholesale and retail b.y Raysorfc Smith, 31 PATTON AVE. Open evvuings till 11 u'vlovk ASHEVILLE TO THE FltONT WB 11AVU JUST COMPLETED A FULL .LINUOF HANDMADE SHOES And will in the future carry In stuck a fu" assortment of shoes of OUR OWN MAKE! THUY STAND WITHOUT A 1UVAL liOBEIirW, 9 Court Square, Asheville, N. C STANDARD Quart Cans Tomatoes 10c. Sugar Corn per Can 10. Bftitlett Pears per Can 2o. GratedJineapploptrCulOc. String Buns per Can 10c T. J. REVELL, 10 Morth Mala St Ttlathon 111
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