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THE ASHEVTT.LE DAILY CITIZEN. MOXDAT, FEBRUART 7, IS;-' The Asheville Citizen BY TEE CITIZEN COMPANY. Bvery Afternoon Except Sunday MONDAY, FEIillCAKY 7, 1S9S. The failure of the cashier of the fa muus Chemical bajik of New York to distinguish between good and bad in vestments is not puzzling ween we itffiru from one of hia many recent biog raphies that he never read a newspa per. On the face of it the proposition to donate stone enough to pave 'several blocks of French Iiroad Avenue is one to be accepted with thanks. If the .Board can see the money to do the pav injj and do-it well, so that, with a reas onable amount of repairing, it would iust for years, the avenue is important enough to deserve the work. The Governor, denies that he ever said thai he would call out the troops ti keen Kailway Commissioners Cald well and Pearson in office, despite what the Supreme court of the United States "might do in the matter of the con tempt case against those gentlemen. The fact that the report was given ere dente shows that almost anything is expected of the Governor provided that it Is unusual enough. The argument for the investment by the City in an auditorium is that the benefit being pretty generally distrib uted .throughout all clases, each tax payer should pay his part. If a public subscription is depended upon, those will give most wtio will benefit least; and Some of those who will secure much as any or more will give nothing at all. Moreover it is doubtful if the amount necessary could- be raised in Asheville now by an appeal to the pub lic, while it is certain that the audito rium is badiy needed and that it would lie profitable if backed up with proper efiort. . jOn the other hand the Crty must not of course be drawn into an expenditure o- an investment of any kind not war ranted by sound business principles. If it were possible to induce private capital to build an auditorium, then the City should keep out of the project. We may at ali events trust the matter to the lioani of Trade, certain that its committee will bring out all plans and recommend the best one. It is astonishing how much trouble the "Oingley tariff bill makes abroad. The German minister of agriculture declares in the Prussian Diet that 'American horses developed influenza after importation, and that if the im portations increase a quarantine would be necessary." This closely follows ex clusion of California fruit from Ger many because of alleged danger from the insects they may propagate and harm foreign fruit tret-a. We need not look, however, to see millionaire Amer ican tourists excluded because of possi ble infection from them. What this for eign discrim'ination means is that if we exclude foreign products by means of a hiiih tariff, the nations thus injured will desoriminate against us. As we have enormous surpluses in many lines, such foreign descrimination .means a loss of money, with. the excluded pro ducts thrown back on the home mar kets to be disposed of, if at all, at low prices. A Land Tax Wanted. A w riter, in the Charlotte Observer sa ys : 'Poor, innocent, toiling laborer, turn your eyes to the countries having such a standard (the silver standard alone !o Asia, South America, Mexico. was in Mexico-last summer, and I trust and hope the day may never come when the laboring people of this coun try shall be reduced to such a state of degradation, of' servitude, of privation and of want as the great toiling. mass es of that country are who work for "two bits" per day, lt cents in our sil ver, "."i rents in theirs, and whose food is Vht'lbi-con-corriee' (pepper with meat, and the beans "the mesquite' tree, upon which their "burros' (don keys chiefly live." "Ciielbi-con-cornee"' is something de cidedly new and hardly 'so much the product of the silver standard as of a low standard of spelling. But let that pass, and turn our eyes' on gold stand aid Kngland, where, in London, men re glad to work for a shilling a day and are infinitely less comfortable than the ilerpisecl Mexican. Or turn your eyes to the mining regions of Pennsyl vania, w here men work for 60 cents the day when they can get work at all and are away below the Mexican as to the comforts of life. Or look at Mexi cans in our ow n country, fully'as lack ing in what we 'would call the luxuries of a very ordinary life, as are their brothers in Mexico. The fact is. that low wanes in Mexico cannot l-ec!.arged to the silver standard. The saute laborers in gold standard countries would be little better off. What Mexico needs is some tax on land. Then it could not be held by' specula-' tor, but would be thrown on the mar ket so that the poor would have an. op portunity to secure a home. PEOPLE.. Truman II. Handy, the banker of Cleveland, who has just celebrated his !lst birthday. loaned $2500 to John l. Itockct'eller when the latter start ed in business. Governor John It. Rogers of Washing ton in a recent address in Taeoma summed tip what he termed his faith thus: "Life is a struggle; a school; a test of tiitness; no fitness, no future." Congress is to be asked for an appro . prialion of $10,000 to aid the erection in Chester. Pa., of a $40,000 monument over the grave of John Morton, who gave the casting vote of Pennsyl vania for the declaration of indepen dence. ' Kx-ecretary Morton, since he left the cabinet of President Cleveland, has been spending his time writing poetry and building a handsome little theater called "The Overland" at NVbraska City, where he has lived for 40 years. The Sultan of Turkey has given to Em peror William of Germany the piece of ground in Jerusalem which is sup posed to be the site of the last sup . per and which many Christian com munities have heretofore tried in vain to acquire. It is said the Emperor will transfer the ground to the oer man Catholic missionaries. ASHEVILLE 50 YEARS AGO. Asheville's centenary roilepostt Suppose we retrospect a little and go back past half of these posts that mark the years that have gone byf say to 1S48, when it was but half a hundred! But three or four, now residents, can do this. , The writer to do. so has to draw frcm almost his earliest recollec tions, when a youth of eight or nine years; I was then a country boy and Ashe ville seemed to me, on my first visit. a wonder. Five or six hundred people, living in Eight of each other, and the stores! four or five! I had never seen but one." My first trip, as I-recall it, was with -my grandparents and my mother, in response to an invitation bv the Smiths to soend the day with tht-m at the Buck hotel. My! what a hotel I thought it was! The Batter Park and Kenilworth Inn are nothing now, to what I thought that to be then. The dining room especially filled me with astonishment. One immense ta ble, reaching, it seemed to me, from me end of the great building to the other, and then those "Shoo Flies!" 1 had been used to a much shorter table and a coupie of negro girls, with pea cock tail brushes to keep off the flies. but here it was all machinery, run by, it seemed to me at first, some myste rious power. Every four or fiv feet along the lengthy table was a light frame-like arrangement, attached to the ceiling overhead by hook and eye wire fasteners, and to this frame was tacked pieces of green -cambric, ihe lower ends hanging loose. Through the lower bar of frames ran a cord the entire length of table, and to the par- tion at the end of dining room, and through a bole in the partition, to what will term the power house. The mys terious power, as I first thought, i found in my boyish disposition to pry nto everything, to be a litle nigger nside the power house pulling the cord. Sometimes the power would gradually weaken, and the machine slow down nd finally stop. Then the attentive and near listener could hear in a some what suppressed voice: "You Jim! wake up thar. Old Missus '11 go for you nigger when dem white folks done gone.' In afie- years I learned that the lob by or ofijfe of this hotel was the gen eral rendezvous at night and Sunday afternoons of the young men of the own. where wit and sharp repartee .ere always on toi David Coleman, one of Asheville's best lawyers and most brilliant citi zens, was what might have been called resident boarder of the Buck; tha . as to all intents and purposes his home and his srenial maner and fine conver- ational powers had much to do, doubt- ess, in drawing those citizens to the lace, wanting to while away a few leasant hours. Zebulon- B. Vance and Augustus S. Merri'mon (both afterwards ecoming t'nited States Senators, and n other ways two of North Carolina's most distinguished citizens) were fre quent visilors.and many atilt theyhad; always riyals and yet not unapprecia- ve of each other's talents. About he time they were making their debut lawyers, Vance having his license and lerrimon expecting his. the latter, be- ore the usual eratheriior in the Ruck ice baid: "Zeb, when I get my li- ense and come to the bar T will imy-t u blacking my boots at five ceriLs a tiine:" Vance, as ouick as a flitsh r rted. saying: Yes, and if you nav ne up promptly I will make a devilish ight moie money than you will.'. this courthouse (about the fourth re mote from the present was of c.or- esponamg size to the town; situated n a sharp red hill fronting about wnere now stands the electric lieht ower, The court room was reached by wo nignts or high steps emerging from ie ground to a platform, the steps laving the shape of the letter . The steps and piatform were ithout banisters or railing. The tiasemer.t, for half of it was above ground (hence the necessity tor the high steps just mentioned) was used ior clerks and sheriffs offices and for a printing office. The paper issued from said oliice. Mi my memory serves me true, was called the Highland Messen ger and the editor was Mr. MacKanal ly. . The sheriff I am not sure about; possibly Pierce Roberts. There were tour stores: James Smith, JaioeslW. Patton, Mont Patton and iiugh Johnson 1 think. There was be sides a candy ' store. Madam Cocke s, and a whiskey suop, run by A. B. isc-ed. if I mistake not. Only two citizens live now that were residents then .of mature age, James McKee and A. T. Surnmey, esq.. The former came her in 1838 and attended school at New ton Academy under the eccentiic pedagogue Ezera MacCall Tate. In ls3 he took a clerkship with M nt i'atton, and later deputy, post m.usteiship under same, succeeding finally as postmaster and continuing as such through '4i, '50, '51 and '52. A. T. Surnmey, esq., came here in about.. 1842 and 'very soon thereafter took a clerkship with James W. Patton and has almost since the day of his ar rival been a prominent figure in Ashe ville. holding all the offices common to a county and municipality and more or them at one time possibly than any other citizen ever did. This fact was laughingly brought out some years ago n a municipal election contest, when Esquire Summey was mayor and a can didate to succeed himself and was op posed by Col. John A. Fagg. The lat ter in a speech in the court house said: "My friend and opponent has an of fice every day in the week. Monday morning he is Mayor Surnmey, Tuesday morning. United" States Commissioner Surnmey; Wednesday morning. Justice of the Peace Surnmey; Thursday morn ing. County Commissioner Surnmey; Friday morning. Chairman of the Board of Education Surnmey; Saturday morning Commissioner of Bankruptcy Surnmey, and Sunday morning, with Prince Albert and silk hat, he is Klder Surnmey of the Presbyterian church. My wife, my son George and his wife we four and no more." In this imperfect and very much abridged review of Asheville 50 years ago, I am fully conscious of the possi bility of some great mistakes, but as tis altogether from memory, I trust to have "them overlooked. JAMES M. RAY. The Stewart Pictures. From the New York Sun. The sale of the Stewart pictures is at an end, ana atter an no recoras were roken. The highest price realized was. as predicted, that paid for Fortuny s The Choice of a Model." It was among the rS pictures sold last night and was knocked down to W. A, Clark of Butte, Mont., for $42,000. The next best price last night was paid for Madraxo's "De parture from the Masked Bait, which was bought by F -A. Bell for $16,000. The third in order of price was "The Antiquary," by Fortuny, which brought $15,200, and the fourth, W. Leibl's Village politicians," which went to J. F. Second for $15,000. Editors and Gentlemen. ' From the Henderson Gold Leaf. An editor who was traveling on a steamboat went into the barber shop for'a shave. " When the job was fin- shed he tendered the pay, but the bar ber (who knew who his customer was) declined to receive It, with the remark: We don't charge editors nothing, sah. nut you cannot afford to work with out pay.- persisted the editor. "Dat's all right, boss.- said the darkey, "we makes it up ofTn gentlemen." OSTRICH EGGS. Thm Hn Puts Thtm in m Helm and Covers it All Night. From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, '.'There is money In raising ostriches, and this fact has been demonstrated by the owners of an ostrich farm in Ari zona," remarked CoL W. S. Hadley of Phoenix, Ariz. "There are. now about 100 ostriches on this farm, and all the birds are doing well." The farm was first started as -an experiment," but It has proved to be a fairly good business venture. The ostrich has many peculiar habits, and it took some time for the managers of the farm to learn how to handle these Sahara Desert birds. For instance, the female makes a nest by scratching a hole in the ground large enough to hold a bushel ' basket. She lays 20 eggs before she commences to sit. Each egg is left just outside the nest until the 20 eggs encircle the hole in the ground. Then the female kicks all the eggs into the hole with one foot. She sits at night, and the male sits on the nest in the day time, thus taking turn about until the young ostriches are hatched. A young ostrich must be one year old before it can be 'picked.' An ostrich has scarcely any feathers on its neck and breast, and is, therefore, an un gainly looking bird. The long feathers known in tbeirade as ostrich plumes. are pluckeB fr&m the wings. These plumes are "shipped to New York, and bring from $7 to $S per pound. Of course these plumes are tlsere cleaned and steamed, and, when fully prepared for the milinery market, bring from $ to $9 apiece. An old ostrich is worth from $75 to $100, and a young one is worth from $40 to $50, and they are sold at those prices to menageries and zoo logical eardens throughout the coun try." 'Another revenue comes to this farm from the sale of ostrich eggs. Persons buy them as curiosities, paying $5 apiece for them. It has been found that the ostrich thrives splendidly on the alfalfa grass that grows wild In Ari zona. . Sometimes corn is fed to them. It is quite amusing to see a long-neck ed ostrich swallow a whole ear of corn as easily as a chicken swallows one grain of corn." HANCOCK'S CASE. Honest Justice Shculd Be Meted Out. From the Raleigh Post. The Governor, we are informed, has placed the matter in the hands of the directors for thorough investigation and action. He does not wish to act harshly. In this he Is right. What ever Hancock's general character may be, and the Governor knew this as well when he made him president of the board as now, he is entitled to be heard and treated fairly in this, at best, hu miliating matter. He was never a fit man for the place in any sense, but he was a partisan of the Governor's and a blooming representative of the party in power. Ke was appointed and pro ceeded to discharge his duties accord ing to expectations. We are not aware of any charges against his official con duct whether it has been good or bad we are not advised. But he is generally charged with a heinous offense which, if guilty, should cause his. removal from this as well as any other position of trust or confi dence lie may hold. The people believe him guilty. His own statements, so fai given th public, have failed to remove this belief. If what he has given the directors satisfies them of his inno cence, and it is withheld from the pub lic, that public will still be slow to be lieve that one whose defense, Involving so much, cannot be made to them, is still entitled to their confidence. The people want no innocent man's blood. They want no guilty man to escape the nunishment his conduct merits. Let the directory make a- f.iir- impartial in vestigation free from personal or par tisan prejudice, either for or against him. It is a serious matter, serious alike to Mr. Hancock and the people whose servant he is. Both alike demand that honest justice be meted out. noth ing more nor less, result. We await the fina' A POEM. it is the Song of the New Woman- Hear it Sing. From the Orange Observer. Onward, roll onward, O Time, m your flight, snake ine a woman that's clear out of eight; give me bloomers md breeches and shirts, let me go out :f these horrible skirts. A whisker nro.fii.-er invent if vou can. give me a head that glows ra Id like a man's: j-row- n tobacco that won't make me sick and teach me to chew a la man vet v onick. Let me.' O let me drink whiskey and swear, bet on the ohicl ms and back the fleet mare; stay out ' nights, hold office and vote, take in ihe town and a six shooter'tote: sit in the buzzard roost row if I choose, play baseball and football and wear those spike shoes. onward, roll onward, O Time, nuicklv flv. moke me a man or else help me to die; this world as it is fairlv fills me with woe. but were I a man 'twould be heaven below. A COTILLION FAVOR. One That Pleased a Young Man 1m mensely A Kis In Time. From the Boston Herald. A Connecticut young man had a fa vor conferred upon him at a cotillion the other night that nearly paralyzed him. When the moment came for a favor to be given him his hostess step ped forward and presented him with the only girl of his choice. "Take and keep her." she said: "she is yours!' "Heavens alive!" erasped the happj lover. "Is this'true?" And then this "only girl," whose ans wer to a certain question he had asked a month ago, straightway rose on the tip of her toes, and, in view of the as sembled company, pressed a dainty kiss on his mouth, declaring: "Yes, it is true." Then everybody congratulated the pair, and the dance went on with a rush. The cotillion has its uses after all. At Fernhill Baptist Church At Fernhill Baptist church, Biltmore, Sunday morning, Rev. "W. W. Jones preached especially to children. There was a large congregation In attendance. In. simple and yet forceful language he told what children could do in the ser vice of the Lord. He alluded first to the maid who waited on Naaman's wife. and directed Haaman to Elijah, by wnom he was healed of his leprosy. And then Samuel, dedicated to tem ple service from his birth, with his faithful and honorable life. Mrs. Chas. Whitaker presided at the organ. Mr. Jones has promised to re peat these services at intervals in the future. Fire on Turkey Creek. The home of Frank White, north Turkey Creek, -was destroyed by fire Friday night and the occupants of the house narrowly escaped death. Every thing in the house was burned. The cause of the fire is not known. TWO PHONES are required to take our orders. When lag is busy call 144. Carolina Coal Co. Read the advertisement of Hotel Empire.' 5' ew York, on page 4. IN NORTH CAROLINA. Statesville Mascot: .More than 12 years ago Mr. Elias G. Powell, son of Elias H. PowelL esq., of Eagle Mills township, and Miss Mary L. Hays, daughter of the late" Asbury Hays of the same township, were sw eel hearts. Mr. Powell moved to the far State of Washington, and after a time married. About two years ago his wife died, and since then he has 'corresponded with Miss Hays. Recently an understanding was reached between them, and, ac cordingly Miss Hays left here Tuesday morning for Starbuck, Washington. Mr. Hays, who lives in Pomeroy will meet her in Starbuck and the marriage will take place, after which Mr. and Mrs. Powell will go to the groom s home. e Statesville Landmark: It is being talked that when Ewart is installed new clerks of the district court will be appointed at Statesville and Greens boro that Clerk Cowles at Statesville and Clerk Trogden at Greensboro will have to go, but that-Clerk Moore will be retained at Asheville. It is further talked that Mr. W. S. Hyams, Senator Prltchard's brother-in-law, will be made clerk of the court at Charlotte and Statesville, and that Ben, Sharpe, ex-Congressman Settle's' brother-in law, will be appointed at Greensboro to heal factional differences in the party there. Brevard News: Engineer Hume, who looked out the route for the new road to Sapphire last week, returned Saturday evening and reported having found an excellent line which will make the distance not over 23 miles, and will have a grade nowhere exceeding 5 per cent. Attorney Gash is now preparing the chat ter, and as soon as it is secured the books of the company will be open for subscriptions. Laurinburg, Richmond county had a S30.00U nre inursaay. j. vv. mvii-iii was the largest -loser, having a stock valued at $15,000, with only $o000 insur ance, is. Bryant S two livery uuimiugs were burned and were not insured. J. R. Britt, M. A. McDougald and others who lost in the fire, were only partially Insured. There is a clear loss of $20,- 000. eharlotte News: It is estimated by competent authority that the recent smallpox scare in Charlotte, nas cost the city at least $50,000. A Ntws re porter interviewed a number of prom inent business men or tne city anu wie consensus of opinion is that the amount named above is a fair estimate of the cost of Charlotte's smallpox expense. Durham Sun: Jas. R. Cates of Person county, a great nunter, writes II. A. Reams that a few days ago he was hunting in the northern part of Granville and struck a fine deer trail. He killed one buck that weigned lia pounds and started three more deer, j The one killed gave his dogs a pretty lively chase and tussel. Charlotte News: The snow storm that visited the w.estern district of the State last Monday was heav- i . .3 A ier tnan nrst reporieu. a gentleman from Watauga county tells the News mat arounu Blowing Rock there was from 12 to 14 inches of snow. Charlotte News: Richmond Pear son has oeen given a piat-e on me re publican congressional campaign com mittee, which will proDaDiy greatly in crease his own estimation or nmiseu. If the honors continue to fall, the hall f the House of Representatives will have to be enlarged to contain mm. -Greensboro Record: mong the of- cial corps of the U. S. battleship Maine, now at Havana, is our young mend and townsman, Mr. Pope Washington, whose name we notice among the guests at the banquet of State recently given by U. S. Consul General Lee in Havana. An old man named Wall, from Mis souri, passea tnrougn vvmston inurs day on his way to Mt. Airy to visit his brothers. He left North Carolina De fore the war and this is his first visit to his native home. It is said that he walked all the way from Missouri. Brevard News: Many improve ments are still in contemplation; an ther lake on Toxaway with a drive of nearly 15 miles around it. Near this lake will be built the largest of their ho telsat least double the capacity of the one now under construction. Wilmington Messenger, Sunday: There is now no smallpox in Wilming ton. Yesterday afternoon or. vvm. u. McMillan, superintendent of health. went to the pesT house ana aiscnargea James Harge, colored, patient No. 2, as a well man. Greensboro Record: B. H. Woodell, the grand secretary of the Grand Lodge f Odd Fellows of the State, has dis- discovered a fakir one "William Stracht" claiming membership in the order, who is working Odd Fellows in the State. Eli Willard, 23 years old, while at work in a pin factory in Alleghany county Saturday was caught in a piece tf machinery and instantly killed. His kull was fractured, back broken, and one root torn on. iie was unmairieo.. The Guilfor.d battleground company is out of debt and the Greensboro Ke cord says a correspondence has already becrun to set William J. Bryanftthere next 4th of July celebration to deliver an address. -The directors of the Hoffman and Troy railway have sold it to persona owning a large area of timber land in Richmond and Moore counties. The charter empowers"; it to build to Troy 25 miles. A Mt. Airy correspondent of the Wilmington Star says that Rev. James Needham, A local Methodist preacher of Surry, aged 99 years, preached in Mt. Airy on Sunday. Telegrams to the Charlotte Observer from Lenoir, Marion and other places in the State, say that a distinct earth quake shock was felt Saturday p. m. in those places. Among recent fourth-class post masters appointed are: John P. Thorpe. Kittrell. Money order offices. Rufus B. .Tuttle, Kizer; Lowrey A. Reese, Outlook. Rev. J. F. George, rector of St. Paul s Episcopal church, Winston, has under consideration a call from St. Stephen's parish, at uoldsboro. -The Tar Heel Knight, the Pythian organ, will hereafter be published at Charlotte. Tee Royal ie the hieheet erede beUea poweer owe. acum tsta abow it ae mm taira farther thee mmy ether breed. Absolutely Pure OTt Bwowa fowotn eo.. nrw vomk. PS AT THS GRAND When Hoyt's latest work: and most phenomenal Success, A Milk "White Flag" comes to the Grand Wednesday evening next It is but fair to presume that the "standing room only sign will be brought Into use. Mr. Hoyt is the cartoonist of the stage. Sometimes he draws with a delicate . satiric touch caricatures of well known types, but in this instance he works In broad and exaggerated black and white after the fashion of "Zim" rather than Du Mau rier. In all of Hoyt's comedies he sat irizes some fad. In "A Milk White Flag" he nas chosen .our National Guard as a target for his shafts of wit, and in order to be thoroughly up-to-date, the' author touches on Insurance frauds and divorces. The new piece has proven a great success and it has been pronounced by competent critics as be ing up to this clever playwright's mas terpiece; it is filled with real humor, played by a big company of talented people, staged as none of his other plays have been, and the music is cred ited w ith being tuneful, bright and catchy. Should James Young, young in years as well as stage name, again include Asheville in his list of season engage ments, local theatergoers will doubtless give him a most favorable reception. At the matinee performance Saturday af ternoon Mr. Young's efficient company repeated David Garrick. Saturday evening the engagement was concluded with Hamlet, and no more could be said than that Mr. Young acquitted himself with credit in that immensely difficult character. The effort of Miss Reda L. Johnson, in impersonating Ophelia was excellent acting. . ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY One Bulidina Near Black Mountain New Depot New Storehouse. BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C, Feb. 5. A crew of men is now here to build the new depot, Contractor Elliott in charge. A palatial structure is expected as.it is said the work will require nearly a month's time, and will greatly enhance the present beauty of the town square of this attractive suburb. Savage Brothers are breaking ground for a new store house, and Enthoffer & o. are to build at an early day. Mr. and Mrs. R. Guastavino left to day for a trip to Mexico. R. Guatavino, jr., is building an as tronomical observatory upon their grounds to see what the North Carolina stars look like. Mr. Alston Explains. Editor The Citizen: I am sorry that in my letter of last Monday the term I used "decent force," has been misconstrued by a few Of the police men. - . What I wished to impress on the Board of Aldermen was that more money should be spent in protecting the merchants in the suburbs of the town by enlarging the force and there by lessening the amount of murder and robbery committed. CHAS. J. ALSTON. AN OLD MAN And Wife Stricken With La Grippe. A letter written to Dr. Hartman says: "I had been troubled with the after effects, of la grippe, which affected my head and stomach. I did not know what to do until I received your pamphlet, when began taking your medicine. It brought me up to where I am now. Allow me to say that too much cannot be. said in praise of Pe-ru-na. It is a God-sent remedy." His wife also says: "Allow me to say that I was suffering with female trouble, of which Pe-ru-na cured me. I have gained 15 pounds since taking it." A iater letter to Dr. Hartman reads: "I am not able to express the good wishes I have for your kind advice given me. Every word I said about Pe-ru-na is true. I feel under many obligations to you. I am 67 years old and am get ting better all the time." Hampton Si mon, Sunflower, Washington county. Ala. If you are suffering with catarrh of any organ of the body give Pe-ru-na a trial. A book written by Dr. Hart man on "Winter Catarrh" will be sent free by addressing The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Company, Columbus, O. FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN ! One building and lot. South Main street, running back to Lexington ave nue, known as Old Bank building, now occupiea oy telegraph company. une lot on Eagle street, next to col ored church, known as old power house lot. , line lot on Jefferson Drive, No. 58 frospect Park plat, 55x130. One lot on Depot street, No. 6 Pros pect Park plat, 43x130. One lotron Jefferson .Drive, 50x140. Xo. 57 Prospect Park plat. One lot on Park avenue, adjoining Aiajor ,um Dough's, 5ox77. No. 76 Pros pect Park .plat. One warehouse and lot on -Depot street, now occupied by Mustin-Rob ertson company. One lot Depot street, east side, ad joining B. H. Cosby, 60x80. One house and lot Jefferson Drive, east side, jno. 7 Prospect Park plat. One lot North Main street, 94 feet on Main street and 73 feet on Water street. One house and lot on a cross street, running from Southside avenue to Bai ley street. Three lots Catholic avenue, Nos. 7, "39 ana 40, catholic Hill plat. . Three lots Riverside cemetery, Nos. 44, 47 and 50, Section B. One storehouse and lot in Ar.den, N. C, now occupied by M. L. Sumner. As the National Bank of Asheville is liquidating its affairs, and is anxious to dispose of at once its real estate, I offer the above property for sale at a bargam. " Apply to W. B. WILLIAMSON, Trustee, Court Square, upstairs over Morgan's book store. Periodical Tickets WILL SAVE YOU FOUR Per Ct on money you SPEND, Call and get book of tickets tor your own use. Room 33, Temple Court . Patton Avenue. "Ole t " Sumner & Go. Commence today to make elbow room for the largest stock of SpringsGoods Ashe ville ladies have seen in many years. To accomplish this there will be Genu ine Sacrifice of Goods for 30 Days. Prices-Talk! . WHITE GOODS COUNTER 25c and 28c. "Egyptian" Dimi ties reduced to 17c and 18c yard." 30c and 35c qualities "Egyp checks and stripes reduced to 20c. and 21c. yard. . All our 20c qualities in checks . and stripes reduced to 14c yard. Can't last but few days as the values are beyond your expec tations. STRIPES AND CHECKS 10 bolts fine stripes and checks, our 10c sellers, reduced to 7c 10 bolts corded. Pks. checks and stripes, 15c. and 20c. qualities, reduced to 4.0c yard.. Our entire stock of 25c and 30c grades. Including some very choice goodSr-your choice 15c. . yard. 33c. qualities of Imported Pks. for 21c. yard. X i ! ! : : I Wednesday and Thursday, 3th and 10th, will be Kid Glove and High Class Hosiery Sale Days (they will go). See our ad. Next Tuesday for the Special Prices. t SUHNER & COMPANY, Keep Yonr Eye on This Space It Will Da Yon Good. The Darkest Cloud Has a Silver Lining What satisfaction it must be to our customers to know that if they haven't time to walk three quarters of a mile to get a head of cabbage for dinner. tbat they can stop at our- store and buy rice, hominy, beans, canned corn, and a hundred and one other nice eat ables calculated to tempt the appetite and all at prices which are the won der, of the town. But after ail one Is tempted to ask: "Do. we live in Rus sia or Prussia or Hungary Hungry! Well, if you are Hungry stop and see us. QWNBEY & SON, 7 MoptfordAvenue. Phone 56 P. S. Our next ad. will be addressed to the farmers of Western North Car olina. - i. - They are aot from Floi ida, but you can tell but one difference they are not so expensive. Hazzard's St ringless Beans. Monroe St ringl ess Beans. Republic Lima Beans Cowan & Stradley: 16 N. Court Place, Phone 47. : e i mi e Large assortment of dainty Silk and Celluloid Novelties at popular prices. ' Lace Valentines From lc. Up. Thousands of Komic Valentines now on exhibition at RAY'S book: store. 8 North Court Bquare Quality. The quality of our goods is what has given us tne reputation that if you want the best go to The "Bonanza." With Most But it is as reasonable to say "Water is W-I7T. , - . Why not be equally as fastidious or Family use ? ' Beans. . Valentines THE "BONANZA" WINE AND TELEPHONE HO. 72- an EMBROIDERIES. 5000 yards elegant new lot Em broideries, worth 12c, 14c 15c. "and 18c, your choice for 9c yard. 2 lots beautiful assortment, ac tual values 20c, 25c and 30c your choice for Uc yard. BLANKETS. Few pair 11-4 Blankets, $7.50 . grade, reduced to $5.50. Few pair 10-4 California Blank ets, $4.50 grade, reduced to $3.4S. Few pair 11-4 Blankets, slightly soiled, value $4.00," choice $2.90 pair. 10-4 Peppari.le Sheeting lSc.-9-4 Pepperille Sheeting 16c' yard. HOTELS OF THE FLORIDA EAST COAST SYSTEM REACHED ONLY VIA The Florida East Coast Railway from Jacksonville to Miami. The M an i a- ' Key West Steamship Line from Ml ami to Key West- Parlor Car B "-t Service now running. - " " " AL.LOPEN. KEY WEST NASSAU MIAMI PALM BEACH OR1IOND Hotel Key West New S. S. Miami, from Miami Hotel Royal Palm Hotel Biscayne Casino Swimming- Pool Hotel Royal Poinciana Palm Beach Inn Casino Swimming Pool Hotel Ormond Hotel Ponce de Leon Hotel Alcazar Casino Swimming Pool ST. AUGUSTINE Send to the general offices, St. Augustine, for the New East Coast B.xk cf Half Tones. ' . C. B. KNOTT. General Superinten-i-rt. 1 . If Tested and TRUE. .HOTEL. BERKELEY The the WALL The largest and best "elected stoc rofnw. 'designs tn Wall Paper In Wwrn Norm far "U6" uuui w. to sue. per roil Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Carriage Trimmings Contract Paint Work Solicited. SWICEGOOD & 66 SOUTH MAIN STREET. " 'PHONE 177 Toothsome Boasts, Chops, Steaks, in Beef, Pork or Mutton. Knight Sr Rymer Phone 23. City Market Quantity. It is admitted by even our bitterest competitors that we have the largest stock of Wines and . Liquors of any house in the " - SOUTH. People "Whisky is Water" but everybody knows better - about your Liquors, and get only the " 43 faouth Main Street. d n nnv mr o 7 3 fH. T!. PERCALES. 25 bolts new Percales, yard w i ie. 7c. yard. 25 bolts Sea Island Percales, nw goods, 10c, worth LTe. BLACK. DRESS GOODS Ail our elegant stock black p.v.vis reduced 25 to 33 per cent. All colored wool Suitings reduce 1 one-fourth to one-third in price, and some elegant g--:s to select from. We. can't mention everything in our house at one time, t ut wi'.l say that our entire stock g ? at a bargain for the next 2) r days. We do this to make room - f r early Spring Goods, and for th? money also. U. S. Naval Station. Abroad in a night- Dicycling, swimminir. f.: ir.g and hunting. Bicycling, golf. Winter Ocean Bathing. Bicycling and golf. Bicycling, 'swimming, g .'.f. hunting and fishing. " WOOD'S SEFDS are specially grown an 5 3 selected to meet the needs and rgQui,-.m;nt nf S Southern Growers. Wood's Descriptive Catalogue is most vari able and helpful in giving cultural directions and valuable information, about all seeds specially adapted to the South. VEGETABLE and FLOWER SEEDS, Grass and Clover Seeds, Seed Potatoes. Seed Oats and all Garden and Farm Seeds. Vrite for Descriptive Catalogue. Mailed f ree. T. V. WOOD & SONS, SEEDSMEN. - - RICHMOND. VA. THE LARGEST SEED HOUSE IN THE SOUTH. Location Central. Electric Cars Pass the Door ! CUISINE AND APPOINTMENTS UNSURPASSED. Berkeley U an np-to-date hotel. Hns s!l comforts of a modern home and is Equally " Desirable for families nd Transient Gu. t. Frank Longhran, Proprietor. PAPEP Awnings Made and Kroted To Order. O-, It is the season of the year whin heavy meat eating is desirable. If we did not have the best we could n t hold ou trade, which includes scire cf the most careful and particular buyer? in Asheville, where there are plenty of good livers. Variety. ""Is such that we can please ev body, whether from North, East, S ry- or West, be their cjjoice Wine. Beer. Whiskey or Brandies, Imported or do mestic this means we have the si: --k for you to choose from. Whisky," ' thn tr. rfv " n. i ai rv villi JL lLLiiJUl niA.n. BEST and PUREST for Medicinal LIQUOR CO.,