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IS COAL
THE GENUINE OLD JELLICO
We have found to be the best. We
appreciate your trade too highly to
tamper with it by sending you cheap
coaL
that they can Jelllco,' but what may
apply to a rose will not apply to coaL
CAROLINA COAL COMPANY.
. , PHONE ISO
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THERE
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AGENCY
-Rockbrook Farm"
Creamery Butter.
Antiseptic Broom,
Tkt Latest Disinfectant.
This broom marks a new era In
domestic science and cleanliness.
It U so simple and so effective
that it in a wonder that no one
has thought of it before. It is a
l-erfr-"l deodorizer, and a perfect
disinfectant and the price Is only
50 cents.
Kach broom Is finished with vel--t
and stitched with red cord,
and Is otherwise an attractive
and serviceable broom.
The disinfecting matt-rial is
ntalned in a porous bag. and
hld in place by the stitching of
the broom.
It destroys all germs, microbes
and bacilli in carpets, destroys
moths, lengthens the life of the
arpet,disinfects everything with
which It comes in contact, and
disinfects Itself. For sale inly by
CLARENCE S4WYER
GROCER
NuwMor to W. F. Sniiler.
H XOKTH CftCKT SfjV.AKk.
Bon Marche...
Just to hand a full line of White.
'ream. Heliotrope, I'ink. Blue.
Old Kirne, Brown and Green
SATIN,
For 50c. per Yard.
The very best goods to use to put
lare and net over. Quality extra
nice for price awked. A good
stuck of
White Goods
India Linons. bought before the
rise and not marked up, 5c.
h l-3c, 10c.. to finest. Can itive
xpcclal bargains in Towels, Ta
M Linens and Napkins.
-Spring Goods
for 1900 in good quantities and at
close prices.
Bon Marche.
15 South Main St
, Just in
i
Butter Waters.
Chetrse Straw-.
Albert Biscuit.
Afternoon Teas.
Bent's Water t rackers.
Sal t c.I Wafers.
ii. i ham Waters.
Lunch Milk Biscuit.
Michigan Butter Crackers.
m kroner.
Successor to
a
A. v. Loo per.
Grand
Ooera House.
TUESDAY, 7ft
MARCH
One Unending Laugh !
Brown's
Bubbling over
with Bright Mu
mc, Catchy Songs. Pretty Dances
Price- $1, 7.V, 5V and 'Joe. Seats
now on sale at the Paragon.
INorth Carolina
Are the finest to be had. Larger
nn.l of delicious flavor. We get them
every day.
Shad Koe for Sale.
ASftEVILLE FISH CO
. CENTER OF CITY MARKET.
PHONE :S9.
MASSAGE
fll AND
PROF. EDW. GRUNEK
65 oW Main Street!
lfcore20ei
Horn or Office Treatment,
hours 4-10 a, so,; 1-4 p. m. '
Offlc
in
iK Town.
Mexican
Belts and
Pocketbooks
WE HAVE RECENTLY RE
CEIVED A LARGE ASSORT
MENT OF THESE GOODS
HANDSOMELY FINISHED
AND REASONABLE IN PRICE
J
Cosby,
27 Patton Avenue.
We Are Sole
Agents For
Deimel LinenMesh
Underwear
For Ladies and Sentlemen
mi
ed-d lv the iih-iIk al pro
ssion t
be the best under-
ithiiiK for thu.se atttii te.l with
pulmonary and
bles. Call f.r h
partii ulars
atarrhal tmu
full
H. V. floore,
"THl- OUTFITTER."
11 Patton Avenue
Phone 78.
THE "BEST"
Incandescent
Vapor Gas
A
The cheapest and strongest light on earth.
Makes and burns its own gas. It is portable,
hang it anywhere. Requires no pipes, wires
or gas machine. A safe, pure white, power
ful, steady light
100 untile power 15 Hours for I cents.
No wicks to trim, no smoke or smell. No
chimneys to clean. Superior to electricity,
gas, acetylene or kerosene. Saving effected
by its use quickly pays for it.
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EXHIBITED AND
SOLD BY
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The -'Best
Incandescent
Light Co.,
ASHEVILLE. N. C.
ts None but live agents wanted.
Reliable Goods.
Durable Goods.
Hio-h Finish
lllMl J lllloll.
j . J J J Jt " " " J
H. H . Babcock Co.
Cortland Wagon Co.
Fully Warranted.
Prices as low as such
work can be sold for.
high grade
T. S. Horrison's
Carriage Warehouse.
YOU II PRESCRIPTIONS
ARE FILLED AT
RAYSOR S J
You can rest absolutely secure
on these three points:
1st. Only the best drugs
chemicals will be used.
and
2d. Only registered druggists
will compound them.
3d. Tou will not be OVER
CHARGED. I ask for a hr of your pre
acription on this basis, for com
parison. When in doubt and - hurry
phone your orders to -
J RIYSOR'S DRUG STORE .
5 SI PAJTON AVENUE.
W at r CkV.Ina Dnlltt
m Pi. D. I I wou awiuw t u
f Just Received.
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FROM NEW YORK
TO NEW ORLEANS
The Country Tight in the Grip
of the Snow King
Traffic is Partially Paralyzed
in the Metropolis.
AT SHAM OK IN. PA.. 6100 EMPLOYES
AT THE COLLIERIES ARE IDLE
OWING TO THE SNOW
BLOCKADE.
Nt w York. March 16.
snow and sleet cover
New York today and
Nine inches of
the streets of
four thousand
men are battling with it in Manhattan.
Three thousand more are at work in
Brooklyn. Traffic has been partially
paralyzed in some sections of the city
since early this mor ning.
During the early hours Brooklyn
bridge traffic was practically blocked
Sleet on the third rail supplying ihe
electric power to the bridge cars cut
off the current and a general blockade
was th-1 r-sult. Trolly line? over the
bridge were net much better. and
thousands of persons were forced to
walk across the structure in the tace
of cutting wind and sleet.
Surface traffic was of course every
where delayed. In the crowded streets
downtown fallen horses and stalled
dray? and trucks greatly impeded biis
iness, causing many blockades. Mail
trains are delayed by snow, and mails
are Several hours behind in delivery.
Shamokin. Pa.. March 16. This place
is now completely snowbound, seven
inches having fallen. Six thousand men
and boys employed at the various col
lieries are idle owing to the blockade. In
a number of mountain passes traversed
by the trains the snow has drifted from
five to 15 feet.
Johnson City, Tenn., March 16. The
snowfall here yesterday, last night and
this morning is the heaviest known In
years. Telegraph and telephone wires
are down. The snowfall has already
been nine inches.
Chattanooga, March 16. The worst
to be feared by fruit growers in the
mountain section of Tennesseee and
north Georgia w as "realized in the visit
of the cold wave last night. The mer
cury dropped to 24 and everything was
frozen over this entire section. The
loss by this freeze will amount to hun
dreds of thousands of dollars. A few
days before the advent of the cold
wave were as balmy as June and trees
began budding too rapidly, which ac
counts for the enormous injury.
New Orleans. March 16. The weath
er in this city and throughout Louis
iana continues cold, ana the local bu
reau sends out predictions of frost for
tonight. . Snow fell and ice formed not
only generally in north Louisiana last
night but in the southern section as
well. In the vicinity of the city some
damage to fruits and vegetables is re.
ported, but reports are meager of dam
age to crops elsewhere.
THE LIGHTING CONTRACT.
Barnard Thinks It Should Not be
for More Than a Year.
Mr
Among those who are opposed to the
granting of a contract for hghting the
city for the next six years to any com
pany at the rate of $72.50 per year per
light is W. W. Barnard. Mr. Barnard
stated to The Citizen that he thought
a contract should be granted for not
longer than a year, even if a higher
rate than $72.50 had to be paid. He felt
sure that the establishment within the
next year or two of the several water
power plants in the vicinity of Ashe
ville, as projected, would result in the
possibility of securing very cheap rates
for street lighting.
If, as The Citizen had stated, the city
of Danville was getting its lights for
less than half of what Asheville is
paying, he thought that there should
be some organized protest against the
board's proposed action.
Mr. Barnard thought there were not
so many difficulties in the way of the
city furnishing its own lights as had
been suggested. At the pumping sta
tion, he said, there was sufficient power
to surmlv liehts as well as water. The
water power would supply enough
power for the lights while the auxiliary
steam pumps could be kept running all
the time. It would be a matter, he said, j
merely of dynamos, wire and more
coal. !
A GREAT GATHERING
The Epworth League and Sunday
school Convention to be Held Here.
Asheville is fortunate in having fe"-
iurt"1 the Kpworth
s,'hool convention.
League and Sunday
which will be in
session four days, beginning May IT.
The convention will be composed of
delegates from the various leagues and
Sunday schools in the W. N. C. confer- j
oncp ana It IS expecieu mm n win
the largest gathering of young people !
ever held in the state. i
A number of the foremost speakers ,
of the Southern Methodist church will j
be in attendance. Among those who j
have been invited are J. R. Pepper of
Memphis, superintendent of the largest
Sunday school in the south: Prof. Ha- j
mill of the international Sunday school
committee; Dr. James H. Carlisle,
president of Woffcrd college. Spart in- ,
burg; Dr. H. M. DuBose of Nashville,
editor of the Epworth Era, and Dr.
James Atkins of Nashville, editor of
the Sunday school literature.
Prominent churchmen in the state
who are expected to attend include
Fv T. F. Marr of Winston, Dr. Long
of Salisbury. Rev. S. P. Turrentine of
Charlotte and Rev. Plato Durham
Trinity college.
of
F. C. & P. DIRECTORS.
John Skelton Williams Elected to
Presidency Consolidation.
New York. March 16. An important
meeting of the directors of the Florida
Central & Peninsular railway was
held here yesterday. John Skelton
Williams was elected president to suc
ceed H. R. Duval!; E. St. John was
elected first vice-president; John A.
Henderson, second vice-president and
general counsel; D. E. Maxwell, third
vice-president; and D. S. Porteous sec
retary. W. P. Cochran and Ernest
Thalmann were elected to the board of
directors to succeed R. Fulton Cutting
and Bayard Brown. The rest of the
board were re-elected.
Preparations for the consolidation of
j,- . .hirh institute the
Greater Seaboard Air Line are expect-
37o be eTewlthin two months.
v
HEADED THIS WAT.
Charleston. March 16. The interna
tional ticket agents are here today.
They will continue their tour y going
to Asheville this evening.
BEAUTIFUL SNOW
TO INSPIRE POETS
IT WAS THE HEAVIEST FALL OF
THE SEASON, BUT THE LOCO
CAME OUT IN IT.
The heaviest fail of snow of the sea
son took place yesterday afternoon,
last night and early this morning.
I Yesterday's rain changed to sleet and
later to snow, which fell in large flakes
13 1 1 f J 1- rt Yk Inlr
very rapidly, so
coating of the b. s. covered everything.
A few sleighs were seen last evening
and this morning several were sliding
about the streets before the sunshine
began to get in its work. It was freely
predicted that the locosnowbile would
keep to its stable, but all prognostica
tions failed when Mr. Dorr and his ma
chine put in an appearance on the
avenue at an early hour. The loco took
the road easier than most teams.
The telephone lines got through the
snowfall in good shape. At the Ashe
ville Telephone company's office it was
stated that there had been almost no
inconvenience resulting from the snow.
No wires were down, and only one or
two connections were disarranged.
Usually such a fall of snow causes the
heavy electric light wires to sag so as
to come into contact with the telephone
wires, which produces induction and
interferes with the service seriously,
but on this occasion there has been no
difficulty of that kind. The street cars
were not interfered with either. They
ran on the regular schedules. The cars
on the first trips on some of the lines
had several inches of snow to plough
through and they sped along almost
enveloped in a white cloud.
The snow collected in large quanti
ties on the roof of the government
building last night and occasionally a
large slide took place. Horses were
badly frightened on several occasions.
It was not very cold last night. The
temperature at the Idlewild Floral
company's establishment went to 26
degrees, Mr. Deake states.
CHORALS CONCERT
A GREAT SUCCESS
MISS GRIMSTON THE SOPRANO
SOLOIST OF THE EVENING
SPLENDID CHORUS WORK:
Familiarity commonly takes off the
edge of enthusiasm. The concert last
night by the Choral society of Ashe
ville was the seventh to which this
organization has treattd its associate
membership and their guests and yet
there was no falling oft in the enthusi
asm of its reception from that which
the first concert two years ago evoked.
This would seem to indicate that In
Asheville appreciation of good music is
glowing and that notwithstanding the
excellence of its first performance, the
society has made steady improvement
in its work.
The chorus singing last evening is
undoubtedly the best the society has"
ever done, while the music seemexi
somewhat more difficult than that
hitherto given.
It is no extravagance to say that the
n suits obtained by Conductor Florio
and his chorus are nothing short of re
markable. It is a case of absolute ex
cellence. There is nothing crude or
provincial in the work. Such singing
would be accounted high grade in any
large musical community.
In precision, in sensitiveness to the
spirit of the composition, in shading,
in all that goes to make artistic work,
in certain of the numbers last evening
there seemed nothing lacking. When it
is- noted that the songs are classic and
difficult, and that the members of the
choru are not in any sense profession
al singers; that for the most part their
musical education has barely passe J
the initial stages, the justice of the
statement made will be apparent. It
is sincerely to be hoped the society is
a permanence. Such an institution not
only gives pleasure, but conducted on
its present high lines is of decided cul
tural value. The Citizen learns that
the association membership is the
largest in the history of the society.
The program was printed in The Cit
izen Wednesday. The numbers were
in pleasing variation of style light,
dainty, serious, grandiose, gay. humor
ous, and so arranged as to intensify ef
fect by contrast.
The society was assisted by Miss E.
Kendal-Grimston. soprano; Howard G.
Smith, flutist, and Ferdinand Dunkley.
pianist.
Miss Orimston has a dramatic voice
of most pleasing quality, which took
the audience captive. The gentlemen
are well known musicians of Asheville
and it need only be said that their
playing was up to their usual merit.
The weather last night was as bad
as Asheville weather can be, but could
not prevent attendance of members
and friends ajt the concert. Twice dur
ing the evening the hall was tempora
rily in darkness owing to the burning
out of fuses in the electrical circuit
supplying the room. But the spell of
the music upon the audience was too
strong to yield to such electrical
I pranks and the effect of the concert as
a whole was not marred oy tne
nter-
ruptions.
EX -GOVERNOR BROWN.
He is Chief Counsel for Men Charged
With Killing Goebel.
Louisville, Ky., March 16. As a re-
; suit of a meeting held by a number of
prominent citizens of Louisville, it was
announced that ex-Gov. John Toung
Brown has accepted employment as
; chief counsel for the men arrested for
i the murder of the late William Goebel.
This action, its promoters say. is taken
i in order that no innocent man may be
! convicted through the agency of the
$1(10.000 reward appropriated by the last
, loo-islflture.
! Ex-Governor Brown will be chief
1 counsel, and with him will be associat
i ed George Denny of Lexington, W. C.
i P. Breckinridge, J. C. Sims of Bowling
the r.reen. A. E. Willson of Louisville and
several others.
OUT ON BOND.
Frankfort. Ky., March 16. Secretary
of State Powers. Captain John Davis.
W. H. Cullon and W. L. Hazelipp were
arraigned before County Judge Moore
this morning and after some argument
between attorneys Hazelipp was re
leased on $10,000 'bond. Judge "Moore
set the examining trials for Monday.
THOSE WATCHES.
On account of the delay by the com
mittee of award the names of the pub
lic school pupils who win the watches
offered by The Citizen for the best
suggestions for decorating tne scnoois
cannot be published until Monday. On
1 that day the watches will be given to
J the winners, and the successful sug-
gestions will be published.
"Satisfaction Always is an open se
cert that wins Wlngood's Drag Store so
many friends. Everybody pleased if
they go to Wlngood's.
CAPETOWN'S JOY
OVER THE NEWS
Demonstration Over Dispatch
From Bloemfontein.
Qengral PrettVUian ISSUbS
Proclamation
ASSURES THE Bl'HGHEKS THAT
THEY WILL BE PAID FOR THE
CONFISCATION OF THEIR
PROPERTY
Blotmfontein, March 15. Genjil
Prettyman is succeeding admirably as
governor of the Jown; He issued a
proclamation tcday requesting the
burghers within a radius of 10 miles to
deliver up their arms, assuring them
that they would be paid for the confis
cation of their property. Lord Robtrts
ip about to issue fresh proclamations
which, it is considered, will have the
effect of disarming further opposition
upon the pait of the Free Staters.
Great quantities ot stores captured at
Wasserfall have been recovered. As a
result of Hunter and Weston"s line
cutting, the British have secu:ed 26 en
gines ar.d the line has been cleared to
Kaffir river.
Rumors arc cut rent that Former
President Stevn iz willing to surren
der. Mu-.'li unrest exists among the
Dutch population. The burghers de
scribed the soldiers as locusts, saying
they were innumerable aud identical
with them.
CAPETOWN JOY.
Capetown, March 16. There was
sreat joy throughout the colony on re
ceipt of the news that Bloemfontein
uad bten occupied by the British. The
lirst intimation at Port Elizabeth was
the firing of 21 guns at 11 o'clock at
night. The inhabitants hastened to
the streets and carried the mayor on
their shoulders to the town hall, where
a demonstration was made. Today was
observed as a general holiday.
In an interview published in the
Cape Argus Cecil Rhodes is quoted as
saying: "1 feel strongly that we can
not have ptace.in South Africa so long
as we have in the republic a rallying
ground tor disloyalty and disaffection.
To go further, I do not think we can
safely federate till we have had some
years of crown colony government.
Personally. I have
bund "
done with the
THE CASE OF QUAY.
Mr.
Hoar Renews Request that Date
for Taking it Up to be Fixed.
Washington, March 16. After the
reading of the Alaska code bill in the
senate this morning, Mr. Hoar of Mas
sachusetts offered the following reso.
lution, which was adopted:
' That the secretary of war be direct
ed to communicate to the senate the
letter of Aguinaldo, dated Bucor, July
mander and later forwarded to Gen.
Merritt."
Mr. Gallinger of New Hampshire of
fered a resolution, which was agreed
to, that members of the cabinet be di
rected to communicate to the senate
the number of clerks in their depart
ments. Mr. Hoar renewed his request that
a date be fixed for taking up the case
relating to the seating of Quay, and
asked that the time be fixed at two
weeks from next Tuesday, but no ac
tion was taken.
The senate then took up the Porto
Rican appropriation bill. The amend
ments of the senate committee limiting
the appropriation to the revenues col
lected prior to June 1, lttOO, having been
agreed to yesterday, a vote was
taken on Mr. Allen's amendment de
claring the constitution extended over
the island, but it was tabled, 36 to 17.
COTTON MARKET.
New York, March 16. Futures open
ed easy. March, 9.70; April. 9.57; May,
9.55; June, 9.48; July 9.45; August, 9.37;
September. S.32; October, 7.94; Novem
ber. 7.S5; December, 7.79; January, 7.80.
The following closing quotations on
cotton are furnished by Hubbard Bros.
& Co., New York:
March, 9.60; April, 9.62; May, 9.59;
June, 9.53; July, 9.51; August, 9.42.
MR. KRESLOWSKY S DEATH.
S. Kreslowsky died at 6 a. m. today
at the home of his son-in-law, A. Whit
lock, 2S0 Haywood, of heart disease.
The deceased was about 78 years of
age. Funeral arrangements will be
announced later.
Mrs. Zanders of Tarboro, daughter of
the deceased, and perhaps other rela
tives will arrive here this afternoon.
BUY GREENSBORO BUSINESS.
J. R. Rich & Son have purchased the
plumbing business of the Odell Hard
ware company in Greensboro and J.
L. Rich, junior member of the firm,
will take charge on the first of April.
Mr. Rich expects to go to Greensboro
about the 25th instant.
Ladies, clean your kid gloves with
LaBelle glove cleaner, for sale only by
Sumner. Deal & Co., headquarters Cor
kid gloves and the celebrated Scruggs
glove. All the leading shades. Gloves
guaranteed.
Gregg s New Double Roast Process
retains the strength, flavor and aroma
of their cofees which are roasted daily
and insures to the consumer fresh
goods at all times. For sale by Clar
ence Sawyer.
Just in Butter Wafers. Cheese
Straws. Albert Biscuit. Afternoon Teas,
Bent s Water Crackers. Salted Wafers,
Graham Wafers, Lunch Milk Biscuit,
Michigan Butter Crackers. Wm Kro
ger, successor to A. D. Cooper.
We are distributors for C. D. Gregg
ea & Coffee Co.'s celebrated brands of
Te
roasted coffee of St. Louis,
them. Clarence Sawyer.
Mo. Try
Prescription work is the fine art of
the Pharmacist. It takes experience
and skill to conduct a Prescription de
partment like Wlngood's.
The integrity and reliability of Win
good's Prescription Drug Store is im
pressed upon every one in Asheville.
Ladies will find an excellent assort
ment of flower seeds at Grant's Phar
macy. Seeds are all new.
Gregg's Standard or Combination
Java and Mocha drinks fine in the cup.
Try a pound and be convinced. Sold by
Clarence Sawyer.
Other stores may have a way but
Wlngood's represents PERFECTION
in Prescription Work.
FLOUR MARKET.
Biltmore Patent, - sack. 65; Back,
31.30; sack. 92.60; barrel. 15.00.
TO THE VETERANS
OF THE SIXTIETH
A REUNION PLANNED TO BEGIN
AUGUST 18 AND .ONTINUE
THROUGH THE NEXT DAY.
Survivors of the Sixtieth regiment, N.
C. Troops:
My Dear Comrades: More than ii
third of a century has come and gone
since we, like the plowman in Gray's
Elegy, plodded homeward our weary
way; laid aside our habilaments of war
and settled down to a struggle with
late for a living. We then put off " the
gray," but the years have put on us,
even upon those with whom time has
dealt most gently, a gray of a different
kind and we are forced to admit, how
ever loth we are to confess it, that we
are fast becoming old men.
For years we have made no efforts at
a reunion of our regiment. What say
you all to a grand gathering together
this year? Let us meet and live over
again, in memory, the pleasures of
march and camp and weld anew the
ties of friendship and comradeship
formed while laboring in our common
cause. I fancy we can make such an
occasion both enjoyable and profitable.
Next year w ill be too late for some of
us.
"Yes, we see our comrades going
And all our lives shorter growing
With each year."
I therefore invite, and earnestly en
treat, every surviving member of the
old Sixtieth to meet on Saturday morn
ing, the 18th of August, 1900, and go
into camp for two days, with the two
companies that have annually, for
years, been meeting on the Swannanoa,
at a new encampment on Haw creek
This plac-4s admirably adapted
for
the me-tins and in easy reach of Ashe
ville.
Those living near enough, and in
clined to do so, are asked to bring
what provisions they can, to assist in
entertaining those from a distance.
There w ill be addresses on Saturday
and preaching on Sunday. The rail
roads will be asked for special rates.
A former commander, '
JAMES M. RAY.
BISHOP GALLOWAY
AT CENTRAL CHURCH
TO SPEAK ON THE TWENTIETH
CKNTURY EDUCATIONAL SUB- .
JECT THIS EVENING.
Bishop Charles B. Galloway, the
foremost pulpit orator of the Southern
Methodist church, will lecture this
evening at Central church on the
Twentieth Century educational move
ment. This lecture will close Bishop Gallo
way's itinerary of the state. His tour
has been a most successful one, and
large crowds have heard him in all the
principal towns. At Greensboro Mon
day evening. West Market Street
church, which has a seating capacity
of IL'00 to 1500, was crowded to over
flowing. In Charlotte Tuesday even
ing, the News says, he "was listened
to with intense interest. He is a flu
ent and magnetic speaker, and a man
of intellectual power and force." The
Observer speaks of him as "a wonder
ful orator and a man of profound in
telligence." Bishop Galloway was to speak in
Shelby last evening and is expected to
arrive here this afternoon. The lecture
w ill begin at 8 o'clock. It is free to ev
erybody and no one who can attend
should fail to do so.
While you sleep Downing's Chlorides
will cure you of bronchitis, asthma,
catarrh, croup, coughs.hay fever and all
diseases of the respiratory organs. No
apparatus. simply a few drops on a sau-
er in your room and breathe the im
pregnated air. We know for a fact that
this is a trustworthy remedy and can
give Asheville references.
Grant's.
Agency at
Wood's Kvergreen Lawn Grass
makes a beautiful green lawn in from
six to eight weeks' time, which with
proper care and attention, will keep
green all the year round. A supply of
new seeds at Grant's Pharmacy.
An interesting question scientifically
answered: Why is it we "take colds"
so easily in changeable weather? A few
days spent at the Quisisana Sanlta-
rium will reveal the cause and point
to the cure. 167 S. French Broad.
Giant's Tonic is the best spring med
icine. It renews appetite, aids diges
tion and imparts a feeling of buoyancy
and strength. 75c. at Grant's.
We sell Gregg's fresh roasted coffees.
Clarence Sawyer.
Rubber
Tires.
Why not drive
in comfort? When
the added wear of
the vehicle is ta
ken into account,
it will virtually
cost you nothing.
Prospective custo
mers are invited to
call on us for prices
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Asheville Hardware Co. )
Branch Plant
Kelly Springfield Tire. S
A Card,
I wish to announce to my patrons
and friends that my former manager.
Mr. Willis, has this day severed bis
connection with me, and from now on
will have nothing to do with the man
agement of my business. Mr. U. M.
Gillikin succeeds him. and will be glad
to serve the public in any way possl
ble. It is my purpose from this date
to sell the best stock of fish and oys
ters sold in the city and at prices that
will please the trade. X thank the
public for the patronage it has given
me. and trust I shall continue to re
ceive the same favors from all.
Tours very truly,
CHAS. S. WALLACE.
March 14, 1900.
AMERICAN WARSDIP
TO CHINESE PORT
To
be Dispatched From the
Fleet at Manila.
Empress Dc wager's Attitude
Toward the Reformers.
SERIOUS ATTACKS HAVE BEEN
MADE BY "BOXERS" UPON THE
AMERICAN MISSION IN
SHAN TUNG.
Washington, March 16. The cable
gram from the American association
at Shanghai has been under serious
consideration at the state department.
It Is not clear Just what connection ex
ists between the attitude of the Chi
nese empress dowager toward the re
form element in China and the "open
door" policy in which the United
"States, with the remainder of the civil
ized worlds is interested. It is recalled,
however, that the empress dowager is
persecuting With relentless hatred the
reform party, going so far as to resort
to the barbarous practice of offering a
large sum of money for assassination
of leading reformers. The reform ele
ment In China ia believed to include
nearly all Chinese who are disposed to
elevate China into a civilized nation,
following in the footsteps of Japan.
It is assumed that the basis of this
representation from the American as
sociation is apprehension that the con
servative party surrounding the em
press dowager in satisfying the ani
mosity against the reformers will ex
cite the dormant anti-foreign feeling of
the mass of the Chinese to a degree
that will make the "open door" impos
sible of attainment.
It Is a curious, fact that our minister
to China, Mr. Conger, has so far made
no representations to the stale depart
ment touching this subject.' He report
ed that serious attacks had been -made
upon the American mission in Shan
Tung by the "Boxers," a powerful and
numerous anti-foreign league of Chi
nese. It is this same organization
which has attacked some French mis
sionaries in that quarter of China.
Upon the minister's representations
the state department has decided that
an American warship be dispatched
from the fleet at Manila to the nearest
port to the seat of disorder. It is dis
tinctly understood this little naval
demonstration will have no connec
tion with the struggle now going on be
tween the empress dowager's party and
the reformers, for this may be regard
ed as a matter of purely internal poli
tics with which our government has no
right to concern itself.
All the people in AsheviHe reap the
benefit of the push and energy at Win
good's Prescription Drug Store.
Ladies can rely upon the quality and
freshness of our'Flower fv -.is. (irant's
Pharmacy.
BAKER & CO.
Scientific
Refracting
Opticians.
45 PATTON AVENUE.
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LANDRETH'Sb
SEED.
We have just received another
large shipment Landreth's Fresh
Garden Seed.
Peas,
Onion.
Cucumber,
Cabbage.
Biets,
Beans.
Radish.
Spinach,
Lettuce,
Etc., Etc.
k
We are sole agents for D.
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We have everything you want
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The Pelham Pharmscj, I
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24 PATTON AVENUE.
TELEPHONE 899
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DON'T
YOUR TEETH for want of
a good dentifrice and a
suitable . brush both these
should be of just the right
kind to cleanse and pre
serve your teeth the brush
neither too hard nor too
soft, hard enough to thor
oughly clean the interstices
without irritating the gums
these precautions will
save a dentist's bill and give
you round and pretty teeth
we have all the e3t den
tifrices known to the trade
and an excellent line of
tooth brushes .with bristles
that don't pull out we can
give you a superior denti
frice for twenty-five cents,
and a choice brush for the
same price at Smith's Drug
Store, on the Square, oppos
ite the public library.
The
Woman
Who knows a good 6hoe
and the one who is no judge
of values, will get equally
satisfied with our $3.00 ones
Fully as good as most that
sell at $3.50. All widths.
J. Spangenberg.
Phone 299
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Fresh
Creamery
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Butter
S. D. HOLT & GO.,
PHONE 224.
BROKERS..
COMMISSION HOUSg.
Murphy & Co., Inc.
61 Broadway, New'Tdrk,
11 Church St. Asheville.
Our office being connected by private
wire enables us
to j promptly execute
orders on the
New York andChlcago
Exchanges.
Continuous quotations at our office.
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AL BANK. j
That makes a hot. laatlnr flr
' that leaves but few ashes, that
costs no morei than slate coal is
tne kind we sell, j
Asheville Wood & Coal Co.
R. M. Rimiiy, Pro.
.'Phon 223.
Office 1.W. CourCSq-1
WHEELER & WILSON
Sewing Machines
Exhibit 10 to 11 and I to l im.
proved, ballbearing;, easy running, -silent
machines. BhoVn at resi
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Office HJfctfoa Ave.
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