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TWELVE PACES t THE . .--.! SPIIxLE CITIZEN iWELVE PAGES' ' t ( . , PAGES 7-12 Vol. xlx.No. 148 ASHEVILLE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 29 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS WENTY-SIX COTTON MILLS lYera Chir'tend In North Ctr. ollm : . DURING THE PAST TWELVE MONTHS N. C. Day Will be Observed In State , Schools LARGE MUMPERS OF SPORTSMEN ING THE STATE IN SEARCH ING THE STATE IN LEARCH . ; OP GAME. MAY VED GOELET. Miss Elsie WheWn,' Philadelphia Bell?, Who is Reported to be the Object of Robert GoclctV Affections. IUIcIkIi. I. C., November IT. Tho llalelgh e-ontlngent which went la such force to Richmond to see the football game returned, here this, morning, high- ly delighted. It Is said that probably m many as 1JO0 North ' Carolinian.) I saw the game. , Many of the Hlrhmond ! people wore the North Carolina color, ml said they hoped. IV N. t. would win. ; - ' . The revenue collector )h, advised ot j the burning of the Palmetto whiskey distillery at itoeklnghatn on the i-Mli ; Inst. . . . The dispensary comnilsslone.s here will elect. a manager unl assi.u- lOts next Monday. There are srvei, ppllcutions for th' position ot mau- iter and to for the- two other plat es. There "was another' Know f:vll here ast night,, but It only -lasted lor an hour and left but few traces today. Thanksgiving day .Was very well pent here. There were no hungry peo- le, the poor having been looked atter with great care by . the - ..Associated niarltles. . : iv- .'.:--; Among today's arrivals wsrj Coi. baseman 10. W. Pou of Smlihtleld and fVIHInm P. pofteh of Goldsboro. The reports to the corpotation eo:n- iilnslon show the Inestuse. in valuation Franklin Bounty property this year be IBMI.036- of Hlchrtiond county 370278: of Pitt $245,183; of Nash 99!i.- AS YOU EAT THUS SHALL YOU PAY New Fooi Schem at Harv i1 Srd Introduced STUDENTS WILL ONLY BE CHARGED for Amount of Food Consumed by Them BY THI3 METHOD IT IS E3TIMAT ED THAT WEEKLY BOARD WILL ONLY COST $2.60, 1 O'BRIEN DOUBTFUL. Strongest Man in Ireland's Cause Has Resigned From Na tlonaLt Party, but is Urged to Cancel Resignation. It was esp-ele.l that the engagement of ltfi,herf Cl.fclet to the PhlUibl lihia beauty would have been made at the time of the HoxburKh" we Mil t. but for furious reasons it tins been postponed. Miss Klsio is the daughter if Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wheln. It Is probable th.it the formal announcer merit will be made later. VnnihWdge, Mat... Nov ;J;. The coin- pasiilivcly sir. I I numbi i of Harvard kui'Ii iil.i w ho (will it-m. iu at the 1)1;: fdiiiinis-itaiiu tif Memorial Hail to mi thcl Tliankpgivhig cIImih i the gre.r majority spcmllnw thrlt' huli.layi artav lunii lOllfKft will have tln ir x;ie:l ii", uiiki.o A H to lite 1'l.is'is it! ineviou.'' lyt ais. "f piiyfnK for lli' ii tut !:-.')' a'- ifi.t'iliiK to t amount lh y eit. T.il- :lx nut:: thlr:r new at 11 uard-'-mf nl ' t .1 .. 1..1W.V.1 I I....H I "I I Oil I I- 1 lllltll Ml'. fur the Hint ttim lit the liiir illi:lu(,-lial. I M 111. .illl Mllll'f. I ."ill! ill l'.ltf II K lli.'l't lllllt :tr IiiimiiI and iroat. Ito !i t'hi-Hc l.'.novati.nii- Involve Inn r i I i : : K lieimrtuien In the fy.-li'lii of tiil ftiilnitH at HurvarJ. 1'iitil lh: ill M'irnila: Mall, the piiaclpnl llai vai.l i.iahm-iooin, was rninluiteil on I at N know n 'la RUNtioaoiulc circles a.i tin- "Aineilcnn plan." hereby dih pnyti n luain mim for a li-iiii-r and the' catH nil o:w ( an. The h.ill is prui-tlrall. t'onl.'micd on P: 1.'. . ' . IT' ' ' i " r - v ' ' - - ""'Cii 4 5 . hnm4t The i-HkIs hi Ireland's affairs caus I by the attitude of Wni. O'Brien, In lviimiiiiS fimn his party at this critical Jiiiu une, is expected to lend to u 'lis-inilmi of the party unless he can b won bark. With the land act com-'n;- into ojieratloii and other Xatimiali"! iH.suea coming forward, the peculiar situation created by Nlr. (I'Mrien's actlo-j Is attnictlnir world wide attention. Innocent Willie Robinson, of North Carolina, lines to Gotham, and Falls Among Swine. That a crying necessity sllil exist, reached' the sum" of 1T3. Fo whe:i Ik-' I.ousj wish .m: When i:it y v.c.t In- went to Part I. General Sesnions voji 38. President Joseph G.-, Brown bf tl Itlzens National Hank,- Who. was ab- cnt in California three weeks and whal as been Kick thie weeks,-was at l)l k today. .-. ... - - To)ay-iJi. Jiute suporlntcndent oi lUblie instructlAlt ' Ht'itl :. out the. pro. :rani for Notth Carolina day, Peceinbet fth, In the public schools, It is very nndsomely pihited and on the cover the Noj-th Carolina State flag. A charter is granted tp the Standard Hardware company of Qaslonia, with Capital stock .amounting te ' 2,000. B. X.. Lineberger being a stockholders. Another cotton mill wis chartered aday, being the-2th, chartered during Me twelvemonths It Is the tUpitola Manufacturing Company of ' Mm'shnll, padison county, with capital stock Amounting uj 300,Ooo, It will manu- Iacture cotton yarn and ctoth and other extile fabrics. The!- are many stock alders, all local, besides these bcln? .. It. Swan.' : ' . .. -: ,The cold weather will put much work ipen the charitable oreanlzadnn'i. iie of the things much talked about I: the creat increase. In the" price of iwnod. I.4Kt year:.cnal ima nt mi. ex. Mire price and wood was reasonable put thid winter If lu iho -ntfier- vrni- Wood is l ining ln di ice everir , weel: jrtr.d the clfiiin will have to take stcp set u by the tralnload from distant rolnts unless thero Is a fall In the fijr- for extensive opeiations on the pa i ' W;rote to the. advei lisi-r a n't ien uea au; sule, tne riont iioor navmg peen ocu- yesteruay una nau ine uai; raisu u of the foul killer .1m evidenced by lh' answer vhlch lafjnncl him that he dentally left -open;' they HeaM froitt" . t.0ti. "Willie" was in court, wil't ti foilowinir narrative of "Iniioceiu Wil- could buy "ice" money haup, lie lui- nn n talking: "Jt was .no -easy. pleaseu gun on nis iai-e He Ilobinson." He was a product o'j mediately boarded a train for . New . "Shaii. fu.! How t mild u do it ?" nno our own Buncombe county: wiilthr hVoik..' ., j other icinai ks of a slwil-ir n ilur?- has returned to bo once more n.inexe;l , Hm was mst, lie say, by two mon, sieeted thel: ean. T'hea IN- oliceiiiiti to his tnammu's apron s'tnH', ' - t . who-took, blni to a house In Twentv- nia.le ti runii Sw ihi ivioiir-i.T i"7mf .-,,.;) His name was Wlllte,: Uobinson, and! thlwl street afte. buying him apfjlejatk ' two nu-n-KVedevIek O.' Vli..n and Ed dowrt In Sandy Mush.-lluneombe. ioui!..j t?i his heart's content, ! wind Williams, they aMr l tli -nmelven ty, iti- C.f;hb-was. known ai a. brlglw t . Ho: much hve yoj' sot V", '-Wllil''"; The' prlroners were Xtakvn to loan vouns man. : We ratred sweet notatnesUavs 4ho wen usk.-d hiiiU-and he tc-H mid. held fur trial. vWilfl. wanted tc and went to Sunday school, '. " ! IHetn he h:t'd 'jus-t Jl."0 left, , yo hw.i.c, but the PmivI I Aito.ney ob- He reud the newspapers, and a -"get-! Olive It to ti."." said th ini, mi.l i jceted. Fo ho wuk sent to the House rich-quick" advertisement caught hii "Willie" dl l ro. Then he was ti l.l to J Detention, whete hf h is leei ever eye. Then easy "Willie" became one o! wai: outside In the street for a f '- f .int . being held as a witness in tin. the star boarders -in tbe House of Pe-j minutes, i He waited for tw. home, mid, rase. Asslstnnt Distiici Attoin-.-y MLn tention. In Mulberry st eet. . then, belh.n a bright yoath. it su Ide.iiv , ,. i1P Ml t Jm t sn:rte one wa: going to try ' In a Sunday school lottery "Willlc"jilawned 6u blm that he. had been ' Inni-1 to get "Willie" out on $10') ball. He had Won $25..' He. was IndustrHusly u oed." ilk ving that this was only a w heme to adding to this until hl.-r f!r.;i:H la! store I He-told n po-ieeiv.an. who went to the- Kpt the youth out of UieiHy. Mr'. Miner How do you like New some one, and "Willie" following: "New York? It's srteat;'-' "This Is the greatest town 1 ever saw. Kvery one treats a teller so nice. An soon as I tell thom where I came, iron1 they nil laugh and think It's grj;,tt tun. I thinjc so, too. That hotel Hlie HiiuV of Detention) where I'm stopping Is i great place, too. What 1 ean't und stand is that you don't have to .n;.' anything for ntaying there. Why. thev even pay you fifty cents a day, tin I when they take you out you get a t-ld. on i tie cats. Oh. It's great! Do i want to go home? Wei'., I guess not." Hut Willie came home later on. Back to the "tall and uncut timbers" of his ii itlve heath, and now he never reads York?" ttsUe-.; '' "' pai eis. Willie, It should be "delivered ill. . ! l iatcd, In no relation of the "petrlfle' ii'aiv ot local fume, or to any of tin il financiers who irivestod I, to. thousand "bones"' in fhat i comn.oiilty Wllllesimple Willie had a small raft !jr Ids ir.oney while he scjjouyne V st Gotham, but the "Pristine compnn;.'" reeclved u stone in rciiirn for Its bit l.'lUl. Willie, however, did not eomo imck :o i hllilhood's urenea tif his own oc- ' ''!. Not he. He came because lie '.".'is told by the Jude that his presence i im too -rreat a temptation Cor the "ai-?ii goods" fraternity of gay New York. HUMOROUS SIDE OF LIFE AS SEEN IN TICKET AGENT'S OFFICE It Is learned that ihere tq nn llnuoitnt. ?y targe number cf sportsmen from t h' Ewrth In th stite this season. Thev e pleased with tn new bird nrotec. ion law. which ruritea with It tl nor. itajf. and savs It ImnmvA. thn pn. Much ftnTTiP', Iff mvnlnir In hriA -jeri n I tr-rvil o anil khicks. Oiood bags ; were made by , timber of sportsmen yestsrtbiy desiiitf pf tln sever fold.' -., -1 . ' 'Paste a strip of leather, having sprinkling of gilt letters on it, length wise on the back 'of. the raiToid man who holds down the city tleket agent'.' Job and you'll have a full morocco. deckle edge; Kilt top voliiine. contain ing Information liandy foi any situa tion or condition of liiin)anli,y, from the nut scry to the graveand beyond. The open house of the-tleKet ofiic admits the blowing in of any old in nuit'.v, and what is often asked, or de manded, turns tact Into visions thai biing to the eyes a far away look atv' stoop to tile shoulders oi weary fish. "I want a ticket ftr Or'and:ra," was a 'recent Inquiry at the depot ticket window. "Where in the world does OirnmltnA wanL-toj;a?1., ... "Oh, to Fylv.i." "I want to deposit this." and a banU book wHh the long green lapping over tile edges was passed In. "This Isn't a bank!" "Why, that's so." . , "ClininC a. bcltle of paregoric," was the hold-up tifteroine long dic'iry even ing's checking up. The agent might have shoved buck the bottle and the clime, but he didn't "All right," he replied; behind the screen there was a brief hiss as tbe faucet turned oi.t the Swannano.i wa ter: a drop of icd Ink 'gave- th iejul- flte' lltlgei and the filled bottle w: handed its owner. The T. A. has that dime yet. " the ticket to point d - ired was given. U ' was the concession rat.", but til" ptlte was 'disputed, 111 mail of cloth holding out for r, e.r.l! le.s. "All aboard." tame ilin'iuK through the at mosphere, and lh - ini.iMer ran for Ids a rubber how much 7" 'Thirty-li cents." The pa ty' opened a hand satchel un l llshcd out dress samples, 'etteis. curds. loll, and down at (he hotto.ii train leaving rake-oft. K cei'.i" liatir.e for th- among tin "tl'.lrty-ll." Iiuttous tdie found just tie , Yesterday an inquirer ..fell in, with the anxious query, "Has that pig from Haywood come for me?" Ami another: "Do -you, keep hold ing back-straps here'."" A clergy permit was presented and "Willi I do you ;tsk I to AYaShlr.gioii State'.'' Feveral trlmilrs. of flouring wo: o li. dulKrd, the unite bin!: iar.'fiily sorted i:p, then everything via t,on-' over for verKcatlon .:.! -the ci.l genlltnan wa told a sum .burdciiiig uihki $::.fiW.tM. "Well, what noul.l a box tar cost?'' "Yi.u'll have to i-ee ill- freight de partment; but what i!i a box cai' 7" "Why. 1 want to . a: i and I allowed it might way." a private cavj -vi , y,HI m f,. fi oi?jl t VV jask-d at the uti-town olllee. "Prelght olticc 'Trelght otllta fellows to make here to I. n. I out where his freight if." w en, you re grea: a man come way up co J want 'Please give me a liiket for Ardea "Talte off your hat, .Mamma!" The man of tickets smiled wondering- I, ly, and It must have been the smile, ! fo: th-younger woman Raid: "Mamma 'can't write unless her hat's off." ii 7 f.iniilP'S. I The ticket was validated. I..- t heap:.- that ! ""What time is It to Chicago?'' t'trtiFidcrable conversation lis, to detail followed, and then the question from Hi'- globe-trotter came: "Po how?" Pond Anderson received the following as th1 door cosed after an durance; ' Where's the man?" "What can I. do for you, madam?'" "Is there nobody her but you hoys?" "I'm the ticket agent, and will be l luil to wait on you." "No; do they have you here all bj i oni self 1 Solid sold the ticket. FROM THE LAND OF THE MIKADO Ashevllle Man Writes to the Citizen DESCRIBES LIFE IN FLOWERY KINGDOM Sees Wonderful Specimens of Native Skill MR. C. V. OROWN'S IMPRESSIONS OF NAGASAKI, THE SCENE OF TERRIBLE RELIGIOUS PERSECUTIONS. Hut the prize greenhorn and his j nan.e was not Wijlle Kobiuson was the n.iiii who wafted himself Into the i orlire a few days ago and asked the I mini at the window If it was true that J Ashevllle was never visited by snow storms. He was considerably surprised . vil e-,1 the genial agent handed him a j' r "1 hot snowball with the remark. "" irhiki em fresh every -dny." The -would- r I - wag meitel Into thin air. Kobe. Japan. Oct 25. 1903. Kdltor of The Citizen: I received the copy of The Citlxeti you sent me some time ago; was glad to cet It for every thing In It was Interestlnr 'c-me. We b'ft Chefoo, iMrlna, September 2'itli. for Kliiiii-tfehou, u large German naval 'station about ISO tulles from Chefoo. We arrived there Monday, September 21st. Kluntnchou Is In every respect unlike any other port on th Asiatic station: this port wus opened oy" the Clcrmnns on September 2, 189S, and Is to lie held by the German au thorities for iiliiety-nlne years, in sat isfaction for the murder of two German n isslonaries. Th Germans have auc eeeded in presenting to the Asiatic win Id In about five years a model, n.odern city, wide streets, well paved, stone sidewalks, level und v. ell. curbed; city waterworks rupplying clear, healthful w'nler to hydrants ft each street corner, where a clj: miy I e found for the use, of the public. V stayed at KIhiiIsi'I.ou for o:ie ufX (ltd we all cajoye.t the time well. We -ould get anything ashore, very rea sonable, and the German sailors tve tt ed us fine. We had n nice time. vu If we . ould not speak Dutch. We left SI i:iti,'hou September 27th for Noc s.il.i. j ipaii, where we 'arrived Bep- eu 1 ,-r istli at 2 p. in., at four o'clock .lie same day the first liberty section wait ashore and the privilege was , ii anted dally while In that port. . Na gasaki is one of the most sheltered, port on the Asiatic squadron, being hnost entirely surrounded by high ;J1 which are . n great protection ' ...Inst the storms that oft-times rage i this country,,-, The buy Is shaped limethlng like n pocket. ''with the town tt lis bottom. Nagasaki has a pcrpuht-. Hon of ubPut olio hundred, thoilsnnd; ibottt twenty-five thousand are Europ eans, mostly I'.ifHsluiis. Thu city Is livlde.1 Into Kettlemeiits, the north Side if the bay is called "Itusslan Tof n" mil the opposite side la known as Ouru." or Kuropean pettlement. There S quite a number of summer resorts lear here. .While on liberty 1 had the ileasure of vlsl'lng "Tokeo" one of the principal health resorts, it is about a "our hours rltle on the train from Xagarakl, and Is famous nil over Japan or its sulphur baths, Japanese go there ty the thousands to enjoy the baths; he water is not uncomfortably hot, end n private bath mav be had for CO ents. Prom Tokea we procured jln- Ikishas and went to Arlta, where the alue and white porcelain Is made; We went nil through the works and saw i flue example of Japanese skill, most if all the pieces are made by hand, mcl the most skillful workman in the litop receives one yen jer day. (One ,"en Is equal to fifty cents in Americuui money.) They hnve three large vase there that they were Just finishing, for the Ht. Louis Exposition. There Is a large temple near Nagas aki called the Osuwa Temple; It was built In 1647. It is said that the Chris tian influence was too strong in Na gasaki at that ' time that carpenters refused to work on It and were com pelled to do so by the government. There are temples with Idols in them all over Nagasaki and It certainly does seem strange that the people should worship Idols in the twentieth cen Jrjv.for..at.one. time there .iyerc none Continued on Page 12. Bargain Tables Are full of goads at very" interesting prices now. Many items ... ; - ".'.. - '.-, ' ' . .: ' . are worth double the price asked for them. ' ' l..-.-. ' ;;" China Salt Boxes, 35c. ' ; China Spice Boxes, 10c. ENAMELED CANOLE8TICKS, IN AS SORTED COLORS ; . . : . ' LEMONADE JUGS ... ... ... ............ '. .. ..f5e $1.50 LOT ODD DESERT KNIVES, MISMATCHED, BUT WARRANTED TRIPLE, PL ATP" 15c. EACH '4 And No End of Other Thinijs, All Good. Ch ristmas OPEN ING Thursday December 3, 4 to 9 P. M. Store Closed -on That Day Till 4 P.-M. Ail are Invited. J. H Law, .35 Patton Ave. '-. r. - ' '- '- - W -T - ' "5.-'.. HIS HIGH, GRADE SPECTACULAR DISPLAY, ii Babes in Toyland if TOY DOOKS BY SAINT NICHOLA8. DOLLS BY KRIS KRINGLE THE CAST: Jointed Dolls ., . Dressed Dolls . . . Kid Polls Perorated i hina . . 'Toy Tea Sets . . . Poll Ptiriiitiire .. Rag Polls . . American .Maid p ll . . ..only the llest . . . .Grand Display . I 'ini'st Assortment ...urs-ry Khyntes Large Stock Kvery Slite lliby Land -The Latest : WITH. THE FOLLOWING ABLE ASSISTANTS: 8alad Bowls, Cake Plates, Lcmtfnjdo Jugj, Ramakins. Vases, Art Pottery, : Art Chins, Cut Glass, Silver Novrtties. et 1 Scene 1 Knoru.ous stocks, t-'ce.ie " Hiifh-clas'i .oo-ls. fceie ."! I iii.j.-te iissortnients el 2 Scene 1 Lookers Welcome, ccne 2 Low Prices. S-' -enel-Pron-.pt "Dcliverl s. TIME Present. PLACE Asheville UNDER THE PERSONAL DIRECTION OF J. H. LAW, 35 PATTON AVENUE
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