TITO. ftTIKHA V. f XrPl7.v3fVfWrvvt v
tmE asiievtlltc otttzex, Monday, octoiskk -", r.
HMW
GLEANED FROM
p 'OF FUN IN THE
WANTED A MAYOR!
' A political Job 1 going " hejrKlni?.
nd that within easy reach of Ash -vIHe,
whers there are enough politi
cians to All every Job In every bureau
In Washington, franklin wantH a
mayor and wants mm bad, on that
ill ftlck and stand a lot of "ruaaln' "
without flinching or resigning. The
J'riUJklln Proas In tt Inst liwii cnmn
out-with the following mthctir np
J4 to the world at large lor a
mayor:
n "Does anybody want a Rood munlr-
Jp! Job without pay, honor, or fume
, attached?
"Mr. Billings didn't; lie resinned
two WMhl after his election In June.
JCesrt the 'honor' was thrust upon Iir.
Illgglna. But ho nHlntd hint we.-K.
'p. D. Franks Is now mayor pro
tern but that's for only n short while.
Kent month somebody else is t:-l
to be honored.
"Who wants a Job helnji mnvor of
the town of Franklin? There's no
pay, no honor, no fame, and Iota of
criticism and cuanlng tied lo the po
sition. "Doesn't somebody want It? Frank
tin may not honor Its mayor, but
th.re Is always a chance for th may
or to honor Franklin.
' ' "If you haven't been sufficiently
honored municipally here's your
Chance. Don't be bashful; speak up."
dome local republicans might do
Well to apply for the poaltl n, or It
Ulifht be suggested lo fonnresHinnn
Grant after h Is through with the
Xllllmore poslofflce episode.
ACROSS THK STYX.
A poet from Just serosa the line,
Who la near enough to be one of the
Tat Heel galaxy of near-ports, had
perpetrated the following
"Spirit of departAl wife to hubby
In the flesh:
" 'Qrieva not for me, my husband,
"r.n dear.
I am not dead, but sleeping hern;
Vlth patience wait,' prepare to die.
And In short time you'll come to I.'
"Husband In corpora to wlf else
where: "'I m not sieved, my dearest life,
Sleep on -I've ot another wife;
Therefore I cannot come to thee,
Tor I must go and live with she.' "
AJC EDITOR'S TIlOtTni.ES.
Pean Miner, of the Bylvnn Valley
Kswa. flndlnif the prosperity of his
aectlon about warm and comfort
ing tha Inside of an arctic Iglon. in
ene paragraph he complains that he
rag been compelled to reduce his
force on account of lark of advertis
ing, and In the next he bemonna tho
f net that bear meat la too high and
" too rich for the editorial purse and
Innards, '
, 8 to vent his grouch he complains
of ft new "varmint" In the following,
paragraph:
"It hae been warm enough this
week to hatch mueketoea at least
they have been In evidence In the
;'; fews office. Evidently there Is a can
of stagnant water somewhere In
town."
Getting Kvcn With Poo tors.
Economical people may be found
' all over the world, but the Greenhorn
folk are entitled to a place In the
front anks according to a story In
The Record. Recently the doctors of
the city met and agreed to raise their
feea all around making their charge
, for a night vtolt five dollars. Now
Oreenaborlans are threatening to get
III only In the daytime to get even
with their grasping doctors.
Didn't Uo Bark.
' 1 A Hehdersonvllle contemporary has
recently been making Inquiries Into
tha historical uuestlon of "Who dis
covered Hendersnnvllle?" (Caustic and
Impertinent answers could euKlly be
made, but said contemporary's ren-
25 per Cent Discount
on All
Dresses
Monday Only: Nothing Reserved
. i Every single dress in this salo is new, bought
, -.for Ibis reason, and the best we have. The dis-
count up'iiirs to every dress in the store, noth
. . ing being reserved.
The reason for this price reduction is purely
mid simply because we have too many dresses.
The sale will be in force for one day only
Monday, October liaili. Original prices restored
ou Tuesday.
We camiol afford alterations at such prices,
and will have to ak either an additional
charge or that you have your dressmaker do it.
Prices are graduated from $13.50 to $65.00.
one-fourth less on Monday.
The fabrics in silk are taffeta, moire, poplin,
and habitai: in wool, henrietta, nuns veiling,
serge, broadcloth, Venetian, poplin, and tricot.
, Ooiors arc black, champagne, taupe, grey, res
ifda, olive, bronze, citron, Copenhagen, freneh
blue, and several shades of navy, raisin, wisetia,
old rose, wine, and red.
They are all one piece and comprise the
greatest variety of style and trim in the latest
and best fashion.
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i dollar.
M. V. MOORE
Women's I'urnlhlilngs.
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FALLOIV FIELDS
OLD NORTH STATE
ons have brought forth an Intcreet
liig bit of history. H (U litres tl at Uu
Koto landing In Florida, and sotting
forth In siarch of the fountain of
pcrplual youth mottled up through
the mountains an Jut as Jlcndcrson
vllle. 1'nfort unnlely no proof of this
slutciiHiit in given, and apparently
Do Sito left no recoriH cnciied In the
village or If he JUI they have never
been found.
Nobody bus been found to dispute
I lie oHHCttion that I'd Soto Was the
firm to reach the pretty little town on
I be bikes, but many people are In
iiilrlng why lie, never went back.
Editor Innlcl faiinlc.
Editor Joaepbua Panlels of The
Kali 1Kb "News and Disturber" uses
bin most vitriolic pen In commenting
on tho lrant-Iteed episode In regard
to tho WHnure postofflce. As usual
when attacking1 his political oppon
ents he Is not very nice uh to the
kind of Illustrations ho uwh to press
bis point. In his editorial lie tells the
story of a filthy and odliorous man
on a train who wus ho offensive to
the other passengers that finally one
of tliein asked lilm bow old he was.
"Twenty-live years old," replied the
smelly one,
"You're a liar," said the disgusted
passenger. "No man could gut us 11U
thy as you are in less thau fifty
years."
fie cannot understand how a re
publican has become so wicked as
Mr. Grant In so short a space of time.
A I.iii k y JuinlMjrce.
Judge Miller In tho Rowan county
Superior court lust week had before
him the old preAdamlte question of
"When la a man drunk?" Vurlous
tests were suggested, but tho best one
of all suggested by The Salisbury
l'ost was lite following which bus be
come 1'uinouit :
"When your heels hit hurd and
your head feels queer
And your thoughts rise up like the
fount on beer,
And your knees wax weak and your
voice grows strong
And you laugh like II at eomo
fool song;
You are drunk old man, you are
drunk!"
The authorship of this much quoted
bit of doggerel Is aa obscure as a
great many other clever things but It
Is the work of a well known news
paper man. Several years ago Walter
Juan Davla was struggling along as
general utility editor of The Bante Fe
New Mexican on fifteen dollars a woek
and writing up bloodcurdling stories
of the wild doings of Mexican greas
ers on the plains In the sleepy old
town of Hante Fe. In an Idle moment,
enforcedly Idle because he had had
an encounter with too muoh Mexican
Pulue at a ball the night before, be
turned off the the rhymes. They wsrs
widely copied all thhough the West
and round their way to the East It
Isn't often that Jamboree means good
fortune to anybody, but this Jamboree
and these lines got him a Job In The
Denver Post and he Is today perhaps
one of the highest salaried newspa
per men of the West.
France hen done more to push for
wcrd the science of aerial navigation
than nlty other country, and, although
the laat disaster usuumed the magni
tude of a national calamity, will con
tinue to do Vo with as muoh enthusi
asm and faith as bufore, yet the death
list in the laat year has found Prance
the sufferer In every Instance but one
Of the seven killed during thla period,
says Popular Mechanics, six were
Frenchmen, fling over French soil,
nne all, commencing with Mr. T,e
fubvre, In a Wright aeroplane, were
Killed during September.
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11 PATTON" AVE.
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TO MEET AT GREENSBORO
Will Iff Most Important
(lathering in .Interest oj'
Health Kver ITeld in State
e;i!i:i:'Ki:')RO, n. r. Oct it
What nlves promise to be one of the
most iKoroiis campaigns ever Inau
gurated In thlH state against tubercu
losis will begin hero on January 25
next. The occasion will be the an
nual convention of the North Carolina
association for the prevention or tu
ben uh.Hls which will meet here in
connection with the American Tuber
culosis exhibition conducted by the
National Association for the study
and Prevention of Tuben iilosls.
While the meeting will bo essential
ly u withering of the peoplo of North
Orollna, It is expected to bo one of
the laiK'Ht and most representative
gatherings In the Interest of health
ever held In the Carollnas. Promi
nent business and professional men
Will address the meetings.
An official c haracter will be lent to
the convention by the presence or
Governor W. W. Kltchln, wtio will
formally open the meeting. Dr. W. .'.
Dunn, of Ashevllle, president of th
association, will siellver his annual
address In the form of a message
the people of tho "Old North fitatc"
on the opening day. The national as
sociation for the study and prevention
of tuberculosis will be represented bv
the executive secretary. Dr. Living
ston Farrund, of New York, who will
deliver u popular address on tuber
culosis. REVENUE GUTTER TOWS
(Continued from pago one.)
In tow, started on the run for home
Soon tho wreck caroened ove r on
her starboard bilge and hir keel
swung nearly at right unfiles with
tho cutter, rendering steering most
difficult.
At times the cutter was able to
make a speed of only six-tenths of i
knot As the afternoon wore on the
schooner's forward deck house, a
white structure, was washed nwav, hut
through the Indefatigable efforts of
the crew of tho little government ves
sel no other Importnnt portion of the
wreck parted company. The mizren
mast of the wreck fell hut was held
by the rigging. Finally at eight
o'clock that night the derelict was
docked, the time consumed In towing
hy the Woodbury having been thirty
hoars while the average speed attain
ed was 1.17 knots.
SOCIAL
AND
PERSONAL!
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The Woman's Home Missionary So
ciety of the Central Methodist Epls
oopal church will meet In the church
parlors this afternoon at four o'clock.
This will be a very Important meet
ing and all the members uro urged to
attend.
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Miss Irene Ollllam. of Grove pnrk.
will entertain tho young ladles Mis
sionary society of tho Klrst Presby
terian church at her home this after
noon at four o'clock. All the mem
bers of the society ure invited to bo
prtaent.
The tennis matches at tho Country
ciuh Baturday attracted tho largest
crowd of the season. Mr. Charles Ho.
hart, the tennis champion, played
ana Inst lr. 1'aul Itlnger und Dr. Jet e
Cocke. The score of the first match
with Dr. Itlnger was 6-2, 6 love in
favor of Mr. Hobart.
Dr. Ilinner played excellently. In
the match with Dr. Cocke, who play
ed n pretty game, Mr. Ilobnrt defeat
ed Dr. Cocke with tho scorn of fi-3,
6-, 6-0. It was originally Intended
that Mr. and Mrs. Hobart were to
play ngajnst Mrs. Itobert V. Johnston
and Dr. Cocke, but owing to the In
disposition of Mrs. Hobart, the match
was cancelled. Mr. Hobart gave an
exhibition that was remarkably fine
and tho largo crowd was most en
thusiastic. Mrs. Thomas P. Chesbor
ough later served tea to the cluh
members, which ended a red letter
day of the season.
Mr. Donald McClaln, of (he Ashe
v'lle school. Is spending the woek
end with his mother, Mrs. K. L. Mc
Cluln. of Greenfield. O., at the Bat
tery Park hotel.
Dr. W. if. Bromley. Austin, Tex., Is
a guest at the Battery Park hotel.
Miss Harriet A. Shaw, of Boston. Is
spending aome time In the city.
Mr and Mrs. Pierre Smith and
Master Quentln Smith, of New York
are guests ut the Battery Park hotel
Mr. and Mrs. V. E. T.ongwell, of
Oneida, N. S., are In Ashevllle for a
short atny.
The Caloric Flreless Cooker can be
seen In operation In our front win
dow. Thla cooker will be given away
Tou may win this,
during our Majestic Kan ire exhibit.
, Brown, North up A Oo..
S3 Patton Ave.
Italy levies a graduated Income ta
as well as a direct tax on land and
houses. Small Incomes are exempt
from tnxatlon. Tho minister of fi
nance estimates that Income tax for
this year will amount to about 149.
600.000, while the land tax will bring
In 3ft,000.00.
I0ENT OUZ FORESEES
Meeting of Presidents
Should Make for More in
timate Jblsiness Relations
MEXICO CITY". Oct. -i -id.-i,!
Iiiiz. ixpn-xs.-d his Imjin mwi.i -.1 J
in i iit reception at HI I'iiso nod b
i hi i i nut e of President Tal't In an in
terview at Chupultepec Castle ld.i .
He said:
Ah for iny personal ..Hhi"!i .if
President Tuft, I can say that m- ; .i
man of i liurmlng personally. ! ml.
and aimer", wImisc featni- s
uutni.tatilo xtamp of a in.
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hlHll e.inm iousnpHS of diily, unnamed
by a. touch of remorse. The inlemew
which 1 bad with Pres. dent Tail uus
of tin- most cordial churuet'i. ami it
is ' b ar that It will r. donud t" t b'
beri' lit of both countries owing to the
perleit understanding existing be
tween the two governments and
which was realized precisely. II, tough
an Interview in still further HkM' mug
tile bonds of their friendly am! com
mercial i latlouship. l'roin lie com
mercial standpoint, and pol,; e all;. .
both countries will be gnatl. Iien.
titted beca uae of a belh r business un
derstanding between the two peoples
and tin investment of capital lor the
development of our industries will lie
iu i ompll.shed tinder very la or.ible
cin umxi.'iMceH.
"We .Mexicans have plenty of taw
material In our country rich nat
ural resources. The Americans have
capital, talent, energy ami they will
come to the nld of our own enter
ptislng men In tho establishment ami
ilevelcrpnieiit of useful and important
industries. Therefore, with the good
understanding between tho govern.
mcnta of the two countries, men of
business can carry to successful issue
i heir gn at t-nterprlaes."
CANDY is a luxury.
Most of the plea
sure lies in havinjj; the
best. NUNN ALLY'S
candies are well know n
to be pure, delicate, and
never sold except when
fresh and dainty.
Packed in handsome
boxes, they make a good
"first impression." And
they leave a delightful
memory that leads you
back for more.
A fresh supply always kept by
ltAYHOtt'8 ORCG STOKE,
31 Pinion Avenue.
"None Like Nunnally'."
Just placed on display
large shipment of hair goods
and ornaments. Stock at
tractively priced.
MISS CRUISE, 27 "i s'
The
Jury's
Verdict
f 1 1 1 1 it l. thufH! who huvc- Kivi-n
llnj
"Shaw
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a llioi'oiiKli uMt la for awc.-t-niss
of tour, and Its Ki'inral
ltmkii up iH entitled to nil the
prulis mid "nice Baying." thut
lmvo been lctstoved n iiii ii in
the piu4. Are You one of tin;
July" If not. we will he le
llKhtol to send you a little in
foviiiat Ion that will Interest you,
"on terms unil plicoN.''
Chas. HI. Sliell
Manufacturer of the
Artl-ctlr Slieff, Shaw, anib
Stleff Solf-plajer PIaihih
Southern Wareroom
5 West Tralo Street
Charlotte, IV. C.
r. ii. wiLMOTir.
Manager.
(Mention thla 'paper)
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lig Purchase of Sample Coals for Women .
Misses and Children
We secured a line of sample Coats Saturday and will
place them on Sale today.
They are the famous Picadilly Brand and you should SI
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oe sure anu iook tnem over today.
Special at 1-4 Off
Marked Price Coats from $5 to $25
glankets and Comforts, the
isdarm and Cozy Kind
Now is the time t lniy Blankets and
comforts. We carry the largest and
best select ion in the city.
Blankets in cotton and wool priced
from ,f :17t to , 10.00.
Comforts covered with sateen ;ijd sil!:
aline in down and cotton 1 .25 to
5 IWSIMW
in
fiie Rafje for Buying
M & W Indian
Coal
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c cin . I'll., nc Kill.
Carolina Coai &
Ice Company
nmT Nm9&fa,fc$&t$
log AN)
, Merc-hunt Tailor. 14 N. Pack
Square. Pbooe 707, Aslicville. I
PROGRESS o
Stoves and Ranges
You Can't Beat Them No Matter
Where You Go.
Money Back if They Don't Do
The Work.
Beaumont Furniture Co,
27 S. Main SI. Phone 1 002
The Home of turr.iturc VsSi.es
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Pretty Fal! and Winter Suits
Conic in Monday ami lei
received. You'll he .surii
& workmanship we givo you. The rires are 18.o0, .120.00. ...-)). -',.(K)
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Dresses.
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One lot of Coat Suits, vant-'ini;- in price from -t'JO.OO. .jeJ.oO, to will h
offered at -tlo.HS for your choice.
Handsome lot of Capes for evening and street wear, from -fKUK) to T.oO.
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Soap
Bong deferred link
eth the dirt
Stick
M'd'.il: Oc-1 c,ii i M' i.fii;n
list ui ,iit A.-ll. illc I. .urn In
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ASflEVILlE
LAUNDRY
I. A. MCIIOI.S, Mgr. Clione 5
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PEERLESS
us show you sonic of the jiretty Suits wo have latej."
iscd how very reasonable they are for the style ,n
Suits, one piece Suits, Coat
Cold iOeather feeof
Supplied Jf ere
tess goods for Jtylish
Pressed Women
Our si.pei'l) stock of wool Fabrics" is
superior to any previous line handled
I I V us. . .
We iire sir...-. : '.,.,.-. ,'oths in all col
ors .Hid black from .f 1.C0 to .fo.OO.
Prunellas Batistes, I leir-ettas, Serges,
Bedford cords. Fancy Woi-sUls, 't
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Somethng New!.
Ili-ttc r take heme ;i box of AR
.M K.MAX M'TS . Far mr.. deliotous
tli.-in siiltcil AlniDnds.
Mountain City Stationery Co
H. M. Nahikian, Prop.
23 Patton Ave.
Ba (Jrecijiie Corsets Stylo,
Comfort and Fit, Beyond
( 'oinpare.
GREENE & CO.,
12 rm itcii st.
VISITORS, SAVK MONEY,
by having your tenth attended to tot
: L.1 Always up-to-date. PBlnles8".r"
. rullable. Crown and Bridge work ft.
! paclalty. Popular prices i5"'-.
DIt, MAITHEW'S DOTAL PAR
LOUS 23-28-27 New UcAee BMg.. cornet
College and Spruce, opposite 1st. Bap-i
tint Chnrih and Dear Cons Hoosa,
Phone t49. Itealdcnce Phonx 979.
We can save you money on
STOVES
HEATERS, RANGES
Beaumont Furniture Co.
WATCHES MY 8PEOLIVTY
If you nee.J a. wateh that will
keep time, we have them, and
at prices that aue right.
flw Wateh Itennirins.
J. E. CAKPKNTEO.
aa Patton Ave.
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Tn agaiu: All sizes of
Flower Pots. See them at
The Asheville China Co.,
No. 6 North Pack Squarp, Phone 231
M. WEBB & COMPANY
Wllllarrj Importers
No. I lUUerr park Placv, Pbona 1044
TRY CITIZEN WANT
ADS FOR RESULTS.
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