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13 THE SUNDAY CITIZEX, ASJIEVILLE, N. C, APRIL 19, lSlf. f r .. J.myni rni, r inii II ULUHLL fllllil The Modern Method of Finishing Walls If you are building or redecorating your home yoixshould have this interesting book It is free for the asking and tells all about the advantages of PEE GEE FLATKOATT tit SAIITART, BIIIBLE FLAT Oil FINISH TU keautifufljr illustrated booWThe Modern Method ct Finishing Walls,' contain practical suggestion! for tho artistic decoration of walls and ceilings. It shows reproductions of number of rooms finished effectively with Pee Get Flatkoatt, and gives other valuable information and many harmonious color wmbinations. Ask us for this book or write direct to PEASLEE-GAULBERT CO. LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY MANUFACTURERS Or PEE OCE FLATKOATT PEE GEE FLATKOATT Is now extensively used instead of old- fashioned wall paper and other antiquated and unsanitary material. Pee Gee Flatkoatt is a very durable hygienic interior decorative oil paint that imparts a velvety-like effect The delicate and harmonious tints do not fade, and are both restful and pleasing to the eye. Aside from its artistic beauty, Pee Gee Flatkoatt is the' most economic wall-finish on the market It is very durable, and ahould it become soiled it can easily and quickly be restored to its original beauty and clearness by sponging with water and soap. Pee Gee Flatkoatt saves the expense and incon vience of frequent repapering or redecorating and assures the fullest measure of satisfaction. H. J. OLIVE Smith's Bridge Asbevllle, N. C. How Clyde Milan Became '', Champion Speed Merchant ' 4 tit . "Miln th 'Jaav). la th title of an article in th May "Baseball Mfain," In which, thai. flwt-Xootes Washington Star Is eatlaft Th fly Ins Mercury of th Diamond, th man woe shattered th American Uegu record,' fhe f rented ,baa-runner of tho' decade'; Milan who wae born In Tennessee, round out that famous Qurtit of southern stars whoa oth r minmber ara Trts Speaker, Ty Cobb and Jo Jackson, a "Big roar" of out. r gainers, ao th article states, Who hav n equal hi Khw lessrus. ', -Milan, Whoa ral 'nam If J Clyde, was sign! by th Washington, alub Ja 107 at ths sams lima that "Waller Johnson cast bis lot with lh than Jowlv (Senators, ' Prospects havs brightened, up a Sit Sine that,, spl aod, but Johnson and Milan; th men mainly responstbl. for th auoceaa, have been inaeverable pals evea sine. Milan, so th story oa, when a amatl boy. didn't tak vary klnflly to work, and whan hl rather called his attn. tlon to tlila defect In his character and th result It would have on his future proapecta, J. Clyde promptly met th argument by saytnr tbat (rtan ba frw np he intended to become a bis league bait player." " H must have hanged bis mind, however. a th work propoaltfon, (or ha has bean to Inf at a record oiip, var also h Joined fore with th bit show. Clarke Griffith acmes forward with that illuminating remarks! ClyAs Milan Is ths Tatat bas stealer In th same. . Hla record jirovea K. H deaem to b called the greatest, and I am glad to do what, I ean toward getting him th title. Ther was a time when Beacher was th ibeat In the buslnea. H was a fin fellow and X was gld to a him naive so much suocess. But Milan has teat htm now at hi own cam) Jr is no floubt albout It. Two years asro he trok th Amerl eaa leafu record : hy etealtns II twaes. He would hav had SI If on gwrne In . louts had not been thrown aut ea account of rain, laat yar he ' didn't" do qulta aa well, twit h 14 both league K be could hit as well a Cobb or Collins and get to first ss, often h would, steal 100 hues.', i : Ths following sag remarks of th great ( ra-runnr, latlled "Maxims of Mlan" ar gleaned from t,the article; , - Bae.tealln Is far more of an art of eolence than moat peapl Imagine, However fast "a 'man may he, there I always something for him to learn. . I am learning all the time and con aider myself stilt a beginner. Ther ar thr dlatlnot operations 'la' ateallnc a aa.. , rtrat the lead, second the sprint and third th allde. Th start 4 ths most Important of ths thre ';' '' ',: , . It IS this mora than anything ! which shew whether, or not a player has It In him to become a treat base runner. , . . . . ? j-,v; The baee-stealer, Ilk th hatter, la 'always trying to outtuea th pitcher, Be-atellng la larsely a game of hluff on fcoth aU. , I have often got a eoaimandlnf lead and uooeaafully stolen a baa when all I originally - Intended to ' do was to. worry th pitcher. -" ' ' -. ; IBvry pltoher has' a' Muff motion la winding-up before delivering a hall to th batter, ' (Many fast men ar poof baa. steal era. A rood sprtntar does cot mean a food baae-runner. . Th sprinter atarts from a erouoh in g position and at a given atonal Th baaeatealer atarta from an ut- risrht position and ha to ttm ht own start to th fraction of a second. Cobb will heat a low man by a ham-atealer In th game, but he never get Injured. I apralneA both anklea myaelf learn nig the hook elide, but I haven't sprained (hem alnoe I learned It. I always allde feet flret. Sliding lose time, but gtvea the runner a chance to dodge being tag' ted by a bane-man . CdHb will beat a law mart by a .ersrrde on aheer aped rmtwTt flriM n! T:o Exp:rir.c3 of Others with Pcruna ; h i Ssfa Csi do ta Fvlloa . Peruna Has been tlte household remedy of a multitude of oeonle lor the bst fifty years. - The testimony of those who have used mun proves it to be i- t An Excellent Remedy For Ordinary Coughs; For Catarrhat Colds and Grip; For Prevention of Colds, A Tonlc-Laxatlvo For The Convalescent; For That Irregular Appetite; For Weakened Digestion. ' S'ng ' nglieving" Perona testimonials present the test story to convince those who are m doubt The continued use of testimonials, old and new, is the kind of proof that no lair mind can resist Are you interested in your health? Well, then, you owe it to yourself to send for our latest publication, "The Ills of Life," and how tney nave been overcome in the home. THE PERUNA CO., . Columbus. Ohio. Tfron wwo oajver TW i ion srvmcrwes wtt.r. rrwn mm CHICHKTggPILW FblkM-Tar lMoa4BrM4A I'll It la UrS nd WUI clcY to.w, wlKkJI Rlbhofc biAMiHaTiiaahD pilia fc a m Beu.SUM, HritoliU SOLD BY DRUGGETS EVERYWHERf aecond baa. -( . : ; ', Spued la an advantage to any baae atealer; a neceanlty to th toip-notcher At the aame tim wpeed alone will not mak a good baaa-etealer. '" More Iniiportant than speeA la th ability tp allde,' f , Mltdlng baaeS' la dangeroua only to th man who doee not know how, Rain robbed me of three stolen baeea In a game in 1111.' v'.Tb Individual player mut always subordinate his own interrnta to the Intereat of th club. , Baling la the greatest of the out llder's talent. ' I eonalder Trls Speaker th greatest outfielder In the gam. , The harden! pitcher for m to face Is Plank of the Athlrtlca i X have batted against Johnaon In praottoa game wHh fair auocesa, but I onairer him the greateat pitcher In the game. SCRATCHING NEW YORK PEOPLE - .j . Health 8 Commissioner Rec ommends Vaccination For All. WILL COST THE CITY ,' NEARLY $150,000 City's Acres of Billboards May Have to Go--Goth-am News. VOtf MAY M.4KR ITIIS FJUJM 'AJTV, OLD GOWN. HEW TORK. AprU lUVtw Vork'a Health commission in a bulle tin Imued by th department of health aaks that evwy peraon In the city who haa not eeert vaccinated for small pax, or who was vaccinated more than seven yara ago, be Inoculated at one. This action was brought about owing to the prevalence of smallpox lu the Mlddl Atlantic atatea Practically the entire school population haa been vaccinated. The preeeiu danger . J among adults and children under' tho school at. In spectors of th health department havs been lnvwsticating tlu various large department stores, insurance companies; and - the three largiest charitabla tnstutlons In th city.. A vaccination census was alao taken of the employes of uhe New York pub lic' library,' the New Tfork atock e ehange and the bureau of Infectious dlaeaaef of th department of health. Information . was thua obtained r- girding persona, a fair cross aei'tlon 'o( tho population of th city. Of these, 12,093 or 8 iper cent, had been yaoolnated, the average elapsed time, ainca the last successful vaccina, tlon ! being eleven yeara , Fifty,- or 0.4' fer oent,' had had smallpox and i"t, or t per cent, had nevSr heen vaccinated.; Thes crude figures are, at first sight, encouraging and seem to show that New Tork city Is fairly well protected aralhRt an epldemlo of smallpox; Certainly as well as, and probably better than, other large cities In th United State. This vlaw Is born out by th fact that New York' city, notwithstanding 1 own population of h"Arly 6,000,000, nnd Its larai noatlnjf pnpulatlon from Jll part of the country, amounting at times to ' 200,000, has been com paratively frea from thla dineaaa for a number of yenes. The cost to the city of compulsory vaccination, Jt la said, would b gtyout $150,000, In loi the coat of ' vaccination was about 1116,000. t One of New York' Ifiadlng preach ers wants th varlou suffrage headquarters to flv up their pres ent activities and opn rrlag bu reaus Instead. H told a uig audience of women his Ideas about the super iority of marriaara ito voting as n occupation for their sex at a meeting held several days ago. Th members of th audience were singularly un responsive, tbut thejr appeared to en joy themselvie a sood deal, even thougih they Wera not permitted to ask questlona "Th woman doesn't want a Yt-sh Wants a hus band." th preacher said,' "I think that It Is a terrlbk thing that In Nw York ir ar 760.000 unmarried men and women. Three hundred and fifty thousands tit these are men and four hundred thousand ar women. I wish all thes popl could be hrouithi together, so that they all could marry on another, and tnen h fifty thousand woman wh are left over." Th audaenlc Jistenea anxiously to hear what . provision would be mada for the extra fifty thoueand. "I don't want women to work out In th woild," he went on. "The fifty thouaand women for whom there are no hushanda In New York ahould be sent west, where the men are clamorlna- forewomen. How much better It would b ,to oom weddings than to strive for woman suffrage, H. remitted that women were lo Ins the natural instinct. He put this . ....., ii.it.- m.. averaae woman. whn ahe marrlei thinks it v(r, and decides between an automobile and ,a..ay, and she uauallv divides for the automobile," ha continued. "The hurly-burly of politics was not meant for the ntle woman." He closed, his addreaa by comlemnlna this s an "e of immod eet hooka.-Immodeat splays, immodeet clothes" and when the women didn't clap lift told them that the sllmneaa of the applause indicated that their clothes were Improper, The rlRht of outdoor advertiser to offend the eve. shook the .nerves and endanger 'puhllc- safety Is -Qvestlonied bv the onllnano drawn up by New York's Billboard Advertising commis sion, wh Hi cams up tor public hear Ing recently and will be pressed for final action before the hoard or aiaor. men. If It la enacted Into law It will alter verv Important billboard condl Hons In New York. ', The magnitude of the bllllicard business la Indicated bv- the fact that In Manhattan Bor ough alone. In eleven months of It 11 It is odd how faehions have turned i euoceaful tppllcatlons war mad for permits to enact aigni ctAterlng !6S,7S squar feet of pac Brooklyn rturough the aame year aa the erection of 104.88 eqpare feet of blllboarda and Queen's Burough 12.178 square feet of blltboards were erected. A UW ten feet hlfirti and 7.S1 miles long .would almost exactly equal this nrea. And It mutt b re membered that bhta nrmous airrr. jV'iV few Panama Exposition' and Vacation Saving Plan themselves around and sometimes look hlnd-aide-befoie aa In this very new dinner frock if tulle and satin and - beads that a few seasons ago would have ben worn with the apron In the front and fullness in the back. But all things changeand what more than the modes And if you want a suggestion for making over an old gown, hero you have tu The long sweep of Una Is ail envlabialgate represent but year's enter thing to awompllah, the girdle haa the right waUrty thickness, and the corsage Is a wisp of flesh pink tulle, i the total superficial lined her and there wHh fleah pink . York's billboards ts tn silk, the eolorln increaainir the ef feet of transparency. imp " ytmniffon 11 of "" 'ins ciyremTra Napa la a brother of Jimmy Johneton, the speedy outfielder -of th Chlcagv Oubs. Both hoys ar graduates of the outhrn leru prise upon the part of outdoor ad vertisers. No exact knowledR a to area of New existence, nt the commlaalon eetlmates It at mora than S.KOO.000 square fet, ,r about 90 aere utanrtlnr upon edge In frar ffiehtaTT a"tnTeda afMslilFa h TTlsu ally very uglily, often very vulgarly to attract the public attention, wtlly nllly, to the privet affair of Hie "enterprising!" Th larg number A plan for saving up funds for at trip, vacation or Christmas. You can start with, our plan at any time and not pay up any back dues. We pay 4 pe cent interest We have the foUowing methods: Deposit 2c the first week, 4c second week, 6c thirdweek, and so. on, increasing each week by 2c-! , ; . , Or deposit 5c, and increase Us.' above each week by 5c. ' , t Or deposit 10c, and increase as above each week by 10c. . Or deposit $1.00 the first week, 98c the second week, 96c the third week, and so on. decreasing ea'h week by 2c. Or deposit $2.50, and decrease each week as above by 5c. Or deposit $5.00, ard decrease eafch week as above by 10c. ? ; Or deposit 25c, 50c, 175c, $1.00- $1;25, $1.50, $1.75, $2.00, or any multi- pie ot soe eacnjweeK, Dut tner same amount must be deposited each week; . .-. Start now by saving up funds, earning 4 per cent, interest thereon, for the Panama Exposition, a contemplated trip, a vacation or Christmas Wachovia Batik & Trust Co. Capital and Surplus $1,700,000 , Asheville, N. C of organisations Interested tn th Im provement and acenio beauty of the city, are aiding the commission t pas an ordlnanc by Which th airy will be abU to out down the- am used for outdoor alrna, ' Th oourt decteioa in th suit pendlrrg against on of the leading railroad entering New York city to Invalidate its passenger rwte increase a awaited with koen anxiety these days by some of the petty and un official station folk along th rail road Una. Th company while con tinuing to charge th hig-hest rate Issues wltth all tickets rebate checks amlch may b converted Into cash ahould the case b decided against it, Then station hangers-on will reap small windfalls if the lrwrnigranta wKh keen eyes for even th moat dis tant and contingent profits, They ara colleotlnn carefully all th . blue monthly Commuter which the com muters themselves are too preoccu pied, hn patient, careless or skeptical of the lawsuit's outcome to tow away In sdm de drawer In , the house or office. Bach blue check means a dotlat, and each ''of th con stantly passing yellow check means five cents If the suit la decided against th" company. Bom porters bootblack and bag handlers hare collected enough of both kinds of checks to finance at toast a mimmer"! steerage trip to Europe if th case goes their way. On bootblack tia over fifty blue checks and a thousand yellow ones, most of which hairs been oast aside by oommutera. Bom com muters have srood-naturadlr promis ed to give all their rebat dhecka U one particular betotblaok or porter; and rms suburbanlt haa mad hrm self very unpopular in bis local depot by gtvin a blu chao to a boot black and then Changing his mind Whil his own shoes were being shin, ad and taking th check away from Wm. . :.,':' .. A brand new white enameled kltch. n is sbelng Installed In the Tombs prison. As soon aa it la ready th importation of meaU will be prohibit ed. It Is believed that this will maka difficult the smuggling of cocaine and other contraband articles, a practice Which teas been cs-ualng the prison Officials a great deal of trouble In th past few months. A menu to tempt th Jaded palate of th most fastidious felon and open the eyes ot the aplourean embezzler haa been "pre pared by the Tombs caterer. There ara eleven kinds of soup at 10 an4 I cants, seven varieties of fish at 28 o it cents, serenkinda of "meat and poultry at 25 to 7t cants. Potatoes Will be served In eight styles at B to 10 cents, seven vegetable at 10 to IS cents. In addition on may hava fruits, cereals, desert, mineral water and soft drinks, tea, coffee, cocoa, milk, tobaoco, cigars and cigarette. The food will ba served In icpler inaoha oomtalnera and may , I eaten tn h general mess hall or h one's Own Upartment" Tipping;, It for bidden. There wfil bs no mui e or cabaret For thoae whoa appetites are sounder than their pocketbookt i table d'hote meal will be served for 40 cant, or, without desert, for 10 eenta Those who choose She table d'hote service need not fear that th orders will be skimped. Each portion will b form eight t twenty-four 'ounces. Those who ar not able to order delicacies will get the usual prison far without charge. : Trance has 20,(94 mutual benefit societies with an aggregate member ship of 1,040.784 and annual receipts of 114.000.009. BANDIT RODE JMOVIK HORSE. LOS ANGELES, . April 1 $. Best ' dents of San Antslmo, who saw tat getaway of the bandit who rcentl robbed the First National Bank .jdf - that place, were puxaled by ths be havior of th horse on which ha made his escape. - When the horse, waiting near the bank, saw the robber throw himself Into th saddle, and felt the prick of the spurs h started off at a leisurely canter. When the spurs were applied again, ths bora looked around at the rider In a hurt and rather lmjuirlns; way. Then came the shouts of the aroused townspeople, and the hora broke Into a real canter. Shortly a pistol popped and the canter became a gallop. The first shot was fol lowed by fuslllad , from revolver!, rifles and shotguns, whereat the horse laid back his ears, humped him self and was soon lost in the dig' tance. ' . 1 ';.-. ... . ; . The pursuers according to the ac count, found the ' horse quietly nib-' bling twlss at tii edge of a thicket and looking- expectantly at the bushes for the reappearance of his rider, . Persons in the crowd then recog nised the horsa. as the well-known steed that had been used in the prep, aratlon of motion picture films in which ,lt was bis. part -to bear away the "outlaw" escaping from the sheriffs posse. - It was conjucmred that when the bank robber Stole the horse he ac quired either by accident or my de sign the trained motion picture steed and that the nag- when overtaken was waiting at the thicket tj be taken back for a repetition of th perform ance in order to Insure getting a good film. .' ' felepSioniiig News A N account of the dance, the concert, the engagement, the festival, and other items of interest are constantly sent to the newspapers by telephone. v News items from every quarter find, in the tel phone, a quick, certain, and easy path to the editors. Sometimes the news matter must be sent a very long distance. The Bell system, with which we connect, gives instant transmission from any point reached by its Local and Long Distance wires. . 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