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THE ASHETILLE CITIZEN MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2S, 1911 SISTERS TELL OF ADVEI1TURES OU BATTLEFIELDS OF EUROPEAN VAR Madame Foret and Madame Gannon Relate Thrilling In- cident3 of Occupation oLTourney ibyjto Gerr. ; nr. n The Store for Men lii ft 1 I) RECEIVE most attention here. Our showing o Society Brand and Sincerity Clothes at $15 to $30 has awakened Asheville men to their oppor tunities at the Asheville Drygoods Co. IN is 14 Austrians in Critical Posi tion in the Eastern Forts Of City. FORTS SURROUNDED. tONDON, Sept. 27. "The Russians Saturday occupied the greater part of. the city bf Prxemysl (Gallcla) ac cording to a message from Vienna," sate the Rome correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph. His dispatch continues: ''The Russians 'approached from RECIPES OF- OUR PIOVEER MOTHERS for, the. home treatment of diseases were wonderfully dependable. True, they knew nothing of drugs, but owed their success to the roots,, herbs and barks of the field. It Is Interesting to 'note that Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, the most successful remedy for female Ills we have, was originally prepared for home use from one of these recipes. Its fame has now spread from shore to shore, and thousands of American women now well and strong claim they owe their health and happiness to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Advt SHOES For The Whole Family Shop TODAY AND TOMORROW Dosed on Wednesday -14 BliTMORE AVaV- W. K. C. FAIB -OCT. KTH TO IWH . . MM RUSSIANS OCCUPYI EifSLINEIlLICIII ZS featuring a - -- ----cfe-ntt rf "- wry Stylish Last and Leather in this showing of Men's Fine Shoes $3.50, $4, $150, $5 Young Men's Clothes CheSinrxritu Clothes Shop - - nii irrjrmwmm.m mm mt im n. Q egy, ajysweje "- the southwest, forcing the Austrian to take shelter in the eastern forts, where' the entire garrison is pre paring to make, a ..final , resistance. The situation of the garrison is criti cal; It is entirely suroundU, , "Russian troopsare advancing from Grodek on, tho Austrian posi tions, while the right wing continues to attack on the north. These .at tacks are being poured into Przeraysl to press the attack from the south west" The Petrorrad correspondent1 of the Daily Telegraph has forwarded the following semi-official statement regarding operations In . Russian Poland: "The movement of German troops from East Prussia In the direction of Warsaw has come to nothing. In the government of Suwalkl (Russian Po land) the Germans have suffered a serious f repulse. The left flank of the Russian army has defeated troops under General von Hlnden burg near Suwalkl. "At the same time our troops won a complete victory at Marjampol and the attacking Germans were thrown back ten miles across the river Scheschupa, with a loss of many guns and prisoners. On the right flank at the Nlemen river the battle ended In success for us at Snednikt, where a German attempt to cross the river was repulsed with great loss." FOHTHEPBESIDENGY Villa's Choice is Leader of Liberal Party and Will Run at Elections. El, PASO, Texas, Sept. 27. Ferdl nando Iglesias Calderon, the choice of General Villa for president of Mexico, some 'tnocths ago was men tioned as a possii llty for the presi dency while in Washington, where he conferred with American officials. He at present Is in Mexico City, it is said. Calderon is leader of the lib eral party, a political organization which allied itself with the const! tutlonallsts in the revolution. It has been announced that he will run at the elections. While an answer to Villa's proposal Is awaited from Mexico City, the Mex lean leader has not halter his move ment ot troops toward the opposing Carranza forces. Villa officials today declared they had assurances that Kacatecas would be turned over to Villa's men with, out a tight. i It was learned that a Villa brigade was on ths march into, Sonora, the western border state to assist Gover iwor,Jfavtorena In his attacks on the carranza lorces in tnat stats. : . Another strong group of Villa meg are moving Into Coahulla, to ths east Adams 14 cars show at Jackson County Fair. Sylva, N. C, Sept. 21-30 and Oct- UU Advt :t WashtogtonKterequtrs week minimum wage for telephone 'opessRorsj. Is;! 1 THESMO.OfSHCS' . i 2ZZ20 ASSOCIATION FORMED AT TWEED'S CHAPEL - yrffyg ""jt f f. fs ' ' Parents Form Organization to Co-operate With Members of the Faculty of the School, An organisation which promises to play an Important part in tbe welfare of the school is the Parents' Better ment association which recently was formed and which has as Its members the parents of the students in school at Tweed's hapel. D. & Dodson has been chosen as president of the or ganization and Miss Lottie Merrell has been elected secretary. Monthly meetings will be held at which vari ous matters pertaining to the welfare of the Institution will be considered. "Regular Attendance" Is to he dlsouss ed at the next monthly meeting which doubtless will be well attended. H. F. Sales Is the principal of the school and Miss Lottie Merrel Is the assistant. Of eighty-eight school chil dren in the district, seventy-seven are enrolled this year and the average at tendance for the past month has been seventy-three. Parents throughout the county are organizing associations to co-operate (with the teachers and it is believed that they will have excellent resu'ts. CITY MISSION BOARD TO MEET AT COTTAGE In order that the members of the Woman's Board of City Missions may familiarize themselves with the work being done by the city missionary and her assistant, under the auspices of the board, the regular meeting will be held at Welfare ootuge this afternoon. All members are urged to take the Patton avenue street car at 3:30 o'clock, the car being located a short distance from the end of the car line. This afternoon's meeting promises to be one of unusual Interest and Im portance and It Is expected that a large attendance will be recorded at the gathering. BALE OF COTTON WILL BE BOUGHT AND STORED The board of trade will purchase a bale of cotton within the next few days at ten cents per pound, being Instructed to make the deal for Cham bers & Weaver, representing the Hud son Motor Car company, of Detroit. Tb A manufacturing concern has de cided to purchase cotton) trroughout the south and has Instructed its local representatives to make the , deal at an sarly date. , '- , , The cotton probably will be stored at this city and R Is more than like ly that It win; be shawn at the West eri" NorthTCarolina fair" which Is ' t held her neat snonth, - - man Troops Wandered Seven Days. , Spending several wwki In Belgium la the very heart of the conflict now waging between the powers of Eu rope Madame Monk, Madame Gan non and Madame Foret, of St. aene vieve's college of this city, returned to Asheville Fr,:day, ' after passing through experience never to be for gotten. The slater, who have been attached to the Asheville convent for several years, stated that many times during their stay In Europe they had grave doubts of ever 'being able to return to the United Statosjf Madame Foret and Madame (Unnotf received a representative of The culxen and gave an interesting amount of their adventures from the time they left Asheville last June unll they re turned last Friday. "For seven . days we wandered around over Belgium unable to get a seaport wnere we coma taxe a snip for America." exclaimed Madame Foret. "and at the end of that t;me we found ourselves back in Tourney, from which place .we haa started. Surrounded by peace and quiet In this country one cannot imagine the terror of the struggle over there.Jout on our seven day of wandering. We prayed constantly and I am sflTelW drove to LJlle, where we found that when we have finished telling you of onr escape you will be a firm believer in prayer. . "After leay'nr Bt, Genevleve'e in June, I went te France to see my people, while Madame' Gannon went to Ireland to pay her home place a visit. This was before any rumors of war had been spread abroad and all was peace and quiet. After re maining at the place ot my birth I joined th other sisters at the mother house, the home of our order, in Tourney and reached that place just about the-time the first rumors ot the approaching strife appeared In the newspapers. No Alarm Felt. "At first no one credited there and all seemed to think that Germany was not in earnest it was tnougnt that the whole affair would have a peaceful ending and no alarm was felt. Then the troops began to mobilise and we felt that we should be starting toward our home coun try. However, every one assured us that we had plenty of, time and that even If war were daolared it would be months before the Gwmans could possibly hope to reach Tourney, if they ever accomplish,; the task. War was declared and Vrs again ex pressed the thought that we had hotter start, and again it was In sisted that there was plenty of time. A small garrispn,f.t,fsnch troop arrived in the city and Be one seemed to thinW UuH danger, l though we received constant reports that the' Germans were advancing. "We had prepared to leave' on certain day when the day before the French troops left hurriedly and we were told that the bridges had been blown up so that we could take no train out of Tourney. As the French soldiers marched by on the street they waved to their acquaintances and exclaimed that they were only going away for a short time and would be back for the dance on the morrow. All day long we heard re ports that the Germans were ap proaching -hut they did not .really come to the city for many hours, We knew by this time that we had been foolish for not leaving several days earlier for' we feared that It mignt be months before we could get away. Troop Seen.. "At last the German troops did come Into view scross the river. They had little or no opposition in coming into the town for the French solders were few, the ' generar in command having failed to send re inforcements. One of the sisters on the lookout for the arrival of the Germans gave the warning that some soldiers had entered the street In front of the mother house. Peep ing, through the blinds we could see that the strlpos on their trousers were green and we knew they were not French but the dreaded Germans. "A short time after that we al! gathered together In the afternoon when a thunderous knocking on the front door scared the wits out of most of tni and runn.ng to the en trance we found that several of the German soldiers had broken some of the glass and were demanding ad mittance. When the door was opened we were told that they were looking for French soldiers that were reported to be stopping there. The reply was made that some French nuns were there but that it was not known that the Germans were making war on women. When the soldiers found that no French soldiers were in the house they departed and promised immunity to the mother house when they learned that some of the nuns were from Germany. "They wrote on, the windows that the house must be spared by other Germans, but for fear that the French and Belgians might mlsuftder stand this we rubbed that out and wrote In German, French ,nd English the words, 'school , for girls,' as all armies are supposed to respect such Institutions. Actual Fighting.; 'The next day there was fighting all around us and a terrible thing happened. In the convent of the Sacred Heart, which was situated lust across the street from us. - The mother su perior and a nun wore . hanging a mattress over a window to keep out the noise of the battle when stray bullets entering the window . killed both of them. The nun fell dead In stantly, while the-" mother - superior was able to walk to the, stairway, where she died In the arm of her sisters.' Her last word were, 'Let ns be thankful that it Is only 1 Re did not know that the other had " been kllled'arher feet.1" V:.'"'"." " "After thr battle -was -vrer --. poor woman went on tbe Held to attend some of the French wounded and the German soldiers shot her. After that no one would dare attend any of the wounded Frenchmen and we were told that the German soldier were taking their pistol and murdering the French wounded on the field of battle where they had fallen. We were told also of French soldiers who were left on th streets to dl and no one would dare to he hp them although they woutd rase their hands to the house In entreaty. "Tourney was Ilk a dead city after It was occupied, by the Germans. Only a few people moved about the streets and for two days none of us left the mother house, On the third day it was reported that th Ger mans had gone from the city and It was true. It was then that we de termined to leave, with the Idea of going to Havre, where .we had pas sage on ths La Franc. After a time w secured a carriage and while a great crowd gathered to see us leave, the Drat that had dared to cross the road since the Germans left. w set that tbe station was locked, and no trains were leaving. For a time we were at a loss to know what to do but when we were told' that trains re running from St. Pol te Paris, we secured conveyance to that place, Purchased Tiokets.' "We were able to get fn the station t St Pol and w purchased fix tickets for pans, tninking that our troubles were over. .Ton may Imagine our consternation when the station master made the announce ment that no one eould ride on the trains but the French soldiers who were beng hurried away, We stated that we were wiling to ride with the soldiers but he ould not allow It and we were thankful afterward when we heard that the train had run Into the midst ot a great battle. "There we were In Bt. Pot with no place to go and with no Idea where we could secure lodging for the night. After awhile we learned where there was a oonvent and going there we found that It had been turned Into a , hospital for French wounded. However, th mother superior told us where there was a poor Franciscan orphanage, and going there W were taken In for the night to sleep In the small bed used by ipme of the orphan. , .The next day we would have gone back to Uile and Tourney gladly but were told that the armies Were flgnUnf 'between" St.- For an -those places, so we set out on foot to And, tbe house of a French nobleman who would see that we were taken to Paris. We wrf!i-oort,'ita,V our suit ese lhhiiJaiiaJil only such bar necessities a w could carry In our hands. While we were on th way to the mansion of the nobleman, however, - a meat Wagon came along and In the bark of It were piled our suit case. Climb ing Into this we were taken to the house, where we were made at home for two days. The nobleman could not provide us with transportation to Paris, however, and giving up the idea we secured transportation to Bethune, In an effort to reach some of the seaports. This was not practical, and the best that we could do was to go from there to Lille and Tourney, making a circle back to our starting place. All Surprised. , "Everybody was greatly surprised to se us on our return and thank ful that we were alive after they were given an account of our ad ventures . They had thought that we were well on our way to the United States. "While we were there the Germans demanded 2.000.00Q francs of the citizens of the town in order to save the city from destruction and to in sure the good behavior of tbe clflxons, carried 200 hostages away to Berlin, They told us that the hostages were "rfjconopelled to eat bread and water. joT-i.. ..... i - ... uiji oi waning we were given passports by the Spanish consul who was taking charge of the French consul s business. We so cured a tran for Havre and arrived there In time to get passage on the Chicago. This passage was in the steerage, which was too bad to be told, about We were given a second class cabin after the boat left, how ever, but the voyage was anything but pleasant. "I cannot tell you how glad we were to get back to New York and although there was considerable de lay In landing we finally changed from the steamer to ths railroad and reached St. Genevieve's Friday 'after- A Home Recipe For Removing Wrinkles Who will blame th modern woman for trying to look as young and at tractive as she reasonable tan? Why. should she be placed at a disadvant age in numerous ways by wearing wrinkles, if she can avoid these hate ful marks of advancing sge? Few women, however, know what to do ef fectually rid themselves of wrinkle or saggine. Most of the advertised pre-1 paratlons are unsatisfactory and very expensive. But very . simple ana harmless home remedy, . which any woman can make, will work wonder where all the patent preparations fall. Buy an ounce of powdered esxollte at any drug store,. Dissolve ths whole ounce in a half pint of witch hazel and u as a wash lotion. The results are practically Instantaneous. Marked improvement is noticed immediately after the very first trial. Wrinkles and sagging are, corrected-and., ths iaca feele so refreehed and muc-Uk- AdvV - . : , ! PATTOJr Exceptional Values in Autumn ONE OF THE BEST ASSORTED STOCKS OF ITS v KIND EVER SHOWN IN THE CITY An Unlimited n AA nn nn fn Stvlea and Materials V" V Your inspection HEATERS The Buck's Hot Blast and Oaks. G6.SO to 030. :i OUALITY-WELL KNOWN 1 BURTON & HOLT PACK tQCABJR AND BILTMORB AVEXCB TELEPHOITB tit TEACHERS' MEETING Board of Trade Offers Libraries for County Schools Making Beet Bee ordefur Prompt Attendance, Between 100 and, 150 members of tbe Buncombe County Teachers as sociation met at th Asheville High chooi Saturday morning at 11 o'clock In regular monthly session , This was one of the most interesting meeting hefil by the teacher during the year and many matters of interest were taken tip and disposed of. The cours of study (prescribed by the county Superintendent was reviewed In sec tions according to teacher of pri mary, intermediate and high school grades. One of the most interesting mat ters, to be taken up was the tardi ness of pupils at the various schools. ft is suted that many of the students hav" termed ,t?je ; Habit ; tji ' 'arriving iste at the school houses and a rem' Mly for this was the chief topic to com ud for. discussion. In order to increase 'th interest among' the pn-t)-ons of th schools and the" teacher a 'welt1 as ths-pupils, fleeretary N, wucKner, or. tne Ashevnie j&dard ot trade, appeared before thf :inetlnt and offered in the name of th, board of trade three libraries to the throe schools making the best records for prompt attendance durinr the year. These three libraries are to be flrt, seoond and third prises, the first con sisting of twelve volume, the second of eight volume and the third of Ave' volumes. These volume are to be selected by the teachers of the winning schools and the county sup erintendent. ' The hope was expresd at the meeting That this generous of fer will assist greatly in causing th pupil to attend - the dally session promptly and the determination w9 expressed by the teachers to exert every effort to win the first prise. ' Although the question of tarQlnesit la considered a serious matter, the report In regard to attendance at the schools Is regarded ss excellent, many of the Institutions having the largest enrollments In the history nf Buncombe county. It Is stated also that much interest Is being taken by the patron of the schools, and tli,t a large number of betterment socie ties have been organised in the dif ferent districts , ' Mis Florence Stelnacher, of Brooklyn, batblng at Culver1 Lake, N. J., floundered In twenty fsot of water. Bh wouuld hav drowned had not some one thrown her an Inflated automobile tire. 1 v CUR, MAKKD PMC. THC -STORE. PpPULARj Let the name McGraw's be the KeyJ-- note to that shopping inspiration. , p Visit our Dress Goods section for the most , elaborate showing of the seasons fabrics. v Other sections of this store arercomplelc in seasonable offerings of interest. AVKNTK. mm. $125100 is All We Ask. SFEAKS TO C XETS Talks lo Student, at Bingham and In vited' Guests on "Falih." Clvea : Profound Attention, - ' v .. . - v : . The cadets ot Bingham school wr Addressed 4 yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock by Secretary ot fltete willlsm Jennings Bryan, who 1 a sueat at Grove Park Inn en a short varstlon. ; The address wa delivered at th au ditorium of ths main school building and was attended by a crowd of about ISO people, many resident of the city' being Invited to attend. Mr. Bryan spoke about half an hour and was given the closest attention throughout , his address . ' , , i Choosing as his tubject, f'Falth," In' a simple and straightforward tn&nnrr he talked of faith Indispensable t) achievement, faith in one's aotf, fulth in one's fellowmen, faith in th gov ernment and faith in Clod, lie point ed out with strong emphants that ftl"i necessary to the suoeese of every .project in the life of a wan and that nothing is achieved wlthmit tt. - The secretary told his audlonne that h liked ttftalk to hoys and that n that1 one of the regrets of his lire Is that 'h has devoted so much te poli tics and so little to hoy. : He urged the cadets t taft tip an early study of God's word and practice its -teachings In their dally lives, , ' , t:EGR0 vor.iAii v;gu::d3" OTHERS WITH KDE ' Henrietta Rogers, colored,' was are rested iaet night by the polio charged with assault on Catherine and May me McLean, both colored, with a knife.'; She was lodged at the police station and will be tried at the morning sea-. sioQ of ths police court. According, to the statements of th officer mak- . Ing the arrest a fight took place in' that pert of the city known as "Brook-' 'lyn,' In th West End section. It Is Mated that ths trouble arose when the two victims of the assault in-, vited a "gentlemen friend" of th Roger woman, to call on them. Both' women were taken to their home,. SI' Brooklyn alley, the first named being: In a serious Condition and it is con-, sidered doubtful if she will live. The cut inflicted on the other aretot on- ( sidered of a serious nature,'' , -. j , ' 'J . ,f Big Fair Rytva, , N.- C 'BcptenHber 2-l8 and October 1-2- Advt, f " " 1 V- n 7 Today ,,-, Tomorrow never comes 2 I
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