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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN, SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1917. THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN 'i Published Every Morning ' BY THE CITIZEN COMPANY 8 Government Street The Asheville Cltlxen, days a week The Sunday Citizen, Every Sunday TELEPHONES Business Office . ..... Editorial Room ........v.. . 0 .107 Associated Press Seports Complete SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier In Aahevtll and Buburba Dally A flun. 1 yr. In advene IT.W Daily A flan, 8 mo. In advanee L Dally Sun. 1 weak In advance li Dally only 1 year tn advanee ...... (.00 Dally only I mo. In advance LtO Dally only 1 week In advance 10 By Man tn United State. Daily a San. 1 yr. In advance ff.OO Dally Jfc Sun. I mo. In advance ..... 1.(0 Delly only 1 year In advance 4.00 Dally only mo. !h advance 1-00 Sunday only 1 year In advanee ..... 8.06 Sunday only I mo. In adrance ...... .10 Weekly 1 year In advance 60 Saturday. March 24, 1917. Germany Wages War pacifist meeting In New Tork the other night under the auspice of an organisation whloh M trying to ha rass the president, under the name of - the "Emergency Peace Federation," declared that Its members are op posed to the "fallacy of rushing Into war," and Its resolutions state in sub stance that the American people do not want muv In the latter respect the pacifists of this association are . quite right; the American people, as a whole, ave not wanted war and have earnestly' hoped that it might he avoided. Holding In mind the ' frightful slaughter on European battlefields, and knowing the awful devastation which the great war has caused, this nation has hoped against hope that some way out, some hon- , rable way, might be found. But It was not to be, for Germany would have it otherwise. The choice of war or peace no longer rests with the American people, nor yet with the president, for Germany Is already waging a vigorous war against this country, ijfo longer need we look for oi expect the "overt act" whereon : President Wilson hinged the declara : tlon of war; each day brings news of such acta, of one outrage after an other, Involving the loss of American lives' and American ships. While the professional pacifists seek to embar- rasa and humiliate the president, and pray for that which is impossible of attainment, Germany continues to carry out her avowed purpose of ending every ship that her eubma rines can reach to the bottom of the seas. Germany knows as well as president Wilson knows that when he takes American lives and sinks American ships she is making war on this country) ' she knows that a state as wmr fun luia mi wkuiiuuiijp. '' . Meanwhile our own country pro ceeds oa the theory that we are still cvt peace with Germany, when, as a matter of fact, Berlin has waged in cessant warfare, secretly and openly, against the United States since the be ginning of the European conflict. When be severed diplomatic relations with Germany, President Wilson told eongress that he refused to believe that It was the Intention of the Ger man authorities "to do in fact what they have warned us they would feel at liberty to do." Germany's answer this has been that which was ex pected, and we do not Imagine that (resident Wilson can have any doubt pf Germany's intentions as to the Conduct of her submarine warfare gainst the United States. pect to come back. But German strategy is of the deepest character. It Is quite possible that by selected retirement the Germans hope to break up and knock away the care fully laid plans pf the'allles for their big "drive." Whilo we have but little knowledge of the battleground as It lies, we may assume that the British and French armies had planted their heavy guns for spring operations on an extensive scale, and the speed with which the Germans are now retiring on the Western front should make It prac tically Impossible to follow at the same speed with artillery of the monster type. Naturally, too, the German movement should affect the range of these guns, which cannot be moved as an army moves when It makes a retreat In quickstep time. So we may look for a certain change of tactics on the part of Von Hlndenberg. But one thing Is certain: whenever he elects to halt and give battle to his pursuers he will find a genuine surprise awaiting him In the new man power of Great Britain and France. He will also find something new In the way of stored munitions. QCH DESIDEHIO. (Thomas Walsh, In Catholic World) Dark and vast nr Thine outer walls. O King of Light! Weary the desert; the parched wind crawls Toward ihe pools of night: Over Thy close there Is music steal ing. Is it Thy revel. Lord, or the calls Of my childhood's dreaming? Is It the pealing Of angel spires, the fever blight? Some rose Immortal there must bloom By fountains clear That waves of such Ineffable perfume ShnuM reach me here- Cool on my brows I feel their BDrlnkle. Here tn the dust of my outer doom Where the star themselves seem droDs that twinkle In truant pray o'er the sky wastes sheer. Their hyssop melts through my soul. Perchance She scatters there Some old lovo-slsn. some token she whose glance l&faJcM consecrate and rare Life's dawn and twilight whose worn hands Imploring Are constant raised 'mid all Thy joys' expanse For me remembered still In her aflor Ins-. 6he of the slivered, even-parted hair! Voice of the People SWAIN COUNTY'S no ADS. The Coming Battle ' While claims from Berlin are fre quently to be taken with a grain of salt, recent German statements to the ttect that the British and French inn lea operating on the Western front will have their tasks sot out for them within the next few weeks, are Well worth consideration. It appears It the present time that the allies In France are rapidly approaching the Unas of Von Hlndenberg, and that the big luitle of the war will le fought when the meeting takes place. It Will be recalled that this Is the same HindenVrp t o run-l'u-ted a rtrate gSoal retreat fr-.mi Warsaw in the early stages .f the war. and then 4 turned to neatly entrap the Russians. It Will be rcroumWrtd. loo. that the German fin plot d the name tactics ra Galirla list year, when they fell back lfore the suppose. lly victorious Russian, BrUMtiloff. to new and thor oughly prepared poMtiun. Yet we carcely believe that the present re treat of the Hermans in France is a natter of cbok-e; it has every ap pearance of being a per manent move. The fast that the German forces are poisoning the wells as they go rt-r-ljlnty indicates that they do not ex- Editor Citizen t I am a poor writer, but I want rou to allow me to talk a little thrnnirh the columns of The Citizen. I am a combination of Scotch and Irish, and you know that class of people are neither ashamed or afraid to talk, and really I get so full some times I must either talk to relieve myself or bust. Again, I Justify my self on the principle that when talk ing is in order I have a right to speak out in the meeting. The peo Die of Swain county (as a rule) are retloent when it comes to pulbllo af- fairs, and seem to let everything take its course, and wait one upon anoth er, and have a disposition to follow in line with the current and accept wthatever comes to them, ana ae "the sheep Is dumb 'before the shear er they open not tneir mourn. The most prominent of the notice able things in recent years is the hlc-hwav Dronosltlon in Swain county, which (to say the least) la the mogul of all the mistakes made in t-rwain county since its organization. From its very lnolplency, on through to. Its terminus, it has elicited, and doubt' less deserved the severest criticism. It had failure and devastation deplet ed In its face In the outset, and the same has grown more prominent ev ery day in its history. In the outset It was a mandatory act by the legis lature, and denied the people the lib erty of a voice. They could neither dissent nor assent to anything. All they could do under the provisions of the bill was to accept anything that came along, under the penalty of going to Jail, or being fined if they raised any kick. It was not In ac cord with the old Jeffersonlan doc trine that the government was of the oeoole. for the people, and by the people, but this was for the benefit of the few to the destruction or me many. Swain county wag in no con dition to think or undertaking a matter of such magnitude. It was then In debt nearly one hundred thousand dollars, and the people could not pav their taxes. And it was the height of foolery to rush un thoughtedly into It as "the unthink ing horse Into battle." It is needless to say that at least seventy-tlve per cent of the cit'zens of Swain coupty favor good roads, god school houses and good churches, as there Is no clearer Index to a prosperous coun try. To Whom It May Concern The Citizen has always endeavored to avoid news paper controversies whenever possible, believing that they are of no interest or concern to the pubjic. But The Citizen can not allow to pass unnoticed an editorial in yesterday afternoon's Times in reference to circulation figures. A statement is made to the effect that The Times has a cir culation "as large during the week as any other newspaper circulating in this territory, and on Sunday offers the largest circulation." Neither of these statements con forms to the facts, as The Citizen possesses them. The Citizen '8 total average distribution of circulation for its daily issue during the present month (March) is well over 1(),0(X) copies. The total Sunday distribution for the month of March will be over 8,000 copies each Sunday. The NET PAID CASH Daily circulation of The Citi zen for the first twenty-three days of this month was 9,749. From these figures has been deducted a daily average of fifty-one returns. The NET PAID circulation for Friday, March 23 (yesterday), was 9,981. The TOTAL DISTRI BUTION OF TDTE CITIZEN yesterday was 10,384. So that taking The Times' own statement yesterday that it had a distribution of 7,150 copies, The Citizen's daily distribution is 3,000 more than that of The Times, and The Citizen's NET PAID DAILY CIRCULATION was 2,831 greater than the number' of papers claimed by The Times. The Citizen allows only a limited return privilege, with absolutely NO return privilege to the Union News company, the largest distributors of newspapers in this territory. So confident is The Citizen that it can substantiate its claim that it has the largest Daily and Sunday circulation in Western North Carolina that it will forfeit the sum of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS to the local Red Cross so eiety, if it (The Citizen) fails to make that claim good Provided, however, that The Times will post a like sum to substantiate its claim that it has as large a Daily and Sunday circulation as The Citizen. It is, of course, understood that returns of both papers are to be deducted, particularly those of the Union News company, and that no subscriber more than a year in ar rears shall be counted. Should The Times accept this proposition, two local auditors shall be employed, and all paper bills, postoffice receipts, circulation records, cash books, etc., shall be produced. To Our Out-of-Town Customers Our new 1917 catalog will come from the printer the first of next week. If you should fail to jret yours, drop us a card and we will send you the most complete shoe catalog we have ever published. It will give you an idea of the coming season's styles. Tours for the taking. GW.BrownShoeCo. Leaders In Fine Shoes. 47 Pattern Ave. Phone 710. BEND FOR CATALOG. WHEN YOU SAVE A DOLLAR You have both the dollar and the dol lar's worth. Put your savings in this bank, where it will be safe and draw 4 per cent, interest. $1.00 Will Start Yon. WACHOVIA BANK & TRUST CO. r Swain county at a cost of about $350,000, and the bonds were sold at ninety-one per cent, giving the pur chaser $9,000 and five per cent In terest to buy them, on each one hun dred thousand dollars, and the Inter est must be paid on the discount the same as on the amount real ised. Then the three townships of Swain county must pay the first year $9,000 discount and $17,600 Interest a total of $26,600. In five years this amount Judiciously applied would place all the most rmpdrtant roads in the county on good grade, and build steel bridges wherever needed. After virtually wastln- this enormous amount of money what has Swain county got? It has (In the main) an Impaasalble line of mud from the Macon county line on the west, to the Jackson county line on the east, with slides or rock, trees. and debris of all kinds piled into the highway until in many places people cannot pass on horseback, and It will cost thousands of dollars and re quire another bond issue to repair It The whole proposition has been a succession or mistakes as an can see. The legislature appointed nine men highway commissioners, when three would have been amply suffi cient, and less expensive. P. P. MCLJ2AN. Whlttier. N. C. Children! Stories I GRACE WHITES TO IIKIjFTV. Once upon a time Grace went with her mother to visit her aunt In Phila delphia. She had promised her friend Helen that she would write to her and one day when her mother and aunt were busy she sat down and wrote this letter to her little friend. "Dear Friend Helen: "I wish you were here, too. I am having a nice time and we go nearly every day down town to see the sights of the city. Yesterday we went to the city hall. Uncle met us and took us all through It. He told me It was the biggest one In all of the United States and takes up a whole square. But Judicial deliberation is the " bus a great hlg statue of William essence of causing them to exist. It I'enn on top or it ana you can see it Is flnam-lRl suicide to Jump at con-a great many miles away. Tou re elnnlnnH In exeat movements like this ' member we studied all about William In the tlrst place It was a mistake I Penn In school. There are a lot of to place a bond issue on three town- j other statues around the building that shins of the county when the Inter- are very pretty. OJU GLORY'S CAUL. i Bv William Laurie Hill) Amid the din of battle cry I hear the call; our country's call. We would have peace with all the world. Would keep Old Glory still unfurl'd And have her floating In the breeze And' sail our ships o er peaceful seas. But harkl a Despot tells the world, "You have no right on land or sea. My submarines, they guard the seas. Your ships must sail Just where I please, So furl your banners, take your ease Until my foes come to their knees." "Your ships must stay without my sons, Our allied foes we would destroy. TIs ruthless war we wage today. And if you do not like our way Just try our ready hand to stay, Our submarines will say thee Nay". Sons of the Sires of Seventy-six, Old Glory calls! Old Glory calls! God gave us pathways through the seas, He bids us use the heavenly breeze Nor have we ever bent our knees A king or kaiser's will to please Old Glory calls! the tramp Is heard From Lakes to Golf; from sea to sea. Millions are ready for defense. We read the news with feelings tense, We seek no scrap, but common sense Bids that we drive Invaders hence. TIs sad to hear a call to arms To see our gath'ring hosts arrayed. But Freedom's battle hath begun. TIs sadder still to see the sun Bedim'd by Despot victories won And Freedom slain by Goth and Hum. Bons of America, be true Nor never flinch from Duty's call. Old Glory's banner is unfurled; We'll sail our ships around the world To Despots answer now is hurl'd. "Old Glory still remains unfurl'd." ests of the county are identical ondly. a bond Issue of one hundred thousand dollars Judiciously appro priated woulil have given better sat isfaction and leen more beneficial to the citizens of Swain county than the present conditions. The writer hereof had a local pub lished In The Citizen .while the Swain rounty road bill was pending In the legislature, and at the some time wrote Swain's representative that the county would doubtless readily co- 'The other day auntie, mother and I went to Independence hall. You know we saw a picture of it and It looks Just like the picture. Almost the first thing you see Is the Liberty bell In a big glass case. You can see the Mg crack In It Just as plaian as can be. Then I saw the pen that the Ieclaratlon of Independence was sign ed with, and the desks they used and lots of pictures of the signers and the presidents. There Is a pretty parK tent f-ngmee to place all the roa Is lead ins to deserving munltles on rood grade, and build good steel tirioges wherever needed, making the Southern railroad the thoroughfare, as It l. to this railroad hark of It with trees and some cro operate with a measure to bond the cllseB just coming up. I wish you could rtiumy ror one nunureu inousanci been with me and seen It all. dollar to he applied by the county I j nked it. commissioners In securing a compe- I i,,r,ti tnolt to lunch In an aw- 11 the roa Is ; fully nlce piace jt nad lots of flowers burban com- in. , ,hH ,.,n,-r wa a bis urn with ! gold fish swimming around. I fed them some bread crumbs and they were Just ns tame a could be. I had .. .4 UnDiA, the people need to move their prod- j Buppo(le(i i would' be sick, but that ucts. And this arrangement " , dtdn,' Come to Philadelphia often have lntere.te.1 even man. woman 1 ",u"1 . . 7 . K, T ., and child in Swain county. As the I an? he. hat,f .y n0' bUt 1 1 tillK IIUl I little "We took a long ride around Fair mont park, it Is a big place, and auntie said, too, that It was the biggest park In the United tSates. I saw one of the buildings that they had at the Cen tennial. You know that was before we were born, mother says. I like here very much, but I will be glad to get home and play with you. and see father and brother, so I guess we will come home soon. Good-bye unttl I get home. "Your friend. GRACE." hirhway is n"w cons' rurtert (at a cni of mcro t'ian a half million dol lars) when ultimately settle,! by our ctvldren. rrnd-hlldren and great erandchiMren. during the coming vears can never he of percentible benefit to at last ntm-tv per cent of Swain roun'v's population. When ivr want n go to the cvumtv site or fW where 'hv en on a train at much lej rot than to hire a team or an autoniohPe When they want to mr ki't th'r nrnlurtu they have to carry or haul them over the same old grades their fathers made a century ago. and ship them over the railroad at last. The highway Is now completed in The automobile of England's prime minister. Iavld Lloyd George. Is driven by a woman chauffeur. THIS DATE W HISTORY. March S4- 17$l Spain acknowledged the inde pendence of the United States. 1820 Fanny Crosby, famous blind hymn writer, born; died Feb. 12, 1315. 18Si William Morris, famous Eng lish artist and poet, born; died Oct. S, 1S96. 1880 Savoy and Nice annexed to France. 188! Henry Wadsworth Lonfellow, great American poet, died, aged 75 years. 1905 Death ot Moses linger, noted philanthropist. 1910 Egyptian Nationalists protested againit a speech by Col. Roose velt at Cairo favoring British occupation. 1915 The Mothers' pension bill pass ed N9w York assembly. 1915 THE WAR: Russians begin terrific battle in the Carpathians, capturing helgh'j at Lucknow Pass and making 6.700 prisoners. Tlrlt ish aviators raid German sub marine station at Antwerp, de stroying two submarines. Ger mans sink steamer Media with or warning In English chah nTT. 191$ Fourth German war loan sub scribed to the amount of $2. 650.000.000, making total of all four $8,975,000,000. The Brit ish steamer Sussex was struck by a mine or torpedoed In Eng lish channjel, 'over 59 of the passengers being killed. The state department at Washing ton received the refusal of the Entente Powers to accept Secretary Lansing's plan for the regulation of submarine attacks agalnet merchantmen and the prevention of the arm ing of merchant vessels. Domi nion liner Englishman sunk by German submarine, which fired on the crew while it was escap ing on the life boats. t JisconauWl good form- JRyourlome' warm! sterns COAL up your furnace and make these cold spring days keep their distance. It's a mat ter of good form and good sense to buy good coal. Bny our MONARCH and you will order of us again. Southern Goal Go. Phone 780. 10 N. Pack So. . YOU ARE PATRIOTIC You love your country. You love your wife and children, too. But what have you provided for them in the event of your absence? Have you a nice, snug little savings account for an emergency. If not, start to save NOW. The American National Bank Four Per Cent Interest One Hundred Per Cent Safety. A TRIAL IB WE ASK LAUNDRY 70 PHONES 2091 WE TREAT TOUR LAUNDRY WHITE. Dr. Ben C. Smather Dr.C.M.Beam DENTISTS Over CarmlchaeTi Patton Ave. Ent. Phone 1B81 YOU NEVER SAW A saw edge on collars done the Nichols Way Our special machines make the edges smooth as ivory, and that counts in comfort. Phone 2000. Asheville Steam Laundry JT. A. .NICHOLS. Manager II PENLAND ST. Protection For your Records, the life of your business THE SAFE CABINET Let us take the mat ter up with. you. Office Supply Co. 1 Patton Ave. Phone 2031. WHEN TOU BEE A FURNITURE AD THINK OF GREEN BROS. Moved to 4$ West College The New Retail District BARGAINS For the Whole Family The Racket Store 16 Blltmore Avenue. If You Want the Best alue obtainable make It a point to visit our Ladles' Ready-to-Wear Department. M. Levitt Biltmorts Ars. WE HAVE THREE High Salaried Positions We Must Fill Today Young Man Stenographer Combination Stenographer and Bookkeeper And ' Young Han Bookkeeper. For particulars, call before noon Emanuel Business College 80 East College St. f PALMS The ROYAL VfE will exchange new furnl turs for old or we will buy your second hand furniture and pay you the highest cash price. Susquehanna Furn. Co. Phone 6S1 20 Broadway Wedding Rings J. E. CARPENTER Jeweler N. Pack Square. A word to the wise man Is sufficient COOPER'S 'On Ihe Square" Means Clothes Economy. NOTABLE BIRTHDAYS TODAY. March 2i Frank W. Benson, famous Boston portrait painter, Is 65 years old toaay, Mr. Benson was the painter who per formed the remarkable "stunt" or paintlntf in a day the portrait of Nor man Prince, the young American avalator recently killed on the French front, and received 110,000 for his day's work. The avalator was in A merlon on a brief furlouch last ayar. ' and in New Tork on the last' day of It. when his mother In Boston decid ed she wantod a portrait ot mm painted before his departure and of fered Mr. Benson $10,000 If he would cerform this artistic miracle. The artist "held up" the young aviator in his hotel In New Tork. even refus ing him the permission to stop posing long enough to eat his meale but finished a remarkable picture of Prince in his uniform, a work which now with the young American sol dier's war recprd and gallant death has become priceless. Benson was born In Saiem. Mass.. and studied art in Boston and Parts. He has been wlde-recognlsed and honored as a winter, in America and abroad, and has been the winner of gold medals at the Chicago. Paris and St Louis Expositions. Hotmrt Chatfleld-Taylor, well known Chicago author, St years old today. Congressman Claude Klrchtn. of North Carolina, democratic majority leader in the house, 40 years old to dar. Edward Twlchell Ware, president of Atlanta University, 41 years eld to dar. His Excellency Don Juan Rianoy Oavana-oe, Knaln's ambassador to Washington, tt years old today. William J. Pike. U. 8. Consul Gen eral at Cobunr, Germany, tin the break, one of Uncle Sam's enreys returning In Ambassador Oefard's! wake, tl yemrs old today. $605 f. o. b. Toledo. See the new model 90. The niftiest thing in the small car class. Overland Asheville Sales Co. ia-ia e, wAurcrr. PHONE 2M7. M'GRAW TIRES BEXOW COST 1 2xIH. plain 111.00 4 36x4 " 17.00 1 28x T.60 82x8 K " 1 82x8 non-skid 1S.40 While They Last. D.C.Shaw Motor Co. Phone 2266 62-60 Broadway. THE HOME OF THE FORD GET Everwear Trunks AT UNCLE SAM'S LOAN OFFICE It Blltmore Ave. Phone 871. SALE NOW ON AT Gem Clothing Co. FOR THE BEST Electrical Fixtures Ward Electric Co. It Battery Pk, Place. Phone 44. re I.. fiiMnrM is Pmttna Ave. PboM FURNITURE CASH OR EAST TERMS Donald & Donald 20 Broadway. Phone 441. H. L. Finkelstein - 13-25 Blltmore Ave. Complete stock of Trunks, Bags and Suit Cases. EASTER SUITS NOW Is the TIME to make yourSELECTION. Logan & Moore Tailors to Ladies and Gentlemen 18 So. Pack 8q. Phone 787. For Experienced Workmen Phone 2155 BTTLDnfQ TRADES COCJrCDj C. G. Wortey, Business Agent.