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THE SUAY OTIZOASIIEVILLE, N. O. MAY 13, 191T. UPWARD AfJO EVER NEW WAR TIME TAX Modernly Equipped Safety Deposit Boxes ii IS Buick Fours Buick Sixes PRICE OF WHEAT In Fire-Proof Vault and Building Rent from $2.00 to $ 1 0.00 per year Traders Are Wondering Just Opponents Say Thai Tax How High Grain WU1 Yet Go. TRADEES ATTEMPT Threatens Very Life of Some Industries. IS ABSOLUTE NEED TO CHECK ADVANCE DEFEND EES ASSEET UPH1D CLIMBS ATTACKED BID UPHELD IN HOUSE 0 mm ( lr MOTOH CAM The first 1917 Model Buick, Four Cylinder Car, was sold in Asheville little more than a month ago, and since then these won derful little cars ha vq attracted widespread attention. by their re markable performances. The Buick "Four" . "With pride our prospects now we greet, We've placed a car upon the street That in its class is hard to beat. A car that's free from all deceit, A first-class job with finish neat From tail lamp to the. driver's seat. An engine that runs smooth and sweet, A body free from grunt and squeak, To ride in such a car's a treat. So Ket aboard and rest your feet, i And name a hill that you thjmk steep, Or show us sand however deep. This little Four is staunch' and fleet, O'er sand and hills 'twill smoothly sweep, And run all day and then repeat. From swiftest rush to slowest creep. In winter's cold or summer's heat Twill out-class any car you meet. From hand-rubbed varnish, smooth nnl rx. sleek, ; No part neglected, nothing weak, No cloud of oil-smoke, no foul reek. .... -, . . . . '. . This car's no flivver and no freak, For business man or the elite, . It offers benefits concrete; - So drop around some day this week -And at this Buick take a peek, .. . Jtor 700 yours complete. f. A Fair Offer If you are thinking of buying a car we ask you to do this: Ride) . in any four-cylinder car of the same class then let us take ybu over ' the same route in a Buick Four. ;" "This is all we ask, a fair trial and we shall abide by yo t decision PHILLIPS TIRE CO. 'ft,'.; 18 E. College St. 'Phone 303 Canadian railway union are solv. In the high coat of living by co mparative purchasing of provisions. The Doctor Knows "Whv" and "what". he's prescribing. His knowledge.,' and kill ount for .naught un less the druggist who Alls the prescription ; does' bo with minute accuracy and also uses only fresh pure drug. Filling prescriptions has always been more than merely a business with u lf a pro fession a sacred duty which demands and gets our most conscientious and expert atten tion. If you valuo dependa bility, knowledge, experience, you'll find our prescription aer vice Invaluable. Prescriptions phoned hy your doctor will in critical times he tilled and delivered at once. "Tours for honest drugs and sc. curately compounded prescrip tions," . wnounTj J. S. Claverie, Mgr, PLAINTIFF WINS AGAINST RAILWAY Catherine S. Buttles Given Damages In the Sum of $1,000 for Alleged Per sonal Injuries. Returning after a short dellber. tion, the Superior court Jury in the trial of the case of Catherine 8. guttles against the Asheville ' East Tennessee Railway company, early yesterday afternoon, rendered a verdict In favor of the plafntlff.'gtvlng heV damages in the sum of $1,000, . xne suit was instituted to MMnr I5.000 damages, it being alleged that ine piaintirr was put oft a car at a dangerous point In the road, sustain' lng injuries, as she alighted. Judge j. v. Aiurpny ana aariand A. Thom asson appeared for the plaintiff, and the defendant company was repre sented by Jones and Williams. Judge Thomas J. Shaw adjourned court shortly after the verdict was returned. He left for his home at Greensboro, where he will remain over Sunday, returning to Asheville, in time to convene court for the third week of the terra, tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. OAKHURST SOCIETIES HOLD THEIR MEETING .h . fin'met,n of th Lanier VL?a . WM "e of Oakhurst 12'th ?nly room of that ,n Fm tn following " : r - " wn was given oy the of2 i f thu aoeetia and pupils Roll call rsanonrt fn v, this. uuur. - quotations. oongs: (a) "The Robin.' (b) "Ths Wood Thrush." (c) "In Tha Branrha. nt . PUplls Of kindergarten an ri am. " Talk: "Audabon. H1a Ufa anA w.i". Miss Eleanor Brown. i'lano selections) (a) -In The Forest" nnnn. (b) "Meadow TlmnV n. Wlu T1i Talk: "Audabon Societies" vim wit... beth Honess. Talk: "How The Blue Bird Bahama" Alias ivouise seeiy. iaiK: "Wood Deckers as Workman" ml. Helen Mlllender. Story: "Why I Did Not flee Tha OroshMk- Miss Janett Honess. Talk: "Birds and Bird Families That I Haw on Last Monday's Walk" Little Miss Ruth Kent of the primary de partment. Legislate Hay Wheat Out of Existence, But Wheat Still Rises. CHICAGO, Mar If At the eloaa of s day such as the Chicago board of trade sever saw before, traders war asking ens another what measures would bo taken. If any, to cheek the sensational toward flight of .wheat prloaa. And In other marital Min neapolis, xaaaas City, leaser noureeew the oaing put.- Thero was no answer, save of Be Louis and same query was in ins rssaauons or suon oodles as line Illinois council or defense, which urgea coa frees to take rlaid control of the whole food and basic comroc- oiiy situation. May Wheat AbandnaMdL May wheat was lertalatad nnt nt lstsaea by the board directors as a "patrlotto duty and because Its akv. roasting sours) might inspire a ran away market. As a cherk for ad. ranees ids asovo failed sladallv. I At tkej ooenlna-. nHas for JnV September option hesitated a few cents oeiow we previous close, but in a ahi urns oegaa to Boom. When tha etna. lag gong sounded at noon. Julv had snown a net rise of IS 1-4 to ft 1.4 I eenta, with final figures ranging from I.T to I.TI, and BeDtsmber an ana more startling jump of II to J eenta, with last sale varying from 1.44 to s.ss. The course of the market waa IimI visualised In the big smoking room of uiw Doaxa, wnsre quotations from the markets of tha world, as wall .is those ox ui nog market, are posted. . Mora inu Jflgurra. xne re were thosa watKin oiaccDoara wno saw more In the f g ures than tha eold raonrd nf i. of supply and demand. To them it told tha story of a stricken world s de mand for bread, the cry of daape ration from tha ruined cities and h farms of Eurooa, the oiea of mmrimiA children and ihs savaga hunger of sol. diers. ;, . In the massive trsdins? mm wiih Kf Plt brokers and their clerks wars clamoring for wheat Which waa SOt ior sale. Hla-har nrf till higher went toelr bids, but those with wheat were Ipdlsposed to sell It, and there were few who would take a Chance, even"a"the ton. of iti. I short, md It isermed when a trader sells something he has not for future delivery, hoping that the futum win enaois him to buy In at a lower price wnw sum ai vne anez. narova nvery aay eomea around. PHr m. tintied their ascent Until the shorts ""rm ana laaen meir lcsses, yrvom.air vory neavy in many eases. Tha opinion waa aznreaaad that decrease in trading might be expected Monday; mat contracts had been largely evened up and that specula tors would be slow, to bind themselves 10 contracts wmcn might be affected I or acuon sucn as mat taken with re iro io way options. Senate Committee Hean Protests from Scores Af fected by the Tax WAraCfOTW. Way 11. The war time tax schedule of tha tl.IOi.OOt,. it revteua bill ware attacked as inreatening tha life of many Indus, tries by a score of wuaesmaa tad w for the sonata finance committee and 'ndad by house leaders during . , -.WW w M mm aoniuieiy necessary to pre ssrve the Ufa at in. .h.. " Uaaufacturers. Jobbers and rstan. era in many lines touched by tha new Z17T"' ' ln anata commit, tea hearings to protest. Among them wars high officials of soma of tha country's leading Industrial eonosras. Almost without exception thsy eoa damned the house bill as unjust, dls. criminatory and likely to result in the suspeasioa of many of the smaller business houses and savers loesss ta the others. lurthf? Protests. Tha third day of debate In the "U""T rougn. rurvner protests from members anil manv i m.u. w. . -Hiiiun III I r increases OS mod Iflad and aZT ... """'" jo ere was s dwindling attendance and an appar. ent leasenlng.of Interest, however, and Democratic Leader Kltnhln m a"i . nom io ciosa general de bate Monday nlrht mil Km. km tv a, tulo ooi later tnan Tiinnw(i Central Bank & Trust Co. "The Bank for Your Savings" Johnsons Automobile BLACK-LAI Renews Tops, Side Curtains, Cushions. Makes them look like new. Dries in 15 minutes. SPECIAL THIS WEEK POLARIIYE 37 1-2 (BITS 6AL MJiwsiiiinR!; NATIOilFDREST i j (Continued from fags Ona MOUNT MITCHELL TRAIfi TO LEAVE WEDNESDAY Furniture Securely and Safely Stored in a commodious, clean warehouse at reasonable rates. - ASHEVILLE Transfer St Storage Co. rbono 210 S3 Broadway AT THE FIRST BAPTIST WILL REPEAT MUSIC i AT ST. LAWRENCE'S Mother's day will be observed Jointly today by the Toung Men's Christian association at the BSraca-Phllathea City union, with a large mass meeting at the First Baptist church. Rev. Herbert Booth, the son of the founder of the Salvation army, who spoke at the men's meeting of the T. M. C. A. last Sunday afternoon, will be the speaker at the meeting. Mr. Booth will take as the subject of his address, "A Great Woman." Tbs meeting will be open to the pub lie, starting at 1:10 o'clock.' and a large crowd Is expected. A special j musical program will Include seise tlons by the T. M. C. A. doable mala' oiiartet and the singing will ba Isd by IU A4 Hudson, Despite Cool Weather That Has Pre. vailed, Road Has Done Remarkably WeU This Season. The weekly excursion to Mount Miicneu, tne highest point east of the Rockies, will be run next Wednesday, jjespite tne unusually cool weather wmcn nas prevailed for the last two weeks, the excursions to this famous peak have been remarkably well patronised. "We started earlier than usual mis year," said Colonel Band ford H; Cohen, passenger agent of the Mount Mitchell railway, "but we hav done remarkably well. All who make the trip are loud In their Dralaea of the scenic panorama which many of tnem declare, is not to be eoualed on the American continent. We are go. lng to make extensive Improvements at tne camp and hotel this year. In anticipation of , the tersest tourlnt Business western North Carolina has aver experienced." FliASHES BY SHjLY BUNDAY. (Mount Vernon Argus.) It Is easier to take a liberty than to desist. The man who loves his work Isn't always asking for a raise. ir a man is Idle in these times it Is not for the lack of work. Most of us make a better impres sion with our month closed. No one now doubts that "The oath or glory leads but to the grave." It is usually the light refreshments that bring the heavy doctor's bills. Also msny a.Aome In which there Is no peace Is In a stats of armed neu trality. Cupid little dreamt that the time would come when it would be a die grace to get married. one of the worst things about the war in Europe la that It is tha men whose Jaws are. being shot off. if things do not always happen to come your way bs calm and remem ber it may be tha other miows turn.' BASEBALL GOSSIP It Is announced that tha special musical program which was rendered at St. Lawrence's Catholic church last Wednesday, tha occasion of the Rev. Father Peter Marlon's silver Jubilee, will Va repeated today at St Lawrence's Catholic church, at the 11 o'clock mass, and the Rev. Mon. slgnor Kieran af Philadelphia, will preach tha sermon. Tha soloists at tha mass will ba Mrs. O. C. Hamilton. Miss Mary Ham. uien, rraak hui and Armand Thorpe. Argentina has enacted civil service f tUrcmtgt legislation TIs said that Waiter Johnson as lost his terrors for a majority of the clubs In the American . league. So that those twelve-Inch guns. Being alone u there in the batting averages must causa Ty Cobb to feel j onesome tor lam sempaaionsnip ox a team tnate. . - The suspension of Tris Fpeaker etopped his batting for a few days, but his batting average didn't shrink. Last year wa were shot fun of dope on Benny Kauff, while this year we haven't the least Idea of what he's doing. Benny dealt us a sad blow when he slipped the publicity jro- Th . 11 portunlty to blow off steam," said Mr. Until I reachai UMH.riii. continued Mr. Stephens "it was in. comprehensible to ms that tha people here should favor h.vn. ,k7- "kJK",u. Ltr 1 'ound out that r-u..v upiiiiea naa crystallised with ,uU k1nowlls-e of the facts, and situation? nwtoo the entire . ,Mr; Btephenssaid that he was not hissed from the platform at the mass ouia, it was said, for tha purposs of having him withdraw his V.. ." lw 2am B,D M Kanuga. That Is a serious .mistake," said he. it Is quite true that some . oi. the vomers, including myself, were not uuurusa parior nearing, but It was a mass meeting, quite Informal, and ..c,u ir 1. 10 purpose 01 letting every, body say what they wanted to say. I havs sat on the bleachers, as have most men, and 1 know what that kind of excitement is. The meeting last "I1" was mucn tne same and I cer tainiy was not hissed off the platform ... Mr. Stephens PIcamxL 'N!u.ral'3r. 1 m pleased that even tne united states rovernment ,. aioppua siae mat such an Institution as Kanuga may exist. That's what wa feel good about and our good friends In Hendersonvillo have today ju ml i anew tney would do In saying the whole matter waa .,.i settled. The attention of the govern ment was attracted to Kanuga and to mis vuuiury on account nf th. colony's equipment and the wonderful unuracierisTics OI tnis climate. I think the United States government naa paid a deserved trihut. tn tha charms of this country and its manv aiiniciions. Hendersonville Is a loval ity," said Mayor C. B. Brooks, last nignt. -wa say that what ths gov. eminent does Is absolutely right and we support the government. The climatic advantages of this county uv Den approved oy uncis 8am. "The agents for the government de. sired to get Ideal climatio conditions tot tne interned uermans," said 8. T. Hodges, "and that's why the agents of tha government-selected Kanun lake for tha camp. Unfortunately, it was impossiDie to mane a lease for ths estate, and the government has selected Pisgah forest, which Is the nearest available government land to Hendersonville. for the men- The commission . In selecting . tha river valley near the forest acted wisely, I think, and at the same time thev showed good Judgment In coming as ciose to tnis city as possible under the circumstances." w. A. Smith, owner of the street railway here, and of Laurel park, said his opinion now was the same as that expressed at the mass meeting, when he sought to have a lease without a cloud offered the government for Kanuga colony. The largest exclusive LadiesiReady' to- Wear Shop in the state. Three floors of high-grade Merchandise MOD ERA TL Y PRICED WOODMEN OF WORLD TO; GREAT XENTUCKT DERBY DEDICATE MONUMENT' Imported Colt Comes from Stake. A monument will be unveiled thli afternoon by the Woodmen of the' I tir t J w-a. .a enina ana CaptUreS BlfiM memory of John Clark. Southern rail- . .,w4 vaiBaava 1IU IUt illO 1IITJ (Jll the Murphy division. Mr. Clark waa also a Mason and a member of the Knights of Pythias, and it is expected delegations from these orders wilt be present at the' unveiling, as well as railway men of the Murphy division. The unveiling will take nlace at t:80 o'clock. The Woodmen will meet at their hall at 2:30 o'clock and then march In a body to the cemetery. Tho- address of the afternoon will be. de livered by Rev, P. II. Mears. H. B. Walter will also speak. There will be a recitation by Miss Marlow, a duet by Robert and George Cook, and song by- the Woodmen quartet. IXiUISVIIiLE. Kv.. Mav 12. In nna Of the moet brilliant exhibitions of stretch running ever ssen here, Omar jinayyam, carrying tne colors or Bill, ings snd Johnson, of New York, and trained by C. T. Patterson, won the forty-third renewal of the Kentucky derby at Churchill Downs today be fore the largest crowd that has ever witnessed the event, the imported Marco-Lisma colt carried 117 sounds and ran the mile and a quarter in t:04 1-6- This is the richest stakS for three year olds In America and Was worth 1,600 net to the winner. The favorite in the betting. Andrew Milter's Ticket, was second two lengths back, with a length and a halt separating J. W, Parrlsh's Midway on tbs third place. Harry Payne Whit ney's, fast tiring Rickety was next four lengths back with the early pace maker. Star uazer, in tenth position! Omar Knayyam negan very siowiy. Jockey C. Borel restraining him from the early pace, put wnen cauea upon turnlnr Into the stretch he responded gamely-and overtook his field one by one. TO OBSERVE EPWORTH ANNIVERSARY TONIGHT M 4r- AROUND TOWN f ' ' RECRUIT ESCAPES. A party of army recruits, bound for Fort Thomas, left on tne train carry. lng Asheville's contingent to Ft, Ogle thorpe last night: It was stated that one of the recruits experienced a change of mind towards enlisting in the army and made his getaway be. fore the train letu Anniversary fday, of the Epworth league, will be celebrated at several o( the - city, churches, with appropriate services tonight. The service' of the Chestnut Street Methodlet church will be under the auspices of the league tonight. The symbol of the league, the violet and the moss, will have a prominent part In the decorations of the church and the league colors, gold and white, will also bo used. A resume of the work of ths league during the past year will be given by the various officers. The members of the league will make short addresses and the program will be interspersed with hymns and choral selections. STRUGGLE HEIST QRAJfGE MEETING. ' Tha Parent-Teachers association of the 'Orange street school will hold its last masting of ths year Tuesday afternoon at I o'clock. Dr.,. Francis B. Boyer will talk on the Red Cross. Mrs. Reuben Robertson will preside at the meeting and the annual elec tion of officers will be held. RESISTS O FFICER. GRADUATING CLASS; AT WEAVER COLLEGE (Continued from Page One.) out of the great body of those who cal) themselves Americans. - The evidences are already many that this is happening. The divisions which were predicted have not occur red and will not occur. The spirit of this people Is already united and when effort and suffering and sacrifice have completed tha union, men will no longer speak of any lines either of race or association cutting athwart I feel that wa are now beglnnlvj' the great body of this nation. Ho that processes which will soma day require another beautiful memorial erected to those whose1 hearts . uniting. United aVmcrtca T. H. Singer was arrested last night by Patrolman J. C. Melton on a charge of drunk, and gave tne policeman quits a tussle before being taken to the city hall. He scratched - Melton above the eye and he was charged with resisting an offlter. IXGATES HERE, R. H. Wheaton. who has been lo cated at Raleigh, has taken the Na-1 tloaal Cash register agency in Ashe ville. and with Mrs. Wheaton, will make his home hers for ths present Pneumatic horse collars have been Invented, having Inner tubes that can tft inflate. 4 like, mtomoolla iuse. Graduating exercises, the program for which has appeared in The Ashe ville Citizen, will start at Weaver college, on May 19 and -vill continue for several days. The members of the graduation class sre as follows: William Bryan Byrd, . Mary JSliza- beth Cody, Robert Hoyle Cooke, Rob ert Eugene Fox, Carl Augustus Purr, Geraldine Gaines, James Oscar How ard,.. Thomas Jackson Huggins, Orma Burr' Jones. Charles Odell Kennerley, Jessie Herbert Lanning, Dewey Lam bert McCravy, --Glenn Edwards Pickens. Elmer Mithell Uimpson. Wil liam Max Schocket, Zebulon Teeter and Halbert Archibald Thompson. TIH tn a finmft In flrnv VarV-ia like a certificate. f deposit of a bank always worth its face value plus Interest. 'Phone IZtt. Adv.' British Columbia eftle havs a total MKSSK&Q Si tiltJlMO&r 1 in firs
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