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no THE AKHEVILLE CITIZEN, TUESDAY, JULY 24, 191T. J. H. LAW ; 21 Haywood St i AtS2.95 Per. Dozen ( One case of 30 dozen ' Cupa and Saucers in very leasing Green Border decoration. Wonderfully jjgood at this price. BUCK MOUNTAIN ASKS FOR A PASSABLE ROAD ANOTHER MAM MIHIXC BE HIXD TH1-RE. MAY Stated That AjjMnrUfauBUrJi Moid. Ula Highway Weed lulul Atuicv Uoa to (Ur Rnwa. HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR CLUB ENRICHES ASHEVILLE OVERNIGHT Practically 100 Members of Jefferson Standard Life In surance Company's Prixe Club In City for Annual Contention. TWENTY MEN YET TO BE EXAMINED HERE WORK TO BE COMPLETED KOO.K TODAY. BY " 189 2 " Aluminum Cooking Utensils nre finished as beautiful as silver, lighter in weight and wear longer than cooking utensils made of Iron, tin or enamel 'wares. THE I-X-L STORE Oppoatta) P. Ok YOUR EYES WU sTt th mmt aocurat aaminatloa by HONTCS8. On th slight Indloatlon of Zm-STRAJN tot as rellav your r at ono with proper .glaaM. Charles H. Honeas Optometrist ud Optician. M Pattoa At. Opp, Postofflca. Is Your Name Written There? -eOn our books for an order of III COAL? Phone 40. Aaheville Coal Co. NORTH PACK BQUAJtal HLACK MOrNTAI!. July JJ Ci'ieens of Tllack Mountain are up In arms concerning (ha road bstw.an Itlsok Mountain and Aaheville which, K la aiui.l. is again In an almost Im passable mala. Thara is talk of a mat ui'oUng wilhln tha n.xt few ia. lr;n druianda will ba mads m the county commissioners Cor oma relief. "We do not txpw-t the con- ii. is road to le built this summer In tune in do us any good 0 ma way i'f Murlal patronage, " said a lilac k Mountain buMnass man today, "hut we ara unanimously of tha opinion Dim tha road could ba r. paired at once In placee where It la now Impaa tl I venture In say that tha sum of five or all hundred dollars would put lha rt. d in food shapa. We rn noi understand why milea of road should ba torn up at ona time whan It oniild bo laid In sections of a half mile or a mile at a lima. The same : romlltion. I understand, prevails on the Hendersonville road, where five or sli miles of road have been ploughed up Such conditions right In the middle of tha tourist season are Intolerable. Auto traffic between Aaheville and Black Mountain la pos sible only under the most distressing conditions, and thee conditions are Injuring Aaheville lust as much as they Injurs Black Mountain and adjacent points. Next week the Southern Sociological congress meets at Blue Ridge, and unless something Is done at ones to put the Aehevllle. Illack Mountain road In good condi tion ws ara going to get some unen viable advertising. All we ask la a square deal. We are entitled to that much." A Big Line New and Used Automobiles TERMS Pay as you enter, or by th ypraek or month. W Invite you to look 'am over. O. Ke Auto Supply & Transit Co. 1-S Blltmore Are. Phono 128. VISITORS WELCOMED FOR CANNING EVENT Testerday wuMImi' day at tha Savillon behind tha county court oua where, under tha auspices of tha Woman's League for National Service, tha ladlea of Aaheville. di rected, by Miss Nannie Leach, of Ra leigh, ar giving practical demonstra tions In canning. Th visitors were highly entertained with what they saw and many of them left with a determination to contribute In some way to help make tha demonstration big success. It Is stated that a number of orders of considerable else from outside tha city have been re ceived and ax being attended to. In addition to tha demonstrations being made for tha benefit of housekeepers th ladles ara making an effort to add to the volume of foods stored aVay for tha coming winter by filling orders sent them from a distance. So farlt la atated, their effort have mat with marked success. SERGEANT GRIGGS GETS COMMISSION Ninety-one officers, horn offlc men. field men sod meinb.re of the One Hundred Thousand Dollar Club of the JsflMson "aandard Life Inaur anre company of , (ire.n.horo era In Aaheville attendiitt the annual '(al together'' meeting or convention of th. rluh. being h.ld at the liallery I'ark hotel Tha insurance men be an arriving Hatuiday night, con tinued to come in all dur.ng Hunday and yraterdav un'll last night, when rart,i j:y all Ihnoe fip.rl.d had registered Home ara accompanied by their wivta and daughters. No hualneee will be Uanaarted until I this morning when lha vi.itors will meet In the convention fall of the Battery Park, organise the conven tion and hear a lecture on salesman ship by K Cnlwell. Jr. of Ore.na. born, a salesmanship eipext The lec ture this morning will b the first of a aenoa n he delivered during the meeting by Mr Colwell. Among the visitor attending the convention are: J. E. Latham, of (Ireenahoro one of the largest stock -hnldera In the company, a member of the hoard of directors and a member of the executive committee, and Au brey L Brooks, alao of Oreenshoro. retiring president of the North faro. Ima Bar association and chief coun sel for the Jefferson Standard I-lf Insurance company. Mr. n rook a Speak. While the business of the meeting Is not to begin until this morning, practically the entire assemblsss heard Mr. Brooks make a strong and convincing argument at the hotel yes terday afternoon Being a fluent and thnuahful speaker, the former bar association president, was heard with rapt attention by the cream of the company' aales force, officers and 'he ladlea of the partv. After being In troduced by Mr I-atham, Mr. Broks apoke for thirty mlnutea on the snuth's largest Insurance company He said that the Jefferson ptandard s policy holders were In the beet sens of democracy to which the Jefferson Ptandard'a declaration of Indepen dence In the shape of policies wr to bo carried by the agency force. His referenc to the gospel of education now neceewarv to be wared I this time of national need of conservation, was especlslly fitted to tho company's ales force. Mr. Brooks brought out In an espe cially able way the difference of thought between th two world groups now warring against each other. Just as President Wilson's dec laration that "the world must be made aafe for democracy" epitomized the thought o' the allies, ao Bethmann Hollweg's "a treaty Is but a scrap of paper," epitomised the thoughts of the Germs ns. "Let your wars ss the agency force of the great southern life Insurance company." aald Mr. Brooks, "Illus trate the American Ideal. The policy of the Jefferson Standard la thorough ly founded on good morals and an appreciation of the strongest obliga tions. Let every policy sold by you be sold upon appreciation of the ob ligation." During; th morning th Insurance me went around the city la automo bile, aad carriage t" w. sat around lha hoi.l a4 dicusd I.I insurant and th beat way lo daipoa of It. tiaalsxtaa aeaaiinii Tudar. Th businea sessions which begin this momm aad cununu through Wednesday, will b Ukeo up with ronfeeenca and far. lo (- talks by insurant managers to -aiiesuieii. I'ur lug twelv monlbe n the ear. the aataainen work under or.ler from th. company's onV and fruni their dl- laion manager The members of th. Una Hundred Thousand Iollar club, romprt.ing th. i"l salesmen in the company s employ, meet eh year in soma city la lha stale to talk over In a purely Informal way, their busi ness, th problem they ar. called upon to contend with the obstacle, that ar mat and overcome Kach man has his own say. all offer sug gestions and eschana. ideas, lha re sult boring thai these meetings ar more than profitable rotnblned with the business ar different forms of pleasure, so th annual meetings are nothing more or I than vacations Club membera ar. here from North Carolina. Tnneaaes. Smith Carolina, Oeorgla. Alabama, Arkansas, Missis sippi. Maryland and Texas. Among those attending are the fol lowing: President Omni A Orlmsley. Treasurer C. W. Qold. Secretary C. C. Taylor, vie president Julian Prtc. of wreenaboro, who la ei-rompanled by hla daughter. Mis Kathleen Price. Ir J P. Turner, company medical director. From North Carolin are- Mr and Mrs L. F. Long. Mr and Mrs F A Ketter. Mr and Mra M O Nelson, Mr and Mrs R. H Rethel. Mr. and Mrs A M. Hopkins. Mr and Mrs A. R Perkins. Mr. and Mrs H M. Mr Alliater. Mr and Mm P B Zleglar, Mr. and Mrs Ross M. Slgmon. Mr. and Mrs W O Bovd Mr and Mrs. fi W. Btsnton. T 8 Franklin. J. W. 1'mstead. Jr.. a former sporting writer on the Oreeneboro Daily News; S. V. Wrenn. J. D Johnson. P. P. Yates, J T. Price, W. g. Jones. F. D. Jones. Frank Fenruson. C H Overman. H. E Pavldeon, P. O Wall. J A. Ralne, J. F Meyers. J. T. Simmons. O. T. Huntley. M O. Jeans. N C. Hlnes. C. P Wllklns, T. M. Msshburn. C. L. Mc. Caul. From South Carolina' W. D. Up shur. D. W. Cochrane. J T Lllea and wife: R. L. Eptinr and wife; J. M. Plowden. C. H. Wilson. Frank 8 Boyle. R. E. McCaslm. T. B. Under wood and W. E. Derrick From Tenneaaee: A. V. Moaingo, Worley Hnrr. R. H Collins. M. M. Whittle. I. A. Whittle. From Oeorgla: O. A. Rankin. Oeorsre Acosta. C. D Tsundnn. r. M. Lynch, J. H. Jackson and wife; B. O Statham. C. H. Lowther. From Alabama: W. A. Berry and wife: A L. Smith. W. M. Hagood and wire: w. a. Flnley and wife; J. R. Howell. From Arkansae: "R H. Smith. W H Graham. H. M. Mrtver. r rom Mlaelsslppi. Jimea Knox, W. w. uradahaw. From Maryland: J.'Burklos Brown From Texas: E. A. Shultr Total of 1A1 nan Twkesi Tm( Mnce aaoday Morslng Tvt Pvr Oral fees ad Yeasuarday. Continuing his sramlnatlon of Ashe- vttle young men who have applied for admission lo the second officers' train- I Ing cam p which is soon to b opsned i t Fort Oglethorpe, O . Ma) Alex ander Orel. Jr.. roast artillery dl- I vision of the regular United State i army, yesterday put flrty-thre men to the teat In the gymnasium of th Young Men's Christian association Aa on Sunday. Major Grelg was as sisted In his work by four Ashevtll physicians Th nrty.thre that were examined eeierdy make a total of 101 ex- mined alnc Sunday morning An even fifty took the test on th Sab bath. All day long yesterday, be ginning at o'clock In lha morning and lasting until t o'clock last night. Major Ocoand hla assistants worked. They reported late last night that possibly tsn per cent of th flfty thr.e passed ths physical lamina tion. Major Or.lg elated that no name would be made public until th night of Auguat lo, when th lucky North Carolinians would ba announced through the press. Thers ara twenty more applicants to be examined In Aaheville before Major Grelg leaves for Charlotte on an early afternoon train today. The will b examined at th T. M. C. A . beginning at I o'clock this morning. Major Grelg said laat night that ha hoped to complete hla work her by noon today at the latest. There ar ISO men to be examined at Charlotte. PrilLIC OFFICIAL ACCUSED. SACRAMENTO, Cel.. July II. Hugh Bradford, district attorney of this city, waa arraigned for trlaj today under an Indictment charging him with wilful misconduct In not rloilaj up eighteen houses of Ill-repute, aa provided for In the Redllgnt Abate ment Act Th Indictment found by th grand jury agalnit Bradford In corporate the demand that, upon du herlnf of the accusation, "h ,s r rooved from his office aa dunrlct at torney." MUa Elisabeth M. Dana, of Wor cester, helped to pay ner expenses through Smith college by cobbling shoes. CONTRACTORS AND ROAD BUILDERS First Sergeant Elmer N. Griggs, of Company F of the regular service, ha received hla commission as a first lieutenant in tha national guard contingent and ha with Captain Ed. Williams and others will leave in tha course of the next few days for Green, villa, 6. C, where they will be sta tioned. Yesterday tha national guard at Aaheville recruited a total of forty men, and according to officers In charge It Is possible that the full number required will be gotten to gether In a few days. ALLEGED. 'SLACKER' ALLOWED TO REGISTER WE LOVE ; 'Qit do our work right. y YOU LOVE V tofhav It done that way. Lottos haul your baggage and mors your furniture. Citizens Transfer Co. Car.Crtom Ave, aad Govt. St. Phociea and 15 Dr. J. C. Denison Optometrist and Optician. Becoming Glasses Cost no More. At Henderson's. 62 Pat. Ave. FOR SALE Well bred English Setter Pups. Reasonable. Phone (6 or 1909, or see Perry Young at 68 Pat ton Ave. JtUDDLK STATES rOCRNEY. m SEW TOR':, July 23. All roads frequented by tennis followers here evboiaf led today to the Crescent Ath Jatks club courts in Brooklyn, where Ah annual middle states tournament fwaa opened under favorable aLsplces. ' In lln with similar affairs throughout ih country th event has been adesig liatad a patriotic tournament, which kneans that srhil the competition will l conducted under the tamt condi tion surrounding - a championship fcouraameiit so MUoa will t feaitojred. TCKNTP AND RCTA SEEDS BAGA Sow through July, August and arly part of September. The following are tho most popular varieties for home and market use and fot stock feeding: Purple Top Flat; white with purple top; fine grained and tender. Exceedingly popular. White Flat Dutch Exactly like the Purple Top except that It la pure white; sweet and tender. Red Top White Globe Makes large globe-shaped roots, white with purple top; a big yielder and fine for every purpose. White Egg A quick-growing, egg-shaped, smooth, pure white variety. Flesh sweet, firm and mild. Pomeranian White Globe Extra large, round, white; fine for table and stock and a big yielder. Long White Cowhorn A quick-growing turnip of fine quality; fine grained and very sweet. Yellow Globe Of large size, globe-shaped, solid yellow flesh. A fine, keeper. Yellow Aberdeen Flesh yel low, very solid, tender and weet. A splendid keeper and fine for stock. Sweet German Fine for table and stock: flesh white, hard, firm and sweet; a good keeper. Purple Top Yellow Ruta Bags A large yielder: good keeper: hardy, sweet and solid. Ruta Bagas should be sown early and earthed up as they grow. . Seven .Top The best salad variety; very hardy. All varieties sell for 10c per ounce. Leas for quantity. 1 The supply of turnip seeds is very short and we would suggest that you anticipate your needs and buy early. Grant's Pharmacy t EAST PACK SQUARE. Negro Finds That Bis Talk Has Been Overheard by the Wrong Parties Changes Mind Quickly. According to officers, "slackers" or would-be slackers get mighty little i sympathy in this part of the country. Yesterday Oara Brlttnn, a negro, of near Wavervllle, stated, it Is said, that married men did not have to register. In Ohio, where he Is said to have further Vated that he resided at the time of the registration on June 5. Information, given to the United States marshal's office was to the ef fect that Cars had made the state ment In the presence of a deputy sheriff, although it was thought that the negro did not realize Just who was listening. The deputy sheriff made formal re port to the federal authorities of this city and Deputy Marshal J. Y. Jordan. In company with Deputy Sheriff Weaver, started In pursuit of the negro. He was arretted near his old home In the country yesterday after noon and brought to the city. After arriving here he convinced the local exemption board that he was In the right frame of mind to register and was allowed to do so, and was also al low the privilege of returning- to hla home. TMBRELLAS AHT PARASOLS RECOVERED Most people, especially ladlea, buy Umbrellas and Parasols with fine hsndles and when the covers become worn wish to have them recovered, carry a nice llci of aii-allk and combi nation covers and aew them on just like the factory doea a new umbrella. Prices 80c to $125. J. M. HEARN A COMPANY No. 4 Battery Park Place Wear P. O. Phone. 448 We Have Just Received a Large Shipment oc Drag Scrapers Road Plows Wheelbarrows Orders Filled Promptly From Stock. T. S. Morrison & Co. 80-84 PATTOJf AVE. - MUSICAL PROGRAM FOR THE SUNDAY MEETING Preceding the address of Dr. C. P. Erdman, of the rrlnceton Theological seminary, at Princeton, H. J., at the Y. M. C. A. next Sunday afternoon, a most attractive musical program will be rendered. It was arranged and made public last night by Ed. B. Brown, general secretary of tJe asso ciation. Mrs. John L. Hunter will sing a vocal solo, with Mrs. W. A. Underbill as her accompanist. A violin selection will be played by i Mrs. J. McFarland Williams, with G. H. Thompson as the accompanist. Dr. Erdman, who .o In charge of the Bible hour at the Montreat con ference, will speak on the subject. The Great Fight." REAL ECONOMY An Electric Grill la a real economy because you can cook IN LESS TIME WITH LESS BOTHER AND LESS EXPENSE than any other way. Nowadays, when housekeeping costs are rlelng, It will pay you to find out what a real saving can be accomplished with an ELECTRIC GRILL Truly Called a "Three-Pound Range" Price $6.00 and 86.50 SEE them: Piedmont, "Where the Modern Housekeeper Shops." THE HIGH COST OF LIVING Oets a knock-out blow in the Men's Wear Department Straw Hat are cut in half that is, the price! And, combining economy and warm weather comfort,, have you noticed the shirts we have on sale at $1.00 T Better look them over. Our clothing man says that ererybody must be wearing white flannel trousers, as. our sales double last season's. Another shipment put in stock yesterday, completing sizes. 'Phone 78. 11 Pattern Ar4 Blue Ridge Mountain Gems Mute Poetry of Nature's Glory-land , Tho spoken not in words of men, and 6ounded not in mortal melody there's a poetry in Blue Ridge Mountain Gems that springs from the love-tryst of color and light and finds expression in a gleaming crystal that age cannot dim. Ashevflle's visitor may vision th green-clad lope In fond remembrance, but ne'er will th memory be ao aweet a when there's a BlU Ridg Mountain Gem to kp it fresh. Henderson 63 Pajtton Ave. :- Your Jeweler Kear Poetofflco, VEGETABLES FOR FALL Amateur gardeners and many experienced ones fail to realize th importance of utilising their garden space throughout th season. By making successive sowings as ih early crops ar cleared off th ground, fresh Vegetables may be enjoyed throughout th summer right up to frost. You can plant now Seed Corn, Bush and Pole Beans,, Beets, Carrots, Turnip, Rata-Bagaa, Lettuce, Radish, Spinach and other tfteAa. That we could best suggest and supply to you at the right prioea. STRICKER SEED CO., Oof. College) and Ixsxtngton At ' I t Thou 8178. " " ASHEVTLLE'S ONLY itYCLTJSlVD KEEP HOTJ8H mmmmmmmm , I--1- It -W"tni' BIG L1XE MEET AT DETROIT. DETROIT, July 23. Quartered at the beautiful racing plant of the De troit Driving club are the trotters and papers who are o furnish the spirt that marks the second link of the grand circuit, which is scheduled to open this afternoon. The weeks's pro gram here is a splendid one. made up of nearly a score of events, but ..II the talk is of the hlue-ribbon fixture, the merchants' and manufacturers' $10,000 purse for 2:08 trotters. This event will oe raced on Wednesday. The gray parrot of western Africa credited with having a greater power of Intimating the human voice han any bird of the species. It has ong been s favorite and Is the sub ject of many stories of greaUr or less credibiUU- KELLOGG'S ZWIEBACK Not sweetened. Perfectly dry and just the thing to make you chew slowjy. We know several (Children that use it constantly and thrive on it. Large Packages 25c Each J.J.YATES Groceries and Servicex 37 Haywood St Phones 1715-1716. g5gj ICE CREAM Delicious, pur. and wholesome. Gjet it at our fountain. Serve It In your home. Candy Kitchen quality it must be good. CANDY KITCHEN AND CLUB CAFE Haywood 64, Wear P. O. Phosm 111 aad 111. "- ".America" for Americans A Victor Record to hear, to have at home.' and to cherish I "America," the grand old song of liberty ought to have ita place these days in every home in the land and we believe this ideal would be close to realization if every America could hear Clarence Whitehill 'a new Victor Record. Whitehill makes you feel almost as if you were hearing "America" for the first time such is the conjury of a great artist! And you feel, too. the gentle tugging at your heart that such music brings in days of national trial Vfclor Rh SmI Rwanl 6677. Tsn inrVtl WV ' Stop in and have us play this record, or any others among the New Victor Patriotic Records Dunham's Music House
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