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THE SUNDAY CITIZEN, ASHEVILLE, N. C., JANUARY 13, 1918.
EXPECTING TOO MUCH
FROM SUMMER SCHOOL
THE OUTLOOK FOR 1918
BY WILLIAM II. RANKIN.
sJUEAT ASSET TO CITV, BIT Ml' ST
DEVELOP CRADCAIXY.
Prafuasm From Summer School at
Chapel Hill Declares Officials Must
Bach School During Development.
"At the time when Interest through
out the city and county le directed en
- thuslastically toward the establlsh
inant of a summer school at the'plant
v of th Normal and Collegiate Institute,
the people ehould not let their enthu
siasm for the idea carry away their
. Judgment and cause thorn to expect
too much during the first eummer or
i two. The eummer school Is a great
asset, and should be a great success,
, but It will take time."
A. Vermont, professor of modern
; languages at the Chapel Hill summer
ohool for a number of years, and
widely experienced In the problems
which this type of school for teachers
firesents, made this statement earnest -y
to a Citizen reporter last night
There Is a splendid opportunity for
Ashevllle and Buncombe county In the
founding of the new summer school,
' and Its start Is most propitious, with
l)r. c aires as the probable director
. but we must not expect a full fledged
school in the first months of its opera
, tlon. This is the substance of Mr.
Vermont s argument '
"There have been appropriated," he
, states, "13,000 to finance the work for
on year, Or. Calfee offers the use of
the Normal buildings and offers also
his best services. In return for its
financial contribution the city expects
ins aireotor or tns summer scnool to
bring here some two or three hundred
tudents the flrst year. If this be
realised, then, and perhaps then only
tns city and the county will continue
to contribute. This seems to be
fair, statement of the proposition.
"Now. this looks good, at least on
paper. But what ars the pragmatics
In the ease of summer schools? How
have others started these Institutions,
how have they succeeded? The idea
cf summer schools began In the state
f North Carolina. That is to say sum
rner schools for teachers. It Is true
, that Professor Louis Agassis directed
at Bussard's Bay a school for scientific
' Investigation, and so did Professor Asa
(ray. The marine biological labora
tory at Woods Hole dates from lilt,
nut this and tns other named instltu
tlons cannot bs called schools - for
; teachers. It was Dr. Kemp P, Battle
who opened In 1(77 the flrst summer
. school for teachers In 'America, at the
: state university at ChapeL Hill. Two
. hundred and thirty-five students were
- enrolled, and regular university
courses were given together'with spec.
Sal training in pedagogy. Half of the
number of attendants did not belong
to the teachers' profession. It may be
said that some 12 5 teachers were en
rolled. 'This summer school grew in num
: fears, but Anally ceased to exist After
an intermission of some years Profes
sor N. W. Walker again took up the
Idea and reopened the school some ten
years ago. Ths faculty consisted ol
half a dosen men prominent in educa
tion; and only a few dosen students
' wers enrolled. In 1910 this numbet
had increased to seventy-six. Of these
perhaps a dosen were not students ol
pedagogy. It may bs safely said that
only sixty teachers wers enrolled.
"In If 11 there was 'a. marked in
crease. I have not ths exact data at
hand, but a photograph shows ths
presencs of at least lto students. Then
ths number gradually increaessd until
' today over a thousand teachers are
yearly enrolled. From this It will be
seen that summer schools do not
spring up over night They are the
result of careful planning and skillful
managing. A study of the history of
- the A. and M. summer school at Ra-
lelgh will prove that this theory holds
absolutely good.
"And it must not be forgotten thai
Chanel Hill la one of the prettiest
spots in "ths state, that its campus Is
wonderful, that Its equipment is ex
cellent. Similarly, the equipment of
the A. and M. is all that any flrst class
sohool should demand, as to the
courses that were offered, the catalogs
' which may be bad lor ths writing, win
prove that experienced Instructors
were secured, that the Instruction war
varied, that there was also ample so
cial life.
"This leads to the gist of my argu
- ment: Does the community not ex
pect too much when It requires from
ths director that he shall bring here
ths flrst season some two or three hun
dred students? And that in spite of
ths work that is done at Chapel Hill.
at Greensboro, at Greensville, at Coo
leemes, etc With all due respect to
ths promoters of the enterprise it
. seems doubtful that the summer
school hers will attain in the firs'
year the proportions mentioned.
"It la true that we can offer a won
derful climate a student's climate
but there is more In the philosophy ol
the ordftiary teacher-Horatio than
many men dream of. There are the
eternal esprit de corps, the association
and the memories of years, that in
fluence men and women and that di
rect them to the schools they have at
tended before. There are a thousand
and one psychological facts that have
. to do with an undertaking of thlr
kind, that mar or make its success.
"There Is no doubt that eventual!)
a summer school can be established
hers. There is similarly no doubt that
It would bs a godsend to a number of
men and women in this section of the
Slats who can not go as far as Chape)
Hill or Raleigh. There is again no
doubt that Ashevllle and the county
should support the work. But as It
stands now, It Is on a basis that doet
not seem substantial enough in tht
light of hard facts.
"Ths only fair thing to do Is to re
Stats ths proposition: Let Dr. McAfee
give the use of the building; let him
bs director as he should be. Let the
town and county and other subscrib
ers guarantee their subscription for a
. minimum of three years, and better,
(or Ars years. In other words, do not
let us say: 'We shall try it,' but. 'we
must have it!' And this point settled,
Jet ths director and committee be at
work at ones to lay plans and secure
ths proper faculty.
A review at the work done In If 17
brings forth ths fact that advertising,
and especially newspaper advertising
has done more than Its share to help
win the war.
While the government has not found
it possible to use an advertising cam
paign to reach the people of this ooiin-
try, the business men, bankers, and
clergyman have all placed their un
qualified endorsement on the economic
an well as the educational value of
full page newspaper advertising.
Kosults have proven that their
Judgment was good. These mm show
ed not only thetr faith In newspaper
advertising to bring the desired re
sults, hut they barker their faith with
their own dollars In payment for this
advertising as a patriotic contrroutlon
to our government
While this plan of advertising orig
inated in Chicago hurt April and May
during the original Red Cross mem
bership campaign, nearly every city
and town of any else In the United
Stale have been "furnished this plan
and have used It successfully-
In Chicago business men, bankers
and advertising men have bought and
paid for half a million lines of adver
tising In the Chicago dally newspapers
from May 1 to date first for the Red
Cross campaigns, then the Liberty
loan campaign, the Knights of Co
lumbus, the War Havings stamps.
In Now Tork, Boston, Philadelphia,
Cleveland, Minneapolis, Dee Moines,
Portland, Seattle, elan Francisco and
Los Angeles and other cities business
men have done Just as we'll If not
better.
It is estimated that nearly Ave mil
lion dollars of advertising space has
been bought and paid for by business
mem or contributed toy the newspapers
magazines, farm papers, bill boards,
painted and electric signs, street cars,
and trade papers of the United Slate
all to help win the war and bring
the people of this country to the reali
sation .of their own responsibilities
during ths war.
The treasury department at Wash
ington, the officers of the Red Cross,
and the president himself, all have
expressed their approval and have
thanked the bankers, business men,
newspaper men and advertising men
for their patriotic work in planning
and securing this advertising for the
government
The business outlook for 1918, on
the .whole, is very encouraging. Mil
lions of people will have more money
to spend by far than during any previ
ous year; the great masses of people
ths wortolngmen and the farmers,, the
vast majority, will have much more to
spend; the minority those who have
been accustomed to buying neany
svenrthlng they want will have less
to spend, because of the many ways in
which thene men will have to sacrifice
to help pay for the war. They are
making: these sacrifices cheerfully and
this mean much for the success of
our war efforts abroad.
There It no Question -in my mind
that business conditions during the
next two or three years, whether ws
Former "Dowu-and-Outer" Famous
Speaker to Men.- Tom Farmer,
to Talk to Boys.
continue to have war or not will be
very prosperous. Money will be spent
for desirable necessary things. It will
Ve spent more carefully, more ad
vrseWy, more wisely than ever. Every
dollar we have will be spent where
tfhe fiVolhu- counts most. Our per capita
ef wealth Is now f 2.188; that of Great
Britain 11,761; that of France, 61,750;
ef Germany, 1,188.
Our present national debt la $15
per capita; that off Great Britain, 1370
of France, 1260; of Germany, (290.
We could pay our del 142 times over
without boing broke. We have eigh
teen bill lone ot liquid money In our
bank deposit subject to checks. Our
trade balance In lflt was over two
billion In our favor. It's a bigger
balance now.
We mav all taks a lemon from Lnn-
uun in mm reeptxn, wnere Duiinm " w!do as "Tsd" Mercer
" " 1 u ""' " inree quarters of a
E. C. MERGER TO SPEAK
ATT MEN'S MEETING
BIG M EETIxa WITH SPKCIAL
MUSIC AT O'CLOCK.
Special chairs have been Installed in
th" Young Men's Christ Ian association
auditorium to accommodate what is
expected to bs a rocord-oreaktng
crowd at the men's meeting at 4
o'clock this afternoon, when R. C.
Alerter, one of the most Mwcrful
Hi tt-kers to men In the country, will
be the speaker to the men of Ashe
vlllt. Mr. Mercer, known far and
to prolvibly
mflllnn men
annual meeting of Self ridge's Limited throughout this country, brings with
jimriiiiciii mure, jiviu in iaiuuvii mm
February, the earnings for the last
five years were riven as follows:
Year ending January 11 1911, ibZO,-
000.
Year ending January 21 lflt. 8660,-
000.
Year ending January SI, 1015, after
six months of war, $70,u.
Year ending January 8l lflt, 1760,-
000.
And in the year just ended, $1,1 25,-
000.
Harrod's, Ltd., another Ixndon de
partment store, Increased Its earnings
during lflt to $20,000 over the previ
ous year.. Hope Bros., Ltd., John
Barker and company, Dickens Jones
and other stores selling general mer
chandise, all report similar Increase.
Sir George Palsh, Great Britain's
trade representative to the United
States, says: ''American merchants
will enjoy greater sales than they ever
expected to deal with, war means
trade acMvlty, not depression."
One thing Is certain and that Is
this: Business ifor the manufacturers
or merchants who sense the situation
and plan to reach the people who have
tho money to buy necessities and even
the luxuries, will be exceedingly good
In 1918. Newspapers will . play an
even more Important part In reach
ing such consumers than ever before.
There will be large new advertising
substitutes for articles ttiaj the food
administration or the government
wish the people of this country to use
or eat less or eat plenty of. For in
stance, through advertising people
could bs told that there are plenty of
potatoes, cabbage, onions, apples and
root vegetables at prices as cheap, if
not cheaper than before the war.
Newspapers are the logical medium
for advertisers to use to influence out
people in the advertising columns to
watch the unusual and superlative co
operation newspapers have already
given the government In all Its
branches- Then 1918 will be our beet
year, and In making it the best year
for all business, we will do our part to
help President Wilson and our allies
win the war.
"WHEN WILL THE WAR END?" '
IS QUESTION YET UNANSWERED
WASHINGTON. Jan. II. When
ths curtain Is rang up on war. not
even the wisest prophets can say when
or how It will be rung down. For, of
all lotteries, war la ths most uncer
tain. It may corns to an unaxDectad
conclusion within a few weeks or
months, or it may drag Its baleful
length over twice as many years.
When ths conflict between the
states began in the early part oMStl,
there were thousands both north and
south who confidently predicted that
ine lonowing Christmas would ses ths
Issue decided and ths banners of war
furled. But four Christmas days wars
to pass, and the, April of lttS was to
coma before hostilities ceased and
peace was restored - to the land.
The war, which had been expected
to end within a few months, had last
ed more than four years, had cost tans
of thousands of lives, and millions of
money.
And so It has bsen with nearly every
dona so. They certainly expected com
piste victory over Francs and Russia
within a few months.
Whsn Russia and Turks? cams to
blows in ths spring of 1$77, ths csar's
armies marched from victory to vie
lory until k seemed certain that a raw
weeks would ses ths Turks brought
to tneir knees. But ths cleverest ex
perts had not foreseen Osman Pasha's
gallant defense of Plevna, which kepi
the Turkish flag flying from July to
December, and kept final defeat at bay'
until another year had dawned.
In Japan's war with China in lift,
a long and bitter struggle was almost
k universally expected. But hers, too,
japan confounded ths wisdom of the
wise, and by, a single sledge-hammer
blow knocked all ths fight t of her
opponent.
In 186$, when Austria and Prussls
marshalled a million men at ths call
of . war, there seemed every prospect
of prolonged and close fighting, for
him the record ef a career that has
tasted most of the sorrows that he
warns omer men against, ana many war that has hen w.ri viik I th.,.. . . .i. u .1,..
J, m" l wh,cnhe w,ould x 11 ! prophet nor far-seeing soldier or ' ths rival forces. But what promised
statesman nas oeen a Die to foresee Its to be a mighty dusl running Into years
BIG WEEK FOR DUCK PIN
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BUWUrtt Al I.M.U.A,
HONESS LEADS AT END OF UP
USUAL WEEK'S CONTESTS. ,
Grlset High Man ef Week, With SM
Pinsi Honess Second, and Melton
Third; Terry Individual Leader.
of his fellow men. Son of an old Vlr
glnia family, and a graduate of a fam
ous university, "Ted" Mercer drifted
down hill, until he was rescued from
the park benches of New York city
end.
When South Africa hurst Into flams
one October day in 1899, the people
of England expected it to be a short
' B sinVJ l.,h hi. f.h ui,struWe' But 11 w" mora than three
ward, and with him h has lifted thou- ".A ,h.
In the Franco-Prussian war of 1S70,
only six weeks had passed before the
tragedy of Sedan saw the downfall of
Napoleon III., and ths surrender of
the entire army of ths north., The
conclusion of the fighting seemed a
certain matter of a few weeks. But
to the world's astonishment it was not
until six' months later that the last
shot was fired and preliminaries of
peace were ratified at Bordeaux.
Th Germans had planned to repeat
their first six weeks' success In ths
pressnt war, and but for the gallant
Belgians and the British, might have
SHOP MEETINGS FOR
WEEK ARE ANNOUNCED
Dr. W. F. Powell to Lead First V. M.
C A. Shop Service of Week. Min
isters at Five of Other Six Meetings.
The schedule of T. M. C. A. Shop
meetings for the coming wsek Is an
nounced and includes seven meetings,
six of which are to be held by local
ministers. The Tuesday meeting- will
be led by Enoch Ball, erf the Salvation
army; whlls the week's meetings 'be
gin with the service at the Carolina
Machine comijanyt tomorrow at 11
o'clock under the leadership of Dr.
W. F- Powell.
Ths schedule Is as follows: Monday,
11 o'clock, Carolina Machine compejiy
Dr. W. F. Powell; Tuesday, 12 o'clock,
Carolina Wood Produots company,
Enoch Ball; Wednesday, 10:45 a, m.,
Asiievllle Street Oar barn, Rev. A. S.
cUdwell; Wednesday, 12 o'clock,
Southern vard offlc. Rev. J. O- Ervin;
Thursday, 12 o'clock. National Casket
company, Rev. W. H. Woods.ll; Friday
12 o'clock, Hans, Rees tannery. Rev.
H. G. Bedlnger; and Friday, 2:80 p. m.
Ashevllle Steam laundry. Rev. J. B.
Orlce,
OPENING OF SCHOOL
IS AGAIN DELAYED
y, - '' W "I '
cams to a dramatic close within six
weeks from" the firing of the first shot
when a single battle between the rival
hosts left Austria hopelessly crushed
and beaten.
And so it was when Serbia, with
Russia at her back, .flung down ths
gauntlet to Turkey, In July of 117$.
Hers, again, a long and deadly strug
gle was generally anticipated. But all
forecasts were falsified when, on the
last day of October, the Turks fell like
an avalanche on ths enemy and
brought the campaign to a sudden and
dramatic end.
8uch la the lottery of warl No man
today. In Washington, in London, In
Paris or elsewhere, can say with any
degree of certainty whether the pres
ent war will continue, through ths
present year or longer, or will end sud
denly with the collapse of Germany
and her allies. ,
Failure to Receive Necessary Parts
Postpones Opening of A-sh eland
Avenue School.
RED CROSS WORK ROOM
TO RE CLOSEO MONDAY
Due to the delay in receiving some
of the, broken parts necessary In re
pairing the furnace at the Asheland
avenue school, the opening of the
school will not take place in tho
morning, as was expected, but it is
believed that school may be'resumed
Wednesday morning.
It is the purpose of the authorities
to make some temporary repairs to
the heating plant In order that the
school may resume operations while
the new heating plant Is being install
ed. The building Is being kept mod
erately warm through the present cold
spell In order that further delay may
not be caused by freezing, and when
school does open the buildings will be
comfortable.
Unless some unforseen trouble arises
the necessary parts will be received
and Installed In time for the opening
of the scho$! Wednesday morning.
Further announcement will be made
by The Citlxen in regard to the prog
ress of the repairs.
SPECIAL PROGRAM AT
THE Y. MX TODAY
E. C. Mercer, once a "down-and-outcr"
In New Tork, who will speak
at the V. M. C. A. men's meeting at 4
tills afternoon.
sands of other men, until his achieve
ments are known and admired from
one const to the other.
In addition to Mr. Mercer's talk to
the men of ths -city, there will be spe
cial music by a double male quartet,
consisting of JClmer Carter, K. W.
Hammerslough, Ed. Carter, Arch
Monteath, C. H. Bartlett. Paul Brown,
W. tS. carpenter, and C. N. Wells,
with Mrs. J. H. Walker as accom
panist. All men ars welcomed at this
4 o'clock meeting, and are promised
one of the biggest and best meetings
in many weeks, j :w
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon there
Is to be a meeting for boys over fifteen
years of ag, also, whsn. Tom Farmer,
E. C. Mercer's working partner, .and
formerly a highwayman and convict
will tell of his conversion and his life
before and after 'beginning to walk
straight. ; '
ROBBERY OF BANK IS
OF LOCAL INTEREST
and although the Gamp Funston bank
is not a branch of this bank, as stated
In ths newspaper dispatches, officers
of the National Reserve bank have a
general oversight over ths affairs of
the camp bank.
C B. McClusky who generally made
ths trips of inspection to the camp
bank, was detained In Kansas City on
business, and another of the bank offi
cials was sent to make ths inspection.
The official sent In the place of Mr.
McClusky lost 'his life In the fight
with the robbers.
Official Local Weather
e
tr. S. Department of Agriculture.
Weather Bureau.
Doeal Weather Data for Jan. 13, 1018.
State of weather at 8 a. m;, clear.
State of weather at 8 p. m., clear.
Relative humidity at 8 a.' m., 70
per cent.
Relative humidity at 12 noon, 68
per cent
Wind direction at I a. m., north.
Wind direction at 8 p. m., north
Time of sunrise, 7:81 a. m.
Time of sunset, 5:88 p. m.
juocai xemperature Data.
BISHOP ATKINS ACCEPTS
TRINITY'S INVITATION
Ths past week In ths T. M. C. A.
duck pin tournament saiw some phen
omenal bowling fey the team of Cap
tain Honess, when, with thslr lead
threatened toy Oaptala Allen's team,
they Lroke all former records for the
tournament by bowling 1808 pins in
three games. The high men for the
nurt week were IS. J. Grlset 15E: C.
H. Honess, 846; and J. C. Melton, with
887; the Bras; two being members of
ITiinif t jm, m ITti' ntlri tiiima.
ment, the high men ars P. J. Terry,
with 8188: J. F. Garner. 8155: Oscar
Whits. 8158; and U E. Hall. 8153.
Highest individual score for three
games was mads also last week by
Giriset. with ths record of 856:
Ths standings of ths teatna to dads
are as follows:
Honess, 11,860 pins, 100 percent;
Atllen, 11,828 Dims, 689 percent; Rice,
11,646 pins, 5B5 per cent; Hall, 11,584
pins, 518 per cent; Williams, 11,688
pins, 414 per cent; White, 11,481 pins,
600 par cent; Hoffman, 11,622 pins,
66o per cent; Merrimon, 11,806 pins,
888 per cent.
During this week, ths . following
games are to be played in the duck
pin tournament at the Y. M. C. A.:
Monday, Whits vs. Merrimon; Tues
day, Harness vs. Rice; Wednesday,
Hall vs. Williams; and Friday, Allen
vs. Hoffman.
ROYAL ARCANUM HAS
ITS ANNUAL BANQUET
Will Deliver Baccalaureate
Sermon at College Nebct
Spring.
s a.m.
9 a.m.
10 a.m.
11 a.m.
12 noon
1 p.m.
2 p.m.
6
4
6
6
7
.11
8 p.m 11 1
4 p.m 10
5 p.m 8
6 p.m 7
7 p.m '5
8 p.m S
By Matter of Chance Brother of
A.sheville Mitn Was Saved From
Being a Victim of Robbers.
On account of the cold weather and
the scarcity of coal the Red Cross
workrooms will not be open until
Tuesday morning. The office will
however be open as usual Monday.
There will bs a special program
rendered at the Y. M. I. this after
noon at the usual hour. Kev. J. W.
Lovell will be the speaker. Special
Because of the same conditions the music has been arranged for. and all
surgical dressings class to be taught ; who .attend are assured of finding a
by Mrs. Thomas A. Jones, wntcn was' comionaoie room in wnicn to spend
due to meet tomorrow, will be post- a profttablo hour. All colored people
poned for two weeks. of the city are urged to attend.
Walter Cochran, the youthful Chi
cago billlardiat, gave a remarkable
exhibition of cue work In the recent
billiard tournament in New York.
Castor oil has become a favorite
lubricant for airplane motors because
so HttSa affected by tcimperature
changes.
AIITI-DOG CAMPAIGN
IS GETTING FAMOUS
ARE YOU A "GOOD FELLOW"?
BY BILLY SUNDAY
(Famous Evangelist)
(Copyright, 118, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.)
The roribery of the bank at Camp
Funaton. Kansas, in which four meen
were hacked to death by axea In the
hands of the robbers, has a local In
terest by reason of the fact that a
resident of this city Samuel McClusky,
Is a brother of the organizer of the
bank which was robbed.
It was only by matter of chance
that C. B. MrCluSky, the brother of
the Ashcville man, was not one of the
victims of the robbery, and that It was
his euitostitute that was killed-
C. K. -McClusky Is -cashier of the
National Reserve bank at Kansas City,
Highest, 11; one year ago, 82.
Lowest, 3; one year ago, 8.
Absolute maximum, 68 In 1811.
Absolute minimum. 8 in 1918.
Average temperature today, 7.
Normal, 35.
Local Precipitation Data for Month.
Normal, 4.67 inches.
Greatest amount, 6.69 In 1906.
Least amount, 0.27 In 1907.
For last .24 hours ending at 8 p. m.,
.82 inch.
Telegraphic Reports of Temperatures
lor Today.
Station: 8 p.m. Max.
ASHEVILLB 3 11
Atlanta 10 14
Baltimore 22 38
Birmingham 4 14
Boston 38 64
Charleston 32 40
Charlotte 16 24
Chicago 0 4
Cincinnati -8 -8
Denver 10 22
Qalveston 32 ,32
Jacksonville 38 44
Miami 64 64
New Orleans 28 32
New York 22 46
Raleigh : 26 34
San Francisco 52 68
Seattle 46 48
St. Louis -3 0
Washington 22 38
ELON COLLEQEv N. C, Jan. 12.
Bishop James Atkins, Waynesville.
N. C, has accepted the invitation of
the college to give the baccalaureate
ssrmon on Sunday, May 26, 1918. In
accepting the invitation Bishop At
kins said he was glad to have the op
portunity to know at first hand the
life and wjrk of the college here. 'He
is a great churchman and a great
Christian, and his message here will
be anticipated very pleasantly.
Word has just reached the hill that
the board of education of the Ameri
can Christian convention is to hold
its annual meeting here beginning
January 22. This board has under its
control all the colleges and education
al institutions of the Christian church
in ths United States and Canada. It will
be in session for several days. Its
members are: Rev. William O. Bar
gent, Providence, R. I.; Rev. W. T.
Walters, Winchester, Va.; Rev. Hugh
A. Smith, West Milton, Ohio; Rev.
John MacCalman, Lakemont, N. Y.;
and Rev. John A. Stover, Danville, 111.
The mid-year examinations begin
Monday and will be concluded on
Tuesday,, the 2 2d.
The college has opened since Christ- j
mas with a larger attendance than
was anticipated. . To date seventeen!
new students have entered sines the
Christmas holidays, - and In spite
Members of Royal Arcanum, French
Broad Council 701, held their annual
banquet and Installation last night, at
wmcn tns following menu was enjoy
ed: Roast turkey, dressing, cranberry
sauce, oyster cocktail, celery, potato
salad, coffee and tea, cigars, cigarettes.
These officers were installed: R. C.
Crook, regent; R. M. Young, vice re
gent; H. C. Fisher, orator; J. C. Jack
son, guide; Parley Mears, chaplain;
Authef Beachboard, warden; E. Law
rence, sentry; D. Ledbetter, past re
gent; B. M- Marlow, treasurer; John
P. Foster,- colleotor; a. L. Guisehard,
secretary; and trustees for the com
ing year, F. L. Johnson, William M
Francis, and L. V. Ford.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION THE
Bank of West Asheville
at Asheville, N, C, 1 nthe State of
North Carolina, at the close ot busi- .
neas December 31st, 1917:
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts 342,270.24
Overdrafts secured none;
unsecured, 366.88 66.88
United States Bonds on
hand. Liberty loan 2,567.00
Furniture and fixtures 1.624.94
Dus from National Banks. . 1,347.78
Dus from State Banks and
Bankers A tit j as
v-asn items . 174.74
Gold coin , '. " 282.50
Silver coin. Including all
minor coin currency .... 382.42
National bank notes and
other U. 8 notes 2,641.00
Total $56,217.50
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid In $10,000.00
Undtvided profits, less cur
rant sxpenses and taxes
paid 1.493.18
Dividends unpaid
son no
of I Bills navable 2.finn na
ths fact that many of the Elon stu-i Deposits subject to check .. 26,163.71
dents have gone to the colors since Time certificates of deposit . 6,893.45
me opening in sepiemDer, tnings are savings deposits 8,345.75
normal and the work is regular in all Cashier's checks outstanding 521.43
respects. There Is special interest In
the military Instruction and drill
classes. A uniform has been adopted
by those pursuing these , courses re
sembling the regulation uniform and
distinguished from it by a band
around the hat in the oollege colors,
maroon and old gold.
Charley Schona, ' the Pittsburgh
boxer and former holder of ths na
tional amateur middleweight title,
has entered the professional ranks.
When folded bm way a inew broiler
holds thin strips of bacon securely and
vn rpverped arcoimmodates thicker
slices of meat.
Total $56,217.60
State of North Carolina County ol
Buncombe January 12, 1918:
I, H. B. Posey, cashier of the abova
named bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement Is true to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
H. B. POSEY, Cashier.
Correct Attest:
J. G. ANDERSON,
G. D. CARTER,
M, 1 MANEY,
Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before ma
this 12th day ef January. 1918.
Z. T. LFl"""
Notary Publla.
PHOTOGRAPH OF SURRENDER OF FIRST GERMAN SUBMARINE PRISONERS TO U. S .'DESTROYERS
Ths American City, a wide-awake
' publication devoted to .the Interests of
- better conditions In ths cttles and
towns of the coon try has asked the
AshsviHe board of trade for furl in
formation in regard to its campaign
against dogs and la favor of sheep.
For eonis time past ths board of
trade has been trying to secure entl
ment against the raising f dogs la
Western North Carolina as opposed to
the raising of sheep, anil that some
progress has been mads Is proven by
the fact that reqaests ars coming la
tram mil sections of ths country ask
ina about ths campaign.
Are you a Good FeBow?
I,' so, Whnt Kind of a Good Fe
low? Of all the Expressions that are
Slung Ixynee m Ths Noah Webster
Lhiso of ours, that on, I beileve. IS
Manhandled more than any Other-
Theyll call some Guy a Good Fel
low beciuse once In a whHe he'll Blow
ro a High One, when m reality he's
a Member of the Skunk Family.
ltie'B Toss Off his Dough with the
Gang, in a Suds Joint, and shen let
the Old Iady and the Kids get along
on Milk and tVacknrs.
Is that your loVet of a Good Fellow
one who wKI Help you Lap it Cp
at tbe Corner?
Another Oink gets a Title becaime
hell Spiet out Yellow Yams that
make your Ears Sizzle to hoar thetn.
Aod he can't talk a Sentence of
English unices every other Word is
the Rough Btuff.
And neither the Tales nor tbs
Rough Talk ars tbe Sort of things
that You or He, either would allow
to bs beard tn your Family Circle. i
Does the name Good Fellow belong
to a Geleear like that 7
They'll Tab still another Bird as a
Good Fellow because he's a so-called
Wise Guy and has a Bet Down when
ever be has the Oluunce and the
Price to Lay lt-
And h believes , Everything ss
Crooked. Probeivly 'he thinks even the
Bf War ts Framed Up. He hands
out Bum Steers on the Races.
Does he deserve the Monaker of a
Good Fellow?
There are lot of them that Get the
Label who have no more Right to It
than the Crown Prince of Germany.
I'm for the Good Fellow who k
Manly, yes, who will Fight, and Fight
Hard, when nrenAu-y (and who couM
Lick a Iosein of the other Type) who
is Clean hi his Talk, without be'ng a
MoHycoddle, who is Sober and Decent
to hta Folks. Who Works and doesn't
try to Grab Soonethilng for Nothing.
That'a-a regular Food Fellow and
he'd do mors for a Pal in a Pmch
Miaji a thousand Skates who ars
CasnouflasTsd back ef ths Name.
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