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7 GREAT BENEFIT TO T HERN STATES Are Increased Land Values in the Middle West. YJ.G.H. SERVED 62,080 LUNCHES AT WAY THROUGH COLLEGE i A GOOD PROFIT DURING LAST YEAR i . i , Around 300 N. C. University Keports of the Directors of the Cafeteria and Lunch Room NO DECISION REACHED REGARDING W, C. C, S. Men Gain for Themselves and Education. Attention of Farmers Drawn to the South eastern Section. Is! By JOE Ii. BAKIill. (Staff CorrenDondont Tho Citizen) . . WASHINGTON. January 21. The southern slates are Indirect benefi ciaries of the enormous Increase. In land values that has occurred d urine tho past year or two In the middle west, say those wno ere In touch with the work of development and settle ment In tho south. The attention of farmers In the middle west, especially tenant farmers, has been drawn to tho southeastern states with their cheap and productive lands, constituting a veritable land of promise and eco nomic freedom, compared with the high rentals the tenants are obliged to pay for the use of farm land In many Jiarts of the middle west. Information has been received here that with farm renters In tho middle west in a great many cases it Is not a question whether they want to make 'a change, for they realize they have to do so in order to make a living. They are forced to pay cash rentals of $10 to $25 per acre per year for the oiso of somebody else's land In many places In Illinois, Indiana and Iowa. If rentals are on a part crop basis, the total annual rent Is Just as large r larger,, according to Information received In Washington. If the renter has enough money to "buy his farm In the high priced agri cultural regions of the middle west. It Is pointed out that at prevailing pur chase prices of $350 to $700 per acre Jn that part of the countrj', the inter est for a year on the purchase price of an acre of good land there will buy an acre of good land in the cut over timber districts of the south. Furthermore, the tenant farmer of the middle west has discovered that he can Join the ranks of landed pro prietors in the southern states by In vesting an amount in the coastal plain lor Instance, no greater than he has to pay every year as rent in states of the tipper Mississippi valley. According to competent authorities, the high prices of farm lands in the older sections and the prevailing high prices of farm products are com bining to make the present the great est era for colonization since the civil war, and the hour is striking for the south to develop and be settled. A. O. T. Moore, chief of the cutover land department of the Southern Pine as sociation, declared that as the truth is spread about the agricultural oppor- (Spcll to Ths Citizen.) CIIAPEI, HILL. Jan 21. "Where there's a will, there's a way." This is the consensus of opinion of approxi mately 300 young men who are work ing their way through the t'nlverslty of North Carolina this year. This means that almost one-fourth of the utudcnls of tho university, despite a shortage of fundH, are gaining for themselves a university education. One of this number walked 130 miles in order to begin to realize a dream, Others have undergone diffi culties equally as great but of a dif ferent nature. Grasping the many op portunities afforded them, these young men bv tho utilization of their spare; hours are securing enough financial i aid to enable them to continue their scholastic duties without interrup tion. Interesting revelations, as a result of a canvass of the so-called "self help" students, have been brought to light. Tho business men of the town manifest a kindly Interest in the young men and usually select one of them to fill their openings from time to time. Waiters, clerks, managers of! mess halls, managers of picture shows, librarians, teachers, laboratory assistants, stenographers, such posi tions as these are filled each year by the right sort of students. Questions as to like or dislike, pay, preference and advisability of such work, have been answered by the stu dents themselves. "Many young men idle away their lives, waiting for something to turn up, for somebody to boost them: while other men with half the chance, educate and lift themselves out of poverty and se cure an education besides," was the final verdict of an assistant manager of a picture show. "However," he continued, " would not advise any one if he is not !n need of funds to do this kind of work for he is handi capped to ascertain extent. He does not find time to participate in the numerous activities of university life." Responding to a series of inquiries, a clerk In a book store stated: "It is a thousand times better for a young man to work his way through college than to borrow money to carry him over, thereby mortgaging the future." "Personally, "he con? tinued, "I have never suffered from this work socially or physically, but have really enjoyed it and found it advantageous in many respects. I have become acquainted with many more students than I would have otherwise." The average pay for work of this kind was found to range between 25 and 30 cents an hour. It Is estimated that the average student works about four or five hours a day, making Startle a Number of Peope and Reveal the Stupendous Undertaking by the Ladies of the Asheville Y. W. IlowrtrV, Committee Will Investigate! Xocd of Red Circle (iub-nnd Report Hack Immediately. : It has been aid that in all prob ability only a few persons realize the ; really stupendous undertaking the Y. I W. C. A., of Ashevlllo has assumed.) cenilng tho activities of the local as soclation. Last year the lunch room and cafe teria served meals to 62,080 persons. Prices charged an? very reasonable and yet the ladies In cnarge of the lunch room and th cafeteria were able to make several thousand doi in point of usef uliuss and miixfac tlon. In the life of the cafeteria. "Our reiorils .Omw :i Hn. f "7 066 young gliis am', women served , ).!ft This Is due to ignorance concerning , In the cafeteria dining the year, an! the real facts and Information eon- i average of 85 a dav. mostly at the' noon hour, with a few exlra suppers, : served as a special accommodation uuring LnnniniM.1 wmk. At umi ..j time special decorations and Ohrlst- ' to 30 cents, while others find It nec essary even with these low prices to content themselves with leas. A fea- lure which has lately been Intro- j duced is the attention paid sick girls. I in the way of preparing special foods,! as milk toast and other delicacies. I This Is greatly appreciated by tired; and half sick girls, who must keep at 1 their work In spite of It all. , Nevrt for Building. "No effort has been spared to keep things clean and dainty, as Is possible1 I In an old building. "A hearty Invitation. Is extended to the ladles of Asheville to pay ns a visit now and then see for t hern -, 'selves, what Is being done in our Y. i W. C. A. cafeteria, a work so dear to i i the hearts of many of uh who have: special seen It grow rroni a small room on 'the second floor to Its present quart-j 'ers. becoming of real value ond ser-l t othe business women of Ashe-1 club, Merchants' association, Klwanls I club mul board of trade to consider Respeotfully submitted, iho matter of keeping open the club ,,.,..M it ""wTf I rnom" now occupied by the Red Clr rsfoterl Director " 1 r'8 or War Cam" Community Service. ., cafeteria. Director. ,, , t , Tnaron Report -on Lunch Itoom. I ,.. iei nisi wu siiouiu nui. uowm I and educational features ef ths post made so many statements of . fact wnicn nao. not Dean suggestM narsux fore, that everyone of the representa tive present felt that ths eea for keeping ppen the club was a funda mental necessity. The commutes will study the situation and suggest a plan to keep It open, and report In ths next day or two. TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES ' Oirtis Bynum. F. E. Johnson and HIackman were appointed h committee from the meeting yesterday afternoon at the board of trade, of representatives of the Rotary Thin aHnn nam l.lnn n ft mf liaav. I miKh tiniA In Ihn lunch rnnm rAlinrt. . ... . ' mas music gave a holiday atmosphere ; how,"vw. we nt pur mend, to know! X.pV.n.i'en' whn". EYl: and the menu was stretched to In clude turkey. "Assisting in tin that (in the contributions), we as-1 branches 1 lara for tho association which was,. Tones, who also ably fills the posl- ! slst In supporting the reul afeterla are Mrs. j ,lf ,n v c. A. work. applied to carrying on the work in other departments. In the reports of Miss Annls K. West and Mrs. Laura .M. Taunnliill, it will be noticed that each of the ladles state the present buildings are inadequate to accommodate the imro- OPr (If d.1 V ritutriMmt'., nl tiA ..tinn ! In..n.l. . II. .I...- s..l ... . - . uL.i.e, : t uumnK iikii . "i .ii Htm:. "u'fhome. places. i prices are most reasonable, our food' Krport of Cafeteria. ; is the best that ran bp bought and i I tlon of assistant secretary at the Hen ' rletta, and Miss Louise Tannahlll ! who nets as treasurer. Our patrons jnro business girls and women who I by word ond patronage, have testi fied to the value of a lunch room I where thev can overcome tho ever "During the past year we. served in our lunch room S5.014 guests, and have a substantial balance to our credit. V's hope for even bigger things next year, and enough money to start a handsome building where worthy women and glrla who come to Asheville may find a comfortable The report of the cafeteria dlrec tor, as read at the annual meeting of tho board of directors held at the Masonic temple Tuesday night Is as follows: "The work in the V. W. C. A. cafe teria for the year ending 1919 has our cooking Is considered most ex cellent. We feel that we have done well to maintain low prices In spite of the abnormal prices In commodi ties. We can still serve meats at 15 cenis, vegetables at six cents, cof fee and cocoa at seven cents, and de- LAURA M. TAVNAHTLI Lunch Room Director. proved most successful and interest- sert for ten cents. In this way Ing and may be termed the best year I girl may get a very nice lunch for '. OXE YEAR AGO TODAY IN THE WAR. Supreme council reached an agree ment to conduct an investigation into the Russian situation. ments of the needs of the boys who come Into town of an evening, and the part these clubs have played in the lives of the men here, and in every other camp town. Such a club, he said, afforded pure, clean and wholesome social Intercourse on a high plane between the men and the ladles properly chaperoned, and gave it place where the men could feel they were at home, while without such a place for meeting it would really be difficult to follow their meanderlngs and the associations Into which such a condition would bring about. As a "patter of fact, when the meeting first convened and the matter was first generally discussed, there was an air of general settlement of the matter by letting it go closed, and a "whut's the use" sort of feeling, but Major Burks, who is a medical officer, in charge of the recreational 1 769 The letters of Junius began lit the London Public Advertiser. 182 1 Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jack son, the great Confederate com mander, born at Clarksburg, Va. Died at Quinsy's Station. Ya May 10, 1863. 1838 The Italian Opera House In Paris was destroyed by firs. 185J Henry Hallam, celebrated En glish historian, died. Born July t. 1777. U70 Prlncs Arthur (Duka of Con naught) arrived In New York. 1871 Serious, riots In Paris: prison of Maias broken Into by "reds." 1889 Twenty-first annual convention of National Woman Suffrage Association opened in Washing tun, D. C. " - 1001 The German Emperor visited Queen Victoria at Osborne. TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS. Admiral Sir Henry B. Jackson, for mer First Sea Lord of the British Admiralty, born 66 years ago today. Frederick Madison Smith, former head of ths Reorganized Churoh of Jesus Christ, of Latter-Day Saints, , born at riano, 111., 46 years ago to day. Nathaniel E. Harris, former gover nor of Oeorgla, born near Jonesboro. T.nn Ik vun a ara today. Dr. James Henry Morgan, presi dent of Dickinson college, born new Concord, Del., 63 years ago today. Francis E. McQovern. former gov ernor of Wisconsin, born near Elk hart, Wis., 64 years ago today. , tlinlties offered bv the soiltVi tbA words of the old song must be changed to I enuSh to cover his entire expense, in "how are you going to keep them off the farnv when they know the truth?" Writes Edwards. Hugh MacRae of North Carolina has written to J. L. Edwards, of the agricultural" section of ths railroad administration, urging that the move ment of settlers into the south should be encouraged and assisted, as the railroads of Canada are promoting Immigration Into the western part of that country. Mr. MacRae says that the resourceful stock growers of the west and northwest need only to see the resources and conditions In east ern North Carolina and other parts of the south to realize the possibilities there for their industry, unhampered by drought and extreme cold. From all over the south come re ports of immigration of farmers, stockman, orchardists and others into the coastal plain and other parts of the southern states. The house clean ing and other good work done by the Southern Settlement and Development organization and its affiliated associa tions of business men, bankers, farm- ers and other progressive people in the several states is reported to be bearing fruit a hundred-fold. From among many instances the following may be cited as tplcal. In North Carolina a Minnesota man is prospecting with a view to under taking operations on a big scale. From counties in eastern Carolina some re ports of land sales to newcomers from all over the country, attracted by cheap land, climatic, soil and crop conditions. A Virginia concern has taken on a big development proposi tion in the same section, Florida has more visitors this winter than ever before In her history, and many of them will become residents. South Carolina, .Georgia, and the lower Mississippi valley are getting their share of the influx of homeseekers. Inquires of I'cker. A representation of the National City company ,of New York, has in quired of Clement S. Ticker, vice-president of the Southern Settlement and Development organization, concerning attractive opportunities for develop ment In the south especially on re claimed lands, and has been advised that there are state or district drain age projects embracing good lands In the Carolina, Georgia, Florida and the other Gulf states. F. I Bulkeley of Moretown, Vt and a group of friends are interested In southern cutover lands and have indicated a desire to obtain full Infor mation about advance In land values, fertilization requirements, crop pro ductiveness, cost of clearing and methods of financing development many cases. People who have never done work of this sort are perhaps of the opin ion that it would seriously interfere with their scholastic duties. How ever, quits the contrary was found to be true. The self help students as a whole agreed that although It did conflict with the students activi ties, they were not hindered academi cally. On of the waiters said: "First the will and then the way. If you nave me nrst, the latter is lnslgnifl cant. The trouble with so many of us Is we don't seem to be able to get uie win in action. I IS TO THE MM STATES According to Private Ad vices Received Lately Prom France. operations, with a view of locating on and developing lands, f In the lake states various people sre manifesting interest in southern ' lands and their development Alfred S. Nelson of Wayland. Michigan, is one of those who contemplates locating in the south, perhaps Virginia or Maryland. H. E. Wood of ths fikidmore Land company, Marinette, Wis., is a firm believer in the opportunities offered by southern lands. So the Virus Is spreading from Maine to the west coast and from Canada to Mexico, among all sorts of people and Interests who are com ing to realise that the south Is a land of promise, the empire of the future. HEAD TO COME . . AUTO "Added fores is given the old adage 'seeing Is believing' when auto owners inspect these new tires," declared R. C. Torian, manager of the Asheville Tire company, local distributors for Oldfleld. tires and tubes. "Impelled no doubt by curiosity, many motorists have "visited our sales room in the past week and they are enthusiastic over the appearance of Barney Oldfleld's product. The white, sinc-tempted tread, ( the big arrow- shaped anti-skid projections and the generous overslzes Are all features that win praise frcm experienced drivers." "Oldfleld tires are as good as they look' 'continued the local dealer. "They ara the development of years of testing and experimenting la the 28 CARPEN'TIER IS NEW YORK. Jan. 21. Private ad vices from France indicate that Georges Carpentier, European heavy weight champion, will arrive in this country about the middle of Febru ary. The French pugilist, challenger ror the world s title now heM by Jack Dempsey, will come to the United States to fulfill a contract entirely outside his ring activities, but there is understood to be 'no obligation in this contract which would prohibit him from engaging In either exhibi tion or limited boxing contests. While Carpentier's manager, M, D each amps, refuses to divulge the ex act conditions embodied in the con tract, various promoters appear to take it for granted that the French heavyweight will be permitted to en gage in some form of restricted ring activity and there is certain to be a wild scramble for his services. In view of his early arrival. It la consid ered unlikely that Caapentler will de- nniteiy sign for a championship bout with Dempsey even if in position to do so before he reaches America. Cable negotiations appear to be un certain and unsatisfactory and it is understood ths French pugilist and his manager prefer to do business with the promoters, who have al ready passed the 8500,000 mark In their bids for the fight The Frenchmen are thoroughly fa miliar with the fact that a fight bill has been Introduced in the New York legislature and that New Jersev clubs nope to have the present law there changed to permit bouts fully as satis factory to the boxing fan as ths pro posed New York regulations. In view of thess conditions Carpentier is ex pected to defer signing a binding agreement to meet Dempsey until he has examined the field here first hand. The enactment of a boxing law In New York state would open a new field of activity for pugilists front all parts of the countryvand Carpentier would have no difficulty in securing opponents for such fatches or exhi bitions as he may sleet to participate in auring nis stay in inis country. nimefcjtin hands of Barney Oldfleld the greatest tire user the world has known. "Reports from all over the country Indicate that Barney Oldfleld's enter prise is going "over ths tofe' in great shape. In a few months this compara tively new organization has built ud a name for It's product that few other tire companies have achieved in years of effort. I consider this public ap proval a fin endorsement of the Old- field slogan. Ths Most Truthworthy Tire Built.' " The local concern now has a com plete stock of Oldfleld and can fur nish cord or fabric cases. Red and Gray tubes la styles and sixes desired. Sttjs iiiiiiii Met leflw putting in your water system. 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