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THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRtJARY 18, 1920. THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING BY rcrra cmzm company, ashsvillb, n. c T. M. BURDETTB CHAfl. K. ROBINSON. . JOB JU BAKER GRAY GOR-HAM. ......General Manager , . . Editor Managing Editor City Editor Entered at Us postofnes. Asheville, N. C. aa second olaaa matter under act of March I. Xt7. TKLKPHONKS Bnainaaa Office 10. Editorial Room SOT SUBSCRIPTION RATES (By Carrier In AsherlUe and Suborns) Pally and Bunday, 1 year, in advance 1100 Dally and Sunday, month. In advance.... 4 78 .Sally and Bunday 3 monthe. In advanos... X0 Daily and Bunday. 1 week, In advance 20 (By Mall In I'nlu-d State.) Dally and Sunday, X year, in advance $7 00 Dally and Bunday, mon'ha, In advance-... S.00 Dally only, 1 year, in advance J-00 Dally only, t month. In advance . . 1.60 Sunday only, 1 year. In advance. . -00 marina; Flume a free city and giving Italy a large portion of the eaatern Adriatlo coat and Dalmatia. Although the United State would be bound by thl program In ratifying the treaty, thla govern ment was not consulted about the change. Therefore America 1 protesting agalnat such a settlement, and ha refused to be a party to auch art award. And the allle are not anxlou to estrange America entirely from Interest in Euro pean affairs; there Is too much sentiment of that kind in America, and it may be expected that Nltti will Anally convince his countrymen that they ought to know when they have enough. MEMBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Praaa Is exclusively entitled (o the use for republication of all new dls patches credited to It or not otherwise cred ited In this paper and also the local news published herein. AH rights of republication of special dispatches harem are also reserved. FECIAL REPRESENTATIVE The B. KATZ SPECIAL ADVERTISING AGENCY 16-19 East Twent-lxth street. New York City, 14-I21 Harris True Building. Chicago. 111., and 711 Waldbelia BuUdiag. Kansas City. Mo. Wednesday, Februry 18, 1920. i The State's Farm Wealth. Ten years ago North Carolina stood below 18 ' states In crop values, says the University News Letter! In 1019 only three states, Texas. Iowa and Illinois produced ' more agricultural wealth than this state's $683,000,000. " The significance of the accomplishment la more V apparent when that $683,000,000 is compared with the taxable wealth in' 1818 of $MJ,000,000. "In a single year," says the News Letter, "our farmers create a volume ot crop wealth equal to two-thirds of the property values we have been able to ao ' cumulate on our tax book In 2S0 years." .And this comparison pits farm wealth against all other forms of wealth. . The News Letter points out from these figures a number ot texts for discourse. First, the general average of Increase In value of farm products was : 600 per cent In ton years. And aa prices on what the farmer has t buy hav not Increased anything like that much, the farmer has more money today than,JeveV before. ' . Stransje as It sounds, in the past two years farm labo! has decreased fully one-third less than in the past 0 years because Ot the Negro migration 1 northward, "the drift of small farmers and tenants to th factory towns and the failure of the farm youths to go back to the farm after demobilization j from the army and navy. But while labor In other : Industries Is only about 60 per cent efficient, farm labor has produced 100 par cent and than soma. The statement of the farmer that he Is doing his share? At production Is mora than supported by the i figure ; :' - The? News Letter does not expect any great de creasw n farm labor, And that serious situation 'leads ffce university paper to forecast ths setting) in one of, two movements In ths farming regions. First, smaller farms, better cultivated; larger yields per -acre, smaller yields par worker; sxces- slve production costs, fewer domestic animals, xnlnlinum net profits and small per' capita wealth. - Front such conditions will come lower standards of living unless Intensive farming is supported by scientific ' knowledge, skill and co-operative farm enterprise, as in Denmark. The other alternative Is large scale farming, minimum hand labor and maximum horse and machine p'ower. These fae- i tors mean more work, more meat and milk ani mals, larger yields per acre and smaller per worker; minimum production costs and greater per capita wealth. (In Iowa last year the per capita crop production was $114 more than in North Carolina). " If the farms are to meet the demand for food, a demand which Increases out of proportion to the production of crops, it la clear that the email farm ing" population must by use of labor-saving ma- " chinery carry on large scale farming, with larger Acreage. In pasture to support meat and milk ani mals. It Is ejear alto that all farming which ddev 'not produce the maximum of bread and meat la producing deceptive wealth, because, ns the News Letter points out, North Carolina farmers will 'this year send to tho grain and meat farmers of the middle west $250,000,000 of the $683,000,000 . tfcey made last year. An Allied Farce. In the world's wonder as to how the allies might retire from the position taken on the trial of Ger man war leaders, there was no suspicion that they would retreat as Ingloriously as they are now doing. It was presumed that the powers had not burned all bridges behind them, because of the critical condition of lSurope, hut it had not entered Into calculation that the stage setting for a high and solemn tragedy would be shifted for a comic opera performance. Nothing elo than comic farce Is the allied an nouncement that trial of the war criminals at Lelpslc will conform to all the requirements Of the peace treaty. The German government Is told !in effect that It and Its people aro to sit on their own case In which civilization Indicts them of high I crimes and assault on all tbat is finest in civilized l life. The allies will furnish the evidence, but Germany will furnish prosecution, defense, Judge and Jury. To be sure the allies will reserve the right to determine whether Justice has been done and to bring the culprits before an allied tribunal. But If the entente Is unable now to extradite the accused, the resistance in Germany to such pro cedure after the Lelpslc whitewash Is applied will be all the stronger. The world has been led to Indulge In a flood of discourse over a very trivial proposition. If the matter had to be compromised, why not conduct the trial before neutral Judges on neutral ground? The world had been led to expect a Judicial pro ceeding to surpass that in the great hall of William Rufus when Charles I received the death sentence, when the seven bishops who opposed King James were acquitted, and when Burke and Fox plead the cause of India against the Iron rule of Warren Hastings. But what is now offered to expectant multitudes is as high and solemn arraignment as the moot court performance of a high school de bating society. Doea Hoover Menace Democracy? In yesterday's Citizen, C. C. Danielsa, North Carolina lawyeiflow a resident of New York, warns the' democrats "of his homo state against what Mr. Daniels sees aa the Insidious Hoover propaganda. Hoover is a republican, says Mr. Daniels, and his candidacy is backed by the big predatory interests. There is no danger that democracy In this state will Indorse a man whose convictions on funda mental questions of government are so far un known, except for some general statements by Mr. Hoover. But the (act that the republican organization leaders have little more use for Hoover than Mr. Daniels satisfies us that Mr. Hoover is independent of the ordinary partisan considerations which .oc cupy the minds of most party men. When the republicans were in a rage over President Wilson's letter urging' the election of a democratic congress, Mr. Hoover Issued a statement appealing en non partisan grounds for support of the President and his leadership. "There is no -other leadership posslblo If we are to succeed in these great issues," said the man whom alarmed democrats are pictur Ing as being perfectly acceptable to Penrose, Lodge, Knox and Hiram Johnson. 4 As ths political situation la today, if Hoover Is nominated by either party, it will be because that party is willing to accept as leader a man who puts the right solution of great questions of the recon struction era above the strict construction of party regularity. fields. I said nothing In my story about there not being oil In Texas. That la where the advertising was rung in. A person engaged in the production of oil usual ly Is called an oil producer and generally la on the ground attending to operations. Furthermore, oil producers are getting quite doubtful ot the lasting qualities of the present Texas oil fields, for when 2,245 producing wells and 432 dusters I use Mr. Rothan's figures are brought in in any oil pool, not much oil Is going to remain in the ground long, and oil producers aren't sinking from $25,000 to $60,000 in short-lived wells. Burkburnett Held. Texas, tjio field mentioned by him as having the 2,245 producing wells, Is falling rapidly, for that many wells, even in considerably more territory than the actual pool embraces, soon take all the oil from tho field. Over-production, It Is called Is what Is wrong with Texas now, and Louisiana likewise is beginning to feel the effects of a hole being pusched down on an averase of one to about two acres or lana. "ine wna cat schemes that Mr. CamDbell sneaks about In Kentucky oil propositions cannot tnko place In Texas any more," writes Mr. Rdthan. The statement misleads the reader into thinking wlld cattlng, of which so much 1 heard, 1 practiced In n-eniucicy aione, wnen, as a matter of fact. Ken tucky is an oil producing state and not a promoter's paraaise as are Texas and Louisiana. Any man engaged In helping to produce the natural resources of this country can feel he Is do ing a patriotic duty, ' granauoauent v writes Mr. Rothan. i heartily agree with him. and I admire the producers who are in the field nroducinsr me on. Would that the "blue skv laws" of North Caro Una, Texas, Kentucky -notwithstanding inference to the contrary and other states, were reallv stringent enough te drive the promoter out of l he game, uney nave put an awful crimp In his pro moting activities, but certain things can be done wunin tne law. i man no Inferences. I am not a practical oil man nor do I dom as on. neither do I own anv slock in anv oil mmmnv but if I were going to put money in the oil business I'd certainly spend a few dollars and go see where uijr uivnmy wns going in me ground. Respectfully, M. B. CAMPBELL. Memphis, Tenn., February 1. Daily Reminder j i , a i i i i THE HOOVER "PROPAGANDA." Italy's Demands. Italy has done more since the armistice to shake 'the allied world by the ears than Japan, and with ' less Justification. Having gained more than she dared to dream by the success of the allied cause, In which Italy bore well her part, she has clamored for more so Insistently that the Adriatic, really a mall pond, has become a sea of trouble to Paris, London and Washington. It is therefore refreshing to hear Tremier Nltti telling his countrymen that the national complaint about getting nothing In the war settlement is contrary to facts, and that their insistence on the pact of London is insincere. "We must remem ber," says the premier, "that almost all Italians who dw-slred war asxed only for Trent and Trieste. It is therefore a mistake to say that nothing was obtained, when our terms are more than satis fied. ... It would be dishonest if I accepted the pact of London without pledging myself to evac uate Flume, even by force if necessary." But the trouble Is that the great majority of the Italian people want not only all Ue that has come to them but Flume to boot After many a.tempted compromises the Flume controversy has narrowed down to two pro posals. On December t the supreme council, with Under-Secretary Polk representing America, agreed to the creation of a buffer state of Flume and ad jacent territory, subject to ratification by Italy and , Jugo-SIavia. Then following the withdrawal of ths American peace commissioners Lloyd George, jtotl and Clemenceau drew up a new settlement. An Explanation Needed. Commenting upon the President's dismissal of Mr. Lansing on the unexplained charge of usurpa tlon of executive functions, the Charlotte Observer says that "perhaps the President did not regard it appropriate to Include apology and explanation in the notes which he presented to Mr. Lansing, the purpose of which was to make statement of a griev ance and secure an answer, reserving -Justification yor elaboration at another time." Which interpretation of an act that has filled the country with Justifiable questions on the rea sons therefor is as far as Mr. Wilson could expect his best friends to. go with the evidence before them. For the President, disregarding real differ ences of opinion on foreign policy which stood be tween him and his sncretnry of state, asked for resignation on the charge of usurpation, an indict ment on which Mr. Lansing could bo impeached. The country has light to expect that, If the President has evidence of deliberate usurpation by Lansing, or other malfeasance, he will make it known. Mr. Wilsons liberal opponents in politics acknowledge thift he is a treat and far-sighted statesman. Ills most discriminating friends ad mit that In many smaller matters the President is "near-sighted,1' as Mr. Grasty, owner ot the Balti more Sun, expresses it. But none but those Im pelled by bltttr hatred of the President and all his works have heretofore accused him of being ca pable of deliberate injustice. With oply the facts now before thrm as guide to Judgment, the people are bound to think that the President's treatment of Mr. Lansing was unjustified. Editor of The Citizen: May I briefly comment upon the Ion- and labored etter from a Mr. Daniels of New York in vmir t.n aay; a leuer designed ir one can find a design to shoo the good people of our part of North Carolina, against the dangers to democracy and uui- u umei ana nresiaes or a Hoover propaganda. it tner ever was a oroDaaranda" aheolutelv honest, spontaneous, and representative of the best common sense of America. ye.low Hearst and this Mr. Daniels to the contra rv notwithstanding it i "" ine oniy dangers in it, and they are not great. are 10 me "macmnes" or Doth parties. The day haa passed when democrat and reDubllcan mean vitally differing policies. Tariff has lost its im portance. We are all Americans, striving In this umicuii. era mat tne worm war has forced upon us, to use a little common sense In our politics, and not play Into the practiced hand of those who, for purpose of office, would guide our Innocent steps. And Mr. Hodver. like Roosevelt, reanecta the slty for "machines" in so far as they play square; and considers merit alone. I happen to know, having been a "dollar-a-vear- man myself under Mr. Hoover, that If there were. as Mr. Daniels state, more than fifty per cent, of the employe of the food administration republi cans, it meant no more, than if it were to be found that more than fifty per cent of the employes of the Red Cross Were republicans. And I know that the loyalty and devotion and trust felt for our cmei as we caned him, was one hundred per cent. . As to the absurdities of chean aDDeal to small- ness In some human natures. In declaring the few newspapers and men who have actually come out ior noover, to ds dominated Dy, or to be, "multi millionaires," or in even more unwarrantedlv de- clarlng Hoover himself to be such. I shall leave to common sense whether any .candidate who appeals to intelligence can fail to have the Intelligent be hind him. whether rich or comDaratlvelv nnnr. eventually. In a spontaneous movement, of any kind, some means of attack can always be un earthed against the sponsors. As to Mr. Hoover representing the nickers th grain men, or others, there again attack is one thing and knowledge another. Of course Mr. Hoover had to use In the meat division of hi administration men who knew something of world movements and practical distribution, of meats, and similarly in grain, etc. Of course some of them were, genuinely patriotic and some deceived him. If not for long. Mr. Hoover is only human. I know of one Important individual who thought he deceived him up to the time the armistice, but he only deceived himself, and was allowed to work efficiently, but always watched. Personally, If any party is to be "disrupted" by having Hoover for its candidate, it Is quite as likely to be the republican, I thinks) 'it will be a fortunate party that is to be so disrupted, I wish it might be both. HERBERT MILES. Asheville, February 17. "IV THE DAY'S NEWS." Sixty-five years old today is Jean Jules Juaserand. who has been French ambassador at Washington for eigh teen year and during that period ha constantly labored to vivify and make ever closer thefrlendshlp the "bind ing tenderness," to use his own ex presslon which from the very birth of the republlo has existed between France and the United States. Am bassador Jusserand was born at Lyons and earlv acquired a taste for English. He recalls how his father's library contained the works of Fenimore Cooper and Nathaniel Hawthorne alongside of English classics. He en tered ths French diplomatic service In ISIS and hi first appointment abroad was in London, where he served as consul. Mr. Jusserand has n wide re putation in the world of letters as well as In diplomacy. He has written many book both in Frenoh and English, but his principal work is the "Literary History of the English People." TOD. AY'S ANNIVERSARIES. 1776- Wllllam Scarborough, one of ths builders of the Savannah, the first steamship to cross the Atlantic, born at Belfast, a C. Died In New York, June 11, 18S8. 1820 United. States senate passed the Missouri Compromise bill. 1828 More than 100 vessels lost In a great storm at Gibraltar. 1870 Texas ratified the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments to the federal constitution. 1878 Charlotte Cusham, the first great American actress, died In Boston. Born there, July 23, 1818. 1892 Arthur J. Balfour Introduced, the Irish local government bill In the house of commons. 1893 Frances E. Wlllard, founder of the world's W. C. T. U., died in New York city. Born at Churchville, N. Y., September 28, 1889. 1900 Colenso was re-occupied by the British under Gen. Buller. Business Consultants- Talk to any business man of broad vision regarding the things that make for commercial success and he will almost invariably pay tribute to his banking affiliations. Competent bankers are sor.ici.hing vastly more than custodians of cash, currency and collateral. They are also close students of business economics and frequently their advice is decidedly more valuable than any financial backing that may be required. Our officers will be glad to confer with you in regard to your business problems. Wachovia Bank & Trust Co. Capital and Surplus, $2,000,000 Member Federal Reserve System ONE TEAR AGO TODAY IN THE WAR. Italy refused to arbitrate her terrl torlal claims In Dalmatia. Austria restored 8200,000,000 In treasure taken from Trlste during the war. CONVENTIONS OPENING TODAY. San Francisco Regional convention of the W. C. T. U. Winnipeg Western Canada Dairy association. Des Moines Central and Northeast ern Iowa Lumber association. Charlotte, N. C. Tri-State Medical association. MAXWELL, PELL CONTEST AROUSES MUCH INTEREST Judge Pell Commended For His Recent Statement on Appointment. I I STRENGTH and SECURITY Are the Foundations Upon Which COURTESY and SERVICE Are Building Up Our Bank . American National Bank Charter Member Federal Reserve System National Bank Protection for Savings and 4 Compound Interest WHEN RICHMOND WAS EVACUATED. Editor of The Citizen : I am the oldest member of Trinity church. I read your editorials daily and I notlffed in a recent one you discussed the opening of the churohes dur ing the Influensa and made a statement with which i wisn to diner. "That church servlst-s could nnt continue during a bombardment." l was In Rluhmond, Va., during the evacuation and was attending a service in St. Paul's church which continued during tho most terrible exnlo- sioas, as the order had been given to destroy all the ammunition before evacuating the city. Gen. Lee and President Davis were called out of church to consult my brother. Col. Wm. LeRoy Brown, who was in cnarge ot tne ordnance department. They, decided to move the artillery to Lynchburg for safety before the evacuation. I wish also to add that co-operative prayer of several earnest sou b In one accord would be more powerful than the prayers of one. For we aro told that "where two or three are gathered together there am 1 in the midst of them. MRS.-S. J. STEVENS. Asheville, February 17. STREET SKATING. why is t enforced VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. OIL PROJECTS WILD CAT AND OTHERWISE. Editor of The Citizen: Martin Rothan, "beinK a citizen of Asheville and engaged in the production of oil." haa taken strenu ous exception to my article on "How the Wild Cat Oil Scheme Works." recently published In The Clti ten. Had Mr. Rothan not rung in a string of fig ures on Texas production, which should have ap peared in the advertising columns, and lntentiona.ly or otherwise created the impression that wlldcatMng took place in Kentucky aloac, I would not dignify his article by an answer. . It is not my Intention or desire to enter a con troversy with an oil promoter who lives thousands of miles from the Texas oil fields, and I know It Is not the policy ot The Citizen to have individuals air their differences through its columns, so this 'la my final statement regarding the story. Mr. Rothan admits I am well "posted as to oil wild catting in his own district, Winchester, Ky." Now I'll show I am better posted on Texas production than he would have people who read my artlole believe. lie devotes quite a lot of his "answer" to figures Editor of The Citizen: Will you allow me a small spare in your pape to ask a few questions in regard to children skating realized that If skating is. against the law only on one or two streets? I am perfectly willing my children should be deprived the pleasure of using their coaster wagons and skates if all tho other children in Asheville must do the same, but it tny children must suffar to please "spoiled babies" or "childless grown ups" that humor their nerves, then I object. What are healthy boys supposed to do In a city where there are no skating rinks or parks? Should they sit on the steps and hum soft tunes or stay inside and read fairy tales? sincerely, MRS. J. LOME EVERHART. Asheville, February 17. QUESTIONS ON HEALTH BOARD REGULATION Editor of The CKiien: Why, In these days when our churches and schoois are closed to avoid crowds, do our health authorities permit merchants to hold widely ad vertised special bargain sales, deliberately planned to draw large crowds together? J quote a line from an ad In your paper of Monday, February 16th: "To make this a big week, we are putting back the tables that brought us a rush last week." Does It not seem that this is carrying 'business as usual" a little too far? Do the people of Ashe ville really consider business more Important than education or religion? Hasn't It that appearance? W. A. VENABLE Asheville, February 17. HIS MODEST REQUEST. Mr. Goodsob Well, what do you Want? Benny the Bunl I wanna know kin I borry a red lantern oft'n you? I And I gotta sleep in the street tonight an' I'll halfta warn the traffic to drive aroun' m. From the Columbia, State. EXACTITUDE. "Hiram." said Mrs. Corntossel, "It was going too far for you to say our boy Josh isn't worth his salt." Mebbe 'twas. Salt so dear. But I 11 hang to it that the wax he's workin' now Josh ain't worth his on production ana arming reports in tne xexasugar. r rom me wasnington star. Asheville Cltisen Bureau, i 402 Merohants' Bank I Building. (By JULE 8. WARDEN. RALEIGH, Feb. 17. The contest over the appointment of A. J. Max well or Judge George P. Pell, of the state corporation commission to a place on the Interstate commerce commission, continues to be the chief subject of talk about the capltol. There is general commendation of the stand taken by Judge Pell in his statement of Saturday when he wald he considered It more Important that some man' from North Carolina be on the interstate commerce commission than that hit own "desires or asplra tions be gratified." The judge did not believe either he or Mr. Maxwell would be named by the president if the names of both men were placed before the presi dent, and said be did not wish to hinder Mr. Maxwell If his friends continued to push him for the place. There seems little Indication that the Maxwell friends and supporters have any intention of quitting the cam paign they started sometime ago without Maxwell's knowledge or con sent. As a matter of fact the pub lication of the fact that Maxwell's name would be presented to the presi dent has aroused a great- deal of In terest from all sections of the state, and especially from the eastern sec tion of North Carolina and In Char lotte. . , Maxwell today said he still had no statement to make about the propo sition pther than that he did not In tend to make a race for the lob. If the appointment came to him through the efforts of people who thought he could serve the state and the nation In the capacity of a com missioner in Washington, he would- be glad to go there, although, he the work of the cor poration commission, acting as tax commission In North Carolina was doing now, was a very important piece of constructive work. Likewise Judg Pell said that he had no statement to make about the unusual contest between two mem bers of the same commission today. He showed letters he had received from a number of members of con gress In which they told him they would be willing to aid in furthering nis candidacy, and from the sena tors who said that they had present ed his name to the president for ap pointment for the place. Locally, It seems that there is sentiment in Washington for both men. but It' is generally believed that Pell's boom reached Washington first althousb the Maxwell boom was started 'In North Carolina before either of the two commissioners considered setting into the contest. Cranmer's Appointment Delivered' The delegation of Southport citi zens who came to Raleigh on Sunday for ths purpose of interesting the governor In the appointment of E. H Cranmer to succeed Jule. W. P. Stacy. resigned, remained long enough to thank ths governor for an ticipating, their mission and. appoint ing their man before they got here. Tbey got the Official appointment Of the Southport attorney and delivered it to him m person today. Another man came to ses ths governor about the appointment of another man, for he did pot find out that tns plaos had already been filled. . Following his usual custom Gov ernpr Bickett made the appointment On Saturday night, soon after ha had received ths announoanMBt of the resignation of Judge Stacy. Who will re-enter ton. There AUTOMOBILE SHORTAGE If you are planning to buy a car this spring you had better get one Tight now and not wait. There will be an unprece dented demand this year apd deliveries are very slow. The threatened freight strike may delay shipments for months. We have a few CHEVROLET 490 TOURING cars on the floor. Price, $83$. delivered to you completely equipped. If you want one, better speak quickly. ERSKINE MOTORS CO. i 78 N. Lexington Avenue POSITION WANTED AS LAUNDRESS I Wash Clothe snowy white and bring Sunshine to Your Home THE ROTAPEX ELECTRIC WASHER Phone 3409 for Demonstration PERCIVAL SHUTTLES, Repr 132 Spears Ave. for he was regarded as one of the most able Jurists in the state. He was appointed in 11S by Governor Craig and was eleoted In the 1914 election. Fu Much Hotter. Incomplete reports from the state today showed only 893 new cases of Influenza developing .during the past 24 hours. This is very much the smallest number that have come In during any day for the past two weeks. The paucity of the reports is also an Idicatlon, Dr. Register hopes, that the epidemio is On the down grade In the state. Some of the places which have been hardest hit showing steady de creases for the past few days David son county, one of these, sent in re ports of 293 new cases over Sunday, but that Is a decrease over other days. With the exception of Swain county, the disease seems to be Jet ting Into the eastern section. A Swain county doctor, who had made no pre vious reports, says that there have been about 800 cases there. Currituck county Is an example ot the spread of the disease in the east. About sou cases nave aeveiopea in the upper part of the county. Nash county reports tnai mere are bdoui a thousand cases there, while the little town of Manteo, on Roanoke island, sends in Its first report, of 11 cases developing there at the time ths re port was made. On the whole, how ever, the situation Is regarded as very much better. , VISITnfSTITUTION FOB BLINDED HEROES Mrs. Kesslcr Describes Fete Given at Boltefort Belgium NEW YORK, Feb. 17. At' the in vitation of ths queen of the Belgians George A. Kessler, president of the permanent blind relief war fund for soldiers and sailors of ths allies, Mrs. Kessler and Mrs. R. Valentine Web ster, secretaries general of the fund. Journeyed from Paris tb Brussels dur ing ths year-end holidays and motor ad with her to Boltsfort, near the Bel gian capital, to visit there the train ing institution for blinded soldiers maintained by ths fund. Mrs. Kssslsr, writing to headquart ers of ths fund at 690 Fifth avenue, New, Tork. described a fete given on , this occasion to ths sightless inmates. Eaoh was mads happy by a gift of a watch, rasor and a basket of fruit nil flowers oreeenied in a personal isr, on behalf ot ths permanent blind rslist war funa, gave juw rrancs tju; to each man. ! Mrs. Kessler Says it is impossioia to daaciibs ths Joy manifested at this kindly attention by these heroes who1 having recovered tneur snattarea fully with stout hearts the future in their new world of eternal night,' knowing that when they leave the institution they will be fully equipped to supplement their meagre govern ment pension by earning a good living at their chosen trade or profession. Feb. 17th, 20. Editor Citizen: Kindly allow me space in your Valu able paper to correct the impression .that 1 have apologized to our Com missioner of Public Safety for writing the article which brought abeut tho recent regrettable controversy In our Fire Department. The word "apology" haa been worked over-tlmo In the malty articles written about the reinstatement of myself, and I wish to state to the mis informed public that I have not apol ogized to the Commissioner-of Publlo Safety or anyono'elso for writing the letter about the ono-way street hamp ering the work of the Fire Depart ment. I have on repeated occasions told the' Commissioner of Public Safety that 1 meant no personal insult to him, but this is ss far towards the "so-called" apology as T have ever gone, or ever will, and I don't hesi tate here to say that I didn't mean the article as a personal insult to our Commissioner, but the article stands as written by me on January 18th In Its entirety and will stand as such so far aa an apology from me Is con cerned. There was nothing in the article which could have been taken as a personal insult, and seems a pity that the whole unfortunate matter can not be allowed to die out, now that it has been settled to ths entire satisfaction of thbse vitally concerned. , Yours very truly, It ERNEST W. DAVIS. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. I hereby announce myself as a candi date for the offic of Sheriff of Buncombe County. N. C , subject to the action of democratic primary to b held June Sth. 1920. J. H. REED. , Advt.T nrivtatt nrart is In Wilmln. i morals under ths experienced handling Btajy-s, decision ..te alt t tas bsnoii. ot thslr Instructors are facing; hope- WAYNESVTLLE, N. C SUYETA PARK HOTEL Only Steam Heated Hotel Q WaynesTuje . ' All Modern Conveniences. 'Open All the Year Specral Attention Given the Commercial Trade r i
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