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i HENDERSON VILLEIN. O . FRIDAY, JANUARY 11,. 1901
VOLUME XV..
No. 35.
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READ THIS
IT WILL SAVE YOD MONEY.
We move to our new store January 1,
and must close out all stock on hand
at VERY LOW PRICES.
HOW'S
, Standard Granulated Sugar, 16 lbs.
for $1.00.
Arbuekles Coffee, only 12Jc per lb.
Good Soda, now 2c.
A Landslide in Dress Goods.
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Beautiful double width. Suitings,
Plains aud Eancies, were 25c; now 15c.
1 lot Cashmeres, striped and fancy
colors, real value 50c; now 25c.
1000 yards assorted Serges, Plaids and
Brocade cloths, good value for 75c, cut
to 85c.
Special.
A big lot of Henrietta all wool Serges
and Plaids, were worth $1.00 to $1.25,
to move them quickly we make a good
bye of 50c &noi'e per yd.
A Whirl in Clothing. :
Now is your chance to save from $3
to $5 on that suit you have needed so
long, but put off buying Come before
your size is gone. Our $4 Suits, cut in
two, now $2.
All $ 6 Suits now $4
. Splendid Line of $8 Suits.
In Cheviots and Twills, take your
choice. $5.
Ten-Dollar. Ones.
Sea our $10 suits. They were great
at the -price, but the knife goes into
them and they are here in a variety of Hats tfet were '75c to $1, to move
styles at $7. 5 with a rush, we mark 50c.
We mean business and have made
prices that will astonish the public. v
You can afford to come a great dis
r tahee by train or private conveyance.
. r Partake ot our feast ofbargains these and others
too numerous to mention.
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ICe3D.d.ersor3.TTllle. O.
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Our prices on these articles are right.
Satisfaction given or money refunded.
Our Stock of TOOTH BRUSHES, PERFUMERY
and such Toilet Articles is up-to-date, and prices
are consistent with quality of goods.
Pext door to Jphnston's Hendersonvile, Hi, C ?
The Woodland Cafe,
i'o. 36 South Main street,
Is still the leading restaurant of Asheville.
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Good Shoe. News.
We are just in time to do you a good
turn in that Shoe bill you have delayed
buying. Shoes that fit, Shoes that
wear, Shoes that make your feet glad,
Shoes for the whole family and never
at such prices before. A big line of
$2.50 Shoes, now $1.50.
A splendid line of $3.50. Shoes, now
$2.5b.
Our $1.75 Shoes reduced to $1.25.
Good serviceable Shoes, were $1.50;
now only $1.00.
A Big Tumble In Shirts.
Can't begin to tell you of the bar
gains, but will mention a line of nice
goods that were cheap at 75c and $1, to
go at 50c. Come quick, they can't stay
at these prices.
Come Get a collar.
Latest shapes, all sizes, were 15c; now
8c.
"Where Did You get that Hat?"
At Wilson's of course and at half oth
ers ask. Bring your head quick and
we will fit you. Fine Pur Hats in Fed
ora and Dunlap styles, were $2.50, now
$1.50, .
Big assortment '$1.50 Hats, all styles,
cnoice tor $i.
J. F. Brooks & Co.
Prescription wcrfe a Specialty.
Our stock of Drugs and Chem
icals the best to be had.
I, J. F. Brooks, give personal attention to
: i . compounding.
We call, your attention to a few specialties :
WHITE PINE AND SPRUCE BALSAM,
WORM SYBUP, SARSAPARILLA, .
VEGETABLE LIVER PILLS.
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Propnesor. f
ramu LETTER,
Progress Made by the Senate in
Considering Army, Reorganization.
Report on River and tf arbor Bill.
Washington, Jan. 7th. The senate
has made considerable progress iu con
sidering the army reorganization bili,
and, although no time has been set for
a vote, it is believed that the bill will
be passed daring this week. The de
bate has compelled the opponents of
the bill to acknowledge that the troops
provided for in the bill are needed in
the Philippines. They have been com
pelled to base their opposition on de
tails of the bill, and some of them have
gone so far as to propose furnishing
the men in some other way. There is
no likelihood of such a proposition
being accepted, however, as with the
exception of Senator Hoar, every re
publican is believed to. be prepared to
vote for the bill. He is - the only re
publican who has spoken against it.
Senator Teller rather amused hi3 col
leagues by stating that he-wiihdrew
his speech of two years ago, in which
he scoffed at imperialism under the
American flag, and professed to see
imperialism in the acts of the Philip
pine Commission, which is engaged in
setting up civil government in the
pacified portions of the Philippines.
Some of the democrats pretend to see
in the bill discrimination against the
volunteer officers now in the Philip
pines, but that is the veriest nonsense
The report on the river and harbor
bill, submitted by Chairman Burton,
contains much information concerning
the appropriations carried by that bili,
a total of $59,935,415. The total num
ber of improvements provided for is
408, of which 232 are rivers and 146
harbors. These were selected from
improvements aggregating $300,000,
000, which United Siiates Army engi-;
neers bad estimated for.
Both supporters and opponents of
the oleomargarine bill passed by the
fhouze, are putting forth their fttroiigefct
arguments in the hearings before the
senate committee on agriculture.
Present indications are that the bill
will be favorably reported to the sen
ate, but whether it will get acted upon
will depend largely upon other legisla
tion. '
Senator McComas predicts the for
mation of a socialist party in the
United States with Mr. Bryan for its
leader and candidate for president.
He cites Mr. Bryan's speeches in the
late campaign as proof that he is al
ready moreofa socialist than anything
else.
V Those who pretend to see antagonism
to the ship subsidy bill in the vote of
the senate giving the army reorgani
zation bill the right of way held by the
shipping bill are ignoring the facts
It was agreed at the time the shipping
bill was made the regular business of
the senate that if it were not disposed
of when the army "bill, which is an
urgency measure, was reported to the
senate, it should give way to that
measure. That the move was in no
way prejudicial to the shipping bill was
shown by the fact that not a single vote
was cast against the motion to put the
army bill ahead.
Some surprise was felt and expressed
by the republican leaders of the house,
who had - long ago decided that the
question of the restriction of suffrage
in the South should not be taken up at
this I session of Congress when1 Repre
sentative Olmsted, without conferring
with anyone, and entirely upon his
own responsibility, offered a resolution
providing that such an investigation
should be made , before the re-apportionment;
bill was acted upon. Al
though Mr. Olmsted had a perfect
right to do this, it was somewhat sor
prising, and of course, could have but
one ; result, the shelving of his resolu
tion by sending it to the census com
mittee. Even if there had been no
other . objection, it would not be pos
sible to procure the information upon
winch to make even the most hurried
investigation within the life of the
present congress. There .was a re
grettable wrangle between Chairman
Hopkins, of the census committee, the
author of 4he committee reapportion
ment bill, and Representative little
field, of Maine, who is supporting the
substitute introduced by Representa
tive Burleigh, of Maine, in which both
gentlemen used . unparliamentary
language, and had to be called to order
by : Acting-Speaker - Dalzell. It is
natural enough that Mr. Litllefield and
the other Maine members should sup
port the Burleigh bill, which retains
the present number of mdmbers from
their state, while the Hopkins bill re-,
duces it by one, but it is none the less
regrettable that he should have ?een
fit to make a personal attack upon Mr
Hopkins in supporting the bill. The
fight over this bill is likely to go on all
this week. It is.entirely outside of
party lines.
THE WORLD'S MONEY.
Great Increase in the Production of
Gold in Recent Years.
The annual report of George E. Rob
erts, director of the mint, will prove in
teresting reading to students of cur
rency questions. The collection of
complete statistics regarding the mon
ey suppJy of the world was only begun
at the Mint Bureau within thp past de
cade, but careful research has brought
toget her some interest ing figures .of the
supply of money in the leading com
raeroia! countries in 1873. .The total
stock then reported was about $4,600,
000,000, of which more than half was
was in paper money not fully covered
by metallic reserves. The situation at
the beginning of 1900 showed a total
monetary stock of about $11,600,000,
000. of which but little more than one
fourth was in uncovered paper. The
actual amount of paper money in cir
culation is greater than these figures
Indicate, but a portion is omitted from
the net statistics because it is covered
dollar for dollar by the great gold and
silver reserves of the countrieswhere
the money is issued. It is considered
a fair statement of the monetary con
dition of the country to set off these
reserves against the paper which they
cover and estimate the actual paper
margin only at theamouutin excess of
tne reserves.
It appears then that while the total
money supply of the world has in
creased about $7,000,000,000 in less than
thirty : years, the increase in gold has
been about $3,600,000,000, in silver
about $2 750,000,000, ? nd in uncovered
paper on ly about $650,000, 000. A large
proportion of the increase in gold has
taken place within the short space of
seven years. The great outburst of ac
tivity in the mining of gold which fol
lowed the suspension of the coinage of
silver in India and the United Stater,
involving the rapid devlopement of
th mines of South Africa and the
Klondike region, with the increased
output of Australia and California, has
resulted, therefore, in supplying nearly
the entire monetary needs of the world,
without resort to any material increase
in' the net supply of paper money in
circulation.
Mr. Roberts has recently made pub
lic his preliminary estimate of the pro
duction of gold and silver in the United
Statesduring the year just ended. The
aggregate of gold is given as 3,837,218
fine ounces, valued at $79,322,281, and
of silver, 59,610,543 fine ounces, which
at the approximate average price of 61
cents for the year makes the value $36,
362,431. During the calender year 1899
the ld production was $71,053,400
and the silver t production 54,764,500
fine ounces. North Carolina's contri
bution is gold to the value of $51,018
and silver to the amount of 13,092 fine
ounces. The value of the latter may
be put at about $8009.
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPflENT.
The
statistics Show a Wonderful
Growth in the Past Half
Century.
We have always been distinctively
an agricultural country. Our climate
and soil are well adapted to the many
products of the farm. Our fathers saw
this advantage and, it became the cor
nerstone of our commerce, trade and
wealth. In the words of Daniel Web
ster: " Agriculture feeds, to a great ex
tent it clothes us; without it we should
not have manufactures; we should not
have commerce. They all stand to
gether like pillars in a cluster, the larg
est in the center, and that largest is
agriculture."
The increase in the amount of some
of the staple crops grown in the United
States within the past fifty years may
be seen from the following summary.
The wheat crop in 1850 was about 100,
500,000 bushels', and in 1900, 550,000,
000 ; corn in the same time has in
creased from less than 600,000,000 bush
els to more than two billion ; the ag
gregate of oats, rye. and barley has in
creased more than five-fold. Cotton is
credited with - less than 2,500,000 bales
and over 10,000,000 now, and tobacco
has increased from less than 200,000,"
000 pounds to 450,000,000. -
LEGISLATURE MEETS,
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 9. The Gener
eral Assembly convened today at noon.
Tomorrow - the message of Governor
I Russell will be read in both houses.
FRUITLAND
SPRING TERM OF FIVE MONTHS BEGINS NOV. 26.
Besides the regular course, special attention
will be given during this term to the Normal and Music
Departments. It is important that students entering
for Spring Term should get in by the time it opens.
The school has a present enrollment oV over on
hundred and seventy students, a corps of experienced
teachers, active Literary Societies, and a religious lif
productive of Christian, culture.
CHEAPNESS OF TUITION UNEXCELLED.1
Board frpm $3.00 to,$6.00 per month.
Fpr further information, apply to
15 r. PO WELL,, JI. Principal,
' Fruitland, JVl (71
xio tliei? D eluge !
Is being overflowed with new goods. A constant stream
of goods coming in and -high prices are
completely swept away ! .
Customers have no time for delay, for Xmas is fast approaching
ancUhe only way to escape the destruction of high prices is through
the leadership of J. B. LYDA, who will guide vou safely to his BAR
GAIN BANQUET at the Racket Store where vou will express your
gratitude for deliverance from the ravages of High Prices by spend
ing your money with him. ,
Don't wait with gloomy forebodings until the last minute.
Come early, for seeing is fre and believing easy here. We
give you the cream of CANDIES at skim milk prices.
There is nothing lacking in our line oil DELF, GLASS, TIN.
STEEL AND WOOD. y '
We are poor at bragging but rich in bargains. If you want
anything in the line of
you can find it here from a handkerchief to a suit of clothes.
A thousand soldiers may fight, but only one can lead, and
J. B. Lyda is leading Santa Claus' army, as usual, with
all that his majesty could want for Holidays.
Where the bees are, there's the honey,
Where the bargains are. spend your money!
At -lYDA'S RACKET STORE,
Opposite Court House.
FRESH HUYLER'S CANDIES JUST RECEIVED.
THE JUSTUS PHARMACY, HENDERSONVILLE, N. C.
M FALK'S MUSIC HOUSE,
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Packard Piano, 8850,
Maivoifiia ffipve Piano, $300.
Alexander Piano, 250
FAIR AND & VOTEY ORGANS from $50 lo $12-5.
BANJOES, GUITARS; MANDOLINS, VIOLINS AND STRINGS.
You buy as cheap by mail as by person.
55 South JUain,
Do You Want a Situation
You can secure one through Shockley's Agency Commercial Em
ployment. We want NOW, Fifty Men to work on Bridge Aniston,
Ala,; seven first-class mechanics to go to Texas, fifty first-class Car
penters, to go to Ala. Three first-class Book-keepers and Steno's,
North and South Carolina. One first-class Steno (male) Asheville,
N. C r one sales-lady and two traveling men, salary about $50 per mcv
Over Fifty-one Situations
were secured the past six months. Costs nothing to investigate
Please write or call at once.
Shockley's Age. Com'l Emp't;,
- Asheville, N. C.
The New Store,
C a. HYDK&, BSC. j Co.
Just across Railroad from the Depot, a"
HENDERSONVILLE, II. C.
Give us your orders for ; "
GOOD DRY STOVE and OAK WOOD. .
' Also for GROCERIES. TINWARE and PRODUCE.
Free Delivery. -' - . -' .
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INSTITUTE.:
The Host Suitable
Christmas Gifts
Are t hose which combine beauty
elegance and taste with utitity.
We have a nice, select assort
ment of useful and good presents
articles that will be appreciated.
Just drop in and look over oar
line. Nothing nicer need be
looked for.
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JMshcville, JY; C.
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