VOLUME XV.
HENDERSONVILLE, N. C FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1901
No. 50.
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WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR HARDWARE,
Stoves, Farming Implements, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Glass, etc.
We are sole agents for Masury's Liquid Paints, and National Wall
Coating, Lynchburg, Boy Carbon und Syracuse Plows, Imperial Har
rows and Cultivators, Jones Chain Mowers aud Lever Binders and
Hay Rakes, Nisson Wagons. Full line of Single and Double Harness,
Collars and Bridles, Check Lines, etc. Best line of Pocket Knives
in the United States. To see our line of Mechanics' Tools is to buy.
We carry the best assorted liue of Table Cutlery, Carving Sets and
spoons in the city.
WF. Edwards, Henderson ville, ft. C.
JoIitj ston's
GREAT CLE ARIfiTG
OUT
To close business, Prices Out in
goods for 50 cents..
Fancy New Chinese Matting
Fast colored prints 3J,c.
Fast colored lawns 34c.
Colored outing flannel 4 c.
Apron ginghams 4 c.
Colored Pique 5 c.
White Nainsook checks 5 c.
White lawn checks 5 c
White lawn stripes 5 c.
vv hi te curtain scrim 5 e.
Ecru curtain scrim. 5 c.
Colored Dimity lawn ... 5 c.
Refulgent silk... 6 c.
Scotch lawn 6 c.
Yard-wide Percale ................. 6 c.
39 riAIN STREET.
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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 5f goods.
Hext doer to Johnston's, Henderscnville, IL CL
SOMETHING IN GLASS
very different from the usual, is gener
ally to be found in our stock of
, REAL AND IMITATION CUT
CLASS, CRYSTAL AND PLAIN,
and. prices are sure to be less than
the average,
We make it a point to hunt up and
secure-things which the factories
have (just produced, and which are
of new design. a.
Opposite Hotel Imperial.
if WHERE PHOTOGRArfWY
LEAVES OFF ' .
. X aa BEGIN with pencil and brush. From any good photograph
nno Rnnsrifir "Enlarirpd Portraits, in Cravon-nd
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Pastel. Remember as when you
BROCK, Studio 39 Patton
FOE STABLE
AND BARN,
We have a fine and fall line of'
implements and "handy'' ar 1
ticles generally, wheelbarrows, I
shovels, bay and manure forks,
pitchforks, brushes of many I
sorts, etc. In fact it would be I
hard to name a barn or stable i
accessory we can't supply from
our stock any thing we haven't i
on hand at the moment we'll ,
get for you on short notice. ,
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SALE.
Two.
One dollar's worth of
14. 15, 16, and 18 cents.
Best quality cloth window
shades, spring rollers ......... 30 c.
Curtain poles with gilt trim
mings complete 25 c.
Yard-wide cnrtain Swiss mus
lin 10 c.
Embroidery edgings and in
sertions 3c., 5c, 7c and 9 c.
Ladies' white and colored
yacht hats 35 c.
Missed fine leghorn hats 50c, 75 c.
Gents' fine fur hats, $3 quality
for.... ....... $1.50
J. F. Brooks & Co,
Prescription work a Specialty.
Our stock of Drugs and Chem
icals the best to be had.
I, J. F. Brooks, give personal attention to
compounding.
We call your attention to a few specialties :
WHITE PINE AND SPRUCE BALSAM,
WORM SYBUPSARSAPARILLA,
VEGETABLE LIVER PILLS.
YOU WISH
TO GET THE
NEW HEW BOOKS
OR IF YOU WISH THE
GOOD Pound Paper,
write to
BAINBRIDGE'S
BOOK SHOP,
Artists'
flaterials.
47 Patton Ave.,
Asheville.
H. H. CARSON Dentist.
Teeth Extracted Without Pain
-SATISFACTION
Guaranteed all Operations,
office veRj. rickman's store....
NDERSON VILLE, N C
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want the BEST. -.
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A New Cuban Problem For Sec
retary Root Affairs in San
Domingo.
A Busy Week for President McKin-
Iey Conditions in the Philippines-?
Observance of Arbor Day.
Washington, D. C, April 22, Presi
dent McKinley has started on a very
busy week the last he will spend in
Washington until after the middle of
June. There are lots of important
matters that must be disposed of before
he starts on his long trip, and in order
to find the time to do his part of the
work he has bad to announce tnat bei
would eee no callers except on impor :
tnnt. nr.hllft hn.biA&a T?c fcnftmal an- I
pointment he will meet the two new
senators from Nebraska. Senator
Dietrich he knows very well, but he
will meet Senator Millard "or the first
time.
Gen MacArthur cables that Aguin
aldo's manifesto acknowledging Amer
ican sovereignty of the Philippines
has been well received and that he
has no doubt it will very shortly put
an end to all armed resistance to our
authority; also that the frauds in the
commissary department a. Manila are
being thoroughly investigated. -
THE PRESIDENT AND- THE SOUTH.
Judge J. W. Dimick, the Alabama
member of the republican national
committee, wbo is now in Washing
ton, said of the political outlook: Tbe
republican nominee for the presidency
in 1904 will undoubtedly figure promi
nently in the congressional campaign
of next year. Thus farjthere have been
absolutely no st ntimeuts expressed in
the south about candidates, so far as I
know. I do not believe President Mc
Kinley will try in the least to influ
ence the selection of his republican
successor, but inherently, whether he
will or not, his administration "is cer
tain to have no small power in naming
tb man so far as the south is concern
ed. Mr. McKinley has done marvels
for the south since he became presi
dent and democrats as well as republi
cans recognize-the fact." ' T'
ARBOR DAY.
The department of agriculture ob
served Arbor Day by formal exercises,
including an address by Secretary Wil
son -aud the planting of several trees
in the grounds of the department, one
of them an oak, named in honor of
Hon Jeremiah M. Busk, former sec
retary of agriculture. Secretary Wil
son believes this official example is the
best way to encourage the general ob
servance of Arbor Day by tree plant
ing throughout the country, and he in
tends to repeat it annually.
A NEW CUBAN PROBLEM.
Secretary Root has had a new Cu
ban problem presented for his consid
eration, and it is a knotty one, too..
When the Fo raker amendment pro
hibiting the granting of public fran
chises in Cuba during its occupancy by
the United States military authorities
went through congress, almost with
out opposition, there was a special en
actment, intended for the benefit of
the sugar plantations and other indus
tries, permitting the owners of land in
Cuba to build railroads thereon with
out government permission. Taking
advantage of that, a wealthy syndicate
mostly Canadians, beaded by Sir Will
iam Van Hrne, bought a t rip of land
two hundred miles long, between San
ta Clara and Santiago, and started the
construction of a railroad. There was
no trouble about getting right of way
across the jurisdictions of the several
Cuban municipalities along its route,
their right in that direction having
been left them, out it was soon discov
ered that the railroad could not i ross
a public highway without consent of
this firovernment. van florae nas
spenj. several days in Washington try
ing tx secure that consent. The Cub
ans are anxious that this railroad
should be completed, but Recretarj'
Root is in doubt whether giving the
' consent of this government to the
crossing of public highways by the
railroad would be a violation of the
Foraker anti franchise amendment.
Attornev General Knox has been
called upon to assist in solving the
problem.
INCREASED PROSPERITY.
The fiscal year ending June 30, 1901,
promises to beat the record in the val
ue of our exports. Last year they
reached the enormous amount of $1,
394,000,000, but the experts of the
treasury bureau of statistics are cer
tain tbat it will be largely exceeded
this year and confident that , the
amount will go beyona a billion and
a half dollars. At the close of March,
the Grain on last ear was more 1 than
$86,000,000. In this year's increase the
farmers of the country are the chief
beneficiaries, their products showing a
greater percentage of increase than
those of the manufacturers, while the
last two years the manufacturers were
the largest gainers. With this show
ing, added to the fact that this gov
ernment now owns more gold' than it
ever owned before and more than any
other government iu the world's re
corded history ever owned, surely re
publicans have a right to feel proud of
their administration, their congress
and their pa'rty.
CONDITIONS IN SAN DOMINGO.
Senator Frye, who has just return
ed from a visit to San Domingo, where
he went for a rest, said of that island:
'"We do not want San Domingo,
not even as a gift. The natives think
we do, however. They are nuspicious
of everything an American does. It
would be a good thing for them, but a
bad thing for us, if we took the coun
try. The officials of San Domingo are
a. fine lot. There are ten in every
place where one would be sufficient.
ThejT have no modern improvements
and don't seem to want to advance.''
Practical Education.
Editors Times: Most people admit
the importance of education, but there
is great diversity of opinion as to what
education means. Ancient languages
no longer hold the prominent position
they once held. The great demand
now is for practical education. That
is a very good thing to aim at, but un
fortunately our schools often seem to
miss the mark and the result is some
thing that is neither practical nor edu
cation.
Take a simple illustration Surely
a man who has a ''practical" educa
tion should at least be able to write a
decent business letter; and yet there
are many business houses whose corre
spondence is disfigured by the most
elementary errors The bad spelling
which is so common is attribu
table of course to the stenographer. Is
it not time to realize that a stenogra
pher who cannot spell is not fit for his
business? Theu there are grammati
cal mistakes which any one with the
simplest kind of education ought to be
able to avoid; and in addition to actu
al mistakes we frequently find awk
ward and ciumsy modes of expression
which spoil the general effect of a
letter and sometimes obscure its mean
ing. Education should not be confined to
the ability to spell and write a respec
table letter, but at least it should in
clude these things. It is well to know
something of science, history, and
modern and even ancient languages,
but at any rate we should be able to
speak and write our own language.
There are plenty of people who will
spend money learning to play football
at a university, or travel hundreds of
miles to take a six weeks course in el
ocution, when - they woula do much
better to stay at home and learn U
spell and write. Student.
Attention Ex-Confederates.
A. Caunon, B. T. Morris and I have
been made a committee to report all
facts we have or can obtain, tending
to the correction of the roster of the
soldiers from North Carolina who
were in the Confederate army, and by
revision to perfect the same; and have
been urged by a late letter from
our State Audiior, Dr. Dixon, to enter
upon the work at once.
We therefor appeal lo each comrade
from Henderson count' to aid by re
porting within 10 days from the 25th
of April, uany eriors in name, rank,
company or regiment iu the roster; 4
volumes now on file in the clerk's of
flee; also all names ommitted &c, from
Henderson county. Report to any
member of the committee do it iu time
and in writing.
This may be the last effort made to
present the whole truth and do justice
to men who wore the Gray. Tne 14th
regiment, commanded by Col. Henry,
has no place in the roster as printed,
except the names of a few officers and
those very erroneous. If any members
of the regiment, from any county, will
send me names and company, so tar as
they remember, I will try and get it in
the revision. The committee will
please meet in Hendersonville at 10 a.
m. May 6, 1901.
S. v. Pickens,
Ch'mn. Com.
Noted Books Written in Prison.
New York Press.
John Bunyan wrote the best part of
his "Pilgrim's Progress" in Bedford
jail, and Roger Bacon, while incarcer
ated by order of the pope, wrote his
treatise on ''Tte Meaus of Avoiding
the Infirmities of Old Age.'' Daniel
Defoe wrote his 'Review" in prison,
and Thomas Paine wrote the first part
of his "Age of Reason" while Robes
pierre's pris.ner in Paris. Even Will
iam Penn was a prison author, for
while in the tower of Loudon he wrote
"No Cro38, No Crown." Sir Walter
Raleigh, Sir Thomas Gray, Richard
Lovelace. Wollett, Voltaire, Smollett,
Thomas Cooper, Cobbett, Dr. Dodd,
Combe, James Montgomery, Robert
Taylor, Langley, Nugenius, William
O'Brien and many others equally fam
ous, wrote important works in jail.
Presbytery to Meet Here.
The Presbytery of Asheville
will
meet in the Presbyterian church here
on next Tuesday, April 30th at 8 p. m.
at which time there will be a sermon
by the last moderator.
All the meetiugs of Presbytery are
open to the public and all are cordially
invited. Preaching may be expected
every day at eleven and every night
at 8 p. m.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
HILLIARD HARDWARE HOUSE,
S. H. HILLIARD, Proprietor.
-SUCCESSOR TO-
M. T. JUSTUS.
DEALER IN-
SA&Ii, BLIm DOOKS AND
GENERAL HARDWARE.
WEATHER
HeaVy storm, followed by oc
casional showers, interspersed
with sunshine. There has been
a tremendous storm of goods at
the Racket Store, tearing down ,
fences of high prices, washing'
away bridges to Hard Times and
overflowing the banks of the
silver stream, Money.
There will be showers of bar
gains throughout the season,
and well-selected material, at
tractive patterns and consistent
prices are sunshine to our cus
tomers, for I prefer to sell a3
low as I can rather than as high
as I might, I cordially invite
you to give us an opportunity
to prove this statement by sell
ing you Dress goods of various
descriptions, from 3 cents per
yard up. Shoes at way down
prices.
Anything in the line of earth
en ware, from flower pots to
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No difficulty about getting a situation as soon as you are proficient.
We have an old operator for this department who gives all his time
and attention to the work.
We Want 7 Students to Start at Once,
Our terms are reasonable. Good board at low rates. You pay
your tuition by the month if that suits you best. If you are at all in
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Write today. Address,
An Up-to-Date
Optical Parlor.
Everything an optical store
should have will be found here,
and everything we have is th
best the makers can make, and
we won't ask you a cent too
much. We give your eyes the
most careful scientific test ; it
is the only safe way ; and ex
aminations costs you nothing.
Field UIiesss, Readisg Shi:?., Kigsi?;i:g G-lasse:.
SalpS5 2. L. M'K KB, Scientific Optician,
54 Patton Ave., opposite Postoffice, ASHEVILLE, N. C.
Burnette & Lambert,
Carriage and Wagon Mfrs.
REPAIRING, UPHOLSTERING
AND PAINTING DONE IN
FIRST-CLASS MANNER.
85, 87 & 89 S. lain St.
Asheville, N. C.
PREDICTION.
dainty table china, on which I
have clipped the wings of ex
travagant prices with the scis
sors of small profit.
My clothing department has
made itself a reputation on com
plete assortment, select mate
rial and broken prices. Come
and see for yourself that the
reputation has a solid founda
tion. ;
A chorus of praises are sung
over our assortment of notions,
for there, as elsewhere at the
Racket, short prices reach tall
values.
Racket Stere prices are so
close to cost that it causes a wail
from other merchants, "We
can't reach him. much less
teach him!"
Call and examine prices be
fore going elsewhere.
Just opposite Court House.
Yours for business,
IF YOU ARE
STILL SUFFERING
Wit h that cough and cold come to
our store and invest 25c and tako
home with yon a bottle of our SYB
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you will soon be well IT SOOTHES,
HEALS AND CURES. And white
curing yourself don't forget yottir
horses, cows and chickens. We havjs
the best remedies to keep them heal
thy and in line order. Come anil
see us about them.
Electro
. Knives, Forks, Spoons, etc.
Triple Silver. Watch Case?
and Jewelry, Gold. Doctors'
and Dentists' Instrumets, etc.,
nickel plated. Send for pricB
list.
S-22-4 Ti A. VINCENT,
No. '42 S. Main St., AsheTllle, N. C.
Plating.
v signature if on every box of the genuine
Axative BroisoQuinine Tablets
Itremedy that cures m eolrt In onedy
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