5
REPUBLICAN PARADE
COMPLETES CAMPAIGN
LARGE TURNOUT OF REPUBLI
CANS OF THE COUNTY.
The campaign was wound up In
Buncombe county with the Republican
horseback parade today, TP9 proces
sion started" shortly after nooii near
Smith's bridge and came up town via
Haywood street. The marshals were
W. H. Wilson and J. It. Wagner.
The parade consisted entirely of
mounted men and men In vehicles. The
horsemen rode by twos, and the pro
cession stretched . out a considerable
distance. The North Carolina Stat
band furnished good music (or the oc
casion. !"
At the head of the parade was a wa
gon containing an Immense picture of
McKlnley. Next came carriages con
taining Senator - Prltchard, , Judge
Adams, Richmond Pearson and other
prominent Republicans. Sympathizers
on the streets yelled enthusiastically' a
the procession passed, and many com
pllmentary remarks were passed on' the
appearance Of the . parade, which was
thoroughly creditable to the party
management, .
There was a large turnout of the Re
publicans of the county, and the parade
might have been of indefinite length If
the negroes nnu ueen auuweu iu ptu initiate.
The parade, after passing over the
principal streets of the city went to
Lookout park, where the crowd was to
be addressed by Senator Prltchard and
Judge Adams.
MULE TIED OVER A '
YELLOW JACKETS' NEST
THE ANIMAL KICKED AND DIS
TURBED COL. LUSK,
Ashevllle Hardware Company.
S 5
J Around Town. Z
Forecast till 8 p. m. Wednesday: Fair
tonight and Wednesday.
The J. B.' Bofttc company sold yes
terday a residence lot on Or street
;or i3jfl v L. F. Rhlnehart.
The subject rf Dr. A. C. Dixon's ser
mon at the First Baptist -church to
morrow evening will be "Our Friends
n Heaven." -
The county boa,rd of elections hat ap
pointed Jesse Ingram Democratic Judge
of election at Avery's creek precinct,
in place of Z. T. Ledbetter.
A special feature of the lawn fete to
be given at 119 and 121 French Broad
avenue Friday evening. August 3, will
be a "Fishing well." The children are
especially invited to attend the fete
from 6 to 7 o'clock.
. Eygene.Bearden has resigned his po
sition as chief clerk at the Hotel
Berkeley to accept a similar one at - the
Swannanoa. W. C. Hawk, formerly
night clerk, succeeds Mr. Bearden and
B. F. Tennille, formerly of the Hotel
Carrollna, Durham, Is now night cV?rk
at the Berkeley. - -
The transparency bearing the words;
"Wanted, another faithful liar;; price
$5000", was placed on Court place after
the parade last evening. This morn
ing Collector Harking charged on It
and trampled It under foot. Several ex
cited men soon gathered around and
replaced the rioat and It looked for
awhile as If there would be trouble. J,.
D. MurDhv made a short talk and
quieted the crowd.
Ed. Smathers was disorderly last ev
ening at his home on West . Haywood.
Chief of . Police Lyerly "entered the
.house and, while talking to Smathers,
turned his head away for a moment.
As re did so Smathers struck htm on
'the head with something like a dyna
mite cap, which exploded and rendered
! MATTINGS-.
MANY NEW PATTERNS
OF CHINA . AND JAPAN
MATTINGS RECEIVED
PRICES LOW
w.
B. WILLIAMSON o& CO.
Furniture, Carpets, Etc
...
io t-atton Avenue.
Do you ride a Bicycle?
xu. ."'" I Then sooner or later von will want
The Joint campaign between th, ;be tried t .marrow morning. ! Jfin
county candidates closed with ! the: The f.j.. e of t. e xiegio who was in- reasonably, because our repairers
speaking In Limestone township Sal-!juied vi. French Broad avenue last I know their business and our shop Is
w. j . - . " .. I . . 1 - . ,J .... v... IT1 1 . H T.tkn HT.n.A ,h
sapument was an(J st.vtral ot;ler men In the proces-
xhey took care of him until some
ent and, as usual, the
with the Democrats. Mr. Craig spoke ' 8t,,n.
first. When Colonel Lusk replied he
,had to contend with several distracting
Incidents. He had only gotten well
started when a mule which had been
standing peacefully at the hitching
post near the speakers' stand began
to perform the most violent contortions
and those In the Immediate neighbor
hood hustled out of the way of his
flying heels. It was discovered that the
mule had been tied over a yellow-Jackets'
nest and as soon as the yellow
Jackets began to get in their work the
mule went wild. Such kicking was
never seen by the citisens of Limestone
since they saw the mule tri John Rob
inson's circus. The mule drew the at
tention of the crowd to him and Colo
nel Lusk had to wait until the disturb
ance was over. Then he began again,
when a long freight train passed close
by and he was Interrupted for several
minutes.
MORNING WEDDING.
then you'll be our customer.
An early morning marriage took
place today at St. Lawrence Catholic
church. The contracting parties were
Mrs. Kate Miller of Ashevllle.and Bart
lomy Winisirky, both natives of Po
land. The ceremony was performed by Fa
ther Marion, the rector, and took place
at 8 o'clock. Fred Ward was best man
and Mlsa Johanna Cruise was maid of
honor.
This evening a reception will be giv
en the couple at No. 12 JefTerson Drive,
from 8 to 10, after which they will leave
for their home in SaVannah.where they
will reside, and where the groom Is the
proprietor of a large shoe store.
SHOT FROM AMBUSH.
Johnson City, Tenn., July 31. Mich
ael Bard, a prominent farmer living
near Magnetic City, N. C, was as
saulted from ambush. He died a few
hours afterwards. No clue has been
secured as to the murderers. He was
a prominent politician who had many
political enemies. It Is said he was
assaulted within 20 feet of the place
where he killed a man four years ago.
DEATH OF P. MACNAUGHTON.
From the Elgin, Scotland, Courant
and Courier of July IT it Is learned
that Peter Macnaughton died there
July 16. Mr. Macnaughton will be re
membered by many residents of Ashe
vllle, having resided in this city fir
a number of years. Mf. Macnaughton
built the valuable property on Cum
berland avenue now owned by L. A.
Farlnholt.
other men not In the procession agreed
to take him towards the square. They
were met by a policeman, who took the
negro to E. R. Randall's boarding
house on Patton avenue. He bad re
covered apparently today and was abl
to be about town.
A Chattanooga dispatch to the
Knoxvllle Sentinel says: "Col. F. A.
Lincoln, a prominent hotel man of
Ashevllle, N. C, yesterday leased from
W. O. Peeplesithe Southern hotel for
a period of five years. By the terms
of the lease Colonel Lincoln agrees to
make a large number of improvements
In the Southern hotel building, partic
ularly In the way of remodeling the
interior. 'Doc' Stephenson of Ashe- j
ville, formerly of Knoxvllle, an expe- i
rlenced hotel man, will take charge as
Colonel Lincoln's manager." ;
Dr. E. H. Murfee, president of the
Greenville. S. C Female college, is
In the city, staying at 62
Haywood street. He was for
merly president of Alabama Central
Female college and previously presi
dent of Arkansas State university. The
college at Greenville is located on the
eastern slope of Paris mountain, high,
healthy and beautiful. There has been
no death in the school since its organ
ization, 47 years. The faculty consists
of the best talent. The music depart
ment is elegantly equipped, every
music room being a parlor. The di
rector, Prof. Hubbard, was educated
in both America and Germany and has
made a national reputation.
Last evun'.ng Mrs. Walter Alexander
provided for tin- gueBts at A. T. Sum
mey's a novel entertainment in the
form of "A Wedding Breakfast". The
first part of evening was devoted to
the solution of the ' mystical menu ".
At the conclusion of tlu- game the first
prize was awarded to Miss Delia Bu ns
f Aurusta. ua., anu im uuiisuioh-u
prize to Miss Emanuel of this ut.v.
They were presented In a n at spe.cn
hv J. R. Jordan oi unanoiie.
refreshments were served, and the iw.
tess was voted "charming". 'In
resent from a, distance were a...
Koark of Rome, Ga., Mrs. Ward u
the Misses Ward of Charlotte, Mr. ;. ...
Mrs. Brabham of Bamberg, S. C, ars.
W. Alexander of Charlotte, the Misses
Uurns of Augusta. Ga and Messrs
Horn, Jordan, Cannon, Summey, R' b
inson and Campbell.
THE BALLOT FOXTS
BliNo JiSTRIBUTEu
Asheville Cycle Co.
18 & 20 Church St. Phone 228
Carpets
Quisisana Nature ,
Cure Sanitarium
167 French Broad Ave,
Ashevllle. N. C.
Latest German meth
ods. No medicine. Nc
operations. We assist
nature to cure the pa
tient by: Proper diet.
sun-baths. air-baths.
massage. Swedish
movements, prescribed
exercise, baths, packs.
etc. All diseases treat
ed.1' Treatment In and
out cf the Sanitarium.
Classes-n in Swedish
movement "flatly. .
" Every purchaser of carpets, whether
for ' the smallest room or the biggest
hotel, wants the mind satisfied on three
points, namely: "
Prlce-
Quallty
Style-
It Is because we convince our cus
tomers as 4o every one of these re'
qulrements that we confidently expect
yoUr patronage. v
SAWYER'S
IS and 20 Church St.
CARPET
HOUSE..
Phone
Z2B
"Everything for the Floor."
?
Did you ever hear of a Knox
Straw Hat being sold for $2.00
Well, you can buy one for that
price now.
All other Straw Hats in pro
portion at
The Whitlock Clothing House,
No. 41 Patton Avenue.
Spruce upVJittle
After housecleanlng don't put
back all the old furniture In the
same old placet. That makes
life too monotonous. If you
can't afford a lot of new furni
ture, get ft little. It wlU be a
great comfort and relief. But
we're telling It so cheaply now
adays that we think you can
. afford to get ft lot If you want to
J
THE1EMP0R1UM, 45 Patton Ave,
fe'p
We have It In the
A LONG FELT WANT.
A Step Ladder which
is 'safe and durable
Columbian Bent Rung Ladder
We will be glad to show you these goods.
ASHEVILLE HARDWARE CO.
S. E. Cor Court Square. Phone 87.
Woodbury's Rubber Elastic Roofing Paint.
Woodbury's RubW ElisUclooflD Pilot
no, mctn cever sovam
ASHSVIUS.S.&
The most expensive, and usually tht
most unsatisfactory and annoying
portion of a building, Is the roof. A
scientific treatment of roofs with
Woodbury's Elastic Roofing Paint will '
make them rust -proof and non-leakable
Woodbury's Stack and Boiler Paint ,
This paint Is manufactured on ft
scientific principle, for resisting in
tense heat. Put up In 1, 5 and 10 gal
Ion cans and (0 gallon barrels.
Woodbury Rubber
itWf hone nil. Elastic Paint Co
It Costs Less
o hare plumbing "Tfth"' f
July bargains !
repairs or
work.
We do it right be
cause we Know now
- We know how he-
cause it s our busi
ness to know how,
LICENSED TO WED.
Bartlomy Winisirky and
Miller.
Mrs. Kate
SPECIAL NOTICES
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY.
NEW PACK of salmon, Hume's
phnto brand, 25c. per can. Kroger.
LOST Gold prize medal of A. L. I.
near Court sauare: liberal reward It
returned to J. C. Deaver, city market,
dlt'
WANTED Lady and gentleman can
vasRers for Ashevllle to introduce the
Improved Buddlngton cutting ma
chine. Call at room 2, Arcadia hotel.
T-31dlw.
TO BE READY FOR THE ELECTION
THURSDAY.
The county ballot boxes were being
made ready for use this morning under
the supervision of J. C. Martin, chair
man of the board of elections. The
boxes have been stored In the commis
sioners' room of the court house ever
since the election of 1898 and have held
the ballots that were deposited then.
The tickets were dumped on the lloor
this morning and made an Immense
pile of litter.
The boxes are being relabeled and
fill be sent to the different polling
places In the county immedlate'y.
There will be six boxes at each pre
cinct. A box.Is provided for each of
the following " groups of candidates:
County officers, members of the legis
lature. Judges, township officers, state
officers, and there will be a box for the
constitutional amendment vote.
Read these prices take advantaqe
of this great offer buy now and get the
pick of the lot.
Alpaca Coats, S1.00
$1.00 Straw Hats, SOo S1.23
1 50 and $2.00 Straw Hats, S1.00 1.50
2.50 " 3.00 " " 1.50 2.50
$5.00 Alpaca Coat and Vest,
5.00 Hanan's Tan Shoes, . ,
$4.00
, 4.00
Our entire line of Men's and Boys' Suits at
absolute cost. f j
...ounney s
Phone 261
18 Patton Avenue
CrVD DCMT House built expressly for boarders.
I VIV iM-ll I ""family at low price. Well built,
Will let to private
convenient, desirable
'4
Renting and Insurance Agents.
18 1-2 South Main St
WANTED, in private family, two
white women as cook and maid: good
wages pp.ld; competency and good ref
erences required. Address S. through
P. O., with references. T-31dlw
FOR RENT New six-room cottage,
with servants' room; on Boco street;
one minute's walk from Montford av
enue; large lot full of shade trees;
electric lights, bath, steel range, etc.
J. J. Brown, No. 142 Cumberland ave.
dlt
THE BUDDINQTON school of cut
ting and fitting la now open; course of
lght lessons on machine Included; 10
courses In dress making 15 extra. No
elf supporting woman can afford to
miss this opportunity of becoming a
Perfectly competent fitter of dress
maker. The school course In cutting,
fitting and dressmaking Is four weeks,
For further particulars address box
P. O. or call at room No. t Area
OJu hotel. Bollcltors wanted. ...J-Sldt
Don't fall to see the great South
American pianist, Slgnor R. Urlooe-
chea, Paderewskl s rival, at Battery
Park hotel Wednesday nignt, August i.
Information
When you desire to leave
the city purchase your rail
road tickets or n you.- return tick
ets and have yuur baggage checked
from residence or hotel to destination
by the Ashevllle Transfer company,
thereby saving time and annoyance
at depot Office 60 Patton avenue,
elth uptown railroad ticket office
We are getting
the best
Cantaloupes
That come to this market
They are Hweet and Jdlcy. Fresh every
day by express at
LEE'S
29 South Main St Phone 250.
Our specialty Hot Peanuts.
Drs. Case and Woodhul
"When a century later historians
are sifting the events of this time for
the epoch making discoveries of sci
ence and civilization there will be few
chapters more lmportant.1 think, thaa
that devoted to the reformation In
medicine which will have come about
through the acceptance and practice
of Dr. Still's system known as Oste
opathy." Ex-Governor Robert L,
Taylor.
Ostcopathists
Tel 683 Office In Drhumor Bldg
Law Department
UNIVERSITY of NORTH
CAROLINA.
Expenses, tuition and living
need not exceed $200.00. Three
professors two full courses of
nine months each, embracing all
branches of the law. Also sum
mer course of three months.
Address ., '
F. P. VENABLE, - President
. Chapel K11L N. C.
Prudence S. Dresser
Tesche"- of Piano, Harmony and
Theory, Graduate, with hondr, of New
England Conservatory of Boston.
The only teachei of piano in
Asheville. excepting Madam
Jonas, who is a graduate o
a hrst-class Conservatory
College ot Music.
Term BO cents ft lesson.
Beginners received on violin.
69 Charlotte Street.
FOR RENT.
Dwelling recently occupied by Aulil
tect R. 8. Smith; neat, convenient, de
slrable. Maple Shade Place. Price
1. 00.
.' ; -4 l Mm., i 'VtTJ'L i i .
Sj . ., ' r
i1 f- ' . ' 5 1
-tiH . V ' :',-
BALL & SHEPPARD, 4 Patton Ave.
Imported and Domestic Cigars Sold by the Box
at Factory Prices at the
Berkeley Cigar Stand.
mam i ws j
CQVsXiONI
Good Judges of Wine
Are loud In their praises of our stock.
Claret, port, sherry anj the other fa
' vorltes for table use are seen at their
beet In this collection of the leading
brands. We guarantee the age of ev
ery wine we sell. Even a connoisseur
w'.io is a living cyclopedia of wine lore
would find nothing to criticise here.
"Bonanza" Wine and Liquor Co.
43 SOUTH! MAIN STREET. Phone 72
A cool
photographic
studio
We have Just put In a large electric
fan to cool and ventilate our operating
room.
Ordinarily a skylight makes an op
erating room remind one of an oven.
By an Ingenious arrangement the
current of cool air can be thrown Into
the dressing room, making it always
comfortable.
The electric fan Is used- for drying
plates, films, pictures, etc., quickly.
Ray's Studio
Can you stand
prosperity ?
If you can't, don't for pmdnesR' sake
lonk at our prices, as they are sure to
nmke you send us your ordersall we
ack for.
Cups and Saucers, good, per set..,. SSo
Cups and Saucers, finely decorated,
per set B9c
natters, worth 35c, our price 10c
Plates, finely decorated, per set.... 25c
Muks, fine China, each 6c
Pickle Dishes, each 5c
Sonp Pishes, China 5c
Hest China, Gluss, Tin and Enitmel
Ware at special low prices.
Almont anyone can earn
the trick Is to save money.
money-
Court Square
Phone 67
I X L Grocery,
22 PATTON
AVENUE
Phone 107.
J. A. TENNENT,
Irchitect and Contractor,
Jobbing and Hepairt
Promptly Attended to.
OUTU COURT QUARS.