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NOTARY PUBLIC.
" Legal Blanks for 8al t
CSlee with Q. C. Sonner & 0
SALUDA, N. C.
Jf. B. Maybry Co.
OSTO-DATE LIVERY, FEED
SALES STABLE.
AND
Caddie and Driving Horses A
Specialty With Us.
CTaftle Opposite Depot. Phone No. 18
Finger Lumber Co.
Dealers la
Building Material
vlltwrjthlng necessary to build a home
Pbon 1. Landrum, S. C
SwannV livery
At Fisher's Barn.
TRYON, NORTH CAROLINA
Saddle and Driving Horses.
" Hacks meet all trains. Baggage and
Cxjgrftsa looked after with Special Care
Pfcuea Stabl, '106; Residence, S6B
Dr. J. E. llAViTHORHE
DENTIST
f Ashevllle, North Carolina
-3 bo at his office over Orrs Store,
Friday and Saturday of each
AJoRICI!COr.lPAY
:S ft, Main St. Phone U4
ASHEVILLE. N. c
lazDMng tloaf ing Tinning
T7e) fear the oldest ploznblns and
VtmxStnz house U the SUte, and art
tflsmiUMUod to aire' prompt, satisfactory
smilt. Call on us when in need of
sasythinx in our Has. Wo gtrm free o
ttaatos en new or old work.
The Famous Ford"
TSowthxt rood road building is go
oil orer the county, erery up
farmer and business mas
4a automobile.
iZba Ford car can go anywhere that
other car can go and a good manj
ESSacee that the other cars cannot go
flChey et about half as much to keep
an a horse and buggy. They get you
anmnd about three times as fast, and
et tired or too hot to trareL
eost less to buy, cost less t
2hd cost less to run' than anj
good car on the market
for Touring Car.
S560X0 for the Roadster
iDR. Ej M. 8ALLEY ?
Saluda, N. C. 7
Agent for Polk County.
JSrilODA PLUKlBinG CO.
JOHN T. COATES, JR., President
Practical Plumbing
PERSONAL ATTENTION TO JOB
WORK. .
All Work Guaranteed.
Estimates 'Furnished Free'. .
CSembers 8aluda Board of Trade
Osrser and HaRT 8TREBTS
Tin
: Ford
Car
: A great many people have Fords
and more of them wish they had
tTbxds. Now is the time to buy, and
th supply Is limited. .
Gall me on the telephone and I can
xowflj you with a Ford.
E. M. SALLEY
Agent
v SALUDA, N. C.
X A. BOLICH, Jr.
AGENT
KAHN BROS.
World's Greatest Tallora.
Cnom $15 up. Trousers $4 and up,
Dr. B. H. Teague
-J DENTIST. ' :
Office Over v the Postofflce, July to
v - xOctober .
SALUDA, N. C. .
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W. L Thompson?
General Contractor and. Builder
All Work Guaranteed. ; , ,s
Office in E. B. Goelet Bldg.
SALUDA, N. C.
Bob Johnson
Saluda, N. C.
PAINTING CONTRACTOR
Would like to bid ori your work.
Headquarters at Thompson & Pace'a
L, Henderson
CONTRACTOR and BUILDER.
JOB WORK AND REPAIRS.
Saluda, North Carolina
Dr. W. B. Somers
OPTICIAN
GLASSES SCIENTIFICALLY
' FITTED.
Office over L. R. Williams' Grocery
Store
TRYON, N. C.
PACE & GOWAN ;
, EXPERT COBBLERS.
Repairing of Shoes done quickly and
Cheaply. Work Guaranteed.
Shop in Anex to Livingston's Stable
North Trade Street
TRYON, ' North Carolina
Saluda Pressing
Club
1 E. L. Waggoner, Proprietor
DRY CLEANING and DYEING.
Kid or Silk Gloves, 25c to 50c. Straw
Hats, 25c. Panamas, 25c to 50c Felt
Hats, 25c to 50c.
All Work
Guaranteed. Called
and Delivered.
for
Phone No, 51
SALUDA, North Carolina,
ORGAN & UARD
! OLD ORIGINAL
EAT MARKET
Successors to
THOMPSON & PACE
Fresh Meats, Ham. Bacon. Sausaae
and Fresh Fish.
Phone No. 7 for Quick Free -Delivery.
Give Us a Trial.
SALUDA. North Carolina,
O. B. Garren
SALUDA, N. C.
REAL ESTATE CONTRACTOR and
BUILDER.
PHOTOGRAP.H STUDIO.
KODAK DEVELOPING
A SPECIALTY
COME TO SEE ME
MAIN and CAROLINA STREETS.
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RESTAURANT
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Next ; Carol ina State Bank
Saluda N. C.
only restaurant in saluda
for white:trade.
Regular Meals.
Short Orders
Dressed Chickens on Ice,
. Call In. and see - Me
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EUROPEAN CRISIS
IS HARD TO FIND
Diplomats and Observers Unable
. to .Understand the Attitude
v of Austria.
RECENTLY STRONG FOR PEACE
Count Berchtold, Only a Few Weeks
Ago, Bitterly Criticized the" War
Party,, and Hla Change of
Front Has Not as Yet
. Been Explained.
"Coldfusion worse confounded", is the
one phrase that aptly characterizes the
war situation In Europe. " The leading
newspapers and the most experienced
observers are unable to agree on any
explanation of the crisis. And the rea
son Is not far to seek. , ,
Only a few weeks ago the .foreign
minister of, Austria, Count Berchtold,
was earnestly defending (the pacific
and moderate policy hie had been pur
suing toward the Balkans and Russia.
. Berchtold for Peace.":
In a speech to the delegates at Buda
pest he vigorously answered criticisms
of spokesmen of the war party, "partly
cularly of a delegate who was sup
posed ..to be expressing the sentiments
of the then heir presumptive, the late
Archduke . Franz Ferdinand. ", Count
Berchtold spoke of the aged emperor's
sincere and resolute devotipn to peace;
he gave arguments of his own, more
over, in support of a policy of patience
and neace.
" " Feared Loss of Prestige.
The frankness and directness of that
speech s impressed everybody except
those who feared, that Austria might
be accused of timidity and weakness,
might be misunderstood and In conse-
quence might lose political and mili
tary prestige. 'V
There were some among these who
thought, moreover, that Russia, whose
recuperative power was wonderful--whatever
might be said of Its efficiency
and actual strength when pitted
against a more civilized and free pow
er was getting too mighty and too
confident, and was enjoying too much
opportunity for rehabilitation and con
solidation of its financial and military
naval resources.
These vaguely favored a bold and
aggressive policy even at the risk of
war, which had better come sooner
than later, they held.
Sweden Takes Up Cry.
But Ckrant Berchtold V view pre-"
vailed for the moment and excellent
observers cenclnded that Austria, at
any rate, was not going to add to the
troubles, complications, and dangers of
Europe by tempting fortune. "
At that very moment Sweden was
excitedly discussing "the Russian
peril" and demanding new measures of
defense, , while a section of the Ger
man press was pointing to the "bear
that walks like a man" as the foe to
reckon with in the near future. ;
., Yet the peace of Europe is broken
not by Russia, not by a Balkan power
desirous of revising the settlement
Imposed by Roumania and the concert
of Europe at the Bucharest conference,
but by Austria, and seemingly under
Count Berchtold's direction.
What has happened In the short In
terval? If peace was necessary and
desirable to Austria-Hungary a few
weeks ago, why is war inevitable to
day? ' . .
.To understand the situation it Is es
sential to distinguish between glitter
ing generalities, fanciful aspirations,
literature, and rhetoric, on the one
hand, and hard, grim, concrete facts
on the, other, tt is essential to know
what the conflict is not It is not a
war between Teuton and Slav. It Is
not a war between the Pan-German
world party and the, Pan-Slav world
party. It is not War for the preserva
tion of Hapsburg monarchy
Move Is Anti-Austrian.
The' Pan-German movement is anti
Austrian and cannot fail to be so. - The
success of that movement5 would de
stroy Austria as a political entity. The
Pan-German extremists have had to be
rebuked and repudiated by responsi
ble German statesmen. As allies of
Austria they could not countenance a
movement which assumed and labored
for the disruption - and disappearance
of- Austria. .':-::y7
The Pan-Slav movement hi Russia Is
manifestly anti-Austrian, as well as
anti-German. It dreams of Slav rule
ffrom the Adriatic. sea to the Pacific
ocean." It dreams of Slav union or
confederation under the i gentle and
benevolent sovereignty' of Russia, 'tl
Czar's Interest InServla."..-.-;'
s Pan-Slavism Is, however, in J a lim
ited sense, unmistakably in evidence in
tb-3 czar's profound interest in "Servia"
and Montenegro. The czar's ministers
have often blundered' Jn : the Balkans
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All new, patterns. ; Styles that are
yon $3.00 to $2.00 and you are well dressed. 00
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There Is no better dothln
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Crown Prince Alexander of Stsrvia,
who made a gallant record during
the Balkan war, will lead his battle
scarred veterans against the Aus-
trians.
and have atltimes caused estrange
ment, gravitation toward Germahy,
bitter feeling against Russia. But the
blunders were - personal blunders of
bungling politicians. Russia has al
ways posed and often acted as, the pa
tron.frlend, and protector of the Slavs
everywhere, arid especially of the Bal
kan Slavs. It has had rand still has
Its eye on its "estate In reversion,"
Constantinople, and it cannot' hope to
plant its flag there without the consent
and support of the Balkan Slavs. It
is good "Pan-Slavism" to support Ser
vla.' ' '
But in facing Austria, Russia con
fronts not a German power, but a pow
er that is itself largely Slav. Slav
will thus be fighting Slav and the Ger
mans, whatever their colors, will be
fighting for Slavs and with other Slavs
and postponing the ; realization of the
Pan-German ambitions and dreams.
Jealousy a Great Factor. "
Here, : then, is a strange paradox,
but not the only paradox in a situation
full of anomalies anomalies insepara
ble from the very nature and complex
ion of the Austro-Hungarian empire,
an empire, to repeat, that has been
held i together quite as much by the
jealousies and differences of outsiders
as by, the dynastic and personal in
fluence of, the Hapsburgs.
If Austria cannot and does not rep
resent German interests and German
culture in this fight, what is it fighting
for? ; Pan-Serviari agitation did not
"endanger its existence, while the war
does.; Its own Slav elements at no
time displayed an inclination I to ex
change its rule for that of the czar,
although they were not averse to us
ing Pan-Slav slogans In order to secure
better representation and larger recog
nition. , "7 .'JV ' ' .
Danger to Dual Monarchy. :f--
The opinion of the soundest students
of politics has long been that If Austria-Hungary,
was to be preserved, only
a : policy of peace, liberalism, greater
autonomy, and home rule? conciliation
of the various races and elements by
reform, measures, political and social,
contained the promise of such preser
vation. j',.y ';-V'V'7:'' : r'V '
The war actuallyendangers the ex
lstenceof the dual monarchy,, for aside
from the chances of defeat and disas
ter, there is the tact that the Slav sub
jects of. the , emperor cannot sympa
thize with it. - The separatist and par
icularist , tendencies .feare'd by the
court and government ' can only bo
deepened and strengthened by the con-
flict y: f.r -r
The army and navy may be loyal'
and ' obedient, as . many "assert. . The
army and navy may be "Austrian, if
the nation Is not. But popular senti
ment is a potent factor in war and
popular sentiment among the Austrian
and Hungarian 'Slavs does, ont favor
fratricidal strife., 4 ,
":.;No wonder the 'Intelligent world Is
puziled and utterly at a loss to explain
wa TO-
GREAT WARS' COST IN LIVES AND P.10NEY
Duration v Loss of
rV'; Mn :days.: - lifer:! :,'
. .8,1 63 1,900,000
734
England-France, 1793-1815 ... .
Crimean war, 1854-56, . '. .
unitea states civiM war, 1861-65,; ,1 2,458 '
Franco-Gernian; v 1870-71 i. . . . K; tr. . U V:i . ' 405
RussoTurklsh, 1877-78. ; 334 '
United States-Spanish war; ri893.. ;v.nVi 101 ?
Boer war, 1899-1902:;. .T;'; vU 92 :
Russo-Japanese war, 19C4-C5........ B6'
Balkaa wars tv. .wv m.V, vf; HZi. ? I'ii V ;1 V 802
:-" United -txttt'pMytil:
485,000
656)oo
290,000
180,000'
2,910
9098 ;
if55,900l
14500
; . Cost. ;
; In money.
$630,000,000
1,525,000,000
3,700,00000
1,580.000,000
1 950 -000,000
; 165,000,000
1,000,100,000
250,000,000
C30,00000
CO,
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2 Solid Cars of Furniture
Just Received
W. M. LAMBRIGHT & CO.
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5 utAII UtrUI - - - UNDRCH. 1 1
Ranges
CASH OR CREDIT. INSTALLMENT PLAN.
V We are now prepared to sell you Ranges and Stoves and mfc
me payments so easy mat you can Duy ana pay tor a Range or Ston
and not be conscious of the fact that you havo done so.
FIFTY CENT PRESENT FREE.
With every . two dollar cash purchase made at our store lor the
next fifteen days, we will, give away absolutely free, a beautiful
ror and hair pins and ladies' dress pins that will cost you fifty centi
anywhere to, purchase.
BARBED WIRE, SCREEN WIRE AND WIRE FENCE
At the lowest prices ever known. Don't be troubled wiil
chickens, dogs and flies when we can supply your every need it
Bucn remarxaoiy low prices. .
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White Mountain Freezer, in all sizes, at low prices. This freeset
needs no commendation at the hands of the public. Every gib
. knows what It Is. ' ;
FOR ANYTHING IN HARDWARE, CALL ON
The Gash Hardware Company
TRYON, N. C.
MMHIMiHiHm?
The Carolina State Bank
SALUDA, N. C.
4 PER CEHT PAID C.3 SAVSS
Strong" . Courteous . Progressive
EVERY BANKING FACILITY
It has , been the constant .endeavor of the management
of tWi
of it dfr
batik to furnish every possible facility for the convenience
positors,, together with absolute safety for their money.
in mttK V.ab wrill - l,ioMa c ac.pt tO
am avwuui niui buio uaua wjui yiurtJ a .oiuauit
poratlon, firm,' or Individual requiring the best banking facilities
We solicit your account.
u. u. uarrow, Kresiaeni. ; Q & sunken,
W. C. Robertson, Vice President H. B. Lane, Cashier.
SALUDA PHARMACY
C. R. LITTLE, President
Exclusive Distributors;
. Eastman KoHalr anrl SuddHcs, W'
trolla arid: Records, Crouch's Kn
ville Cut Flowers; Racy's Creamery
Ice .Creamy Temptation Chocolates.
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