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Nummary of the Plans of the Roads Congress tlx- Perfectly tailored made in the most fashionable and dependable fabrics and fashioned in the most careful and skillful manner. Skirts that contain all the goodness that high class tailoring can put into them. They are marvels of beauty each and every one of them bearing the lowest feasible price. It Was a Systematic, Earnest and Zealous Body Dr. Pratt, Who Arranged it, Had a Speaker Ready for Every Emergency and Every Phase The Problem Now Goes i to the People in the Townships.

BIGGEST BEST SPECIALS We've presented in some lime, ready for Saturday and Monday's snoopers. VU JTCUU 10c heavy light Outings 10c White Lawn Every Township Must Help. Of course, to obtain these Improved LOT Black and White Shepherd Plaid Skirts, all wool, worth $10.00 36JS0 LOT 4. Extra fine Panama Skirts, Black only, worth $18.00 to $20.00 913.50 LOT 1. Ladies' all wool Black Panama Sklrta, worth $4.50 3.t8 LOT 3.

Black and Blue Stripe Panama, worth $8.00 to $10.00, special $0.50 t-f I I In many respects the Southern Appalachian Good Bonds congress which came to an end yesterday afternoon was unique. The convention bad as a general objet the improvement 70 yard' 5c yard 10c yard 5c yard .56 yard 25c to 40c Mill Ends fine White Batiste SVzo Fast Color Apron roads, it is necessary for each township through which the road Is to run, to aid in the construction of the road. The delegates here showed interest In the proposition and left the tho roads In North Carolina, Ten Light Outings Extra large Heavy White Quilts i LOT 6. Big line of Voiles Just arrived. Prices range from 93.8 to 913-00 98c, $1.25 and $1.50 nessee, South Carolina, Georgia and Virginia, and as a more specific object, the of more than convention with a greater understanding of the benefits of good roads, de meat Marseilles White Quilts $2.75.

2.98and $3.95 termined to work for roads in their COO miles of improved highways in the Southern Appalachian mountains, with spurs leading off into adjoining respective localities. The system with which the convention was handled, and the Interest worked up for good roads by Dr. Jo The Asheville Dry Goods Co. states. Among the roads planned to be con seph Hyde Pratt, state geologist and structed Is one from Charlotte, by Shelby, Rutherfordton, Hickory Nut gap, to Ashevllle, and down the THE STORE THAT SAVES YOU MONEY bwell new Jersey Top Dresses on sale Saturday morning at $25:00 to $45.00 Broad Cloth Dresses.

$12.50, $16.50 and $19.50 Hosiery for Men, Women and Children. Famous Esco brand at popular prices. 25c, 35c and 50c a pair 25c fine Bibbed Hose for Girls or Boys. Special. 18c a pair Silk Petticoats.

Fine Silk Taffeta black and every good shade, made with silk dust ruffle i $5.00 Big showing finest hand-tied Willow Plumes. $18.00, $25.00 $35.00, $45.00 Black and white See the display Saturday. MILLINERY DEPARTMENT. Showing complete new stock of high class head-wear for women and children. Prices reasonable French Broad river to Marshall, Newport and on to Knoxvllle.

Dr. Pratt has great hopes of having this high 10 and 12 Patton Avenue. way completed within a year's time. Another route is from Salisbury, by Rtatesvllle, Morganton, Marlon, Old Fort, Black Mountain, to Ashevllle. Beginning at Ashevllle are several proposed routes; one to Henderson- ille, Greenville and Spartanburg, ana secretary of the North Carolina Good Roads association, is certainly a great tribute to the gentleman's ability to undertake such a project.

The convention moved along smoothly; there were speakers on every phase of the subject; there was not a question that arose, but Dr. Pratt had a speaker who would explain that phase of It; even when it came to the question of where road engineers could be secured for the work, there were representatives of the University and the Agricultural and Mechanical college to vouch the support of those institutions, and to state that they stood ready to furnish men. There wero speukers hero who are specialists In thcr line; men of every profession, and of the various walks In life. There was no display of py-rotecnlcs; no stirring drums; but It was a serious, sober-minded contingent assembled, nnd they are to bo counted upon to be heard from later; they are Imbued with tho spirit of road construction, and the good roads which on to columoia. Aiiomer oegins hi Ashevllle, goes to Brevard, Lake Tox-away.

Highlands, and Into Georgia. I E.MNDLEY Another proposed route begins at Ashevllle, goes to Canton, Wayncs- CO. Ashcville, N. ille. Balsam, Bryson City, and on to Murphy and Into Georgia; while an bo a great deal better If we had them already." The admiral declared that the United States needed a merchant marine not only for the value It might possess as furnishing auxiliaries to tho navy but, to carry th American Hag In the marts of tho world.

"But," said Admiral Dewey, "there will bo no war. And so long as we go ahead steadily and moderately In adding to our navy re-placing the older ships with tho most modern type, thus copking our navy abreast of the world, no one will ever be able to say, like Mr. Landls, that other nations do not regard the American navy seriously." other proposed route is from Ashe- 17 and 19 South Main Street, C. ille through North nuncomne ana Into Yancey and Mitchell counties. When these routes are completed a "bluff" but that he Is confident that it would give a good account of itself should war ever come.

The admiral's remarks were called forth by a statement' attributed to former Representative Landls of Indiana, who, in a recent speech at Cincinnati, In advocating ship subsidy, Is reported to have said1 that "those Americans who aro Informed consider our navy a "bluff." The expression was characteristic by Admiral Dewey as an "unfortunate." Declaring that he saw no wnr clouds gntherlng on tho horizon, Admiral Dewey discussed several phases of tho navy. lie expressed himself as heartily In favor of ship subsidy legislature and made a strong plea for the continued upbuilding of the navy. Referring to the remark attributed to Mr. Landls, Admiral Dowey said that course what the former meant MAIL ORDERS RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. ami there Is every reason to oeneve that they will bo constructed within th few years, one being carried ih-miirh at.

a me western florin they will see to the construction of Carolina will have one of the best sys to bo will be their monuments a fitting re membrance to leave for all time. terns of highways anywhere found. bys should be out of doors as long TENNESSEEANS DEFEATED Insurance Agents' Meeting. as the-weather permits. Later on an active campaign wilt be opened for that department.

In all there are at this time 100 men and boys taking the work In the gymnasium. DICKINSON WILL ARGUE ADMIRAL DEWEY HAS DECIDEffJO APPEAL ri HIS RAILROAD CASE Louisville, Oct. 8. Those Insurance men, who In the trade vernacular have been guilty of "twisting" and "part-tlmlns'" wore bitterly arraigned at today's Ki-HHion of the National Association of Life Underwriters' twentieth annual congress in this city. The aim of thi present convention Is to raise the standards of the business In every way.

DEFENDS THE NAVY Judge Pritchard's Decisidii in Whitney The Score in Contest Against Washington and Tusculum Was 5 to Nothing. Says He Told the President About Pend IS TO RESIGN TONIGHT Co. Case Will Be Taken up An nouncement Is a Surprise. was that the navy would be comparatively useless In time of war without necessary auxiliaries drawn from the merchant marine. The admiral expressed the belief that ship subsidy legislation could be secured were it not for the use of the word "subsidy" which he said many people did not meant to give something for nothing.

We Have Sonic, Could Buy Others. 'Hut the American navy Is not quite so helpless as one might Imagine from I ji ndls remarks," said the admiral. "We have IB colliers and several trnnsporis already In the service. Of course, these would not be enough In time of war, and I hope that we will continue to add to that number. If we were to have a war.

ing Suit Before He Accepted Cabinet Position. Says It Is not a "Bluff" The Admiral Thinks Ship Subsidy Is Necessary. And His Successor Will Probably Be F. a iciegram received here an nounces that the Bankers' Trust SCCTGR OIL'" POWDER Nashville, Oct. 8 A special dis Stikeleather or John W.

Neely. company of New York has appealed from the decision of Judge Prltchard Snmrt TASTE tlS3 A in Anr patch from Chicago says that Secre of the Federal circuit court In tho uf jrru ODORLESS Li9iuo In a fast game, with the teams about evenly matched, Bingham yes-tcrday afternoon at Riverside park defeated the Washington and Tusculum football boys from Tennessee py a score of 5 to 0. Bingham's one touchdown was made by Captain Norton who failed to kick goal. Bingham kept the ball in Tusculum's territory most of the time and only once during the game was Bingham's goal seriously threatened. Several tary of War Dickinson will appear before the Illinois Supreme court to ar Washington.

Oct. 8. Defending, with characteristic vigor, the American navy, Admiral George Dewey as-sertti that not only is our navy not C73 UEST AND SAFEST ATIVE KNOWN case of the Whitney Power-company says the Salisbury Post This announce E3 we could purchase ns ninny ships we might need. It would, of courso. The police commission will meet this afternoon at .6 o'clock in City gue a case for the Illinois Central Railroad company for which he was ment came as a complete surprise to most of those who have had intimate knowledge or the litigation as it was generally understood that should formerly general The state of Illinois is the opposing party to the suit.

Judge Prltchard sustain Special Mas timet Bingham made- long end-runs and came near to the visitors' goal. It was a fast, pretty game that the ter Price's findings a sale would be Judge Dickinson's attention being agreed t. The appeal, if perlslsed in called to the matter, said the suit had teams put up, and the football enthusiasts who witnessed tho game already been argued by him in the will mean further indefinite delay in the completion of the great power plant which would be ready to deliver hall in adjourned session, to receive roports of the work of the police during the past month and to transact any and all other business that may properly come before it. The meeting this afternoon will be the last meeting as commissioner which Major I W. Young will attend.

Maj. Young has been elected a member of the hoard of aldermen and will tender his resignation today as a member of the police commission. lower court while general counsel or the Illinois Central road. He suid that power with a few more months work were delighted with the sport. Bingham Is playing stronger ball every game, Hnd before the season advance much farther will have one of tin it involves a large amount of tuxes to The Bankers' Trust company represents the bondholders with claims ap the road and had required a great strongest and most formidable teams proximating $5,000,000.

amount of detail of preparation. He emphatically declared that no question Neither Hon. John 8 Henderson in tho history of the It is ex pected. was Involved that In any way anecieu nor Charles YV. Smith, receivers of the Whitney company, have received the government regulation of mil-roads.

It was slmpjy a question of ac any additional Information regarding counting under a contract. the appeal. Secretary Dickinson explained that ENT when offered a position In President Taft's cabinet he Informed the presi It is probable that a successor to Mr. Young will be selected tonight by the board; the names of two gentlemen, it is said, being prominently mentioned In connection with the police commissioner vacancy F. Stikeleather and John W.

Neely. The friends Wf these gentlemen say that the selection of either wl be satisfactory; that either will make an excellent police commissioner; one about as good as the other. Arc Microbes ES in Your Scalp? dent that he would dissolve absolutely his connection with the railroad company but told htm that at that stage of the suit in question, the, company could not employ new counsel who would have the familiarity with the case requisite to argue It in April ami that he did not feel It was right, under such conditions, to uhandon tho case. It Has Been Proved That Mi There Are Now 170 Men and Boys Taking Work in the Gymnasium of the Y. M.

C. A. crobes Cause Baldness. El Professor Unno of Hamburg, Ger "Father of American Baptists." Come to Oar Store, Girls, Tuesday, Oct. 12, at 2:30 O'clock many, and Ijt.

Sabourand, the lead Ing French dermatologist, discovered Newport, It. Oct. 8. Though his that a microbe causes baldness. Their IS KILLED BT II FALL remains rest in the old Newport burial ground, thcr were few persons theory has time and again been am ply verified through research expert We'll have a lino In oiieratlon In which you ran hake a pan of biscuit.

Home little girl In AmIicvIIIc, fourteen years of age or under, who Imkes the bent mhi of blsenlt, Is going to lie presented with a dandy little range, free. We want every little girl of fourteen years to remember that Tuesday Is Hie day 3:30 o'clock tin tlmo and our store the phMC Bring your white aprons, girls, and come. hereabouts who recalled tho fact that today was the ter-centennlal of tho menti carried on under the observa tion of eminent scientists. This ml birth of John flarke, olio of tho -He crohe lodges In the Seliur, which Is tho natural hair oil. and when per founders of Rhode Island and known In history also as "the father oi American Baptists." Accident Occurred in Greenville-Formerly Resided in Asheville, and Was Married Here.

mitted to floulrsh destroys the hair follicles and In time the pores entire. Dr. Clarke was born In Suffolk, England, October 8, 1601). At the ago ly close, and the scalp gradually tukes on a shiny nppcarunce. When this happens there Is no hope of the of ti he-emigrated to the new wori 1 ir (' The work In the physical department of the Young Men's Christian association is becoming more popular every day and men from all walko In life here In the city are taking up the work this fall.

Where ten men took the work In the business men's (lass last fall there are 42 taking the class at least three times a week this fall, and many more aro thinking of Joining this class for busy men. The work is definite and to the point as well as enjoyable volley ball and oth-games being the main feature. In the young men's class nearly ail the men are new and are taking hold of the graded gymnasium work better than ever before. The High school and employed boy's classes are double what they were at this tlmo last year. In these- lasses special attention Is being given to corrective exercises and to Indoor athletic work.

Tha work of the junior department Is not being pushed Just at this time, for the association thinks that the ration Avenue ami nailery Park Place. rilONK OHO. growth of hair being revived News has been received here of Dnndruff Is a contnglous disease, because of his deep sympathy wi.h the Puritans In their struggles for ligious freedom, but when he arrived in Boston he found the government intolerant and oppressive because the tragic death at Greenville, S. yesterday of L. 11.

Livingston, formerly of Ashevllle, where he was employed by tho Ashevllle Telephone and which Is largely due to a destructive microbe, which left to pursue its course causes Itching scalp, falling 1 1 of the theological controversies In hair and baldness. Dandruff Is caused which It was Involved. Telegraph company. Mr. Livingston by the microbe nftVctlng the gland was killed by a fall from a telephone As a result or his dissatisfaction with conditions in Boston Dr.

Clarke which produce the sebaceous matter, pole, while working as cable-splicer for the Southern Bell Telephone com which latter then unnaturally dries up and scales off. resolved to plant a new colony where real freedom of religious expression pany. Livingston was married In Ashevllle Wo have a remedy which will, we honestly, believe, remove dandruff. about wyrttf tigo-'to Miss Hue Robinson of this place, and afterwards exterminate tho microbe, promote might prevail, and having received the encouragement of Roger Williams he proceeded with a small party to an Island In Narragansett bay to use as good circulation In the scalp and around the hair, tighten and revitalize the hair roots and overcome baldness, a retreat from intolerance, i ne is so long as there Is any life left In the hair roots. We back up this ststement with on went to Greenville' and he was employed by the Southern.

It appears, according to Information received, that he was at work on a pole yesterday when he lost his hold and fell, the results being a fractured skull and a broken neck; and death being almost lnstanteoua. Mrs. Livingston; It is said, Is in serious condition on account of the shock, having but recently returned from a hos land was known as Aquldneck, and afterward as Rhode Island. Dr. Clarke owed his title of "the father pf American Baptists' to the fact that he was the minister of the first church founded In the new col own personal guarantee flint this remedy called Rexall "93" Hair Tonic will be supplied free of all cost to the user If it fails to do as we state.

ony, which was the second Baptist It will frequently restore gray and church established In America, Even pital, whew she underwent an opera faded hair to Its original color, pro his colony, which was the second Bap-1 SCOTCH NOVELTIES. You no doubt would like to eee the latest vogue in Men's wear. Gray tones in soft finish Scotch and English Worsted and Wool Suitings are extremely popular. We have them. LOQAN Merchant Tailor, II North Pack go.

vlding loss of color has been caused by disease; yet It Is In no sense a dye. Rexall Hair Tonic accomplishes these results by making every hair root, follicle and pigment gland strong and active and by stimulating a natural flow of coloring pigment When a man or woman finds sickness coming on, such as indigestion, weak eyes, kidney trouble, eta, it is time some attention is given to the subject of food and drink: In practicalls "su'ch cases where coffee or tea is the drink, one can obtain relief by quitting the coffee or tea and taking Postum. He leaves off a drink that is an active producer of disease and takes in its' place a powerful, liquid food that contains elements for rebuilding the nerve center which have heretofore been torn down. "There's a Reason." -7 tion. Livingston was Wall known tn Ashevllle, where he had a wide circle of friends who will be shocked to learn of Ms iragie death.

Ha formerly worked here for the Ashevllle Telephone and Telegraph company, and was regardod as one of the best workmen In the employ of the company. 1 "i The remains will be brought to Asheville tomorrow afternoon and the funeral services conducted under the auspices of the Knights of Pythlns of this Jhe Interment will be at Riverside "cemetery. throughout the hulr cells. Rexall "93" Hair Tonlo Is entirely free from grease or sediment. Is ex ceedlngly pleasant to use and will not tlst church established In America.

Even his colony, however, was not free from religious dissensions, and Clarke went to England to get power from the court to settle them. He succeeded In. 1663 In obtaining from King Charles II. a charter whose provisions wore of unparalleled lllier? ality. It guaranteed that "no person within the said colony, st anv time hereafter, shall In any way molested, punished, disquieted or called opinion on matters of religion." 1 1 Many school ehlldren sufTer from constipation, which la Often tha cause of seeming stupidity at lessons.

Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets are an Ideal medicine to give a child, for they are mild and gentle In their effeot. and will cur even chronic gum the hair or permanently soil the clothing or pillows We exact no obligations or promises we simply ask you to glv It thor ough trial and If not satisfied tell us and will refund the money you Flglits Scheduled for Tonight. paid us for It. prices 50 cents and 11.00. Remember you can 10 ftVit a I it In AahAvllla nnltf at nil ituri Papke.

WHlle I-ewls vs. Bill I The Rexall Store. Smith's Drug rounds, at Pittsburg. Honey Mellody vs. Harry Lewis, I store, Pack square opposite Public II rounds, at Philadelphia, Ibrarf..

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