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to DRESSED GIRL BABY LEFT LAST NIGHT AT LAWNG'S HOME Unknown Parties Left Child, in Basket, on Steps of Elizabeth Street Home -Number of Automobile, Which Passed Several Times in Hands of Police. Dressed in clothes which only the more wealthy could have purchased and wrapped in woolen blankets, a black eyed baby girl, apparently about! two weeks old, was found last night on the front porch at S. Lawing's residence, 91 Elizabeth street, and officers have thus far failed to findi any trace a8 to who left the infant. one clue officials have is the ex expensive blankets and clothing which protected the infant, and forts are being made to trace these articles. In the meantime the child has a good temporary home at the Mission hospital, where Commissioner G.

Stradley had it taken after he had notified by the police of the incident. Another trail the police are working on is that an automobile passed along Elizabeth street several times! shortly before the child was found, and it is said to have been probable that the person are persons who left the child only stopped few seconds and then made good then escape in the car before the mission had been learned. The number of this automobile was' ta taken by a person who only thought that a car passing one street so many times probably contained persons bent upon lawlessness. At the present the number of the machine and owner, are kept from publication unt WOMEN DRAW LONG SENTENCES TO HOME Cases Appealed to Superior CourtTrial of Chinese Cafe Proprietor Continued-Wainscott Must Pay. Edna Hall alias Edna Mosely and Pearl Davis, both well known in police circles of the city faced.

substitute Judge Guy Weaver Friday morning on charges of vagrancy, hav-! ing been arrested late Thursday night by members of the plainclothes department. The Hall woman drew a sentence of sixty days in the county jail and Pearl Davis was sentenced to not more than three years in the State Home and Industrial school for girls and women at Samarcand. appealed to Superior bond Ing named at $100 in each case. The Hall woman has a case pending in Superior the next term, recelving a sentence of not more than three years the State Home and Industrial school, from Judge Wells, for trespassing on the Witchwood property on East street. 0.

C. Presley, a an auto mechanic at a local garage, was fined $5 and the costs for applying grossly abusive epithets to Sam Justice, also employed at the garage. Frank Inouie, the Chinese proprietor of the oriental cafe on north Pack square was charged with receiving more intoxicating liquors, that one quart, within a period of fifteen consecutive days, and keeping liquors on hand for the purpose of sale. Owing to the absence of Judge Wells, who had heard the case that led to this arrest, both cases were continued for hearing to uray 7. Plainclothes men found a quantity of liquors Inouie's place of business when a search was made there on Thursday afternoon.

Attorneys appearing in the case against J. H. Wainscott, an employe of the railroad here, who was indicted in July for the non-support of his wife, Mrs. J. H.

Wainscott, waged a hot legal battle, attorney for Wainscott having an affidavit for his client charging that Mrs. Wainscott had left the jurisdiction of this court in company with another man. A request that the previous order requiring Wainscott to pay in to the court $17.50 twice monthly for the support of his wife be stricken out was denied, the case being held open until January 17, for hearing before Judge, Wells is temporarily out of the city. Wainscott was required to enter into a superceding the original the case, dating from July, to cover the time to the date set for the final hearing. $34,500 WORTH OF PERMITS ISSUED One-Third of Total Amount for I Month of December.

The new year started off with 500 worth of building permits being issued yesterday, this amount being one-third of the total permits for the month of December, when the 44 permits issued reached a total of. 768.45. The following permits were issued yesterday: McKinney, 24. rooms, 43 Ravenscroft, estimated cost $25,000. John seven rooms, corner Baird and Furman avenue, $7,000.

W. A. Osborne, rooms, Coleman avenue, $2,500. C. T.

RAWLS INSURANCE REMAINS. A typographical error in the Citizen yesterday made it appear that T. Davis" had taken over part of the business of the Aston, Rawls insurance agency here, which has just been dissolved. This should have been that C. T.

Rawls, for many years a member of the insurance agency, had sold all his interests in the agency except the agency for the Home Fire insurance company to F. Stikeleather, J. G. Stikeleather and Gilliland. Mr.

Rawls will now devote his time to this agency and to his real estate business, with office in Temple court. EXAMINES PAPERS ON "DRY" LAW RATIFICATION WASHINGTON, Jan. Foley, secretary of Governor-Elect Edwards, New Jersey, called at the state department, today to' examine the by various states to show ratification of the prohibition amendment to the federal constitution. While he made no statement before leaving the city, it was under-1 stood that he told friends his investigation had not revealed any differences in the language of the ratifications from that of the act which would warrant efforts to have the secretary of state reject them til a more thorough investigation can be carried out. It has 1 been nearly a year since anyone has left a child upon an Asheville doorstep and those who learned of the Incident last night were very much interested.

a a a In this state it is. crime to abandon a child, and cedents set by the courts in such cases, have made it 80 that persons convicted of this crime are given a tence in prison of sufficient length dllow them time to think over the crime, I Mrs. Lawing said that shortly ter eight o'clock she heard some one making it noise on the front porch and that she went out to finding the little one securely wrapped but left in the cold. The child, from all appearances in' good health, did not make a sound fom the time it found until it was turned over nurse at the was, Mission hospital, which fact Mr. Stradley is sufficient to causo the some good family to want to adopt, child.

The commissioner of public institutions will make every effort to cure for the child a good home, while the police will diligently institute a search for the party or parties who left the child upon a strangers porch. Mr. Stradley desires that any one interested in the child would communicate with him. SCALES NOW COMPLY WITH CITY WEIGHTS Sealer of Weights and Measures Found Three Coal Scales OffCan't Build House on Spruce. The report of the city scaler of weights and measures, Hardy Chambers, made yesterday morning to the city commissioners, showed that he had found the scales of three local coal dealers irregular, although he stated they had been corrected, to comply with the city scales.

the report of the health department it was shown that 40 of cattle, four calves, and seven swine had been examined during the past week and all found to be 0. K. Sixty-six dead animals were removed during the week and nine communicable diseases quarantined. The board refused the request of Miss Annie L. Rutherford, permission to sanitarium for tuberculosis patients on Edge Hill avenue.

The request of local transfer men, H. C. Allen and Julian Woodcock, that they allowed to raise their prices for hauling baggage, was taken under advisement. They asked that zone number one extend from the derate be increased from 60 cents; to Patton. avenue that the sand that zone number two be north of Pack square and south of Chestnut street and the rate increased from 60 to 75 cents.

Representing Frank Weaver, J. S. Styles asked the board for a permit to erect a ten-room residence at the head of Walnut street, on Spruce street, but the board informed Mr. Styles that the city is now contemplating opening Walnut street to Oak street and until this matter is settled, they could not grant the A. J.

Lyman asked that a deed be given P. S. Henry, for property on College street he had deeded the city in order to get the street located and paved. The matter was referred to the corporation counsel and city engineer. COLD WAVE STRUCK ASHEVILLE YESTERDAY Thermometer Expected to Drop to 15 Above Before Morning--May Continue for Several Days.

Asheville last night experienced one of the coldest spells of the winter, when the thermometer was expected to drop at least 15 above. About the of December the thermometer dropped to 14 above and the local United States weather bureau stated last night that the cold spell which struck the city yesterday, would probably continue for several days. The mercury dropped more than 20 degrees here yesteady with excellent propects for it going even lower. Owing to the fact that the ther changed during the daytime little trouble WaS experienced with freezing pipes, for the majority of people had plenty of warning of the change. Plumbers however, are expected to be kept busy today answering calls to those who forgot to turn off the water.

Few automobiles were seen so on the street last night owing to the cold weather. '0-BAN' WORKS LIKE MAGIC ON GRAY HAIR A Difference in a Few Days and All Gray Hair Transformed to the Even, Glossy Dark Shade of a Young Girl, It is now possible to quickly, safely and easily restore gray, faded or white and falling hair to original dark. cotor and lustre. Just get, at little cost, from your druggist or toilet counter, a bottle of Q-Ban (pronounced Ku-Ban) Hair Color Restorer. It comes all pre-paid in a handsome package.

Apply it in the privacy of your room as per simple directions on the bottle. Your gray or faded hair will turn to that soft, lustrous, dark shade you sO much admire. The length of your hair will be creased perceptibly, too. Dandruff will vanish. "Q-Ban" is harmless as water but as sure to darken your gray hair as the sun is to rise.

Mail orders, 75c. Address, Q-Ban, Memphis, Tenn. I THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1920. 3 BANK DEPOSITS INCREASED OVER $3,000,000 IN ASHEVILLE IN 1919 Six Local Banks, on the Eve of Their Regular Annual Meetings, Announce the Most Prosperous Year in Their History- Prosperity of People Is Cause. 1,000 by the Central Bank and Trust company, which showed a gain in deposits for the past year of 6000,000, the banks of Asheville refleet material prosperity for the past year, which in many respects was the greatest in the history of the local 'ancial institutions, the total increase deposits going over the $3.000.000 mark.

The remarkable prosperity of the people of this section is told in these figues. Agricultural wealth is one of the foremost factors in the material prosperity of the banks this section. for many hold that when the farmers are prosperous, "Whither people are prosperous. large part of the deposits are to be found under the head of savings, must been drawn the banks, by busremembered more that, iness concerns, which starting out the first year after the war. needed much money to float big plans.

On the other hand many people had taken out money to buy Liberty bonds, war savings stamps and other government bonds in 191S, placed much of this money back in the banks during 1919, a great deal of it going into the savings account. Asheville banks which participated in this remarkable growth of the past year company, are: the Wachovia Central Bank Bunk and and Trust company, American National bank, Battery Park bank, Citizen's bank, Southern State bank and bank of West Asheville, this city having a larger number of banks than many of the other cities of the state, es-1 bootally Greensboro, which has only local banker stated yesterday that perhaps more money is on in the banks here for checking which is turned over daily than ever before and he believed the number of people who are doing banking business more than treble number two years ago. The Citizen's bank in its Decomber 31 statement showed a gain in deposits. of 38 per confine over the same period last year. resources of this institution now are 1,125,000.

A dividend was declared and all stockholders received six per cent. It is pointed out that this ig in reality a per cent. dividend on the original investment by each stockholder, due to the fact that recently the bank doubled its capital stock out of the earnings, and issued an extra share to every former stockholder for each share he originally held. This bank will hold its annual meeting on January 20, at which time the election of officers for the ing year will take place. Total resources of the Southern State bank on December deposits were $175,000, LEAVES TODAY TO BUY HOLSTEIN COWS D.

R. Noland and S. C. Satterwaite, of Waynesville, Will Purchase load of Purebred Cows in New York D. Iteeves Noland, dairy extension specialist of the agricultural department at Raleigh, leaves Asheville this will meet S.

C. Satterthwaite, of morning for Cuba, a N. where he Waynesville, to purchase A car load of Holstein cows for shipment to Haywood county farm of Mr. Satterthwaite. Included in the car will be four bred heifers for J.

P. Dilling-! ham and Mat Dillingham, of Democrat. A part of this car load will be purebred registered animals. This car load, which will contain about 25 animals, will make a total of 513 Holsteins brought into the Asheville. district since the agitation was started to increase the milk supply here, and to make of this section a dairy producing section with the exhibit on Pack square, May 26, 1918, arranged for by Asheville Board of Trade, with the co-operation of the dairy division at Raleigh.

Mr. Dillingham, who met Mr. Noland at the Board of Trade office yesterday afternoon to complete arrangemals stated there was conments for, the purchase of the anitinued interest in the production of milk around 'Democrat, and he was erecting a new barn with concrete floors for his herd. HALL'S TEAM WON THREE STRAIGHTS In the duck pin tournament last night at the Y. M.

C. A. Rogers was the high man with score of 286, Hall's team winning all three games. The score was: Hall 77 112 84 275 Nelson 102 97 80 279 Miller Geo. 88 76 92 256 Hall 86 89 103 278 Totals 353 874 359 1086 Rogers 102 103 81 286 Hoffman 66 67 67 200 Brown 66 67 67 246 Fortune .......93 76 77 246 Total 327 313 292 932 WARRANTS ARE ISSUED FOUR SUGAR PROFITEERS CLEVELAND, Jan.

first step in federal prosecution of alleged sugar profiteers in Cleveland was taken late today when United States Commissioner Marlatt issued warrants for the arrest of four grocers charged with violating the Lever The warrants will be served tomorrow. it was said. The grocers are charged with selling sugar for more than 14 1-20 a pound, the government fixed price, and with selling beet sugar for cane sugar. Two of the grocers are alleged to have chraged 20c a pound. The warrants are the forerunner of series.

of "prosecutions" of local dealers in all lines of food commod-. ities, who are openly violating the Lever act by overcharging, United States District Attorney Wertz declared. NEW AMERICAN OPERA CHICAGO, Jan. 2. American opera, based on native folk lore and sung in English, was presented for -the first time here tonight when the Chicago Opera company produced! Reginald DeKoven's "Rip Van Winkle." The libretto is by Percy Mackaye, OVER $200,000 TAKEN IN BY CLERK IN 1919 THE COUNTY CLERK HAD BUSY YEAR Balance on Hand Now Books Kept by Clerk Who Uses Splendid System.

Clerk of the county court, John Cathey, handled $210.344.74 last that amount of money having through the regular legal procedure in the clerk's office. When asked these figures, Clerk Cathey, notwith-1 standing that records In the clerk's office are spread over 118 books. produced them within very minutes. Of this amount $173,586.70 was the total recelpts during 1919, $36,758.04 having been brought forward from the previous year. Business through the clerk's office increased $21,547.79 over the preyear, which fact 1s attributed' partly to the additional number funds ordered to be handled by clerk by the last legislature.

During 1919, disbursements totaled $173,673.45, and, there is now a balance on hand of $36,671.29. This amount includes trust funds, witness fees, and other items under the forty different funds now handled by clerk of the court. It will be of considerable interest locally to know the amounts money distributed under the various' heads. Clerk Cathey has turned over to the county treasurer $7,492.97 schools; $5,138.41 in probate fros: $962.51 jury tax, and general costs, $2,791.50, or al total of 385.39. Tax payers of the county 1.

1. tice in these figures by a simple that the regular elerk's were the county on a fee basis, would have been $3,548.33 more than the clerk's salary or in other words the law which was passed at the instiga-: tion of Chas. Webb, when in the state senate in 1909, saved the country 548.33 last year. The average person would no doubt say that keeping 118 separate books. is some job, but owing to the fact that he served as a deputy clerk the office when his father was clerk of the this county, John Cathey, present clerk, has inaugurated a system, which was ized by of Scott company, of Charlotte, as "the first office in North to use as thorough yet simple system as does the clerk Buncombe." This recommendation from them concern, said to be one of the best auditing company's in the south, should be sumcient to satisfy any tax payer that the present clerk on to his job.

This large number of books, include 70 judgment dockets, nine records of accounts, five final settleIment books, special proceeding dockets, annual dockets and dockets, adverse probate judgment one private ledger. Through a system of. indexing the clerk can locate any item in the office a few seconds, whereas without this indexing system it would take hours. Another advantage of the present system is that the cash handled by the clerk, both receipts and disbursements can be totaled without any inconvenience whatever, and any single item representing ceipts or disbursements can be located the one cash book. Thus making available to public and, simplifying the old complex systems in vogue superior court in clerks offices.

There are now more than 1,600 names of witnesses on the books, and check issued to J. G. Rymer, for Jan. and Olla Hall, minors, issued on December 22, 1914, for $2.40 has never been returned. Mr.

Cathey is always curteous and invites the public inspect the records of the clerks office at any time they might so de- ANOTHER FIGHT AT VENABLE SCHOOL School Committeeman Says He Was Assaulted by Two Students-Supt. to Try and Settle Trouble. Fighting over, school matters is probably one the most common occurrences in public affairs, that is when the word is used with reference to a difference of opinion among patrons of certain school, but fighthas another meaning when applied to the Venable school in this county. Claude Lance and Virgil Parker who had an altercation a few days ago, which was the result of an argument over how the school at Venable should be managed, and were both fined five dollars and the costs by Magistrate Hunter for an assault upon each other. While this trial was in progress in the city, it is understood another fight was being staged at Venable.

Perry Alexander, a member of the school committee, reported that he had been assaulted by Marion and Larkin Parker; and a warrant for the Parker brothers was issued. Miss Terrell, county superintendent of schools, said yesterday afternoon that she and officers a loss to know the cause of the continued trouble at Venable. The general impression is that a few individuals who are not in sympathy with the school, law or order, are merely taking advantage of a little dissatisfaction-in the school, and are attempting to continue to excite the discontment. Miss Terrell will visit the dis. trict tomorrow and it is thought that I she can effect a satisfacory settlement among the patrons and end the strife.

COMMITTEE NAMED FOR NEW BUILDING Board of Trade to Work to Secure Federal Building for City. In response to a request from Mayor or Gallatin Roberts, President R. H. McDuffle of the Board of Trade appointed M. A.

Erskine, E. C. Greene and William Farr, a special building committee, to work cooperation with the city and committees from other organizations to convince the public buildings committee at Washington that Asheville's needs for a new federal building is imperative. In a telegram from Congressman Zebulon Weaver he states the bill will be taken up with public building's immediately after congress reconvenes following the holidays. while the capital and surplus was given 88 $30.600.

These all show a substantial gain over the same period time last year, and the deposits of this bank increased a very large per cent, it was stated day. The annual stockholders meeting and election of officers will take place on January So far ag is known there 18 110 contemplated change of officials. West Ashevill Bank. Deposits in the Bank of West Asheville 011 the last day of December, showed an increase of $57,000 over the same period included December 31 statement Inst This mathe, bank now has resources ot 198.17 and the total deposits reached the $137,031.28 mark. The capital and undivided profits were given 18 $14,166.89.

No definite date for the annual stockholders meeting and the election of officers had been set by the officials of this bank up to yesterday but it is probable that the meeting will be held during the later part of the month. Central Bank The Central Bank and Trust company, for the past twelve montha reincrease In the deposits of $1,600,000, which is believed is the largest gain ever made by a local bank during a similar period. The bank will hold the annual stockholders meeting on Jan, 13, and the directors for the new year will be elected at this time. Following the holders' meeting the directors will meet and elect officers for this year. The Wachovia Bank and Trust company shows an increase of defor the local concern and increase posits for the past year $750.000 ah, profit for 1919 over 1918 44 2-10 per cent.

Then annual stockholder's meeting for the local concern will be! held on January 8 and following this meeting the directors will elect ficers for the local bank, An increase in deposits of $500.000 is reported by the American National bank. This bank will hold the annual stockholders' meeting on January after which the directors will meet and elect officers for the new year. The stockholders of the Morris plan bank will hold the annual meeting on January 14, at which time the matter of securing a cashier to be in charge, is expected to come up. The bank during the past year has enjoyed a liberal patronage and a large number of loans are out. The officials of the Battery Park bank could not state last.

night what their percentage of gain in deposits had been, although they said the gains were high. The annual stockholders' meeting will be held on January 13. MEMORIAL SERVICES FORLATE W. J. BARTON Will Be Held by Sunday School of First Presbyterian Church, Tomorrow Morning at 9:45 O'Clock.

Memorial services in honor of the late J. Barton, principal of Orange Street school and a prominent citizen, who died Christmas eve, will held by the Sunday school of the First Presbyterian church, Sunday morning at 9:45, o'clock, at the church. Superintendent M. K. Weber, ef the city schools; C.

H. Honess, P. R. Allen, Rev. Dr.

R. F. Campbell and George H. Wright will each make short addresses, eulogizing the value and Christian life, who was superintendent of the First Presbyterian Sunday school, and a member of the board of deacons of that church. Those in charge of the memorial service have invited the public to attend, and on account of the prominence of Mr.

Barton, it is certain that a large crowd will be present for the services. Our January Clearance Sale Is Growing in Popularity From Day to Day to REDUCTION On Suits, Coats, Dresses and Millinery 45 PATTON AVE. DENTISTS WATCHING OUT FOR THIEVES Dental Thieves Reported To Be Annual Tour of the South--After Gold and Silver. Thieves, specialists in robbing dental offices are thought to be headed this way, since that practically every year a number of these "gentlemen crooks," known as the cleverest kind of criminals and only a few of whom are ever apprehended, make a raid on Asheville dentists. The thieves have been reported in Birmingham within the past few days, and it is their custom to operate from that section of the country on to Asheville.

Dentists of the city have been warned of the probable visit of these professional crooks, and have been notified that 8 more safe course to persue would be to lock all gold, silver, and expensive supplies up in a safe place before leaving their each evening. offices, Attention also is called to another method of operation employed by these crooks who specialize on dental offices. That is they appear as patients and while in a dentists office proceed to use the stunts appropriating whatever valuable objects might be secured. EDUCATIONAL FUND IS VOTED BY ASSOCIATION CHICAGO, Jan American Library association today voted in favor of und to be expended among the other things for "education in citizenship and; American ideals." The program also includes provision for books for the blind, library branches in communities without free library service and circulation of books in many posts, on ships in other government and civic centers. FALK'S MUSIC HOUSE Has a large new stock of PLAYER PIANOS PLAYER ROLLS COLUMBIA RECORDS Give ns your patronage.

Wo will appreciate It. 76 Patton Avenue SPLENDID PROGRESS BY CHEESE FACTORY Waynesville Company Manufactured 16,000 Pounds of Cheese From August to January, or $5,000 Worth. A report of the Haywood Cheese company, of Waynesville made to the dairy field extension. worker, D. Reeves Noland, for the period which they have been in business, August to December 31, 1919, the factory used 145,735 pounds of milk, and sold 16,063 pounds of cheese for $5,394.41, This, declared Mr.

Noland to the secretary of the Board of Trade yesiterday afternoon, as a fine record. The cheese made by Austin Moody, in charge of the factory, won a silver medal at the National Dairy show in Chicago in September, and a silver cup at the North Carolina Live Stock association at Goldsboro, in addition to other prizes at other places. The earnings of the factory, said Mr. Noland is equal to 74 cents a pound for the butter. The president of the company is S.

Moody, the secretary-treasurer, J. M. Mock. S. W.

HODGES DIED IN DENVER FRIDAY According to a telegram received here last night, S. W. Hodges died yesterday at his home in Denver. Mrs. Hodges, before her marriage was Miss Ellen Penland, daughter of the late W.

H. Penland, who died last June in Chattanooga, both of whom had formerly lived in Asheville. The message received here stated that no funeral arrangements had been made, There are a number of relatives of Mrs. Hodges now residing in Asheville. BUY ON open CREDIT SOLVE LIE CLOTHING QUESTION EDWARD A.

FARLEY 16 S. Pack Sq. Asheville, N. C. Here Are the Commanding Officers In the Shoedom Family FOR MEN- FOR LADIES EDWIN CLAPP LAIRD-SCHOBER NETTLETON'S ARMSTRONG THOMPSON BROS.

FORBUSH PATRICIAN WALK-OVERS WALK-OVERS ETC. ETC. FOR CHILDRENPATRICIANS PLA-MATE MISS KING'S KIPPY-KICKS WE'VE GOT OTHER SHOES AND THEY ARE ALL GOOD Due to the fact that our present stock was bought before the big advance in price, we can sell you shoes, and their name is their guarantee, at prices that will represent a saving to you, in cold cash, of from $4 to $8. With the above shoes as our leaders, we are preaching that there is real' economy to men and women who wear the best- and that it's cheaper in the long run. Two pair of either of the above will out wear three pair of the "nearly-so-good" kind.

And as long as the foot holds the shoe- -the shoe holds the shape. GUARANTEE SHOE STORE EASY TO FIND 4 BILTMORE AVE. WORTH FINDING.