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Sylvan Our County—Its Progress and Prosperity the First Duty of a Local Paper, k BREESE. BREVARD, TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY. N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 19. 190:5. VOL. VIII-NO. 25 ®unns Rock Lodg« No. 267 F. 8r Jl. M. Meots Pridav on or I>ofoi*€* th© full wioon in each month, at il i>. m. Visit- Masons are cordially invited to meet u ith us. sptly Wm. MaxWKLI., Sfc'j/. Brevard Telephone Exchange. Daily—7 a. ni. to 10 p. m. Sunday—8 to 10 a. m.. 4 to (i p. m. C entral Ottit^e—('oo])or lilock. Professional Cards. W. A. GASH, attorney-at-law, Rooms 7 & 8, McMinn BId'g, Brevard, N. C. W. B. DUCKWORTH, attorney-at-law. Investigation of Land Titles a Specialty. Kooins 1 and ± IMekelsinier liuildiny. W. W. ZACHARY, A T T O R N E Y-A T-L A W Offices in McMinn Block, Brevard, N. C. D. L. ENGLISH, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 1'. s. Court ])i’a(*tice a s]>e(*ialty. Offices in Cooper Building, Brevard, H. C. WELCH GALLOWAY, ATTO RN EY-AT= L A W. i’cactiffs in all tlu* i*ourts. Rooms 9 and 10 McMinn Block. Brevard, N. C. Death on Our Railroads. Love of Money and Its Power, Negligence of Railway officers and Improper Governmenf Control are Responsilile for the Loss of Human Life. For the last few yeurs in i?en erul and tlie last few inontlis in particuhir the number of lives lost on the raili’oacls has been ap palling. In any paper can be free of the control of railroads to establish commissions to control the railways and see that proper [)recautions are taken for the safety of Imman life aud the pre- foiind numerous accounts of rail-1 servation of property as well as in which few or have lost tlieir lives as well as much property road accidents many ]>ersons j. H. mm. Doctor Dental Surgery. Rooms 1 and 2 Cooper Bld’g, Brevard, N. C. Miscellaneous. T. L. SNELSCN, Biacksmilli and Horse-slioer. Siiop in Rear of Orr’s Livery Stable. ( niM-i.i:;!' and Wa^on !ir’’<linir. Wlifclwrlyht work a b))Oc..Jty. C. 0. KILPATRJCK. CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,; Rocm 13, McMinn Block, Brevard, N. C. llsiiiiKitfs ^iven on all kinds of worl. ; in iiu‘ luiildini;’ line. ' to control the freight and passen ger rates and tariffs. The com missions are not perfected as yet destroyed. While appreciating | and their ])owers are so limited the value of railroads to any com-' that their control is not near so munity and being opposed to; thorough as similar bodies in ranting against corporations sim-{ other lands. So perfectly have ply because they are sucli, still in j tlie Boards of Control been man- the case of these numerous acci-1 aging the English railways for dents it is but just that an effort | the last few years that the re- fehould be made to lay the blame cords show that not a single man on the guilty iKirties. | was killed in that country last j guilty party severely and without The first (luestion confr<mting | year by a railroad. Those Eng-' fear or favor, us is “Who is to blame for lhe;lis!i commissions not only con-' fi’equency of railway accidents,” I trol the roads but they see to the and the second is “Why are rail-| proper construction of all t!ie way accidents more common and I cars and engines. No risk is more fatal in the United States taken and tiie factor of safety is | and relics of the barbarous ages withoot feeling that the chances are against your returning home alive and sound, for the otiicials know that they will be held re sponsible for accidents that can be traced to them and when you trace most accidents to their prime cause you wmU tind that 90 per cent are caused by reckless ness on the ])art of the manage ment. Therefore let us save the lives of our fellow working men and our own as well by having such laws enacted as will punish the guilty partie.s in a manner tliat will effectually deter them from being eithei’ reckless or careless. We must not go to the extreme of Communism or Socialism or any other ’ism, but act within the bond of reason and unbiased just ice. Give all parties their just representation but when an ac cident is traced to the source from whence it received its ini tial impetus, then punish the Mutilated Clipping. Onr summer visitoj-s will soon be with us. and those nuisances than in other countries” and the: much gi*oat<M- than is usually con- third is “By what means shall i sid(‘red necessaiy, but tlie l e- we prevent recurrence in the fu-! suits sliow the wisdom of tiieir tureof the accidents of the past.*’! metliod. In oi-der therefore for Tli« ?se tiiree cjuestions and tlieir^ us to enjoy the same immunity answers affect a largo [)ortion of4*i-om accid(*nts we will have to our cit izens and deserve the close i secure honest and comiu^tent attention of our readers. Tho ! Railway Commissioners and vest tirst question as to where th*' re- them witli sufticiont authority to sponoibility is to be placed is enforce their I'ules; givo tlieni ('asily answered by naming the the power to regulate the con struction and o})eration of all railroads, to tlu* smalh'st detail: [)latte ihcuj beyond theconti’ol of railway intluence. and we will tlien have roads that will com- railway ofticials. They are the guilty men and on their h(;ads rest the i-esponsibility for many untimely deaths, great suffering and much destitution. Controll ed l\v a si>irit of greed and avar- pare with those of other coun ice, desirous of becoming wealthy tri(\s and on which th(‘lives of the in a short time these olticials will, employees will be safe, take any chance to make a dollar, The third question. “H(»w shall and the value of money over-bal- we })revent rt'currence of these a ict.*s the value of human life, imtnerous accidents.’’ has but one answer: The majoi'ity of ac cidents are caused by some care lessness. and ouj’ courts have Wiie e a few dollars can be .<iav .'d in inferior equii)ment, the in- T. L. CLARKE, ml8"* " J’laiH and s])ei*irK-ati<>n^ on all kinds: 1)1' IniildinH’ work. j T. B. CRAR.Y, CintraClor for All Kir.ds of Brick Wiak. rfin-'ii; Work, i I’t-i)!) . - dash aud Kon^-h ('astinL!' a Siieeiall?’. BREVARD. N. C. creased danger to life and limb is not considered; money is of n'reater value than man to them, if the money is theirs and the man is not. Our railroads are now controll ed by men who have been specu !are still in evidence on our pnn- jcipal streets.—Sylvan Valley ! Nkws. I j We are surprised tf) learn that I the News regards summer vis- ' itors as “nuisances aud relics of |b<irbarous ages." Here in Hen- dej'sonville we hav(* a very high regard for sumujer visitoi's and want as many of them as we can get. But possibly the ottice cat is res])onsible for the extraordi j nary sentence which we (luote ! from our contemporary. — Ifc)}- i (Ivi’son ri/le That the item quoted by the Times appt'ared in the News, is true, but added to it was the ex- l)lanation. “The bai’bed were fences ai'e what wo are refering to.'” Mutilating this item has given the Times scribbler an op portunity to say omething mean about Brevard, and that seems to be the only obj*.‘Ct in life for tlie average Hendersonvillain. “Pos sibly the office cat’’ writes scpiibs I for the Times—no human bein«' been too lenient in the ])ast in' i witli bi-ains could have misunder- l')rosecuting those who were' guilty of criminal negligenc(‘. The mere dollars not seem to loss of thousands of in way of damages does cause the railwav j sto(Kl tlie item as it was pub- i lished in our (‘olumns. lators in the stock and b<md ofhcials to take the [)ro[)er steps Vivisection is the painful ex- p(‘rimentation upon living ani mals. They are mutilated and J. O. DERMID, Be MMk jeweler. Watclu's and .lewtdi'V I'oi- Fine v''\Vai<*li Clock repairing. All Work uuarantt'ed. \\ »‘st Main st. A. C. NORTON, Practical Boot and Siioemaker Harnijss oi*k a sjx ciidty. West Main Street near Caldwell. When you want, your Clock or Watcf] paired ri^ht take them to\ JOS. F. BOREN Satisfa.iion Guaranteed. CalVert, N. C. markets for years and the gamb- for tlu‘ safely of their employees j when alive and in full ling' S[)irii is predominant, or patrons. They get large Siil- These ofticials, for Ihe certain aries,andi)requisit('s \v< rtlia ran- daily saving of a small amount, som. The })ayitient (jf damages will rislc tiie occasional loss of. comes out of the owner of the large sums. In other words they | stock, so it does not affect them will allow a road to be operated in directly. There is one way of j currents of electricity are passed possession of their facullit'.-. They are bruised, burned, and their bones are brok'en; iK'rves are laid bare a.nd connected with an eleclric battery, from which an unsafe manner in order to reaching them and one only, and save money, although it is prob , that is by trying, convicting and able that an accident will eventu- im])risoning them for their neg- ally occur wliere the losses and ligence. When a man is made to damag(‘s \vill be great. There- i work overtime; when unneces- fore our tirst question is answer- sai-y risks are taken under direc- ed and the blame for the frequen-, tion of the officials; where fast cy of railway accidents is directly i schedules are in force over*road- attributable to avaricious aiuL beds unable to safely bear the heartless ofticials. ' strain, and fatal accidents occur, The second question, “Why are it should result in a criminal accidents more common in the j prosecution of the one in author- United States than in other coun-! ity. Do not punish the emi>loyee tries,” is answered as follows; | who was simply obeying oi’ders, Until quite recently there has j but go to the fountain head and been no proper government su-1 punish the official. Make them pervision of railways, their con- j personally liable and subject to struction and opei'ation. In re- j imprisonment, and you will see a cent years an effort has been revolution in railway manage- made in those states that are yet j ment. You can then goon a trip over these nerves, causing prob ably the greatest suffering of which sentient beings are capa ble. Numerous severc'ly i)ain- ful experiments are often made for trivial pur})oses. This is done, in medical s(;hools and else where, in the alleged “interests of science;” but in comparison with the terrible agony to senti ent creatures, the “scientific re sults” are but as a dro]> in the bucket. “I have been troubIc<l lor some tinu- with in- dig(.stii)n aiKl sour stomach,'’ says Mrs. Sarah W. Curtis, of Lee, Jla'^s , “and have been taK- ing Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets which have helped me very much so that now 1 cau eat many tilings that before I could not.” If you havi- any trouble with your stomach why not take these Tablets and get well? For sale by Z. W. Nichols, Bievard and O. L. Erwin, CiicrryCeld. * Ask your grocer for It is good. I illi Broker Kendersonvllle, N. C. ■ V ■ The Jeweler Fines! Walcli ^"1 I Silver Ware, Waiches and Clocks For Sale Eyeglasses and Spectacles i''vos examined ift*e and lensv mi I THE SIGN OF GG09 TAILORir^lG Here is the great Oak- Easel now on display at our store. It contains the line of beautiful new spring tailoring samples sent us by STRAUSS BROS..Chicago Good Tailors for 26 Years The Oak-Easel is the connecting link between the tailor and the faultlessly fin ished garments which give you so much pleasure to wear, h’s really a lesson in good clothes buying to see this great collection of tailoring novelties. Prices low and saLtisfac- tlon OLbsolutely g\j&r> anleed. Cak.ll soon. J. R. LEDBETTER
Brevard News (Brevard, N.C.)
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