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News
miner & BREESE.
Our County—Its Progress and Prosperity the First Duty of a Local Paper.
BREVARD, TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. 190!i.
VOL. VIII-NO. m
®unns Rock Lodge No. 267
F. 4' M.
fleets Friday on or before the full
^oon in each month, at '1 )>. m. ^ isit-
ioj; Masons are oordially invited to
meet with us.
sptly Wm. Maxwkll, S<c?/-
Brevard Telephone Exchange.
HOT'KS:
r)aily—7 a. m. to i>-
Sunday—S to 10 a. ni.. 4 to <> V- m-
^'entral Ottioe—Cooper l>loek.
THE TRUSTS ABE NOT BUSTED.
T!i8 Paople Hava a Rsmeiiy in Tlieir Own I1an!is-Wli8n
Tiisy Apply It?
Professios^r!
W. A. GASH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Rooms 7 i 8, McMinn Bld'g. Bre*ard, K. C.
W. B. DUCKWORTH,
ATTORNEY-AT LAW.
Investigation of Land Titles a Specialty.
Iloonis 1 and 2. I’iekelsiiuer liuiUiin;:.
W. W. ZACHA.RY,
A T T O R N E Y-A T-L A W
Offices in McWlinri Black, Brevard, N. C.
D. L. ENGLISH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
V. s. Court practice a s])ecialty.
Offices in Cooper Building, Brevard, N. C.
WELCH GALLOWAY,
ATTORNEY-AT l.AW.
l‘rav*li<vs in all the <H)urts.
Rooms 9 and 10 McMinn Block, Brevard, N. C.
Doctor Dental Surgery.
Rooms 1 and 2 Coopsr BId’g, Brevard. N. C.
MiscelSas^eous.
T. L. SNELSON,
Blacksmitii and Horse-slioer.
Shop in Rear cf Orr’s Livery Slable.
('arria^e and Wa^on l>uiltiinii.
\Vht‘olwri^ht w(u k a f^peeiiiity.
C. C. KILPATRICK,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILOEB.
Room 13, McMInn Block, Brevard, H. C.
KstimatOf^ yiven on all kinds of work
in tiie buildin;.:- line.
T. L. CLARKE,
Arc!iit8Gt and Contractor.
Fhin'J and specifi»*ati-ons on a 1 k idv
of huildini.; work.
T. B. CRASCY,
CoRtractor (or All Kiiiiis of Biick Viork.
C'einent Work. I Masteriiij:-. I’ebtile-
dash ai d Kou;,^h Castiny- a speci-Jty.
BREVARD. N. C.
J. O. DEkMID,
The Belialile Jeweler.
Watches and .Tewelry for >ale. Fine
Watcli and (Jlock i-i.-pairinjr. All
^Vo'•k u’uaranteed. West Mainst.
A. C. NORTON,
Practicai Boot and Sfioe^naker
Harness Work a s]x;cialty.
West Main Street near Caldwell.
Notice—Entry No 2*435.
P HcndPFsoii enters mul c ain'T' T.") su n*'; of
i«nd in Hogback Tov.n.-iiiji. rransylvaiiia
rmiiitv, N. t:. : lying oa the* watA*rs of Flat
rrpek of flie soiitli proiitr of Fr ■iV'di Broad
HivtT.’ adjoining the lands of (J. U . HllJiZfe-'Oii.
j }.' Keecc, .1uli»4 y'lin (iallowav aiJ
Resinninvr on a hickory \v ' H,
rnrnoron the south end f>l Pino Kid<r.>j
‘ rums courses for coinplenients. Knt]
^fh da' of July, 19C3. \\. JI. ifKi
‘ ■ Kiilry]
Washington Correspondence of the
Sylvan Vallky Nkws.
The trusts are still in the s:k1-
(lle. The anthracite coal trust is
advancing the i^rice of coal a»^tiin,
I though it is reporteil to have
; mined and stored some millions
I of tons more tlian can be sold
!this yeai, and yet this trust has
! such a monopoly that it can put
I up prices as it pleases. The
I meal trust also tiles uotice that
it intends to raise the price of its
[)i ()ducts to a level more in ac
cord witii the times and ])ermis-
sive of the garnering of larger
profits. Congress, last winter,
when the coal trust was a live
issue, appropriated a special
fund of ^501),000 for the De[)art-
ment of Justice to use to ijrose-
ciite trusts. Congress also pro-
vitled for a number of assistant
Attorneys General to prepare
(*ases against the trusts. Many
months have elapsed since this
money and tiiose attorneys wt^re
placed at the disi»osal of the ad
ministration, but no action has
been begun. There is on tile
with the Attorney (reneral more.*
tliaii one case against trusts, ])i'e-
Ocired by private ent(‘;-pris<\ such
as the case against the coal trust
i)repared by William R. Hearst,
and the case against tlie tolxicco
trust has been on file lor over
two y(?ars. but it liJis r('[)osed In
a pigeon-hole in the dei)artment.
and even tlie extra mont'y and
the extra help have been unabh*
to drag It into court.
There seems to bo nothing that
c-'.n stop this insatiable greed of
bloated trusts, except business
dopi-v^ssion. That with its re-
suliinil reduction in the people's
purciuising powei’, will prove the
only elfective means to bring
prices down again to a reasona
ble limit, so long as the republi
can party remains in the saddle.
So far as legislatures and courts
are concerned, they are. appar
ently. unable or unwilling to do
anything to protect the consum
ers. Anti-trust laws passed by
the 1-iw-givei‘s are, as a rule,
i ])ron]ptly and neatly knock(>d out
! by the judges, who seem to be
exceedingly anxious to protect
what they consider the constitu
tional rights of corporations.
Did you ever hear of the consti
tutional rights on an individual?
Never in j^our life. Some
months ago, newspa|)ers were
full of statements to the effect
that the Federal Government
wouldn't do a thing to the per
nicious, rapacious coal trust af
ter Mr. William Randolph Hearst
had put it in a hole, soaped the
sides and pulled up the ladder.
Well, what has been the result?
Nothing, The coal trust is still
doing business at the old stand
and determined to give prices
another boost this winter.
Verily, the consumer's is an
unhappy lot. He pays double
prices for the things he needs,
and at the same time looks in
vain for redress for grievances
innumerable. He boasts of con
stitutions which do not protect
him. and of courts which consid
er it great si)ort to sot at naught
laws designed to safeguard the
rights of the peoi)le. Extortion
is the watchword all over this
broad land of ours. There is
none among consumers who can
escape its arroganceand tyranny,
none who can tlevise means to
bring it to an end. Oh, prosper
ity, what sins and injustices are
committed in thy name! And
these will never stop until the re
publican party is kici^ed off the
face of the earth, the unholy al
liance betvvec'n that party and the
cormorants of the country is
pulverized, and the democratic
party alloyed to rij) the roci\!t off
tile taritf wall that gi-ants special
privileges to tlie favoied few.
When will the people act?
yf
tii6t i!
; Rumored Sale of ilie Tiansylvania Raiiroad
i
' to tiie SoL’tiiern.
Several of our exclianges on
Saturday last jmblishtHl a rumoi’
tljat the Transylvania railroad
had been sold to vhe Southern.
Railroad ofrtcials in the general
lotUces of the Tjansylvania road
in ]>r(ivard wei'o non-committai.
I and if a de.-il has btM*n consum-
i mateti tiu'y eithej’ don't know it
or won't t»‘ll. One of the ofncers
hece in answering in<iuiry
said in substance that if the
; Southei’n has not b(jugiit it “they
will be comj)(^lh}d to buy or al)aii-
don tilehaulingof freight through
tho mountains. ”
Various reasons why {!)(> sale
should be nrade have \)0!'n ad
vanced. but in our estimation
this remai'k (*ontains the “milk'
in the cocoanut." It has been a
mystery to us ever since the road
was completed to Toxaway that
the StuUhei’n or some com[)eting
line did not take the road and
buildalin(^ to the south via Kirk's
survey. The protiles of his sur
vey (if we have been rightly in-
! formed) showed that he could
cross Ulue Ridge from Toxaway
; with a maximum grade of 90 feet
to the mile. As the Saluda grade
is '2iM feet to the mile and as
there seems no way to amend it,
we have never been able to ac
count for the delay in utilizing
the more available route which
Capt. Kirk discovered.
If tiie Southern has bought
our road we believe that its
principal object in the deal is to
get a safer line for its heavy
freight business. We believe
that a connecting link between
Toxaway and some point on its
Piedmont Airline branch will be
built in the near future and that
Brevard will be on a great trunk
line instead of a.“way station be
tween Lake Toxaway and Hen
dersonville,” as one of our con
temporaries puts it.
It is well known that a road
from Horse Shoe to Fletcher
would reduce the distance to
Asheville by 10 miles, while tap
ping the Soul hern at some station
south or southwest of this coun
ty would shorten the distance
from Asheville to Atlanta by
nearly a hundred miles. It
would seetn to an outsider that a
shorter I’oute and safer grade
were sufficient inducements for
the construction of this much
needed amendment.
However, this is only specula
tion. We don't know that the
Transylvania road has changed
hands—we must wait until the
officials see tit to give out the
news. In the meantime i)y wait
ing “we shall see wdiat we shall
see. ”
The beauty, fertility, healthful
ness, scenery and other attrac-
ti(msof the French Broad valley
are too well known for the jeal
ous tlings of our Hendersonville
contem))oraries to longer deter
the traveling puljlic from visit
ing us, yet as an illusti’ation of
the jealousy which animates them
we co[)y astpiib from the Times
of last wtiek. It woukl be a pro
gre.^sive move for the town if
Hendersonville would enjploy a
n::‘.naging editor for both of its
[):ipe!'s:
T. F. Pace of lilue Ridge was
in town la.st Friday and called oii
the Timt'.s. .Mj-. Pac(' toll.-, us
that he re(rently mad(?a tri() with
Mrs. Pace to Brevard and was
much ini{)ress(Hl b^' the foggy
climateof that city. Wiiile thorc
he met C’ol. T W. Taylor and
other fi'ionds wliose warm wel
come lu'ljied to dis])ell th(? gloom
wiiich tlie fogs would otherwise
have caus('d.
The Asheville Daily Citizen
failed to reach us last Sunday
atid as it is about the only Sun-
(lay i):ij)er tliat can get hm-e the
day of pui>licalion iiKjuii’ies as to
why it failed w(3re numerous.
Monday morning it came in, and
tlu? reason why it f iiled was an
swered. it consisted of jiage?.
of illustrated write-ups of Ashe
ville and vicinity and all els '
which enters into llie make-up of
an up-to-date city daily. It was
creditable even in conijiarison
with the Sunday publications of
metropolitan cities, and the most
creditable jxirt of the matter was
that it came an unexpected and
unannounced visitor. Who says
that the mountain towns of "West
ern North Carolina are not pro
gressiv(‘ and enterprising?
The presid(uit lias caused to be
sent out frcnn Oyster Bay the
announcement that congress will
positively be called in extra ses
sion on Novemt^er 9. This is for
the purpose of completing the
ratification of the Cuba)i treaty
and will not be interfered with
by failure to agree on a plan for
financial lejjislation.
A !5oy’s \Vi!d
With family around ex})octino- him
to die, and a son ridiny foi- life. ]S
miles, to pet Dr. Kind's New Discov
ery for Consum])cion. Couijhs and
C’olds, W. H. Drown, of Leesville.
Ind., endured death’s a<>-onies from
astlima; but this wonderfid medicine
jrave instant relief and soon cured
him. He w'rites: “I now sleep soundly
every nii»ht.” Like marvelous cures
of cousumption. pneumonia, bronchi
tis. couo-hs, colds and oi«ip ])i*ove its
matchless merit for all throat and
lunfT troubles, (Juf.ranteed bottles
r>Oc and $1. Trial bottles free at W,
Nichols’ dru<r store.
The Sylvan Valley News office for
^ blanks of all kinds.
NOTICE.
Havinc qualilied «s adinini'-trator of W. (
Fi'her. clecease i. late "f 'rraiisylvaiiin cm.ntv
N. C., t his is U) 1 ()t uy a 11 peismis hiivitiir claim,
as-^iiii'-t the c«t!Ue of tiiesjiid \V ('. Fi.-.h-T «n x
hihit Them to the undv':>!mi( <i <m or tn-fo’-e thi'
l.")th d:ty of Aii^rust. r.*04. orrhis i.,)iic(? ill h-
pli“ d in b:ir (if iMt ir ie<-(iv.T\. Al' j.or-oM': in
debted to .said estate will piea-e make imiiK-iiale
payjnent.
This Auffust 1:?.
I.- ... liUoi) . K. Kl.^HKl;. A<iini»iistrator.
. \N . ZACH.AllV, Attonicv.
Notice Entry No. 2426.
•Tohn S I'ntton enter- and < Ijiitus s.i «ii
land in Jirevard Town'liip, Ivin-o;! ih,.
ol Kreneh Hroa-I Itiver. miji.hiMi" cli<' laii-S (-
Ihe heirs of Chares Patton. W ni. .IoIc.mmi a^i.l
:»Miers. Heu'-innnitr at a idc korv Cht r!--.
heir^’ corner in Wm. .lot,neon's l!!.<- ntsd nn.s
nor h -Ji) |M)les to a i hi,>'lnni oak. ilu-tie<* w •-(;
with iiiic* jS • io n I; <»:r: t *
.south‘JG poles to a srake in Win .(oIuim.m’s liru
tnencceast vviih hi.s liiu- I.) ih • l>.-inniini. (••••.’
t linin.tiacri's. Kntered day of .hi V \<j-i
W. :.l. i{hNKY.'
■•^iiti V 'i r.
A large tract ccmiprisinjr tli..^’siu,,).'«,i- ,,,
tertile lands in tlie fani;>iis K- i K;'.'i
now thrown open to t.hc iml.lic
This body of land lies <lirvi-ti' t( i'
rich an.’, fertile s,ction ki.uv n th.’ Kxcv':) iil.l
Comanciie ( ’ouiitry of < )k l:ih. (,n th.' Ue 1
:in.l Pease Uivrs. within a lev. luilesor V. iii..,.,
T(‘xas. a llonri-liin.i^ coinitv seat 'ov.» f ;;
P'f)|)le. s(ii„t;,,itia' hollies, ; ; blic
-chools find churches. Two lines..f ;viln..i'is
in»\\ et.iiipleti'd : ..lie * Kmsco fur.s .iTit-cl-
1\ ihr.iuirh the hiiul, If**r** is a c.»i;pt whPT-o
wheat, oats, cc.rn. cotton ami alfalfa ■•■•i.u
by side: wliei,* thev have a s,.;,i,..:.,,< •a-.;k,.r
and lavorable -hippiii- rat<-': v.!;. iv tl,: •. iv-v i-i;;
-easons are lontr ami the 'vint. -l;ov;
laws s(^>. 011,1 to no;;e and taxe:- o:i ■-^;rr! th:;!.':
Kiistern ami NortluTii St'it(>'. i .-i.il r-aj-is va
the Frisco system will nni to t :i-< h.r.:;. ie- V:i
St. I.onis at 8:;^j.5iind u !i: av-^ ’’
sas City at ; anil 11:8(»|. i; '■ n,se,..
tcmber P'>, nexr. l ow nit.-
Louis and Kansas (’;ty to X'etr.nn. le.v.-i-. a-\d
r.*rurn. Proiiortionatefv low r;' ■ sp .jM ;i i otiier
poiiUs.
If u is your int<'ntif>n to i 'lUo-J'js'i->. Im
I",in* a valwj-.hle homesiie, w:ii ■ to 1-., s
.'^.•cretary, Fri-r-r> Syst.-m Itiu.:
St I.oul' in ori!<‘r t!iar :i; r !!■/• i .i • 7.
accommodation may hi* ma«li .
% ^
MORGAN
WORKS
Spartcnbizrg, - .S. C.
SAiSH i:()r(.ll :ti>d
Doc>i:s
BLINDS
Iron work and (.*usti;)o, «>i’ pv.'-ry
d(*scr;i>tion. l']stinial,i tuiii."l.e{l
promptly on .til work.
Wm. M. JONES, P.'-:;;. sni/ Tiias.
J. A. MULLIKAX, Supt.
BREVAE.D
Machiise
V* hy send your ri;(Vi,t‘y p.lji .iad
when you can get lowei- at
home for
Turned Columns
and all other turi.ed v/c.ri>:.
Door and Wiiidov- Frariie:^
mantels and all siu]i!;ir njaeiiii.e
w’ork. Call and see me ijeforo
sending orders away.
Very truly,
Kilpatrick’s & King,
J. KILDATUICK, ^[:Hu\,^2or.
uiiDKwerfti s, S5„
HIE BEMEiS,
Rooms 3 and4, McWlinn Block, B’t?.i'ard, G.
Buy and sell all kinds of ! 'e:\l
Collect rents, and att«-;i:i lu ]>rop-
erty when ownei* is absent.
Faming and Ttinker Lai):io a Spei;iuily.