Sylvan Valley News
Our County—Its Progress and Prosperity the First Duty of a Local Paper.
WNER & BREESE.
BREVARD, TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBRR 2. I!)n3.
VnL. Vin-NO. 40
Dunns Rock Lodge No. 267
A. F. Jh - M.
fleets Qn or before the full
|Qoon in each month, at '1 p. in. Visit-
Masons are cordially invited to
meet with us.
sptly MaxWKLI., S(t'v.
Brevard Telephone Exchange.
, HOI'KS:
r>aily—7 a. m. ti> 10 p. ni.
SutKiay—8 to 10 a. m.. 4 to (» ]). m-
^’entral Otiice—(\»oj)er HlocU.
Professior^cl Cc^rcls.
W. A. GASH,
attorney-at-law,
Rooms 7 & 8, McMinn Bld’g, Brevard, N. C.
W. B. DUCKWORTH,
ATTO RN EY-AT-LA W.
Investigation of Land Titles a Specialty.
Koonis 1 and 2, I’ickelsiiner Uiiildinjj.
W. W. ZACHARY,
A T T O R N E Y-A T-L A W
Offices in IVIcMinn Block, Brevard, N. C.
D. L. ENGLISH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
I’, s. ( '(uii-t )))‘aL*ti**e a specialty.
Offices in Cooper Building, Brevard, N. C.
WELCH GALLOWAY,
ATTORNEY-AT-l AW.
1’I'aciiccs in all the courts.
Rooms 9 and 10 KcMInn Block, Brevard, N. C.
Brevard Tannin Plant.
A New Bridge Oyer tiie French Broad River at Tliis Point Is a
Necessity.
For the fu-st time since April to grow in population or impor-
\ve found time on Monday last to taace as a business center it
visit the new ])lant of the Hre- should encouraj^e tlie buildin*? of
yard Tannin Company near Pis-j bridges—there are not half
^ah Foi-est. In the tive montiis | enough in the county. If we aim
that have intervened since we ' at any notoriety as a summer re-
wert^ oil th(* £j:round, quite a re-i sort we must have attractive
spectable village has grown u}),di’ives for our summer visitors
in the b»-autiful farming country ! and this bridge would o])en 4o
which has ever been one of the S them the Tannin plant, Pisgah
j. H. mm.
Dental Sorger^.
Rooms 1 and 2 Cooper Bld’g, Brevard. N. C.
Mlscellaf^ecus.
T. L. SNELSON,
Biacl(smitli and H irse-shoer.
Shop in Rear of Orr's Livery Siablc.
('arriiiii'e and Wa^on l^uildiui:-.
Wheelwright work a si)ecialty.
princi[Kil Davidson river attrac
tions. In addition to the exten
sive buildings which contain the
huge n]achinery and otlier para
[)hernalia necessary for extract
ing tannic acid, there liave been
built IT) c()ttiiges for homes of
workmen who will have perma
nent emi)h)yment when the works
get to I'unnina’. The genial su-
Forestand Vanderbilt’s road up
Davidson river, and wonld m.ake
one of the most attractive drives
in the county.
The [)etition being circulated
alr("a<]y contains the names of
several of the heaviest tax payers
in the county, while the moun
tain people would be most bene-
titted: T. T. Patlon gives the
I)erintendent Mr. W. P. Long was right of w;iy through his Dunn’s
ready and willing to impart in
formation, but as it was not oui-
intention to describe the plant
until completed, our interview
was not extensive. His tinswer
to the question as to when tlu^
l>lant would be in o[)eration was
this; *-()ur condensei's, ordered
in May, have not yet been ship
ped fiom the fa(ttory, OtheJ' or
(iei’s were in ahead of us and we
iiave been compelled to wait oui-
turn. We ex})ect, however, that
tli(\y will be shi[)[)od veiy short
ly.” As the contlensers turn out
the finished product ready for
shipment there can be no grind
ing of wood or tilling of vats un
til they are in position and roady
for business. Tlu^ enterprise is
a vast undertaking and repre
s(Mits an investm(Mit of man^’
i<-liars. It lias already doubled
ii<* })}-ice <>r wood in the county
lud will be a permanent njarket
for many years to come.
A XKW ]JKMD(JE NEEDED.
Learning that a petition was in
ciregulation for a ne'.v bi idge over
'/rench Broad near the Tannin
plant, and that said petition
would b(‘ presented to the County
i- I'Uiuiissioners at their next i-eg-
ular meeting, we concluded to
[jejsonaliy inspect the ground
I letTrn who would be most ben-
t(^d. As we se(‘ it the])eople
— j o live ou the Dunn's Kock side
T. B. CKAKY, ( the river would be vei-y great-'
Contractor for All Kinds of Brick WOi\|l i)enelitted by this bridge,
^Vork, iMasterin,-. Ij|^'hether they wish to come to
Jonofh C.’astinjr a S]).j<-ia\lt.* ' ' qq business or haul
wood and bark to the acid plant.
The distance in either case would
C. C. KiLPATRJCK,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
Room 13, McMinn Block, Brevard, N. C.
Kstiniates ^iveu on all kind> of work
in the building- line.
Rock land, so there could be no
cost for damages; It would open
Pisgah Forest station to the peo
pie of Dunn’s Kock township,
and would add to the pU'asure of
our summer visitors by attract
ive lirives. Tlier(^ ai’ea hundred
valid r(;as(nis why the bridge
should be built while there are
none against it. We need mor<
roads and bridges and we sin
{‘(‘rely hope thi‘ Commissioner.'-
may see the matter in the same
light.
A Sad Incident.
T. L. CLARKE,
Arcliitect and Oontracftir,
Plans and specifications on all iinu^
of building- work.
C’ejuent W
dash and
f
BREVard. n. c.
J. O. DERMID,
The Reliable iewelei
ai»l -’e'vi-'li-y for sal.-.
WMtch :*iid (^lock n'pa.rtii^.
y wlM-k !.naranteed. West
A. C. NORTON.
Practicel Boot and Sliosma
yiest Main Sheet near Caldviell.
■ Town Taxes.
Tlic TUX T.ist for llie yeur I'm:)
t theT»«n of Brevard .s now i,
P I tnr collection. All tax paye.
''‘‘"tlilt'l that the tax is „ow,l„
Jl without Irtvor.
loi<^d\Mi J. A. HPvYSOX,
Town Tax Collector.
be shortened and a better road
for business or pleasure. The
merchants of Brevard would be
jenetitted because many who
•ow go to Hendersonville to trade
ould come here. The Tannin
)mprny would only be benetit-
1 by reaching a little farther
o the mountains for their wood
ply, and yet the company
ises to give the right of way
ch its premises and pay
■e cost of the bridge—a
>eral proposition,
y new bridge that is built
to bring the various sec-
of the county in closer
[)uch and therefore benefits ev-
ry citizen. If our town expects
:p.^
)ns
Mrs. P. B. Wiis(3n, of Pee P211.
Wash.. whos(‘ visit in this section
during August will be ]'enu‘mber-
ed by her many friends, sends
us the followingcli})[)ing from the
Arizona Range News, of Se})t. 4.
The parties interested are well
known and have many friends
f'.nd relatives in Brevard wlio will
>9 ])ained to learn of their trouble:
“Sunday afternoon as the west
,^ound train })ulled into Willcox
two ladies with a little child in
their arms, dangerously ill, were
seen to leave the train and hasten
to the hotel. Dr. Nicholson was
summoned and did all a physi
cian could to alleviate the suffer
ing infant, but it expired about
t) ]). ni. In the meantime it was
ascertained that the strangers,
names were !Mrs. Roliert Wilson,
motiiei’ of the child, Mrs. P. B.
Wilson her sister, and they wei'e
enroute from Brevard, North
Carolina to Pe Ell, Washington,
where they were to meet their
husbands.
They were strangers in a
strange land and in distress, but
the ladies of Vvillcox were equal
to the emergency and assisted
the unfortunate travelers in ev
ery way possible.
The Masonic lodge also tend
ered its services and the use of
their hearse.
The funeral which was well at
tended took place Monday after
noon, the remains being interi-ed
in the local cemetery. Messrs.
H. A. Morgan, Kasper Hansel,
M. J. Soto and W. R. McCoinb
acted as pall bearers and W. M.
Ayers officiated.
O. C. Shronfe, Superintendent
cf the Tucson division of the
S. P. Railroad happened to be a
visitor to Willcox at the time and
hearing of the predicament the
str'ingers were placed in, at once
instructed Station Agent Lean
to exercise (‘very precaution and
sec that delay necessitated at
this point did not mconvenience
the travelers in tie further use
of tbe’r tickets in raching their
destination.
The unfortunate strangers left
Tuesday on the west bound train
but not, however, before express
ing their appreciation and thank
ing the citizens of Willcox for the
Idnd assistance tendered them in
their hour of distress.’’
LOW RATES
TO
Cdifornia the
NOR.THWEST!
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES.
Cfifton Branham was executed at
W^'isG. Va.. for wife murder. Before
sroing to the scaffold he made a speech
and asLked indorsement of his deed
Ahont 300 of the crowd agreed witr
him.
Mississippi is experioncins a
bor famine. The mills and bricl;
yards are having trouble getting
hands as well as the farmers.
In the case of Aaron and Archi?
Dill, charged with peonage, at Bir
mingham, Ala., gross cruel^ties fane'
theft were charged.
The German cruiser Falke. is at
Pensacola, Fla. The president and
the kaiser were toasted whe-n off:,
cial? visitel the Falke.
The army worm has appeared i’l
the delta around Vicksburg. Druggist?
are getting rich selling paris green
Sherman Stephens, a negro,
hanged at Wedowee. Ala., yesterday
for the murder of his aged father.
At yesterday’s session of the sov
ereign grand ledge of Odd Fellows
at naltiincre, the report of the com
mittee on the proposed million dollai
memorial building was adopted.
The marriage of M'iss Ruth Bryan
daughter of Hon. W. J. Bryan, to Mr
Charles B. Leavitt, will take place at
Lincoln, Nehr., on Saturday evening.
October 3.
Dynamite was exploded under th<
huggy of Contractor Ferguson, ne?
West Middleton, Pa. Mr. FergusoiT
who was killed, had $5,000 in a satch
el, which is missing.
Troops that will take part in tht
army maneuvers at W®at Point, Ky.
are beginning to arr^5^9 there. The
maTi'S'jvera take j)lacc October.
EHlg Roberta, trensr ^'sr of tt<5 Unit
ed Btates, mad« an. t© the
T)if/trict cf Qslambia Baakerff* aseoci
ation last night.
Hon. Harvie Jordan, of Georgia, has
been elected president of the Farm
ers’ National Congress,
PAcin
') I ulc
VV’^ill sell d:i:ly between
l.)tli and X()V'-iiil>c‘r I'.i
colonist ticlce^s Lu poiiil> in
Washington,
Oregon,
California,
Montana,
Idaho,
Wyoming,
Colorado,
Nevada,
Utah,
Jtrizona. and
-Vt"tv Jife.Klco.
.Short line, qirck time, no i^. fr.>o
re- iiiiiii,ir t liaiirs.
For r.iti-s, seliecluics
tioii write to
F. E. CLARK,
Traveling Pass. A^t. Cie;.. A.
A i I..-.NTA, «4A,
W. T. SAUIiOEBS,
MORGAN
For a idea.-^aiit physic take Cham-
Ix'rlaiirs Stomach and Ijiver Ta!>lets.
ICii.sy to take. Pleiisant in etreet.
For sale by Z. \V. Xichj)Is, lirevard.
and C). L 1''r\vln. ('herrvtield.
New Road Is Now Complete.
Raleigh, X. C., Sept. 26.—Five thou
sand persons, representing six counties,
at Dunn, participated in the celebration
of the completion of the Cape
Fear and Xorthern railway fron!
Apex to that place, a dis
tance of 40 miles. Governor ^Aycock
and the other state officers were pres
ent and the governor spoke. The
company which owns this road, o.
which B. Duke, of New York, is the
president, is building, at Duke, on its
line, the Erwin cotton mill No. 2 with
35,000 spindles and 1,500 looms. These
mills were visited.
Wooi&
WOFJi
Spartanburg
SASH
DOORS
BLINbS
S C.
Iron work and castin^> ol‘ < vei v
de.'icription, K.<timale.> ri:n.i: !,> 1
promptly on all work.
Wm. JGt^ES, Pres, 'dvl IiTr.s.
J. A. mium, supt.
Ladysmith Defender.
New York, Sept. 28.—Lieutenant
General Sir Ian Hamilton, who partic
ipated in the defense of Ladysmith,
arrived from Liverpool on the jLu-
cania today.
A Lovo Lottor
Would not interest you if you’re
lookinj^ for a guaranteed salve for
sores, burns or piles. Otto Dodd, of
Ponder, mo., writes: safiiered with
an ugly sore for a year, but a box of
Bucklen’s Arnica Salvs cared me.
It’s the bf*st salve or. ea.ith. 20c at
NichoFs drug store.
BREVARD
Machine
Why send your moiit-y
when you caii get lower ]ii io ^ ;.t
home for
Turned Columns
and all oilier turned win i-:.
Door and Window FrariJCH
mantels and all similar machine
^^olk. Call and see iih‘
sending orders away.
Very truly,
Kilpatrick’s & King,
J. KILrATKICK, .Managci .
REAL ESTATE BEkLn,,
Galloway, Daokworfii & iiCi,
! PR'
ItK t
Rooms 3 and4, McMinn Block, SrevBris ii. C.
Buy and sell all kinds of
Collect rents, and atteii.i to
erty when ou nL-i* is abse.ni.
Farming and Timljer Lands 2 SpBcislty.
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