Sylvan Valley News Our County—Its Progress and Prosperity the First Duty of a Local Paper. miner & BREESE. BREVARD, TRAN'SYLVANIA COUNTY. N. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10. 1903. VOL. VIII—NO. 42 I^unns Rock Lodge No. 267 JR. Meets Friday on or before the fiill fitioon in each month, at 2 p. m. ^ isit- injr Masons are cordially invited to meet with us. sptly \Vm. Maxwkli., Scc’v. Brevard Telephone Exchange. \ nouKs; Daily—7 a. rn. to 10 ]). in. Sunday—S to 10 a. ni., 4 t»> p. ra- Central Office—(,\K»i)er lJk)ck. Professioncl Cards. W. A. CASH. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Rooms 7 & 8, McMinn BId’g, Brevard, N. C. Raiiroads in the south. Tlieir Influence in Locating New Indystrlss, Beveloping llie Country and Aslveriising Its Advantaps. W. B. DUCKWORTH. attorney-at-law. Investigation of Land Titles a Specialty. Ivooins 1 and 2, Pickelsimer Biiilclino'. W. W. ZACHARY, A T T O R N E Y-A T-L A W Offices in McMinn Block, Brevard, N. C. D. U ENGLISH, ATTO R N EY-AT-L A V/. U. .s. ( ourt practice a specialty. Offices in Cooper Building, Brevard, N. C. WELCH GALLOWAY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. l*ra.‘ticos in all the courts. Reams 9 and 1C McMinn Blocl(, Brevard, N. C. J. K. McLEAN. ) ^Doctor Dentsi Surgery. Rooms 1 and 2 Gosper BId’g, Brevard, N. C. MlscellGE\eous. T. L. SNELSON, Blacksmitli and Horse-sliOEr. Shop in Rear of Orr’s Livery Stable. C'arria% is now consi)icuously noHhand south. This is dictat ed by the change, in part, of gram movements from one section to the other. The gulf ports have cut down grain exportation one half, already, from New \ork. Cotton manufacture in the south has also directed raihyay tians portatioti to this \>art of the coun try. The development of the iron and steel industry at the south has likewise ]jlayed an im portant part in this transports lion drama. The lumber inter est of the south has grown ]>ro ai"u>usly, and oil developments in^Texas and Louisiana, alonj^ with rice culture in those states. auguHHit the rail^^i^3 tievel p nient. The News takes issue with the Chronicle on the above sta e ineuts. Cotton manufacturi' would never have developed iu the south without railroads; the iron and .steel industries would havo remained in the North had not the means for transportation bi'en at htsnd. and the millions of of h'.uibtn* w(juld have re inaiued iu the mountains and swa'.;.;ps of the South had not the i-aili-oads made it possil)le^ t(; reach a paying market. Kad- • oads have been the pioneers in civilization and development ever since the war between the states. But the Chronicle’s remarks are general—let us be a little ' or^rspecitic. When the writer ame to this mountain section liere was a stage linefrom Green- / ville, S. C., to Asheville, and that ^was the only route in for a visitor I ora would-beinvestor. There was no railroad nearer than Old I* oi t the Sw’ananoa tunnel was not then com])letecl. All the wealth of lumber in these mountains at that time was worthless and an incumbrance to th9 ground. We have seen fences—old fashioneo rail fences—made of walnut lails which to-day, in marketable shape, would be w’orth more than the land they enclosed. We have seen houses covered with locust shingles made from timber that would now X)ay for a modern house with a slate roof. And this change has resulted from building railroads into these mountains. Wherever a railroad is con structed an effort is made by the company to find paying business for the road—if it isn’t in sight they proceed to develop and cre ate it. The railro.ids bring in men with money seeking invest ment and they proceed to intro duce new Industries—sawmills, tannin plants, tanneries, etc., are located and the railroads become successful. But what of the people? They have found a market for what was an incumbrance, and as a result they build new houses, buy up- to date furniture, send their chil dren to school and proceed to get civilized. It isn’t quite eight years since the railroatl was built into this county, and yet its civilizing and developing intluence is seen and Ct'lt in every section. Land that couldn’t then be sold for 50 cents an acre is now in active demand at s3. Wood which had no value except to pay for cutting and liauling. has now a ready sale at a cord—even chestnut wood uiiich is almost worthless for i'uel brings at the tannin [)lant. Tan bark which had no market ])rice before t :e railroad was Vniiit is now i)utting money in the pockets of m^n who live baclv in the mountain coves away Lroin the railroad. Farm pro duce*. fruit, cattle and shee[), poul try and everything eatable [)ro- duced in the county, now finds a ready market at home, and the I’ailroad is responsible for it. \Vhih.‘ the road is working fo? in creased business to malve it a [)aying investment the people at large are vtistly more benetitted than the cotnpany can possibly be for many years to come. T«) drop the railroad out of this coun ty would mean stJignation and death to every enterprise. “Give the railroads their due.” 10,271,000 BALES. Estimate Placed on Cotton Crop by Ccmmissioncrs. Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 10.—Ten million, two hun.lred and seventy-one thousand bales is the estimate of the present cotton crop, made by the As societion of Scuthorn C'omrjission-ers of Agriculture, which adjrjurned heree today after three days of continuous s-esslon. ■ The estimate furnished i£ the result of a careful in.vestlgation made by the comimlssioners of the several cotton growing states. The following is the estimate by states repcrtod by the commissio-ners: States. Bales. Alabama l,000,0a- tion write to F. E. CLARK, W. T. SmBEhS, Traveling Pa-s. Agt. yen. Ai.'l. iJort. ATLANTA, *tA. MORGAiN Wood^ WORiCS Spartanburg, - S. C. SASH Doori.'^ BLTXi/.S RCm, (i IT. aiii 1 DnZSSKP LUMBEIt Employes Co-Operative Store. Topeka, Kans., Oct. 10.—It is alleg ed here today that the Santa Fe em ployes have decided upon starting a co-operative store in Albuquerque to furnish groceries and supplies to the railroad men. The men have sub- sc-'ibed the necessary amount and se lected a manager. They expect to pay cost for their goods plus a sma! percentage for running the store. Steamship Rata War Probable. New York, Oct. 12.—After a confer ence of the managers of the variou.^ steamship lines running the Atiafitlc formal announcement has bean made here that the agreements of the north Atlantic conference which establish- the minimur rate for first ana second cabin passengers traveling on the steamers of the lines bound by the agreements will be annulled today. Thereafter each company will be at liberty to make whatever rates it please, and a rate war may follow. It is not po.ssil)le for tlie proprie tors to publish more than a very few of the ninnerous letters received in praise of Chamberlain’s Coli(?, Chol era and Diarrhoea Remedy and tell ing of its remarkable cures. They come from people in every walk hi life and from every state in the Union. The following from T. W. Great house, ot Prattsburg, Ga., speaks for itself: “I would have been dead now but for the use of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Reme dy. It cured me of chronic diarrhoea after seven years of suffering. I can never say too much in praise of that remedy.’^ For sale by Z. W. Nich ols, Brevard, and O, L. Erwin, Cher ry field. * Iron work and castiii^s ol' « * < ry description. Estimates farni^-hed promptly on all work. W/n. M. JONES, Fres. 2nd J. A. MULLINAX, Supt. BREVARD Machine Shops Why send your ii'.oney abi?: d when you can get knvv-]' pi ic<- at home for Turned Cciumns and all other turned worl':. Door and Wiiidcw Fra«!cs mantels and all similar luMol-ine work. Call and see me b