Sylvan Valley News
Our County—Its Progress and Prosperity the First Duty of a Local Paper,
MINER & BREESE.
BREVARD. TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 22.1904.
VOL. IX-NO. 17
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l>unns Rock Lodge No. 267
Jl. F. ^ Jl. M.
fleets Friday on or before the full
pioon in each month, at 2 p. m. Visit
ing Masons are cortlially invited to
nieet with us,
aptly Wm. Maxwell, Sec'y.
Brevard Telephone Exchange.
Horus:
Daily—7 a. m. to 1(» p. m.
Sunday—8 to 10 a. ni., 4 to 6 p. ra.
Central Office—Cooper J^lock.
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 Specially.
Hooms 1 and '2, IMckelsiiiiei’ liuildinj*-.
ZACHARY &. BREESE
ATTO RN EVe-AT-LAW
Offices in McMinn Blocic, Brevard, N. C.
WELCH GALLOWAY,
ATTORNEY-AT LAW.
I’ractiees in all the roiii tij
Rooms 9 and 10 McMinn Block, Brevard, N. C.
Miscellaneous.
Dr. H. H. CARSON
Surgeon Dentist
Ollu'f ovtT lianU.
HKNDEHSONVILI.K. N. C.
Satisfaction (tiutiault r'l in a!I (*i>i ratioiis. f2!i*
^C. C. KILPATRICK,
CONTRACTOR AND eUlLDER.
Office at Barber Shop, Brevard, N. C.
KstimatetJ yiven o»i })il kind.s of woi-k
in the line.
T. B. CRARY,
Contractor for All Kinds of Brick Work.
Cenient Woi-k. riastci-iii;!-.
datili and Ilouf^h (’astim;- a Spurialtv.
BREVARD, N C.
G. W, Summey—Carpenter
Bi'^t of recommendations—liis woik.
.lobs in or out of town aci'cpted.
All work guaranteed.
J. O. DERMID,
Tlie Reliable ieweier.
Watches and .lewelry fur sale. Fine
Watch and ('loek fepa irinyr. All
Wo»’k iiuaranteed. \\'e>t Main st.
A. C. NORTON,
Practical Boot and Siioemaker
Harness Woi-k a specialty.
West Main Street near Caldwell.
The ^thelwold
l>!‘cvard*s New Hotel MuvitM'n A]>-
])fjintments Open all tii<‘ vear.
Th»' patrona^’e of tlie ti-avcliiii! pti]>li«*
as well as summer tourists i- >olieited.
Opp. C’ourt House. lirevard. X.(*.
Notice of Suminons by Publication.
Xorth ('arolina—Tr:ui'-\ I Viinia ( <>ui\ty.
In Siij«ori(ir Court.
NV. M. OilU-'|ii»* vs. Tuiii ilit'vpic.
,\' GillC'i'ie. the tloknilunt abi.vi-uaiiicd,
wil. notK c iliat an iicti<i;i cntiiicd as alH)\v
lias liccM coiiiiDLMicod in tJit'Superior r'ointoi'
TransvlC unty i>y tin- plaintilV ahovc
iianie<‘l tlie i.uriKi'-o <.f n-cov. rintr fifun tin-
(^,.|Vii(iant tlic sliai*-of niei.I.iiiiiill ill the real
aiiil I'crsonai estiit(- ol .laciiMiii <;iilcs}iiv, dt'.
ceased, the said n-al o-tatc- lyin^r in tin- ('oiinty
of Tran‘*ylvatilii. in the stat<-of Noitli Carolina,
aixl said defendant will take ii(»tf( c (Mat lie is
rcqnirtd to aprear at the next tcMn of tlu- .si.ipo-
r=o- C >urf of the -aid coiinty to hr iiei.i at the
,our- l)on-e in li'cvard. N. ('. on tlie fifih
THE MERGER DECISION
It Will Not Bring Relief to the
Suffering People.
OEIMINAL PROSECUTION NEEDED.
The OnlT Method That Will Bring;
the Combines and TruNts to Time.
Wall Street Seems to Be Satisfied
That the Administration Will Do
Nothing: Drastic.
If any one expects that the people
who live along the lines of the Great
Northern, the Northern Pacific and
the Chicajro, Burlln.irton and Quincy
railroads will be benefitetl by the su
preme court decision against the mer
ger of those railroads into one combi
nation he will be grievously disap
pointed. Passenger and freight rates
will not be reduced, nor will there be
comiietition at the points where these
railvoads touch each other. Mr. Hill,
Mr. Morgan and the other stockhold
ers will still control these railroads
and charge the public all the traffic
will bear. The only result of the deci
sion is that the individuals who origi
nally oAvned the stock and had ex
changed their holdings for the stock of
the Northern Securities company wid
now have it returned to them. There
is nothing in the decisicn to prevent
one or more men from owning the
three railroads if he or they have moi»-
ey to buy. No part of the decision will
prevent the owners of the stock get-
tii’g together and agreeing to run the
roads in unison—a “gentlemen's agre(>-
ment,” as it is called. What the court
has aflirmed is the decree of the I'nit-
(‘d States circuit court, the provisions
of which are:
“The Northern Securities company,
its utiii’crs, (‘ic., are hereby enjoined:
“From acquiring or attempting to ac-
(luire any iKijrc of such stock.
“From voting any such stock at any
meeting of the stockholders of either
rjiilway company.
“From exeri'ising or attempting to
exercise any control, direction, super
vision or iiilluence on the acts of ei
ther railway company by virtue of its
holding of stock therein.
“From allowing the Securities com
pany or its attorneys or agents to vote
the stock held by it.
“From paying any dividends on such
stock to the S<‘cui-ities company.
“From j»ermitti!ig the Secm’ities com
pany. or its oliict'rs. etc.. to exercise
:!ny control ovc'r tlie corporate acts of
such railway comici’iies.
“This on’er shall not be construed
as p'vventiiig a re-e:cchange between
the Kcciirities comp:sny and those to
whom it has issueil its own shares in
excl!::n ‘e for those of either railway
coii'i»Jiny.'’
The result of this decision from the
railroad’s standpoint is stated by for
mer I'nited States Senator Manderson.
general solici,tor of one of the rail
roads, Avho said: “They will beyond a
doubt coiitiii’u* to lt(* operated as sep
arate <Mititit*s. so far as the general
public is conct'rned. Therc'fori* I do
not s(‘e how th(*y can be (*ither beno-
tited or injured by the decision.”
Attorney (;en(M-:il Kiiox, in giving his
views ui)on th(' decision, i>l;'.in!y de
clares that “tlie gov(‘i‘nment does not
mean to ru;i amuck” by rusliiiig in1'>
litig.-ition against ol!u*r similar illegal
combinations of r.iilroads. Fnless
I'resi<lent Roosevelt and his attoriu'y
general follow u]) this decision by the
more dr.aslic criminal section of the
antitrust law it is certain that the con-
si*irators in restraint of trade and
those who hold a monopoly of the rail
road busin»*ss of tlu‘ country have
nothing to fear from the rt'sult of the
decision of the court. The big hold«>rs
of railroad stock ;ire put to some in
convenience by th(‘ decision. Their
p(*t company, which w-is to control :ind
hold about all the stock of these natu
rally competin
expecting tlie decision to be against
the merger and had prepared for It and
is so pleased with the administration
tip given out by Attorney (General
Knox that other combines need not
fear; that it considers the trusts and
conspirators safe until politics require
another raid by the powe:-s that be.
OFFICIAL “GRAFT.”
Appropriations Diverted to FarniKh
CarringrcK, llorseN and DriverH.
The “official carriage" graft has re
ceived considerable airing since the sub
ject was first brought up in congress.
The statement of the heads of dep.‘»rt-
ments show that there are thirty-eight
carriages and thirty-six horses kept for
the use of department othcials and that
it requires twenty-four cojichmen to
drive these carriages, with their sump
tuous fm-nishings. in which the cab
inet and minor officials attend to their
official and social duties and their per
sonal pleasure. This number does not
Include those used by the interior de
partment or the department of agricul
ture, which for some unexplained rea
son were n.ot called upon by the house
of representatives for information and
volunteered none.
The department that is most lavish
in tlie mnnber of horses and carriages
used is that of commerce and labor,
which, considering it has only been in
<*xlstence about a year and already em
ploys eight horses and ten carriages,
may be expected to largely increase its
luxurious way of doing things Avhen it
reaches the age of even the yoimgest
of the other departments unless con
gress puts a stop to the extravagance.
That this carriage graft has gradual
ly grown under liepublican administra
tions without warrant of law nuiy be
seen from the returns, which show that
only one out of twenty-four men is car-
ri<'d on the payroll as “drivi'r.” The
otlu*r tW('uty-three are n:imed in the
appropriation bills for more us(‘ful pur
poses—namely. one :is a watchman, ten
laborers, eight assistant messt'iigers jind
fom* UK'sseiigers. So the lalujr of all
but one of the twenty-four has Ixhmi di
verted from the busiin'ss that congr('Ss
j <-reated the olUce for. a^d ev(>n the U!'w
d('partjn(‘nt of c«imnu*ri-(‘ and labor fol-
I lows in the old footsteps of demanding
fom’ messeugers and tluMi ushig them
' for coachnu'n. Tlu‘ iturchases of car-
I riages an^l horses are nearly all cov-
I en*d up tmder similar guise. Most of
I the ;ipproi»riations us('d for that pur-
1 pos(‘ ;ir(‘ schcilnled for transportation
! or miscellan;‘ous (>xi)ense.
j lUit f«‘W will object to cabinet officers
I being furnisiied with a horse and car-
I rlage to allow them to attend cabinet
I m»'etings and other otiicial fimclions iu
! appr('pri;iti‘ style, but tluit minor offi-
I cials should have these luxuries under
false i>retenses is preposterous and
I should be cut off as an excrescence
j more lit for a monarchy than a repub-
’ lie.
TAX AND TRUST RIDDEN
People Every where Complaining
of Tariff Exactions.
EEPUBLIOAN DONATING POLICY.
Kcpn1»II(*:in ^fodilioiition.
The protectionists and the trusts
eombin(^d <-ontrol ail tlu‘ Republican
memlxM’s of congress, so that no bill
for t.Mrilf reform has even been report
ed from tlu* committ<‘e on ways and
meatis. I»o(‘s that look like favoring
a “modilication of the tariff sclu'd-
ules?” Those KejmMican meml)(*rs of
congress who promised in tlie last cam
paign they would favor tariff reform
on those schedul<‘s that gave the trusts
a monopoly have* made no effort to re
deem their promis«'s. but have “stood
pat’’ with the ultra monopolists aiul
concluded t!uit their i^oliiical s.-ilvation
depended on “letting well enough
alone.”
On the Anxious Seat.
So far but one department of the
postoffice has been investigated and
that by its own ollicials. If the other
branch(*s ;ire free from taint, why do
the Republicans r('fuse to allow them
to lie investigated by a cojnmittee com
posed of both Republicans and Dem
ocrats?
As nominations for congress are now-
being made and the campaign for clec-
railroads. must now be i tion ^vill soon be under wr.y over 10i»
Whr the Present Tariff Rates Were
Made IfiKher Than Those of the
McKinley Bill—Party Promises Bro
ken at the Behests of Trusts and
Monopolies.
hen you hear a Republican saying
i there is no need to ^form the tariff,
I ask him why the ral^ in the Dingley
I bill, the present tariff law, were made
I so much higher than the McKinley law,
j w hich wa.s higher than other previon.s
i ttirift’s. 1 he fact that the rates are
higher now tlian ever before wouhi
seem to demand reform.
It was admitted by Senator Dolliver
of Iowa in a spt'oeh in the senate that
the rates were purposely increased to
allow for reductions that were to be
made in reciprocity treaties with for
eign countrie.s. M,-. Kasson was se
lected by I*r(‘sident McKinh^y to nego
tiate reciprocity treaties, antf he did .so
Avith France, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Ar
gentina and the liritish and DanisJi
West Indies.
lint the Republican leaders in the
Fnited Stat(‘s senate refused to .-illow
these ti-(>aties to be nilitied. uiul tJie
I>lngh\v law ivites h;iv(* contiimed to
be paid by tin* peopk* or tlie Fnited
States witlumt the small co’icessions
that the rocijjrocity treaties woiilo have
made on sotne ;!rti( Jes. And yet the
I{<‘imblican national platform of P,kU(
conh'.itK'il these words;
Rei'ijirocity and j)rol(‘ction are twin
mejstii(*s ol l*(‘piilili<*;>n policy and go
h;md in ha ml.” 'riu* Iowa stati* plat
form of iJMil said. “We indors<‘ the
l>olicy of recjj)rocity as ilu* n;ilural
: comph'niejit of pr<»t<'cfion and urge its
! (h*v<*Iopmc{if ;is nec('ss;iry to tiie
jieali/ation of tnu' highi'st commercial
. possiI.iliti('s." And that tariff plank
I closed wiJli this important de<-larati«»n:
i lavor ;iny modification t»f the
; taiifl scheduh's that may be reqiiircnl
I to i>revent their affording a shelter to
monojioly/*
-\e;irly every st;i((' Refitiblican [>Iat-
torm h:is d(>clart'd for reciprocity, and
sonu* of tluMH declanvl for such modili-
, cations ol tlie tariff schedules as m;iv
I s(>em to b(‘ refpiired. The Idaho Re-
I puldican platform of IPoo declared <mt-
i si)oiv(Mdy lor tariff revision and con-
] taiiu'd tlu' most '■adical antitrust plank
tliat any political p.arly has declared
J for. It says, “We favor a rt'vision of
I tlu‘ tariff wiUiom unreasonable (hday
^ which will place ujndi tlie free list
j eveiy article and product <-on(ro]led by
I any iiiotiopoly and such otiu‘r artit-les
and products as are heyond the need
of protection.”
In sj)ite of these <!tv]aralions ;uid
promises made by the R<‘i>ublicans.
I'residtMit liooseveit aiul the leaders in
congress have dt*termim‘d to not even
Cimsider the t;iriff or attempt to modi
fy lliose scliedules tliat give the trusts
their monopoly of tlie m-.irket for many
of thf> iu‘cessari(‘s of lii’e. The Re
publicans r(‘fusi> to ratify the reciproc
ity treaties of their own making, and
they rt'lust* to rt'duct* th(‘ Dingley
rates, although tln^y purposely jdaced
those rail's mucii Iiigher ll-an the pro-
tei‘t(‘d trusts ask<'d, so that when the
reciprocity tn'aties wert* ratified the
trusts and ct>mbint‘s would still be
anijdy protected. Rut tin* trusts con-
trt)lh‘d the lit'public.in headers and
have be(*n .sfron”- t‘nough to keep the
law intact, and the protectioiusts de
clare it must not be tonch<>d.
J hus ar(‘ W(‘ t.ariff t.-ixed and trust
ridden. Ask your Rt'publican neigh
bor how ho lik(*s this do nothing j>ro-
gramnie of his party, and if he thinks
his prosperity is «*nh,anced by it.
PERSIAN GEMS ^MORii
Pine Tnrqaoise Stones from the Mine.**
of Nishapoor Are Beuoming
Scarcer and Dearer.
The turquoise gems, the finest exam
ples of A\uicu are produceo trom lua
mines of Nishayoor, are, probabiy irom
some change iu ihe lashion of the west,
becoming (.eartr in pnce and, iu
Teheran and neighborhood, more oifti-
cult to find. Accoiaing to \ ice Consal
General Tyler, at .'.leran, says t^e
Wasuington Siar, much of the value of
the stone cetenus on its shuyc, tae ou-
long being considered the niosi appro
priate; on its Ireeoom from spois or d.s-
coloratiou, however small in its
age, when the color has settled down
into its final hue (not the superficial
variations or sympathetic changes, but
its really permanent sUadet; hut more
than all on its actual color, v/hethei
fresh from the hands of the lapidary or
sedate from long wear. Choice, taste
and fashion largely determine the pi<.-1-
erence of one shade or another, but ih'
lapis lazuli, or the cloudless sapphire
of its native skies, is the highest quality
of the turquoise.
The pearls of the Persian gulf, whic’i
have formed for a long time past an im
portant branch of the export irade, have
likewise, within the last few years, rif en
greatly in price. Mr. Tyler says he dof;;
not think that this means that the s’ap-
ply has seriously diminished, hut raMiC?
that the demand has increased out cf
proportion. Ten thousand ecdlars for a
rosary of fanltle.‘:s pearls is not at th;
present time considered at all exccssivo.
although formerly the same might be
bought for a tithe of that amount.
EVERY WAS STOLEN.
Conseqnently I'liis Pulilleatinn 'WnK
in Great DistresH and Compelled
to Lisp Out Its Itlens.
“We are thorry to thay.” explained the
editor of a wteicly paiier in Texas, “ihai
our rompoihing-room wiith enters:!
latht night by thome unknov. n thcoiin-
’rol. who thtole every eth in the etlital)
ithmeni and thufceeded in making hith
ethcape undetected.
“It hath been impothible of court hr
:o procure a new thupply of oihe h
in time for thith iththue, and ‘
are thuth compelled to go to pr>^th i’'.
a thituation motht emharrathing ar.i
dithtrething; but we thee no other
courthe to j)urthue than to mal:e t; <
beiht thiagger we can to get along wiih-
oiit the mithing letter, and we therefor ■
print the ‘Newth’ on time regarcleth ol
the loth thnthtained.
“The motive of the mitheraVlo mif '-
creant ith unknown to uth. but doub; lei h
wath revenge for thome thuppothed in-
thult.
"It thall never be thaid that the potty
thpiteof the thmall-thouled villain ha h
dithabled the ‘Newth.’ If th:rh nif-etth
the ej'e of the detethtabie rathcal.
beg to athure him that he mdtreiht;-
mateth the rethourceth of a firtht-dr.ih
newthpaper when he thinklh he can
cripple it hopelethly by breaking into
the alphabet.
“We take occathion to thay to him.
furthermore, that before next Thtirth-
day we will have three timeth ath many
etheth ath he thtole.”
T T I.OFTtS,
Cloili of .Superior Court.
succeed(‘d l>y some oth(‘r agreement
that will secretl.v bind them. The rail
roads will be run as si‘i)arate com
panies, as they have been under the
Northern Sectirities nuM-ger, but this
decision does not compel them to com
pete against t'.icli other, and competi
tion is the only thing that w’ill help
the public.
That the railroads are not hurt by
the decision is in a measure i>roved by
the action of the stock i^iarket since
the decision was made public, the
stocks of the leading railroads bavin.g
advanced, especially that of the com
pany involved.
It is probable that W^H^tre^t, was
Republican members are on the anx
ious seat :ind unless they can be given
a cl(‘an bill of health ;ire likely to meet
I di.s.aster when the voters try their
j cases this fall. It certainl.A’ looks like
j the Democrats would walk away with
j a ni.-ijority of the next bouse of rep-
j resentatives.
It is estimated that the I’anama canal
fsone can bo placed in a sanit.iry con
dition for $2,000,000. Considering the
work to be done, that is not a large
sum, but if the cost shotdd be ten
times as much the government would
be obliged to spend the money.
The wholesale meat dealers of Phil- I
adelphia, who .are acting independently i
of the so called meat trust, are consid- |
ering :i plan for labeling home dressed |
beef so that the trust mt'at cannot be i
forced uixm consmiH'rs if they do not :
wish to buy it. Patriotism may be re- |
li('d upon to ^ome extent in a matter |
of this kind. l»ut if the independent i
prices are lower than those of the com- j
bine better results will be obtained. i
The war d(‘partment is officially in-
fori:u*d that the sultan of Sulu acqui- i
esc(‘s in th.e abrogation of the Bates |
treaty, by which his salary is stopped.
It is possible that his acquiescence w’as
not material.
COLONIZING CANADA.
What I'ersistent Advertisins' Has
Done for the —lirtiw-
iuK FlasL oil u i,ari;:e l«ieule.
Some livi.* years ago the Canadian gcv-
ernmeiiL d.d suv^nuous atiVtrtising
throughout the cities of the IJnitea
States with a view of disabusing the
peoiiie's minds of the idea that wesit-iu
Canada was a waste ol trosi and>now.
1 he government caustd tree iectuies to
ba given, esiablisheu buieaus trom
which large quantities of liierauire
about Cana(iian pc;ss.biilties in the way
jf larniing and home mai.ing were is-
trued and gave exhibitions of agricul
tural products at state and county fairt:.
The farmers of the middle west iiv
particular emigrated in large numbers,
with the result that an American in
vasion of Canada began, and continued
to sttadily as to prouuce what a recent
writer has called the “Americanization
of Canada.”
One of the most noticeable results of
the invasion is shown in the introduc
tion of rlax growing on a large scale.
The Canadians thought it unwise to at-
tvrinpt the cultivation of that grain, as
they believed it hard on the land and a
great protector of weeds. But the
Americans have proved to the contrary,
and with land selling at $12 an acre and
yielding an average of IB bushels to the
acre of flax the newly-bought farms
have paid for themselves during the
very first year.