Sylvan
Our County—Its Progress and Prosperity the First Duty of a Local Paper.
miner & BKFESE.
BREVARD. TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY. N. C., FRIDAY, AFriIJST ]0. 1004.
VOL. IX—NO.;;;]
l^unns Rock Lodge No. 267
F. «S* M-
OPPOSED TO REFORM.
Meets Fi-itlay on or
bofoi-o the full moon
in eaeli month, at 2 p.
m. Visitin*r Masons
ai-o otM-ilially invited
t(» moot with
sptly Wm. Maxwell, Sfc*'v.
Conestee Lodge No. 237,
O. O. F.
fleets every Monday nii^ht at ^
‘‘lock. Visitiiiii hi-dtliers are oor-
uially invited to visit us.-
Z. W. XT(’lh)I.S. X. (5.
Transylvania Lo<!ge No. 143,
Knigiits of Pythias
1 It'Liular eonvt-niion ev-
erv 'riu‘s(];iy iiii.>ht in M a-
so'nir Ihill'. V is it in <2-
l\niiilit> iiri-
vited to attvnd.
r<n-(liallv in-
.). A. sM )\v. r.
Brevard Telephone Exchange.
Hon^s;
r>aily—7 a. m. to lo p. m.
Sunday- -S to 10 a. in.. 4 to (i p.
<'entral Ortiee--('o(*pi‘i‘ lilo‘*k-
Professional CarcSs.
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.
Kooms 1 and 2. Piekelsinier iJuildinjr.
ZACHARY &. BREESE
ATTORN EYf-AT-LAW
Offices in McMinn Block. Erevard. K. C.
WELCH CALLOWAY,
ATTORN EY-AT [ AV/.
I’racliees in all the eourt<
Rooms 9 and 10 McMinn Clock. Brevard, N. C.
Miscellai^eous.
Dr. H. H. CARSON
Surgeon Dentist
()ili(’o oviT Hank.
HKNDKli.'^oNVI LLK. N. (’.
Satisfaction <iuarantivil in all • )i'frations.
The True Rei>n1>IIcnii I'osftion on llae
'I'nriflr Qu«‘N<ioii,
The American Kcononiist. the trust
|UI)ported oriran of tlu‘ i)r(*tt*cti(»nists.
fntirely jipproves th»* IN'puhlic.-ui plat
form and ospeeially c«*Miint*nds tlu‘ t:ir-
i£f plank, wliich it s:iys is •’the pled;;e
aj^ainst iinn('c(*ss;uy tMiil'f iiiiivc:inu
and the pU'd^ie that no schemes fu”
reciprocity in trade with forei.un na
tions shall lie perniittt'd to injure any
industry in the I’nited St.iti's.” It is
Well to h.'ive this, the hiuhest anllioi’ity.
tell us wli.it the K»'pulilic:ui pi.itl'onn
does nie.'in <»n the taril'f (luestion. 'I'hoso
liepnhlicaiis who itre .‘ni.xious for ree-
iprocity with Canada and t»tln*r coun
tries Mill know their demands are not
to retrive tlio slitrhtest consideration,
i The l'](‘onomist also shows its otter
! al)horr<Mice of tlu* ('nl*an reciprocity
I treaty v. hich Tresident Koosi'velt
j fon-cil throniili congress, for it adds:
I “The f.ict will not he lost sijrht of
I that hjul the principles enunciated in
I the pl.Mtforni uovi'rned tlu* Kepublii-.ui
I iiation:il aduiiiiistration dttriu.i; the i>ast
! two yc:irs there would have- bei'U no
( such tliini; as recijirocal tr.-ide airree- !
I inents with ;iny forei.irn luition, no niat-
■ tor how j^reat tin* inc(‘ntive or how
I charitable the .spirit which prompted
I such ne^xotiation, when the fai-t was
j clearly demonstrahle th.-jt more than
one industry iti the l’nite<l States was
; certain to be injuriously affected
I thereby."
( That is certainly a f:iir slap in the
face for rresident lioosevelt, wh« the
Econonii.st evidently thinks was not
governed by tru»* pr»ttecti(»n principles,
for it is “clearly demonstrable that
more than one industry in the T'nitc-«l
IStates was certjiin to he injuriously
aftected then'by.’’ The injured indus-
Iries are su^^.ir :ind tobac<-o. both of
which are controlh*d by trusts, and th<>
lament of this l{ei>ublican ori:;in shows
cle:u'Iy the connection between the
trusts and that j»arty and the absolute
uomination of the trust i)arons over
the late Iii>i)ublican conveniion.
The monopolists have so tied up the
liejniblic.-in party in its jtl:itf(>rm that
OUCH
Hl6t1
« TA8IFP
IRI
FRIENDS FOR TWENTY YEARS.
Two Teleffrnp'a Oi;erators Who Ha«l
Jtever Met or $««n Bach
Other.
Of course recent visitors to St. Louis could not get away without one or two
minor accidents.
—Chicago News.
Xew York World. “We can stand Ad-
dicks in Delaware if 1 )elaw;ire can. we
can st.ind I'latt and Odell in X(‘W York
if we h.-ive to. but when it conu's to
makin;; .New York tin* dumpiiitr lirouiid
for .Vildicks refuse v»hi< i! <*ven Dela
ware will not toh'rate Xew York draws
the line.”
An Idenl Cnndlilnte.
The jrreat conserv:iti\«* business ele
ment of the (otmtrv. whose interest.s
for ;it least the ne.xt four years, if that I demand an orderly. cons(>rvative. sta
party is successful, tliere will bt* no
tinktM'iUL; with tlu? sacred tiii'iff law.
A Kepublican c:indida(«“ for congress
m;iy prou)is<‘ t<* favor rt'ciprocity, or to
revis(* tin* tariff so tli.it if will not
fost<‘r trusts, but if eh-cted lu* will be
I»ow(M-less to do anythinu: for tariff
ri'form without brt*akinj: with his
p.irty. It will b<> well for R«‘j)nblic:uis
who havt‘ iiitherto voted the IN'jiulilic-
an ticket, but now think reci]»rocity or
a revision of those* tariff scIkhIuIcs th:it
protect tin* trusts in sellinu ;ii»ro:ul
clu'aper ti'.nn here should be adopted,
to (pK'stion their candidates for <*on-
jrri ss on h->w far tlicv will bt‘ willing
to fur re<-iprocity or reform.
bh* j^overtnuent. will lind in .fud.iie I’ar-
k<>r ;i c:indid:ite exactly to their likinir.
:ind the.v will sc(‘ that the l>»‘mocralio
pl:itform is likt' the candid:it»‘. safi‘,
<li^inti<(l, consei-vative ;uid indicative
of c:iutio!i in all thinirs, llu‘ cons(>rva-
tion of our national prosperity :nid th»
pres<*rvation of the national di.unity and
honor.
TIWZ TO DRAW THE LINE.
C. C. KILPATR.ECK,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
Office at Barber Shop, Brevard, N. C.
K>timates ^iv<.‘n on ail
in the l)uildin^^ I inc.
kinds <d' \v(jrk
T. B. CRARY,
Contractor for Ail Kinds of Bricl( Wori(.
('emeiit Work. 1’la>1<*riny. I’elddc-
dash and Iloii^h Cjisiinu- a .Specialty.
BREVARD, N. C.
G. W, Summey—Carpenter
l]est of recommendalictns—hi
,iobs in or out of town acce)>t<“d
All work Lniaranteed.
A. C. NORTON,
Practical Boot and Siioemalcer
Harness Work a s}x>cialty.
West iVlain Street near Caldwell.
The JEthelwold
]ji-evard's Xew Ifotel—Modoi-n Aii-
pointments—Open all the year.
'■J'he ])atronaire of tlie travelinjr ])ublic
jis well as summer tourists i.-j solicited.
Opp. (.’otirt House, Iirevar<l. X.C.
Xew neootiie.s the DiiiiiitiuK
(irouiiil of Atl«ii<‘k.s Ilofu.se.
Additksism has lu-en t.ikcn into the
K(‘puhlic;ui fokl n<»twitiistandini;- it rep-
res(*nts :ill that is censurable in i»oli-
tics. The Addicks del(*^ati‘s from I»ela-
ware wert‘ s»‘.ited in the li*>publican
nation.Ml convention, althoii^h it was
well known that [xilitical debauchery
was the cause of their beini;- there.
rr(*sid<'nt Hoosev**lt h:is :ifi:iin approv-
(‘(1 of the rotten siih* of l>elaware poli
tics by appointiiiir William M. I’.yrne
as ,‘issistant distri<-t attorney for Xew
York, who has bc'en one of tlie princi
pal Addicks strik(*rs and p:irtisans. lie
has only resided in Xew York for a few
months, so his appointment is therefore
work. ! more reniiirkable, Miid when it is
remembered that the I nited States sen
ate refused Ui contirm his appointment
as district attoriuw for I>elaware it is
the more e.xtraordin;iry. To Inject the
poison of Atldicksism into the liepuh-
liean oriraniz.-ition t)f Xew York by
plantiiiir one of its slmots in that fertile
soil for strate^^y and spoils in the im
portant ollice of United States district
attorney, where the opportunity for po
litical evils are so numerous, is almost
beyond coiiiprehension.
Talk of home rule and civil service
reform and boast, as the Hepublieans
do, that rresident lioosi'velt is for their
honest enforc-ement and then think of
such an appointment when the facts
were all well known. I'sually exctises
can l>e made for b;td appointments by |
the president. He has to rely upon ,
Sa<l to Coiiteiii|iI:ite.
If any on(* dotdds that Theodort
I{oosev<“lt is construcled of the real,
heroic sttiff, he has only to co!isid»*r hin
n'soive not to make any sj»eechi>s ir
this ,V(‘ar’s c:iinpaij;ii. Think of th** in-
nr.merabk* trains tlyinir back and forth
iicross the country without Theodop
lIoos(‘V(‘lt on tlu* tail end of a sint;Iti
one of tlu'iu:—Ii«tchester II<*rald.
I>Kvi.s We.st \ irK'iitla.
''J'he kepiiblic.in pr"ss is profoundly
concerned alnujt the Democrr.tie vice
presidential ca;idulale on two score.s.
It n*,t;rets his aitviUiced ane mon; than
words c;in tell and is already beninniu"
to .-idmit the possibility tli.it if electi'd
lie may not ouilive his term of ollice
and also to su,:^.i;est that his n-ould lie
too aj^ed a h:ind to hold the helm of
state; shonlil he be calk'd upon to as
sume the presicic'utial cliair. Si*condly,
it is paiiu'd tl';it he should be a m:tu
of wea!??:. \v ri:ey $:>0.-
000,(too, instead « f t»ne of m<ire moder
ate fortune. 'I'here is a va.mie su^m's-
tion in the r-ditonals tliat have i-ome lo
our '.'yi' tliat a vice firesidential candi
date ouixht not to have that much mon
ey and that the iH'iuocratic party has
somehow surrenderc(.l its principles by
nominating him. — Xew Orleans IMca-
yune.
Dissolution.
The partnership hen.-tofDre existiiij' in the
fiawrndl bii>iiu‘.ss lunier ilie style-and naine<if
Mull A: Lance has been (li.''"ni\id 1)\ .M. R. l.anto
“yjt]i(ira\vin>r. The busiress will be (•(iiitinue<l
j,v \V. L. .Mull, who will niukw all collee tionsi
iiiie the linn and pay all demands aKt<iuht it.
Tiiis July 7, 1W4. W. L. Mfl.L,
M. K. l.ANCK.
Bound to TruMt'n Chnrfot 'Wheel.
The Republicans of Minnesota have
sold out bn,tr and bjijriiMire to the mer-
jrer and steel trust inter(*sts. and P.oh
Dunn, the Hill and Rockefeller candi
date, was nominated for governor. 'I'lie
(Jovernor Van Sant faction, who insti
tuted the nier;;,fr suit in the* st:it(i
courts, which foreeel 1‘resieh‘ut Roose‘-
velt to follow suit in the feeleral
courts, is defeatenl, anel the octopus
will rule the rejost. As a sop to the
Van Sant faction the platform com
mends the frovernor's actiein in “esi>ous-
OUR FARIV1ERS HANDICAPPED |
.>Iust l*a> M«»re I-'ur Ijt;i>Ieiiieiitt< Tiia:>
iJie l-’tireicTier.
'I'hv t.-iri'l’ lax o!i :in;:lcn:en(s ;,nel
teiiiis be'ars meist he-.tvily i.'um \',.v f.iiui-
er. All. or ne-arly all. of these* ;iriicle-s
— plenvs, e-iiltivators. li;irrows. plair.e'rs.
■Jriils, hoe-s, shove'ls. ;i.\es. W!( iu lies.
pe-ales, saws, barb wire*, wiie* u;;ils. e'te-.
— are* seild at ;rre*;it;y re'elueed pricers ui
foreiiTiieTs. (»nr f;i i-i:;e*rs, n.ieii the-y
sell whe:it i!i Knul.iinl. compe*U* With
the* whe*at from r.ue-utina ;:n.l frvUii
Aust r:ili:i. (hir whe-at nrowe*rs are*
.ii'reatly han<Ii<'a}i]i» <1 in this conipe-ii'.Ion
by thre*e facis; (1» 'I'hey have* ‘ui ;.ay
about L!.”! jie*r cent Ilioi'e for the;"
ments ;ind to:iis, all !nade ia .Viiurica.
than is paid for the*.>e same- impieiue nts
anel te)e)ls by the*;r lore-iL-n e-ompe*!itors;
(2» tlu'y h;i\<* to be*ar the* burden e>f
either prott'e-live tariff ta.xes whieh un-
nee-e'ssarily iiu-rease* the cost eif livinu
anel e>f preiducini;- v.iie*at: (.‘h the rail-
ro:iels e>ver which eiur farnie*rs must
ship wlie*at pjiy aliout U.l j’.e*r e-e-nt more
feir steel r.iils and many euher mate
rials thjin is paid feir the*se same ma
terials, all made in Ame*rie-a, by the
railroads ove*r whieh the wh«*at e»f Ar
gentina anel Australia is shii)iK*d.
As if tins were noi siillicienl h.ini’ic.ip
upein eiur farme*rs. it is now pi-( pose-el
by the politie-al statesmen in e-on;ro! e»f
the* party eif this ridiculous sysiei.i oi’
prote*etion to ft-r'.he*" tax our f.-inneiN
to provide subsidy f.ir ships. Sheiukl
subsiely pre'v.iii ;uid this new tax lie
le*vie*d, as is proniise‘el by the* Re'jiublie- ,
ans, Amerie aii bui't ships, dr.iwin.ij ■
hc'avy subsiely, mi.iint re-nhice the for-
('i.uii ships now e*iiL'';i.m*d in trade* be*-
twee*n this and fore*iir:i e()untrie\s. 'rhese
fore'iu'u ships in tl’e-ir se*are-!i for e-aruM
we)u;el leMik to ei;li'*r countrie*s siuii a.*?
Australia an I Arirei t ua. ('omj'e'tition
in the e)e-e*an e-arryin.;’ <if t!u* i^r.-iins and
ine'ats eif those e-ouiurivS wonlel be
very ;^re*at and we)uld re'sult in iieni'iit
to the' farnie'rs e»f those ce»untrie*s.
Our farmers are feiolish te> support a
system of ••prote'e*tie)u" Avhie*h ojierates
to tlH*ir elisadvautai;e as comparcel with
thc'ir fore*i<;n competitors in proeliu-insi
anel tr.-uisportins; p.reiuue’ts by land.
They will be* ;.!)solute chumps if they
vote te) tax the*mselves still more in or
der to jrive their feirei.irn cetnipetitors an 1
advant:ige in e)ce*an transportation.
The tflephor.e {rirl is not the only one
who incidentally I'.a.s a good tinip alon^
with work, speakiiiir her mind when she
jileases, bceai;?o hvr idr-ntity is un
known. She. ?;.s a rule, is very hi(-al aue!
her voice is? freeiuently the; ineai;.'^ of dis
elosiny who s-he is, su she is olj!ii;ed ai-
times to bo s. m;*. v.'la t re>er\fi, L>u'
only “at times.” Witl] liie te-Iii^rapl;
operator it is diii'ereiit. lie or >iic in:i\
expre.<is the niii.ei fully if it can bL- done
in two or three minute-.s, for tlini i< ^he
limit of the time the cipe*ra!(jr dare
mono[)olize. lie e-lieks the most diirini;
thing's iiver the wire to f ite ojiera :or ai
the other end, and the aume Ij- eKektd
back.
P'requently they will make de.'[)e rate
love to eaeii otlnr, iieithej'knou the
sex of the other, .’km] will eontii.iie it
for months or year.-i. and if of
them ii- eliaiis^ed to arctherpo^t iln-ac-
<ltiailltaiice wi;! {.-m with the l;C\V op
erator where tl.e o!ii ( in- left At
times tlit.y will te-11 eadi oth._r their
sex at j)artii)^>-, anel if they both hui)pen
to be me n eir ijiris it i.-3 put down and
told as a i^ooei j<.ike of the bu.'-iness.
They always say “ge)e)(l morriing" to
each other as rei.^u!arly as if they
worked in the san;e room and hate-.I
each other cordiaiI\.
At the tele^M iipliers’convention, held
recently in Chica{>o. a tall, handsome
Ihia'iishrn:!!! \\as neitie-ed to hjok ovei
the re f^istry bo: k every liour or .--o of
tliefirst iwoe;a\sof i he convent ion. At
kn^^th sc,'me oi;e asked him why he diel
it. “I am iookiiii: fi-r the naiut^ of an
old frieiul.” he repiifd. "Won!eln't vou
see him if he came- in anel re<ri>te l e-d V”
was asked. “Yes. but 1 woultl not know
liim. lie has luci; a u;irm friiiK] of
mine f^.r :.’'J ye:;rs, st ill I have never set u
ll i!U.
“We have never met at a convention,
whieh is al;out the only place eipt.-rat or.s
ever meet. When I ee,u!d fstt off he
could not, but this time 1 expecte-d to
see his niiMic oi. tl,c re”isiir .-ure.”
Soon a sliori, Iie;r.y-set n.:',n cd' ,t*a:al
ap[ic'arane-e walkeei to the; b;;ok .ind
wrote his name with a flourisli. Ihc
l''ngli!'hn;:in watched liim, and as lie-
turned a\\;:y hjoktd at tlu* Ixjok.
‘■'1 liere l.e i.'.*’ he saie!. and a moment
later the two friends of 20 years were
ela.-piiiL^ lianels and ^'azii.L’' hito each
othe-r"s eyes for the first time.—f. liieag'o
Chroniele-
CHINESE ARMY ROLLS. '
They Include with the Sol«ller«, Their
Horaea and Every Article of
KQuipineat.
Now thnt. Chinn has Kusi?ia for a near
nei^'hhor, it remain.^ t(i he seen how
su<-eessfuliy. -ir otherwi.cf*. the iiiiddle
kinj^ei.«iiu will continue to jiraetie-e iti»'
favorite gan.e ( f bluff, liow it has
reenforced itji army is shown by th<-
euisi. exph.rer, H-erdin, says Youth'n
C'■ tn jK.nii'U.
I tie C hinese .have a tnovt extraor-
(iiiiary way <-f eniiineratiT.g' trcx.ps.
'1 l'.f \ '•eii 't c< :ileut with <-ouiuii;tr ihe
s-oldiers oniy. but re<-kon in als</ their
iiMi-.-ej'. ritiij. .'iiiM'.-'. breeches aiiiJ fn
forth, so thy; the re.'ultant total is:*,
long- w.;ty hOi.-.t- what it «/uq!;i to Le.
'I'liey apparent . n T he s up|H>si-
tien ih.:it the- rife i.' at i, j.-i as vaiimbie
a> the niaii. an;; l.^ an :i i: >us train
of rea.‘(.nir;^’- ti e_\ artri'. Ti'.at a man iv
<’f .itlU- use :f h>- !ih> i< ira’el on foot,
tiiat lie e-ann- i ” i aii-'iit n.;:lve(i. and e.
o;i. llei.<-e e..ant the whide kil.
horse, ritie. !ii'eee-i;es and all.
By this pv^eiiiiar pr< of arith
metic they far.e*y they o’eeeivc the Ku.s-
f ians int-ei believin^^ their (;arri»ourf
much Bt.r^mger than they are.
I Low’s This?
We ofi’er oii^‘ liuiidrifl dollars re
ward for any case oi' ( atiiirh tiiat
cannot be cuieti l»y halP.s ( atarrli
cure.
r. .J. ( ni:.\ i:v A; ( (*.,Te)le(.lo. 0.
Lau.ijh. and you cheat the doctors. Wp, tiie mKh-rsi^^ned. have known
Weep, anel the*y’ll se)e>n cheat you. F.J.Cheney I’or I he last l.“> years, and
Complain of your ills, and you’ll tind believe liitn perfectly honorable in
all business transactions .md tin.-in-
inj; tlu‘ cause of the [icople ajrainst the
what others tell him about the).se who I railro;id merger and trusts.” How the
seek federal appointments, but in the; i trust ni:i.irnates must ,;?rin when they
that the bills will shortly boy;in to
ae‘e-rue. Knveleji) yotu’ beiuj^ with sun
shine, with scads of health you'll bt!
blest; but {grieve and niejpe, you will
soon take de>p(% and the doctors will
do the rest.
Byrne case the appointee, Addicks and
the debauchiii}? of I>e‘laware were all
notorious, and no one had more wealth
of details of the rottenness than Pres
ident Roosevelt.
“This Is the last straw,” says the
read about the man they defe*ateel
espousing; the cause of the pe'eijih*! It
would be interesting to know how
much the victory cost the trusts and
still more iuterestins to see wliat the
voters will think of the combination.
The grand lama of Tibet tells tlio
British that he will not be at home
when they call to see about that treaty.
About the only way out oti It is for
Great Britain to make a grand lama
who will be *dsil>le when he Is wanted.
icialJy able to carry <iut any obliga
tions iiiaele by this lirni.
\v.\i,l)l.\e., KINXAX .'t -M.AHVIX,
Wholes;! le driijfgists, Tolede),C).
j Hall’s Cntjtrrh cure is taken inter
nally, acliiijif directly ii];oii the blood
and mucous surfaces (.'t‘the .system,
'restimouials sent free. Trice 7o cts.
j per bottle. Sold by all druiEr^Msts.
I Toke Hall’s Family 1 ills tor con-
‘ istipution.