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Our County—Its Progress and Prosperity the First Duty of a Local Paper, MINEE & BBEESE. BEEVARD, TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N. C., FRIDAY. FEliRIIARY 10,190r>. Dunns Rock Lodge No. 267 Jl. F. 6r M. Meets ['■’I'iday on or before the full niooti in eacli month, at 2 ]». in. Visiting'' Masons are conliailv invited o m«'ot with sptly Wm. MaxWixl. S(c'v- Conestee Lodge No. 237, I. O. O. F. Meets ovc'ry Monday ni^ht at ^ <• (*loek. Visitino- hi-otiicr.-' are eoi-- dially invited to visit ns. T. D. ENGLAND, N. G. Transylvania Lodge No. 143, Knights of Pythias Ileuular convention ev- - ery 1'u<*sday ni^lit in a- so*nic Half. Visitin^^ KniLifhts aj'e eordially in- vit<‘d to attend. W. E. BREESE Jr., C. C. Brevard Telephone Exchange. Daily—7 a. ni. to 10 p. m. Snnday- S to 10 a. in.. 4 to (1 p. m. C’enti’al Otliee—McMinn liloek. Professional Cards. W. A. GASH, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Rooms 7 & 8, McMinn Bld'g, Brevard, N. C. W. B. DUCKWORTH, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Investigation of Land Titles a Spcciaity. llooiu!: 1 and '1. I’ickelsinier Huildino'. ZACHARY &. BREESE ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Offices in McMinn Block, Brevard, N. C. WELCH GALLOWAY, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. I’ractices in all the courts 1 looms 9 and 10. McMinn lilock. Miscellaneous. Dr. H. H. CARSON Surgeon Dentist Otfice over Hank. hp:nuersonvillk, x. c. Satisfaction Guarauteea in all Operations. f20* The JEthelwold Brevard’s New TIotel—Modern Ap pointments—Open all the year. The patrona>re of the travelinjr public as well as summer tourists is solicited. Opp. Court House, Brevard. X.C. Galloway, Duckworth &, Co., REAL ESTATE DEALERS, Rooms 3 and4, McMinn Block, Brevard, N. C. Buy and sell all kinds of Iveal Estate, Collect rents, and attend to prop erty when owner is absent. Farming and Timber Lands a Specialty. J. A. MILLER BUILDERS’ HARDWARE and Building Materials. pres'ed Lumber Laths Miingles Sa.sh j) )ors ^Hinges Window Pullejs Plastering Hair ('emeut Lime Ready Rooting (ilasss Putty Siish Locks Window I.ifts Sasli Cord and Weights McCormick Reapers and Binders MowerSy Rakes, Corn Cutters and Grain Drills. Cor. Main and Caldwell BREVARD, N, C Tlis Trysts In Brevard. We liave been I’eiidiiii? with in terest the pr(^ceedin^ in congres.s relating to the iuipeachnient of ITiiited State.s Juil.i^e Swayne of Florida, and our sen.sibihties were shocked \\iuMi politics was brought into tlie discussion. It seenjs impossible, however, for any man or measure to be dis cussed without \>olitics bein^ in troduced and while sometimes unpleasant and seemin^xly out of place, it is neverth(‘less neai'ly im))ossible to discuss .‘iny matter of f'-reat im})ort without introduc- in.ij: the outlined ])olicy of the threat political parties a]iplicable thei-eto. Tiie very subject of our ])resent article can not be thoroughly and truly discussed if we were to eliminate politics, for the principle <^overning it is one of the ^n*eat basic princii>les of the i)arties in the United States. \V(i have somewhat elab orated this foreword in order to explain what follow’s and to show that while ])olitical (piestions will be discussed it is only asai)i)lica ble to the principle involved. The subject we are iroing to discuss is the direct etfect of a trust as felt by th«'])eople of l^re- vard, a small, i)rogressive little town in the mountains of West- ('rn North Carolina, many mih's away from Wall street and all other maelstroms of “Frenzied tiiuince,'' wh(‘re tlu‘ majority of the people are farmers, who of all ])eople are the freest from business cares and \vorries. We have here a tele})hone exchange* with about 100 subscribers and it belongs to one of oui' best citi zens. a man above reproach. Wi‘ also have a long distance phone which gives us connection.s with all the long distance lines and whicli is a very great conven- i<->nce, in fact it is a necessity’ with many of our business men who have business transactions in other sections of the county. But the long distance phone is controlled by the Bell Telephone Company and they have seen tit to issue an edict prohibiting any connection betw’een their phones and the instruments used by the local exchange. If the local ex change would lease Bell instru ments then and in that event con nections could be made but not oterwise. or if the local exchange would sell out to the Bell people their connections could be had. Not only do they stop at concec- tions being made but the Bell people will not let a message be transferred, and if want to talk to Asheville. Hendersonville or New York you must go to the long distance office and talk from there. Is this right, people of Brevard? Ivno.wing as we do that the local exchange is the only source of income of a man sick unto death, w^ho is unable to work and who has his only capital invested in this legitimate business, does it seem right that a great corpo ration with millions of dollars of capital behind it should try and force this local exchange to eith er sell to them at whatever price they offer or else force them to buy or rather to lease the Bell instruments? Can you now real- iz'‘ tin? gj-asping greed of a mon opoly su(;h as the Bell Telephone Ci)m[)any’:' Do you now’ S(^e that these monster combiiuitions of capital are greedily seeking ev ery means to add any sum, never mind how’ small or V>y what means, to their already vast po- sessions. Do you see that this monoi)()lv" would willingly force a poor invalid to sell his pro[)erty at their own })riceor force him to l(‘a3e their instrum<Mils on their own terms and conditions. Perhaps th(" men w ho compose the Bell Telephone Company are a good set of fellows when taken individually, wluj are charitable; and perha})s they luive given thousands of dollars to charity or to colleges, yet you s('e that wh(Mi wlum taken colh'ctively, when those same men are banded together in a trust, thoy are ab solutely heartless. Tlu'y ma^- individually^ give enough money to endow some hospitals and yiit collectively tlu'y would tleprive a sick man of his living, and if the w’orry they have done and are doing him should shorten hi^ life, does nut etfect them if by so doing they secure the control of one more exchange or lease a few more instrunnnits. This is one exami)le w’e have of what is known as a “heai-tless, soulless cor])oi‘ati(>n,'* and no doubt there are many others wt* know not of—this much we know of our own kiunvledge. Would it tlien be asking too much of our congress and our legislature if we desire them to [>ass such laws as shall prohibit and coti trol such organizations? Which one of us knows but what he may be the next sufferer from the ^reed of a trust? Do we not all pay tribute both directly and in directly to the trusts? When we buy a drop of kerosene oil; when we buy a pound of lard, or a pound of sugar, or a yard of cloth, don’t we pay an indirect tribute or tax to the great trusts that control our country? Even on those articles not made by the trusts we have to pay a tribute to the railroad trust, perhaps the largest of them all. And still when one great politi cal party advocated the suppres sion of these same trusts the ma- joiity of the people would not support its candidates and it went down in defeat. The time is coming though when the people will awake, when they" will discover that the vaunt ed prosperity of republicanism means 95 per cent, prosperity to the trusts and only 5 per cent, to the people w’hen it ought to be evenly divided, and when they will vote their sentiments and not be browbeat or threatened into voting against their ow’n iik- terests by threats of panic and hard times. If one will only con sider the socalled evidences of national prosperity as shown by the savings banks deposits many will be greatly and rightfully dis turbed. In this large volume of deposits we see the individuality of the people lost, and instead of each and every man becoming an investor and controlling his own property, he puts his money in a bank and his financial identity is lost. The very natural result is that the banks invest the money and with the vast amounts in their posession they control the industries and also the very men thatde[)osit with them. It is to the best interests of these banks to reduce the expiinses of the in dustries they control, even if it would decrease the deposit, for tlu‘y would make more by re ducing the wages of the workit class than the interest on t savings would amount to. only does the theoretical da’ of a money loss confront t’ bf)ring depositor but the i' danger of an actual coti< as much as the deposit ev(Mitua11y become dep' the bani\t;rs and will b< risk their ow’n judgm* faculty of managing business will be g and with it the vita I pendence of our citi I that is not all fo com])ani(m, or rather follower oi a state of dep6ndency will b<‘ a : state of servility, und the trusts and corporajions will be absolute ly in control until their \’ok(‘s be come so heavy and burdensome that even the meek and humble will arise; in their might, and his tory will record another revo lution. It would be much better to ni}) this growing [)ow’er of the trusts in th(‘ bud than to allow’ it to come to its full fruition—better to be called socialists or commun ists now’ than have our ciiiklren shot down in bloody war. Even now it will takf' a mighty effoiM onthf'pirtof the people to con trol the ti-iists, and the sonne!' tin? government undertakes and the peo[)l(3 di^mand such control that much the better. Let the people of Transylvania ask her representatives in the legislature to enact such legisla tion as will prevent the wrong contemplated, yes attempted, by the Bell Telei)hone Company, w’hich is a typical trust and oth “r counties w’ill follow our lead. S[)end time, money and labor for this end. Do not rest content with a simple defensive posilif>n but begin oil’ensive operations and stop paying tribut(\ which consists not only of money but of life also and happiness, if it inter feres with a trusts' success. FraiHl Sv\i»os« <i. A few counterfeiters have lately been making and tryin<j; to sell imi tations of Dr. Kin<?’s Xew Di-coveiy tor consu(nption, Coughs and Colds, and other medicmes, thereby de frauding the public. This is to warn you to beware of such people, who seek to profit, through stealing the rej)utation of remedies which have been successfully curing disease for over 35 years. A sure protection to you is our name on the wrapper. Look for it on all Dr. King’s or Bueklen's remedies, as all others are mere imitations. H, K. B*cklkx & Co., Chicago, 111., and Windsor, Canada. BI-< Oklahoma wants it understood that she can govern herself a great deal better than the old states are governing themselves. Beautiful eyes and a handsome face are eloquent commendations. Bright eyes are windows to a wo man’s heart. Hollister’s Rocky- Mountain Tea makrs bright eyes. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets.—Z, W. Nichols. We must liave helj» at open n]) (»nr wondi-rfu of (.'o])per ore. I have spe?^i k of my own money in oi'ii-ani/.inL;’ this cf)ni])any and heiniriii”' tiie .‘’til claims it owns. lOO.OOO sliai’es of stock sold at (■».■> cents ;i share (par value .*1;)) will do this devel- oi)ment work. 100 Shares will Cost you ! Only $65 \ You can pay f(»r it at •'jo per | I month and it may be worth p I i $5,500 in Three Years ! Many coptnr properties have ■; shoun even ‘••reater increases. I if you desire further and full ;| infoi'matiou, it's now Up to You Address J jTiieMonfeCrlstoConservalivs Goinpany i J. V/. STONEHOUSE, Pres. \ DOUGLAS. ARIZONA Mr. Stonehouse is not a broker or promoter, just an Arizona min ing man with a good proposition for small investors. Have your Old Furniture Repaired Have your old Fnrnitnre made new by DeLong & Bradley. Bro ken or damaged furniture tiiiewn aside or pushed to the kitchen made good as new. Crazy locks, bad fitting doors et<?. repaired on short notice. Shop at Tinsley’s old blacksmith stand. DeLong ^ Bradley.
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