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Rates to Subscribers $1.25 per year In Advance Sylvan Valley News You Can't IQeep Down A Workj^ng Town; Lefs pull together. J. J. Manager. BEEVAED, TRMSYLVMIA COOTTT, N. C., FEIDAY, MARCH 27.1908- VOL. XIII-NO. 13 Only Newspaper in Transyivania County STREETS Ri in GOBE Thai’s Whaf a Chicago Minister WoaM Like to See IN THIS PROHIBITION BATTLE Rev. Clarence E. Cornell Says He Would Like To Get a Gun Himself and Wage a Bloody Fight Against the Erismies of Prohitjltlon. Chicago, March 21.—'Rev. Clarence n. Cornell, pastor of the First Church of the Nazarene, v;ants to see the streets of CTiicago run wLtli 'blood in the combdt now on between prohlbi- tion and its enemies. He told the Cook county Women’s Christian Tem perance union Pridiay that lie would like to get a g^ln and do has part in the necessary shooting. “I with, the decent people of Chi cago would get so dis-gTiesteid with the insolence an-d lawleseneiss of tlie saloonkeeper,” said Mr. Connell, “that they would be \compelled to vomit. I wish the advocates of li quor seHlng w'oul-d continue their bra^ zen doflance of state lawf:' until they become odious. I wl&h the streets would run with blood' in this struggle. I’d like to go out with a gun myself.” The fifty w’omen present, and the three or four men applauded loudly and Ians?. Here and there an “amea” was heard. “Nine out of ten preachers are mor al cowards on the prohib'ition ques tion,” continued Mr. Cornell. “They hold the key «to the situation. They could win this- country to prohibition if they preached thie gospel of Cbrlst in the ri^ht spirit. They are afraid to ("X) it. They talk prohibition, but when it comes to the question of sal ary or diisipleaslng a congregation, they falter and submit.” tures thus far. Captain Van Schaick was in oom'm«and of the S’octiin when that steamer was burned and a thou sand lives lO'Stt. BROWN IN RACE. ACRUZZI SAILS FOR EUROPZ. Fortner Railroad Commissioner Is a Candidate for Governor. Atlanta. 'March 19.—Kon. Joseph M. Brown, of Marietta, former rail- load commiS'Sioner, has iLsued an an- nouncem-ent to the people of Georgia of his candldiacy for governor, sub_ je«ct to the democratic primary of June 4. There has been consid-erable talk of fate in tho state press of the pros pective candidacy of Mr. BrQoj^n, but until bis annoumcement was iJ^thcom- Ing considerable doubt was expressed that he would conclude to make the raec There does not appear to be any question, however, that Mr. Brown has given the matter much careful consideration in the last two or three weeks, the res'ult of which is his con clusion to oppose Governor Smith be fore the June primary. SHOT WMD SELF Sensaticnil Tragedy Occurs t\ Milwaukee, Wis. DYING MAN TELLS STORY COTTON CROP OF 13C7. Census Report Shows an Aggregate of 11,261,163 Bales. TV^s-hington, March 20.—The cen- Bus report, issued Friday, shows that the cotton crop grown in 1907 aggre gates 11,2G1,1G3 running bales, count ing round as half bales, and including linters, and shewed a total of 27,577 active ginneries for 1907. This is against 13,305,ZC5 bales in 1906 aad 10,G0i2 in 1905. The Dtatistics included 127, G4G bales returned as remaining to be ginned after the time of the March canvass. The total number of run ning bales as given is equivalent to 11,302,872, 500-pound bales. The average growth w^eight of the bales for 1907 is 501.9 pounds. The Items' for the crop of 1907 are 10,798,- 596 s<iuare baleis, 1'93,549 round bales, 8G,793 £ca island 'bales, linters, 27C,- 500 bales. He Would Not Be Interviewed by the Reporters. New York, March 21.—The Duke of Abruzzi, cousin of the King of Italy, who is reported to be engaged to marry Miss Katherine EIMns, sail ed for E^uroipe Scjtur-day on the s.team_ er Lusitania. Up to the hour of f^iiiling' the duke declined to affirm or deny the report ed ens-agement, but his ctemeanor was regardied by the reiporters who gather- e:l at the steamship pier as not that of a man who had failed in an impor tant mission. ,The duke w'as registered on the ves sel’s passenger list as Luigi Sarto. He toardted the steamer early and was a c comp and el to the dock by an attache of the Italian legation at Washington and by a secret service man. To the reporters he cFiaid: “I am very -soTry that I have no in terview to give out, but ccune and see me at 8 o’clock.” “Bait the ??iip sQils' at that hour,” one of the nejwssDa.psT men. “Yes, I kno'W it. I stayed up late to esc-a.pe this. E’verything Is all light. MIes Eilkins' family hcis re frained from m-aldng any public st:ate- ment. and an erroneous construction has been placed upon their silence.” It is understood that the duke will disGHibark at Liverpool and hasten to Rc'ine, Italy. KILLED IN WRECK. Gap Was Burned in Trestle on the At lantic Coast Line. Ocala, Fla., March 19.—A through freight on the West Coast division of the Atlantic Coast Line, was wrecked a short distance this side of Lakeland Wednesday morning. A gap was burned in a trestle, through which the engine went and a number of care were derailed and smashed. Engineer DuBose, of Lakeland, was killed and also a negro brakeman and a negro tramp. STOESSEL BEGINS PRISON TERM. Russian General Hoped to the Last That Czar Would Pardon Him. St.Petersburg, March 21.—'Lieu tenant General Stoeseel, who Friday he2;an to serve ten years in prison for alleged coi'.vardice and treason in S'Ur_ rendering Port Arthur to the Japa nese,^ cccnpies a room in the fortress of S„. Peter and St. Paul, adjoining at of Rear Admiral Nebo-gatofP, who IS seiTing a IHce sentence for surren- dOiing to the Jaipanese at the Sea of Japan fight. The room is about twenty feet square, and overlooks a little giarden ^here the officers are permitted to promenade. Stoe&sel’s family bas re- cgI\ ed permission to refurnish his- The officers in the fortre’ss run private mess of their own ,and to this Generail Stoessel has been admitted. The general’s transfer to the for ties', Friday wus unexpected. He per_ -istccl until the very last in hoping t-'iuit the emperor wxDulid pardon him. 175,000 Names to Petition. New York, March 21—The comanlt- tee appointed ‘by tfhe America.n Associ- a.tion of Masters, Mates and Pilots to get signatures fox the petition to Pres ident Roosevelt to parcon Captain van Shaick, senteniced to ten years’ imprifconment as a resulrt; of tihe Slo cum disaster, reporte 175,000 slgna- First Presentation of Play. San Fancisco, Cal., March 20.— “Memory and Tomorrow,” the new problem play by E. Booth Tilton, wias presented* here for the first time at the* Novelty theater Thursday night. Mits Mary Mannering took the lead ing part in which she is said to have done some splendid and emotional acting. The general results achieved are spoken of as quite praiseworthy. George Wliioughby, Prominent Mem. ber of the Methodic Episcopal Church, Shot Hi« WK« D«<ad and" Then Shoots Himself. Milwaukee, Wis.* March 20.—Geo. WUlougSiby, manager of the Jewett & Sherman company, coffee and spice mills. Friday shot andi killed his wi^e, Florence Willoughby, at their home on Prospect avenue. Willoughby then fired two ^hots into his own breast and is not expected to recover. Willoughhy confessed to tTie police. The couple last evening attended a social at the Park Place Methodist EpiS'Copal church, where both were prominent workers, and where Mr. Willoughby also taught a Sunday echocl class. Upon their return home they quaii- reled. W^ile Mrs. Willoughby was asleep the husban’d c^hloroformed her and then shot iher 'behind the left ear, oaLuing instant dieath. He then s-hot himself twice in the breast, the bnl lets piercing ihis lung but missing his heart. Tells Story to Police. W'illough'hy told this story to the police: “I married my wife in Luaington, Mich., twenty years ago,” said he. "I did not love her 'but I marHed her inostly out of s'jmpathy, ffhe^ being a poor woman. We frequently quarreled. Mrs. Willoughby was in&anely jealo-ua of me. “Four years ago while I was on my way to New York I met a w^omian on the train. Our acquaintance ripens ed into love. Then for the flrfet time I realized I had met a w'oman I really ioved. This woman also was living an unhaippy life. Her husroand was cruel to her and s'oon after I met 2ier he deserted her and her two s'mall children. I then began to support her. We became intimaio and have been so for several years. Two years ago she obtained a divorce and since that time I have been providing for her and her children. She is now living in Chicago. Planning for Many Months. ■ “For many months I have been plan ning. I began to collect chloroform. I bought it in s-mall lots and began to keep it until I had a large bottle of the drug. “I d'ecided to end it all this morn ing. After my wife had fallen asleep I obtained t’he chloroform and then I shot her, I then fired two shots into my trea^t, inte-nding to shoot my- feelf in the heart, but I failed.” Willooighby was fifty years old. His wife was three years his junior. Whisky Kills Little Child. Log'ansville, Ga., March 19.—The three_year-old son of Willis Brown, living at Walnut Grove, in this county, on Sunday morning got a bottle of whisky from the table In his home and drank a half pint of it. He be gan to have convulsions and became unconscious. A physician w’as called, but his skill failed to save the child, who died Sunday night. LYNCHING IN FLORIDA. Confederate Veteran Dies. Baltimore, Md., March 19—^^Colonel Robert Hough, a confederate veteran and well known to horse O'V/ners all throughout the east, died Wednesday night, aged sixty-seven. He was one of the founders of and formerly sec retary Of the Pimlico Driving club. Escapes from Siberia. St. Petersburg, March 19—^It is re ported here that Mile. Maria Spiridon- iovo, v/ho was exiled to Siberia two years ago for the murder of the chief of police of Tambov, has escaped and is now in either Australia or New Zealand. Two Given Life Sentences. Fort Gaines, Ga., March 20.—The jury rendered a verdict of guilty Thursday against Purdi Smith for the killing of Watson, and also the same verdict against Dotie Thomas for the miurder of Ludde Walker, with recom mendations of mercy in each case. Judge Worrill imposed life sentences in the penitentiary in each case. Sixty Horses Burned. Chicago, March 20.—The livery barn of E. Sickles was destroyedt by fire otf unknown orinig early Friday. The in tihe $75,000. Sixty horses perished in tre flames. T5ie fire is supposed to have started in the hay loft. Two Negroes Tied To Post and Rid dled with Bullets. PeriT, Fla., March 20.—^Between 1 and 2 o’clock Thursday morning, a mob of armed citizens surrounded the county jail and took Richard Smith and Will McMullen, both charged with murder, from the jail, carrying them quietly to a secluded spot on the out skirts of the town, where they were &ecurely tied to a post and theii* bod ies riddled "with bullets Smith w^as charged with the murder of a v/hite man a few diays ago, and McMullen w'as ajwaiting trial for t'he miurder of another negro. McMullen w>as a desperate character, and a few days agio overpowered the jailer, mak ing his esciape. He was recaptured by Marshal Hawkins. The citizen® of Perry are of the opinion that the mo-b was formed of farmers from the surrounding coun try. To Dam the Savannah River. Washington, March 19—Representa tive Wyatt Aiken, of South Carolina, has introdiuced in the house a bill to authorize Hugh McRae & Co., to con. struct a dam across the Savannah riv er from a point in Elbert county, Ga., to a point in Abbeville county, S. C- Appolnted Governor General. London, March 19.—'Tihe Earl of Dudley has been appointed governor general of the commonwealth of Au stralia in succession to Sir Henry Staf ford Northcotcj whose term is about to expire. Buried in the Same Grave. Montgomery, Ala., March 19.—'Rob ert Long, aged &eventy_nine, and his wife, aged eighty-one, died within a short time of each other at Luverne and were 'buried in the same grave SHIP SUBSIDY BW-L PASSED. G»oet Through Senate Without Divi_ slon Being Called For. Washington, D. C., March 21—The ihip subsidy bill was passed by the Ken«ate Fridiay. Lt (pays to IG-knot ves sels plying between this countrj- and South. America, the Philip.pinei, Ja pan, Ohlna, and AuZitraMa $4 per mile, the amount awarded by the act o! 1S91 to vesiseils of 20 knots only. The bill was ajmended in t'he senate BO that 12-knot vessK^ls v.ill receive 52 per mile, w'hich is the allow^ance under existing law to IG-knct vessels, Amendinents were also adopted provid ing ithat if two or more lines of S'leani. S'hlps ply from Atlantic ports to South America, under the provisions of the bill, one Une shall step at two ports soutii of Cape Charles and s'tipulating that mo more shall be paid for subi-i- dies than Is received by the govem- nient as revenue from such service. Durin-g the consideratton of the measure Mr. Hale m&tle a spirited plea for a^ auxiliary navy, declaring that wl<t!hout auxiliaries our navy-is dependent upon foreign countries, and that in case ai war we would' be help less. The bin w«i3 imssed without a divi sion of the senate being called for. A biW was passed increasing the salaries of men emipJoy^id in the life- savia^ seTvice. 80LDJER ADMITS KILLING. Ellrod Has Been Carried Back to Face Murder Charge. Mobile, Ala., March 21.—Isham Bishop E31rod, twenty years of age, an enlisted sol'^ler at Fort Morgan, has been canit?d 'back to Tazewell, Tenn., under a charge of killing, claiming that a man named Harris killed hia dog, and that he killed Har ris. It appears that the entire affair grew out of one of the Tennessee coointy feuds. It is claimeri that Ellrod told a sergeant at the fort some time ago that he had killed Harris. The sergieant notified the officers of the whereabouts of Ellroad. According to an unoonfirmed rumor the com mandant at the fort tore off the geant’s decorations and redaced him to the ranks for reporting the loca tion of the murderer. CONFESS TO ROBBERY. Three Men Arrested at East St. Louis by Police, East St. Louis, 111., March 21.— Three members of a Terminal associ ation sv/itching crew, Roy Armstrong, foreman, and Charles Clark and W. Brown, svfitchmen, w^ere arrested here Friday on the charge of systematical ly robbing a certain Louisville and Nas'hville frei^t train at night fre quently for several months past. According to the police, Armstrong and Brown confessed, saying in ef feet, that they had robbed the same train almost every night and secured more than $5,000 worth of' goods, selling part of it and using the re- main.d»or fuel to run the locomotive on which they carried avray their loot. Will Be Big Parade. San Francisco, March 21.—Every branch of the army will take part in the street paradle which will follow the arrival of Adaairal Efvans’ fleet. The army contingent will be headed by General Funston and his staff. The military pageant will Include a provi sion-al rftgiiment of coast a.rtillery, the entire Twenty-Second field artillery and a equadron of the Fourteenth cavalry, and companies of engineers and signal corps. There will be njecj*- ly three thousand men in line. Appointment Postponed. Wash.in.gtcn, March 21.—It was an nounced at the dtopartment of justice Thurirday that tihe appointment of a federal Judge to srucceod Charles D. Clark of the Middle district of Ten nessee, would not be made until the end of next week, the appointment being iK>Etponed to enable the depart ment to thoroughly can-vass the sit uation, a nurniber of names having been suggested for the appointment. NIGHT mi KILL First Murder by Theni in Bine Qrass Region. FARMER IS SHOT DOWN Called to His Coor at Night, He Fired Upon a Band of M«n Who Returned a Volley and He Fell Dead In His Wife’s Presence. Carlisle, Ky., Miarch 21.—-A band of nig'ht riders early Saturday moi;n- ing shot and killed Harland Hedges, a prominent farmer, seven miles northwest of this place. This is the first murder 'by the night riders in the “^blue grass” resion of Kentucky. Hediges wnajs awakened by shouts shortly befiore 2 o’clock. Apprehend ing trouble, he went to his front d>oor with a shotgun and fired once. The night riders replied with a vol ley, which killed Hedges just €is his wife reached his side. The masked men then rode rapidly away, and did not attempt to set fire to Hjediges’ house or' barn. Hedges is an indepen-dent tobacco farmer, and d« widely known over the county. TRANSYLVANIA LODGE No. 143, K. of P. Meets Tuesday evenings 8.30., Castle Hall, Pru- ternity building-. A hearty welcome for visitors at all times- T. W. WHITMIRE, C. O. Professional C€o*ds. W. B. DUCKWORTH, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. I Rooms 1 and 2, Pickelsimer Building. Signs Extradition Papers. Mexico City, March 21—Etradition paj>ers‘ in the case of William F. Walk er, the former New Britain, Conn., banker, have been signed by Presi dent Diaz, and are now enroute to En- sananubia. The prisoner will be surrendered to the United States au thorities inrmediately upon their ar rival. ROOSEVELT CRITICIZED. Hardwick, of Georgia, Makes Attack on President. Washinigton, March 21.—More crit icism of President Roosevelt w’as in dulged in in the house or representa tives Friday, when he was rounJ/ly denounced by Mr. Hardwick of Geor gia, for failing to send to congress all information regarding corporations which had come into his iK>si£essiion. The president, however, found a ready and vigorous defender in Mr. Mann, of Illinods, who asserted that the president had acted with the ut- mosit good faith in sending to congress all information that had come to him. The discussion arose ^ver a resolu tion by Mir. Hardwick to require the president to supply the house with all data so far obtained by 'the bur^u of corporations. The resolution was tabled, 148 to 115. MISTAKEN FOR SMUGGLERS. Custom Inspectors Kill Each Other Un der a Mistake. BI Pa':0, Tex., March 21.—Mounted Cu'stoms Inspeotors Charles Logan and Charles Jones fought a duel in the dry bed cf the Rio Grande river, in this city Thursday nig'ht, and both were killed. Their bodies were disr ^'overed Friday. It is supposed that each mistook the other for a smug gler. Logan was a son of the tete Major T. H. Logan, of the Unite^i States army, and a brother of the wife of Captain Frank E. Wickham, Twelfth infantry, United States arm^^, sta tioned at Governor’s Island, N. Y. Jones was a ralLroad man. He lived at San Anotnio and Houston, Tex., before entering the customs service. A DANGEROUS CARGO. Sailors -.Refused to Ship on Vessel Containing Load of Dynamite. Philadelphia, Pa., March 21—^Fifteen members of the crew of the British steams'hip Kiora, loading dynamite at Thcmpison’s Point, N. J., for the con- struct-on department of the Panara;a canal, left the ves'sel Friday and no amount of persuahton oould Induce the seafarers to return to duty. They claimed that the Kiora is a floating mine and that going to sea with such a dangerous cargo meant de-ath if any ajccldent should occur. Fifteen new men were shipped and the Kiora proceeded for Colon. Steamer Burned to Water's Edge. Barcelona, March 20.—^The Spanish steamer Isle De Panay, Captain A®eo, from Manila Feb. 18, for Liverpool, via Colombo, Feb. 28^ with a cargo of tobacco and coocanuts on ‘board, put in here ^'Viday with fire raging in her holds and was> 'burned to the wa ter's edge. The crew was «aved. Mistaken For a Burglar. Birmingham, Ala., March 21.—Lon Nix lies in the city hospital, at Bes semer, in a fcerlous condition, an arm ha\*ing been amputated already in or der to save his life, as the res-ult cf a mistake mede by Robert Campbell, with w'hom Nix bearded. Campbell mistook Nix for a burglar. Nix made a noise to frighten Ciam-pbell, kicking over a bucket. Campbell, excited, secured his gun and fired on what he thought was an intruder. When Nix fell to the floor and cried out his name, the mistake was discovered. GASH (Sb GALLOWAY LAWYERS. Will practice in all the courts. Rooms 9 and 10, McMinn Block. D. L. ENGLISH LAWYER Rooms 11 and 12 McMinn Block, BREVARD. N. O THOMAS A. ALLEN, Jr„ DENTIST. (Bailey Blocx.) HENDERSONVILLE, N. C, Thieves Steal Bust of Rope. oRme, March 21.—At Frascati on Friday thieves broke into the magnifi cent villa of A'ldobrandini, which dates from the sixteenth century, carried off a valua.ble bust in Corintthian bronze of Pope Clement VIII. The thieves gained access by breaking a window and removed the bust, wliich weigts 500 pounds,* from its position in the cezitml haU of the villa. A beautiful gold crown for $4.00 and up. Plates of all kind at reasonable prices. All work guaranteed; satisfactioa or no pay. Teeth extracted without pain- Will be glad to have you call atid inspect my offices, work and p«*ic«j«. The JEthelwold Brevard’s New Hotel—Modern Af>- pointments-r-Open all tbe year The patronage of the travelingf publk as well as summer tourists its solicited, Opp. Court House, Brevard, N.C. K-I-P-A-N-S Tabules Doctors find A good prescription For mankind The 5-ceT>tpacket is enough lor usual occasions. The family bottle (60 cents) contaius a supply for a year. All druggists sell them. H. 6. BAILEY, G. E. CORRECT SURVEYSIMADE Maps, Plots and Profiles Plotted Only the finest adjusted instrn- ments used. Absolute acijuracy. P. O. Brevard, N. C. THE REV. IRL R. HICKS Almanac and Magazine Should be in every home in the land. His weather predic tions can behad only in his own publications^. No other publisher is permitted to print them in any form, either with or without credit, flls 1908 Almanac ex cels all former editions in beauty and value, and sells forSScents, postpaid. His monthly magazine. Word ajvH; Works, contains his weather fore casts for each month, together with a vast amount of the best family reading and costs $1. a year, one almanac with each subscrii^tion. Every earthquake and serious storm for 20 years has been predicted by Prof. Hicks. Yoa cannot afford to be without these pub lications. Address all orders to SYLVAN VALLEY NEWS, BREVAHC OF MEDiOmi UNIVERSITY eOLIiSH) ONi> VIRGrlSJA ( STUART McGUIRg, W. D . PogS!r>r»vT. Jr.: Tkis College conforms to Etr.n/la< u* ^ fi::ed by law for Mediccl Education. Scr.d ici *- [Bulletin No. 11, which Iclls about it. 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