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Transyivaflia You Can't Kjsep Down Ji Working Town; Lets pull together In Advance Gouniy J. J. MIjnEIa, Manager. VOL. IIII-XO. 23 BIIEVAED, TRA^fSYLVANIA COUNTY. N. C., FEIDAY. JUNE 5,1908. STEPHEN U[[ DEAO Was Commander In Cliief Unikd Confederate VetcraGG. DIED AT VICKSBURG, MISS. General Lee Was One of the Lact Three Surviving Lieutenant Generals of the Confederacy—Brief Sketch of Deceased'* Career. ViifKsburg, Miss., May 28.—General Stephen D. Lee, commander in chief ©f the United Confederate Veterans, End one of the last three suvvivins lieutenant generals of the confeder acy, died here Thursday at the resi dence of Captain W. T. Rigby. O'ver-exertlon last Thursday in the ceremonies attendant upon the re union of Iowa and Wisconsin veterans INDORSING HUGHES. / NVE FROOD THArHE'l IS A mmm rewmi# 3 I MwMt mlM —Macauley in New York World. GEXERAL STEPHEN D. LTTE, of the Grand Army of the Republic £t Vicksburg brought abovt General Lee’s illness. Following the reception of the north ern visitors. In which General I.eo tock a leading part, he suffered an attack of acute indigestion but later rallied and during the past week show'. ed much improvement. Wednesday afternoon he again collapsed and gre-w gradually weaker until death relieved Lis sufferings, shortly after G o’clock. Was Ranking Officer. At the time of his death General Lee was the ranking officer of the confederacy. Two other lieutenant generals of the confederacy still sur vive. They are General Alexander P. Stewart, of Tennessee, and General Simon Bolivar Buckner, of Kentucky^ "but by virtue of the precedence of his commiseion, Gen. Lee outranked both of these. General Le« w’as one of the South Carolina Lees. He was born in that state in 1B33. He received his ap pointment to the United States mili tary academy at West Point, and grad, uated at that Institution, receiving his commission in the artillery. At the outbreak of the civil war. General Lee resigned his commission In the Unite! States army and enter ed the confederacy. He served with the confederate army In Virginia un til after the battle of Antlctam, when he was made a brigadier general and Bent to Vicksburg, At Siege of Vicksburg. General Lee played a prominent part in the siege of Vicksburg, and follow ing the fall of that city was taken a prisoner. He was later exchanaed and promoted to the rank of major general, and ordered to the southwest. He was subsequently assigned to the Army of Tennessee with the rank of lieutenant general and served until the close of hostilities. At the close of the war General Lee devoted hlms-elf to the education of southern youth as president of the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechan ical college. Conspicuous Figure at Reunions. On the death of General John B. Gordon, General Lee wa.s unanimously chosen commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans, and wa§ always the most conspicuous figure at the annual reunions of that organ ization. Just before his death he was making preparations for the re- iinion next month at Birmingham, and had already completed ttie task of as signing commanders and sponsors for tLose positions which are appointive cn such occasions. General Lee held under the United States government the oilice of com missioner of Vicksburg National Mil itary Park. It was in this park that teveral handsome monuments were •inveiled by the Iowa and Wisconsin veterans last Thursday. After serving for a number of years fia president of the Mississippi Agri cultural and Mechanical college. Gen eral Lee resigned that position and moved from StarkvUle^ Miss., the seat of the institution, to Columbus. Miss., which was his home at the time of his 'death. The body will t>e taken to Columbus for Interment. Lightning Kills Farmer. Roanoke, Va., May 29.—Chilo Bish op, a well known Montgomery coun ty farmer, who lived near Christlan- burg, was struck and Ir stantly kill ed by lightning. Bishop, with sev eral of his children, was standing in his yard under a tree when the fatal b-olt fell. One of the children v>*as ren- I ilsred inscnsibltj, but recovered. OOO for farmers’ co-operative demon strative work In the southern states, and of $£0,000 for special hlg'h school agents in connection w’ith state uni versities in southern states. Announcement also was made that President Charles W. Ellct, of Har vard university, and Andrew Cnrne- gle have been added to the member ship of the board, making the total membership sixteen. SOUTHERN PROGRESS. Encouraging Interest and Activity In Municipal Improvements. Baltimore, Md., May 29—The Man ufacturers' Record publishes four pages of letters from officials of about one hundred southern and southwest ern cities revealing an encouraging interest and activity In carrying on work of municipal improvements or in planning definitely for it. Most of the cities reporting have already provided the funds for work now in hand or contemplated for the Imme diate future, though some of these with others, under the momentum of accomplishment, doubtless, are look ing to further betterments. As noted in divers cities In the south from Maryland to Texas and In Missouri and Oklahoma, the projects embrace practically all the lines of municipal service, city halls, school houses, electric lighting, street pav ing, w’aterwork^, fire-fightln.g, sewers and drainage, and thsy range In cost from $750,000 for streets in Memphis, Tenn., or $364,000 for a high school building at Richmond, Va., to tne normal maintenance of city w'ork at Demopolis, Ala., Gainesville and Sum merville, Ga,, Darlington and Gaff ney, S, C., CleveTjjiad, Tenn., and Lynchburg, Va. Several cities are energetically push ing two or more ’different kinds of Improvements at the same time, some are confining their efforts to but one or tv/o, but all seem inspired with the desire to add to the attractiveness of their limits as places of residence or biisiness. $750,000 FOR COLLEGES. Large Sums Given Several Southern Institutions. New York, May 29.—Gifts to educa tional institutions aggregating more than three-quarters of a million ‘dol lars have been announced by the gen eral education board. The largest single gift of the board was $125,000, granted to William Jew ell college. Liberty, Mo., and the next in size was one of $100,000 made to Davidson college, Davidson, N. C.; Spellman, Atlanta, Go., received a grant of $12,000, and Hampton In stitute, Hampton, Va., and Tuskegee institute, Tuskegee, Ala.., eocli receiv ed $10,000. TTje board also made grants of $90,- REPCRT 0>N COTTON CROP. Slight lncrea*se in Acreage Over Last Year—Condition Better. New York, May 29.—The monthly cotton crop report of the Journal of Commerce show’s an increase In acreage of 1,9 per cent over last j^ear. The av erage condition is 79, compared with 69 a year ago. Conditions by states follows: North Carolina, 87.0; Sou'th Carolina, 80.2; Georgia, 78; Florida, 90.3; Alabama, 79; Mississip pi, 75.1; Louisiana, 74.3; Texas, 76.7; Tennessee, 82.6; Missouri, 81.5; Ok lahoma, 86.7. British Minister Asks Indemnity. Havana, May 29.—The British min ister to Cuba, A, C. Grant Duff, has presented to Governor Magoon a re quest for the direct payment of indem nity to the family of William Har rington, a native of Nassau, Bahama Islands, and a member of the crew' of the British fishing schooner Experi ment, who was killed by a cannon hall fired by the Cuban revenue cutter Abeja, off Caj^o Coco, an island off the north coast of Cuba, last Aipril. The schooner was found fishing In Cu ban waters and was attempting to escape w-^hen the cutter fired. Rifle Team Not to Go. Washington, May 29.—General J. Drain, president of the N'atlonal Ri fle Association of America, announces that the team of riflemen to represent the United State® in the Olympic games to be held In England July 9, 10 and 11, will not be sent, o's'lng to the refusal of the British Olympic Council to extend the time for sub mitting Individual names of men of the team from June 1 to June 15. The American trials to determine the per sonnel of the team have be^n fixed for June 10, 11, 12 and 13. Put Christiansen Out. Savannah, Ga., May 29.—Jack Bar ry, of Chicago, outweighing an(J out classing his opponent, at the Savan'n- tiah theater put A1 Christiansen, the iouthern heavyweight champion, out In the third round of a scheduled twenty-round fight. A large crowd saw the fig-ht. Christiansen was Ploody from the waist up from the ORenlng of an old cut on the left ear. CENVER IS SELECTED. For Next Meeting Place of Presbyte rian General Assembly. Kansas City, Mo., May 29.—Oen- ver Has been selected as the city in wblcli next year’s general assembly of the Presbyterian church in the Unit ed States of America, is to be held. But one ballot w'as taken for the two contesting cities. The vote was so nearly unanimous that Seattle withdrew and Denver w'as finally selected with one voice. M. E. Church Elections. Baltimore, Md., May 30.—Elections for the remaining secretaries and for the ramaining assistant secretaries of the various boards of the Methodist Episcopal church, were continued at the general conference of that de nomination Saturday. Rev. Dr. A. B. Leonard, for twenty years secre tary of the board of foreign missions, W'as retained. Rev. Dr, Thomas Nich olson, president of Dakota Wesleyan University, Mitchell, S, D., was elect ed secretary of the new board of ed ucation, which will have its office in New York. Rev. Dr. P. I. Maveety, field secretary of the former board of education, Freedmen’s Aid and Sunday schools, was named as the additional secretary of the Freedmen’s Aid soci ety, authorized by this general con ference. Pooled Tobacco Sold. Henderson, Ky,, June 1.—'Two thousand hogsheads of stemming dis trict association tobacco have been sold In Liverpool at 13 cents per pound by General Manager William Elliott, The sale involves 2,400,000 pounds, and will bring $312,000 to the farmers of Henderson and Webster counties. This sale cleans up the pooled crop In five counties. Not Interfere w^ith Reunion Plans. Dallas. Tex., May 30.—General W. L. Cabell, of this city, who may suc ceed General Lee as commander in chief of the Confederate Veterans, in. formed the Associated Press that so far as he Is advised at this time, the death of General Lee will not inter fere with the plans of the coming iBlrmlngham reunion. Beats World’s Record. Rome, 'May 30.—^Delgrange, the aeronaut, has beaten the world’s aero plane record, flying 12,160 meters and remaining In the air fifteen minutes, twenty-six 6econ\is. , • ■ .. *‘9-Faot Sheet Bill” a Law. Guthrie, Okla., May 30,—Governor •HaskeH has signed the famous hotel inspection bill commonly known as the "nlne-foot sheet" bill, because of the provision that the upper sheet oq all hotel beds must be long enough to turn back feet over the other cov ers. Collision on the Southern. Knoxville, Tenn., May 29.—-Bast- bound passenger train No. 312 on the Southern Railway collided with a yard engine at Carnegie, near Johnson City, Tenn. The yard engine was literally demolished. Passengers were badly shaken up but none was killed or seriously Snjured. SERIES OE CICiO^E Ck!ahcffi3 Damaged fcy Stcra :s Well as FIcci FIVE LIVES r.ZPCr.TED LOST Red River Is Reported To Ee a Mile Wide and There; Is D^r.gsr cf the Cottonwood Overflowing—Crops Re ported Greatly Damac^^- Guthrie, Okla., May 30.—A sec-^nd series of cj'clones, tornadces, Vv'atfjr- spouts and heavy rain struck Okla homa Thursday night. Tornadoes are reported at Hennesy, Duncan, cloudbursts from Weleetka and Tusla, and a waterspout at Na- Vina. The damage by these storms is as great as the floods of last week. Five persons are resported killed at Duncan, and three seriously injured near Cashion. The Red river is several miles wide and the Cimarron is backing up. Tha Cottonwood river is expected to over flow. A hailstorm did much damage to cotton End corn, and the crop of the former is a total loss in some sec tions. On Red river a number of lives are believed to have been lost as a result of the sudden rise. GHURCH^SRECTORY. Brevard Methodist Churcb Robt^rc G. Tuttle, Pa-tor. Preiichliig overj Suiidiiy at ll a. m. and 7 l'> ni. Su!i.l:\y Sch(X>l every Si’.iulay moniing ai. liJ o’clock-Firch Taylor, ?upt. Prof. Trowbridge’s class for men and boys meets in church every Sunday momiag at iO o’clock. Midweek Prayer Meeting at r>;r>0 p. m. every Wednesday. Young l^oo;^le’s Evoning7:30every Wednes-.lay Woman’s Home Mii-'sion Society mceis at par- sonasre every tir^t and third Monday afierucous. Light Bf^arcrs meet in Sunday School ro-o;*: every and 4ih Sunday afternoons. Oak Grove Methodist Church Robert G. Tuttle, Pastor. Prcaehing every fi^^t and third Sunday afternoons. East Fork Methodist Cliurch J. Frazier Starnes, Pasior. Preaching even- first Sunday at 11 a. m Sunday s-chool ev«.-:y Sunday morning ut 10 o’clocJc. George Hay% Superintendent. Connestee Methodist Church J. Frazier Starnes, Pastor. Prcaching evcrv second Sunday at 11 a. m. Sunday school every Sunday at lO o’clock. George Justus, SujMiriiu tendent. Preaching every tlrrd Su;;day at 11 a. m. at Rosman by Rev. J. F. starr.es. Greenwood Methodist Church J. Frazier Starnes, Pastor. Preaching evtrr third Sunday at 3 o’ clock. Pine Grove Methodist Church J, Frazier Starces, Pastor, Preaching ev."r fourth Sunday at 11 a. m. MAY FORM NEW ALLIArvICE. Fallieres’ English Visit May Have Im portant Results. Paris, May 31.—The splendid re ception accorded President Fallieres in England lias created Intense satis faction in oflicial circles of France, and it is the wisdom of tne policy in augurated when France and Great Britain liquidated their differences and shook hands In 1904, (Nevertheless, no official encouragement Is given to the talk of supplementing the existing entento between the tv/o countries with a formal alliance. The foreign office takes the position that it Is useless to attempt to discount the fu- ture, “An alliance In spirit. If not in let ter, already exists,” an official of the foreign office said, “and we are con tent to allow the entente to develop along natural lines, unhampered by formal phrases or conditions,” At the same time the apparent possi bility of closer relations not only be tween Great Britain and France, but between France, Great Britain and Russia is distinctly envisaged. The forthcoming visits of King Ed ward and President Fallieres to Em peror Nicholas at St. Petersburg are expected to clinch the bonds between the three countries and perhaps leSd to the formation of a new “trlplo al liance” for the preservation and peace cf Europe. Little River Chapel (Methodist) M. A. Matheson, Pa-stor. Preaching first t u:. day in each mouth at 11 o’clock a. m. FLOWERS WERE STREWN. Memorial Day Exercrses at Knoxville, Tennessee. Knoxville, Tenn., May 30.—'Memo rial day was observed here Saturday by exercises in memory of the naval and army dead. Flowers were strewn upon the wa ters of the Tennessee river, following an address by Judge H. H, Ingersoll, of this city, as a tribute to the fed eral naval dead. At the national cemetery Rev, J. F. Spence, LL.D., of this city, deliv ered the chief address of the day. Dr, Spence made a plea for w'hite su premacy and declared that In the six ties both sides w'ere right Flowers were strewn upon the graves of the more than two thousand federal dead buried in the local federal cemetery. New Public Printer Enroute. San Francisco, May 30.—John S. Leach, for seven years director of printing at Manila, has arrived here enroute to W’^ashlngton, D. C., where he is to assume the duties of public printer, succeeding Charles A. Still- ings, w'ho was suspended some time ago by order of President Roosevelt. A Flight Through Air. Rome, June 1.—^Leo-n Delagrange, the French aeroulanlst, who has been making a series of ascensions In this city, made his final experiments with his machine and went into the air for fifteen flights. The maximum distcance was covered In 64 seconds Fire Loss of $25,000. Nashville, Tenn., May 30.—'Fire has destroyed a portion of the business and residence sections of Erwin, Uni coi county, this state, causing a loss of $25,000, partially covered by in surance. Brevard Presbyterian Cliurch Wm. P, Chedester, Pastor. Preaching every Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. Evening serv’.ce at 7:45 May to October, except on the 4th Sun. day. Sunday uchool every Sunday morning at 10 o’clock. Mission Society :’.;30p. m. 1st and 3rd Sundays. Pastor’s Bible class every Tuesday at 3:30 p. m. Christian Endeavor prayer nieeung every Tuesday at 7:15 p. m. Preaching at Rosman by Rev. \Vm. P. Chedes- ter the 4th Sunday of every month at 4 p. m. Davidson River Presbyterian W. H. Davis, Pastor. Regular services e-.«:x Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. Sundaj’^ sic!j<w4 every Sunday morning at 10 o’ clock. Protestant Episcopal Church St. Philips, Brevard. Rev. Chalmers D, Chap man, minister in charge. Morning servirc every Sunday at 11 o’clock. Sunday schooi ut o’clock. The holy communion on the lirst :uuS third Sundaj's of the month, and on e ••Greater Holy Days.’ ’ During Advent and Lcni the holy communion is admini=tered every Sun day morning. Week day service on Fridays at 4:15; during Advent and Lent on Wednesdays and Fridays. Service on Saints days at 11 o’clock. TheV/oman’s Auxiliary meets at the Rectory on the Tuesday after the fir.-.t Sunday of the month. The Junior Anxiliary missionary meeting on the third Sunday of the month. TRANSYLVANIA LODGE No, 143, K, of P. Meets Tuesday evenin-f^s 8.30., Castle Hall, Fra- ternity building. ^ hearty welcome for visitors at all times. T. W. WHITMIRE, C. C. ProfessicRo! Cards. tm m m ^ m ^ m m m Tx ^ m m m m m « m »- W. B. 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