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0»<f><i<ii ih in>rdb/ai*H feaae m/^ggm only newspaper IH •ffiAHSyLVMl^ A ,HOME PAPER B^OR ifeoPIjE—AIJL HOMTC T^RFNT'T •K^' ,7;. J'‘ ^ f ' . ' ' II ■ ■ _ : 5 VOLUME^XV Ji j». MINER, OWNER AND MANAGER B^7im NORTH CAROi: A. JANUARY 21.1910.' 1910 REWRD YEAR Half Billion For Expinsldn and linprovetienL —p. ^ SOUTH GETS ITS SHARE Bailroads, Copporations, and the Gov ernment to Spend. Sums for Devel opment During Year Never Before ; Equalled in Country^g Hratory. ■ New York.—Millions upon millioas. It is currently reported, will be s]^t this year by American corporations and the United States government in expansion, extensions and^ improve ments. Conservative estimates bas<^d upon public plans for industrial corpora tions, railroads and the government, show' sums to be spent for laboi- and improved devices which staggrer the imagination and tax the concelvabil- ity of the ordinary mi^^. B. & 0. InveMment, The investment of Daniel Williard, vritb the presidency of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad brings' that great corporatiofn to the point where the final plans are now ready for fincmc- Ing the $28,500,000 worth of bonds, which sum is to be spent by the road In 1910 for construction and equip ment. The steel trust will scatter $65,000,000 through the middle west and south in building new mills and developing ore beds. But while we consider these stupendous sums of ^ private enterprises we must .not orer- look the .vast ^OTpen44toiFeff ta btf^ade , by the ' f iJo%^Ament—%xpeadltures ; iWch lire- ‘■"fklm of IJ&nce. ' ' ' - Uncle liberal ^ei^er. Ninety millions of doiars wt|!;.l»e spent for plies, five millions will bfe* spent in construction work upon our fortifica tions, and now President Taft, in his message read to congress, urges ap- propriatfon of $63,000,000 for river and harbor improvement and iji the extension of iri*igation in the west. This does not include the immense sums to be put out in wages to the army of workmen engaged in digging the Panama canal. ^' The year 1910 will be an epoch- making year—a year of money-spend- Ing unrivalled in the history of the world. LOST $6,000,000 IN COTTON. Plunger Scales Would Form New Pool to Recoup Dropped Fortune. New York.—The declaration of E5u- gene G. Scales, the big cotton plun ger, that he wcfuld spend the balance of his fortune, $4,000,000, to recoup his $6,000,000 loss in the cotton break, and the simultaneous appearance of James A. Patten, the Chicago wheat ^^ing, led to the utterance that a new cotton pool would be formed which 'Would practically amount to a corner cotton. Estimates as to the amount erf loans ^hich have been liquidated in conse- Quence of the collapse of the bull pool in cotton, and the decline in the Biarket, range from $10,000,000 to $20,000,000. It was only too evident ^at the pooj headed by Scales, with 1^. B. Brown and Prank B. HayUe, of «ew Orleans, and James A. Patten, “as met Its Waterloo. But it is still a long cry to St. Helena, for the bull eaders have held a. long conference Jnd laid plans for a new campaign w begin In a few days. Was BLOWN TO DEATH. w«s arrestefi and released under |l,000«bond. Sunday, kl«sed hls^ father and mother, and,. eiiterimr hig wife’* room, said: “I^*t yo^ want ta die with me?” Tii^a he croeuied^ to another r^m and set the dyjnamite off. NfiORlSa MADE MERRY. ' ■ ■ Masked ttiiidsomtl/^ Aftfred, Took Part Iri Swell Chib ^fl. St. iiOuis.-—An unidentified' hegress made merry . for a^hour. It is said, as a' guett at a sdciety maslced ball at the Century Boat Club. Before she was discovered she had danced with several unsttspejeting men, and the club officials are noi# looking for the person responsible for her'Ap pearance at the function. Handsomely dressedi* and wearing a head miisk and long gloves, she ap- p^reitfloor during a ‘^pook’* dance,^ lights w^re low, and accepted her ^are of att^ntio^ from that time bn. ^ The climax oame "^hen the dancers unmasked. The negres smade her escape. Louis R. Glavis. NUMBER*3 Alleged Sdieme iS lExtefmiiiafc DOCTORS INlfESTIGATE Among Heirs lujaed Investlga^ >me^ Startling former lAnd Office Emplofpee, Ae- cnser of Secretftry Ballinger. near in ^ion* ination of the mas H. Swope, who died sud* % first w&s at- - / Late Mysterious Dei of Swope Estate' tion, Followed by Disclosures. Kansas City.—John^ H.^ Atwopd, an attorney' for the S#ppe family, hai declared an arrest nection with the et vital organs of Col. the aged philanthropi denly October S. Mr. Swope’s death tributed to apoplexy, ^ut .a quick suc cession of deaths atla illness among heirs of the Swope estate, led to an investigation, culminl^ng in exhum ing the body of Col. removal of his stomao; cal. College, Chicago, ‘‘I’heire is not a in my mind,*' continu "that both Thomas Swope, were poisonedj The alleged murder llot had for its supposed end the exteifnination of all the Swop^ heirs^. It is stated 'that Just before Christian Swope’s death, December 2, Just one month later than that of his uncle, a man visited the office of a well knowii bacteriologist in Kansas City and soured some ty phoid fever germs. , With these dead- b^'cciUi,. ;it t^e IpaXn Jx0P9^; 'to , innocuM^' tte members * l>uring'.lae^mb<ef 4^^ <tf the Swope. |iQusehol^ $ed||^C't9^ith typhoid, which was t^^^san- sldence, as shown by that reppii of the two physicians who made thorr ough investigations of the premises. ope and the to Rush Medi- autcrpsy. cle of tioubt Mr.. Atwood, nd Christian FACES MURDER CHARGE. Louis R. Glavis, a former employee of the general land office, is the chief accus.er of Secretary Ballinger, wbom his enemies charge with being Impli cated in public hind frauds in Alaska. President Taft defends Mr. Ballinger, while Chief Forester Plnchot, recently dismissed, upholds Glavis. THEY ASK FOR TROOPS. Man Placed Dynamite in Shirt Front and Lighted the Fuse. London, Conn.—Placing three sticks of dynamite in the front of his rt, William A. Bennett light^ the se and was blown to death at his ome here. The windows in the room Many Tragedies Stir Sunflower River Section of Mississippi. Anguilla, Miss.—The third killing in three days in this neighborhood took place on the Sunflower river, near here. The frequency of such tragedVes of late has aroused many of the citizens, who have telegraphed Governor Noel asking that soldiers be sent here to restore order.. The last tragedy was the killing erf Noah Borodarfsky, a merchant of Sil ver City, by Jesse Martin, a planter. The trouble arose oyer a horse trade. It is said. Martin swapped' Borod arfsky a horse which he said would work to a buggy. Borodaj^sky, it is said, claimed the animal .yrcruld not do as represented and wanted to call the trkde off, which Martin refused to do until Borodarfsky covered him with a pistol. Martin, it is alleged, at once went to his home, procured his shot ^n and meeting Borodarfsky In the ro^, shot him. V\ CHAMP CLARK OPTIMISTIC. Coachman Accused of Strangling Trained Nurse. ^ Poughkeepsie, N. Y.—Frank Scher- merhorn, the ccrachman employed by . Barnes Compton, near Milbrook, has ^been formally charged with murder in the first degrree of Sarah Breymer, the young trained nurse who was at tacked and strangled in her bed. Schermerhom attempted to cut his throat, and is now in the Vassar hos pital under guard with his arms strapped to his cot to prevent him from tearing the bandages off of the razor cuts in his throat. District Attorney Mack and Chief of -ipolice McCabe say thejK have enough evidence^, to send the coach man to the electric chair. The phy sicians at the Vassar hospital say he' will recover. As a result of the crime the Comptoms have abandoned their beautiful country home on which they have Just spent. $50,000 An. improve ments. WRECK ON SEABOARD. Minority Lea^r Predicts Vlctciy For Democrats In The Fall, Washington.—XJhamp Clark, the _ winuowB in me room j ^ W otherwise the minority o^_ th® ® ^as not damaged. ; turned to the capital after ten days on returning from work^ handed his wife a bouquet of^WH^ West w?d sp.»ead cheerly Ws With the remark; “Tou will Monday." belnJ^ demanded money, and on fired drew a revolver and, a corset ^ t^ striking to do with them b^ween! ▼tetory .in the «wres^al elections fall and:,'a democratic house of representatives. Passenger Train Plunged Into a Land* slide near Ragland, Ala. Ragland, Ala*—Three passengers, the engineer and thcl negro fireman on Seaboiird train No, 50 were in jured when the . train plunged into a slide one and one-half miles west of Ragland,. Ala. .The train, which is of the accomr modation type, left Birmingham for Atlanta. A dirt and rock srtde was encountered at full speed near Rag land, and the engine and combination baggage and passenger car left the rails and turned over. The coach and Pullman, which completed the train, were also partially oapsized,' being saved from a total upset by the bank, against which they remained leaning.. It Is net fought that any of those hurt were fatally injured. FATHER WAS LOCKED .UP. Law Invoked to !'Ald Yeyng Man In Suit for QirPs Hai^d.,- , Crowley, La.-r-When O. P. Pierce heard h|s dfiivbter was to elope with NM';^nae, son' of a' planter, it ifr chai^^, lie threat^i^ to kill the b^. AU the^ne^^Ts^tavored you^ Seni^s salt, ^|^d to ,a wax^ rant for the arrest of the girl’s fath er. “Well, here's where the la'c^ aids young Mister Cupid,” remarked the Justice of the peace as he signed the warrant. . ' { So Pieroe was locked up and while be remained in Jail his daughter and Nat were married. The father cooled off ih jail, and when the young couple returns he has promised to give his blessing. Robbers Loot PostofRce. Chattanooga, Tenn.—-^e postoffice at Ringgold, Ga., eighteen miles sout^ of Chattanooga, has been dynamited, the robbers getting $600 worth of stamps, $115 of money of the post master and three registered letters. Entrance was made through a back window. Aftt' *'Uncle Joe’s^ Job. Washington.—Representative G., J. piekema, of Michigan, has formally announced his candidacy for< speak ership of the house to succeed “Uncle Joe” CanncKi at the end of the pres ent session, ^ John F; Fitzgerald. Former Mayor of Boston, Who Sought Election Again* John F. Fitzgerald was mayor of the city of Boston in ^1006-7 and was for merly a member oi^ the national house of representatives.. 28 LOST AT SEA. Wind and Waves Dashed Ship Onto Treacherous Bar. Marshfield, Ore.—Coos bay's shores are patrolled by searchers - fcrr bodies from the Southern Pacific steamship Czarina. Twenty-eight lives were lost when the vessel was dashed ^by a heavy sea onto the north spit of the Coos bar. Only three of the 31 souls aboard were saved. - The Czarina was bound for San Francisco from here. She left port in the teeth of a gale, but before she had reached open sea* was caught on the treacherous bar-^ne of the worst on the Pa^fic coast—and was rcflllng helpless, • broadside to the sea. The sailors took to the rigging and were swept to their death, one by one. The first assistant engineer, K. H. Kensell, was driven ashore when a mighty wive tore him from- the 'rlggljig. As he was tossed^ toward the land, life- savers pulled him to safety. Captain J. Dugan and one of his men swam ashore. A long and futile fight was waged to aid the doomed passengers and crew, but when morning dawned they had all been awept from the rigging and the vessel was breaking up. SOUTNEHN RAILWAY COMPANY. Opemting the Tnmsylvania Bailroad. Effective 12K)1 a. m. Sunday, ^pt. 26, *09., Time Table^ord j- Easfem sSndard Time STATIONS ' P M 4 85 14 4» s4 M 14 56 05 f5 11 a5 17 f5 25 40 53 U1 16 04 s6 10 f6 S5 f6,S6 6 45j l«v ..HeDder8onyille„:Ar Yale ............Hoise Shoe Cannon Btowah Blautyre ...... Peurose Davidson Rirer Pibgah Forest.. Brevard Lv „ Selica ^....... Cheir^field .......Calvert.. i... Rosmaii i... Quebec i... Keid’s... At... Lake Toxaway...Lv ▲ u rio 10 f9.48 t^9 44 i9 89 88 J9 Sb ^9 21 f9 13 feO 10 06 f8 BO f8 48 fS 40 88 8.S f 8 22 f8 10 8 CO ‘ ‘f* ’ Stop on signal. * *8’ * ,Regalar stop. For tickets and full 'Information apply to T « CARTER, Ag’t. J. H. WOOD, Dist. Pass. Ag’t, Asheville, N.C. County Government. Rcpr^i^tative—G. W. Wilson.' Clerk Superior Court—T. T. Loftis. Sheriff and Tax Collector—C. C. Kilpat rick. Treasurer—Z.*W. Niqholls. , Register of Deeds—" A. Gillespie. Coroner—Dr. W. J. Wallis. Suryeyor—A. L. Hardin.' Commissioners—W. M. Henry, Ch'n; G r T. Lyday; W. E, Oalloway. ’ i Superintendent of Schools—X- C. Hen derson. Physician—Dr. Goode Cheatham. 4 Attorney—R. fi. - > »; ^ , X,. jr. ^ J; im ilay<^—W. E. ik>ard Marshy—I. A* Oalloway. Clerk ind fax Collector—T. H. Gallo way. I . Treasurer—T. H. Shipman. Health Officer—Dr. C. W. Hunt. Attorney—W. W. Zachaty. Re^lar m'i^etings—First Monday night in each month. Professional Cards. OTca5h LAWYER 11 and 12 McMinn. Building’ ^*Notary Public. W. B. DUCKWORTH, ATTORNEY-AT7LAW. Rooms 1 and 2, Pickelsimer Buildinjif. H. G. BAILEY Civfl and Consoltins Engineer and Sorveyor M^flnn Block BREVARD. N. C. '♦4 ♦ »i To Die In Electric Chair. ' ^Alexandria, Va.—^Trembling like an aspen leaf and pleading that he be taken to some other place for fear of" mob violence, Henry Smith, the negro convicted 'With three others of murdering Walter P. Schultz, % Chi cago artist, was ««ntenced to be elec trocuted. The ^^e men, Johnson, Dorsey and Btoes,^ who pn Smith’s tes- timony^ W€(re convicted and also sen- tenced -ta^' die murder, nave been respit€!d'*for 60 days* . . . Dissotittiott of Partnersh^ The law firm of Gagh & Galloway^' by mutual consent, has this day been, dissolved, each member of the firm continuing the practice of law. Welch Galloway will still occupy the offices which the firm has hereto fore occupied, rooms 9 and 10, Me-- J^linn building. R. L. Gash will occupy the offices 11 .a^d 12 McMinn building. 'All persons indebted to the firm are requieeted to malre settlement at once. Any one holding claims against the firm will confer a favor by presenting same at once. This Jan. 1st, 1910. ROBERT L. GASH. WELCH GALLOWAY. ^ Entry Notice* Cyrus Chapman enters and claims 20' acres of land more or less on Abrams branch, Transylvania county, N. C., begins ning on a black gum on a toanch, comer of Grant No. 488, g^t to Giles Glazen^ in 1856, Jime 9th, (entered 2nd ,day of January, 1855) and runs west 10 poles to a stake, comer of Grant No. to W. E. Galloway, and tmis'with' the line of the said W. K Galloway grant nor|^ 9 deg west jto the beginning corner^ a v^te oak on a diff; then north 79 degeast to a pincr comer of the Giles Glazener ^rant; theft ^thUneof said grant sooth 92 poles to the beginning. Entered NoVr 22, JL909- B. A. Gn.LESPIE, * Taker. V
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