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BUVASDHSWS, BRKVABD, N. 0. BREVARD^tf-WS- Name chanced (rom Sylvan Valley News, January i. I9i7> NOAH M. HOLLOWELL. Editor Published every Thursday. Entered at postaffice at Brevard. N.C..as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION PBICB: Oneyaar .... $1.00 Six months ... - .60 Three months ... .30 Two months ... .26 Payable by check, stamps or money order. Cards of thanks, resolutions and memorials published only at half com mercial rate. Subscriptions not continued after ex piration of time paid for cxeept on re quest. 'Tynnsytoania County History From Earliest Settlement To 'Present "Date; Weekly Serials Graphic History of County Published for First Time; Covers Movements of People From Date of Earliest White Set tlements in Upper French Broad Section; Published Weekly in Serial Form. BY OBA L. JONBS EVER SALIVATED BY CALOMEL? HORRIBLE! Calomel Is Quicksilver and Acts Like Dynamite on Your Liver. Friday, March 2, 1917. Should Brevard sit »dly and fold its arms in supine indifference or .should it advertise its advantages for health, pleasure and recreation to the world in the hojie of indue-, ing tourists to visit this section next suniiner? Looks like it is going to be “dryer” than ever for the unsatis fying thirst of those whosuccecdcd in flooding this county with liquor. The thirst won’t hurt if it can’t be tjucnchcd. That’s what the 1k*sI medical authorities sav. A nutn1)or .subscriptions ex pire with tliis issue and tlie News wouUl advise rvnewal in order that readers may cnjt\v the histtiry of the counl\' wliich l>e‘>,iii^ in serial form this week, .'sub scriptions are not continued after expiration except 1>> re(piL>t of the subscribers. The series of articles on Transyl vania coanty history, of which this 18 the first, that will appear from week to week in the Brevard News, like those now appearing in the Asheville Snnday Citizen, cannot rightfully bo called a history of the county. It is not the object of the writer to write a complete history, at this time, pntting each incident in its cronological order, but rather H few of the more im])ortant events will be sfleeted at randon to servo H8 subjects for these articles. While tlu! articles that will appear in the News will differ somewhat from those heretofore published in the (-'itizen the same subjects and order will bo generally followed. The writer has been gathering data for a history for the county for the i>ast live s ears with the hope of some time writing a completo story of the achievements of the county, and so far much vuluubh* data has been collected. Less than one fourth of the facts already ^'nthered will be used in the news paper articles, however tho rest will be used in a book—should it 1‘ver apjH'ar ]>rofftable, or at least nt)t unprofitable, to i>rint one. Anyone int(Tested in having the history published or anyone who wants a copy, if published, is in vited to confer with tho writer. Tlie News l)con a little lax in giving awa\' copies «'t the ]'a]'er in the ho]>e ot d 'ing sonu' ;^oo(I ailvcrtisin^ for itscll and the coun ty but the hi.;li co'-t of that v. hich it takes to prinii’.ce a new-papt.r makes H v.ei'es ary I >r t»i (-liarue lor every ol the ]'a]>er llere- after leaxiniL; tlie oHice, exce]>t when snliscribers l.i'.l to receive t’.K ir co]'v or when nar.K-- ol' f' rnier re>iilent of the coiuity are fur- ni'.hed n^ W'l: are t>'S'. I’. l >nch ]>ers. iis ;-:;n’.] le (.dices in vhe ho|i.,' (if iiulncin;.; them t) .-iib "cribe. 'I'he Xews feels (|uile tortunale in bein;j; able to ]>reseiit to it read ers for tile hr-t time tlie wriUen of 'l'ra;i\'i\ania counl\'. .'!r. ()ia 1.. b'lie-'lias ;.^i\encon- ..-^iderable siud\- to ihi'- hi-l.or\' and is (iiuilif.ed to ]iieseiit it in . in teieslin- anvl ai;ih): i; ,.li\e- ,va> recvls tradilion wi'l niil. rhi hi>l"i>- i-- worth. ]>ve'e^ vin>;. Mr. Ji>ne-> is c-)n^i'lenni.;' llie ;id'- \ i-abi'.it\- of ]uUtin.u' it in liook form bi’.t til's has n >t been decide-d ujxin, tliei'eftire t!’e New-' V.oiild ree'''inmend the riling of l!ii--l;i.'- lo’"y for it i> im|Mirt.;ni h.i-1-.■I'ical , matier. ^ J^duertisin^ Brci'crd. 'i'he Xew.'- has I't. |,. ateddy called ' atteiilion to tr.c i.a])orl:ince of ! "ome form (if ;id\\-ru--in,j, f'.r lire \'artl iM ll’. i ■■’)e of v.ettin- ve.nnis in the wa> of touri>l> iii-xt snm- nier. Ilrevanl h,,.- fj,reat C'>’i’p. Iition ^ as a !' - 'Tt tor ton’ists and tliere- i'>i\ cannot ahord to let v^ra-s ;.^row under its feet. \\\ inv’.eistand that liiiiiie-d funiN are in iiand. If this 1)0 true and th'.- committee does not feel eiinal to the ta-k'f l)reparin;j^ the b •kh ts or o-J.ier' .Kh'ertisin.: malt. r it slionld ac-1 ce{)t a jiropositii 111 Irom an e\j;ert, who lias ohered his services in tliis' resi)ect. I I The town needs to. print sDine booklets with whicli to suj>ply those who would recjuest literature in response to a serie.s of ad\ erti>e- nients tliat should be placed in news])aj;ers in some of the .South ern .States. Brevard is sleeping on the jol). Xo literature was sent out last I year and the time has come when there should be iniinediate public ity activities for results next suni- nier. Money judiciously spent would pay great dividends from w’hich the whole county’ would benefit. While there may have been occa- sional ‘J\irvi‘ving ]>arties t nd a few stray huntt*rs in the u])per French Broad valley before the Revolution ary war, it IS (jnito likely that th('i»- I were no permanent settlers hen> I iintil after the colonies had gained {tlieir freedom. A number of grants : had been ii'sned to territory in this I sei-tion befort' that time, but. ther** ■ IS no record 'f any of them havin;^ iu-en ocenj'ii-d by thi'ir owners. I 'i’he first settlers to move int • tlit' ujM.i'r j'’rench liroaU valley Ji.l ’' -t ' tind an unbroken forest. A dis I ast rous Toi fst lire, ])i('surnal)iy set 'hy tlu‘ Indians in their chase for Lraini', had (b'vastati'd the i'orests. havimr only ashes h'hind. 'I'iit' :r.\aet ('XtiMit of tliis InnT.ed area leiniiot h(‘ d* tinifely d'-lined, Ir.it that it s\vf])t till- lattle iiivtM- vallev anil the French Bii>ad valley at lea^ t as far nji as |{(ir*!n!!n. indn'UTiL' allihe hills and nnmnJains in the , Islai il Ford and ; (>nTiesiee >*cti M( - ! is well estal'b.'-h‘d by statcnifnts made to sonu' of the older rt sid> nis of tht' c.innty livinir lod.iv i>y o','l I>'.*o)»le 1i\inir \%hen tiny v.cn- yonnir. and also by thr \viiii)i:^s o! (ien.ral Cliarlcs Mei)ov.fl!. wli visi*(‘d this scction at tlu' elosf df til ■ rcvoliitior.irv war. :i1 “m('nts ahov*' referred to wcrt' I'Vidi- to • intiire A. Shnford. ,1. M Hamlin. .1. 1^. Fall and otlu'rs, and (la St' im n aie ])o,‘-it ive in thei'- ^ sfa{( TM(‘n1s th’ir there was no >tand- ill!.: tiinl'i*r in a ^(dd ]Kirt of this sectii '11 at one t in'ie, 'riu“ ;•( I'lion v.as at tla'T time de scribed as having the “appearance of a nionntuinons prairie.” The writer does not mean to intimate that the coanty at that time was a flat, or rolling plain, with grass all over it, as an eminent (?) citizen of the town strongly insists w^e said in a lormer article on this subject The monntains were here then, and in much the same formations as now ; but according to good anthor- ity, undisputed by the “rings” on the trees since cat in the barned .-«>ction, there was little if any standing timber when tho first white settlers came. There was one exception. Near the present town of Cherry field there was a small area covered with wi'd cherry trees, with no other timber near. This gave the section its ranie, and for many years the entire upper part of the county was called “Cherry Fields.” All up and down the French liroad river, and especially in the lower end of the county there was a great swamp, which had grown up in a tangled mass, in some jdaces inile.s wide. After the territory had been drained this swampy area was worth but little for farminf; pur]>oses for many years. Many l)ee]>le living today remember wh«^n large tussocks of roots could be found, when to jump on one would [disturb an area for many feet [around. A hi»'ge number of maple 1 trees si)rung up in this area after ! the water \va^ drained off. j At the. close of tln‘ Kevolntionary I war tlu^ olTicers and nn-n of the iConiinental iirniy wc*re ]iaid for I their si'rvict’s in western land. ;(«.*ia‘ral Charles Mel>.>\V('ll, win- won fame at tlu* battle of Cowj)eiis. !!Tul in defeating (ien«‘r;il Ferijuson jat l\ing'fj rdounfain, this being the lui iiing ])oint in the war. accepted . MS a jtart i>aynient for his si'rviet*.- tii) ficri‘S of hind in tliis section in el" the site of tlie ])r(*seiit town of ' hi'rryfield as well as tin* eherrv trees above referred ti). lit' eamo to till' upjuT French ilroad st'etion. ])rol!ahly ii» ITsT. and. spt‘nt two or three months on his i)ro]M'rty. He tlu n moved to‘'(i^ua!ut .Meadows." n.artlie ] i-''sent town (if Moriran ton, v.l;t>re lu* madt' his home. l:i 1 ieneral ?,!• I Ur.vidl receiv- e(i a ‘.'I'a’it for «l additional aer»'s of iaral •.idjoininf^ h:s lii.-t ijrant. • IV. t'oth sides Oi the I'l’. neh r)roa(i river, inelnain!^ the forks of saiu riv. r where ihe pnth ert ^.-■■s 1. !•'t ■ I at e." The \v;is a!: balian tiaii that crossed the Freiud i>rc ;d in-' helow the jtres. nt town • >t Ko.'iiian. After niovini: to rirantoi (ier.cral Mehowill's dar._:;irer mar- lii-d a yoni:::' settler thc”e hy the name (tf I’axten. and a - a weiidinL' iire.-eiit th»‘ old K' velnti. mary hero i:-!ve his (laughter aiai her hnsl.juui all his l;ind in the I'rcnch ili'- ad valley, and the youiiL: con] le came I C'diitiinu'il on r.. 7. Calomel loses you a day! You know what calomel is. It’s mercury; quicksilver. Calomel is dangerous. It crashes into sour bile like dynamite, cramping and sicken ing you. Calomel attacks the bones and should never be put into your system. When you feel bil'ous, sluggish, consti pated, and all knocked out and believe you need a dose of dangerous calomel just remember that your druggist sells for 50 cents a large bottle of Dodson’s Liver Tone, which is entirely vegetable and pleasant to take and is a perfect substi tute for calomel. It is guaranteed to start your liver without stirring you up inside, and can not salivate. Don’t take calomel! It makes you sick the next day; it loses you a day’s work. Dodson’s Liver Tone straightens you right up and you feel great. Give it to the children because it is perfectly harm less and doesn’t gripe.—Advertisement. RUB OUT PAIN with good oil liniment. That's the sure^ way to stop them. The best rubbing liniment isj MUSTANG LINIMENT Good for ihe A ilments of Horses, Muies, Cattle, Etc. Qood for your own Aches, Pams, Rheumatism, Sprains, Cuts, Bt.':rns, Etc. 25c. 50c. $1. At all Dealers. ^0>CC».S't in. "It il-K's not iiay to try fool the animal.” This iitiinion of J'rof. W. H. Dalryniplf, the South':, fc.r.'most authority. hc» &1 waj s tM- II the nianufaotiirinif policy of Epgar-Morgan Co. MEMPHIS. TENN. Manufacturers of Old Beck Sweet Feed Tl'.;it i.‘ why This Ko-d Keops Vv'ork i3tock in I’riin*" ('oii(lii:.iT!. ,\o »uli!-atut«*s to fo«.l the hun,try. h« :ilth ami t>ow- iT builiiin;:. tissuesof an or '// .•\sk u« for Hui’etin No. 2- ■v ^ t i uuiiuiii;', f / thp animal —II >t : { I -a/ ' I fj \ ■ v;ilu« !i!=s niattt r in ^ \ ton. The i:i iii'.ifa x’'Y/ ■> y I far- t Jn rs stan'l li' hin.l our of t!..> HIGH QI WLITY of t Ins "Fi'.FPl.VG WOI’.K ANl.M.M.S.' It'« Free. f UiMmmi— xje KTS in Brevard sojme facts and their application UILDS In the face of superior natural advan tages poshes ed by comp^‘ing towos. Advertising produced in California one of the finest and most beautiiul cities in the v/hole world. It is Los Angeles. Every state in the union and every country on earth have sent men and women to live there. Wealth was brought in. Manufactures were at tracted. Population increased by amaz ing strides. The results were wonderful—and so unmistakable was the cause of them all that a famous v/riter was moved to call Los Angeles ^‘TheCity that Advertising built/^ There was neither magic nor miracle in Los Angeles' growth—it was THE FACTS POINT THE WAY TO ACTION brought to pass by vision; by a truthful conccption of the power of publicity; by the correct application of the laws of cause and effect. What Los Angeles accomplished any other tov/n may do—and towns in Western North Carolina may do it more easily. Any Western Carolina town that has ambition enough to raise a fund equal to the per capita expenditure of Los Angeles may achieve even better results than were possibh where new citizens had to be induced to cross a con tinent and the arid wastes of the West. That WESTERN CAROLINA pos sesses many remarkable advantages is so strikingly evident as to ad mit of no argu ment. _ _ _ I ^au dm-.am4,piA6>*X MvActUNMiit; Mnuu doit THIS PICTUKE TELLS ITS STORY BETTER THAN WORDS. ALL WE WISH TO SAY IS THAT WE HAVF A BANK WHERE YOU CAN PUT YOUR MONEY WHILE IT IS GROW ING INTO A FORTUNE. OUR BANK IS A SAFE PLACE FOR YOUR MONEY. WE' WILL WELCOME YOU HERE AND TREAT YOU WITH COURTESY. WE WILL GLADLY ADVISE YOU AND ASSIST YOU. COME IN. BANK WITH US. WE PAY 4 PER CENT INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS Brevard Bankin^^ Co. E/VSTM AN OfnHOtM«OMn\C ' CViRUNo ♦*•*3 ATOv.O(Nb POCKC.V KOO^K I •Mill iM'SHOt.lfcWoll • • FII.1VI C/\,RT«%OOt. .. . . . O. • «0 K004k Ca; Ifalf the sccret of jjood picture.s i.s the film. _ .Sec that yours is the KASTMAN N-C FILM. The word “Kodak” on the spool end identifies the genuine. FRANK D. CLEMENT THe Jeweler of Transylvania County. Rtxy in Brevard li T CITY! DON’T RUSH PAST a "occ! thinif. Don’t you know }ou an {;() a lonr way and find nothin'; as jr'ioii in thf line of Cirocorios as you wculd find ri^^ht here. We are here to stay, which means that we value our [ reputation jjreater than profit 'and will treat you so that y.u will recommend us to your friends. MITCHELL The Grocer. caBWttat&abaaBaBBBHBs Will YourTo WN Grasp Its Opportunity? Successful advertising is more a mi.l!er oi method than of money—more a knowledge of “How*’ than a richness ot means. This Agency offers its services to Commercialr Industrial and Tourist Organwatrons and G^mmittees. Display Advert ing Campaigns, Booklets and descrip tive matter, .'.nd corrfscondence forms, tor Hotels, Schools, Assemblies, Sanitariums, Residence Parks and Real Estate Subdivisions, given special attention. L. Edwin Ql! Advertising Agency ASHEVILLE, North Carolina* COME TO THIS BAKERY FOR PASTRY THAT VriLL MAKE YOUR MOUTH WATER. Philipp’s Bakery Phone 24
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