BREVARD NEWS, BREVARD, N. 0.
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Notice to All Persons
Within or Having
Property Within the
Corporate Limits of
the Town of Brevard
Each and every person having any claim
or claims, tax receipt or receipts, water rent
receipt or receipts, special tax receipt for
street-paving assessment, or tax receipt for
work done on the streets, or any other kind
of receipt which should be credited against
the balances shown to be due for the vari
ous years and parts of years set out in the
report of the special auditor recently em
ployed by the town, which report was given
in detail in the Brevard News in its issue of
February 16, 1917, are hereby requested
to appear before the Board of Aldermen at
their|next regular monthly meeting, Monday
night, March 5, 1917, at the office of the
Mayor in the Fraternity building, that said
claims may be inspected and adjusted.
This February 20, 1917.
CHAS. M. COOKE, JR.,
Mayor.
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Take llall'a Family Pills fur conBtipation.
Eggs, Poultry
Butter and Hides
All kinds country pro
duce. We pay cash for all
you ship.
Prices on request.
Western Produce Co
Asheville, N. C.
Quality Marks Our
Stock of Toilet
Accessories.
Only the Best at Moderate
Prices.
NEW SUIT F*nest Soaps and Purest
COSTS FROM
$10 to $50
Your old suit
can be cleaned,
pressed, repair
ed and made to
look almost as
good as new for
50 cents; $1.00 a
month for foui
suits.
City Pressing Club
J. E. Waters I p„__
P. L. Bruce
Brushes, Combs, Manicure
Sets, Powder Purls, etc., in
great variety of style and
price.
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R. s. MORGAN, Druggist
ROSMAN, N. C.
New or renewal subscriptions
(beginning January 1) will cost
$1.00 for one year, 60 cents »
months, 35 cents 3 months, 25
cents for 2 months.
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY HISTORY
FROM EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO
PRESENT DATE; WEEKLY SERIAL
Continued from page 4.
here to make their home ThronRh
this union GenerHl McDowell l)«
enme the great great grandfather
to the present Paxton generation in
Transylvania county.
Next to Mi'Dowell’s grants John
Carson bad a 640 acre bonndarv.
which inclnded the lands where the
present town of Selica is located.
James Miller entered what is known
today as the Symington or Deaver
farm, hnt John (’arson bonght it
from him January 31, 1795.
James and Ben Davidson, the
Pattons and the Orrs settled on
what is known as Davidson’s river
abont the year 1790. The river is
named for Ben Davidson, and was
at first called a croek. A man
named Clayton settled near the
present town of Penrose. William
and Matthdw Wilscn settled near
the present Wilson’s bridge.
Samnel and Benjamin King settled
on what is now known as King’s
creek.
Other settlers lx;atod injvarions
parts of the valley. These inclnded,
among the tirst comers, the *Vetzels,
Allisons, Heffners, Hogseds, Jor
dans, Johnsons, Grady and Reuben
Shnford, and others.
In the upper end of the county,
above the McDowell grants the
Gilles])ies, Whitmires. Samuel Mc
Call, Joseph Dnnn and others were
Hmong the early arrivals. George
Glazener, of Oglethorpe, Gn., enter
ed 640 acres in the Island Ford sec
tion, and moved there. In and
around the present site of Brevard
the Galloways, Tramin**ls, Aikens,
Siniards, Lances, Beozelevs, Brocks
and Duckworths settled. The [
Owens, Reeds and MeCalls settled !
in the Gloucester section. A fore !
father of J. M. lliinilin, settled j
near the present Hamlin farm. t
A very strikinur fact is tliat t(i- ,
(lay the desct-ndaiits of the tirst set- ;
th^rs almost invariably live in the
ii))niediat(^ vicinity wliere tlieir
ancestors first st‘ttU‘il 'I’he I’attons
and tlie Ons are still livini; near
I).ividsnii liver. 'I'he \Vih:«msarc
still livin*; in siixlit of Wil.^on's
hii»l‘'(‘. I'hc Kinjjs live on Kin»'s
(M'cek. The forks of the river sec
tion is lari^t'ly owned by the (iilles-
])ies and Whitmires. The nuiuc* of
(Jlazener has never dej)artel from
the Island Ford section. Xearlv
i-very m in you meet in the (iilon- !
c»>ster section today is either a
Reed, a McCiil’. or an Owen. And
tlu're an* still (iailoways and Dnck-
worths to 1)0 found in and around
I'irevard.
Some* of tlie names of the first s(>t-
tiers have (lisM]»])earcd, they liuvintr
either died out, niarri*d or iin)ved
to othi'r sections. Kor tlie most
j)art 'Pransylvania's iirst citi/ens
w(‘r(‘ Nortii ('arolinians, ci»niin^
troin settlements farther last. A
few eanie from (n'oriria, more caiiK'
t'ri'm Sonth Carolina and t)ie
‘•whiskey rel'ollion" in P*‘iinsyl
vania. in K'.'t, \vas tli(' inenns of
brinfxin^ (jnite a nninher from that
state, these for tin' ;i)ost ]>art com-
to a ])laee wlu're tliey could
Miannfactnrt^ the ci'lebrateu snake
bite reiuedj’, known as “the oil of
j'W
The first settler in the n])})or
French Broad to ^'ain any (‘xeeption-
al notoriety was Jolin ('layton, who
lived so near the j^r* at swainj) in the
lower enl of the' county tl'at he
was always known as “ISvvam])
obn.’’ lie lived ni'tir wlu re K. li.
Clayton now lives. Clayton was a
member of tlu* tirst “S(‘le(*t court’’
of the Court of Pleas and (Jnarti'r
Sessions when Buncombe couiity
was or>;aniz *:1, later rt'presentinii
nnncombe in tlie lej:isluture in
and Is'-'U, and in the senate in
ls:>;{. It was larj^ely through his
elTorts that Henderson eonnty was
orjrani/ed. Ih'^ also re])rosented
Henderson county. “Swamp John”
was vt;ry popular in the valley,
and when he was elected to any
place of trust there v.ould always
t o great and ])rolon;'ed celebration
timong his friends and neif^hbors
Another settler in this section to
make a name for himself was Mat- '
thew’ Gillesjtie, who lived nt'ar the;
forks of the French llroad rivt‘r.
He w’as the originator and nuiker
of the famous “CJillespie rifle gun.”
so much in favor in the early
days. Whihi he could make only a j
very few’ of these guns, the process
of making being so very slow, yet
their reputation spread over many
(litTerent states. They were then |
considered the very latest thing in
firearms. |
Those guns were made by ham- j
mering out a sheet of steel to the
desired thickness, rolling it around
a small rod, a little smaller than
the bore desired. The barrel was
then welded, a little at a time. The
rod was removed while the barrel
was heated, then replaced while the
barrel was being hammered on an
old fashioned anvil. A very little
weld-ng could be done at a time,
ho^vever, for the reason that the
rod had to be frequently removed
and cooled to prevent its being
solidified with the steel barrel. The
bore of the gun was cut by driving
a piecc of hardened steel through
the barrel. The calibre was deter
mined by the number of bullets
that could be made from a ])ound
of lead. A gun that u&ed bullets
that w’onld cast eighty to the pound
would be known as “an eighty-
calibre rifle-gun.”
This famous gun maker made
every part of the lock and barrel
on his anvil complete. The stock
was carved by hand oat of suitable
hardwood. The flints were attach
ed and adjusted to snob a degree of
nicety that the powder never failed
to explode in the “powder-pan.’*
Felty Lance, another pioneer,
made qnite a reputation as a spoon
and button maker. A cow’s born
and a jack knife was all the equip
ment he required until he took np
the manufacture of pewter dishes,
so much nsed in olden days. He
made a success in all lines, and his
output was much in demand at all
times.
LOIS YOUNC DEAD
The friends of Mr. and Mrs. L.
Young, formerly of Rosman but
now of Spartanburg, will with re
gret learn of the death of their
daughter, Lois, aged six years, who
died at the Steedly hospital in Spar
tanburg, on Tuesday 19, of pneu>
monia. The remains were ship
ped to Calvert and interment was
mado in the Mt. Moriah cemetery.
ACT QUICKLY
Delay Has Been Dangerous In
Brevard.
Do the right thing at the right
time.
Act quickly in time of danger.
In time of kidney danger Doan’s
Kidney Pills are most elTective.
Plenty of evidence of their worth.
.T. C. Allen, Killian St , Waynes
ville, N. C. says: “My kidney
trouble was brought on by a fall
Pains started in my back, under my
shoulders, and extended dow-n into
the small of my back. It was often
impos.sible for me to get around un
less I had help and I laid off from
work for two wei'ks at a time. One
box of Doan’s Kidney Pills has al
ways been tniough to remove the
pains in my back and put mo on
Mjy feet again in good shape.”
Price .^(k* at all dealers. Don't
sin)ply ask fora kidney remedy—
s;et Doan’s Kidney Pills—the san«e
tbat Mr. Allan had. Foster-
Milburn (’o , Pro]>s., BufTalo, N. Y.
Auditorium
Saturday, March 3
A three-reel General Pro
gram.
Admission 10c.
Tuesday, March 6
“Found Guilty;” second
chapter of the Pearl of the
Army.
‘ Krazy Kat and Her New
Easter Bonnet;” Internation
al Kartoon Komedy.
Other interesting pictures.
Admission 10c
Thursday, March 8
“A Nation’s Peril;'* an in
teresting picture dealing
with an international situa
tion. In two parts.
“Pathe News,” showing
the news of the day.
“An Awful Romance;”
Lonesome Luke comedy.
Admission 10c.
ENTRY NOTICE
No. 2'){I9. W. II. Hinkle and J. C. Wike,
enters ami chiiins (> 10 acres more or less
land in Hoj^lnuk township, Transylvania
county, N. C., on the waters of Bear Camp
creek and liorsepasturo River, adjoinint;
State (Irani No. 027, the Montvale Lumber
company et al.
Beginning on a pine and stone on top
of the ridge that divides the waters of
Bear Camp creek and Horsep.-isture River,
and in the north boundary line of State
('«rant No. 627 and runs west with the
north boundary line of said State Grant
No 627 to an old line, thence northerly
direction and an easterly direction with
various courses for complements, so as to
include all vacant land in that vicinity.
Signed W. H. Hinklk,
J. C. VVlKK.
Entered Feb. 13, 1917.
G. C. Kilpatrick,
2-23-4tp. Entry Taker.
ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE!
Having qualified as administrator of the
estate of Chas. W. Hemphill, deceased,
late of Transylvania county, North Caro
lina, this is to notify all persons having
claims against said estate to exhibit them
to the undersigned, or to his attorneys,
Clayton, Clayton & Fisher, Brevard, N. C.,
on or by the 15th day of Feb. 1918, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of their re
covery. All persons indebted to the said
estate will please make immediate settle
ment.
This the 15th day of Feb. 1917.
Spurgeon Hemphill,
Administrator.
Clayton, Clayton & Fisher,
Attorneys. 2-23-6tc.
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CASH BASIS ANNOUNCEMENT
From Aiken & Scruggs
Having made a change in our business we take this
method of thanking our many customers for their'patron-
age since we opened business a year ago. The business
will be run right on with but few changes. On and
after this date all FEEDS will be sold strictly for cash
on delivery. Owing to extremely high prices of Feed-
stuffs we have decided it best for our customers as’well
as our'interest to put it down as low as possible and sell
strictly for cash. It saves disputed accounts, bookkeep
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Successor to Aiken & Brooks
$15 Per Cord for Chestnut Wood
Cut your chestnut into telephone poles and you will
receive about $15 per cord for them. Write for prices
and specifications.
ERSKINE POLE CO., WEAVERVILLE, N* C
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