BaEVAED HEWS, BBKVARD, W. 0.
Buy a Good
Bicycle
Four standard makes in
stock—Pope, Elco, National
and Ardmore—all proven
wheels of sure quality.
Priced $25 and up. Second*
hand, $10 to $25.
Always carry a full line of
Bicycle Tires and sundries.
Small repair work of all
kinds on bicycles, Runs,
locks, keys, and expert
sharpening at reasonable
prices.
Articles sent by mail for
repair receive espccial care.
Frank J. Nevercel
47 West College St et
Asheville, N. C.
SCHOOL BOND ELECTION
CALLEO FOR DISTRICT
NO 3, BOYD TOWNSHIP
NOTICK: All persons arc hereby notified
thnl the Commission rs of Transylvania
(bounty upon a petition of the County
Hoard of Kducation. have ordered an
election to be held in District No. 3, Boyd
Township, Transylviuiia County on April
17, VH7, at the School House in said Dis
trict. Said Klection is ordered lor ihc
parj)ose of ascertaining; the will of the
voters in said District, as to whether yr
not the County Conimis"ioners .'■h;>!l issue
and float Honds in the sum of for
a period not exceeding 20 yean; and to
draw interest at 'ix per cent, payable semi
annually to raise money to build and
equip a new School House in said District.
A new registration of the voters r)f said
District has been ordered and A. Lyday
ap; ointe.l l’e::istrF.r, and A. C. Lyday and
C. W. Talley jud^ies.
Tiie registration b «ik for s:;id !ioTi>l
Klection \\ ill «ij>en i.n S.i'-unlriy, ?vi-ir:r, I/.
1917, ;wid remain cj)en for the tinu* and in
the manner as now provided by law.
This the 7th day of March, 1917.
C.. C. Kii.:*ATKirK,
Secretary of Board of Commissioners of
Tran.'^y'vania County. 3-16—Itc
LAND SALE BY COMMISSIONER
I'lider and by virtue of an order of the
Sujuiior Court of Transylvania county,
infide in a spt cial proceeding therein pend
ing bjfore the clerk of said court entitled
“ r. B. (ialloway, administrator of (i. C.
Oslloway, vs. Josephine K.’jinscn et al.,”
the undersigned commi.ssioner will, on
Wednesday, .-'pril 18th, 1917, at 1 o’clock
p. m. at the court h »use door in the town
of Brevard, N. C^ s;'il to the highest bid
der for cash, all that certain tract of land
lying in Hogback township, Transjdvania
county, on the waters of Flat Creek and
we:-;t fork of French liroad river, bounded
as f'.Il'jv.s;
Beginning at a v-hite oak in what is
known as the Dempsey line, now the
CJ»aj)man line, and runs S. 75 degrees E.
74 poles to a spanish oak; then N, 51 de
grees E. 180 poles to a black oak; then N.
> degrees 11 40 poles to a hickory; then S.
d(.‘(/r es W. 10 poles to a chestnut o:ik;
then N. 38 degrees \V. 107 poles to a black
oak; then N. 44 poles ti» a spanish oak;
th.-n iJ. 49 degrees \V. 50 poles to a chest
nut. then N. (>8 degrt-cs W. 74 poles to a
hickory; then S. 73 d'.gre» s W. ■]() poles to
aimall white oak near the road lep.ding
fiom tne C. C. (Jalloway residence to the
Williams place on west fork of French
Broad river; then S. about 68 degrees W.
20 pules, more or less, to a spanish oak,
Julian I*, ('lalloway’s corner, same being
corner of Stale ('irant Xo. 498 .o Joshua
Bryant; then v.iili the line of the said Ju
lian I’. Gallo’.vav, S. 62 degrees E. 50 pedes
to a spanish oak. a corner of the above
nan-.ed Cranl: then still with the line of
said (Irani 75 poles to a stake, d corrur of
«f said Crant; then still with Juiii.n P.
(lalloway line S. 40 dcLMves \V. 145 poles
lo a slake in the line of Stale Crant No.
210 to Joshua Bryant; th"n with the line
of the last named Gn.nt, S. 35 degrees E.
40 poles, more or less t i the corner »jf said
Grant; then '■arric rour'e, 25 poles more or
Ifas, to a stake in the Dempsey line, now
the Chapman line; then wil.i said Chap
man line, about S. 60 degrees E. 90 poles
more or less to a black oak, the northeast
corner of the Chapman tract; then with
line of said tract, about S. 25 degrees W.
to the beginning.
Exception: From the above boundary
of land there is excepted and not offered
for sale, about 42 acres, lying near the
southeast end of said tract, now belong-
Transylvania County History
From Earliest Settlement To
Present Hate; 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
IV
Since coming to Transylvuuia
county, about six years uro, the
writer has been told by many peo
ple that they were “born in Bnn-
eombe, raised in Henderson and
now live in Transylvania, and have
never moved in my life.” This
seeming paradox is quit« trno when
the f^peaker was horn prior to 1838,
for it was in that year that this
.‘Section, as a ])art of Henderson
ctiunty, was severed from Dun-
I'ombe.
But the territory now embraced
i;i 'I’runsylvania county has been a
])«rt of more than three counties.
Inoltiding that part that was at one
time a part of Haywood, then Jtick-
son and now Transylvania, this
county has been connected, re-
suotely in some cases, it is true,
witli at least fifteen county govern-
tnents since the time the state was
first settled. This article will be
devoted to the county’s pedigree,
showiii;? these various connections.
In 1()(>3 the northern part of
rurolina, which then included what
is now both North and South Curo-
lir.a, was givi-n the name of Albe-
ma.b- prefinct. This precinct, or
1‘v^untr, iiJc’.TiiUd all the territorj’
jiow♦■inbim’ed in the states of North
t arolina and Tennessee, although
very little of it was settled at that
time. In lfiG.5 the Lords ProprietOJ's
entered into an agreement with
John Yeamans whereby the section
now in Transylvania became a part
of Clarendon precinct. This pre
cinct was abandoned in 1GC7 but
was S'.'ttled again in 1093.
Prior to ITiS'J, when the state of
Tennessee was ceded to the United
States, the method of establishing
nev,' counties was to locate a eastern
boundary, giving all east of the line
the name ol the old county, while
uli west of the line went into the
new county, the western boundary
being the Mississi]ipi river. In this
mann*^r the counties started on the
‘•oast, gradually working westward,
the westernmost county always in
cluding the mountain section. In
17::.’2 New Hanover was cut off from
ADx^marle and Clarendon. Transyl-
vaiii.'i next fell in as a part of Bladen
precinct in 1734.
The next division threw the
western part of the state into
An.^o*i county, this being the first
time the word county was supplied,
t!ie divisions being referred to as
p»-ecincts before that time. Anson
county was established in 1849. A
part of Ausun wus taken to form
Rowan in 17rj3, this county being
named in honor of Matthew Rowan,
the president of the council, who
was at that time acting governor.
While Arthur Dobbs was gover
nor of the state, Mecklenburg coun
ty was formed out of a part of
Ai.son in 1702, nnd this section
then became a part of Mecklen
burg. Soon after the movement of
settlers to the rich lands in tre
west made it inconvenient for the
people to attend county matters at
Charlotte, a new county was form
ed. This was called Try on county.
of Robert Morris, who financed the
Revolution, and who had large
holdings of timber lands in this
section. This name was changed
to Asheville in November, 1797, in
honor of Samuel Ashe, one time
governor of the state.
It was while the upper French
Broad valley w’as a part of Bun
combe that the state of Georgia
set up a county government in this
valley, as related last w^eek in the
Brevard News, and it was on Bun
combe soil that the Walton war
was fought.
In 1S3H Henderson county was
cat off Buncombe. Henderson was
tho first western county to have a
defined boundary lino, all previous
lines being a matter of supposition.
Transylvania county was formed
in 1S61, the act establishing the
county being ratified by the general
assembly on the 15th day of Feb
ruary of that year. About two
thirds of the county came from
Henderson, w’^hile the other third
A’as once a part of Jackson, and be
fore that a part of Haywood.
QUEBEC QUIRKS
Mrs. Joe Stepo t.f Ho^:man was a
visitor at the home of Mrs. L. E.
Reece last Sunday.
Carl and Leo Banfher left Quebec
last Monday for Suco, Montana,
where they each go to lakn up a
homestead on the Montana ]))nnes.
That the co operative si)irit still
exists in this community was mani
fested on Thnrsdav of last week
when Gideon Miller bad a “grub
bing” and 24 men were present
both in the field and at the dinner
table. The crowd did an excellent
day’s work. After bupjjer the
yonng folks spent a few hours to
gether trying their hand« at quilt
ing.
A “grubbing” last Saturdav and
a “quilting” Saturday evening w;as
the record of last wef'k’s rlowiny at
the farm and home of Frank Fisber
A great deal of rice was in evi
dence at Quebec station last San-
day afternoon when a young lady
of this community and a visiting
yonng gentleman boarded the north
hound train. It is reported, how-
ever, that the rain of rice was a
little premature and that the full
shower is reserved for next Snn
dav. Exwize.
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WEiLT’S EASTER GOODS
Fashionable Center for Women of Transylvania
WHY THAT LAME BACK?
Since you want correct styles
and a variety of first-class
goods to select from for Easter
and summer wear we invite
you to come in and inspect
our new line of up-to-date
spring and summer sroods.
We have a fine selection of
ready-to-wear garments to suit
the most fastidious in dress
and if we can’t suit you in
ready-made goods we doubt
less can frpm our piece goods.
At any rate, come in and look
our stock over before making
purchases elsewhere.
Silk Poplin dresses, $5.50 to
$5.65.
Blouse or Middy Coats,
$1.25.
Sport Coats, $4.90 to $9.25.
Kabo Corsets, $1.00 to f 2.00,
with front and back lace.
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SKIRTS
Wash Skirts.
Silk Skirt=!. $5.50 to $0.75.
Pilk Poplin. $5.oO.
$1.25 to
WAISTS
SillE Wais«a, 91.25 to $5.65.
Georffiette Crejjo. $5.65.
Was^h Waists. 65c to $1.25.
These items represent only
a few of our values. You
favor us when you come in
and inspect them.
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W. p. WEILT’S CASH STORE
Th.it inornirti.':
shxi p pains
lameness—t Iioso
i)endin4 or lift
ing. make work a burden and rest
itnpos.^hle. Don’t bo handicajjpod
by a bad back—look to your kid-
nevs. You will make no mi^?take
by following this man’s example.
W. Davis, farmer, Waynesville,
N. (J , savs: “My back bothered me
off and on for years. It was so sore
and lame that I could hardly stoo[*
and It wus impussible for me to
lift. When I got up suddtnly,
specks came before my eyes, blurr
ing my sight. Nothing did me any
good until I frit d Doan’s Kidney
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I know I can always depend on
them.”
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don’t
sinijdy ask fora kidnoy remedy—
iret Doan’s Kidney Pills—th(‘ same
that Mr. Davis had. Foster-
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Try a Diversified adv.
MACHINERY AND
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Lartrest atock in Western Carolina
Savrs. Pulleys. Beltintr.
Wire iiope. Pipe. Fittin!>-3,
Mocbi:ii.«t’s Tools.
Foundry and Machine Work
a specialty.
Asiievilie Supply & Foundry Cg.
Asheville, N. C.
DOM’T BE MISLED
Sample Shoes Equal the Globe
and The Globe Equals Sample Shoes
For six years wc have dealt in SAMPLE SHOES. Everywhere the name GLOBE
is known it stands for big bargains in SAMPLE SHOES. Our business has a
warm place in the hearts of the people because we have cut the annual shoe bill of
Western North Carolina by
A $100,000 ANNUAL SAVING!
Every successful business has imitators, and ours is no exception to the rule. Com
petitors may imitate the appearance of our store—they make extravagant claims
about the goods they offer, but they cannot equal EITHER THE PRICES OR
THE QUALITY OF GLOBE SAMPLE SHOES.
Watch your step on BILTMORE AVENUE! Don't turn in the first place that
looks like the Globe. Watch for our sign and BEFORE YOU BUY SHOES,
ASK IF YOU ARE IN THE GLOBE—you may be sorry if you don't.
EASTER SPECIALS—We have thousands of pairs of Spring Shoes bought for
the Easter demand, and can savs you enough to pay your railroad fare to Asheville.
14 Biltmore
Avenue
Globe Sample Co.
Asheville
N. C.
ing to W. G. McCall, as shown by deed of' in honor of Governor William
record in office of Register of Deeds for Trvon, but ho became so unpopular
Trnnsylvania county. “ ^
Teruis cash.
T. B. Gailowav,
Commi:-Fi'>r.tr.
This March 19th, 1917.
3-Z3-4tc
A NEW SUIT
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 four
suits.
C!t) Pnssiog Cluli
J.E. WATERS, Prop.
mi
that in 1779 the county was di
alled, takinir the nam-' of Ruther-
'■ 'd Hnd Lincoln.
1. years prior to i’.o divison of
i'ryon county, Burke county was
foinitd from a part of Rowan, and
tiie western section of Tryon took
the name of Ruthertord. It is quite
probable that a part of the present
county of Transylvania was in each
of the counties of Burke and
Rutherford. The dividing line was
never established. Lands now in
Transylvania were entered in both
counties, and both seemingly were
treated as authentic.
In 1791, after the state had ceded
the state of Tennessee to the
national government, the county
of Bnncombo was formed, taking
part of both Burke and Rntherford
connties. Buncombe then em
hraoed nearly all the western part
of tho stttte. Tho county seat was
at first called M3rri8town, in honor
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Easter’s happy chimes will ring farewell to the drab winter and welcome to glorious
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I you would like best.
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^8*^^ To
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Beautiful Spring Hats
Trimmed and plain Shapes in
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jire positively the lowest in
Asheville, while the styles are as
becoming as can be found any
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Graceful and beautiful dresses
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