Sylvan
News
Our County—Its Progress and Prosperity the First Duty of a Local Paper,
MINER & 15KEF.se.
BREVARD, TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 18. 1904.
VOL. IX-NO. 15>
Dunns Rock Lodge No. 267
F. Sr -A. M.
Meets Friday on <>i* >>efore the full
•noon in each month, at 2 p. in. ^ Visit-
Masons »*i>rilially invited to
lueet with us.
sptly Wm. Maxwell, Scc'v-
Brevard Telephone Exchange.
HOUHS:
T)ailv—7 a. rn. to 10 p. ni.
Sunday—8 to 10 a. m., 4 to U p. m.
('entral Oftkv Cooper lilock.
Professional Cards.
W, A. GASH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Rooms 7 & 8, McMinn BId’g, Brevard, N. C.
W. B. DUCKWORTH,
ATTORNEY AT-LAW.
Investigation of Land Titles a Specialty.
Uooms 1 and 2. rickolsiiner Buildinjj.
ZACHARY &. BREESE
ATTO RN E YS-AT-LA W
Offices in McMinn Block, Brevard, N. C.
A SIGNIFICANT BANQUET
Supreme Court and Trust Mag
nates Dine With President.
PASSING OP THE TEUST BUSTEE.
WELCH CALLOWAY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
I’ractuH's in all tlu- courts
Rooms 9 and 10 McMinn Block, Brevard, N. C.
Miscellcneous.
Dr. K. H. CARSON
Surgeon Dentist
< )l1i -i‘ ovor I4;inlv.
HKNDKKSoNVII.I.K, N. C.
SatisfiU'tion (iiiiiranti i’il :n all «>iu“riitioiis. f2!»=’
C. C. KILPATRICK,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.
Room 13, Mcl^inn Block, Brevard, N. C.
l^stiniates uivt'n on ail kinds of worl
in the building lin<*.
T. L. CLARKE,
Architect and OontrectGr,
I’lans and s])ei*i(i<Mliot.s- «mi all kind.'
of buildini;- work.
T. B. CPvARY,
Contractor for All Kinds of Brick Wcrk.
element Woi'k. 1’his'criii;^-. IV'bbk-
dash and Mouj^h rastiii;^- a Specialty.
BREVARD, N. C.
G* W. Summey—Carpenter
liest of recomniendatioiis—his woik.
.lobs in or out of town ucce])led.
All work oiuirante<‘d.
J. O. DERMID,
The Relialile Jeweler.
Watches and .lowi-lry for sale. Finf
Watch and Clock r<‘[)airin{i‘. Ali
Work iiuaranteed. W(,‘st Main st.
A. C. NORTON,
Practical Boot and Shoemaker
Harness Work a .specialty.
West Main Street near Caldwell.
T"he JEthelwold
iirevard's Xew Ifotel -Modern Ap-
. pointni(‘nts ()pcn all the year,
^.e patrona.j.‘c! of tli<; traveling public
as well as suninier tourists is sollc^ited.
Opp. Court House. Brevard. X.C.
K-I-P-A-X-S Ta])iilos
Doctors find
A good prescription
For* iiuiiikind
The .'i-ccTit packet is oiioujrh for ii'-iial occasions.
The famiiy bottle ((iO **ct ts) cr)titaiiis a suppJv
/or a year. All dni.s;Kist> stli thorn.
The Sylvan Valley News office for
blanks of all kinds.
Tbe Reported OppoMition of Wall
Street to l*res*i«leiit lioosevelt He-
fnted—Corporation Maj^nateM aud
Tratit Millioitaireei L^ujoy White
llouHe lloKpitality.
The evidence has at last come out
that all the talk of l*resident Koose-
velt’s opposition to the trusts and Wall
street Wi.s sheer political huncoiuhe.
The list of fjuests present at the White
House ;;t the diiuier on Jan. US in liou-
or of tliv? supreuie court included A. J.
(.'assatl, pri'sident of the I'ennsylva-
nia railroad; .James StilhrAU, presi
dent of the First Xationa. bank of
New York and hea<l of the Ilockefeller
bankiu;^ syndicate; William F. Draper,
head of the cotton machinerj' trust;
Representative Littauer, charj^ed witb
illejjal prohts from army ^love con
tracts; Xornuin It. lieam, director ot
the steel trust, besides other j?reat
financial masnat<‘s and corporation
attorneys. As tlu'se j;reat bamiuets
are in the public eye and :ire exploit
ed in the society columns of the news
papers, the invitation to the trusts ana
linancial niillionain's shows plainly that
all the talk about th(‘ir b(‘in;i oi)pos(*d
to the nomin.'ition and election of
Uoosevelt is but an (‘nde;iv<*r to c;ipti-
vat<* the “i)lain people" with the idea,
that the Kepublican caiulidate is <»p-
posi'd to the trusts and will st:iy their
extortion. Th«‘ jtrj'sident of the Fniteil
State.s, lik(‘ other peopU*. <loes not in
vite ,i;ut“sts with wh(,ni he d.x's nor
wish t«t associati' or with whom lu* is
not on the most friendly ti'rnis. The
sl:il(* baiKjiu't to the suiirenie court is
*)Ut* of the jiH'at events of the Wash-
in.nton social season, and to be invited
to meet the chief justice and his asso-
”iat«‘s is «-;)usideiH*(I a .urt'at honor an«i
much souirlit after. The jiiu'sts are
f.-irt'fully s(‘lect(‘d and with premedita
tion. It is tlu'refore strangely siirniti-
cant that tlu> jtresident shouhl s«*l(*cl:
the li‘‘atl of the .ureat liockefel'.er syn
dicate and oiu? of the h'adin.u' members
of the Morjran steel trust to meet the
.ju«l,i;i*s who have an important trust
case now lUider consid*'ration aim
would, if the :idministration was real
ly oppcsed to the trust.s, have thes(
vei-y men on trial for conspiracy in
resiraint of tradt*. Whatever ol>.jt^‘ct
I*r<"<i(!(>nl Itoosevelt may have had iii
thus brini^ini; tlu? judiciary in touch
with 1]).* tr.isis. lit' lias most cerlainl\
serv('d notit-e on the voters that he is
;ii tiie niosl frii'Ti.lly terms wiih tin
'.'rca* cor]x!ration interests and tin
niest imi)ort:!nt nu'nthers of the Wali
street crowd and tin* moiu'y itow(‘r.
'riiose Ke])nblic:!n n«‘wspap»'rs that
have b(M>n :itlcmj>tinu’ to fool the i>(>o]ii(
int(> lu'iievini;' tliat ihey had a tnisi
buster in the' White House will soon
have to b<* sini^inii' ;i new son.y. (he
bui'.h'u of v»iiich will be that tin* iireat
tinanc-ial initM-ests of the country ;ir<.
iinib‘!l in sujiport of the party and its
nouiinei'. who alou(* will cons(‘rv(- the
{Treat business intc'rests. The exigen
cies of the campaiiiii may r(>«iuire this
op('U .‘illiance between Fresident lioost*
volt and tlie trusts tliat the cami)aii;n
coITim’s may be tilleil. without which
th(‘ \\ heels of the IJ<'pnhii<-an <-liari<»t
would dra?' heavily and tl'.e voice of
their spellbinders be huslu'd. The trusts
are still in the stiddle and looking for
ward to another lonir lease of prosperi
ty if Mr. lioosevelt is elected president
of the United States.
KarnierH to Be Ignored.
Tlie cry that is j?oin.y up from the
farmers of the western states for tariff
revision is to be iijnored or denounced
as tainted Avith Democracy by the Ke
publican leaders. Ileciprocity, hunibuff
as it is. that IJlalne and McKinley saw
niijjht be made useful to ward off the
breakdown of protection, is retired te
the rear suid receives no word of com
mendation from the “stand pat” proph
ets and preachers.
What W’^ill the Voters Say?
“Stand pat cn hij^h taxation, protect
the trusts and pray for prosperity!” is
the Republican crj\ The voters will
have a chance to say how they like it
next November.
The opportunity Is now afforded for |
the Red Cross society to get beautifully
harmonious b* getting busy.
Now Dig the <jreat Ditch.
The diplomatic details «)f the build
ing of the isthmian waterway havinj:
been completed by the ratilK*at:on ot
ilhe canal treaty with the new republic
Df I’anama, the way is now clear for
the diiiging of the ^reat ditch which
shall connect tiie waters of two oceans.
For half a century or more the Anun’i
can people have dreauied ci the tinn
when their ships shouUl pass u:iinl(‘r-
ruptedly from one to the other of tliesc
oceans through the narrow neck of land
joining the two continents, and it is
now with satisfaction that they note
the prospect of an early beginning of
the great work.
It is a stupendous task which this
government has undertaken and calls
for the ouilay of vast sums of money
and the exercise of great engineerhig I
skill. The engineering phase of the I
work is now’ the all imT)ortant one. '
The first problem to be confront(‘d is |
not the digging, but sanitation. The |
late (leorge S. Morison, who was a |
member of the commission which re- i
ported on the relative merits of the two j
routes and who held first rank in this
country and others as an engine«'r. wa.'
of the opinion that at least two years
would be required in simj)ly preparing i
f to iK'gin—that is. in sanlla;ing the isth- i
mus. in making detailed surveys. dr:iw- i
ing up complete plans and specifica
tions and forming the compk'te organ-1
Ization nt'cessary for carrying forward ;
the W(riiv. He said: !
i
The filth of -iiW year.'i must be taken from |
iincU-r the hni si-s and diiinpod .si»in<'w!iere j
in the I’acilic or Atla.vlit-. Thu islliniiis. i
which h;'.:-! been occupi'jil foj- •Jud VL'i'.r.s. [
practically has nut a water jtlpo in it. ;
There is plenty of excclli nt water, but it I
must be br<>ught to the towns :in<l to ev- :
ery i lace there, and people n.utU br c>m-
pelUd to use it instead of drinUiay I'rtjra
the swamps.
In regard to the dillicultii's of the i
sanilation problem, it \\ as tiie oi)inion '
of Mr. Morison that one of the bench '
cent effects of our war with Spain was
to tej’ch )is how to octaipy ti‘oi>ical lanils
in stU'h a way as to g(>t good ri'sults.
“The city of I’aiuuiia.” lu> said, “is a ‘
pest hole, but it h;is nevi'r been as bad ,
as Santiago formerlj’ was. and tlu'rt‘ is '
no reason wli3’ I'ananui should not be
as healthy as Santiago is now.’’ The
first condiiion. lu‘ urged, was absolute
military occupation, with the same* con
trol for jtolice, sanitation and evt'ry- j
thing else that we had in t'uba." Th.-it !
the govei-nment shares the opinion ol !
Mr. Morison on this i»oint is evinci'd b\ i
the sending of additional troops to the |
isthmus to aid in the work of sanita- |
tion. I
BROKEN PROMISES.
Aceniiinlated I’roof That Kepublle-
anN Will >'ut Keforin tiie Tariff.
A good many Republican newspapers
are coming to their senses about the
fallacy of pro tec Lion. They now say
that it was never intended to perma-
i nently adopt the system, but as a
j means to an end. That end. says the
I St. 1‘aul J'isj)atch, “was the establish-
■ ment of our manufactures upon a basis
that would liuike them seciu’e against
the assaults of foreign competition.
I When that was accomplished, when
they would be able to me(‘t that com-
, petition successfully, then protection
! h;\d served its end. fullilh'd its mission
and could and should be discarded.”
\ In spite of this newsjj.-iper evidence
that a large class of Rep;rulican voters
have become tired of p;iying tribute to
I trusts and protected monopolies the
; Republican leaders, including Fresi-
' dent Roosevelt, have determined to
I “stand pat” rather than abate a jot or
j tittle of protection. Thus we have the
j American Protective T.nritf league
I through its orgiui, the American Econ-
i omist, denotmcing any Republican who
favors a revision of the most obnox-
^ iotis schedule of the Dingley law or
who oven favors reci]>rocity to enlarge
our tr.ule with jiny nation that is will
ing to reciprocate. The result of this
RepubHcan league with monoi)oly is
tlie great increas(> in tlie cost of livijig
and the decline of wages, so that near
ly (‘very on<‘ is paying tribute to the
trusts, and even th(‘ skilled la.bor em-
ploy<‘d in the protect(‘d industries is
f)blig(‘d to accept a smaller iiM-onie and
pay higher prices for many necessities,
r.oth th«‘.se gn'at c!r;ss<'s of consumers,
the workingnu'ii and the 1'arnu‘rs, are
Ix'ing bled from (‘very pore and are
paying a tax to both tin* gov(>rnment
.ind the conibiiu's. but much th(‘ great-
ri' tax t ) (]ie f-ivon*d n'.onopoli(‘s.
During the last campaign for the
election of congress the revolt of Re-
public.-in voft'rs in ma.ny districts was
only s(ay(‘d by pronnS'x-s of n'foiii’ing
the tariff in the manner th(' Disi)atch
sTigg(‘sts. but those R(*publican con-
gr;>ssi!!(*M who dt'cl.ared for rc'fonn have
f()u:id it iinj/('ssibl(> to ovt‘rrid(‘ the di'-
cree <>r theii’ h'.iders to "let wt*ll enough
aloiu'.’’ Th<‘ emissaries of the Pro
tective Tariff league thn'aten political
a.nnihilation to any Republican con
gressman th.at «'ven talks reform. Most
of th(»>e wiio iji-oini.-if'd to *-urb th(‘
trusts by i-c'duciiig the tariff duties did
not honestly int(>nd to try to do so. re
lying on tli(‘ normal Ri'publican major
ity in their district and an ample cam-
paicrn fund. j»rovid('d by the trusts, to
carry them through in the coming elec
tion.
Just what was meant by the c/.ar by
the stateuient in his “supreme mani-
f("Sto” that herculean eiforls had been
made to “consoliilate tran<iuillity in the
far ('ast” it is difiicult to luiderstand.
It is presumed, however, that the tran
quillity which Russia sought to “consol
idate” by seizing upon a large i)rovincu
of China, violating her pledg(‘s to evac
uate it at a specific time, filling it with
Russian soldiers and in every practical
way making its occui)ation a menace to
C'hina. ,Iai)an and Korea, is the same
sort of traiKiuillitj' which was "consol
idated” in Fohuul and is being "consol
idated" in Finl.-uul.
Some tiuie ago the I’luted States bat-
tleshii) Missouri was said to have had
much trouble with her gnus. Ap
parently the trouble is all over, as one
of the gtnis threw a shell the other day
a distance of tifteen miles.
A foreign newspaper says that “tall
American girls are popular In Europe.”
It might have said the same thing
about the short ones, particularly if
they are well supplied with American
dollars.
It is stated that a tmivt'rsal peace so
ciety has asked the [>resident of the
United States to intervene in the Russo-
Japanese coiifiict, but it is not believed
that 1’rt‘sideut lioosevelt will go fur
ther than to insist that we shall be in
formed in case the belligerents find
those open ports at Mukden and An-
tung.
The Japanese consul at New York re
marks that one of the most useful
things that his countxymen have learn
ed from us is David Ilarum’s Colden
Rule, which, it will be recalled, runs
this way: “Do to others as they’d do to
you. but do it fust.” And the Japs ap
pear to have put it promptly into prac
tice.
It will be quite in accord with Rus
sia’s diplomatic methods to do some
thing to China to provoke British hos
tility in order to drag France into the
confiict as her active ally. France pos
sesses the second largest navy in the
world, and warships are much needed
by the Russians.
_ - —
It is very rarely that the multimil
lionaire knows just exai-tly how much
he is worth. Then* are many better
ways of enjoying the uKUiey than sit
ting down and c-ounting it.
Th(> suitan of Turk(’y is no doubt a
little su!’pris»‘d to sih* so nuu-h disturb-
nnct' going en in the world with no
prosp(‘ct of his being called upon to
apologize*.
A Missouri woman Avho had smoked
a corncob pipe for more than half a
century died the other daj' at the age
of lOo. Thus is established the sani
tary value of the corncob pipe.
The sultan has decided not to select
his spring style of trouble until he
learns how long Russia is likely to
have her attention diverted in another
direction.
A gymnasium is being built for the
emperor of China. He is likely to be
much more in neK'd of a cyclone cellar.
Noav that Cuba has succeeded in bor
rowing money there can be no further
(liiestiou as to her being a real nation.
Coal is a serious problem in the far
o:ist, just as it is in tliousaiids of house
holds in this country.
LOW RATES
TO
California and the
NORTHWEST!
PACiFiC
^*»%RAILWAY
Will sell daily between Septemljer
l.')th and November .‘{0th, I90.‘J, low rate
colonist tici<ets lo points in
IVashington,
Oregon,
California,
Mon*ana,
Idaho,
Wyoming,
Colorado,
Nevada,
Utah,
Jtrizona and
J^evo Mexico.
short line, gu'ek time, no bus tniii'-iVri, ir.y
re liii’iur fliaii-Ciirs.
Ko-r ti s. ^eiiediues, niai saufl fi’.l'
loii \vr le to
E. CLARK, W. T. SAUKDERS,
Truvelin:; l\.ss. .\-t. tier.. A;.rt. Kort.
ATl.ANTA. <iA. , * '
Spartonb;irg, - S. C.
SASH liOUfill Hiid
DOOi^S DK»SED
fUJNDS
Iron work and castinj^s ot* .*vory
de.scription. Estiniate.s furnj-he\l
l»rouiptly on nil w<jrk.
Wm. M. JONES, Pres, and Treas.
J. A. MULLINAX, Supt.
BREVARD
•S
Why send your money abi*,. d
when you can get lowei- pi ices itt
home for
Turned Columns
and all otlier turned work.
Door and Window Frames
mantels and all similar niacliine
work. Call and see me before
seiidin*^ orders away.
Very truly,
Kilpatrick’s & Kinji:,
J. M. KILPATRICK, Manaoer.
Galloway, Dyckworth
BEAL ESTATE DEALERS,
Rooms 3 and4, McMinn Block, Brevard, H. C.
Buy and sell all kinds of Real Estato,
(Jollect rents, and attend to
erty when owner is absent.
Farming and Timber Lanils a Specialty.
Keep your eye on the Coutest.