LOCAL PARAGSAPHS.
W. E. Bret^se Jr. Esq., weiit to
Asheville on Monday to attend Fed
eral court.
A. H. King has moved into his
very pretty cottage on the corner of
depot and Caldwell streets.
The Board of Aldermen were in
session Monday and Tuesday nights
with the question of a bond issue
bafore them.
Mary Ann, wite of ,T. K. Galloway
of Quebec, died Monday night and
was buried at Oak (Jrove cc^nietory
Wednesday at eleven o’clock. She
was up in 70 years of age and was
highly respected by all who knew
her.
No one who receives this paper
need refuse to take it from the of
fice—it is paid for. There wjll be no
bills for subscriptions sent out until
the time paid I'or has expired, an<1
the time to which you are paid is
niarked on the label—or will be after
this w’eek. *
There will be an old time sinking
at Glady Branch church on the 4th
Sunday in May, bej^inning at 10
o’clock a. m. H. C. Gillespie of Bre
vard and Joseph Orr of (''lotiio, will
conduct the singling in old time style.
Bring your baskets and have a day
full of enjoyment. i
j
A number of new features chai-ac-!
terize the June issue of the New Idea j
Woman’s Magazine. In tiction, |
Sunday School Convention.
Following is the programme of
the Sunday school convention of the
Transylvania Baptist Association to
be held at Mount Moiiah Baptist
Church, May 27, 28 and 29, 1904:
FRIDAY.
11:00 a. m.—Sermon. Rev. L. D.
Weldon.
1:.‘U) p. m.—Enrollment of delegates
and organization.
2:00 p. m.—The Sunday school as
an evangelizing foj'ce. Kev. I. T.
Newton.
.'J:0o p. m.—The evergreen country
Sunday school; is it practicar:* llev.
J. 11. Owen.
SATURDAY.
9:30 a. m.—Devotional exercises.
llev. W. L. Kuykendall.
10:00 a. m.—The superintendent’s
work—(a) During the week, llev. A.
W. Heck, (b) In the school, llev. F.
M. Jordan.
11:(X) a. m.—The Sunday school
teacher, llev. S. W. Hall.
11:.'}0 a. m.—Sermon.
2:00 p. ra.—The teacher’s meeting;
its importance; how to conduct it.
Calhoun Henderson.
2:45 ]). m.—How our Sunday school
is conducted. Five minutes talks.
3:15 p. m.—Open conference. Diffi
culties and how to overcome them.
Conducted by moderator.
3:45 ]). m.—Question box.
SUNDAY.
9:30 a. m.—Devotional exercises.
A. O. Allison.
10:00 a. m.—Sunday school mass
meeting to be arranged.
11:30 a. m.—Sermon.
Preaching on Saturday and Sun-
lashions, theatrical news, domestic arranged by pastor and
science an<l interior decoration, the i Mount Moriah ('’liurch.
Others will be expected to take part
in the discussion of subjects as those
mentioned are only to lead. Let
each church and Sunday school send
at least two delegates and let us
come together and muke this meet
ing a power for good.
S. W. Hatj., for com.
number fairly teems with good
things, and the illustrations titly
supplement the text.
We often receive requests to ad
vertise that Some one has a cow or
other stock for sale as a matter of
news. Our ad columns are the only
souj ce of revenue a ne'ASpaper has,
and when we open them for free use
we might as well shut up shop. If
yon have anythiiig for s«le we will
ti‘ll about it in the business column
for 5 cents a line.
And this is Mav!
Call for Congressional Convention.
A convention of tiie democratic
party of the tenth congressional
I district is hereby called to as-
\ fire in the ; gemble in Hendersonville, N. C.,
oltice every morning; cold north i
winds chilling the very marmw j J une 21, 1904, for the purpose of
‘^''»nr bv»iu*s; heaters still P<^sition j j^Qfjiniating a candidate to reprc-
^our M tiosty mornings '
IQ
very
I’l April and flecce-lined underwear
sent said district in the 50th con-
Mill in fashion. \Vi,y will our norlh-, com-
er:» visitors per.sisi in briojjiiij? tlK'ir |)ei loi rii such otlif'i
horrible climate with tiienj when
tliev visit the “Sunny oulh? ’
Tiiis week our paper is shoit of lo
cal news and theie are several rea
sons for it. Our county c«)rrespond-
etds are i)lanling corn and are too
business as may be properly
brought before the convention.
The various counties will please
take notice and select delegates
to the district convention.
The counties of the distiMct
busy to wi itc; W. K. Ihee.-^e Jr. is I will be entitled to cast the follow-
attending Frderal court in Asheville j ing vole in tlie convention, based
an«l is not hereto catcii the local j upon the democratic vote cast by
it(*ms, an<l the senior and Uncle, jjj gubernatorial
Zeke are ‘-knocked out’’ by
Huncombe ^7
strenuous rc'ciuirenjents of the con-;
test. We hope* to be in working or-‘
der by next week. '
The Toxaway (’ompatiy and the'
Southern liell Telphone and Tele-1
graph ('<). have made an ai range-j
ment whereby our i)e«)plo can have
I
thi' l)i iiejit of long distance phones ;
when nece.'^sary. The agreement i
went into eflect May 1. The l>ell j
pi'oph* have l)ought the Sl)artanburg i
aii'i Asheville line and without somej
sp('citic un(l«‘rstanding this section
('herokeee 1<)
Chiy 8
(rraham S
Haywood 35
Henderson 22
.) iicksiju 22
Macon . 21
McDowell 23
Polk 11
I lutlierford 4>S
Swaiu 11
Transylvania 12
It is earnestly desir« i tliai
wou'd have b(‘(*n without long dis-i each county siiall be luily repre-
tuiice conn<'Ctions. Patrons of iheisented by duly accrediunl ili'le-
Tnxaway sunjuu'r hotels will find
this a great convenience.
Miss Olivia (Jla/.oner and T^eo
Hogsed were married on Sunday
Ir.-l at the home of the bride’s pa-
rt^uts, Mr. aiul Mrs. Ed. (\ (Jlazenei-,
of the Calvert section, llev. 1. T.
Ke'vton oiliciating. Mr. Ilogsed is
a young man who is rapidly foriring
to the front as a young business man |
of Toxaway. He has been with ().
L. lOrwin sev(*ral years and is now
in Ciiarge ot‘ his branch stor(‘ at Tox-
av.ay. I'he hrid(‘ is the charming
and acconiplishcMl daughter of p;!d
CU'/ener, aii (Miterprising and pros-j
porous farmer of the French Broad |
vii'.lev. The newly married couple |
st '.:t in wedd<‘<i life under very fa-
voii'i.le auspices and the Xkws wish
es' tf.eni notliirg but happiness in
life’s journey.
3usiness Locals.
Notices in this column will be in
serted at the price of £cts per line.
A car of S. Meal just arrived at
Carmichael & Osborne.
Twenty-five rolls of poultry netting
just received at DeVane’s.
W'e have plenty ot barb wire in
stock.—.lenkins & Duckworth.
This is fine weather for painting.
DeVane has a a fine stock of paints.
A full supply of corn just received
at 90 cents per bushel.—.lenkins «fe
Duckworth.
Corn meal fresh from the mill ev
ery day at 90 cents per busliel.—Jen
kins & Duckworth.
If you are going to do any paint
ing remember that J. B. Poole is
ready to serve you.
W"e have one of the finest lines of
shoes in town. Prices to suit all
classes.—^.jenkins & Duckworth.
Don’t forget to call for your
stamps. You get one with every ten
cent’s worth of goods you buy from
me.—T. W. Whitmire.
The trading stamp at T. W. Whit
mire’s is going to be the finest thing
on earth. Have you received your
book? If not call and get one.
About May 16 my Brevard Gallery
will be opened for ten days and per-
manpntly for the season about the
middle of June. E. H. Glover,
Photographer.
The French Broad Valley Lodge
No. 3447 United Order of Odd Fel
low’s (colored) turn out in full regalia
on next Sunday at 2 o’clock. Ser
vices will be at the church.
If you w ant a nice suit of clothes
for a little money don’t fail to see
Glazener Sons at Toxaway. They
have 150 suits to be sold within the
next .30 days at wholesale cost. 8t
We want a good agent to re[)re-
sent us in Brevard. Salary or com
mission. A good line of fast selling
books. Write us to-day, not tomor
row.—C. II. Romxsox & C’o., 8 W.
5th St., Charlotte, N. C. 4 2t.
A lady from rennsylvania said to
T. W. Whitmire Tuesday when he
presented her one of the saving
stamp books,that she did her trading
in Pittsburg with a merchant who
handled the stamps and had got a
lot of tine i)resents tor them.
Our guessing contest has proved so
successful we have deci<led to give
an extra prize for May. We will
give a ?o.50 pair of shoes, either la
dies or gents, to the person guessiiig
nearest number of seeds in the
gourds during the month of May.—
Carmichael ct Osborne.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
short annoinict'UUMits will jmhlished under
thi.i heading until the conventions lor
Skxatk -The many friends of W.
H. Hreese, jr.. desire to announce that
liis name will be ])i-esented to the Dem
ocratic* Senatorial District cf)nven-
tion as a candidate for the State Sen
ate. Xo man in either county of the
di.'-trict is more competent to lill the
oHice or will bring greater j)ersonal
sli*engtli to the ti<*ket.
Many Demockvts.
SiiKiUKF—I announce myself as a
candidate for re-election to the ofllce
of Sheritf. subject to the action of the
Denioci-atic county convention to be
called hereafter. If nominated I will
do all in my yower foi* the success of
the entire ticki't. J. (’. KiX(;.
SUKKlFi''—The friends of W. L.
Aiken announce him as a candidjite
for Slioriff. subject to the Democratic
lominatinj>- convention.
Many Votekr.
gates. By order of the 'JVnih
District Executive Cominilt< e, in
session at Asheville, X. . on
April '28.
This April 30, 1904.
Respectfully,
Iv. M. Weli.s, Chciiruiun.
M. L. Shii»man, Seci etary.
A curious railway accident ocotirred
in India lately. While a train was m
Iliixaul station a tcrrifio storm (.oni-j
meiiced, and, althouf^h the brake was
applied in the van and the engine, the
force of the wind was such that the
train wa« driven along- the line. The:
engine dashed through the buffer sto])|
at the end of the line, and traveled, KiXJlSThK t)F Deeds I hereby an-
along about six lenj^ths of rail laid 'lounce myself as a candidate for
end to end without fisliplate fasten-! i \t“i*ister t)f Deeds subject to the ac-
ings. After leaving these rails the en-' tion of the Democratic county conven-
pine plowed along the emhankmrnt. | ^ be called herea fter.
and then came fortunateh' to a stand-j
still, no great damage having beeni __
done. i Subscribe for the News.
Sheriff—At the request of many
T)<^mocratic fi-iends I hereby announce
myself a candidate for the office of
SluM-ilV, subject to the Democratic
convention to be held hereafter. This
May (itli, li>04. Respectfully,
• C. KilpatkicK.
y'
300
Square Feet'
two coats to the gallon, that’s what
TheSherwin-Wiluams Paint
will cover. And on a good surface it will cover more than that.
No paint will do better, and very few paints will do as well.
Maximum covering capacity, easiest spreading qualities, longest
wear, and greatest economy are what we claim for S.W.P. It’s
the one safe paint to use. Always gives satisfaction.
If you want to save money in painting let us show you the
way. We sell paints for all kinds of good painting.
sold by
DeVaiie Supply Co,
Dealers in and Headquarters for
Hardware, Furniture and Paint Supplies.
Phone 2.
Call and see our complete stock.
Brevard, N. C.
M. M. SHEPHEED
HENDERSONVILLE. N. C.
Successor to The Robinson Company.
THOS. SHEPHERD, Manager.
Fine FURNITURE
Coffins and Caskets.
Opposite Imperial Hotel. Open Day and Nighi. Phone 25.
Plumbing, Steam Fitting, Tin and Sheet Iron Work.
Pipe Threading and Cutting.
Gasoline for sale A new lot of Crockery just received*
Large Stock of HEATERS now
on hand.
COOKING STOVES AND RANGES ON HAND.
Galvanized Sheet Iron for Evaporators, etc. Tinners’ and Plumb
ers’ material always in stock. Tin Shingles, Rid<^e Rolls, Galvan
ized Iron Cornices, etc. Parties interested will do well to get my
prices before placing their oi’ders.
W. E. BISHOP & Co.
Cor. Main and Caldwell Sts.
BREVARD, X. C.
Muiriini !6-Gaiige SIh®tL.giniia
This is the smallest and lightest weight {about
61-2 pounds) repeating gun ever manufactured^
and opens up many new possibilities to the
up-to-date sportsman. It is not a i6 barrel cn a
12 action, but a new, well-balanced, properly-proportioned
ji'un that, v/ith modern smokeless powders, enables a shooter
to use a powerful load in a small shell and reduce, materi-
&lly, the weight of shells and gun to be carried. The
p-aa]1. light gun handles fast, results in close holding and
ili '■'liac.wd SLCCUrClCy. descriptioninnew Marlin Catalos !^’o. AS42.,
Hirca stamps f.r to THE Marlin '“JSEAr.MS Co., New Havun. Conn.
I
FKEI) E. SIIUFOIO.
Looking Costs Nothing.
Examine my jroods all you like—the more you investijjate the more you'll
buy. My nice s])rino' line of u])-to-date
Clothing, Shoes and Hats
is just in and my pi*ice is as low as any one’s in Brevard. It will pay you
call at
JIM AIKEN’S
First door below ]>ostoffice. BKEVARD, X. C.