Our County—Its Progress and Prosperity the First Duty of a Local Paper.
MINER & BREESE.
BREVARII, TRANSYLVAKIA COUNTY. N. C., FRIDAY. rFI!Ki;;Un' .'j. IflOr).
Dunns Rock Lodge No. 36?
Jl. F. <S' -A. M.
Meets Friday on or
before tlie full moon
in each inonth. at '1 p.
in. Visiting- Masons
are cordially invited
t(» •--w.ot with 11
sptly Wm. Maxwell, Sa-’y.
Conestee Lodge No. 237,
I. O. O. F.
Meeti? every Monday ni^ht at ^
o (*lo(*k. Vitiitin>i' hrotliers are c(M‘-
dially invited to visit us,
T. D. ENGLAND, N. G.
Transylvania Lodge No. 143,
Knights of Pythias
'^'7 '' 'y
Meuular convention ('v-
ery Tuesday ni.^lit in Ma-
' ■ sonic Hall. V i s i t i n y
Kniyhts are coi'flially in
vited to attend. W. E. BREESE Jr., C. C.
Trea^sures of
■e
Brevard Teleplione Exchange.
iioin^s:
Daily—7 a. ni. to 10 ]). m.
Sinxlay- -S to iO a. m.. 4 to ti p. ra.
Central Ollice—Mc-Minn 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 ot Land Titles a Specialty.
liOOUKs I nnci 1’ickelsiiuer Jiuildiny.
ZACHARY & BREESE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices in McMinn Block, Brevard, N. C.
WELCH GALLOWAY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
i’ractices in all th»* coui-ts
i{oonis?*and 10. McMinn Ulock.
Miscellaneous.
Dr. H. H. CARSO.N
Surgeon Dentist
OlUce over H;mk.
HKXUKKSONVILl.E. N. C.
Satisfaction <;uarantet.‘ii in all Oporafious.
The JEthelwold
Brevard's New Hotel—Modern A))-
])ointnients—0])en all the year.
The ])atrona}ie of the travelin<i' ])ul)lic
as well as summer tourists i.-? solicited.
Opp. Court House, Brevard. X.C.
Galloway, Duckworth & Co.,
REAL ESTATE DEALERS,
Rooms 3 and4, McMinn Block, Brevard, N. C.
I^uy a.nd sell all kinds of I\eal Hstate,
Collect rents, and attend to pro])-
erty when owner is absent.
Farming and Timber Lands a Sjiecialty.
ilTA. MILLER
RUILDERS' HARDWARE
and Building Materials.
Pressed Lumber
Laths
.miiiif^les
H'jsll
Doors
Blinds
L'Jcks
Hinges
Wiu<low Pulleys
Pla«teriiig Hair
(dement
Lime
Keady Kooling
(ilasss
Putty
Snsl) Locks
Window Lifts
Hash Cord aud Weights
McCormick
Reapers and Binders
Mowers, Rakes, Corn Cutters
and Grain Drills.
cor. Main and Caldwell BREVARD, N. C
By MARTHA
McCULLGCH-WILLIAMS
Copyright, 1904, by Martha McCuUoch-Williams
“Jessamine, come in at oncel” Mis.
Brookniere called acidly l‘n)in tlu' west
porch. As her .ui'au(hlau,L;hliT ios‘;
obediently, but witii a litllc inipatk'Ut:
6lj;h, her coniimnion. Austin Wills,
whistled soiily, then said;
“Jess;uniae! \\'liat a w:ix Madam
Brookniere must be ini You're alway;^
Suul)eam aud Fairy :uui I’rinht K30S
when sh»‘'s in :i jxood humoi'.”
“That is to say when iiu' IJeveridgc
thiu^ is around." Jessamine said, witli
a shru.i:. ‘‘She is in a wax—she always
is when you come—and slu? leels in
her bones when you are coiuiiij;.'’
“H-m-m! 1 ought to be llaitered. but
I'm not the least bit," Austin answer
ed, also rising aud catching Jessa
mine's hand. She looked aghast, but
he kept sturdily at her sidi* mitil they
were facing Jessamini*'s dragon. ''J'hon
he said, with his best tlourish; "Oh,
Madam Itrookmere, I have brought
this yoiuig jierson to t(“Il you wiiy she
can't possibly come in. She is to go
rowing with me. We will be bat-k by
late tea time. The al‘t(‘rnoou is too
lieavelily to be wasted 011 land. ’
"Jessamine, go upstairs ;;nd fetcli
my embroidery. Re sure you (ion't for
get my glasses,” madam said, as
though the young m:in had not spo
ken. Jessamine m;ide to obey, but Wills
helil her back. He lifted his hat t<i
the elder lady, turned and walkeii off.
saying over his shoulder; "St*nd tlu!
maid up. m:\d?.m. It’s tjad luyk to turn
back. I ean'l allow Miss .lessamine
to risk sj>oiling t>ur cruise."
"Oh, what v.’ill s1h‘ do 10 nieV" Jessa
mine cried ;is tliey liuiTit*<l :iway.
Madam had been loo ]»aralyzed by
^^'i^s’ aud.iciiy to say :i word. Austin
drew Jess;i!uine's hand fart’ier over
his arm and smiled down at her. say
ing; “I ho]>e it will be ‘Out of my
hous(>, ingrate!' 'I'hen, you si*e. you
will have to come to my house M'heth-
er or no."
"Mercy, you do take a lot on your-
sell l" J»'ssan\in(‘ said, pulling away her
hand, lu‘r ey«*s dancing wickedly. "I
begin t(» f(‘ar. Mr. Wills, that you have :
taken our litv.le affair seriously"— I
“Isn't it 10 be t.aken seriously? Ib'al- ;
ly you lift a weiglit off my (*onscience,"
Wills intiMTupted in her own lone; then,
after a chuckle; ".less, I must lecture
you- point oi3t the sinful folly of your
eop.rse. Here you mi.ght l»e, by taking j
pains and showing yourself properly
devout and submissive. Mrs. Beveridge
—possibly !Mrs. Bishop F>everidge—I
really Irelieve the gentleman has it in
him to .go hi.trh ec< lesiastically, he's so
suave and silken, just the sort to worm
himself into the minds of rich church- I
men. not to mention their check books.
Yet you are passing him uj)—passing
up the cliance of a lifetime—for the
sake of"— j
“A very commonplace sinner,” Jessa- j
mine broke in.
Wills gave lier a look of i)ained .‘Jur- '
prise. “I was going to s.ay ‘for the
sake of haviug your own willful way,’ ” !
he protestt^l. I
It was early afternoon, and the long,
smooth river reach, decked with sun
and shade, mirrore<l perfectly the sum- ,
mer world either side. Jessamine hung |
over the boat side, staring at her own
Image. Austin watched her with hap
py ej’es, but after a little he drew her j
upri.ght, saying softly: “Vanity, thy
name is Jessamine. I can’t have an- j
other case of Narcissus and his image ;
upon my conscience.”
“Really! Have you a conscience?”
Jessamine retorted.
“Pivates even have oonsceinces—about
some things,” Austin answered, ship
ping his oars and letting the boat drift
tov. ard the other bank. “For example,
It goes against their consciences to let
treasure manifestly within reach go
to some other fellow\ That other pi
rate, Beveridge, shan’t have the treas
ure of Brookmere.”
“What is the treasure of Brookmere?”
Jessamine asked demurely. “How much
Is It worth? And how are you going
to save it from clerical clutches?”
“Let me see. I believe the Brook-
mere rating is about three millions,”
Austin answered reflect!vely.» but with
a twinkle of the eye, “handy millions
at that,” he went on, “all in gilt
edged. securiUes. If you were more
than a baby, Jess, you would, see a lit
tle beyond the end of your nose. Blsh-
op-to-be F.everidge did wr.nt you in
fact, he still wants you, being a man
of taste, for all liis sins."
“ThanksI’’ Jessamine interrupted.
Wills shook his head :!t her.
"He wanted you rather Icidly. but
not so badly as he wanted the Brook
mere money. And that he iiieaus to
have—in spite of our teeth. Madam is
only sixty and young for her ye;u-s"—
“Y'ou can’t mean he is trj'in.g to mar
ry herV’ .Ii'ssamine crio.l. a.ghast.
would find a man to make good. In
deed, providentiallj' he already knew
the man—a college president, poor aud
pious, entitled to write half the alpha-
b<‘t after his n;mie in honorary distinc
tions. witfi children all safely marrierl,
and much in want of a good liome. So
ho went straight to Jessamine, 1)egging
her to sing to him. The miisie room
was at the very end of the house, thus
well apart. There was small chanc
of interrujition. All the rest w<*re bu>
Sa
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ta\
St;
in
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Wills nodded. “That’s his present i with games or tlirting or w.ilkin*.
laudable aim. Ther(‘fore he would like
nothing l»etter than to li:iv(‘ us opeidy
defy madam. Our elopement would be
a trump card for hlni. Now. allhough
we are not inercenai’y, neitlier are we
destitute of common i)rudence. Three
millions, or even one or two, might
come in handy a heap of times. More
over, we owe madam a certain duty.
We can only di.=;char,ge it l»y meeting
guile with guile. T.hat means, in plain
English, you have got to turn from
your evil way of preferring my compa
ny and smile instead upon the bishoi>
t-o be”—
“I understand. How will that
help?” .lessamine asked in bewilder
ment.
“He Is mighty near committed •'.o
niad:im. V,’ait until he is (juite cc m-
mitted, then do yo\u* best to tak(» h^m
away from her. You can do It, never
fear. He’s human, if he is a preacher,
and no mere man yet born of woman
is able to stand against you" -
“Thank you again.” Jessamine said,
tossing her lu'ad. "Oh, I want that
chmip of cardinal I'ower.” leaning as
she spoke toward the shelving shore.
Wills shook his heud. “Snakes!" he
said lacoiiic.ally. speaking very loud;
then, in a low ;isidi'; "lUM'e’s v/ln're we
•]uarn‘l. .b*ss. Insist upon gi'tting out.
The bishop to b(‘ is couiing down the
path.”
"Oh, Mr. Beveridge." .lessanntu* call-
the flower garden under a %v;ii{e m
Jessamine went with hi.m, wa
high liead(‘d an<l joyous. At th(
of th(‘ ])arlors she waved him fo-
running Itack herself upon s<-
rand he did not imderstand.
ever it was, site did it very
He had hardly found the
wanted wlien she was beside
lug at liim In the most
fashion. As ^he rea<-hed fo
her hand, a; parently by '
lightly upon his. He tiie<
but she snatched it away,
him and began to sing v(
watched her with l)Ui
breath coming hard ai
made to rise he put
her an<l gather«'d her
ing hoarsely; “Jessai^
you make music fo' me ai... .
less you do my life/will b<» wasttnl.”
“You—you are not in earnest!" Jessa-
miilC' said, slipping fnmi his arms and
averting her face. "You. who are so
gre.it. so wi-'^e, so good, need ;inoth,,
sort of wife—s<».'nobody who c;in m-lj*
you. I—I shotild be i’nly a b\’iuen.”
"A blessed burden, ov'j I shall re
joice to carry," Bt'veridge said, trying
to take her hand Sh<‘ di'<’w away from
him, saying as though in desytair; "Yon
—you are playiiir? with me. You really
want grandjnother"
"< Jraudmother! Oh, you jealous
d.irling! How dan* vou name anv
il
ll
ed eagerly, "do come and pick some ! thing so preposterous?’’ I^everidge s;iid,
flowers for me. I waiu to pick them I ^"itclnng bntii her hands. "(Jrand-
niyself. but I lind I am a prisoner,"
j with a withering glance at Wills.
' Bt“verid.i:e ran down to the water’s
ed,u'(‘. "Won’t you let me reseui' you?”
he crie<l. holding out his hand, ".luiini!
I promise you shall get nothing worse
than .'n pair of wet feet by it."
"She nee«lu’t have even tluMU.” Wills
j said boorishly. "If you’ll agret‘ to see
her to the house I’ll Ik‘ glad enough to
put her ashore. Not in tlie humor for
walking myself and still less for Itotan-
izing.”
H.ilf an liotu’ later Mrs. Brookmere
was surprised and. if truth must b.>
spoken, not wholly ple.-ised to see Jes-
s;uniia‘ snuntering home, her hands full
of scarlet bjoom, with the IJev. l’>ew!y
F.c‘veridg(‘ at lu*r elbow. Now the min
ister had been mathim's own comp.iu-
ion all through the earli(>r afternoon
and. Ihougli he had not said much -
quite too little to make madam awari'
of lier ow n state of mind—he had look
ed unutterably things, ^le hail found
the looking pleasant—she was of tlie
M'omen made to l e married, childless.
aIth<High she had buried three hus
bands, and still i>ossessed of an alert
and llv<*ly vanity. She liked to see her
name at the head of lists of jiatron-
esses, especi.-illy missionary and rescue
bands. Further, flattery was nu‘at her
soul lov(‘d to feed on. The liev. F.ewly
had found that out at about the second
minute and acted upon the knowledge.
Indeed, his mind was pretty well made
HI) to marry her before the intervi<*w
end(‘d. But then he had not seen Jes
samine in this mood. Jessamine upset
his calculatu>iis; she fairly swept hhu
oil' his feet.
Madam was sadly puzzled through
out the next week. Wills haujited the
house as much as ever, though Jessa
mine openly flouted him, at the same
time smiling shy propitiation at the
bishop to be. lie also was in a maze.
Jessamine’s encouragement was too
elusive to wurrant giving over his pur
suit of madam, yet suthciently imset-
tling to maUe him at times distrait.
Wills glared at him aud ostentatiously
ignored him. It was that which gave
him the strongest hope. Wills must
be jealous—mauly jealous. If only
Be^•eridge had never be.guu to cotvt
that old woman! She was in the lie
ginning eager to play fairy .godmother.
It was slckenin;? to feel that he had
disturbetl this pious purpose, making
the lady feel that she was not too old
to inspire grand passion nimiber four.
Presently he Iiegaii to see light. Tie
■would have It out with Jessamine—ask
her plumply to be Mrs. Beveridge, and,
if she said “yes,” go to madam for hi'r
blessing, along with an aoocrvplial talo
of a distaiit wooer ready to sue for her
hand. He coidd make it anpear he
had been finding out her mind toward
a fourth marriage. It would go hard
-with him, but that somewhere he
mother is the nu>st estimable of old
ladies, but even if I knew she would
take me 1 could not think of marrying
her not for all the money in the
world.”
"H-m-m! You’ve been tt^'ing to do
it for a very moderate part of the
money.” gra:idmoth(*r said, stepping
tiirough the French window tipon Aus
tin Wills’ ;irm. After o.ie look r.t her
the Uev. Bewly Beveridge step]»ed out
through the same win<low. He knew
the treasures of Brookmere were whol
ly lost to him, no matter how they were
reckoned.
capital {)unisnment 1.% r.ot
Russia’s barbarisms. The assassin of
De Plehve got off with a life sentence
aud his accomplice with twenty j ears.
Gre.at and goo«l men in tiiis country
have j)leaded for the aboiition of the
gallows and the electrical chair, yet
there is a strong undorlying "'.J itliP.enl
in favor of cajiital punislmn'nt for at
tempt to assassinate the presidem.
Biped the jiessimist: "1 don’t ap
prove of th(*se coi^tly jiublic imj-rove-
mcnts. (5o<*d moiu'y is wasted and tlie
people robbed.” Observed the oiitimist,
"Sony to hear you run on like that, for
I was just going ft) ask you to go
halves on a fat public contract that’s
just been awarded me." (’huckl(‘d the
convert, “Oh, that’s different!”
madf till-
tlfiilarly vvht-n tr.
cdinpftfnt ."inployfos
ci'int- for Ihws to be tJi,
trea.ter coiiipeioncy.
Mr. Hamillon also review<«l tJ.».
t.'iblishment of the claims departmentr.
of the railway comp:ini<*s. crtMiiting
them with having ii<‘ ti’-’ -i' tn ap
pease jiopular wr.nth over un.ivoiu.i! !.
accidents. The railroads ha\e learned
that it pays to settle just claims
promi>tly and amic.ibly ratiicr than to
light all claims witliout discrimination.
The old .system, he s.-iid. niiso;! great
prejudice .ngainst the railroads, the
I minds of jurors even were pr*‘disposed
against the railroads, and the political
asjiirant had to give jtromise of an
tagonism against iheiti whetber
were right or wrong.
Of the railway hospital service Mr.
Hamilton said;
The maintenance of hoppitals hy tho
rai2road.s i.s calculated to bring abnnt a
better fueling and. on the railroad s pt>ir.t
tif view, prevents the victim of ;in ucol-
(lent from fnllir.g into the hand's of un-
scrupi’kius lawyers :;nd makes the tnatt>'r
of a just settlement of dainat;es mi>re easy
if .adjustment. I'ndtr t'.;is p.vs-t<'m th^*
railroads g'ive evci-y aid anil assistance*
to the injured and iher*‘by establiai
friendly reiuaons between the public and
the r:;ilroad.
NoA'er in !lie l;isto?y of New Yor!c
dry's t-harit:‘,!i!(‘ i:isiirutioiis liave there
betMi so m.'iny uneibj ioyed nu'n to care
for as ;it jireient. 'I'his is a pity; but,
just the same. t!i«'re was good !an;I
within a few hnirs' ride of the nu*trop-
olis untillcd the jiast season becaus»?
the unei;;ployed couMn’t be hi:’ed to
work it ;it living w !:res for the year
round.
The Wilkesl(.-irre cat wliich is raising
a f.-'inily of rabbits adds to the p tji’ilai-
suspicion that the rabiiit of commerce
and of the restaurants is a not too re
mote relative of the feline familv.
It is reported that the Swiss bride of
GIadsti)iie Dowie, formerly known as
the "unkisseil," has left him. Perhaps
if his early education in the art of love
making had been more extensive his
honeymoon Mould not have been .so
short.
Santa Claus must have had a crowd
ed hour at the home ui! taat Mormon
witness who testified before the sen
ate investigating committee that he
had so many children that he couldn’t
remember their number.
Wood alcohol has claimed ten more
victims, tiiese in Kentudiy. The “rev
enues” must have been unusually suc
cessful lately in closing moonshine
stills.
.Tust IIS the >n for pure food
laws is on in t!;is countiy many mer-
cliants • laniifacturevs in ('Jerninny
are pr'lesting against the stringent
and arbitrarj' regulations in force there
to safeguard the purity of foodstuffs,
medicines and liquors. Complaint is
made that the wording of the law Is at
fault.
Oxford university in rejecting the
proposal to exempt candidates for
mathematical and natural science hon
ors; from the compulsory study of
Greek retains its reputation as the
headquarters of conservatism.
One beneficent result of recent fren
zied linance is that a good many “small
speculators” have learned to keep out
of Wall street.
3lt)thi*r’!S Favorite.
The soothing? and healinj? proper
ties of ('haniberhtin’s ("ougli Remedy,
its pleasiiat taste and prompt and
permanent cures liave made it a ta-
vorile with pedjile everywhere. It
is (‘specially jtrizcd by inotiierb' ot
small children, for colds, croup and
whoopiiigc cou:\h. as it always affonis
’’elief, and as it contains no
opium or otlier harmful dru^, it in.iy
ho «>iv( n as contid('ntlv to baby !!s
to an adult. For sale by Z. AV. Nich
ols Brevard and O. L. Erwin Calvert.