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Our County—Its Progress and Prosperity the First Duty of a Local Paper. •I. -I. M IXKl!. BREVARD, TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N. C., FRIDAY. JULY 7, 1905. VOL. X-NQ. 27 Dunns Rock Lodge No. 267 F, y}, j^. Moc'ts Friday on <>i‘ berort* llic full moon in ea«“h month, at '2 ]>. m. Visitin*r Masons are cordially invited lo moot with us. spily \Vm. Maxwki.i.. Src’v. Transylvania Lodge No. 143, Knights of Pythias Hes2ulai‘ oonviMition ev ery Tuesday nij^ht in Ma sonic Hall. X’isitino Kniiihts afc* eoi’dially in vited to attend. WELCH GALLOWAY, C. C. Brevard Telephone Exchange. nor Ks; naily 7 a. m. to lt> ]). m. SutKiay S to lo a. in.. 4 to (> ]). m. <’entral < )niee—Mc.Minn iilviek. Professions Cards. W. A. GASH, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Rooms 7 & 8, McMinn BId’g, Brevard, N. C. W. B. DUCKWORTH, ATTORNEY AT LAW. InvestigalioR of Land Titles a Specialty. Ixooms 1 and 2. 1’ickelsitnc*!- Jiuildin;^-. ZACHARY &. BFvEESE A T T O R N E Y - A T - L A \ V OificGS in McMinn Block, Brevard, N. C. WELCH CALLOV/AY, ATTORNEY-AT LAW. {’ravtitvs in all the courts Koojns !• and 10. McMir.n i'jlock. D. L. ENGLISH LAWYER I’loonis II an<l ll! .MeMinn i’.hick. ni:i;\'Ai;i). x. <•. Miscellsnecus. The JEthelwold Hrevai’d's X<‘\v lloicl .Modern Ap- poininii'iUs ()jH‘U ;'.U tli<-y.-n Tlie ]>atron:'.t:(“ of ttu* tra\i‘lii:>j li'diijt- a> well as siiinr.ier tourists is ^oii^-ll;■d. Opp. Court House. Hrevard. X ( . THE OLD RELIABLE McMinn M. B. WATERS, M'horou;:-!!ly renova’i'',; Ironi l''it<-l!cn to Attif. .Moderate 1'i'ice •■^1 to sl..')0 ))j!' day aeeordln^r to r(H-VS. Gooa Table. AUeniiv0 Waiters. Glean and Comforiable ilooms. Mair. stre«.;t <);)i)osite 1’ostolliee. Brevard, N. 0. 50 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE Trade Marks Designs Copyrights &c. Anyone pondin'; a pkotrh and dGscripfi<iii may a>ik'kly ascertain our opitiiiiii free wliethor an invoiition is prohabjy p;itoiit!ible. Coiimiiinioa- fioiisstrictlyeonlldeiitial. HANDBOOK I’atents sent froo. Oldest ai:eiify lorsocurinp patents. taken thrnut'fi Ulunn & <'o. receive gycrial noticc, wifhout ctiaruo, in the SdetiHfic Jfmerfcait. A handflomoly ilIn<»tratod Tveekly. I.nri'cst oir- '•niation <>f Pfnentido journal. 'J'eruis, a "ear : four months, $1. Sold by uH newsdealers. MUNN New York Branch Office. (j25 F irt., WashimtioJi, I). C. Chamberlaia’s Never failt. Buy it uyw. It may save life. EOADS OF 8AXD-CLAY HOW THESE HIGHWAYS ARE BUILT IN SOUTHERN STATES. If I'roporly Consfrnc<c€l They Afc Said <« «<• Seasons of the Vear —CiJnwes of Failnre la HnildinK Them. It is a matter of eammon ohsorvation that h(*r(‘ and tliere in the soulht'ru states are to be found stretches of p;ind-clav roads never known to he had. .says W. L. Ppoon in the yearho;-.k of the <Ui'artiaeiit of accricnltart*. Ihi> fact has led to n stntiy of the r('as:)us nhy sneh roads are always >ro;)d. Nii- n'.ei-ou> oxpfriments have been made v.-ith vjiryln^' results, hut ail indi.-.tle that tiie essentials to suce(*ss in s.i:;d- clay Dad building are i>\i<hllini: and saiin-ation. Whal is meant by ]>y.d- dTiut: or mixinji tnay be e!e:ir!y uuuer- stood liy ;niy one familiar ^'iih tlie i»;‘- eraticns in tiie proec'ss of l^.ck:n;ik:;i>'. The »d;iy must b<* rendere<l liom<'t:;”.a- otis. and this c;in be doia* only i>y auditi(.a of water (Turin.u' tla« t.roeess initil tilt' clay becunu's plastic, hi;'.- ■.luu'^di. 'Hu* second essential is the a<'.- ilitiou uf s..iid to the pohit of salur;;- tion, blit not Iteyoi'.d. X(» sand-eh’.y read can s;!tisfactorii.\ wilhf^tand the K(>v<‘ri(y of iniMie trav<‘! v.ithout haviTi.ii l.rst i-een rednceii to ee!i;pa«-t horn«r.^\'ii<‘c.us mass of s.anri and <-iay. Ka.ch jrrain of sand shoul*: l-i<> in touch with otluM- on :;ll 'ides. Such :i cond.itiou e;UiiuU be sc cart'd without the ar^eaev oI v.::l<‘!’. is useh'ss to roll a dry s;ind-elay road Ijefiii'f' it has b('eu i’ender<'I ho;:!o;.re- n.'>;.u-: by tlie puiMlir;: process ano the -r.iins of sr.mi ha.ve been lu-..u- it int^. e.iiitact. with oiiiy ir>'“ i;.tcr ti<’c: be tween t’/.cr.i lilied Vs'Mi eh'.y as a b'.!;d- er. The lh':-t operation i^ ra;:;in.u'; t'.'-c ^eeotal is rollin- as tlie nnxttu'e tiries. 'i’his forces th.t' particles of ^;a’.^d t-> jctlu'r. and any «‘Xee.-s of <-l;ty tends to ris<* to ih.e su.nace. r ;ulerih;.C r< .'f.eky. This eh;y ir.usi in tr.ra b»- sandci! :md tlie (.per;ition-^ repeated Ill tlie sr.rfr.ee has ii.'co.n* harvL a;..i M;v.iy f: '.hires h.;\ve h.een m:‘>dc m th.e huildin.u' of y.and-clay ro::<:s. and. a^ few of tlie more common catc-es i.sr the.-c f.iihii'cs Vi'iH bi‘ poinii'd out. lac l.i-i eai:.:e of failtn'c is the vrar.t o! pcilect drair.:tce. 'Hu* imperfecti-.)us p.iay b.e ji> ('ri>'*s i**iiui < 1 r.'i 1 * 1*tliv. side ddchcs or the draii:a;r‘ ef the srd l;!'a<h‘ or rv>r.(lhed. !i is <’U.<to;u;’,r.v to -ive t<» .1 s::n:I-<-!:y re:'l a lirtlc < i' crov. a ll'.aii is u.- '.:.!Iv J'. ,, r.»al. .■-oeclally where ;hc‘ e- abov,* fcr c>-nt. The s;;h'.ci cf side dhch.e- shor.ld hivi' i-r.rcfui cc'ist'ic: :;i loa t.ii'n is ti:-u- a'ly ;:.vca In cast* r,\ n>aca«him roads, if ill'.' s :l:.'oll uipon lh<> road is b\uH i.' '-h.y ii i ■■ i- i " l.oteim of the si<:e (iiiciie; .■■iitaild L.e e:u'!i!eei! iiich-'s or •■i'- beiow tlie crov. n or n.lddie of tne t^’avei. ■ true,... ir. oil t’:e Other !:a:;d., ih:- i' I'- ’i h;;;- and the subsoil i ' oi con--.o- t-ral»le detii!',. tliu.-^ I'eri'eci ural (b-aia;i;;e t<. the ro;...betU h;tle or iio sl-’.e ddvch will b(‘ r^•(■ ’.ired. i'e; ;i:’P-' ’he most c.c.-in in err.cr in draina'-Tc Is tiie failure t<- dr.ahi prop<>r- ly :u;d tl'.ore.u^hly all iiia.ce;- vs here theie .are wet ^ve;l:her sjUMi.^'s. Ii iieces.-ary.ilK' roadiuM mc.st b<- c^uiap-d so as to 1-rvite ]t u;-on d-y i^roei.d. a-^ even '.lu' tiecpcsi siec ditches | u-.i p.io nay fail It) Ki'’'' I'c'.ief v^'iere ‘• ■ It sprin-s cKist. It is i-i.^e-ianl to avoid deep cuts and \o <-are!u!:;' coissider all {M'oiiable sources oi ircM.' ie. .he >\i.t- er has often seen oM ro.eli'ee.'i widi Ax-.aler oozin.i; from a I! •a.ris dr.r;n,u- a I'al'iV st‘a.s!>n iu s[Dh e .-■ulli- 'ent. s.< e (iitel'.e.--, tiie water t-ven ri.-'.: in ihe eei.ti r of :: twenty I' .-", roa-ibe i and Siaadin!^ on the stii !.'ice or sio'.\ i\ luu- nin;; alor.,ii the v.'-.'cl irac;;s to the nearest miNihoh . It slio>;l.! ’.i > rcmen;- bered that water. Itv'yoml a -cry lim ited amount, a.dds noihi.i:,' ot v:;iue t>> the sanii-clay road, a.;'- r it i:- com pleted. If Avater is aiw.iys preseat, s.nnd shot.Id bt' n.^ -:1 A.ith clay. Saudi a.nd water n.-.’o.e a beifr r«/a<l tliaii sand and chiy and wat.-v. lu proof of this stalement .•■tieniion need only V>e eaiU'd to the luimerous placcs Avhen> water cro.ssc-s tlie road.^ ia sanJy distri<‘ts. Sucli fords are always eoai- paratively solid. Another cause of faJlure is the want of thoroii^^h mixiufi:. There laay be a proper amount of sand, and (l.iy nuij be placed upon the road, yet if it is not thoroughly puddled and mi>:ed to saturation In every' place t)ie road is uot lik«ly to vvithsta’iul public tra-A'el. Some sections will break and becomo loose snnd, while other.*^ will bec*ome muddy iu wet weatlier and hard In dry Aveather. Such variations may oc cur every few feet and even at the sani(‘ place, ou(‘ v*i'<»el track l)cinK in loose and tin* other In i.iud. In northern scctiotis frost I?5 another c;itis(‘ of fiiilure and on»* tnorc' dillicult to d(‘a! witii th;m any heretofore men tioned. Frost is tenipoi arily destruc tive to a sand-clay r(»a<l, and for tJiat reason the ini.xtiire must extend bolov.' (he fii)st ll:ie If the roa<l is built on a clay fomidation. I'riM-r.inj^ dlsintc- '-rr:ites the sand-clay <'oa;posirion and uiaki'S of it a soft, slushy mud, whicii h;>w<'ver, repacks aj;ain .afu'r each heavy rain, althouirh fre-;ut‘nr!y leav- int: tlie road surf.'UH* somewh.it rough. Th(M'efore in ^icneral practice it is nec('ssary to make the sand clay mi:i- tin-e of such a d<*’)lh as to extend a few inches below the fro. i line. Otlu'r causes of fr.’lure .are tJie im- r>roo(‘r s(‘lection t>f clay and the im- projxr treatment </f t!.e <-l:(V used., i-'crrnirinons clays ar<* the ’.;cst. and clialky cla.ys the poorest. N > roa.ti <(f any kind lil^ely to prove s;;ti> factory na!e:..; lr;‘.in;iire of il'.e roadl;c:l is carcfidly pri;’/i(;ed for. and e^J'pccia.ilv Is this triv- of a sand- chiy road nnide of st'dime-aary cl.ay I nd fine saiid. Ro0Ld Brsef, Good ro.,ds moan :is muci! as crops to the farmers. If ma(';.d:.r.i roads ar(> to !)'> main tained !'.f i!;e:r I'cst the sprlnkiiu!.: ciiit is a dail;.' iiecessity. 'i'ii(' lon-.:< r tlu; delay in bui’dia;’ ;jo;>d r-..;-,;'..-; the ;j:rcater the <-ost. I’ntll j rod.uce is ha.ulcd to market it ixn'l rv'a’ly pro(iu"ed. If the road is poor ! horses and ,£Cood vehi<-Ies coui.t for Utile. 'i'hi're is no word whicli should be so thorouirhly impress<d into the mimts of all corncct'.'d witli the niaki;'-; of ro.ads .'IS the v.'ord "drain!;,ire"—th0’-0U,c:h ilrain- (let i* draiii.aire. iMrt ro;ids sliouid be work“ 1 in the early sui!;:.ier and not in late sun-.mer or f:i!l, I.ut r(>p;iirini^ should he iu or der at all seasons. Iliiin.'iii Procuress on u Powder C'arl. l! sountis I’ke a p;ira(h>\ to say that tlie eiK'my of i;ns; i;i is th • b'‘sl frii-nd of the Russians. .i.aj'an makes ho bluff at liclilin.i^ for tlie :i!lv !ne<-ment of civilization. She is i;L,^hti;i'4 for lu'r own lifi- and incidientally tin* survival of the yellow ra< e. Hut her victorii'S (k* not striice the liussian people. Th<* Itun'auci-acy tif iht' empire is jr-jttin;; tli<‘ hard knocks. Heretofore the bure.aueracy of Rus sia ha.s had its say and in a national ( risis has i-roxx iu‘d its rule v.'itli na- tio]'.;;l defej.t apji dis.aT:’ct>. I>- ;u )cra- cy is u;i«v awak'- and ca’in ?t: b(> si- hii'-ed. 'i'he te.achinu’-; of Kussla's jioi‘'.s, nove’iists aii.l \ihilos>,;.)he;-;-. are every d:’y LVedii:*-,' a wider c; -<-;:,’ation. TI;e p',' ipa,a,:in''a <»f e;!uc;;l'. d i^.en and v,'onie;i is c.:rri('d o:i opeHly. Tiie in- liuciice of tli!‘ universities ;r.ni th(* l:rtss is (!i ihe of the ].e )pk‘. 'I'li*. re may l;e destruction a;al cli.aos lor ;i time, bni :ift(‘r that will come i’(‘coii^tract;on and tlu* cri'iiiion of a new civic f »!\-e v.idch will n.alce for human pn'Lrii-ss. heiiiri”- a Shii)’s Kars. 'I)ii‘ electrical *';!rs Vihich art* soon to lii!'.': jir.actical use on vessels of all di’scripii'.as are the :ipj)licai; ;n of a pirincipic s > simpe* and so well known tl:at it is sarpri'inii' t!i:u li'e di'viee wa.s iv.jt a<lop:ed befort'. TI;e idea is based u.p<ai tlu* well known fa;-t that wa.ter is a >.uperior sound transmit'o‘r. Tlie new e.ars will <tete<-l t’.e a;;pro:{ch of a torpe(h). tin* ]trest‘nc(' of r , ks and sho.als and tlu* faroff fo.i^ hell. Schooiiioys hav<* known tinu' out of mt'iia.ry hov.’ s(»nnd trav<‘ls under v/a- ter. In f.act sidmiariiu* telegraphy in ;i small way is an okl stunt of the swinimin.u' pond. All th«'re is of it, vihrations set in motion nia'er water a.rt' not so easily diffu.w'd i:!)r heltl up as when set in motion iu the air. The same of undera:roun{l surface. The i American Iiullan taujcht th(‘ pion«>er to pr.t his e;ir to the grotmd to detect the approach over the jtrairie or throuj-:h the forest of a two fooUvl or a four ! footed enemy. The air, a.s a rule, is klive witli cross currents of vibration. 1 Below' these manifestatiouii are fewer. The w.-ints war, bat, !H/t too iiuicti III a 1 iino. Mr. Loomis (uMiios tlial iio is beitig’ sent abrotid us ti ••iiorribie example. ’’ It now develops tliat i^aniuna hfis a yellow lever jtisi like Phil adelphia's. It is believed that r'iic ‘•(.'olo- nels*’ of (ieo!’<:ria will ono day out- iiurn!)er the *'LL. D's." of iMas- sachusetts. Anybody sliou;ing a cr.rd say ing- “1 hav(.‘ been eni))l')ved by Mr. Roosevelt” can get a fat job in New Yoriv. On its arrival in Waslii.oirtoti. the “dove oi Peace" should b(' in- sixKtted to make sure thai it does not wear s[)urs. (Jen. Wood says the men he shot at SaiDtir catnt' from B >rneo. Ev(‘r he:irof the wild me.i oi‘ ^'or- U(*0 y lie nevei’die.". Uncle Sam wl]; nor t ilov.- ,.o- 1 < iiimbia to maki' Paiiamii iv part of (’olumbia's did.-t as Ln'-h,* S.im ha.s :i de'licil .alrt'auy. As the Equitable matt-’';’^ hav(> i;(d.t('n bt>yond the ■-tage" Sontilor Dopcw'.'^ .vorvicfjs have been dispensc.'d wi*i,. ••Is Mr. lv()f>s(*\t!li sin'MM’oy ask's a Xew Vork’^r. Mo can ti’id out l)y Asiving Mi'. Koviscveli. Wo vron’t run th(' risk'. 'j'h(‘ ])ubl;c' is >'ill wai-iiig T >r ’hauncyM, De’povv to t.’il so!;;o- tiling about th<‘ i'liiuitablo :hat is 1 ill using instead of pathe;ic. One r('a>,on wiiy igno.'arico :s so comtnon in Pussia is -/wit the czar will not allow tho nev.’-^;ni- ')(M‘S to print tiny thing v, o:'. reading. “Poaco'' is something v.ith which thv> czar has had so 1;', •. io >’Xj)(‘ricnco. that i.i- ai»p;‘o;i'';:''s I discussion of it with i;::' li tfeiMMice. If tiie L^uiain.a canal -'.s 'le('p as the hoh* il's made in ine Enitf'd StaM,-'s ti-fi-sury wouldn’t iiavi' .>^■ucil a ’;i.;5.:‘!i coining to ht‘r. or course Ci-n. Milies w'.il “take pleasui-i ■' in ac-:i'ii: a.-> cliairman of the rcH.asdion c c:.- inittoe. whf'ii :^)OSt■ volt visits Massaciiusetis. :\i;. When theXatioiuil AVomaii K irago ('onvention m('t in 0'‘c«_-i/n. :i(M'd Smoot congrat ulated iiim- sclf becaus(‘ he completed h;s cy clone cellar the night before, Iowa bank d(‘[U)sits> iiavo in creased sl,"),0()()j)0n within Tiie past twelve niontbs, showijigt’lat all the government cl(‘rks of liiat state send tiieii- earnings bacic home. Mrs. Xfdlie Shak'<‘s))here of .St. Joseph, Mo., wants d:> ej-- ag(‘s \)ecans(‘ ;i man be.at her. A mail with nerve enough to beat a wom.an worth ought to have a Carnegia Medal. If Mr. Dalrim])le were to ex press liimself frankly about the possibilities of refoi’m. he would ])robaV)ly suggest that the lii-st tiling Chicago ought to do is to hold a prayer meeting as Phila delphia did. X(;t half so much life can coit}»* fro.m radium and bullion, as from niiut jul.'y- Ever try it? Maybe (':istro has ai> ide:i that if he likes this country b.e willa.r,- nex it. ^'ou cannot guess Cass\. If Oyatiia hinds t]u\t(*ther blow for v.iiich he is scjuarlng off an armistice will liardly be nec'e.--.- sary. Euglan.d has. no fe;ir of war with (lermariy in which "Erance'’ would have to do mo.st of the tiu'hting. ('afiTiot i?re->ident Poosevelt c'X- ert i}i:n>elf .'i iittle and bi’ing the. Franco CIei'uian war to a close be fore it starts":^ o'im Jeffries has at last met sonie on<' v;h(; is ••mii^Vitier” than h»*. His '‘wite'' will not let liim tight any more, J;ipan h:i.v lixed tho ••price" for a ]>lain, ordinary peace b;it if Pu>sia wjinl.s any frills thrown in it i7in:^t p.;iy more. t: will not i ; ;juir(‘a telesco{)(,‘to secEov. E)!i: wlien tl.e dt'uioc- i"i;-y beo-;m. to look aroand f(jr candivlales for Ei:)S. A.no!ht'.‘r nir.n S('es tiie dawn of Russian freei'cui. S.;ur.e i.ion are seoi;]g this ^;o often tiiat it is gol- ting to V)c :i iiabit witii tli'.m. (o)v. Eoik'.s idea tliat it is a pubii.: oiricial's duty to hit a grafter's iM'ad whereve?- he* sees one is ••goiiig to grow" on thij^, count ry. Xov,- i: the !,;iseball pari:^ were j -love’ e'i.c-:o-l to dl So‘;'. i.-'C- tbeia- I s(d,v's a.s .' al. th.('V Wi)uld !><• I dlo;(t tvt ep tia.'ir snle gale.s open Oil Suii'i'-ys. ( >:' co'.M'.-^C' if i^'csider.t E(.-ose- veir i-a.i (ir,:d: oi'any n:ore go"d points 71;.'•>(■ - >.■(] by >’'ecr(itar;y oa. iiO cuti i.-su * a ••supplc'- t(> hiiulicati('n. Mo! me;’ t'OetS Vv'iii l;e > e 1111 i 1 i e 1 i t, 1 ••\';'>wiru,’ w ci:i; VC iiti )i\ (>i Indi:i.',a istained by })ubl:e I atlopts a ])lan;-: aturm" the woriv p;-<>so wi'iters. saitt to iMi'.oy ’:si(!erin_; that he tli!‘ j )!) of sen- ' t’;i‘ ivpi.itable sn- iM their illei^'i • N irwav an.i be; i\ 111»w 11 :(‘ piea.Sl', but he e. go tiiroi.git life ;i ('j own" on his r.id the nei'_:’h':ors j .): I iiar*; v. :);- ( ’ ::as :[; ‘ec, » e ;;:*ul .1;^ s* ‘ - cie! \* s (e:; r< iii;-i''' p!'( . . j :!■ oi j .Sw-‘i..‘;i ”• : i one ii!> .■'.tr: . i , - - V . , - vh) '.-'ll L t’ - • J I with oiil••nai i h(‘ach Wia'.t w ' say. Ca(arr3i ( : ’its? be <t'nre<l Avitii h)ca'i ap;.lie itior.s, i;s they vaii- I not reacli th< .'e : ,. of tiio di.^ease. ('a- tarrii isab!o(,»: (.r ciitistitutioiial dis- e;isi>. a:i(! it: < re! ■ to cure itvouniust ^ lak(‘ iutc ic ! icmedks. ILill’s ; tarrli cure internally jind acts '»lir('ctly (»!i tt- idood and mucous sari'ace.s, Ihtbcatarili cu'-e is not a '<|uack im!ch;<-. It wa.> pre.-'Crilxd \ by o!i(“ of the 1 ,-t pliysichms m this eoimtf.v ior ycai-^ and is a re'^ul-ir presciptioh. it i,- eompo-od of ihe I be.~t tonics liii v. :), combinetl witli tiio best iilc:,.l pa-iliters, actiny; di- r.'Ctly oil tlu‘ i:iiH'oU:-. surkice-. Tho perlbet couibii.atitni ot tlie two in- greilients is v/itat produc(*s such won derful lesnlts in eurhi<> eat;irrh. Send for tesiiinonitd;; fie F. .1. ( me.\ey Vv'Co., lT*ops., Toledo, (). Sold by druji^ists, I rk\' Toe. Take MrH s I Fainiiy pilb t'ov cuiistipation.
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