Sylvan Valley News
Our County—Its Progress and Prosperity the First Duty of a Local Paper.
•I. -I. y\Mniiauvr.
BUEVARl), THANSYLVANIA COUNTY. N. C., FlUDAY. Jlll.Y U. lOOr,.
Dunns Rock Lodge No. 267
Ji. F. ^ A. M.
Moots 1'I-id ay on oi-
b(>f«>i-o tlio lull moon
ill carh nionlli. at '1 j>.
m. \'isitinLT Masoi)>
■dvo ooi’dially invito<l
to moot with vis.
sptly AV.M. M AX WELL. Sfc’v.
Transyivcnics Lodge No. 143,
Knigtits of Pyttiias
lu'Li'ulai' convoniion <“v-
cry 'I’lU'sday ni'jlit in .Ma
sonic Uall’. Visit in;.',
}\ni”hts arc cordially in
vited t(* iUtond. WELCH GALLOWAY, C. C.
COERESPOPEKIE T!i8 Fourth at Oavidson Biver
Peter Parisy’s Paragrapiis.
more li:i[)t),y find un<i the
'' l)(‘.sL way to do tli;il is l)y jtssist-
in tlio uj) (Ji ttiose
iratVioiMnirs :uid tliuii ttikiuu: our
■ Kditor Sylvan Valley News;
I Owiii^ tf) my abNonco during | foij^ to tln'in.
: last wopIc I wa.s unablo to
Somo i^eople ha\o \oiy improssion^ made* on tli(‘
I olooci but a \ cry lean iiockcibook. j nujuy ])ersoiis attondin" the very
Brevard Telephone Exchange.
iioriv’s:
Daily- 7 a. ni. to IC p. ni.
Sunday to ;(t a. ik.. to H ]>. m.
<’’ontral ( Mlict' .Mc.MInn illock.
Professicj^Gl Cards.
W. A. GASH.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Rooms 7 & 8, McMinr SId'g, Brevard, N. C.
W. B. DUCKVt^ORTH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
InvEstigation of Lend Titles a Specialty.
Kocdns I and 2. rickclsiiiic!- Jir<iliiin«j.
ZACHARY &. BREESE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices in McMinn Block, Brevard, N. C.
WELCH CALLOWAY,
ATTORNEY-AT LAW.
i’’-actii-cs in :ill the co\i)-ts
Koodis !> and lit. Mi'.Minn iiloek.
D. L. ENGLISH
LAWYER
Koojns I! and ll’ .Mc.Minji lllock-.
I5i’J-:VAi:i). C.
M!sceIia!^eoiis.
The JEtkelwcld
l')i'‘.‘vai'<i *s Xt'W l!ot(‘‘ .ModeiMi A):-
pointim-nls <)|n'ii ail I’lc year.
Th^‘i>at I'duaL:'!' of tlu- ti-a vliii;. ]in!dic
well as siuiiiuer tourists i.-s(d;ei;i-<!.
()|)i). ('ourl lloiise, I Ji-cvai'd. X.(’.
THE OLD RELIABLE
McMinn Hotel
M. B. WATERS. Mar:assr.
''i'h(»foUi;hly ri-iiova^-d Iron: l\iteheii
r ( .'vttie. Moderate l’!-ic<‘ -I lo ^d.oU
j t'r day accordiii;'' to i-!ioui>.
Good Table.
AHentive Waiters.
Clean and Catnforfabis Rocms.
Main Slrt-et < ite I'oslollice.
Brevard, N. 0.
50 YEARS’
EXPERIENCE
Trade ft/JARKS
DcstG^s
•rTvw' Copyrights &c.
Anvono apridlnf? a pkclch utkI dprcripf ion may
qtilcldy as<-crt;ii!i onr <«i>iiuini iiee wlii'ther jiij
invent inn is pmbaiily i>:itt'tilalilc. ('iiinin;iiiif;i-
f i()i\sptriftlyconlliiential. HANDBOOK o!i
sent i rc'n. oldc-it airPiK'y for socunnj' patent.^.
Piiieiits taken tlivmn:li Muuii a. Co. ix-celve
tpeciid 7iotice, cluirifo, in tlio
Jliitricaii,
» illncfpfitoH n-ook'lr T.*»rL'PSt, (
u;/ Hit IV.I
36tBror.dvv3y,f}e»/^f York
A han(i3oiTicly ort wopkly. T,artiest cir-
■iii.'tridii < f any .1'>iirnal. 'IV-rins. .?.} a
'ar; four nioiitlis, ?1. iioliibyall Twwscicalers,
.jNo.:.. ■■ ■
Branch <.)Oico. tl25 K \Vasihiu;.'tc)ii. D. C.
riinT7iliprla5n*«j cholera .'iml
l/ndUlDeridin & J^iarrhoca Remedy,
ICever fails. Buy it now. It may save life.
A buddinijr «^oniu.s soniotimo.si
I
dcvolop.s inlu a blooming idiot.
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Tlio \vif(' is .ironorally tiio b(M-
t('r iialf. Sometimes she is the
\vh(>le tiiin,£;.
The earth is a lar.o'o and bitter
[»ill. but you can i)ut a good deal
of sugar on it.
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The katydids were tirst heard.
W(' are told, on the tngiit of June
I’jll’. Aeeording to th.e old say-
ini:' tlu'r(‘ will be i‘i’()st on Sept.
I'oth. This is said to V)e a iiretty
suro saying, so you can arrange
to g(H ripe or })till yoursell' in out
of iloors by that time or talcc the
elianees of gt'tting your verduri'
ui{)pi;d. Seol
TliO man wlio thinks right
thinks Tor mankitid.
Train your boys to ru.n th(>
I'aiMus. brother. Teach tiuMii to
h)ve it and honoi* it and how to
make money out of it.
!^il)eralily is appreciated but
peoph; woidd prefer to look on
en joyable fourtli of July rnlly and
old-time singing'at Davidson riv
er on the gloriotis Foui'th. The
occasion wms one that will belong
re!neml)ered by the ])eop]o of
Transylvania county and is to be
hoped that on each and every
Fourth of July in the futiu’e th^tt
the peoj-jle will again meet togeth
er and renew tlie friendships of
thcMi' early 3'onth find become r(‘
juvenatod. There are sev('ra.l
rt'asons wliy it is necessary to
hav(' tlu'se gatliei'ings of the peo-
t>l('and I will a.sk enougli of your
valuable space to ex[)ress my
ideas on the subject.
As it is well known the Fourth
of.July is not as generally csle
br:ited in tht' south as it is in the
nortii and there is no reason for
It would not be right to men
tion this occasion without giving
tlie credit for it to liim who was
i,tie originatoi’and to whose good
managc'tnent and untii'ing perse
verance tlie lintil success was due
Mr. M. .1. Orr. he was thi‘ man
who llrst proposed tlie celebra
tion and he devoted his time, tal
ent and money to making tlie
gatliering a suc<*ess and we hope
that he will make it a point to get
another celebration for the 4th
next year and if possibk; have
one between times. To sIjow how
the jieo[)le prc^sent felt, hind there
wei'e about I’.OOO on the ground.)
re.'5()lu lions were* ado[>ted that
read as follows:
Tliat. as about two thor.sand
()f the best people of Transylva
nia ;ind her sister counties are
hc're present and
Whereas, all present enjoyi'd a
such b'.'ing the* c;i>(\ e\en instructive
series of exercis(‘s i)e it
most iiniH'ctmst ructed vet(‘ran
caiinol (i(‘ny that we liadas mucli
; 1() do with tilt; original Fourtli as
any st'ction of the Fnited Stall's,
it was Xort h. ('ai’olina that tii-st
tit'clart'd her indi'pendence and
the man aft(‘r whom our ct)unty
S 'at was n;tmed. i-^phraim l>rt‘-
vard. was tlie man who penned
tho Meckhuibiii'g Declaration. sf>
v'ou r beinii'a st inav lellow, \\ Ikmi ! ‘ a purt'ly ])atriotic stand
point, we of'Transylvania county,
should coli‘b]-at».‘ the natal day of
<uir country.
! >ut 1 here is. anotla'r and p('rha})s
more cogent reason wliv sucl;
ii'at h(‘i‘ings shoisld b«' atlvocaled
aiul bi'ought to a successful ter-
iuiiiaiioii and that is for tiie roa
son that t iio ])('()[ il<“ of on r count ry
ind (‘.NpeciiiHy thos(' v>'ho live in
lh(,‘ si.'ctions far away from the
.enow it is th.e only I towns should comt'out ami meet
t lu'ir ni'!ghl)oj’s and fallow man.
1 f oni! would but investigate ih<‘
i'('cords of tlu! stati' asylum for
t ho insane in this and otlujr statt'.-^
i1 would l)c- found that a. largt', in
fact, entirely too large a percenl-
;;g<‘ of th(^ insane wouii'ii in such
institutions art* :armers wives
and daughlors ard the cause of
so in uch insanit y among this ('lass
of })eople is tliat the^’ k*ad tor> se-
it comos to r.sK'ing them to share
your troubles.
Tiu‘ farmers art' tin' salt and
bread of tl'u' ctMitUry. I>ut for
tl.ein and their busiiu.'ss tiui pt'o-
ple would have to go empty and
iiare. 'I'hey have the highest
c.-iliiiisi'. They havt! the one that
(lod chose for man. It is one in
which (!t)d i.N a diri'ct ]>a!'tntM-.
So fill- as v.'(
business with ])!'omis(‘ - at lea.st
it has (iod's higln'st and ni(»st sa
ei'('(J cotu.-ern. h’armers should,
nul many of th<‘in ilo. magnify
liieij’ <-alling. 'i"li'“y are busy
now. They do not comt' to town
only as they have biisintss.
Tney -iri' in a struggh* just ikjw
with ••(ient'ral (ire<>n." If you
want to intt'resi farmt'rs -^-tht'
sensible' f)nt‘s- talk to t 1m‘in about
divt'rsified farming. They havt* I cluetl and ist)laled a 1:fe and set*
rt'alized by ('Xperience that t ht.'y | 100 lit! le of t)ther ])('t)pl('. man is
can't rely o!i one or evi>n two
crops. Tht*y art' I'ight i?i want
ing fail' })rlces ft>r their ci'0}>s
liut the farmers caiuita afford
a. gri,‘g:irii>us animal and it is a
rt'fiui.-.itt' of his natui'e that he
mt'el atnl as.^ociate willi his fel
lows and if he is (b'jirived of sucli
to adopt tlie tricks of trade to | association anil mitigling he will
gt't them. Tlunr senior ]):;rt- j lose liis mind in many instances,
ner (iod. woukl be slandered by 1 and much [)U?asiu'e and a great
such an act. j:iiuount of ('ducatitjn in all cases.
^ * So for the ]))'t)tection of (Mir wo-
‘•Ti'uth is miglity and will })]•('- | men as v.'ell as for their pleasure
VOL. X—NO. 2
wrougiit. Now, our ti'ain'is
ready to start ajid we musl: le?.v<'
this iMiciianted spot w’nich we
h()[)e to visit again.
A V 'Sl'i’Oiv,.
vail.” they say. Yes, but not ;il-
ways in this :ig»‘. In (*ourts fre-
(piently the majority of thewit-
n('."ses don’t swt'ar the; trutli, or
don’t tt'll the whole truth, which
i.s just as bad for a half truth is
more dang('rous always than a
full grown 'lie. Lies often ])re-
Resolvt.'d, tliat the sincere
thanks of this largt'audienc*.' bt'
:ind it is her(!by extendtnl to Mr.
M. .1. Orr for tht' al)le and ('fii
ci("it maniu'r in v/hich he con
diictt'd the cxcu'cises of this day
and be it furth(‘r
lit'sov('d, that we will celebrate
1 he Fourth t)f .July liMH) in same
nniniier in the town of IJrevard.
i'hanking yt)u for your space.
Mr. editor, J rt'iuain
( ):n 1: ()!•' Tiik.m,
k Visit fQ Lake Toxawaj.
I'ditor Sylva!’. \*alley News:
All aboard for thc' bt'autiful
r..aivt'Toxaway. the gem of "'riu'
land of the sk' v.’’ A party of ns
tooiv advantagt' of tli*' t.xeursion
!hat wt'iit uj) from Ashc'ville on
Wt'dijestlay, J um‘ 1 Ith to si'e and |
enjoy oin'of t lit'most lovt'ly spots I
in Westt'rn Xt)i'th C'a;'olina, situ-|
ated on an i^levateil plateau, .sur- j
ronnded by mountains wliich al- |
fords the most bi'autiful sc<jnery j
in the world, nt)l even t,'Xv*epting i
Switzerland. |
The lake is about 1'' niih's in |
circumference and as clt'ar as
crystal. If you woultl tak't' a
sK'i m over its ])lacid surfact' t ht*re j
;ire ]'t)w boats und g-isoliiu' boats j
to yt)ur lu^art’s contt':it; if Vi'u j
would take a drive aiound tln'|
lake there is one of the linest i
t)f roads, as smooth as a lloor, ^
with tirst-class vehicles and ;
good di'ivers who are at your |
•service.
The Toxtiway Inn is a beauti ;
ful sti'ucture, modei'ii and u]^^o-;
liubonic })la<iu<^ is V’anama’s lalv'.st,
intercfitin;^' act [ui.-^ it ion.
Next time, Ta.ft wants (o ‘.'•(•t u
Panama dij^^CM- tiaU will stay in t h(.‘
ditili
Yale is <ihid to j^ot ^i,r)0u,0(;n in
jJTootl ca'^Ii. ('Veil it. does smell of eoai
oil.
Itussia iuis (li-.'^overetl that liierti
are woiso tiling'' even that tiiau Iho
yellow peril.
Seci'eta.ry 'I'ai'c ‘ took tlie litl’’oir
I’aiKima and tine’w it at Engineer
Wallace’s ht'ad.
At lea^t there is ()ik' sliin in activ**
service iu tlie lp.i"i.iii navy, an<l that
is the ‘•« et\s()rship. “
Yale iuis coii't-iUed to lieln .Mi'.
!Iockaf(ilk*r out 1-y takin:^ .1 little of
his money oil'In'! I.antis.
If tilt'ita-{‘l)all {.laveis <lo <?o iiitt>
tlr> prt)p(»'^(‘d union, tlu're <u’,;.'l;t i',
be mure “stiikt's'- in tiit' liaine.
Tiie liussi;ui •‘liiutineei''’’ s;*e:n to
think tlr.it it is y j,f>c»r kind ofaulo.'-
ra -y wliieli will aet work !i.>tii way-
.Somebody ha" suiiu'e.-ttMl Iicnry
(”ahot fj>'!;^^e for S: en.tury of Statv.
\N li.v not Tf'tidy's tJd friend, Jact;!‘
irik?
Seeretary Shaw 1 rcvit- that t!*
t)f ( on J;,
s!iiall
!M)ok.
lio'i * in Ci.t,
< »* *j V -
i’ u'eie a veiy
Sam'' i)i;el:et-
A cra'lk) of> r.;ted i>y ele.-tricity
has ho‘U iuveiit <1. 'I'he m<»ther
'ou ries tht^ hut't.iii ;.*ial tht' !>a'ay
tloes t he r*-st.
ll ht'i^lii- to l()(.l: ti'.otr.:li the i i-
faiit c/arowitz m',:ht !iave a cii;in 'e
lt> ui'ow up to cc :• L 'v^d ;;atl U-efU;
“inivatt' fitizeti."
Stavtliirj: news ronies from tin*
Western nuu'Kt,'!-l‘ tht eileet tliat }»o
tatoes art' wt'ak. iiavi* tiiey ever
tried i)hysical cullu -e'.’
.^apan’s reatline~-to i-(>T;:imie tht'
Iiowevor
hi;^' i'act(;r in
war, if p -ace i- ii:.|
;.ialliug I o KU"ia. i- a
th'* l>e;iee | >ossi i d. i i! '.
Iftlii^ ‘“^^r-aiOT'" (-■■*
•<tart a [^an.-niia t ;:.:il
!he :j;<)\ er!unent n.;_ht
an assjoiiment :;t oi;ce.
V m -. na^e t ■
i't'.M'ion !i~^,
well K.ake*
date in (>(ini])ment. lt)Cated on an ; internal
Se’:ati>r ^! irchel:’- ; pn)nt»«iT ion
that a senator c,,j. i;,. ,;o wrong, t'.oe-
iiot ap[»t*ar to lie v\ rittc,:. in tiie con
stitution iu verv 1 tv t.te,
it nia> prove e.t. Piiil 1>. ‘'Ar
mour ;s i.)U”h enoujjih to ]>rotret tho
beef tni-t ajrainst the law' wheii po]»
ul.-n iiitcre-^t is at “.-t('ak’'.
Catan-I; C’ai.'not
witli local a{);dicati(;U';. a-ti:ev v:;a-
not reach tlu'seat of the tlisease. Ca
tarrh is a blood or const iiittit)ual (bs
ea-e. and in ordei- ti'cure ityoumiist:
la.vlie.^. H.'tlPs ea
tarrh cure' istalce’i iuteiiudiv ;;nd
we should hav(^ more of these
ipublic gatherings, tlie niim comt'j ;;0 or 40 r^.et abovt' tin
It) town Iretjuently and by tht'| ^rt>ntly down It) | ttu' bit tnl
nature of their various busines-
st.';-, are thrown nearly ('Very day
with others t-ian tht'ir immediate
family, but the women, oui‘ wives,
way is the [)lace. Wti ha\'t‘ i it is ce.iimc-eo ol u <•
of tlie Elysian fields of Paris, ' Kno\.n, ce:;d'iiu'tl witii
which in our iimmination are
tlie best blo;»d i'Ui i;;( r-', iictiiiiz: ei-
t)ur motht'rs, our sisters and oui'
vail in courts anil also in m.iny | <hiughters bj’the very nature of
t)tht.'r ways. But at tlu; gi'eat | ‘ht'ir work and lainily duties are
Supreme ct>urt on high ••truth | ke|)t at home and see vei'y litlle ' like L.....
will prevail," and evei-y criminal I of the outside world and nec('S-1 its surroundings. ''<>mhmat;t..i of the t'»vo in
will receive his just [lunishnient. j sarily they become narrowed in I writer Vv’as on the .grounds ^ ^av h w 01.
anti mucou'
the water. All wlio ai-e loolcing Utn-fuce.s. !hill's c,uar;li cme is ne.v ;i
for an ideal s})ot. a sylvan I'e-j <meiciue. 1: v. a> proscrib-'I
treat wiiere they can lind i'(,*st for | hy t>ue t>f the b> st i-hysicUnis m tl:' ■
tht? mind and bodv Lake Toxa-■ >T years aval > a ngular
ke Toxawav
r<>c; iy on th.' nnicou-
K'sultsin ci.viiiucatarrh. Soiai
PKTiMiPai;lI':y. j tlieir views, and as said b('ft»re. ; w'ln'rt^ tho lake is-, now^ spread out | f,,!- toscimoni-.vls fre:*. 5'. J. ( ni::>»v
—^ 7 , ,, , I thev become mehincholy, morosi'lij^ b(''a.utv tnore than Props., i'oledt), (;. ‘-’('Id by
Tlie Star Snanjihd Banner always; . . t . in' -1 . ! _ ’
has the be.st right to tlie limelight >^s do all 1 years ago, but what a wondenul; (Irnggists, price Toe. lake liatVs
dn^the fourth. j in our power to make their lives Icbungo the hand of man has 1 Fa’iiily pills tor co:-=tiinVaon.