Our County—Its Progress and Prosperity the First Duty of a Local Paper.
BREVARD, TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N. C., FRIDAY. OCTOBER 20. 1905.
VOL. X-NO. 42
Transylvania Lodge No. 143,
Knights of Pythias
Reirular convention ev
ery Tuesday niyht in Ma
sonic Hall. Visitinjr
Kniyhts are cordially in-
vikid to attend. HILARY B. BRUNOT.C. C.
The Lessons of Our Trip.
The Application oT Tliiiij»s Seen
to C’oiKlitions in 15revar<l.
Brevard Telephone Exchange.
iiouKs:
Daily—7 a. ni. to 10 p. m.
Sunday—S to 10 a. in., 4 to <> p. m.
('entral Olliee—McMinn 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.
Kooms 1 and 2, L^ickelsiniei* Building.
ZACHARY &. BREESE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices in McMinn Blocic, Brevard, N. C.
WELCH GALLOWAY,
ATTO R N E Y-AT-L A W.
Practices in all the courts
Kooms and 10, M<;Minn Block.
D. L. ENGLISH
LAWYER
Kooms 11 and 12 McMinn Block,
BKICVAKD, X. C.
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Miscellaneous.
T"he JEthelwold
Brevard'S New Hotel—Modern Ap
pointinents—Open all the year.
The patronajre of the traveling public
as well as summer tourists iiS solicited.
Opp. Court House, Brevard, X.C.
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THE McCALL CO..
113-115-117 West 31st St.. NEW YORK.
■SQQQTELEGRfiPHERS
'Deeded
Annually, to till the new positions cre
ated by railroad aud telej^raph compa-
nies. We want youno- men and ladies
of j.>-oofl haV)its, to Learn “Telegraphy
and Railroad Jrccounting. ^Ve
furfi 1*^11 7.‘) ]>er cent, of the ()])ei'ators
and .Station Ajrents in America. Our
six schools are the lai'^rest extrlusive
'reletrraph schools in the World. I^s-
tahlished 2(> ye.ars and endorsed l>y all
leadirii:' railway ot1i(;ials.
We f'xrrute a S'J.'O bond to every student to
furui.'^b biin oi licr a position vayiiifr jrom ^-10 to
';'k) per montli in Stiitex oast of tlie llovlcy Moun-
tiiins, or from fT.'j lo $UiO per niontl' in Sta'es
west of tbe llocKics, hnmeUinti-ly on Lrra<iuation.
Stiub'iits can eiitvr at any time—no vacations.
For full pnrticulars rcirardinK f ny of our s'ibools
■vvritf dirci’t to r>nr executive ollice at (Mnclnnuti,
O. Catalo'-Mie free.
THE MORSE SCHOOL OF TELEGRAPHY.
Cincinnati. Ohio.
Atlanta, <^a.
Tcxaroaua. Tex.
Huflalo. X. Y.
T,iiCro'i>-e, Wis.
.San Francisco, Cal.
T^rev’ard is just now emerging-
from the chrys.ilis of past inac
tivity, and it behooves our peo
ple to stai't right on the journey
which her outsi)read win gs of de-
velo[)iiient will open to her. And
there are some things which our
people can do to better conditions
! without wailing for a sale of the
'Town bonds.
SIT3EWAI.KS.
The question of better side
walks is one in which every prop
erty ow ner is bound to foot the
bill no matter who builds the
walk. Then why wait for the
town to do the work? And when
you start to build a walk wliy not
start right?
During our recent visit to Pe
tersburg, Richmond and Wash
ington the fact that brick is the
best solution of the walk problem
was very convincingly forced u])-
on ns. There is nothing new in
brick walks; on the contrary
their age is their best recom
mendation. We traveled over
miles of brick \valks in Washing
ton City that had been in con
stant use for twenty years, and
in Richmond and Petersburg
many stretches of brick walk are
twice that age.
One great advantage of brick is
that should the Town change the
grade of the walk in front of your
premises it will re-lay your brick
without cost to you, while if you
have used gravel it will be carted
away and the new walk charged
against your premises while the
money s[)ent on the old one is a
total loss.
It is true that cement walks
are more modern and stylisli than
brick, and in cities which have
outgrown old fashions the brick
walk's arc being sup[)lanted with
cenn'tit, but until the street
grades are thoroughly establish
ed cement should nut be used.
There isn’t a pr.i})erty owner
in Brevard but can well afford to
build a brick walk in front of his
premises, and if he has a vacant
lot for sale a good walk will sell
it for enough more to pay well
for <the investment. In case of
vacant lots owned by outside par
ties the Town should build good
walks (where adjacent property
have walks) and charge the cost
against the lots, to be collected
as other taxes.
In this mountain climate it is
notorious that August is the wet
month. It is also of note that
August is the month in which we
have the largest number of visit
ors. There isn't a citizen of Bre
vard but is directly or indirectly
benefitted by the sojourn of these
visitors within our gates, and
there should not be one but is
willing to do this much in the
matter of improvement to add to
the pleasure of their visit even if
they will not build walks for the
benefit of themselves and fam-
ililies.
The 70 feet of 4-foot brick walk
in front of the News lot has re
ceived much praise from visitors
this summer. They expect good
walks on Main street, but this
piece of good walk disconnected
with Main street, has an agree
able surprise to many. With tliis
as an object lesson why not ’‘Go
thou and do likewise.”
Our Dumb Animals.
Last week the ISews took occa
sion to suggest that a park was
one of the needs of Brevard. Of
course this is largely in the
interest of our visitors, who have
leisure to enjoy the rest and
shade that a ])ark suggests.
This week we wish to “speak
for those who cannot speak for
themselv^es”—our dumb animals.
This paper has repeatedly ctiiled
attention to the fact that now’here
w’ithin the town limits, is there a
]»lace to water stock. A [)ublic
w’atering-trough for stock is just
as important as a public drinking
fountain for human beings, and
even more so because the human
can ask for what he wants w’hile
the animal must suffer in silence.
The drinking fountain has been
secured^—as clean and neat as
could be wished^—now' let’s have
the watering trough and w'ith it
the thanks of our animal servants
for all time to come.
But the object of this article is
to call attention to one neglect
that can be remedied. Many of
our farmers come to tow’n, either
driving or riding, hitch their
horse to a swinging limb on some
back lot, and leave their animal
exposed to all kinds of weather
without shelter of any kind. This
could be easily avoided by having
a wagon yard, and there is no
valid reason why Brevard should
not have one. A human being
can Hnd shelter if it storms, while
his horse—man’s most intelligent
and true friend—must depend
entirely on the kindness of his
owners for either shelter or a
blan ket.
In this connection we should
like to say a w’ord to the members
of the various churches. This is
the only country we have ever
.‘ieen where ])eople drive to
church on Sunday and hitch
their teams out in some vacant
lot. Every church in the northern
and middle states, where much of
our life has been spent, has a
covered shed in the i-ear where
every vehicle can be driven in,
and both horse and rig kept in
the dry during services We do
not know of a church in this
country that has made any pro
vision for the protection of our
animal friends, and we sometimes
doubt the Christianity of a man
w’ho does not provide for his
beast. We know’ the peojile of
this county, and we know them
to be kind in their treatment of
strangers, liberal lu’oviders in
their own homes, kind and con
siderate to the animals about
them, and we believe it is only
necessary to call their attention
to this oversight in order to have
it remedied. We should be
pleased to see every church in
Brevard building a shed to care
for the animals while their
owners are enjoying the holy
communion in some beautiful
church edilice. “A merciful
man is merciful to his beast,”
Russia has exchanged 1,806
Japanese prisoners for 04,000
Russians. That's about the
lighting ratio.
In Washington City.
A Transylvania Boy Takes In
Our Capital City and Advises
Others to Do the Same.
Dear Father:
Well I will not put olT writing
any longer, but we have just been
seeing so much I couldn’t write.
I have never enjoyed myself bet
ter than for the past tw’o weeks.
I have never seen anything to
compare with either Washington
or Baltimore, but most of all is
Baltimore, the buildings are just
tine, I could never imagine w’hat
a city was until I saw it. It was
very interesting to us both. We
went (dl through the burned dis
trict and it was a surprise to me
to see how’ much damage that big
tire did do. The place is building
up very fast though. The post-
oftice, M. E. Church, Catholic
church and the Baltimore Bar
gain House are the finest build
ings there except the hotels.
Here in Washington are some
of the finest government, build
ings in the world. The Cai)ltol
is very fine. We went all thro’;
took us from 10 a. m. until l^:oO
p. m. I shall nev<'r forget it.
The Congressional Library is
the finest building in the world
— made of marble. I won’t try
to explain how grand it really is
One just can’t i-eaiize how’ fine-it
really is. There are some pic
tures there which just carry one
away. It is impossible to sa.y
how fine they are. It looks im
possible that man can do w'hat is
done in that building. The work
is grand.
Another pretty jilace is Mt.
Vernon. We went all through it,
saw" George Washington’s clothes
and everything, saw his tomb
and bed and everything just as it
was left by him. We went out
on the cars and back by the boat,
the distance is IG miles.
One does not really know what
they miss if they do not come
here. Seems to me that every
one ought to come hf're some
time. I shall never regret or
forget this tri[>.
I was surpris(‘d to se<‘ how fine
the White House and Treasury
buildings are tixed U[i. The
Ti’easur^' is an interesting place.
Saw’ them making the money and
destroying the old bills. Well I
must say good night.
Your loving son, E.
If a battle shij) is out of date
before slie is completed, what's
the use of completing ’em
iStnhof Ohio, Citif of 'J'fthdo, )
Lucfis <'ounhi
Frank J. Cheney make.^ o;ith that
he is senior j)artiier ot'th(' of F- ,T.
Cheney tt Co., (h)in^ Imsiness in the
city ol'Toledo, county and stateat'ore-
s.iid and th:it said firm will ])uy the
sum of One Hundred Doil.-irs Ibr
each and every ca.^e of catarr.ih that
cannot he cured by the us(* of Hall’s
Catarrah (’ure. Fi{ank .1. (’ijkxev.
Sworn to before me and suh.scribed
in mv pre.sence, this (5th day of l')e-
cember, .V. I). 188(>. A. W. (jleason,
Notary Publi(‘.
Hall’s (’atarrah (’ure is taken in
ternally and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the sy.<tem.
Send for testimonials free. F. J.
Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. S*)ld by
all Druggists, 7")C. Take Hall’s
Family Pills for constipation.
Maybe it is only an attempt to
make a “digest” of the language
that is continually upsetting the
Hungarian Diet.
The frost will drive out the yel
low’ fev’er fj’om Nt*w' O/leans and
the south, and will “drive in” the
yellow gamblers from Lake Mich
igan.
.Just now’ it looks as if McClel
lan could be re-elected mayor of
(xreater New Yoriv if he made
the campaign witli rjne hand tied
behind him.
If Mr. Roclrafeller can con
vince the coal barons that there
are things better than “mere
money getting," he will have done
the country a real service- i
Chas. .Tones has been sent to
the W. Va. penetentiary for tw’on-
ty years for extorting mr)neyfro:ji
a farmer, instead of gettin" him
into a life insurance deal. Jonesy
is behind the times.
New’ York Republicans nomi
nated a full ticket, but tliey ha-d
to do it w’hen most of the candi
dates were “not looking” and
they took to the tall timber when
they woke up, all rigiit.
Pat Crowe now’s admits that
he intended to kidnap ,7(;];n D.
Rockefeller, and hold him for a
i5l2.000.000 ransom. Pat Crov.'e
talks like a man who doesn r
know the Rockefellers, .Tohn
w’ould have kidnapped Pat. John
is a kidnapper froai way back.
That the mills have conjetothe
cotton and come to stay, requires
the proof of no tedious array of
statistics, but is convincingly
show’ll in the single eloquent fact
that in the last three years 4So
cotton mills have been erected,
and of this number 405 have
been constructed soiith of Mason
and Dixon’s line.
Nothin<r to F<‘ar.
The <iuestion of injurons substan
ces in niedichies whicii has been a{i;i-
tating the minds of many j.eople
does not concern fhose who u.>;e
Chamberlain’s Coujjh Remedy.
Mothers need have no ho.-itnncy in
continuino: to jrive it to their little
ones as it contains ahsolutely nothin<i:
injurons. This remedy is not only
perfectly safe to j>:ive small cftildreii,
but is a medicine of irreat worth ;oid
meri*. It has a world wide reput:>
tion for its cures of c<»u^!is, colds ann
croup and can alw.-iys he relied upon.
For sale by Z. \V. Ni*'holL’. l^reyard
and O. [.. I'rwin, Calvert.
Why doesn't tiie former gover
nor ask the governor to order
out the “National Guard.” declare
martial law, and insist on some
body or other taking tho nomina
tion for mayor of New York,
It is all right for Secrc'tary of
Agriculture Wilst>n lo announce
that the packers will hav(‘ to pay
for the ins[)ection of meats lie re-
after, but the consumer as well as
the ])acker, knows who will real
ly foot the bill.
Those “important matte is'’
w’hich have been Wiiiting for six
months for the consideration of
th<^ cabinet, will {)robaly liave to
wait a little Hunger wiiilethe mem
bers make their cam])aignspeech
es in Ohio and ]\larviand.
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