Our Counfij—Its Progress and Prosperity the First Diitij of a Loccd Paper.
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RREVAIJI), TllANSYLVANIA COUNTY. N. C„ FJtlDAY. 3!AIi('ll IdO;;.
rransylvania Lodge No. !43,
Rnigiits of Pythias
UcLi’.ihu" cotivolition ov-
ory Tuesday ni'^ht in Ma-
llall. Visitin^r
s art' foinl ia 11V i n-
sonic
K' ni.u'lil
viti'd to alti'nd.
T. W. WHITMIRE G. C.'JJ
Items Of interest Irom
lit SwjMUiaiKKi is (*x])(‘ct»Ml. Hiijxi-
iu‘('T D.ni K('(‘V('t of train Xo. 11,
;ilso iKKily hart at tlu‘ tiiin' (tf tin'
\vrt‘<*l:, l>as left tin* ln)si>il;il aiul
was tak(‘ii to Iiis lioiiu' in ^'^alishiirv.
It is stag'd that lu' Avill shortly he
a]>l(' to assume liis diitics.
inoiith ill IDO.*). Th(‘ T( al ('stat<‘
pi;n‘]<(‘t is v(‘vv hi’isl: tliis yc'nr aTid
a icri'at <l(>al ol‘ l.'ai-inc? ■. is bcintc
{ransacf( d.
Brevard Telephone Exchange.
i!on;s;
T>aily—7 n. ni. to I'* P-
SuiiUay- ^ to ;0 a. in.. 4 to ]>• hi.
rontfa’l oniri—MoMinn Blofk.
Professional Cards.
W. B. DUCKWORTH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Investigation of Land Titles a Specialty.
?Ioonir^ 1 and *J. 1’ii-kclsiiner ]iuildiii<:-.
ZACHARY &. BR.EESE
ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW
Offices in McMinn Blocl(, Brevard, N. C.
WELCH GALLOV/AY,
ATTORNEY-AT LAW.
i‘rai-ticfs in all tlu‘courts
r.ooms and U». McMinn [’.lock.
A Weekly Report for Readers
of the News.
■ . , ^ - ,! Ri'inil'.licaii t>i<‘counter sci’tuuhli' is | I'.<‘l'i'cscHtaii\c .l<
'U'ction and vot(' a sixcial .sclu)ol i ' ' , . . . , ' iIh> i )(>in<uT h i.>
m 14 1 1 • If a char'.re airinnst District Attorni'v '
ax. The 1 nnds to h('deprived from : inlrodncfMl a bill
liy onr rc^nla!- coi'i-<‘s])ondcnt.
Pc'iitions hav(‘ Ixmmi r('c(>ived hy
th(‘ Board of County ('onnnission-
crs from the school districts of
North Fork and Barnardsvillc, in
tlu' townslii]) of Biir Ivy, this coun
ty. askin<^ ])(“rmission to hold an
<'! ‘
t
the spt’cial taxation ar(' to h(‘ (h‘-
vot('d to the im]>rovomcnt of th<‘
schools in tlu'ir district. Sjx'cial
('h'ctions art' to he held in flv»'
j other school districts in this county
I tliis month to vote on th<' (juestion
i of a spe(‘ial tax. anil from prc'st^nt
1 indications tlie (lUt'stion Avill he
I sf'ttled and carrit'd i7i every dis
trict.
Tli(' Iliivwood White Snliiliur
Sprin.iTs Hotel, ni'ar Waynesville,
has h('('n leased hy two well ktiown
l^oht. Ledford, a whit(' hoy, nn't j hot('l m('n oi‘this city, .las. L. and
with a se rious accident Wt'diu'sda vi 1). M. Ah'xanch'r.
afteriv.xiU bv falling’: into an ex<-a
!
oi" Ald(*7-in(‘n thc'y decided the all-
a hsoririii.ic (|VLestion tha1 oui’ most
efilcii'nt chief of ])olic(' iK'cd not
wear a uniform unless h(‘ so desires.
L. II. 1).
j I ^\t th(' last nn'etini: of the' hoard
I vation In'imr made i’or tlu' ni'w t(“l-
('phon(“ huildiii;:: on Walnut stre('t.
Youni; Ledtord fell a distance oj
t('n or t\v('lv(‘ f('('t and stuck on his
hack a^rainst a t('U inch stake' that
had heen driven into th<' uround.
It was at first thouixht that his hack
was hrok(‘n hut it lat*'r devehtped
that such was not tlu* cast*.
Th<‘ lat( st di-vi'lopment in tlu'
AN OBJECT LESSON.
to
[folton, hy the already indicted
Blackhurii, to tin' elTi'ct that th(‘
said Holton, had willfully, know-
in,!,dy and inti'utionally charirt'd u]>
ai<!.(i(>a day hotel hill wlu*n tin*
hill in (jiK'siion was in reality only
S'i.tid a da V. This makes most in-
iiiil
Amend tlie 'I'ariri
As an uliject Ic.-soii 1i> liu* voters,
lolin Sharp Vv'ili'.aiiis,
ider ia (•.'•iiLnu'.-s, lias
to aiiH Ud 111;' tarllT
law iliat would ri‘<ln<-(' tlK'dmic's on a!i
arlieh's when'vcr in tln‘ a;r.ir"e:^aU‘ liiey
amount to more than ](ii» i»er <-(>ni ol’
that li;rure. II(* was ask('d his motive
iu doiii;; so and if he had any i-cal
idea that th(' i>ill could jta.ss.
“Thi‘ i»i-t‘<;id(‘nl of th(> l'nit('d St.itt*:;,
as I und('rstand it," h;' said, ••put.-; his
D. L. ENGLISH
LAWYER
ilooms 11 and 1- McMiup. Hlock.
r.r.KA'Aiin, x.
Miscellaneous.
The JEthelwold
Th(' historic old Buck hotel will
so(m he no nior<'. A foi’ci' of wotk
mt'n ar(' now enirairi'd in tearin^^
dov.n this out' tinu' ];opular hos-
t(^lry. A n»'W and modern hot»'l
will !)(' (‘T('ctt'd on it's ,'^itt' and will
h(' run as a strictly iirst class com
mercial house'. Tli(' nev\’ huildiu”’
will he thr('(‘ stori«'s hiirh, eon-
structi'd of hrick, and will h(> erjui])-
»'d with evi'ry eonvenii'nci' to a( -
, eoniadate till' travelinsj: ])ul;lic. A
r.revard's New Hotel-Modern Ap-j nt'W commercial housi' in Asla'ville
pointrnents Open all the year. 'will h(> irladly welcomed hy the
'I'iie patronage of the travelin<r iniblie ' rravi'liiiLT men of this section and
as well as summer toui'isis is solicited, j
t»‘restin”’ n'adini:: for tlu' Repuhi- ! advocacy of profeciionisia upm ihc*
can ••outs" for th<' abovt' mention-; diat It i.-; riulii and i)ro;t;-r liiat
„ T . 1 there should 1m' a du!\- on imjioried
.‘d overcharp' is alh-i'd to Im ve , suliicient to make up the dif-
Ih'i'u mad('by Holton when turnini,^ , f,.,-(Mic(‘ lieiwcen the s. ale of f;);-ei.:n
in his list ol'«'X]H'nsi‘S for his stav I i:il»^)r and a ri,i;ht Amerii-an v.au-i'
in \slu“vilh' i ^'''>i''‘ird. As thi-; is the last ditch. 1
I thou',iht I would s<'<> by Ihe in1r.*dui ti<.!i
1 h(‘ much tiilked ol W il^'^ Black | .j ],j|] j,, ^jj.^ conuri'ss whctlu'r or not
cas(‘ Vv iis dis])osed < tf at this t('rmof| it was a pri'ten.'C or a rt'al conviction
Fi‘d(>ral e<mrt, Mr. Black was ! th«' iiart of those who use it as an
ehariri'd with irrei^ularities in ^ .
I It ^.trllCes me that the labor eo t ol
eratin.uc his distiln'iy on \ .tlle\ ^ jk) .-t’ tieh' will or can <'ver e\c('ed its
numb»'r oi barrels ol whi.'^kv wer«'| c>utire e(»st. I don't boli('V(* that any
taken bv tin' rc'veniK' ollict'rs from \ <*n<' will d(>ny that proposilioii. I liavi*
()pp.
Court House. Brevard. N.C.
tlie ])eo])](‘ of tli(' city.
IM-P-A-X-S Tiibuk‘>s
Doctors find
A good i»res(‘ri[)tioii
For luiuikiiid
1 the Black distilh'ry at tin' tinu' of
I tlu' raid and wi'rt' later sold at ]mb-
lic auction to tin* hiirhest bidder.
I'Pin' distilh'ry for thi' ]'ast two
! months lias been closi'd, iit'udim:'
; thi' decision of the eoui't as to the
lalleiTt’d truilt of tlu* di'fendtnit.
F. M. Stevi'us who was reci'utly | ;\iv. Black was r('])r('sented by at-
i aequitt*'d of tlu' charp* of murder j torneys W. P. Brown, Col. Lusk
: of oiK* ( ah'h L('i' has rc'cv'ivi'd S('v- l;iu(l Thos. S. Rollinirs. Att<'r two
!('ral anonymous communications in i hours deliln'ration tin' jury return-
i which h('has bet'u advis('d to h'ave I 0(1 a vt'rdict of not .iruilty. Tin'
I Asheville. Onc'of tlu' l»'tt('rs was j nov,’ which most int('rests
' worded in ratln'r forcible lan-uaire . ;\Xr. Black is "who will pay for tin'
audealh'dhima liaranda murdt'rer. ; c(mfis('at('d and sold under
! th(' diri'ction of colh'ctor Harkins?"
!
i Mr. Black talks of institutin;^ pro-
tlu'reforc* introduced a bill t;« reduce
I the tariff duty wlu'rt'vi'r it is ov('r luii
j per c(‘iit to pin p(>r ecMit, thus U'aviajr a
; taxation <'ondition under v.hich un-
. doubiedly iiMt (iuly the whoh'<liiu‘r<'iice t ii i n (’liina Into -i ji'reat m;Mt
l.,.lw,.on mi.l r..r,.i^-ii -pj,,,
, laiior has bi'(*n m;nl(' i;p by a tax upon
: till' eonsuiiK'r. but where tin' <'iitire la
bor cost lias b(>t'ii taxed to tiu* i‘on-
sumer."
Mr. Williams s(*cms to think that a
Ii('publican who is sii-.c(‘r(' in his ad
vocacy of the tariff U]>on the idea that
it rc'ally does l>en<>iit labor and that the
justilieation for its oxistf'iiee is the
beiH'tit to lal>or must bo satisiii'd with
a tax wliich Includes tlie entire labor
cost of artieh's imitorted untaxc'd.
r i,e-.( out packi't is ciionj:}! tor usnr.l ncrji'-ions. i Mr. Stt'Vens a])]lart'Utly tak('S tlu'S('
•-n a vi’ur. Aiuiruk^'istsstlithfia. ' h'tters seriously and has stated tluit
h.e Vxill be on his iruard.
The Mother of Trnsts.
Su{^ar ha.> always l>een the jrrcat
obstacle to revisint; the tariff, and, as
, IT riwi head of the sufr:ir trust said the
vnMU^ .0 tut (1 umoinv or .J poi ^ ^ tariff is the mother of tru.^ts, the firsv
i tiini of th(> brick ftmndation undt'r i ^^1> ; triip-t to receive nttc'ntioii should be
j ('('edintrs a.Lcainst (’olh'ctor Hai^kins
! for tlu' recovt'rv of damairos, but
HEAVEN REVEALED.
i;v K1:-NMAMIN FISIkK BAliRKl l.
■-‘-5 IT-
For a
1-4x7 inches. 1-arjre'1 ypo; Fiiu-e'.otli.
the anin'x of the Swannanoa Hot('l,
that ])art of the huildiiii; is bi'iiii^
unu.-^i'd, du(' to tln' uncertainty as to
furtln'r erumblini; t)f tlu' founda
tion walls. Althoutrh ('i^ht days
have ela])sed since' tht' walls be^an
I to erumhlc', nothinir has h('«'n done*
j further than to ro])(* olT tin* stret't
j adjoining tlu* annt'x. and await for
iiniited period this book is offered al | d('v»'lopments to s«*(* wlu'th(*r tlu*
j dama:i('s are irrepairablt* or not.
I Fun('ral s**rviees over the n'lnains
!of Mrs. Lilli(* Pfal^lin, wif(* of H.
i A. Pfafiiin, the W('ll known <lru,i^-
ji;ist Ik'VO, wt're eonduet(*d from tlu*
late honu' 44 North French Broad
Avenue \Yt'dnesday morninij:. Rev.
F. M. Campbell jiastor of the* First
trade rates, 58 cents,
with ti cL-nts posta;:e for mailing.
CONTESTS,
flu'orif,'in of Anprels.—The Kssential Natiin'o
‘l.-aven.—Cliiinioter iii' th** Atifiols.—T^.■stiIn()ny
lf Soripturf.—Tho Sure Way to Heaven.—I’rao-
•ioal Tendency of this Di'^closure.—?:nvironinent
n Heaven, an<l Wliat Determines U—Societies i l>i-oshytoriail eliurell otfieiatin".
„ Heaven.-A Heaven far the Non-Christian j Pfaftllin's former
y„rld.—Are Karthly Kelationslniis Continued in
has bei'ii tak(‘ii.
R. ]\L R;tms('y, of tin* Ashc'ville
Dray ('o., who was burni'd about
th(' hands and face si*v(*rtil days
airo by having liis elothi-s eatc'h on
tin* whih* workim<;- around a ^aso
liiK' (“ni;in(* at his wood yard on Dc*-
pot str(*(*t, is reported to Ix* ])ainful-
ly but not seriously liuriK'd and is
abh* to be up and about.
A eoniViination of bi<; stick and
piteli fork’ ouL'^ht to be rather
Ibi inidablo in :i tii^bt.
iN)i (*i<j:iiej’s in China fear that
the l>()x<'rs will <^ive way to tho
Sliiiri^er.s any tiiomcnt.
r'roin the ••nif)st reliable re-
ports,” it app(*ars that there will,
and tlier(; will not be :i coal si rilce
^[r. ^i’aft wants an army bi.o
enoti^^li to liarinf>nize with a bulKy
S('(*r('tary of War, but wa can't
afford such luxttries.
Diirin*^ his s(*rvicf*.s as pilot for
tli(* r.ailroad rate b'iil, SetmtDr
’’i’illman will probj^bly snbstitiUi-
the cow-catclier foflht* piiclifo; Ic.
One X(!W York ]uip<‘r r<*rc‘rs t<'
ATr. .lerotne as a “stick' of <|\ita-
mite.'* W(,* mov(3 to amend, by
striking out t'lK* words “of dyi’:i
mite.”
In Savanna!). ^Ia., several pi'o-
ple died recently aftei- ])artal'.iiej:
(<f ))orlv. In Cou£rr('ss it has Ix't'u
known to brin^ on eiilarufii.ent
of tile lu'art.
l>ritain encourai^es l*''ranc<‘ ti>
tii.;iit if neccessary. l)or,leh -.s
Fiance recognizes tliat it is ,i
irood d(*al (*asier to do t he eneoiir'i-
injj: than it is to do the tiii-iit iii<:.
No m:itter how tlu\y may differ
with rt'^'ard to oth<'i’qtiest ion. in
iheOi'jent, tlit* ])ower.■^ art* pr.-f-
tieally a utiit now in wishi!!<_'• th;it
(’hina may not wake up too much.
Captain llob.son declart'.-^ th,at
Japan shall not be ])erniitted to
'V
nation. M''h(‘
will kiss liitii if he don't waleli
out.
Heaven;-—Meeting and Kecognition oj Friends
II ttif Hereafter.—Personal Appearance of the
\iigi ls.—Hejuvenescnce andGrowtli in Heaven.
_Houses and Home.s in Heaven.—Garments in
^leaven.—Children in Heaven.—Sex and Mar- for a lollf^ time and tlu; end was not
h(mi(* was in Indianapolis Ind., hut
for a nnniher of years have resided
lu'iv. The d(*ceased liad lu'cn ill
iai^e in Heaven.—Work in Heaven —The Tliree
Heavens and How Kelated.—Kternal Progress
.n Heaven.—Consociation of Angels with .Men.
Address:
THE NUNG LICET PRESS
42 West Coulter Street
PHILADELPHIA, - PA.
unexpected.
Tho county reet)rds show that
within the past twidve months tif-
! ty-fivt; suits for daniaj^i'S liavo been
I instituted aj>:ainst the Soutliorn
i Railway. Si'vcral of tli(*se ca(*ss
!are to he tri(*dat this month’s t('rm
of Superior C'onrt.
tlu* suirar trust. Of course it is to tin*
advantage of the siisxar trust to buy
raw suff.ar in tin* clu'apest market and
pay no ihity on it and tlu'ti ;ift('r retln-
inp: it to sell it to the Atnerican con
sumer at the hisr!iest i)r»ssibl(> price,
hut iust low enough for ft)reijrn re
lined su2:ar not to b(> imported and
conipetp with the trust pro;luct. Tin*
protection on retlne<l suirar allows the
trust to charcre nearly djiible Avhat it
is worth, and this is shown by the fact
that refined sujxar in Knir’and sells for
One of th(' lar,!u:t*st tiii(*s im])osed | but little more than half what it sells
for in the T'nited States, 'rhu.^^ th<*
tariff allows the trusts to tax us a
sreat «leal more than tlie tariff tax we
j)ay on raw su^ar to the ffovernment,
and the Kepnbliean eonirress ui)hoIds
this plundering by refu.sinp: to revise
the tariff.
(m a prisoner in the policc'court for
i some time occurrt'd sevt'ral days
au;o when Arthui' Hamlin was tim'd
812.-) and costs for carryinij: a ])istol
and r(*sistin,i^ an officer. The ar
rest was madt' in tin* “Rt*d Liirlit”
district on Mountain str(*et, and is
reported to hav(* heen a most lively
tuss(‘l for th(' officvrs to land tho
,'jentl(*man and his gun in tlu*
lock-up.
G('o. Fowh'r, an employ('i^ at th(‘
Hans Rees Tannery, had his hand
crushed in th(; machinery while at j j
his work. An amimtation was nec-
(*ssary. Tlie oin>ration was ]x'r-
form(*d at the Biltmoro Hospital,
and it was found n('cessary to am-
putat(* the <>ntire hand as it v.as
crushed up as far as tho wrist.
Last month there were two hun-
A})parpntly the only tie that
binds the President and Mr. Till
man is the railroad tie.
It is stat('d at the Baltimore Hos- dred and forty deeds of conv(*yanc(>
pital that the amputation of Enj?i-
neer Rouschc's leg w’ill not he nec
essary, and his ultimate I’c'covcry
from injuries received in the w’reck
filed at the office of tlic^ rej^ister of
deeds of this county. This is an in-
cn*as(* of niort^ than one liundred
real estate d(?als for the .same
Torture l?y Savnjies,
“Sp('-akiiijr of the torture to which
some of the .sava«i<* tribes in the I’liil-
ippines subject their capttves, n*-
niitids me of tl^e intense* snfferin^r 1
endured for three inonths Ironj in-
fhniunation of tlie kidneys,” says \V.
M. Sherman, ofCushi''*; Mi*., Xoth-
inj; helped me until 1 tried Klectrie
Bitters, three bottles (»f which com
pletely cured me.*’ Cuies liver com
plaint, dyspep.sia, blood disordeis
and Mahih*a, and restoras the weak
and nervous to robu.st health, (rtiar-
anteed by Z. W. Nichols druLij^ist.
Price 50c.
In tlie spriii”: time you rt'iiovate
\oiir house. ^\ hy not yonr blood?
ilollister’s Rocky Mountain j'ea
drives out imjiurities, cl(>ans(‘s and
enriclies the bU)od a»ul purifies the
(‘iitire system., o.'x*.—Z. W. Xic!n.]<
The sacreil cow nearly 4.000
vejirs okl, found in the ancient
ruins of E<jry])t, may b<^ ])ric<*h*<s
111 valve, but all the same,
healthy .lersey not over lotir
years old. wotikl look much bet
ter to a hungry man.
W(' trust th:it Itepresentative
.1. Warren Keifer. will pause
enouirh in his (‘tforts to reduce
the representatio7i from t!;e
Southern states oii account of
their alleged tre:Ument of the
nt*^ro, to read tlie very excitino-
news that was sent over the
wires from Sprin^tield, (Jhio.
$1(M) Howard .$100.
Th(* readers of thi.' paper will be*
pleased to learn that tliere is at lea-t
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh ( ure
is the only jmsitive cure now knov. ti
to the medical fraternity. Catarrli
l)ein<>- a constitutional di.sease, i(‘-
(piires a constitutional treatment.
Hall’s Cattarrli Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mueons surtaees of the system,
thereby destroyiny; the foundation
of the disease, and ‘.Mvin*; tlie j)atient
strength by building up the constitu
tion and assisting nature in doing
work. The proprietors have
much faith in its (urative pow
that they offer One Hundred Dol
for any case that it tails to cure,
lor list of testiaa.'nials. Ad<
F. J. CiiEXKV & (\i., Toledo, (
Sohl by druggists, T.jc.
Take Hairs Fa mi!;.- Pills fd
stii)ation.