Our County—Its Progress and Prosperity the First Duty of a Local Paper.
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RREVAKl), TRAXSYI,VANIA COUNTY, N. C., FiJIDAY. AI'KII> lOOii.
VOL. XI- NO. U
Transylvania Lodge No. 143,
lu'Li'ului' oonvi'iition ov-
v-’i ' ofv 'ru<*s(l;iy tiif^ht in Ma-
sonit- ! \' i s i I iji ^
‘ art'fortluiliv in
vited to lUtrnd. T. W. WHITMIRE C. C-iJ
Bevisw Of Objections Bryogli! G[it by Tliose Who Oppose It.
Is Brevard a ProgrsEslve Town?
Brevard Telephone Excliaiige.
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« )l;irr Nii-Miiiti lilofk.
Professional Cards.
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W. B. DUCKWOR.TH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Invcstigatior. cf Land Titles a Specialty
UoofUti I and H. ric!:cl>i(n(‘r liuiitlin;
ZACHARY & BREESE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices !n McBSinn Black. Erevard. N. C.
WELCH GALLOWAY,
ATTORNEY-AT LAW.
1’iMctii‘t's in all tlu* i*oni'ts
liooins !• and 10. McMinn r.l«M‘k.
D. L. ENGLISH
LAWYER
lloonir^ 11 and 12 Mi'.Minn r.lot-l:,
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Mlscel!c!\eoi!s.
"The JEthelwold
Hi’cvncd’.'^ Now IToicl-Modo'n A))-
pointin''nts ()prn :ill tlit'yar
Tlu' pai!’ona<jc of tlu* li-avelinijr ]>nl)lic
as well as sinnnu'i-tourists i.s soJiritfd.
()()[). ('ourf rifcvard. N.<’.
JM-1"-A-X-S Tabuic.s
J)o('toi‘s HikI
‘jL()(xl pri'.-^cripi it'll
Foi- itiankintl
The .‘i-i't-nt piii kct i'' I'lioiv.'li for n^r.nl ■ .■
The uuiiiiy Ixittl*' (>.<) cint- ;; Mi[ J'l:
fora year. All 't-ll thcii’.
Jury List.
At a ]n('fViTi*r oi‘ tli(‘ Board of
County (’oiininssiotioT.s hold
<lay. Marcli rjtli. IIh.'C). tin* followiiiir
])(’irsons drawn to sorv»' as
jtirors at tlio lU'xt ti'rin of tl)(' Su
perior <'onrt of Trausylvauia comi
ty. Avliirli v.ill conv('iic(‘ Moii<lay.
A])ril .ludp* \\'. K. A]i<>u ]»r(*-
I'l'.isT Vv-i;i:ic.
.] M Xeeley \a I) Davenport
W X (iill* .1 L fli-avley
• I K()l>t Wliilinii'e W if (?ro-^au
T L 1’ieklesiniei- W I. Aiki-n
.1 Thoinas D M Me('all
M M Drvant I' (' X<*ill
n K Whitniir.- 11 .M Miller
Paul Woodlin .) II IJi.^jjot)
\. Drab' .1 C Holden
.1 .) Patton (’ M Kil)»atvii-v;
Jas])er X .Mc-( ali W .i Kay
.< H IJt'ed. .!r (' Lyday
.1 Jj(Jarren ,lnoC liajiWfll
A A t'as.-iell M W Ciarvt-n
.i M ('asc .Fames K Wliitmife
Mark iia:_'’\vell ^V <> llraek<,‘n
U ,I \^'iIson i’Mwin I^ooi-
.Fohn 15 Allison, sr .1 W M-iMinn
.) C (Jallowav .! M Zachai-y
IVeston Allison L 10 JN)uell
fl J’ Kil])ati-i>'k M [) (;ha])nia?i
SKCOXI) WKKK
(’ M (rallaniore A li Wliitinir'-
K T Hcnniri'r ,) O lleid
S F Allison i-M I’owull
Elijah Ale.xandcr C L Morris
W K < )sl)orn<- (’ K Orr
\V H 1-Tenkle Whit .1 Xi<‘liolson
K M Wliitiniri' W Wilson
f) KLyday T (' (jrarit
W L 5lnll Tilden Ret>s«' .
Waverly LMoi risK I' Kcnnemore
{* 10 Mcilnirc Jj Snolson
• folin <’ Deaver .1 (iasttju Xeili
i^’’ro(.‘ sc-'iooLs loach our (.•Viildroii
to think’^:nid tiiiiikinir is t lie !3«‘-
crot of t'VGfy suc(*o>j> iu lilc. It
was a yaiikoo school loacher.
l)i'ouirht u{) under tlit'd('Vf‘k)pin,‘j^
iiilliioiiccs of it fj't'C school .systoiii.
w ho to iho so\ilh its ])ros-
I‘rity. Ho saw 111o possibi 1 ity <> 1’
doini!;' by niachiiK'ry wiial liail <il-
ways bo(Mi done h»y liaiul---SL*pe
rating the cotton liut Irotii it>
st-ed—so he invented the cotton
irjii ;-,nd donated liis inv(>nti<ui to
the betterment of soul hern peo
|)le. How any one who knows
the liistory of this o[)isod(' can
oppose free ^echools is beyond our
k'en.
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People who comphiin of hi^di
taxation in l>revard should bear
in mind ihat in Entrkind t(‘ii cents
oil every dolUir s worth oi p'l o
(hu'e raised, even on rented hin<l.
;,M)cs to the su}>port of the churcii
of ICn^kind.
We were tahiini^' last week to ;i
citizen of Pc'tinsylvania al:ont. ou!
[)roposed special tax. and lie
inad(‘thisremark: “Yon avt'onlv
[iroposinj^ a lax of mills: wh\
in iny state I am paying* 1-'
>ch;)ol lax on a hi^yli valuation cl
property." And yet he was
stron^Hy in favor of the sch.ool
tax.
Why is it that all northej-n ])eo-
i plo favor free schools while well
t(,-do southern people oppos*'
themy Every one who oi>i>ose.v
education luis sonic scllisl,
motive for doini.r so. Those- who
iiavo the ^Teatest ^:ood of all at
heart will favor free school.s as
ni(*ans of breakiiii^ away the btii
riers wdiich divide the rich fiom
the poor. The poorest child in
’he coimty may be the mental
f^qual of the richest, and it is only
ri"lit it sViould have* an eipail o})-
portunity.
The writcu' remembers dis-
tinctly that wiien in his teens he
attended a graded school 1 miles
from his home. He left the vi
cinity of a common free school,
passed another school iiouse on
hib w'uy and ]\aid his tuition at a
:zraded school in order to *^et in
struction in branches not taught
in the common schools. This is
one (;f the str(Ui^^est ar,i;-um*‘nts
for a fjraded school - pupils d(>
not have to leave home and tak('
their money away in order to pre
pai'C themselves to (Miter college.
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The argument has b(}en ad
vanced that if those who ar(' able
to pay tuition would send their
children to pay schools and al
low the school money to go to the
poor, tViero would be plenty to
run an S months school without
any extra tax. Those who ad
vance this argument have never
been to school or they would
know that the number of scholars
in any one grade is immtiterial.
A teacher can care for 50 in a
:clas.s just as easy a.^ f<jr ton.
''r.ikimg out the wealthy studiMits
will U(jt iM'lieve the teacher a pai‘
tide as there are just as many
grades among the poor as atnong
th(i wealtliy, and just as manv
tc'achcrs would bt; re<|uircd to
projxuiy instruct them. How
th(‘ term can tx} lengthened with
out mor(‘ mon('y to pay teachers
is only visible to those who op
pose taxation.
The Industrial school has beiui
c.itcil as good (Miough. '^rrm*; but
its succ(?ss is due. not to then uni
bi'r of scholars, but to tin; num
her of grades with compelent
tiNicl'ors in (>ac'h grade, and a
thorough disciplinariai. and (hIu-
cator at its head. Would oin
meagi-e school fund })ermit the
employment of any such talenir
It is for the purpose of enaldini:
!is to hirt^ compet‘*nl teache'rs
that we need th(* special lax.
'riie writer luis takem Ids stand
on this (juestion on purely demo
cratic grounds “the gr(*atest
;j:ooiI to the gi’oatest numbei'."
lie hasn’t a child to benetit b.v
iiie tax. and yet is willing to ],'ay
for till' l>eneliL of others. !v.
i*ry argument so far brought for
ward against it is a imiss of ver
i)iage to hidi! a st'llish reason f(U
ppo.siii^- it. and is not argiimei
.■-imply objection. \A'e believe
it will c-si-ry at the election be
cause even those who now’ object
ill acknowledg<* that we need a
ot tt.*r school building, and a
u’raded school would be a g(.)od
t hiiii.r.
The question of b<?ttei‘ free
>chool facilities is agitating not
only the i)Cople of Hrevard. but
-ver the entire State and thi-ongh-
out the South. In Buncombe
county siiecitil eler*tions hav(‘been
.leld in many districts, and ar.
.'ailed to be held lat«.*r in otht?rs,
!tid only in one instance has i'
failed to carry in favor of the
special tax.
P. M. Uurlison. writing from
HigT\'yto the Asheville Cili/.en
I few' days since, has this to sa\
“Th<‘ p(‘tition was siyrn(‘d hy <‘very
nan if was ])res(>ntc‘d to (‘xcc]);
three men, two of wlioni are the
larirest ]>roperty liolder.'-^ of tlii-
■ <‘<-tior,, and I uii^ht say tlu*
est moni\v loviu-s. 1 am ii:lad to
say that the ]«*o]i]i‘ of old Bi.i; Ivy
•;i.ii:ne(l this ])i'tition and if allowed
to vot<‘ on it w'ill vot(' lik(‘ tlu'V
si;;ned. "We art' fully convinc(‘d
that th(‘ country nc'cds hett{M
.-^clioois. lonirer terjiis. and what is
mort' im])ortant. hett(‘r t‘quippi‘d
reach('rs. It sei'ius that in tin* ])ast
f(^v years almost liiiy “kid'’ could
<^(‘t a c«'rtilicate, and (‘V('ry “kid"
of them was somebody’s ])i‘t and
evi'ry ])ct had to liavt* a scluxd, and
tln' result is the .schools hav(' run
dow'n and in many instanc(‘s the
childn'U of Buncomhi' county liavc
been clieat('d out of tli('ir ri<rhts. So
I wish to say here that tlu‘])co])le of
Big Ivy. and ('s])(H-ially tlu' citizens
of till' Xorth Fork of Ivv, iir(* tired (>f
such wo]-k and will vote in a body
for almost anytliinj'that will
Ioniser tt'rnis and l;(*tter selmols, r('-
^ardli'ss of tlu‘ ext7-a money in-
vol v«‘d."
This spirit now beginning to
manifest itself, will be the liH'ans
of placing the south in it.> prop<'r
location in tiu.‘governnn^'ut of t his
nation. Popular education has
be('ti too long delayed.
Follr>wiu,- i.s t lie ])oiiudarv of th(>
])roposed special districr :
l>e,i;innin”- a) the luoulli of (iie
Wiiieli enter,S th<. I’.'c.ncli l5roa<l rivn'
on the we.-t side ;it ilir unucr en<l (.i
Uic .J. C. Cooper farm a.ia; ri,,is d(,wn
and with ^^aid riv(>r to thi> r.,r:if- h--
tween .1. W. MilU and W. i\. < isl.orm-.
tlu‘ii w ith t h(.M !* 1 i TK! ti) t!!(‘ f 111! >I i<* rc»;i t'
leadin;: from i Jr.-vjtrd t.) I I.Mjdei-^on-
villr. tl,(Mi will) tj),.;,- line to i)!(> ha.-k-
linc, tlii‘t' due north to t!ie Transvlv.-i-
ihtL railroad, tfien ;i ."'iraiuht Jin<‘to
uhcr<- th(‘ [»uldie road leaiiin«:- fron;
lirevai'fi to Ashrvilit* (•i‘o>s»--; tlx* liisf
eri'ek north of W. tl. AliiHon's resi
dence. tiien a wi“.st (*onrsi‘ a ."trai "hi
lint'to the top ot the mt)unlain a’ ihi-
.junction of tht‘ riili-u whieli dividt->
the \\ iite^r.s ot l>anil).s ere<‘k from th"'
waters of Bridiie e-.vk. then aloii-' ;intj
with the ridM(> which divides the water.-
ol Land>s creek frotn the watei-s oj
lirid-t* creek and Kitios eri-ck to th.'
.iiitietion of the i-iilMv -A-hic!! di\ i,;,..-
!ht‘ watt'rs o| Daviilson river fi-(»in tlu-
u-at-rs of [Cin-s cre.-l;. th.-n a sonlh-
■ve^t course aliuiu' the to)> of ..-a.i.I
rid^i* tt> the Juiiftit)!! of t!i<‘ i-it].--,.
livide.s thf wat.M-s of iht'
< athey s ci-t>(‘ic. then an t a.^l cour-c
aloii-- sai.i rit.'ire to th<- t..|; <.C thf
i 1 ickoryniii mountain, then a south-
'•a."t course altuio- the ridi:-,; that lii-
. idfs the wati-i-s of thf (>ast fork t,.
athfvs crffk from thf waiers <>t
!’.rushy crfck and Xiclit)l,x,,)s t-rrfk 'o
Mif i-,.ad l.-adinjr from lii-rxar.i tc
K’uy kf tid a.Hs, ‘ilu*n a straiLrh:
li.')(> to thf puhlif road at, thf top <.f
liock.\ liill Ufar(i!ady Urarieli church,
■hen a straitiht line^ to the count\
ii'Mue. then a strai-ht lint‘ 1<, H,f 1,,.;^!
of tilt'creek ' hat finpties into the i-ivt i
It thi‘ uppfr t‘nd of tlu*.I. ('. ('doj,,.;
farm, du'n down and with .•.aid rre. l-
I the nfoiniiiui:'.
Saitl petition was oraiited and -.'li-
•Ifftion ()i-(ie,vd to he he!d on 'I’nf^.
iay._ thf iMth <!ay of A-pril. Phk;
,,f-i>trar W. M. Kftirv.
vv. il. (.'roMan and I,. U. 's,-inin-.-.
Xtitwitilst inding t!u‘ st-.p-tli!.
“xposures .)f (he* insurac(,* invo
• igation:>. it is lar Irom (•(■'rt ii;
Miat the 2s. ^ . legislature will a I'
iord tli(‘ remedy of elective leo-
islation. A persistant lobby i.>
working tigainst legislative re
'orm.
Ciieck.s say.s a lashif)!! jouri.
il “are to b<' more jiopular for
ladies suits than »‘ver Ix.'foi-t'.“
They will certainly not Ix* an\
more po()ul ir will] the liusbaml.-
and fathers who have to si^n
' hem.
That American on the Isle of
’*ines who wants the L'nite
States to take possession, should
liave spoken when lin.- adtninis
tiation was more rei*.vless in its
dis[)osiLion togi’ab.
J he tirst iti.surano inspoctoi* if
Virginia is named fiutton. p
.vill be to the iuter<'st of tiie com
panies doing bushiess in that
state to put him as (juit-kly as
possible into a hole.
“.Some weeks a^'odurin'^ tiie seven*
winter weather botli ujy wile aiuJ
MiyselCcontracted severe cold- which
speedily developed into Die worst
kind ol‘la grii>pe with all its miser
able symptoms,” says J. S. E^^lestou
of .Mai)le Landiiit.'-, low’a. ‘-Knees
and joints nchin", muscJes sore, head
stopped up, eyes and nose rminin<;»',
with alternate .spells of cliills and
fever. be^an using ('hamher-
lain s (’oimh Jlemedy, aiding the
same with a doul)le dose ot* Cham-
heilaln’s Stomach and Liver Tablets
and by its liheral use soon coTiipItite-
ly knocked out the grip.”
For sale by Z. W. Xichols li-vvard,
and O. L. lOrwin (Jalvert.
H’ you don’t see the Ivind of
W(*alh(>r you want, wait for it.
All Mr Rogers notch'd for re
freshing his memory w;is a littltj
“more time.”
The l'’a.ther‘.s club at Alchi.-on,
Kansa.s has <ii.sban(hid. Soiue-
body had to look after the child
ren.
Steve l'.,li>:iiis' (dlort to hxjk as
thoiigli he wouM not k'now a I'ail
way ii h(‘ .saw one, do(,'s not can /
con vict ion.
Kerosene has advanced hail
ciMit a, galh):i, Tliis may be
to the gi-(iwing (h*mand for iuoro
light on the trusts.
.Just whiMi S(*natoi- Peveridgo
thought his statehood c;-r
iroing to niak'(> the trip rv.iccf..-
iully, the fuse l)Lw out
if speak'(.*r (,’annon kills tlie
statehood hill, he can’t expt-M-l to
have any (Ji^alahoma tov»us tjf
post-ol'lic(.‘S named aft(-r him.
The cotton acreage in tIieSo;it?i
could b<^ j‘ai)iilly rt,'duc(^d and
iield tlown to a safe minimum if
;he whole work w’as left to th^j
negro.
'^i''ho report of the court-mai tiu:
on the collision of the i)altleships,
lias l)(,*(‘n delayed .•-o long thai Ine
“whitln'wasli’’ must b*‘ ]jeallng
»n' In spots.
Arnilionai res don’t liiiigii as
luuch as other jx.'opit*, but it is
probably just becaust^ laiight-'’r
s so cheap that the ];oorest peo-
»le can afford il.
Tin.* movement to raise the
President’s salary failt'd. but it
.jecomes mofi'aiid tnoi'eapparent
: hat theri^ is to be no l:ic!\ oi a[jp}i-
ints for the [dace.
The idea prevails that travel
iroailens a man, but since the
A’ithdrawal of passes Congress-
lien are of the conviction that il
ilso niak’es a imni shorter.
KIi<‘iiiMafi(' !*aiiis lfeli<*ve<I*
I'he quick relief from rheumatic
•.linsatrorded by ('liamberlain’s l^tda
iJalm has surprise<l and delijjhted
thousantls of sutlerers. It ni;d<es rest
Old sleep possible. A ^reat many
-lave been permanently cured of
rheumatism t>y the u.st* of thi.s lini-
• n(‘nt.
For sale by Z. \V. Xifhols lireviird.
• id (). L. Frwin C'alver;.
Judge Parker s;iys tiie iiepub-
lican party is rotten to the core.
I'hat is {)robal)ly what he Ihotight
)f the l)«*moeratic parly just af-
!er the last Presidential election.
H’ we get pure food law’s it is
.lot unlikely that we siiall have tc
•idtivate pure food appetites or
tastes. Some of us have never
known the savor or flavor of the
real thing.
How's This
We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of (’atarrh that
• aimot be cured t>y ll.ill’s Catarrh
<"ure. I-'. J. (''heney ('o. Toledo, O-
We, the undersigned, have known
F. J. ('heney for the last fifteen
years, and believe him ])erfectly
honorable in all bnsijiess tra!isaction«
and financially able to carry out any
obligations m.ade by his firm.
Walding, Kinnnn Marving,
Wholi'sale Dru"^n-ts, Toledo, ().
Hall’s ('atarrh (’ure i.s taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
l)lood mucous surfaces of the sy.stem.
Testimonals sent free. Price 7">c per
botMe. .“Sold by all Prugirists. Take
Hall’s Family Fill' fur constipation