Our County—Its Progress and Prosperity the First Duty of a Local Paper.
BREVARD, TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N. C., FRIDAY. JUNE 1.190(i.
VOL. XI-NO. 22
Transylvania Lodge No. 143,
, Knights of Pythias
Retrulai’ convention ev
ery Tuesday niyht in Ma-
^ rit»nic jlall. \’I s i t i n
Kniylits are et>riliaUv in
vited to attend. T. W. WHITMIRE C. C.
Brevard Telephone Exchange.
Daily—7 a. ni. to p. ni.
Sunday—s to 10 a. ni.. 4 to <> ]>. in.
C’entral ()trK*e—McMimi Ulook.
Professional Cards.
Progress, Prosperity, Development.
What Shall We Do to Obtain This Trio of
Goodly Desideratums?
Observations of a Casual Observer Lookins Over Some of
Our Sister Counties.
Gall for County and Township Conventions,
Kditor Sylvan Valley Xcw:^; 1 is a city of churchcs, schools and
Jtwus luy to visit in jeollefjrci's that to inake it desir-
the counties of (laston and Meek-j able *1, splendid citizenship,
lenbur^ a lew days a*?o and to j All the suburbs are building u}>
observe with what wonderful | rapidly, and leadinj,^ to this city
strides thesecounties were ])ress- i ri-om every direction you will find
jin^ their wa^’ to the front rank of |a s3\stem of well graded public
W. B. DUCKWORTH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Investigation o1 Land Titles a Specially.
Uooms 1 and 2. I’iekelsinioi* Buildinjr. i , ' ^ i '
! these that ^o to make up this I roads, inacadaniized. and in s[)len
eat state. condition summer and win-
Lookin^ o\ er the tield one ter, and the peo[)le say that noth-
\\ould naturally ask himself thisjing has been moi'e conducive to
(juestion: \\ hv so mncli more in- j Charlotte’s growth than this sys-
dustrial development in th(‘se ' tem of jmblic roads,
counties than in our own? Is it i rn i
thoolimaloy Isitnat.n aliidvan. <i'lston. a,.
'adjoiuui"county to Mecklenburg-.
ZACHARY &. BREESE
ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW
Offices in McMinn Block, Brevard, N. C.
WELCH GALLOWAY,
ATTORNEY-AT LAW.
Pi'actiees in all tlie eoiii-ts ,
ivootns !* atid 10. McMinn lilock.
At a meeting of the County Democratic Executive Committee
held in Brevard on May r>th, 1000, the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted;
“That tlie demoaratic voters of the county are refjnested to
meet at the i)ollin<^ places in their respective precincts on Satur-
jday, June Kith, at - o'clock' p. m. for the purposes of electing
dele<^ates to attend the county convention to be held in th(,‘ town of
Brevard on Saturday. June lOOO, at 1 o'clock p. m., and to
transact such otlier business as is provided for in the democi atic
plan of organization.
“That tlie aforesaid county convention is lioreby called to iijeet
in Ihe court house in the Town of lirevard on Saturuny, .huio i!ord,
IDOC), at 1 o'clock p. m. for tlie purjiose of nominating tiie c ludi-
dates for county offices and foi’ electing delegates to the S ate.
Congressional. .Judicial and S(M.iatf)rial Conventions and to transact
such other business as })rovided for by the democratic |)lan of
organization. \V. P. WHITMIRE, County Chairmai).
W. E. BKEESE, JR.. Secretai-y.'
D. L. ENGLISH
LAWYER
Iloonis 11 and 12 MeMinn Hlock.
lilirA'AlU), X.
Miscellai^eous.
The JEthelwold
Hi'cvard*:^ Xew Hotel—Modern Ap-
])f)intinents ()]».-n all the year
The ]>atvun:iue the traveliti;;- puMie
a?J well as suniniei* tom-ists i.-^ solieited.
Oj)i). Court House. Hrevard. X.C’.
JM-P.A-X-S Tal.ulos
Doctors lind
A good prosci'ipt ion
Eor inaiikiiid
The r>-c(,‘nt packi't N ciiouirii lor usual <k
The I'amiiy iiiO ci-nt'') coDlaiu.''>U!>i'ly
for ii year.' All (lrug:4i^ts ^c‘ll thfiii.
tages: Is it soil? If not. whence
come these industries':^ I looked
for natural advantages existing
in these counties over those
found liere in Transylvania, but
found them not. Thei’e are some
water courses but they run slow,
but you will find that wherevei’
there is a ri{)ple over rocks and
bouldei's in the Catawba th('
hand of tin' capitalist has been
and the i)Oople feel conlldent that
busy building dams and reser-! ... • * ii i .
^ ” i no better investment could iiave
voirs for the storai^e of pow»>i‘i, .
' : i)een made than tne results
and is now distributing it all ovt'r j
improving the roads of the
i county.
There is onti feature about
whicii I wish to sjieak. and that
is the; fact that the county town
of Dallas, wliich is yet small, had
Son! li-
towns, neighborhoods and adjoin- '.
in^,'• counties, and the hum of:
spindlos and llie deep bass whis- i
ties, breaking with the dawn of I
moi’iiing, sp(\-ik in thunder tones 1
of the powers that be in these j
sullen streams. And wiiilci
thinlcingof this feature I thouirht pfopo»il!on made b^ the
lot II,e n,llhi-. tuinbUajr. spa,l^til'vay ‘..,f ,
I ling v.-aterfalls up liere in Tran-
jsylvtuiiaso full of em'i’gy, draw-
iinir their very ])owei- down from
hh(‘ clouds as it wero. but I lis-
; tened in vain for the sound of
j any tiling tliat man has done 3’(.*t.
who have not been afraid t(> takeiand d(ivelopment of your county
some risks and are determined 1 rests with the people of tiiis
to make the most of their advan-{ county, and that every other
tages and U) strike wliile the iron county is doing all it can foi‘ its
\s hot. voting bonds if it was nee- own and not for our improve-
essary in order to obtain certain mcnt. They are otfering thorr
ends—all these seem to be the best, they are getting enterprises
drive wheels that are forcing on- that mean ready money to lal>oi--
ward the engine of progress. i ers and positions to the compf?-
Now a word about our own ‘ii'e thereby k'<‘eping
county and town. If we see that their own population at iiomo and
we can secure the building of. ours to tlnMii, for v.’o
anotiier railroad through our have notliing to oiler,
county or help in any way lo ^he ru’. talk your
bring it by way of Brevard, wt* town and county, It.'t the worll
should ])i’otit by the mistake of know wiiat we have to (dfer. We
Dallas, and offer the best slept long enough, drowsi-
, have. If the projected line from enwra])ping-us—sliake it
which will follow thebuildir.g and | ^should contom- off and try to do bettor.
! plate the crossing of tht.‘ Blue
Ridge to Waynosville, Knoxville
jand other W(\stei n points, we Luca.s ('ouatv. [
should S(.‘t to Vv'oi'k to si'e that I'rank .1. ( licney uiakes oatli tiuit
Transylvania reaps the benetits ho is scMiior partner of tlie firm of F.
of this road, and not allow Hen «T. Ciieney I'c Co.. doiii;^ l»usiiu“.<s in
derson countv to take it awav tl>e city ot Toledo, cnuiity and >-tate
in area about the size of Trans\'l-
vania. In CJaston county there
are twelve towns of considerable
size scrattered over the county,
and this county seeing what
good I'oads have done foi‘ their
iioighbor county, have voted
SoOO.OOO 4 per cent oO year bonds
for gadingand macadamizing tho
roads connecting all th(*se towns.
ltespe(*tfully. (r.
State of ( )hio, ( ity of Toledo, | .,
ompanyat the tinu*; I'com without .some cll'oi’t on aud Iluit said fu’iti will pa'
ils niaii, line was biiildinjr fn.iii I ,,,e
Charlotte lo Atlanta, to comf* hy |
If men of (;i])ital come inU' our
way (jf Dallas if ci'rtain induce
ments. v.’hivh wer(.‘ reasonable,
should be lu.'ld out V)y the town.
These ])ro])ositions were rej('cted
county seeking for invest im-nt
don't lelev<,'ry man hoist tlio !lag-
pole of ])rices of propeiiy out of
i looked at climatic conditions !^ I siglit and mai^e it iin pos.-.ible loj-
. 1 ... :iiultl,o townl||„. |„. ^vaiits.
as our own to enervate and em'r-;^ .....v,*. ....... "'i Put your propoj-fy at wliat is-i(*a
.. , , 1 imi)ortance, iias sprung ui) witli-
^ize the woi'King people. i,. ' . ^
, . ' in tlie last lew vears and now has
looked tor a soil more generous, . .
1 ^ ; a ])0])ulati0n of < ,000 and IS grow-
tlian our own to su])})ly the wants ;. ' ' ”
iing last. The county has three
railroads aud they have been po
tent factors in developing the re-
, . , , , sources of the county. The
more })alatable to.
Say
Where did you get/ that
up-t>o-dat.e Hat»?
A A
of
lias just r('(‘(‘iA’('d a nice ]iu(‘
Ladles* and
Gent/Iemen’s Hats,
and his ])rices can't he heat in town.
To hotter advprtiso MiP .Soutli’s L,ohi11iis;
ju:^t a fow schnlar.-ihip.s are
-ffert'it ill section at tluin cost.
' liCt.VT DKl.AV. WIilTK TODaV.
of the j)eo{)le. but the corn cribs
stood silent, the bins were not
larger, the gardens gave not
forth things ^ ^
the taste or moi'e phmtiful to s.'it-
. . , 1 tliA nr
isfy, the vine3’ards were not
more thrifty than our own iiof
the fruits more delicious.
Aftei- viewing all these things
one is driven to the conclusion
that there is something in tlie
people down in these counties
akin to growth, power, energy,
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development, that is not found
in our own people, and it is mete
that we should examine into the
nuitter and see wherein we are
lacking and apply the remedy at
once. Two balls of like size and
velocity set in motion should ])ro-
duce like effects, all else being
ecpial. So of two counties.
The city of Charlotte is becom
ing one of the trade centers and
one of the inland commercial
cities of the south. Beautifully
I laid out with wide streets, exten
sive lawns covered with gigantic
elms and oaks, make it a city of
' oaks that are very attractive. It
has 41’ cotton mills, ard
the population has increasfnl
since IrtUC from 17.000 to o-I.COO.
Tiie taxable values have increas
ed from S3,000,000 to about
000,000.
More than a dozen new school
buildings have been erected in
the county’ in the last two years
at a cost of over .sl0,000, and the
the town of Gastonia has a line
graded school building costing
sO.OOO and an attendance of over
400 pupils. Everywhere the peo
ple speak of the great advantages
of the graded schools, and say
that nothing has added more ma
terially to the growth and devel
opment of the towns and localities
than have these institutions. The
people do not seem to be afraid of
the tax question, for the wonder-
tliesum of One Hundred J)o!Iaiv for
each and every ease of ('atarrii thar,
e:mnot l)o cured hy the U'O of IlallVs
t'atarrh (’m\‘. (’iii:xi;\ .
Sworn to hofore me and suhseritjCMl
in my prestMice, this cth day of D«
eemlter, A. D. ISSC.
A. \V. (iLK.'.sO.N,
^ X<'t;iry pubh'!"*.
Hall's rat.irrh Cm-e is taken inter-
11.1 liy, and acts din'ctly on the iil(.)t'(l
and mucous sui’f.ices of the sy.'-t<-m,
S(Mid for testimonials fret>.—1'. .1.
C’iiK.m;v v'c Co., Tole<l(), (). Sold Ky
all dru^^ists, 7.>e. Take ji'all’s j-'aui-
i!y i*iils for constip.ition.
sonable and let it remain th(‘i-(‘.
and, if nec(*ssar*'. cut your price
a little for the good of the eo\n-
munitv, if by doing so you can
secure the location of some man
or set of men who will bealiolp
to our county. Men v.-iio ar** Sympathy go('s natui-;;lly to tlie
looking for a }'lac<^ to invest do X. ’S. W(jrld wliicli ha.s (.‘Xi'eeted
mt want to, and th('V v;ill not, ' I’residmit Roosevelt for anoi'ier
pay prices where the advance is I term and is dissatis^l(,*d with him
already 2^ per cent over actual | before his present term ex[)ires.
values. If you have town iirop-1 This is the day Pre.sident Cas-
erty and want to sell it, cut it np it.ro gets back to his old job be-
into lots, put it on the niarket. i
offer inducements to good people I
to buy and build, for the building
of one good house on vacant i)ro[)-
erty will enhance the value of
your other vacant lots more than
25 per cent. Let us join hands
on the question of railroads, pub
lic roads, good schools, churches,
public buildings and everything
calculated to build up the town
and county.
Do not tight enterprises .of any
kind, but do all you can to quiet
the unsatisfied element in your
community on all questions of en-
ful advancement of taxable val-1 terprise and development about
ues make the rate of taxation low. j which they do not feel fully satis-
Railroads, splendid public roads, j fied. You might as well come to j tiuranteed ’oy Z. W. Nicholsdrug-gist.
good graded schools and a people j the conclusion that the growth I and §1. Iiuul bottle tree
money.
I’'<»llo\ving TIi«‘ S'lsjy;.
When our soldiers went to Culja
ard the Phihpines, lieaitii was the
most important eon>i<leiation. Willis
T. Morgan, retired Conmiissary Ser-
l?ent U. S. A., of llurai llnute 1,
Concord, N. H., say.<: ‘‘I was i! years
in C’uba and two years in the I’hili-
piiies, and being suhjct to colds I
took Dr. King’s New l)is(,‘overy for
Consumption, which kept me in per
fect health. And nowin Xew Hamp
shire we find ii the best mediciiie in
the world lor cou^lis, colds, hroa-
chial troubles and ail lung diseases.’^