Our Countij—Its Progress and Prosperity the First Duty of a Local Paper,
•T- J. MlNKli. M;inu'-vr
BREVARD, TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N. C., FRIDAY. JULY 13.1906.
VOL. XI—NO.
ransylvania Lodge No. 143,
Knights of Pythias
UeiTulai’ convention ev
ery Tuesday ni}ilit in Ma
sonic Half. Visitin':
Knii:hts are cordially in-
NYE AT THE I'llONE,
vited to attend.
T. W. WHITMIRE C. C.
HE EXPRESSES AN OPINION BORNE
OUT BY STUBBORN FACTS.
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Professional Cards.
W. B. DUCKWOR.TH,
ATTORNEY-AT LAW.
Investigation of Land Titles a Specialty.
Rooms 1 and 2, I’ickclsiiner liuildin<:.
ZACHARY &. BR.EESE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
OHices in McMinn Block, Brevard, N. C.
WELCH GALLOWAY,
ATTORNEY-AT LAW.
Practices in all tlu* courts
Kooius and U>. McMinn lilock.
can>ar, for on(\ that in tryinsj: to
evorytltin^ tliat Avas told
ni(^ I liav(* two or tlin'c tiiiu's “over-
h(‘t'’ myself.
Pi‘ilia])s it mii^lit intere.st 1h(‘
i true* .s])ortsnian if I were to tell yoti
TT T^- I,- T7- rr + i Ilow I kill(Hl luv Ih’st trout ]u‘ro. I
He Goes Fishmtr For Trout In the fruit
ful Streams of North Carolina—H© Re-j^'*^''* IfCautitnl 10(1, llic ll \\tlS tl
totes the Story of How He Killed His | l?ift Iroin a i>:ri^at inanitfaetlirer of
First Fish, i tlu'st' artistic implements. My line
D. L. ENGLISH
LAWYER
llooins 11 and 12 McMinn lilock.
intKVAllI). X.
Miscellai^eous.
The JEthelwold
I5revard's Xew Hotel — M(tdcrn A])-
|)ointnients—0])en all the year
The ])at!-ona^’-e of the travolin>r ])ul)1i<‘
as well as suaiinei* toui'ists is solicited.
Opp. Court Hotise. Hi-evard. X.(’.
IM-P-A-X-S Tuluilos
Doctors liiul
A ^'ood |u‘es(*ri})t ion
Foi* iiuinkind
The packet is I'liou^'h lor iivual uccn'.^’OTis.
Ttie laiiiiiy W'ttlt* (tiO cent^) I'oiitaius ii
Jora year.' All dni«Kist> sell tliein.
OldPPt in th<« State. Bnsl-
ueHK, Shorthand. Type wri
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Knjrlish courM?s. isoo
jTriaiiiites in jiKSitii'ns.
Hulf or more of your rail
road fare iiaid. IMeiity of
jrood liiiard at ftJ.SOtoSH.M
jK-r week. No vacations!.
Knter any time. .S).ecial
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}<A1M>H1KK. N. C'., ]\IlDl<rM.MKl{. 1MI5,
T1k‘ star of eini)ir(‘ is movinir in
this din'ction at ])res<*nt, and the
nntrod(l('n \yild(‘rness eehot's the
tele]>hont' “H(‘llo !" and as tlu'.s(*
I'choes run to^'t'tlu'r they (‘X]>r(‘ss
my opinion «*f the average' tt‘l('-
phoTU'. Short distanec' t(‘lephon(‘S
work he1tt*r for me than city tel(‘-
i l»hones, how(‘ver. 1 .^enc'rally .uret
I tlu‘ central ofTici* all riirht, and
j ‘‘ct'ntral" plaet's me in connection
jlh(‘ hoih'r works, I say: “Xo ; do
i nt)t i;ivt‘ nil' the hoiler Avoi'ks. I
want you to ^iv(' m(* tlu‘ Astor
Hons('.’* And while I am readin.ir
th(‘ rules and thinirs they claim
that I was ])resent(‘d \yith tlu‘ Astor
Hous(‘, and tlien it was returm-d
unclaimed to tin* owner.
I n('V(*r !j:(»t a iiK'ssairi* of niy own
over a t<'l«*|)hone to its destination,
and the only m('ssa,<ri‘ I t'Vt'r Lcot
strai.t'ht from any on(‘ elst‘ was a
r(*(|U(‘st to ])ull my fr(»nt t(‘('th out
of tlu‘ instrunu'nt and irive it hack
to tlu‘ com])any. Yes: a s’^'i'et
voic(‘d i.rirl (*ld enough to have' h(‘en
my father .said that tome in a larirc'
city ov(‘r tlu* wires onc(‘ in tht‘ i>ur-
l»le ])ast.
I am fishinir lu“re for trout and
restorintr tir(*d naturi' hy wadinu;
in tlu' ici‘ cv)ld str(‘ams hy day and
makinir arran,LT('ments hy ni.irlit for
kind neiirhhors h<“r(‘ to nu‘et nu*
aloni; tlu* str(‘ams with trout on
th(' followini; dav.
Sinci* I came Ihmh* all tht* youth
and middh' aired hav(‘ had mad»‘ for
(“ach a canvas hair to ])ut trout in.
FornuM'ly a little willow strinjJT(‘r
was run throuiih tlu* !;ills. But
Mrs. Jacobs, our landlady. notict*d
that some* of our trout had ht*en
strany:. and as I cai‘ri(*d a crt'el—I
think it is—she ocension(‘d sonu*
:tdv(*rs(* criticism hy callin<r atti'u
tion to this.
Tlu* ‘■strin”'er" is now ahnost
discarded in the r(*;;ion of tlu* Sa])-
]>hir(*.
My ])hysician advis(*d !iu* to conu*
here, and fearini; that I miLdit
ov(*rtax my.self lu* caTnt* alonic, a7td
when h(* thinks I have* doiu* enough
lu* takes mt* away to a s])riT\<r hy
tlu* mountain hroek, where* the
wild thynu* hlows or tlu* mint or
sonu*thinLT that has nu'dical ])ro])-
(*rti(“S in it. and out <*f a lari^e car
boy of liuid (*xtract of som<' kind
Tnark(*d “Poison" iind *“For Me<lical
Pur])s Only" In* mak»*s a sort of in
fusion or tiH*aturat(* that shows
what ra])id strides th(> })raetice of
iiK'dicint* is making;.
Trout h(*r(* an* V(*ry pli'ntifnl in-
d(*(*d. Ev(*n tlu' ht*ar, tlu* wolf. tlu‘
])anther and tlu* .'••er]u*nt .scoot
around th(* unlands y(*t. and I M'as
told that salt ]>lac<*d in a retired
sj)ot would hrin^ tlu^ hear in gr(*at
<iuantitii*s, as tlii'y wore very fond
of salt.
Mayh'* this is not true. A n(*i<rh-
hor wluj had heen sellinur me v\iiat
ejr<rs I usc*d on th(^ farm for two
I yc*ars told me that my hens ni'oded
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is a perf(*ct dream, and I borrowed
a sw('t*t litth* nick(“l n^el of a younii:
lady lu'n* whose kiiuliK'ss I shall
m*v(*r forget while n*ason contin
ues to usur]) her throm*.
I have* a volunu* of Hies, some* of
tlu*m with yellow ho.soms and hlut*
f(*et, while oth(*rs have* a mor«* hec
tic com])li*xi(^n, with mt>th patclu.*s
on theni. SomtJ ai'e (•allt*d eoach-
m(*n. I ust*d at lirst a f!y that I
made myself according to a reciix*
‘of Mr. Sc*th Green's. If I could
I havt' thouijrht of it in tinu* and
handed in my design im*vious to
the cr<*ation, some of my fri(*nds
think it would have he(*n ado])ted.
It is a cross lK*tW(*(*n tlu* snake
te(*d('r, or dragon fly. and tlu* in
fant hu'//nrd. But it frightens a
dumh aninuii .so to to l<x)k at it,
and it makes such a i>lunk in cast
ing it, and I took (m<* that I bought
at our stoi-(* at lujnu*. Attaching
this to .<ix feet of strangidat(*d
“l(*ader,’’ and that again to tlu*
line. I l()ok(*d carefidly to my i(*(*l
and rod. ])ut on a ]>air of wading
Inuits, and tlu* tirst day got mired.
That (‘Veiling wc* nlay<*d six hand
<‘Uchr(‘.
On the following day I cast my
fly a few times, but got no n'sults
until I ]Uitona tall acrobatic worm.
Long befort* (*vening I got a rist*.
Trout lu*rc I'ist* r(*adily to tlu* worm
I was so sur])ris(*d at the attack of
tlu* trout that I almost forgot to
])lay him. but coolness soon conu*s
to tlu' tru(* sportsman.
Noticing that the stre<im did not
irivi* niucli room for ])laying the
sp(*ckled beauty, as he is calh'd, I
threw him into tlu* to]) of a d(*ad
tree*. r(*solved to dash out his
brains, or, failing in that, to sell
7uy lif(* as d(*arly as ])ossibh*. It
did not kill him at onci*, but whih*
d(*bating wh(*tlu*r I should climb
tlu* trc(* with my hunting knife*and
dispatch him or not a lucky thought
came to me. for fortunat(*ly at such
a time I am almost sure* to havt> my
! wits about nu*. and it 0c‘cum*d to
! nu* tliat I would ri'inain at tlu*. foot
I t)f tlu* tr('(* until he di(*d frtnn ex-
j ])osun*.
I I'cali/e that in giving the above
d(*scri])tion tlu*re is litth* of int«*r(*st
to tlu* coarse* youth who simjily
fee*ds a trout what lu> likes be*st to
e*at and tht*n je*rks him out and se*lls
him to tlu* true* s])ortsman, but by
any e,>ne who has for ye'ars talke*d
and tlumght of nothing but an
gling and ni('antime* lived on salt
niackt*rel and canned salmon I know
that i*ve*ry line will be rt*ad with
inte're'st.
This is a most lH*aiitifid country,
and se) full of game and lish, having
lu*en ])ri*served for over live years,
that it will soon bt^ full of iie*oph*.
Many ])rt*cious stones are found
lu*r(‘ and rich minerals of (*very de*-
scription. A large basin lx'twe.*i*n
the mountains will ho Hooded and
an artificial lake thus made. A
railroad is almost complett'd to
Br<*vard, a morning's ride from
I iSajiphire, and very soon this wild
land delightful solitude will also
j lulve the clioo clioo cars scaring the
within (*asy distanct*. One can
hardly say (*nough or be fairh’ in
telligible in trying to givei tlu^se*
mountains their flue, and to be* ex
travagant v.'ould be* ini])ossibl(*.
The rieh'; e*vi*n by cai’riage, or
voiture*, is not at all dillictdt, and
the (juarte*rs lu*r(* are alre'aely very
comfortable'. The all pe*rvading
bloomer and le*atlu‘r h*gging are
alr<*ady lun’e', and the* nu*rry, nu)ck-
ing laugh awakes tlu* slumbe*ring
(*choes whe*re* tinier and solitueh* for
e*enturie*s have* liad it all the*ir own
wav.
I che*(*rfully s])e*ak e)f this beau
tiful rc'gion in nnstinte*d te*rms e>f
])rai.so he*cause* it is neit fe>r sal«*. It
has nc^t yet e*ven a fancy liote*!
throwing out indue-e*ments to the*
lu*e*tic but we*althy wanelerer wlu>
has spe*nt all his he*alth ge'tting
we'althy and whe» is now s])onding
all his we*alth getting lu*althv.
Who Wiil Be Postmaster.?
There have been per.sistent ru
mors for several iiiortths ])a.sl that
E. A. Aiken was a candidate lor the
postinastership of Greenville, S.
C.. and it was also rumored liiat
he was “dead sure” of tlie apoint-
inent. Tlie followini,^ fie>in the
(ireeii vilJe* News seems to set that
rumor at rest, but at tiie same
time seems to inje?ct a new ele-
me»it into tlie postolhce question
in Bre*vai’(l. “(lus'’ has been a
very en(*rg-etic and efticient reve
nue ofiicer. and is uiidoubtly en
titled to pi-omotion, yet the g'ov-
jerniiKint seldom rt*moves a man
j from e>ne (iepartment in order to
jgive him a better job in some
■other. However there is no tell-
Tlu^ ruby is ferand lu^re ; also golel ! radical pie counter
and silve*r. The e‘e*le*bi*ated eeu’un-j hrin;^ forth- Tlii.s i.s Vv hat
dum disct)v(*ries are* all about lu*re. } News says:
The* beryl and the* ame*tliyst are*. i ('a]>t .In’m (4. ('u])e'rs was aske'd
too, own(*d in ])e*rc(*ptible quanti-a Xe*ws re*])e)rter if he had lu*ard
tie'S.
The razen'back he)g may be* se*e“U
roaming through the v.’oexls lu*re
and tlu-re*. stre)])i)ing himse*lf «>n a
shag bark hickeiry anel ])utting a
featlu*r (‘dge* e>n his back.se> thjit lie*
can cut his way through life.
The* ]u*o])le*ai*e* ])l(*asant an<’; oblig
ing. Th(*y talk fre*e*ly to erne* and
give* all tlu* infe)rmatie)n in tlicir
pe)we‘r. Alemg the* road one* ste.])s | ^'Titire'iv aiffe*re nt elire'ction. that
I a rmne)r to the* e'lfect th:it a cjiango
jin the* po-tmasters]ii]) of tlu* city
I was ce)nte*:i>j)late*d in favor of liaid
!i:ig De*])uty E. A. Aike*n. (':i]>tain
i( 'a])e“rs said lu* hael lu*ard tlu* rumor
|e)uly since* liis re-turn te> the city,
but that the re* was -‘abseilure-ly no
toundatieir. for such a ])e*rfe'ctly ab
surd sugtrcstion." “In fae-t," ]u*
saiel, “Aiken's ambition must b-c in
te) ge*t a elrink oi wate*r at one* <jf
the* countl(*.ss springs an<l ask tlie
distane*t\ Every one is kind and
ge'ts the* ce»e)le*st wate*r pe)ssible, te-lls
you the* distane*e* to the* ]»lae'e- you
want te> n*ach and alwaysthre»ws in
some* original t'stiniate*s He* liate^s
to ge*t me)note)iU)Us, and so he' give*s
ye^u som(*thing ne*w anel startling
e*ve*ry time* re-gareling distances.
He* is like* the man whe) corre's]»ond-
e*d with Pre.side'iit Je*ffe'rson feir a
time*, but broke* ofl’ the* e‘()rrt*sp<in
dence* be'cau.st* Je*ffi*r.son was su<-h a
d tl monotemous .sne*lle*r.
is. it he* rt a.ily wants te) be* a ])ost-
master, and his frii'nds must me*an
Brevarel, North (’arolina instead C)f
Ctrei*TiviII.‘. South <’ar<j]iiia. Pe>st
maste*r Ys.nuL', e>f B)-e*vard. N.
died a fe*w v.'ve*ks airo, anel iiis ]>'^aee
h!!s not be*' 1! lllle*el as yet anel Aiken
probably iv e-ligible* for tJu* ]>ost-
niaste.*i‘shi]s e)ve*r th(*re*. for 1'.'* was
born anel r<‘are*el within ti ste>ners
tiire>w’ of Bre-,ard. X. ('. It has
i b(>(*n his home' and rt'side-ncc during
jail e)f his stre*nue)ris life, unless,
indeed, lu* lias ve*ry re*e*e*ntly moved
iris family ove*r on tliis siele* e>f tlu*
line*. It is pe)ssible*,’’ lu' ce)ntiT)ue'id,
"tliat I might e'nde>]*se' Aike'n for
]H)Stniastev acre)ss me)untains, over
in North C.arolina. wlu*re' lu* e-anu*
from, hut "!■::.* gree*n grass in rhe*pei-
litical ])astur<* in Seinth <.'are)liTia is
i>rt and e>ur honu* raised
!k)Vs are* e ^.title'el to whate*ver gra/.-
t]u*re* is in it."
Tiio e{Uv-s:lop. :iris».*s—w'ilh (K;s
:n the' race whe) will be postmast
er ill Brevard.
Bre*vard anel tlu> ui)])e*r Fn*nch
Bre)ad valle*y are tlu* coming licLis
fe>r the* farnie'r. The railroael will
re'ach Bre'vard in Se'ptembe*r, and
the vast lie*lds e>f corn anel graiii
are* waiting for it, holding tlu-iv
breath, as it w(*re*. Fe)rnu‘j-iy alljiliinand
tlu'.se cre>ps have* be‘e*n tote'd <»ve '-
indilfer(*iit roads to AsheviVic. :;(!
mile*s away.
A goe.)d way te) visit this e-or.ntry
is to start fi’e)m As]u*ville* by eiili-
gence* anel reae*h mv he)use‘ for dir;-! —
m*r at 12 o'e-leM-k', whe*re a goud I ('atarrli C aiuiot he* < nre*d
meal is served at s«) per p.late : , arpHcatas they c.-tn-
horses fe*el on home' u:re,)wn h;jvat|'’ ‘' ' ■ * s^'at oi tlu> disease.
SI pe*r])late. Tlu n Brevard can b,-I eonstit utie)ual
niade^ by i*v(*ning. wlu*re‘ a good j*'* cuie it you
hot(*l, .surroundt*d bj* night bloom- | take' .a.eiiial reuiedie*s. Hall’s
ing de)gs. may be' founel. Br(*vard ' * t^ai i ii ( ii: e' ir? tak(*n inte'itiall.N atitl
has a livt'ly ])aiier calle'd Tlu* Hust
ler and offe*rs a first class ])oint for j
sonu' one te> start a gooel re*ligious jquack medicine. It w:*.s pici.sciibed
wee*kly alse). Corn whisky 7i.ay be ' one ot tlie be>t pli\.siciaijs in this
obtaine*d bv going out of tetwn to- ^'>’i”try lo; \ eai> anel i-, a legulai pre-
j aois elirectly on the hleuid and mucous
H.sll’s ('atarrli (’ure is not.
ward Sa])])hire a few rexis and turn-
.scrii>tion. It is ce)ui))e)sed e)f the
Fierce old bear
From his lair
Evervwhere!
corn soake*d in brine, and that I
would finel this a good thing, as it
wotdd have a tendency to keej)
tlieni out of the garden. It did i
kee]) them out t)f the> garden, but!
not out e:)f a future state. J Four beautiful waterfalls, each
We farmers believe too readily 1 over 100 feet high, are within a
what is told us. We are. not con- j coinfortabable walk from the Sap-
s(*rvative enough, e.specially when ; phire Board of Trade building, and
\ve go to town. Politically, too, I j one that is over 200 feet high is
ing to the le*ft. Whistle tlnve I
times, and a inan with a dissqu’.tcel iblood pu:-itie*rs. acting (liiectly
Vv’ill come and show you thv* jlhepe*i(ect
I combinatie)n of the two ingredients
I is what produe-es such wondertui re-
; suits in curing Catanh. Send for
testimonals fr.*e.
F. J. i*in:.vi:Y A Co., Proi)s.
Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggist, price T^e. Take
Hall's Faniilv Pills for constipation.
a ir
way.
C'orn whisky is the curst* of tliis
cotmtry.
On the lu*llward road w(‘ find :
First—The* juice* of th(^ corn.
Se'cond—The raz/or.
Third—A thickse*t grave in tlu*
valley or a tomb be*neath the' shaei-
ows of the gallows and a. rt*dhot
future by the tire*side eif the gifte*d
but unprincipk*d advt'r.sarv of
soids. Bill Nye.
Chiiinbcrlan’s C'lioloraand
l>iarrh<»ea IJenuMly.
This is a perfectly reliable med-
It has caused more laughs and dried i cine for bowel coinplaitifs, and one
more tears, wiped away diseases and that has never been known to fail
driven away more fears than any even in the most severe and danger-
other medicine in the world. Hollis- ous cases.
ter’s Kocky Mountain Tea.—35 cents, For sale by Z. W. Nichols Bi'evarcl
tea or tablets. Z. W. Nichols. and O. L. Erwin Calvert.