Sylvan Valley News
Our County—Its Progress and Prosperity the First Duty of a Local Paper,
J- J. MIXEK, Manairer.
BREVARD, TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N. C., FRIDAY. SKl’TEMliER 7. lOOfi.
VOL. XI-NO. 31
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Transylvania Lodge No. 143, REPUBLICAN POLITICS
^ Knights of Pythias
Keiiiilar convention ev-
erv Tuesday ni}xht in Ma-
ff, sonic 11 al r. V i s i t i n
Knij^hts are cordially in
vited to attend. T. W. WHITMIRE C. C.
Struggle For Supremacy Is Al
ready Inaugurated.
Brevard Telephone Exchange.
HOUKS:
Daily—7 a. ni. to H> p. m.
^Sunday—S to 10 a. tn.. 4 to 6 p. m.
Central C)t1ioc—McMinn lilock.
Professional Cards.
W. B. DUCKWORTH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Investigation of Land Titles a Specialty.
Koonis 1 and 2, I’ickelsimcM- Buildln«r.
ZACHARY Sc BREESE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices in McMinn Block. Brevard, N. C.
ROOSEVELT STILL ni TEE EKG
CASH GALLOWAY,
LAWYERS.
Will practice in all the court?,
liooms n and 10. McMinn Block.
D. L. ENGLISH
LAWYER
Jlooins 11 and 12 McMinn Block.
l^BKVAlin. X. ('.
Miscellaneous.
THOMAS A. ALLEN, Ji„
DENTIST.
()p])ositc < )pci a H<)u>c
KENDERSONVILLK, - - N. C.
(JoUl ( rown. Bridge Work and
Porcelain Work specialt ios.
Al! work guaranteed and ]>rices rea
sonable. I’ainle-s Kxtraction.
Yhe JEthelwold
Bi’cvard's Xew Hotel—Modern Ai>-
pointnients—<>pen all tlu' year
The iKltrona^'e of Ihe traverin;j' ]niblic
as well as summer tourists i.s sulicileii.
0[)0. Court IIoTitie. ilrevard. X.(’.
K-I-P-A-X-S Tiil.ules
Doctors liiid
A ![roo<l pre.^criptioii
Fe)i‘ jnankiiul
The5-fC’'t pnckot is .■I’or.uh !>>r occasions,
xiie family huttlc (Cii < f it-> it .-iicl'Jy
for a yoar." All m.-H thoin.
R. W. NORTON
Wootlwork Oi Every DescrlptiOR
Wagon i^epairs, Etc.
Can be Found at T. L. Snelson’s Shop.
If there is anytliinii- you want bui t
of wood call and Id me estimate its
cost—I can save you moiK'y,
Snelson's .Shop. Hr -vard. X. C.
R. W. NORTON
help is offered
TO WOB.THY YOUNG PCOPLE:
vje earnestly Truest all young persons, no matter
jiow limited their means or education, who wish to
obtain a thorough business training and good posi-
^on, to write by first mail for our great half-rate
«fTer. Success, independence and probable fortune
are guaranteed. Don’t delay. Write today.
The Ga«*Ala. Basiness College* Macon, Ga.
Qurstion of the Third Term Will
A^nin Have to IJe Oecitlcd—Pre.sl-
dent WorlilnfiT to Control Conven
tion— RcpxiliIIonn Knetioiial KiRlits
Lend Comfort to I)em<»crnt».
It is rather e.-irly to talk about th(*
nomination of a president, which will
uot take place until nearly two years
hence, for many Ihiutjs may happen
iu that time. The pood political .cen-
eral, however, keeps his eye ou the fu
ture and prepares to upset the i)I;ins
of his opponents, and a jrlance at the
lU’obahle Kepublican nominee is of
importaiu'e to Denun’rats t'verywhere.
There are at least nine reeeptive lie-
publican c.'indidatos for tJie presiden
tial iioiiiiu.'itIon—namely. Taft. Fiiir-
banks, ('annon, Koet. For.".kiT. C'uin-
inins, La Fodette, Knox and Spooner.
Shaw was a candidate, but hy this
time must see that the rcnominatioii
of C’ummins for .governor of Iowa over
the Shaw jirotest has eliudnatcd hir.i
from the contest.
The repeated official denials that
Prosidont Koosevelt v. ill be a candidate
must not !>e taken too st'riously. for.
ahhoujrh tro:id faith with oti'.er Kcpub-
lican candidat«s will recjuire that tlie
liresident keep his word. Ids not;iMe
ambition to i>erpi'tuate his p >llcios vxill
iierhaps \r.-ue him to use the ridministr.*!-
tiou forces to xhat end. It is passiljK*.
of cours(*. tl'.at events may force t’.;e
Kepublican natioiuil convention to n ):::
inate Mr. Ktiosevelt for a third term in
spit(> of his ]>rotest ;ir.d he may <-onsent
to run. as he did for vic(' president in
lOOit. ;;lthou"h he h,ad explicitly pledirtnl
nunu'rtuis i);)!iticians that "lu' wo::Id
n^>t undtM- any circumstances he a can-
!’.id;;te" for tb.e vic-t' pr('.d;l(';;c-y. <Ien-
(‘ral (Irosvenor. v.ho wr.s wr;tii:Lr U‘t-
toi’s en the spot from I'hiiaf’i'iphia in
1J>:.(> to ••! New York newsp.-'-iier, said.
••If h(‘ is no:;iinated it will vt>ry so.in
be tnitl('rslfv,;d that the :'ai;ie h;is been
one in v»iiich he hir.is(‘If has particip:;t-
ed. ('itlu'r as an (;rtr;’.nii:er <u' as con
sent in.cj to tlu* i)erLO!’K;:i;ice.'* And
(Jrosvenor ai!d<*d. •'It will he said of
him eltlu'r that lu- is a dishonest man
or else ih.-it h<> did not v.’a:;t t’u‘ p!:u-e."
Mr. Koos(‘velt acc(‘pte{l the vic(* presi-
deii*.i;'l II >!Minat;ou and h(* ir.ay accept
a third t<'rm; in fact he i;;ay n.nv l;e
wctrkiii',' t » tbat oiul. In tl'.e ev<‘:it tl'.at
Mr. Ko(?sev('It (liscov(‘rs thai a tliird
woul.l lie uni)opulnr be wiil at
k;;sr want to j)erp(*tuate his jxdicies.
I'r ’.er tli.'se circumstances the two ad-
ministrariou candida.les are T;ift and
Ro >t. and as the latt('r has a record that
will not boar the i-ilf'iise ins]»cetiou that
always accompaiiit's the candidature
for president it would ar>pe;ir that
T;ift v.'otdd then be the candidate
p;:shod to t;K* fr >nt by t!;e .‘idu/nistra-
t;on. I'lie rc-foriiu-rs. I^n Folleito and
Cummins, are either throu.u'h jc‘alotisy
or from bein,"' too stronpdy opposod to
the railroads not acc(‘ptable to Mr.
Koosevelt. judi,dncr from the fact that
ho has allowed the federal otiicials to
oppofe them.
T!'.(? otlier lh*pul»lican cauditlates—
Fairbanks. Cannon. Fo/aki'r. Knox and
Spooner—ar(‘ not in sympathy with, the
I):'esiu<>'.it's i>o!ici(‘s, and t]i;“;r e!i:',iiccs
for the noininatiou are handicap’ped by
their w(dl known corporation sympa
thies or either i>ast or present leien-
lion as trust attoriK'vs.
t
The r.Pimblican nctmination for presi-
I dent. the:*(-fore, depends upon v.'hich
of the two f/roups—the ins or the outs
I —c-an control the convention, and a
desperate stm.'-'frle for suprc::;acy is al-
i reafiy inau.ucurated. The administra-
j lion, with its patrona.ce raid horde of
' ollicials in every state, has a viist lev-
j Cia,:xe to raise the necessary m;i.jority.
j and that the lever will be openly or
■ secretbv worked by the president is the
; general b(dief of liepublican politicians.
I The I >en'.ocrats can watch tiie Kcv
j publi<-an factional ficrht Avitli interest,
j knov.dnr' that, however it terminates,
there will be soro spots that wiil work
to their advantacre.
Tired of ShaTV.
The discussion in the Iowa Kepub
lican newsi)ai>ers of why Secretary
Shaw was hissed at the late RepV.V*-
lican convention can hardlj' lead to
any conclusion other than the fact
that a majority of the delejrates to the
convention are sick and tired of his
machine politics and his absurd plati
tudes about the sacred tariff.
SHIP SUBSrDY SCHEME.
Fallacy of the Arp:iiineiit.H Set Forth
In Its Favor.
In a public document entitled “hear-
inj^s IQ ore the committee on merchant
marine and fisheries of the house of
representatives on senate bill Xo. n20—
the siiippinpr bill of the merchant
marine couunission—April 4 to April
10, lOOG,” there is a re])ort favorint;
that bill by Admiral I>ewey, i»resident
of the jreneral board, navy department,
dated Washin;rton. Xov. ‘Jo.
which shows the attitude 01* that i!e-
partment toward the ship sub.-idy
scheme. The report s;’.ys;
“In case of operations of a lartre
nature over seas, the needs of the
army would be jrreat, and the exist
ence of a larfre llet't of American
owned vessels available at once for
conversion into transports or supply
ships would be of ;rrc.‘it iuiportancc
in expeilitint; the departure of troops
and iu supplyin.^ them after depar
ture.*’ And Ji;.’:ain the report says:
“Another I)enetit which Avould ac
crue to the ii:ivy from a larue lleet of
American owned merchant vessel.?
would lie in the larce number of ex-
Iterienced seairoin" men, eni;ineers and
iiremen accustomed to marine en.crines
and boilers, who would form a valu
able reserve from which to draw the
men for niannin;; the Jiuxiliaries.’’
Mr. Sclnvuh could hardly have unide
a better plea for the use of the prod
ucts of the steel trust, or Mr. I'.aer
for the coal trust, or Mr. I>u Pont, for
the powder trust.
Tln‘ secretary of war. Mr. Taft, al.so
suhniiited a report to the coniniiti«*e.
which will be found iu the sair.e
volume, lie pleailed for a merch;tnt
marine, “whicli will jiermit the Unite 1
States to i>ut forth its entire military
strenirth at any dist;;nce and in any
direction."
This is exactly in line with the idea
of the navy department and was t:::-
donbtedly inspired by the presitle'-i;,
Avho, in his messa.ce to con.u'rc'ss. I ;ec.
."t, 1 !•(!.■». saifl:
“To th(‘ sjtread of our tr;ide in p'^ace
and th.e (h‘fens(‘ of our lla^' in v.-;'r a
ijr;'at and j)rosperf)Us i::crc;i:::.t ir.avi:; '
is indis]>ensah!e. We should have si:ips
of our own .and seamen oe.r ov.-.i to
convey our froods to ni'Utral inarlie'.s
and in ease of need to re-t'nfcn’Ct' <
battle line. It can.not hut be a L’-r(‘.it
source of re;rret and r.ne.asiness to r.s
that the lines of communication v:it!;
ou.r sister ri'publics of Sotith Ameri -a
sh'ould be chietly under foreiuu con
trol."
Otn* “battle line" and “oin* sister I'e
I)Ub]i<\s of South Americ;’.." Santo I>o-
miniro and Venezuela e;-;ieel;dly. .-irc'
alwMv.s ia the minds of all the iiu-;'.;-
bers of tlu‘ i>resent administration.
Forei.L'n comiuest leans on ship su’'-
sidies Jind on graftin'' contracts vrlvh
the proilucers of steel, coal, pcvv^ior
an;I bec'f. It is only a means of rec.;n-
cilincr the people wb.o pay these sn')-
sidies and (‘xtortionate jirices to the
,e:raftin,u: proi-ess upon the fal.'O notion
that it is r'lorious to suhvlue and t>::pl >it
weak n.*;{io:JS.
Experienc'e shows that, excei>t for
use as transports, merchant vessels ;ire
worthless in war, for the mucli faster
torpeilo boats have snp('rseded the fast
est merchant vessels as scouts.
Yriiy pay a suijsidy to the Morrzan
ship trust, which v.'ould be wortlih^ss to
us iu war Jind is useless to us in
peace?
Weiither Forecast.
r.
FLORIDA’S FINE HIGHWAYS.
Great Work of Convicts on Good
lloadM Proposition.
The use of convict labor in the con
struction of public works is a phase of
economics which has been tried in the
southern states with a fjreater or less
meed of success, says the Mott>r News.
Florida is tl.'r; iat(‘st state to fall ia
line and put her convicts to work, and
road building is the task which has
been chosen for the wrouf'doers. This
work has now been .uoiu" on for some
time, and at tlie rc'sults acconii)Iished
the Floridians exjtress ;.rr»cat satisfac
tion. 'J'he work, they say, is not only
benelicial in j^iviui; the i»risoners an
opportunity to do somethin.!;, but the
exercise and outdoor life tend to the
improvement of tludr health.
linder the system adopted in the
Peninsular State the jirisfui l:>h<trers
emer scarcely at ail in competition
with their free brothers. The roads
would uot be huilt if the cost was
hi.irh, and aa the state obtains tiu; labor
for the bare cost of keepiutj: the laitor-
ers the exjiense of lay ini; out and
buildini: a ma?xnific(‘nt system of hi"li-
ways is <a*mpa!-at I vcly sii.L,ht.
Aloni: tiie east coast of l’l(»rida there
are ine.xhaustildc? (piarries of cochina
rock, V\hile in the district lyin.sx sonlli
of D.iytona to New Sniyrna .irre.it
(luantities of oyster shells ai-(> to be
found. P.oth furnislj excellent mr.-
terials for road buildinp:. Thus Florid i
has clos(‘ ,‘it ha.nd an abundant and
clii'ap supply of road material.
'i'h(‘ c'tcliina I'ocI; is soft and i*:isi!y
(lU.'iiTi.'d. It re(pnres hut simph* i:!.-;-
ehim-ry to crr.sli it. some of it l»;‘in“-
ru'n'Iy frr:inula)(Ml beneath iVill.M-s aft
er it is i*hiced on i!ie surfac(‘ of th;‘
road. The heautifid haths at I’a'.m
Officers of Election.
V \
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CONVICTS AS w<)i{Kri:s.
Heacli a:i‘ made of cocliiua rock, and it
has been used in liie onsiruction of
the e.xcidhsit ro;;d which has iv'ceni'y
bet*n conij»h*ted between Palm P>e:i-ii
a.nd Miami.
Iloads on which this material has
been us'mI re(iuii‘e b»it little repairii:'.'.
iho ('.\]K‘rience laivini;- been tliat !lH*y
improve with a.uc*. t)u' stou'* b-'in:;
.irround down until it is like the llnesi
macadam.
On the soutliern a.utomol.iih' circuit
the motorists rci'eiitly t‘nc“U!itt*rc.’
many crev.'s and uaiii^:; oi i-tnvict-; ;;t
Work alvKiu' t!;e Palm lUs'.eii-?.i
road. 'J’liey a. Iso passed a co:;vici
cami» wher(? the jirisoners we’-e en-
.tra^red in minin;; the cochina v-k\: at
the roadside*.
The convicts are worked in ;'.an;.:'^ ( f
hall a do::,e'.i or so. They an* un ler
tiuard of a keeper, v.dio c:irrles a 1 ):ui-
i-d rille, wdiile «lo;rs are kept at lian i
to track Jiny prisoner v.dio mi;,dit feel
im])elled to take Frencli leavi*. Tiii'.
however, rarely hai)peus. I'Jorid.a is
not a land iu Avhich one would bi‘
tempted to run away.
3Iud«l >loiLiituiii tlond.
J. C. (.'oluate, a Xew York iiankcr.
has just completed a road at his coun
try resid«nce in iJenniuLrton. A't.. that
is a nu)del iu its way. j'he i-oad is up
the side of Mount Anthony, aiul.
thoUL;h the distance in a <lirei-t line
from the stih’tinjr point to the summit
is only half a mile, the Ieu”'th of the
road is four miles and a half. Tlie
averaire ;;rade is only 4 pt‘r cent.
The buildinij: has employed from tifty
to sixty men for fourle(‘u months and
has cost An iron observatory
10(1 feet hi,:i:h v^'ill (rown the s;ni;m;t
and afford an extended view of the
surrounding; country.
Squalls.
St. Louis breweries sold $12,J)r»4,107
worth of beer In the year eudiu.!? J
June 1. That was a decrease of $179,- '
441 compared wi-th the sales in the j
preceding year. 1
To Si)e:vlicr Cannon.
The ki!)or leaders are determined to
attack Speaker Cannon iu his own dis
trict, and they will have the hearty
oo-operution of the Democrats of Illi-
uois. It is about time that the Repub
lican coijjressioual stand pat machine
was broken up. Grosvenor has been
retired aud Da'lzell’s days are number
ed if the people of Pittsburg vote as
they talk.
Noticc is here])y ^iven that the
(’otintv Board of Elections for
Transylvania county. eon.sistin.L^ of
W. L. Aik(‘n, T. T. Patton and D.
L. Eni^lish, met at Brevard, N. (\,
and after duly oru^anizin.i? a])])oint-
Ovl the followin;; re,i;istrars and
jndtres for tlie<‘lection to ])(' lield in
November, 190(>:
Br(‘vard Townsliij)—T. M. Mitrdi-
(dl, r(>‘4^^trar ; J. M. Kil])atriek, W’,
II. Gro”:an, jnd.LTC's.
Boyd—E. B. Clayton, ri'^istrar ;
T. R. Dnnean, A. .T. Bi'ck, jiidi^f's.
Catheys (Jn^elc—J. C. Wl!itTtiir(“.
jr., re”:istrar; .los. A. Bry.>-;on, R.
L. L. Ho<;s('d, jtid:r('s.
(V'dur Mountain—L. H. xMlison,
rc'iuastrar : David H. Fovrler, .f. M.
Bislio]), jnd^c'S.
Dtinn's Roc*k—William Maxwcdl,
V(\i;istrar; K. E. Batson, Waltc'r
rioLTSed, judirc'S.
Eastatcx'—E. M. Vrhitmin\ rei^is-
trar ; Vr. E. (lalloway, L. M. (,?]aze-
n('r, jtido-(*s.
East Fork—Miliis (4arren, r<'<ris-
trar; .T. F. flayc's, .Tolin (iis.rnMi.
jtidirc's.
(Vioncestc'r—W. P. (4allo\vay, rc'ir-
i.-trar; J. II. Rirasi', W. E. Hall,
jtidixes.
lioirnack—(Talloway, re<;is-
Irnr; I. S. Fisliev, Alfred Collins,
judires.
Litth' Riv('r—c]i;n*h's Kilpatrick.
'•eL'istrar: P. S. Sliuford, JI. P.
‘sicdiolson. jndiTv's.
This Aiiirnst ‘Jib]!. HlOti.
W. L. AiiCKX, Chairrntni.
D. L. Extii.ssH. S(MT(‘tary.
It arouses energy, develops and
sti niihites nt'rvoiis lit'e, arouses the
c*oiirai:e (d’ youth. It makes yoti
younijj a^jfain. '{'hat's whit liollis-
ter’s !^)(•ky Mountain Tea will (h).
.•)0 cents, Te.i or tiiblers. Z. AV. Nich
ols und Brevard D' U^ (’o.
Wnat is to becotno of the s})el-
litii^ bee. that ([uaint source of so
inucii delii.:iit ‘-ind renown in iho
liltle red schoolhinises. if thu
!»residetiti:il liat imposes the re
formed s}iellinir on 1 ho couiiti’yir
(iood for the coujj^h, removes the
cohl, t!ie (rause of the eoiiuh. Tiiafs
the woik of Jvennedy's Lax.itive
rlniicy :iiid Tar—the oii^'in.-il iit.va-
tivecouj^h syrup. (\)ntains no opi
ates. Sold l>y ih-evard ch uy: Co.
Looi\S as if Coloiii'l Koosevell
miuiit iiave to jump in tind froB
Cuba auraln.
Siandard Oil is now said to be
lookiii”’ to oiiiaitiin^^ ])t)ssess!oti
of all distilh*ries. tliiis conlroliin^
the output of the oil of joy, as it
wei’O.
The readers of lids paper will be
pleased t<.) learn that there is at le.tst
one dreaded disease tb.at science has
been able to cm'e in all its stau^es,
and that is (,’atarih. Hall s Citiirrii
Cure is the only positive cure now’
known to tlie nu>clical fraternity.
Catarrh beino- a constituMonal (ii^-
ease, requires a constitutional treat-
nient. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, actiufx diiectly u[)on the
■blood and mucous sintaces ot* the
system, thereby destroyin^^ the foun
dation of the disease, and tiivin<; the
patient strenj^th by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in
doino- its work. The proprietors
have KO much laith in its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to
cure. Send f«>r list of testimonials.
Address F. J. Ciii:xi:v & Co., Tole
do, Ohio. Sold by all druo'^ists. Toe.
Take IbtlPs Family Pills for consti
pation.