Our Countij-^Its Progress and Prosperity the First Duty of a Local Paper.
J. J. Mils EE, Manager.
BEEVAKD, TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N. C., FRIDAY. JANUARY 18.1907
VOL. III-NO. 3
Transylvania Lodge No. 143,
Knights of Piitliias
Resrular convention ev
ery Tuesday niglit in Ma
sonic Hall. Visiting
Knifjhts are cordially in
vited to attend. T. W. WHITMIRE C. C.
Brevard Telephone Exchange.
HOURS:
Daily—7 a. m. to 10 p. m.
Sunday—8 to 10 a. m., 4 to 6 p. m.
Central Office—McMinn Block.
Profe3sio5\£ii CcrcSs.
W. B. DUCKWORTH,
ATTO RN EY-AT-LA W.
Investigation of Land Titles a Specialty.
Uooms 1 and 2, Pickelsimer Building.
ZACHARY & BREESE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices in HUcfi/linn Blcck. Brevard, N. 0.
GASH <a GALLOWAY.
LAWYERS.
Will practice in ajlthe courts.
Rooms 9 and 10, McMinn Block.
D. L. ENGLISH
LAWYER
Rooms 11 and 12 ^IcMinn Block,
BREVARD, N. C.
«l MB.E.B.S'IJ JHJ
DENTIST.
(Bailey Block.)
HENDERSONVILLE,
N. C.
For the month of November
L>ecembei* only I will make a first
cla>s set of teeth (best rubber)
guaranteed to fit or no pay. All
Dental work reduced in proportion
for that time only.
Teeth Extracted Without Pain.
*The JEihelwold
Brevard’s Nevr Hotel—Modern Ap
pointments—Open all the year
The patronage of the traveling public
as well a,s summer tourists io solicited.
Opp. Court House, Brevard, N.C.
R-I-P-A-N-S Tabules
Doctors find
A good prescription
For mankind
The 5-cent packet is enough tor usual occasions.
The family bottle (60 cents) contains a supply
for a year. All druggists sell them.
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NEWS NOTES FRGMI THE MOUNTAiN
METROPOLIS 0? INTEREST TO
NEWS READERS.
Cfjamberiain’s Cous!i Remejijf
Cures Colds, Crcup and Whooping Cough.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
J. Luke Lancaster, a well
known bar tender of this cjty,
who for several days past has
been in a very precarious condi
tion, due to an overdose of some
kind of opiate w^hich the attend
ing pbysicians have as yet been
unable to determine, is now re
ported to be on the road to re-
cover}^ P''or two days and nights
Mr. Lancaster’s life was de
spaired of, and through heroic
and unceasing efforts on the part
of tw^o friends and two doctors
was the man’s life saved. Up to
the present writing the sick man
has made no statement as to the
poisoning, and whether it was
administered w^ith suicidal intent
by his own hands or whether
some one tried to murder him,
still remains a mystery.
The new telephone system is
nov7 in full operation in this city,
and it is a great im})rovement
over the old one. All of the old
phones have been put out of
commission and carted away to
the junk pile. The Bell company
has sold all of the old apparatuses
to a junk dealer in Atlanta and a
car load shipment was made one
day last week.
The Asheville police force is
again on the w^ar path against
houses of ill repute, and an al
leged disorderly house was raid
ed last w’eek. All of the inmates
were carted off to the city lockup.
The woman who ran, the house
was assessed §50 and cost, and
all of the others received tines
ranging from §10 to $25 each.
Several men who were captured
at the time of the raid w’ere also
made to face the music in front
of Police Judge Jones, and in ad
dition to a lecture, w^ere heaviiy
fined for their misconduct.
The police have begun to
awaken to the fact that if they
keep their eyes open a number
of gambling joints can be broken
up. A raid was made on one of
these places last week with the
result that John Greenlee, Will
Cone, Albert-Page, Kid White,
Melvin Johnson and Albert
Thomas w'ere rill captured and
placed in the lock-up on the
charge of playing a game of
chance, to-wit: “craps.”
Police Captain Taylor and ex-
Police Judge W. P. Brown cre
ated a little rough house of their
own one day last w^eek at the
corner of Patton and Lexington
avenues, in front of the Berkley
hotel, with the result that both
parties were the defendants at a
trial in police court the following
morning. It is stated that the
cause of the trouble was due to
some remark made in open court
during the course of a trial by
Judge Brown, who was the attor
ney in the case, and said remark
was so construed as to cast re
flection on the veracity of Cap
tain Taylor’s testimony. When
the two men met that day after
court had adjourned, it is said
that Captain Taylor made several
swings at the Judge’s jaw and
that the Judge retaliated by
drawing bis pocket knife, but the
affray was brought to a sadden
close by the appearance on the
scene of Patrolman Taylor, a
brother of the Captain’s, w^ho
placed the Judge,under arrest.
Captain Taylor was fined §10 by
Judge Jones, and there the case
rests at the present writing.
\
E. T. Roberts, of the real estate
firm of Creasman & Roberts, of
this city, has skipped the town,
so it IS said—at least the much
wanted man cannot be found by
those who are most anxious to
tind him. Several firms, it is
alleged, have suffered financial
loss due to Mr. Roberts’ methods
of doing business, and w’arrants
have been issued for him on the
charge of embezzlement. It is
stated that the man w'as to be
found at Flat Rock, N. C., and
w^arrants for him have been sent
to that place. ,
Special Agent Prank M. Jor
dan of the Southern Railway, has
placed under arrest a negro boy
by the name of Wm. Lynch on
the serious charge of attempting
to wreck ])assenger train No. 11
of the Salisbury division. Mr.
Jordan was in^ Hendersonville
when he w^as notified of the at
tempt to wreck the train. He
immediately, w^ent to the scene of
the trouble and within a few
hours, with the assistance of
Special Agent McCanless, gath
ered sufficient evidence to justify
the arrest of the negro boy. The
arrest was made at Old Fort by
the officers, and the negro was
taken to Marion where he w’as
given a hearing before a magis
trate and bound over under a
§500 bond for trial at the next
term of superior court.
The new 10,000-ton capacity
coal chute of the Southern rail
way at this point, is nearing com-'
pletion and is expected to be in
full operation some time this
month. The handsome new
structure cost the Southern $50,-
OOO and is said to be one of the
most up-to-date chutes on the en
tire Southern railway system.
A proposition is now under
consideration by the members of
the Retail Merchants Associa
tion to close their stores on Sat
urday night at the same hour as
on other nights and the opinion is
expressed that this would be a
good move for all parties con
cerned—the merchants, clerks
and customers. An effort is be
ing made to find out the opinion
of all the merchants on the sub
ject, and the matter will be
brought up for consideration at
a meeting of the association to be
held shortly. Some of the mer
chants contend that early closing
of all of the stores on Saturday
night w^ould not be practical and
would greatly cripple business
in certain lines. M^ost of the
merchants who favor early clos
ing contend that the long hours
of their clerical force is injurious
to health, and also the fact that
they are compelled to incur ad
ditional expense Saturday nights
by employing extra clerks, and
that the amount of business
transicted after the usual clos-
I ing hour is not sufficient to justify
them in keeping open.
Robt.' A. Long, an employe of
the Asheville Hardware Co., who
was painfully injured in a run
away accident last week, is re
ported to be recovering from his
injuries. Mr. Long is an elderly
man and is one'of the best known
hardw’are men in thecit}’^, having
followed the hardware bus^iness
for over 25 years. At the time
of the accident Mr. Long w^as
riding in one of^the company’s
wagons on his way to the powder
mills in West Asheville. In
some manner the horse became
frighteLed and ran away, with-
the result that Mr. Long was
thrown out on his head and
shoulders, receiving numerous
cuts and bruises. His injuries,
while not of a serious nature, a,re
very painful, and it is expected
that he will be confined to his bed
for some time.
The Board of Aldermen of this
city have at the present writing
under consideration the proposi
tion to purchase the auditorium,
the same to be used for pubLc
school purposes and for any con
ventions that may be held in the
city. Because the auditorium
management allow^ed Sarah Bern
hardt to play in their house the
theatrical trusts who had black
listed the Bernhardt attraction
refused to book any of their
plays in the futuVe al^Asheville’s
PQpulair play house All this
season the auditorium has re
mained dark and dreary and has
developed into a regular “white
elephant.”
B. F. Hawkins, a night watch
man at the Southern round house
in this cit\^ was found early
Thursday morning unconscious
and in a dying condition by soii:ie
of his fellow w^orkmen. Mr.
Hawkins, some time during the
night, had suffered a stroke of
paralysis and had lain in a dazed
condition for hours before he
was discovered. A doctor was
hastily summoned w’ho had the
unfortunate man removed to his
home 'where he died Saturday
afternoon. Mr. Hawkins was 55
years of age and leaves a family.
L. R. D.
The special features of the
Jamestown Exposition will be the
great military and naval displays,
drills and parardes and reviews,
but science and art, commerce
and industry, agriculture and ed
ucation, will all play important
parts m this great celebration of
the three hundredth anniversary
of the first permanent settlement
of English speaking people in
America, which will open its
gates to the public at noon, April
26, 1907.
In dn effort to kill time the
railroads haye managed to kill a
great many people.
The price of clocks is to be ad
vanced ten per cent, but it is not
to be expected that this will pre
vent them from going on a strike.
Clear up the complexion, cleanse the
liver and tone the system. You can
best do this by a dose or two of De
Wittes Little Early Risers. Safe, re
liable little pills with a reputation.
The pills that everyone knows. Kec-
m mended by Brevard Diug Co.
Two miles of fence made of
roses, honeysuckle and trumpet
vines will enclose the Jamestown
Exposition grounds.
The Shah of Persia is said to
have the best medical attention
in the world, but that is easily ex
plained. When he dies all of his
physicians will be put to death.
The great historical features
of the Jamestown Exposition are
so prominent and apparent that
more interest is awakened in the
Exposition for that reason than
is usual at such an early date.
In fact every department has its
educational feature, ard the les
sons taught will be many and
valuable.
The novel method of submer
ged illumination of the harbor at;
the Jamestow'n Exposition will be
beautifully wierd.
Secretary Taft says he would
not decline a Presidential nomi
nation. The national suspense
would not be much releived if
Bryan and Fairbanks would de
clare themselves on the same
snbject.
The main auditorium in the
administration building at tiie
Jamestown Exposition has the
seating capacity of 4,000 people.
Three hundred years of educa
tional, industrial and ai tistic pro
gress will be shown at the James
town Exposition.
Thirty acres are Contained in
the immense drill plain to be
known as “Lee’s Parade” at the
Jamestown Exposition.
Hotw’s Tins?
We offer One Hundred Dolhn’s
Reward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh
Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, 0.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years,
and belivo him perfectly honorMhle
m all business transactions, a’ld
financially able to carry out any obli
gations made by his firm.
Walding, Einnari & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price, 75c
per bottle. Sold hy all druggists.
Take Hall’s Family Pilis for con
stipation.
“We grow old when we stop
playing” says Mr. Waterson, but:
it really depends on wiiether you
are winning or losing.
One million electric lights'will
be used to illuminate the grand
piers alone at the Jamestown Ex
position.
The Right Name. '
Mr. August Sharpe, the popular
overseer of the poor, at Fort Madi
son, la., says; “Dr. King’s New Life
Pills are rightly named; they act
more agreeably, do more good and
make one feel betrer than any other
laxative.” Guaranteed to cure bil
iousness and constipation. 25c at Z.
W. Nichols’ drug store.
Mr. Bryce seems likely to be
known here as the Ambassador
from Ireland, but it is to be hop
ed that his career will not termi
nate so disastrously as did that
of th3 Ambassadress for Ireland.
That’s the house the Doctor built,
The biggest house you see;
Thank goodness hedon’tgetour money,
For we take Hollister’s Rocky Moun
tain Te I.
—Brevard Drug Co. & Z. W. Nichols.