the above-
itihe above
r knowledge
!. Cashier.
me this 3rd
iry Public.
t .$124,257.77
f TraDsyl'
the above-
lit the above
kuofv ledge
E, Gaohier.
ae, this 1st
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Our County—Its Progress ard PmpmtyjiM tUsh^Buty of a Lo<ki^PiipePp-i
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Knights of Pythias
^ ,Respular. convention
■ 6r^2riiesdfl»y{Qigiit in'
some HaU.— V i s i^
Knights are cordially in
vited 16" att^ia:" Trir/wiimiiR’r c. tr
METROPOLIS Of IMTEBEST TO
MEWS REAPERS.
urrCi’j®
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pA hours:
■ rDaily—7 a. m. to 10 p. m.
LTiSunday—8 to 10 a. m., 4 to 6 p. m.
fef 'm ^ •
Central Office-
-McMinn Block.
ijjr ■ I .p
n|; ProfeS^iiial
wm>m m m m m'ikm-m m m m m m mm m m «
W. B, DUCKWORTH.
A:TTO RN E Y-AT-L A W.
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£t6oms 1 and~2, Pickelslmer Building^
ZACHARY &. BBX£S£
ii AtTO RN EYS-ATtLA W
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i p Offices in McMinn Block. Brevard. JN. C. ,
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CASH A GALLOWAY.
LAWYERS.
iWill practice in all the courts.
•Rooms 9 and 10, McMinn Block.
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D. L. ENQLISH ,
LAWYER
Rooms 11 and 12 McMinn Block,
BREVARD, N. C.
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iOMAS A. ALli,
DENTIST. ,
N. C,
(Bailey Block.)
HENDERSONVILLE, -
A ‘'tieautiful gold crown for $4.00
aod up.
Plates of all kind ait, reasonable
prices. " > .
All work guaranteed;* satisfiictibn
or DO pay.
• Teeth extracted without pain.
Will be glad to have you call-aiid
inspect mv oflSces, work gnd p|ic«iii:'
i*rhe ^thelwold
Bjreva^d’s ,Ne\^" :H0teI4—Md($ernC A!ip-
poiigtments-~ aU the y^ar ;■
Ti^e patronag-e of the travelin^r public
as well as summer tourists is solicited.
Opp. Court House, Brevard, N.C.
HOTEL BEE
/ j
^' Cor. Main and |^Mwell Sts..j;=.|
BREVAEDr isr <1^
Remodeled and newly furnished.
Under manajrenaept of experienced
hotel cateffer. :*! Central fo^itiqhf widej
verandas, livery connected. The
Best at reasonable rates. Write for
particulars. ; . .; v ^ i„ : r r
K^P-A-NrS Tubules.
' Dottofs find ' -~
A good:pre«cripjtipu - n; „
For mankind
The 5-cent packet is enough tor usual occasions.
The family bottle (60 cents) contains a supply
>or a year,: AJX drugfilste ee.lJ th.ein; .■: .; ^ r; ,
From Our Begnilar Correspondeni.
April 22d has been decided fpn
as the day to move the United
’^tates,:Ji|terr)«J, Kevenue ofiice of
%|,is dj^lrji^ to
Slatesviile, N. -C. Ten clerks
who have resided fcere for ye^^s
will go from this city to Stat^-
ville; the only one remaining-: 0f
the pre^^nt force.will.be C.-iB.
Moore, who will act as a sta-fiip
deputy in Asheville: - ' ' ' -• •; ;
’ Th^ people of Buiicomfcre cot^h-
ty ha<ve for^y^rs. p^st taken afl-
vantage of the leniency of Couiity
Tax^ Collector Oh am b by s al
lowing tax, assessments to stajod
on the books of the county ugtil
the time- should arrive ^ wHeti
they .tiiid it a: matter of policy/,if
not convenience, to pay them/
They iiow have at\"akened to tHe
fact that things haive changed,
and in fact some of them ha>te
discovered that they do not owh
as much property as tlie^
t?boi’ght^ihey:Jdi^; " Tix^ (^lect'(|r
CSak m Wr I Has‘re peatedty gi vep
notice ,1;o .delinquent tax pay^Vs
CHat' h'^’’ Was going out of office
shortly and that back taxes must
be paid up at once or the proper
ty would be advertised in the
d^ly^^pei^ jpf thisiounty aiid
the property would be sold, if
they failed to comply with his re-
q " -pt^ttipt s¥ttlament.
Mr. Chambers did advertise tHib
property but little heed was patd
to ji^s: app^l for settlement df
back taxes, so he enforced the
law to jhe letter, by selling at the
jC^urt hduse door, a large amount
vi property ^n - whiph the taxes
still remain unpaid. As a resujt-
of Mr. Chambers close enforce^;
meot of - t|^e,-law-; thei^: is^i-busy.
ti&es now at? the "county tak col^
•. ..-.rv; t nr* •? *' ^ 4m.
lector's office and money lon^
due the county and long w^ith*,
held .from*-'its,, proper resting
place'*'in ■‘tiiB ctJuhty treasury i'^
now rolling in in an astonishing
man^&r, I; 4 '
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Hi: 6. DHiyLi^
CORRECT SURVEYS MADE
Maps, Plots and
i“<
Only the fiiiesf^'Mj'ttstfed instrn-
nients used. Absolut^ acejtunicy/t
P. O. Brevard, iW. C.’
^h^ re^iula?? term of the Unite^l^
Stat&§ Clrcuirald District courtv
due to convene here in May, ha^
pqist^dned Jikht& ihe Ar^i
Monday in June, by order c^-
Judge - Pritchai^d actioi?
was taken because both Judgi
J^tchardl'ahd ^Judg'e ^Bdyd wiif;
be, engaged in the ^ w^rk; of the^
Circuit Court of Appeals, to bfe
helS heriB in May^^ahd therfe is no:;
othei^ Judge^ayi^b^ aft’
ter the Circuit and District courl
session for that month:- ' 1.^
V
' -Profes^r'E. P: Childs was iaj
the city last^. week - toi^spect his
new charged the Normal and Colli
legiate Tnstltutft and to mdke ar^
rangements tq^assuna^e of
that institution some time in
June. Proft^^r Childs ^ilFsuc^
ceed; P^V/^Thomas Law^rence a^
principal of the schooL DrI
* ATrn:. ti s:=?5 g» r
La^j&^ce |^4|charge of
the s&ooP S)P ^eSt^^ast, is^‘
r^jp^iy^dv^ in year^l
Ij’&r^als "done Inuch toward th0^
advancement of education sinije"
his^ strperttrteiadeney t)£- the Nw
maj aqd.Cullt^iata In^i^ :He
is' Vedbgnfeeti'" as^'brii^ pf^lbG fbi^ie-
most educators of the ^uth. . It
is learned that since he tendered
his recognition, which 'wA^‘-i*e-
ceived with - regretj^-.tbat^i- Dr.
Lawr^nce has decided,tp r^j^ain
in Asheville and make this csity^ions and such,
his perma^tieht tesfd&^^ l)r.
LawrenCe^s decisioti to rb'main'in
Asheville has Vbcetved wiW
much [gratilicati-on by; th^se ,Who
know him‘, andhpid: him atfd his*
work? in suich high rega^di ; - a
' The -Araericaii'-Ijiibr^ry
ciation vvill^hold .a contention .‘in
this-city May 28d- ^ -Judge J. ► Ol^
Pritchard, who is the pre&ident?
of the Asheville Libi’^ry Associa
tion , has yielded to the request of
the executive board of-that body
and.will make an address to the
visiting delegates. , Judge Prich
ard has w'ritten Governor Glenn
asking that.be make the .welcom
ing addres^s^ , TWs convention, Isj
of national imfJtprtan.ce^/and ;as.
Governor Glenn is deepjy inter
ested in educational work of all;
kinds, the opinion is .expressed
that the governor will accept the
invitation to deliver the address
of welcome.
The Battery Park Hotel has
established a new./autQ bws::h.ne
to meet all trains and convey
patrons to and from the hoteland
deppti The. Asheville,. Electric
Company’s car, fur years known
as '‘The Battery -Park Special,’^
has been done away with; ^
Police Captain Taylor and Pa
trolman Adams captured" Ben
Taylor, a negro, who had broken
into a store ori North Main street
iihd. who was discovered in the
act of making his escape by two
white men, GiVs'Garren and Earl
Hall. The negro’s capture was
effected only after an exciting
chase of several blocks, but the of
ficers demonstrated their sprint
ing abilities by overhauling the
fleeing negro in short order.
Biltmore road was the scene of
a runaway one day last week and
W, Nettles, the • drive,r... a
young .white man, was painfully
but not seriously injured. Young
Nettles had his wagon, loaded
with slopv’and'when the horse
ran away and the wagon upset he
w^s not only hurt but well
drenched With tHie swill.
Coqn-
Hands of the
^iia¥ijy CoiwiwiyjrTT
The case of Mrs;' Susan H.
Cretshaw VS; The Asheville Elec
tric Co., which has been pending
in- Buncb'mbe‘ courts for years,^
has’ at'last' been settled. "Mrs^'
Crenshaw, who was run over~ bv
ons of the icdmpany’s cars, lost
both: of her. legs as the result of
the aiccident,' atid- clainb^ dam
ages^ ^ on’ the^rbunds of negli-
getic^; btit the decision’ bf the
conM ruTSd otHferwis^:
Two negroes of this city fought
a iduel with i^zors one day ’last
week.' Th4 rules of "the fight were
uniqiie,'is no cutting Was allowed’
above t^e belt. The result of the
fuMou4 dnsJau'glii of the two cpni*
batan ts is that they cut one an:
other’into ribbons and both raen
I-.-2 -'J ■■ ■ —
are in a serious condition.. Both
. .>w - n:. 4. '• ‘ '
negroes were arrest^,,
“is-a cow li'aWe' to a fine for
trespass?”' This is the latest
"S'y r ^ • C*'«* ^
in B u n CO m bef^"' contt? Tfife^ co
in question is alleg^S^tfenhaJ^e
been
^%Te toeing
^ros.7' "'su5“ con t ractors
for ‘tife ScMJ theif n and inSd^
^ ihifcn u faidttSrW ^ ^bi'ca'nf6 e rn p
’ A biasV billed*
*.‘Bossy^*^ ownerwaiit s
his cbw or the etjuiValent in ccild
American dollars. A s' “Bossy”'
departM this life jr^ithdf Sudden
ly, a.ijd as her eStat^ih^orisiSts of
only -one striall {c6w)-bell"valued
at^boif,t, 2^ cents^-Y%ndle Bros.
C3»n ’ t colle,c t a, ftn e f r om J.' Bos s y ’ s ’ •
estate, i[but •.*they claixd)' that: she
ought: tQ be: lined (for getting in
ithe way of the biast^ ahVmped-
ing; jbhe w^rk ofi the employes of
t,he contractors. The; owner of
the. cowf clai ms that' ■ she—said
cow ^*Bossy” (ftaoied such ' for
convenience by the writer)—was
playing in her own babk lot And
w^s not courtingi, death in . the
man n er- jclaim ed by;: the - defen dr
antsiin th© snit. -The case is Still
i n the air (and pr<ybably the’ cow)
■ if iany ‘‘Brevardites’' or “Tra.n-
sylvariiaVtes’^* the city . of
Asheviiiej and should be accosted
on the’ street and'dragged off a
captive by sbme unkhown'persdri
reSem blin^ ‘ *Shii’lock'.Hoi mes”^
. rr I r r. i K-.'; .•■’.‘■J - ' 'i
or some Other sleutjvdoh’t get
- V ■ c ‘ i • * V » * J I * ? I - * ■ * * ' "
excited and put u p,a think;
in^ thafypu ,are ^ch ng, 4;q be rob-,
bed or kidnapped, for, you have
been mistaken-for the world fam:
ed “Mysterious Mr. Raffles” who
is "doink stunts ’ in this city for
one • of ‘theVlopJ|.l^,’papers and .the
people residiing in Asheville and
“Greater”, Biltmpre afe..hQt :on
the trail of,- this: elnslve gentl|3^
maa.,; on whose head there ■ is a
reward of fifty dollars offered by'
his employers^ ■ Mr J Raffles is
not a thief' oK a fugitive from
jastice, so don’t get offended if
you are=tdken for the manj but
take it asah’ honor, as he is
slickest {or alleged slickest) e’vad -
er of ■ capture in these proud
United States, who hires out to
Newspapers to evad^■ capture by.
th.e readers of the various papers
after his picture has been pub-
-lished» etc.. . ; = L;; R. D. -
“ Beware Of Oilitments
for Catarrh that contain Mercury, as
mercury willi^’ surely.idestroy the
sense or smell , and completieij de-
rauge the whole system ‘ when enter
ing it tbrougl|. Ithe,mucoiis surfaces.
■SuclTi, articles,should eever be usefl
except on. prescriptions from reputa
ble physicians, < as the damage they
\vill«.dq is tep fold to the gopd you
can possibly derive ff?oin them.
HalPs G^ttarrh Gure, manufiictured
by F. J.[:<pHENEie><&; Co,v Toledo, Ov,
contains no..mercury, and is taken in
ternally,, ^ting; directly Mpon the
blood and mucous surfaces of i the
system. In buying llalls Catarrh
Cure be siire yoa ^t the genuine.
It is taken- internally and inade ih
Toledo, Ohjo, by Fi:J./Cheney & Co.
Testimonials free, i^jd by Drug
gists. Pfice 75c per.bottle. Take
n
J'q| ypfet
Friday contained the following
bit of I |De\vs: which ^ interest
the, people of Transylvania eounr-
ty:'
The Tpj^way JSotel.. Company
will not""operate the hotels of the.
Sapphire "Country this season as it.
has for the past two summers, for
the ri^asort ths^t it has lost i'fe’rights
underi*^ the teti year'lease frohi’ tHe'*
Toxaway ^athp^n^,^bWners of* tli^
'hotels. ‘
T Ins^ad -it will have to meet.the
clairns of; the Toxaway Qompasiy
for rent dne, whicll is secaared -hy; it
bond: ,;of $60,00© as well tis contest'
with credito?:^, who are now urging ^
that it rbe placed in hangup toy lo
calise of the^failiire to pay them the
$l5,0p0/qr more they claim for.'
goods fnrnishied last season, the.
hearing . in whic^ proceeding-
wiU he fe^^ in Atlanta ou,
the. te^th .wlien the company will
Seek to show that while it owes
the debts it. is not liable to the
bankrupt laws’ - operation ^ ^ ^ r
The original ToSawayi Company^"
at: corporation of great ^reso nrces\>
will itself operate' the v hotels thiS'
season with a high. , class manager/
ai^ the beautiful Toxaway Inn, ott'.
L^e Toxaway, the Fairfield^Imf;^
the cottage ,at S^pphire^ th^ ^ Lodsre
on Mt. Toxaway, and the Franklin
at,.Brevard will opened in thp
early simimer. ^ ^ ...
These statements made on good ^
authority will he of more than or>..
dinary . interests to^the people of ,
the state as well, as the thousands
who go each summer to the Sap-,
Lphire Country, and . will also.jpQ-.,
casion surprise as it was the ex-
pecta^tion that the hotel company
would raise money to meet the
:claims of creditors and operate the
hotels,^ especially in view of the
fact that tibe ? lease at $30,000 per
year with eight years yet to run
'was considered : a valuable asset
and still more for the reason that
the company had given a bond for
$60,000 to pay all rents and dama
ges arising from failure to pay.
Blumenthal and Bickert, largt^
whiskey dealers of Atlanta are on
the bond, it is stated. They have
b^n furnishing the liquors for the"
“dispensary’’ which the Legislature
allowed the Toxaway Inn to ope-
rate for its guests only, liquor be-..
ing sold in ‘ package only;. In prac
tical operation there was np^ differ- ,^
ehce since bottles were pro’saded
holding but one drink and the at- .
tendants did the rest. ... .
. J J ". t-i
Necessarily gr^t embarrasMnenjb.
has resulted to the Toxaway Com
pany (hot the liotel company) by,,
reason of the ho tel' company’s not
relinquishing" the hotels sooner
since comparatively little time is
left in.which to organize hotel man
agements for the several hotels. ir?
Hall’s Faririly’Pills’ for constipation.
So far,Senator: Poraker -has
not laid the-;,blame =on^ the-Presi
dent for the Ghio floods^; =
Thou^rids haive pronounced. Holl-
isteris' jRocky Mountain Tea the
great^i lieaUng power oil earth.
Wheb m^.fcai science fails, jt suc-
c«ed^.^, k^ps
you weir. ^ c^hts. Tea or Tahteti.
Ailisbh Drug Store; Brevai^ D^g
law be
♦‘Pneiimouia’s Deadly Work
had so sbriotisly affected my ';riglit ■
lung,” ’writ(is Mrs. .^hni6 Cdniiorj of
Rural‘Route 1, Georgetown, Tend., "
“that I coughed continuously night'
and day and the neighbors' predic- ^
tiort-^ohsumption^eem<id incvi-
1 . t *
table, until my husband, brought
home a
of Dt*. King’s New'
Discovery, which in inv case i>roVed 1
to be the only re^l cough cure and re- .
storef of weak, sore lungs.^’ ‘ When ^
all 6ther remedies fail, yoy may still
win in the battle against lung and ^
throat troubled With New Discovery, "'
IJie real cuPiji' Guaranteed by T: Bp
AUii^n ‘ ddaggist^ . 50e and *
, Trial bottle free. Allison If s,*
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