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Owr County—Its Progress and Prosperity the Erst Duty of a Local Paper.
J. J. MINER, Manager.
BREVARD, TRANSYLVANIA-'county. N. C., FRIDAY. MAY 3.1907
VOL. XII-NO. 18
Transylvania Lodge No. I43»
Knights of Pythias
Regular convention ev
ery Tuesday night in Ma
sonic Hall. Visiting
Knights are cordially in-
Tited to attend. T. W. WHITMIBE C. C.
Brenrd 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.
Profes^oiMd Cords.
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Rooms 1 and 2, Pickelaimer BuildlnK.
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ATT ORNEYS-AT-LAW
Oifitts in McMlnR Block, Brevard, N. C.
CASH €t CALLOWAY,
LAWYERS.
Will practice in all the courts.
Rooms 9 and 10, McMinn Block.
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LAWYER
Rooms 11 and 12 McMinn Block,
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(Bailey Block.)
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Plates of all kind at reasonable
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Teeth extracted without pain.
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For mankind
The 5-cent packet is enough ior usual occasions.
The famiiy bottle (60 cents) contains a supply
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P. O. Brevard, N. C.
AN OLD RAIIROAD
UNDER A NEW NAME
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The Formor G., K. & W, is Now tin Tennessee
Goal Fields & South Atlantic Railroad,
ORGANIZED AT WAYNESVILLE SATURDAY-OFFICERS ELECTED AND
READY FOR BUSINESS.
Two of Brevard’s enterprising
citizens, W. E. Breese jr. and W.
P. Whitmire went as delegates
to Waynesville last Saturday to
assist in the organization of a
railroad project which meens
much to the people of Transylva
nia county. Neither of them
have reported to this paper what
was done, but from reports pub
lished in Asheville we select the
following:
Those Asheville gentlemen who
went to Waynesville Saturday to
aid in perfecting the organization
of the new railroad comptiny are
greatly pleased over the prospects.
Gen. Davidson says that as matters
stand now, there is only one thing
lacking—the vote of the various
counties concerned on the question
of issuing the bonds, in return for
'^"hich the counties will be given
stock in the company. He thinks
the road l^om Knoxville to Green
ville should be in operation in less
than five years, if this bond matter
can be disposed of in the early sum
mer. The people living in some
sections through which the pro
posed road will be run have al
ready gone on record on this bond
question, so those concerned feel
little uneasiness on this score.
The follow'ing officers and direc
tors "were elected:
President—Col. S. A. Jones.
First Vice President—B. J. Sloan.
Treasurer—W. B. Williamson.
Secretary—I. L. Council.
General Counsel—Theodore F.
Davidson, W. E. Breese jr., S. C.
Welch.
Executive Committee—Col. S. A.
Jones, S. C. Welch, Alden Howell,
F. R. Hewitt, W. P. Whitmire.
Board of Directors—Governor
Glenn, State Auditor Dixon and
the chairman of the corporation
commission were elected as honor
ary members of the board of direc
tors with the following board :
Charles A. Wallen, W. E. Breese
jr., R. A. L. Hyatt, M. D. Kins-
land, D. L. Boyd, S. C. Welch, H.
R. Ferguson, F. W. Miller, Thomas
Stringfield, W. P. Whitmire, B. J.
Sloan, Alden Howell, S. A. Jones,
Hugh A. Love, I. L. Council, John
W. Norwood, Theodore F. David
son, W. T. Weaver, S. Westray
Battle, Geo. L, Hackney, Frank R.
Hewitt.
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‘‘Our little boy had eczema for five
years,” writes N. A. Adams, Hen
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tors said the case was hopeless, his
lungs being affected. We then em
ployed other doctors, but no benefit
resulted. By chance we read about
Electric Bitters, bought a bottle and
soon noticed improvement. We con
tinued this medicine until several
bottles were used, when our boy was
completely cured.’’ Best of all blood
medicines and body building health
tonics. Guaranteed at T. B. Allison’s
Drug store. 50c.
NEWS NOTES FROM THE.MOUNTAIN
METROPOLIS OF INTEfiEST TO
NEWS readers.
From Our Reffular Ck^rrespondent. ‘
The mystery surrounding the
supposed murder of a.new born
white infant has been at last
cleared up and the people of this
city are again settling down to
their normal frame of mind.
The child’s body was found last
week in a pine thicket in West
Asheville by a negro boy. The
body was discolored when dis
covered and ^be coroner's jury
had .some cJifti^tlty in deciding
whether it was the remains of a
white child or not. After hear
ing the testimony of all witnesses
they rendered a verdict that the
child was murdered by parties
unknown and the case was
turned over to the city and coun
ty authorities to be untangled.
There was no clue to the alleged
murderers, but every one of the
officers went to work on the case
with a vim. The supposed crime
was a most dastardly one; the
child’s head was crushed in, the
body otherwise mutilated and
thrown into a thicket like a dead
dog. It has now developed that
the child was born dead of legal
parentage; this has been conclu
sively proven by eye witnesses.
The mother and father of the
dead infant are poor white peo
ple, residing on South Side ave
nue, this city, and owing to their
poverty stricken condition they
employed an old darky to bury
the child, as they could not pay
for regular funeral expenses.
According to the negro’s state
ment he left the body in the
thicket while he went to borrow
a spade, and when he returned
he could not find the body, al
though he claims to have spent
considerable time looking for it.
So the murder was not a murder
but a combination of unfortunate
circumstances.
At the present writing the po
lice of this city are searching for
the robbers who broke into the
store of J. M. Hearn & Co., on
Patton avenue, this city, one
night last week and stole two
bicycles and numerous other ar
ticles of value. The burglary
was a bold one and the police are
anxious to capture the perpetra
tors of this crime, which was
committed right in the business
section of Asheville, within a few
steps of the postoffice.
A barn, t'wo horses and farm
ing implements belonging to^
Joseph Franklin, residing on Haw
creek, this county, was destroyed
by fire one night last week. Mr.
Franklin states “that the tire
must have been started inten
tionally by some unknown par
ties, as there was no way for it
to catch, and it must have been
done maliciously.” The county
authorities are working on the
case, but no clue has been dis
covered up to the present time
that would lead to the capture of
the fire fiends.
One of the aldermen on the
board of this city who, was de
feated for renomination at the
recent primaries tried to saddle
on to this unsuspecting commu
nity some very artistic but im
possible street names at a meet
ing of the board held last week.
Your correspondent is not con
versant with the actual reasons
that prompted this gentleman to
spring his recommendation for
the changing of the street
names, but just to show the read
ers of this correspondence what
words can be coined from the al
phabet a few of these beautiful (?)
street names suggested are men
tioned: Coweta, Qualia, Oconee,
Cussita, Echota, Rabun, Kiona,
Tellico, Tomassee, Kanuca, Kalo-
na, Kirk, Acoma, etc. The board
did not take kindly to these
names, but it is hard to tell why
they were rejected, as they are
so easy to remember, pronounce
and spell (?). The writer is in
formed that they are Indian
names, and for lack of more con
clusive evidence must be accept
ed as such by all who may think
that they are Chinese, Dog Latin
or the “sputterings” of a tongue-
tied person.
As stated in this correspond
ence before, there is prospect of
an electric road being built from
this city to Black Mountain, and
the promoters stated that the
only thing that might prevent
the building of the road would be
the donation of the right-of-way
privileges by the property own
ers along the proposed route.
The writer is now informed that
the survey is completed, the es
timated cost of building has been
figured out and that a large per
cent of the property owners have
agreed to give the land for the
right-of-way. All this data is in
the hands of the capitalists who
are to finance this enterprise,
and a definite statement is ex
pected from them at an early
date. It is further stated that
the only thing that might pre
vent the completion of this pro
ject is the failure of some of the
property owners to make the re
quired land gifts to the company.
The troubles of the Asheville
Auditorium Company were given
an airing at a recent meeting ol
the stockholders and the board of
directors. It was decided that
an effort would be made to sell
more preferred stock of the com
pany, so as to enable them to pay
off the floating debt. The Ashe
ville Lodge of Elks had proposed
to take over the debt and the
building and maintain it for pub
lic purposes, and they stand
read^ to interpose in behalf of
the community rather than see
the auditorium fall into the hands
of private parties. The Elks’
offer is a most generous one and
is fully appreciated by all, both
stoskholders and citizens alike.
If the theatrical trust would al
low their companies to show in
Asheville’s popular play house
the auditorium would be self sus
taining and pay a dividend on
the investment.
A blast, a broken electric wire,
two dead mules, the cotton mills
shut down for nearly an hour,
was the cause of much excite
ment in and around the South
ern railroad yards one day last
week. The Southern is having
some blasting done near Smith’s
bridge to make more track room
in the local yards and a blast
broke one of the Weaver Power
Company’s electric cables that
supplies power for the Asheville
cotton mills. Part of the wire
struck two mules and electro
cuted them and nearly scared a
dairymen, their driver, to death.
The mill machinery stopped as a
result of the broken cable and
there was much excitement. T e
dairyman received a strong shock
when the mules w’ere killed and
he became hysterical as the re
sult of his narrow escape from
death. It’is said that he broke
down and wept.
The Toxaway Hotel Company,
who has forfeited it’s lease to the
owners of the Sapphire hotels,
it is understood, will have only a
$7,000 asset to pay off their cred
itors, whose clainis amount to
something like $12,000. The
creditors had hoped that the
courts would decide that the
company’s lease on the property
would be included as an asset,
but it has been decided other
wise. The $7,000 asset is in the
shape of notes given by the pur
chasers of the company’s store
at Lake Toxaway, and there are
complications surrounding these
notes that may prove a stumbling
block to those who are anxious to
secure payment from the defunct
company. L. R. D.
Haw’s This?
We offer One Hundred Dollar^s
Reward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Hall’s Catarrh
Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. J. Cheuey for the las*^. 15 years,
and belivo him perfectly honorable
>n all business transactions, aud
financially able to carry out any obli
gations made by his firm.
Walding, Kinnan & 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 by all druggists.
Take Hall’s Family Pilis for con
stipation.
A St. Louis man proposed at
luncheon, and was married before
sundown. Any statement as to
the brand of liquors served, will
be welcome news.
For a cold or a cough take Ken
nedy’s Laxative Cough Syrup. It is
Better than any other cough reme
dy, because its laxative principle as
sures a healthy, copious action of
the bowels and at the same time it
heals irritation of the throat strength
ens the bronchial tubes and allays in-
fiammationof the mucous membrane.
Contains Honey and Tar, pleasant to
take. Children like it. Conforms to
the National Pure Food and Drug
Law. Sold by Brevard Drug Co.