Sylvan Valley News
Our Cemty—Its Progress and Prosperity the First Duty of a
J. J. MIIfER, Manager.
BREVARD, TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY. N. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15.1907
VOL. XII-NO. 4^
TRANSYLVANIA LODGE
No. 143, K. of p.
Meets Tuesday ev^enings i
8.30., Castle Hali, Fra- j
ternity building. i
A hearty welcome for ‘
visitors at all times.
R. L. GASH, 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.
Profesaonol Cards.
W. B. DUCKWORTH,
ATTO RN EY-AT-L A W.
Rooms 1 and 2, Pickelsimer Building.
GASH ®» GALLOWAY
LAWYERS.
Will practice in all the courts.
Rooms 9 and 10, McMinn Block.
D. L. ENGUSH
LAWYER
Rooms 11 and 12 McMinn Block,
BREVARD. N. C
THOMAS A. ALLEN, Jr.,
DENTIST.
N.C.
(Bailey Block.)
HENDERSONVILLE,
A beaulitul gold crown for $4.00
and up.
Plates of all kind at reasonable
prices.
All work guaranteed; satisfaction
or *10 pav.
Teeth extracted without pain.
Will be glaa to have you call and
inspect my offices, work and prices
The JEthelwold
Brevard’s New Hotel Modern Ap*
pointments—Open all the year
The patronage of the traveling public
as well as summer tourists is 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 lor usual occasions.
The famiiy b<^ttle (60 (;eitts) coiitams a suppl>
for a year. All druggists sell them.
H. 6. BAILEY, C. E.
CORRECT SURVEYS MADE
Maps, Plots and Profiles
Plotted.
Only the finest adjusted instrn-
ments used. Absolute aciiuracy.
P. O. Brevard, N. C.
Write at once and leam vrhy we secure best
positions, and best salaries for our graduates.
Eugene Anderson, Pres. ^
In “The Land oi tUe Sky.”
IJear the Sapphire Country.
Oldest In the Statflu Bcsi-
newj, Shorthand, Tyi»ewrt
tiu>?. Ft. 1! '.V ii n ^ i* < p. »nc
E n g-1 i ti Ii eourte-i. 1' t*'-
p'rtsdu'i'es iu
Half or more of
road fare fJttul.
grood bt>ft A*.
per week. vti'Utx!
F.nter atij <
courso Ly i.iau u ,'oaa-‘
for it.
ASHEYILI*i^i II.
1A Fable For Critics
Once there was an Ox. He was a fine, hefty Ox. He
could pull a big load. He never balked, but always liked to
go straight ahead.
But the Ox had enemies.
There was the Flea and his whole big Family. ^^We
don’t care whether this Ox travels or not,” said the Flea
and his Folks. ^^All we want is some of his blood.’^ Where
upon the Fleas eternally pestered the Ox and gave him
That Tired Feeling.
Then there was the iom Cat and his brothers—the
Doubting Thomases.
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^^We don’t know whether
this Ox is going the right
way or not,’’ said the
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Thomases. ‘^A n y h o w,
we’ll scratch his back for
him.” Whereupon the
Felines jumped* on the
back of the Ox and
scratched him. for fair,
which made the Ox ex
ceedingly sorrowful.
Then there was the
^ Fiste Pup and his Fellow
Fistes—a whole litter of
Fistes. ^‘We don’t care
how slow the Ox goes,”
said the Fistes; ‘^tho
slower the merrier for
us. All we want is to
lag behind him and bite
his Tail.^Whereupon
the Fistes snapped con
tinually at the Tail of the
Ox, which gave the Ox a
mighty mournfulness.
Finally the Ox, pestered constantly with the Fleas and
the Felines and the Fistes, got to looking sickly. B^e
stopped and lay down on his job, and there was no more
going forward for him.
KEY TO THE SITUATION: The town is the Ox.
The Fleas and the Felines and the Fistes are those citizens
who criticise every progressive movement and do every
thing they can in their petty ways to make the Ox quit
pulling in the right direction.
MORAL: Give the Ox a chance to pull. Everybody ^
holler, “Git up!” ' ^
CLEVELAND’S GREAT ROAD.
Beautiful Boulevard Which Will Border
the Rockefeller Estate.
Mayfield road, in Cleveland, O., when
improvements besun the other day are
finished, is to be one of the finest
thoroughfares in that section of the
United States, says the Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Beginning at Garfield monument, the
highway, eighty feet in width, will run
three miles east of the end of Cleveland
Heights village, paved with approved
Telford macadam like the city boule
vards. A grass plot will run through
Its center, containing shade trees at
intervals of about 100 feet the entire
distance. When, other contemplated
improvements are made th§ ;)i’oad will
be a practical extension of the Cleve
land park system. John D. Rockefel
ler, whose Forest Hill estate aud other
property borders on the highway, is
one of the most extensive landowners,
abutting to the extent of his 3,000 foot
frontage, and has been instrumental in
making the boulevard as planned.
So far $181,000 has been spent in
piping and grading, and the contract
for paving will iiivolve about $203,000
more. Even in the matter of trolley
poles Mayfield road isn’t going to be
surpassed. The poles will be fixed in
the center strip, hidden to a degree by
the trees, and will be provided with
ornamental iron arms. On each side
of the road proper are to be a sidewalk
and grass plot twenty feet wide.
The Cleveland electric and Cleveland
and Eastern railways have agreed to
lay double tracks throughout its length,
in gart of which there are now _pnly.
single tracks. The car tracks w’ill be
laid through the middle of the grass
planted roadway.
These improvements have been under
discussion for the last six years by
Cleveland Heights citizens. Next
year’s work will be begun on the Cov
entry road, connecting with the Shaker
lakes. This thoroughfare will be made
130 feet wide.
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Maine Road of Little Cost.
One of the least expensive and most
substantial of telford roads in the Unit
ed States is said to be the St. George
highwa^y, in Knox county. Me. It is
eighteen feet in width, thoroughly
drained and cost only 50 cents per foot,
or $2,640 per lineal mile. This low
cos't was possible because stones of
suitable size for the lower courses
w’ere beside the road and granite chips
were had for the mere hauling from the
grout heaps of quarries close by the
road. A description of this road says
that its gutters carry away every drop
of water. The lower course of the bed
is of stones of varying sizes, none so
big that a man could not alone handle
each, and they were so placed as to
tend to bind themselves together, al
though they were fitted together rather
roughly. Smaller pieces were then
fitted into the crevices of this lower
layer. With long handled hammers
men went over this and broke up any
bits which were too large. On these
were spread granite chips from the
refuse heaps of the adjoining quarry.
This top dressing was compacted with
a roller drawn by horses, and an ex
cellent road was the result.
NEED OF WATERPROOF RG.^D.
Aqueous Period P^act For Laying o^
Duct—Value of Tar.
“We are passing away from what
geologists would call the aqueous p(»-
riod and are slowly approaching the bi
tuminous period,” writes F^vdnoy II
North in a pamphlet on “Dust Treat
ment and Modern Road Construction,’*
according to a London special cable
dispatch to the Chicago Inter Ocean.
It has only recently been recognize^l.
says the author, that w^ater is a disin
tegrating element and that its elTec-ts.
transiently beneficial at the surface,
must be Injurious to the roadway prop
er, which lies below the surface. What
is wanted is a waterproof roadway.
Tar and its products are stated to be
the most important media by which tlie
dust and road problems may be solved.
The following are given as the re
quirements of any successful dust lay
ing preparation:
The binding together of the dust
without injury to the roadway.
No making of mud in wet weather.
Must withstand heat and frost.
Must withstand the effects of traffic.
Be noninjurious to horses’ feet and
tires.
Easily manipulated and odorless.
BEST OIL FOR ROADS.
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Results of a Test That Was Made In
Kansas.
A recent test of oils for roadmaking
in Kansas showed that the residuum
from the refinery was superior to any
of the crude oils, one gallon of the re
siduum being equal to two to four of
crude oil.
In order to determine the value of
this material for roadmaking, sajs
Country Life In xVmerica, a roadbed
was prepared in sandy soil. After grad
ing it was plow'ed four and a half inch
es deep and harrowed.
A harrow preceded and followed each
application of the i-esiduum, which was
repeated until one gallon had been ap
plied to each square yard. The surface
was then smoothed and rolled.
After considerable use the surface of
the road became dusty and another ap
plication was made. Professor Dickens
reports that the road is perfectly satis-'
factory, being firm, but not hard.
Another stretch of road treated In
the same way sustained loads weigh
ing three tons and more during wet
weather vrithout being damaged. Not
even a break in the surface crust oc
curred. Oils containing less than 30
per cent of asphaltum are not fit for
road purposes.
System Needed.
Working the highway's as commonly
done in many states is a very unprofit
able expenditure of labor. Not that the
farmer and his teams do not do enough
work, but it is often unwisely man
aged, says Motor News. Seldom do two
men in the district have the same ideas
of how the road should be made or
mended. A pathmaster or overseer
maj^ be elected one year w’ho will fix
the road according to his ideas. Next
year some one else may be put in of
fice who will proceed to undo what has
been done by doing things his way.
The result Is that we have merely
been mending instead of making high
ways, and there are thousands of miles
of road that are very little better than
the trails and paths followed by our
forefathers.
Payment of the highway tax in mon
ey will put and keep the highways in
better shape, if there are not too many
officeholders to support.
According to a European ex
pert Chicago is the most musical
American city. From which it
is evident that he never took a
stroll along Market street in Phil
adelphia while the graphophones
were all goin/er full blast.
•‘Not a single murder or sui
cide reported at the coroner’s of
fice for twenty-four hours” is
New York's record for last Sun
day. Ill one respect a red let
ter day, although fewer persons'
must have been painting the
town red.
Pennsylvanian's Good Work.
Congressman George F. Huff of
Greensburg, Pa., continues to be the
champion of good roads in Westmore
land county, says the Motor News.
When the I'ennsylvania Motor federa
tion took their party over the Philadel
phia Pittsburg pike last October no one
was more active than Colonel Huff in
arranging for making smooth the rough
places, and at his own expense he put
a gang of men at work on the west
side of the Laurel ridge, then the worst
section of the entire route.
Roadside Tree Culture.
The question of tree planting beside
the highways is becoming more and
more popular both from its economic
and aesthetic standpoint, says the
Good Roads Magazine. It has been
suggested in New York that the state
establish a nursery on some part of the
state domain to raise stock for this
purpose. The expense would be a slight
addition to that now required to supply
trees for public grounds and forest pre
serves.
T. B. Allison’s New I>epartGre.
After two months of remarkable
sales, T. B. Allison, the enterprising:
druggist, say.^ that his plau of selling^
at half price the regular 50-cent size
of Dr. Howard’s specific for the cure
of constipation and dyspepsia, and
guaranteeing to refund the money if
it does not cure, has been the great
est success he has ever known.
Auyone suffering with dyspepsia,
constipation, liver troubles, head
aches, dizziness, coated tongue, or the
general tired feeling, caused by in
active liver and bowels or disordered
digestion, should take advantage of
T. B. Allison’s new departure and
buy a bottle of Dr. Howard’s apecific
at half price, with his personal s:uar-
antee to refund the money if it does
not cure.
Under Mr. AUison’s special half
price order, this means a month’s
treatment for 25 cents, with the best
medicine known for the cure of con
stipation ai:^ Stomoca trouble.
nov 1-15
ss.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo,
» Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that
he isseniorpartner of the firm of F. «f.
Cheney & Co., doing business in the
city of Toledo. County and Stale
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of One Hundred Dollars for
each and every case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of Hall’s
Catarrh Cure. Fkank J. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this Gth day of De
cember, A. D. 1886.
(Seal.) .1. W. Gleason,
Notary Public.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally,; and acts dirnctly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Seftd for testimonials free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by all druggists, 75c. Tako
Hall’s Family Pills for constipation.
A Chicago v,’oman has inherit
ed a large fortune from a Mexi
can gentleman who never saw
her in his life. This ought to
teach the average Chicago beauty
the advantages of keeping out of
sight, but doubtless it won’t.
A Hard Debt to Pay.
‘•T owe a debt of gratitude that
can never be paid off,” writes G. S.
Clark, of Westfield, Iowa, “for my
rescue Iroiu death, by Dr. King’s
New Discovery. Both lungs were
so seriously affected that death
seemed imminent, when I com
menced taking New Discovery. The
ominous dry, hacking cough qvit be
fore the first bottle was used, and
two more bottles made a complete
cure.” Nothing has ever equaled
New Discovery for coughs, colds and
all throat, and lung complaints.
Guaranteed by T. B. Allison, dru^-
ffist. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle
free.
Put yourself in Swartmore Col
lege's place, which was offered
§3,000,000 to give up sports.
Wouldn’t you give up athletics
for $3,000,000,” asks the New
York Mail. Sure we would; we’d
do it for $2,999,999.