Our County—Its Progress and Prosperity the First Duty of a Local Paper.
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IJRKVARi), THANSYLVAMA COUNTY. N. I’UIDAY. .lANnAllY 19flS.
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No. I43,K. ofP
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Rear Admiral Evans Can Call Up Each of His Sixtesn Bat
tleships by Wireless Telephone—A $600,000 Coal Bill For
Uncie Sam—When the Oregon Rushed Around Cape Horn
Brevard Telepiicne Exchange.
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(.'I'litral < M.'Mitin 15'ock. i
Professiorio! Cards,
W. B. DUCKWOR.TH,
ATTORNLN' A i LAW.
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GASH GALLOWAY
LAW Y HRS.
Wil l i I' a : 1 t tif roiH-ts.
K.i.iri" •* i !''• nuick.
D. L. ENGLISH
LAWYER
11 II-. 1:2 M;'M Inti {>:i>rk.
};i!!:v.\i:i>. X-
ALLEN, Jr.,
DENTIST.
ofv.'ision. Whoii tho bnttloshif) f)r(‘jcoti
caino aroniv.l tlio Ilcrii on lu*r faimms
fri[< to K<*t into the Santiago
irii'S s!u‘ made only attout an av<‘rat':*'
of nii;(‘ knots an hour, actual sailia;;
owinii to the noccssity k:‘oi)i!ii;
in toufli willj lior coliitM's, whidi west?
nan t it -a 1 si o wj »okes.
In ll'.is crnise Admiral Kvnns' siiips
will 1.0 arconinaniod by coalin-.^ wsscls
r.'iTxinfX h'Uiiplies of fuel in cx<t.ss of
tliat stoivd in the hunkers of hni-
tlfships tli‘,-niselvfs. 'riu' colii('rs v.!!'
lo.-'.d nji witii coal as iiecdc-.l I'roni time
to linu* Jit tho several ports whorostoiis
will be made. Supply sliips also ac
cotn[)any tho tloot. carjjood with canned
moats and other foods. Frosh sui>p!io‘^
of i>rovisions will be obtained at the
stoppin;; i)!aco.s. '1 h(» solociion anti
Iinr<-h:': (; of thoso supplii's will t(“st tht'
skill of Uncle Sam’s nav;i! comniissary
otticers. It will bo a now oxporionco
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an<l u{*. , ,
rhitc> ()t‘ :ill kiii'l at n'usoJuUdc
priios. ,
Ail v-fi'k ‘^iiaranloed; --ati-tacliun
or ;i<> l*ay.
'ret'th t‘Xi 1-acU‘il witiiout pain.
Will l»<“ u"la>i to hav(* you call and
ins})Oi‘t niv olVict*.'^, work ainl }»iic*o>
The JEthelwold
BrovaniV New fTitlc’ -Moficrn Ap-
pointnicnts ail tho \f;ir
The patfona'ic <•!' Uu* traveling: publi'’
fts wtdl ututiuT 1 (>ufi>ts i.-'Stilicitoii.
Opp. ( 'oui't ilou.>^t\ iircVtifd. N.(..
IM-P-A-X-S Tuluiles
l>uctors find
A irood pres^-riptioii
j'\)P iimnkiiid
The I'Hi k*-; N fiHir.uti lor usual o('c;i‘;ions.
Tn<* funiiiv liotlU' 'tiit i i ut'- i a supp'j
(or a V'.ar.' All sell them.
H. G. BAiLEY, G. E.
CORRECT SURVEYS MADE
Maps, Plots and Profiles
Plotted.
Onlv th.‘ fin.‘Si nf'jnsttMl instru-
llK‘lltS .\ aCi T7v;iCY.
p. O. Brevard, N. C.
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Write at once and learn why we secare best
positioELB, and best salaries for our graduates.
OltlWrt In tho fltiite. Busl-
ShortSianti. TyfKjwri-
tlni?, I’e n in i; ii s li i p, ftfiil
K iJ n H li \ >^00
frru<iu&T(;A in
Half f»r more of you: n^il-
road furt? paiil. i'iV'.iiy <sf
3<>ttrd .'iAi.»i’V..r»0
V><*r wtM'K. N«» V. 1*
Kuter any tune. ‘
r«^ur.’if by liiaii if y«^u
for it.
In“TlielJ-uJ of tho Bky '
^ear ttc Goauu>
iTiitv
JlSJISVITJ.E. k. t
II I] wintt'r cruiso
from tiie Atlan
tic to tho Facil-
ic of tlu' ;.;roat
tloot of sixtoou
iiattlosiiips and
lliidr altonilant
vessels will "oat
lip” appro\i
niately .Sciio.'ioo
worth of coal
This will bo I 111'
bi,i;"est itt‘:n of
oxponsi* i!!>'i.;c!i:
to tho cruiso
Tito ir>.(KM) moil
on board tlio
ships will oat no
more than the.',
iit> on ttiluT
duty unless it
should hapi)e]i
tliat tiio stiiilh
CAT MASCOT RAT.t.’TI.N'O. . , ,
orn an- shonid
enhance their afi[)0tiies. 'I'lu' ft>od slip
ply bill, tlu*rofi>ro. v.ill not l/o app!t‘ci
ably hir;:or than it woulti bo wore tho
shii»s lyhi'JT in iK»rt or ex('rcisin,i: ur> jsnd
(iov.n the .Vtlunlic coa.'^t. Anoflier c<»n
Piderablo item of cxfjonse will bo that
of pilotaf^o. Tlio fleet must jtass throus'!i
the strait <»f Mafjeilnn, a <lifticult feat,
and will put into five strani^e harbors
on the voyaKe. For safe and t;ai'.o
conduct throu^b the strait and in and
out of harbors experienced local fiilots
miiBt be hired.
As to the ooJil bill, this Item will be
much smaller under the conditions iin
posed upon the cruise than it would
be If the fleet were taken around to
San Francisco on rush orders. The
Bhips will proceed at a leisurely «ait
for the most part. It Ik understood
that a unlft^rm speed of twelve miles
an hour or less will be adhered to.
though the battleships are car-able of
from eighteen to twenty-two miles on
from the preneral pattern of recent
tjRhtln.^ ships of the tirst class. These
BhipH carry superimposed turretB. guns
beiuff operated In two storie.s, a small
er turret restinR upon the larjier one
Each turret holds two jjuns.
Three roar admirals accompany the
fleet to the Facilic. First in Impor
tance is the commander In chief. Hob-
Jey I). Evans, senior rear admiral in
the navy and the hifrhost ranking: otli-
cer In actual sea service. Admiral
I)ewey beinf^ his only superior. Hear
Admirals William II. Emory aud
Charles M. Thtcnas command divisions
of the fleet. 'I'he captains of the six
teen battleships as assifjned for this
cruise are:
Connecticut (tlafrship of Admiral
F^vans), IIui;o Osterhaus; Louisiana,
Richard Wainwri^jht; Kansas. Charles
E. Vreeland; Vermont, William 1*. I’ot-
ter; Georgia (flatjship of Admiral Em
ory), Ilenrj' McCrea; Virginia. Seaton
Schrooder; New Jersey, W. U. H.
Southerland; Rho<le Island. Joseph B.
Murdock; Minnesota (flagship of Ad
miral Thonias), John Hubbard; Ohio,
Lewis C. Heilner; Maine, Giles B. Har-
ber; Missouri. Greenllef A. Merriam;
Alabama, Ten Eyck D. W. Veeder;
Illinois, J. II. Howyer; Kearsarge, H.
HuicbiQs; Keutocky, W. C> Cowlefl.
dt‘ns(f ff(LTS ot)scuro those s!;cti:<ls. so
tliat ships almost toiicliiii;,' si.los aro
unable tn coniuiunicato with each ot!i
or. With the wireless i)hono a foi:
won’t matter. The tino tloot. in two
s(iuadrt>ns. each squadron c(M!ii)risini;
two divisions of four l>attloshiits each,
may be n;anii)uh!tod by vocal orders
nt will. It is said by the naval wi.'-o
less oxi)ert who inve.stii^atod and re-
I»orted upon the new wireh^ss tolo
Ithono that even in battle it will be
possiL-le to talk l»etwoon ships, other
nations will Ik.* deeply interosKul in
thl.s wireless phone test.
Each of those sixteen battleships Is
thorou.L,'hIy niodern and up to date in
every partictilar. All save two have
been built since tho w;;r with Spain.
'J'hey have been almost continuously
In conunlssiou since their launching
and have been overhauled and put in
Bliipshape for this iiartioiilar cruise
with a view to the utmost etficlencj’.
With an aggre.gate displacement of
more than li‘J3.0(j0 tons and with more
than 350 guns of four inch caliber and
above, the flwt is the most powerful
and formidable ever assembled by
Uncle Sam. In the manner of arma
ment only two of the battleshij)s. the
Kentucky and the Kenrsarge. difTer
that the press of the United States will
enjoy from time to time sorae interest
Ing stories of shore leave i».*anks Tho
commanders oi the ships no tii.Mibt will
tind It necessary to emi)loy their pow
ers of discipline anti tlii»lt)niacy to tho
utmost in ordi»r to keep .lack from bul>
bllng over with enthusiasm when lie
goes ashore in considerable grou[)s to
get his laud legs.
While at sea Jack wtli have plenty
of business to occupy his attention,
though it is bj ..o means all work and
no play aboard ship. The men of each
vessel have mascots with which to
amuse tliemsolves In otY moments. Sev
eral goat.s. cats, parrots, monkeys and
dogs will make the cruise around the
Horn, sure of regular meals and abun
dant attention from their admirers. oiH-
cers as well as enllste<l meti.
While tho ships are at sea it ought to
be a comparatively easy matter for Ad
miral Evans to liandle his forces, for
on this cruiso. for the first time in the
history of^o world, the wireless tele
phone will 1)0 used for communication
between the ships of a groat naval
fleet. Every battleship lias b>ocn fitted
with wirok'ss teU*{<!ione devices, a won
derful invention but recently perfected.
From his station in the emergency
cabin of the flagship Connecticut asi
ofiicer serving as the fleet’s "hello
boj’,” so to speak, will be able to call
up at will the officers of any other
ship, even though ten miles of brine
aud wireless distance may intervene.
r>y the wii'eless phone messag('s by
word of mouth may be sent from ship
to ship with the accuracy and ease of
wired teleplione messages from room
to room in a modern hotel.
Tlie value of such a system under
the circumstances Is self evident. Here
tofore intership signaling has been
done by means of flags or by “wigwag
rrcQUtiuUy it Ih&t
CAPTAIN SICATON SOIIUOHUEU.
for them to provide the mess for suoh
a large force of luni':;ry sear.ieu, large
ly from markets with which they are
unactinaintod.
Another now experience which the
oflicera must undergo is that of keei>-
Ing their official eyes nj)on tlie jolly
Jack tars while the ships lie in South
American harbors. Extended stop.^
will be made at Trinidad, liio de Ja
neiro. I’unta Arenas. Callao ;uul Mag
dalena bay. At none of these [torts
heretoft>re have T'ncle Sam’s se:’.:nen
to the number of more than S(.H> ever
gone ashore. With nearly twenty
times that number of men to handle,
all of them pretty lively spe<-imens of
huinnnlty. it may bo taken for grantiMi
BEAUTIFUL WESTERN
NORTH CAROLINA.
Brevard as seen by Rev. J. E.
Hicks.
[Rev. J. K. Hicks, editor of th('
1 Jaj)tisl t'otirior of Danville, Va..
was a ^njc.sl of K. \V. Cai'ter soiin*
weeks u^'(» and al'U'r his return
he wrote the followinir (Kiitorial
for his ]);‘.per. \V(‘ are certain
it will intert'st many of our roaji
ers.]
It was iny ]>leasure tt> s
l)ri»'f vacation of two w»H‘k
vard. X. 50 inilos w»'st
villt‘. Brevard is a be
modern littU' town, situ
very lu'art of th(‘ fainons:
(’onntry.” Altlion^li
town, it lias all the
])rovenienis and faciliti
city—wat(‘r works, S(‘
teni, electric li.i^hts, iV'C
lin iloti‘1 is one of 7
found Hnywlien\
onr ])(‘0])lt* S])end tin
tliis d<-lii:htful and
cliinatt'. with tlic air
from tiu' iiionntains
bn.'vard is in tlie c(‘
and ])rodnctive far
Many of tlic farmers
and live in elof^ant h
If one is so(‘kinj'
well as rest, Brovti
resort, for nowherti,
natural scenery
.snl)]iiii(> tlianhe
ist of the Uni
his best worJ
jiaintings are'
nionntuin, va
and snnset, a
picturo intU
liiTiirH.-f'Tc'tf flirn \v}io )i,‘!s i);;in1<‘d it.
It w<is mv I'lca-;n.rc Id iz'i on
eral Tni>nntMin tl?'ivcs. K'.r t'.ii
miles w(' ]ilnr.ir( tl (!i>!']ii‘r anil dee];-
er into tlie ln‘a?-t of tin- r’l'/ifd
m Mintains. atid tln-n tahitiLra tTriil
W(' cfnni' to Lo< )kimr-(Falls,
madt' by a inonntnin strt'am jtonr-
in!j: over i* bi'.rli rock. Tins a
niiniatiirt‘ XiaL’’ara. and J:’>i as
icrand. Anotli.'i- diiv<‘ 1» h r.s to
<'< iiHieslct' Palls, till- lu'c-t htai'Ji
fill in all t bat coiinl r.v. Horcont^
s(‘t‘s a nni(|ne ]ibenoi>icnoii. 'i'wd
streams flowitiir in (“xaetly oo])ositt^
dirf'ctions ]>onr down ovt'r
falls and tb-n unite into t>nc rlivib-
mie. .‘-i)V'-i'inLC bi'i'ok. rr.sbin'.r tlown
Ube mountain ixtn’!jr{‘ until it buds
jits wav into tbi* beautiful [-"I’en -’n
Brt»ad river. This se;-ne i.-- .^U'.rLre.->;
;ivt‘ot'a s]»iritual truth. .Man and
(lod are miiviim in t)]>])o;~Iif tiiivf-
tions until they n'.e(‘t in rbri.-^t. In
Him tbt“ divint' and iiuman wills
j blend int<) t»n(\ aiul a nt'Vv* lift' re
suits.
lieavinir tlb-se bivelyand I'i--*^!!-
resijue falls, a tbvt'-'-n'.ib' ;n ive
took us to Dunn's Roek. >-n to]) ot
the mountain, from wben<-(! one
u:ets the T>it).sf ma.irnitieiMit view tb(*
human eye can heboid. Kii;hlt'en
hundretl ft'et below tla* li»*ck
st?'t‘tflit‘s out in verdant bi’auty tht^
matchless vallf“v of tiie Fn'neh
liroad. tbroU'_'b. the midst of \vbi<-]i
the w indin;.:. sib‘nt i-iver Hows on
fort'Ver. Risini; from tlie valb-v
ar(‘ the low foot bills. In tl;e far-
tlier distanc*' tlie blut' n;ountains
ris . (»ne abovi* anatb'er, ]>re.si‘Htii':-r
th(‘a;<])earanc(‘ of conL'ealed (iee.an
waves, nntil the bln<* of the mojin-
tains is mimrletl with tli<‘ i)lui' in
tbs' sky. ai’d beav«‘n anil carrb are
; :>:<'n>b*d. 'Pbis vitnv I shall nev.-r
I forLret, and 1 left thr ]>laee Vvin're
mint‘ eyes had sei'Ti tlie material
vision with a new and broadt'r
s])iritnal vision. I lookeil beycml
natur»‘ and belield nature's (x-.d
'I’bat vision will t‘Vi‘r lin;-’’ev with
nu>. I turned my back u])on tl;**
scene a bt'tter man. with ambitii'n>
ri'aebiu'-r hi^b'-r, and \vitli ])nr])<
nobler.
(ioin^ dov.-n the mountain we
saw tlvt‘ evi'niiii' sun di'oj) btdiind
the hori/t^n. atid such a sunst't I
liad n«'ver .st'en Ix'fore. As we de-
s;*end('d into the valb'y a?\d tho
twili,L:lit be^an to setth* down, tlu*
afteru^low from the setting .sun be-
.^an to tint thi^tf||||yM^ky in (*ol-
rich
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