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Trade Marks Designs Copyrights &c. Meli and description may opinion free whether an Mteotable. Communica- tiHiANDBOOK on Patents pT for Becurinpr patents. Wh Munn & Co. receive jMOTge. in the Jlmericdm ted weakly. T.arffest cir- Iflc Journal. Terms, a , Sold by all newsdealers. New York ' St.. WashliiKi-— r. C VIRGINIA \ M. D . PwESiorNT. ! nns to the Standards ^ EaI Bdocation. Send icr I I tells about it. ' * tSp^ciiy Departmeat, ISTRY-PHflRMACY We sell ats, and lire that pe head- tRE Elected Bishop Episcopal Diocese of Georgia. ELECTION MADE UNANIMOUS Or. Reese Will Preside Over the Old Diocese of Georgia and Will Be Known as the Bishop of Georgia. Will Be Two Bishops for State. In Advance I rt House OUCH ■ LUNGS mgs S PRICE 80c & $1.00. Trl^ 8ottle Free LUNG TROUBLES. 50 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE Sylvan News you Can’t Keep Down M Working Town; Lets pull together. J. J. MIl^fEE, Manager. BREVARD, TRANSYLVANIA GOUNTf. N. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21 1908. VOL. XIII-NO. 8 Only Augustri, Ga., Feb. 14. Rev. Frederick F. Reese. D.D., rector of Christ church, Nashville, Te-nn., was electe'd bishop of the Episcopal dio cese of Georgia by the clergy and laity sissenibled in annual convention at St. h’aul’s church. Augusta. The strongest contest was made by 4.he delegates supporting Dr. C. H. »Btrong, of Savannah, whose follcwing •has been consisteH^ throughout. On the last ballot, however, the election was made unanimous for Dr. Reese. Dr. Reese will not come to Georgia as a stranger. He is a native of the «tate and for years he was rector of Christ church at Macon, and was very popular not only with Episcopalians •but all with whom he came in. con tact. He left Macon to acceipt the rector ship of Christ church. Nashville, Tenn., where he is now located, and where he is greatly beloved. At the recent general coiiventicn oT llie Bpisccpal church, held In Rich mond, Dr. Reese was elected mis sionary bishop of a diocese in the northv/est, but declined to accept on I'he advice cf his phj'sician, who .'de clared that Mrs. Reese, v/ho was not in gcod health, could not live in that climate. Dr. Ree^re is between 55 and GO years cf age, and is a sound iind scholarly churchman. From this on there will be two bishops of the Episcopal church in Georgia, the state having been divided into two dioceses. Dr. Reese will preside over the old c-ocese of Gaorgia and wiU be knov.Ti tis the Eishop of Georgia. Savannah is the see of the diocese of GeorKia. Bishop C. K. Nelscn selected the new dioccse when the state was <Ii- vided, thereby resigning the title of Bishop of Georgia, v/h’Ich he has borne for fifteen years, for that of Bishop of Atlanta.—Atlanta being selected as the name of the new diocese. brtbe them to start a revolution. The troop<s resented this effort and de nounced the agitators to the authoi- tlcs. The plotters were arrested. Threw Dynamite Cap in Fire. Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 14.—At Phenix City, William Malloy threv? trash into the grate among which was a dynamite cap that he had forgotten. The house was shaken by the explo sion which followed and the room wa« wrecked. Several inm/ates were hurt, a little boy who was struck by debris, being the most seriously injured. LEFT TRUy F. DEAIH Tornadoes Sweep Over Texas and Mississippi "ANY DEAD AND INJURED WRECK ON Thb V- . & A. Head-On Collision Near Dalton, Ga. Brakeman Fatally Injured. Dalton, Ga., Feb. 14.—In a colli sion between two freight trains on the Western and Atlantic lai i’v^ad a few miles below the city i. Friday morning, Brakeman C. T V'ard, of Tunnel Hill, was fatally inju.cJ. The injured are Bob S'^Mire, Mari etta, Ga., fireman on the southbound train, kneecap bursted; F. A. Boston, of Atlanta, engineer, and Ed Puckett, foreman on nortbound train, face and head cut; Vvill Hatzel, engineer on the southbound” train, bruised about the head; W. A. Jackson, brakeman on the south bound freight, head and face bruised; Ike Cooper, braheman on tne southbound train, injured about the face. No. 7, a local freight, was in charge of Condiuctor Hilley and Kolliims was conductor of extra 174. Both engines were badly torn up, but No. 7 engine, being a small one, fared worse than the other. Ten cars left the tracks, most of them loaded with merchandise. I It will probably be late before the Wreckage w^ill be cleared, /ill traffic will move over the Sruti'ern into Atlanta, as the Southern’s tracks were not bsdly blocked. DROWNED irj CELLAn. QUIET AT FAIRBANKS, But Precautions Have Been Taken to Guard Against Outbreaks. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 14—A s^pccial cable to the Post Intelligencer from Fairbanks, Alaska, says: Marshal Perry Thursday received the following from the department of justice: ’‘Military forces ordered to FairbanK's. Meanwhile your duty Is to protect law-abiding citizens without tenderness to law-breakers. Depart ment expects you to use all necessary energy to preserve order and arrest the leaders in any attempt at intimi dation. Those molesting Russians taust be arrested, using such force as necess<ary to accomplish purpose. (Signed) Bonaparte.” Everything was quiet Thursday. Special deputies were organized in to banrte of ten under captains. Sa- Jcons are still closed. l\Ien arriving Thursday reported no mclestation on tlie trail. Tile chamber of commerce and the Arctic Brotherhood omcially express approval of the action of the; president in ordering troops to Tanana. Fatal Accldsnt to Deputy Chief Nsw York Fire Department. New York, Feb. 14.—Charles W. Kruger, deputy chief of the Now York fire uepartmeut, v.as d’ovviied in tiie cellar cf No. 215 Ca”?.! r::cer The building at No. 217 v.as on fire and Kruger went into f'e structure next door to aid in extingnisi ing the flames. He fell Into t':f> cellar, wliich was full of water, and as drowned. Deputy Chief Charles W. Kruger, known for many years as ‘i;he G and Old l\Ian of the Fire Depaitment,” was dead when taken out of the base ment. While wcrkirg h'r way cau tiously through a ce Ic^ filled with smoke and gases, Kruger plunged throug'h a trap dcor into a basement filled with water. In the fev; minutes which elapsed betv/ecn he time the old man fell his body was drawn out, more than a score cf men risl-ing their lives In the effort to save the life of their leader. Chief Kruger was fifty-seven years old, and had been a member of the fire department for thirty-six years. WOMEN GO TO JAIL. Suffrsgicts Preferred This to Giving Security for Good Behavior. I^ndon, Feb. 14.—Mrs. Parkhurst, the well loiown leader of ttie women Guffragists, and the other deelgates of •the organization who were arrested on Thursday, when they attempted to make a demonstration in the house of commons, all went to jail Friday for a •teim of six weeks rather than give sureties for their good behavior. ^ Charged v/lth Paramour’s Murder Montgom^ery, Ala., Feb. 14—Sidney .Tones, one of r.he negro soldiers of the B:x>WR3vilIe, Tex., command, dis- charced by President Rooseveit, is c.^,.Trgcd \vi\h the murder of his piira- moiii' rit Huntsville. iio hiis just s-crved a term in the mines for carry, jng a concealer^ pistol v.'hich he Ijrought out of the army with him. I Revolt Nipped In Bud. I Guayaquil, Ecuador, Feb. 14. A Tevolutionary movement ar Maniba has i)een nipped in the bud. The soldiers of tlie garrison there were approached _bv certain individuals wj^o tiied to ATLANTA PUDLIC EUILDING. Contract Has Been Awarded to Mc- Caul Company for $799,130. Wa'hingtcn, D. C., Feb. 14.—The secretary of the treasury has approved the recomm.endation of Supervising .\rchitect James Knox Taylor that the :ontract for the comjpletion of the Atlanta public build^Ing be av/arded to the McCaul company, of Philadelphia. The sum covered by this final con tract is $799,130. The granite to be used in the con- structicn of the superstructure will be taken from the granite quarries at Lithonia and Stcne Mountain, the In terior will be of marble, the roof of slate, and the whole structure will be both ornate and substantial. Colonel Livingston secured the gold pen wit'll which the decision of Sec retary Corttllyou was signed. He will preserve it as a souvenir of the campaign for the construction of this million dollar public building. Three or Four Towns in tho Soutl% ern Portion of Mississippi Were Practically Wiped Off the Face cf the Earth—Heavy Property Locs. 'Massville, Ml&s., February 15.— Four whole buildings, and two nalves of buil'dinigis are the only habitations standing today in this little village. The remainder of the structures here were blown down, and inany cf them blown vv'^ell outa'Ide the town by Fri day’s storm, which was one of the most violent to cross south Mississip pi, the 1CS.S of life here was small compared v;ith tlie great property de struction. Tv»o old negrces', Alec Windiham and his v.dfe, are dead and Edward Campbell, white, is probably fatally injured. Of the seven other persons painfully injured at this place all axo lapidily recovering. The bu’lldings left staadins: hero are tw'o residences, a cotton gin and a school hcus'O. The buildings which the storm cut in two are the Gulf and STiip Island railroad depot and a resi dence. The station master hr.ppcnod to ho in the half of the depot was left standing and was searccly dis turbed as the other h.alf of the sta tion went down In a heap and iiew away piecemeal. Goods Scattered for Miles. The inhabitants of Mozsville claim that their village was scattered over at least four miles of territory, this statement being based upon the iden tic ca ion of a hatchet picked up by a farmer four miles from here as part cf the i-tock of tlif* g'enera.l storo of the villaro. The contents of thi« store are plainly visible scattered over at Icas't hair a milo of g-roand- in every direction by the wind. Many ov'- idences of the force of the storm is seen everywhere. Strong cak trees are tv*'isted, uprcoteJ and scattered in the main street of the town. Heavy Property Loss The tornado cut a path several mUes long through timber and almost every clhcr obstruction on the face of the country. These vrh^o have been out in this storm trail, slate that the lo&s may reach several hundred thousand dollars. The towns of Sosa and Service were partly wrecked by the same tornado, and it is reported that a fourth small town, Epps, was badly damaged. Cw’in.g to sworen &treams, v.’s-slied out bridiges and' fallen wires few def inite reports have come from these places. At Service it is known that a small daughter of Ike Kolloway was killed,.and it is reported that a man and woman and two children were also killed. -"e Ferrftll wac; f-r' ~ • *cr of tiie ' er-ange har, »>r.7 qt^o of wealthiest men "in Troup county. Arri^ricsn Shares Were Firm. London, Fe^o. li).—On the stock exchange Saturday American shares marked a su'b&tantial recovery in sym pathy with Wall street. The success of the New York city bend issue cre ate! a favorable impreseion, while the anticipation of a gcod bank statement in New York Induced the bears to cover and helped the improvemeiit. T!ie market finished firm. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The bill apprapriatlng $350,000 for participation by the United States in An international exposition to be held at Tokio, Japan, in 1912 was passed by the senate. At the annual meeting of the South- eastern Passenger associat'iou, held in the Equitable building, in Atlanta, Chairman Richardson was re-elected tor the ensuing year, without opposi tion. The commandant of the navr.1 sta tion at Key West reports having re- ceive-d a wireless telegram from the gunbcat Marietta saying that her port engine was disabled, when ICO miles from Tampa. The Marietta is pro- r.«u*dltig under her starboard engine. The trial of Raymond Hitchcock, the <»med':an, is set for Feb. 24, despite. j.hA objections of his counsel and the afftQavit of a representative cf his the- ivtriea] manager that Hitchcock has b*»en hcoked to appear in various parts of the country up to March C. Women Will Make Protest. Montgomery, Ala., F'e’o, 14.—Two members cf the various women’s sc- cleties are much exercised over the proposition of tho city to tear away the fountain in Court Square, one of the landmarks of history from the wartime past. In order that they may be h^ard, three^ cf them will be allowed to address the council at the reg-alar meeting next Monday night in opposition to the removal of the foun tain. The proposition is to put the for.ntain on the front part of the cap- itol grounds when they are iinally worked over. Tyler, Tex., fs Ravacac!. Tj’lcr, Tex., Feb. 17.—Tyler wns swept by the most disasirciis Lornado in its history Friday morning ab'O'-it 4 o’clock. Coming up from the south west the storm sv*'ept over the mn.in residence section of the city, le.aving a trail of death and devastation. The known dead in Tvler number four—C. A. Francis, agent of t^e Dallas New.s; his wife and child, one year old, and a negro named Mose Lee, eighty years of age, Francis wa,3 about twenty-ei^ht years of age and cccupie:! a high place in the esteem of his fellow towns'men. His dead hody was fouii>J 10-0 yarf’^ from his wrccKed home and the bouy of his child was found in the street. Mrs. Francis was in the wreckage of the building. Death List Wilf Resch 12. It is expected that the death list in Tyler v.ill reach twelve and the num ber of injured two score or more. Tvvelve buildings were wrecked and in the confusion which exists it is dif ficult to compile an acurate list of the casualties. DZIATH OF JUDGE TERRELL. Senate Passes Prohi Bill. Jackson, Miss., Feb. 14—The sen ate on Thursday paseesd the statutorj’ prohibition bill by a vote of 3G to 4, The bill Is effective Dec. 31. K , 1^: Nestor of the LaQrange Bar and Old est Troup County Citizen. Laii^raQ.ge, Ga., Feb. 35—Judge Fer rell died st his home in this city cn Thursday. He was in his usual he.^ith up to Sunday when he was taken with a severe cold, which developed 'into pneumonia, which caused his death. A samgiilar coincidence was that his brother. Arch Ferrell, died at Seale, Ala., only th« dcy before from the saiffe comiiplalnt. Judge Ferrell was nineyt-two years of age, being hom on January 19, 1816. He was the old^est citizen of Lagrange, The conference report on'the urgent dcficieaiicy appropriation has been adopted by the senate. The Oklahoma legislature killed the hotel bill w'hich required! nine-foot rheets cn beds and provided a penalty for^the use of cracked cups. The United States sienate bill to increase tlie efficiency of the person nel of the revenue cutter service was reported favorably by the house com- mittoc; cn inter-state and foreign com- mo’.ce. ?- /■. A{ bill authorizing the appointment of veterinarians in the army not ex- ceeain-g two for each regiment of cav alry and' one for each battalion of field' artillery was favorably report ed to the senate by the committee on military affairs. UNDER SERI0U3 CHARGE. Clairr.ed Boy Deliberately Scaldcd a Child to Death. Chicago, Feb. 15.—Bichael De- w’ala, forty-one year^ cf age, is under arrest charged with having caused the death of Joseph Devenick, the three- year-old son of John Devenick. The child died of scalds received. Dev/ala was a boarder 'in the Deven ick heme. According to the police, Dewala, foPowing a quarrel with I^Irs. •Devenick, took the child and, holding him betv/een his knees, deliberately poured boiling water from a tea ket tle over the boy’s head and down his back. WANTED LOBBYISTS PUT OUT. Sensation Created by Resolutio.i in Mississippi Senate. .Jackson, Miss., Feb. 15.—A sen sation was' created in. the senate on Friday when Senator Er^.gle, of the city of Natchez, offered a resolution instructing the sergeant-at-arms to eject from the senate chamber all lob- ■byists connected A,vith the Cumber- laad Telephone company. Mr. EJngle mndo a spirited speech, dieclaring’ that lobbyists cf that com pany were using Influence & had been used.. The resolution was finally re ferred to the com'milttee cn rules. Large Liquor Shipments to Mscon. Macon, Ga., Feb. 15.—A grand to tal of 13,500 covers the numher of li quor racka..res that have been receiv ed: at the local express office since the first cf .January. Thoje packages va- ri©-i greatly in size, som-e being buf quarts while others ranged up to 'bun- dil'03 big enough to carry a case or more of wet goodis. Friday a car and a half of liquor reached Macon from Jackson'ville, Fla., and the entire contents went to people living in this city, AH day long a constant stream of people could be seen going to and from th.e express company’s ofHces on Fors-yth street. Verdict Was Ar^clauded. Knoxville, Tenn.. Fl?b. 14.—W. S. Bryant was Wednesday acquitted at Cookeville Tenn., of the charge of murdering Chalmers Vestal at Bax ter, Tenn., about one year ago. When the verdict was announced the throng assembled in the court room applaud ed. It is s'tated that the indictment against Mrs. Vestal alleging complic ity in the reputed killing of her hus- ‘band may now be nolle prossed. WEDS ERjNCII DUKE Daoghter of Theodore Shonts Is Won by French Noble. QUIET WEDDING CEREMONY Groom Js a Scion of One of the Old- cst and Mott Aristocratic Families of the French Nobjllty-^Will Spend Honeynnocn in Florida. Nev/ York, Feb., 15—Saturday MIss Theodora S-honts, daughter cf Theo- dor.e H. Shonts, president of the In terborough Rapid Transit company and chairmail of the Panama canal frommission, w'as married at the Shonts borne in this city to the Due de Chaul- n<»s. Because of the fact that it has come to be believed that the marriage is thc^ result of genuine love match, it has attracted much attention in New York. The due comes from an old Fren?'.i family and while not rich, possesses a Paris home, a chateau in the coun- TRANSYLVANIA LODGE No. 141,K.ofP. Meets Tuesday evenings 8.30., Castle Hail, Fra ternity buiMiag. A hearty wemHDe Sor visitors at aU ikaea. T. W. WHITMIRE, C. C. try In France and is dezcribed as a lift 'ir. cf the Rom.'in Catholic faith and h^.s obtained a dispensation fo’’ Qls marriage. The ceremony w^as performed by Mgr. Lavelle of St. Patrick’s cathed ral. Among the foreign guests at the w'€Klding were the duke’s sister, the Duechezs D’Uzes and Prince de Ga- litzzan, w'ho acted as groomsman. Only a small number of guests wit nessed the ceremony. The young couple will spend the honeymoon in Florida. Miss Marguerite Shnnts, sister of the bride, w^as her only attendant, and the Prince Andre Galilzine, the d'Uke’s uncle, was best m.an. The Shonts home w^as decorated with American Beauty roses, lilies of the valley and smilax. The bride were a gown of duchess satin with a court train bordered with orange blos soms. The Due De Chaulnes is twenty-nine years of age, and a memher of one of the most aristocratic famiilies of the Froiich nobility. He has a ho-use in the city cf Paris and an heriditary castle in one of the French provinces. Thc-cdore P, Shonts, the bride’s father, is now president of the Inter- borough Metropolitan company, w'hich operates the New York elevated rail- roals and subway, DOING A SPLENDID WORK. Augusta Chamber of Commerce Oper ates Employment Bureau. Augusta, Ga., Feb. 15.—The cham ber of commerce has started an em ployment bureau that is doing great work. There is really no reason why an In- drustricus man should he idle in Angus, ta, for every line of industry is sim ply halted for lack of proper workmen. Eut It happens that many who lose one place do not know cf a vacancy in another, and lose much time going the rounds. The new bureau finds places for all who apply, and there is still room for more. The employers report their vrants to the bureau, and each applicant is ddrected to the place he seems to he fitted for. The bureau fills a long-felt want. Average Weight Per Bale. New’’ Orleans, La., Feb. 15.—Sec retary Hester has issued a statement of the average weight of G,G24,809 bales of cotton handled at cutports and acro:is the Mississippi, Ohio and Potomac rivers overland to American manufacturers outside of the cotton belt from September to January inclu sive, showing an average per bale of 512.88 pounds against 521.95 last year. ProfessioMi W. B. DUCKWORTH. A.TTO R N E Y-AT-L A W. tioomB 1 and 2, Pickelsimer Building. GASH (a, CALLOWAY LAWYERS. Will practice in all the courts. Rooms 9 and 10, McMinn Block. D. L. ENGLISH LAWYER Rooms 11 and 12 McMinn Block, BREVARD. N. C THOMAS A. ALIEN, Jr., DENTIST. (Bailey Bloc HENDERSONVILLE, N. C. A beautiful gold crown for $4.00 and up. Plates of all kind at reasonable prices. All work guaranteed; satisfaction or .lo pay. Teeth extracted without pain. Will lie vjla.. to have you call and inspect my offices, work and prices*. The ^thelwold Brevard’s New Hotel—Modern A]>- pointmehts—Open all the year Phe patvonaice of the travelinf? public IS well as summer tourists icj solicited- Opp. Court House. Brevard. N.C. R-I-P-A-N-S Tabiiles Doctors find A good prescription For mankind The 5-cent packet isenotigh l<>r usual occasions. The family bottle (60 re ti-) contuiu^ a supply for a year. All drugglst*> sel 1 them. H. G. BAILEY, G. L CORRECT SURVEYS MADE Maps, Plots and Profiles Plotted Only the finost adjusted instru ments nsed. Absolute acvinracy. P. O. Brevard, N, C. THE REV. IRL R. HICKS 'nanae and ohould be in very heme in -iG land. Eis weather predic tions can behad only in his own publics ti on s. No other publisher is permitted to print them in any form, either with or without credit. His 1908 Almanac ex cels all former editions in beauty and value, and sells forS5cents, postpaid. His monthly magazine. Word axd Works, contains his weather foro* casts for each month, tog^ethor with a> vast amount of the best family reading^ and costs $1. a year, one almanac with, each subscription. Every earthquake and serious storm for 20 years has been predicted by Prof. Hicks. Ybo cannot afford to be without these i>ub- ^ations. Address all orders to SYLVAN VALLEY NEWS, EREVARD A mustard plaster is not a very poetic subject; but, all, how warmly it ap peals to a man’s feelings!—Philadel phia Inquirer. Chamberlain’s Diarrhoea Remedy. Never fails. Buy it now. It may save life.
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