Sylvan Valley News
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
J J MINERi - Editor uid Proprlfetor.
08IE M. MINER. Bookkeeper and Collector.
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Beginning March 1, Mr. A.
B. Riley will be permanently con
nected with the Sylvan Valley
News. Our enlarged paper re
quires extra help in the mechani
cal department,and Mr.Riley will
relieve Miss Osie of the book
keeping so that her time can be
entirely devoted to the mechan
ical end of the business. In ad
dition to the bookkeeping Mr.
Riley will visit different sections
of the county and “see things.”
Incidentally he will tell our read
ers what he sees. We intend to
make the News the best county
paper in Western North Carolina,
believing that the time has come
when Transylvania county will
give such a paper a liberal sup
port. We hope that all friends
of this paper will extend their
assistance to Mr. Riley in h\s ef
forts at gathering county news.
It seems to us rather cheeky
fora candidate for some public
office to ask the newspapers of
the state to publish gratuitiously
three or four columns setting
forth his principles and the rea
sons why he should be the nomi
nee. Most newspapers make a
charge for publishing this class
of matter, and the News believes
it should be paid for. After the
conventions have spoken and the
candidates are in the field a paper
should support its party ticket
without any question of pay, but
until that lime its columns are
open to any one who seeks a nom
ination at the same rates that
other advertisers pay for space.
If persons use publicity for their
personal benefit they must ex
pect to pay for it.
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It is expected that the Appa
lachian Forest bill, which is now
in the hands of a com mittee, will
come up for discussion in Con
gress, within a few days. It is
learned that Speaker Cannon has
withdrawn his antagonism and
will not stand in the way of a
vote on the bill. Every section
of the south is vitally interested
in the preservation of our forests,
and should write and urge their
members of congress to vote and
work for its passage. There is
no question that will come before
the present congress that is
nearly so important to every
southern enterprise as the pres
ervation of the streams, and this
can only be secured by saving
the forests.
our republican friends who are
wasting so much time and energy
for the best interests (?) of the
democratic party, but as their
own party seems to be hopelessly
divided they should not, feel hurt
if the people fail to accept their
advice.
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A MAD DOC KILLED.
We notice a tendency on the
part of republican papers, great
and small, to help the democratic
party in selecting a candidate for
president in the coming Novem
ber election. They evidently
want the democrats to nominate
some one wiio will be easily de
feated forgetting or ignoring the
fact that in the democratic party
the voice of the people is supreme.
They seem to fear Bryan—his
honesty in advocating principles
which have grown popular with
the masses, is a political asset
which staggers them. The peo
ple have decided that Bryan shall
be their standard-bearer for a
third time, and all the efforts of
republican politicians and finan
ciers will not prevent his nomi
nation by acclamation if his
name is presented to the national
convention. We are sorry for
Consternation Reigns in the Pis-
gah Forest Section—Will Stepp
Bitten and Gone to Atlanta for
Treatment
A mad dog sc^re has taken hold
of the Davidson River community.
Last Friday night Will Stepp, a
workman at the Brevard Tannin
plant, was bitten by a dog w hich
was suspected to be mad. It was
after dark, about 8 o’clock, and Mr.
Stepp was in front of the com
pany’s offices when a dog of the
fice variety came along. Mr. Stepp
gave a friendly snap of his fingers
to the animal, not suspecting that
anything was wrong, when the
dog sprang upon him and fastened
its teeth in the man’s hand, in the
fleshy part between the thumb and
forefinger. Mr. Stepp at once pro
cured a gun and killed the animal
and then cast it into the river.
This doing away with the carcass
prevented subsequent examination
by which a certainty as to its con
dition might have been established.
Some doubt has been expressed
as to the dog’s being mad, as all
dogs use their teeth savagely at
times. But the evidence in this
points suspiciously to a case of the
dreaded hydrophobia. The dog be
longed to E O. Lyday, who lives in
the neighborhood of Penrose. On
Saturday morning after the un
pleasant occurrence Mr. Stepp went
down to see Mr. L.yday in order to
set his ovrn mind at rest on the sub
ject. He learned that the dog had
been bitten some time before by a
shepherd, and that the shepherd
had also bitten a calf which subse
quently died. On the Friday in
question the fice dog had made a
trip of several miles, i>erhaps twen
ty or thirty, creating consternation
as he went. From the Penrose
neighborhood he had gone up to
the headwaters of Davidson river.
There he bit a calf and then started
on the back track. His next know’n
encounter was with J, R. Stamey,
who lives some distance above
Vanderbilt’s mill. Mr. Stamey w^as
disposed to treat the little beast
with hospitality and took him up
on his knee, but was rewarded by a
scratch or bite which awakened his
suspicions. Fortunately the wound
w-as not deep enough to be dan
gerous.
From Mr. Stamey’s the dog came
on down the river, made several
visits on the way, biting as many
unwary members of his own species
as he could, and turning to the
right came up the Asheville road
til he reached Gaston Neill’s. There
he got mixed up with the dogs and
children, biting one dog and mak
ing an effort to bite one of Mr.
Neill’s daughters. From that time
on till night nothing is known of
his movements till he appeared at
Pisgah Forest and there made the
attack on Mr. Stepp and was killed.
The fact of the dog’s having been
bitten by the rabid shepherd, and
the knowledge of the animal’s be
havior during the day so alarmed
Mr. Stepp that he determined to go
to Atlanta to get the benefit of thp
Pasteur treatment. In company
with his brother, M. M. Stepp, he
left Pisgah Forest Sunday morning
and is now at the Pasteur Institute
in Atlanta.. As hydrophobia is not
likely to develop under two weeks,
it is hoped that, in case the dog was
really mad, the treatment will
prove efficacious.
It is expected that there will be a
general dog killing time up and
down Davidson river as a sequel to
the dog’s extensive journey last
Friday. No time should be lost in
killing all dogs know”n to have been
bitten. We publish elsewhere the
law on this subject and hope that
PBOHIBITIOM THOUGHTS.
According to the Raleigh News
and Observer, Virginia. now
needs to protect herself against
the liquor interests that are be
ihg driven from North parolina.
Virginia, like other -so«‘thern
states, may be asking for immi
grants, but we are veiry much
mistaken if she desires immigra
tion of the rum shop variety,
nor does she need it. . But this
very condition, in which Virginia
and every state bordering a pro
hibition state is placed, furnishes
the anti prohibitionist with a han
dle to work his old stock argu
ment—that prohibition does not
prohibit; that no legislation can
kill the whisky traffic; that if you
cut off a head of this monster an
other head will pop up ,some-
where else as full of life as ever;
and that when you drive the
whisky seller from one point he
will, sooner or later, appear in
full force at another. This casu
istry Virginia will answer in the
way that it can only practically
be answered—by the coilimon
s^nse argument of action. She
will build her prohibition wall
and will fall into line just as
North Carolina has been doing in
part, and will do yet in full.
A citizen of intelligence ob
served recently “Our people are
already educated on the evils of
intemperance.” Are they? It is
well if they are. They w'ould be
wofully behind in one great point
of a general education if they
were not. Yet it was not- long
ago that we heard a gentleman of
culture—a professional man—re
mark that he would likQ'tO see
.caloons on the streets of Bre
vard. It would hardly do to say
that he desired such a sight to
satisfy his ow^n individual tastes
and appetites. Yet there are
many w’ho would, and the influ
ence of such a one is incalculable
in its power for evil. What en
couragement it offers to the man
who wants the bar room for its
own sweet sake! We despair of
influencing the vote of a boozs
artist or one who wishes to fill his
pockets with what comes from
that unfortunate person, but we
desire to raise our voice in pro
test against the influence of the
aider and abettor of the whiskv
traffic who is educationally and
professionally equipped to wield
that influence powerfully amongst
the voters of our county.
all will obey its mandates.
Neigliborhoocl Favorite.
Mrs. E. D. Charles, of Harbor,
Maine, speaking: of Electric Bitters,
says: “It is a iieijrhborhood favorite
here with us.” It deserves to he a
favorite everywhere. It gives quick
relief in dyspepsia, liver complaint,
kidney derangement, malnutrition,
nervousness, weakness and general
debility. Its action on the V»lood, as
a thorough purifier makes it especial
ly useful as a i=pring medicine. This
grand alterative ionic is sold under
guarantee at T. B. Allison’s drug
store, 50c.
mad dog, and shall neglect or refuse imme
diately to kill the same, he shall forfeit
and pay the sum of fifty dollars to him
who will sue therefor; and the offender
shall be liable to pay all damages which
may be sustained by any one, in his prop
erty or person, by the bite of any such dog,
and ahall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
fined not more than fifty dollars, or im
prisoned not more than thirty days.
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WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY.
Are you, Mr. Voter, in favor of
saloons in Brevard? If you are
not, make it emphatically known,
and treasure up jealously i:he de
lightful prospect ef casting your
vote against saloons anywhere
in the state. Charity begins at
home, but it is a narrow charity
that stays there. What is good
for Brevard is none the less good
for any town in the state. Put
yourself in their place.
A reorganization of the Anti-
Liquor League of Haywood coun
ty was effected Sunday, Feb. 16,
at Waynesville, and officers were
ele.^ted. Theis is a step for
ward which Transylvania might
afford to emulate. Let us take
the matter into consideration
here. We cannot afford to rest
upon a half victory. An organi
zition of this kind would not fail
of its effect here and elsewhere.
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THE LAW AS TO MAD DOGS.
In view of the fact that there
is or has been a “mad dog scare”
in the Pisgah Forest section, and
that several valuable dogs are
reported bitten, whose owners
refuse or neglect to kill them, it
seems to be the duty of this pa
per to publish the law in refer
ence thereto.
This law makes no provision
for any disposition of the bitten
dog except “to immediately kill
the same,” and we believe the
legislature is wise. One human
life is worth more than all the
dogs on earth, and protection to
human life demands the death of
all bitten dogs. Here is the law;
Sec. 3305—If the owner of any dog shall
know, or have good reason to believe, that
his dog, or any dog belonging to any per
son under his control, has been bitten by a
One of the pleasantest entertain
ments of the whole winter was
that given last Friday night by the
Adelphian and Belle Bennett Liter
ary Societies of the Brevard Insti
tute. The large hall of the Insti
tute was filled to its utmost seating
capacity, and several spectators
were compelled to stand in the
aisles. The audience was represen
tative of the whole population of
Brevard. They manifested a laud
able interest in the work of the In
stitute, and maintained most beau
tiful order throughout the render
ing of the whole program.
The celebration of Washington's
birthday was the occasion of the
entertainment, and a program had
been prepared centering round this
special feature. There were songs,
choruses, piano duets, pantomines,
drills, recitations and one play.
The chorus, “Blow Soft Winds,”
sung by the girls’ Glee Club was
especially good, and showed excel
lent training. Two short essays on
the life of Washington, full of pith
and point, were read by two of the
young ladies. The piano duets
were a decided improvement over
many that Brevard audiences have
been compelled to listen to.
Perhaps the chief feature of the
evening—certainly the longest
single production—was the play en
titled, “The Trial of February.”
Although the dialogues were in
rhyme, wliic^H usually means ilis-
aster to sense in the ordinary
school ])lay, there Avas not the least
bit of dullness or stifl:‘ness about
this one. February vras being tried
bn the charge of being too short
and w'orthless to be included in the
year, but February’s lawyer skill
fully produced witnesses in the
shape of eminent birthdays to ac
quit his client. These witnesses
were Lincoln’s Birthday, St. Valen-
tine^s Day and Washingon’s Birth
day. The conversations were
sprightly and full of wit, and sev
eral pretty scenes w^ere introduced.
One of these was the Hatchet Pan-
tomine, performed by ten young
ladies. Another w’as the Pickanin-
i(5S dance, which appealed to the
humor of the audience. These cun
ning dances would have done credit
to a good minstrel show.
A very original part of the enter
tainment was the Martha Washing
ton drill. Several young ladies,
all dressed in the old Colonial style
to represent the spouse of the
Father of his country, filed out on
the stage and stood before a long
table, on which was a row of tea
cups and silver teapots. Then all
the Martha Washingtons proceeded
to pour out the tea and daintily
raised it to their aristocratic lips.
The old fashioned costumes, white
caps, and i)owdered hair, together
with the simple movements in time
to music, produced a quaintness of
effect quite in keeping with the
occasion. It was just a matter of
parenthetical wonder to the unin
itiated onlooker where so many
fine silver teapots hailed from.
The editors of the Literary Soci
eties’ two newsi>apers. Miss Mary
Breese and Miss Mary Kirkendall
read very entertaining papers con
taining a number of local hits on
students, teacher's and citizens of
Brevard. They were constantly
being interrupted by shouts of
laughter from the audience.
The entertainment closed with a
comic pantomine, “Advertising for
a Wife,” after which a short and
informal reception of visitors was
given by the school.
The general verdict of the audi
ence was, “well done.” Every
thing was characterized by life
and movement, evidencing good se
lection of material and thorough
prex>eration.
Reason Entliroi»e<l.
Because meats are so tasty they
are consumed in great excess. This
leads to stomach troubles, biliousness
and constipation. Revise your diet,
let reason and not a pampered appe
tite control, then take a few doses of
Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver
Tablets and you will soon be well
again. Try it. For sale at O. L.
Erwin’s, Rosman, N. C. Samples
free.
Sylvan Valley News, Brevard, N. C.
Every step
in advance is
/
a step away from the crowd. Every time
you increase vour bank account—even if
only a dollar—you are making' another
step in advance. The good business
habits you will form in buildiug up your
account and credit will be worth to you
fully as much as the money you will
have saved and materially counts for
your luture success.
We Pay 4% on Time Deposits
Brevard Banking Co.
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What a Watch Does
The balance wheel swings back and forth 300 times
a minute; 18,0000 times in one hour; 482,000
times in a day, and 157,680,000 times in a year.
You canH use more than one one-hundredth part of
a drop of oil in the two bearings, which cannot
last much over a yeiir. After that the bearings
run dry with worn out oil in them, wiiich causes
the pivots to wear out.
Yet many persons expect a watch to keep time
three or four years without cleaning or oiling.
It will cost you nothing to have your watch exam
ined by
C. B. McFEE, The Main Street Jeweler
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