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Rates to Subscribers $1.25 per year In Advance Sylvan News You Can't Keep Down A Wooing Town; LeVs pull together. J. J. MI-N'ER, Manager. BEEVARD, TEMSYLVANIA COUNTY. N. C., FRIDAY. MAY 15.1908- VOL. IIII-NO. 20. Only Newspaper In Transylvania County fJLANTIi;UlG FIRE Loss Is NoV Placed at $1,259,008; Insarance $909,000. REBUILDING TO COMMENCE prccticaily Every Owner In the Bumed District Has Announced that New Structures Will Be Erected—Work of Clearing the Debris Begun. Atlanta, May Atlanta’s business Interests will re-build Immediately tie three square blocks of buelnesB build ings destroyed in Friday’s fire. Practically every owner in the dis trict bas announced tnat modern structures will be erected wlien the ruins have been cleared away. Saturday found several hundred men at work cleaning out piles of brick an<J stone, tearing down tottering re mains of walls, restoring streets to traffic, replacing telephone aji^d tele- graph poles and digging sales out of the wreckage. Loss and Insurance. The loss stands at practically one million and a half dollars, with the in surance about nine hundred thousand dollars. That there was no loss of life, and no one injured is rather remarkable, and may toe accounted for principally by the extreoie police precautions VNhici prevented any one approaching The buildings while tlie firemen were ai wcrk. Wall after wall and roof after roof fell while the flames were at their height and several times gangs of fire men were nearly caught as the heat burst out four or five st.3ries of brick and sent partitions scattering about the streets. >Will Investigate Water Pressure. As one result of this, the most se rious fire Atlanta has known since Sherman burned the city, it is likely an investigation will be made into the water pressure. During the heiglit of the fire Friday several of the streams of water failed to reach to the second stories of the buildings and for a time It was thought that dynamiting would have to be re sorted to to check the flames which were sweeping everything before them. The situation has led the city offi cials to institute an inquiry into tfl€ maUcr of water pr^ssurtj. Townsliip Primaries Timlorrow! instruct Your Delegates to tlie County Convention. Del^ates are to be chosen at these {Mrimari« tvho will represent the precincts in a G)imty Convention liext Satuiwy, May 23. This County Convention will select Delegates to nominate a Congressman^ State Senator, and full State Ticket. If the Voters have any choipe in candidates it is their duty to make that choice known at the Primaries. $600,000 BLAZE. acres of coal lands in the Warrior dis trict of Alabama which it recently ac. quired. 'fhe cornerstone of the autltorlum* armory building was laid in Atlanta Tuesday by the grand lodge of Ma sons of Georgia, in the presence of the assembled national guard of Georgia and a liundred or so citizens of At lanta. The news of the conclusion of fho arbitration treaty between the United States and Japan has been well re ceived, and it is believed it will ro- move whatever suspicion exists re garding tte mutual relations of the two countries. Manager Ryan, of the Montgomery baseball club, has sold Merryman to the Mobile club, the consideration not being given out. Merryman Is a left-handed pitcher and came to Mont. gomery from Springfield, O., of the Central league. He has only worked In one game for Montgomery. The following army orders have been received from Washington: Cap tain David Y. Beckham of the Coast Artillery corps has >been relieved from duty at Savannali^Ga.^ and wiil join his proper command. Captain J. M. Love, Jr., of the Fift2enth infan- ferrcd from Columbus Barracks, O., to Savannah, Ga. The twenty-third and twenty sev enth regiments of infantry will pro ceed from Toklo to Korea on May 14 to cope with any possible emer gency. Alter a successful three-day meet ing, the southern conference of Uni tarian and other Christian churches fng to persons suspected of complicity in the revolution 'will retain those moneys. PITTSBURG SENSATION. Ho Mtw National Developments In Bai*k Snvach. has come to a close in the Church of Pa., Hay 9.—^According Much Valuable Property Destroyed at New Orleans. Xew Orleans, La., May 7.—^Twelve hours after it was thought that the fire which Wednesday night destroyed the stores of F. F. Hansell & Bro. and H. F. Stevens & Co., in Canal street, had been entirely subdued, it was found that the store of the Dreyfus Co., Ltd., next to the burned build ings, was on fire. On account of the locality, the heart of the business section, a general fire alarm was turned in, but the Dreyfus building, with a large stock of dry pood's was totally destroyed by 10 a. m. Thursday. This will add about a quarter of a miHion to the lo&s brought about by the fire, which started late Wednesday night, 'bringing the total loss up to $Goo,ooo. AH of the property destroyed was covered by insurance. BRIEF DISPATCHES. Announcement is made that t^'^ Couthern Steel company is to resume operations at Gadsden Ala. Two thousand em^ployees of the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad fchops were laid off for an indefinite period. In a local option election at Freder icksburg, Va., the “drys” were vic torious, the majority being 31 votes. A feature of the election was the ■^’ork by the women. John Morley and Sir Henry Fowler liave taken their seats in the house of lords under the respective tiUes of Vis count Morley of Blackburn, and Vis count Wolverhampton. The eruption of Mount Etna con tinues, accompanied by numerous earth shocks. The detonations have terrified the people living in the vicin- i«.j of the ^oicano, and they are camp ing in the open air. The republican members of the house of representatives wore In cau cus for three hours Tuesday night in an effort to agree upon a plan for currency legislation, but adjourned without achieving any dennite result. Plans are being perfected by the Mobile Portland Cement com<pany to build Its big plant in south Alabama, and the com^anjy will develop 19,500 Governor Gooding has granted a re* prieve to Harry Orchard, sentenced to he hanged Friday of next week, to July 2. Emperor William has conferred the order of the crown of Prussia upon W’illiam Charles Reyck, of the New Y:>rk Times. After a short shut down the Kan sas City shops of the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad were reopened Thursday. Three hundred and fifty men are employed. Sixty Afghans were reported killed in the fighting which took place be tween a large Afghan force and the British troops last Saturday at a point In the Khybor pass near Landi-Kho- tal. Announcement Is made that Mana ger Tom Fisher, of the 'Mobile base ball club, has signed Rtcher Stock- dale, of the Memphis team. Stockdale has a great record, and *was with the Memphis team last season. The defeat of Durand, the revolu tionary leader at Cerro de Pasco In Peur, and his. subsequent flight, have been confirmed. This means that the revolutionary movement has collapsed and the people are now rejoicing. Pual Morton, president of the Equit able Life Assurance Society of the United States, has been elected a di- i't:ctor and member of ihe executive committee of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa B'e Railway company, to suc ceed the late George G. Haven. Bishop Warren Akin Candler, of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, leaves in the early part of June for England, w-here he goes as the frater nal messenger from the Southern Methodist church to the British Wes leyan conference, which meets at York in July. The military preparations now being made by Russia on the Turkish fron tier have attracted the attention of the foreign consuls in the Caucasus, and several of these representatives have sent in reports regarding the uneasine&s of the population and the expectation of trouble with Turkey. That the republic of Colombia has twice made demands for and then ask ed arbitration of i:er claim of $10,- 000,000 from the United States and twice been refused, was made known at the state department Thursday. It was added that these demands and re fusals were ancient history, and that •no ifresh representations fhad been made on the question. Our Father, Atlanta, Ga. Harding Moore, a negro, was sen tenced to fifteen years in the peniten tiary of North Carolina for the murder of William Christopher, a young far mer. The crime was committed In Stokes county last Christmas day. The saw mill of the Simms Lumber company, 15 miles north of Alexan dria, L.a., on the Iron Mountain rail road, was destroyed by fire. Prac tically all of the lumber was saved. The loss will amount to about 150,000. The Mersey dock board has finally approved a big scheme for the ex tension of the docking facilities of Liverpool, to cost over $10,000,000. The rapidly increasing trade with America has made necessary an enlargement of the existing facilities. Major P. Chaffftei, ofllcei* in t^e Confederate army and a broth er of Lieutenant General Adna R. Chaffee, U. S. A., retired, of Los Au- geles, died at his home at Kansas City of kidney trouble, aged seventy- nice years. Charles A. Lutz, assistant control ler of the Louisville c.nd Nashville railroad, has tendered his resignation. It is understood that Mr. Lutz will ac- copt 'the position a* chief statisti cian of the interstate commerce com mission at Washington. The new municipal law has been handed to Governor Magoon, of Ha vana, by the adWsory commission. It is the conviction of the provisional officials that lack of such a law was the chief cause of past trouble in Cuba. The German reichstag has adjourn ed until October 20. Twenty supple mentary appropriation and other bills were adopted hurriedly In the last two hours of the sitting. Following their usual customs, the socialists left the chamber at the end of the sit ting, just before the president pro posed three cheers for Emperor Wil liam. w the United States government offl- claltf there are no new developments In the alleged irregularities of the Axl«ghecy National bank, which be came public through the arrest of William Montgomery, the cashier, on A charge of embezzling |5C9,0O0 of the bank’s funds. National Bank EX' amiaer W^llllam F. Folds, wM made the charge against Cashier Montgom ery, is m-aking a further examination of the affairs of the bank. The arrest of Montgomery ,who Is prominent In business, social and po litical circles, continues to be one of the greatest sensations that has oc curred here In several years. REBEi^ AND TROOPS FIGHT. R«v:>lutlonary Movement In Yan Nan Pekin, May 9.—‘Alarming news has been received here regarding the prog ress of the revolutionary movement In Yvn 'Nan province, on the Tonking border. There hare been three engagements recently between the rebels and the provincial troops, in which the for mer were victorious. Laohu pass Is In their possession, and the seaport of Meng Tsze Is en dangered. , C. V. Bapst, the French minister to China, has been asked to aid In the suppression of the movement. The rebels possess French arms, and are said to have been trained by Frenchmen. Meng Tsze Is a treaty port, and has a population of about 12,000. Catcher and First Baseman Charles Puller has bee nsold to Meridian, Miss., Manager Ryan, of the Mont. gomery, Ala., team^ making the deal. The one thousand guinea stakes at Newmarket were won by Richard Cro- ker's Rhodora. It is estimated that 1,000 people were thrown out of employment by the late Atlanta, Ga., fire. \ Ten members of the Pr.^testant Episcopal church council of the dio cese of Texas, at (Dallas, were victims of ptomaine poisoning. All recovered. Auburn has defeated the Central col lege of Kentucky, by the score of 6 to 4. Stutts, for Kentucky, pitched a nice game. Taylor, of Auburn, also showed up well. The death is announced In Paris of Ludovlc Halevy, the well known dra matic authority and novelist. M. Hal evy was a member of the French acad. emy and was born in this city July 7, 1834. The E5uclid Avenue Trust comi>any, of Cleveland, O., has made assignment to the Cleveland Trust company In j the insolvency court. No statement j of assets or liabilities Is given. The? last statement Issued by the concern i gave the assets as $1,700,000, liabill-j ties, $1,700,000. The tie Thursday In the southern handicap) at the interstate shoot at the fair grounds In Birmingham, Ala., was' won Friday morning by George S. L»y- j oas, of Durham, N. C., who shot 18 out of 20 targets at 19 yards agaln«t‘ John Livingston, of Springfield, Ala., 16. Juan Durand, one of the leaders o< the recent abortive revolutionary movement In Peru, and ten of W« fol lowers have heen captured. The ernment haa issued a statement seylng that_the banks carrying funds helong- Jury Acquits Kingston. Mtcon, Ga., 'May 9.—John King ston, the young Bibb county farmer who shot and killed Elmer Orr sever al nx)nlha ago, 8 miles west of the city,* w'as acquitted In the superior court here, a jurj* having his case In hand only a short time. Kingston w^as tried at a former session of the court, and there was a mistrial. This time a hard fight was made on both sides. The slayer of Orr claimed self- defease, a row having occurred which terminated in a shooting affair when the ^ o men met in the road. Kss Call Under Consideration. Wishington, D. C., May 9.—^Bishop Breejit, of the Philippines islands, who recently was elected bishop of Wash ington in succession to the late Bishop Satt^lee, has catoled the officials of the (inference held here this week that he now has the call under consid eration, but that he Is not yet clear as tt1 whether his duty required a con. tinuince of his work in the Philippines or tie acceptance to the call to this dloc«se. Steamer Went Aground. N-^ York, May 9.—-The oil tank Etea|[ier Washtenaw, which grounded on tiie keys ofE Monmouth beaoh on Fridiy afternoon, was still hard and fast I in the same position Saturday. The jlife savers who went to the scene repoH that the stranded steamer la reetftig easily and that she has sus- nfd tained no damage. J€^k£»nvllle, Fla., May 7.—Otis D. Sml^h? a printer, shot and fatally in jured his sister; Belle Smith, at their home here Wednesday afternoon, then shot himself In the ear. Smith’s woutid Is not serious. The shooting was over a family diflteulty. Storm Danriages Hartwell. Hiirtwell, Ga., May 9.—'A cyclone ble^ away the stables, barn and din ing "oom of W. J. Dyur, a prominent Hart county farmer, 'niursday. No in juries to persons are reported. UPORMISTER! fiainoes Farm Crimes S.ill tlis Seasatioa. OFFICERS BUSILY AT WORK Publie interest Centers Largely in tiis Aiteged Connection of Ray Lampher With the Crimes—State’* Attorney Has Several Important Witnesses. LaPorte, Ind., May 8.—New evi dence connecting Ray Lamipher with the more recent deaths at the Guin ness farm and the possible discovery of additional graves on the premises, were the chief d-evelopments expect ed In Friday’s expoundings of the mysteries. Whether further exca vations are to be made on the estate wHl depend upon the weather. Interest Centers In Lampher. What the Inquiries of Presecutor Smith Into the alleged connection of Ray lampher with the crimes will develop Is exciting Interest. Deputy Sheriff Roy Marr, who Is aiding the state’s attorney In this line of work, claims that he win produce witnesses to strengthen the testimo ny o^iLi^uis Roule./Bessie Wallace and Nellie Shoemaker, who told the au thorities that L«,mi^er had asserted that he knew enough concerning Mrs. Guinness to convict her of serious crimes and'had'threatened to reveal this evidence in Teyenge for her pros ecution of him. -.One of these new wltnessoB, It Is said, took part In the conversation between Roule, and It Is further reported. Is of unquestionable Integrity and standing In the commu nity. Only Three Bodies Identified. If more bodies are found on the Gulnnes€ farm fresh mysteries will confront the authorities. Thus far only three of the nine bodies have heen Identified. The known victim4s are: Jennie Olson, the sixteen-year-old foster daughter of Mrs. Guinness. Andrew Helegelein, of Mansfield, S. D. Ole O. Budsberg, of lola, Wls. One female corpse and those of five males remain as yet unidentified. •De spite the searching investigations of the sheriff and state’s attorney there Is yet almost no clew to the identity of these bodies. Their task Is complicated hy the fact that the bodies have been In the ground for at least eighteen months. Detectives At Work. That the detectives of a private agency who went into the affair on Thursday may be able to discover fresh evidence Is the hope of Sheriff Smufzer and Prosecutor Smith. The outsiders are in Charge of Coroner Smith, and he Is said to have four assistants. Two of these, it is said, have been detailed to search neighbor ing farms for lnXormati*5n regarding Mrs. Guinness. The others are work ing under the direction of the sheriff. ASQUITH’S PENSION SCHEME. It Was Hotly Attacked by the Union ist Newspapers. Ijondon, May 8.—^Premler Asquith’s pension scheme was hotly attacked by the Unionist newspapers Friday morning on the ground that Mr. As quith recklessly started plans requir ing millions but left the onus of find ing the money to his success'^rs In the chancellorship. The discussion In parliamont 'Riurs. day night, both In the house and In the lobbies, however, left the hn/pres- slon that the cleverly designed budget Is likely to he fairly popular. There is little doubt that the budget will be adopted without aerions opposi tion. ROBBED EXPRESS CAR. Bandits Also Shot and Killed the Ex press Messenger. Denver, Colo., May 7.—Train roh- herft/who 'hoarded , Denver ajid Rio Grande No, 4, when at Castle Rock early Thursday, shot and killed Bxpress Mesaenc:er Charles H. Wright, aged sixty, employed by the Globe Ex press comp&ny. Prom the dead messenger the poh- ibers took the keys to a small safe in the bag<gaee car, tvhloh they opened and took the contents, hi all -worth lees than a hundred dollars. ‘A big safe in the rear, which ♦con tained a large sura of money, and the conrblnatlon of which is known only to clerks of the company In the prin cipal stations along the route, was tampered with, but the robbers were unable to work it. The dead body of the messenger was discovered when the train reached Denver, Colo, TRANSYLVANIA LODGE No. 143,K.ofP. Meets Tuesday evening 8.30., Castle Hall, Fra ternity building. A hearty welcome for visitors at all times. T. W. WHITMIRE, C. C. Profesdoiud Cords. W. B. DUCKWOR.TH. ATTO R N E Y-AT-L AW. E^oms 1 and 2, Pickelsimer Buildings. GASH (Sh GALLOWAY LAWYERS. Will practice in all the courts. Rooms 9 and 10, McMinn Block. D. L. ENGLISH LAWYER Rooms 11 and 12 McMinn Blocks BREVARD, N. C THOMAS A. AILEN, Jr., DENTIST. (Bailey Block.) HENDERSONVILLE, - N. C. 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