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/ bays are fast* the strengrth. 10 stays are itil you are i in stock. rice it rnns fence with $3.50, 6 ft. )u Tvanted. u can have News ONLY NEWSPAPER IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY J. J. MINER, OWNER AND MANAGER ^ hom;]^ paper for home peopi^—all home : —^ YOLUME^XIV BREVARD, NORTH GAROLINA, APRIL 15 1909 NUMBER*16 SIX PERSONS BURNED GftiEAT""FIRE AT LENOX, MASS Rl£SULT SIX LIVES LOST, FOUF BLOCKS BURNED. Lenox, Mass., April 12.—Six per eons lost their lives, three other? were badly burned 'and a property loss of between $230;000 and $300,00( was caused by a fire in the heart o: the business section of this town. Pour business blocks, two dwellingi and two other structures were de Btroyed. A fortunate shift of wind saved th« public library and the fashionable Curtis hotel. In the hotel there wer« several Easter parties from New Yorli and Boston. The loss of life occurred in the Clif ford building, where the blaze start ed, and resulted primarily from a se j*ious explosion of paints, oils aad dynamite stored in the cellar of the James Clifford & Sons’ Company iiardware dealers. The death of Mrs. Alice Frencli was one of the pitiful tragedies o1 the morning. While the fire in the .Clifford block was at its height a wo man was seen to climb out of a flame- filled room On to a verajda on the second story with her night clothing and her hair ablaze. Staggering tc the railing the woman leaped to the sidewalk beneath, landing in a heap within 5 or 6 feet of the blazing walls. While none of the beautiful sum mer residences that have made this town famous were threatened, many prominent New York and Boston so ciety people were at the Curtis ho tel, which was at one time threatened. N. L. Ragan Shot to Death. Albany, Ga.—Nevil L. Ragan, one of the best known citizens of Albany, was shot to death by Howard Clark, a young son of ^otfn S. Clark, John S. Clark and Ragan engaged in a street fight, in which both oi Ragan’s eyes were blackened. The encounter caused a great deal of ex citement, as feeling between the two men had been known to be net the best, dating from an affair which oc curred several years ago. Ragan ran one hand into a side pocket of his coat, and with the other reached forth as if to seize Clark in the col lar. Clark backed away, Ragan fol lowing. Clark had retreated a dozen steps before he drew a revolver from his pocket and fired, the ball enter ing Ragan’s body very near the heart. The wounded man was carried into a near-by drug store, where physicians examined his wound and pronounced It fatal. He died about thirty min utes after being ehot. Clark went from the scene of the difficulty, and surrendered to Sheriff Edwards. Ragan was a brother of Willis Ra gan, of Atlanta, and R. J. Ragan, of Rome. He also has an unmarried sis ter in Rome and other relatives in Lee county. He is survived by his wife. “Play Ball!” Is The Cry. Washington.—Last month Washing ton had an inauguration day that was a fairly big thing in its line. Now it ■has had another that is even bigger in the eyes of the men and women and little children who turn first to the sporting page to see what the •baseball players have been doing. With the playing of the game be tween the Washington and New York teams here and the Boston-Philadel- phia game in Philadelphia the Ameri can league baseball season is open. Descendants of Signers See Taft. " Washington.—^In the White House President and Mrs. Taft received the members oif the Society of Descend ants of the Signers, who are lineally descended from the men who afiixed their names to the Declaration of In dependence. The reception in the executive mansion preceded a visit made by the Descendants to the state department, where they viewel the document signed by their ancestors. Bermuda 3C0 Years Old. Hamilton, Bermuda.—For six days Bermuda will celebrate the three hun dredth anniversary of its settlement fey Europeans. It was In 1609 that Sir George Somers, on his way to Virginia with a company of settlers in a small fleet, was wrecked here a,nd took possession of the islands In the name of England. tariff bill passed GLOVES AND STOCKINGS HIGHER DUTY REMAINS ON LUMBER PETROLEUM FREE. Washington, April 10.—After three weeks of consideration, the Payne tariff bill was passed by t^ (Jiouse of representatives by a vote^f 217 to 161. One republican, Austin, of Ten nessee, voted against the measure, and four democrats, all from Louisi ana, voted for it. An attempt by Champ Olark, the minority leader, to recommit the bill, with instructions, signally failed. While more consideration, in point of time, has been given by the house to the Payne bill, it. was passed in fewer days than the Dingley bill was acted upon after being reported tc the house. One of the principal changes effect ed in the Payne, bill was the placing of petroleum on the free list. Among the other important amend ments that have been made since the bill came from committee are those striking out the provision for a duty on tea and the countervailing duty proviso on coffee. The elimination of the maximum duty of 20 per cent on coffee, contained in the maximum and minimum section of the bill, was also significant. To the free list were added ever green seedlings, cloves and nut oil, which is used in making varnish. The drawback section was added to so that it could not be taken advantage of for the purpose of speculating in grain, and the Philippine free trade provision was amended so that the rice will not be admitted free from the islands. The countervailing^ duty clause on lumber was stricken out, but a strong effort to place lumber on the free list did not succeed. The duties on barley, barley malt, charcoal iron, pineapples in crates, saccharine, medicated cotton, and cot ton collars and cuffs as originally in the bill, were increased. To retali ate against Turkey, which country prohibits the importation of American filler tobacco, a proviso was included in the tobacco schedule increasing the duty on filler tobacco from any coun try which prohibits the importation of the American tobacco. The internal revenue law was also amended so that raisers of tobacco will not have to pay a manufactur ers’ license in order to dispose of leaf tobacco. Hides, hosiery and gloves were left as reported by the committee, hides remaining free and increased duty be ing presented for gloves and stock ings. Property Dispute Causes Bloodshed. Olive Hill, Ky.—Lewis Bellew was shot and killed, his brother, Curtis Ballew, was shot in the back and probably fatally injured, and John At kins, a relative, was shot in‘ the hip In a family quarrel with Charles Lee and his son, Walter Lee, at Curtis Bellew’s home at Fultz in an isolated part of this county. Curtis Bellew and his wife, who is Charles Lee’s daughter, had separat ed, and trouble arose over division of their property. Charles Lee sur rendered, but Walter Lee is still at large. Old War Shell Causes Death. Atlanta.—While shaking the powder out of a war-time parrot shell, found near the General M/.Pherson monu ment, in east Atlanta, Wayne High tower, 10 years old, only son of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Hightower, who re side on a farm a mile and a half from Ellenwood, a small station on the Southern railway 13 miles from Atlanta, was blown up by an explo sion of the shell. The boy was put on the train and brought to Atlanta and to the Grady Hospital, where he died just an hour after he reached the institution. Georgian Made Aid6 to Taft. Atlanta.—Captain Graham Johnson, of Atlanta, has been appointed an aide to President Taft. It is understood that this appointment came through the recommendation of Captain Archi bald Butt, chief aide to the president, because of the Atlantan’s excellent service In the Philippines and his rec ognized qualifications for the office. CRAZY MAN RUNS WILD AFTER CREATING TERROR IN EN TIRE CITY BLOlSK, LUNATIC BLEW" OUT HIS OWN BRAINS. Aurora, 111., April O.^John Anderson a plumber, whose mind had been af fected, became^ suddejily violent and arming himself v/ith twu^pistols, a shotgun and three bombs, which he fastened to his person by means of a harness, started out to kill the in habitants of a city block, in which he said malicious gossip .concerning him self had been circulated. He killed one woman, narrowly missed slaying her husband, wounded another woman, and then committed suicide. Doors were locked and barred and women and children fied to cellars and attics as soon as they saw the maniac walking along the street, scrutinizing the different houses, as if nndecided where to begin. ' His first stop was at the home of Mrs. McVicker, probably his oldest and best friend. Mrs. McVicker and her husband had repeatedly befriended Anderson, who was a widower. They had received him at thei^ home and had nursed him when ill. Mrs. John McVicker was shot through the heart as she ran toward a room where her children were play ing. John McVigker, husband of Mrs. McVicker, scalp was grazed by bullet. Salvation Army Head is Eighty. London.—From all parts of the civ ilized and uncivilized world into which the Salvation Army has extended its work have come letters, telegrams and cablegrams of congratulation for Gen eral William Booth on the completion of his eightieth year. Thousands of members of the assembled here to celebrate the anniversary, and ad vices received here Indicate that the day was celebrated by the army throughout the world. GENERAL WILLIAM BOOTH. The army’s building was the scene of the steady arrival and departure of delegations bearing to him good wishes from many quarters of the globe. General Booth took advantage of his jubilee to advance the interests of his latest project for spreading the work of the army. He is advocating the es tablishment of the World University of Humanity, with branches in Great Britain, America and elsewhere, whose purpose it shall be to train men and women for work among the poor, the downtrodden and the churchless. He asks $5,000,000 to make his plans effective. AUTO SHOW IN ATLANTA NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE ASSOCI-' ATION AT NEW YORK MEETING DECIDE TO MEET IN ATLANTA. Mrs. Sampson Freed by Jury. Lyons, N. Y.—Mrs. Georgia Ai: Sampson, the young woman who been on trial for her life on charge that she had *shot and i her husband, Harry Sampson, quitted and was immediately c.l ■ her freedom. Mrs. Sampson was trembling pt ce^tlbly when the jury announced it verdict, t)ut she recovered her cCn posure immediately, and smilingly r*; ceived the embraces of her father anJ other relatives and tlie oongratulu tlons of her friends. . New York, N. Y., April 8.—At a meeting of the national executive committee of the National Automo bile Association of Manufacturers in their headquarters. No. 7 East Forty* second street, it was unanimously de cided to give the sanction of the as sociation to a national automobile show to be held in Atlanta in Novem ber. On fixing the date the Atlanta com mittee asked that it be set for the week following Thanksgiving day, in order that the show might not inter fere with the Savannah races. This was agreed to and the general mana ger of tSfe association, S. A. Miles, was instructed to take steps at once to inaugurate the movement. Mr. Miles had the general direction of the Chicago show last year, and Chicago and Atlanta are the only two citie&~ in America where shows are held under the auspices of the Nation al Association, which comprises the two great associations known as the Licensed and the Unlicensed Manu facturer. In New York the two associations hold different annual shows in differ ent places, bn't in Chicago they unite in one show under the- direction of the National Association, and this will be done in Atlanta. SOUTHEHN RAILWAY COMPANY. Operating the Transylvania Railroad. O 03 S’S (Eastern Standard Time.) STATIONS. P M 4 05 Tornado Swept Many Cities. Memphis, Tenn.—Six persons are known to have been killed by the storm which swept over northern Mis sissippi, and probably fifteen were in jured. The tornado, which covered a wide area, wrought much damage to outhouses and crops. Toledo, Ohio.—Hundreds of men out of work, thousands of dollars’ damage and many persons slightly in jured are the reSults of a hurricane that visited Toledo and vicinity. Wabash, Ind.—The only cyclone Wabashi has known in twenty-five years hit here, injuring a score of people and doing thousands of dol lars worth of damage. Peru, Ind.—A cyclone struck this town and destroyed four factories and several school buildings, and wreck ed many small structures. Lived Eight Years with Broken Neck. Chicago.—Herbert E. Schauer is dead here of paralysis, after a long and sturdy fight for life. While swimming at a summer, resort eight years ago, a vertebrae in his neck was broken by contact with a pile during a dive from a platform. He recovered later sufficiently to walk, but afterwards was the victim of a paralytic stroke, which left him crip pled. ^ Southern Pacific Increases Stock. Louisville, Ky.—The annual meeting of the Southern Pacific railroad was held In the office of the company at Beechmont. Directors were elected and the stockholders voted to author ize an issue of $100,000,000 worth of stock, consisting of 1,000,000 shares at $100 par value each. Ill Health Caused Suicide. Richmond, Va.—Frank T. Glasgow, Jr., 38 years old, a well-known resi dent of the city, and connected with the Tredegar Iron Works, shot him self through the head at the office of the plant, and died instantly. Ill health, resulting in despondency was the cause. Taft Accepts Invitation. Washington.—President Taft ac cepted an invitation to attend a cel ebration of the 12th anniversary of the first inauguration of George Wash ington to be held at Alexandria, Va., the afternoon of April- 30. Macon, Ga.—A / large number of farmers here and some few cotton men, who are working with the com mittees, are determined upon a plan to secure a central cotton warehouse for the farmers before the opening of another cotton season here. Lafayette, Ga.—A.lki. E^, a prom inent farmer of this county, was bit ten by a rabid dog. Mr. Evitt was out in his yard when he was attacked by the dog, which bit him through the calf of the leg. The dog’s head was sent to AtliEuita for examination. 20 31 36 41 60 56 6 02 6 10 6 15 6 30 6 44 6 51 6 55 7 01 7 19 7 45 A M 8 05 9 15 9 26 9 31 9 30 9 45 9 SI 9 57 10 05 10 10 10 25 10 39 10 4fi 10 60 10 56 11 14 11 40 Lv Asheville Ar Biltmore Heudersonville Yale Horse Shoe Cannon Etowah Blantyre.. Peurose.. Davidson River Flsgah Forest Ar Brevard Lv Selica CherrySeld Calvert ROv<«man Quebec... Ar.....Lake Toxaway.....Lv to O 03 O at 9 15 P M 6 45 8 CO 5 30 7 48 n 7 44 5 04 7 39 4 591 7 m 4 53 7 26 4 48 7 iil 4 41 7 13 4 S3 7 10 4 30 7 4 35 3 48 4 08 6 43 4 03 () 38 3 58 6 33 4 58 6 20 8 40 6 00 3 30 For tickets and full information apply to E. W. CARTER, Ag’t. J. H. WOOD, Dist. Pass. Ag’t, Asheville, N C. County Govemmeiit>. Representative—G. W. Wilson. Clerk Superior Court—^T. T. Loftis. Sheriff and Tax Collector—C. C. Kilpat rick. Register of Deeds—B. A. Gillespie, Coroner—Dr. W. J. Wallis. Commissioners—W. M. Henry, Ch’n; G, T. Lyday; W. E. Galloway. Superintendent of Schools—T. C. Hen derson. i Physician—-JDr. Goode Cheatham. Attorney—Gash & Galloway. Town Government.. Mayor—T. W. Whitmire. Board of Aldermen—T. M. Mitchell; F. L. DeVane; F. E. B. Jenkins; J. M. Kilpat rick; T. H. Shipman. Marshal—^J. A. Galloway. C^erk and Tax Collector—T. H. Gallo way. Treasurfer^T. H* •Shipman, . Health Officer—^Dr. W. J. Wallis. Attorney—W. W. Zachary. Professional Cards. W. B. DUCKWORTH. ATTO R N E Y-AT-L A W. Rooms 1 and 2, Pickelsimer Building*. GASH (S^ GALLOWAY LAWYERS. Will practice in all the courts. Rooms 9 and 10, McMinn Block. C. W. PlCiCENS , DENTIST All work guaranteed to give per fect satisfaction. Office in t)r. McLean’s rooms. 3m* ROBERT K. RJg^YNOLDS LAWYER [General practice in all the Federal and State Courts.] ASHEVILLE, N. C. Entry No* 2545* North Carolina—Transylvania County. C. I. Owen enters and claims 24 acres more or less of land lying in Gloucester Township, on the west prong of French Broad river, adjoining the lands of Marion Owen and Jim Owen. Beginning on Marion Owen’s south-west comer and runs various courses for complement, so as to include all adjoining vacant lands. En tered March 9,1909. B. A. GILLESPIE, ♦ Entry Taker. ORDINANCE AMENDED. Please take notice that Sec. 15 of the laws and ordinances of the town of Brevard was amended at a special meeting of the Board of Al dermen Monday, March 15, 1909. as follows: Sec. 15. All persons drumming for or soliciting passengers or bag gage at the depot of the Southern B-. R. Company, in the Town of Brevard, shall get no nearer the train while so drumming or solicit ing than the east row of posts un der the railroad shed at the said de]^t. Any i>erson or persons vio- j lating the provisions of this ordi nance shall forfeit and he liable to a penalty of ten dollars ($10.00), and shall also be guilty of a misde meanor. T. W. WmTMIRB, Mayor,
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