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VOLUME^^XIV
BREVARD, NORTH
, JULY 16.1909
NUMBER*29
25,000 Am PAUL
Largest CatberiRg of Christian
Endeavorers Ever Held.
HEIR to LARGE FORTUNE.
VERY STRONCj program
Largest Convention in Tv/enty eight
Years—lyiore Tlian Three iVllHlan
Religious Workers Represented in
the Assemblage at St. Paul.
St. Paul—By far the largest con
vention in the twenty-eight years of
history of Christian En(5-:)avor move
ment and one of^te grtutest gather
ings of religious folk ever held in the
United States is the convention of En
deavorers which has begun in this
city. Ev^^ state and territory of
the Union and many foreign countries
are represented among the 25,000 vis
itors to St. Paul. The ctty is filled
to overflowing with the delegates to
the convention and ot^^ visitorls, and
those who failed to secure accommo
dations in advance are -housed in a
t«nt city, near the new capitoL The
convention will last until 3^1y 12.
On the program are representatives
jfrom Mexico, Alaska, China. Japan,
Wales, England, Germany and many
othef foreign countries, while Canada,
from far St. John’s to northernmost
Saskatchewan and western British
Columbia, Is represented by hundreds
of delegates. The membership of the
society represented at the convention
now exceeds 2,500,000.
The program is the strongest ever
presented at an international Chris
tian Endeavor convention.
There will, be a monster parade and
great patriotic service at the capitol
as one feature of the invention. The
educational e^ibit of progress along
civic, social and religious lines, with
lectures by experts. Is one of ^he
most Taluable filatures.
A chorus of 700 trained voices will
lead all tj^e singing and will be direc
ted by Che most famous Ehideavor
chorus leaders in the world. There
will b^ an international campfire,
with speakers from every country in
the world where Christian missions
have made progress.
Epworth League at Seattle.
Seattle—^Thousands of delegates,
representing the largest denomina
tion)^ society of young people in the
>^orld, have assembled here for the
national conference of the Epworth
League of the Methodist Episcopal
chuifxjh, and will last until July 12.
KILLED BY NEGRO.
Murder of Prominent Farmer Creates
Great ExcltemeRt.
Americus, Ga.—The murder of W.
F. McRee, A prominent farmer and
assistant superintendent for the Bag-
ley-Ray Orchard ^mpaay, near Am-
ericus, created ^considerable excite
ment here. The body of Capt. Mc-
Ree was found in a pool of blood near
his residence, with a bullet hole near
the collar bone.
Henry Patterson, a negro farm
hand with whom McRee had pre
viously had some trouble, was cap
tured later, four, miles away, con
cealed in the bai'n on the Carter
plantation. ECe confessed the crime
and narrowly escaped lynching, so in
tense was the feeling aga^st him.
The prisoner was finally^ landed safe
ly in the Americus jail.
Led Soldiers Who Caught Booth.
Dillon, Mont.—^Judge Everton J.
Conger, who led the detail of soldiers
that captured J. Wilkes Booth after
the assassinatton of President Lin-
cojjp, was probably fatally Injured by
b^g run over by an iutomobile.
Judge Conger bad started across the
T|pe track at the fair grounds and
wjjen about half-way across the au-
t^&obile struck him, passing over
his shoulder and head.
Most Beautiful Woman in America
to Get Share of $3,000,003.
St. Louis—Mrs’. Marjorie Burns
Leve, wife of Sydner C. Love, tii3
stock broker, whose business career
in Chicago and New York has been
spectacular, is said to have a large
slice of the $8,000,000 Burns estate.
Mrs. Love, whose home is in New
York, was said by several famous
painters before her naarriage to be
the most beautiful w«man in Amer
ica. A contest for the $8,000,000 es
tate has been waged for twelve
years and has Just been settled. The
estate was founded by three Burns
brothers, who came from Kentucky
In the pioneer days.
GETS SECOND TRIAL.
WEST IS FLOODED
‘A.
Tbirteen Lives Reported Lost
In Nortben Missouri.
GREAT PROPERTY LOSS
Pat Calhoun’s Case Will Again Be
Threshed Out.
San Francisco—Patrick Cailioun,
president of the United Railways of
this city, will go to trial on Manday,
July 19, for the second time this ye\r
on charges of having offered a bribe
to a supervisor to influence his vote
on the overhead trolley permit grant
ed in 1906.
He will be tried before Superior
Judge William P. Lawlor, who denied
recently the motion for a change of
venue asked by the defendant on the
ground that the court was biased
and prejudiced against him. Judge
Lawlor presided at the last trial of
Calhoun, which resulted in a hung
jury.
WAGERS $10,000 ON FLIGHT.
Aviator Claims He Will Saii 65 Miles
In 30 Minutes.
Victoria, B. C.-^Backing his con
fidence with^a wager of $10,000, Will
iam Gibson, an aerial inventor, is
planning to sail from here to Seattle.
Wash., a distance of 65 miles, in 30
minutes. Gibson declares that his
ship will carry him to San Francisco
in five hours when completed.
Gibson claims that his msK^hine is
Buperior to that Invented by the
Wright Brothers. The craft is a
monoplane, €|5 feet long and radi
cally different from other designs,
having a width of 14 feet. A 60-
horsepower engine, which weighs
222 pounds, will drive the craft at a
speed of 130 miles per hour.
LIONS SPREAD TERROR.
Roosevelt in District Infested by
Man-eating Animals.
Naivasha, British EJast Africa^
The government ofllclals have closed
the public road which runs from
Narrobi tb Fort Hall, the capital of
Kenia, owing to the invasion of that
district by man-eating lions. Sev
eral natives within the last few days
have been killed by these animals.
Former President Roosevelt is at
present on a shooting trip^ in the
Sotic district, which is about- fifty
miles from Naivasha, on the west of
the railroad. Fort Hall is on the
east side.
Carrying Cigars for Harriman.
New Tdrk—Carrying fouj* greM
boxei^ cff B, H. Harriman*s favorite
cigars, three of the financier’s chil
dren, Caroline and Roland,
sailed ^ ICron Prinz Wilhelip to
join him in BtCfope. Mr. Harriman
^as be^n uiMtste to procure iJ^road
^ of dfars fd^l^^he
m vrnj^ed tir years, and he ^1)ied
W cmMreti & tiiini ft supply
them.
Hangs for Wife Murder.
Vfenna, Ga.—Jim Wiggins, a ne
gro, was hanged in the Dooley coun
ty jail for the murder of his wife
four years ago at the plantation ot
J. M. Lashley. Wiggins made his
escape at the time, but was caught
a few months ago, and coihlcted at
the last term, of the court. The
execution was in private. This is
the fii'st hanging in Dooley county
in five years.
Shaft for Confederate Dead.
Griffin„ Ga.—At a meeting of the
Daughters of the Confederacy held
here, a monument was ordered and
contract signed, to be delivered here
and reacty for unveiling November 5.
This tnohument is to be of marble,
30 feet high, and is to be placed on
Hill the exact location not be
ing^ decided upon.
Rockefeller Opens Purse.
New York—The general education
^oard has announced that John D.
Rockefeller has contributed $10,000,-
O0(^ to carry forward the gen
eral educatioia pbin fdr the endow
ment of colleges and universities
&rou«ll«ot tl>e United States. This
additidpal gift bHngs the total sum
contributed by Mr. Rockefeller to this
special education ^nd to $63,000,000*
High Waters In Missouri, Kansas,
Iowa, Illinois and • Colorado are
vausing Immens^ Damage to Crops
and Claiming MiMiy Lives.
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Kansas City—Thirteen' lives tiave
been lost and it'* ifl^0i|,red that many
more persons will be drowned or
starved to death as a result of the
floods which are sweeping over north
ern Missouri.
The flood extends through Kansas
and Nebraska.and a part of Colora
do. Train service has been demor
alized in Nebraska a^d Kansa,^ on ac
count of washouts, and in Colorado
the landslides and floods and moun
tain torrents have caused train sched
ules to be abandoned and hundreds
of eastern persons are marooned in
the state.
Hundreds of thousands cf acres of
wheat and corp, have been destroyed.
Iowa and Illinois are flooded also,
though the damago in these states is
not so great as It ia in Missouri and
Kansas.
Gallatin, Mo., reports six, railroad
section men missing. They had been
sent to keep driftwood from the:
Grand river bridge and were sup
posed to have been caught in the
wild rush of waters and drowned.
Condition's Improved.
Kansas City—All streams in this
section are either falling or have be
come stationary and there are no in
dications of rains. Train service has
been resumed but schedules are far
from being adhered to. No addition
al loss of life has been reported.
All the flooded sections report im
proved conditions and fears of fur
ther flood damage, have been dissi
pated.
OFF FOR Y. M. C. A. MEET.
Main Body of American Delegates
Sails From New York.
New York—On the steamer Kroon-
land, sailing for Dover and Antwerp,
Is the main party of American dele
gates to the world’s conference of
Young Men’s Christian associations,
which is to be held in Barmen-Elber-
feld, Germany, from July 28 to Au
gust 2.
There will be many American dele
gates to the conference, at which the
work of the association in many
lands will be discussed. The work
has made rapid advances in Germa
ny, which now has the largest num
ber of separate associations, although
it is still far behind the United States
in total membership and value of
property possessed by the associa
tions.
BRISTOL WETS WIN.
Antis Get Majority of 38 Votes Out of
Total of 884.
Bristol, Va.—By the narrow major
ity'of 38 votes out of a total of 884
votes polled, the anti-prohibitionists
won the local option election here,
follo’^ng one the most hotly-con
tested campaigns of its kind iaiown
in the south. There were 401 votes
against and 439 in favor of granting
license.
BristcM is a town lying partly in
Virginia and partly in T^inessee.
The **wets” regard their victory as
one that will have an influence in
chiecking the statewide prohibition
movement in Virginia.
Fought Dtael Over Dead Man.
Muskogee, Okla.—^Whllc keeping
vi^ <^er the body of John Mafius,
who died from a heart stroke near
Welling, Okla., George Grims, Jr.,
shot and killed John Grims, his cous
in. The Grims are Cherokee^ Indi
ans, prominent in their tribe.
Minion Otollar Fife at Buffalo.
The ^ Buffalo Re4v^Ven
company’s fertilizer plant and soap
works, a rnile^ and a half from the
city line, have been destroyed by fire
of vaknown origin, In^^lriDg a loss
of n,ooOii«>i
TO eUlLD NEW SHIPS.
Two Qteamers Ordered by Harriman
for Savannah Line.
Nev York—What is considered in
some* respects a refutation of ru
mors that E. H. Harriman, now
abroad for his health, is anxious to
withdraw from coastwise trade on
the Atlantic, came in an announce
ment from the office of the Ocean
Steamship Oompany^ better known«
as the Savannah line, of which Mr.
Harriman recently obtained control,
that two n^w steamships for the com
pany*s freight and passenger busi
ness will be laid down shortly at the
yards of the Newport News Ship
building and Dry Dock Company.
I'he announcement Is taken to in
dicate that the Harriman interests
will press actively in southern ^ind
western territory ,for New York,
Boston and European consignments.
The two new ships will .be of 6,000
tons each, and 402 feet long. They
will have accommodations for 136
flrst-clasb, 36 second and 63 third-
cla&s passengers.
CATHOLIC (EDUCATORS MEET.
Welcomed in Boston With Address by
Archbishop O’Connell.
Boston-—With mass in the cathed
ral and an address of welcome by
Archbishop O’Connell, the Roman
Catholic educators of the United
States held a three days’ convention
in this city. The business meetings*
of the convention were held in Bos
ton college and ia the Catholic Un
ion clubhouse- The educators have
been divided into three departme* -
the seminary, the college and '^the
parochial schools, which include also
the Catholic high schools.
Delegates from all parts of the
country assembled in Boston for the
convention. One/Border of sisters, ^
who conduct parochial schools, sent
nearly two hundred delegates, while
hundreds of priests and brothers, as
well as delegates among the laymen,
were in attendance.
County GovernmraL.
Representative—G: W: Wilson.
- Clerk Superior Court—^T. T. Loftis.
Sheriff and Tax Collector—C. C. Kilpat
rick.
Treasurer—Z. W. Nicholls.
Register of Deeds—B. A. Gillespie.
^Coroner-Dr. W. J. Wallis.
Commissioners—W. M. Henry, CVn; G.
T. Lyday; W. E. Galloway.
Superintendent of Schools—T. C. Hen
derson.
Physician—Dr. Goode Cheatham.
Attorney-Gash & Galloway.
Town Government.
Mayor—W. E. Breese, jr.
Board of Aldermen—T. H. Shipman. J.
M. Kilpatrick, T. M. Mitchell, A. H. King,
E. W. Carter.
Marshal—^J. A. Galloway.
Clerk and Tax Collector—T. H. Gallo
way.
Treasurer—T. H. Shipman.
Health Officer—Dr. C. W. Hunt.
Attorney—W. W. Zachary.
Regular meetings—First Monday night
in each month. -
Professional Cards.
W. B. DUCKWORTH.
ATTO R N EY-AT-L A W.
Rooms 1 and 2, Pickelsimer Building*.
CASH (S, GALLOWAY
LAWYERS.
Will practiceln allthe courts.
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MARRIED IN JAIL.
Sheriff Gave Bride Away, But Decid
ed to Keep Groom.
Palatka, Fla.—A marriage of more
than ordinary interest occurred when
D. M. Davidson, th« convicted mur
derer, was married to Miss Eva Lee
Wald, of Way cross, at the county
jail. The ceremony was performed
by Judge Coxe in a front room of
the prison, as Sheriff Kennerly re
moved the prisoner from his cell
long enough for the knot to be tied.
The sheriff gave the blushing bride
away, but decided to keep the groom.
Following t^ie ceremony Mrs. Da
vidson left for H[igh Springe, where
she will see after her husband’s in
terests, but the groom returned to his
private apartments in the Jail where
he will remain until his case is de
cided or he assumes Ills life job with
the state.
STAYS IN WET COLUMN.
Canton, Ohio, Concludes to License
Sate of Whiskey Again.
Canton, Ohio—As a result of the
whiskey election. Stark county stays
in the wet column by a majority of
4,071, by the semi-official returns,
with two small county precincts miss
ing. The drys did not poll the ex
pected large majority in the country
precints^ while tfce clUes ga\» a big
wet vote.
Canton, the county seat, gave a wet
majority of 2,239. Massillon, the sec
ond city in size, gave a wet majority
of 1,717.
The fight was made largely on the
taxation question.
There are 263 saloons and five
breweries in the county.
■ " TO VISIT GEORGIA.
Will Be Quest in State Latter Part of
September.
Macon, Ga.—^Information has rea<^-
ed Macon that President Taft has
made plans to visit Macon dakng the
latter part of ^pteihber.
The occasloti wm be made an event
di rare ftiterest to Georgians, espe-
d^y to tbe* central'•iKirtion of the
Apjn^is^ Mid ii^Tannah iwil)
be to«iiide4 is
SOUTHEHN RAILWAY COMPANY./
Operatinglhe Transylvania Railroad.
SUMMER SCHEDUT^E
Effective May 30, 1909
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For tickets and full iuformation apply to
E. W. CARTER, Ag’t.
J. H. WOOD, Dist. Pass. Ag’t, Asheville, N C.
Summer Excursion Round-Trip
Tickets
Now on sale via Southern Railway.
Week-end to Asheville $1.65—On
sale all trains Saturdays and Sun
day mornings. Good returning
Mondays.
Summer excursion to Asheville
$2.05.—On sale daily. Good re-,
turning October 31st.
Other points on application.
J. H. Wood, D: P. A.
E. W. Carter^ T. A.
Change in Hafldling Menpkis-Asbeyille
Sleeping Car Line.
Effective Sunday, Jtme 20th.
Under new arrangement leaves
Asheville westbound daily 2:05 p.
m., arriving Memphis 7:30 a. m.
Eastbound leaves Memphis daily
8:15 p. m., arriving Asheville 1:35
p. m.
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