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^ BBHVAKl)', NORtl CAROTA, SBFEEMBBR 10:i909.
NUMBER*37
REACH NOJTfl POLE
American With an Eskimo Party
Gains Npiftenunost Point
SUCCESS OF DR. COOK.
American Has, It Is Reportcd, at Last
Reached the Gdal Long Sought By
Explorers of the Frozen Ncr^
. Land.' ^
Washington.—Dr. Fred A. Cook, an
American" explorer, has/ according ta"
telegrams ..received from him, suc
ceeded in reaching the Norta pole',
that goal \q attain which so many
lives have been lost and so. mucB
money spent. " .. - ,
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DR. FREDERICK A. COOK.
Accompanied by a few Eisklmos and
with a dog team Dr. Cook reached
the pple on .Jt -has
baen many months since he started
out on his ventursome journey and
at one time it was rumored that his
expedition had perished. The brave
American, however, has battled
against almost insurmountable ob
stacles, suffering great hardships and
experiencing danger, and has at last
claimed for the United States tha
discovery of that portion of the
earth’s surface which almost ev
ery nation of the world at one time
or another has'tried to locate.
The observatory at Brussels has
received the fdllowiDg telegram from
Dr. Cook, dated Lerwick, Shetland
Islands, which confirms the report ot
Dr. Cook’s successful exploration:
“Reached North Pole April 21, 190B.
Discovered land far 'north. Return
to Copenhagen by steamer Hans Eg-
ede.
“Frederick Cook.*’
,The .American officials at the ob-
Bervatory state the dispatch is sure
ly authentic, and that the north pole
has been reached for the first time
by an American.
event of national and possibly inter*
national Importance.' If the ^ns
outlined by members of the Arctic
Ckib are carried out, the w^lccune Dr.
Cook will receive in New York wUi
be an ovation in which-the city,"state
and nation will take part, wMe prom
inent explorers—Oook*a former rivals
—from all* parts of the globe, will
gather to pay their personal tribute
to his achievement .
Story Corroborated by Officials. .
Washington.—Maurice P. Egan, the
United States minister at Copenha
gen, hM tele^aphed the state de-.
partment that Dr. Cook’^ reported
discovery of the North Pole has been
corroborated^ by " Dergaard Jensen,
Danish Inspector of Ncrtb Greenland.
Dr. Cook In Georgia,
Atlanta.—Dr. Frederick A. Cook,
the firrs t man to discover the. North
Pole, Las lectured in Georgia apd
will probably do so again in Atlanta
and other southern, cities next year
un^er the Alkahest Lyceum System.
That the people in this section will
hear this noted explorer once more
seems almost a certainty.
DEAL PROBABLY OFF.
What Discovery Means.
For the first time in the history of
the world an accurate chart of the
globe may now be made. Dr. Cook’s
discovery will • finally settle the ques
tion of the earth’s elipticity—whether
or not there is a flattening of the
surface at the poles.
A vast field for meteorotDgical, ti
dal and magnetic research is opened
by the discovery of the pole. Ob
servations must be made there before
a full comprehension of nature's laws
and processes can be had. The pre
valent view among philosophers has
been that there was no land at the
pole. Dr. Cook’s effort has disjheoved
this theory. The vafue^of the dis
covery in terms of money probably
is nothing. As a scientific achieve
ment its value is incalculably great.
And finally, that the great goal that
had defied the efforts of explorers
through the centuries and whose path
way was strewn with the bones of
the most' intrepid travelers of all the
great nations. of the worl<^ should be
first reached by an American, is a
triumph that will be -patriotically
acclaimed frorri the St. Lav^ence to
the Rio Grande and from ocean tp
ccean ' ^ -
It Is Said Georgia Cannot Purchase
Chattanooga Terminais.
Atlanta.—Georgia will not purchase
the^ 87 acres near Chattanooga for
Western and Atlantic terminals at
this time, at any rate.
Under a decision rendered by At
torney General Hart at the request of
Governor Brown, it is held that the
money now in the stato treasury can
not be used for this purpose, because
the mopey was raised by a specicii
tax levy for the support cf the com
mon schools.
Therefore, unless the options on the
Chattanooga property can be extend
ed unUl the state has the money for
tliis purpose, tlie deal will be olf, and
the chance to acquire the land will
have passed.
Large Pension for Widow.
Anniston, Ala. —Mrs. Arteminica A.
Connor, 72 years old, widow oT An
drew J. 'Connor, has been awarded
a pension of $112 per month, begin
ning with April 8, 1907, the date of
the death of her husband, by the Uni
ted States government for services
rendered by him in the war with Mex
ico. Mr. Connor was a confederate
veteran, having served in the confed
erate army during the Civil war.
Preparing an Ovation.
New York.—preparations are _ al-
i^ady afoot here-tO make the home
coming of Dr. FretSerick'A. .Cook
— —" 'f:——-T" -■
Seven Little Ones Cremated.
New York.—The remains of seven
children - were found in the ruins of
St. Malachy’s home, a Roman Catho
lic institution for the summer care
of orphan children, which was de
stroyed by fire. They were huddled
together in one room on the second
floor, having been overlooked in th^
struggle to escape. The little bodies
were burned beyond description.
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Governor Brown Turns' Down Prison
Commission’s Finding,
Atlanta.—Governor Brown has re
fused to pardon or commute the sen
tence of Olin Pharr, 'former cashier
of the Citizens’ bank, of McRae, Ga.,
who is serving a four years* sentence
for embezzlement of $^5,000, although
the clemency has been recommended
4)y the prison commission.
Strong personal appeals by the
friends of Pharr have also been made
to *the governor in behalf of the con
victed man, but the governor believes
it would not be the part of wisdom
to interfere in the sentence, and^ so
Pharr very likely will have to serve
out the full term for which he was
sentenced to the penitentiary. , _
SPERRY. IS RETIRED.
Admiral-Carried Atlantic Fleet Around
World.
W'ashingtcn,—Rear Admiral C. S.
Sperry has been placed upon tl^ re
tired list of the United States navy,
having reached the age of €2 years
The admiral, whose last important
sea'’Command was that of the Atlan
tic fl^et wbich he brought from San
Francteco to Hampton roads, is now
engage^ In conference at the New
port war college and -will continue
there untfl be bas completed special
work he has mapped ^
COQO IfflADS fBNVENTtON.
Jliere ynfl Md in Asheville,
N. C„ on OctoBier^5, 6 and ^7,1^09.
a convention which will be of as ^ j ^ i
, . . ^4. XI. oi - XI. I good roads that make mis possiDie.
much importance to the Southern ^ -ux •
ing ten to a hnndred times as many
tonrista as it is doing at present.
The tourists want to come and
drive and motor throngh the state,
bat we have failed to give them the
Appalachian section of the country
as any t)f the i^any conventions
that haye be^n h^d in thai; city.
vThi6 will be a ‘Good Roads Qon-
Vention whose otAct and purp:i^ is
to stimulate and ways aM
means for the co^striiction of two
to three hundred toiles of improved
roads throughout tfe^^uthem Ap-
palacluan monnti^ns, with connect
ing macadam roads extending down
into jhe f^iedmon^ region.
At the present time a large* area
of our mountain region is praie^cal-
ly inaccessible tO the tourist and
pleasure-seeker aiid during certain
months! of the year is inaccessible
to the people, living in the-moun^
tains. It is to remedy this evil and
to make all parts of the mountains
accessible at all t|mes of the year
that this eonven^on has bsen call-
It will be held tinder the auspices
of the North Carolina Good Roads
Association, the East Tennessee
/ ■
Good ItoadS'Association, and the
North Carolifta Geological and Eco
nomic Survey. Special invitations
have been sent out to the govern
ors of South Carolina, Georgia,
Tennessee, North Carolina and Vir
ginia ; to the m'ayprs of the leading
cities in the Piedmont sections of
these states; to all the county com
missioners of the mountain ^coun
ties ; to the presidents of the boards;
of tzude and ohainJbord of comment
in the leading cities of the Pied
mont and mountain regions of the
states mentioned aTjove.
It is not only the people of the
Southern Appalachian states that
are interested in this movement,
but people* from the the extreme
south, throughout the North At
lantic states and the middle west
are interested in seeing this won
derfully beautiful mountain coun
try accessible for coaching parties.
V
The Southern Appalachian moun
tain region is most richly supplied
with those natural attractiions that
are demanded by tourists, but we
lack the one great necessity that
will make these, natural attractions
available, namely—“Good Roads.”
The tourist’s' trade is a most vi
tal asset to many European coun
tries, and the American tourist is
adding a very large amonnt to this
income of those countries. A con
siderable part of this could be bro’t
into the Southern Appalachian
country if this section would do its
part toward making its natural at
tractions accessible. ^
A German statistcian gives these
figures regarding the lvalue of the
tourist trade to certain of the Eu
ropean countries.
Switzerlarid entertains during the
year 3,000,000 visitors, who spend
$30,000j000. Italy, the Riviera and
Spain between them recieve $50,-
000,000 trom their visitors. The
various great capitals receive $25,-
000,000 by entertaining their vis
itor^, 900,000 of whom visit Paris,
600,000 visit London, 500,000 visit
Berlin and 350,000 visit Vienna,
ete., over the continent. The sea
side and lake resorts receive up-
w’iai:ds of ■$16,00,000 from their vis
itors- ^ ^ ^
The interior districts of England,
France, Italy, Switzerland, Ger
many and Holland are accessible,
even to the most remote villages^
I over roads with hard surfa^jes, and
this" accounts in part for the pop
ularity of these coimtries to tour
ists.
North Carolina Bhould be attract
Considerble thought is b€^g giv:-
en at the present time, by public-
spirited men North Carolina, to
the possibility of the-XKmstruction
of a-eystero of improved highways
across North Carolina, iwrth and
south and west, not only for
the advantage of tourists coming
into North Car^ina, but also th4t
OUT own people may be able, with
greater facility, tx? reach different
portions of the state. We want the
mountains connected with the sea
shore, and want all the beautiful
and scenic sections, of tHe state ac
cessible at all times of the year, we
we want the points o'f historical in
terest connected by improved roads,
so that any one who wishes may be
able to visit these places. There is,
perhaps, no one thing that will pre
serve the history of North Carolina
to such a great extent as the making
of the historiQal points accessiWe
to the tourist, which will mean that
they will be constantly written up?
Coaching and automobiling for
pleasure is not a fad of short dura
tion, it is a form of pleasure that
will be in vogue for generations and
generations. Such pleasure trips,
however, will not^be ‘taken over
poor roads, but parties will select
those sections of tL^e country that
are trarversed by good roads.
When we have our system of good
roads throughout the state we
should be able to attract tens of
thousands of tourists into* the state
that are now going to the White
Mountains of New Hampshire, the
Berkshires of Massachusetts, the
A4irondacks of ^ew York, and to
Swittzerland, Northern Italy and
France.
From a business standpoint it
would be a most profitable invest
ment to construct these roads, if
only for the benefit of the touiist,
in as much as the money which
they would bring into the sections
traversed by the roads would, in a
very few years, more than pay for
the whole cost oi construction.
With the construction of these
improved roads throughout the
mountainous counties it will be no
trouble whatever to find capital
ready to construct hotels and inns
at variolas points along the line of
these improved roads. A farmer
living in their vicinity will find a
ready market for his products.
Before the convention, the High
way Engineer of the North Carolina
Geological and Economic Survey
will spend a month traveling around
through the mountains giving talks
on good roads, taking up. with the
county commissioners the question
of the improvement of the roads in
their counties, and will map out
approximately different routes
where improved roads can be con
structed ; so that these routes can
be thoroughly discussed at the Con
vention.
If you are interested in the con
struction of good roads in the
Southern Appalachian fountains,
plan to attend the convention on
October 6th and 7th, at Asheville*
N. C.
Coniity Government*.
Repsesentative—G. W. Wilson.
Clerk Supmor Court—^T. T. Loftis.
Sheriff and Tax Collector—C, C. Kilpat
rick. . ^
TVeasia»r-—Z. W. Nicholb.
Register of Deeds—B. A Gillespie.
Coroner—Dr;. W. J. Wailfe.
Surveyor—A. L. Hardin.
Commission^—W. M. Henry, Ck*n;, G.
T. Lyday^ W. fe. Gallowsy. -
■ Superintendent of Schools—T^jG. Hen
derson,'
Physician—& Goode Cheatham.
Attorney—Gash & Galloway.
Town GoveHunent>.
Mayor—W. E. Breese, jr.
Board of Aldetmen—^T. H. Shipman. J.
M. Kilpatrick, T. Mitchell, A. H. King,
Ei W. Carter.
Manhal—J. A. Galloway. _
Clerk and Tax Collector:—T, II. Gallo
way.
Treasurer—T. H. Shipman.
Health OflSter—^Dr. C. W. Hunt.
Attorney—WwW. Zachary.
Regular meetings^First Monday night
in each month.
Prof(^on<d O^s.
W, B. DUCKWOR.TH,
ATTORNEY--AT-LAW.
Booms 1 and 2, Pickelsimer Building.
GASH GALJLOWAY ^
- LAWYEI^S.
Will practice in all the courts'.
Rooms 0 and 10, McMinn Block.
LAND $AU: UNDER KOBTGAGE.
vnrtrw of tie jowct of s^. contained
in a certain Tiidrtgagc deed e!xecute3 by W,
P. Smith and wife, Nancy Smith, to the
undersigned, W. H. Faulkner, mortgagee^
on tlie 30th day of January, 19^3, to secure
the .pa3rment of a certain note of even
date' therewith in the sum of $^.00, due
and payable on the 3rd day of September,
1903, and :whereas_ default has been in the
payment" of said note, now, therefore, I
will sell to the highest bidder for cash, at
the court house door, in the Town or Bre
vard, county of Transylvania, at public
auction, on Monday, September 6th, 1909,
at 12 o'clock M., all the following de
scribed tract or parcel of land situated in
Gloucester Township, Transylvania county,
N. C., on the waters of West Fork of
French Broad river. Beginning on a
white oak on the “Rough Ridge,” the R.
G. Smith corner, and runs north 75 deg.
west 96 poles to a white oak; then south
13 deg. west 85 poler to a locust; then
south 40 deg.^ast 82 poles to«hickory on
top of a ridge; then east with the mean
ders of said ridge to the mouth of the
walnut cove branch; then east to the be
ginning, containing 50 acres more or less.
Said sale made to satisfy said note, inter
est, cost and expenses. This Augr"3,1909.
W. H. FAULKNER, M<Hi:gagee.
Per Gash & Galloway, Attorneys.
■.
AdministratorV Notice*
Having qualified as administrator of the
-estate oi J. P, Aiken, deceased, late jof
Transylvania county. North Carolina, this
is to notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said deceased to ex
hibit them to the undersigned on or ]>efore
the 5th day of September, 1910, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of their re
covery. All persons indebted to said estate
will please makeLimediate payment.
This 30th day of August, 1909. ^
MA?Y M. AIKEN,.
Administratrix of J. P. Aiken, decea?ed^
A Hurry Up Call.
Quick! Mr. Druggist-^uick!—A
box of Bucklen’s Arnica Salve—
Here’s_.a quarter—For the love of
Moses^ hurrj! Baby’s burned him
self terribly—Johnnie cut his foot
with the ax6—Mamie^s scalded—Pa
can’t walk flrom piles—Billie has
boils—and my corns ache. She got
it BQd soon cored all the famHy.
It’s the greatest healer on earth.
Sold by Allison & Macfie. '
Administrates Notice.
Having qualified as administrator of the
estate of the 1^ C. M. Moore, of Transyl
vania county, deceased, this is to notify all
persons paving claipis against said estate
of ^id deceased td exhibit' them to the
undersigned on or before the 6th day of
August, 1910, cs: this notice will be plead
in bar of their recovery. All persons in
debted to said estate will please make im
mediate settlement. 'This the 6th: day of
August, 1909. P. C. MOORE,
-Administrator.
Entry No# 2555#
Mrs. Elizabeth Galloway enters and
claims 46 acres more or of land on
the waters of Toi^way river. Beginnin|f
on a stake in line'" of lot No. 775, runs east-
wardly with the line of said lot to a st^e
of the Mill lot, tb^ with line of same so
as to cover all the vacant land on the west
side of Elizabeth Galloway's homestead to
the Wood land.
Entered Aug. 30,1909.
B. A Gil^ESPIE,
Entcry Xaker.
Sub