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ONLY NEWSFAjf>ER IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
J. J. MINER, OWNER AND MANAGER
A. HOME P:A.I>ER FSaRTIOMlJ F®OPILJB^iUL,L. HOME PRINT
VOLUME^XIV
^ MEVARD, NORTH CAROLINA. SEPTEMBER 24.1909.
NUMBER^SD
Wilt OF HAR8IMAN
He Leaves His CoHossal Fortune
to His Widow.
PLACED AT $100,000,000
Magnate’s Will Contained On!y One
Hundred Words, But Each Word
Was Weighted With One Million
Dollars; Approximst«ly.
■ New York.—A hundred brief words,
"weighted each with approximately
$1,000,000, and containing in their en
tirety the last testament 'of E. H.
Harriman, mako his v/idow, Mary
Averell Harriman, one of'the ^wealthi
est women in the world. It is, 'per
haps, the briefest will on record for
the disposal ot an estate of such mag
nitude. All his property is left to Mrs.
Harriman.
>SJ S -
up the <iuesUon of tne iaws demyiug
the federal. couVtS; The president
Bald he hoped that the report of this
commission, when rendered; would
serve also as a guide to the states
of the union in effecting remedial leg
islation.
The president, at the end of a day
of sight-seeing, cf baseball, of recep
tions and dining, received an uproar
ious -greeting _ when he reach^ Or
chestra hall to make the only set-
speech of his stay In Chicago.
Mr. Taft devoted the entire first
part of his speech- to the subject ol
labor, and satd he intended to recom
mend to congress in his first message
legislation to carry out the platform
promise as to injunctions—that no in
junction'or restraining order should
be,issued without notico except where
irreparable injury would reault from
delay, in which ease, a speedy hearing
should be granted.
The president declared anew his
belief in organized labor, and con
gratulated the leaders of the move
ment that “they have set their faces
like flint against the doctrines of so^
cialism.”
URGED TO HOLD COTTON.
I MRS. E. H. HARRIMAN.
Wall street estimates that Mrs. Har-
Timan will inherit in realty and per
sonal property between $75,000,000
and $100,000,000.
If the estate measures up to expec
tation, Mrs. Harriman, according to
common estimation here, is the
rwealthiest woman in the world.
The will provides for the remain
ing members of Mr. Harriman’s fam
ily in handsome bequests.
LYNCHING IN TEXAS.
One Thousand Ranchmen Took Part
In Four Days’ Man Hunt.
Sandy Point, Texas.-—Following a
four days’ man hunt, in which more
than 1,000 ranchmen participated,
Steve Hayes and Charles E>eLancy,
negroes, were put to death. The
lynching of these negroes brings the
number of fatalities to seven, four
3>lacks and three white men.
Two of the white men killed were
IL Armour Munson, a millu>naire
ranchman, and Eugene -Hardin, a
partner.
The trouble began following the
Icilling of Ji^unson by Hayes. In an
■attempt of the officers to arrest the
negro, Hardin and another posseman
^ere killed. Hayes and DeLancy,
joined by *^bad” blacks, took to the
plains. A hundred men' in automo-
■bilea chased the gang of negroes to
a point four miles west of-here'and
iby using the automobile lamps as
sBearchlights located the negrofes In a
thicket. Two were killed and De-
3Lancy and Hayes, seriousl^" wounded,
escaped, but were roiinded up later
«nd lynched.
TAFT IN CHfCAGa ITT
President Spoke at Orchestra HaJI
Upon Important Questions.
Chicago,^—Speaking with ^eat earn
estness to a mass meeting in Orches
tra hall, President Taft declared that
310 question before the American peo
ple today in more important than the
improvement of the adminlatration of
justice, and announced his Intention
of recommending to cpngr^s the ap-
Poi^ment of a commission to talw
Plan of Louisiana’s Chisf Executive
Finds Ready Response.
Baton. Rouge, La.—A majority cf
the governors of the Southern states
have, according to the corresponde^ice
received at the executive ofiice, acted
favorably upon the suggestion of Gov
ernor Sanders that the governors of
the South urge cotton farmers to hold
their cotton for fifteen cents. Letters
commending the governor’s courso
and pledging co-operation were re
ceived from Governor Donagbey, of
Arkansas; Governor Noel, of, Missis-
elppi* Governor Brown, ^ Georgia,
anj Governor Wifson, or Kentucky.
~ The co-operation of the state execu
tives with the farmers in the cotton-
holding movement c^ssures the forc
ing of^tlf&*’^arket upward.
RESCUE IN MIDOCEAN.
Passengers of White Star Liner Cretic
Witness Thrilling Spectacle. .
New York.—The White Star liner
Cretic has arrived here from the
Mediterranean with a story of a
thrilling rescue in midsea.
Twelve miles from the Azores, Joa
chim Campatonio, a seaman, while
lowering a ladder, fell into the sea.
Many of the women passengers were
on deck at the time and several of
th'Sm fainted. The ship was nearly
half a mile away before the engines
could be stopped. Third Officer Shaw
and five men put off in a boat and
as they rea^ppeared with the seaman
there was a burst of cheering from
the decks led by Miss Alice Nielson,
the prima donna.
BAGS FIVE LIONS.
KermIt Roosevelt Rivals His Illustri
ous Father In Hunt for Big Game.
Nairobi, British Bast Afrfca.— News
has come to this place that Theodore
l^oofeevelt, who has been hunting in
the Mweru district, has killed a bull
elephant having great tusks. Kermit
Roosevelt has been hunting Inde
pendently at Guaso Nyiro, and has
been very successful, bagging five
Mons and three buffaloes. He has
now started out elephant hunting.
Mr. Roosevelt will move on to Gruaso
Nyiro to join his son as soon as the
Bkin of the bull elephant has been
preserved. ,
Mr. Roosevelt declare-s that he has
had “capital fun,^ and that all the
members of the party are welt:
“Dakota Bob’s" Long Walk*
Washington.—Bearing a personal
letter, which he says President Dia?f
^of Mexico, gave him^ to deliver to
President Taft, and to which is af
fixed the official seal of Mexico, “Da
kota Bob," famous as one of the small
army of j?edestrians who ^alk the
globe, has' arrived in this city from
Baltimore, having complete^Jii's Isng
walk to the City of Mexico and b'ack,
a of 4,600 miles, in exa’ictly
one ye^r from the time he started on
his journey. .' -
Js Cleared of Murder Charge.
Hasseihiirfit, Ga.—The Jury in the
case of the state versus V. T. Stowers,
charged with the murder of J. L.
Williams, returned a verdict 'ot not
suiity.
DKASTE^AT SEA
When Ship Went Down All on
Board P^lsbeS.
HER BOILERS EXPLODED
Terrible M»r{ne C^igrrtlty Is ^Reported
From the lafe cf .^lhe^ ln Which
Captain, Crew and^P^fis^^r^ors Lest
.^Thelr Llves^
Mobile, Ala.—Details arrived from,
the Isle of Pinos of a great marine
disaster on the night of August 23,
when the steamship Nicholas Castana,
en route from Havana to - Cleiifuegos,
went ashore on' the south coast of
the island between Carapatachibey
and Caletadel Inferno (Hell’s Gove).
Every living thing an board the
ship perished. The crew numbered
27, officers and men, and there were
two passengers. The ship lies in bold
relief on the high rocks juttiag into
Ihe Ctispian. Eighteen bodies have
been found scattered -on the' coast.
Some of the bodies were, found head
less, while o^ers;^wefe mutilated in
Other ways. All were nude with the
exception of one siiir clad in an un
dershirt. The missing eleven are be
lieved to have become th^ victims of
sharks. Identification cf bodies was
impossible, except that of the captain.
A government commission reported
that the immediate cause of the wreck
was the simultaneous explosion of the
steamer’s battery of two boilers, com
bined with violent concussion cf the
steamer on the rocks, whither she had
been thrown by the gale and tidal
wave.
PLOT TO KILL PRESIDENT.
CONDITION IS GRAVE.
Governor Johnson,.^ 51 Mi nnesota, Un
dergoes Surgical Operatlon.j
Rochester, Minn.-^Governor John
A. Johnson was operated on In the
hospital here by Dr. William J. Mayo,
assisted by Dr. Charles Mayo, for a
deep-seated intestinal abscess.
It 'was a serious operation, and
Governor Johnson’s condition is re
garded as grave, though the surgeons
hope for the patient’s recovery.
A number of physicians witnessed
the operation. Dr. H. H. Withstein,
of this city, also a state senator, is
known to have given the governor’s
private Bocretary, Frank A. Day, a
gloomy view of the case, saying that
it was “one of the most terrible ovz
erations of the kind he had ever wit
nessed.”
THE POLE CONTROVERSY.
Committee Being Formed to Pass Up
on Claims of Cook and Peary.
New York—A committee of scient
ists, representing the leading univer
sities, and the arctic and geographical
societies of the East, Is being quietly
formed, it has been learned, to pass
on the north pole controversy and
decide whether Dr. Cook or Com
mander Robert E. Peary was the first
to reach ,90 degrees liorth latitude.
The committee Is being formed by
represientatlves of the societies by
quietly approaching the various men
whom It Is desired t-o have on tha
committee. It will probably be head
ed by Professor William S. Halleck,
head of the department of physics of
Columbia university.
FfRE LOSS OF $50,00a
Town In Alabama Has Been Practl-
-cally Wiped Out.
Montgomery, Ala.—^A specfal from
GainesvlUe; Ala., says:
A dozen business houses were de
stroyed by -^re, causing a loss esti
mated at $50,000.' There is' little In
surance.
Thfcs was practically all of the busi
ness part ^ the town. Gainesville
was one of the most important cities
of the state before the ’ civil war.
Fifty years ago It had a population
of 10,000. vNow the population is
about 800. * ^
New Japanese Minister.
Toklo.—Official announcemep-t has
been made of the appointment of Y.
tJchlda, former minister of foreign
affalfs and now' ambassador to the
court of Austria, to succeed Takahlra,
■TftDanQse minister at. Washington.-
Salvadorean Conspirators Have Been
Placed Under Arrest.
Mexico Clty.-^harged with being
Implicated in a plot to kill President
Figuroa, of the Republic of Salvador,
General Jose Dolores Preza and Gen
eral Damas Copinel are behind prison
bars in the capital of that republic
pf Central America, according to let
ters received In Mexico^ City.
Tl^ writer of the letters states that
dh tl;© sixth of last month a big reli
gious and civic fete was held In the
capital. It was planned by a number
of men, it is said, that the president
should die on that day.
Secret detectives of the government
discovered evidences of the .plot In
time to frustrate it, and while the
fiestas were in progress a number
were arrested and put in prison,
among them being General Preza, who
was commander in chief of the Sal
vadorean and Hondurean forces when
they fought against Nicaragua in the
war of 1907.
ASPHYXIATED HERS5LF.
In DeUberats Manner Atlanta Woman
Dies By Her Own Hands.
Atlanta.—The coroner’s inquest
over the remains of Mrs. Steve Glass,
who committed suicide at her home,
109 West Harris street, by asphyx
iation, resulted in" a verdict of death
by the use of gas administered by
her own hands with suicidal intent.
While alone in her room, Mrs.
Glass, wife of the v/ell knov/n Mari
etta street / merchant and former
councilman -from the. Fifth ward,
closed all Of Sthe do we and windows
leading to her room,'placetTa rubber
tube in her mouth, turned on the gas,
and was dead in a few moments from
Inhaling the deadly fumes.
, _ She - wag ^ not. discovered.^ untiL sev
eral hours later, when her hus|^d
came home for supper.
UNDER GRAVE CHARGE.
Minister Accused of Abducting Girl
, From Her Home.-^ls Under Arrest.
Waukegan, 111.—Rev. Wallace M.
Stuckey, pastor of ’ the Christian
church of Williamsburg, Kas., and
editor of The WllllamBburg Star, Is
confined In the county jail • on the
charge of having abducted Lorena
Sutherland, 16-year-old daughter of a
wealthy farmer of Williamsburg, from
her home. The girl also is in cus
tody. She will be returned to her
parents, and be used as a witness
against the accused preacher.
In every principal feature the case
Is like that of Rev. Jere Knode Cooke,
pastor of St. George’s Episcopal
church. Long Island, N. Y., who de
serted his wife and children and fied
to San Francisco with Loretta Wha
ley.
STUDENTS GO ON STRIKE.
County Goveriunent..
Representative—G. W: Wilsor.'*
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. J. Wallis.
Surveyor—A. L. Hardin.
Commissioners—W. M. Henry, Ch’n; G*
T. Lyday; W. E. Galloway.
Superintendent of Schools—T. C. Hen?^
derson.
Physician—Dr. Goode^ Cheatham.
Attorney—Gash & Galloway.
Town- Govenunent*.
Mayor—W. E. Breese, jr.
Board of Aldermen—T. H. Shipman.
M. Kilpatrick, T. M. Mitchell, A. H. King,.
E. V/. Carter.
Marshal—J. A. Galloway.
Clerk and Teix 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 montl\.
Professional Cords.
W. B. DUCKWORTH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Rooms 1 and 2, Pickelsimer Building*-
GASH db GALLOWAY
lAWYERSi
Will practice in all;&e courts.
Rooms 9 and 10, McMinn Block. ,
Anti-Hazing Regulations Cause Trou
ble at University.
Orono, Maine.—Between 500 and
600 students of both sexes, compris
ing the three upper classes of the
University of,, Maine, went on strike
against the new anti-hazing regula
tions. Recitations were suspended
pending the result of a conference be
tween students and faculty.
When the term opened each stu
dent was handed a card to sign con
taining a pledge against hazing. The
upper classmen refused to sign, even
the girls revolting. The faculty hav
ing decided that no student might
enter the college who did not sign
the pledge, a serious situation pre
sented Itself.
Descendant of Fulton Self-Slain.
New York.—Almost on the evening
of the Hudson-Fulton celebration,
Charles K. Moore, a descendant of
Robert Fulton, committed suicide at
his hom.e here by taking poison.
Moore, who w*as a graduate of Co
lumbia university, and a civil engi
neer, had been In 111 health fcfr some
time.
Pellagra In Tehneds^ County.
Nashville, Tenn.—^Notice of a death
from pellagra in * Montgomery county
has been received here by the state
board of health. The notice, came
from the Montgomery -county health
officer. Dr. C. G. Wilson* who said It
was the only case, coming under his
observation.
NOTICE OF SUMMONS BY PUBLi-
OATWH. - ' '
North Carolina—Transylvania County.
In the Superior Comrt.
0. P. Grant
vs.
S. F. Wood, W. L. Wood, T. C. Grant and
J. M. Grant.
Notice of Summons by Publication.
The defendants, T. C. Grant and J. M.
Grant, will take notice that an action en
titled as above has been commenced in the
Su|)erior Court of Transylvania county toi
have certain deeds made and executed by
S. F. Wood to said defendants cancelled
and to recover damages for Injury to real
estate of the plaintiff, and to have plain
tiff declared the owner of certain lands on
King’s creek, Brevard township, Transyl
vania county.
And the said defendants, T. C. Grant
and J. M. Grant, will further take notice
that they are required to appear at the
next term of the Sirp^’ior Court of Tran
sylvania county, which will be held on the
last Monday in August, 1909, in Brevard,
N. C., and answer or demur to the com
plaint in said action, or the plaintiff will
apply to the court for the relief demanded
in said complaint. This the 5th day of
July. 1909. T. T. LOFTIS,
4t* Clerk Superior Court.
Administrator's Notice*
Having qualified as administrator of the
estate of J. P. Aiken, deceased, late of
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 before
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 make imediate payment.
This 30th day of August, 19Q9J'
MARYM. AIKEN;
Administratrix of J. P. Aiken, deceased!
Administrat9r's Notice*
Having qualified as administrator of the
estate of the late C. M. Moore, of Transyl
vania county, deceased, this is to notify alf -
persons having claims against said estate -
of said deceased to exhibit them to the^
undersigned on or before the 6th day of^
August, 191(r, -or this notice will be pleads
in bar of their recovery. All persons-in
debted to said estate will please make iijj-
mediate settlement. This the 6th day of
August, 1909. P. C. MOORE,
Administrator.
Entry No* 2555*
Mrs. Elizabeth Galloway enters an<f
claims 40 acres more or less of land on.
the waters of Toxaway, river. Beginning
on a stake in line of lot No. 775, runs east-
wardly with the line of said lot to a stake
of the Mill lot, then witlrline of same so
as to cover all the vacant land on the west
side of Elizabeth Gallowa3r*s homestead to
the Wood land.
' Entered Aug. 30,1909.
B. A. GILLESPIE,
Entery Taker.
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