ER 'II fami- •T IT 3 X)ls« eld. 3W that t of thc^ ice wilt "he milL Yt so wc^ a I year. you? ny not rn a No. 1 awing life? You ed one. best only' $1.00 3.5a arge and ir case hy 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 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