ONLY NEWSPAPER IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
J. J. MINEB, OWNER AND MANACEIt
A HOME P^J^ER FOR HjOME t»JjOI>T^TQ— AT.T. HOME PRINT
VOLUME^XIY
BREYARD. NORTH
, DEGMBER 3.1909.
NUMBER*4e
WITH AN IRON H4ND
President Zelaya Said to Be
Ruling His ^pitai Qty.
MARTIAL LAW IN FORCE
li. Is Said That Hundreds of Persona
Have Been Thrown In Nicarguan
Prison Because of Sympathy With
Revolutionists.
New Orleans.—A cablegnram to the
Picayune from Panama sa^rs:
Letters that were written at Mana^
gua and smuggled on board a steamer
at Corinto arrived here bringing tho
first authentic news from Che capital
of Nicaragua that has teached here
in several days.
The letters state that the situation
at Managua is chaotic beyond descrip
tion. President Zelaya has surround
ed himself with a strong guard of
picked loyalists and the presidential
palace is a fortress. Martial law is
enforced with a rigorous hand and
all shops are closed at sunset. Crowds
that gather on the streets are dispers
ed with bayonets.
Hundreds In Prison.
Hundreds of men suspected of sym
pathizing with the revolutionists have
been arrested and thrown in prison.
The Jails are overflowing and many
prisoners are being guarded in other
buildings.
It is* impossible to communicate
wUh the outside world from Mana-
gna either by mail or telegramy ex
cept by permission of the government,
and lately ^at permission has n^t
been' given to anyone.
Any mail deposited in the Managua
pcrstoffice is opened and inspected by
the government, and as a general
rule, confiscated. No mail arriving at
Managua is delivered until it has been
opened by the censor, and, if it con
tains the slightest reference to the
revolution is destroyed.
Newspapers Excluded.
No foreign newspapers are allowed
to enter the country and all copies
that fall into the hands of Zelaya's
oflacials are burned. No newspapers
have been delivered through the Ma
nagua postoflace sfnce the revolution
broke out
The telegraph oflace Is under the
complete control of Zelaya and no
messages can be sent unless they
have his “O. K.” When a message
is filed at the telegraph office it is
immediately sent to the presidential
palace for Zelaya’s inspection.
Even the messages filed by the di*
pJomatic and consular representa
tives of the foreign governments are
held up an^ none of tliem are allowed
to be forwarded by thg telegraph of
fice until Zelaya gives his consent.
It is said many fCiTefgners at Ma
nagua are suffering for the necessities
of life and their situation is serious.
One of the letters received here clos
es with the followmg paragraph:
“We are praying God will cause
some foreign power to intervene in
the name of humanity and put an end
to the anarchistic condition that ex
ists in Nicaragua.”
WOMEN BURGLARS.
Judge Walter H,-Sanborn.
Jnnst Who Declared Standard
Oil Company Illegal.
They Enter Residence at Minneapolis
and Take $400 In Valuables.
Minneapolis, Minn.—^Two women
burglars, masked and armed with re
volvers, entered the residence of Mrs.
W. Crossman, a Minneapolis society
woman.
Mrs. Crossman was seated In her
library reading. She heard a noise
in the hall and went out to investi
gate, finding "two women leisurely
taking hat pins from their hats on
the rack.
One of the women went up to her,
Mrs. Crossman declares, and she saw
the muzzle of a revolver protruding
from the sleeve of the burglar’s
waist.
The robbers took about $400 in val
uables.
Five Miners Suffocate.
Salida, Col.—Five miners are re
ported to have suffocated In the tun-
^lel of the Eclipse mine No. 3, at
Monarch, as the result of a tramhouse
- ....
Judge Walter H. Snnbom. who ren
dered the decision declaring that the
Standard Oil Company of New Jmey
is an illegal corporation, has been on
the United States cif«tiit court bench
since 1Sf)2. He Is n New Q»m|>shire
man by birth, slxty-f »iir vran* oirt-ain^i
a gmdnaie of nnrtm«»Mih In
went to St. !*nnl, .an<l rnsifiefi »•»
that city since timt tliue. Juvlge Shii-
born is a ll<*pubiic»n.
CROPS OF THE U. S.
South's In 190^ Is Placed at
$2,400,000,000.
Baltimore.—Of the $8,200,000,000
that the farms of the Ignited States
has yielded in ISO® the south's share
is $2,400,000,000^ according to esti
mates that the Manufacturers’ Record
has made, based upon the latest av
ailable reports. Of the south’s total,
between $90,000,000 and $1,000,000,-
000 represents the crop of cotton,
with its seed, now upon the market,
an increase of between $150,000,000
and $200,000,000 over 1908, though the
number of bales this yaar will prob
ably be more than 2,000,000 less than
last year’s crcrp.
In the value of crops cotton ranks
second to corn, with wheat and hay
following. Averaging annually be
tween 70 and 80 per cent, of the
world’s crop, the "Cotton crop of this
country, constituting the foundation
for a manufacturing industry second
only to that of iron and steel, appeals
more strongly than any other Ameri
can crop to the imagination of man
kind, and, consequently, tends to di
vert attention from the great impor
tance of the south as a grower of
other crops, notwithstanding the
acreage and the energies devoted to
cotton.
' Gold Supply Drained.
New York.—The drain of the coun
try’s gold supply through shipments
to the Argentine Republic still con
tinues. So far this week $2,000,000
in gold has been engaged to be sent
to that country by the next steamer.
This brings the total shipments of
gold from the United States to
Argentina since January 1 to $46,-
150.000. The total of gold exports to
all points In the same period is raised
by this week’n engagements to $97,-
900.000. *
Deer Shot in Town.
Detour, Mich.—Deer apparently are
so plentiful in the vicinity of Sault
Ste Marie that they are shooting them
within the limits of the city. A num
ber have been bagged at “The Shal
lows” this season, three during one
afternoon. Many others hare been
seen in the neighborhood.
Tennessee Copper Pays Dividends.
New York.—The Tennessee Copper
Company has resumed the payment
erf dividends on its stock, declaring
a dividend of $1.25 a sbare. The last
previous dividend was in September,
1908, and was of the same amount as
that just declared.
HELD POSSE AT BAY
Women Sacrifice Tkir lives to
Save fatiier mid Sob.
TRAGEDY IN VISGINIA
Mrs. Charles Daniels Her Young
\ Daughter Are- Said ^ Have Held
SherifPs Posca^-^ ^^^-^-Sequel to
An Old Faml^ FMd.
Williamson, W, ViuJ^Firing frora
the doorway of their home on a sher
iff’s posse, to give their father and'
brother time Jto escape, Mrs. Charles
Daniel^ and her sixteen-year-old
daughter were shot to death near
Devon, Mingo county, by the officers.
The shooting of Mrs. Daniels and
her daughter, it is said, grew out of
a family feud between the Christians
a^ Daniels on the border of Ken
tucky and West Virginia. The Chris
tians lived In Mingo county, Xvest
Virginia, and the Daniels In Pike
county, Kentucky.
About three weeics ago, George
Christian ventured to the Kentuckjf
side and waS’^aln by Jim Daniels.
Christian and Daniels were brothers-
ln;law and had formerly been allies.
After the klHfng of Christian, it Is
sal<d, the two families and friends
became involved. The Christians se*
cured warrants for Jim Daniels and
his brother Charles, and led a posse
of Pike county officers to the home
of the Daniels.
When the officers approached with
in a few feet of the home, Mrs. Dan-
lels^ and her daughter opened fire with
rifles, one of the posse receiving a
bullet in the arm.
The two Christian boy» and their
father opened fire.^ Daniels was
shot down In the doorway, but the 16-
year-old daughter stood over her
prostrate form-^nd fired upon the
posse until she dropped dead across
her mother, pierced by three bullets.
The officers, it is reported, clcfsed
in, but by forfeiting their lives, the
mother and daughter had so effectu
ally covered the retreat of father and
brother that they made their escape.
STRUCK BY TRAIN.
Aged Lady Saved Her Grandchild
But Lost Her Own Life.
Claxton, Ga.—Fearing that her little
granddaughter would step in front of
a rapidly-moving passenger train on
the Seaboard Air Line railway here,
Mrs. Mary Hall, wife of a wealthy
man of the place, started to cross the
track to the little girl, and was struck
and instantly killed, her neck and
both arms being broken.
The child was standing within a
few feet of the spot where the bleed
ing body of her grandmother was
thrown.
CYCLONE STRIKES TOWN.
One Man Injured and Several Build
ings Damaged.
Dublin, Ga.—A small cyclone struck
I^eon, a town between Dublin and
Eastman, and demolished several
dwellings, the school house, wrecked
a store and injured painfully Will
Causey. The track of the storm was
200 yards wide.
Fatal Gas Explosion.
Rochester, N. Y.—Mrs. Margaret
Smith, aged 35 years, and Mrs. Min
nie Wright, aged 50 years, were killed
by a gas explosion in a boarding-house
in North street. A jet in their room
had*leakeKi all night. The landlady
detected gas and traced it to their
room. She burst in the door just in
time to see flames envelope the room.
Mrs. Wright in a dazed condition and
half suffocated by the escaping gas
had applied a matcn to the leak in
the jet. She was found dead on the
floor. The body of Mrs. Smith lay on
the bed.
Dnnks Carl>alic Acid.'
Bifmins^am, _Ala.—C. C. Carter,
formerly of Nashville, committed sui
cide here by drinking carbolic acid.
He left a note addressed to J. D.
Brown, of Nashville. Another was
addressed to his mother, Mrs. Alice
Ramey, Fort Royal, Va. No cause
iras given for his act.
LOST LIFE IN FIRE.
Tragic Fate of Congressman DeAr-
mond, of Missouri.
Kansaj City. Mo.—Representative
David DeArmond, one of the oldest
Democratic members of Congress, and
his grandson, a lad of six years, have
been burned to death in a fire which
DAVID A. DE ARMOND.
destroyed the DeArmond home at
Butler, Mo. The other members of
the family escaped.
The fire started in the DeArmond
home, about 4 o’clock in the morning,
and despite the eiforts made to Quencli
the flames, the resideace. a large
frame structure, was soon reduced to
ashes.
Other occupants of the house at the
time of the fire and who escaped were
Mrs. DeArmond, James A. DeArmond,
aged 25, a son of the congressman,
and a daughter^ a«ed 35. ^ -
It is believed that DeArmond sacri
ficed his life in a heroic effort to save
his grandson. It is thought that Con
gressman DeArmond was aroused in
time to save himself, but that in
fiwakening the boy and attempting
to carry him from danger, he became
confused in .the smoke, which was
momentarily growing denser, and was
overcome before he was able to find
the way out. ^
The charred oodles of the congress
man and' his grandson were found in
the ruins of the dwelling a few hours
later.
NOT SOLD AS SLAVES.
Stories of Brutollty Are Denied by
the Portuguese.
New York.—^The wide-spread alle
gations of deplorable conditions in
Portuguese East Africa, particularly in
the Islands of San Thome and Principe
credited by recent English and Amer
ican writers to the existence of a
cruel slave trade in African negroes
among the planters, were denounced
as unwarranted fabrications today by
Colonel J. A. Wyllie, fellow of the
Royal Geographical Society of Eng
land, who 'arrived on the steamer Teu
tonic from Southampton after a two
months’ Investigation of conditions in
Portugese East Africa.
The African’s condition is wonder
fully Improved as a laborer for the
Portuguese in contrast with his home
environment in Central Africa, said
Colonel Wyllie
Rats and Puffs Barred to Nurses.
St. Louis, Mo.—The thirty nurses at
the Mullanphy hospital began their
labors with only their rooted hair on
their heads, following the order of
Sister Gabriel that all “foreign ma
terial” should be abolished. The In
junction prohibiting “rats’* was issued
for sanitary reasons. “The tiny cap
perched on the '‘ratted* head,” said
one of the sisters, “looked like a
flower on a dishpan.”
Rhodes Browne A^ain Elected.
Columbus, Ga.-—Columbus’ munici
pal primary passed quietly. Hon.
Rhodes Browne was again chosen
mayor by unanimous vote. The so-
called Commercial Club aldermanic
ticket defeated the Citizens’ ticket in
every ward where there was opposi
tion, except the Third ward, where
Newell K. Bowden defeated W. A.
Kline by 26 votes.
Comty Govenun^f.
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, ^
Surveyor—A. L. Hardin.
Commissioners—"W. M. Henry, Ch’n; G.
T. Lyday; W. E. Galloway.
Superintendent of Schools-r-T. C. Hen
derson.
Physician—^Dr. Goode Cheatham.
Attorney—Gash ^ Galloway.
Town Govemmrat».
Mayor—W. E. Breese, jr.
Board of Aldermen—^T. H. Shipman. J.
M. Opatiick, T. M. Mitchell, A. H. King,
E. W.Carto.
Msffshal—^J. A. Galloway.
Clerk and Tax Collector—T. H. Gallo
way.
Trea«ii[er—T. H. Shipman.
Health Officer—Dr. C. W. Hunt
Attorney—W. W. Zachary.
Regular meetings^First Monday night
in each month.
I^fesdonol Cords.
H. G. BAILEY
Civil al^ Constddns
and Surveyor
McMiim Block
miKVARD, N. C.
Patronlze-thcse who Advertise
W. B. DUCKWOK.TH.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
clooms 1 and 2, Plckelsimer Building.
- ^ —V
^CASH GALLOWAY
LAWYERS.
Will practice in all the courts.
Rooms 9 and 10, McMinn Block.
Patronize those who Advertise
Notice of Service of Summons
by Pubiicatioa.
North Carolina—^Transylvania County*
In the Superior Court.
R. S. Osteen
vs.
Mrs. H. L. Lanning.
Notice of Service of Summons by Publi
cation.
The defendant iibove named, Mrs. H. L.
Lanning, will take notice that an action
entitled as above has been commenced in
the superior court of Transylvania county
by the plaintiff, R. S. Osteen, for the pur
pose of establishing his title to certain real
estate in Brevard, in said county Tran
sylvania, and for the further purpose of
having the title of the said Mrs. H. L.
Lanning to said real estate declared null
and void and of no effect, and' for the pur
pose of removing from his own title the
cloud made by the alleged title of the said
Mrs. H. L. Lanning; and the said defend
ant will further take notice that she is
required to appear at the term of the
superior court of the said county of Tran
sylvania, to be held on the ^elfth
Monday after the first Monday in Septem
ber, 1909, at the court house of said
county in Brevard, t^orth Carolina, and
answer or demur to the complaint of the
plaintiff in said action, or the plaint^ wilt
apply to the court for the relief demanded
in said complaint.
This the 19th day of October, 1909.
T. T. LOFTIS,
Clerk Superior Coi^
Entry No. 2547.
North Carolina—^Transylvania Cotuxty.
Duff Merrick, a citizen and resident of
the state of North Carolina, enters a tract
of land estimated to contain thirty-eight
(38) acr^, situate in the above ccnmty and
state, on the waters of the Taxansa]^ rive:^
Beginning on a chestnut oali^^tiiA^nQrtli^
west comer of grant No.
northeast comer of nant No. 1223 in
the line of grant No. 388, and mnning
thence with the southern boundary line of
grant No. 388 about north 70 degrees east
400 poles more or less to the line of grant
Na 195; thence with the line of grant No.
195 southeasterly to its black gum comer;
thence with another line of grant No. 195
easterly to its chestnut comer; thence
with another line of said grant No. 195 in
a southerly or southeasterly direction to
the northern line of said grant No. 301;
thence with the northern line of said
grant No. 301 to the beginning. This
October 1,1909. * B. A. GILLESPIE.
Entry Taker.