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, .analic 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.