only newspaper in TRANSYLVANIA county
VOLUME^‘XIV
PAPER FOR HOME PEOPLE—AUL. HOME PRINT
J. J. MINER, OWNER AND MANAGER
BREVARD. NORTH CAROlAa, DEOEMBER 31.1909.
NTJ1BBR*55^
ZELAYA FUGITIVE I National League’s New Head.
Under Cover of Night flees“
the Mry.
he goes to MEXICO
Former President of the Republic of
Nicaragua Boards Warship and
Seeks Refuge In Santa Cruz.—Ma-
driz Proclaimed President.
Managua.—Jose Santos Zelaya, the
ex-president of Nicaragua, has taken
himself out of the country, and, it is
said, is hound for Santa Cruz.
Under the ccrver of darkness Zelaya,
it is reported, accompanied by
a heavily armed guard, pro-,
ceoded to Corinto, in which
port a Mexican warship had been
lying for several days, close to the
Tnited States protected cruiser Al
bany. Other American v?arships
swung at anchor in the harbor, with
marines aboard, lazily awaiting In
structions.
Soon Safe Under Mexican Flag.
Zelaya’s coming was unheralded, but
a guard from the Guerrero received
him and soon he was safe under the
protection of the Mexican flag. At
five o’clock in the afternoon the war
ships weighed anchor and pointed out
to sea. A salute of thirteen guns was
fired from the shore and huiMrodfr-ot
soldiers and citizens waved the fcfrmer
dictator a farewell from the beach.
Zelaya stood alone and waved back ia
answer. He uncovered when a*breast
of the Albany, but the American cruis
er made no response. Then he- turned
again toward the shore, gazing nntll
out of sight.
Shortly before the arrlyiil of Zelaya
at Corinto, tlie Unrieuf States ^nbdat
Princeton got up steam and proceeded
for San Juan del Sur. The rumor
spread that the Princeton intended to
watch the movement of the Mexican
gunboat, but she proceeded ’ directly
down the coast and her arrival at her
destination was later reported, greatly
relieving the anxiety of the Zelaya
adherents.
Madriz -Won*t Resign.
Managuans in general were greatly
relieved when they learned that Ze
laya had gone, and President Madriz
has alredy beguT». his promised work
of reform.
All reports that Madriz intends to
resign the presidency are without a
fihred of truth. He himself announces
that he accepted the ofllce only after
mature consideration of the opportuni
ty the position gave him ter bring
about harmony and peace in Nicaragua
and also of the dangers which attend
ed his acceptance. He is willing to
face the -dangers, he says, in order to
save the country.
JUDGE VAN EPPS DEAD.
Able Georgia Jurist Meets Death on a
Florida Railroad Train.
Atlanta.—Judge H(5ward Van I5?>ps,
ex-judge of the city court of Atlanta,
and one of the best known lawyers
In Gecrrgla, dropped dead on a raUroad
train at Lake City, Fla.
Judge Van EppB left Atlanta only a
few days ago to sojourn In Florida
during the extreme cold weather, as
he had not been In the best of health
for several tj^onths.
The deceased was about 62 years of
age, and was one of the ablest Jurists
connected with the Atlanta bar. For
®ight years he was judge of the city
ccrurt that is now presided over by
Judge Harry Reid.
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The new president of the National
league, Thomas J. Lynch, wua former
ly au umpire and one of the t>est
known in the business. In recent
years be bas been a theatrical man*
COTTON LEAPS TO 16 CENTS.
For First Time In F V^'-rs on New
York Excb'^o*^-.
New Yorl^.r;-,'I^e bullish, entliu s’asm
which, has attended cotton market
in its recent advances-has seCnired' fOr
the first time 2i» fire years 16 cents
a pound the^sta^e tlfe" New
York exchange. TJThlle tie May op
tion ot 16.01 waft the only cotton on
the list to reach 16-cent quotation, the
entire list advanced slightly, and still
holds higher than at any time since
the Sully boom in 1904.
The bull campaign now on is said
to be headed by Colonel W. P. Brown
and Frank B. Hgyne, of New Orleans,
who were associated with Sully five
years ago, and by E. G. Scales and
James A. Patten, the Chicago grain
operator. The aggregate profits of
this “big four” are rumored to amount
to about $13,000,000.
The bulls now predict 17-cent cot
ton biBfore the end of January. The
record during the Sully boom was
17.54.
Shot His Daughter’s Escort.
Columbus, Oa —^Will Roddy, a
young man of North Highlands, Is ly
ing *t the Columbus hospital very se
riously, and, perhaps, fatally wound
ed, and J. O. Osborne Is being sought
by the police for having shot him
with a revolver. Osborne, who is a
middle-aged man, forbade Roddy go
ing with his daughter, but it seems
that his orders were disobeyed.
Meeting the couple returning from
some social gathering, Osborne open
ed fire on the young man, the bullet
taklnjg effect.
Bryan to Move to Texas.
Bellefontalne, Ohio.—^William Jen
nings Bryan is to move to Texas. He
has said so In the course of an Inter
view preceding the deUV^y of fils
lecture. He declared that he Intend
ed to move to Texas following a
So\ith American tour on which lie
will 8Urt this fall.
Prince to Visit South America.
Rome—The king has Informed the
ministry that he Intends to send
Prince Udine, son of the Duke of
Genoa, to visit the Italian colonists
in South America. Another prince,
probably the duke of the Abruzzi,
will go later on a similar mission to
North America.
Undertaker Was Startled.
Terre Haute, Ind.—As an under
taker started to prepare the body of
Edward Murphy for burial, the sup
posed dead man arose In the bed and
yawned. *T feel better after that long
sleep/' he said. Murphy had been la
a state of coma for ten hours. He
had Ijeen an invalid for a long time.
' But the undertaker soon was recalled,
for Murphy really died, after joking
lJ)out his ‘^first death" to the fright
ened embalmer.
BANKER FLETCHER DEAD.
vSiB Father of Mrs. Booth Tark-
ington.
Nashville, Tenn.—Stoughton J.
Fletcher, several times a millionaire
t)md owner of the Fletcher National
Bank of Indianapolis, died at his coun-
trjr seat, near Gallatin, 26 miles north
east of here.
Mr. Fletcher was 58 years old. He
for several years, been in very
bad’health, and retired from active
buslnesB. He leaves a son and three
daughters, one of the latter being Mrs.
Booth Tarklngton, wife of the author
and playwrlghL '
EIGHT MEN KIllED
Mine Horror Occii^ In Carter*
ville Coal Co/l Mine.
DUE TO AN EXPLOSION
Their Path Was Blocked at Once by
the Bodies of the Deisd—Fire Follow
ing Explosion Cause^i Rescuers to
Retreat—Efforts Directed to Flames.
St. Louis.—Ei?ht men were killed
and the lives of 400 others were im
periled by an explosioi\ of gas In mine
“A”, of the Chicago «,nd Cartervllie
Coal Company, at Herrin, 111.
Open lamps, carried by the mine en
gineer and his assistants, caused the
disaster, according to_ a telephone
message from th^> mine office. There
were three men and a boy in the en
gineer’s party and all lovst their lives.
Hundreds of Men Escaped.
Prompt action by the management
of the mine resulted In the safe exit
of the hundreds of men who were at
work below ground. Within five
minutes of the first reports of the ex
plosion, the miners in the immediate
vicinity of the accident were started
towards the surface, and on the return
trips of the cages rescm*ers were low
ered into entricR No. ? and 8, w&st;
where the catastrophe took place,
James Gulnney, superintendent of
the mine, and Robert Hueston, man
ager, headed the first relay of res
cuers.
Despite the Black Damp.
. Despite the black damp which flow
ed Into .the. chambers adjoining thos^
in which,.Pierce and Lis’ party w^i*e
killed, these men pluu ,ed Into the
workings.
Three bodies blpcljecf flielr path.
Hasty examination showed that the
men were alive, and they were rushed
to the surface. One of them was A.
J. Hueston, a brother of the manager.
All are expected to recover.
The rescuers next found the bodies
of Snyder, Greeco and Romeo. None
of these men had been burned, the
conditions of the corpses testifying
mutely to the force of the concussion.
Harber’s body wap badly burned.
The valiant efforts of the rescuers
to penetrate more deeply into the
workings were repulsed by increasing
banks of after-damp. The ventilating
apparatus of the mine had not been
damaged, but it could not cope with
the gases, and Guinney and Hueston
and their helper.? were forced to re
treat, leaving the bodies of Pierce and
h4s companions.
Fire also began to gain headway,
and it is not expected that the bodies
can be recovered for some time.
All efforts are betng directed
towards fighting the fiames. Condi
tions are such that It is hoped that
they will be confined to the two en
tries affected by the explosIoB.
$250,000 In Stamps Blown from Pouch,
Pittsburg.—Over $250,000 worth of
internal 'revenue tax-paid whisky
stamps, the property of the govern
ment, were mutilated or blown away
when the iron arm attached to a mall
car of a fast train failed properly to
connect with a registered mail bag
and threw it under the wheelb. The
accident occurred at Glbsonton, near
here, and only/a few of the stamps
have been recovered by the govern
ment agents.
Fire In An Insane Asylum.
Jacksonville, 111.—Fire In the Cen
tral Hospital for the insane here de
stroyed the north wing of the,Institu
tion^ for hours threatened destruction
to other portions, and for a time
caused much anxiety to ofiicials of
the Institution, in preventing panic
among the patients. It is believed
that a few patients escaped and are
roaming the streets. There were
about 2,000 persons in the asylum.
Utah Bars Big Fight
New York.—Governor Spry, of TJtaK
has arrived here from Philadelphia.
In discussing the JefPrles-Johnson
fight, the governor expressed his be
lief that there'was-not one chance In
a thousand of the big fight being held
in Utah. .“The laws of the state must
be obeyed, and I shall follow them to
the letter,” he said.
RIOT IN CHURCH.
Three People Seriously hijured In
Indiana.
Washington, Ind.—In a riot at the
General Baptist church, one mile west
of this city, Willis Ellis and Ed Her
ron were cut on the head by thrown
bricks and the Toliver chapel was
badly cut up, while many men and
women, who used the windows to es
cape, were injured.
The trouble began when Claude Hol
ton, Arnold Holton, Chester Turner,
Robert Holton and four others entered
the church and began a disturbance.
Four policemen were sent to quiet the
rioters, but the officers, it Is said,
were disarmed. While they were com
ing back to town for reinforcements
the men began fighting among them
selves.
The women, in order to protect their
children, threw them through the win
dows. The three Holtons and Turner
were arrested.
Another small riot took place at a
dance near here. About forty-five peo
ple received minor bruises. Twenty-
three arrests were made.
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.
The Death of Young Hamp Weath*
ers, Only Son of Tift Farmer,
Tifton, Ga.—Hamp Weathers, the
only son of Mrs. Isaac Weathers, who
lives about 9 miles northeast of Tif
ton, in Tift county, shot and killed
himself with a slngle-bdrreled shot
gun.
The lad had returned from hunt
ing and was playing with some chil
dren, at one time playfully threaten
ing to shoot them, and then saying he
^s j^In’g shoot himself, pu> the
muzzre of the gun against his left side.
By some means 4t was discharged, the
load pacing almost tl>rough his body,
making a fearful wbimd' and * tearing
away a part of the' sttoulder blade.*
The lad was between fourteen and
fitfeen years of age, and a singular co
incidence is that two of his brothers
died at almost the same age.
McDonough4i^an Suicides, /
McDonough, Ga.—Mr. Cliff C. Tye,
one of the most prominent young men
of McDonough, shot himself In the
right temple in the store of Messrs.
T. A. Sloan & Co., with a pistol, in
the presence^ of all the employees of
the store and many customers. No
motive is known for the deed. He
walked Into the store and handed Mr.
T.^ A. Sloan, his brother-in-law, some
money, and asked him to give him
credit for it, and as Mr. Slaon turned
to go back to his office to give credit
for the money, Mr. Tye pulled his pis
tol and fired into his right temple and
fell dead.
Fatal Pistol Duel.
Opelousas, La.—News has reached
here that Wade Higginbotham, a dep
uty sheriff of this, St. Landry, parish,
and Ozene Roy, a farmer, had killed
each other late last night in a pistol
duel at Aranaudvllle, several miles
south of here. The shooting is said to
have been the culmination of bad feel
ing that had existed between the, two
men for some time. Human Hardy
and Isaac Thibodeaux were, arrested
for alleged complicity in the tragedy.
Comity Govemmoit*.
Representative—G. W. Wilson.’
Clerk Superior Comrt—^T. T. Loftis.
Sheriff and Tax Collector—C. C. Kilpa^
rick. ^
Treasurer—Z. W. Nicholls.
Register of Deeds—A. Gillespie.
Coroner—Dr. W. J. Wallis.
Surveyor—A. L. Hardla,
Commissioners—W. M. Henry, fth'n; G
T. Lyday; W. E. GaUoway.
Superintendent of Schools—T. C. He^
derson.
Physician—Dr. Goode Cheatham.
Attorney—Gash & Galloway.
Town Gov«mmait».
Mayor—W. E. Breese, jr.
Board of Aldermen—^T. H. Shipman. J
M. Kilpatrick, T. M. Mitchell, A. H. fang,
E. W. Carter.
Marshal—J. A. Galloway.
Clerk and Tax 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 month.
ProfesdoAoI Cards.
H. G. BAILEY ^
Ci>^ and Ccnsolting Engineer
and Surveyor
McMinn Block
BREVARD. N. Cl
Patronize those who Aidvertise
w; B. puaivrrodtii,
ATTO R NE Y-AT-LA W.
ElpQi«U( 1 2*^$^lc!k&lsj
GASH <& GALLOWAY
LAWYERS.
Will practice in all the courts.
Rooms 9 and 10, McMinn Block..
Paironizc those who Advertise
Annual Statement
OF AMOUNTS
Paid County Commi^sioosrs
During the year 1908
Money Order Clerk Arrested.
Albany, Ga.—H. D. Manning, for
several years past money order clerk
In the Albany postoffice, and one of
the best knoWn iroiing men in the city,
has been arrested by Postoffice In-
sp 3Ctor Williams, of Atlanta, and was
bound over under $500 bond by Com
missioner R. J. Bacon for intercept
ing mail. The bond was arranged and
Manning is at liberty.
K, of P, Elects Officers.
Lawrencevllle, Ga.—^At a recent
meeting of tlie Knights of Pythias the
following officers were chosen: John
C. Houston, C. C.; G. K. Bagwell, V.
C.; R. S. Sammon, P.; Willis Holland,
M. W.; J. L. Bxum, K. of R. and S.;
L. L. Ewing, M. F.; D. M. Byrd, M. A.;
G. W. Clower, M. E.; R. L. Robinson,
O. G.; T. D. Cain, I. G.
Bacon Sails for France.
New York.—Robert Bacon, the new
ly appointed amba^ador to France,
has sailed on the Mauretania, to take
up the dutfes of his post.
The following amonnts have beerc
paid to the members of the Board
fo County Commissioners during
the official year of 1909, viz.:
W M Henry, 31: days regular
service at $2.00 $62.00
W M Henry, 82 days e^^tra,
service at $2.00... 64.00
G T Lyday, 29 days regular
service at $2.00 !^...... 58.00
G T Lyday, 10 days extra ser
vice at $2.00 ' 20.00
W E Galloway,''^ 29 days regu
lar service at $2.00 58.00
W E Galloway, 12 days extra
serv3C3 at $2.00 24.00
No. miles traveled by each 0.00
Unverified accounts audited .. 0.00
' Ncffth Carolina, )
Transylvania County. )
I, E. A Gillespie, register of
deeds anci ex-officio Clerk of the
Board of County Commissioners of
said county, hereby certify that
the foregoing is a correct statement
of the amounts audited by the
Board of Commissioners to the
members thereof and also a correct
statement of the number of days
service rendered by each, and that
said statement isl in compliance
with the requirements of Sec. 132ft
of the Revisal of 1905.
This Dec. 1st, 1909.
B. A. GILLESPIE,
Register of Deeds.
Entry No. 25^.
North Carolina—^Transylvania Countyi
C.W..Hunt enters and claims 100 acres
of land more or less lyine in Dunn's Rock
Township, adjoining the lands of Ed Bat
son and others. Banning on a black oak
on the north side of Wolf Peiu Mountain,
in the old Candler line, marked comer,,
and runs various comrses and distances, so-
as to take all the vacant laixl Entered:
Dec. 21st, 1909. B. A. GILLESPIE,
* Entry Taker.