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fapp7 Sid,” as rho know hiTw ir next enterr ceum course^ imper^nator this nmnber the best. At-’ • toriiim Satmr- tf. GRAVES mm order BSTONES, e, |etc. ers until jovb PETT n all work Advertise- I--. ' ‘v • ::v. • ; • --V- *t '•■. ■'■'% 'V A '■J <» ifcii atlfciii mmm il.Ji|llNERi liiiirNEWSPAPEB IN TBANSYIVANIA MttNTY A HOMSi PAFER FOR IIOM^^^OPIiE-ALL HOME PRIMt VOLUME^XV ■ * BREyARD, NORTH CAROLINA FEBRUARY 11.1910. ■ NUMBER*^ VICTIMS W TRUSTS Awful Results Follow Increased Cost of Living. deaths in new YORK •x In New York There Has Been Forty Per Cent. Increase In Suicides— Over 100,000 Persons. Seek Siielter In Free Lodging Houses. • I^lmited,” from Kight*s/,Key to Ne^ York. ’ / ■: j Train No. 40 had stopped at the station, then pulled up to take ^ on water,, when No. 36 came bounding- along at a 40-mlIe-an-hour speed, striking an empty, private ^ Pullman, Literally tearing it . into kindling wood.' Flagman J. L. Baker, who was on train No, 40, was instantly killed; Conductor L. C. E5dwards, seriously injured. ALL GUILTY, SAYS FJTE. Ijew York—The climax in the fight against high prices not only of fopd- Superior Court Judge Talkd of the Cureton Distillery Case. Trenton, Ga.—That Collector of In- Btuffs, but other commodities ’as well, ternal Revenue Rucker and every oth- is expected in the east soon with otii- gj. official of the government who up- cial action against the ‘beef trust” and held Stegall in ‘ declining to divulge «col(f storage trust,” and with . indi- j the operations of the Cureton distil- viduals aiding in the'battle'with their lery is guilty of a violatic?n of the boycott of prohibitively high-priced prohibition law, is the latest edict of Judge F:!:e, of the Dade county su perior court, so it is claimed. Judge Fite opened court here and NO tARlff. BATTLE Mr. Taft^nd^ Kaiser Settle Tilings Affllcably. MATTER IS, ADJUSTED Negotiations Have ^een Concluded .. t., . Between the:tJnited ftai^es an.d Ger many Which Have;^^Ave>t«ld' itie Threatened Tariff War,> foods. Statistics show general effects frogj high prices which are astonishing. One-sixth of those dying in Greater jjew York are buried in the Potter’s Field The ratio Jof suicides- in the environs of New York has increased 40 per cent. More than 102,400 per sons are seeking shelter in free lodg ing houses, an increase of 100 per cent. More than 50,000 persons are seeking relief from charitable crrgan- izations, an increase of 82 'per cent. More than 2,500 persons have been the United States Storekeeper and Gauger Thompson was brought before him, charged with, it is reported, ob structing legal process in his arrest, and upon his waiving committal, re quired him to give hond in the sum of $500 for his appearance at the next regular terna of the Dade county superior court. From the evidence, Judge Fite, It is said, held that Thompson was guil- sent to the almshouses, an increase erf ty of violating the prohibition laws 15 per cent. More than 1,300 hus bands have been placed under bonds to support their families, an increase of 13 per cent. Charged to Food Trusts. These figures have been compiled of the state. Judge Fite, it is reported, said: “There are no accessories in miS: demeanors and all persons connertod therewith are equnlTy suiltv. T'^era are no exceptious on -frro r.t of over that period of time in which o'- <>' the “food tn.sts"\and other combina- tions were gradually increasing prices. With the clipaax reached within the past few weeks interested persons be gan to inquire into statistics. Some ct the figures cover the period of a weeks; others go back to the eivi ot the. 1907 panic, when prcrsper- ity burst forth and the trusts began to take advantage of the opportunity to edge up prices a few cents at a time. Nothing Has Escaped. Perhaps there is nothing that has sition that Collector Rucker and ev •ery other person aiding in the manu facture of whiskey is guilty of vio lation of the law of Georgia.** ' Judge Fite left here for his home in Cartersville. Thompson furnished the required bond and goes free. , IVIYSTERIOUS MURDER. Prominent Augusta Physician Found Dead on Streets. Augusta, Ga.—Dr. Charles W. Hick- escaped. It costs more to die than it man, one of the most .prominent phy- did a few years agp, for medicines, sicians in the south, brother of Tra- revolvers, cemetery lots and burial cy I. Hickman, president of the Gran- cloihing have all gone up. There is iteville Manufacturing Company, was even agitation for higher rates for found dead from gunshot wounds on physicians. j the streets in Summerville, the fash- The outlook is fearful, even in con- i ionable suburb of Augusta. Bidering the grewsome subject of, The Hickmans live in Summerville death. From the slogan of “high cost and Dr. Hickman had been at his of living” it may eventually be brother’s honpe, leaving there shortly changed to the “Increased cost of after 8 o’clock. It was recalled by re- dying.” sidents the neighborhood that three shots were, heard about that hour. There were two wounds, one in the head and i^ne in the body. The pock ets had o3en rifled, and Dr. Hick man’s watch had been torn from his It is not known by the family whether Dr. Hickman had valuables or money in any extent on his person. There is no clue to the murder. KILLS ENTIRE FAMILY. Washington.—;t>oncess!ons by both the United States and Germany have averted a threatened tariff war. Ne gotiations have been concluded be tween the two countries which settle the question of minimum and maxi mum rfttes with the exception of the cattle and dressed meat issue, which was eliminated from the present ne gotiations and which will be pursuei- hereafter In separate diplomatic rep resentation. The result of the negotiations agreed to Is to exphange Ameri^n minimum rates for the entire and' un qualified minijDum ilst of Germany. The result is considered just and ad vantageous to both-jcountrles. ENDOWMENT FUND. NEGRO .^CONFESSES', ■ ■' •_~j Tells of Killlr^ of. Three Wpnfien iit. ’ Savannah" in December. Savannah, Gal^Mystery surround ing the murder Of three women, Mrs. Amanda Gribble, her daughter, Mrs. Ghlander, and , Mrs. ‘ Maggie Hunter, on Deceinber ^Oth, last, has been cleared up by the cdnfecsion of Bszi- jamin Bryan, a negro, arrested last month and held on suspicion of know- itig something of the crime. ]l^ryan, ft Is said,^mj^de his jcoiriLession. to Judge • Albert Wylie, Ibeniber of the board of ccrmmlssloners, and \G. U, Butler, clerk of the board. He told of how he had been work ing about the Gribble home^ and upon suspecting that there was money about the place, gained an entrance and be gan a search for valuabl^; how the women discovered his presence and how ter prevent their giving the alarm ^d preventing his escape, he attack ed one after another, the weapon he used being a hammer. At the time the awfu^l tragedy cre ated a sepsatlon at Savannah and numerous arrests were made by the police in the effort to find the mur- -derei. It is expected a speedy indictment by the grand jury will follow and Bryan will be tried at once. ’ College for Teachers Comes Into Ac tive Possession of $2,000,0JO. '' Nashville.—George Peabody college for teachers will ccrme Into active pos session of about $2,000,000. James E. Caldwell, president of the Cumber land Telephone and Telegraph com pany and one of those who have bean more active in the matter in securing the money, will turn over to the board and others deeds for stocks, bonds and other securities, actual cash and deeds for real estate, to the face val ue of $1,800,000. ^', At a meeting *<^etees of. the Peabody fund,' held In Washington, orders for this vast fund were turned over to Mr. Caldv/ell, who in turn was Instructed to give such orders and deeds to the Peabody college trustees. WHOLESALE MURDERS. BOLD TRAIN ROBBERY. Three Unmasked Men Relieve ’^Pas sengers of Valuables. Pittsburg, Kan.—Three unidentified ®ien held up and robbed the passen gers on an eastbound Missouri Pacific passenger train 5 miles east of here- They were unmasked. About $400 and ^ small amount of jewelry were taken from the passengers. The robbers boarded the train on , insane Man Says He Received Divine the cfutskirts of Pittsburg. They took ' Command to Slay Loved Ones, seats in the chair car and rode quietly | Fergus Falls, Minn.—^William Ruck- ^^ong until the train was near Cor- helm, aged 35 years, murdered his Kan, There th^y, leaped from wife and.four children,and shot him* heir seats, backed Conductor Garrity self at Barker’s Prairie. Ruckhelm Dig a corner and, drawing revolvers^ is believed to have been temporarily] '*'^arned him not to call for assistance, insane. One of the robbers then covered the Ruckh^m declared that he had re* Passengers with two large revolvers, ceived a divine command to proceed You will now prepare to give up to a certain graveyard, where he and yonr valuables,” he said. “My partner his family were to ei^liume several will pass among you. Please be bodies, using only their bare hands. ” ' Unless this command was carried out The partner” thereupon produced a before Easter, Ruckheim said, he and ^nnysack and started on his col- his family would be dragged to death. 6cUng tour. From each passenger he After examining the graveyard and ^ everything of value. Money, finding that it would be impossible to atches, diamonds and rings all went perform' the task on account of the ^ ° the sack. frozen ground, Ruckheim said he KILLED, FOUR HURT. ^ear-End Collision Occurs In South Jacksonville.. ^ Arrest of Man in Tacoma May Un ravel Mystery of Many Deaths. Tacoma, Wash.—In the arrest here of William Gohl, agent of the Sail ors’ union at Aberdeen, charged with the murder of Charles Ha'rtberg, the police think they have begun to un ravel the mystery surrounding the deaths of more than r 40 m.e^, whose bodies have been found in sloughs and streams near Aberdeen during the last few years. A series of crimes exceeding the horrors of the Gunness murder farm is connected in the mystery now be lieved nearing solution. Gohl is the agent supplying ships with men. The theory of the authorities is that he robbed returning sailors of their mon ey and murdered them to conceal his crimes. KILLS GIRL HE LOVES. Unrequited Love Due to ReJigious Be liefs Led to Tragedy. Baltimore, Md.—Miss Marie Lewsen, of Portland, Maine, a member of the third year class of dentistry of. the University of Maryland, was shot and instantly killed by iSlljah Baba Badal, a Persian Mohammedan, a second year fiftiident of medicine of the same school, who committed suicide by fir ing a bullet into his breast. The double tragedy Was the result of unrequited love due to religious be* Uefs. ' DEATHS AMONG LABORERS. killed his family to escape vengeanca. divine Jacksonville, Fla—One ^ ^ outright and four others serious- man * was Woman Hangs Herself. Paris.^—Mme. Elizabeth Jlffrbn, foi thirty years a prominent Russian revo ly i„ju,ea rnloTt;7a“cksryilirXI Monist train No. 36 from St Aumiatlne cc^^ery-that her 14-year-old son had '■®" end of train No. committe^ suicide ^ter the New Smyrna exnress whloh school. Mme. Effron WM at the st.«r’^«ln, tlie danghte^^^^^^^^ tc^rmer goremo. was knoTTO as th^ "Oyer Jej' se“8**l of Moeoow. In Half Million Killed, or Wounded _ ' 1909, It Is Said. Chicago.—“A conservative estimate of the killed and wounded in Ameri cans industrial army in 1909 is 500,- 000. In addition to,the needless waste of life and limb,; there Is air annual economic loss" oM250,^00,600 Ii| wage earning efficiency.” This was the assertion made by Dr. William H. .Tolman, director ol the Museum of Safety and^ Sanitation, in an address before physicians. at the Turck sanitarium.' SWOPE SLANDER SUIT. Legal Clash Developed In Sensational Kansas City Case. Kansas City.—A legal clash devel oped in the sensational Swope case. It came when Frank P. Walsh, attor ney for Dr. D. B. Hyde, dismissed the slander suit brought recently by the physician against John G. Paxton, ex ecutor of the Swope estate, for $100,- 000 for alleged slander. Mr. Walsh’s move Was made, it was stated, to prevent the opposition at torney's from obtaining the deposition of Dr.^. - Hyda. - ^ Cousel for Mr. Paxton thoreupDn promptly petitioned the circuit court to restrain Mr. Walsh’s notary from taking depositions in Dr. Hyde’s sec ond suit, which was for $600,000; dam ages against^ Mr. Paxton and\ Drs. Stewart and Hall. The suits were on account of Hyde’s name being con nected with the alleged Swope pois oning. The restraining orders were grant ed and served upon Mr. Walsh. SOUTHENN RAILWAY COMPARY. Operating the Transylvainia Railtoad. Elective 12K)1 a, m. Sm^day, Sept. 26, '09, TimeTTabie Kok 6 0'S 2ir) Eutem Standard Time STATIONS 0*5 7«P r X 4 85 14 46 6l ►5 t'6 f5 11 ((.•i 17 15 25 ao n5 40 f o 53 f6 Ul 16 04 ►6 10 f 6 25 f6 35 6 46 Lv .iHendersonvllle^.Ar Yale. Hoim Shoe .iii.. ♦.‘....UamuHi ..Etowah Blautyre jPeuruse Davidson Riter A. Plsgah Forest........ Ar. Brevard Lv .............. Selica Ml Cherryfleia ..Calvert. Rosmau Quebec Held’8... Ar... litke Toxaway.-.Lv ▲ M 10 io4 f9 48 h9 44 ►9 88 fg 28 ^9 21 ip 13 10 kU 05 f8 ro f 6 43 18 40 b8 85 f8 f8 10 8 to BROKAW DIVORCE CASE. Wife of Millionaire Gets Separation and $15,000 a Year Alimony. New York.—Mrs. W. Gould Brokaw, wife of the millionaire yachtsman, has been granted a separation and $15,- 000 a year alimony by Justice Put nam In the supreme court at Mlneola, L. I., as a result of her suit against her husband for a limited divorce and $30,000. alimony. Neither Mrs. Brokaw nor her hus band was in court when the decision was handed down. Atlanta Man Kills Self. Atlanta.—^In a state of despondency, caused by 111 health, James A. Wicker, aged 54 years, a cabinetmaker em ployed with the Wlllingham-Tlft,Lum ber Company, committed suicide at his home, 86 Elm street, Capitol View. The wife and seven year old son of the deceased heard at pistol •ring out and rushed in to find Mr, Wicker with a bullet wound through the right temple. “f” stop on signal, “s” Regular stop. For tickets and full information apply to ^ , „ E. W. CARTER, Ag’t. J. H. WOOD, Dist. Pass. Ag’t, AshevilievN. 0. County Governinent*. Representative—G. W. Wilson.1 , Clerk Superior Court—T. T. Loftis. Sheriff and Tax Collectoi:—C. C. Kilpat rick. Treasurer—Z. W. Nicholls. Register of Deeds—^B. A. Gille'spie.' Coroner—Dr. W. J. Wallis. ’ Surveyor^A. L. Hardin. j Commissioners—^W. M. Henry, Ch’n; G. T. LyJay; W. E. Galloway. Superintendent of Schools—T. C» Hen derson. Physician—Dr. Goode Cheatham. , Attorney—R. L. Gash. Town Government*. Mayor—W. E. Breese, jr.- "-Board of Aldermen—T. H. Shipman. J, M. J^ilpatrick, T. M« Mitchell, F, L. De- Vatte^ 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. Professional Cords. LAWYER. 11 and. 12 McMinn Boil<fing Notary Public. W. B. DUCKWORTH, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Elooms 1 and 2, Pickelsimer Building. H. G. BAILEY' CivO and Consulting Engineer and Surveyor McMinn Block BREVARD. N. C. Will Retire Bonds. i Birmingham, Ala.'—The announce ment has been received here that the United Steel Corporation will within a few weeks retire the $2,718,000 bond issue of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company, known as the DeBardeleben six per cent first mortgage bonds. It Is understood the bonds will be paid in full an»d retired, no new bond issue being made. ^ SEEDS BUCBBEE’S SEEDS SUCCEED I SPECIALOFFER: ^Made to bvfld Hew AtrialWfll inalceyoa onr permanent costomar. Prtae Collection ' «DABANTEE1» TO PUCASE. Wiite to^ay; Menthp this Paper. SEND 10 CENTS k to eoTsr pottM* uid psekinf and rw«iv* tkj* vahw^le , MIb an Am B«si vwMtw of 8m4«, nuKti, a*e. Heavy Mardi Gras Travel. Montgomeryi^ Ala.-^Mardi Gras trav el is running high* and t^ixlng the Louisville and Nashville road to its utmost to handle 'it. Three crews, two freight and one extra, have been added | tol the regular train service, which, with doubling up in sections, is enabling Trainmaster Mizell to get the people over the road. New Or leans is' catching the bulk of it. - Entry No. 2558. North Carolina—Transylvania County. C. W. Hunt enters and ^laims 100 acres of land more or less lying' in Dunn's Rock Township, adjoining the lands of Ed Bat son and others. Beginning on a black oak on the n,orth side of Wolf Pen Mountain, in the old ,Candler line, marked comer,, and runs vatious courses and distances, so^ as to take all the vacant land. Entered "Dec, 21st, 1909. B. A GILLESPIE, * , Entry Taker.
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