ONLY NEWSPAPER IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
J.J. MINER, OWNER AND MANAGER
A IIOMK 1*APER FOR HOME PEOPLE—AT^T^ HOME PRINT
VOLUME*XV
BREVARD, NORTU CAROLINA, APKIii S. 1010.
NUMP.EU*!
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PEACE 1^0 REIGN
Trouble in Coal Fields Soon To
Be Adjusted.
so SAY THE OFFICIALS.
walk across tho country, finisbin.a: at
Boston. He has been a resident of
Valdez ten years, during which time
he has never been out of Alaska.
HARMON AND FOSS
Kentucky Mines Closed.
President of the Miners’ Union Says
That Suspension Will Be Only Tem
porary—Steps for Settlement Are
Now Being Taken.
Indianapolis, Ind.—Advices from tho
bituminous coal fields of the United
States receive<l by Thomas L. L<nvls,
president of the United Mine Workers,
■when he returned to the headquarters
of the organization in this city, satis
fied him, he said, that the suspension
of work in the niine.s pending the sign-
ins of a nevv wii^e contract between
miners and operators would not be
long continued.
“I have not been ‘talking strike’ in
Illinois,” said Mr. Lewis, “and I am
not going to do anything of the sort
in western and central Pennsylvania
iiext week- Opcrr.tors rn<l m'acrs
those three districts, in Indiana, Icv.u,
Ohio, western Kentucky and the south
west will all bo discussing means cf
settlement of the questions between
themselves next v.'eek. The matter
will have to work it.'^olf out, and it
will Work onu to the end thnt we will
get the demanded wage increase of
5.55 per cent whether on work by the
•day or ton.
“In Illinois, the soutlnvrat. and
western Pennsylvania the cr)nf("renot s
will take longer in reaching conclu
sions than in the other stntes. but 1
cannot believe there will be a finc;l
break. '
“If the opc'-.-aroTs cf Pe:iiisylvr.n!:i
and Ohia feared tl::i! the operators in
the non-union districts of West Vir
ginia ^d that neighborhood v.’ould
■nndersell them, that objection to in
creasing the wages of union miners
has been swept away by the news that
In practically all The non-union fields
in West Virginia. Man-land and south
ern Pennsylvania the operators have
comie out with a raise of the wages of
their unorganiz<Ml workmen. This is
also a plain object lessen that the
union man benefits the non-union
man.”
Mr. I-rewis will spend tomorrow at
his home ut Biidgeport, Ohio, and on
Monday will go to DuBois, Pa., or to
Pittsburg.
Louisville, Ky.—The mines in dis
trict 2:’>, western Kentucky, have sus
pended operations, and will remain
closed, as far as the workmen are
concerned, until an ajireement is
reached between the operators aad
miners.
Two Democrats Who Msy He
Parly Ticket In 1912.
riEPRESEHT EAST AKD WEST
VOLCANO TERHORIZES.
A Narrow Escape,
Macon, Ga.—Roland, the eleven-year-
old son of Charles R. Reid, came near
losing his life in a sewer at the in
tersection of Third anC Hawthorne
streets yesterday afternoon when he
j attempted to pass from one exit to
! the other throtigh the block. He had
{ gone the entire distance and was at
' the point of exit wh('n he became
fastened and could not escape. It was
j necessar.v for Call Officer T<mi Avant.
I who went to th(‘ scene, to employ
' help and dig up the sewer pipe and
break the joints. The boy was com
i pletely exhausted and unconscious
I when extricated.
Foes Has Been Recently Elccicd to
Congress From Massachusetts and
fs Said to Be Very Wealthy.—Har
mon Is a Strong Ohio Democrat-
Washington.—The election of Eu
gene N. Foss, of Massachusetts, to
the house of representatives in th..‘
old Lorvering district, has called at
tention to the availability of Toss as
the Democratic candidate for \ice-
president in 1912. Already this is be
ing discussed about the capitol. If
Foss comes to Washington and makes
good” it is likely a good deal mere
will be heard of it.
DK». COOK’S CLAIM.
HALLEY’S COMET.
Celestial Visitor Will Be Visible to
Naked Eye During May.
Lake Geneva, Wis.—Witliin a few
days the great Yerkes telescope ::i
the Williams Bay observatory (;f tho
University of Chicago wiil pick out
from space Hailey’s comet, for whose
appearance all the astionomcrs of the
West are watching. At present the
comet is hidden by the brilliancy of
the sun, around which it is just com
pleting its parabolic orbit, bnt the
comet has now passed the sun and
will soon be within r<‘ach of the great
telescope.
The comet is likely to be sufficiently
clear to be seen by the naked eye
within three weeks, and from that
time until May 19. when it attains
its greatest brilliancy, it will become
plainer nightly.
Mlilionaires Believe Brooklyn Man
Found Pole.
New York.—Captain B. F. Osbon,
of the Arctic club, announced today
that he had received hitters from mil
lionaires offering backing to the ex
tent of mere than $l,ooo.ooo for Dr.
Frodericy Co»»l;. the discredited ex
plorer. to ost;il)lish ])ro.)f-; of his claim
thitt he and n; t Cor.iin;"' 'or I’oary dis
covered the north
C’aptp.’n O.'l.o:’!’. r-ni i I’’ ' Pr. Cr
Tind received to -a’
the 1 ,'cture pla!l'(.i ni and thj’t i;e \vnuld
take nil both matters when the ex
plorer reaches New York. Dr. Cook
is exnev'‘l('d here v.-itliin thrcM' \v('eks.
“The r(‘i»ort tliat Dr. Cook would be
here today and v.'ould establish him
self at a big lioud is nons('Hse." said
Capt. Osborn. “He do«>s n«)t want any
pubicity until ht> has (onviiic(Ml the
Avorld of tlie wrong that it has (Uuie
him.
The offer of a million dollars puts
os in a position to establish the tnuh
of his claims witliour a doubt. We
have been n<‘gf):ia.'iig wiib some (.f
the best scientists in the world and
several of these will be retain(>d.
“We have learned already that on
the day Peary says he reached the
pole and took observations from the
sun there was ttt enough sun to
make it possible.’’
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Mt. Aetna Threatens Catania With
Fate cf Ancient Pompeii.
Catania. Cicily.—This city is in ter
ror and thou.'find'=5 of residents are
fleeing to the hills for safety from Mt
Aetna. A heavy fall of ashes covered
the streets to a de;:th cf six inche.-^.
Thirt.v craters are beici;ing fire and
lava aufl lod-hot stones bomV.ard the
crri’r.*xy about the sloj)es of the vol
cano. The ashes have destroyed all
the orcharsi.s that have escaped the
lava between Catr.nia and the cresf
of the mountain. Hundreds of tour
ists, the majority of them Americajjs,
who came here to view the si)ectacle,
made haste to depart. Fear has seized
fill of the 150,000 inhabitants of the
city and the frenzy of tho peasants
about Aetna is almost indescribable.
The lava streams have been renev/-
ed and are advancing rapidly rm the
city. The belief is growing that the
city will meet the fate of Pompeii.
6’rofessor Roci. chief of thp obsi rva-
tory v.’hicii vv’as destroyed in the lir;t
stagf's of the eruption, reported that
:’0 craters are active, an unprecedent
ed number. The outpoitring of lava.
»!() .. . • r, is scai cel.v greater than
when iv a dozen mouths were
th! ! .nil., he country. Fresh waves
'i' :a\. iring over fresh terri-
SOUTHEHN RAILWAY COMPANY.
Operating the Traiipylvaiiia Uailroad.
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AV/AKES.
FATAL FOREST FIRE.
POSTAL DEFICIT IS SMALLER.
Neat Surplus For Last Quarter of
1909.
Washington.—The post orfflce de
partment made a surplus of $2,111,-
356.09 for the quarter covering the
months of October, November and
December, 1909. as shown by the re
port of the auilitor for the post office
department today. This was the larg
est quarter’s business in the historj"
of the post office department. Indi
cations are that postal deficit for this
fiscal year, instead of being $17,000,-
000, as was the case last year, will fall
below $10,000,0U((.
Flames Sweep Through Lumber
Camps in Lcjisiana.
Dryproong. La.—li.forniati(jn reach
ing here from logging camps declares
that a woman an.l seven men oerish-
ed in a forest fire Wedne.-day while
they were f.ghting flanu's wliich d(‘-
stroyed several camps and burned
over a big territ;)ry.
The fire fighters, led by Mrr-. Ivy,
were burned to death when they at-
tenipK'd to s:ive ilrs. Ivy’s lumie from
destruction. The house was sur-
rG^lnded by a thicket. V.Hiile they
were dir(‘cting attention to the lujuse,
the liames swept through t!u> thicket,
and in an attemi)t to esea])e tlieir
clothing caught fire. Tlie eight sus
tained fatal burns. Many more were
hurt.
JUDSON harm5n.
Many reasons are giv(»n by adtnir-
I ers of Fo?s why he is the pro))cr man
! for the Democrats to nominate for vice-
pre'sident. Iti the first place, he has
■ what is generally suj)i)osed to be tlie
I indispensable requisite of a cani!idat(i
j f(Tr vice-president, a “bar’l” of money,
j Foss is rej)tited to be worth at least
, $10,000.00(». He will be one of thf‘
; wealthiest men in congress.
It is generally^ sui)posed now that
Governor Judson Harmon, of Oirio,
will be nominat»'d for the ])reside’^cy
by the Democrats. In that cn o. say
the frrlks who think on Fos.-; for the
nomination for vice-president. Foss
would be available ff>r geograt)hic;'.l
reasons as w<dl as others. He is an
Eastern man and would satisfy the
demand of Eastern Democrats to hav,'‘
their part of the country represented
on the ticket. At the same titne he
is well known in the Vvest through
his activity for reciprocity and tor
lower tariff and he would satisfy
Vv'esterners who are for downward re
vision and reciprocity'.
It is not unlikely that he will head
the Democratic ticket for governor in
Massachusetts netx fall, despite the
fact he has been elected to congress.
Ancient Volcano, W^icii Destroyed
Pompeii, in Troubled State.
Rome.—Vesii\ ii]'; is * i. ii^ve
largo columns of - a r
accorilin" to repon.- frniii X. ; i-.
ofilcials.
The anxiety cT the i'.i’; h r: r.; i i r
the district al out tho volc:uio i- ri .w-
ing.
MANY G!RL3 MISSIN^^.
Tragedy of Ruth Wheeler Believed
To Be One in Many.
Nt w York.—Ueports revealing that
fiftf'Pn ycr.tig gir's have Ixen mis.iin;^
since .ianiiary r.«. spurre i on the aii-
thoritt^'< t:s v. res' fro‘;n Al'>ert Wcdter.
19 years old. a con fe.-si on tl’.at he
murdeif :■! ITi-year-old Ruth Wlieelei',
the .'•■r'.Mio'rraplH'!- whose char/ed re
mains W("e found late Saturday.
They expect to find a wiioh*sale ab
duction i)loi before the mystery of
th(“ c: se is ck'ared away.
Kate -Mu<-!ler. v.'lio lived with Wol-
ter. as liIs wif«‘. is under arrest as a
niaie;-i;il witiK'ss and site was sliarply
fiiii ;•! i'rned. She !iad alri-a ly made
t wo dani.'i'-ving statenu i)is against
Woller. First, she says Wolter ad
mitted tf) her r-iat Ruth Vv'l’.eeler had
called on ;it I’.is aj)a!'tiuenr. Wol
ter I'.as st:)li:ll\ denied eV(M’ having
seen ?;ir!. She also declares that
tlie en.n;-" K;!-d; in v.'h.ich the victim’s
ho(iy v.;;s wrapped, ii:;d lain for waeks,
se rving as a ma<^. h< fore the kitchen
door of VroUer’s flat. In Wolter’s
trunl; tlu* police fennil some wire
which tliey say is identical with that
in which the gunny' sack was bound.
The night shirt in wliich some of the
girl victim’s hair and hat pins were
wrapped bears the intial “W.” Wel
ter admits that this shirt is his.
“f” stop on sifJTiial. Kci'ular stoji.
For tickets and full inforniatirm applv to
p:. w. cak i i;k, Ag t.
.1. H. \\OOD, Dist. Pass. Ag’t, A.slicvilio, N C.
County Governmerit#.
Representative—G. W. Vrilson.
Clerk Superior Court—T. T. Loftis.
Sheriff and Tax Collector—C. C. Kilpat
rick.
Treasurer—Z. W. Nicholls.
Register of Deeds— R. A. Gillespie.
Coroner—Dr. Vv. J. Wallis.
Surveyor—A. L. Hardin.
Commissioners- W. M. Henry, Ch’n; G.
T. Lyday; W. E. (ialloway.
Superintendent of Schools—T. C. Hen-
’crson.
Physician—Dr. Goode Cheatham.
Attorney—R. L. (’,ash.
Town •i'^vercimentj.
M I’lt , ’’r.
Boai>; «■; \ifl< ’•ir.i.Mi i M. Shipman. J.
M. Kilpai: ' M V : 1. p. De.
Vane, E. W. ‘ t ;
Marshal —J. J t. , v, ,
Clerk and Tax ii ’t-; i -i. '-illo-
wa\'.
Treasurer—T. H. Shij i .-ir'
Health Otnccr—Dr. C. V\ il'.n'
Attorney-W. W. Zachary.
Regular meetings—First in-le
in each month.
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Boarding Houses.
BIG SEAL CATCHES.
REMARKABLE JOURNEY.
Native of Manchester, England, Will
Break Record For Walking.
Valdez, Alaska.—.Tames Fish, aged
70, and a native of Manchester, Eng
land, has started on a trip to his
Wrthplace, with the intention of cov
ering on foot all the land portions
of his journey.
He will go by boat to Santa Cruz,
CaL, where ]ie will start hie long
Over 200,000 Seals Have Been Taken
—Value over $500,000.
St. .Johns, N. F.—Indications that
the present sealing season would be
one of the most succc'ssful in the his
tory of New Foundland seal hunters
were contained in a wireless dispatch
received at the Cape Race station
from the sealing steamer Florizel.
The dispatch state 1 that the vessel’s
catch included 4.'),f'0o seals, valued at
$100,00.0. a record catch for one ship.
Other ships with the Florizel have
catches of from 10.000 to 40,000 aboard
and they are the largest seals taken
for several yeai's, the message stated.
Eight vessels out of a fleet of 20
have to date reported catches totall
ing 201,000 seals, the value of which
amounts to over $500,000.
Bishop Barry Dead.
London.—Bishop !^rry, formerly
chaplain to Queen Victoria and prim
ate of Australia, died at Windsor.
He was 84 years old. •
Vendetta Murder.
..New York.—A vendetta murder oc
curred here, when .John Lewis, ‘’Hand
some Tony,” or “Tough Tony,” a
welJ-to-do Ea.st Side y'oung Italian,
was shot to death by his feud ene
mies, firing from a speeding automo
bile. He fell as he tried to dravv his
own revolver. It is believed by the
police that a feud, starting over a wo
man, caused the tragedy. The mur
derers, three in number, escaped in
the automobile.
Launching of The Florida.
Vwishington.—President Taft will
attend the launchin.g of the battleship
Florida, at the New York navy yard
on May 12. The Florida is one of
the super-dreadnaughts of the navy,
and v\'ill have a displacement of 21,-
0<i0 tons. She is the first big ship
built at the New York yard since the
lG,(»00-ton Connecticutt was turned
out there.
McMINN HOUSE
HKKVAIJI). X. C.
Tills old and well known hotel has
beeti leased for the sutniner season of
lOlO. and sDlieits the patronage of the
traveling ])uldi<‘ and lR)Uie peu[>le who
want a s<iuare meal.
i’or rates, t^te.. address
MltS. M. 15. W.VTKKS.
WHITMIRE COTTAGE
Summer tourists will lind ti.ls an
ideal home for rest and recreation—
near the depot. For information ad
dress as above.
,1. (-'. WIHTMIRK.
Lynching Is Prevented-
Quanah, Texas.—Only the quick
action of the sheriff Jit Fort Worth
prevented a ly’^nching. Dwyer. a
white man, is accused of attacking
the 5-year-old daughter of Milton
Winbury on a ranch 17 miles from
here. A mob formed to lynch him,
but dispersed when it became known
he had been hurried away.
Killed Resisting Arrest.
Shreveport, La.—Daniel Johnson, a
negro wanted for the assassination of
two white peddlers, George Lafitte
and George Petro, was fatally shot at
Mansfield, La., while resisting arrest.
Big Police Shake-up.
New York.—Mayor Gaynor’s threat
of a big police shake-up was fulfilled
when Inspector McGafferty was de
posed as head of the detectives, and
Inspo'-toi- .John H. Russell, now in a
downtcjwn district, was put in his
place. Six captains were transferred
and Commisioner Raker announced
that the whole police system would
be rearranged.
Many Victims of Strike.
Philadelphia.—Leaders of the car
men’s strike call attention to a list
of fatalities since the beginning of the
walkout six weeks ago. Eleven per
sons have been killed by street cars
and collisions have been frequent,
causing injuries to passengers. A
movement is under way, the strike
leaders say, to bring pressure to de
mand that the transit company send
out only reliable operatives on cars.
Professioncl Cards.
IZ. L. G ASH.
LAWYER
11 and 12 McMinn Building
Xotarv Public.
W. B. DUCKWORTH,
ATTO R N E Y-AT-L A W.
ivooms 1 and 2, Pickelsimer Buildinff
H. G. BAILEY
Civil and Consulting Engineer
and Surveyor
McMinn Block
BREVARD. N. C.
Southern Railway.
For best seliodnlos, fewest
chancres of ears and lowest rates to
all points, call on or write to
J. H. Wood,
District Passenger Agent,
Asheville, N. C.
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy
Cures Colds. Croup and Whoopiog Cough.