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BBEVAED, NORTH CAROLINA. MAY 6, IQIO.
NUMBER*19
BLOWTOTHETRUTS
SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
Operating the Trausylvanift Railioad
HILDA THE
MEMORIAL TO, BOONE.
Effective 12K)1 a. m. Sunday, Sept. 26, *09.
TimelTable No. 6
Ibuitem standard Time
.STATIONS
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United States Grand Jury Re
turns Indictments.
Nprth Carolinians Honor the Memory
^ of Famous Pioneer.
Salisbury, N. C.—^To’ the memdry of
tlxftt '‘famous Fttoneeri Daniel - Boone,
civilizer of the Norths Carolina and
Kentucky, wilderness, founder of
hearing held nr savannah Booneaborough, Ky^ and central fig-
^ - ure and hero the nuuiy boyhood
indictme*!*®
Ceen
Large
Returned
Concerns,
Have
Against Several ^
Alleging a Consjilracy In Restraint
! of Business, Trade and Commerce.
^ Savannah, Ga.—As a result of the.
investigation v;hich has been carried
on by the federal grand jury here for
several days into the prices of meats
in Savannah and the causes for them,
an indictment was rendered against
five of the big packing houses aiid
three men, local managers of three
of the packing houses, as individuals.
Brought by Speer's Charge.
The investigation is brought against
Cudahy & Co, the Schwarzschild &
Sulzberger Beef Company, Swift &
(Jo the Armcfur Packing Company
and the Nelson Morris Company, as
corporations, and Fred. M. Hull, Jr.,
as local manager for the Nelson Mor
ris Company; William D. Cooper, as
local manager for Armcrur, and Em
met B. Adams, as local manager for
Swift. The Savannah representatives
of the two other packing houses
named in the indictment are not men
tioned.
The date of operations for which
the indictment is brought is for the
year 1908.
Conspiracy Charged.’
It is alleged that the packing hous
es named in the indictment brought
and slaughtered live stock at various
points in the vrest and north, shipped
fresh meats to Savannah, reduced the
price of meats and sold them on the
market at a loss. The result of the I
Taanipulation is alleged-to have com
pelled the South Atlantic. Packing
ttftiPrcrduce Company of Savannah to
sell its product at a loss, and was
conspiracy In restraint of business,
trade and commerce. The intent of
tie larger packing houses is alleged
to have been to force the local hous
es out of the fl6ld of competiticm.
Combination Alleged.
The second count alleges that be
tween June 10 and August 1, 1908,
all of the defendants affected a com
bination whereby they fixQd abritrary
non-competitive and exhorbitant pri
ces for meats, thus eliminating that
competition which should naturally
exist among them.
William D. Cooper, one of the de
fendants, is now in Nashville, Tenn.,
and Fred M. Hull,' Jr., is at Little
Rock, Ark. It is expected that ser
vice will be perfected immediately on
the defendants and bonds made.
8t<n*ies of Indian fighting and hunting
tales, memorials have been ceremo
niously dedicated at Holman's Ford,
near here. Thes6 promise to be-,
come a mecca for patriotic pilgrims.
On the historic ‘ spot where Boone
spent nineteen years of his vigorcfus
youAg manhood, punting and resist
ing the sKulking. redskin, patriotic
North Carolinians have erected on
the exact site of the old homestead,
a few hundred yards from the Yadkin
river, a new log cabin, a replica of the
one occupied by the intrepid hunter
and his family. Directly in front of
the simj)Ie building stands a hand
some shaft of native Rowan, granite
forming an Indian arrow head 15 feet
high and mounted upon a masslvd
base. Ornamenting this is a bronze
tablet bearing the name of Daniel
Boone and the date of his residence
In North CarcrlinaL ;)Both 'of these
memorials ‘Were dedleated with appro
priate c«^remonies in which znany of
the direct descendants • of Boone and
a score of others who boast of their
relationship to the pioneer participa
ted. *.
ATTACKS GIRL, KILLS SELF.
Surrounded by Posse, Young Sent
Bullet Into Brain.
New York.—To prevent capture aft
er a vicious attack on Miss Anua
Kipp, daughter of a bank cashier,
Clarence Wood, 19 years old, of Ruth
erford, N. J., barricaded .Aimself in
/ihe Rutherford Boat dub for five
hours fought off a posse compose d" of
police and deputy «hertffs.
With his stronghold surrounded and
riddled with bullets and surrender the
cmly alternative. Wood ended the
struggle by firing a bullet into his
temple, dying almost instantly.
Belgium’s Ruler i^ays;^sevelt
Sj^clal Attention.
GUEST AX THE LAEEEN PALACE
Former President of the'*United States
TWICE SAW HALLEY COMET.
JEWS DRIVEN OUT.
Cruel Measures Taken Upon Them
By Russian Government.
New Yorrk.—The Jewish Daily News
has received cable advices to the ef
fect that 2,500 Jewish families are
being expelled from Kieff, Russia.
This is being done by the government
sanction, it is said.
Panic-stricken men, women and
children are dragged from their beds
and thrust out of the city destitute,
the dispatches say. Heavy escorts of
brutal soldiers are driving the refu
gees on foot to the settlements
whence they came to Kieff.
The rigor of the persecution is add
ed to by the fact that this is the week
the Jewish Passover festival.
These dispatches are verified by
advices from Russia to the American
Jewish committee and the German
Relief society. The American commit-
has appealed to Secretary of State
Jiox to intercede with the Russian
government
Blame for this laitest persecution is
P aced by the Jewish leaders upon the
nssian prime minister, Stolypin, who,
ey declare, despite his contrary
statements, is the bitterest enemy the
^wish race has had since the, days'of
Von Plehve. . .
For Fight. .
“an Francisco.—Articles have been
froth’
ed for a 25-round fight between
ipke
^as. of San Francisco, in Cof-
and Joe
Saturday afternoon.
Aged^Georgian Recalls. Viewing Celes
tial Wanderer In t835.
Cordele, Ga.—John McArthur, of
this city, enjoys the distinction o£
having looked upon Hailey’s comet
twice.
At the age of nine, he remembers
distinctly to have seen this wonderfVil
visitor in the fall erf 1835, while he
was residing In Wllkerson county, at
a “corn shucking,” and the second
time his eyes beheld It was in Cordele
Wednesday morning, at the home of
his son. Dr. A. L. McArthur, He is
now 84 years of age and Is hale and
hearty for a man of his years. ^
Four Shot in Duel.
Dallas, Tex.—Aaron Shannon and
Clarence Poole, brothers-ln-law, were
both shot and Instantly killed in a
shotgun and pistol duel at Hemp
stead. Sheriff Junius Perry and two
passengers on a Houston and Texas
Central passenger train, which was
standing at the depot where the shoot-
ingr took ^ place, were also . wounded.
Haine Shannon and W. ^ J. Poole,
brother and father, respectively, of
the dead men are under arrest. It
Is' not stated what caused the unfort
unate tragedy.
New Australian Ministry. -
Melbourne.—The new labor minis
try has been completed under the
leadership of Premier Andrew Fisher,
leader of the Federal parliamentary
labor party,' who was minister of rail
roads in the old ministry and minister
for trade and customs In 1904..
Stork Left Four Babes.
Staunton, Va.—When the stork vis
ited Mrs. William Rife, here. It left
four children- in the Rife home, but
to the distress of the parents, one
of the little visitors died almost on
arrival. The rem^tmlng three, two
boys and.^ a girl* are doing well, as is
the mother, who is 30 years old.
18 Girls Are Poisoned.
San Jose, Cal.—Eighteen of the
class of girl freshmen of the* State
Normal school are' suffering from
ptomaine poisoning, caused by eating
baked beans at a midnight barbecue.
Was Received 'With Extraordinary
Honors Wh«ii^H®
King Pleased at Vliilt,
Brussels.—^When Theodore Roose
velt arrived. In Brussels he was re
ceived with royal honors and a vast
crowd from all over Europe, as wCil
as America, attracted primarily, be
cause of t^^ exposition now. on, greet
ed the P«^y.
Kini Albert, of Belgium, un^xi>ect-
edly gteeted Colonel Theodore Kose-
velt and paid him extraordinary hon
or by making him a guest at the
toyal palace. ^
The meeting between Mr. Itoosevelt
and 'the king occurred, at the e^^posl*
tlon, to which th^ ex-president was
motored. King Albert^ went there to
surprise the ex-pr^sldent. The king
appeared delighted to meet the mai^
who has aroused ^all Europe to ex
citement. He inflated on’ taking Mr.
Roosevelt along wltTi him to the
Laeken paiace, or^ the outskirts of
Brussels. The rest of the Roosevelt
party family remained at the hotel
over night.
As the court is s|ill in mourning
for the late King Leopold, the guests
were compelled to appear in black.
EXPLOSION or4 SHIP.
Five
Men Killed on Southern Pacific
Freight Steamer.
New :Orleans.—Fiveuj^xa^n ^were
killed April 23 by the ^prosioa on the
Southeirn Pacifli:^'freight steamer El
Alba, which ha^ beieh picked ui> in
distress off the mouth of the Missis
sippi. This announcement was made
when the steamer reached New Or
leans.
All of the men who were killed
were Portuguese, except Ericson, who
was a Swede.
The El Alba left Galveston for New
York April 22 With a cargo of onions.
When twenty-three hours out a steam
pipe in the boiler room burst, spread
ing death anrf destruction in that sec
tion of the vessel’s hold. Several
men were killed outright and others
were scalded so^ severely that they
died of their InjuHes within a few
hours. When Captain Robert Quick
complied the death toll he found that
he had lost^ five of his crew. The
bodies were burled at sea.
GIRL SUES DENTIST.
Says Her Health Was Impaired by
Gold Dropping in Lung.
Macon, Ga.—Miss Mary Garoughty
has filed suit In the city court In this
city against a prominent, dentist for
the recovery of $15,000 damages on
account of the dropping,of a gold cap
for a crown into her throat. She
charges'that an employee in the den
tal parlors, while working on a crown
iij her mouth let the crown drop and
it went into her lung. There, ac
cording to the charge,, it remained a
year, tlM last Octcrber, when, by a
violent coughing spell, she ‘ coughed
the gold cap back.
She claims that she has been In
jured In health by the crown having
been In her lung.
High Rank for Kitchc^er.
London.—Lord Kitchener Is to. be
given the highest rank In the British
army. It has been announced that
he will soon be created field marshal.
In the house of commons War Minis
ter Haldane, answering a, question
regarding Lord Kitchener’s future,
said: “It is proposed that Lord Kitch
ener take up jthe position of field
marshal comnaandlng in the Mediter
ranean.”
^ Three Perish In Big Fire.
Oomwall, Ont.—^Three persons were
burned to death and < several Injured
in a $2M,000 fire here. The Ross**
more house >and several other build
ings were destroyed. Help -v^s asked
from neighboring towns, but before
the fiames . were under . control the
entire town was threatened.
I.-“The Town Cain’t Do
, Without Her
Helper is wte 9^;
predinul a pearL TH£ TOWB
CAH’T SO WITHOUT HEB.
She’s always ready on the spot
where anything^ is doing, with all
the energy she’s, got her shape of
work pnrsning.
J • V
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Hilda the Helper HELPS THE-
TOWN in many lines of action.
(No wonder yonng Philander
Brown admits she’s his attrac
tion.)
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7.’. ....Yale
...........Hone Shoe—
Cannon..............
Scowah
Blantyre
Penrose
Davidson River
Pisgah Forest..
Ar Brevard Lv
Selica
Cherryfleld
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Hosman
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. .^FARMERS’ CONVENTION.
'*L. ■ ' ■ I'S-VWS-
Over Ten Thousand Delegates Assem
ble at St.^ Louis.
St. Louis.—^With n^ety speakers on
the program, each with a particular
hobby Ho expound, the ^ joint conven
tion of the Farmers* Educational and
Co-operative Union, which begins here
Monday, is expected to set a new
mark for future conventions in num
ber of words an-d variety of ideas. >
More than ^150 applications for pla
ces on the program were received,
but only ninety could be accommoda
ted during the six days of the com-
v^ention.
Between 10,000 and 15,000 dele
gates, representing more than seven
million members of more than four
hundred farmers’ organizations, are
expected to be present.
The list of speakers includes many
prominent men, among them being
J?resi'dent Taft,,-who speaks on Wed
nesday, and William Jennings Bryan,
^who comes Saturday.
Kern Named For Senator.
India-hapolis, Ihd.—Opening in riot
ous discord and closing in enthusi
astic harmony, the Indiana demo
cratic convention adopted Governor
Marshall’s proposal that it should
indorse to next year’s legislature a
candidate for the United States sen
ate, and named John W. Kern, who
was the party’s candidate ^ for vice-
president in 1908. f.
* ‘f’ ’ stop on bignal. “s’ ’ Regular stop.
For tickets and fall information apply to
^ _ E. W. CARTER, .
J. H. WOOD, Dist. Pass. Ag’t, Asheville, N. O.
County Government*.
Representative—G. W. Wilson.
Clerk Superior Court—T. T. Loftis.
Sheriff and Tax Collector—C. C. Kilpat>
rick.
Treasurer—Z. W. Nicbolls.
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—T. C. Hen
derson. #
Physician—Dr. Goo<Ie Cheatham.'
Attorney—R. L. Gash.
Town Government**'
Mayor—W, E. Breese,*jr.-
Board of AWjerm^n--TT/H; Shipman^^ J.
Vane, E. W. Carter.
Marshal—^J. A. Galloway.
Clerk and Tax Collector—T. H.
way.
Treasurer—^T. H. Shipman.
Health Officer—Dr. C. W. Hunt.
Attorney—W. W. Zachary.
-Regular meetings—First Monday night
in each month.
Boardmg Houses.
McMINN HOUSE
BREVARD, N. C. ' ‘
This old and well known hotel has
been leased for the summer season of
1910,^ and solicits the patronage of the
traveling public and home people who
want a square meal.
For rates, etc., address
MRS. M. B. WATERS.
WHITMIRE COTTAGE
CHERRYFIELD, N. C.
Summer tourists will find this an
ideal home for rest and recreation—
near the depot. For information ad
dress as above.
J. C. WHITMIRE.
Josh Ashley Acquitted.
Greenville, S. C.—After deliberating
one hour and twenty minutes, the Jury
trying Representative Joshua W. Ash
ley; of Anderson county, in the United'
States district court for, peo^ge, re
turned a verdict of acauittal. Ashley
had all along insisted that he was
confident of vindication. ,
Shot From' Ambush.
Lizella, Ga.—-W. D. Middleton, ,a
young farmer, was shot by an. un
known person as,, he. was returning
from Macon.. A little negro boy was
with hitti. The boy says that the bul
let came from- the woods. The
c’ers are searching for the murderer..
. king Will Leaves, $750^.
New York.—Religious and charita
ble institutions will receive bequests
ag^eg^ting about f750;0(K) under the
will of Mary Rhine^nder King, a
daughter of Johnv A;. King, pnc^; gov-'
ernor of New York. The appra|»m*.
report, made pubUc here., p a
value of 1815,869 an her esfateu
Professionol
R. ii. GASH.
. LAWYER.
11 and 13 McMiim Bidltfins
Notary Public.
W. B. PUCKWOR.TH,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Rooms 1 and 2, Pickelsimer BuildinjST
H. G. BAILEY
CIvfl and Consnlting Engmeer
and Surveyor
McMnn Block
BR£VARD. N. C.
Sbuthefn Railway.
For. best sciiedtiles, ^ fewest
changes of cars and low.est fates to
all points, C£dl on or write to
J. H. Wood,
District Passenger Agent,
, . , AsheviUe^ N. C. ^
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