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BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, JULY, 15.1910.
NUMBER»29
PUBLIC SPEAKING
In the interest of the
Greenville auil Knoxville Railroad
Beginning next Monday, June 18^ there will
be public speaking in the interest of the Green-
viEe and Kno:^^e railroad^ at the following
times and places:
ENON, Monday, July 18, at 8 o'clock p. m.
turkey creek School House, Monday, July 18, at
8 o'clock p. m.
ROSMAN School House, Monday, Jfily 18, at 8 p. m.
ROBER School House, Monday, July 18, 8 p, m.
CEDAR MOUNTAIN School House, Tuesday, July 19,
at 11 o'clock a. m.
little RIVER School House, Tuesday, July 19, at
8 o'clock p. m. I
DUNNS CREEK, Tuesday, July 19, 8 p. m.
OLD TOXAWAY School House, Tuesday, July 19, at
8 o'clock p. m.
EAST FORK School House, Tuesday, July 19, 11 a, m.
OLD HOGBACK School House, Wednesday, July 20, at
12 o'clock m.
QUEBEC School House, Wednesday, July 20, 8 p. m.
ENGLISH CHAPEL, Wednesday, July 20, 8 p. m.
MACEDONIA, Thursday, July 21, at 11 a. m.
Come out and hear this propositiQn
eiplained; if you do not understand it
ASK QUESTIONS.
E. S. ENGLISH, W. M. HENRY )
W. H. DUCKWORTH C. C. KILPATRICK, V Com
T. T.LOFTIS D.L. ENGLISH
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IIRIiOKIKS BREAKS
AIM RECdRD
HeAttisns Hh^ of 6,175
Feet in Biplane.
Walter Brookins, in a Wright bl-
PifiDe, broke the world’s altitude re
cord at Atlantic'City, N. J., when he
attained a height of 6,175 feet. He
uaed his last drop of gasoline at his
Iiighest altitude and was still climb
ing when his engine missed explosion.
The daring aviator brought his ma
chine back to level to get the last
drop of fuel out of the storage tank
to reach the line of vision of engi
neers on the beach.
Reaching the imaginary line, Brook
ins started to glide to earth, and his
engine stopped entirely when he was
5,600 feet and still over the ocean.
His circling glide to the beach, which
the crowd believed to be a bit. erf
fancy flying, was done to save him
self from diving into the sea.
Brookins was ready to collapse
^hen he reached the ground, and did
tell of his plight in the air until
siidnight after he had partly re
covered,
It is expected that tfie record will
stand without protest.
By his feat Brookins wins the $5,000
prize offered by the Atlantic City aero
c-ub for breaking the world’s record
nnless a higher altitude is reached
^fore the end of the present meet.
COST OF CARRYINQ MAIL.
Hitchcock Has Experts at Work In-
vestigating the Railroad Rates.
Postmaster General Hitchcock will
the greater part of his sum*
er vacation figuring on a way to
uce the cost of hauling the mails.
mpnf weeks the poiUAee depart-
^ to determine d«fl-
iTnitZi to hamdle the
^mttd States mail.
comBiling^ this infor
mation is under way now. When the
postmaster general recently announ
ced that an increase in postage would
be a good thing for certain classes
of mail matter, new8x>apers and mag
azines commenced a crusade, giving
figures to show that the postofflce
department wag being run at a loss
where profit could be made if it was
run on a business basis.
A fiffht wat made in congress to
have the matter of rallied mail
rstes investigated, but those behind
the movement were not successful.
However It is possible thal.'ia con
gressional investigation may be urged
at the next sesaien. At any rate, con-
MR. TAR SHIES AT
,THEm ISSUE
IWclans Creifl President
Witii Slirewd Move.
The tariff is not to be 'an issue In
the 1912 national campaign if Presi
dent Taft can he^p it. Political lead-
ejs credit President Taft with one of
the shrewdest moves ever made in
poMtics, to remove the tt^dblesome
tariff question out of the, next na
tional campaign.
When President' Taft commenced
his campaign for a national tariff
board, which would investigate the
workings of the tariff law and rei>ort
ita findings to the president, instead
of congress, it was generally thought
that President Taft was anxious to
get in close personal touch with the
benefits and the. abui^es of the Payne-
Aldrich law.^ It was!: not guessed at
the time that anoth€#* reason lay be
hind the move for the board.
Now it is evident that the tariff
board will tiake at least two years for
Its worrk before Its report is mane.
The report will be secret knd no one
will know what it contains save the
presideift andthe .members of the
board.
In the meantime should ihef demo
crats attempt to hinge their^ campaign
upon the tariff, republican leaders may
be able to offset this attack fn some
dearree by saying:
“The tariff is being investigated
now' by the national board. Its re
port will be made ter t^resident Taft.
The president will mold a bill to. re
medy its defects and his ability to
push legislation is too well known
lor comment*'
At the 1911 sesslop of congress it
is belifived that tj^teurgents will
bring up the <[U«stBn of tarll? revis
ion, but their efforts along this line
will be balked by the fact that the
tariff board is at work.
50^0 PERSONS GO
DiIT on big STRIKE
fiannent Weikers Said to Be
Oat in New M. •
A RETURN MATCH.
BROWNLOW DEAD.
Well Known Tennessee Congressman
Passes Away.
_ Congressman Walter Preston
Brownlow died at Johnson City, Tenn.:
Friday, of Bright’s disease.
Mr. Brownlow was 60 years old. He
represented the first Tennessee dis
trict seven terms in succession, and
had been nominated for another term.
He made a record surpassing all oth
er congressmen from the south In
point of achievements in the way oi
appropriations for his district. His
death will result in a state political
confusion, and a struggle is looked foi
between the Brownlow and Bvans re*
imblican factions. Mr. Brownlow
leaves a widow and five children.
It Is 6aid Jeffries May Ask Same
With Johnson.
Jim Jeffries may ask for a return
match with Jack Johnson, is a state
ment contained in a Los Ahgeles dis
patch received at New York. The in
formation, which is said to come from
reliable sources, says that Jeffries is
credited with declaring that he would
insist upon a return match with John-
eon within six months * following the
return from his hunting trip in the
mountains. r
Jeffries, it iu «*id, claims thdt if he
ean go in the ring in as good condi
tion as he was a few dai^ before
the fight at Reno, he could defeat
Johnson. Sam Berger, manaj;er for
Jeflries, will make a statement later.
Pifty thousand garment and cloak-
makers, of whom eight thousand are
women, walked out at'New York at
the -call of the Internationa! Ladies
Garment Workers’ Union, which de
mands an eight-hour day, an increase
in wages and a guarantee that con
tractors stand behind sub-contractors
for wage payments.
The fight thus far is purely local,
but officers of the union said thal" if
the employers attempted to sublet
their work to other cities,, notably
Chicago, or Philadelphia and Cleve
land, the union wcruld call a strike
there also.
The 1,100 factories In New York
employ 100,000 hands, of which half
are organized. The strikers hope to
draw many of the non-union workers
out by sympathetic strike. '
EAR FIGHT FILMS;
Pictures of Jeffries-Johnson Fight to
Be Tabooed by Many Cities.
That 'the moving picture syndicate
owning the Jeffries-Johnson fight films
will resort to the courts of the several
states to determine their right to pro
duce tft^5 pictures was indicated at
Philadelphia when one of the best
known moving picture men in the
country who has big interest in the
syndicate" said .thai' the agitation
against the displaying of the pictures
would be fought.
He said that too much money had
been invested by the syndicate which
represented 12 separate interests, to
stand by and see the fight pictnnes
prohibited without making a contest
to determine the right of the city au
thorities to stop the display.
Mayor Reybum, of Philadelphia,
said that there will be no Interference
with the pictures in that city.
While a few cities may let the pic
tures be displayed, the, great majo^
ty of places will bar them. AtlantJa-
Ga., and other Southern cities have
already placed an embargo on them.
Even England, It Is said, may bar
the display of the fight films.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
Transylvania Division.
Effective 12K)1 a. m. Sunday, June 19, Tfll,
N. B —Schedules fibres given an informatfcia
only« and not guaranteed.
No 6
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Eastem Standard Time
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Nos. 7 and 8—Through trains between Waynes-
ville and Lake Toxaway carrying chair cars and
coaches. \
Nos. 5 and 6—Through coaches
Asheville and Lake Toxaway.
For tickets and< full information apply to
E. W. CARTER, Ag’t-
J. H. WOOD, Dist. Pass. Ag’t, Asheville, N. C.
County C^vemmeiiL.
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—T. C. Henr
derson.
Physician-r-Dr. Goode Cheatham.
Attorney—R. L. Gash.
Town
“to THt TALL T.MBER.”
Charlie Goss, a negro, was killec*
at .Wlntervllle, Ga. His body war
saturated ’ with oil and burned with
^he hcruse. Rob Scott is held for the
murder.
Hen]^ Leonard* aged 16| and Ham*
iiton Ring, aged 14, were electrocuted
hy a telephcme wire crossed with a
fallen electric wire, at Urbana, O.
While playing doctor the 10-year-
old son of W. S. Holcomb, yesldtog
3 mll«s from Fort Payne, DeKalb
county, Ala., Monday reached on Cne
shelf In the living room ojl the home,
took down- a bottle of carbolic acid
and administered a big dose to his
ten-months-old sister. The baby died
in a few minutes.
Virginia Bank Cashier Said To Have
Stolen $22,000.
Cash to the amount of $15,000 and
$7,000 worth of unsigned tr^ury
itertificates haye disappeared from the
vaults of the Citizens' National bank,
Cllntwood, Va., and e reward of $1,*
000 has beibn offered by the officers
ct the Institution for the arrest of
Walter C. D. Sutherland, oashier^ of
the bank, who has not been seen here
since Saturday night.
Sutherland hired a horse Saturdaj^
night and told his friends. It is al
leged, that he was going to ride to
Stration to spend the Fourth with re-,
latives. When he did not appear at
the bank Tuesday morning inquiry ny
the officials developed the fact* it la
said, that the yo»9e man had not
visited Stration. trace has yet
been found of Sutherland or the hme
he rode.
r It was not imtil th« bank vault,
whose time clock had >een set for
ninety^ix houfs; cotdd ^ opened, that
the offiftlals disoovered the lolra. Is
the' , vault they feun^ a note saying,
**Gone to the tall Utnber^** The name
of the missliig cashier, it is said, was
signed to it.
The Minnesota prohthUion conven
tlon has nominated for governor J.-F.
Heiberir. Twia V^leir; lieutenant g9r-
emor, F. IX'Ragle, MlaneapoSis.
A SANE FOURTH.
Total of 28 Dead Reported Against a
Total of 44 Last July Fourtii.
The restrained observance of the
Fourth of July has resulted in a ma
terial decrease in the number of cas
ualties In the country, according to
figures compiled by the Chicago Trib
une.
This year’s list of dead throughout
tile country so far re'aohed Is 28. Last
year the same total was i4. The
whole number of Injured last year was
2,361. This year there were only 1,-
785.
Only One Killed in New York.
^ Fhre persons were killed July the
Fourth, 1#08, and but one death was
due to fireworks in New York city.
tTiree hundred and thirteen were hurt
by fireworks, cannons and pistols last
year and only S9 Monday last; there
were 116 fires a year ago; Monday
there were but 88, all insignificant.
This Is a showing over which the ad
vocates of a ?afe and sane Fourth are
entitled to boast.
EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR.
Jockey, Riddled by Bullets, Palis Dead
In Midst^ of Race.
An extraordinary affair is reported
frcJm Braila, in Roumanla. During a
race meeting there, largely attended
by the sporting community from
Bucharest, it was observed that e
jorkey named Gallas was holding
back his horse.
There were excited protests, in the
zpldst of which several persons In a
state of fury drew revolvers and fired
at the jockey who was riddled with
.burets and fell dead. The murderers
fl«)d, and so far have not been arrest
ed.
gfess will Mkely be asked to adjust
the rates and lower the tariffs whl^
railroads hav« been demanding for
the handling of the United fitates
mails.
Mayor—W. E. Breese, jr.
Board of Aldermen—T. H. Shipman. J.
M.^Kilpatrick, T. M. Mitchell, F. L. De-
Vane, E. W. Carter.
Marshal—^J. A. Galloway. ,
Clerk and Tax ^Collector—T. H. Gallo
way.
Treasury—T. H. Shipman.
Health Officer—Dr. C. W. Hunt.
Attorney—W. W. Zachary.
Regular meetings—First Monday night
in each month.
Boarding Hoases.
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.
Profe^onal Cortk.
R. li. GASH.
LAWYER.
11 and 12 McMinn Bufl^ns
Notary Public.
W. B. DUCKWORTH.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Rooms 1 and 2, Pickelsimer Building
H. G. BAILEY
0>il and Consnltmg ^ks^neer
and Snrveyor
CITYHiGIIIEEB HEIDERSOniUI, I. H
Southern Railway./
For best schedules, fewest
changes of cars and lowest rat<es to
all points, call on or write to
J. H. W’^OOD,
District Passenger Agent,
/ As&ville, K. C,