q^LY newspaper in TRANSYLVANIA COUKTY J. J. MINER, OWNER AND MANAGER A HOME PAPER FOR HOME I»EOPLE-At.ri HOME PRINT yolume^xv BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA. JULY 22.1910. NUMBER»3() Greenville ayd Knoxville Railroad All Sections of the South Are Watching Transyl vania County and Its Vote on the Bond Issue The Progress and Prosperity of Our Beautiful Southland Is Dependant on How We Vote August 2 We Must> Carry the Bond Issue! Greenville News July 16. The plans that are now matur ing looking to the completion of the Greenville & Knoxville rail road from its present terminus at Cleveland, S. C., twenty-five miles from Greenville to Knox ville through the North Carolina mountains, is attracting atten tion in many quarters. Mr. W. H. Patterson, president of the road, was in Greenville yesterday, in conference with several of the business men of the city, and while nothing defi- mte can be liearned at present regarding the purpose of the of ficials of the road concerning the entrance into the city, it is thoiight that within the near fu ture, they will take steps to se cure the necessary rights of way for the constrnction of the line and the erection of a-handsome terminal .station near the busi ness portion of the city. It is stated that the company about two years ago, purchased a lot for this depot in the neigh borhood of River street. The road is at present operating with the Southern railway station as a depot, but it appears that the ofiicials intend to open up a road through that portion of the city known almost historically, as the “meadow.” To do this, there must ffrst be secured the neces sary right of ways, and it is un derstood that the Board of Trade of this city, at a recent meeting, in endorsing the road, took some action in the way of appointing committees, to aid the officials in getting these rights of way. This matter, however, is not be ing pushed at this time, and it may be that the company is waiting to see the result of the action of the Transylvania coun ty people in regard to the bond issue. If this goes through it is thought by some, that in addi tion to the beginning of the con struction of the road through the mountain portions, it will also take steps looking toward the getting of the rights of way in the city of Greenville, and the construction of the track to the station of Monaghan, and the erection of the new terminal sta tion here. Great interest centers around the road in this city, as well as in the county of Transylvania, and every movement of the officials regard to the construction of the line is being watched with something akin to eagerness, gs appear to be in a some- Thirigs what uncertain state, however, ^^til the election of the bond is- ^^e has been held at Brevard, on f second of August. When is over, it is probable, that the further steps of the company will be more definite, and more swift. • • * This comment is from the Char lotte Observer, which is evincing considerable interest in the building of the road. “The management of the pro posed Greenville & Knoxville Railroad, to which we have more than once referred, is by no means slumbering through the present heated season. It will be recalled that a few miles of railroad are already in operation at eaclj end of the line and the progress in bridging the gap be tween is very gratifyinir. L-JSt week some three thousiind citi zens of Transylvania county held an enthusiastic meeting at Bre vard, the purpose of which was to diffuse information and arouse interest in connection with a pro posed $100,000 bond issue. The question will be submitted to the voters of the county on August 2, and according to those in touch with the situation, the bonds will be voted by a comfortable ma jority. “This issue of bonds is im portant to the railroad, not so much from a financial standpoint as from the fact that its adoption will ensure the hearty co-opera- tion of the people of Transylva nia county. As evidence that this is really the railroad’s idea about the matter, one has only to consider the terms of the issue, which provide that the proceeds will not be available until the road is actually in .operation through the county. Plans are also on foot to erect in the near future a modern terminal station near the business portion of Greenville, and it may be pre sumed that the facilities at the Knoxville end will be rapidly and substantially developed so as to be convenient. “The irregular triangle of ter ritory whose vertices are Ashe ville, Greenville and Knoxville will furnish abundant support for such a railroad and will be rapidly and substantially devel oped by it. The branches of the Southern Railway already in op eration will gtve the new line close and adequate connections with Asheville and through it with the whole of the central and eastern portions of this state. With unsurpassed scenery to at tract via(itors, and with ever-in creasing railroad facilities to keep such visitor in touch with the world, the mountain counties are on the eve of a development to equal which the rest of the State will have to exert every energy.” NOTI^S FROM The house ship subsl- NATIONAL dy lobby investigaticrti CAPITAL has practically closed and the committee will meet in New York in Norember to examine steam ship representatives and others and will rep^t to congress next winter. The committee already has concluded that the charges that a lobby was maintained in W^aahington have not been sustained. Justice J. W. Gerard, of the supreme court of New York, has been selected by President Taft as one of the civil delegates of the Uiiited States to the centennial independence celebration of Mexico, to be held in the City of Mexico. Two other civil members will be selected. The appropriations made by the ses sion of congress Just closed, amounted to $1,027,133,446, according to an offi cial announcement made by the house appropriations committee. Postmasters appointed for Georgia: BlitdJi, Bullock county, W. O. Lane, vice J. C. Lane, resigned; Rover, Spalding county, Wilmer C. Glacier, vice S. F. Glazier, removed. Robert B. Bembry was appointed rural car rier, Route 5, at Hawkinsville. The resignation of Collector of In ternal Revenue H-. A. Rucker, of Geor gia, has been received by the presi dent. It is generally understood that Collector Rucker will at a very early date be appointed to some position in Washington. • • • AFFAIRS IN Jockey Eddie Du- World gan’s career as a rider OF SPORTS, has received a check at the hands of the stewards of the Sheepshead Bay race track. Charged with flagrant rough riding on August Belmont’s Poort Print Tn the turf stakes, the stewards have ordered his suspension for the* .balance of ,the Bheepshead Bay'lneeting and have re ferred his case to the Jockey club stewards for further consideration. The Maori football team again de feated the all-American team at Sid ney, New South Wales, the score be ing 21 to 3. Tbe all-American team Is coiLposed of students from the Uni versity of California, Leland Standard, Jr., university and University of Ne vada. George Wiley, of SyracliSe, N. Y., will this week file claim to a new world's bicycle reccrrd for one hour paced by motor cycle. In a race at Passaic, N. J., with Elmer Collins, the American pace-following cham pion, he rode 41 miles and 3 laps in 60 m’nutes, breaking the record. J. L. Griffin, right-hander, has been called from San Antonio by the At lanta team to take the place of Rog ers, whose health would not admit of his staying in the Southern league. Griffin has reporrted for work. A. F. Wilding, the New Zealander, won the championship of Great Brit ain from A. W. Gore, the English title holder, at Wimbeldon, England, in the all-England tennis championship tour nament Score: 6*4^ i:§i ^"2^ « • • A giant oak tree which he watched grow to its present size since he came to Munice, Ind., 70 years ago. on the farm where he died, encased the bod>' of Cary Fenwick, aged 77. His sons cut down the tree with £&eir own hands. A special hearse was required to ^convey the coffin to the Oemetery. City Detective W. M. Collins was fatally injured in a runaway in Au gusta, Ga. Collins was in a buggy with Policeman A. J. Matthews and another man. The horse bolted, the buggy was overturned, and Cofllns was thrown violently against a tree. His companions escaped with a few slight bruises. ^ Tom Desmuke, it is reported, a white farmer, cut his wife's throat al most from ear to ear, at their home on the Savannah road, three miles from Augusta, Ga. The tragedy was witnessed by a 9-year-old Adopted daughter. Desmuke surrendered _tc Detective _Gay. Inadvertently touching air-arc light circuit, B. C. Graves, a telepbpne line man, was Instantly electrocuted at Columbia, S. C. His body hung across the wires for 15 minutes before the current oould be shut off and was badly burned. The Evolution of Booster Bill VIL*-* Improves His House and A( paint upon his house was seen. He trimmed his lawn and kept it clean. He said: 'MMI brighten up this place, i’ll comb its hair and wash its face. “There's nothing puts a town ahead Like pretty hemes and lawrLs/' he said. “THE VILLAGE BEAUTIFUL FOR MINE!” Cried “Bill the Booster/’ “Make It shine!’* Eastern Standard Time STATIONS p H ▲ M 6 05 3 5«) 8 05 5 CO 9 10 5 03 5 16 5 21 9 26 5 26 9 30 5 35 9 37 5 4l 9 4:^ 6 47 9 49 5 55 9 57 6 00 10 Oi 6 10 10 15 6 24 10 29 6 32 10 37 6 35 10 40 6 41 10 46 6 46 6 59 11 04 7 09 7 25 11 80 Lv Waynesville Ar Lv Asheville Ar Lv ..HendersonvUle„.Ar ...West Hendersonville Yale * Horte Shoe Cannon Etowah......... Blantyre Penrose Davidson River Pispah Forest.. Aj* Brevard Lv Selica Oherryfleld ..Calvert,. Rosman Galloways Quebec ^...4 Reid’s„. Air ...Lake Toxaway...Lv A M ■»05 8 00 7 W 7 48 7 44 7 39 as 28 31 13 10 05 6 48 6 4i 6 38 6 33 6 S9 6 6 10 6 001 P M 8 ©O' 6 15 5 00 44 33 28 21 la 0 05 3 48 3 42 3 S8 8 38 3"^ 306 i CRIMES Two people, mother AND and son, were instantly CASUALTIES killed, and three others injured, two fatally, when an extra freight train on the Macon and Ath ens division of the Central of Geor gia struck a touring car belonging to A. C. Freeman, of Arcadia, Fla., at Kelly’s crossing, 48 miles north of Macon, Monday afternoon. Engineer Dunbar, of Macon, was in charge of the extra freight and was 40 feet away when he discovered the car on the crossing. He had Just rounded a sharp curve and the view of the car was obstructed by an embankment. The blast of the whistle and the emer gency brakes did little good. The four negroes convicted at De catur, Ga., in the DeKalb county court, of. murdering Motorman S. T. Brown on April 23, will be hanged at Decatur on July 29. Judge L. S. Roan, before whom they were tried, passed sentence on them shortly after 8:30 o’clock Thursday morning.^ He directed that they shall be hanged be tween 11 and 1 o’clock. The negroes are; Charles Julian, Jim Black, Ed Weaver and Charley Walker. It has been eleven years since a man has been hanged in DeKalb county. Nev er before have four been hanged at once. During a thunder storm at Foster’s mill, 12 miles from Rome. Ga., Mrs. Thomas Middleton, aged 60 years, was struck and instantly killed by a bolt of lightning. While the.terrific display was in progress, Mrs. Middle ton ventured out and went to the barn to get some eggs. While stand ing in the door of the barn a came and knocked her to the ground. Her face was badly mangled. At Savannah, Ga., fire destroyed the Cosy theatre, the magazine and cigar store of J. S. Oppenheimer Cigar com pany, the large candy factory and store of Paul Conida, the ticket office of the ^outhern Railway, with the commercial freight office, and the flo rist shop of John Wolf. Poor water pressure gave the flames a big start, and the buildings were destroyed. The loss is estimated at $50,000. Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke, for five years director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, at New York, has tendered his resignation and it was accepted by the trustees. He resi^3 because his health is poor and his physician's have advised him not to spend another winter in New York city. At present he is abroad. . Nos. 7 and 8—Through trains between Waynes- ville and Lake Toxaway carrying chair cars and coaches. Nos. 5 and 6—Through coaches between 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 Government*. 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. 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. Kilpatrick, T. M. Mitchell, F. L. De- Vane, 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. Boarding 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 touristy will find this an ideal home for rest and recreation— near the depot. For information ad dress as above. J. C. WHITMIRE. Professional Cards. R. li. GASH. lAwyer. 11 and 12 McMhm Building, Notary Public. W. B. DUCKWORTH, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Rooms 1 and 2, Pickelsimer Building: H. G. BAILEY Civ3 and Consnlting Engineer and Surveyor CITY EN8IREER HENDERSONRILLE, N. C, Southern Railway. For best schedules, fewest changes of cars and lowest rates to all points, call on or write to J. H. Wood, District Passenger Agent, Asl^^ciUe, N. C.