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ONLY NEWSPAPER IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY i.r t . . -•*-*- ,,\ , . J. J. MINER, OWNER AND MANACER A HOME r>AI*ER FOti HOME tPEOPI^E-AIJLi HOME PRINT VOLUME^XV BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA. AUGUST 26.19K). NUMBER»35 Tlie Oxford Orphanage Singing lass Will Be Here Monday Night, Aug. 29^^8 p. m. Graded School Auditorium—Don’t Miss ftis Groat Musical Treat. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Transylvania Dlyision. Effective 12:01 a. m. Sunday, June 19, *10, N. B —Schedules fibres given as informatloxi only, and not guaranteed. DEATH AND RUIN FROM FOREST FIRE - - y Steady March of Flames De vastating Many States. SEVERAL LIV^ ARE LOST if Bhowing the rapidity with vvrhlch the ^disease is increasing there. ' The epidemic is orf a virulent type and the death rate is high. Even graver danger is anticipated from the flying population of the infected dis tricts, who may harbor the germ dis ease to the division not already mfect- ed. Trani seems almost deserted as a result of panic, 20,000 of the resi dents, fully one-half of the population, having fled the town. Fully as m have escaped from the island town of Barletta. Rumors that the. epidemic of chol era, which has broken out in Apulia had spread to Rome are emphatically denied. There have been' no cases there and the general health condi- in CAI^NON STAI^DS “PAT.” Situation in the Fire Swept Region is Growing WX)rse Despite the Efforts to Check Spread of the Fiames— Loss of Many Miilions. | tlons in Rome are excellent, better , than at any time during the past ten Mercilessly and relentlessly thfe for- yg^rs est fires in western Montana and Ida ho are sweeping over a vast area, driving hundreds of fugitives before them, destroying small settlements and wiping out of existence millions of dollars’ worth of property. It is reported thart; about half the town of Wallace, Idaho, has been wiped out and the town practically cut off from the outside world. The situation in the fire zone may be summarized as follows: Thirteen lives lost; property loss |i,OOOjOOP; fire still thi-^tening. ^ Elsewhere in the fire zone, the situ ation has gone from bad to worse. The most serious incident is reported from the St. Coe country, where 180 men engaged in the forestry service are missing and it is feared they have been buriied to death. When the fire approached the camp where there were 200 men, two of the fighters took a horse and riding the animal tor death, rode from the camp and ordered a rescue party which pen etrated the fire to Bird creek. Eighteen of the men were found in the water, where they had gone for safety and they were unharmd. From the remaining 180 men no word has been received. A relief train, well equipped with pack ani mals has been ordered, carrying pro- GIGANTIC STEAL IS LAID TO OFFICIALS and gives hopes of recovery. Satur^TSy night it was seen that he was sink ing, and, surrounded by his family, he passed away as the early dawn was breaking. In the death of Dr. Calhoun Atlanta ’ j loses one of her best citizens, and ■ir ■ A ^ I II -iiL ft* I world a physician whose work in Illinois uGntrSl UnBSrtnS Bis reneve suffering humanity. ® While his practice was munificent, yet he probably did more work free pf cost to those unable to pay than any other physician in the south. REVOLUTION NEAR END. Aged Speaker Will Not Give Up With out Struggle. Despite the declaration, as reported, of Congressman Leu "worth th;»t he wifi not again vote for Joseph G. Can non for speaker of the hqruse of rep- i resentatlves, Mr. Cannon will con tinue in the race, according to his j own statement. . * ^ He will go into the caucu^ as _a! cajididate, no matter how many repub lican congressmen declare they will oppose him for re-election. All he asks is that those who go into the caucus abide by its vote, and he prom ises to do the same. He aoes not ask any man to pledge himself to vote for his re-election if he believes that pledge will work against him in th'^ election this fall, nor does he wnr*: any candidate for the republican nom ination for congress to repuaiare ,iu. party by failure to enter the caucus. Graft Conspirac;. ROAD LOST MItLiON DOLLARS > Frank B, Harriman, Former General Manager; Charles L. Ewing and John M. Taylor Named in Warrants —Other Arrests to Follow—Start- ' ling Allegations of^raft. Three former exeqiitive officers oi the Illinois Central y Company have i pg^^jjijsers of the revolutionists, but by been arrested on warrants in connec-, tion with the alleged frauds by means organizations and steai^shlp lines as well. Peace is Drawing for the Troubled Nicaraguans. That the revolution in Nicaragua is finally nearing an end is indicated in cable reports received in New Orleans from Managua and other Central American points by not only the sym- ROOSEVELT AND I EW YORK. Visions and hospital supplies, and will endeavor to get through the fire. BOLL WEEVIL COMING. It Is Feared That Pest Will Soon Visit Alabama. That the boll weevil will be in Ala bama this fall, all things now indi cate. If the pest makes as good time eastward as it did in Mississippi last Former President Says He’ll Take No Part In State Campaign. A dispatch from New York says: Colonel Roosevelt made it clear to his friends that the reports to the effect that he did not intend to take any part in the coming state campaign were well based. As the colonel put it, he did not think he had been encouraged to take an active interest by the action of the state committee in turning down his name for temporary chairman to the convention. His close friends are the authcrrity for the statement that Col onel Roosevelt has never indicated by year. It will find lod^ent as far lnto| slightest word what his intentions the state as Escambia county, across of which the railroad was defrauded, it is said, of $1,000,000. The men arrested were : Frank Harriman, formerly gen eral manager of the road. Charles L. Ewinfe, formerly man ager of lines north of the Ohio river. John M. Taylor, formerly general storekeeper of the road. The warrants.^^»i‘n to by T. J. Har- ahan?'prest3ent (Shtlie Illinois Central, charge the three men with conspiracy to cheat and defraud the railroad by false pretenses and with operating a confidence game. Harriman and Ew ing were taken to the Harrison street police station. Their bonds of $10,000 each were signed by a professional bondsman. The allegations in the graft case are startling. The investigation began a year ago. It reached a crisis last spring when President Harahan began actions to recover sums said to aggre gate more than $1,000,000 alleged to have been taken from the road by a car repair cmopany in connivance with high officials of the road. Har riman, Ewing, Taylor and many oth ers cff less magnitude resigned their positions. For the first time since the revolu- tiom started, advices received by both sides, as well as by disinterested par ties, were practically the same. They are to the effect that the Madriz gov ernment troops have met with serious reverses almost at the very gate of Managua, the capital city; that Gran ada had,J>een captured. , by ^^General j Luis Mena with an insurgent army; . that the inhabitants of the interior are fiocking to the standards of the I revolutionists, and that Madriz has been succeeded in the presidency by J Jcfse Estrada, a brother of 'Juan Estra da, head of the provisional govern- ' ment set up by the insurgents. Whether Jose Estrada will be per mitted to retain the presidency if the revalutionists succeed in taking Man agua, appears to be a matter of doubt. HOOPER NAMED. SPINDLES TO BE IDLE. Fully Be Mobile and Baldwin counties, from the Mississippi line. However, it is more than likely that it will get no farther than Mobile, Washington and Choc taw, which is almost certain if there is a late fall. This, it is said, is the opinion of W. L. Pryor, expert weevil «man of the department of agriculture at Washing ton, who is at Montgomery to take up with the state officers the first work of elimination and protection. Mr. Pryor says that the weevil is moving east out of Mississippi very rapidly and all records go to show that Alabama will be reached by the early fall. He is urging that the state get ^'Jsy at once and make every effort Possible to diversify crops and take f'^ich other means as are necessary to discount the depletion. are with regard to 1912. The colonel, however, has always said that he re serves the right to engage in any situation at any time, whenever he feels that his policies demand it. FATAL BOAT EXCURSION. CHOLERA INCREASING. Southern Italy Being Ravaged by the Dread Scourge. The epidemic of cholera which has pi^oken out in southern Italy is stead ily increasing in the districts affected, particularly in the town of Trani, Where the number of deaths already is ^'Ore than JJO. The latest-previous of- reports gave 20- deaths at Trant \ • One Killed and Three Injured in Dis aster at Lake Charles, La. Pauline Woodring, 6-year-old daugh ter of T. S. Woodring, a prominent lumber man, died as a result of in juries received in the motor boat ex plosion in the Calcaseu river. P. O. Moss and Lotis Swan, secretary and treasurer, respectively, of the Lake Charles Railway, Light and Water Company, who were also injured in the explosion, are in a critical condi- t\cft. Mrs. J. A. Landry, wife of the presi dent of the same company, was seri ously burned, but will recover. Ten persons were in the boat when the ex plosion occurred. Six escaped with minor injuries. 50,000 Operatives Are to Thrown Out of Work. Millions of spindles in the cotton mills of the country will be idle for periods varying from one week to 16 days during the latter part of this month and the first half of September. Mills in New England employing 50, 000 operatives have already posted notices announcing a further curtail ment and it is understood that similar action will be taken by many other concerns. In the southern states more than 3,000,000 spindles will be idle one week in September. A short time policy amcmg numer ous cotton plants in New England will be continued during September, ac cording to the present outlook. M^'CAUiCoN'dEAD. One of South's Most Noted Physicians Passes Away. Dr. Abner W. Calhoun, one o^ At lanta’s foremost citizens and one of the most noted physicians in, the south, died Sunday morning at 4 o’clock after an illness of several months. While his death was not entirely unexpected, yet it was ncrt known un til a late hour Saturday night that the end was near. Two years ago Dr. Calhoun’s health began to fail, and last January he be came so much worse that he had to state' give up the practice of his profession The independent democratic executive committee met at Nashville, For four or five months prior tcf his Tenn,, and called a convention of the j death he was confined to his bed. At party to be held in Nashville on Sep-, times he became so ill that his life tember 1. was despaired.of, but he would raUj ' - . 1 •' Republicans of Tennessee Hold Con vention at Nashville. Captain Benjamin W. Hooper, of Newport, Cool^ county, was nominat ed for governor of Tennessee by the republican state conventicm which as sembled in the Ryman auditorium at Nashville, Tenn. The name of Alfred A. Taylor, of Washington county, was the only oth er one presented to the convention and immediately following the an nouncement of the r'^-ult of the first ballot the nomination was made unan imous. The ballot stood. Hooper, 382 9-14; Taylor, 201 5-14. The convention also indorsed the candidacy of B, A, Enloe, independent democrat, for railroad comniissioner from west Tennessee. The independent-state-wide prohibi tion democrats, who have fought Gov ernor M. R. Patterson every step of his official career, are expected to sup port the ticket just nominated, as against the regular democratic nomi nees, which includes Patterson for re- election, and the ccrming campaign promises to be one of bitterness. ' No. 6 Daily No. 8. Daily. Eastern Standard Time STATIONS No, 6 Daily o« P M A M A M P M 6 05 Lv Waynesvllle... Ar 8 00 3 50 8 05 Lv Asheville Ar 9 05 6 15 5 00 5 03 5 16 5 21 9 10 Lv ..Hendersonville...Ar West Hendersonville... Yale 8 00 7 67 7 48 7 44 5 00 .... "'9"26 4 U 5 26 9 30 7 39 4 39 5 35 9 37 7 33 4 S3 5 41 9 43 7 28 4 28 6 47 9 49 9 87 7 21 4 21 5 55 7 13 4 13 6 00 10 02 Pisgah Forest. 7 10 4 0 6 10 10 15 Ar „ Brevard 7 06 4 05 6 24 10 29 6 48 8 48 6 32 10 37 6 42 3 42 6 35 10 40 6 38 8 28 6 41 6 46 10 46 Galloways.... 6 33 6 29 3 33 6 59 11 04 Reid’s 6 20 ; 8 20 7 09 6 10 7 25 iir’ 80 Ar...Lake Toxaway ..Lv 6 00 1 3 00 Nos. 7 and 8—Through trait's 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 G. County Govemment*. Representative—G. W. Wilson. Clerk Superior Court—T. T. Lo:^is. Sheriff and Tax Collector—C. G. 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. Goverhmientt. 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 OflScer—^Dr. C. W. Hunt. Regular meetings—First Monday night in each month. Boarding Houses. 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. Round By a vote of 395 to 83 Democrats ol, Gadsden, Ala., went on record as in ENGINEER favor of the commission form of mu nicipal government. Gftdsden is the third Alabama town to approve this new form of city management, Birm ingham and Bessemer having also given handsome majorities in favor of the change. The next session of the legislature will be asked to pass an enabling act. In the Gadsden pri mary, W. G. Bellinger was nominated for-mayor; George S. V^ann for presi dent of council. Professional Cords. R. L. GASH, LAWYER. 11 and 12 McMinn Building;. Notary Public. W. B. DUCKWORTH, ATTO RN E Y-AT-L A W. Rooms 1 and 2, Pickelsimer Bujldlnfr. H. G. BAILEY Civil and Consulting Engineer and Surveyor HENDERSONKILIE, N. C. The population of Atlanta, accord ing to the United States census re port, is 154,839. This is a gain of 64,96^'over the census of 1900, or a fain >n population of 72.3 per cent. SPECIAL SUMMER EXCURSION. Trip Rates vard. From Bre- Asheville, N. C., and Return, $1.65— Week end tickets on sale all trainSi Saturday and Sunday morn in fr. Good returning- following’ Monday. $2.05—Tickets on sale daily. Final return limit Oct. 31st. Lake Toxaway, 7S cents—Wednes day excursions, tickets limited to date of sale. Summer excursion tickets also on sale DAILY to points in Wfstern North Carolina. For f^jrther information applv to E. W. CARTKR, / Ticket Agent.
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