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FIRE. TION. ell Us. NCE URD. N. C. lumber IE BRAND" nite Roofings complete line^ [E, N. C. LLEY t is Revised? >re *al pat- to do even 1 we will ur order— me in and Sylvan ONLY NEWSPAPER IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY ^ J. J. MINER, OWNER AND MANAGER A TTOMK F*AT>RR TnOR TTOM:fe l*EO¥>LB—ALT^ TTOIVTTC PRINT VOLUME*XVI BREVARD, NORTH CAROLInMrII)AY. JANUARY seO. 1911. NUMBER*^ . _ . i $3,500,000,000 IS VALUE OF EXPORTS r~ — ■ Trade Records of United States Broken In 1910. UhlON OF METHuUli.i THE BREAT^III HISTORY Combined Exports and Imports as Compiled by the Bureau of Statis tics of Department of Commerce j and Labor. * With the enormous total of almost $3,500,000,000, the total of value of the foreign trade of the United States dur ing the year which ended December 31, 1910, was greater than that of any year ever before and left a bal ance in favor of the countfy of over $300,000,000. It exceeded the former high record of 1907 by about $80,000,- 000. This great total is the value of the combined exports and imports of the country, as compiled by the Bu reau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor. Besides this new record, another .record was broken during 1910 in the value of imports from abroad. They amounted to $1,562,807,622, compared with $1,475,520,724 in 1909; $1,116,374,- 087 in 1908 and $1,423,169,820 in 1907. The exports during the year were larger than in any year except those of 1907, the total being $1,864,411,270, compared with $1,728,19,8,645 in 1909, $1,752,835,447 in 1908, and $1,923,426,- 892 in 1907. The balance of trade in favor of the United States in its dealings with foreign nations increased almost $50,- 000,000 over the 1909 balance. The excess of exports over imports for the year was $301,603,648, compared with $252,677,921 in 1909. December exports were valued at $227,155,049, being larger by $20,000,- 000 than in any earlier month in the history of the export trade. The De cember imports were slightly greater than those of November, but slightly less than those of December, 1909. The share of the imports entering free of duty in 1910 was 49.23 per cent, against 47,453 per cent in 1909 and 45.20 per cent in 1908. Steps Taken Towards Welding South ern and Northern Branches. A long «tep was taken at Chatta nooga in the organic union of Meth odism in America, when the Centena ry Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and the Methodist Er>iscopal Church (northern branch) agreed to consoli date and build one great church and be one people. A meeting of interest to American Methodism as a whole was held. Twenty-five representatives of each branch of Methodism met and dis cussed the future of Chattanooga Methodism. Members of these two churches, which separated in 1845, on account of political and ecclesiastical differences, declared themselves one In spirit, and, while recognizing loyalty to their respective denominations, every speak/er showed himself in favor of a re-union of the Methodist family in America. I John A. Patten and Bishop William I Anderson, both members of' the com- ' mission on organic union, participated in the discussion. President John IT. Race, of Chattanooga university, made a strong appeal for union. GEN. WRIGHT IN RACE. New Phase in Tennessee Senatorial Succession. The battle for, the senatorial suc cession will assume a new phase this week, when General Luke E. Wright, ' of Memphis, former Secretary of War ■ and former Governor General of the Philippines, shies his castor into the ring. For two weeks, it is said. Gen eral Wright has been looking over the situation, and quietly biding his time. He has never said he would or would not be a candidate, but the informa tion comes pretty straight that the name of Wright will be presented to the assemblymen. It has been common talk in the lobbies for several days that General Wright was not disposed to interfere with ex-Governor Benton McMillin’s chances to win the prize, but now it is insisted by the ex-War Secretary’s friends that McMillin having failer to secure the nec.essary 67 votes, it is not unfair for their favorite to get into the running. TROUBLE OVER WILL OF imElt EDDY Att:meys Say Qhurcii Can’t Get Pra^. FORTUNE PA^S TO KIN EDWARD M. SHEPARD. Candidate For Senator Front \ New York to Succeed Depew. LIBERTY AND FORTUNE. Released From Pen Man Learns of $45,000 Left Him. M. B. Pratt went to the penitentia ry from Delta county, Texas, several years ago practically penniless after exhausting a fortune in an effort to retain his liberty. He was convicted on a manslaughter charge. Last Christmas Pratt was among those given their liberty with the sea sons complimens, and now he has beon advised that he is the heir to an es tate valued at $45,000, bequeathed by a relative who died recently. A STRANGE INCIDENT. $1,000,0C0 GOES UP IN SMOKE. Chamber of Commerce Burned at Cincinnati. Entailing a loss of more than one million dollars, Cincinnati suffered its second great fire within three weeks, when the chamber of commerce build ing at Fourth and Vine streets was destroyed, adjacent property damaged, a dozen firemen injured and possibly lives lost. The Cincinnati stock exchange and the Louisville and Nashville railroad offices, both of which contained rec ords almost invaluable, were con sumed in the conflagration. Only the bare walls of what was Cincinnati’s most magnificent archi tectural building remain. The build ing had a valuation of $1,000,000, while the fixtures in the various offices weie valued at $50,000. Through r^*otestant Clergyman Cath olic Receives Absolution. * A strange incident has occurred in a hospital at Huelva, Spain. An Amer ican was dying, and, not being able to speak a word of Spanish, made signs that he wished to receive the last sacrament. Thinking he was a Protestant, the authorities had a in, but the dying man told him that Church of England clergyman called he was a Roman Catholic. Since no Catholic priest could be found who understood English, the man made his confession and received absolution through the intermediary of the Protestant clergyman, who act ed as interpreter, and took an oath to observe strict secrecy regarding what he had heard. SUITS AGAINST ROADS. GAVE SON POISON. On Eve of Retirement Texas Governor Directs Action. On the eve of his retirement. Gov ernor T. M. Campbell, of Texas, di rected Attorney General Jewell P. Lightfoot to bring suit against the Missouri, Kansas and Texas and the International and Great Northern Railroad companies seeking the for feiture of their charters. The suits are to be based on the insolvent cor poration act enacted by the Legisla ture of 1906, and, it is declared, are forerunners to similar suits against 50 other railway companies operating in the state. Data collected by Railroad Commis sioner D. W. Williams will furnish the grounds for the litigation. Hannis Taylor, Ex-SMator Chandljpr and Others DeclartQ^l^iil is Null and Void—Injunction is^sked to Prevent Any Disposition of Property. That the resi^Jjary clause in the will of Mrs. Mary Baker G. Eddy, founder of the Christian Science church, is null and void, is the opinion of ex-Senator William E. Chandler, Hannis Taylor, of Washington, D. 0.*, professor of con stitutional and international law at George Washington University, and others^ as given out for publication at Concord, N. H. The clause prpvides for a gift of about $200,000 to the First Church Christ, Scientist, of Boston, known as tBfe “mother church.” A statute of New Hampshire pro hibiting a bequest to a church of ovar $5,000 annually is the basis of the opinion which is written by Professor Taylor. The Facts Reviewed. Mr. Chandler, as ^counsel for the “next friends,” in his letter to Profes sor Taylor reviews the facts regard ing Mrs. Eddy’s will and estate and the ‘^next friends'' suit which resulted in Mrs. Eddy’s placing a large sum of money In trust for her son, George W. Glover, of Lead, S. D., and his chil dren. He then described his signing the agreement by which the “nezt friends” suit was settled and adds: “Mr. Streeter (General Frank S. Streeter, of Concord) drew the agree ment for my signature. When signing I took it for granted that Mrs. Eddy would not, in giving away her prop erty, undertake to violate public law. If I; had thought she had already done so, by attempting to create a church with an endovmen^ rf $2,000,000, I should not have signed.” A petition was filed In the superior court at Concord by ex-Senator Chan dler and other attorneys, asking the couft for a construction of Mrs. Eddy's will, particularly the clause relating to the residuary estate. The petitioners also pray for an in junction against any disposition being made of the property in question pend ing the construction of the residuary clausc. Connty Gov^nment*. Representative—Thos. S. Wood. Clerk Superior Court- Cos. Paxton. Sheriff and Tax CollectorFred: A* Shuford. Treasurer—Z. W. Nichols. Register of Deeds—B. A. Gillespie. Coroner—Dr. A E. Lyday. Surveyor—J, C. Wike. Commissioners—W. L. Brooks, G. T. Ly day, Arthur Miller. Superintendent of Schools—T. C. Hea- d^rson. Physician—Dr. Goode Cheatham. Attorney—R. L. Gash. Town GovernmenL. GOVERNOR’S SALARY BILL Valiant Fight Made Through Two Alabama Legislatures. The Governor’s salary bill, as far as it applies to Emmett O’Neal, who takes the oath of office this week, is dead. After a valiant fight through two houses of the Legislature, after cease less work by its friends, after receiv ing more than a two-thirds vote ol either branch of the Legislature, it fell Saturday. Future Governors of Alabama will in all probability receive $7,500 a year will have to conduct the business ol for their services, but Emmett O’Neal his office on a compensation of $5,000 a year. Outside of the Governor’s salary measure, the session Saturday was marked by a terrific influx of bills, which clearly indicated the amount ol work the Legislature will have to ac complish during the fifty days of its sessions. Nearly twenty bills were Introdttced in the Senate, while sixty* four were referred to committees in the house. MRS. SUTHERLIN DEAD. Poverty Drove Pretty Widow to Des peration and Crime. Arrested as she claimed her trunk in the New York Central railroad sta tion, Mrs. Edith Melber, a pretty wid ow, who says she is 23 years of age, of Schenectady, confessed, according to the police, that in a swamp near Albany she gave her 5-year-old son, George, csurbolic acid, from the effects of which he died. She was then locked up on a charge of first degree murder, and will be re turned to Albany. ' In explanation of her crime, the po lice say Mrs. Melber asserts that she | has been a widow four years, during which time she has had a struggle to care for herself and her child, and that this battle for existence drove lier to take the boy’s life. DIAZ TROOPS OEFEATED. The annual meeting of the board of ^ustees of the Georgia School for Deaf held at Cave Springs, Ga., reso lutions were passed asking the govern or to recommend compulsory educa tion for all deaf children for atXast Over Twenty Men Killed and Many Wounded. More than twenty men were killed in a desperate battle between the Mexican federal soldiers and a small party of insurrectos on the bank of the Rio Grande, opposite Comstock, Texas. The insurrectos had only 18 men, and for three hours they held at bay about 75 rurales and about 100 infantry soldiers. Of the 18 insurrectos, 2 were killed and 7 wounded. E. S. O’Reilly, cor respondent with the insurrectos, re ceived a slight wound in the thigh. The arrival of 20 more insurrectos in the last few mii\utes of the fight saved the defenders, and prevented what probably would have been a mas sacre of the little band. While examining a rifle he thought was not loaded, Wiley Walker, aged 10, the son of a prominent York coun ty, Virginia, farmer, instantly killed his. brother^ Llnwood^ aged 15. "Last Capitol of Confederacy’* Loses Its Mistress. Mrs. Jane Patrick Sutherlin, aged 83, and widow of Major W. T. Suther lin, died at her historic home at Dan ville, Va., widely known as the last capitol of the Confederacy. Mrs. Sutherlin was hostess to Pres ident Jefferson Davis and his Cabinet, following their memorable flight after the evacuation of Richmond. It was at the Sutherlin home that President Davis assembled his Cabinet for the last official conference and igned the last documents of the Confederacy be fore the surrender of General Lee. It is probable that the Sutherlin home and spacious lawn will be preserved. Mrs. Sutherlin leaves only one di rect descendant, a great-grandchild, Janie Sutherlin <Barrett, the daughter of E. W. Barrett, editor of The Bir mingham Age-Herald. CLEMENTS IS CHOSEN. Georgia Man Chairman to Succeed Judge M. A. Knapp, of New Yorl<. Judson C. Clements, of Georgia, has been unanimously elected chairman of the interstate commerce commis sion, vice Martin A. Knapp, of New York, who has been elevated to the circuit court bench by President Taft. Chairman Clements will head the commission until 1913, when his terra expires, and in the event of his rc* appointment, will doubtless be re elected to the chairmanship. As chairman of the commission. Judge Clements becomes an ex-officio mediator under the Erdman act for the adjustment of differences betweeTi railroad companies and their em ployees. He will serve in this con nection with Commissioner of Labor Neill. His services in this capacity will in many respects prove quite as important as his work as an inter state commisioner, it is believed. A letter written twenty-five years ago and lost, probably in a mail car, has jufjt been delivered to Thomas Howe, president of Butler college, Ir vington, Ind., who chanced to be ;n Kokomo. Mr. Howe was a son-in-law of A. E. Armstrong, a wealthy Kokomo man, to whom the letter was address ed and who has been dead for seven years. The letter was written by Rich ard Huncheon, who has been dead a year. GENERAL Arpad Goczsel, whose NEWS foreigr bank suspended in ITEMS. Pittsburg, sent a bullet through his brain at the home* of a friend at Conn ell ville. Pa. The body “Was found in the bathroom. Goczsel had conducted a foreign bank in Grant street, Pittsburg, and had been in fi nancial trouble for some time. Charles. F. Johnson, of Watervllle, Me., democratic candidate for gover nor of Maine in 1892 and again in 1894, a member of the state board of legal examiners, and a prominent law yer, was nominated on the first ballot at the democratic caucu& to succeed United States Senator Eugene Hale at the expiration of the latter’s term on March 4 next. As the ikiaine legisla ture is safely democratic, his nomina tion is regarded as equivalent to an election. He will be the first demo crat t represent Maine in the senate since 1847. . An increase of $897,000,000 In New York tax valuations over 191Q is shown by the report of the tax commissioner for 1911, which has just been made public. This will Increase the borrow ing capacity of the city $89,700,000. Andrew Carnegie and Mrs. Russell Sage, widow of Russell Sage, head the list of personal assessments with $5,000,000 each opposite their names. John D. Rockefeller’s personal prop erty is put down at $2,500,000; his brother William is assessed but $300,- 000 and John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is rated at $250,000. ‘ Despondent because she could no longer play the piano, owing to the stiffening of the fingers of her left hand, is givei^ by her family as the. cause for the suicide of Miss Maude Edington, at Madisonville, Ky. A1 most constant playing, it is said, caus ed the fingers to become stiff. De^ prived of her music* Miss Edington determined to end her life, and swal lowed a quantity of carbolic acid. John Quincy Adams, a descendant of the signer of the Declaration of Inde pendence, died at his home in New York, from Bright’s disease. He was 63 years old. Mr. Adams was a char ter member of the Sons of the Amer ican Revolution, and one pf the found ers of the American Flag House anc Betsy Ross Memorial Association. A Washington dispatch says: The agricultural appropriation bill has been completed and it will be report ed to the House immediately by the committee on agriculture. It carries $15,500,000 in addition to the $3,000, 000 of permanent appropriations. Charles A. Kline has been appointed assistant general passenger agent of the Southern Railway, with headquar ters in Washington. Mr. Kline was formerly chief clerk of the passeng^ department, and has been with the Southern_.about_ fitteen. years. — M Mayor—W. E. Breese, jr. Board of Aldermen—T. H. Shipman. J ./ 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 Regular meetings—First Monday anight in each month. Professional Cards. JR* Gr-A.8U, lawyer 11 and 12 McMiim Building; Notary Public. W. W. ZASHARY Attorney-atf-Law BEEVARD, N. C. H. G. BAILEY Civil aiMl Consulting Engineer and Surveyor BSEyUDAND.- HEIDERSOIIUUE. N. C. NOTICE OF EXECUTRIX. Having’ qualified as executrix of the last will and testament of Wash ington E. Galloway, late of the coun ty of Transylvania, this is tv> notify all persons having claims against the estate of the said testator, to present iheir claims to the undersigned on or before the 9th day of July, 1911, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will make immediate settlement. This July 9th, 1910. SARAH LUCINDA GALLOWAY, Walch Galloway, atty. *Executrix, ADMINISTRATOR’S. MOTICE. Having qualified as administrator of the estate of J. C. McGaha, deceased, late of Transylvania county. North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to ex hibit them to the undersigned at office of R. L. Gash, Esq., Brevard, N. C., on or be fore the 27th day of May, 1911, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their re covery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This 20th day of May, 1910. V. B. McGAHA, Adm*r estate of J. C. McGaha, deceased Entry No* 256&* W. J. Owen enters and claims six hun dred and forty (640) acres of land, lying in Hogback Township, on the waters of In-;- dian creek. Beginning on a white oak, E. D. Owen’s comer, and runs thence north 66 deg. east sixty (60) poles to a hickory' stump on top of the Blue Ridge; thence south 24 degrees east with S. A. Owen^s line to a stone, S. A. Owen’s comer, on top of the Blue Ridge; thence south with the- top of the Blue Ridge to a black oak, John. Kizer’s corner; thence west, running so as- to include all the vacant land on Indian ercek. B. A GILLESPIE, ♦ Entry T^ker.. Executrix Notice* . Notice is hereby given that the undei> signed has been appointed Executrix of the last will'and testament of W. B. Duck worth, deceased. All persons having claims against said estate are hereby noti fied that they must present same before the 25th day of November, 1911, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recov ery. All persons owing said estate are required to make immediate payment. MRS. ELLA F. DUCKWORTH. The Rev. Irl R. Hicks 1911 Almanac The Rev. Irl R. Hicks Almanao for 1911, that gnardian Angel in a htmdred thonsand homes, is now ready. Not many are now willing^ to be witlxout it and the Rev. Irl R. Hicks Magazine, Word and Works. The two are only One Dollar a year. The Almanac is 35c pre^id. No home or office shoald fail to send, for them to Word and Works Publishing Comi^any, St. Louis, Mo. I I