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BREVABD, NORTH CAROLINA* I'RIDAY. FEBRUARY 3.191L
NUM^ER*5
Railroa^News!
The Gmvii & KniHvllle
To Be ComplatBil!
Mortgage for Six Million Dollars Has
Been Filed for Rigistration in
Greenville County, S. C.
It Ms Now as if tiiis loog-Waoted Road Will Be
Built in tlio Near Fotore, and Our Transylvania
People Shooid Prepare to Reap Its Bonofits
Watch Brevard Grow!
the Knoxville -end the Knoxville,
Sevierville & Eastern has been coh-
strncted as far 'as Sevierville.
Should the K. & GFV people co-oper
ate with the T. & N. C. road, a very
important strip of road already in
operation through 4ii€i gorge of the
Pigeon river would' be acquired.
Between Knoxville and Harri-
man, the Knoxvillei Harriman &
Eastern railway, has already let
contracts for the construction of
about 30 miles. At^'Harriman con
nection would bo made with the
Teunesseo Central which may be
come ^ part of this system.
ECUADOR IS MAD
WITH UNCLE SAM
From Greenville Daily News.
“To provide funds for the im
provement, changes and extensions
already contracted for and in con
templation,” the Greenville &
Knoxville Railway has been mort
gaged to the Central Bank & Trust
Company, of Atlanta. A copy of
the mortgage, filed in the office of
the Greenville County Register of
Mesne Conveyance, states among
other things that it is the, desire of
the mortgagors to issue bonds on
the property to the extent of $40,-
000 for each mile of the road al
ready completed and on each mile
yet to be built, and dxtend the
railroad from its present terminus
at River view to Knoxville, Tenn.
Inasmuch as there are already 25
miles of the road built, it will be
seen that the promoters have some
$1,040,000 as a fund with which to
begin the construction of the pro
posed extension. It is understood
that Mr. W. J. Oliver of Knoxville,
Tenn., has already constructed a
railroad from Knoxville to Sevier
ville, Tenn., a town some 30 odd
miles this side of his home city.
Since the mortgage filed in the
office Of the Register states that
the proposed extension of the G. &
K. is to go through Sevierville, it is
not improbable that the mortgagors
of the latter road will either ac
quire the use of or purchase this
line and enter Knoxville over it.
The mortgage filed in the local
Register’s office states that the
bonds to be issued will be used, in
part, to pay certain debts of the
company secured by a trust deed of
Feb. 1st, 1906. This deed is first
mortgage bonds held by the Central
Bank & Trust Company for $325,-
000. Gejperal mortgage 5 per cent,
gold bonds are to be issued of the
denomination of $1,000 each. Pay
ment is to be secured by a mort
gage on the railway equipment, its
franchises and all its other prop
erty.
The agreement, as recorded in
the mortgage, was made on the 1st
of October. At a meeting of the
stockholders of the Greenville &
Knoxville Railway Company, held
August 10th, 1910, it was decided
that in order to pay the outstand
ing debts of the company and carry
out certain improvements general
mortgage, 5 per cent, gold bonds
would be issued, the same to be
payable at the financial agency of
the company either in Atlanta or
New York on the 1st day of Decem
ber, 1940, to be dated from Decem
ber 1st, 1910. .
As has been stated, there are
some 26 miles of the road already
huilt. This, mortgaged at $40,000
l^r mile, would yield over one mil
lion dollars. The line already con
structed extends from Greenville to
Riverview, a^ distance of some 26
miles. While rails have been laid
covering this distance, it is under
stood that the line has been graded
some four or five miles farther to a
point designated as River Falls.
Those who have been in that region
of the county of lat« say that the
grading done on this extension has
about been completed and that the
road traversed some very rough
country.
The proposed route of the exten
sion, as specified in the mortgage,
will be across the Saluda Moun
tains. Leaving Riverview, the
present terminus, the line will go
on to River Falls, some four or five
miles farther. Passing from Green
ville county the line will enter
North Carolina by way of Hender
son county. This county will be
traversed, as will Transylvania
county. The line will touch at or
near Brevard. Buncpmbe county
will be crossed next, the line touch
ing at or near Asheville. Haywood
county will be traversed next, the
line touching at or near Canton.
From here the line will extend up
Pigeon River valley, passing thro’
the Great Smoky Mountains and
into Cocke county. Tenn. Sevier
county will then be crossed, with
the line touching at or near Sevier
ville. From here the road will ex
tend through Knox county to the
city of Knoxville.
The mortgage bears the signa
tures of the president of the G. &
K. Railway Company, W. H. Pat
terson, and the secretary, D. C.
Patterson; the president of the
Central Bank & Trust Company,
Asa G. Candler, and the secretary
of the same company, A. R. Coles.
From Knoxville Sentindl.
In connection w;tth the K. S &
which was built by W. J. Oliver,
the railroad wizard of thi« city and
finainceS by the Knoxville Banking
& Trust company, it has been con
templated that it would be extend
ed beyond Sevierville and through
the Tennessee*Carolina mountains
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into the seaboard country, there to
make connections for the Atlantic
coast. The propgsed connection
with the Greenvill'p & Knoxville is
through a route in the mountains
that is said to be the only available
unoccupied motitetain pass. Sur-
veys and rights of way are said to
have been ' secured through this
pass, and to be in control of the K.,
& S. E. people. This, therefore,
gives Mr. Oliver a distinct advant
age.
The Greenville & Knoxville is
controled by the Pattersons of At
lanta, who are closely associated
with Mr Oliver. They have, there
fore, been working in harmony,
with a view to connecting their re
spective lines and thereby making
one through railroad that^will have
splendid earning power, i)enetrat-
ing a rich, nndeve^oped section of
the south. It will also create a new
outlet for the coal mining interests
of East Tennessee,;; particularly if
the pi^oposrd 0IWan e!fctension
of the Tennessee Central into this
city to connect with the K., S. &
E., is puifc through.
When seen today, and asked con
cerning the project, Mr. Oliver
stated that it is true that thoiGreen-
ville & Knoxville is to be extended
westv/ard and the K., S. & E. will
go eastward. The two lines will
ultimately connect, he said, and at
Greenville the road will have con
nections with .other lines for the
Atlantic coast, thereby giving
Knoxville another direct line to the
seaboard.
Mr. Oliver said he expected a
party of financiers in Knoxville
within the next few days, to look
over the local situation and to e:^-
amine the Sevierville railroad prop
erty. The visit, he said, will be in
connection with the railroad ex
tension plan, which Mr. Oliver says
is sure to become effective at once.
V-
WHAT MR. PAHERSON SAYS
When Brevard, first hearrd the
Serious
Demonstrations
Been Made.’
Have
ANTi-AM WN RliTTS.
Opposition to Proposed Lease of . Gala*
pogos Islands Has Resulted in Anti-
American Riots—Troops Used to Re*
pptss the Mobs. ' ,
The opposition of the people to the
proposed lease of the xGalapagos Is-
glands to the United States has result
ed in the most serious demonstrations
of ill feeling against everything Amer
ican seen in Guayaquil, Ecuador, in
many years. The disorders, which be
gan Friday, were continued all
through Saturday and an immense
crowd, numbering not less than 10,000
persons, headed by Ignacio Robles,
marched to the government palace for
the purpose of protesting to President
Alfaro.
Troops with loaded rifles prevented
the crowds from approaching,- and on'y
Robles was received by the president
as the people’s delegate. He informed
President Alfaro that Ecuadoreans
were opposed to any negotiations ■'(v^ith
the United States on the subject of
the Galapagos Islands. After a lengthy
interview the president said that in
view of the manifest opposition, the
government would desist in its pro
posal to negotiate the lease.
Notwithstanding thiife promise the
crowds still remained in the streets,
parading in many of the thorough
fares.. Mounted troops have been dis
tributed in all parts of the city for
the purpose of maintaining order. De
tachments of armed guards are also
surrounding the palace.
From Asheville Gazette-News.
The Greenville &; Knoxville rail
road, projected between those two
cities, via. Asheville and Canton, is
attracting marked attention and the
probability of its early completion
ne^er looked brighter. There is a
very interesting rumor going the
rounds in some circles that the
Louisville & Nashville is interested
in seeing this road completed. The
Knoxville Journal * and Tribune
says: “It was stated Thursday
night by a gentleman in a position
to know that the Louisvilfe & Nash
ville railway is probably interested
in the scheme of financing the new
line from Greenville to the middle
west, but so far, the name ot the
L. & N. has not been conspicuous
in reported plans.”
To complete this road all that is
necessary is to build several con
necting links. On the Greenville
end about 25 miles is already com
pleted and in operation, while on
news our citizens thought it al
most too good to be true, and
were anxious to hear from head
quarters, so Mr. Estes wired to
Mr. Patterson and this is his re-
4
ply:
Greenville & Knoxvill Railway Co.,
^ 231 Candler Building,
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 27.
/
Mr. B. G. Estes, Brevard, N. C.—
Dear Mr. Estes: Answering your
wire of early this day, I beg to say
that I do not know of anyone who
should be more interested in the
announcement of a $6,000,000.00
mortgage by the Greenville & K!nox-
ville Railway than ourselves. I am
not at liberty to state anything
further than to say that such a
mortgage would not have been is
sued without some good reason
thererfor,and I very earnestly hope
that before a great while a definite
announcement in connection with
the road which will be most satis
factory to ^erybody concerned
will be mado, ! ^
Very truly,
W. H. Patterson, President.
At the Restaurant.
**Pah, waiter! How long do you keep
eggs here?”
“Until ate, sir.”—Lippincott’s.
NEUTRALITY VIOLATED,
Troops Sent by U. S. to Guard Mexican
Border.
Determined that the territory of the
United States' shiUl not be used as
base of revolutionary expeditions
against Mexico, the Washington gov
ernment has taken steps to increase
materially the American military and
customs forces guarding the frontier.
The secretary of war issued orders
more than trebling the soldiers guard
ing the border line, and the secretary
of the treasury authorized the collec
tor of customs at El Paso, Texas, to
appoint ten additional deputy collec
tors of customs in order to establish
a more effective survey of smugglers
It is understood that these orders were
issued by direction of the president
upon ^representations from the Mexi
can embassy that the neutrality of the
United States was being violated.
Secretary Dickinson directed that
the military patrol of the border be in
creased by six troops of cavalry from
Fort Sam Houston, Texas, detach
ments of mounted infantry from Forts
tVhipple, Ariz., and Wingate, N. M.
The army officers have been instructed
to co-operate w*th the marshals of the
department of justice and the customs
ofilcials of the treasury department
stationed along the border.
GET DEATH SENTENCE.
Mutinous Sailors of Hatien Gunboat
Tried by Courtmartial.
Twenty-three officers, non-commis
aioned officers and sailors, survivors of
the Haitien gunboat Liberte, which
sank at sea off Port de Paix last Oc
tober, following an explosion, were
tried by a military tribunal, charged
with mutiny. They were found, guilty
of complicity with the massacre of the
<ionimander of the Liberte and several
Haitien generals, who were on board
and of burning the boat. All 'were
condemned to death.
RJ^ports of the disaster to the Lib
erte estimated that 70 persons either
•were killed or drowned when the ves
sel was blown up. No, mention was
made in the dispatches of a mutiny.
When the Liberte/sailed from Port-au
Prince she had aboard 90 persons, only
20 odd of whom were said to have es
caped. Ten Haitien generals, on theii
way to take command of the several
divisions of troops in the department
Of the north, perished. The Liberte
was formerly the steaiA yacht
King.
The planing mill, cedar chest fac
tory and a woodworking plant of the
Vestal Lumber company, located three
miles outside of Knoxville, Tenn.
were destroyed by fire. Loss |40,000
fully covered by insurance. The im
mense lumber yard of the concern was
saved.
— — •
Mrs. Judson C. Clements, wife of
Judge Clements, of the Interstate com*
merce commission, is ill in Washing
ton city with double pneun^nia. _
Coanty Government*.
Representative—^Thos. S. Wood.
Clerk Superior Court— Cos. Paxton.
Sheriff and Tax Collector — Fred. 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 'filler.
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 Tjk Collector—T. H. Gallo-
way.
Treasurer—T. H. Shipman.
Health Officer—^Dr. C. W. Hunt.
Regular meetings—First Monday^^ight
in each month.
ProfesMonal Cords.
^nRTiTGAsiL
LAWYER
11 and 12 McMiim Building
Notary Public. ^
W. W. ZASHARY
Attorney-at>-Law
BREVARD, N. C.
H. G. BAILEY
Civfl and Consulting Engineer
and Surveyor
BREVARD AND JiERDERSONNiLlE. R. C.
NOTt^ OF EXECUTRtX.
Having* qualified as executrix of
the last will and testament of Wash
ington E. Galloway, late of the coun
ty of Transylvania, this is to notify
all persons having claims a&rainst 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. Ail persons indebted
to said estate will make immediate
settlement. This July 9th, 1910.
SARAH LUCINDA GALLOWAY,
W^lch Galloway, atty. ^Executrix.
ADMINISTRATOR’S. NOTICE.
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* 2568*
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. OwenJs comer,'and runs thence north
^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 corner, 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 Taker.
Executrix Notice# ,
Notice is hereby ^ven that the under
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
noticc will be plead in bar of their recov
ery. All persons owing said estate are
required to make immediate payment.
MRS. ELLA F. DUCKWORTH.
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