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IE FIRE. m TECTION. en everything else ilfls* prostratioo and^feoM^ they are the Wfnmsf thousands have ifntljflffn NEYJ.IVERA|U» liCHTROUVUt^ i nt medidns ev% fM droggist*ii ^ ' ONLY NEWSPAPER IH TRAMSYLVAMIA COUNTY * / J. J. MINER, OWNER ^ND MANAGER A. HOME PAFBR FOR HOME i^EOPLE—HOME PRINT VOLUME*XVI BREVAED,'‘NORTH CAEOLIlfA, ERIDAY, MARCH 31. 1911. -rs-' , - —^ «—— NUMBER*13 1 IT IS COMING! ■> Enthusiastic Raiiroail Meeting in Greenviile Prospects Bright for the Construction of the Greenville & Knoxville at an Early Date Wiiat tiie Brevard Delegation Tiitnic of ttie MM-k Magnificent Reception tiy ttie 6reenvili& Board of Trade- Ttie Brevard Delagates Acquitted Ttiemseives Witti Credit. THE LONG HOPED-filUAD WILL BE BUILT 148 PEftSONS PERISH IN A NEW YORK FIRE r victims C«$lil lil(e Bits lg a ■ Trap. DIAZ CABINET QUITS IN BODY Action is Taicen to End ttie Warring. SGQBES. LEAPED TO DEATH. CHIEF DEMAND OF REBELS. New York Experience One of Most Disastrous Fires, So Far as Loss of Life is Concerned, Since General Slocum Disaster. Last Thursday was a bi^ day for people living along the pro posed route of the G. &*K. rail road, because on that day it was publicly determined that the road will be built. A public meeting had been called by the Greenville Board of Trade for the purpose of getting an expression from those along the route, to which meeting both W. H. Patterson, president of the G. & K. and W. J. Oliver, re ceiver of the Knoxville, Sevier- ville & Eastern, were invited as speakers to unfold their plans in order that the Board of Trade might intelligently ask Green ville business men to subscribe f$200,000 to the capital stock of the road—which sum Mr. Pat terson had asked them to secure. The delegation from Brevard consisted of Welch! Galloway, J. L. Bell, E. W. Carter, F. L. De- Vane, B. G. Estes, J. W. McMinn and V. Fontaine. A part of these drove from Brevai'^d to Riverview, the present terminus of the G. & K., while the re mainder of the delegation went via Spartanburg on the morning train. On the same train were delegations from Hendersonville, Asheville, Knoxville, Canton and other points that are interested in the construction of this line. On arrival of the train in Greenville s the delegates were met by a committee from the Board of Trade and were given a 20-mile ride to the several cot ton mill towns which surround the city and to other points of interest, winding up at the Sans Souci Club, and from there to the Otteray hotel and Poinsett Club where the big meeting was scheduled to come off at night. The magnanimous reception of our delegation by the Board of Trade of Greenville has made a lasting im^pression in the minds of the Brevard business men who participated, and we believe that when the bands of steel have united the two, Greenville business men will find out that their reception of our delegation was a paying investment. But our readers are more vi tally concerned in what the meeting did towards building the G, & K. railroad. Mr. Patter son’s proposition as laid before them was that if the manufac turing aad business interests of Greenville would take §200,000 in capital stock of the road, one- half to be paid when it was built to Brevard and the other $100,- 000 when completed to Knoxville, he would have trains running to Brevard in 18 months, and to Knoxville in two and a half years. Mr. W. J. Oliver of Knoxville was greeted with tumultuous applause, and for severiil min utes it was impossible for him to be heard. He told the meeting that Knoxville would do its part, and that he would have his road built to Canton by the time Mr. Patterson gets to Brevard, and that a way would be found to build the connecting link from Brevard to Canton. The meeting harmonious and enthusiastic, and heading business men of Greenville were heard to say that if subscrip tions were called for the amount would be subscribed in 15 min utes, but the Board of Trade did not wish to be precipitate, so it was decided to have a committee of 25 look into the feasibility of the enterprise, and i4 investiga tion brought approval the $200,- 000 would be raised. So it looks now as if the long-haped-for con necting link between the farms, gardens and orchards of the French Broad valley and * the cotton mills of the piedmont sec tion is about to be realized. It is believed by everybody who attended that meeting and noted how earnestly desirous Green ville people are to get in closer touch with the coal fields of Ten nessee, that the road will be built. mi ' There is one feature of this meeting that gives us pleasure to record. The Brevard delega tion cam^ home with flying col ors. It was the speech of a Bre vard delegate which uncorked the bottled-up enthusiasm and literally “set the woods on fire.” No town ever got better adver tising than this little burg at that meeting—every one of the thou sand who were present knows that Brevard is on the map, and that its influence is not to be de spised. The concensus of opin ion now is THE G. & K. WILL BE BUILT. PEACE IS PROBABLE. Washington Believes Tliat It - Will Come for Mexico. A Washington dispatch says: With the departure for Mexico City of Fran cisco Leon de la Barra, the Mexican ambassador to the United States, who was appointed minister of foreigm af fairs in the new cabinet of President Diaz, official Washington believes the initial stage of an era of peace in Mex ico has beeai inaugurated. President Taft and Secretary of State Knox, as well as the members of the diplomatic corps who have evinced keen interest on behalf of their coun tries in the developments of the Mexi can situation, it is known, share this belief. One hundred and forty-eight persons —nine-tenths of them girls from the East Side—were crushed to death on the pavements, smothered in smoke or shriveled crisp in a factory fire, the worst disaster New York has known since the steamship General Slocum was burned to the water’s edge, off North Brother’s Island, in 1904. One hundred and forty-one bodies Were removed from the ruins, and seven of the forty injured died in hos pitals. This, it is believed, completes the list of dead, most of whom are un identified. Grief-crazed relatives be- fiieged the morgue as the bodies were laid out. ^ Nearly all, if not all, of the victims were employed by the Triangle Waist company, on the eighth, ninth and tenth floors of a ten-kory loft- building at No. 23 Washington Place, on the western fringe of the downtown whole sale clothing, fur and millinery dis trict. ~ The partners of the firm, Isaac Har^ rls and Maax Blanck, escaped un scathed from the office pn the tenth floor, carrying with them over an ad joining roof Blanck’s two young daughters and a governess. There was not an outside fire escape on the building. How the fire started will, perhaps, never be known. A corner on the eighth floor was its point of origin, and the three upper floors only were swept. ' i On the ninth floor fifty bodies were found; sixty-three or more persons were crushed to death by jumping, and more than thirty clogged the ele vator shafts. The loss to prop'ei'ty will not exceed 110,000. At Special Meeting Diaz Cabinet Re signs in Body in tlie Hope That Ac tion Will Result in the Establish ment of Peace. The Diaz cabinet resigned , in a body at a special meeting of that board Fri day. The reason given for the action in an official announcement is the belief that it will contribute to the re-estab lishment of peace and facilitate the reforms which are in contemplation. Enrique C. Creel, minister of foreign relations, presented the resignation in behalf of all of the ministers. General Diaz thanked the retiring members for their efficient and patri otic co-operation in the past, and an nounced that he would postpone his accefM;ance or rejection uptil later. The resignation included that of Ramon Corral as minister ot the de- partm^t of gobernacion, correspond ing tG* the department of the interior in the United States, but not as vice- president. BANDITS ROB TRAIN. Five Men Said to Have Secured $20,- 000 From Express Car. For two hours six masked men held St. Louis, Iron Mountain and South ern passenger train No^ 104 at a stand still on the prairie, about six miles south of Coffeyville, Kan., while they blew open a safe in the express car. They escaped in two automobiles, car rying with them money and valuables which, it is believed, will amount to ?20,000. The train left Little Rock bbund for Kansas City. It reached Lenapah, Okla., half an hour late. Just after the train left LeJiapah, Engineer Lynch heard a sharp c^: “Hands up!” Turijng, he saw a masked man sit ting on the tender, pointing a revol ver at him. ‘Tm going to ride a little way with you,” said the man; “drive on.” The engineer obeyed. About four miles out of Lenapah, the robber com pelled the engineer to stop the train near a clump of trees. Five more masked men came out of the woods, and taking position on each ^e of the train, began shooting in fte air and along the side of the train. Then, while two bandits stood guard to pre vent any passengers from leaving, the four marched the engineer and fire man to the day coach and locked them in. They then proceeded to rob the train in true bandit style, after terror izing the passengers in the day coaches and sleepers. The place was a lonely one where the bandits stopped the train, and they proceeded leisurely with the work. Railroad officials deny that the rob bers secured ^as much as $20,000 from the express car. A dispatch from El Paso, Texas, says: Widespread political reforms in Mexico, with the abolition of direct federal control of the jefes politicos and popular election of governors of states, are seen by the revolutionai y junta here in the announcement of the resignation of the cabinet. Whether the cabinet’s retirement would have the effect of allaying the Insurrection, the revolutionary leaders would not say. They preferred, they said, to aWait immediate developments expected at the Mexican capital. Th€p<loUowing statement was issued: “If the insurrection ha« had the ef fect of retiring the cabinet, it will soon go further and retire Diaz. It will have the result ultimately of giv ing to the people a free, ballot, guar anteed under the * constitution of 1857.” TO BOOM THE SOUTH. $500,000 Will Be Raised to Conduct Advertising Camplaign. - RUSSIA-CHINA CLASH. Trouble Seems to Be Brewing In the Fir East. A London dispatch says: Private ca bles received by London business houses from representatives in the far east are disquieting.' They assert that it is expected Russia will soon de clare war against China. The rate at Lloyd’s to cover risks on the outbreak of hostilities within four weeks jumped from 5 to 10 guineas per cent. Anti-clerical rioting occurred at Sao Paulo, Brazil. Several persons were killed. A half-million dollars will be raised to advertise the south and southern business opportunities as a result of a conference of advertising agents held at Washington, D. C., under* the auspices of the Southern Commercial- Congress. The plans provide for the realizing of an immediate fund of $100,000 a year for five years to advertise the south through the Southern Commer cial Congress as the clearing house for Dixieland, this educational propagan da and its advertising newspapers in the leading publications through the country, particularly in th^great met ropolitan dailies. Five leading lines of exploitation will be followed: Desirable farm lands available, for settlement and cultiva tion by the new commerce trom the north seeking homes In the south; in dustrial opportunities, manufacturing institutions; power plants, etc.; com mercial opportunities in the various states of the south and the superior advantages of each; bona fide invest ment opportunities In the south and the returns from them and complete data concerning same. An elaborate and systematic follow- up campaign is being formulated to care for the inquiries that will come to the congress as.a result of the pro posed publicity. SWEPT OUT BY FIRE, Connty Government*. Representative—^Thos..S. Wood. Clerk Superior Court- C6s. 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 Miller. ^ ' Superintendent of Schools—T. C. Hen derson. Physician—Dr. Goode Cheatham. Attorney—Robert L. Gash. ' Town Government*. Mayor—W. E. Brlese, 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 Gfl5cer—Dr. C. W. Hunt. Regular meetings—First Monday night in each month. SOUTHEHN RAILWAY, COMPANY Transylvania Division. In effect January 2,1911. N. B —Schedules figures given aR Information only, a,ud not guaranteed. 't Eastern Standard Time J? 65 STATIONS P M 3 40 3 45 4 4' 5 00 Lv Asheville Ar Lv „Her»dersonville...Ar ...West Hendersonviiie A M 11 3d 10 25 10 22 10 10 10 0.*) 10 02 9 56 9 49 9 42 9 33 9 30 9 24 9 06 9 01 8 58 8 54 8 50 8 43 8 34 8 25 5 05 5 08 5 13 5 20 6 26 5 .^4 5 36 5 42 6 5,5 Fisgah Forest Ar Brevard Lv 6 02 6 04 6 08 r Cherryaeid ... .«.,Gal vert........ 6 12 6 21 Quebec 6 30 6 40 Reid’s. Ar...Lake Toxaway...ijv * ® through trains between Asheville and Lakje Toxaway, No. 5 connects at He« dersnnville with the Carolina Special for Spartanburg, Columbia and Charleston, and at Spartan but g with Nos. 11 and 12 for Atlanta and Charlotte. For tickets and full information apply to E. W. CARTER, Ag’t J. H. WOOD, Dist. Pass. Ag’t, Asheville, N,C ^Professional Cards. iLAWYER 11 and 12 McMinn Building Notary Public. , W. W. ZAGHARY Attorney-at»-Law BREVARD, N. C. H. G. BA1L£Y Civil and Consulting Engineer and Surveyor' BREVARD AND HENDERSONNILLE. N. C. Fayette, Ala., Said to Have Suffered Heavy Loss. It is reported that Fayette, Ala., forty-five miles east of Columbus, Ga, on the line of the Southern railway, between Columbus and Birmingham, has been swept out by fire. The handsome new court house, jail, new bank and every business house in the place is gutted. Fayette is called the natural gas town of Ala bama, for the recent' discoveries of gas there have aroused much interest. The gas we^s are about a mile from the town. How the conflagration started has not been learned. NOTICE-Change in Hour of Meeting. By a vote of Dnnns RocJk Lodge at last regular communication the hour of meeting was changed and. the following will be the hours un til further notice: Jan. 13, 1911, meeting at 2 p. m. Hereafter the meetings will alternate—February, meeting at 8 p. m., March, at 2 p. m., etc. ^ All members are urged to attend thepe meetings. Visiting Masons cordially invited. Jan. 9,1911. Welch Galloway, Sec’y* Two fishing tugs are believed to have been lost in the icy gales which swept Lake Erie recently. The tugs Sisco, of Cleveland, and the Silver Spray, of Erie, Pa., which left Cleve land 'With the fishing fleet, did not re turn as was expected. There are six men on the Silver Spray and eight on the Sisco. • The Rev. Irl R. Hicks 1911 Almanac The Rev. Irl R. Hicks Almanac for 1911, that guardian Angel in a hundred thousand homes, is now ready. Not many are now willing to be without it and the Rev. Irl R. Hicks Magazine, Word and Works. The Jtwo are only One Dollar a year. The Almanac is 35c prepaid. No home or office should fail to send for them to Word and Works Publishing Company, St. Louis^ Mo. if .-.a '-J- ■