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J. J. MINER, OWMER AND MANAGER
VOLUME^XVI
BREVABD, NORTH CAEOIi0A. FRIDAY, MAY 19.1911.
STEAMERS COLLIDE
m THEJIGH SEAS
Ward Liner Merida Is Rammed
liy Farragut.
WERE RESCUED
Rammed Vessel Sank in Five Hours
After the Disaster—^Tiie Battleship
Iowa Hurried to the Rescue, and
Did Good Service.
The steamship Merida, of the Ward
line, with 207 passengers, from Ha
vana for New York, was rammed by
the steamer Admiral Farragut, from
Philadelphia for Port Antonio, off
Cape Charles. y
The Merida’s passengers and crew
were transferred to the Admiral Far-
ragut. Five hours after the collision,
the Merida sank.
Wireless distress signals brought
the United States battleship Iowa to
the Merida’s assistance. The Admiral
Farragut, which had but one passen
ger aboard, was somewhat damaged in
the ccllision, but was able to return
to Philadelphia.
Officers of thte Merida went among
the passengers and assured them
there was no danger. The transfer of
passengers to the Farragut was ef
fected in lifeboats. The Merida’s
passengers lost all their baggage, and
many reached the Farragut only part
ly dressed.
The Merida was built in Philadel
phia in 1906, and has a gross tonnage
of 6,207. The Admiral Farragut,
owned by the American Mail Steam
ship company, is in the service of the
United Fruit company between Phila
delphia and Port Antonio. The Ad
miral Farragut had a tonnage of
3,200.
MUST WEAR SOBER GARB.
Sweet Girl Graduates Denied Fluffs,
Flowers and Finery.
Efforts to compel the girls of the
senior class in Radcliffe college, at
Cambridge, Mass., to wear “plain and
simple costumes” on commencement
day aroused emphatic protests, and
some of the seniors declare that they
will forego their diplomas rather than
submit.
The new ruling, as posted by the
marshals, is as follows.
“Commencement dresses must be
plain and academic, in order that
there may be uniformity in costume,
as follows:
“Each girl must wear a plain tail
ored waist with long sleeves, a plain
white skirt (no buttons) three inches
from the ground. Academic gown, tv/o
inches above the bottom of the skirt.
White linen collar. Small white bow
tie. White belt, with either no buckle
or a pearl one. Black "Oxford shoes
and black stockings. No jewelry, no
flowers, no ornaments on the hair, no
fancy hat-pins.”
UNIFORM MEMORIAL DAY.
Savannah Delegation to Little Rock
Convention Will Make Fight.
Savannah Confederate veterans will
make a strong effort at the reunion in
Little Rock this month to have the
Ignited Confederate Veterans declare
for a uniform Memorial day.
Delegates from both camps of vet
erans at Savajinah are preparing a res-
clution that will bring the matter be
fore the convention, and the hope is
expressed that it will result in favora
ble action.
In Georgia, Alabama, Florida and
Mississippi, April 26 is Memorial day;
in North Carolina and South Carolina,
it is May 10; in Tennessee, May 12;
Louisiana, June 3, and Virginia May
30.
$30,000,000 PENALTIES.
Failure to File Schedules With Reve
nue Collector A/lay Cost Dear.
Three thousand corporations in Chi
cago have failed to file schedules with
Internal Revenue Collector Joseph M.
Fitch and may be forced to pay approx
imately $30,000,000 in penalties to the
government.
On June 1 Mr. Fitch will ask United
States District Attorney Sims to insti
tute suits against all the corporations
delinquent on that date. Final notices
have been sent to all. The penalty for
ailure to respond is a fine of from
?1.000 to $10,000.
Other ha^d, approximately
^.000 corporations in this district
“ave filed schedules, and it is believed
ousands of dollars more in. taxes
n be collected this year than last,
en the law first became applicable.
Too Strenuous.
j* our dreams came true.”
^ usually have Welsh
raobits for supper.”—Variety Life.
HIGHWAY INpGRSED.
Florida Cities Interested In Rodd Im
provements.
A meeting was called at the
Blanche' hotel, at Lake City, when a
number of representative citizens
congregated for the purpose of dis
cussing matters vital to the best In
terests of the community.
Among the matters discussed and
commented upon was the desirability
of an improved highway from Taiapa
to connect with the New Ybr^-Atlan-
ta-Lake City-Jacks!onville highway,
now marked out and under construc
tion. All agreed that the iTroposed
new highway should be built, and the
advisability of discussing the ipatter
with representative citizens of Tampa
and intervening points of the major
and. minor localities interested was
considered and agreed upon.
LONGER OFFICIAL TERMS.
Legislator McLeod Introduces Joint
Resolutions.
Representative McLeod, of Santa
Rosa county, has introduced two very
important house joint resolutions in
the Florida legislature, providing for
the submitting to the people of two
constitutional amendments. One of
these seeks to lengthen the term of
county tax assessors, tax collectors
and county treasurers from two to
four years. The other, if submitted
by a three-fifths vote of both hous®s
and voted upon favorably by the peo
ple of the state, will make the terms
of members of the lower house in the
legislature four years long instead of
two as they now are.
Both of these joint resolutions have
been introduced and ar^ pending ac
tion by the legislature.
PROBING SUGAR COMBINE.
Recommended by House Committee on
Rules—Hardwick’s Resolution.
Investigation of the American Sugar
Refining company and all other con
cerns engaged in the manufacture or
refining of sugar, to ascertain whether
there have been violations of the anti
trust laws, was recommended by the
house committee on rules at Wasbing-
ton.
The resoliJtfon of inqu!ry,lntroduced
by Representative Hardwick, of Geor
gia, provides for a special committee
of nine members of the house. Chair
man Henry, of the rules committee,
expects to report it tp the house.
The original resolution provided for
Inquiry into the affairs of the Ameri
can Sugar Refining company alone,
but the scope was broadened to in
clude all sugar manufacturtrs.
SHAFT FOR MRS. EDDY.
Will Be Grander Than Any Similar
Structure in the United States.
A monument, grander than any sim
ilar structure in the United States, is
to be erected over the remains of
Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy by the Chris
tian Scientists, says a Boston dispatch.
Designs are now being prepared for
the directors of the mother church.
The remains of the leader of the
Christian Science church are resting
in a hermetically sealed casket im
bedded in a solid mass of cement in
Mount Auburn cemetery. Directly
over this will be erected the monu*
ment.
LOSS IS OVER $125,000.
Only Five Stores Spared by Fire in
the Alabama Town.
With the better portion of the busi
ness section of Stevenson, Ala., in
ashes, and with a loss estimated at
over $125,000, the inhabitants tace a
serious situation.
The fire, which broke out at mid
night Saturday night, burned fiercely
until 4 o’clock Sunday morning.
There was no water available, and
dynamite was freely used in the effort
to arrest progress of the flames. This
was unsuccessful until two entire
blocks had been destroyed. The town
is left with but five stores. .
There was little insurance on the
property destroyed.
BRIBE GIVERS
TO BE iniCTED
Ohio investigation t(^ Sweep-
. ing In Giiai^er.
6RIRB JURY JS PROBiNG.
Investigation of Bribe Offers Will Not
Be Confined to Those Men Who
Hahdled Money, But Those Who
Supplied It.
It was Indicated at Columbus, Ohio,
that indictments for perjury were
likely as a result of .some evidence
given before the grand jury in con
nection with the bribery investiga
tion. Jt also was made clear that lob
byists would be indicted if sufficient
testimony can be gf^gjjired to convict.
The intimation was “^iven out that
the investigation of bribe offers would
not be confined to men who handled
money, but those who supplied it
would be immune.
It is said a. score of detectives are
in the city. Many of the well-known
lobbyists, who have been coming to
Columbus foy years, are conspicuous
by their absence. Som6 .are' reported
to have left the state. Today a clew
was taken up looking to the implica
tion of a member of the house, who
demanded $10,000 to *wd in the pas
sage of one bill.
The indicted legislators were ar
raigned today. All pleaded not guilty.
The trials will begin during the week
of May 15. The legislators will seek
delay.
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NUMBER*18
SETBACK TO STATEHOOD.
Resolution to Resubmit Constitutions
is Approved.
Advocates of immediate statehood
for New Mexico and Arizona were
given a setback at Washington, when
the committee on territories reported
to the house a re^
submitting to 1^e''pebppS ' the' tv?6
territories their respective constitu
tions.
The resolution provides that Ari
zona iaust vote upon the recall provis-1
ions with the clause relating to recall'
of judges eliminated. New Mexico
must vote upon a change in its pro-'
posed constitution which makes the in- ]
Rtrument easier to amend, providing
that if a majority of the voters favor
an amendment it shall become part of
the constitution.
FELL FROM THIRD STORY.
Son of Late Thomas F. Bayard Is
Dead From the Shock. |
Nine hours after he had fallen or
jumped from the third story of a
veranda below at the Garfield hos-,
pital, Philip Bayard, of Wilmington,
Del., a son of the late Thomas F. Bay
ard, who was secretary of state and
ambassador to England, died at Wash- ^
ington. An autopsy revealed that *
Bayard suffered from pericarditis, and
died from a shock which broke no
bones and which hardly would have
resulted seriously to a man in normal
health.
Mr. Bayard had been under the care
of a physician since he went to Wash-,
ington recently from Baltimore.
DICKINSON RESIGNS.
TALK OF ADJOURNING.
Hot Weather is Proving Too Much for
Congressional Solons. I
Although the special session of con-1
gress is but little more than a month
old, talk of adjournment has already
become general. Republicans in both,
branches have been hinting that a re
cess during the hot weather would not |
interfere with legislation, while many'
democrats in the house are beginniag
to believe they will be through with
all they care to enact of their legisli^
tive prograin within another month.
Only Democratic Member of Taft's ^
Cabinet Quits.
A Washington dispatch says: Secre
tary of War Jacob McGavock Dickin
son, of Tennessee, the democratic
member of President Taft’s cabinet,
has resigned. Henry L. Stimson, of
New York recently defeated republi
can candidate for governor of that
state, has been given the war port
folio.
In the letters exchanged between
the president and Mr. Dickinson, no
reason other than that of pressing
private affairs is given for the secre
tary's retirement.
Mr. Dickinson will go to his Ten
nessee home immediately upon the
qualification of his successor. He ex
pects to devote his attention to bus
iness and will not return to the prac
tice of law, in which lie was engaged
when President Taft appointed him
.secretary of war, in March, 1909.
Mrs. Patrick Cain and her step
daughter, Elllen, were burned to death
at Rawdon, N. Y., when fire desteoyed
their home.
Creeping Plants.
Many plants have the power to shift
their quarters. The orchid can move
one step every year.
MISFORTUNES.
If all the misfortunes of mankind
were cast into apublic stock in order
that th^ might be ^ualiy distributed
among the whole apedes those who
now look upon themsehres as the
most unhappy of mortak would pre
fer the share they are already pos
sessed of before that share whidi
would fall to them by such div^ion.
—Socrates.
A CHAPTER . While Ensign Pay-
OF ton, of the Salvatioij
CASUALTIES. Army, was exhorting
penitents to come forward and confess
their sins, at Los Angeles, Cal., Frank
A. Campbell, aged 24, a Kentuckian,
walked up the aisle knelt in prayer
for a moment and then drew a re
volver and fired a bullet into his right
breast. He died shortly afterward at
a hospital.
Mrs* Sybil Burnsby, a sister of
Baron Delamere, was injured probably
fatally in a fall from a third-story
window of her residence in Wilton
place, London. ^ Witnesses reported to
the public that servants appeared to
be making an effort to keep the wo
man from the window before they
saw her drop to the ground. Mrs.
Burnsby married Lieutenant Algernon
E. Burnsby, of the Royal Horse
Guards, in 1896, and divorced him in
1901 following his elopement with a
married woman. ^ ' >
Searchers hunting for J. L. Benton,
missing from his home on the Shell
road in Norfolk county, Virginia,
found his body on the edge of the
woods neaf Paradise creek. There
was a hole In the face, which showed
that the man had been killed by a load
from a shotgun. No trace of the mur
derer has been found. Mr. Benton had
been missing from his home since Fri
day. When he left home he had $900
in his pocket. When his body was
found the money was missing.
After an unsuccessful att^pt to
shoot a crow, John Collins, 82, a farm
er, lies dead at his home near Hender
sonville, N. C., the victim of a recoil
ing gun. He had killed two birds,
when he missed the third invadef and
was hit in the chest with the butt end
of his gun. After suffering intensely
for several hours, Mr. Collins died.
The deceased, who was a prosperous
farmer and highly-respected citizen,
leaves a wife and several children.
Dr. Jose Madriz, the man placed in
the presidency of Nicaragua by Jose
Santos Zelaya as his successor when
he was forced to flee, died at Mexico
City from Bright’s disease. Dr. Ma
driz came to Mexico City when he was
forced to escape from his country as
the result of war waged by Estrada.
Since the first year/Jhe has jjracticed
law. His family is here. The inter
ment will be in the local Spanish cem
etery.
While going after a patient at In
dianapolis, Ind., the city hospital afn-
bulance was struck by a College ave
nue street car at East Tenth street,
killing Dr. Andrew C. Cooper, an in
terne, 29 years old, and seriously in
juring Miss Gladys Freeland, aged 22,
a nurse. The-ambulance was thrown
on its side and badly damaged, but the
chauffeur, Grover McClain, jumped
and escaped serious injury.
Fire at Mobile Ala., destroyed the
boiler-room of the Dauphin Lumber
company, causing damages of $15,000
to $20,000. The power plant, kilns sev
eral small buildings'and about 400,000
feet of lumber, were destroyed. A
shifting of the wind saved the entire
plant from destruction. Officials of
the company say the loss is fully cov
ered by insurance.
Clad only in his underclothes, a man
who gave his name as Bradford P.
Walker, was discovered attempting to
break into the Tutonia Bank and
Trust company, ^t New Orleans,
through the skylight. When ques
tioned, Bradford appeared to have
been drinking heavily, and could give
no reason for his action. He was
badly cut about the hands and feet.
In the presence of several of the
most prominent citizens mt Pratt City,
a suburb of Birmingham, S. S. Cade
shot and Instantly killed W. M.
Lacey. The men quarreled over a
debt. Lacey was a brother of former
Mayor Lacey, of Pratt City. A bul
let struck Dr. C. S. Gaston in the
hand.
Confirmation was received at Tam
pa, Fla., of the loss of the Gulf Refin
ing company’s schooner Queen, of
that city, with the five members of the
crew some time during the storm on
the gulf eight days ago. Fishermen,
returning to Panama City, report find
ing the schooner upside down on
shoals off St. Joseph’s bay.
Y. E. West, a prominent farmer, was
shot and instantly killed at Zenello,
La., by his steprson, John Napier.
West secured his gun after a quarrel
with his wife and threatened to §hoot
her. She ran out of the house, when
young Napier appeared on the scene.
Coming up behind West, Napier shot
him in the back of the head, it is said.
A passenger train on the Elmira
and Cortland division of the Lehigh
Valley railway, due at Elmira, N. Y.,
was wrecked about eight miles north
of that city, and twenty passengers
were injured, three of them perhaps
fatally. The tender, baggage car and
two coaches were derailed.
The fire in the Boston mine of the
Delaware and Hudson company at
Larksville, Pa., where five men were
suffocated by smoke, has been extin
guished. The company officials say
the damage to the workings wilV be
comparatively slight.
Profes^nol Cards.
R. li. GASH.
(LAWYER.
11 and 12 McMiim Building
Notary Public.
. W.W.ZAQHARY
Attorney-at»-Law
BREVARD, k. C.
H. G. BAILEY
Civil and Consultins^ Engliteer
and Surveyor
BREVARD AND HEKOERSONNILLE. N. Cl
County GovemmenL.
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 Miller.
Superintendent of Schools—T. C. Hen
derson.
Physician—Dr. Goode Cheatham.^
Attorney—Robert L. Gash.
Town Government*.
Mayor—W. E. Breese, jr.
Board of Aldermen—W, ]|I. Henry, C. C.
Kilpatrick, T. L. Snelson, W. S. Ashworth,
J. E. Cox.
COMMITTEES
Streets—T. L. Snelson, C. C. Kilpatrick,
W. S. Ashworth.
Water—C. C. Kilpatrick, W. M. Henry,
J. E. Cox. /
Sanitaiy—T. L. Snelson, C. C. Kilpat
rick, "W. S. Ashworth.
Fin^ce^W. M. Henry, W, S- Ashworth,
J. E. Cox.
Police—W. S. Ashworth, C. C. Kilpatrick,
T. L. Snelson.
Lights—J. E. Cox, T. L. Snelson, C. C.
Kilpatrick.
Mayor Pro Tem.—W. M. Henry.
Chief Fire Department—C. M. Doyle.
Health Oflicer—W. J. Wallis. ^
Policemen—T. B. Summey, M. W. Gallo
way.
Regular meetings—First Monday night
in each month.
STRINGS
I have put in a full
line of Violin, Banjo
and Guitar Strings. The
best quality at moder
ate prices. Orders
taken for all classes of musical instru
ments. P. R. AYRES.
SOUTHEHN RAILWAY COMPANY
Transylvania Division.
In effect January 2,1911.
N. B —Schedules figures given as information
ouly. and not guaranteed.
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Eastern Standard Time
STATIONS
0‘S
P M
3.40
3'45
4 4>-
5 00
5 05
5 08
5 13
5 20
6 26
5 34
5 36
5 42
5 5.5
6 02
6 04
6 08
6 12
6 21
6 30
6 40
Lv Asheville Ar
L.V ..Hendersonville...Ar
...WeKt HendersonviUe...
Yale
Horse Shoe
Cannon
Eto\ivah
Blantyre
Penrose
Davidson River
Pisgah Forest..
Ar „ Brevard Lv
Selica
Cherryfleld .........
..Calvert,.
Rosman
Galloways
Quebec
Reid’s...
Ar...Lake Toxaway...Lv
A M
11 80
10 25
10 22
10 10
10 05
10 02
9 56
9 49
9 42
9 as
9 30
9 24
908
9 01
8 58
8 54
8 50
8 43
8 34
8 25
Nos. 5 and 6 are through trains between
Asheville and Lake Toxaway.
No. 5 connects at Hendersonville with the
Carolina Special for Spartan burs:, Columbia and
Charleston, and at Spartanbmg with Nos. 11
and 12 for Atlanta and Charlotte.
For tickets and full information appl v to
E. W. CARTER, Ag’t.
J. H. WOOD, Dist. Pass. Ag’t, A&heville, N. C
Administrator's Notice*
Having ijualifie^as administrator of the
estate of O. H. Lyon, deceased, late of
Transylvonia county, this is to notify all
persons having claims against said estate
to present them to the undersigned on or
before the 27th day of March, 1912, or this
notice will be plead in bar of their recov
ery. All persons indebted to said estate
are required to make immediate settlenient.
This March 27th, 1911.::r“
A. H. GILLESPIE,
m31t6 Administrator.
Chaihberialn’s Cougf! Remedy
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