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'71- /• b*w 1 1. •urt house, and others ‘R_ailroad 1 operation ►ts begin at e 150 feet ard, N. C. ‘ - S' ■ *W.J^-■ ■ -■ -■ '*-^ ■,. •-/ - I., '-> ■ . ■• ■? '■ . ,-•- ' , j ■" f • ',' ■ 'if.'^*' - , - ' *■ i ■ '\■' - - •■—*< .4 ' ■ M'"' ^ /- ^ ■■ .. . ■ ' •_ - -■ '<^1 ■ r^r f ,- -i-J - , cc' .- BNLY NEWSmeER JN J A vBPME FOR Hi3MS jEWMPIjE!—AjML, HOME PjEttJffT - / r VOLUME-XVr ^ vy _ ^S.'f liNOBTS . SDPTMBEE i: KU. NTJMBER-35 7 TRANSYLVANIA' ANNUAL liE-UNION bAST ltluM^ /'• Twelve Hundred People Jollied With Old Vetera^ in^Gelehratingr Day at Davidson Riverr—Gr^at speech D^ver^d , by R. R. WiiUams. < . . . , ‘ . . - > • i■■ Twelve hundred people or more, old veterans, their families and their friends^ gathered Tlyarsday of last week on the grounds at David son river for the annual re-uhion of Transylvania County camp Utii- ted Confederate Veterans. The; day was a beautiful- one, and was en joyed to the utmost by the throngs present. ' > ' ' '' There were two special features of the day. one th^ splendid addresd' delivered by Mr. Robert R. Wil liams of Asheville, and. the other the awarding of Crosses of Honor to the veterans of the county by tbd local chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy. The crowds began gathering on- the grounds early in the morning until by the time’the gathering wfi» called to order by the commandant of the local camp, Mr. J. M.-, Ham lin, the grove was filled with peo ple. Two selections were well reii^ dered by the Brevard cornet band, and the audience united in singing “Home, Sweet Honne,” after which prayer was offered by the chapmin of the camp. ’ Then came the roll call, three failing to answer,' these. MngMr. J. J. Shipman,.Mr..M. J. Neely and Mr. B. F. Eirki)atrick, three members of the* camp who / dTiring the past year have answered tklast roll call. Again the baiid piajed, and the audience feelingly sang “When the Roll is ^Called.” Jfe,jor W. E. Breese presented the report of the committee on resolu tions upon the departed members, the report being unanimously adopted. Introduced as' the grand-son ot one Confederate general and the grand-nephew of another Mr. Rob ert R. Williams of of Asheville’was fittingly presented to the audience as the speaker of the occq-sion by Commandant Hamlin. For about an hour Mr. Williams spoke, holding the close attention of the vast crowd a^ he eloquently paid honor to the men who for their principles had fought for four hard years of almost constant con flict, and who following the close of the war returned to fields of deso lation and deserted homes to again bnild up the land they lo'^ed. A more eloquent address has seldom l)een heard in this cornty. Mr. Williams is an orator of ability, one ^ith fine presence on the platform, and one who has a voice of great carrying power in the oj)en air. The people'^ throughout the audi ence could hear him all the time, and his remarks.were followed with the closest attentipn, and frequent ly interrupted with applause. ' Briefly the speaker reviewed the underlying causes of the great con-, flict between the states,^ ckuses ^hich had begun with the irery be ginning of the nation itself, and ^hich no earthly powr could have avoided. And then he sketched the years of the conflict itself when on [' ^^^dreds of battlefields the ground stained crimson with the life blood of men dying for a cau^ ^hich they believed right and when niore hospitals lives went ^ut in P^in and suffering, victim^ of ^onnds and disease for^whiQh in l^^ny cases even the simplest med- ^^1 reliefs could not be obtained. glowing tribute was paid the Sallantry of the men behii;d the who followed the great lead-, of the war into the very jaws bf and often snatched ‘victory ^om seeming defetifc by their very ^ acity. To the veterans^after tlie came home and "with of ^^ ^Sain .began the btdlding ^ esolate section uttil now it is -Snning again to lead the ‘mgh nation ijj tribute was paid. In olos- is ^ that the wI^olQd^untry united more sol^^^ ibhan r . V J. V ever ]>efore was'touched upon, and the thought of the younger gener ation tuyned/ito 'the heroes" of the past, ands to ^he greater llieroines who endure^ suffering and haM* ship at home to supply ^he wants of the soldiers in th^j^eld, these types being held up a3 the gretfrtest ideals ^n all history, the type of courage and devotion to those .things teHeved to be right. ' Following the address dinner was ,^rved, the crowd breaking into groups,^ ' friends gathering ~ with' friends arbund well filled baskets for a real picnic feast. There was enough’for all and then lots left over, • and only those who were- present to partake ciuii tell hoW very good, it all was. , v % 4^fter dinner came^the most im pressive ceremony of ^e day when, after music by the band, Croces of ftonor were presented to forty- seven of ^he veterans by the Daugh ters os»the Confederacy'. The name and record of each was read, aloud by the president, of the chapter,'' Miss Annie Gash, and as each name was called the veteran stepped for ward and the fair hands of some of the 'daughters pinned' the much prized cross upon his cpat. A short address by Comrade Picken^ of .Hendersonville and a' solo', “Transylvania Httls,” by Mr. M. J. Oi;r closed the formalprograiUi, It was still early in the afternoon, and for several hours many linger ed, old friends talking over old times, and making the occasion a re-union in fact as well as in name* The following are names of those receiving Crosses of Honor. In, cases where the veteran to whom the ^ross had been awarded had died the cross was pre^nted to either, the widpw ~ or the oldest child. J. B. Allison, J. L. Allison, L. W. Allison, Morris Allison, W: R. Allison, J. M. Blythej L. W. Brooks, L. B. Clayton, T. D. Clay ton, W. H. Davis, R. R. Deaver, W.^S. D^aver, D. H. England, S. A. England, John B. Galloway,'J. Nor ton, J. M. Glazener, W. O. Hamilt ton, J. M. Haqalin,^E. T. Henning, Jos. Holden, R. A.^' Jficobs,. W. H. Johnkton, J. E. Mackey, D. Di Mc- Neely, J. A- Miller, J. W. ^Morris, R. i). Neely^ Chas. E. Neill, M. J. Orr, M. L. Orr, C. L. Osborne, Ws K. Osborne, J. H. Phillips, J. J. Shipman, C. A. Shuford, D. M. Shuford, C. M. Siniard (son), Ii. p. Summcy, J. M. Whitmire, B. J. Wilson, G. W. Wilson and Geotgey W. Woodbridge (son). The following are the resol^ntions upon |;he departed members bf the cfimp Ipresented by . Major- W. E. BrePtei •‘Your committee, as /jordered, herewi£h_ beg leave to make :^eir' report, and officially announce to thfe camp the deaths that have oct curreSt since our * last > ^niversary. in doing si> they cannot refrain, by way oi prelude -to the memorial resolutions they are about to offer, from speaking of Hhe conditions that environ us. At oni: meetings we of ten allude to the feeliLng'which increases with oxir increasing - age, ^d the rapidity wilii^ w‘hich tiine passes, and deat^ cuts 'us do'wn. with his sickle. In youth a year is almost interminable i^in mnldle-age only a short time^ look to, either backward or forward, while in our old age, thS^days are swifter than wr r-ver’s shuttle i^ tWiT. &g!it, and we spend OTvdays ^asii day ttuit is told.V * ‘ !' “Within a short year the,‘thin vanishing grey line’ of, oot county camp has paid its toll, it has added obiter looks to oiir templQS, deeper furrows to QOT brbwg, apd we now stand like soiitary oalcs in the mid- 'V-■* .TEN MONTiiK ON RO LONGEST SENTisN’CE. Cnminsd Cans in Sajp^of. Court Are ito C3<>inpletibji. Superior court for Transylvania county for a te_ ii of two -weeks for the trial of'both criminar an<jL civil case^ conveijed Monday morning with Judge Henry^P. Lane presi^* ligand Solicitor ^bert R. Rey nolds prosecuting for the state.' Judge Lane: hdlding his first tefm of court in this county, and 4S making' a very good' impression in%the i^nner in which he . is di recting work of the court.' His.charge tlie^and jury Monday morning was uiiusuaUy able, cov ering the full range of offenses un der the criming i law, and simply and cleanly outlini^ig tojihe mem bers of the ^rand jury their • duty. His charge consumed about an hour and a half. . , . , ' The work of clearing the crimir nal docket began Monday afternoon and has been pushed with vigor. There were "no very serious cases on the docket,, and it is probable that the entirp docket will be fin ished by the time this week’s is sue of the Npws is delivered. A niCmber of pleas of gnilty have been entered^ and several cases for various reasons have bee?^ con tinued. ^ The folllpwing. cafyii^begafyfSo ^ally disposed of in court, and judgment entered.' ■ Banny Chapman, .charged with' carrying u concealed weapon, found not guilty. E. D. Randolph, charged with an assauU with a deadly wea|>on. found not guilty. Will .Waters and Carroll Hamil ton, charged with assaults with deadly weanons, bills of indict ments waived, and pleas of guilty to charges of simple assault en tered. Each fiirod $5 and one half the'costs. Harrel Watson, colored, charged with carrying a conoealed weapon, entered a plea' of guilty, and was fined $15 and the costs. . ^ Elmima Aiken, charged in two cases with retailing, entered plea of guilty. Judgment was sus-' pended, defendant to appear at succeeding terms of the court and show good behavior; - Jphn Wetsel, charged m. two cases with larceny, entered'-pl^s of guilty to each charge andr^ms sentenced to ten months on roads of Buncombe county. Bill Johnson, charged with^ car rying & concealed weapon, found riot-guilty. ^ ^ ^ ’ • Tom Kinsey, ciiarged with carry- I ing a concealed'i weapon, foimd not guPx. - _ Sam Siler,, charged .with carryr ing a-concealed weapon, entiered a ^lea of guilty, and the judgment of the court was reserv^. The case of the widest- general interest tried during the^ first. few days of the cpurt was that of John Wetsel, charged with the larceny of a watch and razor from George Ph^ipps. The defendan^ came here friendless and penniless, and' Mr. Philipps kindly took him in. His kindness’ was rewarded by the defendant’s steiding his watch and hrazor. He was caught before he could make his escape, and has been in jail awaiting this terni. c^ the court. He admitted, his gnitt^ the / die of ^ forest, hoary with ^e— ~ Continyf^ on months was handed to him: by Judge Lane he excliaiiEned, “Gtopd God, Judge; that^ too much. . iVU tod,’\ But to jhe roads he goes for that length of time. The caise^airist Eule Robinj^n, charged with changing'"the mi^k* yog on a hog belonging^to J.. 3^ Continued on page tfcTcc,. IWPEGTS ARE BRI6HTENIIIG FOR NEW iuUfflAD THRINI@I WIUID P^ancial Affairs of Knoxville, Sevierville & Eastern Straightened ^ Out With W. J. Oliver Sble O'wiier—Plans > for Immediate Extension. *3^ tthe teirms of an agreement reajched thfs week between the par- tie;^ . in litigation, the Knoxville; Sevierville .and 'Eastern , railroad A becomes the sple property of W. J: Oliver, the rieceivership being dis missed, and' the way apparently cleared fpr Mr. OJiver to. proceed with his plans for the further con struction of the. road. The fact that Sevier county, Tennessee, had the road thrown into the hands'of a reeeiver about.six months ago completely tied up progress on the road for the time, and now that the financial affairs of, the road are being straightened' out the pros pects for the road coming on to jBrevard are ^considerably brighter and the news of some move in this direction may he expected shortly. Our peoplei will .of course under stand that it is this road which is to connect with the Greenville and Knoxville to make the through line from Greenville to Knoxville. CJer- tain things which have happened recently would lead to .the opinion that activity from the Greenville end of the line can be looked for at any moment, and the outlook for another rpad' through Brevard is approaching the stage of realityi The following account of the affairs of K., S. <S^E. rpa^d.is taken froin a recent issue ojb the K^x- SentineF^ancT should p^ve most interesting to onr readers. “An agreement has been reached whereby the Knoxville, Sevierville & Eastern railroad is to be taken out of a receivership and is to be delivered to W. J, Oliver as the sole owner of the railroad property and all its stocks and bonds. At a conference in this 'city, which concluded late yesterday af- ternoPn, it was agreed that in con sideration of certain sums paid by Mr. Oliver, the property^ and its securities would be delivered to him, and all litigation against him personally and his corppatipns and the K., S. & E. railroad in wl4oh the Knoxville Banking & Trust company, the Mechanics’ Bank & Trust eonapany, the countyof Se vier and Jerome Templeton are the plaintiffSvis to be dismissed, thuQ terminating the receivership and all attendant legal proceedings. The agreement provides that Mr. Oliver is to purchase the ^150,000 stock-in* the K., S. & E^ railroad' held by Sevier county, and is to pay Jerome Templeton the aum df ^10,wWch Mr. Tempfeton claimed was due him as attorney for tie K.j S. & E. railroad in its early hi^ry. T^e only condition that is now to be metr is that the agreement be ratified by the county court of. Se vier county. special session of the court has been called for Mon day of next week, at which time, it is understood the attorneys^ for the county will unanimously recpmend that the tentative agreement made by them with Mr. Oliver be form ally'ratified by the court. * If. this is done, as it is believed by the at torneys arid Mr. Oliver wiU be done the receivership will" be formaUy dismissed by order of the chancery corjrt.on Tuesday next and the road will be delivered to Mr. Oliver as the sole owner, as above stitted. ^ - Jerome Templeton, representing Sevier county in the case ot Sevier xjounty et. al., which bro^ight about but ^when the . sentence of. ;tei^i^£0 rieceivership, was asked oon- i^rnin^^the settlement, Mr. Temple ton stat^ that an amicable and en- iArely satisfactory adjustment had keep me all win^ and.all summ«t|: reached as-to the K., S. & E. railroad’s financial ^airs, Sevier county and himi^lf, and also ^ to the Revilo Constmetion company which bnjlt* the railroad for W. J. Oliver who finaaiced it through the I^oxviHe Banking-i^ Trust c(Hn> Al pany. and the Mechanics Bank & Trust conipany*. - He said the claims ‘ of these ban|:s and Sevier county and himself have; been fully pro tected in the agreehient as to settle ment, and that no one is a loser through the construction or opera tion of the road. He raid “every one is happy” over the adjustment and that he with Seveirville at torneys who are associated with him in representing Sevier county, will rcommend to the Sevier county court when it meets Monday, that the agreement be ratified and the suit dismissed. • This, Mr. Teriiple- ton said, will mean that Sevier county sells its-holdings. of $150,000 stock in the road to Mr. Oliver, thereby disposing of its financial interest in the road. Mr. Temple ton’s personal claim for $]^0,QCD at torney ’s fees is paid in the settle^ ment. ' Mr. Oliver was asked also Con firming the reported agreement as, set out above* and stated that' he expected it to be approved by the (X)unty court next Monday, and had all his arrangements made to take over t^ pripperty personally on next Tues^y, when he antici- pates^a decree terminating the re ceivership and all corollary 'litiga tion would be put on record. by or- d^ of tiw cbanq9^yu>r. ^ r- ^ * Mr. Oliver intimated that how that the road is about to emerge from this litigation and will be on a better financial basis than ever before, he hoj^s to consummate his plans of making extensions fur ther into Sevier county, arid pos sibly int5 Copke^ county. The ex tensions, if made, will enable the K., S. & E. road to reach vast un developed natural resources, whic|^ not only will afford great freight tonnage for the road, but will open up new industrial operati9ns and give employment to' thou^nds of people and bring millions of dollars to East Tennessee. It is understood to be Mr. Oliver’s desire to extend the road to connect with the^ Ten^ nessee & North Carolina ranroad that now operates from Newport, Tenn., to Cahton, N. C, If this is done it will be in accord with the reputed plan of connecting with the Greenville & Knoxville at- or near Riverview, S. C., -thus com pleting the new railroad link from Knoxville to Greenville. W. H. Patterson and Asa G. Candler, wealthy capitalists of Atlanta, and other me^”ofjnoney are understood to be co-operating with Mr. Oliver* in the matter of this proposed ex tension and conuectioir. The removal of the K., S. & E. railro^ from a receivership in a - period of less than twelve months is reg;arded as a splendid piece of ^ financiering, and it is the second railroad. proj)erty^in Tennessee that Mr. Oliver has nursed out of finan cial embarrassment and delivered to its owners upon a paying basis. The other road was the Tennessee Central, of which Mr. Oliver was one time receiver. It is understood that the K.'^ S. & E. road’s net , earnings are sufficient to meet the interest on its bonded indebtedness which, in view of the fact that it is a short line and has been in opera tion less than three^ years, is re garded as a creditable showing. The K., S. Ss E. railroad extends froin Knoxville to Sevierville, a distance of thirty miles.- It was conceived and built by Mr. Olivet, the eontract for construction being given to the Revilo Construction company, of whicl^ Bir. Oliver is presidenv^ The road was opened for traffic in January 1909, and it has been doing an increaring busi ng since t^t timei Its earnings, exclxddve of operating expenses - • Contimsd bn page three.
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