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ONLY NEWSPAPER IN TRMj^LVAHM CCNINTY A HOME r*AI»ER FOR HOME PJlQFtiE—AILiL HOME PRINT yOLUME-XVI BREYARD, yORTH CAROL^. ERIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. 1911- NUMBER-37 SEE-off IS BOUGHT BY GREENVILLE FIRM. CLEVELAND AND WILLIAMS gUY L-ARGE A.CRErA.GEf. Large Tourist Hotel Possible on the See-Off Property Re cently Sold for $5,000. A real estate transfer of consid erable interest to people of Brevard and tliis connty took place recently, ^hen W. C. Cleveland and G. H. Williams^ Greenville bonght sev eral adjacent tracts of land on See- Off Ridge and on the side of the niountain. The sales were nego tiated through the agency of W. P. Whitmire, and consisted of the fol lowing tracts: See-Off Ridge, con taining 135 acres, bought from W. p. Whitmire, A. M. Verdery, Jr., and Dr. J. M. Baird; twenty-five afcres of land belonging to C, E. Hogsed; 743^ acres, bought of Mrs. Walter Hogsed ; 87 acres, of J. C. Heath; 35 acres, of O. O. Heath ; 95 acres, of J. H. Raxter and Tabitha Raxter; 100 acres of W. H Allison ; five acres of Ellis McGaha; 20 acres of J. H. Raxter; 25 acres of James Holden ; total 60LX acres, sold for approximately $5,000. Mr. Cleveland is president of the Fourth National bank of Greenville, S. C., and vice-nresident of the Greenville Realty Trust Company, of which Mr. Williams is secretary- treasurer. They are best known in Brevard as the purchasers of the Transylvania cotton mill, the latter transaction taking place last spring. Tiiey are both alert business men, and their recent , ^qiu^itiQ^i of so much property in' onr^ county isi therefore, a matter which is likely to show results in the near future. Just what Messrs. Cleveland and Williams will do with See-Off ridge has not yet become a matter for publicity. It is safe to say, how ever, that with proper encourage ment they will not let so many acres of valuable property lie idle. A hotel for tourists and automobile roads leading to the summit of the ridge are not improbable things to predict. Of all the places of interest in the neighborhood of Brevard perhaps See-Off is the most attractive, and at the same time least, known. For years it has been the home of a thrifty population of our citizens, such as the Hogseds and Raxters, whose homes on the summit and sides of the ridge constitute a little village, not great in the number of its houses, but spacious in extent. Here the fruit crop is seldom a failure, and there are many orchards of both apples and peaches. The air is light and brac- just the ideal climate for the summer home. At one point on the ridge the view justifies the name given to the locality, com manding, as it does, the broad sweep of the valley, the foot hills on the north and the great Balsams heyond. Nowhere in the county can anything more magnificent be seen. OVER nVE HUNDRED DOllARS IN PRIZES IN (REAT PDPMARITY CONTEST OF THE NEWS Milton Plano, Rock Kill Buggy, Majestic JIango, Gold Watch, Made-to-Moasuro Suit, Rocklug Chairs, and Mer Valuahhi Prizes Offered Atsolutely Fiee tOc Our' Readers. A Publisher’s Ad|/ic9. The Author—Would you advlij^ to get out a small edition? The Rib- lisher—Yes; the smaller the The more scarce a book is at th« «nd of four or five centuries the xdqp* money you realize from it—deve'texu! Plain Dealer. And Father Got a Neat Refily. “Are you papa’s little girl?” asked a fond father. “Yes, sir,” and she accompanied b«r answer with a kiss. “Are you mammi.’^ little ghl?” be continued. “Yes, sir,” was the equally frank re sponse. “But how can you be papa's little Sirl and mamma’s girl at the same time?” “Well,” replied the tot after a mo ment’s reflection, “can’t a nice can^age Jave two horses?”—Ladies* Home Journal. Listen! A $300 Milton Piano. A $75 Rock Hill Buggy. A $65 Majestic Range. An $18 Gold Watch. '“An $18 made to measure suit. Eight $5 Rocking Chairs. Fountain pens and other valuable prizes. All will be given absolutely free. The Sylvan Valley News offers these prizes in the greatest popu larity contest ever conducted by a weekly newspaper in this section of'the countsy. Over five hundred dollars worth of valuable goods given absolutely free to the readers of the News. All we ask is that yon do some work for the paper. Here is the plan. Everybody in Brevard and in Transylvania coun ty has an equal chance. No favor ites will be played. Everybody en ters equal ^nd it depends on who works the hardest. Every new cash subscriber se cured for the News for any period of time will count so many votes, see the schedule elsewhere. To the person, man, woman or child, or institution such as school or lodge, securing the greatest number of votes will be given a piano, and to each of the next four will be given the prizes as named. To the lea^der in each township in the county who fails to win <>ne of the five big prizes will be given a $5.00 rocking chair. To all contestants who fail to win any prizes named, but who secure as many as 20,000 votes will be given a fountain pen with guar anteed gold point. Grand Capital Prize. The Grand Capital Prize goes to to whoever gains the largest num ber of votes in the contest. The News will give an upright Colonial Grand Milton piano secured from the Dunham Music House of Ashe ville, fully guaranteed by the fac tory, by the Asheville dealer, who is well known in this county, and by the News management. The piano sells for $300 and is one of the finest on the market at that price. The case is made of beauti ful mahogany, double veneered in side and out, making five thickness es throughout, the best construc tion known to the art of piano building. It has double-roll fall board, continuous hinges, full- swing music desk, solid hardwood trimmings, very artistic plain pan el, case most beautiful in its sim plicity. There are seven and one- third octaves, full iron frame with improved overstrung bass, three unisons, each timin^g pin bushed with hard maple collar, superior rock maple veneered tuning pin block, three pedals, loud, soft, ana practice, genuine ivory keys and ebony sharps, in fact a piano which would be an honor and joy wher ever placed. The^ews could have selected no better instrument for the grand capital prize fin tjiis con test. The largest number of votes gets the pi4^o delivered. ■ Rock Hill Buggfy. The second prize goi^g to the person securing the second largest number of votes, is a $75 Rock Hill Buggy top or runabout, side or end springs, just as the yvinner desires. Transylvania people do not need to be told of tlus i^erits of the popular buggy. Thetfe is one in the county which has be^n run over fifteen thousand miles and is still in first class condition w This buggy is sold by the Southern S^ck and Farming Company, and is guaranteed by that company to ^ive satisfaction to the users. A most valuable prize to the winner. Majestic Range. For the th^d prize the News has selected something that should ap peal to every woman in the town and county. This is a $65 Majestic range together wit^ $10 worth of kitchen utensils. The range will be fitted with boiler and hot water coil ready to install either in t)he town or the county. There is 'no better range made than the Majes tic. It is sold by the Miller Supply Company, and is ftiH^" guaranteed satis faction. This prize goes to the per son receiving the third highest number of votes, regardless of how many that number may be. A splendid prize. Gold Watch. The fourth prize, to the person securing the fourth largest number of votes, is one that will appeal to everybody, lady or gentleman, boy or girl. It is an $18 Gold Rockford watch, one of the very best on the market, in a guaranteed twenty year' case. This prize will be awarded in either a lady’s or gentleman’s size as the winner may desire, and the name of the, win ner will be engraved on the case without charge. Everybody wants a gold watch, there is nothing that gives quite the same satisfaction as being the possessor of a gold watch and one that is good. The Rock ford is as good as can be bought for the money, is sold by the popular jeweler, P. R. Ayres and his per sonal guarantee backs up the guar antee of the makers that the watch will pro^7e satisfactory. The per son getting the fourth largest num ber of votes in the contest gets the watch with the compliments of the News. Tailor Made Suit. The fifth prize is a made to meas ure suit, nmde by the leading tail oring houses of the country, and sold by the popular dealer W. P.^ Weilt. If a lady wins this prize she will get a stylish made to meas ure finely tailored coat suit, one for which she can have the ^ cloth NOMINATION BLANK. I ba^by place the name oi P. O. In nomination in the News popularity contest. S^ed .picked ont herself, and made so that it will fit perfectly. If a gen tleman wins all he has to do is to go to Weilt’s, have his measure taken, select the goods, and his suit will be made as good as good-work manship is capable of doing. A good suit will be appreciated this winter, one that is newnand stylish. It will be easy for some one to win. It goes to the person getting the fifth largest number of votes in the contest. If bought at the store you would have to pay $18 cash for it. Special Prizes. Everybody naturally cannot win one of these magnificent prizes. There are five and they will be given to the five people who with their friends work the hardest for them. But there is^ a good chance for any one entering th^ contest to secure one of these prizes. But in addition to these we are going to give eight special prizes, one to each township. To the person in each of the ei^ht townships of the county who gets the highest num ber of votes without winning one of the five first prizes we are going to give for their good work a $5 rocking chair made by the Ijexing- ton Chair Company in this state, chairs ijhat will be an ornament'^ to ho^ in^tbg coi^ly. ^ a further inducement to work in'the contest we will give to every per son who receives as many as 20,000 votes and does not win one of the above prizes a guaranteed gold fountain pen. How fo Work. How to go to work? This ^ay. Nominate yourself or a friend, and this will count as 1,000 votes to be gin with. Only one nomination for any one person will be allowed to count for votes. Then get busy among your friends and secure sub scriptions for the Sylvan Valley News, the best paper obtainable for the people of Transylvania, one giving all the news of the county eyery week at the price of one dol lar a year. For each new subscrip tion at one dollar secured will be counted 1,000 votes, for each one for six months at fifty cents 500 votes, for every one for three months at twenty five cents 250 votes. These are for new subscrib ers, people who are not now taking tlie News. For those who are tak ing the paper, but who will renew their subscriptions votes will be allowed as follows: for each yearly renewal 800, for each six months renewal 400, and for each three months renewal 200. For each subscriber secured for five years we will count you 10,000 and for each renewal subscriber for five years we will count you 8,000. Each subscription to count for votes must be paid in advance and the name and the money turned in to the News office, either by person or by mail, before the votes will be issued. The standing of the contestants will be published each week, but any contestant may hold back as many votes as desired raltil the final limit. The contest will begin promptly ■virith the next issue and will con tinue until ten o’clock on Wednes day night, November 8, just eight weeks of work and hustle for those who really want to win the most valuable prizes ever offered by a newspaper in this entire section. Everybody is eligible. Nomi nate yourself or some friend, come or send to the News office for re ceipt books and instructions, and Continued on page 6. TOXAWAY COMPAttY LOSES FISHER SUIT. ADVERSE JUDGMENT IN SUPERIOR COURT. Court Closed Friday After Try ing Few CivU Cases And I Criminal Docket. Superior court with Judge Henry P. Lane.presidingadjourned Friday afternoon after completing the criminal docket and disposing of a fe"\v cases on the civil calendar. In the latter a number of orders were signed allowing a number of liti gants to file complaints and an swers, to amend complaints already filed, and of like nature. Only one case on the civil calendar went to a jury, the remainder going over un til the next term of the court. The only case t»*ied was that of G. W. Fisher agaiclst J. C. Fisher and the Toxaway Company. Ac cording to the evidence presented the Toxaway Company bought a certain piece of land from .1. 0. Fisher and others in June, 1902. It was contended that at that time G. W. Fisher, one of the owners of the property, was in the asylnm at Morganton, and that the deed was signed by his brothers as guardians though they had not been legally appointed as such. Later it was contended that in order to get a legal deed he was approached, hav ing then been discharged as cured from the asylum, and that to the new deed his name was signed by his brother though the ‘ plaintiff contended that he had positively declared 'he would sign no land Itwas ^he validity of this ^eed which was in question. The case went to the jury, which decided that G. W. Fisher had never signed the deed, and the order of the court was entered that the deed as re corded in the office <jE the register of deeds be declared null and void. The Toxaway Company thus loses what has now become a very val uable piece of property. Notice of appeal was filed. In the case of J. L. Aiken against W.H Faulkner the plaintiff through his attorney R. L. Gash withdrew the case. In the case of the Brevard Land and Timber Co., against Will Pad gett, Elbert Owen, Luther Kilpat rick and others, a nol prosse was taken as to Tom Galloway, Luther Kilpatrick and others. In the case of E. D. Owen against J. W. Owen the court appointed J. C. Wike and T. B. Bird as survey ors and ordered them to make a survey of the lands and boundaries in dispute, to make at least nine plats of the land, and report to the next term of the court. In the case of the Cascade Power company against the Transylvania Cotton Mill company an order was entered, the defendant company not resisting, that the receiver of the personal property of the com pany, J. W. Chapman, sell as pro vided by law the personal property of the defendant company and ap ply the proceeds to the payment of a judgment of $4,212 in favor of the plaintiff and such other judgments as may be outstanding. In the cases of Eule Robinson and Gus Robinson, the first convicted of changing the marking on a hog belonging to J. B. Neill, and the other convicted of the larceny of a hog belonging to the same person, Judge Lane made an order lowing a new trial in each case on the ground of new evidence being dis- povered after the trials of each had been concluded. Each of the de fendants were required to give |400 bond for their appearances at the next term of the court for the trial of criminal cases. These cas6s~con- smned about five days of the last term and will likely be even harder fought when they come up for trial Continued on page 3.
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