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VOLUME-XIX BREVABD, NORTH CAEOLINA, PMDAT, 8EPTEMBEB 18. 1914. NUMBER-38 J. W. CLAYTON KILLED About two o’clock last Snnday aft«rnoon the dead body of James W. Clayton, a citizen of Penrose, was foand by three young men who were ont chinquapin hunting. The body was lying on the south bank of the French Broad river, a short distace above the Shuford bridge. It was lying face down on the ede of the water, the face buried partly in the sand. Just above the river at this point is a steep bank covered with hemlock bushes and weeds, none of which, nccording to reliable information, were disturbed by anything like a falling body. The only mark of violence on the dead man was a small wound on the back of the head, the skull at this place being fractured. The wound was Evidently made by some hard or pointed instrument. There were no signs of foot-prints or marks of a struggle either on the spot where the body lay or upon the top of the bank above. J. 'tV. Clayton was the son of of Mrs. —. —. Clayton- of Penrose, with wliom he lived. He was about thirty-five years of age. On SatOrday Mr. Clayton was in Brevard, leaving here on the 8:20 train. When last seen at Penrose instead of going up the road toward home, he was going down the rail road. Later he appeared at the house of Henry Smith, a colored man, who lives a hundred yards or more from wliere Ihe body was found. Ho there made inquiry for Henry Smith, according to a wo man at the place, and being in formed that Smith was away from home, left the house. SUPERIOR COURT Since the publication of last week’s issue of the News the fol lowing cases have been disposed of in Sujjerior court : Slate vs. John Shelton, Walter Slatton. Columbus Owen, murder. ]fot guilty. State vs. Jeff Glazener, carrying concealed weapons; $10 fine and costs. State vs. Less O’Neal, murder. Not guilty of murder, but guilty of assault with deadly weapon. Six monlhs on chain gang. State vs. J. L. Aiken, nuisance. $5 and costs. St«te ^s. Marshal Gaston, retail- in}<. This defendant had appealed to Supreme court, but appeal was n«>t perfected. Sentenced six months on county roads. State vs. J. B. Kelley, forgery. Thiee months oti connty ronds. L. G. Galloway vs. Toxaway Tannin;' Co. Jw<i*/menr ugainst dt'f»*nd«nt costs. (\)x Hat Co. vs M. F. Galloway. Jiui^ment aliirmed. li J. Cook vs, M, F. Galloway. Judgment affirmed. .l >hn H. Roth & Co, vs. Duck worth Drug Co. Judgment against tiunif tor FilK Wut'er Wiieel Co. vs. \Vm. E. Breese. Time to file pleading. J. L. Aiken vs. W. H. Faulkner. Plaintiff called und failed. Judg ment against plaintiff for costs. J. A. Davidson vs. R. D. Cross et al. Plaintiff takes a non-suit. Judgment asainst plaintiff for costs. \V. W. Zachary vs. Toxaway Co. Ordered to n»ake heirs party plain- tiflis. Toxaway Co. vs. W. W. Zachary. Ordered to make heirs party de fendants. O. L. Erwin vs. Southern Rail way Co. Mistrial ordered. J. M. Blythe et al. vs. Southern Railway Co. Judgment against defendant for $200 and costs of ac tion. Maggie McCall, administratrix of Posey McCall, vs. Soutbern Rail way Co., judgment for $1,500. Plaintiff appeals. WAR RELEIF FUND A fnnfr^^ started at Bre vard sufferers fromtheV«»“ Europe. Ber^ is an opportV®‘*y wido'e»s orphans, homeless in distrer*^ THE O’NEAL CASE A case in court last week ezcit- ing an unusual amount of interest was that of the state against Less O’Neal of Quebec for the murder of his stepspn, Luther Jones, a boy of about eleven years of age. The boy died on Thursday, Sep tember 3. An autoi)sy was held the following day by the coroner, who pronounced the death to be peritonitis. Reports of violent treatment of the boy by his step father several days before caused strong suspicion that the man had been guilty of an assault which led tp the child’s death. O’Neal was arrested and lodged in jail. The case was set to be tried on Thursday afternoon. The difficulty of getting a jury was remarkable. One after another of the men called was rejected for one reason or another. Some were peremptorily challenged by the defense ; a few by the state. A few declared that they did not believe in capital ptan- ishment. But the great majority said that they had already formed or expressed the opinion that the prisoner was guilty from what they had heard. After going through the list of regular jurors and the thirty spe cially summoned, writs had to be issued for the summoning of an other thirty. It was late Thursday afternoon before the twelve jury men were all sworn, and court was adjourned till Friday morning. W. E. Breese, Jr., assisted the solicitor in the prosecHition. Welch Gallovvuy appeared for the defense. The testimony put forward by the state tended to ^how that the death of Luther Jones was caused by peritonitis induced by an exter nal blow of violence ; that the de fendant had admitted in the hear ing of certain persons that he had twice kicked the boy. The defense put up no witnet^ses, but tried to show that there was no evidence of malice in the defendant’s mind ; that' peritonitis might be brought on by many causes, and that there was not sufficient evidence that the prisoner had acted so as to be guilty of the boy’s death. The jury retired about 3:30 Fri day afternoon and remained in de liberation the whole of Friday night. Saturday morning they rendered their verdict, which was assault with a deadly weapon. O’Neal was sented to six months on the road. SOME ASHEVILLE NEWS LAND TRANSFERS Following are soinf* recent land transfers in this county : L. T. Cantrell to B. B. Fisher and James W. Fisher, ICO acriss in Hogback towiR-liij*, on Toxaway river. Sallie Kimsoy to C. Grimshn\v(\ 59 acres oa Little Gumbotroni creek in Hogback township. E. H. Jennings of Pittsburg, P« , to C. A. Wood of New York, 4% acres at Lake Toxaway. R. D. Neiil uTul others to .Toip-ijji A. Huuilin, a pitce of laiid, buiiig part of the L, C. Neill homestead and part of the C. M. Siniard land, containing a little over two-acres. W. C. Middleton to J. W. How ard of Florence, S. C., house and lot in South Brevard. Formerly known as Everett Moffett large house. This deal was made through the People’s Realty and Insurance Company. AUCTION LAND SALE In addition to the sale of lots from lands of the late C. >A. Shu ford published last week another sale by auction took place last Sat urday. Four lots of the Stiuford tract were sold. These lots lie be tween the road leading past the Marr house and the road by John Garren’s, and were numbered 15, 16; 17 and 18. ' Lots No 15 and No. 16 were sold to B. P. Merrill of Little River. No. 17 was sold to Jason Cun- ninghaAi of Asheville. No. 18 was sold to S. A. England. Cole’s Hot Blast Heaters make a big reduction in your coal bill—^see their advertisement and guarantee. That the present season will see the production of the greatest ap ple crop in the history of Western North Carolina is the belief of leading agriculturists who have made a thorough canvass of the counties of this section of the state, visiting orchardists, conferring with apple raisers a,nd inspecting orchards. While states of the far south, where cotton is king, doubt less will suffer by reason of the European war, the approaching fall and winter hold no terrors in store for the apple raisers of West ern North Carolina, who expect to put a record-breaking crop on the market and who now believe that good prices will prevail. Seeking to give lumber a credit value in order that the timber in terests of this section of the state may not suffer by reason of the closing of foreign ports to United States ships, members of the West ern Carolina Lumber and Timber association have memorialized the North Carolina congressmen and senators to have the forest product included in the list of commodities which will be given a staple rating by the government. Tentative plans provide for the appointment of government inspectors of timber whose reports to the government dealing with the quantities and values of the lumber stored will be negotiable, being received at the re^rional reserve banks as paper bearing the approval of the United States. ' Plans are rapidly going forward for the fourth annual Western North Carolina fair, which will be held at this city Octol>er 13, 14, 15 and It). The past week saw the opening of the entry books at the offices of the fair association in Temple Court, Asheville, and that interest throughout this section of the state in the approaching ex hibition is keen is evideaced by the large number of entries received. The most attractive premium list in the history of the association has been arranged, the prizes ag gregating more than $3,000. Spe cial attention this year will be given to the agricultural, horti- cultnrul and pantry exhibits and present indications are that cx- hibitiors will be received from all of the counties ®f the western part of North Carolina. For the first time in th3 history of the associa tion a midway will bo provided on an elaborate scale for the benefit of the people who visit the fair with a view to being amused rather than instructed. With prayer constituting his capital stock and his unwavering faith in divine aid representing his only method of raising funds, Rev. L. B. Compton of Asheville has demonstaated the efficacy of prayer by developing modern plants for the care of unfortunate girls and orphans here. Beginning seven years ago the Herculean task of providing modern rescue homes and orphanages without any finan cial assistance, Rev. Mr. Compton sought divine aid and through prayer alone his institutions today represent an investment of S25,C»00. The gaow’th Ol th« institutions has been phenomenal and the last pur chase of Rev. Mr. Compton gave him possession of Slippery Heisrhts, adjoining the EliaQa orphanage. Without money he took an option on the land and prayed for funds with which to make the purchase. The day before the option expired he received a check for the amount needed to make the deal from a man of whom he had never heard, residing at Rochester, N. Y. Simi lar experiences have featured his career as a practical reformer at his local institutions. Hans C. Meyer, formerly of Hen dersonville, where he took a promi nent ])art in the social and business life of that city, has been brought to Asheville from New York to answer to a charge of sending ob scene matter through the mail, a true bill having been returned against him at the last term of the United States district court, "[^e young man has given bond for his appearance here in November, when he will he arraigned on a charge of sending improper matter to a well known resident of Hen dersonville. TEACHERS’ MEETING Following is the program of the second .meeting of the teachers’ association, to be held in October: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9. 10:00 a. m.~Opening exercises. Miss Georgia Bell. 10:20 a. m.—Primary reading. Miss Irene Montgomery. 10:50 a. m.—Geography, D. F. Giles. ll :30 a. m.—Betterment Associa tion. / 12:00 m.—Noon recess. 1:30 p. m.—What have yorti done to increase your attendance. Round table 2:30 p. m.—The value of story telling in teaching, Miss Cora Will son. 3:00 p. m.—Drawing, Miss Hat tie Aiken. 3:30 p. m.—Educational value of music. Miss Doris Edwards. FRIDAY EVENING. Literary program. Song. “Life of Alice Cary,” by Miss Julia Deaver. ‘‘‘Nobility,” Miss Verna Goode. “Pictures of Memory,” C. J. Ash^^orth. Music. “An Order For a Picture,” Miss Edwards. Piano solo. Miss Ara Davis. “Leak in the Dyke,” Miss Cles- se Whitmire. “Suppose,” Spurgeon Ledberfter. SongV ‘-One Sweenly Solemn Thonjrlit ” | S.VTDUDAY, (KtTOBKR 10. 9 :30 a. m.—Oi>ening exercises, J. B. Bridges. 9:50 a. m.—The country school as an agency in the solution of the farm problem, T. E. Brown. 10:30 a. m.—Child study, value to teachers. Miss Francis McIntosh. 11 :00 a. m.—How to make spell ing interesting, Luke Osteen. 11:30 a. m.—Helpful hints, T. C. Henderson. INE COUNTY HOME fCditor Sylvan Valiev News: The ministerial association notes with pleasure the recommenda tions of the grand jury w’ith re gard to needed improvements at the county home, and trusts same •.Till be faithfully carried out by the commissioners. At,our recrnt visit were glad to see a porch had been added to one of the cabins; but a much more crying need is a cook slovo and a safe with wire dooors for keeping cooked food in. It has been suggested that the town and county people have u picnic at the Home in the near future so that all may see its pres ent condition and try and make it more home like for our aged ]>oor. Yours sincerely, C. D. Chapman, W. Robrixs, K. H. Norvv'ooi). BOY SCOUTS, ATTENTION Patrol No. 1 and the Junior Scouts will meet at tl>e camp ground on Saturday at 9:00 a m. Institute Scouts meet every Mon day at :00 a. m. E. H. Norwood, Scout Master. MRS. NORTON SELLS OUT CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION A civil servitto examination will be held in Brevard on October 10 to fill a vacancy occurring in the position of rural carrier at Lake Toxaway. The compensation of a rural car rier is based upon the length of the route and ranges from $484 to $1200 a year. Applicants must be between the ages of eighteen and fifty-five years. A rural letter carrier after one year’s satisfactory service may be transferred to the position of clerk or carrier in a first or second class post office, to the position of rail way mail clerk, or to other posi tions in the classified service, sub ject to such examinations as may be required by the civil service rnles. Application forms may be se- cured by applying at the post of^ce. Mrs. W. H. Faulkner has bought out the millinery stock of Mrs. J. Norton and will continue the busi ness at the same place. This business change is of un usual interest to the public from the fact of Mrs. Norton’s long con tinuance in millinery work in this place. She came to Brevard nearly twenty years ago, and having es tablished a millinery store soon afterwards has ever since been in that business. In the present store building, which was con nected with the old McMinn house, she has served the public for about fifteen years. While merchants came and went, and old stock passed into new hands all around, Mrs. Norton’s millinery store re- mained a seeming fixture. It was like a link connecting the old town with the new. Her withdrawal from business, while not a sur prise to some of her friends, will no doubt be such to many of her customers throughout the county. INSTITUTE ITEMS The opening of Brevard Institute is an event in which all our citi zens are, or ought to be, deeply in terested, as this institution means so much to the town and also to the county. The opening this fall, which ‘took^ plac6 pn Thursday,. September 2. was nndef most prom ising conditions, and the prospectw of the" school year have'nev’er been! better. The oper ing exercises were held in the study hall of the new build ing. Prayer was offered by Rev. E. H. Norwood, followed by a vocal solo from Miss Blair. Mr. C. H. Trowbridge made an address as principal of the Institute. His subject was founded on the first chapter of Daniel, which he applied to present conditions in an inter esting way. Several other good talks were made. Among those who had words of encouragement and exhortation to offer were Mrs. T. F. Marr, Rev. W. M. Robbins, Messrs, W'illiam and Eugene Alli son, and Dr. Cheatham. The two new teachers, Miss Hattie Aiken and Mr. V. D. Peek, also took part in this program of brief talks. Mrs. Fitch Taylor was introduced to the school in a manner appro priate to her work as co-founder of th» institution. The closing prayer was made by Rev. W. M. Robbins.. All the teachers were present ex cept ^[iss Kirk, who arrived at the Institute on Saturday after the opening from a European trip. In the mattev of eniiollnioiit of students, the Institute is full to the limits of its present capacity. A few more rooms are in proccss o£ prepartion in the old building. It has been necessary to decline to re ceive applicants lor admission in some instances. There are now en rolled as boarders and day stu dents about 150, twenty of whom are in the primary deptirtn^ent. While the out of town students come from various parts of this state and some others, many of those enrolled are from Brevard and this county. Following are students from the county: Jacksio McGaha, Adelaide Patton, from Davidson River; Walter, Hazel, Julian and Muller Albert, Frank Carr, William Lyday, W^alter Hol lingsworth, Annah Nichols, Frank Patton, of Pisgah Forest; Grace Carpenter, Ora McCall, Ronald Wesley, Cleon and Louise Williams, of Rosman ; Carrie and Maud Mc- Neely, of Lake Toxaway ; Ceva Mc Call, of Little River. The Institute is preparing an ex hibit for the fair at Asheville. There will be exhibits from the domestic art, dressmaking, pri mary, and agricultural depart ments. Some very good corn was produced by the agricultural de partment this year, and an inter esting experiment was made in the production of millet. This experi ment w’as based on the idea of util izing the acidity of the soil instead of counteracting it, and the experi ment seems to be justified in the quality of millet produced.
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