VO^UME-XIX BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25. 19U. NUMBER-39; ASHEVILLE NEWS That Western North Carolina is ^ing considered for the eDtablish- ttent of a colony of Bulgarian farmers, who are contemplating the purchase of SO,000 acres of farming and timber lands, was an- nounced at the office of the Ashe ville Board of Trade following the >«ceipt of a letter from an eastern 1^1 ty flrw, which asked for litera ture dealing with the advantages of this section of the state. The firm's name is being withheld for the present, althongh a represvn- tative will come to Asheville at an ©arly date to investigate conditions in the western counties of this state. The colony, if located in the mountains of North Carolina, will result in the establishment of a new town whose residents will be Rnlgarians. The agricnltnrists will be accompanied by a sufficient number of physicians, dentists and merchants to care for the needs of the members of the colony, and thousands of dollars will be spent in the purchase of lands and the development of the colony. After being forced to remain in Paris several weeks on account of the war situation, the millions of dollars at her disposal availing nothing in her efforts to book pass age to the United States, Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt, owner of the Biltmore estate near Asheville, and one of the world’s wealthiest women, has finally Rnccoodi*(l in leaving the French capital with her daughter, and will take up her winter residence at Biltmore House .during the early part of next week. With indications pointing to the jrreatefrt fair in the history of Western North Carolina, as a re- snlt of which the Western North Carolina Fair Association expects that thousands of people will come to Asheville during the time of the fair—October 13, 14, 15 and .16— the management of the fair has made arrangements whereby spe cial trains will bo operated to this city from all directions on the 15th of next month, which will be ob served as Western North Carolina day. Entries are being received trom all of the counties of West ern North Carolina, and so great has been the interest shown in Henderson county that a branch office has been opened at Hender sonville, with Noah M. Hollowell, asHistant s« cretary, in charge. Of s)»e<.;ial intt're.-^t is the announce ment that the state horticultural department is to make an exhibit ai the fair while the permanent ex hibit of tlK? state test farm at {Svvannanoa will be brought here fur exhibition ilnring the time of the annual exhilntion. The man agement has arranged for nightly pyrotechriieul cUsi»iays whieh are said to be the most elaborate ever shown in this state. Aft«r serving as a mechanic at a local parage for several years, dur ing which time he was impressed wiih the need for a nevioki for lo<3k- injf rJiii l.ooils of ;ni{()in(»i)iles, Al bert E. M.trsiJiall, of this city, has perfected such an apiiaratus and has received a patent for it. Al ready the youn{» man has turned down several attractive offers for manufacturing rights, one firm offering him an amount in excess of $50,0(10 for the privilege of manufacturing the device. The Suez Temple, D. O K. K., “the playground of Pythianism,” will hold its annual ceremonial here October 7. On October 13, 14 and 15, the Ancient and Accepted Bite of Freemasonry will meet here to confer the higher degrees. Pythians and Masons from all parts of Western North Carolina will gather here for the events. Secretary of State William Jen nings Bryan has qualified as the most expert mountain climber in the cabinet. . Spending his vaca tion here this w’eek, he is giving his time to following mountain trails and Ih gaining much strength by reason of the time spent in the open air, and the energies exerted in scaling surrounding peaks. Following a disput-e over fees, Sheriff C F. Williams and Magis trate J. A. McIntyre exchanged blows. Ust week with the result that the sheriff paid a fine and the magistrate went to jail for ^n days to be released after servi fotir hours of his sentence. PRELIMIKARY TRIAL A preliminary hearing in the case of the State vs. W'ave Allison and Vellie Parker for the muwier of J. W. Clayton was held before the recorder last Tuesday. Allison and Parker had been brought back from Asheville, where they were taken by the sheriff last week. The coroner’s report was read before the court to the effect that J. W. Clajton came to his death from a scalp wound and fracture of the skull at the hands, of parties unknown. Susie Williams, colored, was called to the witness stand by D. L. English, who acted for the state. The witness gave in substance the following evidence: That she is twenty years old Christmas and lives at Arden, in Buncombe coun ty. That her sister, Hattie Smith, wife of Henry Smith, lives at Pen rose, just across the river from the station. She was at her sister's house on September 13th. That she started to the station on the night of the 13th at 8:00 p. m., with Helen and Willie Smith. Not Not very far from her sister’s house she met Wave Allison and Vellie Parker. The defendants asked her where Henry Smith w’as. “1 teld them that ho had gone to Mr. Everett’s. They said they had started to his house. I said to the two girls if they wasn’t afraid to go to the station I would go bade to Iho bonso and stay with their mother. They loldmethey wasn't afraid, but for me to wait for them, and I stopped there with these two men and waited uni'll they came back. I asked Helen did she get my coat. She to.d me yes, and went on to the house, and in ten or fifteen ninutes after they got to the house I seed a tall man coming from up to the house, and I said, ‘I see some one coming who is aw ful tall!’ These men said, ‘He’s a lone tall one ; I wonder who he is.’ In that time he had got a few steps Xmst us. Vellie Parker said to Wave Allison, ‘Let's rock him ; see him run, to have some fun out of him.’ Vellie Parker went right on behind him and I heard them talk- ing, but they were talking low, and I said that I must go to the house ; and I got up and started to the house. Wave Allison walked up a step or two behind me and he said, ‘I must go back down here where these boys is,’ and said good niglvt. I was pretty close to the Ijar.--, where I stopped. Wh« n I gut to the bars I heard a loud talking, went like some one fussing. I «rut up on the bars and s*!t th»^re a few minutc.«. The fuss got louder. I got down and walked in the yard, pretty close to the door; and <he fusti bushed. I looked back and saw some one striking malclus, Jnst like they was looking on I he ground for something. I seed sev eral matches struck. Tht-n 1 w’alked in the house. “On Sunday morning Wuvh Aili- j soi^and Vellie P«»•‘Her >ir,llv>.'e«i uyt to my sistev\> h-jn^e nu<l sja»i l«»i* some of us to come down there to the river, there was a cow in the river. My sister started to go down there. I told her me and her daughter would go. We started down there ; seed his brother War- rior leaving. We went on down there and got pretty close to them. They said, ‘It’s not a cow—it’s Jim Clayton.’ We w-alked up to the bank and looked over on him. He was lying on his face. turned around and started back to the house. They called Helen and said to her, ‘Helen, whatever you do, don’t you tell that Jim Clayton was at your house last night, and don’t you tell that us boys was over here last night; tell your mother for her *^ot to tell that Jim Clayton was at her house last night. ’ ‘•In the jail next morning Wave Allison said to me—he called me and told me they arrested him last night, ‘but they fooled me to get to arrest me.’ They talked him off from the house and told him they wanted him to go with them to get some one to stay with Henry Smith’s wife, and after he got m the auto and^ot away from the house they hand-cnffed him, but if they had not done that he said they wpQld have never got hands on him. He said, ‘Sasie, me and Vellie wouldn’t have been tnr^ied op if them two girls in there with you hadn’t turned us up.- What are yon going to swear?’ I told him as I was going to swear what I seen and heard. He Says: *Yon had better be carefnl what you swear, because I ain’t a-going to swear nothing.’ I said, ‘Yon need not to deny what I swear, because it will be the truth.’ Then Vellie Parker called me to a little hol^ that was in the wall and asked me what I was going to swear, and I told him I was going to swear what I seed and heard, and he walked away.” On cross-examination by Mr. R. S. McCall, an attorney from Ashe ville, no material change developed in the testimony, except that the existence of two pairs of bars was established. On re-direct examination by Mr. English witness said that the tall man that passed down the trail was Jim Clayton. “I knew him by my sister saying that there had been no one at the house except Clayton.” On re-cross examination witness, said that Clayton did not go in the lOuse at all. Her sister said he w’as at the door and in the yard. The attorneys representing the defense were Galloway & Allison, McCall and Breese. Considotftble:argument sprang up between the lawyers over the de mand on ttie part of the defense to introduce the testimony of Htnry Smith and others. The court ruled against the admission on the ground that those persons were defend ants, charged with the same crime. Not many cases before the re corder have excited anything like the interest shown in this prelimi nary trial. The court house was crowded almost to the limit of its seating capacity, and-t^ aisles also were blocked by 'throngs of the curious. It is rare even for a case in Superior court to attract so much attention. The defendants, Wave Allison and Vellie Parker, were held over to Superior court, and were taken by officers to Asheville for safe keeping. On Wednesday the recorder beard evidence in the State vs. Henry Smith, Helen Smith and Willie Smith, all colored, for the murder of J. W. Clayton. D. L. English represented the state and J. S. Styles of Asheville the de fendants. Several witnesses were e.xamined, but the court discharged the defendants. MRS. MARY BOYDEN DEATH OF LINUS NORTH Mr. Linus North died at his home in West Brevard Tuesday night about twelve o’clock. He had been serionsly ill for several weeks, hav ing a disease of the heart. His death was not a surprise, as he had been in failing health for many months. . Mr. North was seventy-eight years of age. He was a veteran Union soldier, serving in the army of the Cumberland. He was mar ried in the state of Georgia, whither he had gone after the civil war, and he removed to this state, first living a while in Asheville, and then coming to Brevard, where he has resided over since. During his residence here, which has covered a period of about thir ty years, Mr. North has lived the life of an upright citizen and a most useful member of the Presby terian church. He waS quiet and unobtrusive in his manner, devot ing himself chiefiy to the affairs of home and church and the service of those in need. Never rich him self in this world’s goods, he was always ready to help the unfortu nate. It was a touching tribute to the character of this good man that after his death the Daughters of the Confederacy sent a United States flag, in which his body was shrouded.' He had no better fEien.d* in tl}is pla^ thjin men, and thevs0ns «5r ititm 'who had' fottgfit on another side in the great strug gle of fifty years ago. His death is a distinct loss to his church and community. He went about doing good, and the memory of his life and character will re main to uplift and to encourage those who knew him. The funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church Thursday morning and interment was at Oak Grove. Mrs. ilary Boyden, who had been very ill for several weeks, died at her home on East Main street on Thursday night of last week. The body was taken to Salisbury, where the interment took place on Sun day. Mrs. Boyden’s maiden name was Miss Mary Davis. She was born at Statesville forty years ago. She was married to John L. Boyden, who died four years ago. There are two surviving children of this union, Hayne and Richmond Boy den, both boys under age. She was related by blood to persons of distinction in this state and else where. being a niece of Richmond Pearson and a cousin of Richmond Pearson* Hobson. In religion at first an Episcopalian, she later be came a member of the Christian Science church. Mrs. Boyden moved to Brevard about three years ago. Her two sons, Hayne and Richmond, will leave this week to enter the Webb preparatory school at Bellbuckle, Tenn. Mr. Linus North was born at Honesdale, a mining town in Penn sylvania, May 15th, 183(5. At the age of three ho was taken by his parents to Jonesville, Mich., where he lived till the war broke out. As a boy Linus received a common school education. His father died when he was but six years old. Mr. North entered the Federal army when a young man, and served two and a half years. He was in the engagements at Shiloh, Stone River and Chickamauga, and was v.'oandcCl at the battle of Mis sionary Eidi^c, being one of the men who climbed the cliff at Look out Mountain. While he was in the army his mother died. After the war Mr. North, who had been a tinner by trade, took a commer cial course which fitted him for the postmastership at Brunswick, Ga., which position he held for fourteen years. He came to Brevard in 18!^4 and has lived here ever since. He was oc*e of the chartcr ix^em- bers of the Presbyterian church ; elected deacon in 1891, and elder in 1898. Mr. North leaves to mourn his loss his only daughter. Miss Sadie, and a brother at Elk hart, Ind. There has gone from us one who was a faithful member of the church here for over twenty years, whose daily life endosed his pro fession of faith in Jesus Christ. “So let our lips and lives express The holy Gospel we profess; So let our works and virtues shine To prove the doctrine all divine.” Ernest H, Norwood, , Pastor. PLANS ALMOST COMPLETED CARD OF THANKS We wish to extend oar thanks to all those friends who gave so much sympathy and help during our daughter’s and sister’s illness. We cannot express how deeply we feel all this kindness. May God re ward you all and help you in timie of need. Mbs. J.'W. Mobris and Family. Acute Indigestion. “I w^as annoyed for over a year by attacks* of acute indigestion, followed by constipation,” writes Mrs. M, J. Gallagher, Gteneva, N. Y. “I tried everything that was recommended to me for this com plaint but nothing did me much good until about four months ago I saw Chamberlain’s Tablets adver tised and procured a bottle of them from our druggist. I soon realized that I had gotten the right thing for they helped me at onoe. Since taking two bottles of them I can eat heartily without any bad effects.” Sold by all dealers, adv With arrangements rapidly-neaT- ing completion for the fonrth an nual Western North Carolina fair which will be held at Asheville October 13,14, 1^ and 16, the indi cations are that the approachioff exhibition will be largely attended. Of ■ special interest to the peo^ of western counties #f North Caro lina is the annouQcement of the maqagement'of the fair association that Western North Carolina Day will be observed on October 15, and plans are going forward- to make this a gala day at Asheville. For the accommodation of the im mense throngwS which are expected to go to Asheville from all of the surrounding counties, the manage ment of the fair association has perfected arrangements for the op eration of special trains on the Southern railroad, and the trains doubtless will be largely patron ized. The people of all sections of the western counties will make merry on this day, and special entertain ment features have been arranged to make their stay at the fair grounds enjoyable. In addition to the regular fair attractions, (special events will be arranged for th« celebration of this day, and it is expected that they will be wit nessed by immense throngs. The management of the fair as- Bociatidh is ^at a lo*^" td dlSfilgtiate ' the iiarne of the closing d'ii'^of the fair, and announcement is made that a season ticket will be pre sented to the ‘ person suggesting the most appropriate title for ti» day. It is announced that the last day of the fair will be given over to foolishness and general gooA times. The fair association prom ises that the air will bo charged with laughing gas. Magistrate* will marry all young people w’lie desire to plight their troth on that day free of charge, and it is ex pected that there will be a rush for marriage licenses. The North Carolina departmenJl of horticulture, the Southern raiV way domestic science, fruit culture, and dairy exhibits and the stat« test farm special exhibits have se cured space at the fair believing that they will be able to J»ac!s thousands of people in this manner.. These exhibits are of great educa tional value to the housekeepers, agriculturists, horticulturists and stock raisers of this section of the state, and the management is fortu nate in securing them for exhibi tion at the approaching fair. D>r.. Flowe, state veterinarian, will ;also give demonstrations and I<«?turee on the prevention and coae .of hog cholera. Of more than ordmaTy interest is the annonncemcut that Martin’s Fireworks Company will make a pyrotechnicul display each evening. This concern is one of the best known in the country, and was cured at great expense. HotreTer,' the recommendations received re garding Martin’s fireworks indicate that the investment was a good one, and it is expected that thon- sands of people v»’ill be entertained by the brilliant fireworks'ovvor .the Riverside Park lake each Fireworks always add to the inter est of any gathering, and the night ly pyrotechnical display together with the greatest midway ever ar ranged in Western North Carolinu will furnish amusement for the visitors to the fair after they hav« witnessed the exhibits. Entries are being received frra. several of the counties of Wosterji North Carolina, and so great»the volume of entries that it has been necessary to increase the ftoor space of several of the departments., and appoint additional judges anft directors to assist those were named several weeks ago. Mr. N. M. Hollowell, who served in a. veigr efficient manner as assistant secre tary last year, has oonseated to serve in like capacity tiiis year, and will perform the duties in th» office of the Western Carolina Dem ocrat at HendersonviUa.

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