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.