VOLDME-XIX - ■ —■: t:;; LI BBEVAED, NORTH CABOLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2. 1914. NUMBER-40 ^ INVESTIGATION IN BDNCOMBE Creating an unexpected sensation in the Bnnoombe county Superior ooart daring the term devoied to the trial of criminiil canes, Jndge E. B. Cline has ordered that the grand jury investigate the conduct of Ashevlle magistrates and Bun combe county convict guards. The order followed reports in local pa pers to the effect that four fights occurred in magistrates* courts within-a space of five days and the statement of Solicitor Robert B. Reynolds that he had been in formed that certain guards have beaten convicts unmercifully. Nine convicts were examined during the v?eek in regard to the treatment they have received at the convict camps. Determined that the roads of the rural dist^cts shall be as attractive as those of the pity, the Buncombe county board of health has passed an ordinance prohibiting the throwing of waste or garbage on any of the highways of the county and providing penalties for the construction of hog pens or other nuisances within a distance of 200 feet of a countj road. Buncombe is one of the first counties of the state to enact such a law and the members of the sheriff’s depart ment have been ordered to enforce it rigidly. The workings of the enactment are being awaited with .considerablg^interest in the rural V PrepurntipHH for tho Western fHir. which is to be held here October 13, 14, 15 and 16, have about been completed and the members of the office force in Tem ple Court are giving their lime to t^e receipt of entries and the per fection of plans for arranging the exhibits. A representative of Mar tin’s fireworks was here Saturday to prepare for the pyrotechnical displays 4nd ^he announced that the set pieces will cover a circle of r>00 pieces around the banks of the lake. The rockets, shells and ^mall pieces will be fired from the island of the Riverside lake. This pro vides for the most spectacular ex hibition ever witnessed in this sec tion of the state and those who are familiar with the plans for the fireworks declare that tin* displays will form one of the bii; features of the annrittl fair. S*‘t retary D. Har ris ]eft Saturday for Lynchburg where h« will witness the exhibi tions whifh have been booked for this city. He will visit the shows as a patron of the exposition ut Lynchburg and will see for himself jnst what is Only the very best attrnctions will be brought here. J. W. Ducker, w';o resides near Arden, is in a de.«pertite condition at a local hosjiitul as the result of bullet wounds rofoived last week, and the members of thesherift’s depMrriKent are searching for Hall Rh'itles who is charged with the sh« *»:ing. The affair is said to have be *n jirompted by jealonsy. Thti (irnnd Vn-w Hotel Company, backed by Asheville and Weaver- ville capital, has purchased the summit ot Hamburg mountain at Weaverville, and announcement is made that a handsome summer hotel and cottage colony will be developed on the holdings of the company, work starting within the next thirty days. The hotel will be condacted as a summer resort hotel exclusively, no provision be ing made for running it during the winter months. Edward L. Nixon, who spent last gammer here as the guest of rela tives, was killed at Tampico, Mexi co, by six laborers w’hom he had discharged, according to informa tion received by relatives of the deceased at this city from the state department. Secretary of State Wilii***“ Jennings Bryan, who^ is visiting Asheville, has been ap pealed to by the father of Mr. Nixon to see that the guilty parties are brought to justice, and nothing will be left undone in an effort to capture and punish the men who killed the well known American BUperintendent of an oil company’s plant in Tampico. Stephen Demiss, a Russian em ployed at a. Canton textile plant, V literally worried himself to death over the fate of relatives who are in the Russian army according to the statements of physicians who attended him at a local hospital. The deceased was brought here from Canton shortly after war was declared, stating that he could not sleep for thinking of the safety of his relatives in the Russian army. He lived but a few days after air- riving at this city for treatment. A DAY OF PRAYER President Woodrow Wilson has issued a proclamation designating Sunday, October 4, as “A Day of Prayer and Supplication” through out our country, requesting all God-fearirig people to -repair to their places of worship on that day and there unite their petitions to God “to vouchsafe to His children healing peace again” and to restore once more concord amon^men and nations. Following is the presi dent’s proclamation: “Whereas, great nations of the world have taken up arms against one another and war now draws millions of men into battle whom the counsel of statesm«n have not been able to save from the terrible sacrifice; “And, whereas, in this, as in all things, it is our privilege and duty to seek counsel and succor of Al mighty God, humbling ourselves 4)elore Him, confessing our weak- n^^und OHr lack of «ny wisdom e^ual lo these things ; “And, vrhereas, it is the especial wish and longing of the people of the United States, in prayer, in counsel, and all frienillinese, to serve the cause of peace ; “Therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States of America, do designate Sunday, the fourth day of October next, a day of prayer and supplication, and do request all God-fearing persons to reiwir on that day to their places of worship, there to unite their pe titions to Almighty God, that, over ruling the counsel of men, setting straight the things they cannot govern or alter, taking pity on the nations now in the throes of con flict, in His mercy and goodness showing a way where men can see none. He vouchsafe His children, healing peace again and rest*'r- once more that concord among men and nations without which there INVITATION TO EDITORS At a meeting of the Brevard Clnb last Thursday sight a number of important matters were taken up and diBonmed by the. unusualW large number of members present^ the reporta of the officers were read, and a buffet luncheon was served the members after tho busi ness was disposed of. At this meeting a formal resolu tion was passed by the clnh plac ing the membership on record as favoring the movement to invite the North Carolina Press Associa tion to hold its next June meeting in Brevard. At the recent meeting at Wrightsville Beach the editor of the News extended an invitation to the editors on behalf of the town, and at that time three of the seven members of the execu tive committee, who have the mat ter of selecting the meeting place in charge, declared they would for Brevard. The matter of the selection of the meeting place will he attended to at the January meet ing which meets in Raleigh while tho legislature is in session, and at that time Brevard will be repre sented and our claims placed be fore the committee, and it is raa- sonable to suppose that the next meeting will be held here. A committee was appointed to appear before the coumiissioners to ask them to push the work of put ting the road in g<KMl shape from a plact' near Bluntyi*e to the Hender son county lino. It is understo<jd that Henderson county has agreed to meet Transylvania with a good road at any point and that work is being pushed on the other side of the line. Mr. T. W'. Whitmire stated that at present he only knew of two houses in the town of Brevard that were for rent, and ^hat these were not locrfted in a place to make very good renting property, and that during the past season he had turned away hundreds and hun dreds of people wh(^ wfoxtfid houses. He stated that if the town wanted to grow it would be necessary to have more houses at once. While the club, as an organization, could do nothing to remedy this condi tion a plan was suggested by Mr. C. .M. Cooke, Jr., w'hereby the memWrs as individuals could help in building up the town, and that was by subscribing liberally for stock in the Brevard Building and TKE CAUSE OF THE WAR can be neither happiness nor tru» friendship nor any wholesome frnit! Loan Association, u series of which 19 now oiM3n of toil or thought in tho world ; graying also to this end thitHe forgive us our sins, orr ignorance of His holy will, our vvinrulness and many errors, and lead us in the paths of obedience to places of vision and to thoughts and coun sels thar purge and make wise. “In witness whereof I have here unto set my hnnd and caused the seal of the United States to be aflSxed. “Done at the city of Washirfgi"^ this eighth day of September, i the y«*ar of onr Lord one tboust*!i< nine hundred and Itmrteen, ainl the independence of the United States of America the one hundred and twenty-ninth. W ooDRow' Wilson. “By the president. “William Jennings Bryan, “Secretary of State.” In response to the above call of the president there will be a union service at the Methodist church on Sunday night, October 4, commenc* ing at 7:30 o’clock. All ministers of Brevard will take part in this prayer service, and all our towns people and visitors are invited to att«nd. A union choir composed of rep resentatives of the choirs of each denomination will be practiced for this service at the Methodist church at four o’clock Friday. Tho reports of officers showed the organization whs in a flourish ing condition, that a substantial increase in membershiR^ hud been made and that much work had been accomplished. WANTS JOINT SPEAKING Toned Up Whole System. ‘ Chamberlain’s Tablets Lave done more for me than I ever dared hope for,” writes Mrs. Esther Mae Baker, Spencerport, N. Y. “I lused several bottles of these tablets a few months ago. They not only cured me of -bilious attacks, sick headiiohes and that tired out feel ing, bnt toned up my whole sys tem.” For eale by all dealers.— Adv. Brevard, N. C., Sept. 23, 1914. Hon. Geo. W. Wilson, Democratic Nominee House of Represent a tives, Brevard, N. C. My Dear Sir: Responsive to the time-honored custom in this county of the candidates for the house of representatives meeting each other in joint discussion, I am, as the republican nominee to the office above mentioned, taking this op portunity of cordially inviting you to meet mo at the several voting precincts in the county at such timoi* as we may mutually agree upon, for a discussion of whatever claims we may have to present to the people. It is my desire, and shall be my earnest endeavor, to pitch this campaign upon as high a plane as my ability will permit, keeping it free from the injection of mud slinging and acrimonious debate. And I am quite sure thatyin this regard I shall have your earnest co-operation. I shall, w4jh what evwr ability I have, appeal to the caln|i and considerate intelligence of the people, and not to their passions or prejudices, and I am firm in my persuasion that you will heartily lend me your assist ance. Will you favor me with an early reply, and accept my veiry highest personal regards? Sincerely yours, Chas. B. Dbaver, The iRlitor of the*News has been asked by a subscriber to give, for his information, and for the in formation of onr readers, the cause of the great war now in progress in Europe. This is a pretty big con tract, but we will endeavor to give, in as few v.'ords as possible, a shott sketch of the various events pre ceding the many declarations of war between the nations of Europe, as they appear to us. Away back in 1878 Austria as sumed the protectorate of the provinces of Bosnia and Herz9^ govnia, thus incurring the dis- nleasure of Servia, and when, in 1908, these two provinces were made a part of the Austria-Hun- garian empire Servia became very bitter against her, since which time she has never missed an opportu nity to harass the dual-empire, and everything possible was done to stir up strife. On June 28, 1914, Francis Ferdi nand, the heir to the Austrian throne, and his wife were assassi- nated while on a visit to Sarajevo (pronounced Sar-a-yav-o) by a Ser vian country boy, after an unsuc cessful attempt had been made by a Servian student earlier in the day. Austria at once began an inves tigation of the assassination and found that Servian noblemen were implicated in the plot—in fact a son of King Peter had lent aid in the e-onspirHcy. Austria immedi ately demanded that all pan-Ser vian demonstrations' and all pan- Servian publications be suppressed, and that every aid possible should be given to the Austrian army officers who were detailed to go into Servia to arrest, try and con vict everyone implicated in the as sassination of the prince. To this ultimatum King Peter of Servia replied that he would crush the pan-Servian movement, jail all the agitators who preached revolt against Austri i, and suppress all publications that should abet them in their aims, but “to permit Aus trian army officers, however, to enter my kingdom, jail, try and condemn’my subjects, amenable to the laws of my kingdom and who owe no allegiance to Austria, would be an insult to the national honor of Servia to which I, as ruler, would never submit.” After this reply was received by Austria war was declared on Servia. Rnssia, through her hatred for Austriu-Hnngary, and by reason of tho fact that her religion and that of Servia is largely the same, ard also through the hope that the dual empire might disintegrate and a new power rise up in her stead, espoused the cause of the Servians as a]?ainst the Austrians, and at once began to mobilize her mighty army—at tho same time calling on the Kaiser of Germany to use his good offices in maintaining ])oace between Russia and Austria. While messages were bc-ing passed be tween Russia and Germany, the Germans learned of the mobiliza tion of the Russian army, and after thrice demanding in the most em phatic and abrupt manner that it cease at once and being thx-ice re fused, war was declared by Ger many on Russia. As France is a member of the *-riple entente—composed of France, England and Russia—she at once came to the rescue of Russia by beginning mobilization of her army on the German frontier, the Ger mans having been mobilizing on French frontier instead of the Rus sian border, possibly with the hope that she could be revenged for the loss of Alsace and Lorraine in 1870. Upon Germany’s announcement that she intended to enter France thn^ugh Belgium, Belgium loudly proclaimed her neutrality and called upon Great Britain to help maintain it. This office has been performed by Great Britain since the battle of Waterloo, and Eng land therefore demanded that Ger many at once get off of Belgium soil, which she refused to do, and therefore England declared war on Germany. Japan's reasons for jumping into the c9nflict are somewhat in doubt, but tho most likely reason yet ad vanced is that she wants to oourt favor with England with the hope that the favor will be returned sometime in the fntlire when she is .in need of it. ; As yet Italy, although a member of the triple alliance—composed of Italy, Germany and Austria-Han- gary—has taken no part in tlie great conflict—sentiment in that country being somewhat divided. Late reports say that Turkey ig now mobilizing her army of a mil lion men for purpose of assisting Germany, and it is feared that there will be an anti-Christian up- risiiq^ in that country. Diplomatic relations between Turkey and the United States are today in a very critical state, due partly to the indiscreet utterances of one Rustem Bey, ambassador to this country. While at this time it seems inevi table that Germany must finally be defeated no one can say how long the conflict will last. The enormous cost of carrying on the conflict would seem to insure its early termination. It is estimated by some weH informed statisticians that the combined cost now amounts to 154,000,000 per day. In the meantime we would, sug gest that all Americans go to church next Sunday and join in the nation-wide peace movement and pray for peace. Mr. George W. Henderson, one of the obiest and best known citi zens of tho county, died in Bie vard Moday and was buried at Oak Grove cemetery, near Quebec, Tuesday. A write-up of his life, which camo in too late for this is sue, will appear next week. MASONS VERY ACTIVE Although the Masonic lodge is only scheduled for twelve meetings a year, for the past several weeks they have been meeting every Fri day night in order to dispose of the large amount of werk ahead of them, and from present indications it would seem that the same condi tion will exist throughout the win ter months. • At a spacial communication last Friday night the Master Mason’s degree was conferred, after which all present were invited to Macfio’s drug store where Mr. J. S. Silver- stein had them served with ice cream, after which Mr. T. H. Ship man, the master, passed around the cigars. Tonight (Friday) tho regular Oc tober communication will be held^ and in addition to the regular routine business the Fellowcraft degree will be conferred. Next Sunday morning tho entire membership of the lod|p;e and all visiting brethren are urged to meet at the lodge ut 10:30 a. m. for the purpose of marching in a body tO' attend services at the Episcoyftl church. A special sermon is to preached by Rev. C. D. Chapman, the rector, and no doubt there will be a large attendance of Masons at this service. COMMISSION GRANTED G. & W. Greenville News, Sept. 25. A commission has been issued to day by the secretary of state to the Greenville & Western Railway Company of Greenville, 'cr^ith a capital of $50,000, with the follow ing to be the directors of tho road: Thos. Egleston, A. P. Coles, Asa G. Candler, all of Atlanta, Ga., R. E. McTiere of Bainbrldge, Ga., and John McCord of Atlanta, Ga. These gentlemen bought the road from W. D. Thompson, who had bid it in at the master’s sale in Greenville on June 1st of this year. Tbisistheold Greenville & Knox-: ville Railroad Company, and it has been a dream for several years to connectGreen ville across the moxm- tains'witb Knoxville, Tenn., by completing this road which at pres ent extends from Greenville to the foot of the mountains. It is presumed that the intention of the new owners is to oompleto the road, which would mean a big thing for Greenville and the up- country generally.

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