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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
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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,
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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.