Sylvan Valley News
Our County— Its Progress and Prosperity the First Duty o f a Local Paper,
BREVARD, TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N. C.. FRIDAY. AUGUST 10. 1906.
J- M l X K U . M anasjrer.
Transylvania Lodge No. 143,
ATTENTION, FARMERS.
^ Knights of Pythias
I l e s i u la r c o n v e n t i o n evProfjrainnio of the FariiK'r.s’ In stitu k ’; to bo li(*ld in tli(' ( ’ourt Hous('
ei'y T u e s d a y n i ^ h t in M a ­
s o n i c H a lf.
V i b i t i n o - a t Brevard, Thursday, Angn.st 16, lOOC. Tho m ornin g scission w ill 0 ])0n
Kni<;'lits a r e corc iia llv in* at 10 o'clock .shar]), and the afti'rnoon session at 1 :30.
vited to a tto n d .
T. W. WHITMIRE C. C.
SUB.fKCTS FOR l>IS(’U S S lO X :
Brevard Telephone Exchange.
HOT'US:
D a i l y —7 a. ni. to lU p. m.
iS unuay— tt> 10 a, m., 4 to (> p. m.
C e n t r a l Oliice— McMinti B lo c k .
Professional Cords.
Plant Diseases and Sprayinj^, by F. L. S tevens, N . C. College of
Agrienlture.
Corn Cnltim', by I? W. Seott, of Alaniancc^ County.
Potato Growing, by Benj. G. Estes, of Hamburg, X . Y.
Insect Pests, by R. W . Collett, IStat'e T('st Farm.
Fru it G rowing, by F. C. Reimer, N. C. ( ’ollege o f A griculture.
Problem s in ( ’a ttic Raising, by A. L. Frencli, o f Roc'kingham cou n ty.
7V> t h e F a n t i v i ' f t a f T r a i i s i / f v a t i i d ( ' o K u ftj:
The ab ove ju'ogramme is g iv en to indicate the nature of tlu; Institut<?, b ut it m a y be changed or add(‘d to, as those present desires A
A T T O R N E Y -A T -L A W .
fjuestion box w ill also be open, into w h ich all are in v ite d to put such
Investigatioo of Land Titles a Specialty.
questions as tlu'y dt'sire discuss<‘d. A large numl:)er o f in tellig en t q ues­
Uooms? 1 a n d i!, P i e k e l s i m e r B u ild in rr. tions means an in ten 'stin g institute, and special a tten tion w ill Ix* giv('n
to this featur(‘.
The Farm ers’ In stitutes are lu'ld for th(' benefit of farmers, and
ZACHARY &. BRXESE
none but strictly farm ing questions w ill be discus.scd. It is, therefore,
A T T O R N E Y S -A T -L A W
es])ecially desired th a t a largt' att(‘ndance of farmers be secured, and to
Offices in McMinn Block, Brevard, N. C.
this end y o u are urged to be i)i-esent and to indue<* your neighb ors to do
th(' same.
TAIT BUTLER,
CASH
C A LLO W A Y .
Director Farm ers’ Institutes.
W . B. DUCKW ORTH,
LAWYERS.
W i l l p r a c t i c e in a l l t h e c o u r t s .
Mooms 9 a n d 10. M c M in n B lo c k .
D. L. ENGLISH
LAW YER
Student Bowser
Runs Amuck
H e Tries to Solve the Problem of
B B K V A B D . X . C.
the Bullfrog’s Bellow and
Falls Down.
Miscellaneous.
THOMAS A. ALLEN, Jr.,
Home— Mrs. B. Is Connpassionate
and Leaves Him Alone.
<)p])osite O p e r a H o u s e
H H N D E R S O N V IL L E ,
-
-
M IS T A K E N F O R L U N A T IC
Considerably Wrecked Before H e Gets
D E N T IS T .
N. C.
[C o p y rip h t. iroi'. b y C. H. Sutcllffo.]
T 'I iI N d the Jiftenioon a
ixtr had come iu and told
Po rc cl aiu W o r k s p e c i a l t i e s .
Mrs. B o w se r alxmL n h>cturc
A ll w o r k gu;irant(*ed a n d p rices rt*aon the Holy L a n d tliat \v:ts tt)
.soiiable. P a i n l e - s Hxtracti oii.
be p:iven a t the chnn-li th a t evenin'-',
a n d tl!er(*fon> an extr.-i uood dim ior
h a d iieen phiiined w ith the coul; for
Mr. r.owscr, a n d In* w.is coa-':ed to l t o .
lit.* <-;i:ne homo cuod n a tu re d . and he
piais(>d th«y din ner, and all stvincd to
B r e v a r d ' s Xew H o t e l —ModiM-Ji A p ­
I>e ^’■(tinf; well w lu‘n he put :i stumhliii.u:
p o i n t m e n t s —O pen a il ttie y e a r
block in tlie w a y by snyliiu::
T he ] ) a t r o n a g e o f th e tr a v ( 'l i n g piinlic
"A r atlier intoivstin.u' incident occ ur­
as well a s t^ummer t o u r i s t s is s o l i c i t e d .
red a t tii(' oilici' tills aftornooii. You
Opp. C o u r t H ouse. B r e v a i'd . X .C ’.
)iav(* h(“;ird of P ro fe sso r Staclchouse, I
pr(‘su:;icV”
“ I tliink I h a v e s<>(‘n liis n a m e iu tiie
p.-!] crs.” replied Mrs. lU»ws(>r.
‘•lie is thi! m ost cele b ra te d s tu d e n t
uf n a t u r a l history in the Avorld. Show
him a nibliit's foot a n d he will tell
you how old the r a b b it was. to w h a t
^'poch ho iK'lonwd. w h e th e r he w a s
I M - P - A - X - S T a lu iles
sliot or ru n dow n by a dou'—iu brief,
D o c to r.'^
all a b o u t him. I li.avt' lon.LT w ish(‘d t >
nu*(‘t hir.i. a n d w e h ad a visit for tw o
A
p rescrip tio n
hours or m ore.”
( ioUl ( rowii, B rid g e W o r k a nd
D
The JEthelwold
F o r in aiik im l
The
p a c k e t is c iio n jiii tor us u a l occa«io!is.
T h e l a n i i i v b o ttle (fiO f t n i " <•<)'ltaul^ a sui>i>’. y
fo r a y e a r .’ A l l <ii
.'■eli tlu -ni.
\V itit O pinionN
<tf I H m O w n .
“ Yes.”
“ W e w ere iu accord in all b u t one
thin?. You k now I a m a m a n w ho fias
opinions of his own. I did not s w a l ­
low all of his becau se h« w a s a pro­
fessor. Mrs. Itowser, you w e re brought
up iu the co u n try .”
“So w e r e you. Mr. Bowser. T he first
tim e I ev('r s a w you you w ere cut tin
up lunupkiiLS to feed a one liorned
WdePt !n the State. B u b ! nes^^, S lio r th a n d .T y p e w rlcow.”
t u it i, Fe n m a 11s li 1p, and
E n t r l i s h cours^es.
ISOO | I H e flushed up a n d liis eyes snaiijted
KrailiiatcB In positions. |
H a lf o r m o re o f y o u r r a il - i an d for a m o m en t he ap p e a r e d a b o u t to
ro a d fa r e jia id . I ’ le n ty of
Then he huns:
po o d b o a rd a t t 2.50t o
I m a k e a n anirry an.swer.
p e r w e ek. N o v a c a tio n s . |
ou to him self a n d forced a sm ile a n d
K n tc r a n y tim e . S p e c ia l
courf-e b y m a ll it you ask
said:
f o r It.
“ Well, let it j;o t h a t wo w e re both
In “The Land of the Sky.”
^
^ Country.
bro u g h t up in th e couutry. It is all the
more to th e point in this case. As
P rln c liM il.
ASHEVILLE, N. 0. cotnitry brtni folks w e k now w h a t the
l)idlfrof? is. H e is found in i)onds a n d
nuirslies. H is principal o ccupation is
H O LL ISTER 'S
to bellow a t night. Did you ev e r stop
Rocky fountain Tea Nuggets to think, Mrs. Bowser, w h y ho hel­
lo vrs?”
A Bn&y Mediolue for Baay People.
Brings Golden Health and Eenewed Vigor.
“Because he w a s made to. the same
A speciflc fo r Constipation, Indi^restion, Live
as
a roDster w a s made to crow,” she
and Kidnev Troubles, Pimples, Eczema, Im pure
Blood, Bad B reath, Slupcish Bo'.vels, H eadache answered.
felnd Backache. I t's Rocky Mountain Tea in ta b ­
“But w hy Avas he made to—why?
l e t form , S.5 c en ts a box. Genuine m ade by
The rooster w a s made to crow that he
HotLisTEB D ru q C ompany, Madison, Wis.
bOLDEN NUGGETS FOR SALLOW PEOPLE might w a k e the farmer's hired man up
Teachers’ AssoGlation.
placl(i. thou;^Ii I m ay also be ex u ltan t.
I'll bet d d la rs to ce:its th a t I kn >clc
the p rofe ssor's tl.e aiy into a cocI:e 1
B e c a u s e o f s o m e oonfiictinu,- a p ­
hat. l i e isn't t!ie o n ’y m a n in this
w o rld wh'> h as had Ills (>ye on th e p o i n t m e n t s , t h e n e x t meeting? o f t h e
bullfrog.”
T r a iis y lv ;i n ia T e a c l i e r s ’ A.ssociatio n
M r . B o i v N o r D o i» n r ti» .
w ill be p ostpon<‘(I u ntil A u g u s t 20.
Mrs. B o w se r w o u ld n 't go to th e lec­
t u r e w itliout him, :'.ud so it w a s settle.J A p r o g r a m for t h e occasio n w ill be
t h a t siie should st;iy home. J u s t as arran^aMl and p u b lis h e d later.
d u s k w a s <-omin;j: <iawn Mr. B(*wser
W e hope to Jiave w it h us at (^ur
took his d e p a r t u r e for th e c.)tmtry
next
meetin<r a representative ol' tlie
a n d th e la nd of br.llfrogs. H e did n't
h a v e to w ait huig a f t e r ta k in g liis c ar \ \ Oman’s Asso."iat ion for the Better­
to get som<‘ iiifor:!iati;):i to as sist hi:n m e n t o f Pnbl c School Houses in
in his in vestigation. A f a r m e r (i:r<‘ct- North Carolina.
ed him to a big pond w h e r e clay had
We
sh a ll e x p e c t e v e r y p u b lic
been du g ou t for a br'ckyArd a n d then
n a t u r a lly asked ;
scliool tea c h e r in T i a n s y l v a n h i to h e
“ (Join’ to c a tc h a ii:ess of frogs to present, and be p rep a red to t a k e
eat?”
part in tlie li’eneral <liscussion o f th o
“ No; I am goin^r to stu d y the frog."
T.
H k ndk us o .v ,
“T h e re h a i n 't no us:‘ in th a t. Any su bjects.
book a b o u t anim.'ils a n d th in g s will fell
C o u n t y .S u perin tend en t.
you all a b o u t him. I <a n do it myself
fo r t h a t m a tte r. I>o you w a n t to knov.T h at pa rt of th e n e w r e p u b l i ­
w h y his hin d legs a r e the longest?"
“ No, sir. If you kr.ow all a b o u t the can c a m p a i g n book wliicli d e a l s
bu llfro g tell me w hy he b(>llows. with the jiart y' s re cor d in th e
W h a t 's his g a m e ? Is he ta lk in g to m at te r of tariff revi.sion, is li ke ly
o th e r frogs?
Does ho ima.trine lie's
Hinging a song? Is it a note of defi- to h a v e th e m er it of b r e v i t y , a n y ­
way.
iince?'’
“ By th u n d e r, b u t yo u 'v e got me!" e x ­
I t is to be hope d that S p e a k e r
claim ed th e f a r m e r a f t e r th in k in g it
over. “ I'v e been livin’ wMth bullfrogs Cannon will
aro u n d patting"
for the la st forty yea rs, b u t it has him.self on th e back and clalniiiig
n ev e r oc< u rre d to nu> to ask v>-hy they
bellered. A nd you ;ire goin’ to liud all th e c r e d i t if Maine, w h e r e he
out, a r e y o u ? ”
is to m a k e ]iolitic;il s p e e c h e s , h a p ­
M r . D. I n v e s t f f r a t c s .
I^ooint? 11 a n d 12 M c M in n B lo c k ,
T i n : IJ U L T -F U O d PKT.r.OWS. ]$I:T w i l l ' D O E S
in: DiiLLowV”
a t 4 o'<-lock iu the m^rnfn?:. Itut for
w h a t i»articular reason shoultl tin* bullf ro ”- bclhnvV 'Mi<‘y say t h a t natiir(‘ h as
a rc.ason for (‘vcrythiuir.”
“ I Kive up th a t I dcci’t know, and the
Tiev. Mr. (.'h'ason is to d e l i \ r r a h'cture
oil th e H o l y L and a t our chun-h this
eveniiii' a n d 1 w a n t you to p ) w ith me.
W(* h a v e n ’t been out a n evenin,^ for
tv*’o moiulis.”
"I am sorry to disa p poin t you. Mrs.
P.awser, b u t th e liev. Mr. (Jlo.tsun and
his Holy I.a n d mtist w ait. \ \ 'e h.ave
bt'fore us a «iuestion t h a t lias b>»th(*re.l
natur.-’.lists for th e l;ist
y(>;irs.
T he bullfrog: ]>ellows, b u t wh.v does he
i)ellow?'’
“ B u t w hy sh )uld w e ca re a b o u t liis
bellowiu.iLrs? It is jrointr to be a v('ry
interestintr lecture an d I w a n t to h»‘a r
it. T he bullfroj^s ca n be a t te n d e d to
a n y tim e.”
.fuKt I .i U e n A V o m n n .
“ E x a c tly like a w o m a n ." said Mr.
Bowser, w ith a sup e rior smile. “ No
<lotii)t th e M’ife of Sir Isa.ac N ew ton
w jinted to iro to a circus th e afteruo:):i
he discovered ;rravitation, an d if he
had pone w ith her the w o rld would
h a v e h ad to w a it a n o th e r t'aousand
years. You can r u n ritrht alon.:' an d
h e a r all a b o u t th e H.oly L and, b u t I
shall d evo te th e evenini; to solvinir
this problem. T h e profes.-^or holds t h a t
t h e bullfro.cr bellows tt» a t t r a c t liis food
to him. I hold th a t he bellows u n d e r
th e idea t h a t he is i*ourinir f o rth a lulla­
by to i>ut the w o rld to sleei*. Each
one of us will m a k e his ow n inv esti­
g atio n s toni.cht a n d co m p a r e notes to­
m o rro w .”
“ And tomorrow’ ui;rht you'll be iuvestlgatinjr w h y ow ls h o o t I supiw seV'
s a rc astica lly o b se rv e d Mr?^. Bowser.
“ Possibly, m y d e a r w u in a n —i)os.sii.>ly.
I n fact, 1 h a v e o ften w on dered j u s t
w hy ow ls do hoot in ste a d of keepiuj;
th e ir h ea d s shut. T h e re need be no
a c rim o n y ab tm t th is m a tte r. Y'ou can
ru n along to the Holy Land, a n d I
shall ta k e a s u b u r b a n c a r ou t into the
c o u n try .”
“ B u t so m e th in g will h ap p e n to you,
a n d you'll com e home m a d a t me.”
“N o thing w h a t e v e r will hapifCn to
me, a n d I shall com e hom e feeling j u s t
a s i)Iacid a s I do now. I shall be
VOL. X I-N O . 82
“ If it's a possi!)le th in g,"
“ W anl. by (ieorge! I hope you can.
I f w e c a n find o u t w h y they bellor
m e b b e w e c a n buy ’em oiT. T here's
a b o u t a mililoa of ’em in t h a t pond I
spoke of, a n d you w o n 't h a v e any
tro u b le to find ’em. You’ll h e a r ’em
a-whoopiii’ a s soon a s you g e t off th e
c a r .”
1'he m a n spoke truly. W h e n th:* car
reached th e t e rm in u s a n d Mr. Bow ser
had ta k e n a seat on a log a f t e r he ^ot
off the c a r he hea rd the h o arse voici*s of
a buHlrog concert dow n th e higlnv.ay
a n d riaiizeiJ t h a t he h ad strc.ck it rich,
'i'lie w ay to in v e stig a te is to invertlF iv e m in u te s a f t e r reachinir th e
pond Mr. B o w se r w a s giving all his
m ind to solving th.e i>robl'^*rii.
H e first e s tim a te d the nu-r.’^er of
froirs before him a t a n even million.
SecoiHlly. he m a d e o u t a b o u t oO<i
different intonations.
'I'hirdly, detiance. sorrow , pathos, in­
difference Ji’id ex u lta tio n seem ed to b(>
a b o u t eiptally mixed. W h e re one old
fro.LT w ;;s se n d in g a lullaby o ut to th *
slei'piii'z w orld .'inotlier w a s tr y in g to
waki* up e v e ryb ody w ith in tw o miles.
It looked as if the pro!ilc!;i w:',s being
tied r;> in li-ti'd i-;:iots w hen tw o ii;en
suil<i-.‘:i!y .-tppeared bel'o'.H* Mr. I'<owser.
a n d on;* of tlieni c;il!ed out:
“ V»'ell, o !d c o v e . h ; ;v e y o u c o m e b;;cl:
f o r t lie r e s t o f tin* i o ;iis ':"
"►‘'ir. art* you ;:pe.‘ikiiig to r.u*?" asic
ed Mr, B o w se r as h e r o s j r p .
ile
V .';: i . i ' s
I ji-,
“ I am . V.'I.r.t a r e you d n '’ 'C :’.r "i;; i
here at tliis tii;;e of i;!'.!;t? S ci;e <,i:e
V\'as here a ni;dit or tw o
a.; i si ilall the pirk;!::».*s. lr.it d(t;i't x
'c you
can gi t av» ;iy with an.v mori* of ’v-m."
“ I c.'ime h(’rc, sir. ;o s''.;dy t!..* fr t"
a n d I object to being ta lked to in tlii-^
ir.annor.”
".Jell >s;ii»hatl” g:isp<*d t!;e r.in:’. “ Say.
.lim. this m u s t be th(* iU!;:;tic tiiat esc.aped from the as y lu m yestord;iy. 1:
w(? ta k e h.im b ack th e y ’ll ^ive us a
liver. Com e on."
Mr. Baws(*r escaped, bu t he w a s j)retty well w recked in th e doing of it.
H e w a s rolled in the mvid :ind had his
clotlu's to rn jind lost his hat. At 1 !
o’clock, w ith .Mrs. B ow ser still up and
w aitin g for him, he softly unlocked the
f ront door a n d sueakt^d ur>st:iirs. She
hea rd hhn. bu t iu the goodness of her
I'eart did no^ call out. She gave him
h alf ail hour a n d th en w e n t up to find
him asleep. H e w a s aslee]\ b u t his
m ind still worked. As she b e n t over
him he gro an e d o u t a n d then m u t ­
tered :
“ W e know wiiy his hind legs a r e the
longer, b u t w hy does he ^.bellow?
W h a t ’s th e o bject? W h a t ’s th e g a m e ? ”
M. Q I'A D .
I l l ( ir e . it I> e n u m d .
p e n s to g o republican.
T h e V i r g i n i a S u i n ’e m e Court o f
Afipeals will s h o r t l y m ee t in e x ­
tra s e s s i o n to d i s p o s e of th e c a s e
of I n s u r a n c e Com m i s s i o n e r “ iJutton w’ho s e e m s to li ave g o t t e n
h i m s e l f into a ‘■hole."
Old m a i d s w o u ld be sc arce and har.t
to find,
C ould t h e y bo m a d e to see,
How ^race and b(*auty is combined
Hy usin«^ R ocky Mountain
— Z. W*. X i c h o l s .
i f th e Hartjie c a s e g e t s m u ch
w o r s e it will yet d i s g u s t I'veii
L 'li^ i.sbu rg.
T h e g e n t l e m a n w h o w a n ts to
iret in jail s o bail miirlit lind Harr^^ T h a w w illin g to ch.^iige ])laces.
S o m e m e n are bf;i*n fa m o u s
and s o m e men malce a v. iii^iirig
hit in a c l o s e baseball coi^ ost . '
S e c r e t a r y T;;ft vnll ]iloase
stan d a s i d e no w and allow Sc-.orefary Ivoot to iiave a little of tlie
limelight.
S e t t i n g s e c r e t d iv o r c e s in CiJc ago s e e m s t(i 'oe about as e a s y
IS contra(*ting m a r r ia g e s on th e
4 uiot at S t. .Joe.
l ie fo r e procc'edinLr to put di^wn
th e li'oL'ral iiiu'/fintMU witli h is
a r m y , tiie Czt!' m ig h t do well to
ironsult th e aru jy ab ou t it.
T h a w d o e s n ot wtint to i^lead
in sa n ity. H e w a n t s to be tried
by an em otion al ju r y that iias
le a n in g s in th at d ir ec tio n itself,
l f o A \ 's T i n s ?
W e otter on e htm drcd dollars r e ­
ward for a n y ca s e o f catarrh tliat
c a n n o t be cure<I b y H a l l ’s ( ’taarrh
('u r e.
F . .r. C h e n e y it Co.,
T o l e d o , ().
W e , t h e unilei'sijiued, h a v e k n o w n
F. J . C h e n e y lo r t h e last l ' > years,
a n d b e l i e v e h im p erfe ctly h o n o r a b le
in all his busin ess t r a n s a c t io n s m id
tin a n cia lly ab le to car ry ou t a n y
o b l i g a t i o n s m ad e b y his firm.
W a ld in g , K i n n a n «X: M a r v in ,
W h o le .sa le Drugi^ists, To le. a), O.
H a l l ’s ('atarrh Cure is t a k e n in t e r ­
n a l l y , a c t i n g d i r e c t l y u p o n t h e blood
a nd m u c o u s surface ^ o f t h e s y s t e m .
T e s t im o n ia l s sent f r e e .
P r i c e 75
c e n t s per b o t t le . S o l d b y all d r u g ­
g ists.
T h e d e m a n d l o r Cha iiiberia in 's
C olic , ('holoi-a a n d D ia rr h oe a ll e i i i e d y h e r e ha.s b een so j^reat t h a t 1
h a v e sc arcely b een a b le t o k eep it
i n s t o c k . I t has cure d cases o f d y s ­
e n t e r y h ere w h e n all oth e r r e m e d i e s
failed. Frank Jones, P ik eyille, Ind.
Take Hall’s F am ily Pills for c o n ­
F o r s a le by Z. \ V . X ic h o ls , B r c y a i d
stipation.
a n d O. L. E rw in , C a lv e r t.