Sylvan Valley News
Our County—Its Progress and Prosperity the First Duty of a Local Paper.
J- Miner, Miinawr.
BREVARD, TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY. N. C., FRIDAY. SEriKMRER 21.190C.
VOL. XI-NQ. 33
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Professional Cards.
W. B. DUCKWORTH,
attorney-at-law.
Investigation of Land Titles a Specialty.
llooms 1 and 2. Pickelsimcr Buildin*!.
ZACHARY &. BREESE
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
Offices in McMinn Block, Brevard. N. C.
CASH cfl GALLOWAY.
LAWYERS.
Will practice in all the courts.
Uoonis 0 and 10, McMinn Hlock.
D. L. ENGLISH
LAWYER
lioonis 11 and 12 McMinn Block,
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Miscellaneous.
THOMAS A. ALLEN, Jr.,
DENTIST.
()p]>osile ()])ora Hous-o
HENDERSONVILLE, - - N. C.
(iuUl ('I'own, r>ri(lge Work and
I’orcflaiii Work si)ecialties.
All work fj:uarant<'0(l aiul prices rca-
.>s()iiable. Painle-s Kxtractioii.
The ^thelwold
Brevard's Xew ITotol -M(Kl(M-n Ai>-
pointments—O))on all tin* year
The ijatronajiv of the traveling-- ]tuhlic
as well as tiununer tourists i.-» soli<‘itcd.
Opi). Court Ihnise. Brevard. X.C.
IM-F-A-X-S Tal.ulos
Doctors liiid
A good prescription
For inankiiHl
The ri-coiit packet is onoiiL^i tor oora'-’ons.
The fiuniiv bntilc itiO contains u
for a your.' All »inii;t;ist> stli tliein.
R. W. NORTON
Wooflwork of Every Descripticn
Wagon R.epairs, Etc.
Can be Found at T. I. Sneisor.'s Shop.
THE GRADED SCHOOL BUILDING.
Reply to the Personal Attack on the Editor of
the News by the Board of
Education.
If there is anythin;:: you want built
<>f wood call and let me c'Jitiniate its
cost—I can save you money.
Snelrion's Shoj), Brevard. X’. C.
R. W. NORTON
jr HELP IS OFFERED
TO worthy young pe:opi«£
We earnestly r^uest all young persons, no matter
how limited their means or education, who wish to
obtain a thorough business training and good posi
tion, to write by first mail for our grcpat half-rate
<rff«r. Success, independence and probable fortune
are guaranteed. Don’t delay. Write t«day.
The Ga.»Ala. Business College* Hacon. G*.
Quoted from article in last
week's News:
Why don't you tell the poo])lo
that you wi'ro ignorant of the fact
that the Cnllowhet' Training and
Industrial Sc*hool huildinf>:, which
cost ^^7.000 and for which the state
]>aid .-)(>() last yi'ar, is i)ohl)lc-
dashcd? (S(‘c democratic hand
book, ])a.u:o
Isn't it just a bit strange that
the Board of Education kept si
lent until the democratic hand
book was circulated about a week
airo? In reading’ it they discov
ered w’hat they supposed would
put the News editor out of busi
ness and answer his question.
Why don't tlie Board of Edu
cation tell the people that the
Cullowhee Training' and Indus
trial School is not a public school
and therefore has no )-elation
whatever to our question. The
same is true of the school house
at L^iltmore. It is a church
school, a small one story affair
run by the church and does not
a])ply to our position on public
buildings.
Yon furtlu'r ktiow that ov('ry
hons(‘ in Biltinore—de])ots. .school
house, clnireh, husin(‘ss house's,
stables, etc—av(‘ ])(‘bbl(‘(lash(Ml, an<l
that Biltniore is most certainly the
])T('tti(‘st httle town it\ tlu* south.
Some of these assertions are
lacking in truthfnhu'ss. Our in
formation, by one who has lived
there, is that the church, tlie on
ly building in the town that even
aims at respectable construction,
is a brickibuilding—the rest look
like ant heaps, onesii^e, onesha))e
;ind one color, Tliey rellect llie
j iiulividualily of one man—and no
|One questions his rig-ht to build
; as he pleases. No public mt)m'V
j was used in tl'.e construction of
‘any buikling in Biltmore.
i As to "the ])rettist little town
in the south" thei'e are dilfer-
I'nces of o})inion. No children
are allowed to play «)n its streets
and lawns, not a dog. chicken or
animal of any kind is ])ermitted
to ••gambol on its green." and
the lack of variety in construc
tion makes the cottages in Bill-
more repulsive to the common
householiler. Ordinarily not
more than a tliird of these homes
are occupied although every res
idence elsewhere around Ashe-
{ville is in constant demand,
j liiltmore is pebbledaslied out of
j credit and our Board of Educa-
jtion seem determined that Bre-
' vai d shall follow in its wake,
j If one wants to ascertain how
j pebbledash will stand rough
j usage they have only to look
i across the railroad from Bilt-
I more station and notice the
i freight depot. The mud finish is
knocked off and defaced the en
tire length of that building as
high as freight touches it in
handling.
And to say our cour.s(' is undemo
cratic wlu'n we ha\'(' followed the
law to th(‘ letter is such a r('fl»‘ction
on an editor’s intellig('nce that we
must say that he is either poorly
advised concerning the situation
or has a s])(‘cial fondnt'ss for gross
misr{‘presentation.
If the editor of the New’S un
derstands the mission of thedem
ocratic party it is to protect the
people from the operation of laws
which are unjust and undemo
cratic. Carnegie, the Standard
Oil and all other trusts -follow’
the law to the letter.” and yet are
not democratic. We .said, and
still stand by our position that to
use the public money in the con
struction of a public building
without letting the public know
what they were to gfet in ex
change for their money, is un
democratic and unw’ise. This
may be a “reflection on an edit
or’s intelli.gence" but we hope to
live down its evil etfect. We
know that it is a rellection on the
intelligence of a Board wiiich
t:ikes the authority into its own
hands, and we seriously doul)t if
they w’ill be able to live down its
evil effects.
Read th(‘ order—you will find it in
tlu' R('gist('r s oilic(»—and you will
liTid th(' ])ro]>osition submitt<‘<l so
clear that no sc'7isibl<* man could
lu‘ misled l)y it.
Less than a month ago we
made a strenuous search for the
plans of our new grraded school
building lor the purpose of hav
ing a cut made to illusti-ate a
write-up—but failed to learn any
thing of their whereabouts. It
is not enough that th(>y are "in
the register's oftice*"—they sho'd
have been })rinted so that every
tax[)ayer might know w’hat he
would g'et for his liioney.
And bt‘sid(\s av(‘ will .say for the
biMU'lit of the allwis(‘ and (‘v<‘r suc-
(•(‘ssful editor, that the buildintr is
to 1)1' heated by steam and tlu'n'-
tor«' danirer of lire from tlie insidi'
is a matter of little concern.
We k‘arii that the building is to
have eight school rooms-—but
wheny It “is to be heated by
steam"—but when'r It there is
not money enough in* sight to
tinish and setit only four I’ooms
how soon will it be on hand to ])ut
in steam fixtures'? In the hum
ble opini(m of the “allwise and
ever successful editor" if no
school is run in this district un
til the mud tinish graded school
building is completed and heated
by steam, some of our children
will arrive at man's estate with
out an education.
“Ever successful I’’ Doesn't
the. lioard of Education know that
no editor can be successful w’ith-
out graining the conlidence and
esteem of his readers? In order
to do this he must be truthful
and honest in all his dealings.
This being so wiiat becomes of
their accusation that he “has a
special fondness for gross mis
representation.’’ We leave the
question for our readers to an
swer.
But horrors, who are tlie kick-
er.sy First, the News editor, 1m'-
caus(' we would not ]>ay him four
or five dollars for advertising for
bids.
This accusation is beneath the
dignity of any county official. It
is a fact well known to the writer
of this undignified attack on the
editor of the News that no public
building, church or sc'iool house,
has been built in thecouoty with
out help from said editor's ))ri-
vate means if the opportunity to
donate was presented to him.
Every public betterment has re
ceived his financial and moral
support, and who ever heard of
his charging for publicity given
to the building of a school house,
either public or private? When
has the Board of Education paid
him anything for his influence in
the election which made a graded
school house a possibility?
Tnis accusation of mercenary
motives could only have origi
nated in a brain controlled by
mercenary motives. The accus
er knew’ that it was false, and as
we see it the entire article as
printed last week was written in
hoj)e that it might raise adust
whicii would hide the cloven hoof
beneath their transaction. If
anything was needed to prove
that they feel guilty in this busi
ness the ascribing of mercenary
motives to others furnishes the
proof.
It is well known that this pa-
[)er w’as stai'ted without a dollar
of assistance from the town or
county, it has vvorked for ev
ery betterment that has been un
dertaken. and its editor has no
wealth to show for his labors.
He has received, since the News
[)lant was bought ^1,890 from
l^er.sonal sources. There is a
debt of .si,500 against the pla^,
tlie increase in value of the lot is
—these added together make
s4,(JiM), and his price for the out
tit is s-l,O00. Not a dollar receiv
ed from the town or county en
ters into its value in any way—it
has supported our family and we
are not extravagant. Where d(>
mercenary motives—working for
four or five dollars for .adveriis-
ing a scliool building—come in?
Evidently from the article in
(juestion, the die is cast—‘-keep
kicking until the house is built"
—is their advice. Not a word
about submitting to the wishes
or will of the })eopl(\ No hint
that anything that can be said
will alter or amend tlie decision
of this autocratic Board of Edu
cation, so further controversy
will be useless. We should have
been glad to sup[)lement the pub
lie money with a private sul>
scrii)tion, had a substantial and
creditable building been under
taken, and we believe tlxit there
are others who would have been
glad to help—but not for a tem
porary w’ood building with mud
tinish.
In closing this article v.e wisli
to say that our stand for a better
school house has been endorsed
by leading citizens of Atlanta,
Nashville, Charleston, Asheville
and other cities; by judges and
prominent attorneys from sever
al adjoining counties, and a judge
who was here at court was posi
tive in the assertion “your Board
of p]ducation is making a mis
take.” W’^e w’onder how many
endorsements of their pebble
dash enteri>rise the Board of
Education has received. We
have done what we considered
our duty—we are on record as
opposed—forever opposed to
cheap construction of public
buildings in our enterprising and
growing town, and w’e believe
the time is not far distant when
even the present Board of Edu
cation will acknowledge our posi
tion correct.
Evidentl3^ the Board does not
intend that the public, who pay
the bills, shall have any voice
whatever in deciding how' their
money shall be spent, so further
argument is useless. They
might have used a column in giv
ing information as to their de
signs, but they chose instead to
use it in a personal attack, and
as personalities are barred, this
ends the controversy. They will
have to account to the }X!ople and
not to the Editou.
Union Meeting.
The next Union Meeting of the
Transylvania Association will be
held w’ith the Ii]non Baptise
church. Sept, 28-30.
FKIDAV.
11 a. m.—Sermon by P. fl. Elsom.
1:^0 J). ni.—The work of our Union
as it lies betorft us. (general di.s-
cussion led by F. M. Jordan.
o:0() p. ni.—Does the Bible teach tfiat
the chosen of tlie I.ord ofu^n-in
“and come short of the y:lorv of
God?”
Twenty minute speeches. 1. Old
Testament teachintr, P. (J. JOIsora.
2. New Testament leaching, .Ino.
W\ P.rig^s.
SATl’llDAV.
1C:00 a. m.—Ilelij^ious exerci'^es led
by the pastor of Enon chiucli.
lf>:l,“) a. m.—Our relij^ious home life.
Twenty minutes speeches. 1. The
])arents, F. M. Jordan. 2. The I’.i-
b!(‘in the home, Judson <’orn. :J.
Hij^li ideals for the home, P. (J.
Elsoni. 4. Proper reading for the
liome, Jno. W. l{i-i<rf's. .j, Pro})er
top.es of conversation in the home,
J. M. Hamlin.
m.—,'>ermon by T. Iloltz-
('law.
l:>‘)Op. 111.— Kind of mission work
that shovild be done in our Associa
tion. <^eneral discnsslou l;-d by
F. ]\[. Jordan.
[). m.—How shall w«‘ 1 rain our
church members, and (‘specially
the young, to fneet tlie inerea>ing
deitiands and <‘nlar,u<*ment of our
work in our state and nation, :in<)
to tfie u!niost parts of the t'a’th?
T.ed by !•]. Allison.
sr.vDAV.
a. Ill.—Keli<j:ious exerci-ses led
by .1 no. \V. IJriiij^s.
10 a. m.—Sunday .school mass nie(*t-
iu”-. Three twenty minutes
speeches.
11 a. m.—Sermon by F M. Jordan.
Evei-y church in the Associa
tion sliould be represented in the
Uni!)n. A glorious meeting is
ex[)ected. Tiik Oommittj-:e.
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