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MIRROR OF TRANSYIjVANIA COUNTY MFE
revard New
(Name changed from Sy von Vje'Fc/ f^ws, January I, 191?.)
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BREVARD, NOm CAROLINA, FiilOAY, -I 'NIIARY 19. 1917.
NimBKK-
* Revival Meeting
Mow in Progress
HOLDS AN'OAUSIINe
Officers arc Elected and Usual
Dividend t laved; Husiness
' Good for Past Year and Out
look for Year is Bright.
: 1
Tlic slockliuliU'rs of th(‘ i’.vc'vard
liiinkinir conijiHny imt in ;iini;ia’.
session oil JjinuMi V I fiiKl n* i licl' ii
tlu‘tclltiwiTijr (liiH'Ctors : »
.los. S Silv('rst(*in, chHirinan. .1.
F. Hay-, R. 11. lh>:xv.‘r, .1. W. Mr-
.Minn, \V. S. Asli worth, W. i*.
Wfilt, T)u)S. H. Shijtnmn.
The nicM’tin.i; of jUockhoUicrs was
follo\v»>(,l by lliat of tlu5 dirrctors,
\v})o rt' oHict*rs as follows :
.1. F. Hays. jirfsidtMit; U. !l.
Di'iivrr, vict! ])n*si(lt>nt ; .1. W. Mc-
Minn, ])ri'si(U nt; Tho«. II.
t'hininun, casl)icr.
Th(f stt)pkliol(Iers v.«'ro ]>loast*(l
with tht* l)usiru ss of th* ]>»ist yrsir.
Tlu' usual .‘'t'Tni-annnal roj'iilar div-
iih-nd of ;! ]i«'r c«‘nt and tlit* “xtr;i
(livitlt-nd of ])^r cont w*ro d(-
clarcd. Th* ontlook for tli‘ lu-w
yi'ar is }>riul5t. Tht> (inartcrly vr-
l)ort jmbiislit'd last wrok shows ii
total o: tiim- and chfckm” d(.*j)osits
i*f
f' r* *• J j
i^lAfiiO L'iufcljiji New Road Law Names
Road Commissioners
With Full JluthoriiM
WILL NOT GONFLiOT
Tlio Irw ('on(*«*vt foTuj'a nv, scpimmI
nnnil t rof t he I'ccwin conisf*. will
l't‘. Ml f h(? A ndi 1 ui i iini on 1!k‘ ni^:ht
ot JiHiuuvy "11. I ill coi(i])Mny is
(M!:ujio>Mi of Coi’.lralto f-oloi.st,
])ijini.-t Hiul afvorM]>Hi>isl, »illlMli*s,
and tlu'ir I'ro^^ranj takes the form j
of ji rerital.
'riit' first nrnihor in lUcvard was
iiiirlily ]ileasin;.r.
Allhonj^h tills nr.niher (‘onu’s on
iiday ni>:ht. when tlu? revival
will he in ])r(if.;ress at tlio Ba])tist
clnircli, tlier»! will he no conflict.
When it WHH learned that nianv
]>ersons wonld like to «tt(*nd both
tlM' Tneeting and th^ lyceuin. ar-
tan.'.M'nienfs were made wher(>by
tile lyc«*uin will not h(‘«»in nntil th.e
tni’etinir clr)ses for thct ni|jjlit at tlu^
chnrch. which will he not later
t i an s :;iO.
r
ARM LOAN ASSOGiATION
TO BE ORGA^iZED MONDAY
BREVARO iliSTITUTE
Fanners of Transylvania will meet
in llievard at 1 :;50 n»‘xt Monday to
oi;rani/,- a farm huin association,
tiit^ pnrposc of which was fully ex-
])l-iincd in last week’s News. ^Several
larrncrs have indicated an interest
in the ]»ropi)Setl oi'*^ani/.ation.
iJi{. Vv'. JL>. xNOVVLIN
The revival '
tist chun-h !M'
continue ihn
wiek IstTM-
.! t lit hi'eval (! li i]i-
Sunday and ill
;s^!i Fnd::v of n.’Xt
«. art' lu'inir held at
11 o’clock each moi nini: and at T ; 1 •
at ni-zht. t^onix sstvici'S ari- ( "n
ductt’d at sotiif lenij:th at ni^ht ! y .i*'
K L. Wolsiau'el (>! Asheville. j)r.
W. D Now liTi. who has aci'ejiTed a
(*all frv)in Kiujxviile to L >uisvi.li‘,
is (h)inj; the j-reaehinir. Ml. W oi-
slaj't'l arnve(i Sinnlay an.I t'>'l\
charjic of tin* inus.c tor the Svinilay
nij;;ht service. Ih'. Nowlin con
ducted his first st'rvict' ?.l«ii;(:ay
nifjht.
Although the weatln r was (jnit('
unfrtvoralilt'in tl!'“ hr 'inmn. tl:.'
meeting beiran with a j;ood atiemi
ance, whii h In i n L'^rowiDU unt;l
tlu! sc'atMiL: ( :;]'aelty ui t lie i
building; is tuli i' well taxel at ihe
ni^ht si'rvice.
Dr. Nowlin, sin. i’ deliveniii' the
Brevard Institute c(.ii!iiience-
i)u*nt sermon at the 3.i 'tlu'd;.-!
chnrch in May. followed by a s'.'r-
nion at tln^ li:i])tist cliurch at
e.aiij.isjic department of the
liijitist !!i.nie Mission Hoard.
1'a i nnxer. eliieient worker
an.i tine sinmr and soon made
lnenl-. to the extent tliat he has a
(H)>fer ehoir of hoys and jrirls atr-
iiuL' about 10(1 members. A
The first social httur since tlu'
Xnv Year was held on Saturday '
evening in the girls’ ])arlor at 1’ay-
l(»r Hall (ianies and music were
till' ord('r of thei'veniUK jiiul a vi-ry
I ])leasant hour was spent.
Mrs. H. \V. Mar-Doncll. of Nash-
vdle, Tei’.n.. wh‘> scn-retary of the
Woman’s Missionary Council of the
Southern Methodist church, sjx-nt
a f(‘w days at the Institute this
w'e(‘k.
The Misses Estelle and Lncile
R(‘aves. of Arlin*;ton. S. (’.. wlio
were de1ain«'d at ho’iie by illness,
sinci^ Chri>tnias. have returned.
Miss Kisie Lester of Alhi'tnarle
and Miss Frances Kandall of Lin
colntini, an* back a^ain, havinii
b(*en unavoidably delayed since tin*
lu)lidays at their homes.
Rev. John R. Ilav of the Brt'vard
Presby t»‘rian church, c’ondncted
the Stindav evenini; services of the
joint V \V. and Y. M. Christian
Associations of tlu* Institute. On
account of the inclemency of the
weather, the exercises were held in
the girls' i>arlor at Taylor Hall.
PREACHERS AND PLUMBERS
IfEV. A. W. MCDANIEL
Pastor Brevard Baptist Church
(From Asheville Times.)
Preachers and iilnmhers, ahout
the lirst to dis(iov(‘r a new family,
report the arri va! of several fami
lies in Breviird on the strength of
doveloi)ments by tlui Transylvania
Tannint!; cotnjtany.—Brevard Nt'ws.
That is the lirst tin’e “preachers
and ])lumbers’ have been cata
logued to«iether. Maybe it is a
good thonght.
CEDAR MOUNTAIN PLEASED
OVER PROSPECTS FOR ROAD
E. I-. WOLiSLAGEL
night, IS no
ement ot tin
of Brevard. H*e is a liopular and
able preacher, one with strong
convincing, ins]»iring and at times ;
eloqnent inessaires far his ser
mons have been directed for the
•creator p»' t to the Ciiristitins in an
effort to arouse thi in from indiffcr- j
ence and move them to a grcaft't:
Christian service through the spir
it of loyally H’^d faithfulness to!
their Master and his sermons have
been received with keen interest.
Wolslagel lost no time
in gainintt h warm jdace in the
hearts of his hearers. He has well
equipped himself for his work and
his services are in great demand.
He is tinder the direction of the
•■trong adult choir has been organ-
iziMiandthe sonixs from th(‘ new
•ooIts are lu ing wi 11 rect*ived.
Dr. Niwlin, Mr. Wolslagel and
rhe imstor. Rev. A. W. McDaniel,
• •onductt d serviM‘s in the Audi^o-
ium of Brevard Institute Wedm-s-
iay mor^'in*;.
Future Services
The service Saturday morning
vill he for ynuniX i)eoj)le especially,
itiouuh adults will be recived. ]Slr.
V\\)lsl;urel i)romises a unique ser
vice in that h* will show something
that has never 1 een seen bytho.se
to whom hi* will show it and once
1 hev have seen it tlu^y will never
re it i!'_'ain
The service at 'A o'clock Snndav
will be for men onlv, iiu'luding all
ov(*r 15 vears old. Dr. Nowlin will
j>reach on the ‘Klcfnents of (ireat
t e'S" Mr. V.'olslaeel will sing
The Old Ace>mT\t.” H‘ has he‘n
Holy Citv,”
which lie will irivii af some service
tranuM-r to a lartre el-
el'Uich-going ])co})le*to sini; ih
E. A. Heath when in Brevard
Wedni'sday said that Cedar Moun
tain peoi>lo were highly elated over
tin; pros})ects ft)^* the building of a
new road by Greenville authorities
to conn«'ct with the Transylvania
road. Engineers are on the ground
making an entirely new'route dcnvn
the mountain from Cedar Moun
tain and not exceeding a per cent
grade. This is a link of the Bre-
vard-Greenville road.
TRANSYLVANIA HISTORY
The third of a series of historical
articles on the history of Tran.syl-
vania county as compiled hy Ora L.
Jones will appear in the Asheville
Citizen Sunday. It will deal with
the w’ar between North Carolina
and (Georgia near Wilson’s bridge.
The News i^xpeets to run the first
of the series within the next few
weeks.
BAPTIST CHURCH
soon. The Baptist quartet wil
also sing on Sunday afternoon.
Dr. Nowlin and Mr. Wolslage
will conduct the Sunday school ser
vice on Sunday morning.
Monday will be “Institute Day,”
when the pupils of Brevard Insti
tute wnll attend the morning ser
vice in a body.
Considerahle interest is being
taken in the meeting by the peo])le
of Brevard and a few are attending
from churches in nearby commu
nities, and it is believed that the
meeting will be fully as interesting
as was that at this chnrch a year
ago, which was possibly the great
est from the standpoint of results
that has e\er been held in Brevard.
GREENVILLE S0RVEYIN8
THE JONES GAP ROAD
(’t'dar !Mt.—W‘ldon Lc(' and
Hamlin liishoj) visited on Litth'
llivi'r Sunday.
Miss Mvrth* Hamlin, who has
been is (-Jrcenvillc alxuit tvve
months, has rcturn( d to her home
Mr. and Mrs. B. Mctiaha vis
iti'd their aaughter. ^Irs. El/.ic Ra.x
ter. ni ar Bri‘vard. rec“utly.
Miss Sadie Heath and Dt)rce Alli
son w('n* married at the honu' of
tin* bride's ])urents, ]Slr. and Mrs
E A. Heatli last Tuesday at 11
t)’cloek. Rev. E. Allison tdliciating.
Only a few friends and rehitives ot
the briwc and groom were present.
Mr. and Mrs. Alli.son are planning
to go to housekeeping this week,
W’illiam I). Neves of Greenville
has been staying at the home ot
George Hisho]) and surveying the
route for thi new rt)ad, w'hich is to
be huilt on .lones Gap. He says he
hojies to have the convicts ready
to start work by the lirst of Febru
ary. Mr. Patton expects to he with
Mr. Neves this week and thinks
they will have the route complete
within a few days.
Louie Bishop of Greenville visit
ed his mother, Mrs. V. IJ. McGaha,
last week, PAT.
INDEBTED TO ORA L. JONES
Board cf Count); Commissicners Is Divested of
JIU Authority in Road Matters By ?lew Bocnl
of Road Commissioners Consisting of J, U.K
JvlcMinn^ Chairman; Ckas. E. Orr, Secretary,
and 1^. F. Glazener; J^o Provision for Ba-ici
Issue; D. L. English, Attorney for Board.
5^ VOLUMES DONATED
TO CITY GRADED SCHOOL
The St. Philips chnrch of Brev-
vard has donated to the Brevard
public school a good collection of
hooks, r>20 volumes This gift, to
gether with the 2ti0 volumes the
school had, makes quite a valued
case of good books tor the use of
school children.
Principal .L C. .Tones iniormed
the News that while there has been
no system looking to the distribution
and collection as well as preserva-
ticm of the books, a card ind* x
system will he instalh'd, old hook.s
will bti rei>aired and catalogued and
u suitable case provided for the
good selection of reading matter
now in the jiossessionof the school.
WILL BUILD KEW CHURCH
Rev. P. P. Orr brought to town
Monday the news that Turkey Creek
Baptist church will build a new
house of worship to cost in the
neighborhood of Legs have
already been cut for the material.
The building will be liO x 40 feef
and will he more conveniently situ
ated on the Asheville road. The
present building is said to be too
small.
[From VVaynesville Mountaineer]
Our friend Ora Jones is doing
Transylvania county a line service
by writing a history of that pros
perous and plucky section of West
ern North Carolina,
Transylvania county has a new!
road law. All matters iiertaininir
to roads in tlii* county have tteen j
taken out of tl'.e bands of the board !
of C(juntv commissioners and turn |
ed ovtT to the runvly created Hoard ;
of Road Commi: sioiK'rs. i
The hill as introdrc ed liy Kc]»r»'- ,
sentative ( Jcorge Vv'. V\ ilsoa, was
ratified on .lann» ry ‘.i. I
The rotid coiriinis>ionf-rs consist
of .L V\'. McMinn, Cli.'is., E. Orr and |
R. F. (ilaze.ner, who orijanized on
Saturday by eleding Mr. McMinn
clminnan and Mr. Orr secretary.
'rhf“y took oatli b;‘fore Clerk N. A.
Miller. D. L. Knulish, the county
attorney.V.as eh cted attorney for
the new boa '-d.
The new I i'ie* rs now* i;av(! all
cou'ity io:ul matters in ti'eir hands.
Wl'.ile the full ser;.'e of tlie ro.td
act is given below, tlu> fv.ll text is
not uMveii in every section of the
hCt by reason of its ’ensrih. Tlu*
news has sim])ly strl})]t;-d the docu
nient of its legal piiruseolugy and
verbosity.
Contents of Act
Sec. 1. That J. \V. McMinn.
Chas. E. Orr and R. F. (ila/.cner be,
and they are h»*reby anroint- d and
constituted the Bjaid of liu ul Com
missioners for Trausy 1 vania .-onntv.
That immediately after the rat ill
cation of this act the said cominis-
signers shall meet at Brevard and
organize by electing one of their
members chairman of the board
and another of their members secre
tiryof the Board. That the term
of ollict' of the said commissioner •
shall be four years each, beginning
mm
Commissioners of Transyl'i .-' i-i
county.
Sec. 1. The said road coir -—
sioners are authorizrid nndeT;,,. .
ered to employ a county sr,; • -
tendent of roads or such assi '
as tlu^y may deem necessarv. -1
tl.'-y fduill have the full righ’ ' • i
j)ower to apnoint rules and Tt-.- --
lions for the construction, 'i-y-
out, alteration, aniendment, 7>' r
and maintenance of said ;
roads as they may deem nee. -• ^ ? v
and not inconsistent with the
of North Carolina in regard tie > ri ‘.
Sec. T). The said Roard oi i . I
C'omniissioners shall have fr' / 'y-J
c'^]ii])let(i charge of and coiitri..
the chain gang and convicts ' .
ing on th.e ])ublic roads in ••
county in as full and coij;-:
a i!ianner as the county i . )..
missioners may nov/ have '-r
may hereafter have.
Sec. fi. That all rights, p; • . •••
and j»rivi]eges now* vested
Board of County Conm.iss: '>•
of Transylvania county as !•' ri »■
layinir out, construction, alter.'.'.
amending, repairing and inain^
mg the ])ublic roads, cartway •> .-^ 0
bridges in said county, areliv? ; .v
tran>ferred to and vested in '
Hoard of Road ('ommissioner:
the said hoard shall have av
and comidete control of al3
])ublic roads, cartways and bv;
in .‘aid county in as full anl .m-
plete a mann(‘r as same hav? ; ' - -
t(jfore been, or may hereaft ’^-
vested in said board of couEtj i /
missioners.
Provision is made in Section '; • r
filing all road reports by ovo.• rs
with the new' board.
Section s provides that thp -.ru
I >hall meet as often as deemed; r; ••
lessaryand each member ah:>i’ ?
1 rt'ceive more than ^2 per da >;
necessary expenses. Repur • .:r\-
to be jjublished annually.
Se?. 9. That the bra'-'’ i f
county commissioners of Tr; i
vania county shall place all v.-
ass(>ssments, moneys receiver
the sale of bonds or other evi'.-nr% s
of indebtedness with the trt r.? riri v
of the countj* to the credit “
Board of Road Commissioner- .'..(M
moneys, to he deposited wifn
county treasurer as soon as
is collected.
Section 10 provides forth.- . .'/"k
ing of orders necessary
treasurer, the same t(i be sip? > 4
the chairman and secretary. > r: -.'
ta.xes or assessment for rtv -i -'r
bridge purposes are to be p3a» ? ;i ! -
the credit of the new board.
BIG TANNING PLANT IS
VISITED BY OV;
from the date of their qualification
and organization under this act and
until their snccess»)rs §hall be aj)
pointed and qualified Each mem
ber of the board shall tak(‘and sub
scribe an oath before the clerk i;f
the Sujierior court of Transylvania
county for the faithful performance
of his duties as a member of said
board.
Provision is made for appoint
ment bv the governor in the event
of a vacancy, the a]>po\ntee to fill
only the nnexpired term. No ]n’o
vision is made for eh’Ction or ap-
])ointment after a iieriod of four
years
The board in Section 2 is consti
tuted a body corporate and is to
act under the style of “The Board
of Road Commissioners of Transvl
vania County.”
Sec. 3. The said Board of R.^id
Commissioners shall have all i.nd
every power, right or righti^ and
control over and of all the ])ublic
roads and cart wavs of Transylva
nia county as they now exist or
m«v hereafter exist as are now
vested in, or which may hercttfter
be vested in the Board of County
Joseph M. Schain and M.
sky Visit Brevard and l.ook
Over Site and Founr:i;i.oi^
Work of Proposed Plant.
W'ork is progressing nice?- fjn
the foundation work of the ■
building of the Transylvania ' .'t?}
ning company, which will be* . • ;.'h>
feet in dimensions. The foun. *i ;»>?>
is of concrete and a good poin r? i t
it has been erected a few feet «
the earth.
For the lirst time sine*' t?»«
company was organized a feAv v,,
ago two of the incorporator-.
seph M. Schain of BerwicV
and M. Osmansky of New V*->r&
city, were in Brevard this w# r u»v
ing.over the situation with -J
S. Silversteiii, who willcond* >
buiiditig operations as
mailt*ge the plant when in « > r«-
tion. They left Brevard "I -a.iy
morning.
NEW COLORED PASTOC
The Bethel Baptist churcV. rc2-
ored, of Brevard, has called v. C.
F Whittenbnrg of Spartanlnir^ to
succeed Rev. T. H. Broauvts of
Greers, S. C.