BREVARD NEWS
N’aiiu- i-lian>rf! from
Sylvan Valley News, January 1.1Q17.
M. L. SHII’-MAN. Hdit.T
A M. klLKV. - - 1.0,'al Kditor
I.'. !!• USHDUNK, lUisini^s Mrmiicer
I'ublishoilevery riuirsday . I^ntercd at
c at Hrovaiii. N.C'..as
secotiil class inattvr.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE:
One yottr - - - - $ 1 .OO
Six months .... .50
Thrwe months . - - .35
Two montha ... .25
P;iyable by check, stamps or
money order.
Oanls of thank-;, n'soUition ami
memorials pul'Hs^ioil only.it half i om
tiKTv i-i'i ratt'. I'ostinic 10 I'ciits per inch
or one fi’urtli rent pt-r woiil.
Siili'.i-ription'i not rontiniied after ox-
piratiim 01 time paid for except on re
quest.
Friday, September 21, 1917
Why War Was Necessary.
In soino isolate.I si'ctii^ns of tlu-
conntry (U“>if;nin^ porsons are still
littonii)tinti to convince tlie |ie>]ile
that the I'nited Stiitt's entered this
•war without i)rovoeation. (M
conrse these eini^>sHries of the
kttisor hfive littl»> conception of
cither tlie rights of indivuluals or
natii>ns and are jii.st drifting; alon*:
in ij;norance and selli>hness. They
are fjivin^' aid and coinfi rt td tlie
enemy of the ^roverninent which
soeks to save them and theirs fnnii
tht' clutches of the greatest foe
known to civilization today. Hut
happily for tho American f'ovt-rn
inent, in this crucial honr a i»ntri-
#>tic press stands as a sentimd ujx'n
the wat‘h t)\vt‘r proclaimini; Iib
erty and justice througliout the
land. Kver on the alert to locate
find expose evils of every form, the
editors (,)f the ct»untry h:ivi‘ rcii
tli'red distinct servict* in runninir
down the detractors i)f I'Tn-le Satii
”’"ce the brt'ak with (lermanv put
on^nc of the disluyalist t"
•a^:t;ing ovi'rtime.
No explanatii'n (jf hy the
Tnitfd States cntert'd the wa!'
should he necessary an.VAhcre. Imt
tho uv'tivitics of de>ii:nini' nu‘n
in rural ommunities of Davidson
county leads the LcxinLrtcm Dis-
jiatch to a;ivo its conct'jition of the
cause in an editorial whit'h is cal
culatt'd to hear fruit. One ot
njanv tiiiu'ly siiL'trestions it ])rc-
sents for the bt-nvlif of the cuuntiy
people is t ) tlie clTcct tlint “il
soineone W( re t> shoot duwn a I
I
farni(“r’s team wln'n he attomj)ti d
to u.se the i)ublic road, or to wreck
hi s car bi'cau.sc he attemj)ted to eo
wh«;r(‘ In; had a riu'lit, would he
have cause t" resent it? Would an
att('iiipt to defend hij!’ If be un-
iieccssai v (>r - If paid spiu.-'
and cut throate ])lntted to burn his
barn anl dvimniite his house
where his wile and children s-lejtt.
Svouid resentiiielit lie xinnecessary
or uncalled for? An exact i)arail l .
for this suj)]>osed case is ju!?t wlett 1
(iermany did to the I’nited States
us a nation." (^uit»‘ ri^'ht. And j
tht‘ scores of innocent Ariierican I
women and children, whose bodies |
were sent to tlu* boltoin of the;
ocean by mu' derous submarines, '
are crying' aloud for the jiunish-'
inent of the assassins who took j
their lives wrtliout even the sli^'ht-'
est })r(jvocation. And further:
‘•i'uf," sumeoiie may say, “(Jer-
Miiiny couM n*'ver have succes:}-
fully inviuied this country." J)o
yoTi not reali/e that if ^.*eruianv
'i.'ould have forci.’d Kngland to make
peact' it wt)u1d liave taken over the]
Enj'lish navy? This would liave!
n' !.d;.'it an easy malti r, with the i
hulk of the world's mt'rchunt shij>s I
and lighting ships at their com- i
iiiand, to transport an army of a
million men immediattdy t(j Ameri
can shores, overcome our navv,
tltistroy our great cities, loot and
j)il!aL;e our v.'ealth. jirey ujxjn our
women and foi’ci* us to makt» a
humiliating peact? and ]iny tt) IVjts
dam untold billions through gen
erutions to conu>. (iei in-my ln*gan
the war deliboratelv aginst France,
without provocation, and her lead
ers have admitted this timt; and
again, it w'ould bt‘ but the cour.'t'
of logic to attack us. For many
months lierlin had sent propaganda
over the earth sotting forth a
trumped-ui) claim for a ([uarrel
with the Unitei States. Yes, an:]
she hoi)od tlio bait thrown out to
M;xico and Japan woul i bring
these countri(‘S to lior support and
cripple tho influence of the Wash
ington government in the ovont
Tresident Wilson decided to r(*sent
German outrages npon tho high
seas, which had amounted tv> de-
hbarate insult and oppression.
Whatever reasoa may be advanced
for the action taken by the presi
dent and congress in entering the
war tho fact remains that no other
honorable course was open to them.
It was either light or run.
Bread Instead of Booze
On Sep*ember Mh, at eleven
o'clock j). uj., all the licensed dis.
tilleries of tho l"nit»-d Stat s ceased
wasting corn and (,)ther food prinl-
nets in the manufa(*ture of whiskey
Tho liquor mills, both groat and
small, wero closed nmler tho na
tional food administration law b\
orders from Washington to inter
nal revenue collectors in every sec
tion of the country, wdiioh were t»
tlu^ effect that all tu )s in the dis
tilleries must be empty of ‘‘beer,’’
as the whiskey brew is called, ex
actly on tho hour named. The ob
ject sought by this prohibitive h g
islation was the conservation of tlu
footl and feed supply of the coun
try and the dealers who hereiofvirt
sni)plh'd tlu* distilleries with grain
will have to find a now’ market foi
flieir products. And it is well. Tlu
l»eo]tle must have bread. They di
not need booze.
The gov»*rnment estimates a sav
ing I'f f,s oO(\(ir:() bushels of grain a
year, mostly corn, by this legishi
aion. There is an unprecedenteii
ilt'inand, both at home and abroad
for the food jiroducts that have
been going into the manufacture
of alcoholic beverages, so litth*
difliculty will bo experienced in
placing whatever surplus may a}>-
pear in any section of the I'niou.
The ntnv law, in addition to closing
the distillerii's, prohibits the impor
tation of distilled sjurits during
the perittd of war and empowers tlu*
President to limit the output of
beer, ale and light wines, and even
to st(>p their njanufacturealtogeth
er, if he deems such a step ni.-ces
sary in connection with the con
servation of tho food supply i>f the
country. It is better to be safe
than to be sorry and the people are
reasonably certain to approve the
plan inaugurated by the govern-
mt‘iit to ]>rotect their sujiply ot
food even to the exclusion of boo/,(*
entirely.
The order for cK'sing the county
schools for two weeks during the
in?stitnte which begins next Mon
day has not nu’t with a willing
sj)irit amouL' all tlu? ttMichers and
j)irents coiu'crnf'd. That confu
sion should aris«‘ from the new
regulati(»n limiting the manage
ment of institutes to a board of six
persons is not strange. The stramre
thing is. that the highly central
ized ]K)wer. known as the state
boi'.rd of education, did not foier^ee
the Confu.'ie.n and take stc})s t >
prevent it. Half the teachers
thrown out of employnu'ut and all
the children turned out of school
for twt) weeks looks like a hiizli
I)rice to pay for the benefit to bt.
derived.
The county fair is started, and
the newly orgtinized association is
determined to put it through. liut
the officers cannot do everything
by themselves. They need the
support of the i);ople’s interest,
work, and motu v. To make the
f:iir a success, there ."lu.uld b(! a
liberal allowaiii'C for prizes. Let
every one do Lis bit—even if it is
only a little i»it.
EDUCATIONAL SERVICE
An educational service will be
held at the Met^.odl^t chur(*li next
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock.
The following rej)resentati ves of
U)cal  ducational interests are ex
pected to be present and take j)art
in the S(U'vice :
l*rinci])ul J. (_'lyb‘ .Tones of the
graded school. Assistant I’rincijtal
i\night of lirevartl Institute, and
A. F. Mitchell, county supt^rin-
ti'udent of schools.
The service will be in charge of
11. Tnnvhridg(‘, and Welch (i.tl-
'o'.vay will s]»« ak a few words of
tribute to the late Dr. J(i«. If.
Wt aver t)f We.-'torn North Carolina.
Key. W E. Poovey, the ])astor,
who is. out of town assisting in a
protracted meeting, will return for
the evening servicc to delive r the
'eveiith in a st*rit‘s of s(‘r!:'o;is on
•Ten Men Who Missed the Trail.”
To Clean Hair Brushes.
To clean hair brushes take a cupful
i)f cornmeal and fill tho brush, rubbins
pjently with the hand. As it absorbs
the grease and dirt shake it out and
use fresti meal till the brush is
''leaned thoroughly. This la better
than ammonia, as there is no water
to injure or loosen the back of the
brush.
IS A RUBBER SliP
SIGNATURE VALIU?
IMPORTANT QUESTION CONCERN-
ING ViSE OF LITTLE LABO.R-
SAVING DEVICE.
WHERE DIFFICULTY ARRISES
Any One Who SiQns Any Document
in Any Way Is Bound By His
Signature.
Is a rubber stamp signature valid?
Considering how many of them are
going out o£ insurance ofii'es daily,
how many airents affix thorn to poll-
lies and rider.s. and tlie almost p;rn
oral use iiuule of this labor-saving,
authority delegatiiiir device, it is well
to attend tho reply rercutly made by
the Journal of Conmierce to the in-
(luiry of a subscriber on tho point
"Any one." says our contemporary,
“who Indorses a check or siRns any
other document Is boiind by hi« siij-
nature, whether it is made with pon
or pencil, a rubber stamp, or in any
other way. The difficulty arises only
when an attempt is made to show
that the signature is his. If he ad
mits it. he is bound without further
controversy. If hs dec-lare.*^ that ho
did not append the signature to the
document, it will be iir( essary to
prove that he did make it. and lii>
is the point at which the v.-holo niif;.
(ulty itri.'os. A written si^jnature cun
be compared with others kuow’u oj
acknov.'ledgt'd to have boon m;ule by
a certain person, i.nd the correspr»n(l-
onts of that person or handwriting
experts can testify with a consider-
able degree of assurance as to the
genuineness of tho signature hi ques
tion. No on'’ can say with assuraiue.
how'ever. wh“ther a rubber stamp
was in the hands of one person or ol
another, wlu n it w.ts in usi> for t!if?
making of a disputed sicnatur^. I'i i
this reason no on*  an rojisonahly lie
•isked to adoi't a ^i'.xnature so (iil';h ii’t
to prove as ihat nuxle witli a rub''. r
stamp.”—Tnsurnnce aid C’omnioiicai
Magazine.
SIGNS OF THE TIME.
One of the important iadications
pointing to a gen'^ral awakening in
the diro(tion of fire protertio;! and
prevention was the recent action of
the International Afso* iation of Fire
('hiefs and Engineers, advocating a
more ext*nslve u^e of auton-.atio
sprinklerh and urging the passage of
ordiuiK es requiririg automati- spiink-
lors to be installed in buihiings
where cor.ditions favor the i!'.( ojilion
and si»r*‘;e.l of fii.'. e^pc.ially whi*re
the safety of lile is ineiuu ml. 1ii«
resolutions of the fire (hiofs iiic!inl> d
appointment of  or’'!^iitter-.; “to
'.v.isider tlie ( r.;nj)u;."ory rMjuire-
ments fo rin:t:illatioi.s of autoTii 'if
sprinkler .ysli'rr.s and to investi.!;;it
ways and means whereby automatic
.si>i-inkkr ^ystonls nuiy le u^^ed t>;
host advantage by fire dojiart nienis
as fire def nse auxiliaries.” Surely
the work of lire prot^M tion and jiro-
\ention is jjrowing in popular e-teeui.
—Fire Facts.
Such It Was.
Twelve lialdheaded tncn were jurors
in a Massacliusetts hair rcsioriT  ase.
"Is this jiiSlieeV’ asked tlie I’.rKoklyn
Kagle. ‘‘It may be reiriljutive jUNlice,"
NUggfsis tlie Alltany Argus. Let's cull
It ciestiny.—Ihiffalo Times.
The Beauty Secret.
Ladies desire lliat irre-
si^ible cl»arm—a good
complexion. Of course
they do not wish others
to know a beautifier
has been used so they
buy a bottle of
Magnolia Balm
LIQUID FACE POWDER
nnd uie according to iiinple ditr»1iont. Iinpiovr-
mrnt IS noticed at onre. SoolhinK. coolinK aiij
lefreahinK- Heals Sunburn, aiopa 1 ail.
Pink, li'hite,
75c. « 'OruggitU or h\> mail Jirtct
Sample (either color) for 2c. Stamp.
I -yon Mfg. Co., 40 South Fifth St.. Riooklyn. N.Y.
Beware of Ointments for
Catarrh that Contain Mercury
as mfrr'iry \\ill sur ly d‘stroy lli>'
of smvll ;inJ r>mpift«‘Iy fh r;iii: • tti-'
whole .•sy.^f(>m wli ti eiitcriiiK :t llirmiut'
tie* tnu-«iiis .ciirfaces. .slio-.il-l
n v*-r be uscil • x- i)t ■’!» iir-si'i ii>i H'II'j
from ropiituhlc pIiy.sicKins. ."S flu- (latiiaK‘
th«-y will lo is f'^l*l t» th' koo1 y> ii
 :in possibly lfri\f .*~nni tlioin. Hitll's
f'nt.Trrh iiianufru-i iircd liy !•'. J
(Mxiioy & ”o.. ToIimIo. ) _ cotit.iins n*
mt rcury, an l i.s taken inti-rnally. a tinn
(iircrtly np'm tlif bloofi and rmrous siir-
fa«cs of the sy.st«*in. In buyinR Hall’s
Cat.-»rrf> Cwrn be surf> you the k- nu-
ino. It is t.tkon int»>rnally and niadf iii
Toledo. Ohio, by K. J. Cheney & (’u. 'I’.-s-
limonials free.
Soll by 1 )ruKKis«tf>. Prlrc 7F.r bottle.
Take llall'a FamUy PUIa for constipatiou.
City Market
The City Market is all the
name implies. It is here
you get what you want in
the line of poultry, meats,
fruits and vegetables.
Boiled Ham
Chipped Meats
Armour’s jjoods
Fish
Broilers
and other poultry to
suit you.
City Markets
S. F. ALLISON, Proprietor
PHONE 47
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BANKING YOUR MONEY IS Ot:LY GCOD ARITHMETIC.
CARRY YOUR MONEY IN YOUR POCKET; YOU SPEND IT,
YOU SUBTRACT FROM WHAT YOU HAVE.
PUT YOUR MONEY IN OUR BANK; YOU SAVE IT; YOU
ADD TO WHAT YOU HAVE.
THE CAREFUL MAN ALWAYS
HAS.
‘ADDS TO” WHAT HE
BANK WITH US.
WE PAY H PER CENT INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS
BREVARD BANKING COMPANY
FISH IS A
BRAIN FOOD
A Perfect Silver Polish
is found in Silver Cream. It will clean
more silver, clean it better, quicker and
at a less cost than any other polish
made. It contains no acid, an:mcnia,
grit, cyanide of potassitm, or other in
jurious substances. It has had a thor
ough test of thirty-five years and is pro
nounced by those who know, as the best.
Price 25 cents
Bvxy in Brevard
FRANK D. CLEMENT
THe Jeweler
Sounds Deceptive.
Somoono lia.s estir.iiitod that tliore
arc cats in lliis country.
liK.siinicli US u few ruts may
likf liiiliitins at ctTtaiii uucaiiny hum s i
at ni;:ht, \ve (k-iiiand a cuunt.—i'ilts
buiirh I’o-st.
Dogs and Dogs.
“You can ko*>p u real lino (Id.i: in
foinl.” .«ays tht* Fort \Virth Star-'l'elo- |
f^raiii, "at an expiMisc of alxjut !?10 u I
iiionth. whih* a r^'al sorry do.i; can i;ct
out and malu* u llvinj; for himself.”
\Gm*s
iwfiole^rr/e
\ana cheap
3
Book Ends.
You couhl niakf your own book ends
by j(»inii».:: two pioct'S of uictal or
wood and then coycrinj: it witli a cover
niah‘ of ;;nM‘n linen, heavily eiu-
broidere'l in a conventional design.
The Ultimate Consumer.
Frieda—“What is an ultimate cop.-
sumerV" Father—“The ultimate «-on-
f*umer, dc'ar, is somt'one who ultimate
ly consumes his last penny in keeping
body and soul together.”—I'uck.
Could Tell Him That.
Client—"How much will your  ,'in-
lon bo ^yorth in this case?" Lav, r—
“I am loo modest to say. But I can
tell you what I'm to charge you.”
—Boston Transcript.
Sky Splitter.
Marcy, tho highest motintaln in the
Kmi»ire state, was named iit honor of
(Jov. W.lliiain L, Marcy. Its Indian
name is “Tahawus” (lie splits th‘
eky).
We have the finest fish in
town.
Give us a trial order and be
convinced.
Our ROASTS, STEAKS.
CHOPS and POULTRY
Can’t Be Beat
Osborne Market
Phone 27
I ANY folks in town have learned that when they want reallv fir -
chcese they must come here. h’s so. We know a whole
lot about cheese—how to judge il, how to buy it, how to
keep it. Cheese aids the digestion, but you must know
how to eat it, and you must eat the riglit kind.
Drop in if you are a stranger and talk checse.
COX 6c KILPATRICK
Phone 41
A NEW SUIT
COSTS FROM
$10 to $50
Your old suit
can be cleaned,
pressed, repair
ed and made to
look almost as
good as new for
50 cents; $1.00 a
month for fouf
suits.
City Pressing ZM
J.E. WATERS, Prop.
BREVARD*
NORTH CAROLINA
Departments— College Preparatcry, Ncrmil, Music, Business, Do
mestic Art, Houseboid Ecorcmtcy, Agriculture.
All depcrtmets ire directed by teachers with special training and
large expeiier.ce. They know their business.
Influences of the Institute are alcr.e worth the cost of tuition.
Opens on September 6.
Buy From the Merchant Who Advertises.