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New VOLDME-XXIII BREVARD, NORTH CiROLINA, FRIDAY. JUNE 21, 1918. NUMBER-24 WEAVER REMEMBERS TRANSYLVANIA CO. Thansylvania has Riven can<!i(lates for Congrress the support of her votes for many years. A few individuals in this long line of Congressmen S’e sometimes able to recall after i had reached Wushinj^ton that Sl'^a place as Transylvania existed. However, when the Tenth District sent Zebulon Weaver to Conjrress they found a man who v\orks tire lessly for the people bai k home. He even remembers Transylvania. Dur ing the first week of his term he of fered an appointment to the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis to a boy of Transylvania. Mr. Weaver is the first representative of this dis trict to otYer an appointnu iit to a boy from this county. He is i!u' tirst to prive Transylvania boys tlu- credit of beinp: able to compete \vitii contest ants from every state in the union. Zebulon Weaver stands by the peo ple of his home section and th^' jh'O- ple of Western North Cari>!ina can do nothinfr less than stand t>y him. Mr. Weaver jjave the a))pointment to the Naval Academy to Woodford Zachary of Krevard. 'I'lKit llie ('on- jrressman’s confidence in the ahility of Transylvania boys is not misjilac- od is demonstrated by the fact that younjr Zachary jiassed a lirst class entrance e.xamination. Four thousand boys from all fiarts of tlic U. S. were exaniine<l. One thousand passe:!. T\v(‘iit y-!;ve of these passed the lirst i hi-s t xamir.a- tion. Transylvania’s roi Sk’.itative was one of the twenty-livi'. ind all who know him feel sure th;u his fu ture career will continue ’o he a mat ter of pride to hi.s many fi- ' 'ids. WAR SAVINGS . proclamahons THE PRESIDENT’S PROCLAMA- TION FROM OVER TIiSRE Somewliere in France. May 20. I }^et the Brevard Xc-ws weekly and notice th.e names of I' ^.ny of my Transylvania friends in it. and I’va .triad to know they are stiil keepin.u' the wheels of industry in my home country. It may lu’ ii'.UTest- in.tr to them to know 1‘ni witii the bov;; in France, and v.e ;ire uettinir alon.u’ line, enjoyin; hcst () f health, reaviy for anythin.i!' thiiit i.;;iy rome. Althouuh I’ve been a\>ay from Tran."vlvania four years, ;; y i'ome is still there, ”.ear Oaklai'd. m; ihe free hiils of as line a eouiitry i)ie .'^un ever siiined on. I enlisted with the I’. S. I!!.^.ineers at Portlan(i, Oreu'o;'. and came to France two r.ioinns later. I’\e been over c;uite a lot uf l''r :nee ani see many intere^'.i::' thinu's, suc-h as the old Waile ; ('■'.'--I’, of the old ])atlle lieMs '.h'ro the world’s jL’Teatest batlie.' w i ■ ^.uvjit. and I was for a week st ^ '";i'd in one of the forts wi:; Napoleon trained one of his aijiir s. 'i'he American.'-', are looked u .on as a rest less, fast-iivinK i)eoi)le. If you could see n.s here, you ' -lit think we owned France by tlu- 1;' rties we liave, an^i v»hen ;.ou see a i . S. mo tor truck pop around the eo; :Kr and start dov*ii one of t!., ■ narrow sav'ets, you ju.-'t ou”!!l ' i .-ee the Frenchrr.cn clear out. vVe boys in Fr:ince :ia\ v nuieh more enjoyment tlian y<n.; ople t-an realize. We have the A. ertainments. the Re.! v. it]-, ^■ill its care and kimines. . 'iaily and T^-’cekly papers, plenty of uo i 1 liter ature to read, and sec;..s j-ast like home follows us e\ eryv. ;’'. re we j^o. We are treated with er: a. kindr.ess and hospitality by th.c' !• reiu-;. j)eopie. When we disembarke.i from the transport and marehcMl out ihrou.^h town the jr’irls tnrew iloxvei.-: to us from the windows a'id sid;*-\valks, v.hile the men stood v. iiii iia.ts off as we passed, and the ch;l 'r n called us ,^oocI Americans. .A youn.L;' l'’r;'nch soldier spoke to uj in one of t,i;e Y’s one ni}?bt w'bile he wa.s oiu of ihe trencheis on a /ew day’s leave. He said when America entered th • war it seemed like the sun v.as shinin;; a};ain after carliness, an ; 1-the help of Amcrica France wouki be saved and democracy made safe, and he spoke of how his comra In the trenches sent greetin;;s to the Amer ican soldiers who are comin- to the aid of civilization. We heartily apprsciato the kind ness and friendship of the French people, but what we like best of all is the letters we {?et from home. If you want to drive the blues away and make the boys in France happy, just send them a letter from home. S. W, Reid, 20th Eng. Co., A-3rd Bn., A. E. F. This war is one of Nations, not of armies, and all of our one hundred million people must be economically and industrially adjust^-d to w^ar con ditions if this Nation Is to play its full part in the conflict. The prob lem before us is not prima-iiy a fin ancial problem, but rather a prob lem of increased production of war essentials and the saving,' of the ma terials and the labor necessary for the support and equipment of our .\rmy and Navy. Thoujrhtless ex penditure of money fc;* non-essen- tials uses up the labor of men, the products of the farm, mines and fac tories, and overburdens transporta tion, all of which must be used to the utmost and at their best for w'ar purposes. “The jrreat results which we seek can be obtained only by the participa tion of every member of the Nation, younj; and old, in a national concert ed Thrift movement. I therefore ur.ue that our people everywhere pled;4c themselves as suirjrested by the Secretary of the Treasury to the practice of Thrift, to serve the Gov ernment to their utmost in increas- ini^ production in all fields necessary to the wiiinin.u: of the war. to con serve food and fuel, and useful ma terials of every ki’td, to devote ihcir labor only to the utmost tasks, and to buy only those thinfjs which are essential to individual health and ef- ticiency, and that the people as evi dence of their loyalty invest all that they can save in Lib'erty Bonds and War Savinyrs Stam]is. The securities issued by tlie Treasury Department rtre so mar.y of them within the reach of every one that the door of oivportunity in this matter is wide open to all of us. To practice Thrift in i)eaee times is. virtue, and brinj^'s yreat benetit to the individual at all times. With the desperate need of the civilized worlii today for mater ials and labor with which to end the war, the jiractice of individual Thrift is a patriotic duty and a necessity. ‘*.A])j)tial to all who own either Liberty Bonds or War Savin.us Stamps to continue to practice econ omy and thrift, and appeal to all who <!c^ not own Government securities to do likewise and purcliase thein to rii.c* extent of tlieir means. The man wh(» l'uy.s (Jovernment securities tra-isfers tiie ])urchasin.e: jiov er of his money to the Lnited States tiov- •, rnment untii after this war, and to that same decree does not buy in competition with the (iovernment. “I earnestlv aopeal to every man, v/onian and cl.ild to pledge them selves on or before the 2Sth of \June to save constantly and to buy as reijularly as possible the securities of the Gove;T.r»ient and to do this as far as possible through membership in War Savings Societie.s. .The 2Sth of June ends ihis special period of Army of Production end Saving here at home. IViay there be none unen- listed on that day.” (Signed) Woodrow Wilson. THE GOVERNOR’S PROCLAMA TION. Charles Dici;ens’ most famous character is Mr. Micawber. Mr. 3licav.ber’s most famous sayinir is “Annual income twenty pounds. Annual expenditure nineteen six. Result: happiness. Annual income twenty pounds Annual expenditure twenty lbs. six. Result: misery.” Four dollar.s and seventeen cents invested in five-dollar War Saviii.cs Certificates will take care of this o'vvJ.al pound, and place it on the ritrht side of the family ledg’er. To the nliiety and nine. Thrift Star.ips and War Saving's Certificates off; red the best opportuntity to serve and lo i-ave themselves and the Nation. If our people will invest fifty mil lion of dollars in these securities they will open for themselves a new door of hope, and for Nox'th Caro lina a new' era of financial indepen dence. After the v ar there will be tre mendous cc.'^.pctition for business between nations, communities and individuals. Xorth Carolina may not ho’ie lo fret its le.‘.ritimate share of this business unless we shall stoia up the capital with which to carry It on. If w’c fail to do this North Carolina soldiers v/ill come home to a land without jobs, and v/ill of ne cessity be drawn away from us into n:oro thoujjhtful and provident com WS.S. WA SAVINGS S1AMPS ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT munities. The issue is vital and plain. The purchase of War Savings Cer tificates spells industrial salvation. The failure to purchase War Sav- injrs Certificates spells industrial sui cide. Therefore, I, Thomas Walter Bick- ett. Governor of North Carolina, do hereby set apart the period begin ning Saturday, June 22nd, and end ing Friday, June 28th, as War Sav ings Week, and during this week the people of North Carolina are urged to pledge themselves to purchase Thrift Stamps and War Savings Cer tificates of the face value of $48,- GG6,380, being twenty dollars for every man, woman and child in the State. To this end I urge every individ ual and every organization—relig ious, educational, social and indus trial—to devote their thoujrhts and energies to this vital cami)ait!n dur ing the perlcd r.amed. And especially do I ui-ge, 1. The mayors of all towns and cities to issue War Savings Procla mations; 2. All ministers of the Gospel and sui>erintendents of Sunday schools to talk to their people on Sunday June 2;}rd, on the salvation of thrift. 3. . That from Monday, June 24, to Thursday, June 27th, inclusive, a house-to-house canvass be made, and every person in the State be ,u:iven an op])ortunity lo sip-n a War Sav ings Pie (i tee. 4. That on Frichiy, June 28th, at 6 p. m., which is National War Sav ings Day, set apart by the President of the United States, every ]>erson go to the schoolhouse in his district to attend the great War Savings Rally to be held there, and to make sure that the quota of that district, which is twenty dollars for every man, woman and child in the district, is i)urchased or jdedged. Done at our city of Raleigh, this the 7th day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousaml nine hundreci and eighteen, and in the one hundred and forty-second year of our Amer ican Independence. * T. W. Bickett, Governor. By the Governor; Sanford ?Jartin, Private Sec. YOURCIfllDREN The Medical Examination of the School Children—What Does It Mean? PROCLAMATION OF THE MAY- OR OF BREVARD To all adult citizens of Brevaru. . . In accorv’a;ice with the pi'O'-ianKi- tions of the President of th? l’i;ited States and of the Governor of Kortii Carolina, I, W. E. Erei .:e, r.layoi-, do hereby designate the i)eriod bc'gin- ning Saturday, June 22 and Friday, June 28, as V/ar ;lavir!U£, Week for the town of L-revard, North Carolina. I respectfully reque-st every min ister of the Gospel, superintendent of Sunday school, and teacher of an adult Bible Class, on Sunchiy, June 2-i, to speak definitely about the War Savings campaign and urge the necessity of responding liberally in pledges to purchase War Savings Stamps. I earnestly appeal to all employ ers of labor to inform their em ployees about the special campaign and encourage them to help v.in c’nc War by saving, economizing, and in vesting regularly in War Savings Stamps. i call attention to the fact that ev’ery citizen so notified is -expected to go to the schoolhouse of his (’-s- trict on Friday, June 28, 6. p. m., a^d also to the fact that a record of the attendance and proceedings of the meetinu,- at his schoolhouse is to be made and preserved. I urL’'e all citizens of Brevard, V'. Ith one accord, lo work together to the end that, during the period c’es- ignated above, the entire quota cf War Savings Sta’rips apportion?.! ic Urovar:!, which ia ^>20.00 per cap-la, nay be secured in purchases and pledges by Friday, June 28. Done in the town of Brevard on the 17th day of June, 1918. W. E. Breese, Mayor. It means a step forward in the science of preventative medicines. We all know that “an ounce of pre vention is worth a pound of cure.” One doctor can prevent more disease in this county than a dozen doctors can cure after it is developed. K It means the discovery of the com mencement of diseased conditions in the children, their prevention and cure. It means that the future phy sical development of the child is as sured, a necessary foundation of health upon w’hich to build mental improvement. Oh, I hear some say, exactly that vvlr.ch has been said to ine during an examination, “Doctor, I do not be lieve in these examinations; we nev er had them before and we got along.’' Yes, but how have you been getting along? Your children have attended .school with the handicap, fftm weak eyes, diseased ears, en larged ton.^ils, adenoids, w’eak lungs, a mouth full of decayed teeth, pois onous from decay. Yes, you have been getting along and doing the best yo'. could and the best that you knew at the time, but now the State wishes to aid you in preserving the iiealth of your children. Why? Be cause t’liey are also the children of tl’4.' State, their future development and health is the richest asset pos sessed by the good old State of North Carolina. Yes, I know that you are able to help yourself, that you send prompt ly for a doctor when a member of your family is sick, but at tliat time no one thinks to have the children exairiined; all are bu.sy v.ilh the sick one, so you do not lind out that be cause one child is droop-shouldered that lungs are cramped and congest ed, and pro.trressing towards a sei’- ious disease, or that a child was near ly blind in one eye, or with eyes so weak that proper study at school was impossibly, or that the tonsils were so large that the child was in danger of sufVocation, from various diseases that might come along, or that one of the children had adenoids that would effect the health and speech. Co-operate with your medical ex- a.niner, send children promptly to be examined, and then when prescribed by your examiner, send the children to a specialist for an operation, or to have glasses fitted. If several w’ill get ready to go at one time and w'ill notify me I will get re luced rates, and if any are unable to pay for the treatment, I will try to get the coun ty to do so if desired. In my examination I have found a surprising number of nice brig’nt children affected with the above men tioned diseases and conditions. Do not forget to have Dr. Mc Kinney to fix your children’s teeth; call on him at any time, or better see or write to him and make an appoint ment when to send the children; this treatment costs you nothing. As stated before, I obtained funds from our County Commissioners for this purpose. Another very important matter, get your efficient Superintendent of Schools to establish a system of physical culture in cach and every school in the county; this would add very much to the health and develop ment of the children. Yours truly, C. W. Hunt, BREVARD’S NEW POLICEMAN J. A. Eryson of Hendersonville hac been employed as city policeman.. Evil doers will have to keen any eye on him as he expects to keep an eye, or two eyes, on them. Mr. Bryson was policeman here about fifteen years ago, and proved a very efficient officer. Our people gladly welcome him back to Brevard. REV. J. C. SEAGLE ENJOYS TRIP The Rev. J. C. Seagle jeports a very pleasant and interesting trip through East Tennessee and North western North Carolina. In talking with a representative of the News Mr. Seagle said: “I have never seen so many big golden fields of wheat, nor such promising prospects for a great corn crop. There is every in dication that there will be a bumper crop of white potatoes throughout East Tennessee and Western North Carolina. Patriotism is running high everywhere I went. Farmers were never more prosperous or optimistic. The East Tennessee and Western North Carolina R. R. runs from Johnson City, Tenn. through New- land, the new county seat of Avery county, via Linville City to Shull’s Mills, in Wautauga county. From this point the road is being extended to Boone, a distance of some six miles. This railroad at Wautau^ra Gap reaches the highest point of any railroad east of the Mississippi River —4100 feet above sea level. A man on the train v.ho had traveled ex tensively said, ‘This railroad runs through the grandest scenery of any railroad in North Carolina.’ ” Mr. Seagle was away five days and visited Valle Crusis, Blowing Rock, Lenoir and Morganton, and returned home on Friday. TO BREVARD Rev. C. E. Puett, for cjuite a num ber of years pastor of the Baptist church at Fruitland and who recently accepted ihe call to the churcli at this place, has moved his family, consistinir of a wife and five chil- dien, to Brevard, and occupies the Frank McCall house, recently vacat ed by former ]joliceman Brooks. Brevard gladly welcomes Mr. Pu ett and his familv. NEW ROllER Mil NEARS CO.W The new roller mill being install ed by ?.Iessrs. Verdery and Burnette, is beginning to assume working shape. J. H. Williams of Owens- burg, Ky., is placing the machinery as rapidly as possible. Help for fa cilitating matters is badly needed, but every available man is employed elsewhere, and. for this reaso.: the work will be retarded to some ex tent. A part of this machinery is im ported from CJreat Britain and is first-cla.-:s in every particular. The products froru this mill will b-^* as fine as can be found anywiiere in this broad realm. Our peo])le cun be supplied right at their doors without r.eedless ex penditures for freight etc. Patrc;.- ize home at all times. THOS. P. MCCALL It is witli sad hearts ve chron;;''.;- tlie death of Thos. P. r'.IeCalU whicii occurreil at his home, June o. }Io was (52 year.s old. He united v.itii Little River i^aptist church eigh'^ years ago. As a member he war. most loyal and faithful. He va:. a gentle and loving father, lovin^ an<i true husband. He was loved anil very much esteemed by hia frien ;.' and neighbors. The communiiy lia.- lost one of its best citizens. He is survived by a v.ife ar..l sev en children—?>Irs. Thos. Cr.rry, o^ Fountian Inn, S. C., Mrs. T-Iark I'oi.i. and James i'JcCall, of Pisaii'. Fcr'';-:. Alfred, William, Wil.-on and Virgil l\icCrary, of this plaec. The funeral services v.ere cor- ducted at the Wikon cemoLcry ly Bro. John E. Sentcll, Osborne Mc Call and Rev. E. Allison. A Friend. RED CROSS SENm SURGICAL DRESSINGS Mrs. Edward Patton , Supervisor of Red Cross Surgical Dressings, sent two regular cases of gauze rolls to Atlanta last Friday. The two cases contained a total number of 720 dressings which will be shipped from Atlanta to France. -wss- URGENT NEED FOR RED CROSS HOSPITAL GARMENTS At present all surgical dressings made in the County have to be made in Brevard—as that is the only room which the chapter yet has properly fitted up for that purpose—and the oiily place v/here there are enough trained workers to direct the work., There are hopes of soon having a class in surgical dressings at Pisgi^h Forest and at Rosman but until such classes and such rooms are establish ed elsewhere, the brunt of the surjri- cal dressing work falls on Brevard. Therefore the main responsibility for HOSPITAL GARMENTS WORK should be assumed by the out of town branches. In order to do our share toward meeting the increased demand for hospital garments a reorganization, or rather, a more systematic and <le- tailed organization of the County work has become necessary. ]\liss Annie Cash, of Pisgah Forest, v.ha i:-; County Chairman of the Hospital Garment Work has supervision of this kind of work done in each branch. The headquarters at At lanta will send an allotment each month of work to be assigned to the diiierent branches. Miss Gash may be consulted by telephone No. at her home or at the Garment Poorn, Brevard Red Cross, No. IGl, during her oifice hour their Friday after noons at three-thirty. She hopes to meet the Garment Chairmen of the diffex'ent braneiies at the Garment Room in Brevard, al so to visit each branch at least oiice a month by appointment. The chapter expects an allotment of some 200 bedjackets soon and if long needed cutting machine can be obtained in time, all the cutting can be done at the Chapter Headquartei’s and all materials. rea«i^,-cut gar ments, and printed directions for making same will be distributed from there to the branches. Each finished garment should have name of maker and brand p-nnecl on. Each garment n’.ust be inspected and passed by branch garment chain.^.an and then sent to chapter garment room for final inspection and .s-iip- ping. Neighborhoods where there is a possibility of organizing v garment room—please apply to Miss Gash for information in regard to organiza tion, wss ORPHANS COMING A class of orpiians from the Odd fellows’ Orphan Hon'.e a^ Gold.s’ooro, will be in Brevar^l July the 4th, and .‘.rive a rausical entertainment at the Audiitorium. This roble institution sends a class here annually and the enter- taiiiments have always been of tin ol^vatir.g c-’.a.rai.ter. Lot us not, in • he stress of wav. forget the orphans All members of Connestee Lod!;-e ! are urged to be present at the re gular wx'kl,. meeting, Mondiay, June the 2 tth. at S P. M., to arran^re for tiie Orp’'a;is and nominate officers for the comir.g term. It is believed that a dejvree will be put on v/ss SCARCITY OF LABOR CALLED TO SERViiCE Dr. J. Y. Mcl'.inn'ry has bcc i called to t?ic rervics cf the Govern ment. The following ; /logrr.m c::- plains the v/hcle niatl;cr, a3 rcco.v^ed from Wnrhingtor.. D. C.: “Dr. J. Y. McKinney, F'rsb Lieu tenant, ' Y^ou v.’lll rcccive or^lcrs a:;: Ignln" you to active duty in about 10 days. Arrange to comply.” June 17, 1918. It is aln ost impossible to hire help for love or money in thio scct'on at this tin'iC. All vocations are calling "or help ar .l some things will have to go by v;;th less attention than is really iiecMied. There is very little idleness in this community. The remuneration is generally very good, but many of our noble boys are either at the front, or aie on the ^ ay, to save us from Ger man Autocrsicy, which calvation is inevitable when all are in Lne. Ther:: b a law against enticing a';orcr;i '’-•ein cne section to another a.id V/ • ar? "lean?.! to rote that the authcr-tic:. are enforc.n.'^ it. —v/ss- t A S J3UEN SUMr^:ONS John Sourncr, of Pis.sali Forest, v\*as found dead in his bed one day last week. No cause of death is given.