Hear Gov. Bickett at Court House Thursday, Sept. 26
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VOL. XXIII
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1918.
Number 36*37.
SUMMARY OF WAR
NEWS FOR WEEK
The British have been mak
ing steady advances. British
aviators have made a brilliant
record by their astounding
femir of daring and skill.
IrVench and Americans have
wiped out the St. Mihiel salient
and opened the way for a direct
invasion of German territory by
the Allies.
Many thousands of Germans
and Austrians have been trap
ped in the territory between
Vigneulles and St. Mihiel.
Americans have captured
many guns. One division alone
took 43 cannon.
Secretary of War Baker wit
nessed part of the battle of St.
Mihiel and said that the Amer
icans fought like veterans. He
said that the spirit and couracre
of the Americans was most in
spiring.
In Macedonia the Serbian
and French troops have ad
vanced more than five miles.
STATE EXECUTIVE
TO VKIT BREVARD
Brevard has been privileged
to entertain a number of distin
guished statesmen and eloquent
speakers, but seldom have the
citizens of the town and county
had the pleasure of hearing a
man who combines the best
qualities of statesman and ora
tor as does Governor T. W.
Bickett, who will visit Transyl
vania on Thursday, September
26ih, and deliver an address in
the court house
The Governor’s speeches are
always patriotic, educational
and brilliant. The people of
this vicinity are to be congratu
lated on having the opportunity
to hear him.
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OLD PEABODY PEW
GREAT SUCCESS
DR. H. P. BRODIE
PASSES AWAY
Play Given by the National
League for Woman’s Service
Nets One Hundred and Five
Dollars.
In behalf of the National
League for Woman’s Service of'
Transylvania County, we wish
to thank all who in any way
helped to make the play given
at the court house September
thirteenth a success. The
League wishes especially to ex
press appreciation of the work
done by Miss Mary \\'ard of
New York city, who coached
the members of the cast and
did so much in every way to
help make “The Old Peabody
Pew” a success.
The “Comfort Kit” fund of
the League will receive, as a i
result of Friday evening’s ef
forts, one hundred and five dol
lars. The boys who enter the
service from our county this fall
and winter will now receive
comfort kits, as have those who
joined the army in the past.
Elizabeth M. Silversteen,
Chairman.
Dr. M. P. Brodie, a member
of the drug firm of Macfie-Bro-
die, and one of the best-known
residents of the town, died Sun
day evening at seven o’clock.
Dr. Brodie had been in fail
ing health for several months
and his death was not unex
pected. He was only thirty-
two years of age, just in the
prime of usefulness. He will
be greatly missed as he was one
of Brevard’s best business men
and ahvays stood for every
thing that was for the good of
Transylvania county and Bre
vard.
His w’ife, his mother, Mrs.
Brodie, of Aiken, S. C., and his
brother, Earle Brodie, also of
Aiken, were with him when the
end came.
The remains were taken to
Aiken on Monday morning for
interment.
Quite a number of Dr. Bro-
die’s Brevard friends went to
Aiken to pay their last tribute
of respect to one they held in
very high esteem.
REV. J. R. HAY
RETURNS TO US
Rev. J. R. Hay, who has been
engaged in Y. M. C. A. work
at Camp Wadsworth during
the past several months, has
been transferred to the camp at
Pisgah Forest. The Y. M. C.
A. will undertake work at this
camp. Several buildings will
be erected in the near future
and a number of secretaries
will be brought to the camp to
carry out the plans of the Y.
M. C. A.
Mr. Hay will have general
supervision of the building op
erations and will direct the
work of the Y. M. C. A. men
sent to Pisgah Forest to act as
his assistants.
Rev. Mr. Hay was pastor of
the Brevard and Davidson Riv
er Presbyterian churches be
fore his enlistment in the army.
He is chairman of the Tran
sylvania Red Cross chapter and
his return to the county will be
heartily welcomed by numbers
of friends and acquaintances.
NOTICE TO SCHOOLS
AND TEACHERS
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COMMPEES AP
POINTED FOR FAIR
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MRS. MCKINIEY
SUDDENLY KILLED
triends here received a mes-
( on Sunday afternoon that
Mrs. Mary Dunbar McKinley
had been suddenly and acci
dently killed in New York city.
Mrs. McKinley left here a
few days ago to meet her hus
band in New York. No par
ticulars have as yet been re
ceived by her relatives.
Mrs. McKinley as Miss Mary
* Dunbar had been a regular vis
itor here for a number of years.
NAW' RECRUITING OFFICE
A navy recruiting office has
been opened in the Macfie-Bro-
die drug store. The navy of
fers one of the best opportuni
ties of the day for patriotic
service and the young men of
Transylvania county are ex
pected to make a prompt re
sponse to this call for recruits
in this branch of Uncle Sam’s
line of defense.
The Executive Committee of
the Transylvania County Fair
met in the court house last
week and appointed the follow
ing committees to have charge
of the different departments:
Horses—Fred Johnson; Cat
tle—W. L. Aiken; Hogs—R. H.
Zachary; Poultry—W. E. Poo-
vey—Agricultural Exhibits—
R. L. Scruggs; Ladies’ Exhibits
—Mrs. Z. W. Nichols; School
Exhibits—C. H. Trowbridge;
Athletics—R. H. Morrow; Club
Exhibits—Ralph Osborne.
Anyone who contemplates
entering livestock for the fair
should notify Fred Shuford or
myself before Saturday, Sept.
28, so that places can be pro
vided for them.
The committee granted the
Red Cross the privilege of sell
ing lunches and cold drinks at
the fair. The C. D. Kenny Co.,
of Asheville has donated coffee
for the Red Cross to sell.
Judges for the fair and com
mittees appointed by the per
sons in charge of the depart
ments will be announced next
week.
R. E. Lawrence.
Believing that the schools in
the county are desirous of con
tributing something to the
county fair, I ask your most
hearty co-operation in the mat
ter of studying the program
published and in helping to
carry it out, certainJj'^ to ‘?an'f‘
out the school’s part. I am
well aware of the fact that \ve
have not had our schools going
long enough to do any extra
ordinary stunts. However, we
may be able to demonstrate our
ability to do things on short
notice as has our National
Government. It is my desire
that as many schools as possible
present themselves in Brevard
on Wednesday, October 2nd,
for a grand parade. In the
event that your school comes,
then, that day is to be a holiday
for your school, otherwise I
w'ould suggest that you carry
on the regular work.
Saturday, September 28th, is
set for our first Annual Teach
ers’ Assembly to meet in Bre
vard. The session is called to
meet in the Brevard High
School building from 10 a. m.
to 1 p. m. “The Six Months
School Term” is the one sub
ject for joint discussion. The
whole meeting is of the great
est importance to our teachers
and nation, therefore, come and
go on the national record of
education.
Yours,
A. F. Mitchell,
County Supt.
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Buy W'ar Savings Stamps
till it hurts and then buy Liber
ty Bonds. ^
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KENTUCKY SHORTHORNS
R. W. Everett, Pisgah Forest,
has a select herd of Shorthorns
recently purchased from J. H.
Callaway, Smithfield, Ky., a
five-year-old Scotch cow, a
model of type and breeding
character, for $1,500; two five-
year-old Scotch topped cows at
$500 each and a Royal bred
Scotch bull for $600.00. This
bull will be placed at tha head
of the herd.
It is said that the $1,500 cow
was the highest priced Short
horn cow sold in Kentucky in
twenty years.
Mr. Everett’s herd of Short
horn cattle now numbers eigh
teen and is second to none in
the state.
MISS LDOLE DAVIS
KUIED BY TRAIN
Miss Mamie Lucile Davis,
age 20 years, a well known and
popular young lady of Liberty,
was almost instantly killed,
Charles Stillwell, a young man
of Columbia, was probably fa
tally injured, and Miss Bernice
Parsons, 18 years old, also a
popular young lady of Liberty,
was slightly hurt yesterday af
ternoon shortly before 5 o’clock
by being struck by Southern
passenger train No. 38, running
between Atlanta and New
York. The accident occurred
about a mile from Liberty,
•about midway between that
place and Beverly.
The body of Miss Davis and
the injured persons were plac
ed aboard No. 38 and brought
to Greenville, the former being
taken to the undertaker and
the latter rushed to the city
hospital in an ambulance.
Miss Davis, Miss Parson and
Mr. Stillwell were members of
a large party of young Liberty
people v,’ho went for a Sunday
afternoon stroll along the
Southern double tracks and
were in one group which
walked a short distance in ad
vance of a second group. The
approach of a southbound
freight train caused the three
named above to move from one
track to the other to allow it to
pass, and in doing so they step
ped directly in front of fast
moving No. 38, northbound, not
hearing its approach on ac
count of the noise made by the
freight train. Their friends
walking behind them saw' their
perilous situation and yelled
frantically to them, but their
voices w’ere drowned out by the
noi.se.
The train was brought to a
quick stop and the unfortunate
victims placed aboard and
rushed to the city with all pos
sible speed. Life had left Miss
Davis’ body, so the remains
were taken to the undertakers
to be prepared for burial, while
an ambulance sped to the hos
pital with the two injured ones.
The parents of the dead young
lady, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Davis,
arived here from Liberty about
three hours after the accident
The town of Liberty and the
surrounding community was
shocked and grieved at the
news of Miss Davis’ tragic
death. She was known and ad
mired by hundreds of people.
Her parents stated last night
' that all arrangements had been
made for her to enter the
Greenville Womans College
Tuesday and that she had been
looking forward with pleasure
to the coming college days.
Besides her parents Miss Da
vis is survived by a brother,
Horace, who is in France, by
two other brothers, Wade and
Lev»ris, and one sister, Lois, who
live in Liberty.—Greenville
News.
The funeral services were
held Tuesday afternoon at 2,
at Liberty, S. C. Several of her
relatives and friends from Bre
vard attended the funeral.
Miss Davis was a former resi
dent of Brevard and had many
friends here who are sorely
grieved over her unfortunate
death, and who deeply sympa
thize with the family in this,
the saddest hour of their lives.
TRANSYLNANjAJOUNTY FAIR
Rules, Regulations and List of Prem
iums to be Offered—Pair to be Held
October 1st and 2nd..
RULES:
Help stamp out Kaiserism by
buying War Savings Stamps.
Notice of entry of live stock should
be made to County Agent (Lawrence)
or Fred Shufford before Sept. 28-29,
so that a place may be allotted.. All
live stock or other exhibits must be
be in place by 10 A. M., on Tuesday
and must not be removed before 5
P. M., Wednesday. If exhibit is re
moved all prizes will be forfeited
whether on that item or for any
item. All exhibits must be in own
ers name and from Transylvania Co.
There shall not be two entries
from the same farm for the same
prize unless the second entry shall
have been the sole product of the
party making entry (all the work
done to grow item having been done
by said party).
No article or entry shall win more
than one prize of the same class or
grade.
An entry fee of 10 per cent, shall
be charged where the prizes arc as
much as $5.00 or more, (except the
boy’s club). This fee must accompany
the entering.
There shall be no admission fee.
Entry cards will be furnished to
mark the items. The premiums will
be designed by ribbons; first to be
Blue; Second, Red; Third, White.
Prize money will not be paid till
November 1, 1918.
Every reasonable effort will be
made to protect property on exhibi
tion from , damage and loss, but the
Committee will not hold itself re
sponsible should loss or damage occur
your property will be at the fair at
your own risk.
Premiums may be withheld for
false entry, etc.
With pure bred stock complete
boni fied information must be given
according to same.
Exhibitors must look after their
own stock and e^bibit.
The decisions of the judges shall
be final except in cases of protest in
writing with strong evidence of fraud
All exhibits of live stock must
parade on the morning of the second
day at 11 A. M.
LIVE STOCK AND LIVE STOCK
PRODUCTS:
First Second
1 pr Draft Horses ...$4.00 $1.50
2 team mules $4.00 $1.50
3 saddle horse $3.00 $1.00
4 brood mare $3.00 $1.00
5 mule over six months.$3.00 $1.00
6 ” under six m’ths.$3.00 $1.00
7 horse colt over six ” $3.00 $1.00
8 ” ” under ” ” $3.00 $1.00
9 best buggy horse... .$3.00 $1.00
BEEF CATTLE
First Second
10 registered bull ....$5.00 $1.50
11 ” cow or heifer
over 1 yr $5.00 $1.50
12 (B565) reg calf under
1 yr $5.00 $1.50
14 grade cow or heifer.
over 1 yr $4.00 $1.50
16 grade male calf under
1 yr $3.00 $1.00
17 ” heifer ” ” ” $3.00 $1.00
Dairy Type
18 reg bull $5.00 $1.50
19 reg cow or heifer . .$5.00 $1.50
20 (B 562) reg calf over six months
and under 12 months. .$5.00 and
second, 1 yr. sub. Brev. News.
21 grade cow or heifer
over 1 yr $4.00 $1.00
22 heifer calf under
12 months $3.00 $1.00
SWINE
First Second
23 reg boar over
6months old $5.00 $2.00
$2.00
$2.00
$1.00
$1.50
.$2.50 $1.00
.$2.50 $1.00
24 reg sow and pigs.. .$5.00
25 reg br’d sow or gilt $5.00
26 reg pig under six
months old $2.50
27 grade sow or gilt..$4.00
28 boar pig under 6
months (grade)
29 sow pig under 6
months (grade)
30 reg herd, one boar
and three sows, $2.50 & s. B. N.
HAMS AND BACON
First Second
31 (B 545) home cured
• country hams ....$1.00 $0.50
32 (B 546) home cured
country bacon ...$1.00 $0.50
SHEEP:
First Second
33 reg ram, any breed $5.00 $2.00
34 best ewe or ewe
lamb $3.00 $1.50
35 (B 567) best ram and
three ewes or ewe
lambs $5.00 $2.00
Anyone who competes for prizes in
the registered classes must produce
Registration papers for the secret.
POULTRY
34 best pr Plymouth
rocks $1.00
35 best pr Wyandottes $1.00
36 ”
.50
.50
” Rhode Island
redfr $1.00 .50
37 ” ” Leghorns ..$1.00 .50
38 ” ” Orpingtons $1.00 .50
39 ” ” any breed . $1.00 .50
40 Best bird in show. sub. Brev. Kk
41 best pr turkeys ... $1.00 .50
Poultry must be exhibited in neaff
coops by owners
Beef cattle judging contest for boys
from ten to eighteen. This con>'
test will be held October 1st at^
2 P. M., 42 (B 575):
1st $12.00
2nd $10.00
3rd $8.00
4th $6.00
5th $4.00
6th $3.00
7th $2.00
These prizes are to be paid in Thrift
Stamps.
CLUB PRIZES
Best registered pig at county fair by
pig club member for breeding pur
poses, size quality and type con
sidered :
H. A. Plummer will give $5.00 and
. .Plummer & Trantham $5.00 or
total $10.00 for best pig.
Brevard Hardware Co. will give $5.
for 2nd best pig.
Potatoes
Largest yield of Irish potatoes grown
by any potato club member on 1-8
acre land:
R. E. Lawrence will give $10.00
Farmers Supply Co. will give $5.00,
Poultry
Best pair chickens exhibited at county
fair by poultry club member:
W. E. Poovey will give $5.00.
Smiths Barber Shop will give $2.50.
Com
The Brevard Banking Company will
give $10.00 to corn club member
producing most corn on one acre
of land when com is gathered.
Macfie Brodie Drug Co. will give $5,
for 2nd best yield.
FARM AND FIELD CROPS
Com
43 (B 12) any white
corn (M) $2.00 $1.00
44 (B 13) any yellow
com (M) $2.00 $1.00
Wheat
Best peck of wheat accompanied by
•heaf IS inches in circumference*
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