B r eva r d N e w
VOL. XXIII
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1918.
Number 42
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List of patriotic citizens of
Transylvania who are doing
their duty and helping the boys
le front by subscribing to
fourth Liberty Loan.
L'ransylvania was the second
county in the district to go
**over the top” and thereby
showed that the good people
of the county were anxious to
do all they could to help win
the war.
I wish to thank all the sub
scribers to this Bond isue and
also my fellow M’orkers for
their great assistance in making
this proud record for our coun
ty.
CHAS. E. ORR,
Chm. 4th Liberty Loan Com.
$25,000
E. H. Jennings
$20,000
J. S. Silversteen
$13,000
Toxaway Tanning Co.
$10,000
Mrs. N. B. C. Carrier
$5,000
J. T. Lupton
W. F. Decker
Carr Lumber Co.
Brevard Banking Co.
R. W. Everett
R. R. Deaver
$2,000
C. E, Orr
W. S. Ashworth
$1,200
C. C. Yongue
$1,000
J. s. Bromfield
Whit Brooks
Co, D., 328 Lbr. Bn.
C. Cochran
S. T. Everett
Nathaniel Golden
C. B. Glazener
Maj. A. T. Hayes
W.'M. Henry
J. Frank Hayes
J. A. Johnson
Co. C., 328 Lbr. Bn. (Capt.
Mageean)
Louise A. Neill (guardian)
J. Floyd Norris
Robt. Orr
Cos Paxton
Mrs. J. J. Patton
T. H. Shipman
Mrs. E. M. Silversteen
E. A. Shaffer
W. P. Weilt
C. A. Wood
R. H. Zachary
$900
J. K. Barclav
$750
L. B. Wallis
$650
Mrs. E. W. Blythe
$600
Jessie C. Ward
B. T. Egerton
$500
H. L. Allison
Brevard Cotton Mills
L. W. Brooks
J. M. Allison
Mrs. L. M. C. Armstrong
Charlie Ashworth
Miss Georgia Bell
Brown Patton Co.
T. B. Crary
Harry P. ‘darke
C. C. Duckworth
Overton L. Erwin
C. P. Woodfin
WORK OF FOOD
ADMNISTROTOR
The energy and efficiency
with which every patriotic
measure recommended by the
government has been caried
out in Transylvania County
since the entrance of this coun- j
try on the stage of world con
flict has has time and again
caled forth the praise of state
and national officers.
None of this praise has given
so much personal satisfaction
to the individual citizens of the
county as has a letter recently
received by Thomas H. Ship
man, chairman of the local food
G. & W. RARWAY
IS com SOON
We have just received anoth
er letter from Mr. J. Norwood
Cleveland of Marietta, S. C., in
regard to the proposed G. &
W. Railway.
In his letter Mr. Cleveland
quotes at length from the Man
ufacturer’s Record and from
leading papers of Knoxville
and Greenville. All these pa
pers express hearty interest in
the building of the proposed
road and pledge their loyal
support to the project.
In commenting on the arii-
! cles on the G. & W. which have
administration board. This let- appeared in recent issues of the
ter came from the national
food conservation commission
in Washington and commends
Mr. Shipman in the highest
terms for his success as mana
ger of food conservation in
Transylvania. In deed the lo
cal food administration has
been held up as a model many
News Mr. Cleveland said:
“Your article was exception
ally fine, thanks for the copy
you so kindly forwarded me.
MRS. ASHBY PRICE
DIES IN FLORIDA
'rh<‘ many fri<mds of Ashby
Price, .SOM of Mr. and Mrs. W.
S. PritH*, Sr., will be grieved to
know ol* th<* death of his wife
which ocurntd Saturday morn
ing, a H er an attack of influen-
'/a in Jacksonville, Fla.
Mr. I*rice has many friends
here, having lived here from
the time he was a small boy un
til grown, when he went to Sa-
vanuh, Ga., to make his home.
It was at this place he met Miss
Gertrude Cole, who later be
came his wife.
Mrs. Price leaves two young
sons to mourn their loss. At
the time of his wife’s death Mr.
Price himself was suffering
with influenza.
W. S. Price, Sr. left on Satur-
times in North Carolina. But jg a certainty without a doubt,
it is particularly gratifying to
the many friends of Mr. Ship
man to know that the value of
Please send me several copies | day to go to the bedside of his
of your articles and I will have I grief-stricken son and arrived
them reprinted in some of our
South Carolina papers..
The G. & W.’s being built
in Jacksonville on Sunday at
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Ashby Price
have often visited Mr. Price’s
his tireless service has received
I know large developments are j parents here, where the latter
to be opened up, although I am ! made many friends who learn
not at liberty to name them; | v/ith sadness of her passing,
however, things are bright and |
tjiM well-deserved recognition, j j fully believe only a short time Ol) A VI7D
However, he is no new figure | will elapse before concrete evi- j iMll rKAYllK LUKIiLK
in the ranks of those who i dence of construction will be
quietly and persistently strive j in evidence. It’s only a matter
for the advancement of town,
county and nation. There has
been no marked movement
made along the road of pro
gress in Transylvania county
during the period of years just
past that does not stand out as
the accomplishment wholly or
in part of this public spirited
man. The avenues of Mr. Ship
man’s constructive activities
A Prayer in Time of Great
of time till trains will be oper- Sickness—Read Psalm 91.
ating from the Atlantic Coast
to the West through the Blue j “In the midst of life we are
Ridge mountains via Brevard.” in death; of whom may we
Mr. Cleveland’s letter speaks seek for succor but of Thee, O
for itself. He is too well known I Lord, who, for our sins art
throughout the south to need!justly displeased.”
any support for his statements
from anybody.
As the developments of any
public enterprise depends upon
are many. As an authority on the spirit of the people who are
banking technics his ability is
recognized throughout the
state. He has several times
appointed by the governor to
serve on commissions appoint
ed to settle disputed points of
commercial law. Owing to his
unassuming sincerity it is a fact
scarcely known beyond his per
sonal friends that he has many
times refused flattering offers
to transfer the exercise of his
talents to other fields thereby
giving Brevard the first claim
on a citizen of whose possession
any city in the land might well
be proud.
to be benefitted by it, let us all
pull together for the building
of this road, the completion of
which will open a new and
brighter era in the history of
Transylvania and Western
North Carolina.
J. H. Pickelsimer is recover
ing from pneumonia.
“O Saviour of the world, who
by Thy Cross and precious
blood has redeem.ed us, save us
and help us, we humbly be
seech Thee, O Lord.”
“Remember not our offenses
nor the offenses of our forefath
ers, neither take Thou vengence
of our sins. Spare us, good
Lord, spare Thy people whom
Thou hast redeemed with Thy
most precious blood, and be not
angry with us, forever.”
“O Almighty God, the Lord
of life and death, of sickness
BOYD ROSS DIES OF
PNEUMONIA IN CAMP
(Continued on page 2)
WEDDING OF POPULAR
YOUNG LADY
Friends in the’ city have re
ceived announcements as fol
lows:
Mr. and Mrs. Beverely
Montgomery
announce the marriage of their
daughter Irenp Earle
to
Captain Alton Lester Broad
water, U. S. A.
on Wednesday the ninth of
October
nineteen hundred and eighteen,
Landrum, South Carolina
Boyd Ross, son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Tom J. Ross of
' Cherryfield died at the hospital
at Camp Hancock, Ga. last Sat
urday. His body was shipped
to Cherryfield Wednesday, ac
companied by Private John C.
McKelvey, where it w’as laid to
rest in Mt. Moriah cemetery.
Owing to the epedemic of
influenza only the family and
a few friends were present at
the interment. A number of
the members of Connestee
Lodge, I. O. O. F., of which Mr.
Ross was a member, went up for
the funeral, which was con
ducted by Rev. C. E. Puett, pas
tor of the Brevard Baptist
church.
Mr. Ross was 31 years of age
and had been in the service of
his country for about a year.
His superior officer said he was
a soldier of high order, always
obedient and true. He is sur
vived by four sisters and one
brother, Mesdames Bryson and
Waldrop, Misses Ora and Nora
Ross and Edwin Ross.
THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT
Mark 12; 30
There is nothing greater in heaven than God.
There is nothing greater in earth than man. There is
nothing greater in either God or man than love.
Hence, that commandment may properly be called the
greatest, in which He who is greatest in heaven claims
from him who is greatest in earth the greatest thing
that the one can give or that the other may receive.
Love is a desire. There are five craving de
sires of the body called Appetites. These are satis
fied by receiving. There are also five craving desires
of the soul called Appetences. These, too, are satis
fied by receiving. These two groups of desires are
like two greedy, grasping hands reaching out empty,
but expecting to be filled.
There is but one giving desire called Affection.
This can only be gratified by giving. To love, then,
is to give. The mother loves her home and gives her
self to it. The patriot loves his native land and gives
himself for it. “God so loved the world that he gave.**
Therefore, to **love the Lord thy God with all
thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy mind
and with all thy strength” is: To give to Him thy
heart for cleansing from sin; to yield to Him thy whole
moral nature for government; to surrender to Him
every operation of the intellect for guidance; and to
dedicate every ounce of physical energy for the help
of our fellows m His name.
/
Truly, **Love is the fulfilling of the law*’.
BAPTIST MDIION-
DOLLAR CAMPAIGN
Editor Brevard News:
Please allow me through
your paper to tell the Baptists
of this association about the
million dollar campaign the
Baptists of North Carolina are
out to raise for the better equip
ment of our denominational
schools and colleges.
This movement was put on
at the State Convention in Dur
ham last December. The mil
lion dollars is to be subscribed
in four annual paym^ents. The
amount appropriated to the
Transylvania Association is
$4,500.00. Now the committee
appointed by the State Conven
tion has decided that the prop
er way to raise this million dol
lars is to urge upon the Baptist
host to give of their Liberty
Bonds and War Savings
Stamps. By that they would
be helping the government in
stead of interfering at this par
ticular time. I do hope that
our Baptist people will receive
this matter prayerfully and ev
ery member of the church will
be loyal and give some amount
to this worthy cause.
I wish to urge upon every
young member if they haven’t
already done so, to buy what
War Savings Stamps they can
and assign to this million dol
lar fund.
I am grateful to say this
county has done its part in buy
ing Liberty Bonds and we feel
better as Americans by having
done so. We have proven to
our government that we love
our country. Now will the
Baptists not prove to their Lord
that they will be loyal to His
cause, and by doing so they are
laying up treasures in heaven.
And where our treasures are,
there will our hearts be also.
I want every Baptist in Tran
sylvania to remember that God
don’t approve of slackers in His
work and my prayer is that we
shall have conviction in this
matter for if we fail to dp our
Christian duty in this matter
we have failed to please our
Lord, and with all the sickness
that is moving over our land
and the blood that is flowing
from our boys over the sea, it
looks like we would turn and
be more faithful in our Chris
tian work.
C. C. Duckworth,
Chm. Transylvania Assn.
and health, regard our suppli
cations, and as Thou hast
thought fit to visit us for our
sins with great sickness, in the
midst of Thy judgement, O
Lord, remember mercy. Have
pity upon us, and withdraw
from us the grievous sickness
with which we are noW afflict
ed.”
“May this, Thy Fatherly
correction, have its due influ
ence upon us, by leading us to
consider how frail and uncer
tain our life is; that we may
apply our hearts unto that
heavenly wisdom, which, in the
end, will bring us to everlast
ing life; through Jesus Christ,
our Lord, Amen.”
C. D. Chapman.
P. S.—In last week’s Prayer
Comer there was a typograph
ical error. Governor Bickett’s
words quoted should have been
“Hold on, boys, there is the
Angelas.”
FORT CASWELL NEWS
Oct 1.2, 1918.
Editor Brevard News:
Probably it will be interest
ing to your readers to have a
few items from Ft. Caswell, as
several of the Transylvania
boys are or have been here.
I arived at Caswell on the
31st of August, 1917 and have
seen boys from different parts
of the state come and go, but so
far it has been my misfortune
to be left behind.
Most all my company has
gone across with the exception
of about fifteen. The 6th com
pany from Hendersonville was
composed of boys from Tran
sylvania and Henderson mostly
and to my sorrow after some
months there was quite a num
ber transferred to different sea
going organizations which sail
ed soon afterwards, then after
two months there was another
transfer made which took most
all of the remaining ones. The
boys that have left are as fol
lows: A. K. Lewis, Thomas
Bagwell, Roy Crary, Roy Marr,
Henrj’^ Scruggs, Claude and
Benjamin Staggs, Carl Hardin,
Overton Erwin and James Gar-
ren, all of Brevard, and those
that are left are Henry Garren,
Everett Osteen and mysellf.
Since ariving here it has been
one continuous “squad right
and left” flavored with K. P.
(kitchen police) and other
work that is connected with an
army post.
Some boys try to shun all
the work and there are numer
ous ways of doing it. Some get
sick and others hide while still
others seek office work and or
derlies for officers, but I believe
that company clerk is the best
known remedy for getting out
of work. Nothing but privates
hold these positions and are
usually kept busy sweeping the
floor for the first sergeant, but
that is some better than using
the muscle.
I have been everything from
a private in the rear rank to a
mess sergeant and the latter
exceeds all for liberty and good
eating as they have access to
all the “grub.” And I have the
pleasure of acting mess ser
geant at this time.
While walking up the street
some time ago I came up with
Ervin Galloway which was a
surprise, but never the less I
w’as glad to see some one from
home, as all the boys are after
staying away awhile.
The spanish influenza has
been raging here for some time
but is about under control at
present, but there has been sev
eral deaths since its appear
ance.
Thanking you for this valu
able space, I beg to remain.
Yours truly,
Corp. Jason Huggins.
C. M. DOYLE RETURNS
C. M. Doyle, who has been
in the north for several weeks,
returned to Brevard Wednes
day. Mr. Doyle visited sever
al cities while away and he says
the influeMza situation is very
serious. His mother, father and
sister were all down with it
when he left. “The quaran
tine laws here,” said Mr. Doyle,
“are nothing to compare with
those in the north.” He says
you can*t even get a “dope** ift
the soda fountains.