New
VOL. XXIII
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDA Y, NOVEMBER 7, 1918
Number 43
TRANSYLVANIA IS
WBOLY DEMOCRAHC
Transylvania has redeemed
herself and is wholly democrat-
ic. .
T1^. democratic county tick
et ^as elected by the biggest
majority returned in years.
Zebulon Weaver, democrat
ic candidate for Congress from
the tenth district, carricd the
county by a majority of forty-
live.
The amendment giving a six-
months’ term to every school
carried.
The largest majority on the
county ticket was given Sheriff
Cos Paxton, 172. Clerk of Su
perior Court N. A. Miller was
second with a majority of 147.
Following is the ticket elect
ed :
For Senator 37th Senatorial
District—O. B. Coward of
Jackson county.
For Representative—G. T.
Lyday.
For Clerk Superior Court—
N. A. Miller.
PROMNENT BREVARD
PROFESS^MARRIED
Mr. John B. Summey and
Miss Rowena Hart of Little
River
DEATH OF
JOHN L. ALLISON
On Sunday, November 3, at
P. M., the spirit of John L.
were hapily united in | Allison was released from a
the boi^s of holy matrimony'suffering body. For thirty-four
years Mr. Allison had been a
by the Rev. John C. Seagle at
the residence of the bride at
half-past two o’clock on Satur
day, November 2nd.
The marriage was a surprise
to the friends of the young
couple, who nevertheless wish
them all joy. Mr. Summey w’^as
returning to his work and de
cided to take his bride with
him. There was hurrying and
patient sufferer from Asthma.
When he contracted influenza
there was little hope for his re
covery and after fifteen days he
passed away.
Mr. Allison W’as born in June
1845, at Beechnut Farm where
all his life was spent, and
where he died.
He served with distinction in
scurrying for license and ., n -p ^ ^
preacher. Fortunately for the ! .’■"’I'.,
young people the train w'as late
and so they made it.
The groom is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Summey. For
several years he has been a suc
cessful teacher.
The bride is the daughter of
He w’as married to Miss Jane
Mackey. Of this union were
born nine children, all of whom
survive their father. As we
live on in our children Mr. Alli
son’s influence will long be felt
in this community and in other
the late Ladd M. Hart and Mrs. children
Flora Hart of Little River,
whom he and his wife have
CHRISnii^PARCEIS
FOR THE SOLDIERS
Mr. and Mrs. Summey will
make their home at Apex
members of the communities in I
For Register of Deeds—G. C. where Mr. Summey is the pop- 1reside.
Kilpatrick.
For Surveyor—T. B. Reid.
For Coroner—A. E. Lvday.
For Sheriff—Cos Paxton.
For Commissioners—C. K.
Osborne, C. F. Woodfin, E. Jor
dan Whitmire.
For Recorder—R. L. Gash.
ular principal
school.
of the graded
Cartons have been received at
the Red Cross rooms for in
closing Christmas presents for
the soldiers overseas. These
cartons are for free distribution
and everyone who has received
a label is asked to come at once
and get the necessary box, as
the time is growing very short
in which these packages may
be mailed.
Remember, the amount of
shipping space is so limited
that only one parcel may go to
each man and that from the
person to whom he sends the
label provided him overseas.
All parcels must be packed in
these cardboard boxes, 3x4x9
inches in size.
Do not mail the box yourself.
When packed take it to the
Red Cross rooms where it will
be examined and weighed.
The box must contain no ex
plosives nor liquids, nothing
packed in glass, and must not
weigh over two pounds, 15 ozs.,
nor must it contain any written
matter.
The sender furnishes the
YOUR HEALTH
Influenza—The epidemic has
J)een checked and is subsiding,
though the danger has not pas
sed, far from it. Several are
still dangerously ill, an occas
ional new case shows that the
deadly germ is still at work.
Now is the time to use un
usual precautions to
Oliver Crary, who is in col
lege at A. and E., West Raleigh
wTites friends he is now dis
charged from hospital
there, having been on du-
There are three sons: James
M, of Gainesville, Ala.; C. A.,
of Anniston, Ala., and J. M., of postage to carry the parcel to
I Hoboken, N. J. The cost from
The six daughters are: Mrs. jhere will be about fifteen cents
Ada Releford, of Austin, Texas for the full weight package,
duty i Mrs. Agnes Grimshawe, Mrs.
Ida Aiken, Mrs. Rose Yongue
and Misses Virginia and Annie
Allison of Brevard.
Mr. Allison is also survived
IN NEED OF CROSTIES
ty for nearly three weeks dur
ing the seige of flu among the Allison of Brevard. Thomas, Tie and
students, escaping with only a Mr. Allison is also survived ;
slight attack. He states there'by three brothers: Erwin Alii-
were eleven deaths among the >on of Campobello, S. C.; ElishatAsheville, was in to see us
students.
had in our town and county.
I remember that the Lord helps
those w’ho help themselves, the
people have escaped the cal
amity of many deaths and are
apt to become careless and over
prevent [ confidant. If the hearse had
Allison, of Texas and Henry Al
lison of Indian Territory.
The funeral services w’^ere
conducted at the residence at
2 P. M., Monday by Rev. W. E.
Poovey. Interment v*^as at Oak
Grove.
The esteem in which Mr. Al-
this week and says that the
railways of the United States
under the United States Rail
road Administration need prac
tically unlimited quantities of
cross ties for immediate use.
To meet this requirement it is
the patriotic duty of every citi
zen who can, to produce the
greatest number of ties pos
sible.
Many kinds of timber can be
used in the manufacture of
crossties and the prices paid
for them are very attractive,
ranging from $1.00 to $1.25
another fresh outbreak of the ■ niade six trips from Brevard ^^s°n was held was attested by
epidemic. One unavoided, un-|^Q ^|j0 cemetary, if six families large attendance of people
noticed case may spread the had been bereaved and clad in | ^^om all parts of the county,
disease amongst the many who jYnourning, then the people! The mound at the cemetery
have so far escaped, one sickj«^rould realize the danger past was covered w'ith beautnful
child could infect a whole and the danger in the future, j tributes,
school. Yes, there is yet great j ^an count more than six ini The pall bearers were W. E.
danger that the disease will greyard who recovered by a S. M. Macfie, George I each.. Anyone interested in
again spread, therefore each | fair’s breadth and the other Maxwell, Fred Johnson, R. L. | ties should see or communicate
and everyone should redouble ; physicians in the town and;^^®^ Crary. |with Mr. Thomas,
all possible precautions, keep ; county have doubtless had like
the children at home and let all; experience,
stay home as much as possible, j The County Board of Health
Let each individual consider is anxious to allow everything
himself or herself a committee ! to take its normal course as;
of one to prevent crowds and soon as possible, but it’s func-|
crowding. The germ is more i tion and duty is to prevent the |
active and the disease more apt! spread of disease and death. i
tou w.read where six are gath- j The Churchman is anxious to j
together than where two resume his devotions and re-|
meer. i ligious rites in church. The!
Be not lulled into a false se- ^teacher is anxious to teach his|
surity or over confidence by our ^ school. The business man is!
present good fortune in check- ! anxious for business to open i
ing the disease. I repeat the ' fully. !
danger has not passed, the ser
pent is scotched, not killed.
All are anxious to meet once j
more in social gatherings, but
If it was necessary in the first j most of all we each and every
place to enforce strict rules and one of us should be and are
regulations, for the suppression ! most anxious to prevent disease
of this disease, which none will and death, this can be done if j
doubt realizing how much good each and everyone will follow
has been done, it is now just strictly the teachings and direc-
as necessary to continue the
same, as long as there are new
cases.
Continued care is of vital im
portance, take the word of our
vigilant health authorities. I
have met this treacherous dis
ease at the bedside and know
whereof I speak, if we prevent
one case, or save one life by
our extra precaution it is a
work well done.
Be not deceived by the bless
ings of recoveries that we have
tions of the health authorities,
who have the good of ^11 at
heart.
Then when our schools and
churches are opened and when
business resumes its normal
course, and when friends meet
friends at social gatherings all
will be happy, and sombre
mourning will not cover a single
bereaved heart. Wait, Watch,
and Work.
C. W. HUNT, M. D.
County Quarintine Officer.
Sitys Oetterai Pershing, referring fo
<Mie» of the war work orgmuzationa :
SENSE of oUigatioo for the varied
and useful service rendered to the
Mroy in Prance • • • • . prompts me to
Join m the ^peal for its further finaivnaf
•apport. I have opportunity to observe
Ite (^rations, measure the quality of its
P®‘sonnel and mark its benefit influence
troops, and I wish unreservedly
to oommend its work for the army. ^
—General Pershing
untied war work campaign
WITH n COLORS
...J
“Somewhere in France”
Oct., 8, 1918.
Dear Editor—
I am sure the friends of the
Transylvania boys who are
with Ambulance C. 324, on act
ive service in France will be
very happy to hear that they
are enjoying the very best of
health, as well as the many in
teresting things of France.
France is a wonderful country
and we are getting much pleas
ure from our stay as well as
hard work. But w'e boys don’t
mind hard work when it is for
a just and righteous cause and
when we realize that we are
laboring for the sake of human
ity, for the liberation of the
world from the tyranical hands
of the privileged few, we are
in spirit to give our very
best and when we realize that
thf; patriotic people at home
are sacrificing so much that we
may uphold the sacred prin
ciples w’hich were arrested
from the oppressive ones by
the sturdy pioneers of early
days, we can never fall short
of our task.
The spirit that exists among
the Transylvania boys and how
eager each is to do his part is
clearly demonstrated by the
fact that when the call came
the other day for volunteers to
go near the front for the pur
pose of rendering first aid work
every boy responded, bat to oup
sad disappointment all were
not accepted.
The boys with the immediate
CO. have been very fortunate
for we have been together
since our enlistment on Sept.
18,1917. We consider it grand
and often wonder why we have
been so fortunate. Our case is
about the only one in which so
many home boj^s w’ere kept to
gether. In most instances
home boys w’ere assigned to
various companies. It cer
tainly has been a pleasure for
many happy hours have we
spent describing the exciting
things that happened during
our boyhood days among those
bonny hills of old Transylvania.
And, too, our stay together has
been a pleasure from the stand
point of news, for when one
hears from home he relates the
news to the others. Since our
arrival bugler Harold Hardin
has received one copy of the
Brevard News and even though
the date was a little old it was
handed from boy to boy and
each column scanned very
closely. It was just like a long
newsy letter from home. Never
before did we realize the pleas
ure obtained from our splendid
home paper. May it have the
most of success.
Wags, Virgil Merrell, Cay
A. Surrett and King S. Whitak
er by their faithful work are
considered among the best
waggoners in the Co. Cook
Walter C. Whitmire (Better
known as Whit, among the
boys) can make biscuits almost
equal to any Transylvania girl.
Going some isn’t he? Sg’t
Avery M. Orr had the pleasure
of visiting near the front re
cently with a detail for the pur
pose of rescuing a wrecked
ambulance. Sg’t Ernest O.
Miller for business purposes is
away from the company, but
is expected to return soon.
We boys^are all well clad,
well fed, and in fact we are
well cared for in every respect.
ABOUT
TKE FRESHET
At the time of going to press
last week it was impossible to
learn the full extent of damage
wrought by 16:85 inches of
rainfall in seven days. Train
service between Brevard and
Hendersonville was suspended
Tuesday morning and resumed
Thursday afternoon. There
were no bridges lost on
this part of the line and the
rop.d bed v/as in such good con
dition that as soon as the water
ran off, trains resumed their re
gular schedule. All trains are
now running regularly between
Hendersonville and Toxaway.
The Gloucester Lumber Co.
and the Carr Lumber Co. were
both heavy losers.
The v/ork in Pisgah Forest
of getting out wood for the Sou
thern army camps v/as severe
ly crippled.
The damage to the crops is
estimated at thousands of doT-
lars, how m.any thousand, is
only guesswork. Much corn
was sv.’ept away, some is in the
mud and v/ill rot before it can
be recovered. This is the third
successive year the farmers of
Transylvania have lost their
stock feed, but there will be no
whining nor calling for outside
help. As one man said, “It
means live a little closer and
w^ork a little harder.”
The roads were badly wash
ed and many bridges lost—six
river bridges and 25 or 30 creek
bridges. It will require at least
820,000 to repair the roads and
bridges. None of these bridges
w^ere steel. Put that in your
pipe and smoke it against the
time it will be possible to pur
chase steel and concrete.
Our officers are very much in
terested in our w’^ellfare and
favor us in every way possible.
The wish to extend our sin
cere thanks to you home people
for the wonderful aid you have
given the Red Cross. The mar
velous work done by the Red
Cross can not be described,
therefore I shall only say that
in our estimation the Red Cross
has done more than any other
organization towards the com
fort of the soldiers.
Let not th efaithful Y. M. C.
A. workers be forgotten for
wherever we are located there
is a “Y” man ready to furnish
information, all writing mater
ial and in fact aid in every way
^ possible. “Y” workers are con-
jtinually giving amusing enter-
itainment and adding to the
pleasure of soldier life. Last
1
: Sunday we had two religious
services and the hall was pack
ed with eager hearers..
You should see us Sammies
conversing, or rather trying to,
for with most of us our vocabu-
larj’^ is very limited, with our
I French comrades and especial-
. ly to the mademoiselles. I fear
you would consider it rather*
I comical and consider us more
i like actors than conversants for
I it seems as if we make more
motions than we say in words.
Cheer up, dear friends, for
time is speedily bringing the
triumphant day of victor and
soon the w’^ar drum shall sound
no longer and we Sammies shall
come proudly marching home
to parents and friends and live
in peace and unity for the day»
to come. May time speed that
day.
John Luke Osteen,.