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L. XXIV
BREVARD, N. C. FRIDAY, MARCH I4lh, 1919.
NUMBER 11
WE MUST ADVER
TISE BREVARD
The war is over and the summer of
1919 is the season when everybody
and friends will take a vacation any
length from one day to three months.
Vacationist can not go to Europe
this year. Numbers of them however
would like to try a new resort if they
could find it, and still others who live
in the southern states would be glad
to find a cool strata of air within a
few halurs of their own homes if they
knew^Est what way to hunt for it.
Of course all who visit Brevard and
have to leave come back and bring as
many of their friends as possible.
But something really ought to be
done for the people who will shortly
be planning holiday trips and who
do not know that Western North Car
olina holds one of the most delight
ful spots for recreation and recuper
ation in the world, and that in Tran
sylvania County is found to be the
rarest combination of enchanting
mountain scenery and perfect summer
climate in all this favored land of the
Sky.
With a veiw of letting tourists
know the advantages of this town and
county the Brevard Club is this week
asking the co-operation of the citizens
of Transylvania in the work of having
descriptive literature circulated
throughout the country. If the peo
ple of this county join in a united ef
fort to bring tourist here, the tourists
will come. The questions of adequate
hotel and railroad facilties will take
care of themselves and Brevard w^ill
reap the benefits of her natural en
dowments as a preeminent resort for
health and pleasure.
The Brevard Club has appointed
an advertising committee of which
Thos. H. Shipman is chairman and
Fred Miller, C. M. Doyle and R. H.
Zachary are members. This commit
tee proposes to issue 10,000 descrip
tive booklets at once to answer the
calls that are already coming in for
information. In order to get out
these booklets witsout delay the bus
iness and professional men of the
town have agreed to give $3.00 for
every $1.00 given by boarding house
keepers. If the latter will give $1.00
for each room in their establish
ments the necessary amount can be
raised without any trouble.
The committee requests those in
terested to signify at once what
amount they Vv’ill give. This infor
mation must be in the hands of the
committee at oncc. No money, how
ever, will be due until August 15th.
Mrs. W. J. Wallis has sent in the first
check to help advertise Brevard.
Who will be the next?
OPPOSITION TO
TANNERY.
Editor Brevard News;
Since making a stop in this moun
tain climate in his search for health
and a home in the year 1874 the writ
er found what he was looking for. He
has been loyal and true to the climate
which brought him health and happin
ess ever since that date. He has
been urged to give the readers of the
Brevard News his impressions in re
gard to the burned tannery in Bre
vard, and with your permission he
will make a few remarks.
1st. There seems to no doubt in the
minds of any who know the circum
stances that the tannery five w'as in
cendiary. Now if Mr. Silverstein has
enemies so bitter that they would pur
posely throw hundreds of hands out
of work just for the purpose of spite,
he is not the proper person to take
charge of the tannery, if it is rebuilt,
and he is not a safe custodian for any
property. An enemy who would burn
one, would be more than apt to
burn any property that he might con
trol. For that reason we are op*.; ■>•'5-
ed to the rebuilding of the tannery
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under Mr. Silverstein’s direction an^l
management.
!
Brevard was never known as a
breeding place ’for mosquitoes until
the tannery got in operation. Since
then it has been almost impossible for
families living in the tannery section
to get a nights rest. I hardly think
that the tannery has improved the cli
mate of this mountain section in this-
respect, and am not in favor of re
building it as a tannery.
j There is but one reason why the
tannery should be rebuilt, and that is
a money reason. If there was no
higher aim in life than to make dol
lars, then the payroll of the tannery
NEW MATERIAL
FOR NEWS OFHCE
The Brevard News and the Bre
vard Printery have just received a
large shipment of display type, brass
rules, press numbering machines, and
the latest invention in a punching
machine.
We have always tried to keep just
a little ahead of other country offices
and now we can safely say that we
are as well equipped as most city
offices and are prepared to do almost
anything in the job printing line.
NOnCE TO OmCIALS
EXPERIENCES OF A
SOLDIERIN FRANCE
The law requires that all fines and
penalties must be recorded and re
ported. Now, therefore, will you
please turn in all your fines, etc. to
County Treasurer at once. Report
your fines etc. from July 1st last past
to Jan, 1st past, then your next re
port will be from Jan. 1st past to
April 1st next.
The fines go to the county school
fund, so please get in all your reports
before the next court, and many
thanks.
^ Yours for success,
A. F. MITCHELL,
County Supt
THE PRAYER CORNER
In what spirit should we fulfil our
office of intercession? Surely in
great humility, for we are sinful,
feeble of faith and laggard of zeal;
in deep withdrawal of spirit, in con
centration of desire, may vivid mem
ory of the redeeming love and power
of God, revealed to each one of us
in the little world of our own life,
is the big argument and the climate give us boldness to plead with the
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I and beauty of the mountains and the j same God for the greater world
healths of the inhabitants don’t count, around us.
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! Replacing the tannery with a fur- j My soul wait thou only upon God,
niture factory would make a market' upon God to whom the nations are
for our native timber instead of ship- j as the small dust of the balance, and
ping in from St. Louis or South Amer- | a thousand years in His sight but as
ica the stinking refuse of those coun- yesterday, upon God, who has en-
I tries, to contaminate the pure moun- ! shrined in every nation treasures
' tain air and vitiate the streams that ; shrined in every nation treasures
I have always been the glory of natures
I attractions.
of insight and devotion, for the bles
sings of the whole world, and in the
In the creation of the world and furnace of the ages has with patience
all it contains, Gcd was very thought- fashioned these jewels for His sceptre,
I less of man’s welfare and hapiness upon God, who is raising up the beg-
j else he would have made money. In- S^r from the dust, that He may set
' stead he created pure air for man to ; him among princes and out of the
I breathe, pure water to drink, and left darkness and confusion of these bet-
] for the devil the invention of money, ter days is calling all the nations into
' “The root of all evil.” ' His marvellous light—My soul wait
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I Now the writer knows there is j thou only upon God, for my trust is
strong opposition to rebuilding the in Him,
CALLED HEEI1NG
tannery, but it is timid, has no voice,
and is not organized. It is more than
' apt to make itself manifest before
another municipal election.
A meeting of the Brevard Club is
called for Monday night,'March 17,
1919, at 8:30. Every member is
urged ty V>e present.
Litflu reshments.
^ D. L. ENGLISH.
Secretary.
Let us pray:
For the nations of Europe and
America in their present social fer
ment, intellectual, political, religious,
SECOND ENTERTAINMENT IN
SERIES
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The second attraction in the series
of entertainments offered by the Bre
vard Betterment Association took
place in the Auditorium on Wednes
day evening.
The program was made up entirely
of popular selections presented by n
quintet of banjo players. Of the live
men who took part in the perforii'iancC'
three had recently returned frolm
France where they helped to ampse
the soldiers boys. /
The next number of the Br4vard
Lyseum Course will be on Marcli 14.
What we have said is not intended ’ let us remember the awful possibil-
as in enmity to any man, but we do ities of disorder and decay, the glor-
not believe that nature ever intended ious potentialities of new and won-
for this beautiful and health giving derful national life,
section to be given over to destruc-1 p0|. ourselves, that we may be kin-
tion just tp permit a few individuals I died with so great a fire of longing
to grasp large samples of the “Root fQj. t^e coming of the Kingdom, that
of all evil.” Personally I am opposed cannot rest until we have found,
to the location of tanneries in a
health and pleasure resort.
J. J. MINER.
^Y^RECOVERING
each one of us, some way to set it
forward.
Pardon, O Lord, we beseech Thee,
the imperfection of this, our minis
try of intercession; pardon our sin
ful hearts, our puny faith, our flag
ging desires, our love that is so sham
ed by Thine. Enable us to seal the
petitions that have risen from our
M. Siniard received a message
UM Wednesday afternoon from his
sons, McDonarl and Jerome, who are
ill Raleigh taking Pastuer treatment,' hearts by all such acts of service and
stating that both boys were steadily sacrifice as Thou shalt call us to ren-
Ji.i-rovlng. McDonald was bitten by | der, that so our life may be as a bow
a mad dog last week and Jerome had to speed the arrow of our prayers,
his hands scratched by the came dog. | Amen.
We are very glad to hear good news j “Lo, this is our God; we have wait-
from these boys and hope v;hcy will ^ ed for Him; He will save us!”
soon be able to return home. j C. D. C.
By Lieut. C. E. Lyday
Continued from Last Week)
There was nothing of any real ex-
citment in this town until we received
orders to move at a minute’s notice.
That was the night of the sventeenth
of Sopt. and then we moved next
morning on the foot to Evry and stop-
ed the first night in a nice soggy field
where we pitched our pup tents and
started out the next morning at six
o’clock arriving at our destination in
the pouring rain at three o'clock in
the afternoon and then lined up for
mess and then the boys started to
load our equi^lTnent onto the train
that was by the sidin,; and the rest
had to put up their pup tents and try
to keep dry which was the next thing
to impossible.
Sept. 20th 1918.—Took the train.
Side Door Pulman style, our des
tination this time was to Bruveres.
We passed through some very large
cities this time by the name of Troyes
Chaumont, Epinal and then arrived
at Bruyeres at ten o’clock in the
morning and put our packs on our
backs and started hiking to a small
town by the name of LaSalle, having
to hike over the mountains and thru
pouring rain again arriving in LaSalle
at 10:30 P. M. and slept in the French
Hospital.
Sept. 21st. 1918.—This day we
were billeted all over the town and
just got settled down when an aero
plane came swooping down near some
infantry boys and killed some and
then the boys put their guns to their
shoulders and in turn shot at him
and pretty soon all you could see was
fire and the aeroplane landed in
flames. That was just when the boys
were entering the trenches on the
St. Die sector Vosges Front. On this
front the boys had a chance to shoot
at the aeroplanes every day. We
didn’t lose many boys on this front.
Nothing really happened while we
were on this front and only occasion
al barrages. The infantry came out
of the trenches and two days after
ward we started on another hike,
this time our destination was only
twenty kilometers to the town of
Ramberviliers, where there were
beaucoup ‘Ma demeoselles’ and some
fine old beer, almost like we have in
the states. We rested here until the
second of November and then left
Rambrviliers in the night and took
our usual Side Door Pullmans and
arrived in Sorcy the next noon and
rested for about an hour, just about
time enough for us to unload the
horses off the car and then feed them
and then we started out on a two
days hike, or rather some hiking, some
riding on Ambulances, some on
Trucks and some on foot.
Nov. 4th. 1918.—We arrived at
our destination which was Les Mon-
tharons and believe me it was worse
than the name implies. On our trip
here we passed through Commercy,
and through the city of St. Michel
and through the famous battle ground
which has just been cleared of the
Huns by the briliant drive made by
^he Yanks on September the eighth;
This was where the Yanks had to pass
through about three thousand miles
of barbed wire.
November 8th. 1918.—We received
orders at three o’clock in the morning
that our infantry was to go over the
top that mortiing at nine o^clock so we
were called right away and started
with our Ambulances and supplies,
cirriving at Fountaine Brilliant, which
W'as to be our base. But one Lieuten
ant and one Sergeant and eight litter
bearers continued right on to the se
cond dressing station where we were
to be held in reserve. The Lieutenant
started into work immediately evacu-
IDELAWAS
TO HAD DOGS
(Revisal of North Carolina Sec 3305)
If the owner of any dog shall know
or have good reason to believe that
his dog, or any dog belonging to any
person . under his control, has been
bitten by a mad dog, and shall neg
lect or refuse immediately to kill the
same, he shall forfeit and pay the
sum of fifty dollars to him who will
sue therefor; and the offender shall
be liable to pay all damages which
may be sustained by any one, in his
property or person, by the bite of any
such dog, and shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and fined not more
than fifty dollars or imprisoned not
more than thirty days.
SOY BEANS TO
FARMERS AT COST
In order to get more soy beans
introduced in the county the Brevard
Banking Co. has just received one
j hundred bushels of Virginia soy beans
^ from Eastern Carolina and will sell
I them to the farmers at cost.. The
beans are an early variety and can
be planted affer the small grain is
harvested or in the rows of com.
Several demonstrations of this par
ticular variety were held last year in
different parts of the country. In a
demonstration on the farm of C. K.
Osborne, near Brevard, the beans
i were planted along by the side of
peas, under the same conditions, with
the result that the beans were five
times better than the peas.
NOTICE TO TEACHERS
! This is to call your attention to
' the fact that next Saturday, March
15th is Reading Circle day, so please
come, everyone of you and bring
your books, and certificates, too, for
I thing we must have the finest class
in the State, and when the session
closes I hope that we can still zay it.
! , Should it be possible, bring some
of the outside folks who are inter
ested in better schools.
Most cordially yours,
A. F. MITCHELL,,
County Supt.
ARMY NEWSPAPER
We have just received from Robt.
Siniard a copy of the “Oo La La
Times,” the unofTicial organ of th"^
17th U. S. Engineers.
This issue of the paper, which is
a weekly publication, contains reports
of the camp life of the men of the
Seventeenth and also an account of
a visit paid the company by General
Pershing.
ating all wounded men coming thru
this station. We were not kept wait
ing very long because we received
orders that afternoon to report to the
first dressing station at the front,
whereas the boys had advanced thru
the" marshes and barbed wire and the
Automobiles, rather Motor Ambulan
ces, could not go any further and they
needed the mule drawn Ambulances
to follow and evacuate the wounded
to the rear until the signing of the
armistice the 11th at 11. A. M. and
then continued the v/ork until all of !
the wounded were taken care of; that
was the night of the eleventh. But we
left one Ambulance with one of the
infantry companies and the Sanitary
Train re-assembled at Fountaine Bril-
liante and stayed there until the se- j
venteenth when we left at seven :
o’clock at night and went overland to j
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Nouvelle, some on foot and some on '
Ambulances arriving there in the '
dead of night with it snowing in!
grand style. We stayed there until
the twenty-third. j
Nov. 22nd.—Hiked to Rembercourt
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which was fourteen miles, or rather
kilometers.
Nov.23rd.—Hiked to Fains which
was twenty-three kilometers; at this j
place we stayed over Sunday.
Nov.24th.—Most of the fellows vis
ited Bar le Due.
Nov. 25th.—Hiked to Sommelone,
which was about eighteen kilometers.
Nov. 26th. Hiked to Attencourt,
which was about thirty-six kilo
meters.
Nov. 27th. Hiked to Dommartin la
France, which was eighteen kilo
meters.
Nov. 28th.—We shouldered our
packs once more even though it was
Thanksgiving Day and started at
eight o’clock in the morning and hik
ed sixten kilometerr> before dinner
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TO CORRESPONDENTS
We wish to call the attention of
our correspondents to the fact that
we must have reports from the var
ious sections of the county in this
office not later than Monday night
for publication on Thursday. Here
after it will be impossible for us to
print matter received by mail later
than Monday night.
We are always glad to publish it
ems of general interest sent to us by
our readers, but we must insist that
the writer’s name be signed to the
article. We have received quite a
number of articles lately without the
signature of the writer and we had
to leave them out. Always sign your
name either at the bottom or the top.
The name will not be published un
less you desire it.
Mrs. Chas. White and son Master
John White, of Stroudsburg, Pa., are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Silver-
steen.
and then had some of our old friend.
Bully Beef, while we all had thoughts
of what we had had the previous
years in the states. We arrived at
Thors at 4:00 P. M. and had a fine
dinner canned beans and salmon.
Nov. 29th.—Hiked to Jaucort, at
which place we stayed over Sunday;
that day we hiked only twenty-five
kilometers.
Dec. 1st.—Started out again a?ni>-
hiked twenty-four kilometers to
Champignol.
Dec. 2nd.—^Hiked to. Gramarcy
which was twenty-five kilometers.
Dec. 3rd.—Started out on our home
stretch and hiked thirty-two kilomet
ers to Cerilly where we are now
awaiting homeward bound orders.
Nothing very exciting has happened
in this town since we arrived, only
of course the same routine. Al-
through I must say that I have had
a pass since arriving here.
Jan. 3rd.—Left Cerilly on a twelve
day pass making my first stop in
Troyes, which is quite a large city
with quite a few amusments for the
man in uniform. After leaving Troy
es went to Paris, the capital of France
and sure had one fine time. Then
visited Niece, or rather Lyon first,
and that sure is some place; it is the
third largest city in France, and has
the largest college in the whole of
France. Then to Marseilles, which
is the second largest city in France
and a very, nice place also. Then'
went to Niece, the famouse bath-
resort in France. After leaving Niece
I visited Monte Carlo the largest
gamblipg resort in the World and
was fortunate in seeing the Casino
which is the best place. Then return^-
ed to this little town of Cerilly, in
one way a satisfied permissionare and
then again just waiting for my next
leave which we all hope will be home.