FRIDAY. MAY 90, t*i» THE BREVARD NEWS, BREVARP, N. C
BREVARD NEWS
N ame changed from
Cylvan Valley News. January 1.1917.
M. L. SHIPMAJ^, Editor
C. B. OSBORNE, Managing
Editor and Publisher
GERTRUDE R. ZACHARY
City Editor
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postotlice at Krevard. N.C..as
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FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1919
TRY TO BE PATIENT
Do not ^et mad and criticisc the
Crovernment because a relative or a
friend may have failed to secure his
discharge from the army. This is a
tremendous enterprise in which the
United States has been engaged the
past two years and the people ought
to stop long enough to consider the
utter un-preparedness of the country
for the struggle it faced when con
gress sustained the call to arms. It
takes time to muster out millions of
men in ihe regular way and the mili
tary authorities are doubtless making
the best of an unusual situation.
Bear in mind, too, that the Govern
ment is experiencing great difficulty
in getting men capable of relieving
trained men at the various hospitals.
Many of the hospitals are full of
wounded soldiers from the battle
fields of France, numbers of whom
are bedridden and helpless and the
best attention possible is due them.
Take comfort from the good news
that your son, or your relative, has
tescaped injury and will be restored
to you in due course. You will re
ceive him with open arms when he
does came home.
If you have contracted the habit
of villifying the Government upon
one pretext or another it might not
fi>t amiss to remember that no feat of
con:jtract'.on has ever approached
that of the United States involved in
the completion of sixteen canton
ments for the National army in nine
ty days at the beginning of hostilities
in which this country participated.
The completion of this program, to-
geth£?r with the bi^ilding of sixteen
tent cities for the National guard,
involved the erection and equipment
of thirty-two cities capable of accom
modating 40,000 persons each. Every
one of these had to be provided with
requisite water, lights, sewerage, hos
pital and heating utilities, and the
preparation of military features, such
IIS parade grounds and gun ranges.
The War Department points with
pride to the contrast between the
creature comforts enjoyed by the
American soldier of 1917 and those
atforded the men of the sixties. Sub
stantial barracks, heated by steam
or stoves, took the place of tents;
chemically pure water replaced that
secured from the casual spring or
stream; scientific laundries cared for
the National army recruit’s clothing
and neld bakeries gave him the mod
ern successor to the ashy hoe-cake.
It is figured that the lumber alone
used in the construction of the can
tonments was equivalent to a board
walk twelve inches wide and one
inch thick, “to the moon and half
way back,” while the nails of one
popular size would “girdle the earth
three and a half times.”
Rapid construction ol the canton-
ments was necessary and a measure
of profiteering was unavoidable.
Hov/ever, the records show that the
contractor's profits for this mammoth
undertaking was only about two and
one half per cent of the gross cost of
construction. The cantonments oc
cupied 167,741 acres of land, which
cost an average, of $3.93 per acre,
while the entire expenditures rep
resented only seventy percent of the
total cost for the building of the
Panama Canal which required ten
year^ for completion. The war build
ing program also included the con
struction of great storehouses, fac
tories for various purposes, .docks.
magazines, railroads, aviation fields,
proving grounds, army posts, embark
ation facilities and hospitals. 535
operations in 442 localities were in
progrress simultaneously, touched
every state except one and called for
the expenditure of a billion dollars
a month during the latter part of the
year 1918. «
On the whole the task was admir
ably executed and the outcome of it
all is a grand and glorious victory.
So let us not become impatient be
cause some of our boys have not
been given their freedom. “There's
a reason.**
NORTH CAROLINA HIT HARD
The reorganization of the Senate
and House of Representatives de
prives North Carolina of a number of
important committee chairmanships
and removes from her much prestige
and power in the legislative branch
of the Government. These positions
carried a Jarge amount of patronage
which North Carolinians must now
surrender to other states. A verita
ble little army of Tar Heels will soon
be on their way back to the land of
cotton and the Long Leaf Pine.
The republicans have been longing
for the flesh pots these eight years
and are now proceeding upon the idea
that “to the victor belongs the spoils.”
No state in the Union will feel the
effect of tjie shifting scene more
keenly than North Carolina. Nearly
every representative from the state
has occupied the position of chair
man of an important committee
which he is now called upon to re
linquish. For six years Senator Sim
nions has been the official head of
the Senate Finance Committee and
Senator Overman of the Committee
on Claims in the Senate. In the
House, Mr. Small was chairman of
the committee on Rivers and Harbors;
Kitchin, on Ways and Means; Pou,
on Rules; Godwin on Rerforms in the
Civil Service; Doughton, on Agricul
ture and Webb, on Judiciary. But
there is to be a clean sweep and not
a single one will be left to tell the
tale.
However, this does not mean that
North Carolina will have no part in
directing the affairs of the country.
She has two senators and ten repre-
senatives at the bat, with ears at
tuned t othe spirit of the times, cour-
aj;e to sj)eake their conviction? and
the ability to take care of Laimselvos
and their constituents in any emci*-
gency. Relieved of the weightier re
sponsibilities they may now enjoy a
respite from the worries incident to
the handling of big problems and ex
perience a season of rest from those
things which may weary and disturb.
Many of our jails are actually
empty as the result -of the enforce
ment of prohibition laws and the
State’s Prision roll shows a 50 per
cent decrease since the liquor traf
fic was abolished by prohibitive sta
tute. There is blockading and boot-
leg^ng here and there, perhaps, but
this is neglibible in comparison with
conditions prevalent during the period
when the brewers, distillers and the
directors of booze joints held high
carnival at cross-roads and on the
street comers.
Unquestionably, the adoption of
phohibition has proven a God-send to
the people of North Carolina in many
ways. And it is here to stay. The
World may send all the crack corres
pondents on its staff down here to
create sentiment for the liquor inter
ests, if it dares. The die has been
cast by the enlightened electorates
of this staid old commonwealth and
it is unlike our people to take a back
ward step.
TRADING AT HOME
Fearing the power of newspaper
advertising through ducking their
heads into the sand, ostrich-like, some
of the Brevard merchants criticized
the Brevard News for carrying a nice
line of advertising from out-of-town
merchants. As a result the News pen
ned these stinging words with many
others:
If you would have the people pat
ronize home industry, set them the
example by supporting your home
paper—for your own benefit.
That’s real orthodox stuph. Too
many people like to hear the fiddle
i but don’t want to pay the fiddler.
I Many a merchant could consistently
j give stronger sxipport to . his home
newspaper because conscientious ad
vertising brings splendid results. This
is not nfiyth, not fable, not tradition.
It is an undeniable fact demonstrated
from week to week by some of Hen-
drsonville’s most successful mer
chants.
But there is no excuse for ti'adlng
awayfrom home when you can get
goods of yout liking at home, matters
not whether it be goofis from the
newspaper shop or the mercantile es
tablishment. The duty applies equal'
ly alike to all.—Hendersonville News.
PROHIBITION IN THIS STATE
A staff correspondent of the New
York World, who made a recent visit
to the State, finds that prohibition
does not prohibit in NorthCarolina.
Neither do the laws against murder,
arson, larceny, gambling, adultery
and many other infractions of moral
standards meet the test perfectly.
The World developed a malignant
case of hysteria when congress^ voted
to submit the question of national
prohibition to the states sixteen
months ago. Forty-five sovereign^
states have since ratified the amend
ment and New York is one of them.
But the World continues to mourn
the sad state in which the liquor traf
fic finds itself and refuses to be
comforted. It has joined with the
brew'ers in an effort to annul the
amendment and seek to bolster up its
unholy attitude towards moral up-
".ft v.'ith propa'vanda to the discredit
of prohibition states. Of course the
effort will not succeed.
The North Carolina electorate rat
ified a bill providing absolute prohi
bition in 1908, by a majority of 42,
000, and the law has worked admir
ably in revolutionizing the moral in
dustrial life of the State. A remark
able decrease in crime has been ex
perienced; business has profited and
labor is vastly more efficient and re
liable since the prohibition statute be
came effective. Bank deposits now
show a gratifying increase and the
people generally are entirely satis
fied with their action ten years ago
/n driving from their borders the arch
oricmy of society and the home.
BREVARD 1NSHTUH
NOTES
Visitors to commencement include
Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Rollins, Dr. J. F.
Whisnant, Clyde Mahaffee, Cowan
Blanton, Norman and Blanton Big-
gerstaff, all of Henrietta; Byron Ham
rick of Forest City; Hilliard Sheri
dan, Emma Searcy of Spartanburg;
Jeter Mathews, Kathleen Bagwell, S.
F. Rhea and the Misses Martin of
Greenville; Purvis Ranyon of Earl,
N. C.; Russell Young of Asheville;
Claywell Ross of Morganton; Mattie
Turner of Gastonia ;Era Gilleland of
Catawba; Mrs. E. H. Gray of East
Spencer; Gladys Reeves of Marshall;
Connie Jolley of Washington, D. C.;
Mrs. G. K. Moore of Cliffside, Mrs.
J. E. Dorton of Salisbury; Miss War-
lick of Charlotte.
YOUR HEALTH
bed and in a thoroughly ventilated
bedroom.
It is well known that headaches and
other manifestations are due to eye
strain, hence the importance of early
attention to any errors of vision,
many of which can be corrected by
properly adjusted lenses. The tonsils
are a prolific source of trouble when
they become enlarged or diseased in
any way. Their removal, as they are
points of departure for many ailments
should be advised. Adenoids also
are to be dreaded as interfering with
proper circulation of the blood, A
thing of supreme importance. They
also should be removed whenever
found in the air passages. I am not
now dwelling upon the importance of
an abundance of proper exercise as it
is rare for a child to fail along this
line. Attention should be given to
a proper supervision of exercise, as in
many cases he over exercises during
early childhood. He should be put to
sleep three or four hours daily. These
suggestions, take it for granted that
the child is an object of care, but if
we consider his future from an intel
ligent standpoint it is his right.
W. J. WALLIS,
County Health Officer.
IF YOU CAN’T FIND IT GO TO
SLEDGE’S.
NOTICE
CHAPTER No. 3
“MAN OF MIGHT”
and
“GIRL FROM BEYOND”
will be returned to
SAPPHIRE THEATRE
and run in connection with
Chapter 4
“MAN OF MIGHT”
Dont fail to see the 2 chap
ters Saturday night. May 31 at
SAPPHIRE THEATRE
Rear of Gleenn’s Jewelry
Store, Brevard, N. C.
The Child—What shall we do for
him? He is entitled to the best we
have. During his early youth every
thing we feed him, how we clothe him,
when he sleeps and the manner in
which we care for his physical wel
fare in general. In early life the
food should be entirely simple but
nutritious-—milk, hominy, potatoes,
a little flesh, as good beef, mutton,
carefully selected vegetables. Beans,
cucumbers and all vegetables of this
class should be taboo. Orange juice
is far more nutritious than it appears
at first glance and in addition stimu
lates the digestive organs. Baked
apples, peaches and other fruits are
good foods. The clothing should be
light but sufficient. The eyes, the
teeth, the tonsils should have special
care. Bone forming foods are es-
sentir.I that the teeth may be built
up ::trcii:: and durable. He should be
taken at stated periods to a dentist
in order that proper advice may ob
tained. He should sleep in a clean
IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT TO
HAVE FOR DINNER, ASK SLEDGE.
SELICA TO HAVE CHEESE
FACTORY
The second cheese factory for the
county will be located at Selica. Car
penters began work on the building
Monday and the directors expect to
have the factory in operation in six
weeks.
The following men were elected
officers and directors at a recent
meeting of the stockholders: H. N.
Blake, President; C. C. Duckworth,
vice-president; Charles Orr, secre
tary and treasurer; W. C. McCall and
E. O. Bryson, directors.
The capital stock is $1250 and will
be incorporated. The factory will al
so handle the eggs along the milk
route for the farmers.
Help the poor old printer by bring
ing in your copy for ads, etc. as early
as possible each week.
Hpbinson
Glasses
are giving satisfaction to
hundreds of people of
Western North Carolina.
These people are praising
our work to their friends
and kinfolk, because—
We back up our Eye
glass work with Results
and Guarantees.
See Robinson—See Better
DR. S. ROBINSON
The Eyesight Specialist
*Xook for This Siq;n”
78 Patton Ave., Asheville, N. C.
Note—will be in Brevard
again at an early date.
Write me now for an
appointment..
PREMIUM HAMS AND BACON
AT SLEDGE’S.
NOTICE OF SUMMONS BY
PUBLICATION
North Carolina, Transylranui Countj
—In the Snswrior Court.
Henry Owen
vs.
Bertha Owen.
The defendant, Bertha Owen, will
take notice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced in the Su
perior Court of Transylvania County,
North Carolina, said action being
brought by the plaintiff and against
said defendaiit for the purpose of
having the bonds of matrimony here
tofore existing between the plaintiff
and defendant dissolved, and for the
purpose of having an order by the
Court granting the plaintiff an ab
solute divorce.
The said defendant, Bertha Owen,
will take further notice that she is
required to appear at the next term
of the Superior Court of Transylvania
County, North Carolina, which con
venes on the 21 day of July, 1919,
and answer or demur to the com
plaint which will be filed in said
action within the term required by
law, otherwise the relief prayed for
in said complaint will be granted.
This the 19th day of May 1919.
N. A. MILLER, Clerk of Superior
Court for Transylvania Countv.
I Philip’s Baitern [
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WHY BUY BREAD OUT OF
TOWN WHEN YOU CAN GET
MORE BREAD ANDyBETTER
BREAD FOR THE SAME
MONEY AT YOUR HOME
BAKERY?
Plilllp’s Bakery
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BREVARD
Hardware Co.
SEED* CORN
Cokes Prolific
Boone County
Yellow Dent
Virginia Dent
SEED BEANS
Valentine
Burpee’s Stringless Green
Pod
Kentucky Wonder
Burger’s Stringless Green
Pod
October
and
Cut Shorts
Cow Peas
FERTILIZERS
Car Load Just Received
GARDEN GUANO
Two Kinds of '
CORN FERTILIZjT
16 per cent A
Cash or on Time
WEEDERS
DISC CULTIVATORS
G. M. DOYLE
BREVARD, N. C.
mm SUBSTITUTE
FOR NASTY GUOIKL
Starts Your Liver Without Mak
ing You Sick and Can
Not Salivate. /
Every druggist in town—your druggist
and everybody’s druggist has noticed a
great falling-off in the sale of calomel.
They all give the same reason. Dodson’s
Liver Tone is taking its place.
"Calobiel is dangerous and people know
it, while Dodson’s Liver Tone is perfectly
safe and gives better results.” said a
priminent local druggist. Dodson’s Li-ver
Tone is personally guaranteed] by every
druggist who sells it. A large bottle costs
but a fev/ cents, and if it fails to give easy
relief in every case of liver sluggishness
and constipation, you have only to ask for
your money back.
Dodson’s Liver Tone is a pleasant-tast-
ing, purely vegetable remedy, harmless to
both children and adults. Take a spoon
ful at night and wake up feeling fine; no
biliousness, sick headache, acid stomach
or constipated bowels. It doesn’t gripe
cause inconvenience all the next day li
violent calomel. Take dose of calomel^
today and tomorrow you will feel weak,
sick and nauseated. Don’t lose a day’s
work! Take Dodson’s Liver Tone instead
and feel fine, full of vigor and ambition
—Avdertisement.
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BUY YOUR GROCERIES FROM
SLEDGE.
Diversified Ads
. Are Business Builders
One cent a word tor each Insertion: each
initial or abbreviation conntinsr as a word.
TOWN LOTS, farms and timber lands for
sale. Frank Jenkins. Brevard. N. C. tf
WANTED—Green hides of all kinds.
S. F. Allison. tfc
FOR SALE—5-Passenger Maxwell
Auto, in good repair, at a bargain.
F. P. Sledge.
POTATO SLIPS—I will jiave plenty
of Sweet Potato Slips this year,
including the “Queen of the South,
Philip Yam” and “Porto Rica,” the
best of all. These will be ready
by the 25th of May—25 and 30c
per hundred. C. M. Siniard.
ROOTED tomato plants, Nancy Hall
potato slips grown from southern
seed. Now ready. C. C. Yongue.
"AMWORTH and BERKSHIRE PIGS
for sale. See C. H. Trowbridge at
the Institute. tfc
FOR SALE—Monarch Range, practi
cally new, hot water back. A bar
gain. Apply at NEWS office.
FOR SALE—Set of double harness
for carriage. Fine condition. See
Oscar Raxter, Chestnut Hill Farm,
Brevard. 3tp.
WANTED—To rent piano for three
months. Mrs. J. K. Barclay, Chest
nut Hill Farm. 3tp.
FOR SALE—One Cow and one pig.
See J. H. Tinsley. tp
FOR RENT—5-room house on Main
street; 5-room hoUse on Caldwell
street. Alice Wood Paxton. tfc
FOR SALE—One «mall Refrigera
tor. Alice Wood Paxton tfc
FOR SALE—Surry and harness in
A-1 condition, at a bargain. See
Fred Johnson. tfc
FOR SALE—One two-horse wagon
in good condition. Cheap. Thos.
H. Shipman.
FOR SALE—Poland China and Du-
roc registered" Pigs. Thos. H.
Shipman.
A GOOD team of mules at a bargin.
THOS. H. SHIPMAN. Itc.
A GOOD yoke of oxen in good work
ing order. Thos. H. Shipman.
MAKE your children happy, buy aaigm
a nice tent. R. R. DEAVER Itc
Professional Cords.
DR. J. Y. McKINNEY
Dentist
Over Wcilt’s Ladies’ Store
ROBT. L. GASH W. E. EREESE, Jf.
GASH & BREESE
LAWYERS
\ II to 17 McMnn Bufl<fiqg
^ Notary Public.
LEON ENGLISH
A^orney and Counselor at Law
Brevard, N. C.
Real estate law and abstraotlof titles
a s];>ecialty.
IBblch galloway
I
Attorney
PracUce in ail the Courts
"Brevard, N, C.