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;! .. /\.,'.-w-,v:„,. ^ ._ ^ , - ■ *:3 ■ •:■' ■'■rj'ry ■ . ^:r • ■ - ^ . T- ^ V --' .,', . * , ,. • -:^- ^ ■ ✓ -• '* - ^ ' . \ V';-* t ’V THE BREVARD NEWS, BREVARD, N. C. PERSONAIS \: • ♦ **♦* *w V R. E. Lawrence left this week for Baleigh where he went to confer with ’^g^cials of the extension department l^f the state agricultural college. Mrs. R. A. Moore, who has been here for several weeks, left Thurs day for her ht>me in Raleigh. Mrs. M. L. Shipman and two child ren of Raleigh are visiting friends and relatives in this section. J. L. Aiken is back on our streets after an- absence of sveral months. Rev. and Mrs. T. H. Plemmous of Helena, Ark. are visiting friends, in Brevard. Mr. Plemmous was pastor of the Baptist church here about 20 years ago. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Osborne and two children of Gaffney, S. C. spent pcTal days in Brevard this week, liss Jackie Clayton will leave Sat- ty for Greenville where she will spend some time with friends. Mrs. Z. K. Justice and three child ren of Davidson are spendhig some time with Mrs. Justice’s mother, Mrs. W. K. Osborne . Mrs. M. W. Galloway is in Atlan ta purchasing her fall supply of mil linery. Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Osborne and Mr. and Mrs. Leon Moore and little daughter motored up from Spartan burg Saturday to spend some time with friends. M. L. Shipman of Raleigh spent the week-end in Brevard. Clarence Duckworth, who has been in South.Georgia for several months, is back in town. Miss Josephint;'Shipman of Raleigh is visiting friends in this section. C. M. i)oyle left recently -on a business trip to New York. George Osborne of Spartanburg is spending some timfe with his uncle, C. B. Osborne. Mrs. M. A. E. Woodbridge gave a small bridge party Monday evening. The j^uests of honor were Mr. and Mrs Semple of St. Louis. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Edmond of Savannah, Ga. are the guests of Mrs. M. A. E. Woodbridge. Mrs. Ralph B. Cassels and little daughter of Savannah are guests at the Bryant House. Mrs. W. L. Johnson of Aberdeen, N. C. is a guest at the Franklin for several weeks. Miss Annie Stevens of Agusta, Ga. is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. W. R. Bagley, at Cedar Mountain. H. L. Williams of Concord was a business visitor here during the week. Mrs. W. H. Daughton of Golds boro, N. C., who has been here for several weeks, left on Wednesday for Wrightsville Beach. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Thomas and Mrs. J. K.. Baiclay and daughter, Louise, and Miss Amend motored to Asheville Monday. Mrs. Fred Miller and baby returQ- ♦<|^ed to Brevard last Friday after sev- elral weeks in Asheville. ' Rev. W. E. Poovey accompanied by his daughter is visiting his parents at Hickory, N. C. He will return for his appointments Sunday, August 31. Mrs. E. H. Forbes is visiting Mrs. W. E. Poovey this w^eek. Miss Omega T. Ellerbe is visiting her sister, Mrs. C. N. Rogers at Rest- a-Bit Bungalow. After a short visit with his mother and sister, Master Carey Reece re turned Monday to Kenneth Square, Pennsylvania, where he has been at work this summer. Master Carey at tended school the past year at West- town, Pennsylvania, probably the old est Friends school in America. Mrs. Reece and Miss Esther accompanied, him as far as Asheville. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Bledsoe en tertained a number of the young people of the town with a motoring party to Caesar’s Head Friday after noon. Hon. M. L. Shipman, commissioner of labor and printing was here this week from Raleigh. BUY YOUR BUTTERMILK FROM SLEDGE. CHILD NARROWLY ESCAPES DEATH The small daughter of T. E. Loftis had a narrow escape from death Wed nesday afternoon when she was knock ed down by an auto on the hill near the Breese residence on Caldwell St. The car was driven by*T.' L. Walters of Columbus, Ga. Had it not been for the fact that Mr. Walters had complete contfol of his machine the death of the little girl would pro bably have been instantaneous. The child was engaged with several of her play mates in throwing rocks at a yellow jacket nest near the road way and just as the automobile "near ed the top of the hill she ran back wards into the middle of the* road directly in front of the car. Owing to the fact that the machine was ■running in medium gear Mr. Walters was able to stop in time to avert a fatal accident. The injured girl was taken to an Asheville hospital Thursday morning. Report of her condition after reach ing the hospital had not been re ceived when we went to the press. ‘ Country HAM SANDWICHES At The Cedar Mountain Tea Room. OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG WOMEN Many opportunities for young women have opened up and develop ed within the last few years where- velop in the direction of their choice. One of the many ways is to take training in a good hospital and be come a graduate nurse. Their ex penses are,practically paid while in training and the compensation after graduation is far above the average of young women working as clerks in stores and offices. A few intelligent young women between the ages of 18 and 30 years with a fairly good ed ucation can learn how to become a trained nurse by addressing the Sup erintendent of the Meriwether Hos pital, Asheville, N. C. NO MORE two children of Georgetown. S. C. supporting, , , 1. ^ a. XT.- 1 independent and have a chance to de- were here for a short stay this week. They have been motoring through the resort towns of W^estern North Car olina for several weeks and say that Brevard is the ideal resort town of this section. Hon. C. B. Deaver, Rev. C. C. Duck worth and a number of others motor ed to Asheville Sunday afternoon to hear the famous evangelist, Gipsy Smith, preach. Mrs. W. L. Norwood is here from Lumbc^on, N. C. MissMI. P. Hughes of Charleston is sto^lffrig with Mrs. J. R. Boone. David Willis, Jr. of Hendersonville spent Saturday and Sunday with his sister. Georgie Dalton came home Monday. Miss Ruth Dalton and brother, J. B. of Charleston, S. C. are spending a few weeks with their uncle. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Hamilton are up from Spartanburg for a week or so. Mrs.' E. T. Johnson has returned to her home in New Orleans after a stay of several weeks at the Franklin. Mrs. £riggs and daughter of Ridge Crest, N. C. are visiting Mrs. Fred Miller. Miss Alexina Booth, who has been the guest of Miss Violet Henry left Monday for a visit to New England. Miss Marian Amend of Pittsburg, who has been spending a month at Chestnut Hill left Monday to meet RAT.S or mice, after you use RAT-SNAP. It’s a sure rodent killer. Try a pkg. and prove. iBaJis killed with RAT- SNAP leave no sriieli. ^ Cats' or dogs won’t touch it. Guaranteed. 25c. size/(I cake) enough for PafJtry, Kit/h en or Cellar. 50c.' •1x7 (2 cakes) for Chicken House, c6()ps, or small buildings. $1.00 s^ze (5 cakes) enough for all farm iind out-buildings, storage buildingsy or factory buildings. Sold ftnd Guaranteed by BreTajrd Hardwai*e Co., Brevard, N. C. An Act To Provide For The Compul* SQF7 Attendance U;>on The Public chooU of Children Between Ce^> in Ag9s and To RecHlate aQdTRe- titict th« Emnloynient of Children alod to Provide for the Enforce* 4f the ProTysion* of This Act aVfl of Chapter 83, Pablic Laws <»f 1913, and Cha:»ter 857, Public l^ws of 1907. The Genera^Assembly of North Car olina do en; biiiCxlUiSiW. Every narent, guar dian or other person in the State of North Carolina having charge or cqd- trol of a child between the ages Of eight and fourteen years shall cause such child to attend school contin uously for a period equal to the time which the public school in the dis trict in which the child resides shall be in pession. The principal, super- tendent, or teacher who is in charge of V such school shall have the right to excuse the child from temporary at tendance on account of sickness or distance of residence from the school or other tinavoidable cause which docs not constitute truancy as defined by the State Board of Education. SECTION 2 Any parent, guar dian, or other person referred to in section one of this act, violating the provisions of the aforesaid section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be liable to a fine of not less than five dollars ($5) nor more than twenty-five dol lars ($25) and upon failure or re fusal to pay such fine the said parent, guardian, or other person shall be im prisoned not exceeding thirty days in the county jail. SECTION 2a It shall be the duty of the State Board of Education to formulate such rujes and regulations as may be necessary for the proper enforcement of this act. Said board shall prescribe what shall constitute truancy, what causes may constitute legitimate excuses for temporary non attendance due to physical or mental inability to attend and under what oircumstances teachers, principals, or isuperintendents may excuse pupils for nonattendance due to immediate demands of the farm or the home in certain seasons of the year in the sev eral sections of the State. It shall be the duty of all school officials to carry out such instructions from the State Board of Education, and any school official failing to carry out such instructions shall be guilty of a misdemeanor: Provided, that section one of this act shall not be in force in any city or county that has a higher compulsory attendance law now in force than provided here in; but in any case it shall be the duty of the State Board of Education to investigate the same and decide that any such law now in force has a higher compulsory attendance fea ture than that provided by this act: Provided, that wherever any district is without adequate building or build ings for the proper enforcement of this act the county boards of educa tion may be allowed not more than two years from July the first, one thousand *nine hundred and nineteen, to make full and ample provisions in every district. SECTION 3 The county super intendent of public welfare or chief school attendance officer or truant officer provided for by law shall in vestigate and presecute all violations of the provisions of section one of this act. SECTION 4 The State Superin tendent of Public Instruction shall prepare such rules of procedure and furnish such blanks for teachers and other school officials as may be neces sary for reporting each case of truan cy or lack of attendance to cheif at tendance officer to in section three hereof. Such rules shall provide, among other things, for a notifica tion in writing to the person respon sible for the nonattendance of any child, that the case is to be reported to the chief attendance officer of the county unless the law is im mediately complied with. County boards of education and governing bodies of city schools shall have the right to appoint town or district at tendance officers when deemed by them necessary, to assist in carrying out the provisions of section one, two, three, and four of this act, and the rules and instructions which may be promulgated by the State Super intendent of Public Instruction. But in every case in which it becomes necessary to prosecute for nonat- tendance the case shall be referred to the chief attendance officer of the county for further action: Provided, that in towns or cities having special attendance officers paid out of town or city funds said officers shall have full authority to prosecute for vio lations of this act. SECTION 4 No child under the age of fourteen years shall be em ployed or permitted to work, in or about or in connection with any mill, factory, cannery, workshop, manu facturing establishment, laundry, bakery, mercantile establishment, of fice, hotel, restaurant, barber shop, bootblack stand, public stable, gar age, plac# of amusement, brick yard, lumber yaifd, or any messenger or de livery service, except in cases and under regulations prescribed by the commission hereinafter created: Pro vided, the employment in this section enumerated shall not be construed to include bona fide boys’ and girls’ can ning clubs recognized by the Agri cultural Department of this State; and such canning clubs are hereby expressly exempted from the . pro visions of this act. • SECTION 5a. It shall be the duty of the county boards of educa tion of each county in the State of North Carolina to cause this act to be published in full in some news paper published in the county if there be one, and if there be none, then in circular form and distributed over the county at least four weeks prior to the opening of the schools after the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen. SECTION 6. No person under sixteen years of age shall be employ ed, or permitted to work, at night in any of the places or occupations referred to in, section five of this ad;, between the hours of nine p. m. and six a. m. and no person under Sixteen years of age shall bo employ ed Or permitted to wOr^in or alfout or in connection vfith any quarry or mine. SECTION 7 That the State Sup erintendent of Public Instruction, the Secretary of the State Board of Health, and the commissioner of Pub lic WeUftre of the State of North Car olina are constituted State Child Wel fare Commission, and they shall swerve without^additional compensation. It shall be the 4uty of this commission to make and formulate such rules and regulations for enforcing and carrying out the provisions of this act, and of chapter eighty-three of the Public Laws of one thousand nine h^dred and thirteen, and chapter eight hundred and fifty-seven of the Public Laws of one thousand nine hundred and nine, as in its judge ment it shall deem necessary. SECTION 8 That for the pur pose of securing the proper enforce ment of the provisions of sections live, six, and seven of this act, and of chapter eighty-three of the Pub lic Laws of one thousand nine hun dred and thirteen, chapter eight htin- dred and fifty-seven of the Public Laws of one thousand nine hundred and nine, the said commission, or its duly authorized agents shall have the authority to enter and inspect, at any time, mines, quarries, mills, factories, canneries, worlcshops, manufacturing establishments, laundries, bakeries, mercantile establishments, offices, hotels, restaurants, barber shops,’ boot black stands, public stables, gar ages, places of amusement, brick yards, lumber yards, and other places of employment, and it shall be un lawful'for any person, firm, or cor poration, to fefuse permission to en ter, obstruct, oil prevent any duly authorized agent of said commission in his effort to make the inspection herein t>rovided for. SECTION 9 The said commission shall have power to appoint and em ploy such agents for the purpose TODAir, of enfov||||i; the provisions of section five, six, aM^n and eight of this act as may be^ound to be necessary, and they may use the county super intendent of public welfare or chief school attendance officer or truant of ficer of the severi^l counties for the purpose of carry out the provisions of sections five, six, seven and eight of this actj and they may use the agents specially designated for carry ing out the inrovisions of sections five, six, seven and eight of this act, to aid in carrying out the provisions of sections one, two, three and four of this act in regard to school atten dance. SECTION 10 That if the em ployer of any person under sixteen years of age shall, at the time of such employment in good faith pro cure, rely upon, and keep on file a certificate issued in such form a^d under such conditions and by such persons as the said commission here in provided for shall prescribe show ing that the person is of legal age for such employment, such certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the age of the person and of the good faith of the employer. No person shall knowingly make a false state ment or present false evidence in or in relation to any such certificate or application therefor, or cause any false statement to be made which may result in the issuance o£ an improper certificate of employment. SECTION U The State Tk»- surer shall honor all warrants for nee essa^ expenses incurred by said com mission as aforesaid, for meeting the salaries and exi^nses of any agents employed by said commission in tiie enforcement of this act, and the nee> essary expenses incurred by said com* mission in carrying out'^ provisions of this act out of the funds not oHier- wise appropriated, such warrants t» be drawn upon the State Auditor by the Commission hereby created, or its duly authorized agent: Provide^ that said expenses so incurred shaJl not exceed the sum of six thousand dollars per annum. SECTION 12 That any person, firm or corporation violating any Jbf the provisions of sections five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten of this act, or of the provisions of chapter eighty-three of the Public Laws of one thousand niiie hundred and nine, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by fine or imprisonment, or both, within the discretion of the court. SECTION 13 That all laws and parts of laws in conflict wiht this act are hereby repealed. SECTION 14 That this act shaU be in force from and after the first day of July, one thousand nine hun dred and nineteen. Ratified this the 10th day of March, A. D. 1919. LUCKY STHiaKE It’s toasted to in crease the good, wholesome flavor of the Kentucky Burley tobacco, A regular man's smoke and deli cious! V \ OuaxnazKteeU Y <^4. THE UNIVERS AL CAR The reason there are so many Ford Cars in use every day is because the Ford Car is the most useful utility in human activity today* If you want one, place your order with the Brevard Motor Company as soon as possible, because the factory hasn’t reached norma GET production since the war, and we are not get- BUSY TODAY many as we want, and first come first supplied. Runabout, $500; Touring Car, $525; Coupe, $750 ;Sedan^ $875; Triick Chassis, $550. These prices are f. o. b. Detroit. BREVARD MOTOR CO. C. H. KLUEPPELBERG, Manager. «- •* -J: \ ■ -v.'
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