LEE-JACKSON DAY OBSERVtu
BY THE BREVARDJUGH SCHOOL
L?e-Jackson Day was fittingly ob
served in the Brevard High school
Mohday morning, a most/ enjoyable
program being rendered by the
school, with members of the U. D. C.
as honor guests. Glen Miller read a
paper on Robert fi. Lee, and Paul
Black read the paper on Jackson.
These were the features of the pro
gram. Appropriate music added to
the occasion, Miss Call leading the
singing, while Alvin Moore was at
the piano.
The program was opened with the
I s-inging of Dixie, after which Miss
Annie Gash made an interesting talk
on the meaning of Lee-Jackson Day.
She told of the time when, as a lit
tle girl, she looked daily upon a
group picture in which three men
were portrayed. In the center was
the picture of General Zebulon Vance,
and she loved him because of his
Ki-eat services to the state and na
lion, and because he wn3 a native
North Carolinian. One either side of
^;he picture were the portrait' of
rKobert E. Lee and Stonewall Javkson.
1 It was upon these that she looked
with reverence. She then told in elo
quent manner of the fine work of the
two men in behalf of their beloved
Southland, and it is to teach each
generation to hold in reverence the
memory of these great heroes that
Lee-Jafl^on Day is observed each
year. Miss Sherrill Bromfield presid
ed.
Papers were then read by Messsr.
Miller and Black, both of which are
herewith reproduced. I
Life of Gen. Robt. E. Lee
Born January 19, 1807 in West
moreland County, Va. He was the
son of "Light Horse Harry Lee" a
dashing cavalry leader of the Revolu
tion. Lee's family also furnished two
signers of the Declaration of Inde
pendence. He received his early ed
ucation in a private academy at Alex
andria. Lee's inherited military in
stinct* asserted themselves in his
eighteenth year and he secured an
appointment to West Point Military
Academy. He graduated in 1829,
second in a class of 46.
Lee served as chief engineer in
Washington for some time after his
graduation and later took charge of
the defences of New York Harbor,
tn 1840 Leo entered the Mexican war
and was promoted, because ?f his
brilliant services, from captain '
colonel. Gen. Winfield Scott predict
cd a bright future for ?A. Troiii
1862 to 1855 Lee served as superin
tendent of West- Point. During this
time he introduced some important
changes in the ruling of the school.
The year 1859 saw Lee command
ing the forces that defeated and cap
tured John Brown at Harper's fer
ry, In 1801 he became commander of
his regiment.
At the beginnng of the Civil War
Lincoln offered Lee the command of
the army of the United States, but
Lee answered, "Though opposed to
secession and depracated war, 1 can
take no part in an invasion of the
Southern States." He resigned his
commission and cast in his lot with
his native state and the South. First
as major-general of the Va. troops,
then as brigadier-general In the Con
federate army, and later as command
er-in-chief of all the Southern forces,
he thenceforth devoted his splendid
abilities throughout the war to the
cause he had so conscientiously es
poused.
During the war Lee checked Mc
CUllan's advance towards Richmond,
tin 11 with the aid of "Stonewall"
Jackson, defeated Pope at Bull's Run.
After this he crossed the Potomac in
an advance on Washington but was
checked. Lee and his men had fought
with great skill and bravery causing
the North to lose many more men and
supplies. The plan of the Union
A i-my to advance again upon Rich
mond was thwarted by Le?'i defeat of
Burniide at Fredericksburg, and of
Hooker at ChancellorBvllle. But his
subsequent invasion of Pa. failed, and
he wa3 forced to retreat to Va. after
the battle of Gettysburg.
Grant advanced on Richmond in
1SG4 with twice as many men as Lee
had against him, and also with much
better supplies nnd equipment. For
one year of continuous lighting Lee
hold the prize from Grant in the
face of these tremendous odds.
Finally' on April 9, Lee was forced
to surrender at Appomattox Court
house.
Alter the war Lee accepted the
presidency of what is now Washing
ton and Lee University. He served
hue for about five years, but the
hardships of war caused his death
OH Oct. 12, 1870.
Physically, intellectually, and mor
ally Lee was a large and symetrical
man. He was modest, vigorous, keen
and selfpossessed. Pure and upright
in character, in manner he was sim
ple, dignified and courteous. His rul- j
ing characteristic was an inflexible !
devotion to duty as he saw it. Denied
the reward of victory for his cause, I
he retained the consciousness of hav- I
ing done his best, and received the I
idolizing affection of his army and
the South. "He was a foe without j
hate, a friend without treachery, a
soldier without cruelty and a victim
without murmuring.'1
"Stonewalt" Jachxon
Thomas Jonathan Jackson, com
monly called Stonewall Jackson, was
born at Clarksville, W. Va., Jan. 21,
1824.
When he was only three years of '
age he was left a penniless orphun. '
hut he soon showed the stuff he was
made of. Hearing of an appointment !
to West Point vacant, he set out for
Washington. He arrived tired and
dusty with all his possessions in a
pair of saddle bags. The congressman
from his district admired his pluck so ,
much that he took him before the |
secretary of War. On hearing his
story the secretary immediately made .
out an appointment.
Jackson barely squeezed through
the examination. He advanced rap
idly however, and when he graduated
he was number seventeen in a class
nf hrlllinnt men. One of his i'Ihhk
matcs said that "Old Jack" would
have been at the head of the class il
!. i >?" ' hml another year to go
After his graduation he served in
Mexico where he was shortly made a
major.
In 1851 he was fleeted professor of
natural science and instructor of mil
itary tactics in the Virginia Military
Institute. He never made a great
success of this but it was there that
ho began the custom of instructing
his servants in Scripture on Sunday
afternoons. Out of this custom grew
his famous Negro Sunday School to
which he contributed even after the
war had begun. That the Negroes
loved him is shown by the fact that
the Negro Baptist church of Lexing
ton made the first contribution to his
monument. 1
Jackson was a Union man but
when he heard that Mr. Lincoln had
a call for seventy-five thousand men
to fight the South he said, "I have
longed to preserve the Union and
would sacrifice much to that end. But i
now that the North has chosen to j
inaugurate war against us, I am in
favor of meeting her by drnwing th?
sword and throwing away the scab
bard."
He was given a commission in the
Confederate Army and did much to f
organize and train an army.
It was at the first Battle of Bull
Run that he received his new name.
General Lee saw his troops standing
fast and exclaimed, "there standB
Jackson like a stonewall.''
His most famous campaign, known
as the Valley Campaign" is still
studied by military students in Eu
rope.
During a flanking movement
against Hooker, Jackson went out on
a reconnoltering trip and as he re
turned, his own men fired on him by
mistake. His left arm was ampu
tated and he seemed alright for three
days, but pneumonia set in and he
died at a quarter past three p.m.
May H), 1868.
General Lee, on hearing that he
was wounded, wrote to him: "Could
I have dictated events I should have
chosen for the good of the country to
have been wounded In your stead.
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i Mrs. Fort' Reid and children of
Sapphire, spent last week with Mrs.
Reld's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J,
Raines. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Lune Owen and fam
ily of Brevard, moved to the E. D.
Owen plact last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Moore and
family have moved to the W. J. Owen
place.
The young people's B. Y. P. U.
inet at the home of Mr. and MrB. C.
L. Sanders, Tuesday night.
| Kev. o. ivI. Uiueiie ot Kosman was
a Toxaway visitor Tuesday.
I Miss Dorean Lee gave a party pt j
the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrr.
Hosea Lee, last Thursday night,
j Mrs. Fred Hall of Bristol, Tenn., Is I
visiting her parents, Mr. and MrF. W. 1
J. Raines. Mrs. Hall has been very :
ill, but is improving slowly.
| Coming as a surprise to their
i many friends, was the marriage of i
| Mr. Fred Revis and Miss Rosa Bell j
j Lee. They were married last Saturday j
nt Pickens, S. C. Mrs. Revis is the I
daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Taylo.
Lee.
Rev. J. M. Green preached at th" i
Methodist church last Sunday morn- j
inpr and Sunday night.
Charlie Watson spent last Satur- j
day night with Harrison Hall.
Miss Louise Williams, who has
been in New York for the last month
returned home last Friday.
C. R. McNeely and Misses Mab?! i
McNcelv nnd Margaret Fullbright o' i
Brevard, were in Toxaway last Pri
de"
W. W. McNeely was an Ashevillr
vlulfor 1""f week
Mrs. Wesley Reid, who has betn
very sick with pneumonia, is improv*
tni*
Rev. J. M. Green of Rosman, was
the dinnei* guest of Mr. and Mrs. C.
C. Hail last Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. Lewis Lyda and
family of Porterdale. Ga.. who have
been visiting Mrs. Lyda's parents.
Mr. and Mrs, Sam Sanders, returned |
to their home last week.
NOTICE
OF SALE OF LAND
Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in that certain deed
of trust executed by Sutton Wilson
to Union Trust Company of Mary
land & Insured Mortgage Bond Cor
poration of North. Carolina, Trustees,
dated July 15, 1920, and recorded
July 22. 1*1120, in the offic ? of the reg
ister of Deeds for rransylvanla
county, North Carolina, default hav
ing been made in tV M nt ,h!.'
indebtedness thereby secured, m
demand having been made for sale
the undersigned Trustees will sell :it
public auction to the highest bidder
for cash in front of the Court Hotlf ?
in Brevard. North Carolina, at 12:00
o'clock Noon on the 17th day of l1 eb
ruary, 1931, the following described
property, located in the City of lire
vard, North Carolina.
BEGINNING at a stake on the j
North margin of Main Street at the j
southwest corner of McMinn Build- .
ing: thence with west wall of said I
building north 20 deg. east to alley,
thence with N.E. side of said alley 1
north 04 deg. west 21 1-2 feet to n j
stake, thence south 20 deg. west 120
feet to a stake on north margin of
Main Street; thence with Main St.
south 04 deg. east 21 1-2 feet tn
building.
This the 14th day of Jan. 1931.
Union Trust Company of Maryland
and Insured Mortgage Bond Cor
poratoon of N . C? Trustees.
D, C. MacRae, Attorney,
High Point, N, C. P22-29-11 o-12
NOTICE
State of North Carolina
County of Transylvania
Having qualified as executrix of
the Estate of William Elzie Shipman,
deceased, late of Transylvania county,
N. C? this is to notify nil persons
having claims against the estate of
the said deceased to exhibit them to
the undersigned executrix or to
Ralph Fisher, Attorney at Law, Bre
vard, N. C., on or before the 2nd day
of January 1932 or this .notice will
be pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
please make immediate payment.
This the 2nd dav of Jan. 1931.
Norma Shipman, Executrix of
William Elsie Shipman, Deceased.
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NOTICE
State of North Carolina
County of Transylvania
; By virtue of the power of sale
contained in a certain deed in trust
executed by Gus Roman and wite,
Soultana Roman, to Ralph Fisher,
Trustee, securing a note in the sum
of $2180.00, mode payable to Leonard
Simpson and wife, Lillian Byrd Simp
son, which said deed in trust is re
corded ill Book 25, page 87 of the
records of deeds in trust for Tran
sylvania County, N. C., and default
having been made in payment of
said note, after same having become
due and the holders of said note hav
ing called upon the undersigned trus
tee to ridvertise and sell the land
herein descrbed for the purpose of
paving said indebtedness.
I will on MONDAY, the 2nd day
of February, 1931, at 12 o'clock noon
at the court house door In Brevard,
N. C., offer for sale at public auction
and sell to the highest bidder for
cash the land described in said deed
in truit, to-wit:
Adjoining the lands of Alfred Bcd
dlngfield and others. Beginning at a
stake in the east margin of South
Caldwell street, the bame being a cor-,
ner of the old F. L. DcVrine prop
ertv (flow Beddingfield) and runs
with the DeVane or Beddingfield
line South 02 1-4 deg. east 105 feet
to a stake in the line of the I. F.
Shipman property (now J. J. Patton)
formerly the Thrash line; thence
with the said Shipman. Thrash or
Patton line South 27 1-2 deg.
west 07 f*. to u stake in the line of
lot j'ow beloiiginp to Town of Bre
vard, but formerly to Mitchell and
i THl PRAY EK COWER
THE GREATER YEAR
"Thou efuilt nee greater thing*
than these." ? St. John 1:50.
This shall be greater: those that
went before
Came bo far short of what they might
have been,
Too slight the ventures from the
clinging shore,
Too soon turned back by lack of
Faith, I ween.
TV* shall be create;'! the forgv,;^
quest
So near'y quenched shall flicker into
flame;
I turn not back until I reach the best,
I launch my shaft with no uncertain
aim.
This shall be greater: life is nearly
spent,
Like to the weavers shuttle, days and
i yiars,
Pass on, may I but know what Jesus
meant ?
That more abundant life, remote from
fears.
This shall be greater: there arc
heightB unsealed,
From which The Holy City may be
seen,
These may be gained where we be
fore have failed,
And then our eyes behold the Golden
Sheen.
Lord, grant it niny bo greater; Thou
alone
Hast power to make it all that it
should be.
Enlarge my vision, till I see Thine
own ?
The greater things Thou has in store
for me.
The coming of a New Year is a
time to study the compass and sco
whethw we are marching in the right
direction. We are journeying through
a truckles wilderness which we have
never passed through before. God has
given us
THE HOLY SPIRIT
to be our Guide, and Christ Himself
said of Him, "Ho shall guide you in
to all truth." *We hnve t"n
THE HOLY SCRIPTURES
which are able to make us wise unto
Salvation through Faith which is in
Mull; thence north 62 1-2 deg West
with the said tov>n, Mull or Mitchell
line 169 ft. more or less to the Mull,
Mitchcll or Town corner, a stake in
the eastern margin of said South
Caldwell street ; thence with the east
margin of said South Caldwell street j
North 25 deg. east 67 feet to the i
BEGINNING.
bci..? the same lot or parcel of j
land that was conveyed to 1,. P. Byrd
by C. B. Glazcner under deed dated
Sept. 15, 1922, and recorded in
Book 44, page 572 of the records in
and for Transylvania County, N. 0.,
conveyed later by said Byrd to On
Roman and wife, which reference is
hereby made to said deed recorded in
Book 62 and at page 311 of the deed
records in and for said county and
Btate.
This sale is to the highest bidder
for cash and will be reported to the
officc of the Clerk of the Superior
Court as is done in sale of land by
trustee if there is no raising of tht
bid within the time prescribed by
law, which will be confirmed by the
Clerk of the Superior Court and deed
made to said successful bidder.
This 6th day of January, 1931.
RALPH FISHER, Trustee.
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Christ JesUs. Are not these suffic
ient? Why then should we listen to
those who would lead us in some oth
er direction than that which God has
laid down for us, and which He has
given to us. The Holy Spirit to lead
us in "For as many as are led by
THE SPIRIT OF GOD they are the
Sons of God.
A PRAYER
Dear Lord of tho Ages and King of
thiR New Year, as I look to Thee, all
uu'lgb NEW tuid L*eti illy old
and worn and broken life seems
transformed, I thank Thee for the
New Birth and New Life to which
it leads. Grant mr grace to keep my
position always even in the midst of
pressing evils and temptations. Give
me a clearer vision of Thee and of all
Thou hast for me to do. Mark my
way plainly before me, and let me
not be disappointed of my hope. Then
knowing myself to be Thine now and
Thine forever, I will praise Thee and
love Thee here and hereafter.
O God, whom days are without be
ginning and without end, grant us,
we humbly pray Thee, throughout
this year, whose beginning we dedi
cate to Thee, such prosperity as
Thou seest to be good for us, am'
make us to abound in such works ar
may be pleasing unto Thee. Kencw in
ub, we humbly pray Thee the gifts o.
Thy Mercy, increase (Kir Faith,
strengthen our Hope, and enlarge our
Love, and make us ever ready t!1
serve Thee, both in body and soul
through Jesus Christ Thy Son, o:ii
Lord, Amen.
? C, D. C.
Pisgah Forest Newt
The weather continues cold, and
some of the roads are impassable.
Messrs Allen Campfield and Jule
Orr have returned to this rection
after spending severnl wc-k? in
Macon, Ga.
Little Virginia Stophcl has
on the sick list, also J. W. Grc".
Robert Boggs of Gastonia, spent
Monday afternoon with his sister,
Mrs. W. A. Lyday.
Henry, Glover and Arthur Sentell
spent Sunday with their father, Rev.
John Sentell, on Mt. Underwood.
Little Bob T. Gash spent Sunday
with Rc-becca Patton.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Parker and chil
dren are expected to return to their
home in Detroit, Michigan, this week.
Mrs. Tom Leverett Sr. is suffering
with pneumonia.
Mrs. T. E, Patton and daughter
s^>ent Saturday afternoon in Ashe
W. W. Pruett is on the sick li3t.
Miss Minie Galloway spent Satur
day night with Miss Annie Leverett
Bill Hawley of Gastonia, was a re
cent visitor in this section.
Mrs. W. C. Cody spent Friday aft
ernoon with Mrs. II. Hedrick.
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