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lHE BREVARD NEWS Published Every Thursday by THE TRANSYLVANIA PUBLISHING CO., Inc. ' Entered at the Postoffice in Brevard, N. C., as Second Class Matter | 1 d James F. Barrett Editor Mark T. Orr Associate Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Payable In Advance) One Year , .. $2.00 Six Months 1.00 1 Three Months 60 Thursday, July 28, 1932 _ .i NO SUCH THING AS PERSONAL PRIVILEGE IN THE LIQUOR GAME. One of the stock arguments of those who wish for the return of the saloon or whatever comes as a result of the proposed repeal of the 18th amendment, is presented in the form of "personal privilege." It is con tended that if a man wants to take a drink of liquor it is no one's else business but his own, and no law should be passed that would deny to that man the exercise of his personal rights and liberties. Well, if you will but look about you, it will be seen that no man ever drinks unto himself alone. .Even though he does his drinking in the midnight hours, in the confines of his own home, it is generally known tihat he drinks, and others about him will, in practically every instance, be in fluenced by that man's actions. There are very few men who drink alone. Drinking is one of the greatest "buddy-makers" in the world. It is most natural for a man to ask his friend to join him in a drink. Right there is where the "personal privi lege" idea is exploded. You know of instances where two men have caused much trouble to themselves and to many others about them, as a result of their drinking, when neither would have taken a drink alone. Two men go out to play golf, or on a fishing trip. They have their drinks, and a wreck follows; repair bills pile up; time is lost from work; two wives, and children, too, if there are any in the homes of the men, are called upon to sacrifice a new dress or a greatly needed pair of shoes while the family catches up with the expense occasioned by this friendly drinking bout. "Personal privilege" is o. k., so long as it does not touch the lives of others, but very, very few men can drink liquor without creating a veritable Hell for others. LIBBi' HOLM AW REYNOLDS MADE HER OWN BED. Libby Holman Reynolds' father lambasts Winston-Salem officials be cause of allegedly bad treatment ac corded his daughter. It is the natural thing for Mr. Holman to do. It is an unnatural father who will not defend his own child against all comers and under any and all circumstances. But Mr. Holman is going to the extremes, as we see it, in abusing the officers at Winston-Salem. A man passed out in that city because a bullet passed through his head. The coroner'3 jury rendered a verdict to the effect that Smith Reynolds came to his death at the hands of a party or parties unknown to them. That left it squarely up to the officers of the law to find the guilty party, if the man has been murdered, and see that justice is done. Mr. Holman should also remember that his daughter could have been in a different atmosphere than that which bred the tragedy, be it suicide, murder or manslaughter. She entered into a liquor-drinking contest, the evidence showed, with one of her guests. She was running a race with her friend to see which one could drink more corn liquor. There is much Suffering among the people who have made the Reynolds millions, and Mrs. Reynolds could have been visiting the sick of that community, instead of running a liquor-drinking race, in which event it is safe to say that young Smith Reynolds would still be alive and the name of Libby Holman Reynolds would have become a hallowed name, had she elected to live a life of real worth. There are many fine citizens in Winston-Salem ? men and women who do not drink liquor in racing contests. Most any of these people would have been glad, we take it, to be invited to the big Reynolds mansion. Mrs. Libby Reynolds could have had a real party, with decency marking the conduct of mil the house guests, in which event she would have been greatly improved in her own conduct, and her young husband would doubtless be alive 'today. M*. Holman is heartbroken, of eourse. Yet he should remember that Libby, his daughter, brought nothing j great intc North Carolina when she came to the. Reynolds mansion, and made no contribution to the State's raotal, social or rel%ious advance rr*?nt. North Carolina, therefore, owes Libby Holmao Reynolds exactly nothing. Therefore, Mr. Holman, Libby 's fa.her, cannot expect any i thing more for his daughter than she bargained for when she became the wife of one of the State's mor? or less worthless sons. | Mr. Holman's own daughter, Libby, I has been hev own worst enemy. There were other roads she could have tak [ en, leading her right into the hearts ->f the people of this State until not [only the officers, but the citizens as | well, would have gone to every length i to protect and shield her against every threat to her happiness and peace <Jf mind. 1 HOLD ON TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, WHATEVER ELSE MAY HAVE TO BE DISCARDED. j Action of the state in reducing the amounts allowed each county for ex ' tended school term expense has placed a serious problem squarely up to local county authorities. Theirs is a | problem deserving of the most sympathetic aid that the public can ' render. The public school system is about all that is left for the masses of the people, and all of us should think well before we surrender any of the advancement that has been made in school work. ? ! The High School is the university J of the masses. But comparatively few High School graduates ever enter a college or a university, therefore, every safeguard should be thrown about the High School. Probably five out of each one hundred High School graduates go on to higher institutions of learning, while the other 95 stop with completion of their High School work. Hence the High School is the state's most important institution. Let us make demand upon the state, if necessary, to cut still further into the funds of the higher institutions of learning rather than sacrifice our public school system. Then let us as citizens be willing to meet any reasonable tax burden that may be necessary to make up that which is lacking, after the state has done all in its power to provide school funds. After all is said and done, these are our own children in the public schools, and we should be willing to do what ever we can in providing their^schoo! opportunities. THE RELATION BETWEEN RELIGION AND PROSPERITY. On# of the most interesting features in The Asheville Times is that of the "Inquiring Reporter," who, each day, presents a question to five different persons and publishes the replies made to the inquiry. The question 111 Tuesday's paper was: "Do you think there is any direct relation between religion and pros perity?" Most of the answers indicated that the five people to whom the question was presented do not think there is any relation at all between religion and prosperity. We believe that there is direct relation. We are given -many in stances in the Bible of suffering en dured by the people when they dis obeyed the laws of God, or went away from Him and followed false gods or worshipped idols. We do not mean to say that God sends depressions upon us to punish us when we go wrong as a people. Our opinion is that the immutable laws are laid down to us, and when we disregard and disobey them, we pay the penalty. One of the first of these laws is that we must have no other gods before Him. We have had other gods that we have been worshipping in preference to worshipping Him. Money, lands, power, position, and many other idols have claimed our worship, and these things are wiped away. I Just look about you, will you, at the wreck of the things that you once so highly prized? Where are they today? Look at the men about you who, a few short years ago, were the men of wealth, power, position, and see where they are today. Any Bible student can see the 1 similiarity between conditions exist ing in Bible times and these we are | experiencing throughout the world. Suppose you do hold that the World ' War caused these conditions. What j caused the World War? Think it out, 'will you? Of course the innocent suffer in these general movements, as one of The Times readers stated in his answer to the question. The innocent always suffer, even when one mac slays another, and for his crimc his yiwn life is taken by the state. The father, mother, children, of that man suffer untold agonies as the hour and moment approach for the execution. The innocent suffer when a man drinks liquor and makes an ass of himself. We believe that all people who will give serious thought and study to the matter will agree that there is a direct relation between religion and prosperity. I j Blantyre Breezes | i * ! Mrs. Daniel Justus and Mrs. Flora and Edith Gray visited Mrs. A. C. Rickman Friday afternoon. Several of our folks are attending the revival services at Boylston now. Messrs. Lee and Arthur Leabetter visited Messrs. Claude anti Clyde Davis recently. Little Geneva Justus has been spending some time with her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Orr. Mr. Lawrence Nesbitt Is visiting relatives in Fairview this Week. Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Morgan visited Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Rickman recently. Mrs. Flora Pickelsimer visited rel atives in Hendersonville last week. Mrs. D. H. Orr visited Mrs. Lee Moody Monday afternoon. Mr. Minor Davis and Miss Jewel Justus motored to Hendersonville Sunday afternoon. Rev. Chapman and Ross, of Tryon who are helping in the revival at Boylston, were the recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Simpson. Mrs. J. L. Justus and Mrs. Clan nie Justus and family attended the funeral services of Rev. J. J. Gray las Pleasant Grove Wednesday. Miss Clara Drake who has been spending some time with relatives at Hendersonville has returned to her home here. Miss Belle Reed who spent the past week at home has returned to Asheville. Mr. Frank Drake visited Mr. Ralph Reed Friday afternoon. Rev. Lewis Simpson spent some time last week on Boylston, assisting Rev. Chapman in a very successful revival there, which is to continue. Rev. Simpson will also return to as sist in the revival this week. Van Beck visited Mr. and Mrs. Lee Moody Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Babb and children, of Mississippi are spending the sum mer here. Mr. J. L. Justus made a business trip to Hendersonville Sunday. Mrs. W. K. Duncan called on Mrs. John Reed one day last week. Little Sidney and Edna Rickman visited their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Powell. Miss Fred Maxwell is spending some time with her sister, Mrs. H. E. English, of Boylston. Mr. D. R. Holliday visited Mr. A. C. Rickman Friday. Rev. M. L. Kirstein of Fairview will preach at Blantyre church Sun day July 31. The public is cordially invited to attend. Mr. Fred Owenby is . visiting his 'mother in Alabama. J Mr. A. C. Rickman who has been ill remains about the same. Mr. and Mrs. Terley Justus visited the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Orr, recently. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Powe!! visited Mr. and Mrs. Carl Powell of Flat Rock recently. Mrs. C. B. Hollingsworth had as her guest Sunday afternoon Miss Agnes Maxwell. Little Jack Justus, small son of Mr. and Mrs. Clannie Justus, who has) been ill for the past week is some what improved. Mrs. Peeler and children from Jack sonville, Fla., who spent last summer in the Hart Cottage at French Broad Park, spent a few nights in this sec tion recently. They were on their way to Druid Hills where they have engaged a house for the summer. Mrs. Peeler has been spending her summers here and near here for sev earl years. She has many friends who will welcome her to Western North Carolina this year. Rev. F. H. Holden and W. L. Frady were callers at the home of John Reed Thursday night. Misses Belle and Jewell Reed and Mr. Raymond Reed visited Mr. and Mrs. Sid Barnett and Miss Willa King, at Pisgah Forest, Sunday af ternoon. Mrs. Elby and children of Jackson ville, Fla., were callers in this sec tion last week. Mrs. D. H. Orr of Etowah visited Mrs. Lewis Simpson Monday after noon. A party from Lakeworth, Fla , visited Mrs. Flora Pickelsimer and Miss Julie Hamilton Wednesday af ternoon. Mr. Ralph Reed who has been ill the past week had as his guests Sun day afternoon, Messrs. Jack Hamil ton, Alden Drake, Dewey Hamilton, and Earl Gray. Mrs. Annie Gash and Mrs. Jim Maxwell visited Mrs. J. S. Maxwell Saturday. Rev. F. H. Holden visited Mr. A. C. Rickman Sunday afternoon. Mr. Charlie Nesbitt and Mr. Frank Drake were the supper guests of Mr. John Reed Monday night. Miss Beatrice Green attended B. Y. P. TJ. at Blantyre Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Eames visited Mrs. Flora Pickelsimer Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Boss Burris and daughters of Cruso, visited Mr. and Mrs. Lee Moody Sunday. Mr. Luna Powell and children of Ashevilie, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Powell Sunday. Miss V/^lma Allison was the guest of Miss Mary Ellen Reed Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Baldwin and Mrs. Simming ton were Hendersonville visitors re cently. Mrs. Haynes and granddaughter are stopping at Wayside Inn for va cation days. Mr. Clyde Moody visited Mr. J. S. Maxwell Sunday afternoon. Mr. Charlie Nesbitt visited Mr. A. C Rickman recently. Mrs. N. A. Drake has returned to W. 0. W. NEWS W. H. GROGAN, JR. Distinct. Manager Murphy Camp We enjoyed meeting with Murphy Camp No. 891 Tuesday night, July 19th. K. V. Weaver and other old friends were there doing their stuff. As usual, they were initiating a can didate into the mysteries of wood craft. They were planning an old time barbecue for the near future. ? Hayesviih Camp On the 2Jst at a special called meeting Ed. L. Curtis war- selected j'or financial secretary of Camp No. 905. Professor Arthur Young was elected consul commander and Ben nie McGIamery banker. With these new officers No. 905 should hum and bring in the hogs. Watch this camp grow. Field Day at Morehead City The summer Field Day for Uniform Rank companies will be heid at More head City on the 22nd. We predict j for them a hot time. State Manager Says "The field work must not let up, boys. Feep at it or we're sunk. Families need protection in summer as well as winter. The father dies and the child goes hungry whether hot or cold. "And we are behind in our pledge for 1932. Work! Work! Work!" Onr District Leads zThe July 15th bulletin issued by E. B. Lewis, state manager, shows cur district leading for both May land June. Thanks, boys, keep after I 'em. Write me when I can help you. $871,640.43 Paid During the month of May the Sovereign Camp paid $871,640.43 in death and disability claims. What a power for good, what a help to wid ows and orphans during these trying times. May the W. O. W. grow in power and more fully extend the fraternal spirit through the world. Sovereign Visitor The Sovereign Visitor is now the best fraternal magazine published. It has many interesting departments for the home and covers the most interesting things of life. It should I be read from cover to cover by every I sovereign. BIRTHS Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Reid announce the birth of a son on July 16. Mr. and Mrs. Ivory B. Houck an nounce the birth of a son, July 20. A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Garren on July 16. Dr. C. L. Newland was the attend I ing physioian. her home here after spending some j time with relatives near Henderson . ville. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Justus had as ! their dinner guests Sunday Mr. and . Mrs. Ray Drake, of Big Willow, j Misses Mary Ellen Reed and Velma | Allison, Messrs. Raymond Reed, Earl j Gray and Dewey Hamilton, j Mr. Claude Rickman visited his i parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Rickman j Sunday afternoon. Miss Agnes Maxwell visited her sis ter, Mrs. H. E. English, of Boylston Wednesday. Mrs. L*e Owens had as her guest Saturday Mrs. J. S. Maxwell. Mrs. Claude Shuford of Little River, Mr. Flora Pickelsimer and Little Gertrude Powell spent Sat urday with little Helen Rickman. A birthday dinner was given to Mrs. Lee Moody in honor of her sixty-third birthday. The dinner was spread in a beautiful green pasture just above Mrs. Moody's home. Four of her children and several grand children were present. Many of her ! relatives and a host of friends gath ered with their baskets to give Mrs. Moody their regards. Everyone re ported an enjoyable evening. Mr. Bryan Merry of Atlanta, Ga.. spent the week-end with his family, who are staying a month at French Broad Park. Mr. Deltimy Sledge of Augusta, Ga.. and Mr. Frank Smith, Jr., of Atlan ? ta, were the week-end guests of Lt. | Col. and Mrs. Troup Miller, who are occupying a cottage at French Broad Park. Mrs. Frank Smith of Atlanta, has returned home after spending a week , with her daughter, Mrs. Bryan Mer ! ry. at French Broad Park. ; Mr. and Mrs. Flewellyn Miller i motored up from Greenville and spent, the day with their brother, Lt. Col. Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Babb and family from Jackson, Miss., have arrived at Frenck Broad Park, to spend the summer. Mr. ana Mrs. Detrick, of Braden ton, Fla., are spending some time at French Broad Park. IN MEMORY OF LITTLE LOYD REECE (By His Mother) In the grave yard sweetly sleeping, Where the flowers gently wave, Lies the one we love so dearly In the dark and silent grave. A precious one from us has gone, A voice we lo -red is still, A place is vacant in our home; Which can ne.ver be filied. Time cannot fill our wounded hearts Nor fill the vacant chair. We miss you dear little Loyd, We miss yon every where. None knows how sad the parting Nor what the favewell cost, But God and his fair angels Have gained what we have lost. Not now but in the coming ye*r3 It may be in the better lar.d, We'll read the meaning of our tears, And there we'll understand. UPS that touch liquor MUST NEVER TOUCH MINE Contributed by Guy GaUeutcy | You are corning to woo me, hat not ' as of yore When I hastened to welcome your J ring at the door. For I trusted he who stood waiting | me then Wa3 the brightest, the truest, the ; noblest of men. j Your lip? on my own when they printed farewell, Had never been soiled by the beverage ' of he'll, But they come to me now with the bacchanal sign Arid the lips that touch liquor mur ! never touch mine. I think of that night in the garden alone - When in whispers you. told me your heart was my own, That your love in the future should faithfully be, Unshared by another, kept only for me. O sweet to my soul is the memory still, Of the lips that met mine and mur mured "I will." But now to their "pressure no more they incline, For the lips that touch liquor must never touch mine. 0 dear, how it crushed me when first in your face The pen of the rum fiend had written disgrace And turned me in silence and tears from that breath All poisoned and fouled from the cholics of death. It scattered the hopes I had treasured to last, It darkened the future and clouded the past, It shattered my idol and mined the shrine, For the lips that touch liquor must never touch mine. 1 love you, oh dearer than language can tell, And you saw it, you proved it, you knew it too well, But the man of my love was far other than he, Who now from the tap room comes reeling to me. |'ln manhood and honor so noble and right His heart was so true and his genius so bright, And his soul was unstained, unpol luted by wine, Sut the lips that touch liquor must never touch mine. You promised reform, but I trusted in vain Your pledge was but made to be broken again. And the lover so false to his pro mises now, Will not as a husband be true to his vow. I The word must be spoken that bids you depart j Though the effort to speak it should shatter my heart. ! Though in silence with blighted af fection I pine Yet the lips that touch liquor must never touch mine. If one spark in your bosom of virtue remains Go fan it with prayer till it kindles again, Resolved with God helping in future to be From wine and its follies unshackled and free, And when you have conquered this foe of your soul, In manhood and honor beyond his control, This heart will again beat respon sive to thine, And the lips free from liquor will be welcome to mine. IN MEMORY In the late quiet hours of Tuesday evening, July 5, 1932, the death angel winged his way to earth and claimed for hisr victim Mrs. Vando Morgan, of Rosman, N. C., who surrendered with a smile to Him who doeth all things well. Mrs. Morgan was before her mar riage, in 1921 Miss Vera Sloan, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Sloan of Seneca, S. C. The community was shocked as the sad news flashed over it telling of her untimely death, as she was loved by all who knew her, the young as well as the old, because she lived a life that gained friends instead of enemies by not engaging iir the unfriendly affairs and disagree ments of other people. Over a year ago Mrs. Morgan con tracted "flu" and from other causes heart dropsy, from which she never recovered. After spending a number of weeks in the hospital, and with all the very best medical aid thai could be given her, her condition proved fatal. Death did not come to her as a surprise, as she had been conscious of the fact for quite a while that time was short with her. Often she called : the children by her bedside and in structed them how she wanted them j to live. here, and io meet mother in a better world for soon she would leave tharn to never return again. Oh, Jet us that are blessed with a mother living learn to prize her far beyond the most precious jewel of earth. For in a." the world we will never find a friend like mother when she is gone. At the age of fifteen Mrs. Morgan professed faith in Christ and was baptized and united with the Baptist church of which she remained a mem ber until her death. In 1921 Mr. and Mrs. Morgan were united in holy matrimony. They lived happily together for twelve and ose half years. To this union were born 6 children, 5 whom survive to mourn their loss, two boys and three girls, Norman. Bryan. Christine, Ellen and Vivian. On.-> cf her lovely character istics was the deep devotion she held UPPER GLADE CREEK Mr. Ferry Townsend visited Mr.. 0. D. Reese one day last week. Mr. Valry Carter was a oilier on Miss Orl.ena Capps Sunday afternoon. Mrs. 0. D. Reece who has been suffering with cold is able to be out: sgain. Herman Holiingsworth visited Roy Reece Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Delas Reece of Can ton visited Mr. J. A. Rcece one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Reece visited Mr. Reece'p parents, Mr. ?nd Mrs. J. A. Reece, Sunday. Mrs. D. W. Hollingswc^^ and daughter. Ella and grandsSfc* Her man, visited Mrs. 0. D. Reece Sun day. Herman Hollingsworth and Buster Mackey visited Roy Reece Wednes day. Mr. and Mrs. 0. D. Reece visited Mrs. Reece's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Holden of Little River. Mr. and Mrs. McKinley Ewbanks of Selica visited Mr. Mack Drake Sunday. The farmers are busy getting up their hay this fine weather. Bertie County tomato growers will ship 100 cars of the fruit grown un der contract this season and none are violating the terms of their contract despite attractive offers from other dealers. to her family and the earnest appre ciation she entertained for her friends. She leaves a large host of relatives and friends who mourn their loss, and a loving husband that stood faithfully by her side during all her illness and did everything possible for her recov ery. We extend to him and all the relatives our deepest sympathy and I love. May God's richest blessings lead [them day by day until we all shall meet- her on that happy shore where j come no more sad partings. The funeral service was conducted | by Rev. J. E. Burt, the pastor of Zion ! Baptist church, of which she was a | member. The Ladies Quartet, of Rosman, as ! 6 is te<l by Prof. Harmon, furnished the ! music that was so beautifully render [ ed for the occasion. | The large number of wreaths and | beautiful flowers that accompanied ! her to her last resting place was a | token of love for her as they paid their last tribute. Her body was laid to rest in the Whitmire cemetery where she will sleep until the resurrection morn. A Friend. 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