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THURSDAY, AUG. 6th, l!r.
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
(By Felix E. Alley.)
Much has been said and much has
been written a boot William Jennings
Bryan since he fell, last Sunday, in
the noontide of his mental vigor and
r-rprrimrr, after hjrrmg ma what
he deemed the greatest victory of his
life. But the half has not yet been
told. He has been and will continue
to be eulogized by tongue and pen an
no other private citizen of this coun
try has ever been eulogized.
Whether he be measured by hl
political influence or his moral force,
impartial history will accord him a
place among the greatest men the
world has ever known.
He was pre-eminently the great
est reformer of the age in which he
lived; but like all real reformers, his
far-seeing vision penetrated the veil
which obscures the future from the
average man, and his thought was al
ways in advance of the times. He
was as the voice of one crying in the
wilderness, saying to the people of
his country, "Prepare ye the way" for
the manv reforms for which he so
fearlessly and unceasingly fought
But he wns more fortunate than most
reformers, for while most of the re
forms he advocated were at first bit
trly assailed by men of smaller vi
sion, he was permitted to live to see
his theories result in achievement and
the principles for which he battled
enacted into law.
He was among the first, and was th
most ardent advocate of the income
tax system a principle which no
party at this tim dares oppose.
National prohib'ion would have
been impossible without his support,
and woman suffrage tiund in him its
staunchest and ablest friend and ad
vocate. President Wilson and Senotor Glass
iire accredited with the authorship of
the Federal Reserve Law, but as far
back as February, 191M, Mr. Itryan
made a speech in New York Pity to
an audience composed chiefly of bank
ers, in which he set forth and elab
orated every principle of the Federal
Reserve system, and Mr. Tumulty, in
his Life of Wilson, tells us that be
fore this act was introduced in Con
gress It wis submit!'! to Mr. Bryan
and received his endorsement.
It would require volumes to tell ill
detail the influence he wrought upon
the legislation of the country after
he became a national figure. He was
sufficictly powerful to force his views
on the opposing party, and during
Roosevelt's administration, it was nf
ten said that he had "stolen" Bryan's
platform and converted it to his own
personal use.
All who are familiar with the po
litical history of the period agree
that it was Bryan's wonderful influ
ence at Baltimore that made possible
the nomination of Woodrow Wilson
in 1!12, anil it is equally well known
that Wilson, in large measure, owed
his election in l'.HO to the matchless
campaign which Bryan waged in
twenty-three western states.
The ability to be elected President
of the United States is not always a
test of true greatness. If this were
bo, Clay, Calhoun, Webster, Blaine
and Tildcn could not be considered
great, for all of them aspired to the
presidency and failed to reach the
goal. Bryan could not be president,
but he waa honored as no other pn
vate citizen of this nation has ever
benn honored. He was thrice the
unanimous choice of his party for
the presidency of this Republic. Cir
cu instances decreed that he should
not be president; but for thirty years
he was everywhere acclaimed the
uncrowned chieftain of the American
Democracy.
As mere private citizen, in the
course of a trip around the world, he
waa entertained in the courts of
Icings and: 4he crowned head of the
greatest nations of the earth delight
ed .to do bin honor. For thirty yean,
with the rights of man for his theme,
his audience the entire world, count
less millions of people of his own
and other !a"ds. with ears attuned to
the matchlcs. '" of his eloquence,
have hung in breit! . -"''entlon on
his impassioned word.-, '. heir
souls were uplifted at the ve.-v v,.'.t'
of his inspired and nol'K fa'"e.
Now. his eloqnent lips are closed
with the seal of the etern'il silence
but his masterful speeches will live
n to instruct, to uplift and inspire.
The influence of such a life can
never end. It cannot be confined
within the narrow portals of the tomb.
Kvery mind and heart leave their Im
prest upon the minds and hearts of
others, and this is the average of
human influence, on which mankind
has been borne gradually and stead
ily forward in iits mighty career of
development and progress.
Bryan was oftentimes criticized
and sometimes maligned and misrep
resented by men of smaller calibre,
but long years after his enemies shall
have ben forgotten and countless
centuries after his Rlanderers and
traducers shall have been sleeping "in
tongueless silence of the dreamless
dust," the burning words and world
wide influence of William Jennings
Bryan will live on and on, from age
to age, for he devoted his great life
to the preaching of the Gospel of the
Prince of Peace and the Universal
Brotherhood of Man.
HORNET BROTHERS WILL SELL
PISGAH PARK AT AUCTION.
ience to all who reside in the comrau-. man into this meeting was the desire
An interesting real e..lute event
scheduled for next Wednesday aft
noon, August 12th, is the auction s.dc
of beautiful Pisgah F'nrk, KdwardsJ
esiate in Waynesville, bv in' fimom
twin auctioneers. Homey Brothers
Asheville and Lakeland.
This property is cut into regulation
lots, and has modern improvements,
such as lights, water, rvwerage. and
top surfaced streets. It should p:ove
'in attractive an. I appealing propo
ition to both honiefolks and tourists.
for either homcsitc or investment
This is the first chano" the public has
had to buy this fine property the auc
tior. way, and no doubt the lots will
find ready sale when put up before the
folks who attend this sale. Recent
real estate activity in r,d around
Waynesville is sure pi oof of the
growth that is bound to ;-om".
Isesides being a lusiien proposi
ti. n. this auction sale will attract at
tior. and respect on acount of the;
character of th" people handling it
the Horney Brothers, will known here
and in Florida. They nro long expe
rienced in the business and are unique
in the methods of auctioning. They
are the only twin auctioneers in the
world to cry the same bid at the same
time, speaking exactly the same words
Their organization is renuted to be
the largest in the world on a full time
salary, including a band, ground sales
men, bookkeepers, engineers, adver
tising crew, sign painter, and several
advance representatives. Their op
erations in the past ten year? have
carried thorn into more than twenty
states. They have many records to
their credit. Last month in Asheville
they sold 57 lots in the record tin e of
r2 minutes. In July last year on
Pack Square they disposed of $2:0,000
worth of business property in forty
five minutes. The entire organization
is highly trained, and those attending
the sale will ! able to see some zeal
action when the rapid fire auction ex
perts unlimber.
.1. T. Horney. General Sales Mima
nity and will be very much appreciated
The continued drouth is very dis
couraging from the farmers' point of
view. Corn is off one-third, pastures
are dried up, stock is shrinking and
unless we have rain soon some farm--s
will have to begin feeding their
stock.
The bean beetles have about de
stroyed the bean crop; Irish potato
crop is short; cabbage and tomatoes
are not encouraging, but as our peo
ple are very industrious and if they
can meet the demands of the tax col
lector will in all probability be able
to make both ends meet.
The Baptist Sunday school gave a
picnic recently with a very appro
priate exercise by the children which
was much enjoyed by the large con
gregation present. After the chil
dren rendered their part of the pro
gram the audience was highly enter
tained by an address by Charles C.
Francis. His subject was Opportuni
ty which was timely and of a high
order. After which the congregation
repaired to a spring near by where
a sumptuous dinner was spread and
lemonade in abundant of which ill
partook to the full satisfaction. Then
the young people and older 3 well
amused themselves in games of
amusement, such as tap hand and
dodge the ball, etc., of which Mr. Geo.
Palmer seemed to be the leader in
the game.
Mrs. I-owry Caldwell of Buffalo. S
C. is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. George Palmer, for a few days.
Mr. G. C. Underwood of Kingsport,
Tenn. visited his parents, Mr. and M.
H. Underwood and other relatives in
the community last week.
SAGE
of her Methodist parents to give her
school advantages. To do this they
made their home near the school dur
ing the school term, residing in their
Jonathans Creek home the remain
der of the time. It was at the M. E.
Church, Jonathan's Creek, that she
united with the church along with
her parents. After her marriage to
Mr. Reeves, when some of her older
children were uniting with their
father's church, she became a mem
ber of the M. E. Church, South, that
her entire family might be united in
their church relations. I have partic
ularized this history as furnishing
most convincing evidence of the part
that revivals have played in the mak
ing of the Southern Methodist church
and the debt Long's Chapel owes to
Him who governs those things which
issue in the progress and permanence
of His church.
In summarizing the life work of
Mrs. Reaves, it should be remembered
that she has been identified almost
the whole of her life with what is
now the Lake community. She re-
of industry would not allow idle
monments.
How her familiar face will be missed
by all who knew and loved her as
they continue to pass the Gibson res
idence.
What recollections of hospitable
kindness and steadfast faith will all
cheerish who were Messed with mo
ments of conversation .and communion
with her.
But her passing is more deeply felt
by the place vacated brings deeper
sorrow to him who hast walked life's
way with her for more than half a
century. And the daughters, those at
her side when the end came, a third
as soon as the news could reach her
Waynesville. Let us
Being "disloyal" is not necessarily
restricted to ssying these things
which are not constructive, but in do
ing them.
The men, poor creatures, are usually
the ones who Sre crititied if anything
around town goes wrong, nor do we
claim them wholly unblameleas, but
There are just a few things that
make us wonder, for instance, why
Waynesville women go shopping
in other cities for even the
ir.ost insignificant articles that
could so easily be bought here.
Of course any Waynesville merchant
will unhesitatingly admit that his
store does not carry some things that
to come, a fourth wiring her inten
tions to come, but too far away to
be privileged with the light of he
mother's face, and the fifth unable
from recent illness to make the trip
these and the grand children and
others inside the sacred family circle
who have had the high privilege o
the ministry of this saint of GoI
these are those -who suffer most. But
ceived most of her educational train-i memory finds no occasion for fear or
ing that could be obtained at that i reproach.
time outside the home in the Inati-1 The life that was of the earth
tute here. Her conversion occurred j earthly, has spent its allotted time
here. j Hope with confidence for that which
After her marriage' she made her. is spiritual and Jn harmonious union
MRS. W. T. REEVES.
Mrs. W. T. Reeves, who before her
marriage, was Cordelia Garrett,
daughter of W. G. B. Garrett and
Martha Garrett, one of a large fam
ly, was born on Jonathan's Creek,
Haywood county, August 11, 1849, and
departed this life at noon August 2,
192"), at the home of her daughter
Mrs. Herbert Gibson, Lake Junaluska,
aged seventy-five years eleven months
and twenty-one days.
While in frail health for some
months she became seriously and
dangerously ill Friiday night follow-
home with her husband at the Reeves
residence. Later they resided In
what had been her home during
school near the trestle at Tuscola,
They once had their home inside
had their heme inside what is now
the Southern Assembly grounds,
Where Mr. J. B. Ivey has his summer
residence.
. It was fitting that having spent
her life among these hills, valleys and
mountains, she should have ended it
here.
The walk from the Auditorium Fri
day night may have overtaxed her
strength, but let us be comforted
with the thought that the last public
service she attended was the graphic
rendering of that thrilling account
of the union in joyous fellowship of
Peter and the Master.
But a few days before her last she
spoke of her Christian experience in
terms of Charles Wesley's hymn com
morative of his own conversion, "0
for a thousand tongues to sing
Hers was an experience that knew no
bounds. The love that compassed
here "would all mankind embrace."
and she could assemble her family I can be found in New York shops, but
how can he be expected to keep them
in stock when the money that the
men are trying So hard to holld here
is being spent in other towns for a
spool of thread or a paper of pins?
Other cities do not need the patron
age of Waynesville people.
We do not like to mention any
specific instances but recently one of
the Waynesville grocers a man by
the way apologized to a customer on
this wiBe: "I'm sorry Mrs. Soandao
but I'll have td give you Waynesville
bread." A splendid sample of loyalty,
that!
And unless our vision and hearing
deceive us, can see from our office
window the smoke of a laundry, and
hear at noon the blast of its whistle.
and yet the Canton Laundry is do
ing a thriving business here.
The Made-in-Carolinas" slogan
might be interpreted "Patronize your
own town."
Waynesville people who enjoy the
privileges of one of the most beautiful
place in th world and who trade elese
where are very much like the small
boy who watches the circus from n
hole in the tent he gets what he
wants without paying the price!
with God giives security for the fu
ture. To the believer death is gain
because absence from the body means
being present with the Lord.
It follows thai at attains to
this beautific' vision there is abund
ant campensation for the pain that
comes to those who love and lose
a while. "For now we see in
mirror darkly, but then face to face
now I know in part, but then shall I
know fully even also as I am fully
known.
"Wherefore comfort one another
with these words."
REV. FRANK SILER
COTTON MEN IN DISCUSSION OF
NEW STANDARD.
ing the an attendance at the At.
sembly Auditorium of the drama. The I Her life marked by certainty that
Rock.
Walking to her home, she complain
ed of having a pain about her heart
which increase with violence with
such relief only as could be given by
the faithful ministries of physician
and loved ones until her saintly spirit
was released Sunday at high noon by
the Father whom she had known and
trusted for sixty years.
Present with her at the time be
sides other relatives and friends were
her youngest child and her family.
Mrs. Herbert Gibson and another
daughter, her oldest cchild living.
Mrs. M. V. Coman, of Lubbock, Texas,
who hadd proviidentially spent the
ast months of her life with her.
Of her large family connection only
hree survive her one brother, George
Gar-ett of Jonathan's Creek, who
ives at the old home, and two sisters,
Mrs. Sarah Liner and Mrs. Asburv
H'"-ell. both of Waynesville.
March 11. 1808 she was happily
T'nr-ied to Mr. . T. Reeves of Hay-ve-nl
county at her, home by the Rev.
I i'-ob Massie. a local minister of the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
tribulation could not disturb. The
light that shined within glowed in
her face. The life that had in early
years been hid in her heart and
nourished by feeding on the word of
God was exprressed in gentleness in
her home and kindness to all.
It was her life rule when settling
for service rendered her, specially by
the poor, to pay and give. And what
she gave was just such as she had
and wanted to share with such as
might have been less fortunate than
she and many wiill recall her open
handedness in what we of these moun
tains know as messes of potatoes
cans of fruit and dainty glasses of
jelly. She was thoughtful of the sick
and wanted to weep with those who
wept.
I recall recently when one she had
known long was buried and it had
been arranged for her to attend the
funeral, a rain made it impracticable
for her to go and keen was her dis
appointment.
I think
Practically every important cotton
association in the Unfted States was
represented at the Conference opened
by the Department of Agriculture at
Washington July27 for the consider
,ation of how, iii the program of cot
ton standards, character and staple
length could 'best be dealt with.
Among those who attended the
conferencewas Cleveland Welch, vice
president of the Cramerton, (North
Carolina) mills, who represented the
American Cotton Manufacturers' As
sociation. In an article taken from
a Washington paper Mr. Welch's name
headed a long list of prominent cot
ton manufacturers.
COMMITTEES FOR
SHOW.
FLOWER
The following members of the
Community Club have been appointed
on the various committees to help in
putting on the the flower show which
is to be held in the Parish House of
Grace church Friday, August 14th:
Mesdnmes Rufps Siler, E. J. Rob
eson. J. H. Way, Chas. E. Quinlan,
J. T. Semmes, Roy Francis, Bonner
Ray, C. S. Badgett, Joe Tate, Robert
Coin. Floyd Rippetoe, C. M. Dicus,
W. T. Shelton, Misses Alice Quinlan,
Frances Robeson, Caroline Alstaetter,
Sara Thomas and Mildred Crawford,
and Mrs.. T. Lenoir Gwyn.
f rom her
longed to
It has been announced that the ex-
now I know that aside, hibits must be in place by noon on
sympathetic spirit that
share with others their
Her immediate family held their sorrows she wanted to go where lies
ger, is v,-: ,ey kro"- for his pronounced
success in high elas developments in
Asheville and Lakeland. Florida. At
one time Mr. Horney was nracticin.'
law. with success, in this county
On August 11th. next Toe hy morn
irg, Horney Brothers will sell a large
boundary of fine H.i' wood county land
belonging to the Kdwards heirs, lo
cated in Pigeon Valley. The estate
of fiOO acres has been subdivided into
smaller tracts, each one well watered
and same with houses and barns. This
tinct has been in the Edwards family
for generations, and it is likely f
good many will be interested in buy
ing a portion of it. The farm lies
just off the hard surfaced Waynesville
Woodrow highway.
A Free Ford will be given away.
C. Frank Smith and W. E. Smith,
special representatives for Homey
Brothers, declare that Waynesville is
headed into a real wide awake real
estate boom, and that many profit
able transactions will be made. They
state that they will bring a number
of visitors here on the day of sale.
RATCLIFF COVE ITEMS.
Everything is moving along nicely
in the cove. The people of the com
munity are very much encouraged over
the prospects of getting our road put
in condition so we can get out in the
winter season with some ease and
safety. The county commissioners
have employed a number of wagons
to place rock on the road for which
they are planning to crush and mac
adamize the road for two miles which
will be of great benefit and conven-
mi mborship in the M. E. Church.
To this union the folllowing chil
dren were born: William Garrett
Reeves, deceased, who went to his
reward only a few years ago from
the old Reeves home near Lake Juna
luska; Mrs. M. V. Coman of Lubbock,
Texas; Mrs. R. V. Leatherwood of
Waynesville. deceased; Mrs. D. R.
Brndy of Pine Castle, Florida; Mrs.
R. W. Patton of Newport News, Va.;
Mrs. J. J. Cochran of Averys Creek,
Buncombe county and Mrs. Herbert
Gibson of Lake Junaluska.
Besides her one brother, two sisters
and five daughters above named, she
is survived by her husband with whom
she had happily lived for more than
fifty-seven years and twenty-one
grand children, all of whom will
rise up and call her blessed.
At about the age of sixteen she was
converted to an acknowledgement of
Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior
at a meeting being conducted in the
building erected for church and
school purposes where the small
school building now stands near
Long's Chapel. Among the minis
ters prominently connected with this
series of meetings, which proved to
be one of the greatest revivals ever
known in Haywood county, were Rev.
Mr. Spakes, Presiding Elder, Rev. Mr,
Cooper of Swain county, and the pas
tor in charge of the H. E. Church
where the meeting was held. Among
other converts in the revival was W.
T. Reeves, then a young man of the
community, whose parents and grand
parent were Baptists, but who joined
the M. E. Church, South. The prov
idence that brought this young wo-,
buried dust sacred to her. Too there
may have been that premonition
which I feel convinced souls have
that ere long she too would find as
the sleeping place of her weary body
a plaec among the departed.
Her hands were seldom idle. My
last sight of her was but a few hours
before her fata! ending as she sat at'.
her accustomed place on the front
porch of her home with needle and
cloth. She was thinking of others
and unless reading or conversing
with lloved ones or friends her spirit
Friday in Order that prizes may be
awarded before the show is opened to
the public;
The committees are very enthusi
astic over the coming event and in
spite of the prevailing drought they
are expecting one of the most success
ful flower shows ever held here. Music
will be given by the Gordon orchestra.
A list of prizes will appear else
where in this issue.
GUESTS AT HERREN HOUSE.
The following are stopping at the
Herren House on East street:
Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Moore and Mrs.
Malone of Dunnedea, Fla.; Mr. and
Mrs. Lynn Sheely with their children
of Morristown; Mrs. Fahey of Sa
vannah; George Cope of Savannah;
Mrs. George McCowan, Misses Ma
mie and Rhea McCowan of Florence,
S. C; Mrs. Edison, George Edison of
Atlanta; Mr. and Mrs. Bell of Mor
ristown.
FOR MISS PERKINS
Misses Grace Hipps and Dorothy
Lane were joint hostesses at a Very
enjoyable bridge and rook part last
Thursday at the Hotel Waynesville,
complimenting Miss Winifrou ' Per
kins of Lincolton, who has been the
house guest of Miss Edith Mangum.
Miss Caroline Ashton. holder of top
score in bridge and Miss Mary String
field in rook, were presented with
correspondence cards. The honoree
received a dainty handkerchief. At
the conclusion of the game an ice
course was served.
Those present Were Misses Wini
fred Perkins, Virginia Welch, Eliza
beth Smathers, Mary Ashworth Bar
ber, Harriet Boyd, Caroline Ashton,
Mary Stringfield, Anna Gordon Mc
Dowell, Tibbie Hardin, Edith Man-
gum, Agnes Lapsley, Nancy Crockett,
Ruth Tew, Pauline Welch, Ola Fran
cis, Marguerite Massie, Virginia and
Adele Ferguson, Katheryn Davis,
sabelle Davis, Eleanor and Virginia
Garrison and Martha Washington.
DOES THIS FIT YOU?
(Contributed.)
It has been oharged ' that some
Waynesville people are not loyal to
Mr. and Mrs. Chesley Magruder of
Orlando, Mr. and Mrs. Barley and the
Misses Borley of Leesburg, Fla. are
stopping at the Boil Air. The party
have just returned from a trip to the
western coast where they spent the
past month. Mr. Magruder, who went
as a delpgate to the Elks convention
in Porttand, Oregon, is a nephew of
Mrs. H. C. Lindsley.
Misses Annie Kirkpatrick, Gladys
Moody, Ruth Tew, iidwin Haynes,
George Patrick andr James Osborne
motored to Mars Ilill Tuesday where
they spent the day.
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quantity of lead m paint t iat determines its covering (hiding) cap
acity and it s the purity of the lead that measure? its endurance?
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