Keep Your Eye on the Vote.
Oali Grove Baptist is Still Leading.
While ““wars and rumors of wars” may shake the eastern hem
isphere from i-eiiter to circumference; while contlagrations may de
stroy cities, and statesmen disappear from the arena of usefulness,
the Church Painting Contest is still the “paramount issue” in this
mountain section. This is the third week, and the results are all
that we could liave expected, but there is yet little indication as to
which will will. We learn that the students of Broad Valley Insti
tute have decided to make an effort for the prize, and our readers
need not be surprised to see that school in the lead by another week.
Votes are deposited in a locked box as they come in, and the key
is in the possession of Superior Court Clerk T. T. Loflis, to be
opened only after the contest closes. No changes can Le made after
votes are polled. All contest subscriptions begin with Feb. 1st.
Oak CJiove Baptist, Tiptop 591
Methodist Church, Brevard oSO
Brevaid liaptist ;247
Union CMiurch, Toxaway 19(>
Broad Valley Institute. Enon 1-8
Presbylei-ian Church, Davidson River (54:
Catheys Creek Baptist 48
Presbyterian Church. Brevard
English Chapel. Davidson River 32
Uncle Zeke.
‘“Train up your boys in the way
they should hut by all means
«lnirt train tlwiii in the way you
came. All I'ailiers tell I heir boys
h<»w different thinjjs were when they
were youii};? hut just let tive or six
old chaps jj^et the stove to
talk over old times an<l watch them
look about to 1h‘ sure the b«)ysaie
not within earshot bet'ore they turn
loose. In the Sunday school books
the«>‘ood boys <he youn^-, and I sup
pose that is the reason there are so
few good old men, but a tew of us
oscapod, and the boys, like them,
should beoood while they areyounjr,
tor the d.iy coineth when they will
also sit by the stove and swap yarns.
So young man be jfood, but don’t
die before your time comes and be a
walking <orpse on the face of the
earth, but crowd all the fun possible
into the game, tor the time is not
far off when all the tun you will get
out of it is thinking of the fun you
once had.
I d^n’t know as the world ow’es
me anything for lun, for I believe I
kept all accounts j)ietty closely col
lected, and now 1 would prefer that
some of those accounts be stowed
jiway in the archives of the past, to
he covered with the dusty cobwebs
of forgetfulness, and if Jirother
Douglas or Brother M(M>re should
question me about them 1 might de
j>art a little from the truth and say
M never done it.’ 1 suppose all nien
who did not get iiilo the Sunday
school books have some accounts on
life's ledger they would be glad to
use an eraser on, and they do well to
iidvise the young men to neveroj)en.
The practical joke tliat is forgotten
in a day will cotne back in after
years, and ofttimes affords more
amusement than at the time it was
enacted. Practicid jokers have their
tun, but there are times w’hen the
laugh is turned on a fellow', as 1
learned once on a time.
In the eastern states railroad com
panies fence their right of way.
When a young man 1 secured em
ployment w'ith a contractor on a road
in southern New York, and for a
time w’e made our homes ten miles
from town, with the family of Uncle
Hi Saw’yer. Uncle 111 was a long,
lean, old yankee, homely as a slump
i'ence, rough as ;i corn cob, but with
a heart as big as an ox and brim full
of good-natured fun. Dancing was
iny besetting sin, but it was here the
old man drawed the line, and danc
ing was an abomination. We changed
<juarters going into town and one
<lay the contractor expecting the in-
*./^ector on the works sent me over
ifHi road to .see that the gaps were all
<ilo«ed, etc. When I reached the
Sawyer farm I could not resi.*>t drop
ping in for a call. The old man was
jiway from home, but the young
I)eople said if I would stay over we
would have a dance. I knew Uncle
Hi would be against it, but it was
worth an effort. The young people
from the neighborhood were invited
and all was ready wiien the old man
returned. After supper I hsid him
cooped, trying to work into his good
graces. He stofxl it all right till a
youmr nian with a fiddle under his
arm walked in, then he kicked. We
smoothed him down and started the
dance and kept it up till midnight
when we proposed to stop, but Uncle
Hi said “we come to dance and w'e
must (huice it out.” When we
stopped the ilance the sun was peep
ing in the windows. I did not get
away that day, as the old man toted
me over the country from one place
to another, arriving hoine about sun
down; and then I learned there was
another <lance on foot for the night
w hich lasted till four o’clock in the
moriiing. I turned in for sleep only
to be aroused for an early breakfast,
and 1 put in another day with the
old gent. But late in the day I
njissed him and he did not show
himself until after supper. He said
he had been over to call on neighbor
Johnson. The poor man was in a
bad way and everybody worn out
with w'atching, and he thought it
my Christian duty to go and w'atch
w ith the sick. It was a hitter dose,
but I .said I would try and stand it,
and Uncle Hi went along to start me
off right, and he so impressed me
with the responsiftlities of my posi
tion I was sure the man would die if
I failed to dose him every hour. I
attended strictly to busint\ss, nearer
dead than alive, until near daybreak,
when the relief c unean<l I w'ent over
to Uncle Hi’s and turned in and
slept until supper time. As I tum
bled into the room the old fellow*
was lan^hi.ig enough to split his
sides, and then I learned that I had
bee!i nursing a good, sound, healthy
sleeper, and dosing him with sugar
and w'ater. Uncle Hi had it on me.
I got back to town the fifth day
and had to do .some tall talking to
.square myself with the boss.
Zeke’s Valentine.
i In my mail of Monday, February
j 15, I found the following letter and a
; neat little handkerchief with “I love
U ’ w’orked in the cortier. (^aroline
; never gets left, even on Valentine’s
Day. Zkice.
I Hakdscrabble, Feb. 14.
i Deare Zeke:—Will U B sure an
cum home next fiiday. Ikie run a
I sliver in his big to, Liz an her ho
1 has had a f us and slie w^ants you to
i bring her a Green ribbin for her hair;
john Slims folks is got the hoopin
cof and Kate Grunts l>aby is sick.
' Rashuns is short and I hav got the
, roolin pin tied up, I send U this lit-
itle Valuntime to show u i hat my
luv for u haint never growed cold
ner flickered a bit, I don’t much like
f’er u tu go off among so meny wim-
men but u jist look at this letter and
think of Caroline
Notice to Taxpayers.
As all taxes for 1903 are past due,
and I am forced to lew for collections,
all those in arrears will take notice
that they will save expenses by calling
and settling at once. This is the last
call. J. C. KING,
Tax Collector.
New Way of Advertising.
New Firm. New Prices.
We invite the attention of the people of the
county to our stock of ^oods and especially want
them to compare our prices with those of others.
W^e have a good stock of general merchandise.
We intend to advertise by selling our goods at
such low prices that people will have to trade
with us. ‘‘High quality and low prices” will be
our motto.
Jenkins & Duckworth
Phone 20.
Pickelsimer Building.
Brevard Banking Company
STATEMENT JANUARY 2, 1904.
Capital $ J5,000.00
Surplus 2,767.08
Deposits 80,851.54 ^
$98,618.62
Loans $53,306.29
Furniture 567.51
Cash in other banks and in vault 44,744.82
$98,618.62
J. F. HAYS, President.
THOS. H. SHIPMAN, Cashier.
NOTICE.
Weilfs Cash Store^’^Clearance Sale of Odds and
Ends of Shoes, “Dry Goods, potions, etc. UUill con^
tinue until March 27th, '04, We have big ban
gains. Overcoats must go now below cost.
Yours truly,
W. P. WEILT.