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Our County—Its Progress and Prosperilij the First Duty of a Local Paper. 'T. -1. AUXKi:, Mun.in-cr. BREVARD, TRANSYIiVANIA COUNTY. N. C., FRIDAY. MARCH ;!(l. lf)0(i. VOL. XI-A'0. nsylvania Lodge No. 143, Knights of Pythias lleuuliir convention ev ery Tuesilay nisjflit in Ma- so'nie Hall. Visiting Kniiilils are I'ordiallv in- to attend. T. W. WHITMIRE C. C.Q EDUCJLTrOTsT. Shall We Vote the Special School Tax for Better Schools? Brevard Telephone Exchange. iiorK.^: Daily—7 a. ni. to Ut p. ni. Sunday—M's to 1(* a. ni.. 4 to t> ]>. ^'enti'iil OiUce- ..Mi'M inn iJlork. Professional Ccrds. W. B. DUCKWORTH, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Investigation of Land Titles a Specialty. Ko()i>i-; 1 and l2. I’iel-celsiint'r J>uiluin<r. ZACHARY & BREESE ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW Offices in McMinn Block, Brevard, N. C. WELCH GALLOWAY, ATTORNEY-AT LAW. I'raetices in all the courts lloouis 5) and 10, McMinn Hlock. D. L. ENGLISH LAWYER I loinns 11 and McMinn lilock, nrvKVAIlI). X. Miscellaneous. T'he ^thelwold ihward's New Hotel—Modoi’n ]>ointnients Oi)en all tin* year Tht' ]»atrona”'e of the travelin*:' public iairc a^ well as smnnier tourists is solicited < Court House. Hi'evard, N.C. ]{-j_P-A-X-S Tabules Doctors IIikI A ,2;oo(l ]>res(*ri[)t ion For mankind rhf*' Ht pack<.-t S'; (‘iioiiirh for visniil occasions. 1 :!.• la-iiii V bottle (lio coiituin.''a MU'I’iy f. ra vcar.' All ><-‘11 them. Jury List. At a nuu'tin.ir the Board of Comity ('onnnissioin'vs held Mon day. March otli. lUOn. tIk' following; ])ersons ^V(‘re dvawTi to si'rve as ■jurors at the next t«‘rm of tlu‘ 8u- i)crior (’onrt of Transylvania coiin- XX. which will co7iv(‘nce Monday. A]nil •rudi^e ^\^ H. Allen ]>re- sidinir: l-Ilx’ST WKKK. .1 M Neeley \V N (.’illesiiie .1 ltul)t Whitmire 'F 1^ L'icklesitner . ,1 L Thomas ,\1 M |]rvant H 1C ^Vhitnli^•e I'aul Woodlin .loliii L Drake .1 .1 I’atton .lasper N M.-Call ,1 H Heed. Jr .( J, Carren \ A Cassell .) M Case Mark B 13a<,nvell \i .] Wilson lohn B Allison, sr D ].)aveni)orl .1 L (iravley W H (Jrosjan AV L Aik.Mi 1) M McCall K (' Neill 11 M Miller .1 11 liishop .1 (i Flolden C' M Kilpatrick W .1 I vay W c Lyday .Ino C’ Harwell M W (Jarj-en .1 allies li Whitmire W <) Bracken Kdwin 1 *oor .) W McMinn .1 M Zachary L [•: I'owell M D Chai)inan I .1 c (iallo'vay I’reston Allison 1’ 1' Kilpatrick SKCOXI) WKKK ^ Callatnore A H Whitmiie T Henniu" .1 C' lleid F Allison I'M Powell KTpah Alexander L' L Morris \V k Osborne <-' I’ Urr W H Henkle Whit .1 Nicholson K M Whitmire W P Wilson t) i: Lyday VV L Mull ■'Vaverly D Morris E I" Kennet)ioi-e i> ]•: Mc^iuire 'I' 1j .Snelson John t-’ Deaver .1 (Jasion Neill 'r (■ (Jrant 'J'ilden Jii>e;-'e WHK'H SHAKK IT HK? I'ditor Sylvan \':’iley News: Tho (ini'stion of votinir a tax for a t:rad(‘d school on tht‘ ■|)(M)])1o within a certain boundary is aj^i- tatin^T tlu' |)(*o])lc‘. Sonu' art' for and sonii* a«rainst it. I wish ])ub- licly to cxprcs niy o])inion on sann'. I am as niuoh in favor of I'ducation and ^ood schoids as any man. hut I think it is a ;;r(‘at mistak(' to vote any mon' tax on the ])eo])h‘ now whil(‘ W(' arc t;!Xc'd to our utmost cai)acity. Some claim that our taxc's arc low(‘r than ahnost any otlu'r ])lac<‘, but considi'rinir our ])oor facilities for making mont‘y I think W(* are tax('d higher, 1oi W(‘ cannot mak(‘ on(‘ dollar sur])lus momw wlu'ri' in most })laces th(‘y mak<‘ five—that htis bet*n my obst'rvation. and I have travi'h'd a irrcat dt*al. And W(* farmers. tak(‘ what it costs to T.iKikc a bushel of corn and the cost of raisinir cattle and th(‘n take out our taxes and how w»' stand. Our thinking men, I ask you to ])ut in figures tlu' co.^t of your living. ])ay your just du(‘s to your church jand pay your taxt's and th<‘7i sch* I what you have' left for a rainy day. ; T woi-k all th(' time and at the (“nd I of the y('ar aftt^r all my obligations i have b(*<‘n nu't I hav(‘ no sur])lus \p-i money left, tind I feel that I can ' and (h) manage as wtdl as tin* av(*r- mun. Still st)m»‘ v%'ant to ]>ut on mori* tax(‘S and think that is the I way to ])rosperity, btit I think it a drawback to our town and county. I h(*ar some* say that many ix'oph* would locati'! lu‘r(\ but they coni»‘ and iiKiuiri' and S('<‘ that v\e have no good graded s(*hool and eons( - quently go awtiy and locate (*lsi*- wlu‘r(*. You are mistak('u ; 1h( v I first in(iuirt‘ Avhat tlu' taxc's an*, land t'V(*n if tlu*y think th(‘m lovc 1 then 1h(*y find out th<‘ poor faeili- j ties for making monc'y, so th<'y set* j that th(' taxi's an* higln'r lu'rt' than i cls('\v]u*re, and tlu'y say at once I th(\v can’t stand that. Even if th(*y stay to b(' b<*n(*tit(Ml by our d(*light- ful climatt* th(*y l(‘ave th(*ir taxable ])i‘o])(*rty som(*wh»*rt‘ else*. You who ai*(‘ afraid sonu'will not locate h(‘n* on account of the ])ub- lic school system, just take tlu‘m by th(‘ arm, carry th<*m down and introduc(* them to th(‘ Bn‘vard In dustrial School. 1 beli('V(' it wcmld suit tlu*m, for w«* all know it to be ;i school st'cond to none in the stati*. But if then* an' some who should say tlu'v want(‘d to ])atroniz<‘ a graded .school—althoiigh I am fully satisfit'd tlu'n' would not lu* any— but in eas(‘ thert' w(*n‘ a f(*w who lu'ld back on that account, tln'v an* a class of ])(>oph* who want to gt‘t ! tlK'ir childn*n edueat(“d at some I one i'ls(*‘s t*x])ense. and are a hin- i dranc(* inst(‘ad of a h(*lp to th(‘ I town, tind we do not mn'd tlK'in. I Just eit(' th(*ni to som<‘ other ])lact‘, : for a man who is abh' to (‘ducate I his childn'n and tin'n Ivants to j vote a tax that he may get them j (*ducat(‘d by thost' whom h(' thinks ] more ahl(‘ or who have' no childr(*n I of th(*ir own, is v(*ry narrow. I i am p<*rf(‘ctly willing to pay a .school i tax to run a school for tlios(‘ who ■ are not abh* to (*ducatc their ehil- ^ dren, but I do not want to ht'lp edu- icate a man’s ehildn*n who is able to do so liimself. Soni(‘ say it doesn't matter with the manager of the Industrial school wh(*th('r th<‘ hoTne i)('0])h‘ ]>atr;)ni/,(* tha.t school (H* not. that it call 1)0 filh'd with ])U])ils from (‘1st' wluM-(‘. That is all true, hut they an* glad to hav(> all of our hom(* })eo])l(* pati’oniz(* the school rt'gard- l(*ss of denomination. And again soni(' will say they cannot accom modate all ; W('ll, I am satisfied that when it is filled to its utmost c-a- ])acity rath(*r than turn thi' honi(* ])(M)])1(* awav tlu*y will ('nlargc! their building. It is tln'ir intention to do all tin* good th(*y ])ossibly can and to edueatt' as far as ])ossible. 1 can’t .se(‘ how any can complain, for it is certainly as thorough as any school. I am not talking at random, but know whereof I s]>eak. for I have ])atronized the school from th(‘ first day to th(' ])rf*s(*nt tiniiv Soni(‘ may objt'ct as it is a M(*thodist school. Trm* it is run TTuder the manag(*ment of th(* Methodist cliun'h, but I don’t think any one ne(*d havt* any scru])les on that account for they t(‘ach th-‘ bible and not cre(*d ; but if sonu* ])reier another scliool on that ac count th(*y should go ahead and build ('aeh a school of tlu'ir own. I have ht*ard .some of our town ]H'o])l(' say that thi'y W('r«‘ ashanu'd of th(‘old ])ublic .school hons('. Well you might be ; I mn ashamt'd of it for you, and I think you should hav<* had a 7H‘W one years ago, but I think you should do as otlu*r dis tricts hav<‘ done to g(*t oii(‘. I was always of th<' Davidson Riv(‘r dis trict. and wIk'U Davidson Rivt'r chmH'h was burnt'd W(* ju'oph* w*i*nt ah»‘iid and built a school hous(‘. About four yi*ai\s ago Davidson Rivt'r district was <livid(*d and I was ])ut on th»* new district, tlu'n we all wi'ut to our ])ockets and got niont'y to build a school housi*. And also I h(‘l]x‘d to build tlu' Brt*- vard Industrial school. Now wii(*n a nc^w school hous(‘ and b(‘tt(‘r school is needed in Bn'- vard I !im taken from Davidson Rivt'r and put in Brt'vard district to hel]) build it. I am o-i)])osed to it vat(‘ s;‘hool. I sav(‘ t by sending to a grad('d .school. W(*ll, is that right.'' It must couk* ofT som<* <m(*, and ]ik(“ly soni(* who have: stuggled ha?‘d to f'ducat(* their childn'n and whos(* chi]dr(*n an* all too old to go to .school, and he will still have to woi’k hard to ]>av a tax to (*dueate youi’S and mini*. Xo ; it is not right until our town is largc'r and ta.\'<'s low(*r. X(jw W, if you hav<' the ])oor so at lu'art let m<‘ ]>ut you on to a ])lan. L(*t ('V(‘ry man who is abl(‘ .s('ik1 his ehildn*n to a pay school and h't the tax moiK'y hir'* on(' good tt'aclK'r (for that will Ix' ])h*nty if tin' ab](' on<*s ar<* tak(*n out) and tlu'n' will b(* ])lenty of money in tlu* trea.sury to run an ('ight months school tV)r them. But as a rul(' tlu^ poor man with ('ight or tt'n childn'n .s(*nds th('m -i (n* r> months and is th«*n coni])elled to k('('i) tli(‘m at honu' to lielp him mak(' a su])]xn’t, for lu* cannot af ford to shoe and cl<.)the tlu'm for eight or nini> months, and W and t)th('rs who are able to ('ducate gel the benefit. Now you .spi*ak of 25 • hildn'n on one stre(*t in Brevar<l. I know’ their ])ar('nts an* good, hon orable citiz('ns, abh' and more titan willing to (‘ducat(* tlu'ir childrt'n. and for any one to hint that tlu*y W(*re not wotild tak(* it as a gross insult. I think W is quit(' broad in his n'mark that ]>eo]di' talking against voting th(* spi*cial school tax is a r('f]('ction on their intt'lligence. Ih* says ••th(*v art' not ])ost(*d and hav(‘ no rt'icard for tin* truth.” Sonu' of us may not Ix' so well ]»ost(*d, but I know W(' ar(* truthftil and hont'st. I am not trying to V(»fe down tin* ('ducation of tin* poor, but 1 think we can makt* out with our ]>r(*S(‘ni school faeiliti«*s. as tliey an* bett('r now than th(*y have t'ver ln'(*n. So W nt't'd havt^ no f(*ars of our being n*duct*d to vagabonds, cut throat^ and criminals, for our citiz(*ns, (*v<*n among tlu* poon'st class, hav(' al ways bei'U ]X'ac('abl(' and law' abid ing. ('oni(' out, rt'gister and do vour dutv. W. H. A. than from o]X'n Iions(>s o7* any oth('r cau.s('. Tlu'ir f( ('t ar(* not only w(‘t but cov('red with mud Th(‘ mud dri('s in the school room and Ix'conu'S dust. What is mort- obj('ctconabl(‘ than a crowd of chil- dr(*n in a dusty room? Swee]) and dust? Y'(*s, advice is (*h('a]). It tjikes fr('(jU(*nt washing to n'move th(' dust. Look at the .sc]u)ol re:.>;- istei' and S(*e tin* avi'i’age: attend anc(* of tlu' ('nrolh'd. What is tlic 7-('co7-d of th(' ])ast thirty years? St7-c('ts h.'ading 177 (*ve7-y di7-ectio7i i> of 7H07-<* im]K>rta7ic(' just tiow than a .school biiildi7ig. It is just as easy to ])ay tuition as to ]>ay t;iX('S and k(*ep u]» re])airs of a .school building until th(' tow7i is r(*ady for a first class gi'aded school. If W(' had b(H*n 7nore faithful iti the work at hand duri7i<; th(* ]>ast t('7i y<‘;iT-s. W(* would be all of o7ie mi7id nov/ and there? would bt* no burdt *ns to cai‘7'y iti 07*der to secure a first class school builditig. ‘ Wliat tneau y<! that y<* gri7ul the faces of tli<' poor?"’ B. CNK MOKK OBJKCTIOX. lCdit(^r .Sylvan Valley Nows; The int('r(*st inpo]mlar educatioti has n(‘V('r b('('7i so i7tt(*ns(' i7t B7-('- vai’d as now. ()77<* 7-(*as(»7i advatict'd as a ])l('a for a gradt'd school is fV<'(' tuitioii to all who 7-(*side i7i the dis triet. In 7tiy o])inion frt't' tuifitjn is 77iost assun*dly. so77ie say that an* a disgraei'. Too, I have heai'd j the ])ooi-est inct'ntivt' to sti7nulat«'a th(* public schools i desire for ('diicatittn. Xothitig Wliy is itV Is it I ch( .11) is ('V('r ai)]M-eciat('d. A school th(' t('achers' fault? Xo; I know- you hav(' had fin»> teaehei-s. The7-e is 710 t('ache7* Avho can 7*u7i a good school t'xci'pt lu* or she has th(' su])])ort a7id co-oi)(*i‘ation of the ])are7its. Pare7its 7nust 7uake their childn'n ktiow to oh('y atid n'spt'ct tlu'ir t('aclu'r a7id if not W(* will ni'ver ha v<* a w'(*ll disciplined school, h't it be public, gi*aded, old fii'ld or private school. If ])an*7its do tlu'ir duty the school will In,' a succ(*ss. atid 7iot U7itil tlu*n. Xow, let us g(*t 7-ight atid hav(* good Dublie and ])rivatt' schools, tind if tlu' ])ublic mont'y does not run long (*nough it could be 7-un by sul).scri])tion to ti 7iin(' 77i(mths .school, and wh(*7i we ai’C 7noiv able W’e cati hav(' ii good gi-ad»*d .school, and I l\)r o7K* will theti favor it. W. H. Allison. P. S.—As my article did not ap pear last W('('k I will 7iiake a few n'ma7’ks on W’sartieli'. lit* claims that th(^ g7’aded school will tln' most benefit to the poor, is when' he and 1 differ. I think it lu'lps such 7nt*7i as 7iiyself a7id 7nen who an' ahh' to edui-att' our ow’ii childre7i. If I ])ay tax(*s on iSG,000 then I x>ay ^l<s,00. W't'll, I pay on my four childn'n at a pri- buililing with rootns sufficii*nt to acco7nnu)date .six o7‘ t'ight teachers a7id as 7iiany ])U])ils as tlu*y could i7istruc-t would si*(*7ii an enc'onrag- ing outlook for B7*evard a77d h<*7- di7-ectly int(*r('sted citizens, but is the building tlu' 7nost i7nportant itc7ny W’^ould it not lx‘ tlu' i)art of wisdom to consider first locjition and ap])roaclu'S to tlu' buildi7ig? If the Tow'x is too busy a7id too 7nuch involvt'd in debt to opt*n more stn't'ts and to draiti thost' that htive hmg bec7i th(' pro])t'i'ty of tlu' town so as to 7iiak(' the7ii useful du7*i7ig the w'int<'7- 7no7iths su7-(*ly an i7i- creased indebted7H'ss would not Ix* wis(‘. The 7nost co7n7non exeust' for faihirt' to titt('7id school has bec77 th(‘ 7uud and v\'at('r ba7’i*i('rs. The child7’(*7i coming fvo7ii the' coimtry must hav(' ])aths during th(' wint('r wh('r(' tlu* grass has bet>n l('ft to g7’ow 77i su7n7ut'r. Paved sidi'walks is otily a theory. Ix' of i Nuni('rous streets h'adi77g into That I town frotn all directions and al lowed to grow up in grass and wi'ed.*»! duri7ig th(‘ suni7ner would he sufficient for foot ]>aths for the ehihb-en during tlu' wi7itt*r. Mort' childnm lost' their lu'alth and ('V('n- tuallv their lives from wet feet Following is tlu* bou7ida7-y of the ])roposc*d sp(>cial distrie-t: lieginr.iiig at the month of tl)(*ci*eek v.iiicii enter." ilie I’rench IJroad ri\e»‘ .') ! tlie we.-'t side at the uppc!' eiid of the .1. (’. Cooper farm arui rtiiis down and with >aid river to the cornei- Ik- I'.vi'on .1. W. Mill^ a.nd W. i'v. ().si»;M'nc, tin'U with their line to the pnldic r.Mil lt;ailiiig from iJi't'varti lt> 1 lenderson- vilie. then with their liiie to the back line. ihiMi noi'tii to thf ’rransylva- nia railroad, then a ^ti-aiyht line to whert* tlie piililii,’ roail U-aili.’ii:' li-i.iu ih-fvard to A.'>hevilK- <-rosscs th<‘ ;ii>t< creek north of W. 11. .Mli.son's rt‘:.'i- dt'iicv’. tlien a woL nmrsr* a straiyht. liiietothe to|> of tiie* mountain at the. junction of the ridue wiiirh divliies t ie Wi.te ■> of iTet'k ii uiii the watt.'rs of IJridj^t' c'.'eek. then aloiii;'anti v\ I'.h ;lu‘ riil;^!* wl'.Icli (1 i Vi(^-s the w.it rs C.eun' er-M'l-: rroiii the w.ii-.'!-> ol aiiu Ivir'i;-' crfi-k t<> lmc junction of tile idiim* wiiicii di'. iin-s the waier-' of Daviiixui river from tiie wjiters (d' Kings »*i‘eek. then a ^oult - we"t course a Ion;:' the top of said ridge to tlie junction of tlie rid;^t* th.il (jiv; ' ■ • )f -;f (’.iLin-ji J’ etc<‘i\. liicn (111 eonir.<* along said i-idye to the' top of tlu; IJiekorynut mountain, tln*n a soutli- e:ist course al<»ng the ridge that di- viilt's the waters of the ea^t fork of Catheys civek from the waters of ili'ushy creek and Nicholsons i-i'eek to tile roa,d leading lr<;m IJievai-d to Mass Kuykendails. the.'i a strai^hl line to tile jmblie road at the top of Rocky hill nea!- Clady Branchehiu-cl', thePi a straight line t(‘ die CL;i’.r.ty home, then a sti'aight Mnr to the la'-id of the creek that empties in;o tlie river at the upper end of thi* .1. ('. ( oopei' farm, then down a’.id with said creek to the bejiiiinin”-. .Said petition wa,s gran‘’ed and snid election ordered to he heltl on Tues day. the iMth day of A]>ril, Kei^istrar—W. M. Henry. -Indies— W. H. (iro^an and L. K. SerujLigs. Joe Ciiiuioii .say.s lliat lueti wlio write articles for ma^razines, could study conditions in Wash ington for ton years, withonl knowing: anything. Is it po.s- sible congress has it.s tracks as well covered as that? Ilewaid .UlOO. The readers of tills paper will b« pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has t)een able to eure in all its stages, aiul that is catarrh. Hall’s Catarrh (’ure 1.S the only positive cine now known to the medical IVaternity. (’atarrh b('ing a constitutional disease, re- (piires a constitutional treatment. Hall’s Cattarrh C ure is taken inter nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaoe.s of' the system, thereby destroyiuji the foundation of tlu' disease, aiul givhig the j>atient strength by building up the constitu tion and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollar- tor any case that it fails to cure. Seat! for list of testimonials. Address: F. J. CiiEXLY Co., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by druggists, 7oc. Take Hall's Family Pills for con st ipation«
Brevard News (Brevard, N.C.)
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