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FORMS CLOSE—Thursday Noon
Friday Morning^ May 11, 1909
Isn’t it queer that a republican
president isn’t able to find com
petent material in] his own party
for a federal judge in North Caro
lina? President Taft has nomi
nated Jndge Connor of the State
Supreme Court to fill the office
left vacant by the death of Judge
Purnell. There were republican
candidates galore, but the presi
dent could find nqne among them
'who did not base his claim to
the office on political activity.
Str:ange that Taft didn’t consider
‘ ‘political acti vily as a nkcessary
qualification for a judge. This
may be only the beginning. If
Taft is hunting for g:ood material
in the south we commend him for
his judgment—the democratic
party is the place to find it.
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BREVARD’S.WATER SUPPLY.
A committee from the new
Board of Aldermen visited the
Brevard water shed and intake
last Saturday and report things
in bad shape. If our town hopos
to retain its reputation for a pure
and healthful water supply a few
things are imperative without
delay.
1. The building which covers
and protects the reservoir is rot
ting down, and the ov^erfiow out
let was nearly choked up with
decayed wood which is falling in
the reservoir from the rotting
building. If we expect pure wa
ter to drink the old building
must be torm away at once and a
new one construeted. In this
connection the Mayor suggests
that the new cover be construct
ed of screen wire with galvan-
~ ized pipe and cablies as supports.
No wood whatever in its con
struction.
2. The little pond at the intake
must' be enclosed to protect it
from becoming a bath pool for
dogs and other animals.
3. The water shed is being de
nuded of its forest growth—es-
^ pecially the chestnut—and the
presence of men and teams is
having its influenc*e in injuring
the quality of the water supply.
While our monthly analysis gives
us “very good” water,: it is the
imperative duty of our town to
purchase the water shed and
fence it. The beiief is prevalent
that when the Brevard Tannin
Co., which owns the land, have
removed the chestnut wood, the
land can be bought at a very
reasonable price, and the town
should buy it.
These are sensible recommend
ations, but the town hasn’t the
money to buy it and improve the
water shed, even in* the interest
of health, so there seems to be
no alternative except to issue an
other series of bonds. We must
have pure water—but how?
> BOSMAN HIGH SCHOOL.
Last fall Prof. N. W. Walke^,
State Inspector of High schools,
came to Transylvania to look into
the high school situation in this
county. After making his investi
gations and reporting to the State
Board of •Education, that Board,
basing its decision on the report of
the State Inspectbr, located tljie
high school for the western high
school district of the county at
Rosman. This high school district
includes the townships of Catheys
Creek, Eastatoe, Gloucester, and
Hogback.
Prof. A. B. Riley was elected
principal of this school with Miss
Nannie Jordan and 'Miss Kittle
Zachary as assistants. The com
mittee was fortunate in the selec
tion of teachers, as proven by the
earnest efl'orts put forth by each
member of the faculty to start the
boys-and girls in such a way as
to enable them to begin the work
of manhood and womanhood with
out handicap.
About twenty boarding students
were enrolled representing every
township in the high school district
and'otiier sections.
The school closed its first session
the last of April. The program for
Thursday evening, April 29, was
an excellent one and was highly en
joyed by all present. Because of
the very heavy and incessant rain
on Friday, April 30, the program
for that day was deferred until
Friday evening. May 7. In * this
concluding exercise the debate be
tween the young men and young
ladies was both interesting and in
structive. The judges rendered
their decision in favor of the af
firmative, the side of the question
discussed by the young ladies.
Some say that this was because the
judges were all men, but others
say this decision was rendered be
cause of the fact that the young la
dies really put up the best defense.
After the debate the gold medal
given by Miss Nannie Jordan for
“Promptness and Attendance” was
delivered to Miss Dora Whitmire,
who did not miss a single day and
was tardy only once during the
whole session of twenty-nine weeks.
The evening’s program 'was con
cluded by an address from Rev. J.
R. Owen of Brevard. This address
was-^excellent, interesting and in
spiring, an appropriate conclusion
of the closing exercises of a sue
cessful school term, the first term
of Bosman High School. C. S.
muzzled i^Kthe field or woods it
shall be prima facie eVidence ttiat
the owner of such pointer or setter
dog has violated ^^he provisions of
tJiis act, and tipoH conviction such,
owner or liis agent shall be deemed
guilty of a misdetneanor and shall
be fined not more than fi^ty dollars
or ^im'prisoned’ not longer than
thirty days, t at.
Sec. 3. This act shall apply only^
to the counties of Guilford, For-
sythi, Iredell, Moore, Yancey,' Tran-
sylvania, I>avidson, Durham, Green
and Johnston..
Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of
laws in conflict with this act,are
hereby repealed.
Ratified this the 8th day of
March, A; D., 1909.
CONFERENCE AT EAST FORK.
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Last Saturday Presiding Elder
W. H. Willis held quarterly con
ference at East Fork Methodist
church. Ii^ connection witJi' tbe
conference a good part of the day
was devoted ^ to addresses and dis
cussions on Sunday schools and
Sunday school work. Revs. Willis.
Tuttle, Starnes and Professor Jones
of the Brevard Institute took part
in these discussions and made sev
eral excellent ,talks. Mr. Willis
had some impoi'tant things to tell
about the mission of the Sunday
school. Mr. Tuttle gave a very in
structive talk on the qualities of a
live superintendent, in whit;h he
referred to the great work of the
former superintendent in the
church at Breyar^d,-the late Fitch
Taylor. The pastor, Mr. Starnes,
made a very thoughtful talk on the
work of Sunday schools and their
importance as agencies for good.
Professor Jones showed how the
teacher should prepare the lesson
and present it to the class. A bas
ket dinner was served at noon in
I the church. Although the congre-
! gation was small, the^ Sunday
school conference was quite a suc-
cessi* and- its- work ^^s calculated-to>
produce excellent results.
A Grateful Boy.
A gift always opens the door of an
Eskimo heart, fleelares Knud Rasmus
sen in “The People of tlie Polar
North,” and then tells the story of a
little orphan boy whom he ran across
in his travels. . ^
I had a little pocketknife In my
pocket, and I jTtesented it to him in
order to establish our acquaintance.
It was assuredly the first time in his
life that the boy had ever had such an
experience as to receive a present. I
assured him that I really meant it
Then, without a change of expression,
he snatched the knife out of my hand
and ran off. I did not think that I
should see any more of him and was
just going Into our tent when he came
running up with- a piece of walrus
meat, which he pressed into my hand.
“Thou gavest, s^e; I give, too,” said
he, and his face sik)ne with grease and
pride. But from that day forth we
were friends.
Kajoranguaq had no relatives at all
to look after him. He was everybody’s
drudge and slept In an old ruined
building, where he said he was very
comfortable. He could not have been
more than ten years old at the outside,
although 6iere was little of the child
about hind, but after he came to live
in our tent we noticed that he began
j to sing when alone, and "after awhile
he would beat time to his singing on
a little' tin box, so in spite of a life of
neglect he got a little Joy now and
then.
Stotemqi^t of the Conditioii Of the
- . ^ OF BREVARD, N.
At the close of business Wednesday, April 28th, J909-
RESOU^CES
Loans and discounts--^ $156,427.74
Stocks and bonds ' 3,140.00
Furniture and fixtures 4,719.14
Cash in other banks — "30,872.56
Cash in our vault- ^—--5 10,819.76
$205,979.20
UABILITEES V
Capital stock ^ $ 50,000.00
Su9pltis ; -— —^ 16,500.00
Undivided profits : ' 2,790.32
Deposits 121,688.88
Bills payable ^ 15,000.00
We pay interest on Time Certificates of Deposit.
I offer a reward of TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS for
evidence leading to the conviction of the parties responsible for
th^ recent conflagration of our woods in Boyd Township.
Evidence shot4ld be submitted to Messrs. Zachary &
Breese of Breva"^?- -
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A. B. RILEY, or E. E. LEWIS, sole patent right for county.,
Aisr ACT
Prohibiting Hunthig JJogs From Him-
ning at Large JDuring the Breeding
Sea,son of Birds,
The General Assembly of North Caro-
lihia do enact:
Section. 1. From and after the
passage of this act it shall be un
lawful for the owner-or any person
having the charge of any pointer
or setter dog to permit the same to
run at large unmuzzled during the
breeding season of quail, namely
from April 1st to September 1st of
any year.
When any pointer or set
ter dog shall be found ranging un-
No Wonder Jim Went.-
An excited tni^dte aged lady'bounced
into the local poltbe station the other
4ay and accosted the officer on duty.
“Where’s my Jim?” she demanded.
“Beg pardon, madam—dog, I pre
sume?’* said,the officer.
"Don’t you dare to presume nothing
of the kind,” snapped the lady. “Dog
Indeed! No, sir! Husband—my * hus
band. He’s missing, disappeared, de-
camped”-- ,
“lou don’t say so r
“But I’d have you to understand that
I do say so, young man. Hpw dare
you sit there and flatly contradict a
ratepayer—leastways the lawful wife
of one? I’ll report you, sir. Do you
hear that? I’ll report you I Where’s
my husband?” ■'
“My dear madam”—
'“F.ow dare you ^call me your dear
madam? - Do youvj^hlnk I come here to
be insulted? I telKyou my husband
has decamped, and you sit there like a
dummy! What dp/you think of that?”
'“Well, madam,” “res^nded the polite
inspector. “I haven’t the. pleasure of
your huslMLnd’s acquaintance, but I
should say he’s a_very wise man. Con
stable Blunt, show this lady out”—
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