ONLY NEWSPAPER IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
A i*ai»i<::r kou iiomi-: iM-x)pr^K—ifomk i’rixt
VOLTLME-WII
R]{EVAin), NOlJTIt CAh’OIJNA, FlilDAY. MAY :5, 1912.
IN MEMORIAM
Mrs. Allison
Th(' ininisti v mii>t sluir*' liis sym
pathy with 1 very liumaii sorrow—
witli tl . Iliat it mat
t 'rs tiot 1m\v I'ittcr tin* ti'ai’, or liow
<lt's])airiTi^' il: ' sorrow. Ht* must
tnrn asid, tMl ilu* lir.iidn'ds that
r*',ii)ico to It; liis tears witli the
ono witli >. VI’. ■ w :nir heart.
But this (1 '!'< not stay the foun
tain of sorr, when (h'atli liovei-s
ahi)ut }ii' owM ::resi(h‘. Let iK'avt'u
hi* <;rai‘ion- t > 'iiin who, hi'avvwith
Vt'ars, is ca^^ 1 t ) sit in tht* slia(h-s
“f th(' even :r_’. !)v a vacant chair.
It is likt' I/' down an aiicicnt
»>ak tliat I; >ltath‘(l tht* fam
ily nian^ii ri. 1 ienc(‘foi‘th the Lrhii’i'
. witli its car(‘S and
■ u])i>n tht' \vido\v-
1 T li.Tt' is notliin;^ to
t' or shiehl liim from
i t of misft)rtune. It
:,l liand wt're witli-
■ wiiu; of his aniri'l
'1 evi'ry movement
^ i'T-<)ULrht liim to tlie
of tlie w. r
vicissitut!'
t'r'sh('ar*
hrt‘ak this ■
tlie full W' i
is as if lii"
('Vt'd ; a> it’
was hr ok I ■
that lu' ll::i
^M-ound."
For fii't'.
.hi7i(‘ Wil.-' M
votodly ill'
her Inisha T' i
tisod into •
B;;])tist cV'
tecTi yi'ars.
churcli Vo
.!• years Eli/aheth
i>; sacrt'dly and dt“-
iiiii'iaire vows with
;.'V. K. Allison. T.ap-
feliowshi]) of the
■ ;it tht' am* of four-
' ke]»t sacn-d lu'r
until God's liuirer
Me
'le])t. Sunday
toucheil lier ■ ’
aftt'rnoon, \ ]■•■'] ‘.’1 . I'.'lv.
'riu' ])o.'ts >• •■■•ik of (h'ath as ‘-de-
liilhtful." a> ‘-down,” as the
‘•wakinir fv* m
fi'vers intt: t
Tenderly and
din.i^ liirlit !;■ ■
U])OTl tile d( . T
wearv niirht
if
truth and liurlit."
irsly the sht'd-
fi' 'rn tlie Holy l>ihle
i"'d of the sainted
and drives .iway
])ass thrortir'' ’!
loU('ly valle\-.
]>ind liush.ir. 1
and childr! 1 . aiv
maculate ih .-
drawn wit) .'ir
tj’i'mhlinir f-a. .
Sister Alii."..'!
thrt'i' sc'oi'e
till' eud sli-'
satisfaetioTi ni;
run. Urotlie’-
ril'd t)cf<n'l- t'
education. 1;<
ti^aehi'r as w ■ '
helpini^ irreat.
TUt'Ilt of lii- I
])rc]ia ration
>crmons. i'.y
encouraircTUen ■
t lu'ir ft'ars as thi'v
■■ shadows of tlu'
^'l■t The ties that
I’id wife, mother
■ so ])ure aiul mi
ca nnot he with-
iwinu' tears and
! '::id illled ht'r fr.ll
; teTi yi'ars. At
^ 1 look hack with
" tlie race slie had
\' :<on having mar-
■mjiletion of his
. ife ht'came his
liis companion,
■n the improvi'-
1 '■lisli and in tlic
'i (lelivt;ry of his
1 -y sym])athy and
sii • was largely in
strumental U' 1: .'ikijii; of her hus-
hand the Ux i.;] .md consecrated
minister that ^ ■ i'. Wliut a (h'ht
of f^ratitud(> Ji.- tl,(»usands whotn
he has led to Jie ]\hister owe to
i voti'd wife who
)i rha]>s often weary
■ her hushaiid ^av('
^ :_M‘i'at work. Per-
-1: ■ irreatest in the
Ii'.tvrn will hi‘ num-
unrewarded
crying for
now nnder-
her strange
this faithful :i
kept the he.n;
find lone, whi-
himself to ti.
ha])s amoiiL'
kin^kom of
hered these l.vnnhle.
servants oi ' mI *])
The littL child.
“urandTna" ■ ? not
stand the My-*, j-y ,,f
silenc(N hut . thei- years tuay un
fold the mv-tcry and trace the
lesson of the s;; 1 vtory.
May His li .ci- and cc>mfort, sus
tain and kc( ]> tin -orrowin^ family
nTitil earth ; i o\\> are no mori‘.
Her pastor.
J. R. ()wi:x.
RESOLUTIONS OF SYMPATHY
Whereas. (,..(! in Jiis all-wise
providence ha< taken into his k»*e])-
in;X hy the ha?id of death the inoth-
oi* of our he],ived brother, Ti. \V.
3Iarshall;
j]o it re.so]v.‘<L That W(s, tlio mem
bers of Conneste*' Lodj^e Xo. I.
0,0. F., dec])]y syni])athi'/o with
our brother in Ins h(‘reavement,
and while howins^ to the will of the
Almighty, we reco^ni/e his loss as
onrs through tin* i)onds of brother
hood ;
That these resolutions be recorded
in the niinutes of the Lodf^e, and a
copy ??iven to tlie Sylvan Valley
Isews foi’P'll^lication. .
T. (’. (4alloway,
T. D. ExiiLAND,
<'llAKLKS JOLLAY,
Committee on Resolutions.
GRADED SCHGGl ENOS
SUCCESSFUL SEASON
ATHKNfAX SOCHrrV WON
SJLVKR L<)V!N(; CU P
I’raycr
Piano l)iu‘t “C'avalry .Varrh”
Mi ssrs lluikwoitil I'.nd Kilpalrirk
Di'ilaniatidn Recitation coiitosl bs'twt'cn
thf Lilrrary Soiii'tifs.
Atlifiiiaa Nonpi'.n II
Carl Hardin
A‘;n<'s Kilpatriik
Cliarli-s Xi/hols
Marv'aivt
Milo Urown
Olivia llanroi'k
Lee \\ hitmirr
!’carl I'ai lkn' r
THE NATION MOURNS
FOR LOST ON TITANIC
POLITICAL VIFAVS OF
CORRESPONDENT
A
' Annual iaterarv A.iMu s,'^ Kcv. .1. M. ilcnnrl♦ I
; i)t‘livi rv ot' Prizes
Coninienccment Exercises WoU
Attended and Children Ac
quitted Themselves.
NEEDLESSLY BLIf'D
Chorus
Till' P>revard (traded sehixil came
to a close hast week and lliecoin-
nienci'nient e\ei-cises wei'e held in
the Tii'w Auditorium Thursday atid |
I'KU)AY, S I*. M. j
“Mornin;^ invitalioii” j
j Twelve Lir’s ;
' l'ml)rella Drill Sixteen !>oys j
i Soni; “('ominn Thro’ the Rye" .Two Cirls j
: l*antoniime “Massa’s in the Cohl, ('old |
j Ciidund” I
I .May Pole Drill Sixteen (liris ,
I’antoininie “lA'ad Kindly Lijiht" |
Fourteen liovs ;
Predicts Election of !)emocriitic i
President No Matter Who is
Nominated at Baltimore.
MAHSIIAl.S.
Xonpareil —Harold Hardin, Chief; Lee j
Whitmire, Osear .lollay.
.Athenian Overton Lrwin, ('arl Hardin.
briday. I he term just closing I i’iano Solo—"Pa.ul Revere’s Ride'
])os.-ihly the hest in the history of ' “oi^j Dav at Plunkett’
I • -
the schooL 'I'he work done the
])ast se.»sion was of a iirst class or
der and the ])U]>ils inade ra]»id
strides in eilncational lines.
It is Tiot yet deiinitely known
who the teai'hei’s will he for the
next term, the election not havintr
hei'ii held as yet. hnt it is rhouLrht
hy many that the school hoard can
»io no helter than n'-elect thi' en
tire, cor]»s of teachers that has done
such ;^ood work for the past few
m(»nt hs.
< )ne of the hest f“atures of the
“LIFE OF AYGOCK’
‘•'Phe Life and S])eech('s of ^
('harles B. Aycock" is the title of a I
new hook now heiui; ])ri'])ari'd fori
publication by Mr. K. 1). \\'. ('on-j
noi-and Mr. ('larence Poe assisti'd ;
by num«*rous friends of the late
e,\'-Lrovc7-nor. 'I'he ])ook will not
past term was tlu' work of tlie two
lit.M-.irv sn,M..ti,-s-thc .\llir>n:ni i '> ""'I pirtiin.sc|Uc
un.l N.:ni,;nvil. Tlirs,- t .vo 1 "f i:'>v.Tn..r .-\rr,.rkV |,,-r-
ties I'.avi' been the livest kind of I
sonalitv. character and cai'ci']'. biit ^
hi:
pi-o])ositi«)us. anil much ;,^ood Tia-
tured rivalry was manifested in the
various contests. Tlh* coiitest be-'^l‘*‘‘'‘
tween the two societies had as its
L'l^al a silver cu]) offeri'd by Mr.
lieunett and ,\ir. Kiley for (Excel
lence in athletics, society work and
‘jri'ueval scholarshi]). In athletics,
debaTi's and declamation there wasj
a tie, and the tinal decision waS|
]>iade on ixeni'ral school wtu'k in the!
four uiqier Lrrades. j
After carefully i-roiivj- ovcj- thej
irraih's of the mcmher.>, of the two'
societies for tht' entire term ir was
lit will also contain the cream of
])ublic a(i(li''-ssi's and ])olitical |
ht's. incliitlnm' tin' s|:(‘echhei
had ])r»'])ared for delivi'T-y in Ka-|
h'i.izh, April I’.'th.and which many!
I’t'o'ard as unsurpassed by him in j
all his life. 'J'he book will be I
brought out in handsome form |
fi’om the jiri'sses of Doubleday.
Paire tSl' Co., of Ne •' Vork, and will
sell cloth bottnd at a cot>y.
That it should have a ])lace in the
botik-cast' of every North (’aroli-
nian and bi' read by tJie childi’en in
! every X.>rth <'arolina home, jroes
i without saviui'.
it seems lik(‘ a sacrih‘'j:e to write
a p()litical nt'ws letter from W'ash-
inu'ton whi'U Tiearly ('verybody
b.ere is in miuiiMiin^ for the heroic
souls of this city and of tlie nation
will) v»'('ut down on the sti'amshij)
'I'itanic. and tin; news columns of
all the ])a])ers are tilled with noth-
intr <‘lse.
The only ]X'rson I knew on that
fated ship was Ahijor Archibald \V.
Butt, til*' ])crsonal aide of the ])resi-
dent of the rnited States. 1 have
known “Archie" Butt, as tn'i ry-
body called him who knew him and
loved him. for over tifti-eu years.
H(' was a contt'm]»orary of mint' in
the conuri'ssi. nal ])i‘ess tralleries
foi- fiv(* years until lit' entered the
military st'rvice as a lieutenant and
assistant quartermasti'r L'l'ueral.
II I' not only madt* i.>-ood in t'uba but
in the I’liilippnies when he wa^
called to Wa-^hinnton. and on ac-
couTit of a i.eairnijici'iit article that
lie wroti'. I
■!it Koosevelt ad-
found that the Alht'nians had won
tlu'cni.liv of i-oinf. Th.M-npi Imvo
amn-a.-a t.v ill-. T. I,
WMvin av,-rv sju't.,-I, |
til.- slimns „r tl„. ui.inrrs. : >‘V('r ulV,1
The !^old medal offcrt'd by Mr. !
P. 1\. Ayres for the student havin'j:;
the best rec'ord for attendanc
; in North Carolina, is I'asv to fori
see. Dr. Albert Anderson, lialeii;h,
N, C’.. is business mana;^er of the
. T4. 1 1- 1 ' proiKtsition and all reiiuests for
])nnctuanty and taitht ulni'ss in j ‘ ' ^ ‘
school duty, was ^"ivi'ii to Aliss |)o-
cia (.'asc, the medal beinix ]tresented
l)y liev. .1. K. (hven in an a]»pro-
])riate sjieech.
Jn view of the fact that tin* chil
dren had so limited a rime in which
to ]>ractic(^ for the cHtmmencenuuit
c'xercises thi.'y ac(|uitt('d themselves
admirably. Every one on the jiro-
t^rani did their ]>arts in a hrst class
manner.
The declamation contest betwecm
the two societic's was a- very int('r-
estiii^ featun? of th(' proi^ratn, and
the ci_>ntestants wi're etjually
matchi'd. Kev. J. H. Owi'ii, J. \V.
DucivWoi'th and ()ra L. .Tones weri'
till' jud,!4(‘s and they wi'ri' called
Ti])on to make a very closi'decision.
The ri'sult of this contcst dccidml
one ])oint in the winninir of tin* sil
ver CU]). Tlu; decision wi'ut to tlu*
Athenian .society.
After the declamation contest
the annual literary address was do
livert'd by Kev. J. >L lienni.'tt of
S\dva. This address was listened
to vt'ry attentively by all pres('nt,
and it was a master])iec(‘. It is a
w(‘ll knoA-n fact that few men have
the factilty of holdin*; the attention
of children at commencement time,
and Rev. Bennett i)rov('d him.self
to he one of the few. Wc are very
sorry we cannot print his sjieech
in full.
Tlio following was the program
for the commencement exercises :
THURSDAY, 8 P. M.
Chorus—“High School March” ...Ten (hrls
Dialogue—“Which Will You Choose”
Two Boys
Pantomime—“Last Rose of Summer”
Cow Boy Drill Fourteen Boys
Recitation—“Minuet” Ina Zachary
Japanese Drill Nine (iirls
Song- “I Don’t Want to Play in Your Yard”
Doll Drill Eighteen Girls
Play—“Si Slocum’s Country Store”
FRmAY, 10 A. M,
Song—“Carolina” By School
a^^ents' terms should bo si-nt to
!him. it maybe siritl in this con-
j nection that Dr. Andi'rson, Mr.
('onn>;r and Mr. Poe are all doinu:
their work as a labor of love and
without ri'ward or ho])e of reward.
The Tiublication of the hook is bi'-
ini^ rushed with all ]>ossible s])eed
and it is hoped to have it ready for
deliv(‘ry within a few weeks.
In oriU^r to maki’! th(‘ most lite-
lik(' possible characterization of
(Governor Aycock, Mr. Connor and
Air. Poe arti askini^ his friends in
every ])art of the state to s('ud
them any authentic reminiscences,
incidents, anecdotes and conv(>rsa-
tions of any kind regardin'' (Tover-
nor Aycock that will sIkhI light on
his character, iH'rsonality, and
power. Any readers recalling any
such incidents will confer a great
favor upon the editors by writing
tlu'in at once.
COMMENCEMENT AT INSTITUTE
The commencement sermon will
be ])reached Sunday morning. May
::^(itli, hy E. K. Hardin, from Rock
Hill, S. C. Mr. Hardin is one of
the most ]>romising young minis
ters of that state. He is a gradu
ate of Wofford (’ollege, and during
his under graduate c«3nrse there he
won high lionors as an orator, not
only in his own society hut in inter
collegiate and inter-state contests.
Since his college days he has stead
ily advanced and is now holding a
very ini])ortant charge.
President O. S. Dean of Weaver-
ville College, Weaverville, N. C.,
will deliver the address to the
graduates Tuesday, May 2Sth. Pro-
f(‘ssor Dean is a graduate of Emery
College in Georgia, and has had
charge of some imnortiint schools
in his own state and in Louisiana.
Sine© his election at Weaverville
the college has developed remark
ably. He is a speaker of nnnsal
oratorical ability and a man thor
oughly interested in the develop
ment of Western North Carolina.
mired it so ni;;.‘ii tliat lie maih' its
autht»rliis military •tide whi're he
has been evei' sinct'. .\11 I wa’C to
say is that all the beautiful tliitiLTS
that bav(' been said aTid writleTi
about “Archil'" Butt lias been
beautifully dt'st'rvi d. foi- ll.eie
never lived a man who was more
izenerous or kindly or chivalrou.x or
LTt'ntle than ‘•Archil'" Butt, lb'
lived a iri'Titleman and died a her.i
Till' ])olitieal situation from a
presiih-ntial sta?idpoint is Ttecomin^
acute, 'riie latest phase of the sit I -
ation fri;m a rc])ublican stand])oint
is the tittitude of Mr. Roosevelt.
His rt'inarks on the stum]) lately
have become vt'TV siirnilicant. The
other day he said, ‘T Ihitik wc are
going to win the JiLrht tbisyt'ai-;
but if W(' do not, we art' in ft>r
three yt'ars of the war.”
Now that means something to
the democrats of this country, and
I want to tell them about it. At
the i>resi'nt writing Mr. Roosi'velt
is t'ugagi'd in a liirht for tlu' rc])ub-
licaTi nomination in Chicago. If he
wins that it will be upon a platform
embodying the new ])olicies that lit'
is now advocating. He could not
alYord to stand upon any other
kind of a ])latform.
Aftcv (’hicaixo will come the fight
against the common enemy, whieli
is the democratic jiarty. If nomi
nated in Chicago, Mr. Koosevelt
must tlitui try his fortunes with
the electorate, not as an old fash
ioned but fis a nt'w fashioned ro-
l)ublicaTi, also as an assailant of
the third ti'rm traditi<in.
If Mr. Roosevi'lt lost‘s at (’hicago,
and Mr. Taft or another is nomi
nated on a jilatform which does not
embrace Rooseveltism, will Mr.
Roosevt'lt su]>])ort the ticket or will
till! war go on? Will he try, I'ither j
by inerta or activity, to defeat the
Tberi' are estimated to te one
hundred thousajid blind i-.e - ijis,
old and young, in {]iis c'TiU^ry
Not less than fivi“ hundred of these,
live in North ('arolina . Iiad it ever
occurreil to you, gentlt; r.-ader,
that at least st'venf li \’e to (,m;
hundl’ed of tlv'se tved Hot iiaVC
bi'en blind—oiight not to havt
biM'n, anti would not liave b. en—it
])ro])t'r ])recaution and ])reveniiv.>
measur 's ]iad bee?i e!,i]'loved in;
mediately aftei- their birtb. V
“What biindnt'ss i.leans ti»;',n ir.-
tellii;(‘iit, ca])al)le num or wom.;n,
to (juiiit' tilt! wonls (ii ;i bi;?i(l maT'
who ha.s, in the lace oi liea\'v ''Ud*'
taken his jilace in th:‘ world witJi
signal succ(‘ss, “is somi'tiiijij: Vvl'.ich
only the Lonl and ihe devil and
those, v.ho enduri^ it know ;;7iy-
thing about; in their blackest
nightma.res, those with siLrlit can
not evt'u imaLTine it." it i-
])OSsi])le to ])revent nnich i f .-'Ucii
anguish seems not To bave dawned
u])on the averagt'citi;/('n. is sucli
ignoranci' and indiilt renc • not
criminal, ])o>itivi‘ly v/iel-o li: Then
who is responsible^
From out* fourth t • one-tiiinl of
all blind chihlren lost* th< ;-i;.riiT
from what is usually iv.llnl ••son
(*yes." “in!]am?nation," cf '. Thi.-
is rt'ally • •o])lit halnda neonato
rum, ' a o'ei'm dis('a.-e, wiiieii can
be curctl if tak^-n in 1i:v.' :,n 1 th.i'
1 )i'o])cr remcdie.s used. hes,> pi'thi>
dit's should be a])]>lii'd as.noua.-
thi' child is ]/orn, whetii -r any
signs of infl.iiiimation ai^e disco\-
ei'ed oi^ U’ t. The rcMiedy will do
no hu’-t : it ma\’ save yo’ir childV
siglit.
If tht' e\t's. nost', moutli and ear^-
of every new-born babt* should Ik’
1 ilionMurlilv washed irnms'diati'lv
I after its birth in a weak solutii.)!’.
j of 1 oracic acid (bora.v water , one
' ib’oj) of a s(,lu1ion of nitrate of sil-
\'er. not .-troiii,'i'r than o?ie ])or
j cent, put ill the .svt's. and tlie child
thci'eaitei' kej)t c!ea!i, blindiit'ss
aniomr children in oui’ >tati' would
be reduci':! at least twenty-five per
ci'ut. Do you reali/.e wliat that
would mt'aii to the one liundred
homes in North (’arolina i;i which
there are cliildreu ■•needlt'.->sly
blind" V
And are yt>u aware v\b.at it woulil
.save the state linancially to tlm.-
pri'serve tht' siirht of all such ehil-
dri'uV Xot less than s'.-jo.oosi a, vt ar.
Is it not worth the etV"rr/ Then
dot's it not behoove evt'ry one to do
all in his ])t»wt'r to s]>read The in
formation :intl seek ti.) bh'^s tlu'
homes inte* which thi" little ones
come? Li't every motht r heed thi"
warning and jireserve the sight of
her child.
John I-'.. iLw,
Princijtal Statt> School for the
J’.liml, Raleigh, X. C.
CORN CLUBS
Prof. T. Frank Parkt'r will meet
the ctu-n club bt)ys in diCf rent ijai't.-
of the country next week for tht
])urpos(^ of giving them instruction
in methotls of work for this ^»um-
mt'r in ordt'r to si'cure the irreatest
possible ri'turns. As it is just the
beginning of the corn .si'ason, these
addresses i)Ught to jn’ove of grt'at
hent'fit to the yming farmers, anti
tU-kot j U the'proiacm tluit I
c-onfrcnts the ,Kirty to- '>!>portn-
day. They do not know what he
is going to do, therefore they can
not tell what the reijublican jiarty
is going to do in this year of grace.
The republican party is really, in
nity of hearing from Mr. Parker
all he can tt'll them on this impor
tant subject.
Prof. Parker will he at Penrose,
high school at S p. in. Tuesday,
- 1 . XI 1 -1 I May 7; at Biward court house Pt
fact, between the devil and the '
a. m., Wednesday, May n; at Ros-
man school house :2 p. m., Wednes-
deep sea. If it does accept him he
is a defeart'd man, for the reason
that there are 000,000 in this coun
try in the republican party who
w'ill vote against a third term can
didate. That means a democratic
president, no matter who is nomi
nated at Baltimore.
Chas. a. Edwards.
day. May s.
CARD OF THANKS
During the last illness of Mrs.
Elijah Allison there were many
friends who assisted in various
ways and were always full of kind
ness and sympathy, Wc take this
occasion of thanking them and
The cottage on Jordan street, until re-
cenntly occupied by W. R. Wiley, has been .
rented for the summer to Mrs. G. C. Min-!
turn of Slidell, La. The house was asking for God’s blessings upon
opened for summer guests on May 1st,' them one and all.
under the name of “Minturn Cottaere.” j The FAMILY,