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ONLY NEWSPAPER IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY \ A HOME PAPER FOR HOME PEOPI^-ALL HOME PRINT VOLUME-XVn - ^ — - BREVARD. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1912. '1 l^UMBER-25 t DANCE AT THE AETHELWOLD Thei opening dance at the Aeth^ ©Iwold was given Wednesday night, and began shortly fifter nine o’clock. A large nnmber of invi tations had been sent oat, and two hnndred or more guests thronged the corridors and halls. The din ing room, which had been trans formed into a dancing hall, was heautif uUy decorated with patriotic banting; and wild flowers. Brevard society was largely rep resented, both by young people and married conples, many of whom took part in the dancing. Masic was famished by the Aethelwold orchestra, which occupied a part of the dancing hall. Near the head of the stairway leading to the hall a bdy and gen tleman served punch to the guests. Among those who attended were many strangers. It was evident that Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair had spared no efforts to make the dance a society event for the town, and their success was unmistakable. LIVE STOCK IN THE SOUTH Supplementing the active cam paign it is carrying on for the pro motion of the live stock industry in*the South, the Southern Railway Company has issued a booklet con- tai^ng much valuable information on the selection and raising of horses, mules, cattle, sheep, and hogs, which will be distributed among farmers of the South. This booklet was prepared by F. L. Word, live stock agent of the Southern railway, with headquar ters in Atlanta, who for the past year has been endeavoring to in terest farmers all over the South in raising more live stock. County and state fairs and live stock asso ciations are suggested as good means for creating rivalry among farmers of different counties and allowing them splendid opportu nity to see and study the best types and breeds. Mr. Word will gladly assist any farmer living along the lines of the Southern railway in improving the character and increasing the pro duction of domestic animals on the farm, his services being without chargo. The booklet will be sent to anyone addressing him. STATE H. AND I. COLLEGE We desire to call attention to the advertisement of the State Normal and Industrial College which ap pears in this issue. Every year shows a steady growth in this in stitution devoted to the higher education of the women of North Carolina. Including the training school, the college last year had a total enroll ment of 905 students. Ninety-one of the one hundred counties of the state had representatives in the student body. Nine-tenths of all the graduates of this institution have taught or are now teaching in the schools of North Carolina. The dormitories are furnished by the state and board is provided at actual cost. Two hundred appoint ments with free tuition, appor tioned among the several counties according so school population, will be awarded to applicants about the middle of July. Students who wish to attend this institution next year should make application as early as possible, as the capacity of C» the dormitories is limited. r " ’'Thrifty Swiss. f !niere are few beggars in Switzer* land, and two-flftba of the adult popu lation have deposits in banks.' The Reason. »Can you tell me, my boy,” sk!d the SnfeUigent instmctor, “why the race Is not alwnrs to the swiftr* “Tes’m." the small boy prompt ly. “It’s be<*!iase sometimes their tires bust'*—Bzchu age. Would Net Be Noticed. Applicant—yes, madam, 1 wish to Mcnre board, but 1' mast Inform yon I am a vegetarian, madam. Mrs. gUmdiet—Oh. that will be all right Too will not be expected to eat the meat. None of the others ever do. REraBHGANS ARE IN MIDST OF BI6 RCHT HADLEY BOOM STARTED IN CONVENTION Roosevelt and Taft Forces Are Fighting for Every Inch of Ground. The republican national conven tion was called to order in Chicago Tuesday, June 18th, at 12:02 p. m. by Chairman Rosewater of the na tional committee. The delibera tions were opened with prayer by Chaplain Callaghan. It required more .than five hours to reach a vote on the temporary chairmanship. Calling of the roll was beset with difficulties from the very first, but i|i the end Senator Root won by a vote of 558 to 502 for Gov. Frank P. McGovern of Wisconsin, with 14 scattering votes and four not I voting. Root’s elec tion was a point of advantage for Taft. The Roosevelt and Taft forces fought each other at every step. They were led respectively by Had ley of Missouri and Watson of In diana. The Roosevelt forces met their second defeat in the republican na tional convention Wednesday in a session which had for its outstand ing feature a wimarkable demon stration of nearly an hour’s dura tion in honor of Governor Hadley of Missouri. All the Roosevelt delegation joined in this demonstration, while some of the Taft states lent a voice. The ovation to the Mis»<»nri gover nor was quickly interpreted by many of the delegates as the possi ble ruliner of a boom for Hadley for president. One enthusiastic Pennsylvanian jumped to the stage and called, “Three cheers for Had ley, the next president of the Uni ted States.” Governor Hadley led the fight on the convention floor to oust ninety- two contested Taft delegates and to seat ninety-two Roosevelt men in their places. The convention finally refused to entertain the mo tion by a vote of 564 to 510. This transferred the fight to the committee on credentials, appoint ed just before the convention ad journed, until Thursday. Roosevelt members of the cre dentials committee, acting under the specific orders of Colonel Roose velt, broke out of the committee room at 10:30 Wednesday night after attempting to beat open the doors and bring all newspapermen into the room. The doors of the committee room were suddenly thrown open by J. J. Sullivan of Ohio, who rushed out with the cry, “All Roosevelt men walk out.” He was followed by Hugh T. Hal- brat of Minnesota, Francis J Heney of California, George L Record of New Jersey and other Roosevelt men. As they pushed open the swinging doors after Sul livan they cried out to the newspa permen: “All newspapermen come inside and see what they are trying to do to us.” Colonel Thayer, assistant ser geant at arms, shouted to the door keeper to admit no one. TheJloose- velt forces sh^ted again for every one to come in. Mr. Thayer called for policemen, who pushed their way through and kept the crowd from getting in. The Roosevelt men rushed out, saying that they were acting under orders of Colonel Roosevelt, Spanish Hen’s Eggs. •. The Spanish hen’s eggs, weighing seven to a pound, are the largest pro duced. Shook. Molly-r-You say yon shook all over when you proposed to her? Oholly—Yes, I did. " Molly—And how aboul: the girl? GhoUy—Oh, she only shook her headi (-London Modem Society. s. s. MASS MEETING Last Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock the Sunday school mass meeting, as announced in our last issue, took place at the Baptist ctorch. Quite a number of people of all denominations attended. The exeitJlSes began with music. A choir composed of singers from the different churches led in the songs and gave two or three special choruses during the program. An opening address of welcome was made by Rev. C. D. Chapman. Rev. L. D. Thompson presided over the meeting and annonnoed tlie program. The three-minute time limit for talks, owing to some absences, was increased to five minutes. Repre sentatives of the four Sunday schools were called on in t£is part of the progrom. Short talks were made by Rev. J. R. Owen, E. W. Blythe, Welch Gralloway, Rev. C. D. Chapman, M. J. Orr and C. H. St. John. The remarks made by till these speakers were practical and to the point. They all seemed to be heartily in sympathy with the movement and anxious to see all done that could be done for the ad vancement of the Sunday school cause.'* Others beside those ap pointed on the program were called on for their views. Messrs. C. H. Trowlyjidge, J. M. Hamlin and L. North had something of interest to eltpress. After the dismissal of the congre gation the Sunday school commit tees remained for a meeting in which the plans for the general canvass on the following day were discussed and completed. It was agreed to meet at the court house at two o’clock Monday afternoon and to start from that place at the same time in pairs. Monday afternoon fifteen or sixteen -of the appointed commit tees met at the sound of the church bell on the »court house lawn. There the committee on assignment of territory gf ve to each couple its directions and route of canvassing, and the parties then went forth on their mission. Each pair carried a booklet of questions to be asked at the houses visited. The questions were nine in number, and read as follows: 1. Name. 2. Number in family. 3. How many attend Sun day school? 4. What Sunday school do you prefer? 5. Will you enter at once? 6. If not, why not? 7. Will you enlist in the cradle roll? 8. Will you enter the hpine depart ment? 9. Where is your church membership? The canvassers were out all the afternoon, and some of them had extensive walks. As' a result of their labors reported in general meeting of the committee Tuesday afternoon several facts of interest were disclosed. Allowing for errors resulting from possible omissions, the follow ing statistics were figured out by the committee: Number of persons embraced in visitation, nearly 1,000; number of familie^ 252; number not .in any Sunday school, 346; number on cradle roll, 75 ; number enlisted in home department, 75; number of those promising to enter Sunday school, 112. From the colored workers the following facts were reported: 575 colored people in the county; 314 in Brevard; 100 in local Sunday schools. At Davidson River, popu lation 200; 111 in Sunday school. Those in county outside of Sunday schools, 261. Besides furnishing information for the Sunday school workers, these statistics give an approxi mate census of town and commu nity. NOTICE To farmers, clergymen, teachers and members of the Farmers’ Edu cational and Co-operative Union of America in Transylvania County: You are invited to be present and hear the state organizer-lecturer, J. J. Green, of Marshville, N. C., speak in the court house at Bre vard. Tuesday^ July 2. J. F. Farmer, Coonty Organizer. ALDERMEN MEET IN SPECIAL SESSION IMPORTANT ACTION ON WATER RENTS New Mayor Assumes Office. Committees Changed to Meet Recent Changes in Board. Pursuant to a call of the mayor there was a special meeting pf the board of aldermen last Friday night, June 14th, for the purpose of making elections and appoint ments made necessary by the resig nation of Mayor Breese and the changes resulting. Mayor Henry presided, and the full number of aldermen were on hand. On Mayor Henry’s election he had resigned the office of mayor pro tem. and city treasurer. One membership on the board and two officers were thus left vacant. C. M. Cooke, Jr., was elected to the the vacant place in the board of aldermen at the last regular meet ing. At the special meeting Friday night C. C. Kilpatrick was elected city treasurer and C. M. Cooke, Jr., mayor pro tem. The various com mittees had to be changed to suit the other chaneres made. After re vision the comxiiittees are as fol lows, chairman’s name leading: Street Committee—T. L. Snelson, C. C. Kilpatrick, W. S. Ashworth. Water Committee—C. C. Kilpat rick, C. M. Cooke, Jr., J. E. Cox. Sanitary Committee—C. M. Cooke. Jr., C. C. Kilpatrick, W. S. Ashworth. Finance Committee—C. C. Kil patrick, W. S. Ashworth, J. E. Cox. Police Committee—W. S. Ash worth, C. M. Cooke, Jr., T. L. Snel son. Light Committee—J. E. Cox, C. M. Cooke, Jr., W. S. Ashworth. A motion was made and carried that the ordinance in regard to the collection of water rents be in the future strictly observed. This ordi nance requires that the users of city water shall pay quarterly in advance on or before the 10th day of January, of April, of July and of October the rents for said water to the city clerk in his office. The failure to obey this ordinance de prives the person so failing of the use of city water. It was found necessary to enforce this ordinance on account of the difficulty in col lecting the rents by presentation of bills. Attention is called to the notice published in this issue by Town of Brevard. FARMERS’ UNION J. F. Farmer of Asheville was in Brevard this week on a general tour of this section, having in view the organization of local and coun ty farmers’ unions. He was dis- ai3pointed in his expectation of ad dressing a Brevard audience at the court house Tuesday night, but gave notice of a meeting here for July, when an attempt will be made to organize a county union. Already local or district unions have been organized at Little River, Blantyre, Turkey Creek, Boilston, Connestee, Selica, an^ some other places in the county. During a call at this office Mr. Farmer ex plained in brief some of the aims of the organization. The claim is that farmers belonging to the union are in a better position to buy necessities and to sell their products at a profit. The union as an organization stands for better schools, for a higher type of morality and citi zenship among the people, and for improvement in agricultural and industrial conditions. The parcels post is one of its cherished plat forms. Mr. Farmer left Brevard Wed nesday, expecting to visit other points in the county. WOODMAN MEMORIAL SUNDAY Last Sunday morning at the Bap tist church. Rev. J. R. Owen preached by request a serinon to the Woodmen of the World. Quite a number of the order were pres ent. Mr. Owen took as his text I. Tim othy 5:8: “But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith and is worse than an in fidel.” From this text Mr. Owen preached a thoughtful and earnest sermon. He dwelt upon the fact that this is a day when the feeling of brotherhood and responsibility to others is taking hold of the minds of men. He praised warmly the sentiment which prompts the erection of a monument over the remains of those who have died. In every man’s death he saw a thing of moment. As the world is richer by the birth of an infant, so it is poorer by the death of a man, whether he be a good man taken from a great work, or an evil man whose soul should have been saved. In the afternoon at four o’clock the Woodmen observed Memorial Sunday by decorating the grave of L. N. Townsend, who was buried at Oak Grove. His death, which »oc curred last winter, was the first break in the ranks of the Woodmen since the founding of the order eight years ago. The monument, costing $100, was erected last week^ and will be unveiled in the latter parlj of July with Woodmen cere monies. WESLEY EDWARDS ARRESTED Wosley Edwards, the twenty- year-old nephew of Floyd and Sidna Allen, and the most youthful mem ber of the Allen clan engaged in Tho murders in the court house at Hillsville, Va., was reported cap tured at Clay City, Powell county, Ky., Thursday last. Young Edwards is under indict ment at Hillsville, where trials of other members of the clan are in progress, and will be turned over to the Virginia authorities. The capture of Edwards leaves only one of the eight men who gave such a remarkable exhibition of outlawry at large. He is Sidna Allen, the leader of the band. Af ter the court house assassinations Sidna Allen and Wesley Edwards rode off to the mountains with the other Allens to defy capture. One by one the outlaws have been run down, but Sidna Allen and his young nephew, who knew every foot of the mountains, successfully eluded pursuit until Edwards, foot sore, hungry and dispirited, was captured today. Chief of Police Pettit received a letter Tuesday morning from Frank Wyatt, of Jackson, Ky., who knows both the Edwards and the Allens, saying that Sidna Allen and Wes ley Edwards were headed toward Clay City and giving him a de scription of the men. Pettit took the tip and watched all trains and roads leading into the city. He arrested his prisoner as he was boarding a freight train to leave Clay City. Sidna Allen, it is believed, will continue in hiding. He is an older man, and a leader, ard fears that his surrender would mean death in the electric chair. Edwards’ youth may save his life. The outlaw claimed to know nothing of the whereabouts of his uncle. ALL-DAY SINGING There will be an all-day song ser vice held at Cathey’s Creek Baptist church (using the patent note book) on the fifth Sunday, June 30. Glady Branch church and Sunday school are especially invited to at tend with their books and baskets; also Orr brothers, Gillespie and McCall, and other leaders of music are invited. Pastor Owen also is especially invited to attend. , / • Joseph M. Orr, Manager of cereinpnies.
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