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VOLUME-XVn BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, FEIDAY/JULy1^1912. "nDMBER^
FARMERS’ INSTITUTE
We wish to call the attention of
our readers to the Farmers’ Insti
tutes to be held at Selica Saturday,
July 27, and at Penrose Monday,
Jnly 29. The institutes this year
promise to be better than ever yet
held, but to have them so it will be
necessary for the directors to have
co-operation of every one who de
sires to see our agricultural condi
tions improved. Special attention
is called to the Women’s Institute
feature of these meetings, and the
women living on the farm are
nrged to attend. The women’s in
stitute are of far more importance
than the institutes held for the
men. Their lines of work are of
far more importance than making
corn or other grain, or any line of
agricultural endeavor. Their work
is the building of the home and the
rearing of the family, and they
should be properly equipped for
this very important work.
As an inducement to get them to
come out a priae of fl.OO is offered
for the best loaf of bread baked
and exhibited by any woman or
girl living on the farm. Town
women cannot compete for this
prize. The following conditions
are to be observed: The exhibitor
may use any kind of yeast she pre
fers, but salt rising bread will not
be given a premium. Not that it
is not good breud, but the directors
want to get the women in the habit
of making bread easier than by the
salt rising process. That process
is too slow, laborious and uncertain
The following wore card will be
used in judging bread: Flavor 35
points; crust—color, depth, texture
20 points; lightness 15 points;
grain and texture 10 points ; crumb
—color and moisture 10 points;
shape and size 10 points. Size rec
ommended: 7%x3%x2%. This size
is not obligatory.
The meetings will be held at 10
o’clock. Since this will necessitate
some provision being made for din
ner, it has been suggested that the
farmers bring a basket of dinner
and hold a farmers’ picnic, when
the farmers of the different sections
could come together and discuss
farm questions. Should this pro
gram be carried out the day would
be profitable to everyone present.
SAPPHIRE NEWS
Capt. Ragweed, tinder command
of Col. Rain, has won the battle.
This section is badly in need of
sunshine.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Miller spent
a few days at the home of William
Rice, near Cashiers, recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Fisher have re
turned home after spending the
fourth with friends at Rosman.
Nellie Grimshawe is visiting her
home folks at this place.
Mr. and Mrs. Napoleon Miller at
tended the revival meeting at
Union Sunday.
Cleave Nicholson has returned
home after spending a few days at
Selica.
Granville Fisher visited his pa
rents at Lake Toxaway recently.
Mrs. Carne and three children, of
Chicago, are stopping at Fair View.
Paul Fugate of Sapphire is spend
ing a tew days at Mont vale.
Mr. and Mrs. Milford Dunn and
Miss Alberta Dunn of Fairfield have
gone to Waynesville to spend a few
days.
Mr. Nathan Galloway of Rosman
is spending a few days at Montvale.
Mrs. Patton Crisp and Mrs. Corne
spent Saturday with- Mrs. Morirow
at Femland.
E. M. Backus has sold his beauti
ful home, Camp Sapphire. Mr.
Backus will be greatly missed in
this neighborhood.
Thomas Grimshawe, of Flat
Bock, vi-itsd his brother, Dr.
Grimshawe. at Montvale recently.
Arthur Miller made a flying trip
to Brevard Monday.
William Burlingame spent Sun
day with homefolks at Montview.
Mittie Nicholson has returned
home after spending a few days at
tbe home of William Parker.
W HIPPOOR WILL.
FRED EMBLER KILLED
BY COLLAPSE OF WALL
SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT
ROSMAN
J. B. Allen and Carts Miller Se
riously Injured, But Are
Expected to Recover.
A serious accident happened at
Rosman last Tuesday in which four
persons were injured and one lost
his life.
A brick wall was being con
structed for a drying kiln for the
Gloucester Lumber Company, and
several men were at work upon it,
under the direction of J. B. Allen,
who had the contract for the work.
Owing either to some defect in the
construction or to the bad effects
of damp weather, the wall, which
was about twenty feet high, gave
way and fell in a heap. Some of
the workmeiri were caught under
the falling brick and received seri
ous in !uries. Fred Embler, a boy
of fifteen, was crushed about the
chest, receiving internal injuries
which resulted in his death.
Those injured were: J. B. Allen
of Hendersonville, contractor and
bricklayer, badly hurt about the
leg and hip.
Carts Miller, aged 16, dangerously
hurt on the head.
A brother of Contractor Allen
and Virgil Bannin of Boilston,
slightly injured.
Carts Miller’s case was consid
ered so doubtful that he was taken
Wednesday morning to a hospital
at Asheville.
Fred Embler, after the accident,
was taken in charge by liis relative,
Rev. Mark Osborne, and put on the
afternoon train to be carried to his
home at Hendersonville. Mr. Os
borne accompanied him. The
young man was unconscious from
the time he was put on a cot in the
baggage car^ and died as the train
passed Penrose. The body was
taken on to Hendersonville.
The deceased was a son of J. P.
Embler, a well known carpenter of
Hendersonville. His stepmother
was a daughter of the late H. C.
Osborne, and formerly a resident of
Penrose. He was a member of the
Baptist church at Hendersonville.
CARD OF THANKS
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Embler of
Hendersonville express their thanks
to the people of Rosman for kind
ness shown their son Fred at the
time of the accident which resulted
in his death.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Embler.
Hendersonville, N, C.
VALUABLE BOOKLET
In furtherance of the movement
to advertise the beauties, resources
and advantages of Western North
Carolina, the Southern Railway
company, through its passenger
traffic department, has just issued
for extensive distribution through
out the United States an extremely
attractive and comprehensive pub
lication descriptive of that region.
The booklet contains numerous
handsome illustrations of the
South’s mountain resort country,
and describes in detail over one
hundred and twenty-five cities and
towns along the Southern Railway
in that section, giving accurate in
formation concerning the mountain
trails and points of scenic intarest.
The great industrial development
now going on in Western North
Carolina and the vast opportunities
awaiting those who will come into
the state and take up either manu
facturing or farming is told in a
most interesting way. , The wide
distribution which the ^uthern
railway will give this publication
is expected to attract an unusually
large number of tourists not only
for the summer season but as per
manent residents.
THE COONTOWN MINSTRELS
The Coontown Minstrels met
with a very unusual reception at
the Auditorium last Thursday
evening, when an audience num
bering probably four hundred peo-
ifle came out to see a minstrel show.
Everybody was in a happy frame of
mind amd were expecting to bring
the fourth to a good finish by en
joying the show to the last. The
hum of many voices was hushed by
the rising of the curtain and every
one leaned forward expectantly to
catch the very first echo of the pro
gram.
As the curtain went up the mem
bers of the company, eight in num
ber, were seen sitting in a very
cramped position, forming what
was supposed to have been a semi
circle. The first thing undertaken
was a song, believed to have been
a plantation melody, at least two
people claim they heard the word
“cot-tawn” used a number of times.
The audience seemed inclined to
forgive them for this outrage, and
waited very quietly for the next
number.
The next announcement card dis
played read as follows: “No. 1.
Booster Club of Coontown.” This
scene displayed a negro fast asleep
with his feet on the table, who was
declared to be the “laziest nigger
dat eber drew de bref of life” by
another black-face near-comedian
who had a very penetrating lady
like voice. The audience even bore
«<7ith this scone to the end, but
everyone looked like tlieir dog was
dead.
When the company’s star came
out to deliver “No. 2. Stump
Speech,” and began by askinpj what
they (the audience) was smiling at,
it was too much. A very ■ shrill
cat call was heard, which was the
beginning of the end of the Coon-
townites. This was followed by a
shuffling of feet by the audience,
hisses, jeers and clai^ping of hands.
The star evidently thought he had
made a hit and was being cheered,
and so redoubled his efforts, not
withstanding the fact that another
member of the company was mak
ing frantic efforts to get him off
the stage. Just here the curtain
was lowered on the second and final
act of the show, and thus came to
an end the show that promised so
much real enjoyment.
The audience was asked to re
main seated for a few minutes,
while the members of the Brevard
Amusement Co. held a hurried con
sultation, fefter which P. R. Ayres
announced that there would be
four reels of moving pictures, after
which everyone present could se
cure “frost checks,” which would
admit the holders to the moving
picture show or would be redeemed
for cash. A majority of those
present considered the event a
“frost” and secured the checks.
The Brevard Amusement Co.
wishes to state that this company
came here with first class recom
mendations from places where the
show had been put on, and that
they are very sorry that it did not
measure up to the Brevard stan
dard. It is not believed that the
company came here to deliberately
deceive the people, but that they
thought they had a good show.
Before the performance every mem
ber of the company was very en
thusiastic over their show, and they
seemed very much surprised that
it was not appreciated by the peo
ple here.
The members of the company left
Brevard Friday, returning to their
homes in Coontown where, it is
hoped, they will remain.
The next attraction at the Audi
torium, besides the moving pictures
each night, will be “An Evening In
Dixie,” by the Daughters of the
Confederacy, which will be re
peated some time the latter part of
this month. This show was seen
here April 17th, and every one
knows its merits.
For soreness of muscles, whether
induced by violent exercise or in
jury, there' is nothing better than
Chamberlain’s Liniment. This lini
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RAILROAD WRECKS
WITHIN THE WEEK
ONE IN YARDS AT GREENS
BORO
Forty One People Killed in
Wreck on Lackawanna
Railroad Thursday
Forty-one i)ersons on the Buffalo
Limited of the Lackawanna rail
road were killed Thursday morning
in a rear-end collision at Gibson’s
Narrows, two miles east of Corn
ing, N. Y. Forty-one others were
injured when a tram made up of
express cars and running at a speed
of sixty-five miles an hour tele
scoped its way through three cars
of the limited. The list of dead is
likely to be increased.
Engineer Thomas E. Beach, a
veteran of the system, was fatally
injured and 50 passengers more or
less seriously hurt at 3:40 o’clock
Saturday afternoon when Southern
passenger train, carrying between
350 and 400 passengers from Atlanta
to Washington and intermediate
points, plunged through an open
switch at Greensboro and crashed
headon into a freight engine draw
ing a long string of empty refrig
erator cars south. The open switch
clearly places the cause for the ac
cident. There is a question about
the responsibility which it appears
will require an investigation to de
termine. Upon either Engineer
Beach or Switch Operator P. C.
Edgerton must fall the blame.
Edgerton stated immediately fol
lowing the wreck that he had
opened the switch, which linked
the southbound and northbound
tracks that Engineer W. S. Fergu
son,'of the freight engine, might
pass from the southbound track to
the yards, it being necessary for
him to pass over the northbound
track.
With the switch open No. 36
dashed into view. Operator Edger
ton says the red board was up and
that the train on the northbound
track was never given the white
board. Under the Southern block
system an engineer under no cir
cumstances must fail to stop when
the red boajd is displayed. The
white board gives a free right of
way. About the statement of
Edgerton a controversy has arisen,
with Engineer Beach for all time
unable to offer his version. He
died at the hosintal at 10 o’clock
last night. The operator was un
able to reset the switch, it is
claimed, because the freight en
gine stood ui)on the switch rod and
inside the switch track. Otherwise
he says he could have replaced the
switch and kept the ill-fated engine
on the northbound track.
Three persons were killed and
more than a dozen seriously, some
perhaps fatally, injured in a headon
collision between two interurban
cars on the Marion, Bluff ton and
Eastern Traction line in the city of
Marion, Ind., Sunday afternoon.
The collision was between a regu
lar car and one loaded with merry
makers, bound for Goldtwaite park,
an amusement resort, one half mile
east of Marion, and occurred on a
straight track. No cause was as
signed for the accident.
The two cars were telescoped, the
heavy interurban passing half way
through the lighter park car. The
park car was crowded and con
tained many women, but only one
was seriously hurt.
Shortly after the wreck it was re
ported that some of the injured
had been robbed. One man said he
saw a woman robbed of her purse,
which she said contained $100. The
police are investigating.
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often a dangerous disease, but it
can be cured. Chamberlain’s Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoee Remedy has
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TRAGEDY IN ASHEVILLE
As a result of two pistol wounds
inflicted by Clyde Melton last Fri-
day night about 8 o’clock, Ed B.
Swinney died Saturday morning at
the Mission hospital, where he had
been taken for treatment immedi-‘
ately after the shooting. Both
were Asheville men, and the shoot
ing took place near the corner of
West College and North Main
streets, Asheville. There were two
or three eye witnesses to the trag
edy.
One witness stated that Swinney
turned to run, that he was shot
first in the back by Melton, shot
once more after he fell, and that
Melton crossed the street and fired
another time, which shot missed
and struck a brick wall nearby.
Swinney appeared in police court
Friday morning as a witness against
Melton’s brother, Horace, in a
whisky selling case, and it was his
testimony that caused the police
judge to give Melton a long sen
tence on the road. Melton was ar
rested by a policeman soon after he
fired the third shot, and stated that
he had shot Swinney because he
was advancing on him with a knife*
GOOD ROADS ASSOCIATION
We would like to call the atten
tion of all North Carolinians who
are interested in the state's jjro-
gress and development to the an
nual convention of the North Caro
lina Good Roads Association, which
is to be held in Charlotte August 1
and 2. Already a large number of
delegates have been appointed to
this convention, and it is expected
that a large number will attend.
Automobile runs are being arranged
from our larger cities. It is ex-
l>ected that the governor will be
present, and Senators Overman and
Simmons, who will discuss the
building of roads from a federal
ritandpoint; Hon. John H. Small,
and at least one thousand good
roads enthusiasts from all sections
of North Carolina, who are earnest
in their efforts to get the state out
of the old ruts and unprogressive-
ness which has cost and is costing
the citizens of the state such vast
sums. Every citizen of the state
interested in its progress and the
achievement of the fundamental
condition to progress—good roads—
is invited to attend as a delegate.
Joseph Hyde Pratt, Sec’y
N. C. Good Roads Association.
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT
Whereas, Mr. Samuel H. Fuller, a
member of Middlesex Lodge No. 3,.
I. O. O. F., died at the home of his
son, Mr. R. S. Fuller, on the 12th
day of June, 1912, and
Whereas, the town has lost a
good citizen, and his son a loving
father, and the Odd Fellows a
faithful member,
Therefore be it resolved, that we^
the of&cers and members of Con-
nestee Lodge No. 237, I. O. O. F.».
express our appreciation of the
faithful work of our departed
brother while in our midst;
That we regret his departure,
but submit to the will of Provi
dence ; that we commend his loved
ones to bow to the will of Him who
doeth all things well.
That a copy of these resolutions
be sent to the Sylvan Valley News,
and spread on the minutes of our
lodge. Rev. J, R. Owen,
T. D. England,
Chas. Jollay,
Committee..
PENROSE POINTERS
The crops are looking fine con
sidering the rainy weather.
Sainuel Owenby is very sick.
O. W. Clayton is building a fish
pond at his father’s.
Miss Georgia Morgan and Gordon
Justice of Turnpike, N. C., and
Lon Curtis of Aberdeen, Wash.,
were visiting at W. L. Talley’s last
week.
Miss Ava Ashworth and Miss
Rosa Shipman of Brevard were
visiting at Penrose last Sunday.
Robin Hood.