ONLY NEWSPAPER IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY VOLUME-XVII A HOME FOR HOME PEOPLE-ALL HOME PRINT BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. JULY 19. 1912. NUMBER-29 OXFORD ORPHAN CONCERT Next Saturday night, July 20th, the singing class of the Oxford or- ^ phan asylum will give a concert here tinder the auspices of the Ma sonic fraternity. For several years ,the singing class has been making a tour of the state, and almost every summer Brevard is favored by a visit from these children, Their training is so excellent that the concerts are well worth attending, even were no regard paid to the cause they represent. That cause is the in crease of funds for the orphanage and the increase of its capacity for taking care of and training desti tute children. While the Masons are specially interested in the coming of the class, the appeal is much wider than to a single order, since other children besides those of Masons are taken into the orphanage. The members of the order here always bear the expenses of the children during their stay. The last concert given by the class in Brevard was well up to the standard they have set, and it was accorded a large and appreciative audience. No one need ever regret the time and the money spent in such a cause. The concert will be given in the Auditorium, and prices of admis sion will be 25 cts. for adults, 15 cts. for children. # BREVARD TOWNSHIP HAS GOOD ROAD UW PASSED BY THE LEGISLA TURE IN 1907 Provides For Voting $40,000 In \ Bonds For Improvement of Roatis and Streets. UNIVERSITY SUMMER SCHOOL There have been so many things of interest and value at the Uni versity Summer School I have often wished that all the teachers in Transylvania could hear and enjoy them. First, it has been a real inspira tion to me just to be at the Uni versity of North Carolina ; to re cite in the old ivy-covered build ings that have stood for education for a century and a quarter, and have figured largely in the devel opment of Carolina’s greatest sons. The contact with the four hundred and fifty teachers from all parts of the state who have devoted their vacation to study that they may be prepared for better service has been valrable. From them I have realized more fully that the teach ers of the state are an earnest, zeal ous body, willing to make sacrifice that they may serve more effec tively. The summer school course in cludes practically all subjects taught in the secondary schools and in the university. The num ber of students in the primary methods classes show that at last people are awake to the fact that the babies are worthy of •skillful, instruction—that not just anybody can teach the primary grades. In order to give an idea of the value of the lecture course, I have only to write a few of the names that appear on it. The names F. P. Venable, K. P. Battle, M. S. C. Noble, Edwin Mims, J. I. Foust, J. Y. Joyner, Charles DeGarmo and P, P. Claxton stand for the best educational thought. One advantage of this summer school is the expenses are so small any teacher who is willing to make a little sacrifice may attend. A three-dollar registration fee entitles one to instruction fr«m any of the faculty, to the lecture course and to use the library. The school has just enough sjMce to give flavor to the work. The reception given the students, the play by the dramatic club, the con cert by the chorus class, the fourth of July celebration and various other social features have added pleasure to the work. I hope t hat next year Transylva nia may l;«ve more than two rep resentativus at the summer school. Hattie Aiken. Dysentery is always serious and often a dangerous disease, but it can be cured. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoee Remedy has cored it even when malignant and epidemic. For sale by all dealers. Away back in 1907 there was a special act passed by the legislature allowing Brevard township to vote as much as $40,o00 for the improve ment of her roads and streets. This is one of the best laws ever passed in the cause of good roads. Up to the present time there has been no election called as allowed in this act, and the roads and streets have not received the attention or im provement they needed. We believe that many people are not familiar with this law, and for the benefit of any who have not read the law we are giving the fol lowing extracts from the special act. The whole text is too long to be reprinted. The act provides that upon the petition of one-fifth of the qiialified voters of Brevard township being presented to the county commis sioners at any regular meeting it shall be the duty of the commis sioners to call an election in said township on the question of issuing bonds by the township for the pur pose of building, amending and macadamizing the public roads and streets in the township. The said petition shall state what roads are to be built, amended or macada mized from the money derived from the said bonds, and shall state the amount of bonds to be voted and the term of years for which the same shall run, and the amount of interest to be paid. No ‘author ity is given for issuing more than |4(),000 worth of bonds, and they shall not run for more than thirty years, and shall bear no greater in terest than five per cent, payable semi-annually. Upon the presentation of the pe tition the commissioners are re quested to order a new registration, and shall appoint one registrar and two judges, who will proceed to register the voters and hold the election and count the votes cast; notice of said election to be pub lished for four weeks. At the election those in favor of bonds shall cast a ballot upon which shall be plainly written or printed the words “For Good Roads,” and those who are opposed to bonds shall cast a ballot upon which shall be plainly written or printed the words “Against Good Roads.” Should a majority of the voters cast their votes at the election “For Good Roads,” then it shall be the duty of the commissioners to issue bonds up to the amount speci fied in the petition ^nd order for election. In the same order made by the county commissioners calling said election it shall be their duty to order that five discreet persons shall be elected at the same time that the question of bonds is voted upon, who shall be known and designated as the board of trustees of Brevard township. If a vacancy occurs in the said board by death, resignation or otherwise, said va cancy shall be filled by other mem bers of the board. It will be the duty of the board of trustees to direct the board of commissioners in what denomina tions the said bonds shall be issued, what term of years to run, and what interest to bear, and to sell the said bonds for cash and to turn over the same to a treasurer to be elected by them, who may or ihay not be one of their number. The treasurer must be bonded in a stmi equal to the amount of money placed in his hands. The treasurer shall receive such amount for his services as the board of trustees shall fix, but not to exceed one-half of one per cent of all moneys that come into his hands as such treas urer. The treasurer can only pay out money on the order of the board of trustees duly attested by the chair man and secretary, and shall make a monthly itemized report to the trustees, who shall mark same “Approved” and file same in the oflSce of the register of deeds. It shall be the duty of the trus tees to take charge of, grade and macadamize all the public roads in said township specified in the peti tion and order of election, and to lay off new roads and make such amendments on the old roads speci fied in the petition and order of election as, in their discretion, they may deem necessary. And it shall also be their duty to macadamize such streets in the town of Brevard as are specified in the petition; shall also specify the depth and width of the macadam to bo put down on said streets by the trus tees. The board of trustees are re quired to meet in Yeguliar session at least once a month, and special meetings may be called at any time for special purposes either by the chairman or three members of the board. In order to carry out the work imposed upon the said board of trustees by this act, they shall have the right to employ an engineer, and also a road superintendent. The superintendent shall superin tend and ovorspe all the work which is being done under the di rection of the board of trustees, and the board may purchase such road machinery or rock-crusher or other machinery as they may deem necessary. The salary of tfce su perintendent shall not exc3ed two dollars a day f^or the time actually engaged in work. The trustees shall not receive more than two dollars per day for such time as they may be engaged in meeting, but in no event can the said trus tees be allowed more than sixty dollars each in any one year for his services as such trustee. * If a majority of the qualified voters cast their votes at the elec tion “For Good Roads” then this special act would become the ro»d law for Brevard townshij), and any general road law would be repealed in so far as the levying a‘tax to keep up the public roads is con cerned, and the tax provided for in this chaiiter will be the only tax that can be levied under the law upon the property or poll in Bre vard township for the purpose of keeping up or building public roads. The citizens of said township shall have the right to petition for and require an election on the whole forty thousand dollars worth of bonds or for any part of same, and having voted any part of said bonds will not prevent the holding of another election or elections un til the whole forty thousand dpl- lars of bonds have been voted. ANOTHER SERIOUS WRECK SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST GOVERNOR BLEASE OF SOUTH CARO LINA IN TROUBLE Ex-Congressman Giant Visits President Taft. Lorimer is Voted Out of Senate. Sensational testimony charging Governor Cole L. Blease of South Carolina with official corruption was introduced before the dipen- sary investigating committee of that state at the hearing last Sat urday. A. S. Reed, a Burns de tective, and Thomas B. Felder, the Atlanta attorney, were the princi pal witnesses. Evidence taken by a telephonic device and personally by a Burns detective was submit ted today purporting to show that Governor Blease secured $1,500 for pardoning Rudolph Rabon, con victed of harboring stolen goods. Testimony from the same source was to the effect that Governor Blease received $500 for blocking railroad legislation, $200 for thwart ing the first attempted dispensary investigation, and that the gover nor gets his share of the blind tiger “protection” money from Charles ton, S. C. Former Congressman John G. Grant was a visitor at the white house last week. While Mr. Grant refused to say what his mission at the executive offices was, it is be lieved that bo came here to get President; Tjift's O. K. eculiarly appropriate that his memory be honored in con nection with the boys’ corn club work. South Carolina will offer a handsome bronze bust as the prize ior the state making the best show ing each year in the boys’ and girls’ club work. The award of this bust of Dr. Knapp will be made during the exposition school, prob ably at the boys’ banquet. Several notable ijjen have already promised to be present on this occasion and participate in the issuing of diplo mas to the boys and awarding of the bust. RATES TO BE REDUCED One of the most interesting fea- turcjs of the national corn exposi tion to be held in Columbia, S. C., next January, is the first exposi tion school for boys, which will be composed of the prize-winners in the boys’ corn clubs in every county in the southern states. The at tendance upon the school is ex pected to reach at least one thou sand, and preparations are being laid on a broad scale. J. B. Hobdy of Alabama has been selected as superintendent of the school. Mr. Hobdy is the assist ant in charge of the boys’ corn club work in Alabama, with headquar ters at the State Agricultural Col lege at Auburn. Later on he vnll make his headquarters in the na tional corn exposition offices at Columbia. Mr. Hobdy stands ex ceedingly high among agricultural educators of the country, and his experience fits him for the manage ment of the unique school. The boys will be dixided into'Tcompanies and squads, and through the co operation of President Riggs of Clemson Agricultural College, ca dets of the first class will be placed in command of the boys, who will be under semi-military discipline during their stay in Columbia. Sweeping reductions in express rates averaging, in general, ap proximately 15 per cent; drastic reforinft in regulations and prac tices and comprehensive changes in the methods of operation are prescribed in a report made public bv the interstate commerce com mission of its investigation into the business of the thirteen great ex press companies of the United States, Dealing with the identity of in terest between the various compa nies, the report finds that while these companies are separate legal entities, “it is of interest to n gard this fact—they by stock o\rnership and otherwise are so interlaced, in tertwined, and interlocked that it is with difficulty w^e can trace any one of the greater companies as either wholly independent in its management or the agency of a single railroad system. So that while these companies operate sepa rately and compete with each other for traffic, the express bu‘=sines.^ may be said to be almost a family affair An interesting genealogi cal tree in fact might be drawn showing a common ancestry in all of the larger companies. And while many names may be used to designate these companies, it is within the fact to say that aside from the operations of the minor and distinctively railroad express companies, the express business of Jthe United States is managed by not more than three gr jups of in terests.” FREE BOOK Who will be the next president? We take pleasure in announcing that any of our readers can secure a free vest pocket book of campaign information by sending a»two-cent stamp, actual postage, to D. Swift & Co., Patent Lawyers, Washing ton, D. C. 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