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T'e-X- y* '••if'' r:‘^- -i tr;' iv? . f w 1 Ml #'^1 ....„ . ..^ ... ... ss^ ■^#'" ■;..: -. V , -.,..r .■:'y.-r:>^ . ' I . . ' . V i . - ' I ■■ JPAI^ER BH3H HOME ■iJj BBEVARD. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. MARCH 7. 1913. -10 FOR WmCE 8NLY His Inaugural Address Calls on All Honest Men to Aid in His Task. WILL RESTORE, NOT DESTROY N«w Chief Exeoutiv* Say* Chang* of Qovemment Maana tha Nation la Uaing Demoeratlo Patry for Largo and Definite Purpoae. Washington, March 4. — Looking upon the Tlctory of the Democratic party as'the mandate of the nation to correct the evilB that have been al lowed to grow up in our national life. President Wilson in his inaugural ad dress today called on all honest men to assist him in carrying but the will of the people. Following is his ad dress: There has been a cbiange of govern ment. It began two years ago, when the house of repreaentatives became Democratic by a decisive majority. It has now been completed. The sen ate about to assemble will also be Democratic. The offices of president and vice-president have been put into the hands of Democrats. What does the change me^? That is the ques tion that is uppermost in our minds today. That is the question I am go ing to try to answer, in order, if 1 may, to interpret the occasion. New inaight Into Our Life. It means much more than the mere success of a party. The success of a party means little except when tha nation is using that^ party for a large and definite porpoae. No one can mistake the purpose for which the nation now seeks to use the Demo cratic party. It seeks to use it to in- tei^r^ a change in its own plans and point of view. Some old things with which we had grown familiar, and which had begun to creep into the very habit of bur thought and of our lives, have altered their aspect as we have latterly looked critically upon them, with fresh, awakened eyes; have dropped their disguises and shown themselves alien and sinister. Some new things» as we look frankly upon them, willing to comprehend their real character, have come to as sume the aspect of things long believ ed in and familiar, stuff of our own convictions. We have been refreshed by a new insight into our own life. We SGie that in many things that life is very great. It is incomparably great in its material aspects, in its body of wealth, in the diversity and sweep of its energy, in the industries which have been conceived and built up by the genius of individual men and the limitless enterprise of groups of men. It is great, ^^so, very great, in its moral force. Nowhere else in the world have noble men and women exhibited in more striking form the beauty and energy of sympathy and helpfulness and counsel in their efforts to rectify wrong, alleviate Buffering, and set the weak in the way of strength and^ hope. We have built up, moreover, a great system of govern ment, which has stood through a long age as in many respects a model for those who seek to set liberty upon foundations that will endure against fortuitous change, against storm and accident. Our life contains every great thing, and contains it in rich abundance. Human Coat Net Counted. But the evil has come with the good, and much line gold has been corroded. With richos hi 3 come in excusable waste. We hi.ve squan dered a great part of what we might have used, and have not stopped to conserve the exceeding bounty of na> ture, without which our genius for en terprise would have been worthless and Impotent, scorning to be careful, shamefully prodiga' as well as admir ably efficient. We have been proud of our industrial achlevementa, but we have jiot hitherto stopped thought fully enough to count the human cofit, the cost of lives snuffed out, of ener gies overtaxed and broken, the fear ful physical and spiritual cost to the men and women and ohildren upon whom the dead weight and harden it all has fallen pitilessly the year? through. 'H'e of It all had noi yet reauned ^ur eai’a, tiie ■olemB, moving undertone of our life, coming m^vout of the mines and fao- toriea and out of every home where the etnifsle had its Intimate and da- miliar seat. With the - great goyem- ment wmt many deep aeeret thlaipi which we too long delayed to look into and aemtinlM with cavdld, fear* leae eyes. The great gOTemmeat we loved hu too often been made use of for private and' aelfleh poi)Kiees, jilid those who used it had fOTgotteo the DeoDle. * PRESIDENT WOODROW WItSON WEaFICATIONS KDOPTil At last a vision has been vouch safed us of our life as a whole. We see the bad with the good, the de based and decadent with the sound and vital. With this vision we ap proach new affairs. Our duty is to cleanse, to reconsider, to restore, to correct the evil without impairing the good, to purify and humanize every process of our common life without weakening or sentimentalizing it. There has been something crude and heartless and unfeeling in our haste to succeed and be great. Our tnought has been ‘Le^ <4very man look out for him self, let every generation look out for Itself,’ while we reared giant machin ery which made it impossible that any but those who stood at the levers ot control should have a chance to look out for themselves. We had not for gotten our morals. We remembered well enough that we had set up a policy which was meant to serve the humblest as well as the most power ful, with an eye single to the stand ards of justice and fair play, and re membered it with Bride. But we were very heedless and in a hurry to be great. Chief items In Program. We have come now to the sober second thought. ‘ The scales of heed- iessn^ss have fallen from our eyes. We have made up our minds to square every process of our national life again with the sti^ndards we so proud ly set up at i:he beginning and have always carried at our hearts. Our work is a work of restoration. We have itemiz<Td with some degree of particularity the things that ought to be altered and here are some of the chief items: A tariff which cuts us off from our proper part in' the commerce of the -vorld, violates the Just principles of taxation, and makes the government a facile instrument in the hands of private interests; a bank ing and currency system based upon the necessity of the government to sell its bonds fifty years ago andgper- fectly adapted to concentrating cash and restricting credits; an industrial system which, take it on all its sides, financial as well ^s administrative, holds capital in leading strings, re stricts the,liberties and limits the op portunities of labor, and exploits wiCh- out renewing or c'^nserving the nat ural resources of the country; a body of agricultural activities never yet given the efficiency of great business undertakings or served asjt should be through the instrumentality of science taken directly to the farm, or afforded the facilitieB of credit best suited to its practical needs; water courses un developed, waste places unreclaimed, forests untended, fast disappearing without plan or prospect of renewal, unregarded waste heaps at every mine. We have studied as perhaps no other nation has the most effective means of production, hut we have not studied cost or economy as we should either as organizers of industry, as states men, or as individuals. Matter* of Justice. Nor have we studied and perfected the nieans by which government may be pat at the servloe of^hamanity, in safeguarding the health of the naitlo% the health of its mm sad it^ womem and its children, as well as their rt^hta In the stmggle for e^dst«ice. ' This is Ao aentintontal duty. The ot govenisnent is justloe, Theee are matters of Ji oen he no equality or opporti flrit esssnttal of juatioe la pc^tic, if men and women ani chil dren J>0 jaot jhlelded la their Itres, their very vitality, from tne conse quences of great industrial and social processes whk:h they cannot alter, control or singly cope with. Society must see to it that it does not itself crush or weaken or damage its own constituent parts. The first duty of law is to keep sound the society it serves. Sanitary laws, pure food laws, and law^s determining conditions of labor which individuals are powerless to determine for themselves are inti mate parts of the very husiness of Jus tice and legal efficiency. These are some of the things we ought to do. and not leave the others undone, the old-fashioned, never-to-be> neglected, fundamental safegi^EO^lng of property and of individual right This is the high enterprise of the new day; to lift everything that concerns our life as a nation to the light that shines from the hearthfire of every man’s conscience and vision of the right. It is inconceivable that we should do (Ills as partisans; it is in conceivable we should do it in ignor ance of the facts as they are or in blind haste. We shall restore, not de stroy. We shall disal with our econ omic system as it is and as it may be modified, not as it might be if we had a clean sheet of paper to write upon; and step by step we shall make it whet it should be, in the spirit of those who question their own wisdom and seek counsel and knowledge, not shallow self-satisfaction or the excite ment of excursions whither they can not tell. Justice, and only justice, shall always be our motto. / Task Not One of Politic*. And yet it will be no cool process of mere science. The nation has been deeply stirred, stirred by a solemn passion, stirred by the knowledge of wrong, of ideals lost, 9f government too often debauched and made in strument of evil. The feelings with which we face this new age of right and opportunity sweep across our heart-strings like some air out of God’s ow: presence, where Justice and mercy are reconciled and the judge and the brother are one. We know our task to be no mere task of politics, but a task which shall search us through and through, whethef* we be able to understand our time and the need of our people, whether we be itt> deed their spokesmen and interpre ters, whether we have the pure heart to comprehend and the rectified will to choose our high course of action. This is not a day of triumph; it is a day of dedication. Here muster, not the forces of party, but the forces of humanity. Men's hearts wait upon os: men’s lives hang ih the balance; mwi’s hopes call upon us to say what we will do. Who shall live up to the great trust? Who dares fail to try? I summon all honest men, all patriotic, all forwardlooking men. to my side. God helping me, I will not fail them, if they win hut counsel and sostala me! • ArtM. ' ^ The friend had drenM Ib to tee lyAnher, the creet pointer, pot the fla* leMng tomdies his latest palntlBs. He was nystified. howerver, wlien IXAnber took soiM mw nect *an4 rabhed it vtcoraMfty mm pelleted nMitt la the' tMrmnd. "Why on eottk dM you 4 «aCT he asM. **Whar. see,**^^ i^lidMd ll*Aiiher. "lOsil Minimis is oqmiIi« to see this pletaro todof. Wliea sho sees her pot poodle smell thai raMilt and get *■• elt«d o»«r It/jilielL.huy it m the spot** The board of ftldermen held their regtilar monthly meeting ii| the mayor’s office last Monday^ nig^t, and a number of matters of* Impor tance were taken np and diapos^ of. The sessioji was not conolnd^ nntil after twelve o’clock. The first matter to engage the attention of thei board of ^aldermen was the adoption of a set of specifi cations for the street paving con tract. These had beeQ prepared by the street <sommittee, assisted by A. L. Hardin, engineer, and Welch Galloway, attorney. The specifica tions call for a cement "foundation and an asphalt binder on Depot street, and a rolled stone founda tion vnth the asphalt binder on Caldwell, Main and Broad streets. The specifications are very com plete and go into details as to the kind of material to be used, etc.. and make provisions that the work must be completed before July 1st. The specifications, with a few minor changes, were adopted and ordered printed, and are now in the hands of the printer. Bids for the work’ will be re ceived until ten o’clock on March 25, and the work will be commenced soon after the contract is let. The specifications call for approximate ly 24,000 square yards of jMLving and the construction of a number of sewers, manholes, and the laying of a quantity of curb stone. Bids were o])ened for the con- structioii of the new water line from the intake to the reservoir, and the contract was let to A. A. Streeter and J. C. Hollis at the price of 66% cents per lineal foot. Other bids were as follows: Laselle Mull 67c, W. E. Bishop 68%c, Cath ey, Fanning & Folsom 68%c, Lero^ Ball 69c. Since the line is to be 4,80u feet long it amonnts up to a nice little sum for the entire job. The town attorney was ordered to draw an ordinance to prohibit the deposit of ashes and other re fuse in the streets of the town. A number of routine naatters were disposed of, such as the usual bills, etc. ttSOUmONS W fESKCT The following ill Irgard to the death of Brother A. J. Galloway was adopted by the Oajc Grove ^ptist chuToh, in conference iw* sembled, March 2nd, J913. On February lath, 1913, at the call ot, a loving Heavenly Father, the spi^dt of our beloved brother^ A. J. GaiUoway, peacefully passed from this life to enter the mansion which Christ prepared for him in heaven. He has beon a member of the Oak Grove Baptist church for a numb«r of yeats, and w^s ever faithful in the service of the Lord. He was always full of life, and met wiiBybody with a smile; and no one ever visited his home, espe> dally in his latter days, without learning a lesson jaf -patience, and sulteission to the Master^s will. Be it resolved: That in the death of our brother the church has lost- a faithful,Christian member. That we extend to the bereaved family, on whom the affliction ha» fallen so^ heavily, our sincere and heartfelt sympathy. That these resolutions be placed on our church minutes, a copy sent to Sister Galloway, wife of the de- cea«ed, and a copy sent to the Syl van Valley News for publication. C. W. Hendkbson, ‘ For the Committee. WILLIAM JOHNSON WILSON The subject of this sketch was the little ten-months old child of Mr. and Mrs. Sutton and Lola Wil son, which was taken from this world of sin and death and trans planted in the homeland of jierpet- ual sunshine and flowers. Willie was one of the sweetest little fellows I have ever seen, an embodiment, seemingly, of all the noble elements which enter into child life to make it sweet and lovely. He had a smile and kind look for every one. His mama could leave him alone in bed and he would lie and play for hours, giv ing each passerby a complacent smile expressive of contentment, and continue his play until over come by sleep. He was too sweet and sainted in spirit to be kept in this corrupt and wicked world. So the angels eame and quietly carried his little disembodied spirit to the far away home of the soul. We took his little body amid sobs and tears and laid it in the tomb near Enon church, kissed it a last farewell on earth, laid flowers and a beautiful wreath on his grave and bid him sleep until the dawn of the resurrection mom when we shall see him again. We shall sleep hot not forever * In the looe and silent grave; Blessed he the Lord that takrth— BiesBed be the Lord that gave. In the loight etanal cijty Deatii can never* never cook; In Hit own good time Hell call us From oar rest to home sweet home. C. M. CABPENTm. Wiieii tike dieel feel* on fire and tike tiiroiit hvnui you bav« indigee- tioii and you SQilfON*8JffiD zMTmvmuhAH&mto gotxid of the i^idifested food, otwwHtiieM the systeai and prarifleetlie'%mpel8. Price, large package, H.CO; smi sto, Scdd by S. M/Mooie. The Oak Grove- Baptist church, in conference assembled, March 2^ 1913, adopted the following resolu tions in regard to the death of Sister Vilanty Galloway: Sister Vilanty Galloway was bap tised into the fellowship of Oak Grove Baptist church shortly after the church was organized, viz.,. August 8, 1880, and remained a faithful member all her life. It is not for us to know why God, in His fill-wise providence, should call her in the prime of life ; but we must submit to Him who maketh no mistakes. We shall miss her, but we realize* that our loss is her etei^ nal gain ; and we take courage ana thank God that we have a hone that in the by and by we shall meet again, redeemed and saved forever- more. T?i^refore be it resolved, That we, the members of Oak Grove Baptist church, do mourn the lo^ of our sister in Christ. That we extend to the remaining members of the bereaved family our deepest sympathy. That 'these resolutions be placed on our minutes, a copy sent to tho members of the family and a copy sent to the Sylvan Valley News fof publication. C. W. Henderson, For the Committee. SECOND QUARTERLY CONFERENCE' — . The second quarterly conference ^ of the Brevard Methodist church • will be held March 9. The business of the conference will be transacted Friday evening, beginning at 7:30 o’clock. All the members of the board of stewards ■ are urgently requested to be pres ent. Rev.' C. A. Wood, P. E., of the Asheville district, will be on hand and will be on hand and will preach Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. The public is given a welcome. Attention is called to the meet ing of the board of stewards Thurs day evening at 7:30 o’clock in,the ladies’ parlor of tiie Smiday aohool annex. MKEMIENitES The fanners of fbls mtioa ar» all very busy por^uisg for lli«ar W. H. Vltm ol Stoirali' a v«ty iBf^reeliiiK Kev. * Mt. l^ad ftmgBp. 'whli- workinc om 0)i|oac, aid Thmfwp Imyen J
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