ONLY NEWSPAPER IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
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A HOMBf PAPER FOR HOME PEOPLE-AU:. HOME PRINT
VOLUME-XVIII ,
BREVARp, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. APRIL 18. 1913.
NIJMBER-16
THE COUNTY OOMMENCEIIIIENT
The first county commencement
exttTcises for Transylvania county
were held at the Anditorinm last
Saturday. Although the weather
was very inclement quite a large
gathering was present, many peo
ple from various parts of the coun
ty being^ there, and all premnt
went away well pleased with’the
day’s exercises, and no doubt all
present were glad they were there.
There was some delay in begin
ning the exercises due to the fail
ure of some of the graduates to ar
rive on time. The graduates from
the seventh grade from the various
schools of the county, twenty-eight
in number, were g^- thered on the
stage.
The program was started by all
joining in sijiging “America," after
which Rev. Loy D. Thomiwon, pas
tor of the Brevard Methodist
church, led in prayer. Mayor W.
M. Henry made a short speech, wel
coming all the teachers and pupils
in a very pleasing manner.
Prof. T. C. Henderson, the coun
ty superintendent, then introduced
the speaker of the day. Prof. L. C.
Brogden of Raleigh, superintendent
of* elementary public schools of
North Carolina, who had been sent
to take the place of Prof. J. Y.
Joyner, wto was unavoidably kept
away on account of rush of busi
ness in his office.
Prof. Brogden spoke on the subf
ject of “Equal Bights in Educa
tion,” and rarely, if ever, have the
people of Transylvania^ounty had
an opportunity of hearing such a
masterly address. The speaker
held the attention of all prfesent for
a period of fifty minutes. He re
viewed the progress made in edu
cational lines in this state for the
past several years, but quoted sta
tistics showing that there _is yet
much work to 46 before the state
can take the position she Should
hold in the matter of edacation.
His speech was frequently inter
rupted by the applause of the audi
ence.
After this address a recit«tion
and declamation contest took place,
the contestants speaking for a gold
medal. The following seventh
grade graduates took part in the
declamation contest: Robert Deav-
er, Jr., of the Selica school; Gaither
Briggs of Little River school; Na
poleon Henderson of the Queebec
school and Joseph Bell of Penrose
school.
The recitation contest was par
ticipated in by Lillian Cunningham
of Brevard, Clessie Whitmire of
Rosman, Ruth Duckworth of Bre
vard and Bessie Batson of Cedar
Mountain.
After these two contests the
judges. Profs. Brogden, Kale and
Shittle, rendered their verdict, giv
ing the declamation riedal to
Gaither Briggs and the recitation
medal to Ruth Duckworth. The
prize essay on “Home Sanitation”
was read by Miss Ida Glazener of
Rosman. After the reading of this
essay, Rev, R, D. Cross, pastor of
the Brevard Baptist church, pre
sented the medals in well chosen
words, after which the diplomas
were presented to the twenty-eight
graduates by Prof. T. C. Hender
son.
In the afternoon there was a reci
tation contest between representa
tives of the three high schools of
the county. The Rosman high
school was represented by iVliss
Clessie Whitmire, Brevard by Miss
Olivia Hancock and Penrose by
Miss Ina Talley. So well were
these recitations delivered that the
decision as to who had earned the
medal was very hard to reach. The
medal was awarded to Miss Talley,
the same judges acting in the after
noon.
It is to be regretted that Mr. T.
G. Wood did not arrive in Brevard
to tell the tamers about the advan
tages of having a county fair, and
on account of his failure to arrive
nothing was done in regard to this
matter. It is to be hoped, how*
ever, that he will yet come and that
a fair Association will be organized
for this county.
After the commencement exer
cises were over many of the visit
ors present went to the ball ground
to witness a base ball^me between
Brevard and Brevard Institute.
The'^game resulted in a victory for
the Institute by a score of five to
three.
PAYINC BOND ACCEPTED
When the News announced re
cently that the many questions
arising from the paving proposi
tion had all been satisfactorily set
tled we did so in good faith, and
thought that the entire matter had
been disposed of, but at a special
meeting of the board of aldermen
last Monday afternoon, lasting for
three hours, the matter was again
taken up and all the many previous
actions of the board were rescind
ed, even the price formerly agreed
upon for the work being changed.
The board had invited Mr. J. T.
Bostic, straet superintendent of
Asheville, to be present and advise
them'as to the best binder to be
usQd in the work here. Mr. Bostic
being a disinterested party his ad
vice could be relied upon. The
board had received so much con
flicting advice (?) from various
paving men and others that they
felt in need of some advice from
some one not interested in the con
tract.
Some difficulty had arisen over
the question of a maintainan^e
bond for the finished street, and to
save a long delay and probably a
law suit the board agreed to pay a
little heigher price for the work,
price being raised from $1.39% to
$1.41 per square yard. The board
voted unanimously to allow this
raise.
It had been found that the main-
tainance bond could not be given
for any period at all ui>on an oil
binder, the coiitractors having
tried a large number of boding
companies to get a guarantee either
upon a Tafvia or Standard Binder
C and failed, the board then de
cided to go back to their original
decision and use Bermudez natural
lake a^halt for the binder. It
gives the News pleasure to an
nounce this fact, for with the ex
ception of the very high priced
pavements we consider the natural
lake asphalt the very best that
could be secured. The five year
maintainance bond and contracts
have all been signed and accepted
by the board, and now tne whole
matter is settled finally, and the
work has begun.
THE REC0RDE1i*S COURT
REY. J. C. OWEN AT WORK
Editor Sylvan Valley News:
I think a note from me will be of
interest to your rraders.
I have been at work for three
and a haH months as evangelist
among our mountain schools
There have been 343 professions of
conversion and more than 400 have
declared their readiness to obey
the master entirely if it means that
they are to be ministers of the
gospel or foreign or home mission
aries. A very great work is being
done in these schools. There are
32 of the schools in seven states,
with a student attendance of about
5,000. The Home Mission Board is
helping all these schools.
I am now in the “Sunay South”
at work for the Home Mission
Board. Floods and storms have
done much damage here. But the
people are still cheerful, confident
and happy, with plenty of time to
stand or sit on the streets, tell
jokes and laugh.
I hope to spend some time in the
summer in Transylvania.
Yours rrapectfully,
J. C. OWKN.
Union Springs, Ala., April 11.
Pains in the back, and the irregu.
larities to which women are sub
ject, with all their attendant mis
eries, yield at once to DR. SIM
MON’S SQUAW VINE COM-
POUNCU Itns as pleasant to take
lis the juioe of a sweet orange.
Price f 1.00 per bq^^. Sold by S.
M. Macfie. ady
The first session of the recorder’s
court was held at the court house
last Monday morning, and five
oases were disposed of in 6^ort or
der by Judge J. Adger Forsythe.
A g9od sized crowd of people was
present to see the neW court start
out, and a stranger into the court
room would have thought he was
in a Superior court room. The
court was called to order by the
sheriff, Mr. J. H. Pickelsimer, in
the same way the higher court is
called and at' all times the order
in the court was as good as in the
Superior court.
According to the provisions of
the act, the county attorney, Mr.
Robt. L. Gash, is to be the solicitor
in the new court, and in one of the
very first cases to come up for a
hearing a little difficulty arose on
account of the fact that Mr. Gash
had represented one of the de
fendants in the recent session of
the Superior court, and therefore
could not prose^iute him in the
recorder’s court with good grace. >
Another defendant was being
prosecuted for assault with a dead
ly weapon, to-wit., a violin, and
some one raised the point that a
violin was not a deadly weapon,
but the recorder ruled that he was
guilty and a fine was entered
against him.
The following cases came before
the first session and were disposed
of as indicated:
State V. AlHe. Aikpn and Mose
Bailey, larceny of chickens, not
guilty. The recorder ruled that
the defendants were guilty but
that their guilt was not proven.
State V. Moso Gash, failure to
work the roads when summoned,
not guilty, it being proven that he
was detained at hbme on account
of serious illness iij his family.
State V. Robert Siniard, retailing,
not guilty.
State V. Owen Orr, assault wiith
a fiddle, $5.00 and costs.
State V. Lee Bishop, assault with
a deadly weapen, $5.00 and costs-.
Defendant appealed to Superior
court.
Upon convening court Judge
Forsythe made the following state
ment in regard to the attitude of
the court, laying special stress on
the matter of pistol toting, disturb
ing religious worship, and the sell
ing of cigirettes to minors, giving
everybody warning that defend
ants charged with these offenses
w^ould be givem the the limit of
punishment upon conviction in his
court. His statement follows:
“For years the people of Transyl '
vania have been paying large sums
of money for court expenses, due
principally for the trial of cases
wherein the carrying of concealed
weapons were directly or indirectly
involved. Now this court has ^he
original and final jurisdiction of
such cases, and the county looks to
and has the right to expect this
court to put a stop to such cases.
I now ask the young men to leave
their guns at home, for a man who
carries a gun is a coward. He car
ries it to use it, and wili use it if he
carries it long enough, and when
he does he will use it in a cowardly
manner; because when convicted
it will be too late to come whining
that it -will be a great hardship for
him to pay a heavy fine or go to
the roads for a term. So be warned
now.
“I am informed that in certain
sections the people have been great
ly annoyed by young men under
the influence of liquor disturbing
religious meetings; Now if brought
^hefore this court and convicted, I
promise them that they will not
find a picnic awaiting them.
“It is a misdemeanor to sell
cigarettes to minors, and offenders
will not forget' the heavy fine that
will be theirs if convicted.
“In regard to the laws regulating
.or forbidding the sale of intoxicat
ing liquors, the county has on the
statute books every law that could
he framed to prevent the makii^,
selling, giving away or having.
This court is ever ready to execute
all papers and give a speedy trial,
but it is powerless uoless the peo
ple do their part. So it depends
altogether with t^e citizens wheth
er or not these laws are ^enforced.
What say you, citizens of Transyl
vania?”
CEDAR MOUNTAIN ITEMS
Left out last week.
Mrs. V. C. McCrary passed
through this section last Saturday
on a visit to see her mother who
lives on Seeoff mountain.
Miss Lottie Heath made a call at
Miss Leslie McGaha’s last Monday
evening.
The Cedar Mountain school is
going to Brevard Saturday for the
purpose of hearing the state super
intendent speak.
We have not seen Uncle Jolly
Bill or Uncle Wild Bill for some
time. Wonder if they were washed
away during the hard rain?
Rev. Mark R. Osborne passed
through Cedar Mountain Monday
afternoon.
The farmers are getting ready
for planting after so much rain.
We are expecting a wedding up
on Little River ^fore long.
The Cedar Mountain choir had
an all-day singing Sunday at Rocky
Hill.
Joe McCrary and family from
Hogtown speAt Saturday night
with Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Jones
at Caesar’s Head.
The women folks are all grass
widows in Cedar Mountain now.
The men have all gone to court.
Billie’s Neices.
Rowley H(^ker is visiting friends
and relatives at Brevard this week.
Mr. C^rol Jones, Mrs J. S. Heath
and Miss Myrtle Hamlin ■were vis
itors at Miss Lottie Heath’# home
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Nellie Lee visited her cousin.
Miss Carrie Burns, Sunday after- j
noon.
J. E. McCrary is on the sick list
this week.
Miss Myrtle Hamlin has returned
home from a long stay at Green
ville, S. C.
Mr. S. A. Jones from Caesar’s
Head, S. C., was in this section
yesterday, He reports that hia
rheumatism is considerably better.
The trappers of this section are
gathering in their traps, as the late
fur season forces them to do so.
They report good success this sea-
season, having caught a good num
ber of coons, skunks and minks and
a large number of opossums.
The Young People’s Literary
Society is progressing nicely at
Cedar Mountain.
Wild Willie.
AHENTION, FARMERS
Farmers, merchants, bankers and
all business men, are invited to at
tend mass meetings and stereopti-
con pictures to be held at the fol
lowing places:
Enon school house, Wednesday,
April 23, at 7:30 p. m.
Selica school house April 24, at
7:30 p. m.
Rosman school house, Friday,
April 25, at 7:30 p. m.
The meeting will be held under
the auspices of the department of
farm improvement work of the
Southern railway and associated
companies. Addresses will be de
livered by agents in this work.
Invitations are al^ extended to
any farmer or business man who
wishes to discuss or offer any ad
vanced ideas on farm work.
The growing of corn so as to in
crease yields and the surest meth
ods of making a crop will also be
discussed.
The invitation is extended to all,
both white and negro farmers, to
be present and hear these discus
sions.
The expense of the department of
farm improvement work is borne
by the railway companies partici
pating ill its support and the ser
vices of its agents are absolutely
free to all farmers along the lines
of these companies who desire ad-
,vioe and co-operation.
TOWN TICKET NOMINATED
For Mayor; W. M. Henry. ^
For Alderiiien: T. L. Snelson, J.
E. Cox, F. E. Shnford, W. S. Ash
worth and J. W. Duckv/orth.
The above ticket was nominated
at the municipal convention held
in the court house last Tuesday
night, and this ticket will, in all
probability, be elected at the town
Section in May, as no opposition is
anticipated. - , .
The meeting Tuesday night was
called to order by J. W. McMinti,
the town chairman. Upon motion
of J. A. Galloway, Mr, McMinn was
made chairman of the meeting, the
motipif lieing put by W. E. Breese»
Jr. Upon motion of 6.\. Erwin,
duly seconded and carried. Ora L.
Jones was made secretary.
After the organization was com
pleted J. L. Bell made a motion
that the voting should be by ballot.
This motion was amended by W.
E. Breese, Jr., declaring that the
men receiving the highest vote be
declared the nominee. The amend-
ment was accepted and the motion
carriedr
The chairman appointed Coa
Paxton and J. E. Clayton as tellers^
and it waS’ ordered that the voting
should be done at the desk.
D. L. English, a republican»
wished to know if Uie convention
was a democratic meeting or a ci£i-
zens meeting, stating that he and
other republicans wished to vote if
it was a citizens meeting, but did
not care to enter a democratic
meeting. Upon motion of W. E.
Breese, Jr., it was unanimously de
cided to make the meeting an open
one, allowing any citizen of the
town, regardless of politics, to
vote. This was satisfactory to Mr.
English, but upon being questioned
he stated laughingly that his en
tering the meeting at this time
would • not bind him at the next
general election.
U^n motion of J. L. Bell it was
ordered that any citizen coming in
late should be^allowed to vote, even
after the tellers had begun their
work of counting the ballots.
The final count was as follows:
For Mayor:
W. M. Henry 49
.C. AJ. Cooke, Jr. 15
For Aldermen:
T. L. Snelson ,.51
J. E. Cox 42
F. E. Shuford 36
W. S, Ashworth 33
J, W, Duckworth 31
S. M, Macfie 24
A. M. Verdery, Jr 21
O. V. Summey 21
A. H. King ; 16
A, H, Caldwell 9
J. A. Miller. Jr. 7
O, L, Erwin 4
J. E. Clayton 4 ^
O, W. Clayton 3
W. S. Price 2
C. M. Cooke, Jr. 2
J. S. Bromfleld 2
J, M. Kilpatrick 2
; C. C. Kilpatrick L.. 2
F. E. B. Jenkins..^..,.—
W. M.Henry^ 1
O, L. Jones 1
FREE ILLUSTRATED LECTURE
Mr. R. E. Grabel vvill address the
farmers and public generally ajfc
Brevard in the court house on Sat
urday, April 26, beginning at 1:30
p. m. Mr. Grabel is assistant man
ger of the department of farm im
provement work of the Southern
railway.
He has a message for every farm
er who will come o^ to hear him.
Ue will' talk about farming and
e^very ’ thing connected w^tb «gri«
culture, and will be glad to ^liswer
any question on the subject.
Hisleetw&AnottL be illustrated by
stereopticon slides showing the
proper way and improper way to
run a farm. Everyone is ih^ted
to attend this lecture. There will
be no admission f^ charged and no
collection taken—ovarything i&
free.