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VOLUME-XYIII
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. APRIL 25. 1913.
NTJMBER-17
THE BREVARD COMMENCEMENT
The commencement exercises of
the Brevard Graded School took
place last week, and the exercises
were all of a very high order. The
attendance at the various exercises
■was very large, and a nice little
sum was turned over to the Better
ment society after all expenses had
been paid.
The commencement exercises be
gan with a recitation and declama
tion contest between the Nonpareil
and Athenian Literary societies
last Wednesday night, and, as re
corded last week, the Athenian so
ciety won both contests. In the
declamation contest Walter Duck
worth declaimed “The Battle of
Waterloo” and Oscar Jollay had for
his subject “The Black Horse and
Its Rider,” these two speaking for
the Nonpareils. Overton Erwin
declaimed “Begnlus to Scipio” and
Carl Hardin spoke on “Illustrious
Names In North Carolina History,”
these two speaking for the Athe
nians. Messrs. D. L. English, W.
M. Henry and H. Q. Adams acted
as judges in this contest.
This contest was followed by the
recitation contest, four young la
dies striving for the honors in this
content. The decision in this case
was even more difficult to reach
than in the oyier contest, there be
ing ISO- much talent displayed on
both sides that it whs very hard to
determine who should have the de
cision.
Miss May Burns recited “The
Ride of Jennie McNeil” and Miss
Agnes Kilpatrick recited ‘(Lasctt,”
these two speakers being Atheni
ans. Miss Olivia Hancock recited
the same piece she used at the
county commencement, “The Puri
tans’ Guest,” while Miss Frankie
Kilpatrick recited “King Robert of
Sicily,” the last two named speak
ers representing the. Nonpareil "so
ciety. Mrs. Fitch Taylor, Mrs. E.
H. Norwood and Mrs. C. D. Chap
man were the judges in this con
test.
There were no exercises of any
kind on Thursday, the day being
spent practicing for the exercises
to follow. On Thursday night the
smaller grades gave a very pleasing
entertainment, consisting of a can
tata and two pantomimes. “The
Jolly Picnic Party” was the title of
the cantata, and “Nearer My God
to Thee” and “Furl That Banner”
were portrayed in x>antomime.
On Friday morning the graduat
ing class exercises took place and
the five young ladies who had suc
cessfully completed the course pre
scribed by the school were given
diplomas. The following young
ladies were in the class: Misses
Docia Case, Frankie Kilpatrick,
Margaret Blythe, Agnes Kilpatrick
and Pearl Faulkner.
The graduating exercises were
started by all joining in singing
“America,” after which devotional
exercises were conduct'cd by Rev.
C. D. Chapman.'
Instead of the usual class history
and class prophecy, the graduates
had each prepared an essay, three
of which were read as u part of the
graduating exerciM s. Miss Docia
Case read an essay oti “Fame;
Miss Pearl Faulkner hud selected
as a subject “Traits of Indian Char
acter,” and Miss Margaret Blythe’s
subject was “The Value of Music
in Life.*’ All these essays were of
a high order and showe4 that the
writers had spent much time in
preparing them.
After the reading bf the essays
Misses Agnes Kilpatrick, Flora
Duckworth and Frankie Kilpatrick
sang “The Happy Miller,” a very
appropriate and pretty piece of
music.
After
D. Thomjifuu iuirouuceii l>r. Jleury
N. Snyder, president of Woflford
College, iSpartanburg, the com
mencement orator. Dr. Snyder’s
address wast)ne of the very best
ever heard in Brevard. His sub
ject was “Getting Together for a
Big Job." His speech was right to
the point, and he showed the part
to be done by the pupil, the teacher,
the parent and the trustees in order
to jhave a success^’ul school. We
regret very much that we cannot
reproduce his speech in full.
Atter this address Rev. R. D.
Cross nresented the diplomas to the
^aduates, and Mr. T. H. Qfilloway
presented the gold medal offered to
the pupil making the best per cent
on deportment. This medal was
won by Leonard Brown, a second
grade pupil, who had been present
every day of the session and had
not been tardy at any roll call.
Friday night the smaller children
presented a cantata, “Midsummer
Eve,” and the higher grade pupils
presented “Dot, the Miner’s Daugh
ter,” in a very pleasing manner.
The commencement exercises
were all of a high order, and the
children and teachers are to be
complimented on the way in which
they carried out their parts. Over
seventy dollars was taken in on
Thursday and Friday nights.
INSTITUTE NOTES
Prof. Trowdridge returned re-
centlyifrom the Missionary Council
ot the Southern Methodists held at
Birmingham, Ala., greatly encour
aged as to the future of the Insti
tute. The new administration
building is to be begun this summer
and t^e council will send a commit
tee from^the building board some
time before July to select location,
decide upon plans, etc. The coun
cil also recommended a consider
able increase in appropriation for
current expenses, andean additional
special appropriation for primary
work.
The Institute exhibit at the coun
cil was considered the most varied
of any school represented there,
and was very cordially receivtd
and admired. The council showed
great interest in all dei^artments
of the school.
Prof. Trowbridge will go to At
lanta this week to attend a specif
conference in the interests of mis
sionary work among the mountains,^
This is a preliminary conference to
the sociological congress of the
southern states to be held in At
lanta following the first mentioned.
A series of special religious ser
vices was held at the Institute last
week, conducted by the Rev. R.'D.
Gross and the Rev. L. D, Thomp
son. Much interest was manifested
and a large number of conversions
ensued.
Allen Moir left recently to accept
a position with the Southern rail
way in the engineering department
with headquarters at Greensboro.
While we regret his departure we
feel gratified by his success in ob
taining such a good place so early
in life.
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS
FIRST DISTRICT MEETING
Of the United Daughters of the
Confederacy.
OTIS PAHON DEAD
Miss Bessie Lyday. of Penrose,
who has been teaching music in
the Enterprise graded school, Ra
leigh, has returned home.
All members of the K. of P.
Lodge are urged to be present at a
meeting to be held next Tuesday
night at their hall. Fraternity
building.
St. Philips church, fifth Sunday
after Easter, April 27, 1913. Morn
ing prayer with sermon at 11. Sub
ject, “The Ascension.” Sunday
school at 4. Friday, April 25, St.
Mark’s day. Even song with ad
dress at 5. Subject, “The Ministry
to Sorrow, Christ and the Two
Disciples.” Rogation days: Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Prayer each day at 12 o’clock.
Thursday, “Ascension Day.”'Holy
communion with address at 11.
Pains in the back, and the irregu
larities to which women are sub
ject, with all thei^ attendant mis
eries, yield at onfce to DR. SIM
MON’S SQUAW i VINE COM
POUND. It is pleasant to take
as the juice of a -sweet orange.
Price $1.00 per bottle. Sold by S.
M. Macfie. adv
The first meeting of the First
District of the North Carolina Di
vision United Daughters of the
Confederacy will be held in Bre
vard at the chapter house on Satur
day, April 26, at 12 o’clock. The
chapters included in the first dis
trict are:
Asheville Chapter, Asheville.
Cullowhee Chapter, Sylva.
Davis-Dickerson-Mills Chapter,
Rutherf ordton.
Haywood Cha|)ter, Waynesville.
McDowell Chapter, Marion.
Margaret Davis Hayes Chapter,
Hendersonville.
Transylvania Chapter, Brevard.
i
Representatives have also been
invited from Canton, Murphy and
other towns whete chapters are
soon to be organised.
About twenty delegates - are ex
pected. They vrfll arrive at 11:19
a. m. Shturday, be met at the sta
tion by delegates from the Tran-
sylvania<chapter.
Each and every member of Tran
sylvania Chapter is urged to be
First at this First session of the
First meeting of the First District.
Help to make ours the first chapter
in all other lines, as we are already
the first to to own a chapter house
ana first to form a memorial libra
ry. The morning session, from 12
to 1:30, will be taken up with or
ganization and business and is open
only to delegates and members of
the local chapter. At 1:30 the
meeting will adjourn for a social
hour and the Transylvania Chapter
will serve a luncheon to the visit
ing ladies.
Mrs. E. B. Glenn of Asheville,
who was appointed by Division
President Mrs. Marshall Williams
as first director of the first district,
will preside and the meeting will
be called to order at 12 o’clock.
At 2:30 p. m. there will be an
open meeting in and around the
chapter house. All members of
Transylvania Camp U. C. V. are
cordially invited ^to be present, as
are friends of both “Daughters”
and “Veterans.”
The opening pray^ of the after
noon session will be made by Rev.
W. H. Davis, chaplain of the camp,
and a short address will follow by
Mr. J. M. Hamlin,-its commandant.
There will bo fiv^minute reports
from the chapters on what they
are doing and what they intend to
do. Mrs. Glenn will give an out
line of the work of the district, and
the real “Hamlet of the Play” will
be the sketch of Mrs. Wm. M. Pars
ley, founder of the first chapter U.
D. C. in North Carolina, honorary
president of the North Carolina
division, and in whose honor this
twenty-sixth of April, .her birth
day, is celebrated,
‘We must close with a jubilee,”
so there will be just as many songs
as we can “shout and sing” before
we must adjpUrn at t :30 to get the
4 o'clock train.
On the reception committee will
be the ofiBcers of the Transylvania
Chapter U. D. C.
Miss Annie Jean Gash, president.
Mrs. A'. H. Caldwell, first vice
president.
Mrs. C. C. Yongue, second vice
president.
Miss Margaret W, Breese, secre
tary.
Miss Annie L. Shipman, treas
urer.
Mrs. Ora L. Jones, registrar.
Mrs. T. E. Patton, Jr., historian.
Miss Sarah Osborne, custodian.
The folloMng “Daughters” have
also been asked to serve On this
committee: Mrs. O. L. Erwin
chairman; Mrs. W. E. Breese, Jr.
Mrs. W. H. Davis, Miss H. M
Deaver, Miss D. Gash. Mrs. D. A
Gash, Mrs. M. J. Glazener, Mrs
Wm. A. Johnstone, Mrs. J. A. Mil
ler, Mrs. S. F. Norton, Mrs. G. C
Witmer and Mrs. M. A. E. Wood
bridge, Annie Jean Gash,
Pres. Transylvania Chapter U. D. C
Mr. Otis Patton, the seventeen
year old son of Mr,^ and Mrs. T. T.
Patton of Pisgah Forest, died at the
home of hin parents last.Sunday
morning. The newd of his death
came as a great surprise^ to his
many friends and relatives, as his
condition was not considered seri
ous until jtist a short time before
his death.
The young man had only been
suflfering abort a week with a car
buncle on his chin, and this in some
manner became infected, causing
blood poisoning which resulted in
hia death. Everything possible
was done by his' physician. Dr. E.
S. English, to relieve him of his
suffering, and Dr. M. H. Flether
and a trained nurse of Asheville
were called in consultation but
nothing seemed to relieve him.
Tfie funeral services were con
ducted on Monday morning by Rev.
W. H Davis, pastor of the David
son River Presbyterian church,
and the interment was at the Da
vidson River cemetery. A very
large number of relatives and
friends attended the funeral. The
following wer« the pall bearers: J.
A. Miller, Jr., T. E. Patton, O. L.
Erwin, William Deaver, John Max
well and W. H. Duckworth.
The deceased is survived by his
parents, three sisters, Misses Emma,
Bessie and Louise Pat^’On, and two
brothers, Messrs. Harry H. and T.
E, Patton, Jr.. all of Pisgah Forest.
The News joins the many friends
of the deceased in extending sym
pathy to the relatives of the de
ceased.
CARSON CREEK ITEMS
LIVE STOCK DEPARTMENT
Bureau of Information and Ready
Aid to Farmers and Stockmen,
AsHin death htis visited this com
munity. Mrs. Tiiden Reese (ffed
Sunday morning, March 30. Tli»>
remains of the mother and Lewly-
born bal>e were laid to rest in the
C^rsion Creek cemetery Monday,
March 31. Mr. and Mrs. Reese had
only been married one year and
ten days. Their life together was
one of simple happiness.
Mrs, Bud Cassel has been quite
sick for the last week, but we are
glad to say she is improving.
The Sunday school has been re
organized with Mr. Mitchell Cassel
as superintendent. We trust that
the people will become more inter
ested in this work and everybody
help in making it a success.
One of the important features of
our last church service was the or-
dinatitm of tl)ree deacons. All
were young men. We hope tliey
maj be spared to give a long life of
service in this office.
Pedestrian.
The recently expanded live stock
department of the Southern Rail
way Company has as its purpose
the promotion of the live stock in
dustry along its lines, and it solic
its the co-operation of every citizen
^ho is interested in having tlya
great and necessary industry come
into its own that it may be of its .
greatest benefit to all concerned. \
The Piedmont section ~oT the
south-ea.st, by its natural qualifica
tions, is pre-emineotly a live stock
section, for ^ here pure water flows
freely, th^ soil affords good natural
grazing, as well as responding well
in the production of all the forage
and grain crops, and markets are
comparatively handy.
The only other requirement is
improvement of the breeds, and
this is provided by the use of pure
bred, well-formed sires on the na
tive stock. It is remarkable what
results from improvement in
slaughtering come from the prac
tice of this feature.
The department desires to give
aid to this branch of agriculture in
any manner that conditions call
for, which includes information re
garding feeds or feeding, breeds or
breeding, marketing, care of^ stock,
etc., in fact,' to do any and all
things tending to have more and
better live stock throughout the
section. •
At the present time we are em
phasizing the use of better breed
ing stock and are prepared to lo
cate such stock as may be wanted
by inquirers, on short notice, as-
well a.H by assisting them in choos- /
ing same, if they so desire.
Inquiries on any matter pertain
ing to live stock should be made
ro either Live Stock Department
Southern 'Railway, Atlanta, Ga.,
or Dr. ,C. D. Lowe, Morristown,
Tenn., who is the local representa
tive.
CEDAR MOUNTAIN ITEMS
■\Ve are having some very fine
weather at this writing.
Prof. J. W. Burns is visiting
Grt-enville this week on business
Mr. Haliburt Hunt, with his fam
ily and mother, have come to Cedar
Mountain to spend the summer.
J. A. Burns is visiting friends
and relatives here this weak.
Miss Lottie Heath visited her
cousin. Miss Carrie Burns, Tuesday
afternoon.
Hello, Wild Willie, where did
you jump from? You had better
go back to your den.
Miss Ida Lance and her little
nephew, Cecil, made a. call at Miss
Leslie McGaha’s Sunday morning
Misses Phoebe and Reba Burns
are visiting their sisters at Ere
vard. Misses Mae and Audra Burns
Mrs. Nancy Bishop went to Bre
vard Thursday on business.
We’ll come again next week if
we are still living.
Billie’s Nieces.
For billiousness, malaria and con
stipation, the proper remedy is
SIMMON’S RED Z LIVER REGU
L^TOU. The first dose makes you
feel better and a little more of the
same medicine cares yon complete
ly. Price, large package, $1.00
small size, 25c. Sold by S. M
Macfie. adv
MURDER AND SUICIDE
R. H. Liverett, 77 years old, a
wealthy and respected farmer of
Henderson county, ended his life at
his home near Hendersonville Tues
day afternoon at 4 o’clock after
shooting and fatally wounding his
son, John, aged 48, with a'double
barrelled shot gun.
The lower part of the son’s face
wa^! shot away. Mr. Liverett and
his son had some dispute in a field
near their home. After firing at
his son Mr. Liverett endeavored to
turn the weapon on himself. A
daughter wrested the gun from
him. He then walked to the house*
secured another gun and emptied
its contents into his body.
He is survived by a widow, threft
sons and two daughters. Hia son
is married and has several children^
John Liverett died late Tuesday
night from the effects of the shoot
ing.
p. H. THRASH IN TROUBLE
Under the charge of selling whis
key and of having on hand more
than the law allows, P. 9. Thrash,
of-Asheville, was tried in Rowan
county court Tuesday and fined
f400 and costs.
A notice of appeal was given
though officers do not^ believe this
will be taken. Monday night Sheriff
McKenzie seized fourteen barrels
of whiskey belonging to Thrasb
and arrested several employees at
the plant where found. Prepara
tions were being made |o ship the
whiskey to. Chattanooga and ygov-
ernment officials found irregularl<^
ties in the handling. ‘ /
A portion of the liquors was or
dered desfe^edr tili%nimaind.er will
go forward to the Chattanooga
firm. A revenue officer was on
hand when Sheriff McKensie took
charge of the place.
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