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VOLUME-XVm
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. MAY 2. 1913.
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STREET CAR STjllKE
All the street car conductors and
motormen employed by the Ashe
ville Light and Power company
quit work last Saturday at noon,
leaving the city without street car
service. The strike grew out of a
demand for more wages for the
men, the increase amounting to
about |8,000 per year.
The street car company claims
that they did not receive any no
tice from the men in regard to their J
intention of suspending work until
the cars were on their way to the
barn. The men, however, claim
they had given the company plenty
of notice as to what to expect un
less they would agree to grant the
increase demanded or to arbitrate
the matter.
The cars were operated on some
of the principal lines Saturday by
members of the office force of the
company, but the service was far
from what it should have been.
Saturday night a number of
young men and others paraded
over the principal streets wearing
apiall red cards bearing the words
“We walk” but no demonstration
of any kind wus made other than
the cuttibg of a trolly rope by some
unknown party.
Sunday morning the company
made the announcement that thore
would be no cars run o^ Sunday
but that they would be operated as
usual on Monday mor^ng.
Sunday afternoon a pa^ty of
twenty-one strike breakers were
brought to town and lodged at the
Langren hotel. When the news of
their arrival spread about town a
crowd estimated at about two thou
sand, composed of men and boys,
gathered in front of the hotel.
The hotel was closely guarded by
the local poMee force and prevented
the mob storming the hotel. A
number of attempts were made by
members of the mob to gain admit
tance to hotel but the police force
pushed the crowd back each time.
This lasted for about three hours,
after which Mayor Rankin ap-
l>eared before the mob and stated
that if the crowd would not inter
fere the men would be taken back
to the depot and sent back to their
homes. Two men were arrested
and charged with attempting to in
cite a riot before the mob would
disperse,, and several hundred men
and boys ran down the street fol
lowing the carriages in which the
men were being driven to the sta
tion.
The strike breakers having been
sent out, of town the street cars re
mained idle all day Monday.
The men on strike took no part
in the riot of Sunday afternoon, and
it is announced from union head
quarters that they will participate
in no such scenes, but will conduct
their strike on a high plane.
In the meantime the citizens of
Asheville are doing more walking
possibly than has been done in that
city for mapy years.
On Monday the street railway
company stated in a hotter to the
mayor that they would soon begin
the operation of the cars, and made
a request that police protection be
furnished them, avo\ving their
willingness to pay all the extra cost
in policing the cars.
Upon the receipt of this commu
nication the mayor immediately
convened the board of aldermen to
consider the request. It was de
cided to furnish the protection and
the chief of police was instructed
to swear in any number of extra
policeman that may be found nec-
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essary.
It was hIso discovered On 'Wednes
day that the street railway people
had built a high wall around the
car sheds, leaving only one track
open, and that a large number of
cots and a large amount of pro-
vi^ons had been carried into the
sheds. It is thought by this that
the strikebreakers will be taken
care of in the car sheds.
HOME SANITATION
Prize Winning Essay in the Re
cent Contest Between Sev
enth Grade Pupils.
The word sanitation comes from
a Latin word which means, whole
ness or health. It is the science of
how to preserve the health—espe
cially the public health; to have
our premises clean and free from
flies and mosquitoes, our milk and
wat«r supplies pure, and the air we
breathe free from disease ge^s;
not to live among insects, dirt and
germs; not to drink impure water
and unclean milk and to breathe in
germs from the bodies of persons
who are diseased.
There is a belief among some
people thafr flies are useful because
they feed on wastes. No greater
mistake can be made. Flies light
on and walk over all manner of un
clean matter and then spread germs
and uncleanness over dishes, food
and milk vessels. They may come
to our faces straight from feeding
on the sputum of a consumptive or
the wastes of a typhoid patient.
They may fly directly from some
one who has sore eyes, on the eyes
of a little baby that cannot defend
itself from them. There is nothing
more dangerous or more unclean
than to live among a swarm of flies.
Flies carry most any kind of dis
ease. We should remove their
breeding places aiid have our doors
and windows screened.
The mosquito is also a great germ
carrier; they carry almost any
kind of disease. We should remove
their breeding places and keep the
polluted soil from around the
house.
Another important thing is the
disease germs in food. Germs get
into ^ood by flies, dust anrt wash
ing in impure water. Tho^ who
prepare food should pay speqial at
tention to the cleanliness of their
hands, and wash them often in
soap and water before handling the
food. In the case of. foods two
pointy are of importance. These
points are cleanliness to prevent
germs from getting into food, and
cold to keep germs that do get into
the food from multiplying. Milk
is the most dangerous of all foods.
The safest milk is that which is
bottled at a dairy where it is pro-’
duced. All milk vessels should be
thoroughly scalded before using to
kill the germs. Milking should be
done in a clean building free from
dust and flies.
We should sprinkle the floors
while sweeping to keep the 0 ust
down and raise the windows and
open the doors. We should have
the windows down a little from the
top every night so as to have fresh
air in the room;.
There are several ways in which
the germs are spread. Some of
them are drinking from jiublic
drinking cups, putting the hands
on the face, spitting on the side
walks, exchanging books in a
schoolroom, and allowing children
to play in the dirt. Children
should not be allowed to play in
the dirt. One reason for this is
that children have less resistance
to these diseases than the grown-up
people. Another reason is that
children crawl and play on the
floors and earth where their elders
spit and where all kinds of danger
ous germs are left by the feet of
those who have M^alked on the
streets or on polluted soil about
the house. The floors and yards
should be kept clean for the sake
of the children.
Another imx>ortant thing is a
pure water supply. Water that
comes from the ground into a well
that is as much as twenty feet deep
ist natially free from germs. It
should be located on high ground
and away from all pig pens and
stables. Upder no circumstances
should puddles'of water be allowed
near the well. Around the well a
trench should be made to run the
water off from the well. Any water
that comes from the ground is
likely to contain disease germs.
Shallow wells and springs are the
most dangerous. Diseasa germs
get into water by wtishing clotheiB
from « di^ased person, or handling
the buckets. The only safe waters
are boiled water and artesian wellef.
Another important thing is th^
health officials. Without them cer
tain persons in everjr community
will keep breeding places for mos^
quitoes and flies. People spit on
the sidewalks and neglect to be
vaccinated, or go straight out
among people from cases of very
dangerous and infectious diseases.
The persons who are compelled
to clean up their premises and live
so that they will not be a nuisance
and hinder to their neighbors be
come angry with the health offi
cials and try to injure them and
hinder their work.
It is the duty of the government
to build hospitals for the persons
who are sufferiiig from disease not
only to prevent the spread of the
disease but i^ is better for the
patients.
I think the greatest service v:e
can render to the cause of sanita-
tation is to do the things the little
book of “Sanitation” tells us», and
keep everything in a clean and sani
tary condition.
Ida Glazenbr,
Seventh Grade.
THE RECORDER’S COURT
As Judge J. A. Forsythe had
quite a big docket to work on Mon
day morning, the wheels of' justice
moved very fast, the entire docket
being disposed of in a little more
more than one hour. To say that
the recorder gave entire satisfac
tion to the several patrons of the
court would hardly be true, because
there were a number of appeals. A
court of justice rarely ever gives
entire satisfaction to every indi
vidual.
Quite a number of cases came up
for trial at Monday’s session which
grew out 6f a general celebration
at Rosman on Sunday. It seems
that a number of young men de
cided to celebrate the coming .of
the singing convention to that
town by taking on a cargo of “O
be joyful,” b«t in some manner
they misjudged their capacity and
as a result were bound over to tJie
recorder’s court, and the recorder,
true to his promise made two weeks
ago, did not have a large amount
of sympathy for the unfortunate
young fellows, but .instead gave a
number of them rather heavy fines
and in three% cases road sentences
were given. In nearly every case
where rpad sentences were given
the defendants decided to try thejr
luck in a higher court, and so no
tices of appeals were given.
The following was the line-up for
Monday, with the batting averages
for each following:
State V. Boyd Ross, drunk, $5
and coats.
State V. Lambert Ross, drunk,
$15 and costs.
State V. B. Henderson, drunk,
six months on county roads. No
tice of appeal given. Appeal bond
fixed at $300. ^
State V. Prato Corbin, drunk and
carrying concealed weapon, flOO
and costs. Notice of appeal given.
State V. Ed Wilson, drunk and
disturbing religions worship, six
months on county roads. Notice
of appeal given.
State v. Lustus Wilson, drunk,
$10 and costs.
State V. H^inson Littleton, dis
turbing religions worship, four
months on county roads. Notice
of appeal given.
State v. Lambert Ross, carrying
concealed weapon, $100 and costs.
Notice of ctppeal given.
State V. Ed Wilson, drunk and
disturbing religious worship, $10
and costs.
State v. Warren McCall, drunk;
$5 and costs.
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Miss Kahcy Clarke and Uilr. Henry
N. Carrier Were Mvried
WednesdayC
PRE-NUPTlAi FUNaTlON !
At 1:30 o’clock Wedne^ay after
noon Miss Nancy Barnum Clarke,
the charming daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry P. Clarke, aiid a grei^
■grand-iaughter of the late’P. T.
Barnum, the fapaons show man,
was married at her home, “Rock-
■brook,*^ to Mr. Henry Nash Car
eer, formerly of Greenville, S. C.,
bat now a resident of Brevatd. ,
The bride Was attit*ed in a wed
ding robe of white charmeuse, pn
train, with trimmings of < duchess
and princess lace and bridal veil of
tulle an^jl orange blossoms. She
wore a magnificent pearl crescent,
the gift of the groom. The bridal
procession formed at the head of
the main stairway leading* to the
profusely decorated hall and thence
entered the drawing room where
the ceremony, in the presence of
a large company of local and out
of town guests, was performed by
the Rev, Chalmers D. Chapman,
rector of St. Phillips Episcopal
Church.
The procession was led by the
ribbon girls, Frances Elias of Ashe
ville and Martha Breese of Bre
vard, followed by the bridesmaids,
Miss Catherine Thomson of Union,
S. C.; Miss Mary Wilson of Sum
ter, S. C.; Miss .Tuanita Hewitt
Darlington. S. C.; Miss Annie Lee
McNeill of Florence, S. C.; Miss
Mildred Rennell, a cousin of the
bride, of Bridgeport, Conn., and
Miss Etta Brand of Wilmington,
N. C. The bridesmaids wore gowns
of white lingerie and carried bou
quets of field daisies tied yel
low chilTon. Following the brides
maids came the matron of hon£>r,
Mrs. J. B. Reeves, Jr., of Charles
ton, S. C., who was gowned in yel
low embroidered chiffon.
The maid of honor. Miss Eliza
beth Gueinzius of Green Bay, Wis.,
was attired in a gown of yellow
crepe chinois, lace trimmed. Im
mediately preceding the bride, w^ho
was escorted by her father, was
the flower girl, Nancy Clarke Mac
fie, a small cousin and namesake of
bride. The best nian was Mr. John
Arrington, Jr., of Greenville, S. C.
The groom is a great grandson of
David Carrier of Conway, Mass.,
and of Col. James Livingston of
Jacksonville, Fla.
Music was furnished by Speer's
orchestra, and the wedding break
fast following the ceremony was
served by caterer Platt of Ashe
ville.
Among the out of town guests
were Mrs. Emma Carrier, the
groom’s mother, Mrs. Norman M.
Heggie, his sister, and her daugh
ter, Miss Je/in, all of Jacksonville,
Fla.; Mrs. Frank W. Rennell, an
aunt of the bride, and Mr. Charles
R, Clarke, an uncle of the bride,
both of Bridgeport, Conn.; Mrs.
Christopher H. Peake of Union, S.
C.; Mr. Janies Macfie Anderson of
Columbia, S. C.; Mr. and Mrs.
James S. Coleman, Mrs. Charles R.
Robinson, Mrs. Charles K. Platt,
Mrs. S. R. Carter, the Misses Car
ter, Miss Maude Hamilton, Mrs.
Josephine Price, Miss Katherine
Mason and Miss Bessie Sites, all
of Asheville, N. C.
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APPLICATION FOR PARDON FOR
MITCH LEE
Application will be made to the
governor of North Carolina for the
pardon of Mitch Lee, convicted at
the August term of'the Superior
Court of Transylyania County for
the crime of housebreaking and
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sentenced-for A term of two years
and six month on the county roads.
All iiersons yrho oppose the grant
ing of said pardon are invited to
forward their protests to the gov
ernor without delay.
Tais the 21st day of April, 1913.
One of the most enjoyable of t^e
many entertainments' given Un
honor of Miss Nancy B. Clarke ,on
the ©ve of her wedding to lir.
Henry N. Carrier was the linien
shower given by Mrs. E. A. Shafl&r
at her beautiful home, “Eastatloe
bungalow,” on last Saturday. •
,ir The guests were met at Rxismin
by Mrs. Shaffer and her hot^
guest, Mrs. Frank L. DeVane.'fl^d
taken on ^ special train from th^^
to the “Bungalow.” i
‘ The house was most charmingly
decorated with*cut fio'wers and the
color jcheme of pink and green was
mosti artiattically carried^ Oi\t witih
large bouquets of pink roses ai^
fragrant apple blossoms banked en
masse in every nook and corner, '
the iJkok ground being banks of
beautiful galax leaves. Graceful
garlands of entwined pink roros
were festooned from the massive
oak beams of the ceiling in the
rooms on the first floor.
In the center of the ceiling in the
beautiful living room was sus
pended a large parasol made of
beautiful “Gloirc de Chendane
Guinoisseau” roses. The parasol
was opened upward and in it were
the various gitts of the guests, con
sisting of beautiful and dainty lit
tle articles so dear to the heart of
woman. A piece of ribbon was
fastened to one side of the parasol
and .Miss Clarke was told to pull it,
and* when she did the parasol
tipT)ed up and she was showered
with rose petals. Her blushing
cheeks matched in perfect harmony
with the pink and velvety rose
petals, and the beautiful picture
she made will long be remembered
by those present.
Each guest had been requested tO'
write a little verse to accompany
her gift, and when read they
ijroved to be beautiful and bright^
The refreshments were dainty
a^nd delightful and in thorough
keeping with the spirit ot the occa
sion. Cupid was the “chef” and
hearts and arrows and other em
blems symbolic of the approaching
wedding were in evidence.
After spending several pleasant
hours the guests again boarded
their special train and returned to
Rosman and their homes.
The invited guests were Miss
Nancy B. Clarke, Mrs. Norman
Heggie of Jacksonville, Fla.; Mrs.'
Peak of Union, S. C.; Mi-s. Jack
Reeves of Charleston, S. C.; Mrs.
Carrier of Greenville, S. C.; Miss
Mildred Rennell of Bridgeport,
Conn. ; Miss Elizabeth Gueinzius of
Green Bay, Wis.; Miss Susie Car
ter of Asheville, N. C.; Mrs. Harry
Hayes of Pittsburgh, Pa., and
Mesdames Frank L. DeVane, C. M.
Cooke, Jr., O. L. Erwin, C. M.
Doyle, M. A. E Woodbridge, W.
E. Breese, Jr., J. A. Miller, Jr., Di.
G. Ward, C. D. Chapman, James
Bromfield, J. W. McMinn, S. M:.
Macfie, C. E. Orr and Miss M. Wave
Long of Brevard and Mrs. Morrow.
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JENKINS’ HOME-fl^T«9¥£0 "u
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Just after the News had been
printed last Thursday it was dis- '
covered that the home of Mr. F. E. '
B. Jenkins was on fire. The alarm
was turned in and the fire, company
made a quick run to the blaze but '
it was soon app^re^t that nothing
could save the building. The (
efforts of the firemeik' v^ere used to )
save the adjoining buildings ;ana *,
in getting as much furniture out as '
possible.
The furniture irf the lower rooms •
was, nearly all saved,'‘bijt the fire '
had ihade such headwayi before its
discovery that it was iihpossible to *
gomto the upper rooms.
¥he wiV'extinguished before
the walls the Ibuilding were en-. V
tirely burnted, but what ik left is'
practically worthl^ except for' |
kindling. ’ ^ |
The fire caugfht from a defeotive ■
flue, it is understood', and there '
was a thousand dollars insurance
on the building and contents.
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