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?«l6iSjS-8fcfiSflflfcflM6flS®—iSsfisifc ONLY NEWSPAPER IN TRANSVLVMIIA COUNTY A HOME PAPER FOR HOME PEOPLE-AXiL HOME PRINT 70LUME-XVIII BREVARD, NORTH .CA'ROLINA, FRIDAY. JULY 11. 1913. NUMBER-28 CONTRACT FORFEITED The board of aldermen held a very interesting and important meeting in the mayor’s office Mon day night, adjourning late in the night with a number of important matters left unfinished. Among some of the mor§ important ac- tiofia taken was the forfeiture of the contract of the R. A. Poe & Co,, and their notice to this com pany that they would take charge of the street paving work on Fri day of this week ; the donating f 150 to the building fund of the Brevard Institute, and a number of smaller matters. A petition was presented to the board, signed by a number of citi zens of the towi and some who were not living in town, asking that the street paving work be stopped when |t reached Gaston street, to remainder of the money to be used in building sidewalks. Dr. C. W. Hunt and Mr. J. L. Bell addressed the board, asking that this action be taken, while Messrs. J. S. Silverstein, C. M. Cooke, Jr., T. W. Whitmire and T. H. Ship man urged the board to carry the paving on as originally contem plated. Action on the petition was deferred indefinitely. A. L. Hardin, the town’s engi neer, furnished a written state ment to the board in which he affirmed that the work of paving the streets is not progressing ac- * cording to contract; that the time limit expired on July 1, and at that time only about thirty per cent of the work had been donen, that there were many instances where the contractors had not complied with their contract, and that he had given them notice that the work was not being carried on sat isfactorily, and that they had “failed, neglected and refused to carry on the work in the way. and manner contemplated by said con tract.” The board took the matter under advisement, and upon motion of Alderman Shuford, seconded by Alderman Ashworth, duly carried, it was ordered that the contractors be notified that the town would as sume control of all matters, mate rial and other things connected in any way with the contract on Fri day, July 11, and would take what ever steps as may seem necessary to complete the work. This notice was fixed up in due form and servijd on the contractors Tuesday morning. The board did not decide whether it would take direct control of the work or relet the contract at the meeting Monday night, but will probably get some other contractor to finish the work. Prof. C. H. Trowbridge of Bre vard Institute appeared before the board and asked that the *own make a donation to the building fund of the Institute and to relieve the school from the payment of water rents. After some discus sion by members of the board and others it was decided to donate $150 to the school, to be paid in three installments. Tho request as to water rents was refused. The resignation of J. A. Gallo way as chief of police was accented, but no successor to the chief was elected. T. B. Summey is at pres ent acting as chief pending the election of a chief. Mr. Galloway has accepted a position with the internal revenue department with headquarters at Asheville, having gone to work with the department on the fourth of July. The board will hold a special ses sion Saturday night when the elec* tion of a chief of police will t^ke place. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MEET The dance at the Franklin last Friday nigbt was well attended and quite enjoyable. Among the guests were quite a number from Camp sUpphire. The' mnsic was fornished b^ the Franklin orches tra, composed of Dr. Faust and three idanghters, from Bamberg, e. C. The board of county commis sioners held their July meeting last Mou(|ay in the register’s office. A good deal of business was trans acted, consisting for the mofit part of orders allowed for various ser vices. Road making^ and amend ing also received attention. The jury appointed in April, 1912, to lay off a new road in Cath eys Creek township, having lost their records, snbmitted a dupli cate of the same to the commis sioners. The road is to begin near J. M. Hamlin’s and to intersect the public road near J. R. Tinsley’s. This report will be considered the first Monday in August. A petition was filed by the road overseer of Catheys Creek town ship to have an amendment made to the public road near the old William Duckworth home place; but an agreement being made and bond given by C. C. Duckworth to put the present road on a 6 per cent grade and make it twenty-four feet wide, the petition was with drawn.. The overseer of Hogback was authorized to borrow 1200 to make an amendment on the road from Miller’s ford to Sandy Gap. A petition was filed asking the board to lay oft' and help build a new road in Gloucester, beginning at G. C. Galloway’s and running by C. C. Banther’s, J. W. Jones’, H. G^ Raines’ and John Kinzey’s, and intersecting the public road above J. F. Thomas’. SCHOOL COMMIHEEMER MEET IN MEMORY The school law now provides that “the county board of educa tion shall fix a day and place in each township for the meeting of the committeemen of said town ship. who shall, in conference with the county. superintendent, witli whom applications must have pre viously been filed by all applicants, select the teachers for their re spective schools. * * * Pro vided, that no election of any teacher or ^ny assistant teacher shall be deemed valid until such election has been approved by the county superintendent.” In com pliance with this law the board of education has fixed the following places and dates for the meeting of the committees of the various townships. Gloucester, Macedonia church, Monday, July 14. Hogback, Lakeside school house (Old Hogback), Tuesday, July 15. Eastatoe, Zion church, Wednes day, July 16. Catheys Creek, Calvert school house, Thursday, July 17. Dunns Rock, England’s store, Friday, July 18. Little River, Laurel Creek school house, Saturday, July 19. Boyd, Penrose High school, Mon day, July 21. Brevard, court house, Tuesday, July 22. The law requires all the commit teemen of the township to meet together with the county superin tendent at these meetings, and it is to be hoped that not one commit teeman will be absent in any town ship. In order to carry out the pro visions of the compulsory school attendance law enacted by the last general assembly, an “attendance officer” has to be appointed for each township to take the school census of the various schools of the township and to keep the at tendance records. This officer will hold a very important and very re sponsible position; therefore it is very important that the right man in each township be selected for this work. The committeemen of each township will be expected in their meeting to select the man for this importanlit and responsible office. T. C. Henderson, Coauby &apeA'iiit«>iuieat. HENRY PKOK CLARKE. Henry Peck Clarke, a prominent citizen of this section, died on Sun day, July 6, 1913, in his fifty-fifth year at his beautiful home, “Rock- brook,” four miles from Brevard, after a brief illness. He was the son of Robert Toucey Clarke, a banker of Bridgeport, Conn., and one time mayor of that city, and Harriet Peck of Brook field Centre, the same state, who was descended from a long line of patriotic men and women. Both his parents were of sturdy New England stock, whose ancestors emigrated to this country from Old England some time in the seven teenth century. The arrival of the first ancestor of the Clarke family long antedated the Revolution. Joseph Peck, the emigrant ancestor ofi his mother’s family in this country, came from Hingham, Norfolk county, Eng land. In 1638 he and other Puri tans, with his brother, Robert Peck, their pastor, fled from the persecutions of the church to this country. They came over in the ship “t)iligent” of Ipswich, John Martin, master, and settled iii New Hingham, Norfolk county, Massa chusetts, afterward emigrating to the Connecticut colony. They were of the gentleman or gentry class, as their coat of arms indi cated. Mr. Clarke was born in Bridge port, Conn., in April, 1859 ; he en tered into business in his sixteenth year, but after ten years, with health somewhat impaired and at the suggestion of a friend, he came south and bought a plantation at Eastover, South Carolina. In 1886, the year after his arrival at East- over, he married Julia Caroline Hurd, a daughter of Henry Hurd and Helen Barnum, his wife, of New York ^City, and brought his young bride to his home in the sunny south where he followed the life of a planter for six years, re moving to Columbia, S. C., in 1892, where he remained for three' years engaged in literary work as editor of the Columbia Record. At East- over his only surviving daughter, Nancy Barnum, now Mrs. Henry Nash Carrier, was born, and at Columbia his loving^ and devoted wife fell asleep. In 1895 he mar ried Mary Jane Macfie of Winns-* boro, S. C., a daughter of Capt. James Pringle Macfie and Agnes Rice of Union, S. C., who survives him with his only 3on, Harry, how in his sevent'OMith year. In April, 1898, Mr. Clarke came to Brevard with his family, and some months after his arrival pur chased the old Chisholm place on the French Broad, four miles from Brevard, and built a , handsome residence which he called “Rock- brook,” and there for the past fif teen years he has led a quiet and restful life in his beautiful home with its charming scenery of river and valley and mountain heights, and the loving ministrations of dear ones, the kinilly regards of his friends, and the affections of the mountain people who lived near him, and to whom he was wont to minister with a generous kindness that ivon their hearts. He lived to give his daughter in marriage, and to see his son reach young manhood, and then fell asleep and was gathered to his Fathers. His body rests on the liill-top in the Gillespie cemetery near Brevard; his spirit has re turned to God who gave it. Mr. Clarke combined in his per son the blood of the Cavalier and the Puritan, the Churchman and the Independent; his father’s an cestors being of the Churcli of England stock, and his mother’s of the Independent or Congregational; a strong combination that has given birth to loyal men and de voted women in church and state. Firm in his convictions of right and justice, and independent of speech and action, as his New Eng land ancestry would indicate, he iwfM a miua ot vntxtfn naik kiiuUy heart, whose little acts of' thought ful kindness spoke louder than any words, as many a , humble one might testify, and as many did tes tify by their tearful faces at the last sad service of th© church, in his beautiful home. His sense of hospitality was keen, and his regard for Brevard and its reputation was n6t ex pressed in words only. In a letter to me, writt«n three weeks before his deSth, in view of tho coming convention, he said: \ “Of course we all want the qual ity of Brevard’s hospitality on this occasion to make a hit; if you need further help let me know,'and I will do the best I can.” A man of fine feeling, of true culture, he lived among us unob trusive In his charities and open in his hospitality ; a loyal friend, a kind neighbor, a good citizen, and now he sleeps, sincerely mourned by wife and children, relatives, friends and neighbors. God rest him. Chalmers Durand Chapman, Minister in charge Saint Philips. Brevard, N. C., July 8, 1913. LONG-CHAFFEE Just before going to press this week an announcement was re ceived of the marriage at Hender sonville, Thursday, July 10, of Miss M.'Wave Long- and Mr. Charles A. Chaffee. In the afternoon of the same day the bride and groom spent several hours in Brevard, leaving on the 8:20 train. They will be at home in Geneva, Ohio, after August 1st. Miss Long hasj lived in Rrovard for al)Out ten years, and gave piano and violin lessons a great part of that time. Her friends here are many, it would be difficult, to another person who in so brief a | time had won the affections of so many people. Her leaving is a distinct loss to the community. ■” A delightfully informal recep tion was given in Miss Long’s former studio Thursday afternoon. Many of her friends and former pupils were present, full of con- gratiilations for the groom and sincere good wishes for the bride. OF LOCAL INTEREST SINCINC CONVENTION The seventh session of the Tran sylvania Interdenominational Sing ing convention will meet with the people and church at Counestee the 26th and 27th of July, 1913, at 10 a. m. Saturday, and the following programme will be carried out: •« Song service by the Connestee choir. Devotional exercises by George Justus. 10:30 a. m.—Roll call and enroll ment of new choirs. 11 :00 a. m.—Singing by conven tion. 12:00 m.-—Adjournment for din ner one hour. 1:00 p. ni.—Called to order by president. Appointment of committee on -time and place. Singing by different choirs alter nately until 3:30 p. m. Adjournment until 10:00 a. m. Sunday morning. S«ng by the convention and de votional exercises by C. C. Duck- wortli, 10:30 a. m.—Singing by the con vention. 11:00 a. m.—Address by Rev. C. M. Carpentet. 11:00 m.—Adjournment for din ner one hour and a half. 1:30 p. m.—Reassemble by sing ing No. 55 in Conventional book. Report of committee. Singing by the different choirs until 3:30. The Connestee people are not ex pected to furnish dinner for the public, only for the singing choirs. A. M. Paxton, H. A. Orr, W. C. McCall, CommitMe, The report of the failure of the Frst-Second National Bank of Pitts burg, the First National Bank of McKeesport, Pa., and the .Ameri can Waterworks & Guarantee Co., is of more than passing interest to the residents of this county, since all three of these organizations are controlled by Messrs. W. S. and J. S. Kuhn. '^hese gentlemen have been some- what'interested in a number of in dustrial ventures in and around Lake Toxaway for the past twelve months, and had their plans mate rialized this county would have had the biggest electric power plant in this section of the state. Their plans^ chilled for the erection of an enormous power plant de velop the many excellent water power sites in and around the Tox away Company's property for the purpose of furnishing power to the cotton mills and other plants in this state and South Carolina, to gether with a number of wood working and furniture factories to be built at Lake Toxaway. Although these gentlemen have purchased a very small amount of land in that section they hold op tions on several important power sites and timber lands. It will be recalled that the News carried a story telling about their plans about a year ago. At that time it seemed that there would be no difficulty in financing the project, althouf^h it was a monumental un dertaking, but since the with drawal of the engineers engaged in making surveys on the property several months ago it has been an open secret among the well in formed that the project would fail for want of the stuff’ that is said to be .at the root of all evil. These gentlemen seem to have started something they cannot finish. While it is to be regretted that an undertaking that promised so much for this county should fail, 4t is to be hoped that someone with the ability and financial backing necessary and will take the matter up and carry it through to a suc cessful termination. It will be recalled that a few years ago two other concerns were greatly interested in this matter and tried to purchase the water power sites on from the Toxaway compa ny. Now that the Kuhns have fail ed in their project, it may be possi ble that the Dukes who were inter- esied at one time or some one else, willget behind the matter and push it along. DEATH OF MRS. REISEL Mrs, H. W. Reiser died at her home on Main street last Wednes day. Funeral services were held by Rev. C. D. Chapman at the house Thursday morning. The body was taken to Pittsburg, P>*., for inter ment, accompanied by Mr. H. W. Reiser and Miss Amelia Hespen- hide, an aunt of the deceased. Mrs. Reiser came to Brevard about three years ago as Miss Al berta VVischmeieri'from ^ttsburg. On July 10, 1912, she was married to Mr. Harry W. Reiser, also of Pittsburg, who had come to Bre vard and engaged in business here. Their married life was thus lack ing one day of being a year in length. Coming south on account of ill health, Mrs. Reiser had gained considerably in strength, but an attack of sicknefes caused by exposure brought on a rapid de cline. She was nearly twenty-five years old. Beside her husband there are no surviving members of her iq^mediate family. The News wishes to (tnite with friends here in extending s^pa-^ thy to the bereaved husband. ~ ^ A. large _ rmmber of citizens of this county will spenH next Sunday in Hendersonville, a number of people having signified their inton ation of hearing Hon. William Jen nings Bryan speak there next Sun- id»y.
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