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6^5i56lfE66Sfi5fcflS! iSSi ONLY NEWSPAPER IK TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY A HOME PAPER FOR HOME PEOPLE-ALL HOME PRINT / / VOLUME-XVIII BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 85. 1913. 1 . " NUMBER- 3 NO CHANCE IN PLANS The board of aldermen held a spooial session In the mayor’s office last Thursday night for the pnr- pose of considering a petition, signed by a number of citizens, asking that the street paving work be stopped at Gaston street, the remainder of the money from the bonds to be used to build and im prove the sidewalks. ^ This petition had been presented to the board at at an earlier date, but was not taken up for considera tion before. Dr. W. J. Wallis, Dr. C. W. Hunt and Mr. Frank Jenkins urged that the paving stop at Gas ton street. They stated to the board that the paving, if carried on as contemplated, would pass the property of the Episcopal church, and that the congregation of this church, being a very small one, could not meet the payments. Messrs. Chas. E. Orr, O. L. Erwin and others urged the board to let the matter stand, and pash the work on to a point just beyond the residence of Mr. J. S. Silvt^rstein. After hearing the arguments of the citizens in regard to the mat ter, the board, on motion of Alder man Shuford, seconded by Alder man Ashworth, voted unanimously to let the contract stand. There was no discussion on the motion by any of the aldermen. After the motion was carried Dr. Wallis, on behalf of himself and the Episcopal church, notified the board that he would stand a suit before he would pay the assess ments. Mr. R. A. Poe has been employed by the town at a salary of $125 per month to finish the paving work, the contract with the 11. A. Poe & Co , having l>eend-eclared forfeited. The work will be carried on in future just as if the aldermen were paving contractors, and, according to the contract, if there are any profits left when the work is done they go to the paving company. If there is a detiicit the paving company and the bonding company will have to make it good. N. C. GOOD ROADS CONVENTION DEATH OF MRS. J. WT. MORGAN Mrs. J. W. Morgan died last Fri day at her home near Cherry field. Her death was very sudden, not being preceded by any apparent illness. On Thursday she seemed to b<? enjoying the best of health, and she retired for the night in that condition. Early Friday morn ing her husl>and found her dead in bed. She was buried at noon on Saturday at the Mt. Moriah ceme tery, the services being conducted by Rev. T. C. Holtzclaw. Mrs. Morgan’s maiden name was Miss Sallie Siniard. She was a daughter of Captain Janies Sin iard, formerly a prominent citizen of this county, whose death many years ago was similarly sudden. She was a sister of Mrs. Ursula Shuford of Brevard and Mrs. Mol- lie Clark of Atlanta, and is sur vived by her husband, her son Mr. P. A. Morgan of Cheryfield, and three daughters, Mrs. J. W. K. Lanning o| Brevard, Mrs. Furman Whitmire of Calvert, an.l Mrs. Ben Cunningham of Fletcher. Mrs. Morgan was sixty-six years of age. She was a native of this county, and died at the place where she was born. She was a member of Mt. Moriah Baptist church, and lived a life of Christian integrity and charity. Many friends unite with her family in mourning her loss. BROWN-SCRUCGS Last Sunday afternoon Mr. Charles Struggs anJ Miss Ethel Brown w* re united in marrige by Magistrate W. H. Hogsed. The ceremony took place at Mr. Sogsed’s home in the Conestee section and was witnessed by Messrs. John Brown and Houston Glazener and members of Mr. Hogsed’s family. The News extends congratulations and best wishes for' a long and happy married life. The annual convention of the Narolina Good Roads Association will be held at Morehead Citv, on July 31 and August 1. This state has been a leader in the agitation of good roads building. Great in terest has been taken in th6 moun tain section. Much of this interest and activity it is believed is due to the convention held at Charlotte a year ago. The convention will be called to order Thursday morning, July .‘il, by the president, H. 13. Varner. An address of welcome will be made by Gov. Locke Craig. Sub- jectsi,of special interest will be dis cussed during the meeting, such as a review of work accomplished in the state during the last year, why state convicts should be used on public roads, maintenance of sand clay, dirt and macadam roads, the use of wide tiros, etc. There will also be reports from engineers and county commissioners from various counties. There will- be excursion and week-end rates on all the railroads, and the Southern railway will give reduced round-trip fares from va rious jioints on their lines to More- head city. Transylvania county should be represented in this convention. Wliatever relates to building good roads or imiiroving the highways deserves our earnest attention. MR. BOR FARMERS’ INSTITUTE Again we call attention to the the county farmers’ institute to be held undar the auspices of the stat« de- l)artment of agriculture in co operation with the farmers insti tute committee of this county at Selica on W^ednesday, A’^srust 6. The morning session will open at 10 o’clock and continut? till noon. In the afternoon the session will begin at 1:30 o’clock, . There will be discussions on ftirm operatinns, crops, live stock, mar keting, etc While the men are engaged in their discussions there will be a departn^ent of the institute open to women, where subjects pertain ing to household economics, home conveniences, health in the home, the education of children, and other topics of interest to- mothers and hpme-makers will be brought up, A year’s subsciption to a wo man’s magazine will be given to the girl under eighteen years of age, living on the farm, who bakes and exhibits the highest scoring loaf of bread. A year’s sub.scrip- tion to a magazine will also be given to the woman over eighteen living on a farm who exhibits the best and highest scoring school lunch. A question box will be opened and the ‘questions answered in a round table discussion in the after noon. All who attend should bring notebooks and pencils. AT THE FRANiaiN There have been several informal card parties given by the guests of the Franklin the past w’eek. Auc tion bridge was played for several rounds, after which light refresh ments were served. Mrs. Miller G. Williams enter tained the guests of the hotel at a card party on Thursday night inf honor of Miss Rachael Manney and Miss Mazie Thompson of Atlanta, Ga. An excellent score was made by Mrs. Starr of Atlanta, who ret ceived as a prize a beautiful set of bridge whist cards. On last Friday night there was a candy pulling given by Miss Josie Williams to the children of the hotel, which was greatly enjoyed by all present. On ^turday night of each week there will be a dance at the Frank lin hotel, to which the friends of the management are specially in vited. All tourists in Brevard will be welcome.? Those desiring free college schol arships shcmld read advertisement of Western N, C. Fair Association in next week’s paper. 7-35-lt The play, “Mr. Bob,” presented for the benefit of the Ladies Aid society of the Baptist church, was witnessed by quite a number of peo ple at the Auditorium last Friday night. It was a production by purely home talent, of which this place has a good supply. The au dience was attentive and api>recia- tive, and all the parts Were carried out creditably. The play had a plot full of comi cally surprising situations and laughable confusions of identity in characters. The final disclosures and explanations were hardly to be guessed before they were actually made. The main theme hinged upon the presence of two visitors to a home, one of whom was ‘ Mr, Bob.” The real Mr. Bob was a young lady, and the fun came from mistaking Mr. Brown, the other visitor, for Mr. Bob and giving him a treatment which kept him in a state of mystification. The part of Mr, Brown was play«d by Mr, Ora L, Jones, and his awkward situa tions, many forced lunches, and humorous comments thereon, fur nished considerable amusement to the audience. Other parts were also were well acted by Mrs. Ora L. Jones, W. H. Grogan, Jr., "Wal ter Duckworth and Misses Virgi nia King, Olivia Hancock and Frankie Kilpatrick, Before the first scene & good vocal solo was rendered by Miss Flora Duckworth, and between | curtains a three-part song was j sung very sweetly by Misses Flora | Duckworth, Frankie Kilpatrick and j Virginia King. The piano parts ^ were played by Miss Myrtle Kil-1 Patrick, Altogether “Mr, Bob” furnished! a pleasant evening, and the sale of tickets amounted to nearly thirty | dollars, A. B, R. ; THE COUNTY TEACHERS ORPHANCE CONCERT THE SILVER TEA The silver tea given by the La dies Aid Society of the Presbyte rian church at the manse on Mon day was a most enjoyable affair. The attendance was large, many members of other denominations as well as .visitors to the town be ing present. Miss E. O. Lee from Victoria, Mexico, told the thrill ing story of that city’s capture by the revolutionists and the occupa tion. She held her audience in breathless interest during her short talk, anc} every one agreed that those who miesed hearing it had lost more than they knew. Mrs. O. P. Likins of Orlando, Fla., an accomplished musician and so-' loist of unusual ability, delighted and charmed all present with sev eral well selected songs. A maga zine contest proved of absorbing interest, the prize being carried off by Miss Lee of Mexico, she having guessed correctly all but one of the riddles. The answers were all well known magazines—the only news paper which had the honor of ap pearing in the grouj) bein^ the Syl van Valley Valley News. It was disguised as “happenings in a wooded dell.” A generous collection was taken, and the ladies and friends of the church contributed a numbfer of hand-made articles to be sold for the benefit of the manse fund. One of the most beantiful of these was a painting by Miss Tomasine Seward of Augusta, Ga. The handsome clock recently presented to the manse by Mr. Frank D. Clement, Brevard’s worthy jew eler, was on view and much ad mired. Many expressed their ap preciation of Mr. Clement’s gener osity. Mrs. J. F. Henry had charge of the refreshments whibh vrere served at the close of the pro gramme, for which Mrs. E. H. Nor wood was responsible. The manse rooms are admirably adapted for a fnnction of this kind, and we hope there will b« many more. Those who did not attend certainly missed a treat. Beginning with the first of last week Superintendent Henderson made a tour of the county, visiting one township after a'uother to meet the school committes of each town ship for the purpose of electing teachers for the ensuing year, and also choosing compulsory’attend ance officers for each township. The tour was finished on Tuesday of this week when the committees of Brevard township met hero. This is the first time in the educa tional history of this county when all the teachers, with a few neces sary exceptions, were elected in anything like a systematic manner. Below we give the new teachers and attendance oflioers lor each townsliip in the order in which the tour was made: Gloucester Township — Robin son’s school, Noah C, Miller; Pine Grove, Johfi' B, Summey; Shoal Creek, Miss Janie Gillespie ; Owen school, Z. A. Nicholson, At.end- anco officer for township, E. H. Kitchen.* Hogback Township—<||nebec,Miss Doris Edwards ijrincipal, Miss Net tie Bumgarner assistant ; Montvale, J. T. Harrison, Jr. ; Lake Toxa- way, A. J, Manly; Lakeside and Union will devote their funds to building new school houses. At tendance officer, Waddy Itreediove. Eastatoe Township—East Fork, •Miss Lillie Collins; Oak Forest, Spurgeon Ledhptfer; Old Toxaway, Miss Connie Randall ; Plea^^ant Hill, only one committeeman prt^s- ent, therefore no electi«»n. Attt^id- ance officer, .1. Frank llaj'es. Catheys Creek Townshi] —Selicn. R. H. McCnnsland principal. Misses Mary Rice aftd Ara Dm . is n.-sist ants ; V.'Mlverr, Miss Winifred Car ter ])rnn‘ipal. Miss Nannie Jordan assistant; Rosman, J. R. Sloan principal, Misses Lola llenc^ersoii and A Hie C'antreU assistants. At- tendance officer, J. M. Hamlin.' Danns Rock Township—Round To]», F. L. Wilson; Island Ford, J. L. (>.st<*en ; Dunns Creek, Miss Co- riilne Wilson ; Carson Creek, Miss Sue Glazener, Attendance officer, V. C. Moore. Little River Township—Cedar Mountain, G. D. Gilreath ; Laurel Creek, Miss Della Gillespie ; Little River, A. J. Hamilton principal. Miss Bertha W'oodfin, - assistant; Mine Mountain, Miss Alta Younger. Attendance officer, Henry P, Nich olson, Boyd Township—Turkey Creek, Miss Ettii McCall; Blantyre, A. H. Pickelsimer principal. Miss Murray assistant; Penrose, J. N. Bradley principal. Miss Byers and Miss Berta Brown assistants ; Boilston, no election. Attendance officer, John S. Talley. Brevard Township — Davidson River, L. C. Cornwall principal. Miss Bertha Hudson assistant; Eng lish Chapel, Miss Mary Hankin, Attendance officer, T. H, Galloway, At Rosman a fourth teacher is yet to be elected. In all 35 teach ers have been elected. Of these, 18 are Transylvanians. The attendance officers are all committeemen, with the exception of those in Hogback, Boyd and Brevard. PENROSE POINTERS Mr, and Mrs. David Dill of Green ville, S. C., are visiting relatives near Penrose. Mrs. Mintie McGuire is visiting her mother, Mrs. Catherine Talley, this week. Mr. 6. T. Everette of Cleveland, Ohio, is at his summer home near Penrose. A concert by the singing class of the Oxford Orphange never fails to please a Brevard audience, and the one given Tuesday night at the Auditoriem was no exception to the rule. Although the weather was very unfavorable, there was a full house. Fourteen children—four boyb and ten girls—made up the ch.ss. 'Their ages ranged from sixteen or seventeen down to five or t ioc. Much of the good work was done by the very small children. The , oldest members were girls. Th ;rc were Some good voices among th jm and two made excellent recitations. The class this y«ar was entir jly dilferent^from that of last y ;ar with the exception of one g^rl. Mr. L. W. Alderman wasmanPc 'er of the class and Miss Nellie 3faxw ell assisting teacher. Not the least in teresting and instructive part of :he enterainment was a brief addross by Mr, Alderman, in which he gave some account ot the class a ad the work of the orphange. He said that the institution v as founded in 1873 and during tb.e forty years of its existence 1 au tnrned out about childr..*n. Most of tlieso. he said, had mi dc good in life. It was a mistake, he ])ointed out,to suppcise.as many c d, tnat the orphanage was only for \ he children of Masons. The frat ;r nity had looked out beyond its o^vn limits to tlie ne(‘ds of the father less of the state. Of 3‘2.5 i)upils now in the institution, only 4.5 are chil dren o^ Masons, All of the children acquit"ed themselves well, reflecting credit on the traininar given by their teachers. From the proceeds real ized by sale df tickets, the frat iv- nity turned-over to the class Hi five dollars. LAND TRANSFERS Following are some recent traas fers bf real estate : J*. W, McMinn to the Cagle Mountain’Improvement Compa iy two tracts of land. First trtct; situated on Catheys Creek and Ne gro Prong, containing 928 acres; second tract on Catheys, Brusliy, Kings and Liambs creeks, known as William Deaver • speculatic-r- land, containing 6,l>8.5 acres. Cos Paxton to Victor Fontaine 1(X) acres in Eastatoe township. T L, Gash and others to R. L Gash, twelve acres of town land between Broad and Gaston t.nd Maple streets. Charles Jollay to A, B, Ri]jy. cue town lot on Hamlin Hill. E. W. Shipman to Dr. Charles i . Lyday two lots in the town oi Rosman, Mrs. Emma Humphreys to Mrs. Julia Trowbridge, house and lot on the southwest corner of Whitnare and North Caldwell streets. Sallow complexion is due to a torpid liver. SIMMON’S RED Z LIVER REGULATOR purifies and strengthens the liver, regulates the bowels, sweetens the breath and restores the ruddy hue of health to the cheeks. Price large package SI.00; small size 25c. So’d by S. M. Macfie. adv SPECIAL NOTICE TO LADIES. Miss E. O, Lee of Victoria, Mex ico, will address a meeting in the Presbyterian church on Frida^(to day) at 3:30 p. m. All denomina tions and visitors invited. Miss Lee has many interesting facts to tell, and is both instructive and entertaining. MRS. LOU DUCKWORTH Last Sunday word was received here of the death at Waynesville of Mrs. Lou Duckworth. Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Whitmire, and Mr. and Mrs. P. S. King and daughter Lillian went in an automobila to Waynesville and attended the funeral on Monday. Mrs. Puck- worth was an aunt of Mri Whit mire and Mrs. King and a i^ister of Mr.. J,^._Dq[j^worth. She. was a former resident of this^county, be ing the widow of Calloway Duck worth, who died many years ago. She had been living in Waynesville for a comparative > short time.
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