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BREVAED, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. AUGUST 23. 1913. ■ NUMBER-34 .
VISITORS INVITED
The Baptists of Brevard extend a
most cordial invitation to the visit
ors now in the town to attend a re
ception in their honor at the Bap
tist chnrch on Friday evening,
Angust 23, begi'nning.at 8:30 p. m.
All visitors will be welcome who
■will come, but most especially are
the following classes itivited: All
members of Baptist churches, all
■who have been attending services at
the Baptist church, all who are al
lied with Baptists by blood, friend
ship or sympathy, and all the
boarders in Baptist homes. There
will be music and refreshments.
Readers of the 'News are asked
to extend this invitation to visit
ors, or show them copies of the
paper.
RECORDER’S COURT
A total of seven cases came be
fore Recorder Forsythe at Mon
day’s sessio'n, and three out of the
seven were continued for one week.
One defendant was found not guilty
and three were fined $15 and costs
each. Following is the score made
by the various defendants in the
order in which they came up:
State V. Luther Cooper, wanton
and malicious injury to personal
property, not guilty. In this case
the defendant was cliargted with in
juring the concrete mixer on the
square, but the charge did not
stick. The town, as prosecuting
witness, was charged with the
costs.
State and Taylor Banther vs.
Coleman Owen, Carl Breedlove,
W. W. Johnson and Dove White,
creating a disturbance and a nui
sance, continued one week for the
state.
State and C. N. Frady vs. Will
Johnson, assault with a deadly
■weapon, to-wit, a knife and a rock.
Defendant found guilty and fined
$15 and costs.
State vs. Riley Pressley, drunk
and creating a nuisance. Defend
ant plead guilty and was fined $15
and costs.
State vs. Riley Pressley, assault.
Defendant plead guilty and was
fined 115 and costs.
State vs. Owen Orr, carrying
concealed weapons, a pair of
knucks. Continued for one week
for lack of witnesses.
State vs. Owen Orr, forcible tres
pass. Continued one week for lack
of witnesses. t
s. L. EARLE DEAD
LECTURE ON BRAZIL
-Dr. Walling, member of the
South Carolina conference of the
Methodist church, will lecture on
Brazil at the Brevard Methodist
church Sunday evening. Dr. Wal
ling’s lecture will be illustrated by
stereopticon pictures of Brazilian
life and manners and customs of
the people and the missionary work
that is being carried on there. Dr.
Walling has spent twenty years of
his life in Brazil as a missionary
and is in position to tell some very
interesting and instructive things
about Brazil. The lecture is with
out charge, but a free will offering
will be taken. The public is in
vited to attend.
PROPERTY TRANSFERS
Sherrod li. Earle died in Colum
bia, S. C., on Angust 10, after a
long and painful Illness, in the
fifty-second year of his age, and
was buried from the home of his
widowed mother, Mrs. C. P. Earle,
in that city Monday.
Mr. Earle came to Brevard from
Jacksonville, Fla., four or five
years ago. There he had been en
gaged in railroading, and had held
office of clprk of the criminal court
for several jears. He came to Bre
vard after purchasing a piece of
land in North Brevard, whera his
family resided until their departure
for Washington, D. C. There he
was engaged in governmental busi
ness as an employe of the senate.
About a month ago he w;as taken
ill and sent to Columbia.
In accordance with the custom of
giving a deceased capitol employe’s
yearly allowance to widows and or
phans, Senator D. U. Fletcher has
introduced a resolution in the sen
ate that Mrs. Mary*C. Earle, wife
of Sherod L. Earle, be paid $721,
this amount being half his annual
compensation.
Mr. Earle leaves a widow and
seven children, several of whom re
sided here and were well known in
Brevard.
RECORD OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS
The last legislature passed a vital
statistics law, providing for the
registration of births and deaths.
The law became effective July 1st
but three months is allowed to get
the machinery in operation, so that
registration will actually begin
October 1st. A registrar of births
and deaths is appointed for each
town and township. The chairman
of the county commissioners makes
the appointments for the town
ships in a county and the mayor
makes the appointmtjnti. for tne
towns. So far only one appoint
ment has been made in Iredell.
Miss Annie Marvin has been ap
pointed registrar for the town of
Statesville and Statesville town
ship.
Registrars hold office for four
years and receive 25 cents for each
birth and death registered. Fail
ure to report a birth or death to
the registrar is punishable by a
fine of not less than 15 nor more
than $50 and a second offense may
be punished by imprisonment. The
law is an important one and the
state health authorities will re
quire strict enforcement. A law
passed some years ago requires a
burial certificate in all towns hav
ing a population of 500 or more.—
Statesville Landmark.
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS
CATHEYS CREEK CENTENNIAL
BALSAM GROVE ITEMS
Following are some of the recent
transfers of property in this
county:
J. J. Miner and ■wife to A. M.
Yerdery, Jr., a lot containing abont
one-fourth of an acre on the comer
of Broad and Jordan streets, con
taining the building occnpiea by
the Sylvan Valley News plant.
A. M. Verdery and wife to W. D.
Jnstns (tnd A. C. Feugan,'the lot
above mentioned.
W. D. J nstus and A. G. Feagan
to W. P. Whitmire and A. M. Ver
dery, Jr., five and one-half acres
bordering on French Broad avenne
and North Caldwell street.
Alyoe G. Paxton and B. E. Pax
ton to J. R. Neill, two acres on
road leading from Brevard to resi
dence of T. S. Wood.'^
A ten-days singing school is in
session at Macedonia, taught by
Prof. Wilkie.
“Aunt Polly” McCall, who has
been very sick, is improving slowly.
Luther McCall, after a short ill
ness, died Saturday, the 16th, and
was buried Sunday at the Macedo
nia cemetery.
Mr. Wesley McCall is circulating
^mong relatives and friends in
Gloucester this week.
Misses Matilda and Rosa McCall
are attending the singing school at
Macedonia.
Sam Gillespie was perambulating
through these parts last week.
The chincapin and chestnut crops
promise to be enormous this year.
When the ripe nnts begin to fall
won’t ■we boys ^ve a time?
Louis.
BREVARD LAUNDRY SOLD
Mr. Henley Chapman''iias sold
the Brevard Steam Laundry to Mr.
B. E. Paxton, who is now operat
ing the plant. The lanndrj will
continue (serving the public
throughout' the winter. A re
moval to some other building will
be necessa:^ in the fall, but until
then no other changes are contem
plated. ' \ .
Next week we hope to be able to
publish a complete list of the fac
ulty of Brevard Graded school.
Mrs. Lucius Neill of Greenwood,
S. C., is visiting ber sister-in-law,
Mrs. E. A. Allison, at Pisgah For
est.
Rev. I. T. Newton and family of
Dallas, N. C., are visiting at the
home of Mrs. Newton’s father, Mr.
C. L. Osborne, near Pisgah Forest.
Mr. Claude Cantrell and wife
have moved from Mrs. Trow
bridge’s cottage across North Cald-
w^ell street to the house formerly
occupied by Mrs. Perry.
Services at Presbyterian church
Sunday morning. Preaching by
pastor. Union service with Meth
odist church Sunday night. Chris
tian Endeavor Tuesday evening as
usual. ^
Miss Annie L. Burt of Holly
Springs, N. C., came last Tuesday
on a visit to her sister, Mrs. Ora L.
Jones. She was met ia Asheville
by Mr. Jones, who went there on
Monday.
Hon. John G. Grant of Hender
sonville, ex-congressman, was in
Brevard this week re-shakin!?
bands with those who helped send
him to Washington four years ago,
and others.
A philosophic observer remarked
recently that so far from the street
conditions being a hindrance to the
keeping of visitors they were a
help, because it was always a pleas
ure to people at rest to watch those
who were busy.
Grading and. concrete curbing
are still in progress on East Main
street. The grading is nearly com
pleted. The finishing work on
Depot street has reached a point
near Mrs. Hamlin’s residence. The
coarse stones have been laid all the
way, but the street is as yet un
finished.
Last Sunday morning at the
Methodist church a sermon of un
usual depth and eloquence was
preached^ by Rev. T. A. Smoot, D.
D., of Norfolk, Va. On the pulpit
platform, beside the pastor and Dr.
Smoot, was' Dr. Walling of Allen
dale, S. C., formerly a missionary
in Brazil.
Mr. V/. S. Ashworth reported a
very severe electric storm on Cath
eys creek fPt the saw mill and com
missary a few days ago. He said
that the lightning and thunder
were almost incessant, and that
1:wice during the storm the crew at
the saw mill were shocked—some of
them so badly that they could not
stand up.
The store building which Mr. L.
Young began to build was put up
at auction last Saturday and bought
by Messss. W. P. Weilt and C. C.
Duckworth. When the building is
completed Mr. Weilt expects to use
it as a ladies’ furnishing store ex
clusively. This will be a fine addi
tion to a block that has been gradu
ally growing and eliminating by
degrees a number of undesirable
buildings.
St. Philips church, St. Bartholo
mew’s day, Sunday^ August 24,
1913. Morning prayer with sermon
at 11. Subject, “The Imperishable
Crown.” Sunday school at
o’clock. Friday, evening prayer
with address at 5 o’clock; subject,
St. Bartholomew.” Lesson for
the week^ The church at work-
service. The church is most pow
erful when she is most pure and
most humble. The collect: That
the church may love the word the
apostle preached and truly receive
the same.
On Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday^ August 12, 13 and 14,
1913, one of the greatest meetings
ever held in this county was held
with Catheys Creek Baptist church,
four miles froip Brevard. More
than a century ago settlers from
Burke, Buncombe, Henderson and
other counties came up the valley
of the French Broad riv^,. one of
the most fertile and beautifurin al
Western North Carolina, and set
tled upon what was then made
barren by the fires of fhe red men,
among whom they settled.
Id April, 1813, in a private house,
they organized - the first Baptist
church near the French Broad
river. According to the custom of
the day, this church was an arm of
a church in wbat is now Henderson
county. They continued to meet
in private houses for about eight
years, and then built a house of
worship near the site of the pres
ent Catheys Creek church, and then
sent off arms to Macedonia and
other places, until now we have
twenty-three in the county.
Mr. J. M. Hamlin gave a most
excellent history of the church and
the social and industrial affairs of
the first settlers of ihe county at
the meeting last week. This his
tory is to be published in some
permanent form. A brief history
of the Transylvania Association
was given by Prof. T. C. Hender
son.
The centeniiiul was opened on
Tuesday morning with a sermon
on Christian education by the
writ^ir, and the remainder of the
day was given to local matters.
The two days following were given
to the following subjocts* by these
speakers: Rev. J. C. Owen, a pro
duct of this association, a returned
missionary from Chin^ the biggest
gift this body ever gave to mis
sions, and now in the service of
the home board, gave two great
addresses, one on “A Century of
Home Missions” and one on “A'
Century of Foreign Missions.^’
Rev. W. R. Bradshaw discussed
with great force “Our Baptist
Heritage.” Dr. C. B. Waller, pas
tor of the First Baptist church of
Asheville, gave an excellent ad
dress on “The Men We Need.”
ReV*. J. L. Vipperman, the inimi
table, the voluniinous and allumi-
nating, gave ns three matchless
lectures on the Bible. It is safe to
say that he has no superior, if an
equal, in his knowledge of the
Bible, and hf’ knows what others
believe about the Bible. Ho made
wonderful impression npon all
BIBLE AND FLAG GIVEN
The Transylvania Council Junior
Order United American Mechanics
will on Sunday, August 31, at;
three o’clock p. m., present to the
graded school at Bravard .a Bible
and a flag. The public is cordially
invited, especially the children of
the school and their parents.
Program.
Song by the school. '•
Opening prayer by Rev. C. M.
Carpenter. \
Opening address by E. Q. Neill.
Song by the school.
Addresses by C. R. Sharp, J. A.
JohnsQivand T. C. Henderson.
^Song by the school.
Present-ation of«^Bible by Rev. C.~
M. Carpenter to Prof. Arthlfc^
Raines for the school. * , '
Presentation of flag by Miss Ge
neva Neill to Miss Daisy Holcom
for the school.
Response by Prof. Raines and by
Miss Holcom.
Song by the school.
Closing prayer, led by T. C. Hen
derson.
Hoisting of flag by William Mil
ler, Perry Galloway and Harvey
Rogers.
^ Perry Galloway,
C. R. Sharp,
W. D. Glazener,
Committee.
E. C. Neil, Gotineilor. '* ' ' - -
EAST FORK FACTS
The betterment association will
give an enterta,inment and box sup
per Saturday night, August 23, at
East Fork school house, for the
purpose of helping pay the expense
of a water line. The public is cor
dially invited.
Misses Maud Ballard and Gena
Garren spent Saturday night with
their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.
R. A. Garren.
.. Miss . Bessie Hayes spent Satur
day night with her friend Miss
Myrtle Gillespie of Calvert.
Our school at this place is pro
gressing nicely under the manage
ment of Sliss Lillie Collins.
Mrs. Ira Hogsed of DacusviJle,
S. C., who has been visiting rela
tives on upper East Fgrk and her
niece, Mrs. Chas. Garren, has re
turned home.
Jack’s Wife.
who he^rd him, so much so that he
will be compelled to come back
soon.
We met in a beautiful grove with
fresh air and abundance of fresh
water and good, wholesome dinner.
R. D. Cross.
HORSE SHOE NOTES
How the Trouble Starts.
Constipation is the cause of many
ailments and disorders that make
life miserable. Take Chamberlain’s
Tablets, kepp your bowels r^i^ar
and yon will 4yoid these, diseasese
Rev. A. J. Manley preached a
very interesting sermon at Boilston
last Sunday.
Miss Lennie Baynard is in Hen
dersonville with her brother Carl,
who underwent an operation at the
hospital for appendicitis He is re
ported to be improving very
slowly.
Harvey English went to Brevard
last week on business.
Miss Dovie Shipman and little
sister Louise went to Pisgah Forest
last Saturday.
Mrs. T. C. Holtscla^w; who got
her foot badly scalded, has taken
blood poison and is in a very criti
cal condition.
Our school began last Monday,
and from all indications Mr. Me
Call is not going to ‘^spare the ro(.
and spoil the child.”
Some of the Boilston jieople hav6
been attending the revival meeting
at Turkey Creek the past week.
Mrs. Eller, Mrs. Baily and Miss
Waitie Duncan of Asheville^ and
Mrs. Thomas of Pisgah Forest, have
returned home after spending sev>
eral days with their father, Mr. T
R. pancan, wlio had a yery severe
For sale by B. M. Macfie.
adv attack of appendicitis.
Remarkable Cure of Dysentery.
“I was attacked with dysentery
about July 15th, and used the
doctor’s medicine tind other reme
dies with no relief, only getting
worse all the time. I was unable
tA do anything and mv weight
dropped from 145 to 125 pounds.
suffered for about two months
when I was advised to use Cham
berlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diar-^
rhoea Remedy. I used two bottle*
of it and it gave me permanent
relief,” writes B. W. Hill, of Snow
Hill, N, C. For sale by S. M-
Macfie. adv
Mr. Plato Scruggs, who has beea
busy on his farm about two miles
from town for several months, is
again at his old_plaee™i»-Duck
worth’s meat-market.
There4s to be a special service at
Qak Grove Methodist church Sun
day afternoon at 4 o’clock, afe
which time those wishing to unitft
with that church will be given an
opportunity. You are_ invited to _
be present.
^Mr.^ and Mib. t J. E. Swain of;
Ashe'^ille are at Dr. E. S. English
spending part of their honeymoon.
Mr. Swain is a rising attorney of
Asheville, and his bride was Miss
Mozelle Stringfield, daughter of
Rev. O. V. Stringbeld, of the sama
city. " , ,
Mr. Miles Reece was in i^Brevard
this week, returning from' a trip toi
Cashier’s Valley and other parts of
Jackson county in the interest of,
Brevard Institute. Mr. Reece said
that he had visited about twenty-
five homes, and believed that from
them quite a number of students '
would be added to; the InstilatQ
next session.