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VOlUME-XVIII
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 3. 1913.
NUMBER-40
A CORRECTION
In the News last week we re
printed tt story carried by the Ashe
ville Citissen stating that Mr. Don
ald Campbell had taken a long term
lease on the railroad arid saw mill
of the Gloncoster Lumber Co. The
News was unable to verify the
statements before publishing, but
supposed the facts contained in the
Citizen were correct and let it go
at that, giving the Citizen due
credit.
It now appears that there has
been a mistake somewhere, and in
order that the true facts may be
known we are printing in full a
letter to the Citizen by Mr. J. S.
Silverstein, the president of the
Gloucester Lumber Co. The letter
follows:
“Editor Asheville Citizen;
“We- were very much surprised
to have a number of enquiries from
our lumber friends as to why we,
the Gloucester Lumber Co., had
gone out of business, and if it were'
so, stating that they had seen, and
sent us an article from your paper
of Sunday the 2Lst, in which it is
stated that Donald Campbell had
taken over the operation of the
Gloucester Lumber Co. on a boun
dary of some twenty thousand acres
which it bad purchased from G. W.
Vanderbilt. As this has caused us
a great deal of annoyance and may
lead to considerable loss, w”e are
surprised that you would ])rint
anything of such character with
out first assuring yourself of its
authenticity, and will ask you to
please make correction as soon as
l)ossible. "
“For your information will state
that the Gloucester Lumber Co. is
operating its busiri©ss as usual, but
for its convenience has given a
contract to Mr. Campbell to log,
deliver and saw the timber on a
small portion of the twenty thou
sand acres which it has purchased
^from Mr. Vanderbilt, and Mr.
Campbell is simply jobbing the
work in this section ami has by no
means taken over the Gloucester
Lumber Co., nor any of its assets.
The Gloucester Lumber Co. has
contracted such work to different
parties for some time, and the only
difife^ence is that Mr. Campbell has
it on a larger basis. We give you
the above information so you can
make proxier correction. Yours
truly,
“Gloucester Lumber Co.,
“Jos. S. Silverstein, Pres.”
BREVARD BUSINESS
MEN WILL ORGANIZE
INDUSTRIAL AND SOCIAL
CLUB PLANNED
Initial Steps are Taken For the
Formation of a Boosters’
Club for Brevard.
CHURCH FINANCES
NEW ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
A mass meeting at the Brevard
Methodist church is called for the
second Sunday in October for the
purpose of considering the mattet
of church finances. The Western
North Carolina conference in an
nual session is to convene at Trin
ity church, Charlotte, N. C., No
vember 26, and the Brevard Metho
dist church is desirous of present
ing at that time and on that occa
sion a good report. This can be
made possible by the hearty co
operation of the. whole member
ship.
For a number of years the Bre
vard charge has sent its pastor to
the annual conference with every
thing in a financial way paid in
full. This year must be no depart
ure from that praise wort by course.
' Through the Sylvan Valley News
we make an appeal to the member
ship and all others who are in sym
pathy with the church and its
work to assemble at the Brevard
Methodist church October 12 for
conference and consultation.
Will not each one before or on
that occasion pay his assessment
in fall for the year? It is now less
than two months till the annual
reckoning takes place. Let every
member resolve to meet his assess
ment, whatever that is, and not
throw th»’ burden on a few who
have toQ much loyalty to the .cause
to suffer a shortage in the report
of the church.
This will be an easy matter if
everyone will do his full duty.
Yon have not heretofore, possibly,
but this time make this your joy
job. ^
Shall we look for ycir at the
Methodist church Sunday morning
at 11 o’clock? Come.
Formal Breaking of Ground Will
Take Place Saturday.
A movement that means more
to Brevard and Transylvania coun
ty, possibly, than anything that
has ever been started before was
launched at the court house last
Thursday night, when a number
of representative business men, in
fact nearly all the busines men of
the town, met together and decided
to organize in order to better work
for the town and county’s interests
on the many occasions when con
certed action is needed.
The meeting was called by Mr.
Henry N. Carrier, at the solicita
tion of other business men. Thirty-
five men were present and all
agreed that an ol-ganization of some
kind was badly needed in Brevard
and that the present time would be
a good time to organize.
A tcMuporary organization was
perfected by the selection of Thos.
H. Shipman as chairman and Ora
L. Jones as secretary, after which
a general discussion was partici
pated in by almost everyone pres
ent. The various details of such
an organization, probable cost of
equipment, etc., were discussed at
length.
The sentiment of the meeting
seemed to be in favor of .renting
three or four rooms and fitting
them up as club rooms for the use
of members and their oat of town
friends. The question of cost was
taken up and it was founh that the
probable cost, figuring on a basis
of thirty charter members, will be
somewhere in the neighborhood of
twenty dollars, with dues amount
ing to about one dollar per month.
Xfter some discussion it was de
cided to postpone the organization
for one week, and that in the mean
time a soliciting committee should
canvass the town for members, all
members so secured to be consider
ed as charter members.
The following soliciting commit
tee was appointed: Henry N. Car
rier, C. C. Yongue, T. W. Whit
mire, Dr. Goode Cheatham and
O. L. Erwin.
On motion of F. L. DeVane the
following gentlemen were asked to
determine the cost of furnishing
the club rooms: J. A. Miller, Jr.,
J. W. McMinn and Henry N. Car
rier. *
On motion of of O. L. Erwin the
V
following committee was appointed
to select suitable rooms for head
quarters: C. C. Yongue, O. L. Er-
win and Frank D. Clement.
The following by-laws committee
was appointed to draft a constitu
tioit and suitable rules and regula
tions to govern the organization:
C M. Doyle, D. G. Ward and Hend
ry N. Carrier.
Ora L. Jones was appointed by
the chairman to write other organ
izations for pointers on organizing
and running such an organization.
All these committees, with the
exception of the by-laws eominit
tee were given a 'week to report.
On calling the roll of all present
the following gentlemen joined the
club ap charter members: J. M
Allison, J. S. Bromfield, Frank D
Clement, Henry N. Carrier, Goode
Cheatham, Frank L. DeVane, C. M.
Doyle, O. L. Erwin, E. F. Gillespie,
A. E. Hampton, Fred Johnson, Ora
L. Jones, J. W.. McMinn, S. M.
Macfie, J. A. Miller, Jr., T. H.
Shipman, D. G. Ward, M. E. Wes
ton, T. W. Whitmire, C. C. Yonjrae.
Since the meeting last Thursday
a nnm^r have decided to join the
organinition and it is believed the
club will Sturt with at least forty
members.
GOVERNOR CRAIG
WANTS GOOD ROADS
At two o’clock on Saturday, Oc
tober 4th, ground will be formally
broken for the new 134,000 admin
istration building to be construct
ed at once for Brevard Institute.
It is probable that guests will at
tend from Hendersonville and from
Asheville, and everybody in Bre
vard is urged to be present. The
beginning of this large and com
modious building marks the com
mencement of a new era in the
history of the school, and there
fore, to a large extent in the growth
of the town.
The building will have two full
stories besides a basement, and an
elevation of the central part of the
structure will form part of a fourth
floor. The Wsemept will be devo
ted to the vocational departments,
domestic science, dress making,
millinery, printing, manual train
ing and laboratories. The first
f!oor will contain the floor of the
chapel, the offices and reception
rooms, and the primary and nor
mal departments. The second floor
contains the balconies of the chap
el, the recitation rooms and the
high school assembly room. The
top floor is devoted to society hulls. |
The building will be heated by |
steam and supplied with Water i
and every sanitary convenience. It I
will be of brick and thoroughly |
well planned throughout.
Contracts were let lust week, the
bulk of the work being let to .J. M.
and R. P. Kilpatrick, local contrac- *
tors. Their bid was approximately j
129,000. It is a source of -much ^
satisfaction that the town Iih!? a;
firm which am take hold of so large j
a proposition, and there is no doubt j
that these men cun carry it through j
to the satisfaction of every one.'
J. W. McIntyre of Hendersonville
secured the plumbing contract.
The General Fire Extinguishar Co.
of Charlotte will do the heating,
and the McKay Company of Ashe
ville will put in the electric lights
and wiring.
Extensive repairs w’ill also be
made on Jhe present building, which
will be used as a girls’ dormitory
after the new building is ih use.
The old building will be brick ve
neered and will have a new roof.
The exercises Saturday will con
sist of songs and marches by the
school, addresses by citizens of the
community and perhaps others,
and will be followed by having the
students line up along the edges of
the foundation to have a photo
graph taken. It is hoped that the
citizens may be present in large
numbers, and that the affection
with which the present building
has been considered may from the
first be extended to include the
new brilding and the enlarged In
stitute.
ISSUES A VERY IMPORTANT
PROCLAMATION
Sets
Apart November 5th and
6th As Good Roads v
Days.
In a proclamation isssued last
Saturday Governor Locke Craig
calls on every able bodied man in
the state bf North Carolina to lay
asside his usual avocation, take a
shovel and work on the public roads
in his neighborhood on Wednesday
and Thursday, November .'jth and
6th.
The governor has declared these
days to be holidays, and every man
who is able to do so should go out
tOvthe roads on that day'^nd show
the world that they are good roads
advocates. The women folks will
bo glad to prepare dinner and
bring it out and spread it, picnic
fashion, in the shade by the road.
These two days can be made very
enjoyable if all will participate.
Following is the proclamation of
the ETOvernor in full:
MR. JAMES W. MORRIS
Mr. James W Morris, one of the
older citissens. of Transylvania
county, died at his home about
three miles' from Brevard last
Tuesday. Mr. Morris was a man
th&t made many friends, being a
quiet, hard-working citizen, honest
in every detail. He never had any
trouble with any one, and conse
quently his name was never on a
court record. He served in the
Confederate army in a South Caro
lina regiment, but for the past sev
eral years has been a citizen of this
county.
He is survived by his wife, five
daughters—Misses Leo and Bell,
Mrs. Gordon King of Blantyre, Mrs.
Arthur Smith of North Brevard
and Mrs. Vernon Neill of Pisgah
Forest—and four sons—Waverly,
John, Church and Elzie, all of Pis
gah Forest.
Something doing every minute at
the W. N. C. Fair. Asheville, Octo
ber 7-10. Wholesome fun, enter-
tainment and instruction for ev
erybody.
Whereas the modern highway is
essential to innterial prosperity,
and to the H<ivancement of the
social life of ever> community;
every people that aspires to join
the forward procession and that
hopes for the opportunities of our
time is begilining to realize the
necessitV of improved roads: all
seetio:is und all progressive citi
zens are demanding them and de
termined to have them • the whole
conntry has awakenecrto their im
portunce; everywhere there is a
generous rivalry to have the best,
and everywhere enthusiasm for
them is api>arent, and increasing ;
and
Whereas the i>eople of Nor^h
Carolina are losing, according to
reliable estimate, twelv^e million
dollnrs annually on account of bad
roads—this vast sum i)aid as a trib
ute to mud :
Now, therefore, recognizing the
universal sentiment for road im
provement, and realizing the bene
fits which must result therefrom
to all the j)eople. I, Locke Craig,
governor of North Carolina, do set
apart Wednesday, the 5th day of
November, and Thursday, the 6th
day of November, 1913, as GOOD
ROADS DAYS, and do appoint
these days as holidays and days of
festival throughout the state, to
celebrate the beginning of an era
wherein improved highways shall
be built in every neighborhood,
that all the people of farm and city
may enjoy the opportunities which
they bring.
I call upon all patriotic people
throughout the state to work upon
the public roads and refrain from
all other occupations on these ap
pointed days; and I call upon every
able-bodied man to shoulder his
shovel, and march out and strike a
blow for progress. Let the fartner,
the merchant, the lawyer, the doc
tor, the minister of the Gospel, the
rich and the poor, and the men of
all the walks of life enlist as volun
teers in this mighty army for grand
accomplishment.
Let no man be above this work,
nor forget his duty to himself and
to his neighbors. It will be. an
honor to every man on these days
to labor with his fellow-man to
banish from the country the curse
of bad roads and the evils that ac
company them.
Let all the people of every sta
tion, high or low, be moved by the
same patriotic impulse to work for
the common weal. To all the bene
fit will come. Let all participate.
I do appoint and set apart these
days, the 5th and 6th of November,
that the people may have an oppor<
tnnity. to give sabstantial expres
sion to the universal desire and
determination of the state, in ac
tion inspired by hope, and rejoic-
ing that will resound in one un
broken chorus from the mountains
to the sea.
I call upon all the women to par
ticipate. In every hour of danger
they kaye inspired the men of
North Carolina with faith and
courage ; in this day of realization,
they with their children will come
to lend to this noble c inse the
charm and encouragement of their
presence. They can provide good'
things to eat, and decoriite every
worker with a badge of honor.
Let every citizen do hi? duty,
and tljese days will be long remem
bered lor the impetus they gave to
the cause of good roads and a finer
civic spirits
1 vCall upon the county commis
sioners of everv'coui^ty in the state
to issue a proclamation urging the\
people to go out on the 5th and 6th -
days of November and labor for the
welfare of their respective counties
and communities, as well as for the
whole state of which they consti
tute a part.
I call upon the president of the
Farmers’ Union to issue his procla
mation to the farmers of North
Carolina, and to their various local
organizations, that this great body
of our citizenship, constituting as
it'does the bone and sinew of the
state, may join with energy and
enthusiasm in this movement.
More than any other class of cur
people, they are dependent upon
the country road. More attractive
homes, better farming, and a finer
rural life will result from the build-
mg of modern highways.
Let the work be completely or
ganized so that it will reach to
every neighborhood, “and be con
ducted in a systematic and busi
ness way, to the end that at sunset
of the second day there will be no
community in all the state where
»^he hand of progress and toil has
not left its mark in permanent road
improvement, and the progressive
spirit its impression in the hearts
and minds of the people.”
I call upon the ministers of the
Gospel, the educators, and the press
of the state to use their mighty in
fluence for this work, which means
not only material development, but
moral and intellectual develop
ment.
I call upon all good roads over
seers, good ro.ads associations,
boards of trade, chambers of com
merce, and all associations and or
ganizations for the public welfare
and civic betterment,to give this
movement the energy of their in
fluence.
I call upon the mayor of every
town and city of North Carolina to
issue his proclamation that his peo-
jile may enlist in this organization,
and in the building of roads upon
which the prosperity of town and
city deiKJuds.
Let every North Carolinian show
by his work that he is for the im
provement of his state. “Let us
labor that we may enjoy the fruits
of today, and our children a fuller
fruition tomorrow.”
Done at our city of Raleigh, thia
the 27th day of September, in the
year of our Lord, 1913. and in the
one hundred an^thirtyjeighth year
of our American independence.
Locee Craiq, Governor..
BOILSTON NEWS
Jack Frost was a visitor in this
section last week.
A revival meeting is in progress,
at Boylston conducted by Rev. H.
H. Honeycutt.
Mr. and Mrs. LntHer Scruggs of
Canton are visiting their father
and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Scruggs.
Carl Baynard has^ returned from,
the hospital and is slowly improv
ing- * ■ >
Fred Scruggs, wh6 has been;
jgor^ing on Davidson river, spent
Saturday night and Sunday at
home.
Girlie Shipman and A. G. Rick
man, ■who have been working ai
Pisgah Forest, spent Sunday ' at
hojie. Rosebud.