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i ONLY NEWSPAPER IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY A HOME PAPER FOR HOME PEOPLE-ALL HOME PRINT VOLDME-XVIII I?!IEVARD. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 7. 1913. NUMBER-15^'- THE ROAD WORK As we go to s it is impossible tell fnst vohiit was done on Wednesday «nd Tlmrsduy on the I’ouds. As nei'v as w;'. can find out there were abont live hundred men working thronj^hont the county on Wednesday and ])ossibly two hun dred on Thursday. The worit done, tVir the iiioHt. ])art, was of a perma nent form aud the vrisdom of the builders will bo demonstrated in the future. There were six squads of men working near Brevard, the citizens of tho town ioining whfitever group they wisnted to neai* town. Possibly tlie largest force in the c»)nnty was on the Loftis Lane, just east of Brevard, under the direction of Jilr. T. T. Lol'tis. A Itirge amount of sand and gravel was hauled to tho bad places in this road and the road was given a good crown so that it would shed water. A part of this force, made up for the most ]>art »>f town men, did good work just beyond tho Board- man plac.' in v.-idenin„' t;i'> roiul, removing the stumps, etc., aud grading the sidewalk. A number of trees v.'erc la ken up at this place. This work will show up as Well KS any other in tho county, p.ossibly. (Jood work v;:‘.s done in North T3i*i'vard by tlu' (“in/on.'! of tliiit com- jnunity. A foro;^ wjrkcd at a point near where Mr. T. M. Mitchell formerly lived, another at Rocky Hill, another near 0. C. Duckworths, and m:tny moi’c. The reports are not all in at this time. In keeping v.'ith the idea of im provement the graded school held no sessions on Tliursday, while the children, under the direction of the teschcri-', spent lue day in cleaning up and beautifying the school grounds. The, children went into tliis Vv’ork witii a will and on look ing down that way every child could be seen doing sometliiug. The Good Roads Days have re sulted in great good for Transylva nia county. While 011I7 a small ]>er cent of the citi/.enship actually worked the worl: dor.o amounted to a great deal. COMMIHEE MEETS The committe of nine appointed lit the rccent meeting of tho Tran sylvania Baptist Association for the purpose of locating tho proposed denominational school held a meet ing in theofiico of Mr.T. C. Hender son on Tuesday morning for tho ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED Early last week a few citizens of the county, while in tovv^n, sug gested to a number of town men that it would be a good idea to call a meeting of the eiti«ens of tho county in order to discuss plans for working the roads on Good Hoads purpose of hearing the viirions | days in this connty. These gentle- WiSH TO GO TKDOUCH CANAL Fiftv former membrs of the crew propositions as to a location for the school. Seven members of the com mittee were ]>resent and listeni-d attentively to the j'ropositioiis of fered, after which they made a tour of in.‘!pection to tlie various prop erties. Mr. C .C. Duckworth made three propositions to the complete, all with 11 view to locating the school at Selicti, on tho Deaver farm. Ho agreed (1) to sell oim half of the farm to the 'Association for $12,r.00 and donalo one tliousand dollars (/f this amount, or (2) to sell them the whole farm for $.25,000 and donate five thousand, or ho would give fortv-'i VI! acres, west of tho rail road absoiutc-ly free. Mr. W. H. Faulliuer presented a ])roposiiion looking to the estab lisliv.ient of the school onE-^tebrook Hill. This proposition was otlicred men d^icided to issue such a call, mailing out several hundred letters to citizens in all parts of the coun ty, asking them to meet in the court house on Friday. When tho time for tho meeting arrived a lar^re number of citizens were ])resent, and nearly ev«ry township was represented. In tho discussion of the proper oi’ganiaa- tion of the volunteer road forces in the various townships two speak ers, Messrs J. M. Hamlin and R. Z ichary, stated that wjrk done on Good Roads dtiys would bo worth very little to tho county if the sen timent created by such work was not kept alive, and suggested the organization of a permanent organi- zn!if,>n. This idea made a hit with those present at once, and it was decided to issue a call for every citizen in the county to meet in Brevard on tl’.o first Monday in foi-and in addition to thisi a subscription list containing | December ond then and there enter pledges amounting to abont sixU^'^o a permanent organization of thou'^ar.ii dolhirs was pi-esentjd. | rr;:nsylvania Good Koads Asso- Anoi h(!r eiYrr of st)vcu iicves of j lantl for tlic usu uf the se'.iooi M’l Dr. ,1. il. .iicLean was r.uide. StiU anoiher proi'.osition brougijt up in regard to pro])erty near tne rtsidence of Jlr. W. H. Duckvvorth. It was s»id that *his proper*7 could be ])urchased for school pu! pose at a very reasontible price. Although other places were mentioned no t»ther formal olYers were mad(< to the committoe. After ilM-.se olrers were all in tho conunittee lield a very short discus- si<',n, clituinaiing everlhing except theij'ciica proprty and the property uear Mr. Dudkworth’s, after which they adjourned for dinner, later gcinL-- to look over these? sitf‘3. REGGRDEn'S COURT Fur a display of the ilnc points of the lav>* we would recommend the recorder’s court. Some of the most interesting ({uestion of law hava of the fnmous old baitl«sbip Oregon consideration of the recorder within the i>ast few weeks. At Monday’s session a case was taken nj) in which a mun was charged v.ith an as.-ault with a have petitioned the secretary of the navy for permission to enlist for a period of sixty or ninety days when tho ship is sent througli the Panama canal in liilo. deadlv wea-)on. Alter hearing the These innnIiTOinan<lavonndSan'p,lj„;,„.„f Fmnscisco ami nil i.re ilesinons of I (othbv for tho plnintiff ttskcil that apnin troadiiisr tho (Itjclvsof the wax- ^ ^varrant be served on the prosc- shi|) on which they iT’.ado a force,1 oharsing him and r .in fretn the Pacilic lo the Atlantic;; d,.;„r«Unt in Ihe first suit with ,n l.v.)8 and arrived off Culm in time..,,, considering the to play .n important part in the destruction of the Spanish Iiei't Inasmuch as the volunteers uro ‘ n nv men »>f families some means | v.'iil be worked out to raise funds for the snp])ort of their dependants j in the event of the limited enlist-! ment being granted. I cordcr agreed to this course, and in the trial both the original defen dant and the prosecuting witness near, i ne nieelin’!: called f.)i‘tlie pur pose of organizing tl'.e road forees lor the work this week was orgnu- izv.‘d by the election of Mr. T. T. L )iiis as chairman and Rev. E. H. Norwood as secretary. These gen tlemen are also temporary ofiicers of tlie Good Roads Assuciation. One man, on seeing so much good roads sentiment displayed bv so many people, seemed of the opin ion that a large number of the speakers were not in earnest, and suggested that every man who in tended to work on the roads should be requested to stand uj). He as well as others was surprised to see the entire meeting on its feet—pos sibly two or three hundred men. It was at this point that the matter of organizing permanently was suggested. On motion of Dr. Goode Cheat ham it was decided that the road overseerip in every township be re quested by the meeting to appoint sub overseers to look after the work on sections where tho regular overseer could not go, and that the citizenship of the county be re quested to report to these for as signments. Messrs. T. L. Gash, C. H. Trowbridge and W. E. Breeso, Jr., were apiiointod to draft a letter to the citizens of tho county in re gard t^this matter. After the meeting had adjourned a meeting of the volunteer forces of Brevard township was held and all j.resent were given assignments by Overseer C. K. Osborne. BOX SUPPER AT SELICA There w’ill be a, debate fcdlowed were found guilty. The following cases were dis- l)osed of: State vs. D. M. Hoke, passing a worthless check, continued for one week. State vs. Ed Waldrop, escaping HUERTA MUST QUIT ' President Huertw has been told he must resign tho presidency of Mexico without lo.ss of time and that he must not leave as his suc cessor General Anreliano Blanquet, his minister of war, or any other member of his ofllcial family or of tho unofficial coterie whom ho might be expected to eontrof. This ultimatum from Washington was conveyed to President Huerta through his private secretary, Se- nor Rabago, by Nelson O'Shaugh- nessy, the American charge d’affaires, acting under instructions from tho state department. Senor Rabago i)resented the memorandum to his chief late Sun day. President Huerta guarded its contents from almost all of his oincial and intimate counsellors for several days. Those who learned of tho Wash ington note regard General Huer ta's position as one in w’hich he will be forced to give one or two answers—refusal point blank to comply with tho demand, i)ossibly going so far as to hand the dijjlo- matic representative his passports, or tho elimination of himself ofii- cially. Those most intimate with the president insist that the latter course will not bo taken for many re;is(.;3i:-!. cbi«.*f amon^ which is th.*it S';<'!> action v/ould be tuntamdunt t») submission to tho rebels. Ofii dal Mt'iico is no longer in doubt that the Washington administration fa vors tho rebel cause, and is con vinced that this is tho moans adoj)t- od by President Wilson and Secre tary Bryan to assist Carranza to v.in. BOARD OF ALDERMEN RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT by a box snp])er at Felica school, from the chaingang. plea of guilty hon^e Satuidav e\ening, Noveinhcr sixty days added to his 1->, at eight o clock. The fjuestivm | original sentence, for debate is, ‘Resolved, That Wo man Suffnige is W'rong.” Attirm- ative : Me.^srs. L. P. Hamlin. J. L. Waldrop and Luke Osteen. Nega tive : C. R. Sharp, Riley Wilson and M. M. Wil.son. After the pro gramme for the evening boxes will he sold. Every one cordially in vited. Most heaters waste half your fuel. Cole’s Hot Blast Heaters save and use that vrastcd portion, adv Mr. Roscoo Nicholson reports that he raised seventy-five bushels of irish potat-oes on one half acre of gronnd, and in addition to this harvested twenty hnshels of corn, which bad been planted between the potato rows. There seems to be no limit to what the farmers in this county can do when they try them selves. State vs. Wash and Ella Whit mire, retailing, not guilty. In this case the state had eleven witnesses and, contrary to the usual manper, they w'ere taken out of the room and brought back one at a time. Each and every one of them testi fied to the same facts, however, and out of it all there was no evi dence against tho defendant. State vs. Bascom Reese, retail ing, continued one week. State vs. F. Henderson, assault with a deadly weapon upon Charlie Mull. It was in this case that the prosecuting witness was brought in as a party to tho suit. The trial resulted in conviction for both par ties. Mr. Henderson was fined twenty-five dollars and costs, while 5Ir. Mull was fined ten dollars and costs. Notice of an appeal for Mr. Mnll was waived. Whereas, God in His allwise providence has taken from us our beloved Sovereign W, W, Zachai’y ; and whereas, Sovereign Zachary was a loyal W’oodman and faithful to all duties that were to the inter est of the order. Therefore be it I'esolved: First—That by the death of Sov ereign Zachary Balsam Camp No. lie, W. O. W., realizes, the loss of one of its most valuable members, that the county has lost one of it^J most worthy citizens, and tho fam ily an affectionate husband and loving father. Second—That we, as members of Balsam Camp No. IIG, hereby ten der our sincere sympathy to the bereaved family in this their sad affliction. Third—That a copy of these reso lutions be spread on the minutes of our lodge, a copy sent the Sylvan Valley News for publication, and a copy sent the family of the de ceased sovereign. W. H. Grogax, Jr., Church C. Morris, Lewis P. Hamlin, Comzrittee Although the board of aldermen remained in session until two o’clock Tuesday morning the min utes show that very little business was disposed of. The time was taken up by discussion of various questions brought to the attention of the board. A number of citizens appeared before the board for the purpos:; of protestirig against the sti-eet pav ing assessment. Statements of in dividual accounts have leccntly been mailed out by the city engi neer and the property owners for the first lime got an inkling of what to exiieet in the way of as sessment, and consequently all were not pleased. A number of citizens and the board discussed various phases of the question at length, but that was all tho action taken. The matter will be considered at a special meeting of the board next Monday night, when the citizens will be given a chance to air their grievances. It was announced to tlic board that Mr. W. S. Ashworth is going to build a concrete sidewalk in front of his property near the de pot and pay the entire cost of it himself. Mr. B. T. Egerton, livinp; next door, also w’ants a concrete walk in front of his place, but did not feel able to bear the entire cost, and so proposed to the board that he would i>ay two-thirds of the cost if the town would bear the balance of the expnse. This was discussed at length but no action was taken, the question not coming to a vote. Tho usual amount of routine business camo uj) and was disposed of, after which the board adjourned until Monday, November 10th. TEACHERS’ MEETING The third meeting of the teach ers’ association for tlio current school year took place at the Bre vard graded school building last Saturday. The meeting was called to order by the president, Snpt. T. C. Hendcrsoji, at 10 a. m., and was in session, excepting for noon re cess, until li p. m. Most of tlie teachers were present during tho day. The opening exerci.«es wore con ducted by the president, and con sisted of Bible reading and prayer, after which the program of the meeting was taken up. Mr. Arthur Raines, principal of Brevard graded school, continued the discussion begun at the last meeting of “Growing a Life.” one of the books in the reading course for this year. This book is one of the most philosophical of any yet prescribed. Mr. Raines’ handling of the subject was quite creditable to his powers as an exijositor. After this discussion tho teach- ers wei’e treated to a surprise. Each had been expecting to be called on to give an outline of studies in tho different grades. They were now given paper and told to vrrite out the^o outlines as for an examination. Just before the closn of tho morn ing si.'ssion Mr. Hei)der!< )ti ed certitioatcs to f(.>ur of the teach- en-i who had finished thn four-yeai* course of the reading circle. The.-^o v.'ere Miss Sue Glazener, Miss Mary Hankin, Mi.^s Cora Vvillson an-1 Miss Hattie Aiken. Two others who had also finished the course. Miss Nannie Jordan and Mr. Z. A. Nicholson, were not present to re ceive the certificates. In the afternoon Mr. A. .T. Manly gave an account of a method ho had u.sed of .securing interest in tho preparation of le:^sons. His method was based on the principle of com petition, which had hud a revold- tionary effect in his school. Tw-o nKxlel classes vcere conduct ed, one by Miss Edwards in Eng lish, tho other by Miss Aiken in phonics and reading. Each had a class of children and gave demon stration of the methods of teaching these subjects. Something new in the association work was a paper by Miss Blair of Brevard Institute on music, fol lowed by the teaching of a rato song. The etiect of this work on the teachers clearly showed its value for the school room. Before adjournment, Mr. Hender son reminded tho teachers of tho governor’s proclamation in regard to the good roads work for Novem ber 5th and (>th, and urged them to use one of the daj s as a holiday for the purpose of aiding the move ment. The association adjourned to meet again on December 5th and 0 th. WRECK AT GLOUCESTER MUST GET MUFFLERS A number of automobilists of the town were brought before the may or Tuesday morning by Chief of Police Singleton charged with run ning automobiles without mufflers, or cut-outs, contrary to the ordi nances therein made and provided and against the peace and dignity of the state. The men so charged submitted to the charge, where upon the mayor let them go under a suspended judgment npon the pay ment of the costs. It is said that a number of mufflers have bsen or- dcrcd- Wo are having some very cool weather. We have a fine school; there are 180 pupils enrolled. Mrs. P. C. Moore is very ill. There was a wreck on the Glou cester railroad last Sunday. A jolly crowd was taking a ride on the lever car and it jumped cfl' tho track turning over and lighting om J. W. Haggerty and bruising him up considerably. He had to be car- i*ied home on a cot. J. H. Conner was also bruised. The remainder of the crowd escaj)ed unhurt. Mrs. L. V. Sigmon of Calvert was a visitor at Rosman Sunday. McCall & Shipman, tho market men, have moved in the store building recently completed by the Rosman Improvement company. Mr. A. N. Collins is attending the federal court at Asheville this week. The Betterment Association is going to have a box supper at tho school house Saturday night, the proceeds to be used to improve the school grounds. i ' JjTTTi.r: Toy, /
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