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VOLUME-XVIII '
, BRUVARD, NORTH .CAROLINA. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER il 1913. *
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NUMBER-47
RAILROAD OFFICIALS HERE
Messrs. GaorK« R. Loyall, stph-
«ral snperintendont of tho South
ern railwny, and J. B. Akers, engi
neer of maintenance of way ..were
in Brevard last Wednesday, coining
here to investi*»ato the Hituatum ms
regards a new dCj>ot. Sincn the
fire last week which destroyed the
Socthern station there J\as been
quite a lot of talk ahont tl^e ])robu-
bility of the erection of two sei>a-
rate depots, one for freijjht and one
for passengers, the passenger sta
tion to be placed at the end of Main
street.
Messrs. Loyall* and Akers went
thoroufrhly ir;to the situation while
here and it i.«< believed they formed
an opinion in regard to the matter
bnt as yet their decision has not
been annonneed.
RECORDER’S COURT
BREVARD CLUB BANQUET
At a 8]>ccUil meeting of the Bre
vard Club, held Wednesday night,
it was decitled to luive a banqnet at
the Aethelwold Hotel next Satur
day nij'ht in honor of (’aptain H.
E. Raines and his three associates
wlio are cominff hen^ Saturday to
make a final decision in regard to
the location of the Citadel summer
camp ^
The hanqnet will not bejiin be-
fon* nine-rhirty. in onler to allow
merchants an opportunity of at
tending. The spread will be in
keeping with the season, turkey
most probably being the main item
on the bill of fare.
There will be a number of short
speeches by those present. All
members of the club are invited to
attend this banqnet, and all who
wish a plate reserved will please
notify the secretary of the club.
The chargc i)er jilato will be nomi
nal.
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HORSESHOE NOTES
Left over from last week.
The farmers ha ve been very busy
gathering corn.
Mrs. Colnmbns Smathers, who
has been visiting friends and rela
tives at Canton, returned home hist
week.
Mr. L^e Scniggs has baen on the
sick list the ])ast week.
Rev. James Liner of Horsesh
was elected ])astor of Boyleston
church tor the coming year.
Miss Louise English has been very
ill with sore throat the past week,
but we are glad to say she is slowly
improving.
Mr, and Mrs. Wade Cannon of
Penrose visited their ])arents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Patton, last Sunday.
The little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs.^Sylvnnns Smathers fell in the
tire recently and was badly burned
on its face and hands.
Gypsy.
The reeoeder’s court docket pre
sented a larjL'e array of unusnaU
eases at Monday’s session, among
which were a number of very im
portant and serious charges. Very
few, of the cases were finally dis
posed of, however. Following is a
l)rogram of the procedure :
State vs. D. M. Hoke, passing a
w(n'thless check. Prosecution with-
dmwn, i;rosecuting witness to pay
the co.^ts.
State vs. Rachel Miller, assault
with ,a deadi^ weapon, to-wit, a
shotgun, not guilty. Prosecuting
witne.ss to pay the costs. ''
State vs. Donald (yamplx'll fail
ure to make itemized statement as
to logging contract, in violalion of
the law, two o^jses. Continued two
weeks. In this ca>e the eourt took
the per."<cnal recognizance of the
defendant in the absence of the at*
torney for the plaintiff. The at
torney. u])on learning of this fact,
had two other wnmints sworn out
and the defendant arrested <m
these. These two cases were tried
Monday afternoon and resulted in
an acquittal, the court takinir the
])osirion that the crimes charged
wen- contained in%the ariginal war
rants. Mr. I). W. ChiytoiY ap
peared for the state in these Cv-vses
and ^le^sr«. John D. An(l«*rsm «>f
Ashevill*^ mid O. h. E>>gli>h ap-!
peared for the defendant.
State vs. Wni. Cogdell, slai\ifer,
continued one we^.
State vs. J. B. Mct^all, .slander,
continued one week.
State v.s. George Mackey, larceny
of a bunch of fl^li from Owen's
marliif‘t. thirty davs. Notice of ap
peal given. Boi.d fixed at .§UK).
The two ca.ses of assault with
deatlly wea])on arising out of the
fight between Bill Jackson and
John Fia'/.ier were continued until
Wedne.>.(iiiy. In the light Jaekson
was sh'Tt in the right arm but was
not seriously injured.
The trial of the two eases ari.sing
from th(^ fight betwe n Bill Jack
son and John F»a/i'.er was lield at
the court house Wednes(!ay. It
was vory hard to find the straight
about the matter in Ilu‘se cases
from the fact that the evidence
varied consideralTly. After hear
ing all the evidence the recorder
held the defendant Fra/.ier guilty
sentenced him to the roads for
a term of ten months. Jacksua
was declared not guilty. Notice of
appeal in the case of Fra'/ier was
waived and bond was lixed at four
hundred dollars. Tin; bond was
not famished and the defendant
was taken back to jail.
WORK ON CAMP SITE
WILL BEGIN SOON
PROMOTERS WILL ARRIVE
THIS WEEK
Final Decision Will Be Made
Between the Two Sites Un
der Consideration.
CHILDREN’S SERVICE
THREE MORE STILLS DESTROYED
Messrg. J. A. Galloway, Henry
Reid and F. V. Whitmire, three
doughty warriors enlisted in the
temperance cause, have been caus
ing some weeping and wailing
among the; makers of tiie juice that
is said to cheer, sometimes. These
gentlemen made an excursion out
to the ('anebreak Tuesday night
and utterly destroyed a fifty-five
gallon copper still and poured out a
large quantity of beer.
Last week these sunie gentlemen
spent a night near the place where
this still was destroyed and at that
time cut up two stills, one on Frozen
Creek and one in the Augur Hole,
wherever that is. Although a
large number of stills have been
destroyed in this county within the
past few months, there seems to be
the usnal number and the revenve
men are kept constantly on the
lookont for the lawbreakers.
There will be a special service for
children at the Methodist church
Sunday morning beginning at
10:10. We invito all the Sunday
school children and aiiy others wiio
might wish to attend the service.
We most respectfully urge the
parents to come with their chil
dren. You owe it to your child to
be present. Come praying that
yt*ur child may he led into accept
ing Christ.
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The passenger traffic department
of the Southern Railway has just
issued a beautiful booklet telling
about the fine climate and other
attractions of “tbe Land of the
Sky” in the winter time. The
booklet, from a typographical
standpoint, is all that could be de
sired, hearing on the outsid- cover
a cut of the national flower—the
golden rod—and the title, “Au
tnmn and Winter in the Liind of
the Sky.” It is profusely illus
trated with scenes in Western
North Carolina, among whieh are a
number of Brevard and Transylva
nia connty scenes.
These booklets will bo distributed
by .the road officials in all parts of
th^ountry and will greatly help
in tfefe advertising campaign now
being carried on by the Greater
Western North Carolina Associa-
I'i-n.
As announced briefly in last
week’s issue of the News, the sum
mer school and camp of the Citadel
Military Academy of Charleston,-
S. C., has been located near Bre
vard. Capt. H. E. Raines, repre
senting the promoters of this
school, was in Brevard last Thurs
day and while hero signed an
agreement with the citizem^ of the
town to locate the camp at one of
two i)laces he has under considera
tion. >^Both these places are only
about a mile ami a tialf from town,
one is the old Willis Galloway place
and the other is the Siniard place,
including the landow-ned by Messfs.
Branch Paxton and S. F. Allison,
near Wilson’s bridge. Capt. Raines,
accompanied by his as.sociates,
Profs. John W. Moore, A. L.
ITodi-M'S and L. S. LeTellier, will re.
tin i\ to fVi-evMru this week to niake
th*‘ir seleetion between the two
p!a(res under consideration.
Either of the two places would
make an ideal site for a camp
school. Both are on the French
Broad river, with a sufficient area
of level land for the athletic field,
and beautiful surrounding knolls
that are suitable for camp sites.
Tluj Brevard |^ltvh played a very
important part in locating this
camp, as did also the Greater West
ern North Carolina Association.
Col. Cohen did everything he could
for Brevard not to do an .Injustice
to the othercountieshe represents.
The members of the club all real
ized the importance of securing
this camp for Rrevard and each and
every member did everything he
could to help matters.
According to the agreement \vith
Capt. Raines, the citizens of the
town are to run telephone and elec
tric light lines to the camp site.
The agreement with the promoters
of the camp was made at a mass
meeting of the citizens held in the
Southern’s up-town offices. This
tneeting was presided over by Mr.
T. H. Galloway and a large number
of business men were presoat. At
this meeting a vote of thanks was
given to the Greater Western North
Carolina A.ssociation.
The w-ork of developing the camp
will commence at once and will b?
ready for the opening next Jvne,
The class building^ the trophy hall,
and a kitchen and dining room will
be built immediately. The tents
and boats for the aquatic sports
have already been ordered. The
baseball diamond, athletic field and
running track will be laid out and
improved * during the spring
months.
The location of this camp is quite
an acquisition to this county, and
will add much to this entire sec
tion. It will attract hundreds of
students during each summer sea
son, and therefore wili bring hun
dreds of people here who would not
otherwise come. The Citadel is
one of eight military schools in the
United States, and one of two in
the South that sends annually to
West Point one of its students
without the req,uirement of an ex
amination. Its faculty includes
men well known in military circles,
and it is therefore assured that this
camp will be one of the leading
ones of its kind in the country. It
will be in charge of Capt. H. E.
Raines, an'expert in the handling
of military camps and in the past
has had charge of some of the big
gest camps of the country; Capt.
L. S. LeTellier, who is in charge of
the athletic training deptirtment of
the academy ; Capt. R. L. Hodges,
professor of mathematics, and Capt.
John W. Moore, professor of Eng
lish. These gentlemen will have
associated with them about fifteen
other instructors.
MORE ROAD WORKING
The citizens of Dunns Rock towq-
ship, and anyone else who cares to
do so, are urged to meet at Wil
son’s bridge on Thursday morning,
November 27th (Thanksgiving), for
the purpose of working the roads.
The work will begin abont^even-
thirty and the road ffbm the bridge
to Hogsed’s Creek will be worked
out before dinner.
*The ladies of the community will
•spread dinner, picnic style, for all
who work. About fifty men and
twenty teams will be employed.
Everyone who can is urged to fur
nish a team.
Alter dinner the road from the
bridge to the foot of Connestee
mountain will receive attention^
As this road is one of the most im
portant in the county it is likely
that a number of men living out
side of the township will volunteer
their S3rvices on this occasion.
Everyone who expects to work is
requested to bring whatever tool
he wishes.
TEACHERS’ MEETING
The teachers’ meeting will be
held Friday and Saturday, Decem
ber 5 and fi. Following is the i>ro-
gfaiii:
FRIDAY.
8 :4'» to —O’oservation in the
Brevard .‘<chool. The regular school
work will be done. The teachers
are invited to vi.sit the department
in which they are most interested.
1*) :10 to 12 ;15—Noon recess.
1 :15 to 1 :•}.■)—General discussion
of the morning’s observations.
1 :45 to 1 :10—Welcome to the new
chairman of the board of education,
T. C. Henderson ; response’, T. H.
Galloway.
‘>*.10 to 2:40—Physical culture,
Rev. E. H. Norwood.
2:40 to 3 :10—The value of school
exhibits. Miss Allie (’antrell.
Bach teacher is requested to bring
samples of work for an exhibit at
the meeting. The work may con
sist of hand crafts, paper cutting,
construction work, neeiUo work,
written exercises, drawings, or
nature collections made by the pn
pils. This is to be marked with
the name of the school and pre
served in the county superinten
dent's office for exhibition at the
county commencement next spring.
3:10—Betterment association.
Annual election of officers will be
held.
7:30 p. m.—An evening with
Robert Louis Stevenson.
Song— Blue Bells of Scotland.
Sketch of Stevenson’s Life, Miss
Verno.Goode
“My Shadovi*,” Miss Lola Hender
son.
The Land of Nod, Miss Arah
Davis.
Solo, “The Swing,” Miss Flor
ence Jackson.
The Land of Story Book, Noah
Miller.
The Good Boy, Luko Osteen,
The Lamplighter, Miss Margaret
Wright.
Piano solo, Miss Winifred Carter.
Northwest Passage, Miss Nannie
Jordan.
The Wind, Miss Joyner.
Not Yet, My Soul, J. R. Sloan.
Solo, Miss Mary Rice.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, T. C.
Henderson.
Quartette, Edwards, Holcom, Ri
ley, Raines..
Reception given the visiting
teachers by Bi^evard faculty.
SATURDAY.
9:30 to 9 :50—Opening exercises.
Miles Reece.
9 :{)t) to 10:20—Importance of ele
mentary graduation, L. H. Bow’en
10:20 to 10:50—“Fair play in the
school roonjt H. Cole.
10:50 »to 11:20—Growing a Life
(chapters 5 to 7), Arthur Raines.
11:20 to 11:50—Reports from the
assembly.
11:50 to 12:15—Comparative ge
ography, Miss Bertie Brown.
12:15 to 12 :s5--Profitable Friday
afternoon exercises. Miss Georgia
Ball.
!•:::5-—Dismissal.
MR. il. C. LOFTIS
Mr. J. C. Loftis died at his honio
on Main etreet about four o’clock
Tuesday morning. The deceased
had been in very bad health for
several months prior to his death
and therefore his death was not
unexpected. Mr. Loftis, at the
time of his death, was in his sixty-
third year. He was a native of this
county and has always made his
home here, being a member of the
largo and well known Loftis family
o,f this county.
The deceased is survived by a
wife, three sons—James, Eugene
and Thomas—and two daughters,
Mrs. C. B. Deaver of Brevard and
Mrs. J. T. Scaffe of Atlanta, also
one brother, Mr. T. T. Loftis of
Brevard and two sisters, Mrs. Sam
Lance and Mrs. H. C. Gillesine,
both of Brevard.
The funeral services were con
ducted at the home Wednesday
morning, being conducted by Rev.
Loy D. Thompson of the .Methodist
church, assisted by Rev. E. H. Nor
wood ot the Presbyterian church
and Rev. R. D. Cross of the Baptist
church. The interment was at the
Gillespie cemetery. The follov^ing
acted as pall hearers: Messrs. W.
L. Aiken, 11. E. Wood bridge, BE.
Paxton, C. T. Shytle, Clayton Ro.ss
and J. E. Waters.
ENTERTAINMENT A SUCCESS
On Saturday evening the box
supper and debate given at the Se-
lica graded school proved a quite a
success. The good weather in
due'd a large number of people to
attend. The entertainnurnt opened
with a song by the Glee club,
“Love’s Old Sweet Song,” followed
by the debate. While tlie judges
retired to form the decision, Messrs.'
Rice and Davis sang a duet,
“Sleep, Kent'acky Babe,” after
which the judges rendered the de
cision that -‘woman s'Affrage is
wrong.”
After the boxes were sold the
voting contest for the most popu
lar young man and young lady took
place. The cakes were awarded to
Mr. Clarence Duckworth and Miss
Maude Bryson.
In selecting the most popular
young lady Miss Nora Ross and
Miss Maude Bryson eaoli received
ov^r four hundred and fifty votes.
At the request of the teachers the
contest closed and the cake was
presented to Miss Bryson.
Another interesting feature of
the evening was the cutting of
three cakes. The lucky bachelor,
Mr. Clarence Bowen, found the
button; Miss Adah Hamilton, the
fortunate spinster, the thimble, tend
Mr. Chester Fenwick’s face was
radiant when he discovered the
ring in his slice of cake. Last, but
not the least interesting, was tho
cake walk, in which yotmg and old
participated. Mi^s BetUah Justice
and Mr. Eliott Tinsley received the
cake.
The proceeds of the evening
amounted to $82.35, which will bo
used toward digging a well for tho
school. V
On last Saturday night the Ros-
man Betterment Association gave
an entertainment at the school
house for the purpose of raising
money for school imi)rovement
work. The first feature of the
evening w^as “A Family AlTair,”
presente^ by members of the school.
A box supper followed the play and
cocoa and coffee were served in an
adjoining room. The amount
cleared— $48.10— will be used
toward filling a deep gully through
the school yard.
Tonight.
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