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A HOME PAPER FOR HO^MB PEOPIjE-ALL. HOME PRINT
VOIUME-XVIII
BREVARD, SOBTH CAROLINAr FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 28. 19I3-
NUMBER-48
[NCINE TURNS OVER
Engine No. 147 on the extra
freifirht train left the track jn«»t in
froiit of the residen'^e of Dr. E. S.
English Monday morning aboat
ten o’clock, tnrning completely
over on its side and wrecking two
t)ox cars. Conductor "Bob” Whit
mire was injured in the smash-up,
suffering a broken limb and a
i»a5‘hed foot.. Ho was carried to
the hospital in Ashuville where it
•was thought for a time that his
limb would have to bo amputated.
Although a number of miracu^ns
escapes are reported, no one else
was injured in the least, although
the entire train crew were consid
erably shiiken up.
The cause of the* wreck is un
known, but is supposed to have
been the spreading of the rails.
Tlie engine was bucking in the di
rection of Rosman with a string of
cars behind. The tender left the
track first, running down the steep
bank into the rdyre of Dr. English’s
yard. This throw the main jmrt of
the engine off the track, it turning
over on its right .side directly in
the middle of the track. Engineer
E^erton had a v»n*y narrow escape,
being caught under the engine.
The engineer’s cab was smashed in
until only at)oul one-third of the
usual splice remained between the
window nnd boiler. Mr. Egerton
h‘.:d buicly enough luoSi to crawl
out.
A wrecking crow was brought
from Charlotte, reaching the wreck
about eleven o'cbK'k Monday night.
They had the wieckiage cleared up
early Tne.sdav morning?. Passen
gers for i)oints up the road were
transferred to the regular freight
train on Monday.
RECORDER’S COURT
The following ca.ves were dis
posed of at Monday's session of the
recorder’s^court:
State vs. Donald Caui|>bell, pass
ing worthless check, continued one
WCCjC.
State w. Lester Campbell, Jack
Jenkins and W. M. Mason, con
spiracy to defraud, not guilty.
State vs. Wm. Codgell, slander,
ehareed with costs.
State vs. J B. McCall, slander,
not guilty.
State vs. Mozelle Mills was taxed
with the costs in three ca«sea where
he had swora out’^w*irrunts and
failed to prove the charges several
weeks ago.
In the case of State vs. John Fra
zier, charged with assault on Bill
JackBon. v^rhich was tried a week
»go, the appeal was withdrawn,
Fruaier having decided to go to the
roii4^.
inERARY ENTERTAINMENT
' THE CLUB BANQUET
,
The first social i jiMiiniiiii of the
members of the Brevard Clnb at
the Aethalwold Hotel last Satur
day night was a great snccoss. A
large number of the members of
the club gathered around the ban
quet table, ate the splendid repast
provided by Mr. C. M. Cooke, Jr.,
the manager of the hotel, and one
and all declared that the alTair was
one of the most enjoyable ever
given In Brevard,
Tlio banquet Vxws given in honor
of Capt. H. E. Raines and Capt.
John W. Moore, two of the gentle
men interoste:! in the Citadel sum
mer camp school which has just
located one mile from town, and
Col. S. H. Cohen. Just prior to
the banquet C«pt. Raines an
nounced that the site near Wil
son’s bridge had been finally de
cided upon as the location for their
camp. This trad includes the Sin-
iard p optjrty, the S. F. Allison
property uud the land owned by
Branch Puxton, a total of sixty
acres.
The first matter disposed of by
the club members uftcr assembling
in the Atithelwold diningroom was
the well ]>repared course dinner,
which included roast turkey, cran
berry S'lufc, salads, fruits, pickles,
the best celery every raised (the
Transvlvunirt. kinu), and many
othor trood things too nnmerous tu
mention. Close at tention was paid
to tbii I' lrt of the program by
everyone "resent.
Mr. J. S. Silverstein, the presi
dent of t ho club, acted as toast
master and displayed much wit in
calling on various members of the
club for sj>eeches. He first called
on Col;Sanford H. Coen, manager
of the Greater Western North
Carolina Association, paying a very
high compliment to the Colonel for
liii v,’ork f-;! this section.
Cwlonul Cohen in turn paid a rery
high complimcnt to the progressive
spirit shown by the citlxens of
Tran‘'ylvania county in organizing
the Bicvnrd Club. Ke stated that
the wisdom of this organization
will be shown in hundreds o^ ways
in the future, and oxpressed the
opinion that had tlie club not been
organized tho Citadel camp wovild
possibly have been attracted to
some other section. He also told
of some of tho plans of the associa
tion he represents and pledged his
co-operation in anything the club
may undertake.
' Cantain Raines was the next
.‘speaker calleil upon He told about
tho many places that had been in-
sjHcted by tho promoters of tho
camp school and gave his reasons
for locatinff here. He stated that
I at no place he had vi.sited and he
' and his partners b^^en treated in
* such a friendly manner as in Bre-
\
Good Roads Meeting'
' There will be a meeting: at the court hoiise on
Monday, December I, at 12:30 p. m., for the purpose of
organlifng a Transylvania Good R6ads Association*
All interested in good roads are invited to attend*
T. T. LOFTIS, President.
E. H. NORWOOD, ‘Secretary.
AUTOMOBILE SMASH-UP
After drinking this toa«t the
toastmaster suggested that all join
hands around the table and join in
singing “Auld Lang Syne,” after
which the company broke up and
started for their homes.
GAMES OF CHANCE
PRESIDENT FINLEY DEAD
con e a citizen of Brevard.
Cai-t. Moore stated that
The literary societies of the Bre- vurd. and since his first \ isit here
vard graded school will give a free he hatl tclt that he wanted to be-
recitation contest on Friday even*
ing, November 28, at eight o’clock
at the Auditorium. The public is
very cordially invited.
Those representing the Athenian
society are: Irene Erwin, “Kit Car
son’s Ride;” Ruth Duckworth,
•‘Betsy and I Are Oat;” Alberta
Perkins. “That Old Sweetheart of
Mine ;” Mildred Bryant, ‘ Whist
ling in Heaven,’’
The Nonpareil society is repsent-
ed by: Bertie Ballard, “As the
MooB RoseR«ubenia Nicholson,
‘•The Daughter of Herodirs ;”,May
Crary, “Little Blossom;” Irene
Duckworth, “The Last Hymn.”
mCtihidist bazaar
The ladies of the missionary so
ciety of the Methodist church will
have'tt 1m«aar Wednesday, Decem
ber •3. They will serve supper, con
sisting . of chicken salad, sand-
WK^es, x>*ckle8, coffee, tea and
cafce—alfiK> sell ,fanoy articles and
<$i9id9e8. Opening hour three
•oVitock. adv 25
Do you read your home paper?
If not, why not? gubscribe now.
'Give your family the same advan
tage!* a<* your neighbor's.
other
places that had been visited had
offered just as good locations as
the one selected in Brevard, and
that at ieast one was better, but
that the reason they had not been
selected was because they were not
in Brevard. He stated that the
spirit of co-operation shown by tho
people of this county was too sin
cere to bo ignored, that in an insti
jution such as they contemplated
the i community must have an in
terest to make it a success. Capt.
Moore spoke very optimstieally of
the future of the camp.
Aboat twenty members of the
club were called on and one and all
expressed gratification over the
fact that Brevard had secured
the summer camp and all pledged
th^ir /urpport to the project. '
A t a very late hour the banquet
ers were provided with a glass of
fruit punch, drinking to the fol
lowing toast;
“Come to the land of the tall ^ruce pine,
The mountain land where the sun doth
shine.
Where the weak grow stroHg, and the
strong grow great,
Come up to Brevard, in the Old North
S‘?.tc.”
Editor Sylvan Valley News:
Please allow me space in your
esteemed pnper to condcmn one of
tho worst evils that exists in Bre
vard today—namely, gambling.
In the beginning let me say that
I have followed it for bight year^;
I have won and lost money by the
hundreds ; I have seen all kinds of
gambling going on and havft taken
part in many games that lasted all! seif-made man
night loag; I have seen men lose
the, last dollar they had on earth
wlion their wives and childn*n
uevd^d clothcs and food, nut count
ing the debts they owed ; I have
seen men gamble away money that
belonged to others when they knew
they had no way to repay it; I have
seen men—full grown men—stay
away from their wives and chil
dren for nights at a time when they
were needed at home.
I have now come to tho impor
tant part of this letter, which is to
show the people of Brevard that
gamblers are not born, but* that
I thoy are made gamblers after they
have grown to be gofed sized to^s.
And now the question arises in
your mind, how aro tho boys made
to become gum'blcrsl* The answer
is simple: they are persuaded to
take a chalice for a gun, watch,
cigars, candy or some other junk
that somebody has got, but does
not want, hence they raffle it off,
and to do it, they persuade men
and boys to take chances, or trying
to get something for nothing.
What is the result? They have
formed the habit of taking chances,
and when poker or dice is suggested
they take a chance, and soon they
are regulars.
Now-, friends, I know the forego
ing to be facts, therefore I ask the
good men and women who have
boys growing up, do you want your
boys to become gambler^? You
say no—a thousand times no. Then,
my friends, take the advice of one
who knows and use your influence
and power to stop the raffling busi
ness in Brevard.
I see both men and w^omen tak-.
ing chances who do not realize that
they are gambling, but thoy,are
just the same, and are doing it
where it is the most harmful—be
fore the children. A game of poker
or craps behind closed doors is not
half as bad as the raffling business,
because no one gets the gambling
fe\er from looking? on, jet when
we get caught behind closed doors
we are arrested and have to pay a
fine. Who is to blame for making
gamblers? Is it not the men who
first persuaded them to take a
chance, and not only them, but
every one who approves the raffle
(gambling) game.
If there is anybody—men «r
women—that wants the gamblers’
training school stopiied I will he
glad to co-operate with you,' and
ask every one to cut out said schools
forever in Brevard.
I am not prompted by any hope
of gain or anything of value in
writing this, but I am doing it be
cause I know it is ruining the com
ing men. I have lost many hard-
earned dollars by taking chances,
and, Mr. Citizen, your boy is doing
the same.
Come on and lets get together
and atop gambling her© in Brevard.
An old chance taker,
W. H. Grogan, Jr.
William W. Finloy, president of
thp Southern railway, d'ed at his
home in Washington Tuesday af
ternoon as a result of n, stroke of
appoplexy which*he suff’ered a few
hours before. His death, cominp,
so suddenly, was entirely unex
pected, not even his most intimate
friends knowing prior to the end
that Mr. Finley was indisposed.
President Finley was a leading
figure in every movement looking
to the improvement of industrial
conditions in the South, and in his
death tho entire South, and espe
cially North Carolina, has lost a
true and untiring friend. Ho was a
in tho truest sense
of tho word, having worked his
way np through the service from
th«*. position of stoMojrrapluT to the
head uf one of the greatt'st railway
systeuis in tho land. He is sur
vived by a widow, four daughters
and one son. The funeral s<»rvices
will be held Friday.
As a mai’k of respect to the de
ceased all the Southern’s general
offices throughout the country
will be draped in crape for thirty
days. At the hour for the funeral
every Southern train will stop for
five minutes, no matter where they
are.
I While driving Mr. J. S. Silyer-
' stein's small car early Wednesday
, morning, Mr. Grady Swicogood lost
i control of the steering gear and ran
I into the bank, smashing the car
considerably and severely injuring
himself and Mr. Walter McJun-
kin. In going down the hill just
beyond Mr. Roscoo_ Nicholson's
residence the steering apparatus
refu.«ed to work and consequently
the car ran into tho bank while
goin» at a high speed.
Neither of the two occupants are
considered dangerously injured, al
though they were severely shaken
up and suffered from shock. Mr.
Swicegood fell on his hack and
shoulders and was considerably
bruised up. Mr. Mc.Tunkin had a
very ugly gash cut on the top of
his head and was otherwise bruised.
The injured men were brought
to Dr. Cheatham’s office where
they receivea medical attention,
afterwards being taken to their
homes. The car they were driving
was badly wrecked but it is thought
it can bo rexmired.
ROSMAN NOTES
A SERIOUS OFFENSE
While working on the store
house of VV. A. .Mull Friday of last
week a scaffold plank broke and
three men came to the ground, a
distance of about eight feet. T.
H. Melton h;id two ribs broken;
W. C. Glazener had his nose split
open, knd C. H. Glazener sulTered
some slight injuries. They are all
getting along nicely.
We are sorry to report the death
of Mrs. P. C. Moore, who died at
her home Sunday, November 23.
She had been very ill for some
time and the end was not unex
pected. She leaves a baby four
weeks old, throe small boys, a hus
band, some step-children and a
host of relatives and friends to
mourn their loss.
Mrs. J, N. Allen and little son
Flem of Brevard visited relatives
at Bosnian last week.
A small portion of tli3 Rosman
choir attended the singing conven
tion at Glady Branch Sunday, and
repot a jolly good time.
Rev. C. M. Carpenter is attend
ing the annual conference this
week at Charlotte. Hope they will
see fit to send him back to this
circuit again.
There will be a Thanksgiving
service at the Baptist church next
Sunday night at 7 o’clock, at
which time we expect to take a
collection for the orphanage at
Thomasville. Everybody is cor
dially invited, pring something
for the orphans.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Garren of
%
Brevard and little son Forest vis
ited Mrs. Garren’s parents, Mr
and Mrs. L. M. Glazener, Saturday
and Suoday. Mr. and Mrs. Garren
will spend the' winter in Florida.
Little Boy.
The Carlin bill, recently passed
by Congress making the robbe»*y of
freight cars, bagirago ears, nnd
express cays enj'aged iti inrerstate
commerce and the robbery of int-er-
stato shipment from platforms and
stations a federal offense, is a law
with teeth in it and sharp ones at
that as was evidenced in the Fed
eral court when John L. Park
er was given asentense of six years
in the United States prison for rob
bing a shipment of shoes consigned
to Glazen, Miss., from a ear in tho
BirmingMm yards on May 4th.
Parker was also imj^licated in rob
bing a shipment of notions con
signed to Avondale, Ala., from a car
in the Birmingham yards on the
night of July 30th and Otis Will
iams and Authur Goodeye who as
sisted him were given sentences of
four years and six months and three
years and six months respectively
in the United States prison.
Under the Carlin law, the prose
cution of car and depot thieves is
greatly simplified and the certainty
of conviction is much greater as tho
federal statutes do not provide tho
loopholes found in various stuto
laws through which many crimnals
whose guilt was clearly proved
have been enabled to OKcaije on
technicalities. As the result of the
operation of this law;, it is believed
that crimnals will recognise the
danger of tampering .with freight
cars and depots und that there will
be a great decrease in thefts of this
character which frequently cause
serious inconvenience and loss to
shippers as w^ell as to the railrOiids.
They have a progressive spirit at
Brevard, all right. The people of
^that town wanted a better depot, so
they went about it in a business
like manner and took the necessary
BtepB to secure it. Fire is a great
cleanser, they do say. This should
not 1)6 taken as a suggestion.—Can
ton Observer.
J. C. LOFTIS
The body of our dear friend now
lies beneath the silent clods of the
valley, but we shall cherish tho
memory of his life forever. Mr.
Loftis was a kind husband, affeo-
fionate father and good neighbor.
His simple but beautiful life was
largely spent in the forest primeval
of the beautiful sapphire country
of Western North Carolina. He
was very fond of outdoor life, and
spent many hapj)y hours with his
fishing rod and gun.
The health of Mr. Loftis had al
ways been excellent until just be
fore his death disease, character
ized by the iliost excruciating pain,
came and ended his life.
He was the type of man who
could truthfully say, “Let me live
in a house by the side of the road
and be a friend of man.”
Tonight.
Tonight, if yo*u feel dull and stu
pid, or bilious and constipated, take
a dose of Chamberlain's Tableta
and yOu will feel all right tomor
row. For sale by S. M. Macfie. adv
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