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VOLUME-XIX
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 0. 1914.
NUMBER- 0
MARY ROBERTS JENKINS
1834-1914.
On Sunday evening, February
1st, Mary Roberts Jenkins, widow
of Albert Jenkins of Brevard,
passed trom earth to the rest of
Paradise, full of years and good
works.
On Siituruay, January 31st, she
celebrated her eightieth birthday,
and the following evening
“When at last, in stillest night.
She seemed to sleep,
A birthday came to her in truth—
The gift it brought, Immortal Youth.”
Mrs. Jenkins was the daughter
of Jose])h Robertsand Mary Hodges,
his wife, of I’aswell House, Cur-
bridge, Oxfordshire. She was
gently reared, a devoted member of
the ('hurch of England, confirmed
by the Hight Rev. Samuel Wilber-
force, the great bishop of Oxford,
and married when twenty-eight
years old to the man of her choice,
whose beloved conjrade she was
through liftv-one years of wedded
life, celobrating their golden anni
versary in July, 1'.)!•>. Beautiful
in their united life, in death but a
few short inontlis divided them.
Mr. ainl Mrs. .lenkins i>assed their
hon(*ynioon in Ireland. Returning
ti) Worcester, where Mr. Jenkins
was e’i>;ag<'d in the business of a
corn Til ere hunt, they spent ten
years of ha])])y wedded life, their
home lilt'ssi'd with inutual love and
laughtt«r jnul prattle of their little
one^ — Harry, Fniuk, Arthur, Daisy,
Ada and Herbert, Ciod's i)recious
gifts to them. Then they made
tlie great veutun*, crossed the sea,
and lii.ally st*ttled near Brevard,
wlu're for I'orty-one years, side by
side and hand in hand, tliey trod
life's way together through storm
and snnshini', smiles aiid tears,
shiirin*' tlieir toils and tronbli's.
joy.'- anil sorrmvs, likj tlie true
coniraih's tiiev were. Tlien <^od
tt^ok liiiii. and for scarc«*ly i'cur
brief nionllis she ‘walked alont'
until Ood united them once more
ill thi‘ best of lands.
Three eliildivn were added to
tln‘in here—Lilian, Htdena and Er-
n«'st—oiif of lies beneath
the ehanci-l window of St. Phili])s,
Brevard. Two otliers, born in
^lerrie, Hn^land, rest with, tlu ir
])arents o»» the sunny hillside of
old St. r.iid's in tlie Valley.
“For a spare the tired body
Lies with fci-t toward the dawn.
Till tluTc hivaks the last and bri^htc.st
Master morn.
On iha; Kaslor morning
.Ml Ihf f:raves thi-ir dead restore.
Fatiur. .sister, child and mother,
.Meet (mce more.”
Six elnldri'ii and ^ifteen grand
children snrvivi' h(‘r. What a
blessed ]iie?siu;y they have to cher
ish of their dear old saint, whose
bles.sfd mini-try i f love and devo
tion to home !ind chnrcli she j^as
left 11.(VH as a ]>r.cions l(*gacy.
I ^-nall miss Iht smiling face :ind
her warm \Vfl(‘<»nie. lu'r thoughtful
acts of ki!idness and gentle minis
tries mon* than I can tell.
In lovimx rcnieiubrance, la r s< r-
rowing liaMiir,
<‘M \f 'IKKS I), (’h a i’M \\.
ROSMAN NEWS
As I haven’t seen much from our
little town I thought I would give
you just a little write up this week.
We are glad to report the Sunday
school at Zion as progressing.
Have enrolled since the first of the
year l>5, and 715 present last Sunday.
A Valentine party will be given
by the Sunbeams of the Zion Bap
tist church at the home of Mrs. S.
C. Neal February l*i. A very inter
esting programme will be rendered,
after which the Ijjidie.s Aid Society
of the same church will sell cofll'ee,
cake and other good eatables. The
public is cordially invited. Come
and bring your friends.
Mr. J. T. (lillespie and family of
East Fork have moved to Rosman,
occupying one of F. J. W’^hitmire’s
houses. We are glad to welcome
them in cur midst.
Mrs. M. J. Glazener is on the
sick list this week. Hope she will
soon be out again.
Mrs. L. M. Glazener has been con
fined to her rov^m several days with
lagrippc.
(t. M. Glazener, the ]>rice cutter
of Hendersonvilh? and Brevard,
was a visitor to Rosman the first of
this week.
C’hestnut Oak Cam]) No. 2'.).') W.
(). W. of Rosman gave an oys-ter
supp»*r to the m^mbers and their
families Saturday night, January
.‘il. All ])resent seemed to enjoy
thems»*lve
Betterment Association
THE MONTESSORI METHOD
The American people have taken
a very vital interest in the educa
tional work of Dr. Maria Montes-
sori.
This wonder working Italian
woman took, at the age of ninteen,
the degreeof doctor of medicine at
the University of Rome. While
there she drew the att*jntion of the
scientific world to herself by her
brilliant presentation of a new
phase of anthropology—the better
ing of the human race in the future
by means of natural nr nd and body
developement today.
In order to have an opportunity
to work out certain theories of her
own on feeble-minded children.
Dr. Montrssori accepted a i)osition
in the Roman clinics for neurotics.
Here she found abundant material.
Her patient struggles to let the
light of knowledge into these little
minds developed a system of teach
ing, and the use of certain ap])li-
ances that would educate automati
cally through their eyes, their lin
gers, their whole bodies.
Every channel into the mind was
used, every sense, every im])ulseor
action was studied and trained.
The feeble minds awoke and de
veloped, and the children were
BOYLSTON NEWS
We are having very nice weather
at present.
Rev. James I^yner filled his ap
pointment at Boylston Saturday
and Sunday.
II. J. Orr of Rosman spent Satur
day and Sunday at his home. »
Harvey English, who has been
working on Davidson River, spent
Sunday at home.
Miss Ellen Allision, who has
been staying at Hendersonville,
was visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. S. Allison, Saturday and
Sunday.
Misses Onia and Elva Smathers
and Mary Banning have gone to
Enon to attend the school there.
Misses Louise English and Do vie
Shipman and Harvey English vis
ited at Mr. Richard Scruggs’ Sun
day. Bomolink.
QUEBEC ITEMS
VESSEL IS RAMMED AT SEA
Many Unable to Leave the Staterooms.
No Time Was Given to Adjust
.. Life Preservers.
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Department of Commerce
Orders Probe of Wreck.
Washington. — A thorough
investigation of the circum
stances resulting in the colli
sion between the Nantucket
and Monroe was ordered by
the department of commerce.
Assistant Secretary Sweet
instructed the steamboat in
spection service to make an
exhaustive inquiry.
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able to enter the public schools
About 1 iiOiH'ople weie ! with «»thers tlu^ saiiu' age, and to
keep up with them.
Dr. Montes.sori now a])]>lied her
syst<*m to no]-inal children. Her
success was juarvelons. ciiildren
of tour and five in her school were
able to read and write as well as
childn-n two and thr*‘(‘ years older
in the ]>nhlic schools. The* first
Montessori school was in St.
Mary's conv(‘nt in Rome. Tliere
are now nearly one hundnMl in
Anu-rica alon(‘, two in C’hina, and
several in Svria. .lapan has (‘x-
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I perinK*ntal sehoc^ls \vh(*re this new
j method will be ado])t(“d, and the
j “Mont«*ssori ^lethoti" is being
i translated into .lapanese.
I Si.vty-.s(*v('n Ainerican teaelu^rs
! took tlu' trainin:,' in Rome in I'.ti;'..
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; 'I'he physical inqtroveinent of the
! Montessori ])upils is marked,
i Though tlu' ciiildn'n were in scliool
present. A move is on loot nt)\v to
organize a Woodman Circle which
will 1'«‘ c)f interest.
.Mr. and Mrs. Wade Vaughn lost
tlu'ir t Wo weeks old baby Sunday
F»'bruary 1st. It took whoo])ing
cough out was too young to over
come it.
We I'.ave ii little whisju'ring
ari>nn»l of an ent(*r})] i-.»‘ g»'ing up in
Rosman that would be of muc*h in-
ti'ri'st 1o all. We hoi)e to he able
to giv(‘ the facts before long.
Rosman is still growing. There
are about I’ jur IU‘W houses going
ui>.
Wi.shing all a ])ros])erons y»*ar I
am, S'l iLi. Hi;i:t:.
DOINGS ATRGSMAN
The Quebec school is getting
along nicely.
Mr. G. C. (iallovvay, who has
been on the sick list for several i
weeks, is improving. We hope to
see him well again soon.
Misses M. B. Abernethy and Net
tie Bumgarner of (Quebec were wel
come visitors at the honu^ of Mrs.
R. A. (.'ollins of Rosman, Sunday.
They r(‘j)ort a nice time.
Wt^ are having fine voeatlier for
winter. We are always glad when
the sun shines.
Mr. Barney ('hai)man of this
neighborhood visited his sister,
Mrs. A. N. ('ollins of Rosman, Sun
day night.
.Mr. (irillin Owc'u of (41ouc(‘Ster
was a visitor at Mr. (t. ('.(Callo
way's Sunday.
JoLi.v Bii.l.
FRUITLAND IKSTSTUTE
Mrs. Mo!it (Cla/.eiier lias been (juit(*! li'om nini' tdl live i‘levt*n months in !
the year, almost (’vrry I'hild showed !
decided improvement in blood sup-!
ply, v.-i'ii>]it and lu'ight. |
The basis of the Montessv>ro
method is the training of tlu^ indi
vidual. Tliis training begins with
ill this week as a result of vacci
nation.
'We iire glad ti> reiK>rt that .lan-
nin, tht' little son of Mr. and Mrs.
L. K. Veltonis iiu])roving.
Miss. Allie (’antrell s]ient Satur
day and Sunday v.’ith lu‘r mother I physical ('xerci.scs for the j
at Brevard. ! v('rv small child, lit,* is taught in-i
Mi>s. ljuth ('annon n'tnrned to j‘h‘]x'ndi-ne(( (jf })i»dy by nu'ans of;
her luiini' at Pickens, S. ('. last |frariies, from which he 1
week al ter an I'xtcnded visit to learns to button on linen, llannel [
in Rosman. M ai:v .1 anh. h'^id leather, to fastt-n lio(.>ks and i
ndati'
D3iNCS AT
ETOWAH NEWS
Evc'ryone has enjo.vt'd the nice
w<';:th('r and sevei-al farn’crs are
be'j:innin;’- to do their sj)ring plow
ing.
(leo. II. 'i'aylor spent a short!
time with liis jiarents rt'cently. i
itt Nicholson is doing a rr.sh- i
ing husine.ss with his mill which he
erected souk* tinu* ago.
. II. .McKinna of Hendei'Fon-
ville is sp('iiding a few days at his
home.
Will Byrd and Jack Beck ar<‘
working tlieir saw mill on M. R.
Anderson’s farm.
J. E. (ireer is out again after a
very severe attack of rheumatism.
Bilt.y Smith.
BIDS WANTED
The county board of education desires
bids on the building of a new one-room
school house in District No. 2, Hogback
Township. For specifications see T. H.
Galloway, chairman of bcmrd of education,
T. C. Henderson, secretary of board.
The Board of Educa^n will meet March
2nd to let the contrl^ for this building
All bids must be in hnSbre that date.
Mrs. ('has. ilaag made a busi
ness tiij) to Bri‘vard on Wednes
day.
We an* glad to learn of the re
covery if Mrs. S. N. Ne.-il.
There was service at the Metho
dist ( liurch Sunday /light c^mduct-
ed ])y Kjv. E. H. Norword of Bre
vard
i eyes, and to tie bow-knots. I
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j Otlu'r didactic materials are color !
I spools, sand in«]>er letters and fig-;
I ures, blocks, rods, Lr«'onu‘tric in-1
' sets, t'tc., all ».d)vionsly siin])le but
I niarvelou.sly efioctive. In Decem
ber Dr. Montessori visited the
j United States in order to in'plant
j more d(‘ej)ly her educational ideas.
1 Dis'jipline, as wi; understand it, is
not used in her .schools.
Dr. .Montes.sori thinks her .system
Mis-ses Caiitrel and Hender.son |adapted to one nation
ality as to another ; that dilVerence
enterttined the Ladies x\id Society !
of t’le Methodist Chur.jh on Wed-!
nesday afternoon. I
Mr H. H. Penney has recently j
moved his family to Ro.snian, We i
are glad to welcome them among |
us. I
The Rosman Beterinent Associa-
of temjierament is not a bar to its
success.
As tlie average American child
has a disposition akin to that of a
volcano, and is always jnclined to
turn liberty into liccn.se, we must
wait for time to jirove if the doc-
tion is getting up a play, | to
School Ma’am,” which they hope^^^”^^'
to i>re.scnt in the near future.
Mr. W. P. Whitmire of Hender
sonville v.as in town Wednesday
on business. Mauy J.\nk.
We are glad to see Mi.''^ Sullinger
meeting her classes again aft<u' an
abs(‘nce of .s(‘veral days on account
of illne.ss.
As the annual dehat(^ draws
near('r the interest grows greater.
Th(‘ »iUestion of “woman siifVrag**"
will be up for discussion for this
year.
The boys ar(‘ bt'irinning to ]irac-
tice along the lim? of athletics, and
our i)ros])ects are good for a lively
contest with any wlu) may v. ish to
mc(*t with us.
A di'hate lH?tw('cn s]u‘ak('rs fro:n
the Liberty Piedmont Distitutc' (jf
Wallburg, N. ('., and Fruitland has
been arninged for and will be held
here some time in March.
Almost all the Transylvania boys
s^K'iit the week-end at their homes.
All rc])ort. a nice time. Of c‘0urs('
we (‘-\]M‘ct tlTat otluu* pt'oplc liad a
Tiice time while tlu‘y w(*rt' gon(\ l»)r
our boys are st)cial IVdlows and be
lieve in having a got)d time.
Our new gasolin(^ engini* is doing
line work, it cost one hnndvod
and seventy-live dollars and will be
entirely ]taid for by the students.
J. E. (iialloway leaves this week
to take u]) his work as a ]>histerer.
We are sorry to lose him from our
midst. Bii.i. WuAV.
CARD OF THANKS
Norfolk, Va.—The story of how 43
souls went down to deatli in the chill
waters of the Atlantic when the liner
Nantucket rammed and sank the
steamer Monroe, was brought to port
by 91 survivors of the sunken ship’s
passengers, rescued and brought to
shore by the Nantucket.
It was a story of awful and sud
den death, sweeping out of the dark
and fog, and taking unawares the
doomed half hundred with the heavi
ness of sleep still upon them. It told
how the stricken Monroe, with her side
gored deep by the knife-like steel prow
of the Nantucket, filled rapidly, rolled
over on her side, and in a few min
utes turned completely over and then
plunged to the bottom, carrying with
her the ill-fated passengers and mem
bers of tho crew who had failed to get
clear of the wreck.
Thrilling are the stories told by
those rescued from the jaws of death
when tlie Old Dominion Steamship
company's steamer Monroe, bound
from Norfolk to New York, turned
turtle at sea within ton minutes after
she had been in collision with- the
Merchants and Miners’ transportation
company’s steamer Nantucket in a
dense fog off the Virginia coast. Re
vised lists put the lo.^s of life at forty-
three, of which number nieteen were
passengers and twenty-four members
of the Jlonroe’s crew. It was as if
they had come from the dead when
eigiit of the Monroe’s passengers,
whom wireless reports had put in the
list of tlie lost, walked or were borne
from the steamer Nantucket when the
latter Kided the rescued at Norfolk.
There were notable deeds of heroism
by As.sisting Engineer Oscar Perkins
and Fir.'^t Wireless Operator Ferdinand
J. Kuelin. Perkins when the inru.sli
cf water put on tlie main dynamo and
left tlie Monroe in complete dar!uiess,
rushed below and put to work an
emergency dynamo. He is among the
rescued.
Wirch's's Operator Kuohn ?:ave the
iirst S. O. S. call and alter adjusting
a life preserver which would doubt
less have saved liis own life, removed
this lrf>m his ho.ly and put it on a
girl. Kuelia was lost. His assistant,
U. L. Etheridge, was saved, and walk
ed into the arms el’ bis wife, who stood
to Kreet I’im as tlie Nantucket docked
with the rescued.
('. W. I'oole, en route from Gray, Va.,
with his wife and two and a half-year-
old boy lo visit in .Vlassachuyetts, had
his wiio and child wa.shed from his
arms over the rail of the sinking ?,Ion-
roe. Poole, completely crushed, told
the story of iiis great loss and sor
row. ile will return to his Virginia
home.
Ed Gorman of New York told of
harrcv.ini^ scenes of women’s scream
ing for help in the cabin of the Monroe.
Walking upon tlie side of tlie careen
ed sinking ship, Gorman met a girl
wlicm he begged to jump with him into
the sea. The girl refused and perish
ed. Gorman was at the place picked
up by a passing lifeboat.
J. Ckiitley, s'^rond oiTicor of the
Monroe, gave his life preserver up to
a lady v.iio had none, and alter baiag
washed into the water saved himself
by grabbing a lloating ladder.
One hundred thousand dollars of
a birg« legacy left to carry on mis
sionary work by the Roman Catho
lic church, among the Protestant
heathen, will be used in Xorth
Carolina. That is one of the mis
sions of the Catholic clergy, to con
vert rich Protestants whose for
tunes are to be used not so much to
make believers in Christ, as to ex
tend the influence of the Pope’s
hierarchy in this wicked world.—
Vhief.
How Is Your Boiler.5
It has been stated that a man’s
stomach is his boiler, his body is
his engine and his mouth the fire
box. Is your boile^- (stomach) in
good working order or is it so weak
that it will not stand a full load
and not able to supply the needed
energy to your engine (body)*? -If
you have any trouble with your
stomach Chamberlain’s Tablets will
do you good. They strengthen and
invigorate the stomach and enable
it to do its work naturally. Many
very remarkable cures of stomach
trouble have been eflected by them.
For i-alo by S. 21. ?.IaclIo. adv
We take this opportunity to thank
the many friends wlu) gave; and
otVered their kind assistance in tlu'
last illness uf our loved motiicr.
and tho kindly ministrations and
remembrances shown in so many
ways. We assure you they are fully
appreciated. Thk Fa.mily.
Methodist Minister Recommends
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy.
Rev. James A. Lewis, Milica,
Minn., writes: “Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy'has been a ncede(
and welcome guest in our home for
a number of years.. I highly recom
mend it to my fellows as being a
medicine w’orthy of trial in cases
of colds, coughs and croup.” Give
Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy a
trial and we are confident you will
find it very effectual and continue
to use it as occasion rcc[uires for
years to come, as many others have
done. For sale by S. M. Marfio. auv
$10,000 in Bills Left on Car Seat.
Macon, Ca.—Conductor Walter Lit
tle picked up a package in a seat of
a (’entral of Georgia railway car at
(’olumbia, Ala., which later was found
to contain ^10,000 in bills. Tlie name
of J. C. Kountz appeared on the pack
age and it was found that the money
belonged to a Dothan bank with whicJi
Mr. Kountz is connected. The money
was in possession of a messenger, who
left the train at Columbia, It wao' re
turned to the bank. The money, along
widv several other packages, had been
placed in a hand grip.
U. S. to Exhibit Model of Canal.
Washington.—A model of the Pana
ma canal which probably will be more
than five hundred feet long will be
the government’s largest and most
elaborate individual exhibit at the
Panama-Pacific exposition at San
Francisco in 1915. From this model,
it is said, the visitor will be able to
get a clearer and more comprehensive
idea of the canal and of its workings
than by an actual visit to the canal
itself. Almost at a glance one will get
from the huge model a bird’s-eye view
of the canal in all its details.