VOLUME-XIX
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 13. 1914.
NUMBER-11
CAPT. RAINES HERE
Capt. H. E. Raineg of the Charles
ton Citadel Academy spent last
Friday in Brevard in the interest
of the French Broad Summer Camp,
the new camp school that is to
ba located near Wilson’s bridge.
While here Capt. Raines announced
that he had let the contract for the
erection of the permanent build
ings to J. M. and R. P. Kilpatrick,
the local contractors, and that work
will begin within tne next thirty
days, in plenty of time to have
everything in readiness for the
opening about the middle of June.
The camp school will doubtless
oiien with a large enrollment,
many inquiries now being received
from the parents of boys in all sec
tions of the country, especially in
the South.
While Raines was here a
number of Brevard citizens met in
the Brevard Club rooms for the
purpose of discussing with him the
best method of co-operating with
him and his associates in making
the French Broad Summer Camp a
success. At that time Capt. liaines
announced that Capt. Hodges had
withdrawn from the partnership
existing between himself and Cap
tains 3Iooro and Letellier, but that
this would in no way interfere with
the ])hins as originally agreed upon.
In order to avoid the ])ossibility
of any legal tangles in the future
in rt'gard to the ownership of the
l>ro])orty where the school is to be
located, it was decided that a hold
ing eoiu])any, composed of the
twenty-five men who entered into
the a«:reeTnent to purchase the
]>ropi‘vty, be organized and char-
ten'd at an early date, and papers
C'lrrying out this agreement were
ordered drawn. Tliis move was
ma<l(^ in t)rder to i>reclnde the pos
sibility of liny letral tangle that
nught be ciiusi*d by the death of
any one of twenty-live men, it be
ing The opinion of the legal profes-
si(iri that in the event of the death
of one of the twonty-livo the heirs
of thi* (’('ceased would have an
eonity interest in the property.
By tlie eliartering of a holding cor
poration this would be inipossi])le
FROM BRaTKER OWEN
Editor Sylvan \'alley News:
Alter sonu> time 1 am glad to lind
tiint* for a word with yon. Since 1
last wrott* 1 found it necessary to
heed tlu* doctor's advioe and take a
resi.
It !ias been my ])rivi](‘ire to s])end
Several driys each at two of our ex-
C(''h'nt M'liools recently. At the
bcginninir of February I went to
Six Mile. S. (■., wiiere we have a
pro.s|)cro;is and growinjj: .school. In
this \v(‘ h:tv»^ n('ariy one hundred
and llfty of or.r l)rightest boys and
girls, some of thi'in from the Lake
Toxuwity coinninnity. From this
school tire going young men and
wonK'n who are already making
their inllucnct! for good felt. It
s])eaks W(>11 for the school that for
six yt'ars in .succession the prize
for the lii-'ht'st scliolarshij). in the
state nnivorsity, lias been lield by
on(‘ of its i)r,|)ils.
A tew days ago I closed a fruitful
ini'cting in ('arson-Xewman Col
lt“i'(‘ at J«'lV('rson (’ity, Tenn. This
s a co educational school in v.'hich
ar(‘ ('nrolled aboiit f(jr.r hundred
and thirty studimts. It will mean
nineh for the future livi*s of these
young men and women to spend
four years in daily contact with
siicli men and women as are to be
found in the faculty of this college.
It was a ])leasur(? to hear one of
the hiading members of the faculty
before the assembh'd cjmijiunity
expre.ss his conviction that to edu
cate the head and leave the heart
unconverted is a sin.
The simmering of the political
pot here and elsewhere reminds me
that this is “election year.” Let
me express the hope that in old
Transylvania, as ehsewhere, only
the best type of our citizenship will
be nominated for any office. It is
time all recognize the fact that no
others are fit forjjpu1i)lic oflBce. If
we have not cleAn men enough for
our public ofli(|?es it is a disgrace.
1*0 put any other in office is a
shame. Your.i for the highest
s’anclnrd-, J. C.
ELECTION FOR UNIFORM TAX
On last Monday the county board
of education met to consider the
advisability of asking the commis
sioners for an election on the ques
tion of a uniform school tax for the
county. Local district taxes are
now paid in eightoen districts of
the county at rates varying from
twenty cents to thirty cents on the
flOO valuation of property. A uni
form rate for the entire county
would be a much better system;
and would result in a quickening of
educationpl interest in the county,
and certainly in toning up and ad
vancing the whole county school
system.
After carefully considering the
proposition the board decided to
ask that the people be given the
privilege of an election to decide
the question’ which is considered
to be "one of the most progre.ssive
yet contemplated by any county in
the state.” Therefore the follow
ing petition was agreed to and pre
sented to the board of ccmmission-
ers:
“To the Board of Commissioners,
Transylvania County, N. C.
“Gentlemen: We. the under
signed, members of the board of
education of Transylvania county,
respectfully petition your honor
able body to order an election un
der Chapter 71, Public Laws of
lyp, to ascertain the will of the
qualified voters of the county on
the question of levying and colh'ct-
ing annually a s]>ecial iiniform
county tax for scliools of not (‘x-
ceeding twenty-five cents on the
$100 valuation of property and not
exceeding seventy-five cents on
eych taxable poll, the same to be
apportioned to the schools of tlu^
county in the .same nuinner as are
the general county school funds;
the s])eciai district tax(*.> to In* dis
continued, as ])rovided bylaw, in
case the election carries for the
said s])ecial tax.
“Jl'his March 0, l‘.H I.
“(b’igned;) T. H. (4ali.owa v, (li'n,
“.1. H. Ilol SK,
“KhwiN Pooh,
“lioard of Education.”
The board of comnns:>ianers,
after considt-ring tl'.(> above ]>eti-
tion, ordered an »*lection to be held
on Tuesday, April ‘is. Regist(‘rs
and judges were ii])i)ointed and a
new registration ordennl, as re-
(juired in the law providing for
such an eh;ction.
If, at the election, th<! s])eci!il
county tax is vott'd, ])roviding
, longer terms for the country
schools, enabling nu/re of the boys
and girls to co:npli*te the elemen
tary scliool (;our.s(‘ and be ]>re])ared
lor the high schools, it will hi' de
sirable and necessary to establish
at l{r«‘vard a first-class central high
school containing four years of
liigh school instruction. The cen
tral school would eventually d('-
velo])intoa combined high school
and farm life stthool for the County.
We have the assurance from N. W.
\Valk(‘r. state ins])cctor of high
schools, that “in the event the ]u?o-
])le of the county vote the special
tax with the und(‘rstanding that a
centra] high school is to be located
at Brevard, the state will make the
a])])ro])riation for this purpose.”
The order for the election and
tlui nt'.mt's of the registers and
judges appointed for the various
precincts of the county will appear
in the News next week.
ST. PHILIPS CHURCH
Third Sunday in Lent, March 15,
IIM 1. Litany and holy communion
with sermon at 11. Subject, “Self
Surrender in Sacrifice.” Sunday
school at the rectory at H :;J0.
Week Day Services—Friday,
March 13: Sewing meeting at the
rectory at :00. Litany with ad
dress at 5 :00. Subject, “The Love
of the Guest Chamber.” Wednes
day, March 18 : Mission study class
at the rectory at Penitential
oflBce with address at 5:00. Sub
ject. “The Service of the Guest
Chamber.”
What good can I get from Lent?
You can learn the power of prayer.
Lent is a season of prayer—of ear-
prr.vcr—of honest prayer
Deep longings ot the soul find utter
ance and relief. The soul’s sincere
desires come to the ears of the God
of Sabbath who alone can answer.
Such is prayer always. Such it is
especially during the time when
the mind dwells upon the picture of
a suffering Saviour, whey the very
sight makes the ear more attentive
to the utterances of His lips, and
we hear Him speak of p»*rdon for
sin, compassion for the penitent,
and love for the returning child.
Such it is especially when closer
communion with God makes us
long to be more like God, and when
a true view of life creates in us
the desire for that true life in our
souls.
Lenten prayers create desires as
well as express them—desires for
pardon, for confession, for love,
and draw our lives heavenward in
their very expressions. This good
you want, and can find in Lent.
GEORGE W. VANDERBILT
George W. Vanderbilt, owner of
the Biltmore estate, Pisgah Forest,
etq., died in Washington last Fri
day afternoon at one o’clock and
was buried at Newdorp, Staten
Island on Monday, the funeral ser
vices being conducted by Rev. R.
R. Swojie, rector of All Souls
Cliurch, Biltmore. Mr. Vander
bilt had underwent an oppration
for appendicitis a few days before
his death and everyone behoved he
was rapidly recovering from the
♦•fleets of the operation, and no one
thought there was any danger un
til just a few minutes before death
came. He is survived by his wife
and one child, a daughter.
Mr. Vanderbilt was a great friend
of Western North Carcjlina, and his
locating here in iss.*) and tlie build
ing of his beautiful r('sidenc(* near
Biltmore has attracted more att(*n-
tion to this section* tlian possibly
any one other thing. At hisdt'ath he
own(*d approximately !40,(>()(» acres
of land in this .section, several
thousand of which lies in Transyl
vania county. His land extends
from Brevard to Asheville withrut
a br«*ak. He spent many tliou-
snnds of dollars in buiUling roads
through his])ro’jerty and otherwise
improving it.
Mrs. Vanderbilt has announced
that there will be no change in the
l)olicy of the Biltmore estate, but
that she will s])end much time at
her (too,('00 residence in Bilt
more, and the farms, nur.sery,
dairy, jioultry, stock and other de
partments will continue as before.
WE HAVE FAITH IN
THIS STOMACH REMEDY
A woman customer said to us the
otlier (lay, “Say, yon ought to t(*ll
('V(>ry one in town about Kexall
l)yspe])sia Tablets. I would my-
s'df if I could.” That set us to
thinking. So many ]>eo])le have
nst‘d them and have so enthusiasti
cally sounded their ]>raises both to
us and their friends, that we had
an idea you knew all abotit them.
But, in the ehanco that some of
you who snfi’er from indigestion,
heartburn, dysiH*i)sia, or some other
stomach com])lair.t, don’t know
about them—we are writing this.
They contain Bismiith and Pe]>-
sin, two of the grejitest dii^estive
aids known to nicdieal science.
They soothe and comtort the stom
ach, promote the secretion of gas
tric juice, help to quickly digest
the food and c(mvert it into rich,
red blood, and improve the action
of the bowels. We helieve them to
be the best remedy made for indi
gestion and dyspepsia. We cer
tainly wouldn’t oft'er them to you
entirely at our risk unless we felt
sure they would do you a lot of
good. If Rexall Dysi)epsia Tablets
do not relieve your indigestion,
check the heartburn, and make it
possible for you to eat what you
like whenever you like, come back
and get your money.
Sold only at the more than 7,OCX)
Rexall Stores, and in this town
only at our store. Three sizes, 25c,
50c, and $1.U0. S. M. Macfie, Broad
and Main streets, Brevard, N. C.—
Adv.
A DISTINGUISHED GATHERING
One of the mosf > attended
and enthusiastic _-'iUierines ever
held in Brevard the meeting «»f
Dunn’s Rock Lo'l;;.- Vo. 267, A. F.
& A. M., last Frvl )' night. This
being the regulaf ccmmuni(^»tion
for March, in itseh’ an interestinir
occasion, the ti> * a^so b>-d
other important teatures in that
there was work in the Master Ma
son’s degree, the work being done
by members of Mt. Herman Lodge
No. 118, of Asheville. About thirty
members of this lodge came over
on the evening train for the meet
ing of the local lodge, all returning
on a sjKJcial train which left Bre
vard about one o’clock the follow
ing morning.
The work done by the members
of Mt. Herman lodge was a revela
tion to a number of the younger
Masons, and brought back many
pleasant recollections of big meet
ings in the past to the older ones.
The following officers of Mt. Her
man took part: W. A. Ward, Mas
ter ; Dr. B. F. Hall. Senior Warden ;
J. W. Grimes, Junior Warden; E.
J. Nottingham, Jr., Senior Deacon ;
Dr. E. O. Chambers, Junior Dea
con ; E. H. Miller and R. F. Has
kell, Stewards. The lecture was
given by Past Master J. W. Grimes
of .Mt. Herman Lodge, and was one
of the most impresive ever given in
the local lodge.
The visiting bethren and mem
bers all joined in partaking of light
rofreshment« after the first section
of the work was completed, oysters,
sandwiches, coffee, etc., being
served by the local lodge, after
which the work was completed.
At the conclusion of the work a
number of speeches by some of the
visitors and local members were
listened to with a great deal of
])leusure and profit, after which the
meeting broke up, every one de
claring it had been one of the best
meetings ever held in the local
lodge room.
The following members of Mt.
Herman lodgCj attended the meet
ing: J. W. (irimes, W. F. Ran
dolph, W. A. Ward, W. E. Poteat,
K. K. Wainwright, E. J. Notting
ham, Jr., Dr. 11. F. Hall, E.
Hamilton, O. Wil.son, C. C. Mey
ers, A.Kluttz, E. H. Miller, Vic
tor Stern, E. E. (-faler, J. l’att(‘r-
son, J. A. Sing(‘r, R. F Haskell,
Clu*st(‘r Brown, Dr. E. O. Cham
bers, Whitlock Lipinsky, R. L.
Fitzpatrick. W. A. Mallouee, Dr.
W. J. Honeycutt, R. I. Siiiathers,
Dr. H. Hone.<s, W. H. Clark and
(’has. (i. Lee. Other visiting Ma
sons were A. H. Caldwell. J. F.
Hays, C. H. Pack, A. M. Colling-
woi'd, J. L. Newnan, Gorilon (’raw-
ford, ,\I. ^I. ()'Shi(>l(ls, C. M. Cooke,
Jr., Donald Campbell and Frank D.
Clement.
Mt. liernian extend(*d an invita
tion to the third dt'gree team of
Dunn's Rock Lodge to conie over
to A.slieville some time in th(^ near
future and confer the degree on
some candidate in that lodge;.
COSTLY CORN
The following tabulated state
ment is so thoroughly good that it
oufjrht not to be hidden away in the
“t(Mn]ierance column” of the pa
per, but should be put in the most
oonsi)icuous j)laco possible. Who
wrote it w(* uo not know, but it is
one of those things on which no
coj'.yright is re(iuired or uidieUl.
From a bushel of corn the dis
tiller gets four gallons of whiskey,
for v. hich the consumer ])ays :?h>.40.
This money is divided as follows:
The farmer gets $ .'*•>
The United States government
ppts 4.00
The railroad company gets 1.00
The distiller gets 4.00
The drayman gets .15
The saloonman gets 7.00
But in addition to that:
The husband and father
gets Drunk
The wife gets Hunger
The children get Rags
The jail, the prison, the poor-
house, the asylums get....Inmates
The taxpayer gets The bill
The man who votes license
Fooled
CHORAL SOCIETY
To the musicians and those fond of
music in Transylvania countv ;
A movement is on foot to organ
ize the Greater Western North
Carolina Choral Society, and the
people of Buncombe, Jackson, Hay
wood, Heiderson, Madison and
Polk counties have sisruifiod their
intention of joining the societv—
the only county not represented is
our good county of Transvlvania.
The plan is to organize district
societies in each county ; said dis
trict societies will organize a
county society and the various
county societies will then organize
the said “Greater Western North
Carolina Choral Society.”
The object of the society will be
to interest the people of the various
counties in both vocal and instru
mental music and to have a series
of musical meetings or conventions
at such times and plact?s in the sev
eral counties as may be determined
and to furnish to our citizens first
class music.
The formation of this organiza
tion will not only secure many
musical attractions for us and aid
in the musical education of our
people, but it will also furnish an
opportunity for us to meet the good
people of the other counties in a
social manner and let us become
♦
better acquainted with our neigh
bors which is a benefit in itself.
I will therefore ask all those who
are interested in the organization
of a musical society along the lines
approximately set forth to please
either write me a line or sec me so
that we can have a meeting and
decide what we will do.
Re.spectfully,
NV. E. Brkkse, Jr.,
Pre.sident Greater Western North
Carolina Association.
HOUSTON MOORE
From out tlie ranks of Dunn’s
Rock Lod^e of x\ncient. Free hud
Accepted Masons Brother George
Houston Moore has b»?en called to
lay down the working tools of life
and another one of the ancient
landmarks of the lodge has been
levelU'd by the grave.
And wherciis, in the death of our
departed brother, who has been
going in and out among us for
forty years, the members feel that
the timely admtmitions of our de
ceased elder brother will be keenly
felt; but the consolation comes
that the works and influence of an
ujiright, honorable life, such as his
was, does not die when a new
mound is raised above hii^ ashes.
Therefore be it resolved :
First—That in the death of
Brother Moore our loss will be
great bec'ausc he had travelled over
the devious ways of life, and could
ad\ise us the hidden dangers that
line its pathv/ay.
Second—That while we bow in
submission to the will ot Him who
neitlier slumbers nor sleeps while
we toil amid the .shadov.s, \v«i can
not easily dispel the s(jrrows that
come when the.-;e old lathers in
Israel fall.
Third—That we commend for the
consolation of those left to mourn
his loss as a father, husband, rela
tive or friend, tlie faith in the lowly
Na/arine which was the; stiiy and
ho])c of our de])arted brother.
Fourth—That a copy of these
resolutions b(‘ spread upon the min
utes of our loilge, a copy sent to
the widow’ and family, and a copy
be printed in the Sylvan Valley
News.
Thos. s. Wood,
W. M. Hkxky,
Welch Galloway,
Committee.
RECORDER’S COURT
state vs. Doll Swangum, a^jpeal
from magistrate’s court to record
er, dismissed.
State vs. Coy Morton, escaping
chain gang, judgment suspended
on payment of costs, the defendant
to go back to the roads to finish
his sentence of thirty days.
State vs. James Dodson, larceny
of a chickcn, cor.tinr.ctl one week