VOLUME-XIX
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. MARCH 20. 1914.
NUMBER-12
TO DREDQE FRENCH BROAD
Consressman Gadger has intro
duced a bill in congress appropri-
atinf? $20,000 for the purpose of
clearing the French Broad river
bed and blasting ont Buck Shoals.
It is believed that if this work is
done it will be of great benefit to
the farmers along the river in that
it will more effectu'illy drain their
land and i)rovent the river over
flowing its banks.
A number of years ago an appro
priation was made for the purpose
of building jetties along the riyer
in an effort to confine the river to
its eonrse, but instead of being a
help those have proven a detriment
in that they prevent the free flow
of th(‘ river.
Following is a full text of the
bill as intrcKluced by Mr. Gudger:
“A bill ])roviding for the im-
provetnont of the French Broad
river in North Carolina.
“Be it enacted by the senate and
houso of representatives of the
LOOK BEFORE LEAPING
Editor Sylvan Valley News:
In your last issue will be seen the
initial step made by the county
board of education for the purpose
of “toning up and advancing the
whole county school system.” The
plan .suggested to do this is to
unify the system of taxation. The
object is praiseworthy and the plan,
if it could accomplish the end
sought, would not be objectionable.
But the election ordered is to bo
held under chapter seventy-one of
the public laws of 1911, add this
chapter involves a great deal more
than uniformity of taxation, and
will therefore defeat the object
sought.
The real pro])osition submitted
to the voters is a very mtxlest and
genteel invitation to abandon local
self-government and rely upon the
superior wisdom of a centralized
board v^f management. Under the
])res»'nt regime the taxpayer, hav
ing seized the opportunity and as-
United States of America in con- «nmed the responsibility and bur-
grcSH assiMiiblod, That $20,000 be
nppro]>riiited to lower Buck Shoals,
in th»‘ French Hroad River in
North Carolina, by blasting out a
dened himsel'* with a s«*lf-ini])osed
tax to aid the state to better and
more thoroughly educate his chil
dren, ])ays the money directly for
When these* special tax districts
shall have transferred their local
funds to the county board as pro-
l)osed and thereafter should desire
to improve their grounds, houses,
furniture or comforts, they must
petition, and if the amount does
not exceed the limit or pro rata,
they will obtain the funds and ac
complish the purpose. Under the
present organization things desired
are obtained without red t,ape.
Your correspondent has confined
himself to the provisions of chapter
seventy-one of the school law, and
if his pren iseaare wrong, of course
his coL\c’.isions are wrong, and
when cc xvinced ot error he prom
ises t)’£ necessary retraction or
GOOD ROADS MAP
Editor Sylvan Valley News:
It has been my amhiticm and hope
ever since the formation of the
Greater Western North Carolina
Association that our Association
would be one of the factors in
securing better roads for Western
North Carolina.
My several reports have each con
tained recommendations in re-
I gard to' the improvement of our
roads and I have urged in nearly
very si)eech that I have made
that we bend our energies to bet
tering our trnsportation facilities.
It was therefore with groat satis-
modifi<*ation. He would advise thej f^^tion to me that the Association
voters to pay no regard to riders or meeting, on Februrary
chromos emanating as they may,
or may not, from high authority as
to the central high school at Bre-
23rd, ajipropiated §250.00 and to
which sum the Southern Railway
through Mr. Hardwick immedi-
vard, which is to develope into a j added a like amount, and fur-
farm life school, which, in the lat- agreed to duplicate any amount
ter feature, is an absurdity and I procnr-
should not have appeared in such ! road map of seven counties
close ])roximity with the question
at issue. J. M. Hami.ix.
CEDAR MOUNTAIN NOIEi
LYCEUM COURSE
channel or by other proper engi-1 specific puri)ose and «‘xercises
neerini; ])rojects and removing the
obstructions heretofore ])laced in
in the Association
While the securing of this road
ma]) does not moan the immediate
I improvment of our roads, still it is
j a long stride in the right direction
'audit will be a great advertise-
Miss Hattie Jane Dunaway, who m nt for this section with the gr»‘at
will meet the lyceum patrons at the j of people all over the
the riv«M- by th(' I'nited States gov-
ernmi iit. and to take such other
stejis as may be necessary at that
])omt to drain th«* lands located bt^
twon Ihi- i>.^inls of Asl.ov.Ho anil i Propositii.n wlu-n ,.l-oi«rly„i,nlvz,(l
Brc'VHnl, N.irli. C.,ro)iim." j ivs„lv>.» itself ,nt„ „f
I management, and who are the bet-
CQME ACROSS I ter manairers? If the election
I should fail to carry the county
On March iNtli the new house j each and every township voting an
and home of Waverly Morris at |majority completely
Pisgah F-.rest was totally destroyed j t’’»nsfers its local management to
by lire. Kverv piece of furnishing, j the board of education fontv(*r—a
food an<l elotliing (except what the, tacit, but. I ojiine. an nneonscious
family were wearing' in ' that lo^-al self-
the flatties. Mr. Morris had just
got his iiew lio'ise ready to live in I Xow if a uniform system of tax
and there was jio insui-anc<\
Now what are we neiiihbors tro
in
minds
a direct inflrence upon its disburse
ment. Und«‘r the ]>roposed cen-, . , - -
tralized management he loses large- ‘ Auditorium Friday evening, March | country who take their vacations
ly his opportunity, attempts to
shirk his responsibility, but retains t nteiainer ^\ho has appeared ^ The greatest advantage, however.
Ill 4. . *• in thp course this year, and her -i, , , , ^ ,
his burden ot taxation; so the; , , will be reai)ed by the farmer and
salary IS evidently ])roportional to ', , , ■ ' ,,
• ' ' tlu? loeiil business man. as it wHl
her artistic vahn\ Onreomnnmiry . „ i * ,■
■ not only direttt tlie iitteiition <.l
is fortunate in having with us one . ■ , * i * 4. n
i tourists to thi-; i-e-tion but it will
who luis visited so manv ])lacesi ,
• • . n I ki: I
wiiich are so much larger, for she
has engagenn^nts dni’ing this tour
As we have not seen anything-
from this part of the county for
some time we thought we would
try and give you a few items from,
our little town.
The carpenters have l>een takin,«^
advantage of the unusually fine
weather for the past several day»
by beginning a number of nejv
buildings. We are expecting to see
a saw mill locate hero in the near
future.
Mr. Lonnie Hi.shop is visiting
friends and relatives in Greenvill«,
S. C.
Messrs. Asa Hfioker and Horace
McCrary seemed to be having some
good sport driving their young
mules the other day.
We have plenty of good fresh
air, good water and hog and hom
iny up here. All we want to make
us happy is a railroad from Green
ville to Brevard by way of Cedar
Mountain. We hope to see it some
good old day before long.
With host wish3s to the Sylvan
Valley News and its readsrs.
Pretty Boy
(Wo would be very glad to hear
from you every week. Pretty Boy.
—Editor News.)
FRUITLAND NLW3
at the University of South (’arolina, |
I also call attention to the good roads
.and the bad roads, and the local
pride of each and every locality
will be aroused and a greatr interest
the University of North ('arolina, L 1-4.1 i 1: ^.i it
, *, ■ tak(»n in the upkeep ot the ]>nblic
and a nunil*er ot our other large
and inllutMitial colleircs. ^ She is
recognized as an elocutionist of
The i)re.-^ent prospect of Federal
: aid for post roads will also be of
vor.vl,ishrank.ana«nyc,,,,imnmt.v;„„,,^j ,,^.,
^ , I interest in jilattorm a])pearances as! . t
rat(Ms the only tliintr souirht. that , r « ^ 11 Ro»^ds Go\ernoi, Locke ( raig, I
,,, , , do the pupils of both of our schools, i, v . ^ i *
I.*. ..V I could be obtair.i'd with far less ex- verv fortnn te t lu tl * j b**lune that \\e aie about to enter
ir to do nbeut it? If we ]*ut our l)en.se by inducing a ftnv tax dis-11" j on an era of good roads for this sec-
! . ■ . , , i have the advantage of vising so .1 . -n k. •
inds aiul hearts‘’with one ac'cord : tricts to increase and anotlu'r tciw ' ^ 4.- ■ ^ , ! tion that will n'sult in o])i'ning u]>
to low(>r their rcsiH'ctivt* rates.
But it is dt‘siralilt* to iiavc a system
to the work” wi' can send into him
and his family of wife, live sons
and two dauizhters. food, clothin*; that will ap]ily to the wholt'c*onn-
and furniture cnounh that they ty. It has been but at.iout eiiiht
can “cn*r]> out” vn'il the mor.ev ! years sfince the crccti'ni of the lin *
\ I
wliii-h wr coiitnbutc willi r. J lipc^cial ta:: di.-'irict; now there are
abl(* him to iTft anothi'r hous(* sh'^1- (eighteen. In less than e:;'ht in Mre
tered on his same lonndatior.s. years s]>ecial tax districts will cover
L(‘t ns be Samaritan neighbors: the connty “as the waters cover
expt'rt an elov;ntionist as a nKxlel,
I If theevenin.'r is])leasant, Miss Dun
away should, b v all i.n*ans, be
greet<‘d bj* the largi'st andi(>nce
I which has atti'nded any number in
) present course. *
‘YOUR GOWN’S TORN”
and not ‘-])ass l)v on the other *ide.
Vonrs for tlu‘ work. '
T. L. (4.VSM.
BROTHER MOORE
On Monday evei'.ing, M.ircii
it ])'eased oar i.ord in ilis in-1 will be mor
I the mighty dee])." (Irced and ig
I norance cannot withstand the
! clamors of children thirsti;ig for
an education. It will come ; ]>r;iv,
'gentlemen of the board, for the
grace of imtienc.'. When it does
: c*ome th<^ ])rocess of “toning uj)”
rapid and solid than
Unite wisdom t(M*all unto Himself; on t!i!' line ])ropose.l. A system,
in rt'alms of etervial ]>eace above, Hdministered by a ci'ntral board but
the soul of Broilu'r (ii‘orge Hous- aided i)v executive agents in tlu‘
ton Moore, wlio liad lived eighty | form of niisalaried c<Mnniitte()men
years, tl'.ree months and fourteen in all districts, who feel tlienistdves
days when the snnimons came to otficial factors in this toning up
him to mei‘t his bh>ssed Lord, work, will Ix' far more I'llicient
Brother Moort* ]>rofessed faith in j than when o])crated by lour men
(;hrist wh(«n about tw(‘nty years in an olllce at Drevard. Hoys at]
old and join* d the Little River , school do better when given somc-
Baptist churc li. In isrr he moved thing to do. Their fatliers are
his memb<*rsbi]i to Mount Moriah made of the same stutY. Let them
Haptist church, and was alsj first have something to do rather than
secretary of the church. On March to admire what is done.
IK, iss:{. }»»• was ordained as deacon Again, should this chapter seven-
and served tin* church faithfully , ty-one be vote I into law there will
until his deatli. Brother Moorcv i,e as much necessity of a uniform
did a great deiil in u])building the system of disbursement a^ of the
church. His favorite .song was levying of the tax. No jirovision
••Deliverai!ce Will Come,” having is made for this in the act voted
I
I
j Albert, King of the Belgians, on
sei'ing a woman at a court ball re-
c.'utly wearing a slit skirt,wbi>])er-
ed to the court marshal, who theri‘-
upon oft\‘red his arm to thcialy in
most deferential manner and escort
ed her from tla* ballroom. When
■they arrived outsitle the court
t!ie marshall said :
“His Majesty noticed that ycmr
gown was torn on one side* and
asked me to cscort you to your
icarriag(‘ so that yon can go hone'
and get the. damage repair-’d.”—
' New York Sun.
this county to the invcst(n* and in'
I
briimiuir in a larire aie.mint of can-1
‘ I
ital that is only awaiting the in-j
dictation of that “(lood Roads I
S])irit" that is so essential to (*very j
progressive tind growing commun i
i.ty. j
It ^las bi>en my privilige tn tra v(‘i j
(jvcr a larg(? section of l^astern |
Tt*nnessee, located in the mountains
j just as we are, and I have not only
! observed personally, but 1 ha v<; Inid
the best men of the various com
mnnitii's call my attention to the
I gi o 1 roads they have and the great
i b.(*n‘fit the various sections have
t
derived from the same. rros])eritv
has conn? to tln ni. fanr.s that wer<‘
(,f little value have become valuable,
men who were living from hand t »
n’outh have been made ]n*os])crous.
and vvhih' :nany were o])j)osed be
fore the good roads were built, I
found Unit tifti'r said roads were in
o;>eration that every one be
c»m(> not only friends bxit <'n-
Old Man Winter seems to have
gone on u vacation and we trust
he will i)osr] one his return for a
long time. Everything is moving
along nicely and with great sue-
ces.s.
We had the rare jiriilege of lis^-
tening to an address from Dr. A. E.
Brown last Sunday afternoon, ilis
subject was “Making Men.”
Monday marked the beginning of
the work on the ne\v building.
Men and teams are busy removing
the toi> of the hill in front of the
old building. We hoj)e to be able-
to lay the corner stone during
commencement week.
The many friends of Prof. M(>1-
ton will b(‘ inti'rested to learn that
he is making great lu-ogress in his
studies, and also that he is the
father of a fine boy. Mr. Melton
will be in charge of the school here
next year.
Tiie Iwse ball teams are prejnir-
ing to play si'veral games with the
teams from other ])laccs this spring
ai.d the “fans" are looking forw’ard
to a good time.
Bill Wuay.
MISSIONARY (KSTITUTES
Mr. B. P. Woodsi(h) of (ireen-; tbusiasts
ville, S. C., was a business visitor
to lirevard this week.
the faith of Mt)s*'s when journey
ing to n*aeii the Promised Land.
The re fore be it n‘solved by the
upon. The presum])tion is the
board must fall back upon the gen
eral school luw’—then our teachers
of good roads. Tlie
many benefits derived from good
roads makes ev«^-y thinldng man
who has ])ropert.' strong friends
^ of a good roads movement.
1C *ort> ear est. ^ I therefore ho])e every aid will
An artich* must ha\e excc])tional jjp given in starting this great move-
merit to survi\e fot u period of this s etion, foi* it is all
Mount Moriah baptist church. Cal-1 will get forty dollars ])er month,
vert, N. : ] It may bo possible, however, that
First—That v.*e bow in humble j law can be found allowing the
submission to Him who doeih all j board to use this county fund to
things well, “For the Lord giveth ! supplement salaries, as is the case !
forty years. Chamberlain’s Cough
Rinnedy was first offered to the
public in 1S7'2. From a small be
ginning it has grown in favor and
poi)ulariry until it has attaim'd a
world wide re])utation. You will
find nothing better - for a cough or
cold. Try it and yon will under
stand whv it is a favorite after a
that is now needed to bring to us a
])eriol of prosperity that has never
been equalled in this county.
W. E. Brkksk, Jr.
CUT COST OF LIVING
and the Lord taketh aw'ay. Blessed
be the name of the Lord.
Second—That while the church
realizes that it has lost one of its
best members and oldest deacons,
still we ftel that our loss is his
eternal gain.
Third—That a coj)y of these reso
lutions be put on the church-record,
a copy sent to the ^ BH)llcal Re
corder and the Sylvan Valley News
for publication, and a copy sent to
his devoted wife. )
J. \vJ Glazener,
R. L Ihogsed,
L. C. Phillips will plant 1,000
period of more than forty years.!
It not only gives relief—it cures ; jjj sunflowers this year as a further
now in special districts ; if so that i j demonstration that this plant (an
he cultivated v.ith profit on land
where other crops may not thrive
As apnonnced in the News a
a short time agt>. missionary insti
tutes v.ill be held at the following
places:
Rosman, Sunday an I Monday^
March 22 and 2.''>.
Enon, Tuesday and Wednesday,
March 21 and 2').
Little River, Thursday, March 2r».,
From Friday until 'Sunday of the
same week the instituti will be-
(“ombinod with the fifth Sunday
meeting at the Brevard Baptist
church. At all these places there
will he three services ('rich day,,
morning, afternoon and night, and
the local cnmmittees are re({nested,
to make necessary preparation for
the meetings.
Rev. Vv". R. Bradshaw and Rev.
C. A. Upchurch will be present and
assist in the various meetings, and
it is earnestly hoped that thertj
will be large gatherings of the peo-.
l)le present at each and every meet
ing-
BOYLESTON NEWS
will not obviate the necessity of a
uniform system for the payment of
teachers. There must needs be a
limit or .some districts will appear
extravagant in securing the teacher
of their choice. Some districts will
want a hundred dollar teacher.
Will the board give it?—then all
the districts and all the teachers
will demand the limit. Can the
board afford to say that district
“A” is entitled to one hundred dol
lars but “B” can get but forty?
There must bn absolute uniformitv
A. ill (iiLLKsi'it:, ' j or iaevitciblo fricUon.
EXECUTORS NOTICE
Having qualified as executors of the
will of the late Mary A. Orr, deceased, of
Transylvania county. North Carolina, this
is to notify all persons having claims
against the estate of the said Mary A.
Orr, deceased, to present same to the un
dersigned, duly verified, on or before the
16th day of March, 1915, or this notice
will be plead in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted in any way to said estate
are hereby requested to make immediate
settlement w ith the undersigned.
A. K. ORR,
CHAS. E. ORR.
Executors of the will of Mary A. Orr,
deceased.
, March 16th, 1914. f 3-20 6t-cco
so well. Phillips, who owns approx
imately-1,500 acres, hi»lf of which
is in cultivation, has been exper
imenting for several years in the
culture of sunflowers, whose seed,
when mixed with other seed, makes
excellent chicken and hog feed.
Last year following the flood he
planted nearly 100 acres in sun
flowers. The cost of planting
harvesting is about $6 an acre, he
savs, and the returns from $35 to
The weather for the pasr. few
days has been very pleasant. W'e
hope the the winter is over.
Miss Geneva Orr, who has been
staying at Pisgah Forest for soma
time, is now spending some time at
home.
Weldon English made a business^
trip to Henderson villa last Friday..
Capt. C. T. Rankin passed throngk
j this section last Tuesday, .
I W. S. Allison went to Render-^
sonville last week to visit his daugh
ter Ellen, who is very ill at that
l)laco. B0ii0Li>'K.