Sylvan Valley News
VOLUME-XIX
BREVARD. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. MARCH 27. 1914.
NUMBER-13
BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
Tho rirevanl Building and Loan
Association beld its annual meet
ing in the conrt honse last Monday
afternoon, and was attended by a
large number of stockholders either
in person or by proxy.
Tho re])ort of the secretary-treas-
nrer, Mr. A. M. Verdery, Jr.,
showed that the association was in
a very ijrospcrons condition, and
that daring the past year had been
of great service to many Brevard
real estate owners, and had con
tributed largely to the present pros
perity of the town. The report
will be foniul in full in another col
umn in this issue.
Possibly the most important ac
tion of tho nu'eting was the elec
tion of iin assistant secretary-
treasurer, Mr. 1). L. English being
elected to assist Mr. Verdery. In
future Mr. English will receive and
receipt for all duos at his otilce.
Another cluinge was made in the
addition of ono other director, the
board now being eight instead of
seven. Th»^ following directors
were elected for the ensuing year :
Chas. E. Orr. .1. W. McMinn, Thos.
H. Shi]nnan, M. (’ooke, Jr., J.
A. Miller. .Ir., Dr. (iloode ('heat-
ham, (’. Yongne and R. !S, Mor
gan.
Tlu^ directors olectt'd tho follow
ing officers: Thos. H. Shipman,
])resi(lont ; Dr. (toode (’heathani.
vice president : A. M. A'erd(>ry. sec-
retary-troHsun'r: I). L. Eiiglisli.
An act to authorize any county
in North Carolina to vote upon the
levying and collection of a special
tax on property and polls to sup
plement the county school fund of
said county.
The general assembly of North
Carolina do enact:
Section 1. That the county com
missioners of any county, upon the
petition of the county board of edu
cation of said county, may order
an eleotion to be held in said county
to ascertain the will of the people
whether there shall be levied on all
taxable i)roperty and i)olls of said
county a special tax, not to exceed
thirty cents on the one hundred
dollars valuation of property and
ninety cents on each poll, to sup
plement the county school fund of
said county.
See. That .‘<aid election shall
be conducted for the county as
nearly as may be under the same
rules and regulati(ms governing
district special school tax elections,
as set out in section four thousand
one hundred and liftec'n of The
Revisal of one thousand nine hun
dred and five of North Carolina.
Sec. ;>. That in eas(‘ a majority
of th(! <iualified voters at said eh*c-
tion shall vote in favor of .siid tax,
the same shall be annually levicnl
and colloctod in tlu* .'■anu* jtiuniior
assistaTit si'cretary-treasun'r ; H. L. : Jii^d at tlic time as oIIpm
Gash, attorni'V. J. A. ]\lill.'r, Jr., »’f the couniy are levied and
C. Vi)ni;nt‘ and H. S. Morgan eolleett'd
wen* as a cominittt'o to
audit tin* lto»ik> of tlie association.
THE SCHOOL LAW
A BREVARD ENTERPRISE
MR.WEILT'S NEW STORE
Miss Annie Gash recently donated
to Brevard Institute a very beauti
ful book which was published last
summer. It is entitled “The Caro
lina Mountains.” The author is
Miss Margaret Morley, and the
book is published by the Houghton
Mifflin Company. The book is
purely descriptive, and has nothing
that touches on fiction to give it
charm, but is a perfectly fascinat
ing book from the beautifully tin
ted water color reproduction on the
front cover to the large map of the
Carolina Mountains on th<! inside
back cover. It treats of j)eople and
the scenery which we know and
love so well in a thoroughly kindly
and aj)preciative spirit and with a
true artist’s insight.
It is particnlary interesting to
Brevard people because of a para
graph in the chapter on “Church
and School,” where there is a
thoroughly sympathetic desciption
of Brevard Institute as an illustra-
j
j tion of the nature of tho schools of
I tho mountains. No other school is
j described in parti(;ular or byname,
'and those paragra])hs alone show
tho koent'SH of the obsorvatit)n and
the conciseness of diction which arc;
both so characteristic of tho (Mitiro
Ir is dontt ul if tho EiiLrlish
language oonld oxjjross in so low
woriN tho ])uri)oso and ])laa of th(“
Institnti- any bottor tlian tlu'so few
Soc. I. That in case a nia.iority linos which an* hon'with (luotod.
<>r th,M|U„llli,.,l vot.Ts at said .■Icc- „a,K n„ illnstrati,,,,
THE LADY OF THE DECORATION
The lyceum attraction at the
Auditorium last Friday night
proved to be one of tho very best
of the course, and, according to
some who were present, the best
that ever came to town. Miss Hat
tie Jane Dunaway, a «ielightful
reader, gave a symposeum of read
ings from that delightful little
book of Frances Little’s, ‘The
Lady of the Decoration,” and by
giving the various scenes, dressed
in difTerent costumes as the text
of the story would indicate, she
brought laughter or tears, bring
ing to the audience the vai’ious im
pressions experienced bv the for
eign missionary—“the widow who
was not sorry.” '
The only unpleasant thing was
the conduct of a few boys near the
door, who persisted in talking in a
manner that interfered with the
speaker so much that at last she
had to administer a rather severe
rebuke. It is to be regretted that
such things as this become neces
sary, especially so when the enter
tainment was of so high an order.
The lyceum course this year has
been a success, and the patrons are
delighted with the attractions fur
nished. At the end ot the seascm
there will doubtless be a .small bal
ance which will be applied to the
course for next voar.
COUNTY COMMENCEMENT
The county commencement for
the elementary public schools of
Transylvania county will be held at
Brevard next Friday, April 3. It
is hoped that every school in th(>
county will be represented by tho
teacher and a large per cent, of the
pupils, and that all the committf>e-
men and a large number of th»
other patrons of tho schools will b<?
present.
There will be contests in declama
tion, recitation, spelling and field
sports. Prizes will bo awarded to
the winners in all these contest.
Certificates, or elementary school
diplomas, will Ik? granted to the
pupils who, during the past term,
have finished all the subjects re
quired in the .‘Seventh grade and
thereby completed the elementary
course of study for the i)ubl:c
schools of the county.
The addresses of the day will l»o
d; livered by Prof. N. W. Walker
of the State University and Prof.
A. C. Reynolds, principal of the
Cullowhee Normal school.
Everybody in the county is in
vited to be present at these com
mencement exercises.
ROSMAN COMMENCEMENT
PISCAH FOREST
tion in any township of said county
of tho struggles and conqno.sts of j
|slmll v»f.. for «,id spoo.,,1 ta<r, th.- „„.s,.,v,„k,.rs ™n be f-iv.-n than that
I sum., shall Ik. annnally Irvi,.,! .m.l U„.vanl,
AltliniiL'h not nearly all the goods I s-aid townsliip in tho jj^ P>t*nch Broad Valh^y
and fixturos lor Mr. \V. I’. Wi'ilt's nuinnt'r and at tho sanio tiinc'
n(“W ladifs' turtiishinix stori* havo ‘*thi‘r taxos aio loviod and col-
This 1
S'-hoc)l, started in I'''.!.'*, tlironjrh'
the .'I'lf-.'^acrificin': i iVorfs of one
arrived, tho store presents a very , nian lias struggled on, ki‘])t alive
attract!voa].]»crance and a(hls!unch ! l^nd (.i said townshii). , mainly by that internal heat wliieh i
to the town. Sec. .‘i. 'I'hat in case u majority alone gives any institution real |
It had beeji .'Ir. \\ eilt s idea to | tif tlio (jualilied votei s at s;ii(l olcc- irrowth-power. Today it I'lirolls
have a loi rnal ojioiiing at his now | tion in any tt)v.-nshi]) or in tho on- lU'arly two hundred ])n])ils, most of |
stort‘, but he was dissapj)ointed in i tir(‘ c )unty shall vote in favor of fluMn girls, as the di'partim'iit for |
tho arri val ot so many shipments said special tax, on ]u'tition of a y<»un;.: men is not vet fully di-velo])-
of goods and lixtures lu^ had lo majority of the memhers of tho i«l. 1 lore come yoang i)i*op](> from
giv(* u]) tho idea and begin business j i)ojird of trnsti'os or tho school all ]>arts of tho n;onntains and for!
with what had an ivod. ilowovt'r , (‘ommitteo of any existing special a ])rico within thi*ir me.-ins rt'coivt*
this nuide a g< ud di'i)lay, conipri j t-jx district within said townsliii) hoTi;o. education, and trining in ‘
siiiij tl.oi’.sai'.ils (,f dollar.'^ Wvjrth of or comity so voting;, tlu* eo’.inty tlu* jiractieal thinj^s of That
ladies ready to wear goods, ('tc. I oominissioners shall reduce the tlio s]>irit in whicli th<‘ school was j
Th(‘ r.ew store is finished in a [ annual si'cc’al local ta.\ levy of, ^.)unded yet pi'rsists i.s felt tho mo-j
most attractive manner, the iNi’-^ said district 1;\’an amount not ex- ’nent one enters its doors. when 1
niture all liein_r the v*'ry hi'st. In s]»ecial li'vy jirovideil one hi'comes aware of sucli an at-
this stori* will he K(“pt ovt'rything foy the county or to\vushi]» under iuos]»ht‘re of love and helijfulnc'ss, ^
that a lady c' ln w.int, and win n this act. from tho i)rinei])al dt>wn tu the
everything arrives there will he Str. f,. That in case a nia.iority youngest pupil, that it is a pleasure |
Miss Minnit? Carr, a stnd(‘ut of
St. G(*n(n-i(‘V(.*'s College, AsIk.'ViIIo,
spent Sundav here.
Miss Alma S]>anner of Aslnnille
spent Saturday iind Sunday with
Mrs. Carr and Mrs. Croushorn.
Mr. J. S. Uickok, ])urchasing
a'4(*nt of th(* National (’:isk(‘t ('oin-
])aiiy, was I'alling on Carr Lumber
('ompany the latter part of last
week.
Mr. Sam C’arr and his cousin,
.lohn Princy, left for New York
the latter part ot last wi?ok. From
there they will sail for Europe'.
The number of young men was
incri’asod hero on tho first iiart of
last week wlu'ii Mr. E. 1). iiallen-
horg from Lorisvillo, Ky., took u])
oiti/t‘nship h(‘re for an indefinite
time. Wo wolconie Mr. iiallen-
berg to our village.
Tl'.e Ladies Aid Society of the
I’nshyterian cluirch are taking
great part in heliiing tlu^ Morris
family who lost everything by liri>
last week.
The commencement exercises rf
the Rosnian hi‘?h school will 11*
held on Sunday, Monday and Tues
day, March J'.*, mO and M. On Siii;
day morning at olev.-n o'clock ll<‘v.
W. .M. Robbins will preach thi-
baccalaureate sermon at the schot l
hous(‘.
On Monday nii^ht, beginning nZ
eight o’clock, a recitation contt s.;
will bt! held to determin*; \vhi»]},
tjirl from the si^vj'ntii ^rade sna!!
represent tho Rosnian school in tlu
contest at Brevard on April .‘I.
<>n Tuesday night. l>eu'in:iiwL’
itlie sani(‘ hour, stud(‘nts of tn^'
I scho(d will ]n-osent D.>ar {lo;-
(■Jraduates.'' '^I'he puiilie is cor
dially invited to be present at ail
the exercises.
MRS. ELZIE B. COX
]\Irs. Augusta Traninioll (’ox dicMl
in Stvittlo, Wash., February l*.*nd.
till 1. Mrs. Cox was a native of
South Carolina, and her home wa.-i
Marietta. Slu‘ was married to Mr.
El/i»‘Cox on Janu iry 2J:i'1, 1'. i:!.
They immediately moved to Seat
tl(‘. Wash , in which city Mr
had started into a nice bus. ness-
Everything seemiHl britjht and
nothing la< knu' to fill their wants.
Mr. Woilt hii" shown in a very
em])hatic niann r that ho bi*lieves
in
tow
will doubtless instifv hi
to <ro tht're and bask in tlu* warmth
of it. Not that, (‘Veil todav, the
of the fiualilii'd voters at said eleo
tion in any county shall fail to viite
for .said special taX. on jietition of ecjmpmont is anything like ado-j
tlie futun> ];r...^p.‘nty ot fin; members of tiu* ‘pitc to tin* needs, but th(> results
,-n, and the ladus of tlu> 1 (.,,nntv l)oard of (‘dncation of .said prov<‘that tho jioon'st tools in lov-
belief
ATTORNEY GENERAL HELPS
County, tlu' county commissioners ing hands ean accomplish much. j
I may, after thirty days notice, ord(M- “Bt'sides the ordinary academic *
an olocti(»n fur tho same jairpose >ui)jeots and s])ecial rt ligious train-
and undiT tlu^ same rc'guhitions as ing, tht‘ pui>ils are here taught ‘a |
In some ]ilaces in Xt)rth ( arolina > election lieroin provided dread of debt, promptness in attend-j
tlu iindt n.iUi I>, dot tois and mid- for in any or all of tlu^ townships iim to business obligations of everj’
wives an' ju)t i t‘]K)rting birt hs and , , , ,,, ^ ,
deaths. Thev do not soi'in to know county that shall have faih d sort,a love fo’* thorou‘j;hiu‘ss and ac-1
that the ra-w \ital statistics lav.- to <-arry said sin cial teix in this onraey in doing work of every sort, |
niean.s l)uslne^s. In several of the fornu*r election. self-control in the expenditure of
eountii-s the (hath anti hirt ii rates, ^ ... mh,1 -i l-Tu»wUw1.r.. ■
according to the first numth's iv-! ‘' 1‘Uit tho oxp.-nso ot ht.ld- mom % , and a knowkdgt ot simple;
ports, ar.‘ s.) low that they ar.< ab- election shall be paid out
surd.
For instance, tlu* returns from
Roheson cor.jity for January show
an anntial deutii rati‘ of only throi*
j ho{)eful. Soon after cominix t<
We are glad to si'O our now sta | Seattle, Mrs. C’ox was taken ill, but
tion going up. We will soon Ik* I no one thought the illne^s of a
able to wait for the train in the | serious naturt'. Develoi>nu‘iits
regular Southi*rn stylo, that is by i sc'onied to indicate that no cure
having two waiting rooms. j was possible, .since tho best pliysi-
Mr. Louis Carr is spending a few I cians and nur.ses could give no
days at his operations at P'orney hojie. On the •.'•ind of Foliruary,
this week. I'.M-I, she was rokasol from her
Mr. Roy Dindinger of Pittsl.urir, sutlerjng.
Pa., who is here learning tlu* lum- Mrs. ( ;).s. lea\0'. ht'iiir.d Ii;‘r u
her business, sj)i*nt Saturday and mothoi,fo.u biothers.
Sundaj' with fri(*nds and relatives
pi*r whereas, from the dcialb
rate elsewhere, it would st-em that
it should be at lotist twonty-fonr
])or l,o(;o. Word has been sent to
all the un(lt*rtHkors, doctors and
midwives in Robestni count%', and
otlu'r counties in tho same jilight,
that two wo(*ks will bi* given them
to report all unroiK)rtt*d births and
deaths, aft(u- which a thorough
oflicial inv(*stii;ation will be made
by the stat(j board of health for
nnreiiorted births and deaths, and
that when such are found, prosecu
tion will be made at once.
The attorney general has been
consulted on this matter, and he is
heartily in accord with the new
law. He wants it enforced to the
letter. He has askeji-' that all the
data for the larst half dozen prose
cutions be laid before him, so that
he can give them his full attention.
Aft«r that ho will act as general
consultant in such work w’henever
needed. ,
of the county school fund of said
county.
Soc. S:. That this act .‘hall b(‘ in
in full force and effect from and
after its ratification.
ilatifiod this tho :-!d day of March,
A. D. liUl.
CARD OF THANKS
Editor Sylvan Valley News:
W’ill you kindly permit us
through the medium of your iiaper
to express to the friends who so
]>romptly and liberally came to our
help when we had lost our home
and almost everything we had by
fire, our ke^n appreciation of and
warm thanks for their many and
great kindnesses to VtS. Not only
was the money and the many use
ful things they sent in to us a great
help materially, but the warm
hearted way in which so many
reached out helping hands to us
cheered ns up and put heart in us
to make a new beginning and try
to retrieve our ruined fortunes.
W-WKia.y Mokkis ax;> Family. Southern u:ou:itains.”
business transactions.’ There is a
busiiu*ss course, a department of
music, one of domesic art where is
taught dressmaking, millinery, and
lacemaking, and a department of
domosti* science where the snbjects
taught are housework, cookery,
laundry, and mending. In the
normal de])artmont, ‘it is the inten
tion to show j'oung teachers how
manual training, sand tables, dram
atization, phonics, and so forth, can
be introduced and profitably used
even where there is no e(iuipmentV
Thus young people are prepared to
go home to the little mountain
schools and there s])read abroad tho
information and the ideal tlu^y have
themselves received, as well as to
go’ if they are so inclined, into the
world of action now opening below
and in the mountains, and w’hose
demands for helpers in all depart
ments is in excess of a competent
supply. Brevard Institute is but
one among a number of industrial
schools that are doing their part,
against all sorts of difficulties, to
help on the transformation that is
so rapidly taking place in the
and e,Tio sister. Slio also L av(‘>^
many frii*nds v.-ho will mour:i
her loss. Mr. ('ox took tho bi'dy of
his wife to South Car<>iina for in
terment whore in tlu,* midst of hoi
many friends divim; .services w'(*re
hold, and slu' vcas laid to rest irs
Mr. Joseph Chilton of Ashe\ill(‘ dear statt' of lun* nativity,
was shaking hands with his friends ^ beautiful, culcurod
in Ashoville. returning Monday.
Mr. 11. Hobbs, of the, ‘'arr
Lumber Comjiany, returned Mon
day from Asheville, where he had
been i)u tiusiness.
here this week.
woman. She was a dear dciuj^hter,
Mr. Henry Brown, of the Brown-1 a sweet sister, and a most a!Tec-
Patton Company of this ])lact\ who ! tionate and precious wife. Tiiougl;
has been in Baltomore the past ten I her residence in Seattle was brief,
days purchasing their s]»ring line | she made many friends, ard she
t)f dry goods and notions, returned | was gathering about lu'r a circle of
Monday. j charming associates. Mrs. Cox
Mr. Robert H. Lockaby of Hen- was a devoted Christian, and iu life
dersonville, our genial telegraph as well as in death her trur»was0
operator, spent Sunday with home
folks.
Mr. A. E. Jones, who has been
employed by the Carr Lumbt'r Com
pany for the past four months, re
turned to his home in Tellico
Plains, Tenn., Friday.
Pen (H'11 A.
Chamberlain’s Tablets for Con
stipation.
For constipation, Chamljerlain’s
Tablets are excellent. l'2asy to
take, mild and gentle in effect.
(Jive them a trial. For sale by S.
M. Macfie. adv
complete. Of course loved onea
and friends will miss her, but let
us remember that she has gained
heaven, with all its bliss and love,
May there 1x3 comfort to tho
hearts made lonely by the vacant
place, and the spirits made sad by
her going.
Mrs. Cox has left in Seattle, as
well as in Marietta. South Caro
lina, many hearts made lonely be
cause she is gone from
“Not now, but in the coming years.
It may be in the better land;
We’ll read the meaning of our tears,
And there—up there we’ll understand."
KtH i'ASTOU.