Sylvan Valley News VOLUME-XIX BREVAKD, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. MAY 8. 1914. NUMBER-19 WORK ON NEW DEPOT Every citizen of Brevard and Transylvania will be glad to learn that at la»t, ufter seven months watchful waiting, work has com menced on the now depot, a force of men beginning Wednesday morning the work of clearing the site of all obstrnctions for the real work of building. While it is to be regretted that a local contractor conld not get the contract, doubtless Mr. Elliott of Hickory will do the work nj) in fine shajK^. The building is to be com pleted ready for occupancy on June ir>th, and there is a heavy penalty for any debiy utter this date. As stated in the 'Kews several weeks ago, tlie new depot is to be much larger than the one that was destroyed. Additional facilities for the handling of the ever increasing business will Ik? added and more room will be given for the hand ling of freight. Messrs. E. II. Coapman, vice- president jind i;eneral manager of the tStmtliern, .1. B. Akers, sujwrin- tendent of maintenance of way, and (ieo. R. Loyall, gent'ral super intendent, were in Brevard for most of the day on Tuesday for tlie pur]H)se of conferring with Messrs. .1. F. Hays. su])erintendent of the Transylvania division, and A. H. Betterment Association OUTLINES OF A PRACTICAL EDUCATION James E. Russell in “Good Housekeeping.” The greatest peril of onr educa tion today is that it promises an open door to every boy and girl up to the age of fourteen, and then turns them ruthlessly into the world to find mo.st doors not only closed but locked against them. Throughout this country wo are telling thousands—yes, millions— of boys and girls that anvthing they please may be had for the asking, and during the six or eight years of the school course they are in structed that nothing is beyond at tainment. Then, too, onr demo cratic notion of eciuality of o])por- tunity is res])onsible for the at tempt to hitch some very ordinary wagons to stars of the lirst magni tude. The result can only be bit ter disajipointment. Instead of a ha])])y, contented, and able farmer, we make of the ambitions country boy a eh'rk or helper in some city industry, or a cog in soini' factory wluH'l. Instead of lu'lping the (|nick witted city boy, who leavt's school at tw(*lve or fourteen, wise far beyond his years, to e!ii])loy his ( aluwell, lead master, in legard to ! strt-ngth in shortening the the \\«'t1v. and while hen* ti'rin of a])])(‘ntieesbip in th(> trades statcvl that woik will b(‘ pu>hed ini])roving tl)t‘ (luality of in order lhat tin* town will not have tt) snlVt-r I'tpr lack of facilities for the i)roiHM- liadling of tin* unnsv'.ally largt' number of summer visitors that will !)'• h('r»> this vear. tlu* ont]>ut, we turn liijii ovi'i' ti> tlu‘ tendiT Tm'rcics of tl;o tradi' union, or :illo\v him to ahead in his (dVorts to li*.H*o:nt a t^OTiCE TO DEMOCRATS Cai! for Deni()cr:Uic Prccinct Meetings and County Conven tion. 'capablc' W(>rlcni:in. Wliat woi.dis* ■ ll.ifly t!)is \vfi‘k a minilter <4 tliat onr slvilied crattsiiHMi art* I'oi- Brevard bnsin('ss men, not having !(*i^iicrs, and that onr best Ahum i- Jiiiv intoriMation as to tin* can boys licconu' ]>ctty ]'k.-r< ing to l.nrry matters n little bit. ^iter tlu' soft plaet'sV We do not si>nt a niirht letter to I’ri'snIeTit teach thc!;’. to do th(* ilny's woj k in Hiirristtn, j-ii iied by 1 wenty-eij^ht such a v’.ay as to liii I ])Iea -iwe .uul business men, asking; him for an satisfaction in it. I’he result is expressinii as to when work '^rnni])lini; an'l I’anlt lindini: !ii;d would hcLMn. in less th> n twelve (liscont«'nt in ])iival»' li!c. and in hoars afTir tlie mi*ssag(‘ wa.<« lih'd civil life tlie beginnings of social-’ the abov(* Trained ollicials were in ism and a!'.:n'chis?!i. Bie\aid and in ]e>.'. th.inthiit\ six Think of wliat it nu'ans to our hours work was begun. It pays to CO o})crat('. y»'ars dayd’-eams which tlv llr>t _ contact with life shatters. I> it !\lr. Frank D. ( It' i'.cnt bd't Tnes-'-iny v.-oi.der that the ^'ii-1 of ei:^h- day tor Kinustttn. ^^ass.. to atti-nd teen or tu'enty wlio lias r.ev(’r liad the tnni ral o1 his mother, Mrs. hour's iT'slrnction m the scic: - Olive \\ . ( N'lnent. who d;ed Mon- tilic and esthi'lic intcrpi'cratii ii of .Mon.lay Tivzlit. Mrs. ('lem.-nt s])ent those dv.'i's wl.icli couf ont ht.r th(' winter in i:n*vard but since should find no ].leasn; e in lit iv:e-' gointr ha-k honu- she has been in ,.,akin-r Tlie situation .s c:;d Aery bad h alth. enonuh in the country, but it is iniii’.itely worse in onr grtat cities. What chance has tht‘ Lrir’ of t'i,»‘ ti nements, even thouirli sl.e he Well schooled and (ir.ick-wittcdr She leave;- the >rh;)( l atl'iiuriicn orfUti'.tn to tret her ]i<'s;;:rai'!r.ate train'ini: in lio.isela ('])in,tr froiu her ^iu)ther. Think'of wh it that ine;;v,s. A met'tin'.; oi' the Democratic A hom(' (jf two or thre(> or lour K\*‘futive ('oHi'uittet* of Transyl- rooms in a t'rowdcd (luarter ; every vaiiia County v.as held on Apiil !M(‘mln-r of the family at worl: or <>tli. I'.ili.Kt which time it w;:s or- seekinLT it; livin-' confined IoIik* (ii re.l ti'. i: :'r,'einct mi^'tings he hare>t ru'cessities ; n ) convt nietu i s held ■'!! 'ii-.y r.'l!. ati(! the 1 (. :■ t ; and it is nothin*^ remark- in the stii1t‘. judicial, state senato-1 able that sonu' thoughtful ])ersonsj rial and tli*- com^nssional races or ; shot;ld hoid our ])uhlic .srecinct meetings shall, at the same time and place, each elect five democrats as members of the precinct democratic executive com mittee for the coming campaign, designating one of the five as chair man. V/. M. Henry, Chairman. R. L. Gash, Secretary. Democratic p]xecntive Committee of Transylvania County. ' This April IK, ]i»]4. -1-21-lt of what marriage means, and un- litted t4^ meet its obligations. The next desideratum is i>roper manners and morals; in a word, suitable habits. I am not sure that there is any hierarchy in th(\se practical ideals. (4oo 1 liealth was put first because without it all else is worthless ; pro])cr manners and morals next, because without some such norm there can l>e no eifective j)articipation in social life. It is a commonplace that a nuin must be honest, and that a wonnin must bear a good reputation. We even go further and say that the great object of education is the development of good character; but we do not always include in that the whole round of conduct which marks the agreeable member of society. We are not concerned here with the origin or inculcation of cus toms or conduct. It matters little whether they come from mere imi tation, or result from definite in struction re-enforct?d by persistent effort. It is what we do that connts most in society. And every grade of society demands that its mem bers conform to an accepted norm. We recognize this insistent de mand when we require our chil dren to eat with a fork, to dress becomingly, and to speak gram matically. Reverence, courtesy, gentleness, sympathy, modesty, obedience. brav<‘ry, when serially considered, are virtues crystallized in good manners and morals. They are the surest evidence of what we call good breeding. Moreover, frt>m the social standpoint these virtues have a value directly pro portional to their habitual exjires- sion. Veracity as a fixei habit is far preferable to truth-telling for a consideration. Temperance in duced by fear of evil consequences is far less effective than instinctive s('lf-restraint. When these desir able modes of conduct J)c- conu^ thoroughly ingrained—be come “natural,” as we often say— then character is fixed. “Manners makeyth man” is an adage of g(>ater truth than is commonly rec ognized in our modern educational ]>raetic(;. [ How to get on with oth«*r ]«‘o-! j)le—for that is really the critr*rion ■ of ]>ro’>(M-infinners and morals—is j tl.e clilef end of or.<' j^'reat tV}.:' (>f ediicalioTi. The i’eisians accorii-, in„r to Xeno])hon. insist»*d that their lead»*rs should learn both to rule and to bt‘ ruled, to command and to oht'v. M'lu'se ends are not s(v c-ured l)v formal instruction ; tlu'v are thi> result of disciplim^ uiuler t-onditions which are favorable ti^ ' the fixing id’ hahits. Education. I’roft'ssor .lames says, is tlu; i r- | i^ani/.ation of accjuin’d lialtits of' conduct and t»*ndciud('s of be-1 havior. Walt Whitman, in on»^ of ; those strange outhursts of his, tells ' how it is tliat the child got‘s fortli; every day into a new world and becomes ]virt and ])arc(d of all that i he beiudds. Tlurc was a child wont forth rvcry (l:iy; : -And the first ol)jcct he loaked upon, that ohiei't hi- biHanu-; .\iul that (>l)ji-ct hccaiiu' part of him for tht.‘ (lay. or ;; (.frtain part of the day, or for r-:any yi-ars or strctching cyclf of yran. Thf early likus hfcamo part of ihis child, j -Vnd fira.s,';, and white aad red morning- jjlorics, and white and red elnver, and the son^f of the phoehe-hird ' . ^ .•Vnd the school mistress that ])ai'scd (>n her way to the schook .\nd the friendly boys that pass’d —and tlu- (juarrelst me boys, .And the tidy and fresh-chcekVI girls—and the liarel'uot ne^;ro hoy and ”irl, .And all the changes of city and country, wherever he went. His own parents, * * ■ The mother al home, quietly placing the dishes on the supper-taule; The mother w ith mild words clean her cap and gown, a wholesome odor failing oil' her person and clothes as she walks by: The father, strong, self-sulficicnt, manly, mean, angered, unjust; The blow, the quick loud word, the tight bargain, the crafty lure, The family usages, the language, the com pany, the furniture—the yearning and swelling heart, .Affection that will not be gainsay’d the sense of what is real—the thought if, after all, it should prove unreal, The doubts of day-time and the doubts of night-time—the curious whether and how. Whether that which appears so is so, or is it all flashes and specks? These became part of that child who w’ent forth every day, and who now goes, and will always go forth every day. A very serviceable education can 1)0 given with a modicum of formal instruction. In fact, we sehhmi hear a course of study justified be cause of the information it gives. It may be well that some of these courses put forth no such claim, but the truth is that much of what we claim for study may be gained— and is gained by far the greatest number in any society—from lead ing a wholesome life with one’s fellows. English education, as given in the great pablic schools, is pre-eminently of this type. To be continued. FROM TURKEY CREEK I think it is best to state plainly at the outset that this article and the one appearing in this i)aper a few weeks ago is not a personal fight against Prof. T. C. Henderson, nor is it a fight against public edu cation, nor yet a fight against a uniform tax rate. ■ I want to say emphatically that I believe not only in public education but com pulsory public education, and the purchase by the state of all text books used in the public schools. A little comment that a])peared in the Saturday Evening Post is, I think, well worth i)ublishing just at this point: “Here are some figures from a survey of country schools in a large Middle Western region : In all the schools linear measure is taught, yet in only one-fifth of them are tapelines found; they all teach avoirdui)ois weight, yet less than a tenth of them have .scales; thej; teach liquid uk asure, but only a fifth have any measures. “In a third of the schools geogra phy is taught without maps, and in more than two fifths Vr’ithoiit globes. All of tb(‘in seek to teach children things about this fruitful and w'onderful earth, yet more than two-thirds of the teachers n(n-<‘r step outdoors to vitalize a point by the fii-lds, flowers, woods, rocks and str(*ams near at hand. “Tliat is the bb)ssed old (idnca- tional rt‘(-i])e t (iet evi*rytli’:!g ont of a hook : reiluoe it so fui' as pos sible to a parrotiike e.xercis»; c)f nu'inory ; make it all as dry and repulsive an' 12th as a general clean up day in the town of Bre\'ard. All the business houses, hotels and private residences are re quested to clean up and put their garbage in boxes or barrels at some convenient point so that it may be accessible with a wagon. If you desire the town to haul your garbage you must notify the chief of police by May I3th. The town will not be responsible or haul your garbage after May 13th. W. M. HENRY, Mayor. LOCAL PARAGRAPHS Mr. (^ H. Case, who has been em])loyed as cdork at tlu? A('thel- , wold for till! ])ast several months, ti ne it is not at all suri)risinL' that j acce])ted a similar i)osition with Prof. Sent(dle in his article of a i tew days av;(* niacb* mention of tlu' tlu! (4atos Hotel, (; re(Mi ville. ('. Mr. B. B. II< stiT of Rutherfcirdton, ,,r.si,l,.nf ,.f .111 can-; ,,. sntrrals Mr. ( iiso lit the Aetb,ehvo’d. cational assc( iation of eigliti en counties, that the stati* superin tendents and all other superin tendents who cam:* in contact with the secretary of tlie said associa tion, who happens to be th(> super- inteiuh'nt of i)uhlic instructi(tn oi' our county, admired liini v(>ry mufdi. Tlu're is a reason, wliich is ])artly e:q)lained hy a clipping fr» m the Satnrdiiy Evi'ning Post of .May 'J, I'.ill, in whicdiit was said: *‘A long-standing abuse from which a In taking an auto ride re;'ently the writer was much amused t) set' a colt, ])os.>ibly two months old, desert its nu^ther and follow tlu; auto for about half a mile. It would have followi'd fnrtlu'r had it not bc(‘n driven back. We v.onld not t(dl this story had a pn'aclier not been along to voncli lor the truth of it. Mr. Janies Bracken, a v('t.M\in of ])rofit is d<>rivi'd ‘novitahly blinds iu\:r 1 sin. Its beneficiari(‘s and makes them utterly untrustwc.rthy witnc'sses.” This association b<'ing jiractii-ally self per])utuating. it is natural that they would still want this power IiLdd unto themsi'lves. An article appearing in last his life last Sunday morning. While crossing a trestle iit'r.r tlie Ell Hamlin jilace he fell la'tween the ties and had not .'dr. T. II. Hampton arrived when he did to assist him from his ])recarious po sition the inorning train would week's isaue of the Sylvan Valley ^loubtless have run on him. At News recommending that the peo- ’ p^int it would have been ini- ple make all candidates pledge possible f