VOLUME-XIX
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. MAY 29. 1914.
NUMBER-:22
THE COUNTY CONVENTION
The ileinocrHtic connty conven
tion met in tho court hous-e last
Satnnlay afternoon, and the har
mony KTid good foeling displayed
all tho way through promises good
things for the party in the future.
Every township in the connty vpas
represented either by duly elected
delegates or hy proxy. J. M. Zach
ary held th(^ proxy of Cedar Moun
tain and F. E. Shuford held the
proxy of Eastatoe.
The uieetin.:^' w;is called to order
by W, M. Henry, the retiring coun
ty chairnntrt. After roll call Mr.
Henry was elected as permanent
chairnuui and K. L. (lash was
elected as secretary.
On motions dnly seconded the
entire strenfjth of tho convention
was f^iven to Michael Shcnck for
solicitor and Lee S. Overman for
United States senate.
On motion of W. E. Breese, Jr.,
the chairman v.-as instructed to ap
point dele;_^ites to tho judicial con-
venlion, which n)cets in Marion on
Juno Nth. The following delegates
were selected: K. L. CJash, P. E.
Alexander, J. H. House, E. A. Alli
son, Wales Ltinhford, I. 8. Fisher,
Welch (.lulloway, J. A. Ciillospie,
Wait Kilpatrick, \\. F. (Tille.-spit!, T.
S. Galloway. R. F. GiazL'ner, John
Hunt.
On taking up the matter of can-
vasi-ing the vote for senator, T.
Wood, the dofe.HttMl candidate lor
this placv*, took the floor au>1 stateil
that it Ills <lcsir«* tli.it vA.-s i’ax-
ton !)»> noJiiinatfd unanimously,
making a njotit)n to this elreot.
Wl'.ilo f)Ti th»; Vi v>r Mr. Wofd stated
tlinl in t !;r (•h'-.’.ij.'ii
thfro hud 'ir-vu no .stiiii', lliat he
hi;d I't'v' i’. <'o.'rte!iu.s, grr-
tli'Mianly t.•cafat thi* hands of
^Ir. Parc ton and {liat had been
beaten fairly ami s.Ki:m‘ly. He
aiNi) i'.is v;r,^i><*rv tu tin* i ii-
tiro ticket lur tl.o laH (dfction, i
srtiting ti);it isi! Inul ni'v.>r voted |
a’^ything bur a >.traigU! dt ii;o4'ratic j
tif'k'it. Mr. talk \vi;s greet
ed Vvith eli'-ers. The miction to
nia’ie the tu Hii!'.;:ti')n of I’a.vton j
nr.arirvKiV.s Vv-as unr.nimonsly car j
ri! d. I
On eanvi:i-.sing tlic tho !'ol- :
lo vving woir -.iittiiru'd : I
B.'V'l : (.1 uuii* r r.»\yn')Ms .t)5, ;
MomJ O .1 i. 1^, ^
Brt;va’. t’: r !, fli'ynolils '
3 ('i.'), Jl-.’rritit ji: J-;-, j.Looi’(! liar- I
ri.son .','1.
('atlioys ( 'ifi.'!. : iTiuiger 2.11>,
Reynolds ..‘iri, iMoce
.i:-.
l.'(*dar M(i;;ni;n!i : (hislger
Reynold.-: fil.
Dunns ’lock: Gr.ilgor i , Peyn-
ulds
Kastalo'.^: (Indger .-'tS', ili'viioMs
.'Z>, Moore . 1 J.
Kust Folk: (u'tilger lieyn-
(jloucest.-r: Gudger .IT, Keyn-
.s:5.
Jh.ghack: <^uugi-r Rt^ynolds
'.if/rinK/H .('N.
L:t il.-ir. v<'i-: (;u<l;ri*v Reyn-
oiusi MfiFiaioii .o!.
Rosnuin: Guilger .JD, Kej^nolds
.21.
Totals: Rpynolds
H.27, Mcniiuon i,.!.'}, Moore .8-‘>,
Harrisen
In the conures>i()nal convention
th:^ strength of ihe various candi-
vlates in lliis i-!*vinty wili be voted
as f^'llov.'s : (T.iiigv-r r.;57'. Reynolds
-1 40. Mt-rriman .f..',, Mourw .41, Har
rison .11. '
On motion of J. L. Bell, duly
carried, unc delegate from each
precinct .va.s selected as a commit
tee to recommend delegates for the
congressional convention, which
meets in Waynesville today. This
committee was also intructed to
prepare a li.st of delegates for the
senatorial convention, which has
not been called yet. On motion of
W. E. Breese, Ji*., the chairman
and secretary were instrncted to
prepare a certifled copy of tho re
turns from thi varions precincts
and deliver it to the chairman of
congressional delegation. The
following delegates were appointed
to the Waynesville meeting: W. E.
Breese, Jr., \V. H. Duckworth,
Fred Johnson, T. W. Whitmire, W.
M. Henry, B. E. Paxton, J. W. Mc-
Minn. J. C. Df?r*i'r, A. F. Paxton.
E. A. Allison, T. H. Galloway, Carl
Wiko, W. B. Henderson, J. M.
Zachary, F. Paxion, A. E. Lyday,
T. S. Wood, G. W. Wilson and
Harry Patton.
Tho following alternates were
chosen : W. W. Singleton, Ernest
Gillespie, T. B. Reid, G. T. Lyday,
T. T. Loftis, W. F. Garren, C. C.
Kilpatrick, W. R. Wilson, i'. Hen
derson, John Morris, Erwin Gallo
way and M. P. Hawkins.
The following were appointed as
delegates to represent this county
at the senatorial convention : R. L.
Gash, W. E. Breo.se, Jr., P. E. Al
exander, Los Allison, \Vm. Max
well, Jordan Whitmire, Leon (lil-
lespie. Booth Price, J. A. IJreed-
love, C. B. Shuford, R. F. Glazener
E. B. Clayton and Ora L. Jones.
After the meeting of the county
convention adjourned, the county
executive committee met and elect
ed J. M. Zachary of Calvert as
county chairman, and R. L. Gasli
secretary. A vote of thanks was
extended to the retiring chairman
for his services. No other biisiness
came before the meeting at this
tiuic.
INSTITUTE eOMMENCEMENT
The commencement exercises of
Brevard Institute began on Friday
night of last week and continued
until last Tuesday night. Most of
tho exercises w’ere held in the In-
stitute chapel.
The bpening program was pre
sented by the primary department
Friday evening, May 22. It con
sisted of a play called tho “Adven
tures of Robin Hood and His Merry
Men,” which was very well pre-
.sented. Tho parts were largely
taken by little girls dressed up as
outlaw’s in the following of Robin
Hood in Sherwood Forest. A few
boys also took part. Tho charac
ter of Robin himself was presented
by a girl—Miriam Silverstein—who
showed excellent training and real
ability. Tho children seemed to
enter heartily into the spirit of the
play, and stage settings and cos
tumes harmonized well with the
DEATH OF J. K. BRADLEY
place at the Methodist church Sun
day morning, beginning at 11 a. m.
The students and teachers of the
school and a few visitors marched
in procession into the church. The
morning’s program was as follows:
Hymn by the congregation.
Invocation, by Rev. J. J. Ed
wards of Iredell county.
“Hark, Hark My Soul,” song by
the Instituto choir.
Scripture reading and recital of
creed.
Duet, “Angelus,”sung by Misses
Blair and Wells.
Sermon, preached by Rev. J. F.
Kirk, pastor of the Broad street
Methodist church of Statesville,
N. C.
Prayer, hymn by congregation,
and benediction.
Mr. Kirk took as his text II. Cor.,
.j:17, and 1 :1*3. His subject was
the new birth and the new life.
The sermon was well worth worth
publication in full, but our present
; space will allow for a mere outline
niediirval idea.
Quite a number of i>ersons from | IV t^- i iV V o-i T
^ ^ ^ , Mr. Kirk said that tho Bible made
town were present and enioved the , e ■ , ,
• I much of new things—a new heart,
eltorts ot the children. i i •
pass-
I ^Ir. John N. Bradley died last
■week at Ir^tockton, his fatbi'r's
I home. Tlii^ body was bronj^ht to
IPenro.se and was buriiul at ihe
I Enon cojnetory liist Friday after-
i noon.
I Mr. v.-a;; !cV;<'-'.mi ii>.
. this e-ieufy. Atlrr hi.s gvndnatiur.
; froju Wake* F<>rt*st et.llege he raaght
i for a number of vcars at Poiiro.'t-.
i
as ^1rin^•i('al ol' "V!'.--' tl.i n
Ccilled the Brv.;.d Valiry .
I located a'l Enon ehnrr-h. His work
there was :i- uisi vcr.^a Jly ;;frept;t ii'<‘
as teachovs cun expect, ajul he bci t
nj) a Ihmrisliing scliool Vv-liich drew
'its ]>:itrnot ('iily Irom Vf:v*
neighborli.n!'.'L hut a’.;:u Cro:ii oilu-r
jseetioni^. Whili- tearhin;.^ theic hi^
^ 1
The last chapel exercises the year
were held on Saturday morning,
i The school convened at the usual
j hour with exercises closely similar
I to those of the tisual chapel occa-
jsion. After the singing, of two
I hymns and prayer. Miss Blair sang.
I Mr. Trowbridge then talked from
j tlie tenth verse of the twenty-third
j eha;)t('r of Proverbs : “Remove not
I till' (•'Id landifiark ; and enter rrot
j i'ltoliie ii;*ids of ilit-! iiitlio! ](';"s. ■'
11.i rt f<‘ri('d to the (onlinuoi;.'-'
j growth of tlie Institute v.-hieh had
* made changes, but all of them were
i bonelicial to everybody concernf'd,
land ludd uj) this kind of growth as
I a model for individuals. He re-
’ fi'ired to the fact that the Bible
j never thought it v;orth v.-ijili; to
j forl)id a man moving a landmark
I liaek on^his ov»n pr(»])erty, stiH
peoj'le do sometimr*s do that fool
ish thing by receiving from ad
vanced iH)sitions in mental and
Mr. Reece
led in }>rayt!r, and urged ii contin
ued consecration to the divine vrill.
Tiio nece>-.>;ary aanoniicenients wore
made l>y tho teachers, and theregn-
a da':giiicr t)f Dr. \V. T.l. Lvday ,
V . s})iriti::il experience,
i I nrose. \y:-.i iuj.r o:ii. ■ ‘ ‘
chihl. ll;nry, survivt^ iiini.
Aft; r It living I'cnrose, .Mr.
It'V W!is for a tiii'.o juini ij;:il of tIi-*
Franklin hii:!! r.inl la/.-r
took a po;'i!ion at tlie AiMievii’e
;x;st oiileo. Then; lu* Uvi d i r.tll
about tlicv’e '.'i'ar.: v. Ju-:i h<* tw
v;uv!: 'jT the r !i:;tu. e
llendirsor.\iilo. I.ii.'. l.oti’.h Ti.i'-
ing in this ki;'.;l <■;' Avr.vk, ! r\. d'
])lans for :ing t’.c* ; a:*' iv.r
j)i'ufcssion, and whs <'a*c!fd l;!‘t
year prinvij'al of the s^' l.i-.:!i
sehcoJ—the siinu* school as Broad
Valley institute. (;nly under a v.cw
miiue, ar*d reuisteri d as a ^t:;le
high school. Bnt (lis^‘as(^ had so
wasted his sti'engJh tliat he wa.s
advised b'r his pay.sician tii give up
i members might be distingnisheci
a new' birth, a
ing away of old things and a con
tinual advent of the new. Science
hud come in and fastened upon our
minds the idea that there was
nothing now, tucked avray in a
snug law called the conservation of
energy. But science itself has
cpme to recognize that new things
are po:-sible, and transforjnations
are taking ]'l;ice in this age sit a
rapid I'ven in the i-.-ulta of
luattfr is t'lis irr. *, (^speeiu'Iiy so in
the spii itrial realio. It is v,’ond»“r-
ful to think tha.t God can m;ike a
new man out of a hardened sinner,
but it is wonderfully true. This
new birth, however, is not the v* ork
of man. It is not the result of
foresight but of insight. Faith,
vision, are necessary. If wo be
lieve, the impossible becomes pos
sible. The new birth is not once
for all, but day by day. In this
continued renewal is to lie found
the long dr< amed of fountain of
youth. Tlio spirit shotild never
grow old. Even the body is
changed by the power of God and
the very countenance is altered.
I This ago is ine-eminently a new
lar work of the school year v.-as at! ^f the world, and its charac^ei-
a close. The souvenirs distributed ■ note is enthusiasm and oi>ti-
were cuts of the line of students j The present ]>resident of
u'liieh in/)ctober, 101.>, t(jo!c 1 the United Sintes and a former ex-
tiCi’.s outlinijig the location of the ' ecetive, Theodore Koosevelt, while
I ;’.<lini:jij:tnitiv>n’j)uilding. jdirfering in many things, were
! Saturday nftemoon was devoted i -jj nndaunted
I to il Id day exorcises on the ath-; People are beginning to
^ letic grounds near the Ir'Stitnte i Ioq]^ younger and hand.somer. But
I l uilding. Basket ball and tennis i tjio “outward man perisheth'’ as it
I were the features of the after-1 should. It is only the shell. It v.e
noon. Tliesc contests were be-1-jiYf, fo^ things whtn
tween the Adel]»l>ians and Lar.ier
^societies and the rivalry was
])itehed high. Everywhere the girl
this ]>w;*itio’i. which be did to tlie
by their colors, tlie red and white
irri'at riisai>nointment Oi the com-
nmnlty. H.‘. rei.wii«.d at P«iro>.e < «'» Adclpl.lnns «nd the green of
lust snininer ami a Jiiirt of tin* ‘
t<T, ilnuUv to hi.. fafii.M-V j The contest ot the girk in
!,..„.e, wli- ehis health KKulni.lU-"'hk niari;«l I,y zeal and streiui-
Ka!..d li’.l Ih,. ,..^,1 ,iK.l. i I* Wiis.inite ronuirk.
’ aUie to see how much ydiysical cx-
xVt his reqceNt. hti VvMs h.iriisl a:
Enon, where he had s]>ent several
years of usefulru'ss in schcol and
church.
St. Philips church, WhitSunda.v.
May -11, I'.n !. Litany and com
munion at 11. Subject, “Tho In
visible Sp.ilit.” Sunday school at
3:;ia. W'hitsun Monday and Tuet-
day, servi -es at 5. Wednesday;
EmV.er dt«y, prayta* at 1'I noon.
Thursday, May iS: Parish meeting
in the evening at 8 o’clock. Fri
day, Mav ‘Jil: Evening prayer with
addre.«s at .■>.
ercisc they were capable of endur-
our hold upon these begins toic-
lux what have we left?
Mr. Kirk is a forcible and at
tractive si^eaker, his language .sim
ple, logical, expressive of earnest
thought and feeling. The sermon
was suitable not only to the gradu
ating class, bnt inspiring to every
person in the congregation.
Sunday night at the town Audi
torium the seniors and jnniars pie-
•sented a pageant, illustrating in a
ing. 1 he tennis games were play«'d i ^f scenes the coming of
by Rus.s(dl Wells and George Smith ‘ their subsequent
f.jr the Laniers «»d Robert (]raw-1 for citizenship in this
ford and Clarence Douglas for the j conntrj”. It showed the pjirt
Adeli'hians. In both basket ball {played by mission schools and
and tennis the Laniers came out | (•in.isfi.m this training,
victors. The busy exercise on the j The closing scene illustrated in
part of the sjwctators—especially I spectacular form the United States
the Laniers—was almost as strenn-; in jt.s paternal relation to the aliens
ous as 1 he playing, and showc'd how | from many lands,ending with a so ig
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much interest is taken in the Jith-
letii:; contests of tho two sccieties,
Saturday night in the Institute
chapel the music pupils gave a con
cert, the greater part of which w-as
piano playing, with a few vocal
numbers. Most of the pupils ac-
whose words were set
spiring strains of the
to the ir -
‘Pilgrims’
Chorus.” This feature of the com
mencement was entirely new and
quite successful. The pieces played
during the march of each band of
immigrants were the national airs
quitted themselves with credit, o! th( ir respective countries. The
and the correctness of their play-1 whole program had been arranged,
ing was noticeable. Miss Mabel i the material compiled, and much
Wells sang two solos very sweetly, } of it written originally by Mrs. C.
and :\Iiss Hope Wells and Mr. An- j H. Trowbridge,
tonio Macias rendered well a beau-1 Tho first public exercise on Mon-
tiful vocal duet. Mr. Clarence | day was the annual commence
Douglas presented the rather un- ment concert at 2:30 p. m. The
usual sight of a young man at the
piano and gave good reason for his
j)lace on the program. The ccn-
cert show-ed much attention is be
ing paid to good music at the In
stitute.
The annual commencement eer-
music department of the Instituto,
from small beginnings, has grown
year by year until it is now one of
the most imi)ortant departments < f
the school. This year three teach*
f rs were required to do the work.
Miss Blair is at the head of the de
mon and .derotional scrvice took piirtmcnt, assisted-by Miss .\Ialel
Wells, and for a part of the session
by Miss Maud Allison.
The^concert was designed to fol*
low one central theme idea, which
was a wedding occasion, and all
the music developed this idea. It
was expressed in the opening song
by the glee club, “Happy Day,”
from Robin Hood, and carried out
through all the members, instru
mental and vocal, reaching a cli-
climax in the two bridal choruses
by the glee club, from Lohengrin
and from the “Rose Maiden,”
placed near together, and ending
with Mendels.soha^s celebrated wed
ding march, played on two jnanos
by four students. Both in design
and execution this concert was one
of the best over given before the
public in Brevard.
The Lanier and Adelphian liter
ary societies had their annual con
test in recitations and debate on
Monday night. As in tho athletic
contests, the rivalry is always
keen and the enthusiasm among
the students cannot be repressed.
The program opened with a well
rendered arrangement of “Sweet
and Low,” sung by tho girls’ glee
clnb. The recitations were : “We
Speak to Men,” by iliss Gertrndi^
Edwards; “Swan Song,” by Miss
Anna P. Nichols; “A Little Child
Sl'.all Lead Them,” by Miss Neppie
Brothers; “Tho Pearl of Great
Price,” by Miss Marie Williams.
The recitations were followed by a
vocal dnet. “Oh! That Wo Two
Were Maying.” by Mis-!(is Hop^'
and ?.;a!<ci Weils. Tb*' de';i}\ti> on
tlio (|ue!-y •‘i\es<’l Vi'd, Tliat the
.Mt)nroe Doctrine should Isot Be
Ext(‘nded,” was between Jeter
Matthews and (ieorge Smith,
atilh-nndive, and Oscar Parker auvl
Robert (’rawford, negutivi*. Dur
ing tho wjiit for the decision of
j’‘dges the audit^nce was enter
tained by two numbers by the bo.y; ’
glee (dub, ■•Tinkers’ Song From
Robin Hood” and Topical song.
Tho e.ssa.r receiving highest di.s-
linction for the yf'ar was read by
its author, .Mr. Omra Jones, sub
ject, “A.scent of Mount Mitchell.”
The decision of the judges v.as to
Miss Edwards in recitation, to tho
ailirniative in debate, and to Mr.
George Smith for best individual
debute. All of these were victo
ries for the Lanier society.
Tho final cf^nimencement exer
cises took ]»lace on Tuesday night.
An invocation was made by Rev.
.1. J. Edwards of Statesville, and
this was f-'llowed by a song by thf^
girls’ glee club, “Schubert’s Sere
nade,” one of the best rendered
tnusical numbers in the entir-.^
commencement jn’ogram. The men'.-
bors of the graduating class
Uiarclicd umler a series of lloral
arches held by students and took
their jdaces on the stage. Tv.'O oi
the members read essays: Mr.
Clarence Douglas a well written
paper on “The Importance of Mu
sic ” and Miss Cora Willson an ex
tremely interesting essay on “Pre-.
Transylvania History.” This i>a-
pcr shov.'cd a great deal of research
and prc])aration and contained un
amount of historical information
in regard to this immediate sec
tion. Miss Wilkson de.serves much
credit for her efforts to put into
tangible form the floating liistori-
cal data of this county.
Owing to tho detention of the
train by a freight wreck. Rev. Loy
D. Thompson did not arrive until
a part of tho exercises had been
finished. He addressed the gradr4-
ating class Jind students, taking us
his subject “Yourself,” tho most
interesting subject, as he said, to
every person, and his remarks on
this subject were interesting and
inspiring. He urged tho students
to trust themselves, to pat a high,
estimates upon themselves, to love
tho lovely, and to hate the hateful.
He said that of nil tho wonders of
the world, man was tho most won
derful, and from this central idea
drew his conclusions to apply to
the lives of his audience.
The pre.sentationof diplomas and
certificates by the principal, Mr.
C. H. Trowbridge, announcements,
and the awarding of honors mado
the closing scene in the school
year. Mr. Trowbridge paid a high
tribute to tho graduating class,
Conl::*.'.:cd os p.igc feur. - -