Sylvan
VOLDME-XIX
BREVARD. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9. 1914.
NUMBER-41
MUaOEBEB CAU8HT HERE ,
W. F. Chadwick, charged with
the killing of Depiity SheriflF Lind-
aav at Greenville, S. C., lant Sun
day, was captared here on Wednes
day night by Deputy Sheri^ W. H.
Harris.
A notification had been sent to
the officers of this county that Chad
wick had escaped and a reward of
1400 had been offered for hia arrest.
A description also was given of the
man. Deputy Sheriff Harris was
on the lookout Wednesday and
Wednesday night, and had taken
his place of watch in an engine on
the railroad yards, expecting the
man to go that way. His calcula
tions proved correct. When Chad
wick appeared, Mr. Harris seized'
his man. The fugitive made a
move of resistance but was prompt
ly covered by the deputy and sur
rendered.
On searching his prisoner Mr.
Harris found a number of cart
ridges up his coat sleeve and a 38
special Smith & Wesson revolver
concealed on hi«» leg, under the
trouser and sticking in liis shoe,
and held by the garter.
The prisoner gave his name as
Chilly Red, bat was identified by
Sheriff Rector of Greenville, who
came here Wednesday, as W. F.
(Chadwick. He is being held here
for requisition papers.
D^TH Of W.A. BURUNQAME
Mr. William A. Burlinffamt* of
Sapphir’^' ‘tiwP on Thuraday, .Sept
tember 24th, at (5 :;}0 o’clock p. m.
His death caine suddenly. Early
in thf* afternoon of that day he fell
from his chair in whak seemed to
be a stroke of apoplexy, from which
he never rallied.
Mr. Burlingame had been living
in the Sapphire section *^ver since
1891, when ho came, there from
Worcester, Mass., with his family
to take the position of machinist
for the old Sapphire Valley Corun
dum Company. He was born June
18. 1851, at Grafton, Mass., and was
of English descen‘. When a young
man he served for a while in the
United States navy. He wa^i mar
ried to Miss Minne Dnnkor, of his
own state. Of this union six chil
dren survive: Mis.ses Daisy and
Katrina Bnrlingame, Albert and
Alfred Bnrlingaine, all of Sapphire,
Miss Jennie Bnrlinganie of High
lands, and Mrs. E. T. Raines of
Brevard.
Fiir a number of years Mr. Bur-
lin^^Mme wus postnuister at Sap-
phi rt*—first at Snjipliire Inn, and
afttM’vvard «t the new location in
this coiinty. «nd in connection with
tLf ]*ost oHieo kept h store.
Hn WHS a woll kn^wn and re-
S|)«H5fetl t itizen. was a mf>Tnber of
the Methodist < hnre.h, and u Mason.
The funeral services were held at
UnM.n church and cemetery on
Saturday, September 2fi, and were
condhcted by Rev. C. M. Carpenter,
past -r of the Methodist church at
Rxsitian. Tl^ burial services were
con*luct*^d bv the Masons.
Excursion train from Asheville
October 15.
SPECIAL TRAiN SERVICE
For the convenience of the peo
ple of Brevard and vicinity the
Western North Carolina Fair Asso
ciation has arranged for a special
train to leave Asheville at 10:20 p.
m., Thursday, October 15, and carry
passengers for stations between
Asheville and Brevard. The pro
gram for the day will be so ar
ranged that patrons of the fair will
have an ojSportunity to remain on
the fair grounds throughout both
the day and night shows, includ-
injp; the magnificent Spectacular
Fireworks Display and Free Acts,
without being obliged to remain
away from home over night.
Penrose high school has secured
the services of Mr. Mitchell of
Monntville, S. C., as principal to
fiucoeed Mr.Minton, who resigned
soon after the opening of school
two weeka ago. Mr. Mitchell en
tered upon bis duties last Tuesday,
and all three departments of the
«chool are now in operation with
good prospects.
BESICHATIONS DEMANDED
After investigating the conduct
of Buncomlie county officers upon
special instructions from Judge E.
B. Cline of the Superior court, the
grand jury recommended the dis
charge of Magistrates W. R. Gudger
and James A. McIntyre, Deput^
Sheriff T. R. Parker and Convict
Guard Grady Anderson. Immedi-
at«ly following the filing of the re
port Deputy Parker handed in his
resignation, although the two mag
istrates and the guard have not yet^
done so. Judge Cline states that
he will take what action he deems
necessary to force them to resign.
The grand jury reported that the
guard had been guilty of whipping
prisoners unmercifully at his camp,
while the two magistrates and the
deputy have been attempting to
perform their duties w’hile under
the influence of intoxicants.
The government will be called
upon to spend more than flOO,OCO
in the acquisition of about 10,000
acres of timher and mineral lands
in Yancey and surrounding coun-
ties, if the report of the commis-
sionors named to ajjpraise the hold*
ings is adopted. The land is owned
by more than 500 people, and the
government recently started the
condemnation proceedings, the de
partment of agriculture desiring
the property to protect water
courses in Western North Carolina.
A score of the land owners, dissat
isfied with the 'fpporf of^ the com-
miSsionoTis, hnve asked to Imve
their lands viewed by a jury which
will be named at an early date.
With less than one week remain
ing befora the opening of the West
ern North Carolina Fair, which
will begin here October 1.3 for four
days, all preparations have l)een
completed for the exhibition, and
indications are that the fair will
be the most succeFsfnl ever held in
this section of the state. Entries
are coming from all points and the
grounds are in readiness for the
placing of the exhibits. In addi
tion to the many educational, agri
cultural; poultry, field, swine and
orchard exhibits which will be
offered for the inspection of the
thousands of visitors v. ho are ex-
l)ected to attend the exhibition,
the management has arranged the
best midway ever shown in West
ern North Carolina while elaborate
displays of fireworks will be shown
each evening. Special trains and
regular trains carrying passengers
on special fair rates ^vill bring
thousands of visitors from all s»jc-
tions of Western North Carolina
whde hundreds of Asheville people
will siKind their time during the
four days of tV.e fair at the grounds.
The main building of the Win-
yah sanitariunj, the institution
founded and owned by Karl Von
Ruck which is devoted to the
treatment of patients suffering
with tuberculosis, was practically
destroyed by fire at an early hv*nr
Friday morning with a loss of b<'-
tween $50,000 and $75,000, said t..
{ be parriy CDVf.red by insnrHm-*-..
'Thnlhug sei nes ii-aiuivAi ihc iitu
as scantily clothed patients rushed
from the building, being 'driven
from the rooms to the chilly out
side air by the smoke and tongues
of flame. Upon the site of the
burned structure, the management
of the hospital announces, will rise
a more modern and commodious
building. Work on it will be
started a.s soon as adjusters from
the insurance companies view the
ruins. Afready work has started
on a temporary kitchcn, dining
hall and heating plant.
Charles E. Sorrels, on trial for
his life in the Buncombe county
Superior court on a charge of crimi
nally assaulting Mrs. Ernestine
Hooper, a resident of this city for
the past two years, Friday pleaded
guilty to simple assault on a wo
man, and was sentenced to the
Buncombe county jail for a term
of sixty days. He will pay the
costs incurred in the case, and will
pay thirty-seven and one-half cents
per day for his maintenance at the
prison. The case has attracted
wide attention in view of the tact
that the young man is prominent
in Aflheville bnsiness circles, and is
well known throughout this section
of the state.
That the Seaboard Air Line is
contemplating the oonstrnotion of
a line from Butherfordton to Bat
Cave is a rm?ior which is being re
peated ' ifrom Apparently^ good
sources in this set)tlon of the state.
The recent visit of Thomas F.
Ryan to the last named place gave
rise to the report*.
The city of is consider-
ing returning to the plan of work
ing convicts on the city streets,
this method of improving the thor
oughfares here haying been aban
doned several years ago. Asheville
has much street work to do, and
many convictions, in the police
court each day lead the street com
mittee to believe that the convicts
could be worked here to good ad
vantage.
HONOR ROLL
Follo.wing is the honor roll of
Brevard graded school for the
month of September:
First Grade—Edward Perkins,
Joe Ballard, Mildred Clayton, Paul
Glazener, Robert Scruggs, Dewev
Gravely, Kenneth Owensby, Cicero
Gillespie, Andrew Allison, Frank
Bishop, Eliisa Henry, Francis Bur
rell, Agnes Clayton, Ula Shook.
Second Grade—Clarcnce' Black-
well, Nelson Bowen, Knox DeLong,
John Duckworth, Mitchell Fortune,
Fred McGaha, Glenn Galloway, A.
J. Loftis, Arthur Mason, Wells
Singleton, * Nat Townsnd, Carl
Towm*end, Mildred Trantham,
iEcUth Galloway, Dock Gravley.
Third , Grade—Tohn McMinn,
Ruth'McCaul, Herbert Shook, Inez
Nicholson, Georgia Dalton, Philip
Price, Georgia Tinsley, Bertha
Presley, Gertrude Whitmire, Echel
Galloway.
Fourth Grade—Archibald Cald
well, Louise Townsend, Odell Nich
olson, Annah Foster, Kat« Gilles
pie, Dewey Mull. Pau^l Cook, Mar
vin Garden, Howard Singleton,
Hampton Scruggs, Frank Duck
worth. Edward Sanders, Joe Clay
ton.
Fifth Grade—Ruth Mitchell, Re
becca Blythe, Pearl Duckworth,
Ollivj Gillespie, Lula Garren, Mar
jorie Garren, Jennie Singleton.
Sixth Grade—Dick Zachary,
G«orge Snelson, Thomas Scruggs,
Robert Kimzey, Reba Ashworth,
Myrtle Garren, Marie Gillespie,
Clara Gillespie, Elsie Hayes, Mary
Heath, LilUan King, Irene McMinn,
Beatrice Mull, Louise Mull, Lou
Neill.
Seventh and Nin*h Grades—
Beezie Bracken, Ruby Duckworth,
Doni«l Garren, Mae Garren, Donnie
Mae Gillespie, Clarence Deaver,
Byron Olney, Izetta Gillespie, Al
berta Perkins.
Eighth Grade—Irene Duckworth,
Ruth Duckworth, Flave Corpen-
ing, Dora Gillespie.
Tenth Grade—May Burns, Gladys
Galloway.
ROSMAN SCHOOL PROGRESSING
Rosman school has settled down
to hard work. The enrollment has
gone above 180. Literary societies
are organized in the school. The
faculty is offering a night school
free to all who will avail them
selves of its benefits, and the ladies
betterment is getting busy. It is
planning great improvements for
the school grounds. Miss Kath
ryn Wilkinson of Clarksville, Va.,
graduate of the' Southern Conserva
tory, is making the music school a
grand success.
CARO OF.THANKS
With a full appreciation of all
favors, we wish to express our sin
cere thanks to all our friends who
so kindly aided us dnring the ill
ness and after the death of our
husband and father.
Milue L. Henderson,
T. C. Hbndbrson.
Toned Up Whole System.
« Chamberlain’s Tablets Lave done
more for me than I ever dared
hope for,” writes Mrs. Esther Mae
Baker, Spencerport, N. Y. -‘I used
several bottles of these tablets a
few montln ago. They iiot only
cured me of biliocis attacks, sick
headaches and that tired 6ut feel
ing, but toned np my whole sys*
tem.’^ For cale by all dealers.—
Adv.
GEORCE W. HENDERSON
He was a son of Canada and Pol
ly Henderson, and was born in
Buncombe county August 4, 1835.
When he was two years old the
family moved to Laurens, 8. C.,
and from thence to Macon county,
N. C., when George was only thir
teen years of age.
Here among the beantifnl moun
tains, tlieir pea^ towering heaven
ward, and by the crystal streams
flowing quietly on to swell the
mighty deep, young George *grew
to sturdy manhood, and thus sur
rounded by all that nature’s God
could combine to make man useful
and happy, he imbibed that loving
heavenly spirit which so completely
rooted and grounded itself in his
whole being that it continued to
shine brighter and brighter till the
perfect day. At the age of eigh
teen years he professed faith in
Christ and united with the Mission
ary Bantist church, and for more
than sixty long years, through war
and privation and the various trials
,and vicissitudes of life, he main
tained a faithful and consecrated
Christian character, never forget
ting his duty to his fellowman nor
his service to God. At the age of
twenty-four he was ordained dea
con of his church, which officc he
held the remainder of his earthly
life. He served as Sunday school
superintendent for fifty years, and
during all this useful career God
has sanctified and blessed his social
and spiritnal li!o. He volunteered
his services and joined Col. Geo.
N. Folk’s cavalry in the war be
tween the states, and in this duty
for his country, like that to his
God, his neighbor and his family,
he was faithful to the end.
October 12, 1858, he married
Miss Millie L. Peek, and to this
happy union was born eleven chil
dren, eight of whom, and his life
long companion, still survive him,
viz.: W. B. Henderson, postmaster
and railway station agent at Que
bec ; J. K. Henderson, a minister of
the gosi>el at Elizabeth City, N. C.;
Z. I. Henderson, a minister of the
gospel at Seneca, S. C.; T. C. Hen
derson, our present county super
intendent of public instruction,
and C. W. Henderson, a farmer
near Quebec, N. C. ; Mrs. Mary
Miller, wife of Gideon Miller; Mrs.
Elizabeth Reece, wife of L. E.
Reese ; Mrs. Louisa Miller, wife of
David Miller, all of whom live near
Quebcc, and who are filling the
highest and noblest i)osition or
daincd by God for women, “the
buildingand maintaining of homes.'
In 18T3 he moved to Flat Creek,
Transylvania county, where most
of tkis long ind beitutifnl lif(i has
been spent. His health havintr
failed, he moved to Brevard June,
1914, for medical treatment, but
time and disease had wrought such
havoc that only temporary relief
was effected, but the gentle hands
and kind-attention of both physi
cian and family were administered
till death came September 28. Sep
tember 29 Rev. A. J. Manley con
ducted the funeral services at Oak
Grove Baptist church amid a large
concourse of sorrowing relatives
and friends, and his body was laid
to rest in _ Oak Grove cemetery.
Thus a well spent earthly life is
ended, but his influence lives on,
and will reverberate on the shores
of eternity.
Uncle George never murmured
at his lot, but with that God-like
spirit met and performed his duties
faithfully to God and man. The
door of his home swung open witU
that same welcome hospitality to
mankind that the door of his heart
opened to receive the Spirit of God.
Uncle George had not stored up
earthly gold, but he had laid up
treasures in heaven. “He was
rich toward God.” He has fought
a good fight, he has kept the faith
and gone to receive his crown
which the righteous judge will give
him. For among his last w;ords
were these: “I am ready; not my
will, but God’s will, be done.”
A Friend.
MR. wilson;s replt
Brevard, N. C., Oct.* 3, 1914,
Hon. Chas. B. Deaver, Republican
Non>inen, House of Representa
tives, Brevard, 'N. C.
Dear Sir: Replying to your favor
asking that the candidates for the
house of representatives meet in
joint debate in the county cam
paign which is soon to begin, I de
sire to say that your request meets
with my approval, and I "shall be
glad to meet you and fix such dates
ns will meet the approval of the
respective committees of the
county.
I assure yon that I expect to
make no appeal to the j)eople of
the county along finy line 'except
that which I think is snpportied by
the polices of the party I represnt,
and I do not propose to inject any
thing that is personal unless the
public records justify my doing so.
Very truly,
G. W. Wilson,
Democratic Nominee House of Rep
resentatives.
CARD FROM MR. NORTON
Editor Sylvan Valiev News:
I was surprised to see an article
ill your last issue signed by W. J.
McKinna in which he makes the
strange, and to me the ridiculous,
charge that Sheriff Joe Pickel-
slmer is above the common man,
and intimates that he is stuck up.
This is the first time in my life that
I over heard of such a charfje, and
I have known Jce since loyhood.
1 have stayed all night with him
many times and have had him to
stay with me, and I never had any
thing to do with a friendlier or
more accommodating man, or a
man more near or close to the com
mon people. In fact he knows you
just the_ same when there is no
election as he does when an elec
tion is on, and he knows you in
Brevard as well as in the country.
I have never known Joe Pickel-
simer when he was not obliging,
agreeable and friendly. I am a
democrat, but believe in keeping
the record straight.
Vours truly,
Lee F. Norton.
Lake Toxaway, Sept. 29.
PEACE SERVICE
Excursion train from Ai^eville
October 15.
Attend the W. N. C. Fair Octo
ber 13 to 16.
The day of prayer for peace—
Sunday, October -ith—was observed
liere by a union meeting of all de-
nominations # at the .\^thodist
church. The services were held
in the evening. Though the
weather had been unfavorable all
day, the attendance showed a wide
spread interest. The main church
auditorium was filled with people
and a good many were compelled to
get seats in the Sunday school
room.
A choir made up of singers from
the different churches led the con
gregation in the singing. Mrs.
David Ward acted as organist, as
sisted in the instrumental part of
the music by Mr, W. H. Harris on
the cornet, Mrs. W. H. Harris on
the clarionet, and Mr. D. L. Eng
lish'on the violin. Several special
songs were given by the choir with
the accompanying instruments, and
Miss Mary Blair, director of tha
choir, sang very effectively a solo,
“Thou Wilt Keep Him in Perfect
Peace.”
The opening prayer was made by
Rev. C. D. Chapman of the Epis
copal church. Talks were made by
Rev. C. D^ Chapman, Rev. M. M.
Wamboldt of the Baptist church,
Rev. W. M. Robbins of the MethO'-
dist church, and Rev. E. H, Nor*
wood of the Presbyterian chorpli.
All the speakers were accorded
close attention, and although the
services lasted for an hour and a
half, there were no signs of weari
ness in the congregation. Each
speaker had some particolar line erf
thought, and all were good.
At the conclusion of the service
• collection was taken to be con
tributed to the Red Cross fund.
The amount collected was about
115.
Ezcnrsioii train from Asheville
October 15.
Attend-the W. N. C. Fair Octo
ber 13 to ie.