VOLUME-XIX
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 16.' I914-
NUMBER-42
REQBIREMENTS FOR VOTING
As the general election is now
not qnite three weeks ahead, and
as the registration booka close on
Saturday, October 24, it io impor
tant for all who need to register to
attend to the matter at once.
There will not be any new regis
tration, but ^a nnmber of new
names will have to be enrolled.
All male citizens twenty one
years or over, who have been resi
dents of the stat« for two years,
of the cotinty for six months, and
of the township four months prior
to the date of election, and who
have paid poll tax on or before May
1, 1914, HT3 entitled to vote, if they
have registered.
Those requiring registration are
|ill who have become of age since
the Inst election, or who have
moved into the county from other
conties of this state and have been
here for six months. If a person
has moved from one township to
another in the county four months
"before the election he must regis
ter in the township to which he
has removed ; but if he has been in
the new township less than four
months before said election, he
^ust vote in the township from
which he removed.
POST OFFICE RECEIPTS
The business done in the "post
office during the quarter which
ended Bepteiiiber ;{0fwas greater
than \hut »>f tlm correspon(^ipg
Vnai'ter of liufl j car, thungb Sep
tember's sales of lS)j:{\vere in ex
cess of those for the same month
this year.
The siile of stHni])S for S<*ptern.
her, amounted to $0r.>.09 ; for
September, 1914, $.“)7S.45; for the
quarter ending September 30, 19J3,
$2(H»1.28; for the Fame quarter,
1914, $2196.14. In 1912 the sales
for the qarter were $187G.1S.
A TRIP TO THE COUNTY HOME
Mr. Henry Carrier took a party
of friends who are intei’ested in the
county home to visit that institu
tion on Monday afternoon in his
big yellow car. Some window
shades were tacked up to the win
dows and investigation made as to
the possibility of installing a cjok
stove.
It was thought that there were
only four inmates of the county
home at this time, but as one of
the brethren's hammer poiTnded on
the casings other inhabitants re
vealed themselves, but they were
not invited to partake of the re
freshments the party had provided.
The leave-takuig whs very touch
ing ; as the ladies of the party were
embraced there was scarcely a dry
eye. Let us hope that the present
home will soon be sold and a new
one l>ailt nearer town so that our
towiis-people may be able to visit
nu>ri: often.
REVIVAL SERVICES
A revival uiuetiug has been in
progress at the Methodist church
since last Sunday. A departure
was made from the usual custom
by having the services at op. m.
and 7:30 p. m.
Rev. W. M. Bi'es of Newton ar
rived Monday evening and preached
that night. His tirst sermon was
on “Bringing Others to Jesus,”
taken from the story of the para
lytic borne on his bed by four com
panions to Christ for healing. Tues
day night Mr. Biles preached from
the text, “Behold what a great
matter a little fire kindleth.” In
this sermon he likened sin to fire,
Bbowing by comparison its attrac
tiveness, its disrespect of persons,
it« contagiousness, and its expen-
fiiveness, and pointed to the only
insnrance from its destructiveness.
Mr-f Biles is a very pleasant and
the same time earnest speaker.
His thotights are logical and con
vincing, his appeals full of force
&nd feeling. The pTeeentation of
hii stibjects is very simple, bat the
thought is strong enough for tl^e
loaiarefit minds. ^
TEACHERS* ASSOCtATlQN
The public school teachers of the
county hod their association meet
ing on Friday and Saturday of last
week at the graded school building.
Friday’s meeting began at 10 o’clock
a. m. and continned until after 3
p. m. with a dinner recess at noon.
The program for both days was
carried out almost without devia
tion from the work outlined by the
committee.
The opening exercises on Friday
morning were led by Miss Georcia
Bell of the Brevard school. She
made a few introductory remarks
on the importance of devotional
exercises in school, urging the
teaching of memory verses and the
commandments, of which so many
are ignorant. She then took as a
Scripture lesson the Parable of the
Talents.
The minutes of the previous
meeting were read by the secre
tary, Miss Julia Deaver, and the
roll was called.
The teachers then loft the room
in which they had assembled and
went into the primary room, where
Miss Montgomery had a class in
primary reading. Tlie room, which
was formerly used as the audito
rium, had been changed into a pri
mary roqjn in order to accommo
date the largo number of pupils in
that depnrtment. All the visitors
were impressed with the suitable
ness of the room for its present
use, and much admiration was ex
pressed ovrr vcliat bad been done
to make it attruciivo. to cliildivn.
Friday being a holiday with the
children, there were only about
twenty in this primary class. Be
fore the It'sson tlu^re was a brief
caliHthenic drill. The subject of
the rending lesson v.'as “Th“ But
terfly.” Several of the children
first gave the story of the lesson in
their own words. Then followed a
l>eriod of vord st(idy, in which
words used in the lesson were care
fully spelled and then commented
on by both teacher und pupils.
After this preparation the children
read from their books, and when
several had read, questions on the
lesson were asked by the teacher.
The work of this model class was
carried out very systematically and
at the same time with great in
terest on the part of th6 pupils.
While the order of the childrcn
was perfect, they acted and spolfc
apparently without restraint or
embarrassment.
On returning to the teachers'
room. Superintendent Henderson
made a few announcements as to
reading circle reqairements. The
reading course for this year in
eludes two books. Phelps and His
Teachers, and The? Teaching of
Geography in the Elemenlnry
Schools, and one school journal,
preferably North Carolina Etlura-
tion.
The County Betterment Ass;oci«-
tions then went into session. Miss
Georgia Bell presiding. Th«* fol
lowing officers for the current yvar
were elected:' Pivsiiient, .
G«oryiti Bell ; viice prer«Kient,
Teague ; secretiiry and ireasaier.
Miss Dons Edwards. As there had
been but lew loca'. organizations,
reports could not be made. Super
intendent Henderson made a gen
eral report of school conditions in
the county. A special committee
consisting of Miss Emmeline Bish
op, Miss Emma Bell and A. J. Ham
ilton was appointed to make a re
port at the next meeting on better
ment work over the county.
The next on the program was a
round table discussion on the much
thought of subject, “How to In
crease Attendance.” Many valu
able snggestions were made by
various teachers. One advised per
severing eflfert to get the mothers
to visit the schools and thus know
their children’s snrronndings. Vis
iting the parents and looking up
the absent children were also sug
gested. One of the Brevard teach
ers spoke of the helpful effect of
the published honor roll, already
felt in the school. 'Another said
that she fonnd it useful to keep the
children in expectation of some in
teresting thing to happen. The
discnsfiion was entered into quite
freely.
Miss.Cora Willson of the Ros-
man school read a very iiistrnctive
paper on the “Value of Story Tell
ing in Teaching.” She profed the
strong appeal of the story by
Christ’s nse of it in the parables,
by the part it played in the real
teaching of the middle ages, and by
the fact of the child’s demand for
it. What good does the story do?
In answer to this question Miss
Willson gave the answers made by
her own pupils to the same question.
One said the story was a pleasant
change. Another said, “We have
them at school and then tell them
at home.” Another said he liked
the story people. Story telling
leads to love of good books, to in
terest in common things, increases
the vocabulary. It helps build
character because good traits arise
not from formal facts but from im
pulses.
After this paper on story telling
Miss Irene Montgomery was asked
to tell a story as she would to chil
dren. She responded with a story
which proved as interesting to the
teachers as to those tor whom it
wasYomposed.
Next was a lesson in drawing by
Miss Hattie Aiken. Although she
is now a teacher at Brevard Insti
tute, she has not been able to with
draw herself entirely from the
county work, in which she has
been interested for several years,
and for wjiich she has done service
of incalculable value. Her lesson
in drawing was designed to show
how the simple «nd elementary
rules of tlvo art might be applied
with good eilect on the educntion
of the child, training him in ob
servation, memory, imagination,
and the co-operation of mind and
hand.
Miss Doris Edwards of the Bre
vard graded school made a talk on
the “Educational Value of Music.”
Unfortunately Miss Edwards was
unable to finish her talk, being
overcome by the-close tktmosphere
and seized with sudden faintness.
A literary and musical entertain
ment was given Friday evening at
the school house, and was well at
tended by the teachers and others.
As far as possible the program was
devoted to the study of Alice and
Pha*bo Carey. The music could
not so well be adapted to the sub
ject, but the closing song, “One
Sweetly Solemn Thought,” was
chosen as the production of Pnopbe
Carey. As there is now no regular
auditorium at the school house, the
entrance hall was turned into an
auditorium, with the piano on the
landing of the stairs. After the
program the teachers and a few
visitors remained for an informal
reception. Some ingeniously de
vised games were played with
much enjoyment, and refreshments
were served.
The work of the association was
resumed Saturday morning, the
opening exercises being conducted
bv Mr. J. B. Bridges, principal of
the Brevard graded school. The
Scripture lesson chosen was Christ’s
turning the water into wine, and
from this Mr. Bridges drew some
helpful iHjilections, especially bear
ing on child life.
Saturday’s program consisted of
a pajjer on child study by Miss
FraiKMJS McIntosh of the Brevard
school and a talk on “How to Make
Spelling Interesting,” by Mr. Luko
Osteen of Round Top, both thought-
iul and instructive.
The late arrival of Mr. Robert
son of the State agricultural de
partment delayed the adjournment
of the association. He presented
the advantages of farm study in
connection with public schools.
The meeting of the association
was very well attended, only two
of the county teachers being ab
sent. The program was carried
out with marked interest. The
work of the association has un
doubtedly had a most beneficial
effect on the educational affairs of
the county.
PISCAH FOREST ITEMS
Mrs. Harry Patton and Miss Mar
tha Davis were among the visitors
to the fair at Asheville this week.
Mr. W. F. Decker of the Tannin
Extract company is on a trip to Cin
cinnati and Lonisville this week.
Mr. Brown Carr returned recent
ly from a visit to Greenville, S. C.
Mr. A. B. Jone^, agent at the de
pot, will have a vacation next week
which he will spend at the home of
his parents in Andrews. His place
at the depot will be taken by Mr.
H. R. Hinton of the Brevard sta
tion.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Morenus will
leave on Friday foj St. Albans, W.
Va. Mr. Morenns has been super
intendent of construction work at
the new Carr mill, and he goes to
St. Albans to do work of a similar
kind. He will be succeeded at the
Carr Mill by Mr. J. I. Brock of New
Orleans. The foreman of the con
struction work, Mr. H. W. Mitchell,
will also leave in a few days.
The work on the new lumber mill
is still progressing and will probab
ly be completed early in December.
The present capacity of the mill is
40,000 feet a day. The shipments
average about 30,0C0 feet daily.
Messrs Hunter and Arbogast of
the Southern contracting oompany
of Asheville have made a contract
with the Carr lumber company for
furnishing logs from the Pink Beds.
A'large camp is being established in
the Pink Beds, sufficient to accom
modate about fifty men. Sixteen
large ho'rueB of the Perclieron breed
will be used in the logging teams.
Bailey Jones and Earl Jones, the
latter familiarly known as “Casey”,
took a buggy drive to the Pink Bed
woods last Sunday to hunt for
chestnuts. On tneir return, while
driving in an easy trot, one of the
shafts broke loose from the axle.
This caused the buggy to lurch to
one-side, then to overturn, and the
occupants were sijilled in the road.
On finding they were not dead they
thought of the horse, but the horse
had already thought for himself,
had jerked the other shaft loose
from the axle, and was headed tor
home. The travelers, thus sudden
ly become pedestrians, trudged on
in pursuit. Two miles farther on
they found the horse, still hitched
to the shafts and wondering what
had become of the buggy. Borrow
ing a buggy, they came on homc-
with the chcstnuts,
RAILROAD l»!PROV£MENTS
AN OLD PASTOR RESIGNS
At the meeting of Asheville Pres
bytery, which was held at Morri
son church, in Macon county, week
before last, the pastoral relation be
tween Davidson River church and
Rev. W. H. Da«4S was dissolved at
the request of the pastor.
Mr. Davis first served the David
son River church from 1878 to 1890.
During that time he took an active
part in the founding and building
of the Brevard Presbyterian
church, which was at first a mis
sion point from the older church at
Davidson River. After an interim
of sixteen years he was again called
to the Davidson River church,
where he has served as pastor since
the summer of 1906. For the last
few years he has preached also at
Mills River churcu and at one or
two mission points.
Mr. Davis will continue to live
at his present home near Pisgah
Forest. In view of his advancing
years he has been relieved of reg\i-
lar pastoral work and responsibil
ity, but he has placed himself at
the call of the church to preach
wherever he may be sent by Pres
bytery.
A TRIBUTE
Mars Hill, N. C., Oct. 6,1914.
Mr. T. 0. Henderson, Quebec, N. C.
Dear Brother Henderson : I have
just heard of the death of your
father. This was not unexpected,
as I knew he had been in a critical
condition for some time. Yonr
father has been my ideal of a good
man all the years. I think I have
used his name as an illustration of
the upright in heart more than
any other whom I have known. I
therefore feel a personal loss in his
death. I greatly rejoice that the
influence of such a life cannot per
ish. All of you children ought to
be happy in having such a father.
I was sorry that I could not visit
him in his last illness. I.was anx
ious to have talked with him, but
pressing work prevented.
Please express my sympathy fo
your mother. I commend her to
our Father whose grace is sufhcient
for every hour’s need.
Mrs. Owen joins me in this ex
pression of sympathy to ell the
family. Most sincerely yours,
J. R. OwEX.
There will be a program given at
the Selica graded school on Friday
night, Oct. 23, at 8 o’clock, to which
the public are invited. There will
be several musical selections, a de
bate, and the presentatioii of fire
dollars by the conrity betterment
association to the school for (he
best averag:e attendance last year.
Th«j substitution of heavy weight
rails for the lighter kind, which
has been in uso on the Transylva
nia division of the Southern rail
way, has been going on for some
time. The old rails, weighing .vC
pounds to the foot, have been re
moved and 80 pound rails have been
put in their place on a considerable
part of the road. There is iiow a
new track of these heavy rails
from Hendersonville to Laurel
Park, then a skip to Etowah, and
new rails again from Etowah near
ly to Penrose.
Above Brevard 70-pound rails
will be used. One mile of these
has already been delivered with
an order for five miles more com
ing.
In addition to the laying of new
rails, others improvements are in
progress. At Rosmac a Y will be
installed for the turning of ens:ines
and other imrposes. The passing
track will be extended at Rosman
and also at Pisgah Forest.
At different points along the road
the section men are ballasting the
track with crushed rock. This
work at present is being done in
places most needmg such repair.
A long stretch of this new ballast
is being put in near Brevard.
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 nsed
several bottles of these tablets a
few months ago. They not only
cored me of bilious attacks, sick
headaches and that tired ont feel
ing, but toned up my wh^le sys
tem.” For gale by all dealers.—
Adv. (
RAWJAY
The regr.ivii proael.ing service at
the Preshytoriaa church w:js sus
pended last Sunday morning. ::iv-
ing place to the^ annual Sunday^^
School Rally Day exercisc?. v.liich
had been postponed from Ooiober
4th.
As befitting suf'a an occuh-lon^
the children, took the prominent
part. G^^tirgia Dalton recited a lit
tle luissiouary poem, and Edna
King led the primary class in sing-*
ing “The Sweet Story of Old.”
Each class made its coalvibntion
separately. The x?rin'.ra’y class
marched up and down the aisles
singing “Hear the pennies fall,’’
the intermediate class recited the
Beatitudes, and the boys’ class
told of mission work done by the
church.
The banner won by the Sunday
school last year for the largest con
tribution in the Presbytery projx>r-
tionate to numbers was hung in
full view and no doubt gave in
inspiration to the children. The
contribution of last Sunday far ex
ceeded that of a year ago, being
112.43.
RAPTIST ASSOCIATION MEETS
The Transylvania County Bap
tist Association met on Thursday
at Mt. Moriah church, Calvert, and
will continue in session till Sunday,
including that day.
The delegates from the Brevard
church are: W. M. Henry, W. H.
Duckworth, Charles Jollay, C. K.
Osborne, P. S. King, J. M. Hamlin,
C. C. Duckworth .and O. L. Jones.
The alternates ai^e: W. S. Price,
Jr., C. C. Kilpatrick, W. E. Bishop,
C. M. Carpenter and John Stansell.
The church is fortunate in being'
able to send tip a good report in
financial matters. All financial
obligations h%ve been met.