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VOLOME-XIX BREVABD, NORTH CAROLmA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13. 1914. NUMBEE-46 MEETING IN PROGRESS The protracted meeting at the Baptist chnrcli, which was an- noanoed in last week’s issue of the News, bef;an last Sunday with the regnUr Snnday services, conducted by Rev. M. M Waraboldt. The congregation on Sunday night was made up of the regular attendants of all the churches, ser vices having been called in at the other places of meeting. Although juait at the service hour a heavy rain began to fall, the church was almost filled with people. Mr. Wamboldt preached from the text, “We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen.” The sermon was most appropriate - as introductory to a series of revival meetings. It was one of those strong and eloquent appeals for which the preacher has become so well known during his work here, and which never fail to hold the nnflagging attention of the entire audience. The meeting on Monday morn ing wfs led by Rev. \V. M. Bob bins, who read a series of verses on the work of the Holy Spirit and made illuminating comments on them. On Monday night Mr. VVam- boldt preached a strong sermon on the judgment. Rev. A. W. McDaniel arrived on the Tuesday morning’s train in time to Conduct the service. He spoke with commendation of the reasonably large number in tendanro, miny of whom wern pils from the graded school, took “Prayer” as his subject, and made a thoughtful and suggestive analysis of the Lord’s pr«.ver. Mr. McDaniel preached Tuesday night to a large audience on the text, ‘ Be not deceived ; God is not mocked ;'4or whatsoe»er a man soweth that shall he also reap.” Reaping he showed to be a neces sary result of sowing—of the same kind, in greater quantity, and in proi^ortion to the amount sown. Ho gave many striking illustra tions of the terrible harvest of evil reajjed after the sowing of evil seed, and also called attention to the brighter t^ide of the same great truth. On Wednesday morning the con- gregation was larger than in any previous morning service, the school children again filling many of the seats. The preacher spoke again on ‘ Prayer,” its necessity, why it should be employed, how it should be exercised. SCHOOL ENTERTAiKMENT at- pu- He TOWNSHIP OFFICERS At the Rosman hitrh school last Friday night a public entertain ment was given, consisting « f reci- tutKins, music, etc. Mr. Welch Galloway of Brevard was present bv invitation and luaJe a brief but exot llent address. After this part of the program thtM o was a sale of pies and things to raise money for school purposes. S(.ni*‘wliut original ideas for cap- tniing peniiiesi were devifud by the managers of this sale instead of the rather antiquated plan of the box supper and cake raffling. A fishing po(/l was constructed behind a curtain, and small articles of varying valne took the place of fish. The flsherman stood in front of the curtain, paid liis fishing tax, and let liis line over the curtain to the pool, where a package was at tached wiTh a “bite” and then drawn up. This furnished much amusement. The pie sale was another pleas ant invention. There were about forty pics of various kinds, and each had under it the name of the lady who made it. The purchaser selected his pie, the name of the lady was read, the lady herself was then weighed, and the price paid was a half cent a pound of the maker’s weight. The ladies weighed all the way from 90 pounds to 250 more or less, and some of the pies brought a pretty god^ figcire. Ureat suspense was felt by the purchaser before the name was read on acooont of the tincer- as to the makers avolrda- pois. ' AlK)ut S35 was realized from the different sales. In the election last week there were several candidates for town ship officers whose names were not given in the table for the county officers. The votes according to townships were: Boyd—Road overseer: D. R. Hol liday 51, T. J. Hollingsworth 70. Constable: S. A. Smathers 74. Jus tice of peace: J. M. Blythe 9, B. R. Ledbietter 72, S. V. Brown 75, Charles Reece 25. Brevard—Road overseer: F. V. Whitmire 220, Fred Johnson 178. Constable : J. B. Allison 163. Jus tice of peace: E. T. Henning 136. Catheys Creek—Road overseer : R. L. Hogsed 112, W. M. Bird 104. Constable ; A. C.'Clark 87. Justice of peace: R. F. Glazener 106, J. P. Whitmire 101. Dunns Rock—Road overseer: L. A. Ashworth 61, J. F. Cisson 6. Eastatoe—Road overseer : L. W. Duncan 78, Joe Garren 88. Con stable : H. W. Paxton 55, J. C. Gal loway 97. Justice of peace : J. M. Powell 70. Hogback—Road overseer: J. A. Breedlove 88, W. J. Owen 41. Con stable: Louie Fisher 108. Justice of i>eace : Walter Hinckle 99, T. C. McCall 96, Lawrence Morris 104. Gloucester—Road overseer : Grif fin Owen 48, C. A. McCall 54. Little River—Road overseer: M. George 50, Joe McCrary Constable; Hubert Sammey 3, M. Burns 56. Justice of Peace C. Capps 95, A. B McCall 16, H. Gray 47, J. S. Heath 19, E. Heath 29, John McCrary 1. W. 58. W. ; J. W. A. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS The ten proposed amendments to the state constitution, as voted on last week, failed to carry. The voters of the state in general were either opposed or too indifferent to poll an opinion. In this rounty, out of the votes cast—which were but a small part of the registration—only a few were actually against the amend ments. The totals, according to the numbers of the amendments, are as follows : First, 260 for, 12 against; second, 264 for, 19 against; third, 235 for, 8t against; fourth, 297 for, 11 against; fifth, 256 for, 12 against; sixth, 258 for, 11 against; seventh, 248 for, 18 against; eighth, 248 for, 16 against; nirth, 245 for, 15 against; tenth, 270 for, lO against. LARGEST NAVAL GUN \ The largest naval gun in the world, a 16 inch riHe secretly con structed at the Washington navy yard, has jnst been com])leted for the United {States navy. The largest guns now used in the Ain<*r- can navy are 14-inch gunscarrind by the dreadnoughts of the Norih Carolina clasa. It is claimed that the ne'v truu will have a range of fifteen im'. -s and twice the penetrating poA’i-r of the famous German hosvii/; which have recently come into prominent notice. There was a closely contested game of ball on the Institute dia mond last Jfonday afternoon be tween representatives of the Adel- phian and Lanier societies. The girls were out with their colors and kept themselves warm with enthu siasm and cheering while boys played. The result was a victory for the Lanier’s by a narrow mar gin. Best Cough Medicine for Children. “Three years ago when I was liv ing in Pittsburgh one of my chil dren had a hard cold and coughed dreadfully. Upon the advice of a druggist I purchased a bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and it benefir«d him at once. I find it the best cough medicine for chil dren because it is pleasant to take. They do not object taking it,” writes Mrs. Lafayette Tuck, Homer City, Pa. This remedy contains no opium or other narcotic, and may be given to a child as confi dently as to an Adult. Sold by all dealers. adv EVENTS OF THE WAR The war, which began in Europe and involved so many of the coun tries on the continent, has not been confined to European soil or adja cent w^aters. One of the most im portant naval engagements so far reported took place on the first of November off the coast of Chile, South America. A squadron of English ships was intercepted by a much stronger squadron of the Germans, and the result was a vic tory for the latter. The British cruiser Good Hope, Rear Admiral Craddock’s flagship, was sunk, and so far as known all its crew per ished. The cruiser Monmouth was also lAdly damaged by the German fire. A desi)atch from Tokio on No vember 7th stated that according to official announcement the Ger man fortress Tsing Tau on the Chi nese coast had surrendered to a combined infantry attack of Brit ish and Japanese troops. T.vo hun dred Germans were taken prisoners. The fall of the forts and the sur render of Kiao-Chow mean a seri ous loss to the interests of the Ger man empire in the east. Germany has many valuable concessions in China, and from Kiao-Chow con trolled a considerable amount of territory. This stronghold has been in Germany’s possession over since 1897 and was obtained as a kind of indemnity for the murder of two missionaries. Tho Japa- tu sc, roposriiizinf? it as a stratej^ic point of great imporlunce, began its investment as soon as Japan en tered the war as an allj of Eng land. As a consequence of the re cent victory there was great rejoic ing in Japan, and the jieople were wild with enthusiasm. In both eastern and western Eu rope the Germans seemed to be thrown on the defensive about the fi»*st of the week. The allied line in Belgium and northern France hud remained unbroken and was i assuming offensive operations, while the Russians were claiming important victories in Russian Po- lana and a retiring movement on the part of the Germans. NEWS NOTES FROM ROSMAN L. F. NORTON Editor Sly van Valiev News: Not long ago in school I made the acquaintance of a charming, sweet little boy. His name was L. F. Norton. He was the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee F. Norton. He was an interesting little fellow. Responsive, alert, quick to see where he might aid anyone, and withal a lovable childish nature was his. In truth, he seemel such an embodiment of childish inno cence that one could but wonder if sin could ever hold sway in his realm. By and by he was not so well and had to miss a few days from school. But we dreamed not of anything dangerous. He had planned to invite his little school mates and teacher to take supper with him on his seventh birthday, November 6. But his malady grew worse, and on November 4, 1914, he passed to the great beyond. Ah ! yes, we met at his homo on November 6, but instead of cele brating his birthday, as would have been our pleasure, a large crowd of sad-hearted friends and loved ones slowly followed little L. F.’s casket to its resting place on the hill be low his home—the Reid cemetery. S. R. Reid conducted the funeral. It is pathetic to witness such separations. The home has lost a darling, the school and Sunday school a certain radiance, but we believe that heaven has one more gem. “The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away.” His teacher. Sue F. Glazeuer. Prof. J. Z, Green of Raleigh gave an interesting and instructive ad dress at the Rosman high school! last Thursday afternoon on the subject of “Co-operation Among Farmers.” Farmers’ unions, said Prof. Green, are the greatest cures for hard times among the agricul tural population of a community. By a number of tillers of the soil combining together for mutual helpfulness expensive agricultural machinery may be purchased and used in turn by every member, thus enabling the poor man to com pete with man of means. Another advantage of the farm ers’ union is the improvement that may be made to the stock of every member. Horses, mules, cattle, hogs, sheep and poultry will be graded upward by the union owner ship of blooded breeding stock. Prof. Green also spoke of the edu cational value of such an associa tion and its bearing upon rotation of crops, the economical planning of farm buildings, the marketing of crops, etc. By reason of a com munity raising a certain grade of cattle or any other farm product buyers are induced to come and purchase where they would over look the individual farmer. Farmers’ unions also help to make the social life of the farmer more interesting with neighbor hood frolicks, corn huskings and picnics In concluding Prof. Green told Sfveral humorous «n«*c(totos. Prof. T. C. Hender^on ably .sec onded the address of Prof. Green, and in closing related an incident to illustrate the advantage of or ganization. He said: “A little boy was playing in the field when he observed a bumble bee. He promptly provided him self with a paddle and knocked Mr. Bee down. Soon he saw others all over the field and put in the morn ing swatting bumble bees. At din ner h« told his mother thai: he was king of the bumble bees—that he had killed a whole clover field full of them. After dinner the little boy went out again with his pad dle and spied one solitary bumble bee sitting on a hollow log. Promptly ho swatted him. But another came, and then another, and soon a whole swarm mude the little fellow drop his paddle and run for home as they kept hitting him. ‘What’s the matter, sonny,’ said his mother, as h« rushed into the house. ‘I thought yon were king of the bumble bees?' ‘Yes. mother,’ sobbed the boj', ‘I killed them one at a time, but these is organized bumble bees.’ ” So, for th ■ farmer, organization is the key to success. FILLING THE DITCH We desire, through your paper, to return our most sincere thanks and heartfelt gratitude to all of our kind and sympathizing friends and neighbors for their kindness during the sickness and death of onr darling, little L. F. May God bless them all. Mr. and Mrs. Lee F. Norton AND Family. Lake Toxayray, November 10. Huckleberry pie, V-I-C-T-O-R-Y; Are we in it? Well I guess. We’re the ones that filled the ditch. Yes! Yes! Yes! The above is the new yell of the Rosman high school. All who have visited the school house will re member the unsightly gully that runs diaganally through the school grounds When Rev. E. H. Norwood vis ited the school over a year ago he suggested to the children whut fine fun it w’ould be to make sleighs and dig down the hill at the back of the lot and fill the ditch. The Betterment society took hold of the work and raised the money to buy the large tile to make a drain at the bottom of the ditch. Some eighty dollars were required for this tiling. Now the pipe line has been laid and the filling started. Already enough soil has been dug from the hill to make a bridge across the gully some ten feet wide and the proceeds of last Friday night’s entertainment are to be used in furthering the work. A picnic was recently held and all the children, teachers and friends of the school helped fill the ditch. INSTITUTE FACULTY RECITAL The music faculty of Brevard Institute, assisted by Mr. C. D. Douglas of the graduating class, rendered a very attractive program Saturday evening. Aa this ■vtras the first time for the new chapel to be used, the occasion was of double interest, and a large number of friends from town was in attend ance. It is a matter of congratula tion that so technical a concert can be given in any secondary school. The pieces selected were all of high p.rade and of considerable diffi culty, and the performance was highly creditable to all concerned. Miss Blair sang two attractive com- pofitions of her own. The entire program has been praised, but probably more than their share of commendations have been heard in regard to the Capriccio of Mendels sohn played by Miss Blair an«l Miss Allison, Weber’s “Invitation to the Dance” by Miss Wells and Miss Blair, and one of MacDow- ell’s Polonaises by Miss Blair. It was also surprising to find Beet hoven’s Symphony in C minor ren- dered so well on two pianos by tho teachers and Mr. t)ouglas. The movements allegro con brio and andante con moto were given. The following was the musical program in full: Mendelssohn’s Capriccio Bril- liant, Misses Blair and Allison; McDowell's Witches Dance, Miss Wells; Norris’ If All the World Were {Summer Summer Land (vo cal), Miss Wells; Chopins Polo naise in A major, Miss Allison; Weber’s Invitation to the Dance, Misses Wells and Blair; McDow- ell’s Polonaise in E minor. Miss Blair ; Blair’s If I Were King and When Most I Love Thee (vocal), •Miss Blair ; Beethoven’s Symphony in C minor, two pianos. Miss Blair, Mr. Douglas, Miss Allison, Miss Wells. The new auditorium is very pleasing in appearance an*! is cai)a- ble of seating about four hundred persons. The galleries with thsir railings add much to the beauty of the hall as well as to its f:eating capacity. BOX SUPPER AT ROUND TOP On Saturday night, Novomber 7, there was a box supper at Round Top school house, well patronized by the people of the community and attended by many from a dis tance. Tho school house had about all it could hold, and everybody seemed to be out for a good time. The teacher, Mr. J. L Osteen, introduced to speakers to the audi ence—Superintendent T- C. Hen derson and Mr. A. P. Bell, princi pal of the school at Little River. Mr. Henderson made a short, prac tical talk, directed chiefly to tho pupils of the school and especitilly the students in the seventh grade. He urged on them the importance of finishing the work of their grade and getting ready to receive cer tificates of graduation at the next county commencement. Mr. Bell spoke on ‘ Success.” He mentioned the qualities of char acter and mind which were neces sary to true success, and pointed to the shining examples in history of men who had won the goal coveted by all mankind. His speech was well prepared, presented in an im pressive manner, and was very ap propriate to a gathering of young people. The sale of boxes was executed by Superintendent Henderson. The boxes were numerous and brought fairly good prices. The whole sum raised from the boxes, cakes, and minor articles of sale was about $30, and will he devoted to the pur chase of much needed school ap paratus, such as blackboards and wall maps. Importaut. Bear in mind that Chamberlain’s Tablets not only mtve the bowels but improve the appetite and strengthen the digestion. For sole by all dealers. adv CARD OF THANKS Having been elected for the ofBoe of county treasurer I wish to thank the people most ancerely for their most generoofl Bopport. t feel gratefnl to my friends for the kind ness they have shown mo, B. T. BAma.