MIRROR OF TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY LIFE
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(Name changed from Sylvan Valley News, January I, 191 *.)
V0LUME-XX(1
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUAI{Y 26. 1917.
NUMBER-4
3ig Baptist Revlof I
Draws to a Close On
Friday; ^The Program
' ^ i
DR. VV. D. NOWLIN
The rovivjil >('rvifos whirh h:i\e condwct h1 tin* siii{:;ing at the revi-
been in i)rogiv>s thi* Brovurd “t Uiis church a j-eur hjj:o.
Baptist chnrch ior the hist eh*V( n
days will comt* t> a close on Friday
nifiht of this week. The ])roi'ram
for the renuiinio^ services will be
found ht'low. j
The meeting; has been featured!
by iii>])irinjjr seriuons by Dr. W. I).'
Nowlin and hv music of an uplift-;
in*; and spell lnndin; charactt*r by
W. L Wolslui:'*!. A nuiuher of tlie
On Friday Tuorninp the ])uj)ils of
the ])nhlic scht)ol and those of I*re-
Viird Instituti* will attend in a body
and about r>0 voices from the Insti-
E. L. \VOLSLA(4EL
Kh.v. .. McDaniel
Pastor Brevard Baptist Ch;jrch
backslidtleii liu ve r. v.-rsed in the
direction (»r th' ir con se and sever
al of the utismx - (i have found Chri.'»t
for their lir"t tin.r.
Indications to »>ven trreater
resnlts in till' ’i': tVicomiin.' services
and stre.',« wii: ' IjP'I mn tnakinj;
the most of 1 •• i-.'Ti' iv lutr oiii-'or
tanitifs »it t^hi- -n . t nu'.
Stronir apix als i he delivered
by Dr. N o\\ ini n>f " I \\ olshi^rel
hits arrnriL'ei o' m -i nsiimrmu
sical protrr sni ! ''i 11 to the
tut‘ Will com])ose the choir for this
! service. Another musical feature
of the n\orninir servict* will be a
st.h) by Mr Dodsworth, “Have
Thine Own Way.’’
On Friday ni{rht the Ba]itist
(]uart t compos.'d of Thomas Dods
worth, Noah M. lIolU»well, Ora L.
Hnd .1. ('lyde .lones. will .sin^
‘“Xcjuer My Home ” Mr. Wolsla-
trel will also siny: solo selections at
these scrvit!es.
FARM LOAN ASSOCIAT’N Methodist Revival to Follow
HAS BEEN ORGANIZED
ORGANIZATION CREATED
AT MEETING MONDAY
R. H. Zachary, President; M. L.
Hamilton, Vice President; T.
C. Henderson, Sec-Treas.
On Heels of that of Baptistsy
Which Will Close on Friday
At an enlliusiastie and harmoni
ous rneetii)}' of some t)f Transylva
nia's most progressive farmcr.s on
.Monday in liri'vard the Transj’lva-
nia Farm Loan association was
organized.
Th* oflicers are :
President, K. fl. Zachary; viGo
pr('sident, M L. Hamilton ; secro-
tary-tr» asurer, Prof. T. liender-
son.
Those int(‘rested in the or^ani/u-
tion met in the otlice of Prof. Eien-
(h'rson and discussed various T)hast‘S
of the work to be nndertak(*n, alter
which the following' directors '.v‘re
eleott.'d :
P. H. Zacbarv, M. Tj. Hamilton,
T O Thrash, Prof. T. C. Henderson ,
and i'. F. Baldwin. ^ j
Followin}; tlio adjournment of j
the associatitm the directors met |
and 1‘lected otlier oflict'rs. 1
The directors will im'ct again ^
n»‘Xt Saturday at 1 :.!(> o'chn k. I
The association members art^ '
I'rcf!lly entbused over the or^nni-!
zation and believe they will realize
a ^reat dt‘al of {'ood from it, espe-
cijillv in th(! way of loans on easy ;
paymc'nts and with interest not to
exci-ed ») iH*rcentum. ,
ElTorts will be made to increast'
the mi‘mb(^rshi]), which stands at
'22. Members have made a])j)lica-1
tion for - a total loan of **,’7,^00.
Kach ap])licant t(»r a loan has sub 1
scribed for on«' share of stuck for 1
every’i'lo*'loan. • :
the members and
api>lied for follow :
The names of
the loans to be
P. fl. Zachary
M. L. Hamilton
P. J. Woodlin
T. C. Henderson
W, D. Waldro])
W. K. Kilpatrick
F. Henderson.
T. O. Thrash
O. .1. Morf^an
E. E. Ledbettt^r
J. T. Justus
C. F. Woodfin
(’. F. Baldw'in
John S. Bo^^s
W. H. Suinmey
T. S. Wood, jr
Halei"h C'a])i)«
W. J. Raine
W. \V. Gallow’av.
\V. M. Ball
U. W. Hall
Total
Bec:innin,'
I, Kc?v. \V. E. Poovey, ])astur of
the Brevard Methodist church, will
conduct a serit's of evanfrelistic
n!cetinjrs at his church. At the
mornint; services during' the first
w’eek of the meetint^ Prof. Miles
Reece, from the Brevard Institute,
will make a series of “(^uiet Talks
. to Christians.” This will 1h* to
^-.0(M)' ^vh^•^ are just be^inninj;. those
l,ii(Mt: .^viio bcirinnin^ attain, and to
, thi>s(' who di'sire to begin and to
continue to ^row in urace and
1 •>()() » ^
power.
The ]'astor will preach only at
niyht durin;; the lirst week, but
will conduct two services daily dur-
inj? the second week. He invites
land ur^t's the cooperation of all
Christians in the community in
continuation of the WH>rk that lias
already been so well begun in the
town.
The singer, D. Ward Milam, now
of Gastonia, will bave charge of all
the music. Tlie (*ld songs will be
nsed largtdy, and congrt'gational
1 OoOi singing w’ill be eiicouraged. liooks
4 00 , are t>eing ]n-ovided for all.
Beginning on the rising si)iritual
27,s00' tide, it is heli(ived that there is no
BREVARD METHODIST CHURCH
n Sundav. February
1.0(Kr
•,>.000
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1,000'
1.000j
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7001
1.000
m. BOOTH’S PLAY
(From Asheville Times.)
Hilliard fJooth of Brevard has a
])lay
Brevard Wins Another
Girls* Camp School
Members of Faculty of State Mormal at Greens*
boro Who Recently Visited Brevard Through
Efforts of Miss IQatherine Erwin Have Selected
Rockbrook Farm Near Brevard as Home for
Summer Camp School for Girls.
reason why this r«'vi val, led oy one
of the town's ]iastors. and co oper
ated in hy the others and their
])eople, should not lift tho entire*
community to a higher s])iritual
level. Other announcements W'lll
bo made next week.
Praises For Brevard
Rev. W. E Poovey. who w'as re
turned to the pastorate of the I>re-
vard Methodist church for a second
year’s w’ork V»y the conference up
on the urgent re(iuost of the mem-
bt*rs of the local chnrch. has the
following tribute in the North Car
olina C’hristian Advocate of Jan.11 :
Brevard, beautiful for situation !
Crowning a ])lateau that overlooks
the lovely French llroad valh*v.
Encirch'd by an endless cliain of
mountains of varying height and
ever-chanving hue. In the ci'nter
of the famous Sa])phire Country.
Reminding om^ of Kejits lin«‘s. j
“Ethereal, flushed, and like a throb
bing star
Seen 'mid the sai)phire heaven’s
d(‘ep n'pose.” ^
Such was the initial impress uj)on
the eye of an itinerant ])reacher
who for the first time detrained
in the gem city of Transylvania a
little more than a year ago.
The second impress was made
upon the mind during the get-a.’-1
quainted days. This was of the '
type of citizenship ot the town and
its environs. Tt seemed that the lit
tle resort city had managed to k(*ej)
the verv cream of tho tourists who
Brother Tuttle was with us,
]>reach('d a great sermon, and coc-
ducted tho conference business lika
H veteran. It had been seven years
since he finished out a quadrenni-
um as pHstor at Brevard, and hi»
old parishioners and other frieniJ^
crowded the church Sunday nigbfe
to w(‘lcome him in his now rela
tionship.
W(‘ are ])lanningfor sjv'oial evan
gelistic services the lirst of Febro-
ary. We hoj)e to have Brother
Milam with us and are looking for
ward to a good meeting. We
this w(‘ek f^losing contract for th«e
inst:illation of a ])ipe organ to co3t
m .000. The organized Sunday'
school classes are planning to bvnkl
several individual class rooms tb?&
year. Withal we look forwani
with hope.
Fraternally,
W. Ed{.\r Poovky.
Brevard, N. C., Jan. J5, 1917.
$1,800 MONTHLY PAY
ROIL 8Y COTTON MILL
Brevard Cotton Mill Fays Out
Handsome Little Sum to its8i9
Employes V/ho run the Plaot
120 Hours Each Week.
Until the casual observer siti?
down and taki*s time to figure cr
w’hat an industrial enterpristf?
had been attractetl to this section ^ town i>
for a season, and had merged this ;
element into the stock doscended j ^ Mill, \\hich its-
from the sturdy ]>ion‘ers who first ^‘‘7 J*ud night, making
Brevard is to have another snm- [ visited Brevanl. and Miss Rhoda
mer camp school for girls, making Paxter, also of the State Normal,
two cam]) schools for each sex in j Miss Erwin, a gradnate of the
this vicinity. | State Normal, who in correspon-
The proposed school will be open- ,dence with these ladies learned of
BAPiloi’
fine seh‘cion?).■
of nearly 100 eh;l(lr(*n
solos, duets, mill (juur
prepared.
On Thursday nig^t
let composed ot Mrs.
derson, Mi'^s P! -a
Thomas D-'d'Vf v:,, „
slagel will rend r f if
a production o; J.
‘t'>oster choir
, n orogramof
t -l-* has been
a mixed quar
W. P Hen-
Dnckw»»rth
nd Mr. Wol
t Me Higher,”
Bahhitt, Vv’ho
bright and delighiiul om -aft
in the current, issue of Snapi>y i
Stones. The ]ilay is entitled, ••A
! Saint in StrijH s ” Mi*. Boiirh. for-
; rmTly ot Ne*v York, bat tor the last
seven or eight years a residv nt of
N(»rth Carolina, made his home in
Asheville until the last year or
tw’o, whi n he removed to Brevard
' and has a stone lodge built npon
i 1 lie mountain side. Mrs. Booth is
I al.^o a w’riter of short stoi ies and
j serials Mrs. Ho >th’s daughter.
Miss Katherin“ Bingluun, v' as for-
! merlv a stud(>nt at Sain^ (ien-
('vieve’s and has many Irirnds in
Asheville.
New or renewal subscriptions
(beginning January 1) will cost
$1.00 for one year, 60 cents 6
months, 35 cents 3 months, 25
cents for 2 months.
ed next summer by members of the
faculty of the State Normal at
Greensboro.
The News recently told of the
visit to this section of two ladies in
search of a suitable site for the
school as a result of tlie endeavors
of Miss Katherine Erwin, w’ho took
them t«) ('onnt‘stee, See-OIT, Rock
Brook Fann, Davidson River. Lake
Elvira, C’amj) Sapphire, French
Broad Camp and Camj) Joy.
Miss Erwin has been informed
that the school will be established
at Rock Brook Farm this summer
and that the promoters of this insti
tution are expected in Brevard this
week to execute the i)reliminary
details necessary to the lease of the
property, for which an agreement
has been reached with the owner,
Mrs. H. P. Clarke.
The school will be established by
Mi“s Laura C. McAllister, head of
the phvsical training department
of the State Normal at Greensboro,
Miss Edith Haight of the same de
partment, both of whom recently
their desiro to establish a camp
school for girls, bent her efforts to
ward inducing them to visit Bre
vard and give con**i«leration to this
si‘Ction. This they did hut reserved
their dticision until after visiting
Henelersitnville, Bat Cave and Ashe
ville. Miss Erwin enlisted the co
operation of Major H. E. Haines or
the French Broad Camp (who sees
great possibilities for cam]i schools
for girls in this section) in present
ing the local desirablcne>s for such
an institution.
Rook Brook Farm is ideally situ
ated for such a scihool. It is almost
in the shadow of the towering clift's
of Dunn’s Rock af\d Castle Rock on
the Brevard-Greenville road. Good
bathing facilities will be afiorded
in French Broad river as well as
shower bath arri*ngemonts in a
sparklin.g mountain stream near
the school, which will have ample
grounds and buildings for carrying
out the ideals the promoters of the
school have in mind for their insti
tution.
ventured “beyoml the big woods ;
thus giving to the' community an
unusual type of substantial citi
zenry.
Among the many favorable im
pressions that have followed
through the year, one stands forth
as dominant: The loyalty and lib
erality of tho ])eo))le to the best
things. Some of the most beauti
ful sites in the city are crowned
with church buildings. On one of
these elevati 'ns, just a stone’s
throw from the S(juare, and over
looking Brevard Institute with its
two commodious m;iin buildintrs and
nuiny cottages, stands the Meth
odist church and parsonage
To have been the pastor of this
church with its loyal membershij),
to have come in touch week by
week with the students and faculty
of the Institute, to have preached
twice each Sunday to a sympathet
ic congregation of morc^ than two
hundreti and fifty, to have had a
loyal band of women so solicitous
for the comfort of the uastor’s fam
ily, to have had a Board of Stew
ards who assumed all responsibility
for raising the regular budget, who
could increase the pastor’s salary
the first year on faith and again
the second year on hope and hold
up his hands in so manv helpful
ways.—these are ])rivileaes that
make one glad to have returned foi
a second year.
And the year is starting off with
bright promise. Tho first Quar
terly Conference has been held.
hours each week and employing on
an average about bO operative**,
has an average monthly payroll
^1,S00. This amount distributei^.
in Brevard makes considerable pina
money fcr its people and a nice lit
tle sum for its business houses.
The owners of the plant had en
largements in mind about a year
ago but machinery prices have ad
vanced so much of lite Superin-
cnt J. W. Burnett announces that
an extension of business is not con
templated.
LYCEOM DIDN’T
PLEASE SO WELL
The Iris Com^ert company, coki-
posed of reader, contralto soloist,
pianist and accompanist, the secoBc^
number of the Redpath lycenijsi
Course, appearing at the Auditori
um Monday night, was not receivetS
as enthusiastically as was the tizsfc
number.
The attendance was probably thi^
best that ever turned out for an en
tertainment of this nature and
those interested in the success ot
the course, the program was qiiite*
a disappointment.
While the members* of the com
pany are tirtists in their lines, therr
selectioi|s happened not to be of
the kind to move the audience
any euthnsiastic degree.