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Brevard
(Name changed from Sylvan VaUey News, January 1, 1917.)
VOLUME-XXII
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24. 1917.
NUMBER-.‘J4
TRANSYLVANIA TANNING CO.
PLANT IS IN OPERATION
Small Army of Men Rushing Rullding Operations to Comple
tion and the Process of Converting Hides Into Leather
Is Progressing on Small Scale; Relt Plant to Re Added.
The Storm Is Coming!-
HELP!
By JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG—Of the Vigilantes
With the suihh'nnoss of ti (*lai> of di'^roos jit tiinrs. “Do
thurnlor Brovnrd nearly a yt*ar ajzo you think thc.-c pcoplo aro jnstilicd
listenovl to the finnounconuMit that in svn li f«*ursy’' Mr. Silvcrstoon whs
the town would !>*• tht' homf i»f *no asked l*y u Nt>ws man.
of tho larj^est tanneries and belt “I>oyon .';niell anythin}? now?”
fa(‘torit‘s in tlu' S(Uitli and witli a was the re]>lv. The srrihe whilTed
deep fei'lin^ of a]i])reeiation ubitut the o/oney ln-rezes that s\ve]>t over
WHS raisi'd within a few niin the jdant and eonld catch nothin^j
Tiles of time witl) which to purchase mor«* otVi'n^ive than the sweet
a t acre site for the bi^ plant. aroma frotii the bark sheds and
Tune has been rollin^r on and Innir cordr »f chestnut wootl.
sin(‘e the anniuinct'uiont last No
vember things have* been imtvinii
very rapidly and the transition
from the dream staj^t' tt> that of n*
ali/,ation|has been taking ])lace ;^'rad
tiallv as the whir of machiu( ’y. the
“Follow me,” advts(‘d tlie inan-
a”t r of the ])lant, ‘‘and tell me
wht'ii y«)u ^(‘t tho lirst bad odor."
Thi' scribe went chasing alonj; and
smelled nothing until hi* had been
l‘ (l into a conerete strn“ture hous-
KriudiuiX of fort'st products and Ihe iriix 1‘Jear load-; of hidt-s from South
recei]>t of hi«les from South Amerii-a AmrricM. t'hii-M;^o and New York.
‘This is the v.oist of it added
shii.v. Tiie bark sheds are lilled
witli hark from In'mlock and clicst
I'u* ' ak : chestnut woi*d is ]tili>d
hii:’i; and about 1 .'>c nien are bu^v
ever> day comjdetimr tlu* plant Jiiul
'onvt rtinjx raw proiiucts into
leather.
'I'iit' Transylvania Tanning' com
has been in o}>eration on a
scale for about two w^eks. It
‘ some time befon* the ]»iant is
‘d and runnini^ at full capac
\n army of men is workini;
end but tht' j(d> of system
on is an immc'nse one tliere-
e )])erations will be gradual-
,'dr. Silv»*rst>-en, “and there will In*
n ) oecasi(>n for any more odors at
any time than y»ui lind todny."
Hy ituiuiry from the n^si»lent>
nearc st Ihe plant. th(‘ News learns
that fears o| bad odors remain in
the stai^e of fear and are not an
ac’t uality.
'I'he olliee of thi' Transylvania
Tannm;; comjtany is localtnl near
the crossini; »»f the Soutlu*rn rail
way over Brushy creek and on the
roadjto Kosman. The jdant is (|uite
a distance from the road and Mr.
Silversteen inforins the News that
iy extended in scope ami the nurn- thi' vacant space will be ct)nverlt‘d
ber of employes increased accord into a ])ark, thereby makinj? a
in^ly. beauty spot of Hrevard's largest
The main building 750 by Tn feet, industrial ])lant.
one seventh of a mile in length, is* Other towns made attractive bids
an immensi* structure with the fin- 'for the plant, but Mr. Silverslet'n's
ishing department on the s(vnnd : love for Brevard, where he has
floor and witii vats, each with 'rected one of tlie finest privatt*
4,(x>o gallon c^apacity, on th' mam n'sidences in \Veslt‘rn ('arolina. and
floor. All vats havo n».>t lj«*en c»m- tli3 good will exte: ded, inlluenccd
jdettni bec^uf*e tht*y are not needed location in lirt'vard.
just now, but new’ ones arelH*ing| Mr. Silverst('cn loves liis work,
made every day. Theri'ajf s«*venil His life is wraj)ped u]) with it.
building*^, the one sheltering the
boilers, the •engine room, the h-aeh
house, thti hide house, the liairdry
ing house, the office building and
l:2oo lineal feet of bark slu'ds 'Jo
ft‘ct wide, with the foundntior.
ready for another Hi.viov It is
He knows the business thoroughly
from A to Z, having grown up with
It to a great extent, and h»> linds
his knowledge of all details of real
])racti(Mil valu(‘ i*very day bt'causc*
he d'lily jum])s into his working
ch.thes and his liaiuls are never (oo
the ])ur]>os‘of the niunagcTneiit to good t(» take hold and iriv* tilings
proceed with the work as rapidly an etfectivc* shove when iu*^eessnry.
tts consistent ai>d it will be |uite a Mr. Silversteen’s coming to Bre-
while before the jdant including vard has meant a great deal to this
the belt factory, will be rumiing at county for nearly two de*ades. His
full cajiaf'ity presence and the imj>li‘it faith his
The olticers of the Tran'vlvania ' business associates havt; had In his
Tanning company are: .losc])h S.' ability and into;?rity, have resulted
Silverste‘n, ]>resident, M. !)wo-
re/ky of New York, vice i)resident ;
M. (♦smanskyof New York, 1 nvi*.;
nrer, and .lost jdi M Schain of IJer
vick, Pa., secri'tary.
Mr. tilversteen is in charge of
the o])i‘rations and is dividing liis
tiuve between this and tlu* l.’osrnjtn
in the develoiiment of th«^ T»xaway
Tanning comjiany, the Kosinan
Tanning K.xtract company and the
(;h)uc(*ster Lumr)er company at
Kosman and the Transylvania Tan
ning company of Brjvttid. The
skilled services of a man like Mr.
Silv(*rsteen are in great deniajid and
plants. I), Ward is in char^'.- of n Hattored with big i)rop-
the oflipe work and Miss Kii/.abeth elsewhen-, hut lie is con-
{iodfrey will divide her time be-; himscdf with hislalwrsat
tween tho lo’al and Kosm-iii ollices ^ Kosman. He is a man
and so will Nathan 1*. J>woret/.ky. | things and says but very
J. M. Kili>atrick has be.'n in charge ^ effect,
of construction since tin* Jirf«t w>rk j seemingly unaffected
was nndcrtakeii on tho ]>Iunt, wliich : f^reat success, and a man big
when completed, will have a spirited and g»*n
ity for thinning abour .‘>00 hii»'S tov.ard the worthy ; attends
I to his own business without med-
The conipany is j)aying a e*nd in that of others ; a man of
for bark auil has a *;ood supply | courage, character nnti in-
nndfr the sheds, ('hi stnut wood ’ sympathetic and close to
is bringing jfhe hearts of his employes—all in
Mr. .Slversteen is nnalih- to say!""’ '■''-■'“""‘I for
exactly ho .v .,..iny -T.ipl.jyos will W 1‘•“'■""“"ity shoold
nece.ssary ft) operut‘ the i)lant
therefore tho p'ayroll is problem
atical, hut it will be a largo one, the
influence of which will be telt
throughout the community.
Considerable fear has Imen e.\
pressed by some of the nearby res
idents, who predicted that a very
undesirable odor would at all time y
|)e eroanatmf? from the plant «nd fo
grateful.
ORGAN RECITAL POSTPONED
The organ recital, which was to
have been given by .Mrs. P. Noble
Simons at the Methodist church on
Thursday night of last week, was
postponed on account of lack of
power and light till Thursd«y inj:hi
of this week.
tiii.
^ Wife
list
m
Fall In!
By Amelie JoeepHine Burr of the Vigilantes.
WK thouu'lit that r*-ason li.-ul mas j N*t in tho flush of a harrcn thrill
tend men. ; I>o Wi> eoine to oiir 'le.-d at last.
Tliat poju-^* of the world was \Vt* have w>i;:hiMl onr will, we* iinist do
1orl, I our will,
r’..nt iiover tlio roll of th«- druni ;m;iin I’or thir «loiit'tinf; tiiiio is past.
Shonhl (je.iekea the thirsty s\v .1 Wc liave f»ccl our soul.s in the sleep-
I’lit our huhlti«! hroke with a !• ;i 1- ■ i-; its,
jihiw, •^I-l A li.i shall \v‘ fear l>\it sin?
And w»‘ he;ird like the tnnni.i i s .1111^ Net I, ,l*>'c *'f the l^i,'ht, hut for love
That U veU'd the walls of .leriel; > of t| liu'ht.
The old stern ery -■■/’/// In (he ■ ‘>f onr !od—'‘I'nll in!”
Who Can Tell oL.% Morrow? Don’t
Delay. Go to Church Ne.xt Sunday.
Ilf the vounii [leiiulc of toda\ whcu a>ke»] whv the\ io nut
(i> 'I'o t iiriicii .-ay il.ai they are too Inisv having a good
liuic; that they will (lO 'i’» II wlien t';--v i:row
old. 'riicy'll \elieiii' I'lly .Iih 1. le jiicir l(cli( f in tiod inul atlniil
il'at the elnireii is all rii^lit. T.ut tiicy rc)»eat that they will liuvc
jilenly of liiiu; to icpmt and (l(.) TU (.'III llc'll in their declin
ing years.
Ilow inai ■ • ’ ai’(‘ sure that thev will live
to lie old? 11. .. i ■: !■ ' "i pM i\cly say tl'.nt lliey will
U \ 10 TO '>11 A ■ ■ ' ' i!! ii’ 1' \'i . T'' u-i-a.'-'i iiiat ion is 1 he t hief
ol linie. l)oi! ' . .. ■ ‘ ' I"' ‘ r .. \s ■ at you can tlo loday. ff
you :in‘ lia\ n;,; a 1 ' : 1 'V. a;!': 'icglec!in^r .-lnircli,
M.\\ XlKiLllCl \vij> 1 ■: II. (i iiini most.
AFTER ALL, THE SO CALLED GOOD TIMES ARE MORE OR
LESS EMPTY. YOU’LL HAVE A REAL GOOD TIME IN CHURCH.
IT’S THE MAN WITH THE EASY CONSCIENCE WHO HAS THE
REAL GOOD TIME IN THIS WORLD. TROUBLED CONSCIENCES
RESULT FROM MANY OF THE SO CALLED GOOD TIMES OF
TODAY. ISN’T THIS TRUE? T.^INK IT OVER. GOD WANTS THE
YOUNG PEOPLE. THE CHURCH WANTS THE YOUNG PEOPLE.
PREACHERS WANT THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN CHURCH. THE.
LESSONS THAT ARE TAUGHT THERE FIT A MAN OR WOMAN
FOR THE BATTLE OF LIFE.
Jt.^ei'nis ihat in every line endeavor )mt the church VOI'TII
IS ]!].\TiirSI A.S'l’lC. Why net hccoinc cnthusi.istic over cliurili r
Isn't the goal worth while? j-hi‘iy young nujii and voting woman
in this coiiiinunity should make it a jioint to (JO TO CIlUIil'H
next Sunday. W'iien you were a ciiild you went, to clnircl!. Why
J'or:rct tho chiiri h in t!ie davs of c>arlv inanlMiod or won.ianhood i"*
If ilierc ever is a time when you NEED Till-: CHL'RtTl MOST
it is then. It is tho MOST ('I\1TK'.\L IM-^JMOl) of vour lii'c.
The church i.s the lU'LWAKIv OF TJIJ': NATION. Vou
vvil! lia\e to admit that, young people. Thou vi liy not lu-lp Jilo.ug
this grand (J(^ TO CTI LVh’Cll mo^’einent and attend divine ^crv-
ice next Sunday?
(.JO TO dfurn'll.
NAMES OF PNTSIGAUY
UNFIT FOR SERVICE
Two Hundred Men Being Exam
ined; 78 to be Selected From
the Whole 400 Summoned;
Many Disqualified and Ex
empted.
The 2( 0 young men r'alh d by th(i
local ext‘n)ption Ijoard tor physicul
examination on Mondaj', Tuesday.
Wednesday and Thnr.sday of this
week have been undergoing their
examination in the. order summon
ed and as was the cast* with the
first :?0() called, many havo been
found physically unlit for military
service.
A.s.a result of the examinations
on Monday and Tuesday persons
with the foliowinir serial numbers
were physically di.sfjnalitied;
I'V.*, .“)7o, -js'.-,, -jr.r, r>sr,, ii.-,,2'').-),
:;rs. 711,-JO, r:{.'., 2f;s, :,si, sc(i,
•ir>, so-j, s:,i, ir,.s, is?, 7i7, oi,
Corresponding names and num
hers of the men Inking exam
ined this week aro given on jiagi'
of the News, beginning with I’.sl,
John Allen Mo(,’all, near tho top of
the fir^t *idumn of names and ecm-
tinuing to sol, William Franklin
H. iliingsworth, about four inches
from the top e,f the sectmd c(dnmn.
No. 11, Pete Price, ooloreil. should
nol, have aj)i)eared in the News last
week as discharged on account oi
dependents.
LOCAL RAPTISTS HOLD
SPLENDID CONFERENCE
Interesting Services Held Three
Times Daily; Two Stron?
Features at Many of the Ser
vices; Able Baptists Heard.
"PREXY’S PROXY”
WAS WELL RECEIVED
“Prcxy's Proxy,” a comedy in
two acts, was played at the Audito
rium Monday night before a crowd
ed house. The play, which was
written b> Hilliard Booth, was a
clever pie(‘c of workmanshij) and
was. along with the acting which
l>io entol it, thoroughly enjoyed
by the large audience.
The music between curtains was
also favorably received. Mrs. P.
Noble Simons gave selections on
th‘! piano and Miss Mary Jane King
sang.
The receipts from tho sale of
tickets, after deducting for e.xpen-
ses, went to the Red Cross society.
Tho net proceeds were !i?7“i
Those who took part in the play
WcTi* Henry ('arrier, A. H. Ki/.er,
P. A. Lee, ('. W. Angh% Mi>s .lean-
netto Bartlett, Miss Kathleen
O’Neill and Miss Annie Ashe.
OPEN HOURS FOR THE
RED CROSS WORK ROOM
Owing to a general misunder
standing concerning the work to be
continiu'd by the W'oman’s National
League, the lied Cross work room
was opi ned on the afternoon re
served for work of the league,
iiereufter the Red Cross work room
will be oiK*n during the fcdlowing 1
hours: Tuesday H' a. ni. to
p.m. \Volnesday to •> j). m.
Thnr.«Hhiv |c a. m. to 1'2 p. m.
A c(jnference of ('hrislian -
ers b«*gan at the Jiaptist church o:i
Sunday morning and continued :i.i
Thursday night, with three scssi .’ '
a day. This conf(‘rence was simil.,i-
in many respects to tho on«* lieM i
the samo church two summers a •
but with other ■'}>eakers. Coti'I.!-
eraMe interest has been sbov i> i.i
the meetings, ari'l tlu; night
sions especially have been well at
tended. the aud:.‘n(*es being m i*;-*
np of })ersons ot all shades ol •! ■-
nominational be]:ef.
The “onfere’-'i c*- opened on S i:i
day morning with a lectur** o
l)roi»hecv by 1\ v. R. V. Miller > t
Hendersonville, wlio was tin; ciii- :
speaker that dv.y and Monday. Ncat--
ly ail of Mr. Miller's lectures vcr >
on the general theme of unfulKillt ]
])ro])hei‘V as i elated to present il i v
conditions. Th • most imj)ori it.:
of these lectures, perhaps w»-i •
thost- on the se orid-comin_' "i
('hrist an(t the -inal onedeliv. !
Monday night. i:i wliich he en-lcav-
ored to sliow tin :.';a:e occupit i h,
th(‘ world war in the prophetic vi>
ion of D.iniel.
(>n Tuesday and Wednesday Tii::!;t
Rev. LangstOi’. a rrt4*irn nMS^'
from Sao Paulo, spo
terestingly of miss:on work in
country.
On Tuesday afternoon, Rev A
K. Brown. D. I)., spoke on ri:-'
Baptist Program, ■ and at night oii
(Tinstian servicc. On Tutsdiy
morning and night and Wedn•.■^'l!l^-
morning Rev. J. D. Moore, o! Ril-
eigh, l>. Y. 1\ r. secretarv t .r
North Carolina, siioke on theme.'
connected with the work of youn:.'
])eople.
Rev. K. W. (.'awthon, pastor ( i
the first Baptist church of H* nder-
sonville, made strong addres'cs e,!
Wednesday afternoon and night.
On Thursday, the closing d.»y of
the conference, Mr Langston auain
talked on Brazilian mi.ssions, :in 1
Rev. W’. F. Poweil. ]>astor (f th'
First Baiitiat clinrch of Asheville,
made the tinal lectures.
Interesting and inspiring tw th-."
ladies were the services held eae];
afternoon at 1 o’clock by M > W
H. Woodall of A>l:eviile.
Those who were sj fortuna* •
to attend the c rilerence Wi • r> .
warded with hearing able ( xp"--.
tions of the Bible, strong ]'resec.-
tations of sjrlritual truth, an 1 enr -
nest calls to Christinn s'^rvic - X >t
least aii'iong tlie r.ttractions > f th ■
week's program was the sin.Lring o!
Mrs. Brann of Asli!.ville, v.h 'S-.*
female tenor w;.s tlu; subj '. r ef
much remark. Her aeco^ai'air.-
ments were i'l::ye 1 by her hns’mn 1,
one of ti:- Ashcv.ile ministe:
The eiii'.re conference pr :ra- i
was arranged by the pasto". u • ■ ,
' A. \V. McDaniel.
60L0 MEDAL OFFERED
FOR ZEB VANCE ESSAY
MR. COOKE LOSES MULE
C. M. Cooke had the niisfortnno
to lose one of his farm mules Taes-
day. The animal had been worked
during the morning, and when
brought in at noon, dropi>ed on en
tering the lot and soon died.
In ortler to stimulate interest in
8tateatad county history, tho Tran
sylvania Chapter T. 1). (_'. again
I olTers a gold medal to pupils in the
I public stdiools in the sixth grade
j and alxivo for the best essjiy on the
subject, **Zeb Vauce, War (Gov
ernor.”
These essays must be not less
than i:.U() words in length, and
must be handed in not Liter than
September l-'i. Furtiu r i ;dcs gov
erning the contest may Le learned
by applying to Miss Annii* (J.^'-h,
president of the chi.jiter, or to Mi>.«
Katherine .Erwin, lil*rarian.
Renew before expiration.
MISS ERWm and prof.
RILEV TO ACCEPT WORK
Ki.tl’ierin*; Erwin b:.s bien
retiuest'd ty the North Carolina
C)ar.oi! "l deft nse to colie. r dat i
pertaining to Transylvania’s '.vnt ir;
the })r» sent war an.l forward *■) th-.-
St-tte ri'.:;l Cominis.-? i v
preservnt.on. This recomciendM-
tion wtis ma.le by N. M. Ho’.lowt II.
who gave up the work ov.
his early departure, for wh:- ’i rea
son i.e also reLcnimendt : that
Prof. A. B. Riley le ajipoi.i'td to
snc.t el hiir. ks county secretary in
gathenng and compiling ci- , ‘lata
once a mcrth !n Trauv \.-.nia
county.
UBRABy KOUBS
The I'lirur}’ is naw open • very
morning ir-. :u iu to allo w mg
two hor.rs for reading and tho ex
change of books.