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vard
(Name changed from Sylvan Valley News, January 1, 1917.)
VOLUME-XXII
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SKl'TKMBER S>1. 1917.
NdMHER-
COUNTY FAIR TO
BE GREAT SUCCESS
Enthusiastic Meeting Held l^ast
Week—County Fair Associa
tion Organized and Officers
Elected. C. E. Orr, Pres.; T. 11.
Shipman, Treas.; C. K Osborne^
Vice-Pres.
irCEUM SEASON
OPENS OCTOBER 3
U. D. C. Make Contract for Five
Entertainments. First Number
to be Orchestral Quintette.
Season Tickets to be Sold.
Liist week, during; the ftinners’
institute, tber6 was a inortinj^ t)f
the cominittoe a])])ointi‘d to tH>nfor
about the county fair, ami at
nieetint' a lair assoi’iatii>n was
organixt'd, with K. Orr as i>n‘si-
dont, T. H. JShiimian, Si'oretary and
Treasurer, and K. Osborne, Vu’c-
presidont.
On Tuet^day of this week at a
meeting of the oflieers the ^ent'ral
plan t)f proceedur^* was discussed
and ooniinittees were appointed to
work out the details (»f the fair.
The K*'neral plan decided u])on is
to have tlu' fair on October at
Brevard making an exhibit of aj^ri-
culturul i)rodncts and live stock,
nnd awarding ]>ri/,cs for lini* ex
hibits.
Tb*‘ I'ounty coinn\issionors have
agnnl to reijucst the calling in of
tlu‘ s iMunty bulls for fair day at
the county's cxuens'i.
No detinite arrangciuent havf
yet bcon niadtMis to the nuiiilter jiml
amounts of pri/.cs. A linance cori\-
inittcL* was appointi'd to solicit >ub'
MTiptions to tlie fair fund, which
will incluib' money offered for
prizes.
Efforts will be made to have fine
exhibits of corn, potatces. and other
agricultural ])roduct^.
The live stock (‘xhibit will oi cu]iv
a ])rominent jdace at the fair in
order to show what the (*ounty is
doing in this iiu])ortant industry.
The following coniunttces w. rc
named to look after the details ol
■working up the fair in dilTrrrnt
sections of tlu* county :
lUevard : H. H. Znchary, T S.
Wood, L. K. Scruggs.
Cathey’s Creek: Fleni (ibi/.ciuT.
Wesley McCalt, .Iordan Whitmire.
11‘igback : W. B. lienderscui, T.
S. }{i*id, Volney Owen.
(ib)uce."tcr : .1. H. Hou.se, Vanci*
(lalloway, Herman Kitchen.
Ka^tatoi': .1. K. (-tlazenvr, Jirn/ic
(Jltrzcner. I'd. \\'hitmir»^
Kast F(.)rk : .bie (iillcsjiit*, ( 'harlu'
(iravlcy. Charlie iarren.
Dunns Kock : T, .1. Wilsun 1],
L. Allison. Hughey Orr.
(’rdar M'tuntain : V. B. -\IcC;ih:i.
E. A. Heath, (it'orgc Bishop.
(iranue : M L- Hamilton, F.
Woodfin, Wade Mrrrill.
I’v’nrose : W . Ij. Talli y. John Wil
son, Paul .1. Wi'otll’n.
Daviils'in Kiver Section: .1. L.
'J'hra>h, W. D. Deavt^r, WiKy Tfiy-
lor.
The Daughters of the Confeder
acy have secured the services of tlie
Piedmont Ijyeeum Association for
the coming fall and winter season.
P’ivi' numbers are booked for the
season, the first to be at tlu' audi
torium on October '.Wd.
'I'he first of th«‘ series is the Do-
rring orcln*stral (juintette, includ
ing the manag»*r, Mrs. Doering and
four other young women. I’ntri-
otic airs will be a special feature of
the ])rogram.
The r. 1). C., under whose auspi
('cs the lyceum entertainments.
wen> given last winter, will can
vass the community for the sale ot
season tieki'ls, and hope to make
the business even more of a success
than last year.
ASHEVILLE PRESBYTERY
MEETS HERE NEXT WEEK
Fall Mcetini; of Presbytery at
Presbyterian Church — First
Session Next 'Tuesday Night.
Meetings Open to Pubhc.
The fall nu t ting of Asheville
Presbytt'ry will be hidd at th(‘
Presbyterian church, beginning on
Tu('sdtiy night of next week.
About 1.) ministers and deh*.
gatfs from about churches ar**
(‘xjH^cted at this meetiUkr. which
will continu'' jirobably thiough
'riiursday. Devotional servi(“cs and
business nu'otings will occupy
ini)rning, afternoon and t'vc'uing
ses.sions.
An entertainment committi'e con
sisting of H. »V. Blyth(‘. .1. W.
Smitii and Mrs. T. H Shipman
j will si'e to the assign I ent of deh'-
pai“s to tb* various liomcs.
Tiir st‘s>ions of I’resbytery aro
o])cn to the ])ul)ltc, and all arc* in-
vitfd »-s])»'ciully to tlu (h'votional
(‘xcrrisi s and addrt'.sses on relig(,'Us
thrfiies.
SOCIAL MEETING OF TEACHERS
Is God Your Friend? Then Visit
Mis Home. Go to Church.
A'l'CH the long line of |M-ojiic entering clmrch
on Sunday. Isn't it a I’iu I that tiiey arc
really the woith while iico[»!c in tlie cotii
nninityr If you are a hii.^iiiess man, dnn't
veil jircfer tiealiiig with a man who is a
C()NSISTi:\T ( l!l'II(’ll(i()Kl{ rath.T
than v.ith a man who never go(>s to cliureii?
You wouhlii't hcsif;ite to 1N \ ri'H AN ^’
AM) A 1.1. (H- 'I'llKSK PKOPLK enter
ing chuich to your home.
A MAN WHO GOES TO CHURCH CAN
NOT GO WRONG VERY LONG. A COMMON
EXPRESSION IS THAT SOME PEOPLE GO
TO CHURCH TO KEEP UP APPEARAN'CES.
THAT MAY BE TRUE. BUT THE FACT THAT A MAN WANTS THE
COMMUNITY IN WHICH HE LIVES TO THINK THAT HE IS GOOD
AND GOD FEARING SHOWS THAT HE WANTS TO BE GOOD. HE
WANTS TO ENJOY THE RESPECT OF HIS FELLOWS. WHILE
THERE MAY BE SOME HYPOCRITES IN THE CHURCH, IT IS NO
EXAGGERATION TO STATE THAT THE GREAT MAJORITY OF
CHURCHGOERS ARE HONEST, UPRIGHT CITIZENS.
'J'here is something ]ta>iciil!y wrong with a man who, wiiilo pro-
i’essinLT a heliel’ in a .Su]ireu'.e iiein'j', fads to tak(> the o]>i'ortunitv
the ciiuivh alVords to WOKSiilp' THAT SrPllK.MK T.KIXCj.
If V"U have a dear friend anil \ ou pa.'S hi> house every day without
droi'])ing in to se(> him, you would not Maiiu* that man for Dt.H'lVP-
I\(J 'J’llFi SIXCI-'JM'rV of youi' 1 ri r isiiiji.
Do you wi-h (I('d to D(M ii’T 'lOl K j-[J ll^X D.''II I P? l'o\oi.
want to L(>SF HIM ,\S I'i»ii!.\l'. It' vou dcn‘i. dri.o in:-'
his house A'r LKAST OXC1-. .\ W Kl-K.
Show that V(Mi ar( sinct're in \"V.r helief in (lod hv C-OIXC
TO Clirii’Cll next Sunday.
TllF.X (iO TO CHURCH lA FKY SI XDAV.
HINTS TO REDUCE miOtl PICW HIZffiD
8E0 CROSS WORKERS
MEET WITH DR. ROYER
Noted Clergyman and Red Cross
Organizer Confers with Execu
tive Committee Many Definite
Instructions Given about Work
—Training Class to be Forme d.
i i
TO CAMP JACKSOr^
Second Call for 40 Per Cent of
Quota—Report to Local Board
I'ucsday — Leave for Cainp
Jackson Wednesday — Ail
White.
A dolightful soc-ial meeting of
t;\'iehers and a few of their friends
outside the i)edagogieal ])ule took
place at t]u> Hr('vard Institute on
Monday evening. The recej)tion
was given Isy tlie Institute faculty
to the graded -^eli'xil teachers as a
gi-t aer;iiainti (1 ]»arty.
A literiiry and musical jirogram,
l)resuled over by Miss Hattie
Tlie t"llowiiig were aitpointi-d on j Aiken, oiu'of the Institute teaeh-
a tinanee eominittee. : i-rs. was thoroughly enjoy**\l by all
W. L Aiki ii, . ’ l)u;kv.ortli, ! ]>rost lit. This was followed by a
Robert >rr.
Tht‘ live stock cornmittee is
follows ;
U . Deaver. T. T. i’atton, W. II,
■ )uik worth.
,\n effort will be nuide to have
the eonnty b"anl of (‘d’jeation .'-us-
pend all l)'il'lic >chool> on the day
of the fair. As tl'ere will be no
*onnty commencem''nt this fall,
theri'should Ih“ a large number of
t^chool ehildren present at th«‘ fair.
With the county thus orgHuiziMi
into commslt^M's. it is btdieved tliut
interest wili be still further aroned.
funds raided, and all details worked
out for makiu;^: the fair a success.
Last vt“’ir, a:;ouf tiiistiiiic, .''CVcrf.l
prizes were olfervul to school pu})ils
for dilTerent exhibits at the county
coiiiuiencement. Tlie eomtnence-
uiont having been j>ostponed till
Spring, the fair will l)e the projter
time and place for these exhibits,
fjere arti the pri/ >s. Try for one ;
f.'),00 for the best lit]? i>ig (any
regular breed), by Brevard Uank-
jng company.
$5.00 for the best exhibit of can
ned goods fruits and vcgo^
tables), by Fttrmers Snj>pl7 company
scries of thought-producing and
i!)irth ]iru(lueing games, and tliese
by ice cram and conversatioK.
>n the suggestion of Mr. Trow-
l)vi Ige, who said that he had long
wi.'.h(‘d for a closer connection be
tween the teacbi rs of the Institute
nnd graded sehocil, th(' party prt's-
eiit re:;olved i^'self into a social and
j.tlf e id Mire society, with Mr. Trow
bridge as ])r(*sident and Henry Han
son as secretary. It was decided
to have regular monthly meetings.
Matciial reduction of thp fire haz
ard in the motion picture iiuhiptry
in rxpf tf'il io result from thfj pul>!i-
ration of hulletint! undpr the dir'-(-
tlon of the Coiumittce on Fire I’r-
ventioii Rp^ulntlons and Insurance cf
the National Asso( iation of tbe .M >-
tion l’i( turo Industiy. Inc. nulleti”
Nnnih>'r 1. wlii^-h ha.'^ ju^t hoon issued,
points out that insurance rates on
fllms nnd buildings where (ilm is used
arp rPKulated l>y tlu^ losses and th»
hR7.aidou.s conditions now common to
the industry. It then sets forth, un
der the attractive headins “Ten
Kinds of Fire Insurance That Won't
f'ost a Cent of I’reniiums” the follow
ing suj?K*stions for prevention:
1. Keep plenty of water handy,
(a I In an automatic sprinkler system
Bultable to Tour conditions; (b) In
convenient huck»-ts; (c) In faucets
with an inch and a quarter ho^e ami
rozzle attached. tdi Havt? fire ex
tlnpiuishers. \vhi( h everyhtnly is shown
hnw to use; (et K«.'i) sand p:iils han
dy. Sand will stop a small tilm firo
(piickly and will not damage the
stork.
2. Keep film in containers when
not aciuall.v in us(‘. 'I'h*' time loss in
replacin.c; it is nothintr. Naked filru
is the one condition tliat guarantees
that a little tire will get heyond con
trol it! a few seconds.
Throw film scraps into self-
closlnjr metal cans, never into op.ui
waste baskets.
4. Keep the cnttiim rooms, etc..
well swept. The tiny pict -*s oi film
that fly about make the dust as dan-
ro'vis lis so nuieh gunT)ow?i‘-r.
r>. Havf a professional electrician
4o all youi wiring, in a( cordance wi'h
fivcr.v- city ordit'aui'p. no matter how
“uniensfuiable" it seems. Have the
light rlnbes caged—a broken glob^
may make o:;ly one spark, hut that
can i^iiite ?1.miiO worth of film. Han
dle no film by any artificial lijrht hut
I’leci••j( ity.
f). Hox your radiators and steam
Iiilicci, The ftlui that touches a hot
pip(' and ( tinkles up might just as
easily have burst into flame.
7. Knfone the "no smoking” rule,
(live the boy': a smoking room if they
need it. and make the bos.s and his
gue.-ts who are looKing over the place
leave their cigars. cigarettes and
]>ipcs outsidi'. as tiicy would if thev
stepjied into a thc;;ter for a glimpse
of the jticture.
S. Danish the “strike anywhere"
match. Fuinish boxf's of safety
matc hes free, if le-ccssary. Hut don't
have anything that will light except
when it is intended to
it. Keep only enough cement. ga.-
oline au'i collodion on hami for the
day's work. They are all highly m-
ilarnn!at)le. and should be stored where
they can do no harm.
10. .‘\pi«oint one man oi- woman a^
tire monitor, and let him know it is
all his job is worth to fail to call down
I the boss, the cutter, or the (,'lYit-e hoy
for any carelessness.
The bulletin is being tilstributed to
all the affected iisterests in tlie busi
ness. 'I'lie commit iee is comiiosed of
Jesse L. Lasky. Charles M. Hiscay and
F. H Klliott.
MR. DUCKWORTH ON GOOD ROADS
Daily Thought.
The greatest succesa is confidence o.'
perfect understanding between sin
cars people.—Emerson.
for th(‘ best dozen ears from
half acre of l'.»17 corn, by Brevard
11 ard wa re company.
0(» for the b('st peek from
fourth acre of Irish potatoes, by T.
r. Henderson.
0(1 for tlie best pair of I'.M?
chickens (thor(Uighbreds of any
breed), by W. E. Poovey.
Other prizes will he offered f-.r
best loaf of brc'ad, ])aTi of biscuits,
pound of butter, nriinjikjn, etc.
FIditor. News :
After the tU)od—and 1 don’t mean
th‘ one that came in Noah’s gen
eration, but the one since that
time—1 heard man? of t!ie citi
zens of the town and county say if
the cimnty commission»‘rs had tlu*
nerve they wxuld issue scrip or
notes on the county and build some
good roads throuj'h tlu, county ; I
believe I am guilty of using the ex
pression also. When the new road
commissioners were ajypoitited I
thought surely the trooti road
things we men had b»‘en talking
for the last ten years would be
done. When I was sliowing luy
friend Blake a farm at Selica one
of the hardest problem-- in contend
with in selling Mr. I!l
was the bad roads in ;
Blake says: ‘-I lil.
all right, but b)oW
have got to travel •
Stdica But T w.,
said, “IrL'ld on,
j representative ere .
and apjiointed thre
•'.OMers and in le.ss
we w'ill hftve a san-
the farm
• unity,
property
a road 1
evard to
ieol:. 1
k(>, our
Mew law
‘ommis-
()'years
id from
■the ((ninty of Henderson to lios-
j man."
I 1 really thoui:ht so, and yet
: think it ouiiht to bo so, and within
j the time, but si‘ven or eight months
j havii passed and no concertel ])lan
elYeeti‘d to build good roads. Only
sevent(‘»^n months remain to do the
work if my ])iophecy is fulfiib'd.
(!an it be done? Yes, 1 answ(;r.
I How? iSy the road commissioners
having the in‘rve to dtuuand the
county commissioners to issue scrip
or notes on the i-ounty to do the
work, then the people can vote
bonds later to ]»ay olY the note and
save lots of interest that thii tax
l)ayers would not get benefit of to
Tote bonds now to start the work
with. All due respect to the pres
ent road commissioners, but if 1
held their ollicial ])osition I would
build some sand-clay roads through
the county within one year or 1
would extend such «ympat!iy to
the taxpayers of the county t » r«‘-
sign from oliiet^ and ask that the
road work Ite ])ut back iti the hands
of the county commissioners and
stop the extra expense of main
taining the new office and the peo
ple receiving no benefit from same.
Dr. Francis Boyer, rector of All
Souls church, Hiltmore, and State
chairman of the Bed Cross society,
met with the executive comtiiittee
of the local organization Wedne».
day afternoon in the Brevara Club
rooms. While the meeting was es
pecially for the committee, e^everal
others interested in the Red (h-oss
work were ]>resent.
Dr. Boyer's vi.sit was for confer
ence and instruction. Ho made no
formal address, but talked with the
members abont organization, gave
a number of specific directions and
suggestions on the methods of work,
and answered many (juestions.
In regard to the work in which
many of the ladit s are now actively
eniraged, he said tbtit the most im
]>ortant thing now to be Uone is
gauze work, and as this requires
special preparation to make the
work acceptable, he recommended
the fi^rmation of a class for train
ing in this branch. He also recom
mended the making of hospital gur
ments and the knitting.of sweaters
and muillers. Several of the laJic~
present signified their willin^'nt'Sh
to enter a class tor taking instruc
ti(m in gauze work.
Taking notice of tlu; small pro
portion of men present at the meet
ing, Dr. Boyer said that there was
no reason why every man, not now
in the army, should not ludong to
the Ked Cross societ The demand
for the work, he said, showed no
sign of dirtiiTiisiiing ; the govern
ment was ])re])aring not for on*,',
but for *‘Vt‘n tive or >i.N: years of
war ; and from present indication^,
conditions were* favorable to our
cneiiiii'S.
Those who heard Dr. B«iyer wert*
muidi pleased witli his talk titid the
instruction given, and were madt*
»nort> tl'.oroughly enthusi.istic on
tin* subject of lied (.'ross work.
Libraries in Coffee Houses.
Refore the days of free libraries
*)ook rooms were attached to English
coffee houses and every customer was
entitled to peruse a book while sip
ping his cup of coffee. Some of these
libraries contained as many as a thou
sand volumes and even printed cata
logues. Two such coffee houses are
said to have existed in London until
as late as tbe early '80s.
No sound thinking man objt'cts to
extra tax if he gets value received
for sucli. 1 hope the citi/.ens will ]>ut
their heads and lu'arts togt'ther
and let’s build some nuich ii(‘cdod
roads and stoj) bfiving these mid
winter mud meetings talking altout
“Ho'.v to Build (b'od Uo;;ds." Tlu re
is euMUgh lint' sand and L'ravtd on
Mr. Mcl'all’s and mv farm at Selica
to sand-clay tin* road from Kosman
to the Hendt'rson county line I
will giv(‘ the sjui I and the right ui
way free and pay tuv ])art of tlit'
tax to build tin* road, and T believi^
this In CO operation that I otter to
the road commis>ioncrs.
I am glad to se> the chain-gniij,'
doing such excellent work on tliC
road leading to (ireenville. Mr.
('antrell is on bis job. He is j’;st
the man for the ])laee and some i r
the towns that I have lived in
would do well to visit the eani])s
and get some idea of the spU^ndid
sanitary conditions being used
there. A convict that wouUl es
cape from a cumj) like Mr. Cantrell
keeps undoubtedly do ;sn’t appre
ciate a clean place to stay, thou^fb
it is a shame on the county not t>
provids' arotb.er caLre so the v.bite
men can bo separate fri^):n the col
ored in their sleeping apMirtnu'uts.
And I am ready to give or to be
taxed to provide another cage for
the camp.
Trusting the right thing will be
done,
C. C. Duck WORTH.
Forty p r cent of the cejlifitd
draft, making .'>1 men, were f-
dered to rejiort on Tuesday at •>.
m. at the othce of the local e -1 :no-
ti»>n board, and to leave for ’iti
Jackson, S. Wedne.suay n.orii
ing.
Following is the list of i; ro.;.*4
witli alternatt s :
Willie Ikibtrt VVariick.
.1.^7 bum Towrscnd.
784 —.bilius Walter Slatton.
420 Tavic li;.rold Hart.
4.V^ Wm. Sw(jid Morj.;an.
1(( Wm. Jason McCall.
U> Hoy Lamance.
117 Carl Cleveland Breedlove.
(>l)2 -Fred Lansing Smith.
•V.H) Harney Jackson Chapman.
.11.^ —Alfred Ben Zachary.
3.‘^.5 John I’osey Morgan.
f)2) John C,k-nn Henn' tt.
■>77 .-\ndrew Coy Surrette.
1.S.3 !-Jhert Ihnerson Jones.
.'^41 Klihu White.
72 Richmond I’icrson Aiken.
John Lusk Terry.
.^27 Jesse Carl Scruggs.
Virgil Mcrrell.
5.% Hcrnuin Parker.
77.^ John Haywood Brown.
2.^—King S. Whittaker.
3‘)2 John Luke Osteen.
814 Sylvester Orr.
221 Jas. Harrison (iravley.
822—.\very McHver Orr.
17.S John Stepp.
4.'S Wm. Enoch Kennedy.
.^74 Leonard Bert Heath.
b'7—Jerry Mobert Bishop.
.-Mternates; Lauder B. Lyday, n
Kden, I’res!x. M. (Calloway, Harlan :
'ones. F.oman C. Powell,^Sam 1' ■ '
Walter C. Whitmire.
The men reiiorted to the b .-uI ;x
emption board Tuesday aft.n-.oon.
J. L. Osteen was put in corainM>4.
till tlu‘ arrival at (’amp .Tio-ks-.
and be selected Avery ihr as bi ■
as-istant.
Tue.‘day night at tiie Aetl '.woid
Mis. .1. S. Silversteon. chair: ;an
the National League of W« :iian s
Service, presented the m -Ti \'. ii'i
comfort kits, ])repan'd by the v- •
men of the league,
On Wedne.^day morning. ;,! nit -.
formed in line at th(‘ room> ot the
war department and marrd.ed
tlie depot. There was no t 'il ‘
'Irums nor blare of horii^. i;! t.
it was, nevi'rtheless, an i;: | .t
sive s{)ei‘tacle. A birge
of tbe friends and relativi
soldier boys gathered at the :
and there were ^omepotheti
when the last good bys wi'i
en ; but, on tlie whole, the
wa not a nnjurnful one, ;
i yuung men were cheerful
: ^c^'e^l no uawilliiv-iuess t>
{ Two of the mt‘11. Hoy f.
i au'l H irut'y .Taidc^on Cha])n
; fai;el to report, and the;
I Were takt'ii by the alternate
J der B. Lyday and llarb'n
I .loues.
I OLD PEOPLES SERVICE
TO'
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■it:
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AT METHODIST ChOBl
I -n the fifthSunday of thi' r-.o-.i ti
at the morning service of ti.- Meth-
o iist churcdi. liev. W. F. i‘. o . e\'
will preach a s; eMai st‘rir.i -.i to ( .1
peojile, bis subject being • .'-rreao.s
lhat Fail.”
Seats will be reserved f> ■ tl..v.-
to whom th • sermon wili i'o -Vj.o.
cially addressed. In order
there may be no doubt as • i
sh:;ll liave tb.e honor o‘' b« : i: .
cl among the tdd, tbe li: • . Jo-
markation has been set at : (. tilty-
yc:;r birthday, all above li.at t-.>
cu: .e within the age limit
Old songs will be sung, and a
male quartet, the youngest oi
whom is (o, will render special
musie.