VOLUMK-XXllI
(Name changed from Sylvan Valley News, January 1, 1917.)
BREVARD. NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, JA\UARY 18. 1918.
NUMBER-:)
GOOD ROADS MEETING SATURDAY, JAN. 19
GEDMANfiici
required to «EGISiEi
rile Parties \\ !v> I ail to Register
Are Liable to U straint, Im-
prisonmesif aiul IK'tenlion for
l^uration of tho Wat.
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THE MATHATASIMIUB
HOLDS qHK^ EETIKG
A Delicious “Ho^erized” Bill of
Fare was Serv^—The Supper
•I Great Object Ler.son, Being
Wheatless, Meatless iind Sugar-
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<^!i Fridfiy < v«‘iiintjr, .Tfinnnry 11.
' !)<' M tas’.'ir, (Inl) lirld .in ojh'ii
''.('•■tin"';it 1 lie lu'im of H(‘v. jinil :
Mr>. K. H. Nm wood. <UviTt^ to {
f'xtrijnclv titiplftiSinU \v(>atliCT,
Mtt. ndar.ci' was not Inj',''.', l>nt tliost* |
wt)o \vfr(* ]»r<'sont fi'It aii»;>ly j-i-iiaid !
for vi iitiirit)^' out. Onco liPilcr |
I
Mrs. Norwood','; lios])italil(i roof, j
th*' hri trli S ti<'r-s aTul ii'ooi!-t'(']lo'.vsbi]> i
vuhin ? r<>u^ht qni<-l: t'or.'iolfulness
of t)i(‘ I'Jiif. and sltM't witiiont.
The first T>i!rtfi'r to rtceivc atten
tion WHS th ■ servin}^: of a dolio’ous
"UpiKM'. As had tict-n !!rran:red he-
forehaiMl. ;lns was trnlv a war-i
time tns-al, tlie 't'.rTiu hciji.:,- in'CjKir ^
t‘d wnh jtatriolii’ n’L’'aid to tlic re- ;
(jUf'st of llii' food ad mi nist I a tor,
was ino i'lcss, v. l'.ra t'U-ss. and cx-
(T])t wit )i t ]'f 'i't.'i*. sn;;!ir!<"-s. 'Plio
sn]>|i(‘r Aviis a (ir!:;jh{flil o;''i ct IfS .
^oT! ,\s to th- possihilitics of a'
" Hoovcri/.^'d" I'ill of lit vi'..
Followii'i: i> t h(‘;
l-'ricd ()ys<trs Pickh-s
<irtM*n Pt-as MusIkd Potatoes i
<'orn Sticks
Fruit Salad (’olTi'Oj
The inner n'.an heiirj thus re
freshed. thi>n followed a soeial ,
eveni!!!^. As some were ahst-nt
■.>ho wtM-e t'Xneeted to take ]'art, '
i the oritrinal ]»roi:rani was ?’.ot car
ried oeit, hut ji more inforiiuil
one WHS arranged. whi<‘h proved
very enjov?ihh‘. As the i>arty was
really a womun's eluh ineetinir, tlie i
program was f^otten n]) with due
reirard to that fact.
In i)(‘hulf of ihi'clnh. Mrs. Sledi,^-
v\'(deomed the ;.;uests. and tlien th--
state sonjj: of tlif Nortli ('arolin i
.Mr. I’. B. !)•*»vrr made !i sliorf.
u'torTnal talk, ];is topic 1m ;n "
•■'.Vonisn s Part in I tie War." IMr^.
Norwood ^are a liumorous recita
tion, which w’as so ninch enjov(‘d
that, in response to ])er>istent
cnc'ores. s)i«* f^ave another, also
humorous.
During the eveninf' Mesdnnies
Krwin and BeavaU';, jmd Miss
Smith Treated their friends to some
deliglitful niFiSic*. < )nt? of thest'
nurnhers was a jiatriotic sonj^, with
j which Mrs. Beavans ^tirn-d h<‘r
liearerH to h^'artv H])plnuse. An
original ]>oeni read by Mr. Norwood
: WHS the oi'CHsion of ninch mirth.
I After wits hud been sharpened
; by a guessing contt\'^t, wliicti was
i pronounced “lot.s of fun.'’ Rev.
This Is Not An Individual Meeting, But a
Meeting For Every Citizen in the County;
It Is To Be a Starter.
The meeting to be h;ld at the ccvart house on Saturday,
January J9, is backed by men who are not full of wind when I
the rr)ad are bad, and placid when they are good. No better'
!investment could be made for Transylvania oounty than that,
I of good roads, but talk alone will not build good roads—there I
must be definite action. j
When good roads are once established the cost of keeping^
them go' d is very small, if taken in time. Wh r; each man
would have to pay in taxes could be saved by the benefits
received in one yearns travel of the roads. For the preserva
tion of your horses, waT^ois. buggies, autos, r. even pedes-1
ttians, by all means let us have i^ood roads. They bespeak a
better ?ll-around citizenship. The material i.s available and I
the labor tj bufid them ishand. With first-class roads this'
c )un y would hz the **lAzcza!* to which . c.: would be,
turned, and every rural home in the county would be an;
e .rthly paradise. ;
FINANCIAL REPORT 0-
TRAN^'iyANlS OOUNIY FAK
PROF. S. H. LEWIS
ELECTED PRINOiPAL
Total snbscriptions do
Not collected
Collected $ ll.i. IT)
Priz('S ])ai(l i 1 I s
K.xi»ense ])aid n! 'ij
Kntry tajrs on hard l!.i • ]}
The Graded School will Re-open
Next Monday Morning, Jan.
21, With New Principal in Full
Charge. Rosman Loses, but
Brevard Gains.
TO EVEBYeoay who sis^y
k REfl GB0SS PLEOSE GMB
Please bring your payments, when due,
to the Secretary’s Office, which is open on
Tuesday and Saturday mornings from ten
to twelve o’clock.
Balanct! on hand for I'.M'' ^ ‘.’>1
If wo could betfiu, oidy about a
7nt)nth ahead o^ time, as we did
last year, witliout or-rani/uT on.
m(.ney, ]il ice, t xiM-rience ov ^'»-ncrat
int(*rest. and make any fair at all,
it would s('em tluit ^^i^b tlu‘ little
t'xpprience wr> bav<> liad, a l)ettt r
knowledtre of what want to »!o.
and h()\v to tlo ir. vi?ti oi'cr a hun
dred dollars. ca.»h and stock to be-
Lrin witli, and a. L'('ii'-ral cft-o]iera-
tivi* interest thron:rliout th;- cou!it\ .
wi‘ should b(‘ able to make the
f:;ir a siiecr.-!- \it’n oriia nr/it ion
already comjilete.
R II. ZATir \fiv.
('hm. Kx. (’oni.
OUARANTiNE OFFiCER i
ADVISES VAGOll^ATiONi
In Letter to Quebcc School Dr. |
Hunt Says Disease in Commu-'
nity is Genuine Small Pox—|
Urges Importance of Vaccina-i
lion. i
I Some werdcsago Prof. J. Jon.;-
I r. sign(*d as Principal of tbe Bre-
I vurd gradi'd school and offered liis
servici's in d(“fense of our country.
Siuc(? his !'(‘siicnation th-; s;-hool has.
; been verv enicientlv managed hv'
I ‘ .
’ tiu* litdy ri achers hdt in charge,
hut rlie sflif.ol board re ili/.- d that
the bur<l< n was too LMt-af f sr th.-
I forr’e in charge and at a recent
tiuM'tini' Prof. U. H. F^cwis, of the
i Ko>man Hiirh S(diool, was ; h ct<‘d
; to fill the VMcaney !nad(^ b_\ the n-.-;
i^'natior; of Mr. .Tones. Piof. fje is
Aill liegin his work on ne\i Mou-
day.
FALLING WEATHER
FOO 0 r^ii’ 1^1 i I'lil O i S sJ‘i k. ■ (i « i t S i i » ^'4. i -H'
APPEALS TO WlnictM OF TAt biAlf:
Suce^s of The Great War and the Fate of Hundrccls of:
Thousands of Women and Children in Ii*ieutral oour.cries Ci |
Europe Depend Upon Course of American Women—Normal |
Surplus of" V/heat and Meat Has Ali'eady Been Sxpcited |
and Only What We Save Stands as Bulwark in the Y/ar and ;
the Salvation of Stai*ving Thousands—Save Now Pkaaf !
Korch Carolina Food Administrator. i
AT ST- PHilIPS episcopal CHLRCH d (Jha])mjin read a heitntiful ])otim,
Arrn*5 and the Woman,” a moving'
Si'rvic-
^d (
-very Snn;];tv at i 1 a. ni.
rn . H> 1-v f . )n:!M Tiiiion
on tht^ Is* »-n(i i"n:i sun,lays of the ;
month, r.vf'ning jir iver at i :oi) on !
Fridays. Sunihiv ■-•hool
and eX'!tribute to th(^ cour
age and strensztb. (jf womnn when
her cou!\trv ojills ‘-to arms.”
Mr. <expressiv»3 rend-
e\ ery never more enjoyed, and
tSundHj . ’ fti Fl!!\ . .luhn C, foatiiroof the program whs the
'ister. l . . c
, - t crowning ])lt*asure of the evening.
The “Star Spangled Banner” vvus
AT METHODIST CHUof'x I then sung, and the program closed
with prayer by Mr. Chuj)man.
the I When good nights were said, each
’b a 1 one wfiH Horely in earnest in saying
1^ • hu'iirtily, -‘I’vo bad such tv good
H of I tiini. 1'■
j Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
t was I vVelch GftllowHy, Mr. and Mrs. .T.
.inday'M. Allison, Mr, and Mrs. C. B.
Kev. V\' K. i\'oi
Methodist churcli
St'TTUon t,o
m. Sum lav on
the Hon.'^t We
At ; p. !'i-
tf) have l« !'n (hdi
evening ‘1^
nubject. “The Vi
“Come thon
do thee good. '
Tb<')s.
Brevard.
V Tc
hut
m the,( Denver, Rev, C. D. Chapman, Dr.
ance.” j WeKloy Smitli, .Mesdames David
.ve will I Ward, W. A. Heavars, O. L. Krwin,
F. P. Sledge, M. li. Whitmire,
.Inlia Trowbridge, and Frank Jen-
erly of kins. Misses Caroline Trowbridge,
ntly of Mignon Smith and Beatrice Beattie.
Greenville, vra;t in lown the first of
the week »J^d I
Asbevilh' to at
the aviation cor
to San Antonia,
in his enlistmer
lav for
joininR
bo sent
'^cc&sfnl
Nearly every newspaper carries
the general news but the Brevard
News is the only one carrying
the most important Transylvania
news.
To thp Women of North Car’Olina:
W'.'.li victi.ry mi tlin war de-
u’ -->n the fO')cl Hiippiie?: wliich
■■ve s- ’.'.r. to !lie armit s and civiliHn
of oar ,.\Hies in Europe;
with Iheusaud
^\^•rA‘U ;■■:(! ■■ir’ij.i-,! in the neutral
•ounirli':- i)i Ihirop" apiicalinj; jiiicous-
iy !o .\'at ;:i-a h> save tliem Iror.i star-
a‘.ion. we f;n o the ^rcatofjt, uu<i most
ntly nr'in.i; lie-nand tor foc.d-
!'i.' ti'.ai has been fiinl;' lu-ou a piio-
j.'t.* in the v.'orhi’s hisTi.ry.
;I'.i s'a !kip < ()Kani-’t'fi !)»'' .iiise of di!^-
e;il .-iJuJ food sup-
, .i -; ti;r it = ;irr.iu''' a;i'l tor ’'s civilian.
' 1ifin in s.-t tions anJ more
‘.bl(>od will t.u' sp.lled in
f‘’'a:ire !>*cau.se (>f Ru-sia’s laihire to
push the war. Any faiban* upon oiir
liar.’ !<■> sr.i)p;y nf'coiJsary foeodstuff.i in
1 ran ■*, Knglarui a;)d Italy would
;hrf':it«,u a siir.ilar eollap'io in those
ron!itries which would injnieasurably
ir'rr; ase the war burdt-n;^ of this cou:>-
t’v and the cost of variety.
Tlae neutral peoples of Europu have
'ihra\s imported large quantities of
f. ocistufTs from North America, South
n i'vira. Asia and Austral):>. lietEuse
v.ar co'idirions and tranaptrtation
••iitVu uities ijraciical'Jy a-11 ?upplies arc
(ut off exffcpt those from Ncrth
.‘imerif'.a and repre.sentati\cf ri iboae
peoiile.s arc making the lacst heart-
uding appeals to our country for aid.
l!, is an appalling; ract that, despite
>’i;' most wo can do for those people
ifter supplying our Allies ten* of
thousands *xf them must periah from
...lUeer during the next few months.
In the face of those conditions in
‘’.jroro we have exported all our nor
mal .=iurpluB of wheat. Every pound of
T^hf.'it or flour which we export from
iO'v on niu.st be saved from our nor-
. 1 n;^are.ption. The same t.hinB is
•'Tiroxiiiiatcly trua of beef a:ul uork
>ducts and fats while the situation
ih sugar is even worse.
t Our Kovernni(^nt offii ial.*! are doln?|
■ iheir xitmcisi tc> meet thf situatioii j
anrl (-vt-ry i-onsiuuer of toodstults i.-^
America nuiy realize and l'e».-l sure th..: ^
j evi.Tv ounco’ of wheat, every oun> «
of fats, every ounce of snpar and
overy ounc'o of heef and pori< wliich
1 they save from their normal eo:ir.r.n’.v>
tion. either tiy reduction in con unip
tion or liy the Kubstitution of oth''v
foodsfifi's n.ot nuitahle fer c‘xp(n't. w'.Il
r.a.h a soidier in the tienihe.^ or a
i wouian, (hiUi or man v.-]io may starve
to death it it. Is not provided for theru
by us. Every particle of exportable
foodstuffs saved in every North (’aro-
i lina home will release just that
I anioiMit to help win tJie v/ar and to
h«‘lp I'.revent the actual starvation and
sutTer;ng of innocent v/oraeu and chd
dren and men on tlu; other side.
AiOHt of our people are realising
I heir obli?;.ifion to their country and
: to humanity and are consuminR "
much smaller proportion of v.heat
! Hour, beef and i>ork products, fats anu
stiK&r than they were actustomed tc
i under normal conditions. .Many have
! not realized the .seriousness and the
‘ horror of the situation,
j To every woman and every con-
; su'-Tier in the State, 1 appeal to do your
i atnio.st in the saving of the food pro-
! ducts narued. This is an individual
; problem and must be solved by the in-
j dividual. The responsibility is indi-
i vidual and no single person can escape
I the responsihllity that is imposed
I upon them in this matter. We have
' ample foodstuffs aside from those de-
! aired by the government fer export
i and none of us need suffer.
I But. for the sake of huiuanity. for
the sake of liberty, and for the i^ake
of our own brave soldiers, your own
sons, brothers ar.«l kinsmen. Save
Nowl
; HENRY A. PAQE.
j Food Administrator for North Carollni
In an oilioial hdter to T. (’. Mc-
selioid comniitl.'ciium «t
ifcc\ Dr. <W. Hunt, county quar
untine ot'tii er, said :
“I write to state that tlio disf*nse
ut Mac i-teid's is genuine .-'m'tll pox.
In my opinion tlii-re is only one
proper and logical cours? to t>e
trtkon, which is preu.'')i vaccination
for tht' previ iiTim of small ]>ox t<j
all flu' peoole ; vacciiiat*' every
man, woman and child ]M).->si'nh‘.”
Dr. Hunt then advi.-ied tliat a
rtile V')‘ made in tlu“ school that all
wiio att^fnd the ‘icliool. mcluding
tea.-hers, he vac^cinattd or L'lve
jiroot of former succcessful vacci
nation.
He strongly advises against in-
dilYcrence to mild cases of sinail
pox, stating that severe ai;d (*ven
fatal cases may be contracted from
mild cases.
Dr. Hunt also shows th(» fallacy
of the current suspicion that phy
sicians enconrage vaccination t.)
reap the ])rofits, therefrom, saying
that the })hysicians would rnakt
much more hy allowing the disease
to develop and tiien treating tlie
cases of small pox.
A MEMORABLE DAY
During the past lew ‘rks \vv
have liatl lallinjr weather in a doub-
i(> sense ot fh<i word. Stu>vv hai-’
iiiUen al'oiit every third day for
about live weeks and pedestrians
have found it very diflicult at tiTMcs
to tret abonr v.ithout falling' Many
have fallen a.:d some have be: r
pjnnfully hurt and brniscd wliilt
t)thers have e.scuped without injn-
rv.
This lias been an nnnsu.'liy
vint('r, and it is thought that m;
obnoxious in.sects have be(’,p
stroyed by tht^ intonstj cobl.
wise heads liave predicti
most <jf tht! peach trees
killed bv the freeze, bi'
may lie balmv Spr»
I he true situation in
If the noon tra
come in bearing
gled, wounded^
mutilated, lac.
maimed, dying
vania soldiers, coulcj
tell them that YOTj
done everything in YO
power to shorten the w.
and lighten the sufferingL
of the wounded? When
you help the Red Cross
you help the Transylva
nia Fighters!
FRlDOiQLY GRiPPEO
Friday. January 11, is a
memorable day, madti so by fh»
nnusnal phemmiena of a snow
storm accompjinied by an eh'ctrical
display. Tbnnder and lightning’
was in evitience the most t>f tlu
afternoon. The snow was fallini.
at a rapid rate when a flash o
lightning changed it into rain an.
sleet. The trees were soon bend
ing with a heavy coat of ice. le
was formed on toj) of the s >; iiK'iie.-
of snow’, wbicb remained in!^!-.et xo
several days, making it somevvhai
dangerous for pedestrians.
THOS.S.WOOD SUFFERS
FROM A BROKEN LEG
The morning truiufrom T
i due at Brt‘vard about ;» o'cl
I not arrive nntil about nooi
jday. The cold siv.;p ca
jslcf'iiu^* fuul i>rocee.U’d ti
ont of commission f 'r a '
NO RAIN SINCE OCT. 14, 1916
Tn sending in her renewal to the
News, Mrs. Julia Whitmire of Mid
land, T( xas, says;
“We have had no r.nin since Oct.
14, l‘.U6 except a few local showers.
I L'uess von have read of the drontb
in West Texas. That is right here.
I wish I w’ere where I could see if
rain once more.”
T. S. Wood, a prominent man oi
the county and for a nnmbtu* ol
years a member of the board ol
county commissioners, mi^t with a
painful accident near his homo last
Sunday night, lie slipped and fell
on the ice breaking one of bis legs
just above tb<? ankle. Hf bad jusi
returned home from town when
the accident happened. Dr. Wallis
wa8 culled and administf-red relief
ttB far as relief could be given in
such cases.
SUNDAY SCHOOL EFFECTED BY COLCT
The contiim» <J cold weather has
greatly lessened tbo attendance at^
all the Snaday sch.-iols in town.
The grown^iis nn* l<!ss inclined
attend than are the children.
Every ijatriotic citizen of Tran
sylvania county who cannot go to
the war front can fmd bis firing
line in the local Red Cross.