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VOU XXIII
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1918.
Number 29.
GEKMAN BRUTAIITY
NOT EXAGGERATED
There was a man of peace. He
was hiph-minded and pentle. He be
lieved in humanity; that the world
was {retting better; that the old bar
barians of history were impossible
now. rejoiced that he lived in
pthe 2drh century instead of in the
old centuries of cruelty, and his faith
in the future was absolute. People
called him a pacifist, and he was satis
fied with this desiprnation.
But the barbarians invaded his
country, overwhelming his town, en
tered his home, some held and bound
him while others outrajjod bis wife
before his eyes, another stuck a bay
onet throujrh his baby and hold it
aloft w'ith Satanic laujrhter, and still
otlicrs forced the ultimate shame up-
his dauf?hter and carried her off for
the use of other brutes. Meanwhile
they beat and slashed this pacifist,
castrated him and finally killed him.
This is not overdrawn. It has hap-
pon'.nl in Belgium, France. Siberia,
Italy, and other parts of Kuro]^e.
Over here in America we <lid r.ot be
lieve it; we could not believe it. But
rei’resentative men and wonn-ii have
jrone from our midst and have uoitoti
inU if putable evidence that coini)ells
us to believe it.
\Ve thought the Germans a pcentle,
honest folk. Something has entered
their veins that has made them fiend
ish ard bent on looting all other peo
ples for the gain and satanic uroed
of themselves and their allies, whom
they have tempted, seduced or forced
to aid them in this devilish work.
Belgium has its own well known
story of ravage and pilla;:re; ditto
northern France, tho not quite so
well known, but becoming better
known; ditto northern Italy more re
cently . And the stories of Poland,
Siberai and Armenia compete with
one another in horrors that will be
come better known in time.
Picture in your mind, Serbians
compelled to dig their own graves,
and then shot on the brink and tum
bled in; Serbian villages surrounded
l)y Bulgarian soldiers shooting the
' children huddled together until they
became a pile of quivering flesh; Ser
bian men with lips, eyelids, ears and
nose cut off, and castrated—muti
lated but not killed; left so they
would live, a horror and a burden to
themselves and their community.
All these things and so much more
and so horrible that it cannot be
written, is attested to by the best
American investigators and witnes
ses of results that still give evidence
of the facts. We have been slow^ to
learn, and slower to believe. But
now v/e must believe. And we must
know our duty in this horrible world
—made horrible by men. God has
given us a beautiful world, but men
have defiled it. Do we know our
duty? If we do, we know that we
must do it, if it takes our last doli;
and our last drop of blood.
What is life worth in such a world?
What duty can there be but to help
other decent people to make this
world a decent place in which to
live? What else can be worth while
until this is done? Of what value is
science except to help rid the world
of brigandage? Of what value is
literature, except to spread the hor-
ribiL truth and inspire all to do their
fulWduty? Of what use is art, ex
cept fo depict the shame of the world
and inspire us to remove such hor
rors?
We now know what Bismark meant
when he said that “America is a fat
tening pig, and we shall stick it.” We
are now getting a little sense on mat
ters international, and we are send
ing our advance protective line tc
France, so that the pig sticker cannot
come here and do his sticking.
I think you know that I am not an
k ^ extremist nor an alarmist. And I
" admit that I have been slow because
I did not believe. I allowed too much
for exaggeration and doubtful mo
tives. I questioned what seemed to
be prejudiced testimony.
The time is approaching, if it is
not here now, when the German-
American who will not open his mind
to the truth, and act accordingly,
must realize that this country is no
place for him except in an internment
.camp. When the honest and unper-
vert«d German's in Germany, if there
are any such, can get the whole truth,
which they cannot now get, they
will act accordingly, with vengeance
upon the leadership that has brought
80 many needless sufferings upon
them, and brought them so low in the
MASS MEETING TO BE
HElDINfOURTHOUSE
A mass meeting will be held at the
court house July 30, at 8 o’clock
p. ni., to discuss economical meas
ures, especially as pertaining to food.
Prominent speakers will explain to
the citizens, and especially to man
agers of boarding houses and hotels
the sugar law and show that the
United States expects the citizens to
usQ economy in everything pertain
ing to food.
We must stop the waste and we
now have an opportunity to learn
how we can help. It is your positive
dvity to attend this meeting and learn
the facts.
The State Food Administration
will send two thoroughly qualified
men who will point out to us how we
can best economize in the use of food
r.nd stop all unnecessary waste and
useless extravagance.
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RED CROSS TEA ROOM
The Red Cross Tea Room was
fornially opened last week and those
in charge «ay they are highly pleased
with tha results. It was a success
in every sf.'nse of tho word.
On next Saturday a chicken din
ner will be served from 7 to 9 p. m.
If you wash a place reserved for this
dinner phone your nainc to Sirs. G.
C. Witmer, as the number to be serv
ed is limited.
Hereafter the Red Cross Tea Room
will be open on Tuesdays from five
to seven p. m. and on Saturdays from
seven to nine p. m.
ODDFELLOWS IN
STALL OFFICERS
On Monday night, July 22nd Con-
nestee Lodge No. 237 installed the
following officers for the present
term: Wm. A. Band, noble grand,
John Stancil, vice-grand, A. E.
Hampton, secretary, T, D. England,
treasurer, Thos. H. Shipman, C. M.
Doyle and W. J. Puette, trustees.
Plans were made to put on the
second degree Monday night, July
29, at 8 o’clock sharp. Mr. Robt.
Gash has promised to be there with
bells on. Talks by Thos» H. Shipman,
C. M. Doyle, A. E. Hampton, Robt.
Gash, T. D. England, A. R. Metcalf,
J. W. Hamett and others.
If you are looking for a good time
and if you like to laugh until the
tears come into your eyes, then see
Cam Osborne, A. P. Nicholson and
others ride the^gote. All Oddfellows
are urged to be present.
Refreshments will be served.
GIVES REASON FOR
LABOR HOSEiZATION
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FOOD CONSERVATION
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HISTORICAL INTEREST
Merchants, hotel and boarding
house proprietors, and all citizens in
terested in food conservation and
preparation—Come to the Court
House Wednesday evening, July 30
at 8:30 p. m. to a public Mass Meet
ing wh'ch is to be held in Brevard
to interest all people and help them
co-operate with the Food Adminis
tration. At least two the State
Food men w’ill be present and will
make talks on subjects of vital in
terest to all.
Remember the date and the hour—
July 30 at 8:30 p. m.
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Editor Brevard News:
Since my visit home recently I
have decided to \vrite a few lines to
the patriotic people of Transylvania
county, and describe the surround
ing country of this camp.
We are only a few miles from Mt.
Vernon, which is a very interesting
place to visit, being the old home of
one of the nation's founders, George
Washington. There you find things
arranged just as he had them in his
time, a separate house of one rotm
for each servant. His old library
books are arranged just as he kept
them; his own bed room with the
same old colonial appearance, and
many other things of great historical
importance, but too numerous to
mention..
Then just a few miles south of
here is the old battle ground of Ma
nassas where our grandfathers fought
and died. That also is a place of
great interest to both the boys of the
south as well as the north, to see
the difference in the mode of war
fare that they followed and the kind
we have now. It is wonderful to
see the vast difference.
Just a few miles above Mt. Vernon
we have our nation's Capital which
is a great place for soldiers to go to
hear the problems of the nation dis
cussed in the congressional hall, also
to see the massive amount of work
that the clerks have to do at Wash
ington to be able to carry on
this war, it is surprising to see how
many people that are employed in
carrying on the correspondence of the
nation.
In our camp we have a civilian
chaplain of Jackson, Miss. He is a
Presbyterian minister of about 60
years and takes a great interest in
all the boys and they all love him and
take to heart his good talks after
mess each evening.
Wishing the News and the people
of my home county all kinds of suc
cess in all their undertakings that
will help to win the war, I am.
Respectfully,
Geo. F. Woodfin,
Woodbridge, Va.
RED CROSS
CALLS FOR HELP
The local Red Cross has received
an order from headquarters for a
case of five-yard gauze rolls to be
shipped in ten days.
■ Come to the Red Cross and help.
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A BROKEN ARM
estimation of the world. German-
Americans have access now to the
whole truth, and if they fail to use
their opportunities to get it, if they
determinedly blind themselves to it
and befriend the predatory autocracy
of their “Fatherland,” there is only
one course to pursue toward them.
Every patriot knows what that is.
—Medical World.
J. S. Silversteen had the misfor
tune on last Friday to have his left
arm broken by falling from a motor
car. He was otherwise bruised, but
is going about as cheerfully as if
nothing had happened.
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“A COMPOSITE MAN FOR
A CRISIS «OUR”
At tha Methodist church next Sun
day morning the pastor will preach
on “A Composite Man for a Crisis
Hour.”
At 8:30 p. m. the fourth of the
series of “Short Sermons for Sum
mer Evenings” will be delivered on
the subject “False Balances.”
Visitors very cordially invited.
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HOSPITALS CALLING
FOR HELP
Old white rags, consisting of
sheets, pillow cases and also o’ld bUia^^
kets are urgently need by Red Cross
Hospitals in the southern division.
They will be gladly received at
Transylvaraa Red Cross Headcuar-
ters, and forwarded for distribution.
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TIME FOR VACCINATION EX-
TENDED
The County Board of Health in
session July 23rd passed a resolution
extending the time for commencing
of the vaccination against smallpox
till September 1st, 1918.
A. F. Mitchell,
County Supt.
MEETINGS OF MASONS
Dunn’s Rock A. F. and A. M. will
hold a special meeting Friday night,
July 26th, for the purpose of con
ferring the third degree. Visiting
brothers are invited.
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MOVING PICTURES
RED CROSS BENEFIT AT
AUDITORIUM
TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS
Afternoons and Evenings
COME
Secretary of Labor Wilson makes
this explanation of the general mobi
lization of the labor for war indus
tries, recruiting for v/hich is to begin
August 1 under direction of the
United States Employment Service:
“Beginning with common labor,
this service will gradually take
charge of the mobilizing and placing
of all labor for w^ar industries em
ploying 100 or more workers. This
will profoundly affect ail other indus
tries and all other workers. It will
correct the abuse and the troubles
growing out of the large labor turn
over with the consequent disruption
of regular work.
Every safeguard must be taken
to protect the standard of living and
the morale of the w’age paid earners.
Especially must great care be taken
to keep the age limit of those who
enter industry at a high level, lest
we rob our future citizenship of its
right to growth and time for edu
cation. We must also take knowledge
of tha dangers attendant upon the
large entrance of women into heavy
and hazardous industries.
“The exigencies of war times
should not be made the occasion of
the breaking down of those standards
of hours, wages, and conditions of
work which are designated to protect
the childhood, the womanhood, and
the motherhood of the present and
of the future.
“Experts tell us it takes from 6 to
10 workers at home to keep one sol
dier on the firing line in Europe.
Vv hatever, therefore, helps to mobi
lize, distribute and energize those
who do the work of our war indus
tries has become an important factor
in winning' the w’ar as the powers of
our armies in the field or our Navy
on the seas.”
REWAl AT BAPTIST
CHURCH BEGINS 4TH
Dr. W. W. Hamilton, who will
preach ten days at the Baptist church
v/as for many years a member of the
evangelistic staff of the Southern
Baptist Convention, and part of the
time chief' of the staff. He has re
cently resigned as pastor of the First
Baptist church at Lynchburg, Va., to
re-enter evangelistic work. He is
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RAINES-REECE
i\Ir. Jlack Reece and Miss Emma
Raines, both of Dunns Rock town
ship, were recently united in holy
bonds of v/edlock by G. W. Whitmire,
Esq.
People of Transylvania county are
not considered old until they near
the century mark.
Mr. Reece is 72 years of age and
his bride is 65.
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JUNIOR RED
CROSS MEE1W
The Brevard Junior Red Cross met
in the Transylvania Red Cross Head
quarters on Wednesday morning, Ju
ly 17.
The Junior organization has re
ceived an order from Headquarters
for knitted squares and they are now
busily engaged in making these.
The Juniors will be glad to get
knitting yarn of any color from any
one who wishes to give it. TheX'can
use knotted shawls and other^^r-
ments which can be raveled out.
All members of this organization
are urged to be present at the next
meeting which takes place in the local
Red Cross Work Rooms on Tuesday
morning at ten o’clock.
CALLS DEMOCRATIC
COUNTY CONVENnON
At a special meeting of the Demo
cratic Executive Committee of Tran
sylvania County, held July Ifith,
1918, precinct primaries were called
to be held at all of the regular vot
ing places of the county on Satur
day, July 27th, 1918; the meeting at
all precincts to be held at 2 o’clock,
p. m., except that at Rosman; the
meeting at Rosman to be held at 9
o’clock, p. m.
All of said meetings to be held to
elect delegates to a County Conven
tion to be held in the Court House in
Brevard, on Saturday, August 3rd,
1918, at 12 o’clock, noon.
The County Convention to be held
for the purpose of nominating can
didates for the various offices, and
for the transaction of such other
business as may be brought before
it.
W. E. Breese, Chmn.
R. L. Gash, Sec’y*
Dem. Ex Com. Transylvania Co.
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25,060 WOMEN
WANTED AS NURSES
E. L. WOLSLAGLE
Evangelistic Singer.
considered one of the most spiritual,
well equipped and powerful Baptist
evangelists in the south and it is
greatly desired that all make special
effort to attend each service.
We extend a cordial invitation to
all visitors in town, and also to mem
bers of other churches..
Mr. Wolslagle, who has been here
before, will conduct the singing.
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EVANGELISTIC MEET
INGS FOR COUNTY
In the issue of last week contain
ing the notice “Evangelistic Meet
ings for County” several typograph-
public men on their first appearance
ical errors occurred and knowing that
before audiences dislike mutilated
names you are asked tD reinsert the
list with corrections:
Brev.^.rd, Dr. W. W. Hamilton,
evangelist, E. L. Wolsagle, singer,
C. B. Deaver chairman local commit
tee.
Rosman, Rev. A. V. Reece, evan
gelist, Mr. Schofield, singer, A. M.
Paxton,- chairman.
Mt Moriah, J. C. Owen, evangelist,
A. H. Gillespie, chairman.
Rocky Hill, Rev. A. I. Justice,
evangelist, G. W. Bishop, chairman.
Little River, Dr. J. E. McManaway,
evangelist, M. L. Hamilton, chairman.
Catheys Creek, L. Hensley, evan
gelist, committee not reported.
Pisgah Forest,. Rev. M. A. Adams,
evangelist, committee not reported.
Oak Grove, Rev. Benj. Sorgee,
evangelist, committee not reported.
Lake Toxaway, Rev. J. A. Ander
son evangelist, T. B., Reed, chairman.
Enon, Rev. G. N. Cowan, evan
gelist, G. T. Lyday, chairman.
Glady Branch, Rev. W. W. Marr,
evangelist, committee not reported.
Carrs Hill, Dr. Blackman, evan
gelist, Bert Lane, chairman.
The incoming evangelists, instead
of going direct to their respective
appointments, will arrive at Brevard
on the noon train Saturday, August
3rd and will be conveyed by a mem
ber of the above local committee to
their respective appointments. Re
gardless of church location—above
or below Brevard—the preachers will
come to Brevard for directions and
for the conference arranged for.
Surely there will be no misunder
standing in this particular and there
fore no errors committed.
The whole Baptist fraternity is
profoundly grateful to the editor of
the Brevard News for his efforts to
get this movement before the people.
Executive Committee.
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CONVALESCENT
The many friends of Miss Marion
Yongue, eldest daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Yongue, who has been ill
for some time with pneumonia, will
be pleased to know that she is improv
ing satisfactorily and is now able to
sit up for a short while.
The Government is calling for
25,000 young women to join the
United States Student Nurse Reserve
and hold themselves in readiness to
train for service as nurses.
The war is creating unprecedented
demand for nurses. Only those v.’ho
have taken full training course are
eligible fc? service with our forces
overseas. These nurses are being
drawn largely from hospitals at
home. Their places must be filled by
student nurses enrolled for the full
training course of from two to three
years. Every young woman who en
rolls in the United States Student
Nurse Reserve is releasing a nurse
for service at the front and swelling
the home army which we must rely
on to act as our second line of hospi
tal defense. Upon the health of the
American people v.'ill depend the
spirit of their fighting forces.
The call is for women between the
ages of nineteen and thirty-five.
Intelligent, responsible women of
good education and sound health arc
wanted—the pick of the country. A
college education is a valuable asset,
and many hospitals will give credit
for it. Credit wnll also be given for
a special scientific equipment or for
preliminary training in nursing, such
as that given in special courses now
being conducted by various colleges
and schools. Some schools, on the
other hand, do not even require a full
high-schcol education.
V/omen will be given an opportun
ity to enroll in the United States
Students Nurse Reserve in any one
of three ways:
(1) As engaging to hold them
selves in readiness until April 1,
1919, to accept assignments to nurs
es' training schools. These women
will be sent to the schools as fast as
vacancies occur. Those of superior
qualifications will be given prefer—'
ence, and it is, of course, possible
that not everyone who enrolls will
be accepted.
(2) As desiring to become candi
dates for the Army Nursing School
recently established by authority of
the War Department, with branch
schools in selected military hospitals.
(3) As engaging to hold them
selves in readiness until April 1,
1919, to accept assignments to either
a civilian training school or the Army
Nursing School. Those v/ho so en
roll will be called w^here the first need
arrises. The Government hopes that
a majority of those who enroll will
thus put down their names for both.
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DATE OF FAIR SET~
F0R0a.lAND2
At a meeting of the Transylvania
County Fair committee held in the
office of County Agent R. E. Law
rence Monday, it was decided, that
in view of the fact that as a general
rule, the bad weather sets in about
the last of October and flowers for
decoration are hard to get at that
time, therefore the date for the fair
was set for Tuesday and Wednesday,
October 1st and 2nd.
President C. E. Orr appointed C.
M. Doyle and C. B. Osborne as adver
tising committee with full power to
do as they deemed best to advertise
the fair so as to make it one of the
best county fairs in the State.
The finance committee was the
same as last year: C. C. Duckworth,
chairman, Robt. Orr and W. L.
Aiken.
The committee adjourned to meet
again immediately after the Farm
ers’ Institute, which meets in Bre
vard on August 6, when all who are
interested in Transylvania and the
county are urged to attend.
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PAMPHLET ON AGRICULTURE
“Vitalizing the Study of Agricul
ture” is the title of a valuable little
pamphlet which has just been is
sued from the State College. The
author is Prof. C. B. Williams, Dean
of Agriculture, and his purpose is to
give helpful suggestions to teachers
in our elementary schools who are
conducting classes in agriculture.
Teachers and any others who desire
copies can get them by writing to
the Registrar’s Office at West Ral
eigh. J