B r eV: VOL. XXIII BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1918. Number 3d. DAIIYCUIIINGS OF WAR NEWS Friday, July 6.—The Germans are caught in a trap in whicli they can hardly cxtricate thenisehe?. It is Estimated that within the last month Ithe Kaiser has lost a million men. The Hun .erenerals are at their wit’s f^l to contrive a plan to escaiu' froni e determined British, Froneh and 'Americans. ^ Air plains are in evidence at all times and are perforniiivr an excel lent service in harrassinu' the ene- ‘pny’s movements. If the plans of the Allieii forces are not seriously hindeveil, sure de feat awaits the entire Hun force. HUNS ARE STILL RETREATING Saturday, July 27.—.Alonir the Marne, and southwest of Kheims, the Franco-Americans, British and Ital ian troops were still at <lea ily uvijv:; with the enemy on various sector.'^. The Germans strove tiaril in the forest renion north of ihe Marne to hold back the F’rench and Anierit an troops. The enemy, howt'vt-r. was forced slightly further h:uk to the north and the forests now havo been almost entirely cleared of (Jernians. South of Rheims heavy reiiiforce- ments evidently have been thrown alonp: the front, where the I>ritish, French and Italians ore fiditinir.. The P'rench have captured several important points of vanta,i;e. includ- injr the villa.ee of Reui! and al-o ad vanced their line northv> ar i. Eastward from Rheims the Frencli have now reu'ained nearly all of their old positions and daily ai\' l];;r;issiiiir the Germans w-ith counter-att;uks. With the capture of Ou’chy forty jruns and hundreds of iirisoners also were taken. While there has been no attempt by the Germans at a jreneral retreat from the salient, the belief prevails alonjr the battle front that an indi cation that a retreat is })roposcd is shown by the fact that the c neniy is suins comparatively small forces of infantry in various sectors under at tack, dependinj; on his machine uun- ners to retard the prouress of the allies. In France and Flanders the British have been compelled to withstand several violent attacks by the Ger mans. The enemy in both sectors was repulsed with heavy casualties. On the other fronts the military activity is normal, althou.uh consid erable fijrhtiny: continues in ]\Iacedo- nia and Albania with the allied troops holding the upper hand. SUPLRIOR COURT The criminal docket was cleared in short order. The decision in each ciise beinir for acquittal, O. Glad Whitmire char.c;ed with slander was acquitted. Wiley Smith and W’. IM. Riddle, char!j:ed wiih false pretense in con nection w’ith the sale of cattle, were acquitted. Will Cannon, charu;cd with bifjfamy, was allowed to fjo on the payment of costs because he is drafted for the army and because the prosecutin" witness failed to appear. Mrs. Brock, char.cced with retailing:, was acquitted. Civil Docket Wood vs. Paxton, was decided in favor of defenchint. Neill Andrix vs. Brevard Tannin Co., was settled by compromise. Carpenter vs. Lumber Co. was re ferred. JUDCE M. li USTKE I Later IMonday reports say the Ger mans are in full retreat and are burn- inir all tlie towns as they pass throucrh them and thus indicatin?^ that they do not expcct to return. German treachery has ceased to work amontv the allies. One German lyinj4 in a shell hole Avith his face smearetl v.itli Llood from a purpose ly made wound on his on hand, "voan- ed as an Aroerican p.-'Sieii by. He l>^.rj^-e(j to be takeji prisoner. The American 'vas not hunting- such pris oners and passed on, but I'cpt an eye on the sliell hole and a hand on hia pistol. The ,aroanin<»' German had liotten up and was about to fire on the American when the latter sent a ])all through him. This is only one species of their many deceptive de vices to eradicate the enemy. The American soldiers have become so diseusted with German intrijrue and trcachery that it has caused them to double their enerjry to defeat them and utter defeat is only a question of time. fiicn i I SUNDAY, JULY 28. The German Crown Prince and his jrenerals are making a desperate ef fort to extricate themselves from the pocket in which they were forced by the French and Americans last week. This predicament of the enemy is watched with great interest by the allies and by the public at lar^e. German prisoners that have been recently captured say they are tired of war and are anxious for peace. They further say that the entire Ger man army clamor for peace and that they are fighting only because the liien in authority say “go on.” he Germans have but few Ameri- prisoners and they quiz them to th¥ utmost for information as to the 'movements of America and the Al lies. The only answer they jret is “Cable Wilson,” or “Ask Pershing.” TUESDAY, JULY 30 Though the Germans have fresh reserves, still they are unable to stay the advance of the allied troops. In spite of stubborn resistance of Huns, the allies are crradually closing in on all sides of the salient and the enemy line is bent backwards at several points. The Htins threw their finest troops against the Americans, but the brave and determined laddies drove them back. South of Soissons further wedges have been driven into the enemy front down to the Ourcq river. French and American troops have crossed the stream at various points. The Germans are fine retreaters, but the American troops are pressing them closely. At Sergy the Germans paid the Americans a compliment by re-inforc- ing their battle line with two divis ions of well-trained Bavarian troops, whose valor had never been doubted, but their effort to defe?.t the Ameri cans proved a complete failure. The Germans have been ejected from more than half the Aisne-Marne salient by American and French troops. The enemy has not yet found a good place to make a stand. ft MONDAY, JULY 29. As time passes on the news of the war becomes more encouraging. The French and American troops have ad ded another laurel to their crown by the capture of the supply base of the Huns. The Germans are fighting des perately to escape from the trap in which they were so cleverly caught. Several towns of strategetic value have been captured by the Franco- American troops. Cavalery, tanks, machine gun and airplanes are giv ing the fleeing Huns a great deal of trouble. The battle of the woods is an allied victory, the forests having been cleared of Germans, but the treacherous Huns came near duping the allied soldiers in the edge of the forest by their men wearing the garb of the allies. This ruse was soon discovered and the would-be deceiv ers were quickly annihilated. The allies lost but few men in the battle of the woods. TUESDAY J.ULY 30. The Crown Prince pauses long enough in his retreat to launch heavy attacks on the American forces. There has been heavy fighting near Buzancy, five miles south of Sois sons, and also in Plessier Wood, about five miles further south. Prisoners to the number of 45 were taken be long to three of the 71 divisions of the enemy now engaged in the Marne salient. Ten of the 71 divisions be long to the northern army of Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria. The Americans crossed the river Ourcq and attacked a nest of machine guns located on the hill. Their fire was so intense that the Germans rais ed a white flag. Anticipating a nice bag of prisoners, the Americans rush ed up only to be opened upon again by the enemy machine guns. Then the Americans let loose with the full weight of their fire against the treacherous Germans who again rais ed the white flag. Twelve Germans were killed and nine captured. The white flag no longer has any signifi cance with the Americans. In the closiii.rT of a learned and im pressive cl’.aricc to the Grand Jury, his Honor 31. H. .Justice, at the re quest of our health officer. Dr. Hunt, charged the Jury as to their respon- siblity in enforcinj? the health laws, passed by the State and County Boards of Health A tense interest ])crva;!ed the Court room and earnest attention shown upon the faces of the Jury, as his honor eloquently pleaded for the prompt enforcement of the laws of health.. He impressed the fact upon the minds of all of his hearer.^ tliat those Vt^ho fail to obey all of the laws of the Board of Health, especially those relatinir to quarantine, and the prompt reporting of all conta'xious diseases occurring in the family, and that all of those who fail to comply with these laws should and must be indicted. His remarks upon the necessity of vaccination for the prevention of smallpox, were to the point and when he informed the jury that he person ally was not at all afraid of smallpox, having been vaccinated, they seemed to appreciate his Honor’s interest in their health and the health of the people at largo . Our county is to be congratulated and Judge Justice comi.lementerl up on this important step taken by him, in referring to the laws of health in his chiir.wo. . 'ihir. is the iirst insiance to our Iir.ov'iedge of any judge show- ir.2,’ this interest in the people and can v.'ell be followeci by all of the judges of our state. His Honor v»as in line with the present eli’ort, of our (iovernment in preventing the spread of contagious diseases, protecting the home folks and thereby our boys in the camp. -wss- 65 DOZ. EGfiS FROM RURAL ROUTES The Woman’s National Service League has sprung a new and very clever idea in raising funds for com fort kits for the boys who are about to leave for the eamns. They have asked every family on the two rural routes to give as many eggs as there are members in the family. Those who have not had any part in this noble work may send in their eggs at once and they will be grate fully received. Route No. 1 has furnished 35 Vi dozen eggs and $1.00 in cash. Route No. 2 has contributed 30 dozen and 2 eggs, one pound of but ter ami SI.51 in cash. The eggs are on sale at Brevard Hardware Co. store. wss TURKEY SEVERS GERMAN REUTIONS Turkey has once exercised good sense by severing relations with the German Empire. Turkey is not sat isfied with the division of Roumanian Spoils, and Germany has demanded the only large ship Turkey has as compensation for the Breslau which was destroyed in the Dardanelles while under Turkish flag. Despite Turkey’s protest the coveted ship has departed flying the German flag. WAR COMES aOSE TO Friends here received a message last Saturday morning that Capt. -Tames Hay Hol:nes had been killed by machine gun fire while leading an attack on the Aisne-Marne front. f'apt. Holmes, who v/as one of the founders of Camp Frcncli Broad, had spent several vacations here and nuu'.bored his friends by his acquain tance:-. He was a graduate of the Citadel and of West Point. He saw active service on the Mexican border and v.'cnt to France in the first con tingent of American forces. Miss Soptima Holmes, his sister, was recently the guest of Miss Eliza Wallis. WAR WORK IN WASHINGTON -wss- BAPTIST CHURCH A series of evangelistic meetings will begin at the Baptist church next Sunday. The preaching will be by Dr. W. W. Hamilton. E. L. Wolslagle will have charge of the music.. W’SS- KILLED BY LIGHTNING SILVER TEA AND SALE OF HAND MADE ARTICLES at The Rectory TUESDAY, AUGUST 13 From Five to Seven ADMISSION—A. Silver Coin Benefit St. Philips Guild -wss- MOVING PICTURES RED CROSS BENEFIT AT AUDITORIUM TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS Afternoons and ETonings COME J. B. Bryson of Canton was a vic tim of lightning last Monday even ing. He took refuge, to get out of the storm, in the home of Perry Cooke and was standing directly under an tlectric globe when stricken. Mrs. Cook and her daughter were the only other occupants of the house at the time. Mrs. Cook was renfiered un conscious for the tim.e and her daugh ter was slightly injured, but both are out of danger now. Mr. Bryson was a prominent farm er and highly esteemed by all who knew him. His widow and five chil dren survive. -wss- A SOLDIER’S lETTER Am now working in the office of the Flight Surgeon, and am not busy’ just at this time. There is no flying done on Wednesday afternoons, so guess we will have it pretty soft this P. M. Yesterday I was very assiduously engaged in writing up the proceed ings of the Board which investigated several airplane acci<lents within the past few weeks. One fellow’s ship was burned up, but he and his pas senger escaped w'ith just a few bruis es. Another follow broke his pro peller. Another was a complete wreck, and another drove his nose into a bank (this does not mean his own nose, but the nose of the ship). The weather is very fine now. If any one had told me that San-Anto- nio had such an even climate during the summer when I was enduring the sweltering heat last spring, I would not have believed it. It seems that the Americans have given the Germans a sound beating. May the good work progress until the insidious Huns are eliminated. There is nothing happening here of any moment just now. Of course the routine would be exciting to a casual observer of life—the planes doing various stunts at all times during the day from sun up to dark, but it has become rather commonplace to us. Sincerely, Walter Hurst. San Antonio, Tex. -wss- IN HONOR OF ARMY OFFICERS On next Saturday evening, August 3rd, the members of Brevard Club will entertain in honor of the visit ing army officers. Cards have been sent out to all members of the Club and all are ex pected to be present and help give these men a good time. There will be plenty to eat and smoke and a general good time is assured all. -wss- AT THE METHODIST CHURCH If you are not called upon to fight for your country, you may earn good money in permanent work which is equally essential to victory. Our war for liberty and democracy is administered from the United States Government in the Nation’s Capital, and countless workers have been brought to Washington for this purpose. These workers, as \vell as the normal population of the city, must be carried daily to and from their offices by the street railways, many of whose employees have been drafted. It is vital that the transportation system of the Capital should be kept in a state of maximum efficiency and that the places of the employees who are offering their lives for the coun try should be filled without delay. The Washington Railw’ay and Elec tric Company now offers excellent positions as conductors and motor- men to men between the ages of sev enteen and fifty. The work is con sidered essential by the Government authorities. It is pleasant, healthful, and permanent, and gives ambitious men the opportunity to learn tiie street railway business. The rate of pay, after instruction for a period equal to sixty hours, is .32 cents an hour to start. Men may thus earn from $80 to $100 monthly. \Va;j:c‘o paid daily. If you want to engage in pleasant and healthful work in the most beau tiful city in the United States, apply in person or by letter to the Chief Instructor, Washington Railway and Electric Company, 14th and East Capitol Streets, Washington, D. C. ODDFELLOWS FIAVE LIVELY MEETING Monday night, Connestee Lodge No. 237 held its regular meeting, and conferred the second and third de grees. In -spite of the heavy rain that started half an hour before time for the meeting ,attendance was good. The goat was in fine form, and the candidates are ready to lick any one who denies the existence of a goat. Under “good of the order” a number of good talks were rr.ade. After the close of the meeting, refreshments were served, and it was surprising at the amounts of eats that turned into oddfellows in short order. Work in second degree next Mon day night. -W3S- (J- NITY FAIR -wss- FARMERS’ AND WOMEN’S INSmUT A farmers’ and Women’s Institute will be held in co-operation with the State Department of Agriculture, the Experiment Station, and the Farmers’ Institute Committee of Transylvania county, at the court house in Brevard on August 6th, beginning at 10 o’clock a. m. E. D. Weaver of Buncombe, W. W. Shay of Haywood and R. E. Law rence, County Agent, will be among the speakers. The Women’s Institute v.ill be con ducted by representatives of the Home Demonstration work, to w’hich women are invited to come and join in the discussion on Home Conven iences, Food Conservation, W^ar-time Recipes and other things pertaining to the home. All are requested to bring pencil and note book to secure practical information for future use. At a meeting; of the Toxaway Com- rvanity Fair hcl 1 at the M. E. church, i July 24, 1918, it was decided to hold I the fair Saturday, September 28th, i jure tv/o days prior to the Cour;tjr I'air to be held October 1st and 2nd. The following committees were ap pointed by the president, C. R. Mc- Neeley: Arrangements: Volney Owen, Rev. W. H. Nicholson, C. L, Sanders, Mrs. V/m. Ray, Mrs. C. S. Kinsland, Mrs. B. T. Egerton, Mrs. D. T. Gillespie. Live Stock: E. D. Ov/en, W. H. Hinkle, Volney Owen, E. H. Kitchen, D. T. Gillespie. Agriculture: A. A. Miller, R. 0. Thomas, J. W. Jones, Vance Gallo way, Jessie Cash. The follov>’ing ladies were appoint ed on the cookcry and canning com mittee: Mrs. Geo. F. Armstrong, ilrs. J. B. Neal, Mrs. Vance Galloway, Tvlrs. I Perry Hinkle, Mrs. A. P. Cash, Mrs. E. D. Owen, Mrs. C. G. Fisher. The follov.’ing ladies compose the sewing and fancy work committee: Mrs. Wade Garren, Mrs. S. Mcl2:!tosh, Miss Lela Brooks, Mrs. Lee F. Nor ton, Miss Carrie McNeeley, Mrs. R. F. Williams. E. D. Owen was named as one of the executive committee. There will be a call meeting of all the committees soon. J. B. Neal, Sec. and Treas. wss SAFE OVER-SEAS FOOD ADMINISTRA’N POLICIES EXPLAINED Sunday morning theme: *'Seeing Thing*” The directors of the local Food Administration invited the food con sumers of Brevard to come to the court house on Tuesday evening to hear the food situation discussed. The speaker of the occasion, Mr. Pond, of Asheville, who was intro duced by W. E. Breese, stated the Food Administration could not do effective work without the co-opera tion of each individual in the com munity. “It is desired,” he said, “of Mr. Hoover and others in high au thority, not to force the people to conserve wheat and sugar, but to induce them to save these products for the allies as an expression of patriotism.” The speaker said that a practical measure of one’s patriotic sincerity could be found in the sugar bowl on his table. He urged the merchants present to consider themselves storekeepers for Uncle Sam with special instruc tions to keep an eye on flour and sugar. The speaker suggested to those present who were interested in can ning, that they can fruits now with out sugar if possible and add the su gar later in the winter when sugar would be plentiful. “There is no cause,” said he, “for panic—“the flour situation is taking care of it self and the scarcity of sugar will soon be a thing of the past.” Mrs. W. K. Osborne has receiv’^ed news of the safe arrival of her grand son, Corporal Vernon B. Gallamore, in France. -wss- KEYSTONE CAMP Brevard’s latest attraction. Key stone Camp, v.'hich is located on Lake Elvira, is filled with young ladies from the Keystone State— Florida. Of all the girls’ camps in western North Carolina Keystone is one of the most thoroughly equipped for outdoor sports. It is a real vacation camp. No studying is required and the time is spent in boating, swim ming and hiking. Just now the young ladies are preparing a series of plays to be given as the closing features of the season. Kej'stone Camp was founded by Miss Fanie Holt and Miss Mildred Ellis of Jacksonville, Fla. Others in the camp are Misses Mil lie Karker, Dorothy Holdage and Ada May Tatum of Atlanta, Smith and Emily Hadlow of Miami, Fla., Misses Adeline Rydhohu, Margaret Seale Bisbee, Susanne Miller, Earn- estine Austin, Lucile Brady, Evelyn Van Anden and Caroline Dancey of Jacksonville, Misses Roberta Foster, Katherine and Clare Murphy of Sa vannah. -wss- REV. J. C. OWEN AT ENON Rev. J. C. Owen of Asheville will preach at Enon church next Friday night, August 2nd at 8:30 on his way to Calvert where he goes to hold a two-weeks meeting. Rev. Mr. Owen is one of the best evangelists in this part of the coun try, having spent several years in China, and everybody in the Enon section is expected to be out azi4 hear him Friday evening at 8:30.

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