“The Greatest Sin in tlie World”-Dr. Hamiiten’s Suliject Sunday at 4 P. M.-Special Music liy Clioir
Brevard
VOU XXIIl
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1918.
Number 31.
DAILY CULLINGS
OF WAR NEWS
August 2.—The big drive, after a
day of rest, bep:an on August 1st.
Notable gains have been made by the
Allies. The Crown Prince is again
pushed back. The Germans fight
stubbornly, but to little purpose.
The Allied troops have driven out
the Germans who have been tena
ciously holding positions between
Plcssier Hubeu and the river and
took the high ground north of Grand
Rozoy, captured some villages and
six hundred German prisoners.
The prisoners captured by the Al
lied troops from July 15th to July
33, amount to 33,400.
The picked troops of the Kaiser
were unable to stop the dash of the
Americans. The Germans fought
viciously to hurl the Americans back
across the Ourco river, but they fail
ed. The British and French forces
took full advantage of the situation
and appeared at the proper time and
place. Germany’s best is not suffi
cient for the task she has undertaken.
The American black snakes, as flip
pantly called by the Huns, are a much
greater menace than they expected to
encounter.
i't::. .1. ('. OWEN,
Who is in charge of the Evjniivoli^tic for the County, and holding
the mooting ;it Mt. Jloriah.
COUNTY-WIDE EVAN- 1 HOSPITAL SHIP
e EUiis
r
The Baptist churches of Triinsyl-
rvania county are now ene:i"o<l in a
syston.'atic campaign for tho <va.’.,uC'
lization of the county.
There are now twenty
churches in Transylvania and in oavh
of those churches revival ^orviot's are
going on.
The organization and direction of
this campaign by Dr. J. C. ()\vo!i of
Mars Hill, has been carrie<i on wiih
the thoroughness which charac-tori/.os
all of his work..
At the preliminary confcrenco of
evangelistic workers held on last Sat
urday in the Brevard Baptist church
Dr. Owen stated that * we niu. - 7iot
let the campaign fail beci'.uso wo havo
left undone one single tiiir.:- ihiv
f^hould have been done.” Tl'.o. o v. ortis
seemed to truly express tho spirit of
the meeting. In the cour^u' of his
talks Dr. Owen emphasized tho iir.por-
tance of the ministers’ rcs])onsibiiity
in bringing the people to a roab.zation
of their duty to support thi' ‘.rovorn-
mcnt in the present crisis. Dr. Owen
said that he was glad to give j.art of
the time of the conference to .hscus-
sion of patriotic work anii thoreforo
took special pleasure in introdu-ing
to the audience Rev. J. C. Soaulo. who
wa??*!-‘sent to present the Red ^ 'ross
an lAh j Council of Defenso. U^v.
Mr.^tagle made a stirring ap’ioal to
the ministers present to make a unite.!
effort during their campaign iv) givo
the people of the county t!io besi
available information in regar<l la
aims of America in the prci.r;i
Mr. Seagic was followed by .^Ir. R.
H. Zachary, who made some I’oaiaik;-
in support of Mr. Seagle ansi . ugge^t-
ed that if possible a definite ju rio'! be
set aside in the meetings to l>o hoid
by the ministers present for talks o]i
national affairs. He said th;it spo'.k-
ers from Brevard would be so.’t ic
any of the churches wiiere outsul''
speakers were desired. The confer
ence unanimously decided that thirty
minutes of the service hour on Fri
day evening, August 9, snould he giv
en over to patriotic meetings in ev
ery Baptist church in the county.
The conference was closed with
prayer by Rev. E. Allison.
Dr. Owen stated to the News that
he felt very much encoaras:e<! over
the remarkable spirit of co-operation
which he found among the churches
of the county. He said that he w^as
very hopeful for a successful outcome
of the campaign, for, said he, “many
of the preachers who take part in
the work have been eminently suc
cessful as evangelists and there is
One huni're-.l and fifty patients are
roported to have been killed by the
explosion of a torpedo v.hich sank
t.!ie hospital shij) V.'arilda on the
aiorning of Augu.st 3rd.
Aijout 400 patients wero on boar;l
and about one hundred have been ac
counted for. Several women nurses
Vvore killed.
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All PAST RECORDS
The Transylvania Red Cross re
ceived an order on July the 24th for
420 five-yard gauze rolls. Ten days
later these rolls wore shipped in rcgu-
tion Red Cross case to Atlanta, from
wiiich place they will be sent directly
to I rance. it takes the average Red
('ross v.ork room a month to turn
out an ortler of this size, which re
quires the handling of 2100 yards of
n'.alerial, and the directors of the
r.revard v.'ork rooms are to be con
gratulated upon the dispatch with
which this work was completed. This
ilepartment of Red Cross vx'ork is un
der the supervision of Mrs. Edward
Patton.
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AT METHODIST CHURCH
The pastor will preach at 11 a. m.
on subject announced for last Sun
day.
The evening services have been
called in during the continuation of
spccial Evangelistic services at the
Captiit church.
nov/ ;i deep revival spirit sweeping
over Transylvania.”
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RED CROSS WILL TEACH THOSE
WHO WISH TO MAKE SWEATERS
Sunday, August 3.—The Allied ad
vance against the Huns is becoming
more speedy. The great salient be-
tv/een Soisr.ons and Rhemes is cut
out by L‘ie Allied forces. Important
ground is recapturod by the British.
The American troops hold the out
skirts of Fismes, the great supply base
of the (k'rman army. The Huns are
expecting to f^n.l the Aisne a great
bulkark, and there they may attempt
to reform their shattered lines.
On Saturckiy the Americans enter
ed the southern part of Fismes while
other forces of the Allies held the
southern banks of the Aisne and Ves-
le river from Soifsons to Fismes.
The advance of the v.’hole army is
along a front of almost forty-five
miles. The Allies are bringing up
their guns almost as fast as the (Ger
mans are withdrawing theirs. All tiie
roads over which the Gernians are
retiring are subjected to the heaviest
bombardment by the Allies.
The decisive blow of the battle be
tween tlie Marne and the Aisne seems
to have been delivered Thursday. The
whole German line had been pivoted
on this point and the Allied successes
there put the entire Tuton force into
disorder. The success of the Allies
has apparently thrown the whole ])lan
of the German campaign out of joint.
Large units h.ave been drawn from
the jiorthern battle front to support
the Crown Prince’s armies. The
withdrawal of the Germans from this
section and the <levastation they are
leavin:-: behind them would indicate
that they never expect to return to
this section as a vantage field for
battle.
The Germans are removing all the
supplies they can as they are fleeing
from the Allies and what they cannot
carry v/ith them they are destroying.
Large quantities of amunition have
been captured by the Allies and will
be given back to the Germans through
the muzzles of Allied guns.
General Pershing has over a mil
lion men in his area and they are
driving at the center of the retreat
ing German lines. They, have serged
forward to the Aisne-Vesle front and
have thrown cavalry patrols beyond
it.
The river Marne has twice proven
a Waterloo to the German hordes
and they, doubtless, have seen that
locality for the last time.
YOUNG AMERICANS
VERY PATRIOTIC
The boys and councillors of Camp
Sapphire have given very literal as
well as figurative expression to their
patriotism by presenting to the Treas
ury of the local Red Cross a check
for$ 150.09. This sum was made up
of contributions from the young men
of the camp who represent almost
every state in the union. The gift,
which is the largest single cash dona
tion ever received by the Transyl
vania Red Cross, is much appreciated
not only for its value and the help it
will give to the v/ork—but also as an
expression of sincere patriotism, and
an evidence of loyal friendliness on
the part of the guests of our town.
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MEETING AT
BAPTIST CHURCH
Dr. W. W. Hamilton of Lynchburg,
Va., is conducting a meeting at the
Baptist church. He is doing some
searching preaching to large and at
tentive congregations and deep inter
est seems to be manifested.
Mr. E. L. Wolslagle, who is well-
know'n in Brevard, having conducted
the music in a former series of meet
ings in this church, has full charge
of *nat department.
The mooting will continue for
about ten days.
The wool room of the local Red
Cross will be open on Mondays, Wed-
no?;!ays and Fridays at 3:30 o’clock.
Any one who v/ishes to gat wool for
sweaters or socks or any one who
wishes to receive instructions for
knitting these garments is requested
to come to the Red Cross rooms at
the hours mentioned. Needles of the
proper size can also be obtained at
the rooms.
The government is now urging the
Red Cross to push the wool work with
all energy ptfsible and it is hoped
that the patriotic women of the coun
ty will make a ready response to this
appeal.
August 4—Fismes, the base of Hun
supplies, falls to Allies. The place is
taken by charging Americans. The
Hun retreat continues with the Allies
in pursuit. It is said that tho number
of prisoners captured during the
drive will thrill the Allied world when
announcement is made.
At 10 o’clock p. m.. on the 4th,
Sunday night, the Americans, sup
ported by the French, captured the
town of Fismes. The Germans are
hurrying to place the Aisne between
them and their pursuers so as to es
cape and prevent further loss of men
by being made prisoners.
The Americans alone have captur
ed 8,400 prisoners, and, in additior.,
133 guns.
Quite a number of the Huns have
succeeded in reaching the northern
bank of the Aisne and getting num
bers of their big guns across with
them. ^
COMPULSORY
t
The County Board of Education
on the date of August oth, passed a
resolution I'cquiring all county teach-
crs to announce in their respective
schools the first live mornings of the
opening of their schools that the
compulsory law is in force the first
four months of the school term for
each school respectively, as provided
for l>y the law. All children from 8
to 14 years of age, both inclusive,
must go to school every day for the
first four months of his school. All
violations of the compulsory school
law will be vigorously prosecuted, ro
please obey the law.
Most cordially yours,
A. F. IMitchell,
County Supt.
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While many are kept away from
this delightful summer climate by
reason of the war, yet there is a
large number of visitors in the city
and more en route.
It is estimated that at one place
alone, a depot near Fere-En-Tarde-
nois, that $4,000,000 worth of am^
munition and general stores fell into
the hands of the Allies, while that
destroyed is believed to be several
times that value. Stores and ammu
nition were found in large quantities
in other depots and it is supposed
that the retreat was so hasty that
they did not have time to take, or
even destroy, these supplies.
The Allied success for the past
week or two has been unprecedent
ed in the annuals of war.
August 6.—The Huns are still get
ting out of the way but are closely
pursued by the Allies. They are of
fering strong opposition at Vesle,
supposedly to give the main body of
troops time to get out of danger.
They are hoping to find a more con
genial refuge on the north side of
the Aisne, a haven of rest or safety
from the onslaughts of the determin
ed Allies.
Picked troops, of Bavaria, and
those of tho Hun Crown Prince, have
failed to stop the progress of,, the
Allied forces. The rear guard of the
retreating Germans show a little re
sistance every day but that is only to
protect the main army as it retreats.
Great depression is shown in the
ranks of the Germans. Documents
that have been captured show a de
sire for immediate peace or a de
cisive battle at once.
Food is very scarce among the
Germans and of a very poor quality.
The “immediate battle ’ has been
foav.iit and the Germans lost. An
other letter captured says “Germany
is slowly crumbling to pieces. An
other letter says, after the battle on
the Mame, “Our regiment has been
nearly wiped out and we have not
pushed far."
REV. A. V. REECE, of Hendcr.sonville,
Who is holding the Meeting at Rosman.
FARMERS’ INSTITUTE
LARGELY ATTENDED
The Farmers’ Institute held here on
Wednesday brought a large number
of famters to tov.n from all parts of
the county to hear the argicultural
problems peculiar to this section of
the state discussed by experts. The
principal speakers at this meeting
v.'ere Mr. Shank and Mr. Webb of
Raleigh and Mr. Shay of Waynesville.
\\hile the farmr>rs of the county
were in session in the court house the
housewives of the neighborhood held
a meeting in the Library to hear Mrs.
Ilenly, of the state board on hom ^
economics, give a talk on canning.
Mrs. Henly laid special stress on the
importance of getting the maximum
amount of food preserved with the
minimum amount of sugar. She
gave her audience several formulas
for canning and preserving which
have not yet been published in the
official bulletins. Some of these new^
methods have just recently been
worked out by the food experts in
Raleigh and will be published in the
News for the benefit of those who
w’ere unable to be present at the
meeting.
Many of Mrs. Henly’s hearers were
particularly interested in the pre
serving of vegetables by brining for
which the following directions were
given.
PRESERVING VEGETABLES BY
BRINING.
CORN—Place young, tender ears of
corn in a clean bag (flour sack).
Plunge into a pot of boiling water;
boil 5 to 10 minutes, according to
size or variety of corn.
Cut from Cobb, weigh; allow 1 oz.
salt to 5 oz. corn; mix in a pan.
Brine wdll form at once, pack tightly
in sterilized quart or half gallon jars.
Cover; next day, pour boiling hot
bees wax or parrafine over corn, in
the same manner used to seal jelly.
Cover. Imperfect screw tops ma;/ be
used as covers.
STRING BEANS—Prepare beans as
for cooking, breaking or better litill
cutting them into one and one-half
inch lengths. Weigh, wash and
blanch in a cloth bag, in boiling water
as directed above. Ten minutes will
be required for large beans. Pack
in either glass 1-2 gallon jars or stone
crocks, sprinkling salt as you pack.
Reserve enough salt to form a layer
on top of beans. When using a
crock, put this reserve salt in a cloth
loosely, tie and lay on top of beans;
cover vvith a saucer, plate or wooden
cover, placing a weight on, as in
kraut making. In using glass jars
pack full and adjust cover; set aside
24 hours. If the salt has not drawn
from the beans sufficient water to
cover them, add cooled boiled water.
In case of glass jars, cover with melt-
BREVARD CLUB
ENTERTAINS
One of the most enjoyabie occa
sions of the whole season was:- the
reception given by the Brevard Club
in honor of the U. S. Army Officers
last Saturday night. It seeme<l that
every member of the club turned out
to welcome and entertain these gen
tlemen, and if we are competent to
judge it was a success.
Cards and pool Avere the features
of amusement until the chcf, ?fIayor
W. E. Breese, with his long white
apron down to his shoetops, anounced
that ‘supper was served,” when all
filed into the long dining hall where
they were filled with good things
while Will Breese and Charlie Orr
acted as waiters—and now while we
think of it, when Uncle Sam calls
for these two gentlemen to either
“work or fight” we hope someone will
open up a restaurant and employ
them as waiters.
After supper cigars and cigarettes
and more pool and cards were enjoy
ed.
The following were the honored
guests:
Major A. T. Hayes, Captains J.
Mageean, G. Wood, C. J. Kauper. J.
W. Seuburt; Lieutenants N. Golden,
F. B. Goucher, H. Bodle, A. R. Smith,
W. J. Conico, H. C. Jarecky, M. S.
Wilson, A. B. Crc mkite, M. Bulger,
T. J. Broodhurst, Fred M. Coo, T. W.
Taylor, and Messrs C. L. Knight of
Tampa, Fla., and W. W. Clonk of
Wall Springs, Fla.
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WAR WORK
r\Irs. Simons anounces a series of
Opcratic Lecture Recitals on Satur
days in August at 10:30 a. m. at the
Aethelwold hotel. The proceeds will
be devoted to war work.
The program next Saturday morn
ing, August 10, Romeo and Juliet.
Programs for the following Saturdays
will be Faust, Carmen and Cavelleria
Rusticana.
ed wax as in corn. , In crocks, pour
the wax or parrafin on the brine be
tween the edge of plate and side of
crock. Cover crock with new’spapers
or cloth, tied on. Do not move crocks
after parrafin has been used, as the
seal may be broken. The object in
sealing, is to prevent scum forming.
To prepare Brined Vegetables for the
Table.
Rinse leaves well. If too salty, par
boil a few minutes, then proceed as
in the fresh beans. Corn should have
brine drained off, covered, with three
times its bulk, of cold water, stirred
up and then left to settle. Pour
water off. If too salty for your use,
add fresh water, bring to boil and
pour water off.