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o r ew rd N ew VOL. XXIII BREVARD, N. C., THURSDA Y, AUGUST IS, 1918. Number 32 DAILY CUIUNGS OF WAR NEWS Friday, Aup. 9.—British supported by French troops launch offensive on wide front. The Huns were taken by surprise and fled in confusion be fore Allies. British tanks lead the J^ive against the enemy. The Franco-British offensive aujiounced that they have captured 7.000 men and 100 sruns, and have made an ad vance of from five to seven miles. Crown Prince Rupprecht’s army has suffered heavily, while the 117th division has been badly cut up. BREVARD PROfflKECT RED €R«KS TO Fill ON EDOanON’L MAP ♦ 1 Saturday, Aus;. 10—The offensive established by the Allies has become the largest battle front in history. Fighting extends over a front of pi'ac- tically 150 miles from the Yser to the Oise. German loses estimated at between 50,000 and 60,000. Sunday, Aug. 11.—German strat egy is weakening under the iniluenee of the Allies. Crown Prince Rup precht’s army completely ilemolish- ed. Germans make retreat in confus ion leaving behind guns, ammunitior. and supplies. Monday, Aug. 12.—British steam er Peniston and Swedish steamer Syd- land reported sent down by German submarine off New England coast. American correspondents uive in teresting quotations from editorials in leading German papers. 'I'hese editorials emphasize the villii’.ny of the United States as a nation of blood-thirsty ruffians who are bent on the destruction of Germany as well as determined to mal-e vassals of the Allies. One of Germany’s most influential \vriters declares that by enterin.ir the ’camp of the entente when he ilid 'Wilson struck the hardest blow at European liberalism and democracy that it could have suffered. Tuesday, Aug. 13.—The (Jermans are getting a good sample of what the Americans can do in tho way of hand-to-hand fighting. Six men in the coast guarc! station off Smith’s Island are overcome by gas attack by German subm;irine op erating on New England co -r-t. This is the first successful effort of Ger many to injure persons or property on American shuros. Citizens of Brevard are justly proud of her many natural advan tages and soon they will be able to point with pride to the public school buildings of the tovm. Before many weeks pass Brevard will have one of the most up-to-date high school buildings in the state. Work on the new building is nov»r being pushed at a rapid rate. When finished the structure will be 123 V2 by 60 V2 feet. It will be three stories high. In the basement floor wiil be located the gymnasium and domestic science labratories. The 2nd and 3rd floors will be given over to eight large class rooms, music rooms, of fices, library and auditorium. The auditorium, which will fill a long-felt need, will have a seating capacity of 500. While the work is being carried on with as little delay as possible, the building of course will not be ready for the opening of school in Septem ber. Therefore the fall term of school will open in the present grad ed school building, which will later be used for the prin'iary grades. The fall term will be opened at the regu lar time aiid patrons of the school, a member of the board states to the News, need have no fear that their cliildi’en will lose time on account of I the improvements now in progress. VACANT PLACE PATRIOTIC RALLY IN MISS GASH IN CHARGE EDUCATIONAL WORK ^ By unanimous consent of the di rectors of the County-wide Evange- 1 Jistic campaign conducted by the Bap- I tist churches of Transylvania county, last Friday evening was observed with ' a ijatriotic service in every Baptist ; church in the county. I Special speakers from the Council ! of Defense were present at a number of the meetings to talk to the con gregations about vital points of the j present world conflict. The object of these addresses \vas to give defi nite information in regard to the national situation to those who for one reason or another have not yet thought much about the matter them selves and to impress upon each in dividual a personal responsibility in winning the war and making the world a safe place for the highest de velopment of mankind. These special talks were made by Rev. J. C. Seagle, J. S. Silversteen, R. H. Zachary and others appointed by the Council of Defense. Miss Annie Jean Gash has been elected chairman of the committee on Education of the Transylvania chap ter American Red Cross. This com mittee has charge of all educational work done by the chapter, which will include classes in First Aid to ihe In jured, Home Dietics, and Home Nurs ing. These classes will conducted by experts and will offer a comprehen sive course of information to every woman in the county who desires to bcconie a factor in the conservation the health of the people. ^ Up to December, 1917 Canada’s dead in the war numbered 15,766 men. In the same period from six preventable diseases, typhoid, diph theria, scarlet fever, whooping cough, tuberculosis, and measles, Canada’s dead numbered 22,560 men, women and children. Women of Transylvania can do no less than enlist every energy toward keeping the U. S. from bavina rec ord like this. All interested in the courses named may obtain full in formation by applying to Miss Gash or to County Red Cross Headquar ters. NOTICE, FARMERS Owing to the peculiar conditions existing in Transylvania county, as it is a rye county, the Food Adminis tration has agreed to allow the farm ers who have been in the habit of feeding their rye to their stock, to have a limited amount ground for this purpose. Permit will be granted by me upon request from any farmer in the county. Thos. H. Shipman, Food Administrator Trans. Co. He Hadn’t Realized. The custodian of an Indianapolis building recently hired a colored man, George, to work about the building. George had always worked as a “house man” and came well recommended. The first day of his employment, how ever, George was out for lunch the greater part of three hours. The custodian was naturally an noyed. “Where in thunder have you been?” he inquired the minute he set eyes on the erring George. “Me? Why, I’se been home takin’ a nap,” George answered, in a surprised tone. “I always takes a nap in the middle of tlu; day.” “Well, believe me,” the custodian de clared, “you don’t do that any more. You’re needed around here.” Was George aggrieved? Not a bit of it. A most appreciative grin spread over his face. “Well, now,” he said slowly, “you’ll have to excuse me this time, boss. It’s just that I didn’t realize before how important I is around here.” Labor-Saving Harvester. One thousand improved wheat-har vesting laachines, known as comblces, will be used In Washington state and other states of the Northwest .this year, according to farm-help special ists of tlie United States department of agriculture, and will effect a great sav ing in labor. These machines, which cut the heads from wheat and thrash the grain as they travel across the field, can be operated by two persons, and each machine will harvest from 350 to 400 acres of wheat during a season. They are marked labor savers over the old type combine, which re- Quired about 20 men. No Chance for the Old Man. It was the first time that Richard’s father had seen “her” and they were talking things over. “So my son has proposed to you,” he said, “and you’ve accepted him? I ycy might have seen me first.” Slu* blushed sweetly as she replied; did, but I thluK I prefer Richard.** The Home Service section of the Transylvania Chapter of the Ameri can Red Cross wishes to again call the attention of all soldiers’ families to th efact that this committee is eager to help all soldiers’ families in any way possible to them. Any one wishing information and advice, or in need of help because of conditions existing in their homes since husband or son has been called to “The Col ors,” may come to the U. D. C. Rest Room on any Tuesday morning from ten thirty to twelve thirty or Friday afternoon from four to six o’clock. Letters will be written, information given and help extended to any sol dier’s family in need. The Home Ser vice Committee will be glad to receive information regarding soldiers’ fam ilies from any reliable person, as it is the duty not only of the members of this committee but of every other citizen in our county, to help inspire coniidence in the hearts and minds of our soldiers and their dear ones, confidence in the fact that the Red Cross will stand ready at all times to help at home as well as at the front. The committee simply asks that all who can will please come to us ci send some trustworthy person. If unable to do this, the committee will send a representative to them if noti fied. Most sincerely, Mrs. J. S. Silversteen, Chairman. -wss- SOLDIER’S POLE TAX Brevanl N. C., Aug. 14, 1918 Hon. J. H. Picklcsimer, Chairman Transylvania County Eopublican y Executive Committee, Brevard, N. C. Dear Sir.— In behalf of the Transylvania boys who are now’ serving our coun try in the Army and Navy, I desire to submit the follow'ins: proposition to you as Chairman of the Republi can Executive Committee of Tran sylvania County. It is not right, patriotic or in keep ing with the duty we owe our country at the present time that any purely technical objection be raised to pre vent our soldiers and sailors from voting if they so desire. Representing the Democratic Ex ecutive Committee of Transylvania County and the Democratic Nominees I therefore propose that neither poli tical party or its representatives chal lenge any soldier’s or sailor’s vote at the coming General Election in the Fall for the reason that said soldier or sailor has failed to pay his poll tax as required by law. Please write me at your earliest convenience as to whether your party will agree to this proposition or not. Respectfully, W. E. BREESE Chairman Democratic Ex. Com. Transylvania County -wss- BREVARD CHURCHES TO PRAY FOR ALLIES The pastors of Brevard churches at the last meeting of the Ministers’ Association decided to request the members of their respective churches to spend one minute in prayer each day for the success of the American and Allied armies and navies. It was agreed that the Methodist church bell should be rung each day at twelve o’clock as a signal for all to join in intercession for divine guidance and blessing on the cause for which the life blood of America is being poured out. -wss- SUNDAY SCHOOL INSTITUTE An institute for training Sunday School teachers will be opened in tho Brevard Baptist church Scptembev 1-3 prox. Ail teachers .of the Transylvania Association and such others as may desire are eligible and are urged to enroll. Prof. Hunter and Rev. Sorgee of Asheville will be the instructors. HOSPITAL GARMENT ROOMS CLOSED The Transylvania Red Cross has received instructions from headquar ters that work in the Hospital Gar ment Department is to be discontin ued until further directions are re ceived from the government in re gard to what the Red Cross will be expected to furnish the army and navy during the period beginning November the first. The Red Cross has filled all orders made by the gov ernment un to that date. *While the local Red Cross workers ara asked to stop sev/ing for a short time, they are asked to continue the making of sw^eaters and socks with all speed possible. Wool for these garments may be obtained at the Transylvania Red Cross headquarters on Tuesday and Saturday mornings from 10 to 12. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons from 3:30 to 5:30 Miss Delia Gash, chairman of the Wool Garment Committee, will be at the Red Cross to give out wool as well as instructions in knitting to any one who wishes to learn to knit. -wss- 60ES FAR BACK IN HISTOKY French City of Montdidier Was of lm> portance in First Millennium of the Christian Era. Tho National Goo^raphio society Is sues Uie I'oMowing war geography bul letin on Montdidier, a few mile.s, east of Amiens: “This little town, whose history dates back to the first inilh'niiium of the Christian era, bad a ]to]>ulation of l»‘ss than Tt.OOO at the beginning of the war, but it w'as rich in liistoric ass<tciations. It is said to have de rived its name from the fact that Di(lit»r or Desiderius. tho last of the L(»mbard kings, was imprisoned here in 774 by riun lemasne. It will be re- menilu'rcd that Charlemagne, having put aside bis f.rst wife, Desiderius’ daughter, took up the quarrel of I’ope Adrian I with the Lombard monarch, and after marching an army across the Alps, captured the erstwhile fa ther-in-law's capital city, Ticinura, and took tho vanquished ruler back to France. Vvhere lie died in captivit.v. “Montdidier is attractively situated on an eminence on the banks of the river Don. It is the capital of an ar- rondisseinent in the department of the Somme, and is 62 miles north of Paris by rail, and 23 miU's southeast of Amiens. Its chief industries be fore the war were tanneries and the manufacture of zinc-white. “When the tides of w'ar finally re cede it is probable that the three build ings in which the citizens of Mont didier took the greatest pride will be crumbling ruins. These are the church of St. I’ierre, which was built before Columbus sot sail on his voyage of discovery, and which contains a tomb and font of the eleventh century; the church of St. Sepulchre, a fifteenth century cdifiee, and the Palal.s de Jus tice, formerly the city castle. In the last named building visitors before the war were .shown six unusually liand- some Brussels tapestries of the sev enteenth century. These were un- doulitedly removed before the (Ger mans entered the city. “Montdidier’s most famous son was Parmentier, the scientist, W’ho gave Impetus to the culture of the potato In France. A statue erected here com memorates his gift to the nation. “For a number of years this little city was governed by its own lords, then passed under the dominion of the counts of Crepy and Valois. In the twelfth century it became a posses sion of the French crown and received a charter of liberties. In 1636 it of fered a gallant and successful resist ance to the Spanish invaders.” HELP FOR THE HELPLESS A PROCLAMATION BY THE GOV- ERNOR Last year the whole world was thrilled when the news was flashed over the wires that Jerusalem had been delivered from the hands of the Turk. The feeling was universal that the Holy City should be restored to the people who had builded it and with whose history it is ever associat ed. This is a fine sentiment, but finer and vastly more important than the restoration of the Holy City is the salvation of millions of Jews from hunger and disease and death. In Turkey, in Palestine, in Luthania^ in Russia, in Poland and in Galicia star vation stares the children of Abra ham in the face. Daily Jewish hus bands see their wives grow thin and pale and fade away into the Great Silence. Daily Jewish babies tug frantically at the breasts that are withered and dry; and above the din of battle is heard once more th3 voice of Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted becausc they are not. I call upon the good people of North Carolina to harken to this cry, to rally to the help of the helpless and once again to show themselves worthy of the high service they are privileged to render. The hounded, hungering Jew can well afford to die. We cannot afford by indifference and inaction to have his blood on our hands. Therefore, I, Thomas Walter Bick- ett, Governor of North Carolina, do hereby set apart Monday, the 19th day of August, 1918, as Jewish Re lief Day. I ask all newspapers to give wide publicity to this day, and especially as that on Sunday, the 18th day of August, notice be given in all the churches in the State that th<f following Monday will be observed as Jewish Relief Day, and the people will be given an opportunity to help this stricken race. On Monday, the 19th day of Aug ust, I beg all our people to give to this most worthy cause generously and gladly. Let Jew and Gentile touch elbows, and work together for the relief of these millions in distress, and may He, who made and loves us all, bestow upon every giver and ev ery gift His Heavenly benediction. Done at our city of Raleigh, this the 3rd day of Avigust, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hun dred and eighteen, and in the one hundred and forty-third year of our American Independence. Thomas Walter Bickett, By the Governor, Governor. Sanford Martin, Private Secretary. EVANGEUSTIC CAM PAIGN SUCCESS HERE -wss- Avoid Grouch and Live Long. Writing for the Minneapolis .Tour- nal, A. J. R. notes the demise of a Se attle citizen one hundred and three years old, and suggests that one of the reasons why he lived so long was that he never grouched at the break fast table or elsew’here. Discussing this, A. J. R. writes “The enjoyment of breakfast and of the sunrise always comes so eas ily to me that I sometimes wail in charity for persons who, I have been led to believe, start the generous day wrong by raising hades at tho break fast table. I will freely wager 75 cents that the Seattle centena rian who lived to be one hun dred and three never insurged at breakfast, never complained of the food, nor sneered at his wife’s cook ing.” The aged Seattler ascribed his lon gevity to his own temper; he had not been angry since he was twenty, and had driven a yoke of oxen most of his life. Also, loved everybody, and every body loved him. The Age of Innocence. Youth, like spring, taunts the person who Is not a poet. Just because it is formative and fugitive it evokes imag ination, it has a bloom too momentary to be self-conscious, vanished almost as soon as it Is seen. In boys, as well as girls, this beauty discloses itself. It 'is a delicacy as tender as the first green leaf, an innocence like the shim mering dawn, “brightness of azure, clouds of fragrance, a tinkle of falling water and singing birds.” People feel this when they accept youth as Im maculate and heed its mute expee* ' fancies. The mother whose boy is a? twenty has every right to feel he ii idyllic, to think that youth has the ah* I of spring about it, that spring is the i morning of the gods. Youth is so i often handsome and straight and fear less, it has Its mysterious silences, its beings are beings of clear fire In high spaces, kin with the naked stars. Yet there is in it something not less fiery which is far more human. Youth is also a Columbus with mutineers on board.—^F. H. in the New Republic. Barristers and Solicitors. The English keep up most of the old distinction between physicians and surgeons, barristers and solicitors. A barrister alone can address the higher courts and the parliamentary commit tees; a solicitor must keep to office work and courts of first instance. A man with a grievance goes first to his solicitor, who then instructs or briefs a barrister for him. If that barrister in the course of the trial wants a cer tain evidence removed from the record he moves that it be struck out and not stricken out, as an American lawyer would say. Only barristers may become judges. An English barrister, just like his American brother, takes a retainer, when he is engaged. But the rest of his fee does not wait upon the term* inatlon of his case. He expects to re* ceive a “refresher” from time to time. The county-wide evangelistic cam paign which opened last Sunday in the Baptist churches of Transylvania is progressing with increasing inter est and success. ' Dr. J. C. Owen, who base charge of the campaign and who is himself conducting the services in the Calvert Baptist church, attributes a large jneasure of the success of the meet ings to the remarkable spirit of co operation evidenced by the pastors and members of the twenty Baptist churches of the county. Dr. Owen seems to have been peculiarly fortun ate in his selection of preachers to conduct the meetings at the various churches.' •Reports from each community in which a meeting is being held prove that ministers and church members are working efficiently together for the uplift of the neighborhood. The services in the Brevard Bap tist church, which are attracting large congregations, arc in charge of Dr. W. W. Hamilton, former pastor of the First Baptist Church of Lynch burg, Va. Dr. Hamilton is now giv ing all his time to evangelistic work ^and no one who listens to bis words can doubt that he is specially endow ed for work in this field. Dr. Hamil ton is assisted by E. L. W*olslagle, one of the best evangelistic singers before the public of the south today. Mr. Wolsla;;le has visited Brevard be fore and made many friends here by the power of his singing. The meet ing in the local church as well as other churches of the county will probably continue through next week. ^wss KRAUT ACCORDING TO HOMEDEMONSTRAfR Mrs. Henly, who visited Brevard recently as a representative of the State Department of Home Econom ics, gave the following directions for making kraut: To 100 pounds of cabbage allov;’ 2V2 pounds salt; shred or chop cab bage, sprinkling salt and pounding down in barrel or crock; add plate or board cover and w^eight, cover con tainer, to keep out dust and insects. Set aside to ferment. When this process is completed, remove boards and weight, and any mould that may be present. Thoroughly scald boards and weight, replace and seal about edge with parafin poured on boiling hot. No scum will form, if the cab bage has been handled properly and no softening of kraut on top and waste will result. When removing salted vegetables, take off parafin, weights and boards and after the veg etables have been taken out, replace weight and boards, rp-heat parafin and pour around edge. If it is desired to add beans to a crock, this may be done, if only a few days have passed since the first were put in the crock. All vessels used should be boiled or cleaned well with boiling water. If the corn and beans are not blanched or boiled, a slight fermentation will result, giv ing a pickled flavor. -ws»- 14 MORE MEN TOGO Some time during the five-day per iod beginning August 26, 14 men will be entrained for Camp Jackson, S. C. Definite dates will be announced as soon as train schedule is received from Raleigh. Following are those to be called: William Wesley Smith, Charlotte. Samuel Clemey Raines, Brevard, R. F. D. Jesse B. Huggins, Cherryfield. Class 1918 Van Robinson, Lake Toxaway. Berlin Owen, Lake Toxaway. Jess Owenby, Etowah. Flave G. McCall, Etowah. Columbus H. Holden, Brevard, R. F. D. Ernest McCoy, Balsam Grove. Alfred C. Current, Rosman. Joseph M. Heath, Etowah, R. F. D. Sylvester M. Galloway, Rosman. Suel Rhinehart, Brevard. Paul Brooks, Rosman. Robert E. Heath, Pisgah Farest, R. F. D. W^ade McGaha, Pisgah Forest, S. F. D. J. I. Watson, ChMf Olerk.