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Brevard New
VOL. XXIII
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1918.
Number 34
COUNTYFADtTO
BE GREAT SUCCESS
BEEF CATTLE CONTEST TO BE
IMPORTANT FEATURE FOR
THE BOYS.
Mucjnititerest is already beinp:
>Tnanifeycd in the county fair to be
held in Brevard on the 1st and 2nd
of October. The growth of the fair
spirit has been gjreat and good and
competition promises to be keen in
all departments. The officers and
committees have had the experience
of last year’s fair and it is their in
tention to have the best fair ever
held in Western North Carolina. An
interesting program is being worked
out by the committee and valuable
prizes will be offered to the winners
of the red, white and blue ribbons.
Owing to the war conditions and the
interest being taken in the improved
livestock attractive prizes have been
offered for canned products and on
livestock.
• The catalogue is already in the
hands of the printer and a copy of
same can be secured as soon as re
leased.
The committee on arrangement re
ports that they have secured from
PATRIOTIC MEETING
METHODIST CHURCH
The Sunday morning service hour
at the Methodist church was given
over to a patriotic address.
Long before the appointed hour the
church was filled with people from
Brevard and all sections of the coun
ty. Several persons from Rosman
were present.
Special music was rendered by the
choir and a solo was sung by Miss
Mary Jane King.
Dr. T. F. Marr, pastor of the Haw
thorn Lane Church, Charlotte, had
been invited to deliver the address of
the occasion. Dr. Marr gave a series
of readings from the well-known
booklet prepared on the war by the
Secretary of State, the Secretary of
War, the Secretary of the Navy and
*>Ir. George Creel.
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GOSPEIOFTHEUW
HAS SOME TEETH
From the character of the first
sermon of the new series now run
ning at the Methodist church on Sun
day eveninsrs one would judge that
Mr. Henry Carrier the large buildin.tr j tha pastor had thoroughly mastered
formerly occupied by the Fanners j hjg theme.
Supply Co. for the exhibits of the
agricultural products and the ladies’
exhibits. The livestock will be shov\’n
at the same place as last year, in the
rear of King Livery Co.
At the meeting of the finance com
mittee in the court house Friday
night, whicl^ is compo^e^ of C. C.
Duckworth, chairman, Robt. Orr and
W. L. Aiken, it was voted to raise
five hundred dollars to be offered as
premiums and to equip the building
or the fair.
Beef Cattle Judging Contest
Secretary of the fair T. H. Ship
man has just secured from the state
a beef cattle judging contest for the
boys of Transylvania county under
twenty-one years of age, to be held
in connection with the fair. Forty-
five dollars will be offered in seven I
different prizes for the best judges
Beginning with a striking illustra
tion of the relation of the Law and
Gospel, and showing the Ten Com
mandments were even more binding
upon men in this eiYilightened age than
upon those who lived in the age to
v,'h!ch they were first announced, the
minister continued by revealing very
clearly that the obligation to obey
grows out of what the Law-Giver is,
and has done for mankind.
Running a parallel between ancient
and modern false gods, the speaker
pictured the children of the ancient
Ammonites being offered to Moloch,
a statue of brass heated until the
hands into which the living human
sacrifice was placed glowed with fer
vent heat, while the sounding of
drums drowned the shrieks of infants
as they were consumed. And in like
manner the sensuality of Baal-wor-
of beef cattle at the fair. E\er> boy gjjjp graphically described. Sud-
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in the county should take advantage
of this opportunity to show his abil
ity as a judge of cattle.
Any one wishing to enter the con
test should make application to the
secretary of the fair at once as pre
liminary contests will be held in the
county before the fair, which will
prove beneficial to anyone entering
the contest.
Begin now to prepare to bring
something to the fair with the de
termination to win a prize.
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C. A. CHAPLAIN
L at METHODIST CHURCH
l)r. Malloy, the Y. M. C. A. Chap
lain from the camp at Greenville, S.
C., will occupy the Methodist pulpit
at 11’o’clock next Sunday.
Fred Smith will sing.
Dr. Malloy’s address will be fol
lowed by the administration of the
Lord’s Supper.
At the evening hour, 8:30, the sec
ond of the “Gospel of the Law” ser-
mons will be delivered on “True Wor
ship of One God.”
Visitor® always welcome.
denly the minister thrilled his hear
ers by declaring that in America
2,000,000 children under 12 years of
age were being offered on the altars
of industry by methods little less
cruel than the infant sacrifices to
Moloch; and that the large number
of American girls offered on the al
tars of lust each year were nothing
less than victims sacrificed to Baal,
the Phenician god of sensuality.
A silver dollar was exhibited as the
idol of American industry, and a
fashion magazine was the society
woman’s Bible, and in proof it was
! shown how financial reverses were of
ten followed by suicide, while to be
out of fashion would cause a society
woman more mental anguish than to
be deprived of the privilege of Divine
Worship.
The sermon closed with an earnest
plea to give God first place in our
lives, thoughts, and hearts.
DAILY CULLINGS
OF WAR NEWS
Tuesday, August 20
The French advance three miles
and capture 2,800 Huns. The French
and British are pressing hard upon
the Germans from Soissons to the
Belgian border. The Germans seem
to be weakening under the allied
force and are falling back every
where. The Boche stands now al
most exactly where he did in Decem
ber, 1917.
Wednesday, August 21
French troops under command of
General Mangin are continuing to
press back the Germans on the battle
front along the Oise river. Several
important German positions have
been gained by the French, who now
stand before Noyon. This city has
been called by the key to the whole
German line west of the Somme.
General Mangin’s army has taken a
number of prisoners, and has reach
ed the line of the Ailette river. The
Germans are retreating towards the
south.
Reports from a Canadian port on
the Atlantic today state that virtually
the entire fleet of the Maritime Fish
Corporation has been destroyed;; by
the Canadian trawler. Triumph, wl\ich
was captured by a German submarine
crev/ and armed. The fleet of the
Maritime Fish Corporation was op
erating off the Grand Banks of New
foundland. It was composed of; both
American and Canadian- re^stery.
TWELVE MORE MEN
LEFT MONDAY
The following men were entrained
for Camp Jackson Monday afternoon:
William Wesley Smith, Charlotte.
Samuel Clemey Raines, Brevard,
R. F. D.
Jeese B. Huggins, Cherryfield.
Berlin Owen, Lake Toxaway.
Flave G. McCall, Etowah.
Columbus H. Holden, Brevard, R.
F. D.
Joseph M. Heath, Etowah, R. F. D.
Sylvester M. Galloway, Rosman.
Suel Rhinehart, Brevard.
Paul Brooks, Rosman.
Robert E. Heath, Pisgah Forest,
R. F. D.
Wade McGaha, Pisgah Forest, R.
F. D.
J. L Watson,
Chief Clerk.
FROM OVER THERE
Friday, August 23
The British advance to a depth of
two miles along a six mile front. The
Germans brought large numbers of
reinforcements but their efforts to
halt Haig’s fighters were failures.
The entire Arras-Albert road is now
held by the British. They have also
taken a number of towns and gained
a dominating position over Bapaume.
A BROKEN LEG
While swinging in an ordinary
swing Sunday morning, Hubert Aik
en, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Aiken,
near Rosman, fell and broke his left
leg just above the ankle.
Dr. Lyday was summoned, but
did not reach the boy till Sunday
night. The boy was brought to Bre
vard Monday morning where his leg
was dressed.
A GERMAN HELMET
Thos. H. Shipman has on display
in his office at the Brevard Banking
Company, a German steel Helmet,
which was captured by the Allies and
sent here by Lieut. T. J. Summey
from France. From the appearance
of this helmet one Would judge that
it had been near the front, as there
are quite a number of dints in front,
as though it had warded off some bul
lets.
Lieut. Summey says there is quite
an interesting story connected with
the helmet, but that it can’t be re
lated until after the war.
Saturday, August 24
The British are moving forward
toward Bapaume, and fighting a bat
tle which rivals in intensity any en
gagement of the entire war along
the western front. The storm center
is near Bapaume which is the tactical
center of this sector.
The wireless station on Tybee Is
land, near Savannah, picked up a
message from a vessel off the South
Carolina coast which said it was be
ing chased by a submarine. The wire
less operator was unable to catch the
name of the vessel in distress. It is
believed that this is the same U-boat
which was recently supposed to be
lurking off the North Carolina coast
near Cape Hatteras.
Sunday, August 25
The British enter Bapaume. The
British and French are everywhere
overcoming the strong reinforce
ments brought out by the Germans.
The French are now occupying terri
tory north of Soissons near the Ger
man line which leads eastward from
Soissons to Rheims. The British are
hammering on the front from Arras
to the Somme and are gradually forc
ing the Hun back to the famous Hin
denburg line.
The Americans are active in the
Voseges region patrolling against the
enemy. The Americans are also
fighting in the air.
Monday, August 26
While the Huns are engag^ed with
the British and French armies from
the Ancre river to the region around
Soissons, Field Marshal Haig early
this morning struck a sudden blow
over a new front north of the old
battle zone. This new offensive ex
tends from the east of Arras on the
Scarpe river and southward to the
Things are going on hot and heavy
at the front now. Think our boys
are getting the best of it. I’ll tell
you this war is a terrible thing. I,
for one, will certainly be glad when
it’s over.
Papers say crops are fine in the
States this year. Hope you all have
good ones. Folks over here are har
vesting wheat now, but of course,
you don’t see such big fields of it.
It is in small patches, but it certainly
is fine. They have some reapers, but
they are not as big as ours—all Mc
Cormick machines. Others cut the
old fashioned way. I haven’t seen
any sign of a big thresher. They are
all the hand threshers. They have to
phlail it out first, then run thru the
hand machine. These folks don’t
know how’ to farm. They have the
craziest way of plowing you ever saw.
When they have two horses they
put one in front of the other. And
their old plows are so clumsy that it
takes about two to handle it. They
thing America is a wonderful country
and I think so too, compared with
their way of doing things.
And still at the same place and in
fine health. I weighed the other day
for the second time since I’ve been
over here, and weighed I believe more
than I do in the winter time. I have
on summer clothes now and weighed
172 pounds.
There sure is a lot of soldiers
over here now. I tell you it makes
you proud to be an American when
you see what we are doing. All our
boys put up a fine showing, have
a fine spirit and ready to go. I see
boys from all over the U. -S., from
Washington to the other iside, and
they are all fine. Am proud to say
the boys from the south are a husky
lot and hold their hand with any of
them.
Hope this finds everybody well and
in good spirits. Not much news to
write about here. Same old thing
over and over.
Virgil W. Osborne.
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PREACHING AT OAK GROVE
sihjMboys
LKE HOME NEWS
Woodbridge, Va., 8-23-18.
Editor Brevard News:
As I have been in the good U. S.
A. till it is thought that I have had
enough training to go along with the
rest of the fellows to the other side
to do my bit there, I want the News
sent to me over there, so as we are
all dressed up and ready to go, I want
you to change my address to France
via. New York, for the good old News
will be as same or better than a letter
from home to me when I get there.
I think that there is enough school
teachers in the county to write up the
weekly happenings of their respective
districts, sa that the boys in camp and
the ones over there will hear things
that are of interest to them. I have
noticed a great shortage of such news
for some time in our home paper,
so come on people, write once and see
if the boys who are away from their
homes and friends don’t appreciate it
and I know the editor will be glad to
print all the county news that you
will write to cheer us. [You bet he
will. Anything for the soldier boys.]
This section of the country has
been visited by a very hot spell, the
worst that has ever been seen, so say
the old residents of the place, but it
has gotten real cool, like good old
fall of the year now.
As this is the last company of the
regiment to cross, a new military
school of mining has come to take
up the, camp that we are leaving
which is located on the old camp
ground, the Gen. Grant, the spot
where he had his headquarters tent
:s marked by a marble tablet with the
date of his encampment here before
the battle of Bull Run, which took
place only a few miles from here.
Wishing the News and all its read
ers success in all their future under
takings, I am,
Respectfully,
Geo. F. Woodfin.
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HOME-MADE GRAPE JUICE
Rev. W. E. Poovey, the pastor will
preach at the Oak Grove Methodist
church Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock.
Cojeul. The front was penetrated
to a depth of more than two miles
and a number of villages taken.
The French are working on the
section around Roye, the strong point
of the Somme-0 ise front.
Tuesday, August 27
Part of the Hindenburg line south
east of Arras was captured today by
British troops.
The Huns are giving way on every
section of the front. They are in
retreat over a seven-mile front north
and south of Roye.
The State Department of Agricul
ture and Home Economics gives the
following formula for making grape
juice as a good method of utilizing
grapes and conserving sugar at the
same time:
Wash ripe grape, crush and put
over the fire but do not allow vessel
to come in contact with fiame or top
of stove. An asbestos mat or a thin
layer of hot ashes on top of wood
stove will prevent this. Simmer
grapes, stirring well. Drip in a bag
as for jelly. If possible prepare in
afternoon. Crystals will likely cover
bottom and sides of pan in which
juice is caught. Strain juice through
flannel or thick cotton bag which has
been dipped in hot water.
Pour juice into sterilized fruit jars
adjust rubbers and caps, loosly. Place
in canner, boiled or bucket, with
cloth underneath lid to vessel. Sur
round with warm water and heat to
190 to 200 degrees F. (95 to 98 de-
g^rees C.) or until the juice shows
sign of simmering, preparatory to
boiling. Remove and seal completely,
j Boiling destroyes the delicate grape
flavor. If bottles are used, drive in
corks and seal with sealing wax or
bees wax.
DR. J. C. WHITE
MAKES ADDRESS
Dr. J. C., White of the board of
home missions of the Baptist church
delivered a lecteure in the local Bap
tist church Sunday evening. Dr.
Whitens subject was “What is to be
Done with Things German?”
The speaker declared that the war
had come just at the saving moment
for the United States, for twenty-five
years from now the United States
would have become so Germanized as
a result of scientific and systematic
Hun propaganda that it would heve
been impossible for America to fight
against Germany.
Dr. White is a former pastor of
Greensboro ,N. C., and is well-known
throughout the south as a brilliant
and forceful speaker.
THE HOLY CTTY
Mrs. P. Noble Simons again gave
lovers in Brevard a rare treat when
under her able direction selections
from Gounod’s Holy City were sung
in St. Philips church on Sunday, Aug
ust 25th.
With the soft rays of the setting
sun streaming into the sacred edifice,
a large congregation listened with
rapt attention to the exquisite strains
of music and the beautiful voices of
the singers, who were Miss King and
Miss Erwin of Brevard; Mrs. Powell
and Mrs. Drysdale of Jacksonville;
and Mr. Billin and Mr. Steele of the
French Broad Camp.
All of the selections were ably
rendered, but one feels one must es-
specially mention the liquid sweet
ness and beauty of the voice of
Brevard’s own daughter, the gifted-
Miss King, and Mr. Billin’s wonder
ful baritone, which thrilled each
hearer.
Impressive sentences about the
Heavenly Jerusalem—the Holy City
of God—taken from the Revelation
of St. John the Divine—^were read
by Rev. Chalmers D. Chapman, and
the benediction was pronounced by
Rev. John C. Seagle.
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BREVARD RED CROSS PRAISED
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MAJOR HEGGIE VISITS BREVARD
The local Red Cross work rooms
have been visited during the past
weeks by a number of the tourists
from all over the country who passed
their vacation here.
These visitors have without excep^-
tion spoken in the highest terms of
the equipment and management of
the Transylvania Red Cross head
quarters. Many have expressed
surprise at the amount undertaken
and the quality of the work turned
out by the Transylvania workers.
One visitor who had recently had
occasion to go through the Charlotte
Red Cross rooms declared that the
Brevard rooms excelled those of the
larger town in arrangement and
equipment.
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MANY TOURISTS IN BREVARD
Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Carrier have as
their guests Maj. and Mrs. Norman
M. Heggie of Jacksonville, Fla. Maj.
and Mrs. Heggie motored as far as
Columbia on their way to the moun
tains and were compelled to take the
train at that point on account of br
roads.
Editor Brevard News:
It is gratifying to note the liberal
patronage we are having from our
southern people this season, notwith
standing the anticipated falling off of
tourists owing to the agitated c'
dition of our country. Many '
hotels and boarding houses y
so crowded that they h
rooms from private ' *
commodate their gr
stated that Br'
Asheville is
resort f'
beaut’'
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