North Carolina Newspapers

Brewrd New VOL. XXIII BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1918. Number 35. DAILY OILUNGS OF WAR NEWS Wednesday, August 28. The Allies have passed the Hindon- burg ^ne near Arras. Many towns taken by the British, French and Americans. The Ameri cans are with the French northfust of Soissons. Two traps have been sprunii: on the enemy by the allies. The first is a triangle about three miles deep and six miles wide formed by the sharii curve of the Somme. The apex of ilio triangle is Peronne. Curlu on the Somme and Fresnes its northern and southern bases. The second traj) was made with the fall of Chauln es when the French routed the enemy over a front of almost nineteen miles and penetrated the region for a depth of seven miles. From the north of Chaulnes to Nesle the French have reached the left bank of the Somme. On the south the French have reached the Canal Du Nord and thus the ter ritory between Nesle and Soissons has become an allied game ba.u' with the French pulling at the strinsr. In these manouvers the French have taken more than forty villages. Thursday, August 29. Bajiaunie is captured and occupied by the British. The Germans are retreating everywhere from .-\rras to the Soissons sector. The Ailies are steadily taking towns and vilhiges that have long been in the hands of the Huns. The Americans are engaged north of Soissons in clearing Picardy of the enemy. The Americans are be lieved to be faced by the most de termined stand ever macie by the Germans, who seem to think that a break at any point would prove liis- astrous to them. Friday, August 30 Haig and his troups cross the Hin- denburg line. Northeast of Arras the British are now only a short distance from one of Germany’s stronirest for tified positions, the famous Dorcourt- Queant line. The French are making further progress in the region north of Noy- on. The greatest victory of the day is von by the French in the sector north of Soisons. The AmLi-icana are with the French in this sector. Here the French have captured Chavjgny, three miles northeast of Chuffies, a mile and a half north of Soissons and the entry into the outskirts of Crouy, a short distance to the northeast. BREVARD SCHOOL BEGINS SESSION The Brevard graded school is a thing of the past. Now we have the Brevard High School, an institution supported by the state, whose certi ficate is recognized by the university and every college of the state. The opening exercises of the 1918- 19 session were conducted by Super intendent Mitchell last Monday morn ing. In his talk to the high school students Prof. Mitchell said that each student should put forth a great ef fort this year to develop their ability in the highest degree in order that they might be better prepared to serve their country when the call fhould come. The Board of Trustees of the school was represented by Mr. W. H. Duck worth. In a few forceful remarks Mr. Duckworth told the students of the high school that they would set the standard of efficiency both in con duct and scholarship for the entire school, and not only for the pui>ils of the Brevar(i school, but for pupils of every school in the county, “for,” said he, “ every school in Tran.sylva- nia looks to Brevard school for lead ership.” Mr. Duckv.'orth gave a .short explanation of the plan of the new high school building, now in course of construction, which he said would be ready for occupancy by the first of February. Miss Cora Tyner is principal of the high school and will be assisted by the following teachers: Mrs. Godfrey, Misses Mosley, Morton, Townsend, Rhodes, Goode, Bell, and Hornaday. -wss- TRANSYLVANIA WILL BE REPRESENTED In the coming Y. W. C. A. campaign the State is to be divided into two sections, the eastern and western, by the State Organizer, Miss Lillian Thompson, of Raleigh. The work in the two sections will be carried on by two assistants ap pointed by the State Organizer. Miss Annie Jean Gash has charge of the western section. Miss Gash returned on Friday from a conference of the leaders of this campaign which was held at Blue Ridge. -wss- AT THE METHODIST CHURCH Saturday, August 31 The Germans have been rushing r<iiflforcements to the front which hatm caused the advance of the allies to^!ow down somewhat. However, i the allied attacks have continued along the eight-mile front. These at tacks have almost all been successful. The British have made a gain of great importance in the Lys sector, and are now in possession of Kemmel Hill. In trying to delay the allies until the retreating Huns can escape from the Somme and Santerre battlefields to refuge behind the Hindenburg line, the German armies have for a short time almost checked the advance of the former. The British, however, have gained in the region north of Peronne. French and Americans near Sois sons are fighting against the Hun strongholds along the Aisne and Vesle. The Australians, by a brilliant at tack, capture Mont St. Quentin which gives the allies tactical advantage of Peronne and an ansrie of the Somme. Reports from Russia state that Premier Lenine has been wounded by the ballet of a would-be assassin. “The Atheism of Force” will be the subject of the sermon by the pas tor Sunday morning. At the evening hour (8:30) the third sermon on the “Gospel of the Law,” based on the 3rd and the 9th Commandments; the subject of the sermon is “Profane and False Swear ing.” Visitors always welcome. Sunday Sept. 1. The Australians capture Peronne. The Germans are giving ground along the entire western front. The En glish and Australians have taken 2,000 prisoners. The channel ports have been freed from danger by the destruction of the Lys salient southwest of Ypres. North of Soissons the French and American troops are pushing forward against violent resistance. American troops with the British have had their first battle on Belgian soil. Today they captured Voormezeele in Bel gium. As a reprisal for the sinking of Spanish ships by German submarines the Spanish government has decided to take over all German ships now interned in Spanish ports. Nikolai Lenine, the Bolsheviki premier, is dead from an assassin's bullet. JUNIOR RED CROSS HOLDS MEETING An outdoor meeting of the Junior Red Cross was held last Saturday af ternoon at the home of Miss Violet Henry. The children sat on the lawn and finished the afghan which they have been working on for several weeks. I’his afghan will be sent to one of the hospitals for convelescent soldiers. While the Young people worked Mrs. Murray read Uncle Remus stor ies to them and recited some humor ous selections for their entertainment. Afterwards ice cream cones and oatmeal cookies were served. The Juniors will discontinue their Wednesday morning meetings on ac count of the opening of school and will meet for w'ork at an afternoon hour, which will be announced as soon as the allotment of Junior work arrives from Atlanta. -wss- LIST OF REGISTRANTS Following is a list of names of per sons whose registration cards are in the possession of the local board: White Ashworth, Winston, Brevard. Ballard, Fred Dug, Pisgah Forest. Burgess, Ford Cannon, Glenville. Bishop, Perry Raymond, Cedar Mourftain. Duckworth, Clarence Adward, Bre vard. Davis, Edward, Rosman. Eubank, William McKinley, Selica. Fenwicke, Chester Collingwood, Se lica. Hedden, George Caylor, Pisgah Forest. Lance, John Robert, Rosman. Mahoney, James Thomas, Rosman. Morgan, Jess Rowlin, Rosman. McCall, Homer Nelson, Quebec. Orr, Jerry Sylvester, Pisgah For est, Poor, Jack Lanier, Newport News, Va. Stewart, Charlie Ray, Pisgah For est. Talley, William David, Pisgah For est. Colored Kincaid, James Otis, Pisgah For est. -wss- U. D. C. TO MEET The September meeting of the Transylvania chapter U. D. C. will be held in the Chapter House on September 17, at 4 o’clock in the af ternoon. Each member of the orTanizatior. will be expected to bring or send to this meeting a full report of her work as an individual. This report is to include a record of War Savings Stamps and Liberty Bonds purchased as well as work done in the Red Cross or any other patriotic organization. At this meeting delegates to the State meeting will be elected. This meeting will be held at Wilson, in October, and this county is entitled to three representatives, to be elected by members of the local chapter. The president wishes to urge each member to attend the meeting on Sat urday afternoon, which will be one of the most important of the year. -wss- RED CROSS SENDS SOCKS TO SOLDIERS The Transylvania Red Cross last week sent 130 pairs of hand-knit woolen socks to Atlanta to be sent to France for American soldiets. This box of socks is the twenty-ninth Red Cross box sent from the local chapter to Atlanta since the first of January. NAR LEAGUE TO ENLARGE ACnvmES The National League for Women’s Service met at the residence of the chairman, Mrs. J. S. Silversteen, on Thurs(iay afternoon. A large number of the members of the league were present, and entered enthusiastically into a discussion of plans for enlarg ing the w'ork of this organization. The Transylvania branch of the league is little over a year old and in this short period has made an en viable record for patriotic service. The members of the league have pro vided each Transylvania boy called to the colors with a comfort kit. They have been energetic in tevery form of patriotic service. In addition to the various forms of war work car ried on by the members of the league. The chairman is compiling a record of Transylvania soldiers, both selectmen and volunteers, who have become de fenders of freedom. This record will doubtless be a valuable part of the history of North Carolina’s achieve ments in the great war. VAcarawrvs. SMALLPOX HflMSTGROWINGffllHOME GUARDS 8 GOSPEL OF THE LAW The County Board of Health in session on date of August 29th last past, ordered that compulsory vacci nation as formerly published in rules take effect at once, and be done be tween the dates of Sept. 1st and Nov. 1st, 1918. Where whole schools and teachers are to be vaccinated the fee is not to exceed 50c per capita. No student or teacher is compelled to be vaccinated until legally notified by the vaccinating physician when apd where to meet him. If any parent, guar dian, school committee, principal or teacher shall permit any child to vio late such requirements as formerly published, he or she shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined not less than ten dollars or more than fifty dollars. Most cordially, A. F. Mitchell, County Supt. DAIRY MEETING A meeting will be held at Penrose school house Monday night. Sept 9, at 8 o’clock and one at Little River school house on Tuesday night, Sept. 10th. Mr. J. Arey, Assistant State Dairyman, will be present an speak on dairying in Western Nort Caro lina. The object of this meeting is to get a car of Holstein cattle for the Penrose section of the county, and to discuss the best feeds for dairy cattle. Ony one that contemplates getting registered or grade Holstein cattle should get in touch with me at onoe. R. E. Lawrence, County Agent. -wss- A SNAKE TALE According to information received at this office Ben Hamlin is the cham pion shake killer of this section. While taking a stroll Sunday after noon he saw in between some rocks a big rattlesnake. He ran and got his rifle and fired. After removing the rocks he found to his surprise that instead of killing one snake he had killed a mother snake and eight little ones. The second sermon of the series ”)n the Ten Commandments was de-' livered last Sunday evening to a good sized congregation at the Methodist church. Py way of introduction the pastor drew a very clear line of distinction between the meaning of the First and the Second Commandments; The First points out the proper object of worship; the Second pre scribes the proper mode of worship. The First forbids false gods; the Sec ond forbids false worship of the True God. The First prohibits worship of idols; the Second prohibits worship by images. Two points upon which special em phasis was placed were: (1) That we could not begin to render obedience to the Second until we had become established in our obedience to the First, since the proper conception of God and a vital relationship with Him were pre-essentials to a proper ap proach to Him. And (2) that a vio lation of the Second would invariably lead to the violation of the First Com mandment, since the image originally used as an aid to worship v. ould even tually become the object of worship itself, and therefore an idol, or false god. That any material representation of Jehovah was mis-representation was shown by the facts: First, that spiritual essence could not be ade quately represented by means of ma terial substance; second, that the eternity, and omnipresence of God were limited and localized by the very nature of material representations. In the present day application of this commandment the minister with intense earnestness indicated how the mediation of the priest might be al lowed to rob the penitent of a sense of God’s presence and pardon; how praying toward the crucifix might de teriorate into praying to it; and that undue emphasis assigned to the or dinances, and especially to baptism, had come perilously near, at least to to the immature or ignorant, to plac ing the pool among the essentials to salvation. In conclusion the difference in the penalty to the third and fourth gen eration of them that hate and the blessing to the thousandth generation of them that love, was explained to be due to the fact that, as a rule, four generations of uninterrupted iniqui tous practice would result in exter mination. wss Bugs In France. In the reign of Louis-Phlllppe, a Monsieur Terrat had been charged with the duty of fighting bugs In the barracks of Paris. It must be believed that the result was satisfactory, since by virtue of an order of the general inspector contracts were made in 1846 with Monsieur Terrat for the destruc tion of these frightful insects. Mon sieur Terrat demanded 90 centimes for each sleeping room. In case the first fight with the bugs was not decisive, and if he should have to begin again after some years, the second operation should cost only 50 centimes a room. Moreover, in these operations he de stroyed the insects In the arms-rack, guard house, police quarters and prisons. When he became old Mon sieur Terrat offered to communicate the secret to the state f4>r an Indem nity. But this offer was not accepte<l. The secret died with the proprietor. And that Is why tbo soldiers of today are yet struggling against the bug.— Le CrI de Paris. -ws«- PREACHING AT PISGAH FOREST Rev. W. E. Poovey, pastor of the Brevard Metl;iodist church, will preach at the Union Chapel at Pisgah For est at four o’clock Sunday afternoon. Not to Be Taken tn. *K3«many will sing small, very small, in the end, but we'll answer her like the judge.” The speaker was Provost Marshal General Crowder. “Yes,” he went on; “we’ll no more be softened by Germany’s penitence than the Judge was by the kidnaper who wiped liis eyes on his cuff and blubliered: ** *^edge, Fm down and out.’ “ ^o, no, my man,' said the Judge. not out yet. down, but you’re Yoa won’t be out for sevc seven years.’ PISGAH CAMP 2 Labor Day was celebrated by Bre vard people with a ball game between the Brevard Home Guards and the officers of Pisgah Foi^st Camp. The game was played on the diamond of the camp and was a very interesting and fast game, considering that the home team had had no practice. But in spite of this fact they held their opponents down to “0” until the 8th inning when they made two runs. The score at the end of the 9th in ning stood 8 to 2 in favor of the home guards. The battery for the home guards: Grady Kilpatrick and Harry Patton. For the soldiers: we did not learn. -wss- IN INTEREST OF ST. MARYS SCHOOL Rev. Francis M. Osborne is in Bre vard in the interest of St. Mary’s School at Raleigh, one of the oldest schools for girls in the state and the largest school for girls owned by the Episcopal Church in the United States. Rev. Mr. Osborne is out to raise $250,000 for the improvement and endowment of this school and also to meet prospective pupils. This school has a distinguished body of alumnae, including the wife of Governor Bickett, wife of Sec. Bunrlson, and President Wilson’s daughter, Mrs. McAdoo. -wss- MEETINGOF FADt COMMITTEE There will be a meeting of the Fair Committees in the court house Mon day afternoon, Sept. 9, at 2 o’clock. All the members of committees are requested to be present, as this will be a very important meeting. C. E. Orr, President. THE OLD PEA BODY PEW TREAT YOURSELF AND HELP TO FILL A SOLDIER’S COMFORT KIT. The National League for Woman’s Service will give the Old Peabody Pew at the court house at an early date. This popular play of Kate Douglas Wiggins i^ a happy mixture of romance and church-social comedy. Come and laugh at and with our cast, "^ou will never believe such costumes were unless you see for yourself. The court house has been offered to the League free of charge and all proceeds will be used to furnish com fort kits for our Transylvania boys. Miss Mary Ward, who directed the same play at Ridgecrest, will act as coach. As for the cast, come and see who fits these parts. The carpet committee of the Dorcas Society are: Mrs. Baxter, the minister’s wife. Mrs. Burbank, president of the Dorcas Society. Mrs. Miller, the wife of Deacon Miller, the sexton. Mrs. Sargent, a village historian. The Widow Buzzel, willing to take a second risk. Miss Lobelia Brewster, who is no lover of men. * Miss Marie Sharp, quick of speecb but sound of heart. Miss Nancy Wentworth, who has waited ten years for her i^mance. ■Justin Peabody, sole living claim ant to the old Peabody pew. WATCH FOR THE DATE. ^