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VOL. XXlIl
BREVARD, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1918.
Number 41.
DISASTEROUSFIRE
AT ROSHAN FRIDAY
The Toxaway Tanning plant
at Rosman was destroyed by
fire last Friday afternoon.
About«bree o’clock in the
sffernoKi a small flame was
discovered in the ventilator
room which was located in the
main building of the plant. The
buildings were equipped with
fire extinguishing apparatus,
but something went wrong with
the machinery when an effort
was made to turn the water on
and the fire soon spread beyond
control.
The entire plant and several
thousand pounds of leather
ready for shipment were wiped
out by the blaze with a loss of
$500,000.
The main building of the
plant was 800 feet long and two
stories high. The plant was
insured.
Since the United States en
tered the war the Toxaway
Tanning Co. has been fillinjj:
large orders from the govern
ment and at the time of the fire
the company had a contract to
make half a million dollars
worth of leather for Uncle Sam.
HOW M PRESIDEIfl'
BOYS LIBERTY BONDS
Phesidefit Wilson had al
ready bought $10,00 in Liberty
Bonds when Secretary McAdoo
called upon him as a canvasser.
The President agreed to take
$20,000 more if partial pay
ments would satisfy the Secre
tary, as of course they did.
In thus using his credit for
the war the President is entire
ly safe. His first payment is
$2,000. The rest may be taken
up pretty much as he pleases.
Ke may not be able to meet the
“Government - plan” install
ments as they fall due; in that
lease the Washington .banks,
like those of New York, will
loan money on the bonds as se-
siirity. The one important
thing is that the Treasury gets
the money; the troops in
I France get the shoes and uni-
I forn^s, the guns and shells and
airplfvncs.
j The example of the Presi-
' (lent ill this simple transaction
is a good one for other people.
Not oven in the United States
can a loan of 86,000,000 be
placed upon a cash basis. Buy
ers, large and small alike, are
doing a patriotic service in buy- !
J. S. Silversteen, vice-presi- . .
dent and general manager of,"edit and paying up-
the Toxaway Tanning Co., who 'nsta Inient. Even if there
had been in New York citv for Process would be
the past ten days, arrived at his Praiseworthy. There is none,
home here Satudray afternoo i |
and it is understood that the
work of reconstruction of the
plant has already commenced.
ELF THE LITTLE FOLKS
Do all that you can to pre
vent the spread of influenza.
Much has been done and much
is yet to do. I feel encouraged.
I believe that more are getting
There are two dozen little
girls from 5 to 10 years old
who are anxious to keep then* than down with the disease,
knitting needles busy for the ! County Board of Health,
Red Cross v.’hile awaiting a; j^s directions has, in my
regular allotment of Junior ^ opinion, prevented fifty per
work from Atlanta. ■ cent of the disease. The san-
Every little piece of worsted, jtary condition of our soda
even a few yards in length, can fountains would be a credit to
be used in kniting the squares ' city, and the paper cups
which make up the afghan for | alone have prevented the
I spread of a great deal of influ
enza.
Let every one—everybody
keep to themselves as much as
I possible, avoid cro^vds and do
not m.eet to form crowds.
have
the convalescent. We
plenty of knitters, but no ma
terial.
While you are getting out
your winter clothes, won’t you
look in boxes and trunks and
try to find something the chil
dren can use.
Bring to Red Cross rooms or
notify any of the Juniors and
they will call.
Violet F. Henry,
Chm. Junior Red Cross.
Let each fam.ily stay at home
as much as possible. Children
should stay home and not mix
with other children. Even the
sick should not mix, should not
swap germs.
Do not visit a sick person ex
cept as a helper or nurse.
IWhen needed, you should do
A-ivate Jim Mitchell of Gom-!^'°“'' Christian duty by nursing
panv A difed Oct 8th of pneu-; y”"’’
monia. The remains were shin- j
Af
!ED OF PNEUMONIA
ped Saturday to hi s mother, I All good people should help
Mrs. Nellie Mitchell, at Nelson, i doctors by nursing. The
S. C., accompanied by an atten-1 ^^octors cannot do all.
dant. Funeral services were j Do your patriotic duty by
held previous to shipment at i obeying all of the rules and
the undertaking establishment | regulations of the County
of Kilpatrick & Son by Rev. • Board of Health. Let all of
LATEST PHOTOGRAPH
OF PRESIDENT W1L50N
I1NTERESTING.&W.
RAILROAD GROWING
THE PRAYER CORNER
WILSON’S REPLY STRIKES HEART OF QUESTION
\
The President’s reply to the recent peace proposal of the
Kaiser is expressed in the language v/hich has characterized
all official utterances of the Wilson administration.
Mr. Wilson tells the German government that peace can
not be discussed until the arms of the Huns are laid down.
Meanwhile our boys' are marching on to Berlin—and we
are going “over the top” with the Fourth Liberty Lostn.
Benefits to be derived by
this section from the early
completion of the G. & W. Ry.
will soon emerge from the fogy
region of talked-of possibilities
and much-discussed theories in
to the daylight of reality and
practical demonstration.
In an effort to get authoritive
information as to when actual
building operations will begin
on the proposed road the News
wrote to Mr. J. Norwood Cleve
land and other prom.inent busi
ness men of South Carolina,
who are interested in the pro
ject, requesting som.e statement
for the many readers of this
paper anxious to know what
the outcome of the present rail
road agitation is to be. Replies
to these inquiries were not re
ceived in time for publication
in full. However, there seems
to be no lack of confidence and
optimism in Greenville. W”e
have the assurance that work
on the G. & W. will begin just
as soon as the necesary pre
liminary formalities can be
cleared out of the way.
The government now recog
nizes in this section a source of
most valuable hardv/ood-s and
other building materials and
for this reason it seems that
this road is now considered a
war necessity and as such the
work will probably be in
charge of government engin
eers.
The completion of this road
will not only give Brevard a di
rect connection with the mar
kets of the east and the Ten
nessee and Kentucky coal fields
on the west, but would bring
this Land of the Sky to the very
threshold of the m*iddle and
southwestern states and then
indeed would this favored sec
tion become that for vrhich it is
so preeminently fitted—“the
playground of America.
' John R. Hay of the Camp Y. M.
C. A.
CARD OF THANKS
Editor Brevard News:
Please permit me to express
my gratitude to the people of
Enon and Blantyre communi
ties v/ho have been so thought
ful and generous in sparing so
liberally with us of their pro
visions during the afflictions of
my v/ife, who has been confin
ed to her bed about four years.
R. R. Mahaffay.
those who read the rulings, tell
all others who do not read the
paper. Publish these rujings
by word of mouth throughout
the county at once.
To try to prevent the disease,
let an adult take one teaspoon
ful of sulprur three times daily,
children in proportion. If this
does not prevent the disease, it
will put the system in a good
healthy condition. Watch and
work.
Yours truly,
C. W. Hunt,
County Health Officer.
BE WHITTEN THERE?
Next week a full list will be published show
ing the names of every person in Transylvania
Ccunty who purchased Fourth Liberty Bonds;
also giving the amount each one purchased.
Now, we are advised from Washington that we
must take the full amount allotted to our county.
This means that we need the help of every man
and woman in the County. We just must buy
oar allotment! Won’t you buy a Bond and help
I the boys who are over there fighting for you,
while you. are at home living quietly with your
family? Send in your subscription to Brevard
Banking Co., by Saturday noon, Oct. 19th, as
that is the last day. Will your name appear in
the next weeks paper as one who helped to put
our County “Over the Top?” The Governmersf
is not asking you to give one dollar, but simp!^'
asking you to loan your money to them, for which
they will pay you 4Va per cent interest.
Fourth Liberty Bond Com. Transylvania Co.
When the telegram announc
ing the French victory over the
German hordes at the battle of
the Marne in Sept., 1914 was
delivered at the English War
Department, Lord Roberts, who
was in Lord Kitchener’s office,
said: “Only God Almighty
could have done this,” and
Lord Kitchener said quickly:
“Som-ebody must have been
praying.”
If evei*y Christian in our land
were to stop for just one min
ute every day as the clock
strikes twelve to ask our Heav
enly Father that our men and
those of our allies be strength
ened to hold and to drive back
the hordes of the enemy, what
a power this would represent,
and what a strength it would
give to those brave men bat
tling for their lives and for
ours, and for all that makes
life dear and worth while!
Governor Bickett of North
Carolina was playing tennis not
long since at a court near Ral
eigh. When he heard the tol
ling of bells he raised his hands
and said: “Hold on boys. There
is the angels.” The game was
stopped while the players join
ed the Governor in silent pray
er.
Let us, my friends, follow our
Governor’s lead and wherever
we may be, or whatever we
are doing when 12 o’clock
strikes, bov/ our heads in silent
prayer, daily,
1. For those who fight and
die for us.
2. For strength to finish the
task of winning a just peace.
3. For those who loyally
serve and sturdily sacrifice at
the home base.
“Give a moment to God.”
C. D. Chapman.
PRINTER’S ONLY ALIBI
It seems many people turn
mistakes into personal profit.
About the only one v/ho fails
to grind his errors into the grist
of gold is the printer, which
leads an exchange to make the
following pertinent observa
tions :
When a plumber makes a
mistake he charges tv/ice for it.
When a lawyer makes a mis
take it’s just what he wanted,
because he has a chance to try
the case all over again.
When a carpenter makes a
mistake it is just what he ex
pected, because the chances are
ten to one he never learned his
business.
When an electrician m-akes
a mistake he blames it on “in
duction,” because nobody
knovvs what it is.
When a doctor makes a mis
take he buries it.
When a judge makes a mis
take it becomes the lavv" of the
land.
When the preacher makes a
mistake nobody knoAvs the dif
ference.
But when a printer makes a
mistake everybody knovvs it,
and his only alibi is the devil.—
Leavenworth New Era.
.Every mail fcviPxgs to llie reunion
committee hundreds of requests for
reservations of rooms nt the hotels,
boarding houses and private homes.
Applications for certificates upon
which tickets can be purchased keeps
two stenographers busy attending to
them. The heads of departments And
divisions report increasing interest
in the Tulsa reunion all over the south
and southwest. The demand for
rooms is not confined to one section.
It is wi#.e8pread. Tulsa expects a
large attendance and is making prep^
arations accordingly.
Y. W. C. A. FIRST TO WEAR
UNIFORMS
When the order w'ent out
from the War Department that
all civilians working in camps
must wear uniforms, the Y. M.
C. A. workers had already or
dered theirs.
Y. M. C. A. workers in
France, of which there are
about a hundred, have worn
the French officers’ blue uni
form with the silver buttons
and the Blue Triangle on the
sleeve and hat for several
months. The Blue Triangle, in
deed, is already familiar in
France over the doorways or
at the side of door casings at
sixteen different canters be
sides all the nurses’ clubs at
American base hospitals.
The Blue Triangle is in use
in this country to mark the
ninety-three hostess houses al
ready opened or building in the
army, navy, and aviation
camps, the one hundred and
twenty-seven club centers and
all the War Service club houses
being opened in the Govern
ment munition centers. All
these places have been opened
by the War Work Council since
war was declared.
HOLSTEIN CATTLE
J. A. Arey, assistant State
Daryman of Raleigh, is in Tran
sylvania in the interest of get
ting a carload of Holstein cat
tle for the Penrose section.
T. H. Shipman, cashier of the
Brevard Banking Co., has very
kindly agreed to loan money
to those who are unable to pay
all cash on cattle.