New
VOL. XXIII
BREVARD, N. C„ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1918.
Number 42
KAKER STRIPFED
OF HIS POWERS
GERMAN PEOPLE APPEAL
TO AMERICA; 20,000 AUS
TRIAN PRISONERS TAK-
jl^N BY ITALIANS.
(The News made several at
tempts to get war news from
Asheville over telephone, but
on account of bad connections
was unable to get anything of
any consequence. The follow
ing day letter is from the Ashe
ville Times to V. Fontain:)
NO CROOKKEDNESS
INELECnONS
The Attorney General of the
United States has issued a De
partment Circular in which he
calls attention to the Act of
October 16, 1918, “To prevent
corrupt practices in the elec
tion of Senaators, Representa
tives, or Delegates in Con
gress,” which act is as follows:
That whoever shall promise,
offer, or give, or cause to be
ofiered, promised or given, any
money or other thing of value,
or shall make or tender any
contract, undertaking, obliga
tion, or withhold his vote or to
vote for or against any candi
date, or whoever solicits, ac-
copts or receives any money or
other thing of value in consid
eration of his vote for or
A new German Note was re
ceived in Washington addres
sed not to Wilson but to Amer
ican people stating kaiser has
been stripped of his power to
make war or negotiate peace i ^y^ainst any candidate for Sen-
and assuring American govern-1 ator or Representative or Dele-
ment that whole authority in gate in Congress at any primary
Germany has now been invest- g*sf^Gial election, shall be fin-
^^ore than $1,000, or
^ in Re.chtag._ The note more than one
be forwarded immediately to year, or both.
Versailes where allied war Atteiilion is called to the
council has already formulated f*ict that in view’^ of the near
armistice term*. | approach of a sreneral election
Tu I* 1* c I- 1 iind the recent enactment of
Ihe Italian, French, British imporiant to see
and American armies are push- that the fullest publicity be
ing break in Austrian lines east y^iven to the provisions of this
of Piave river. Twenty thou- o^’"^r that the public may
sand Austrian, have been tak-''«‘ its provisions
and the rnrpose of the Donnrt-
en prisoners. Coneghna and Qf Ji>s[ice to vigorously
other important centers have prosecute these violations,
been occupied by Italians. I Respectfully,
French army has gained new' Wm. C. Hommer,
success in encircling Guise and
POPULAR CITIZEN RE
TURNS FROM NORTH
U. s. Attorney.
Beaufort farm has been taken. VOTE FOR GRADY KILPAT-
American long range guns have RICK FOR REGISTER DEEDS
begun shelling Conflans. . Ger-!
man communication lines have While making up your minds
been taken over at Sprague by to whom you shall vote for
Czechs and armed forces are Tuesday, you are asked to
placed at disposal of Czechs remember that Grady Kilpat-
national committee. offered to give up the office
of Register of Deeds and lose
It is reported that a confer- the best paying office' in the
ence was held Saturday in county so that it could be given
Vienna, Austria, to discuss the to a republican and thereby
peace move and that a note had save having any political cam-
been prepared for presentation paign during the war.
to the Allies.. While Washing- A man who is as good an of
ten has not received the ollicial ficer as Grady Kilpatrick and
version of this note it is under- who is willing to sacrifice his
stood that the note offers as own interests for the good of
complete a capitulation on the his county deserves the support
part of Atistria as that recently of all well thinking people,
made by Bulgaria. | A Patriot.
It is also stated that a confer-! , ^ T; . T~
4? ,v idustry thrive and prosperity
ence of representatives ot the; , , ^ ^
All- 1 I n j ' abound. I w'lll vote for con-
Allied Powers has been called i ,
+ 4- T -1 istructive statesmanship, disin-
to meet in London to consideri , , , ^ ^
. f . terested w^ork for the common
terms for arranging tor an i , , , ,
I good, and ordrly progress in
the solution of the problems of
armistice.
The w^ar question is again be
ing agitated in Spain. Count
Romanos is quoted as saving, „ , , , .
that the time had come for a'l mdustnes, and will oppose
Spain to declare her position in
The many friends of C. M.
Doyle are glad to see him back
in town again after an absence
of several weeks in the north.
While away Mr. Doyle visit
ed Detroit, New York, Buffalo
and Rochester. In Rochester
he visited the large government
munition plant located there.
As a reminder of this visit Mr.
Doyle brought home a 3-inch
shell, a business-like looking
little Hun killer which is now
on exhibit at the Brevard Hard
ware Company.
Mr. Doyle found the people
in the cities he visited in favor
of fighting the Germans to a
finish. All political factions
are standing squarely behind
the president in the prosecution
of the w^ar, and leaders of the
republican party throughout
the north and east are declar
ing their determination to use
their votes to give Mr. Wilson
the support of a dem^Jratic
Congress.
In talking to a News repre
sentative Mr. Doyle stated that
he expected to enlarge his busi
ness considerably during the
next few months and make
many additions to his already
up-to-date stock of hardware
and farm implements.
The Brevard Hardware Com
pany has had an almost phe
nomenal grow'th during the
past few^ years, due in a large
measure to Mr. Doyle’s contin
uous practice of systematic and
scientific advertising. He prob
ably understands better than
any man in Transylvania coun
ty the value of printer’s ink. At
the same time he never forgets
the necessity of backing up his
adfi with the goods, and the
pulling pow’er of the square
deal.
As an ad writer Mr. Doyle
has received wide recognition.
The Farm Implement New's of
1 Chicago, the largest publication
in the world which is devoted
exclusively to the interests of
the hardware dealer, has a
number of times given a full
page to discussion of the good
points in advertisements of the
Brevard Hardware Company
MISS FLORENCE KERN
wrra BREVARD new:
APPEAU TO VOTERS
S SUPPORT ADMDHSTN
It is with much satisfaction
that we are able to anounce
that Miss Florence Kern has be
come City Editor of the Brevard
News to succeed Miss Gertrude
Zachary, who resigned.
Miss Kern is too well known
throughout this section to need
any w^ords of introduction. She
came to Brevard from her home
in Natchez, Miss., where she
w^as on the staff of the Natchez
Democrat, the leading daily
paper of the place.
Throughout her residence
among us Miss Kern’s presence
has been a constructive influ
ence in the life of the commun
ity and we feel that our readers
are to be congratulated on her
connection with their paper.
Miss Kern will take up her
duties with the News next
week.
SCHENCK VOTES MEAN
'Ftt;
)U\
AN VOTES
Raleigh, October 25, 1918.
Mr. E. W. Ew’bank,
Chm. Dem. Ex. Com.
Hendersonville, N. C.
My dear sir:
} Please let it be known that a
I vote for Mr. Schenck is a vote
for 3Ir. J. E. Shipman for Solic-
jitor. Mr. Schenck is still the
democratic nominee, but on his
j failure to (lualify after election,
:or upon his qualification and
; resignation I shall at once re
appoint Mr. Shipman.
This course is absolutely
necessary and absolutely just
and fair in order to save the
votes of soldiers who have al
ready voted for Mr. Schenck.
Yours truly,
T. W. BICKETT,
Governor.
my country. I will uphold hon
orable men in all parties and
te present conflict and aban-
n her policy of unrestricted
neutrality. Other prominent
dishonorable men and methods
everywhere. I will work with
the light I have today, and be
ready to follow any new light
which have appeared in the
Brevard New^s.
We are glad he has come
home. Things just naturally
seem to move a little faster on
Main Street to C Doyle back
again.
TO ALLFAiR MINDED CITIZENS
OF TRANSYLVANIA
orum .nd Sl.te.mra
To these ends, O God, I give
mvself, and seek to know
made speeches in agreement
with the views expressed by
Count Romanos.
The Allied Armies are still
rushing forw^ard and sweeping
everything before them on all
fronts.
IDE PRAYER CORNER
“None But True Americans on
Guard—^The Voter’s Prayer.
I will vote for the right, O
God, as Thou dost give me to
see the right. I will vote for
the welfare of my country, and
not for selfish aims, nor pride
of party, nor the mere personal
admiration of men. I will vote
to make all men free from op
pression, and to bind all that is
unjust and harmful. I will vote
to make righteousness rule, in-
where the right doth really be.
And should my vote be with
those w’ho win or lose, I shall
rejoice in the triumph of what
is best for this time, and will
uphold the hands of whom so
ever Thou dost permit to serve
in the high offices of my coun
try, so long as such are faith
ful to duties they are privileged
to perform. So help me, God,
Amen.
Stand by the President, stand
fast, ye freemen. Remember
the old adage, “Never swap
horses while crossing a
stream.” It's no time to play
politics. We are engaged in a
sterner work. Times are ex
ceptional. Stand by the Presi
dent. Give him a vote of con
fidence. Be Americans—All!
C. D. Chapman.
It has just come to the notice of the Democrats of
this County that some Republican propaganda is being
circulated in the shape of a pamphlet from Salisbury
which charges that there has been some certain soldiers
who voted the Democratic ticket whom the Republican
leaders thought they had fixed.
If these charges had been true it would have been
the right thing to do if the Republican Ring Leaders
from Salisbury had published said circulars some time
ago, for from the dates of the same they have had same
in their possession for several weeks, and have given the
Democrats a chance to reply and show that the said
charges were false.
I During this campaign and election when America
is at war with the greatest of all powers we feel that
the political campaign and the election should be car
ried 'bn so that every man should not only know, but
that he should think that he was getting a Square Deal
and that can not be done if the Republicans mail out
this secret and false charges from other counties at the
last minute when there is no chance for the Democrats
to reply.
Let the fair minded men of the County answer
this secret assault of the Republicans from Salisbury,
Fairminded Citizens.
President Wilson has made
the following appeal to the
voters of the country to support
the administration in the com
ing election:
“My fellow countrymen:—
The Congressional elections are
at hand. They occur in the
most critical period our coun
try has ever faced or is likely
to face in our time. If you have
approved of my leadership and
wish me to continue to be your
unenbarrassed spokesman in
affairs aat home and abroad, 1
earnestly beg that you will ex
press yourselves unmistakably
to that effect by returning a
democratic majority to both
the Senate and the House of
Representatives.
“I am your servant and will
accpt your judgment without
cavil, but my pow^er to admin-
istr the great task assigned me
by the constitution, would be
seriously impaired should your
judgment be adverse and I
must frankly tell you so be
cause so many critical issues
depend upon your verdict. No
scrupple of tastes must in grim
times like these be allowed to
stand in the way of speaking
the plain truth.
“I have no thought of sug
gesting that any political party
is paramount in matters of pa
triotism. I feel too deeply the
sacrifices w'hich have been
made in this war by all our citi
zens, irrspective of party affil
iations, to harbor su.ch an idea.
I mean only that the difficulties
and delicacies of our present
task are of a sort that makes it
imperatively necessary that the
nation should give its undivided
support to the government un
der a unified leadership and
that a republican congress
would divide the leadership.
“The leaders of the minority
in the present congress have
unquestionably been pro-w^ar,
but they have been anti-admin-
istration. At almost every turn
since w'e entered the w^ar they
have sought to take the choice
of policy and the conduct of the
w'ar out of my hands and put
it under the control of instru
mentalities of their owm choos
ing.
“This is no time either for
divided council or for divided
leadership. Unity of com
mand is as necessary now in
civil action as it is upon the
field of battle. If the control
of the House and the Senate
should be taken aw^ay from the
party now in power an oppos
ing majority could assume con
trol of legislation and oblige
all action to be taken amidst
contest and obstruction.
“The rturn of a republican
majority to either house of the
VOTE FOR WEAVER
FOR CONGRESS
Although Congressman Wea-'
ver has been kept busy with
the affairs of the Nation at
Washington; although he has
had to work day and night
without the usual recess that
Congress usually has, and al
though he has been nagged at
and misrepresented by Mr.
Britt, still with all this he has
had time to look after Transyl
vania County and its best inter
ests.
Owing to there being no po
litical speakings in the county
many of our good people do not
know what Weaver has done
and do not fully appreciate
w'hat a splendid representative
he has made.
Not only has he looked after
tho interests of oiir soldiers but
he has also kept right after the
various departments and seen
that the allotm.ents made to
wives, mothers and other de
pendents have been promptly
attended to w'henever they
have been brought to his atten
tion.
And not only that, but he has
introduced a bill to establish a
Fish Hatchery, w^hich will give
employment to many of our
citizens at good w^ages and
w'hich will last as long as the
streams need fish to furnish
food to the people.
There is little doubt that this
hatchery will be located on the
government property on David
son River and its tributaries
and it will not only pay out big:
money here, but vill be one of
the best advertisements we
have ever had for Transylva
nia county.
Let’s show' Mr. Weaver that
vre appreciate what he has
been doing for us. He has not
had time to leave Washington
to campaign. He has been
working for us up there. Now
let us w^ork for him on election
day.
W. E. Breese.
“The people of the allied
countries with who we are as
sociated against Germamy are
quite familiar vith the signi
ficance of elections. They
would find it very difficult to
believe that the w'ard unity of
purpose may be evident voters
of the United States had chosen
to support their President by
electing to the Congress a ma
jority controlled by those who
are in fact in sym.paty with the
attitude and action of the g,d-
ministration.
“I need to tell you, my fel
low^ countrymen, that I am ask
ing your support not for my
own sak or for the sake of a po
litical party but for the sake of
the nation itself in order that
into all the world. (?) In ordi-
Congress would moreover be nary times I w'ould not feel at
interpretive on the other side
of the water as a repudiation
of my leadership. Spokesmen
of the republican party are urg
ing you to elect a republican
liberty to make suck an appeal
to you. In ordinary times di
vided councils can be endured
without permanent hurt to the
country. But these are not or-
Congress in order to back up' dinary times,
and support the President, but j “If in these critical days it is
even if they should in this im-' your wish to sustain me with
pose upon some credulous vot-' undivided minds, I beg that you
ers on this side of the water will say so in a w ay w'hich it
they w^ould impose on no one [ will not be possible to misun-
on the other side. It is well derstand either here at home
understood there as well as or among our associates on the
here that the republican lead- othr side of the sea. 1 submit
ers desire not so much to sup- ’ my difiSculties and my hopes to
port the President as to control you.”
him. ‘ WOODROW WILSON^