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VOL. .XXIII
BREVARD, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMJBER 13, 1918.
Number 48
WHY NOT LISTEN TO
OPPOITONITY’S KNOCK?
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TCDAY—NOT TOMORROW
^ NEXT DAY—BUT EN-
THE CONTEST NOW
—GREAT PROFIT MAY BE
YOURS FOR the ASKING.
Every Candidate Who Enters
the Contest and Abides by
the Rules Will Receive a
PHze •or Cash Commission—
You Caiinot Fail—V^otes are
Free—Send in Your Name
Today.
Tho ini!iienza will in ali prob
ability rett)rd the progress cf
the contest to .''ome extent |
the nominees v.ho announced in j
last \veek’s isf^ue of the News |
aro stili Tioniixiees, most o^' *
thrm, for they have been iin- |
able to actively into the !
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campai‘^n hold, and become I
candid.-t('S. Yes, there is con- '
si'lenible difference betweer.
the ncniineo ard the cand'diite,
as niucli iliiference as th::'r(? is
belvs oci'' a candidate and co". -
testani.
A i'lonirico is merely a per-'on
whose name has appeared as a
sir^g-estc-d Vvin.icr of the
usT 0^ PRIZES ■
ONE $550.00 PLAYER
PIANO
$100.00 IN GOLD or BANK
ACCOUNT
ONE DIAMOND RING
Purchased from and on dis
play at Frank D. Clement,
Brevard
ONE $100.00 ALLEN PRIN
CESS RANGE
Purchased from and on dis
play at Fjrevard Hardware
Company
ONE $50.00 HCOSIER KIT
CHEN CABINET
Purchased fron: a?;d on dis
play r.t Farmers Supply Co.
ONE $30 WRIST WATCH
Purchased from and on dis
play at Fi’ark D. Clement's
THE HOLY LAND
STOP TBE OVEREOW BREVARD NEWS
OF FRENCH BROAD R.
To the Citizens of Transylvania
County:
Several of the citizens and
farmers of our county have
been talking to me about a ver;v
vital matter that we should dis
cuss v/ilh Hon. George T. Ly-
day before he leaves for Ral
eigh. The matter concerns the
clearing out of the channel of
the French Broad river.
Just before the last freshet
l^e water v.'as very low in the
m'er ar.d Vvith only a fev*' hours
rain the river got out of ii<
banks and did thousands of dol
lars damage to the farmers, lo
the county bridges and to the
railroad. This injury is one
that every person in the county
IS APPRECIATED
I will write you a few lines
so you will knov/ what joy
your paper brings to a lonesome
Tar Heel boy. Whilev reading
it this morning it brought back
memories of old Brevard where
I spent the happiest days of my
life and, and hov/ I long to re
turn and tell you of the great
things the boys fror-i the U. S.
A. have done. It did ?ne good
to read the letter voii printed
of Corporal David Jrlunt and to
]:nov/ he is pickinrr some of the
Kuns of^;’ ■‘.vith the great- ma
chine "un which the U. S. bo vs
are using,
working the
Wc
same country
been
has vir^ited supplying tho heavy
artiliary with hordes and it is a
feels for vvliat hurts one section i sight to see the destruction this
effects the wel-jyrj’.r is caiising. But neverthe-
of th;
county
THE GRAND MUFTI, HEAD OF THE MOHAMMEDAN CHURCH (A
WHITE TURBAN), ARRIVES AT AR^ERICAN REO CROSS H§AD-
QUARTERS TO TAKE PART IN THE FORMAL INAUGURATION OF
THE WORK IN PALESTINE.
TO ICSEASE RELIEF
IM PEESTINE
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Miss Beitie Z\itLean. . . .IG.vOO
Miss Ethel Kilpatrick.. 10,000
i\[iss ?v[ildred Eryan
^ I Red Cro£s Commissioner Reports Stcirvation and
Suffering in Holy Land.
n-
of the high
est award. In other word>-.
some one wants to give so-ne
person an oppo-’tunity tc make
good and the name is sent i'\
Of cou”se the rest is left to thr
ovio vrarren
iUis.- Dora Connaly. , . .
Miss ^lae Engle
Mi:;s Cora Grogan
riiss irv'n Mcl'-Iinn. . . .
Miss Margie (^ardner.
Miss Fair Snelson. . .
discretion of the person l_ ^vner..
Whether or not she has the Gladys GaUo-.va
ability she is given by her nomi
nator is ([Uickly ])roven. A
candidate is a person who ac
cepts her nomination and the:'!
sips succulcnt svv-eets, snug-
lO^.'SOO
.']1,000
.10,000
.10,000
I
Q - -Of,
.10,000 I
.10,0001
. 10,000 I
T
• ilE Aniorican Hcrt Cro:-s intoiuls
to udministej' relief work on a
f;:r ^'n’uter scale in Palestine
than heretofore in order that thou
sands of men. woiikmi and children in
that part of t'le world may he resf;ied
from iheir jiresi'Ul sufferin;:. Dr. John
Armenians in and about Damascus and
more than three tlioiu-and in tlie llau-
raii district, tlie cable asserts.
Dr. I'inii-y says the .-Vmerican Red
Cross W(>rl:t*r.s have been doin^x overy-
tliin.u' possible 1o relieve this distress,
hut adds that ,u:reatly ir.creased help
mu.st come at o:ice. He requires two
il. Finh>y. Ked Cross ConuiHSsioner to 1 ad(iilional iios])i!a! units immediately.
Palestiiu* and former Conimissioiier of [(^Jener;'.! Aiie)d)y has. cabled tlie British
. 10,000 ^ Education for thf State of Ni*w York,
iMiss Daisy Nicholson. .
Miss Janie F. ?,Ioseley.
Miss Ruth D’j.ckvv’orth.
Miss Eliza Wc'Mis
I\Iiss Reba Ashworth. .
sling up somewhere near a so-'j;;.,, Yonguc
da fountain or seeks vote credit ^r,,g g cfie
IMrs. H
?.Irs.
HaiTy Clarke
H. N. Carrier
within the depths of a 3Iorris
chair cheerfully expecting sonic-
one to leave at her home a firc:, . .
piano o” other costly and valii-
able prize.
iMrs. J. Y. JdcKinney
Mrs. M. P. Brodie 10,000 i
A contestant is a person who g Wright. . 10,000
is awake to the opportunity at ; Tyjj.g g q Yates 10,000
hand and who has the grit tf 10,000
grasp opportunity nimh by its Florence Sumrney 10,000
tender throat and shake the; ^arr WhitmJre .10,000 •
daylights out of it. A differ-1 Loftis 10,000 ^ f, ,
ertee and a distinction you wi]l! ^^jj,g 10,000
Mrs. Welch Gallow’ay. . 10,000 |
Mrs. John Bogart 10,000
Mrs. Jessie V/ard 75,500 [
Mrs. A. M. Verdery... 10,000
has cabled that tiiis additionul work is
immediately neces.-:ary.
At least one-third of the population
of I^'banon has die<l of starvatior an<l
disease, due to lack of nourishment.
Many villages are virtually depopulat
ed, and thousands of po«»ple are In
nee<l. owing to epidemics, lack of em
ployment and the proliibitive prices of
fo(»d.
Families formerly in the best of cir
cumstances have been reduced to des
titution. Every one is clamoring for
an opportumty to rehabilitate himself.
Owing to a luck of physicians the con-
1„- ditions in many hosplials are deplora-
■ J-'^o,UUU More than ten thousand sick civil
ians have been cared for by the Amer
ican lied (’ross during a single month,
and lied Cro.ss antomo!)iles are trans
porting hundreds of ill and wounded
prisoners to hospitals every day. There
are at least ten thousand refugee
.10,000'
.10,000!
.10,000'
75,500;
.10,000
145,500'
.10,000
.55,000!
.30,000 I
.10,000
.25,000
War ollice to approve this plan.
Dr. I’iiiley journeyed on foot from
r.i'ersiu'ba to Dan in the wake of the
advancing T.ritish forces, and at the
time of sending the cable had just com-
I>leted a tour of the Palestine and low
er Syria, passing throtigh Nazareth,
Tibt'rius, Tyre, Sidon, Haifa and Bei
rut, reaching the latter place two days
after its occupation by the British
forces.
“America should be the first to help
in the rehabilitation of the Holy Land,
which 'uH'at Britain and our Allies
have redeemed,” dech •es Di^ Finley.
“The lirst medium of help should be
tlie American .Ked Cross, which makes
no distinction as to race, creed or col
or. Under the trusteeship of those who
recovered this sacred land, wiiich Is
the cradle of three i .eat religions, the
civilized world is now given the oppor
tunity of illustrating its highest ideals
for humanity.”
ff h'
admit.
Now is the Time
The campaign has not m.ade
anj” headw’ay as yet, very little
indeed has been done and if the
ANNUAL R.ED CROSS.
MEETING
John Southern, one of the
icst rep.idents oi‘ the Cherrv-
Mrs. D. L, English.... 10,000: section, died on Frid:
fev.' days pa.st are to be taken Mackey 145,000 j gth, of pneumon- *
as an indication of what is to Mrs. Everett Hays 10,000
_i|;Dme. then for the first time in! Brevard, R. F. D. 1.
'Oie history of the old Reliable j ^iss Mae Quiette 10,000
piano, good solid American | T^iigg Do^a Reece 10,000
Eagles, precious stones, range Miss Mary L. Barringer. 10,000
and jewelry, last but not least , ]y|isg Georgia BuiTell. .105,500
cash, will beg for recognition | ^igg Florida Cantrell.. 10,0001
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ia. He v/as buried in the Mt.
?»Ioriah cem.etery on Satiu'day
morning. •
At the time of his death Mr.
Southern was a .^niber of the
County Board of Education. A
in vain.
Now is .the time to take ad
vantage of these conditions.
Now is the time to start some
thing that should bring you big
prifit without risk. It only
costs you your efforts to win
one of the prizes listed. You
will either gain one of them, or
a cash payment based upon the
amount of money you collect
for the paper.
Following are those who are
taking part in this friendly
struggle:
Brevard
Miss Annie Snelson 85,500
Miss Irene Duckworth.. 10,000
Miss Marie Kilpatrick 135,00()
Miss Louise Townsend.. 90,500
Miss Georgia Burrell... 10,000
Miss Maude Kilpatrick 90,000
Mrs. W. A. Allison 10,000 ^®r some time as a mem-
Mrs. S. M. McKelvey.'. .10,000 Boarrl of County
Mrs. Leon Hubbard. . . .10,000 Commissionep.
Mrs. W. T. Brown 85,500 survived
The annual meeting of
the Transylvania Chapter
American Red Cross will
be held in the court house
on Saturday at 3 p. m. for
purpose of electing direc
tors for the year 1918-19.
A full attendance of all
the members is desired.
R. H. ZACHARY,
Acting Chairman.
Mrs. Chas. Gravley.... 90,500 |
Mrs. B. A. Gillespie. .. 105,500
Brevard, R. F. D. 2.
Miss Virginia Allison. . .10,000
Miss Mary Belle Oit. . .10,000
Miss. Cannie Glazner. . .10,000
Miss Lillie Picl^lesimer. . 10,000
and four daughter
three sons
who have
the sympathy o^ a wide circl
of friends.
3 MARY JANE KING
WINS APPLAUSE
Ralph R. Fisht i
France that he
time to enjoy the
visit some of t: -'
Miss Marie Lyday.... 125,500 | Paris since th^
Miss Etta McCall. 10,000
Mrs. JoMe Moeflcr 90,500
Mrs. Clara E. Allison.. .10,000
Mrs. J. W. Morris. . . . .10,000
Mrs. J. Gaston Neill.... 10,000
Mrs. Rachael- Orr i0,000
]^rs^ J. A. Surrete 10,000
Mrsi John Boggs 95,500
(Continued on pag 2)
been put to flighi
expect sto retur)
before very ma; y
’vrites from
>ow having
'anery and
low places
lluns have
Mr. Fisher
•o the U. S.
months.
ho music clubs of Asheville
giving a series of weekly
cal programs at Kenil-
1 for the entertainment of
convalescent soldiers. The
id of these recitals took
on last Wednesday after-
Vv’hen Miss Mary Jane
AT METHOi>5 >T CHURCH
A chalk sernior- to children,
Sunday at 11:00 u. ni.
Preaching at
c,: 0 p. m.
pi
of Brevard
soloist.
r singing wa? enthusiasti-
received. One of the best
n musicians in Asheville
)unced Miss King’s sing-
fai’e and prosperity of the
tire county, and extra taxes will
have to bo collected to pay for
new brid!’’es.
Since the great activity in
this county in the acid wood.
t:;n ba:'k and lumber bu5ine: s!
there has been a vast aiiour.t!
of tree tops, brush r.nd other;
refuse matter from sjiid opera-
tons that have gone into the
streams in the county and fro:n
the smaller streams it has .'got
ten into the main channel of tho
river and has collected in large
drifts at many different placesi™"^,^
and has practically dammed
the stream, the resi’lt being
that the fiow of the current is
.'Tcatly siov/ed up, eddies are
fcrmed and the stream is very
easily put cut of banks. This
tree tops etc has cone
L’roni practically every section
of the county that is on the v»"at-
rrs of the French Broad and its
tributaries.
less the Km
go forv/ard.
for
”6 won't re-
;n uiitil it is finished ovor
here.
Wish I could t^ell you all
about this country, but they
won’t ?.'!ovv' it.
Hero’-- trood wishes for the
paper r,nd all the folks at home.
Yours truly.
Corn. V. B. Gallamore.
308 F. R. S(id. A. E. F.
Until next harvest ths Ameri-
an table must be set accord-
food resourses of the
People who -cerse to fight do
not ceasc to eat.
It does not seem probable
that we can get the Federal
Government to help us at this
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Mr. Mont Glazener and son
Clarence have been in Ashe
ville for the past three or four
days on business.
Fvt. Julian Glazener, who i.s
time, although I intend to keep | connected with the hospital
on trying to get some aid from
Congress, but the surest and
quickest way is to get some
help through our legislature
and then get what extra help
we need from Uncle Sam.
I therefore, propose that the
citizens of the county have a
meeting, either one big mass
meeting in Brevard, or have a
meeting in each township and
let said meetings send delegat
es to a general meeting to be
held in Brevard and at said
general meeting decide on
some suitable plan to suggest
to Mr. Lyday and have him
pass such a bill through, the
legislature as will help us.
I am not a farmer now, but
I am very deeply interested in
everything that will build up
Transylvania county and the
better drainage of our river
bottom lands is one of the
greatest benefits 'that could
happen to Transylvania. By
cleaning out the river and giv
ing the water a clear sweep we
would have less high water ov
er the adjoining land. It v/ould
lower the water at all times. It
would enable the ditches along
the river to be deepened and
thereby dry some land that is
no V/ unfit for use.
I have no definite idea to sug-
wi-.s the prin- ‘ but belicvs that tiiere is
we take this matter up at once,
and I will be glad to have ail
those interested to either write
Grove at.
vvisdom in counsel and I know me‘or coiih; in and see me and
that when the good farmers
and citizens of the county get
their heads together that they
will work o\it . some plan that
best heard in that city will benefit every man in Tran-
umber of years. sylvania. I therefore ask that
let’s get this started at once, as'
Mr. Lyday will leave f6r Ral-^
eigh in a few weeks now.
Yours for Tnmsylvan^’s ,
Betterment,"
W. E. BRI
'r.
corps A. E. F. Somewhere in
France, has notified his rela
tives that he will return at an
early date.
Misses Victoria Gillespie,
Beulah and Hassie Whitmire
went to Hendersonville shop
ping Monday.
Mr. A. M. Paxton went to
Brevard on a business trip on
Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. White
are visiting Mr.. Yv/'hite’s par
ents near Olin, N. C.
Mr. Dewey Winchester and
A. C. Current went to Lake
land, Fla., last w’^eek.
Mr. Walter Gravley spent
Sunday afternoon at the home
of A. M. Paxton. \
Mr. W. K. Gillespie is having
his house repaired.
The new Methodist preacher,
Mr. W. A. Thomas, has moved
to Rosman.
Mr. Tom Gillespie has moved
from East Fork to Rosman.
Misses Victoria, Dora and
Beulah Gillespie went to East
Fork Itas Sunday and dined
with Mr. S. E. McCall.
Mr. John L. Gillespie has hat
his house repaired and addeJ
a new room.