OL. XXIV
BREVARD, N. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1919..
NUMBER 7.
i;pNT[ST TO CLOSE SATURDAY,
FEB. 15, PROMPTLY 6:30 P. M.
REGULAR SCHEDULE OF i ^^
VOTES HAS BE^N CHANG- ' proing to spend tomorrow.
You very well know that the average
American must have his muck stirred
at#tiracs aiul now that the contsst is
ED TO READ:
6 months. .$ .75. .8,000 votes
1 year 1.50.16,CC0^ votes cnterinj? the c’osein?: hours, the stir-
2 years • • • 3.00.40,000 votes | rinjr will be?:in with mighty furor. Pay
no attention to rumors but put fourth
Contestants IV^ay Cast for Pub
lication 125,000 Votes Ahead
of the Leader Feb. 7.
THE JUDCF.S
The followinjr named jjentlemer.
will act as judtros, tabulate and count
the votes at the close of the contest
at G:oO P. M.; Saturday Febuary 15.
Cps Paxton, Chairman.
J. Mac Allison,
Dr. J. Y. McKinney.
your best efforts during? the remaininjr
hours of the contest.
The following schedule of
votes vrill be issued on paid in
advance subscriptions to candi
dates workinjr in this campaij^n.
3 .$ .7.1. . 8.000 votes
1 vcar.... 1.50..16,000 votes
years. . . o.OO. .49,000 votes
Brevard
Miss Marie Kilpatrick 584,500
The- contest closes tomorrow, Sat.! Tlildred Bryant. .586,500
Febuary 15. promply at 0:30 P. ^C^Vren . . .552,000
At that hour the doors of the contest , Reba Ash u'orth
office v. ill be closed and the ballot box !
will be in the hands of the judges
and no one will permitted to cast any |
more votes Kxccpt, in the event any
;0,500
Loo'.a Saltz
Ed ruacizey
SPm TRANSIVAMA
HAVE DEDIOSTRATOR
Never in our history has so much
attention ‘ been paid to health as at
present. The War Department de
mands healthy employees. The State
organizes a board of health, and the
county follows suit. More time is
given in the schools to the teaching
of hygiene, so that our little citizens
may grov/ into healthy manhood and
womanhood.
This is because people have come to
see that the healthy person, in most
cases, is the person who will malce
good. A farmer does not want to
* THE STORY OF A MERCHANT ♦
♦ PRINCE *
• ♦
^ There was an old geezer and he
* had a lot of sense;
* He started up a business on a
* dollar-eighty cents.
* The dollar for stock and the
* eighty for an ad
* Brought him three lovely dollars
* in a day, by dad;
* Well, he boufjht more goods and
* a little more space
* And he played that system with
a smile on his face.
* The customers (locked to his two-
* by-four
EDUCATOR WRITES
* j It was with regret that I noted in
* : the News that the County Board of
* 1 Health had turned down our earnest,
* I faithful and efficient County Health
* I Officer, Br, Hunt. Yet it is gratifying
* j to note that Dr. Wallis purposes to
^ j build up the excellent foundation that
1 has been so effici?ntlv laid by his pre-
¥ j * ^
^ j dcce;^'?or. It is to b3 hopod that he
I will have the hearty cooperation of
OVER THERE
all the people of the county in his
wellbeing.
Our legislature is working earnest-
hire a hand who cannot put in a hard ; * And soon he had to hustle for a
out-of-town contestants v no secures
a sul't ription after the- mails have de-
parle i, and that t'nesc cnntestanls call
■the jui'y phono an<! notify ihom
not later tlian (5:80 n. m. that tiiey
have in their no^^se^sion and will r^end
th: ni in by tlio next mail. Contest
ants who are at the oince before closc !
in ': tln'.e wi'l be allowed to deposit
their reserve votes u:itil all ave taken
cj'.re o'*. 'Tal:o snro that you have
not lost your reserve ballots; malft'
doubly ^'ure that they are in the
ballot box by or before GioOp. m.;
tomorrow.
If you h:ive friends tiiat are holil-
ing subcriptions for you, get in touch
with t'ii-'rii at once and v.'arn them thai
they must be given without further
delay if they realy v.ant you to have
them. Don’t b’ame any one but your
self if you are not the winner of the
first mize or, in the winning class.
There have been no favorites in the
. .609,500
. .600,500 I
D.
. .120,00C
. .4S5,000
i;i(: i-'.'ciay
?.Irs. ,!usie TUoeier .
Mr.-. I alio:. Crh-.p 145,100
rn-. J. r. Wi’:e 2-11,500
Bs.I'iam Grove
::. :ii;ey . . .218,500
To”r.v/'.y, R. F. D.
V:.:ice Galloway 180,000
5oHc?.
day’s work when it is needed. Ncith- *
er does a housewife employ a sickly
woman to do house work, if a strong
one is to be had. And the same rule I *
applies to business and professional; *
folk. One can not be one hundred, i *
or even ninety or eighty per cent ef
ficient if he is fifty per cent ailing.
If fifty persons of average good
sense were asked what was the very
foundation of good health, probably
the v/hole fifty would reply, “proper
nourishment.”
I That bcinc,' the case, is it not
! L'.trange how many of us eat improper |
j food-- icod that is badly cooked and
' that (tcc3 not nourish us? Read the
i*e])ort from any school v/hcre tho
ch’i(’r;>!i avc; plvc.i a th.oroii'';h phys
ical c:;an'ii;:at:or.; it is ama:'.;n;v >o',v
niiiny are found io be unt’.or-nourish-
eii.
That i;ar:; of the worl I’s v.crl: that
i'i known ’’irrlv C' “Wc"'-'n’s
' J’.ova ^ViIso^ . . 535,500 | ork,” is not easy. Much of it is
Namur
Aliss Sr.c Tloatli 85,000
^Irs. Will 235,500 | <ii?bes,
Rosman
Aida Vrhite . . . .508,500
PisFC-h Fcrest
?.iiss IMaxiiie Recce ... 528,000
i^'cd Harris 185,000
Mrs. Vr. R. IVarrren . .358,500
rL:;]ly hard manual labor. Even the
making of biscuits, the washing of
and dusting ihe furniture
mean a tiresome sameness, an I a:i
everlasting keep-at-it-nc?*;, that are
oi'ten more v. : aring than much harder
work out doors might bp.
In the past, v.omen> who had no
servants have done this work—drud-
.■U’cry as much of it is—with such pa-
ticnce as they could, because they ; work ea
regular store
Upon the square where the peo
ple pass.
He gobbled up a corner that was
all plate glass.
He fixed up the windows with the
best that he had
And told them all about it in a
half-page ad.
He soon had ’em coming, and he
never, never quit.
And ks wouldn’t cut down on his
ads one bit.
Well, he’s things humming
in the town ever since
And everybody calls him the
Merchant Prince.
Some say it’s luck, but that’s all
bunk—
Why he was doing business when
thf! times were punk.
People have to purchase and the
geezer v/as wise—
For !:s knev.' the way to get ’em
was to advertise.
—Exchange.
Eonnetable, France, Jan. 11, 1919.
Editor Brevard News.
I am by no means a
\
writer, but a few words might be of
interest to the people back home,
even if I do make mistakes.
Durin.T my time of nearly six months
over here, I have experienced lots of
things I never did before. Some of
v.’hich arc to be well remembered. But
I have had more plesure, and fewer
efforts in behalf of thoir phvsicial!, , , • ^ ,
han'ships than niany of the boys.
I sailed from New York on the Eng
lish ship, Khyber, carrying a little
! ever two thousand men. There were
fourteen ships in the convoy when we
started, but for some reason one turn
ed back thr, sccond day out. On the
thirteen that continued the trip, there-
w'ere over tv/eny six thousand yank>.
and about five hundred Red Cros-;
ladies. All reached this side safely,
except one'man, we all had to west
our life preservers all the time, in
case of danger by meeting with the
enemy, but they^ were not needed.
The ninth day, a covey of submarines
j were located ahead of us by another
i shin, an-i reporte l back, but this or.]y
\ caured us to ;':o a little distance out
I of our v.’ay. The next day we were
I joined by a number of submarin.’
■ chasers, that guarded us into Liver
pool.
We got a hearty v.'elcome vhlle we
v.cre in England, but on\v got to
spend rays there. I got to see
some of tho councry while we v.er;*
crossing it, whil somethin'’' like
Franco, is very different to the S'a: -'..
,j\t South Hampton, we took a bo?.t
across the channel, to Le Haure
of the State in' matters pertaining to
I
4c j prohibition, education, improved high-
4c I ways, ctc. If all the bills udiich arc
* i being introduced should become sta-
* I tute laws, it w’ould seem that there
* I would be no use in the Legislature
meeting again for about ten years.
The constitution having been amend-
* ] ed by an almost unanimous vote of
* I the people of the State so as to re-
* I quire a six months school term for
m I every child in every district in the
* ; State, it is “up to” the legi'^lature
* ' to give us machirory to ma’:; effec
tual this consLitutiop.r’i lav;. It would
be a fine thing if, in arranging the
“machinery” provision should be
ma<]e to furnish the poor children
with books at the expense of the
State.
The Post Oince department of the
United States seems to be ir, a hr'althy
condition, as evidenced by I\Ir I’urle'^-
?cn’s rc]:ort, v.'hich shov/s a sur'olu=:
of nineteen million doiiars for last
' cr.r and over twelve millions for the
rrcceeding yeai*. From this report,
The many friends of P.lanton
Mitchcl! will be ;vk'..’ to ];nov/ that h?
is rapidly recovcrir.g fvoni the painful
if jury to his eye t-u.^lained recent I;,
while piavin;.’; shinnv.
Piirose , ticnce as they could, because they ' work easier, and hov/ to do it better
ailace Rlistin. .418,000 l thought that to do tedious work from ; Of course we v^ant her., Vv'e v/ant
Blaniyre ! seven to fourteen hours a day was | our children to have sound minds in
race, and who ever the luclvy ones jricklesimer 305,500
may be at the closeing hour, will have | Etov/ah R F D
won honestlv and deserves a lot of |
credit. |
This has been a long and hard race; |
many have dropped by the way side;
others have not done their best, and j
the ones who have had the courage to |
stick to the end and have come out j
victorious surely deserve praise from ,
all.
C. E. Merrill . . .195,500
woman’s lot in life, and there was no | sound bodies, and v.c must learn the
way out of it. "^Ve have dons our ' best ways to insure this. We v*’ant
I
work faithfully, but we nov/ begin j our homes as pleasant and comfort-
to see that v.’e have not always done { able as we can possibly make them.
jatJS
it intelligently. Everywhere, women
are learning easier and better ways
in the kitchen. They are learning
that children who eat poorly cooked
food, and live in dirty ill-kept houses
An interesting meeting was held j jijfely to grov/ into iiuny grown-
in the court house Feb. 3rd and at- ;
ups. They are realizing as never be-
Contest enter in all the affairs of tended by thirty farmers and breed- | that a poorly fed, sluggish body
life. The man who starts with noth
ing, and worked his way through the
obstacles, natural and artificial to com
petency, finds himself in a contest at
every turn of the road.
Measuring one’s power with that
wants to make the lives of her work
ing, women easier, and the health of
her citizens better. For these rea-
§rs of registered hogs. The purpose j jrenerally means a sluggish mind, and
of this meeting was to organize a | slovenly habits of body make
swine breeders’ association in the i gio^gnly habits of mind,
county to dispose of the registered ^ our state is one
pigs in the county this spring. j those that have come to see that
J. E. Morris, state swine specialist
of others brings out the best things | from Raleigh, was present and dis-
in one. Many never knew their pow-1 cussed the feed and pastures and care { state as the work of the man on
ers until thej^r'ieet others in the af- ■ of hogs. Mr. Moses stressed especial- | farm. Our state wants her wo-
fairs of life,^Bil are made to measure j ly the permanent pasture of grass, j benefit of modern
their capacitl!^with that of other in- i He recommended red clover, rape and j^g^g improved methods. She
dividuals who set their minds on at-1 soy beans for temporary pastures,
taining a certain goal. j ^ temporary organization . was
In this little friendly struggle ' formed with R. H. Zachary as presi-
'^any have had the chance to match dent ^nd R. E. Lawrence as secretary i ^j^g gtate is trying to place in
their capacity with that of others; to ^antl treasurer to draft by-laws to be ! gg^j^ county a trained woman whose
te^ the real depths of their friend- submitted to the next meeting qf tae jjg spent in teaching the
slJ^ of others. In their efforts they association, when a perm-nent or-
are finding what they can do under | ganizatior will be made,
pressure and have learned their ea-' It was the purpose of the associa-
pacity as they could not in any other tion to hohi a sale of registered pigs
field of effort therefore, the ones who the first part of May in Brevard,
liave participated in the contest, Kave ! -
received a good, and beneficial train-1 DEATH OF AN INFANT
ing course; a training course in which i CJcneva, youngest daughter of Mr.
strength and stic!:toit3vness are ^pd Mr?. James Jones, died Feb 6th.
tested. 1 (jeneva was born May 13th, 1917.
THE MUCKRAKING BEGINS. | Interment was in Glazener’s grave-
Don’t be too credulous about what, yard. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are re-
il would seem ar'- if the “zone system”, | France. There is where I heard my
(I'Scrimiaating against sc^'ond f^l^^ss j He came ou‘, .hi?
.er, r,ii,e:hc bo t y-ntnsed W’>-h. j th-'ro, but the*
lhat hjstem Vvas abolished in 1863 only damage done, was to the civi-
b> 1 res.uent Lincom. It ’.s now op- tovv'n, a little way from carap.,
}.o.-ed b> Presuient v\ iison aiid most j four different places in
Oi-her i,rue Americans. It seems, also, j prance, during the time I was in train
that we might be given our tv\0 cent | before going to visit the Hun.
?Jost of the time being in small towns
postage rate.
Bolshevism seems to be a disease
where there were onlv a few soldiers
and we must learn the best ways of
making them so. We want more time
for rest and for reading and to visit
our friends, so we must learn to do
our Vvork in less time. What woman
is there Vv’ho does not want these i
things?
The state is anxious for us to have
a home demonstrator and will pay
half of her salary and even provide
her a car, so she can come right to
your very doors, hov/ever far you may
live in the country. The County Board
of Education will provide one fourth
which is far worse than the “Flu” in When our battalion w'ent to the front,
that it is destroying, not only the lives it was to join the Second Army Corps
of thousands of people, but is also | directing the twenty seventh aiid
weakening judgement, dethroning rea | thirtieth divisions, that were working
son, annihilating goverment and play-1 with the English. At that time they
ing the devil in genera?. We notice i had just crossed the Hindcnburg line,
in some of the dailies a statement! At Bellecourt, about five miles back
you will hear regarding how many , covering from the influenza,
votes this contestant has or how muc^ The sympathy of the coi nraunity
money this one; that one and tht goes out to them in their trying hours.
the work of the woman in the home is
quite as important to the welfare of ^ salary. Our County Commis
sioners want to see Transylvania wo
men have as good advantage as can
be had in any county in the state
At the same time, the Commissioners
feel that they must consider the wish
es of the people, and they do not feel
justified in appropriating the remain
ing fourth of the salary required
unless they are assured that the
Home Demonstrator is really desired
by the women of the county.
If the women from all parts of the
county, through their Clubs, Better
ment Associations, through the teach
ers in their district schools, or even
through p</rsonxii letters will let our
County Commissioners know that
they earnestly v.'ant a Home Demcn-
strat6r, we are assured of having one.
Speak out women! Let’s take a
step forward and have some of our
drudgery a few steps behind.
M. C. J.
Written by request.
women and girls the best ways and
the labor-saving ways of doing the
work of the home. This especially
includes the work done by w’omen
who live on farms.
Women of Transylvania, would
you like to have such a woman in
our county? A woman who will come
to your schools and teach your girls
to be good cooks and housekeepers—
thus lifting some of the load from
mother’s over-burdened shoulders. A
woman who will come right to your
ovm neighborhood and show you and
your neighbors how to make your
that a new paper entitled “The Devil”
has made its appearance in Fetrograd.
It is being published by the Sovietes
for the sole purpose of attacking
churches and religion in general. Ar
ticles in the first issue, it is said an
nounce a plan to close fifty churches
in Petrograd, impose a special tax on
church goers, and forbid religious
teachings in schools. It seems to be
a fact that hell breaks loose every-
of where w^e were stationed is where
they lost so heavily, by the Germans
being in an underground tunnel and
coming out behind them.
They had only been there a few days
Avhen they were relieved and sent
back for a rest, while they were mak-
ing their way past us, even they had
seen some of as harding fighting as
was done, they didn’t look like they
were going to a picnic at this time
where Bolshevism is in evidence, and | They were making their way along
it is no wonder “The Devil” has ap
peared in Petrograd. Lots and lots
of people work for the devil while
pretending to be on the other side;
but the Bolshevists brazenly take
their stand by the side of the devil
and work opnly for his satanic maj
esty.
It is a cause for much .latitude to
note with what speed and enthusiasm
the states of the American Union
have ratified the eighteenth amend
ment to our Federal Constitution.
This swift and deccisive action
against the manufacture and sale of
steadily in a continous rain fall. Out
of the excitement of shell fire, and
nothing to keep one’s face from show
ing the tired wornout feeling, from
the long hike with a pack, after being
in the trenches. Sometimes it was
almost impossible to have meals justs
at the desired time, in a case like
that. I was never any closer the front
lines, than Corps Headquarters, and
^’hile our officers were doing every
thing possible to avoid this, we were
not suprised if we had a breadless
meal. But we can all feel proud now
that the war is over, and hope that no
intoxicating liquors is an evidence of, one ever have to face another one
th accuracy of the statement of Rev. j like it.
George R. Stuart that ‘our present j Thanking you for the pleasure I
Christian civilization is too good for have gotten out of your paper, that
the abominable, rotten demoralizing has been sent to ma regularly, and
saloon to live in much longer. As for allowing me space for this letter.
sure as God lives and society moves,
this traffic has got to die, because it
is out of harmony with the age in i
which we live. j
T. C. HENDERSON
CLYDE CASE
Rev. W. H. Davis has returned te
his home at Pisgah Forest from a visit
to Spartanburg, S. C.^