r eva r d
OL. XXIV
BREVARD, N. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1919
NUMBER 9
BOARD OF DffiECTORS
IT. CO. MEET TODAY
REMINISCENCES
The members of the board of di
rectors of the Transylvania Tanning
Company will hold a meeting this
afternoon for the purpose of making
readjustments necessary after the fire
•f last week which completely de-
stroyed the main buihling of the local
plant. At the time of the fire the
building contained a full stock of
hides ready for shipment.
Jmost two hundred employees
^thrown out of work as a result
of the fire and the matter of eliminat
ing the possibility of any confusion
arising from this condition was im
mediately taken up and successfully
It will be well remembered that in
those days , we had no newspapers to
read and very few books, and the peo
ple in the main were naturally in
clined to be superstitious, and nearly
all the old men were hunters, and
when together, they had to talk about
The hunters would tell of their ad
ventures and narrow escapes and the
women would tell ghost stories, es
pecially the darkey women, for they
all had seen ghosts. The youngsters
would collect in the kitchen to hear
them and often I have been scared
, until I Viras afraid to go from the kit-
I chen to the house alone.
I Near the top of the Rockey Hill
managed by J. S. Silversteen, presi- j ^he north side of the road, there
dent of the Transylvania Tanning Co. | "’as said to be Indian ^aves, and on
It is understood that the directors the south, hard by, was Jim’s grave
of the company will be able to an-
hill.
The^ darkeys and some white
nounce their decision as to whether ^said this was an ideal location,
or not the plant will be rebuilt at once ! Further down the hill, some pecul-
at the close of the meeting this after- noises had been heard for years
and were still being heard which were
noon. “
The following members of the di
rectorate are to be present at the
meeting: Messrs. Brown, Murphy
and Shell of Chicago, and Messrs.
Ponder, Schain and Dworetzky of
New York.
The plant which was destroyed last
Wednesday morning was said to be
one of the most modernly equipped
establishments of its kind in the
south. During the war the entire
output of the enterprise was turned
over to the government.
variously described. Sometimes a low
moan like something in distress, at
other times like the scream of a child
and sometimes loud and keen after
the order of the night havrk.
I As to these noises, that is no joke.
Nearly everybody in the county at
sometime or other, day or night, had
heard it. This scribe never heard it,
but was always expecting to, but had
maJe up his mind that when he did
hear it, he would not be standing,
I and when compelled to pass that way,
he was ready to move at the slightest
notice.
When I was about seventeen, my
father was havinp: all the big trees cut
down near the road on Rockey Hill.
There is no farm complete without Two large oaks stood r\^ar the road,
a home orchard containing apple, when the axmen felled one of those
peach, plum, and cherry trees and the yell was raised, “We’ve
grape vines which has fruit ripeninu’ found the ‘hant.’ ” Two big limbs had
all thru the season, and yet when \\c p;ro\vn cross each other. By the force
visit the farn'.s over the county we wind, they had worn nearly in
find only a few home orchards that j^oj-e noises after that,
are well kept and properly sprayed , these day's the r.iountains and
and i>runcd. In'.s county is especially unis v.ere alive with wiki animals and
adapted to raisins ar.ples if the trees Roekey Hill seemed to be
have proper care taken oi Lheni. i Ir.‘ erossln.a: place for wolves from the
apples rai.sed in tins seciion arc much Creek mountains down to
better flavored txian the northern ao- Loaf, and river swani^is. This
PIART AN OSCHARl
pies.
Grapes are especially adapted to
the mountain scctioii and rarely ever
miss bcarin?; a .cood crop of fruit. If
you haven't already a "ood home or
chard, plan to set out a few trees and
vines this sprin;j: during the month of
March.
is v.hcre the
Uncle John
accounts for ‘‘bo;ries” bein.o: seen on
the Rockey Hill. Here
pest boy }?ct scared.
Duck met somcthii'.A' i'a the road there
one ni.-rfnt, that didn't suit hir.i a little
bit. One night Je';<tha Hamlin had
something jump in the road right
before him and seemed to bo going
la order to promote the home or- j.-p going.
chard the sate Horticulturist has got- ppom the best information that y:e
l'_n out bulletins which are free for could gather, they v.ere both in a
the asking, recommending the variet- hurry.
ics .jcs- adapted for the home oichard. BUT, when those wild animals were
Several nurherieo in the state hc.\e driven back into the moun-
made special prices on trees ana \ ines Rockey Hill became civilized,
for an acre orchard, provided it is
kept properly pruned and sprayed,
and only one is set out to the town
ship.
H. L. Hutt i;ssislant State Hortlcul-
tur^\. will be in the county from the
IjJf'o th3 13th of March to hold
•PJn.oustrations in pruning and spray
ing and setting out trees in different
parts of the county.
R. E. LAWRENCE
COUNTY AGENT
RELIEF IN THE
NEAR EAST
“The Food Administrator endorses
and is giving every possible assist
ance to the American Committee for
Relief in the Near-East,” declared
County Food Administrator, Thonas
H. Shipman to a News reporter. Not
only Mr. Hoover but President Wilson
the Red Cross and all well informed
American philanthropists are earnest
ly concerned for the success of the
campaign for $30,000,000 which is to
be used for the relief and rehabilita
tion of Armenia and Syria.
“The work is to be carried on in
much the same manner as the Belgian
Relief has been conducted, and there
is need for haste. Thousands of Arm
enians, Syrians and Greeks in the
territory alfected are facing actual
starvation. Several hundred thou
sands have starved. Amofig the mil
lions of suffering are 400,000 orphans
THE PRAYER CORNBt
For a Just and True Democracy at
Home.
President Lincoln defined'Democ
racy to be the “government of the
people, by the people, for the people.”
This is a sufficiently compact state
ment of is as a political arrangement.
Theodore Parker said that Demo
cracy meant not “I’m as good as you
arc, but you’re as good as I am.” And
this is the ethical conception of it,
necessary as a complement of the
other. In this sense Christ was the
first true Democrat that ever breath
ed. As the old dramatist said: “He
was the first true gentleman.” The
characters may be easily doubled. f?o
strong is the likeness between them.
A beautiful and profound parable of
the Persian poet Jellaladeen, tells us
that “One knocked at the Beloved’s
door, and a voice asked from within,
“who is there?” and he answered. ‘ It
is I.” Then the voice said. “This
All European countries are facing j house will not hold me and thee,” and
want themselves and it is Amenica’s the door was not opened. Then went
opportunity and duty to step in and the lover into the desert, and fasted
save these people from starvation and prayed in solitude and after a
and help them to their feet again, j year he returned, and knosked again
The relief fund is not only to buy at the door, and again the voice asked,
food but to provide seeds also, so j “Who is there?” and he said, “It is
that these people may at once become ! thyself,” and the door was opened
self supporting.
“After all it is but an accident that
it is the people of Europe and Near-
to him.
But that is idealism, you say, and
this is a practical Vvorld. Very true.
East who are starving and crushed I believe the real will never find an
and bleeding instead of our own peo-1 irremovable basis until it rests on
pie. The people over there are of the the ideal.
same race and blood as our people.
In the face of the tragedy through
Let us pray:
That we may strive to know in
which the v.’orld hass passed we Vvould practice, as well as in theory, the
be inhuman indeed to be content v. ith r.ieaning of true democracy,
our peace, plenty and prosperity and That to this end, we may ask our-
look on whild thousands starve for selves, each one of us, what v/e really
AT THE METHODIST CHURCH.
Sunday School begins pror
When we left that country in-1857,
Rockey Kill Vv'as under the tongue of
good report.
The people in that clay and age were
limited in education and general
knowledge but tlrjy were honest, hon
orable and conscientious. Their mot
to was, “Do justly, love mercy, fear
God.” While these principles were
implanted in the hearts of the chil
dren, those superstitions and ghost
stories were also implanted in them.
The result was a generation of cwo-
ards. (I mean nig]»/ cowards.) I
I'iiov.' this by expgfrience. It had one
• « o 0^ect, 'fi kept young people at
'ii . ,e at night.
in conclusion: Grown up in an
what we could provide without sac
rifice.”
W. E. BISHOP AND CO.
mean by “Christain Brotherhood?”
Do those who serve us in any capac
ity find us just, considerate, trust in
spiring’?” Do we carry our religion
into our dealinjis with them?
I
j Almighty God, the Father of our
‘“The people of this town and coun- Lord Jesus Christ, we commend to
ty want another up-to-date hardv.are Thy continual care the fa:::ilies of the
store and I’m going to do every thmg American })oople and the homes in
in my power to give it to them,” said ^vhich they dv.elL Put far from them
Vv. S Bishop to News representative v*e pray Thee, the desire of vain
to-day While he was talking ivlr. jjlory, the pride of life, and evei’y root
riishop was watclung the v.ork of a of bitterness. Endue them v.ith
number of carpenters who were put- faith, temperance, patience and God-
ti?;g the finishing touches to the ad- ]i„ess. Knit together in constant af-
ditions which are now being made to fection those v.ho in holy v.'edlock
the building occupied by the Bishop have been made one flesh, twine the
Hard.v;are Co. | hearts of the fathers of the children,
Mr. E’i:hop states that he will put in ' the hearts of the children to their
a full line of hardware and paints, fathers, and so kindle charity among
He also plans to carry a complete us all, that we may be evermore kind-
stock of crockery wares and china. ]y affectionate with brotherly love.
The number of years successful exper, go shall a true and just democracy
ience which he has had in dealing with he established among us, based upon
the people of this county will be of those principles of freedom, equality,
value to his customers as well as to justice and humanity, for which
his firm in the conduct of its enlarged American patriots sacrificed their
enterprise. i lives and fortunes, and this we ask
A large display advertisement of ' for Jesus Christ’s sake. Amen.
PRESIDENT WILSON DEFIES THOSE WHO
OPPOSE A LEA6DE OF NATIONS
this firm will appear in the neys next
week.
Judge H. B. Carter, Division Col-
C. D. C.
k i'iiL
9:45 (The missionary offering a: io\/ni
ed to $18.90 last Sunday)
The pastor will preach at the morn- age without books or papers; almost
ing hour on, “THE INN0VAT10| S without schools or churches; no means
QV m'oI;ov.n'ne; the sermon of obtaining general information;
the Lord’s Supper will be administer- knovd.ig only so n.udi of the world
as we could see from the top of the
The theme of the evening sermon is Cagle Mountain, did they make a
“NEVER—THE—LESS”. success or a failure? Seems like I
Preaching by the pastor at Oak heard that some of this generation
Last Friday evening the Boy Scouts
of Brevard entertained a number of
lector, will be in Brevard from March ; their younc: lady friends at the home
6th to 10th to assist all persons who | of the scoutmaster, Rev. J. R. Hay.
have to make out reports for Federal! They enjoyed a number of novel
Income Tax. | games, such as “Blov/in;!,-,” Scouts'
Judge Carter will be at the Bre-! Nose,” and a Candy Knocking,
vard Banking Co. office,and will as- William Perkins won the prise at the
sist interested parties in making out knocking, it was a box of Liggetts. He
their tax feports.
SPECIAL KTING
The ir.a:ons vrill hold a c’^ecial meci
presented it to his partner, Marjorie
Cook; she au«tioned off and will
give the money to buy a basket ball
for the play. pToinui. Present in ad
dition to the Rcr. ’t3, were Mrs. Fred
r.r.r.r •. ' .’.^Torclcy and Misses
ing Friday, the 28th for work in the^j^j;^.. Dor.;thy Silversteen, Mar-
Grove, also, at 3:30 P. M.
at sometime had broke into the Leg-
third degree.
jjorie ' coi;, 'vlaud Bryson, Edith
islature, but I never heard what for. Hunt, 'Mildred. Trantham, Georgia Bur
J. R. HAMLIN.
Note—My next article will be on
schools.
rell, riary Blythe, Irene McMinn, Mil
dred Bryant, Rowena Orr, and Louise
Townsend.
Mechanics Hall, Boston, Feb. 24.—
The text of President Wilson’s ad
dress here is as follows:
Governor Coolidge, Mr. Mayor,
Fellow Citizens: I wonder if you are
half as glad to see me as I .am to see
you. It warms my heart to see a
great body of my fellow citizens
again, because in some respects dur
ing the recent months I have been
very lonely indeed v/ithout your com
radeship and counsel, and I tried at
every step of the work v/hich fell to
me to recall what I was sure would
be your counsel with regard to the
great matters which were under con
sideration.
I do not want you to think that I
have not been appreciative of the ex
traordinary reception which was giv
en to me on the other side, in saying
that it makes me very happy to get
home again. I do not mean to say
that I was not very deeply touched
by the cries that came from the great
crowds on the other side. But I want
to say to you in all honesty that 1
felt them to be a call of greeting to
you rather than to me.
I did not feel that the greeting was
personal. I had in my heart the
over-crowning pride of being your
representative and of receiving the
plaudits of men everywhere who felt
that your hearts beat with theirs in
those ?Tre:it crowds. It was not a tone
of mere greeting; it was not a tone *f
mere generous v,clcome; it was the
calling of comrade to comrade, T;he
cries that come from men who say,
“We have waited for thip. day wh?n
the friends of liberty should come
across the sea and shake Irinds with
us, to see that a new world w?s con
structed upon a new basis aad a
founds tion of justice and right.”
Inspired by Crowd’s Voices.
I can’t tell you the inspiration that
came from the sentiments that come
out of those simp!« voices of the
crowd. And the proudest thing I have
to report to you is that this great
conatry nf ours is trusted tnroughout
the world.
I hiivo not come to report the pro
ceed In.^s or the results of the pro-
ceodirir ' of the peace confi'rence;
that would be prorn-iture. I can say
that I have roce'vod very happy im-
pres.sions from this conference ‘the
iinpression tliat wh-lo there are n'.any
differences of jud.'Tinent, while tl'ere
are so:ui' divprjTonces of object, thero
i3 noverthelf'i'.s a conmDn a;)ir’’r ind
a common rral'zntion (.f tT'.e n'^ce^^^ity
of seU-np: un new sti'.ndL.rds i<f ri”:ht
in tl’.p world.
Bccnuse the inr i v’ho r^rr* in con
ference in Paris ronl'z? '•s kf'oniy as
any Amo!-i;v‘;n c:’n ' rcalirio th;;t thry
are not l!io n’.;i‘’^trrs of thf'ir pof'plo;
that they are the servarts of the’"
people. ;-nd th^t the spirit of their
people has a\val:t'ntf^d to :i npvr par-
poso ar;d a nev.- fiovcnpt’on f?f
pov.'or io re:;!:5re that r>-'rpo'.e, and
that no man dare go home from that
coTifer.^nce and re'i'>rt aiiytainrc l''-s •>
noliif^ thru v'as er’i''.ted of it.
Why Corf?r>*ncc 3'~v.'!y.”
The conference se'^ni"; to ynn to "o
slowlv; from dav to d y in J’ar':^ i!
seems to so clovry; Init I worider i?
you rea1:::e the c;^r plrxiti” of liio task
whi(di it has u-id. rtakrn. It seem.--
as if the :-.'‘ttl':‘rr.o:'.i'', of this war af
fect, and affect directly, every great,
and I sometim.es think every small,
nation in the vrorld, and no ono d-^-
c Is ion can prtidenl’y ho ^lad' whi-'h
is not pvopr'rly I’n’ ed wiih the great
I serier. of cl’ier dr>cis:pns which must
rccoinpany it. And it must he reck
oned ii' v.-i+h tho final result if tho
real e.n lily and ch iracter of that re
sult is to he properly judged.
Y/hnt v.’e ai'e doing is to hear the
v/liclo cane; licar it from the mouths
of the men most interpreted; h^ar it
from those who arp r.tnciaHy commis
sioned to state it; hear the rival
claims; ho"r the cl .i'.ns that affert
new nationalities, t^i. t aiTect new
areas of the world, that affect tew
commercial and econom’c connections
that have been e^^lahlished by the
great ^’orld war thvourrh vrhich - we
have gone. And I have been strucl-:
by the ni'.deratene'v, of thoro who
have represented national cLvIms. I
can testify that I have nov/hero ,'een
the j:;!c'.'.m of passion. I Iiave seen
earncstresr;. I have seen t ars com^e
to the eyes of men who rl?;aded f(^
down-trodden people whom they were
privile?;3d to speak for; bi’t they were
not the tear:; of they verc
the tears cf ardent hope
And I do/''.’t rey l.ovv' r:;v fiian can
?a;l to I'.'v.'' i'C'on
pleas, subdued to the f: el’:v' that
he was not there to a* eri an indi
vidual judgment of his o\\m but to
try to assist the cause of humanity.
AS! Look to Amrrica.
And !.i the midst of it all, ever:^
interest seeks out, first of all. when
it readies Pariff, the repreoentatlves
of the United States. Why? Because
—and I think I am stating the most
wonderful fact in history—because
there is no nation in Europe that
suspects the motiYes of the United
States.
Was there ever so wonderful a
thing seen before? Was there ever
so moving a thing? Was there ever
any fact that so bound the nation
that had won that esteem forever to
deserve it?
I would not have yo*i understand
that the great men who represent the
other nations there in conference are
disesteemed by those who know them.
Cuit the contrary. But you under^
stand that the nations of Europe have
again and again clashed with one an
other in competitive interest. It is
impossible for men to forget those
sharp issues that were dra .vn between
them in times past. It is impossible
for men to believe that all ambitions
have all of a sudden b"en foregone.
They remember territory that was
coveted; rhev remember rights that
it was attempted to extort; they re-
member political ambitions which it
v/as attempted to realize—and while
they believe that men hrave come into
a different temper, they canrfot for
get these things, and so they do not
resort to one another for a dispa»
sionato view of the matters in con-
i troversy. They resort to that nation
) which has won the enviable distinc
tion of being regarded as the friend
of mankind.
Whenever it is desired to send a
small force of soldiers to occuoy a
piece of territory where it is thought
nohcdy else will be welcome, they
! a -k for American soldiers.
And
! v^’here other soldiers would be lockf’d
■ upon with suspicion, and nerhaps
meet wtih resistance, the American
soldier is welcomed with arc’?im.
Many Grounds for Pride.
I have had so m»ny irrounds for
j pride on the other side of the water
j that I am vpry thankful rhat they
I are not grounds for perscnal pr'de
I I’f* he the mo?t F.tuck-r.p man in the
world. And it has "been an infinita
pipa'=ure to mf> to see those gallant
soldip~s of o'.Tr?!, of whom the con-
{ stitution of the United States made
me thf' proud CGmmaiulor. You nay
j he prond of the Tv’enty-<?'xth division,
I i)ut T comm.anded the Twenty-sixth
! division, and see wliat they did
I T-ndnr my direct'on. and everybody
j rrnls'TS Ihc Amer'c'’n soldier v/ith the
I fr;p!irn in praising he is sub-
^ trrcting from the credit of no one
cfse.
I havr> he'^n Foarchirg for the fun-
dap’ental fact that conv'^'-'-nri i-Tnnne
to boliove in U". Before this war Eu-
rcno did net hplievr> in as she does
I new. She did' net hr'iieve in us
! throughout the first throe years of
! the war. She re'^ms reallv to h:ive
: holinvpd that we vrare ho’ding off he-
j cause wp thojTr^.t v.’e co:ild nako mere
i by stayina: out tl'.an by ?o;r.g in. And
I a’l of a !-'uddan. in o 'rhort innnth;^.
ith'^ whole verdict is r^v'vp'^d. The”e
1 can ho hut one crcnlanat^nn for it
j Thpy '^aw V'hat v^e did—that wtihout
i making ;> slncie claim \va put all “^ur
men and all cur m ans r.1- thp dis*
: on'al of ;’ic3c who were fighting for
I Ihair hcmos. in thjo in.=?lance. but
i for a cause, the caure of human
ri^shts and justice, and that we went
in, not to support their national
c'aims;, but *o eiippert th.a gront cause
v,-h!c!i th'-" in commor'.
And vs’h.en the" sav*' that America
net cn’y held ideals, but ?(t?d ideals,
they warp .'','nvertad to A^’uerica and
brr-.-^nip tirm partisans of those ideals.
Fi'Tet Greek Schol.^rs.
I met a group of scholars when I
was in Pr.ris—some gentl^m-'n from
one of tha Croe^c tiniverr.itin?^ vrho had
come to see. and in whose prerence, or
ratlier in the presence of those tradi
tions cf learning. I felt very young
■‘r'lpf'd. *
I told them that I had one o! the
deli?rhf:'al ravenges that sometimes
comes to a man. All my life I had
h^ard men sneak with a sort of con-
rte.'sconsion of ideal.s and of idealists,
and particularly those separated, gD'
cloistered hcrizons whom they- choose
to term academic, who were in the
habit of uttering ideals’ in the free
atmosphere when they clash with no
bod:/ in partci\ilar.
And I said I have had this sweet
revenge. Speaking with perfect
frarkne~s, in the name of the people
of the States, I have uttered
ss the ohjrcts of thi<? r.rcr.t v/nr ide-als,
and not;-'!ng hut ide.-:?3, and the war
Tvren w 'r-' wifh ten?? muscle
j and loTo^ed head until the/ came to
vealiz? those things, feeling they
were fighting for their lives and their
countrj\ r.nd when these accents of
what i^ v.'as all kbout reached thom
from America they lifted their head^,
♦hey raised their eyes to helveii.