Brewrd
New
VOL. XXIV
BREVARD, N. C. FRIDAY, MARCH Zlat, 1919.
NUMBER 12
PROF. T. C. HEN
DERSON WRTTES
Editor Brevard News:
The “State of Roberson” is still
surviving, having successfully with
stood an effort made in the Legisla
ture to divide her up into three coun
ties. The people who contended for a
division claim that small counties are
more progressive than large ones,
as examples the splendid and
l^l^essive little counties of Hoke
andiScotland. Those who favored di
vision, however, failed to convii\ce
the legislative committee on counties,
cities and towns, of the justice of
their contentions.
The ministers of Lumberton have
taken a decided stand against unrigh
teous displays and immoral shows
which encroach upon the morals of
the town. The town officers and
many of the citizens are cooperating
with the minister in an effort to sup
press the evil. A fine example which
other towns would do well to follow.
Sworn in on Sunday, paid in full
on Monday, time up on Tuesday, and
then had to “git”; the unique record
of J. J. Britt—a new Solomon Grundy
piece. Twenty-one thousand dollars
salary and expenses received for a
term in Congress served by another
man seems to be “some pull.”
Robeson County believes in paying
for service rendered, and in letting its
servants know exactly what they are
receiving for their work. The Gener
al Assembly passed a bill fixing salar
ies for county officers as follows: Sal
ary of the jailor, $100 a month; an
nual salaries, clerk of superior court,
and register of deeds, and for the
stationery of the office of the audi
tor.
We greatly enjoy the letters from
the boys “over there,” in which they
tell of their successes, their trials,
their difficulties, thoir varied exper
iences; and we shall be glad to see
the day when all these noble sons of
America shall be once more with
loved onces at home. In the Robe-
WELL KNOWN
OnZENDEAD
M. J. Glazner a well know’n farm
er and merchant of Rosman died at
his home last Saturday morning and
was buried in the Greenwood Ceme-
tary near Calvert on Tuesday. The
services were conducted by Rev.
C. M. Carpenter of Lester, N. C.
a former pastor of the deceased.
Mr. Glazener had been failing
health for some time and his death
was not unexpected. He was 71
years of age. Besides his wife, who
was before her marriage. Miss Jane
Whitmire of Jocasse, S. C. ,he is
survived by ten children. He w’as
the father of G. M. Glazner of Hen
dersonville, formerly one of the lead
ing merchants of Brevard.
TELEPHONE SYSTEM
A few weeks ago George Watson
came to tov;n and said he meant to
give the people oi Brevard satisfac
tory telephone service in a very short
time. Nobody paid any particular
attention to what he said. Good tele
phone service in BrevarJ was classed
among the desirable impossibilities.
Mr. Watson has been at work and
his work is be?:inins’ to show. In ad
dition to installing a new iiwitchboard
he has overhauled the lines all over
the county. This week he commenced
the work of placing lighting protec
tors throughout the system. Every
feature .of the service is being rapidly
improved and the telephone can now
used any hour of the twenty-four.
Watson states that he wishes
lotal telephone subcribers to know
that the former method of cutting
out telephones has now been done
away with and he also requests that
all phones out of order be reported
to him immediately as he is giving his
prompt personal attention to the mat
ter of keeping them in first-class
condition. “In case of fire,” says
Mr. Watson, telepLone operators have
sonian recently was a letter from a j been instructed to answer calls made
French woman to the parents of j. and by the chief of the fire depart-
Robeson soldier who is a guest in her I and his assistants before all
home. Among other things in the I others.”
letter she said, “In the little village | Twenty new subcribers have been
where we live are 1000 American I added to the list during the past two
soldiers, all very fine. These bnive ' months and a number of new phones
will probably be put in within the
next few weeks.
THEUWAS
TO MAD DOGS
CLEAN UP DAYS
MARCH 28.29
SHALL WE WELCOME
THE BOYS HOME?
HELP
* MAKE A BEAUTIFUL TOWN ♦
* . PREVENT SICKNESS *
* AND FIRES *
BY CLEANING UP
YOUR HEALTH
COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER SAYS
CLEANLINESS PREVENTS THE
SPREAD OF DISEASE.
boys so far from home are v/ell re
ceived . on account of their having
saved France.”
The fact that we have so many i
“very fine” young men in France, vvlio
through their letters, are presenting
to us vivid war pictures, makes our
hearts more tender, more reverenr.. if
possible, to our oldest soldiers, the (Revisal of North Carolina Sec 3305)
veterans of the 60’s. These tire they If the owner of any dog shall know
who answered our country’s call even or have good reason to believe that
as their sons and grandsons have an- his dog, or any dog belonging to any
swered today. How irw they are person under his control, has been
now! How short the time we shall bitten by a mad dog, and shall neg-
h»ve them with us! Let us cherish. ^ lect or refuse immediately to kill the
and give them deserve <l honor, j same, he shall forfeit and pay the
faoff as they pass! ! sum of fifty dollars to him who will
Am glad to note that Transylvania ^ sue therefor; and the offender shall
county is assured a home demoi'.sti a- j be liable to pay all damages which
tor. The real meaning in the state-1 may be sustained by any one, in his
ment that “food will win the war” is ^ property or person, by the bite of any
that the final test is an en'luran';e ^ such dog, and shall be guilty of a
test, and no one can deny th.‘ i.if't t misdemeanor, and fined not more
that the endurance test rests mainly j than fift> dollars or imprisoned not
with the women in the homes. Hus- thirty days,
bands and children really have but
little to do in determining our fo
I
saving. It is the woman in the home
on whom the real test is places'; i-; e
times today, three tines ton n
three times every day. W ill w hold
out until it is all over "o\^r iii.io.”
I bclicvo :r;othci’r, w.vcr, nrd
sweethearts of the boys in khaki, and
all other true American women, will
answer with the unfiinchJpg French
woman, the tireless Englasli woman
Now that spring is here again I
would join in with Mr. Young, the
State Fire Commissioner, who advises
a general clean up of houses and
premises, so that danger of fire shall
be reduced to a 'minimum. I, in ac
cord with him on that point, would
remind you that in the house'And on
the outside if not clean danger of
disease may lurk. It is in dark, damp
places that the seeds of maladies find
lodgement to propagate and devlope
waiting as it were for victims. Old
tomato cans and other recepetacles
for stagnant water are ideal harbors
and breeding places for mosquitoes
who become carriers for whatever
poisons they come in contact with
and not for mosquitoes only, but for
flies who come in the same baneful
list of undesirebles. So far as I have
up to this time been able to be in
formed, the area of the activities of
either pest has not been fully deter
mined, but we do know from the in
vestigations of a devoted corps of
men whose minds have been, and are
devoted to the welfare of the human
race that insects arr dissiminators of
many ills, as for instance the louse
in trench and typhus fevers and it
was throucTh the bedbug in pellagra
there is no doubt the last named could
assist in spreading typhoid and kin
dred fevers.
There is nothmg that can surpass
clean air and sunlight in abundance
as promoters of health and comfort.
Health is the goal to which we should
all aspire for v.’ithout it we cannot
enjoy anything. In viev/ of the re
cent prevalence of influenza which
has so far baffled the best men in the
health service as to its control I
would suggest first thorought clean
ing of every residence then disinfec
tion of the rooms as worthy to be
considered. This done, clean up the
surrounding premises and see to it
that no receptacles for stagnant wat
er be allowed on or near your dwel
ling. There is a feature of the clean
up admonition that I have not touch
ed, namely the appearance of the
town and our homes which, if clean,
make a good impression on passers
by. I would mention also the con
dition behind the business houses and
around the jail. They are by no
means commendable.
Very sincerely,
W. J. WALLIS,
County Health Officer.
and the longsuffering Belgian woman:
“We will not weary, we w^ll hold on
until the boys come home.” The
one person who can best aid the w’O-
men in every country to “hold on” is
an efficient, energetic, sympathetic
home demonstrator, and it is gratify-
in:^ to knO vV that we have a board o^
cor.imicGior.erT wbp believ’e in “lend
ing a helping hand” to the women and
girls in the homes.
Best wishes to the News and all
Transylvanians.
T. c. hend::?.son.
Pembroke, N. C.
INTERESTING MEETING
When the first group of Transyl
vania boys who responded to the Se
lective Draft call were ready to leave
Brevard, a farewell mass meeting was
held to hearten them, and they appre
ciated it. Most of the other groups
vrho left later were accompanied to
the train by a procession, and pre
sented with Comfort Bags, etc. “This
we ought to have done, but the other
we ought not to leave undone”.
When the boys who volunteered
without waiting to be drafted went
away to become a part of the now
famous 30th or other divisions little
interest was shown in their departure,
because at that stage of the War our
county had not caught the spirit of
those volunteers.
The 30th division is now on its way
home. Is it not time that we began
to plan to give those boys a royal wel
come back to Brevard and Transyl
vania county? Those who are al
ready here can be included in this
first special Reception, and later a
general Home-coming welcome can be
given when the last of our boys come
back.
In both of these Programs of Wel
come the Woman’s League should
have a part, for they were the first
to begin ministering to the boys; The
Red Cross should have a part, for it
ministered to bodily welfare and com
fort of the boys in khaki; the Church
should have a part, for it ministered
to the spiritual welfare, strengthened
the morale of the fighting men while
it kept the home-fires burning; and
the County itself should have a part
in it because it gave of its sturdy
sons to turn the tide backward, break
the Hindenburg line and with it the
spirit of of the Hun. Let there be no
delay in beginning preparation for
welcoming our heroes home. .
W. E. POOVEY.
SPEAKS HIGEY OF.
MR.SILVERSTEEN
Editor Brevard News:
In last week’s issue of the News
appeared Mr. Galloway’s article knock
ing the Tannery and Mr. Silverstein.
I cannot see how anyone could have
the cheek to write such an article
against Mr. Silverstein.
It is true that it did take some of
the skilled labor out of the kitchens
and from the wash tubs for a short
while, but they received three times
as much for their services there as
they did while cooking and washing,
and I think there is about as much
honor in tanning as in washing. Of
course I guess it went pretty hard
with some to have to pay Mr. Brom-
field for their washing instead of get
ting some colored woman to do it for
about nothing.
I have in the past worked for Mr.
Silverstein about eight years and I
never worked for as good a man in
many ways. I never knew him to mis
represent anything, and when he
promises anything you surely will get
it. I understand that the work of re
building has begun, so hurrah for Mr.
Silverstein and the Tannery. So Mr.
Galloway lets you and I go and get
a job at the Tannery and all be good
fellows together, and perhaps Mr. Sil
verstein will put up a grindstone and
you may have an axe to grind some
day and a double bitted one too.
Best wishes to Mr. Silverstein, the
Tannery and the News.
C. P. HOGSED
BETTERMENT ASSN
HOLDS MEEHNG
The Betterment held its postponed
meeting Wednesday afternoon March
12th. After the annual election of
officers the following business was
transacted:
A committee consisting of Mrs Len
English and Mrs. O. L. Erwin vras
appointed to arrange for “Clean-up
Week.”
Prizes were voted to be awarded
for the best declamation and recita
tion at the Public School Commence
ment in June.
All members preseni signed a peti
tion to our Senator asking him to give
his support to bring about a League
of Nations. The petition was then
sent to Macfie Brodie Drug Store in
care of Mrs. Macfie. It is hoped that
all members who have not signed will
call there and affix their names.
The following are the officers for
the year.
President, Mrs. D. G. Ward; Vice
President, Mrs H. N. Carrier; Trea
surer, Mrs S. M. Macfie and Secre
tary Mrs. Len English.
PENROSE CHEESE FACTORY TO
HANDLE EGGS
LETTER FROMFRANCE
AFETniON
TRANSYLVANIA TANNERY
We, the wood and bark men and
the employees at and in said plant,
and the business men of Brevard,
sadly deplore the great loss to the
Laborers, on account employment, for
depression in business generally, and
for the financial loss to the company.
Do not only extend our sympathy,
but promise our co-operation both
by good will and encouragement for
the rebuilding of said plant and hope
the same will be in active operation
at the earliest date possible.
Signed by over 250 Citizens.
An interesting meeting of the
Woman’s Auxiliary of Brevard Bap
tist Church was held on Tuesday at
the home of Mrs. W. H. Duckworth.
Eighteen members were present.
The quarterly collection for
Foreign Missit>ns was taken which
amounted to $50.00. After which
delightful refreshments were served
and a social hour was enjoyed.
RED CROSS DRIVE
The Transylvania Chapter of the
Red Cross will next week call on the
people of this County for a contri
bution of clothing to be sent to Bel
gian and French Refug’pes. Gar
ments of every kind made of strong
and durable material for all ages and
both sexes are urgently needed.
Mrs. Z. W. Nichols is chairman of
the* committee to look after this work
in this county. She states that the
campaign will be limited to ono week
and requests the people v.ho wish to
Jjelp to be ready for members o» the
committee next week.
i Dear Sir:
i
Just to show you how much I ap
preciate the NEWS in France I will
write you a few lines to publish while
we are marking time waiting on a
boat and an order to take us home.
The weather is very cold here now,
snow fell about two weeks ago and
about every other day a new two in
ches falls on what is already here, and
the ground has been white since, for
therefore is getting to be a real snow
by now. Hope you good people of old
Transylvania are having better weath
er than we are.
I was very glad to have my old
friend, Guy M. Allison of the Boil-
ston section stop and stay over night
with me. We sat up and talked of
the good times we had back home
waiting for us, both were very home
sick and ready to come home at a
minute’s warning, so we call oursel
ves the “Minute men of the A. E. F.”
After meeting some of the boys
from home that were over here only
a few weeks before me I know that
The directors of the Penrose cheese
factory held a meeting at the factory,
Saturday evening, March 15th, and
decided to begin operations for the
summer on Tuesday, April 1st. The
factory has recently been incorpora
ted and has proved a success. It is
furnishing to the farmers of the Pen
rose and Little River section of the
county with a handy cash market for
their farm products. The directors
decided to handle eggs thru the fac
tory this summer. The eggs will be
taken up every day with the milk, and
by hauling them in this manner the
factory will be able to guarantee
fresh eggs.
NOTICE
LYCEUM
Mrs. Josephine Chilton, reader, ap
peared here Friday evening under
the auspices of the Brevard Better
ment Lyceum Course. She gave a
reading of “Polly of the Circus.”
Mrs Chilton presented her own ar
rangement of the play to her Brevard
audience and charmed her hearers
with her clear enunciation and skill
ful interpretation.
what they did sell, while other organ-
either gave away things or sold them
at a little more than they would cost
at home, and with all the money they
are getting donated it is a plain pro
blem, for the men in the A. E. F. to
study over and TRY to solve, for
the Company that I am with made ; when they all get back, there should
the best time of any in getting from
the states to the Great Front, for one
month from the date v/e left the camp
at Woodbridge, Va. we had two m.en
killed in action and twelve wounded,
so that they went to the hospital and
some went to the U. S. A. and some
get back with the organization, and I
think that was the best time made by
any Co. or Regt. that left the Camp
in the states.
It has been a great msytcry to the
boys, over here, why that the Y. M.
C. A. is getting so much more of the
money that is being given, in the
states, than the Salvation Army or the
K. of C. for they are the two organi-
be a real investigation by proper au-
thorites to determine what all and
how it was spent, and from all the
talk I have heard in this area; there
will be a real report of it or the Y.
M. C. A. is dead forever in the hearts
of the American people.
Not that I favor one organization
any more than another, do I write
this, only I think it is proper for the
people to know about these things,
and as for taking my word you can
easily get hundreds of men, in fact
all the largest per cent of men that
have served in the Advance Zone.
Just v/rite any of them that have seen
real active serveice and see if their
zations that helped the boys that won ! opinion and mine are not just the
the war, for they were always there same.
The next Betterment meeting will
; be held on ^riday, March 28th at
I 3:30 P. M. This change from the
I usual date will please be noted by
^ all members. A large attendence is
desired.
at the front with Hot Chocolate and
cigarettes and candy, Icr the boys,
of course the Y. M. C. A. may have
been doing good work back in the
S. O. S., but the boys who came over
here to win the war never got any
benefits of a^3^hing back there, for
they charged, enormous prices for
Hoping to see the people of my
native .and real scon, and that «his
reaches all in good health, and that
the people may prosper in all their
undertakings, have good health in all
ways.
I am as ever,
' GEORGE P. WOODPIN I