VOL. XXIV
BREVARD, N. C. FRIDAY, APRIL 4th, 1919
NUMBER 14
nss DAISY NCB-
^NDEAD
A calamity hag befallen our com
munity in the death of Miss Daisy
Nicholson, who passed to her reward
with the dfiwn of the morning of Ap
ril 3rd.
Hers was a life of loving and help
ful service to all. Till exhausted in
strength sh spent the last days and
nights of her life in administering to
the sick and suffering, then speed-
ilv succumed to a severe attack of
TUfaenza and pneumonia.
THE FUNDIMENTAL
QUESnON-TAXA’N
Beginning Series of Articles on New
Features of Old Problem—New
Legislation Should have ApproTal
of Those Who Want to Pay Accord
ing to Their Worth and No More—
Some Changes As To Listing this
Year.
By A. J. MAXWELL
The press of the State has a large
share of responsibility for the unanim
ity with which the recent General
Assembly passed one of the most
thoroughgoing revalation acts ever
adopted in any State. Its continuing
cooperation is essential to the success
of the work undertaken . It is my
purpose to ask for publication of a
short article once a week for several
weeks on some phase of the tax prob
lem, in as many papers as will give
space to it, as well as to ask the con
tinued generous cooperation of the
press, on its own initative in keeping
the matter before the public and in
fairly presenting the plans and pur
poses of this great undertaking. Prop
erly understood it should have the co
operation of evry man who wants to
pay his equal share of taxes and no
more. Its success depends upon the
cooperation of the public, and upon
its success depends in a large measure
the future of the State.
North Carolina is more distinctly a
State, and less a combination of one
hundred counties, since the recent ses
sion of the General Assembly. It
broke new ground in many lines, but
all of its fuiTOWS lead to the realiza
tion of a more compact State.. In this
respect the recent session of the Gen
eral Assembly was epochal. In pub
lic schools, public health, public roads
and in taxation its enactments show
more than a tendency in this direc
tion—they practically established
State systems.
The Legislature came to Raleigh
with full realization that a complete
revision of the tax system of the State
was the fundamental reform, that not
alone the State agencies of helpful
ness in all lines were dependent upon
it, but that the counties, cities and
towns had reached the limit of endur-
ence and progress under the old sys
tem and old methods.
A complete new order of things was
demanded not only to relieve the un
reasonable and steadily increasing tax
rates, which will reach a point <li
$3.75 this year in one of the great
cities of the State, and to give a more
equitable result as between indivdual
taxpayers by a more accurate valua
tion of property, but it became a
necessary prerequisite to the new
)licy of State-wide dealing with
her public questions. If equal
>1 facilities are to be provided
by the State in all of the counties
•of the State, and if other great un
dertakings are to be handled in the
same way, the State must of necessity
see to it that there is a uniform sys
tem of taxation uniformly admi
tered in s^ll of the counties of
State. If money is to be dra
the State from one county t
tain public schools and build
in another, as will be • done
legislation enacted at this sei
the State cannot escape responsii
ty for requiring that the prope;
each county shall be valued in
same way and up to the
standard.
The Legislature also came
leigh with a full realazation
accuratc valuation of- all
of the Slacs was a large un
requiring not only adequ
zation and means, but ti:
to make adequate inve
‘will to do' equity, without
is impotent. So its &rst
elusion was that this wo*!
1m horriedly done—that
AUDAYSWONG
ATMSHTDTE
Prof. Trowbridge has kindly offer
ed the use of the auditorium at the
Brevard Institute for the “Old Time,
All-Day Singing'* on Easter Sunday
and it wil be muse more convenient
and agreeable to all if Prof. Trow
bridge’s offer is accepted.
In case of bad weather the Insti
tute auditorium and other class rooms
of the Institute would come in very
comfortably and would be much more
convenient for the ladies than the
court house.
Please let every choir that can be
here on Easter Sunday notify the
undersigned.
W. E. BREESE.
The Mathatasian Club met on
Thursday afternoon at the residence
of Mrs. R. H. Zachary.. Miss Maqd
Allison had charge of the program
for the afternoon which was featured
by a talk by Mrs. E. H. Norwood and
a paper prepared and read by Mrs.
Ida Bryant on “Training Future Citi
zens.” JVIiss Allison will be hostess to
the club at its next meeting which
will occur on the 10th of April at
three-thirty in the afternoon.
undertake to have real estate re
valued at all for use in the year 1919,
but that it would give all the time
possible for the prosecution of this
work by giving a whole year more of
time than had ever before been given
in this State to a revaluation of prop
erty. The machinery for this re
valuation was enacted in a separate
bill. Subsequent articles will treat
of different sections and provisions of
this act.
TAX LISTING for 1919
The usual form of Machinery act
was reenacted with some important
amendments, for the regular listing
of personal property this year. The
Boards of County Commissioners in
the several counties will appoint, at
their regular meeting in April, town
ship list-takers for taking the lists of
personal property in the usual way in
the months of May and June, and
v.ill bring forward the old valuation
of real property. *
NO MORE LISTING BANK STOCK
One important change, applicable
to_^ listing this year, does away with
the listing of shares of stock in banks
by the shareholders. The tax in each
case will hereafter be charged against
the bank instead of the shareholder,
and paid by the bank. This has been
the rule as to all incorporated com
panies other than banks. Banks are
permitted, as heretofore, to deduct
State bonds issued since 1910 form
surplus, and are now permitted to
deduct Federal- and State bonds to
the extent of 25 per cent of capital
and surplus if held three months prior
to date of listing—May first—and
can deduct Federal bonds of the new
issue of Victory Bonds to be issued in
April, if paid for by April 30th.
List Income for Ei{;ht Months Instead
of Year.
For the year of 1919 taxpayers wil!
be required to list their income from
salaries and fees for the eight months
from May 1, 1918, to January 1,
1919, instead of for a full year. This
change is made for the purpose of
having the State income tax year
conform to the calendar year, or to
the same period as that used by the
Federal Government, and after this
year income will be reported to the
State for the full calendar yea|\
A slight change is also made in the
exemptions, favorable to married
Ifieh.“ The exemption is reduced for
single men from $1,250 per year to
$1,000, and for mjarried men or
widowers and widows having minor
children the exemption is increased
from $1,250 to $15,00. For the year
191^ in jslpch the income reported is
t mo^hs, the exemption is
orated accordingly and will be
666.66 and $1,000, respectively.
vDoij^t'Forgot To List Your Dog
ph^ taxlister 'in every township in
thSs^te this year will want to know
if yoxi own a dog, or if any member
of ydnr family owns a dog, and if
to limit tho inEinuation the tax
be $1.00 for males and $2.00
ensles dogs, which will go to
hool fund of the county.
are the only material changes
;ng your tax list for llvis^year.
ne*t article will deal with some
of the ravalnation act.
RED CIRCLE FOR
soiAeeoYS
I am most heartily in favor of giv
ing our soldiers and sailors a “Wel
come” of some kind that is commen
surate with their patriotism in fight
ing for us, but I do not feel that the
welcome, whatever form it may take,
should be the only token of our es
teem and gratitude, we should do
something that would last longer.
There is nothing that would be
more beneficial and pleasant to our
boys, including those of our young
men who did not get. into the army
or navy, than to* have some place for
them to gather and enjoy proper re
creation.
Our town is not large enough for
a Y. M. C. A, but we could all get
together and organize and have some
thing similar to the “Red Circle”
rooms where the boys could read,
write and play different games.
Instead of allowing the boys to
loaf on the streets or in the backs of
stores or restaurants, let’s fix a place
for them to get together where the
surroundings will be pure and pleas
ant and where they can have suitable
recreation.
Let’s organize a “Spldiers’, Sailors’
and Citizens’ Club” and secure a con
venient and comfortable place there
for and furnish papers, periodicals,
writing materials, games and so forth
for the entertainment of our young
men.
I am sure that the majority would
join and would pay a reasonable sum
for the privileges of being a member
and using the rooms.
This ^ is a suggestion and I trust
that the good citizens will think it
over and then we should have a meet
ing and organize.
Respectfully,
W. E. BREESE.
THE PRAYER CORNER
NEWS FROM
OVERTHERE
The Peace of God
God is conquering the forces of
hate, and so is giving His Peace to
the world. It is our part to see that
righteouness and justice are set up
on the firmest of foundations, both
between the nations and between
our own people at home.
The lesson we have learned upon
the international arena must be ap
plied to our own nation’s affairs. To
tolerate injustice of man to man to
make blood money out of the suffer
ings of others is not peace. To permit
poverty and squalor and misery to ex
ist is not peace.
The peace that God asks us to re
ceive is a peace that involves the
determination to end all these and
a sacramental strength to enable us
to do it. Peace is our attribute of
virility and of strong resolute man
hood and womanhood. Peace is an
exaltation of valleys, a smoothing
out of the rough plac^, a leveller
of mountains. Peace is the spirit
of Jehovah in action.
Let us Pray.
The Peace of God
0 Thou God of love, we pray for
Thy Peace, which is of the heart.
Grant us now Thy Peace, good Lord,
in righteousness and strong en
deavor and in love, that all races
of men that dv/ell upon the earth
may be one. as Thou Creator..
Father art one; that by the ex
hortation that is in Christ, by the
incentive that is ih love, by the fel
lowship in one spirit, by the prompt
ings of tenderness and compassion
having the same love, of one accord,
of one mind, doing nothing through
faction or through vain glory, but
in lowliness of mind each counting-
others better than himself; not look
ing each to his own things, but each
also to the things of others, that
the same mind may be in us all,
which was in Christ Jesus, who, for
love of men, became man, and was
among us as one that serveth,
who now liveth and reigneth with
Thee, and the Holy Ghost, one God,
world without end. Amen.
C. D. C.
Announcements have been received
here of the marriage of Rev. W. P.
Chcdester and Miss Bessie Stevenson
which occured at Tryoa March thie
2Sth. Rev Chedester, who has re
cently completed a period of service
as ^luiplin in the drmy, is a former
pastor of the Brevard Presbyterian
Church. - ^
Editor Brevard News:
I was formerly a resident of the
town of Brevard, and at the time that
war broke out in this country and
Germany, I was living on the Brevard
institute campus, and was a member
of the Brevard Institute, but as things
began to grow dark for the country
that we are so proud of I saw where
I was needed to help Uncle Sam tame
the Huns who at that time were
running the country of France in a
great many parts wild, and I con
cluded that I would go over to Ashe
ville to see if I could pass the exami
nation that was required at that time
to enter the army, and they passed me
and allowed me to return to my home
in Brevard for three days, and then
I was to report back to Asheville
to the recruiting office to be sent to
Fort Thomas, Ky.,‘and later to be
sent to some training camp, to be
trained for the work that was await
ing me and the biggest part of the
Regiment that I was finaly landed in
knew that we were bound for No
Man’s Land before the summer was
over, but then that was a mistake
for they kept us in the U. S. all the
rest of the year of 1917, and part of
the year of 1918. We were under
the heaviest training that any troops
that have gone to France have had
with the exception of th 42th Nation
al Guard Division which were the
first troops that landed overseas, and
then we came over to look the coun
try over, and to tell the truth this
is no country, it is the biggest mad
house that I was ever in and how I
can stand to live here is more than
at the present time than I am able to
see thru, and I am ready to be trans
ported back to U. S. at the earliest
time that they can send me.
While I am on the subject, I might
give you a little touch of the front,
which I guess will not be too much
for you to stick these few lines in
the paper if you see fit and have the
space to spare.
We arrived at the port in Brest,
France April 15 1918, and proceeded
to the training camp that we had to
stay in about six or seven weeks be
fore we could move to the front to
take over the front lines. These few
weeks nt the training camps were the
worst that I have ever put in the army
outside of the front lines. We had
to *occupy in the night, imaginary
trenches so that we would become
used to the regular front line trench
es when we had to go to the front to
relieve other outfits that had been to
front and who were going back a few
kilos to rest up and get new clothes
which at that time were very hard to
get as the supplies that were coming
from the States were delayed owing
to the Submarine Warfare that they
were having on the high seas, and
I might say that we were very for
tunate indeed for we never saw the
sign of a Sub, during our nine days
that we were on the waters. Not to
get ofl‘ the subject that I had start-
gd on. We started to the front lines
to relieve the French troops that had
been liolding the lines near the city
of Chateau-Thierry, and were located
on the banks of the Mame near the
town of Chiery which is six kilo-
m,eters from Chateau-Thierry, and
here we had our first experince with
the “Dutchman” who at that time
had his first front line just across the
Mame on the hill knov/n through
France, and by military officials as
hill 204 one of the hardest hills to
take that has been known in the war.
It was on the morinig of the 14th
of July that the “Dutchmen” start
ed the famous push across the Mame,
and they were very successful for the
time being ( but at the beginning of
the morining of the 16th of July we
had re-established our lines, and were
rea^y to give Mr. Dutchman the
struggle of his life, and here the
38th Infranty, one of tho best out
fits that Uncle Sam had in the army,
fought the Dutchmen to a stand still
while the 30th Infantry, 4th and
7th were getting their lines ready to
support and re-enforced to cross our
succeeded in driving Mr. Dutchman
back to Ihc other side of the Marno
and at once proceed to cross ous-
selves and here just across the
Mame Mr. Dutchman decided that
he would have to fight to a finish or
get back for kiliraeters after kilo
meters from the sector that he was
af that time holding and l^ey finally
decided to retreat^ in the dire<^on
of Siossions, France. After two
VICTORY eiRU
SHOW FOLLIES
The changing whims of the dress
makers' fancy and the varying modes
of costumes from the days of the
sturdy Indian Maid to the lovely war
bride of tiie present charmingly de
picted by the girls of the high school
last evening in “Follies of Fashion.”
The fads and follies of dress were
explained by Miss Miriam Silversteen
in verses as apt and amusing as they
were beautifully delivered.
The incidental music consisted of a
number of solos which were sung by
Miss Mary Jane King in her usual
pleasing manner. She was accom
panied by Mrs. Trammell at the pi
ano.
The entire production was manag
ed by Miss King, who is receiving
many congratulations on the success
of the evening.
The proceeds of the entertainment
are to be used to pay the amount
pledged to patriotic work by the local
organization of Victory Girls, of
which Miss King is director.
Besides Misses King and Silver
steen, the following young ladies took
part in the performance: Ethel Kil
patrick, Ophelia Allison, Marjorie
Cook, Mary Blythe, Louise Patton,
Irene McMinn, Dorothy Silversteen,
Mildred Bryant, Gladys Glenn, Eliza
beth Morton, Louise Townsend, Mar
ion Yongue, Ruth Duckworth, Hazel
Albert, Jane Mooseley, Myrtle
Rhodes,, Mrs. J. A. Hine, Bessie Mc
Lean, Louise Carr,
DEATH OF MRS CRARY
Mrs. T. B. Crary died at her home
last Saturday morning at 6:30 o’clock
of pneumonia following influnza. The
funeral services were conducted by
Rev. W. E. Poovey and interment was
in the Oak Grove cemetery.
Mrs. Crary was before her mar
riage Miss Edna Jones of Ashevill©.
She is survived by her husband, T. B.
Crary, and four children, her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jones of Ashe-
•ville, and several brothers and sisters.
The eldest son, Roy Crary returned
from France a short time ago and a
daughter. Miss May Crary, is now
desperately ill with influenza.
U. D. C. SCHOLAR-
SHD>S 1919-20
Mrs. Alice Paxton, who has tak^
the Whitmire house on Broad St., has
this week opened the doors of her es
tablishment for the entertainment of
transient and summer visitors. Mrs.
Paxton has had successful experience
in work of this kind and her house
will doubtles3 be very popular during
the coming toui-ist season.
days of the retreat the Bosche made
one of their famous stands, and at
this particular place the contest was
very hot though we were forced to
fight for our lives more than we had
at any time before.
We were at times without food or
supplies of any kind and went for
days at a time without food and
very little water, to show the Huns
what the Americans were made of
and I think I can safely say that the
American troops connot be excelled
by any Nation for their fighting.
We proceeded to drive the Huns
still farther back than he was fig-
ureing that we would be able to
drive him, but as I have said, we
had the fighting men and .fought
every inch of the way and that was
the reason that we were so success
ful in the War.
I am a member of the 4th Infan
try and at the present time am a
member of the American Army of
Occupation, situated, or rather lo
cated near the city (Geraian city)
of Coblenz, right on the banks of
the Rhine and are destined, I think
to stay here for /jme-time as I
cannot see any sign of immediate
returning to the United States but
we are the game kind and are tak
ing the situation pleasantly, and
wishing for early transportatfon
-back to God’s country.
This is not the letter that I :n-
tended to write but I have conclud
ed that if this gets in the paper that
the people of Brevard wJIU liave
some idea about how we had the
war. ^
Thanking yon for your kind at
tention to this matter I am—
Very- resptctfuUy,
|CpL‘MYNAtT
The General U. D. C. Education
Committe announces the following
Scholarships open to applicants, for
the scholastic year 1919—20:
Full Scholarship, covering board
and tuition, value $650.00, Vassar
College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Award
ed by competive examination which
is given by the College Entrance
Examination Board.
Full Scholarship, covering board-
and tuition, value $350.00, Stone
wall Jackson College, Abingdon,
Va.
Two Tuition Scholarships, value
$100.00 each, Sophie Newcomb Col
lege, New Orleans, La.
Tuition Scholarship, value $200u.
University of Pa. Philadelphia. Pa.
Tuition Scholarship, value $100.,
ConverseCollege, Spartanburg. S. C.
The Thomas Martin Memorial Tui
tion Scholarship, value $100.00,
Martin College, Pulaski, Tenn.
Tuition Scholarship, value $100.,
Ranc*|Olph-Macon Academy Scholar
ship, Front Royal, Va.
Two Tuition Scholarships, value
$150.00 each. New Sullins College,
Bristol. Va.
Three Tuition Scholarships, value
$198.00 each, Lucy Cobb Institute,
Athens, Ga.
Two Tuition Scholarships, value
$50.00 each, Alabama Polytechnic
Institute, Auburn, Ala.
Tuition Scholarship, value $60.00
University of Alabama, University,
Ala.
Tuition Scholarship, value $75.00,
Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga.
Partial Scholarship, vaule $400.00
at Fleet School, Flat Rock, N. C.
Terure, one year for each student.
'Tuition Scholarship in Music or
Literary Department, value $100.00,
Elizabeth Mather College, Atlanta,
Ga.
Tuition Scholarship, value $50.00,
Southwestern Presbyterian College,
Clarksville, Tenn.
Tuition Scholarships, value $50.00.
Presbyterian Preparatory School, An
niston, Ala.
Four Tuition Scholarships, value
$50.00 each, Trinity College, Durham
N. C.
Two Tuition Scholarships in Liter
ary, Music or Art Department, value.
Department, value $100.00 each, Har-
riman College, Harriman, Tenn.
Two Tuition Scholarships in Liter
ary, Music or Art Department, vaule
$50.00 each, Meridian College Con
servatory, Meridian, Miss
Two Tuition Scholarships, value
$60.00, University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill N. C.
Tuition Scholarship, value $200.00,
Paul Institute, Washington, D. C.
Tuition Scholarship, value $150.00,
Marion Alabama.
Two Tuition Scholarships, value
$75.00 each, Eastern College, Man
assas, Va.
' Tuition Scholarship, value $65.00,
Centenary College, Cleveland, Tenn.
Tuition Scholarship, value $95.00
each, in Academic Course, University
of Virginia.
6 State Normal College, Greensboro,
at $75.00 $450.00
12 Loans, Normal College,
Greensboro, at $75.00. .. . $150.00
' 1 State College of A & E, Ra
leigh, $ 45.00
1 Fassifern, Hendersonville,.$100.00
1 Oxford College, Oxford.. $ 50.00
Davenport College, (music)
Lenior, $ 60.00
1 Warrenton High School, War-
renton, $ 60.00
TRANSYLVANIA CHAPTER
SCHOLARSHIPS
2 Brevard Institute $40.00
1 Fmitland Institute $25.00
Apply to Miss Annie Jean Gash,
Ch., Ed., N. C., Div., U. D. C.
Pisgah Forest, N. C.
The National Board of the Y. M.
C. A. is this week holding a confer
ence at Blue Ridge, N. C. for the dii-
cussion of reconstruction work and
other war problems. Representatives .
from each counly in the State have '
been appointed to attend the lectires
whic^ are being delivered at these •
meetings by returned soldiers, «uid
educational and relig^ipiM
from various aeetio^'^df tNi
Rev. W. E. Pooiiijf^
representative, eai^^eSbed
from Blue Ridg» «n ftiCmtdiq!
he has been foaf tl|e ipKpt ten.
tending the wasimiii tilii
ence. '
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