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, ApML tl, l»lt THE BREVARD IIElra» BREVARD KEWS Name cban^ed front Cylvan VtUlar News. Januavy i.igi7> M. L. SHIPMAN, Editor G. 6. OSBORNE, Managing Editor and Publisher GERTRUDE R. ZACHARY Cit^ Editor Published every Thursday. Entered at postoffice at Brevatd, N.C.,as ‘ iss matter. SUBSOBlt*TION PRICE: Onayear - - - - $1.50 81x months - - - - .75 Three months - - - .60 Two months - - - .36 Payable by check, stamps or money order. , Cards of thanks, rebolutions and memorials pubHshed only at half con>- nierciulrate, coslinK lo ceuts per inch or one-h.'ili cam tier word. Subscriptions not continued after ex- l)iration of time paid for except on re quest. FRIDAY. APRIL 11, 1919 PUT BEST MEN ON GUARD It is quite evident that the Reval uation Act of the General Assembly of 1919 means a great deal to the future profjrress and prosperity of N. • C. and only men of acknowledged ability should bo entrusted wilh the Biachinery for putting the plans into "cft’cct in the various countics of the State. The State Tax Commission makes plain its iiitenvicn to select men for county supervisiors v.ho will dis- <hur?re the duties of the positions conscientiously without fear or favor. The Commission i^ not concerned particularly about the political pro clivities of the men they are to en- ti'ust with the dir.?ci;ion of this ser vice. but it is especially desired to e;np!oy those who wiil not fail to ae- ■complish the purj)ose for which the Act was v.ritten. The tax dodjrer has never been a desirable cil/izen in Iv'orth Carolina. He will be le.ss respected in the near future, and tliose Avho fail to list their property in accordanco with the pro- '^sions of the new tax law are s'oinj; to be hunted dov.’n “brought to books’' whatever the cost. It is the intention of the State authorities to put every piece of property on the tux books at its actual value and those who are not in sympathy with this poficy have no btisiness on the com- iniasion of*any county. And they will not be unless deception is used in ap plications for the appointments to the State Commission, which has express ly declared that only men of intelli- jjpcnce, integrity and rirniness of char- acter will be selected to administer the law. The Coramirsion wants real men for this work. Ample time and adequate assistance ■w'ill be allowed the supervisor of each county and all arc e:;t)ected to ap proach the performance of their duties with a correct conception of what the law siKnilies in the matter of taxation. The county supervisors ind county commissioners are expect ed to place only the best men on ^uard. ; ;-T ■ - ■ ^ made a good OF IT There were scores of applicants tor nfiembership on the State Highway Commission created by the Road Law onactc^ at the sesion of the General A.ssembly for 1919, and Governor Bickett spent a lot of time in the fort to ascertain which of the gentle men mentioned in that connection measured up to his conception of abil ity and fitness necessary to the ac- complishemnt of the tremendous task contemplated. The Governor finally named Messrs Frank Page, of Moore county, for the six-year term; John E. Cameron, of Lenoir, for four years; James K. Norfleet, of Forsyth, and James G. Stikelather, of Buncombe, for two years each. Mr. Page was designated as chairman and, along with the others, accepted the position tender- d to him. Mr. Cameron, w^ho iz the Republican member, is said to repres ent the eastern section of the State, Mr. Page the Piedmont section, Mr. Stikeleather the western section and Mr. Norfleet the State at large. The Governor had a long list of names from which to make a selection and it contained the nams of many men, other than those designated as commissioners, who would have dis tinguished themselves in road con struction ht.d the opportunity been presented. Ho^yeve^, there is a pret ty general feeiing that the commis sion finally constituted is composed of four genthnen who realize that the position is no sinecure, but one of jjcreat responsibility and possibilities that are v»rell nigh immeasurable. This section of the State presented i a number of applicants for the west- j ern commissionership, but only one i 0* the splendid gentlemen put for- I uard could be named. The honor j went to Mr. J. G. Strikeleather of i Euncombe, and everybody is saying j well done, . Governor. Jim Strike- ! leather is all right and will make i "ood. Mark it. wbethw some' of Me it"or30^^ moral judgment of America seems to be against working children under fourteen years ^pf age, and all of'us migbt as well adjuiBt ourselves to the< new regime. It has come to stay; Child' labor in industries as it^ was once known has gone the way of slavery, property suffrage, and the saloon.'-One is just as dead as the other in this Republic. Neither could live in the sam^ country with the pub lic school and a public press.—Win ston-Salem Journal. THE PRAYER CORNER THE RIGHT SPIRIT THEY ARE DYING HARD The liquor interests' 01 the country are trying to console themselves in their dying staires with recent elec tion results in Chicp.L-o, Baltimore »nd a few other cities where candi dates of their pers;ia--ion on the pro hibition question were elected to municipal oirictp. They appear to have overlooked, entirely *hc fact that the temperance forces did not consid er prohibition an issue in these city elections, since the Pro'i::cnl has long *?T0 declared that vvar prohibition, un der an act of Con‘4i'££5, will become ffrective July 1, and that local option is no longer an js^-ue since more than i^o-thirds of the states of the Amer ican Union have ratined the. eigh teenth amendment and the prohibi tionists do rot see the need for fur ther agitation o" a c.uestion that has Ijfcen settled so deei;nvely. Furthermore, in .‘^or.ie of the mun icipalities claimed by the liquor ad vocates as the re.sult of late election iSji'ures only wet candidates were Toted for. The city of Baltimore, for instance, had to make a choice be tween tvvO wet candidates for mayor *i7.d both of f’ein cculd not.be elected iKrsides, nobody la'is fvsv a-'ju'o.',: timore of even ^er'oiiiiy ccnaiderir!'? die question ox ridaivii^ itseli of the liquor evil. The Federal amendment will attend to rhat and it is a bit re freshing to remind the booze interests of the Jact that the Et.'ite of Maryland was the sixth common-.veaith to ratify. No^dy questions the claim that Bal- tiii|^ is still wet. but it v/ill not be S0;>|lgrally for a great while longer. The wets may work their newly- made slojran, your protest keard in Con cress. Vote wet,” over- tin3^ The Country has- voted dry all tfie^me and dry it sh.'iil be. The legalized saloon vV.'ill roon be a thing •f the past in this ^eat Amrican Re- jipblic, aiid the sooner the better. ; - “Jas. M. Gray, Dist, Farm Agent, . 'was here from Asheville this week. The K. J. Reynolds Tobacco Com pany bla;:ei; the trail that oi)her nian- ui’a:jturtr^ will do well to follow in meeting the Federal law regulating child labor.. The spirit of co-opera tion shown by this company is most commendable. It is not going to wait for the Federal authorities to enforce jthe laws but the company itself will j inaugurate a system whereby in the I employment of youths the new regu- ! lations will be strictly adhered to both i in letter and spirit. Under this sys tem the R. J. R. Company will under no circumstances employ children un der fourteen years of age, and chil dren between fourteen and sixteen will not be permitted to work more than eight hours a day. The plan ;i-opted was best described by The Jcurnal’s news story Sunday morn- ir.'t. We quote: “The Reynolds Company will open an employment office, Avhich might very popularly be termed an age examination office, and a corps of employees will giv^e their time in conducting the most com plete and rigid examination of children fourteen, fifteen and sixteen years old. If an employ ee says he or she is over sixteen and does not appear to be to the examiners, the most rigid exami nation will be made and every means exhausted to ascertain the true age of the applicant.” If all industrial establishments in North Carolina will adopt a similar plan, in other words will fall in line, not only to carry out the letter, but the spirit of the law, they will redeem the State from the bad reputation it has in this respect, whether justly or unjustly, and at the same time will open the door of educational and spiritual hope for many children who otherwise would grow up in ignorance and live w’ithout vision. Under the plan adopted, the R. J. R. Company is meeting the require ments of both the State and Federal laws on the subject. The State law unfortunately does not go as far as 1 the Federal. There is nothing in the [ Neal Lavv passed by the last General I Assembly regulating the number of 1 hours children between fourteen and j sijcteen may labor. Were it not for . this difference betv.’een the two iaws • ihv.re ;\culd bo r.o necessity for mere ! cvib set of cfficers. But as it is, j vhe 1 ederal Government will have its inspectors no matter what steps the Siate may take to enforce the law. So that both Federal and State offi cers will be on tha trail of yiolaters —the Federal in reality and the State theoretically. As a matter of fact the State law makes no adequate provision for ma chinery to enforce the statute and w-e do nol expct much to be done from or from anyv/here else except Washington.. Our hope is that all other manufacturers will show the same fine spirit that our own great est manufacturing establishment has demonstrated.. If they should there v.'ill be'little" for inspectors, either t^'ederal or State to do. After all is said and done, end J PEACE Pcace is a promise for the future. It is a final goal or aim. ' It never is behind us. It is always ahead and up above; the prize of intense spiritual effort; the. term and crown of God’s creative energy and will; the one far off divine event; the consummation of the end. In His good time, when discipline is finished and trial tri umphantly endured, and character perfected by sacrifice,'then, and not till then, God will give peace. It will be a difficult task to malce a w’orld at peace out of a world of piec es ; how difficult we are beginning to discern as those momentous days pass by after the signing of th3 arrnistis. Thank God for victory; thank Him Vvith full hearts and loud fiirong voice, but remember in thanking Him* for victory, that the victory He has given us is not a finished and complete achievement, but an open door of op- purity; a chance to vindicate the cause for which we took up arms, a chance to build now that the ground is clear—Bishop Rhinelander. Let us pray for the True Love of Peace. Almighty God, from whom all thoughts of truth and peace proceed, kindle w'e pray Thee, in the hearts of all men, the true love of peace, and guide with Thy povv’er and peace able wisdom those who take counsel for the nations of the earth, that in tranquility Thy kingdom may go for- •\vard till the earth be tilled with the knowledge of Thy love, through Jesus Christ our Lord. O God, the Lord of all kings and kingdoms: let Thy strong hand con trol the nations and bring out of the pi’osent discord a harmony more per fect than W’e can conceive, a new’ humility, a new understanding, a new’ purity and sincerity, a new sense of reality, a new hunger and thirst for Thy love to rule on the earth, for the sake of Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord. Amen, C. D. C. / I Personal Mention Look fhrcnigh these columi[is; see if the names of your guests are there. If not, you have tieglected yotir duty' toward them. It does not cost any thing. Telephone, wyite or bring your new* to News office. YOUR HEETH Now that the season approaches when the fly and kindred pest appears it is well to call attention to way.^ and means of dealing with them. It is estimated that the offspring of a pair of flies, I speak of the house pest, .during a single season reaches into the millions, so great is the power of reproduction. Realizing this it is well to consider means to control their propagation, incidentaiy much can be done by destroying the first fly that appears, by cleaning residences and premises adjacent in order to elimate breeding areas, stables, closets, cess pools, w'oodpiles and piles of wet leaves. We know that the fly is at one minute immersed in filth unmen tionable, the next minute on food stuffs, on our tables, in our faces, in shoi’t anyw’here and everywhere. In veiw of this it is common sense to destroy him and abolish this menace to health. All out door closets should be constructed in a sanitary manner, plans for which are furnished by the State, houses should be screened to prevent the entrance of flies and other insects. The United States Research Department for destruction of flies and other pests, states that pulverized^ borax sprinkled in, and on manure piles prevents flies from breeding when it is used. These things mean care and labor—:but what is worth while that does not? W. J. WALLIS, Co. Health Officer. AT BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday School. M. The Ethics of the n 9:45 A, Itfl, 11:00 A. Atonement, 8:30 P. M,”^The Ethics of the Dance. R. W. Jackson of Mars Hill was a visitor here recently. J. E. Feruell of Raleigh was a Bre vard visitor during this week. L. A. Dunn of Toxaway was in town Saturday. G. L. Mabry of Harrisburg, Pa., has returned to his home after a short stay here. 4 Mr. and Mrs. H. N: Carrier spent the week-end in Asheville. L. G. Thompson of Asheville was a visitor here Saturday. R.'^K. Brov/n of Syracuse, N. Y., is spending several weeks in this sec tion. T. L. Little of Baltimore was a re cent visitor here. 1 Miss Annie J, Gash who spent last i v/eek lii Louisville, Ky., attending the j general convention of the U. D. C. has g’one to Cincinnati, O. for a visit to relatives. Clyde Ashworth has returned from overseas to his home here. M. M, Chapman is here from Va. for a visit to relatives. Mrs. Charlie Lee of Toxaway spent Friday here. Miss Lela Brooks of Toxaway spent Friday in town. Rev, Raymond Brow’ning has re turned to his home at Hendersonville from Nashville, N. C, where he has been engaged in conducting a series of evangelistic meetings, Mr, Brown- ! ing iias spent much time here and has i many friends in this section who are I always interested in his activities, I j C. E, Orr spent the week-end in Asheville, ! Ralph Duckworth has returned from : Franc. L. M. Brock of Oakland vv^as in ! town Monday. I Miss Susie Preston of Asheville { spent the week-end with friends here. T. N. Felker of Knoxville, Tenn,, spent a short time here this week. Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Fillion and Miss Delphine Hilmer of New York City were guests at the Aethel- wold last week. . P. G. Harzog of Asheville spent a short time here on business this week. W, M Dodd was a visitor here form Greensboro, N. C. recently. J. A, Anderson of Augusta, Ga, w’-as here for the week-end, W. L, Callahan of Bristol, Tenn., was here for a short time recently. B, C. Crawford v/as a recent visitor here from Memphis. Miss Margaret Hill is visiting her j uncle, T. P. Bowen, at Norfolk, Va. i At the close of the Clean Up Cam- I paign recently conducted by the Bet terment Association prises were awarded to Martha and Peter Breese, John Doyle and Hayes Shipman, John Reece and Garland Sledge, Deling Booth, H, L, Young of Shelby, N. C, spent Monday and Tuesday here. C. C. Southern of Bulls Gap, La. is a guest at the Aetholwold. W. J. Hodgin was an Atlanta visitor here this week. J, L. Philips of Knoxville, Tenn., has returned to his home after a short stay here. J, F. Stafford was an Asheville vis itor here Tuesday. Mrs. Trammell and son. Will Hodgfis, of Birmingham, Ala. have returned to their home after a visit to Col. and Mrs. C. C. Hodges. The latter is Mrs. Trammell’s aunt. We cazfy in this issue Sheriff Pax ton’s notice of land sale and we un derstand he has his deputy out levy ing on personal property, as he says there is but four ways to settle with the commissioners: by land sale^ sales of personal property, insolents and the money, and he will be ready to settle with the commissioners on the first Monday in May. H. A. Plummer and 3. W. Tran- tham have returned from a trip to the eastern markets. Francis Plummer, who had the mis fortune to break his collar bone last Tuesday afternoon, is reported to be rapidly recovering. Mrs. F. O. Sprague w^as hostess to the Wednesday Book Club at its reg ular meeting this week. / M. L. Shipman of Raleigh spent a few hours here Monday. Millard Galloway of Gloucester was a Brevard visitor this week. Representative George Lyday was here Saturday from his home at Pen rose. A. A. Chapman v/as an East Fork visitor here Wednosdr.y. J. S. Shelton of Uosman spent Mon day in tow'n. ^vt. O. J. Thompson. and wife of Yale, N. C. were with friends here for the week-end. They have recently re turned to their home from Atlanta vdiere Pvt. Thompson was stationed at Camp Gordon. J. O. Brackens of the U, S, S. Vestal is at home on a furlough of thirty days. He was called home on account of the illness of his mother. S, C. Galloway w^as a Rosman visitor here during the week. Mr, and Mrs. T. E. Shipman of Ros- I man v/ere in tov»’n' Tuesday. j W. L. Andrew’s was here from jWaynesville for a short stay this week. There w’ill be an important meet ing of the Woman’s Auxiliary of the Baptist Church at the residence of Mrs. Joe Johnson April the fifteenth at 3:30 P. M. DIGS FROM pm NIO»lllflNE Call* *V” Work In German Prison Camp “Life Saver," While Con fined At Vlllingen. Ne'V York; Feb, ...—Lieutenant George Puryear, of Memphis, Tenn., an aviator, was one of a.trio of hardy American adventurers who were suc cessful in a wild dash for liberty from the Villingen prison camp on Octolwr 6, Sixteen men made the attempt, but only Puryear, Lieutenant Harold Willis of Boston, and Naval Lieuten ant Isaacs of Portsmouth, Va., got away. Word has just been received at Y. M. C. A. headquarters hero con cerning their almost hopeless esca pade. The men brought back remarkable accounts of Y. M. 0. A. work even at Villingen. “The ‘Y’ sent us books of all kinds and even sporting goods.” said Lieut. Puryear, “We played basketball and volley ball incesFantly—our space was too small for baseball and football, I tell you, those games were life savers to us, and they kept u.s in fair physi cal condition.” It is reported that Puryear and his comrades slipped out of the camp through a tunnel under the wire. All but the three named were headed off before they roachod Ihe river Rhine, but the intrepid trio swam the river— a terrible feat in itself—and made their way \nto Holland. m S£HT HOME BEFOREJIS BATTLE Doughboys “Cleaned Pockets" for Home Folks, V/hen Saturn From Fight Was Uncertain, Y. M. C. A. Has Delivered Millions of Dollars For Amex. TO MEET IN ASHEVILLE Brevard club women are taking much interest in plans for the annual meeting of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs \y)iich opens in Ashe ville on May the 27th, North Caro lina has never before had the honor of entertaining this notable represen tation of women from all over the United States, Committees composed of leading North Carolina club women have been appointed to arrange for the occasion and preparations are already well under W’ay for the entertainment of the visitors. Mrs. T, H. Shipman of Brevard is a member of the Press Coni-'ittee. Besides the business sessions of the convention a large number of brilliant ! social functions will be held in honor {of the guests, A tentative program has been made out and among the distinguished speakers who w’ill be heard are Franklin K, Lane, Secre tary of Interior, and James Gerard, former Ambassador to Germany, The opening address will be made by Gov, Bickett, who will speak on “V/oman a^ a Factor in Moulding Public Senti ment.” Paris, Feb. ...—The steady unsel fishness of the American soldier, shown by the way he “cleaned hia pockets’ of money before going into action, to be sent home if he didn't come back, is told by W. J. Baker oJ Portchester, N. Y.. who served eleven months a.s a Y. M. C. A. worker with the 26th Divifion. His particular charge was the third battalion of the 103rd infantry. He joined that :mit on the St. Mihiel front, went 'with them to Chateau Thierry, and later was In the famous St. Mihiel clean-up and the drive before Verdun. “It -was just before that action be gan,” said Baker, “that I saw the finest example of the characteriiitic unselfish ness of the boys. They ‘cleaned their pockets’ for the folks at home. They knew they were going up against the real thing, and they v/inted all their money to go home in case they never came back. In all. T was entrusted with S.000,000 francs — upwards of ?1,500,000 — b^fure atiaci. We handled such funds through the regu lar Y, M. C. A. service established for sending money from soldiers to rela tives in America.” Baker lived with hii; battalion, and sav/ lively times, ♦s the “Yankee DJvi5»Io-, ’ as it was called, was kept on ths fighting front almost continu- Let Us Print Your Sale Bills We are exceedingly glad to announce that the famous "Haminermill Bond” paper AT METHODIST CHURCH The pastor will preach at both the morning and the evening hours on, “The Sins that Crucified Jesus.*' ’* James Mills has a new buggy and harness. He didn’t “order off” for it. He C’d Doyle about it and they trad ed in a few minutes. TVs r.'o about 25 3 piece suits in sizo':: 34 to 37 that we can sell you fo:* Tcss than $10.00 per suit. Some! cf them are all wool.. WEILT’S GENTS STORE A. R. Taylor of Asheville ^was in town Tuesday. H. H. Gambill of Asheville was in tow-n Tuesday. . E. F. Glazner of Rosman was in town Monday. J. A. Lawrence, representing Kel ley ; Bucklsy Shoe Co., of Brockton, Mass., was in town this week selling Cygolf Shop. E. W. Blythe will take a vacation of two weeks and will be relieved at Macfie-Brodie’s by Dr. P. H. Din- rniddie, a registered pharmacist of Bear Mountain. has again dropped in the cost of Commercial in the reach of all. If ordering printin^^niittei SEE US NOW bei Summer Rush. Th< BREVARDi WM. A. B This brings ^rinting with- ^anticipating near future te Spring and cut deeply. ERY ¥ /
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