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NUMBER t7<
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VOL. XXIV
BREVARD, N. C. FRIDAY, APRIL 28d», 1919.
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MRS. J.F. BUYS
PAS^AWAT
Mn. J. F. Hays, formerly of this
place, died at Daytona, Fla.,-on .April
10th. Mrs. Hays had been in very
ill health for several months and had
been spending the winter in Florida,
hoping that the mild clunate would
restore her health. She lived in Bre
vard practically all of the time for
,he last twenty years, and was loved
everyone who knew her. She
leaves her husband, Mr. J. F. Hays,
and three sisters, Mrs. Ella' McNaugh-
er, Mrs. E. H. Tener and Miss Mable
Wilson, all of Pittsburg, Pa.
In the passing of this good woman
her husband has lost a faiUiful com
panion and the surviving sisters a
dear relation who meant much to
them.
Her long stay among our people
increased the respect of one and
all for this quite, unfailing woman.
The poor found her a friend, the cul
tured an amiable and delightful lead
er along lines of thought that meant
uplift and not frivolity.
The people of this section will not
soon forget the abiding and uplift
ing influence and inspiring character
of this life which leaves to them a
legacy of rare memories.
1HE COONTY AI^
DAYSmGDK
Over one hundred people gathered
in the Brevard Institute chapel Eas
ter Sunday morning for the old time
singing. Most of them were from
outside of Brevard. The moraing
singing was spirited and typical of the
system leaified by the older people
in their effective singing shools.
The convention adjourned for din
ner at about twelve o’clock. Tables
were set on the lawn and there was
an abundance for everybody who re
mained for dinner. A large part of
the singers and the congregation ac
cepted invitations in Brevard homes.
After lunch the singing was re
sumed. Several hundred people were
present in the afternoon. A part of
t^e Cedar Mountain class was present
and helped wonderfully in the after
noon worship. Talks were made by
a number of people who appreciate
music and who understand the ad
vantage of community gatherings.
A permanent county organization
was effected with officers as follows:
President, Mr. Bums of Cedar
Mountain; vice-president, Mr. Ran
dolph of Rosman; secretary, Mr.
Plato Scruggs of Brevard; field organ
izer, Mr. M. J. Orr of Oak (kove.
These officers with the various pas
tors of the county constitute the ex-
In the absence ot the Rev. Mr. j
Se«gle the Rev. Mr. Chapman wiU complete the orgraization by en-
offlciate next Friday. April 25. | <»nrai;ing the formation of classes
Evensong with brief address at' " They
ST. PHILIPS CHURCH
5 o’clock.
Also the 1st Sunday after Easter,
April 27, Morning Prayer with ad
dress at 11 o’clock. Subject: “The
Unseen Presence.”
A very important notice will be
given out at the Sunday morning
service. It is hoped all the members
who possibly can will be present.
NO CANNON FOR BREVARD
Those patriotic citizens of the
town who have been picturing a cap
tured Hun cannon on the public
square are doomed to disappointment
according to a ruling made by Gener
al March on April the 18th to the
effect that all captured material is
the property of the government and
does not belong to the individual or
organization making the capture.
also have authority to decide on the
time and place of future meetings.
The spirit for the singing of sacred
znusic is a beautiful and valuable
habit which has unfortunately been
intrefered with considerably by *the
war. It is to. be hoped that it may
now be taken up again with new en
ergy and determination and that
Transylvania county may become fa
mous for producing good singere and
for the co-operation which comes
from knowing each other.
HOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
9:45 a. m.—Sunday School.
11:00 a. m.—Preaching—Subject:
"The Inspiration of the Scriptures.”
8:30 p. m.—Subject: “The House
Built on Sand.”
We cordially invite all country peo
ple who have no preaching at theii:;^
churches to come and worship with us.
In the early hours of Tuesday
morning the house occupied by Ed
gar Sitton was destroyed by fire. The
building was situated near the old
Davidson River cemetery and was
the property of Will Deaver. Mr.
Sitton and the inembere of his fam
ily escaped without injury and were
able to save about half of their house-
/
hold effects. The house was a total
k>ss.
DUdWOimi DIWG
OMPANY SOLD OUT
t •
The Duckworth Drug Co. which has
long been one of the leading business
enterprises of Transylvania County
will now be known as the Davis-Wal-
ker Drug Co. A deal has just been
closed by which the establishement
passes from the hands of J. W. Duck-
wo^h, founder of the enterprise, to
the ownership o^ E. M. Davis and H.
R. Walker. Both of these gentlemen
are from Roxboro, N. C.^ ^
lifr. Davis is the owner of the
leading drug business of Roxboro and
will divide his time equally between
that town and Brevard. He is a
pharmicist himself and is therfore
able to give expert attention to every
feature of his work. Mr^ Davis is not
a stranger to Brevdrd as he spent
two years here as druggist with the
Macfie-Brodie Drug Co. and made
many friends in this section who
gladly welcome his return.
Mr. H. R. Walker will give his
^hole time and attention to the
management of the Da vis-Walker
Drug Store. In this undertaking he
will be aided by Mr. J. W. Duckworth
who will remain with the new firm
much to the gratification of his num
erous customers and friends. The
prescription department will be in
charge of R. H. Morgan, who enjoys
a growing popularity throughout the
county as a prescriptionist.
mFUNDAMENTAL
QDESTiON TAXATION
Experts to Assess DSffiealt Properties
—The Standard of Value is'to be
100 Per Cent of ConserratiTe
Judgement—ReTalui|.tioB is for
Benefit of Local Geveriiment—A
Square Deal for Cities. an4 Towns.
BE SURE AND HEAR
RETURNED S(Pe
AT BREVARD INSTl-
TUH SATURDAY, AT
EIGirrOXLOCKP.M.
CRITICISES TRANSYLVANIA
COUNTY’S ROADS
MONROE WILSON AT POINT OF
DEATH
OTALFORWED-
DAY BOOK CUI6
Mrs. P. N. Simons, pianist, assist
ed by Miss Mary Jane King, singer,
presented the following progralR at
the residence of Mrs. O. L. Erwin on
Wednesday afternoon in honor of the
members of the Wednesday Book
Club and their guests:
Bach—Saint Saens, Gavo^.
Beethoven, Waldstein Sonata.1
Chopin, Barcarolle.
Liszt, Waldesrauschen.
Chopin, Scherzo.
Rogers^, The Star.
Wooler, Apple Blossoms.
‘ Caclman, A Thrush at E^
Herbert, Without You
dies First.”
Each guest was given
of apple blosso^ and
"'the hostess who al^
and cake.
Mr. Aaron Wilson left for Camp
Jackson Wednesday morning in an
swer to a telegram which stated that
his son Monroe Wilson was not ex
pected to live. Young Mr. Wilson
went overseas with one of the first
contingents of American soldiers. He
received several severe shrapnel
wounds anc^ was sent to the base
hospital at Ca^p Jackson. His fath
er visited him a few weeks ago and
came away with the assurance that
his £un was well on the road to re
covery. The telegram received on
Wednesday morning was the fir^ un
news to reach here in re-
Fto the young man’s cfMidition.
[the METHODISE CHURCH
loo
5 a. m.—Sunday schooL (This
isionary Sunday.)
m.—Sermon—Subject:
Acquainted With' Jesus
p. m.—-Sermon — Subject:
of Friendship With Christ.”,
mie td /alL / ->
Editor Brevard News:—
Enclose please find check for re
newal of- my subscription to the
News. I have enjoyed the paper dur
ing the past year and the items in
your paper that have appealed most
to me have been those regarding
the improvements of the * roads in
Transylvania county. I drive up to
Pisgah Forest one or two times a
year and it is a nightmare until I
get back on the roads of Greenville
county. If your roads were like the
roads in our county I , like hundreds
of others, would make the trip a
dozen times during the year. The
condition of your roads are keeping
thousands and thousands away from
the beauties of what your country
has to offer. Transylvania and the
Pisgah section of the‘mountain range
is the most beautiful section of the
Blue Ridge mountains—if navigated
in a flying machine.
Even the short story writers have
found the spot—the wonderful
scenery around High Falls. Hillard
Booth, in Saucy Stories, of this month
at this time of the year, must have
walked to Little River to find the
coloring for his “Until Death Do We
Part.” He was^ sensible enough to
buy tickets for the characters in the
one-act playette to Greenville. It is
a good story, but with your natural
resourcei and good roads, 'Transyl
vania - onugt to get away from the
rural simplicity of the. short story
writers. No offense, but I am telling
you what Transylvania should have
—-good roads—the best advertis^e-
nicnt a county ciin have.
With best wishes and success td
tiie News, I am, '
V Yours fvatemall;^; '
J. iSDGAR LEWIS.
AMERKA TO BACK
SALVAIIDN ARMY
By A. J. Maxwell
The iast article covered the organ
ization for the revaluation of real es
tate under the new act, " except
special examiners. The act authorized
the Tax Commission to employ for
the State special examiners to assist
in appraisal properties the value
of which is difficult to ascertain. This
provision anticipates that in so far
as it may be found practical exi>erts
in appraisal of particular classes of
property will be employed with the
veiw that all property of each such
classes will be accurately and equally
appraised in all parts of the State.
Capitalization of enterprises has been
handled in such wide variety of ways
that it fumishes*in many cases a total
ly inaccurate index of the value of the
property represented. The success
of the revaluation plan will depend
upon the thoroughness, accuracy and
fairness with which it is done, and it
will not do to assess at full value the
classes of property the value of which
will be within the knowledge of the
assessors and take a poor guess at the
value of other properties as to the
value of which he will have little
knowledge.*
THE STANDARD OF VALUE
The standard of value is 160 per
cent, or as it is expressed in the act,
what the property would sell for at
ordinary sale for cash. Forced sales,
auction sales, and sales on “the ex
tortion plan,” or the allurements of
time prices are to be eliminated as
a matter of course. The act^oes not
anticipate that unnaturally inflated
values shall be used, even when sup
ported by some conditions of sale.
The rule is plain enough; the difficul
ty is in the application. That element
of value is in every case a matter of
sound judgement and discretion,
based upon accurate knowledge of
the property. A very small percen
tage of property has actually changed
hands by recent sale, and even as to
this small percentage there is in every
case room for investigation of 'the
character and conditions of the sale
to ascertain if the price represents
actual fair value. The judgement of
well-informed men will in almost
every case (Jiffer. The one 'thing
that will be insisted upon is that the
assessing officer in every cdse, as to
each piece of property, large or small,
get all the available facts—^not take
for granted, but take the trouble to
investigate—and after acquiring all
the knowledge that can reasonably be
gained in a proper way, exercise an
intelligent, conservative' judgement
s to the actual, stable value, and then
apply 100 per cent of that judgement
as the basis of value. To use any
other basis—95 or 99 percent—would
be like knocking a chock from be
hind the w'heel of a car standing on
a steep incline—it would settle right
back to the old levels, with a differ
ent rule applying in each county,
and with inequality the general rule.
REVALUATION FOR BENEFIT OF
COUNTIES AND CITIES
The State tax rate has been re
duced this year to 11 2-3 cents. The
average tax rate in the counties, in
cluding special taxes for various local
purposes was 1.08 per ctfnt in 1918.
In most of the larger cities of the
State the total rate is around 3 i>er
cent. So that about 10 per cent of
the taxes collected in the counties
from property will Ji)e for the use of
the State, and l^ss than 5 per cent
of total taxes collected from proper
ty in cities is for the use of the State.*
The State is pursuing a policy of re
ceding from the property tax, and
loo^ks now definitely to a complex
'Abandonment of the property tax for
its revenue, except for the pviblic
school tax, whicli will be distributed
back to the counties. So that the
chief purpose of the revaluation act
is to furnish a more accurate, efficient
and equitable^ means revenue tP
meet the local heeds of the coiihtiee
and citivs of the State. They wilKbe
the chief beneficiaries of its success.,
A SQUARE DEAL FOR THE Cltl^
The tax burden bears especially
heavy in~ municipalifei^ where so
THE PRAYER COIOiR
For Recofutructi<m «nd Resl^
ration.
Jame^ Cardinal Gibbons, head of
tile Roman'Catholic Church in this
country, one of the beat loved preach
ers and writers in the United States
today, in a letter sent to f ormei^ Gov
ernor Chas. S. Whitman of York
Cityy].National Chairman for the com
ing drive, expressed himself as entire
ly behind the work of the Salvation"
Army and asked the citizens of ^is
country to rally to their support to
gain the thirteen million dollar goal
which the Salvation Army has set out
•I
to do.
This unqualified endorsement com
ing from the lips of a man of Cardinal
Gibbons’ type, carries dignity and
weight because Cardinal Gibbons very
seldom gives an interveiw on any
national sublet outside of the work
of the Roman Catholic* Church. His
letter in full follows:
“I have been asked by the local
cammander of the Salvation Army^to
address a word to you as the National
Chairman of the Campaign about to
be launched in behalf of the above
organization. This I am happy to do
and for the reason that along with
my fellow-American citizens I rejoice
in the splendid service which the Sal
vation Army rendered our soldiers
and sailor boys during the ,war.
Every returning trooper is a willing
witness to the efficient and generous
work of the Salvation Army both at
the front and in our camps. I am also
more happy to commend this organi
zation because it is free fjrom sectar
ian bias. The man in need of help is
the object of their efforts with never
a guestion of his creed or color. I
trust your efforts to raise thirteen
million dollars for the Salvation
Army wil meet with hearty response
from our generous American public.”
In reply to the distinguished pre
late, Governor Whitman said:
“Your gracious letter endorsing the
activities of the Salvatioir Army here
and abroad and drawing attention
to its freedom from sectarian bias,
#
is received, expressing as it does, that
spirit of broad tolerance and demo
cracy which has made you beloved
and venerated by all Americans, irre
spective of race and creed. It will be
a great help to Commander Booth and
those associated with her in the effort
to raise the funds so essential to the
efficiency of their labors for human
ity. The Salvation Army is honored
by this recognition of its purposes
and ideals. Our work wilf be the
better because of your inspiring
words of encouragement.”
many modem improvements have
been provided at public expense. It
is in the cities especially that we
hear the complaint that high tax
rates are confiscating income
from property, and a very great re
duction in city tax rates is essential
to the successful administration of
full value property tax system. The
revaluation should leave the total
combined tax rate in the highest tax
ed city in the State right close
around one per cent.
There are three provisions that will
become effective under the revalua
tion that will be interesting particu
larly to the municipalities, and that
will tend to lower their rates.
Shares of stock in their banks have
heretofore been distributed to the re-
^dence of the shareholder, wherever
he lived.. Now all the shares of
stock in every bank will be taxed
where the banks are located, against
the bank, and therefore all the
stock will be liable for municipal
tax, and in the municipality where
the bank is located.
Real estate and fixtures of tele
phone companies have been distribut
ed on wire mileage. All such proper
ty now located witMn a municipality
will be subject to the municipal tax.
Railroad- depots, yards, and termin
al facilities have heretofore beenSas-
sessed as a part of the total property
distributed on main line tract mile
age, so tha^ with a f<»v slight excep?
tions they have paid town and city
taxes only upon basis of the length
of main line mileage withii^ the cor-;
porate limits. Under the revaluation
nest year the value of all railroad
propei^s within the corporate limits
of city or town will be subject to
municipal taxes. ~
1^6 make a world at peace
out of a world in pieces. It is
quite literally a world iii pieces .
that lies spread out before us,
physical ruin over half of Eu
rope, political chaos, social rev
olution, commercial dislocation,
moral and spiritual uncertainty
and doubt, foundations crui|i-
bled, traditions shattered and
uprooted, sanctions and author
ities discarded and denied, that
is where we are, that is the
scene before our eyesk
And all' the nations are in^'
volved, not only beHigerants,
but neutrals also and among
bellisreants, those who have
fought at long range Hke
America, as well as France,
Belgium, Serbia and Amenia,
where the very earth has^ trem
bled, and been blown tiy piece*
under the volcanic forces of
modern warfare.
The whole world is in the
melting pot—all of it together;
what is coming out? WelU
what comes out of it will give
the answer to the question
whether or not we shall hav^
Peace. Not our victory, nor the
decision around the peace ta
ble ; but the way in which the
nations and the citizens of ev
ery nation,' God fearing, Christ
loving, clearsighted, strong in
conviction, resolute in wUU
work together for the common
good that will decide the issue.
—Bishop Rhinelander. v
A Prayer. 5*
O God Almighty, who dost
bring ord'er out of chaos, light
out of darkness, and love out
of hate, give Thy grace and
Thy wisdom to all the peoples
of the earth, their rulers and
their leaders, and enable them
to build up and maintain in ev
ery nation and throughout the
world the reign of justice and
love.
Teach them to look to Thy
Son, as Lord and Saviour, and
in Him to find peace, security
and freedom. Make the wil
derness and the solitary place
I to be glad, and the desert to
rejoice, and blossom as the rose,
> undo the heavy burdens, break-
every yoke, let the oppressed
I go free, banish sorrow and
j sighing, and bestow on all man
kind everlasting joy, through
Jesus Christ, Our Lord. Amen.
G. D. C.
QUIETTE-NICHOLSON
The marriage of Miss My Quiette
and Banks Nicholson came as a sur
prise to their many friends Sunday
afternoon.
Miss Quiette has been principal of
tlie Round Top ^hool during the past
term and Mr. Nicholson is too well-
known to need any introduction to
Brevard people. The young couj^e
will make their home here'and will
occupy the house which was recently
built by Mr. Nicholson on East
street. 'Fhey have the best wishes,
of a wide circle ol friends.
FEW'^SES . DISPOSED OF
A noticeable feature of this siea-,
sion <»f Su^rior Court is the
of time taken to try a few seemini^ '
^mport«»t ^es. The first
luur been oecupii^d the tr^.
three criminal owra'and heuftefit iii^
the first civil ease oil tiie ;
were commenced on
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