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VOL. XXIV
BREVARD, N. C. FlUDAY, MAY M 1919.
NUMBER IS.
IBE BANKS AND
IflE ViaORY LOAN
Everyone vitally interested in im>
mediate prospects for good business
in this country, as well as every stu
dent of the trend of affidrs from a
iBoney and trade standpoint, can per-
''form a fine ^lervice for his country
MW by preventing the iminression
jBrom gaining ground that the banks
"^Ppg:ht to take this loan.
This cry of *‘tlw banks *will take it**
beades being the refuge of tiie indif
ferent and/those who always look to
others for settlement and solution
of their problems, is, too, the slogan
of those who really believe that tak
ing this loan is a proper banking fun
ction and the best way to dispose of
this, the last offering through the
Liberty Loan Organization..
Without enumerating or reviewing
the reasoors these people assert that
the banks should take this loan, it is
sufficient to say that their Tiewi>oint
and conclusions are entirely wrong.
In the first place, if the Govern
ment thought the banks should be the
purchasers and holders of this loan,
it wvidd have been offered to them
instead of to the public generally.
The Oovemment has not been timid
about asking the banks to perform
services, to grant credHs and to buy
short time Government obligations as
their share of financii^ ^e war. The
banks have responded in a-way that
win forever remain a monument to
their patriotism and resourcefulness.
If the people continue to perform
their part as courageously and com
pletely as the banks, the success of
the Fifth Loan is assured.
In the next place, the present re
sponsibilities of the banks do not per
mit them to absorb a kmn having the
tremendous diminsions «f this one,
no matter what the rate of interest
may be.
The turn-over in business is still
large, and banks are being called,up
on properly to take care af the short
time requirements of manufacturing
and mercantile industries, where the
employment of labor and the output
of an essential product is practically
dependent on these banking facilities.
Would you have banks transfer
part of the funds now used for these
purposes into any other avenue what
soever? No, you would not! That
would be necessary in any wholesale
obligatory arrangement that would
compel banks, especially banks doing
current business with merchants, far
mers and manufacturers, to take this
loan. Important as it is that present
business keep undisturbed and undi
minished its banking power and ac
commodation, it is equally essential
that the future needs be regarded.
Waterlog the banks with this loan,
and not only will they be crippled in
ineeting their present demands from
^ir customers, but they will be clog-
and hampered in handling the
lew and increasing business into
which a war-released nation is now
about to enter.
As we value prosperity and well
being in business, let us secure the
widest possible distribution of the
Victory Loan, not only because it is
our job, but because we want to re-
le^ the banks for functioning as
they should to help business, and, li|^
cidentally, to help us and others
the loan, and because we do not
the other felloggr to have it all.
WAR LOAN ORGANIZA!
Fifth Federal Reserve
Richmond,
AT THE BAPTIST Cl
Sunday, May 4, ll
9:45 a. m.-^8unday
11:00 a. m.—“The
Healed.**^
8:80 p. m.—Faith
.r-. . h:
MOVED INTO THEIR
NE^ARTERS
Le» ,Ui»i five year. »so H. A.'
Plummer opened a store here for the
sale of dry goods. He commenced
the enterprise rather in the nature of
an experimant and frankly admitted
that he wished to find out whether
the people of the town would really
support a first-class local dry goods
establishment or whether they would
continue to give their patronage to
Asheville and the well-known trade
centers of the east.. Before Mr.
Plumnier had pursued his idea very
far he and the grood people of this
community were getting together to
the tune of a daily increasing record
of sales. One year ago Mr. Plummer
took a partner into the business which
had by this time completely outgrown
his first expectations. The new
member, of the firm, B. W. Tran-
tham, who had for a number of years
been connected with merchantile
activities in this section became man
ager of the local store and the growth
of the firm progressed by leaps and
boiuds. The old quarters are now
too small and this week the Plummer
& Trantham Departmott Store opens
its doors in the Carrier Building and
extends an invitation to friends both
old and new to come and inspect its
new home. The building has been
in the hands of Contractor Kilpaiarick
for tbe past several weeks. It has
been thoroughly overhauled and
equipped to contain the best stock
of up-to-the-minute dry goods in
Western North Caroifam. Here .will be
offered a variety of selection that is
truly bewildering, here will be found
the products of home and foreign
looms, dress goods, notions, clothing,
boots and shoes. The work of Plum
mer Trantham is becoming well-
known throughout this section for its
excellence and honesty. For what
measure of success they have attainJI
they state that they wish to thank
their &iends in this county, for words
of approbation spoken and substan
tial encouragement given. It is their
wish to regard every customer of the
house not only as a patron but like
wise as a friend, and if you are not
already one of these, remember they
hope very much to make you so.
PROMOTED TO THE RANK pF
CAPTAIN
Friends of V. W. Osborne in Bre
vard and surrounding community will
be pleased to know that he has been
promoted from 1st Lieutenant to
Captain of the 2nd Provisional De
velopment Battalion in the Medical
Corps.
Captain Osborne is the youngest
son of the late W. K. Osborne of this
place and since his graduation from '
the medical college has made his home
at Stone Mountain, Ga., from which
place he enlisted into the service of
his country about two years ago. He
has bee^Jn France for more than a
year.
For the 'benefit of his friends
who may wish
him we will
as follows:
opment Bn.,^
727 A. E.
communicate with
address which is
rovisional Devel-
etach., A. P. 0.
IE METHODIST CHURCH
m.—Sunday SchooL
a. m.—Sermon by the pas-
^vestment of a Life.’*
I p. m.—^Preaching at Oak
L m.-—Preaching by Rev. Mr.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURH
rUADSFORFUR-
CHi^BONbS
The first speech of the VICTORY
LOAN Campaign in this county was
delivered at the Brevard Institute on
Saturday evening by Private G. H.
Dell of Camp Oteen. Pvt. DeU was
introduced to his audience by Rev.
W. E. Poovey. Before his enlistment
Pvt. Dell was assistant district attor
ney of New York. He has been speak
ing in Western North Ci^lina on
the Victory Liberty Loan for the past
ten days. He enlisted immediately
upon the entry of the U. S. into the
war. However hfe did not have the
privilege of serving in"France as did
his two brothers, one of whom is num
bered among the sixty thousand of
America*s heroic dead.
“There is nothing**, said Mr. Dell
in the course of his talk, “which we
can give to the cause of democracy
or sacrifice for the freedom of the
world. That job has already been
nobly accomplished for us. Now we
are called on to lend some money at
four and three fourths per cent, the
best rate' of interest ever offered by
the government. This is a first class
investment from a business stand
point. Treasuiry officials believe that
Victory Lojin Notes will never be sold
below their par value. Mea.sures
looking to the stabilizing of market
values of the new notes have been
outlined, .land officials assert there
should be no breaks in government
bond quotations. Regulations gov
erning the sale of bonds prevents the
absorption of large quantities of them
by capital interests. Only subscrip
tions of $10,000 or less are certain to
be filled in full. Throughout a wide
distribution of the notes the percent
age of the total $4,500,000,000 which
naturally will find its way to the open
market will be small, officials believe.
And the promises of Uncle Sam are
backed by all the vast resourses of
this great country. America now is
the richest, most powerful nation in
the world. She is an oasis in a desert
of pestilence and destruction. She
alone of all the world is enjoying
peace untouched by the carnage of
four years, the bloodiest in all his
tory. And now the people of Amer
ica are called upon to answer whether
this peace is worth while or not. We
are now asked to finish pajring the
price of this peace. Sixty thousand
and more boys who are sleeping under
white crosses on the fields of France
have paid the price. Thousands more
returning home by every transport,
many of them broken men, have paid.
They paid in coin of death and hard
ship and sacrifice. It is America’s
turn to pay now. And in what coin?
Not death or hardship or sacrifice, but
in dollars lent, not given, to the gov
ernment in an investment exempt
from ordinary taxation and returning
an excellent rate of interest. That
is all Americans are asked to do, and
it is the last time they will have a,
chance to do anything, for this is
the last war loan. This will finish the
job. We are now on the threshold
of happier times. To enter we must
fulfill to the utmost the pledges we
have made. Two years ago we pledg
ed our lives and fortunes to the cause
for which we have fought. Sixty
thousand of the nation’s finest sons
have redeemed that pledge v/ith their
life’s blood. And shall we be more
tender with our dollars than we have
been with human life? That these
dead shall not have died in vain let
us buy bonds and more bonds. For
in this way alone may we hope to
keep -faith with those who sleep in
Fiianders Fields.**
Sgt. LewM, who accompanied Pvt..
Dell to Brevard, at the close ot Mr,
Dell’s lecture spoke at the ihoyjng
AREALGOOD
^COMMG
The biggest, best, newest, most en
joyable minstrel show ever laughed
at in Western North Carolina is com
ing to the Auditorium Friday even
ing, May the 9th, from Camp Oteen
near Asheville. The cast is made up
of enlisted men and officers of the
camp, who will play here under the
auspices of the Mathatasin Club, and
contains Lt. Polly, a coonnihouting
trombone player, who was a profes
sional comedian before he went to
France to entertain the Huns. In ad
dition to Lt. Polly there will be Sgt.
Grace who can do anything in the
world with a piano and who is said
to be on of the' greatest eccentric
comedy dancers and end-men laugh
producers ever heard or seen in the
south. Pvt. R. Dell, who is ab^dy
known to a number of people here
as an excellent speaker will appear
on the evening of the ninth in a series
of dancing and acrobatic novelties.
These are . only a few o^ the enter
tainers to be here to entertain the
people of Brevard. It is expected
that a record audience will be present
as a minstrel show is always inter*
esting and this -one has the added
attraction of being staged by return
ed soldier boys. A number of tickets
have already been sold. The pro
ceeds will go to the fund being raised
by the Mathatasian Club for the pur
pose of establishing a soldiers’ club
here for Transylvania boys who were
in the service during the war.
SHEEP SHEARING
DEMONSTRATION
George Evans, State Sheep Spec
ialist, will be in the County May 7
and 8 to assist County Agent Law
rence in holding Sheep Shearing Dem
onstrations at the following plates:
Mrs. W. H. Allison’s farm near
Brevard on Wednesday, May 7 at
2 o’clock; at Millard Galloway’s farm
near Balsam Grove on Thursday, May
8 at 10 o’clock; at E. J. Whitmire’s
farm at Cherryfield Thursday, May
8 at 3 o’clock.
J. W. Sloss the State’s specialist
in Beef Cattle will be present at all
these meetings and will discuss win
ter pastures for Transylvania.
SBELBY SCHOOL WINS
THE FIRST HONORS
The following piece of news taken
from a Shelby paper will be of inter
est to. many Brevard friends.
“The Shelby High School, took first
honors in the extemporaneous speak
ing contest on Restriction of Immi
gration in the High School auditor
ium recently and was awarded the
Trophy Plaque, while its speaker,
'x
Weyman Norton, received a gold med
al with the Wooster seal as the prize
for first place.”
Weyman Norton is a grandson of
Mrs. S. L. Norton and a nephew of
Mrs. M. M. King of Brevard.
REV. MR. SEAGLE RECOVERING
The many friends of Rev. J. C.
Seagle will be glad to leam that he
is rapidly recovering from the ser-
gical operation wMch he underwent
in an Asheville: hosplt^ last week.
He is expected to return honw during
t^e latter part ox next week..
DAVIDSON RIVER CHURCH
ctoch service mtii Kbujrti tn fiv^ of the Vic?tory
m.
Bonds.
^ Sunday at 11 a..inu the Lord’s
l^lper be odd1nat^ ,1|i:^^ Dai^.
ida<m River chuedi. ^ ^^idiyhhuU ser
vice witt be ua^.
UEDT. i. A. HHi
WlffifROMOnON
Promoted for distinguished con
duct while under fire, was the reward
received by Lieut. Archibald Sheats,
who was made captain, Lieut. John.
A. Hine, from second lieutenant to
first lieutenant, and the same honor
for Second Lieut. Herbert Worcester
of Tucson, Ariz.
’The above officers were all assign
ed to the Machine Gun Company of
the regimeiit unit, which has an en
viable recoid, not only for the feats
of valor which it performed on the
/
battlefield, but also for the material
aid rendered in turning out first-class,
well-trained officers and men, who
were sent to other machine gun units.
The company trained two captains
and nine lieutenants; over fifty *men
wore corporals’ chevrons, and almost
as many sergeants, while one hun
dred privates were sent to other ma
chine gun units..
Lieutenant John Hine, a second
lieutenant when he went to France,
now a first, due to his meritorious
conduct under fire, is a Los Angeles
man, who, prior to the war was en
gaged in the real estate business. It
was Lieutenant Hine' who led a
machine gun platoon against fifteen
German machine gun nests, and when
the smoke had cleared away the
Boches had been completely routed
and the path was clear for the ad
vancing infantry.
“This is a great bunch and I will
certainly hate to part from them. But
our work is over and there is not a
man in the regiment but what is glad
that he had an opportunity to play
his part. It was a great schooling
and the boys will return to civil life
better prepared than ever to take up
their regular pursuits.”—Los Angeles
Examiner.
COIMESIEEUIDGETO
HOUMEEniK
A MONUMENT TO OUR TRAN
SYLVANIA SOLDIERS
I take it for granted that each
coui|ty in f<Torth Carolina, should and
will erect a monument to their
“Soldier Boys.”
I would sugges that we use rough
granite rock blasted out of the cliffs
on the Connestee road, our native
stone from the Blue Ridge. And
build on the Court House Square, a
pyramid about fifty or sixty feet high,
at the base an inside chamber, with
an arched opening or door way, at
front and back.
In this chamber on either side of
this pass way, place two long marble
slabs, on one engrave all of the names
of the Transylvania boys who enter
ed the military services of the Army
and Navy. On the other the names
of all who died in the service. A
monument of this kind would be
unusual, unique and handsome. As
an inscription over the arched en
trance the following words:'
In Proud and Affectionate Remeha-
berance, to her Valorous and Beloved
Sons, Who Fought and Gave Tdieir
Lives for Truth and Liberty on the
Seas and the Battle Fields of Europe.
Transylvania Erects This Monu
ment. C. W. HUNT.
MISTAKES WILL HAPPEN
Connestee Lodge No. 237, 1. O. O.
F. is planningl to hold a memoria
meeting in the Lodge ^ooms, Bre
vard, N. C. on Monday, May 12, 1919
at 8:30 P.
An interesting meeting is expected
as the seeond and tiiird degrees wiD
be worked on, and the hundretJi
anniversity will be celebraed. One
hundred years ago, 1819, fhe Inde
pendent -Order of Oddfellows was
founded in Baltimore, Md. by Thomas
Wildey.
The boys are also planning a trip
by automobile to Asheville to attend
the Convention which will assemble
there some time in the early part of
May.
It is pointed out that this will likely
be the most enthusiastic meeting
as well as the largest gathering of
Oddfellows ever held in Brevard.
You must be there sure.
/ The following committee has been
appointed to provide refreshments:
John Stanci],
A. E. Hampton,
^ Robt L. Gash,
C. B. Osborne,
Wm. A. Band..
AIKEN.HOUSTON
On Monday afterndon'at 2 o’clock
Miss Arabella Aiken was married to
A. H. Houston of Canton, N. C. The
wedding took place at the home of
the bride and the ceremony was per
formed by Rev. W. E. Poovey. Im
mediately after the marriage the
couple left for Canton where &ey
will live. 9
Mrs. Houston as Miss Aiken spent .
most of her life here and numbers
her friends by her acquaintances.
For the past eighteen ntbnths she has
been with the Metropolitan Insurance
Co. of Asheville.
Mr. Houston is a popular and suc
cessful furniture dealer at Canton.
Out of town guest here for the
wedding were: Mrs. W. R. Orr of
Asheville, Miss Arra Lankford of Sa
luda, Fred Freel of Canton and Geo.
Parker of Asheville.
DANCEATTHE
HOTEL FRANKLIN
In last weeks issue of the News an
item appeared in the Rosman News
letter which stated that “on last Mon
day Jordan Whitmire and Ida John
son went to Hendersonville shop
ping.** The names should have read
Mesdames Jordan Whitmire and Ida *
Johnson as they were sent to us by
our Rosman correspondent.' The
change was made in this ofi^ as the
result of a purely acoidental over-
si|^ -which we ^eerely Vsgiret uid
%hi^ we piM our a|M»is«ies I9
The culminating social ev««lt of the
past week was the dance which took
place at the Franklin hotel on Friday
evening. Dancing lasted from nine-
thirty until two o’clock. Papalarado’s
Orchestra from Asheville furnished
the music. Punch made after the
Finucili brew was served throughout
the evening.
The ballroom was attractively
decorated with spring flowers. The
hosts for the evening were Bfr. and
Mrs. Silversteen, Mr. and Mrs. Ship
man, Mr. and Mrs. Crousehdm, Dr.
and Mrs. McKinney, Mr. and Mrs.
Bdmette, 3Ir. and Mrs. Harry Patton,
Mr. and Mrs. Macfie, Mr. and Mrs.
McCoy, Mr. and Mrs. Grady Kilpat
rick; and among the dancers pri^nt
were Misses Mildred Bryant, EUMk
beth Godfrey, Bettie McLean Bea
Carr, Dollie Carr, Jane Mosley,
ise Patton, Julia Schoepf, Lies
ner^ Irene McMinn, Marjorie
Miriam Silversteen, Louise '
send, Clarice Gutherie^ Etiie
patriek, Beatrice Calhoun, Nina
ton, and Mrs. Hine.
Messrs. Riclr Boyden, *Alexiaiii
Kiser, Brown and Frank Cafr, B
Verdery, Lee Clough, John
Roland Whitmire, Rush WMHwliNBr
Dic^ Breese, Dr. Englisjii^1^>|(
Qmneiit, W^ian ^ •
t>adniOfdb,
Mrs. wmtmire md Ufa.
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