VOL. XXIV
BREVARD, N. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 6tli. 1919
Number 22'
MSS SHUFORD WDiS
TIE fflGHEST HONORS
Members of the senior class^ of
Brevard Institute are required to pre
sent at their graduation an essay of
stated length on a theme to be select
ed by the writer. The subject chosen
by members of the class of 1919 were
without exception live topics. Miss
Julia Fay Shufprd, who was a mem
ber of the graduating class, wrote on
Wod roads, a subject which just now
JP of vital importance to every citizen
#f this county. We publish Miss
Shuford’s essay in full:
Good roads are needed by every
one, no matter what his occupation
may be; but good roads are a ne
cessity to the farmer, the merchant,
the mail carrier, and the doctor.
The farmer needs good roads for
marketing. When he, hauls his pro
ducts over a rough road, they are
bruised, mashed, or broken from
rough jolting, the horses are com
pletely worn out, and the man him
self tired, stiff, and in a bad humor
when the market is reached^ all be
cause of bad roads.
Now if the roads are good, the trip
is made with twice the load and half
the time, the products are unhurt, and
the man enjoys the trip.
The merchant, whether he be in
the country or in the city, will not be
hurt if a good road is leading to his
place of business. A good road
draws people. Tourists passing by
stop in; traveling salesmen make their
way along a good road; and the pros
pective home buyer on seeing the
country is pleased and locates.
The good roads also make it pos
sible for the merchant to buy unhurt
products from the farmers and so
sell them without loss as they will
not decay so rapidly as when bruised.
The third man interested is the
mail carrier. He is one who must go
every day whether the roads are good
or bad. He is forced to drive a horse
and be out all day in the very worst
of weather. He must contend with
the people who are worried because
he is late. He must take at lea^t
some blame which by right belongs to
the bad roads only. If he had good
roads, he could make the trip more
quickly and give more satisfactory
service.
The fourth and last man is the
doctor. He, like the mail carrier,
must go in all kinds of weather and
over all kinds of roads. Good roads
are therefore necessary, as it is very
important that he reach patients
quickly, especially in casese of ac
cidents or sudden illness. How many
lives might be saved, how many more
calls might be made, and how much
suffering might be relieved if only
the roads were in good condition?
Some people do not realize what
a benefit good roads are to a country.
If they ever knew, they have forgot
ten thw good roads increase school
attends^", the population of a town
and land value.
When good roads run through a
country, children can attend school
in the very worst weather. If they
walk, the good roads make it possible
for them to reach school with dry
feet. If, however, the roads are bad,
the children who have no way to ride,
are kept at home. Very often other
children whose parents can take them
are also kept at home.
The population of a town is also
based largely upon good roads. A
town to increase in population must
have a good road leading to it. The
tourists follow good roads; hence, if^
a town wishes to have visitors, it
must be easily accessible. People
looking for new homes settle whertf
a place is progressive, where th^y
know they will come in contact wij|^
BREVARD TO HAVE
PERFECT nCIURES
Mr. C. F. Lyda'of Canton, N. J.,
has been engaged for the management
of the Sapphire Theatre. He comes
to the Sapphire with several year^
of experience in the management of
motion picture theatres throughout
the south and east and will have
charge of the Sapphire for the sum
mer season.
The new management has complet
ed bookings for the leading stars of
Screenlarid, among them Douglas
Fairbanks, May Allison, Geraldine
Farrar, Charles Chaplin and many
other stars of the silent art.
An expert operator will be in
charge of the operating room, there
by aiding the cause of perfect pro
jection, which will be the slogan of
the new management.
MISS RUBY FALKNER GRAD-
UATES
Miss Ruby Falkner of Brevard is
a member of the graduating clas^ at
Berea College, Berea, Ky. The com
mencement exercises at Eerea were
held on June the fourth. After her
graduation Miss Faulkner will return
to Brevard for the summer.
Want ads bring results. Try one
in the News and see for yourself.
MEMORIAL SERVICE AT LITTLE
RIVER
A service in memory of Aunt
Nancy McGaha will be held at Little
River Chapel Sunday June the 11th
at 11 o’clock in the morning. The
sermon will be preached by Rev. P.
E. Swanson.
the world; so they buy near a good
road.
This wishing to live near a good
road is what causes the land near it
to increase in value. The people
passing see the land, like it, and buy
it, knowing they will be on the main
highway; knowing also that markets,
churches, docors, and in fact all the
advantages of life are near.
The need and benefit of good roads
have been discussed. Now taking it
for granted that a new road is to be
built, the next step is to decide on the
method of making this road.
First, funds must be raised. There
are several ways of raising these,
some of which are State Aid, ^ond
Issue, and Federal Aid.
When funds are to be raised by
State Aid, the State contributes a
part of the cost, the balance being
met by the local unit.
If the money is to be raised by
Bond Issue, the Legislature author
izes the voting of bonds.
When Federal Aid is to be the
xneans of raising funds, the Federal
Government gives financial aid, gives
advice, and also gives expert assis
tance when certain conditions are
met.
Second, a survey for the road is
the next thing. In making this sur
vey, the location should be decided
upon, and the road, run regardless of
any citizen’s birfundary line.
Lastly, pr«^ grading, crowning,
and drainina^^le necessary for the
durability road. Crowning,
or sl9pitig the road from the middle
to ^e sides, needs to be varied to
suit road materials, widths, and
jrpades. It is of great importance as
tSie side slopes shed the water into
the ditches on either side.
There are many kinds of roads; and
as people do r.ot a^ce as to which is
he best, it is wise to name several.
The earth road is the oldest and
best known in this section; the sand
clay is the cheapest of the surface
roads; the macadam was once con-
TRANSYLVANIA
ISWAKDP
The Transylvania road commission
ers have requested state and federal
aid for the purpose of building a
new road to the Henderson County
line. Work on the Jones Gap road
from Brevard to Cedar Mt. has re
cently been completed and this is
now, it is stated, one of the best
pieces of roadway in the South. The
Bennett's gap road leading into the
famous Pink Bed section is now be
ing macadamized.
All indications point to the fact
that our neighbor county is waking
up to the idea that good roads are
of paramount importance to continu
ed progress.—Hendersonville Times.
From the appearence of some of
Henderson County's roads it seems
that our neighbor county is yet to
wake up to the importance of good
roads.
O. W. CLAYTON SERIOUSLY IN-
JURED
O. W. Clayton had the misfortune
to fall off the flume at the Toxaway
Lumber Co. plant on Tuesday after
noon. He fell from the flume to a
pile of rocks, twenty feet below, and
his right shoulder was crushed. The
injured man was taken to Toxaway
where he received medical attention.
Wednesday morning he was taken to
Asheville for surgical treatment. The
extent of Mr. Clayton’s injuries has
not yet been ascertained and it is
hoped that results of the accident will
not be as serious as might be expect
ed.
sidered the best; but now the con
crete seems to be taking first place
if cost is not considered.
The earth road for years to come
will be traveled more than any other;
so it should be well made and main
tained. In making this road, the
grade, drainage, and form are the
main factors.
The sand clay is an improvement
on the dirt raod. It is made of clay
and sand, which, when well mixed
and packed, make a hard, servicable
road, which dries out quickly after a
rain if properly crowned and drained.
The macadam is one of the old
roads used in ancient times. It is
made of eight inch under strata of
broken stone surfaced with several
inches of gravel.
The concrete is the best road
known. It is made of cement mortar
and rock. This mixture when on a
good foundation forms one solid
block. If properly constructed, a
concrete road will last for ages.
The maintenance of these roads
depends upon the attention they re
ceive. They must be looked after
periodically, and in order to do this
a competent overseer is necessary.
He must have authority, good wages,
plenty of tools and material, and as
sistance. He must keep the roads
drained, in proper form, ruts filled,
and road sides neat.
The cars should not be permitted
to speed, and regulations should be
made in regard to width of tires and
diameter of wheels used in carrying
specific loads.
The system of public highw^ays is
more vital to civilization than all the
railway systems of the country; for,
if the trackage of the latter were torn
up and dumped into the ocean, com
merce could still be carried over the
network of improved public highways.
But destroy the highways of this great
country, and its farms would be aban
doned, its industries would die, and
grass would grow in the, streets of the
cities.
JUSTICE FOR FOSTER-
PARENTS OF CHILDREN
If you have anything to sell,, a
vertise it in the News.
(The Literary Digest for May, 1919)
It is strange that the generous-
hearted American people, who pour
ed out their riches so prodigally in
response to every patriotic, e/ery
charitable appeal, and who accorded
such enthusiastic and liberal support
to every measure and to every group
that helped win the war, should have
neglected to properly encourage and
reward the services of one of the
noblest professions in the field of hu
man activities—a profession that in
lofty ideals, in unselfish principles,
in sacred responsibilities, stands side
by side with the ministry of the Gos
pel itself.
We wish to bespeak, with whatever
power and authority we may have
and with such words as may be grant
ed to us, some measure of considera
tion for the foster-fathers and moth
ers of our children—the school
teachers of the^ United States of
America.
There is no class of workers of
which we demand so much. We com
mit into their keeping the minds, the
bodies and the very souls of our child
ren in the tender and formative years
of their lives, and they, receiving
these children, can indeed be said to
hold in the hollow of their hands the
future of America. We expect these
devoted men and women to watch
over and care for our sons and
daughters as tho they were their very
own, to drill them in arts and in
sciences, to train them for business
and for citizenship, to instruct them
in manners and in morals, to do for
them those things which we would do
had we the trailing and the leisure.
No class has assumed so heavy, so
trying a burden and a responsibility
with such willingness as these conse
crated men and women. No class ha's
performed their increasing heavy
tasks more devotedly, more conscien
tiously and with less thought of self.
No class served their country more
whole heartedly, more loyaly, during
the trying and tempestuous times of
war, day by day pursuing their round
of duty, day by day helping the
young people, and through the child
ren the parents, to see the struggle
in its true light, thus securing the co
operation of the community in every
measure undertaken by the Govern
ment to win the war.
Truly they have made the nation
their everlasting debtor. Truly had
they not done their york so well this
republic would not outlast the span
of a generation.
What then have the teacher receiv
ed at our hands in return?. They
have received little honor and some
what less of pay. Other classes have
prospered; other classes thru power
ful organizations have secured gen
erous wages. The teachers have no
spokesman, however, to demand even
the simple justice of a living wage,
so to them we give their petty pre
war pittance, so meager, so pitifully
inadequate, that it places a burning
brand of shame and disgrace upon
this nation.
The men and women who are mak
ing the American of to-morow ^re
being treated with less consideration
than the janitors who sweep out the
buildings in which they are employed;
they are earning on the average, less
than the wages given to the scrub
women employed in the public build
ings of the United States Govern
ment. Normal-school graduates re
ceive less than street-sv^cepers; high-
school principals and superintendents
less than section foremen; county
school teachers less for instructing
the farmer’s children than he pays
his hired man to feed his hogs.
(Continued on page 8)
THEY.M.C.A.INTHE
EYES OF THE SOLOe
Dear Editor:
In looking over a copy of your pa
per that I received this morning, it
looks like somebody wants an argu
ment on the subject of the Y. M. C.
A., and I will say again what I said
in my first leter, that the Y. M. C. A.
did sell all things that was for the
soldiers at a price thai was outrag
eous, and still they were receiving
thousands of dollars more of the
money that was being donated in the
States to help the soldiers than any
of the other organizations are, where
other organizations were giving away
and selling at a much lower rate than
you could buy it at home.
And as for the editorial in the
New York paper is concerned, do you
suppose that the editor was a “Y”
worker on the battle field and in the
front line trenches, as some of the
magazines and newspapers state that
they are? I don’t say that there was
never one on the front. There may
have been, but not one-tenth of what
they state was, for before I came to
France I thought that there was a
Y. M. C. A. hut in every little town,
near the front at least, and for an
example I will state how close they
wore last October. When my regi
ment came back from the front and
located near Clarmont-en-Argonne,
we had been there some two weeks
when Lt. Clark and I set out in a
Ford to hunt a Y. M. C. A. to try to
buy some Cigarettes and other things
for the comfort of the boys at camp.
We drove 35 kilometers to the town
of Ippecourt and there we found a
Y. M. C. A. and the Lt. went in to see
if he could buy the supplies there, and
just because we did not belong to a
certain division we could get no sup
plies, but the Y. man told him that
he could procure the supplies at Com-
mercy, which was 75 kilometers fur
ther on, and we decided to return to
camp. So why is it that they got the
money and we never got the service
for it?
Also in regard to the editorial
which said that each military unit
forms its opinion by one of the Y. M.
C. A. secretaries, and where you
found one there would be about 20,
all living the life of Riley and having
a regular tourist trip out of their
slight work over here, and I think it
is a pity that some of the people
whose interest in all good work is
unflagging, did not ge to be a Y. M.
C. A. secretary and get their part of
it, too.
As my organization is about to sail
for home I will be glad to meet any
one who is in favor of upholding the
Y. M. C. A. and its work in France,
in a public debate, any time or place
they choose and there we will have it
out to a finish, for I can tell you more
that v.ay than I can by sitting down
here at this typewriter and trying to
get it off this way.
Hoping that this will cause no hard
feelings, and that the people will be
sure of everything they have to say,
and if you have not been to France
and seen the work, then let me ad
vise you not to take the editorials of
any paper for your stand for you will
sure fall if you do, for I read them
before coming to France and was of
the same opinion as some of the un
flagging workers that are now at home
enjoying life as usual, like they did
before and thru war.
Respectfully,
CORP. GEO. F. WOODFIN.
W. N. a FOREST
TO BE PRESERVED
BAPTIST CHURCH
June 8th, 1919
9:45 A. M. Sunday School
11:00 A.M. “Which Sepulchers”
8:30 P. M. “Sin and its Cure."
The forestry conference which met
iir Asheville on last Wednesday is per>-
haps of more importance to this sec
tion than any similar gathering held
for some time past. This convention
was one of a series of regional con
ferences held by the U. S. department
of agriculture.
The necessity of timber conserva
tion was emphasized at every sesion
of the conference and plans were
formulated for a conprehensive nat
ional forestry conservation program.
Col. Henry Graves, Chief of the U.
S. forestry service, presided over the
convention.
“Timber in the east is rapidly ap
proaching an end,” said he. “If the
war emergency had come fifteen
years later, we would have had diffi
culty in meeting our requirements
for wood products, except with great
delays and embarrassments due to
shipments from great distances. The
high prices of lumber are largely djue
to the deplation of our forests. In
hundreds of communities the local
supplies of lumber are being exhaust
ed and wood-using factories, often the
chief industry of the community, are
closing.
“The problems of forest protection
and forest perpetuation are not being
met. Neither the present nor the fu
ture public needs for forests are being
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provided for. We have our national
forest and some state forests, but
they are not extensive enough nor
well enough distributed to do more
than meet a small part of our forest
needs. The bulk of our forests are
privately owned, and these are not
being adequately protected nor are
steps being taken to perpetuate them..
We are actually using up our forest
resources when we might have been
growing forests at a rate to enable us
to cut the maturing trees freely and
with certainty of a sustained forest
wealth to continue our industries and
to meet our domestic needs. The sit
uation takes on special significance
when efforts are being made to build
up a large export trade in lumber. It
is not sound public economy to build
a great export trade on a rapidly di
minishing resource, and without an
adequate forest policy.
For Permanent Production.
“The new movement in forestry
aims to bring about permanent forest
production on all lands of the country
which are best suited for the growing
of trees. There is enough land in this
country, to produce ample supplies of
timber and wood products for our do
mestic needs and for a large export
trade. This can only be done, how
ever, by the adequate protection of
our forests, and by replacing the old
timber, as it is cut, with new growth
“It is proposed to secure these ob
jectives.in tw^o ways: First, by a large
extension of the public forests, includ
ing those owned by the government,
state, and municipalities; and second,
by bringing about timber growing on
private lands through public direction
and co-operation. Action is necessary
both by the federal government and
the states.”
BROTHERHOOD DAY AT THE
METHODIST CHURCH
Upon request of Dunns Rock Lodge
A. F. & A. M. Rev. W. E. Poovey will
preach a special sermon to the Masons
on Brotherhood Day, Sunday, June
8th, at 11 a. m. at the Methodist
church. The members of the fra
ternity will occupy a reserved sec
tion of the main auditorium.
The subject of the sermon will be:
“The Measure of a Man.”
Other fraternal orders are invited
to attend.