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VOL. XXIV
BREVARD, N. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST Sth, 1919.
NUMBER 31.
i SBOT TO DEATH AT OBSTRDCTN IN RIVER ASSOOATED CBARI-
riNE GROVE SCHOtt
t
One man is dead and tWo others
are in jail awaiting trial on the charge
of murder as a result of a difficulty
between citizens of Diamond Creek
section last Saturday when W. E.
Patterson was shot and killed by
Leonard Owen. The difficulty arose
•woveMa hog which was the property
olt^^j^n. The animal had been im
pounded by Patterson and sold on
Saturday afternoon. Leonard Owen
with his wife and brothers, Robert
and Sherman Owen, and Jason Mc
Call, were lodged in jail Saturday and
tried in Recorder’s Court Tuesday
morning. The three Owen brothers
were held without bond and taken
to the Buncombe County jail on tiie
instruction of Solicitor Shipman for
safekeeping. No charges were sus
tained against Jason McCall and Mrs.
Owen.
Witnesses testified at the trial that
Robert Owen shot Patterson twice,
first in the back and then in the
breast. He did his shooting with a
pistol. Sherman Owen, it is stated,
fired a shot gun twice, and Leonard
Owen fired twice at the dead man.
One witness stated that Mrs. Owen
took a pistol from her dress, but that
she did not shoot. A butcher knife
was found near Patterson’s body soon
after he died. Witnesses said the
knife belonged to Mrs. Owen and
that she brought it along to cut the
rope with which Patterson had the
hog tied. She did Hot, however, seem
very anxious to establish her owner
ship of the piece of kitchen cutlery.
Many damaging declarations in re
gard to the defendants were brought
out by witnesses in the trial Tuesday
morning.
Feeling is rather high, it is stated,
in the section where the murder took
place, and for this reason it was
thought advisable to have the pris
oners transferred to the Buncombe
jail.
TO REMOVEDSOON
A bill has been introduced in Con
gress by Representative Weaver of
tho‘tenth district, authorizing a sur
vey of the French Broad river in this
county for the purpose of removing
the dams in the stream which were
I
I placed there by the government many
years ago in an eilort to secure a
navigable waterway between BreVard
and Asheville. These dams cause the
river to overflow much more often
{than it would otherwise, it is stated,
and the frequent flooding of lands
adjacent to the stream has practically
destroyed the agricultural value of
large areas of good farming country.
The bill introduced by Mr. Weaver
also provides for the blasting out of
,all natural obstructions in the river
bed and the deepening of the chan
nel.
The effort made to make French
Broad river navigable, in which a
considerable sum of money was spent
some time ago, was a failure from
the beginning. It not only did not
make the stream navigable, but the
I work done tended to fill up the chan
nel which was the natural di^ainage
outlet to a large outstretch of sur
rounding territory.
I
I Mr. Weaver’s bill is not the first
attempt that has been made recently
j to interest the government in this
I matter which is becoming more and
j more important to the people of this
j county and it is to be hoped that he
will succeed in his endeavor to get
some improvement on the present
situation.
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AT THE METHODIST CHURCH
TIES TO ORGAMZE
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POSTMASTER RE-APPOINTED
Postmaster W. M. .Henry has re
ceived the following letter from Sen
ator Lee S. Overman;
Mr. William M. Henry,
Brevard, N. C.
My dear Sir:
1 am glad to tell you that upon my
1 motion the Senate unanimously con-
^ V firmed your appointment as postmas
ter at Brevard.
With best wishes, I am, '
Very truly yours,
LEE S. OVERMAN.
Mr. Henry has been postnMster
here for the past four years. During
his incumbency the Brevard post of
fice has been advanced from third
to second class, and he has met the
increfuiing demand of the local office
with W corresponding improvement
in l^l^llFtandard of ^rvice rendered
to its patrons. ^
9:45—Sunday School.
11:00—“Vessels of Mercy.”
8:00 p. m.—Open air service.
Preaching by Presiding Elder.
IMPROVEMENT IN, BUILDINGS
The Transylvania County Commis
sioners will hold a meeting next Tues
day for the purpose of making plans
for various improvements that are
shortly to be made in public buildings
of the county. The court house is
to be enlarged by the addition of a
wing which will contain several new
offices. The offices now in the build
ing are too small for the business
that is to be transacted.
The county jkil is also to be im
proved by the building program which
is to be inaugurated by the county
authorities.* The present structure
is to be completely overhauled and
I placed in a thoroughly safe, sanitary
and up-to-date condition.
CITY BOARD MEETS
MEETING POSTPONED
The meeting of the U. D. C. which
was announced for last Saturday was
postponed and will take place at 5:30
in the afternoon next Saturday, Aug.
9th. The meeting will be held in the
chapter house on Main Street and all
members of the organization are urg
ed to be present.
Rev. J. R. Hay and seventeen boy
scouts (eft Monday afternoon on a
camping trip to Lake Fairfield. They
will be away for a week. This is the
first time that the local scouts have
gone to Lake Fairfield for their an
nual camping trip and they left ex
pecting a week of fine aSorded
by tiie opportunity for liwt-
inf and mountain clinbiair ^ ^
fomid in the Fairfield
The regular .meeting of the board
of aldermen took place in the city
hall Monday night. Few matters o'r.t>
side the customary routine came be
fore the board for considerati*T i. Pe
tition was made to the board th at the
length of time that tiie r^ton mill
whistle blows at five o’clock in the
morning bctftwit^, Tlie board also
ordered th. enforcement of tne city
ordinance prohibiting Mie use 6f tel
ephone ^les for disig^ advertising
the BAPTl
uqpwt
iday S
.—Subject: ^Sanctifica-
tioil Throu^ Truth.”
Subject: *“Ae De
fied.”
I’s ^upper will hi observed
at ti^^
AinLS^^^ Rev. J. L> Blalock,
.missioii^^^^ Chhia for 26 years, will
speak morning and evening
servicit^^^B4P*kMMr7 work in China.
The meetiyg called to organize
some form of associated charities met
in the court house Tuesday evening
with a goodly number present. Rev.
J. C. Seagle was elected temporary
chairman and G. E. Lathrop was elec
ted temporiury secretary. It was* the
consensus of opinion of the audience
that the best method to pursue was
to appoint a committee of five to
nominate a president, vice-president,
a secretary and finance committee of
three; and that a mass meetipg of the
people of the town be called for next
Tuesday evening at 8:30 in the court
house to elect officers.
Mr. Lathrop and Misses Henry and
Breese were appointed a committee
and requested to draw up a form of
suggestions to guide the meeting in
forming a constitution and by-laws
to govern the charitable organization.
The members of the meeting voted
unanimoustly to invite Miss Brunot
of Chestnut Hill to make an address
at our next Tuesday evening gather
ing on the methods and work of the
Pittsburg associated charities.
The chair appointed on the nomi
nating committee Rev. W. E. Poovey,
Mrs. David Ward, Mrs. Wm. Henry,
Mrs. Thos. H. Shipman" and Mrs.
Yates.
Upon motion the meeting adjourn
ed.
WORK OF RED CROSS TO CON-
TINUE *
S. A. Pond from the headquartera
of the Southern Red Cross division
held a conference with Transylvania
Red Cross workers last Friday. In
speaking of the peace time program
of the Red Cross Mr. Pond stated
that the idea which had become prevr
alent in som6 sections to the effect
that the Red Cross had ceased to
function as an organization since the
signing of the armistice was erron
eous and that the work of the chap
ters throughout the country would
continue although the scope of their
activities has changed somewhat since
the end of the war. Special attention
is to be paid, Mr. Pond stated, to the
educational feature of Red Cross
work. This part of the work is to
be carried on by the directors of the
Junior Red Cross a^d home nursing
department of local chapters. The
various chapters of the country are
also being instructed to keep prepar
ed for sending immediate aid to aiuf-
ferers from epidemics and catastro
phes that may befall their commun
ities.
MISS COLCOCK EXHIBITS
PAIRINGS
^HURCH
Miss Anne Colcock gave las^ Wed
nesday morning at her stu<tio the
first of a series of exhibitions of her
paintings. Miss Colcock, who has
been a summer resident of Brevard
for several years, has won marked
distinction by the executive skill dis
played in her creations as well as the
delicacy of artistic finish which char
acterizes all of her paintings.
Miss Colcock is a pupil of the well-
known painter, William H. Chase,
with whom she studied in. this coui^
try and abroad. Her work has been
exhibited in many of the larger gal
leries of the United States and has
won the most favorable criticism.
Through the solicitations of some of
her friends -Ae has consented to open
her studio on Wedhesdays from ten
to twelve during August to those who
may wish to see her pictures. She
is. now engaged on some scenes of
the nearby mountains which will be
of partienliir interest to fhoee. wte
enjoy fte mountain scenery of Bre^
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SELKAC04)rERAT1VE
CHEESE FACTY 01^
Transylvania has another enter
prise for the development of natural
resources. Last Friday saw the op
ening of the ne^c co‘^perative cheese
factory at Selica which is to be op-
eitatedl by the Selica Co-Operative
Cheese Company. The output of the
new establishment will be about two
hundred pounds of cheese per day.
Two hundred pounds of milk will be
used daily in the manufacture of the
cheese. This is just one hundred
pounds less than the daily amount
of milk consumed by the largest
cheese factory in the south.
The factory at Selica,has been so
constructed that it can be enlarged
when demand for enlargment arises,
and it is said that from the present
outlook that an increase in capacity
may be necessary during the first
year of its history. D. Reeves No
land, state cheese expert, was present
last Friday at the opening of the new
concern and gave the new plant a
thorough inspection. He stated that
the equipment at Selica was second
to none in the south and predicted
that Trwsylvania was just at the
beginning of her growth as one of
the cheese making centers of the
country.
CAMP KEYSTONE HAS INCREAS
ED ATTENDANCE
Camp Keystone for girls which had
its first season last summer has in-
ci eased in popularity to such an ex
tent that a large number of applicants
have been turned away on account of
lack of sufficient accommodations.
Officials of the'camp state that this
will not be the case another year as
many improvements are to be made
as soon as the present season closes.
Several new cottages^^ll be built
and other enlargei^eiift will be made
so that it will be possible another
year to take care of applicants. The
camp has an ideal location about two
miles from Brevard. Keystone house,
the center of camp, has been built
especially for its purpose and is a
model structure of its kind. The girls
live in tents which are placed on a
hill overlooking Lake Elvira. Girls in
camp this season represent Florida,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia and Cuba.
The camp directors are Mrs. F. O.
McCuen and Miss Fannie Holt of
Jacksonville, Fla.
Among the young ladies registered
at Keystone from Jacksonville are:
Misses Elizabet Dorsey, Katherine
and Claire Murphy, Luzanne Math
ews, Barbara Greely, Betty Payne,
Janeth Harrell, Josepha Sharlow,
Dorothy Kidd, Katherine Waas, Elo-
ise Roberts, and Roberta Burbridge.
From Winter Haven, Fla., Misses Al
da May Tatum, and Lucile Brady.
FVom Kinston, N. C., Misses M»jorie
Lewis and Marianna LaRoque. From
Greenwood, Miss., Miss Lillian Jones.
From Quitman, Ga.,Misses Eliza and
Clara Tillman, Belle Young and Lil
lian Coyne. From Valdosta, Ga.,
«
Miss Lena Daugherty. From Havana
Cuba, Miss Corloss Flsmn.
DR. W. J. WALLIS’
SKURISDEAD
Miss Annie E. Wallis died of men
ingitis at Pittsburg, Pa., last Wed
nesday.’ She was the sister of Dr.
W#J. W^lis of Brevard who waa with
her during her last illness which ex
tended over a period of five weeks.
She is also survived by two other
brothers. Dr. D. A. Wallis, a surgeon
of Pittsburg and Dr. S. A.*Wallis of
the Episcopal Seminary at Alexan
dria, Va. She died at the home ojf
her brother in Pittsburg and will l>e
buried today at Fredericksburg, Va.
Miss Wallis had spent most of her
time in recent years in Washington.
About twelve years ago she was for
some time a resident of Brevard and
made many friends here who will re
gret to leam of her passing. She
was throughout her life a very active
church worker and found her chief
pleasure in activities which had for
their purpose alleviation of suffering
and lightening of the burdens of the
sorrowing.
CLUB BOYS AND GIRLS ATTEND
* , LECTURES
DEATH OF AGED COLORED
WOMAN
One of the oldest inhabitants of
the county passed away Friday morn
ing when deatii ,ca^ to Ann Ponder
shortly after mid;n^t. Aunt Ann
had a wide circl^ of friends who hftd
the utmost confidence in her tireless
fai^fjilness and unquestionable hon
esty. She will be ^missed by both
white And colored people of tiie town
to whom she had stood throai^ the
years of her long life vbriking
ejomi^ ff fhe helfcw 'quizes of
herraee.
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The boys and girls of the county
who belong to the agricultural and
home economics clubs last week at
tended the first series of lectures ever
held in Transylvania for members of
these clubs. The course which came
to a close on Friday was held at Bre
vard Institute and was conducted by
representatives of the state board of
agriculture, and was attended by boys
and girls from all sections of* this
county. A number came from Hen
derson County also to take advan
tage of the excellent program which
had been prepared by the Transyl
vania farm and home demonstration
agents. Fifty-six girls and fifty-five
boys were registered for the course,
and this number was present at ev
ery Mssion of the course whi^ lasted
three days. In addition to those who
took the entire series of lectures sev
eral visitors were presnt each day,
men and women of the county with
special interest in the demonstrations
given in cattl^ judging and fruit and
vegetable canning. Demonstrations
in cattie judging were carried on by
J. W. Sloss of Raleigh, and Mrs. M.
M. Henly, Buncombe county home
demonstration agent, had charge of
the work in canning. Mrs. Henly also
condupted a series of lessons in in
terior decorating which was one of
the most popular features of the en
tire course.
It is stated that a number of club
members are planning to enter the
various contests which will be open
to them in the county fair this fail
as a result of the interest aroused
in the classes conducted at the In
stitute la^ week. So well pleased
axe Transylvania club members with
their first summer short course in
home economics and agriculture they
have petitioneil the local county
agents to provide for a term a week
in length for next year.
Special attention was paid during
the course offered last week to the
recreational part of the program
which was made up of games, ath
letic contests, hikes and picnics. One
of these events that was greatiy en
joyed was the trip to Mt. Surprise
on Tuesday afternoon. The party
left the Institute in time to reach tiie
sammtt of the-Moimtain jiist u the
sun was setting. After enjoying the
remaxicable scene until the sun dis
appeared they built a camp-fire and
cooked a picmc siq>per. The pota
toes were baked in the hot coals, and
slices of haeon were fastened to h>ng
stieldl aiad browned in tiie fluMs.
8«vp«r. was followed hj ef
games and stmry-tdKfl|;-
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AmpD TO LAPSE
The War Risk Insurance Bureau
at Washington is sending out an ap
peal to all parts of the< county to sol
diers and sailors who took part in the
recent war urging them not to allow
their policies to lapse on account of
delay in receiving payments. The
reason some of the payments have
been delayed is that the bureau has
been swamped by the rush of busi-»
ness. From the beginning there was
a vast accumulation of unanswered
mail and the bureau chief admits that
mistakes have been made which Work
ed bitter injustice- to American sol
diers and their dependents. One of
the main causes of trouble has peeu
the fact that thousands of repetitions
of names appear in the files of the
bureau. The bureau has more than
five miles of files in its office and
sends out 2,500,000 premiuln notices
a month. The unavoidable delays
have resulted in the development of
the mistaken idea among returning
soldiers that the bureau was not
functioning and many of them have
permitted their insurance to lapse.
The bureau sends word through
these columns to those in this county
who may be out of touch to write in
and renew their policies at once.
ASYOULKEir
TOBESHOWNmE
Because of the splen(Ud showing
of the Asheville High Schpol students
in “As You Like It” the production
the,production is one of the best of a
similar nature ever shown to the
Brevard public. The cast composed
of 'Bruce Gordon, Clarence Sluder,
Eugene Felder, Julius Levitch, Pete
Martin, Markley Pepper, Roy
Young, Pierce Matthews, Alva Lowe,
Blanche Rogers, Annie May Arthur,
Adelyn Harris, Helen Marlowe, iand
Hortense Nielsen as Rosa lind, and
forty Asheville High School stu
dents. The students are said to be
the best trained in thie South. The
production is elaborate and complete.
Miss Nielsen is one of the best known
Shakespearean actress in this coun
try. She has been leading lady for
Charles Frohman, Modjeska, LaFay-
ette Stock Co., Washington. Miss
Nielsen has starred in “As You Like
It” in almost every city in the United
States and Canada and made, a tour
of the Orient, playing Shakespear*s
plays in India, before the former Em-
prss of China, in Australia, Philipine
Islands, Siam, and Japan.
The students are under the direc
tion and leadership of this famous
actress and the Shakespeare comedy
promises to be the event of the seai-
son in Brevard. They will play here
under the auspices of the Victory
Girls. ^
3RD. QUARTERLY CONFERENCE
The third quarteriy conference of
the Brevard Charge will be held at
Oak Grove Methodist church at tiw
close of the 11 o’clock service Satur
day, the 9t^
The Presiding Elder w^; ^ also
preach at Oak . Grove on Sotoday aft
4 p. m.
HAY RIDE FOR VISITOR
Miss Evelyn Towjlaend ga^ a hay
ride to Glenn Cai^p^ fi|l8 ^ bonor
of her guest, ef
Charleston. AnM^^r ]m«^ '
who were^^jsai^ .
the gu^ of
Srees^
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