VOLUME XXV
BREVARD, N. C. FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1920.
NUMBER 5.
PASSING OF
C. L. OSeORMF
SCARLETFEVER
ORSCARiniNA
The long and honorable life of Scarlet Fever or Scarlatina is an
of Transylvania’s best known ! acute febrile infectious disease. The
*®d most highly esteemed citizens, ■ definite characteristics of it is sore
C. L. Osborne, ended last Monday.
Hr. Osborne was 86 years of age
throat, diffuse eruption the first day
or two during fever. There is more
®n the day before his death and had ' scarlet fever in the fall of the year,
been in good health upto four or five due in a measure, probably to the
d«ys before his death, when he con- coming together of school children,
tracted a severe cold which later de- ' Incubation Period. One to seven
veloped into pneumonia. Mr. Osborne days. Namely, the period from ex-
was married to Miss Mollie Killian posure to time of eruption.
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about 60 years ago, to which union Scaret Fever runts the gamut,
nine children were born. * Children from mid unrecognized cases to very
survivnig are: Mrs. Josie Moller and severe cases. Some cases arc so
C. K. Osborne, of Brevard. Mrs. F. mild that the chid is really not sick
L. Owen, and Mr^ C. Z. Osborne, of r.nd probably has no rash and a very
Umatilla, Fla. Mrs. P.. B. Lankford n;i!d sore throat. These are the
of Spartanburg, Mrs. I. T. Newton,' cases that give doctors and quaran-
of Whiteville, N. C. and Mrs.. T. C. ' tine officers much concern, because
Henderson, of Quebec, N. C. , parents think thsir children are not
Mr. Osborne had a long and sue- ' s'ck enough to be quarantined, and
cessful career as a farmer and bus- often from the mild cases, severe
iness man and is the last one of the cases come. Many cases of scarlet
original Jerry Osborne, family. C. fever present no evidence except iti
mild sore throat.
CAUSE—A germ bacillus scarla
tina.
W. p. WEHT FOUND
UNCONSaODS
MASSMEEIING
FEBRUARY 2ND.
Mr. W. P. Weilt was taken very j A mass meeting has been called
suddenly ill some time last Tuesday ^ by the farmers of Transylvania Co.
night and was found Wednesday , at the Court House in Brevard Mon-
morning in his room over “Weilt’s ! day, Feb. 2, at 1:00 p. m. for the
Gents Store” in an unconscious con-! purpose of organizing a Farm Bu-
dition, lying partly on his bed and
floor. It is presumed that Mr. Weilt
at some time during the night av/oke
and found himself suffering and got
up to light the lamp and afterwards
rcau, for the benefit of our farmers
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The purpose of this bureau will be {
to promote agriculture and to em-'i
ploy an experienced man in the cap- j
adty of marketing agent. The duties ;
became unconscious and could not of this agent will be to sell the truck
get back in bed. Mr. Weilt is a very
early riser and when he failed to
come home at his usual time Wed
nesday morning, Mrs. Weilt feit that
there was something unusual the
matter and came to look after him.
She could get no response to her
knocks and calls. It was then very
early and as she had no key for the
door she had to send for Alfred
Hampton, the manager of the store,
and upon Mr. Hampton’s arrival im
mediately afterwards, who had a key
to the front hail door leading up to
Mr. Weilt’s room but no key for his
room, it v/as necessary to burst
MODE OF TRANSMISSION — the door open before they could
L. Osborne, was born in Transyl
vania county, North Carolina in
1834 and fou.cht with honor and dis
tinction thru the Civil War being a
first lieutenant. At the cio.^-e of this ^Ve know now that Ir.e virus of scar-1 reach him.. Dr. W. M. Lyday was
war, he v.r.t; one of the five mem- let fever is found in the secretions | summoned at once and had him re-
bers of wha. they called the ‘ Ivloss.” of the nose, throat and respiratory j moved to his residence on Oakland
tract and entei's the body thru these ' Ave.
The “M ess” v.'as org’anized at the
close of the war by the folIo'>vinir
gentlemen: W. K. Osborne, George
Wilson, I'aac Lyday, \V. C. l^unter,
channels and that desquamations has 1 Mr. Weilt has not been in his us-
ncth'nT lo do with transmission. It: ual good health for some time but
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is safe to release some children be- ! he was not thought to be in any im-
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and C. L. Osborne. This organiza- fore desquamation takes place and j mediate serious condition as he had
tion had one purpose only and that ; (iangerous to release others after de- been sleeping at the store as usual
was that they should meet at the ' squamalion has completely taken | and did not deem it necessary to
!wme of some of the members every i P-ace. The patient to be safely re-: have anyone htay with him. As we
Christmas, as long as they lived and ' leased must not have any mucuous j go to press reports reach us that his
have their “Mess” as well as, enjoy- * niembrane complication or other se-; condition is very much improved. It
inp- a real talk feast. These occas- Quala. Any unhealed part of the is to be hoped that his entire recov-
sions w'CYQ very much enjoyed by all hody, either cutaneous or mucuous . ery will be speedy,
of the members so 'long as they lived. ' contain the virus of scarlet fe- j
From his early youth, Mr. Osborne
had been a member of the Baptist
church. He had his membership
transferred from Enon, in 1875 to
ver.
luILK BORN SCARLET FEVER!
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Milk is often a vehicle of scarlet fe- •
vcr infection. Families in which •
THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT
THE TRUTH
This is a truthful account of how
Brevard and to the church of his scarlct fever exists, should not han-, the U. S. Revenue Dept, got the idea
choice. For many years he has been
a member of the board of deacons
and was one of the most faithful,
and regular members at services.
die milk. | that formulated thL* present order to
irvOIUXITY—An attack of scar-' the Revenue force “to strow the
let fever uj^ually protects individuals , whiskey cn the ground.”
agalui:! other attacks. Children un- j Xn the primeval days of North Car-
Mr. Osbcrjie inherited, from his der ten years of a.'^e are more sus- oli-a when the we: tern North Caro-
Scotch ance.stry, groat tenacity of ceptible. Ninety per cent of fatal Hna Land & lir.proveirent Co. v;as
purpose rii'.d hr.d never in his life cases occur in children under ten pov/er on the earth and whiskey at
sacrifice-] principal to expediency, years. j TOcents a gallon was a greater pow-
Right and ju^’tice have been his PROPH\ LAXIS Lecause VvC (.j*.
guidinu' htar, and whilt' economical have no prccise knov.-iegde of its . The maji.nate omnipotent of that
and appr'c ialive of the value of cause, prophylaxis must be in ex- j company issued a staggering order
money , Vvjt no arnoun: of money cess of requirements. In other words to his factor that filled us all with
could swerve him from duty. He v,e had better extend the quarantine ^ l.orrov, and made us sick at heart,
was totally void of that policy by until we are s;ire, as it is humanely | E^ieh of us learned the order by
which some persons smooth their possible to be, that our case is well ■ h«art which ran something life this,
way arour.d difncultics. i before v%'o release from quarantine. | ‘-Jenks said to Jacobs, just you look
The funeral services were held at The attending physician should have | around and all the whiskey you find
the home last V7ednes:lay morning tlic last ‘‘say” in all cases. | pour it on the ground.”
at 11 o’clock Mil v.-ere conducted; The t\vo great factors in proven-1 It was said in a v/hlsper. Subrosa
by Revs. C. E. Puettc. an l J. C. Sea- tion is if-'olation and disinfection, that Add took it all home like the
gle. Internnien+ was at t^ie old fam- The same precaution in nursing a j Revtnuc men of today. ,
ily burying near Calhoun, -f’-
crops such as cabbage, potatoes,
beans, tomatoes etc; on the best mar
kets and for the best prices, for all
the members of the bureau there
fore it is very important for the
farmers of each and every section |
of Transylvania County to attend!
this meeting next Monday.
Mr. E. G. Moss, from the test farm
at Oxford, will be present at this
meeting, and will also, iooi; over the
county to see if tobacco raising will
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be profitable, and will also recco-1
mend just w’hat kind of tobacco
would be the most profitable to raise. '
'v7e will say that every farmer and j
tr;:?k grov,*cr in the county should
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b:* present at this meeting as, it is ',
for Ilia ;-oecial benefit.
What Life Means
BREVARD PHONE
CHAN^UWDS
The Brevard Telephone Exchange
and all its holdings was purchased
by. W. S. Ashworth, and associates,
last Monday. No particulars as to
purchase price,, policy of the new
owners or, who is to be local mana
ger, has been given the News how
ever, we feel sure that the new own
ers will afford it’s patrons a service
that will adequately take care of
Brevard’s present and future
growth.
The service rendered the public
heretofore by the operators in the
exchange have been A-1 with a few
remote exceptions. The main trou
ble in the past as we understand it
is the rundown condition of the
property and it is to be hoped the
new management will remedy this
evil without delay even tho they will
be compelled to operate the ex
change at a money loss for a while
as it will be a profitable investment
for them in the -future. Here’s hop
ing a successful future for the new
owners, and we feel that gentlemen
posessing the sterling business qual
ities they do, that their success is as-
ured.
WHY?
Life means far more than many
of us ever dream of. It’s not mere-1
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ly naf^i^ing thru the v.cvld w'ith a fair |
;n( a&ure of comforts, with enough ^
bread for our hunger, with enough !
raiment to keej) u.^ warm. [
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Life means grov. l’i into the imago '
of Christ Himself; into thy strength i
into the well rounded ciiaructcr, in- j
to disciplined manhood ar.d woman-1
hood, into the blessed peace of God. i
Cut the peace into which he guides |
us is victory over all thj trials, a '
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quietness and confi Icncc v.’hich no |
exterr.al circumstanccs can break. j
A PRAYER !
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Living Father, we thank Thoe for j
our lli'e with ils unspeakable privi
lege and dread responsibility. Thou
•last .uivcn it to us that thru it inny
throb the nrlglity tide of Thy love,
that in it may be revealed somo as
pect of Thy Being and Beauty.
Thou l:ast beset us behind and be
fore. Thou makest us to sorrow for j
our sins. Thou dost stir us up wdtli j
a divine discontent and we forget i
tho things that are behind and reach
forth into those thing's that are be
fore us. '
Yv'e rejoice that Thou hast set our
life amid gracious opportunities,
whereby Thou wouldst train us to!
Some few weeks ago we published
an article in these columns begging
our citizens not to order merchan-
di.se of any kind from out-of-tov.m
merchants provided oui o-.vn mer
chants could and would supply them
with the same article or articles for
the same price or, at a saving. We
published this article in justice and
for the benefit of both the merchants
and purchasers however, it did not
seem to have very much weight
Vvith some of our citizens as, we are
informed that bread is being order
ed from Airheville. We are also in
formed thai this bread which is or
dered from Ashc\'Hie sells on the
market here for per loaf v/hile
the bread baked by the Philip’s Bake
ry hero, (which is equally as good,
ii not better, wei'ihs more) sells for
10c per loaf.
Every one has a perfect right to
buy whore they please but, if the
above statements or facts, and we
have no valid reason.'^ for doubting
them, v/c v.ant to ask if this spirit
and tactics are conducive to a town
that is trying to thrive and grov/? j
If, anyone be guilty, please answer
thru these columns.
MBOY SCOUT
OF BREVARD
The Boy Scouts have taken a de«>
cided forward step recently. They
have secured the old Red Cross room;
as their headquarters and club-room^
Monday afternoon they were busy-
oiling the floor, moving furniture^
and putting things in shape general*-
ly. They plan to have a first-claar.
club-room with reading matter^,
games etc. The Scoutmaster will al
ways be present when the room isi
open; at present this will be only-
Friday evenings from 7 to 10.
The scouts need first-class reading:
matter, checker boards, crokinole-
boards, a desk, chairs etc. Contri
butions will be gladly received by
Rev. J. R. Hay, Scoutmaster; Mr.-
J. A. Miller, Ass’t. Scoutmaster, or*
any member of the Troop Committee>
composed of Rev. J. C. Seagle, Rev...
C. E. Puett and Rev. H. L. Powell.,
BAPTIST B. Y. P. U.
On Monday night, Jan. 26th thc>>
young people of the Brevard Bai>-
tist church met to organize a B. Y*
P. U. notwithstanding the srow, rairr.
etc. a “lucky thirteen” gathered for
the cause v. ith our able leaders, Miss-
Croa L. Tyner and Miss Ethel John
son. We are determined to make-
this organization worthwhile and ac
complishing and at the same time in
teresting and amusing. There will
be receptions given and there is also
to be a contesting band of two or
four side, one working against tiie
other for more members etc.
We w’ill meet weekly. Next Mon
day night at 7:1-5 we hope to have-
all tho young people of the church:
present and begin work.
The following officers were elect-
ed:
President: Miss Fair Snelson.
Vice President: Mr. Foy Sitton.
Sec. and Treas.: Miss Louise Town
send.
A GIFTED SOUTHERNER
DEATH OF A LITTLE GIRL
should be taken as in measles j All the elfect Remontes de le i truer vision and lar^'er understand-
or diphteria. All discharges from! effet a la c^'-use of the United States j ing of Thee and of ourselves,
nose and throat and mouth should I of. America came from south of the j We bless Thee for tho Church as
W. IL Duckv.orth, C.. B. Deaver, be collected on material that can be j Dixie line and especially North Cai'-| the school of virtue and godly living;
burned. All bed linens, etc. should ! olina and that staggering order w^as for the sacred Scriptures that bring
the following life long friends act
ing as t-tll bearers:
John Mavv.-ell, J. K. Mills, W. M.
Henry, and D. F. Moore.
Owing to sickness in the imme
diate family, tv.o of Mr. Osborne’s
children, Mr. C. Z. Oshorne and Mrs.
be disinfected and boiled. Be care- j echoed in Washington and spread
ful to disinfect all dishes used by, even to the Yucon.
the patient.
The fo'iiov.dng is a list of the dis-
Oh, years of the Revenue force.
to us the story of Thy redeeming
will for all the wise and saintly men
and women of the pr.sc and the
omcers of the W. J. Bryan prohibi-, present; for the godly fellowship of
unable to attend the funeral.
MEMORIAL SERVICE
F. L. Owen, of Umatilla, Fla; were ! e^^ses reported to me during last'tion, have a care, a great care and | the prophets and the noble army of
do not get hold of any of that wood ; martyrs; for the great cloud of wit-
alcohol ran over with sugar and hot : nesses from whose faith and hope
drops made by some of those shrin- ^ v;p would take courage in our strug-
crs or shiners, or you will dance on • gles and trials.
you coffin lid a high gingle gee with | V/e rejoice to believe that Thou
o'h r citizc /'s of Transylvania to be I a bound to it like Wood’s Coll fac-■ are alv. ays overrulmg trouble and
on the alert as to influenza as it is | tory full of yagoo’s yell, from tan- ! temptation and sm, and disappoint-
Thcre wdll be a memorial service
at the Baptist church next Sunday,
Feb. 1st, in memory of the late C. L.
Osborne. .
CLASS MEETING
The Wesley Class of the Methodist
Sunday School will meet with Miss
Rubenio and Mrs, J. S. Nicholson at
the home of Mrs. Nicholson Tuesday
Feb. 3 at 7 P. M.
month:
T',\o casc3 of smallpox, four cases
of pmail o:: and ten cases of whoop
ing coup.h.
I would ask the physicians and all
reported to haev appeared in a num- ; glefoot branch in happy hollow. j ment, and out of them are making
ber of cities of the United States
and in some sections of North Caro
lina.
Signed, W. J. WALLIS, Co.
Quarantine Officer.
Take this from me, as Mac says, | stepping stones to bring us nearer
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carry in your left hip pocket a non- to Thee,
combustible card to your undertak
er, telling him not to embalm you.
Forbid that we should kno^ Thy
grace in vain. Rather may Thy
The. D. B. B. D. will meet at the
home of Mrs. M. M. King on Monday
Felwuary 2, at 3:0.0 P. M.
as that pyroligneious acid will pre- | goodness bind us anew to loyalty,
serve you against heaven or hell or j and to faith, and constrain us to a
any other seaport.
Youts,
A Sob Of Sorrow.
life separate from evil, made conse
crate to goodness, for Christ’s sake,
Amen. C. D. C.
On f’riday afterrioon, Jan. 23, at
about. 2:30 o’clocl: tho Death 'Angel
visited tha liorr.i- of IMr. and Mrs.
Chas. J. Lee, of Lilve Toxav/ay and
bore away tho spirit of their infant
daughter, little Mary Amanda.
The little one, in its innocence and
purity lingered only five days to
brighten and sweeten the lives of
those about, but our kind Heavenly
Father, who doeth all things well,
knoweth best.
The friends and relatives extend
their deepest sympathy to the be
reaved family.
I never stand above a bier and see
The seal of death set on some well
' loved face
But I think. One more to welcome
me
When I shall cross the intervening
space
Between this land and that onjtJ
over there;
One more to makj the strange be
yond seem fair.
M. L.
On page 49 of the February issue-
of the “Red Book” magazine will be-
found a story entitled “A Profession
al Southerner” by J. F. NatteforcL.
“Jack” Natteford as he was know'^:
to his many friends, w'as for a tim^
a resident in our midst, having beet*
Court reporter for one term of Courr
and Public Stenographer v/ith desk-
room in the office of Mr. R. L. Gasl.
—leaving Brevard lor New York:
where he has made good.
“A Professional Southerner” is &
well written little story, the first:
from the pen of this young author^
and we understand that the publish
ers of the “Red Book” have called
upon him for some more stories t<»
be published in the near future.
ENTERTAINMENT AT LITTLE
RIVER SCHOOL HOUSE
On Friday night, Feb. 6, 1926^
there will be an entertainment at
Little River school house consisting:
of songs, recitations, declamations
dills and plays.
Music will be furnished by the
Little River string band. Everybody
is invited.
OUR FIRST SNOW
The very first snow of this win
ter fell in Brevard last Sunday night
between the hours of 11 P. M. and
5 A. M. Monday morning. Brevard
certainly has been blessed with de
lightful weather this fall and winter-
No need to go to Florida. \We havi»
had “The Land of Sunshine
Flowers” here this winter.