VOLUME XXV
JL
BREVARD. N. C. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13th, 1920.
NUMBER 7.
WN. p. WEILT DIES VICTORY BinTONS
AFTERSHORTILLNESS
FORMER SAILORS
William P. Weilt, one of the oldest
and best know merchants of Brevard,
died at his home here Saturday morn
ing following an illness of only a few
days. Mr. Weilt was found in an un
conscious condition in his room over
his store last Wednesday morninj?, and
since that time has been suffering
from a stroke of paralysis.
The deceased came to Brevard
from Altoona, Pa., about twenty
years ago and since that time has been
engaged in the clothing business of
this city. At the time of his death he
was in his seventy-third year, having
served with distinction in the Union
Army during the Civil war.
He is survived by a wife, two
daughters, Mrs. C. C. Duckworth, of
Brevard and Mrs. George Maybach,
of Greenville, S. C., and one son, Wal
ter Weilt, of Brevard.
The funeral services were conduct
ed by Rev. G. E. Puett in the Baptist
Church Sunday afternoon at two
o’clock and was attended by a large
gathering of friends from all the
churches. The body v.as then taken
to Oak Grove Cemetery where it was
laid to rest beneath a blanket of
beautiful flowers.
The pall bearers v\-ere: J. M. Al
lison, J S Nicholson, W C. Hunt, A.
E. Ham])ton, T. H. Shipman and R.
L. Nicholson.
Mr. W eilt, since coming to Brev'ard
has been one of the county’s most re
spected citizens. Being of a quiet
and retiring disposition, he has al
ways taken an active part in every
movement for the betterment of the
town and county, but he has never
souirht preferment in any office. His
reputation as a dealer in dependable
merchandise has been one of the best
and his square dealing has built up
for him a profitable business.
The navy department will award
a silver Victory Button to be worn
on civilian clothing, to all persons
who served in the regular navy or j
naval reserve forc& between April j
6, 1917 and Nov. 11, 1918 and who
were wounded in actual combat with
the enemy. Silver Victory Buttons
will be issued only by the bureau of
navigation upon request of th.; in j
dividual concerned. Such request!
should set forth in full the date, the
time and preneral location of the ac
tion, together with the name of the
ship or unit to which attached at the
time wound was received. Bronze
Victory Buttons are being issued to
everyone who served in the navy or
naval reserve force between April
6, 1917 and Nov. 11, 1918. These
buttons may be obtained from the
navy recruiting officer at Raleigh,
N. C. Request for bronze Victory
Buttons should be accompanied by
discharge or orders to inactive duty
as the recruiting officer must certify
on them that a button has been is
sued. Discharge or orders will be
returned at once with Victory But
ton. The navy recruiting officer at
Asheville invites inquiries from ex-
service men anti from men thinking
of enlisting in the navy as to the text
of the bill to increase the pay of the
enlisted men of the navy, this bill
passed the house of representatives
on Jan. 23, 1920 by an almost unan
imous vote.
INFLUENZA
DESIRES TO RETURN
TO TRANSYLVANIA
Anderson, S. C. Feb, 2, 1920. :
Editor of Brevard News:
For ten years I have been in South
Carolina, and have been serving
Churches in Oconee and Anderson
Counties preaching twice every Sun-j
I
dav for n.ore than six years of that i
I
time. The last two years I have been
pastor of two churches in Anderson
giving all my time to the cause of
Christ. I have enjoyed my work in
this state very much, and have become
very much attracted to the people of
this state, but have never forgotten
the dear ones of Transylvania. For
several years after coming to this
state, I made it my rule to go back to
the Transylvania Association. But
for the last two or three years I have
been denied that privelage, until last;
October when the Association met at
Catheys Creek. It was indeed a great
pleasure to meet my friends and my
brethern whom I love and with whom
I have labored.
I have .<ow given up the work in
this state and am ready to accept
work again in Transylvania, should
there be an opening where my ser
vices are needed. We will make our
home at Quebec, Mrs. Henderson hav
ing already gone to be with and care
for her grandfather. I do not wish
to be idle, since there is so much needs
to be done. So if there are churches
that need my services, a letter address
ed to me either at Anderson or Que
bec, N. C. will reach me and recieve
prompt attention.
Best wishes for the News and all
its readers.
Yours for the Master's service,
Z. I. HENDERSON.
Influenza is reported to be with
us again, but far without as large i
p?rcentat>:e of fatal cases. This is,
however, no reason that we should
relax any vigilance that we are cap- j
able of usimr as we have no assur- i
I
ance that it may not at any time '
manifest as grave a form as the epi-!
demic we had a year ago when its
victims were counted by the thou
sands. The same precautions as
were advised then are in order now,
viz: keep yourself in the best phy
sical condition possible, bowels act
ing freely, eat moderately, avoid tak
ing cold as it is termed, feet dry and
warm, do not overexert, sleep enouuh
and in fresh air. So far as the writer
can ascertain there is so far no
known specific or sure cure for in
fluenza, nor for that matter, no cer
tain preventative. In stating this, I
would not. however, be understood
as being opposed to any means that
any physician might suggest as a
preventative, because so far none
has been used to an extent that
would place it where vaccination
against small pox is today, a known
and tried means of avoiding the di
sease. Medicine is step by step win
ning its way to the mastery of many
diseases and it Is surely not too
much to believe that influenza will
yield as other ills have done. Should
a case of influenza develop, the same
rules and instructions as were ad
vised a year ago are equally in order
now. Go to bed and stay there; iso
late yourself as much as possible,
send for a physician and follow his
instructions to the letter rather than
the advice of various and sundry
self-appointed medical aspirants. It
is highly probable that the physician
may know more about handling the
case than they.
Hoping and continuing to hope
that we shall not have an invasion
of influenza comparable to that of
a year ago, I am,
Very sincerely,
W. J. WALLIS.
ORDERS OF COUNTY
BOARD OF HEALTH
Brevard, N. C.
The County Boar dof Health in
session as the law provides, Feb. 1st,
1920, makes the following orders:
That all public gatherings, in au
diences or crowds, of ever nature,
such as crowding in stores, on the
streets, potoffices, or elsewhere, be
prohibited until Tuesday, Feb. 17,
1920.
PROVIDED, this is not compul
sory on Churches, but that they be
appealed to to co-operate with the
health officials.
PROVIDED, a crowd in the afore
said instance shall be construed to
mean an assemblage of people great
er than is necessary for the trans
action of ordinary business affairs.
That the sheriff, deputy sheriff,
constables, policemen, justices of the
peace, and other officers see that the
above rules be strictly enforced.
That action of the County Board
of Health was taken as provided for
in Chapter 62, Public Laws of 1911,
as amended Chapter 181, Public
Laws of 1913, Chapter 233, Public
liav.'s of 1915, and Chapter 167, of
Public Laws of 1915.
Section 10. If any person shall
violate the rules and regulations
made by the County Board of Health
he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and fined not exceeding $50 or im-
prioned not exceeding thirty days.
(Signed,)
Co. BOARD HEALTH,
C. K. Osborne, Chairman,
A. F. Mitchell, Secretary,
T. H. Galloway, Mayor of Brevard
C. W. Hunt, M. D.,
W M. Lyday, M. D,
W. J Wallis, M. D., Co.'Supt. Health.
RED CROSS GIVES !MR. SETON LECTURES
ADVICE ON FLU, AT THE AUDrTORIUH
HOW TO HANDLE
THE EFIDEMC
The County Welfare Board thinks
it would be a wise plan to use the
Hi.uh School Building for an emer
gency hospital in case the influenza
spreads to such an extent that the
cases cannot bo cared for in the
homes. Two or three nurses can
look after twenty or thirty patients
in the auditorium of the school
building. There are those who
would be glad to lend beds and lin
en; and as there is a scarcity of
nurses this olan will make it possi
ble for a few nurses and a cook to
take care of more patients than in
any other way.
As the Board of Health, the Wel
fare Board, Red Cross are County
organizations and which would be in
control of the emergency hospital, j
patients from all over the county |
J
that might not have proper treat
ment could be brought to the emer
gency hospital.
Atlanta, Ga.—Feb. 12 Reports i
received at the southern division'
headquarters of the American Red
Cross show that influenza in the
southeast at no time this winter has
reached the point where it could prop
erly be termed an epidemic and that,
with precautions there is no reason
why the five states in the southern
division can not go thru the winter
without an epidemic.
In making public its reports, the
Red Cross warned the public against
groundless fears. It was stated that,
if individuals will eat properly, and
drink plenty of water, keep away
from stuffy halls and crowds, get a
plenty of sleep, doctor colds proper
ly and above all, refuse to get panic
ky, they should escape the influenza.
While the Red Cross has been call
ed upon more than usual in the last j
month to assist in combatting influ- ;
enza in the division it is stated that ^
the calls do not begin to approach
the number received at this time a
year ago. Thus iar, requests for
nurses have come only from two
stales—North and South Carolina—
a::d in these states the requests have
i>een confined to a few localities,
rifleen ni;rses altogether have been
sent out, as many as six of these to
o;^e county and as many as four to
another. A few cases of influenza
h..ve been reported m Georgia, Tenn.
and Fla., but the reports show that
♦he number, save in a few instances,
is not more than normal.
Several Florida communities have
< ;ken the precaution to close their
; cl'ioois tempoi'arlly, while in Mem-
pliis and one or tv.o other places in
Tennessee public iiicetinir have been
banned for a time. The state board
of health of South Carolina, which
reciuested division headquarters for
'nirses, reported influenza in seven
teen counties on Jan. 30.
lOven should the influenza situa
tion a great deal worse that it
is, the Red Cross states that the peo
ple of the southeast are much better
a!de to handle the situation than
ever before. As long ago as last
October, Rod Cross chapters thru-
out the division, which acted on sug-
■restior.s from division headquarters,
prepar(‘d themselves to meet influen
za by assembling such resources as
ph:> sicians, nurses and volunteers;
listing hospital facilities, equipment
and supplies. As a result Red Cross
chapters have been instrumental in
checking its spread and many have
contributed to the help of sister com
munities.
The most encouraging feature of
the Red Cross report is the state
ment that practically all cases re
ported are a mild form of influenza
and that, so far as has been learned
there are very few death compared
to the number of recoveries.
EDUCATIONAL
RAUYDAY
SOLICITOR SCHENCK HERE
Solicitor Michael Schenck of Hen
dersonville was in Brevard Thursday
in the interest of his campaign as
a candidate for Judge of tho 18th ;
Judicial District. Mr. Schenck needs j
no introduction - to the people of j
Transylvania as they all know him .
by the splendid record he has made j
as solicitor since 1913 when he was
appointed to that official position by j
Gov. Craig. He was elected to the |
same office in 1914 and served the
people with much credit to himself. ^
In 1918 he was re-elected, but re
signed to enlist in the army. j
Mr. Schenck has practiced law in
Hendersonville since 1905 and was
the first man to be elected Mayor of
Hendersonville on a strickly demo
cratic ticket, which took place in
1907.
NO SERVICE AT ST. PHILIPS
Owing to the epidemic of influ
enza and a patriotic appeal from the
Board of Health to the ministers of
the county, there will be no Sunday
school or service in St Philips Epis
copal church until Feb 17th, or such
time as the Board of Health lifts
the quarantine on the schools of
Brevard. In the mean time, I urge
all members of the congregation to
follow carefully the rules and sug
gestions of the Board of Health, and
further that they conduct family
prayer and read the Bible daily in
their homes.
J C. Seagfe, Rector.
Co-operate with the health au
thorities by avoiding crowds.
Mr. Seton was greeted with ap
plause as he appeared upon the
stage and when the clapping had sub
sided said in part:
I want to talk to you this evening
about my wild animal friends. I
used to be a hunter, and killed them
at one time for sport; but I do not
kill them any more. Istudy them
and have learned to iove them, and
I want you to love them too. There
There are not many wild animals
left in America; we have killed off
the buffalo and the wild pigeons,
bear and deer are getting scarcer
every year and soon the possum and
polecat will be a think of the past.
In my old home I have a ninety acre
forest and there I raised 100 skunks
last year. (Laughter) You wonder
at this but let me tell you that
skunks are the nicest kind of pets
imaginable. You can raise them as
easily as rabbits. An agent of the
British government bought my whole
outfit. They said: “Here is work
that crippled soldiers can do.” Fine
skunk pelts used to sell at a dollar,
but now they bring i’rciii ten to fif
teen dollars apiece. The study of
animals has taught us much about
the diseases of mankind. When doc-
ters want to experimenf with a new
vaccination serum they use it on
animals and note the results. There
is a bony canal in the ear of both
men and animals and note the re
sult. It was thought at one time
that everything in the ear had to do
with hearing, but this is not the
case. There is a sealerl up bony
labyrinth filled with serum and
fioatinic in this scrum is a tiny bony
needle. This bony protuberance is
found to be more developed in In
dians, more so in the mound build
ers, and attains its greatest devel
opment in the animals, especially
the monkeys. The truth of this
statement has been clearly proved in
the French army with the carrier
])idgeons during the late war. When
<'vor a bir l n;ad*,* • ) *d fiiulit it
was noticed that it had a lar^e bony
protuberance upon the ear. It has
been discovered that the bony laby-
rinthian canals of the internal ear
are organs of distance, balance and
direction. Let me emphasize this
point with a few illustrations.
Every year about the middle of
May about four million seals assem
ble a tthe Fribiloff Islands in the
Behring sea, and stay about six
w'eeks until the baby seals which are
born at this time are able to take
to the w’ater. They then scatter in
all directions over the wide ocean
as far as Honolulu; and yet the
whole four millions will gather at
the Fribiloff Isiands at the same time
in the month of May on the following
year. The seal possesses the won
derful faculty of orientation to a
marked degree. Nature has given
this peculiar to the animals more so
than to mankind because they need
it and use it- When you neglect
nature’s gifts she withdraws them.
Take a homely instance, the domes
tic cat. You all know that the cat
came back. You may put her in a
sack and take her twenty or thirty
miles on a train, but always
finds the way home. (Laughter.)
The horse is not considered as in
telligent as a dog and yet the horse
always knows its way home. On one
of my early trips west to Idaho and
East Wyoming, I saw a very beauti-
ful horse. It was three years old
and newly broken, was perfectly
gentle and would eat out of my
hand. It was a noble creature; I
fell in love with it and wanted it
for my own. Unfortunately for my
The County Teacherin, in a meeting
Jan. 24, decided to have a Educational
Rally for the County instead of the
usual County Commencement. Th€l
Program Committee met last Satur
day anrt arranged the following.
Date—Friday, April 2, 1920.
Place, Brevard.
Participants, All school children iij
Transylvania County.
10:00—Parade, by all school child^
ren. f
11:00—Address, by E. C. Brook^^
State Supt. of Public Instruction.
2:00 Recitation and Declamatioii
Contests, Pupils from 6, 7, and 8th’
grades. |
2:30—Athletic Contest.
Tho parade will form in front of
the I>anklin Hotel and begin march-
inrr promptly at 10:00 o’clock.
While in line the children will form
on the square and sing. Battle Hymn
of the Republic and America the
Beautiful. Each school is requested
to learn these songs and take part in
the singing.
A prize of five dollars will be given
to the school having the best parade.
Points to be considered ai j per cent
of the school enrollment in the parade
general appearance, and best march
ing.
A prize of two and one-half dollar^
will be given the school winning ia
the Recitation Contest and the same
amount to the Declamation contest.
Each school may have one boy and
one girl take part in these two con
tests. I
A prize of five dollars will be given
to the school having the best cluK
work exhibit.
The Atheletic contests will be dt«
roc ted by Mr. Bennett and Miss Ty
ner.
It v. iil consist of a relay race, Ioa^
hurdle, running high jump, pole vault
ing, running broad jump, 50 yard
dash, basket ball by boys of Brevard
and Pii'gah Forest Schools.
In all the atheletic contests bluo
ribbon will be first prize and red rib
bon second. There will be plays and
"ames planned for the small children,
directed by Miss Ethel Johnson. '(
The program committee request^
the teachrs and school children of tho
county to begin at once to advertise
the rally and to make preparation tQ
take part in all of the contests. With
the hearty co-operation of all the edu
cational force of the County April 2
can be made a pleasant and valuable!
<lay.
HATTIE AIKEN, Chairman of Pro
gram Committee.
pocketbook I did not confine my en-
j thusiasm to myself. The owner of
I the horse noticed that I was dead
! gone on it and raised the price ac-
' cordingly. I had to pay twenty-five
dollars for him at a time when five
dollars was considered a fair price,
and animals could be bought for 90
cents each. But i wasn’t sorry I
bought him; sold him on my return
East for much more than I gave for
him. I rode eatward to Jackson’s
Hole, one hundred miles from Wind
River Mountains -and went into camp
for a few weeks.
It was new country to me and I
hadn’t taken time to note carefully
the land marks. We were in thick
pine woods. To make it more dif
ficult to get a clear impression of our
whereabouts it snowed during the
night and was fgur inches deep in
the morning. The snow was coming
do so fast that I couldn't sto the
mountains. ' I left camp jat eig'ht in
the morning, rode a'bottjLlbw?^ miles,
and then came upon ft
bull elk. Ithougfa he
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