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 .: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!