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VOLUME XXV
BREVARD* N. C. FRIDAY, MARCH 19th, 1920.
NUMBER 12.
JDDGEBISRAY
com JURY
Hendersonville, March 12, 1920—
“Breeders of lynch law” was Judge
J. Bis. Ray’s characterization of the
Connell Talley jury verdict of not
guilty when he peremptorily dis
charged the jury and told its mem-
,bers they could never again serve
under him.
Judge Ray said in his address to
the jury that their verdict of not
guilty was a flagrant miscarriage of
justice that a verdict of first degree
murder was predicted on the evi
dence and that by their failure to
return such verdict they had shown
themselves to be moral cowards, that
they had been weighed in the balance
and found wanting.
“Such blunders as yours in this
case cause shot guns to roar in the
hands of the angry mob and lonely
trees to groan beneath their grue
some burden.” Judge Ray said: “I
would not be performing my duty
did I not publicly censure you for
this verdict.” He reminded them that
he could not tell them what verdict
to return but he had cautioned them
to consider all the facts and return
a vcrdict in accordance with these
facts. He said he had no apologies
to make for his remarks. Judge Ray
is being generally commended here
for his censure of the jury.
' Connell Talley, 17-year old white
boy, confessed to complicity in the
murder of Will Erwin on December
31, his alleged partner, Jim Thomas,
colored, has not yet been tried.
THOS H JORDAN
PASSES AWAY
At 3:00 o’clock on Monday morn
ing, March 15th, Mr. Tom Jordan,
son of Rev. and Mrs. F. M. Jordan,
died at his home at (^rryfield of
double pneumonia. Re. leaves a
wife and three childyen.
The funeral v^sineld at Mt. Mor
iah cemetary at|^vas conducted by
Rev. King of Hendersonville. Mr.
Jordan is well and favorably known
in the community and his loss is
greatly deplored by all who knew
him. TheNews extends its sympathy
to the bereaved family.
THE PRAYER CORNER
FORDSON TRACTOR DEMON
STRATION
A representative of the News was
much interested in seeing the splen
did Avork done by the new Fordson
Tractor on some of the farm land in
this section. This tractor pulls as
much as live two-horse plows and
lays the sod completely over in fine
shape, usiniLi’ 2 1-2 gallons of kero
sene per acre at a cost of 62 1-2 c.
Other advantages of this type of
machine arc; its 1^' cost, strength
and quality of they^teel in its entire
make-un, and th^fact that all parts
are carr;e(i ir. si/ck by dealers; thus
avoidinir dolav. sending to manu
facturer for \yjfts as is so often the
case v.;th (•tlicr machines. One man
with a Fordon Tractor can do ten
times as n\uih plowing as he can
Vvith a horse or mule and it isn’t
eating its head off in cold or rainy
weather. Fordhon v.ill pump water,
grind corn, saw wood and churn the
milk, all for the same price and put
casings on the drive wheels it will
roll the roads smooth as it carries
the farmer, his family and produce
to town. ‘ C. H. Klueppelberg of Bre-
va^ sells them.
A CORRECTION
IN EVERYTHING
Learn to entwine with your pray
ers the little cares, trifling sorrows,
the little wants of daily life; what
ever affects you, be it a changed look
an altered tone, an unkind word, a
wrong, a demand you can not
meet, a sorrow you cannot disclose,
turn it into prayer, and send it up to
God. Disclosures you may not make
to man, youn can make to the Lord.
Men may be too little for your great
matters, God is not too groat for all
your small ones. 07ily give yourself
to prayer whatever may be the oc
casion that calls for it.
Let Us Fray.
Almighty and Everlasting God,
V7hom no man h;ith seen at any time.
Who art Spirit of the Father of our
spirits, unto Thee do we come. We
v.'ould tell Thee all our wants, our
sorrows and our sins that out of the
fullness of Thy trrace, we may re
ceive healing and forgiveness.
We lament our desires covetous of
w'orldly things, the coldness of our
affections, the prayerlessness of our
lives, the want of relish foi' Thy law.
Forgive us all that our resolves to
lead a hir:her life iiave been broken
and grant us true repentence, that
henceforth we may build our lives on
the abidine; foundations of Thy holy
will, as it is revealed in Jesus Christ.
Cause us to v.alk in the paths of
j)urity and sincerity, to renounce the
hiddeli things of dishonesty, and to
have no fcllowsh'p with the w'orks of
darkness. We pray for a purer air,
a wider space.
O God lead us out of the twilight
of our own dark narrow souls into
Thy glorious light that v^'e may not be
the children of the children of the
night, but of the day. Strengthen
us that we may finish the work Thou
hast given us to do. Comfort us in
the troubles that wait upon our
earthly lot. Gtiide us thru the
shadows of time into Thy blessed
eternity. And this we ask for Jesus
::ake. Amen. C. D. C.
When you send news to the paper,
be sure you give the facts correctly, j
Last week we published a statement
i
that the morning train had been de- ^
layed in the city two hours on ac-,
count of lack of coal. This item was
given to ounrepyter as a fact and ^
published ac^r(Ungly. j
A fed dayslMer Col. Hodges call
ed us up abouiMt and stated that the
train was only one hour late and
that on account of necessary re-:
pairs to the engine. We are glad:
to iftake this correction.
TWENTY-THIRD BUILDING &
LOAN SERIES
There is an old saying; “Nothing
venture, nothing .win. Most of us
go to one extreme or the other, we
are either too reckless or too conser
vative. Most all of the millionaires
in this country became to by the jif-
diclous investment of their money.
One of the first hclrffe to the saving
habit is- to own
U. D. C. MEETING
The March meeting of the Transyl
vania Chapter U. D. C. will be held
Saturday the 20th at 4 P. M. at the
Library.
Come and bring your dues.
ANNIE JEAN GASH^ President
rent,
pay out for
vested in the
home, and stop
;ame money you
each month if in-
irevard Building and
Loan stock will enable you to own
your home in six and a quarter years.
After you have paid for your home
you have formed the saving habit
and become a lende;r instead of a
borrower and the Building and Loan
will pay you- good interest on your
money. See A1 Verdery about it.
Do it now!
NOnCETOALL
SCHO^mCIALS
On March 20th inst. at ten o’clock
A. M. a joint meeting of all the
school committeemen and teachers in
the county,, will bef held in the Bre-1
vard High School auditorium. The *
meeting will last thruout the morn-j
ing. I
I want to call your attention to !
the fact that IVfr. Garvin of Flat Rock i
• I
is expected to be present to address
i
us. Aside from the aforesaid ad-
adress we expect to have numerous
school problems put before us for |
discussion. It is our desire that we
decide upon a definite bill for edu
cational purposes which we hope to
\
have presented and carried thru at j
the meeting of the next Legislature, j
It is our intention that we elect
from our body at large a delegation
to be sent to Greensboro to the State
and National Educational conference
which will be held there, beginning
April and continuing thruout May
1st. At the meeting in Greensboro
it is expected that the representative
citizenship of the State discuss with
the United States Commissioner of
Education, P. P. Claxton, all or a
great number of the seventy educa
tional bills now’ before the United j
States Congress. As you no doubt
recall, one of the most important of
the seventy educational bills has al
ready passed in the United States
Senate, and the presumption is that
quite a large number of the remain
ing aforesaid bills will be carried.
Taking all of the aforesaid into ser
ious consideration w'e are to note
that W'e arc now' confronted with the
rc-adjustment of all educational
plans under which we now operate.
I might say here that there is a very
bright and glorious day ahead of vis
for the education and advancement
of our citizenship. We are further
to make plans for and calculate on
the coming of the women of the Uni
ted States of America into our midst
and as being the strongest possible
support that the educational agencies
can look forward to as havin."- pres
ent with them.
Further, I would like to call your
attention to the fact that it is almost
a practical certainty that the women
of the United States will have given
to them the weapon of the ballot in
the next November elections.
I w’ant to say here that I am in
deed proud of the fact that thirty-
four States have already ratified the
Women Suffrage Amendment to the
Constitution, and thiit we have an al
most definite promise of four more [
States w’hich will ratify the Amend-1
ment, two of the aforesaid States j
it is presumed w ill ratify the afore- !
said Amendment on or before April :
1st, next. I would like to say here ■
that I want to congratulate the wo-'
men of the United States on the!
stand whicH they have taken and the
successes that they have won. We j
all have reason to believe that with
the women’s coming into our educa
tional affairs that they will do all j
possible to throw iron-clad safe !
guards around the education of the j
youth of the nation.
You, each and all, can see from the
aforesaid that we have a multiplici-1
ty of school problems now confront- i
ing us, so please do everything in i
your power to make your plans for!
being present at our great education- |
al meeting on March 20th.
Most cordially yours,
A. F. MITCHELL, Co. Supt
Public Instruction.
ROAD TO NORTH
CAROLINA LINE
The General Assembly has passed
the following bill. “To require the
county auditor of Pickens county to
levy 6 1-4 mills in said county for
road from Pickens Court House to
the North Carolina line for the years
1920 and 1921, and county treas
urer to collect the same,”
No local bill has been introduced
in recent years that will mean so
much to Pickens county as this bill
to construct this road across the
mountain. According to the bill as
passed by the house and the senate
a levy of 6 1-4 mill for 1920 and
1921 will be levied on the taxable
property of Pickens county. This
levy will raise about $35,006 a year,
or $70,000'in the two years. This
amount will be supplemented by a
similar amount from the United
States government, making a total
of about $140,000.00 for this road.
This road has already been sur
veyed by government engineers and
the completion of this road will
bring more travel thru Pickens coun
ty than ever w'as thought could be.
The Transylvania authorities are
very much interested in this road as
well as the Anderson county author
ities; and with a first-class road com
pleted from Pickens to Liberty, and
the road from Pickcns to Easely un
der construction it is only a question
of time until a w^ell .c?raded top soil
hit.hway will be in operation from
Columbia to the North Carolina
niouutains. It is hoped that work
will begin on this highw'ay at an
early date and pushed to a rapid
coninletion.—I ickens Sentinel.
SHORTHORN SALE AT ASHE
VILLE
Cn Friday night the 19th of Mar.
it is proposed to organize a Short
Horn Dreeviers As'iociation at the
Board of Trade roomsy'^sheville, N.
C.
Two shorll^orr^breeders, B. P.
Howell of W'a^nf^ville and G. T.
Cooper of V7hiilftier, N. C. will hold
an exhibition and sale of stock at
W. A. Vv^ebb’s sales stable, Asheville
on Saturday, March 20th. There
will be on sale 23 head of shorthorn
cattle, all Western North Carolina
raised.
MODERN WOODMEN
Brevard Camp No. 1507 of the
Modern Woodmen of America met
Tuesday night in its second regular
session. Deputy John C. Oldham of
Asheville and Wilber Fisher of Hen
dersonville were present as visitors
and gave speechletts at intervals. Re
freshments and smokes were served
again and again.
This Camp, tho very recently in
stalled, has growm rapidly. A spe
cial session being called to give the
degrees. Six new applications were
passed upon at last evening’s session.
PLUMMER & TRANTKAM BUYS
W. P.. WEILT DRY GOOD STOCK
Mr. and Mrs. Pickelsimer, who
have been in Petersburg, Va., for
the past sereral months, returned to
Brevard last week..
All of the carefully selected stock
of dry goods and ladies’ furnishings
carried by the late Wjn. P. Weilt,
have been bought b^^lessrs. Plum
mer and Trantian^nd for the next
thirty days willjj^ sold at the Weilt
store. For further particulars and
prices see Plummer & Trantham’s ad
vertisement in this issue. This is
one of the best stocks of dry goods
in the country.
IN UNITY THERE
ARE SPOILS
Dr. and Mrs. Good^ Chsath^m are
visitors to our At^ffrom their home
in Henderson, N.\c. They are stop
ping with Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Ship
man.
THE BREVARD
INSTITUTES NOTES
Failure of the Republican Conven
tion to take a stand on either side of
the tax reform program now being
carried toward completion in North
Carolina has raised a violent pre
sumption that Mr. Morehead and his
associates are not expecting to elect
the State ticket. The platform that
was adopted in Greensboro, which
is to be highly commended for its
brevity, either straddles or is silent
on the only outstanding issue now
before the people—the Revaluation
Act and the proposed tax amend
ment to the Constitution to be voted
on in the next election. The method
of adminitering the Revaluation Act
is condemned by our Republican
friends, but they say not a word
either in condemnation or praise of
the Act itself. On the Constitutional
Amendment their platform is as
silent as the tomb.
This glaring ommission, taken to
gether with other developments at
the Republican gathering, would
seem to indicate that no very deter
mined effort to carry the State is at
present included in the political
plans of the G. O. P. leaders. In
this connection it is interesting to
note that the two men selected to
head the State ticket as candidates
for Governor and the United States
Senate are gentlemen of purely
local reputations, hardly known out
side their own bailiw’icks. It is rea
sonable to suppose that had the Re
publican leaders believed they v/ould
be able to elect a Governor and Sen
ator these nominations w'ould have
gone to men like Morehead and Dun
can, or Iloiton and Butler, or Linney
and iMeelvins, or Britt and Bynum.
Onl.v one explanation is possible,
and it also accounts for the amazing
unity of the Repubhcan leaders atj
this time—a unity which makes the
Iamb and the lion lie down together
and works the equally startling mira
cle of sending IVIorehead and Dun
can, Linney and Butler to the Repub
lican National Cjpavention, bed-foi-
low's in the same Pullman. The ex
planation? It is simple. Morehead
and Duncan, Linney and Butler and
their respective factions have gotten
together on Federal patronage. They
will go to Chicago, support the same
candidate for President and when he
is clected—an event which they now
consider to be as certain as anything
in the future can be—the spoils of
w^ar w'ill be divided in the old.fashion
ed way—even as in the days when
Mr. Taft made his unkind reference
to the matter—among North Caro
lina Republicans who have been
faithful to the Old Guard.
In th€ light of thia explanation it
is easy to see v.’hy the Republican
State platform rL'.e;s lW.c In its de
nunciation of the Wikon Administra
tion and praise of the Old Guard
leaders of the United States Senate
than on live State issues of the day.
For you can depend on it iiow and al-
way—Messrs. Butler, Morehead, Dun
can and Linney knov7 which side
their bread is buttered on. And
they also have good noses for “pie.”
If the Democrats don’t nominate
Hoover and the Fates decree that
North Carolina shall live another
four years under a Republican na
tional administration, we wish the
“Big Four” well in their trip to Chi
cago and sincerely trust that, in the
years that follow, there will be no
falling cut among them over the dis
tribution of the spoils. For sd long
as th^ir attention is riveted in that
direction, just so long will the Dem
ocratic party, with a Page, a Morri
son, or a Gardner at its head, be
comparativ^y free of partisan Re
publican interference in carrying out
Mrs. J. K. Gelbach of Baltimore
surprised us one night last week,
coming in on the night train and
going out on the morning. Mrs. Gel
bach was formerly Miss Mary Harrell
a student here, then head nurse, af
ter graduation from Sheppard-Pratt
hospital of Baltimore. Her brother,
Athur Harrell, is in school here now.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence J. Pace of
Hendersonville, spent the week-end
at the Institute, with Miss Florence
Justus, a ister of Mrs. Pace.
Miss Marguaritte Allen has re
turned to her home in Hendersonville
on account of continued indisposi
tion, following an attack of the flu,
which barely escaped being pneu
monia.
Conditions seems to have become
normal and everything is in full
swing looking forward to the end of
the year and commencement. Many
are already counting the days, altho
we have more than two full months
to run.
GONE TO FLORIDA
C. B. Glazener, the well-known
Rosman merchant, is spending some
time in Clearwater, Fla. He will
spend a few weeks at St. Peters
burg before returning home. In a
communication from Mr. Glazener he
say; “This is some beautiful country
and is worth the time and expense to
see.”
THAFFIGINOBEASE
TP.EBLED SINCE 1898
The American railroads are more
than one-thinl of iho railways of the
world. The rruffic li.uiled on the rail
ways of the United States is now three
times as j;re:it as it was twenty years
ago. In fitur niontlis now the railroads
carry hs much frei,:xht and as many
passeiificrs as tiiey did then in a year.
Il’ the three months ahme of the har
vest movement in 1010 the traffic equaU
ed that of the whole year of 1898.
In 18DS freij:ht ton miles carried by
the railroads of tho country were more
than 100,000,000,000 a yiar. In 1910
they were more than 2r>0.000,000,000,
in more than .‘{0^^,0!KMH)l),000 and
in lOl'S more than -300.000,000.000. Al-
thoui:h the raiiivay mileage increased
only about 65 per cent since 1890, im
provements in tracks, terminals, equip-
nient, etc., have been so marked that
the volume of ^'oods carried (measured
in the ntraiher of irei::ht tons carried
one ndle) increased more than five
times from 1S90 to 1917.
Increassd Efficiency.
Taking account of both frei.L:ht and
passenger service, the railroad.® in 1900
hauled lSr!,0(X> traffic units (freight
tons carried one mile, plus passengers
carrier! one mile) for each railway em
ployee. By 1917, the last year of pri
vate operation of the railroads prior to
the entry of the United States into the
war. that 180,000 had been increased
to 296,000.
Tlie following table shows the In
crease in efficienc.v of American rail
roads since 1JX)0, which enabled the
railroads to keep pace with the growth
of the country:
Ton miles increased 190%
Passenger miles increased.. 1709o
Trackage increased 56%
Cars and engine increased.. 7o%
AVbrkers increased — 8o%
Output per w'orker increased 00%
Average train load increased 130%
These figures show tliat the trnfllc
hauled by the railroads of the country
has iucn?ased more than three times
as fast as the tractege, more than
twice as fast as the equipment and
more tlian twice as fast as the number
of workers. This has been made pos
sible by far-sighted investment of new
capital to increase the efficiency of the
transportation facilities and thereby
enable the railroads to increa^ the
amount of traffic handled and reduce
the amount of labor required to handle
it.
the program of constructive progress
to which the Democratic State ad*
ministration is committed.