exponent of TRAN
SYLVANIA COUNTY.
VOLUME XXV
BREVARD. N. C. FRIDAY. October 22nd. 1920.
AN IfmEFENimNT
NUMBER 41.
**AMER1CA FIRST”
Rightly Interpreted
(By Request of Rev. C. D.
Chapman.)
** ‘America First” is a watch word
that needs to be interpreted. Upon
the lips of a Christian patriot
means a glorious thing. It means
America first in honor, first in gener
osity, first in pitiful realization of
human suffering and a will to relieve
it, America ready to redeem to the
uttermost every just expectation and
every plighted word, America a love
and a loyalty second only to the love
of God.
“But there are those upon whose
lips it means things as base and sordid
as their own minds. There are those
'Upon whose lipes it means America
first to tear up treaties when they
are found working to her disadvan
tage, America first to draw back
where there is real or fancied danger,
America playing the cautious part of
the priest and Levite in the parable,
and passing by on the other side,
leaving stricken nations pouring out
their blood upon highways of desola
tion.
It would bo a sad commentary upon
the spirit of our people if the slo
gan ‘America first’ were to mean any
base, dishonorable, or selfish thing,
any repudiation of duty because of
possible sacrifice involved, or any dis
regard of the rights of others in the
furtherance of our own interests.
Moral Obligations
“My friends, isn’t it plain that we
are confronted today by moral issues
so tremendous, moral obligations so
compelling that they cannot be met
while we remain at strife with one
anothe? They can be met only as
we put away from us the spirit of
party and rise to meet them as fel-
low-Americans and as fellow-Chris-
tians. The Pilgrim founders of this
nation struck the keynote of its des
tinies. That note rings deep and
true, like a bell-bouy at sea heard
through the whistling of the gales and
marking the channel of safety.
“There is no safety, there is no
honor, there is no peace for man or
nation save in the vision of God’s pur
pose, in fulfillment of His appointed
tasks of service, and in that adven
turing spirit which is the creative ele
ment in human history.”
C. B. GLAZENER PUTS ON PRO
FIT SHARING SALE;
C. B. Glazencr, prominent mer
chant of Rosman, N. C., made a busi
ness trip to Brevard this week and
while visiting the News office ex
it j plained that he could really sell
goods cheaper and does so because
he has no large overhead expenses
and if he^ expects customers from ail
over the ^'O^wty to trade with him
he had to sell cheaper in order to
pay them for their trouble.
Mr. Glazener says he guarantees
the railroad fare to any one in Tran
sylvania County, both ways, on all
purchases amounting over $12 or $15.
We call your attention to a large
advertisement on another page.
GLOOM CHASERS ENTERTAIN
The “Gloom Chasers” were de
lightfully entertained by Mrs. Bro-
die on Friday Evening, Oct. 8th. Miss
Jenkins won first prize, a box of
candy in, the “Gloom Chasers” con
test, and the “Donkey” prize was pre
sented to Miss Ballard. Delicious re
freshments, consiting of pink and
white brick cream, with cake, were
served, after which the Misses Mel
ton gave several selections on piano
and violin.
Among those present were: Misses
Tyner, Jenkins, Sledge, Erwin, King,
Melton, Parham, Morton, Blythe,
Wester, Ballard, and Mrs. Brodie.,
Messrs. Walter Duckworth, Frank
King, Joe Clayton, Roy Marr, J. H.
Littlegreen, Louie Loftis, P. B.
Nichols.
I
FOUftT
f?eo CROSS
«OLLCALL
TRANSYLVANIA’S THIRD 60UN-lcIe exhibited secured a ribl^n. Then
1 TEACHERS’ MEETING
Please take notice that on Saturday
October 30th inst., a county-wide
teachers’ meeting is called to meet in
the Brevard High School auditorium
on aforesaid date at ten o’clock A. M.
The session will be divided into two
parts. A morning session and an af
ternoon session. As is now provided
by law, attendance upon this meeting
is compulsory upon all teachers of the
county.
The following are some of the
things that will be attended to on |
OF INTEREST TO EX-NAVY MEN
The "Greatest Mother" concept which was visualized In the famous art
poster used by the American lied Cross In Its second war fund caiiipaitjn
h.is had Its symbolism adapted to the lied Cross works of the post-war era
«^d will Illuminate the main poster to be used In the Fourth Roll Call Novem
ber 11-25. This adaptation will bear the title “Still the Greatest Mother In
the World.” Everyone Is familiar wUl» tfte original “The Greatest Mother In
the World,” the effectiveness of which has been shown In part by the fact
that It has furnished a synonym for Red Cross that has come to almost a
lunisehold term. More than any other symbol, except the red cross itself, the
public has made U the trademark of the American Red Cross.
SUMMERS - SNELSION^WEDDING THE WOMEN’S EXCHANGE
One of the most beautiful Autumn
weddings in Brevard was witnessed
by a large number of people, on Wed
nesday afternoon, at 2:30 o’clock,
October 16, when Miss Fair Snelson
of this city was married to Samuel
J. Summers of Columbia, S. C.
Proceeding the ceremony, “I hear
you calling me” was rendered very
i sweetly on the violin by Miss Nell Mel
. .1 J . ton, accompanied by Miss Vera Mel-
aforesaid date. , i i ton, piano, followed by “O promise
1st. Perfection of the Transylvan-1
ia branch of the State Teacher’s As-
The bridal party then entered to
. .. f Pon/iitio-* the strains of Lohengrin’s Wedding
2nd. Organization of the Reading
All women^ in the town and county,
who are interested in the opening of
a woman’s exchange, are invited to
come to the U. D. C. Library for in
formation. The Exchange will be
for the benefit of those who wish to
sell or buy homemade things; hand
works of any sort and cookery.
The Library hours are unchanged
10 A. M. - 12, 3-5 P. M.
REVIVAL MEETING AT MT. MOR
IAH:
March.
Circle classes for the various groups
of the county.
3rd. Election of delegates to the |
A revival meeting is now in pro-
First came the bride’s maids gress at Mt. Moriah Church. Th/e
Misses Jessie King and Bertie Bal- , pastor. Rev. T. C. King is being as-
Miss King was very charming-
I „ „ , , . ,, I.- u • iv dressed in green organdie, wear
! State Teachers Assembly which is to j
The following telegram of interest
to ex-navy men was received recent-. Asheville on November 24 , . ,
ly at the Asheville navy recruiting I | pmk roses.
^ i ^ ^ 1 I in pink Organdie with a big pink hat, was broken for the
1 . ‘‘‘I'- A i each carried an armful of huge pink ' dollar church that i
TY FAIR
Fellow citizen of both ’<eexes in
Transylvania, allow me to congratu
late you on the success of your third
annual County Fair. Always remem
ber that jt is yoar fair and its success
or falure depends upon each individ
ual citizen; you are responsible as
far as in you lies for the rating of
Transylvania among the counties of
our beloved North State.
Igiiice “Ladies First” is always the
motto of good Caroliniatis, we will
speak of the Woman’s Department in
that order. A new ^innovation this
year was the giving of a prize of fif-
tc\n dollars for the best “Community
Booth”. Blantyre, Little River and
Brevard each scored an equal number
of points in the opinion of the judges,
so the money was divided among them
giving each town five dollars. An
other interesting feature of this years
exhibit worthy of special mention
was the “Home Demonstration” de
partment. Here were shown the work
of Miss Lula Cassidy’s” pupils in hat
making, canning, preserving etc.
Among other objects of interest was
a hat made of this year’s rye straw
by one of the old*er pupils, and charm
ing felt caps constructed by the jun
iors. A very interesting feature in
this department was the canning of
fried chicken by the cooking class,
which filled the whose exhibition with
apjiritizing and savory odors. The
Fair Management this year were for-,
tunate in securing store buildings for
the exhibitions provided with ample
shelf and counter accomodations.
These with a little frame work for
booths and the artistic talent of the
ladies of the various committees soon
transformed the'bare store room into
a tiding of beauty. As one entered
the old Weilt store and turned to the
right the first booth was that of Bre
vard v/here were artistically displayed
valuable articles' of china, family heir
looms in silk and samples of embroid
ery. A dish of raspberries and one of
strg^wberries, showed the possibilities
of Brevard in thee out of season
fruits.
In this booth were also displayed
beautiful paintings of local scenery
by a well kftown artist. Crimson au
tumn leaves upon a background of
orange completed and emphasized the
whole arrangement of the booth.
Next came Little River in black
and gold, bringing out in charming
relief the many artidles of crochet
and knitted work artistically arranged
on the backhand sides of the booth.
“Recruiting officers begin at #nce ©kehing of the teachers of the county
sisted by Rev. C. E. Puett.
A very interesting service was held
ing a large green organdie hat with ; by the pastor and congregation at j That the Little River ladies did not
Miss Ballard was lovely i ten o’clock Monday. The ground , ^jonfine their artistic efforts entirely
new ten thousand ; to the needle was abundantly proven
is soon to be erect- : by the tempting display "of canned
1 chrysanthems. Following the brid- ed near the site of the old church. ; goods and preserves exhibited.
six additional destroyers for Euro- Come prepared to take
was present
reenlistment of ex-navy men to man ^yho have not yet been okehed. i . _ i a 4.
' L ' e’s - maids, came the groom s - men.. | a great congregation .
„ „ . .. . . . „ - X, J- I Messrs. J. L. Hollinsworth, of Col-1 and all who were interested in^the
pean cruise. Following ratings are participation in all of the discussions , t ah •! i* -ii. j *
J ^ ■ 4. unibia and Mr Lee Allen of Hender- building were permitted to assist in
need: Boatswains mates first and sec- that may come up before the assem-, xt rni. • 1 n- j* 4.
^ ,, I sonville, N. C. The ring - bearer, digging and shovelling dirt. The
ond class, coxswains, gunners mates bly. ! ParJ the services by digging
. ' J , . - 4. 4. I „ ■ il « 4.1, irving the ring in tne neart oi a oig i the first dirt with a pick. Then fol-
mates torpedo, chief quartersmasters to enroll as a member of the Tran- , ,
electricians radio, electricians first, done so. With every good wish for
second and third class radio, store- you, your school and community, I
keepers first class, machinist all am
classes, enginenien, boilermakers, |
blacksmiths, coppersmiths, yeomen j
yeomen first and second class, chief
pharmacists mates and firemen. No
other ratings will be accepted for
this cruise.”
Destroyers to make the cruise are
Very truly yours,
A. F. MITCHELL.
County Supt of Pub. Instc.
FORTNIGHTLY CLUB;
The open meeing of the fortnightly
the Williamson, Sands, Childs, Sturte ‘ d^b held in the reception room at
vant, Rueben Jones and MacFarland the Institute was attended by a good-, , , .
all of the new oil burning boats and number of interested persons who i gave her in marriage
“Little River! Little River!
Thoughts of thee do make me quiver
Quiver and trefnble with delight.
As I view each shade of light
Upon the noble mountains
That fringe thy beauteous stream.
Little River! Little River!
be seen.”
the bread and pastry
bride, who was beautifully dressed in | the house of God. It was a very ' department; otir mouths watered as
white georgette, carrying a lovely i impressive service, closing with pray- “with anxious eye we wandered o’er^‘
sonville, N. C. The ring - bearer, digging and shovelling dirt.
onu •>‘y- 1 Master Richard Aiken, came next car- pastor opening t
first, second and third class, gunners Further, I may say, come prepared i . nf a hio- 4.1. c 4. •
4.Jk4. t. V *4.1. rving the ring in the heart 01 a Dig | the f.rst dirt wi
mates torpedo, chief quartersmasters to enroll as a member of the Tran- ^ ^ i j a
X, 04. 4. rr I. pink rose. Immediately after the j lowed men women and children in
fi«t, second and third class, . bearer, came the Maid-of-honor 1 turn shovelling dirt thus nledging Loved, but to
electricians first class general, chief Association, if you have not as yetij^.^ the j their support to the completion of, Then came
bouquet of pink roses. Next came j er by Rev. Isaac Henderson.
the flower girls, little Misses Molly | — ^
Kate Snelson and Ruth Sitton, who
were very attractively dressed in pink
organdie, each carrying a pretty pink
basket containing rose petals, which
were strewn in the path of the bride
A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL FOR TRAN
SYLVANIA: ^ ’
cakes «nd doughnuts, pies galore; and
and pondered refuge from our toil in
cookies fried in cotton oil. But near
er was the «ocoahut cake, and pies
like mother used to make. Our joy-
fiil cry turned to a wail as we leam-
The Transylvania Baptist AssociJw
tion, in the last session at Oak Grove, ‘ ed that they were “Not for sale.”..
Miss Snelson then entered on the ' decided to undertake to est^lish a And soon our tears were dry and
arm of her father, Mr. T. L. Snel- ^ Christian High School some where in drier as v»'e beheld the booth of Fair
She : this County. . Blantyre.
to be manned exclusively by ex-navy attentively to the talks given
was never more beautiful than on her { A committee was appointed to ,3e- A maiden she in white and gold
men.
Men reenlisting for this duty u Mrn.«v^r La Mr Colman Gal- wedding day, wearing a lovely brown | cide upon the location and to formu- ^ The colors worn by the queens of old
by Mr. Deaver anu jyir, LyOinmn uai i ^ ckAAn
at the Asheville navy recruiting sta- „ thp nrincioles of I accessories to | late plans to raise the funds neces^ And fringed around her silken sheen
^ loway on the lead ng p p match, carrying her bouquet of , sary to put the school in operation. A hnrjler wrought of olive ereen.
The women i
A border wrought of olive green.
Here tastefully arranged against
tion will be sent to Raleigh where , ., . -esnective parties x.ic i, i „ . v
they will be paid reenlistmen money I • ^ ^ fhanlf both Mr Deaver and i roses and lilies of the valley. i Three good propostions have been
if due and granted leave not to ex- mieman Gallowav for their cour- 1 Committee and several a golden back-ground were beauti-
tend beyond October 15th as the ^r. Coleman Galloway for their co , his. best man, Mr. David men have expressed a desire to help ful articles of feminine attire,-^which
teous answers to the many questions
ships are expected to sail from the ^heir detailed explanation
Philadelphia navy yard shortly after. various points,
that date. Further information re- , ^he club, in answer to numerous
*^*gaifding this cruise may be obtained requests had hoped to hold a meeting
from the navy recruiting officer at discussing the “League of Nations”,
Asheville. j arguments being presented for and
against. But at present it seems im
possible to carry out this plan, but
cfxorts will be made to do so later.
A called meatmsr of the Fortnightly
; ciub will be held with Mrs. Grady
‘ Kilpatrick on Friday afternoon, Oct. j
22nd at 4:30.
%
LETTER FROM DOCTOR McKINEY
Florence, S. C. Oct. 14th.
Mr. W. A Band
Brevard, N C. .
Dear Bill
Am enclosing a little order for you,
for some stationery and billheads.
These.birds here are up in the sky here getting alt)ng 0. K.
with prices, nearly twice as high as , Yours very truly,
yours. Use the same paper as be-1 J. Y. McKINNEY.
fore and send to me as soon as you P. S.—^Your paper is what I eon-
cui. aider A splendid rag. “A weekly
Give regards to the boys. Hope newspaper—just that.”
Summers of Columbia, where
ceremony was performed by the
bride’s pastor. Rev. C. E. Puett.
everything is going good. Everything i
J. Y. -McK.
the , with their money. | like the flower of the poet were “bom
In our first meeting we decided to , to blush unseen” by the eyes of mere
give fifteen days from this issue of man. Words fail us as we try to enjjir
The church was beautifully decor- the Brevard Nev/s for any one else > merate and describe the various gr
ated for the occasion - the color to offer land for the location, after tides of needle-work, knitting,
scheme pink and green, was taste- ■ which we will make our decision. | croehet and embroidery! And as for
fully carried out in the arrangement j We, as the Committee, sincerely ^ the uses to which the various articles
of pottedplants and lovely cut flowers j ask that our people consider this mat- were put, well, just ask us something
around the arch and on the rostrum.; ter carefully and prayerfully. | easy. But when we come to canned
They were banked in every available • Our objective in reli|;ion is to raspberries, pe»ches, pears, i^ersim«-
space, which made the place-look like .build a glorious church. mons, pickled cucumbelfe, snap beans,
a small paradise. The church, was The chain that will never break is fried chicken and biscuit; oiow you
crowded with relatives and friends of the Christian Home, the Christian get to ^mething upon which we can
this young couple, who gathered school, and the glorious Church. ' cspatiate and masticate to the gre.at-
there to witness the happy event, and . The middle link has been left out est perfection. Ijj|^ext!
who showered Ijhem with congratu- in the past and we feel that now is . This brings us. to the end of the
lations and good wishes. Immedia- the time for the Baptist to arise and builfiing where - is hoased the HcTne
tely after the ceremony ^r. and Mrs. do something worth while for the ad- DernonstrEtioh^DepartRient which we
Summers left for a wedding trip, vancement of the Kingdom of Christ ha\'3^previously rsicntiorieif. Contin-
came the general exhibit» 0% fdncy
work which was^ very interesting and
made us think of the “song of a
shirt” and the* many stitches it must
have taken to produce the great va
riety of profusion of articles display
ed.
Brevard Institute came next with
articles of wooden ware from the-
Institute shops, JalsV needlework,
painting, drawing and printing from
main school.
The boys and girls of Brevard Insti
tute,
Are the ones who will try very hard
to substitute
In life’s battle, reason’s force for
brute,
Will the boys and girls of Brevard
Institute.
The window display of the store
was filled with war relics, rare coins,
curious sea shells and specimens of
hat braids from all over the world.
The center spaces between the col
umns of the building was filled wth
quilts, comforts and blankets of
rare and beautiful design.
' A glass case containing Indian ar
row heads, stone hatchets and a boom
erang from Australia was also in this
section.
The general color scheme was white
and geen. And ropes of these colors
were draped from the row of columns
in the center of the building, and the
scheme carried out in the wreaths of
of ivy leaves and borders of green
and white on the shelves.
In the Farm Products Exhibition
held in the old Variety Store we note
first the superior display of cpm
on the right as we enter; immense
stalks bearing two large ears each;
and reaching to the twelve foot ceil
ing at once, engage our attention.
Seemingly it would take a Solomon
lo decide the best where all were so
good. Then cam pumpkins as big
as a house, chickens the color of a
mouse, Plymouth Rocks, and rarer
stocks and Hamburgs and Rhode. Is
land Reds. There were white leg-
horrs and newly horns and eggs not
yet hatched out.
And further on the apples shone
‘and cabbage good for Kraut. The
farm garden there, came in for its
share, of attention from all who came
to view; there were beets and car
rots, stew and Irish tater-pots and
onions to flavor a stew. Then on we
went to the live stock tent (dispensed
with the day was so fair) and there
we inspected all clean and bedecked,
choice hogs and cattle, horses and
mules pair by pair. But the day was
still young, so to the school house we
ran, saw the pole climbed and the
greasy pig caught; view the fine struc
.ture our taxes been building where
our kiddies some jsense can ,be
taught. But "we hurry away to the
tractor display; see the^coal oil make
time, when ’tis shut in a box and the
piston it knocks, when a a spark is
applied at tfie right time. ^ We saw
the twin plough fay row after row,
then the disk cut the clods all so fine,
now the rooler goes fo’ard, leaves it
smooth as a board and all in one tenth
of horse time.
We cannot close this article with
out placing on record, (and we are
sure all who visited the Fair will en
dorse what we here sa^) our appre
ciation of the splendid work done by
Mis Lula M. Cassidy, the home dem
onstrator and Mr. R. E. Lawrence, the
County Agent. Nor can we pass by
the work of the judges. Miss Lillian
Cole of Monroe, N. C.; J. M.'Johnson
of the Department of Agriculture,
Raleigh, and J. W. Goodman* County
Agent of Avery County, N. C.
In closing let Us say that Transyl
vania County is on the “Forward
march” and these annual County
Fairs help us to keep tab on her var
ious lines of progress. The list of
prize winners'well be published in the
News next week.
E. H. N.
UNCLE JASPER ORR SAYS THAT
THE SIGNS POINT TO THE
ELECTION OF COX, SURE.
after which they will be at home to in our County. . v
their friends iii Columbia, where Mr.! A. J. MANLV, S. B. McCALL, Wm.
Summers is engaged in business. HENRY; Committee.
uing,«Iong the c^her side we re^c^^the
cannedi Jsojpds |/hich
weir«: aniiavally good;, for evwy itttir
' Our venerable friend, Uncle Jas
per Orr, brought an apple or rather
two apples into the News Office this
week. These apples were twins,
growing solidly tlfeether and Uncle
Jaspe^ says tiiat they represent Cox
and Roosevelt an^ this sore satisfies
ilim {hat this is a. Democratic year
because the same thing happened just
before the election of Grover Cleve
land. “