EXPONENT OF TRAN-
SYLVANIA COUNTY.
Brev:
AN INDEPENDENT.
NEWSPAPER '
VOLUME XXV
BREVARD, N. C. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29th, 1920
NUMBER 42.
MRS. W. H. FAULKNER WRITES:
Editor Brevard News—
Dear Sir,
Allow me a small space in your
popular paper to say the Transylvania
politicians are getting at last into the
“real lime light.” I am guessing,the
cause is the effect that wonderful
“Emancipation Proclamation Act” —
allowing the women to vote. Since
then the old time political ships seem
to be sailing in a stormy and very
treacherous sea. The bosses of fhe
situation are getting desperate all
THE GREAT PRESIDENTIAL ELEC
TION TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 2
(Being an Independent and condens
ed account of the great issues of
both parties. Wab. )
NOTICE TO SCHOOL TEACHERS
AND SCHOOL COMMITTEEMEN
IN EACH VOTING PRECINCT.
OF TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
ITEMS OF LAKE TOXAWAY
As the presidential campaign draws
to a close the republicans are in high '
spirits in regard to the outcome of j
the election to be held on November ^
2nd. The big republican victory in |
Maine last month is encouraging them
to hope for a sweeping national vic
tory in the general election. The ,
Democrats are sending out literature
by the ton to voters in the doubtful
over these United States. The very
latest and most amusing stunt being
pulled off in the political field is the
desertion of the Brevard barber shop
by all the former patrons except one-
lone-man! I sincerely hope the long
campaign they will send out argu
ments along these lines.
The League Issue
i As the political campaign draws to
!a close the people thruout'the coun-
bearded politicians won’t scare the i
women voters from the polls in No-
I sans afterwards are beginning to ful-
vember. I am sure Mr. Smith is | realize the importance of settling
longing for the return o t e pro i-1 issue right, which are involved in
gals who one time filled his shop to
overflowing very impatiently waiting
for that magical “Powder Puff.”
the present political contest.
The league of nations has been as
sailed by more political prevaricators
With best wishes for the success of | ^ poKtical
your paper and everything that tends
to boost Brevard, the gem of the
mountains, I am sincerely yours,
(Mrs.) W. H. Faulkner,
Fayetteville, N. C.!
campaign. The hirelings of Will Hays
who is trying to buy the presidency,
are going to all extremes in their en
deavor to mislead the public and be
cloud the issues. They are trying to
convince the public that the league
will be a promoter of wars instead of
! a preventive. The^vay they picture
Rev. L. B. Trowi)ridge, Field Sec-1 league is that we v;ill be constant-
xetary of the Chicago Tract Society, ly called upon to send our soldiers
BREVARD INSTITUTE NOTES
an organization v^hich works among
the foreign clement of our great
cities and industrial centers, spent
a few days with his mother, Mrs.
and navy to fight Europe’s battles. I
The fact of it is that when the Uni- |
ted States joins the league, as it
should do without delay, Europe will ■
have no more battles, and with the i
Julia Trowbridge and conducted ser- powerful aid of the United States the
vices at the Methodist Church on last league v.ill be able to prevent any
o ■ war btween organized governments
Sunday. i i. 7
_ , , , from ever getting started.
Mr. OiT, who has-been attending, rr.i. i j n
, ^ ^ I ' The league provides for a com-
the W. N. C. M. E. Conference at . . i ^
„ , T Ti, j ' mission to keep track of the military
Salisbury, retunied on Monday. ' , i.* • •
* ’ I and naval preparations going on in
Miss Poindexter of the faculty, was ^^y country. If any country is
a recent delegate to the College Presi building a war machine
dents and Alumni Association, at gs Germany built up before she
Richmond, Va. This is one depart- smarted the last great war, the league .
ment of the great Educational Cam- gay to the country: “Quit your i
paign of the M. E. Ch. South, whose py^parations right there.” If' such a ’
•work is beinjj rapidly pushed for- (.Qu^try refuses to quit its military [
' preparations, the other great powers
Quite a number of teachers and of the league will apply the conimer-'
students spent the week-end with cial boycott, and will neither buy nor |
friends Miss Baber went to Green- sell the goods of the offending na- '
I desire that you busy yourselves
specially concerning the following
on the date of November 2nd, at your
respective voting places.
You .each and all are hei’eby urged
and requested to see that proper at
tention is given to the constitutional
amendment which will be submitted
to the voters in the November election
which fixes the limit of taxes on all
real and personal property at 15c for
State and county purposes except for
schools. It then provides a tax on
income from property which is abso
lutely necessary if the tax on prop
erty is to remain reasonably lov/ and
the schools are to secure funds suf
ficient to pay higher salaries from
year to year.
The constitutional amendment is
not a partisan measure, and since the
schools will be vitally alTected if the
income tax fails to pass, I am urging
that you interest yourselves espec
ially in this amendment. I desire
that the committee of the respective
schools in the respective voting pre
cincts, and the teachers also, see that
the ballots are distributed and that
the people have the necessary infor
mation to guide them in intelligent
voting.
The aforesaid in my mind is one
of the most important State issues
before the people in the November
election, whereupon, see that every
person who votes in the November
election casts a ballot for the afore
said constitutional amendment, and
thanks.
Very truly yours,
A. F. MITCHELL,
County Sup’t Public Inst.
ville, S. C. Miss Pike to Black Moun
tain; Miss V/hisnant to Henrietta.
A very pleasant social hour was
spent by the faculty with Miss Ba
ber recently, the occasion being a
lion. In other words by applying its j
power of commercial strangulation !
the league will be able to paralyze |
any nation attempting preparation '
for war. So this great league will i
sort of “house-warming” in honor of , not only prevent wars in the future, j
her new apartment. , but it will prevent them without the
Miss Johnson of Columbia, S. C„!‘h® shedding of,
a former B. I. student was a visitor blood. • i
here during the fair.
ARBOR DAY OBSERVANCE
An Ooen Letter From Dr. Brooks
Republican False Alarm {
Republican are raising a cry of
i “Turn the Democrats Out”. Why |
should any true American patriot de- |
i sire to see that done? President Wil-
To The School Principal and Teachers son’s administration has not only Vvon |
of North Carolina! j the greatest war in historj’', but has
A short time ago an open letter, <'<>''» ‘I"! smallest possible cost
_ of human life, when the magnitude :
from the State Geological and Eco- undertaking is considered. I
nomic Survey was directed to you ^ jg ^rue that the financial cost of |
calling your attention to Arbor Day, '.the war was very heavy, and it had
November 5th, and suggesting that to be so to be successful, but under
it be observed in all the schools of frugal administration of
the State, and especially in the High President Wilson this great debt is ,
Schools, with some appropriate exer- * rapidly paid off at the rate o
about tv/o billion (2,000,000,000) a
HERE’S THE REPUBLICAN AP
PLE:
Another novel apple has appeared
and while Mr. D. L. English does not
believe it has any political signifi
cance, still he can make a pretty go.od
prophecy from it. The apple just
discovei'ed being sound and perfect
and beautiful in every particular,
except one side being larger than the
other, could but represent Harding
and Coolidge working in harmony to
bring about reconstruction and staple
government and stop Democratic
waste.
nevertheless a fact that the country
is prospering as it has never before
prospered, and a vote for a change of
administration will be a vote against
prosperity, which will surely dimin
ish if there is a change in the adminis
tration. As the saying goes, we are
still crossing a stream and as Mr. Lin
coln once said, “It is r.o time to swap
horses v;hile crossing a stream.”
year, and what is better still, Presi
dent Wilson is making the rich man
pay the bill. These rich men don’t
i^ke that proposition; so they are pour
ing out their money by the million
and into secret channels to buy the
cises.
I consider this one of the impor
tant occasions v/hlch sould be cele
brated by the schools and I hope that
each principal will arrange to observe
the day with appropriate exercises.
Thevalue of our trees and forests to , . , . ht u j- «
, : presidency for Mr. Harding, who will
the rising gneration is a subject which i , , . , 4.1: •
^ ^ , JI no doubt greatly reduce the income
cannot be emphasized too much and , ^ ^ ^
. , . , , ‘ taxes on the rich and add those taxes
Aere is no pleasanter and more ef- | necessities of the working man,
fective way of impressing upon the |
mind of the child the beauty and 1 4.1. j- t ,1 , 1
, , , 1. XT- i class. For the year ending July 1,
value of trees than by the planting ^ ^
; I 1920, tms Government raised five and
and subsequent care of trees in the ’ ^ ^ i
, „ , ^ , , , . . ^ one half bnlion dollars from internal
sefabol grounds or by learning about rn. u u * 4-u*
, . , ^ revenue. The great bulk of this
them on Arbor Day. 1 - r 4. u 1 „
_ 1 money came from the fat bank ac-
Such exercises need not interfere counts of the rich. Such men as J.
to any extent with the regular work Rockefeller, Pierpont Morgan,
of the school; in fact, they may be | other men of great wealth were
made to assist in such work through (omnclled to pay out of every
the writing of essays, learning reci- gyp-y they received into the Uni-
tations, etc. I trust, therefore, that States Treasury. It will be read-
you can arrange to carry out some
simple exercises, such as have been 2fTord to spend 100 million dollars
suggested in the letter referred to. ! secretly to buy the Presidency for
With best wishes for the success of Mr. Harding who with his bosses and
the occasion,
Very truly yours,
E. C.' BROOKS.
-Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Endorsed by A. F. Mitchell, Co. Supt
of Public Instruction.
owners, l?enators Penrose, Lodge and
Smoot v/ill see to it that the tax bill
of thesa rich gentlemen is greatly re
duced.
While there are many disagreeble
conditions still existing yet it is
BRIEF AND BREEZY
Chairman Breese announced that on
next Monday night there would be
a Fish Fry. And someone has sug
gested that some fish are roasted.
Long time since Bryan said any
thing for publication.
No man can be an editor long with
out getting a thick skin, so you see
what Cox and Harding have to be
thankful for.
As we get it, a “solemn referen
dum” is one in which bricks are
thrown.
It looks now as though the Demo
crats will carry New York. The
League of Nations Issue has brought
abput a combination that is hard to
beat: The British Lion and the
Tammany Tiger.
Warned of the fate of Hughes,
Cox, Campaigning in California,
threv/ boquets, not bricks at Hi
Johnson.
Wonder if Cox v/ould have said
those nice things about Hi Johnson,
had he, not Harding, been selected at
Chicago.
Cox keeps raising his sights. Be
fore the campaign ends, at the pres
ent rate of progression, he v/ill be
shooting at a hundred million G. O.
P. slush fund.
With Reed and Wilson supporting
Cox and Johnson and Taft backing
Harding, inconsistency honors are
even. ^
Harding plays a tuba, but Cox
drove a champion pacer, which
leaves it still a matter of doubt which
is better qualified for the presidency.
A man was convicted of burglary
because he “had the tools” and in
considering Cox^s charges, it cannot
be denied that the Republicans have
the money.
Many men of the community spent
most of the past week in Brevard as
witne.^ses in the Toxaway Damage
Case for v^hich a special court was
convened. The above mentioned case
h:.3 been pending in court for some
time and it is hopd that it may soon
be satisfactorily settled so that the
reconstruction of the lake may begin.
It is repoi'ted that immediately after
the case is decided work v/ill begin.
Hov.ever, the engineers have aL'eady
begun work.
t The wide known Gillespie boarding
house has closed for a short time and
while in a way it is a disappointment
to many, yet there are none who are
acquainted with the family but what
will justly agree that they are amply
in need of a rest. For a number of
i years the house has been open 365
days each year for those who were
seeking a single meal, a night’s lodg
ing or who v/ished to bask peacefully
among the beautiful Sapphire hills,
or to be enchanted by the most pic
turesque water falls that ever met
the gaze of mortal man, or to any
pleasure seeker who sought the purest
water that over burst from the bosom
of Mother Earth, or the beautiful
scenery that the poet has yet failed
to describe. May the family enjoy
, the heeded rest and reopen the board
ing house in proper time with the
same kind of hospitality that has long
since been known not only in West
ern Carolina, but from Atlantic City
to the Everglades.
Toxav.ay school is progressing
splendidly and is having the best at-,
: tendance it has had in the history of
, the school. Much work has' been
; done since the opening of school, not
j as literary work al^e, but practical
work. The school has done quite a
I bit of work toward beautifying the
1 grounds and making the outside ap
pearance more attractive. Much has
been added to the interior of the
house such as purchasing window
?hades,-curtains, pictures, etc. Let
' it not be fercrotten that the pump re
cently installed under the supervision
of Mr. D. T. Gillespie is w<^king fine.
Let everybody bear in mind that
Saturday night, Oct. 30 is the date
on which one of the best literary
programs that has ever been rendered
at the school house v;ill be given, con
I sisting of a brief program by the
! rc.licol, an educational address by
Hon. Charles B. Deaver and the dis
tinguished Cedar Mountain Quartette.
After the literary program is ren
dered a box supper will take place
and refreshments of various kinds will
be served. Music will be furnished
by the Lake Toxaway String Band.
, Everybody is cordially invited to at-
' tend, the program will be education
al as v. ell as entertaining.
F. L. Wilson, County Supertendent
of Public Welfare visited Toxaway
School last Friday and rendered an
r excellent address. He com.plimented
j the ■ school highly and said that the
1 march the school is preparing to give
I on the night of the entertainment is
the best he has thus far seen in the
I County. ^
I Prof. C. J. Ashworth, a former
; principal of Toxaway school is now
, visiting in Toxaway. He visited the
j school Tuesday A. M. and gave a
I s short but impressive talk in v;hich
he said he was favorably impressed
with the splendid progress the school
I has made.
j Everybody our way Saturday night
I October 30th at 7:30 o’clock.
NOTICE OF ELECTION:
As there will be ladies present at
every one of the voting places in the
County on election day, v*e respect
fully request of the MEN of Transyl
vania County that they refrain from
any conduct which may be unpleas
ant or embarrassing to the Ladies.
Positively no drunkeness will be al
lowed around the polls.
We respectfully ask the co-opera
tion of all good citizens in keeping
good order on election day, as this is
the first election that the good women
of our County have had a part in.
V/. E. BREESE, Chairman Dem.
Ex. Committee.
LEWIS P. HAMLIN, Chairman of
Rep. Ex. Committee.
Watch the Label on your paper. “If
it says Oct. 20, it means your sub
scription is past due and your name
^ill be taken from the list. Rsr^m-
ber we have no pets — everyone
treated alike.
(Extract from Congressional Record
of July 10, 1920.)
THE COVENANT
—of the—
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
The High Contracting Parties,
In order to promote international
co-operation and to achieve ‘ in
ternational peace and security,
by acccptance of obligations not
to resort to war,
by the prescription of open, just
and honorable relations between
nations,
by the firm establishment of the
understandings of international
law as the actual rule of conduct
among Governments, and
by the maintenance of justice
ajid scrupulous respect for all
treaty obligations in the dealings
of organized peoples-with one an
other.
Agree to this Covenant of the League
of Nations.
Article I.
The original Members of tlie Lea
gue of Nations shall be those of the
Signatories which are named in the
Annex to this Covenant and also
such of those other States named in
the Annex as shall accede without
reservation to this Covenant. Such ac
cession shall be effected by a Declara
tion deposited with the Secretariat
within two months of the coming into
force of he Covenant. Notice there
of shall be sent to all other Members
of the League.
Any fully self-governing State,
Dominion or Colony not named in the
Annex may become a Member of the
League if its admission is agreed to
by two thirds of the Assem.bly, pro
vided that it shall give effective guar
antees of its sincere intention to ob
serve its international obligations,
and shall accept such regulations as
may be prescribed by the League in
regard to its military, naval and tir
fores and armaments.
Any Member of the League may, af
ter tv.’o years’ notice of its intention
so to do, withdraw from the League,
provided that all its international ob-
ilsr^ttons and all its obligations under
this Covenant shall have been fulfill
ed at the time of its withdrawal.
Article II.
The action of the League under
this Covenant shall be effected thru
the instrumentality of an Assembly
and of a Council, with a permanent
Secretariat.
Article III.
The Assembly shall consist of Rep
resentatives of the Members of the
League.
The Assembly shall meet at stated
intervals and from time to time as
occasion may require at the Seat of
the League or at such other place
as may be decided upon.
The Assembly may deal at its meet
ings with any matter within the
sphere of action of the League or af
fecting the peace of the world.
At meetings of the Assembly each
jMember of the League shall have one
vote, and may have not more than
three Representatives.
Article IV.
The Council shall consist of Rep-
rc'-'^r'^ntivps of the Principal Allied
and Associated Powers together with
KcpresentEitives of four other Mem
bers of the League. These four Mem
bers of the League shall be selected
by the Assembly from time to time
in its discretion. Until the appoint
ment of the Representatives of the
four Members of the League first se
lected by the Assembly, Represnta-'
tives of Belgium, Brazil, Spain and
Greece shall be members of the Coun
cil.
With the approval of the majority
of the Assembly, the Council may
name additional Members of the Lea
gue whose Represntatives shall al
ways be members of the Council; the
Council with like approval may in
crease the number of Members of the
League to be selcctd by the Assembly
for representation on the Council.
The Council shall meet from time
to time as occasion may require, and
at least once a year, at the Seat of
the League, or at such other place
as may be decided upon.
The Council may deal at its meet-
inirs with any matter within the
sphere of action of the League or af
fecting the peace of the world.
Any member of the League not
repi'esentcd on the oCuncil shall be
invited to send a Representative to
sit as a mem.ber at any -meeting of
the Council during the consideration
of matters special^ effecting the in
terests of that Member of the League.
At metingg of the Council, each
Member of the League represented on
th Council shall have one vote, and
m&y hav not m.ore than one Represen
tative.
Article V.
Except where otherwisfe expressly
provided in this Covenant or by the
terms of the present Treaty, decisions
at any meeting of the Assembly or of
the Council shall require the agree
ment of all Members ox the League
repi'esented at the meeting.
All matters of procedure at meet
ings of the Assembly or of the Coun
cil including the appointment of any
Committee to investigate particular
matters, shall be regulated by the As
sembly or by the Council and may be
cided by a m.ajority of the Mem
bers of the League represented at the
meeting.
The first meeting of the Assembly
pnd the first meeting of the Council
be suriir.onc!l by the PreoiJeut
.
^ yr
A SOBER ELECTION:
I wish to make a solemn plea fot;
a sober election.
The time is here when our people'
will not wink at drunkeness.
Nor will the law allow drunkeness.
The good women of our County will
be at the ballot box, and will vote.
Thcy will vote for sober men.
let no one so far, forget his re-
spcct for his v/ife, his daughter, his
mother, his neighbor or even himself,
as to ccme to the election in a state
of intoxication.
But let us handle ourselves like
men. — T. H. Galloway.
ALL DAY PRAYER SERVICE
! established at the Seat of tha League.
I The Secretariat shall comprise a Sec-
I retary General and such such seere-
There will be an all day prayer
service' held at .the Methodist Church
next Thursday, No^yember 4th, be
ginning at ten thirty A. M. A pro
gram is being arranged in which mem
bers of the three departments of the
Missionary Society will take part.
All the ladies of the church, as
well as the ladies of the other chur
ches are cordially invited and urged
to attend. Come and bring a friend
witTi you. Also bring lunch enough
for two.
Mrs. J. W. Setzer, Pres Missionary
Society.
taries and staff as may be required.
The first Secretary General shall
be the person named in the Annex
thereafter the Seretary General shall
be appointed by the Council with ap
proval of the majority of the Assem
bly.
The secretaries and staff of the
Secretariat shall be appointed by the
Secretary General with the approval
of the council. The Secretary Gen
eral shall act in that capacity at all
meetings of the Assembly and of the
Council.
' The expenses of the Secretariat
shall be borne by the Members of the
League in accordance with apportion
ment of the expenses of the Interna
tional Bureau of the Universal Postal
Union.
Article VII. ‘
The Seat of the League is establish
ed at Geneva.
The Council may at any time de
cide that the Seat of the League shall
be established elsev/here.
All positlcns under or in connection,
with the League, including the Secre^
tariat, shall be open equally to men
and women.
Representatives of the Members of
the League and officials of the League
when engaged on the business of the
League shall enjoy diplomatic pri
vileges and im.munities.
The buildings and other property
occupied by the League or its offi
cials or by Representatives attending
its meeting’s shall b inviolable.
Article VIII.
The Members of the League recog
nize that the maintenance of peace
requires the reduction of national ar
maments to the lowest point consis
tent with national safety and the en
forcement by common action of in
ternational obligations.
The Council, taking account of the
geographical situation and circum
stances of each State, shall formulate
plans for such reduction for the con
sideration and action of the several
Governments.
Such plans shall be subject to re
consideration and revision at least
every ten years.
After these plans shall have been
adopted by the several Governments,
the limits of armaments therein fixed
shall not be exceeded v;ithout tiie con
currence of the Council.
The Members of the League agree*
that the manufacture by private en
terprise of muitions and implements
of war is open to grave objections.
The Council shall advise how the evil
effects attendant upon such manufac
ture can be prevented, due regard
being had to the necessities of those
Members of the League v/hich are not
able to manufacture the .munitions
and implements of war necessary for^
their safety.
The Jxembers of the League under
take to interchange full and frank in
formation as to the scale of their arm
aments their military, naval and air
programs and the conditions of such
of their industries as are adaptable to
war-like purposes.
Article XI.
A permanent Commission shall be
constituted to advise the Council on
the execution of the provisions of Ar
ticles 1 and 8 and on military, naval
and air questions generally.
Article X.
The Members of the League under
take to respect and preserve as
against external aggression the terri
torial integrity and existing political
independence of all Members of the
League. In case of any such aggres
sion or in case of any threat or dan
ger of such aggression the Council
shall advise upon the means by which
this obligation shall be fulfilled.
Article XI.
Any war or threat of war, whether
immediately affecting any of the Mem
bers of the League or not^ is hereby
declared a matter of concern to th<*
whole League and the League shall
take any.action that may be deemed
wise and effectual to safeguard tRe
peace of' nations. In case any
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