VOLUME XXV
BREVARD, N. C. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 19th, 1920
OUR RALEIGH CORRESPONDENT
SINGING AT EAST FORK:
Raleigh, N. C.,’November 18th —
Although two weeks have elapsed day that was enjoyed
since the election, the exact size of
tiie majority given the Democratic
candidates for State offices is yet un
determined. Returns from the coun
ties are straggling in every.day, but
none of these will be available for
publication until the canvas is com
pleted by the State Board of Elec
tions the latter part of the month.
T^e Board is due to meet for this
purpose on Thursday, November 25.
This falls on Thanksgiving Day and
announcement may be withheld until
the day following.
It now appears that the General As
sembly, which is to convent early in
January will be composed of thirty -
seven republicans in the House and
ten in the Senate. There were a
like number in the House two years
ago and nine in the Senate. This
time the Democrats 'have elected
ninety - three representatives and
forty senators, a loss of one in the
Senate.
The Tenth District elected repub
licans to the Legislature from the
counties of Henderson, Transylvania,
Jackson, Swain, Graham^ Cherokee
and Clay. The democratic candidat
es won in Buncombe, Haywood, Mc
Dowell, Macon, Polk and Rutherford.
The loss of Transylvania was the gain
of Polk. Jackson was lost to the
democrats at the recent election, so
the story goes, on account of the il
legal votes cast by Indians who had
no legai right to the ballot on ac^unt Tuesday night,
of their status as wards of the Cover 23 in the H. S.Auditorium
ff
Last Sunday at East Fork was* a
by all who
came for the singing. The day was
well spent in the service of our bles
sed master. For the many singers
who gathered there from the differ
ent parts of the country sang so beaut
ifully and with the spirit. Such
singing as that makeis the people for
get the troubles and cares of this un
friendly world, and places their
minds upon Heavenly things. While
we know that our singing here below
is imperfect, but what a consoling
thought to know that when all the
Christian singers gets home over
yonder in that land where cometh no
night and the flowers are ever bloom
ing, our singing then will be perfect.
I wish to thank the people of East
Fork for their kindness and spec
ially the ladies who prepared such a
fine dinner and also I am glad to say
that there was not a disorderly per
son on the hill, not a drop of whiskey
to be seen. I hope that this will not
be the last time we will^have a meet
ing with the people of East Fork.
May other churches take interest in
these all day singing for it is a help
to us all. Lets keep the song waves
rolling. Yours in better singing.
« E. D. Randolph.
ENTERTAINMENT AT THE AUDI
TORIUM:
The Fortnightly Club assisted by
Miss Ballards children of the primary
t depaijtment ^ill give an entertain-
nment. This may be correct and it
may not, but that is the substance of
a story which reached Raleigh soon |
after the election. i
There will be one republican and'
four democrats in the Senate from th** ^
counties comprising the Tenth Con- j
gressional District: R. M. Oates,!
Henderson; S. Gallert, Rutherford,
M. D. Kinsland, Haywood; Marcus Er
win, Buncome, democrats, and R. A.
Dewar, republcan, Cherokee.
The “coming” of Governor Mor
rison is awaited with interest. He
will have a few favors to bestow, but
no general shake - up in the present
membeship of the State’s official
family' is anticipated. The chief a-
ppontments at the disposal of the
new Governor will be that of Super- ■
The children trained by Miss Ballard
will give a charming little play entit
led “Thanksgiving en Turkeyland”.
The second part of the entertin-
ment will be a comedy “How the
Story Grew”, the entire cast being
made up of members of the Fortnight
ly club.
The club expects to purchase much j
needed equipment for use in the pri
mary grade. See the advertisement
elsewhere in this issue.
ROSMAN ITEMS:
intendent of ‘h® State’s Prison, now , ^
held by James R- Collie, President j
of the North Carolina Railroad to
succeed Word H. Woodjr Adjutant
General to succeed Col. J. Van B.
Metts, Secretary - Treasurer and At
torney of the North Carolina Rail
road, which positions are now filled
by Prof. R. Bruce White and Col. P.
M. Pearsall respectively. He will
also have a hand in the selection of
superintendents of the various State
institutions and may be called upon
to name a member of the Stat^* High
way Commission.
Few changes are likely to oc<yar in
the personel of the various state de
partments. Each of these s favored
with a splendid working organiza
tion and in only two instances -that
of State Auditor and Commissioner
of Insurance - has a change been
made in the head, Baxter Durham
succeeding Col. W. P. Wood in the
Department of the State Auditor and
Stacey W. Wade taking the place of
Col. James R. Young os Insurance
Commissioner.
An nteresting bit of political gos
sip in circulaton here no is to the
•ffect that Hon. Thos. D. Warren will
soon retire as charman of the State
Democratc Executive Committee to
give his entire time to his private
busness. Mr. Warren has made no
announcement of his intentions and
his friends generally are expressing
the hope tiiat he may retain the lead
ership awhile longer. The fight is
over for the present and they see
no need for a speedy retiral. Next
year will be time enough, so they say
HONOR ROLL FOR CALVERT
SCHOOL:
face.
Uncle Henry Whitmire is not ex
pected to live any time as he has been
very low for several weeks.
Our post master, A. M. Paxton, re
ceived a telegram last week stating
that Mrs. J. C. Jurney,*his daughter
who is now living in Statesville, N.
C., gave birth to a fine boy on Nov.
7th. Both baby and mother are
doing fine.
Mr. George London and Miss Fan-
nip Galloway were married Nov. 13.
Rev. B. B. Reece officiating
Dady Bender is rejoicing over the
birth of his great grand - son, J C.
Jurney, Jr. He says the more Re
publicans, the better.
Rosman school is spreading, yfe
have the school house full. One
teacher in the Methodist Church, and
one in the Woodmen’s Hall. It looks
as if we need to get busy on our new
school building.
The Rosman faculty are all plann
ing to attend the teacher’s assembly
at Asheville on Thanksgiving week.
Mr. W. E. Shipman, the sheriff, is
oxpecting to move to Brevard soon.
While the County went Republi
can, Rosman saved two Democrats.
The Honorable J. R. Mahoney for
Justice of the Peace and W. Bur
rell for constable.
“Tarheel.)
TRANSYLVANIA NEEDS MR.
LAWRENCE:
Think of it! Transylvania boys
won first and second prize at the State
Fair, not only for the Mountain sec
tion, but over the whole State. An
other Transylvania boy had the honor
to be one of the four North Carolina
1st Grade. Mary Whitmire, Elsie boys selected for the stock - judging
Shepherd, Paul and Glen Whitmire
2nd Grade. Elmo McCall, Gor-
^den Whitmire and Ralph Paxton.
Teacher, Mary Belle Orr. I
3rd Grade. Tliomas Jordan, Alma
Shepherd and Ralph Waldrop.
4th Grade: Irene Galloway, Daw
son Hogsed, Avery McCall, Howard
Whitmire land Annie Whitmire.
5th Grade. Robert Combs, Ruby
Whitmire, Geneva Paxton, Pearl
Whitmire and Brisco Whitn)ire.
Teacher, Etta McCall.
contest at Atlanta; and the said boy
made th6 highest score in the State
tests at Hickory. H« gives the credit
to the unfailing patient instruction
of our County Farm Demonstrator.
T^e success of the other two boys
are just as much due to the same man.
The County owes him a vote of
thanks.
Mr. Lawrence may be able to do
-without Transylvania; but where
would Tr^^sylvania be without Mr.
Lawrence? Hilda M. Norwood.
We Thanh. Thee, Lord!
' For all thy ministries—
For morning mist and gently falling dewi
For summer rains, for winter ice and snowi
For wKispering wind and purifying storm;
For the reft clouds that show the tender blue;
For the forKed flash eund Ipng. tumultuous roll;
For mighty rains that wash the dim earth cleani
For the sweet promise of the seven-fold bow;
For the soft sunshine and the still, calm nighti
For dimpled laughter of soft summer seas;
For latticed splendor of the sea-borne moon;
For gleaming seinds and granite-frontled cliffS;
For flying spume and waves that whip the sKiesi
For rushing gale and for the great, calm*
For Might so mighty and for Love so true,
With equal mind.
We thanK thee. Lord!”
—'Jolm OxenKam
BREVARD INSTITUTE NOTES:
Miss Daisy fotten, v/ho is Supt. of
the Shafford Children’s Home of Katt*
sas City is spewing a few days wiA
Miss Sells, wMv was formerly associr-
,jited with her and who. spent the sum-'*
mer at B. I. The faculty gave a din
ner at the Institute on Saturday night
in honor of Miss Ritten.
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Whisnant and
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Mahaffee of Hei»i.
rietta, motored over to the Institute
on Sunday Miss Ostine Whisnant»
who is director of Art Dep’t, is a
daughter of Dr. Whisnanfr^nd Joe
Whisnant, a pupil here, is his son.
There have been several of the Mahat
fee family here at various times»
though not at present.
Miss Frances Atkins, of the faculty*
spent the week end with her sister in
Kannapolis, having been called ^ero
by thee illness of her nephew. Miss
Atkins returned on Monday reporting
improvement on the part of the child
Quite a number of permanent im*
provements are being instituted at B,
I., among them the re-painting of the
cottai^es, which was started last week.
We are having some rainy weather i
after such a pretty fall. |
Mrs. Selemia Galloway, widow of i
L. T. Galloway, died at her home on
November 15th. She has been sUf-
Thanksgiving Hymn
Well Liked at Birth
But New Forgotten
The first presidential Thanksgiving
proclamation was that of President
Washington In 1789 on the occasion
of the adoption ol the Constitution,
the day. curiously enough, being No
vember 26—the date of celebration of
1863. This latter was the real fore
runner of our national Thanksgiving
day. Occasional and special times of
thanksgiving had often been appoint
ed by different Presidents, but the year
1SG3, famous for its decisive national
victories, marked also the beginning
of the annual series of Thanksgiving
days.
The great victories of Gettysbiirg
and Vicksburg were teally the cause
of Lincoln’s proclamation, and his es-
ample has been followed by all his
successors until the annual festival
has become one of our national insti
tutions.
The proclamation of 1863 wes re
markable as the first of a series, ex
tending now over fifty years. It was
also noticeable because it was the oc
casion of a thanksgiving hymn by the
famous Reverend Doctor llwhlonburg-
of St. Luke’s hospital. New Yoi'k city.
He Is well fcnov.-n as the author of the
fainillar hymn, “I Would Not Live Al-
way.” nnd a poet of no small repute.
Mr. Lincoln’s glowing words met his
eye and struck a responsive chord in
his heart. A noble Thanksgiving
hymn was the result, a hymn which At
the time was often sung, but is now
comparatively foi^otten. It was pub
lished with appropriate music, and
even yet is suitable for use on similar
occasions.
The hymn contains nine stanzas,
with chorus, and takes up in order tli«|i
various causes for thanksgiving nieiJ^
tioned In Mr. Lincoln's proclamation.
The original title was “Give Thanks
AU Ye People,” the tirst verse being
as follows:
Qlve Uianks, all ye people, give thanks
to the Lord,
Alleluias of freedom with Joyful accord;
Let the E!ast and the West. North and
iSouth roll along.
Sea. mountain and prairie, one thanks
giving song.
Chorus.
Give thanks, all ye people, give thanks to
the Lord,
. Alleluias of freedom, ^th Joyful accord-
As the hymn was suggested by Mr.
i^£'..'Dln’s call upon tbe nation to give
thanks, Doctor Muhlcnburg spoke of It
as “The President’s Hymn,” but would
not permanently offer such a title
without Mr. Lincoln’s approval. Mr.
Roi>ert B. Mlnturn, a prominent mem
ber of Doctor Muhlenburg’s congrega
tion, was greatly pleased with the
poem, and sent a copy to the President,
with whom he was personally acquaint
ed, asking permission to name the
hymn as the author desired. Mr. Lin
coln telegraphed back; “So let It be.”
In .Tuly, 1865, Dr. Horace Bushnell
published In “Hours at Home” an ar
ticle attacking the well-known hymn,
“America,” as an unworthy apd really
humiliating effusion—as a political an
them. Doctor Bushnell thus refers to
Doctor Muhlenburg’s production:
“The h.^mn and air that were given
to the public by Doctor Muhlenburg a
short time ago appear to have missed
the accident of being fairly born, and
for that reason have not succeeded.
The want of good accident here is fa
tal, but the hymn has real merit. It
was too long and included three or
:ar
(SO
four verses that could have been omit
ted with advantage. Otherw^lse it
might have stuck and would have had
a fair chance of success; for the mu
sic, which we know only by the eye,
and never heard in a public perform
ance, appeared to have a look of prom
ise.”
The next known reference to this
hymn occurs in connection with the
observance of the fiftieth convocation
of the University of Illinois, on No
vember 20. 1913. The Alumni Quar
terly says: “Touches of the unusual
were added to the exercises -by the
singing of & forgotten hymn, dedicated
to Lincoln ia 1863 by Reverend Doctor
Muhlenburg. The hymn, which had
not previously been sung in public, was
discovered by Professor Dodge In a
contemporary issue of the New I’ork
Tribune.”
Preparing for Thankeglving.
Be ready for. Thanksgiving by al
ways having a list of your blessings
corrected up to date.
Some Reasons Why
the Farmer Should
Keep Thanksgiving
Just now, apart from our knowl
edge of food secure, perhaps some
of us feel It necessary to fall back
upon the private reasons for thank
fulness. Each one has some bit of
personal well-being that can be brought
out and rubbed up and admired
Just to keep our home circle
happy this Thanksgiving day. Each
one knows their own cause for con
tent, even where it Is so common
place as not to be distinctly visible to
others. Especially this year we mustn’t
lose sight of the i)ersonal bright
spots on account of their everj’-day
character.
A person was once visiting a friend
whose home commanded a beautiful
stretch of mountain scenery. It was,
in fact, a magnificent view. “What
a wonderful outlook you have here,”
he remarked to his host. “I am sure
if 1 lived here I should spend most
of my time viewing the landscape.”
“Why, I never thought of it that
way,” his host replied. *T never con
sidered it anything remarkable. I
have simply taken ft as a matter of
course,”
Thousands of people who live in
the country enjoy a treasure which is
denied to millions of their feliowmen
—the blessing of good, pure, out-of-
door air, fragrant in spring and sum
mer with perfume of flowers or new-
mown hay, and In fall*and winter la
den with crisp, life-giving ozone.
No one enjoys more blessings and
treasures of this kind than the man
or woman on the farm. He or ^e.
if inclined to be of a complaining na
ture, is apt to find fault that life on
the farm is so hard and composed so
largely - of drudgery. Furthermore,
“far. away fields are alvrays green,”
and the bne on the farm ftnaglnes
that In the city all must be ease and
contentment.. These imaginings, how
ever, will not stand the test of
personal acquaintanceship with the
life that Is lived in the fities by nun
dreds of tljousands of people. Farm
work is hard, but there are no easj
berths In life.
Tiie average person on the ft ni)
lives better, enjoys boUer air to
brrrthe, better wjjter to rir'nk. !'e**(»r
foof] to pfit. be**p;* cor!(rt’''t’‘5
which to work, better health than the
man or woman in corresponding cir
cumstances In the city.
THE PRAYER CORNER:
“The Path Of Ufe”*
“Thou wilt show me the path of
life” Ps 16:11. “There are days
where you do not know what to do.
You have perplexities, doubts, iuicer>
tainties. You are awake half the
night wondering what yon ought to
do.”
Something has gone wrong with
your affairs, in your relations with a
friend, in your home life; or one near
to you is -suffering, and you want
help, but do not know what to do.'
Your days are full of questions.”
“Do you know that there is one
who is infinitely wise, never makes a
mistake, nor misleads anyone, who
wants to show you the way, no mat*
ter what the experience is? Instead
of vexing yourself, just go to Him,
and say: “Show me the Path”, and
He will.”
“There is something else. It is
told of Wenecscaus, king of Bohemia,
that he was one night going to prayer
in a dstant church, on foot over the
snow and ice, and his servant, Poda-
vivius, following him, imitating his
master’s devotion; waxed faint and
numb. “Follow me*', saith the King,
“and set thy feet in the prints of
mine”. The masters words encour
aged the servant and he followed onC
That is what our Master says when
we grow weary in the hard way, when
the thorns pierce our feet, or when
the path grows rough or steep. Fol
low me, “Put your feet into my shoe
prints. It is but a little way home^*.
“Thou wilt show me the path of
life”. There is a path on which our
Master wants us to walk. He has
it all down among His purposes —
where He wants us to go, what H*
wants us to do. The people He
wants us to help. The path leads
last to the door of the Father's house%
Would it not* be a sad thing if you
should miss the way? Well! you
surely miss it, and get lost in the
dreadful tangles, unless you ask
Christ to show you the path. Like-a
little child, look up into the face of
the Master, and say, “Show me thil
path of life,” and He will.”
A PRAYER
“Our beloved Master^ in all our
perplexities, doubts and uncertain
ties, when we sorrow or when any
thing goes wrong in our affairs, in
our relations or in our home life, we
turn to Thee. Thou art infinitely
wise. Thou wilt show us the way»
no matter what our experience is.
When we grow weary in the hard
way, when the thorns pierce our feet,
or when the path grows rough or _
steep, help us to hear Thy voice say
ing: “Follow me; put thy feet in
my footsteps”.
O Master point Thou out the way. ^
nor suffer Thou our steps ^ sbNty;
tiien in the path that lead^ia*
We follow Thee”.
“Thou hast passed on
face; Thy footsteps on the way
trace; 0 keep us, aid us by Thy grwiit ■
we follow Thee.” yi.
There is' a path on which Th<m.
want Us to walk. Thou hast
it for us, and it leads at last te
door of the Father's house.
Oh! Ever h^p u6 like4t little
to look up into Thy in
changes and chances-of
say: Thus use the patb el.
Thou wilt. >
In Thy Natne, who
t^e Tr^th, and the
Amen, t