Tk« Aim U FraaloiMt
and Siaccritj.
EXPONENT TRAN-
. SYLVANIA COUNTY.
VOLUME XXVI.
BREVARD, N. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 8th, 1921.
No. K
T.LGA^DIED
lAST SARIRDAY
COURT
Prominent Citizen of Pisgah Forest
Community Passes Away at
the Age of ?7.
T. L. Gash, a prominent citizen
of this County, died at his home near
Pisgah Forest last Saturday evening, ,
at the age of 77 years. He had been |
in failing health for some time, but |
had not been confined to the house, j
and his death from heart failure came !
as a surpri.':e to his many friends all ,
over ths county. |
Funeral services were held at David
son River Prasbyterian church on i
Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. i
J. R. Hay, assisted by Rev. J. C. i
Seajirle. RIany persons from Bre- '
vard, Pir-g-ih Forest and other com- '
Thuiiities attended this service, for I
Mr. Gash wag well known both in |
public and private life and had lived ‘
in this siccticn for the most part
since his young manhood. The old
church on whose services he had been '
a regular attendant for years was
thronged at this last service over his
body.
All the rites of this funeral were
conducted with great simplicity, in
accordance with the known wishes of
the decea?od. An escort of Confed
erate Veterans formed part of the
funeral proce3sion in honor of their
old comrade, who had always been a
Officials Occuf;y New Offices — Im
provement Work On Outside j
Progressing:. |
The work on the Transylvania'
Court house is practically complete,
according to reports rocently made to
the County Corr'-nissicners. T. E. |
Davis, architcci, rr’^crted to the board '
in its meeting thi" week that the plum '
bing and heati;:.;>: work v/as complete. ;
He was paid in full by the board. i
Some of tlic officcs have al-1
ready been occupicd by the county
officials. The county commi"s!oncrs
have been holding all recent meet
ings in their ne^v room, and Registor
ef Deeds, Roland Owen, has been for
quite a while in thy nev*’ and spacious '
register’s room. j
During this weelc the SherifF and i
tax collector’s room has been occn-!
pied, and tax CDlIcctor, Coz Paxton,
is now to be found in the first room
on the left of the hall — the old re
gister’s room. Clerk of Court, N.
A. Miller has also moved from the
front rcom on the right to his new
quarters opposite the register’s office.
The place occupied by one of the ,
jury rooms in the old building has
been assigned to Miss Yvonne Ward,
director of the home economics work,
who entered her official home this
m
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IIP DRIVE
CUMAX.
RALMISS :
MARIE DEAVER.
)Vednesday, Apri! 13th, I« Day
Fob Gsnera! Wind-up of
Campr.ign.
Set
^Blrought From Home At Morristowia
To Be Buried Beside Her
Mother. , *
HIGH THE SAPPHIRE COUNTRY
devoted member of that organized week. .Mr. Lindlev, the farm agent.
TIZENS MUST eE SESISTEBEO
I T5W!I ElEGTION
band, v.ho^c ranks grow thinner year
by year. I'Ifinj' Masons attended in
honor of the man who had been a
charter member of Dunn's Rock lodge
but th?re were no Masonic ritcs at
the grave.
Interment was made in the old
Davidson-Patton burying ground,
better known as the Davidson River
Cemetery. The pall bearers were:
J. C. Deaver, J. P. Doaver, J. A.
Miller, W. D. Deaver, T. E. Patton,
Sr.. and Overton Erwin.
Thomas Lor.oir Gash, ?on of Lean-
<ler S. and Margaret A. Gash, was
born near Hender?onville, September
18, 1843. After his boyhood school
ing, he attended Emory-and Henry
College. The Civil War came on be
fore he was of age, but on his nine
teenth birthday, September 18, 1862,
he enli.sted in the army of the Con
federacy. He first joined Company
E. Sixth Battalion, commanded by
Major Jobn Spann. Latej- in the
war, this company, made up of Hen
derson and Transylvania men, be
came a part of the 65th N. C. regi
ment, cavalry, commanded by Col.
George Folk.
While sei'ving with this regiment
in Bragg’s raid in Kentucky, in July,
1863, Mr. Gash and several others
were captured while on scout duty
near Monticello, Ky. For nearly
two years he was a prisoner of war,
first at Camp Chase, Ohio, then at
Johnson’s Island and later at Point
Lookout, until paroled in February,
1865. After returning home, he re
ceived notice in April 1865 of his ex
change. He started out at once to re
join his command, then under Joseph
E. John.ston in eastern N. Carolina:
but just after he had passed Morgan-
ton he Ie^rncd of Lee’s surrender at
Appomattox.
After the w^ar he made his home in
this com.munity. He was for a while
in business in Brevard and v/as aJso
postmaster for scvo:^al years. in
18G6 he was appointed Clerk and
Master of Equity of Tr;insylvania
County and later served as Clerk of
Superior Coui’t and as member of the
board of county commissioners. Dur
ing the-last few years of his life he
was a member of the Confederate
pension board of this county.
Mr. Ga?h lived in Transylvania un
til 1892, when he moved to Morgan-
ton where he lived three years, mov
ing to Decatur, Ga., in 1895. In
1903 he went to Swathmore, Pa.,
where he stayed for one year, re
turning here in 1904.
Mr. Gash was largely interested in
movements of a public nature. He
was a charter member of the Dunn’s
Rock Lodge of Blasons, organized in
1867, was first Senior Warden and
Second Master. At the time of his
death he was the oldest Mason in the
county. He v.as also one of the old-
est members of Davidson River Pres-
pOyterian Church, which he joined in
1876.
Not the least among the services
^ to his State was the part he took as
a member of the legislature of 1874-
75 in calling the Constitutional Con-
v'i’l also have an office in the court
house.
(By Rev. J. R. Hay)
notice in this paper
J
i carried news of the sad death of Misg
TV ' ':r;'l!.n charge of the
: V,' I ;v-: set next Wednes
day, /.pr I 13, .‘.3 day for the gen
eral \sir.d ur> of -he drive. i
On this cay lh2 rubbish gathered | ^^^rie Deavar in Morristown, Tenn;
into piler. \.ill b? carted away. j where she had been carried by her
Fro:;:rc7 o\vr.''r3 are urged to do, father a fjhort time before for an
their par., in cleaning up their own Tho she
^ , . if XU was critically ill for eome days after
I.. C., Kanson, ,chairman of the ! ^
committca, has posted circulars call-j opera Lion, no one of her friends
Ing attention to the needs and urging ^ v/as prepared for the news that she
co-opcraticn. j -wa^ dead. She died in the hospital
j Monday Night, March 28th, at 11
IN ALLISON BUILDING: i o’clock.
was
, TT X- i V/ednesday 'Jier body
.he iharp Pl-aTnbmg and Heatmg |
ComFnny, a now business concern
here, ic now located m the W. 11. j , , ^ »
’ ^^jJonn C. Deaver, Mrs. Deaver, and
Mr.rgaret Deaver accompanied the
Allison building on the corner
Main r.nd Gaston Streets.
B. & L. OFFICERS;
At a meeting of the directors of
the Bievard Building & Loan Assoc
iation last v/eek, the follov/ing officers
v/ere elected:
body from Morristown, as did also
Mrs. Ed. McCoy, Miss Julia Deaver»
T. E. Patton Jr., Vere Clement, El*
liott- Smith of Morristown, and Messrs
John, Thomas, and Joseph Jarnagin,
brothers of Mrs. Deaver.
They were met at the evening train
open for in-
All citizens desiring to vote in tho j when the books v.ri!
The road commissioners have asked coming municipal election m.ust be cpeccion.
Attention is called to the fact
that all citizens, whose nam.es do not
for the old clerk’s room without any July registered, and for this purpose j
the town regictration books will be
appear on the books for the last miUni-
chang3s made, as their office
Upstairs all is in readiness for the
cominq: term of court. At the back ,
end a room for the jud?e, one for the
solicitor, and two for jurors have of Sunday, from 9 A. _M.. to 5 P. _M„ ter«_d-. •
been added.
OUTSIDE WORK:
Work on the cobblestone wall in
front of the court hcuse ig still in
pro«:rer.s and nearing completion. Tell
and John Brown, with colored help,
hr.vc been busy on this job for several
davr. When completed, a cement cap
will run the entire length of the
wall. The town authorities have a-
P-re-'d ^o l^wer the side walk in front
of the wall. '
A privet hedge has been set out on
+he west border of the lawn and from
President T. H. Shipn^an; Vice - at P,s?ah forest by a large concourse
president, J. A. Miller; Secretary - sorrowing friends and relatives.
treasurer, G. E. Lathrop. i was earned immed.at-
j ely to Davidson River church, where
j funeral services were conducted by
' Rev. John R. Hay. The service was
^ short and simple. Mrs. H. R. Wal-
■ i ker of Brevard sang a beautiful and
At the last meeting of the board of touching solo, and in the choir were
County Commissioners C. ,B. Deaver a number of girl friends of the de-
C. B. DEAVER IS APPOINTED
COUNTY TAX SUPERVISOR:
openea on April 15. They will re-j election, cannot vote in the was appointed county tax supervisor.' ceased. Befote the party left Mor-
This office, created by the last leg- ristown, a short vfuneral service had
islature, carries with it the duty of been held in the hwRe by her pastor,
except on Saturday, April 16, when This year the women vote for the appointing township tax listers and jjey. S. H. Hay, who is an older broth—
they will be open from 9 A. M., to 9 first time in a town election, and of , having general supervision of their i gj. <jf Rev. John R. Hay. The active
P.M. F. E. Shuford is the Registrar, course they, without exception, will i work. j pall-bearers were: John Jamagfn,
The last day of registration will be have to register if they wish to vote. | Only personal property is listed by ^ Thomas Jarnagin, Joseph Jamagiii,
Friday, April 22, after which the The registration for last fall’s nat-j these assessors'except in case of ^spec-jjEUiott Smith, T. E.-fatten, Jr.-, and
books v/ili be closed and the op- ional State and county election will | ified increase to rcul estate through, •Verne Clement. iTonorary pallbear-
portunity to register gone. Satur- not entitle them to vote for Mayor ■ building or dcrease by removal of { -vvcre: Overton Erwdn, Dr. T. Jl
day, the 23rd, will be Challenge Day, and Aldermen.
building. i Summey, Dr. H. R. Walker, Charles
Mr. Deaver has appointed the same (j, Patton, Frank King and P. B.
township listers as those recently ap- , Nickels.
pointed by the commissioners under
the old law.
the norlh west corner to the Court!., m. l ^ t * pji -
. Dougnerly Converts Former ia.rjort<Tnt M3c.:ns
house. Preparation has also been . i » oi n- I
, « . . , HixBoa rlou»& Into Place For Nighi — m»;asi:r
made for running a similar hedge ' Treatment of Patients
from the northeast comer of the . _* I
courthouw parallel with the eastern fMmorly owned by G, I
wail of the jail. The privet plants
were donated to the county by R. H '
Next Taesday
3 of Prcgfes*
To Be Discussed;
The Brevaid Club will hold its re-
From the church the funeral party
moved to Davidson River cemetery
where Marie was tenderly laid aw'ay
NEW CEMENT STEP: beside her mother. The grave w^as
A new cc?iTiont stop has been built, banked with a profusion of most ex
extending along the sidewalk in front' qu?ite fio^vers of various lovely de-
of Tongue’s Grocery Store and the ■ sign, a-fitting tribute from a host of
City Market, adding decidely to the loving friends to one' so sweet, so
appearance of the street at this point.
^
;ixson in South Brevard and purchas' gular monthly meeting next Tuesday I SC^ ’OOL
Zachary, who conceived this plan of »°’«herty tas bee^ ' and interested niembers are I ‘
, , a prepared and equipoed by the new urging an memoers o
beautifying the grounds. V '
jow’ner for use as a Sanitprium.
Vile organiza- |
The tion to be pTesent and take part in i
STUDENTS ARE
PREPARING FOR COMMENCE-
ME NT;
young, and so fair.
Emma Marie Deaver was bom Nov.
9th, 1899, at Pisgah Forest. She
was the oldest child of John C. Dea
ver and Margaret Eliza Patton; and
EDUCATIONAL ADDRESS AT
METHODIST CHURCH SUNDAY.
institution will i>e kno\vn as tho “Na- the discussi-on of measvires looking)
The now piano has arrived at the | also oldes. grand child of Capt and.
vajo,” and is now cpen to receiv«s t) town progress,
i patients suffering from various di«- One of tho impovtr.nt matters be-
i casss. ! fore this ri>«?cLinr; will be a more thor-
are
Mrs. J. F. Deaver and Mr. and Mrs.
Her mother died Oct^
Zeb Curti?P and H. A. Dunham j Besides Mrs. Dougherty’, who as j ough orp:f;:.i:.^ticn of Transylvania’s i
of Asheville wilil be at the Methodisti%,,«.elf a trained nur;?0, thc^ -taff at’’ part of ihe^'cstcrn Vi. C. Chamber o
Church Sunday in tho interest of the , -nrc-sent consists of Dr. T. J. Summey : Commerct.
educational campaign of the church. 1 ^nd Mrs. J. J. Ogg. " j' Another matter will be discussion 1
Mr. Curcir-s *\viH have charccr; of the j Ur. Summ<-‘y, as resident physician,
High School and the students
making pren&rations for the commen-, "T- P<-tton.
<-.ement to be given in a few weeks.24th, l'J09, leaving two children, M-y.
Som.e of tho features of special in- j Margaret. Mario ® Cnildhood
jf , terest at commencem.ent in which the w’as rll spent ne»nr Pis.s^ah Forest, and
\ liigh school grades v.all take part are ! sinc»j her father moved to Morristown
I a play, entitled “AH' on Account of I years ago, she has returned
Poliy”, a recitation and a declamation
the News v/as told by ^^VVARDED TO FRUITLAND TEAM.
morning service and will n-,t>ko an ad-! -,vil! h^ve direction of the tre.itnient j af “ j ccntsst, and a number of choruses,
dress on Christian Education. He I of cases. Mrs. Ogg, a train-ed nurse 1 t i x_ r <-• I .
has the reputation of beiii;.? a forci-|fro:n Minneapolis, Mam., is | presentatire of ’ " s ion ^ re j ^;t^ose DEBATING CONTEsT IS
ble speaker. I terident. She has been associated; We^ett that he would gladly |'
Imriiediately after the address Mr. | v/it> her husbjind, who is a phys>-i^g^ |
Dunharu who is district manager of, m conducting a sanitarium m Broad Street next to C M
n,= c.n.p.vn. win meet W-* the lo- iMir«e.poHs, and is .till ! gafteri!^
cal church officiair,. J with that institution. She i's a sister; ^^t resort. Seats would be
; , TTT'jm i **”• nousherty’s. • . ■ necessary for this purixjse.
vention of 76, wnich broke th3 oack ' rrr^g “Nav3.'*o” at its s-r.ga of open- '
Cl tne c.'.'roet bag govcrr.nient in equipped to acconiiiiodate as
North Carolina. many as ten patiei'ts. Several rooms
Mr. Cash will be long remembered iiave been added to the house, and
by the people of this county as a m.an every room in the house is equipped
with bath. ,
The institution is designed, ac-
Ke had many friends, but cording to a statement made by one;
of the staff to a News reporter, ag a ;
•Dlace for the treatmient of disease
-ard and other civic matters will re- i that the nolicv of collective i out of school found her teaching in
of genial and kindly disposition and
he was generous to a
fault.
his personal enemies v^ere hard to
find.
He was married on November 8th,
1870, to Miss Dovie N. Deaver, daugh
ter of William Deaver. His widow
and live children survive. The
latter are: W. D. Gash of Chogter, understood that the Sanitarium is
The question of advertising Bre
r{| and other civic matters will re
ceive the attention of the Club on i
;;-;ext ;tuesday nght at s p. m. !
DANCE AT BRiCKYARD:
The Fruitland Institute deb?.ting
teami came off winners in the con
test last Friday night with the Bre
vard Institute team at the Institute
auditorium.
The query for diseus'sion was: “Re-
re,‘‘ularly every summer to be with
her grand parents. While on one of
these visits (in 1913 or 14) she .ioin-
fd Davidson Rive- Church, during
the pastorate of Rev, W. H. Davis. At
the time of her death she Vv'as a mem
ber of the First Presbyterian Church,
of Morristown.
She went to school first at David
son River, then in Morristown, later
at Sullin’s College, and then at Peace
institute iu Baleigh. Her first j ear
bargaining through trade unions
the pr;mary department in the old
should prevail in American industry*’, j ^"-Vid^on itiver School. As a teacher
The affirmative v*-as supported by j was most conscientious, thorough,
Ferd Hayes and Loyd Shuford from I efr;c\Qnt. She greatly endeared
Brevard Institute, and the negative herself to all the young people of the
On Tuesday night of last week a' by M. G. Perry and V/. O. R#ed from community during the year, and w-as
arty of married folks and young Fruitland.
a w'elcome partner in all their fun.
in general, without making specialties enjoyed a dance at G. C. Kil-| The contest was very close. Mr. tho she was, she was de-
No operating equip- new house near the brick-1 Hayes opened the debate with argu- j stined not to finish her first year’s
yard.- The costumes for the occasion I ments that seemed hard to ansv/er teaching; death claimed her during
Pa., Miss Margaret A. Gash of New
York, E. L. Gash of Cincinnati, Ohio,
Robert L. and Miss Annie Jean Gash
of Pisgah Forest, N. C.
The only survivors of a family of
thirteen brothers and sisters are Miss
Delia Gash of Brevard and Mrs. Ade
line Garrett of Asheville. One of
his brothers, who died several years
ago, was W. A. Gash, a leading at
torney of Brevard.
All the children were present at the
funeral services; as were algo the two
sisters and T. S. Boswell of Charlotte^
'■ formerly a brother-in-law.
of any kind.
ment, it was said, has been,provided ,
as yet. The manag^^ment wish it " overalls for the boys and aprons j and which w^ere presented in a very
for the girls. Piano music was en- j forcible manner. He v/as followed
.'Oyed and music for the dancers was by Mr. Perry, who handled the sub
made by a small orchestra of stringed | ject well and threw doubt on the
strength of his opponent’s position.
open to all physicians.
Tho house, built by Mr. Hixson a ,
few years ago is ideally located for ; ’instruments. Sandwiches and coffee
w’ere served.
residence or for the purposes to
\-.'hich it is now devoted. It stands
Those present were: Mrs. Charles
one of the highest points on Broad I Weaver, Mrs. Ed Gillespie, Mr. and
Afreet, is a beautiful building, and Merrill, Misses Mary Sledge*
m
cn^mands a fine view.
Likewise Mr. Shuford and Mr. Reed
ndded arguments each to his own side,
leaving the decision up to this point
very doubtful. It was in the rebut-
Louise Erv.'in, Mabel and Nellie Mil-; tals that the vca] strength of Fruit
ier, Maud Kilpatrick and Miss- Reid; i land came out, giving the decision to
Messrs. Grady and Guthrie Kilpat-lthe negative.
rick, Louie Loftls, Francis Sledge, Between the debate and the decis-
LAUNDRY ENLARGED:
J. S. Bromfield has added ten feet
to the width of the laundry room for ^ ^ Hook, Ed. Cantrell, George Han- j ion of the judges Miss Ellen Ed-
v/hole length of the building, thus
ger, Loyd Baker, Ted Clement, Wal- wards entertained the audience with
-crcasing to a considerable extent j ter and Frank Duckworth, and Mul-! a humorous recitation, weU rendered.
capacity of the room.
Icr Albert.
‘Mandy’s Organ.’
the very last week of the school term.
One of the most touching incidents of
the funeral w'as the carrying of beau
tiful baskets of flowery by the little
children she had taught.
Thus abruptly and sadly, in its
very Springtime, her young life came
to a close. She leaves behind her a
fragrant memory of beauty and sv/eet
ness. ’Tw;as just past Easter when
she w^ent, and surely earth’s praises
to the risen Lord were still echoing
and resounding thru the courts of
heaven when her sweet spirit took its
flight and came into the presence of
her Savior where is life and joy for
evermore.