EXPONENT OF TRAN SYLVANIA COUNTY. Brevard Mews The Aim U Frankness and Sincerity. VOLUME XXVI. BREVARD, N. C. FRIOAY DECEMBER 2, 1921 No. 47 OURRALEKH ' comhunkahon Raleigh, November 28.—Members of the North Carolina Teachers’ As sembly were here in force on Wed nesday, Thursday and Friday of last week to attend the annual meeting of that organization. The principal address at the opening session oh Wednesday evening was delivered by Governor Morrison in one of the hap piest of the many speeches he has made since taking up his abode tem porarily in the capitol city. He por trayed in glowing terms the great strides North Carolina has made a- 3ong the lines of morality, education and industrial progress, predicting a future even more glorious as the vi sion of her citizenship broadens. The big audience evinced its approval of the Governor’s messnge by frequsnt outbursts of .pplun.^o and an ovation ;it its conclusion. His Excellency received at the mansion complimen tary to members of the Assembly on Thursday evening and hundreds of them called between thf- hours of ten Hnd twelve. The recent seauon of the Teachers’ Afscmbly was pronounced a success in every way. The attendance in cluded, representatives from almost all the countios in the state. Super intendent Mitchel^ of Transylvania, wa? not the only “delegate” from . the upper French Broad this year. Mrs. A. B. Riley, nee Miss Georgia Bell, Miss Annie Aiken and two dau ghters of Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Gilles pie weje tin hand "and apparently en joying their visit to the state capi tal. And there nsay have been others from thv fine little county “across the wwods” who were too busy sight seeing to look np former neighbors. Prof. T. C. Henderson, a former su perintendent of schools in Transyl vania. now head‘f)f State High School at Pembroke, was here and with him Prof. A. B. Riley, a member of the fftcmhy. The went was state-wide and the western counties made a splendid showing all the way thrdagh. Following is a digest of the resolutions adopted at the final ses sion ray, arrows this rose, a little plant lamed in many a legendary story, which, wlien ripened, rolls up its sprays and branches into a curious Utile brown ball. The desert winds .snap off its dry st(‘m iind^wiiirl tlie st»*niingly dead little Itali away over sandy plains, like a featiier-weiiiht. Af’er It chances to reuvli some clun.p plate, in about ten (lays, the ni who brought back *his jdant with llieni from tlu* lliily l.jiDu, Told womi.:‘rt'ul talcs of its po\v(M’ to bioom out <'ii Chiistn.as divy and it tlie iiMue of -"esurre:-t;oii tiower. Another o!d Ic^'end names it from every spot wiieic they halted to rest. The flry !>al1 when unfolding drops its seeds, aii-1 these it may be (nJtivateil as an anuiiitl. To re.-^urreu these es o;’ water. iinnier^L'd about hiili"way to the top of ;heir hvitnrhes. Tl.e evpatisii.n Is merely ft mechanUai S[)onjre iite prolant.s. hut they are not so arfractive-as their Dt*ad i^ea relative, whii'h. althonsih it lias s^ery little lyeantA". has an lioiiored place simo’in flmvers luvai^se of ihe many fancies airtl assoi'iafions it oa!]» up and its peculiar devo^'prnent.—Argus. My Christmas Wish yXX, ^ i ^ THAT PESTIFEROUS BCY. "A lifl«rry Christmas, old mar. But why are you limping?” “That pestiferous boy of mens set • Steel trap for Santa Ciaui. Ringing, One of the Oldest Christmas Customs would Christmas be with- out the meJody of the bells ringing good will toward men? Bell I’inging is one of the oldest of Christii'.a^^ custon’ . At one time, in England, the ringers gave their serv ices free, uor w‘iuld they accvpt any special payment. The peal was rung as a matteii’ of course, and was the r.atural exi'vression of English joyous ness. The merry music of the hells in Great Britain and wherever churches have peals of bells, is today as much a feature of -Christmas as the decora tion of church and home with ever greens. or the jjrovision of the good cheer which always marks this festive season. What an outcry there would be if an edict were issued forbidding the ringing of the J>eIJs during the comiing festive season! Yet this was actually done during the Commonwealth, for in 1652 the wise men of parliament i gave orders that "no observation shaH : be had of the Sve-and-twentleth day of December, commonly called Christ- j mas day.” I It is quite certain that this edict was disregarded in many places, while in otliers it led to open rioting. At Canterbury the mayor of the city tried to enforce the new rule, but the people were not going to be deprived of their pleasures so easily, so they took the law into their own hamls. broke the mayor’s windows—and some of his hones as well—and aj^rmeu their in- lenvion of keeping their C^Jiristnias in their own fashion, just as their fathers iiad di*ne hefore' them. authorities:; are not agreed on the First Qiristmas* Tree MHEN Ansgarius preached the White Christ to the vikings of the North, so runs the legend of the Christmas tree, the Lord sent his three messengers. Faith, Hope, and Love, to help light the first tree. Seek ing one that should be high as hope, wide as love, and that bore the sign of the cross on every bough, they chose the balsam fir. which best of all the trees in the forest met the require ments. Perhaps that is a good reason why there clings about the Christmas tree in my old home that which has preserved it from being swept along in the llooarch< d, ;.nd too ’.aai>3 '•'.''<;jcs are tsswdry, : tiyl’.o" . Ah s ;- 'd !t;iples. (,'n'n'.;-''s and. oM-frv.' i :v-,‘ ■":n:'-t.]iias mr.de of Cv.Iored ])apor !;•; ’ ad(* at home, lo. !: a liundro.' !'-‘ter and titter in the ,::reeii; iru'-is and t(>y '-ts a';f' ar. 1 a tha‘ . -i have >.'t>sr f< .ry d.tlhir.'. THE REVIVAL MEETING: A Goo^, Glad Ckrisfmasti'c'^.c, n:!" " ’icnii. To jom an.il yours is itc wisli .1 scud, 'NLaj ail yoTiir tomorrows liave slies of Une, A A all youir fnenJis fee loTing and true* V/achin3 Wir.ci-:v/^. 'f are v.;!sli<^trir'.;y. .'.'w^iys windov.'s hefnr.- V.them. Advi a liltle a;unioi/:i "> thi? t<> niuhe tlu- phiss T'l 1 olish v.T>P. • • Her Qiristmas Dolly I The Christmas i By' MARY i GRAHAM T BONNERj I Card OopyiTsht, 1921, Western Newspaper Union I MERRY CHRISTMAS ^ i — '4 TIKTIIKR v/o sh out it or sing it, v.'o niust be .'■•ure fo mej.u it; t.'f il' % S v.e rt'ally mean it when w« ^ ^ vay, “Merry ('hristTiias, every- *7 ^ we will t^lo a’I in our ^ power to make Cliristiiia' a day V >r nnsnliled joy for ail r!wse 'yf within iv*ach of »mr inliaesa;**. was 5 AM a Cliristaias C'urd. born shortly heftwe Christmas of 1913. 1 was pttt away in a box after Christmas and the next year I cauie forth again. ai«d the price put ujTWi me had risen from two cents to tive. The next year I cost ten cent.s. Still I did not sell. “We'll have to cburge 1i quarter for ISiat card," my owiier .«aid, “and get een greeted with joy, and an exclatiwition I do not quite understand. “()h, good ! Hess’s a card which is nmrked fifty cents, ^\'ho would believe at possible, but no matter, it did! And it’s not written on, either!” I do not uhderstand their joy over ,i»e. but they nerhfems; to inspire a highe:* ^ 4 j:Op<- in the spirit of men. Th;i* v, ^ IS the cause of the tleepe.;t jo\ ^ v-o jjiankind. Yes. Christmas is Viy J :■ joyful day as we!i as a sacred 2 ^ (“is y. 2 It is a ('.ay Tor do'n,:; good "i'^*"‘ i)ne c.an hardly heii('Ve a child's i:;i; piness complete without lai'ins ;i , almonds to eat in tiny sandvv;ci;e< ■" as philopen:!^ One always !;■ ‘ see the old f'ii h^)ned kind sti' sticks. an> -u Christmas Fish. A fish which resembles a cod is considered by the people of Sweden as an indispensable adjunct of their Chriistmas feast. Tfcis fish is buried for days in wootl ashes or else soaked in so\iy, but it is in his solo work that he is most effective, and he frequently SI ngs with such pathos as to melt almost the ijr^le congre gation to tears. After Mr. Smith had preached on Wednesday night of ^ this week on the judgement Mr. Mc- Cravy sang as an invitation hymn, “Turned Away From The Beautiful Gate”, as a solo, and during its sing ing quite a number came forward to make a public confession of Christ. Mr. Smith’s morning sermons haVv? been of such a nature that even the day congregations have been quite large, many who have lived here all their lives saying that no such crowds "have ever attended week day servicts here. The sermons have been along the line of the deeper spiritual life, and the attendance shows that many lonp, to hear these deeper truths of the Bible presented. Up to Thursday there had been a- bout fifty professions of faith. Some of these are from among church mem bers who said that they had never before been converted, and others will go to somf of the other churches in town, while about twenty-fiv’ve have imiicat';d their intention of un iting with the Baptist Church. : The mefting will come to a close on Sunday- night. On Sunday after noon the* will be a snecial service at three o’clock to which everybody i-; invited, and Mr. Smith will speak 021 “The Second Coming of Christ.” Mr. McCravy’s brother, Mr. James Mc- Cravj who is also an evagnelistic singer, is here to spend a few days with his brother, andt hey together will put on a special musical program at this Sunday afternoon service. The special music and this subject should I attract a company of people that will pack the church to the doors. WORN NERVES Nercous troubles, with backache, dizzy spells, queer pains and irregu lar kidneys, give reason to suspect kidney weakness and to try the re medy that has helped your neigh bors. Ask your nei jor! Mrs. H. F. Towr' nd, Whitmire St., Brevard, says: ' Jome time ago I had a^ bad attack ti kidney trouble. My back was weak and ached all the time. I felt tired and languid and could hardly straighten after stoop ing. Mornings I was tired and weak and could hardly get around. My head ached, I had nervous spells and I would get dizzy and black specks floated before my eyes. My kidneys., didn’t ait right, either. Hearing of Poan’s^idpey Pifls, I got a supply a he Ouckworth Drug Co., and soon ■ss ^ntirely cured.” SCc, at a’.l dealers. Don’t 'c for a kidney remedy—get - idney Pills—the same that • n«e’'d had. Foster-Milburn 'frs,, Buffalo, N. Y.