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TRANSYLVANIA—“THE LAND OF WATERFALLS”—2,239 FEET AE SEA EXPONENT OF TRAN SYLVANIA COUNTY. Brevard The Aim is Frankne»a and Sincerity. VOLUME XXVII BREVARD, N. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1922 NUMBER 34 THE PRAYER CORNER A PRAYER FOR REST: H. A. PLUMMER SELLS TO B. W. TRANTHAM THE QUESTION OF DIVORCE How many are at this time seek- | Dissolves Partnership FOURTH SERMON IN SERIES ON -Condensed History of Growth— To Put on Sale ing, by sea anj land, mountain and stream, hillside and valley, in the silent places or with the crowd, that blessed boon that men call Rest? We thank Thee, 0 God, that Thou hast The firm of Plummer & Trantham [^Aade possible this priceless blessinir; | dissolved partnership. H. A. ^lat the sea may give to us its j Plummer has sold his interest to B. strength, the mountain its stillness j W. Trantham. anfi its calm, the hillside its peace, j In an interview with Mr. Plummer But more do we bless and thank Thee j this week, h? stated that ov.’ing to the for that deeper rest of W'hich all this | fact that it had become necessary for is but the simulitude; the rest that ] him to devote his whole time to his remaineth, and which we know Thou i important position as traveling sales- hast in keeping for those who trust ! man, it had become absolutely neces- Thee and walk in Thy w'ay. j sary to sever his conections with the How grateful is this thought, as wo ! popular local department store, remember the multitudes who must I Mr. Plummer has been connected daily toil without ceasing, knowing j for many years with the Anderson- no change, finding no charm from Nat | Dulin-Varnel Company as traveling ure, looking xipward only to see the salesman. This position is an impor- hour that calls to the renewal of la- I tant one and the compensation is bor for themselves, and all about , greater than that received by Mr. them. For these and for all, 0 I Plummer from his local business. I Lord, help us at this hour an^ in this j Fred Johnson and H. A. Plummer season to voice a special prayer, a j years ago bought out a dry goods stronger petition that we may indeed. , t;iore then owned by T. D. England, seek the wholeness, the refreshment This partnership under the firm name and the peace that can come only j of Johnson and Plummer operated from Thee, that rest that lightens all ; for about two years, then Mr. Plum- burden, an(^ makes every toil sweet, j nier bought out I\Ir. Johnson., Oh. for that complete communion j ^ Trantham then became man- with Thee that makes the barren j atrer and after a few months bought place bloom, the workshop to become ; h.,]f interest from Mr. Plummer, a sanctuary, and the busy want an “Bi verly” has been in active charge ■avenne of prayer. No human power ^ since, as Mr. Plummer was not SERMON ON MOUNT can bestow this gift. Helpless are v:e in every place, whatsoever be its loveliness, feeble before every duty, however mighty its claim. UTiless we have Thee; and to have Thte is to have rest. Quicken us now, with Thine own life, — so, thav toiling, or ceasing to from toil, we may have before us the open vision, and the full view of that pathway that leads even into perfect peace. Let us hear, as ntfver before the words of Him, Who said, Unto Me, All Ye That LaToror avi,| ’ ”e Heaven Laden, and 1 will give You Rest,” and let us, as we "hear, take yoke upon us and leam of Him 1 this we ask for His O'W’n "Name’s Sake. Amen”. C. D. C. in a position to be in Brevard except on holidays and week days. This busness, under the able man agement of Mr. Trantham, grew stt rapidly that it was found necessary to move into a larger store and to increase t)ie stock of dry goods, ready By CHAS. C. SMITH The text for this sermon on one of the great problems of the day, that of divorce, is found in Mat. 5:31,32, “It hath been said, whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: But I say un to you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that s divorced comniitteth adul tery,” In what we call the social fabric civilization has erected a most beau tiful structure. This structure is com prise(j of many things which the most of us hold very dear: e. g., the chui’ch; the State with all its various forms of government; our wonderful educational systems; business and in dustry, and the labor organizations. Yet, these all rest on one primeval foundaton—the home. On this foun dation civilization has built its great superstructures. Now, after centuries of building, is civilization going to destroy its own work by destroying the home? When the home disappears, other REVIVAL MEEHNGS AT BAP1TST CHURCH Next Week Prepa!ratory Services To Be Helj With Preaching By the Pastor Although arrangements have been made for some months, it has not been publicly announced until this week that revival services are to be held in Brevard Baptist church begin ning on Sunday, September 3, and continuing for about two weeks. Rev. Chas. C. Smith, the pastor, has secur ed the services of Rev. Herman T. Stevens to do the preaching, and of Mr. W. Plunkett Martin to have charge of the music. In the meantime the Baptists are doing some special work by way of preparation for the meeting, and on Sunday next Mr. Smith will begin a short series of sermons which he will preach in the church during the week. The theme of the series will be “The Cross of Jesus,” and these will be seven sermons in the series, two of them being on Sunday, two on Sun day week, and the other throe on Mon day, W'ednesday and Friay nights of next week. The members of the Bap tist church hope in the three extra services next week to get more nearlv NEGROES GUILH OF CRIMINAL ASSAULT Mr. Ketchen Will Recover — Coal Stirike Settlement Nearer— Rate Agreement ready for {ho meeting itself, and they institu- i invite to gather with them at these tions lose their value. In the in-reas- ^ times other people of the tov;n whr» ing number of divorces, and the grow ' wil help them plan and pray for th'. ing number of causes on which divorc os may be obtained from the court.s, we may well ask the question. “Is ci vilization getting' ready to put an end to itself?” It is the home taht today tliri'atcnod by thf* nrablom of <;i- Ivorcc, and roriety of tliis time should If to the earnest studv of the to wear, ^hoes and novelties; whvelT T)rol:lem an 1 ^^eelc diTigenl'ly to find a was (lont! about three years ago. After the death of the late Wm. P. Weilt, Plummer & Trantham bought the extra large stock nf Tad’”-’ and children’s ■‘‘i;;, nrm refT;'?dy. I-.-*, thi present discussion ('/f this problora will look at it un der five hc?.ds: First, the Scriptures, laearing on llie suVjetrt; second, the^ tjroblem as presented in statistidf the-^ Erevard's lead'iTi'g depart ^^^'ithered by tlic federal government^ mcnt store. The stock of go®ds in- j third, some causes for divorce; voiced approximately forty thousand j f<»urth, the question of re-marriage cliurfJh with their singmg and playing' coming revival meetings. RALEIGH, N. C., AUGUST 20.— The Moore county superior court made quick work of the trial of the throe negroes for the attempted mur der of A. E. Ketchen, an automobile tourist, of Connecticut, and assaults upon his wife near Southern Pines two weeks ago. After deliberating only seven minutes, the jury at Car thage on last Tuesday afternoon brought in a verdict of guilty as to Angus Murphy and Jasper Thomas for criminal assault and John Lee, the younger of the three, for secret assault. Judge Benjiman F. Long sentenced Murphy and Thomas to die in the electric chair at the State Prison here on Friday, September 15. Lee is to serve twelve years in prison for his part of the outrageous alfair. Mur phy, the older of the prisoners, broke down and plead mercy when being sentenced by the court. Thomas main tained an attitude of indifference. Both confessed to the charges for which they had beeen convicted on the v.-ay back to the State Prison here. Dotatehments of soldiers, compos ed of the Raleigh Service Company ar> 1 the Durham Machine Company, ♦i o *C HENDERSON IN SERIOUS ACCIDENT NEWS FROM OUR QUEBEC COR- RESPONDENT The following are the subjects of' which bad constituted a prison gi)ard the seven sermons on the Cross and | at Carthage during the progress of the dates on whicli they will be preach ; the trial accompanied them. The ed: Sunday morning, “The Power nc | trial of the negroes began MoYiday af- the Cross;” Monday night, “Gloryfy- j ternoon and was concluded late Tues- ing in the Cross; “Wednesday ni.uhc, i day. There were no suggestions of The Cross of our Gloryfying';" Fri day night, “Jesus and Tlim Crucifi ed;^' Sunday morning, “The ^aoaning of the Cross;” Sunday nigTiit, “The Crucfixiun.” Twice last spring some of the teachoTs in Fruitland Institute visit ed in Brevard and while Isere delight ed the con.^regations of the Baptist dollais and they have had a steady ; the part of the divorced one; and and t'normous growth of new crustoiir-■ fifth, lool; at somv suggested Terojp- ers ever since. Their growtTi has been dies. phw/jminal for a departTnent store— this was due to the fact that they wore courteous, kept a good, substan tial stock and paid just -as much at tention to small orders as they did the larger ones. The new owner, Mr. "B. W. Tran tham, announces in a large ad that they are putting on a dissolutioa sale TiTid are offering bargains never heard of before in this secti^Ti. "While the News regrets the retire- I Ti'iont of Mr. Plummer as one of our News has been received in Brevard • leading business men, we stiTI have of the death of “English” McGaha in , hopes that he will nralve an invest- Spartanburg. , ment in some other needed industry He was killed by an automobile ac-' in “The Land of Waterfalls.''’ “Hen- cident, it is reported, and was buried tv” Plummer is known throughout in Spartanburg. Western North Carolina as an up- The News is not in possession of right, Christian gentleman—^a man the facts of his history, etc.,; wvll-met and is a citizen that Tran- but we do know, like all local citi- sylvania is proud of BETTERMENT SOCIETY MEETING Notice is hereby give that there will be a meeting of tlie Brevard Bet- j torment Society on next Monday. Au- ( gust 28, at 4 p. m. in the high school | auditorium. A full attendance is re quired. ENGLISH McGAHA DEAD zens, that he was a well-known char acter on account of his intense hatred of new clothes and great love of rag ged or old worn out clothing. He was known as the “m«*st ragged man of this section.” That English had many good traits, there can be no doubt and he will be mourned by The News bespeaks the support of all our citizens for tbe new manage- Tfi<:nt, “Beverly” Trantlram B. Y. P. U. ACTIVITIES The regular Monday evening meet ing of the Baptist Young People’s I. SCRTPTURi:S BKARINCx "ON THE SUBJECT-: .The following ps5>- sagos contain all that the New Testa ment h-as lo say on this subject: The reader is asked to turn to his Bil)le for these, for l-ack of space prevents their reprinting here: Mat. 5:31,32"; Mat. r&'.8, ?>■; Mark 10,11; Lulie IB: 18; RRi-m. 7:1-3; I Cor. 7:110, 11. These passages teach that the only grouT.d for divorce is infidelity. II. THE PPwOBLEM AS SEEN BY GOY'EllNMENT STATISTICS: The report of the U. S. census in 19*16, the latest available statistics, shows that m thirt year there were 1,040,- 778 marriages, in 1906 there were 838,451, and in 1896 there were 602.- 542. In T896 there were 42,937 di vorcees; in 1906 they numbered 72,- These same people 'W'Al again visit Brevard for this weelc end, and will sirrg in the Baptist c’hnrch on Sunday nwrning and evenirig. They are Mr. J. L. Jones. Miss Mildred Bearden tmd Miss Winnie Ilijid. Mr. Jones and Miss Bearden sing, and Miss Reid is their efincient a^'companist. While here, t>ie young ladies will be guests in the liome of Rev. Chas. C. Smith, and Mr. Jones will visit in the home of Mr. H. C. Ranson. It will be a pleasure to lovers of \ good gospel singing in Brevard to hear these people again. SECRETARY PENNY VISITS EfREVARD L. J. Penny, Secretary of the Hen dersonville Chamber of Commerce, visited Brevard on Wednesday and while in the cit.v visited the News of- 062-, wliilt in 1916 the total report-I fi<*e. Mr. Penny complimented the those who loved him STid missed by UnV m was in every respect delisht- ^ ^ meetinp. The attendance was remarkably good; all memlaers were present with the exception of one. Ther e were four new menfbers who took the B. Y. P. U. pledge; also five visitors were present. An unusual 1 • 1 J ». i number had read the Daily Bible wale there, they decided to go up to „ J xi. Readaig for the past week .-and the meeting was made exceedingly inter- KILLING SNAKES Last week Mr. Lee R. Fisher and Van Smith were In Lake Toxaway •Section looking after their cattle and the old Indian Camp and visited the snake den. Years had elapsed since lihey w’ere last there. They made a successful trip to the snake home and killed 93 — 89 rattle snakes and 4 pilots. If it had been a good day (forkilling reptiles, these men would gotten them all. CEDAR MOUNTAIN HOME MONSTRATION CLUB: DE. The meeting of the Cedar Moun tain Home Demonstration Club was held Aug. 16, at the home of Mrs. George Bishop. Miss Clarfle demon strated canning beans. esting by the Bible Reader’s Leader. A very interesting program was given by group three on “Why should wo have a right knowledge of Christ.” Special music was rendered by some members of that group. The work of the associational B. Y. P. U., which was organized in this county Attjrust 13, is going on with great vim. Plans are being made to organize several B. Y. P. U.’s soon. On Thursday of last week, the B. Y. P. U. entertained with a winney roast. About twenty-five with Mrs. Chas. C. Smith chaperoning hiked to Siniards Lake. Winnies were roasted Marshmallows were brought ed as 114,136, with not all counties in America reporting. 191'6 is the last year Tor which we have statis tics, but all know that from 1911? -on the nximlieT of divorces has vastlyl increased, owing to the large num ber of hasty marriages during the period of "war. When about one mar riage out oT ten is annulled it means that propoition of broken homes. It means that enormous problem con fronts us to lae solved. Must we solve it, or be nfmed by it? III. SOME CAUSES FOR DI VORCE: 1. Lax laws about mar riage. Some states allow marriage at twelve years of age without con sent of parents; others at fourteen and sixteen; a few only make this limit as high as twenty-one. A num ber of others liave no definite age lim it. The evils of early marriage are manifold. 2. Wrong views of mar- News management upon the weekly. He gave a glowing account of the growth of our neighboring city, Hen- dersonivlle, and is very enthusiastic over Hendersonville’s great future growth. Wt certainly compliment | ]ance (!i-order at any time during the trial. Mrs. Ketchen positively identified Murphy as her assailant and Thomas as the negro who held a light while the assault was being consummated. Lee Avas a looker-on and shared in the money and jeweh'y taken from the Ketchen family. Evidence was submitted to the jury without argu ment. Mr. and Mtrs. Ketchen will continue tlioir journey northward as soon a? he is able to stand the trip, but not in an automobile. They have enough •of that mC/de of travel at present. Mr. Ketchen was unable to attend the trial of the negroes, but is thought to be OT. the road to complete recov ery. Industrial peace still lingers ai'ound the corner, but there is a faint hope that a week hence the railroads and their shopmen will have come to terms. President Harding’s message to Congress on Friday was little more than a reiteration of his determina tion to enforce the law and every body expects him to do that. At the .same time winter is approaching and the folks are going to need food, fuel and clothing . The four big railway brotherhoods have assumed the role of arbitrators and express the hope tbat a way will be found before the end of the week. Just now they are trying to reach terms of settle ment which will let each party to the controversy “down honorably,” what ever that is in industrial war par- the business men of that city in secur ing such an enthusiastic live-wire for secretary of their Chamber of Com merce and predict that he will do much towards developing the resourc es, etc. of Hendersonvile. ‘In the Land of W’^aterfalls” able while the other is living. In the passage in Mark, Jesus seems to make re-marriago for any cause, while the other party is living, a violation of Returning from Washington to day, which place he was called by H. B. Spencer, Federal Fuel Administra tor, R. Otis Self, coal distributor for I North Carolina, expressed himself as being very much encouraged over the prospects of securing a sufficiency of coal to meet urgent needs in the State during the winter. The big trouble is going to be in the delivery, but if the railway strike should be settled soon, this barrier, too, will be remov ed. Ice plants, laundries and indus- the seventh commandment; and j tries of somewhat similar significance Paul’s advice bere is emphatic: “Lot' are receiving the preference in coal not the wife depart from her hus-1 shipments at present. But home base band; but if she depart, let her re-1 ments must be supp’ied before many r^age are a fruitful source of divorce, i main unmarried, or be reconciled to | moi’e weeks have elapsed and Preci- 3. Extravagence and consequent debt her husband. I dnt Harding may soon realize that lead many others to the divorce court. V. WHAT REMEDIES MAY BE | “soft words butter no parsnips.” 4. Carelessness is also a cause. It APPLIED; 1. Uniform marriage | For the first time in forty years A community meeting is arranged first to be held at the school house on the and toasted. Then the big waTermel- evening of Aug. 24, at which time ions were cut. Every one ha:i a fino Mr. Lindley will make definite plans time. for the community fair. A full at tendance is urged. Mr.?. J. A. BURNS, Secretary. LOUISE B. TOV/NSEND ‘In i.h? Lan.l of 'Watorfalis” may be carelessness toward each laws by all the states ma.v be help- other; it may be carlesness in person- ful. 2. The age limit without parent al appearance; it may be carelessness al consent should be for men 21, and in religion. It is hard to have a hap- for women 18. 3. The marriage li- py home without God at the head. cense should not be issued earlier IV. THE QUESTION OF REMAR- than ten days before the ceremony, RIAGES: On Scriptural grounds for and the names published in a paper, d.vorce the marriage bond seems dis- 4. There should be sane laws concern solved; and, so from inference, it may ing physical examination of those to bo concluded that the right of re- be married. 5. Marriages should only marriage is given the innocent party, be made in the Lord, and under his Yet this is ONLY inference, and the guidance. 6. Each should keep the trend of Scripture seems, by strong- other supreme in the affections. 7. er inference, to make ro-marriago, God should be made and kept su- cv'cn of the i:;;'.occ:it party, inadvi-- preme i;i the home. it is claimed. North Carolina jobbers, wholesalers and manufacturers will be able to overcome the handicap in the matter of freight rate and advan tages enjoyed so long by Virginia ci ties. They cr.n now meet competi tion from that state in North and South Carolina trade territory. This is made poitible by a rate agreement reached between representatives of the State and the carriers held in Washington on Wdnesday and Thurs day of last week. Good news, this. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Real Golden, a daughter, christened Annie Lee. Mrs. M. A, Whitmire went to Bre vard last Saturday to have some den tal work done. C. L, Sanders has bought out the stock of goods of C. B. Glazener at Quebec. He took charge of the busi ness here last Monday. W. B. Henderson has resigned as Quebec post master. J. L. Sanders has been appointed as acting past master and will serve until a perma nent post master is appointed. Misses Lesa and Dorothy Whitmire of Canton are visiting relatives in this community this week. M. O. McCall made a business trip Lo Greenville recently. Miss Maxine Reece is spending a few days at home after having at tended the second six weeks summer school at the Cul’.owhee Normal school. She will teach during this school year at Scotts near Statesville. Miss Norma Chapman visited her parents in this community last week end. She is teaching this year is the Calvert school. C. W. Henderson and T. T. Miller, leading Quebec carpenters, are at pfPScnt at Brevard helping on the Bre Yard Institute dormitory. Van Smith and son, Anderson, are • telling a wonderful snake story. They were hunting in the mountains near the home of J. B. Neal and ran across some rattles snakes and pilots hold ing a convention. They proceeded to break up the convention by killing 88 I’attlers and 4 pilots. They did not attempt to locate and destroy the ones that did not come out into the open. A mad dog came into .this commun ity a few days ago. It was seen by a number of people, one of whom was Mrs. Nancy Smith who is 87 years old. It passed her in the road giving her a little fright. He son, Jim, used his gun on the mad canine and after a seventh shot found that he had succeeded in stoppin,^ the wild careei of this dangerous animal. A few days ago T. C. Henderson and his little son, James, took some corn to Thomas McCall’s grist mill to have it ground. The Avater was low and the grinding was slow; so afttn' getting the mill started, Mrs. McCall, who is the miller, left the mill ami went back to the house to do the num erous chores which demanded her at tention. Pretty soon T. C, noticed the com “leaking” from the “bush.” On examining he found that a corn cob, which Mr. McCall had used for “bushing” had dropped out, thus let ting the corn pass through into the water below instead of being convert ed into meal. He picked up the cob and undertook to put it back into place. In doing so he got a little clo s er to the “shaft” than he realized and a projecting wedge caught the front of his shirt and the side of his coa' and wraped them aroung the shaft, jerking him from his position. H«* caught aroung the shaft, raised his feet to prevent the breaking of th.‘ bones of the lower limbs and then called to James, who was standing by just a moment before, intending to explain to him how to stop the mill. But James w’as gone. Seeing the per il his daddy was in, the Ittle fellow had instantly darted into the mill house and up the steps to the wire rope which leads to the water gate and in less time than it takes to tell it had released the wire, shut otf the water and stopped the mill. M». Henderson was verv painfully hurt, having his breast be ^ and lower left ribs considerably b- ised; but he say^ that he is very th" • kful that it is no W'Orse, and that i’ • realizes that he owes his sound limbs and perhaps hi‘ life to the thoughtfullness and quick action of James, who has just passed his seventh birthday. Three cheers for James! ‘In the Land of W'aterfalls” TO EXHIEIT PEDIGREE CATTLE: R. W. Everett will leave on his an nual tour about the 10th of Septem ber. His first exhibit will be at Nash ville, Tenn, Mr. Everett carried off nearly al! the important prizes last season and ha.s even a better herd of pedigree cattle this year. No doubt Transylvania will be put on the map again as a live-stock section. Col. Everett will exhibit at all the impor tant Southern Fairs. I