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TRANSYLVANIA—“THE LAND OF WATERFALLS”—2,239 FEET ABOVE 3E. ■'/ EXPONENT OF TRAN SYLVANIA COUNTY. reva rd The Aim is Franlaeas and Sincerity, VOLUME XXVII BREVARD, N. C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1922 NUMBER 35 OUR RALEIGH COMMUNICATION RALEIGH, N. C. August 28—The strike of railway shopmen enterin}>: EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS AT BAPTIST CHURCH BEGIN SUNDAY The series of evanjrelistic nieetinprs announced to be held in the Baptist | REMINISCENCES OF J. M. HAMUN church will begin on Sunday morning next with the 11:00 o’clock service. its ninth week has developed into an j ^ . , , ... , The meetings will continue for two endurance test. Negotiations have i , , , , . , , , , J I weeks, and the preaching will be done accomphshed nothing and labor lead- I u t> „ u ^ * ^ by Rev. Herman T. Stevens, now of Editor: The soil w'e now till once belonged to Tryon county, but ere she got a BREVARD INSTITUTE NOTES Several of the faculty have return ed already; among them are Mr. and Mrs. Gray, Miss Myrtle Baber and ers throughout the country are in- .'^tructi'd to stand firm for the terms asked for and ^ nation-wide settle ment. The executives wore practical ly unp.ninious in the rejection of Pre sident Harding’s suggestions to take the men back with seniority privileg es and leave other points at issue to the Railroad Labor Board. The shop men had accepted this as a general proposition, but stated they could not honorably agree to individual soltlo- ments. Efforts of the “big five” bro therhoods to bring the conter.dinjr par ties together failed hope of a peaceful solution ‘has gone a-gilm- glimpse of her western belongings ! Miss Eva Long. tl^e name became so unpopular be- j Miss Caroline Trowbridge, who has cause of the odious oppressions of , been visiting friends in Asheville, has Governor Tryon, for whose honor it returned. was named, it was stricken from the | Mr. and Mrs. Gray and Miss Ba- Greensboro in this state . The music will be in charge of Mr. W. Plunkett Martin of Lynchburg, Va. i ,, , . . , . , Mr. Stevens is a native North Caro-1 ‘ ‘“‘'"‘“''J' ^mcoln ber, with Rev. L. A. Falls, motored to lin;an, but raoot of his pastoral work 1"'' i" 1779. ^ Lake Junaluska on Tuesday to at- has been <!one in other states. His , I Evangelistic Conference now most notable work -was done while I Burke had been erccted two years ni session there. pastor of the large Belmont Baptist j l’<?^ore which circumscribed Lincoln’s 1 The boys’ new dormitory is ap- church in Roanoke, Va., w’here hesboundary. These two coun- proach!ng completion and will be in was for quite a number of vear^! and ' reaching from the S6uth Caro- j readiness for the fall session on Sep- when he left there in 1918 ’ that I to that of Virginia, now tember 1. church numbered some 1200 mevn-j western line of civilization. Miss Ethel Bost of Cornelius, N. hens. He went from there to the pas- North Carolina. There seems to C., graduate of Greensboro College, torate of the important Deaderick divisioned east and w'est line will be the assistant music teacher Avor.ue Baptist church in Knoxville, i>^'tween these two counties beyond next yeah I Tenn., remaining there however, only settlements on eastern border. • Lieutenant Charles A. Wilson, U. ! a short time, when he accepted a po- Ordinarily deed governments for- S. A., and family arrived on Monday. Though not authorized by the shop- , ^.ith the Baptist Home Mission trouble, but not so in this case Lieut. V/ilson will have general super- Board a? one of its evangelists. Last have information. | vision of the new farm and the boys’ fall he was persuaded to accept a pO'^ ^ Rutherford manifested an ear'ier "’ork and will occupy the residence sitioii of ; uperintendent of the newly and deeper interest in western de- Zachary Hill, in connect.cn with created department of evangelism of velopment, it seems, than Burke. The ^oys’ dormitory. Lieut. Wil- the North Carolina Baptist Board of clash of arms had ceased and politi- spent the summer at the OfTi- Missions, a position which he is fill- cal peace prevailed, but the devasta- ing ivith sisi’nal success. i ting effect of the Revolutionary War ]\lr. Stevens is a preacher of rare had loft its impress upon the people power and delightful charm, and as : and in addition, stripped of w’ell ni;;h ;hi cvnn,a.e’i:'t ranks aniung the best ^ ( vcr\'thing contributing to the coju- t)f his denomination in the South. ' forts of life, the continental currency Tri'var.'! is indee,} fortunate in hav- failing and the Articles of Federation in;r .‘^ecured him for this engagement, proving unsatisfying so l:andicap- Mr. Martin, like Mt. Stevens, has ped business enterprises as to pro- lt)een connected with tTie evangelistic duce a, monotony culminating in rest- department of the Baptist Home Mis- lessness not easily borne. A feeling for getting out of the world seized some who could not accomodate theni- selvcs to pending conditions. Perhaps it va^ the mo.;t daring who consent ed to scaJv the Blue Ridge and risk men to do so, the “Big Five” made a final peace propo.sal, centering as was the case with all the others on the question -of seniority, that roads interested in individual settlements would pledge themselves to find om- ployment for all strikers who had not been convicted of acts of violence; that pension rights or other privile.y- es vcould not be curtailed; and an n.ureemcnt submitting to a commis- .';io;i of ten brotherhood leaders and exe utives ail disputes which coula not be settled by direct conference. The President’s suggestion that “all employees now on strike be re turned to work and their former positi>CJr.ii with seniority and othei rights unimpaired” w'as turned down by the railway executives with a thud. The shojimer. maintain that a return ing sti’iker retains his position in the railroad organization just as if he had fome back from a vacation and does not begin all over again as though he was being hired fr- first time; that if he is taken 1:- o his old position it should be under the same conditions as before. The - tion of seniority was not an is.-':; the first strike demands, but in later stages of the controversey has become a barrier to an adjustment, for which | the railroad" executives appear to ho responsible. “Seniority” simply} means that the workmen Avho ha\ e I raad are given the choice of better' been longest in the employ of the rial * p(*sitions; that when reductions in the working forces are made, junior men are laid off first and the senior men last; and, that after men have been laid off in slack seasons they are tak en back in order of seniority, and no new labor is employed until forni- employees, who so wish, have been re turned to their, positions. The shop men maintain that the railroads should restore seniority to the men who refused to return to v.ork on July 1, on account of a fourth refrac tion in v.agos v/ithin a year, for these reasons: “Because seniority rights shoulilTrt be used as a means of penalizing slittp craft’s workers for a ‘necessary’’ strike. “Becaxise seniority righgts are a re- v-ard for practical shop experience. “Because seniority rights should not be based on subservience to the v.il! of the executives. “Because seniority rights should not be used as a means to install the open shop on American railroads. “Because seniority rights mean no thing to a few strike-breaker.s, and cers’ Re.'crve Corps Training Camp at Camp McClellan, Ala. sion Board, only he was with that Board foj' a number of years. He re cently left his position to be as.so- ciated with Mr. Stevens in the work in North Carolina. Mr. Martin is a WILL r.IEET TUESDAY IK PLACE OF MONDAY Next Monday being a National Holiday, Labor Day, the re,e:u!ai’ monthly meeting of both the Coun ty Koad Commissioners and the City Council M^ill be held on Tues day, September 5. G. E. LATHROP, Clerk OUR WEEKLY SERMON BIBLE PERFECTION Fifth in the Series on the on the Mount Sermon splendid musican and a great leader Iheir cha.uces amoni; the wild Chero- kees. Wiuitevcr may have been the charade?- of the pioneer immigrants and v.liat motive that prompted the ;i.'ky i;'icve v.-estvv'ard, it began in the ;;i; t year.- of the ninth decade of the L .,htt'fiiLh century. The year Wa- of song. His friends say that he is ;it his best, j)erhaps. as a soloist. Services will be hel i day at 10:00 A. "! r -v‘ TrOO I'. M. vviil arrive Monday speak in,tr for t^e fi'st time that night, bu; Mr. Marti.i is expected on Saturday, and wiil have chiitge of the music on Sunday. The public generally is cor dially invited to attend the services of the meeting. Elijah a7ul Elisha, twins, Jo-^c-ph and Benjimrin; they 'oecame men of af fairs influence. Daniel died in this c<>untr.v; the others went west be fore the w;;r between the states., leav.in"- no name to perpetuate their stay in thi.- country. C RE YARD HIGH SCHOOL OPEN- nsjG The Brevard High Scliool will opon next Wednesday morning, Seprtember I '!• j The members of the factulty for tiiis year are; Cora Leiu'n Tyner, Buies, N. C.. ^ r;ncip:;l: Mrs. Jennie E. Godfrey, i’revarti, Latin and History; Gertrude REV. HERMAN T. STEVENS MR. W. PLUNKETT MARTIN ; ) al ?. i I'irive Br:-vard, Math, and French', | H. Corpening, Science: Mrs. ! . vviio is ti'» preach in meeting in Ba])- who is to lead the music in Baptist I tist church beginning Sunday. | meeting beginning Sunday Eer..:ipian King was the only resi dent Ba;:tist minister in this part of the country to near the end of his life, which closed about 1841. He i (^ Smith. Brevard. 7 grad.-, EIi:; i- : ^"hinutoii mas inaugurated, a few fam- i : c th' Mr.rton, Newbern,"N C., 0th seems, coming from Ruther- ; i :i(ie; .'Jberta Perkins, Brevard, oth . began to enter land for perma- hi-h; Zell.v Crisp, Mountvilie. S. C., ! hvxnes. Plumley in 1788 own-^ u , ^ i 5tii lov/; Louise Townsend, J.unv'-;-i afterwards the Rf'bert ] house to house and ton N C 4th hi'’h- Annie Wester '-Jordan ]atnd—Mrs. Galloway\s .and Reading trees in summer I Fr:M:kli:ron. X. C./.'Ah low; Emiiv ■ Aken’s land. We learn also 1 beginning of his ministry I'!- h:‘w, So'.' al Cii’ch’, Ga.. Hr.', hiivii: 7> Theo. A ken’s land. from a grant jriven Samuel King, Sr., i \\hen the community of Ca- Mn'. F. P. Sledge, Brevard, 3rd low;, Ale^ Martin, Esquire, Go-| ^^^y s Creek as a mission station Flrnyra Jenkins, Roanoke Rapids, of North Carolina, dated Nov. | chapel. Three years af- J’id l'i,e,h: Elise Gray, Cope, S. 2nd low; Lora Walker, Reidsville, N. C.. 1st high; Zora B, Dellinger, j said Plumly land. Cherryvilie, N. C., A low; Bertie Bal- i This grant was recorded in Ruther- lard. Eiov:rd. B low; Nan C. Ei=<>lo. jford.^It -was located and run by Eze- Natchey, I’.Iiss., C ;ow. c*d on the west side of French Broad 29, 1788, a body of land was gr-ant-j the mission became a regularly constituted church. He was pastor of this 18 year.s when old age forced him to resign about one year before his death. weie By CHAS. C SMITH “Ye therefore shall be perefect, sli your heavenly Father is perfect.” This text from Mat. 5:48 a.sserts that we shall be as God. This has evei been the desire of the human heart, and if we are really to be like Him. we^should know what that likeness is, and how to attain it. He is per fect and we are to be perfect. Therr has been an unfortunate controversy over perfection, and w'e want, at thi time, to seek to know what is meant in the Bible by the term. There are three ways to find the meaning of a Bible word. First, ascertain the meaning of the w’ord in itself; sec ond, find its uses in other parts of Scripture; and third, see how it is used j*! the setting. We will so study perfection here, and then consider what is the perfection required of us L THE MEANING OF THE WORD IN ITSELF. 'The Greek wore! here translated perfect has the fol lowing meanings; Ordinarily it means, having reached its end, fin ished, complete . Used of sacrifice,; it means the full number. Used of anima’s it means full-grown. Use.! of per.-ons it means absolute, com- plete, accomplished. Another mean- ins.: is fulfillment. II. ITS USES IN OTHER PARTR OF SCRIPTURE. W’hen the rich, young ruler came to Jesus and asked Him how to inherit eternal life, tell ing Him that he had kept the coni- mandment.^, Jesus said, “If thou v.ouldst be perfect, sell that thou ha.>t.” I Cor. 2 :G rea.ls, “We spca)' wisdom, however, among them that are fuH grown.” (R. V.) “Full- grown” here is the same word tran? latod perfect in the text. Note its use in Col. 4:12. In Phil. 3:12 Pau- uses the -word about himself, sayinf-; that he is not already made perfect. III. NOTE THE WORD IN ITS SETTING. The verses immediately connected with ver.=e 48 are 43-47, nn,] here v.'e see what Jesus means by Father’s perfection. P^irst, He is perfect in His love, i:i that He loves the world, even his enemies. There is a legend to the ef fect that one day»^ as Abx'aham sat in his tent he saw' a vei*y old rnan coming up the road. Abraham hast ened to invite him to stop with him. At the first meal Abraham noticed that the stranger asked no blessing, returned no thanks, failed to bow hi- head when the host led the prayer. On being spoken to about his lack by Ab raham the stranger said that he wor shipped only the sun, whereupon Ab raham drove him from his tent. Soo;. God came and asked him where th'^ old nian was. On being told why he had driven him out, God said, “I have stood him for one hundred years, bearing with him, and seekins to in duce him to come to me; and eouldst thou not bear him for one nisht?” God loves all, and Ilis perfection i? seen there in part. Again, His perfection is seen in the impartiality of His gifts. His rain and His sunshine are sent a^ike It is hc-)ed that !)OSS.Dle ! I Hezekiah Hargreaves and Richel on the just and the unjust; on the His evangelistic and pastoral w’ork | evil and on the good. His hand of in what is now Transylvania county ] blessing is open upon all the world. ’] punils -vvill re;;ister the fir.-^t day— < Hightower—names unfamiliar to us probably embraced a period of fifty ; His perfection lies in His love and in i or sixtv vcars. durin'i' tiie oTiening .vi*ok. jnow. | or sixty ycais. He planted, defi ed His giving. i e ^ -D---— „ „:_u -r—'and maintained the Baptist faith or certai?i] Samuel King was a rich man for HOMELESS BOYS AND * j his day, and particularly so after a i "‘th such efficiency and devotion i:: everything to 400,000 old employees GIRLS FOR CHILDLESS HOMES i destrnctivp wnr. Ho owned I foundation work as to culminate in of the roads.** i It is pretty generally conceded that the railroads do not care so much about protecting the strike breakers as they do in the destruction of the shopmen’s union . The shopmen con tend that the railroads were first to disre.uai'il decisions of the Railroad Labor Board and that it comes with poor grace from them to charge the ^ crafts v.-ith striking against the go- , '^^vcrnnunt. | In the meantime, the Interstate Comm(‘rce Commission report says that tribunal “has observed with con cern the pro'rressive deterioration of motive power upon certain important carriers of the country since July 1, 1922, and during the present strike.” IV. THE PERFECTION THAT IS REQUIRED OF US, 1. Negatively. , . , If we are to be like our Father, we We will have ready for placement I slaves and became ^ cen uiy in„o more tnan a | forsake every known sin. Then during the next sixty days the fol-; owner in several sections score of churches of the same fai-h , lowing children . We are looking for Oi the county of other land; kept ^ j thin.c: about which we have doubts good Foster Homes where these child- hirge herds of cattle that roamed over i This writer never saw him, but in jf om- I'eligion is not worth .triving it ren will receive Parents care and af-i the country w'icter and summer in his boyhood days the name of “Unc’e the benefit of every doubt then it is fection. j of feed. He owned a four- ^ Benny King was a household word j not of much value. Again, we must Applicants must be recommended ' ^^or.=e wagon, but was not noted for and often referred to in a wide range ; put out of the life everything that by at least 3 good citizens of their , ^^^t horses. Though not a physician, ^ of subjects as well as in moral and j hurts our influence, community and also the Supt. Pub- | he was the only medical adviser for religious discusssion. -The oft repe- j o« Positively There is perfection lie Welfare and the Clerk of Court | a number of years. His pre- tition of the name impressed the boy ch-racter require 1 of us. I can of their county. Look over the list and if y®'* can qualify as above stated, send for an application blank. ' These children are entrusted to our care and we protect them by making careful investigation of all homes of fered. An unusual number of visitors is in “The Land of Waterfalls” for this time of the year. However, our au tumns are the most pleasant of all our seasons, especially during our six weeks of Indian Summer. scriptions for man and beast v/ere of the idea of greatness in the name widely known. All his farming busi- He was loved by' his - people. His ness was done according to the phas- name somehow ought to be preserved, Spirit in the life of the believer e.^ of the moon and signs of the Zo- Others came and settled in west' diac, and consequently up to time. Rutherford; certainly David and An- He died near 75 years ago. No de- drew Miller, perhaps Joel Patton, cendants nearer than great grand Jasper Orr and doubtless others, childi'en bearing his name remain These men erected high moral stand- 4 Baby boys, from 3 months to 1 the old domicile.—P. S. and Dr. ards anj marked out the way to a year old; 2 boys 2 1-2 years old; 2 only ones holding the pure civilization, boys, 5 years old; 4 boys, 8 years old; name 1 boy, 10 years old; 1 bay, 12 years’; Rev. Benjiman King, a brother, lo- ffots. We ought to know more about old; 1 boy 14 years old; 1 boy 15 cated about the same time on the tl^ese gentlemen and record their years old. 1 Everett farm. He was a man of deeds and teachings, for their influ- Children’s Home Society of N. C. ! means. He reared a large family, ence is not yet dead. John J. Phoenix, State Supt. ' six of whom were boys: John, Daniel, J. M. HAMLIN here only refer the reader to Gal. 5: 22 and 23. In the ripening fruit of the life of the 1 character ripens to perfection Then there is perfection of deed required of us. The “more than others” doctrine is here revealed. Not only are we to forgive those who wrong us, but we are actually to love notwithstanding those who "re our enemies. This is shamdess criticisms of northern bi- the crowning law of the King, and presents the greatest contrast be tween His law and that of the Phari sees. The “more than others” doctrine requires of us kindness to others if mE PRAYER «ER A Prayer for the Close of Summer and the Beginning of Autumn By Thee, O Lord, the year comes to its fulness and the harvest fields grow ready for the reaper. Thou mak- est the sun, warmth for the yellow ing grain, and Thine are the refresh ing rains that quicken the parched earth and feed the springs of the hills and make the brooks sing on their journey to the sea. Thou strengthen- est man for labor. Thou givest to him in sleep, and Thy presence in his deepest rest. Let our hearts sing for joy in the remembrance of Thy goodness. Let Thy love and mercy' be our strength and consolation in the hour when trouble falls upon U3, that we may accept and overcome it as Thy school ing for our souls. As Thou bringest the trees to growth and preparest a table both for man and beast, so feej and ripen our souls in the sunlight of Thy love, that we may be I'eady for all the changes Thou shalt please to send. May the hours w'e spend in dear companionship under the wonder of Thy heavens, by shore or hill, or in the shadows of the woods, be full of high and loving thoughts. Keep us in strength that we may serve Thee. Deepen our joy in life and in the beau ty of the earth, that we may' find Thee everywhere. Let our eyes shine A\ith the light of Thy indwelling spir it, and our whole life reflect the glory of the love of Christ, our Lord. In His name we ask it. Amen. C. D. C. SELICA NEWS Mrs. J. P. Wilson visited her sis ter, Mrs. Eb Barton, Sunday after noon. Rev. Thomas preached a very inter esting sermon at th& M. E. Church Sunday' P. M. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lamancc a daughter, August 11, 1922. Born to Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Sharp a son, August 8, 1922. Mrs. Ed Ross visited her sister at Cherryfield Sunday' afternoon. Gene. Bryson of Sunburst visited his uncle. Odd Bryrc.:, of Selica Sun day. Miss Christeen Wh?tmire vis'ited friends at Cherryfield Friday. Mi:5s Helen Nel.-:cn spent Friday night with Miss Allio Whitmire. . Mrs. Joe Lance visited ^®r motheiv Mrs. Fate Osteen, Monday. Mrs. P. C. Hamlin has returned tii her home after an erctended visit to her children in South Carolina. Mrs. H C.. Honoker of New Ten nessee spent the week end •«,vith her uncle, J. P. Wilson. Mr. Ernest Searcy and familv spent this week with his mother, Mr.=. P. C. Hamlin. Ted Bryson has returned to Ravens Fort, after spending his holidays with his mother, JVIrs. Dovie Bryson. M;ss Alleen Wilson has gone to Trenton, N. C., whore she will teach domestic science. THE LOCAL POST OF THE AMERICAN LEGION The American Legion has now es tablished two pool tables in their new club room over the Bee Hive Barber Shop. No doubt the Legion will mean much to the morals of our young men and to the community in the way of helping the young men out of mischief. Dr. T. J. Summey is Commander-in-Chief; this fact alone means the suc^ss of the local post of the American Legion as a permanent institution in “The Land of Waterfalls.” we would be perfec'^ “Let me be a little uler. Let me be a little ' Inder To the faults of th e about me, Let me pray a litt’.o more; Let me be, when weary, Just a bit more cheery, Let me serve a little better. Those that I am striving for.” It is not always easy' to pursue this policy; it is not always easy to love and be kind. But the reward of so doing is rich. “If you love youi- enemies,” says Jesus, “if you pray for those who prosecute you; if you will ever do more than others, then this is the reward, Ye shall be perfect as y^our Father in heaven is perfect.” So the reward of persuing this diffi cult policy is being brought into the perfection of our heavenly Father.