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EXPONENT OF TRAN*- SYLVANIA COUNTY. SYLVANIA—“OPPORTUNITIES EMPIRE”—NATURAL RESOURCES FOI 0 \ Brevard News a^G INDUSTRIES THE LOCAL NEWS— An Idependeot Weekly. VOLUME XXVII BREVARD, N. C. FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 22, 1922 NUMBER 38 ' COUNTY SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION Many Prominent Speakers oi P*rogram—Session Will Last Two Days the Opening sesion of the Transylvania County Sunday School Convention will be held on Monday afternoon, September 25, at 2:30 o’clock in the Rocky Hill Baptist church, 12 miles southeast of Brevard. Afternoon and nipht sessions will be held on Monday, September 25, and morning session on Tuesday, September 26. The devotional periods at the four sessions will be conducted by the fol lowing religious leaders of the coun ty: Rev. C. C. Smith, Pastor of Bap tist church, Brevard; Rev. S. B. Mc Call, pastor Baptist church Brevard R. F. D.; Rev. J. C. Seagle, Rector, Episcopal church, Brevard; an^ Rev. J. E. Dupree, Pastor Baptist church Cherryfield; Rev. J, R. Hay, Pastor Presbyterian chui'ch, Brevard; Rev. L. A. Falls, Pastor MethodivSt church, ' Brevard will both address the workers at one session of the convention. Sunday school workers of Tran sylvania county will have opportunity of hearing Mr. D. W. Sims, General Superintendent of the North Caro lina Sunday School Association at various sessions of the convention. When Mr. Sims took charge of the co-operative work in North Carolina in November, 1920, there were only nine of the one hundred counties in •the state with a County Sunday School Association. According to the report which he submitted to the State Executive Committee a few days ago there are now 67 county Sunday school associations in the NEW RESORT TO BE OUR RALEIGH ON PICKENS ROAD COimiUNICATION 120 ACRES OF LAND ON ROAD TO BREVARD TO BE MADE A SUMMER RESORT: Although rumors are current here that trouble is brewing over the buih’ing of the Pickens - Brevard h’p,hway in Pickens County, the fol lowing, taken from the Greenviiie News of Thursday, September 7, seems to contradict it. It was learned yesterday that a party of eight cr ten gentlemen of .\nder?on had closed a ieal through Mr. W. H. Chastain of this place for the purchase of 120 acres of land in the Reedy Cove section of this county. The land is situated - about 15 miles from here on the top soil road to Brevard, and it is understood that it will be improved and developed inta a summer resort. Two of the men behind the enterprise are Mr. Albert Farmer and Mr. R. EL Ligon, but the names of the others could not be learned. Mr. Chastain stated that these gentlemen would at an early date be gin the development of this pi*operty and w'ould build a lake on Cove creek and erect a number of cottages for summer tourists. It is also said they will stov’k Cove creek and adjacent streams with fish, bui!-] dr’veways a- round the lake and have quite a num ber of boats on the lake for those v,’ho like boating. It is said to be one of "the best lo cations in tliat section of the moun tains for recreational purposes and summer camping and no means or ef forts will "be spared to make it invit- The Electric Chair Claims Two More Victims—Strike to be “I'rcncd Out.” ^state and plans are under way for j ing to those seeking the mom.'tain <•]:- the organization of other counties as I mate for rest, pleasure and sport. It is tiTiderstood that work will be gin soon and pushed to completion and that the place will be ready for next season’s pleasure scokrr=!. uzN who are build. UP OUR COUNTY: speedily as practicable "with the growth of the work. Mr. Sims has spoke to Sunday school workers of Transylvania County before, and is noted for his humorous, yet p~«>.cti- cal and instructive, addresses. Assisting on the program at var ious sessions will be^lVIiss Flora Dnv. is, As^tant Superintendent cf .j -iir^ i r' ci j ’ ^ e ^ o V, 1 V overheard F. P. Sledge, prop- North Carolina Sunday School Asso- . ciation. Miss Davis is a specialist in «P to-dale Adxilt Bible Class work. For many grocery stox'es, tell one of his steady years she •was connected with a larjsK*; customers that: “If we haven’t wlat women’s Bible class x)f Montgomery. | you want our competitor has.” Ala. She lias had special training Thjtt is the kind of spirit that is •g©- on all phases of Sunday school work . . i j , m , ^ ^ , ing to make Brevard and Transyl- and her addresses w’lll be of special interest to all Sunday school teachers ^ho greaw st 'RALEICH, N. C., September In the presence of seventy-iwo pie, .r.ciavtii.,; loai women nitii.bci-o of the nursing staff of Rex Hospital here, Angus Murphy and Jasper Tho mas, colored, each went to his death in the electric chair at the state pris on on Friday morning for criminal assault on Mrs. A. E. Ketchen of Con necticut, near Southern Pines, se veral weeks ago. The small enclosure sheltering the deadly chair permits the presence of only about seventy- two people, but warden Busbee ar ranged a double shift which permit ted slightly more than one hundrv?d forty to see the effect upon human life of the electric current in action at this twin-electrocution. Fully a hundred people appeared ^t the gate vainly trying to gain admission. Both negroes were oblivious to the things that were transpiring. They had to be fairly dragged into the death chamber. A colored minister accom panied them, but they manifested lit tle interest in scripture reading. Neither seemed hear or pay the slightest heed, but both had made pro fessions of faith and been baptised BAFOST MEETING QUITE: SUCCESSFUL REV. MR. STEVENS WlNS BREVARD PEfOPLE’S HEARTS THE OOR WEEKLY SERMON THE ACID TEST OF PROFESSION Eighth in Series on Sermon on the Mount 1 '1' rev val nu 3.iugs, which began B-iptist ch :ich on Sunday, Sep Cv n.L-cr 3, came to a close on last Sun day night and the pastor, Rev. Chas. C. Smith, and other officials of the church are much pleased wjth the meetings as a whole and with the gen eral results. The accessions to the church membership were not as large ns bad been anticipated, but this is due to several causes, one of which is that last November in a meeting conducted by the pastor there were thirty-six accessions to the Baptist church, while twenty-two from that meeting united with the Methodist church. Another reason is that there were more than eighty additions to the Baptist church during the past year, and results so large can not be obtained every year in a tow^n so small as Brevard. However, the accessions to the Bap tist church were fairly good during the meeting, there having been a to tal of twnty-five who presented them-' selves for membership. These will be | formally received into the church at j the service on next Sunday morning, | an i it i;5 likely that the ordinance i since entering the death cell. Neither of baptism will be administered on made any statement. The father of the following Sunday morning. Thomas, a i*espectable Baptist preach er from South Caro-ina came here in an effort lo save hi? son, but was com Rev. Herman T. Stevens, who did the preaching during the meeting,' captured the people of the commun-1 pelled to'Teturn with his lifeless body, i ity. His sermons rang true to the No claim w.-\s :r.ade for the body of Bible; his expositions of the word of Miss Davis will also speak on “Story Telling” which suTiject she has made a sepcial study. The Tranylvania County Sundaj’ School Association, -under whose aus pices the eonvention is being arrang ed is auxiliary to tlie North Carolina Sunday School Association. The North Carolina Sunday School Asso ciation stands for tliDse interests com mon to all Sunday school workers. It is a systematic effort of workers from the various denominations to create public sentiment in favor of more and better denominational Sun day schools. Leaders in thought in the various denominations help i'. this work. The officers of the Transylvania County Sunday School Association are vice-presidents AH Hampton and Welch Galloway; secretary-treasurer. Prof. C. H. Trowbridge The local committee on arrange ments for the convention is G. W. Bishop, chairman; S. A. Jones; E. A. Heath, R. W. Lee. Following is detail program of the four sessions of the convention: FIRST SESSION Monday afternoon, September 25 2:30 Devotional. Rev. C. C. Smith, ^Pastor Baptist church, Brevard. ai||j^I>aty of Parent to Sunday S^ool. Rev. J. R. Hay, Pastor Pre.sbyterian church, Brevard. 3:10 Three in One. Miss Flora Dav is. .3:45 Song. 3:50 The Teacher Before the Class. Mr. D. W. Sims. 4:25 Announcements. 4:30 Adjourn. SECOND SESSION Monday night, September 25 8:00 Devotional. Rev. S. B. McCall, Pastor, Baptist church, Brevard R. F. D. 8:15 The Use of the Story in Teach ing Religion. Miss Flora Davis. 8:50 Song. 8:55 The Sunday School that Meets Its Opportunity. Mr. D. W. Sims. 1):30 Adjourn. places in which to do business and en joy the fruits of one’s efforts. We long to see the day when the last vest ige of that spirit of selfishne^^s which wil have been driven completely out of the business life of this tewn. FrariTc D. Clement, our prominent jew eler, said to us the other day: “I want to do all the business I can and make all the money possible, bnt I do not want to keep the other fellow from making money as a result of my work or my prosperity. In other words, if I can do well I should like to see the other felloxv benfited by my well doing rather than injured.” THIRD SESSION Tuesday morning^ September 26 10:30 Devotional. Rev. J. C. Seagle, Pastor Episcopal church, Brevard. 10:45 Elemefits of Sunday Scliool Success. Miss Flora Davis. 11:15 Period of Business: 1. Record of attendance 2. Reports of county officers. 3. Appointment of committees 11:35 Steps of progress in Sunday School Work. Mr. D. W. Sims. 12:10 Offering for support of North Carolina Sunday School Associa tion. 12:25 Announcements. 12:30 Adjourn. DINNER ON GROUND FOURTH SESSION Tuesday afternoon, September 26 2:00 Devotional. Rev. J. E. Dupree, Pastor Baptist church. Cherryfield. 2:15 Practical Plans for Reducing the “Black Spot” on North Caro lina. Mr. D. W. Sims. 2:40 Evangelism in the School, Pastor Methodist Brevard. 3:05 Song. 3:10The Teacher and the Miss Flora Davis. 3:35 Problem Solving Period. (All are invited to ask questions on their Sunday school problems) Conducted by Mr. D. W. Sims. 3:40 Reports of committees and election of officers. 4:00 Adjourn. Sunday church. Method. Murphy and it was con^siirr.od to the r.iod!ca! de’iartn’cnt of V;ake Forest Collogy. The difTerences bet\veen many rail roads and their striking shopmen ar* about to be *‘ironed out” and the psriycholo.eiral effect of the settlc'hent upon the business of the. country is "Txpected to be far-reaching. Both ‘Vdes claim to have won, but it mat- i Yers not so much who won th<; strike. I The end of it is more important than establishing a claim that either ride to the controversy walked away with the pennant. The winners were the building business, the automobile in dustry, the coal industry, the ma chine and equipment Tnanufacturei-s and the metal trades came in for the lion’s share of the beriefiits to acrue from the get-togethtr movemnt in Chicago last week. Terms of the ag reement provide “al! men return to work in positions of the class tlvey originally held on June 30 and at the same point.” Also that as nrany of the shopmen as possible who “’e- fused to return to work on July 1, be taken back at once, and all within thirty days. But it is not believed that either the unions or the roads will be able to carry out the agree ment literally, for in many localities the men are not liere to be sent back, hundreds and thousands hav ing sought and accepted worli w'ith other employers. The basis of agreement to end the strike was worked the shop craft’s general policy committee, com posed of ninety members, and pro vides for a commission to decide up on adjudicated differences between the workers and rail heads. The shop men have apparently won the senior ity and over-time demands, but agree to the wage propose.-^ by the ’ Labor Board for the present. Ail differences growing out of the strike which cannot be settled by the indi vidual railroads and its employees are to be submitted to a committee of six representatives of the shop crafts and six representatives of the railroads. Those found guilty of acts of violence are not included in the list of those to be put back to work, leaders of the shopmen them selves being unwilling to wink at law lessness in any form. It is pointed out, however, that the Chicago conference has only opened the way for adjustment. The plan has not been approved by a number of the larger roads and not be They prefer to continue the fight ir the hope of destroying the shopmen’s union and thus contribute to the gen eral effort to enforce the open shop in all lines of industrial endeavor throughout the country. God were always clear and plain; and , his illustrations were nearly all from the common and ordinary things of life which enabled his hera'cr.; to ap ply them to their every day living. Mr. Stevens is a lover of men, and is intensely earnest in h'-s desire to win them to his Lord, and he is re garded as, perhaps, the most success ful Baptist evangelist in North Caro lina. Brevard was indeed fortunate in having him, and already quite a- number have suggested to the pastor tViat he be invited to return for an other meeting at a later time. He left for his home in Greensboro Mon day morning. The singinig: during tjje meeting was in charge of Mr. W. Plunkett Martin, who left on last Saturday af ternoon for Ills home in Lafayette, Ala. He left sooner than he intended on account of his wife’s illness. At the service last Sunday after noon Mr. Smith urged the people of his church and the toA.vn generally to attend tht- Methodist services this week, and Rive to them the same hearty co-operation that they gave to the Baptists during their meeting; and expressed deep appreciation for the fine way in which Rev. L. E. Falls had Avorked in this meeting. William Goldsmith, well known ci vic leader of Greenville, S. C., spent several days visiting his friend, D.\ C. W. Hunt. NOTICE TO CONFEDERATE VE TERANS The rate of one and l^^l^ ■fare will b allo'Sk'ed Confederate veterans, members of their families to the State Reunion at Asheville, N. C., Sept. 26-28, minissium fare $1.00 upon pre sentation of Identification Certificat es to the Ticket Agents at the time of purchase of the tickets. Tickets to b sold Sept 22-28, inclusive, with final limit t* October 4. Tickets to be vaiiditel repru'ar ticket y^enc r • A.^herv iiie before return jour- ny is commenced. J. M. Hamlin of Brevard will furnish Identification Certificates to the veterans of Tran sylvania county. THE LOCAL BAND PROPOSITION: The movement for a community band has just started. The town can well afford to own and have a real band. The main obstacle at present is a leader. The leader must of course be a musical instructor, some one who can have a good deal of time off of his regular position in order to develop and instruct the members of the band. He must also be sure of becoming a permanent citizen in our community. When such a director is found, the “News” feels positive, knowing the sentiment of the com^ munity, that there will be music in “The Land of Waterfalls”. There are several progressive citi zens who have offered to give employ ment to a suitable director. Mr. J. S. Silversteen and the Brevard News are willing to do .so if said director is capable of holdin? a position in our line of business. P.y CHAS. C. SMITH The Scripture passage that is the baMJ? for this v/ee!;’s .‘■ermon is~Mat 7:15-2!i, with Ihe 1 Gth vers'^ server- as the central verse, or text: “By their fruits ye shall know them.” 6f vourse you wil reau the >.v;ripturj passage carefully before proceeding: further. The fruit that a tree bears is sure evidence of the tree’s character. Figs do not grov,’^ on brambles, and brier bushes do not produce grapes. Men’s lives bear fruit according to the na ture of the men, and show what that nature is, whether the old nature of sin or the new nature that comes from belief in Jesus. It is by the kind of fruit that professing Chris tians bear that others may know- whether or not the profesion is genu ine or false. “Judge not,” w'arns a- gainst going behind acts to motives; but the Lord warrants the use of the acid test of fruits that men’s lives yield in deciding what kind of people our fellows are. NOTE ITS APPLICATION TO RELIGIOUS TEACHERS. ‘Beware of false prophets,” says the Lord, and by this He means false teachcrs. It is ris:ht for us to apply this test to those who are to teach us or our children. This acid test should be ap;'.lio.i to our pastors and teachers in schools and colleges. Many of {.hr: 3 teachers appear like lambs, but -heir fruit is as the destruction of wolves. There are those in our col- lo'res and pulpits who deny the deity of Christ, the eliic^cy of the atone ment, and who teach materialistic evolution. Their lives are beautiful; their chai'acters are morally faultless, and they are clothed with all humil ity. Their cothing is indeed that oi lambs. But what about their fruit? They lead no souls to Jesus; they hold no revival meetings; they do no" seek to spread the gospel by missions In their teaching they often blight the faith of the young whom they teach, and send them out from college outright atheists. As .Tames and Jambres imitate^ the niracles of Moses and .\aron before I haraoh, these do many thing-} tl;nt lo-/k like the genuine fruit, but soon their lack of power is apparent to do the mighty w'orks. In this class belong such here sies as Christian Science and Millen nial Dawnism. The Christian parent needs to apply this acid test to the school which he intends sending hi?i children. The materialistic evolution now bein??: taught even in our denomi national colleges is ruining the spir itual lives of thousands of young col lege men and women. NOTE ITS APPLICATION TO OUR FELLLOWS. I mean by our fellows those who profess to be Christians and are church members. These, too, we are to know by their fruits. The real Christian is like Christ and grows in- creasingy in Him. Christ is patient and gentle. Those are not like Him who are ever finding fault with the church, with the pastor and with the way things are run in their church, when one drops out of church ]if<,* and w^k, and ceases to attend the church of which he is a member be- cpuse of Fomething that he does not like ihen he is not bearing the fruit of patience and gentleness. He fail? to stand the acid test given by our Lord as a standard of judgement. Christ loves the souls of human beings, and, not only died to sav«. them but is still making every pos sible effort to win them. The church member who is unconcerned and in different about the lost is not likf Christ. He does not bear fruit. The one who is filled with the spirit of Jesus loves souls everywhere soul? are, and seeks to send the gospel to them in any land. The profession one who is opposed to the missions is not doing the work of Christ. He fails to stand the acid test. Is he a Christ ian? NOTE ITS APPLICATION TO OURSELVES. We shouM not fail to apply this Ecid test to ourselves For, surely, we do not want to say “Lord, Lord,” here, and then iikthe day of judrrement have Jesus to say to us, “I never knew you, depart from Me.” We should know that they en ter the kingdom who do. the will of God. No matter what activities may be engaged in—^tostjrfying, casting ENGIINEERS BUSY ON STATE HIGHWAY Scott Dodgen Dies in Asheville Hos pital—Other News From Quebec— T. C. H. R. O. Thomas is busy this week making molasses for the people of the community who are hauling their cane to him. He says it costs more than one dollar the gallon to make molasses where one plants only a small patch of cane, enough to make only about ten gallons; but that mo lasses is a profitable farm product where one plants for two hundred gallons or more. Mack Reid is building him a new residence between the “double branch es” near the public highway about one hundrd yards from his old house. He has as his carpenters for the w’ork T. T. Miller and Alfred Owen. Homer McCall, who is eng^aged in the garage business at Greenville, S. C., was a recent visitor in the Quebec section rcently. The engineers are in this commun ity this week locating the state high way between Eastatoe township line and Indian creek. They are running about as far south of Quebec as they ran south of the community of Lake Toxaway, but are coming close en ough for the citizens of these com munities to gain access to the high way without much trouble or extra roaji. making. Scott Dodgen of this community was taken seriously ill about two weeks ago, and after suffering about a week was taken to the Kenilworth hospital at Asheville for an operation. He died in the hospital soon fatcr the operation was performed. His body was brought back to Quebec and bur ied Cak Grove cemetery on Wed nesday of last week. 'The funeral servics wr conductd by Rev. Judson Com. Scott was 22 years old and had heen a member of Oak Grove church for about six years. The • members of the family who survive his are a father, “Dick” Dodgen, who* lives “in the west;” a brother, James, of Quebec; and a sisted, Mrs. Maiide Andrews, Aviiose home is at High Point. A large crovd of Quebec ci- tir^ens attended the funeral services. Many beautiful flower.s, contributed by friends, decorated the grave. AM IN^rRESSIVE SIGHT: It certainly is an impressive sight to see over five hundred enrolled school children marc-hing in line and happy to be there ready to be taught and made good American citizens No citizen will stand in the light of our children or see them grow up in ignorance in Transylvania. The citi zens of this great county are deter mined that nothing is too good for their children. out demons, wonder-working—if they are not the will of God then we have missed it all. Searchingly should we come to our lives and apply the acid test. If a man’s belief does not make- him better, and he is still unamiable, censorious, untruthful, dishonest, pe nurious, mean, then his belief is, for him, a lie. Further, no tree is good which does not bear fruit. It may be stately, filled with leaves, and its branches wit;e-spreading, but if it bears no fruit then it but cumbers the ground. Do you recall the fate of Olivet’s barren fig ti'ee? Afar off Jer,us saw a fig tree full of leaves, and, going to it for fruit, found there on nothing but leaves, pronounced a curse upon it, and at once the tree withered from its roots. Even the Lord of love will bla't a pretensious but fruitless, profe^ : r of religion. I One says that u ider the heads- 1 man’s axe a strar .3 metamorphosis took place at the death of Mary Queen of Scots. As she knelt at the block she seemed to be in the very ^ flower of her loveliness; but at her ■ execution the false plaits fell off; the {seeming beauty vanished; and what , the executioner exposed to view was i the wrinkled and grizzled head of an old woman. Hypotfrisy puts on the beautiful robes of relgious pro* fession, but the final test removes them all and leaves the mere profes sor naked and hideous in his doom. The only safe-guard against this doom is to do the will of Goj by first having the right relation with Him through faith in Jesus Christ.