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VOLUME XXVII
BREVARD, N. C. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10. 1922
NUMBER 48
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THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT
By CHAS. C. SMITH
The Revised Version of the sixth
eommandment correctly reads, “Thou
shalt do not murder,’* for if it meant
just killing then the slaying of ani
mals for food would be a violation
of the commandment. Also there is
a difference between killing and mur
der even in the taking of human life.
In England, years ago, murder was de
fined as *‘when a person of sound
memory and dliscretion unlawfully
killeth any reasonable creature in
being, and under the king’s peace,
malice aforethought, expressed or im
plied/* Killing is the unwitting and
uniiitentional taking of human life.
This commandment is directed a-
gainst the purposeful taking of hu
man life—^that life that was given by
God, and which He alone has the
Hght to say when, or by whom, it
shall be taken.
, Let. us study this commandment
in a three-fold relationship, nam ;ly,
to individuals, to nations, and to
State.
1. ITS APPLICATION TO THE
INDXVIDUAL. 1. Singly. In no case
does the individual find biblical war
rant for taking the life of one of
his bellows. The life was given by
Gtid, and it is He who holds domin
ion over it, and it must not be taken
1^ another individual under any pro
vocation. Human law justifies mur
der under certain circumstances; e.
g., self-defense; honor of home; hon
or of woman. But God’s law makes
no such exceptions. The killing of
a person by another on his own re
sponsibility under any circumstances
is clearly murder according to the
word of God.
2. Suicide is murder.
3. Infanticide is murder. Killing
an infant before birth by aboration
is as truly murder as cutting its
throat after birth.
4. Collectively. The increasing luj
it of putting: people to death by mob
law is murder. Mob law is no
DRIVE FOR THE
PUBUC LIBRARY
LIBRARY SUBSCRIPTION
RENEWAL URGED BY U. D.
C.
Library subscriptions for the com
ing year are due. Last year the mem
bers of the U. D. C. made a house to
house canvass which they hope will
be unnecessary this year. Money for
subscriptions may be left at the Li
brary between the hours of three and
five in the afternoon in care of Mrs.
J. W. Smith, or sent to the Treasur
er, Mrs. W. W. Zachary.
As a town progresses^ the need of
good support for its library becomes
more acute. The U. D. C. members
have worked diligently, with the aid
of the citizens, for about seven years
to keep the growth of the library a-
pace with the development of Brevard
in other respects.
Last year the Town Council and
the Brevard Club, as well as private
individuals, pledged their support.
The drive is on again. They urge
that donations will be as generous as
in the past.
A glimpse into the works reveals
the following interesting facts: Dur
ing the past year 275 books have
been aded to the collection, some of
them purchased with funds subscrib
ed last October, others donated. Many
books are still called for which
should be on a library catalogue.
Library attendance runs from 13
to 27 persons daily. Adults t&ke from
19 to 30 books out every day, while
from two to six juvenile books are
carried home daily. Novels, of course,
take precedence in popularity. Of
these, If Winter Comes, by Hutchin
son, Sleeping Fires, by Atherton,
Main Street, Lewis and the books of
Ethel Dells, Curwood, Bertha Ruck
and Rineharjb ^xcell in popularity.
Many calls come for books written
about North Carolina, whic’^, ~vo-
scnt, ar? ow’ied l>y Hie Library.
ho Tom Swift books are the favor
ites among boys, while girls prefer
at all. i knVwthere'seemtobi'p™- •'’®
vocations, but men should restrain i. Hope and the Alcott stor-
thenwelves, for all such killing is mur- ! There is a splendid three month
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mandment. from the State Library at Raleigh,
n. ITS APPLICATION TO NA- ' keeps new reading on hand for
TIONS. Is war justifiable? There people,
are two opinions among Bible sclioi-
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irtiere. Some say, “yes;” others an- i Eugenia Chapman, which includes
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AS Lenir As Tke Democrats CSta
Goo^ GoTeniBMiit JiMre Will
Be No Need of a CliaBge.
IBEQKnON
n TRANSYLVANIA
N. A. Miller, W. H. Duckworth, Ed.
PattoB, W. E. Shipman, Roland
Ashworth^ Lyday, Galloway.
A case of books waS donated about
law-makers murderers- President
Wilsofl asked Congress to declare war
against Germany, anj it did so. Are
Mr. Wilson and the members of that
Congress murderers? By some hu
man standards the South was entire
ly right in going to war against the
U. S. government
standards the government was entire
ly right in seeking, by force of arm?
a valuable collection of Histories,
English Literature and reference
books. These volumes filled a long
felt need. Another popular set i=
a 13 volume edition of Historical
Romances by George Ebers, donated
a short time back by Mrs. Hodges.
Among the quaint gifts is a leather
bound book, one and one-half by two
By other human I containing clearly printed
j Blb’e quotations selected for each
i month in the year. This was present-
TheSt
to maintain the Union. By human
standards none of us regard the lead
ers of either side as murderers. Yet
is there a single passage in the Bible
that will justify ’that war? Is Lin
coln a murderer? Is Jackson? Is
Lee? Is Grant?
I ash the question without answer
ing: it. There are two things that
seem to be true of war as the Old
Testament is concrned. First, war
is a reaping by a nation of seed sov.*n
in other days. Second, war is God’f
judgement on nations for their dis
obedience of His will.
III. ITS APPLICATION TO STATE..
Jtate punishes by the death pen-
several crimes. Is capital pun
ishment a violation of this cammand-
ment? Many without hesitation an-
^,wer, “yes.” I can not bring myself
at this time so to believe. Fully do
I believe that capital punishment is
justifiable, not only, but I believe
that it is enjoined in the word of God.
Human life is in the hands of God,
but in the history of the Jews God
delegated His right to men for the
maintenance of a social order based
or righteousness. And righteousness
is the only basis for that maintenance
now. That principle applies to all
nations for all time. That it is the
State’s duty to inflict capital punish
ment is not only stated in the Old
Testament, but in Rom. 13:4 it is
sanctioned in th^ New Teistament
“If thou do that which is evil, be
afraid; for he beareth not the sword
in vain; for he is a minister of God,
and avenger for wrath to him that
doeth evil.”
Christ’s safeguard agalfist the vio
lation of this commandment is, “Love
jTOur enemies'; do good toi them that
ed by Miss Hattie Orr.
During the summer months the
Library is also iieadquarters for the
Bureau of information. It may be of
interest to know that during the
month of July this year 1,079 peoj)le
called at the Library, while the re
cord for August was 1,896 persons.
Strangers judge a town, to a large
extent, especially home seekers, by
its library. Brevard has a building
which is ornamental, as well as ade
quate to its present needs, and the
books have been carefully selected.
The election of last Tuesday, Nov
ember 7, in Transylvania County was
hotly contested in all precincts. The
weather conditions were unusually
good and an enormous vote was cast
all over the county.
The result of the election was not
actually known until Wednesday noon
owing to the close races made by
nearly all the candidates.
N. A. Miller led the Democratic
ticket for Clerk of the Superior Court
to succed himself and was elected by
a most flattering majority.
W. E. Shipman^ iQd the Republican
party as candidate to succeed himself
for sheriff and tax collector and re
ceived a big majority. Cos Paxton
ill3 Republican apponent by a elosc
ets.
enormous amount of scratched tick-
Ed Patton, Democrat candidate for
Treasurer was elected by a fair ma
jority. \
Roland Owen, Republican candi
date to succed himself as Register of
Deeds w^as elected by a good majority
W. H. Duckworth, candidate for
Representative defeated C. B. Deaver
his Republican apponnt by a close
majority.
Democratic candidates for county
commissioners were all three elected
T. S. Galloway just received barely
enough majority to be elected over
Dick Scruggs'who received the high
est vote on the Republican side.
“Joe” Zachary, Democrat, was dec
ted for the State Senate. Three
counties voting for this office, Jftckson
Transylvania and Haywood.
Ralph R. Fisher, native son of Tran
sylvania and candidate for Congress
in the tenth district was overwhelming
ly defeated by Zebulon Weaver who
received the greatst majority ever
known in the history of the tenth dis
trict. It is believed that Ralph re
ceived a fair majority from Transyl
vania County.
The State made big Democratic
gains in nearly all counties, several
counties going Democratic. Hender
son County went Democratic for the
first time since the civil war.
In the nation the Democrats are
LATE RETURNS FROM COUNTY
ELECTION
J. M. Carson, the Democratic can
didate for Solicitor, received over
G. D. Bailey a majority of 27 votes.
A. L. Hardin, the Democratic can
didate for Surveyor, received over
Crys Yongue a majority of 90 votes.
A. E. Lyday, the. Democratic can
didate for Coroner, received oven
Huggins a mojority of 41 votes. |
m PRAYER CORNER
FRIENDSHIP
AN EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE
The members of the U^.D. C. urge ' claiming a great victory having gained
the suport of all the reading jrablic
to help them maintain the present
standard.
DEATH OF MRS. GUSS AIKEN:
Mrs. Guss Aiken died at her home |
in Greenville, after an illness of sev- |
eral years. Mrs. Aiken was before
her marriage a Lankford. She has |
a number of relatives living in Bre-'
vard. Among those were her sister '
Miss Arra* Lankford who made her
home in this town for quite a while. ■
despitefully use you.” “A soft an
swer turneth away wrath,” holds as
good .today as when Solomon uttered
those words of wisdom. And Paul
has a fine injunction: “Put away an
ger, wrath and speaking.”
Let us guard jealously the life of
every human being; but let us guard
with ever greater jealously and care
our own hearts, and see that out of
twenty-eight new congressional seats
and have not lost any. New York el
ected Smith for Governor by a huge
majority and elected the full Demo
cratic ticket with him. Smith may
yet be presidential material as the
standard bearer of the Democratic
Transylvania ,was unusually close it
party.
While the results of the election in
was a complete turnover from the re
sult of two years ago when the Repub
licans carried the County by an aver
age majority of one hundred and fifty.
On behalf of the Democratic can- |
didates, during the recent election. ■
and the Democratic organization, I
wish to extend to the Democratic wo-,
men of Transylvania county, and also
to those who helped them, the thanks
of the Democratic candidates and or
ganization for tdie great aid they gave
the Democratic party in the election.
Two years ago the Democratic wo
men were not organiied, this year
they are partially organized, and two
years from now they will be thorough
ly organized, and I predict a clean
Democi;Atic sweep in 1924 in Tran
sylvania county for every county and
state oificer.
As chairman of the Democratic Exe
cutive Committee of Transylvania
county. I, both,personally and politi
cally, wish to thank the good women,
and ^Iso the young girls who assisted
in making our campaign successful
for without their help, the whole
county Democratic ticket would have
been lost. *
We have won a remarkable victory
and over the greatest odds we have
ever had to confront, and I have
learned that there are as good Demo
cratic workers among the women of
Transylvania county as there are
among the men, (and^that is saying
a good deal), and I can see nothing
but the greatest benefit to Democracy
and all that it stands for, by the con
tinued and increased interest of the
women in the coming political cam
paigns, for Democratic princip’er
have been, are now and ever will be
the principles which will more nearly
meet the sound judgment and the best
desires of the women of Transylvania
county, and of the country at large
Again thanking the Democratic wo
men, and those w^ho helped them, akc
thanking the Democratic men fo~
their fine support and promising twc
years of sound business administra
tion of the affairs of Transylvani?
county, in so far as it lies in thf
hands of the Democrats, I am,
Yours gratefully
W. E. BREESE, Chairman
Democratic Executive Committee
CARD OF THANKS
Pure, wise, gooj and rich human
friendship is wonderously benign.
But no human friend is perfect. None
is wise enough to choose the right
things for us. None is wise enough
to help us always in the truest and
best ways. Some of the saddest
wrecks in life have come through mis
takes in choosing friends. A gentle,
unsuspecting girl trusts herself under
the influence of one in whom she be
lieves, but proves unworthy, dragging
her down to sorrow. Then even the
sweetest and best human friends can
stay with us only a little while.
There is only one Friend to whom
we can say with absolute confidence,
“Into Thy hands I commit my life
unto the end, for Thou canst guard
me from stumbling anj present me
faultless before God at the last.”
The hands of Christ are safe and
sure, both for present and eternal
keeping. I am glad I have a Friend
who will take me as I am, make me
.vhat I ought to be, then guard
guide me through all possible exper-
en’s gate without blemish.
A PRAYER
Our best friend, in whose friend
ship all other friendships become pos
sible, we pray Thee, teach us how to
love. May the tenderness and con
stancy of our affection prove that
it is from Thee. May its generous
strength, and its power to exalt im
press with its divine nature; and whe-
.-her we have many friends, or few.
On earth, let us count Thee as our
Friend, our best Friend, dear Lord,
and seek through Thee to help and
bless men and women everywhere.
Into Thy hands we commit our life
unto the end for Thou canst guard
us from stumbling and present us
faultless before God at the last. We
are glad we have a Friend who will
take us as we are, make us what we
ought to be, then guard and guide us
through all possible experiences and
bring us at last to heaven’s gate with
out blemish, we thank Thee, our best
Friend, Amen.
C. D. C.
MOUNTAIN DISTRICT WINNER
MOST PRIZES
Took More Than Share At State Fair
We wish to extend our most sincere
and heart-felt thanks to our many
friends and realtives for the kindness
and help during the recent sickno^::
and death of our beloved husband and
father.
MRS. JOHN D. GARREN
.aad famx^
them is banished all wrong feelings
toward our neighbor, and that they i Mr. and Mrs. Cecil MuT} lankily
are filled with aJIrounding love for pf Asheville, are spending 1^' Aitek
every creature made in the likeness with Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. '
of God. Brevard.
The mountain district won more
than its share of prizes in the State
Pair, figures compiled by C. C. Prof-
fit, Agent for this district, show. The
State is divided into four districts,
the Mountan, comprising Western
North Carolina, the Piedmont, Cen
tral and Coastal.
In the club work, open to the
whole State, the figures fellow:
The Mountain District of four pos
sible first prizes, won two, when Tran
sylvania took the calf club prize and
Avery county the potato club p^ze.
Of four possible second prizes, two
were won. Buncombe in poultry club
work and Avery in potatoe club work.
Of four possible third prizes, one
was won by Boncombe in potato
MRS. NORRIS RESIGNS:
Mrs. J. F. Norris, who has been con
nected with the local telephone co.
and its predecessors for the past 14
years, has resigned her position much
to the regret of both officials and sub
scribers. As Miss Dora Nicholson.,
she served as night operator to the
Brevard Telephone Co. for more than
ten years. When that company chan
ged hands she continued with the sue
cessors as day operator. Her long
time of service has been marked by
splendid efficiency and a faithfulness
to duty that made many friends for
her among the subscribers.
VISIT GEORGIA:
On Wednesday of last week, just
as Rev. Chas. C. Smith, who had
spent two weeks in Georgia, was get
ting ready to leave Atlanta on his re
turn trip to Brevard, he found that
it would be necessary for him ta re
turn to Georgia this week for a brief
stay. Mr. Smi!:Ii says that he promis
ed himself that the next time he
went to Georgia he was going to take
Mrs. Smith with him. So she will ac
company him on this "trip. They
left Wednesday afternoon, will return
on Monday. Mr. Smith will preach
Sunday morning and evening in the
lee Ayenue Baptist .^church iip
Ga.
RALEIGH^ N. C., November 6.—
**The curtain dropped” on the cam
paign of 1922 this afternoon when
Chairman Norwood “closed shop” and
declared “it is all over except the vot
ing and the shoutftig.” The chair
man has not been expecting the nor
mal democratic majority this year for
the state ticket. The vote is usual
ly small in an off year and neither
party has been figuring, on anything
approaching its full strength. This
is especially true of the eastern coun
ties in which the republicans have
made no nominations.
In counties composing the Seventh,
Eigth, Ninth and Tenth congressional
districts, the contest between the two
parties has been growing more inter-
etsing during the last few days of the
campaign. Chairman Norwood has
kept a close watch on these and con
fidently expects the democratic candi
dates to wilt by inereased majorities.
A reduction of 20,000 majority on the
state ticket, over that of two pears
ago, would not be disappointing. Al
though if a full vote should be cast
the majority would exceed a hundred
thousand.
The new chairman is well liked by
the part^ leaders. He has done very
little talking. But “actions speak
louder than words” and Mr. Norwood
has measured up to expectations. He
is safe, conservative, active and ca
pable; enjoys the work and sticks
close by the job.
The task of running a campaign
this year has been difficult. General
Apathy has wielded a mighty influ
ence over the eastern half of the
state. His presenc has also been felt
in the western division, but to a vi
sibly less extent than in tlie east.
There has been little to excite the in
terest of the voters down this way.
They had their inning during the pri
mary contests in the early summer.
A nomination is equivalent to an elec
tion in practically all of the eastern
counties and political battles gener
ally end with the primary.
Young democrats east of the capi
tal have small conception of what a
contest with republicans means.
There has been no republican party
in Eastern North Carolina since
Charles Brantley Aycock wiped Rus-
selism and Bulterism off the map
twenty-two years ago. And so long
as the democrats behave themselves
and give the state the kind of govern
ment demanded by this progressive
age there will be no reason for a
change in the administration of affairs
The need for a change has not be
come apparent this year.
The election over, the next “stop”
will be the Legislature. This august
body will assemble two months hence
and the approaching ^session will be
one of the most interesting and im
portant of recent years. North Caro
lina is going forward by leaps and
bounds and it remains to be seen
whether the General Assembly of
1923 will set ,its fact forward or be
content with present accomplish
ments. Everybody knovra there is no
such thing as standing still. The
state must either go forward or b^k-
ward. It has been making progre.^
the past two years—^in fact, the past
twenty-two yeiurs—^and cannot afford
to take any backward step. The ad
vancement of North Carolina in edu
cation, in industrial progress, in high
way constructon — in everything
which contributes to the making of
a great state—^is the marvel of the
age. Go. where you vill, in tliia Re
public, and you will imd the name of
North Carolina is r-'ioken without a
blush, and forwari-looking citizens
express the hope that tile approaching
session of the Genenl Assembly may
have a vision which kHII mean big
things for the old state “while the
going is good.”
The General Assembly can kill and
it can make alive. The hope here is
that it may chime in with all progres
sive movements and keep North |^ro-
lina in the forefront of progres^e
states in the Soqth.
lUt. Rev. J. M. Homer, D. D., Bish
op of Western North Carolina; ^p-
ped in Brevard for a few days wliile
oz^ hia way to Highlands. He waa
acjc^mpanied by “Arch Deacon** Grif-
fit
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