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P the prayer corner The Unchangeable God. I am the Lord, I change not/ Mai ?:v*chi 8:6 This is a beautiful thought and Bl^one which we ahould reat upon at all times and in all circumstances. E- A very dear friend of mine now I |k; and' then used to .spend the night jy with us when we. lived in Jersey City. On his first visit when bed "time can\e, I took him into the guest ?? room and pointing to a eilk banner that hung frojn the mirror, I repeat ed the aweet lines to a guest upon it. ;? ? . "Sleep tweet within thla quie^ room, ,0 thou, whoe'er thou art; And let no mournful yesterday Disturb thy peaceful heart; I Nor let tomorrow scare thy rest "> With. dreams of coming ill: i 1 Thy maker is thy changeless friend, Hla love surrounds thee still. ? Forget thyself and all the world; Put out each feverish light, The stars are watching over head. ! Sleep sweet! Go6dnightI Goodnight" i When' he came into the study the ' ? next mornlhg and sat down in jmy easy chair; he said to me, "Those were beautiful words that you satd last night, "Thy maker ia thy chang ' less Friend," "Yes," I replied; "they are very beautiful and very; ?j , comforting." j This week my readings, have been I upon "The Unchangeable God." May I share them with each one ' of you who reads "'The Prayer "Cor ner?" Turn to your Bibles and read each day's selection and may God bless it to you ana yoursj. 1- Sunday-James l:17<S2-The Fa ther With whom is no variableness. 2-Monday.-Numbers 28: 17-2.2- He always brings a blessing. 3-Tuesday 1 Samuel 16: 20-60, A lways condemns disobedience. ?-Wednesday Psalms 1}1: 1-6 He is' always^mindful of His covenant. 5*Thu?day Malachi 3: 1-7 Alway* the Protector of the Weak. ?-Friday Hebrews 1: 8-13 Always the, Lover of .R'ghteousness, ? 7-Saturday Hebrews 13: 5-9 . Al j'w*ys the Helper never forsakes J. A PRAYER > O Thou Unchangeable God in whom is no "variableness, neither, shadow or turning,' "Thou host, been' ( our dwelling place in all generations Before the mountains wore b'roUghi 'orth, or ever/ -Thou hadst formed tne.rorth and the world, even iro:r. ever? itiriar to everlasting Thou ar ' God." 7 We '.hank thee and we bless thee ? that our Maker isi our changeless % friend.. . .That thy ioVe surrounds .us '?till And always will in all places and ; i under all circumstances. ^ Ws thank thee, eh we thank thee for thofee precious words of our Lord Jesus, "I will never leave* thee ; nor forsake thee" "Lo I am with you always" And especially we thank thee for those blessed words ^that assure us of His changeles pre sence. "Jesus Christ the same yea terday and today and forever." Holy and most merciful Savior,' we know tl^ change and decay is in all around we see. O thou who changest not, abide with us. "We need tiy presence every pass ing hour What but thy grace can foil the ? Tempters power, Who like thyself our guide and stay can be. Through cloud and sunshine, Lord abide with us. We fer>v no foe, with thee at hand to bleas, . Ills have no weight and tears no bitterness. Where is death's sting? where grave thy victory? We triumph still if thou abide with / us. Hold thou thy cross before our clos ing eyes Shine through the gloom and point us to the sides. Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows flee, In life, in death, O Lord, abide ^ith *"?" Amen. C. P. C. DEATH OF BARNEY McCAHA Mr. Barney McGaha died Tues day afternoon of pneumonia. He was ill only four or fire days. The funeral services were condue ted at the home by Rev. Wallace Hartsell. V Intel-meat was at Oak Grove Cem M*rj. % '? Mr. UcGaha ievaea a wife and J PROF. TROWBRIDGE THANKS BREVARD I Mr, William Band, , Brevard, North Carolina. Dear Mr. Band: I want to write a word of appre ciation of cordial treatment our players received- in Brevard last week. We were very much pleased at the ? effective advertising that had been done by the Betterment Asso ciation. The size of the audience spoke highly for the interest of the town in clean entertainment. The players expressed \ themselves aa greatly pleased by the intelligence and responsiveness of the audience. They found a clear understanding of every turn ot the play and every one felt stimulated to do better than the best possible under other ' circumstances. The dinner served at the Aethelwald was delicious and satisfying. The high school audito rium had a better arranged stage than they had used before. In fact, everything contributed to let them give the best they had. 1 have felt for years that Brevard people b^. their cordial reception of lyceum and other artists get a high er type of entertainment than most communities get because everything that is given in Brevard is done at the highest potch that the entertain ers have. Even a company that <foes not get strong press notice ih other places is apt to' do well in Brevard because the audience 'shows appre ciation for what trfey do do well and keeps Jhe entertainer "at his very best through out the evening. This certainly was the experience of the Weaver College players Satur- | day. uur teachers arid students were very much delighted with all that I hey raw in Brevard. They are pra'sing in the highest terms the cordiality of the people, the culture Df the audience, the equipment and personnel of tin Institute, and the general air of progressiveness in !ho town. Tb<? cas^ contained rep resentatives of a number at states, nnd I am convinced that the trip will help to adverttise Brevard thru out this Kecfcm of the South. ' Very truly yours, ? . ??. C. H. Trowbridge. ? ? * ?; MEETINd OF MUSIC LOVERS . CLUB The Music Lovers Club held the last meeting: of the Club' year with the Pres. Mrs. O. L. Erwin, Monday evsninj May 5th. The membership was enlarged to twenty, having been fifteen hereto fore. It was the great pleasure of the club to have Miss Pike, the former president, at this meeting. Another, sruest on this occasion was Miss Gating of Charlotte, who ts a representative of the Redpath Lyceum Bureau. After discussing the course with Miss Gatling, the club voted .to sign contract with Redpath and decided on the numbers all of which are un U-ually good. Mrs. Walker, chairman of the book committee, brought the book* to the meeting that were presented to the High School and Brevard In stitute during the National Music week, by the Music Lovers club. The following officers were elect ed for the coming Club year: Preaident^ Mrs. J. M. Allison; Vice Present. Mrs. H. R. Walker; Treasurer, Mrs. C. P. White; Sec retary, Miss Jean Harris. MEETINC OF BREVARD WEDNESDAY CLUB ' Mrs. David G. Ward eijtertairfed this club on Wednesday. North Carolina History is the sub ject being studied. Mrs. Fred Miller had charge of the program and gave interesting facts about the life of Charles Ay cock. V Mrs. A. B. Riley who was present on the occasion told of the unveil ing of Aycock's monument in Ral eigh. Mrs. 3. S. Silversteen gave a most interesting account of the meeting of Federated Clubs in Ral eigh. Shei and Mrs. Miller repre sented the club. B. Y. P. U. MEETING The Associa'.ional B. Y. P. U. ' 4m meet May 31st. at Enon church. Lach B, Y. P. U. in the Association | te urged to Mad delegate*. j ? . - - > * L M. L. Shipman Candidate For Denomination Commissioner of Labor And Printing Democratic Primary To Be Held June 7, His cash capital was just sixteen dollars. His real assets were erithu siasm, sincerity, honesty, unwarver ing party devotion, and loyalty to his friends. Take these ingredients mix thoroughly: there you have M. L. Shipman, Commissioner of Labor and Printing ? a sqlf-made North Carolinian, now at the head of an important State department, and with as wide an acquaintance as most any man in the old North State. y That cash capital of sixteen sil ver dollars was utilized all at once way back during 1891, in founding one of the best known weekly news papers in Western North Carolina, The French Broad Hustler. His real assets have stood. him in good stead ever since, and h estill has 'em In that year of our Lord 1891, out of wildest, most rugged moun tains this side of {he Rockies, the future Commissioner of Labor and Printing came to Brevard, which is in Transylvania County. He came with on(y the rudiments of an edu cation and he came seeking more. His spare time was spent on a little local paper there. When this paper gave up the ghost ? for no newspa per ever lived "long in Brevard -in those days ? the student and school teacher was persuaded to revive it. You recollect that he had sixteen dollars in real money, plus certain qualities potentially equal to a small fortune. Also during hie study of the blue back spellec_and of Mr. Webater'8 dictionary he had failed to discover the word failure ? didn't know how to spell it, even, and doubted if there was such & word in the English language. Confident ly his friends will tell you, if you ask them, that's still his opinion and belief. Well, then, although at the time knowing little of the art of printing with little money, but a brave heart he did revive this paper. He set type; pulled the Washington hand press, a pleasant form of physical exercise which has chopping hickory fence rails tied to a post. ' He wrote locals, editorials, solicited advertis ing and subscriptions, interviewed irate subscribers and explained to the devil just why a wage increase was siipply out of the quest on at .bat precisc time. These are but tittle personal details, it is true,- but ;hey illuminate tnc quality of the man. , j. he Hustler was successful. Its etiitor was appointed county school superintendent, widen:ng his circle of acquaintances who automatically brcamc his friends, and strengthen ing his paper. The Fusion Legisla ture of 1895 changed the system of r.ppolnting county school superinten ucnts,. and Mr. Shipman was remov ed by the Fus:onists in the middle of his second term. CALLED TO BROADER FIELD In 1896, his ability now recogni zed, he induced to remove the Hus tler from Brevard to Hendersonville about twenty miles away, and there published a newspaper for the two counties. Henderson County had never been the proud possessor of a D^moorati* newspaper, and Mr. Shipman, not knowing Webster's do finition of the word failure, prompt ly accepted the proposition made him. A big cylinder took the place of the old Washington hand press; a Mergenthaer linotype did the work and the-editor no longer set type by hand. The office equipment was made modern. The paper also be came a potent force in Henderson ville's growth. The sentiment in his home town, it is perhaps need ness to say, is "for Shipman." That's another result of not being acquainted with a certain word op posed \o success. Also, it shows how a quiet rather silent man may use a cash capital of sixteen dollars and certain God-given talents to the advantage of his community, his party, and incidentally, himself. SUCCESSFUL IN POLITICAL ? ACTIVITIES Mitchell Lee Shipman ha* been in politics since the first white su premacy campaign in 1898. He was then chairman of the Henderson County Democratic Executive Com mittee, and came within fifteen votes of carrying the county. If you are even casually acquainted with the political make-up of the | aforesaid county at that time, you will realize precisely just what this means. In 1899 the Commissionr-to-be Journeyed to Raleigh. The Legis lature waB then in session and he was elected Calendar Clerk of the Senate. He Berved in that capacity during the sessions of 1901 to 1006 when ho was appointed Assistant Commiaioner of Labor and Printing by Mr Varner. He was still chair of the county and senatorial dist rict committees, and in 1904 was chairman of the Tenth^ongression al District Committee. That was the year J. M. Gudger defeated his Republican opponent, Judge Hamil ton G. Ewart. Mr. Shipman had previously received training in mat ters political under the tutorage of Congressman W. T. Crawford His campaign methods Are 'open and above board. He never hits be low the belt. The State knows of his fighting qualities, and his Repub lican opponents know always where to find him. He has never lost a fight in his district and has never 1 permitted the banner of his party to trail in the dust. Which comes partly of course, from not knowing how to pronounce the first syllable of the word "failure." OFFICIAL RECORD Mr. Shipman was later elected I Commissioner of Labor and Print ing the .office he now so competent- ' ly fills, and for which office he is a candidate for renomination in the ' Democratic Pri ary to be held on June 7th. The work of the Department has ?doubled several times since his con- 1 nection with it: the direction of the co-operative Federal and State free i employment service, with local 1 offices in Asheville, Charlotte Win ston Salem, Greensboro, Wilming ton and Raleigh, has been added to the duties of the Commissioner; , new bureau of the Department for the help of our deaf population ere ated by act of the last Legislature ' is 'functioning nicely; the gathering ! and compilation of facts and statis- j tics relative to farming and labor" manufacturing, mining, water pow er*, etc., entail greater labor each year. Thousands of dollars (more than thfr operating cost of the Depart ment) are saved annually tp th" State by the careful supervision of the public printing and approve! business methods that have been inr traduced in handling this important item of government expense; thou sands of the unemployed, Including hundreds of former service men have found positions through the employment division; many of the deaf have been directed to situa tions which have enabled themto es tablish themselves in life since the development of the bureau for the deaf, under the supervision of the Department; yet but a beginning has been made. _ Auditing experts employed to check the records of all State de partments and introduce improved methods failed to find any errors in the records and could suggest no improvements in the system in vog ue in this Department. These er .101-.* *t.i ted that the Depanmen,. of Labor and Printing was easily one of the most efficient and most econ omically administered of all the State departments. This department is conducted on strictly business principles, in the nterest of the taxpayers of the State. It is a tax-saving rather than a "tax-eating" department. In so many ways and by so many different methods has Mr. Shipman increased the efficiency of his de partment that to enumerate thetr. all here would be quite unnecessary. Suffice it to repeat, then, that the General Assembly has properly re cognized his efficiency and the vast ly increased importance of. the De partment to the State, and that his efficiency has been attained during the time Mr. Shipman has served the people. A NATIVE OF THE HILLS The silent Comiasioner was bom at Bowmsn-s Bluff, in Henderson county, December 31, 1866. He was married July 12. 1896, to Miss I Lula Osborne, of Brevard and to { them have been horned four "child ren. He is a Baptist ? many Wes ter i. North Carolinians are horr. 1 Baptists. Continued on another page) NEW DORMITORY AT BREVARD I vSTITUTE The handsome new dormitory for girls at the Institute is nearing completion. This is a three story brick build ing with basement. The furnace, hot water tank and heater to b<, connected with the tank at the sea sons when the furnace is not needed are already in place. They prom ise an abundance of hot water for all purposes. To one who remembers the primi tive life in the first building of the Institute twenty years ago, the pre sent splendid equipment seems al most miraculous and we "Praise God from whom all blessings flow" The building will accomodate one hundred persons. On the first floor is a large recep tion room, a guest room with private bath, teachers rqoms, a bath room for teachers, bed rooms for girls and a number of showers and lava tories for girls. On the sc-ond and third floors are similar living quarters for teach era and girls. The floors are all of oak except the basement which will be concrete The build. ng is as nearly fire proof as possible. The stairs are concrete shut off by sheet metal doors set in metal frames. The cost ?' building will be about $60,000.00 dollars. While the contract was let to a Greenville f.rin, a large force of workmen haa been employed who hnve spent ^heir money here. A good many local men are on the job In the past two years Brevard Institute has invested for Farm and JE^oy's Dormitory,! 55,000.00 ; Inter national Tractor, $1,200.00; Girls Dormitory, $60,000.00. Plans are now being drawn for remodeling the old buildings and the cottages. The Brevard Institute is one of our biggest assets morally and ma terially. / NEW HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING The county board of education of Transylvania County met * on . Mon day May, 12th. for the purpose of opening the bids and letting the contract for the new * high schoo building at Brevard. Five bids hat been filed with the county superin tendient. These were opened an considered by the bqard. All ap peared to be too high. The boarr therefore, eliminated all except t) two lowest. These were asked t io some close figuring on the bas; >f "live and let live" and subn :iew bids at a meeting of the boar on last Monday, May 19. Theii revised bids ? wree received an carefully considered by the board a Its called meeting on Monday o this week. The general contrae was let to The Jordan Building Co of Greenville, S. C., for $57,035.0 with the swimming pool left oul The Heating and Plumbing oentrar was let to Barr Bros, also of Greer ville, for $5,490.00. The contrr.i for wiring has not yet been let. DEATH OF JAMES R. LOFT1S This community w^b shockcd tc learn of the sudden death of Jamci R. Loftis. Mr. Loftis was formerly a resi- j dent of this place and has man relatives and friends her? For st eral years past he has mad>. I.:* ho .jyiva win re !.*..? h"4 '? only ret hought and built a home. He was married seven years age to Miss Myra Crisp of Sylva. At th etime of his death he was forty three years old, Mr. Loftis died at the Mission hospital in Asheville after . a * very brief illness. The family, including Mr. an^ Mrs. C. B. Deaver of this place were ^11 with him when the em' came. ' The body was taken to Sylva foi burial and the funeral service to held in the Baptist Church there Large numbers of friends from Bfe vard and Asheville were present. There were many handsome flo ral offerings from friends in Ashe ville, Brevard and Sylva, At the time of his illness Mr. Lof tis was holding a position with the State Highway Co. McCUIRE ? OWENBY On Sunday, May ISth. Walter MeGuire of Penrose was married to Lessie L. Owenby of Brevard, Roote No. two. The ceremony waj performed by Rev, John Scott at the pastorium in Penrose. A nur.'.ber of friend" from Hendersonville, Blantyre and other places were present. WINNERS IN BANK CON^r ANNUM CEO / ? The essay contest for the prizes offered by the Pisgah Bank for the best Assays of thrift were won by ,the following Public SeWool Stu dents: HIGH SCHOOL Marvin Yates, ..Brevard, first prize, $16.00; Julia Verner, second prize, Connestee, $10.00; Ruby Whitmire^ Calvert, third prize, $6.00. SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADES Eugenia Nelson, Rosman, first prize,'' $16.00; Louise Kinzey, Connestee, second prize, $10.00; Gaston Mor gan, Calvert, third prize, $6.00. County Superintendent T. C. Hen derson selected the judges In this. ' contest, and has certified the above names as those winning in the con test and since there will be no Coun ty Commencement this spring, Mr. Henderson will deliver the prizes aft the Close of Brevard High School on Friday night May 23rd, The prize? as stated above are to be deposited in Pisgah Bank to the credit of the winners. We congratulate you upon haying won in this contest and hope this will be a ; means of inspiring^ you to greater achievements. Another contest with the same rules as in this one will be put on this fall, beginning with the open ing of the public schools and con tinuing until Christmas, at which time prizes of like amount will be ' awarded. Pisgah Bank. L .'KOGRAM T OR . HE COM MEr-HCEMENT EXERCISES AT ,r?REVARD INSTITUTE . ? V 'v .. \ anday,- May 26, at 10 a.m., Bao? luurete Sermon by Rev. A. L, caniord, Pastor Central Metho it Church, Shelby, N. C.. anday, May 25, at .6 :30 p.m., last . W. amd Y. M. C. A. led by Se? MTfl i ' ' Monday, May 26, at 8:16 p.m. aw* r.ic recital, Esh-bito from Vocational Department. Tuesday, May 27, at 9 a.m. last Chapel Exercise. Tuesday, May 27, at 2:30 p. m. Ath' letic Contest. , Tuesday, May. 27, At 8:16 p.m.,; Class night.' Wednesday, May 28, at 9 a.m., Faer ulty meeting. Wednesday, May 28, at 8 p.m., Com!' mencement Concert. Wednesday, May 28, at 8:16 p.m. Society night. Thursday, May 29, at 9:30 a.m.. Athletic Contest Thursday, May 29, at 3.00 p.m., Al umni Meeting. Thursday, May 29, at 8:16 p,m.r Commencement Exercises. Address to the Graduates by Rev. Ashley Chappell, D.D., Pastor Central Methodist Church, Asheville, N, C. Awarding of Diplomas and Certificates. . REPUBLICAN CONVENTION The Republican Convention Sat urday was well attended and was most harmonious. The meeting was presided over '.v.- Lewis P. Hamlin, A. M.White tos secretary. The committee on resolutions con sted of D. L. English, A. M. White, Simpson of Boyd. ? The following' were selected as ? ?,'ic candidates at the coming elec tion -epresentative, C. E. Hedden; Sb ?riff, B. J. Sltton; Register of Deeds B. Owen; Treasurer, Oscar GaJ .iway; Coroner, E. S. English; 8u* }vor,, D. T. Grimshawe; county Commissioners, R. L. Scruggs, W. _ -T. Owen, M. C. Shipman. VACANCY IN POST OFFICE, ' The vacancy at the' Post Office, caused by the resignat:on of M. W. Galloway is soon to be filled. An, "xamina'ion has been called for June 21st. ' This is a good opening for * onc otic between the ages of 18 and 46. Anyone interested can secure an application blank at the Post Office. BETTERMENT TO MEET ON MONDAY ' Next Monday afternoon, May tt, the Betterment will hold its regQllB' meet.ng at the High School baildiac It is hoped to have interesting A ? or s %.i the prcparat^>D8 for m mag? kale "to which we are |J| 'orward eagerly.