EMPIRE", NATIM RESOURCES FOR LOCATING INDUSTRIES -2,237 FEET AOOVE SEA LEVEL
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FRIDAY, JULY, UTM. 1924.
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"EXPONENT Of
TRANSYLVANIA , COUNTY" *
INDEPENDENT
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NO. 2o,
f Light Vote Features Primary
F. D. .Grist, Democratic Mominee
Comissioner Labor ctnd Pointing
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v Raleigh, N. C., July 7,-i-F. D.
OiriKt, a member of the American
Legion and backed by that orgsniza
tlon, has been nominated in the se_
cond State-wide primary, for Com
missioner of Labof and Printing
over the incumbent by. a safe . roa
' Jority. The issue was .sentiment a
, gainst public , service. The slogan of
the* Grist adherents was: "He stood
between you anfl danger en Flanders
Field, will you.6taiid by him on Sat
urday, July, 6th.7"
The record of thp present Com
missioner wss held up as a ? reason
why he should be continued in office
was not attacked at any stage
he campaigi^ It was charged
tfcat the Assistant Commissioner
holds membership in the typographi
cal, union and that the Commissioner
is too friendly V labor.' Special in
, ^ - 1 terests which have beeh unable .to
control the Commissioner seized up
<Jn' the opportunfty to' use the over
seas propaganda as a camouflage in
the effort to displace him. Expen- t
'if' eive headquarters were ;
from the beginning 6t the second
campaign, county managers were'
selected and precinct organisations
perfected- by service committees in
evpjty qection of the State. ? .The
Cpnifnissioner had no financial back
ers ail d was necessarily compelled
to manage his own campaign,
f Early returns indicate a. remark
ably small Vote, 'scarcely fifty per
cent of the vote, cast in thl f.rst pri_
mary in .which the incumbent receiv
ed nearjy 12,000 votes ^more than
did tfie^Wtend highest man who e
merges irfem Saturday's contest
several thousand ahead. Thousands'
who supported the Commissioner in j
the first primary did not go to the
poHs?5n fffre^eotfe-gen
erally .paid no;, attention to the elec
<m Saturday. The second pri
r a minor stat4 office was so
to many that they refps
^ . articipate in it; The service j
were active and brought out
vote, especially in counties
e there Were no "second contests
for local ^offices.
In the second primary four years
ago candidates for governor, Su
a candidate for a minor office
s named, quite a different situa
was presented and little interest
;ted". - It1 gave the spec'al ,
an opportunity to pool their
:?^hi*t the man yihot* sym
, were fhouhgt to be with the
jtpd,niae, Public service did
i'the calculations. It
t i(canliuflaged) a
toTOe people and sen
1 m -wwi.
KKj& The motive 'behind the -fight is
perfectly apparent to tkose familiar
wlt^ developments from the incipi.
ency of the contest. It will all
"come out In the wash."
The next stop is November and it
< ,-?/ is to be. hoped that the democratic
voters of the State may show more
1 interest h> exercising the privilege
of suffrage at that time than they
have shown in either of the two nom
, inating primaries recently experien
? ced. In neither of these has any.
thing like the full strength been
brought to the polls. _ '
Much depends upon the action of
the New York Convention, which has
spent nearly two weeks without get
t/ ting anywhere. ? A strong man for
.. president Will help mightly to solve
vexing problems here and elsewhere.
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INTERESTING MEETING OF -
Y W. M. Ui AT MOUNT MORI AH.
" The Woman's Missionary "Union
v of the Baptist Association will hold
a most interesting meeting at Mount
lurch, .on Thursday, July
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all day meeting
Thfc list of speakers insures both a
pleasant and profitable day. Among
those on the program are Miss War
ren of Raleigh; Miss Martha Sul
lenger, . Lady Principal of Fruitland ,
Institute, and Mrs. Nix who has
been a missionary in Japan. It is
always inspiring sto the workers at
home to meet personally those who
have been on the battle front and
hear their re ports t therefore the
presence of Mrs. Nix will add much
to the fnterest of the meeting.
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FOURTH OF JULY IN BREVARD
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Jijpiter .Pluvius vetoed , the big
picnic planned by the Gun Clyb but
In apite of Thursday's down pour
ai)d Friday's rain, the Fourth was
celebrated. The . national colors
were in /qvidence on 'Main St. and In
some residence eectioijs, , A number .
of cars' Were decorated. al*Q. .. ?
Although the picnic could not bo
held in the Osborne Woodland, part
of the program was carried out.
The- shooting match was .held at the
Woods place. 4
The first- prize, a ten dollar' gold' 1
piece, waa won by C. S. ? Osborne
with 4 score of 43 out of a possible'
50. Osborne" made a straight
run 0IJ22. 'y
Dr. Js. S. English and T. Si Wood
tied far second place- with a score of '
The J>orse racing waa on the High
T/ayyjJie mile from* the curve from
Brofed St. Cars were parked close
ly along the entire race track, much
interest being shown in the event.
The tanning race waB won by Henry ;
Ganger's horee. W. M. Cloud's
horse won the trotting race.
The Base Ball game between
Brevard and Camp Transylvania al
,eo drew a large crowd. Transylva
nia won 8 to 6. Annthony-, ' Trari
thairi pitched a remarkable game for
Brtvard. Up to the ninth inning
Transylvania failed to Bcore, thfen
in the. ninth the'y made eight runs.
Traffic was heavy; crowds were
out all day, but they - were orderly
crowds, 'There was hot a single ar
rest as the result of the holiday, j
There were some fire works out j
we havfc heard of no accidents.
ii LAUREL TROOP. NQ. 1 GIRL
SCOUTS
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The Girl, Sjkouts were organized .
in April by Miss Florence Lyies, Cap
tain* with Miss Bertie .Ballard first :
lieutenant, and Miss Elizabeth Zach- '
ary second lieutenant. -
.There are two patrols, Miss Annie j
Yongue is leader of patrol No. 1, the
Rabins; patrol No. 2,* the Bob 5
Whites, is lead by Miss 'Mary John-, ^
toon. I,
Those who have passed the Tender
Pdot 'Test, and are now working on; ?
the second class test are : Edna King, '
Ellen English, Mary Johnson, EUza- 1 ,
beth Shipntan, Nancy Mac fie, Chris- 1 .
tine Bnelson, Catherine Osborne, An
hie Y^ngue, Mary Johnson.
The motto of the Girl Scouts is: ' (
"JBe Prepared.'' The first part 6i
each meeting is devoted to becoming
prepared,
x They are taught what good citizen)
ship means and made 100* percent
Americans. The- flag is carefully
Btudied and the flag code learned.
The girls kre much concerned just ,
now over the violation of the code j
in a very public place in our county.
They have appealed to those in au
thority and it is hoped these tatter. ,
ed, faded flags will be attended to; ^
The girls also learn care of child-'' ;
ren, sewing, cooking, first aid, etcf '
in short they are to be prepared for
real living, not mere existence. .
They learn many lessons from \
nature ' in their camp life. ;
The Scouts slogan is: "Do a good
turn daily."
In the early days of the organiza
tion the meetings- were held in the
Legion rooms. ? For the past two
months the meetings have been held
in one of the rooms of the Methodist j
Sunday School building.
These girls are working earnestly
?and enthusiastically to pass theiT
test and be ready to take their part
in Civic work.
If all our girls and boys were true <
scouts many present day problems ,
would be solved.
The troup has just held its last
meeting for this season. They will :
resume work the first Thursday in i
September.
MR. OSBORNE HAS SAFE JOUR.
NEY
Mrs. W.* K. Osborne received a
message from her son H. K. Osborne '
of Spartanburg that he and his wife
had landed safely in 'Liverpool Eng.
Mr. Osborne will attend the Bar
Association which meets in London
and will visit other countries while
he is gone, returning home in early
fall.
FARM NEWS
Testing cattle Is now on. One
Federal and one State veterinarian
are doing -'the WQrlc.
The work starts in Brevard by re
quest of many, that they might be
sure they are giving their guests pure
milk. Also outsiders cowa whose
milk ie coming to. town and cam^s
are a.mpng the first. > Hi
Froiri; now on all cattle brought
into, the Qounty must be tested bi^f
fore entering County. ?' ;
Please understand, that this work
is free, and all cattle of any agej
rilust be , tested or the premises wilf
b?i' quarantined, and party will not
be allowed to sell any stock/ or dairft
products^ till said cattle are tested;
This is the Federal, State and Coun
ty
<yrttle found with T. B. Will
be 'fcUfiighiered, and the- State * will
pay fwo thirds o'f the assessed valui
lip to fifty dollars for grade*, < . and
one hundre'd dollars for purebre'da.f
Any assistance that people caii
give to hasten the Work iB asked
for, as it .will cut the expenses of
the work. '? &
For further information' call on
the Doctors or the County Agent, j
Clough Farm's Seed Com. ;7
This spring 'Mr. Orr of the Clough1
farm, shipped 1000 bu, of seed cork
to Penn. for silage corn. vHe r?
ports having ^received $3.25 per bi^
for it; which is $3.00 net.
Farmers interested iA better ryl
and wheat, will do well to call at th|
County Agents office and see som^f
rye and wheat grown in MadisQii
CouAty, also some grown by. ou
swn farmers. '?
Not too late as yet for cow, pfeas
sorgum, or soy beans for turnirq
under to improve your land. ^ j
For goodness sake kill all thof
young bean beetle larva, or we v;
be eaten up jn about twa wee,
hrence. > V- v *V
?' Did you ever notice that thjere
far more rain between the new m{ft
wtf' *be"fOll nKHjn; thin bet'ween ti^.
full moon and - new moon. Watch
this and plan your haying aecoriipg.
ly. -<
Report <;omes to me that Tran
sylvania has the best piece of certi
fied seed potatoes in three Counties.
Mr. W. M; .Sparks of Blantyre ' is
the grower. ,
From my travels, i am quite^ sure
we have the best, average crop of
several Counties in this part df the
9tate. 1
Save your peaches and grapes by
a liberal spraying' with lime-sulphur
now a#d once or twice more before
ripening. Four pounds to 50 gal
lons of water.
L. A. Ammon, County Agent.
OXFORD ORPHANAGE v
SINGING CLASS
The Singing of Oxford Or I
phanage will give a concert at the
Auditorium on next Tuesday, July
16, at 8:00 p. m .*
This class has gained an enviable
reputation for giving concerts of a
h.gh order? concerts that are both
entertaining and uplifting.
If you wish to spend a pleasant
tour and at the same time lend your
personal aid to a most worthy cause,
you -vfill not fail to attend the con
cert given by these children.
The 14 girls and boys in the
Singing Class are representing a- ;
bout 375 children in th&t well known
institution. ? .>
"The Cherokee Scout" has ? the
following notice of a recent concert:
One of the largest .. crowds that !
Murphy has ever given to the annu
al visit of an Oxford Orphanage,
Singing Class went to tli'e school
house Thursday night and came a
way well pleased. There was not a
dull moment in the program of moro
than an hour and a quarter. The
songs, drills, recitations and 6per
etta were all well chosen and the
children performed their respective
parts splendidly. There was hardly
a false note, a misplaced accent or
an inharmonious gesture. ? The
Cherokee Scout.
CAMP CAROLINA
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Camp Carolina, our newest camp,
opened with a larger attendance than
expected for the first season.
They are very proud of the fact
that their lake is still perfectly clear
in spite of the hard rains.
The 'golf course is also proving a
strong drawing carr).
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THE PRAYER CORNER
"Great Sufferers have been The
Great Believers,
This is the groat thought that
came to me last week in my reading.
I would share it with you. When
folks have seen into human life
deeply enough so that they perceive
how adversity can be used to high
?ssues, faith in God becomes not so
much- a speculative problem as a
practical need. They want to deal
with trouble nobly. They see that
faith in God gives the outlook. * on
life which makes the hopeful facing
of adverse situations reasonable and
which supplies power to make it pos
e.ble. The result is that the Great
Sufferers have been the great be
lievers. The idea . that fortunate
circumstances make vital faith in
God probable is utterly unsupported
by history. Hardly an outstanding
champion of faith who has left an
indelible impress on man's spiritual
lifcj'can anywhere be found who has
not won his faith and confirmed it
f*ce of S trouble. ? What is
f&frdivldu^ ia true of.gerielv
a}?ons.. i?he days of Israel's triumph
fcht faith did not come in Solomon's
reign* when wealth was plentiful and
fiat&'SaJ ambitions ran high.' The
great prophets ariji the great psalms
stand "b ufc against the dark back
ground OT, th? Exile and its conse
quencw.*?!': pi %
That is the Ejcile.
Such great faith
Bhone brightest BmBwT the night was
' est, h&VfiflBfffpretqn^ed to know
planatioSf; oft 'suffering ' in Qod's
, I, but they 'have had insight, to
_ fi little and trust for the rest.
Stevenson, has expressed their faith:
''If I, from my spy hole, ' looking
with puj-blind eye3 upon a-leaBt part
of a fraction of the Universe, yet
perceive^- iij- rn^ 'ovyn destiny , some
broken ^evidences of a plan and some
sij^ials'df an over ruling goodness
iWVUj iien.be so mad as to, complain
that all cannot be decipMr^^' Sifiali
I n<4 rathe*1, wonder with infinite
and (tratefijl surprise, that in so vast
a scheme I seem to have been " able
to re^a, however little, and that lit
tle was encouraging to faith
A Prayer For The Suff>ring ^And
? y Sorrowing.
We thank thee O God that Thou
dost ride upon the cloud and govern
the storm.- All that to' us . is dark,
is light to Thee. The night shineth
as the >day. 'All that which seems to
us irregular and ungovemed is held
in Thine Hanl^'^ven as the steed by
the rein. iFrbjn.age to age Thou
dost, cqntiol the long procession of
events discerning the end from the
beginning and all the. wild mixture,
all the confusion, all the sorrow and
all the suffering," is disfcerned by
Thee. As is tfre, .palfttjfce to the color,
as' is violence to ' development in
strength, as is the cifcshipg.o'f the
grape loathe wine, so: % Thy/ sight
all things beneftcien't, that to us
are most confusing and ? seemingly
conflicting and threatfiing.'' ' Sorrow
and pain and disaster are woven in
the loom of God and in the en<J we
too, shall be permitted to . discern !
the fair pattern and understand how
that which brought tears here shall
bring righteousness there. O how
good, it is to trust Thee and to be
lieve that Thou art wife, and that
Tftou art, full of compassion, as
Thoo^jfarriest oon Thy great work of
love a)id benevolence, sympathyzing
wi^h a5 that suffer on the way and
gathering them at list with an ex
ceeding great salvation. We trust
Thee, not Because we understand
Thee, but because in many things
Thou hast taught us where we should
have been afraid to trust. We have
crossed many ? gulf, and many a
roaring stream upon the bridge Of
faith and have exulted to find our
selves safe landed and have learned
?0 trust "Thee as a child a parent, as
a passenger the Master of a ship, not
because we know -but because Thou
knowest. f Amen.
C. D. C.
TOWN COUNCIL
' The town Council met Monday |
night but not having a quorum pre
ent they adjourned to meet Thurs
day night.
TRAIN GOES THROUGH TO
LAKE TOXAWAY.
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J. W. Wood, Division passenger.
Agent announces that beginning Sun \ i
day, July 13, the train arriving in " <
Brevard at 6:15 p. ni. will go thru
to T.akp Toxaway. i
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Democrats Reach
; Nomination
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John W. Davis, Nominee for Presi*^
dent; C. W. Bryan , Running Mate
"On Wednesday the long deadlock
in the Democratic Convention was
broken. As the roll was called for
the 103rd. time Gov. Brandon of '
Ala. for the '103rd. time shouted
"Alabama twenty four for Under
wood." As the last name on ffhc
roll was being cabled, and state after
state had fallen into the Davis col4
umn, Governor Brandon secured rec
cognition and shouted "Alabama
changes its vote. Twenty four for
Davis." Then tjp avalanche came.
,The secretary .was unable to record
the vote. Tom 'faggart of Indiana
made the motion \ which, cast aside
the rules aj-.-l made the nomination
of Davis unanimous.
John Temple Graves, noted lectur
er and journalist who is now in Ash
ville, Said in a congratulatory' tele
gi^r.-.n tp $tr. Davis. "This is the fin
est tribute to character in three de
ciles of Democracy. v _ - :
'"In one liberated and inspired
day the Democratic Convention has
atonecj a fortnight of stormy - days
and foolish troubled flights.
"John W.' Davis matches Calvin.
Coolidge in every shining* point of
character ard surpasses him in a'
dozen winning qualities. The high
personal equatioh has been more
than balanced. If this is to be a
campaign of character, then indeecf
a redeemed 'Democracy has already
won."
'Mr. Graves is a. frip'nd of Cooledge
?vpresident pledge is a man- of
extraordinary pbili$y ancr power and
he has behind "him"ihe full, confiden
ce of the American people." A'sser^
ted Mr. Graves." "Any lesser man
than-Da.via would ( have :? stood; nq
chance against -his unquestioned eiiii
inence but in Davis the President ift
surpassed. .' ??
Democracy has not for 30 years
selected a nominee of the strength
of John W. ,Davis." }
' John William Davis was born in
Clarksburg, W. Va? in 1873,. the
only- son in a family of six children^
'His father, John J. Davis, was an
attorney- and was constantly active
in civic enterprises. He served in
the legislature of the. state and was
twice elected to Congress. Mrs.
Anna Kennedy Davis, the:mother of
John W. Davis, was a native of Bal-'
timore. ?? '
Mr. Davis - was graduated frond
Washington and Lee University
the age of 19. He won the law de^
gree and was admitted to the bar at
the age of 22.
Davis has never been in office ?
seeker but office has sought him. |
In 1898 he was sent to v the legis
lature of W. Va. ? He was made
chairman of the judiciary committee !
of the House and later flob* leader j
of his party.
In 1910 the Democrats of his dis
trict chose him for Representative
in Congress and he was elected in a
district that had been Republican
for 20 years.
He was re-elected in 1912.
In Congress Mr. Davis was made
chairman of the Judiciary Com
mittee. He took an active, part in.
the impeachment and trial of Jud^e
Robert W. Archbald.
As a result of. his service on this
committee President Wilson' select
ed him as Solicitor-General in 1913,'
and Mr. Davis resigned from the
House to accept that office.
Mr. Davis, in the summer of 1918
went to Europe as a member of ,the
committee of three American to
treat with Germany as to the ex
change of prisoners of war. fie
He was in Berne on this mission
when, upon the resignation of the
late Walter Hines Page, Mr. Wilson
made. Mr. Davis the American am
bassador to Great Britain.
Upon Mr. Davis' return to the
United States in 1921, he joined the
law firm ir^ which Grover Cleveland
had membership when he was nomi
nated as the Democratic candidate
for Presidency in 1892. He soon j
became Qne of the leaders of the )
New York bar.
.Governor Charles W. Bryan of j
Nebraska, was chosen for the second j
phver after his friends had placed
before Mr. Davis and his conferees
an arer'iment for selection nf a 3pes'-!
em man of -proven executive capaci
ty, familiar with agriculture and in
sympathy with the liberal sentiment '
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COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
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The Board of Education of Tran
sylvania couijty mrt A^i&gular ses- , >
sion last Monday, July, 7th., for the
transaction of stech regular or spec
ial business as might require the
attention of the Board.
The Board delegated to A. E. '
England the authority to , have don#
the needed repairs on the Turkey
Creelj school hptue and' spring. <
Data Glazener of Roam an appear- ^
ed before the Board in un effort to
purchase a part of the land belong,
ing to Rosmam High School. After
a full discussion ';o>f the matter, the
Board decided rtot to. sell any of the
school lands unless such sale was a
greed to at a joint meeting of the
Roeman school wjnaWttee and the
County Boat^\.^yp4^oation.
An order ww-l?|u^by the Board
that the committer o&TBrevard school* v:j
be authorized and .'instructed to pay
from the local 'districts fundtf to the '
town of Brevard the sum of $726.00
the amount due by; the school to the
town for pavsjpg oft /the wajke -fl'th
front of th? graded .school buildings. v ?
At the meeting of thej^J&ttard of
Education on June 2,- the County
Superintendent was instructed by the
Board not to pay Awy commissions
on the Special Building Funds unless
instructed, officially,' that, such com
missions should .be paid. At the. ...
meeting last Monday' a statement
was presented to* the Board bjr R. h. ,
Gash requesting payment of com
missions on $18,581:02,, th?. total n
mount of Speoial -Building Funds
disbursed to date. 'The Board order
ed. tha^ this, ataiemfent he 31ed ; arid <
*the County ?St^'rfnt?pfeflijt ' wa?"'ti^;'^3
authorized to pay ' tj:S'
requested. . , '
The Board ordered' that the pupils .; j
of English . Chapel u school d'atrict 4-V
above the fourth grade be added ,
Davidson River school' ?nd that a v.'
teacher be' employed for EnglisH
Chapel school for grades 'l to 4 in- \i': >i
'chisive.^ T .r ;V'
ItcWs?s orde'red by -the Bofcrd tTiat . ; ,-V
afl schools . of the coug^y .shall _opep: ???>??{
either the first Monday rip Augtlst'or
the first week in September;
' The high school text-books adopt- Wm
ed by the County Board 'pf* Educa- % ' '
tion to be used in the high 'schools of
Transylvania County for the next
fiv$. years are as follows:
^Tentworth' Smith Academic . Aig?
"bra, Wentworth Smith, Plane Qeottje^ \ .
try, Vfn Tuyl, Business Arithmetic, v ^
Stnith Elementary Latin, Place S^
cond year Latin, Gunnison & Har_
ley Latin, (3rd and 4th >year), Hill
Community Life and Cj^ic Problims,
West, Early Sprogress, WeBt Modern .
Progress, Beard and Beard History
of the United States, Cl&Jcton & Mc
Giru^&J V Effective Engl'sh Junior,
Crajfrt&f) McGinniss, Effective Eng
lish',' '"Chardnal, Pbonatjc French,
Snyder Everyday : Sciencf , Small- ;
wood, Reveley and Bailey^ Biology
for High Schools, Car hart and Chute,
r ractical Physics, McPhereon & Hen. . .'.'J
'.erson, Chemistry, '?
CALVIN tfOOLIDGE, JR. VICTIM
OF BLOOD POISONING ;
Calvin Cool'.dge, Jr., son of ^1%'
President died Monday night of
blood poisoning. The end came af
ter the boy had battled with the ut-.
most bravery for five days against
a disease which had raffed his body -
with pain and sapped the reserve
strength of his frail constitution.
The infection developed -from s
broken blister on the rifctft foot in
curred during a tennis match on the
White House courta.
The body will be taken to Ply
mouth, Vt.. for burial.
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of the country.
Bryan's nomination took only one
ballot. The word that the leader
wanted him nominated was passed
quickly and although active cam
paigns had been made for' several
other candidates the result was not
long in doubt. Mr. Bryan was de-v
clared nominated at 2 ;22' o'clockv
Eastern Dayljnaht saving time. TliQn
Kftcr a few formalities the ConveSi
lion adjourned. ' ' ?
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