PASSING OF MR, ISAAC HARKINS "Vjftir. Isaac Harkins, was born July 28, 1843, and died suddenly at * iHfs home near Brevard, N. C., No ' veirjber 12th', 1924. He 'Was there fore in his 82nd year. He tiad \(e$n in poor, health fpr "some time and his sudden goin^ was constantly feared. The shock to" his loved ones was very great and their grriof was very painful and touching. ? A ??; large number of friends and rel tattves gathered at Cathey's Creek church and. cemetery where he was laid to rest, the services being con ducted by the writer. Brother Burkina was twice mar ried. Feb. 22, I860, Jbe married i Mjss 'M^rganet Nicholson, of Bre vard. To thia ' union were born Japies HarklnB, now of Central, S. C., John Harkins, of Easley, S. C., Mrs. Ida Young, Brevard N. C., and William Harkins, who djed in 1012. Later he married Miss Na omi Osteon, of Brevard. No chil dren were born to this .marriage but . the deep grief manifested by the children and > grandchildren re vealed that she wi^s a devested mo ther to them all. The deceased ?for merly lived in Kfidxville, Tenn., but has resided near Brevard for :jr .? the past 27 years.' C 'I . While young he was converted and joined thb. Methodist church and remained true and faithful i through a long life. He1 left a bright. testimony , .and assured loved ones that he was ready to go. How fortunate 1 This1 iB the; best part of it all., What shall it prpfit a man tf he- should &aintlie whole Kv world and lose his own soul. Lo^sd gi ones yoa grieve ,not without hotfjg You know where to find Fathi and God grant that all may (live that the union may be w plete and the ? circle unbroken. May R&'; the grace of God comfort jone and all In this sad hour. > , ... ? E. R. WELQH.' ' . ^ r^-? * EARLY MORNING WEDDING E^rly Monday in the chill pre ceding the dawn of a froaty orning Register of Deeds Rol d Owens, and his more that bet half were awakfehed ,by a ' pounding Sport tlieir front door. ". The visitor was , adpjtted, and a roaring flrfe "made ?or his coinfort. When he had became thoroughly ? warm he' recalled ' nfe , errand and stated that ho had.' some friends waiting outside ?' for a "marriage . license, . It ilooked like a runaway ,matcli. The party Joft Tuckaseigee, Jack son County;. . at 2:00 a.m., and, j? drdve here some . time' ' before dawre. After spending- about tWo ' boors at . the Owens home on Caldwell street, they proceeded to the court* house, a license was pro cured. Rev! .Wallace Hartsell, pas tor of the Baptist church, was sum moned and Mr. Fred Ashe and Miss Etha Mid die ton, b^th of -? VTuckaseigee, were pronounced man and wife. Mr. and Mrs. Ashe werfi accompanied on. the trip by Mr. Sherman Phillips, , of Wolf Moun 't tain and a young lady wbose name t', we were unable, to learn. ROSMAN NEWS Little Vfilma Reece, daughter of' Mr. ?nd Mrs. Walter Reece, got her finger cut off Thursday. Misp Bessie Watkins, who is in training at the Mission Hospital at Asheville, spentt the week-end with home folks. We are triad Claude Glazener one of our Rosman boys, won scholar ship at Raleigh State Colege. Mtv Charlie Moore went squirrel hunting in Gloucester, killing 41. lie reports they are plentiful. Mr. Eustjs Kirk, of Georgia, was a . town visitor Saturday and Sun day td see MisB Bird Jamison. They motored to Brevard Saturday night to see "The Girl of the Gol den West." Miss Dolly Galloway, teacher at .Little River, spent the week-end at the home of Mrs. A. 0. Kitchins. Friends.are glad that Dr. English lof this 'place, is improving. ' Mrs. Jack Eldridge and Miss Wilkinson went to Brevard shop ,ping the latter partof the week. Mf. and Mrs. Jess Galloway are the proud owners of a new "Chev rolet coupe." > , The Misses Fritz, Walburn and Cain, teachers here, motored to Asheville Saturday, reporting a de lightful trip. ?"NEWSY SUE." BLANTYRE BREEZES . ' > ! Misses Mazie and Letha Moody have . been" visiting , relatives in Greenville, S. C. Misses Azlee and Jewel Justus attended the ' baptizing" at Horse flMoe:; Sunday morning. was a large crowd . at jpjjided rthe singing at Blantyre StBitla^ cvetiinp. Mr. C.'.E. Blythe is r^nning^ a revival at Boylston this ^.Weak. . Miss' Mattie Hamilton' visited her cousins Misses Lillian and Rephella Scott, Sunday. ' . ' Mr. Highman of Little Rjverr, preached at Blantyre last .Sunday night. -S ?"PANSY." SHOWEFN FOR MISS SLEDGE Mrs. O. L. Er win's entertain ment for Miss Mary Sledge, bride elect, was one of the prettiest? par ties ever given in Brevard. The Erwin home is especially adapted for entertaining. The color scheme of green aand pink was beautifully carried out in the decorations and all appointments. ; The- guests were : received by Mrs. Erwin, ( Mrs. Sldgq, Mrs. Pat ton and Mrs. Shackleford, herself a recent bride, and ushered into the hall and living room. When all had assembled the doors of' the music room N were thrown open and there.. was seen a bewitching, little Cupid by a green moss covered well. Cupid at once ran out with bow and aarrovt. and finding Mary Sledge led her,' wounded, to the well. There Miss Sledge drew from the well bucket after bucket of lovely presents while Miss Dorothty McKee sang "The Old Oaken Bucket," and cupid stood poised on the well curb. After all the. beautiful gifts hatl been drawn out and admired, seven tables of Bridge, were arranged and the game was played through ?the remainder of the afternoon. At the close of the gamte re freshments were served. * i The girls in their bright frocks were* a lovely bunch of rose buds, i Miss Sledge's golden blond beauty ;Was enchanced by ? sr~ handsome \gown of green beaded Canton Crepe. "OUR AUNT FROM CALIFORNIA" AT HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM On Friday following Thanks- 1 giving the Girl Scouts will present j ,at the High School Auditorium two one act plays. The first is entitled ' "The, Home of the Class." The scene' is laid in a girl's school and has some tense dramatic situations. The second play, "Our Aunt from California" uproaringly funny. An evening of enjoyment is promised all who nttt>nd. The proceeds will be used toward a camping trip for the girls next summer. Scout life is largely con cerned vrith the great outdoors, though this is only one of the many fine thinjrs ir.rluded in Scouting J FLORIDAIN BUYS PROPERTY. HERE Mrs. Agnes V. Samuel, of Or lando, Fla., has bought a seven aqre tract of land west of Brevard, near the Probarte Road, just a short distance outside of the town lim its. There is a fine Building site, -commanding a magnificent view of the surrounding mountains, and several acres of woodland. 'This is ?a part of the old Sothern tract and was purchased several years ago from Mrs. D. B. Hancock, by Miss Mary Blitch, who has tjow sold! to Mrs. Samuel. Mrs. Samuel will at once build a summer home here. This is the section of town which already has a large colony of summer homes. TIME EXTENDED In order that each person jriight. have a. chance to pay up, the clos ing of the Books of the 76 Millionj Campaaign has been extended un-j til December 31st. Every pledge should be p^id in full by this date. Each pledger is responsible to Gpd for his pledge and unless you can honestly befote him ' cancel your puege you are under obliga tion' to pay it. May we not jtaakei /the grea't) mistake of closing thej channel through which blessings' will flow into our lives by neglect-1 ing oulr part in the Kingdom'^ work. ?P. D. .s - . . There will be a gi*en at Penrose School jjuday night, November TKere will be sanl pies and many There nttle ~ Enter tainment MVP in. ^connection with the supper. ' proceeds will be given to tn^Khurc^ in order to help buy a piano BUY YOUR CHAISTMAS . . . ? * ? SEALS AT HOME If 'Tuberculosis Christmas seals are received from State Head quarters and the money for them sent direct there this county will lose the seventy-five cents of every dollar which is needed here to help little children. In former years prominent men have secured seal s and h^ve sent the money for them to State Head quarters, The State and National Associations are doing good work with the money, but our part is ineeded; here. BETtERMENf MEETING POSTPONED 'i L ' ' ? The November meetjng of the Betterment Association has been postponed to the first Monday in December. This will probably be the last meeting of the year owing to the holiday season. It will be of unusual importance and every ber is urged to be present. The Elson pictures purchased from the proceeds of the Art Ex hibition should be there by that time, as they were shipped from Boston last week. These will be in teresting, but this is not the im portant business referred to. COUNTY SINGING AND CONVENTION The third session of the Tran sylvania County Singing' Conven tion will be held at Cherryfield, on the fifth Sunday, November 30. The program is as follows: 10:00 ? Convention called to order by President Truette. Arrangement of claasses. 10:1f> ? Song service by Jerry Brown. Devotional exercises by the pre<- ' idont. Reading of minutes of previous meeting. 10:30 ? Alternate singing by the various classes that may be i | present. ,11:45 ? Quartette by the Mills River Quartette. Address by I Hon. C. B. Deaver. 12:30? Adjournment. 1 ? Devotional exercises by Rev. F. R. Welch. Sinv'itu:. Bre vard Quartette. 1 :45 ? Conventional sir.irir.g. 3.00 ? l.'.iMnesr- .-icssion. 3 -lO?Adjo..: , .? 1. WRIGHT w, < . yf< I SGIRLS wanted to I JOIN THE BAND v Mr. P. J. Cutter, who has dor)0 Ituch wonderful' work with the ?Transylvania Municipal Iiand itf, planning yet larger things. He wishes about fifteen girls to join the band, taking up the cornet; clarinet and saxaphone. Girls with some knowledge of music, Mr. Cut ter says, can goon learn to play b band instrument. ' This would enlarge the band to f fifty members. It is the dream of pur ambitious bandmaster to have | the largest concert band in North Carolina. Let's back him up. A big band will mean other big things. AT THE METHODIST CHURCH Last Sunday was a gala day. Thfj Sunday School was unusually en thusiastic both in attendance arid collection. Dr. Zachary is proving already 'to be the right man in the pight place, and with Henry Rap son as his valuable assistant is .putting pep and wisdom into the new administration. We bespeaji for them loyal co-operation ah support. That larg^ Men's Bib] Class, taught by brother Welc (Galloway, had forty-two in a1 4ance. Every man in town not 1' Sunday School ought to be in ?h class. The congregations at ^ bot services were unusually large ail signalized by the power and den onag-ation of the Spirit. Three a; jfegfons at the morning service ar ^p.jthc evening service twelve a< KM Chri^ajidten ptheMaskaj por prayers. * 1 r V. Mrs. Goode and Mr. Wayland ad ded much to the occasion. She is a great pianist ' and he sang two beautiful selections. Both have con sented to remain lover and take part in both services next, Sunday. This ought to guarantee another ilarge crowd. In the morning the ipastor will preach on the "Mother Eagle's Babies." In th^ evening the services will be evangelistic. All togther for a great Sunday! , ? ? x NOTICE .There is a needy and worthy | family in Brevard. We want to I help them aH we can. Any thing ' to eat will be appreciated. A box will be in the Methodist church Vestitbule all day Sunday. Drop your packages in the box, also any "money you can give ? drop' it aho in the box. This family has had sickness for a month and doctor Jbills, etc., are nearly $200.00. Let us all help. ? ? E. R. WELCH, pastor. NAVAL RECRUITING ^ _ OFFICER HERE The United State's Navy has re turned recruiting. W. Stewart, re cruiting officer from Washington, t D. C., is ^iere and can usually be found about the Post Office. ( The Navy wishes young men > from the age of 17 to 35 year's, j The recruit has the opportunity ! for learning any one of twenty- j two trades, rr with a high school ? education and one year in college has the chance of being one of the " ucky one hundred boys that are ap pointed each year from the fleet for young officers in the Navy. If he doesn't pass the officer's ex amination, he can select one of the trade schcols at Hampton Roadi. I Va. "After his four months training he goes home on ten days leave and can return to any of these school" ' or if he doesn'e care ftir a trade school he can go to sea on one of LV.sk- S.v.-.-'c ?~S 000.000 homel and travel the world over. One boy, Edgar Moss Blackweli of East Flat Rock, was shipped o.j to Hamptrfn Roads for ,'our mo:\lV. training. He preferred going in;'. . Navy to working in the hosiery mill at Ea:it Flat Rock. ^ Another boy, Clyde Atkins Mc intosh of East Flat Rock, is wait ing for order? t > gi> as his p.i n. ? r have been sort in to Jirndount tcrs. Officer Stewart will be hi r j or.;;, a few days. Or. la*t Thursday morning a Hitdsi-n cecich .ir.v?<. two-tenths; Switzerland, five-tenths; England 1 and eight-tenths; France, nearest to the United States in this discred itable showing, stands only 4 and nine-tenths per cent. Illiteracy is not confined to any one section of our country but it is heavier in rural communities thap in larger cities. Nor is it to be attributed to the foreign-born for thefre are , twice as many native-born illiter ates as tho3e of alien birth. There are two major reasons for this condition. First, failure of too many communities to realize the importance of education and -to subordinate their (support for les ser civic enterprises. Next, the lack of accessibility to school in sparsely sattled communities. The Better Schools League is working in co-operation with rather than in competition with the( other existing national organizations' in its effrts to maake attainable improvement in individual situations. Thuii aid organizing the best moans for fi- ' nancing, equipping .and conducting schools ).u conditions and) outline poi:.-ies cf improvement. THE PRAYER CORNER ? > . m THE CHAMBER OF SILENCE "There is a Chamber of Silence in* every human heart. Here oyr secret thought* lie hidden away/ known only to ourselves and the Great Author of our being. Into*, this Chamber we retire when in great joy or Borrow; we seek its seclusion when baffled or defeated, success ful and happy. What we think while there influences ' our whole life. "We can scarcely understand our -> own motives often; there is a mys terious something within us which peems to govern our actions and we obey, as it were, an unseen voice. I think we are in 'close kin- ' > ship with the associations of that :i\ secret heart chamber. If our ijj thoughts are pure and ennobling, ' ' ?we carry about v/ith us the re flection of these in good deeds; but if they are not, our influences can not be wholesome. "Oh, this Silent 'inner life! It lies revealed to the eye of God; the world sees but a glimpse of it, but ' , let us keep our hearts so ? clean' and true that we need never fear * to have our secret thoughts known. "The fight that each man fights " -?r behind his chamber door for cour age and for patience and for J faith, he fights, not for himself ?' v alone, he fights for all mankind, he \ fights as one who is a helper, of his * ?&j friend, as a good brother ofj that , /;? One, who, in little v Gallilee, ob scure, almost alone was wounded ' '? . for our transgressions and bruised for our iniquities, and wh#, upon ' r the Cro33 bccame the' Burden Bear er of the Human Race.". , . i A Prayer < for The Chamber of Silence O Lord God, ' Thou knowest the secret of our hearts. There is no secret hidden from thee, Trtnt. eye is in every place beholding the evil and the good; in the Chamber of Silence, in our silent inner l>f?. Hallow the Chamber of Silence to ;*?, us, sanctify to us our silent inner life, for without Thee we . pan do' '' nothing, der.~ Sav!.:i",' tic '.!i?ng '.hat is good or wholesome. But abiding in Thee Thou wilt be to us strength in our weakness, love in our love lessness, ferace and beauty in our .% ur.comeliness and we shall hear a , . word behind us; the voice of The Spirit, saying, "This is 1 the way, walk ye in it." Oh, this 'silent inner 4ife, 0 God, it only^ies revealed to Thine eyej the world sees but a r. .glimpse of it. Help us to keep ou^ hearts so clean and true that .we need never fear to have our secret thoughts known. Enable us to figtjt the fight that each one fights behind our chamber door for -couraage and patience and for faith, not for ourselves alone, but for all mankind as those who are helpers of our kind and blood brothers and sisters of that One, who, fn little Galilee obscure, al most alone, was wounded for our transgressions and bruised for our iniquities, and who, upon the Cross became the Burden Bearer of the Race, Jesus Christ, our Lord and , Saviour. AMEN. - C. D. C. '' ' . REVENUE OFFICERS ARE SHOT NEAR LAKE TOXAWAY There was considerable excite ment on the street Wednesday afternoon when news was received of a serious shooting affray near Lake Toxaway. As usua 1 first re ports were much exaggerated. . It is said Officers Ben Draper of Ashev!lle and Wilke Orren of this county, when near a still were fired upon by blockaders and re turned the fire. Draper was serious ly wounded, having a bullet in the lung. He was brought to Bre vard Hospital. It is^now thought he may recover unless complications ensue. Orren was also shot in the side but his wound is not at all serious. United States Commissioner A. E. Hampton went at once to the scene. Marshal Brownlow Jnckson of Asheville, was notified and pro ceeded to the scene with other of ficers. Asheville bloodhounds were , used in the search for the hlock aders. As we go to press no arrests have beer, made but it is expected the hlorkad^r* w 11 he cr. red as their' ' identity is known. _