Transylvania Timet
Published Weekly on Thursday* by
«. M. DOUGLAS
Offices in The News Building
f M. DOUGLAS . Editor
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Entered as second class matter,
October 29, 1931, at the Post Office
in Brevard, N. C., under the Act ol
March 3, 1879.
(The Newt—entered 1895)
News and Times consolidated 1933
STAY OS THE FARM,
PRETTY GOOD ADVICE
“Why not keep farm boys on
farms?” asks The Southside Virginia
News, and why not?
Is there any better place for u
young man than on the farm of to
day? And if there is a much better
place, why is it so? Is there any rea
son why a fellow can’t be happy on
the farm? Is there any reason why
a fellow can’t be healthy on the
farm? Is there any reason why a
fellow ean’t make money on the
farm? If. so, it ought to be re
medied, and can be.
True, the last named, gives plen
ty of room for thought, farmers
have not become millionaires in the
past few years, but who has in thr
section? Hew many men in business
have kept above the cost of opera
tion? How many peop'e in business
in Transylvania county, up unti
June of this year made actual ex
penses during the past two years.
How many fellows who have a busi
ness would not have been glad to
close last winter and stay closed
until things brightened up? But they
couldn’t, for the reasons that rent,
taxes, insurance, and other fixed
charges were going on whether
their places were open or closed.
So. when we think that the poor
farmer has had a terriffic struggle,
we can also put it down in big let
ters that the fe'low in business has
had a road to travel that was far
from strewn with voscs.
Sure, we say, keep farm boys
on the farm, it is or should be, a
place that health, happiness and a
respectable amount of wealth can
be found.
A SOTHER REASON
WHY WF ARE DRY
The argument that govermental
revenue »s u reason for lega ized
whiskey that most of the wets aie
wont to bring in when belittling the
18th amendment. Statistics ate
against such a” '"vument, the fol
lowing excerpt being taken from
Ang. 31, 1932
• The New York Times" Aug. 81,
1032 and accepted as authentic:
“Quebec. Canada, with legalized
liquor for revenue, is floating a
$10,000,000 loan to pay current ex
penses.”
Quebec is not as large as North
Caro'ina in population. Legaliz
ed whiskey will bring in a lot of
revenue, but if one !s lookng for an
Utopia in tax-paying, disappoints
ment is sure to come, judging from
the Quebec, Canada, situation a*
set out above.
SORRY FOR
ASHEVILLE FOLK
When wo are tempted to moan
about local affairs, we just let our
minds wander over the hills to
Buncombe county^ and there find
solace in the thought that at least
we’re not quite so bad off as the
mountain metropolis wnen it comes
to petty politics.
Aside from having .a city council
that does not know what or when,
the city of Asheville is also blessed
(?.’??) with some sort of a “board
of financial control, that, .'f they
(the members) are solomon-mindod
they have failed to prove it. Bre
vard’s a good place to live, regard
less of what people say, and we
give Asheville as a comparison to
prove the point.
SYMPATHY WON’T
PAY BOARD BILLS
The sympathy for teachers that
the state board of education express
ed in its resolution last Thursday
when it adopted the low scale of
teacher pay won’t help out in pay
ing board bills, and neither will
it materially aid in taking the
rankle from the thousands of North
Carolina school teachers heart*
that they feel toward the last ses
sion of the legislature.
Forty-five dollars per month,
while it may look like a pretty neat
sum to some people, is a mighty lit
tle bit to pay a school teacher that
has to be competent to hold a job,
besides being a darn geod politician
to get a place. Pretty rotten deal
for teachers, we say.
"OUR BOB” RUN
FROM SOMETHING
While the Hon. R. R. (Our Bob)
Reynolds would have it known that
he left for Europe to get away from
the many would-be job holders, and
at the same time havo a chance to
study tho liquor question in England
preparatory to coming back just
prior to November 7 to take paTt in
the wet-dry campaign, we have our
own opinion about his real reason,
and believe it could be traced down
to something about tobacco.
Think Before Acting
l EDITOR THE TIMES:
I,ast Thursday afternoon as I was
nearing the Transylvania county line
on my way home from a trip to the
eastern part of the state, a fine
young man hailed me and I gave
him a lift.
He was bright animated, of fine
personality, with tho gift of gab and
an out os’k rn the future. I sup
no. t* all veung men of that type
have high hopes for the future. But
as the years come and go, ns a rulo
our airealties rock and totter and
tumble to the ground. There is only
one course in life that is proof
against the ills that flesh is heir to:
“The way of righteousness shall
! be peace, and the effect of righteous
; ness quietness and assurance for
! ever.”
But what did the future hold in
stole for this young man? Oh, he
was not thinking of himself, at least
his conversation did not lead one to
suspect him of selfishness. He was
picturing a bright future for Tran
sylvania county.
That’s fine, isn’t it, when a young
man becomes animated over the pros
pect of a bright future for a whole
people?
But what did this young man see
in the trend of thing to cause him
to grow eloquent over the future of
Transylvania?
Without attempting to quote his
exact language, I give here in one
sentence the substance of hi*
thought: , .
"Now that the breweries are back,
there is a bright future for Tran
sylvania in the raising of brewery
products.” ,
May the Lord give us a better fu
ture for this fair land.
There is more than money in
brewery products. Brewery products,
when turned into the brewery busi
ness, make brewery broth. And
brewery broth make broken hearts,
and blighted hopes and wrecks home*
anti hungry mouths and haggard
faces, with fortunes gone and graves
opening to an everlasting destine
tion. . ,
P.ut this young man didn t Know.
He is being deceived by the outrage-,
uus lies of men of the world and the,
relentless propaganda of the brewery!
interests.
He had heard numbers and nunr
bers if o'd people say that there
was more drinking now, and worse
conditions, than before the sa oons
who outlawed. , . . . _
The following record of the two
celebrations of the battle of King*
Mountain ought to be sufficient to
disillusion the minds cf intelligent
young people on the drinking evil
before and after prohibition went
into effect. -vi r*
"At the Kings Mountain, N. u
celebration Oct 7, MO WJjJJO
people present, no arrests for diunk
enness, no one hurt At the previoua
celebration under legalized .iquor,
with hardly one-tenth as many pie»>
ent, the officers had to build pens to
put the drunks in.” ,
I can see why men of the wo ill,
whose whole thought is money and
pleasure, and the opportunity to
exploit the public franchise for per
Sfll e«i:i,w«vld lovor
of the 18th amendment. But bow
Christian men and women tha. lwe
righteousness and truth can make
common cause with the world, the
flesh, and the devil to bring back
the legalized traffic in this most de
grading and soul-detroying business,
cr to oven try to be neutral on the
question, is more than I can under
It might help a lot of us "Chris
tian" men to go out into some dark
env-o and sit down with our backs
down the hill, and hang our heels
over the back of our neck and sic
there a whole week and think be
fore the seventh of November.
J. K. Henderson
CONNESTEE NEWS
( By Beulah Tinsley)
A very large crowd attended Sun
day school nt the Dunn’s Ruck Bap
tist church thy past Sunday. Mr.
Vomer made an interesting talk on
the lesson. The Rev. I. N. Kuyken
dall a.ml Clyde Pitman .also made in
teresting talks. The Rev. Cleveland
Recce, our pastor, will preach next
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J Overton and
chi dren visited G. W. Whitmire on
Sunday afternoon.
Eugene Henderson visited his par-,
ents, Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Henderson,
last week, but has veturned to his
work in Florida.
Miss Vera Whitmire was guest
of Miss Beulah TinsleHSun^y after- (
noon. . , 1
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. w.
Baker Sunday were Mrs. Porter
Tinsley and son Fred, Mr. and Mrs.
Edwin Tinsley I
Mrs. Herman Hogsed gave a bean
•tringing Saturday night. Thos«(
o resent were Lipsey Henderson,
Florence, Florida and Columbus
Holden and Miss Gash. \
Misses Marion amd Edna Mas
tfenderson and Lee Gravely took
Eugene Henderson to the station
Sunday on his'toturit to his work, >
Lewis Gravely and Tllden Holden
were guests of Edwin Tinsley on
Sunday.
Miss Mildred Whitmire has re
turned home after visiting friends
ODD-’BUT TRUE
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SICAM SC PREVALENT.
IN ENGLAND,
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WAS CUSTOMARY TO STATE THE ^ SECTIONS * AS \T SWIMS
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ALONG WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT Qf ^E wjVfEft> n CAN see BOTH OP
OF HER- IK THE AIR AND DOWN IN THE WATER.
_BETROTHAL_U _ oi^nwCiW.J
Dickson Says Muscle Shoals Project
Means Much To Entire South Section
_ I
Editor Times:
Have just returned from a brief
visit to Nashville. While there went
down to Florence, Ala. (140 miles
from Nashville) to the Wilson dam
and power plant. This plant is too
immense for the average person to
begin to describe, but for the benefit
of the readers of The Times who
have not had the opportunity to visit
this wonderfull plant am sending
you a very brief description of the
plant for publication if you care to
use it at this time while tho Muscle
Shoals Power Plant is being discuss
ed in a general way.
By carefully studying tne follow-,
ing condensed description of this
gigantic plant the reader will readily
see 'that when completed we wi 1
have here in the South the largest
power plant of the kind in the states
if not in the world, and yet the most
of us are indifferent, and unap
piociative of the many worth while
things that we have round about >■». ■
Following are some of the interest-1
ing facts about the Wilson Dam,
Power house at Muscle Shoals;
; Authorized by Congress and con
I structed under direction of the sec-1
retary of War, with civillian assis
tance. The dam is nine-tenths of a
mile in length, 101 feet wide at the
base and 137 feet high. A total of
1,400,000 cubic feet of concrete used
in the job. The 68 spillway regu’at
ing gates are 18 feet by 38 feet
wide.
The lake formed above the dam
varies from one to three miles wide
and is backed up 16 miles, giving a
total of 14,600 acres in the lake.
There are eight large machines in
the plant, generating 260,000 horse
power. The big machines are capable
of tuking care of a town of 100,000
people each.
The largest generators installed
cost approximately $600,000 each,
with approximate cost of the entire
dam and plant is $47,000,000, the
period of construction covering eight
years. , _ , ,
The average person, without giving
a study of the proposition, together
with developments of the Tennessee
Va ley as now planned hy the fed
eral government, can have no con
ception of the magnitude of this
great project and just what it will
mean in revolutionizing this section
cf the country’. . .
J. Wade Dickson_'B
| WHIRL AT THE WORLD OF NEWS
Items of interest gleaned during the past week
_—
I ■ -
South Polv Expedition
Washington—Rear Admiral Rich
'ard E. Byrd, U. S. N-, retired, an
nounced last Thursdcy that he would
sail from Boston on September 25
for another exponaition to the south
'pole. He expects +o be gone two
years, stating that there is an area
'which he or no one has explored
larger than the United States.
Capwe M«u Sentenced
Chicago—“Machine Gun Jack” Me
Gurn, alleged to have been a mem
ber of the Al Capone gang, was
Isonterced las^t Wednesday to six
1 months in the work house on a
charge nf vagrancy.
Legion Warfare Ends
Rabat, Morocco—After 26 years
of warfare, the famous Foreign
Legion lias succeeded in taking the
last barbarian chieftain, giving the,
French absolute, if not perfect, con-j
trol o”er the regions that have been!
[long regarded as unhealthy for civll-j
' ization.
Eight Die In Cloudburst
Ft. Thompson, S. D.—Eight per
'sons were drowned, thousands of dol
1 are- worth of property damaged and
scores of livestock lost Sunay when
a cloudburst drove sma'l creeks out
of their banks on the Crow Creek
reservation, flooding the lowlands
and s weeping homes and *arm build- j
ings away.
Storm Takes Twenty-Two
Dallas, Texas—The terrific storm j
that lashed southern Texas on Mon
day and Tuesday of last week took
a toll of 22 lives and did propeity
damage estimated to run into mil
lions of dollars.
Prison Break In Louisiana
New Orleans—Two guards and
one convict were killed in a prison
break at Angola Penal Farm Sun
day when 11 out of 12 men reached
safety with one of their number be
ing killed as the made a break
through the prison gates. The af
fair took place when a large num
ber of visitors were present for n
ball game.
—
in Hendersonvil e.
Cutting tops and pulling fodder,
seems to be the order of the day
in this community. j
bungly Sentence Commuted
Raleigh—Gus Langley, Wilming
ton man convicted in Buncombe
county for the murder of Lonnie
Rusell, filling station operator, was
saved from the electric fchair late
last Wednesday when Governor Eh
ringhau commuted his sentence to
life imprisonment.
Raleigh—3ryant Stoe 4b year old
Wilkes county farmer who was con
victed of slaying his son-in-law. paid
the death penalty in the electric
chair here Friday at 10:30 a. m.
Bank Bandit* Sentenced
Taylorsville, N. C.—R. E. Black
and Mike Stevenson, charged with
shooting a bank cashier to death
during un attempted bank robbery
hero July 29, were convicted of first
degree murder by a Davie county
jury Saturday, and sentenced to
d< ath. QBE
BaMoeniotn Found
Quebec, Canada—The two polish
balloonists who started from Chica
go on Sept. 2 were reported found
here today. They had landed in 'ar
isolated forest area on Sept 4.
—
Indian Fair Date Set
Cherokee—The annual Indian fair,
always a drawing card for people of
Western North Carolina and other
sections, will be held October 8 to 6..
Long Non-Stop. Flight I
Washington—Six naval seaplanes!
made a 2,059 non-stop flight, from
Norfolk, Va., to Coco Solo, Canal,
Zone, landing there last Friday.;
This is the longest mass formation
non-stop flight in history. j
Duel Fought In Aahevvle
Asheville—Jack Moody, 22 years'
o’d, is in a hospital here suffering
from a pistol wound which he as-1
serto was received in a duel fought
early Sunday morning with an un-j
known- assailant who has not beeni
located. ,
American Bahenist* Found
Sudbury, Ont.—After-more than a
week of struggling through dense
bush with packs on their backs, Van]
Orman and Frank Trotter, partici
pants in the balloon races started at
Chicago on September 2, were res
cued Monday, both in a serious con
IN MEMORIAM
Thos. H. Galloway
Whereas it has pleased the Great
Architect of the Universe to take
from our order our beloved friend
and Brother, Thomas H. Galloway,
and, whereas, to us, such a removal
is a less that cannot be supplied; BE
IT RESOLVED:
FIRST—That Dunn’s Rock Lodge
No. 267 has lost a member whose
love for his fe low man, for tiuth
nr.d honesty and exalted integrity
was ins prominent characteristic;
one who was always found on the
right side of whatever question
arose; one who continually devoted
himself to quiet, efficient and ef
fective service; one whose life was
an open book, known and read of
all with whom he came in contact
SECOND—That we deeply and
sincerely deplore his departure, but
submit to the will of Him who
knoweth best and loveth best, con
scious of the fact that a wise coun
selor ana a faithful brother has
gone from among us; one in whose
life was exemplified that true saying
“An hone3t man is the noblest, work
of God”
THIRD—That we extend to his
family our deepest and most heart
felt, sympathy.
"'FOURTH—That a copy of these
resolutions be spread upon the min
utes of our order; a copy sent to
our Fraternal Organ, the Orphans
Friend; that a copy be sent to the
family of our deceased brother, and
a copy published in our county pa
per.
R. L. Gash
C. 0. Rc'oinson QjSj
T Fred Shuford Wt
Committee
Introduced and adopted by Dunn's
Rock Lodge No. 267, A. F. A f %
m regular meeting assembled, at
Brevard, N. C., this the hth day of
September, 1933.
AT THE
CLEMSON THEATRE!
Sally Eilers and James Dunn are
on the screen atJThe Clemson today
(Thursday) in “Hold Me Tight,"
a comedy-druma with appeal to
those who like good acting and e
good plot mixed in with laughs.
Buck Jones and Helen Mack are
the headliners for Friday and Satur
day in "The Caifornia Trail,” a
story of tho old Sante Fe Trail.
Monday and Tuesday of ne.nt wceTt
“Beauty For Sale,” starring Madge
Evans and Alice Brady in » surprise
picture_behind the scenes of a
beauty parlor, living the laughs and
loves and tragedy of the girls who
work there_modern as tomorrow
... .fascinating as a peep through
the closed cjrtains.
HOSPITAL NOTES
Mrs. R. I. Thompson who has-been
seriouslv ill is improving.
Mrs. R. M. Blythe is a patient at i
the hospital.
dition from exposure and lack of
food.
—
Big Public IPorfcs Sum
Raleigh—North Carolina stand*
to got approximately $50,000,000
of federal funds for public work*
construction, the state board report
ed Monday, and at the same time
urged that steps be taken to secure
the share for worthwhile project*.
The largest application made *o far
is from the city of Durham which
is asking for a loan of $600,000 for
erection of a sewage disposal plant.
Robbers Stage Bold Hold-up
St. Paul, Minn.—A gang of rob
bers held up two employes of the
Railway Express here Monday and
escaped with cash and securities et
timated at between $60,000 and
$100,000.
B AAClf *AT 1
BREVARD
Taken from the flies of The
Sylvan Valiev News, beginning
1896, through the courtesy of
Mrs. W. B. F. Wright.
(Prom the fil* of Sept. 10, 1897)
The Brevard Epworth School will
open on Monday, October 4th in the
Ked house (Gash homestead) accord
ing to announcement of Principal
Fitch Taylor, with Miss Jessie N.
Edwards, a graduate of the Normal
and Collegiate institute, Asheville,
and Miss Florence Armstrong, a
graduate of Scarritt Bible and Train
ing school, Kansas City as teachers.
The terms for girls who become in
mates of the Home, $60 per year.
Boys and girls attending the day
tchool $1.00 per month. Scholars de
siring lesons in the highest branches
can receive terms on application. A
c ass in arithmetic and business
methods,including bookkeeping wi.l
be conducted by the Principal for
those who cannot attend the daily
sessions of the school.
Among the prominent visitors to
the News office this week we are
pleased to mention Judge J. L. Cath
ey, clerk superior court of Bun
combe county, Judge Shuford and
Henry B. Stevens esq. of Asheville,
W. A, Smith, of Henderson and a
Mr. Glazer.er, of Atlanta. The latch
string hangs out and visitors to the
News sanctum are always welcome.
' w Ess-am
Boarders seem to enjoy the fart
ct ye editor’s table, us they keep
coming. In addition to the 16 who
rtgularly gather to enjoy (?) our
frugal bounty, we have been enter
taining this week a niece of Mrs.
Miner and her husband, Mr. and
Mrs. Jake Jarrett, of Henderson
! county.
—
We were p eased with a visit
from Maj. T. G. Disher of Charles
ton, S. C., yesterday. Mr. Disher is
adjutant general of the first brigade
i South Carolina cavalry, and having
been considerably damaged ir. a re
cent railroad wreck, come to the
mountains to recuperate. He is stop
ping at “Lynhurst.” the pleasant
home of Hon. T. S Wood, and will
remain with us several weeks.
The News editor has gathered in
. a great big lot of Prosperity—with
'a big “P”. He has found a merchant
in Brevard foolish enough to trust
him for a suit of clohes—and that
particular merchant, doesnt adver
tise. What a cinch!
I .
The county commissioners mc-t
' on Monday and transacted the usual
| routine business, Their meeting was
enlivened by one incident somewhat
'out of the usual line: Commissioner
| W. C. Fisber of Hogback, tendered
Jus resignation. From the best legal
! talent we have been able to consult
lit appears that the vacancy will be
filled by appointment of the clerk.
1 Who the lucky man will be we 'nave
not ».s yet beard remotely hinted,
i but it should be given to the town
i ship from which Mr. Fisher was
selected.
1 The prizes for best crops of wheal
i wheat offered by the Brevard Rol
ler Flouring mills last year were
awarded on Monday last. The coun
ty. sheriff and clerk cf superior
court wers made two of the board
of awards, the third to be elected
by these two from farmers who did
not compete for any of the prize?,
'lion. Thos- S. Wood was the man
selected, and a more complete ami
honorable board could not have b«n
of tho Breese heirs farm without
igif ssjr wm'm
prize for best one'acre. $B In Sgfc
was secured by M. J. Neely. Ihr
second prize, $2.50 in gold, went to
G. F. Justus cf the Carson Creek
section, and these two prizes were
brought to the News office and ex*
A fanner came down from the
upper valley last Friday with a
wagon load of cnbbage. It had been
circulated that some one in Brevard
was buying for shipment •* 3
a head, but when he got here he
found the report false, and was un
able tc sell them at any pnce and
had to either give them away or
haul them tack home. Such is the re
sult of gold standard and famine
prosperity—wheat is holier but cab
bage wont sell. Tranayivama county
buys wheat, and raises cabbage
which it can’t sell.
It is now proposed to boil down
all ths water in the ocean to get
the gold out of it. The discovery
that ocean water contains gold in
solution, and the unnatural
mand for gold are the causes oa
this latert goldbug move.