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BREVARD NEWS
. N«bm ch«n«ed from-
Stly«> Valley News. January i, i«i7>
NO4H If. HOLLOWBLL. Editor
PabUtbed every Tbortday. Entered at
I>ottolBce at Brevard. N. C.. at
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Friday, January 5,1917.
Watch Brevard grow 1
Is the mud tax high enough for
you?
Newspapers, like fair maidens,
decide it well to make a revision in
names occasionally.
this matter next Monday and it is
ih order for those wanting better
conditions among the farmers of
this county t« express their^wishes
to the commissioners.
The board has a progressive
make-up. Althouj^h conservative
and diligent about their business
the commissioners are progressive
and anxious to serve the people to
best advantage, in view of which
the News entertains hopes of a
brighter day for agriculture in
Transylvania.
Bright prospects for a farm
demonstrator sound almost too
good to be true in Transylvania.
Leap year is behind us and many
maids didn’t get across, and since
Brother Boone of the Waynesville
Mountaineer gives his readers gems
of appropriate verse from week to
week we would suggest that he
give us a few in consolation of the
stranded maidens.
Editor Garlington of the Hen
dersonville Hustler has been dis
turbing his mind about the occu
pancy of a certain house in Bre
vard and for his relief would men
tion that it has been occupied by a
family of eleven brought here on
the strength of the Transylvania
Tanning company. Watch us
grow!
It looks like a bard road ahead
for the man porcfciaJn bnyinjj
goods tto. a credit basis. The year
bpisins with fonr more firms in Bre
vard entering upon the cash bnsi
ness—the Home Supply Co., Mr.
H. A. Plummer, Rose Cafe and
Philipp's Bakery. We see many
more re^ons for cash business
than we can possibly see for the
haphazard way of running ac-
connts. May the number increase.
Although Transylvania was dealt
some heavy blows of misfortune
during 1916, chestnut wood is sell
ing high, labor is plentiful and the
prospects for 1917 are exceedingly
bright. Each of us should resolve
to make the most of the present
year, accepting every opportunity
to help others as well as ourselves,
thereby making a contented, pros
perous people.
Good Year With Merchants.
Merchants who took advantage
of the News columns to make
their Christmas announcements in
form us that their holiday trade
was most satisfactory and that the
business for the past year was all
that could be expected.
No town can have a prosperous
appearance without prosperous
business men composing it, and
the news of good business should
be comforting to all of us and we
should do more of our buying at
home.
Sending money away from the
county will not pave streets, build
school houses nor build roads for
Transylvania.
County Farm Vemonstrator?
The board of county commis
sioners has under consideration
the question of the employment of
a farm demonstration agent. The
yalue of these agricultural exten
sion workers is too important to
•all for elaboration. At least
seventy-five counties in this state
kave agents, which is sufficient
proof that they are doing good
work in the way^ of improving
farming and methods of stock and
poultry raising, fruit growing and
itber phases of farm work.
' The commissioners will act tipon
Changing Name of The ^ews
Since the immortal playwright
intimated that there was nothing in
a name by^ declaring “that which
we call a rose, by any other name
would smell as sw^eet” the world
has been at variance with his idea
and mankind still clings to the
value of a name. In this progress
ive age thousands of dollars have
been paid for an appropriate name.
The Syh’an Valley News has
seen its twenty-one summers. It
is an established institution. Its
permanency is assured, but its
name is not sufficiently represen
tative of this community to carry
with it the advertising value that
should accrue to it, hence the
change of name to the Brevard
News.
About all valleys are “sylv’^an,”
therefore the mere name of the
paper (not speaking of the paper’s
valije) as it has stood since it was
established has contributed but
little as an advertisement for this
section. While we are averse to
changing well established names
we look upon the News as a per
manent institution working for the
good of the community it serves,
as it has done these twentj’-one
years, and as we look into the
future and the rich promises of
development for this section we see
the incongruity of the old name.
When Mr. J. J. Miner, our fel
low townsman, established the
News he sought a general name
not applicable to any one com
munity and though the word ‘ ‘syl-
v&n" iimjr he regardefJ^ l>y .socje-^S-
being a section of the county name
“Tran-sylvan-ia,” such word, we
understand, was not selected with
the view to expressing the name
of the county in shorter form.
We would favor changing the
name to the Transylvania News,
which would be fully representa
tive of the section the newspaper
serves, but this gives too long and
cumbersome a name, and w’ishing
to retain the “News” part of the
title and add to it a word of adver
tising value to the whole county
we pride ourselves in selecting the
name of the countyseat of Tran
sylvania.
As the News makes its weekly
visits into twenty-five states the
name of our countyseat will be con
spicuously before the hundreds of
eyes falling on the paper and in
the course of years the accumula
tive advertising should be of almost
incalculable value to this section.
The empty value of the old name
as an advertising medium for the
paper and the community has been
frequently impressed upon us as
we see articles copied from the
News and credited to the Sylvan
Valley News—a name calculated
to create bewilderment and shed no
light as to where the Sylvan Valley
News is published and the section
mentioned.
Changing the name of the News
does not in any way change its
liberal policy toward the whole of
Transylvania. Just a change in
name only.
BRYAN AGAINST
&WNERSHIPBY
THE GOVERNMENT
Gives NewiaDds Goinniiflee His
Views 00 Railroad CootroL
COMPETiTIOil PREFERABLE
RUB OUT PAIN
with good oil liniment That’s
the sureA way to stop them.
^The best rubbing limment is
MUSTANG
LINIMENT
Good for the Admenb
Hotms, MuIm, Cattle^ Etc.
Qood for your own Atha,
PainsvJRhcnmatiam, grains.
Cats, Bums, Etc.
25c.SOe.$f. AtdiDealeiB.
Federal Regulation Should Not Be Al*
lowed to Exclude Exercise of State
Authority, He Contende—Thinks Rail
road Stocks Should Represent Actual
Value and Be Stable as Government
Bonds.
Washington, '7- —William J.
Bryan, who startled the country ten
years ago by advocating government
ownership of railroads, appeared be
fore the Xew'Iands Joint Committee on
Interstate Commerce last week in sup
port of the claim that the states should
be allowed to retain authority oTer the
regulation of all transportation lines
within their borders. Mr. Bryan ex
plained that he had long ^regarded gov
ernment ownership as inevitable, but
only because of railroad opposition to
effective regulation.
Against Government Ownership.
“Personally I cannot say that I de
sire government ownership." be ex
plained, “because I lean t» the indi
vidual idea rather than to the collec
tive idea; that is, I believe that gov
ernment ownership is desirable only
where comi>otition is impossible.”
- Alfred P. Thom, counsel to the Rail
way Executives’ Advisory Committee,
previously had presented before the
members of the Newlands Committee
as one of his reasons for urging a bet
ter balanced and more systematic reg
ulation of railroads the argument that
this is the only alternative to govern
ment ownership. Calling attention to
the restrictions imixised upon the
transportation lines by conflicting state
laws and regulations, to the practical
cessation of new construction and to the
Impossibility under existing conditions
of securing the new capital needed for
extensions and betterments of railway
facilities, he warned the Congressmen
that unless they provided a fair and
reasonable system of regulation that
would enable the railroads to meet the
growing needs of the country’s busi
ness the national government would
be compelled to take over the owner-
..shlp of evils
tendant upon such s hpstctn.
Preservation of Competition.
Mr. Bryan, on the other hand, holds
that the mrther extension of federal
authority over the railroads would be
a stfP In the direction of government
o^'nership. He advanced the view that
the centralization of control in the
hands of the national government
would Impose too great a burden upon
the regnlatiag body, would offer strong
temptation to railroads to Interfere in
politics and would encourage the gen
eral movement toward centralization
of power In the federal government at
the expense of the states. He said that
he did not object to consolidations of
railroad lines so long as they did not
destroy competition, that he knew of
no complaint against great railway
systems because of their size and that
he believed that the preservation of
competition was the test to be applied
to all consolidations.
Regulation of Securities.
Mr. Bryan declared himself in favor
of national regulation o'f railway stock
and bond issues, but added that he saw
no reason why that should exclude the
states from acting on the same'sub.
ject as to state corporations. “I would
like to seethe stock of a railroad, as
long as it is in private bands, made as
sul>stantial and as unvarying as the
value of a government bond,” he as
serted.
He suggested that railroad capitali
zation be readjusted to equalize it wkh
actual valuation of the property rep
resented, making due allowance for
equities, and that when this was done
the roads should be allowed to earn
sufficient income to keep their stock
at par and to create t surplus. The
latter, he tentatively proposed, might
be allowed to amount to 25 per cent
of the capital.
Railway Earnings Lew.
' This subject of railroad capitalization
and the amount of railroad earnings
received farther attention from the
committee during its recent sessions.
In answer to questions by Senator
Cummins, Mr. Thom submitted figares
showing the net earnings of tl^ roads
In recent years. Theae figures show
that during the years from 1905
to 1910 the average net earnings were
5.25 per cent of the net capitalization,
while for the five years from 1910 to
191S the average was only 4.56 per
cent. The total earnings on the stocl^
computed by adding to tbe net oper>
atin^ income the income from the se*
cvrities owned and deducting bond in
terest, were for 1910, 7.09 per cent;
for IftLl, 6.17 per cent; fw 1912. 4.97
per cent; for 1913, 6.94 per cent; for
1914, 4.06 per cent; (or 1915, 8^44 per
cent, thus sfaowing an almost eontin-
uops decrease throughont this six year
period. It was annobnced that Hal
ford Erickson, formerly chairman of
the Wisconsin Ralbnoad Commission,
would anbmlt more comirtete Informa
tion on thia sablect -to tke Committee
at a later date.
HMT ABOUT SIVEN
UP IIOrE WIIEN HE
ffitllD OF TANUC
Chef of AsheviUe*s Leading
Hotel Gained 18 Pounds
On 4 Bottles.
William Brown, Chief Chef of the
Langren, Asheville's leading hotel,
said: “For some time 1 had ^en
suffering from severe stomach
trouble and indigestion which, 1
think, came from having to taste
so manv different kinds ^ foods. 1
got 80 that I hated the sight of food
and had uo appetite; could not
sleep and felt tired ont all the time.
‘‘I tried feverything but without
gaining a particle. 1 had about
given' up hope when I heard of
Tanlac’s good work in Asheville.
From the first dose of it 1 felt bet
ter. I have taken fonr bottles and
there is no more stomach trouble:
my appetite has returned and I can
eat anything 1 care for without any
bad effect. I sleep all night long.
am not the least bit nervons and
have gained no less than 18 pounds.
From this you will know why I am
strong in my praise of Tanlac.”
Tanlac is sold in Brevard only by
the Duckworth Pharmacy; Hepder
sonvilln by Hunter’s Pfca:
Advertisement.
Lots for sale. See W. P.
Mackey, Pisgah Forest. l-5-4tp.
The muls ewMs in sftsr ui
'•xhamtiacdajr’awork. tfaed
and worn eat. Jiut Hk« s tiratf
man. HtsbodynaodaatransthenincaM re.
pafrins: even more, be needa mere iHmCT
to build up Btrenrth and power.
Somefeoda build muaele and tiaaoe,etlMie
fatten, atill oChara sive atraafth and pearerv
CM Beeli SweM Fse4 ia • adaatiecalhr
compounded ration wliicb civea the milmal
PHr«. wlioleaome. disestibie food in enietl^
tile risht proportion to meet all hia iiaeds
without waate. It brings the tired met: up'
to oormal and buOda the bone. floh. tMw
and finasrwhich he needa.
COOAII-IIOIIOAII CO.
nanmwe. «um. • 4k
Aak for a f roe eopr of Bqlletin
' rniNifo turn AmMAur* ^
Far Sals bf
DedieTs lin Brevard,
Professioiuil Cards.
ROBT. L. GASH > W. E. BREESE. Jr.
GASli & BREESE
LAWYERS
II to 17 McMinn Bailing
Notary Public.
ERNEST H. NORWOOD
Architect and BiiUder
RemodelUng and RepcMng a Specialty
CLAYTON & CLAYTON
Attomeys-atr>Law
BREVARD, N. C.
WELCH GALLOWAY
Mtorney
Practice in all the Courts
Brevard, C.
CHAS. B. DBAVER
Attorney at'Law
Office Cooper Block
Over Price & Whitmire Store.
ALLISON & ALLISON
Attorneys-ot>Law
in OM Cooper BuOfing
BREVARD
COL£MAN GALLOWAY
Attomey>«t-Law
Cooper Biodt
Brevard. N. C.
CONNESTEE LODGE
N0.237I.0.0.F.
Meets second Monday night in
each month.
Visitors welcome.
DUNN’S ROCK
LODGE NO. 267
A. F.&A. M.
TRANSYLVANIA COUNCIL
NO. 370
JR. 0. O^A. M.
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THE BEST WAY TO OWN A HOUSE OF YOUR OWN IS.TO
HAVEKENOUGH MONEY LT0JBUY3A HOME OUTRIGtlT.SI^
THE BEST WAY TO HAVE ENOUGHI MONEY IS TO
REGULARLY BANK A PART OF WHAT YOU EARN.
SAVING YOUR MONEY WILL ENCOURAGE YOU; DEBT
WILL DISCOURAGE YOU.
BANK WITH US.
WE PAY ^ PER CENT INTEREST ON TIME DEPOSITS.
Brevard Banking^ Co.
A Perfect Silver PoIisH
is found in Silver Cream«
It will clean more silver^
clean it better, qtsicker and
at a less cost than any
Other polish made» It
contains no acid, ammo
nia, grit, cyanide of potas
sium, or other injurious
substances* It has had a
thorough test of thirty-five
years and is pronounced
by those who know, as
the best.
PRICE 25 CENTS
FRANK De CLrEMENT
TKe Jeweler of TranajrlvaniA Co«intar.
in
iSrcuarii SnBtituie'
BREVARD.
NORTH CAROUNA
Deportments—College Preparattwy, ^-Normal, Music, Business,'Do
mestic Art, Household Economics. Agriculture.
AU departments are directed by teachers with special training and
lary experience. They know their business.
Influences of the Institute are alone worth the'cost of taitioB.
Our Customers
find they can get better Groceries,
better prices and better serrice here
than elsewhere. If yon want
Fine Fresh Groceries
you should deal witlKos.
Try our canned goods. Soups,
Vegetables, Meats, Fruits, etc. They
are the best that money will buy.
We make a specialty of
Tea and Coffee
and will guarantee every pound
yon will buy here please you.
MITCHE1.1.
The Grocer.
CHESTNUT POLES WANTED
Cash paid at sidinge Write lor ptioau
Your chestntit, into poles, wHl net yotiaboiA$l5i
Boyets wanted at each statioo.