Brevard News
VOU XXIV
BREVARD, N. C. FRIDAY, AUGUST 1st, 1919
NUMBER 30
POOR SERVICE TO BE
IW OF THE PAST
A meeting of the business men of
the town was held at the Brevard
Club last Friday evening for the pur
pose of taicingr immediate and definite
action with a view to giving the
people of the town and county ade
quate telephone service. About
twenty men were present and it was
decided to form a telephone service
corporation provided a minium capi
tal of ten thousand dollars could be
secured. This amount was subscrib
ed in a short tim<\ Any-number of
twenty-five dollar shares may be
bough by any citizen of the county
who wishes to purchase them. A
meeting of the stockholders of the
new corporation will be called the lat
ter part of this week to appoint the
necessary committees to take up the
matter of perfecting an organization.
However the actual work of install
ing the new system has already com
menced and is not to be delayed by
the transaction of formalities in con
nection with organizing the new cor
poration. People of the town and
county are solidly backing the move
ment maile by those present at the
meeting Friday night. The people
are all right together on the question
of thfe need of dependable telephone
service. Every man present at the
club rooms Friday night except one
bought stock and pledged undivided
support to the work of the new pub
lic service enterprise.
It is stated by members of the
new company that the action taken
at their recent meeting was in re
sponse to the absolute urgency of the
need for telephone service by resi
dents of the town and county. It is
understood that a meeting was held
about eight months ago to request
better service from the present tele
phone management . The service ren
dered at that time was declared by
a number of subscribers to be about
as poor as possible. In reply to the
requests made at that time the man
agement promised better service just
as soon as some necessary repairs
could be made. However it is stated
that very little material improvement
was ever made and that no tangible
elFort has been made during the past
two months to give other than ex
tremely indifferent attention to the
interests of the patrons of the tele
phone system. This' continued disre
gard of the promise made some
months age has resulted in the steps
taken by the people of the town to
Jrelieve a situation which has be
come a menace to continued pursuit
of the activities of its population.
GIRLS OF KEYSTONE CAMP EN
TERTAIN
On Wednesday evening July the
J\i»*tieth “Ye colonial maids of ye
keystone Kamp” were at heme to
frirntls from Brevard, French
Broad Camp and Camp Sapphire.
The guests were received at the gate
by. two cyalonial maids who juave each
visitor a bouquet of mountain flowers
and ushered them into “ye stately
dar.ce hall” where they were wel
comed by Mrs. IVlcCuen and Miss Holt
costumed as Martha Washin.u'ton ana
Molly Pitcher. Aft'^r the uuosts ha-l
all assembled two Spanish diaic. rs ar
rived am! danccd the Cachuca to the
music of mandolins and guitars plav-/
ed by a band of Gypsy giris. An in
terpretative dance, “Evening” was
given by Miss Katherine Ellis. The
last number on this part of the pro
gram Vvas an oriental dar.ce by Misses
Isabelle Brentlcy and Lucile Brady,
who wore Turkish costumes. At tiis
close of the program dancing was
general among the guests and punch^
was served throughout the evening
by clowns and pages.
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BREVARD^ RAK.
ROAD SOeULE
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“Render unto Caesar the things
which are Caesar's”, therefore allow
me to state that all honor and praise
is due to the Southern Railroad for
its great triumph in conquering the
seemingly impassible passes and peaks
of the Blue Ridge and giving to the
people of Western North Carolina an
outlet to the outer w^orld. ^
And why I ask has this same
“Southern” recently seemingly spec
ialized against Brevard and her sur
rounding territory?
For this season this road for the
v/ant of a proper system has bottled
up Brevard.
Why have other towns received
better schedules than they had last
summer and why has Brevard receiv
ed much less than she has had in
passed seasons?
Are their interests working against
Brevard to which the Southern has
Icfnt an ear?. I appeal to the Brevard
Club to find out why the Southern
hate discriminated against Brevard?
And why the Southern will not prom
ise a better schedule for next season?
Brevard in spite of the spiteful and
murderous policy of the Southern is
now teeming with summer visitors,
yes, in spite of the bottling process
of the Southern. This is due to the
superior accommodations , climate
and scenery offered by Brevard to
tourists.
Yes, a suicidal policy of the South
ern. The Southern is neglecting a
great opportunity for travel and
freight, no section of Westei*n North
Carolina offers such inducements to
tourists and business men as Brevard
and Transylvania County, our scenery
is the finest and our natural resour
ces are the greatest of any county in
Western North Carolina, theerfore to
that extent it is a suicidal policy in
the Southern to bottle up this fair
section, a section that has been a
great and would be a greater feeder
to the Southern, and there must be
a season for this discrimination
against this section.
In my opinion the Brevard busin
ess men should see to it that we are
give a proper schedule for this sea
son and a guarantee that w^e will have
a proper schedule for all future ,se^i-
sons. ^
Why did v.'e not receive at least the
same schedult given three years ago?
The want of real railroad facilities is
killing and will finally kill Brevard,
business enterprises are paralyzed by
want of fair dealing from and con
fidence in the railroad.
Why will not the Southern aid us
in development and received the bene
fit of that development?' Yes growth
of Brevard is strangled and her bus
iness men are losing confidence and
hope, due entirely to the unjust treat
mont meted out at the hands of the
Southern. Citizens who are anxious
to erect houses in Erevard are pre
vented from so dging by the «hort
sighted policy of the Southern.
Cannot our business men obtain a
px’omise from the Southern of fair
and honest and therefore different
treatment fri tiTie future?
I v/ill repeat that I appreciate the
;h.,’ the Southern has done more
. il.f people in these n\ountain3
. any other road at the same time
ju ice has not been given to Bre-
and Transylvania County.
We should make our greatest kick
a,.‘;iinst the treatment the we have re-
i I", ved and arq receiving at the hands
■ o die Scutiisrr., vvhile we are at pre-
I . t iilcldnj: a.-jainst the poor tele-
j i hone service given Brevard. Bre
vard is a live town and should demand
and receive the best, so let us con-
inue to kick ‘the present telephone
SM^em and push the subscription for
NOAH M. HOLLOWEIL
BUYS THE HDSTLER
The last issue of the Henderson
ville News carried the announcement
that Noah M. Hollowell, editor of the
News, had purchased the controlling
stock in the French Broad Hustler.
The sale takes effect to-day, August
the first,
The two newspaper plants will b,e
consolidated for the publication of
one weekly, the French Broad Hust
ler, of which Mr. Hollowell will be ed
itor. He* is well-known as a news
paper man in Western North Caro
lina. For several years he was connect
ed with the Asheville Citizen. Later
he was editor of THE BREVARD
NEWS and for the past few months
has been editor of THE NEWS at
Hendersonville. He is the founder
and president of the Western North
Carolina Press Association.
The French Broad Hustler was es
tablished at Brevard by M. L. Ship
man over a quarter of a century ago
and in order to serve in the Bryan
campaign of 1896 more effectively it
w’as moved to Hendersonville, there
being in its equipment only a Wash
ington hand press, four cases of news
type and some dsiplay type for ad
vertisements, which did not make mov
ing the gigantic task it would be to
day. The Hustler was set up as a
live democratic institution on the
second floor of the State Bank of
Commerce, where the Rose Pharmacy
is now’, and rental was only $4 per
month. The Hustler was not brought
back to Brevard as, was comtemplat-
ed following the Bryan campaign. Its
next notable endeavor was for the
abolishment of the two saloons then
in Hendersonville, and from that time
on the paper wore her W^ar paint and
battled for school facilities, for im
proved streets and town and county
improvements. Soon Mr. Shipman
was participating in politics to the ex
tent that lie recieved an office and
moved to Raleigh, where he now holds i
the office of State Commissioner of j
Labor and Printing.
About ten years ago a stock com
pany w’as formed. Mr. Shipman had |
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been the majority stockholder since
organization and was moved to dis
pose of his interest by reason that he
cou^d not perform his official duties
at Raleigh and give the newspaper
business the attention such an insti
tution required from its prinicpal.
stockholders.
TheBREVARD NEWS extends to
Editor Hollowell fraternal greetincs
and best wishes for continous success
as he embarks upon his new enter
prise.
BREVARD TO HAVE A
NEW GROCERY STORE
New and convincing evidence of
the increasing commercial growth of
Brevard is the announcement of the
opening here of the grocery busine.ss
of Watson and Cantrell in the stor9
recently vacated by Plummer & Tran-
•tham. The building has been over
hauled and thoroughly equipped for
the handling of an up-to-date line of
staple nd fancy groceries.
Messrs. Watson and Cantrell pro
pose to accommodate the purses and
satisfy the palates of Brevard's pop
ulation by carrying a line of goods
that will appeal to the most discrim
inating purchasers. They will make a
speciality of every feature of their
business and expect to keep abreast
of the times and equal to the trade
requirements of the town. Only the
best and most popular brands of gro
ceries and provisions will be kept and
the house expects to make it a rule
t6 consider its patrons, not as cus
tomers alone, but also as friends, and
low prices, fresh goods, and the best
of treatment will be the inducements
offered.
Both Mr. Watson and Mr. Cantrell
are South Carolinians and have for
a number of years past been con
nected with one of the largest whole
sale houses in their native state. They
came to Brevard a few weeks ago
on a vacation and were so much
pleased with the town and people that
they at once began to make plans to
locate here, and the opening of the
new store is the result of negotia
tions commenced then. In the ad
vance and development of our town
with reference to the commercial af
fairs the retail grocery trade must
always occupy a very prominent po
sition as a branch of merchantile pur
suit, contributing in no small degree
to the commercial importance of the
community and vre are glad to wel
come these two live-wire representa
tives of the trade of Brevard.
a new system, let all subscribe, except
slackers and pro-germans.
A. CITIZEN.
AT THE METHODIST CHURCH
9:45 A. M.—Sunday Scliool. Vis
itors invited.
11:00 A. M.—Sermon by the pas
tor on “THE EVOLUTION OF THE
IDEA OF GOD”
8:00 P. M.—Open-Aii* Service, be
ginning at sundown and closing be
fore dark. Sermon by the pastor on,
“The Teachings of Night.”
Preaching at Oak Grove at 4:00 P.
M.
Pvt. Gorge F. Woodfin has return
ed from France. Pvt. Woodfin en
listed in the engineer corps at the
beginning of the war and was over
seas almost a year. After receiving
his discharge he re-enlisted and w'ill
continue in the service of Uncle Sam.
A Woird Picture
began to edj^e the eastGrn horizon
vVith a fringe of .sjray; and the sable draperies Vvhich the night
iiad dropped about the couch of the slumbering mountain v/ere
slovrly being lifted again. A wave of light, v. hich at the first
v/as but a faintly quivering ripple seemed perceptibly to ebb and
ilow as if pushed higher and higher by the powerful pulsations
of a mighty, throbbing heart. As this pulsing w^ave broke over
the rugged rim of darkness it seemed to fling from its silvery
crest a crystal spray, which shimmering earthward through the
shadow’s, hung itself like a bridal veil of light ucon the higher
p^eaks while its filmy folds noated clown till they rested upon
the fcg that filled the valleys. W hen the'ej'es Vv'ere lifted again
to the horizon, a biash of delicate color was seen to have diffus
ed itself over the bi^ghtening sky. Alternate ribbons of
radiant crimson and gold were creeping up, and spreading out
fan-like, forming a halo of glory about the brow of the morning.
Then, as we watched, a quivering rim of fire came into view,
and it seemed almos-: like the old r.ieunlaiTi had lif.ed himself
bodily, and' stood on tiptoe to receive the nrst kiss of the rising
^un upon his rugged brov/. ^
Who can stand Eurroundod by the solemn grandeur of ma
jestic mountains, and witness t.he splendid glory of the sunrise
without having his soul overwhelmed with a sense of the ma
jesty and glory of God?”
(From an open-air sermon by Rev. W. E. Poovey on “The
Message of The Mountains.”)
ASSOOATEDCHAR-
niES FOR BREVARD
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The people *f Brevard and Transyl
vania are urged to attend a meeting
in the Court House nextTuesday even
ing at 8:30 o'clock for the purpose
of organizing some form of Associat
ed Charities; so that those who are
unable to have medical and surgical
treatment may be given proper care
in time to save their lives when sud
den emergencies arise. Judging the
future by the past, we shall have a
number of people sick and in need
of help this fall and winter. With
an organization of many members, the
membership fees or contributions will
be small and the good accomplished
Deyond computation. While it is time
“Come and let us reason together”
and bring about such an organiza
tion as will make us knov/ and feel
that we are a band of Good Samari
tans. Such an organization has the
approval of the ministers, the mayor
and all good people. The unfortunate
of many other communities have such
blessings, why not those in our fair
hills and valleys? They will if we
are v.hat we call ourselves.
DEATH OF
UDY VISITOR
Miss Fannie Pyles died Wednesday
afternoon. Miss Pyles was nineteen
years of age and was the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Pyles of Palm
Beach, Fla. She had been an invalid
most of her life and this spring carne
with her mother and younger broth
ers and sisters to Brevard seeking
benefit from the mountain climate.
They took the Holmes cottage on
Maple Street and for a time the suf
ferer seemed to rally; but her frail
strength was almost spent when she
came here and her death on Wed
nesday afternoon had been expected
for several hours.
All the members of her immediate
family were with her v/hen the end
came and her body was taken to
Palm Beach on the Thursday after
noon train by her mother and father.
The sym.pathy of the whole com
munity goes out to the gTief-stricken
relatives in their hour of sorrov/.
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
9:45 A. M. —Sunday School.
11:00 A. M.—The second of a ser
ies of sermons on Consecration..
8:30 P. M. —“Harvest Time”
Strangers invited.
FAYETTE RAXTER TO MAKE A
TRIP THRU PANAMA CANAL
A trip through the Panama Canal
with one of the largest fleets ever
scheduled to pass through tha fairious
v/atcrv/ay will be made by Private
Fayette Raxter, of Erevard, v.’ho is
serving with the U. S. Marines on
board the U. S. S. Wyoming. Tho
Wyoming is with the squadron v/hich
recently left Hampton Roads on the
first leg of its journey to join the
Pacific Fleet.
Private Raxter and other sea
soldiers of the squadron v.ill visit
Colon, Panama City and other fa
mous ports along the route. Big
plans arc being made for the recep
tion Of the ileet when it roaches the
West Const. President Yvikon is ex
pected to review the battleships upon
their arrival at San Francisco about
August the 15th. Afi;er a short stay
at San Francisco the I' r^crai" cn^'s
for a visit to Pearl Harbor in the
Hawaiian Islands, where some of the
fleet will make its base for future
operations. 'y
Private Raxter is a brother of Os
car Raxter of Brevard.
ACODENTAUY SHOT
WITH FATHERS GUN
Edith Steamy, a bright little girl of
nine years of age was accidentally
shot last Saturday evening near the
depot. The bullet entered her back
just over the right hip near the spine
and after pierceing the bladder rang
ed downward. At the last report the
bullet had not been located. If she
survives the day as we go to press,
the chances for her recovery will be
in her favor. Mr. White, an intimate
friends of the family, thought he had
taken all the cartritlges out of the
pistol, only to discover after it was
too late that he had left one in the
pistol. The history of the empty pis
tol and gun repeats itself all too of
ten.
SPEAKER FROM KOREA AT
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. W. D. Reynolds of Korea de
livered a lecture at the Presbyterian
church last Sunday morning. He gave
a comprehensive review of the de
velopment of Ko^ea during the past
thirty years. The speaker was
throughly conversant with his sub
ject and held the close attention of
his audience with his vivid delinea
tion of the life and customs of the
people of Korea. Rev. Mr. Reynolds
is a member of the committee ap
pointed some years ago to make a
Korean translation of the Bible. This
committee was appointed by the
American Bible Society and was
composed of the best-known author
ities on the Korean language in "the
world. Mr. Reynolds spoke Sunday
evening at Davidson River. After a
stay of several months in th'^s^coun-
try he will return to Korea when he
try he will return to Korea where he
will resume his work as a teacher.
MEETING OF U. D. C.
The regular meeting of the Tran
sylvania Chapter Daughters of the
Confederacy will be held in the Chap
ter House on Saturday afternoon at
five-thirty. The president of the or
ganization urges all members to be
present at this meeting as matters of
vital importance to the work of the
local chaper are to be discussed.
BAPTISTS GO IN FOR MAMMATH
SUM
At the Southern Baptist Conven
tion in Atlanta, Ga, in May, with
more than 5000 Baptists assembled, it
was unanimously decided to raise 75
million dollars, for missions, in home
and foreign lands; for their more
than 130 educational institutions;
for their many orphanages and hos
pitals; for their aged ministers; and
for the National Memorial Church,
dedicated to Roger Williams and Re
ligious Liberty, to be built in Wash
ington.
The name of the campaign is the
“Baptist 75 MiUion Campaign.” The
time for the big drive will be Novem
ber 30th to December 7. This will
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be called “Victory Week”, at v.iiich
time cash and pledges payable in 5
years are to be raised to the amount
of mere than 75 million dollars.
Three million Baptists are to go
in and put it over. It is to be the
.'-.reatcst and meaningful movement
ever inaugurated by Southern Bap
tists. Its issues to the cause of
Chri^it are incalculable. This money
vvili help every phase of religious life
reprcror.led by Baptists throughout
the v.’nol.? v.orld. It is expected that
every Baptist Church, more than 25
thousand of them, and every Baptist
member,, more than 3 million, will
put themselves in a great fashion in
to this movement.