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VOL. XXIV
BREVARD, N. C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1919.
NUMBER37.
DATES OF couimr
FAIR ARE CHANGED
On account of the dates of the
county fair and the Baptist conven
tion conflicting the dates of the coun
ty fair have been changed from the
15th and 16th of October to the 14th
and 15th of October, making the fait
thus come one day sooner.
The exhibits this year will be many
aftd.of a hijjh class. A number of
farimcrs have already beprun to get up
thciv exhibits of farm and field crops
iii;;rked improvement will be no
ticed in the livestock this year. A
new addition to the home economics
department this year will be the ex
hibits of the home demonstration girls
w^hich includos cookin.!.:, sewing and
cannin<r done by the girls themselves.
Evory man, v.-oman and child is
urged to look the premium list over
and bring something to the fair and
win some of the premiums ofTcred.
BREVARD NEEDS
ELECTRIC LINE
HE!!
Editor Brevard Ne'Ws:
In a recent issue of your valued
paper I see where Mr. Bailey, is
starting to push the Electric Railroad
talk, now as a county at .large, lets
push this to a finish. This is one place
that a railroad is needed worse than
anything else, so why can’t some good
man get the right procedure started
and get enough people back of him,
then get the money, by which ever
way that seems the most possible.
Then build the road for it will be
one of the best paying investments
that can be made, for from all the
different water falls in the surround
ing there can surely be enough pow^er
for the purpose.
So the good high way from Hen
dersonville to Brevard, then an elec
tric railroad from Brevard to Green
ville will put our county of Transyl
vania to the top of the list for good
counties in the state, of course there
will be a lot of tax attached to it.
& ciURCM
• j start movements that will result in
i the buildin!;’ of this read as soon as
1
A'l true recocrnition of tlio Church’s possible. It v/ill open many acres of
imperfections if it be born of loyally i virgin forest to the Vv^orld and it will
can k'iiJ on to I'u. r tcvvice. ^ open a more direct trade route for
Tht' attitude towr.rds the Church all farm rrov.n products. It will put
which “The Nation Wide Campaign” | our noted £ur.imer resort on a much
wcuui create is that which is express j more convenient lin^ with the tourist
ed in th.* story of a dialogue between South, and when this road is i man’s cars and heart giving joy, hap-
the \ nic and the man of deeds. | built it is ji'oing to push some of the j piness and courage, courage to at-
HOR^ACKTRIPTO
RICH MOUNTAIN
One bright September morning the
largest riding party of .the season,
consisting of:
Dr. C. Dabney and daughter. Miss
Catherine Dabney, of Cincinnati;
Mr. and Mrs. Stanton of New Orleans
Miss Helen Cohen of Charleston; Miss
Marjorie Tibbetts of Tampa, Master
Wallace and Miss Maude Kemper of
New Orleans; Miss Elisc Walker of
Brevard; and Dr. C. W. Hunt of Bre
vard left tl^ Hunt Cottages and
wended it* way to Rich Moun
tain. Upon reaching the outskirts of
Brevard, the mountain, bur objective
eight miles distant, stood in
bold relief against the azure sky. A
cloud circled it’s base, it’s crest
pierced the heavens above the clouds.
Entering the lovely valley of the
French Broad, clothed in emerald
green, the giant stalks of corn waved
their blades in greeting, their graceful
tassels noded to us a “God Speed.” -
Herds of cattle and sheep dotted
the pastures, the meadow’s were de-
coratv^d with goUlen rod and all na
ture smiled, whidh warmed and glad-
ened the heart of each happy rider.
Around the curves, between the
sparkling river and it’s towering
bluffs, we galloped merrily on. The
rythm of the resounding hoofs was
music thrown upon the crisp Sepem-
ber air. A music dear to the horse-
CONVOCATION
ATSr.PHIIJPS
CONNECnON WITH
SOOTB NECESSARY
Said the Cynic, “I could have made a ; Iar;a'r towns of the state to keep
bettor world that this” and the other : ahead of Erevard, and tha« is what
ansv. orod, “That is what God put you ! "e v/ant £0 why not have a mass meet
here for, ; o and do it.” | ing and get the county together and
The trouble with the Cliurch when ] start the ball rolling, and it will never
sh(> fuils to win the enthusiasm of I -to:) till there is a railroad put thru
strong men and women is that the [ one of the prettiest sections of the
('hurcli is lost siuht of among the : South, wiiioh will mean the making of
fra.i.rmon;:<ry alTairs of congregational one of the finest counties in the state,
pettinesses. The interest of the | Vvlien thia.road is built the farmers
Christian people get side tracked on i of the county are going to realize
non-essentials. As one of the mis- | more profit from their produce than
sior.ary bishops has said, “The most ever before. They are going to see
dan,i:erou3 foes of mis:'ions and other j many enterprises start in our county
big adventures are the new organ,
the stained ;r;a.^s winciows and tessel-
ated pa\enient.”
When we fall to thinging and talk
ing too much ai'cut small concerns
the waol? al.no.-^ohere of Christian un j stores and make soap box speeches
derstanding grows stuiiy,- breeding ; about high taxes, do something that
that will bring people and more peo
ple means more money and more
money means a more thriving county,
so why not look on the bright side
of thing ami not sit around the
indol; :r.:d viiicition, (iisag.’’cements
bacut the stvle of the new dec ora-
v.'ill linally help to pay the taxes, that
is talk; then build an electric rialroad
tions cr criticism of the voice of : from Erevard to Greenville.
the leading soprano, are the sort of j Wishing Success to the New Rail-
occur.ations to which enthusiasm de- ; road Enterprise, and to the New's and
all it’s readers I beg to remain
Respectfully,
GEORGE F. WOODFIN,
generates when the winds of great
desires are not blowing through the
thoughts of the great congregation.
The thing that the Church needs ^
is that Cliristian people should re- ; ip.tpRoVEMENTS AT CEDAR MT.
member ihat there is a Church larger j
and nobler than all congregational j The Home Demonstration Club of
int( rest enfolding these, and giving | Cedar Idountain gave an ice cream
to them a grandure which never with- | supper at the Cedar Mountain Tea
out ti e k'.rnrr ideal can they posess, | Room Friday evening. The proceeds
looms the splendor of the vision of I the entcri,ainment, which is tne
the \yhole Church as aunited and
obe.’ierit army of the great Captain
whose banner is the Cross of costly
service for all mankind.
firrt of a series to be given during
, the next few months by members of
' the Cedar Mountain Home Demon-
I stration Club, will be added to a
I fund tha.t is being raised by the or-
j ganization to build a tea-room and
; community cannery at Cedar Moun-
! tain.
1 Plans for the new building are now
being worked cut in the county home
tempt and overcome every obstacle,
to d.evour the ever distant road, caus-
yig the blood to tingle through the
veins and the spirits to soar towards
the clouds, an intense feeling of
strength and life.
Soon the clattering hoofs rang out
on Wilson’s bridge as we crossed the
French Eroad, Our course now lay
up the valley till we reached a trail
that turned sharply to the left, “Mis-
eltoe Trail”. With sparkling eyes,
proud crests and smoking flanks, our
noble horses pressed forward for the
mountain climb.
And behold, nature in all her
glory lay before us, our thoughts and
attention became confused attempt
ing to view all at once and impress
the many beautiful pictures upon our
memory. If we gazed upon the moun
tains rapidly rising to view to the
westward the beautiful road leading
to Connestee Falls, we missed the
myriad beauties of the trail, every
yard of which presented a beautiful
picture, the purling spring from a
grotto in a darksome cove, surround
ed by a dense grow’th of Laurel and
Rhododendron, the massive moss cov
ered boulders, here and there a huge
cliff crowned with beautiful galax.
No one can describe the beauty of
the forest trees and their ever chang
ing shrvdes cf green, the beautiful and
lov/ly shrubs, the towering oaks and
ponulars, the stately green pines and
the scarlet flash from the sourwoo:!,
the fore runner of the coming autum
nal glory of the forest. Here and
there a gnarled, storm torn tree with
It’s broken top, it’s dead branches,
out stretched tow^ard the trail.
Onward we sped, crossing silvery
streams, riding over and around rug
ged stones, storm w’ashed holes, now
The Convocation of Waynesville
is to meet next Tuesday evening in
St. Philips Episcopal Church at 8
o’clock. Archdeacon Griffith will
speak on “Spiritual Awakening;” and
Rev. W. G. Clark on “Social Service.”
There will be a celebration of the
Holy Communion at 8 o’clock Wed
nesday morning; and a business meet
ing of the convocation at 3 o’clock.
The services Wednesday evening at
8 o’clock will be devoted to “Chris
tian Education.” The speakers of
the Wednesday evening service will
be Rev. Farnum and Dean Bowne.
The citizens of our town and visitors
are most cordially invited to attend
these services; and to hear these
gifted men discuss these timely sub
jects.
CITY COUNCIL TO
ORDER NEW LAWS
The city fathers realizing that it
is impossible for those who enforce
the laws to get along without bylaws
have decided to have a new set print
ed at an early date. The last list
was printed in 19^13 and is somewhat
out-of-date and there are only 3 or
4 copies in the town; consequently
one book has to be borrowed from one
ofilcc to another. This is another
move.jnade in the right direction.
Dinner will be served by the ladies
at Toxaway Community Fair.
It has been estimated that over
tjjree thousand people of the towns
of the upper part of South Carolina
spent the past summer in the Western
North Carolina mountains. Many
more went to other summer resorts.
Less than three percent of those who
came to Western North Carolina from
this particular section of South Car
olina came to Brevard. Numbers of
inquiries were received during the
past season from South Carolinians
who went to other places when they
found hov/ much time it took to
reach Brevard by rail. It there had
been a direct railway line from here
to Greenville, S. C. at the beginning
of the past summer the town would
have been crowded with visitors from
the first of June until the present
time instead of for about four weeks.
Not only would a railroad line
from h re to Greenville, aid material
ly in tiij growth of Brevard as a re
sort; by opening a direct line of com
munication with the centers of the
south it v/ould give new impetus to
the development of the manufactur
ing resources of Transylvania. A
short time ago representatives of a
large textile concern were here look
ing over lh3 situation with a view
to locating a branch factory in this
county. Cv.ing to what they termed
the inaccessibility of the county they
went elsewhere although well pleas
ed with all other features of the lo
cality.
The objection will of course be
advanced that Bi^evard is preemi
nently fitted to be a pleasure and a
health resort and that the whirr of
machinery will keep tourists away
and ruin forever the bright prospects
of Beautiful Brevard’s future just
as the Transylvania Tannery was ex
pected tc^do. These arguments how
ever do not stand in the face of the
rccord of the suir.mer cf 1919 when
Brevard liad a banner season with
j practically no railroad service to any
j point and a telephone service not
worth thirty cents.
If Brevard has the natural resour
ces to make a resort city unsurpassed
in the east and a manufacturing cen
STATE BOARD ON
TOMATO WILT
solely upon our idea of the proper
direction. At times the lost trail
in short strips was found, dimly
marked, to be suddenly lost, covered
with fallen legs and a dense under
growth. At last these strips of the
dim trail were entirely lost, no sign
or semblance of a trail inarked by
the foot prints of man or horse.
Now we breasted the steep moun
tain’s side, through the trackless vlr-
I’in forest, grading here and there
ai'ound a threatening blufr and the
more precipitious points. We pressed
o\cr fallen logs, tree tops,, under, | vvell, the thing for the pro-
around and o’. er dense gro\Vths of o^essive citizens to do is to pull to-
upward ^ p-cther to make the first step toward
the greater deve. jpment of the coun-
statcd in th? News last W'eek
esta J
buiulins?
demonstration oface. Specifications
! for the tea-rocm call for a rustic [ dismounting to micnd a broken bridge,
1 building oQuipped with home-made j made of poles by pulling out one half
furniture and adorned with native i with which to patch the other half
is buiioing. booming and plants. The nev/ structure is to be
;\ot only is the local real r(;-ady for use at the beginning of the
' booiT'int.’- but more summer next year and will be under
now Ik'nir crcctcd and *>'= <Hioction of a youns v.oman v.iio
,.ian„e<i hero lhar, at anv former time 'i-jf «<)nomic:!
; , , -J.- The club operated a tea-room at
in the mf u'.ory of the present citizens Jlcuntain for the first -time
of Erevard. Never before have the , during the past summer. This work
miTchants of th'’’ tow'n had an amount ' has been done under the direction
of tra<lc in so shori a period of time cf tiie cou-.-ty home dsmonstration
,, , ,, , „ : agent, I\liss Lula M. Cassidy, who
equa. to the bus.ness .hat they ha\ (1,^1-;; while the enterprise at
tran-jjcted within che past three (’edar Pdountain has been a success
ii bus rot attained the
' scr 'ir V, th^ hoped
past
weeks. The patronare of the local ^ linanc’ai
stores is not confineii to this county. ; stunt an,
Buyers have been coming to Tran- : to see it reach during its first season
, . , , • .1, wnich she believes that it will
sylvanu. s capitai rccenLi^ from ne.i, surpass next year.
boring counties and orders for goods ; - ^
^ by mr.il have been received in in- ^ ening the hold in this territory of one
ci'easing numbers during ths past ^ of the greatesUmenaces to the growth
few weeks. | of a town, tifl mail order house.
Recent patrons of local drygoods' The KUccesE|s of the dealers in
dealers have represented several' the lines mentwned above has been
southern towns and cities as many of j duplicated in thv* past fev/ v/eeks by
tho.'o v.'ho spent their vacations here almo.5t ail the commercial houses of
during the past summer discovered the to\^. L.nst Saturday the cash
thui, coula obtain merchandise receIi,>.sVi ire oi the principal bus-
of superior quality in most instances , iness houses hire was about $75C.OO
at the same prices which prevailed j each, and clwks were busy all day in
elsewhere. The high standard of ser- j all the stores HSU^king aft.r the many
vice maintained by Brevard sellers ; customers who caJr.c fro.; he various
of drygoods and clothing is not only sections of tha L. pond the
attracting outside trade; it is weak- day in town,.
thereby securing an insecure foot
ing for the horses. Reaching the
“Three Mile Knob” we drev/ rein and
gave our horses a breathing spell,
Avhile we viewed the beautiful valley
around Pisgah Forest and the gra 'd
mountrins beyond, an exquisite view
equal to the famous view from “See
Off”.
Now we tighten rein, a gentle
touch wdth whip and spur, we
pressed boldly forv/ard to penetrate
the grim mountain fastness. Rich
mountain’s proud crest, still far away
tov/ering in the sky, bade according
to the mood of the beholder, welcome
or definance.
The trail narrows, the branches of
the small trees meet from either side
the v.ild fox grape vine with it’s grace
ful tendrils and large beautiful greej
leaves, lines our path and the ripen-
irg grr.pos perfume the air.
Nov/ we clattcr over cchoin™
ztQTi’23. onward, onward, un'var:!, up
ward v/e press our way repeatedly
losing and finding the trail. At last we
found ourselves at the noble moun
tain’s base. The trail had vanished,
novv’^ the task was to find our
way without sign or guide, depending
bushes cv.'r onward and
searching for the lost trail which
dimly appeared as we neared the long
sought for top then became absolutely
lost again. Now^ it was for us to break
our way around clifTr^^ through a
maze of tangled branches, dense beds
of fern, beneath gigantic trees tower
ing heavenward.
No mishap befell us except that one
of the beautiful and graceful ladies of
our party, riding upon a precipitous
point that afforded no sure footing
for her mount, horse and rider be
came entangled in the swaying branch
03 of a thickly wooded spot. Losing
cci'i'lrol of h;r horse she was swept
from Iiis bacl^ and fell gracefully su
pine upon the ground. After being dis
entangled from, her horse and bushes
and assisted to arise and aided to re
mount she pluckily continued the
climb. All w'ere greatly rejoiced that
no bones were broken or other in
jury sustained.
At last victory crowned our efforts,
the ion IT coveted crest was reach
ed. A mountain world lay before us,
a chain cf towering peaks encircled
the horizon.
On the north toward Brevard the
Appalachians stood in their sublime
I grandeur. On the west, standing up
I on a cliff with a sheer perpendicular
I dcsc^nt like that of Caesar’s Head
wo beheld the beautiful Balsam Moun
I Iain’s in the distance, shrouded in a
hi.; e the famous Mt. Toxaway. To
the ">uth and east loomed the many
i peakb . f the Blue Ridge, Mt. Tryon’s
: peak in ^he dim distance. On the
north and ortheast the grand moun-
, ra:ns beyc.id Asheville. Mountain af
ter n-:oun^ain clothed in an azure haze
the color ever changing, now bright
ened by the sunshine, now receeding
within the azure blue, now dappled
i by shadows of fleecy clouds that
I floated in the heavens. Here and
I there stood peaks after peaks dimly
j Visible, s)'.rktided, /eiled by
I the der.re azure har.o r.:!er."!ingiy
i hiding with jealous care the
j mysteries of the mountains, re
} minding one of dreamland, of the
invisible past and future ^f tlio
dreamy, fathomless eyes of the
maiden when she listens entranced to
the voice of her lover.
HORSE BACK.
ty. Many thoughtful citizens agree
that a direct railroad line into South
Carolina would do m.ore than any
other one improvement now possible
to put Brevard on the map. So don’t
let us talk the proposition to death.
Let’s GET BUSY. Transylvanian.
Let us all work to make The Tox
away Community Fair a success.
TO PARENTS OF SCHOOL CHILD
REN
We are requested to announce that
I the double sections in the 2nd and
third grades at the public schools
is only temporary and as soon as the
new building is completed other ar
rangements w'ill be made.
MATHATASIAN CLUB MEETS
The Mathatasian Club m.ct Thurs
day afternoon at the* home of the
President, Mrs. C. B. Denver. This
v.'as the first meeting of the club
for the cp^'ning season and v/as a
business session at which plans for
the new club year v/ere discussed and
programs made out for the bi
monthly meetings v«rhich will be held
by the organization during the com
ing winter.
When I came to Transylvania
County last April to do the home
demonstration work, I heard from all
directions a general complaint that
tomatoes could not be grown in this
county, because of some disease which
was very prevalent. Thinking that
it was perhaps a fungus wilt I order
ed wilt resistant tomato seed from the
Federal Government sufficient to sup
ply two hundred club girls and wo
men. (These seed were resistant only
to fungus wilt.) Of the number
whom I supplied with these seed, not
more than six or eight have escaped
the scourge this sum.mer and I find
in my tr^ivels thru the county that
not one community and but few gar
dens have escaped this disease this
summer. ^ After investigating the
trouble very thoroly I was convinced
that it v.’as a bacterial wilt. I sent a
diseased plant to .the plant patholo
gist, Mr. R. A. Jehle, who confirmed
this opinion. The symptoms of this
trouble are: A scorched condition of
the leaves, fruit diseased at the blos
som end, lower limbs gradually dying
followed by the whole plant finally,
the inside of the main stem yellow or
brown with a W’atery look. The bac
teria are in the soil and attack the
plant thru the roots and soon reach
the stem, where they cut off the
w-ater supply from the leaves and the
fruit. Spraying cannot help the
trouble. All diseased plants should
be gathered and burned to prevent
it from spreading to other soil. In
tiansplanting young plants the bac
teria are often scattered to new soil.
It is the most discouraging of all the
tomato diseases, but by united effort
it is possible in a few' years to eli
minate it thru crop rotation and cer
tain precautions. For the benefit
of those who are interested, I am
appending Mr. Jehle’s letter.
Miss Lulu M. Cassidey,
Brevard, N. C.
Dear J.Iadam;
I received your letter of Sept 4th
and the specimens of diseased toma
to plants. The plants you sent me
were infected v/ith bacterial wilt. I
regret to state that we know but lit
tle about the control of this disease.
The wilt-resistant varieties have been
bred resistant only to fungous wilt,
and they will not reist the bacterial
wilt. The only control measure we
know is crop rotation, excluding all
solanaceous plants for several years.
There is one variety of tomato, the
June Pink, which I found living in
a garden infected with bacterial vdlt
wdiere all of the other plants ha<4
died. Ic would take some future test
ing to determine w-here this variety
is really resistant to the disease. It
may be that a part of the garden in
which these plants were grov/n wa|
not infected, however, it would be
worth while to test this out further.
If I have time, I would like to test
this out in your county next year.
Judging from your report, I believe
that Brevard would be a good place
to make such tests. I will keep this
in mind and if I have time to do the
w'ork, will write to you later.
Yours very truly,
R. A. JEHLE, Extension
Pathologist.
Brins or send an exhibit to Toxa
way Fair, and get your part of the
$175.00 ^Ivsn in premiums.
ORDE!i No. 17.
DR. McKINNEY SELLS OUT HIS
PRACTICE
The Transylvania Camp No. 953.
iJ. C. V. is ordered to meet on the
porch of the Chapter Hcu~? of ilie
U. D. C. in Brevard on Saturday, the
27th just r.t 2 o’clock P. M.
Let all the veterans make a desper
ate effort to be present. Let the
camp or.aanizatipn be kept-up to the
fureral of the last man. Tliat w^e may
thus live requires the presonce of all
members at the above caded meeting
and the ’duea are uncollected, dele
gates to the 2Vth Eov.rior: are unap-
pointcd and reor^ia'M^al on for tlie
future has been neglccted. Ey the
Commandant,
J. M. HAMLIN, Comv’g.; T. L.
Gash, Sec. Sept. 16, 1919.
Dr. J. Y. McKinney has sold out
his dental practice here and will
this week leave for Columbia, S. C.
Dr. McKinney came here several years
j ago for the purpose of practicing
dentistry. In a short time Dr. Mc
Kinney built up a large practice.
Soon after the entry of the United
States into the world war he volun
teered for service in the medical corps
and was at Camp Jackson for over a
year. After his release from the army
he returned to Erevard and resumed
his practice which has grown very
steadily.
In leaving Dr. McKinney sells out
his practice here to Dr. T. R. Zach
ary. Dr. Zachary is a rcent graduate
of the Southern Dental College of
Atlanta and takes up his w’ork in
Brevard with very high recommenda
tions.
There is no fee c|iarged for any-
thingr exHiibited at The Toxaway Fair.
Be sure and attend Toxaway Fair
October the 11th.