FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17tk, 1919.
THE BREVARD NEWS, BREVARD, N. C.
BREVARD NEWS
Name changed from
Cylvan Valley News. January 1,1917.
M. L. SHIPMAN, Editor ~
C. B. OSBORNE, Managing
Editor and Publisher
GERTRUDE R. ZACHARY
City Editor
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postotHoe at Hrevard. X.C.,as •
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17th, 1919.
IT PAYS TO BE FAIR
When the republicans res-ined con
trol of the United States Senate and
the House of Representatives they
soon became drunk with power and
set about to undo everythin?? the
democrats had accomplished, without
re^r.rvl to citlier merit or necessity.
The r-.'suU was that they well nis2,h
wrecl.ed the m.ichinery of jrovornment
and now find themselves confronted
with a condition which is not at all
])roniisini.r.
A sense of fairness v/ould have
I
served almost as well as a .erenius for j
statei?inanship in savinj; the majority j
party in Conj^ress from the difficulties |
with which it is confronted in find- j
inj’.- means of reducing taxation Vvith- |
out, at the same time impairin.tr rev- \
enuc s. Had they co-operated with j
t!ie last Democratic Congress In an- j
tlcipating some of the ];roblems that '
wore foreseen as a conscqucnce of
the war, they would have escaped at
once the duty of formulating!: and pass
it'.g' this legislation and the rcsponsi- j
Mlitv for its failure, if it proved in- '
adequate or unwise. They would |
have bejjun the work of the extra'
session with at least temporary re- i
I
l.ef from fiscal burdens and would 1
!
have had time and opportunity to de- i
vise and enact suitable measures to j
iiieet the needs of the Country in this ,
new day. i
But the republican leaders in the ■
Fcr.ato—and they controlled also the
’eadership of the House of Represen- ;
tatives—deliberately planned and ex
ecuted tlie defeat of the democratic
bills W'hich conternplaled abolition of
the so-callod luxury taxes, thouirh this
i'lvolved a breach of fi/ith wita tiicir j
democratic associart-s. This defeat
i
was accomjilished by a filibuster in .
the closin"' days of the last Congress. .
A spirit of fairness v.’ould have re- i
.vtrained these republican partisans j
from seekin" political advar.tase in j
any question so important as that of :
the Country’s finances. A rei^ard for ■
their word-plighted in behalf of the j
jtrompt passage of the repeal of the
luxury taxes would hux’o profited them
and the Government. But having re
fused to be fair they were unable to
be clever.
These republican leaders nov/ find
themselves in a quandary. They have |
perniitled appropriations to exceed
income by around two billion dollars,
and if the luxury taxes are repealed
and no equally productive sources of
revenue are tirovided, this excess of
expenditures over receipts will
grov/ larger as time passes and inevi
tably become annoying. They sought
credit for repealing these excises in
the extra session, and their design
prompted them to prevent their abol
ition by the democrats in the regular
session. They hoped to acqniro a
chance for glory. They have jnherit,-
ed oT)ly a cause of embarrassment.
It pays to be fair.
ience and oxponsci where labor and
capital are idle, from whatever oausc.
A get-together inovement has been
needed a good while. There is a mid
dle-ground in ull dispu':es and each
side in every controversy ^shotild be
willing to meet the other half-way.
The Daughters of the Confederacy
at High Point, and the Sons of the
Sixties in annual re-union at Atlanta
last week, endorsed the League of Na
tions in strong resolutions. The vet
erans and their daughters know migh
ty well the kind of treaty that is need
ed to insure lasting peace. Besides,
they are willing to trust the Presi
dent.
Asheville. But this proposition is
open to many objections. In the
first place, why practically parallel
the Southern railroad from Ash'-wille
to the Transylvania capital? Why
build a line thru this region that
would leave Hender.souville o/F it’s
route? If the ‘.Ireenville connection
can be established, the Southern can
easily operate the additional rolling
stock necessary to take care of the
increased business and travel that
w'ould come from the south.
The Asheville-Brevard suggestion
would give the country from Asheville
to Brevard more transportation facil
ities than will be needed for many
years, and what is more to the point
would probably sidetrack the plans
NOTED BAPTIST FOR LEAGUE railroad from Brevard to Green-
Dr. George Truett, of Dallas, Tex |
as, the forcraost Baptist pre:.<-her in j Transylvania people have appointed
ihu South, if not in the entire eoun- j ^ committee to investigate the Green-
try, visited his native stat-;; of North ^ proposition and malce report of
Carolina last v.eck in the inteiest of ^ The proposal means
the 157.1,000,000 eanipaign inaugnrat ^ jo this entire section and
ed- by soathern Baptist for a world ; Carolina that it is time
missionary movement. In Ii.ileiKh ^ Buncombe, Hendersonville and
Dr. Truett snoke to 1,500 people in , Greenville people to take active in-
the auditorium and did not fail to ; investigation,
thrill his hearers with his pleasing ad (^he above was taken from the
<!ross and the lo!;ic of ;he wonderful , e<jit„rial columns of l.ist Sunday’s
niessaKe he came to brin,; them. “The | Asheville Citizen and goes to show
League of Nations,” declared the Brevard and Transylvania Coun-
great divine, after a brief reference ;
to the forward movements of the d.iy ! but that Buncombe also
is too big a thing for partisan poli-I the advantage of such a prop-
i.^s. .-Vnd further. | osition. Interest in this road is run-
“War is atrocious. War is ghast- | ^igh and it is up to the commit-
ly. War is horrible. It ought to be , appointed by the Brevard Club.
I'roujiht to an end. But there is one
to get busy and start the ball to roll
ing by calling a mass meeting to as
certain the wishes of the citizens of
the county.)
I have lost a note form from the
City of Brevard to me for $300.00.
It is endorsed with lead pencil. If
wound ::>Iease mail it to me. C, M,
Doyle, Itc,
HALLOWE’EN PARTY
thin!’’ v.orse than war. That is to al
low the heel of autocracy to trample
down the rights of the people, and
to destroy the Bible. Men and wo
men ought to put their heails to-
'W'ther, seriously and sanely, in a
<0!]fcrence that the right kind of a
treaty sliould be adopted, for the
good of the world today and the
ri,uhts of humanity tomorrow.”
“As no man cun live to himself,
so no nation can. The parable of the
Good Samaritan is for nations as
well as for individuals. The v/orld
is in the midst of great movements,
the temperance movement, the Lea
gue of ^'ations and other things. All
I’ight thinking Americans should put
heads, hands and hearts together for
the League of Nations. We are .at
the cross-roads of all history. Pro
vincialism is passing an(i e^'ery mrxn
before me is a world citizen, if he
Icolis at things as he ought. No part
of the world can live isolated from
the rest. The United States of Amer
ica can no more go back to the time
and condition of the past few years
than a full-grown chicken can go
back and stay within the limits of
the egg from which it came.”
These extract are from the ad- j
dress of Dr. Truett, as reported by Gains Eleven Pounds And Is Feeling
the Raleigh newspapers, show him to i Fine After Taking Tanlac,
be a patriotic American as well as a | “Tanlac did so much for me that
great Baptist, He takes no stock in I feel it my duty to tell others about
the labored effort to discredit the ; this medicine,” said C. M. Rhamey,
President of the U.nited States by a ! a professional nurse, living at the Ho-
little coterie of political opportunists tel George, on Sixth street, Sanfran-
who feign the belief that danger is : cisco, Cal., recently, Mr, Rhamey has
lurking behind the treaty ana league ; been nursing patients in the hospitals
covenant as at present constituted, j for the past eight years.
■ There will be a Hallowe’en Party
on th 31st of October to be given un
der the auspices of the U. D. C. at
their Chapter House on Main Street.
i The amusements of the evening will
; consist of a bon fire, games, etc. Re
freshments will be served,
i The Public is invited to attend tills
■ party and requested to conte in cos
tume.
HOSPITAL NURSE
PRAISES TANLAC
Men like Dr. Truett know better.
A BREVARD-GREENVILLE RAIL
ROAD
The railway project now under
“Last Feburary,” he continued, ow
ing to an accident in which my leg
was broken I was confined to my bed
for several weeks. 1 lost my appe
tite and could hardly eat anything to
^oth capital and labor ow’e it to
the Country and to themselves to
reach a better understanding and a
clocer co-operation. Both are under
obligation to President Wilson for of
fering them an opportunity to meet
face tc face apd talk as n:an to man.
The autocratic capitalist is no better
than the most radical labor agitator.
One is just as objectionable as the
other and the Country would be vast
ly better off without either. The
lock-out and the walk-out are twin
si4^rs. The public suffers incon\en-
conluderation by Brevard citizens nourish me, consequently I lost
weight, I took several different kinds
of tonics, hoping they would help
build me up but they did no good,
“One morning I read a statement
by a lady in Los Angeles "who said
she had gotten wonderful benefits
from taking Tanlac that I decided to
try it myself. By the time I had fin
ished half of my first bottle my ap
petite returned and I felt hungry for
the first time in weeks. From then
on I started right in to pick up and
for connection with Greenville, S. C.,
is of far-reaching importance to this
part of North Carolina. The plan is
made the more feasible by the fact
that a railroad line is partially com
pleted from the South Carolina city
toward the slate lino and :s stated
that no enormous amount of con
struction would be nec23.?ary lo give
Lrevaid and Transylvania a traffic
artery to the south.
With the line finished from Bre
vard to Greenville a new freight and ! my appetite got better and better and
passenger road W'ould be provided be
tween southern points and Brevard-
Asheville territory. Congestion on
the Southern railway between Spar
tanburg and GreenviJlo and Western
Carolina would be greatly relieved
and a territory rich in farming, tim
ber and manufacturing resources
would be open to the v;orld, '
It has been suggested that what
Transylvania needs i;5 not tnis south
ern connection by rail, but a;i elec
tric or steam line from Brevard to
I slept better at night. I have already
gained eleven pounds and am feeling
fine; even my doctor has remarked
how much better I am looking, I
*
would never allow my name to be
used in connection with a medicine
before, but I have had such excellent
results from using Tanlac that I take
: rcr.t pleasure in recommending it
anyone needing a medicine to build
up the system.”
Tanlac is sold by leading druggists
everywhere.—adv.
TELLS SENATORS
ABOUT BEEF COSTS
This May Throw Some Light on
the Price You Pay for
Beefsteak.
Testlfjing recently before a body of
senators in W'ashingtou, a vice-presi
dent of one of the large packing con
cerns (F. Edson White of Armour and
Company) made the astounding state
ment that so far in their fiscal year,
which would cover the past eight or
nine months, his company had “made
no money whatever qu beef.”
This statement is doubtless well
nigh incredible to the average man.
Yet it was made In full knowledge that
the senators had access to the com
pany’s books.
Recovering froril the first shock, this
same average man will say, “Yes, but
the packers are shrewd; what they do
not make on the beef they more than
make up on the hides.”
But even this Illusion was destined
to be shattered. Mr. W’hite explained
that his statement included everything
that was derived from the steer as
purchased—the hide, fat, even the in
testines which are used largely for
uusage casings.
Make Money, Nevertheless,
Well the packers make money—how
do they do it? Mr. White admitted
that they did, quoting figures secured
by auditors of the Food Administra
tion, to the effect that packers’ profits
on food commodities of all kind last
year were 1 6/10 cents on each dol
lar taken in. These would include
such things as sausage, shortening,
canned meats, etc., in addition to fresh
meats, hams and bacon. On all the
products of his company, Mr. W'hite
explained, comprising both foods and
inedible commodities, the profits dur
ing the same period were 1 8/10 cents
on each dollar sale.
All of which would lead many to
say that the packing business is not
well understood. It isn’t. Yet as one
of the leading industries of the coun
try,*- Its workings and, above all, Its
profits, should be familiar matters to
us. It is quite useless to orate again.st
the high cost of living without digging
into some of these fundamentals.
By-Products at Market Values.
One of tlie most enlightening bits of
Mr. White’s testimony was his ex
planation of the way in which cost
price of beef is arrived at. If a steer
is bought at $125.00 and hides are
bringing $16.00 in the open market,
then $16.00 Is credited to the cost of
the steer. If hides are selling at $23.00
that amount is credited. The visceral
fat, offal and everything else that
comes from the steer are likewise
credited at their prevailing market
values. What remains is taken as the
cost price of the meat. The beef car
cass is then shipped to one of the lo
cal distributing branch houses, and
the manager there is given the cost
price with instructions to sell the beef
at a profit if he can. But In any event,
whether the local market be lively or
dull, he must sell for what he can get,
for the commoaity is a perishable one
and must be sold.
Manufacturer’s Profit on By-Products.
However, there is anotlier hitch to
the packing business, quite as little
understood apparently, that goes to
show how a loss on fresh meats may
be accompanied by a profit on the to
tal amount of business done. Take,
for example, the banjo strings afore
mentioned, which are made from the
intestines of slieep. The department
that makes banjo strings (and like
wise surgical ligatures, tennis strings,
etc,,) “buys” the intestines from the
sheep-killing department, paying ex
actly the same price that these bring
when sold to the outside market. On
this basis the string department manu
factures its strings and sells them,
bringing a profit into the business.
In like manner the fertilizer depart
ment buys blood and tankage; the soap
department buys fats; the glue depart
ment buys hoofs, horns, bones and
sinews; and so on through the list of
“by-products,” The fertilizer, the
soap and the glue, just as the music
strings, bring in a manufacturer’s
profit.
In all cases these by-produj
whether they be sold to outside jj^ian-
ufacturers or to one of the ma^fac-
turing departments in the business (at
the same prevailing market priye), are
credited to the cost of the meat por
tion of the animals. Just as im the in
stance of the hides mentioned above.
Thus the “utillzati«n of by-pfoducts”
system of which we have heard much,
and the method by which it is con
ducted, show the packers’ manufactur
ing profit on a great variety of com
modities ranging all the way from
pharmaceuticals to glue, do, ini reality,
bear the burden of fresh meat pricea.
At our Directors’ Meeting held on Mon
day» October 13th, it was decided to elimi
nate every overdraft appearing, on our
books and we have instructed our Tellers
not to pass overdrafts for any person in the
future. Now, you will please understand
that this is not a personal matter, but hope
that you will figure on your check stubs
just what your balance is with us before is
suing your checks. We have had criticism
from the State Banking Commission on ac
count of our passing overdrafts, as it is
against their ruling for a bank to carry
same.
THOS. H. SHIPMAN,
Brevard, N. C., Oct. l^ 1919. Cashier.
BREVARD
BANKING
COMPANY
f
Have You a Home?
if you do not have a Home,
.:ome and let us sell you one.
If you do own a Home, come
and have us INSURE it.
Two of the most sensible things
that you can do: secure a home
and protect it.
GALLOWAY MINNIS
Real Estate and'Insurance Agents
NOTICE-
-LAND SALE BY COM
MISSIONER
In'
I Senator Kellogg, of Minnesolta,
- discussing maladministration of
railroads by tho Goven^ment,
said:
“There never was a Goverament
operation that was not wakeful
and inefiicient. It Is Inevitabie im-
der our organization that it i^ould
be so. It is not the province or
the prerogative of a Dem^racy
like ours, instituted for th4 best
I Government on the face 4>f the
|?^rth, to manage the busimss of
^th? country.’* /
*—Congressional Record, ^g- 5.
By virtue of the power, direction
and authority invested in me, the un-
1 dersigned commissioner, heretofore
I appointed as such m a special pro-
' ceeding pending in the Superior Court
I of Transylvania county before the
j Clerk entitled—“Ethel G. McMinn and
I Welch Galloway, Admr’s of J, W. Mc-
j Minn, deceased” vs Ethel G, McMinn,
Irene McMinn et al. heirs at law" and
I under an order of said Court made
therein, I will sell to the highest bid
der, on the terms hereinafter stated,
all the right, title and interest of the
estat of J, W, McMinn, deceased, in
and to the following described real
estate, together with the buildings
thereon and the furnishings in said
building known as the Aethelwold
Hotel, situated in the town of Brevard
C.
BEGINNING on a stone at the in
tersection of South margin of Main
strgfi.tLAyitlL.west margin of Broad St.,
■and runs then with east mai’gin of
Broad street, south 26 deg. west ISf.
feet to a stake at the Whitmire corner
then with the Whitmire line, south
64 deg. east 110 feet to a stake at
the Pickelsimer corner; then w’ith the
Pickelsimer line, north 26 deg, east
63 feet to a stake in the Pickelsimer
line; then north 64 deg, west with
the Pickelsimer and Weilt Hne, 71
feet to a stone; then North 26 deg.
east 73 feet to a stone on the soul^i
iRargin^ Main street; then with tm*
said margin of said street, north 64
deg, west 36 feet to the ybuginninu’.
This being the lot on whic^ the Aeth^'l
wold Hotel is situated, ’
Such furniture, fvAcures and fur
nishings as belojJtg to the estate of
said J, W, M<^‘Minn, deceased, now
in said hotel gilding will pass to the
purchaser at Ipaid sale.
Said sale .will be held in front of
Court House Door in the town of
Brevard, (lounty of Transylvania,
State of Iforth Carolina, on Monday,
Nov. 3rd, W919 at 12 o’clock ;*nd the
terms of sale will be one third (1-3)
cash on day of sale, balance in one
and two years, equal. installments,
with interest in defe^rred payments
at the rate of six p^ cent, payable
annually. Title retatoed until all pur
chase m^^ney paid, jor satisfactory ar-
rangemi?nts mad^therefor.
October \he 15', 1919.
WELC^-IjALLOWAY, Commis
sioner.
NOTICE OF SUMMONS AND WAR
RANT OF ATTACHMENT
] North Carolina— Transylvania Coun-
1 ty—In the Superior Court.
‘ Kathryn Loftis by her next friend
E. E. Loftis,
vs,
Thomas L. Walters,
The defendant, T. L, Walters, will
take notice that a summons in the
above entitled action w-as issued
auainst the defendant on the 13th
(lay of September 1919 by the Clerk
of the Superior Court of Transyl-
v:uiia County N. C. and that an action
inritled as above has been brought
by the above named plaintiff against
the said T, L, Walters to recover
damages for personal injuries sus
tained by the said plaintiff, Kathryn
Loftis caused by the said defendant
L. Walters wrongfu’Iy, carelessly
; uiul negligently driving and running
iiis automobile over her on or near
Whitmire street, in the town of Bre
vard, X. C.; the sum of damages de-
,';an(ied and sought to be recovered
in this action being five thousand
i:>r)000) dollars, ^
That the said defendaa^ a proper
party to the said acti^^.v. hich re
lates to personal injuries sustained
by the said Kathryn Loftis upon her
body, caused by the wrongful, care-
k'ss and negligent acts of the said
defendant T. L, W'alters.
I That the defendant will further
take notice that he is required to
appear at the office of the Clerk of
the Superior Court of 'Fransylvania
I County, North Carolina at his office
' in the Court House in the town olP#
Brevard, N, C. on the 16th day of
October 1919 at 10 o’clock A. M.
I and answer or demur to the complaint
: of the plaintiff filed in said action
■ or the relief demanded in said com>
[plaint will be granted,
I The defendant will further take
. notice that a warrant of attachment
jwas issued from the Superior Court
of Transylvania County, North Car-
1 olina on the 15th day of September,
1919 against the property of said de
fendant which warrant is returnable
at the same time and place above
named, to wit on the 16th day of
Oct. 1919 at 10 o’clock A. M.
This Sept. 15th 1919.
N. A. MILLER. Clerk Sup
erior Court Transylvania Co. N. C.