New VOL. XXIV^ BREVARD. N. C. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19tb, 1919. Number 51 THE PEOPLES PRO POSED RAILROAD The Asheville Citizen of last Sun day in an editorial imtimated that what Brevard oujrht to have is jrood ready instead of a railroad. Of course we want .uooil roads but there are few farmers who own a motor truck to shi{) their produce to the market and Ak voters of Transylvania rejilize we .tret on a main line there is praftiially little use in pilinjr up bonds upon the tiixpayers and dem onstrated tiiat ojiinion by the enor mous land slide against the Road Bond issue of two yearr a.tro. Natur ally both Hutuor.ibe an^l Henderson counties reali/.e that a throuj'h railroad v.hieh would put Brevard on a main line would nut them in second place for xhi- rest of time. They also realize that the real scenic jrrandour is to be founil in Transylvania Co. That is why our beautiful waterfalls, placid valleys and n'.aji’nificent moun tain scenery is used by their advor- tisin.ir experts. Crevard Is Being Advertised The Cojnniittee h:;s received com munications from all over the United States in re.uard to ihis proposed R. R. Some fair.ous mau-a:'.;:'.c;i and biv; cori)orations ar^ direclinj" their at tention to Transylvania County and perhaps for the lirst time realize what a splendid future lies ill .-'tore for the people of these hilis once the re sources are developed. Xot only is there thousands upon thousands of acres of the finest timber lands but thij mineral re.^ources have practically laid dormant. There are some of the greatest engineers in America who have li’reat expectations in the way of mineral deposits to be found here once the real development is started. So much enthusiasm is bein.s' shown by the jrreat majority of the people over this project that now while the iron is hot. w^ must strike. We need the railroad, we want the railroad, and we WILL HAVE the railroad. The Brevard Ncv.’s has the Xmas rush at the present time but intends in the very near future to print the full name of every puolic .'■-pirited citi zen who has the strenirth of his con victions by donating his hard cash to- ward.s the preliminary survey of this, “The People’s Railroail.” If you haven't donated or signed your pledge yet, then sen'1 your name and amount to anv one of the R. R. Com mittee or to T. H. Shipnian, Treas. This preat project has nothing on earth to do with politic? and the man who tries to make political capital out of it will certainly be dealt with by the pccp|e as he deserves. m M NATIt »E IP M HOME PAPER Someth? '< The church t ... different to say us and say a, “I ’ •iHo’ei, t ' ;.a; .omethinc >. omcs i.ij : op,.-. An Aijijrfttattott IT is the season of Christmas cheer in all the homes where subscribers to this paper dwell. Christmas also in the minds and hearts of you good friends of ours. Christmas, with all that term implies as to universal fellowship, bonnteous unselfishness and renewed recognition of the fact that to give is actually better than to receive. As you have put into anything, that much will you get out of it. Out of the interest you have taken in this paper during the past year we hope you have derived an equal personal pleasure. Your appredation has made this paper’s issuance a congenial work to us of the staff. And likewise in that same spirit which makes Christmastime what it is, we take this oppor tunity of expressing our thanks to the business men of this community, and of the territory within which this paper circulates, for their cor dial co-operation in practical ways which has made it possible for us regularly to present our best editorial efforts to the community in a credit able manner. May the kindly glow of this holiday season color life for you and yours throughout the coming year. j glasses that you use for church and put them right side up and we will show you that v,e have before you here a vision of what the church in this country ought to be—a vision that you and I are going to make come true, and the plan by which we ' arc goin.j? to make it come true is here before us. and we tre not going to fail.” It is a vision big enough, broad enough, and the problem great enough to enlist the imagination of any man or woman/in this country, no matter how big his business Interests may be. It is grand enough to challenge the attention of any man with red blood in his veins and the slightest bit of devotion to the Church of Christ. We are done with thinking inwardly, we are going to branch out and see what we can do in the bigger world. Some people have said, “What is the need of all this money?” The Church has never taken up anything like this before. Why now? I w’ould suggest, if you want an answer to that question, that you read the paper to morrow morning, look on the front page of one of the big dailies of to day. What do you see? Right across the front page you see murder, an archy, rape, riot, sedition, arson; you see the story of a mayor of one of our big cities with a rope around his neck and rescued by the troops. You read of men shot down in cold blood. That is the kind of condition v.’c are living in tc-day. Friends, what is the Church going to do about it? Leave it to our Legis latures? They have been struggling with it, working with it and are about ready to say that the present social disturbance and the present ’ social conditions cannot be solved by legis lation. (To be continued.) LEWIS B. FRANKLIN, Director Every Member Canvass. Nation-W’ide Campaign. SEVENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLAR CAMPAIGN wm ss. KED CROSS CHROTAS SEALS 4 The Aunfial sale of the Red Cross Christmas Seals is now on. No more beautiful expression of the Christ mas spirit can be made than for every letter, card and package to bear tl» seal of the Red Cross. The seal adorfts the package, is a recognition of tfie blessings of the Red Cross, and the j money will be used to .stamp out the j Great White Plague. We are enjoying an era of unrivaled prosperity. I- cover and not miss something occa-> sionally. We try to get all the personals, but if somebody’s wife’s sister’s cousia slips in about 10:30 at night in a au tomobile, we can’t expect to know it unless you tell us about it. And if you have a party, on th6 same day that there happens to bo- a funeral, a ball game and a runaway in town .just to make sure that we know it, call us up and give us the details. You know we are just as anxious to have our paper cram full for news as you are to find it that way. JONES GAP ROAD TO BE IMPROVED The following article from the Daily Greenville Piedmont of Dec. will be of much interest to the peo ple of Brevard and Transylvania coutk ty. “The Jones Gap road, the main thorofare thru the mountains in the? vicinity of Caesars Head and connect- Greenville with Brevard and Transyl vania county, will be surveyed withint the next two weeks, according to a. statement by L. P. Slattery of the firm of Slattery & Henry. The state highway engineer has ordered the sur vey which will be in charge of R. H. Horton of this city. “The old Jones Gap road likely witt be relocated in order to elimate many the steep grades which now exist. When this is done the road wall be on. a par with the Buncombe road which connects Greenville with Henderson ville and Asheville. The work of sur veying the road will begin about Dec. 15th and when completed a report will be forwarded to the state high way engineer. It is considered likely that the work of re-locating and re pairing the road will begin, altho it is not thought that the highway can be completed in time for the tourist travel next summer.” **WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN?**— OR Who killed i>oor business and hard times in Brevard" and made Transyl vania County prosperous? Ans. The people when they built the Brevard-Rosnmn-Seneca Railroad. C. W.H. ./< \i