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VOLUME XXV
BREVARD, N. C. FRIDAY. JVLY 23kI, 1920.
NUMBER 30.
FACTS ABOUT TRANSYLVANIA
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Brevard—July 17.—The crops of
this section of North Carolina have
improved remarkably even though
they are still'late, after the late
winter and discouraging weather con
ditions during the spring. The June
crop conditions improved seven per
cent as the weather was very favor
able excepting for some spotted hail
hit sections. The crop forecast is
favorable at present as announced by
the state’s Co-operative Crop Report
ing Service, at Raleigh, N. C.
Transylvania County has 12,060
acres of corn or 95 per cent compared
with last year, averaging 82 per cent
in condition. The Tobacco crop
averages 100 per cent in condition.
The acres are estimated to be 12 per
cent of the 1919 crop. The condition
of the wAlea*t crop at harvest was 87
per of noI™^l*
The North CaTO^i^a com acreage
this year is four p3T c®*'* below last
year’s and indicates
a full crop prospect. V^he forecasted
fifty-seven million bu^®^® produc
tion is three per cen^L^®^^®*^ than
was made last fall, Tr® present
farm price is $2.27 per w^shel or 32
cents more than a yeai^^.^^’
United States acreage is
creased from last year but^^^® pres
ent condition of the crop
five per cent less productioi
The state’s cotton crop a
perhaps increased slightly
per cent condition. This w]
per cent lower than it was
• ago. The improvement durii^
was four per «»nt. The hail
section around L\oir county
ed heavily. The So*^h’s crop s
one per ceJit increakd acreagi
per cent condition, t\ same as
year, but the crop im^ved d
June from the lowest c&nditio
record to the extent of over e!
per cent. The present conditio;
slightly above the ten year ave:
The Tobacco crop that put us to
front and brought so much we:
into the northern and eastern C
Hna is increased five to six per
in acreage with a condition of
per cent of a full crop. This me
that we have a good crop prospect
jf prices hold up, we will have
other high rank in the crop’s va!
Perhaps we may yet convince
tacky of the importar.ce of the
in this state since we are in
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RAILROAD MASS MEETING IS
POSTPONED
Owing to the severe rain storms
during the past two weeks it was de
cided to postpone the Railroad meet
ing which was to. take place on Thurs
day, July 22nd, 1920. It is planne#
to have a goodly number of the South
Carolina Boosters here on Saturday,
August 14 th.—Transylvania’s Old
Home Day.
PLAN FOR INFORMATION TO
TOURIST AND VISITOR
IN BREVARD
A large bulletin board has been
placed at the depot, reading as fol
lows: “Infoi’mation Free to Visitors.
Call at Public Library, Court Square”
Another board has been placed in li
brary yard reading as follows: “Vis
itors place call inside for information
as to hotels, boarding houses, cotta
ges, rooms and also taxi service to
all points of interest.”
A secretai'y will be in charge to
give free information to all who de
sire it. This will be done in a fair,
unprejudiced, and impartial manner,
giving all a square deal.
Phone is being installed by which
the hotels and boarding houses can
phone the office each day, how many
rooms they have to let, and how
many boarders they can accommo
date.
Owners of public service cars are
requested to furnish the secretary
with cards, giving a list of all points
to which they will take people giving
mileage, and price, according to num
her in party. Any improper or ex-
horbitant charges, wilful misinforma
tion or lack of gentile conduct on the
part of auto drivers when reported,
will be dealt with by the office.
Other cards as follows: '•
By all ministers, giving hour of
service at their respective churches.
All (Joctors, giving address and
phone number.
Workmen, who may be called for
repair or job work.
All lawyers, giving excuses and re-
g:rets for being out of town the next
six weeks.
Lt't’s all puU together, and make
our visitors feel that they are being
treated with the courtesy and consid
eration of invited guests—which they
are.
Respectfully submitted by,
R. H. ZACHARY, Chairman.. .
VIOLATION OF VITAL STATIS
TICS LAW
OUR COUNTY PAPER
Raleigh, July 17.—The highest 'fine
yet imposed in a local court for a
violation of the state vital statistics
law was imposed during the week on
Dr. B. W. Tugman of Warrensville,
Ashe county, who was assessed $50
and the costs in two cases for failing
to report birth where he was the at
tending physician.
The case of Dr. Tugman was ag
gravated by the fact that last sum
mer he was convicted and given a
nominal filfe for a similar offense, and
in the present instaijce prosecution
was instigated only after the repeat
ed efforts had been made to get him
to comply with the law.
“It is the inherent right of every
baby bom in North Carolina to have
its birth promptly and properly reg
istered,” declared Dr. F. M. Register,
state deputy registrar of vital sta
tistics, in commenting on the prose
cutions being instituted by his divi
sion of the state board of health.
“In this case the state board of
health has extended its activities to
the most north-western county in the
state. Its arm is long enough to reach
across the mountains and say to the
doctors and midwives who are dere
lict in their duty, ‘you must treat
every baby right and register its
birth.’ Failure to comply with the
irovisions of the law will not be toler
and prosecutions will be insti-
in all cases of violations, re-
ss of ^ho may be affected.”
R. B. WILSON.
Were it not for Brevard Institute,
The city graded school and the Bre
vard News, our town would be an
obsolete factor among ’ towns. The
schools are well patronized and are
doing increditable good. The county
paper has had its struggles innumer
able, but through them all it has
?rown to “be a very worthy enterprise.
No one, save the publisher, knows
what it costs to issue a first-class
weekly paper. .The citizens of the
county would be lost v.nthout a pa
per to keep them informed in regard
to county matters and every house
hold in the county should take , pay
for, and read the paper. It i s a
home-builder and a county builder.
Editors, like other people, make
mistakes sometimes, but to take them
as a whole, they are a very clever
set. They give weekly or daily ex
pressions of what is in them while
their readers are not molested for
the thoughts which revolve through
their craniums. One man will say
such and such an article hits the nail
on the head. Another man will read
the same article end pronounce it a
fabulous production.
In reading newspapers we should re
member that editors are neither om
niscient, omnipotent nor omnipresent.
Were they thus constituted they could
very readily drive into the inmost
secrets of every man’s heart, and all
these secrets would not do for pub
lic print. By the careful study of
man editors sometimes get so close
to the inward thoughts that they are
accused of personal references when
no such thought ever entered their
minds.
The best study of man is man and
we cannot sound the depths at all
times without striking oil, and often
the volume flows freely.
But, laying all jokes aside, there is
no better educator than a properly
edited newspaper and this is the goal
to which the Brevard News is aspir
ing. Let every^ man in the county
put his shoulder to the wheel and help
the enterprise that is endeavoring to
help them. This writer has no axe
to grind and no financial interest in
the paper. This article is prompted
only by the desire to see our town
and county grow from bloomage to
fruitage and there is no medium that
will bring about such a result as
easily as a good county paper. It is
a silent, but sure, worker. Its im
press invades the minds of old and
young without a noisy demonstra
tion.
To be in accord with our fine cli
mate our town and institutions must
be of the first order. Nowhere in
all the land can a finer climate be
found. The days are pleasant and
the nights are delightfully cool.
The land is productive and it is
a rare thing that we are afflicted with
any dry spells. Everything we need
to eat can be raised here in our midst.
The conditions are just as favorable
for the production of great men and
all that is needed is an effort in that
direction. The whole truth of the
matter is that we have become staid
in our habits and do not realize our
possibilities. Let us wake up to a
full sense of the privileges we en
joy and move onward and upward.
It. is well and good to make money,
but do not let that be the preemi
nent thought of our minds. We are
creater for a higher and nobler pur
pose.
This is written by a well-wisher of
Brevard and Transylvania county.
MOTORIZED FARM TOUR
Wm. A. Band
Please give the following publicity
through your publication: Asheville
first Motorized Farm Tour will leave
Asheville promptly Monday morning
July the 26th. The schedule of the
tour is as follows; arrive at Weaver-
ville 9.30 A. M. depart 12.00 Noon;
arrive Barnardsville 1.00 P. M. de
parts 3.00 P. M.; arrive Mars Hill
4.00 P. M. depart 6.00 P. M., arriv^
at Marshall 7.00 P. M. and hold a
night show on the night of the 26th.
Depart from, Marshall 12.30 P. M.
on the 27th arriving at Leicester at
2.30 P. M. depart 5.30 P. M. On the
28th arrive at Candler 9.00 A. M.
depart 41.00 A. M. arrive Clyde 12.00
Noon, depart 2.30 P. M. arrive at
Canton 300 P. M. where night shov^
will be held. On the 29th arrive at
Fletchers 9.30 A. M. arrive at Horse
shoe 12.30 P. M. depart 3.00 P. M.
arrive at Brevard 4.00 P M and will
hold night show
Everything is fre and nothing will
be sold or sales solicited on this trip.
The motorcade is out for educational
purposes only and want the public
to ask all questions they can think
of pertaining to the practicability of
the motor truck. Moving pictures
will be shown at night shows that
will interest everybody. Mr. Chas.
E. Graham an authority on farm eco
nomics and other notable speakers
will talk at all stops. Each truck
will be at the disposal of the various
communities to haul their products
or whatever they have and it is re
quested that all people get in touch
with the local committee and list
their jobs with them. Remember all
hauling is free. A lighting plant will
accompany the caravan for the pur
pose of illuminating the show at
nights and tc furnish power for the
moving picture machine. Other mo
tor jdriven devices that reduces a
great deal of the work on the farm
will be demonstrated. Each truck
dealer in Asheville will be represent
ed in the motorcade with the truck
he handljps and they have made up
their minds to make this auto show
one to be long remembered by all
that attend the demonstrations. It
used to be that the rural district was
compelled to go a long distance and
at a very high cost to see such an ex
hibit that the Asheville Automotive
Trades Association has gotten to
gether. Twentieth century methods
has caused a reversal of the old way
and the big auto show is brought to
your own back door and the trucks
put to work in your own fields that
you may get the knowledge that is so
important to the successful farmer of
today.
We thank you,
Asheville Automotive Trades Asso.
THE BEGINNING OF THE END
FOR THE OLD POLITICAL
PARTIES
(Advance copy from the Dearborn
Independent)
ODD FELLOWS CONCERT CLASS
' HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM.
SATURDAY NIGHT, JULY
24th, 8:30 P. M. f
C. M. DOYLE BACK ON VISIT
C. M. Doyle has returnde for a
short visit to his home in Brevard
after spending several months in
Cuba, Florida and Texas. Mr. Doyle
will leave for New York and other
northern cities in a week or so.
While C. Doyle is as silent as the
Spnix, at the same time we predict
that he will again startle Transyl
vania in the way of a big business
venture in the near future.
AETHELWOLD HOTEL
DON’T FORGET SATORDAY,
AUGUST 14th
iM SUPPER AT LAKE
TOXAWAY
fcream^upper will be held
i'oxaway school house Sat-
t, July 24th for the bene-
fe Lake^Toxaway community
V •
of the best "community fairs
.state last' yea? held at
roxaway, and the oificen and
committee? are making fve-
to have a bigger and liet-
The Committee has about made ar
rangements for one of the best brass
bands, in the State, consisting of
thirty good musicians, in the State to
be in Brevard on August the 14th.
and it will be here all daj^ and you
can count on Iher;ring fine music.
The speakers have not yet been de
cided on as yet but you can rely on
hearings some good talks on timely
subjects. Begin now to make your
arrangements to be here and bring
the whole family.
Ihis fall.
Remember Concert class of Odd
Fellows Orphanage. At High School
Auditorium. Saturday night, 8 P. M.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Harrison,
from Alabama, are visiting at the
homes of T. B. and 0. T. Crary.
The Charlotte Camp has opened
up on Elviria Lake for a few weeks.
This lake is located on M. Sin-
iard*s Farm.
Tuesday arrivals
Mr. G. M. Hoke, Asheville, N. C.
Mr. T. R. Tweed ‘ Ash€\ulle, N. C.
Mr. B. A. Hamrick Forest City, N C.
Mr. W. B. Lile Louisville, Ky.
Mr. R. T. L. Liston Jacksonville, Fla.
Mr. L. W. Humphrey Charlotte, N C.
Mr. S. M. Crouch Asheville, N. C.
Mr J. H. Harwood Bryson City, N.. C.
Mr. J. Louie Mosely Camden, S. C.
DUNNS ROCK LODGE MEETING
There will be a call meeting of
Dunn’s Rock Lodge A. F, and A. M.
Friday .night July 23rd at 8:15
Work in E. A. Degree. Please at
tend.
CHAS. M. COOK, W. M.
Frank D. Clement, Secy.
Miss Mary Plummer, has returned
to her home in Knoxville. Tenn.
',ter a two weeks visit with Mrs. H.
A. Plummer. ,
John Chambliss of Baltimore, Mtt.
v/as the week-end guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Plummer. ,
Mrs. Hunter of Blenheim, S.
arrived Saturday to visit her sister,
Mrs. P. J. Hay. ^
Disappointed by the utter absence
of public spii*it and responsibility
in the national conventions of the Re
publican and Democratic parties, the
independent American people nave
succumbered to a sense of deep dis
gust for partisan politics in general.
This is a most wholesome reaction
and it would promise well for the na
tion, were there not danger of a fur
ther reaction toward apathy.
The politicians count more confi
dently than the people realize on that
interval of time which stretches be
tween the summer conventions and
the November election. If the elec
tion were to be held today, and if
the law required half the number
of votes to be cast as were cast at
the last Presidential election before
a candidate could be chosen, there
would not be enough votes cast to
day to elect either of the candidates
to the office for which the parties
have chosen them.
The Republican Convention was
openly and shamelessly dominated
by the financial representatives of the
powers that pull government influ
ences like strings. The party’s own
methods were clogged and soiled with
shameless money scandals. Pro-
gressivism and clean republicanism
were snubbed, insulted and crushed
at every turn. The delegates were
euchred, wearied, driven and deceiv
ed. And the candidates who emerj^e i
from thij? chaos was even more color
less than the Republican Platform, if
anything ^ore colwl«:ss ca\ be con
ceived.
THe I/omocraiic Convention was,
if anything a degree worse, because
there was an attempt made at San
f rancisco which had no parallel at
Chicago—the convention was at least
given a flaming opportunity to de
clare its adherence to the moral ad
vance made by the American people
with regard to the liquor traffic. But
the hand of the defunct and dis
graceful whiskey business was heavy
upon the men who controlled. *that
convention. Paid agents, who were
both public officials and private re
tainers, were in evidence everywhere.
There was no question, not even
the League of Nations, which receiv
ed the slavish attention which booze
received. The whole convention re
sembled more a “hang -over” from
the saloon regime than a gathering of
American citizen selected to formu
late policies for the solution of the
problems which harass the nation and
the world. And a candidate, as un
known and as amenable to control as
the Republican candidate, was put
forth for the high office of President.
The defeat of McAdoo and the de
feat of the movement to insert a
wet plank in the platform were the
two strong actions of the Democratic
Convention, but these were neutra
lized by the election of Cox. Its
source, however, is generally known,
and the defeat of McAdoo was more
than the defeat of a man; it was the
defeat of a group jjrhose exposure
and the destruction of whose power
is the most needed reform in the
United States and the world today.
There is now no choice whatever
between Republican and Democratic
candidates, b^etw'een Republican and
Democratic platforms, or, for that
matter, between Republican^ and
Democratic parties. The people have
been treated like children; their high
est* hopes have been flouted; their
best beliefs have been buried be
neath mountains of partisan slush and
filth.
The question is, Will the people
stand it? Have they submitted to
so much bulldozing at the hands of
the politicians and the parties that
they have lost their sense of owner
ship of their own govfemment?
There is no question whatever
about the widespread public disgust;
the question is. How will it emerge?
Will it die down in apathy, or will it
flame forth into the protest of a
Citizens Movement with a Citizens’
Candidate?
It is very doubtful that any party
today has the definite cohesion of
other years. We hear everlasting
talk about “the party” froir^ both
Democrats and Republican^. But
where is it? It appears that the
“party” consists of the meV who
meet in national convention, and
The Odd Fellows Concert Class*
from the Orphange at Goldsboro, will
give concert in Brevard Saturday
night. Dotirs will be open at S
o’clock, and the performance begin
at 8:30. The place is the High
Schoc’ Air^orium. Don’t forget
the time, the place nor the hour.
Tickets can be obtained from A.
E. Hampton, opposite the court
house, or at the door. Tickets wiif
also be at the drug stores Saturday.
Brevard knows from experience
that the Orphans Concert Class al
ways gives a good performance.
All receipts go to the general fund
for the support of the orphanage.
Be sure to attend.
‘TOM” WALTERS, Native, ArriYCS,
T. L. Walters, “Tom”, of Columbus
Georgia, has* arrived in Brevard as
usual to spend the summer. Mr.
Walters declares that Brevard seems
to be on the Boom and that about
all that is really needed is for some
of our live real estate men to get
busy. He also says that Brevard is
being talked about as never before
and if the people of this community
will only realize the enormous re
sources of Tarnsylvania there would
be nothing that could stop a new
rialroad coming straight from South
Ci'Oolina, because the folks lierc
would support it unitedly.
Remember the OrpM
at High Schol Auditor]
night.
Concert
Im Saturday
they please and then go out and bid
for the sutfrages of the American
people.
There is no reason whatever why
the choice of the American people
should be limited to Cox or Harding,
to the spineless Republican platform
or the dead .Demuoratic platform.
The American people are big, their
problems too pressing, to permit them,
to stand on either platform. •*-'
Third arties have fallen into disre>
repute because their sole purpose
heretofore has been to boost some
body into office^ when they failed to
do that they were cast aside. Theo
dore Roosevelt led out of the Repub
lican party the best blood in it, the
young men of the party whose ideals
had not been besmirched and whQ.§e
loyalty to their county had not been
weakened by party shackles. • But
when they proved to be numerically
too weak to elect him, although they
were morally so strong as to throw a
creative shock into the conscience!
and will of the nation, he left them
and went back. Since that failure,
which was the failure of an indivi
dual and not a movement, third par
ties have been regarded with doubts'^
-But a movement of the American
people, in rebuke of both the subser
vient Democratic Republic/-^
parties, would not^'fe The uSuaT'"‘*^i*j^
party”—it would be the Nation seiz
ing again its own control out of un
worthy hands.
The old parties have no divine
right. What a party convention does
need not be received loyally, as if
it were an act of the government.
The people now know—all of the
people know—^that the last two na
tional conventions were deliberate
caucuses, secret in their real work,
for the purpose of “putting over” on
the people something that the people
do not want, and against which they
be will in rebellion before another
four years.
Whether the people wil take
pinely what is J|iven them, or exer
cise their’free power to name their
own candidate and make their own
platform; whether they will requrie
that their nose be rubbed still deeper
in the contempt which the politicians
have for them, or will make an end
of the present race of politicians at
once, is for the immediate future to
reveal.
Will there be a clean-up at Wash
ington under Cox or under Harding?
certainly there will be no ou^r of
the secret rulers o fthe United Stat»
under a Republican or a Democratic
regime.
If the peoplte want a clean-up, they
must act at once, they must act de^
liberately, they must act wittioiit^fe'
ference to the precedents set by 13^
discredited parties, and they
act with a confid^<^ in tli^r supreme^
'V.
one else. These “parties** do wWat
control over aB tl|ik affam.
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