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VOLUME XXV
BREVARD. N. C. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8th, 1920.
NUMMinO.
xv.
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THE DEATH OF JAMES DEAN:
PICKENS - TRANSYLVANIA
HIGH - WAY:
TRANSYLVANLi COUNTY FAIR . “THE GLOOM CHASERS”
I ORGANIZED.
The fourth annual Transylvania
CLUB
FIRST NUMBER OF LYCEUM TO ENGINEER GIVeS HIS IDEA TOR
APPEAR HERE MONDAY.
The first number of the Lyceum
TOXAWAY DAM:
Would Make Use tyf EmbankmeaU
Still Standing; Dam Similar to
One At Marshall.
James Dean was bom on Septem-, . ^ . .« u i. u • u a
ber 27th, 1879^ and died on Monday, The citizens of this county will be Brevara , About twenty - fiva people met at
October 4, 1920. He professed faitli delighted to know that actual con-: thr home of the Misses Melton on Course will appear at the High -
m Christ and joined the Mt. Pleasant struction has begrun on the Pickens the fourth fair to be night, September 24th, to or- School Auditorium on Monday night,
Baptist Church in Jackson County, N. end of the Pickens - Transylvia high-1 better g^nize a club. Since it is to be one October 11, at 8:30 P. M.
C., February 6th, 1592. He was or- way. , preceeding one and the of- _ jy^aking, it has been given ihe * The Ithacans were organized and | Field work upon the contemplated
dained as a Deacon of the same Mr. C. L. Cureton,..chairman of the committee^ are doing every “The Gloo^n Chasers”. The coached by Lobtis H. Ward who also restoration of the.big Toxaway dam
church July 6th, 1907. In 1908 he Highway'^^Commission for Pickens possible to make this the es decided to have only two prepared a large portion of their pro- has L^en complef^^c^^ the details
teansferred his mefnbership to the Coijnty, was in Brevard Tuesday and More premiums and larger Queers: Presiden;, MIsr. Melton; fn*ams. They ’o »io- n'"r • now bHng
Brevard Baptist Church, where he when interviewed by a Representative P^|zes are offered this year. Secretary, Miss Jessie King. It has novelties and instrumental features j ^vorked out in the office of C. E. Wad-
was received as a Deacon. He de- 'of the News explained that work had , offered to t e been decided to meet only twice each for the success of their programs, j ^ell, of this city, who has charge o£
parted this life on October 4th, 1920. already begun about a mile this side makes and brings t e es .a jnQ^th, each member entertaining they make good on their own merits, the restoration,
being 41 years and 8 days old. 'of Pickens and would be continued' h f comes alphabetically. You will like these fine cultured Within the coi
Jim lived a cinsistent Christian life as rapidly as weather would permit “®y that brings m t e es business meeting, quite an young gentlemen,
everywhere' he was known, and he until its completion. ’ He was also ^ °
was regarded like Barnabas of old anxious to know what Transylvania
as a good man and his life has been was doing and was informed that the
a great influfence for good. He was Road Commissioners of this County
loyal, faithful and uncompromising in had been for some time busy with a
the thirite»= iie believed to be right, road construction gang building an
He was rooted and grounded in the automobile highway from Brevard to
The arrangements have been made
to have the ladies exhibit in the Weilt
building and the men's exhibits in the
Allison building and the livestock in
the rear of King Livery Co.
School day will be observed Sat-
truth and was steadfast in the faith. Rosman, and from there they will I October 16th, and a full pk)
course of several weeks
these details will have taken shape,
enjoyable time was had. The guests The Members of this fine singing the engineer states, so that definite
were given numbers by which they organization are all returned soldiers announcement as to the constx*uction
found their partners for an advertise- Previous to answering their coun- program may be announced,
ment contest. Miss Mary Jane King try's call each of these artists had | There is under contemplation as a
won first prize, a box of candy, f or made good on many of our most sue- tentative program the restoration of
giving largest number of correct cessful Lyceum and Chautauqua ^j^g ^,y ^he use of so much of the
answers to the advertisements. The courses. i original dam as withstood the floods
«..v. — I f thl t‘ d t have ® They specialize in superior vocal g^yg the engineer. A sec-
He was a great sufferer. He liv- work to the line, meeting the Pickens ^ ^ d t^^f^” ’ usement stripped stick candy, with large work, their programs including solos, ^ion of the old dam, some 300 feet
ed in constant agony for months, highway. When completed this will een arrange o urnis amusem ribbon tied in the center, duets and ensemble numbprs of the ^jjg^ ^^^g ^^y those floods. It is
The last months of his life were a con give a first-class automobile road ® ® better sort. Their sketches in cos-! ^his point he contemplates the
stant struggle for breath. Through from Easley, S. C., or Liberty through t’ fid i Leap Year, the girls were ask- tume are unusually attractive and grgction of a reinfbrced concrete
it all he displayed beautiful,Christian Pickens to Brevard and other moun- j ®® ed to make the dates with the boys popular. Their repertoire includes g^me 300 feet in length, connect
fortitude. He received, great con- tain resorts. ^ I f„rnic-h for thp crowd conversation party, each con- hundreds of compositions ranging earthen embankments,
solation in meditating upon the Home While we believed all along that , ff h f ’ versation lasting until the end of a from the simple popular melodies to
beyond and Heaven drew nearer to our friends across the line would fin- j ^ ° or e ^ record played on the Edison, Dur- the most difficult
him as life slipped a«ay We ^ "L‘n,e aTd bring the family to the I’"e masterpieces. ! „p the French Broad river, a struc-
sure that the great Pilot of our Sol^^s much sooner than we expected, and land oled,p and Rober. Plun-.mer sor- Wh.lc primarily singers, the Itha- successfully withstood the
merhim on the edge of the chilly it is gratifying to know that Pickens | ^ ^ i ved delicious punch in an aojorning cans are none the less entertainers;
waters
across the
of eternal rest.
.. i In type, the new dam will resem-
o e opera ic ^ situated below Marshall
I on the edge of the chilly it is gratifying to know that Pickens j ^ i h th « I delicious punch in an adjoining cans are none the less e
and safely guided his bark County continues the work as rapidly j ® progress ]^,ig|(;Qn^ violin, and .of unquestioned ability anc
be great divide into the haven as possible until completed”, and we j October 15 ! Hardin, mandolin, assisted grams are replete with nev.
wish to say to our neighbors that | , , .i. . n iJ-u-i. 4. u by Miss Vera Melton at the piano, ieatures. These sincere,
and 16 and that all exhibits must b-,/ , ^
He leaves behind his wife and son when they reach the line, “We’ll Be
^ 1., 11 . i. 1 mi »» 11^ place by ten o clock rriday, ex-
Guy. Mrs. Dean did all that mortal There”. f u i u * i,- i. u
^ 1 • T2. • i. i 1 : cept school exhibits which can be
hands could do to reheve his suffer- It is up to us, nov,% to keep our i ^ ^ j
„ . • J J i X- r u VC ■ entered Saturday morning.
For months she never retired road construction fores busy if we j
mg.
to bed. She is a wonderful little would beat them to the line, for after
woman and may God bless aijd soothe crops are gathered in Pickens County
her heart and give her peace in the many hands will be released and the
consciousness of duty so well done, men in charge of this work will no
He leaves also a father and several doubt largely supplement the present
brothers and sisters to mourn his force.
loss. ' The building of this road will mean
The funeral was conducted on much to Pickens and Transylvania
Tuesday, October 5, 1920, at the Counties, as many tourists come to
Brevard Baptist Church, Rev. C. E. the mountains every year in their
Puett, officiating and the interment own conveyances,and to those coming
was made at Oak Grove Cenetary. | from Georgia, Alabam.a, and other
, Southern States, it will be many
j miles nearer to the mountains and
j the “Land of Waterfalls”,
j Then again, the farmers of Transyl
I vania and Pickens county would de-
~ ■ rive untold benefits from this road in
You are directly interested in the exchanging produce. Many farmers
educational progress of our County.
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT TO
MISS CARRIE HORNADAY.
delighted the guests with several of gentlemen offer a program which re-
the latest musical numbers. Among fleets credit upon the Lyceum Com-
those present were. Misses Nell and mittee upon securing their services.'
Vera Melton. Miss Cpra L. Tyner,
MORE COMMUNITY PRIDE NEC-
CESSARY FOR POST -OFFICE
J ., . ■ same floods that washed out the Tox-
and their pro-I dam, and for this reason re-
ne\/ an prarded with favor as a type suitable
genuine proposition under considera-
C. E PUETT,
CIRCULAR LETTER TO THE
TEACHERS OF TRANSYL
VANIA COUNTY:
Mary Jane King, Mary Sledge, Jessie
King, Wester, Jenkins, Margaret
Blythe, Elizabeth Morton and Mrs.
On September 4th, 1920, one of Brodie; Messrs, Walter Duckworth,
tion.
By the use of heavy reinforced
concrete abutments around the por
tions of the dam remaining it is hopeil
to give much greater strength. When
these remaining walls, some^ 60 feet
high, have been completed, they will
be filled compactly with earth and
Postmaster W, M, Henry, in talk-
our number. Miss Carrie Hornaday of Cnrl Hardin, Frank King, Ralph Duck ing to a representative of the news
Burlington N C was cWmejl by ^o^h Overton Erwin, Joe Clayton, i explained, in a jovial manner, the stone ro tne .eve. ox tne present em-
feplaVd J- B. Wichois. H. R. Wali<er, Hubert ■ fact that it was really next to an im- banicments upon either side of the
s JdTify ‘callL! st s^furif healtS ! Hardin, Louie Loftis. i possibility to keep the post office in a ^ concrete dam.
and energy and in the prime of her i The Club adjourned to meet with neat and tidy appearance as long as | Approaches to a concrete bridge to
usefulness. ]y[j.g Brodie on Friday evening, Oct. , the citizens continued to throw thc-ir | span the dam will be attractively set
After voting the Misses ' mail, dirty papers, empty envelopes, with Douglas fxrs or similar hardy
so suddenly from us, but we bow in ‘ Melton were channin- young hostes- | empty cigarette boxes, burned match- growth. The bridge itself, also some
humble submission to His Virill. I ses and that every one had had a es, empty cartons, all over the floor ; 300 feet long, wid be of the eliptical
instead of the v/aste paper baskets, j arch type, with three large spans, giv-
We are thankful that she lived .n- ||y j^ood time,
mong us. The memory ofjier noble i
and unselfish life will over oe an in- |
spiration to call forth the highest and j
best within us. j
Therefore be it resolved by the |
members of the Betterment Society j
of Brevard:
That a beautiful life has gone from ' yard Club will be heM next Tuesday,
You are a part of the teaching force f^'om Pickens and Greenville counties ^ ^
of the Commonv/ealth of the great were here this summer with produce our midst, one whoso Christian spirit -^2 8'BO P M
State of N. C, We can not live un- v.'ho were forced to go by way of | made her genuine, joyous and cordial i j •
to ourselves alone, and we are vitally tjp„(4p,.on«vine or co^'ic* over almost loved her for her many virtues. It is planned to take ut
The floor of the post - ofBce is al- ' ing the traveler an opportunity to
ways gone over by the janitor two or. look down upon the falls below anJ
three times a day, and is oiled quite \ out upon the wide lake beyond,
often; but oven though the floor is | Present plans, the engineer as-
The regular meeting of the Bre-! ^ept in a neat condition, the walls ggrts, are still in the formulative
REGULAR MEETING OF THE
BREVARD CLUE:
up'the build-
jjentle ing proposition urged by the Presi-
Shipman, at the last
ruijf Hendersonville or come over almost ,, , .
affected bv the nrogress of school ai- . . -0.1. i. i,e 1 her loving patience and her
fairs outside of our own County, inaccessible roads with half a lo^^* ; ji^anners, rimt Tho^; H
Every live, progressive teacher will If this road was in good traveling] That we wi^l miss her in our soc-1 rn.- • u
want to put himself in lin« with the condition to day hundreds of bushels iety, in the, Sunday School, in the meeting. This progressive bui ding
great forward movement of our State finest apples in the land which church and in the public school where program is to help colve the summer
" are .oing to waste in our county , ^o efficieM ones
would find a ready market, just across j om. deepest sympathy and apprecia- ^ ‘ ' P ^ ^
the line, * tion of their loss.
Getting them to market now is very ! That we dedicate a
expensive, but when this road is com-
iniier pleted Transylvania can furnish upper
per South Carolina with all the apples
in the Plan for the Organization of
Local Branches of the N, C, Teach
er’s Assembly,
Transylvania County is the first to
organize in Western N. C,, and a
' to - gether and form some kind of an
page to her organization for the purpose of
large per cent of the teaq
Co, have already enrolle ’
every teacjier to
and thus n’lake th
cent strong,
us .on a stror
Co. unit, and
tages as teac
otherwise
touch wit
of the
profe^
memory; that a copy of these re- building twenty or thirty cottages or , ^ representatives
I solutions be sent to the family and to ,,ouses as a summer colony Other Board of Trade,
I the Brevard News for puljlication, i ‘ i. i • x 4. * au u 4. community post - office a dirty un-
ranks,
will
year,
5rantaj?es of
Each
branch shall be
membership card
Faring: the signature of the secre-
3ry of th*’ local bmnch and the sec
retary of the Assembly, showing mem
bership in the Assembly and in the
and “pot licker” she can consum”fe,
provided they will retaliate in summer
with chickens, eggs, butter, melons
and peaches with v.’hich to feed our
throngs of visitors,
oui-,,
Mrs, E, W. Blythe,
Mrs. W, W. Zachary,
Mrs. A, B, Riley, Committee
matters of vital interest to the bet-
i are very untidy looking, ' stage, however, and are subject to
During the war the post - office was revision and alteration as further de-
u&ed to advertise (on the walls) the tails are placed in the working draw-
great diives of War Saving Stamps, ings.—Asheville Times, Saturday,
Red Cross Liberty Loans, The Navy, October 2.
etc., and is still used for government
advertisement, but was never meant, q jeACHERS’ ASSEMBLY
for local advertisements of any nat-1 ——
ure. I Asheville, N. G., Oct 2, Committees
Let the good folks here abouts re- in Asheville, including Superinten-
member this and not to stick up all dent W. L. Brooks and a number of
kinds of written and printed notices corps of teachers, together with
Ki.ius yji- vr.i-sr#.aPTifj!fiv#»<! from the Asheville-
are making arrange-
teachers of North Car-
I oline who will assemble in Asheville
j Thanksgiving week, November 24-
25-26 for the regular annual sessions
tidy look. Use the waste baskets.
ENCOURAGING LETTER
Libby, Montana,
Septem.ber 27, 1920,
The Brevard News,
Brevard, N. C.
Gentlemen:
Please find enclosed check for re-
1 torment of our community Vvill be
j taken up and every member of the __ _ _ • r'%-r»T ahmc 'tui? j.'-'i. cut xcifwicn. ..-imiucii ocoaiv/iu
I Transylvania Business Men’s Assoc-I of the North Carolina Teachers’ As
• i TEACHER SHORTAGE. ’sembly
! lation IS urged to attend. ' ' ^
FORTNIGHTLY CLUB MEETING
F. P. SLEDGE PUTS !N EXTRA
STOCK OF GROCERIES:
F. P. Sledge announces to the
pcoille of Brevard that he had re- ; newal of my subscription for your |
paper. I should have sent this in to
i :i'-> added a large stock of grocer
ies CO his already large supply, Mr,
Sledge has found this absolutely nec-
cessary because of the growing pop-1 coming year
j The Asheville people are expecting
The teacher shortage remains a ' all of 1500 North Carolina teachers,
menace to the Dublic schools accord- superintendents of
‘ . 1 ' u public instruction, and in view of the
ing to prehininary reports made pub- ThanKsgiving v,^eek is the
The Fox'tnightly Club will meet in today by the National Education , dullest tourist season in the year, the
the reception room in the administra- j As^’ociation E,eniie« to question-! 1500 or 2000 teachers er^pected to
tion Building at the Institute on Mon : by' the Association }>e, Pr:;ser<t can be abiicrbed in the
.day, Oct. nth, at 3:30. Miss^ Ba- have come from all sections of the , %‘S
her and Floyd of the Institute facul- United States. These repoi’ts show . rates have been secured by the Board
I that in places where teachers’ salaries of Trade for this convention.
The city auditorium with a seating
you long ago but waited till I knew ^ ^
, T 1JU1 4-ji? 4.1. 'ty v^ull act as hostesses
where I would be located for the ^
The club has been making a non- have been increased one hundred per
local branch and df'?i.trnatinGr the hold ularity of his meat market. He has j V/e remain in Libby, Mont., for the
partisan study of citizenship for the cent or more the situation is nearly
capacity of 2500, will be used for the
er's thoice in the Department of the found it necessary to maake arrange- year. We miss the News if it fails fev/ months and that the women always satisfactory, ^^“t such plac- ca-f!
ligently ot are conipi.iT.t.veiy xov-, and in lo- tv ' 0 ;C v/iii be U -rdnor the
Assembly.
ments to deliver nromntly at all hours to come. It brines the home news: participate more ^telligently
ji or
the Assembly and
music hall v.'ill also
smaller sessions of
from th'' Orirfinization of thp local another column that it is the aim of been printed in Transylvania County. aominant parties. They will than, a year ago. Rural communities
In addition to the city auditorium
bring sample ballots and explain clear ar^ hardest hit. Signed reports from Qpff* j^ev/ high school building,
ly the mechanical side of voting. The superintendents of many counties in- the Y. M. C, A, and the churches of
club had intended to hold this as a dicate that a third of their rural the city have tendered their use for
public meeting in the High School ^ schools cannot open for want of
building but this plan was abandoned I teachers. Tens of thousands of
on learning that the Betterment As-' schools will be in charge of teachers
sociation was taking up the matter who have had no professional prepar-
be of general interest, as the bride,! citizenship for the public. This ation and whose academic training
who ite from Jacksonville, Fla., spent however will be an open meeting and barely exceeds that of the children
a part of her girlhood in Brevard. ! interested persons are extended a they teach.
branch, hence it is necessary that the | the town market to please and any |
'crroliment be comnletod within a ' inattention upon the part of the em- j
very short tim^e. Every teacher in I j ^ disatisfaction about the!
Transylvania County, who has not al- i - , 1
ready done so, shouiri send ??t once to j products or accounts will oe received ^
the Sec’y-treas,. Princ, J, E, Ocker- by polite and individual attention and ;
man, Rosman. N C. vour name, ad- he personally guarantees satisfaction';- ■
d>"*2ss, teaching uosition, and your,
choice of th/’ Departments of the '
Assembly This accompanied with'
the fee of one dollar ($1,00> will j
give you due credit, DO IT NOW. !
Sip'Tied. !
A. MTTCHP^TJ.. Pres.
J. E. OCKERMAN, Sec.-treas.
adv.
Sincerely,
MATTIE ENGLISH MATNEY.
STITT — EARLE
The following invitation has been
received by friends here This will
CARD OF THANKS:
We v/ish to thank the good people
SPECIAL REVIVAL MEETING AT
CEDAR MOUNTAIN
for their kindness and assistance honor of your presence at the mar
during the trials of our sister and riage of her daughter Ruth to Mr.'
daughter Sylvia, and for their sym- ; Edward Wynkoop Stitt, on Thursday
pathles even after the death of our , evening, Octobe? the seventh, nine-
beloved. Wc shall not forget. | teen hundred and twenty, at eight
G. vV. HAYES & FAMILY. | o’clock. Saint Stephens Episcopal
! Church, Washington, D. C.
Blrs. Sherod L. Earle requests the. ^ost cordial invitation to meet with
the various sections of the Assembly
work.
iBREVARD MERCHANT SKIPS
PAINT TO FLORIDA
W. E. Bishop informed a repres
tative of the Brevard News that
sure does pay to advertise and to
have quality goods at the right price.
SUMMERS SNELSON
Rev M. J. Harris, of Morganton
is conducting a series of meetings at CARD OF THANl^S:
the Cedar Mountain Baptist Church j We wish to express our sincere CARD OF THANKS:
during this week. Rev. S. B. McCall, i thanks to the friends for their kind-1 We wish to tiiank the good people
pastor of Cedar Mountain Church, ness and good ^ill during the sick- ■. for their kindness and assistance
announces that the meetings are | ness and death of our loving wife and | during the long illness and death of
Relief from this serious situation,
I us. which imperils -the stability of Ameri-
an rural life,, will be sought from the Middleton of St. Augustine,* Fla.,
next session of Con.gress. Renewed j gonie time ago bought paint to fin—
I efforts will be made to obtain the . his summer‘residence in Brevard
A marriage of consederable inter- • passage of tne Smilh-Towner Bill, * jjg. has ordered from his home in
est in Brevard took place on Wed- | which creates a departure of educa- piorida a large order of the same
nesday, October Cth, 1920, "^hen Miss . tjon with a secretary in the Pre^i- p^xnt to ase on his Florida resdence,
Fair Snelsoii and Mr. Samuel J. Sum- d?.nt’s cabinet and provides federal this week with a check to cover Eame.
creating a good deal of interest and i.and mother^
have been a complete success.
/
W. L. Morris & Family.
our husand and father.
Mrs. J. T» Dean and Son, Guy.
mers, Jr., v/ere united in the holy
bonds of matrimony by the Rev. C.
E. Puett at the Erevard Baptist |
r.:-I cf $10C,00(H^OO for educrtion.
r.o XT
Church.
Mr. and Mrs, Summers
He claims that he bought this paint
because' of the quality an^ the lov."
price aajd:originally saw an'adyeii;ise-
will make their home in Columbia,
S. C.
out getting a thick skin, so you can I ment paint for W, M. Bishop'&
see w'hat Cox and Harding have to
be thankful for.
Co. iK^I^IPiKV^ News. Mr* Bi^op
has page ad this wee&t