North Carolina Newspapers

EXPONENT OF TRAN SYLVANIA COUNTY. VOLUME XXVI. BREVARD, Nv 4k FRIDAY AUGUST 26, 1921. 9 .Number 33 I * 1 BREVARD WfflS FIRST I/Uf BreTard Club To Play The Winner Of the Second Half For Championship: Since going to psess last week the base ball controversey over '“six games per week” schedule has been settled by splitting the seas<m into two parts, the first part closing Aug ust 14th. with Brevard winner of the first part. The second half beginning on August 14th. The winner of the second half will play Brevard a series of five or seven games to decide the championship of the Western North Carolina League. The new standing of the clubs for the second half are as follows: Club Won Lost Pet. Hendersonville— 4 1 800 Asheville— 4 2 667 Brevard— * 2 4 333 Canton— 1 4 200 This includes games played to the 23rd of the month. The first game of the new season was forfeited to Asheville 9 to 0 on account of the failure of the Brevard .team to arrive, due to a misunder standing of a telephone message; from Asheville as to weather condi- I tions. . I Hendersonville won from us Mon day in a well played game 4 to 1.1 Tuesday we were rained out and a double-header will be played Wed- ^ nesday after which we journey to j Hendersonville for a series of three | games. SETFLEMENTFOR EX SERVICEMEN Red Tape To Be Cut Out In Order That Ex - Service Men May Receive Compensation: LAW AND ORDER LEAGUE MEETING Monday nis:ht last was the regular The clean-up squad sent out by Government A'gencies^ the Red Cross, and the American Legion arrives in Asheville, N. C., on Sept. 8 and will establish hisadquarteys at Asheville. The squad will remain here until Sept 14th during which time, the members will work with one end in view and that end is to get in touch with every ex-service man, who has a claim a- gainst.the government and set ma chinery in motion to get quick and satisfactory adjustment of that claim. The paramount idea of the clean up squad is to cut the red tape that has prevented hundrers of disabled veterans and ex-service men from re ceiving the compensation, which the government is anxious to give. In th:s work the Red Cross and the Le gion have every assurance from the provernment that complete coopera tion will be given. Under the plan of campaign of the Squad, its members who are thorough ly familiar with the War Risk Insur- ! ance Act anj the Vocational Rehabi- j litation Act, will gel in personal touch : with every man v/ho has a claim or j thinks he may have a claim^ take up | his ■case as an individual, proposition, avoitJ lengthy time killing and nerve v/recking correspondence, and get ac tion. With that thought in view the Squad will visit centres in every state in the Southeast and before the cam paign is concluded every ^county in the section will be covered. It is be- Prof, Trowbridge Writes Of His Western Trip Tells About Year's Work—is Astonished At Re* markable Growth of Brevard Institute. S.'S; ‘ GME COMING DAY FORBAPnSTS By special request of the publish er I have been asked to kill some space by a letter telling something about my trip in the middle west. I left Brevard early in September^ 1920, and hurried on to Iowa City, Iowa where I was enrolled as s stu> dent in the graduate college. This particular State University stresses its graduate department by consider- Third Sunday In Octobey Is Date Set — Othe!r Interesting Matter. On last Wednesday night, at a business meeting of the Brevard nCKENSROAD NEARS COHPlfnON South Carolina Road Boosters In- terview Commisioners^ Who Are s To Build Connecting Link J. T. McKinney, Supervisor Pickens County, and Mr. E. D. Sloan State Baptist church, ^^^^as^ decked j Engineer in charge of ibads iA Pick ens County met with the Road Com- a ma^etic personality a clear and iogkal thinker and a thoroughly con. j have at an early date a “Home Com- s=crat*d Christian. He made a host Day” to which all the members of Transylvania County on of friends on the campus and in the | „( the church are invited and are ur-, Monday August 22nd. The community. I have always believed ’ ■ • jo that his influence was largely re sponsible for the success of a revi val which was held that year. Miss Alice was one of the two victims of a fearful typhiod fever epedemic South ged to attend. .Carolina officials have spent during The purpose of this kind a day twelve months approximately is to get the membership together in a service of fellowship, to have the roll called, and it is hoped that most of the members will be present to an. able inducements to students who aL which attacked the school before the ; gwer to their names in person, 'rhose li% n ^ — J 1 _ J a _ 1 I _ . _ monthly meeting of the Law and Or-'V bn''?!'’!; tllis oppor- der League but due to the inclemency | ^ of the weather the necessary number to constitute a quorum, which is ^ _ twenty was not present, therefore Y- no offical business was transacted. Those present included Rev. C. C. Smith; Rev. J. C. Seagle; Rev. J. R. Hay; 0. H. Orr; D. G. Ward; Mrs. H. C. Ranson; Miss Martha Boswell; E. W. Elythe; C. O. Robinson; J. A. Bishop; C. H. Trowbridge; .'xnj H. C. Ranson. Upoji inv’itation from the chairman tunity ri.rfit to the doors of the ve- orans, every man who is entitled to compensation v/ill get it and get it Tlie Squad furnishes the big oppor tunity for tl'.c veteran to have straig htened out all his difficulties of com- pon-^ation and vocational training and rfiedical treatment riglit at home. It is, as well the chance of many to find out if they have claims and to file them properly. To reduce trouble, delay and ex- Mr. Smith made a very pointed and “ rnimmum the Squad will interesting address upon law enforce- furnish each disabled veteran who mcnt, touching upon the alarming in- reports at headquarters with trans- crease in crime and disregard of the Fortation.back home and meals and law, that the cause of the increase in crime was due to the following reasons first, diinculty in securing conviction d'ae to the technicalities of oui' laws; second, failure of the pre lodging until his busiess is completed. While tlie Squad is here, it aIiii take up in addition to the affairs of local veterans, the aifaris of ex-ser vice men in Buncombe, Madson ,Hen- siding judge to impose punishment derson, Hayv/ooa^ Transylvania and commensurate with the crime and, Tilk Counties., ^ i third, abuse of the pardoning power . j ^— of the Governor. He complimented ! ANNUAL OLD TIME S£KGING AT Judge Shaw Y.^ho presided at our re-1 ETCWAH cent term of court for his fearless ; and just interpretation of the law and ~ the sentence imposed upon those , annual oid time smgmg was found guilty Etowan on the fifth Sunday ’ J , 0.1. 1 • «l^ly» it was attended by a large Eesol^utions were drafted -hankmg ^he meeting was , vyre Snaw a copy of which w.n be j ^ . ; V.0 ii.. i tiona! exercises were conducted by A rocent event which happened at | Stamey. J. M. Orr was elected « r oall game in a neighboring ^ chairman and Rev. P. P. Orr was e- to\v:i was tne cause of one of those jected organist. M. J. Orr was elect- present to voice his aisapproval of ^ chairman and secretary for Tran- base ball in Brevard. The Chairman | gyivania county. J. H. Moffitt was e- called upon H. C. Ranson, a base ball jgcted chairman and secretary for director for an address upon this sub- ; Henderson county. By an election it ject and Mr. Ranson responded in j -^-33 agreed that .the time here-after defence of our ball team, explaining Jqj. ^jjg -time singing at Etowah that the local management realizing | ^yill be on the first Sunday in Oc- the injurious effects of “betting” were doing all in their power to pro hibit the practise and that it has been reduced to a minimum here but that there was some private betting that was beyond the control of the President of the league, and for tcber. The old time singers sang until 11 o'clock. Rev. Stamey then preached a splendid short sermon. The congregation was then lead in prayer by Rev. P. P. Orr. Dinner was then served. , . , , _ ,, ,,, The congregation assembled at 10 which the officers could not possibly 4.1. 4?4. ^ - , ,, , ; o clock, for the afternoon session be held responsible. He also stressed ; yhe house was called to order by its importance as an asset j. m. Orr. The first lead- • especially as an advertising medium,! afternoon was J. L. Whitak- to the town and that the team deser-, meantime M. J. Orr dis- vod the endorsenient and support ^ the Law and Order League At the delivered by judge C. M. close of his remarks Mr HHay Mr, Seagle, Mr. Smith and others endor- iied Mr. Ranson’s stand. After appointing a finance com- ir.itee of Mrs. H. C. Ranson Chair man ; Mrs. A. B. Riley and J. A. Bish op the meeting adjourned with prayer by Mr. Seagle. S. B. Craig, attorney of Pickens, S. C., was a business visitor to Bre vard Monday. Pace was enjoyed by all. The sing ing was lead by good leaders from several counties namely; J. L. Whit- akeir; Fruitland, M. J. Orr Brevard, C. Gillespie; Brevard, B. Brown; Bre vard, Rev. B. Clark; Haywood, J. R. Moffitt, Canton. Everbody is cordial ly invited to attend the next old time singing which will > be held on the first Sunday in October, 1922. J. H. Moffitt, Sec. Henderson Co. M. J; Ori*,'^ Sec. Transylvania Co. ready have their bachelor’s degree. It clames to have one of the three largest graduate colleges among all the state universities. Those who are candidates for the higher degi’ees have many conveniences th^ younger students do not have, i-^ach depart ment assigns a study room for these advanced students where they .ire ex pected to discuss among ih'imselves the problems most interesting to them in their particular line of work. Each one has his own <!esk in the room located conveniently near the De partmental Library and the office of the Dean or head of that department. The University of Iowa is built a- round the building which was until 1847 the Territorial Capitol. This was a small but very attractive building built on a hill over-looking the Iowa river. The city seems to have been laid out with this building as a center. Iowa Avenue runs east and west, showing the Capitol Build ing in its center, and Capitol Avenue runs north and south from it. The other streets seem to have been ori ginally laid off pai’alell. v/ith these though a very fevv^ streets have been laid out in the e.'iges of the ^wn which do not run regularly. The town has a population of about twelve thousand and the student body is about forty-five hundred. The agricultral situation in Iowa is pitible. A great many young men bought farms early in 1920 in many cases giviixg their notes foi a large part of the purchase price. The sud den, enormous drop in the price of ail farm products left such men in an exceedingly unenviable position, and their depression necessarily ef fects all business. There are some factories in Iowa but it is largely an a'^ricuitural state. This summer has been an unusually hot one. There has been hardly enough raiia and still such'as they have had has usually come at such times that it .helped tlie crops the most and they ought to produce a great deal of food this year. On my way home sinc?^ the first of August I visited two men who will be rememfcored by many of our citi zens. Ir Chicago I spent a zsight in the home of Mr. 'and Mrs. Edwin Jones. Mrs. Jones was* Miss Emma Erannock of Guilford County and was graduated from Brevard Institute in 190S. Mr. Jones was* assistant principal liere that year. Mr. Jones is now a Certifi^ Public Accountant in Chicago ahl is ,doing a large business. He lives.in a very attractive home in Oak P^rk, which is one of the best residential suburbs of Chicago. He drove me about forty miles through the city, at least ninety-five per cent of this journey being over the wonderful boulevard- connected park" system of that "won derful city. His family and that of my brother Leonard, who occupied the Methodist pulpit in Brevard one day last fall, went with m.e one afternoon to at tend the Pageant of Progress On the great Municipal Pi er. This enor mous struqtuire projects probably one half mile out into the lake. It is chiefly roofed in and during the Pa geant of Progress was filled to over flowing with historical relics and modem products which indicate the spectacular development of Chicago. They claim three million people I think, and that city was founded about 1837. On niy way from Chicaga I took dinner in the home of Dr. and Mrs. S. N. Jones, the parents of Edwin, Will and Alice, all of whom have been connected with Brevard Insti tute. Will and Alice were students here in 1909^ and l>oth made a re markable impress upon the school and the community. Will was and is, $100000.00 in the construction of the road between Pickens and Rosman. It will take two years to complete the road from South Carolina to Rosman. The road on the South Carolina side will cpst Pickens County apprO'Xi- mately $300,000.00 What the South Carolina officals wanted to know was city water supply was adequately pro-1 who live away from Brevard, but tected. She was one of the younger j still keep their memberships in this girls, but seemed to measure up in , church, and who can not get here intelligence and in-all of the graces! at that time, will be asked to send wharTranlyWanla “cou^^^^^ of feminine character with the best; letters of greeting to the church to of the selected group of girls who j ^e read when their names shall be occupy the Institute dormitories. called. It is hoped^ too, to be able The very best part of my trip, j ^o locate some of those who have however^ was the end of it. During ‘ moved away and their addresses lost, the sweltering days and nighto of the The date decided on is the third early summer in the praiiics -f Iowa I Sunday in October, and Rev. Chas. my thoughts, of ccur.^e, were turning i Smith, the pastor and the other with eagerness t# the delisrhtiul cli- officers of the church, will arrange mate of the mtrantains and it was a a definite program which will be made great joy to get back into a-^ atmos- public in am.ple time. It is expected phere where work seems natural and enjoyable. The improvements in the town are very noticeable to one who has been away for a year. The new side-walks the new jail, the practic ally new court house, the new build ings, the strengthened civic activi ties and the robust appearance of nearly all of the citizens all make a home coming enjoyable. In my own position the develop ments of Brevard Institute in the year seem almost marvelous. I knew that Mr. Orr in his native ability, his education F.nu his experience as a teacher was thorougnly qualified to t^kc up the responsibilities of the school but I never had opportunity to observe his tact, his business a- bility and his progrcssiveness to any! such degree as I can see these quali- 1 ties as I return to ray worh. It would ■ that this will be one of the great days in the history of this church. On next Sunday evening,. Aug. S8, at 8:00 o’clock^ Rev. Chas. C. Smith, the pastpr, will preach on “Bible San ctif.cation,” this being the last in a series of four sennons on some of the fundamentals of the' Christian faith. Many have been puzzled to know what to think about sanctification in this day and many more have very hazy ideas about it, while still others have exceedingly erroneous ideas con cerning this doctrine which is truly taught in the Scriptures. A cordial invitation is extended the rnbiic to attend thi^ service, and also to do about connecting the North Carolina side which has length of 6 1> 2 miles as they did not want to spend $300.00.00 without assurances fro^i our County -.hat the link would L completed by our county. The Road Commisioners of our county assured the South Carolina Commisioners that they never had any other intention other than to build the connecting link as the peo ple of our County regard the Pickens county connection as one of the most important roads.' When this road is completed it will put Brevard 100 miles nearer Atlanta than at the pre sent time, which means that all upper South Carolina will use this road when complete4. There are hundreds of families in upper South Carolina wHo would have''>s5mmer homes on the many beautiful hill tops located between the Rosman and Pickens County line as well as Brevard. This, will mean thousands of dollara to our County, and too_ within a few hours , the farmers could carry their pro ducts to the South Carolina marlsets. It will mean greater development in ; :he morning service at 11:00 o’clofck. i t^^^k gardening and the opening of ‘ 1 thousands of acres of virgin timber ROSMAN ITEMS | _ . j Our citizens have hoped for years: Ranzj Glazener is still very Greenville connection would be made and we have done everything possible to get this connection and have spent over S40,000.00 on the ^the Glou- is be difficult for anyman to have a Mr: more delicate job than -vvas a33igned ! sick, to Mr. Orr. It is always dimcult to * Mr. Bob Glac^enar is on the sick take up another man's v»ork. for no list. two men ever work exactly the same i Miss Mabel Allen of S way but it is a double task to ■assume has accepted a position 1 another man s responsibilities and so cester Lumber Co. store, to operate them that they can be Johnnie Mull^s nov/ residence turned back t;o the same man within alraopt completed at a cost of $4, a year without a considerable jolt OOO. at both ends of it, but this difficult The Zion Baptist Sunday School thing Mr. Orr has done admirably, enrollment stands at 190. We hope ‘At the saine time there have been to reach the 200 mark soon, few years in the history of the In- i The county 1: ridge on the leadinsr stitute in v-hich the development h-o.s ' road to Pickens, S. C., at Rosman is been as marked. I knew that a very being floored. fine phonograph had been secured | Mrs. Tom Wilburn is lov; with and that an excellent moving picture fever. machine had been installed and that; Mrs. L. E. Galloway is spending there was some possibility of incrs?as. j a few wee*:s with her parents at Jae- ing the property holding, but it was | cassee S. C. an unexpected pleasure to find chat' Little Earnest Pangle has been the entire transaction of quadrup-! ccnaned to his bed for several days ling the area of -he ■P"rm had been ! from a sprained ankle. -itirely «nnpleted. The ^BHTOllment| Herry Kelly is very low with ty- of the ichooi was thoroughly up to ’ phoid fever, but there is hope for any previous year and the registra-! him. tion for nest year is at least as good i Luther ns ever before at this time. From all' that I have been able to discover, the year 1920 has been at least as good Stepp preached his road leading to Greenville. It is quite a different proposition with the Pickens County officials as they have already starter^^ to wcr.: on the road between Pickens and Rosman and \ have spent $100,000.00 in the con struction of the same. The road com missioner'j of Transylvania were f"vorably imriressp-d with Mr. Mc Kinney and Mr. Sloan’s proposition pnd w ‘ the South Caro lina officals within the next few weeks as tnsy ?.ra hi! anxious to work to- getner in every way possible. This road project is altogether dif ferent from the Greenville proposi tion which after five years promises: and Transylvania’s spending $40, 000.00 has failed to abide by their agreement. Pickens County has built her line and nov/ its up to Tran- I sylvania County to conriject up the, 6-1-2 mile link. fl that he had been called f-ir 18 yeai’S, b'at had been neglecting his duty un- ■IS any i„ the history of the Institv-| answered. tion and it sets a standard for the' j. , , , , 4?.,. u- T. -11 *4. ‘ The farm.ers report tnat the local future which -<vill require strenuous 1 , / . ., . - t showers are souring the corn and cfio?ts to maintain. ; , . „ v , : damaging it a gTeat deal. Don’t Representatives of the Woman s' DUNNS ROCK NEWS Missionary Council, which ov/ns and ' operates Brevard Institute, have , spent some time hero this stimmer. ’^heir plans have not T>een definateiy decided but at present they are ex pecting to send us plans of and specifications for the completion of the elegent house on Savannah Hill and to let contracts in accordance with those specifications as som possible. The ui^oc.r floors ot tfiis' building will then be used as a boy’s worry, the Lord knows best. Round Top school hr.s .'Started. Clanhie Orr and Fred Landrith' carried a crowd to straw ride Thurs day night and they vreot all the way to Rockbrook store. We are glad to see sc many people x>rother Tno**ias and Rev. Ed Sum- | our'country now. mey began a re^val meedng at' The people have beer, blessed with t.onnestee caurch last Tuesday plenty of greens this su:n night. Please don t fail to hear this bans, tomatoes and great preacher for he doesn’t preach bans, tomatoes Let us not forget to please people, but to please God had at the and for the Salvation of the lost. /church E. D. Randolph ! ^ roads* in Dunns Roc' Misses Irene McMinn and Dorothy ter than good roads. mer, such as rhickens. r good meet- -1 Carrs Hill ::.iproving oxw Nothing bet- Silversteen have returned to their I will write more for next time. LILLUO of the QALLIE NEEDED IMPROVEMENT I dormitory. A family wiil of^cupy the here from a visit to Mrs. L. B. I I first floor which v/ill be almcj ; pala- Greenville. | I tial in its design and construct!or;. ^ ■ 1 ■ 1 i ; It is probnble that an architect will be separate building to be used as a din- - —■, . -'^^mployed this fall to plan the loca- ing roo^, kitcher and laundry. It j The street superintendent undl^'; j tion ai:d construction of a building oems certain thr.t several thousand authority from ci^ fathers have somewhat similar to the Zachary dollars will be spent within the next laid the sidewalk on depot street, al' j house which will be used for other year on the f'ounds and buildings the way to passenger statiQn. Thi|^ J boys when there is demand for the already occupied by- the school. In- was a much needed improvenlent space. This architect will perhaps deed the entire prospect for Brevard adds very much to the. improverae^ plan two other buildings to be erec- Institue has been so modified and tha depot section. - , J ted at some later time on the old so enlarged that it will be a difficult * — campus. It seems probable now that task for the vision of the administra- l M. M. Chapman of Ander80ti*£| one of these buildings will be a large tion to adapt itself to the n^ respon- ' C. a former resident ot BretiS girl’s dormitory and one will be a sibilities. r ^ j spent th^Wfeek feiid in Breyard..^ •S §