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FRIDAY NOV. 2S 1921
THE BREVARD NEWS, BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA.
THE BREVARD NEWS.
Published •▼•ry Friday and eiktar«
•d at Fostoffice at Brevard, N. C.. at
Second Class Matter.
Editors:
W. E. BREESE, Owner
Wm. A. BAND, Publisher
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town if malicious agitating will do It is the opinion of the News that
it. Another reason is that the mer- the Brevard Merchants are cheaper
chants themselves do not buy their in price, considering ^ality, than
own personal wants at home. We anywhere else in Western North Caro
know of two instances where a cloth- lina ^nd we hereby challenge the
ing merchant bought food stuff out dollar worshippers to disprove it thru
of town and another where a grocery these columns.
merctent bought clothing and anoth- The holiday season is upon us, and
er instance where an agitation was naturally our thoughts turn to the
started by a grocery m€(rchant a- task and pleasure of Christmas shop-
iiainst the so-called high price of ping. What we buy for ourse.ves or
clothing, etc. This is the greatest others it is but natural that we want
reason that the money is leaving the best bargains ov^r money will buy.
Brevard. If the merchants them- Our merchants have spared no means
selves don’t “practice what they ex- to supply ^^our every need in the line 1
pect the editor to preach”, then how of merchandise, 'and on behalf of
can they expect the dear pepil to be those who have labored so untiringly
led to the slaughter. to meet the wants of their patrons
•Then there is a natural inclination ask you to pktronize your home
to go to the city to buy with the sup- merchants, shop early and spend your
position that everything is of better. where they will help those
quality; just as Paris gowns and hats live among you, are part of your
are nationally craved for. We know community life, to whom you owe it
of several instances where printing lend your support in a business
j has been sent out of town because Providing, of course, that you
i the home printery is supposed to be what you want. It is to be
e Ti- 1 n 1 »* «• R«>nBct! a country print shop, when it is , that the local merchants will
of Thanks, Resolutions of Respect ,, u j ♦ 4-’ aHvprf.isp fhpir wnroc ■fnr vmir r>nneir^
j. . _ really ten years ahead of time in
and for notices of entertainments
where admission is charged.
Address All Communication* To The
BrevaVd News;
Foreign Advcrti»ing Representative
THE AMERICAN PR^S ASSOCIATION
' equipment, etc.
Now to be perfectly frank this is
not intended to encourage advertis
ing in the News — We get columns
{of it, all we can handle; but it is not
! local, it is not home merchants all-
to-gether; the great majority of our
FRIDAY NOV. 25 1921
BUYING AT HOME
The Aim Is’ Frankness and Sincerity
The heading of this editorial has
appeared in many, many issues of the
“News” and great stress has been
brought to bear upon the readers of
these coiunins of the mutual benefits
derived from co-operation or buying
and dealing with one another.
A recent article in this paper on
the subject of “High Prices In Bre
vard” rewarded the writer (his own
words) with much abuse and criti
cism from those interested by his at-
;tack. The secretary of the Brevard
Club is a booster and the News be
lieves that he is working for the in
terests of this community; but to be
fair to Brevard, we must confess that
prices of other towns, and all nearby
tourist reir^orts, at the present time,
find Brevard show that we are migh
ty fortunate and that there is at
least thirty per cent, difference on all
advertise their wares for your consid
eration in these columns. WtLL
YOU BUY AT HOME THEN?
Miss Jessie King left this week for
Albany, Texas, where she will spend
the vvinter,
Mrs. Lyon, two children, her
advertising space is sold to foreign ; mother and father from Berkley, Va.
adv«rtisers or merchants. We have have leased and moved into the Joe
only a certain amount of space and Patton place; (the Verdery house)
would g;adly give preference to the
HOME FOLKS; but we can’t take it
all out in trade; we must have a little
cash. The merchant, now-adays,
who doesn’t figure his advertising bill
at least equal with his rent is certain
ly not going to get the business. We,
like all business men, sometimes get a
little weary when, after spending a
Brevard Banking Company
WE OFF—Every accomodation consistent with
sound banking.1 Our Board of Directors is copiposed
of business men of wide experience. We invite your
business whether large or small.
OFFICERS;
R. R. Deaver, President; Jos. S. Silversteen, Vice-Pres.
Thos. H. Shipman, Active Vice-President; R. B. Lyon,
Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
R. R. Deaver, W. S. Ashworth, C. C. Yongue, Jos. S.
Silversteen, Chas. E. Orr, R. W. Everett, Thos. H. Shipman
* 0 '
4 per cent paid on Time Deposits
Brevard Banking Company
and will make this their future
home. The Secretary of the Brevard
Club located them and perfected the
lease.
Hugh R. Walker has returned from
a business trip to Durham, Greens
boro and other points.
Mrs. Wm. A. Band and three child-
Vomn-'odities in favor of our home ! ^or our space by foreign
(compare Wint>ton-Salem with iho real./ apprec;ate tne '
^revard) j v.-onderful possibilities of advertising j
These are indisputable, tabulated j thv, Brevard Nows, but we are here j
facts and should convince the people j Exponent of Transylvania ,
of Transylvania lo stop and think o^^tj , and to ooost our merchants,
whether they are honestly patriotic citizemv, resource^, etc. Mr. i
ill not at least giving local merchants ^ f^rchant i^ you are not supportmg;
iirst chance. > your county paper, stop and think!.
We of course have no patience ^ surely don t want the merchant i
with the confirmed pessimist who is doe^ support it to pay pay your I
forever and eternally knocking, kick- ‘ what you aje do
ing and exagerating against his home i ^ never expect to grow',
town. We like to see constructive ' manufacturing industries.
criticism. There are a few who
preach that Transylvania has no fut
ure, that we have a ring of merchants
and that anything from a needle to a
bale of hay can be bought away from
etc., unless we co-operate and quit
knocking our present local, money
making, industries — The thing for
ail of u3 to do ig to throw off petty
jea ouscs and give credit where it
home cheaper. This is utterly false, to-gether for the real,
absolute nonsense, it can’t be done! up-building of “The Land o^
A few choap, shoddy, inferior articles
might be bought, sight unseen, from What needs to be done is to real-
the mail order houses apparently ^^^t the business men of our
cheaper than at home; but Avhen it county lac>. co-operation. . We are
comes to real quality, examine them drav/ing a^ --t and its every one for
close, avticles; you w'ill f.nd that himself and o thUnder with the com-
right here at home is the place to niunity. V. must get to-gether, not
.spend your money. (It may be too pricer, that won’t do!, but to
that the knocker is peeved at the what’s justly ours. We want
merchants because they w'on’t pup- good people of the county to real
port him for some political office.) home is the place to trade
A merchant in a town closeby says must show them, not by pro-
that he gets more business out of but by actions and deeds that
Transylvania than he gets out of his being fleeced and are help-
own county. And a local merchant up other towns and coun;
of many years experience in Brevard ner.Iecting their own when-
says that he has never known it to be elsewhere.
so — dull here at home. merchants of Brevard gave
Why is it that “business is bo dull” of Transylvania a glorious
only at home? It is not on account Armistice Day celebration — They
of prices because we are as reason- hard cash from twenty-five
able and far more so than the major- down, out of their own pock-
ity of places. It is because we have simply bee \use they are here to
too many, far too many, knockers the Transylvania people’s
and pessimistic loafers who are, or appreciate their business
-seor to be, determined to liiFi their
good deal of valuable time with many j ^ i
J 1 I- ' returned from a week’s visit
ar^ments jokes .„d salesmansh.p | ^ ^
tra.ts, are turned do^ by.local mer-,
chants v/ith polite but positive as-1
surance that they don’t care to turn !
loose a few dollars, even though |
they might make twice as much by j
the investment. Some would rather j
fuss over present condit’ons and talk I
about when “You and I Were Young |
Maggie”. Y^ou can tell from the |
ads NOT IN this paper what we are j
trying to say. The News believes in
helping those who try to help them
selves and will and does boost those
who boost their community.
We realize that ther^ is an honest
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Patterson’s Department Store
On the Corner
Hendersonville, N. C. * Opposite Two Banks
Warranty Deeds for sale at News office.
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