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VOLUME XXVlI
BREVARD, N. C.. FRIDAY MARCH 3, 1922'
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SfflPMAN BOOSTER
FOR ntOSPERTTY
Fr«a Employmant Bureau* Operated
By Mr. Shipman Are Giving
Entire - Satiyfaction
REVENUE OmCER
HASACCffiENT
Suffers Painful Injury While Bring
ing In Prisoners and Is Saved. j
By Them. |
(Winston-Salem Journal)
We have good prosperH;y when
Averybody has a good joy and nobody
is hungry or hunting for work. Any
. person, official or agency that is help-
^ ing to bring about that condition is
therefore a real booster for prosper-
4ty.
Hon. M. L. Shipman of Raleigh is
such a booster, he is not only hold
ing down his job as Commissioner of
Labor and Printing for the State bi^
he is directing all the free employ
ment bureaus being operated in
North Carolina under appropriations
from both the Federal and State Go
vernments. Fot the last several
months, during the most trying pe
riod of acute htasiness ^pression,
Mr. Shipman has devoted a larprc purt
of his time to this business of bring
ing the jobless man and the manless
job together. And he "has succeeded
beyond the dreams of Ills most ardent
supporters, no few of whom doubt
ed that anybody could make a success
of these employment 'offices in North
Carolina.
Similair offices are being operated
in other States of fhe Union, all un
der one general head at Washington.
North Carolina, under the leadership
of Mr. Shipman« is leading the sou
thern states. As a result labor con
ditions ure Tiot now and have not
been at -any time "as serious in this
state as m many 'other sections of
the country.
The opening of these offices in all
the ijrincipal cities 'xif the state for
fhe purpose of leirBing a helping hand
to men and women looking for work,
has 'becm of untold benefit. In our
judgement nothing has done e,
than this free employment ser^''^- to
help our people through the serious
period *of depres^n from whicli
are now emer^ng.
This service lias proved its value
to society. We "believe it has come
to stay. It i* "a great convenience
both to those who are hunting johs
and ailso to those who employ labor.
Bo'th classes are taking advantages
of tlie service in Winston-Salem.j
And tire longer the office stavs open I
the wider its "usefulness becomes*
The free employment office in Win
ston-Salem is a distinct community
asset.
G. H. GTLLAN BUYS DEPOT
BARBER SHOP
The many friends of G. H. Gil
lian win l>e pleased to learn that he
has purchased the depot barber shop
next to Kilpatriclfs grocery store.
Doc’s friends will find him there
ready t® ^leld the magic wand of
transforming a fellow from a ba
boon into a human form.
JOHNSON—FCSTNTAINE
The marriage took place last Sat
urday, Feb. 25, 1922, Miss Florad
Johnson to Mr. Stephen Fontaine,
both of this city.
They were united in the Holy Bonds
of Matrimony by the Hev. Edward
Bomar, Pastor First Baptist Church
of Hendersonville. The couple were
married at the parsonage.
PROGRAM OF CONCERT
MR. AND MRS. STEVE FCJNTAINE
SERENADED
Mr. Stevb Foritaiae, who
•^vcra married Saturday, were sere
naded on "'■ton ’ay ni^t by aTiumber
Tjf their friends. After fhe serenade
they were invited in Where they spent
*a sliort ^ime with *£he bfiBe and
'groom.
•SUMMER TOURIST FARES TO
“BE CUT BY SOUTHERN
Washin^on, D. C.—General Pas-
"senger Agent H. F. Cary, of the
Southern, vnll put in round-trip tour
ist rates to mountain and ^reashore
resorts for the coming summer sea-
ift 80 per cent of the doiibTe on*e-way
fares, which is a very sul>staritial re
duction under the touri^ fares in ef-
fcRit last aammer. For example,
where the one-way fare is ^ID.W, the
round-trip rate this summer will be
$16.00. Last year the Tomafl-trip
Ta(Ve would have been plus
^1.44 war tax, making a total of
$1^.44. These rates will apply from
an stations to all mountain and sea
shore resorts reached by the South
ern and are expected to ha*ve a ^eat
effect in stimulating tourist travel.
BEE HIVE BARBER SHOP MOTES
Tha Bee Hive Barber Shop has
been moved from underneath Plum
mer A Trantham'*s iStore to the Kins
Building, formerly occupied by S. F.
Allison’s Meat Marltet. The Barber
shop is beaijjifully and artistically fur
nished and freshly painted on the ex
terior. Messrs King, Huggins and
Simpson urge their friends ayd pa
trons to make them a eafl.
Program for concert to be given
in aid of addition to Sunday school
rooms of Methodist church*.
1. Chorus, by high school; 2.
minuet (in colonial costun\e) by
school children; 3. Violin solo, Miss
Nell Melton; 4. 'duet, Misses Melton;
5. Institute orchestra; 6. Readng,
Miss Mildred Trantham; 7. duet for
two pianos, by Miss Pike and Ella
Zachary; 8. vocal solo. Miss Vera
Melton; 9. reading, Adelaide Silver-
steen; 10. quartette, in colonial cos
tume; 11. piano solos, Alvin Moore,
“Serevade Roccoco,” H e 1 m u n d,
^‘Heliatrope,” Schultze—Oneil; 12.
violin solo, Nell Melton; 13. read-
fytngs, Miss Gertrude Falls; 14. Insti-
tute orchestra; <^15. Good*
chorus by high scchool.
Night,
The Brevard High School Junior
Basket Ball team scored a very decis
ive victory over the Davidson River
cchool team, last Tuesday afternoon.
CALVERT NEWS
Mrs. Spencer Wilbom and children
of Nashville, Tenn., are visiting Mrs.
T. P. Galloway.
Mrs. Ethel Neal visited her cou
sin, Mrs. T. P. Galloway last week.
Wilfred Galloway is working in the
mountains for the Gloucester Lum
ber Company.
Miss Ella Zachary spent the week
end at Lake Tdxaway.
T. P. Galloway lost a fine steer
last week.
Mrs. Sallie Jordan visited friends
at Rosman'Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Leander Gillespie
Were Rosman visitors Saturday.
Mrs. Perry Hogrsed of Rosman vi
sited Mrs. R. L. Hogsed Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Hawkins visit
ed Mrs. T. W. PowelLlast Wednes
day.
TULIP
OURRAIBGH
Owing to a debt bf gratitude to
two men he had arrested and was:
taking to jail whose actions possibly
saved his life. United States Deputy
Marshall W. F. Swann returned yes
terday from a trip through adjoin
ing counties.
The two men were Wilter Curren
and Will Hollinsworth, wanted on a
charge of tre^ass on the lands of
the Pisgah government reservation.
The marshall with his two prison
ers was coming in from the 'moun
tains over the track of a lumber com
pany’s railway, riding a gasoline
speeder, when the machine over
turned about eight miles northeast
of Pisgah Forest station and Marshall
Swann was pinned beneath the car.
His erstwhile prisoners . 'were
thrown clear and received no hurt.
They went to the rescue, and extri
cated theit former captor. The lat-
ters left leg was so painfully injur
ed he was unable to walk, and he
was carried to the nearest road,
where a passing auto was pressed
intp service.
The .marshall rode into Brevard,
the nearest town, a eapto-captivc,
with a ‘‘prisoner” on each side, who
took him from the c«r and carried
him into a drug store. They tham re
ported to the authorities and made
liond.
The marshall's injuries are not
serious, and he will be “on the trail”
again within a few days, it was
Stated after expert cxaniimtfion.—
Asheville ^Citizen.
nSUHNAnONAl
FOREST TRAOj
State Treasurer Lacy Declines TojOr. Hunt Communicates With Mr,
Give Up Work Although Verne Rhodes and Secures
Near Death’s Door Splendid R«»ulU.
Does Your Money Help
Your Community?
You who demand better streets, better
sidewsdks, better pplice and>*firev protec
tion—are you doing your .towards
su(;h improvenient? ,Not if you send
money out*of 'to¥m—money that would
have just as much buying power
at home.
Every nickd you send away makes
'your community so much poorer,for
the people who receive it do not re*
invest it here. That money goes for
the development of another com
munity or dty. ,
Patronize our home
merchants whenever
possible and you will
'do one of your fore-
nSHnmi most duties to your
community.
NEOSHA PLAN OF ADVERTISING
IS GWEN BKETVARD
Organintwa Meotiac Enthuiastie
SvsioDn of ‘CSHaena
B. G. Laiper*
(Stair Con*espondent The Citiaeri.)
Brevard, N. C., Feb.’2T.—^The A4-
vertising ■club of Brevard was organ
ized here lonight imder the Neosha
plan of community advertising, af an
enthusiastk; meeting -of citizens, over
thirty bemg present and talung part
in the program. Officers were elected
by a unanimotis'v«ttie-as fdllows: R.
H. Zachary, president; John W. Smith
vice-president; and A. E. Hampton,
secretary and trcasnrer.
This is the second club to be organ
ized in North Carolina, the first hav
ing been organized at Hendersonville
several we«ks ago, liut is the first to
be organized personally by Gumey
Lowe, foxnrSer t)f fhe Neosha plan.
Committee chairmen were named
as follows: Auction, C. C. Yongue;
mailing lirt, S. M. TSiacFie and rural
service, T. H. Shipnran. N Buckner,
secretary of I3ie Aslieville Chamber of
Commerce introduced'Mr. Lowe and
spoke a good word for community ad
vertising. He was 'ei^nded a vote
of thanks for Tiis part in bringing the
plan to the attention 'of "Brevard citi
zens.
The new plan will be put in opera
tion an April S, wTien farmers will
gather from an sections in the vicinity
of Brevard and will autftion farm im
plements, livestock and farm products.
The merchants will Tiave “Golden
Rule” sales, eadi merdisnt advertis-
in the same manner and -giving bar
gains of their*respective Stocks.
WM. DUCKWORTH FOR THE LE
GISLATURE
THE BETTERMENT SOCIETY
The Betterment Society met on
Monday with a good attexudance.
Knch interest was manifested in the
various items of business. The com
mittee on the Nurse’s Loan Closet
reported having bought the dteets
and pillowcases which arc now to be
made. The b^k committee reported
almost three hundred dollars in sight
towards the school library, besides a
gift of thirty volumes; and a request
was made for donations of books re
commended for . accredited school
libraries. The Ljrceum committee re
ported that the next number would
present a magician with wondeHul
stunts. Jhe school lunch committee
turned over the proceeds of the mov
ing picture night kindly given by Mr.
Glenn. A clean-up committee was
appointed, as well as another to urge
the Brevard Club to take steps to
ward securing better electric light
service during the tourist season.
Miss Lucile Clarke thanked the Bet
terment for the generous kitchen
shower for her class in Cottontown,
and was promised several other nec- i
essary articles. Chairs are still
needed there. 1
Wm. Daickworth is announced for
the Le^lature and this wiB not
come as any surprise io the D^o*
cratic voters of Transylvania eoimty.
Mr. Duckworth’s Qualifications for
this office need not be dwelt upon :i
colm-«-i^ because, in all ottr
county, a 'finer Christian gcaitleman
could not be found. He hM always
been a tn>nscientioua, and ardent
worker for the Democratic focrty and
he is undoubtedly one of our fore
most cilxzen in ,the great love and
ambition for the future growth anc
prosperity of the citizens of hif
County. He is known %y young
and old in every comer of the coun
ty and iSs great host of -admirerers
predict that when elected to the Le
gislature thiat he will do something
for his Tieighbors. They realize that
he will work for the interest of his
constitQcnts and not for his own per
sonal prejudices and ambitions. He
is the man for the Democrate to no
minate.
THE CATALOGUES OF SUMMER
CAMPS
The News has received the follow
ing Catalogues: Camp Keystone for
Girls, this is the seventh season ua-
der the direction of Mrs. F. 0. Mc-
Cuen and Miss Fannie Holt. ,Thc
camp’s season opens July 6th and
closes August 30th, 1922. The print
ing of this catalogue is good and the
halftones perfect.
Camp Illahee for girls between the
ages of nine and eighteen has a beau
tiful catalogue, well printed, the en
graving lovely, and the halftones, the
workmanship, style and color of pa
per, etc., is of a very .high order
The Illahee season is from June 28th
to August 19th, - ,
Camp Sapphire for boys, one of the
largest summer camps in Western
North Carolina has an unusually at
tractive catalogue this season. The
work is of a high order and has some
wonderful scenes of Camp Life and
the scenic grandeur of "The Land of
Waterfalls.”
Camp Transylvania, for boys is a
wonderful creation of the printing
art apd after gazing upon the beauti
ful scenes, etc., any one can under
stand the delightful vacation the boys
can spend in “The Land Water
falls.”
The News expects to give a full ac
count of all the summer camps .*ind
will appreciate a catalogue from a.l
who have overlooked us.
U. d. c. to meet
U. D. C. will meet Saturday at 4
P. M. Please bring annual dues as
treasurer is very anxious to get her
book closed.
SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BRE-
VARD NEWS.
Fialtlgh, N . Teb. 27, 1923.—
Raleigh has been anxious the past
we^k for an' encouraging word from
the bedside of State Treasurer 6. P.
Lacy who became seriously ill en-
route to New York several days ago
for the purpose of signing and deliv
ering a large issue of North Carolina
bonds to recent purchasers in that
city. Joseph G. Bro\ra, President of
the Citizens National Bank of this
city, accompanied by Mr. Lacy ©n the
mission was with him in the Pullman
when the attack ^ame and stuck by
the sick friend until improvement
was shown in his condition. From
the train the striken official wa^^saken
to the Pennsylvania Hotel, N|w York
A-hcrc he lingered for hours between
'■fe and death. At this writing a
slight improvement in his condition
is reported. Mrs. Lacy has been with
him for more than a week.
Although sick nigh unto death,
Treasurer Lacy insisted upon fulfill
ing the mission, which had taken him
from home when he should have re
mained in bed, and was permitted to
ii'rn a large batch of the bonds in the
~5ck chamber. This official act was
oerformed at the risk of his life, but
ho was determined to keep his en
gagement with the New York bankers
^ho had previously named a final
jats for the delivery of the North
'"aro'.ina bonds and bull-dog tena
city enabled him to “keep the faith.”
Mr. Brown, in the meantime, suc-
coederf in arranging for a later date
cor tha signature and delivery of
he bonds the State Treasurer had
been xinable to sign and the brave
official collapsed on receiving infor-
mat%n that further exertion on his
-art was not necessary. A receni
amendment to the -State Bonding Act
■jermits the signature of some other
member of the Council of State and
Auditor Baxter Durham may per
form that service, if present plans
are develo]>ed.
Deductions worked out by .the
State Tax Commission indicate a ma
terial reduction in the property va
lues for 1921. The total assessed
value of taxable property in the
State for the past year is placed at
$2,575,230,000, or $583,250,072 less
than that of 1920, the “valuation
year.” Probably forty counties re
duced values and many of these have
since found themselves ‘twixt the
■'^vil and the deep blue sea” in try
ing' to provide funds for county ex
penses. The State Tax Commission
gave local authorities sufficient rope
to hang themselves and not a few
of them availed themselves of the op*
portunity to get back to “normalcy.”
■■^he estimate of the Tax Commissio
does not include assessments of cit^
property for municipal purposes.
The Baptist churches of Raleigh
have been making ready for the bij
Truett evangelistic campaign sche
duled to open at the Tabemaclc
church on Wednesday evening;
March 1st. Sixty cottage prayer
meetings have been held in various
sections of the city and personal
workers selected by the various
churches will undertake to interest
the unconcerned in attending th--
meetings, which following the fir=
three services, will be held in the cit’
auditorium. Monday night, March
6th., is to be “students night,” when
students of the various schools in
the city. Wake Forest College, Buie’s
Creek and other places will have spe
cial seats reserved for them.
“North Carolina Day,” is schedul
ed for Tuesday, March 7th. A re
cord crowd is expected here on tha^
day. Many have written already for
reservations at the hotels, boarding-
houses and in private homes. Special
invitations have been sent to pastors
of churches throughout centra] and
eastern Ca/olina and scores of then
have indicated their purpose to at
tend. Raleigh will welcome the dis
tinguished divine with open arms.
REV. HAY DECIDES TO STAY
We are informed that Mr. and Mrs.
John R. Hay, after careful cOnsidera-
of his call from Lowryville have de
cided to decline it and stay ^ Bre
vard. Thiii Qew8, we feel pure, will
be welt<^ed by many in'^ Transyl
vania. . ,
^ - a rosu't of 9|ters writtenJ;o Mr.
Verne Rhodas, Forest Supervisor, by
Mr. Thomas Shipman and Dr. Hunt,
the following letter was received from
Mr. Rhodes:
Feb. 24, 1922.
Dr. C. W. Hunt,
Brevard, N. C.
My dear Dr. Hunt:
Replying to your letter of Febru
ary 21.
I believe that neither of us have
fully understood the other in our pre
vious correspondence. I gather from
your letter of the 21st that your idea
is to have a trail to Pilot by'way of
Get Gap and then up Laurel Fork. I
had it in mind before that you wished
to follow the old trail which gocf
Pilot directly up the ridge from the
Glouster Gap.
I did not know that the bridges on
the road up King’s Creek were in such
rickety shape. Certainly we shall do
‘our level best to keep such roads and
trails as we have open and fit to tra
vel, even if we do not obtain funds
enough to construct new trails. I am
turning your letter over to Ranger
O’Kelly^on Davidson River with in
structions to see what can be done be
fore the tourist season begins.
In so far as Upper Davidson River
is concerned it is true that the Carr
Lumber Company’s logging opera
tions will not affect our road and trail
work greatly. The same is true with
respect to Looking Glass Rock, tho a
trail Up there on a good grade woi^,
I am afraid, be rather costly. O’Kelley
and I looked out the approaches to
the top of Looking Glass a couple bf
years i^o with the idea of locating a
'trail with new alignment^and «rade.
The next .time I am on Davidson
River or in Brevard I shall make it a
point to see you and we can ta l:
better advantage.
Very truly yours,
VERNE RHODES.
Mr. Rhodes kindly interest and val
ued aid in giving our people and our
many tourists a better opportunity to
ride through The National Forest will
be highly appreciated by the people of
Brevard and Transylvania County.
We hope to have the trails inspect
ed'and opened where ever it is need
ed. One running from Brevard up
the ridge by George Mackey’s to Lit
tle Hickory Nut Mountain and thence
to the top of Cedar Rock.
A trail leaving the above trail at
the proper place and running to the
top of Mount Cagle.
The bridges inspected and made
safe up King’s Creek to Wild Cat Gap
with railings on sides as may be re
quired for safety.
The trail inspected and made good,
leading from Wild Gat Gap up the
Davidson River Valley through by
Gloucester to the Pilot Mountain and
Balsam Grove.
Trails to Looking Glass Falls and to
the top of Looking Glass Mountain.
Where the trail becomes too steep
for horses after using all possible'
curves and grades, the balance of
trails to the tops of the mountains
mentioned to be opened for walking
to top, after dismounting.
All pole bridges over ravines, gor
ges and branches inspected and made
safe.
Brevard is noted for sign boards
pointing the way for its horseback
riding parties and the horseback
trails through our Great National
Forest will add charm and inducement-
to all who wish to enjoy the exilerat-
ing and healthful sport of horseman
ship.
COS PAXTON T1 bws HAT IN
Rir::i ;
Cos Paxton has come out and has
thrown his hat in the ring for sheriff
and tax collector. His many friends
claim that he can *draw more rjepub-
lican votes to the democratic ^Ids.
than any other man in the '€oonty.<
His record is clean. He is a teetotaler
and a strong conscientious man who
says what he thinks in a straight for
ward manner straight the
shoulder regardless of whd
may fly. He was the last ^Mnocial
sheriff and has held nearly a^ the vv
county offices to the credit of himself .
and Transylvania county.* Cos has /
a great many friends who will
for his nominatioii.