North Carolina Newspapers

DEVELOPING THE LARGER LIFE IN SOUTHERN MTNS. - ' - - - ? j 'the following paper was written by Ralph Woodfin, of Penrose, who is taking a special course in Agriculture at Berea College, Kentucky. Good roads and better roads will! do moire to develop the. larger life in the Southern Mountains than any other i>ne thing, I believe. Some people will say schools and others will say churches, but I want to show you that it is really good roads that develops the larger life in the South en. Mountains. With good roads cone schools; and churches, and without good nuui.s in. y cannot come. When we j have <ri/ >d roads we have better sc ht >>ls. consolidated high schools ' with Smith-Hughes teachers and people for instructors who have a i broad vision, of life, people who have ' : a" dreams and are striv ing to r.a.kc their dreams conic true. ! With ood roads come good chur ches with larger congregations. bet- 1 U'r preachers and Sunday Schools. ?Vop'.e it. n't get through mud many miles t?> church and Sunday School. Shore" u.'e without good _ roads the I ciiurch lift, is not what it should be. J For best results we should work! wi'h ye ang people who have a high er education. Of course old people mti.-i *e cared for. but the younger class rust be taught thrift and ec- , oaomy so as to make them able to j care fVr themselves when they are oid. Money spent on good roads should he considered a good invest in.-.; t: If wv can introduce a program wh'c'i wilL give the people a burning i desire for a good home with beauti- ! fi:l. -iii roundings, then we have! achieve I. -What can a person with- j out i. ?? Hon. of life. do for himself?! Will Iv be the builder of a beauti- ] fu! h'nne, a leader in community and rv.rul life? Can schools give si! people a desire like this? I do rot try t>> answer these questions,! but v, !:y don't some young men and j womVr. try to be students of rural J social problems instead of getting ?enic office job in the city? Is it' S ccuase of better pay or the lure of (.he city? What does a person of this type contribute to rural social living conditions? Can any place, city, town, or country progress with the cream of youth leaving it as they become of age? If all the highest class youth left the cities as they be come of age and no others came in to take their places, what would be [the condition of that city in twenty years? This very thing has been going on in the country for the past 150 years, and is the big. reason that rural life is not what it should be. Do we expect the second class people to develop high living standards?! If so, we shall be disappointed. fan a young man of today better ho living conditions and make the! omes of the mountain people more iesirable? I say he can. If I can sake it more pleasant for the farm ers of the mountains to farm; if I ?n show them how to grow better! rops with the same or less work, [ hen I will be happy. 1 would like ' o have written on my tombstone 'Here was a man who bettered the '.iving conditions of the mountain people." Good school teachers, ? preachers, j iunday school organizations, county isrenls and other people with respon- , sibilily can make the larger life I come true in future generation* by: helping them to see the advantage >f good roads. The County- Achievement Contest ?vhich was carried' on in the mounta 11 counties of Eastern Kentucky a r e w years ago by Bei'ea College is ! good example ?>f the way to de clop the larger life in the Southern Mountains. This contest put people o thinking, and when people think. , "here is sure to be some action. Those cbunties in the contest went forward in roads, schools, churches, and home improvements. Not all' of these counties won prizes in ' but they won even though they lost. They won better roads, . schools, churches, and homes with modem improvements; and what is more they won an appreciation which j '.hey had never before had for these ( things. Before this time many of i them thought home conveniences were not worth what they cost. The reason men kick and "cuss" when good road taxes are proposed s that they do not know thevalue of good roads. Many of the people n the mountains swear "by the elephant's ear" that what was good enough for their fathers is good enough for them. want a hard-surfaced load L> uu they are afraid it break the count., and state financially. Many people think, and I must admit they have a good reason in some cases, that good roads lower the moral standard. But, as a rule good roads improve the morals, for they give the people a better chance to work together in Church and School, also give them a chance to get what they have to sell to market, and thereby have more to spend for clothing and for an education. There is a certain class of people who must be taught that it is good to invest in some home convenience such as a gravity water line and bath room outfit, or a lighting plant; then the interest and pride will cen ter in the home, and not in making a show on the outside. Then child ren will stay at home, parents will be happy, and home life will be what it has never been before. When you go Into a home near a town on a good road, you usually find the house in perfect order. The furniture is well arranged and very clean. The children have high ideals and think higher thought. They have clean bodies and clothes at all times, they are living life on a higher plane than children who are dirty and wear duty clothes. They are more protected from dis ease and sickness, and therefore have stronger bodies. Children of (his type are willing to go into public club work and are proud of the chance to be under the direction! of county agents and home demon- 1 stration agents. I When young people want these I things, we will have them. In youth there is strength, so we must get the youth of the country to see how bad these things are needed, for when they see the light they will go to it. ?President Coolidge said in his ad dress to Congress, "The wealth of our country is- not public wealth, but private wealth." So the owners of this wealth must be stirred be fore we have public roads. SOLD BY THE BEST GROCERS WICHITA'S BEST FLOUR. Miss Catherine Porter of Chicago was married to C. H. Coulter, while standing at the bedside of her dy ing father. Laurens Trust Co. REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE FOR QUICK SALE HOUSE AND LOT AT DAVIDSON RIVER STATION WITH LARGE FILLING STATION, ONLY FOR A SHORT WHILE ATA VERY LOW PRICE. ALSO TWENTY ACRES ON EENDERSON VILLE HIGHWAY, FOR A FEW WEEKS AT A LOW PRICE. Laurens Main Street BREVARD, Trust Co. -> Tinsley Building North Carolina , " " Ij v> U hi JLU . i&uj lAST week Fifty-five real estate sales were recorded by Register of Deeds Owen for the week ending February 16. Miss Delia Gash to Odell Nichol son, 50 cent stamp. W. H. Parris to Samuel J. Dixon, $10 and other considerations. H. K. Johnson and others to L. P. Wilson, $1 stamp. Chas C. Mull to Jas. Ewbanks and others, $1.50 stamp. W. D. Singletary to D. G. Ward, $1.50 stamp. Miss Delia Gash to J. M. Allison an dothers, $1 stamp. Transylvania County to R. It. Fisher and B. J. Sitton, $2.50 stamp. Florene Owen and others to W. L. BreeSe, $5 stamp. A. M. Case to J. K. Mills, $2.50 stamp. Mary Hamlin and others to A. N. llinton, SI stamp. Castle Valley Land Company t< Annie V. Crews, $1 stamp. Sallie Whitmire to F rank H. Rains, 50 cent stamp. Miss Bertie Ballard to Jas. C. Cowan, $1.50 stamp. Miss Reubenia Nicholson to Jas. ' G. Cowan, $1.50 stamp. Miss Alma Trowbridge to Miss Reubenia Nicholson, $1 stamp. A. B. Galloway to Miss Bc-rtio I Ballard, $1 stamp. T. E. Blythe to P. E. McGuire, ? 50 cent stamp. Frank Wilson to Minta McGuirc, 50 cent stamp. W. S. Price to Margaret Breese, $ 1 stamp. R. S. McCall to Ralph Fisher.' $1.50 stamp. R. R. Fisher to J. T. Moore and others, $3 stamp. R. R. Fisher to T. C. By num and others, $1 stamp. Castle Valley Land Co. to Epsic Headen, 50 cent stamp. Castle Valley Land Co. to Manda lin Kaupp, 50 cent stamp. Castle Valley Land Co. to Annie Eliza Wymer, 50 cent stamp. F. Y. McCracken to Mrs. J. W. Pace, $20 stamp. H. A. Orr to Lewis Moore, $5 stamp. H. W. Plummer to T. W. Whit mire, $9 stamp. V. P. Joiner to H. H. Patton, ?1 stamp. Frank Jenkins to Earie Thompson $1 stamp. D. T. Gillespie to J. L. Wright, 50 cent' stamp. Ralph Fisher to E. R. Pendleton, $1.50 stamp. John B. Summey to Mrs. If. W. Hart, 50 cent stamp. L. D. Martin to D. L. Brock, 50 cent stamp. D. T. Gillespie to Eugene R. Pen dleton, 50 cent stamp. K. F. Fitchette to Hana R. Krist ianson, 50 cent stamp. K. F. Fitchette to Hana R. Krist ianson, 50 cent stamp. K. K. Fitchette to Mrs. Beulah 11. White, 50 cent stamp. Castle Valley Land Co. to A. K. Douglas, 50 cen tstamp. Castle Valley Land Co. to Kos: B. Hewitt, 50 cent stamp. Castle Valley Ls>nd Co. to (i. .\ Beck. 50 cent stamp. Rebecca Begley to Castle Vuli<< Land Co. 50 cent stamp. Castle Valley Land Co. to -lului* Lipkins, St stamp. Cns'le Valley Land Co. to A. T. Bailey, 50 cent stamp. Castle Valley Land Co. t<> Tillle Maurer, 50 cent stamp. Castle Valley Land Co. to J. A. Oneal, 50 cent stamp. ('.tile V'r.lley Land Co. to .Mi: Janle Walker, 50 cent stamp. Mrs. Sallie J. Glazener to ('. F. j Poole, $:S.."0 stamp. J. E. Brown to C. P. White. SI 12' i stamp. T. 1'. Galloway to R. M . Powell, $1 stamp. " ! R. M. Powell to Ilenry K. Raines, $1 stamp. E. A. Heath to Albert Taylor, 50 cent stamp. P. N. Briggs to W. McK. Fet/.er, $24.50 sUmp. D. L. English to A. P.. Owen, $2.50 stamp. C. F. Poole to Brevard Realty ?'??>. ; ?12 stamp. INSTITUTE PLAY PROVES SUCCESS, The three-act comedy, "Daddy," which was presented by the Lanier '? and Adelphian literary societies of Brevard Institute, Friday evening ] proved highly successful. 1 The cast consisted of four boys and four girls, each one of whom : portrayed well his or her respective ] character, displaying both theatrical ability and good training on the part of the various participants in the play. Interspersed between the acts were amusing vocal numbers by a male quartet, readings and piano selections, all of which added to the gaiety and ejoyment of the occasion. FIT FOR BAKING WICHITA'S BEST FLOUR. NOTICE Pursuant to the power of .sale contained in a certain Deer! in Trust from J ,\V .Waldrop and T. II. Wal drop to the undersigned, B. B. White as Trustee, said Deed in Trust dated the 4th. day of February 1925 and registered in the office of the Regis ter of Deeds of Transylvania Coun ty, North Carolina, in Hook 11 page 385, said Deed in Trust b"infr J given to secure the payment of a t certain note 'therein described in the sum of $700.00. and default hav ing been made in the payment of said note, an dall due notices hav ing been given as required by law. I will sell at Public Auction, at the Court House door in the town of lirevard, County of Transylvania, anil State of North Carolina, on tin* 20th. day of March 192'!. al 12:00 o'clock M. FOR CASH, tile follow ing described properly. !; v.-I: : BEGINNING on a bl.uk oak stump on the South side of the road near the .yap of the ridge at the top of the ridge and runs South 55 degrees West 23 poles to a stone formerly a black oak; then East 14 1-2 poles to a s:nall red oak; then North 2 1-2 degrees East 18 1-2. poles to a spanish oak; then North :!8 1-2 degrees West 39 1-2 poles crossing the road to a white oak on the bank of the branch; then up and with the banch South 46 degrees West 6 poles to a maple on the West bank of the branch; then South 37 degrees West 3 poles to small d ok wood; then West 300 feet to a black oak in the bend of a hollow in the old outside line; then South 1 1-2 degrees West 12 1-2 poles to a stake; then South 78 degrees East 10 1-2 poles to a spanish oak, an old corner; then South 48 1-2 degrees East 23 poles to the Beginning, containing 5 3-4 acres more or less. This the 17th day of February, 1926. 2-18-25; 3-4-1 IB B. B. WHITE, Trustee. AUCTION SALE Tuesday, Feb. 23 1 O'clock P. M. Bnvard Business Property 155 ft. Frontage on Caldwell St. Also 217 ft. Frontage on Cascade Ave. 134 ft. Frontage on Broad St. One and a half blocks from Court House. This valuable business property to be subdivided into medium size business sites and sold at AUCTION TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23rd. These Properties are among the most active and valuable purchases in Brevard. EASY TERMS BAND CONCERT CASH PRIZES C. P. Wilkins Land Auction Co. Auctioneers "FOR OWNERS"