Brevard will be as
as large
As Her Industries
Don't forget our
Farmer Friends
|They are Important
VOL. XXXI
BREVARD, NORTH CA ROLINA, MAY 20, 1926
No. 19
FARM NEWS
By L. A. AMMON
The Farm Demonstrator, the
County Agent, Cow Doctor, etc.,
?will take a weeks vacation next
week. A house has to be. finished
and moving: done. And too, at this
particular time work should be let
ting up some.
Chic?en and Egg Market
Mr. James K. McClure, of the
Farmers Federation stores, writes
we that he will have his man call '?
next Friday to work on a local buy
ing station here. The idea is to get
some local merchant to do the buy
ing on a commission.
Soy Bean Order Delayed
The order for soy beans was held
two weeks, and then not confirmed.
The wires were used to see if we ,
could get the beans at the old level
as told when making up the order.
They want twenty cents per bushel
more, which would make about $2.18
laid down and handed out here.
Cabbage
Have been rather discouraging the
large acreage Of early cabbage. W e
have more than usual, but none too:
much for this year. News from ?
over the mountain would indicate
that the markets over there will be
buyers this year again. The
drought over t hero is doing much
damage, and they will not have cab
bage to sell us.
The bean beetle appeared a year
ago this week. So far I have jiot
heard of one putting in his appear
ance. If they do, go after the
early ones and since there are so
few, we can give them a death
blow.
Three months from the first
thunder frost came. Even ice on j
the mountains. The fog saved our ^
crops one night, and the wind an- ,
other. Looks like luck is with us ;
this year. Just how so many apples
escaped is 'another mystery. The
direction of the showers last week ?
would indicate not such a dry sum- i
mer as last.
Fifteen cows were on the sick
list last week, but not. one that had i
had plenty of lime None on well
limed farms. Has your cow had her j
lime to-day?
Try buttermilk and lime water on !
the dog that has running fits, and
let me know how you come out
please. Make lime water by put
ting lime in water and let settle
til clear, then use a half teaspoon
per day of the water in the milk,,
or scatter lime or ashes where you|
feed the dog and give buttermilk. '
Interest in farming is picking up. ,
and before long we hope to be back |
to near normal.
APPLICATIONS IN ORDER FOR
LOCAL POSTOFFICE CLERK j
Announcement is made from the!
U. S. Civil Service department that j
examinations will be given in an j
open competition, for the position of j
postoffiee clerk at the Brevard of- !
fice.
All persons wishing to take this
examination should secure blanks
and file their applications with the
local postoffiee officials before the
hour of closing business, June 9.
1926. Receipt of applications will
close on this date.
.
The date of assembling of com
petitors will be stated in the admis
sion cards mailed applicants after
the close of receipt of applications.
LOCAL POSTOFFICE FORCE
EXPERIENCES BUSY WEEK
No doubt the busiest place in I
town the past week has been the
Brevard post office, due to the dif
ficulties and extra labor involved in
getting moved into new quarters,
and at the same time keeping pace
with the regular routine duties.
Even though compelled to work
overtime in order to become estab
lished in the new quarters without
interferring with the daily business,
and to answer innumerable ques
tions from the hundreds of patrons
as to the location and method of
opening the new mail boxes, togeth- j
er with many annoyances and inter
ferences jnciJent to the process of
moving, still the entire staff or
workers were at all times courteous,
kind, considerate and patient to
ward every patron. To a casual ob
server, one could little imagine the
difficulties to be encountered "be
hind the scenes. '
ROSMAN SCHOOL
CLOSES MAY 21-25
APPROPRIATE EXERCISES WILL
BE HELD
Commencement exercises f-.r Hos
man Public School, which is closilig
its 1925-2i) term May 25, will begin
Friday evening with the high school
play. "Uncle Fred" is a comedy in
three acts which includes colored
characters, crooks, ministers, flap
pers, and chaperones. The stage
setting is to be furnished by Smith's
Furniture company.
Saturday evening at the auditor
ium, the seventh grade exercises
will be held. An interesting pro
gram has been prepared, including
a *hort address by Supt. T. C. Hen
derson ; also the awarding of the
history medal, and the seventh grade
certificates.
Sunday morning at 11:15 o'clock
Kev. W. H. Hartsell, pastor of Bre
vard Baptist church, will deliver
the baccalaureate sermon.
Monday evening at eight o'clock
the music recital will be given by
the music students.
Tuesday evening at the auditor
ium, the formal commencement ex
ercises will be held, when the di
plomas will be presented to the
seniors. The program for these ex
ercises, which will begin at eight
o'clock, follows:
March
Invocation Rev. Nicholson
Salutatory Nelis Moore j
History Elsie Morgan
Love Sends a Little Gift of
Roses Cooke
Myrtle Whitmire
l.ast Will and Testament
Alza Hogsed
Prophecy Myrtle Whitmire J
Poem Nelis Moore
Class Gifts Lucy Fullbright (
Love's Paradise .......... Meures j
Alza Hogsed
Valedictory Lucy Fullbright I
Graduating Address
Dr. H. T. Hunter ]
Presentation of Diplomas
Class Song By Class
Benediction Rev. Richardson |
REPUBLICANS WILL
MEET SATURDAY, 22 j
r
COUNTY TICKET WILL BE OF
FICIALLY CHOSEN
The Republicans of Transylvania
county will gather at the court house
Saturday, May 22 at 1:00 p.m., for
the purpose of nominatiing a candi
date for representative, and other
county officers for the November
election, electing a county chairman
to serve for the next two years and
to transact other business coming
before the convention.
Delegates from the various pre
cincts, elected before Saturday, will
be in attendance, together with
other Republicans, the meeting be
ing open to all Republicans
This convention will take the
place, of a general primary, the can
didates chosen at this time being
the official representatives of the
party.
No candidates on the Republican
ticket have as yet announced them
selves for nomination
Roland Owen, present county
chairman, will be in charge of the
meeting.
TWO MEN AND FORD CAR
NABBED TUESDAY NIGHT
Rural Policeman Sims nabbed two
men in a Ford roadster Tuesday
night with a gallon of liquor near
Blantyre. The men made bond and
the car was confiscated.
Late Saturday evening Deputy
Fisher and Sims destroyed a 60 gal
lon steamer still and 800 gallons of
beer in the Little River section, on
Everett Mountain. This is the third
Still cut at this spot in eight months.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
GIVE EXCELLENT RECITAL
The members of tile musical de
partment of the Brevard high school
presented a piano recital Friday ev
ening at the high school auditorium.
Some sixteen numbers appeared
on: the program, including a variety
of piano selections, songs by the
glee club and piano class, a reading,
and a spring dance by eight young
girls.
BUILDING PERMITS
j SHOW BIG INCREASE
OVER PAST YEARS
I . - '? > ? ? ? ?
J BUSINESS AND RESIDENCES IN
CLUDED IN LIST
P * \
t
Business and residential buildings
completed and in construction in
Brevard from January first, 1926
I to May tenth, inclusive, -total
j $197,100, or an increase of $88,
? 685 over the entire year of 1925.
Of this amount $85,300 are business
buildings and. Sill, 800 for- dwel
lings.
The increase by month for the
year 1926 over the same months in
in 1925 follows:
January 1925 ? business houses
$1,110, January 1926? $6,100, 450
percent increase; dwellings, $2,075
? $8,000, 285 percent increase.
February 1925? business houses
$10,000, February 1926 $24,850
148 percent increase; dwellings ?
none ? $18,400, all increase.
March 1925 ? business houses,
$2,000, March 1926 $41,200?1960
percent increase; dwellings, $3,000?
$43,500 ? 350 percent increase.
April 1925 ? business houses $ 1,
230, April 1926 $10,250?733 per
cent increase; dwellings $5,700 ?
? $26,900 ? 370 percent increase.
May 1925 ? business houses, $1,
100, May 1st to 10th 1926, $3,000
? 172 percent increase; dwellings
$700? May 1st to lOth" 1926
$15,000 ? 2043 percent increase.
The total amount of building per
mits issued over a period of 23
months beginning June first, 1924 to
May 10, 1926, total $422,680.50.
Ninety-six dwellings have been
erected during this period, 37 busi
ness houses and one school, .cqjit i ng
as follows: Dwellings, $234?H)5:
business, $131,575.50; school, $57,
000.
During the past year the follow
ing new businesses have opened in
Brevard: 26 real estate offices, fur
niture store, cafeteria, shoe .-hop,
four engineering firms, candy kitch
en, two groceries, pressing club, and
communtiy hatchery, two lumber
concerns, ice plant and coal yard.
VARIETY STORE TO
! OPEN HERE SOON
WILL OCCUPY OLD POSTOFFICE
LOCATION
The building on Broad street for
merly occupied by the post office is
undergoing extensive remodelling
preparatory to the opening of a
new 5 cent to $1 store, to be ready
for occupancy June first.
New flooring is being laid, new
and attractive front will be added,
new fixtures installed, and a large
and complete stock of jjoods will be
carried in keeping with a first class
variety and notion store.
The store will be owned and op
erated by Sam Brinrier, of Bost&o,
j Mass., who has been connected with
, this line of business for the past ten
[years.
CITY PRESSING CLUB
CHANGES OWNERSHIP
l
The City Pressing Club, formerly
owned and operated by Roland
Owen, has been sold to Harry Motts
man, of Pittsburgh, Pa., who has
now taken charge of the manage
ment of same.
Mr. Mottsnian will be joined by his
wife and six children about June 1.
MODEL BARBER SHOP
OPENS THIS AyEEK
The Model Barber shop, in the
new Clayton building opposite the
new theatre, opened for business this
week. T. P. Ward, formerly with
Jerome & Pushell department store,
is proprietor.
A complete set of fixtures esti
mated at a cost of $2,300 has been
installed, including four chairs, op
erated by a crew of barbers with
experience of from 10 to 20 years'
in the tonsorial business. Two
shower baths are also part of the'
equipment.
A full line of magazines, papers,
vigars and cigarettes, will also, be
carried.
BREVARD HI SCHOOL
CLOSING EXERCISES
BEGIN FRIDAY EYE
TWENTY-NINE IN GRADUATING
CLASS
The annual commencement exer
cises of the Brevard high school,
beginning Friday evening of this
week, mark a new record for the
school, in that diplomas will be pre
sented to the largest graduating]
class in the history of the institu
tion, according to the statement of
Supt. W. W. Hanaman. The pres
ent senior class consists of 29 mem
bers, being almost double the mem
bership of any previous class grad
uating from the local high school.
Mr. Thornwell Haynes will address
the graduates on commencement
night, and the baccalaureate sermon
on Sunday morning will be delivered |
by Rev. V. A. Crawford, pastor of
Brevard Presbyterian church.
On Friday evening, May 21, the
senior class will present a play, a
three-act comedy entitled "The
Charm School," at the new high
school auditorium.
I Sunday morning at eleven o'clock
' at the high school building, the bac
calaureate sermon will be preached
to the graduates by Rev. Crawford.
This service will be in the nature of
union services, all pastors of the
town disbanding their congregations
for morning worship at the high
school.
Rev. E. R. Welch, pastor of the
Methodist church, will give the in
vocation, and Rev. Harry Peny, tec
tor of the Episcopal church, the
scripture reading. Special music
ha* been prepared for the occasion
l,v Mrs. Hugh R. Walker, supervisor;
of public school music. A group of
high school students will sing "Un
fold Ye Portals" and "The Hallelu
jah Chorus." Mrs. Walker will sing.
"God Shall Wipe Away All Tears.
Miss Marguerite Robertson will pre
side at the piano.
Monday afternoon at two o'clock,
the graduating exercises of the se\ - !
enth grade will be held in the gram
mar school building.
On - Monday evening at eight
o'clock the class day exercises of
the senior class will he held. At
this program the seniors will KiM
their class prophecy, class will, clas>
poem, class song, class statistics,
and an original play, "Rowing, * ot
Drifting."
The formal graduating exercises
will be held on Tuesday evening,
with the commencement address by
Mr. Thornwell Haynes, followed by
the presentation of diplomas, mu
sical and other numbers.
The following program will he
given at this final graduating exer
cises:
Piano Solo Kathleen Lyon
Invocation ^v- W- Har*e11
Salutatory Edna King
Valedictory Mary Johnson
Music High School Glee Club
Address .... Mr. Thornwell Haynes
Presentation of Diplomas
Benediction Rev. Harry Perr.\
pallanzaTark IS
FAST DEVELOPING
COMPANY PLANNING TO BUILD
RESIDENCES
Pallanza Park, one of Brevard's
more recent subdivisions, situated in
West Brevard, is progressing rapid
ly in its development and is destined
to become one of the town's out
standing beauty spots, according to
a statement made by Claude E.
Neal, owner, and president of Pal
lanza Park, Inc.
The property contains 75 lots
ranging in size from 50 to 60 feet
frontage and 125 to 250 feet in
depth. Quite a number of lots have
already been sold to leading citi
zens of Brevard and Transylvania
county since the property was put
on the market some three month:
ago.
Plans fo rdevelopment nclude hard
streets, concrete curb, lights, water,
sewer, and shrubbery. The street:
j have been graded and the shrubbery
I planted, and other work on the sob
division will be pushed to completion
as rapidly as possible. Pvobarte
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RALPH FISHER IS
FINED IN COURT
PROMINENT BREVARD REALTOR
FOUND TECHNICALLY GUILTY
(Asheville Citi?en, May 1 1 )
Ralph R. Fisher, attorney and I
president of the Real Estate board 1
of Brevard, was exonoratcd on three'
counts and pled ijuilty to one count
in Federal court yesterday in con
nection with the signing: of M s.
Lottie Snyder's name to a govern
ment check at the request "if Harvey
Snyder, Mrs. Snyder's husband. A
fine of $400 was assessed for tlr
technical guilt involved although
Judge E. Y. Webb said (hat he
was convinced that there was no
criminal intent in the transaction
and F. A .Liniley, United States dis
trict attorney, was of the same
opinion.
Mr. and Mrs. Snyder are "i0 and
| 25 years old respectively and ii was
in 1922 that Mr. Snyder came to
Mr. Fisher's office with the check
and asked Mr. Fisher to sign it for
him as he could not write. E. Mc
Crary, of Brevard, testified that.
Snyder went to the bank and got,
the money himself and that it was
purely a matter of accommodation
that Mr. Fisher signed the cheek for
Snyder. It was plainly shown in
court that no stigma was attached
to Mr. Fisher in the transaction and
the charge was purely technical, as
Mr. Fisher pled guilty to signing the
name. -
After a Brevard attorney had
notified the United States VtUrans
Bureau that the money had never
been paid Mrs. Snyder, Henry E.
Thomas, secret service agent, of
Washington, D. C., investigated the
case. Mr. Thomas was the principal
witness for the government in the
case.
? Judge Webb ordered all the
'charges of embezzlement and forg
ery against Mr. Fisher dropped and
the technical charge was sustained
and the fine assessed. Mr. Fish is
well known in Brevard and wa- re
cently elected as president of the
Brevard Real Estate board. At th:
time of his election Mr. Fisher pro
tested that these charges were
hanging over him in Federal court
and that he did not feel that he
should accept the honor of the Bre
vard realtors. The body insisted
however that he take the post as
proof of his standing in that com
munity.
I W. E. Breese, R. L. Gash and
! Coleman Galloway, of I^revard. and
; G. Lyle Jones, of Asheville, vi.iun
| teered their services in the defense
1 of Mr. Fisher. Mr. Fisher, at the
! time of the charges, was commander
| of the American Legion of Brevard
f and also service officer of the Lesion
an dhas continually assisted the men
in matters of government checks
and other official business. ,
APPALACHIAN INN
BEING TORN DOWN
The Appalachian Inn, situated in
the heart of town on Broad street,
and which is an old landmark in the
town, is now being torn down, the
lumber to be used in erecting cot
tages on the Cedar Mountain prop
erty owned by Mrs. A. H. King,
owner of the Appalachian Inn.
The purpose for which this val
uable Broad street property will be
used has i -t yet been disclosed.
U. D. C. SPONSORS PICTURE
SHOWN' MONDAY AND TUES.
j The picture to be shown at the
.Auditorium next Monday and Tues
day, "Don Q, Son of Zorro," will be
ganization, their share of the pro
ganization, their sahre of the pro
ceeds to be used toward buying
?markers for Confederate soldier"
graves.
^ The picture is one of unusual ::i
terest, full of swift action, tendet
romance, daredevil stunts, adventure
,and mystery plots.
BAND CONCERT THURSDAY
NIGHT AT BAND STAND
A band concert will be given
the Brevard band stand Thuiv- av
evening from 7:30 to 9 by a twenty
piece band, under the auspices, -'f
Hendersonville Country club estates.
The band has been playing during ih<
past ten years in Jacksonville, Fin.,
and a good program is assured.
THE PRAYER CORNER
IN BREVARD
"In solemn profession," said I!ru<.;
Barton, "we went up to the chapcl
to hear 'Prexy' deliver the Bacca
laureate Sermon. Only one sen
tence in it said with me. Hi- win
talking about the adaptability which
ought to give. How the truly edu
cated man or woman ought to cre
ate his or her .world, regardless of
circumstances: how, a.-: .Villon say a
in 'Paradise Lost':
'The mind its own place, and i'i
itself
Can make a Heaven of ilell, a Hell
of Heaven.'
"He quoted Thorean. This is th.!
sentence I remember, '1 have trav
eled very widely,' said Thoreal), "in
Concord." .Concord was Thorcaiv:
native town). That was :? jiu?
thought. Every town is (he uni
verse if you have eyes to see it.
Brevard is the universe to yon, if
you have eyes to sec it. The sun
and stars shine foi its exclusive ben
efit, and God has exercised all ills
ingenuity in arranging it? hills ami
streams and woods. Every street
has every kind of people that there
are, and over a period of twenty
live years will be the scene of a!
most every tragedy and comedy
that has occurred in the relations >>;'
men and women from the beginning.
Remember this, Gradual oS of (be
High School, that "no Education r.
adequate to tiie needs of life, which
does not produce decision of char
acter, courage, self control ami per
severance.
A PRAYER FOR THOSE ABOU 1
TO GRADUATE
0 Thou Great Educator of tin
Race, help the dear girls and boys
who are about to graduate from on
High School to se that every truly
educated boy or girl, man or ivon.an.
ought to create his or her ?wn
World regardless of circumstance--.
Now that
"The mind is its own. jil-tce. and i J ?
itself
Can make a Heaven of. Hell, a I I'd I
of Heaj'ftn."
Grant them grate' to see (hat <-v
ery town is tiie universe, that lire,
vard, their own home town, i-" I be
universe to them, to all of its - i"
they and we have eyes to see it
That the sun and stars shine for it:
exclusive benefit, and Thou. <?u?
God, hast exercised all Thy ingen
uity in arranging its beautiful hills,
anil streams and v.-oods; that every
street has every kind of people
there are, and over a period ?f
twenty-five years will be the seem
of almost every tragedy anil comedy
that has occurred in the relation o(
men and women from the begin
ning.
May they never forget that n?,
education is adequate to the needs
of life which does not produce do
cision of character, courage. sel!
control and persei verance. And may
Thy blessing, it niaketh rivh. :il"'
Thou addest no sorrow therewith,
rest upon them now and ever. t">
Jesus sake. Amen.
? C. D. <?
CASTLE VALLEY PARK
OPENS LOCAL OFFICE
PLANS LAKE TO BE OPENED IN
JULY
The Castle Valley Land company,
developers of Castle Valley Park,
have opened their Brevard office in
the Mull building on Broad street,
with Paul H. Gearheart and Robert
H. Long as selling agents for Tran
sylvania county.
Castle Valley Park is but ten min
utes ride from the court house, con
sists of about 1200 acres and has
been divided into lots for camps
and bungalows. Lying in the old
Williamson Creel: valley the topogra
phy of the land lends itself admir
ably in the shape of two natural
basins which in time will be con
verted into two lakes. Although
little has been said about this de
velopment, much has been done dur
ing the past winter and now tin- vis
itor to the property may see that
nearly five miles of streets haw
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