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FARM NEWS
By L. A. AMMON
The Farm Agent will go to Ashe
ville to see the seed houses about
grass and clover seed on Wednes
day. See him after that for
prices. Just now it looks like high
prices for most seed.
' Hay Crop 1927
With seed high, but a few kinds (
more reasonable, it makes one
scratch his head to know what to ,
plant. Clover at 40 cents is out of
reason to use in large quantities. I
Four pounds to the acre mixed with
timothy at 12 1-2 cents, makes a
mixture that does not cost, so much.
Orchard grass is also among the
reasonable ones. Tall meadow oat
grass, is about the same as last
year, ? about 20 cents. Prices are
not ' sure yet'.
Where only horses are to eat the
r' hay, I would recommend timothy
alone. Six to ten pounds per acre.
Good soil and good seed six pounds
will give a good stand, while on
poorer land and more chafy seed*
you may need ten pounds to get the
same stand. Good soil saves on the
seed bill.
Tall meadow oat grass can be j
used alone at the rate of 16 to 20,
pounds per acre. This grass has. ,
proven very good so far, for hay or 1
pasture. Makes two crops of hay
and an all season pasture. The
worst drawback is in sowing. Seed
hang together so that you must sow
by hand and in corn one row at a
time. Should be drug in as the seed
need much moisture to bring them .
up. On loose land that is fresh, a !
good rain will do this.
Red top or herds grass at 40 ,
cents is too high to use outside of a1
pasture mixture. Velvet grass, we!
know as misquite is a good substi- j
tute for the herds grass. Seed :
hard to get. Hunting for some.
Pasture Mixture
Red top 3 Pounds, orchard grass
3 pounds, timothy 3 pounds, white
clover 3 pounds, Japan clover 3 ,
pounds. On north sides use Ken- 1
. tucky blue in j)lace of timothy. On j
black bottoms increase red top a
pound or so, and leave out timothy,
and orchard grass and add tall
meadow oat grass instead. If you
wish to add to the first mixture add
tall meadow oat grass, say three or
four pounds. These mixtures have
been tried out in this county and at
the Buncombe Experiment Station,
and have been found good.
The nine girls making the trip to
the Summer Short Course at Ra
leigh, left with the Home Agent, on
Monday, in the highest of spirits.
Let's have more of them next year.
The County Club meeting will be
held from July 19-22 inclusive.
Expect to meet at Rocky Bottom
Club Camp in Pickens County, just
three miles from our County line.
The cost will be higher, as we have
to pay rent for camp. Two dollars
per member is the fee. Make your
plans to be there boys and girls.
We hope to have fifty or more.
MRS, W. N. CORN DIES
AT HOME SATURDAY
HAD BEEN ILL ONLY ABOUUT
THIRTY MINUTES
Coming as a great shock toj
friends and relatives was the news '
of. the sudden death of Mrs. W. N. '
Corn, which occurred at her home
on Caldwell street Saturday night
about ten-thirty o'clock, following a
brief illness of only about thirty
minutes.
Mrs. Corn had been in her usual
good health until about ten o'clock,
when she began to complain of a
suffocating feeling and unable to
get her breath. A doctor was sum
moned, but before he could reach
the home, she had passed away
peacefully and quietly.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at the Baptist church,
of which church Mrs. Corn had been
a faithful and active member for
a number of years. The pastor,
Rev. W. H. Hartsell, conducted the
services, after which the body was
laid to rest in Oak Grove cemetery.
Mrs. Com is survived by her hus
band and three children, Mrs. B. E.
Frady, of Brevard; Mrs. William
Robbins, of Baltimore, and one son,
Charlie, of Brevard.
Armed men raided a Dublin
asylum and released two lunatics,
who escaped.
TEN SUMMER CAMPS
NEAR BREVARD HAVE
1000 IN ATTENDANCE
DIRECTORS ASSERT THIS WILL
BE BEST SEASON YET
Ten summer camps situated in
and near Brevard have opened
within the past week for the 1926 1
season, with a total enrollment of i
approximately 1,000 campers. Of I
ten camps, five are for girls and I
five for boys, the various camps
continuing in session for a period of
time ranging from four to eight
weeks.
Directors of many of Brevard's
camps assert that 1926 will be a
banner season. The large majority
of young people in attendance come
from the Southern states, of which ,
Louisana, Florida, Tennnessee, Ala
bama, and South Carolina are in
the lead, in addition to those from
North Carolina, though practically
every Southern state is represnted
in the various camps, as well as
other sections of the country.
Camp Sapphire, Brevard's pio
neer camp for boys, opened its
twelfth season on July l." A new
director is in charge this year, J. A.
McAuley, who is ably assisted by
the famous Four Horsemen of Notre
Dame, including Harry Stuhldre
her, Don Miller, James Crowley, j
and Elmer Layden, all of whom at-,
tained their heights of fame under j
the coaching of Knut Rockne, who:
is also expected to be associated j
with the camp during a part of the 1
season, as director of the coaching
school. Wm. McK. Fetzer, who has
been director since the organiza- ;
tion of the camp, will act in the ca
pacity of chief advisor..
Keystone Camp, the pioneer
girls' camp of Brevard, opened its
eleventh season July 1, with Miss
Fannie Holt as director, assisted by
Mrs. A. J. Ives, Jr., and Miss Caro
line Dancy, all of Jacksonville, Fla.
Camp Transylvania for boys op
ened July 3 with the largest enroll
ment in its history. The camp is
under the directorship of Captain
Perrin, of New Orleans, Maj. John
W. Moore, of the Reserve Corps, ,
and J. A. Miller, of Brevard, as
sisted by an efficient group of
Councillors, or an average of one
councillor to five boys. New tennis
courts have been added, making a
total of eleven tennis courts in read
iness for play.
Rockbrook Camp for girls op
ened for the season on July 6, with
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Carrier as di
rectors. The lake has been en
larged, new diving boards added,
and other improvements made for
the pleasure and convenience of the
campers.
French Broad Camp for hoys op
ened July 3, with Major H. E.
Raies, of Charleston, S. C., as di
rector, with whom are associated
many able councillors directing the
various camp activities. .
Camp Carolina for boys opened
July 5 for its third season. D.
Meade Bernard, of Jacksonville,
Fla., is director, assisted by other
members of the staff and an able
group of councillors.
Camp lllahee for girls opened
July 1, with Mr. and Mrs. Hinton
McLeod of Concord, as directors,
assisted by 24 councillors. An at
tractive new lodge covered with
chestnut bark has been added to
the building equipment and fills a
need in the camp life.
Camp Conhestee Cove for girls,
under the directorship of S. C. Mor
ris, opened June 29. Associated
with Mr. Morris are Mrs. Morris
and Prof. L. B. Haynes, all of Bre
vard, and a number of other mem
bers of the staff, including a group
of councillors.
Camp Chickasaw, a new camp for
boys opening this season, is under
the directorship of Mr. George Mor
ris, of Memphis, Tenn., who is also
one of the camp owners. The
camp is modernly and conveniently
equipped to accommodate 200 boys,
the majority of whom are from
Memphis.
Cherryfield Camp for girls is an
other camp opening this season for
the first time, and is owned and
under the direct management of A.
H. Kizer, of Brevard. Associated
with Mr. Kizer is Mrs. L. P. Russell,
of Rockingham, as co-director, to
gether with ten or twelve council
lors.
Quite a number of other campe
are located throughout the county,
mainly in the Cedar Mountain and
NINE GIRLS ATTEND
N. C. SHORT COURSE
WILL SPEND THE WEEK IN
CLUB WORK STUDY [
I Miss Ada Walker, home agent,
and nine of her club girls left Mon
day morning for Raleigh, where
htey will spend the week with State
College in the short course given
for club members.
The party of ten from Transyl
vania joined the twenty from Hen
derson, thirteen from Buncombe,
making a coach most full, with
more to be added at Marion.
Last year fifteen club members
went from Western North Carolina
? This year around seventy-five.
Looking over the crowd from
each county, one could not help but
notice the beauty and general intel-.
ligence of the Transylvania group.
The girls attending from this ?
county are Helen Henderson, of
Quebec; Marion Henderson, of Con
nestee; Edna Meece, of Lambs |
Creek; Grace Hamilton, of Connes
tee; Edna Lyda, of Pisgah Forest;
Ethel Williams, of Enon; Lena Alli
son, of Brevard; Beulah Allison, of
JBlantyre; and Sadie Reed, of Blan
tyre.
IMPRESSIONS OF
BAXTER M'LENDON,
(By S. P. VERNER)
I went to hear Baxter McLemioi;
Sunday night prejudiced against him
by what some people had said about
him. I went home regarding him as
^>ne of the most remarkable men 1
had ever heard, and as the most
powerful preachcr with the excep
tion of Dwight L. Moody ? and 1
have heard Moody, John Hall, Tal
madge, Palmer, Vance, Roosevelt.
McAdoo, Tillman, McKinley, Taft,
Cleveland, Cameron Morrison and ?
some others. * i
"The common people heard hhii
gladly." That was the test in the
days of Jesus Christ, and it still 1
holds good. But the cultured Ro
man had also somewho could ap
preciate Him, an 'dthose who can .
get most out of Baxter MeLendori, j
if their intellectual and social cul
ture is high enough, are exactly
those whose powers to appreciate
pathos, wit, description, intense
concentration of thought, the abil
ity and the courage to tell the
truth, and sincerity, are highest. ,
This man ought to be encouraged.
He is a phenomenon ? a voice cry
ing in the wilderness, a note come
up from poverty and hardship into
the notice of mankind, who need I
him. He does use a strong, lan
guage ? but so did Christ, John,
Shakespeare, John Knox (what did
he call Mary Stuart, Presbyterians?)
There is a sort of weak varnish af
fected ''culture worn by some peo
ple which may not stand McLen
don, but those who have the real
thing wil lnot be hurt. It is amus
ing to hear some folk who think it
culutred to read Balzac and Du
Maupassant and Tolstoi profess to
regard McLendon as "vulgar." If
they think the Frenchmen and the
Russian may be read because they
are not preachers, then be it said
that they might give a chance to a
preacher who is wittier than tiie
Frenchmen, wiser than the Russian,
and donig among his pepole what
Savonarola did in Italy.
McLendon is not a conscious
sensationalists. I believe he even
tries not to be unconsciously so.
But the volcanic quality in him can
no more be kept from making an
impression than the fires of Aetna
can be kept from stirring up the
solid rocks of the mountains. Give
him a fair show.
Lake Toxaway sections, including
Camp Comfort, Camp Greenville,
Piedmont Camp, Camp Toxaway,
Camp Merrie-Woode, and others.
Just prior to the opening of the
camps for the regular summer sea
son, three pre-season camps were in
session, with a total of approxim
ately 500 people in attendance, j
These included the ten day encamp- ?
ment held at Rockbrook Camp of i
the American National Red Cross,
and the ten day conference of the
Southern Girl Reserves of the Y.
W. C. A., also held at Rockbrook,
and the gathering of the Episcopal
Diocese of North and South Caro
lina convening in a two week's ses
i sion at Camp Transylvania.
LOCAL BANKS HAVE
SUCCESSFUL YEAR
TREMENDOUS BUSIN^fS GAIN
IS NOTED
According to statement given out
at Brevard's two banks, the past
year ending June 30 has been the
best year in the history of Brevard
banks. A healthy condition is exis
tant in both institutions, as is shown
in the large gains in deposits with
in the past twelve months.
The Brevard Banking company
with a capital stock of $100,000 has
deposits toatling $1,641,183, with a
gain in deposits in twelve months
of $470,250.36.
The Pisgah Bank, with a capital
stock of $19,20p, although exact
figures were not available, announce
taht deposits during tfie past year
have been very substantial.
T. H. Shipmanj is president of the
Brevard Banking^ company and R. B.
Lyon is cashierj J. H. Picklesimer
is president of the Pisgah bank and
L. P. Hamlin is cashier.
A. C. NORTON BUYS INTEREST
IN NICHOLSON SHOE SHOP
A. C. Norton, of Madison, Ga.,
and formerly of Brevard, has bought
a half interest in Nicholson Shoe
shop, the shop hereafter to be
known as Norton-Nicholson Shoe
Shop.
Mr. Norton is an expert shoe
man, having been in the shoe bus
iness for 40 years and ran a shoe
shop in Brevard some 25 years ago.
The new quarters of the shop
are located in the store room for
merly occupied by Nicholson & Du
clos adjoining Lowe Motor Co.
COUNTRY CLUB FORMAL
OPENING TO BE HELD
FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 9
The formal opening of the Bre
vard Country Club has been
changed from Tuesday evening, as
previously announced, to Friday
afternoon and evening of this
week, July 9.
The afternoon will be featured by
bridge for ladies, the games begin
ning" at two-thirty o'clock. The
general reception will be held in
the evening at eight o'clock.
WOMAN'S BUREAU
MEETS MONDAY NEXT
The regular meeting of the Wo
man's Bureau will be held next Mon
day afternoon, July 12 at the Cham
ber of Commerce room, at 3:30
o'clock. A full attendance is desired.
QUIET FOURTH IS
CELEBRATED HERE
I
CAMERON MORRISON SPEAKS
TO LARGE AUDIENCE
The Fourth of July was celebrat
ed here on Monday in a quiet and
sane manner. The day was featured
by the adress in the afternoon at
the court house by ex-Governor
Cameron Morrison, who spoke for
cibly regarding national and state
politics, giving a clear insight into
governmental affairs.
Mr. Morrison traced briefly the
history of the Democratic party up
to the present time, pointing out
the merits of the party and its va
rious recent and former accomplish
ments, and telling his version of the
imperfections in the Republcan
party and in the present administra
tion He finally in an appealing
manner admonished all Republican
friends present to join ?the Demo
cratic ranks, assuring them of a
cordial welcome into the rank and
file of the Democratic party.
The court house was well filled
with people from various sections
of the county to hear the disting
uished speaker, who was introduced
to the audience by W. E. Breese.
The municipal band presented a
number of enjoyable selections be
fore and after the address.
The races, contests and various
exhibits scheduled to appear on the
day's program were engaged in dpr
ing the day, much to the enjoyment
of those participating and those
witnessing the events.
A number of business houses and
residences throughout the tovn
were decorated in flags and buntin?
in commemoration of the day. The
majority of the stores and business
firms were closed through the en
tire day.
BUILDING BOOM IN
BUSINESS DISTRICT
VERY NOTICEABLE
MANY NEW STRUCTURES ARE
GOING UP
j Brevard's building boom in thrj
i business district is steadily on the
I increase, and keeping pace with the
J town's rapid growth and various
activities along many other lines of
development.
Three brick structures just off
Jordan street and adjoining the new
post office building, are now under
ronstruction to be completed within
the next two weeks. These build
ings are being erected by T. B. Al
len, of Hendersonville, and Dr.
Greenwood, of Mills River. Eacl
room measures 18 by40 feet, and it
?s the intention of the owners to rent j
'.hem for store rooms. The con
struction work is in charge of A. M.
Case, of Brevard.
Three other brick three-story |
structures adjoining are to be erect- '
ed at once by J. H. and C. W. Pick
elsimer. Excavation has already be
gun, and construction work is ex
pected to start within the week. The
measurement of the building will
be 40 by 40, and will be cut into
three rooms, one of which will be
used as an office and supply room
for the Brevard Light and Power
company, and the other two will be
for re'iit.
The second floor will be for an
apavtment, and the basement will
contain a large furnace equipped to
Keat this building together with
those of Jerome-PusheU's and the
Patterson building, both adjoining.
It is the intention of the owner to
bave this building completed anil
ready for occupancy within the next
sixty days.
Petitions have been signed by the
property owners for the paving <>f
this ten-foot alley along which
these buildings face, and which
leads to the side entrance of the
post office. It is thought quit?
probable by the property owners that
the contract for paving this thor
oughfare will be let to be included
in the present paving program.
Four other brick buildings on
Main street which have been under
(onfctruction for several months
past are now nearing completion
and will be ready for occupancy at
an early date. Two of the struc
tures are owned by Dr. R. L. Stokes,
and the other two by J. B. Pickle
simer. One of the rooms will be oc
cupied by W. J. Fortner, electrical
contractor, and the others will be
for rent for store or office space.
The entire structure has a front
age of 66 feet on Main street and a
depth of 147 feet, situated between
the Chamber of Commerce and the
Whitmire building. Construction
work is in charge of M. A. Mull.
Brevard's handsome and up-to
date new theatre, owned by F. D.
Clement, is nearing completion and
expected to be open to the public
within a short time. This building
has been in process of construction
for some months past and will fill
a great need in the town when com
plete. It is centrally located on the
corner of Main and Caldwell streets.
Other buildings in the business
section have been recently erected
and are now occupied, a detailed ac
count of which have appeared in
previous issues.
PISGAH BANK UNDERGOES
EXTENSIVE REDECORATION
The Pisgah bank has recently un
dergone quite extensive interior
decorations, lending added attract
iveness to this popular place of
business.
The walls have been redecorated
in a pleasing buff color, the metal
ceiling in white, and the hadrwooJ.
floors renewed \yith finish. New
electric light shades of attractivi
design have been installed, and the
entire woodwork and office fixtures
fres'.ly stained. The interior pr?
sents withal a fresh and pleasing
appearance.
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY |
TO SELL CURTIS MAGAZINES j
The Woman's Missionary society
of the Methodist church has accep
ted the selling plan of the Curtis
Publishing company to take sub
scriptions for the Ladies Home 1
Journal, Saturday Evening Post and 1
the Country Gentleman.
Different members of the society
Will accompany the agent
THE PRAYER CORNER
THE LOVE OF FREEDOM
"For ye brethren wore called
for Freedom" Galatians 6:13. A
writer whom I highly esteem and
whose love of freedom no one ques
tions, says: "Nothing is more diffi
cult to preserve than the True Love
of Freedom in a Free Country."
Being habituated to it, men cease
to consider by what sacrifice it was
obtained, and by what precautions
and safeguards it must be defend
ed.
We need also to have a clearer
conception of what Real Freedom
is:
"It is not a state of things in
which every man does exactly and
only what he likes. It is rath-r a
state of mind in which men like to
do what they can, what they oiay
and what they ought.
To enjoy it, a man must have
some knowledge of his naatral
powers, his civil privileges and his
moral duties.
By knowing and accepting Miese
he becomes free to realize his host
self as a member of mankind.
Liberty itself is the great lc<son.
And in learning it, we need
teachers ? the wise, the just, the
free, of all ages. Most of all we
need the help of religion, by which
alone the foundations of (he ?!ate
are laid in righteousness, and de
mocracy is saved from its own sui
cidal tendencies. "Happy is '-h.it
people whose God is the Lord, and
whose trust is in the Lord ?'?cir
God."
A PRAYER FOR THE LOVE OF
FREEDOM
Our Father God, whose w? are
and whom we serve, bring hon,-> to
our hearts the truth that no!hi::g
is more difficult to preserve th:n
the true love of freedom, in a :10c
country, for being habituated t ?> it,
We cease to consider by what ori
fices it wss obtained, and by \v:;tt
precautions and safeguards it :st
be defended. Show us the lit- ! of
having a clearer conception of what
real freedom is. Let us .v.maber
that it is not a state of thing.- in
which every one does exactly and
only what they like, but a stai- of
mind in which we like to do v. hat
we can, what wc may, and wlv" we
ought. And that to enjoy i; Ae
must have some knowledge of our
natural powers, our civil privileges,
and our nforal duties. By knowing
and accepting these we become
free to realize our best selves, as
members of mankind.
Open our eyes that we may see
that Liberty itself is the great les
son, and in learning it We need the
wise, the just, and the free teach
ers of all the ages. Above all and
most of all, we need the help of
religion, by which alone the foun
dations of the state are laid in
righteousness, and democracy is
saved from its own suicidal tenden
cies.
Engraven on our hearts th o;;e
blessed words of the Psalmist:
"Happy is the people whose God is
the Lord, and whose trust ,s in the
Lord their God." And ..rive "S
grace to show them forlh in o'ir
lives, for Jesus sake. Amen.
? C. 1). C .
MEETING IN PROGRESS
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
The revival services being r.?ld
at the Baptist church this week are
continuing in interest and attend
ance, under the forceful preaching
of Dr. Walter N. Johnson, of Mars
Hill.
Dr. Johnson is a deep thinker
and preaches the plain Bibie truths
in a strong and appealing mariner,
and those who hear him are enjoy
ing a rare treat. It is doubtful if
a stronger man or a greater thinker
has ever been to Brevard. The
town is fortunate in having a :r,nn
of his calibre to come among uf.
Dr. Johnson is a quiet, unassum
ing man, void of sensation or emo
tion, but impresses his hearers as an
earnest man of God whose chief de
sire is to implant the unvarnished
gospel truths into the hearts and
minds of his audienc.', a.'.d to giw
them a clearer insight and under
standing of the scriptures as ap
plied to present day life.
These special services will con
tinue through Sunday, with two ser
vices held tacit day, one at ten
o'clock in the morning and at eight
o'clock in the evening. The attend
ance is increasing with each ser
vice.