BREVARD.
The Mecca of
Tourists
TRANSYLVANIA
America's
Garden Spot
VOL. XXXI
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, JULY 22, 1926
No. 28
FARM NEWS
(By L. A. AMMON)
Upper South Carolina farmers
are selling their rye for SI. 50 per
bushel, but from what I can find
out their supply will not last long.
One of their agents said they were
selling rye and would have to pay
two dollars later on for their own
use. |
^^The Charleston seed man will be
the last ot? the- month to set
~>rop, and buy if he can got to
gether with the farmer.
3. Frank McCr.ll. and others ?'
Cherryfield, will enjoy threshing
with a new self feeder, blower, an.i
bagger threshing machine. Will j
save much labor. 'Iheir outfit is1
mad to be run by a Ford son tractor.
The corn ear worm is now doing j
much damage to the tomato crop, j
In some gardens it has spoiled half i
of the crop already,' and going
strong. The usual poisons that we !
for bean b-.etks or any kind of
good poison, put! on the tomatoes ^
Ivil Ikill the wolms as they enter new
fruits. T ry to otivii' the young to
matoes.
In Florida and other sections, a
poison bait is used, that i> mede up [
of one quart bran, one tablespoon ;
of poison, and enough molasses to
make a crumbly dough. Spread on j
vines, and about the tomatoes, j
Seems that this worm has a sweet
tooth and falls for such dope. The |
worm crawls about ;.t 'nights, and
does not siuy in the same tomato all
the time. .Pall and destroy ail in- 1
fected tomatoes a pie\eniion
against future attacks.
Tuesday the boys arid girls go to
camp, and a good time .-eems sure. :
Thsve will be about liny in the'
camp.
The yield of rye to the acre is
very good, and even better iluni j
most had hoped for. Do not kao'.v
as yet who has made ? iue bvs. \
yield. Have, heard of t.ven'y two j
to the acre already. j
Have definite order for one
Gurnsey cow, and hope to get j
enough that we can send a truck ?
down about Chester, S. C., and bring .
back four.
Due to shallow roots forming!
during the rainy weather, the last i
few days of hot weather is hurting'
things bad. Deeper roots will soon
grow and the worst wiil be over.
While the County Agent is away ;
Dr. Ranter will, hang around the i
drug stores to be of -service in case .
of sick animals.- Dr. Ranuv is. a
good man, a:ul V- oi.ght to be nroti' |
that he has de eded to stay with it 1
and practice old pn>?es:"ii. ?
The chicken market is same in I
practically all lines. Old hens arc
hard to got at any price.
ONLY CIVIL CASES WILL BE
HEARD AT THIS TERM
The July term of Superior Court'
will convene in Brevard week, j
beginning Monday, July 2t>. and j
continuing probably through the!
*Veek.
Practically 20 cases are to appear!
on the calendar, the majority of!
which are of more or less import
ance.
WILLIAMS STOCK COMPANY
APPEARS HERE THIS WEEK;
The original Williams Stock com
pany, appearing in Brevard this
?week in nightly performances, is
attracting big crowds and featuring
high class .clean plays.
Monday night, the four act drama,
"It Pays to Smile," was presented,1
featuring Marie de GafTerely and
May Blossom Williams. This was a
clean wholesome play with a good
moral, well presented and holding
A, the audience intense with interest
* -;d laughter throughout. Tuesd-iy
^^fcight was presented "The Vulture "
and WH-.esdav night, "I.ightnin.."
Only royalty plays ar* presented
by this company of 40 people. A
first class orchestra comprising II
pieces adds greatly to the company's
attractions. The shows are held in
a new $10,000 tent theatre, with a
seating capacity of 2,000. It is es
timated that 1500 people were in
attendance at the first performance.
The handsome velvet curtain drop
A used between the acts was donated
by the people of Punda Gorda, Fla.
AUTO OWNERS 0. K.
IF LICENSE APPLIED
FOR BEFORE TENTH
RULING MADE BY COMMISSION
ER DOUGHTON
| The following communication from
| Commisisoner R. A. Doughton will
! set ::t rest the minds of auto owners
who ordered their licenses before
July 10th:
'"There is an unprecedented con
j gestion of applications for auto
I licenses and titles at the central
office in Raleigh and many of the
branch offices, caused by owners of
motor vehicles waiting until the last
days to apply for licenses and titles,
rendering ii physically impossible to
deliver the licenses to all who have
applied in good faith within the al
lotted time. Therefore, no penal
ties will be imposed or exacted up
on those who have applied for li
censes on or before. July 10th, until
such time as the offices can issue
and deliver the licenses.
"All inspectors and State revenue
officers will respect this order, and
county and municipal officers are
respectfully requested to do so."
AT THE PINES
Mi>. L. M. Hart has, as her sum
mer guests at "The Pines," Mrs.
George Sthlmon and son.;. C;eorci
?'"d I> illy, Mr. and Mrs. Jervev. ail.
of Charleston, S. C., Mrs. Howard
and two daughters. Misses Frances
?ii. d Sarah, and Mr. Emory Akcrman
of Orlando, Mrs. Rene Wngnespacl.
and little daughter, Birdie Ann, and
Miss Josephine Corson, of .Vow
Orleans, La.
o. i), I, mm
. NEWS
The U. D. C. Library is now open
six days in the week, each morning
from 10 to 12 o'clock and each after
noon from 2:30 to C. The general
public and all visitors are invited to
make us/ of the library during
these ho?rs.
I he three Cur: is publication
the Ladies Home Journal. Saturday
Evening Post, and Country Gentle
man may be found in the readin
room of the library. Mr. H. H.
Bennett has left in tin: care of t h k
lii'rary about 30 books on real es
tate and general business methods,
all of which arc at the disposal of
C. U lUiiims. The following fivi
ti.rJ reading public.
Quite a number of books have been
donated iO ihe library or (liirchasiti
curing the month of June, which ali
as follows: The Millionaire by E 11.
Harris; We Must March by. H, Y?'.
Morrow; The Lady from the Air by
C. X. U illiaf ;. The following five
books were donated by Mrs. R. \V.
Everett: A Man Under Authority
by Ethel M. Dell, Suspense by Jos.
Conrad, The Passionate Lust by E.
1 . Oppenheim, Unchanging Quest by
Philip Cibbs, Roads of Doubt by Wil
liam M. Raine. Mrs. Joseph Abranis
donated The Book of Lincoln by
Mary Wright Davis, and Theodore
Roosevelt by Win, R. Thayer. Lino
Duckworth donated The Man Wiih
the Lamp by Janet Laing; Miss* An
ne Jean Gash donated The Show Off
by Wm. A Wolff; Mrs. Fred Killer
donated Old Hurricane by Julia A.
Flesch; Chas. B. McMullen donated
[ The Logic of Evolution, written by
! himself.
I The following is a list of the win
j out books, of which the library of
| ficials would appreciate replacement
I by those having in their possession
I any book found in the list:
I Name of Book Author
| The Port of Adventure ? C. N. &
i. A. M. Willamson
1 Family Pride? Holmes
| The Heart of the Hills ? John Fox Jr.
| Contrary Mary T : Bailey
Penrod ? Booth Ta~ ' ir.gton
I-o, Michael? Grace L. H. Lutz
; Youth Triumphant? George Gibbs
; The - Mountain Girl ? Payne Erskine
i The Three Strings ? Nathalie S.
i Lincoln
. Seventeen? Booth Tarkington
The Auction Block ? Rex Beach
Mary Gusta ? Joseph C. Lincoln
Chip of the Flying U. ? B. M. Bower
'? IJIy Lady of the South ? Randal!
Parrish
Round the Corner in Gay Street ?
Grace S. Richmond
Katheririe ? Elinor Macartney Lane
Two Shall Be Born ? Marie Conway
Oemler
Dave Henry Improving
After Being Shot Four
Times With .32 Pistol
Wife Claims Self
Defense For Act
WIFE'S STATEMENT VERIFIED
BY HENRY
i Dave E. Henry is reported as
showing decided improvement in
Transylvania hospital, where he w.::
taken Thursday night about t< n
| o'clock following a shooting affiay
i in the Henry home, when Blanche
j Wells Henf), his wife, fired four
j shots at her husband with a 32 ciil
i ibre pistol, one shot clipping off tiio
j tip of his nose, one hitting him in
j the back between the shoulder:;, pile
j in the abdomen, and the fourth :?'
: the left arm near the elbow.
1
The shooting took place after an
j alleged attack by Henry on his wife,
I and their three children, Lenoir,
ten, Dorothy, eight, and Dick, seven.
According to Mrs. Henry's hysteri
cal statement to Deputy C. W.
Fisher immediately after the ??-?hoot
ing, Henry began beating and abus
ing her, struck her in the face,
knocked her down, beat her on the
head with a tennis rocket, and then
remarked. "I'm going to get my
raw and kill you and the children
I too." He theft went upstairs and
j snatched the children out of bed and
started beating and kicking them.
Mrs. Henry then emptied the pistol
at him, four shots taking effect and
I one going wild. After being shot,
Henry walked down the stairs and
out into the front yard several steps
. before falling.
Sheriff 1!. J. Sitton, Policeman
Jamison and Deputy Fisher arrived
on the scene in a few miiiu' and
j the wounded man was carried to the
Transylvania hospital. He. wasable
to walk with .assistance twenty min
utes after being shot, walking to
the car and also from the car into
the hospital.
j According to the statement of
Sheriff Sitton, just before leaving
the ht'ise for the hospital.
Henry k:ssed his three children am'
as his wife approached ho -a'd. "Go
back, it's too iate, you've done iixed
me now." Again at ihe hospita'
he . is said to have remarked to th
i sheriff, who was looking at th;
I wound in his hack. "Sheriff, she's
good shot, isnt she?"'
j Henry made the following ?' -state
ment to Sheriff Sitton : "1 want to
i make a statement Siv "ff. 1 don't
think I'll get well ! ! won't g>v<
you any more trouble, !'er God's
sake, don 't let her be punished for
I what she has done , she had to do it.
: She did it to protect herself and
the children."
After the shooting Mrs. Henry is
. said to have been in an extremely
nervous and excited cond'tion, l>u!
( by midnight had quieted down;. Sin
remaine dat theri home on .lor.l:n
; street that night with her children
and numerous friends, and has not
at any time been put under arrest.
Deputy Fisher, however, remained
; at the house throughout the first
night.
j Mrs. Henry is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wells, her father
being a prominent merchant and
j farmer- of the Leicester section hea;
j Asheville, and was at one time in
j business in Brevard. Hem y is
j owner and in a nag r of the Henry
Motor company, and is recognized
as a successful business man, al
though ha is reported to he rather
reckless and '.riven to drinking. The
parents of both Mr. and Mrs. Henry
arrived in Brevard soon after the
tragedy.
! Phonebe Dearie ? Grace L. H. Lute
Flying U. Ranch ? B. M. Bower
Lo, Michael ? Grace L. H. Lutx
Her Father's Daughter ? Gene Strat
ton Porter
Miss Billy ? Eleanor E. Porter.
Rider of The Purple Sage ? Zane
Grey
The Broken Halo ? Florence L. Bar
clay
The Silver Blade? Charles E. Walk
Prince or Chauffer ? Lawrence Perry
A Little Leavin ? Katherine Grey
The Curved Blades ? Carolyn Wells
Rim of The World ? B. M. Bower
Six Star Ranch ? Eleanor H. Porter
The Mjstc-ry of the Bon le Cabeint
? Burton R. Stevenson
The Great Impersonation ? E. Phil
lips Oppenheim
WELL KNOWN VET. |
RETURNS TO STAY
IS REGARDED AS AMONG BEST
IN HIS PROFESSION
Dr. Ramer, formerly It. W. Kver
ott's herdsman and veteririarii- \
has returned from a month's visit
to the midwest states and expects to
, locate in Brevard and follow his old
practice of veterinary medicine.
Dr. Ramer holds a certificate from
the Toronto Veterinary college.
This institution is considered th'
best it) the country, and any section
holding a Toronto man is considered
lucky by livestock men.
While in his position with Mr.
Everett, Dr. amer has built up <??.
fair practice during after war!'
hours. Now be will devote his en
tire time to the work. No depart
ment of veterinary medicine, or sur
gery is too complicated for him as
he has bad about thirty years of
experience, and has met most every
kind of call that could come. On
the show ring road he has served
the best breeders of ih<- country.
With a good education and much
experience Dr. Ran^r will be an ;.:
set to the community. He Is already
familiar with the various trouble:
of livestock in the community, an-I
has hundreds of farmer friend ir
this section.
County Agent Amnion, who is a"
ardent booster of Dr. Ramer, whv:
asked what effect bis coining wo tib
have on his work, replied, "I hope
the people will use Dr. Ramer move
and give in e time to do more wor'?
wijh the bovs and girls, and I sbal
wqrk to that end."
VISITING MAN DIES AT
TRANSYLVANIA HOSPiTAL
W. J. Donavane, ?.f Coit.mira. S
r who suffered sivoke of appo
plexy Sifjiday afternoon, July I
while dvivinjr his- car' ill Brewi?
died in Transylvania hotiit.il
following Friday: His body w : :
moved to Columbia for burial. ll:.
daughter, Mrs. Werlick, of Newton,
was at his bedside at the time of
his death.
a p.? rt**miThv
iK ifi tzkhfJb ?v it I
fcN hT ROOT AF
LiiiJ M tiylrta yl d\Pi*
IS SURVIVED BY FIVE SONS
AND TWO DAUGHTERS
Mrs. A. M. Galloway, aged K7.
died Sunday morning at one-thirty
o'clock at the home of her so.i.
Avery Galloway, in Brevard, fol
lowing an illness of about a wee!:.
Funeral services were held in U:
Brevard Baptist church Mondaj
morning at ten o'clock, the paste.-.
Rev. W. H. Hartsell, officiating. In
terment was made in the home bur
ial grounds at Horse Shoe.
Mrs. Galloway is survived by five
sons and two adughters. T. IT. :>.n;l
Avery, of Brevard, Welch, of Ashe
ville. Flem and Virgil, of Horse
Shoe, Mrs. ,Jim Chapman, of O <_?
j bee, and Mrs. Ephraim Hines, of
: Easley, S. C.
i
HENDERSON VILLE-CHIMNEY
ROCK HIGHWAY IS CLOSED
The following extract from the
Ashevillo Citizen under date of
July 1,9 will be of interest to motor
ists to the Chimney Rock section:
Preliminary construction work
was begun and yesterday State high
way 28 between Hendersonville an<!
Bat Cave was closed to through
traffic. Motorists coming from Bre
vard and other points via Hendcr.
' sonville. and the cars originating at
Hendersonville destined for Bat
Cave, Chimney Rock, Rutherford
ton and Charlotte will be detourec!
via Biltmore and State highway No.
20, which is the Lake Lure short cut
route from Asheville to Charlotte.
This detour will increase the mile
age approximately fifteen miles but
the entire route is paved, and time
can be made equally as fast as ha
, formerly been the case if going di
rect from Hendersonville to Chimney
! Rock via Bat Cave!
i
SHERMAN OWEN IS
BEING HELD HERE
FOR INVESTIGATION
' !
PAROLE REVOKED LAST WEEK.
BY GOVERNOR
Sheriff Sitton received a telegram j
Monday afternoon from H. II"V'< !
Sink, pardon commissioner, advisiiip I
him to hold Sherman Owen,
years old, of Gloucester, who was *
placed in jail last F'riday after li:
parole had been revoked, for fur
ther investigation.
The order '.o hold Owen here fol
lowed numerous appeals to Govern
or McLean asking that the revo-a
tion of Owen's parole be reconsid
ered and investigated further he
fore he was remanded to prison to
finish serving a sentence of 1
years on a murder charge. II* w.\
paroled in 11123 by Governor M
rison, after serving over three mm*:
and one-half years of his sentenc
during which time he is said to have
made a model prisoner.
The following story was rami
in the Raleigh News and Observe*
Sunday, July IS, regarding the re
vokin;r of Owen's parole:
"Information that Sherman Owen,
of T* ansylvania county, jjiho wa
paroled in 1023 by Governor Mcr
i rison, had been mistreating his wif \
; caused the revocation of his pn. o:
? the past week, it was stated by
' Commissioner ?f Pardons II. Hoy!*
?Sink.
I "Inforv alien from Brevard a..
| thiijt Ov- i. who was j.-antenrw! to I
! years ill the State Prison on a mui
dcr charge, had been taken ir.t*
custody. Owen with his two son
was sentenced to the prison, and
one of them was paroled last Chris; -
mas by Governor McLean and is sa* >
to bo living the life of a mode
citizen of Brevard.
"Sherman Owen was notified som
months ago of the reports to th
Governor of his mistreatment 1 1 f !'?
wife, and tWc were also rcpt.rf
that he had been making liqinr.
His failure to mend his ways wa
responsible for his being ordered in
to custody, according to Commis
sioner Sink, who made the invest:
gation.
"It was largely. on account *
wife's col'idit t hat- Governor .
rison gr;.ntcd the parole, ii -
stated by Commissioner Sink."
Statements made by reliable neigh
bors of Owen retract the story :*
carried in The News and Observer.
In fact, he is given a good charade
by citizens of the county who Ir.vc
been in close touch with him sine*
his parole in 1 023. A. C. Price,
who lives within a quarter mile o)
Owen, told a News reporter Mou lay
that Owen "worked hard and at
tended strictly to his own business."
Mr. Price and others of the ((im
munity further stated that the ol<l
man was, in their opinion, doing
the very best he could at all times.
The only difficulties which his r.t'*!>
bors report- are Ihose of dome -t <
life, for which he is not blamed b.
them.
The following telegram was sen!
to the governor Saturday, sign*. ! i>:
a number of prominent met. ?*
Brevard and the county:
"We feel that the conduct o"
Sherman Owen, whose parole yo
' revoked and wh** ).< now in jail a
| Brevard, has been misreprc.-'cr.-c.'
| to your Excellency. Please w:th
i hold action until Mr. Sink can in
vestigate matters ?*s they are a*, the
Owen home. If Owen has breached
his trust with Governor Morrison -t
is beyond our knowledge."
1 Interviewed at the county ja'l
^ Owen said that he had had all o.
prison life he wanted, and tin*
since coming home on parole he hari
! tried as best he could to do rh-h.
He gave as his reason for not living
in the same house with his wife
1 "My wife drank whiskey and al
i lowed it to be drunk around and i"
the house and 1 knew I cculd n?
'stay there, being under parole, ui
der such circumstances."
i Owen stated that he had aided '?
the support of his family and ha.
done all he could to school his chil
dren, the youngest of whom is 1
years old. He said that he had jus
finished "laying-by" his crop whei.
he was arrested i-'-'d brought to j*- -
Owen's conviction of murdet :
the summer of 1919 arose out e
circumstances surrounding a
sale instituted by county official,
which time there, was a tieatc*; v..
gument resulting in a violent qua."
IKE PRAYER CORNER
OUR HERITAGE
We claim our Heritage ?
and spirit from Washington : :'<l th:;
men wlio stood with him. ?: have
learned the incanng of mnn.i o l be
neath the shelter of Lilier T /, the
Palladium of the America!.- ?
] the goddess of the just age. ! ii<: un
polluted heart, the equal hai..i. lieu.
| whose allegiance is not to < *.io:is
jbut to the whole people,, the . :jjI -s
| champions of fair play. As Ur.
Holland said in "The N'atii I'n.y
er," "God give us men. A tii-ie
like this demands sirnny ,
great hearts, true faith en- 1
hands. Men whom the lir:
fice does not kill. Men
spoils of office cannot i> . . M
who possess opinions ami
men who have honor, aril
not lie; men who stand i
demagogue and .scorn hi.- ?
ous flatteries without wink'::; .
"Tall men, sun crowned, v ':??
above the fog in public du:;. -i.il f ??
private thinking." (lur i" .u '.d
problems must bes olved n- in i !?>:
interests of capital or lulu-:, 'ml i.-f
the whole people.
We believe that the ! i rt
which the heroes of o! i
blood and sacrifice atv
keep with labor and
privilege that encroach:
liberties is to be cndur- i . ? .
j less disorder that i.iijit .
to bo sanc'.ioned. No class ?!' :
regards or invades tiieitt \ i.:; h :
tolerated.
A PRAYER FOR OUR HEP I"
-n t. e
?;-'n
I V! !l
' i t I
X )
O God of our father-, ; -?
God, we claim our I? '-if. i i- ,i
them in blood and spirit. :
to /learn the meaning ?./ . ?'? . '
beneath the shelter of l,i!> ;
goddess of the just age, t
luted heart, the equal -.:a.':-j
us men and women wh . .. :
lis not to sections but ;>?
people, the fe;"-i le.-s i !i:,.. ?'
! fair play.
O tlood give us
| this demand , strong i m . : ,
hearts, true faith aii-l n-a..;. ? :?(.
Give us men whom tl.e l;l" ?
fice does not ki"; itiui :
! spoils of otriv. eaniKit
who have Itor-T. ::ad wh
lie; men who can stan-i ? ? \
demagogue, iitid scorn !ii
ou sflatteries without win!-;-. ' :? I
men, sun crowned, wha li" ? ? '<!
the fog, in public duty an! ? :? !
vate thinking.
liedeem our land fruit. ?:
dishonesty or the violenn- rt/
spirit, and p.utko office to l.? . ..!?
ed by all as a sacred trus: :
and Thy people. Make - < n
to love their neighbor
selves, and so fulfil the . f
Christ.
j Grant that justice an<: n- ? n /
i prevail in all business tra. >.
Inspire every soul in t h<- .-t ??.? -T
'Christ. Make wrath and r- . '?
and cruelty to cease, l et t -
| torn ess of close spirit ?:
| fore mutual regard. M: '!? :
] feeble and the ignorant i?- -trou;
! to be oppressed. Let that ; . ..u-. ?
I come, which shall be toke- . l.at
| the dominion ha^ been tak: : ?>
] Lord and Saviour Je-u- i.-'..
| And the glory and the In.: . an I
j^he power shall be given it;::
Father, Son and Spirit, c: ? ? ? ?'?,
world without end, Aiiieh.
? r. ;> c.
KEYSTONE CAMP ISSUES
CREDITAT-LF PUBLICATION
Keystone Camp issued thi.
their first edition o f "Til-' "?..m <
Key," which is a -s" ?
| publication in blue am! whit-.. >t i'
an eight page edition and i t
an interesting and well-writ!,. n- in
ner of the various activiii....- of
life. It is entertaining new iia'tr
for the campers ther.isi :v*. .>, w.-H
as giving a clear insight to
siders of the everyday can't; ; i T.-.
rel and ultimate shooting, wit'i the
result that Wisdom 'Patterson was
killed. Sherman and his twe sons,
Leonard and Robert, were ::!! impli
, eated in the shooting, and a triat
1 later eonvieted the three, although
| Robert Owen at the time confessed
to the murder. The father was re
leased after serving th.iee one
( half years, ai:d his son Leonar ! v/a ?
paroled the past Decern b