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VOL. XXXI
No. 31
BREVARD, NORTH CARjQ LINA, AUGUST 12, 1926
N FARM NEWS
(By L. A. AMMON)
Interest in the picnic at Swan
nanoa Experiment Farm, is growing.
Several have spoken about going,
?and wish there could be a get-to
gether and several pay the expense
of a car. Let me know if I can help
along this line.
The outside potato market has
been very dull, but lack of potatoes
is running the price up very fast
now."'.. Last week South Carolina
trucks were paying two dollars at
our farms. In view of a larger U.
S. crop than last year, the two dol
lars is a reasonably jrood price.
The retail price for chickens holds
the same. Thirty five to forty cents
per pound for broilers and friers,
and 27 to 30 cents for hens. The
smaller price for leghorns.
Plans are now being formulated
for a big poultry year during 1927.
The Community hatchery voted Mon
day to charge only $3.50 per tray of
109-120 eggs. The best rate in the
State. Many are thinking seriously
about starting, while others are
planning on large increases.
Here is what is making the inter
est in poultry continue and to grow.
Arthur Sentell has 124 hens ?
eight months he has fed them $220
worth of mash and scratch feed,
(bought all feed), his gross receipts
are $542.16, leaving a profit above
feed of 332.16. Mr. Yongue, Mr.
Eugene Allison and others are doing
about the same. Figures from the
others later oh.
Mr. Vaughn of the Riverside farm
has some three dozen pullets laying.
Their eggs are bringing him forty
cents per dozen. Early layers are
very nice to have, -but the least
change of feed or serious excite
ment will throw them into a molt,
and they ;ire as same as old hens.
Laying again about January.
Interest in bees is growing very
fast. Several are wanting patent
hives for Spring. My plan is to
make a co-operative order during
the winter. Shifting from box hivw
should be done in the spring or early
summer.
Mr. C. C. Yongue says poison
bran did the trick in killing the to
mato worms. One quart bran, one ,
to two tea spoons poison, and enough ?
molesses to make a crumbly dough.
Scatter over the vines.
Mr. Farnham, our dairy specialist,
and myself are planning on making
a tryout with a cream buying station
at Brevard, as soon as the summer
season is over. A few have spoken
well of the idea. Would be glad to '
hear from any one having any milk !
or cream to sell. The Catawba i
Creamery will furnish the equip- j
ment for testing, shipping cans, and ;
pay a local man two cents per pound
of butter fat to do the testing and
shipping.
Men in Madison county with five
cows are averaging sixty dollars per
month, on poor pasture. A good
side line.
S. C. MAN DROWNS
AT EAST FORK
HAD ARRIVED DAY BEFORE TO
SPEND VACATION HERE
Robert Ingle, aged 25, of Green,
ville, S. C., was drowned in a swim
ming hole Friday on Eask Fork be
yond A. B. Gillespie's home.
Another man and a little boy were
in the water with Mr. Ingle at the
time, and their first thought on see
ing Mr. Ingle go under was that he
was only playing in the water, con
sequently he sank before any one
came to his assistance. The water
is reported to be 20 or 30 feet deep
at the place of his drowning, and it
is thought quite probable that the
man's death was due to cramping. A
searching party was immediately
made up, and it was about an hour
before the body was found, it having
drifted quite a distance.
Mr. Ingle is survived by his wife
and two baby girls, his parents, Mr.
-and Mrs. E. N. Ingle, now in West
Asheville. He with his family had
just come to this section for a vaca
tion the day previous to the tragic
drowning, and came here from a visit
with his parents in West Asheville.
Mr. Ingle was a traveling salesman
for the J. K. Orr Shoe company, of
Atlanta, with headquarters in Green
yille. He was born and reared in
Asheville.
Two funeral services were held
Sunday, one at Greenville, one at
the home of his parents in Asheville,
Interment was in the Baptist church
cemetery, Asheville.
Motion Pictures Of |
Local Scenes Takeh
Have 20 Week
Southern Run
BE SHOWN HERE WEEK OF
AUGUST 21
The first Motion Scenic Picture of
Brevard has been completed. The
camera men finished their work on
Monday and claim to have the most
interesting film of all the motion j
pictures that have been photographed j
in this section. The work of filming;
the Brevard reel was under the di
rection of C. A. Abbott of Asheville,
with the Carolina News Reel and the
action and still pictures photograph
ed by Cameraman Dudley Reed and
assistants.
The picture will consist of aboat
| 750 feet of film displaying the most
' interesting features of Brevard and
Transylvania County, and promises
to be a most important feature of
the publicity campaign used by the
Brevard Chamber of Commerce to j
attract people to this community.
This form of publicity has been used
by other sections with more success.
About fifteen minutes will be requir- ^
ed to show the motion picture on the
screen and by np other method can
as much publicity material be shown
to a number of people in the same
(time. The following scenes were
photographed and will be shown in
the motion picture: Methodist Church
Brevard High School, Panorama of
Brevard and business sections, Bre
vard* Country Club, Golf Playing,
Bathing and Water Sports at Lake
Sega, Horseback Riding at Rock
brook Camp, Hiking at Rockbrook
Camp, Old Water Mill in action,
Fishing Scene in Pisgah Forest, The
French Broad River and Old Bridge
on Montclove Estates, Looking Glass
Falls, Connesstee Falls, Waltermive
Hotel, and the Power House Dam on
Little River.
The fishing scene in Pisgah For
tes is particularly interesting and of
especial value to Brevard as publicity
material. Jerry Jerome and J. W.
Smith, each an ardent member of the
tribe of Isaac Walton, volunteered |
services in the most important scene
of the picture-landing a trout before |
? camera. Special permission of j
Forest Ranger Fink was obtained for
this scene because of the closed sea-|
son, and in accordance with the
strict ruling of the U. S. Department
of Agriculture and the spirit of true j
sportsmanship of the fishermen, the ^
speckled trout? a beauty? was re-J
turned to the mountain stream after
the scene was photographed.
One of the scenic pictures taken j
was that of the water carnival at
Lake Sega, at which were given '
prizes in the swimming and diving J
contests. First prize was won by;
Alph Beane, of New Orleans, second j
by Bill Harvard, Sarasota, Fla., and ^
third by Henry Parsley, Wilmington,
N. C.
The motion picture will be shown
at the Clemson Theatre beginning'
with the matinee on Monday, August
16th., and will be a feature of every
show at that theatre during the week.
This picture should be particularly
interesting to our visitors in as much
as it will show some of the most beau
tiful scenes in this community and
doubtless will create a desire in many
to see the originals. Our citizens gen
erally will be interested concerning
this form of publicity for the town.
Immediately after the last show at
the Clemson on Saturday night, Aug
ust 21, the reel will be shipped to
Charlotte and from there released
through the Carolina Theatre Supply
Company to the theatres of North
and South Carolina in that circuit,
during the following twenty week?.
During the time in which the reel
is being exhibited tway from Brevard
the Chamber of Commerce will re
ceive weekly reports giving the city
and name of theatre in the picture
will be shown and a close check will
be kept on the amount of publicity
Brevard receives from this material.
At the expiration of the twenty
weeks contract, the reel will be re
turned to Brevard and be available
for exhibition in other places. Flor
ida theatres welcome such reels as
ours during the winter season and
little difficulty is anticipated hi hav
ing the Brevard reel kept busy
throughout the winter and spring.
The Chamber of Commerce of Natch
BUSINESS INCREASES AT
LOCAL POST OFFICE
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Receipts at the local post offlfce
J for June and July show a consider
able increase over those of the same
month last year. A gain in re
ceipts of $57.55 is noted in June 1926
over that of June 1925, and a gain of
$329.41 in July 1926 over that of
July 1926. Attention *is called to
the fact that revenue stamps placed
on deeds were not required during
the two months mentioned of the
present year, the sale of which 1
stamps would naturally be supposed'
to increase the receipts.
ST. PHILIPS GUILD TO HOLD
BAZAAR AUGUST 17TH
The ladies ol St. Philips Guild will
hold a bazaar on the grounds of the
rectory Tuesday, August 17, beginn
ing at four o'clock. Refreshments
will be served and all kinds of fancy
articles will be on sale. A silver of
fering will be taken at the door.
SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT MAKES
BIG RECORD FOR ONE WEEK;
GET 8 STILLS, 6 MEN, 1 AUTO
A banner record for one week's
work was made during the past week
by the Sheriffs department in the
destroying of illicit distilleries, a
total of eight stills, six men, one
auto, forty gallons of whiskey, and
two thousand gallons of beer being
their bit for six days.
The stills were captured in various
sections of the county. Some were
large outfits, some small, some com
plete and one a make-shift plant.
A quantity of the "good" and bad
smelling stuff was dumped down the
sewer on Main street at different
times, and the copper and tin
plies of the county added to ma
terially from the eight joy-spreading
machines.
Assisting the sheriff and his dep
uties were different Federal officers.
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BREVARD BAND IS '?
f : MAKING GOOD
The municipal band under the ef
ficient direction of Prof. Cutter is
making a name for itself in band cir
cles, with bright hopes for a future
career.
On last Saturday, Prof. Cutter and
the Land Sale department of the Bre
vard band made a trip to Highlands
t? play in a sale for the Southern
States Realty company, -being the
second engagement of the band for
the same company. So well did the
band perform their work that the
company manager told Prof. Cutter
that he perferred the playing of his
band to any he had ever known.
The realty company is now under
negotiations with Prof. Cutter to se
cure his band for all their work next
year. It will be a ten-piece band
and all double-in orchestra.
NEW BASEBALL PARK
OPENS NEXT WEEK
The new baseball park on the j
grounds adjoining the high school
building is now under improvement
and will be ready for games next
week. The grounds are being clear
ed off and regraded and will be put
in excellent playing condition.
Funds for this improvement work |
were secured through the benefit
performance of the Original Williams
Stock company which appeared here
recently.
DR. TURRENTINETO PREACH AT
METHODIST CHURCH SUNDAY
Dr. S. B. Turrentine, president of
Greensboro College for Women, will
preach at the Methodist church Sun
day morning. Dr. Turrentine is a
forceful speaker and one of the
more prominent preachers in the
conference.
ez, Miss, has arranged to exhibit a
motion picture at the Clemson Thea
tre on Friday, August 13th and ten
tative arrangements are being made
to show the Brevard picture in one of
the leading theatres in Natchez in
j exchange for the publicity that city
receives here.
j The Brevard News will publish the
weekly itinerary of the local picture
and will print such press comments
as is possible to obtain.
MONTCLOVE ESTATES
DEVELOPMENT GOING
FORWARD RAPIDLY
CONTRACT HAS BEEN LET FOR
$10,000 WATER MAINS PROJECT
Montclove Estates, one of the out.
standing subdivisions in Western
North Carolina, is progressing in de
velopment in accordance with the
original schedule as outlined by the
owners, the Brevard Development
corporation, states Hugh Pinnix,
! president and treasurer of the cor
poration.
Contract has just been let for the
laying of six inch water mains'
throughout the property, at a cost of
over $10,000, and work will be start-'
ed at once on this project. Electric
lines are now being installed, the '
streets have been graded, and con
struction of surfacing the streets
and laying the concrete sidewalks
will be carried forward as soon as
the laying of water mains is complet
ed. The dam for the lake is practi
cally finished and water will be let
in within the next week. 125 lots
have -been sold, two houses have
been built and others are under con.
sideration.
The 9-hole golf course, occupying
125 acres of this development, has
only recently been completed and is
now practically ready for play. The
land for the golf course was deeded
by the owners to the Brevard Coun
try club, and the stately mansion al
ready on the property was offered
for use as a country club for a
period of two years. After that time,
the Brevard Development corporation
will erect a handsome new club house
of their own in a somewhat more
central location in the property. The
golf course not only enhances the
value of the property, but also is a
decided asset to Brevard as a tourist
town.
It is the intention of the owners
to spend at least $100,000 in promo
ting this 700 acre tract of land, with
the end in view of making it an ideal
site for home builders Not less than
$6,000 per month has already been
expended in the development. Ac
cording to present plans, the subdi
vision will be in excellent condition
by early spring, with the greater
part of the development program
put into effect.
"There is no question as to the fi- 1
nal completion of this development, i
in the minds of the owners, "says'
Mr. Pinnix "and as to its ultimate |
value in relation to Brevard and toj
the benefits the town will derive
thereby." "It is not the intention of
the owners," states Mr. Pinnix fur
ther, " to make a quick development
of this property, but rather to make
of it a more gradual, sane growth, I
and one that will be eventually a real ?
asset to Brevard."
The combined wealth of the corp
oration promoting Montclove Estates
is in excess of five million dollars,
and includes among its members cap
italists, wealthy realtors, and prom
inent business men and firms of
North Carolina an dother sections
of the South, thus assuring a success
ful execution of the present develop
ment program. The Pinnix Land
company, wealthy realtors operating,
in Brevard and Gastonia and in var
ious sections of Florida, are selling
agents for Montclove Estates.
SIMS AND JAMISON GET BIG
OUTFIT NEAR LITTLE RIV^R]
Tuesday morning at daybreak,
Officers Sims and Jamison flushed a
pair of "still operators" near the
power house dam on Little River,
aad after a little scrimmage suc
ceeded in getting both men, 15 gal
lons of whiskey, 2,000 gallons of
beer, 400 pounds of sugar and a 60 j
gallon still. A small distance from I
the still was found a home-like tent,
with food, bed clothing and every- (
thing that goes to make af comfort- ,
able bootleggers paradise. :
Roy Talley, who was bound over
to court last week on a larceny
charge, made a break for liberty,
firing back at the officers as he ran,
but was soon overtaken.
EPWORTH LEAGUE DISTRICT
CONFERENCE MEETS HERE
The Asheville district conference
of the Epworth Leagtfe will meet at
the Methodist church here Friday
| evening. A luncheon will be served
on the church lawn at 7:30, after
which the business meeting will be
held.
"Smiling" Gus Tebell, head of N. C.
State football team, who owns a
home at Lake Sega and is spending
the summer here. ? Yes, girls, single.
STANDARD OIL CO.
ERECTING STATION
ON CALDWELL ST.
WILL COST $14,000 WHEN COM
PLETED
The Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey, is erecting an attract- '
ive filling station at the corner of .
Caldwell street and French Broad
avenue at an approximate cost of
? 14,000, including the building and
lot
The filling station is of brick and
concrete with Spanish tile roof and
made in accordance with the numer
ous stations of the Standard Oil
company in operation throughout the
country. Underneath the extension
roof are 37 electric lights extending
around the building, and other lights
are to be on the property.
The lot on which the station is lo
cated measures 100 square feet,
(over half of which will be of con
crete, forming driveways and at
tractive frontage. In the center of
,the lot will be a grass plot of 34 feet
facing Caldwell street, which will be
beautified with trees and shrubbery.
The station when completed will
?be leased by an independent party.
According to present plans it will
be completed and ready for occu
pancy within three weeks.
G. R. Tennent, of Gastonia, is
superintendent of construction work
for the Standard Oil company, and
R. 0. Wagner, of Greenville, is
foreman in charge . of the local
work. Louie Loftis of Brevard is
doing the electrical work, and Nich
olson & Duclos are plumbing con
tractors.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
ISSUES ATTRACTIVE BOOK
The Brevard Chamber of Com
merce has received this week, from
the publishers 6,000 attractive and
valuable booklets of Brevard, being
a highly creditable publication in
both finish and completeness of con
tent
The front cover displays a beauti
ful print of one of the prettiest near
by waterfalls, at one side of which is
the book title, "Brevard, North Caro
lina, In the Land of Waterfalls."
The contents include distinct and at
tractive pictures, representing cliar
acteristic bits of local scenery and
recreations, together with a clear de
scription of the various activities and
opportunities afforded in and near
Brevard, such as recreation, schools
and churches, commercial and indus
trial life, agricultural opportunities,
organized summer camps, and^many
other interesting bits of information.
In the center of the booklet is found
a map of the national motor routes
leading to Brevard, with airline dis
tances compiled by the Brevard Air
craft corporation.
The booklet is distinctive in that
the type is unusually large and the
spacing of an easily readable nature,
renderi&g it well adapted for reading
on trains especially. Another novel
idea carried out is the insertion on
the inside of the cover page stating,
"This booklet is sent in response to
your request with the compliments of
the citizens of Brevard," and signed
by the secretary of the chamber of
commerce.
The twenty page booklet is fo;
free distribution among resort seek
ers and may be obtained on request
by any one interested.
THE PRAYER CORNER
RECREATION
Recreation is Recreation, and like
work is to be engaged in with a
view to Gods glory. We are not to
separate it, even in id6a, from Him,
but to bring it within the scope of
His service. This principle is dis
tinctly enunciated in the words of
the Apostle Paul: "Whatever ye
eat or drink or whatever ye do, <10
all to the glory of God." Each Chris
tian must be fully persuaded in his
J own mind of the innocence of those
forms of recreation in which he in
dulges not only to the world at
large, but to himself in particular.
This is the decisive test of Recre
ation ? does it re-create? does one
come from it with rested nerves,
fresh enthusiasm fdr work, new joy
in life, restored fellowship with men,
and a spirit washed clean for con
verse with God. All this ? in differ
ent measure ? true Recreation will
effect. The precise opposite of all
this false Recreation will bring
about.
Recreation must never become an
end in life,' it must always be a
means, a help on the way. Just as
sleep is, just as rest is. An hours
recreation should be to you just
what a nights sleeping is, or what
a days resting is, it should make you
stronger, clearer headed, calmer
souled, braver, more hopeful, more
earnest, more enthusiastic, inspiring
you for better life. Anything that
leaves a taint of impurity 011 the
life or starts a thought of impurity
in the mind. Anything that degrades
or debases the soul is unfit and un
worthy of recreation for a Christian.
Christian recreation must be such as
do not harm spiritual life. They
must be means of grace.
A PRAYER FOR RECREATION
Our Heavenly Father who re
joiceth in the innocent joy of Thy
ohildren, help us in all our recrea
tion to engage in it with a view to
Thy glory. Let us not separate it,
even in idea, from Thee, but bring
it within the scope of Thy service,
for does not Thy Holy word say,.
"Whether ye eat or drink or what
ever ye do, do all to the glory of
God?"
Make our recreation to us Re-cre
ation. Enable us to come from it
with rested nerves, fresh enthusiasm
for our work, new joy in life, re
stored fellowship with our fellows,
and a spirit washed clean to converse
with Thee.
Let our recreation never become
an end in life but always be a means,
a help on the way. Just as sleep is,
just as rest is. May an hours recre
ation be to us just what a nights
sleeping is ? making us stronger,
clearer headed, calmer souled, brav
er, more hopeful, more earnest,
more enthusiastic ? inspiring us for
a better life
Give us to see that anything that
leaves a taint of impurity on our
life or starts a thought of impurity
in our minds, anything that degrades
or debases our soul, is unfit and un
worthy recreation for Christians.
Grant us grace to make our recre
ations such as do not harm our
spiritual life, to make them means of
jjrace. And unto Thee, our Heaven
ly Father, shall be all the joy anil
gladness through Jesus Christ, our
Lord, Amen.
j , ? C. D. C.
MRS. MARY COWPER
TO SPEAK HERE 12TH
IS PROMINENT IN FEDERATED
WOMEN'S CLUB CIRCLES
Mrs. Mary 0. Cowper, Regional
Director of the National League of
Women Voters, will speak in the
Grammar School auditorium, Thurs.
day, August 12, at 3:30.
Mrs. Cowper, who has served
executive secretary for the Legisla
tive Council of the Women's Feder
ated Clubs of North Carolina for
several years, has had a wide exper
ience in social legislation and prac
tical politics. Those who were for
tunate enough to hear Mrs. Cowper
when she visited Brevard in March,
remember her witty and forceful ad
dress with much pleasnre.
All who are interested in matters
of public welfare are cordially in
vited to hear Mrs. Cowper on Thurs
day and to take part in an informal.
I discussion of legislative measures
j which are of vital interest to citizens
of North Carolina at the present
time.