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I
R E YARD
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, MARCH 17, 1927
No. 11
^n^twMnc^Delight^MeehD^or
t ' ' P.? T. Aaiociation with
)^>ltndiii Addren
^ Featurinythe high school Parent
?Teacher meeting Monday afternoon
was an address by the president,
Mrs. R. E. Lawrence, on the sub
ject "Learning how to live," being a
psychological study, deep in meaning,
and presented In a scholarly manner.
The subject was presented in such
manner as to be applicable to the
every day problems of parents and
teachers in dealing with the many
perplexities and difficult situations
pertaining to children of the school
age. Mrs. Lawrence mentioned three
types of human beings with refer
ence to their relation to child train
ing, including the salesman type, in
which the parent or teacher is al
ways selling himself to the child re
gardless of consequences; the imi
tator type, which includes those who
possess no originality or real thought
of their own: and then the instruc
tor type, including those who have
the ability to bring about a change
in an individual, creating in him ;
latent powers for good. This change
or re-creation, is something of
which all human beings are capable, ,
asserts the speaker, and is the- un
derlying principle and foundation of
all educational problems. The value
of contrasts was stressed by Mrs. .
Lawrence in dealing with boys and
girls on the part of 'parents and ,
teachers, urging them to make use
of their psychological opportunity in
the varied methods -*>f appealing to
children of different temperaments j
and to use this privilege in such way :
as will not later be regretted.
Prior to the president's address, !
devotionals were led by Mrs. Oliver j
Orr, giving a helpful Bible study on I
the lesson of the Good Samaritan. 1
Mrs. C. P. Wilkins rendered a piano |
solo. "Mighty Like a Rose." Supt.
Hnnaman spoke of the deficit on the i
school piano fund and a discussion
followed as to methods of meeting
additional payments. Mrs. J. S. Sil- ,
versteen presented the matter of 1
the federated clubs sponsoring Cot- 1
ton Day to be observed among the
hiph school girls, and Mrs. Lawrence ,
offered, in behalf of the association, !
to give personally a sum to be used ?
toward the prize fund in this cotton1
dress contest.
* LADIESMGHfAT
KIWANIS MEETING
Friday night of this week will he
Ladies Night at the Kiwanis meet
ing. Nearly all members who are
married will bring their wives a^
truest*, while the few bachelor*
among the brethren will be permitted
to bring the ladios "f th?. :r choice.
Bill Alexander, secretary of the
Chamber ?-f fomnvrce has ri-turr
ed from his trip :h:<>mrh th?- SoutK
si'! will hav?* ?a? *h:r.r *o *:i\
tjv- :l.:x .. *? ;
coming ?ia?on.
LEWIS P. HAMLIN
Ab u. S. ATTORNEY
Matter to be Decided in Greensboro
Today ? Large Crowd from j
County at the Meeting
Members of the republican state
executive committee are meeting in j
Greensboro today for the purpose of |
making recommendations for ap- 1
pointmcnts to the various posts to ,
be filled as a result of the creation :
of the new federal court in Nortk i
Catolina. Brownlow Jackson, of j
liendcrsonville. is chairman of the
committee.
Among: the places to be filled is |
that of district attorney for the j
Western District of North Carolina. I
Transylvania county is deeply inter- j
ested in the meeting today becaust
one of her own sons is a leading
candidate for this office. Lewis P.
Hamlin, well known throughout this
section, is being urged by his hun
dreds of friends for the place of |
district attorney. Several Transyl- j
vania citizens arc in Greensboro this j
week, working for Mr. Hamlin's ap
pointment. ,
The Brevard man is being opposed
for the place by Thomas J. Harkins
of Asheville and Charles E. (ireene
of Bakersville
Thursday's meeting will ascertain
the will of the majority of the ex
ecutive committee, and this expres
sion will be forwarded to the At
torney General of the United States
and to President Coolidge.
masonsToerect
LODGE BUILDING
Next Friday night has been set
aside by Dunns Rock Masonic lodge
for the purpose of deciding upon
selecting of a site upon which to
build a Masonic Temple. Members of
the Lodge have been engaged in a
study of the plans for. sometime and
final selection, it is said, will be
made at the special meeting Friday
night. Many sites are being consid
ered by the committee, and any one
having property for sale that would
be adaptable for the site of such
building can list same with C. C.
Yongue, chairman of the committaa.
TO ABANDON TRAIN
MAIL ON SUNDAYS
Postoffice authorities are debating
the nuestion of giving Rr. Mail Clerk
Shook his Sundays off. The authori
ties are desirious of obtaining an ex
pression of opinion from the patrons
served by the Sunday trains before
taking final action on the matter. As
the schedule now stands, the railway
mail clerk is required to work seven
days a week.
To abandon train mail service on
Sundays would have but two effects
upon patrons of the Brevard office,
it is said, There would be no regis
tered mail accepted for dispatch on
Sunday, and all letters intended to
leave Brevard Sunday morning would
have to be mail at the office instead
of on the train at the station. All
out going mail, except registered let
ters, and all incoming mail will be i
handled as usual. As to mail in gen- i
eral it would not affect Brevard at |
all, with the exception of the regis
tered mail and mailing letters on the
train. -
Pouch mail can be sent, under the j
proposed change, to any office along
the line that such service may be de- 1
sired. Interested parties are request
ed to speak to Postmaster Roscoe
Nicholson about the m&ttef, as it i? |
his and the department's desire, it
is said, to do nothing that is not o. k.
with the public.
WILSON BACKAS
ROAD SUPERVISOR
At a meeting of the road commis- 1
sions held last Friday afternoon, T. ,
J. Wilson was renamed as road su- 1
pervisor for Transylvania county.
During the time that Mr. Wilson was
in legislature, Mr. Flem Glazener
acted as supervisor.
The commission also appointed Eck
Sims as rural policeman and his
whole time will be devoted to patrol
of the highways. An act of the re
cent legislature places this office un
der the control of the road commis
sioners. Heretofore the office "'''bad
been under the supervision of vhe
board of county commissioners.
Many citizens have been heard to
express the opinion that Mr. Sims
'will render valuable service in this
position, not only in making the
| highways safe for travel, but that
hit uniform courtesy to strangers
and visitors who arc using the high
ways will prove of great value i.o
'."he county as a whole.
GRANDMA OWEN GIVEN
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
On March 6 a party of children
ar.d L'randrhildren celebrated the
M?th birthday of Mr*. .Iamr? Marion
Owen at the old home near Toxa
* way. with a surprise birthday din
ner. A numbi r of nice pr?'?ert?
wvtv re?-:\e?] \ \ th.? honorn Those
rreser.t wrr?- all ? -f th? mind h"
trw.nklui that i i i uMlnui llwi-u had
be? r. ?u< h :i j..v, <? . m in the-.r ir.
CITY PRIMARY IS CALLED FOR
1 APRIL 25; DURANT REGISTRAR
On April 25 a primary will be
held in Brevard for the nomin*
ation of candidate* for mayor
and aldermen. H. A. Durant
I haa been named regiatrar and J.
P Dearer and W. E. Shipman
will act aa judgea in holding the
primary. All noticea of candi*
datea muit be filed, according to
law, at least ten dayi previous
to the date of the primary.
Many rumor* are going the
rounds of various candidates to
he urged for the different of.
fices. It is expected that several
names will be filed with the
city cleric within the next few
days, announcing for the many
offices to be filled.
SECRETARY ALEXANDER RETURNS FROM
TRIP THROUGH SOUTH ALL PEPPED UP |
Few chambers of commerce if any,
in the United States operating in cit
ies of less than 10,000 population
have undertaken a publicity cam- j
paign of such magnitude as that of |
the Brevard Chamber which covered i
Florida. New Orleans and the Mem
phis territory. This is the general j
way the southern newspapers com- i
mented upon the trip recently made
by Bill Alexander, the local secre
tary of the Chamber of Commerce.
It was the first step in an adver
tising campaign to bring people to
Brevard which is unquestionably the
biggest ever undertaken by the Bre
vard Chamber of Commerce and
promises to be effective particularly
as concerns the vacationists who seek
golf as the primary requisite of their
recreational trips, and as the Lake
land, Florida Evening Ledger put
it, "Brevard is leaning heavily on
golf to get people to that resort."
The excellent cooperation of J. II.
Wood, district passenger agent of
the Southern Railway materially as- '
sisted Secretary Alexander in* got- ,
ting in touch with sources of travel
information in the territory visited,
and in the efficient distribution of
publicity material which was taken
on the trip. Every courtesy Was ex
tended Mr. Alexander in tne offices
of the Southern System in the sec- '
tions through which it operated.
Three thousand pieces of advertis- j
ine matter were shipped to Jackson
ville, Fla., in bulk and from that
point distributed to the various
places on the itinerary. This ma
terial consisted largely of the "Land !
of the Waterfalls" booklet issued by
the Brevard Chamber of Commerce, i
The East Coast of Florida as far
south as Titusville and Indian River
City, Central Florida and the West
Coast section including St. Peters
burg, Tampa, and Clearwater, which
.sections appear to have attracted the I
largest number of tourists in Florida i
this season were worked closely. !
Personal contact was made with '
chambers of commerce, infomation
bureaus, railroad ticket agents and
Ask Mr. Foster offices in the cities
visited, publicity material placed on
the information counters and racks
and a message of Brevard's facili
ties for entertaining her visitors was
given to all who were met and found
interested in a vacation in the moun
tains.
From a standpoint of newspaper
publicity the trip was undoubtedly
a success. The newspapers through
out the southeast, from the small
weekly to the largest city dailies
were liberal in the space devoted to
accounts of the trip and publicity
of a kind that cannot be bought at
regular newspaper rates was ob
tained in many places.
Contrary to the information that
had been received in Brevard, Sec
retary Alexander said, the amount
of tourist travel in the parts of
Florida visited appeared to be nor
mal. Jacksonville and Tampa being
commercial cities are experiencing
almost notmal conditions and St.
Petersburg with 125,000 tourists at
the peak season is apparently satis
fied with this winter's vacation seas
on.
A survey of the newspaper adver
tising rates coverage of the entire
of Florida was obtained for filing
reference in connection with the ad
vertising campaign that is contem
plated by the Chamber of Commerce
as a means of increasing the ..ourisl
travcJ to ths community during the
coming season. This information
wilf'Tie available to any who are in
terast^ in advertising hotels or
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Transylvania County Stands Second
Introduction of Corn to the Acre
Transylvania county is second
county in the state in production of
corn to the acre; sixth in the stand
ing for production of soy beans to
the acre; ranks high in production of
grass and clover, and can become one
of the richest counties in the state,
size taken into consideration. |
These facts were stressed at the ,
meeting: of the Kiwanis club last
Friday evening by District Agent
John Goodman, who was one of the ;
invited speakers of the evening. I
Yet Transylvania county is not]
tilling her acres, therefore the citi
zens are not getting the wealth that)
awaits them in the rich soils of the ?
county. Unfavorable market condi
tions of the past have tended to j
hinder agriculture. Mr. Goodman,
brought a message of the easy estab- !
lifrhment of a certain market for
grains and grasses grown in the I
fertile fields.
Cattle and hogs, fed on the
grass and grains of the farms,
is the market that Mr. Goodman ,
talked about. He showed how much j
more a bushel of corn is worth, when }
sold in beef cattlc or fat hog, than
it is when sold merely as a bushel of
corn. -Prices of hay and grasses
were treated in the same manner. !
Meat producing animals, dairy
cattle and poultry will make Transy
lvania county stand at the very top
of the row, Mr. Goodman said. But
farmers must remember they are
producers, and not merchants. They
ought to producc in quantity and
quality, and sell wholesale.
The. program was in charge of L.
A. Ammon, county farm agent, and
the state officials 'were brought here
through his invitation- After the
address of Mr. Goodman, which waB
thoroughly enjoyed, "Jimmie" Gray
was introduced. Mr. Gray is sta
tioned at Raleigh, one of the high
officials in the farm extension work
of the state. He is well known here,
having taught school years ago at
the Institute.
Mr. Gray brought home to the
Kiwanians the importance of agri- 1
culture to all business. Agriculture
must prosper, if there be general
business prosperity, the speaker de
clared, and when agriculture laps,
all business lag?. Mr. Gray warned
his hearers that agriculture is now
in a most critical condition. It is,
naturally a slow business, that of
farming. The farmers have been
working as individuals, and many of
them have failed or refused to keep |
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FIFTY-FIFTY HAD THE CROWD
I AND MORE THAN MADE GOOD\
:
, I.ocal amateurs displayed excellent
? talent in "Fifty-Fifty," a Jiree-acl
, farce staged by five younj? ladies and
I five young men, Friday nipht at the
hiph school auditorium for the ben
efit of the P.revard Municipal burl.
A crowded house greeted the per
formers, despite the fact that Sev
ern i other important events wore
featured in town at the same tin-"-.
I ,ovi', luck and laughter were the
three themes characterizing vh?*
?play, all of which were well
hrouuht ??ut by the performer? in
the various rol?*s. Put Kimzcy. as
Henry Hrown. an nptiinu-lic, lik
able. struirulirijr artist and somewhat
im lined to seriousness, is ir.
the tirst act with his pal. Paul fire en
(Dr. Carl Hardin), nti unsuccessful
author. Their devotion to each
othi r a thing that i> felt rather
than shown in their life together in
n i?ent .idio. whieh indicate* th?*
extreme poxeitv of the occupants.
Throueh the struggle* of poverty
:.n i I.Ti r *V.r 'h* v- -: f
il? r thy Fitr.-ri. a
(lancer by prof< >sion, a swe^t and
lovable jrirl and the fiancee of Hen
ry. causes her betrothed much per
plexity by her insistence to continue |
her profession rather than marry '
.* r?l Wo hi? hemn.iaker. Mrs. !
Pod^e (Rebn Ashworth), the land- 1
lady, a very stolid widow with no '
sense of humor, makes it her main 1
object in life to attempt collection 1
<?f rent from her poverty strickcn 1
yuuntr tenants rv?i to proses-, t- the
t'espectabb stnrw.'in- "f her lo Ipinjr
h< us??. May IKxtcr i Flora Wikc) a|
press ropgrter and an enthusiast of
the breezy type, figures in the press ;
reports of the faHe and ridiculous!
iiiatrinv?n'a? tanglv if Paul. Mrs.'
Ilawley i ??tarian Yfntrue). a haughty i
society matron and a collector of
rare paint:ncs. brines the first re- I
lief from p..v, rt\ to the w.-.uld-bc
:?r:?>* by paying a larire sum for his
ni"*!v n?i :?????'' r* 1 "'???If ????*" -'-lr*
Patrick (t'Mal'K c Frank Duck
\vi?r:S?. ;i*, lr?*h ?..niter .i* :n leacu^
v.ith M - 1' :c '*? c?* ? v
?.it .1 . Kick t^api- ? J
i
ONE SOW PRODUCES I
$436.40 IN CASH
Hon T. J. Wilton Says Farming in
Transylvania Doe* Pay, and
^Proves It
Hon. T J. Wilson, being among
other things a farmer, is not ho de
sirous of publicity, but doesn't mind ;
telling the world that he believes
there is money in farming Transyl
vunia county, and thut pigs are '
money makers.
Late last June Mr. Wilson's best
brood sow dropped thirteen pigs. !
Two were rather, small. To help,
the mother in nursing such a family, ;
100 pounds of fish meal was bought
to supplement her feed. To this
was added butter milk, green feeds,
corn and rye meals.
The old sow put out the goods
and the pigs took it, so they made
exceptionally good gains, and were
soon helping themselves to the
mother's feed, as all good pigs I
should do. Grow! You could al
most sec them put on the pig.
The idea of seeing how much the
litter could be made to weigh . at.i
killing time, struck Mr Wilson, so !
all were kept and furnished pasture,
slop and grain. Day by day they j
approached the ton, and long before >
ready to kill for local consumption ;
they had reached the ton. | J
One by one the pigs were killed H
and sold at 1G cents per pound, un- '
til the last of February when the | J
last of the litter was ready. The j l
sum of the weights in dressed form']
added up 2,727 1-2 pounds, bring- ?
ing Mr. Wilson, or his wife, we are 1
not sure which, the sum of $436.40. M
Can you beat it? ?
This is not the only income from , 1
livestock from this farm. There I *
will be better than thousand dol- j
lars from other pigs and cattle, and I
all told Mr. Wilson feels that he
will sell around sixteen hundred dol- M
lars worth of cattle and pigs. 'Mr. )
Wilson feels that others can do it P
if they will go to work and do it. p
THE PRAYER CORNER
CHRISTIANS |<
' "In solemn truth, I tell you that I
unless you turn, and become like lit
tle children, you will in no case be ? .
admitted into the Kingdom of the''
Heavens." ? Matthew 18:3 (Wey
moUth's^Trahslation.)
The Christian life is a life in
Christ, lived in the faith of Christ,
"Who loved me and gave Himself
for me." That is its strength, in
spiration and victory. It is a life
also with -a great ambition "for me
to live is Christ." To be all that the
man Christ Jesus was. To bear
branded upon my character the
marks of His most holy life. To !
have ever in my heart this one pas
sionate purpose? to win Christ. To
know Him. to follow Him, to be like
Him, and so to be His disciple. i
Christ uses a child as expressive J
of the true spirit of His Divine j '
kingdom. He is, of course, con- 1
cerned with the characteristic fea- f I
tures of the child life, simplicity,,!
naturalness, humility. These things, J.!
as seen in a child, are to be the !
outstanding features of the followers j
of Christ, of Christians, for the I
keeping of Christ for the uses of I ;
Christ, and to th" glory of Christ.
John Wesley is said once in ah
dream, to have found himself at the '
gate of the place of woe, through j i
which multitudes were passing, and :i
he asked the porter, who they were, i
Were there Catholics going in there?
Plenty of them. Were there Prot- i
tstants? Plenty of them. Wen*
there Presbyterians? Plenty of,1
them. Were there Baptists? Plenty of
them. Were there Wesleyans? ,
Plenty of them. (I may add, were i
there Episcopalians? Plenty of them)
Then is his dream, he was suddenly 1 1
at the gate of Heaven and when heij
asked the porter earnestly, "Are 1 1
there many Wesleyans inside?" h
"Not one." "What?" "Are there
many Baptists?" "Not one," "Who]
then? Presbyterians?" "Not one."!'
"Catholics?*' "Not one." (I may add, j
Episcopalians? Not one.) "Then who (
are inside?" "Only Christians." ,
It is the childlike spirit which finds j
the open door. Childlikneness is the
open sesame into glory after glory
in the unsearchable riches of Christ. '
Childlikenes? is the very key. It is j ;
the very secret of the Lord. Repeat,
the text. I
A PilAVEH FOR CHRISTIANS
O Thou C':;:'i<t ?>f Cod, who loved !
us and gave Thyself for us. Help
us never to forget the solemn truth '
that unless we turn and become like I
little children, we will in no case I
bo admitted into Thy kingdom in j1
Heaven.
Grant us to have ever in our ?
hon> ? the one passionate purpose, to ;
win Thee. to know Thee. to follow
TV-|.. -O K Thee, and .o be,
Thv disciple-.
(tive js gracv to become like little ?
children, having the child's humility,
teachableness and artless sincerity. ,
for they are to Thee the best svm- .
bo Is of th>- quality which is n^ces
?arv for entr.?a?c into Tbv Kin t I 'm. 1
\V?- would n<>t grow awav from the !
childlike spirit. Preserve in us ;hr
grace* of tri;-' and lovelir?-s?, and
ceaseless wonder. I.et us neve** loee
r *{? if ? f :' ?urrr>?. For ?
is thr chtldlike >nirit whic*- rinds th ?
open door. < "h'ldlikeni'** the open
\ i*i .-r r'.-'v in
" : - . ? 4 r. ? 1 ?
<? T'.- ,i rho" if <~i ,*?
FEEDING CHICKS
TOO EARLY CAUSE
OF MANY DEATHS
Overheat it Another Source of
Great Lou Among B?by Chicks
? 90. it Plenty High
BLACK PEPPER GOOD
FOR GREAT MANY ILLS
Cold* Among Baby Chicks Hard to
Handle Care During Frist
Days Important
(By L. A .Amman)
Both experienced and unexper
ienced poultrymen lose consider
able numbers of baby chickens each
year through feeding too early. ,
Those who have studied the
causes of death in baby chicks are
all agreed that feeding too early is
the greatest source of trouble. I
have cut open hundreds during the
past three year*, and have found
that about? eight out of ten still had
considerable unused yolk of egg
stored in the large intestines.
This yolk of egg is taken in ii*
very clean conditions, and. no decay
or disease germs are present, but'
when you feed them before this
yolk is digested, the feed you give
them has on it millions of ^11 man
ner of germs. Those causing decay
being tile greater. When this feed
passes down the system to the yolk,
t carries germs along, and these
germs find the egg ari ideal food
and set to work, causing the forma
tion of gases, and water, plus va
rious kind? of poison bodies. Tho
?ffect on the chickens' flesh is first
to make it red, and by time death
?omes many are in a mortified con
dition. ' : ??
The best thing to do is to try to
prevent the trouble. Three days
till first feed has not proven safe
for all and especially leghorns. It
s my belief that up to six days
ivould not be too Ion;* for some iiir
iividual chicks, but too long to
starve others. Then to hit a
nedium is about the best most can
Jo. If you have more than one
jrooder> separate uhe babies into two
rlasses, the alert ones and the
dow ones, and feed the slow ones.
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WORLD TRAVELERS
VISITING BREVARD
Mr. and Mrs. Strong Have Taken
the Mrs. Bates P&tton Place
at Davidson River
Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Strong, of
Miami, Florida, are interesting vis
itors in Transylvania, having taken
the beautiful home of Mrs. Bates
Patton at Davidson River for a
time. The visitors speak highly over
this section, giving unstinted praise
to the beauties of the entire county.
Mr. and Mrs. Strong have a
beautiful home in Miami, and an e?j
tate on Cat-Cay Island, in the
Brahamas. Their estate their com
prises an entire island of over three
hundred acres, and the buildings arc
unique in architecture and group
ing. Mr. Strong relates his exper
ience? with hurricanes, however,
with a decided shake of the head.
The owners were in Europe when
the fiist hurricane played havoc with
thtii* island estate. All repairs were
made, and buildings placed back,
just in time for the Second hurri
caru. And even since then another
raging storm has done damage to
?.he island group.
Mr. Strong has been retired from
active business life for the past fif
teen years. He and Mrs. Strong
have spent several * summers in Eu
rope. and the fact that they are now
in Transylvania county speaks vol
umes for the attractions of this^sec
tion.
Mr. Strong began life as a civil
engineer for the railroads on the
Pacific coast. Later he engaged in
the mining business, in which he was
extensively interested up to the
time of his retirement from active
business life.
These appreciated visitors came
to Transylvania county because of
suggestions of their friend.' who had
visited this section.
JURY COMMISSION
ORGANIZES BOARD
Transylvania countv's new jury
commission met last Sfond.iy and or
ganized with R. H. Zitchary as chair
man. and A. C. Lvday as secretary.
A. C. Miller as the third member of
the commission. Jury lists and books
find all dnta that goes with the wOrk
? ? f *? " J - ct T-U' ihi jury was turned over
;o tN r.vw commission by /. H. Piek
elsimer. chairman of the board of
coun*y commissioners.
This nt-wly created < >mmission
will Vave entire control of the selec
tion of the name?, of citizens *o
serv? on the jury in *h?? future. An
.*ta:<-rl ir last week'.* New- no mem
be: f the rommi>>i w- '.1 be pri
to st-rvc more 'hat. one term
' f tvo rr-.ir*.
of fhiliiiikori'M mn\ uo find the
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