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Miss Ann^^^^^WGrN^Vher co workers Transyl vania Memons^^brary has served the public to tne best of its ability and means for the past few years. In keeping with this policy of ser vice, the library will open on Satur day, January 8, a new department of service, known a? the "rent col lection" system. The object of this > evviee is to give to library members the opportunity of reading some of the recently published books at tho small sum of ten cents per week, 'lhe proceeds of "rent collection" will go toward the purchase of new books. The first "rent collection" books in be ready for circulation next Sat urday will include: Revolt in the Desert, by T. E. l.nwreoce;. Marching on, by James Hoyd ; Giant's in the Earth, by O. E. Iiolva'j?4} Meanwhile, by K. G. Wells; Right Off the Map, bv C. E. Montague: Andrew Jackson, by Ger ald W. Johnson. Other books Wili be added from tiole to time as funds permit, using books selected by the Book-of-the wonth Club committee, as the out standing book of th& month, or books especially recommended as worth while. The Chamber of Commerce. Ki \\".iiis. Woman's Bureau and other local organizations are urging co operation with the library authori ties, and a good suggestion has bt'en made that people of the com munity could start the new year of 1928 aright in no better way than by doing some real cooperation witll tlVe library, and see how it works. TRAIN SCHEDULE IS CHANGED; NEW HOURS Announcement is made this week of the change in schedule of the Lake Toxaway- Henderson villo divis ion of the Southern Railway passen ger trains. On and after January 6, changes on the local passenger trains will be in effect as follows: Train No. 6, due to leave Lake Toxaway at 7:50 a.m. will leave that point at 8:30 a.m., arriving at Hendersonville at "10:50 a.m. Train No. 5 will leave /Hendersonville at 11:50 a.m.. arriv . 1 ing at Lake Toxaway at 2:50 p.m. GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM WINS OVER ROSMAN The Girls Basketball team of Bre vard High School was victorious in their first game of the season, when they played Rosman a fast close game ? 26-15. The players for Bre vurd were, Josephine Clayton, Lillian Ponder, Vera Jones, forwards and M'Tdred Clayton, Beulah Mae Zach ary. Betsey Hollinshead. guards. All' the team showed t'neir prowess and out-played their opposing team. The girls' coaches are Miss John son and Miss Fagori. The captain of ' the team is Josephine Clayton, man ager, Adelaide Silversteen. The girls have a good schedule this year, which will be posted later. NOTICE All persons are hereby notified that we will not be responsible for an" - bills- contracted in our names, unit s.5.' by written Order, signed by on' or both of us. This December 31st, 1927. ? T. LIPSEY. M. H. LPSEY. 5-12-19-26pd Despite the increasing use of sub stitntes for wood tKe people of the ' world never before used so much of that material as at the present time. rTS WATERMELON IN ZERO WEATHER While citizens in the mountain ?sections (if Western North Carolina have been suffering' from the coM Weather caused by the near-aero temperatures of the past few Jays, word conies from Florida, telling of real watermelon feasts enjoyed re cently in the Sunshine State. Miss llassio Tinsley, who is spending sometime in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., writes The Brevnrd News as fol uw- : "Who would have dreamed of . am njv on watermelon on New Year's day? liut wonders never . elit es in tin Sunshine city." I-URTING WITHNON- > ESSENTIALS Musilu Shoals! Jlow many years lias that name been batted around in Congress. ? liouldor Pani! The newest ii/ot ball of public, ownership advocate: Just as the war time nitrate pljint at .Muscle Shoals has ' been use<l as a lever to try to force the govern meiit into the electric power busi so will the need for a Hood control dam on the Oi lorado River be used for the same purpose.' I'lesiii.-nt Coulidjte favors build* ing the dam for flood e< ntrol, a le gitimate function of government, liut it' the proposition is kicked back r.'id forth, in Congress as long as Muscle Shoals, in an attempt to tack on power development, the Colorado ( an overflow nin;iy times befove pro . fi.in is given. That's why politics should b" kep' out oi business. It flirts with thr 'nonessential while neglecting esser tial matters. ? News Bureau. POSTOFFICE GROWING ] SAYS MR. NICHOLSON As evidence of Brevard's continued growth in business during the past year is a report submitted by Post master Hoscoe Nicholson revealing an increase in receipts'^ t the local post office for the year 1927 over that of 1926. The receipts in stamps alone for the year just passed amounted to $14,121.48, as com pared with an amount of $13,847.44. for the previous year, being an in crease of $284.05 for 1927 over that of 1926. . . U. D. C. MEETING CALLED FOR NEXT SATURDAY Special request is made' for all members of tmf U. D. C. to be pres ent at the regular meeting Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the library. A splendid Lee-Jackson program will be in charge of Mrs. O. L. Erwin. GALLOWAY RETURNS FROM THE SUNSHINE STATE T. H. Galloway 'returned Tuesday from Umatilla. Fla., where he spent the holidays with his daughter, Mrs. Anna May Sheldon. Mr. Galolway expressed himself as being very much pleased with the wonderful climate of the Sunshine State. Faust has been given in the Paris Opera alone more than 1,800 times and to capacity receipts nearly ev ery time. Anion r the ancient Greeks small pieces of bread were used instead of the present-day napkin; the diners ctlen threw the bread on the floor /or 111? dogs to eat. A savings bank in the forn? of an urn, believed to be 2,500 yfJ"S old, was found in the ruins of ?>ea, as ancient Phoenician city. , -feu^s true Buick tfMa/zbkL and all the ^mot^fi^eatures ciiia you have your>>u^^ three popular models at thi^S^ erate price ? a roomy Sedan, tri Coupe or smart Sport Roadste^ Only Buick offers so many fine car features at such moderate prices. Only Buickenjoy* ^gpdoi'c - " produc ui va/u( tve puick. ^tion to S&;. MS?** HARVESTS i-uOu i ' ' .* # -wj. Ualeir.il, tan .'!. -Jacob Ticl.l , f AHmance county i- jiijw luir w tit i> lumber from a v.iiodlot that lie lilnV' oil in pine# with his own hands forty years ago. ; Mr. Tickle believes in ill* .vise i. ?> 'of farm woodland and reieiitly wh i U. \V .tii M'eher, extension fi'i.. stei ;n. State eolleue, v'isiteil hh iViiii, Tickle said: "A little 1' urc -10 y -,\i , . I settled >?(! lhi? plueci in make' :? living for n yielt' ami family, V Uirm hail been ulnts d and w:r ly washed anil gullied. One n. id II iv^'^ wiii in .. ii bad enii tin. ? that ??'it was inijio; ;-il)le i ? me i>i u >t'in )?hi>'t!ii ? . It wjii so poor i!ia> tiiii former owner asked the ?. se.-si-f to relieve linn of that pa t <. ht's farm because it would not i>. iur lae Ji.'?<.uiit ct t!ie annual "I i/ecided to roelaini th: with pines. At that time, there \.vn fur pines Ki'owing in tiiis setliii:i . ? Alamance county so I wont into other community and du.i; a quiiir ty of pine siedlings to plant jii .hi field. Sonic of the - seedlings, I planted around among the gudi'.-. Oh about half the area. I planted th< trees in rows, somewhat like an or chard is set, with the pines ahou. 28 to 30 feet' apart. 1 started thsr planting in 1887 and added a lilt,'" i-acli vir.kr until, the whole i I arrtf was very well covered. After these scattered plantings grew large enough to make seed, the whole field wis soon .seeded to a thick s.ta- Today this field of wasteland i' .is vauable. acre for acre, as any ; neld on. nty farm." I Mr. Tidvlo stated that folks vould | hardly iejeve him when lie told them in 1918, it which time his trees were but thirtyyea rs old, that he had cut 1 enough tmber from, the field to', erect sevral necessary buildings on his farm. "And,' says Mr. Tickle, "this field of imber is now making suf ficient gVwth each year to pay the taxes bniiiy whole farm." MANiGERLEWiS TO i I HERE MONDAY: . -f.'jlv ? ???*. . ?:* . ~ . *? i. Anntncement is made tif the ap- i proachfe anttal meeting of the local camp 5. 116 W. O. W., which will r be hel.in Brevard Monday night I Januai 9, in the Woodmen hall. E. B, fwis, state manager/ will b the picipal speaker of the occa- ? sion. fficcrs for 1928 will be in stallertt'd new members initiated. , Refreintnts will be served. ' CRaVFORDSGONE IS MONTH'S VISIT ii Utfcg the absence of Rev. V. A. ? t Cra\i"d, pastor of the Presbyter-' ian irch, there will be no church I servl on Sunday during the month ? of Jpary, but Sunday School and ? Wetfcday night Prayer Meetings I will I held as usual. Members of this lurch arc urged to attend ser- I vicesf the other denominations 9 d u r) the pastor's absence. R and Mrs. Crawford are spend- | ingieir four weeks' vacation visit- I inp-riends and relatives in Greer, 5 Colibia, and Charlestou, S. G. WH NOT "UNIFORM l, i AMOUNTING" FOR CRIMINALS | (The Manufacturer) i f| Kablishmont of criminal slat is- I vivCfM* ill 5??IV CHllC III IUU Unii, is recomuipnuod l>y the' X a Itioil Crime Commission. | Lsed upon the findings of an in- I j vcujratinp t'ommittee headed" by < [Foiritr-Govfirnor Frr.nk 0. Lowden J of llinois, the report states thnt | .An-rica jins more crime than any Jotlrr ci^iuiid nation ami has, the; J wo-ld's/worM criminal .statistics, An nuij MoWee reports of Amcrica were I , ten" Tl little less than ridiculolus. \ 'iht statistical bureau* ricom , *iendooc b;' the crime commibsi"^. ! .?coupled with central identifier : | : bureaus also susK?'*n*d, would be of j enormous assistance to the Federal J Census Bureau in tabluation of crini inal data. < In civil affairs surli as op:?i.ti!i;- | I lail roads, public- utilities and; na- I Itonal banks, the law require; uni- j [ Uorm reporU of the most intricate: ! I eharacter and private companies j f 'nave to furnish these reports to state ' ^ Jan.' federal governments 10 that 1 ! pt&lic otVicials can check them in the I -i I small- i ' ... Jiuiu-e oStL,: ?ny cannot the fame urol , v?mity and thoroughness be ajv fed ? Why should the criminal bel .jtcourafjed in carrying on his worki . due to lack of public information ' ."j regarding his crimes? Why not keep I " as accurate a check on criminals as 1 we do on honest and legitimate bus iness? Why blame the war. the modern jazz a?re, bootleg liquor, the movies, revolvers or our lartre cities for tl* "crime profession?" Inste warrinu on the criminal, we more laws further restrict in. abidine citizens. "? *L the criminal w" new law. He 1," knowing the more loo|;* crawl thri ment. Ui allies ar would get Football , nown by< huvlinfc.' igr." i / fi K g E| f A <?: Ms Ij: ff &Jf JL Call and see us in our The - Weill Directly across the Streel location. 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