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THE BREVARD NEWS
fOL. XXXIII.
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, JUNE 14, 1928
No. 24
HULL WINS NORTH
STATE DELEGATION
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Shipman Is Named Alternate
Delegate ? M. W. Galloway I
Named Sergeant-at-Arms
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Thos. 11. Shipman, president of the j
ferevard Hanking company, was se-|
l- ^ ected in the state democratic con
-? v ventiou as alternate delegate to the
national convention at Houston, to
' be held on Juno 20. j
M. W. Galloway, of Brevard, was
<\ elected as one of the two sergeant
at-aims in the Raleigh meeting.
Hull forces Won the day, electing
all eight delegates at large from
among Hull supporters, while Smith .
followers were able to capture only
one district delegation, that of the
Tenth District. Both delegates and
alternates in this district being Smith
men. ' ' .
Conflicting claims are being made
by both sides, the Hull men claiming
that Smith will have but four con
vention votes, while the Smith forces
are claiming severi| votes, North
Carolina is entitled to 24 votes in the
national convention, and elects
delegates to cast this vote.
Following is a list of the delegates
at -large and of the district delegates
as chosen in the convention:
Hull candidates: Daniels 1. 159.70;
Wood, 1,084.70; Newland
Jerman 1,091.27; Belk 1,038.76;
Jones, 1,048.97; Fearing 1,066.37. ?
Smith candidates: Gregory OOo.ea,:
McKee 818.15; Reynolds 818.15, j
Biggs 834.29; Long 775.83; Bowie i
872.50; Hobgood 834.53.
The twenty district delegates as ,
chTJsen in the ten congressional con- |
ventions were as follows: j
First District delegates: W. U.
Saunders and E. G. Flannigan !
(avowed Smith men) ; J
Roy Parker and John W. Holden. i
Saunders and Flannigan casting to- 1
gether one vote, the Smith men claim I
one vote there, the Hull forces one. |
Second district, delegates: D. M. }
Costello, Ernest Deans; alternates j
Walter Whitaker; B. F. Shelton, all .
litsed as Hull men and casting two
votes. V
Third District, delegates T. _ D.
Warren and D. C. Humphrey; alter
nates Charles S. Wallace and B. C.
Sisk, all Hull men. .
Fourth District, R. S. McCoin, J.
O. W. Gravely, F.~H- Bfooks, J. K
Weatherspoon. all Hull men.
Fifth District, R. O. Everett, James
>G. Hanes, delegates; M. J. Wrenn, J.
n. Pipkin, all Hull men.
> SixUl District, W . S. Bntt, H. H.
Carr X""3Wj^rown, John C. Thomp
?iASfTOfe. L. D. Robinson. |
J. W. Finch, u. L. Spence, J. C. j
Vann, Robinson and Finch are Hull
? Eighth District: L. T. Harsell
(Smith). R. L. Smith Jr; d?ubtful).
Walter Woodson (Smith), George
Allen. The two Smith men cast one
V? Ninth District: James A. Bell and
Sam C. Lattimore, delegates; Miss
Beatrice Cobb and Charles W Til
lett, Sr., alternates; all Hull sup- (
porters except Tillett, who is out
spoken for Smith. . '
Tenth District: J. Quince Gilkey i
and Charles N. Mai one j
W. R. Francis and T. H. Snf^fpan,
alternates, all Smith men.
FOUR OFFICERS NAMED
BY FIRE DEPARTMENT
At a meeting of the Are depart-,
ment held Monday night, John Smith ;
was elected assistant fire chief 1 !
succeed Jerry Jerome, who lives in
the country during the summer and |
therefore cannot serve in this ca
pacity. Four special officers were I
selected with police powers to han- 1
die the crowds when tho firemen aie
called out. Dan Merrill, Red Mis- 1
enheimer, Winston Ashworth and.
Will Hunt are the four men whose
duty it shall be to see to it that no
interference is made with the fire
company while battling the flames or
on the way to the scene of the fire.
RECENT ARRIVALS AT
THE FRANKLIN HOTEL
Recent arrivals at the Franklin
Hotel include: Mr. and Mrs. Geui'lie
Morris, Memphis, Tenn. ; Mr. and
Mrs L. F. Bannister, Columbia, S.
C ? Mr. Lee C. Harrif, Mr. Jenks
Harrif, Miss Virginia Harrif, ?
ville, S. C.; Dr. H. H. BngKs, Mrs
Charles A. Moore, Mrs. C- C. Lantz
and son, of Asheville
SURE! 'TWAS HORSE
OF ANOTHER COLOR
The following story is told about
a big business man of the west? a
wealthy ranchman and farmer of
how he nearly became a mail order
tTaThfs wealthy farmer was in urgent
peed of a gasoline engine for one of
farms His foreman noticing an
illustration of a likely looking en
gine in a mail order catalog and
which was listed at a reasonable
price according to description given,
suggested that one be ordered at
once^by wire." ^ ^ accustomed
to doing business in a business like
manner, immediately carried .out th s
Buggestion by sendng the
telegram : "Send engine No. 1336. 11
\ loof win send check. " In due time
V>nL received the following tcl?,|ra?
from the mail order house. Send
chrck If good will send engine.
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PRECINCT WORK IS
| URGED FOR COUNTY
'Delegates and Alternates Se^
I lected for State Convention
? . Rather Warm
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Selection of delegates and alter
nates to the state convention, the
adoption of resolutions, and empha
.siising p!.as for precinct organiza
tion throughout the county consti- ?
tuted the principal part of the pro- j
gram of the Democratic county con- j
volition held last Saturday in the i
c?urt house.
The following were selected as ,
delegates and alternates, many of
whom are in Raleigh attending the [
state convention:
W. E. Breese, Charlie Mull, Hun
ter. Martin, Thos. 11. Shipman, II. 11.
Patton, Caney Aiken, Mrs. Hugh K.
Walker, Mrs. Jordan Whit mire, Mrs.
J. S. Silversteen, M. O. McCall, Pat
Kinizcy, Elani Galloway. Alternates
won- : I.. P. Wilson. Elmer Gillespie,
George Uowen, George l.yday, l'lem
Glazener, Grady Kilpatrick, Harry
Clarke, Wallace Galloway, W. 15.
Henderson, A. Rockwood, Eck Sims.
T. S- Wood.
Several speakers urged the im
portance of thorough organization
in the county, which can come only,
it is said, as the result of precinct
organization.
The bitter feeling on the A1 Smith
candidacy cropped out at one stage ;
of the meeting, when the charge was ;
made that all the delegates selected
to the statj convention were Smith !
men and that only one anti-Smith
man had been named, and he wash
among the list of alternates. After!
a lengthy discussion, during which I'
Chairman Breese stated that he!'
would be glad to name any Hull man |'
in the court house to take his place ?'
as a delegate to the Raleigh conven
tion, and this declaration being fol- !;
lowed by other delegates who had "
been named, the intense feeling!1
abated and the convention proceeded I
to its business. At one point in tho j'
discussion Chairman Breese stated]
that he would rather Transylvania j
county sent no delegates to Raleigh !j
at all than for the democrats to be- i'
gin fighting among themselves for I]
the presidential question. Mayor T. ;?
W. Whitmire and former legislative j1
member, W. H. Duckworth, led the
fight for the Hull forces, urging that 1
Hull should have representation on '
the delegation going to Raleigh. '
No changes were made, however, j
in the committee reports' line-up for j'
delegates and alternates and the slate |
was elected.
JUNIORMEETING
WAS BIG SUCCESS
Crowded Hall Observe# 75th
Anniversary of the
Junior Order ,
Standing on the stairway, in the
hallway, packing the ante-rooms and'
sitting on the floor, the big crowd (
that attended the meeting of the |(
Junior Order United American Me- j;
chanics last Saturday evening en
joyed the chicken dinner feast and f
the program that followed. Long;
before the meeting was called to or-|,
der, every available seat in the |
lodge rooms had been occupied by1
the members and their guests. The |
meeting was in celebration of the
75th anniversary of the Order, and j
a huge cake, . bearing seventy-five |
candles, was borne to the center of ;
the table 'and cut for the occasion, j
After the feast several speakers I
told of the great work that has been ]
done by the Junior Order. Lewis';
P. Hamlin, executive officer of the ,
local lodge, gave a brief history of i
the organization, and told of the i
meaning of the celebration. Rev.
W. H. Hartsell was the principal j
speaker of the evening, and delight
ed the big crowd with a character
istic speech. Other speakers includ
ed W. S. I'rice. Jr.. R. R. Fisher,
Julian Glazenr-r, T. C. Henderson, J.
P. Mason, H. F. Wright, Henry Ran
son, and others.
A feature of tne program was
banjo selections and songs by "Uncle
Joe" Or;-, which were most pleasing, i
The Junior Order is committed to
support of the public free school |
system, to strict immigration laws, i
to teaching the Holy Bible in the I
schools, and to American ideals and
standards. These various principles
I were thoroughly explained by the
speakers, and the addresses' were
j given enthusiastic applause.
:NOON-HMRPROVES j
I FOR KIWANIS MEET
Meeting at the noon hour has
proven to be very popular according
to the increased attendance at the
last meeting of the Kiwanis club.
Several visitors were present as
guests of the club, bearing out the
oredietion often made that the noon
hour would attract visiting Kiwanians
who might be spending their vacation
here. An unusually fine program has
l>eeni arranged for this Thursday,
when the members will assemble at
12:15 at the Wnltermire Grill.
T. E. L. TO MEET
Regular meeting of the T. E. L.
class of the Baptist church will meet
next Tuesday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock at the home of Mrs. George
Glazener. All menib'-rs are urged to
attend. ,
On account of tin- fact that many
golfers wore in Kaleigh intending
the slate Democratic convention, the
dinner tournament scheduled for
Tuesday was posponed until today
(Thursday). Playing will begin
promptly at 2 o'clock and all players
are urged to be at the club house
ten or fifteen minutes early in order
that playing may begin and the .tour
nament staged without any hitch.
During the past several days many
people have been practicing", anil it
is expected that this will be one of
the most iutert'stinj* tournaments of
the season.
The K?,lf course is in excellent con
dition, and the playing is fine. Many
visitors front other sections can be
seen on the local course every day.
Mrs; I'atton and Mrs. Garner,
hostesses at the club house, will
serve dinner to the players in the
tournament today, the losers paying
for his own and his victor's dinner.
GROWING CERTIFIED SEED
POTATOES IN 1RANSYLVANI
(By JULIAN A. GLAZENER)
There is n possibility of Transyl
vania county becoming one of the
great potato growing sections of
North Carolina. I might even go
further and say that the farmers of
the county are in position to grow
certified seed potatoes which would
bring a much higher cash return per
acre than ordinary eating potatoes.
Naturally there are going to be some
doubting Thomases who could never
dream of the farmers in this county
changing from the growing of corn
find rye to the production of seed po
tatoes, but just remember Shake
speare said, "Our doubts are traitors
and make us lose the goods we oft
might win by fearing to attempt."
One of the most important phases
of agriculture today is the market
ing of our produce. It requires much
thought and planning. We should
strive to find out the market de
mands, the crops we are in position
to grow and then put forth every ef
fort to meet the market require- J
ments. Some sections of the county
ire better adapted for certain crops 1
than other parts are and to try to
[grow something that isn't well suitci
j or doesn't have the* money value
that some other crop has is a mis
itake too many farmers ate making
'Nature has blessed us here with a
| high altitude, which is suited for
igrowing good seed potatoes.' It has
: been proven lonjj ago that potatoes
grown in high altitudes when used as
[seed in lower altitudes out yielded
those grown in low altitudes. One
can readily see. that we are in po
sition to grow seed potatoes and
ship them to the potato growing sec
tions of the South, We must keep
in mind, however, that the most, pro
gressive potato growers are not sat
isfied with just good seed, they must I
; be certified. This being the case, it |
lis to our advantage to find out how >
to produce certified seed. Next week i
II shall discuss through The Brevard |
iNews certified seed potatoes and ;
? some points on how to grow them.!
(There is always a market for good j
I seed potatoes and the Southern Kail- 1
jway company, through their agricul- j
| tural extension representative, in- 1
forms us that they will find these j
markets for the farmers of this coun- j
ty who produce the quality product.
FARM AGENT TO BE
HERE ON JULY 1ST
P. H. Gaston, With Fine Rec
ord Notifies County That
He Is Ready To Work
Word has been received from P. !
H. Gaston, new county farm agent,
that he will report for duty on the j
first Monday in July. Mr. Gaston is ;
considered in the agriculture depart- j
ment as being one of the strongest |
men in the state, and the county .
commissioners selected him after j
thoroughly investigating the records
Df many applicants for the position. ;
It will be recalled that Mr. Gaston
was chosen several months ago, but'
could not come to Transylvania I
county until completion of the work
upon which he was then engaged. (
It is believed that Mr. Gaston's 1
work in Transylvania oounty will be !
of untold value, especially in view
of tho fact that the agriculture de
partment of the Southern Railway (
company now has two projects in
view that mean much to this section.
The test growing of sugar beets and
the declaration that Transylvania
county possesses the finest soil to
be found anywhere for the growing
of seed potatoes will, under proper ?
supervision, prove of tremendous ?
value to agriculture in this county, j
Several leading farmers, when in
formed that Mr. Gaston will be
ready for work the first of next
month, expressed their satisfaction
and declared that his services are
sorely needed in the county.
SEASON'S SUCCESS <1
ALMOST ASSURED
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Will Take Quick Action, How-|,
ever, If Brevard Is To ?!
Prosper
Directors A. H. Houston and S. P. j ;
Hnmniatt attended the meeting of']
tin Chamber of Commerce Tuesday i
night, this being the first session j
since their election to the board, j
succeeding Dr. T. J. Summey and 1
Walter Cobble. jj
Much business pertaining to the '
good of this community was trans- j
acted and most interesting reports
were made by committees in charge
of the various activities.
It was declared by the directors
that the success of the season just
opening depended altogether upon ,
the immediate payment of dues to the
commerce body by the membership, i
There is some work to be done with- j
in the next few days that will have [
a large bearing upon the number of |
tourists coming to Brevard this sum- 1
mer, and this work cannot be done, i
it was pointed out, unless funds are
available for carrying it on. Many |
members were reported as not having,'
paid anything at all on this year's ,
dues. In other words, it was the i
conclusion of the directors that >f !
Brevard is to have a successful sea- <
son, members of the Chamber of |
Commerce must make immediate pay-i
ment of these dues, otherwise the
necessary work cannot be done and
!h.- whole community will suffer!
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Do You Know?
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That the farmer is considered our most thrifty citizen?
That he is a close buyer on everything he purchases for home,
farm and personal use?
That as a rule he buys the best or that which is represented to be
the best?
That he is a great reader of all the merchandise offerings in news
paper and catalog?
That he likes to read about the new and better things in merchan
dise and know the goods he buys?
That he feels safer in knowing that his money will be refunded
promptly if he is not satisfied?
That over ninety-five per cent of the mail-order buying of the
country is done by the farmer?
That the secret of mail-order house's success is simply persistent
follow-up advertising?
That this persistent follow-up advertising is the life blood of the
mail-order business?
That it will pay every home merchant to study the muil-order
catalog carefully?
That the mail-order catalog is full of valuable pointers in regard
to attractive advertising copy?
That the mail-order method of featuring leaders is one which the
home merchant could easily and successfully adopt?
That the. home merchant who wants to compete successfully with
the mail-order house must learn to advertise persistently?
That persistent newspaper advertising, together with good descrip
tive copy, is the only proven means of combating mail-order competi
tion in your community?
By a continued use of advertising you keep up a constant ac
quaintance with the buyinp public; vou popularize your store and the
goods you sell; ami you can verify the good business judgment of per
sistent advertising any time you carc to look at the figures in your bank
hook and compare them with the period in which you did not advertise.
REMEMBER: The mail-order houses have no better bargains
than vou have, yet they will make sales bv their persistent advertising,
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a- f.'-an ?
?r.'t if you don't.
RE-ELECT BKEE3E j
COiiNTY CHAIRMAN i
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Executive Plans Intensive Or
ganization Drive Through
out All Precincts
Members of the executive com
mittee of the county democratic or
ganization held a meeting Saturday
immediately after adjournment of
the county convention and elected j
Wm. E. Breese as chairman, and for
the first time in history named a I
woman as secretary of the eexcutive '
committee. Mrs. N. A. Miller was ]
named to this post. The executive j
committee is made up of the various j
precinct chairmen of whom the fol- '
lowing were present: Wales Lank- 1
ford, H. II. Patton, \V. E. Breese, R. !
L. Gash, Ward Breedlove. L. P. I
Wilson, M. O. McCall and E. R. Gal- j
loway. !
In planning for the coming cam- j
paign, two major objects will be |
soufiht, first: The thorough organiz- '
ution of each and every- precinct in I
the county; sceond: a systematic i
speaking campaign that provides for j
ible democratic speakers to address j
in each community in the county, )
and it is planned to bring into the
county the leading democratic
spokesmen of the state. Hon. O. Max
Gardner, candidate for governor,
will deliver at least two addresses in
the county, it was said. A sub
committee was named whose task it
shall be to arrange all public meet
ings and have charge of same. This
committee is comprised of Harry If.
Patton, Ward Breedlove and Till
McCall.
Plans were adopted whereby the
democratic women of the county are
to be organized for work in the cam
paign. and tile importance of pre
cinct organization throughout the
county was stressed, to the end, it
was said, that 110 one could charge
that "a Brevard ring" was running
the campaign. The executive com
mittee planned to hold regular meet
ings throughout the campaign.
TO OBSERVE FLAG
DAY IN BREVARD
Appropriate exercises in keeping
with Flag Day, June 14, will be held
this (Thursday) evening on the court
house lawn, beginning at 7 o'clock.
In case of rain the exercises will be
held inside of the court house, ac
cording to announcement of Mrs. E.
W. Blythe, regent of the local chap
ter of the D. A. R., under whose aus
pices the program is given.
An interesting program has been
arranged to be presented on this oc
casion, including a salute to the flag
by Helen Sitton, courtesy to the flag
by Fred Miller, address on the proper
respect and use of the flag by Rev.
V. A. Crawford, flag drill by mem
bers of the boy and girl scouts, and
patriotic music by the municipal
band.
A cordial invitation is extended to
the general public to attend these ex
ercises Thursday evening.
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED IN
BREVARD MASONIC LODGE
Dr. J. F. Zachary w.-sf elected last
Friday evening as M..ster of the
Dunn's Rock Lodge; Julian Glazener
was named as Senior Warden, and
Ralph Osborne was elected Junior
Warden. Jerry Jerome was re
elected secretary, and A. N. Jenkins,
for many years treasurer of the
l.odgi . was re-elected to that post.
These ??fficurs will he installed at
the next reeular communication.
'MiioERT KOOM
TO BE NOMINATED
Pennsylvania Going to Hoov
er's Support Crushed
Opposition, Said >
K\crylhjng in readiness to noni
male Herbert I1om\c; as republicans
candidate for iKt- pre.salency, accord
ing t it late reports comic.;; to The
Bhivaril News Wednesday evening.
Th<5 fact that Secretary Mclion
threw the Pennsylvania delegation
to Hoover gives assurance of that
gentleman's nomination on the lirst
ballot.
It was said that Hoover opposition
crumbled when Pennsylvania went to
the former war lord in the food ad
ministration unit. Majority of the
Norili Carolina delegation Was for
Lowden, it is said, while -Chairman
Jackson ;.;jd Nn'.ionnl Co:. 'caian
Jon;. li wvrc for iioovci.
EGG PRICES TO BE
HIGH ALL THE YEAR
Reports Show That Poultry
and Egg Market to
Remain Good
(By J. A. GLAZENER)
Whenever the demand for any
thing is greater than the supply,
prices soon begin to advance. This
is just what the public is now fac- ;
ing when it comes to poultry anil
eggs. People are eating more eggs
today than a year ago. Reports
show that the public ate 247,976
more cases Of eggs from January to
May of 'this year than v.-:::; -.on
sumed in the same time last year.
During this same period this year
there were 551,921 fewer cases of
eggs received on the markets than a
year ago. The government report
issued Slay 12 shows a shortage in
cold storage of 1,000,000 cases o?
eggs as compared with the same date
of last year.
The U. S. Market report of May
9, gives a shortage of 10,978,771
pounds of- dressed poultry as com
pared with May 9 of last year. The
causes of this shortage may be named
as fewer receipts and a greater con
suBiption. The public consumed 10.
196,124 more pounds of dressed
poultry in the same period of time
this year than year ago.
With these reports before u.; any
one should be able to see that there
will be an advance in prices of poul
try and eggs this year.
"Next week I shall give some' point
ers on getting the pullets ready "for f
this fall s production.
SUMMER VISITORS
FILLING THE TOWN
Large Numbers of Tourists Al
ready Here ? Heat Reaches
93 In Charlotte
Visitors are pouring into Brevard
now, and boarding houses and sum
mer homes are filling rapidly. The
summer is beginning to "bear
down" upon the people in other sec
tions, and hundreds are wending
their way to the mountains.
Word from Charlotte brings the
news that the thermometer is stand
ing in the nineties, and the old mer
cury is climbing in othei sections,
all of which is the starting word for
the people to hie themselves to the
high hills of Transylvania county.
ROSMAN WOODMEN
. DECORATE GRAVES -
Members of Chestnut Oak Camp,
W. O. W., Rosman, decorated the
grave of Samuel McCall, at the
Union church cemetery Inst Sunday.
A large crowd was present, among
them being' many personal friends
who had known and loved Mr. M<"
call during his lifetime. After dec
oration, Rev. Roland Robinson
preached a sermon that was greatly
enjoyed. It was the first time that
many friends of Rev. M:. Robinson
had ever heard him preach# He has
been invited to preach a sermon at
Zion church during the summer.
Woodmen decided to meet at
Union church on the second Sunday
in June next year, at which time a
picinic dinner will be served.
CREDIT VS. CASH:
HOME VS. CHICAGO
Did you ever go to your local mer
chant and ask him to givr you a
quotation on a $25 or $50 order of
merchandise? Try that ntnut once.
It will be 100 to 1 shot you will get
concessions you will be surpn ?. d at.
Understand, this means $25 tn ?50
cash in hand, just as you wo ;? i send
your money to a Mail Ordi.r House.
The chances are that your local mer
chant is oftentimes handicapped in
purchasing power by the fact that
he has all his money tied up in giv
ing credit to the people that -will
come into his place, ordc. eek's
supply on credit and when th. wages
come in at the end of the month
send th. bulk <?!* it to a Mail Order
House. I hat's hardly a square deal,
is it?? <<')
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