THE BREVARD NEWS
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THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1928
HOMER WHITMIRE HERE
AN HONOR TO COUNTY
I
Last Thursday, at the Kiwanis
meeting, a scene was enacted that
has seldom been witnessed in ' this
community. A young . man was in
troduced to the club, as one of the
speakers of the day. Most of the
men about the table had known this
young man from his infancy. They
had known him as a barefoot boy go
ing about his duties on his father's
farm, a few miles from Brevard.
They had known him later in life,
when the young fellow was a soda
jerker at Macfie's Drug Store. They
remembered him as a student.
Rather timidly, with 'some hesita
tion and a little embarrassment, this
young man began talking to the men
he had known and respected all his
life. Directly, however, he forgot all
about the personnel of his audience,
so wrapped up was he in the subject
in which he is so absorbed. His work
in the scientific research department
of a great St. Louis concern was
explained. In order to make clear
his statements, the young man
quoted the ? noted scientists of the
country? great men with whom he
associates. Not in manner of
boastfulness, understand, did he men
tion these things. There was a pur- 1
pose in his remarks. i
This young man, whose name is<
Homer Whitmire, a son of County I
?? Commissioner E. J. Whitmire, was j
telling of efforts he is making to in- j
terest those big men in mthis, his na- ,
tive country. It was the burning:
zeal of successful youth for the land j
^ he love? so well, that fired H6mer i
Whitmire with such enthusiasm. Itj
'A^jsthe knowledge he has gained ,
J tn? tJtfcbled him to see the great
waste time, opportunity and
wealth that this section is suffering
that caused him to bring these mat
ters to the attention of the men he
has known all his life.
All the men in the meeting showed
their pride in the Transylvania coun
ty boy, here on a visit to his parents,
whose achievements in his chosen
profession have carried him to a
high place in the nation among the
men and women who do worth while
things.
THE WORD "MUGWUMP
PASSES FROM STAGE.
Time was when a man who voted
independently, first for one party
and then another, or scratched his
ticket and voted for one or more
candidates on the other ticket, was
referred to more or less contempt
uously as a "Mugwump." The word
was coined during the hot campaign
of 1884 between Grover Cleveland
and James G. Blaine. Many republi
cas refused to support Blaine, and
The New York Sun referred to
such bolting members as "Mug
wumps%" The word became a fixture
" in political language, and has been
used ever since for the purpose of
brow-beating members of a party in
to voting for the party nominees
whether or no.
Now the word passes from itt
common usage. ' The fact that Her
Uert Hoover, republican nominee foi
president, has been such a lukewarn
politician that eight years ago h(
was seriously considered as avail
able for the presidency on the dem
ocratic ticket, discounts party ragu
larity and disposes of the wor<
mugwump as a political term.
If Hoover's case is not sufficient
then there is Brother Raskob, newl;
selected national democratic chair
man. Mr. Raskob was, up until i
few days ago, a member of a ver;
strong and aggressive republicai
club. His acccptance "of the chair
manship of the democratic nations
committee, and democracy's accept
an?& of him has further discountc
party regularity.
Then if these two instances are ir
sufficient to completely banish th
word mugwump from political ling<
take all the Southern bishops, preacl
ers, leaders, etc., men who have bee
hidebound democrats all their live;
*nd who now openly declare the
intentions of voting the republica
"national ticket, and let their actio
V ? ?>
1 1 he forever ii bar against the use o
Mthe term mugwump, when icferrini
to a man who refuses to support hi
party nominee.
Whatever else may come of thii
unusual and peculiar political situ
ation, there is one great good to b<
seen in the misty atmosphere ? aiu
that is th? fact that the inde
pendent voter, the man who votei
for men and measures instead ol
blindly voting a party ticket, is jus!
l|now coming into his own. Times and
| conditions do change, you know, and
with the changes rtbw taking place,
the old word, or political term, of
"mugwump" is being erased from the
j slate,, and can no longer be used in
order to whip men into voting party
[tickets. '?
MUCH GOOD CAN COME
I FROM THE LEAGUE.
| If we understand the purpose of
1 the proposed Citizens and Tax
' payers' L6ague, which is now being
{organized here, an'd these purposes
jand principles are strictly adhered
to, then the county may expect much
good as result of the activities of .the
organization. It is every citizen's
I duty to study the public affairs ques
tions of his community, and it is his
| further duty to do all he can in .as
sisting those charged with adminis-.
tration of public business to perform
'in the best manner possible.
This, as we understand it, is just
what the proposed league intends to j
do. Co-operation of citizens withl
county and town officials means'
!much to a community.
j Some have been heard to express i
ia fear that the league will, sooner or
later, be thrown into politics. God
forbid it! We have an abundance of
politics here now ? such an abundance i
that the community is overloaded
with it. Leaders in the movement for
the new organization have assured
the. public that there is to be no
politics in the league. People .be
lieve in the sincerity of these lead
ers, and the only fear expressed so
far is that others- may inject politics
into the league, or make an effort to,
do. For this reason, it is hoped thej
leaders will ever be on the alert, to|
the end that the Citizens and Tax-'
payers' League may really become a
useful, constructive force for the
advancement 0 ? the community.
"THEY" ARE NOT DOING
THINGS RIGHT AT ALL!
Every once in a while, in fact
about every day, one can hear some
one else, saying:
"They are not doinc r.r.yih'r.? r.' j
all; Why don't 'they' get soma .in- 1
dustries here? Why don't 'they' do
something to get real estate started
moving on the market? Why don't
'they' do this, or do that?"
Dear Brotkar, right there in that'
little word "THEY" is where the
jwhole thouble lies. THEY are under
no more obligations to work for
Brevard's fnturfe than YOU are! In
fact, THEY cannot do these things
because YOU stand back and fuss at
THEY all the time, while YOU do
|nothing at all to help with the tasks
at hand.
If YOU are a citizen of Transy
lvania countjjiBterested in progress,',
dependint uporTihl general prosperity j
for YOUR own {advancement, then]
YOU ought to be ownea live, vibrant,]
jactive part of THK^MQkl *hen WE
?would get these things ^^one that
?YOU are now fussing at ^ttHEY for
leaving undone. ^
YOU have no right at al
ticise whatever THEY do or ?
do, Ihe work that MUST be done, if j
this community is to prosper.
Come on in, Brother, and take a^
hand. Stop saying "THEY," and j
make "WE!" Then, the old county!
will begin to (ace ahead, and YOU'LL^
feel better, have more, be happier |
and live longer.
SPIRIT OF REVOLT ipj7 1
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
r??'USt.< indignation, disappoint
ment and despair wese given expres
sion as the ruling passions among
the few directors attending the
meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce Tuesday evening. With less
j|than half the members of the board
of directors present, the body trans
acted, as best a few men could, the
business that came before the board.
It was when the board was dis
cussing a matter that means much
k. ;to the community, or" would mean
u | much if the community showed suf
ficient interest to bring the matter
j to a realization, that all restraint
'was .thrown to the four winds, and
members expressed themselves most
freely. Names were called, too, ir
the discussion.
The cause of the whole trouble
e with the Chamber of Commerce, and
' with the town, is the utter lack ol
interest that certairl men display ir
n the movement for the betterment ol
the town. These rr.en, it was pointet
out, are always Johnny-on-the-spo
when it comes to grabbing the nick
n |els and dimes brought here by th'
f tourists, but they arc ubtolutely par
I alyzed in both anns and theij
s fingers are stiff when it comes t<
digging iloyvn and helping to pay t-ht
5 expenses of iidvx rtiyiilg the towi
and getting the tourists to conn
. here, was the sense of ?he criticism
I hurlbd at such men.
We are not .certain that any man
s is -ever justified in. using harsh lan
r gunge, yet we do submit ?s a fact
that there is no greater provocation
for use of Violent language than that
provided in just such a*situation as
exists here. It is so manifestly un
fniij for a few m?n to have to carry
the burden for ffce whole commun
ity, while others sit back and carry
none of the load, j*t reap more
than their portion of the harvest,
that is sufficient cause for despond
ency among the few who are trying
to do something for the community.
The result w# fear is that this
| feeling will grow so strong that the
| few will throw up the sponge, stop
their efforts in behalf of the town,
disband the Chamber of Commerce
and join the "don't-care" club here.
Then sL&gnatioa would set in, and
cobwebs would be spun across the
square and mildew would cover the
fronts of the business houses.
ASKS THAT LETTERS BE
PUBLISHED
Editor Brevard News:
Print the following letter
ah aPPeared "i u recent issue of the
letter Journa1' To my mind, this
lettia comes nearer hitting the n-iil
on the head than anything I have
uatio? ?" present Political sit
thanking you in advance, I am
' |
The Letter. '
EMERSON GEORGE PREDICTS
^?Ei^KING OF SOLID SOUTH 1
in \ho?rT Thu ^0UrnaI: The editorials!
in The Journal cannot be too high- '
ly commended. They are always logi
? brilliant, and sometimes as
\VUnoLaX I ?ial'r-e of Dean Swift
nJ i"? ? i le fo- "owing exce'rpt from
the editorial entitled "At the Dnmn
crat.c Helm" in its issue of the" 12th '
as JolhntlT?'p? Ci?ifU,ch an American1
the national u?r chairmi,n of
ine national committee tells much I
"IT the Paity's character. ?hlt
n.?/'1!1-811 J have chosen the
through" h' i!,atrty as the medium j
Lm thl ? ?X Press his Putriot- i
significant." cruc year is indeed;
s,?ii Jsr ,h? ??"<
, ?huat R?skol>, hitherto a Rep- 1
publican, should choose the Dcmo
cratic -party through which to exp??
his patnotism jn this "crucial vear"
is very f:(?nificant indeed. That this !
i?W corivtrt should at 'once be ad
tv fs llttU 1C 'ea<iersh'P of the par
? J .V short of miraculous ! . i
*?? there 's a reason.
* lr< Raskob has the same views;
against prohibition as the so-called
Democratic ' nominee. He joined I
and was pven full control, because I
the patriotism ' he wishes to "ex
press is the modification and the1
repeal of the 18th amendment to the I
constitution and the year is a ?'cru
cffnrfT ,b?cau,se ,of determined]
allits eviU.,np baCk the Sakon an"|
Houston witnessed the rape of the
Democratic party. How many mil.
i'ons in money it required; \Vhat in
e W tV" iithy- Polit'cal maneuv-i
f??; the world will never know. A
lot of wet delegates met, organized
ane.w Party, stole the name we have
nnHr'h!! >, ?1?h the fenerations,
and now have the gall to try to read
"f,out of our own party, because we
refuse to bow to their dictum and fol
ead?anaCled 'nithe Wake of tt R?man
leader, as enslaved peoples were
driven of old into the city of Ron?
? We will not bow and we will not
be enslaved. Some will be led by mon
ey or hope of political preferment
some will follow of their own aCco?d
stgeause they wish to see the return
i??nn But the rank antl file
Democrats are in revolt
anWv there is not enough money in
AnPerica nor enough political offices
t0 l?rire^them ?way from their party.
Democratic party has received
r. IB ?tore blow It IS doubtful if it will
:?nC<n'ei.' , has become absorbed
officially into the Tammany-Catholic
frdtP?rArfarl? VTcis- Cartv hns nomi*
| na ted Alfred E. Smith for president,
?t 'ts.hend John J. Raskob,
Infen, nf patcd W,th. Jhe "nuor senti
ment of Europe, neither able to trace
I his American ancestry for three iren
nom'inn? ^aCu' iThe Republicans have
nominated Herbert C. Hoover, a
Quaker, whose American ancestry
goes back b#yond the American rev
ii"t0n 0 17J6/ a moral citizen, who
L ?nnh}POn * 1 8th amendment as
a noble experiment;" a world states
CmanihtarilnaoV8his1^ei8trat0r ""d
candidate?0 Democratic P"ty has no
What are we going to do? Shall we.
misguided by the word "Democrat"
{?Sern"drbtf "Vhreat of the wonl
c wnrJh- u 10 . no hke timi<i and
i ?ep' ,H! scourged into an
~raJ an.(1 ""worthy path by the
whip of outworn tradition, giviiig out
aid and comfort to the worst enemies
of America or shall we join the great
statesman, and humanitarian, Hebert
Hoover, m his struggle for a sane and
mora] government?
but ono answer. The enc
' , wi" discovor next
1 been thnt ?he "Solid South" hap
' thn , "battered so completely
j the parts will never be patcheci
1 \?rZ?Z nL'T\ F"T ^ore is anothe.
r of ,???E;,Whnch ru,?- in the heart'
' ( lumn- il Democrats, the love ' o(
t wi\vs ;;,Sho. l1,'lvo of home, the love ol
- 'he God our fatrheM?nd rCvoronfe fo'
p ^^^^^^PMCRS50NVery
I PREACHER OPPOSES SMITH
1 ? iri"' Tb?? Brcvurii New.:
,1 What will tile lu>?
.'v..|,;um ?f till! dav.s in
i, which we now livi . W, are |j N:in., '
= Peril,, u, tin,,,. Son,,. of our
arc ]o>.?g s ! jjii t of 1,0.1 aii ,h(tt
evTlr,tr t",ik ",r
Ijiivil and his teacher.--, such as lrien
i ' to got our people to believe
? Vou cannot serve two master*
!p=SS ^?mSs
tho priest; you cannot be a cUizen
jbach inC;oCtheanhand8seof Rome^Spme
Sfr
'i;? ?? cs s2??s?i rts
homes, and teach them to our chil
| If we help^to turn our eolintrv
over to the power of Rome, we have
become traitors both to our country
oui church and our Christ Mel'
wiU b? thir "re r'?!ayinK -'"das. They
wil! be selling Bibles, Christ, coun
ts than ?mn?M ' birthrilrllt for much
. . s ttld'} a. little pottage or thirty
pieces of silver, men who do this mav
inff'chH HU Go/* "fearing, Christ-Iov
Ithen. r! ' V who wi" believe
I them. Can you be a Christian, and
! at the same time be helping to d fair
I the eaU?f of Christ in th4 dust? I
I Some of our people are trvinK to
vember TH " Sa,e
I > emoer. They are going to try to
IWhrn t0 the dOVil at that time.
for^t y V?n ,f"r Al Smi,h don't
fj i get you Wljl be. doing your part
"1"^ the Bible and freedom
wV a," unborn generation.
?hen this mob gets in the White
House it will cost us more blood to
get them out than it did our fore
fathers to give us our free country.
would to God that some of our
Protestant people would shake the
scalqs from their eyes and see just
tw uZe "rc *acinK today. People
that help to turn our country over
to a power that will do away with
our church and Bible and bring
whiskey, back like it once was, to
wreck homes and make orphan chil- 'i
ciren and send many of our boys to I
a drunkards grave, may miss hell i
but I doubt it. ? |
I don't bejieve people who have <
had one drop of the blood of Jesus '
Christ applied to their heart will do 1
this, do you? I
If you have made up your mind to I
sell your Bible, Christ, country,
freedom and all to Rome, and then i
<10 like .ludiis, go hang yourself for I
t>od s sake, hang yourself first and I
save our country for those of us that I
want to live in peace and ?ro to <
heaven when we die. \
My prayer is that' God will open I
the eyes of our people in time to,'
save our country from wretk and !
rum. Amen. i,
JOHX F, SCOTT.
Blantyre, N. C. '..V j
GLADECREEKNEWS I
k . ? ' ? ?. . ' <
Mrs. J. R. Brown had as her guest ,
last week her brother, Mr. Tom .
Drake, of Virginia.
, Mr. Clyde Brown is spending a
few weeks in Statesville. !
W. M. Collins is visiting his par- \
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Collins.
Mr. and Mrs. James Cox and sons,
Lester and Marshall, were callers at ?
the home of Mr. L. V. Brown Sun- il
day afternoon. n
i Mrs. Azlee Slatton and little son,!'
%Y?re v's!.tors here Sunday. i
Mrs. Eva Raines recently visited .
[relatives in this community. I1
Rev. C. E. Blythe and Rev. J. !
Coren were dinner guasts of Mr. anil
Mrs. S. V. Brown Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Cox and daughter, I,u
cile, spent, several days with relatives
in Brevard last week.
! Miss Sallie Lyday, who moved re
cently to Pickens, S. C., was greet
ing old friends here Sunday.
! Mr- Adrian Alexander visited Mr.
I Wade Brown on Monday.
|_ Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Orr, of Rocky
r.ork, spent the week-end with rela
tives in this section.
, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Drake and Miss
.Myrtle Drake, of Beulah, visited
I Mr. and Mrs. D. Orr recently.
I Mr. Mitchell Fowler is still im
proving after his short illness.
I A revival meeting .'is expected to
| start at Turkey Creek church next
Friday evening at 8 o'clock. A num
ber of folks from this section will
attend.
|_ Miss Blanche Brown was shopping
| in Brevard Saturday. '?*'
: Mr. Raymond Reed, of Rlantyre,
was a business visitor here Saturday.
I Mr. and Mrs. Herman Brown
j!Pent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Shelby Horton, of West Asheville.
Mr. Russell Landreth attended
(church at Enon Sunday.
! . fhe roads through this section are
| in a very bad cdnditipn. We cer
jtainly know how to sympathize with
jother folks that have bad roads.
AUCTION SALE OF LAND
I ,
We will sell to the highest bidder
on the first Monday in. August, at
1 1 2 o'clock M. at the Court House
door in the town of Brevard, the
! William McCall Mill ?honl Tract,
lit?, and 1-5 acres, with all the great
Ivatei: power rights on same. Land
inir along north fork French
^road River in Gloucester township,
j about a mile and a half above Glou
cester Bridge, at end of new Glou
cester Highway. Reasonable terms,
i JESSE M. McCALL. Balsam Grove,
;| N. C. :5tp til July 26.
'1 Canberra. Australia's new made-to
> order capital city, built especially for
' use as the country's administrative
' and legislative- center, is being
r equipped throughout with Frigidnire
automatic refrigeration in all build
ings, including the new governmfnt
. hotels and the parliament buildinir.
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BETTER BUSINESS BULLETINS
For
Combating Mail-Qrder Competition
Published by
THE BREVARD NEWS
(C)
Adopt the Mail-Order House Method of Promoting Sales
The mail-order house has made wonderful strides in the past ten
or twelve years, and the secret of this great success is simply persistent
advertising and their method of promoting soles by featuring leaders
or low price merchandise in their catalogs und other advertising mat
ter.
The local merchant has a very great advantage over the mail
order house in the use of this kind of advertising because he is in a
position to present to the buying public of his trade territory, inter
osting merchandise offerings every day or week through bis home
newspaper.
Competition with mail-order prices hits the local merchant pretty
hard these days,- with prices tumbling and mail-order houses sending
out supplements and "flyers" every few weeks with alluring p?ice re
ductions on certain goods.
The local merchant, however, can easily ? counteract the trade
pulling influence of the catalog house's price reductions on these lead
ers simply by going over his stock carefully each day or week and se
lecting those items which can b? featured in his newspaper advertising
at n substantial reduction.
Mail-order advertising always offers a saving on certain articles
in order to promote the sale of other goods. This same me'thod of
promoting sales can be used even more effectively by the local mer
chant on account of his being located in that community and giving
prompt and personal advice to all customers.
The home merchant can present to the buying public through reg
ular newspaper advertising, interesting price reductions on certain
items that will bring the people to his store where other merchandise
can be seen and examined and where coats, suits, dresses, hats, etc.,
may be tried on. Any good saleswoman Knows the advantages of.ex
cluslveness and personal becomingness in making a sale of high grade
merchandise to a "price" buyer.
By using a certain amount of space regularly in your local news
paper, and by featuring a few items at attractive prices ? iilong with
your cordial invitation to visit the store, you have a big selling advan
tage locally over the mail-order house, and you have also a very
speedy and effective means of combating mail-order competition in
your home community.
MONEY BELONGS AT HOME
Brevard- money should be spent in |
Brevard.
Our home merchants have a legit
imate right to business within a cer
;ain territory if they demonstrate a
:a, lability mi meet the requirements
jt that U rritory. No one . claims
that Our home men have not kept '
pace with the general progress of j
:he community.
The strangest of all the strangers
s the mail order houses. Dealing
generally in "seconds" or damaged
foods they some times make a fic- 1
:icious showing in values. The av- j
jrage purchaser cannot possibly know I
:he true worth of merchandise ? not'
iintil it is subject to the test of use.
With the local dealer one always has
?ome recourse but none whatever
with the mail order people. It is
'unsithl and unseen" c:: lrr
part, but cash with order for the
jther fellow.
As a matter of enlightened self
nterest, is it not better that expen
litures should enhance the business I
jf the city which supports the pur
chaser?
CONFIDENCE IN THE TOWN
More towns die for want of con
fidence on the part of its inhabitants
and lack of proper co-operatioh
than any other cause. When a man
in search of a home or business lo
cation goes into a town and finds
everything brim full of hope and en
thusiasm of the prospects of the
place, and all earnestly at work to
build it up he soon becomes imbued
with the same spirit and as a result
he drives down stakes and goes to
work with the same interests. When
however, he goes to a .town where
everyone expresses doubt and appre
hension for the future prosperity of
the place, moping about and indulg
ing m mournful complaints, ha nat
urally feels that it is no place for
him, and he at once shakes the dtist
off his feet while he pull" C"t .V'th
all possible speed for some o:h ? '
filace. Therefore try and make a
ive, enterprising town out of the
town in which you live. When you
are working for or saving a good ,
thing for your town, you are accom
plishing all the more for yourself.
In 1927 the net income of the Pan- !
ima Canal from tolls, taxes, licenses,
fees, fines, postal receipts, etc., was
515,611,094, and the net profit on
business operations was $876,537.
The area of the three' great oceans
of the earth are as follows: the At
lantic 41,321,000 square miles; Pa
cific 68,034,000 square miles; Indian
20,430,000 square n)iles.
YOU! HELP ME WIN!!
Have made up my mind to win that Chevrolet "Sport"
Sedan, but to do so, will need every one of my friends
to help me. Those .1 haven't seen PLEASE mail, bring
or send subscriptions or renewals to The Brevard News
or to me. Your assistance is needed and will be great
ly appreciated.
-- MARION YONGUE -
WmWAVWMWVVWAW.VWiMAVWWW'AViVWV.
Boston School of Expression and
Dramatic Art
BREVARD SUMMER TERM .
JULY 30th to AUGUST 24th
BREVARD HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
Dr. JOHN KENNEDY LACOCK, Pre. idem
COMPLETE FACULTY THOROUGH INSTRUCTION
REASONABLE TERMS ?
Instructions, in corrective specch, foundations of expression,
story-tolling, voice training, stage art, dramatic rehearsals, make
pp, life study and pantomimic expression. Lectures on parlia
mentary practice, reading, public speaking. - Children's classes in
voice,- children's plays and dancing.
Registration and Consultation:
Saturday, July 28, from 1:00 to 3:00 P.M.
Monday, July 30, from 9:00 A. M. to 12 M.
STOP AT ROSMAN HOTEL
Rosman Hotel is equipped to serve meals and furnish
rqoms at reasonable rates. Prompt and courteous
service to all Tourist is our policy.
Mrs. W. H. Edenes, Proprietor
ROSMAN, N. C.