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OVERTON ERWIN'S PICTURE OF HAVOC IN STORM'S WAKE Tell* of 200 Dead Bodies Being Hauled In On a Single Barge SAYS NO ONE CAN EVER IMAGINE THE SUFFERING lynpoMible To Describe the Horrors of the Agonized Suffering People Overton Erwin, one of the best known young men of this town, has written a letter to his parents,. Mr. ?and M*i. 0. L. Erwin, in which he describe* the awful conditions ex isting in the hurricane-swept area about Palm Beach and West Palm Beach. Read it, and while reading the letter, read also the challenge to the people of Brevard and Transyl vania county to "do unto others as ; ye would have them do to you." If I your little children were hungry, | and cold, and naked* and homeless, as Mr. Ei-win describes the Florida people, you would think it strange that any i prosperous community would refuse to help you in such dileiVitna. ; Read Mr. Erwin's letter, and let's go! Here it is: "Dear Mama: "Well I arrived in Palm Bcach Friday morning. You asked me to write all about this place which is just about as impossible as any thing I know of. No one in the world could describe this place to one who hadn't seen it and make them believe half of it. Seeing is ' , the only way in the world to realise 1 ( what a disaster this town has had. |j Why in the world hundreds weren't killed I don't know. I have never., seen^ such a wreck in my life as this | ( whole place is. "I don't think the 1926 storm in Miami did near as much property ( damage as this one according to the ] size of the two towns. Out in the ' glades they are finding dead bodies j ( by the hundreds. A lady who lives ? near us is a nurse and has been out j there helping them disinfect the bodies. !i "Thursday afternoon they brought in 200 bodies on one barge be sides the .ones smaller boats picked up. The bodies have been lying out TTft? long they are beginning to fall pieces when they try to pick them up. "They ran a steam shovel here at the negro cemetery to dig graves for they were coming in so fast they couldn't take care of them. They have already buried over 850 bodies here in West Palm Beach. I don't 1 !' know bow many white people are j among them. j "Mrs. Deering said one town out i there which they weren't able to get to for several days was smelling [ so badly that those living are having | to get out of it. j "The playground of the rich is , certainly a wreck too. The big boat | and tennis club, a very exclusive] club on the ocean front; is practic- 1 ally a total wreck. Water was away ' up in all the houses and has about j ruined everything over there. "Hope you all are o. k. Our place was not completely wrecked | but many houses all about us were, j As I said, seeing this place is the i only way in the world to know what a wreck the place is." NO MORE PARKING ABOUT THEATRES t w F. M. Jordan, state deputy insur ' ance commissioner, with headquar. ters in Asheville, was in Brevard the past week in confereace with the fire department and city officials in regard to matters perta'ining to en- ? forcement of the state fire laws in Brevard. Mr. Jordan instructed the officials i to rigidly enforce the state law j prohibiting the packing of automo- 1 biles in front of public theatres and < moving picture houses, to insure safety in case of fire. In executing enforcement of this law, no cars will be allowed to be parked in front of the Clemson Theatre on Main street, nor. along the side of this building 6n Caldwell avenue. The same law will apply to the Carolina Theatre, prohibiting the parking of automo ?&iles in front of the 'building on] ffiroadway and along the side fac- J (k) Jordan street. ^^P-F.ire Chief J. S. Bromfield was al so instructed by the state official to enforce the law prohibiting the parking of cars in the marked j space around all fire plugs on the j streets, urging him to execute the , penalty on all violators of these state : laws. I I -<* REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE SPEAKS HERE SATURDAY .? ' Hon. W. H. Fisher, candidate for the office of lientenant-governor on the republican ticket, is scheduled to speak in the county court house this Saturday evening, at 8 o'clock. Mr. Fisher is a resident of Sampson county, and said Jo be a speaker of unusual ability. In the advertisement announcing the speaking, an invitation is ex- 1 tended the public to hear the speak- ' CTj and a special invitation is given the ladies of the county to hear Mr. Fisher. j MR. SILVERSTEEN IN RED CROSS CALL _ As Chairman of Local Chapter, Appeal la Made for Quick Relief To the People of Transylvania County: Again the American Red Cross is making an appeal to the people of this county for help for the suffer ers of our Sister State of Florida. The newspapers have fully describ ed the horrible disaster that took place in the Palm Beach section, the terrible loss of life, suffering' and devastion that has gone on in this stricken area. Some of the people of Brevard living in that section have tried to describe the suffering, and devasation which is indescrib able. They are calling on all of us in' the name of humanity to help them ! in their dire need and suffering, and the American Red Cross, as the j Great Mother of our Country, who | promptly went to their help, is. call-) ing on all of us to give as much as possible so they can continue their help to those in great need. The Transylvania County Chapter of the American Red Cross has ar ranged for committees to call on you on Thursday afternoon, and we beg of you to do everything you can and help as much as possible so that this Chapter can do its part in this great emergency. JOS. S. SILVERSTEEN, Chairman, Transylvania County Chapter, The American Red Cross. (By VERNON A. CRAWFORD) Every need constitutes an oppor- j tunity. This is a principle of un- 1 selfish living which is meeting with increasing recognition and approval. | Florida's great need of help as a result of the recent hurricane be- 1 comes increasingly evident as we! learn the full truth as to the extent | of the disaster which has all but | overwhelmed them. I have just received a letter from my sister, sent to my parents and forwarded to me, written from West Palm Beach on Tuesday morning, two days after the storm there. Among other things she writes: 'This is the worst storm ever exper ienced in Florida. West Palm Beach 8' a wreck. Everybody now is work ing to help those who are destitute and without food, clothing, or any- 1 tiiing ... It will be days' before the full extent of the damage is known but the place is the biggest ivreck I've ever seen. .... The prop- | erty damage and desolation could not be much worse." Thus firsthand information con- 1 firms the news reports of this ter-j rible disaster. Here i3 our oppor- 1 tunity to bind more closely together j L'lothing to help our suffering Florida ; ind of Western North Carolina. Every man, woman and child should give as liberally as possible to the Red Cross campaign for funds and slothing to help our suering Florida friends. "A friend in need, is a friend indeed." "As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise." CLOTHING WANTED BY STORM VICTIMS! ? ? ? ? ' j Announcement is made by Mrs. 0.1 L. Erwin, chairman of the ladies di-'i vision of the local Red Cross, that those desiring to donate clothing suitable for the tropics, for the re lief or the Porto Rico storm suf ferers are asked to leave same at once at the Chamber of Com merce. A box will be sent within a I few days to the storm sufferers and i the committee in charge desire to < have as large a contribution as pos-) sible. MEETING TO BE ON FACTORY SUBJECT Brevard Kiwanis club will cele brate the coming to Western North Carolina of the world's biggest rayon plsnt at the meeting this Thursday noon. The program is in charge of T. W. Whitmire, j. M. Allison and John Smith, and will look to the future of Brevard's1 industrial, growth in view of the big recognition that has come to this section through the erection of the big rayon plant at Asheville. All members are turged to be pres ent. No further notices will be given of the meeting. The directors nave (Ucided to abandoti the plan of calling the members over the tele phone each Thursday, believing the members should be? sufficiently inter ested in their own Jclub to remember the meeting date ;'and hour without having other members go to tY\c trouble of calling/' up all members each week. CONVERTED JEW TO PREACH HERE SUNDAY Rev. Jacob JJartenhaus. a con verted Jew and engaged in the Home Mission,' field of the Baptist church, scrviplg the Jews of the South, is sch-Yduled to preach in the Brevard Baptist church next Sunday j night. Thef minister is said to be a speaker of [pleasing personality, and ii l'. xi >tu<1cnt of the Bible, and his t- i i. or !.' r l i? r.wnitt d* with irtor 1 I \ Intense Suffering Among Florida Hurricane Victims Hauling Their Dead on Barges, and Digging Graves WitH Steam Shovels? ?Property Damage Staggering Immediate Relief Needed Friends of Brevard People Are Among the Victims? ?.13 Members of One Family Dead. Just think of piling dead people on barges, whole barge loads of them, bodies piled upon bodies, just like logs! Just think of one man, wandering about the ruins of his home, with thirteen members of his family killed within two minutes' time ! Wife, children, father, mother, all of them snatched away from him in the twinkling of an eye. Just think of hundreds of homes demolished, business j houses blown down and the stock of goods scattered whereever the mad winds rushed about, farm houses ut terly destroyed, cattle and chickens and all house pets killed and their dead bodies decaying along the highways and over the fields. Just think of the half-crazed, hungry, heart-broken people wandering about the ruins of their homes, stepping over the dead bodies of their loved ones, with everything they possessed on earth wiped out! People of Brevard and Transylvania county, try to think of these things, try to picture these awful condi tions, and you will glimpse dimly, in your mind, the awful horror of the situation in Florida, where the hurricane ten days ago played havoc with fait Florida. Thinking of these things, and remembering that Florida has contributed much to the prosperity of this corfimunity, and that Florida people are our personal ! friends who live here during the summer months, people whom we have learned to love, let's go to them now in their distress and suffering. The Red Cross is attempting to handle the situation down there, as it does everywhere, when people are in dis tress. This county has been asked for $750, that's all, . just $750 as this county's share for the naked, starving, j heart-broken victims of the awful hurricane. The Red Cross, nor the newspapers, have told half j of the story of suffering. J. S. Sifversteen, chairman of the local chapter of the Red Cross, has been busy since the first call for aid for the Florida people. He has named Rev. Wallace Hartsell and Alex Kiser as a committee in ; charge of the canvass to be made today (Thursday) and will be continued until the amount has been raised. Men and women of Brevard, of Rosman, of Pisgah Forest, and in all community^ centers of the county, have readily responded to work on the committee, to make house to house calls for aid in behalf of suffering Florida When they come to YOUR home or place of business, remember fair Florida has been laid low by the awful hur ricane, and her good people are suffering, and need YOUR aid. Red Cross booths are placed in both banks, the drug stores, and at other convenient points. Don't pass these booths by, for they are there because our friends in Flor ida are suffering, and need your aid, and need it NOW! God has blessed this community of ours. He raised these towering mountain peaks and placed the great range of ridges all about this section, and protects us from the terrors of hurricanes and cyclones. In gratitude to Him for the creation of this natural protection of our loved ones, let us give to the relief of the sufferers in Florida as we have never before given to any cause. If necessary, let us go without one meal, in order to give something to j those who have no meals at all, except as that great or- i ganization, The Red Cross, provides for those meals. KING OF KINGS IS COMING HERE SOON "King; of Kings," pronounced one of the greatest motion pictures ever screened, is to be shown in Brevard at an early date, according to an nouncement made by the Clemson Theatre. Press reports from all sec tions of the country where the pic ture has been shown give glowing ac counts of the bigness of the picture, and the genuine enjoyment of the audiences viewing the great picture. It is expected that people from all over the county will avail them selves of the opportunity of seeing this unusual picture when it comes to the Clemson. WOMEN'S BUREAU MEETS MONDAY AFTERNOON October meeting of the Women's Bureau will be held next Monday afternoon at 3 :30 o'clock in the Chamber of Commerce room. Art interesting meeting is expected and a full attendance is urged. The pro gram will be in charge of Miss Flor ence Kern and her group. The meeting of the directors of the Bureau will be he|d Friday , aft ernoon of this week at the Chamber of Commerce. I HON. ??PETE" MURPHY TO SPEAK HERE NEXT WEEK Hon; Walter R. Murphy, known to thousands of friends as "Pete" Mur phy, will speak in Brevard Thursday night of next week, according to an nouncement by democratic commitec. SINGING CONVENTION SUNDAY. The regular quarterly singing con vention will be held at the court house next Sunday. Everyone in TEACHERS GUESTS OF KIWAN1S CLUB With every teacher in the Brevard schools present as guests, the Bre- i vard Kiwanis club held a most en- 1 joyable meeting last Thursday eve- j ning. The program was in charge of Kiwanians Calhoun Henderson and Julian Glazener. The committee on ; arrangements was made up from the bachelor group in the club, to wit: Pat Kimzey, Dr. Newland, Walter Hart and Anthony Trantham, and this committee had performed its duties exceedingly well, according to statements made by President Ship- 1 man at the meeting. j For two hours the club entertained the teachers, and it was a pleasant two hours, the evening's program be ing climaxed with an invitation from KiwaniaQ Clement to the club and all visitors to attend the Clemson Theatre as his guests. Other teachers of the county are to be invited in groups, to attend meetings wishin the near future, it being the desire of the club to make the acquaintance of every teacher in the county. JACK FROST MAKES HIS APPEARANCE IN TOWN .lack Frost has been flirting with this section for several mornings, and early Wednesday made his ap pearance in grand style. Frost was thirk. all about Brevard Wednesday, and it is reported that he had visit id other sections of the county days ago. This is unusually early for frost, it is said by older citizens who have , watched this advent each year. It is not believed Wednesday's frost was a murderous affair, but the eh II in the air indicates real killing f ro.-ts at most any time now. PROMINENT PAIR TO WED HERE SOON Brevard Society to Assist In Event? rEverybody Invited | to the Ceremony Fun lovers of the community are anticipating much pleasure next Tuesday evening', October 2, at the High behool auditorium, when the Zander-Gump wedding will be staged under the auspices of the Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist ( church. Characters for the wedding are taken from the comic sections of the newspapers, and those partic ipating in the event will include a large number of well known and talented men and women and boys and girls of the town. Music for the occasion will be furnished by the Brevard orchestra, accompanied by Miss Marguerite Robertson at the i piano. j The wedding party will include:1. Groomsmen, Mr. Whipple and Hair breadth Harry; bridesmaids, Tillie I the Toiler and Belinda; flower girl,'. Orphan Annie; ring bearer, Chester! Gump; train bearers, Katzenjammer | Kids; bride, Henrietta Zander; ma- j tron of honor, Min Gump; grQorrt, Uncle Bim; best man, Andy Gump. Those participating in the wedding will include the following: Mrs. J. B. Pickelsimer, Mrs. Hugh Walker, Mrs. Hume Harris, Mrs. Fred Zach ary, Mrs. L. B. Haynes, Mrs. Edgar Loftis, Mrs. W. H. Underwood, Misses Lila Bracken, Mary Osborne Wilkins, Almeta Waters, Willie Kate Waters, Odell Nicholson, Annie Sit- 1 ton, Beatrice Daniels, Agnes Clay- '( ton, Margaret Miller, Sarah Keels, 5 Eva Call, Martha Cowan M'" srs S. M. Macfie, Pat Kimzey, ! J. W. Smith, T. G. Miller, Jerry J Jerome, Rush Whitmire, Anthony ( Trantham, Brown Carr, Harry Sell- j ers, Charles Moore, Luther Wood, . Frank F<-".'wick, Philip Price, Harry 't Bryson, C. O. Robinson, Joe Tins ley, Walter Clayton, Richard Aiken, ' Davjd Price, Ralph Underwood, Carl Hendricks, Charles Pickelsimer, Tom mie Gheen, Billy Gheen, Walter Bry- , son, Oliver Orr, Edward Clayton. Directors in charge of the affair are, Mrs. Elizabeth Murray, Mrs. L. B. Haynes and Mrs. D. L. English. PARENT-TEACHER MEETING IS HELD Hartsell Raps Fathers For Lit tle Interest -Taken In Important Work (By SECRETARY) The first meeting of the year of the High School Parent-Teacher As sociation was held Monday after noon in the school auditorium .with a good representation of parents and teachers present. The meeting, which was in charge of the president, Mrs. John Max well, was opened by a short talk by Rev. Wallace Hartsell, pastor of the Brevard Baptist church, in which he . suggested the name of the organ ization be changed to Mothers Teachers Association. Three folk dances were given by the physical training classes. They | were much enjoyed and showed the , irood training given the pupils. Prof. Jones made a very interest- 1 ing talk in which he told of the /use- j fulness of a Parent-Teacher organ- ! ization and made suggestions as to i how the parents and teachers might L become better acquainted and thus . work together more intelligently j with the children. It was decided by the association to have a flower sale each Satur day at the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce, as long as sales proved profitable, of plants, bulbs, cut flow ers and seeds. These to be donat ed by members of the organization or others interested in the work, and j priced by donor at reasonable prices, | the proce?ds to be added to the . treasury fund of the P. T. A. ! Plants, bulbs, etc., to be left at . Chamber* of Commerce Saturday mornings, or a list of various things that can be contributed. Also those desiring plants, etc., not on sale, can leave a list of same. In this way the wants can all be supplied, and at the same time a neat sum raised to help in a work that will benefit the whole community. The following officers were elect ed for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. John Maxwell; vice president, Mrs. Gus Gillespie; seceretary, Mrs. | Lottie Duckworth; treasurer, Mrs. ? Joe Johnson. i 'COUNTY COMMISSIONERS | TO MEET NEXT MONDAY | County commissioners will meet next Monday in regular monthly session, th.e first Monday coming in I October on the first day of the i I month. Other county boards will also ihold their regular business meetings Ion this date. CONGRESSMAN WEAVER VISITS FRIENDS HERE Hon. Zrbtilon Weaver, member of [Congress from this district and the 'democratic candidate for election in the present campaign, was a visitor in Brevard last Thursday. Mr. Weaver has many friends here with whom he confsrrnl regarding his j candidacy. "* / I THUGS TAMPERING WITH POWER LINES OF LOCAL COMPANY Hundred Dollar Reward I* Offered for Capture of / the Gang BLOOD HOUNDS BROUGHT AND PLACED ON TRAIL Oflicers From Three Counti?* .Spent Saturday Night Jn Search Cr ? ?#? i?t W. t 'c "z Kjyy cou-taB tog in thrfwinl* 0But3tt{r' Ul"! the sub-station in n* 8w!1tcb ** been throw* acrosT^th tatti S?mtWhat similar! itTj^L wTw?^rk^vio^ tro,)We picked what is said to be t^ '^Trf the perpetrators of .i. . *"? ?f r *4 ?;rs c^n hi P??P!e against whom pr(M>f ErSi'sfr E?f5t'SV,'I ft.wvs.hsssaass in the communities affected bai* fibers in" we1 i# Wl" tamwr with tung for sneaks linef r7 u ? ?? Pt?",'er nn<J unes. it is intimated that nrr?U? soon to be made will be startling t? this community. K is thievesentered MR. BRYSON'S HOME Thieves are still busy in BreVnr* and house-breaking seems to hoH ?!SS"u?r t1!. jev ^ ??? *2 electH- nw ? death in lh* ters th~ v awaits him who en ters the home of another, bv stealth appear to have any diteJranf rf! I a^Snt i bold thief or thieves. Mr 1m ^n,gh?' the home of tcred an) Cling Bryson was c? cercd, and money taken frrim ?>?.. rs* ?; ?'>*?"? ssla s said. ? A icrten oii a rear windovt was removed. andlFe window,^"* thlnf nleth?<1 employed l.v ,he thief m entering the house. I weeks ago several houses wire ables ^stolen. aml ?,h"'' nert fL be.ll<!Y?d the thief is an cx aihli' f lS n0' considered pos sible for a young man, inexperienced " hom? TpVto ^ain entrance HARRYSITTONIS ON COLLEGE BAND Among the young men leavinr fo'- stHdy in the varionr colleges and universities, and >rb? are making good in different activi fltted f. uK)ch ar>' especially fitted, is Harry Sitton, who is at who k* I"1* Co'lepre- (Raleigh, an* who has been chosen for member ship m the college band. \ theYBUrev?rS!UMn WaR , n\'nen.be. of tne Brevard Municipal band, wb-r* he received Jis training \to fit hn? StItTrIHiier pAthe ,UW ,ian'' ol State College. Other loca) hoys, \vh? have gotten their start in the shio of P U"fdep the ?ffici?Pt leader ship of Pr,vf. F J. Cutter, director crod^t %Un,l?,pa] ,band' h^v' '<'?? credit to themselves and to then former director in their Wicw tion in bands and orchestras of .,tH?a institutions of learning. ' HOME DEMONSTRATION WORK IS PROGRESSING Home demonstration activity* [throughout the county are in a pro gressive condition and much interest lis being manifest in ^he vaiioui i school districts of the county, j Mrs. Sarah Porter Kllif-v supei visor of the mountain district ot ' home demonstration agents, was i? Brovard the past week, accompany ing Miss Sprinkle, the T-siiisylvwiia agent, on nn inspect on trip to ernl of the schools ami communi ties Mrs. F.llis expressed herself J as being hitrhly pleased . with progress shown in the vv'ork in the -short time that Miss Sprinkle bar been connected with it in this coun ty, and was of the opinion tlhat splendid cooperation was in evidence among the schools, the local agent and the people of the different com munities.
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