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THIS ISSUE OF THE NEWS IS SPONSORED JY BREVARD LADIES ffcW Justness and Professional Wo men'aj Club Set* New Mark of Activity MERCHANTS STAGING BIG DOLLAR DAY SALE EVENT Asheville Club Congratulates the Brevard Club ? Fine Articles By Members Sponsoring this issue of The Bre vard News, the Business and Profes sional Women's club of Brevard has set a new mark of activity for local clubs in thi8 national organization of women who are engaged in busi ness and in the professions. Through out the paper there are articles writ ten by members of the club, and these articles bear witness to the great ability of the members of the club. Because of the fact that the Bus iness and Professional Women are sponsoring this week's paper, the merchants of Brevard, in an effort to lend all encouragement possible to the women, are staging a great mer- ] chandising event in the form of a . community Dollar Days sales for Fri- | day, Saturday and Monday. The mer- ; chants entering this event have plac- j ed honest-to-goodness values on sale | for one dollar during these three days. Readejs of The Brevard News are. urged to read all the special articles written by members of the Brevard club. No more interesting articles have ever appeared in these columns -than those written by the ladies rep resenting the Business and Profes sional Women's club. Through these articles, the public will learn much of .j the hopes, aims and aspirations of the _ women of Brevard who are . in ; business or in the professions. The : members of this club are Brevard's own women, and this community WilH delight in the knowledge of the rap id progress being made by this or ganization. Already the efforts here have at tracted outside attention, and the fol lowing telegram has been received from the Asheville Business and Pro- , fessional Women's Club: "Asheville, N. C., Oct. 9. ? "Mr.. Hugh R. Walker, ^Brevard, N. C. iy'^^'Ad|ieville Business and Prof?? aional WolBtn1! Club always feels the; warmest interest in your club and its ' endeavors. Congratulations on your , initiative, energy and enthusiasm. ' This issue of The Brevard News will bring before the public the splendid personnel of your club, its hopes and aspirations. Our cordial greetings and best wishes to you always. "Dr. ELIZABETH RAMSEY, President, Asheville Club." SHIPPING CREAM I ORDER OF THE DAY (By P. H. Gaston.) A few weeks ago a meeting of | the farmers in the Penrose and Little j Biver communities was held at W. L. 1 Talley's store. The object of the | meeting was to lay plans for shipping cream from Penrose. It was decided to sell the cream to the Biltmore j dairy, and that the first shipment be | made tire first week in October. ] The following farmers are now j taking part in this enterprise : W. L. i Talley, Everett Talley, Carl Talley, I 0. E. Blythe and Frank Shuford. 1 Last week these farmers shipped ( 26 gallons of cream which brought : them 49 1-2 cents per pound butter I fat. Many other farmers are making ' plans to join this number in a days. The farmers who are taking part in this method of marketing the surplus cream are highly pleased with the returns they are getting. Other communities will be included as soon as enough cream can be collected to warrant shipments. Madison county three years ago started shipping cream to the Bilt more dairy. The first shipments were much smaller than the ones that hnve gone from this county. Yet last year the receipts for cream shipped out of that county amounted to $75,000. Why cannot the farmers of this county do likewise? BJTCVARD PEOPLE - "MEET GOV. SMITH Several people from Brevard are in Raleigh, to meet Governor Smith on his visit through the state. The democratic candidate will be in Ra leigh this afternoon for an hour, and will make stops at Greensboro, Salisbury and Charlotte. At Raleigh Oov, Smith will hold a conference with the1 newspaper men of the state. , * * ? 1 1T LARGE~TOMATO~IS BROUGHT TO TOWN A tomato, unusual in size and beauty, was brought to The News of fice this week. It weighs one pound and 1 1 ounces and was grown by Fred Brecdlove on his farm at Lake IDoxaway. The tomato belongs to the ?Henderson Winsall variety, and it is sa:H that thov have been known to weigh a.? much as three pounds each. i NEGRO IN JAIL ON SERIOUS CHARGES Made Effort to Get $200 From Mr*. J. L. Saltz ? In County Jail Willie Anderson, negro, was brought to Brevard last Saturday from Tampa, Florida, where he is charged with having attempted to de fraud Mrs. J. L. Saltz, of this place, out of two hundred dollars. Sheriff Sitton, accompanied by Rev. W. H. Hurtsell, made the trip to Tampa to bring the negro back here. Some one called Mrs. Saltz over I the phone, at first pretending that jit was Edwin Saltz, son of the Bre vard woman, asking that she wire two hundred dollars to him immedi ately. I.ater, when Mrs. Saltz ques tioned the voice speaking to her, the Tampa talker said it was not Edwin, but some one talking for him, and isaid: ? "We have Edwin in custody. He ' 'h?6 had an automobile wreck, and I his arm is broken, and we are go ! ing to put him in jail unless you [wire us the amount at once." I Mrs. Saltz . ad friends got in touch with authorities in Tampa by ;wir? and over the phone, and the [Officers arrested Anderson. The negro claims he did not talk [ to Mrs. Saltz, but that a man with whom he was trying to trade auto mobiles did talk to her, and he thought, asking her to send him the two hundred dollars as a loan, as the auto dealer asked that amount! of differencq between the negro's car 1 and the one he was buying. Trial of the negro will come up ' at the next term of court here. WOMEN ORGANIZE ! DEMOCRATIC CLUB; * 1 1 Mrs. J. G. Stikeleather, of Ashe- ' ville, Congressman Weaver's sister, I was in Brevard last Thursday and as sisted in the organization of the Wo men's Democratic club of Transylva nia county. Mrs. Stikeleather is dis trict chairman of the women's po litical organization in the Tenth dis trict. The meeting was held at the j Pierce-Moore, and it is said a large number of women attended the meet- I ing. Mrs. Stikleather delivered an ad- j dress, in which she urged her hear- ' ears to support the democratic tick et, from president to constable. Mrs. Hugh R. Walker was elected j president of the club; Mrs. Jordan: Whitmire, of Rosman, was chosen as' vice president, ami Mrs. Ralph Ram- : sey was named as secretary. Weekly meetings of the organization will be ' held until the election in November, I it was announced. Executive and ad- j visory commiteees are to be appoint- ' ed at an early date. Mrs. J. S. Silversteen presided over ! the meeting until the organization' had been perfected. She and Mrs. I Walker, Miss Martha Boswoll and I Mrs. Frank Jenkins were on the pro gram as speakers, and it. is Said the talks were highly complimented : by Mrs. Stikeleather, and showed clear ly the firm grasp these ladies have of the political situation and politi- 1 cal issues. MRS. SILVERSTEEN ON RADIO TONIGHT Transylvania people will have an opportunity this (Thursday) evening of hearing one^ftheir own number speaking over^^Bfeb?dio, when Mrs. J. S. Silversteen 1stor broadcast over WWNC. Mrs. Silversteen willl be speaking under the auspices of the i Buncombe County Democratic Exec utive committee. The Buncombe or ganization has announced that one influential woman will speak over the I radio each week until the election. ' Large numbers of Mrs. Silver isteen's friends will hear her address, and radio parties are being planned I in many homes in the town and coun Ity for the hour that she is to be | on the air. COUNTY HISTORY i TO BE PRESENTED i Brevard Girl Scout troops are making plans for their main project during this year to be that of pre paring and presenting a pageant on the history of Transylvania county, the pageant to be presented some time next summer. The scout leaders and members feel tha^ they need assistance in gathering material on facts per taining to the history of this coun ty, and state that ihey would ap preciate any information any one might be able to give on facts of local history that would be of inter est or legends relating to different points of interest. Communication may bo made with Miss Bertie Bal lard. Mrs. Hinton McLeod or any other of the scout leaders or mem bers. if any citizens have material available regarding this matter. First Meeting of MathaUiiant. The first meeting of the Matha tasiiin club will be held this (Thurs diiy> afternoon at the home of Mrs. Paul Benedict at 4 o'clock. HISTORY OF OR AND GRO WTH WOMEN'S I (By ALMA TROWBRIDGE) Brevard's Business and Profession al Women's club, which is still in itq infancy, was organized February 27, 1928, thus being less than^one year [old. Twenty-five business an<l profes sional women of the town were en rolled as charter members, and at !the time of the first regular meeting on March 8, the membership had in creased to 43. A few of the members have found it necessary to withdraw from the club since that time, and others have moved away, making at present an enrollment of 38 active and enthusiastic members. On April 7 of the present year the charter was granted, affiliating the Brevard club with the state and national organiza tions. j i Much credit for the organization | of the Brevard club is due to its, mother club, the Asheville Business and Professional Club, which spon-. sored its organization and ren-. dered valuable assitance in getting it' | started on a firm working basis. Miss Elizabeth Godfrey, who was at that | time president of the Asheville club, | met with the Brevard prospective members and proved invaluable in : the initial plans for organization of | the local club. At a later meeting, she \ with several other members of the J mother club, visited Brevard and left , with the members helpful suggestions \ for successful operation, together, with many expressions of interest and encouragement for their newly ac- ' quired daughter club. Since the fiscal year of. the Bre vard organization extends from July ! 1 to June 30, officers were elected at ' 'GAMZATION OF BUSINESS SPLENDID CLUBS the; first meeting to administer the business of the club for the remain ing four months of the- first fiscal year, as follows: President, Mrs. Hugh It. Walker; vice president, Mrs. Flux A. 'Law rence: recording secretary, Miss Alma Trowbridge; corresponding secretary, Mrs. A. II. Houston,; treasurer, Miss Launa Clayton; state councillor, Mrs. Henry N. Carrier. At the expiration Of the fiscal year the past June, .the entire offjeial staff was re-elected for the ensuing year and are the officers at present in force. Chairmen of the various com mittees were appointed and are in effect as follows: Education, Mrs. L. II. Stanford; House. Miss Odell Nicholson; Health, Miss Ruth McCall ; Lookout, Miss An nie Sitton; Membership, Mrs. Annie Pushell; Personnel Research, Mrs. Ro wena Summey; Program^ Mrs. Sarah Morris; Public Relations, ^M-iss-^JIell Aiken; Legislative, Miss Martha 3%fs well. I Object* of the Club. The object of the club, as set out in its constitution, is three-fold ? to promote and protect the interests of women in the business, profession^ al and civic world; to encourage co operative effort among women and the interchange of ideas; to lend sup port to other agencies for community, service and to develop the member ship through social and civic activi ties. The 'members, in the short pe riod of the club's existence, have striven to keep ever in mind the ob- . . ' ; I (Continued on page four) | THE WOMEN AND THE BALLOT \ FROM A WOMAN'S VIEWPOINT \ r : t (By Martha Bo?well.) The National Legislative Commit ter of the Business and Professional Women's Clubs is making an earnest effort to bring home to our tnembers in every state the high responsibility of citizenship. Women were given the voUi with fear and trembling. Poli ticians grey in the service of their parties insisted that women, granted the franchise .would take the reins in their hands and control national politics through an independent or ganization. This fear has not been justified. Party leaders have found that women are as loyal to the estab lished national parties as the men of their families. With the. balance of power in their hands, women have chosen to express their political pref erence through established channels, and the political education offered by the women's clubs throughput the country is not designed to encourage an independent woman's party but to educate intelligent and ardent sup porters for our traditional parties. The great national parties as estab lished provide the most effective in struments for the activity of our wo men voters. Progressive measures in troduced through the cooperation of a national party win instant hearing and serious consideration and any re form of party practices and party policies to be effective must come from within the party ranks. This is why the legislative leaders of the ? i Business and Professional Women's flubs are urging that each club mem ber enlist in the party of her choice, that she cast a vote in every local i and national election. Our national committee holds up : as a model for Our local club a Lou isiana club in which ninety-three per cent of the eligible voters cast a Val jlot in a recant" election. In North. Car- ; olina under the absentee voters lawj [which provdies voting privileges for; jsick and absentee voters our mem bership should turn out one hundred! 1 per., cent strong. ? If an eligible voter fails to cast iu vote, it is a confession of indif- 1 ,ference, shirking of obvious respon- ) sibility. Both men and women are no toriously slack in their duty as citi 'zens and often those who complain most loudly of political corruption land unacceptable candidates are the 'very ones who have never taken part j in their party councils or who, hav ing met with a single defeat in a par ity struggle, feel that they are justi fied in abusing their party for cor ruption or incompetence for the rest 'of their mortal lives. The only cit lizon who has a right to cry out against political abuses is the citi zuh who, in the face of every dis couragement and defeat, continues to do his faithful best and to take every opportunity of recording his political convictions and supporting his political principles. NEW DA Y AND A NEW DEAL ! FOR WOMEN AS HOME-MAKERS\ (By Juanita Sprinkle, Home Demon stration Agent.) Many a tired mother used to say: "Oh, any ignorant woman can cook, mend, sew, wash dishes, scrub floors, and do such menial work about the house." The time is gone forever when housework is considered meniallf I if it were ever so thought of, and I I now we realize that if a housewife is j I going to be anything better than a : I drudge and a slave, she must pos- 1 |sess a special knowledge that re- j j quires a certain specific education in j 'addition to experience. Men have belittled this idea and | 'have scoffed at the thought of com ? paring a woman's work in the home iwith a man's work in the office, fac Itory or store. Women arc particu larly responsible for the man's at ?titude, because of the low value that 'women' have set upon their own i work. As in the factory, so in the home, raw materials must be purchased and converted into finished products; countless operations must btf* super vised and directed; various seeming ly detached enterprises must be fost ered and developed and made to co ordinate with all of the general fam- - ily activities. The labor problem ;must be considered and dealth with: jheating and illuminating factors must be invested and turned to the best possible advantages, overhead costs, Irunning expenses and depreciation insistently demand intelligent atten tion, and with all these problems the human equation of relationship, of intimate family ties combined with the perplexing questions of educa tion. ethics, religion and society de mand serious thought. The home manager must consider every detail of every problem of household ac tivity, but such problems must be considered in relation to every in dividual in the household. The successful housewife should now be equipped with a general ed ucation. In addition she should have some knowledge of economic condi tions; she should know something about chemistry; she should under stand not a little about the myster ies of the human body, its phyisiolog ical processes, its needs and its care; she should know something of food values and of cookery, and in all respects she should be a success ful purchasing agent. She should be something of a dressmaker and a mil liner. She should know something about bookkeeping and accounting and business methods in general. While making a home involves fur more than a knowledge of material values, with such an equipment any woman's success as a hornemaker is more nearly assured. She probably will have to meet the teacher's prob lems of the child's education, but in a more vital way. If, in addition, she is a philosopher, a' musician, an artist or has other special gifts, she will find full scope for these talents in her home. Because household management is an art, a business and a profession, it does not necessarily follow that it can be based upon one set of defin ite rules or standards. Office hours tannot be maintained. A bookkeep er cannot be hired to take charge of the household accounting. However, any household manager who will en deavor to run the home upon a bus iness basis will find that efficiency brings as great r^Drns in proportion in the home as it does in bus:nes.?. IBIG REUNION HELD HERE LAST SUNDAY ' McCuUs From All Sections Gathered In Brevard For Day With McCalls from everywhere, old McCalls and young McCallx. large 'McCalls and small McCalls, men and [women and children, k.infolks and I friends, filled the county court house ilast Sunday for the McCall reunion. Rev. G. B. McCall of Morgan ton, the president of the association, presided at .the meeting, and he kept the Mc Calls busy, speaking and singing, ifrom the opening hour in the morn ing until noontime, when a picnic dinner was spread on the court house l^wn. After dinner, another session 'was held, at which time especially in vited speakers made short talks in which the fine family of the McCalls was highly praised for the great part it has played in building Western North Carolina. ! Miss Lila McCall of Henderson ville, is secretary of the reunion, and read the reports of previous meet >8S. . ... J. W. C. McCall, of Lenoir, 13 his torian, and it was his report that proved of greatest interest to the as sembled McCalls. Records as read by !Mr. McCall showed the origin of the ' McCall family in this country. Rob ert McCall and his wife were born in Antrim county, Ireland, where they livad as children and young peo ple. A law had been passed, prohibit ing the killing of jackrabbits. These rabbits were death on gardens, and Robert McCall killed the longreared things that were destroying his gar den stuff. He was arrested for the of fense, tried, cowwcted," and the pen alty-was barrtshment from Ireland. Robert and his good wife set sail for America, and landed- in Virginia. They reared a large family of chil dren, mo; My boys, and some of these settled in Chatham county, North Carolina, while one of the boys, Sam uel, moved to the Catawba river in Burke county, and bought a great boundary of land, for which he trad ed a double-barrel shotgun. This land remained in the McCall famly from 1755 to 1915, when most of it was sold to the Southern Power company. These historical facts proved most interesting to the attendants at the reunion. The musical program for the day was in charge of Prof. A. B. Hel ton, of Morganton ,and Jerry Burns and Robert Mackey, of this county. Misses Helton and Smith, Morganton girls, sang several duets. The Simp son boys added much to the enjoy ment of. the occasion through their singing. <W. C. McCall, member of the board of county . commissioners, sang a song that he wrote himself, and also wrote the music for the. hymn, Coleman Galloway, R.R.Fisher and L. P. Hamlin were the invited speakers at the afternoon session. LIVESTOCK ADDS TO FARM WEALTH . I (By P. H. Gaston.) j It is an undisputed fact that the | farmers in communities where live j stock prevails receive more for their labor and from their lands than the farmers do in communities where live | stock is scarce. Ideal conditions exist, ill this coun ty for the growing of feeds and fori pastures. Why should we not take J advantage of these opportunities and j stock our county with more and bet ter live stock. In establishing a pro- j gram of this kind it would be better for us to start in a small way but , with hopes of reaching greater things for the future. j KIWANIS TOlfET AT WALTERM1RE Meeting of the Kiwanis club will be held at the Waltermire Grill at 12:15 today (Thursday). The pro gram is in charge of Rush Whitmire, I and something of genuine interest | is promised the membership. Plans will be made at the meeting J today for attendance of local dele gates at the Kiwanis convention to be held in Winston-Salem next week. WINDOWSBROKEN IN SCHOOL HOUSE ! I Early Wednesday morning blood- j hounds were called into service to j assist in discovering the identity of , those who are charged with having damaged the Island Ford school . house. It is said that several win dows have been broken out, and other damage to the school property noted. ?" Sheriff Sitton will have three boys before Clerk of the Court Roland Owen Saturday morning for a hear ing 011 the charge. I U. D. C. Children To Meet Children's chapter of the U. D. C. will meet at the home of Mrs. H. A. Plummer next Tuesday afternoon at 3 :30 o'clock. Election of offi cers will take place, an 3 members ire requested to bring dues. POWER COMPANY IN LETTER TO BOARD THANKS BREVARD ^Southern Public Utilities Com pany Accepts Franchise From the City INDICATIONS POINT TO IMMEDIATE ACTIVITIES i To Proceed at Once on Prelim inary Work ? "Glad To Do Business Here." That the Southern Public Utilities company, part of the Duke Power company, will soon be operating in this section is indicated in a letter received by Mayor Whitmire and the board of aldermen from E. C. Mar shall, president of the Southern Pub lic Utilities company. It will be re called that the town granted a fran chise to the cdmpany to operate their business here, and upon notification of the issuance Of this charter,, the following letter was received by the town officials: "To the Mayor and Board of Alderrr.cn, - ! "Brevard, N. C. B I "Gentlemen: ''The Southern Public Utili ties Company hereby accepts the franchise adopted by your Board at its meeting held October 1st. "As you know, it will be nec essary to build a transmission line to .Brevard, which will entail the secur ing of necessary rights of way and we are, therefore, unable to advise 'you definitely as to when we will be : ready to begin business, f>ut we wish ,to assure you that we will proceed at once towards extending our line to your town and will prosecute the same with all reasonable diligence. "We wish to thank you for. this opportunity to do business in your community and assure you that we will endeavor at all times to ren |der you good and efficient service. "Yours very truly, "E. C. MARSHALL, "President." "Charlotte, N. C., Oct. 5, 1928. DANGERS POINTED " OUT BY POWER CO. Officials of the Cascade Power company and of the Brevard Light and Power company are calling at- j tentiOn of the public through this week's paper to the! grave danger of cutting trees down when there is possibility of their falling across the electric wires. It is said this has been done within the past few days, 'and those familiar with electricity isay there is great danger in such situations, ?. When the wires are broken, and the ends fall to the ground, it is said any one coming in contpct with these "live wires'' will receive a shock that might mean instfi:it death. The company officials, in a quar ter-page advertisement, .niakt the proposition to lend ass'st^p^.to any property owner who desirsS.'to re move trees that might fall across the wires when cut' down. Tlre-ctim|)anies own big trucks' that have cables on them by which trees can be made to fall in any direction that may be de sired,. hence the safety of such op erations with the assistance of the company. Rev. P. P. Orr | Rev. P. P. Orr, aged 79, died at his home at Boylston early Monday imorning, following an illness of the past seven months. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the Pisgah For est Baptist church, the pastor. Rev. C. E. Blythe, officiating. Interment was in the Davidson River cemetery. Sir. Orr had been a Baptist min ister for 40 years, holding charges in various sections of the county during this time. For 65 years he had been a singing teacher and composer. He was a native of Transylvania county and spent his entire life in this com munity, and was well known and be loved by a large circle of friends. Surviving are his wife, who was Miss "Addie Young, of this ?ounty; four children, Miss Eulalia Orr, Mrs. Geneva Taylor and Carl Orr, of Boyl ston, and Reginald Orr, of Brevard; also two brothers. M. J. OrT, of North Brevard, and J. M. Orr, of Boylston. CROWD BACK FROM HOOVER MEETING Several Transylvania county re republicans attended the big Hoover meeting at Elizabethton, Tenn, last Saturday, and returned to this coun ty with enthusiastic reports of the meeting, Mr. Hoover's speech, the immense throng, and the large .lum ber of North Carolinian in attend ance. It is said there were 15,000 people at Elizabethton to preot the republican candidate for th? presi dency. This will be Mr. Hoover's only appearance in the South during the campaign, it is said. Prof ettional Women To Meet Regular meeting of the Business and Professional Women's club will be held next Monday evening at 0:30 at Pete's Cafe. A full attendance is desired. I
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