SCOUT MOVEMENT TO CONTROL TOWN DURING NEXT WEE Picture Show, Local Clubs and Newspaper To Be Used By the Troops J^HARTSELL TO PREACH SCOUT SERMON SUNDAY Business and Professional Wo f men's Club Sponsoring Movement Anniversary Week of the Scout . Movetoent will be observed m Bre- ? vard in most impressive manner, me week begins on the 8th and ends on the 15th. Activities of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts will be told to the people of Transylvania county through many different sources. Sunday evening the church peo- ^ pie of the town will hear a sermon ; on the Scout Movement in America ' by Rev. W. H. Hartsell. The ser- j vices will be held at the High School . building, and all other churches in ( thje! city wi'i attend these services, announcement having been made i that no services will be held in any | of the Brevard churches on Sunday ,j evening. Othur pastors of the town J will assist Rev. Mr. Hartsell in con- - ducting the services at the High ^ School auditorium. . L Next week's Brevard News will be ^ dedicated to the Scout Movement, , and members of the troops m Bre- g vard will be editors for the week. r In addition to editing the paper next week, the Scouts will solicit the c advertisements and in this way f come in personal touch with all the ? business men of the town. j The* Business and Profesisonal v Women's Club of Brevard is spon- t soring Scout Week for the troops, t having taken this as the major work t for the club during this year. The f club has full charge of the details t of the anniversary week for the j. Scouts, and made all plans for the ,, splendid observance for the local v troops. ?*? . , . F The Clemson Theatre is showing ^ "The Flving Fleet" especially for n the Scouts, the picture to be on the s screen on Thursday and Friday ofie next week. This is said to be one n of the most remarkable pictures , ever screened, and the daring and deeds o? valor performed by the , f pilots of giant seaplanes make a i( nicture appealing to the boys and)a girls in the Scout troops. jp Thet Rrevard Kiwanis club, at the meeting last week, went on r?c" ig ord as heartily supporting the activ- 0 ities of the> Scout movement ,r Other organizations of the town t are lending support to the .Scout v movement, everyone apparently de- b firing to lend aid in making tne n event one of the most successlul at- ^ fairs ever staged in Brevard. a In charge of next week's Brevard a News will find the following young men and women filling the various , 0 positions on the paper: ih * For the Boy Scouts: ! tl Editor-in-Chief ? Charles Morgan, i a Assistant Editors ? Julian Byrd, Mark Taylor Orr. \s ^ Spcrt Editor? Glenn Miller. ^ For the Girl Scouts: ja Editor-in-Chief ? Alberta Jenkins.^; Assistant Editors ? Ruth Perry, > p Emma Deaver. it] Society Editor? Ethel McMmn. ;j, NO FARMAGENT TO I BE EMPLOYED NOW I lc 1 ? fx Petitions to the county commis- " sioners asking that the matter of the ^ employment of a farm, agent and a a home demonstrator for the county be r re-opened, failed to get favorable action- from the county board m reg- t ular session Monday. Several hun- t dred names were on the petitions c asking for a re-openmg of the ques- ., t ion. while other petitions from even , a larger number were said to have been filed with the board asking . that the commissioners sta"d by fc their previous action-, and that no r farm agent or county home demon- 1 strator be employed. +>,Pvl,i Commissioners stated that tney;l wanted to do what the farmers of.f the county desired, and if it ls^ever.^ proven to the board that a majoiity ^ of the farmers of the county desire K this work, that it will be a pleasure r to the board to so cooperate with \ the state that these two agents may >c 06 It^1 believed that no further ef- I T fort will be made during the year to ;fi reinstate this work here. r CRAWFORDS SAILING i < ON THE S. S. McKINLEYf ? . U Friends in Brevard are m receipt ;( of a communication from Rev. V. A. Crawford, former pastor of the Bre vard Presbyterian church, who, with ; Mrs. Crawford, are visiting various j churches in Florida before sailing ] for Kobie, Japan, to enter upon ! their new work in foreign mission fields. \ Mr. Crawford states that they are < enjoying their sojourn in Florida < very much, and wish to be remem- ] bered to all their Tar Heel friends. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford will sail from ] San Francisco on February 15 on : the S. S. President McKinley. ? KIWANIS CLUB TO CARE FOR POOR DURING THE YEAR Asks Commissioners To Give Attention To Poor Of The County DIRECTORS MEET WITH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Local Club Sponsors Work Of The Associated | Charities "We'll take care of the poor in Brevard if your board will care for the unfortunates in the balance ot the county," was the proposition made by the directors of the Bre /ard Kiwanis club to the county jommissioneirs at the meetmg of the atter last Monday. The Kiwanis dub has taken for its major work ;his year the sponsoring of the As-: sociated Charities, and as one-fourth j >f the people of the counts ' m = ">] Brevard, the Kiwanis club felt that I ts offer to the commissiohers wash >minenly fair. j: Rev. Wallace Hartsell, pastor oi|, he Brevard Baptist church and a>. nember of the board of directors of he Brevard Kiwanis club, acted as ( spokesman for the Kiwanians. No j iner sermon was ever preached, and ] 10 greater lecture ever de^ive^' ( han the short address made by Rev. vlr. Hartsell to the commissioners . "Our poor must be cared for, ne ^ aid "re*gardless of what you and 1 . nay think about the causes of pov- ? rty. We may not like the father ( ir the mother who may be applying ^ or aid ; in fact, we may have a { ontempt for such parents, but the ^ ittlo children in the homes of those ^ yho are needing aid offer a challenge ^ o us as citizens and as Christians hat we dare not sidetrack or fa , o meet. It matters not what the ather and mother may be, the lit- 1 le children in such homes where aid.t , needed are the ones we are se?, ng, and as we see them, and as;J J meet the situation, so will God,c ermit us to be received in the < inal judgment. The father may . o account; the mother may be a| tubborn woman whose very nee is distasteful-but these do i ot change or alter the fact that the(l Lttle children in such homes are t ungry, and their mouths must be I ed; thev are naked, then- bod- t iS must be clothed. It is your duty . I nd my duy to see to ^it that our^c oor are cared for, andthatin | lanner that will make the children a row into manhood and womanhood i f independence and self-rdiance, j\ ather than raising another genera^ i ion of parasites. We must nn ,-ork for those who are out of work, | g ut until they do get work, we must , ot let little children m our county ? 0 hungry or want for things they t etuaUy need," was the cone uding . reument of Rev. Mr. HartselL . . The commissioners stated that an i. thcr meet'ng of that body will be,,. eld next Monday, at which time j he count V board will make del fin nswer to the proposition of the to- . ? ectors of the Kiwanis club. .Re^:t Ir Hartsell, in addition to being a irector of the Kiwanis club, is also I t the head of the Associated Chari-i L of the city, and knows more, J erhaps, than any other one man of ; ie town as to the needs of the poor 1 this section. The Associated Chai ses of Brevard felt that if the anization can attend the J'ants ho tieonle in Brevard, that tne ounty commissioners should be able ?, more adequately care for he eeds of the distressed people of tne ounty who live on the outside^ of ho town of Brevard. The Assoc ted Charities is maintained by vol intarv gifts of the business men nd women and the churches o Jrevard. . . ' _ t Another proposition made was tnat he county commisisoners give some hing like $5000 a year to the Asso iated Charities and then this orkan ation can care for all the poor and [istressed of the county, except hose kept at the County Home Ow ng .to the fact that the budget of , he county commissioners for this ;ind of relief was made last July, md that the fund set aside for this irnrk already exhausted, it is nut lelieved any plan can be mappj id ou or this kind of relief for this year. Therefore, the best thing the direc ors of the Kiwanis club could offer vas that contained in the abo\e tated proposition. Kiwanis Every director of the Kiwan lub was pVsent, and Thos. H. Ship nan of the Brevard Banking com Tanv Past president of the Kiwanis lub,' made a short talk in which he dead with the commisisoners to ac cpt the proposition made by the pokesman,. Rev. Mr. Hartsell. VIOTHER WANTS TO KNOW DF HER RUNAWAY BOY Mrs. W. A. Johnsoh of Pickens, >. C., is seeking the whereabouts of ->-r son, Clyde, 14 years old, who eft home the early part of January. ETe was known to be in Greenville, 3. C., on January 10. His descrip ion loliows: Red hair, brown eyes, i good many freckles; was wearing two pair of blue overalle, blue cot ton sweater, dark blue and white ;triped shirt, gray cap and tan shoes, fie has a pleasing appearance. Mrs. Johnson is sick, and will like ly have to go the hospital soon. She is' heartbroken, and hopes for the :arly return of her son. DIVIDED -OPINIONS AS TO LOCAL LEGISLATION AS,NOW OFFERED DEMOCRATS URGE ADOPTION OF THE REPUBLICAN DILI Twenty-four Democrats Ask Hamlin Bill Be Given Preference POLITICAL SURPRISE OF THE SESSIONS FELT HERE Some Are County Officers, While Others Are Prom inent In Party ? - ? ' ? ? . ; - . . ? . ' i ? 1 . Coming as the political surprise of the weiek was a telegram sent to ( Hon. 0. M. Mull, chairman of( the democratic executive committee- ; from. 24 democrats, urging the en-; actment of a bill introduced by the republican legislative member in Ji preference to that introduced by the democratic senator from this coun- 1; ty. The bills are purely local and, nave rotference to the bills intro-i1 iuced by Senator Galloway in which le proposed the consolidation of the 1 jffices of tax collector and sheriff, -vhich contained a provision that the sheriff's salary should be? increased 1 ?2000 a year, and the county pay , ;he premium on his bond. The other ? neasure presented by Senator Gal oway was that of reducing the ' nembership of the board of county ] :ommissioners from five to three ? nembers. ' The bill introduced by Represen- ^ .ative Lewis P. Hamlin embraces ' he consolidation of the offices of 1 ax collector and sheriff, the' aboli- j ion of the office of county treas lrer and doing away with the jury ( commission, the highway commission 1 md rural police officer. It further 1 contains provisifn to reduce the j nembership of the board of county . commissioners from five to three neanbers. While many republicans i lave sent in requests and petitions t o the General Assembly to adopt he Hamlin bill in preference to hat of thf Galloway bill, the stir- < >rise of the situation came when i lemocrats of the town and county t nade petition to the legislature to ict favorably upon the Hamlin bill n preference to that of Mr. Gallo- ] vay's bills, whose author is a well ( mown democrat of the county. Following is a copy of the tele- ( :ram sent to Raleigh and signed by j1 U democrats of the county, urging idoption of thel republican's meas- j ire: 'Mr. 0. M. Mull, Chairman r 'Democratic Executive Committee, 'General Assembly, 'Raleigh, N. C. g Dear Sir: ^ "We the undersigned Democrats t if Transylvania county, desire, in ( his method to protest against the J >assage of the two biils introduced L )y Senator Galloway of a local r lature and desire' to endorse the ] ?ill introduced by Representative u iamlin in reference to the abolition I if the office of Tax Collector,.! HAMLIN OFFERS FIRST BILL OF THE j PRESENT SESSION G^es Further Than Galloway Bill In Its Wide j Scope SAYS WILL SAVE $10,000 pfEARLY TO THE COUNTY Would Abolish Road Commis- ; ' sion, Jury Commission and Police Lewis P. Hamlin, Transylvania county representative in the Legis lature, and minority leader in that body, has introduced a bill that would abolish the ?offices of tax col lector, treasurer, the road commis sion, the jury commission, and rural police office. The bill also provides for reducing the board of county commissoiners to three members. The Hamlin bill is claimed by its - author to effect a saving of ten ] thousand dollars a year to the coun- ' ty.i This is the first bill that Repre- \ seijtative Hamlin has introduced and is in keeping with the pledge made by him prior to the election as pub lished in The Brevard News. Senator Coleman Galloway had previously introduced a bill partially :overing the provisions of the Ham in Bill. The Galloway bill provides for abolishing the office of tax :ollector, treasurer and the reduc ;ion of the number constituting the joard of county commissioners from ive to three. The Hamlin bill goes further and includes the road com nission, the jury commission, and he office of rural policeman. It is said petitions are being cir-i :u listed over the county urging the1 ldoption of the Hamlin Bill in pref-l ?rencc to the Galloway Bill. I treasurer, Jury Commission, RoadL ommissioners, County Policeman ! ^ nd two members of the County * commissioners, allowing the Sheriff r 11000.00 per anjnum extra for col- c ulcting taxes. Our tax rate is $2.75 ? ?er hundred and we can not stand . his burden much longer. The pas- ^ ajgjfe of the Galloway bill will de- c noralize our party in this county. "(Signed) T. B. Reid, county 1 surveyor, Will Kimzey, Frank Wil- ' on, \V. A. Allison, B. A. Gillespie, !\ M. Mitchell, former mayor, Ar hur Jenkins, Frank Jenkins, A. B. ialloway, J. M. Orr, C. M. Siniard, V N. Siniard, C. F. Woodfin, meni ?er Board of Eductaion, J. L. Whit nire, J. L. Gillespie, Dr. J. H. Mc- (Ut .ean, W. S. Price,. Jr., Porter Mor- v ran, ?J. K. Mills M. M. Allison. H .] .. Allison, B. F. Beasley C. S. .0 rr iorm>, C. 0. Robinson." w . tC i Scout Anniversary Week ? ii ? What is the significance of Anniversary Week? Eve y year Scout Councils and Troops invest time and effort and sometimes finances, to make this period memorable in the lives of Scouts and the community. After nineteen \vars of observance this forthcoming Anniversary Week of the Boy Scouts of America promises to be the most impressive that has yet occurred. An idea must have real force to increase in power over such a period of years. What are the principles underlying Anniversary Week, principles that were so deeply realized by Scout leaders, that provis ion for its observance was incorporated in the By-Latfs of the Boy Scouts of America? 4 A basic principle is the national character of its ob servance. From the Lone Scout on the Dakota prairies to the crack Troop in a thriving city, all the great member ship of Scouts is at this time united in celebrating the brthday of Scouting in America. Anniversary Week h the time that the Scout Brotherhood idea is emphasized-^not this individual Troop, or that one, but a great nation-M(ide brotherhood from coast to coast. . \ Anniversary Week is the time when community at tention is focused on the objectives of the Scout Program, and the splendid leadership that is give n to the boyhood of the nation by over 200,000 unselfish American men. Public officials are glad on this occasion to identify them selves with the Movement. The Press, National maga zines and radio broadcasting stations contribute their share to educating the public in ^ the fundamentals of Scouting. The church and the schools, service clubs and other organizations cooperate. _ A real effort is made to show Scouts that the Nation appreciates the principles for which they stand and their work for the community. Scouts in their turn endeavor to demonstrate to the community ? on a nation-wide basis the value of the training which they have received. On the evening of February 8th each Scout is given" an opportunity to renew his obligations to the Oath and Law. It is a solemn and touching thought that on this one night of the year thousands of these young boys rededicate themselves together to those ideals on which the whole Scout program is based. ! t< ! ?! ill uULFlOUItefclUM SAVED BY ACTION OF CLUB MEMBERS Meeting Called For Next Mon i day, For Stockholders Conference BANK BIDS IN PROPERTY TO SAVE IT FOR TOWN Greatest Asset In This Com- J munity Is Way Citizens View It J ? ! Stockholders of the Brevard Cojin- 1 try Club have been called for a !j meeting on Monday, February/ 11, :j at 3:30 o'clock, in the Chamber of ] Commerce room for the purpoie, it j is said, to devise ways and means , of saving the Country Club atd the } go If course to Brevard. It will be < recalled that this property was sold < under foreclosure proceedings with- j in the past few days and the Brevard ' Banking company bid thei property j in. The Brevard Bank, along with Mr. C. E. Lowe and other creditors, held notes and other collateral against the golf course, which made necessary a trustete sale. ji This does not mean, however, that,^ the property, or the rights in the:* property, are being converted to the.* Brevard Banking company. It is j t understood that at the meeting, I which is called for next Monday, plans will be submitted wherelby the \ citizens of the town will continue to i jwn and operate the Country club c and the golf course. Several busi- f ness meh of the town, recognizing \ the great worth to Brevard of this j a ?olf course, have loaned sufficient p funds to the club to pay Mr. Lowe ' c ind other creditors except those) ' J vho are located in Brevard. The e jank merely acted, it is understood, c n a frioi.dly capscity in bidding in d he prop vty to assure this commun- s ty of the continuation of its well j t] mown golf couwe. ,p Citizens of the town who have be- ' p :ome interested in the conditions of 0 he Country club seiem to be much n ilarmed. It is known that Brevard jj vould have but little to offer the t( ourists without the golf course, j, 'ractically ail tourists who spend t< heir time in Brevard come here be- w :ause this town boasts one of the ,r rreatest ann inost challenging nine- tl iole golf tourses in the' United States. W:rh<'Ut the j>rolf course , Brevard could h^pe for i>ut little in he tourist business. It is expected that all members of 1 he Country club will be at the ? neeting jiext Monday, when com )lete preparations will bo made for , aving this great asset to this com nunit: and when, it is freely pre- ? licted a vote of thanks will be fV fiven to the Brevard Banking com iany and other interested citizens H1 or /aving this great asset to this 111 ommjinity. j?1 MEN WHEELER I KIWANIS SPEAKER! Warren Wheeler, of Dunn's Rock, I udent in the 8th grade of the Bre- 1 ;rd High School, was principal ieaker at the Brevard Kiwanis club : ceting last Thursday. The program) a.s in charge of Director Julian] lazener, vocational agriculture . acher in the High School, and the j udent selected by him to deliver t te principal address is a member of ie class in agriculture. Young Mr. Wheeler spoke on j Soils, Their Kinds and Their i daptations," and he told of thej mous soils o: this county, what ( ould best grew on the same, and j hy. Many an older head listened | ith amazement as the 17-year-old i fheeler boy told of things that ien who had spent many years on ie farms here knew nothing about, oung Mr. Wheeler proved by his ?gical argument that Transylvania aunty is oJe of the very best ag cultural sjctions in all the South md,. and lis address was but t limpse into the future farming sit ation of ;his section, when farmer: re really-informed about soils and ie prodicti'-n cf the county's dif ?rent gmdes of soil. Mr. (Jazenei- followed his student ith a ihort talk, at the conclusion f which the Brevard Kiwanis club iade offer of its very best support 1 the tfork which is being done for) ie advancement of agriculture in : ransjlvania county. T. $. Miller followed with a| iort calk on marketing the products j f th? farm, and gave interesting ( ata 6n how best to market the irm produce in such way as to bring j ie greatest return to the farmer, i *???-' ? ? i UMZEY RE-APPOINTED ? AS HEAD OF RESERVES .jit Kimzey, first lieutenant in "\y reserve) corps, has been re lP.Hnted representative of Tran-j county for C. M. T. C. ^ and makes the request that i ane in the county desiring to thii* aPP^Cfltion for admittance to 860 ^im as so0n 33 Possible and secare their application blanks Phi a"y other information desired. county's quota is only three .j^sentativefe, but Mr. Kimzey ^ that all who desire to attend nror amP ?ay s0 submitting ; application blanks, which may * Jicured from him. w. 1 091, MOM OR NO POOL ROOM SEEMS TO BE QUARREL Maype?ration of such places. It will be recalled that the pool room was closed a few days ago by action of -he board, but the place is still run ling and men playing pool therein. The Mayor has issued the following statement: Mayor's Statement To the Citizens of Brevard: So many of you have asked why t is that the Board of Aldermen and Hayor allowed a pool room to be- op :rated in the town. Now, just to inswer all of you at one time I am aking a few lines in The Brevard 'Jews to do so. First, the pool room was optiuti vithout the consent of the Board of Udermen. When we looked over >ur ordinances we werei unabhr to ind the odrinance in which they vere closed. Then the board met nd passed an ordinance prohibiting tool rooms and bowling alleys to be iperated in the town of Brevard. Ls soon as said ordinance came into ffect I ordered the pool room - losed, and it was closed for several ays. I understand now it has been old to individuals and that they and heir friends are only playing for astime and make no charge for laying. I speak for the' majority f the Board of Aldermen and for lyself, that we "are opposed to pub c pool rooms being operated in the )wn of Brevard, and I shall do all 1 my power as long as I am Mayor > see that they xstay out. And 1 'ill not stop there, I will do just as luch to help my successor keep iem out. Now listen, good people, why lould I be in favor of pool rooms iat keep the mothers of this town svake at one and two o'clock in the orning waiting for her husband or in to come home, knowing that iere is not food /-nough in the ouse for breakfast; knowing that le house rent is not paid and will jve to move or pay it; knowing iat the water rent and light bills arc opaid and expecting to be cut off the dark with no water to drink, id the pool room has the money iat should pay these bills. What is iat mother's life worth to her. hat is your answer? T. W. WHITMIRK. Robert Whitmire's Statement After receiving the foregoing, statement' from the Mayor, the ed itor of The News interviewed the ? owner and manager of the pool room. His statement was, in sub stance, that sincd the pool room was closed by order of the mayor and board of aldermen, he had sold in terests in the pool tables and pool room equipment to a number of par ties, and that, since the pool room was closed, all the playing had been done by parties who had bought in terests in the tables and equipment,' and were playing with thoir own equipment, 011 their own tables. He further stated that tlie management was making no charges to these own ers, and that the whole operation a? now conducted, was merely pool games played by owners of the equipment, using their own equip ment and tables, and " playing as much or as little as they chose. He further statefd that there was no playing by strangers, and no play ing by any persons other than those owning interests in the tables and equipment. SNOW STORM HERE BIGGEST IN YEARS This community is experiencing sne of the heaviest snowfalls of a iecade. Tuesday tfie "snow reached' 1 depth of five inches,, and Tuesday night sleet fell, adding the final touch to a snowbound community. Wednesday morning the temperature tiad risen, a slow rain was falling, and the melting process began. Highways and streets were made in to lanes of danger for automobile traffic, whilfil the roofs on many buildings of the town sprung leaks because of the heavy snow. Some stores suffered damage from the leaks. Great trees were bowed to the earth with the heavy weight of the snow and ice, many of them unable to withstand the strain fell to the ground. But littLe' automobile traffic was seen on the streets Wednesday, on ly those who were compelled to travel would venture' out with their cars. I( is said to be the heaviest snow storm since the memorable snow of 1917. t