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cs DEMANDS REPEAL OF THE ABSENTEE BALLOT SYSTEM Strong Letter Sent to the Legi*> lature by J. ML We*ia!l, Powerful Citisen RECITES WRONGS DONE THROUGH SCHEMING LAW future of N. C. Depend* Large* ly Upon Repeal of Law, Says Big Democrat In an Open letter addressed" to members of the North Cerol to* Gen eral Assembly, n<Jw in sea*lon Jn Raleigh. J; M. WMUll. ot Anhevitte, points out the need for changes in prasent election lava." , Repeal of the absentee ballot law, changing the provision* that pertftit markers to. enter booths with, voters, and safegaurding the control of reg istration books by registrars, are the principal reforms asked. The open letter, which is being re leased in Raleigh this week co-inci dental with convening of the legisla ture, follows "To the members of the General Assembly of North Carolina: "I wish to call your attention to the great need of making important changes in the election laws of our state. "The greater part of our troubles have been brought upon us because, the wrong men have been elected to fill many important offices in our towns, counties and state. "Those who have had the election machinery in their hands have, in many cases, used the power delega ted to them to corrupt our primaries and elections. By doing this they have succeeded in nominating and electing many weak men and some corrupt ones whom they could easily influence to do unwise and improper things. "This stat? of affairs has become unbearable in my city and county, and we beg and demand that our laws be changed to make it very hard, if not impossible, to do again what has been done. Cleaning House "We are 'cleaning house' now and we will not submit to such election outrages as have been committed In the past, and which have made it necessary to produce almost a revolu tion in Asheville and Buncombe coun ty in order to put our house in order. "We will not longer submit to the control of our elections and our pub lic affairs by the men who have here tofore ruled, whether the power that afflicts us as state or local. We are tired of it. Yea, we are inflamed to the point of danger, and will ncrt stand it any longer. "I shall not in this letter attempt to name all the reforms I think are needed in the laws that govern our elections, but will name three of those most needed. "First: The 'Absentee Ballot Law* should be repealed. "Second We should change the law which provides that one may have assistance in marking one's ballot in the booths at primaries or elections. "Third: We should have chang ed the law that provides or allows party or factional control of regis tration. "The primaries of our Democratic party are of great importance, as you all must know, and should be safeguarded by the strictest laws that can be enacted. Safeguard Primaries "In my county, Buncombe, as in most counties of our state, those who are nomnatod in our Democratic pri maries are almost sure to be elected. It is therefore of greatest importance to all citizens that we get the best Democrats as our candidates. "The methods used to cast frau dulent votes as absentees, are well known to nearly everyone of you, I am sure. "It is not so easy to commit such frauds now since some, changes were made in the law in 1929, but it still tan be used in several ways to sefve the purposes of those who have mis used it before. Its repeat is the only, .safe thing that .can bo done about.it. "The second -matter, is that of Al lowing one to assist the voter in marking his ticket. This opens the way for fraud and bribery. It defeats the purpose of the secret or 'Aus tralian Ballot Law.' "The third change needed is to provide some way to have a fair reg istration conducted by men who should be satisfactory to both politi cal parties, and who will not make any effort to search out men of their party or faction and get them to register while they do not make it easy for those of the opposite faction or party to register. "I know that the best men of my ?>arty have not offered and will not offer themselves as candidates in our primaries because of the persistent work of those who commit these mis demeanors and crimes and have com mitted them for the past twelve years and longer. ( Take Advantage of Law "Because our laws are bad, it is easy to prevent honest, capable men being nominated, such men as for whom all good Democrats would vote. When a .man who cannot be controlled by corrupt politicians offers himself he is sure to be defeated because de siginipg men can take advantage of our election laws and defeat him. "Buncombe county and Asheville have been ruined because the better citiiens were helpless on account of , the election abuses which have been prevalent for years. "I voice the demand of 90 per cent of our citizens when I say that we must have these reforms in our elec tion laws. ' . | "Col. C. 0. Sherrill, of Cincinnati, ; one of the highest authorities, and a ! North Carolina mSn by - birth and ? rearing, said a short time ago in an address to us, that the state of North ' Oakland N?w? It?m { W. J. Raines, of. Lake Toxaway, Ford Reid of Sapphire, and T. W. Reid of Brevard, motored to Briatol, Va., Sunday to visit Mrs. Rains' daughter, Mrs. Fred Hal), who has been in a hospital in that city. Mrs. I Hall is recovering nicely from a re cent operation. The many friends of Mr. anfl Mrs, 'Charlie Reid will be sorry to learn that their infant son is seriously ill at this time. ? Miss Evand Sanders and brothers, Ray and Robert, entertained one eve nlng last week in honor of their eoustas, Misses Lora Bell and Louise Lyda. Those enjoying this social event ware Misses Lora Bell and Louise Lyda, Iva gangers, Inez Alex ander. Lftisy Sanders, Clarence Nor. ton, J. C. McCall, G. Whitmire, Fred Owen and Loots Lyda. Mr. and Mrs. E: A. Reid visited Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Reid Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Waite Reid and daughters, Hiss Lissie; ealied on Mrs. Clarence Norton Saturday afternoon. I Otto Alexander of Brevard,, visit ed home folks on Sunday. ! Thad Guy was on the sick list Sat urday night and Sunday. | Rev. and Mrs. Louis Lyda and children of Porterdale, Ga., spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. I. S. Sanders. Mrs. Thad Guy and little daughter, Lucile, visited Mrs. L. F. and Mrs. | Clarence Norton one day last week, i Mr. and Mrs. Dan Reid left last Saturday for Miami, Fla. They ex pect to visit different points of inter est on the way to Miami. 1 Mrs. Waite Reid did not return to Brevard Sunday afternoon on account of the serious illness of her little grandson. ; Rev. Louis Lyda preached an ex cellent sermon at Lake Toxaway Bap tist church Sunday night. | Mrs. Bud Nicholson is spending some time with her daughter, Mrs. Charlie Reid, at Sapphire. Elzie Cash was in Brevard Satur day on business. Arthur Miller of Sapphire, was a Brevard visitor Saturday. Claud Reid called on I. S. Sanders last Friday. Mrs. Lee Norton is in Brevard for a few days visit with Miss Lissie Reid, or rather, trying to fill the place made vacant by the absence of Miss Reid's mother. I NOTICE State of North Carolina County of Trans-ylvania By virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain deed in trust executed by Gus Roman and wife, Soultana Roman, to Ralph Fisher, Trustee, securing a note in the sum of $2180.00, made payable to Leonard Simpson and wife, Lillian Byrd Simp son, which said deed in trust is re corded in Book 25, page 87 of the records of deeds in trust for Tran sylvania County, N. C., and default having been made in payment of said note, after same having become due and the holders of said note hav ing called upon the undersigned trus tee to advertise and sell the land herein descrbed for the purpose of paying said indebtedness. I will on MONDAY, the 2nd day of February, 1931, at 12 o'clock noon at the court house door in Brevard, N. C., offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder for cash the land described in said deed in trust, to-wit: Adjoining the lands of Alfred Bed dingfield and others. Beginning at a stake in the east margin of South Caldwell street, the same being a cor ner of the old F. L. DeVane prop erty (now Beddingfield) and runs with the DeVane ? or Beddingfield line South 62 1-4 deg. east 165 feet to a stake in the line of the I. F. Shipman property (now J. J. Patton) formerly the Thrash linos thence with the said Shipman, Thrash or Patton line South 27 1-2 deg. west 67 ft. to a stake in the line of lot now belonging to -Town of Bre vard, but formerly to Mitchell and Mull; thence north 62 1-2 deg West with the said town, Mull or Mitchell line 169 ft. more or less to the Mull, ?Mitchell or Town corner, a stake in the eastern margin of said South Caldwell street; thence with the east margin of said South Caldwell street North 25 deg. east ? 67 feet to the BEGINNING. Being the same lot or parcel of land that was conveyed to L. P. Byrd by C. B. Glazener under deed dated Sept. 15, 1922, and recorded in Book 44, page 572 of the records in and for Transylvania County, N. C., conveyed later by said Byrd to Gus Roman and wife, which reference is nereby made to said deed recorded in ' Book 62 and at page 311 of the deed ! records in and for said county and | state. This sale is to the highest bidder j for cash and will be reported to the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court* as is done in sale of land by trustee if there is no raising of the , bid within the time prescribed by ? law, which will be confirmed by the ' Clerk of the Superior Court and deed i made to said successful bidder. This 6th day of January, 1931. RALPH FISHER, Trustee. j P8 -].5| 22 29 Carolina is more to blame for the terrible situation in Btfncombe coun ty than we, the citizens, are. What he said is true, because our election officials are named by state officials and the state officials appoint the bank examiners, many of whom have failed In their duty. "When we get fair and honest elec tion laws we will correct all of our evils, because we have plenty of good men for whom good men will vote re gardless of party. "You can save us, and I believe you will not disappoint' us." J. M. WEST ALL. : January o, 1931. PAY YOUR SUBSCRIPTION STRANGE, WEIRD TALE TOLD OF SEEING SHADOWY FORM OF JIM AIKEN ABOUT TOWN Strange, weird tales are going the i rounds among the colored people of i the town, while many, many white i folks are discussing the matter with equal breathless interest. i It is said that the shadow o f Jim Aiken, once a leading negro hero, has been seen recently flitting about in magy sections of the town. At first, this report was given sympathetic hearing, as people believed it to be only the imagination of one or two| easily excited colored people. Now, however, white men of good standing have added their evidence to this un usual story, and declare that jthey have seen the shadow of Jim Aiken with ,such clearness that tfceyjooked , and looked hard for the bulky form of Jim himself, so thoroughly were they convinced that the long shadow j moving swiftly and silently along the I streets, alleys and the railroad track could be cast by no one else other than Big Jim himself. Jim Aiken, king of the colored people and well liked by the white people, was killed one day, years ago, by the explosion of a fire extinguish er as he was helping to push the fire truck to a burning building in Prog Bottom. His tragic death caused real suffering in the community, and from time to time it has been re ported that Jim's spirit messages have reached a few of his closest friends here. Not until recently, however, has it been reported that Jim's -shadow has been Been walking and stalking -stoout'-theplaceBi of- his. old familiar haunts. , Three or four of the town's best colored citizens are said to have been talking in a car parked on the fringe of Prog Bottom one day re METHODISTS ADOPT MANY PROPOSALS New Year Resolutions Call for Much Support of Church By the Membership At a church conference and social get-together meeting held last Thurs day evening, the membership of thej Brevard MethodiBt church adopted the following resolutions, as prepared by the pastor, Rev. J. H. West: Resolved, That we are going to be better men, women, boys and girls ithan we were last year, God being our helper. I Resolved, that we will endeavor to ! | practice the doctrine of the Golden J ;Rule in our religious, social, politi- 1 cal, and business relationships. Resolved, That we are not going to Jndulge in excuse making, for not j doing our part in building up the re- 1 ligious and worthwhile community in- ' terests. < Resolved, That we are going to be j boosters and not knockers, pullers and not kickers, Optimists and not pessimists, constructionists, and not destructionista. Resolved, That if we are not lead ers, we will be followers. That we are going to pray and praise more j and criticise less. | Resolved That we are going to be charitable toward other denomina- 1 tions and their organizations but not | at the expense of our own church and i her organizations. Resolved, That we are going to dig up our church vows, look thein square | ( in the face, and for one year at least, i endeavor to keep them, by the help of God. j Resolved, That if in any thing the ! old year condemns us, that we are ! going to so live and love and serve (.that the 'New- Year may witness in 'our behalf. | Resolved, That we are hot going to displease God and violate our own conscience, when facing any worthy task, by saying "No" when we should say "Yes." i Resolved, T.hat we take an iijven ' tory of '-oAr '-liabilities arid of our assets for the new year, and be sure that our assets are sufficient to t;ike care of our known and unknown | liabilities. Resolved, That we are going to give the Stewardship of Life, Time, and Money, serious and unpreju diced thought during the year. Resolved. That in the matter of the church's support during the New Yrar, we are going to give the Week ly Payment Plan and its advantages Ili'ayerful consideration. HELP FARM TO MARKET ROAD j By O. H. Benson j It is estimated that tjie Federal government spent $1,750,000,000 in the building of roads on a national basis in 19J0. This is $250,000,000 more than was spent in 1929. All who use the public highways are favorably inclined and interested in this great expenditure and we arc hopeful that the "powers that be," both national and local, will give their leadership to the program of helping farm families who are off the main auto roads in the country to get a little bit of road building for the marketing of their food products. Here is the injustice of mu.ch of our former road building.# The factors controlling the expenditure of gov ernment funds have given preference to roadways between towns and cities without any regard to the relation ship of these roads to the farm market problems of the nation. And against this fact )ve all know that the farmers pay their proportionate share of all road taxes as do the people who live on the main highway and use therrtt There are 6,250,000 fanners lajul .Over 5,000(0 00 -of thesf-' are off gsrd ro-> ?s. lUbsl of the year' their <js are muddy, full of it.! or snowdrifts. cently. The afternoon sun was Bear ing the western horizon, and the loni shadows cast their lines across Frof Bottom. AH at once the conversation ceased, for a man's shadow was Deen slowly moving alongside the car, and all the men were gasng intently the shadowy form. It was so clearly that of Jim Aiken, in form, in looks, in characteristics, that the men were horrified and all but paralyzed. The shadow passed on, it is said, and the men looked at o&e another, without speaking for some time. Di rectly one said: Oh, God, that was Jim Aiken's shadow! The others agreed. Others report having, smr the shadow down at Greasy Corner," *alkng about as if in deep thought, and on each occasion the shadow ap proached the church nearby and was swallowed up in the larger shadow of the church building. Others report having seen Jim's shadow walking down the railroad tracks at the overhead bridge, going on to the bend in the roadway. Sev eral others have reported seeing it in different places, and all reports agree as to the descriptor That it is the shadow of Jim Aiken no doubt is left in the minds of those who have seen it Just why Jim's shadow should be moving about Bre vard now brings on many explana tions. Some of the colored people are firm in the belief that it is be cause of the ungodly manner of liv ing , of v many ^people now, their sins and their indifference to the church and to all good. It is said by these that Jim himself is back in the spirit to warn his people tcr flee the wrath to come. PLAN PROGRAM FOR FARMERS OF STATE Purpose to Further Reduce the Amount Spent With Other States A program of farm meetings for the puipoae of carrying facts about the agricultural outlook and the need of food and feed-stuffs production in North Carolina next season has been arranged by the agricultural exten sion service of State College to cover every county in North Carolina dur ing January and February. Five teams of extension special ists will go to work during the week beginning January 6 and starting in the coastal counties will work grad ually westward towards the Ten nessee line. Five meetings a day will be held. In these meetings, the speak ers will present facts about the pre sent production of food and feed sup plies, will show how far the county is from being self-supporting, and will outline the program embodied in the adopted slogan, "Farm to Make a Living in 1931." Dean I. 0. Schaub says the cam paign will be in charge of the dis trict agents in their respective groups of counties. The local home and farm agents will arrange the meetings and give them local notice. Leading key farmers, bankers and business men of all kinds will be invited. There will be no guess work in the | facts to be given, says Mr. Schaub. Already the economists are working I out the need of a family or a live stock unit for feed and food for one | year. The home demonstration peo ple are also at work on facts about more complete diets which may. be prepared from foodstuffs produced at home. Mr. Schaub says it is' not enough next year to reduce the : acreage to cotton and tobacco. The crops that be raised in place nf these two must receive attention. The need of local markets must be studied and above all else, if there is a- lack oT h&nu' grown supplies, this must be remed ied. " * ORGANIZING BASKETBALL FOR BENEFIT OF THE YOUNG MEN Basketball is to provide exercise and entertainment. for the young men and boys of the town, plans r.;nv b: ing perfected for this work. Rev. R. L. Alexander will have charge of the games, which will be played several nights during each week. The High School auditorium will be used. The purpose of this undertaking is to provide wholesome amusement and exercise for the youg men and older, boys of the town. First meeting will be held Thursday night at 7 o'clock. ' NEW YORK'S * HOMELIKE HOSTELRY THE , SHERMAN ? SQUARE ? IROADjiVAY at 70th STREET WW. You Will Find LARGE ROOMS CHARMINGLY FURNISHED AMPLE PARKING SPACE and BEST C-ARAGES Finest Food at MODERATE PRICES p XTEC _ SINGLE from $2J0 KAICO * DOUlie frw. $4.00 "* ' ? George J. Meyer, Manager ? M. - -- i . - ".J f I On January 7th about 12 o'oclck in the night the Grim Reaper entered ?#? Mme?f one of our moat. respected eltlrens and claimed as its victim John Radford, who was in his 60th year. He leaves to mourn his loss, Bis wife and two daughters: Mrs. Manley Arlington and Miss Aurie Radford; tiro sons, Delier end Harv ey Radford, besides a host of friends and relatives. I Mr. Radford's death was not uner pactw," bicanae he had beer, in ill {Malik tot some time, suffering with i paralysis.' i He was a father in all .that name implies. Death is always sad, no matter what the circumstances, but wlien it comes into a happy home and calls away the father, vrlwn all seems so peaceful and happy, we are made to wonder sometimes why it is neces sary that this is the case. "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord." The -deceased- was a ?iemher<. of the. Baptist church and remained faith ful until death. He attended services whenever his health permitted. He was laid to rest in the Davidson River cemetery. Pallbearers were El zie and DeWey Burns, Jess McCall, John and Clayt Stepp, and Clyde Sentell, all relatives of the deceased. Miss Minnie Galloway spent Sunday with Miss Annie Leverett The sick list in this section this week includes, Rebecca Patton, Hen ry Sentell, Jessie Mackey, Tina Hed rick, Mrs. Jack Arkington and baby, Charlie Allison, Will Stepp and Jim Carter. Miss Mary Barnett was a recent guest of the Hainlltons at Conncs tee. Mrs. Jim Carter received the sad news Sunday of the death of her cousin," Mrs. <> Samuel i Johnson, oL Avery's Creek. Glenn Bryson is employed at Cash iers Valley. Community prayer services will be held at the home of Mrs. John Rad ford on Friday evening. Community singing, which is held each third Sunday afternoon, will be held at the Baptist church Sunday afternoon, beginning at 2 o'clock. The public is cordially invited to attend. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mackey, on January 13, a son. Pugah Forett New* Unintentional Suicide Mi-ay people we (lowly poisoning themselves juit u ?urely u if they drank iodine every morning for break fast. They are daily absorbing the toxins, or poisons, created by accumu lated waste matter in their constipated digestive systems. Sooner or later disease will conquer their weakened bodies. If you have headaches, coated tongue, bad breath, no appetite, bilious attacks, you are probably snffering from self poisoning caused !sy conotipation. A relief for thia condition is Herbine, the vegetable cutKurtic which acta in the natural way. Get ? bottle today from 0AVIS4J0NG DRUG CO. rwu'ij ? 6 6 6 if ? doctor1 ipreoeriptiem for ' COLDS aal HEADACHES e the moot op* 66 6 also It it the moot J Wut Ada vArw iComd ?A?01?gi A|?H ILOOK: We Give 24 tear Electrical &a?kc We have Light Bulb* for Farm Lighting Plant* and for City Current Alee, other Electrical Equip ment Elemleflfcwtc by Guy Dean R. F. THARP Day Phone Night Phone 224 225 53 West Main Street THE NEW FORD Everything yon want or need in a motor car THE more yon see of the new Ford, the more you realize that it brings you everything you want or need in a motor car. rlj. . And at an unusually low price. Its substantial beauty of line and color is ap parent at a glance. Long, continuous service em phasizes the value of its simplicity of design and the high quality that has been built into every part. The new Ford accelerates quickly and it will do 55 to 65 miles an hour. It is an easy-riding car because of' its specially designed springs and four Hciudaille double-acting hydraulic shock absorb ers. It has fully enclosed four-wheel brakes and the added safety of a Triplex shatter-proof glass windshield. Operation and up-keep costs are low and it has the stamina and reliability that mean thousands of miles-of uninterrupted service. ? See the nearest dealer and have him give you a demonstration ride in the new Ford. Check up ^ every point that goes to make a good automobile and you will know it is a value far above the price. The New Ford Tudor Sedan LOW P.RICBS OF FOBD CABS *435 to *660 f.O.B. Detroit, plus freight and delivery. Bumpers tpme tire estrm ?I small cost. You can purchase a Ford on economical terms through the Authorleed Ford Finance Flmu ?/ the Universal Credit Company,
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