THE BREVARD NEWS
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Thursday, January 22, 1931
SIC EM, CRAIG , YOU'RE
IS THE GAME TO STAY.
Brother John B. Craigmiles, editor
of The Mitchell County Banner, is ad
vising his people to keep cool about
the proportion of consolidating some
of the Smaller counties. This ques
tion lias been going the rounds for
sonic time, and was given prestige
when Governor Gardner recommend
ed it in his message to the legislature.
"You can no to bed for the next 25
years," Editor Craigmiles says in
wt.ting about consolidation, "and get
up next morning with the knowledge
th... Mitchell county is still Mitchell
county."
. . iitor Craigmiles says further that
tho citizens of his county would vote
nine to one against any consolidation
of his county with that of any other.
Wc are open minded on the ques
tion. Frankly, we do not see any ben
efit t< .! derived from such consolida
tion. True it is that the number of
court houses, jails, poor houses, and
sichlike, would be reduced. There is
argument in its favor. But what
about the larger opportunities for
mismanagement and graft? Look at
Buncombe, our biggest county, If that
county had been any bigger, there
would not have been any money left
in the United States by now.
We prefer to remain as we are un
til assured that a change will be ben
eficial to the citizens.
TEAR GAS BOMBS GREET
MARCHERS IN HUNGRY LINE.
St. Louis, Missouri, was the sc?ne
last Friday o f an act that may hav?
a flareback of considerable propor
tions. An army of jobless men and
women, without food and without
means of obtaining food, marched to
the City Hall in demonstration
against existing conditions, bearing ?
p.'titio/i for creation of a fund for re
lief of i'ne poor by deducting all pay
of city oificials who are drawing more
than $2000 a year.
City oificials bungled the matter
by ordering the police to disperse the
crowd. Tear gas bombs were thrown
into the crowd, the members of which
made haste to reach the big outdoors.
Throwing of tear gas bombs by of
ficers of the law into a crowd of
hungry, desperate people usually sug
gests the throwing of other kinds of
bombs, and it need not surprise you to
read one of these days about the
destruction of the mayor's home with
bombs more powerful than tear gas
bombs.
We're coming to a pretty pass in
America when hungry citizens make
effort to reach the governing bodies,
and are met with bombj. Revolution
is not far away, when .his point is
reached. America; hei states and
municipalities would do well to re
number that hungry men do not
have much patience. Kin^uoms have
crumbled, empires have vanished and
republics have lallen, when hunger
staiks the land. Better be careful
about that tear gas bomb business.
CHAIN GANG SENTENCE FOR
ABSENTEE BALLOT FRAUDS.
Down at iligh Point, this state, a
man by the name of Uates is given
sentence of four months on the cliain
gang, and a woman by the name of
iMuse gets off with a tine, account of
swearing that she was forced to per
form her part of forgery. It appears
that Oates and Mrs. Muse forged the
name of Miss Anne Belle Perrell to
an absentee ballot, and were indicted
for tne offense and given trial in Su
perior court, Judge lioyle Sink, of
Lexington, presiding.
The Muse woman claims she signed
the ballot and affidavit "under dur- ]
ess," was given a fine of $60 and half ?
the costs. Oates was given time on 1
the chain gang. . j
This information will be welcome <
news to some people in Transylvania i
county who had been led to believe ^
that it is of no use to prosecute peo
ple for election frauds, on the grounds i
that nothing ever comes of these at- e
tempts. Here is one judge in North t
Carolina v.iK/st work on the bench t
give's evidence that punishment can l
be meted out to such violators of the s
law. t
Perhaps this High Point case will
Eisist some people in Transylvania v
unty to reach conclusion, after t
any wi'"ks of inactivity o-.o
he uncertainty of probable success in C
heir efforts. People who violate the 1
ilectior. laws ought to be prosecuted
ind punished. Judge Sink's court is p
o be commended for its ready diapos- t
tl of the cases before him. A few a
Irst class chain gang ssntences will f
(top much of the high-handed tblev- ?
jry about the primaries and general b
iltctions. t
VO TELEPHONE SERVICE
W NEWS OFFICE MOW.
We muBt ask the co-operation of t
>ur readers in handir.g item: into the t
Oifice that they desire published, as ,
our telephone service has been dis- <
continued. Some inconvenience will j
result, of course, yet we can get much E
better information from people in j
person than can be obtained over the
telephone. j
Most of you have had your tele- ]
phones temporarily discontinued, at ]
one time or another, owing to the i
ironclad rules observed by Mr. Jim <
Bromfield in the operation of his bu8- I
iness. In ordinary times Mr. Jim <
Wromfield's rules are o. k., but these
are not ordinary times. The business
men and professional men of Brevard ;
owe The Brevard News several hun- i
dreds of dollars, while the people of
the town and county owe subscrip- i
tions amounting to several hundreds
of dollars more. We are not pushing i
any of these people for what they owe
the paper, because people cannot, un
der the present circumstances, pay
their accounts as they could in the
past. We know that they will pay
when they can, yet this condition
makes it impossible for us to pay ev
erything that we owe.
Seeing this condition, and not wish
ing to provoke those who owe us with
constant dingdonging for their ac
counts, we went out of town and
made arrangements to secure money
with which to operate our business
for a while, carrying us over until
this cloud passes. This money was
coming to us just as quickly as it
was possible to close the deal. We ex
plained this to the telephone com
pany on Monday of last week. On
' Thursday morning our phone, along
with several others in the town, was
cut off by the company. We then had
the phone taken completely out of the
office, hence our telephonelesa condi
tion today.
And while we are on this subject
of telephones, isn't it about time that
some reduction was being made in
telephone rent? Everything else is
down in price. Clothing, dry goods,
groceries, meats, farm produce,
labor, and everything show marked
reduction in price. Why not the same
reduction in telephone rent? The
present rates are tolerably high, and
goodness knows the Bervice is nothing
to. brag about, or to bring a premium.
We are confident that the patrons of
the telephone company would appre
ciate a reduction in price, especially
in view of the ironclad rules of the
company which prevents it from en
tering into any community movement
of leniency during periods like the
people at this time are having to live
under.
Our only regret in the matter is
that some of our friends and support
ers may be inconvenienced in not be
ing able to call The News office. As
for ourselves, we shall manage to
plod along very well without the in
strument. The telephone is a con
venience, but not a necessity, you
know. Most of us fellows were
grown, married, and had children
coming up to a pretty good size be
ii>re we ever saw one of the pesky
things, anyhow.
Some mighty good people hero have
told us that ice used to sell for one
dollar a hundred in Brevard, until
the Purity Products company started
making ice. Then it went down,
away down.
There's lots to think about when
one gets started to thinking.
I'ROF. JONES PROUD OF .1
RECORD OF THE BOYS.
Prof. Jones, head of the schools in
Brevard, speaks with great pride
when telling about the number of
boys in the High School. It- is rather r
unusual, the school man says, when s
there are as many boys in High 0
School as there are girls.
In the Brevard High there arc 170
boys and 184 girls. Prof. Jones, 1
while always appreciating the good c
ivork dons in -the schools by the girls, v
is especially jn'oad of the large group v
)f boys and young nv.n, and the fine
nterest they are taking in school
vork and school activities.
In all of the Brevard schools there
ire 410 boys and 412 girls ? almost fi
iqual number. It means something
o a community where there are 400 q
ioys in school, 170 of whom are in j;
he High .School, and Prof. Jones has ?
efficient cause for being proud of/
hese fellows. ! g
The community shares this pride
rith Prof. Jones. While we are on aj
he subject, th<- c?v-?T?,nnit.v is proud .
r Prof, joh'.j, too. j)
<NLY A REFLECTION OF
OUH OWN COMMUNITY.
One of our "good friends" who g
rides himself on his superior men
ality and boundless wisdom has made E
evere criticism of The Brevard w
JewB, because, he says this paper ?
hould not "agitate the community" 8j
y telling of the quarrels between a
he leaders over matters of public af- *
?i?. S
Let us suggest u> that good man g
his simple act: Stand before your e
nirror, and look at the reflection f
herein. Make an ugly face, and you j.
vill see an ugly face in the mirror, t
Smile, and you will see a smiling face
n the mirror. Look vigorous, and a ?
limilar look will be seen on the face ?
?eflected in the glass.
Get the community to working to- j
{ether, and these good works Will be j
reflected in your newspaper. Creates ,
lappy, kind, considerate feeling of I
friendship and comradeship in this t
community, and its every feature >vill J
t>e reflected in your newspaper. Fight j
jne another, and these fights must be ;
reflected in your newspaper.
Just as the man looking into the
mirror sees his own face reflected
therein, so does the newspaper reflect
the picture, or image, of the com- ?
munity. I
It is, therefore, necessary to have \
some semblance of community har- 1
mony and helpfulness, if such spirit is ;
to be reflected in the press. If you ,
fight, all the newspaper can do is to '
tell about the fight. If you work to
gether, then the newspaper can tell in
glowing terms of this fine spirit.
Common sense suggests harmony in
this community. ;
Common interests suggest harmony
in this community.
But there is no sense in calling
black white.
There is no reason for a doctor to
call a cancer some kind' of a pet
dimple on the cheek of the victim, and
try to make him think it is a thing
of beauty, when, in fact, it is a thing
of horror.
There is no sense in a newspaper
telling that men are in loving mood,
with their arms around one another's
necks, when, in fact, each fellow has
a dagger stuck to the hilt in his
neighbor's side.
Let's stop fighting, and then there'll
be no fighting to write about. Lw? be
real neighbors and real citizens, Wid
then we shall draw upon our reserve
of descriptive adjectives in telling of
the wondrous beauty of it all.
JUNK THE ABSENTEE VOTERS
LAW, SAYS THE OBSERVER.
Practically ail charges and talk
of serious irregularities in the
priviaries and election in North
Carolina last year have revolved
around the operation of the ab
sentee voters' law. The yore spot
should be cut out by repeal of
the law. It was enacted to pro
vide a means for the soldiers in
the World War to vote. It has
served its day and should be
junked.
And The Charlotte Observer is
THE outstanding democratic news
paper of North Carolina, at that. Yet
it says the hateful Absentee Voters
law should be repealed.
Representative Howell, democratic ?
legislative member from Buncombe
county, has introduced a bill in the
legislature to repeal this obnoxious,
thieving law, in Buncombe county, :
and is supported in hi? action by
hundreds of the best democrats of 1
Buncombe county. j ,
Women's organizations in the state 1
have nsked and insisted that the Ab- t '
sontee Voters law be repealed. ]
Who wants it kept on the statute 1
books? And why? And for what pur- '
p03e is it used? ]
We wonder if Representative W. 1
\1. Henry would introduce a bill to j
?ppeal the law as to Transylvania t
:ounty. He is a good man, a pillar in j
he church, yet he must know some- t
;hing of the operaticn of the Ab- j
icntee Voters law in this county. ?
We believe that Mr. Henry, if left 8
:o heed the dictates of his own con- J
icience, would gladly do all that he
ould to remove from the statute t
looks this law which is bringing so u
nuch shame and disgrace upon the 8
tate through its misuse in the hands
f crooked and conscienceless ward
iceler politicians.
T
It wouldn't do any harm to a.sk I.lr. |
lenry to repeal the law for this $
ounty. If he can exercise his own s<
rill in the matter, we believe that he "
.'ill do it
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? WAY OUT WEST
Iditor The Brevard Newst
Please send me The Brevard New3
?r one year. Enclosed find $2.00. S
Yours truly,
WELCH REID.
latskanie, Ore., Box 269.
an. 18,
FROM FLORIDA
ditor The Brevard News:
Enclosed please find one dollar to
pply on my subscription.
Yours truly,
H. C. HATTOR.
unnedin, Fla., Jan. 18.
E
JUDGE ENGLISH SAYS ACT E
IS UNCOSTirUTIONAL i
ditor Brevard News,
I had hoped that by now that our
epresentative Mr. Wm. < Henry, ti
ould have furnished the Clerk or j,
tyaelf with a copy of the bill passed .
y the General Assembly, at hit! in- z<
tance, wherein the County Court is
ttempted to be abolished, but for
me reason unknown to me, he has >
tiled to furnish either the Clerk or ,
lyself with any information in re
ard to his Acts in the matter, how- j
ver, 1 procured an unofficial copy
rom Mr. Breese and herein enclose C
copy of the same that you are at
Iberty to publish for the benefit of |
he public, if you so desire. '
I find tno Act to be purely Local I
>nd apparently in direct conflict with
ertain provisions of our State Con- s
titution.
I have not made up my mind as to
ust what course I will pursue in re- ?
rard to the County Court and Mr.
Jenry's Act, but you may say to
rour readers that for the present I
>ave resumed the general practice
ind am in position to attend to any
natters either Civil or Criminal that j
nay be given me in charge, until fur
;her notice.
D. L. ENGLISH
SHOULD MARRIED WOMEN
BE RETAINED AS PUBLIC I1
SCHOOL TEACHERS ? I"
Editor Brevard News: . '
There appears to be a tendency in
jur county and throughout the c?un
Z to bar married women from
teaching in our public ??hooK The
resolution ai generally adopted pro
rides that the marriage of a woman
teacher shall automatically terminate ^
her contract
While various reason have been
urged for barring matrons from tne
?choolroom, it is difficult to And any
justification for this drastic ? prohibi
tion. A follow-up of any
given will usually lead back to the
practical and political reason that
with a wage-earning husband of her
own. she is keeping some single girl
out of a position.
On the face of it, it is rather ha .
to understand why the , ot^
qualified young woman who pecomes
the wife of a young business or pro
tatarf man, Sr .
ic whose habits and standing in the
community are creditable, should be
the highest terms by author, artist,
Ef&t CirimS > h?.Pr.
able in all." Yet in certain cities.
?""who* ?ruffes 0<automa^c?Hy f?es
.ae loss of her position.
i? the married teacher less fit to
Skill, her interest in the wrk of lesser
5W?jrlsx^rsr
^r. Wause of her devotion to tne
ml ,
men? of the married teach^rthathas
? semblance of plausibility u i tne ex
pressed fear that her interest will be
divided between her home and her
classroom. To a certam extent, of
BASSitSSft
and her school work. Yet careful ob
servation has proved it tobe evident
that it is not always the marnea
teacher who puts on her hat ?>d coat
IfciSC S. ??- ??k ?
without thought of her clantoom till
the next morning. ff. ?
Marriage usually acts as an "!
ent sieve to winnow out tbose whQ
really have a taste and an aptitude
for the profession of teaching
those whose incentive for teaching ; was
mainly centered arouiul the pay-check
Usually it is the efficient teacher who ,
desires to continue teaching after
she changes the prefix on her visiting ,
'ard from Miss to Mrs. ,
' After all, our schools are, ?r shou^ j
>c, conducted primarily for the ?
:ereat of the children whom the state
and community are educating, no |
provide positions and salaries fo
jounc women, married or single. Any
Viewpoint which seriously considers
inv other reason than securing the I
iest teachers available, must inevit
S result in a lowering of standard
ind decreased efficiency. _ The best
eacher, from the standpoint of char
E training, experience and cf
'iciencv. is the kind of teachei that ,
hould be considered for every PU^'J .
cnool position whether she be old or
?nunc sinKle or married. B> their
3 ye shall know them." By their
york and the significant result*
hat work teachers may be known,
:,d by those qualities they should be ,
.ppreciated j
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA
'ditor The Brevard News:
Inclosed you will find my check for
2.00 for which please renew my sub
cription for another year. Am very
uich interested in the outcome of
lie bank situation, so give us some
lore along this line. I think the po
tical situation up there is ruining
iie town for keeps. As Amos would
jy "The town is in a mess."
Very truly yours,
SAM'L B. KING,
ummerville, S. C., Jan 17.
FROM AN OLD FRIEND
ditor The Brevard News:
Please find enclosed money order
>r $2.00 for renewal of paper for
fiot her year. My subscription ex
ires in February. Seems as if I can't
i without my home town paper.
Wishing The News much success,
Renpectfully,
yz." J. F. M '
- tiaiXtfl'SdlCfflj li. C., v'dll. 1 *.
EXPRESSING THANKS TO
HE FOLLOWING FRIENDS.
During the past week the following
riends have sent in their aubacrip- r
ions and renewal* to The Brevard
Tews, for which we sre deeply grate
ol: .
E. H. J ones, Brevard, R-2.
A, C. Norton. 19 E. Main street,
few London, Onio.
W. P. Allison. Brevard.
J. A. Mull, Brevard, R-8.
Spurgeon Owen, Toxaway, R-l.
Welch Reid, Box 259, Clatakanie,
)regon.
Sam Barnett, Brevard.
H. C. Hanor, Ounnedin, Fla.
Mrs, J . P. juatuey, Winston-Salem,
t-8.
Mri. J. L. Aiken, 316 N. Pond
treet, Ocala, Fla.
Sam'l B. King, Summerfield, 8. C.
Miss Alize Wall, Box 209, Eliza
*th City. N. a
B. F. Bcasley, Brevard.
Geo. Wilton, Brevard, R-8.
PRAISES NEW FAMILY
IN COUNTY
Editor The Brevard News:
Transylvania county has recently
had an additon that is to mean much
to the future of this section. I am
telling now about the coming of the
I. Wade Dickson family, from Oconee
county, South Carolina, to the Mar
tin farm, at Selica. I had heard of
their removal to our county, and
knowing them years ago I took the
first opportunity to visit them. Last
Saturday I went to the Martin farm,
new home of the Dcksons, and I went
unannounced, reachng the place about
noon time.
In the family are Mr. Dickson, sev
en sons and one daughter, the wife
having died about a year ago. While
the daughter is only 14 years of age,
she is a splendid housekeeper, and
excellent cook, and a reaj hostess. She
is assisted in the house work by a
brother who is an adept in such work.
The house is as clean as a new pin,
and the dinner set by the young lady
would be tempting to kings and em
perors.
Mr. Dickson and several of the
boys were in the field, at work. He
is a business man as well as a farm
er, having long been engaged in the
hardware and farm implement mer
cantile line at Westminster, S. C., but
gave up his business eight years ago
to devote his entire time to farming.
Learning about the fine 300-acre farm
belonging to Mr. Martin, he made in
vestigation, readily saw the possibil
ities here, and leased the farm for on
indefinite period, which means so long
as he Bhould want to retain 'he \
leaae.
Mr. Dickson believes in diversified
farming, in the intensive manner.
He is emphatic in his assertions that
he will not only make a good living
on this fine farm, but wifl make big
dividends. His boys are as deeply
interested in farm work as he is, and
it is with their assistance that he ex
pects to make a big "go" of it here.
Their products are sold under their
own label, hence they are careful to
put nothing but the very best of ev
erything on the maiket, for his repu
tation is at stake when his products
go oat
Being a "book" farmer as well as
the practical kind, Mr .Dickson avails
himself of the opportunity of learn
ing about farming and farm meth
ods from many periodicals and books.
He plans high yields at low produc
tion costs, by using farm machinery,
good seed and plenty of fertilizer. On
the Martin farm he is going in for
sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, corn,
canft. celery, strawberries and rasp
berries, oats, wheat, barley, and other
crops. Crop rotation, with legumes,
will keep the soil in its highest state
of production.
Mr. Dickson would be interested in
establishment of a canning factory
at Selica, with a curing house for
potatoes, and this could be accom
plished most easily by a little com
munity spirit, and Mr. Dickson is es
pecially anxious to work with his
neighbors to the benefit of all con
cerned. ,
The young men in the family are
intensely interested in club work, and
will affiliate with the boys' work
here. The father is a great believer
in the work of county farm agents,
and was in constant touch with the
agent in Oconee county, who is a per
sonal friend of mine.
I bespeak for Mr. Dickson and his
interesting family a great future
here, and, knowing the good people of
Transylvania county as I do, I can
AS IS DONE IN FLORIDA
Editor Brevard News: i
Hare ii excerpt from a letter juit
eceived from a fine man in Florida
egarding our bank situation which I
eel la worth handing on.
"If they pay depositors at all It's a
Dng-drawn-out affair. Our closed
ianki have been strong on collections
mt to date little or no payments to
lepositora. Two years in one cue,
md over a year in the other. It is
riminal the way the Florida closed
tanks are handled. The depositors
lave not a ghost of a show for their
noney, I know of some cases where
he receiver allowed a depositor to
tell certificates of deposit for fifty
lents on the dollar, and the buy?r
ised the certificates In paying off nil
iotej held b7 the bank. . . , .
"I hope you wont be the dummies
tit were. Organize a depositors' com
mittee with official power to investi
gate all affairs of the receiver as to
Elections and outlays The idea
jf vengeance is a poor way to help
the people who have money at utake.
. . . Your town people have my sincere
lympathy, for I can realize the ser
ious inconvenience of carrying on
business without a bank."
Extracts from the private letter of
a man who spends hix summers in ;V
Brevard.
Yours very truly,
EUGENE R. PENDLETON.
Brevard, Jan. 16.
assure Mr. Dickson and hi? children
that they shall be made to know that
there is genuine welcome here for
them.
?J. F. COEBIN.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
of
THE PISGAH INDUSTRIAL BANK
,4t Brevard, North Carolina, to
The Corporation Commission
At the Close of Business on the
31 day of December, 1930.
Ruources Amount
Loans and Discounts 31,674.55
Furniture and Fixtures . . . 6,571.36
Due From Approved Deposi
tory Banks 7,069.49
Cash in Vault 474.47
Caih Item* (Items Held Over
24 Hours) 668.78
Other Real Estate 1,460.00
Insurance Investment 6,500.00
Insurance Stock 600.00
Total 62398.66
Liabilities
Capital Stock Paid In 25,000.00
undivided rroflts (Net Am
ount) 210.66
Installment Investment Cer
tificates Hypothecated .... 3,646.82
Installment Investment Cer
tificates Unhypothecated . 1,407.15
Fully Paid Investment Cer
tificates 22,735.02
Total 52,898.45
StoU of North Carolina
County of Transylvania
O. H. ORR, Cashier, R. L. NICH
OLSON, Director, and C. R. Mc
NEELY, Director of the Pisgah In
dustrial Bank, each personally ap
peared before me this day, and, 'being
duly sworn, each for himself, says
that the foregoing report is true to
the best of his knowledge and belief.
O. H. ORR, Cashier
R. L. NICHOLSON, Director
C. R. McNEELY, Director
Sworn to and subscribed before
this the 12 day of Jan. 1931,
F. E. SHUFORD, Notary Public.
(My com. expires Feb. 27th 1932.
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We Pay Cash for
Chickens and Eggs
Heavy Hens 16c
Light Hens 12c
Roosters 7c
Eggs 22c
Rabbits 10c each
B. & B. Feed & Seed
Company
BREVARD, N. C.
Prices subject to change any time
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Checkerboard Chatter
Volume 1 January 22, 1931 Number 7
Published in the in
terest of the people
of BREVARD and
T R ANSYLVAN1A
County by the
B&B
Feed & Seed Co.
We try hard not to
insult anybody. If
our bookkeeper neg
lected to send you
your bill just t>hone
66 and we will see
that you get it.
We heard on good
authority that May
or Thompson of Chi
cago started a cru
sade on the English
sparrows last year.
Things are begin
ning to brighten up
every where ? "Old
Man Depression has
seen his best days.
In Brevard ? too, ?
bez'n to look
much brighter. Let's
all keep up our spir
its, "Better days are
coming soon."
"I'm a father," cricd
young Harris as he
burst into the office.
"So' s your old man"
replied ihe hoss. "Go
to work."
| Rev. Paul Hartsell
says he is getting a
lot of joy out of
raising rabbits. And
then, too, they are
good to eat. More
food grown at home
means less to buy.
Influence is some
thing you generally
have not got when
you. want it.
Spring will soon be
here and fresh on
ions will taste so
good ? we have just
received a shipment
of onion sets of all
kinds that we are"
selling cheap.
Swimming was orig
inally discovered by
a Scotchman who
cams to a tollbridge.
Remember the new
onion sets, and, too,
when you are mak
ing any kind of a
garden ? remember
that we sell high
grade seeds and fer
tilizer at low prices.
S. 0. S.
means
See Our Stuff.
B&B
Feed A Seed Co.
Brevard, N. C.
The Store with the
Checkerboard Sign