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Thursday, February 19, 1931
THIS OLD NATION OF OURS
MAKING PROGRESS JUST NOW.
It is only by comparison that we
may bo able to see how rapidly we
are traveling' and the direction in
which we are going.
Twenty years ujjo the man who
spoke against employment of child
labor, or urged elimination of night
work for women in the industries, was
uniui'i'u'ety branded as a "socialist,"
"an ;:gi'aror," "a disturber," "an un
?iv irable," and other names as they
s. list, such as "Reds," "I.
V . "bolsheviks," and so on and
?V, "I.
. w what do we find?
?. . ress of the I'nited States ad
vctating these very things; legis
lature- of the several states, even of
?r own. in harmony with the prog
ram ive children out of the indus
tries a: ; to take women out of the
i! as night work is
concerned; and, greater than all, the
naanutacturers themselves leading the
batli :o eliminate night work for
>.imen ,.nd placing their own taboo
'- >011 employment of children.
You know, this new day and new
thought and new way are most grati
fynij,; to those who pioneered in the
t: ovunent, and were roundly cussed
ind persecuted for their pioneering.
America is on her way to the state
i.ial, regardless of all appearances.
It is stil! a long journey, and many
?iirt'icult loads must be traveled, and
c. n thousand obstacles overcome, be
fore the sun rises upon an ideal land
f peace and plenty. But the goal is
being neared with the passing of each
year, and great distance has been
covered in the last two decades.
n s ' K\ ro. v in the state
(. f NORTH CAROLINA ?
V, '?iie the whole of the rest of the
. ' North Carolina is suffering
:\o\y. a implication of acute pocket
took stringency, pessimistic dys
pepsia. indigosiibility of hard times,
&i;d i: - omnia superinduced by an un
. . .-able fear that the whole state
is 'hell-hound, little old Canton, over
??-1 Haywood county, goes merrily or
"s way. The latest achievement
the- ? i.< the opening last week of a
aew High School building, an event
marked by rites and ceremonies in
keeping with the occasion.
So rare was this evidence of prog
ress and prosperity in our neighbor
uwn that W W N C dedicated an
hour - program to Canton and its
matchless spirit, tellirg the cockeyed
world that there is -ne town in
?Xorth Carolina far !\ ved from the
poor house and the ba: apt courts.
Canton does not owe ts present
unviable position to an; miracle at
a 11* While the rest of u. >.ere acting
'.he fool, and fighting on - another
with hammer and ton^ , Canton
si: .,>!.* used old Comr.ton Sense, and
went on working building, and
today is an oasis of prosperity in a
desert of despair and despondency.
Hats off to Canton, North Carolina,
ind may the Devil get the man who
iries to interfere in any way with the
splendid program which' is making
Canton thus prosperous.
Ashcville newspaper- are always
talking about smoke. Wish they would
hv more specific, and tell the brand
of smoke they are talking about.
There is coal smoke, black and low
hanging, about Asheville. Then there
ss political smoke, and factional
smoke, and bank smoke, and machine
smoke, and league smoke, and board
smoke, and absentee smoke, and
Swt :ten Creek smoke, and Biltmore
Jovest smoke, and hot air smoke, and
told chill smoke, and school smoke,
and women's smoke, and court house
smoke, and city hall smoke, and
righteous smoke, and indignant smoke,
and Davis smoke, and Adams smoke,
and busted bank smoke, and chain
bank smoke, and grand jury smoke,
and federal smoke, and, in fact, more
iiuds of smoke there than has been
vitnessed since the Old Man Wells op
erated his famous smokeshop on Pat
tou avenue in good old days of yore.
Piease, brethem of the brow-beaten
aress, when writing about smoke ;
jive us country readers an idea of
which smoke you are talking about. .
.Wo' thank you.
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE
REV , JOS. A. DALY, CATHOLIC
SPEAKER ON STATION W i,W L
We heard your address Tuesday
evening, as it came over the radio
from New York and the College of
Saint Vincent, in which you made an
impassioned plea for. tolerance, urg
ing us to be broadroinded, adjuring
us to turn a deaf ear to the racketeer
in religion, to frown upon the relig
ious bigot who spends his time and
vents his spleen upon the Catholic
church. You spoke of religious free
dom, and warned us against the man
who, for his own personal gain in
power, would stir up strife between
Catholics and Protestants. You
branded intolerance as a thing to
shun, a thing to hate, an instrument
of the devil and a weapon of hell, or
words to that effect.
You know, Reverend Sir, that we
had just finished reading an Associat
ed Press dispatch from Vatican City,
quoting your Pope, your leader, the
man whom you claim to be the rep
resentative of Jesus Christ on earth,
in one of the most intolerant and un
christian statements ever issued by
any one who professes to be a Chris
tian. How can you plead for toler
ance here in America, when your own
Holy Father, on the same day, is do
ing all in his great power to fan the
tires of intolerance in his own coun
try into a flame that would consume
those who do not agree with your
Pope's precious religious belief?
Listen hero to what your own Pope,
your own Holy Father, has to say
about Protestants in Rome:
Vatican City, Feb. 16. (AP) ? Pope
Pins, addressing the Lenten preach
ers of Rome, today accused the Italian
government of failure to carry out
'.lie Lenten treaty to the letter by
permitting "immoral" newsjmpers,
movies and vaudeville, encouraging
.ugleet of Sunday observance and
j a.itenancing protectant propaganda.
Now, don't you see, Dear Rev. Daly,
that your Pope is taking to task the
. ivil officers of Rome because these
officers even COUNTENANCE Pro
testant propaganda? Has America
been "countenancing" the propaganda
of the Catholic church? Think of
your own broadcasting, a fine form
of Catholic propaganda, along with
that of all other Catholics who are
burning the air every day and every
night with wondrous tales of the
goodness of the good Catholic church !
And, to cap the climax, just think of
that world-wide brodcast, just a few
days ago, when your precious Pope
gave his Latin message to the world.
That was the master stroke of prop
! aganda ever propagamied by any
; propagandist in all the world's his
? tory. Did any Protestant kick about
? that? No. Yet your precious Pope
, is lambasting Rome's officers because
? "Protestant propoganda" is ever
! countenanced ! And then you ask
? America "to be tolerant!"
1 Rut that is not all. Read another
: paragraph taken from that Associat
1 ed Press dispatch from Rome, in
; which your Holy Father is further
1 quoted:
"An example of infractions of the
. third commandment," the Pope satti
. "come often from men in high posi
tion, from the institutions of the state
' and from the governor of Rome."
He reproached the government for
[ failure to maintain the atmosphere of
Rome as a religious center, as re
quired under the first article of the
1 Luteran treaty and asserted that the
government was at fault for permit
ting protestant proselytizing to such
an extent that even the protestant s
?i cmselves were surprised.
Oh, Reverend Daly, how can you
plead for tolerance, while your Holy
Father is exemplifying the most intol
erant spirit that ever filled the frame
of mere man? You and your co
workers have been "proselytizing"
here for many years, and recently
your activities are growing at a tre
mendous pace, yet your own Pope,
your own Holy Father, gives the au
thorities in Rome merry old Scratch
for "permitting the Protestants to
proselytize" in Rome!
Your suave voice, dear Reverend
Sir, is wafted on the air from your
New York place to our homes down
here in the South, and we hear you
gladly, although our homes are
builded upon the Protestant religion.
We want to be absolutely fair to you,
your religion, your Pope and your
belief in him as being the Holy
Father. Your religion is your own
business. If you want to be a
propagandist for your church, that
also is o. k. with us. But we do ex
pect you to be fair with us. You have
charged thu country with being intol
erant, comparing this spirit with
racketeering in religion. We claim
that your own Pope, if quoted cor
rectly by The Associated Press, is
the most intolerant citizen in the
whole world today, and the plane's
most perfect example of the racket
eer in religion.
Will you not, please sir, in your 1
next broadcast, explain how it is that .
you charge us with intolerance here !
on the very day that your own Pope ]
is displaying such a spirit of intoler- !
ance in Vatican City? We shall be ,
IS PARTY GOVERNMENT if
GONE INTO DISCARb? I(
Is our form of government about '
to experience a change from the old i
party plan under which it has oper* e
ated since its inception? i
Events point to an early discard of I
the party plan, and adoption of some
Other form. Fact is, there is no J
semblance of party government now c
in either state or national affairs, t
Down at Raleigh, where there is an ?
almost solid democratic house and 5
senate sectional groups and blocs are 1
battling one another with an energy '
seldom witnessed between two politi- !
cal parties. There are advocates of <
agriculture lined up against advocates 1
of industrial interests; the East is j
battling for the East; Piedmont is i
battling for the Piedmont; the West t
is likewise battling for the West. Gov- i
ernor Gardner, democrat, is having a 1
deuce of a time with the democratic
legislature in an attempt to put ;
across the "administration program." <
Up at Washington President Hoover, <
republican, is experiencing the same i
difficulty with a republican congress
that Governor Gardner is facing with i
his democratic legislature. There is
nothing in Washington that even
looks like party government. This
writer sat in the house gallery last
week, and saw evidences of an al
ready dead party system. There were
but few democrats on the floor that
afternoon, while it looked as if all re
publican members of congress were
on hand. The democrats were taking
no part in discussion at the time, but
on the republican side there was a
wrangle going on that reminded one
of a meeting of a Plumbers and ,
Steam Fitters Union on a night when
the scale committee was making re
port. Boys, they were scrapping
among themselves, we tell you.
In disgust we then went over to
the senate chamber, and the same
thing was going on there, only in re
verse as far as the political situation
was concerned. On the senate floor
there were less than a dozen republi
cans, while practically all democratic
senators were present. The republi
cans were reading, or in small groups, '
talking to one another. The demo
crats had the floor, and from the way
these highbrows were going at oYie
another it made one feel like he was
back home, in a meeting of the Bre
vard Chamber of Commerce. The
democrats from cotton states were
lined up aganst democrats from in
dustrial centers, and what mattered
J hoinas Jefferson to these senators'' j
Under the old party plan the war
fare was conducted between two
groups, and the aisle was the divid
ing line. Now the battle rages ail
over the house, without any regard
whatever to party lines. This condi
tion cannot continue, if party plan of
government is to remain. There is but
one inevitable result? and that is the
adoption of some other form of gov
ernment than that of the two-party
system.
? PERSECUTION OF CANNON
. REACHING THE LIMIT.
Isn't it about time that people and
the press cease this persecution of ,
Bishop Cannon? For a long time now, j
and for purposes plain to all, certain j
I groups have left no stone unturned in
an effort to damn the bishop. Last j
week Bishop Cannon was again exon
erated, when a jury of fellow bishops
declared that there was nothing in !
the charges against Cannon to war
rant bringing him to trial before the
General Conference.
Bishop Cannon has been a leader in
the fight against the liquor interests,
and his telling blows have landed
home time and again. Anti-prohibi- j
tionists have long sought the bishop's ^
downfall, and have been assisted in j
their efforts by many hundreds ol' j
newspapers throughout the country, j
Some of these newspapers have made
regular donkeys of themselves in
their eternal lambasting of Bishop j
Cannon. (
I -|
We suspect that another influence,
powerful in its far-reaching effect, is |
lending much aid and lots of comfort i
to Cannon's enemies. This influence c
is a double-barrel affair, being of the j
combined political-religious brand, c
and is capable of pulling wires that, c
though unseen, are most powerful. In '
fact, this political-religious group so j
bitterly opposed to Cannon has reach- r
ed its tremendous proportions through s
wire-pulling. That is why so many |
editorials are written against Bishop c
Cannon ? the wires are pulled, and fi
some dunce of an editor trots out an o
editorial against Cannon.
Just a little more of this persecu-('tl
tion of the Methodist bishop, and the w
fight is going to be drawn out into !?
the open. And then the fur will fly. U,
It is high time that this persecution ,a
of Bishop Cannon be stopped.
listening for you next Tuesday eve
ning.
So long. All is well, as Tony says
jn the Hir.
m/C DEBT SB PER f
1ENT OF VALUATION.
Transylvania county's public debt .
s 28.2 per cent of the county's *?
issessed valuation of wealth within
ta boundary, according to statements
rablished in The University News
setter, based upon tax returns as of v
Tune 30, 1929. At the time these cal
: illations were made there were only fl
?wo other counties with greater per
entage indebtedness than Transyl- h
ania county. These were Henderson, ^
vith a total public debt of 28.6, and ^
Dartaret with 42.5 per cent jl
Since that time, ' however, many ?
:hanges have taken place, and it is '
>elieved that Bunoombe county would g
low stand at the top of the list in the (
?mount of public debt as compared to t
issessed valuation, while Transyl- '
/aria county would be even larger j
than that shown in this report
This standing simply means that *
28.2 per cent of all the wealth of the j
:ounty as assessed for taxation is ,
pledged for public debt. If a man i
3wns a house valued at $1,000, and ''
had it clear and free of all his own
debts, there would still be standing 1
against that property a lien of $280 M
for public debt.
It is these staggering figures rep- >
resenting liens against private prop- '
erty for public debt which is causing
Governor Gardner and other state ,
leaders to devote their full time and I
attention to the question of cutting
public expense and reducing the pub- ;
lie debts. All good citizens, regardless
of party affiliations, should lend their
best thought to a proper solution of <
these questions.
"Clyde Pastor Speaks on Re
ligion'' ? Headline on front page of
The Canton Enterprise. Has it come
to the point when a preacher preaches
on religion that such a sermon is
considered a rare event and must have
a display headline on it?
Appears to us that the wrong men
in Asheville are committing suicide
and making attempts at same.
Compromise bonus bill for soldiers
will, it appears, pass both senate and
house by such great margins that a 1
presidential veto would fail to hinder
its enactment. Advocates of the im
mediate cash payment of all certifi
cates have agreed to a compromise
measure which provides for a lean
value up to 50 per cent of the cer
tificates.
Mrs. E. L. McKee, senator from
this district, has introduced a bill in
the senate placing a 5 per cent tax on 1
consumption of electricity, gas, water I
and other utilities. This bill would
provide payment of the tax by the
consumer.
There is some kind of legislation
affecting this county being planned at
Raleigh. We are not able to give
you the facts this week, but hope to
present same next week. Uncle Bill
Henry is as indifferent about keep-'
ing folks here infurmed of his work
as he was concerning the town's de- j
posits in the bank, for which Mr.
Henry failed to get any security. j
FORGIVE US, KATHLEEN
Editor Brevard News:
Please allow me to correct a mis
take regarding the honor roll for the
Ro.sman Elementary school which
was published in the last issue.
Kathleen Wilson of the Second
Grade was left off. Kathleen is a
conscientious worker and feels hurt
over the fact that her name -was not
publish.
Please publish her name in the i
next issue. Miss Annie Davies is her j
teacher.
Yours truly,
A. K. MOORE. Principal.
Rosman, Feb. 12.
IN MEMORY OF
My Mother, MRS. R. L. EUDANKS
She carried me under her heart; i
loved me before I was born ; took '
3od's hand in hers and walked thru
;he Valley of the Shadow that I
night live; bathed me when I was
lelpless; clothed me when I was
laked ; gave me warm milk from her
iwn body when I was hungry; rocked
ne to sleep when I was weary; pil
owed me on pillows softer than
lown, and sang to me in the voice
if an angel; held my hand when I
earned to walk; nursed me when I
vas sick; suffered with my sorrow;
aughed with my joy; glowed with
ny triumph; and while I knelt at her
ide, she taught my lips to pray.
Through all the days of my youth
he gave strength for my weakness,
ourage for my despair, and hope to
11 my hopeless heart ; was loyal when
thers failed; was true when tried by
re; was my friend when other
riends were gone; prayed for me
hrough all the days, when flooded
nth sunshine or saddened by shad
ws; loved me when I was unlovely,
nd led me into man's estate to walk
riumphant on the King's Highway
nd play a manly part. Though we
ly down our lives for her we can
ever pay the debt we owe to a Chris
an mother.
We loved her, yes ? no tongue can
ill how much we loved her or how
ell. God loved her too, and thought
best to take her home to be at rest.
Mrs. D. N. Holdcn.
Little River News
Mrs. Lewis Howell is very ill with
neumonia and flu.
Kithleen Duncan, who has been
ery ill, is reported to be improving.
W. L. Couch and son, Paul, are out
gain after> seyural day* illness with
?u*
Miss Willie Mae Curry is visiting
er aunt, Mrs. Mark Corn of West
Lsheville this week.
Mr. and Btts. Fred Shuford, Mr.
,nd Mrs. George Shuford visited
heir mother, Mrs. Janie Shuford, on
Sunday.
Mrs. S. C. Elkin was called to
Ireer last Friday on account of the
erious illness of her sister, Mrs. Lou
3ox, who fell and broke her leg and
irm.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Mackey had as
heir guests Sunday, Mr. and Mrs.
iomer Mintz of West Asheville.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Reed and son,
Uedric, of Hendersonville, spent thi
veek-end with Mrs. Reed's parents.
2<>v. and Mrs. Walter Holtzclaw.
Mr. and Mrs. Houston of Brevard,
vere guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
3ouch Sunday.
Mrs. Joe Merrill entertained a
lumber of friends and relatives at
ler home Sunday with a birthday
sarty in honor of her husband's 75th
>irthday.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Corn of Hender
sonville, spent Sunday with the lat
ter's sister, Mrs. L. L. McCall.
Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Miller and
children visited their mother in Bre
rard Sunday.
Mrs. G. Blythe and Miss Ruth
Holtzclaw entertained a number of
friends Saturday night with a valen
tine party. Music and games were en
joyed, and delicious refreshments
were served. Everybody had a jolly
good time. Those enjoying the eve
ning were: Mildred Kilpatrick, Mar
ion Shepherd, Margaret Drake, F rac
ier Reid, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reid of
Hendersonville, Bill Orr of Pleasant
Grove, Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Morgan
and son Lamar, Raynel and Jennie
Morgan, Leo Moody of Blantyre,
Nellie and Ada McCrary, Lowell.
Leland, Mary and Reba George, Hub
Heath, T. J. 'McCall, Mr. and Mrs. E.
H. Mackey and children, Edward It.
and Kathryn.
NOTICE
OF EXECUTION SALE
State of North Carolina
Transylvania County.
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
Kcrmit Patterson
v
Heirs at Law of J. L. Parker, de
ceased, a * follows ? Mary, Will,
George, Bob, Sallie, Rachael and
Bessie Parker and Ellen Patterson
By virtue of a commission of sale
directed to me, the undersigned from
the Clerk of the Superior Court of
Transylvania County in the above en
titled action, I will on Monday the
Oth day of April 1931 at 12 u'elock
M. at the court house door of said
county, sell to the highest bidder for
cash to satisfy said execution, all the
right, title and interest of the above
I
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SCHOOL CHILDREN
.This advertisement if produced at our
'store on each Friday in February
iwith the purchase of ten cents in tab
lets or school supplies entitles the
holder to one glass root beer or plain
soda, absolutely free. Brevard Phar
macy, Jesse B. Pickelsimer, Ph.G
proprietor. Thru F
'SALES LADIES WASTED ? Do not
I apply unless you've had experience
in a Special Sale. Ask for JAKE
THOMAS at the GLAZENER Store,
Thursday morning, 9 a.m.
named defendants in the following
desribed real estate, to wit:
That tract or parcel of land deed
ed to J. L. Parker by Pinkney An
idrews and wife Arlimissa Andrews
[on Feb. 19th, 1898, being bounded as
follows
| BEGINNING on a sourwood being
, R. M. Cornes and George Ilolmes cor
ner, then south with George Holmes
| line to his corner in Leander Ship
man's line; then west sixty poles to
<a stake, thence north 18 W. 1.10
'poles to a stake: thenoo south 73 E.
: 160 poles to the beginning, containing
,36 acres more or less.
i Terms of sale, cash.
! This Feb. 9th. 1931.
W. E. Morctz, Commix sioner of Sal e.
4tF12-19-26Mar5
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Inquire of Ticket Agents regarding
! greatly reduced fares for short trips.
' SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
Checkerboard Chatter
Volume 1 February - _ 1P31 Number
Published in the in
terest nf the people
of BREVARD mid
T R AN SYLVAN I A
County by the
B&B
Feed & Seed Co.
We saw a sign in a
restaurant not long
ago ? "Fred Keeps
This Place; This
Place Keeps Fred."
A pleasant sort of
50-50 proposition. It
is a good deal the
same way with this
business of ours. So
far we have man
aged to keep it and
so far it has kept us
pretty busy. Thanks
to our customers.
Lipstick and flypap
erg rife somewhat
alike in that they
catch such careless
creatures that pause
to investigate.
?1.26 a day profit
over feed cost is
what a fine Gurnsey
cow is doing for her
owner, Mrs. C. J.
Moltz of Lake Toxa
way. Of course she
is a Purina fed cow.
"How do you inake
antifreeze?"
"Hide her woolen
pajamas."
Some poultry men
are quitting the bus
iness, but right now
is the time for the
efficient man. with
good stock and Pu
rina Chows to stay
in the business.
And she railed her
sweetie Pilgrim be
runse he made so
much progress.
We still have plenty
of frost proof Cab
bage plants. Lots of
folks are buying ,em
from us.
There was once an
old colored woman
who named her trip
lets Surely. Good
ness and Mercy ?
And they follcnved
her nil the days of
her life.
Popcorn is j;ood to
eat. fun to pop, and
costs but little. We
have it.
Let Purina help you
succeed with your
Baby Chicks this
season. Fed and rec
ount tided hi/ thous
ands of hatcheries.
B&B
Feed & Seed Co.
Brevard, N. C.
The Store with the
( hec.kerboard Sign
Shave - 1 5c
Hair Cut-25c
Owing to the continued and extended period of depres
sion, we have made drastic reductions in the prices on
our work, and have adopted the above prices for shav
'ing and hair cuts. We shall do the same kind of high
class, careful barbering- that has made our shop so well
known, and we shall appreciate your patronage.
Ward's Barber Shop
CLAYTON BLDG.
Special Attention to Work for Ladies and Children