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w j JEvery Thursday by r /ransylvania Wishing co., inc. cayiRDNEWS m " /RA] r ut the Postoffice in Brevard, < C., as Second Class Matter ] ?es F. Barrett Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES , (Payable In Advum) One Year i f&OO Six Months 1.00 Three Months ' 60 Thursday, March 12, 1931 ANOTHER REMINDER OF WOMAN'S NEW POSITION. This week, throughout the United States of America, is being observed as National Week for Business and Professional Women's Club. This pause in the affairs of things serves to impress upon the minds of every one the new position that woman has assumed in business and in the pro fessions. Had this vast army of bus ? iness and professional women come upon the scene of activity in sudden manner, the nation would have been astounded at what then would have appeared to be such a revolution in our affairs. One generation ago there were but few women in business and the pro fessions. Today, they work side by side with men in practically every line of endeavor, and who stops to ques tion the state of affairs? She has been ; : permanent factor in all of our activities. If there are men who now resent it, but little is heard from them. If the women are disil lusioned, and some times long for a return of the good old days when Man was the big, active brute to be admired for his courage, and Woman was the clinging vine at home to be adored and petted, scolded and bossed about by her "man," she keeps such thoughts to herself. In other words, the new position of woman seems to have been accepted, and made a permanent part and por tion of our routine business and pro fessional life. Having assumed this new place, it is just as natural for these women to organize as it is for bees to hive, or the sun and the moon and the stars to follow their respective courses ? hence the coming into existence of the Business and Professional Women's club. This organization is an eco nomic necessity and essential tc the welfare >o? the women who enter bus iness and professions. Without organ hod effort, trained. leadership and de voted service of those leaders, the women in business and the profes sions would make but little progress in their new field of endeavor. Human nature, however, is much the same, the world over and in all ages. The women who see the neces sity of this organized effort are to face many difficulties arising in their own field. They are to find that the few must bear the brunt of the bat tle for the many. There are tens of thousands of women in business and in professions who will take every good thing that the Business and Pro fessional Women's club can obtain for them, yet they will not put any thing into the club work. The same is true in church work, in labor cir cles, in educational work, in every movement for the betterment of the human family. The American Legion is handicapped in its work because of this very trait in human nature. The business and professional women can not escape paying the same price. The few, however, must forge ahead, in patient, painstaking man ner and educate the masses of women engaged in business and the profes sions that their place is within the or ganization. North Carolina is blessed with a leadership in this work that is worth while. Brevat'd is doubly blessed with the fine women in charge of the organization here. This news paper has the most kindly feeling and the greatest good will for the Busi ness and Professional Women's work and activities, and again in this an niversary week wishes for the mem bers every good thing that can come into their lives. Of course, all our readers look with eagerness for Dr. Chapman's Prayer Corner each week, as it appears in The Brevard News. This week's ; Prayer Corner is especially appealing 1 in its peculiar application to present ^ day needs. Read it, and pray with 1 our beloved Dr. Chapman. * < Are you a Mason? If so, your , presence is required at the regular i communication this Friday evening, t Nothing special on, but that is _ the s time when YOUR attendance is j noted. . Another thing ? it is not fair, to ' b form an opinion about something "n when you have heard %ut pfle side of ? C the question. .There are always two ; p sides, you know. !ci iSHEVILLE WOULD DO WELL C r 0 LISTEN TO THE VOICE ^ IF ITS ORGANIZED LABOR ? ' 0?r to Asberill., .tar. h.v? ? icen wrought during the past I W?rThl=h also Pl???d havoo w,.h ill Western North Carolina, serie Sunday afternoon meetings are being SfSthu Central Uh.r ? ^ 1 From what the papers say, these Stings are drawing large crowds and many sensible discussions of ex isting conditions, with suggestions for 1 relief, are being heard. Organized Labor has been a power- ; ful factor in the growth of Ashevill ? That city was, for many years, recog nized as the best organized city in the South. So long as Asheville had that SUn, the city -a ?xpe'.? ; a steady and faithful growth The working people had a voice ln affairs, and, because their homes were a big part of Asheville, and their families a big proportion of its pop ulation, the working peop e Stood a all times for those things that mean m0st to the city and its advancement. For years and years there was little labor trouble experienced Asheville. But one day, a few years ago, trouble started. The newspaper fa? broke off with Organized the loss experienced by this soon proved fatal to othevciaft, ? tho citv Very naturally, when 0 ganized Labor's economic power was thus broken, its political power be came as naught. Then it was that the politicians began playing havoc wit public affairs. Asheville's and Bun combe county's wild spree of ^ney (luence of Oigan.zea broken. .. Asheville cannot rebuild as a cu> until the forces of labor .are re-cstab^ lished. All structures must have foundation. In our economic life, the foundation is represented by those who labor at constructive work. No building can be erected by beginning the job at the top, and building down The foundation must first be ait , am then build upwards, the roof be.nfc put on when the walls have been erected and a place ofsupportpr pared for the roof. The _ Adams . , and Plummers, and Morrisses and Webbs, and Catheys, and the Moms ons, and that crowd, strong as it i , cannot lay the foundation for Ash ville. This foundation must be laid by the Howells, the Ledbetters, the Plemmons, the Worieys. the Cascar - ons, the Blackwoods, the Hub Sull vans, and all the fine "fellows connect ed with that great force of construc ive builders. . , The two forces, working in accord, can re-build Asheville into its former state of the progressive city of cities. Ut us hope that ALL Asheville peo ple will take part in the meetings be ing held at the Central Labor Union hall, for right there is the key to the situation. PLEASE INVESTIGATE THIS HIGH-WAY ROBBERY TAX! While all the investigation is going on, and all the fine efforts being made to reduce taxes, won't somebody in authority please investigate the FIRE INSURANCE RATE IN BRE VARD? Here we sit, with first class water pressure, with first class fire fighting apparatus, with a fire-fighting force that is praised by every official and private citizen, with more paved streets than we know what to do with, ' and with a fire loss that is remark able for its smallness, yet paying $5.52 on the ?100 for fire insurance. I What in the world is the matter with our officials? Why in the name of common sense j and common justice is the rate so ! high in Brevard? Who in the world can pay such j enormous, excessive rates as this and i do business? Figure it out, will you? All of us. axe mad as wet hornets because the tax rate is $2.13 on the 5100 valua tion, and all of us are doing all we can to get this rate lowered, and it ought to be lowered. But why raise Gain about this tax rate, and sit idly about, twiddling our thumbs and : i squiddling our fingers, while fire in- , surance companies collect $2.52 on j the $100 for fire insurance. Our tax , payments at least go back into our { 1 county, in the school and roads, andis so on. But where does this excessive ' J' insurance premium go to? Right into!] the coffers of the big insurance com- j s panies, and nary blooming cent of it^ :omes back here, except in rare cases ^ >f small fires. Goodness gracious, confound it all, nen, let's get busy and lower this mrdensome, high-handed, tribute we ire now paying to fire insurance com lanies. When you see things that appear to e "little," just take a look into the lirror, and note your own size. !c< :hances are that you would be sur rised ? at your own utter insignifi d< an ce. ']? 'OUNTY CONSOLIDATION MAY , IE GOOD THING, BUT SOME UG COUNTIES ARE NOW BAD. There is much discussion of the ilan to consolidate some of the small r counties, "for economy's sake," in o larger counties. It may be a good hing. One thing is certain: The >lan has been placed before the peo )le, and there will be no let-up until t is given a trial. That is our way >f doing things here in the land of ;he free and the home of the brave. Some fellow makes mention of some :hange, the idea spreads, and ere long the thing is adopted. Of course there has been waste in management of county affairs, and this applies to large counties as well as to small counties. It would re quire the combined waste in many small counties of the state to reach the enormous figure that has been wasted in Buncombe county, for in stance. It is a mighty good thing that none of the smaller counties of Western North Carolina had been tacked onto Buncombe county during the past several years. This question of county consolida tion is a big one, and the citizens should give it careful consideration before arriving at the conclusion that it is better to be swallowed up by a big fish than it is to flounder around in your own little pond. Sometimes a tadpole is more to be desired than a whale. It, to say the least, cannot do the damage that the whale can do. GET YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER FOR THE THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS COMING HERE. Look beyond the dark, low-hanging cloud just now hovering over Bre vard, and see this community as it is to be on the morrow. Every house in Brevard, and every spare room in every house here, will be pressed into service to take care of the'throngs of people who will be coming here ere long. Just as soon as Ernest Webb com pletes Highway 284, and the South Carolina folks finish paving their end of the road, and the government fin ishes its work on the western end ol 284, through Pisgah National For est, and Highway 28 is completed or the Jackson county side, every day ir Brevard will look like a eonventior day. Work on all of these projects i: being rushed, and will be completec by early summer. This will plac< Brevard in the very center of a sys tem of highways running through th< most beautiful scenic section of al Eastern America, and people will b( coming here in almost endless pro cessions. Read what The Greenville New: says about this great section and its promising future: I Construction of new highways int( the mountain regions of South Caro lina and the connection of them wit! paved roads in western North Caro lina will bring the whole country t< the immediate west within close prox limity of motorists of the Pirdmonl section in a relatively short while. ; It will be only a few months unti Greenville and Brevard will be joinec with an all-weather road, thus bring ing the delightful Transylvania vallej and its many attractions in accessi bility at all seasons. Now it is an nounced in Asheville that $65,000 I will be spent in constructing a widei and surfaced highway across the Pisgah National Forest between Bre , vavd and Asheville. The glories of that region have been dimmed by the narrow, meandering, dangerous road that serves the reservation. The new road will make Pisgah one of the most popular retreats in the mountain country. Its improvements is espec ially welcome to the Piedmont section oT South Carolina, since it i ? in a sense a continuation of the Greenville Brevard paving that is now in prog ress. NOT FOR THE NEGRO R. R. Clark in Greensboro News: The legislative house killed the slight extension of the compulsory school law by the injection of race prejudice. The measure provided that the young sters not employed of necessity should continue in school through the sixth grade, or to the age of 16. All children wou'd be required to complete '' sixth grade unless it appear that tliti* labor is essenti-.il to their support an:l the support of their families; or un less it appear that I, heir physical or mental condition is such that they could not benefit by instruction. In fact the measure was so elastic that :he lone woman senator, under whose nspiration it passed the senate, did lot think it would be of much benefit | nit thought that the children affected ihould have whatever benefit there j vas. But when it appeared in the j louse members from counties with ! arge colored population had only to uggost the negro ? and the bill wasi ;illed. There are still many whites idio are without enthusiasm for ne- 1 to education, especially at public ex- ' ense; and compelling negro young lex's to be in school when they should i e at work ? there was no argument. The idle white youngsters wh light be kept in school under the i iw; or the white children who might ] e kept at work bv their parents hen they should be in school simply ?] ccause the parents consider child ; ibor of more benefit to the family lan education ? that could not be ? mridercd if negro children might bo i . apt ir school. The whiles must su f- 1 ' ~t if that keeps the negroes out. We ' m't know how the members of the I S; ittTl" V, '? > }?" .3 i,.H bill fv":l ?' shout education in general, so there is neither inference nor implication in thu following unless it justly attach- 1 en: We all know there are some peo ple, many more than is generally known, who have no more concern about the education of a certain class ? of white children than they have for the education of the negroes. With all the strides it has made in its progress in North Carolina these 30 years, there are occasional outcroppings that show that popular education isn't really so popular as it seems. Thy? are still those who don't think it is n good thing for the masses to know too much. A WARNING ( Waynesville Mountaineer) It will be a matter of regret among the friends as well as the enemies of former Governor Alfred Smith of New York that he has seen fit to declare that, prohibition must bo made the paramount issue of the next national campaign. And this is ,what he has seemingly done accord ing to newspaper reports of his state ments on the eve of the meeting of party leaders Thursday. Doubtless th<> prohibition question is the most vex ing and important one before the American people today. We do not imean to say that there is any ques tion as to the merits of prohibition. There is no longer a question o~ whether or not prohibition is a good thing. The real question is not one of prohibition but lack of law en forcement and what is the best rem edy for the situation. It is no longer a question of whiskey but one of reg ulation. It were folly indeed to dis cuss prohibition as an issue until there is some feasible plan to be sub stituted for the present law. * I We ??v ready to admit that the un enforced prohibition law as it now | stands is r>bab!y the country'.' greatest mor.ace. Wc are even ready to admit that lr. car opinion enforr ment is impossible while public opin ion is what it is today. We are jus' as sure, liovever, that the party that commits itself to repeal of the prohi bition law in a dogmatic manner without 5.rst offering a working sub stitute for the control and regulation of the whiskey traffic is as doomed tc ; defeat as the sun is to rise on the morrow. | The present method of prohibitum is doomed. Of that there is not th( slightest doubt in our minds. But W( 1 are equally as certain that any partj . committing itself to repeal withou' first finding a real remedy is equallj ? ; doomed to certain defeat at the hand. ' of the American people. . j At the present time the Democrats party has the greatest chance of sue ' cess in the next presidential cam i paign, but only on the condition tha i sanity and common judgment is exer !cised on the liquor issue. ; ! WHAT IS NEEDED IN IV. N. C. 1 1 IS NOT MORE GAMBLING >| BUT LESS (Hendersonville Times-News) ; ! Many citizens of Asheville am I Buncombe county appear to be willini > to swap the moral welfare of thei city and section for money. I That i? only one view of the pro Iposal to establish horse and dog rac 5 ing in Buncombe county. ) I It would be interesting to have thi processes of reasoning outlined b; which business men of Ashevill ' have arrived at the conclusion tha " any permanent and satisfactory bus 1 iness results can be obtained for thei: ' city and section by legalizing thi: ' form of gambling. How can any form of gambling im - prove business conditions, anywhere at any time? What Asheville needs is not mori ' opportunities for gambling, but mor< ' work for its citizens and more oppor r tunities for engaging in honest busi ? ness. If race track gambling is estab 1 lished in Buncombe countv the peopl< there will learn through bitter exper ' ience that "easy money" obtained bj such methods is a curse. Gambling in real estate broughl 1 Asheville to its present plight. Ashe ville cannot be lifted out of its pres ent condition by any form o: gambling. It seems to an outsider that the people of that city ought to have been able to learn something abou' the' gambling evil from past experi cnc"- \ What Western North Carolina needs is not facilities and opportuni ties for teaching our people to gamble ? or inducements to bring in a horde of professional gambler' from the outside. ? but more havd work in the development of our nat ural resources and in building up honest business enterprises and in dustries of the section. This race track gambling pvonn-n! is the particular business of A<?h2vi!I? and Buncombe county ? but if it i allowed to gain a foothold in Bun combe county it will afi" et and in jure all of Western North Carolina It is a proposition that should have ROSMAN HONOR ROLL Editor The Brevard News: Please publish the following Honor R"ll for the Rosnian Elementary school for the mondi of February: Seventh grade, Mr. Moore teacher; Odell Aiken, Beatrice Woodard. Sixth grade ? Miss Sisk teacher; Pauline Sitton. Fifth grade ? Mrs. Reld teacher; Herbert Woodard. Fourth grade ? Miss Wilkinson teacher; Dovie White, lluby Glazener, Margaret White, Lucile Galloway, Geneva Petit. Third Grade ? Miss Paxton teach cr; Eva Israel, Frank Whitmire, D. H. Winchester, Jr. Second grade ? Miss Davies teach sr; Dora Mae Smith, Maria Stew;: Kathleen Wilson, Ella Mae Whitmire. ? Ella Mac C.-Uivs. Rosm.in, March 6. THE RIGHT WAY TO TRAVEL is*by train. safest. Most corn Eortable. Most reliabla. Costs iess. Inquire of Ticket Agents regardins jrestly rcrluccJ fares for abort trips 501 7HEI. : RAILWAY the emphatic and continued opposition of every other mountain county. It is not to be expected that the Legislature of Nortb Carolina will look with favor upon this proposition, or enact a law that will permit the in troduction of race track gambling in to the state. | Speaking for what we believe to be a very large majority of the good cit izens of Henderson county, The Times-News calls upon the North Carolina Legislature to kill this Bun combe -county race track gambling proposal so dead that it will never Eisp another breath after thfe Legis ture has put the finishing touches upon it N. A. HARRISON, JEWELER Whose up-to-date establishment at 6 North Pack Square, in Asheville, has continuously merited the position the store has attained as one of the leading jewelry stores in this section | of the state and because of its un i equaled quality and metropolitan ser vice during the years it has served the public has merited the large cus tom it receives. I The gift season is always on and they always have a large quantity making possible the wisest selection of presents, for all occasions. An up to-date jeweler is indispensable to ev ery community of taste and refino ment and he whose work shows mark ed skill is sure of liberal patronage. The people of this section are in no way behind in this respect and the generous patronage extended to th popular jewelry firm shows how th. community appreciates their effort.*, j The stock has been selected with rare judgment and includes every thing necessary to conduct a modevn I up-to-date store. Here will be found l the leading makes of diamond rings, , watches, pills and ornaments, novel- " ties in silverware, clocks of handsome designs, and an extensive variety of L jewelry. M It is important that we have con- W scientious firms like this one who has T established the "Golden Rule" in their business. Their policy along this line : will be interesting for many business imen as through this policy they have built up their large and growing busi jness. We take this particular pleasure in directing our readers to this estab lishment and to point to it as one of the business enterprises of the coun try that is aiding in making this a more progressive place to live in. The proprietor is a man in whom the pub lic can have every confidence. We take great pleasure in complimenting ^ him on the character of his establish ment ?nd the quality of merchandise * he has chosen to offer the people. M. B. HAYNES ELECTRIC CO. 1 Located at 72 Woodfin in Ashevilje, 1 carry a complete "line of electrical equipment, appliances and supplie; and have the ability to install wiring and fixtures in accordance with ch present day demand, with built-in ef - fects demanded in the better class o' homes today. | Superior to the vast majority o." electrical establishments and sur passed by none, either in general ex cellence of work or superiority o'. materials used, this well-known firn. has continued its successful carsc because the management and assist ants are among the efficient electric ians in this part of the state. It is not surprising then that thif concern should have such a successfu career in the business or that th. management should now be proprietc of one of the leading electrical es tablishments in this part of the state. . Modern and up to date you will see that it has been selected by an ex . pert's eye of values. Electrical fix tures and appliances of every descrip ' , tion and the latest and best desig'' are ready for you when yt>u want them. They have a most complete stock of fixtures and appliances and have ja line that has been chosen with a I view to furnish anything you might jwant in this line. I Here it is possible to select fix itures that are in keeping with the | rest of your furnishings and they are 'offered at very reasonable figures, | the quality and market conditions. ? considered. If you are going to nave 'any electrical work done, or if you jneed any new fixtures, see and talk 'the matter over with them. One might devote much space to jfurther description of this modern place and high grade stock, but let it suffice to say that you will find there just what you would expect to locate in the headquarters of such an establishment as they maintain. We suggest that our readers take ithe M. B. Haynes Electrical company ]into consideration when making pur chases or desiring work in the electri cal line. DUNHAM'S MUSIC HOUSE . I c ' Located at 14 North Pack Square : in Asheville is one of the model mu 1 sical houses of this ' section of the | state. ( ! They have a fine line of pianos. '1 , These instruments have been selected ; with a view to giving the patron a 'j choice of the very ? best in a wide i 1 range of prices. The buyer of limited ; j means will find here a piano or a , r player within his reach which will be : of the very highest quality obtainable i - at that price. Those who can afford ' - the higher priced instruments wili ?] find that this line provides pianos and j 5 players which are unsurpassed any-) f where in uprights and grands. !] e I They feature "Victor" and the i t "New Majestic radios which give i - their owners the command of the air ; r day and night. No matter what your i favorite may be, whether it is in the line of general news, music or any thing that comes up, they will repro duce perfectly. The Dunham's Music House and their sales people are musicians of note and stand ready to demonstrate all instruments. They can show you their tuneful qualities whether play ing the classical or popular music and aid in the selection of an instrument that will conform to the furnishings of your home. They also handle the "New Majestic" Refrigerator which has met with approval by all who have used one of them. In this edition we are glad to com pliment Dunham's Music House upon their activities and the high quality of the stock and the service rendered for the accommodation of the public of the community. 1 DRS. SHELMIRE & SHELMIRE ~ ? The offices of these prominent chir 2 opractors are in the Haywood Build ? ing in Asheville. As we think of th 1 afflictions that mankind is accidental . ly subjected to, we look at the smooth exterior of our body and wonder why But the more we know about our 3 selves, the easier we can understand ? cause and effect. ' j In the first stages of life, the prin cipal thing to be noticed is the brain. ? The brain, being first, must be the medium through which Nature builds a complete body. The baby is born with its organism working normally. As long as nature can continue her constructive energy the baby v;ill grow and remain nor mal in every respect until, like an olr! machine, it will finally wear out. If we were once well and normal, why are we sick now? These eminent chiropractors will prove to ycu that the so-called di seases of the stomach, dyspepsia, j headache, special nervous disease an I ! the nerve system, are due to intcv ference with the constructive energy, particular or wholly through pressure on the spinal nerves, causing disease wherever those nerves extend. By making an analysis of the spine they can detect any displacement and by simple adjustments can remove the pressure which causes disease. Good health naturally follows. i The human body is so constituted that it Is unnatural for disease to creep in without cause. ; The nerve system is designed to give perfect health to all organs and keep them repaired. If through ab normal curvature, jolts, strains, falls 'or wrenches at s .:ne time in life, the movable bones of the spine are dis placed, even slightly, they press on these nerves and obstruct the flow of the life energy. Weakness and dis ease result in the organs ihat thsse : nerves supply. We wish to call our readers' atten tion to Drs. Shelmire and Shelmire, who have a reputation above re proach, and among our most success ful Chiropractors. Checkerboard Chatter Volume 1 March 12, 1931 Number 14 Published in the in terest of the people of DREVATU) md T R ANSYLVANIA County by the B&B Feed & Seed Co. Flapper's War Cry: "Two Arms, ? Two Arms ? Fall In." Others are taking advantage of the free feeder we arc offering with each, hundred i>ounda of Starting Feeds or dered n o w. ? Get your* before they all get gone. Ode to a Blonde: She could not help being dizzy, She slept like a top. Paid Robert ? out at Cedar Mtn, wants to it ump m:.- hundred Leghorn huvs Jot any thing. WhrJ do you have to swap? A single man does not necessarily play a better game of golf than a married one, but he gets more chance to talk about it. Now is the time to prepare for a pretty lawn for this sum mer. We have the proper fertilizer and grars seed, let us help you. Woman, o h lovely ?woman, Is'nt she fair and sweet? She wears more clothes when she goes to bed Than she does upon the street. I!nl< >? chicks of high grade strain make more profit in the long run. We have them, and at reason able prices, too. FASHION HINTS The well - dressed diner does not like heavy knives and forks. They get his pockets out of shape. Piano man "How's business?" Scissors Grinder "Fine, I have never seen things so dull." | Flattery is like per oxide. It turns many ? a woman's head. ? B&B Feed & Seed Co. Brevard, N. C. * The Store with tke Checkerboard Sign '
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