BREVARD
VOLUME XXXVI
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 8, 1931
Number 40
MOST SUCCESSFUL
FAIR IN HISTORY OF
COUNTY HELD HERE |
Exhibits Displayed Products of
Great Variety ? Large
Entry List
THE YOUNG TAR HEEL
FARMERS TAKE LEAD |
Household Arts, Livestock and ,
Business Displays, Also
Prominent Factors
The Sylvan Valley Fair, largest in
the history of this county, was held
Saturday, October the third, in the
Jenkins building and the building ad
joining the B. & B. Feed and Seed
Store. The exhibits required the
space of three buildings and a large
lot -near the B. &. B. Store for the
horse, cattle and sheep entries. The
buildings were made available
through the courtesy of Mr. F. E. B.
Jenkins and the Kon. D. L. English.
Hundreds of people from over the |
entire county, were in town Saturday
to attend the fair. It was said that
there were more people in town Sat
urday than for many weeks in tho i
past.
The fair was sponsored by the :
* Young Tar Heel Farmers and the 1
Home Economic classes of Brevard |
High School, led by John G.ollins, ;
President of the local Y. T. H. F., I
Mrs. Pat Kimsey, instructor of Home j
Econojnics, and "Prof. J. A. Glazener, |
instructor of Vocational Agriculture. t
Many remarks of admiration and
praise were made concerning the ov- i
erwhelming success of the fair and
of the leaders and workers, whose
intensive labors had made it posible. I
Prof. Glazener is due the major (
honors for the fair, since it was
through his work, instruction, advice,
and encouragement that the boys and
girls sponsoring the fair were able j
to realize such an achievement. i 1
Mr. Glazener was delighted with
the cooperation hg received in enter
ing exhibits for the fair and he j
wishes all who participated in the ,
great work to realize that he heartily j
thanks them all on the part of the1
boys and girls who labored so en- i
ergetically to make a successful faff, j
The exhibits were cleverly and ?r- J
tistically arranged in their individual j
departments, giving a pleasing effect .
to the visitors. !?
One building was filled with the I
vegetable and farm crop exhibits, j
another with Household arts, and the
third with special attractions, swine
and poultry display. Various posters
were arranged on the walls, giving
valuable information on interesting |
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INTENSE INTEREST
IN REVIVAL BEING
CONDUCTED HERE
Rev. Dr. G. T. Bond, West
Asheville Pastor, Is Being
Heard Twice Daily
MORNING SERVICES AT
BREVARD INSTITUTE
Evening Services at Brevard
M. E. Church ? .Large
Crowds Attending
The annual revival at the Brevard
Methodist church began Sunday
morning at eleven o'clock with Dr.
G. T. Bond, pastor of the West Ashe
ville Methodist church, preaching.
The meeting will continue through
next Sunday. Services are held at
7 :30 each evening at the Methodist
church and 9:45 every morning at
the main auditorium of Brevard In
stitute. The public is cordially invit
ed to attend all of these services, and
the meetings held on Sunday, Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday were
attended by large attentive crowds.
Sunday morning at the opening ser
vice of the revival, Dr. Bond took his
text from John 8:37, using as his
topic the "Major Need of the
Church." Sunday night he chose
James o:16 as his text and preached
on the "Power of Prayer.'' Sunday
night in his sermon he gave a few
interesting statistics. There are 44,
380,000 church members in the
United States and they spend $851,
000,000 yearly for the furtherance of
the Kingdom, not as a business but
voluntarily and cheerfully. Church
people own 80 per cent of the wealth
of the nation. The Sunday School
enrollment is within one-sixth of the
enrollment of the public schools and
Sunday Schools are voluntary schools,
not compulsory.
Monday night Dr. Bond delivered a
stirring sermon with his main topic
reading "Awake ye that Sleepeth,
Arise from the dead and Christ shall
give thee light." He chose his text
from the 5th chapter of Ephesians.
Tuesday morning the services be
gan at Brevard Institute and the op
ening sermon was preached around
"The. Power of Invisible Forces," the
text being taken from 2 Kings 6:17.
Tuesday night Dr. Bond thrilled his
audience with a splendid sermon on
the "Story of Salvation" with the
text from Acts 16:30. "The En
trance of God" was the leading topic
at the Brevard Institute services
Wednesday morning and the text
was chosen from Revelations 3:20.
Many people have already ex
pressed the opinion that the services
are being of great help to this com
munity and it is expected that very
favorable results will be noted soon.
LOCALS GOING TO ,
CANTON TOMORROW
Determined to have an immediate
taste of victory, the Brevard Blue i
Devils are drilling, eagerly in pre- J
paration for the game with Canton
High School Friday. The game will ;
be played on the Canton Field and
the local team will appreciate the of
fer of transportation to Canton Fri- ,
day afternoon. Persons interested in
aiding the team in this manner ? '
should notify Coach Tilson today. ?
The Blue DevfTs 'lost their first '
game to We?rverville High School
two weeks ago, however their come- ,
back has been so strong that the j
powerful Canton eleven will have to
exert to its utmost to hold them.
Alfred Hampton, manager of the I
Blue Devils, announced his schedule I
for the Football season, Tuesday: i
Oct. 9, Canton, there; Oct. 16,
Franklin, there; Oct. 23, Christ
School, here; Oct. 30, Brevard In-,
stitute, here; Nov. 6, Open; Nov. 13,1
Mars Hill, Here; Nov. 20, Open;[
Nov. 25, Hendersonville, there.
Probably line-up for the Canton
game will be: Neil, R. E.; Huggins,
L. E.; Lance, L. T.; Hinton, R. T.;
Meece, R. G.; Wilson, L. G.; Pickel
simer, C.; in the backfield: Schach
ner, Q. B.; Clayton and Erwin, H.
B-: English, F. B.
B. Y. P. U, DISTRICT
MEETING SUNDAY
The first meeting of the Associa
tional B. Y. P. U. for the Center
District will be held at Carrs Hill
Baptist church Sunday, October 11,
at 2:30 ocloclc.
A large delegation from each of
the six churches in this district are
expected. - The upper and lower dis
tricts have had one meeting each and
they were reported to have been very
interesting and instructive. Leaders
of the center district are urging the
members to make this meeting a
splendid one also, by furnishing their
cooperation and attendance.
Miss Pauline Powell, center dis
trict leader, will have charge of the
program.
BARTON CLAN TO MEET AT
HOME OF UNCLE JOE ORR
A large number of people are ex
pected to attend the Barton reunio/i
which will be held at the home of
"Uncle Joe" Orr at Pisgah Forest
Sunday, Oct. 11.
This reunion is an annual affair
and has been noted as ' one of the
most enjoyable reunions i n the
county.
Children of Rural Schools to Have
Access to One Thousand New Books
One thousand jooks> of travel, fic- i
f tion, science and other subjects of
interest, to the young student in the
first seven grades of school life ar
. rived in Brevard this week to be cir
, culated among all the rural schools
of the county.
This traveling libraiy service is
furnished through the North Caro
lina Library Commission, and anoth-i
er lot of boks is expected in the near J
future for the same purpose. The
library was secured through the ef- [
forts of Mrs. 0. H. Orr, Chairman;
Prof. J. B. Jones and Mrs. J. B.
Jones, a committee from the Parent
Teachers Association.
The books will be circulated among
* the rural schools with approximately
60 books ttf each school. At the end
of a certain period of time, set at the
County Teachers Meeting, which will
be held in the near future, each
school wi!! exchange with another.
This library service provides the
county schools with the same reading
conveniences that are found in the
Brevard and Rosman schools.
A circulating library was first
formed in Transylvania County in
1929, when a committee led by Mrs.
0. H. Orr collected books from the
local citizens and members of the Pa
rent-Teachers association to be dis
tributed among the schools. As each
year passed the services have grown
until the members of the P. T. A.
thought it wise to secure the Travel
ing Library of the N. C. Library
Commission. These books will be cir
culated in the county for one year.
The school children in grades one
to seven will be wise in availing
themselves of this wonderful oppor
tunity of reading splendid, instructive
and interesting books, which have
heretofore been available in the Ros
man and Brevard schools.
The Simpson Quartet
Reading from left to right: Miss Geneva Neill, Arval Simpson, George
| Simpson, Leonard Simpson. This popular quartet has sung its way into
[the hearts of the people of Transylvania and adjoining counties.
BAPTIST REVIVAL
! IS BEING PLANNED
!
Services To Begin Upon Con
j elusion of Revival Meetings
at Methodist Church
Immediately following the meeting
j at the Brevard Methodist church, the
] Baptist church will begin its annual
; revival. Rev. J. R. Owen of Mars
: Hill College, a man honored and ad
j mired by North Carolinians, will
preach in the Baptist Meeting begin
|ning Monday night, October 12.
; Citizens of Brevard are confident
' that Rev. Mr. Owen will bring a
J series of stirring messages to all his
| hearers and that his efforts will be
1 of wonderful avail to everyone in
I Transylvania County.
| Rev. Paul Hartsell, pastor of -the
i Baptist Church, comments on the
j Methodist Revival now in progress
land announces the arrival at his
I church in the following statement:
| "As the meeting at the Methodist
j church comes to a close the Baptist
i church hopes to begin. It is hoped
I that the efforts of our Methodist
[friends may be crowned with glorious
| benefits to the town and community;
(of Brevard. Dr. Bond is preaching
j heart searching and inspiring mes
| sages. All denominations and non_
church people ought to hear and bene*"'
fit by his preaching. We count above
jail blessings a great spiritual awak-j
!ening in our community. When our
: spiritual life is toned up other prob- 1
|lems will adjust themselves.
; "We are glad that the meetings of
| the two churches can come one imme- J
1 diately after the other. It gives us .
an opportunity to labor together in
an effective way. Would we not do [
well to lay everything aside and
make God first in our town for a few '
j days? We would surely reap great !
I benefits by so doing.
"Rev. J. R. Owen of Mars Hill, a
mqn loved and respected in Brevard,
[ will preach in the Baptist meeting,
beginning Monday night, October 12.
j Everybody is cordially invited to at
tend these services.''
MASONS TO HEAR JEROME!
AT MEET FRIDAY NIGHT
i
Dunn's Rock Masonic Lodge will
hold regular communication this Fri- !
day evening, with Jerry Jerome, Se-j
nior Warden, in charge. The Master j
: of the Lodge, James F. Barrett, will,
j be in Charlotte where he was invited i
to attend the state's welcome to Hen
ry L. Stevens, recently elected na
tional commander of the American
Legion. Mr. Jerome has prepared a
special program in addition to the
regular work to be done.
Plans will be detailed by the com
mittee having in charge the program
for Masonic home-coming day on the
23rd. All visiting brethern are in
vited to attend.
TEACHERS PAID ON
PAST YEAR'S SAURY
Nine Thousand Dollars Distrib
uted, Almost Clearing Up
Old Year's Work
Nine thousand dollars was releas
ed in the county Monday when all
! the school teachers of the county
.were paid for one month of old sal
aries due them on last year's* con
tract, Prof. J. B. Jones, County Sup
erintendent Bnnouncfeu Tuesday.
The teachers were paid from taxes
collected on the 1930 tax levy and the
citizens are to be sincerely congratu
lated for paying up their taxes and
enabling the teachers to get their pay
I which has been due them for many
| months.
This payment is a great encourage
jment to the teachers, for now they
I are due from the county^a balancs
of only 30 per cent of one month's
| salary. y
There are only 75 teachers employ- 1
:ed by the county to be responsible |
for the training and development of .
over three thousand pupils. This is !
an approximate average of 40 stu- 1
1 dents to each teacher. A herculean |
task and a great responsibility to j
instruct and and train properly and !
jcarefully, in order that their minds I
'"may be of a great advantage to the I
world.
The teachers were patient and con- j
siderate of the prevailing conditions i
when it became evident that they
could not receive full pay, despite
their written contracts, last year. The
parents of the county should appre
ciate fully the great service and
sacrifice the teaching staff of the
county has made in order that the |
schools could go on, when the pay j
for the work was not forthcoming. i
NOT TO REDUCE THE
| NUMBER OF LIGHTS!
The number of lights on the White- .
way in the main part of town and j
the various single lights in various
sections of town will not be reduced
this winter, as was' done last year,
announced the Board of Aldermen
after their meeting Monday night at
the City Hall.
I The Southern Public Utilities has
offered a new contract, which reduces
the cost of each light not including
; the Whiteway lights by $2.50 per
year. The power of lights in the
I Whiteway will be reduced from 600 j
to 400 watts thus cutting the power j
i bill a still greater degree.
I The lights will be continued in or
der to prevent any stealing that
might be done under the cover of
darkness. Lights are a great protec- !
Ition and it is expected that the factj
j that the lights are to be retained this
!year will be appreciated by the police
force and the citizens in general.
THE BREVARD NEWS A WHOLE YEAR
FOR ONLY 50 CENTS IF YOU ACT NOW
While everybody is cleaning up and clearing up,
The Brevard News enters into the spirit of the .day
with the most unusual offer ever made to readers of a
GOOD county newspaper. For the next few days, and
a FEW days it will be, all subscribers living in Tran
sylvania County, new or renewals, who send in or bring
in Fifty Cents, will be given a receipt for One Whole
Year.
All who owe past due subscriptions may now pay up
everything they owe on subscription, and a year in ad
vance, for ONLY FIFTY CENTS. Let's clean up and
clear up and start anew. Wipe out all past subscrip
tions due The Brevard News, and get a receipt paid in
advance to October first, 1932, for only fifty cents.
But this offer will not last long, so take advantage
of it right now. Tell your friends who have been bor
rowing your Brevard News that' they can get one all
their own a whole year for only Fifty Cents, if they
will act at once !
This offer is good only in Transylvania county,
where the postage bill is small.
BAPTISTS ISSUE
CALL FOR MEETING
An important meeting of the
Transylvania Baptist Association will
be held at. the Brevard Baptist church
Firday night, October 9th, at 7:30
o'clock.
All members of the Executive com
mittee, pastors of the Association,
Promotion committer appointed by
Assnriatior, Qnnday School superin
tendents, Woman's Missionary Soci
ety leaders and workers' of the Young
People's departments are urged to
be presentj since natters of vital im
portance to tht: local churches and the
Kingdom at Ia{ge are to be discussed.
All citizens interested in the
churches and the Kingdom of God
are cordially invited to attend this
meeting and participate in the plans
to be discussed and definitely settled.
MASONIC REUNION
TO ATTRACT MANY
The Dunn's Rock Masonic Lodge,
No. 267, will hold its Home-Coming
I reunion in the Lodge rooms, Friday
| afternoon and evening, October 23,
| Jerry Jerome, Chairman of the Ma
? sonic Home-Coming Committee, has
| sent out notices to members of the
j order, entreating them to attend the
j Jtome-Coming. Mr. Jerome, Chair
man of the committee in charge is
' r.ided in prcparat:;n for the Hnme
? Coming by the following committee
jmen: F. Brown Carr, Henry Hender
|son, S. F. Allison and Albert G.
j Kyle.
The officers of the Dunn's Rock
i Masonic Lodge are: Worshipful Mas
ter, James F. Barrett; Senior War
den, Jerry Jerome; Junior Warden,
Henry Henderson; Treasurer, A. N.
Jenkins; Secretary, J. F. Zachary;
'Senior Deacon, A. G. Kyle; Junior
Deacon, Nffah Miller; Tiler, Walt
Ledbetter.
Announcements concerning definite
plans for the Home-Coming will be
announced later.
MANY TO ATTEND
OAK GROVE EVENT
Several prominent men are sched
uled to speak at the annual home
coming of the Oak Grove Baptist
church of Quebec which will be held
Sunday at 11 o'clock.
All former pastors and members I
are heartily invited to attend and j
bring their friends. A picnic dinner !
will be served on the grounds and i
immediately following the lunch and
social hour there will be a song
service.
The program for the day reads as
follows :
10:00 a. m. ? Song Service, led by
Clyde MeCall. Devotional, conducted
by E. R. Pendleton. Welcome Ad
dress by the Pastor, J. E. Burt.
11:00 a. m. ? Rc vie icing the Past. I
Short talks on the life and labors .
of some of our deceased Pastors and
former members ? L. M. Lyday, J. K.
Henderson, \V. H. Nicholson. A. J. i
Manly, J. R. Owen, W. B. Henderson.
All intervals filled * with special
music.
12:00 M. ? Dinner and Social Hour.
1 :00 p. m. ? Song Service.
Looking to the Future.
Possibilities and Opportunities of
our young people ? James F. Barrett,
S. B. McCall, M. D. Hardin, T. C.
Henderson and others. Speeches lim
ited to 15 minutes each.
Song ? The Parting Hand,
i Adjournment.
DR. BOND TO SPEAK AT
KIW AN IS CLUB THURSDAY
Dr. G. T. Bond, conducting revival
services at the Brevard Methodist
church this week, will have charge of
the program at Kiwanis club Thurs
day. The meeting will be held at The
England Home, West Main street, at
12 o'clock, noon.
iM'CALL REUNION IN
SESSION SUNDAY IS U
SUCCESSFUL EVENT
Dr. Calfee Declares Greed for
I Money and Power Destroy
ing Our Civilization
COURTS, CHURCH AND
SCHOOLS ALL VICTIMS
Fine Singing Delight* Large
Gathering of the McCall
Kith and Kin
McCalls and their kith and kin
? gathered *at the county court house
I last Sunday in numbers that soon
i filled the court room almost to suf
focating point, with every available
1 seat occupied and standing room at a
premium. It was the annual Mc
Call family reunion, and they came
from far and near.
j Features on the program were
j songs and speeches and a sermon
'that was pronounced one of the most
j powerful appeals ever heard in
Transylvania county. The preacher,
I Rev. Dr. John E. Calfee, president of
I the Asheville Normal, is loved by the
McCalls, for many daughters from
the homes of the McCalls have at
tended the Asheville Normal.
The court room was filled even at
the ten o'clock opening hour, when
Rev. S. B. McCall, the president,
called the meeting to order^ and ask
ed Rev. J. P. Mason to lead in prayer.
Prof. L. H. Thomas delivered the
| address of welcome, and in his speech
i told the gathered throng much of the
j history of the McCalls and the part
| they had taken in settling this sec
tion and contributing to its prog
' ress.
Then came th4e music ? quartets
from Little River, that fine singing
group known as the Hendersonville
quartet, the famous Simpson Broth
ers quartet, and those four ladies
from South Carolina called the Car
olina quartet and whose singing
j seems to bring one face to face with
'things big and eternal.
I Mrs. Eva Rice, daughter of Judge
j and Mrs. 0. V. F. Blythe, of Hender
sopville, and granddaughter of the
late "Uncle Jimmy" McCall, played
violin numbers, one being played on
the vielin owned and played for so
[many years by her grandfather. Mrs.
| Rice was accompanied on the piano
! by another granddaughter of the
famous violinist, Miss McKinney.
I This feature was especially enjoy
able to older people who had known
i
i
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LOCAL OFFICIALS
AT ROAD MEETING
Jerry Jerome, president of iho
Brevard Chamber of Commerce, ai?.l
Duncan MacDougald, chairman "f
the Highway Committee of the com
merce body, attended the highway
meeting held in Asheville Monday,
?when organization of the western
counties was perfected. Judge Jun
ius G. Adams was elected president
of the new organization.
1 The group is made up of represen
tatives from all western counties
| within the range of the Great Smoky
Mountain National Park. Highway -
to be constructed into' the park and
: through adjoining counties will i ?
decided upon by the new organ
ization, and everything that pertains
to the advancement of this section
will have consideration of the ni-wly
formed group.
Messrs. Jerome and MacDougald
have made fine contribution to Tran
sylvania county in presenting its
claims and obtaining greater high
way activity here. They are now en
gaged upon a plan for widening and
.surfacing 284 through the Pisgah'
National Forest, to connect with the
[road leading through the Great
'Smoky Mountain National Park.
80.1 for whites and 71.8 for negroes.
White enrollment in 1929-30 was
445,325 in the county schools, out
of a census of 523,806, with daily av
erage attendance of 350,486, while in.
charter schools the census showed
192,948 of school age, 162,019 enroll
ed and daily average attendance of
136,111. The county schools showed
78.7 per cent attendance, while the
charter schools showed 84 per cent.
The colored census showed in the
county schools a count of 230,186, an
enrollment of 190,817 and attendance
of 132,405, or 69.4 per cent, while
the charter schools showed a census
of 85,007, enrollment of 68,778 and
attendance of 53,839, or 78.4 per cent.
Transylvania county schools, rural,
showed 3,346 white pupils of school
age, 2,476 enrolled and 2,044 in at
tendance, or an 82.6 per cent attend
ance, in which the county ranked 21st
among the 100 counties. The negro
schools showed 300 of ^hool age,
enrollment of 196 and attendance of
149, or a 76 per cent attendance, with
36th place in county rank
!
North Carolina is Second Only to
Texas in the South's Enrollment
Raleigh, Oct. 7 ? North Carolina
is second only to Texas of the South- 1
:ern States in enrollment of children
in public schools, with an enrollment
I of 848,778, while Texas has 1,232,
696, the next largest being Georgia, 1
with 704,936, the current issue of
State School Facts, issued by the 1
State Department of Education, j
shows.
The school population of the State'
increased 659,629, or 439,431 white
and 220,198 colored children of school
age, 30 years ago, to 1,031,947 in !
1929-30; from 400,452 or 270,447'
white and 130,005 colored enrolled '
30 years ago to 866,939, or 607,344
white and 259,595 colored enrolled
in 1929-30; from a daily average at
tendance of 206,918, or 142,413 white
and 64,505 colored 30 years ago to
672,895, or 486,597 white and 186,298
colored in 1929-30, it is shown.
The enrollment for 1929-30, last
available, was 84 per cent of the total
school population ? 6 to 21 years of
aire ? the average daily attendance
was 77.6 per cent of the enrollment,