MAYOR'S APPEAL IN j
SUPPORT OF EVENT
Urges All Citizen* to Take
Part In the Forget-Me-Not ;
Program This Saturday j
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The Hon. Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr.,
mayor of Brevard, has issued a state
ment, reading as follows:
"On Saturday, November 7, the ;
little blue flowers of remembrance,
forget-me-nots, will be offered for sale
in this city, as well as in all other
cities of this nation, on behalf of the
Disabled American Veterans of the
World Wat. Forge t-Me-Nots will, on
that day, decorate those who have not
yet forgotten their wartime promises:
and the funds derived therefrom will
be used by the^ D. A. V. to alleviate
the condition of those unfortunate dis
abled ex-service men who are either
* under-compensated or who have not
yet been enabled to prove themselves
entitled to any Federal benefits.
"The expert service to disabled ex
service men, which has been made
possible by the funds collected on
Forget-Me-Not Drives, has in the
past proven almost inestimable value
to thousands of the less fortunate
comrades of the members of this Con
gressionaily recognized service organ
ization, with consequently great direct
and indirect benefit and increased in
come to the communities in which
such men reside.
"The Forget-Me-Not Day Drive of
the Disabled American Veterans of
the World War helps to serve a most
worthy cause, and it is to be hoped
that the people of this community will
generously respond by the purchase
of forget-me-nots to help to serve
those who so faithfully served us
thirteen years ago."
The Parent-Teacher Association is
sponsoring the movement here. The
sale of the Forget^Me-Nots will begin
Saturday morning at 8:00 o'clock,
officials of the organizations announc
ed Tuesday.
The committe directly in charge of
the work has been announced as
follows:
Miss Sarah Keels, chairman; Lil
lian Jenkins, Sue Hunt, Mae Jenkins,
Helen Galloway, Mabel McNeely and
Winifred Nicholson. Other high
. school girls will aid in the work also.
The flowers will be placed on sale
at the main corners and street in
tersections of the town at a minimum
price of ten cents and any amount
above this price will be gladly ac
cepted.
BIG EVENTS TOLD IN
LITTLE PARAGRAPHS
( Gleaned by Clifford Movtieth)
? The new lighting system of the
Statue of Liberty was turned on last
week by Mile. Jose Laval, daughter
of Premier Laval of France, whose
country it was that gave the statue
tu the United States,
Title to between 145,000 and 148,
000 acres of land in the Great Smoky
mountains of North Carolina and
Tennessee was turned over to the
government by those two states Mon.,
November 2, as a step in the creation
of the Great Smoky National park.
A small fortune, $120,000 in silver
bullion Snd $10,000 in gold coin, has
been recovered from the strong room
of a steamship, which crashed on
Point Tosca several weeks ago.
Admiral Hugh Rodman, retired;
John H. Hammond, of Washington;
Elliot Wadsworth, of Boston; Under
Secretary Jahneke of the navy, have
been chosen by President Hoover to
form his committee of vindication
against naval budget charges made by
ttie head of the Navy League.
Governor Gardner announces that
the governors of Virginia.South Car
olina and , Georgia have agreed to
meet with him in the near future to
discuss the general agricultural situ
ation in the four states, with a view
to common action to relieve the
situation.
Jean Mermoz and Coutain Rene
Mailloux, noted French aviators, will
try to beat Russell Boardman and
John Polando's record for a straight
non-stop flight by attempting to fly
from Istres, near Marseilles, to
Buenos Aires.
Starting at daybreak last Monday :
morning, the navy's new giant airship
the U. S. S. Akron, launched on a 12
hour flight over Washington, Phila- :
delphia and New York.
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The organization of Bicycle Safety
clubs and School Boy Patrols in the
states of North and South Carolina, ]
is the latest safety program of the ,
Carolina Motor club.
Miss Phillis Schulz of Washington, I
D. C., has been given the honor of i
driving in to a railroad tie the silver
spike which was presented to the I
Secretary of the Interior Dr. Ray|
Lyman Wilbur by Governor Balzar of
Nevada upon the completion of the
Hoover dam.
Will Rogers, comedian, story teller, I
and world affairs barometer, proved j
in Mexico City last Sunday that he '
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EVENT
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SMALL COMING I
Announcement in Wednesday's
Ask'eviUe Times is made that
former Congressman John H.
Small is to apeak in Brevard at
an early date. He is coming un
der auspices of Asheville women
who are working fqr modification
of the prohibition law.
TOBACCO CROWNED
KING IN CAROLINA
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Passes Textiles In Value of
Manufactured Products ?
Millions Involved
Raleigh, Nov. 4 ? Tobacco products
took the lead in value of manufactur
ed goods in North Carolina in 1929,
going ahead of textiles which had
held the supremacy for several years,
figures compiled in the 1930 Census
and announced by the State Depart
ment of Conservation and Develop
ment show.
Cigars and cigarettes manufactur
ed in 1929 were valued at $480,038,850
or more than $80,000,000 more than
the value of the same products in
1927, two years before, which was
$392,050,130. Smoking and chewing
tobacco and snuff are not included in
these figures, which would carry the
total considerably above the half a
billion mark. In 1927 all tobacco
products were valued at $413,274,113,
at which time the textile products
were valued at $425,437,522, but in
1929 the textile values had reached
only $52,000,000. Values of textile
products increased almost 10 pen- cent
from 1927 to 1929, while tobacco pro
ducts increased approximately 20 per
cent in the same two-year period.
Wage earners in cigar and cigar
ette making number 14,081 in 1927
and had decreased to 13,778 in 1929,
but wages paid increased from $11,
542,745 in 1927 to $11,783,472 in 1929
Costs of materials, supplies, fuel and
I purchased electric current increased
from $117,565,177 jn 1927 to $139,
013,094 in 1929. This does not in
clude the approximately $250,000,000
naid 'for tobacco stamps, but this cost
is computed in counting the value of
manufactured products, by which, it
is seen that the raw material and pro
cessing of tobacco products constitute
more than half the value of the finish
ed product, tax excluded.
STUDY COURSE IS ?
i MOST INTERESTING
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The "Every Member Canvas's1'
j program was studied thoroughly by
over 75 members of the Baptist
I churches of the county every night
beginning at 7:30 o'clock during the
week of October 26th through the
31st. The study course was held un
der the direction of Rev. Paul Harts
sell, pastor of the Brevard Baptist
church.
Seven delegates from each of the
Baptist churches., of the county were
among the group present. The church
representatives studied the course in
order to conduct a similar line of
work in their home church.
The objects of the meetings were to
encourage the church members to
; subscribe to the church plan of "giv
ing" according to whatever system
the church had chosen.
The study course was said to have
been highly successful and it is ex
pected that the course held in other
churches of the county will meet with
I equal welcome and cooperation that
the movement received in Brevard.
was also a good polo player by scoring
two goals during a match game.
Henry Ford added one dollar to his
regular pay of $6 a day when the
depression started, as his contribution
to the emergency. He has now resu
med his normal minimum pay of $6 a
day.
The state highway commissions of
North and SojitH Carolina have under
cosideration the opening of four inter
state highways connecting important
points in the two states.
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Scientists at Purdue University
Lafayette, Ind., have developed a
method of stretching a drum-shaped
pickup of gold leaf only one millionth
of an inch thick, to be used for repro
ducing the low tones in talkies, almost
without distortion.
Football authorities plan to abolish
the "flying wedge", which caused the
death af Richard Sheridan, West
Point player.
Frances Lee, after visiting the
campuses of 100 American colleges,
says that the there R's of school life
have been replaced by the three C's.
They are cocktails, clothes and com
petition.
Simon Loke, inventor of the "even
keel" submersible, and builder of the
submarine Nautilas, is now experi
menting with a one-man submarine
with which he hopes to explore the
"hidden realms of the deep."
During the first six months of :
Nevada's new six weeks divorce law j
more than 3,000 martial misfits were ,
granted their freedom.
Dino Grandi, Italy's foreign minister
is coming to the United States soon, j
Planet . P, the new heivenly giant |
recently discovered by Professor
Pickering, has a diameter of 44,000
miles, is 95 times as far from the sun !
?s we are, and requires 656 of our
years for one of its years.
Company officials announce that f
Colonel Charles Lindbergh will pibt '
the American Clipper, ? giaint oO
passenger plane of the Pan-American
lirwavs, on her maiden commercial i
Hight from Miami to Cristobal. Canal j
Zone, which is to start Nov. 17.
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Clara Barton, Perfect Incarnation of
Mercy, Lived for Others ail Her life
VICTORY THROUGH WEAKNESS f
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No one would haw picked out
Clara Barton for the part she played, i
She was weak, slight, timid, ? every J
j thing seemed against her. But one t
j of the very tilings that was respon- c
I sible for some of the handicaps t
! pointed the vay to her life work. I
| When she was eleven she began to c
icare for her invalid brother, David. ?,
! "For two years I only left his bed- ,
side for one half a day,'' she said ]
' later. "I almost forgot there was an |
outside to the house." Her growth j
was arrested by the strain and con- !
finement. ^
j After sixteen years as ? a school <
teacher, physical weakness mani- i
?fested itself in a complete break- i
down. In 1868 when she was deliv- i
jering a lecture in the interest of her <
work her tfoice left her. All that
! winter she lay helpless< Three years 1
of unsheltered days and nights, the
sun and storms, the dews and damps
I had done their work. In 1870, when
;she was urged to bear the Red Cross
.to the Prussian firing line/ she felt
| she must decline, because she was an
i invalid. Yet the call to service could
not be resisted. In 1876 she went to
a sanitarium, and remained in the
hospital and vicinity for nearly ten
years. Yet during those years she j
rallied whenever there was a call to i
do something she felt she alone tould !
j do. And in spite of these repeated !
breakdowns she retained her youth- j
jful appearance. When she was 851
i years old a .reporter spoke of her as j
a middle aged woman.
Another serious handicap was her
excessive timidity $nd fear. In the ]
; early years of my 'lift I remember
nothing but fear, she confessed in
1907. In 1836 her mother,, wondering
what such a timid child could do,
asked the counsel of a phrenologist
concerning her. "The sensative na
ture will always remain," he said. I
: "She will .never assert herself for j
herself, she will suffer wrong first. I
I But /for others she will be perfectly 1
earless." His prophecy was ful- i
tiled.
On the field later, when a soldier
n agony begged her to extract a bul
et with her pen knife, she did as
le wished. "The courage that she at
ained," her biographer says, "was
lue not to the absence of fear but to
he fact that she overcame it."
One reason this frail woman could I
.vercome obstacles was that her heart i
vas in every thing she did. She did |
lot work for money. As a teacher in :
Burlington, New Jersey, shp gave up 1
ler salary that she might teach a
"ree school.
Another remarkable characteristic
was her utter indifference to the ?
opinion of others,, if she felt shewa?
in the right. She, paid no heed to
those who declared she was unwom
anly because she worked in a gov
jrnment 'department. Wherever she
went she won deference and love. In'
her first school, taught when she was
fifteen, instead of being locked out,
as the previous teacher had been, she
locked herself in the heart of every
boy and girl.
Miss Barton was remarkable both
for her initiative and for her per
sistence. She suggested improve
ments in the way of handling the
wounded that were adopted at once.
When she made up her mind that the
United States should enter the com
pany of nations which signed the Red
Cross Treaty, she* began a fight for
recognition which lasted for eleven
years.
She had her reward in abundant
recognition. Between 1870 and 1900
twenty- four decorations were con
ferred upon '?ir, but she found more
pleasure in the knowledge that she
had been of use than in all of these,
and after her death ? at the age of
ninety-one ? these words were written
of her:
"She was perhaps tho most perfect
incarnation of mercy the modern
world has ever known, the embodi
ment of one vital principle of all re
ligion ? love of humanity."
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INSTITUTE BEATS
THE BLUE DEVILS
i The Brevard Blue Devils took the
| little end of a 13-0 score when the
I Brevard Institute eleven handed
them a severe trouncing on the local
grid here Friday afternoon.
The B. I. Boys outpassed, outran
and in every way mastered the Blue
| Devils in a fast game of football. The
pigskin twice crossed the goal for the
Institute and once sailed over the
bars for the extra point.
Concentrating on passing and end
runs, the Institute presented a snap
! pier outfit. Due to the fact that the
Blue Devils had the heaviest, strong
est line, few gains and few plays
,were made by line rushes.
1 The B. I. boys made both their
i touchdowns with perfectly executed
i passes, using a new play which they
have only recently mastered. Three
men spread from each side of the of
fensive line and the defensive never
, knew to which end the ball was go
ing. If they found out it was too late
and the other two boys on the ends
made good interference.
I This is the first time in the history
of Brevard football that the Blue
. Devils have bowed to the Institute
i eleven, it has -always been a different
I tale.
: Neither team had a game scheduled
.for Friday, Nov. 6, when The News
J went to press Wednesday night.
WOMEN TO ATTEND
DISTRICT MEETING
It has been announced that Mrs.
1 Flax Lawrence will speak for the
' Brevard Business and Professional
[Women's Club at the District No. 1 ,
I meeting which is to be held in Ashe
ville, Saturday. Mrs. Lodema Rob
[ertson will respond to the Asheville ,
I toast of welcome. |
The sessions will be held in the i
Woman's club building. Miss Nettie j
Brogden, state president, will deliver ,
an address on "A Vision for Ser
vice," which is expected to be one of
the most important features of the
meeting.
Miss Jane Truex will bring greet- |
ings from the Hendersonville club to I
the district gathering.
| Miss Jeanette Talley, Mrs. Flax .
Lawrence and Mrs. Lodema Robert- f
son of the Brevard club are expecting ;
to attend the meeting Saturday. , {
MAY CLOSE STREET jj
FOR THE CHILDREN ;
At a meetiYig of ihe Brevard alder- (
men, Mpnday night S. M. Macfie and ^
William Wallis were appointed to i
meet with representatives of the Ioca; i
Parent-Teacher association to discuss-' j
the matter of closing the street im- j
mediately in front of the grammar j
school building for a skating rink ;
for the children.- [1
It has been proposed that the c
street be closed from 8:00 until f:00 a
o'clock each da;- for the benefit of the ;a
sk&ters. Thi? matter will be threshed fa
o'jt at the meeting to be held, it i-> e
planned, some time this week. v.
Vhe aldermen are willing to clos: f(
the street, it is said, if definite ar
rangements are made fo? someone r.o ei
be "rt'snonkible for closing and open- w
in;; th? trert caeh day. i!i
Futtwr, w' io..s are pending ui<r U
joint meelMg and the results will be
annoimcedj^t week. jn
TO NAME OFFICERS
FOR KIWANIS CLUB
Brevard Kiwanians will elect offi
cers for the ensuing year at the reg
ular bi-weekly meeting to be held at
the England Home this Thursday
at the noon hour.
The Brevard Kiwanis Clob has had
an exceptionally good year under the
leadership of President R. L. Alex
ander, and many of the members are
urging the retention of the Rev. Mr.
Alexander in the office of president
for another term. Other officers who
have served during 1931 are: F.
Brown Carr, vice president; Mayor
Ramsey, past president; C. M. Doug
las, secretary, and F. D. Clement, J.
M. Gaines, Rev. Paul Hartsell, Jerry
Jerome. R. F. Tharp and Rev. J. H.
West as directors.
Aside from under-privileged child
work, which has been the major aim
of the club during the year, much
outstanding community work has
been done by the club which makes
it a valuabie asset to the community.
COOPER HOME BURN?
EARLY WEDNESDAY
Wednesday morning, shortly after
8:00 o'clock the small cottage home
of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cooper near
CoopeWs Hill caught fire from some
unknown source and was burned to
the ground.
Mr. Cooper was out working and
Mrs. Cooper had locked the house
and was to be away for a short time.
Smoke pouring from the windows
first attracted Mr. Cooper's atten
tion and he rushed to the house to
investigate. He sent for help and
connected a small garden hose, in an
efljprt to quell the flames.
The fire had gained such a head
way that the volunteer firemen were
only able to save a small nearby
building from destruction. The en
tire furnishings were destroyed. It is
said that the cottage was partially
:overed by insurance.
NEW ORLEANS MAN IS
BUILDING HOME HERE i
C. R. Sharpe, contractor, announc
;d Tuesday that he had received a
:ontract to build a two-story brick
lome in Wolf Pen Cove, on what is
mown as the MacDougnld property,
or Dr. Cote Allen, of New Orleans,
rhe construction work is to begin
mmediately. The house is to re built
in the same plan as the P. S. King
esidence on Probart street
JMITHS SURRENDER
TO SHERIFF HERE
Luke Smith and his son, Ed Smith
7, -were imprisoned Friday in the
ounty jail, when Ine uair gave them
slves up to Sheriff T. E. Patton
fter fleeing from Canton following
shootinj: in Canton in which the*
Ider Smith and his son were charged
litli the murder of Horace Brqck. a
inner dej.uty sheriff.
The Smiths were reported to have
ngaged ir. an argument with Bro-k
hieh ended in $ gun fight late Tues
?V n'Vht; Oct. 27, Brook *n= shot
u;oe timet v.-iwi a calibre pistol.
They arc beinK held n Haywood
.il pending trial.
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ARMISTICE DAY
Next Wednesday, November 11,
tt Armistice Day. A committee is
to call upon the busing men
Thursday and Friday, to ascer
tain wishes of people in observ
ing the day as a holiday.
RELIEF WORK TO BE
DIRECTED BY BOARD
Meeting Set for Thursday Eve
ning to Perfect Plans for
Carrying on Relief
Members of the Transylvania
County committee on Unemployment
relief have been called to meet in
the office of Prof. J. B. Jones, Super
intendent of the Welfare work,
Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock.
When assembled they shall elect an
executive committee, one of whom
shall serve as permanent chairman,
and an executive secretary which will
be named by the committee chosen;
also committees on shelter, fuel,
clothing, food and work relief are to
be named. At present J. S. Silver
steen is working on the shelter com
mittee.
It has been suggested that sub
committees be set up in each com
munity to aid Prof. Jones, superin
tendent of schools, and school teach
ers in the county who know the com
munity needs. The Transylvania
County committee on Unemployment
and Relief includes 18 members, rep
resentatives of the county work.
The Red Cross officers of the local
organization as announced last week
were:
General Chairman, Joseph S. Sil
versteen; Secretary, Miss Martha
Boswell; Treasurer, A. H. Kizer.
Chairman of Roll Call, Rev Harry
Perry. Publicity Chairman, Miss Al
ma Trowbridge and Mr. James V.
-.Barrett. Mrs. J. W. Smith, Home ser
vice secretary.
I The Red Cross Roll call campaign,
final plaps for which will be per
fected at the meeting tonight, be
gins Wednesday November 11 and
continues through Thursday, Novem
ber 26. The quota for Transylvania
county based on the population has
been announced 350 or 3 to every 100.
The sum of $500.00 has>been named
as the amount needed for the pro
jects to be undertaken.
County wide organization for the
; movement of the Red Cross has been
placed in the hands of Superintend
ent of Welfare. Prof. J. B. Jonus.
ALDERMENlNMEET
I MONDAY EVENING
! The City Council of Brevard met at
the City Hall for their regular meet
ing Monday night, and according to
its officials many routine matter.1
were discussed and read concerning
items pertaining to Brevard.
| The bridge report was made and it
was revealed that the pipe for the
i Railroad bridge has been ordered
already shipped and is expected at ar
early date. Immediately upon its ar
rival, the bridge instead of being re
built will be replaced with this meta1
; pipe which is supposed to last ovei
PROP. JONES HEADS
TEACHERS' GROUP 9
A
Cotinty Association Elects Of
ficers for Coming Year
. ? Work Outlined
v
num n
Transylvania County Teachers As
sociation named Prof. J. B. Jones as
head of the organization for the new
year at their regular monthly meet
ing Saturday held at the Brevard
High School. Robert Kimzey of the
Rosman. High School was chosen vice
president and Miss Martha BosfrelJ
was selected secretary.
Prof. G. C. Bush, principal of the
Rosman High School was chosen to
lead the High School group work,
with Sherrill Bromfield secretary of
the group.
The Grammar Grade group chose.
Prof. J. E. Rufty as their chairman
and MiBS Julia Deaver, secretary. '
Robert Kimzey was elected leader
of the Primary group, with Mrs. J.
E. Rufty, Vice chairman and Miss
Mamie Lyday, secretary.
The purposes of these three groups,
as pointed out' by Prof. Jones, is to
study the problems common to that
department. The teachers meet with
the members of their group, discuss
new ideas for meeting difficult prob
lems. In this manner it is possible
for one teacher who has found a new
method or line of work profitable, to
pass it on to another, Prof. Jones,
said.
Retiring President. G. C. Bush,
principal of -the Rosnian schools de
livered an interesting address, re- ?
counting the many activities of the
association during the year just
closed.
President Jones outlined the pro
gram for the coming year's work,
which includes many constructive
features.
GLADE CREEK NEWS
Mrs. J R. Brown had as her guests
Friday, her brother. Rev Tom Drake
and family, of Easley, S. C.
We are sorry to have Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Orr leave this community.
Mr. and Mrs. Orr have moved into the
Turkey Creek section to be near Mr.
Orr's farm.
Mrs. Jim Cox and daughters, Mary
Lou and Martha, who have been ill,
are very much improved.
Mrs. Mack Drake continues very ill.
Mrs. Drake had as her guests Thurs
day, Mrs. U. R. Brcwn and Miss
Blanche Brown.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Drake of Big
Willow, were visitors recently of Mrs.
Drake's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Orr.
Richard Rodgers, of Knon, was a
vistior here last week.
Edward Owenby and Blanche
Brown were dinner guests of the lat
er'g grandfather. J. W. Alexander,
1 Sunday evening.
I Clyde Brown, of Statosville, spent
' ! the week end here.
? The farmers of this place have been
-very busy gathering corn, pumpkins,
'.turnips, etc., so Jack Frost failed to
> do much damage here except to the
! flowers.
? ! Eugene Brown, of Henderaonville,
visited his mother, Mrs. J. R. Brown
recently.
Arnold Brown was an Asheville
vistor recently.
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the punkin" and it's
just a bit too chilly in
the house then it's time
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