?? i? * Iji1" MK. AiWMKb. MOLTZ PLAY SANTA CLASS AT LAKE TOXAWAY * . ? ' ? . *ii ? > ? (Continued from page one) Yule tide season, .Some of the more needy families were furnished tho*l and stockings, as well as * westers, dresses and other things which will: enable them to better attend school and work. The Baptist and Sfethodist church es united in making the Community Tree a success. C. R. Clark, super intendent of the Baptist Sunday School, and W. H. Arrowood, super intendent of the Methodist Sunday School, with the assistance of the following riW m the committee to buy the gifta: Mrs. W. H. Arrowood, Mrs. H. D. Lee, Mrs. D. Gillespie, Mrs. Clarence Norton and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Tinsley. The same com mittee acted as program committee and in the final distribution of the gifts. I At the Christmas season a year ago, Mrs. Moltz gave a similar com mittee $200 as a fund to buy for the community tree held in Lake Toxa way at that time. The people of Lake Toxaway are united in praise and thankfulness to Mr. and Mrs. Moltz and Mrs. John son for their exhibition of generosity during this season when so many people are in need of food and cloth ing. In discussing the event, C. R. Clark, superintendent of the Baptist Sunday School, declared, "If more wealthy people who make donations would make them reach the real needy as these have done, instead of giving to great institutions which are already endowed with millions, for the newspaper praise they hope to get by it, they would have more stars adorning their crowns in the final day of rewards by Him who sees and takes note of every gift. May the Lord continue his blessings upon these generous people in this kind of noble work." TURKEY CREEK NEWS Mrs. Marston Baynard and daught er, Marie, spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. B . E. Lyday. Mr. and Mrs. Bunyan Holden and children spent Christmas ,*with the formers' father, Mr. Lee Holden of the Connestee section. Mr. Holden's sister returned home with them on a few days visit. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Orr had as their guests Monday, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Drake, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Orr and son Ralph, Misses Cora and Net tie Orr. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Orr spent Sat urday night with Mr. and Mrs. Lee Moody of Blantyre. Rev. and Mrs. I. N. Kuykendall and children visited Mr. and Mrs Marston Baynard Saturday. Miss Evelyn yivnard was the Sun day dinner guest of Miss Emma Orr, Well folks, we had a good Christ mas. Serenading hasn't gone out oi style, because a party of about thirty three serenaded four families Satur day night. The crowd started and serenaded Mr. and Mrs^ .Cornelius Rhodes who have moved into theii new residence. Mr. Rhodes and Mr. Claud Brown went with the crowd to serenade Rev, and Mrs. 1. N. Kuykendall who have recently moved into the small resi dence of R. L. Capps. Rev, I. N. Kuykendall went with the crowd to serenade Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Brown who went to the old place of ftjx.. S. V. Brown on their honeymoon. : Then the crowd went the path across the mountain, and serenaded Mr. and Mrs. Wade Lyday. After the serenading all' returned home. Evelyn ? I'm sorry the cream is sour. Jack ? Everything in the refriger ator appears to be spoiled. Evelyn ? It's the ice man's fault. He will bring around artificial ice, and I can't tell it from the genuine. Stage Hand ? You received a tre mendous ovation; they're still clap ping. What did you say? Actor ? I told them I would not go on with my act until they quieted down. > * ??<?< FIRESTONE SAYS '32 ! TO BE BETTER YEAR Following is report given by Harv- , ey S Firestone, president of tne Fire- \ stone Tire and Rubber company, in : which J?e asserts that T9S2 will i be* .letter year for business: ,, j On behalf of the Board of : Direc tors I present herewith the consolida- i ied statement of your Company titt ; the fiscal year ending October 81, ; 1931, including all Foreign and Do- i meatic Subsidiaries and Firestone Service Stores. The rubber tire industry has had some very unusual years owing to wide fluctuations of its principal raw materials, rubber and cotton. This year it again suffered by having rub ier go below 5 cents per pound, the lowest price in its history; and cot ton below 6 cents per pound, the low est price in more than thirty years. In addition it has had the same dif ficult problems all industries have had in these times of depression and ? readjustment. | However, I am proud and glad to I submit to you a statement which I ! consider, in view of the conditions I ind difficulties of the past year, the 'best statement from a sales and | profit standpoint, the Firestone or ganization has ever made. Sales 1 amounted to $113,797,282 which, af jter providing for depreciation, Fed eral taxes and all other charges, re sulted in a net profit of $6,028,630. Raw materials were priced at cost 'or market whichever was lower and finished goods at cost. ' These sales and profits could only :have been made this year in the tire industry by an enthusiastic, energet ic and loyal organization such as ours, who willingly made every sac rifice including large reductions in their compensation, and by the man agement anticipating and "adjusting all expenses and affairs of the com pany to present day conditions. In view of the company's policy to have its Employees' Stock Contracts i on a basis favorable to the employee, the Board of Directors during the year adjusted the Employees' Stock Contracts and set up a reserve of $3,004,850 from the Employees' Stock 1 Surplus which was created at the time the stock was set aside for em ployees. This adjusts their price to $20 per share and gives them ad ditional incentive to earn dividends and increase the value of their stock. Because of the prevailing low prices for securities, your Directors deemed it advisable to acquire for the Treasury during the year, a sub stantial amount of the Company's . outstanding Preferred Stock. Forty , eight thousand nine hundred and thirty-one (48,931) shares were thus acquired at a discount below par of $1,960,164 which amount has been j credited to a reserve as applicable to tKe cost of certain of the Company's I investments which at this time, be cause of prevailing security markets, show a depreciation in value. With raw materials at such low prices, economical manufacturing and reduction of selling and distributing ? copts. become greater factors for suc . cess in the tire industry. Your Com . pany is in an unusually strategic and I favorable position in this respect, i Much of our rubber comes direct to ? our factories without extra commis sion or handling cost. We have large warehouses for the purchase and | storage of cotton for our own fabric mills. Our plants are most efficient . and up-to-date. These advantages to jgether with our economical distribu tion system, enable us to give the car owners exceptional values at extreme ly low prices. Firestone One-Stop Service Stores fare located in the nrincipal buying centers throughout the country. The number of service stores showing profits during the year was gratify ing and we anticipate marked im ! provement this coming year. Many of these service stores are equipped ? for warehousing our products there by providing better service and more 'economical distribiiii'm to our deal 'ers. These service stores have been 1 helpful in stabilizing retail prices ; and have given us more intimate j knowledge of retail merchandising which enables us to give our dealers better merchandising and selling pol icies. In 1930 according to statistics, 20 per cent more tire mileage was 'consumed than was sold and approx PROMINENT MAN CALLED IN DEATH Dr. B. S. Mcintosh, 73,, who died ! at the home of his niece, Mrs. F. E. JB, jfcujdw, Saturday, December ZS 'at buried in the Green Hill Cemetery, hi Waynqsville, Sun ;day afternoon at 3 o'clock. Dr. Mc intosh was a vestryman In the Way neifriUe. Episcopal church for a num [ Funeral services were conducted at St,, Philips Episcopal church by the Rev. Harry Perry, rector of the charch. ?* - Dr. Mcintosh established the first drug business west of Asheville at Waynesville and he operated a thriv I ing business there for several years. He was a graduate of Furman Uni versity and for several yeaTs was a member of the Examining Board of Pharmacy in North Carolina. Dr. ; Macintosh's wife died in 1926. and there had been no children from the , union. i Uncle Mack, as he was affection ately known to hundreds of people i here, had made Brevard his home for many years, operating a variety I store and gift shop. Pall bearers were: S. M. Macfie, [Dick Zachary, William Wallis, H.N. J Carrier, Dr. G. B. Lynch and J. M. ] Allison. Funeral arrangements were . in charge of Moore and Osborne, IN MEMORIAM DR. J. B. S. McINTOSH j On December 26th, a quiet visitor 'came to the bedside of one, who was ' affectionately known to hundreds of 'people in Western North Carolina as ! "Uncle Mack." | The visitor was one generally dreaded. Frequently he is referred to as Gaunt Death, the Grim Reaper, or some other harsh phrase. But he was not so regarded in this instance. He I would have been eagerly welcomed 'by the one to whom he came, had his presence been realized. i For Uncle Mack was old, and feeble, and very, very tired. For ^ome time he had waged a losing fight against ill health, financial wor ' ties, and the weakness of did age. I All his relatives of his own genera tion were gone, and scarcely any of [ the close friends of his youth were I left him. Nevertheless, until he was !tco ill to realize his surroundings, he i smiled at his friends, and made an occasional joke. 1 Knowing that his joy in life was ? gone, those who loved him were glad 'when Death came, and quietly lifted the burden from the lame and bent old shoulders. | Mr. Mcintosh was a unique char 'acter. His was a winning personality, and he had a rare faculty for mak ing friends. There was a gentle, old fashioned courtesy in his manner, .that won attention wherever he went. ! Kindliness was ingrained in his na ture. Among those coming to pay the last tribute of friendship, one phrase | was repeated with almost unvary ing regularity, "He was so kind." Standing beside his bier, and lookr ,ing at the serene face, from which [kindly Death had erased the marks of suffering and weariness, one re? called a part of the closing chapter of The Pilgrim's Progress: Christiana is preparing for her passage across the river that would end her journey. "Then came in that good man, Mr. , Ready-to-halt, to see her. So she said to him, 'Thy travel hitherto has been with difficulty; but that will make thy rest the sweeter'." Dear Uncle Mack, may your rest be peaceful, and mav all the wounds and scars of your toilsome journey be I healed. In affectionate remembrance. HIS NIECE. ! Confused Shopper ? I want a pair [of specrimmed hornicles ? I mean, I sporn rimni^d hectacles ? dash it! I : mean, heck riijuned specnacles ? Floor Walke?? 1 know what you j mean, sir. " Mr". Brown, show the gentleman a p^ir of rim sperned I sectacles. i i ??????? ? imately the same wag true in 1931. We feel, therefore, that -this vacuum must soon be filled and that we can look forward to a considerably great er volume of business in 1932. Respectfully submitted ? ? HARVEY S. FIRESTONE President. < In the Pickelsimer Bldg opp. Offices of L. P. Hamlin YOUR FAMILY Your home is your castle and your fam ily the priceless treasures therein. As long as you live they will have all that you are able to give them, but after-you are gone how will they get along? If you want them to continue living in the same comfort you supplied them you will - want to have enough insurance to take care of the. Come in and talk it over. * ' ' . ^ Policy- to fit your needs ? Premiums to fit your purse *. . ? . ? ? ? ' . . ' ' - > b.\ HIGHWAY NO. 28 PRONOUNCED BY GWYN AS BEING THE GREATEST THING IN SOUTHEAST (Continued front gapt oik) ter, or at the crows-roadS at two' of the most wonderful scenic route* iw ?II the world. Htmdreds of thousands of n'oplo will pass this way within tht next few years. The more attractive the citizens make this community, tlit? more of thii great army wilt itop here, and spend their mhney',' Brevard is fortunate in havliB h Chamber of Commerce and a yint*r companion, the Woman'a Bureau, that are alive to the great possibili ties now within grasp cf thii com munity. Now is the tlnjie to fcpgli advertising in Florida papers, auinir toorUta'tf wtef H by one* or ths other of these fOHtes which will bring them through Brevard. Now is the, time to paint up and elean up, not only the homes but th? business houses and the want property *? wall, The first glance flvan by a tourist upon enterlw a community most always determines that person's lilt# or dislike of a plaea. . ? t Wilh these two groat through highways presented to this commun ity, together with all the network of county roada being completed by-tlg State highway forces, Trensylvanlp county may well go on record aa tog lng received in 1091 the greifteg blessings in Ite history. *5*' ALL IN READINESS FOR BIG CELEBRATION TO BE STAGED FRIDAY AT CAESAR'S HEAD (Continued from pap* one) \ guests of the Brevard Chamber of Commerce and who have signified i their intention of attending the ' meeting, are the following: i Hon. Otis Green, mayor of Ashe ville. E. B. Jeffress, chairman of the j North Carolina State Highway com mission. L. R. Ames, member of the com mission. J. C. Walker, chief engineer of the state highway commission. James G. Stikeleather, former member of the state highway com mission, and under whose direction the work was started on highway No. 284. It is. due to Mr. Stikeleather's response to appeals made by citizens of this county that the road is now completed, and Mr. Stikeleather's presence will add greatly to the cel ebration. Louis Lipinsky, president of the Asheville Chamber of Commerce. F. L. Weede, secretary of the Asheville Chamber of Commerce. Wm. Smathers, former president of the Asheville Chamber of Com ' merce. j Charles A. Jonas, United States District attorney.. ! Mr. and Mrs. E. L. McKee, of Sylva. j W. W. Ne?l, member of the state highway commission was invited by the officials of the Brevard Chamber of Commerce, but no word had been received from him Wednesday. | Greenville is staging a real turksy dinner, to be served at the noon hour. It is believed that many of those who are to attend will begin assembling by 10 o'clock in the morning. The dinner will be served in the dining room of the hotel, it having been opened for this one occasion. After the dinner there will be speaking by representatives of both states, and exchange of good feelings and good fellowship. The meeting Friday is simply In cidental and a mark of emphasis of that greater spirit of friendship and" neighborliness long existing between this community and the Greenville community. It is expected to be one of the most enjoyable affairs in the history of this section. Following is a copy of the letter addressed to Mr. Breese by Governor Gardner, designating the. Brevard lawyer to act in the stead of the governor of the state: "Hon. W. E. Breese, "Brevard, N. C. "My dear Mr. Breese: "It gives me great pleasure to re-' quest that you represent the Govern or and the State of North Carolina at the formal opening of the Green ville-Brevard Highway on JanuaTy II, 1932. "In designating you to do the hon ors for me and the State on this oc casion, I not only appoint a valued friend, but a man who has displayed an active and constructive interest in good roads in North Carolina. "With best wishes, I am, "Sincerely yours "0. MAX GARDNER." Raleigh, Dec. 19,, 1931. DEER SEASON ENDS FRIDAY County Game Warden E. R. Gallo way makes announcement in today's Brevard News that Friday is the last day for hunting deer in this section. It is known that several men who enjoy deer hunting will spend most of the time today and tomorrow in the woods. It has been an unusually fine season for deer, and reports of many people enjoying the sport have ,bcen heard about the haunts where hunters are wont to gather. GOD'S OWN WORK TO,* BE CARRIED ON IN SCHOOL THIS Y|AR {Contmuoi from pag* vnt) . _ . Board will themselvea undertake; to serve lunches for the first eight days, and Mrs. Erwin will take the chair manship t or the week beginning Jan. 17. i .They -will serve as followi: ' . WedmwHay, Jan. 6? Mrs. Hinton 1 McLeod. Thuraday, Jan. 7? Mrs. Roy Long. Friday, ; J an. 8 ? Mrs. Avery. Gall<? |V'a^jidayJ Jan" 11? Mrs. Sr. P. Ver , ner. - ? ! Tuesday Jan 12? Mrs. F. P. I Sledge. I Wednesday, Jan. 13? Mrs. T. D. Grimshawe. Thursday, Jan. 14? Mr. and Mrs. John Rufty. Fridasr Jan. 15? Mrs. H. L. Wil son. Monday, Jan. 18 ? Mrs. H. E. Sr-u. * win-' This .work has been undertaken^ after consultation with Dr. C J L. Newland, county health officer fnd the "fufcerintendents and principal of the acjiools. It is the object of the Tnbtrtfulosis Association to prevent that disease and others by building up the general health of the citizenship, especially of children. Between fifty and sixty dollars was realized on the sale of Chrjattnas Seals, and this money, together with the amount in the P. T- A. treasury accruing from the Home Journal subscriptions and ForgetrKe-Not sale will be used as a nucleus Npf a fund to furnish milk to be served ^with either soup or sandwiches as the convenience of the hostess of the day will dictate. Next meeting of the P. T. A. will be held on Monday, Jan. 18. It is urged that there be a full attendance at that meeting, not only of the mem bers of the association, but of all citizens who are interested in this work. The Board wishes to thank all those who so generously gave their time and interest in the Christmas Seal Sale, especially to the Girl Scouts, who under the leadership of Miss Aiken and Miss Ethel McMinn, worked so faithfully each day during the sale. liEGAL TKA.Mjt'tJKS Legal transfers recorded in the office of -the Register of Deeds, Jess Gallrttfay and Assistant Register, Mrs. Jesa Galloway during the week of Dec. 21 through 26, included: T. B. Reid and wife to E. A. Reid and wile. ? James 0. Nolan and wife to J. B. Nolan Co., Inc. TRY OUR WANT ADS. STOP & ' '.If When You Need 4 ? -? r ? - Ignition - Battery Work Engines Overhauled General Repairs Storage We are equipped to take care of your car troubles ..... 'I .. We have taken over the Auto Repair Business f orderly-known as the Brevard Battery Company, and are ready to serve. .you.- & any line of Auto Repairing. ig ? - .trcv Added equipment gives us one of the most up -toHjlate shops to be found anywhere ? and with our first class equipment . we offer to the auto public years of experience in every line of woi*k'. . PRICES While our work is of the very best and guaranteed to please you in every way, we will charge you the very lowest possible price for your repairs. Satisfied customers is our aim. Drop by antLsee us. * pN?e,27 . ' mw! Main St BREVARD, N. C. ALS'b 'MAIN STRSET, ROSMAN.-N. g.

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