FIRST HELLO GIRL
PASSES AT AGE 74
The world's first telephone girl, who
began work on September 21, 1878,
. lived until a few days ago, when she
Dt ' passed away at the age of 74. She was
Miss Beatrice Kennedy, who was giv
en a job when a boy in the exchange
was discharged "for swearing at an
angry subscriber."
So courteous and efficient did Miss
Kennedy prove that girl operators be
* came the rule, as they have remained
until this day.
Working hours were long in 1878,
and Miss Kennedy was on duty daily
from 8 until 6, climbing six flights of
# stairs to resak her switchboard. Alex
? ander Bell, inventor of the
telephone, ^Jfen visited the exchange,
and Thomas A. Edison sometimes ac
companied him. But as Miss Kennedy
told a reporter shortly before her
death, "We didn't pay much attention
to Mr. Edison, for he wasn't so fam
ous then."
* Many thousands of "hello" girls
have come and gone since Miss Ken
nedy became the first. Taken as a
class, no more faithful employes ever
served an exacting and sometimes
unreasonable public. Many telephone
girls have performed deeds of extra
ordinary heroism, remaining at their
r posts in time of fire, flood and other
disaster, giving warnings that saved
the lives of others at the risk of their
own.
The telephone industry should erect
a fitting memorial to her who was the
first of this noble company. ? Mon
roe Enquirer.
FASHION ARTICLE
(By Special Arrangement Between
This Paper and Harper's Bazaar)
Whither Waistlines?
Patou startled the fashion world
by presenting lowered waistlines in
his recent collection. They are at the
top of the hips in dresses showing
the influence of the Middle Ages.
Other houses have not followed this
lead, but leave it either at the natur
al line or keep it high. So you may
take ycur choice in planning your
wardrobe, adapting the type of sil
houette to your figure and your pre
ference. Vera Borea dips the waist
line to a low point in the back which
is still a further variation. As in
this season's hats, there is a range
in trends and the result is that the
smartest ensembles will be achieved
through the fullest realization of the
wearer's individuality.
W h/at's New?
Mainbocher likes fringe. Which
will delight many women. It is flat
teringly graceful in motion. He does
all sorts of gay original things with
ribbon, making dress corsages with
it and looping it for little capes. '
Worth likes boas of looped ribbons ;
for the evening. Mainbocher uses
white flannel for evening ensembles,
too. And many houses, such as :
Augustabernard have sponsored the
bruadcleth-for-evening trend. Bruyere !
likes to introduce two different furs j
on one coat, as mink and caracul. In I
this collection there Is a practical
and pretty new idea in the fur jacket I
with a cloth skirt which buttons on :
so you may wear it short or as a !
long coat, and Vionnst has made an j
ermine jacket with a detachable black i
velvet skirt so you may wear it in '
the afternoon or the evening. Chantal- j
makes tailored velveteen evening
dre?ses and they are complemented j
by velvet pumps and velvet gloves of ?
which I wrote last week. Beading of i
various sorts claim? attention in af
ternoon models. Chantal makes one j
with a blue beaded blouse. Chanel
embroiders with jet. At Worth you
will see jet again, in a crocheted cape
let. Metal is seen, too, in buttons,
trimming? or woven into fabrics as at
Lucile Pa ray where it appears In
"tinsel tricot" evening jackets.
Something About Fabrics ,
Chanel, whose lace dress has been
a sensation in the past is making
them again, this year using large
floral patterns. Fabrics are, of course,
excitingly varied in range and to go
into them at all fully would take a
great deal of space. Suffice it to say
at the present that velvet is fearful
ly important ? velvet and its devia
tions, velveteen and corduroy. Chanel
likes colored corduroy for water
proofed wide wale sports suits and !
she does veleveteen blouses with many J
of her suits. Velvet for most-formal J
wear is the outstanding material and i
is used in its dull versions, stripes j
even checks dispel all thought of ;
monotony. Sheer materials for even- !
ing include net, both plain and dotted, j
and striped gauzes. Mainbocher j
makes "dotted Swiss" wool evening
dresses. J
says
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anybody else iri i
!m world '> hag oceiii j
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OAKLAND NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Keaton and
sons, Harold and Ralph, of Bridge
water and Mrs. Herbert Hall and son,
Herbert, Jr., visited Mrs. S. L. San.
ders Thursday.
Mrs. Vera Owen, of Webster, spent
last week with her sister, Mrs. E.
D. Reid.
Mrs. W. F. McCall called on Mr.
and Mrs. Dan Reid Friday after
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Galloway and
sons, Jim and Gus, of Glenville visi
ted Mrs. Mary Burgess Friday.
Misses Flora and Bess Reid of
Brevard spent Friday night with
their aunt, Mrs. Maggie Nicholson.
Dan Reid was in Hendersonville on
Saturday on business.
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Galloway of
Cullowhee spent the week-end with
their daughter, Mrs. Mamie Rigdon
and family.
T. E. Reid and family, of Brevard,
spent Saturday with friends here.
Mrs. Mary Burgess, Kile Galloway
and Miss Alberta Burgess spent Sun
day with Mrs. Mamie Fowler on Mills
River.
Mrs. Abe Lowe of Washington, D.
C., who is visiting his sister here,
spent Sunday with Mr. Abe Whitinire
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Whitmire and
little daughter, Bettie Rhodes, of Ed
isto, spent Sunday with their grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Sanders.
Mrs. Maggie Nicholson, Mrs. Clar
ence Norton and Mrs. I. S. Sanders
called on Mrs. Frank Fisher, who has
been quite ill, Saturday afternoon.
T. B. Reid, L. E. Cash and Mr. Rig
don were Brevard visitors Monday.
Miss Myrtle McCall and Miss Evon
Sanders called on Mrs. Henry Alex
ander Monday.
Wade Nicholson spent Sunday af
ternoon with Clarence Norton.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lowe and
family of Canton, called Monday af
ternoon an Mr. and Mrs. S. L. San
ders. N
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Reid, of High
lands, visited the latter's parents on
Monday.
Norman Posey, of Mills River and
Miss Myrtle McCall and Miss Evon
Sanders spent Monday evening with
Mrs. Clarence Norton.
The W. N. U. met at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Reid Monday af
ternoon to formulate plans for the
union recently organized at the Lake
Toxaway Baptist church. Those pre
sent were: Mrs. Norris and Miss An
nawilda Norris, Mrs. H. D. Lee. Miss
Dorene Lee, of Lake Toxaway, Mrs.
Wade Nicholson, Mrs. Clarence Nor
ton, Mrs. I. S. Sanders, Mrs. Lee
Nicholson and Mrs. E. A. Reid. Our
next meeting will be held next Sunday
night at the Lake Toxaway Baptist
church. We hope all the ladies who
are interested will be present as we
hope at that time to perfect plans for
some useful work.
Rev. Wade Nicholson was among
the visitors who attended the Fisher
reunion. Rev. E. E. Yates, of Rosman
Rev. Judson Hall and Rev. D. C. 0
wen also attended. The last three
named ministers have been conduct-*
ing a very successful revival at the
Lake Toxaway Methodist church.
Rev. Mr. Norris, of Bradenton, Fla.
and Lake Toxaway preached an ex
cellent sermon at the Lake Toxaway
Baptist church Sunday morning and
the B. Y. P. U. of Oak Grove church
put on a splendid program there Sun
day night. We hope to have them all
wiar us again.
FARMERS TO WATCH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The North Carolina farmer is
deeply concerned in what the next
General Assembly will do to help him
in the way of tax reductions.
This was the significant statement
made by W. Warren Watson of Hyde
County, president of the State Farm
ers Convention, in his opening address
to the convention delegates at State
College on Tuesday morning, August
30.
'"It appears to me," said Mr. Wat
sop, "that we should give considera
tion to those matters and things vi
tally affecting the State generally for
they will surely affect the agricultur
al interests which represent 52 per
cent of the State's industry. It is
being generally understood that the
personnel of the incoming General
Assembly is, by a good majority, fav
orable to the repeal of the advalorem
tax for the six months school term.
Now that the State has taken over
the roads and the schools, then why
1 not the State assume the debts con
tracted by the various counties for
the building of roads which are now
an integral part of the State High
way system.'"
Mr. Watson also advocated the
State assuming the burden of debt in
curred by counties and special school
districts in building state-regulated
types of school buildings. He said
further the State should take over
the various road and bridge bond is
sues where the money had been leg
ally and lawfully expended for cer
tain roads. As to- salary cuts, he de
clared this should be done evenly and
that if the General Assembly should
be subject to such a cut as well as
the lowliest employee.
The further consolidation and cen
tralization of ail bureaus, commis
sions and offices should be affected
i in the various counties and the state
! government, in an effort to save tax
i money in this emergency, he said.
Jealous Damsel (to rival who is
walking with a very thin bey friend)
Hello, Maisie, I see you are planning
to have a new boy.
Maisie? What do you mean, plan
ning to?
Well, you've got (ha ira.r.- -work.
THE VALUE OF NEWS
PAPER ADVERTISING
Those merchants and business men
who consider advertising an expense;
who think that the money they spend
is "donated" to the person or firm
to whom they give it have never
l-eally tried to find oat whether it is
an expense or a liability in their
business. Of course there are those
who have been "bitten" by schemes
offered to them by "high pressure"
advertising men who are in business
to make money and to make it with
out regards to who loses because of
it. Advertising, when properly used is
one of the most important invest
ments that can be made by any con
cern, large or small.
Newspaper advertising has been
found to be the most profitable of all
forms including direct-mail. And the
reason for this is obvious. Your com
munity newspaper goes into the
homes of the people who buy what
you have to sell. No periodical is
more thoroughly read by every mem
ber of the family than is the country
weekly newspaper. No one is more
thoroughly satisfied as to how cordial
a welcome it receives than the editor
or publisher. Let a subscriber fail to
get his copy and don't think you
won't hear from him! If it were ncA.
read it would not be missed. And it
isj not uncommon for a reader to
mention the fact that Mr. Jones failed
to have an ad in this week. They not
only read the news and the features
but the ads as well.
There are, of course, those who ex
pect big returns when, if they would
analyze their advertising they would
find that it is not the paper that is
at fault but the advertiser. Your ad
vertising reflects your store. If that
reflection is not correct in every de
tail; if you have misrepresented your
merchandise in your advertising and
your customers find it out it will not
be long before it would be an absolute
waste of money for you to advertise.
Your advertising docs not sell your
merchandise. It simply takes youT
message to the people, they come to
your store and then it is up to you
to sell them. If you have a certain
item in your store that, for some rea
son or other, you are prepared to sell
at a price lower than your competi
tor what goou will it do if the people
don't know it? And the only way they
will know it is to be told. You can't
tell them individually for that would
be impossible, so the only thing to
do if you have the merchandise is to
advertise; tell all the people in your
trade territory about it. And the only
tried and proven method of doing
that is through the medium of news
paper advertising.
xmrnmli
I THE CHEROKEE FAIR
i
( Ashevillc Advocate)
Reviewing the primitive customs ol'
the red race, the Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians, now living on their
60,000 acre reservation on the border
of the Great Smoky Mountains Na
tional Park, near Asheville, will hold
their annual Fair and harvest cele
bration, this year October 4-7. Dur
ing the four days the 3,000 or more
Indians will present the Green Corn
harvest dances, the Eagle dances, th?
barbaric Indian Ball Games and will
indulge in many primordial and
picturesque contests.
The annual Fair, held at Cherokee,
N. C., the principal Indian town, at
tracts each year a large number of
white spectators. The number of
visitors, this season, is expected to
be greatly augmented by the comple
tion of the road through Newfound
Gap in the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park. The new highway
leads through the heart of the new
national park, traverses the Indian
Reservation and provides a new and
very popular motgr touring route to
Cherokee, from the middle western
states and from the southern and
eastern sections of the country.
The products of the Indian farms
and the artistic handicraft of Indian
men and women will be on display,
during the Fair. Visitors will be
chiefly interested however, in the
j native rites and contests which are
i the principal attractions of the cele
; bration. The people of Big Cove will
! present the Green Corn Dances to
i the cadance of Indian drums and
I rattles and the chant of the medicine
men. Braves will dance the Eagle
j Dance and will enter into contests
i for the championship in shooting the
bow and arrow and . the primitive
blowjgun. The accuracy .of the
Indian archers is uncanny. Standing
i Deer, long a champion, can drive a
: shaft through the center of a quarter
dollar at thirty paces.
| The Indian Ball Games, held each
| day of the Fair, will draw large
! crowds of spectators. The games,
? played with savage ferocity, are thi
> primitive fore-runner of the present
game of lacrosse. Many visitors tour
| ing the Great Smoky Mountains, dur
; ing the Indian Summer season, will
take advantage of the Fair to see the
: Eastern Cherokee, at his most in
j teresting and colorful pastimes.
1 JOB TOO EXPENSIVE SO
SHERIFF QUITS OFFICE
Huntsville; Ark. ? Somebody else
| can have the job of enforcing the law
in this county as far as Sh;riff
j Dalton Dotson is concerned.
| Because expenses so far exceed
revenues of the office, he has tendered
| his resignation to Governor Harvey
j Parnell. Coroner W. E. Acree '.s try
i ing to operate the department until
| a successor to Dotson is named.
Candidate (at end of long speech)
' ? And in conclusion, remember that
a man is known by his works !
Voice from Jl-ar ? Weil, yours must
I. ; 8*3 W'ui. l
GRAZING CROPS OF
GREAT IMPORTANCE
?
Growers of livestock have found
by two years of experience that it
pays to have some ar.nua! grazing ,
crops to supplement the permanent J
! pasture if the stock is to be kept in
| the best of condition.
! "These supplementary grazing
I crops are emergency or insurance
I crops for the livestock man," says
I L. I. Case, anima! husbandman at
State College. "The drought of 1930,
j of the winter-killing of carpet grass
?that following winter, the March
j freeze of ? 19-32, and the extended
i drought this summer has demonstrat
j vu the full value of such temporary
i grazing crops. Some of the crops
j which might be used to advantage
| are soybeans, sudan grass, Cherokee
| clover or lespedeza. Good farmers
i have found that a definite area in
j these crops each year is necessary. If
! not needed for grazing, they may be
j harvested in the usual way for seed
or hay."
Case says Hugh McRae is one of
| the men in North Carolina who have
' led the way in demonstrating the
j value of thesi crops for gazing pur
I noses. For the past two seasons he
' has used Bilcxi beans, Cherokee clover
: and sudan grass for grazing his milk
I He u^es a temporary fence for
! enclosing five acres which is grazed
| for four or five days. The stock is
I then moved to another 5-acre tract.
| After the fifth area is grazed, the
; first is again ready for the cattle.
The Experiment Station at State
College uses soybeans and sudan
grass for grazing sheep. Twelve ewes
and their lambs are carried on four
acres from May 15 to November IS
and they make better gains than do
others carried on permanent pasture
and treated for stomach worms every
two weeks: W. W. Jarvis uses tem
porary grazing crops for his herd
of beef cattle and turns them on the
? rip* when the pasture gets short.
Mr. Case says.
FARM CONVENTION
HOLDS ANNUAL MEET
i
Despite a heat wave which broke
all records for the past 45 years,
more than 1,000 farmers and farm
women attended the 30th annual ses
sion of the State Farmer's Conven
tion held at State College last week
and spent an enjoyable an^ instruc
tive week.
While the men and women received
late facts and information about
farming and home-making in the sec
tional meetings, the high lights of
the convention were the evening
: gatherings on Riddick Field each day
I after supper and the formal opening
. in Pullen Hall on Tuesday morning.
I The delegates probably enjoyed the
singing, the games and the recrea
: tional events each evening more than
' any other feature. There was much
mingling of friend with friend, the
making of new acquaintances and
friendly rivalry in various contests.
W. Warren Watson of Hyde Coun
ty presided over the general meeting?
' and the gatherings of the men. His
! opening address on Tuesday morning
! was said by convention delegates tn
| he one of the ablest messages received
| at the convention in recent years. Mr.
i Watson plead for a reduction in gov
j ernmental costs and urged farmers
1 and farm women to hold on to their
? farm and home agents.
Mrs. D. A. McCormick of Robeson
! County presided over the annual
i meeting of the State Federation of
Home Demonstration Clubs and the
general gathering of the women. She
| was assisted by Miss Ruth Current
. district agent, who acted as directoi
of the 8th annual short course for
i the women. In her opening address
j Mrs. McCormick stated that char
acter, courage, culture and citizenship
had grown out of the first ideals oi
home demonstr ionat ctobfiv. .
; home demonstration club women.
1 The Convention closed on Friday
when 52 women received certificates
j for having attended four consecutive
short courses.
Visitor ? And why do you want tu
be president when you grow up?
Tommy ? So I won't hafta dig my
bait when I go fishing.
SELICA NEWS !
The fanners of our section arc all j
busy planting rye preparing for a
nice crop of small gxain next year. !
A number of the Selica people went
to Cherryfied and beard a splendid
sermon by P.ev. C. C. Reese. His sub
ject was: "The lost power of the
church." Oh if it could only be preach
ed in every church as Rev. Reese
preached it.
Rev. Yates filled his appointment
at the Methodist church and brought
a wonderful sermon. His subject,
"True repentance," was enjoyed by a
large audience.
Rev. Sherman Pearson will preach
in the Methodist church next Sunday
evening at 7:30. All are invited to at
tend.
We are glad to announce that Char
lie Whitmire arrived home from
Douglas, Wyo., after an absence of a
number of years. i
Miss Mildred Barton is visiting her .
brother. Harklus Barton.
Mrs. Bessie McCarter is visiting
her neice, Mrs. Beecher Mull.
Ulys Barter, is doing much car
penter work on his home here. He
says that he is beginning at home so
that there would be no kick coming
and that if the folks like his work,
they can hire him reasonable.
The McKinna clan are looking for
ward to the McKinna Reunion, which
will be held at the Boilston church
the first Sunday in October. Anyone
desiring information write Ward
Breedlove, Brevard, N. C., Chairman
of Committee on arrangements.
Mrs. Tom Galloway, of Calvert, ;
spent the week-end with her daugh- !
ter, Mrs. George McKinna.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fenwick and ;
children, of Brevard visited the form- j
ers sister, Mrs. H. W. Barton, Sun- ;
day afternoon.
Mrs. Laura Johnson spent Satur- j
day night with Mrs. J. H. Dunn.
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Barton and lit
tle daughter, Fay, of Sunset, S. C..
were visiting friends and relatives
here last Wednesday.
{ J. H. Dunn spent Saturday night
, with friends in Gloucester.
Avery Simpson was visiting his
I parents and friends in Boilston Sun-j
day.
I Lecester Morris, of Cherryfield. j
was a visitor of Annie, Martha and j
0;car Bryson Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Norton, of Douglas, Wyo., spent '
one night last week with Otis Bry
son. i
Miss Ruth Bryson spent Friday i
with her sister, Mrs. Lem Brooks, of
Brevard.
Mrs. Sallie Me Call, of Cas-hiers, !
was a pleasant caller in our section
Monday. |
Miss Edna Kimzey, of Pisgah For
40,000 SEEDLINGS TO
BE DISTRIBUTED
Raleigh ? Forty thousand black
walnut jeedlings will be available for
distribution this fai! from tn<* slati
forest nursery, F. H. Claridge. assis
tant state forester, has announced.
The number of seedlings available for
distribution this fall, Claridge said,
will be larger than for any season
heretofore, the nearest approach to
the number on hand being the output
last year of about 38,000 trees.
State 4-H club members have plant
ed the larger part of the black wal
nuts distributed in the state and the
planting of this tree is being pushed
by ftfrm and home agents throughout
the state. It is believed that about
three-fourths of the seedlings will be
used by 4->H club members this nea
son, some clubs having already placed
orders.
The seedlings grown at the nursery
each year are a part of the state's
reforestation program, carried on in
co-operation with the federal govern
ment. Other species of trees, princi
pally pines, are grown at the nursery
for distribution.
A small charge is made for the
seedlings to help defray the cat of
production.
est, is spending some time with Mrs.
Ralph Cordell.
Miss Miidred Barton, of Davidson
River, spent some time visiting her
nieces, Misses, Myrtle, Helen and
Katherine Barton.
Bill, Farker, of Etowah, visited his
sister, Mrs. Ed Wilson Sunday even
ing.
Pernal Stamey, of Easley, S. C. is
visiting his uncle and aunt. Mr. and
Mrs. Calvin Stamey.
Misses Inez and Ruby Dunn visit
ed Miss Margaret Dickson Sunday
evening.
Messrs. Claude and Avery Simpson,
Alfred Head and Mr. Kesler, of Eto
wah, were church visitors here Sun
day night.
We hope that there will be good
attendance at Sunday School Sun
day to hear Supt. J. W. Dickson, at
the Union Sunday School, on the sub
ject of "Character Building."
His many friends will be glad to
hear from Jeter Barton, who is locat
ed olf miles from Douglas, Wyo., on
a sheep ranch. He. is receiving good
wages and having a busy time.
Os'zar Bryson spent Sunday visit
ing his grandfather, Joe Bryson, Sr.
"You used to call me Sweetheart
before we were married. Now you
don't call me anything."
"That just shows my self -control. " H
CLEMSON THEATRE
BREVARD, N. C.
Matinee 3:00 Night 7:00-8:45
Program Week of September 12th.
Monday-Tuesday, Sept. 12-13th.
Richard Dix
Gwili Andre Zasu Pitta
in
ROAR OF THE DRAGON
Pale Beauty the Prize of Marauding Bandits.. ..White men stood at
bay as the Tartars from the plains swooped down.... Big as history ?
the throbbing spectacle of war-weakened Manchuria today. A drama of
lawless love in the Far East ripped from the news heads that shock
ed the world.
Added Attractions
Mickev Mouse Cartoon: MICKEY IN ARABIA
Mack Sennett Comedy: SPOT OX THE RUG
Wednesday -Thursday, Sept 14-!5th.
THE AGE OF CONSENT
With
Dorothy Wilson, Ar!ine Judge, Richard Cromwell
and Eric Linden
The stars of tomorrow in youths own story of today. Eighty miles
an hour danger at the. bend. .. .Let freedom ring but watch the
traffic lights. Hew can a girl get an even break at "The age of Consent".
ALSO COMEDY
Friday, Saturday, Sept. 15-17th.
Buck Jones
in
ONE MAN LAW
Entertainment that blazes a r.ew trail in THRILLS. A western action
picture packed with adventure and speed.
Added Attractions
Cartoon: REDSKIN BLUES
Comedy: THE CANDID CAMERA
MS
Lumber For Saie
at
$6 and $8 per Thousand
( f , o. b. Pisgah Forest)
This offer ought to attract the attention of all farmers who need to
repair their Homes, Barns, Cribs, Sheds, and so on. This lumber is good
for such purposes, and at this price will enable all farmers to make all
necessary repairs and additions to their buildings.
Co rr Lumber Company
Pisgah Forest, N. C.