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Thursday, September 29, 1932
ACHIEVING SUCCESS
UNDER HANDICAPS.
When we see some person deprived
of the use of eyesight, arms or legs
or in some other manner handicapped
but achieving success in life we often
feel ashamed of our own small suc
cess, even though we may have done
the best we know how to do; No doubt
the man or woman who is deprived
of the use of eyes, arms or legs real
izes then they must fight under a
handicap and so begin to prepare
?for the battle. He knows the fight is
to be harder for him ? the normal man
has nothing to force upon him to any
| definite action so he just drifts along.
It is true that there are thousands
deprived of the use of various part3
of their body who do not amount to
anything. You see them in the cities,
blind and cripples passing the tin cup
for your donation. These persons
probably would have made just that
sort of success or failure if they had
been normal. As it is they are taking
the easiest way out. Just a few stand
out as having achieved success under
these handicaps. When we realize
what unusual effort must fee reo.uired
of them to achieve outstanding suc
cess ur.de r such difficulties we can
not but wonder what could be accom
plished if the same efforts were ap-.
ptied under normal conditions.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO
ABOUT NEXT YEAR?
?> With 'the approach of winter the
lew , summer visitors who
mained a$ long as they possibly. can,
wiil return to their respective homes.
What th?y think of us, here in Bre- 1
yard and the town generally; is large- (
?iy a matter for conjecture. Biit'tius;
moch is certain; if we have, as -in
dividuals, 6ne the beat we -could to ,
make those with whom we have come ]
in c.ont^ct, feel that they Were wel- !
. come and that we would really lijte
| to have them return for another visit, '
there iS a possibility that tHfty will
return. But there is a chaijee tfiat
iljey. Jt'iU^ot. ' 'I
And it is this chance that We riiust
.ttiink ,of,;.We have a fine town and
' there, is -.i)ot anotlier that appreciates
their summer visitors more tihap we,
and that would do more to make--them
' "that^hey had a wonderful time
here.'JSo, w'th this in mind it is tfrhe
jrighi.v^ow. ; to begin thinldng -of . next
summer. Write to your- friends; tell
theito" ft<Wv much you enjoyed Rawing
them hete; tell them of 'jfottr-.pltins
lor. nex.t; year and what you ?ve g<5
ing to do "for their pleasujr^^' iB?
itei-tainment when they retujjji^ext
summer. In other words .^Jvarti^e.
Business' irf made sound through ad
vertising' and the tourist business is
not an ej^ception. Those pe^pbS, rtidst
of.. them anyway, who summer^ ,jiere
Will do- 'the same thing ne^t.year,.,if
tHey ire offered -the invitation - arid
the inducements. Don't w#it:tiir the
season is ih full swing afid then' be
gin jtouir advertising. Begin it b'6w.
t(|k * ? "!' 1 ?
| THE 1 PESSIMIST AND
THE OPTIMIST. >ti '
The essential difference between
the pessimist and the optimtst'is that
the optiipist has a swell time going
to the <}evil while the pessimist, finds
it "hard sailing.
There is a bright side to everything
but the pessimist's eyes are so ac
customed to darkness that he can not
see. the real beauty that lies under his
very nose? it takes the optimist to
Kind.it and ha is happier because of
avihg done so.
Things may go wrong;, busilie'ss
tay be bad and any number of things
ay happen to make life seem hard
but in spite of it all the optimist us
ually finds the few bright spots and
B makes the most of them. He looks
forward to and talks about the things
he hopes for. If business is 'bad,
rather than continually think about
how bad it is, he trys to remember
when it was worse and if he can he
compares it with that time when he
talks to his friends and acquaintanc
es. "Well, maybe business is a little
slow right now" he will say "but I
|can remember wh( i it was worse,"
And not only does he feel better for
having said that but the person > to.
I whom he is talking unconsciously ab
sorbs some of that optimistic spirit
nd so the optimist has, after all
(served a good purpose.
Ralph Parlette once said that' his
I policy is to make people laugh iand
while their mouths are open cram in
little truth. And it is quite true that
people's minds are more receptive
when they feel "fine" than when they
are "Down in the gutter." r.
Let's spread optimism. Overide the
pessimist. As long as there is' one
whit of good left in the w'Q^ld list's
find it and hold it up to our fellow
men and when, if ever, we ate forced
down, let's go down with a smile. Life
will at least have been worth'liv;^ s
} DO YOU KNOW THIS . /.VC
INDIVIDUAL?
He is the man who knows politics
but thinks the president is appointed
by congress. He can run the country ;
all he wants is a chance to show his
ability, yet he has never made a suc
cess in anything he ever attempted.
He says women are a sorry lot, can't
be trusted and yet he is known to
have run around with women of
questionable character and certainly
for no good purpose. He is narrow
minded in everything but permits
himself every liberty.
Occasionally we meet such fellows
but we do not waste any tims with
them for there is nothing to be gained
by it. They are usually disagreeable
for they agree with no one and will
| contradict their own statements in
order to be arbitrary.
To have opinions and to stick to
them is all right. But always bear in
mind that there is a possibility that j
someone may know ju3t about as (
much in "shooting off your mouth."
Still water runs deep you know, so
don't leave the impression that you
are a shallow stream. Listen awhile .
and learn. People admire a good
listener. And the man who con do
nothing but talk soon wears o!it his '
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r r.u.iicnce.
RELATION OF THE FAIR TO t
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT ]
There are few people who will not !
admit that these county fstirs serve a: ?
goo<J purpose But not many realise i
just how important a .part it plays in 1
the life of the community anil even '
of the nation. If you would get a full
?Realization of the importance of it :
just wander around among the "ex- 1
hibits.for a time; look them over care- j
fully and note your own reaction.
,You will find yourself asking ? the
question, "Is .it possible to grow cqrn
like that cn a commercial scale or to
produce it profitably?" or "Now who
would Ijave thought you could produce
any thing like that in this section?"
Idle questions, random thoughts, but
it is such things a? this that bring
you to, not only ask the questions but
to answer them as well. Your interest
is aroused and you determine to satis
fy your curiosity so 'you learn all you
can about this or that thing you .see
ar6und you. How was this produced,
how did you do that? All these ques- .
polls'. spur y.oiv, on. In. short, oae of
the objects ??? -the county fair is to
demonstrate jusf'-what can be done
ifti t^e farm;, in, the home an"4 by
'young and old.
! 'i. There may : ba 'a farmer growing
*4kitir 'that is exceptionally fine and
,^jii,Ch.he has been developing for
y^jrs. He may not realize that he is
iforochicing something that is of in
WJfee interest to every other farmer
In thie county because he has been
,d<gng it so long that it is just ?a or
dih'ary occurrence to him. Then there
are the things learned because of
'/Competition. You use all the ingenuity
'you posBesB in an effort to produce
? the finest and best and some of your
experiments may lie of great value
' bo you have accomplished something
really worth while in your attempt to
produce prize-winning products for
the fair.
!-. And so it goes. The fair brings to
us the great possibilities that exist. It
- awakens and stimulates interest, not
' only in the older heads but the youth
as well. The- . incentive to produce
prize-winning hogs or poultry or cat
tle will do more for the young farmer
than any other one thing. It offers
him an incentive. While the same
thing is true of the little ladies. The
growing of flowers, the canning and
preserving, the making of fine bread
and. cakes, and all the other activi
ties of the home in which they nat
urally- excell are brought to the fore
thrdugh this friendly rivalry found
at the county fair.
The fairs to be held Saturday
bids fair to be two of the best ever
held in this section, and THE best
ever held in Transylvania County. To
miss them is to miss something that is
really worth while. A great deal of
,time and effort has been expended by
Prof, Glazener, Prof. Corbin, the
Young Tarheel Farmers and the
people of the communities in general
to make this a fair that will long be
remembered and there is no better
way in which your time can be spent
t than in visiting it. See what your
county is doing; see what possibilities
you have here. It will be time well
spent.
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J HE IMPORTANCE OF
' BREVITY.
Some time ago one of the leading
magazines put on a, contest in which
? they offered a prize for the shortest
story submitted, which was complete
and told a great deal in a few words. _
| The prize winning story was :
j. "for Sale: Baby carriage, blankets
| and clothes. Never been used."
i ? ' What a story those few word3 tell.'
! The purchase of those little things I
j.?or the expected arrival must have
j. brought joy to a young couple who
! looked forward to the time when it
1 should occupy its place in the car
' riage and wear the clothes, probably
1 made by the tender hands of the ex
pectant mother. And the dreams she
| must have dreamed. She could almost
{ see the innocent little laughing eyes
\ of the tot, hear him cry, feel those
, baby fingers as they clasped her own,
t hear his first words and see his des
perate! attempts to waik. All these
I things no doubt made the time pass
swiftly and finally he was ushered
j into the world. Then all was changed.
The joy and happiness that she had
expected was changed to sorrow and
heartache. Those fond dreams crash
1 ed about hfer and her very soul cried
out in mortal anguish, for the things
that mr e hers that should ' have
brightened the little household were
not. The tot had not lived.
"There' is a sf&ry that, if brought
out in detail would fill a book, yet
there is, told completely in just a few ;
words. Not many people are. capable ; '
of such brevity. One must have a j *
thorough knowledge of the English ; j
language and be able to think to tel.' | ;
a great deal in a few words. There 1
are & few who are capable iSf this but j 1
not many. Arthur Brisbane can tell I (
more in a Wif column 'char is con- ?
ained in an entire issue of many news- "
papers It is not what he says so much
?-> the thoughts and ideas he conveys,
the impressions he Reaves with his
readers. It is because he thinks and :
Decause he "knows exactly what he
wants to say. And perhaps the most
important thing is .that he knows
people.. He knows , what impression
they will secure from what ^tliey. read
and he writes accordingly. Will Rog
ers also possesses this quality -to a
remarkable degree.
Learn to be brief. Study how you
may say a great deal in a few words.
It is excellent, training. People dislike
to listen, to a "long winded" speaker
and writers who are most successful
are seldom noted for the quantity
of material they produce but the
thoughts they convey.
| HANGING OUT ON * j
| MAIN STREET ||
* By A. Lounger ?
?J?, .1- . - . ?
Seen in the Saturday night rush:
A family, unquestionably members of
the rural population, squabbin' over
who is to have the honor of propellin'
the lizzie (one of the models which
Henry proudly presented to an eager
public a dozen or more years ago)
home- and the youngest member of
the party bein' accorded the honor on
the basis that he had furnished the
gas for the expedition An overall
clad youth, obviously a husband, bein'
touched by the "madam" for another
fifteen cents to spend at Bob Plum
mer's cause they might not get to
-come to town for some time. Sure she
got it. Ain't that the way it usually
goes?. . ? . Rowena Surnmey, the town's
"hello" girl doin' her Saturday night '
shoppin'. .Annie Kate Henderson!
and Elaine Kilpatrick stagin' an Im-|
promptu waltz in Simpson's Prof.1
"Rufty takin' off his collar and tie in
the tonsorial parlor and waitin' his
turn when they've finished with Mr.
Plummer Leon English tellin' the
barber not to take "much" off the top.
Several young hopefuls saying
the reason there is a dark spot |
on their upper lip is 'cause the I
barber was in a hurry and over- j
looked that particular section of j
their face. Barbers are gettin aw- |
ful careless these days. (Confi
dentially, though these fellows all
use safety razors.)
Prof. Giazener askin' a farmer way
off in the mountains if he didn't
think it would be profitable for him
to raise poultry and the feller sayin'
he reconed as how it would if the
darned chickens wouldn't eat it up . . .
Charlie Brown still refuses to part
his hair in the middle ? says it ain't
.tecomin' that way Dean Whitlock
swyin' you can trust a woman as fa*
as"you can see her and his sight is
impaired and chiverous young Earl
Fullbright insistin' that if men wer?
half as true as women this world
would be a much better place and we
are enclined to agree with young Full
bright. . . .Clarice Smith lookin' at thp j
pretty ole moon and lettin' out a Ionp
drawn, heart-felt "Oh, boy Oh, Boy!
Ohhhh, Boy' !.... Mary Osborne Wil
kins sayin' for us not to believe ANY
THING we hear on her 'cause it ain't
so ? and boy, we've hoard some mighty |
nice things, too.. Couples that makej
you feel married life ain't so bad1
after all? Mr. and Mrs. Hood
We re not going to mention havin'
seen Misn Virginia Wilcox in the com
pany of the Institute Football Coach
?one or the other of them might not
like it ? and just as we are writin'
?this she passes along with Jack Tran- 1
tham .... Coach Tilson quite busy this
term? yea, its MOSTLY football.
Tony Trantham says that after
he had received the answer, "yes,*
and thank you" to his proposal he
went to see the young lady's I
Father and after tellir.' him the
sad news asked, "Is there any in
sanity in your family?" The fath
er looked him over carefu'ly
shrugged, and replied "There
certainly must be."
And to some of you wno resent havin'
your names in our collum, we have
this to say: Some day when our names
are spoken along with Odd Mclntyre, ?
Wi,"che!1 and K- J. Poole,
iHtls you 11 wish we would mention
your name in our collum and we will
nonchalantly light an "Or. the Level,"
blow smoke rings to the top of our
padded cell and ask, "Who are you?"
As he gracefully (?) Swung Mar
garet Barnett over the dance
floor, Paul Keller, thoroughly en
raptured, breathed into her ear, I
"You dance divinely. Ill never
forget this evening." and she re- 1
plied "Neither will I" and he did
not understand why she put so
much emphasis into the statement
until he later heard her remark,
' My feet are killing me."
Ruby McKinnie lookin' sort of
dreamy-eyed these days ? a good sign
but maybe there's nothin' to it
Ruth Picklesimer tendin' store while
Dacjdy goes home to dinner (we)l,
supper, then, if you must have it that
way) Paul Keller askin' his girl
if she wants him to bring his brother
around next time he comes and she
pays "yes, do bring him along next
time and you remain home" Prac
tically the entire town turnin' out
Sunday night to hear Rev. Moscr, cf
Hendersonville, as he begins his Re
vival service ai the Methodist Church.
Seen in the audience: Rev. Hartsell.j
F. Brown Carr, "Times" Douglas,).
Ptof. Jones, and many others from!
this and other churches". . . . "Pug Hin- 1 '
ton says these darned newspapers are !
r* nuisance. Example: He goes out 1
into the country to see a new girl|.
friend, ail the whiie trying to keap I
lis "best girl" from gettin' hep to it (
uid tire next iHng he knows thvre is *
? news ;cem sent in by the eorresu. ..i- '
lent from that ?ecMor savin' tl.-' I
Sir. .Hubert IJi.vrcn call- .! ...;i 1
FORCED LANDINGS j
.? _ Pbole
?Todays Nuisasce: To hear Mack
Sitton sayiSathe waa ;iever popular
enough with .the #oj?ym.. to obtain, a
photograph irom-them to place upon
his dresser. A- fewCnights before Ar
chie Kellai- moved bp to his "bachelor
apartment," Mack sensing an idea,
took a few of --Archies- pictures and
placed ton ?poa ha- dresser, so lit
.could say" that. he: mice had photo
graphs of Worneju-in. his bed-room.
-?.m iiiirii'..'
li conceifci-eoiiid 1 /be terpaed and,
weighed oat:in $rowtler? there would be,
enough m som^jracpte to blow up the'
state of North Carolina and half oT
Georgia. - ? ? ? .
Some people are so high toned' that
when they pass a sign board they
think it .should "speak to them, and
when it fails to respond they want
to knock' it down,
It is rumored .that there are too
many girl?. ?in1' the, Efai-nett family and
not enough 'boys, at' least this is the
statement made by one of the girl?.
Evidently Sam is the only boy in the
family and the giris1 get tired of
hearing, do this and do that for Sam
Few marriage licenses are issued
now, due to the depression existing
in our midst, which keeps one from
falling in love so easily ? You may
rest assured that the man that mar
ries a girl -nowdays, is sure that she
has an income sufficient to support
both. "Girls this is why love is like
a kiss on an ocean wave, it keeps
rolling everywhere and never settle"
down."
Something that is real discouraging
is to go on a picnic or be on a lawn
party when some Bozo starts singinc
"It Ain't Going To Rain Anymore,"
and it really does rain.
Did you know that water freezes
every night of the year at Alto Cruce
ro, in Bolivia; .white at noonday the
sun is hot enough to blister the flesh.
The Southern Public Utilities Com
pany regrets {his .very much because
the people .there store ice during the
night for their use the following day
and therefore eliminates the use of
electrical freezing systems.
Did you know that no president of
the United States ever had a third
term. TKe pvesidents have less priv
ileges than thieves and racketeers, be
cause they serve many terras and
there is no objection whatever.
Mr. Bosse was in the News com
posing room Saturday evening and
during the play, was hit by a wad of
paper and called it assault and bat
tery and said i(e was going to have
us up in coart lor' it, stating it was
against the .law- to hit a man while
he had glasses on ? "The News force
says it is against the law for boot
leggers to sell whisky, but they do it
just the same."
The World Series has started of.'
with a bar.g that will shake tir
United States, and to the sorrow o'
"money hoarders" who bet $nd lose,
will be looking for sympathy, but
little of this will they receive becaus"
it will only be more money put into
circulation and that is what we are
all craving.
Rah, Rah, the other day Tom Whit
mire went hunting and did he "Bring
Them Back AliVe." Tom did exactly
as the picture said to do and brought
back a great quantity of chigoes. But
since then Tom has been wanting to
bring a suit against the Clerason
theatre for booking a picture by this
name, thinking it would have kept
off the chigoes if he had not seen the
picture and lived up to the words that
it contained.
A few years ago at a football game
between South Carolina and N. C.
State there were two drunks attend
ing the game from South Carolina.
They entered the field and so highly
intoxicated, went into the wrong
grandstand, which was for N. C.
State. When the game started the
Carolina boys ran a couple of touch
downs which started the drunks to
raving, calling out loudly "Kill those
Radicals of N. C. State". This game
was played afte^- North Carolina had
gone Republican ? Later the N. C.
State boys made three touchdowns
and in all the confusi<Jh one of the
drunks, a Democrat, said lets go home
because there is going to be another
"Republican JLaunslidte."
Something that was not so interest
ing to a Cub&n was to come to The
Brevard Institute to ttke English
and have the Superintendent to tel!
him he would have to ' go to the
Freshman class to start his work. The
Cuban Hot being ab.e to speak Eng
lish, thought .Freshman was French
man, accoVdhrg to the way the Sup
erintendent expressed the word and
the Cubans reply was no, no, I come
here to cake English not Frenchman.
I have learned' who the two Bozo's
were that I wrote about last week and
who told -Florj.iWike, Reba Kitchen,
and Rose Schachner that they were
going to be lonesome as far as they
were concerned this winter. They
were Messrs Feimster and Sellers.
Following are the statements they
made:
Feimster-Sellers ? You ali will be
lonesome this' winter as far as we are
concerned.
Reba-Kltchen: I don't mind, I have
s regular fellow for the winter.
Feimster-Sellers : Yes, you have
him regular about three nights out
)f the entire winter- months.
JU... who Sunday afternoon". .W. j
R. Grotran .Tr. signin' somebody on!
he- dotted line.
7U7~
I Rebate . and the Lesaone
r**iL? ' ????***??
.. ? ? ? serving them.
J.C-' . .? (6y-Ifaroid
T^e . first time- 1 talked with him
I isim^iattly received the impression
that Tie.^lS k very interesting per
se ji /It Ms #ways been my policy to
,lef the o'tlySf .fellow do the talking
wh{te I. .do^hfe listening. I talk inst
enotigh tjj'^raw them out; to get them
started fina' then al! -I have to do is
to listen, "^n 6id adage I once heard
or r,ead $tif, remained in my mind. It
is':; '.Remain' silent and be thought a
foot; sp?ak ahd remove nil doubt. I ]
learn great, deal by listHfj&g. I can
siztf a ptj'son ujj, to a great extent by
the; course .tff their conversation and
J always gft a. kick out of it So, in
this lhsfcimce;" I let him do the talk
?5ngi'l'0i?'tibt have long to iisten aid
when Xleft him I was weli impressed,
? S^, many .people did not like him;
considered htm dumb. I began to won
der h,o? .ho.had fooled me if that was
ths_ case 'and ' I determined that if
thrown,, with him again I would atudy
him. move closely.
I soon had the opportunity. Wc
talked for- some time and this time I
attempted *o lead him out in the con
versations . tried to get him to talk rif
the 1 thtfigs fhat were of interest to
me, . instead of .letting him talk as he
iChffce.' Twt.-anS subsequent conversa
tions revealed" an astonishing fact.
That man was the most interesting
man to talk to on just .two or three
i subjects. When he had "talked him
5 self out" along the3e ' lines he was
decidedly uninteresting. I learned that
i he. .had,, in order to impress people,
i learned to talk on a few subjects and
i as. Jong as he was able to carry the
! conversation as he chose he did real
| weli. But even the simplest things ;
j the .things that he should have known
! he did slot know. He was, as people
i had told me, just naturally dumb.
! . I have often wondered since, why
i it is that a man with intelligence
enough to figure out so successful a
methed of making a good impression,
can not educate himself along other
' lines as well as the few he specializes
in. An interesting conversationalist is
not one who can talk intelligently on
_ one or two subjects but is versatile
enough to talk intelligently along
many lines. To the people who knew
him he was dumb because, in order
to carry his part of the conversation
it was necessary to repeat the things
.they had- heard so often; the same
jokes, the same illustrations, the same
line of thought
I And I learned what I had half sus
pected; he nevier read; never studied.
And no one can be a good ronversa
tionalfrrt who is not well read and
something of a student of human na
ture. There is perhaps no one thing
that will make for versatility in con
versation than the ^tudy of human
natnro. People' are as variable as the
seasons and the most interesting
study one can pursue.
i boostmIws
?
There will be a cemetery cleaning
here next Saturday Oct. 1. Every
body having friends buried here
please come or send someone to help
clean up, also around the church.
Boilsteffl efisreh is improving. We
have the paint to paint the church
and hove appointed committee to
make tap the money to pay for the
churcft. We "ask ail members and
friends to please help us finance.
' Eev. Nathan Chapman filled his
regular appointment here last Sun
day, he preached an interesting ser
mon.
Mr. Moore and son Billy from
Asheville spent the) week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. Gerlie Shipman.
Mrs. Hatchett from Murphy is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Tom
Huffman.
I Mr. p.nd Mrs. Joe Ledbettcr visited
ancle Bill Ledbetter last Sunday ev
ening.
; Miss Willa King is home from Enka
this week.
Mrs. Lizer Ledbettor and Miss
Lula Reece visited Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Ort of Blantyr? last Sunday.
I Mrs._Jes.suj Birchfiel.d ?nd son Neil
visited Mrs. BiicKfields brother Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Huffman of Bent
Creek last Sunday.
i Rev. Afher Allison wili preach here
next Sunday at eleven o'clock,
i Wade Scruggs spent the past week
end with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hollings
worth.
Harold Scruggs and Billy Moore
went chinquapin hunting last Sun
day.
Mrs. Dovie Scruggs sptr.t last
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
English.
Cecil King spent last Sunday even
ing with Neil English.
Ralph Banning spent last Sunday
i evening with Miss Estelle Moffitt.
| =r*CS?E
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE
* Having qualified as executor of the
estate of Sarah M. Taylor, deceased,
late of Transylvania County, N. C.,
tihs is to notify all persons who have
claims against said estate to verify
and file sair.o with said executor
within 12 months from the date of
thi3 notice, or. this notice will be plead
in bar of their recovery.
All persons in any way indebted to
said estate are hereby required to
make immediate payment to trie
upde'/sigsfd.
This Sept. 27th-1932. '
WELCH GALLOWAY,.
Executor. ' i-'i?
6tp Sept 29, Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27, Hbv 3
666
LIQUID - TABLETS - SALVE
Checki^Maiaria in 3 days. Colds first
day, " Keadacfies or Neuralgia in SO
minatos.
666 SALVE for HEAD COLDS.
Sfcit- Speedy Remedies Known