THE BREVARD NEWS j
Published Every Thursday by
THE TRANSYLVANIA
PUBLISHING CO., Inc.
Entered at the Postoffice in Brevard,
N. C., as Second Cbss Matter
? . ? ^
James F. Barrett Editor
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
(Payable In Advance) v
One Year $2.00
SJ* Months 1.00
Three Months 60
Thursday, October 13, 1932
DISCOVERING HIDDEN
TALENT.
Not until the directors of the min
strei snow' to be staged here on Oc
tober 20th, began looking around for
local talent for their show did thej}
realize that there was 3o much of
it in the community.
Here they found one who could
sing, and sing well; another who
could dance and still another who was
a good speaker and on down the line;
someone was found who could fill
any place to be filled. This fact has
been encouraging and now rehearsals
are under way and it is believed that
the show to be staged will be one oi
the best ever attempted in this section
for there is no shortage of local tal
ent and every one seems not only
willing but eager to take part in th<
show. They will cooperate and thai
goes a long ways.
As was mentioned in last week's
News this show is being- staged foi
the benefit of the fire department
and indications are that it will be i
big success from every standpoint.
DAHLIA SOCIETY GETTING
FINE START.
Some time ago someone mentionec
the possibilities of a Dahlia Societj
here. Very few, at that time evincec
much interest in the enterprise bu*
now it is under way and bids fair t<
become a real live organization, Ai
recent meetings it has been broughi
out that a number of persons here
though they have had very little ex
perience with this flower are inter
csted in its culture both for the beau
ty of the flower and for the profi'
is offers for intensive cultivation.
Plans are being laid for a perrna
nent organization and some are dis
cussing a Dahlia show to be stagec
early next fall. Several individua
growers here have produced, fron
time to time, some fine specimen ol
this flower, providing that it can b<
done here.
?|i| Don't laugh at the mistake^^>tF
Bkrs. You may make one yourself,
SfiPsonw day.
Don't say ail women are bad. They
haven't p.H run around with you.
A DIFFICULT PROBLEM I
TO SOLVE
la Transylvania county there ure,
according to latest reports, 400 fami
lies dependent cn charity. This prob
i lem would be simple of solution if S
i it were not for two facts. In the !
1 first place there are not sufficient j
! funds to care for them and in the |
. second place the funds available mu3t .
| be distributed where they will do the '
j most good.
| Americans, as a rule, are a proui
people. They will accept charity only
as a last resort. But there are ex
' ceptions to the rule and it is these
| exceptions which make welfare work
! such a problem. There are some
! people who will do all they can in
! order to secure these funds when they
: have not done the best they can to
help themselves. There are some who
, will ask for charity when they are not
in need. They consider these funds
. as public and they want their share
whether they deserve it or not.
Welfare officers can not, in every
case, determine which applicant is
really in need and which is not. In
i this manner many receive aid who
. do not need it while others do not
( receive it who are really in need.
. At this time, more than at any other
> it is important that the small amount
( of aid available be given to the most
deserving and the only way in which
r this can be done is for only those
, who have exhausted every resource
. at their command for this aid.
I Welfare agencies are doing all that
! is possible for them to do but in or
. dev to carry on this work effectually
. it is important that they receive the
( aid of every one.
| ARE YOU FILLING THE PLACE
FOR WHICH YOU ARE
; BEST FITTED?
I If you would be successful in life
r endeavor to find the place you are
| best suited to fill and then do your
t best to advance in it.
> Life'? failures are misfits. Men
t and women who have been attempting
t' to fill the places for which they have
( had no aptitude, no talent, no ability.
. They have struggled on, desperately
. attempting to accomplish big things,
. not realizing they were not fitted for
t the work or being so situated that
they could not make a change.
There is nothing that will make for
. success more than to feel that you
j are in a place where you can exert
1 your best efforts and feci that you
, are better satisfied than you would
f be in any other capacity.
j And the saddest thing in the world
is to see men and women plodding
on through life, knowing they are
* j .misfits and unable to change the
' course of their lives. Success will
never come from such a situation.
M ore failures are caused by inab'T
ity to save than by inability to earn. ;
J The man who is continually com- !
plaining about people not doing the
things tKfey should be doing is gen
erally the one who is at fault. If
be were busy doing his own work he
would not know that others were not
doing their?.
SHALL REPEAL THE
EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT!
Let's repeal the eighteenth amend-!
msnt in order that:
? the good, low-abiding citizen,
who is too conscientious to drink 'li
quor because it is a violation of the
law, may do so without any tinge of
conscience.
? the boy or girl who wants to "try ,
it out just for the novelty of the
thing" may be able to get it with
out embarrassment or inconvenience.
What matters it if a habit is formed.
? the old man, who, fn his last
years has not the power of will to
resist it when it is so easy to 3ecure,
may "fee! young again." The fact
that it cause him to fill an early
grave should cause us no concern,
should it?
? the man who has sworn off may,
? in a moment of dejection and despon
.] dency, find it easy to renew the habit,
! may drown his sorrows, a thing he
j would not have done had it not been
so easy, since he had "broken off"
with his bootlegger and by the time
he would have formed a new connec
tion he would have changed his mind.
? that the man who is working for
a moderate salary may take some of
the money his family needs and spend
it for this "stuff" that can only bring
i sorrow and remorse. "
! ? the man who does not drink be
cause he is afraid of the liquor that
is being sold, and who is better off
because of it, may drink without these
: fears.
? our sons and our daughters may
| make their parties "wilder" because
j they can get the "whoopee" into it
I without violating the law.
? we may admit the laws of the
nation are not sound, cannot be en
forced, and when we have such a law
it should be repealed, as should any
law that is violated. Perhaps in time
the country may boast of licensed
houses of ill-fame, opium-smoking
l dens, legal gambling, perhaps even
j lotteries conducted by the government
and other similar enterprises which
will place our nation on an equal
footing with other nations who have
always tolerated these things and as
a result have remained in the back
ground as far as progress and devel
opment are converned.
? ? that the people of this nation
j may sacrifice or. the altar of greed,
j the Christianity, morality and the
' general well being of the people and
! do everything possible to lure its
| youth and those who may be attracted
to it, over the road which will enable
us to "merrily stagger to Hell."
I '
| THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE
? IN AMERICA
I' The lot of the farmer has always
? been a h?v'' He has toiled from
daylight to dark and at the end of
the year has had very little to show
for his labors. Compared to other
lines of endeavor his compensation
has been discouragingly small. The
same routine has been consistently
followed, save in a few instances,
where some one farmer in a com
munity has demonstrated superior
ability in the planning of his crops,
in the selection of his seed, in choice
of fertilizers and in his foresight
which has enabled to 'produce the crops
which would net him the largest
returns.
This is tiot an indictment against
the farmers of the old school. They
did all they knew to do. And their
lack of the knowledge which is the
proud possession of the planter of
today is not to be held against them.
Although agriculture is .the backbone
(if any nation, and always lias twin,
for some reason progress seems to
have been slower in this line than in
any other. When this knowledge is
finally presented to them the farmers
use it and profit by it. The farmer
who hadi learned by experience or
study that this method or that meth
od of seed selection, cultivation or
crop rotation will be more profitable
to him readily puts the knowledge to
work and realizes proportionately in
creased returns.
Today our schools are teaching vo
cational agriculture and giving the
student the advantage of years of
study and experiment. The^ problems
our fathers and grandfathers were
forced to work out for themselves are
being taught these young people so
that their work can be confined more
to actual production than to experi
mentation? Their work will bs more
profitable because of it. Our girls
are being taught hone-making; not
the drudgery that their mothers knew
but the modern, scientific way of do
ing things. They are being taught
to look upon home-inaking as a sci- !
ence and an art.
What the future holds in store for
the farmers we can not say; but
whatever it^is they will be prepared.
to make the most of every opportwn- :
ity that presents itself. This will !
not be confined to the fields for the ?
mothers and wives of tomorrow are I
receiving a training that is of no 1
less value than that of the young men \
who will be the fathers and husbands. !
What the outgrowth of this de- 1
pression will me?n to agriculture is j
impossible to jforecast but it may
mean that quantity production vil! .
not be the aim of thfl fanner oi the |
future. His efforts will be directed J
more toward the production of qua
lity products ; making every effort to ;
get the maximum production with
the minimum expenditure of time and
money and that more time will be
devoted to the beautiflcation of the
home and to the comfort of the fam
ily. If that is what is to be the
| outgrowth it will be well worth what
i It may have cost.
And there has begun, through the
nation a new movement. People are
going back to the soil. Those who
left to seek new worlds to conquer
and have failed are going back en
lightened while those who have never
been on the farm are going to a
new life and taking the experiences
of life in the cities with them. These
j people are coming to a realization
I that the man or woman who will
| work intelligently can make a living
; on the farm. They are tired of city
i life; tired of its nerve-racking hustle
'and bustle, its glamour and its con
| gestion ; tired of its noises and its
' restrictions. They want to live a
natural life; a life of freedom; where
I the man who will work can live,
If you can only offer adverse criti
cism at least make it constructive.
The man or woman who knows
something about everything seidom
knows everything about something.
When business is bad talk about the
time when it was worse ; not the time
when it was better.
If you are not living up to the high
ideals you preach, don't stop preach
ing; begin living according to your
preaching.
If you can't get anything out of
attended church don't try to persuade
your neighbor not to attend; he may
be more open minded than you are.
I
% The Practical
? Religion. J
t Little applications of Religion J
to the Dailv Life. ?>
?> v
"Study to show thyself approved
unto God, a workman that needeth
not to be ashamed, rightly divi<K*r;
the word of irulli."
Those who claim to be unable to
live the proper kind of life, who do
not know just what is the proper
thing to do are not living up to the
command here set down and that fact
is responsible for their being unable
to do what is required of them.
The commands of God, as set forth
in his word, are simple. In the first
place, He says study. No one would
be foolish enough to -pick up a book
on History and glance thru it or read
one chapter here and another there
1 about history. Nor is this true of
I any other slubject. If one would
learn one must study. It. is only to
those who do not study the Bible that
it appears contradictory. We have
laws today thafc are contradictory.
Why? Because one law was made to
care for a certain condition existing
at one time. We progressed and then
other laws were made to fit the needs
of the day. The old law was good
when it wag passed. The new law
was passed, not necessarily - to re
place the old one but to care for con
? ditions that did not exist at the time
I the first law was made.
! It is only by careful study that
j the Bjible can be made self-explana
tory. Casually glancing at the va
rious texts will give the impression
of contradiction while study will re
veal the opposite. It is because of
this fact that we are commanded to
study. We are not to take only what
is given by the minister or by stu
dents of the Bibie but each individual
i must study for himself. Your
' thoughts, your ideas, your inspira
| tion, as your read and study may give
I you ar. insight into the teachings of
the Holy Word that you could not get
from any other source.
And when you study, do 30 with
an open mind ; forget the things
you may have heard and seen and
read in order that you may think out
the problems you encounter while you
read.
Whatever your mood there is al
ways something to be found in the j
Bible which will be an inspiration to .
you. There is always something new, '
some new idea, some new thought. :
You read a verse or a chapter and
connect it with some other that you
may have read and this connection
may give birth tc the solution of a j
problem that had been worrying you
for some time.
Your minister can be of invaluable
aid to you in the study of the Bible
but do not depend on him too much.
He can not live your life for ynu; he
can not do your studying for you.
You must do something for yourself
if you would be "a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed."
Prices should be more satisfactory :
for apples this winter because of the i
short supply in the main growing sec- i
tion of Western North Carolina, say? s
rr T r h v --.Jurist at <
State College. 1
FORCED LANDINGS
By R. X Poole
Todays Nuisance: Ghas. Morgan,
Ed Wike and a few othets, not men- j
tioning some certain ones, would suf- !
fer tha loss of their home if Long? j
Drug Store ahculd happen to bnrnj
down.
George, over at the Cafe says that
business picked up Sunday when a
.fellow came in and ordered 4 orders
i of eggs, being eight in number, which
' were fried ; 3 orders of buttered toast,
being 9 slices; 1 order of boiled ham
and 2 cups of coffee. After eating
such an enormoui sum of food, payed
George and told him that he was in
a hurry and would come back later
and eat a square meal. (If there is1
anyone desiring proof to this state
ment I will gladly invite you to go
over to the Cafe and eliminate any
such doubt that exists in your mind
by questioning the proprietor or the
cook about the matter.)
Now there has been a new deep sea
diving record made with a apparatus
invented by Otis Barfon, which de
scended half a mile under water ?
! Probably this will be another solution
j to find some of the precious -jewels
i that the deep sea has been hoarding
| for ail these years and also help the
j unemployed situation if there hap
? pens to be a defect in the apparatus,
I because the pressure is about 4,800
Itons, enough to flatten anyone if the
{apparatus fail3.
One thing that Mr. Oliver Orr can
! not understand is the world turning
? every twenty-four hours and never
! getting anywhere.
? *
| If the brains of some people were
: grease, there would not be enough to
j grease 'the hinges on their grand
? mothers glasses.
Mr. Mills was down town recently
] and happened to be discussing dogs,
i During the conversation a- man in
I sisted that he show his well bred dog
to Mr. Mills. He knowing his dogs
and the worth of dogs, looked at the
| animal and without hesitation, said
i yes, he is well bred, because bread is
1 all that he will hunt.
Friday and Saturday, if you don't
care
j We will spend at the State Fair;
All the staff having free. Pullman
fare
| Hoping to meet you all there.
Hearing about Mollie Snelson get
ting married in Asheville recently
sure was a shock to some of the young
! hopefuls of Brevard who would have
enjoyed having her for cook and chief
bottle-washer. Mollie heres hoping
that you will have happiness through
all your life and may all your troubles
! be little ones.
l
; LOST ? One bag of ("Absentee Bal
j lots.") Finder, please return to Eck
I Simms.
If you want to know whether a
person is dead or alive just apply
the flame of a candle to the tip of one
of the big toes of the supposed" corpse,
and a blister will immediately rise.
If the vitality is gone this will be full
I of air, and will burst with some
I noise if the flame be applied to it
a few seconds longer; if life is not
; extinct, the blister will be full of rnat
' ter and will not burst. The test should
be applied as soon as life is supposed
to be extinct.
I Henry Henderson: Maggie did you
know that George was dead?
Maggie Owenby: No, what George?
Henry Henderson: "George Wash
ington."
! The management of the Harper
! Method Beauty Parlor should appre
| date having a business worker like
j Margaret Barnett. She even goes to
| the extent of inviting men to have
I their beautification made at this es
I tablishment ? We know this is a true
statement because she invited Cecil
i Brantley to come in so she could give
; him a permanent wave.
In describing Miss Case as "Viva
j cious and Exuberant," columnist
; Brantley, better known as (A. Loung
er), no doubt must have had an in
i spiration. ? Clever folks can i%ad be
j tween the .lines.
| In the olden times the people were
! so good and never did anything that
was a disgrace to the community, but
today the world is going to the dogs
j with everyone a sinner ? To my ,
! opinion, the people of tjic olden days
were as bad as they arc today, deir.g i
their meanness behind the door white
in this modern age it is done openly. ;
Maybe by the women dipping snuff
in those days had lots to do with
keeping the men from slobbering over j
them as they do today.
If one would think for a moment |
and glance back through the years ;
that have passed by, ha or she would
see many things that they have done
that were far more worse -than the
younger generation of today are
doing. * I
Today the country is run by old :
people, not admitting the young to j
take such positions to show their j
ability to do good things. We are in '
the midst of a worldly depression that 1
has caused many to fall by the way- j
side and lead r destructive life who j
before were leading a constructive i
type of life.
"Who caused the Depression V ?
the old people did it and today they j
are downing the younger generation I
for the crash. They are wanting to '
repeal all the gocd iaw3 that we have
and according to the religion that.
lome of the old people have they will
'oon want to repeal the Ton C
nandments. j
SHOULD ADVERTISE
WOOD AS REAL FUEL
Those folks who enjoy a fire-place
and appreciate the cheer and cosi
ness of a fireplace on frosty fall ev
engins say there is no substitute for
wood as a fireplace fuel.
The wood fire :n the kitchen range
will heat the kitchen while the food
is cooking and will also give a sup
ply1 of hot water thus reducing the
costs of the three operations, says R.
W. Graeber, extension forester at
Stat* College, who believes farmers
, stiuuld advertise the virtues o^wood
! as a fuel.
"For the farmer himself, is
: no -more efficient fuel than the wood
I from his own forest," says Graeber,
i "and it undoubtedly is true that
many city people may save on their
fuel bilis by using wood for cooking
' and heating. Particularly is this true
' in the early fall and spring when it
is not economical to have the furnace
going. A wood fire is quickly and
easily started and when the fuel is
! dry and well seasoned, the amount
of smoke and gas is reducsd to a
! minimum. Many a city person has
j found that he can use wood in his
furnace at less cost than coal. Some
use wood during the day and coal
J at night. A wood fire in a furnace
requires more attentiofi than a coa!
fire but by using large chunks of
hardwood and giving attention to the
grates and drafts, this objection may ~
be largely overcome.''
I Mr. Graeber believes the merits of
North Carolina hardwood as fuel
: should be continually emphasized by
! farmers and other woodland ownefS.
It should not be hard to establish ?
dependable trade in the fuel where
the buyers are assured of a constant
] supply. This lack of a supply is one
reason why more city people do not
buy more wood. At this time, how
ever, many people are interested in
! reducing their iivir.g costs and will
give more attention to the arguments
, in favor of wood, he says.
! Dr. A. Capehart of Roxobel, Bertie
County, says he will make 20 bales
of cotton on 16 acres where he used
good seed and liberal applications of
stable manure.
j EXECUTOR'S NOTICE
i 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 same with said executor
within 12 months from the date of
this 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 the
undersigned.
This Sept. 27th-1932.
WELCH GALLOWAY,
Executor,
6tp Sept 29, Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27, Nov 3
To remove ink stains from
white linen or cotton, soak in
a mixture i if two tablespoonsful
SO-HY to each quart of water.
If a yellow stain remains, it
can generally be removed by
applying vinegar o r lemon
juice. Rin:?c- well,
jjl Yov-t Favc-rite Store
TRUSTEE'S SALE
! By virtue of the power oi saw con
[ tained in a certain deed of trust made
I by Mrs. Leah Shuford and husband, A.
! C. Shuford, to 0. V. F. Blythe, Trus
: tee, dated August 18, 1931, and duly
registered in the office of the Reg
ister of Deeds for Transylvania
County, North Carolina, ir. Book of
Mortgages and Deeds of Trust No.
28, at page 157, to which reference is
; hereby made, and default having been
made in payment of the indebtedness
| secured bv said deed of trust, and the
i terms and conditions therein provided
j for the payment of taxes, and in
terest whereby the power of sale
therein contained has become opera
tive, said undersigned Trustee will,
! on Saturday Oct. 29, 1932 lat 12
j o'clock noon, sell, at public auction,
for cash, at the Transylvania Coun
I ty Court House door, in the Town of
i Brevard, County of Transylvania,
i State of North Carolina, the follow
! ing land and premises:
In Boyd Township, Transylvania
County, North Carolina, known and
designated as follows: BEGINNING
at a stone at a ditch Mrs. Lyday's
comer, and runs down and with the
ditch, North 71 E 29 poles and seven
links to a stone, the Lyday and Duck
worth corner; thence with the Lyday
and Duckworth line, N 7 1-2 W. 272
. poles (crossing the Public Road at
, 112 1-2 poles) to a pine on the top
: of the mountain ; thence S 71 W. 30
! poles and 20 links to a stake; thencc
S 7 1-2 E 154 poles to a locust stake
cn the north tank of the public road ;
j thence S 8 i-fi E 119 poles to the BE
[ GINNING, Containing 50 acres, more
1 or less, and being the same land con
veyed by C. C. Duckworth and wife
to Mary Mull, by deed dated March
26, 1919 and recorded in the office
of the Register of Deeds for Transyl
vania County, N. C, in Book 41 et
page 124, to which deed and record
/reference is hereby made as part of
the description. Excepting and re
serving from above description'^Mjt
from this conveyance that parfTjJt
the above boundary that laps over on
A. C. Lyday's land being about one
half acre thereof.
Dated this 29 day of September,
1932.
MRS. ROXIE BLYTHE,
Executrix of 0. V. F. Blythe,
Deceased, Trustee.
Sept 29, Oct. 6, 13, 20, 27.