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PAGE TWO THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES, BREVARD, N. C. th«| The Transylvania Times Published Weekly on. Thursdays by times!; publishing COMPANY J. T. Fain and C. M. Ogle, Ov^ners Office—In Former Chamber of Commerce Head quarters, Opposite the Courthouse, Brevard, N. C. J. T. FAIN Editor C. MV OGLE Managing Edito $1.00 u , SUBSCRIPTION RATES Per Year Six Mdnths -50 (In Transylvania and Adjoining Counties) Per ¥*eflr, Elsewhere $1.50 Six Months, Elsewhere .75 Entered as second class matter, October 29, 1931, at the Post Office in Brevard, N. C., under the Act of March 3, 1879. BIBLE THOUGHT u. ONLY ONE WAY Jesus said, “I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life, no tnan cometh unto the Father but by Me.— John 14:6. Urtdonverted reader, God loves you; that is why Christ died for you, but remember that Heaven can only.be reached THROUGH CHRIST, GOD’S SON. ■—P. Stam, in The Star of Hope. Christ . suffered for s just, ,that He might bring }, the just for the to God. 1 Pet. 3:1 THAT MEXICAN TOMB Necklaces and breast plates of solid gold,'pearls as big as doves’ eggs, jade or naments that are beyond price, carvings of alal^aster and amethyst, vases of . gold and onyx—the treasures of the ancient tomb recently opened on Mont'e Alban, in old Mexico, seem to be the sort of thing arch- aeoltfgists dream about but seldom see. Undoubtedly the discovery will be of great i/nportance for the light it will shed on civilization in Mexico before the Span ish conquest. Even better, however, is the fact'- that its dazzling richness will lead many Americans to a new interest in that old civilization. One of the most romantic and colorful tales in- -all history is the tale of ancient Me.xican civilization. Yet most of us never bother to find out about it'. We know that MonTezuma ruled the Aztecs when Cortez came, and that the Spaniards took many a shij)loW of gold out of his realm—but thajt’s about all. The details of the bizarre civjU,:?i,^t}on that’ the Spaniards found and de^royed are a closed book to us. And the bo(Jk i^ well worth reading. If ever men. stumbled. into an enchanted land,, those conquering Spaniards did. Smiall wonder that Bernal Diaz, their his- torjaii;'wrote wildly and left all power of criticism.behind him! Enlightened and su- peistitutious, rich and half-naked, polish ed 'and crude, refined and cruel—the Mex icali civilization was a bundle of riddles, a majss of-contradictions that are not even yet entirely unraveled. Wfr6i‘e did they come from, those an cient Indian civilizers? Where did they leajrn the arts and sciences that made their cities dazzle their conquerors? Where did they get that startling legend of a white god who came out of the Atlantic, taught them for a time and then sailed away into th^ east? Whence came their ornaments ofjjad'e—found nowhere else in the new wM-ld? Where did they get that old-world emblem, the swastika? Why did they have a cross in so many of their sacred carv- r-r' Uhere are dozens of similar questions to be^inswered. The field is almost incred ibly interesting. The man who is induced, by,,this new tale of a rich tomb, to do a littje reading about ancient Mexico will finci himself-richly repaid. B PORTRAIT OF A SENATOR "Jim” Watson has got into the Atlantic Month ly. -..It was right that a classic example of the "glSdhancl” statesman should be exhibited in that Bo^on gallery, now so much more tolerant and coi^rehensive than in its earlier years. Mr. Frank E. (Cent is the arti-st. If the picture is unflattering, he Jjoesn't hide his liking, shared by so many of the resjj of us, for “the lovable old humbug.” But is Jinv-a humbug? Even Mr. Kent credits him with tw^ principles. He believes in the Republican or- gaiyzation and the skyscraping protective tariff. That is a considerable residuum of faith for a man wlig has been iijl Indialna politics for ,40 years., The taiiiir is flexibli^ So is Jim. He isn’t vexed by the holf^oblin of little minds. The rule of his political life- has been, '-‘If yoy can’t lick ’em, jine ’em.” Tbea-e is an Indiana saying that he “loves a ma- joifty.” #hy not? I^n’t it his business to obey the voice ot‘]^e people, kindly uttered by the machine? The nal^in shouldn’t be deprived of services like his hy a rash rebellion on his part. He reserves his inctependence for proper occasions. Thus in 1926 he -was firm for the Woxdd Court until he found Ih^ the late Mr. Beveridge intended to enter the senatorial primaries against him, making opposi tion to that court the main issue. So Jim reversed qu^kly, voting against the court, and sent word to Conlidge, then in the White House, that he had lo do'*4t, “but don’t hold it affhinst me.” In reply to a Mbt letter from an Indiana friend Jim wrote, in “Don’t get excited. I voted against the .court, but I got six other senators to vote for it.” Thus, while adapting himself to the political situation at home, he added strength to the cause he seemed to abandon. The prudent man looketh well to his going. Yet Mr. Kent calls him “non- principled.” If he is prodigal of promises, so is his barty. If he owes his long Indiana success largely to federal patronage and machine control of the primaries, his hearty personality and elastic adjustment to conditions, his sagacity in trimming and tacking have been indispensable in which poli tics is almost a religion. If his intellectual calibre is not imposing’, even for a senator, it is no ordi nary man who has managed to keep his post in a party torn with factions, given to sinister alliances, and rich in patriots who are, have been or ought to be in the penitentiary.—The New York Times. IT WILL BE HELPFUL The Reconstruction Finance Corporation will be helpful. The corporation has been launched under conditions non-partisan and harmonious,* with all agencies assuming an attitude of co-operation. And a bit of experience strengthens the hope of helpful results. It has been repeatedly stated that the re construction corporation follows closely the provi sions under which the War Finance Corporation was established to extend credits to those enter prises necessary in the prosecution of the war. The New York Times recalls that the War Finance Cor poration still in existence in 1921, when there was an economic disturance of short duration, was caused to function with beneficial results, in th( restoration of business conditions. After comment, ing upon the similarity of provision and resources existing, The Times looks into the history of the period through an examination of the reports of the War Finance Corporation. In its report of November, 1921, to Congress, the War Finance Corporation reported that its ganized relief to producers and to the banks which served them was “enabling banks with slow assets VO carry the existing loans of their farmer cus tomers for a longer period,” thereby “putting them in .a position to do new business.” It had developed “an auxiliary banking system to supplement exist ing financial facilities during the emergency.” By the beginning of 1922, so the next year’s report .set forth, “the effect of the corporation’s activities began to be felt throughout the country. Condi tions took a turn for the better and progressive im provements set in.” The mere existence of such a corporation, “the knowledge that it had the funds and powers necessary to meet the situation,” con tributed to that revival. “Even before its funds were made available in large amounts,” the report remarked, “a psychological reaction took place and confidence began to return.” With the experience and men who served at the time, directing the course of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, the feeling that results will be achieved is justified.—Spartanburg Herald. GLANCING BACK AT BREVARD Taken from the files of The Sylvan Valley News of Nov., 1895, through the courtesy of Mrs. F. E. B. Wright. ^AL SMIl AND mmm id ;ffiT IffilER [. G. Jones, lately employed with Vanderb'ilt’S' force on Big creek, is visiting in Brevard. . H. Hampton, our -genial clerk of the superior court', objects to- female help his office—it’s a boy. Another male heir to the James . Morgan Sr. estate has lately made his appearance. It has a puny start in life, weighing only 12 pounds. GEORGIA GIVES IT UP After considerable deliberation over the argu ments presented to him, Governor Richard B. Rus sell, Jr., of Georgia, has finally decided that he will not call a special session of the state legislature to consider cotton control legislation. The governor believes such a session would be a useless expense to the state and he is likewise con vinced that “the price of cotton is beyond the con trol of the Georgia legislature.” South Carolina spent some ten thousand or so dollars last year to pass a cotton prohibition law which was dead by its own terms before it was en acted, and maybe this experience helped the Geor gia governor to decide not to throw away money in. that fashion for the Georgia taxpayers. And the fact that Georgia is not going to attempt any plan of putting the state in the business of managing cotton growing for the farmers is further reason why the South Carolina legislature should finally abandon—if it has not already done so—all thought of wasting any more time on such sub- pects.—Greenville (S. C.) News. ADVERTISERS BEAT THE DEPRESSION The old aphorism, “It pays to advertise,” might be amended to read, “It pays to advertise during a depression.” A survey made by the Department of Com merce’s Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com merce of 358 business and industrial concerns which have successfully combatted the depression, liscloses that “increased sales efforts” and “adver tising policies” are responsible in most cases for this progress and uccess. The government’s report says: “It is noteworthy that not one- of the concerns which is included in this study as having been suc cessful in combatting the effects of the depression has diminished its sales effort (which of course in cludes advertising)) in order to save money.” This ought to be the last answer to thos«, busi ness concerns which have taken the position that “it does not pay to advertise during a depression” and have cut their advertising to the bone and paralyzed their sales, efforts. If results count, here they are.—Public Service Magazine. PAYING TAXES Over 50 per cent of the town and county taxes have already been collected which is an excellent showing when we consider the fact that many towns and counties in the state have collected less than 26 per cent of their 1931 taxes. As May 1 approaches the amount of uncollected taxes will be reduced to the usual low figure of previous years. People in this county believe that taxes should be paid promptly, and they are paying them that way. —The Stanly News and Press. THESE PROPHETS The United States, which produced, the eminent Dr. Calvin Coolidge who predicted recently that things would be either better or worse this year, has no monopoly upon accurate prophesying. There is England with its Sir William H. Bever idge, director of the London School of Economics. “The trade depression,” he says, “will at some time or other become less severe.”—Columbia, S. C., Record. HOW TO MAKE A FORTUNE 1931 STREET Sti-eets in several foreign cities are named for significant historic dates. Why couldn’t we pick out the 1031? The Smathers house, Asheville, has a card in this issue. Readers of the News who visit Asheville will find it a nice home for the weary passenger. Latler’s Friend?/ Gesture •i Sets up Political Repercussions ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 26.— Governor Franklin D, Roosevelt and former Governor Alfred E. Smith are to have a friendly meeting here February 12. The meeting was regarded as the gesture of friendliness of the presidential candidate of 1928 to the aspiring candidate of Democ racy in 1932, which was predicted when Roo^sevelt announced his candidacy. The announcement of the meet- ade by Roosevelt him- MELLON MOVES TO FINANCE HOOVER’S RECONSTRUCTION CORPORATION WITH L0A| Go? io Free Assets WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. — President Hoover today announc ed the selection of Harvey Couch, Arkansas financier, and-Jesse H. Jones, Houston, Texas, banker as two of the three Democratic di rectors of the two billion dollar reconstruction finance corpora tion. The appointment of the last director and passage.by the sen ate of a bill appropriating $500,- 000,000 initial capital remain to complete the setup of the new corporation. The senate appropriations com mittee approved the $500,000,000 reconstruction corporation appro priation bill today. Chair self. He said he understood that; Jones said he would seek to brin; John Hooper, with his family and the last of his household ef fects, passed thro’ Brevard on, Wednesday, to take up his abode | at his new home in Mills- River Smith was coming to Albany and would make arrangements to see him. Smith, ostensibly, is to visit his two grandchildren, the children i the WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. Secretary of the Treasury Mel- Frc and after the 3rd of Feb ruary the mail between this place and Hendersonville will be carried by the H. & B. railroad. So says Postmaster Cooper, Might it not be wisdom on the part of our boarding houses to keep a card in their local paper? Such publication would save writ ing many letters during the year. The report is prevalent here that a very rich vein of gold has been discovered in Horse Cove, some 18 miles southwest of Sap phire. It is rumored that the find has been sold for $40,000. Editor C. tl. Kenyon, of the Hendersonville Times, paid his re spects to the News .force on Mon day. He seems to be crowded with business, not a little of which comes from Brevard business men. A Carson Creek grumbler wants, to know what good the railroad is doing the farmers of Transylvan ia. As we are not prepared to answer the question we refer the subject to our merchants. Frank E. B. Jenkins gives our farmer readers a good article on the raising of our own supply of flour and bacon. According to his ihowing nearly or quite' $25,000 goes out of this county each year for these two items alone. It is time our farmers called, a halt, and commenced raising f^eir own provisions. ■John Adams Warn.4r, opened last ni-ght the gov- superintendent of state police, I (^.i-nment’s $2,000,000,000 recon- and- Mrs. Warner, the former Em-jgtruction finance campaign by of- ily_Smi_th. _ fering $350,000,000 in high-inter securities Married at the residence of Squire Willis Galloway, in Glou cester, on Thursday, January 9, L. M. Owen and Savannah Gall’o- way. Rev. E. Allison pronounced ceremony. Fully 50 people 2 present when the nuptial knot was tied, and the infair at Mr. Owen’s home the following day was largely attended. The News extends cong^ratulations. The fact that the two outstand ing figures in the Democratic na tional arena, who are widely re ported to be rivals for the Dem ocratic nomination, set up- politi cal repercussions which persons close to the situation believe will have far-reaching effects within the next few days. it had been predicted by friends of Roo.sevelt that the “friendly gesture” would be arranged soon to demonstrate to the national Democracy that the traditional friendship between the two men was not broken. Nevertheless, the activity of Smith adherents in many states to pledge delegates was watched ! askance by Roose velt'supporters in view of Smith’s silence. Messages continued to reach Roosevelt from all sections of the country congratulating him on his formal announcement of his can didacy. The latest communication to reach the governor informed him that Alaska Democrats unani mously adopted a resolution in structing their six delegates to cast - a unit vote for him. In replying to Luther Hess, chairman, and Thomas Davane, secretary, the governor said, “I am grateful for your telegram and to the Democrats of Alaska in convention assembled. Please give my friends my regards.” county, John Smith, a veterg milling business in this has assumed charge of Breese’s mill at this place, and has oved his family to the Walters place, just north of town. Mr. Smith has many personal friends who will be pleased to welcome him and his pleasant family back to their former place in Brevard social and business circles. B. J. Wilson, of Cathey’s Creek, was in this week and added his mite to the News fund. He states that as long as the News remains -partisan, as at present, his name will remain on the books. Well, when we so far forget the interests of the people as to be come a partisan instead of a pa-^ triot we shall absoi/e all readers 1 upholding our banner. Squire W. L. Hume is the first magistrate Brevard ever had who thought enough of the official po sition to advertise it—and we be lieve it will pay him well for the investment. Mr. Hume was for ral ye^rs associated with Asheville business men and hai become imbued with Asheville'' business ideas, one of which is that use of printers ink P3.ys. We wish him success. ^ The busiest pia^ in Brevard just .. Miller. The amount of ergy manifested by th there employed forcibly reminds of the machine shops, of Mich igan and the Great Lakes, Mr. Mil ler seems determined to supply the demand for machine worked lum ber, and what his machinery will not produce he will order for our buildings. He advertises a car load just received. GoVo Roosevelt Is SeeiEg Readioe To His Candidacy Bii| Advisors Await Sign of Friendship From Associate ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 2.5.— Reaction to Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt’s formal announcement of his presidential candidacy came thick and fast yesterday. The governor, however, de clined to make public any of the scores of telegrams and letters and months maturity, to raise money to loan to banks, railroads and farr And Mule Take News ^Spotligkt' CLARKSVILLE, Teim., 26. — Sixty chickens martyred here when Ray Ford lost her $125 dja' mond ring. Someone suggested a chicken might have swallowed it and every one of the floe'- was killed without result. The fowls were dressed and peddled from door to door. CLARKSVILLE. Tenn., 20. — Henry Mathis’ gog^ swallowed a ten dollar bill he dropped. The bill was recover- ed in a post mortem operation perfqrmed immediately and -was exchanged at a bank. BURLINGTON, N. C,, Jag, 26. — An unidentified muij was taken - in custody here today charged with reckless walking. Officer Currie Murrie made the arrest, lodged the complaint, secured a commit ment from a magistrate and •placed the prisoner in a city stall. The issues of treasury certifi cates of indebtedness are to pro vide $290,000,000 more than one- half of the )’econstruction cor poration’s half-billion-dollar cap ital stock, and $60,000,000 to re fund maturing obligations of the government. The rates of interest carried by the two new issues of treasury certificates, 3 1-8 per cent an nually on the series maturing on August 1, and 3 3-4 per cent on the series maturing on February 1, 1933, are expected to bring a quick over-subscription from banks and investors. Most gov ernment securities of the la^t 10 years have carried from 2 1-4 to 8 1-8 per cent. Applications for these certificates of indebt edness will be received through the federal reserve banks. The certificates will be exempt, i WASHINGTON, Jan. both as to principal and iriterest, j Young, assistant sei from all taxation, except estate of commerce for aeronai tics, was injured slightly in an ai. plane crash today at Berwyn, Md CRASH HURI! ARE FATAL I( EDDIE STIW Dean of U. .S. Aviator Succumbs in Hospital at Chicago and inheritance* taxes. The action, taken before gress completed final enactment motor died and his plar of the half-billion capital appro priation, insures that President Charles G. Dawes of the corpora tion, will be able to fire away with money at the stagnated credit condition as ’soon as Presi-. dent Hoover selects three more directors for the corporation. It appears that actual loans may be,jj^, made starting in 10 days or jreco^J^W^ fell five hundred feet w'hile he ? Pilot Marshall Boggs were c ducting- radio tests. weeks. CHICAGO, Ill., Jan. 26. - Edward A. (Eddie) Stinson, dea of America’s aviators, died toda of injuries suffered in a crash tin ght an end to his unequalle arly two years actu; The house passed the $500,000,-!^'^^^^^’ tne air. _ 000 appropriation in one minute L ^he pioneer pilot and airphr Saturday, and the senate probab- ® ly will approve it. Dawes and;'J}®- cracked up his plane in his co-workers will be able to loi'ced^ landing in Jackson Pai draw on the remaining $210,000,- l^st night. His three passengei 000 due for capital as soon as treasury makes another bond issue, probably in the next two three months, and the corpora tion can can raise another mighty r>um of money by selling its own government-guaranteed bonds to the public. President Hoover is expected to send to the senate for con firmation probably today the names of three Dmeocratic bank ing leaders, all from outside of New York’s Wall street, to com plete the seven-man board of di- ectors of the corporation. ceive-d at the executive mansion j-wel] as the nomination of Dawes, explaining he considered them “purely personal.” The governor, breaking his usual procedure, mained at Albany over ihe week end rather than go to his home at Hyde Park, With Roosevelt formally in the field, discussion here turned to plans of his predecessor—Alfred E. Smith—whose name persists in talk of Democratic possibilities. Roosevelt’s councillors are said to be desirous of some gesture to ward Democracy of the nation to indicate that friendship is as warm as ever between the two whose political careers have been closely associated since Roosevelt nominated Smith for presidency at San Francisco in 1920. The speculation as to Smith’s procedure has been fed on the ac- ^ tivities of a group of his friends who have kept his presidential possibilities alive despite Smith’s repeated statement that he is “above the draft age.” The reaction of the Roosevelt ,, 1 - , » announcement was said to come i^^chme shop of from every section of the country ‘ and from all sections of the Dern- hands ; ocratic party. Some of the mes sages were reported to be from Progressives of the middle and southwest, but whether they wei-e merely congratulations or indicat ed support might be forthcoming, was disclosed by the governor’s friends. Roosevelt delegates already number more than 50 per cent of those who will be sent to the Dem ocratic national convention in Chi cago, the governor’s political rec koners figure, and they believe he will have no serious obstacle to overcome to secure the 770 votes, or two-thirds, to obtain the nom ination. Farmer Murders Blonde Divorcee DETROIT, Jan. 27. — David Shafer, who had deserted his wife and six children, shot and killed himself last night as police knocked at the door of his house to arrest him for the murder of Mrs. Josephine Hudson, an attrac tive blond divorcee, whose body had been found in Shafer's auto’- mobile in a lover’s lane near the Ford airport. Shafer, a Washtenaw county farmer, shot himslef with ANDERSON DEPOSITORS WANT QUICK ACTION Democratic senate leaders are un derstood to have approved all four selections in advance, so quick work will be made of the last congressional contribution to the greatest governmental lend ing agency in the world. PIEDMONT MAY GET NEW CLUBS Wilmington and Columbia Seeking Franchises in Circuit His thre were injured, one seriously. The crash occurred just aero: the road from the Illinois Centri hospital, where Stinson and li passengers wore taken. Those injured were: Clark Fields, 80, KalaniazO' Mich., chief salesman for the Stii son Aircraft corporation; Fred J Gillies, 36, Chicago, and Joli Tompkins, 35, Chicago, a raechai Gillies suffered serious spin: injuries. Fields’ left leg was brol en in two places. Tompkins esca] ed with minor injuries 'and w able to walk from the scene. ANDERSON, S. C., Jan. 25.— Early liquidation or immediate re organization of the People’s State Bank of South Carolina, is favor ed and will be urged by a commit tee representing the Anderson branch which closed its doors along with the other 43 branches January 2. The spe-cial committee used to kill Mrs. Hud-1 representing stockholders and de same oughest detour in the nation and call woman was the divorced' po'sitors is headed by Marshall"*?, ’vife of a neighboring farmer. Her | Orr, executive vice-president ot the local bank. boiijy was found earlier Sundav. RALEIGH, N. C., Jan. 2( Wilmington, N. C., and Columbia, S. C., both some dis tance from the league territory, have indicated they will make an attempt to gain Piedmont league franchises, it was reported yester day. Of the ^931 Pie’dmont leag membership, only Raleigh, Char lotte, Asheville and Greensboro certain to continue operations 1932, Henderson is considered not likely to retain its franchise, Durham and Winston-Salem have turned their charters back to the league directors, and High Point considered doubtful. V/ilmington, N. C., former headquarters of the East Carolina i drawback in its ap plication for membership in that it is 450 miles from Asheville, spoiling somewhat the compact •ea covered by the 1931 mem bership. Columbia would be little better in that respect. The pres ent stretch of the leiigue is only 275 miles from Raleigh to Ashe ville. l.ouisville American association club will operate Asheville this sea-son and Baltimore in the Inter national league is reported ready to opei’ate the Durham franchise. Winston-SS'Iem may resume activ ities under new leadership, it was said. There is no substitute for newspaper advertising. HEART DISEASE FATAL TO CHEWING GUM KING PHOENIX, Ariz., an. 26,- William Wrigley, Jr., 70, mult millionaire chewing gum magna' and''ownGr of the Chicago Natioi al league baseball clu!), died hci at 2:30 a. m. today from a hea attack. Members of his family were ; the bedside but there had been i indications that his condition w; serious, although he had been ill health for some time. He wi forced to his bed a week ago. Wrigley founded the chewir gum business which bore h name and made it one of tl most striking merchandising su cesses of the decade. His so: Philip K., succeeded him seven years ago as president. The eldi Wrigley became chairman of t! board. William Wrigley, Jr., was successful merchant. He made tl Chicago Cubs one of the most su' cessful baseball teams, financial! in the country, setting record a ter record for attendance. I! gave the philosophy of his sale: manship several years ago i these words: “Tell ’em quick and tell ’e: often. You must have a goc product in the first place, an something’ that people want, fc it’s easier to row downstrea than up. Explain to the foil plainly and sincerely what yo have to sell, do it in as few wort as possible—and keep everlasting ly coming at |;h€ ’Advertising is pretty miK like' running a furnace. Youb got to keep on shoveling eqa Once^ you stop stoking, the goes 'dut. It’s strange that son: people’s imagination cein’t con pass this fact.” Wrigley “kept shoveling coal into whatever he did, whether was the merchandising of his gun the promotion of Catalina Islaii or Arizona real estate propertie, the establishment of the Chicaj’' Cubs in the hearts of baseba fans, the satisfaction of his grea est personal ambition—a worl series pennant, or philanthropy- The body will be sent to Pasf dena, Calif., where funeral ser' ices will be held tomorrow. Bui ial probably will be at Avaloi Catalina island, which Wrigh' purchased ten years ago.