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noted writer sees NEW THOUGHT NEED IN NORTH CAROLINA ' ( Continued From Page One ) of creative writing and advanced composition work. He >s spending h? summer vacation with his wife and two small children at the home of Mrs Ralph Zachary on Maple street where he has taken an apartment Mr. Philips mother, Mrs. Lucy PhJ ips of Rockingham, N. C., is a coun selor at Rockbrook Camp *or girlSj near Brevard and has been c^noc - with that cfcflip for eignt years Although a young man, Russell to an aceeyttd and accomplished writer, MTWtw nve,al biogxaphi^ a noval and b?ok-? of tra . . a veteran rsewspep^'.nan, ' the .all the nress having '.ured hitn to don wher, he fl^thw* years. worked in various departments on the 1^ don Daily Press < u the < only Ameri with ' newspapers in New York and Philadelphia. One of Mr. Russell's first _^book? was a biography;. lin. First Givvlizeu American. O.her biographies include, J?nn L jS Man of Action" and Emer 40n the Wisest American. a slorv of travel through Mexico and Yuca'an is "Red Tiger," a book 'ull if rich and exciting experience^ encountered while Mr Russell and an English artist weie traveling that country. The book covers a P""?* " four months, the duration .of the i?I? Mr. Russell and nib artisi friend st-irted out upon the "l'1?1?' tion without the approval of ?eir ,y unknown written about that section of the, *V?| Penetrating into the thickness of j "quebeTnews I (By Lucille Henderson) Mies Flora IS. o?f TuH^vs Paw S. C., is spending a few days Mr. and Mrs. T. C. McCall. 1 Mr? John H. Reid is visiting her. daughter, Mrs. C. L. Sanders of j Lake Toxaway. , Mr. and Mrs. C. S. McCall and Gene Moore went to a g^ve fco^;; tion at Macedonia church last Sun ^ ^Mr. and Mrs. James Chapman who have both been quite 1 1, are now in much better health. | Mr Dwight Hardin, Mr. John j -r&s; * set a? and Sunday. Mrs. Dwight Hardin is spring some time with her mother at Hor. C?lu-. and Mrs. Marcus McCall , are visiting Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Mcum ^Mr^and Mrs. Noah Whitmire had an ice cream supper Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Clarence Owen and togtor, Emilee jMjphije. ?? spending some time with Mr. ana *MS?R???Si M?. "? nirgssy ??<? Mi? Dovie Galloway of Easley, S. ?> visited friends at Reids last Sun daMi-ses Rebecca and Betty Jean Sm th spent Saturday night with Mr .and Mrs. Calvin Smith at Ros m1Sisses Lilliaan and Opal Dodgin *pent Sunday with Miss Lucille Henderson. sher, ^ ^ ^ Dariine, visited their ^andmothers Mrs. Gideon Miller, one day la*t WeMi- and Mrs. Lyle McCoy visited Mr and Mrs. T. T. Miller 0: Lake Toxaway one day last wee'. Miss Clara Thomas is spen. ing some time with her siuer in Easley, South Carolina. , r. Mrs. Lesa Loving vsited ner, t crts, Mr. and Mrs. Gideon Miler laMrSaBUSrT Robinson and family moved I Tryon Monday wjere Mr. R?r?He? who graduated from the University of \rorth Carolina last spring, la. cured work in Greenville, S. C. stnlU ?< ? *?'"? ?f W "SStad M of O'car Henderson last week , car returned home with him for the Of South Carolina spent Saturday night with Mis sMildred McCall. Mrs Harvey Galloway of Easley, S *C . s spending a few days de5??' Lucille Henderson spent Mon day night with Miss Rebecca Smith. Mr. Paul Mullmex of Easley, ?) C has been visiting Mr. G. C. Whi rnk,thcViU?'n"'' '?!>? ??tS out from the" the elementary Monday morning, ^ iwhec school children going 1 ???? K Sh |?Sl puffi at school. . | TRY OUR WANT AD? the tropical and semi-tropical jungles of Southern Mexico, a section in dis tinct contrast to the dry, dusty, un fertile regions of the north, Russell and his companion led by friendly Indian guides visitei beautiful tem ples seen by few white men. They witnessed in their imagina tion while browsing through the ol<3 temples of the Mayans, the elabor ate religious exercises of those In dians who possessed an unusually high type of civilization, having been familiar with astronomy, agricul ture, and architecture. They also visited the sacred city of Yucatan, Cheneteza and crossed the mainland of Mexico from the Atlantic in canoes, by horseback, and on foot, eventually arriving with their guides on the shores of the Pacific ocean. Arrested twice as a spy, RusseB was once re'eased on his cvm parole, when he consented to report to the nearest Commandant fcr trial, wlies he was arrested for taking pictures of a forbidden area on the coast of Yucatan. When he reported to the Commandant, and expained ihe sit uation he was allowed to keep his pictures and grantee permission to | take as many more as he desired. He : found th3 Indians to be a very I friend' y and congenial people al though they do resent the attitude tak<.n by so many tourists who look down upon ihem as being inferior. The Commandant explained to Mr. Rurse'l that tourists were not to' take pictures of the unusual scenes I in the cities, such as the buzzards walking the streets, as tame as pigeons, taking back to their friends a biased conception of what the country really represents. In tbis way gruesome" pictures are sometimes painted when the buzzard is rexlly; a tame bird protected by law and a va'uable scavenger. Entirely dependent upon the In dians for guiding purposes, Rusrell ; often fished and hunted with them. On one occasion he camped on a sort of Robinson Crusoe Is land for several days with Indian* who could speak neither English, nor Spanish and it was necessary I to use what knowledge he had of j their language and sign language in; order to be understood. He found '.hat forty different languages are , used in Mexico, the natives of one mountain cometimes speaking a language that their neighbors on a ncarhv hill couid not understand. | Professor Russell ha? a know- : le\!gc cf French, Geinirn, Spanish and Ita'ian which has served him well while traveling in Euvopa and ether sections of the world. He is author of a novel "Tumblers' and of "Harvesters", being a book of short biographical sketches of great men. The latter book covers a per iod of 700 years beginning with Frederick II of Sicly, Holy Roman Emperor and ending with Thomas ADD COLLEGE PROF Jefferson, connecting the lives of the men mentioned in such a way as to' reveal to the reader that their lives were all attached to the same tkread. A new biography, "Life of William the Conqueror" is now in the hands of publishers and will be released in the near future. Professor Russell takes a keen de'ight in writing biographies, since he says that he has gained more himself in reading such works than from any other type of writing. To him the study and the observation of a man's failures and successes, especially a man who de spite the handicaps and hardships of unfavorable circumstances has risen above them to fame contains an unsurpassable fascination. "North Carolinans do not realize that imaginative thinking is as valuable in its place as practical thinking, although the one should not exclude the other" Russell de clares. "North Carolina is in des perate need of a school of writers who will write the viewpoints and stories of North Carolina people. This state never has realized the value of native writers and the con tributions they have to offer. "A concrete example of the possi bilities of native writers is the re sults obtained from the writings of Mrs. Christian Reid of Salisbury who after a horseback trip through Western North Carolina wrote an article entitled "The Land of the Sky." This name has often been used in the years since the article was printed and has become a name for the Western section of the state, serving as a va'uable adver tising medium." Professor Russell believes that a North Carolina school of writers is gradually growing and he mentions such writers as Thomas Wolf and Mrs. Fielding Burke who form a nucleus for the fiction group; PauL Grcene, drama: Wilbur Daniel Steele and O'Henry, short stories; John C. McNeil and James L. Pierson, poet ry. , 1 He has observed that natives of the state wait for some outsider to come in to tell them about the beau ties of the precious 'aurel and rho dodendron which they chop down and apparently try to stamp out so unmercifully. Thsir appreciation of great leaders and writers of the state has been the same, aftd only when they awaken to this fact will North Carolina find her true place in the world of literature. Professor Russell often contributes to the magazines of America and an article recently appearsd in the "American Mercury" from his pen.' "Phases In the Life of Zebulon Vance," a great war governor 1 fighter and statesman, a product of the mountains, whoee memory is dy-j ing in the minds of his own people ( of North Carolina. j He believes that the future writers of North Carolina will come from Western North Carolina, because! this section of the state is rich in material; dll material can be found In the mountain section of the state that is not found in any other part of the world, every theme, every plot could be developed here, he in sists. Professor Russell ancl his family wil! leave in a few days for Chapel Hill where he will take up his work at the University. "Two-Millionth Visitor" ' ' Gets New Set of Tires ? h July 28 there was 2 sudden t'irring ;>j the Firestone Factory and. Exhibition Building at "A Century of Progress." Mrs. C'hsuncey Larsen, of Nnrihfield, Minn., "found herself beir<g formally presented with a a*.t of Firestone High Speed Tir?s, fresh from the molds nnd bearing the World's Fair medallion.* Manager C. D. Smith ma ie the presents ! tion to the "two-millionth visitor," I in the colorful surroundings pic iured above. ? vrith a capacity crowd of visitors applauding-. The 1 Larsons had motored to the Fair, j and one of the thing3 they wanted 'to see most was I ne Firestone ! Factory and Exhibition Euiltling AlcJcdiiig the manufacture cf tires. INTERESTING MEET PHI ,u; (Conl 'nuul From Page One) the teachers and principals of the' schools in a Manner thai was be fitting community leaders, and that1 those things which were too knotty! for clearance by the teacher and hi? or her principal were to be brought | tc the superintendent's office where' every service possible would be ren- : dered. I "You are a part of the communi ty in which you are teaching, an l as ! a representative of the county school system and the state of North Care-, lina you are expected to lend every cooperation to both parents and pupils, observing the Golden Ru e in all things, but at the same time remembering that you have your right and your specific duties" to perform," Mr. Bush advised the teachers. Bus drivers are to be cautioned by the teachers, the superintendent said, in regard to the two-mile law passed by the legislature, and in every way possible aid in keeping expenses to the minimum. Professor Hutchinson, head of ths Canton city schools, and executive member of the North Carolina Edu cation association, spoke briefly and convincingly of the work being done by his association, urging all teach ers to give their support to the as sociation, and as a reason for this support enumerated some of the services that have been rendered the teaching profession in the state by the association, with particu'ar reference to the last session of the General Assembly, when, he assert ed, the Bowie group were after "knifing the teachers of the state" political purposes. He stressed the point that teachers should know how and what representatives in the: General Assembly were going to do! about matters pertaining to schools and urged that teachers and their friends ascertain before voting for any man, his position on school ques-' tions. He declared that the education! commission of North Carolina was doing its utmost under the handicap j they are operating due to insuffi- 1 cient appropriations made by the J General Assembly, both for teachers and the schools. Julian Glazener, teacher of agri culture in Brevard high school, very emphatically declared to the teach- j ers that the time had come when! teachers of Transylvania and other | counties of the state should know1 who the man was that would repre sent them in the next legislature and know beforehand how he stood on school questions. "Call it enter politics or call it whatever you may," he said, "if we teachers are a'ert we will know the standing of any man before he is sent to the leg islature." He, too, stressed the fact, that as never before there was a need for cooperaton among teachers1 and school officials and declared; that ho believed that Transylvania's, group would "go all the way" in this cooperation. Randall Lyday, teacher of agrl-' culture at Rosman high, school, and C. M. Douglas of The Transylvania : Times spoke briefly, after which; Professor G. C. Bush was chosen as; head of the local unit N. C. E. A., | with Mrs. Bush as secretary. ( I 666 l Liquid ? Tablets -- Salve j Checks Malaria in 3 days, Colds first j day, Headaches or Neuralgia in cSU , FINE LAXATIVE and TONIC] Most Speedy Remedies Known.. ? RESPECTED NEGRO DIES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS Etta Kilgore, wife of "Uncle Lee" Kiigore, respected colored nir.n, dic-o Monday night at one o'clock after an illness of :;n'y a few davs. The de ceased was prominent in colored circles, being a leading member of Bethel B Baptist church, president of the missionary circ'e and other wise active in affairs pertaining to her race. Funeral services ware heid Wednesday afternoon at 2:30, with) Rev, L. C. Ivey, officiating. LET US DO YOUR JOB PRINTING rHE TIMES ADOPTS NRA CODE MONDAY People Asked To Cooperate In' Getting Paper Printed In Shorter Hour* Effective Monday morning: of this week The Transylvania Times adopt :d the Blue Eagle and is now operat ng under the provisional code of the weekly newspapers over the United States aa proposed by the National Editorial Association and approved by the Associated Weeklies of Western North Carolina and the North Caro lina Press, association. The code under which this news paper is operating coincides in the rru.in with the President's blanket :ode with a few exceptions, these exceptions being of interest oniy to the profession. Minimum hours of work are the same, 40 hours per we?k, with minimum wages higher than -.hat in many other lines Working under the code will nat urally necessitate some re-adjust ments in the office of The Times and carry with it extra costs in the production of the county newspaper, as in other lines of endeavor, but the paper is glad to cooperate with other progressive firms, not only in Transylvania county but the coun try over. With shortened hours in th? shop weekly wages are not to be decreased in the shop, the scale, in comfcrmity with the newspaper code and in keeping with the President's blanket oode having been put in ef fect the first of August The public, advertisers and read ers, are asked to do their part by giving us news items and advertis ing copy as early as possible. Under the code adopted, anc which will be put into effect immed iately upon details being completed by the National Editorial associa tion, prices of printing, advertising and circulation wil! b? fixed by th? governing body of the newspaper! th'? country over and will be stvictl; adhered to in The Times shop ai wf-1 ! as other shops in the nation Price of The Times per year, $1.0( in th-3 county and SI. SO outside wiil remain in effect possibi;y this week and next, after which tirn< price per year will be ba&ed upor cost, which will make it ccnsiderablj more than is new being charged Likewise, with adoption of a. cos finding system that is uniforn throughout the nation, prices ot printing will be f xed by the gov erning body, and in all like!ihoo< wi'l rise perceptibly. Until this nen ruling has been put into effect prices of printing that have been if vogue in The Times office for th< past months will continue. People wishing to rtnew their sub scription before the price of the pa KEYSTONE CAMP IN CIMNG EXERCISES ? I by: ? Eleven States Represented In Enrollment ? Award* To Campers Given Keystone Camp, for Girls, owned and directed by Miss Fannie Holt of Jacksonville, Florida closed its eighteenth season in "The Land of Waterfalls" here Tuesday evening with the final banquet. j Eleven states and the District of Columbia were represented at Kc-y ; stone this year and the counsellor^, I staff was dream from a wide tcrri ; tory. At the concljsion of the banquet Tuesday evening, Miss Fannie Ho'.t, camp director, presented the camp ers awards. Miss Mary K. Watson,^ ' of Charleston, 8. C-, was chosen a? , the Camp Spirit Girl, the highest ! award of the camp season, Miss Wat son also received her camp letters, Camp letters were presented tc | Virginia Kaulbatk of New Bedford, iMass.; Mary Margaret Musselman ;of Quincy, 111.; Mae Hampton of j Gainesville, F.'a; Molly Weeks of 1 Winston Sa'em. N. C.; Marjory i Adar.is of Miami Beach, Fla.; and Edna Earlt Wi'son of Bartow Fia. Saliy Maxcy, aged six, of Charlottes ville, Va. was awarded a pennar.t for achievements as the youngest [ camper. i The counselor staff, chosen^ for j personal qualities as well as for [ training and experience consisted ot ! the fo!. owing: Riding, Miss Jean ;Moore, Jacksonville; music, Miss Dorothy Dale, Nashville; crafts, Mrs. C. Seton Fleming, Jacksonville; ? : dramatics, Mrs. Rusell Snow, Cocoa, Fla. and Mrs. Edward Everett of , Atlanta; marksmanship and archery, Miss Margaret R. Pace of Miami; [ swimming Miss Harriet Baker of | Jaoksonvil e at:d Mrs. Houston Harp ! er of Washington, D. C. ; tennis, Miss J Helen Marsh, of Concord. N. C.J dancing, Miss Frances Gates, of Jackson, Miss.; secretary, Mrs. H. C. Barringer of Jacksonville; dietitian, Mrs. D, Kaulback of New Bedford, Mass.; registered nurse, Mr?. Ken neth F. Maxcy, of Charlottesville, Virginia. ' per is fixed in accordance with the f co?t finding basis are urged to tafce . advantage immediately of the price i now in eff'*t, $1.00 in the county . and $1.50 outside. 1 , the eight way to travei ? it by train. The safest. Most core. J fortable. Most reliebla. Costs less, I Inqnlre of Ticket Agents regarding ? 1 JreiiSy reduced fares for nhort Vipr. ? SOUTHERN RAILV/AV SYSTEM THE GROUND WIL DRY SOON And you can finish digging your potatoes, without danger of packing the soil, and spoiling your crop. Then bring them to us ? we'll pay you the hard cash, give you a square deal and take all your crop, No. Ones or Twos. $l00 Per Bushel For No. Ones .... all you have How About Your Corn Meal Our Mill is running every day, making a grade of meal that is pleasing our customers. A Complete Line Of Fall Seed for planting a fall garden, cover crop for soil improve ment, or a feed crop. YOU CAN SAVE MONEY By buying your groceries from ua? At least your neigh bor says he saves by trading here. If you want to buy or sell come to B. & B. FEEB & SEEB The Store With the Checkerboard Sign East Main Street /. BREVARD, N. C.
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