DRY LETTERS OF INTEREST
WHITMIRE WRITES
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Editor Transylvania Times:
Will you allow me just u little
space in The Times that I may speak
through it to my friends in Transyl
vania county urging them to go to
their voting precincts on Tuesday,
November 7 and cast their vote
against repeal of the 18th Amend
ment—which counts dry.
I am frank to admit that the 18tn
Amendment is going to be repealed
no difffferenoe how we vote but we
can save our state from the wet col
umn if the dry voters will all go to
the polls and vote Tuesday, Novem
ber 7th. But giving the wets all
doubts and say the state might go
wot what are we going to do with
Transylvania county, which has the
great honor of landing a junior col
lege [n Brevard? Would the folks
who gave us two hundred thousand
dollars worth of improved real
estate which made it possible for u«
to gc! the college located here, ap
preciate seeing Transylvania county
in the wet column? My answer is
no, but if they sec Transylvania
county in the dry column you will
hear them sav ‘‘we made no mistake
in our location." Now, my friends,
it can bo done. The dry force? are
gaining every day. 1 caw 200 voter?
last Sunday afternoon rise to their
fevt and .-ay. "We will do our part
to cany our county dry.”
Now. my good Christian friends- ,
men and women—I beg and plea"
f, ,- you to go to your voting precinct
—even if you have to waik on lucs
dav, November 7 and enst your vote
and it will be the best days
work ym ever did in your li.o, jtu-t
»o knew you did your part. It every
man and woman who honestly be
lieves it best fev our county to go
div will uo out and vote on Novem
r 7th it will g<> dry by BO" major
i*v The onlv hope for the wets now
is' that the dry will not turn out
an<| vote. This is or.e time they will
h- surprised, for I know the dry voU
.vs are going to the polls it >hov
have to walk.
It tins Rime w t v
it but let us fight from sun-up to
un-down to keep Transylvania
county, the home of the Junior col
lege, in the dry ranks. Now in dos
ing. try friends, I wish to say wo
can nut the wets away by going to
tli, polls -'ti election day.
T \V. Whitmire.
SHOULD VOTE DRY
SAYS BREEDLOVE
Editor The Times:
Please allow m> opinion in regard
to the letter by Mr. Eck Sima, Octo
ber 12. giving bis position and decis
ion against the 18th amendment.
Mr. Sims says he is in favor of a
better system of enforcement but
docs not for one time state what that
■-ystem might be. We want to know
who he expects to vote for a thing
they know nothing about, and the
public should demand a showdown.
Mr. Sims states further that, r.
host of good citizens who are in fav
or of the dry issue were lounging in
comfort by their firesides, unmind
ful and unconcerned toward the ef
fort- ho was making to halt the evils
hi loundly complained of. Yet he
failed to state many would have
helped willingly if they had beer,
given the privilege.
Many tilings we could state at this|
time which wi shall omit, yet we I
fed that it is an imposition for Mr.I
Sims to lay any blame on some of |
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]\e Are ,
Paying j
(subject to change)
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Heavy Hens, 11 ^ 1 b. up
In trade .lie j
Cash.10c ;
Light Hens, under 4 Ulb. !
In trade .10c j
Cash.9c 1
Leghorn Hens, trade 8c ]
Cash. 7c i
Fryers.! 10c
EGGS, in trade .... 25c !
Cash.2:5c •
Potatoes, No. I .... 80c !
No. 2.40 j
B. & B. FEED
AND SEED CO.
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our faithful citizens who would have
given their lives if need be against
the liquor traffic. Yet some of us
were denied.
Yes, Mr. Sims served a number of,
years and did much, but all this
time he was drawing a fat salary,
and us a private citizen he is as ;
neutral as any of us.
Mr. Sims says he is against see
ing men, women and boys buying
whiskey on the highways nnd byways
that is very poisonous and makes
them craiy. We challenge any one to
mention a blend of whiskey free
from poisonous effects. The last we
drank was government controlled 26
years ago, end please take notice it
had a poisonous effect.
We ask in the name and honor of
our country and the innocent youth
Of our land, why should we go back
25 years to degradation and shame"
Hut lee us think soberly and prayer
fully nnd vote for Clod and right on
Novcmbei Tib.
Wurd Breedlove
Sclion, N. C. t);
| October 2li. 19HN •,
MR. HENDERSON
WRITES POEM
It is lnml to fool a fellow with open
heart mill eyes,
With en.s well trained and set to .
catch the sound.
With gentle touch and fooling for I
hopeless sobs and cries
When controls have failed to func- j
tlon till one’s downed.
Bui tii? heartless, cruel hoaxers j
that have plied that trick so
long. , ,
Cover all their erooked business
with veneer, _ .. .
\nd unless you want the Devil and
everything that is wrong
You must look below the surface:
be a seer!
\Vh' n you see a little poster quoting
"WickorshnmV Report," !
,.\nd great mm of other ages brought
around
T. plead for legal liquor tor the
pi* cut ago and court,
It’s a wicked rh nn report that you
have found.
Wh n men come ‘round proclaiming
with limber tongue ihe tale
Ilf happy times when legal liquor
(lowed.
Far,- trained for truth and justice
can hear the bitter wail j
(if helpless women crushed beneath j
the load.
Of drunken husband’s thieving, and^
the children under-fed, j
And homes without the means io ,
carry or, .
And give their loved ones clothing |
and the needed daily bread; i
Where heart ache holds and lingo-i
ing hopes are gone.
Whin tin y tell yui <>f the taxes
that the liquor tratio will bring
And prosperity that flows througn
liquor lands, .
Tie accustomed nose can sum anil
smell the very thing
That drunken men disgorge—the
brewers’ brands.
Think! A dollar sunk in whiskey
t’or to wet u wretches throat,
•hist to bring two cents in taxes
to the state!
Is it justified by reason or by econo
mic note, . j
As tin wets are wont, with winks,
to calculate':
I
Oh! Prosperity in liquor lands, with
wage- gone for drink?
To th ' brewers, ye- to the working
man, . ,
Each lifted gins- will forge in slav
orv’- chain, a link.
\ cniel curs to bind him heel and
hand.
The great defending Father hear thrj
lit tie children’s cry;
The unborn babes out yonder, yet
to be, . 1
And arm, for them, this nation to !
hold the earth and sky, ]
Erom the awful curse of drink (.
forever free. j
J. K. Henderson.
October 21. 1913.
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MRS. NORTON REPLIES j
TO MR. SIMS
Editor The Times:
I am peeved, and if I could com
mand language to put my thoughts
into words 1 certainly would like to ,
tel! Mr. Eck Sims just what I think
of u man who claims to be a good
citizen of Transylvania and especial
ly a good officer, and then come out
a- a candidate for repeal of the
best law our country haf ever had,
the 18th amendment and prohibition.
I will remember when Transyl
vania had its government stills and
Brevard had its saloons and hoodlum
gangs. I also remember hearing
some of the good citizens of Bre-j
vaid say that court week was a pain
on account of the country men col
lecting in town and freely patroniz
ing the_saloons there. I also remember
Masquerade Dance
Tuesday Night—Oct. 31
MUSIC BY THE BROOKSHIRE ORCHESTRA
BREVARD SKATING RINK
V.V*t Main Stret E. 0. KEATI-TEEY, M*r.
hearing the country women my they
wore not allowed to spend a penny,
that it took ull the cash that could
be gotten together from one court to
Rnothcr !'■ i the men to have enough
to run their spree during court wee
That wu- in government still un.i
saloon days. Like Mr. Henderson, J
umember when tins Aiken (poor fel
low) was peddling through the coun
try locating all the blockade stills
and whnt a whilrwind broke loosi
when he got them all located. But
the officers of those days, like now
had their pots and many a blockadj
dill helped furnish whnt was sup.
posed to bo government liquor. What
can we hope for now when folk
have become so reckless?
In a conversation with a gentle
man a few days ago, we were talking
about whnt prohibition had done. He
leld of one instance, said he was
talking to a railroad man who ran j
train on the line between Asheviik
and Murphy. In the (lays of the sa
1m n on Saurdayg when the men whe
lived between Asheville and Sylvi
and worked in Asheville went home
that he always had from a dozen L
twenty-five drunk men on his train
some of them so drunk he would hav<
to help them off. Now under prohi
bition lie never hud any trouble ol
that kind. We admit that the prohi
bition luw has not stopped blockad
ing, neither lias the luw ngainsl
murder .stopped killing.
Of course, if the 18th amendment
is repealed and the prohibition luw
done away with the government wil
get a good bit of money in revenue
and we say God pity a governmen*
that wants money gotten through
such debasing channels.
There will be blockading ami boot
legging in spite of all the laws, at
long as there are folks who buy anti
drink the stuff. And in my opinion
the ones who buy and drink are at
guilty as the ones who moke ami
sell It.
I hope from this rambling lettei
that the general public will get th.
idea that I am against the liquoi
traffic in nnv form, und 1 want peo
ple who haven’t lived as long as 1
have to know that the 18th amend
ment and the prohibition law did noi
cause blockading and bootlegging
lor it lias been going on to my know
ledge ever since I can remember, ant
now m\ hair is getting gray. N-eithoj
did the 18th amendment nor prohi
bition laws cause the blockader tt
make poor liquor, for the blockade:
I, amed to do that when he mixec
his liquor with the government man
aged liquor.
Get on the right side, Mr. Sims
and 1 will gel in ft good humor with
vou.
Sincerely.
Mrs. U'c F. Norton ■
Lake Texaway, N. C.
Octuhor 23. 1933.
THINKING of YESTERDAYS
(Reprint of editorial of Textile Bul
letin, charlotte, N. C„ July 7. 10-121
We are thinking of those dayi
wh n women gathered around the
mill doors on Saturdays in order tc
get the pay envelopes away from
their Ini-bands before they readier
th bar rooms up town.
We are thinking of the wan ant
linil looking* women and pitiful
rind hungry children who appear at
mill offices every Monday morning
with the same old story, that the
husband had not meant to waste ail
d' hi.- pay, L-ut had come home drunk
uml without a cent and that there
iv::s no food in the house.
We are thinking about the opera
lives who were always missing on
Monday mornings and of those who
tppcuml with shaky nerves and of
he inoffieent work of many who
o-.ild hardly keep going.
W i n thinking of th • days when
he State sold whiskey in South
Carolina and the dispensaries, as
hey wete tailed, stunk into high
Heaven of the graft and corruption
which surrounded them.
We arc thinking of 1913, -luring
vhieh we made an accurate check, amt
-reliably of other years, when ov&r
uilf of the superintendents changed
dbs, most discharge being for cx
->sive drinking.
We are thinking of one of the most
litiful -pcctaclcs we t ver saw, the
ippoarance at our office of a man,
h one-time top notch superinten
lent of the South, but a victim of
vhiskey, and of his pleading with us
0 get him a j<b a.i second hand in
■arding or even as a card grinder.
We are thinking of the fact that
Tom the day whiskey was outlawed,
he saving deposits of the working
people began to climb, and we are
rlso thinking - C the modern propa
ganda to the effect that the greatest
,f all economic looses, the pouring of
,i dollar’s worth of whiskey down
1 man’s throat is justified if it pro
iuce; two cents worth of tax money.
We are thinking of the twenty
five or more men we have seen
‘prowling, dead drunk, in gutters
within one block of the center of the
City of Charlotte, and of th? fact
fbut ladies did not dare to come up
town on Saturday afternoon because
of the multitude of intoxicated nun.
We are thinking of drunken and
shouting farmers starting home on
Saturday afternoons with horses on
a dead run, and we are wondering
what would have happened had they
been driving automobiles.
We are thinking of the several
times we have heard pistols crack
and seen bloody men plunge through
die swinging doors of bar rooms and
fall upon sidewalks.
We are thinking or the political
rings operated by the owners Qf bar
rooms and of the elections wen by
the use of liquor and are doubting if
the modern gangster is much woe.
We are thinking of tlv days when
th-' harden of m’="vy nrd suffering
d wreck- d livr ' bec;--:-,r- i great
that even the it fiuenee _ind money
and whiskey of t;;r l•••■ , mm ring
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Shirley Poirier Depicts Spirit
Of Junior Red Cross in Movie
Prepared to Save Lives
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I One of the most valuable services
given lo the American public by the
Red Crocs is through Its Lifo Savin?
: and First Aid courses. Virtually all of 1
1 the life guards at beaches and pools In
I the nation nro Red Cross life savers, ;
Nearly every industry lu America sup- j
i ports '.he First Aid work of the Red |
: cross because it annually saves lives J
! of thousands of Injured persons. These j
| courses aro taught by Red Cross ex- I
| pert in both lines, hast year Clfi.354
certificates were Issued to persons com- j
pletin? the First Aid courso and 78.7P5 •
i certificates for completing L'fo Paring '
jii.trucilon.
V/ar Veteran*’ Problem* 1
K Run ^
N. l in<.-> Hi.? period r.f it' - World
War bus tlie Rell Cross fuoed a greater ;
1 problem in handling the claims of .
World War and other veterans. Duo to ‘
Hie changes ill tho regulation - cover- .
lag- veterans’ claims, chapter* ail over I
I lie nation have boon crowded with vet- J
eran applicants for rclirf and for ser
vice iti on paring appeal*. During last |
r.r k -1 Cross homo service ' or); j
; in :i,26S chapter* dealt with the pn.h- j
1 : ms of -111.121 exxervico m n or tiicir j
famUlc.-. Tin chapters also aided 7.810
men »• ill in the regular army, navy and J
r ailII" corps. I
An Army of Children
The membership In the Junior Red
Cross last year was 6,3211.806 hoy . ml
j girl* In school*, private, public and •
, parochial. They enjoyed volunteer work .
. in hospitals and for orphans, th ■ a;vd
.irnl crippled, and nlso aided their
. schoolfellows by providing otiontlon
• for their eye*, purchasing their pint v,
: and giving many other type* of service
1 to them. The Junior* aid their school
. work by carrying on correspond' m.-o j
i and the exchange of portfolios V
i. hool children In other nation.-.
Tornado Js Mast Frequent
Disaster; Causes Heavy
Loss of Lives
What type of disaster occurs most
frequently In the United States?
Thin question is answered from
the relief annals of the American
Red Cross which show over a period
of years that ihe tornado, or cyclone
as It Is called In some sections, is the
most frequent and claims n heavy
tell of life. It swoops almost with
out warning, and In tiro tcrrlik
whirlpool of its fierce winds It de
stroys all In If3 path.
The Red Cross gave relief In 44
tornadoes In eighteen states laet
year. Tlio tornadoes killed 320 pi.r
soi , Injured 2.76G end the Red
Cross gave aid to 21,738 who were
homeless, injured or otherwise vic
tims of the storms.
Toll of the Earthquake
When a severe earthquake killed 65
pencraft; injured 4,911 aud de»troj i
several thousand homes In Southern
California last March, the Hod Cro t
wan diet upon the ground with emer
gency relief. If required more than
thrw months for the Red Cross io
restore the needy to a relf-eustuinlng
basis. Tito organization expended ft re
lief fund of 9411.00C.
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Serves Under Five Presidents
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Joint Barton Payne, a retired judge
and lawyer of Internationa! reputation,
Is serving bis twelfth year as chairman
cf the American Red Cress. Hla service
In without, pay, and Ills appointment le
by the President of the United Slates.
He has served by appointment in high
public office under live presidents—
Wilson, Harding, Coolidje, Hoover and
Roosevelt.
; old not stem the tide and when in
I Uic record-breaking time of two
years, forty-six of the forty-eight
. tales confirmed a constitutional
amendment approving the outlawing
of whiskey.
We are thinking of the fact that
j as lax as has been prohibit!; u or.
! H.ieenttnl and as bad as have been
i mlilions recently, no conductive
: ucgc.-tion has been brouglit forward
^ end nothing better has been offered.
V.V are thinking how we would
| HU-- to have advocat e ,,f the repeal
i of prohibition ■ rite out some of their
; state mi 1 ;.nd assertions and sign
tb-i.i, for there will be days when
t:di statements must, stand the test,
i We are thinking and realizing that
jwo are on our way back to the (lay
j of the dispensary and ultimately the
bar room, and remembering the,
I
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The temporary relief children gel
from some synthetic, hatit-f' rming
cathartic may cause towel strain,
and even set-up irritatirn in the
kidneys. A properly prepared liquid
laxative brings a perfect movement.
There is no discomfort at the time
and no weakness after. You don’t
have to give the child “a double
dose” a day or two later.
Can constipation be corrected in
children? “Ycsl" say medical men.
"Yes!” say many mothers who have
followed titis sensible medical advice:
1. Select a good liquid laxative. 2. )
Give the dose you find suited to the j
system. 3. Gradually reduce the dose
until the boweis arc moving regularly
without aid.
An approved liquid laxative (one
that is widely used for children! is j
Dr. Caldwell’s Syrup I’cpsin. I he |
mild laxative .■••■lb:: (f this ex. l.n.t j
prcpar.iti-.:; is the best f rm of b :[<
i : children--::.! gr. ips, t . ,
1 r 11 1 for any
r-?c cr t.v 35$! .'-jSsK^Hra
’ pant we know that in our cotton mill
there are men who will go down
and there are women and little ch.il
jdrert who must suffer.
We are thinking of the better con
dition!! which came to mill operative;
as the result of prohibition and of
worse conditions which will come
•again as the result of the return of
' whiskey.
We are mindful of the increase in
drunkenness and immorality among
the so-called upper strata of society,
but our interests are of those of tin
cotton mill employees of the South
nnd as we compare their condition
today with those of disp; nsury unit
bar room days we take our stand ab
solutely uptn the, side of prohibition,
fully realizing that we are cham
pioning a losing cause and one which
is, for the moment, exceedingly un
• popttlnr.
There is a good local demand for
all | od Abruzzi rye harvested irt
Northampton county last spring.
One grower selling 500 bushels of
.•eed last week to local farmers.
Mercury ordered by the Genera)
Electric company for the steam-mei
\-ury boilers and generating units of
the Gearny station of the Public
Service Electric & Gas company and
of the General Electric company at
Schenectaady is equivalent to' ap
proximate y SO per cent of a full
year’s consumption by the United
States for all purposes. I
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TYPEWRITER RIBBONS—guaran
teed regular Underwood-Fisher
made same you pay 76c for else
where—only 60 cents, 2 for fi.00.
The Times office.
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cured right, Will swap for corn or
potatoes. Joe Grooms, Country Club
Road. 3tp.
FOR RENT—My home on French
BroRd street will be for rent after
November 1st. Inquire at The Timer
office, or write—Margaret Setter,
'a California Perfume Co. 114 Fifth
Avenue, New York City 4 to
CARBON PAPER—the kind that
lasts and refuses to smut all over
the office when handled.at less
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Times office.
DOGWOOD WANTED—4% inthe
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4 it in length. Char of knots, do
fects and red heart. $12.60 per cord
delivered in Brevard. H. S. Town
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\Ve are equipped to <Io first da
shot repair work. Ladies soles ami
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rubber heels $1.00. Brevard Sb« -
Shop, T, K Waters, owner-New
Arcade. Jan 1 if;:
FOR RENT—-Six nr in bungalow.
furnished, modern convenience*.
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ning thick bushy hair, We «pecin •
ize in Ladies and Children's hair
cuts. Smith's Barter Shop.
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Wayland Road, North Cohoclon, N.Y.
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Fertilizer applied to a carpet gra
pasture has paid E. E, Beil : Pol
locksvillo in Jor.es county a rut profit
of $4.18 an acre by increasing the
weight of grazing beef cattle, says
L. I. Cate, beef cattle specialist at
State College.
Practical demonstrations in Tiiion
County have proven the value of
growing vetch seed a* home and the
plan is meeting a favorable recep
tion over the county
Good yields of Korean ie-pt-iezi
are reported in Alexander County.
I.ee Roy Pre-lai -ays be secured 254
bales of hay from less thin five
acres.
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When You Can Own
YOUR OWN HOME
I have houses that you can buy on terms al
most like rent, and
NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY
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