The
Transylvania Times
"published Weekly on Thursdays by
G. M. DOUGLAS
Offices in The News Building
C. M. DOUGLAS . Editor
MISS A. TROWBRIDGE.. Associate
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FRENCH BROAD DAM
CAUSE FOR THINKING
While the meeting held in Hen
dvscr.ville last Thursday night fail
ed to bring to light the kind of in
formation the Transylvania delega
tion would like to have heard, it did
bring out some facts that should
cause our people to put on their
thinking caps.
If the dam is built aiong the lines
that Engineer Burchard says he be
lieves it win be built if the project
goes through, Transylvania county
as a farming center will be a thing
of the past. The fertile French
Broad bottoms will be inundated to
such depths that corr. tassels in sum
mer time will be no more seen. Tax
able property, producing property,
which is for the most part along the
French Broad valley will be govern
ment owned, and Transylvania as a
county will be next to nothing.
Whether the damages done to the
French Broad and tributary valleys
will be offset by the enhancement of
properties along the shores of the
great lake that is proposed, is prob
lematical. If the lake were to be per
manent, that is, if the shore lines
were to be established, we could see
some hope as a resort center. Wheth
er this will be the case, is, of course
to be decided by the drawdown of
water which will be taken from the
huge reservoir when and as needed
on down the river.
Cancellation of outstanding taxes
would be one feature to make many
people happy, for it goes without
saying that the property titles would
be cleared before being taken over
by the federal government. Sure
market for valley land for those peo
ple who would like to clear the slate
and start all ove ransw would be
another feature with appeal to
many
But what about the fellow in Bre
vard who has a small business that
is dependent upon, to large extent,
the money that is made in the val
leys of the county for his susten
ance? What would happen to him
when his best customers were remov
ed from this section? Who would pay
the taxes that are essential for
schools, for operating the county
government were the county to be
left as a governmental unit? Where
would our farmers who have lived
fer generations along the French
Broad find a place to their liking?
What would become of the hundreds
of workers now employed by the in
dustries in this valley? And on and
on, questions could be asked that
are thought provoking.
True there would be employment
provided cn the project for hundreds
of workers at good wages. The land
owners who are beset by taxes, bills
unpaid and struggles to keep the wolf
away from the doi r during times
like we have beut passing through
for the past few years would be
given respite. The county could
make up its deficit with tax money
that would come in, and have again
a clean sheet. These are some of the
advantages that would be certain.
It is a big question, too big for
the average person to pass upon.
Looking at it fr m the standpoint of
business insofar as this newspaper
as an individual business in the coun
ty is concerned, it would spell doom
for us. That in itself is small when
viewed from a county-wide stand
print. It is not for us to say—if it
is best for all the people of the coun
ty we’ll get by.
The matter is one of import, and
one that should be handled in a care
ful. intelligent manner. Such infor
mation as can be procured by this
paper on the project will be passed
along from time to time.
WILL LEARN TO
LEAVE DEER ALONE
People who persist in poaching on
the government lands of Pisgah Na
tional forest will learn by the hard
est kind of experience that they are
doing wrong, and for a certainty
Pisgah National Forest is one place
that the old scriptural adage—“be
sure your sins will find you out”—is
being applied rather severely. That
bunch of fellows up there as watch
men evidently forget friends, ac
quaintances and kinsfolk when
poachers are encountered. And well
MAY NOT BE SO
BAD AFTER ALL
To those . people who would have
one believe that North Carolina, and
especially Western North Carolina,
is dead from a tourist standpoint,
we offer this suggestion:
Perhaps there are plenty of peo
ple who do not care to go into a sec
tion for a vest that is wide open;
perhaps there are a great many peo
ple in the United States who have
heard with interest for the first
time about North Carolina dining
the past week and have listened
with joy to the telling of North
Carolina’s stand against whiskey,
and have felt that in North Caro
lina’s vote the people have spoken
not like a bunch of sheep who would
follow the crowd, but rather a peo
ple of free thinkers who abhor the
thoughts of sanctioning "letting down
of the bars" when the demon rum is
concerned; perhaps there are enough
ardent drys in the United States who
| will deem it a privilege to spend their
1 summer’s vacation in a section where
majority of the people have said that
there shall be no barrooms on the
corners; perhaps Western North
Caroline., has, after all, done some
thing that will brighten its chances
in bringing people of the better
class here. At least it is something
to think of.
We have enough drunks here as
things r.ow stand-we have plen
ty of drinking even with a state
bone dry backing the national bone
dry law.... and we cannot see how
more drinking would help us out in
the tourist business.
Again, we reiterate, there are mil
lions of people >n the U. S. who got
along famously without taking n
drink of anything in the whiskey
line, and Western North Carolina of
fers a greater appeal than ever be
fore to this class of people.
i JUST A WORD FROM
GLOUCESTER
Editor The Times:
i Will you please allow me space
for just a few lines in legard to
our election on November 7th
i I want to thank the people of our
township for the winning ary record
we made ,and also want to thank
the committees in both precincts,
one and two, for the good work they
did. With God leading us, we were
i enabled to go on to victory,
i I am proud to live in a counfy
and state that will show their
colors in time of need. I think we
should thank the Lord for it all, for
I through the prayers of the Christian
1 people we are enabled to still live
in a state that believes in *he dry
law, so let us not be like the ones
who failed to return and give thanks
to Christ but rather let us all be
! thankful and ask the Lord never to
. allow us to come under King Alcohol.
Right will always conquer wrong
when Christians come together in
one accord.
Yours for prohibition
C. A. McCALL Chmn.
Dry Com. Gloucester 1-2.
1 Lake Toxaway, Nov 15.
LETTER FROM
HENDERSON
Editor Transylvania Times:
! 1 am presenting herewith for
J publication a communication from
' Kon. Cale K. Burjess campaign di
rector for the United Dry Forces of
: North Carolina, which is self-ex
' planatory.
It is fitting that we should give
; public recognition of God as the
author of every good and perfect
j gift. And, as Mr. Burgess says,
! Tuesday’s victory could not have been
achieved without His guidance and
blessing, and every God-fearing man
and woman should praise Him for
the victory. I
I trust every minister and church
of all denominations in Transylvania
county will enter heartily into this
special Thanksgiving service.
Also this other matter should
appeal to us: The office in Raleigh
has incurred a small debt of S2,
.”>85.00 in organizing the forces and
carrying on the campaign. Those who
■hai ' the blessing should help bear
the burden incumbent on the work.
Churches and individuals who are
willing to do so will greatly oblige
•he office force in Raleigh by taking
a free-will offering at the special
-ei vice next Sunday, or by a per
srnal contribution to help liquidate
this debt.
Send all contributions direct to |
Cale K. Burgess, Director, United
Dry Forces, Raleigh, N. C., or J. K.
Henderson, Brevard, N. C.
Mr. Burgess' communication • fol
lows:
“As Campaign Director of the
United Dry Forces of North Caro
lina. I wish to thank our County
Chairmen, Managers .Candidates and
all other temperance workers whose
faithful efforts made Tuesday’s suc
cess possible. The Churches, the
ministers, the newspapers the Col
lege Presidents and Professors, the
school teachers and others rendered
valuable aid, and we are grateful
for their cooperation. All of us who
worked in this Campaign in behalf
of temperance and righteousness
were merely instruments of God;
Tuesday’s victory could r.ot have
been achieved without His guidance
■ind blessing. To God we give the
nvaise and glory. Therefore, in hum
ble gratitude to Him and in a spirit
f willingness to rededicate our
selves to the promotion of temper
ance and sobriety, through prohibi
icn, let us assemble in special ser
ious jn au the Churches Sunday,
'V'rmber 1P and give thanks
God, and I hereby appeal to the
ministers and churches to cooperate
in arranging these special PRAISE
SERVICES for November 19th.
“North Carolina’s vote on Tues
day was no evidence of opposition to
President Franklin D. Roo evelt and
his program for national recovery.
North Carolina knows that legilizing
the liquor traffic cannot be a proper j
part of a program for recovery,
either economical or moral, because!
a nation cannot drink itself into
prosperity or security. Our Cam
paign was free from bitterness; and
now we appeal to all believers in
temperance and righteousness to join
in a program of education that will.
vouchsafe the enforcement of prohi-1
bition, the practice of temperance, |
and the advancement of righteous-]
ness in North Carolina.
CALE K. BURGESS
Campaign Director.”
POLITICS NOT A FACTOR IN SO
LUTION OF LIQUOR PROBLEMS
Already some ar* attempting ioj
inject politics into discussions of the.
liquor problems in North Carolina.
May it not be insisted that the cit- ]
izonrv of this great state command:
the services of all-irrespective of
party affiliation—in reaching the;
best solution? ]
There is a solution. Never has such j
ill as liquor brings been accepted as i
incurable, nor outside tne pale of
human understanding ar.d skill. Set-1
ence has not changed its verdict,,
science means “to know, and^
science says that alcholic beverages,
iniure the human body. 1 he ques
tion comes, Shall we go forward with,
science, or repudiate all the vruth,
it shows? Shall we follow the blare
of a few puppets who have but dab
bled in science, or line up with -he
minds that know?
Such approach has nothing in conv,
mon with politics. It seeks to enlist,
the best intelligence, the noblest
patriotism, the strongest moral and
religious forces for a solution that,
will bring the greatest good to the
greatest number. Will you not dedi
cate yourself to help find the way:,
JEAN ADAMS HAYNES
Brevard, Nov. 13, 1933.
quebecTews
(Lucille Ilendci-son)
I C. W. Henderson was a Lake
j Toxaway visitor Saturday.
Fred Chapman spent Sunday with
Woodrow Fisher.
! Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Whitmire and
daughter Margaret Nell and Mrs.
Lesa Loving made a business trip
to Brevard Saturday
j Frank Fisher of Easley, and the
I “Tomb Stone Man" were visitors in
this community Saturday and erected
itomb stones at the graves of Mr.
Fisher’s children, Horace and Allen.
, who are buried in Oak Grove Bap
tist cemetery.
! Mrs. Lesa Loving called on Mrs.
Mai ie Fisher Sunday.
i Mr. and Mrs. Claude Simpson and
son Jack of Greenville spent the
week-end at their summer home hero.
1 R. T. Fisher visited with M. O
McCall Sunday.
i Claude Owen spent Saturday night
with Medford Chapman. i
| Curtis Reid spent Wednesday night
with J. B. Chapman.
! Misses Opal ar.d Mary Dodgin
1 spent Saturday night with their
! aunt, Mrs. Bill Fisher of Lake Toxa
way.
Messrs L. C. Sanders and Ai ■
. thur Dishman of Lake Toxaway,
and Cecil Robinson called on Guy!
: Whitmire Sunday.
I Miss Verona Fisher of Oakland!
spent Wednesday night with her!
■ grandmother Mrs. Henry Chapman. |
Pluses ilfelt and Paul Mullinax I
of Easley were visitors in this com-1
j inunity last Sunday. :
i Miss Willie Ray Fisher of Lake'
! Toxaway spent Sunday night with j
Opal Dodgin.
, Mrs. K. K. Miller of Lake Toxa-|
j way and Mrs .Gideon Miller called j
on Mrs. T. C. Henderson recently. I
Floyd Jones and Carl Banthct |
: were in Resman on business Satui
day. ... |
. Claude Whitmire cf Greenville,'
1 was a visitor in Quebec Sunday.
Clyde Waldrop, Bert Brown anl
John Garrack of Easley spent the
week-end with relatives and friends j
in this community.
Miss Lillian Dodgin via- a dinner
gi-ost of Miss Lucille Henderson
Sunday. _ ...
Mrs. C. A. Brooks called on Mm.,
Hcmer McCall Tuesday of last week.
Miss Barbera Henderson spent.
Sunday with Miss Helen McCall. J
Mrs. Roxie Dunn and son Bill and t
daughter Ruby were guests of Mrs.
Dunn’s sister, Mrs. K» R. Miller
Friday night.
Roy Robinson and Henry Miller
called on James Henderson Saturday '
afternoon. . , J
Rev J E. Burt filled bis regular!
appointment at Oak Grove Baptist
church last Sunday. He preached a
most excellent sermon on the sub-,
iect “fools.” The different kinds of;
fools described in his sermon were;
(1) dishonest fools, (2) rich or un-|
greatful fcols, (3) ignorant fools,
(4) intellectual fools, (5) hvnocriti-,
cat fools, (6) infidel fcols, (7) fools (
for Christ’s sake. !
Mrs T,. E. Reece called on tier
brother Mr. T. C. Henderson Sunday
afternoon. „ ,, ,,
There has been another “working
in this community. Gideon Miller had
a “house covering” on Friday o.
last week. The men present to help
on putting on the roof were Messrs
Alfred Owen Henry Chapman. Fred
Chapman. Medford Chapman, R. T
Fi'her. Bill F’sh^r, Woodrow Fisher.
Paul Fisher, Dillie Fisher, e. W
Henderson, Claxton Henderson, T.
c. Henderson, W. M. Whitmire El
bert Whitmire and Mack Reid. The
women present to ass|«t Mrs. Miller
in prenaring and serving dinner and
supper were Mrs C. W. Henderson, (
Mrs. R T. Fisher. Mrs. TTV~t Whit-!
v,|r, afvr. WH r.r-' Mrs. T 0 j
T ov’rc ytj- c.-al cf the grand chil l 1
ren were present.
STAFF
Dovie White.Editor-in-Chiei
Geneva Petit.Associate Editor
Ray Winchester... .Associate Editor
Lucile Galloway.Feature Editor
Inez Pangie.Sports Editor!
D. H. Winchester.Sports Editor
Mary Sinpletarry.Poetry Editor
Frank Whitmire.Jokes Editor
Ruby Glazener.Reporter
Gladys Clark. Reporter
Tobitha Waldrop.,.Reporter
Mae Whitmire.Reporter
Lois Petit.Reporter
OUR AIMS AND PURPOSES
The aim of our Rosman Element
ary school paper is to show the peo
ple what we are learning and doing.
It makes the school children work
harder because they want the peo
ple to know we are doing thinp
worth while. It also encouragea the
children and makes other children
want to come to school. It creates
rivalry among the pupils. It makes
them more interested in their work.,
Or.e of the most important uses of
the school paper is for training the
pupils to write news articles. It also
advertises the school.
We are looking forward to great
success in our newspaper work.
—Davie White
DIPHTHERIA CLINIC HELD At
ROSMAN SCHOOL
Friday, November 3, the Kiwanls
Club sponsored a diphtheria inocula
tion at Rosman school. It was given
tc all children from eight months to
twelve years by Dr. Newland, our.
county doctor. Thisi is the second
diphtheria clinic held by the emb in]
the county. Last year a large num
ber of children received the treat
merits. All parents of young children
should feel very grateful to tec
club for this service and should co
operate with them in every way
possible.
Diphtheria is a very dangerous
disease and every precaution .should
be taken against it. It is generally
confined to children but sosr.utmms
adults contract it.
Many years ago before antitoxin
was discovered the percent of those
, recovering from t.ne disease wa*
small. Even now in this age, hun
, dreds die every year through .the
j carelessness and negiect o» thei
parents.
It is thcrctore a most important
and necessary thing for parents to
| have their children given this mcc
• ulaticn without delay.
Lucille Galloway
"THANKSGIVING
In the year 1609 a number of En
irishmen or Pilgrims, as they were
; called, left England for Hollan I
jwhere there was more religious free
dom. Holland was so crowded that
thev were afraid that their children
I would marry the Hutch and forget
! their mother country. They wished
i to gc where they might live
Englishmen and still be tree from
! persecution. Tfiey decided to come
! to America but they we'e too poor
to establish themselves in the New
World.
They obtained from the Londo-i
Company a grant of land in Ameri
ca and borrowed the money from
the London merchants under prom
ise to return it from the profits of
th» colony. Abcut one hundred men,
w. men and children crowded in the
little ship, Mayflower, and after a
vovage of two months they landed at
Plymouth. Mass., on December 21,
1620.
Before thev went ashore the mens
gathered in the cabin of the ship;
and signed a compact, forming for
themselves a government and bind
ing themselves together to obey such
laws as should be made. This agree
ment was known as the “Mayflower
Thev arrived too late.to prepare
for the first winter. Their food ran
short. Before the ♦•"Her was over
half the coloni t3 bad starved to
death. If the Indians had not been
friendly to the Pilgrims they would
have all died in a short ume. I
Every year a small number «f
Pilgrims came to Plymouth. T
growth cf the colony was slow. They
paid the debt due to the London
merchants within seven years. The
first year they did net ra.se much J
food the second year they raised n
lot So they set aside a day on which
t,, thank God for what he had given
them. That, was known as ’our first
Thanksgiving day.
_Ray Winchester.
WHY l BELIEVE A DOG GAN
think
The reason I believe a dog ca'’ i
think is because he knows his ma -|
ter anywhere he sees him. He **?
to know when his master teds him
to do anything. He knows when
stranger comes into the home.
When a child is left in a goo
do?, "are. he protects it. He seems
to^know when any harm comes o
the child. The only reason I think
that some dogs can’t think is bccaus ’
when they start barking at mghr
thev never know when to stop.
■ —Clyde Rice
6th Grade.
THE HUNT
From the bark I hear on the mount
ain,
The hound is Rfter his prey;
And the boys with lanterns will
follow,
Perhaps ’til the break of day.
Look out, Mr. ’Possum, they’re
coming.
They’re coming, can’t you hear.
Listen to the noise they’re making.
Better hide ’cause they’re very
near.
—Edward '■’P’mpk,
Sixth Grade.
SEVENTH GRADE GIRLS GO OUT J
FOR BASKETBALL
At the first of the school yea»|
here were not many high school |
jirls who went out for basket ball.'
Vfr. Sawyer told Mr. Galloway to ]
isk the 7th grade girls if they want-!
id to start practicing. Most of them
did. Those going cut for practice
ire: Dovie White, Inez Paqgle, Ruby
Glazener, Margaret White, Mar*
Singleterry, Ixuise Galloway, Blancr.
Petit, Grace Galloway, Hattie Le.
McCall and Eula Mae Morris. The ; '
practice on Tuesday and Thursday'
afternoons. On all other days they
practice at lunch period. They are|
playing well. It is very hard work'
but. everyone enjoyB playing.
—Blanch Petit, j
7th Grade.
__ »
WHAT I HAVE ENJOYED MOST,
IN STUDYING SOUTH AMERICA j
I have enjoyed most the study of;
rubber while studying South Amert ,
ea. The discovery of South America
found the Indians playing with
crude balls of rubber. It wao found
north in the Amazon basin. Most
rubber trees or heveas grow boat in
low, wet shady ground.
The rubber collectors make their;
way through the forests tapping:
the trees which yield ft milky juice!
which is culled latex. This juice is
then heated over a fire and made in-J
to crude rubber. It is then sent from
the forest to refineries and there it I
is mixed with sulphur and other
substances so that it will stretch
when cold and not be sticky when
it is hot.
Rubber has many uses. It is used
in clothing and in pencil erasers. It
is also used for ho»s, toys, footwear,
cushions and automobile tires. It is
therefore very valuable and care
should be taken in tapping the trees
so that the world will always have
plenty of rubber.
—Doris White.
PROGRAM TO 3E PRESENTED
BY SECOND GRADE
On Thanksgiving morning, Novem
ber 14th, at nine o'clock, the follow
ing program was preaented in the
high school auditorium by the sec
ond grade:
Devotional .Tifc Parable of thg Sower
Loren* Galloway
Song...The Church in the Wildwood
Class
A Child's Prayer.. .Bulb Gillespie
A Little Boy's Wish-Bobby Galloway
The Discontented Pumpkin
.Charles Henry Summey
PLaY
A Visit to the Fame
Introduction .Velma Lewis
Characters
The Farmer.Guy Bryson
The Farmer’3 Wife..Vivian Glazener
Their Children
Nelle Waldrop, Stanley Winchester,
Nadine Powell and Virgil Barrett.
Children Visiting the Farm
Martha Whitmire, Mae Green,
Richard Orr, John Smith, Margaret
Hope Burt, Charles Lee Moore, Flora
O'Shields, Charles Whitmire/ Mar
garet Whitmire, W. B. Head Jr.,
Frances Gillespie, Dorothy Reid.
The Farewell.Junior Stroups
ARMISTICE DAY PROGRAM
The third grade was in charge of
the chapel program Wednesday
morning. The following program
was presented:
Devotional .Esta Honeycutt
Musical Prnyev . Lois Petit
Recitation—What have
1 Done . Josephine Powell
Recitation—Red, White, and
Blue . Elsie Chapman
Song—Loyal Soldiers.The Class
Plav—Soldiers of Peace, present
ed bv V. B. Waldrop Jr., Dan Edens,
Albert Israel, Avevie Glazenor, J. A.
Mcece. Allen Whitmire, Briscoe Mc
Call, Leslie Nicholson, and Edna
ATHLETICS
The boys in the sixth and seventh
trade are trying to learn the lesson
)f good sportsmanship. Playing base
tall is not only good exercise but it
trains us to be good citizens. When
tve win the gome we try to be good
winners and when we lose we try
to be good loser'?. [ think if every
boy would learn to cooperate with
others we would have an extra gou-1
baseball team.
Last Wednesday the fourth, fifth
and sixth grade boys played an in
teresting baseball game. The sixth
grade boys played against the fourth
and fifth grade boys. The score of
the sixth grade boys was seven and
the score of the fourth and fifth
grade boys was two. Much coopera
tion was showr. during the game. We
enjoyed the game very much.
—D. H. Winchester,
Sixth Grade.
AN APPLE
1 am round.
Sometimes I am red.
Sometime* I am yellow.
I have little brown seeds in me
I grow on s tree.
I am good to eat.
What am I? „ ,
—.James Hen-icy
_
WINTER TIME
Winter time is here,
Jack Frost will bite our ear*.
The mow will fail, the wind will cal!,
Until springtime appear*.
We go to schooi through sleet and
snow
And see the row-birds gather.
We enjoy the pretty 3:ghts
In every kind of weather. I
—Helen Whitmire
WINTER'S' ARRIVAL
Jolly old winter has at last arrived.
We all are so full of pep,
And very much olive. .
WeyU soon be coasting down the
hill,
Oh what fun ’twill be.
It gives us all ^ great big thrill.
And we’re happy 13 can be.
We make snow-ball* and snow-men
too.
Until the day is almost through:
Then in to supper and off to bed,
Dreaming of coasting down the
hill on a lied, [Rk,
When morning comes, we arc ready
again,
To roll snow-balls into big snow
men.
— Mary Singleterry.
Seventh Grade
Teacher: “If anyone secs Mar}
tell her to come back to school."
Frank: I’ll be seeing her tonight
I D. H.: “Ate you glad North Caro
lina went dry""
Eva: “I should say so and if Mr
Galloway will take up the squin
guns the schoc! will be dryer."
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This Week
. .and Your Choice of
Other Valuable Prizes
JUST order a sack of "Nancy Jane" Flour
test it in any way you will—and then tell us.
in not over 25 words, .why you like it best
That’s all you have to do! Prises are Cash, Silver
ware and Aluminum Ware, as described below. So
be sure to tell your grocer to send you "Nancy
Jane” this week-end.
THE RULES:
1. Buy a sack of NANCY
JANE Flour, and bake a cake
_or a pan of biscuits-or
whatever you will. 2. Then, in
not over 25 words, tell us how
well you like NANCY JANE
by completing the following:
‘‘I like NANCY JANE best be
’ cause.3. Sign your name
: and address, and give the name
of the Grocer from whom you
bought your NANCY' JANE
! Flour.
Is Sold By
B. & B.
FEED & SEED COMPANY
Brevard, N. C.
THE PRIZES :
1st. PRIZE: Choice of $6 cash,
or a 22-p:ece collection of Sil
verware in the beautiful "Wil
shire” patttern. FOUR OTHER
PRIZES: Winners of 2nd, 3rd,
4th and 6th prizes have their
choice of the following .pieces
in genuine "Buckeye" Alumi
num Ware: Drip-Drop Coffee
maker, Cake Pan, Strainer Ket
tle, Round Roaster and Tray,
Address All Replies To
Earle-Chesterfield Mill Co.
Asheville, N. C.
NANCY JANE
nrFLOUR