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E*tab. 189$ Bttab. 1981
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Published Weekly oa Thursday* by
C. M. DOUGLAS_
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C. M. DOUGLAS . Editor
MtSS A. TROWBRIDGE. .Associate
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LICENSE TAG PRICE
INCENSES NEWSPAPERS
Newspapers from one end of the
state to tm other are “sitting on”
the governor on account of the ex*
o'bitant prices of license tags and
the further fact that the governor
wit! nut grunt a few days respite in
the matter of collecting for same.
The Asheville Times sums it up
this way:
“Why would it not. be a good id?®
fur the Governor to call the Legis
lature into special session and ask
tor revival of laws imprisoning for
debt? It was customary in the
early days of this country; it would
be a helpful and logical supplement
to the state’s program at this time
in collecting these excessive regis
tration fees.”
One newspaper is agitating setting
the price of tags at one dollar
each, and avers that the state would
move than get enough extra revenue
from the heavily taxed gasoline to
offset this difference in the price
of tugs, and at the same time allow
the average man to drive his car,
which in most cases is a necessity
not merely for pleasure.
Several other papers of the state
are asking the people why it is that
they have not sent men to the leg
islate e in the past who would have
looked int i such matters, and calling
upon the voters to take this into
consideration when Mr. Jones and
Mr. Smith announce this spring for
the legislature.
MORE POWER TO
AMERICAS' LEGION
National Commander Hayes of
the American Legion voiced the
sentiment of a lot of people ill his
address at Shreveport lust Satur
day night when heass^^^JJJgfc
uni
^^^aldraft law that would put ev
try body in government service in
time of war thus lidding the country
of the war-time millionaires.
“The result of such a law would
be to take away from us the avari
cious, greedy money-grabbing indi
viduals, who told you fellows such a
beautiful story of how much they d
do for you when you came back, and
would remove any possibility that
they could make money' out of what
you have been sent to war to do.
There won’t be any wars in the fu
ture motivated by a desire to acquire
plain money,” is the way Comman
der Hayes summed the matter up,
and who con say that he is not
right.
GOOD SEASON IN
FLORIDA BRINGS CHEER
Reports from Florida are to the
effect that the best season is being
experienced in the Sunshine State
since the boom days of 1929. Tran
sylvania county people are doubly
interested in such news, for it is a
generally known fact that when
Florida has a good winter season
Transylvania county has a good
summer season.
Local people who have been to
Florida during the past month bear
testimony to the crowded condition
of hotels and apartment houses,
backing up newspaper reports that
“happy days arc here again” in
Florida. Take heart folks, at least
that’s something to look for.
TRY A DOSE OF
THIS O.V “GROUCHY”
The following poem, taken from
the Southern Public Utilities Maga
zine seems to fit in pretty well with
rome of our folk, and is passed along
for their edification:
If you do not like your home town,
Or the spe<j|l at which it grows;
If you do net like its scenery,
Or its climate or its shows;
It ycu do not like the people
That your home town fascinates,
There are cars and trains now
leaving
For seme forty-seven states.
If you cannot boost your home town,
Where men rise and fall each day;
If you cannot use the bright sun
shine
To make glad somebody s way,
If veu cannot join in boosting,
Then ycu must have knocking
And they’re selling tickets daily
For some forty-seven states.
Rest and change renew ambition.
Evil lures only by false premises.
Keep ycur temper; nobody
wants it. ,
War never kills the ones who need
killing.
HOUSE CLEANING IS
NEEDED IN WASHINGTON
Again come reports from Wash
ington that nepotism, thought to be
a thing of the past with dosing of
the last session of congress, is fcgaiW
holding swey with representatives
of the “dee re peepul,” no less than
58 being counted in the family af
fair column so far, and the checkup
not yet completed.
Salaries of some of the would-be
leaders are already far more then
they actually earn and placing mem
bers of their families on the gov
ernment payroll is adding insult to
injury.
“It's something new folks, unheard
of before in this great land of ours j
... .you’ll miss it all if you don’t
see this_”. Old P. T. Barnum,
ought to be back in the land bally-!
hooing something that is really new
....men dancers.-. .who seem to be
making a hit. A group of the male
“beauties" appeared at Charlotte
last Monday night, with nary a skirt
to be seen in the strictly non
feminino performance. Now’s the
time for those who are really look
ing for graceful art to have their
innings. j, „
BETTER TUAN .4 LETTER
FROM HOME i
Editor The Times:
Enclosed please find check for
rcrcwal for another year. I read
the paper regularly and find if far
bitter than a letter from home. I
hope to visit the old home county
during the spring or summer, as I
hsv.. many relatives and freinds
thei e.
C. E. WILSON
Boise. Idaho.
CHECKING UP
While Mark Twain was editor of
a Missouri paper a subscriber wrote
him saying he had found a spider in
his paper and asking Mark whether
this was a sign of good or bad luck.
The following was the reply:
Old Subscriber :Finding a spider
in yi ur paper was neither good
luck nor bad' luck fov you.- The spid
er was merely looking over your
paper lo sec which merchant is not
advertising, so that he can go to
that at.re, spin his web across the
door and lead a life of undisturbed
peace ever afterward.
OAKLAND NEWS
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(By Mrs. Lee F. Norton)
I aril neighbors. First the death* of
'Lawrence Lyday of Rosman, who's*
funeral was held at Lake Toxaway
, Baptist church. Then the sad news
of the killing of Frank Bryson in
| Cashiers. Both families have many
1 datives and friends in our' com
munity who are also our friends and
i n ighbcrs. We sincerely sympathize
with them.
We have just learned that we have
new neighbors, Mrs. Rigdon, mother
I of Louis Rigdon, who recently moved
i from Jackson county to the J. B.
Neal place, which was vacated a
' few weeks ago by the moving out
I of Lee Phillips. We are glad to wel
leome Mrs. Rigdon as our neighbors,
i Mrs. E. A. Reid was on the sick
, list last week but is able to be out
again.
I Mrs. W. F. McCall, Mrs. Lee
Norton and Frank Fisher were cal
, levs at the home of Mrs. Mary Bur
; gos sone afternoon last week,
j Mrs. Wood Hinkle, Mrs. W. W.
• Reid, Mrs. Louis Rigdon, Mrs
j Dewey Bryson and Mrs. Wesley
! Reed were Brevard visitors one day
last week.
Mrs. Clyde Chappell was at Dr.
E. S. English’s office in Brevard
cne day last week with her little
1 granddaughter, Frances Chappell,
who remains in a serious condition,
i Wesley Reed, Louis Rigdon and
; Lenscy Sanders called Saturday' oft'
I. S. Sanders.
; J. L. Sanders of South Carolina
, spent several days last week with
i his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. I.
! Sanders, returning home Saturday.
Cleve Nicholson of Enka was cal
■ ling on friends here last week. Miss
i Evon Sanders returned with him to
j Enka, where she has accepted em
ployment.
Cecil, small sen of Mr. and Mrs
11. S. Sanders, was quite ill a few
i days last week but is most well
! again. ..... ,
1 l. a. sanueis visual
I one day last week and reports that
i the old folks are getting along fine.
Clarence Norton was detained at
| home from his work at the CCC
| camp Monday on account of the ll.
ness of his wife. •
Frank Willbanks of Lake. Toxa -
way and his nephew, Mr. White of
Asheville, called Sunday afternoon
on Clyde Chappell.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Revis spent
Sunday night with Mr. and Mrs.
i Roy McCall.
Mis3 Verona Fsher called on Mrs,
I. S. Sanders one evening last
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We are very glad that Mrs. Floi
ence Ryan of the welfare work has
been visiting some of the needy of
our section. We believe if she could
just get behind the curtain we would
have very little trouble in getting
a sewing room for cur community.
We have, very few beggars in our
cemmunity but most of us actually,
reed work. One widow lady who ha ;
a nice little home told me if she did
not get work to pay the insurant;
and tax she was afraid she would
lose her home and .she did not lac c
very much having it paid for. A
iittle help from the welfare offic:
will not save her home and she it
begging for work. I believe the pve
ident would like for such folks 11
have work. How about it?
l GLANCING J
\ BACK AT |
{ BREVARD
i Taken from the filer of The 1
{ Sylvan Valley News, beginning ♦
T 1895, through the courtesy of t
| Mrs. W. B. F. Wright. I
(From the file of Nov. 26, 1897) '
Rev. L. A. Falls haB been assigned
by the recent conference to the Bre
vard circuit for another year. Our
Methodist brethern were well pleas
ed with this action of the confer
_
On Friday last a car lead ct
western yellow corn, shipped from
Kentucky to J. 0. Cooper, was haul
ed from the depot to the Laurel
Valley distillery. It seems very
strange that the money to buy corn
could not be kept at home, especially
as little surplus outside of corn is
produced by Transylvania farmers,
L. G. Siniard had the honor of
treeing a panther on the Balsam
mountain Tuesday, He was riding
his mule in one of the trails among
the balsam trees looking for missing
stock from his range. Looking for
ward from a sharp turn in the trail
he taw some animal bound into the
trail and come toward him. It was
a panther! And there was no time
to consider what was best to be
done. Mr. Vanderbilt doesn’t permit
firearms in his game preserve, and
Mr. Siniard was unarmed. When the
animal had arrived within ten steps
Sir. Siniard, imitating the barking
of a dog, whipped his mule into the
trail directly in front of the formid
able brute and met him on charge.
The brute was surprised, and for
want of time to study the situation
it sprang to a balsam tree and
climbed up it about 20 feet with
lightning-like velocity. Stopping on
the first limbs it eyed its adversary,
showed its glistening tushes and ut
tered ominous growls. It was too
mar the ground to suit Mr. Sini
ard’s idea of a-safe retreat, so he
dismounted, picked up a piece of
balsam root which had been cut out
of the trail, and threw it with all his
force just missing the panther's
nose and hitting the limb on which
its fore paw was resting. /This
caused the brute to seek safety by
taking a higher perch and ridinfe
among the foliage out of sight. This
was Mr. Siniard’s cue, and he urged
his mule out. into the open woo ls at
a J.-hn Gilpin pace. He says it makes
him nervous to see a panther bound
ing towards him 'and know that be
can neither defend himself nnv get
out of the way. V -k
• /
pci lenT-fl save
which may hav
ing cn hsr- futi
perity. The departure or u. »ey
man to Asheville leaves the Dr. M.
M. King business block unoccupied,
although Mr Seyman is still paying
vent for it. There are rumors that
it will be occupied by a Greenville
drug company after January 1, but
we have no positive information to
that effect. Messrs Aiken and Allison
have sold their livery business to T.
L Clarke & Co., who took possession
(•; the the stable on Saturday. Jule
and Cliff have business instincts
and experience which will not long
remain idle. The meat market of
Aiken and Lankford changes hands
this week by the withdrawal of P. B.
Lankford from the firm. W. L.
Aiken will continue to serve hi*
customers as heretofore. It is not
known what Mr. Lankford propose*
to do in the future.
It is as dry as was ever known in
Transylvania county, wells arc
nearly all dry, fire is burning in ev
i?_nnrl «r/»f nr* /»TTOl*t Id
way.
It is a new experience in nrevum
to find the doors of a business house
closed and its stock in the hands of
an assignee. Tuesday morning the
door’s of Bell & Blythe’s store md
not open and it was stated on the
street that they were taking stock.
Wednesday morning J. W. Pless, to
whom the business had been assign
ed gave out all that is definitely
known. It has been known here /.
some time that E. W. Blythe was
not satisfied. Sales had fallen off
under the McKinley prosperity
regime until there was no pay in
the business for two, and he had
found employment with a Richmond
house for several months. It was
deemed advisable to close out the
business and thus give both an op
pertunity of other employment. In
order to do this an assignment was
necessary, giving preference to home
creditors. The character of the gen
tlemen comprising the firm of Bell
& Blythe is above reproach, and it
is safe to predict that no man will
lose a nickle by their apparent fail
ure. It is a legitimate result of the
hard times which is now afflicting
the country and the over-done busi
ness enterprises of Brevard. Most
men like to be making something
even if times are hard.
Too many compliments and gifts
are only traded.
The bigger the fish the more
easily it gets away.
Some cities have' the best judges
money can buy.
To. a .really big man authority
mean- only responsibility.
The remote control system doesn’t
work with children .
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Editor Times: i
Most all of us old farmers have
Lo work so hard we don't have much j
time to get out any where to find:
out just what is giong on, and|
naturally get hungry at times lor
information along our line of busi
ness, so may want to ask you a few
questions before we Are through.
We notice corn meal advertised
in a nearby city, by an up-to-date
grocery store at 96 cents per bushel,
now one thing we want to know is
with corn at 60 cents on the market*]
who gets the 46 cents or nearly 100
per cent of the price paid the pro
ducer. The mill man gets what the
law allows him to grind the corn, so
when pound the 48 lbs. of meal
only costs 60 cents (there waa no
transportation ehaiges on the meal
referred to above, as it was locally
ground). Now we assume that the
bags to hold this meal cost. 6 cents
per bushel, who gets the 40 cents lw
tween the producer and the consum
er? Will the farmers continue to
haul and sell their corn for less
than it costs them to produce it, and
pay high prices for the goods they
have to buy? Mr. farmer, what dc
you think about it? Don’t you think
this is a. good time to express youi
self?
According 10 vne »uue cuitege im
ports, based on a five year average
production for the state, it costs
around 70 cents to produce a bushel
of corn. Now if some fellow who has
never grown any corn denies this
we can cite him to some good land
he can got to try it out for himself.
Now if it ccsts 70 cents to produce a
bushel of corn (and we find by
keeping records that this is about
right) then how can a farmer sell
hi? corn for 20 cents less than it
costs him to produce it, keep up his
equipment, pay his fixes, school his
children, buy his fertilizer, to say
nothing cf a fairly decent suit of
clothes to wear to church? Does the
farmer not deserve a Vitmate prof
it on what he produces to sell as
well as men in other lines of busi
ness? The farmer has no control
ever weather condition-, therefore
his operations are a risk until his
crops are gathered, and if they are
the only class of men who ever did
or ever will add anything to the
ivealih of the world. The middle
man takes no risk, and can control
hir production, nnd his output a;
well and will tell you that he nuist
have a profit to stay in business. He
is light, about thut, and he should
have a legitimate profit, but th;
farmer has a business of feeding
and clothing the world and how in
the linme of reason can a farmer
run his business without getting cost
out of his operations to say nothing
of a little profit.
Now ! ■'
prcujction as stated above for one
ether thought -!0.6 per cent of tii
farmers in this country are tenants
At the average cost of production a
—— .
70 csnts and the tei»n<?to« bis land
leased at the customary rent of 50
per cent of the crop, what does, the
corn that he pots in Mb own crih
cost him?
Now Mr. Editor it is not our pui~|
pose in this little item to reflect ouj
any clase of decent business man.
We need the business men, we
need the markets, and we need
the clearing houses for the good
we buy, ana any reasonabl
farmer is willing to pay a reasonabl
profit (f the goods he has to buj,
but under the conditions that no'..'
exist how can he buy?
Men in other lines of business take j
a pride in their business. They fig
ure they have nice places of business,!
a decent business, a business that]
is an asset to the community, and
that is all true. They are out for]
business, and rightfully should'
have it, but where is it to com ]
from, when a larger per cent of]
the 2,098 families in Transylvania;
icounty arc farmers, and have nj!
( money to spend, and never will havtl
any until they can get a profit out'
cf their products.
New suppose the farmers vrtis
prosperous wouldn’t «U other
classes be? If the farmer were pros
perous the merchant would get by
without his quarterly sales to meet
his bills; the doctor would not have
to charge his calls, the lawyer would
get the cash for his counsel; the
preacher would have something be
rides corn bread and pumpkins to
subsist on; and the church pews:
would be packed with contented men,
women and children, then we might
rightfully talk about Civilization,!
and so cn, and so on.
1 Now again, we MOmUtimjts hear
men say that it cost them so ami
so, for four or five years to equip
themselves for their business, and
that they have to charge a nice
price for their service. This is all
true enough, but who says anything
about the farmer who has spent all
his life trying under a load of dif
ficulties to equip himself for busi
ness? IIow many do we hear say that
the farmer also deserves a qonsid
, eration too?
I Wo have only mentioned corn iu
the above, but the -amo reasoning
| will apply to all other crops. Now
i what is going to be done about this
deplorable condition? Are vve g>irp
I to have to go on as “Hewers of
Wcod and Drawers cf Water?” Ju
l tice says no, unselfishness says no.
[common judgment says no Christ
i ianity says no. Who knows thoj
remedy—it is simple.
J. W. DICKSON
Brevard, R-3.
taste* resist'.- .competition. Ii give-*]
I all qnd demands all. T
1 Seme old parents are about as]
’welcome as some ntw babies. _]
Canal irgham of Enka were week-end
gueets of Mr. J. E. Hayes and
daughter Mamie Hayes near Calvert.
Mh and Mr*. Bud White of Cal
vert were week-end guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Elmar White of Bosnian.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Cunningham
and Mother, Mra. B. L. Cunning
ham, were dinner guest* of Mr. and
Mrs. Furman Whitmire Sunday.
Little Evyone Cassell, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Cassell, is very
ill at her home near Calvert
Mr, and Mrs, Porter Morgan culi
ed on Mrs. Ell Huggirw Sunday, the
latter who has been very ill for some
weeks at her home at Calvert, is
slowly improving,
Mr. Buren Huggins was a visitor
of his grand mother and father, Mr.
and Mrs. A. L. Huggins, Sunday
n Mins Mamie Elizabeth Hayes of
Calvert was guest of Miss Ruth
Grant of Pickens, 3. C. last ween.
Mr. and Mrs. Clemons Garren
and Mr. R. H. Russell attended the
singing convention at Brevard Sun
day. .
Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Cunningham
w&s dinner guest* of Mr. and Mrs.
Porter Morgan Sunday.
Mrs. Ell Huggir.j who has been
very il lor several weeks is im
proving under the attending physi
cian Dr Cunningham of Brevard,
who is connected with the I.yday
Memorial hospital.
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