The
Transylvania Times
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Estab. 1896 Estab. 1931
Consolidated 1932
Published Weekly on Thursdays by
C. M. DOUGLAS .
Offices in The News Building
C. M. DOUGLAS.Editor
MISS A. TROWBRIDGE. .Associate
SUBsHlPTIObTRATES
Per Year.?L00
Six Months .60
Motion picture stars must be awful
persons fudging from a description of
one of our favorites as carried in a
Monday afternoon daily and credited
to Catholic Father Sullivan like this
_-Mae West to portray ‘the
•worldly wise, sophistiea evdtm‘en4a
fi\V”_” which must be something
awful.
Down in Columbia, S. C., people are |
refusing to take five dollar bills that |
show the likeness of ■kbe Lincoln j
winking one eye, claiming they (the j
bills) are counterfit. In Brevard we
take ’em with both eyes shut.
“One way street’’ sign means noth
ing in Brevard_witness the many
cars going west on Jordan street by
the postoffice. There'll be a bad
wreck there and then listen to the “I
told you so’s.”
We are about ready to agree with I
Dr. M. E. Parson about keeping up (
his d .'g as set out in last week’s ,
Times... .they should all be kept up,
shot, or all turned loose. Seems as j
though our folk think mad dog is
something to read about but nothing ■
to worry over. " ‘ j
“... .and they laid John Henry in j
the shade” quoth an old ballad. This ^
time it was not John Henry but ,
John Dillinger, who thought he could
outsmart the United States govern
ment and live by crime. While there is
bound to be a little pity in the hearts
of everyone for the misguided man,
yet most people will agree that he
got his dues.
The Times takes particular pride
in a new publication—the Greenwood
(S. C.) Tribune which made its initial
bow to the public last Thursday. The
creditable weekly is edited by Cecil 0.
Brantley, for the past two years
connected with this newspaper.
WEF.FARE WORK TO
GET MORE ATTEXTIOX
FROM TAXPAYERS
People in general have for the past
two yenrs looked upon the relief
work that has been going on as “just
another federal handout” or so much
stock-in-trade at the pie-counter.
This, however, is destined to change,
what with the ruling by Big Boy
Ifopkirs in Washington to the effect
that municipalities are going to pay
part cf the fees whether or no. ^
“Why should we worry, it doesn’t
cost u? anything”....has been gen
eral attitude, and consequently the
work has been far from all that it
should have been. “Let’s get all we
can for our county before somebody
else gets it"_and Mr. Average
Citizen has failed to see wherein it
was his duty to help make the dollars
count.
The following item from the pen
of Eugene Ashcraft in The Monroe
Enquirer gees into the matter as fol
low.':
LOCAL TAXES FOR CIV.4
It’s more than probable that Uncle
Sam is going to hold up on furnishi g
nearly all the money for lehef work,
and require mayors of towns and
county commissioners to take ovei in (
the main most of the relief work.
Mr?. Thomas O’Berry, state leliei
administrator at Roily, has written,
town and county officials throughout,
the state that they should add from (
2 1-2 to 5 cents on the $100 valuation
of property for relief purposes.
Harry L. Hopkins, national relief
.administrator, says that out of every
$5 95 furnished North Carolina fami
lies the state units pay only 76 cents.
Well and good. And when Monroe s
aldermen and Union’s county commis
sioners require our citizens to direct
ly pay the Fareyouwells the people in
this community will see to it that
those who need assistance do not die
for lack of attention while those who
are fairly well-to-do do not hog free
rations. . . , .,
Of course, I’m not critical of the
dozen or so local relief workers, but
giving hail Columbia to those lazy
louts who abuse the government’s in
tent to be helpful in times of stress.
I regret to say it, but it is my honest
opinion that feeding one-fourth the
population by the government has
been an injury rather than a help to
our people. It has come to the pass
that an honest day’s work can scarce
ly be had from the riff-raff. Ask any
farmer in Union county and he will
explain what I’m trying to say.—Eu
gene Ashcraft in The Monroe En
quirer.
Message? travel through the nerves
of a human being at a rate of about
400 feet per second.
Forty thousand white-tailed deer
are killed annually within 300 miles
of New York City, according to esti
mates.
: GLANCING |
BACK AT |
BREVARD
Taken from the tiles of The J
Sylvan Valley News, beginning +
1895, through the courtesy ox x
Mrs. W. B. F. Wright. #
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(From the file of April 29, 1898)
A wedding occurred at the resi
dence of David Searcey in the Cherry
field section last Saturday evening.
Miss Josie Searcey and Joseph Dunn
were united in wedlock, Rev. W. C.
Dunn pronouncing the magic cere
mony which made the two one.
The following has been suggested
as the proper ones for our people to
elect. We are informed that all these
gentlemen will serve if elected:
Mayor,J.W. Pless. Aldermen, W. L.
Aiken, C. W. Hunt, W. L. Carmichael,
Z. \V. Nichols and E. W. Blythe. The
following ticket for aldermen has
been suggested: W. L. Carmichael,
C. C. Kilpatrick, T. W. Hadden, J. W.
Pless and G. W. Young. The ticket
represents the mercantile, medical,
legal, mechanical and laboring ele
ments of our citizenship and is eoin
po ed ox both political parties. The
suggestion made last week by a cor
respondent that W. H. Faulkner
would make a good candidate for
mayor seems to have met with quite
x hearty response,
J. C. King has enclosed his cottage
and grounds in the western part ot
town with a very neat fence which is
now receiving a coat of paint. His
pi-cmise> will be an attraction to the
town when completed.
P. S. King is soliciting subscrip
:ions for Shepp’s Giant Library
;ipht books in cne—over 600 pages,
sold only by subscription. He seems
to be meeting with fair success and
io deserves it. f
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Col. W. L. Hume has once more
■■tarted on the turnpike survey and
will continue until the line is com
pleted. Energy is necessary if the
road is ready for use this summer.
The passenger car of the H. & B
railroad makes quite a respectable
appearance since it came from the
hands of the painters. It made its
first trip Monday and the second class
coach was left behind for the paint
ers. Ben Hamlin is in charge of the
work and it is a credit to his ability
as a painter.
T. D. England has rented his four
room cottage for another year to its
present occupant, Jas. Hadden. It
pays to advertise.
J. W. Pless is a success as a fence
builder and his premises are much
improved by his talent in that line.
J. C. King started for Pickens,
S. C., yesterday morning, presumably
to return with his wife who has been
wintering in that latitude.
Mrs. Mary Glazener, Pli years >ld
highly respected lady, died at her
home near Brevard Monday night and
was buried at the old Glazener family
cemetery on Tuesday evening. The
funeral services were conducted at
the home of the deceased by ltev.
I. T. Newton. Mrs. Glazener v/as the
oldest resident of this mountain sec
tion, having been born within 200
yards of where she now sleeps. She
had lived in Buncombe, Henderson
and Transylvania counties without
removing from her home.
The Presbyterian church is under
going a slight inside renovation,
W. I. Trantham with his force of
painters is giving it a kalsomine
finish.
John Kitchen, whose serious illness
was noticed in our columns, died last
week at his home in South Carolina.
The resolution declaring w a 1
against Spain passed the house in
just one minute and 40 seconds. The
senate in executive session passed the
resolution without amendment and at
6:18 o’clock the president signed it.
The following is the first clause of
the bill: “A bill declaring that war
exists between the United States and
the kingdom of Spain. Be it enacted
that war be, and the same is declared
existing; that war has existed since
the 20th day of April, A. D. 1898,
including said day, between the Uni
ted States of America and the king
dom of Spain.” President McKinley
has called for 126,000 volunteers, and
North Carolina has been asked to
furnish two regiments of infantry
and one of artillery as her quota.
The call on the governors of the
states for the required number of vol
unteers was sent this afternoon from
the war department. Eight Spanish
vessels have been captured by our
fleet as prizes since hostilities com
menced.
The new livery stable sign which
is to adorn the front of Cooper &
Clerk’s stable is an artistic painting
which does credt to Mr. Trantham
and his assistants.
Among the visiting members of the
bar at the present term of Superior
court in session here we notice Judges
J. H. Merrimon and G. A. Shuford,
Hon. V. S. Lusk, J. N. Rogers, Ashe
ville; W. A. Smith and A. E. Posey,
Hendersonville; J. M. Moody, Way
nesville; and W. W. Zachary, Mar
shall. Judge Hoke and Solicitor Jones
arrived by train Sunday evening and
were on hand to call court at 10
o’clock Monday morning.
The Black Mountain Eagle publish
ed at Burnsville. Yancey county,
after a suspension of several months
has been resurrected and will take
up arms in the cause of Bryan and
bimetallism. May the bird of free
loai remain ever on the wing.
LAKE TOXAWAY
(By Mrs. H. D. Lee)
Mrs. Dovie Whitmire of F’at Creek
spent a few days recently with Mr.
and Mrs. Guy Whitmire.
Prof. Randall Lyday called on ev
>ral of the agriculture boys here ore
Jay last week.
Misses Mildred and Lucy Gallowa.'
went last week with their grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vance Gallo
way ill Gloucester.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wilbanks, Mrs.
Laura Lafay ad Robert Wilbanks
visited Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Lee Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Ray were
Hendersonville visitors Saturday.
Mrs. James Nunnally of Atlanta is
spending the summer here at her
summer home.
Miss “Dot” Lee who attended
summer school at W. C. T. C., Cullo
whee„ has returned to the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. l.ee.
J. W. Jones and son Garland of
Etowah spent a few days last week
with Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Jcne?.
Mrs. Carl Breedlove and Mrs.
Ira Galloway visited Mrs. Sam San
iders Monday.
Mr. anti Mrs. l>. c,. »cruggs oi
Hendersonville and Mrs. Grady
Scruggs of West Asheville were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Wil
liams Sunday.
Mrs. Harvey Rogers entertained
the members of her Sunday school j
class with a social at her home .Mon
day night.
Mrs. Chas Lee visited her par- j
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Gideon Miller, at j
Quebec Sunday.
Miss Inez Owen is spending some .
time with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mc
Coy.
Misses Blanche and Virginia Arro
wood end Walter Glazener were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Teague
in Pickens Sunday.
Rev. J. R. Owen of Asheville visit- j
ed his brother, W. J. Owen last |
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Preston Taylor and j
Mr. and Mrs. Bowers and son and i
daughter of Six Mile were guests of
Mr. and Mrs . Lewis Tinsley lest
week-end.
Mrs. Ida Payne is visiting her son,'
J. H. Payne, in Asheville.
Mrs. W. M. MCall and sonsi Elbert
AT THE
CLEMSON THEATRE
Tense drama is pcrtrayed in
"Grand Canary,” scheduled at ths
Oleinson for Thursday of this week,
with Warner Baxter playing the role
of a doctor who is disgraced in the
eyes of the world but too hcenst with
Hmself to take the little joy that is
left for him in the love of another
man’s life... .until the medico has
found himself again in taking up hi=
work of saving human life.
Friday’s offering is taken from a
novel by Elisabeth Cobb-“a story
by a woman, about a woman, for
every woman.” Helen Twelvetrees is
lending performer in “She Was a
Lady."
Bob Steele brings action and thrills
of the outdoor life in a western pic
ture labeled "Galloping Romeo" on
Saturday.
“The Affairs of Cellini” will b?
shown on Monday and Tuesday of
next week with Constance Bennett
and Frederick Marsh playing to
gether in a hilarious farce that has
won acclaim from critics in all sec
tions.
and Haywood were recent guests cf
Mr. and Mrs. Riley Johnson.
Mrs. Harvey Rogers and son John
were visiting in Hendersonville Sat
urday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Oldham and
little son R. A. Jr. of Asheville are
guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Lee this
week.
Misses Virginia and LaRue Teague
of Pickens are visiting Misses Blan
che and Virginia Arrowood this
week.
Miss Evelyn Thomas of Black
Mountain is spending some time with
her parents Mr. and Mrs. Marian
Thomas.
Little Elizabeth Johnson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Pitt Johnson, who
has been very ill, is improving.
--—:
According to estimates there ate at
least 5,000,000 lepers in the world to
day,
The penguin is found in New Zea
land, Australia, and the Falkland
Islands :n plentiful numbers.
ERNEST |
IH i
He was a chosen Mason,
The operative kind,
Who daily used his
Square, plumb-bar
SHSmbim
God must have passed the pool that
And seeing work so well done,
That He said, “I need a mason like you,
So come with Me to the Kingdom, my
And thus my brother departed
To begin a service on high,
For the Supreme and Mighty Architect,
Our Father, Alpha, Omega, Pi.
J Lo \ C bb Br* dN ’
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