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f j - ■" ——"» Blue Ridge . BREEZES By A MOUNTAINEER 1 ■■ i n- ni r -- - - -« 1 CEDAR CRICK CRONICLES:— {As related by Uncle Josh) Jim an Janey Cribencom ain’t finished ther separatin yit, accordin to the reports that air bein circleated by the Ladies Aid of Cedar Crick Church. Janey still insists that j she’s a-goin to have half the tater crap afore she leaves, an Jim has bin so bizzy a-huntin that the tat ers ain’t been dug. So hit mought be sommers after New Years be foar they’uns finally part company with one another. 1 The last past Sunday were re ver-rant Samuel Goforth’s ragler ’pintment down to Cedar Crick church, an he preached to the usual small congregation. He taken his text against them what weren’t thar, an believe me, he shore got ’em tole sumpthin. He sed they's some folks what seem* ed to be a-waitin fer to be toted to church feet first Rever-rant Samuel wuz accom panied by his bootiful an good looking darter, miss Sammy Go forth, who sunged a solo all by herself, endurin the meetin. Hit is the hones opinion of yore cor ryspondent thet ef miss Sammy wud come with her paw ragler, he’d have a heap bigger crowd fer to talk to. Squirrel hunting ain’t been much in these parts lately, becaze so many of our men an boys air over yander a-huntin Japs, an Uncle Sam is a-sending of the ammerni tion over thar. Hit’ll be plumb awful if one of our Cedar Crick boys ever gits a bead on one o them slant-eyed Japaneazers, be caze they’uns never fail to shoot a squirrel’s eye out at ever pop. The Ladies Aid Sasity met en during the last past week at the home of Miz. Tom Teller, an a gineral round of nayborhood gos sip wuz enjoyed by all present. This wuz follered by a refreshing period, enduring which Miz. Teller wus desisted by miss Nona Lottts, the effective Cedar Crick school marm, in serving t’other gests with peaches an whopped cream, foller ed by miz. Teller’s famous ginger cake. All the ones which wuz pres ent an tended this meetin per nounced hit a real success. The next ragler meetin of this Sasity will be hell enduring the next incoming week at the home of yore correyspondent, who won’t be thar, but jines with Salley, his wife, in passing the word aroun, an axing all the members of the Ladies Aid to be shore an come. This is going to be a powerful important meet ing, as the Ladies air going to discuss how to raise money fer to buy the rever-rant Samuel Goforth a new suit of clothes fer Christmas. All members air When yrur doctor csks where you prefer to have your prescription filled, say: VARNER’S, because: Filled only by registered pharma cist; as written and at reasonable prices. (Advt) CATHOLIC CHURCH Mass every Sunday and Holy Day at N Y A Hut on Broad street For time of mass, phone 352. E.M. DINGS, M.D. BREVARD, N. C. Medical Bldg.—Asheville IN BREVARD Tinsley Bldg. Next to Bank Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat GLASSES FITTED AMERICA'S TALLEST HOTEL 5%e MORRISON HOTEL CHICAGO UONAtO NICKS urged to fetch a liberal donation from ther husbands fer this pur pose. They wuz a big com shuckin hell over to Johnny Timms t’othr night, an everbody fer two miles up an down the crick were thar. As a surprise fer his naybors, Johnny had hid a pint of com what never had no shuck on hit, at ever sech a distance in the pile what did have shucks. An ever when somebody shucked inter one o them thar shuckless pints he’d let a yell, an atter samplin his self he’d pass hit down the line as fer as hit wud go. In this way everbody had a leetle nip ‘thout enybody gittin tight. Atter the shucking wuz all over, Johnny wuz rid on a rail all over the place, an then all hands went inside whar the wimmen had fix ed sech a supper as ye never seed in all yore lifes. Thar wuz turkey, an’ coon, an’ backbones, an’ ribs, an leather britches, an lye hom iney, an rice and gravey, an hull stacks of punkin pies an cakes, an all the good stout coffee a-body cud drink. The funny part about hit wuz that Johnny tole us atter everbody had et, that the coffee wuz mostly parched rye, with jus enuff rael coffee to flavor hit jus [rite. An he sed part of the coon wuz groundhog, an part of the turkey wuz dominicker rooster, but hit wuz all powerful good, an enjoyed to the last bite. Post Script: They’ll be more Cedar Crick Chronicles ever when my ritin pardner gits so bizzy with other things that he’ll ax me to rite this column again. Enyhow, I’ll try to let you’uns know next week how the Ladies Aid Sasity come out with ther meetin down to our house. EXECUTRIX’ NOTICE TO CREDITORS Having qualified as Executrix of the Will of J. R. Bulter, deceas ed, late of Anderson County, South Carolina, this is to notify all per sons having claims against the Estate of the said deceased to ex hibit them to the undersigned at Room No. 5, McMinn Building, Brevard, North Carolina, on or before the 2nd day of December, 1944, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All per sons indebted to said Estate will please make immediate payment. This the 26th. day of November, 1943. LAURA BUTLER, Executrix of J. R. Butler. 12-2-6tc NOTICE An ordinance to prohibit the keeping of live hogs within cer tain limits in the town of Brevard. The Board of Aldermen of the Town of Brevard do ordain: Section 1. That no person, firm or corporation, shall keep any live hog, or hogs, within the following area within the corporate limits of the Town of Brevard, viz: Beginning at a stake in the center of U. S. Highway No. 64, 100 feet East of the center of the bridge over Brushy Creek, and runs thence up and parallel to Brushy Creek and 100 feet East therefrom to English Branch; thence up said English Branch to a point 200 yards south of Probarte Street; thence Westwardly parallel to and 200 yards South of Probarte Street to the city limits; thence, with the city limits, in a North direction to a point 200 yards North of Probarte Street; thence, a direct line to the point of inter section of Kings Mill Road with Whitmire Street; thence from said intersection to the nearest point on Kings Creek; thence down and with the center of Kings Creek to the bridge on U. S. Highway No. 64; thence, with the center line of U. S. Highway No. 64 South wardly to a point 300 feet North of French Broad Avenue; thence parallel to and 300 feet North of French Broad Avenue in an Eas terly direction to a point 300 feet East of Park Avenue; thence par allel to and 300 feet East of Park Avenue in a Southerly direction to a point 300 feet East of Park view Drive; thence parallel to and' 300 feet East of Parkview Drive to the city limits; thence with the city limits to a point 1,300 feet West of the Greenville highway; thence North 600 feet to a point; thence in a Westerly direction to the nearest point on the A. N. Jen kins’ road; thence West along said A. N. Jenkins’ road to a point 100 feet East of Maple Street; thence in a Southerly direction, parallel to and 100 feet East of Maple Street, to the city limits; thence with the city limits to a point 100 feet East of Brushy Creek; thence up Brushy Creek, parallel to and 100 feet East therefrom, to the beginning. Section 2. That all ordinances and clauses of ordinances, in con flict with the provisions of this [Ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 3. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after March 1, 1944. Adopted this the 6th day of December, 1943. ALEX KIZER, 12-16-lte__ Clerk Buy U. S. Government Bonds and Stamps regularly. AN ADDRESS BY Mr. Harry H. Straus fcJSrSJS <LP. At Brevard Chamber Of Commerce Banquet The newspapers keep you actively informed about the satisfactory I progress we are making on all fighting fronts where our men in the Army, Navy and air forces, combined with our allies, are straining every ounce of their physical strength to bring this colossal war to a successful ending. We have all reason to be proud of them. Not for one second can we let up at home in our efforts to support them with the production of weapons of war and to keep them supplied with the necessities of life. This is an enormous task, of which all of us here on the home front absolve ourselves with credit. Let us pray that this struggle may soon come to a victorious end, and one which will spell “PEACE”. This evening I want to talk to you on POSTWAR PLANNING, the great responsibility which rests on those who are not on the fighting front. POSTWAR PLANNING is recognized by all our leaders—be it in industry, profession or government—to be of foremost importance. When the treacherous Jap, on December 7th.—nearly two years ago— attacked Pearl Harbor, our nation was barely prepared for war. To get ready, we had to perform a most gigantic job, in a short period of time, and we did it marvelously well. Let us draw a lesson from the emergency and the hardships we had to pass through, and prepare a peace on time. It was for such a purpose that the COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT was organized. Let me tell you something about it. Early in 1942 a handful of our big captains of Industry met in Wash ington, not to talk about the War, but what its ending will bring to business. In the words of its dynamic chairman, Mr. Paul Hoffman, president of the Studebaker Corporation: “The purpose of C. E. D. is to assist commerce and industry in pre paring to make their full contribution to stability and prosperity through high levels of employment and productivity when peace comes.” C. E. D., as it is usually referred to, is a private, non-profit organiza tion completely independent. It has the original sponsorship and retains the active support of the Secretary of Commerce but it is neither an of ficial nor semi-official agency of government. It is financed entirely by contributions from private business. C. E. D. is not an over all post-war planning agency. Its aim is not to do planning but to stimulate and aid companies to plan for themselves. The Committee has been assured cooperation by government agencies and private groups alike. However, in every sense of the word, C. E. D. is independent, privately owned and privately financed, run by business men in the interest of our people as a whole. “OBJECT” OF C. E. D. 1. Obviate widespread unemployment after the war. i 2. Put the man returning from the Armed Forces back to work. 3. Raise the sight of every business man to the possibility and neces sity of high levels of production and employment in the post-war period. \ 4. Start every Company NOW on its Postwar program. 5. Planning for expanded production, better goods at lower prices. 6. Study markets, find the profitable ones. 7. Employ the largest number of people. 8. Discard unprofitable items; add new ones, as conditions demand. 9. Keep company Postwar preparations constantly in action. C. E. D. has divided the nation into twelve (12) districts, largely following the Federal Reserve Divisions. Each district has a Chairman and he in turn has appointed a Chairman for each State in his District, called State Chairman. It is his duty to appoint Community Chairmen to cover his state. In this way, the whole nation has been organized for intensive study of the Postwar problems of employment and industry and it is the hope of C. E. D. that every community will cooperate to avoid the collapse of business, similar to what we suffered not long after the last war. Already over 1,000 Chairmen are at work. Practically the entire country has been covered. This in itself is a marvelous per formance of efficiency. PLANNING NOW will safeguard national economy in the critical transition period which might come soon, so let us be prepared. We must do our part, during peace time, as well as we have performed our job dur ing the war period. Now let us see what we here in Transylvania County can do right now so as to organize for Postwar Planning. The problem of Postwar Planning is different in every community. In some places, we are over-industrialized; many defense plants are in opera tion. This is not the case right here. We are living in a community which is well-balanced, which has industry to give employment to many of our citi zens and it is very fortunate to notice that we have, at the present time, no unemployment problem. A recent survey indicated that very few peo- | pie are out of work and there are jobs available for practically all those who want to work. TO FIND EMPLOYMENT FOR ALL IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF POSTWAR PLANNING. Thousands of our boys are in the Army and in the Navy fighting, at this moment, for freedom. Many men and women have left this part of the country and gone to other places where they engaged in work which is strictly for defense purposes. When they will begin to come back to be re-united with their families, they have the right to expect a job wait ing for them. We must begin to plan right now to prepare employment for them. Primarily, Transylvania County depends on farming. During recent years, it has become more and more difficult to obtain farm equipment and the equipment of various types which the farmers had are either worn out or antiquated. They need replacement. A great opportunity exists for farm machinery dealers to bring to the attention of the farming com munity what has been developed recently in the form of machinery which has not been used before and which has not been available to them. A study must be made of farm products which are mostly needed. Study your markets. Adopt new crops which have not formerly been grown in our vicinity for which markets might exist. When this war is over, there will be a tremendous demand for food. We will be facing a hungry world Iwhich is clamoring to be fed. We must be prepared to supply the demand. Those farmers who want to come out on top and make some money must be familiar with farming practices and equipment which would enable them to produce at a low cost. Many of the men returning from the armed forces must be attracted back to the farm where lucrative prospects are waiting for them. Not only are there tremendous opportunities for the farmer in raising foodstuffs but there is a very enticing and desirable market for them in tobacco. All types of tobacco leaf, many of them can be raised right here in our vicinity, are in greater demand than agriculture can produce. Tobacco leaf, with our steadily increasing cigarette consumption, is being consumed faster than it is being grown and after the war there will be enormous demands from countries which formerly have bought American leaf tobacco but cannot get it now, such as France, Scandinavian countries, Belgium, China, and many others. The stocks of leaf tobacco in all these countries are depleted and they will be crying for supplies. I have been told by experts in leaf tobacco that for five years to come and longer, there will be a lucrative market for all types of leaf tobacco. Here is an opportunity waiting for you and which must be studied and taken advantage of, Brevard is the county seat of Transylvania County and is serving fanners with their needs of many kinds, such as clothing, groceries, hard ware, machinery, etc. It must be the ambition of the merchants in Bre vard to study the needs of the farming community and they must endeavor to bring more farm business to town. The merchants must realize their opportunity of demand on the part of the farmers as well as the industrial workers for all sorts of merchan dise which is not available at the present time due to war restrictions. The money which will be spent alone on house repairs, farm repairs— be it paint, material or equipment—is enormons. Many new materials have been developed during the war which are not, at this moment, avail able for civilian consumption; however, which will be available before long, and the wide-awake merchant will make himself familiar with such products, place his orders in time so that he has a stock on his shelves when the time for selling comes. We in Transylvania County are extremely fortunate and, as stated before, there is very little suffering and poverty to be noted. The demand for new houses here will be great I estimate that there is need for not less than 1,000 modem dwellings to take care of the influx in population which earns its livelihood in Brevard and vicinity, people who are living today in crowded apartments which do not fill their needs, but they can not do better; consequently, we must realize what a splendid opportunity exists in the home construction field in Brevard. Now, it is up to our real estate people and builders to study the im provement in home construction which has taken place during the last few years and which also, due to the shortage of material, is not as yet available. However, they are known and the manufacturers of such ma terials freely advertise and are prepared to send representatives and literature to those who are interested. The wide-awake merchant will begin to lay his plans for this potential market of house construction right at this moment. As soon as he is familiar with what is available, he must begin his sales campaign to interest those who intend to build in what the “house of the future”, with most modem equipment, will look like. This is not sufficient. The merchant, farmer, builder and architect alone cannot do the job. A very important part in POSTWAR PLAN NING is played by the community itself. The City and County authorities must realize their opportunity. They must begin to survey the available building tracts within its boundaries. They must make plans to develop such tracts of land. They must provide roads, sewerage, water and all that goes with it, so that people interested in building will not be confronted with unimproved property but with at tractive building land. The City and County should appoint a Commission to study this situa tion, lay its plans right now, begin to blue print them and as soon as labor, material, machinery and equipment are available, begin to improve prop erty. Study must be made of schools and educational facilities to see that a growing community has all these facilities available so as to make it at tractive for people to build and own their homes. People who own their homes make the best citizens. A modern community which shows the power to expand as Brevard did during the last few years, must keep its eyes open towards the future. The coming means of transportation will be the airplane. We will fly from place to place. With no railroad passenger connection within a ra dius of 25 miles, this community is seriously handicapped. What we do need here is a modern airport. It behooves the City and County authori ties to carefully study this subject. If such facilities are not offered in time, people will certainly not locate here, if they find modern landing facilities somewhere else. The additional work which the authorities—be it City or County— must bear in mind is to attract more desirable industries to our neighbor hood. All this will bring prosperity to all of us, will bring business to the merchant, will demand more homes, and the latter, as stated previous ly, Brevard does not offer, at this time. I only cited a few of the many opportunities which present themselves for POSTWAR PLANNING. This is a subject which cannot be covered in one evening. It is a study which takes close application of men who are familiar with the County and who have the ability to develop and blue print plans for the future. The Committee for Economic Development has as its chairman for North Carolina, Mr. Robert M. Hanes, President of the Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, who is most anxious to make all of us “POSTWAR PLANNING CONSCIOUS”. I have been honored with the appointment as District Vice-Chairman for Western North Carolina and I am busily engaged, at this time, organ izing every community in my district to make our citizens “Conscious of POST WAR PLANNING”. Associated with me in Western North Carolina are: Mr. J. Gerald Cowan, Chariman, Action Division; Mr. D. Hiden Ramsey, Chairman, Relations Division; Mr. C. Vanderhooven, Chairman, Research Division. I personally have spent considerable time and effort on POSTWAR PLANNING in Western North Carolina and am prepared to do so in the future. For Transylvania County, I have appointed as Chairman, Mr. F. S. “Buck” Best, who is associated with Ecusta in business and who is equally as enthusiastic about POSTWAR PLANNING as I am. I am very happy that the members of the Chamber of Commerce ex tended to me the opportunity to talk to you tonight. I feel the Chamber of Commerce is the ideal body in which POSTWAR work should con centrate. In addition, I hope that the Chamber will appoint a Postwar Committee which will cooperate with Mr. Best and I also would like to see a Committee formed on which are represented the leading citizens of Bre vard—be it industry, merchant, lawyer, doctor—also it would be very wel come if the presidents of the various social organizations, such as the Junior Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis, Lions, Women’s Civic Clubs, Busi ness and Professional Women’s Club and American Red Cross, would be come members. Of course, the Mayors and representatives of other cities in our County should be amongst the Committee members. No Committee or individual can do the Postwar Planning for you. You must size up your own needs and freely confer with others and ask yoilr local chairman for advice. C. E. D. has available a mountain of information which it can make available to those who ask for it and untiringly, in my capacity as Vice Chairman,. and with my associates, will try to help you solve problems, if you care to submit them to us. C. E. D. I hope will become the Clearing House, the Steering Commit tee of POSTWAR PLANNING in Transylvania County. The object of all of us is the same: “PROSPERITY THROUGH EMPLOYMENT” Our Administration in Washington will play the most important part in the picture as a whole. The “Winning the Peace Movement” must be constructed on a solid concrete base. Such men who will conduct the future affairs of State in Washington or Raleigh must be the pillars of strength to lead us into permanent peace and prosperity. " THE FUTURE BELONGS TO THOSE WHO PREPARE FOR IT! I
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