VOL. XXIV
BREVARD, N. C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1919.
NUMBER 36.
BREVARD GROWING
VERY RAPIDLY
Transylvania County is developing
as never before. Never in the
memory of the oldest inhabitant has
Brevard taken such rapid strides
along the path of progress as in the
past year. The great crowds of vis-
' itors who flocked here from all over
the country this summer are leaving
.filled with enthusiastic opinions of
the scenic grandeur and marvelous
beauty of our vine clad hills, peace
ful valleys, glittering waterfalls and
turbulent streams.' They are leav
ing with the determination to come
again and SOON. Some have already
planned to stay and others only wait
the opportunity to move to our town
and county.
Transylvania County grows stead
ily year by year in popu^r favor as
a summer resort and many native
Transylvanians who have sought their
fortunes in other states and numbers
of those who have visited these hills
only wait the development of some
such project as the proposed electric
railroad from here to Greenville, S.
C. to bring them back to stay. The
crowded conditions and lack of accom
modations this season demonstrates
the fact that there is need of more
hotels in Brevard, more rentable
residences, more office and store build
ings. While there is to be a new
office and store building in the near
future at this time there is not an
available vacant store in Brevard.
NOT ONE. There are new enter
prises begging for office and store
space every day.
The last issue of the Brevard New*
carried the report that Brevard In
stitute opened the fall term with the
largest enrollment of its history, in
fact the dormitory accommodations
are already inadequate for the de
mands of the term. The Brevard
public sJ^l opened this week with
a high scMol course of study and a
new building almost completed that
would be a credit to a town many
times the size of Brevard. Real es
tate is steadily changing hands and
the merchants of Brevar^ have never
known such a good business season.
Truly Brevard is building, booming,
and growing. The Transylvania Tan
ning Company has been rebuilt in
the past few months with an enlarged
capacity. So many new enterprises
and buildings are being planned and
so many improvements are about to
be made that the progress of Brevard
and Transylvania County is attrac
ting the attention of the whole state.
Financiers are becoming interested
in the wonderful resources of Tran
sylvania County and a goodly num
ber of our leading citizens are eager
to make this county the g»den spot
of the Carolinas. There is no bet
ter Jland in American for truck gard-
^nd livestock that right here in
old Transylvania.
While Brevard, as a summer resort,
has been steadily growing year by
year it is realized that factories that
have a yearly payroll are worth far
more to the future of our town^and
the proposed R. R. ought to bring
more.
Everyone is anxious to see the
electric road from here to Greenville
a reality and all ar^ ready to back
the movement to thfeir utmost limit.
Railway connection ^between Brevard
and Greenville has ben advocated for
years by several of the most pro
gressive citizens of this county. In
fact this road was advocated in a
published statement by. a citizen of
Brevard in 1908—(W. P. Whitmire).
IT CAN BE DONE and must be done.
Everyone is waiting anxiously for
oar local organizations and leading
<^izens to start the ball & rolling
The absolute necessity of a connect-
COMMDNItY CAN
NERY IN OPERATION
The first community cannery to be
operated in Transylvania County has
just opened at Quebec. This enter
prise is the result of the work beguif
some months ago by the Heme Dem
onstration Club of Quebec. The
young ladies of this organization be
gan canning vegetables on a small
scale in the early part of the summer
and were so successful with their ef
forts that the entire community be
came interested in the project of can
ning home-grown fruit and vegeta
bles. The interest became so wide
spread that the undertaking soon out
grew the capacity of the equipment
the club was able to procure. In or
der that the work of the Club girls
might not be handicapped by avoid
able limitation the public jspirited
farmers of the Quebec section decid
ed to form a stock company for the
purpose of operating a community
cannery at Quebec which would con
serve food for the people of the im
mediate neighborhood as well as to
furnish an outlet for surplus products
of the vicinity by operating a <com-
mercial canning plant. The new
establishment is equipped with the
most up-to-date- apparatus for pre
serving garden products, ‘ and the
plant is so arranged that enlarge
ments can be made at any time.
The stock holders of the new com
pany have elected the following
board of directors: W. B. Henderson,
chairman; W. H. Reece, T. C. McCall,
Misses Maxie Reece and Norma Chap
man.
Miss Roxie Reece is manager of the
cannery.
SUMMER RESIDENT OF CEDAR
CEDAR MOUNTAIN DEAD
John G. Capers died at his home
in Washington City last Friday. The
end came suddenly and followed a
stroke o^ paralysis. Mr. Capers was
about fifty-three years of age. He
was a native of South Carolina and
was at one time district attorney for
that state. He also held the office of
commissioner of internal revenue for
several years.
Mr. Capers was among the first to
visit this county of the large group
of South Carolinians who now come
to Cedar Mt. every summer. Mr.
Capers was an ardent admirer of the
natural beauties of this section and
did much to bring large numbers of
southern visitors here.
ing link between Transylvania County
and the South is a certainty
in the mind of every citizen of this
county who is vitally interested in
the future development of this sec
tion and the people are talking of
the railroad as never before. The
politicians ought to get together on
this question. It is realized that out
side capital is becomming interested
and only awaits the solid backing of
the movement by the citizens of the
county. jPawever, those most inter
ested in the matter declare that the
citizens of the county are in a body
for this road and are willing to vote
any reasonable' amount to make it a
surety. ^ It is pointed out that Tran-
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sylvan ia can well afford to build the
road ^th the use of only a small
per cei^t of outside capital. Every-
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^one believes in and wants the road,
I but ther^ are a. good many different
i^ews in regard to the (Torrect way td
p\^oceci^. ^o the nut thing to do is
to ^havc a ii»IASS MEETING and let
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this great | project be discussed and
an organisation formed to take this
matter up v a definite-manner.
A BEAIEVER W BREVARD’S
FUTURE. \ .
CITYSCHOOIS
OPENED MONDAY
The Brevard public school opened
the fall term of the 1919-20 session
last Monday morning. Owing to the
fact that the auditorium in the new
high school»building has not yet been
completed the opening exercises were
held in the primary department of the
graded school. For this reason a
large number of the patrons' of the
school were unable to find standing
room at the opening exercises. The
attendance last Monday was larger
than at the beginning of any previous
session of the local schools. The
large number of high school students
present was especially noticeable.
The opening exercises were conduc
ted by Rev. J. C. Seagle who made a
short and forceful talk to the pupils.
After Mr. Seagle had finished speak
ing Mis Tyner, the principal of the
high school, announced to the high
school students that she was unable
to say when the work of the high
school would begin on account of the
unfinished condition of the new
building.
BAPTISTS BELIEVE IN PRINT
ER’S INK
The value of systematic newspaper
advertising is becoming recognized
more and more as an efficient means
of carrying on the work of every
agency that takes a part in the up
building of a community.
In fact so general has become the
custom of using newspaper space for
getting the attention of the public
that progressive church Mforkers
throughout the country are using
printer’s ink to broaden their spheres
of usefulness. Workers of the local
Baptist church have taken the lead
of Transylvania churches in this form
of progressiveness. In inaugurating
the Transylvania division of the na
tion wide million dollar campaign
which is being carried on by the Bap-
tits Church they have decided to
use a page of display advertising in
the Brevard News during the whole
period of the drive in this county.
Rev. C. C. Duckworth is chairman
of the publicity section of the cam
paign committe in this county.
DELEGATES APPOINTED
Delegates have been appointed by
the Brevard and Davidson River Pres
byterian churches to attend the ses-
of the Asheville Presbytery which.will
meet at Hendersonville September the
twenty-third and close on the twenty-
sixth. J, B. Braswell has been elected
to represent the Davidson River
chutch and C. M. Siniard will go from
the Brevard Presbyterian church.
Rev. J. R. Hay, pastor of the two
churches will also attend the Hen
dersonville lAeeting. Delegates to
the Presbytery will also have the
privilege of attend the classes of the
Bible school which is to be held at
Hendersonville for the entire Y^eek
beginning September the twenty-first.
The Bible school is to be conducted
by Dr. Mack of the Union Theologi
cal S^inary of Richmond Va.
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SINGING TO BE FEATURED
A series of ser^ces will open at
the Brevard Presbyterian church
next Monday morning. These meet
ing, are to be feared by gospel
preaching and gospel .singing. Rev.
W. M. Sikes, D. D. is to do the preach
ing and Fred Smith will conduct the
singing. There will be two sessions
each day, one at ten-thirty- in the
morning: an<l anotiier at eight o’clock
in the evening. ‘Everyone is mvited
to attend* • *
POWER FOR RAIL
ROAD OBTAINABLE
Editor Brevard News:
Since Writing my first article on
the electric line from here tofGreen-
ville, S. C. sevral gentlemen have
spoken to me about motor power.
When I was in Florida I was the
chief engineer of the Miami Traction
Company. We used the storage bat
tery cars which gave perfect satis
faction and carried eight to ten ton
loads. These cars are also success
fully used in Philadelphia and other
cities. Tbey have to be recharged
daily. Power could be obtained
here and in Greenville without any
trouble. What we want to do is to
organize a local stock company and
get a charter for this road before
outside capitalists come in and delay
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this project by the litigations which
will inevitably arise from conflicting
interests of rival companies. Money
in this iseotion is plentiful. The road
can be built by home capital and this
is the way it ought to be built.
H. G. BAILEY.
WHISKEY, PISTOLS AND KNIVES
A combination of moonshine, pis
tols, and knives made last Sunday af
ternoon a little bit different from the
ordinary kind for two citizens of this
county and four unknown travellers
from Greenville, S. C., who left this
section without revealing their iden-
ity. The South Carolina visitors were
leaving this county in a Ford Sunday
afternoon evidently with an ample
supply of moon juice.
The trouble arose over the South
Carolinians using profane language
in the presence of ladies which the
Tar Heels would not stand for and
had an officer put a &top to it.
Later in the afternoon the Brevard
boys started for a trip to Toxaway
and were over taken >by the rowdies
from the Palmetto State who were de
termined to get revenge. Pistols,
knives and claw hammers were used
in the scuffle but no one was serious
ly injured. The sandlappers were
finally overpowered by the Tar Heels
and the last seen of them they were
making their way as fast as gasoline
would take thejjjpi toward the South
Carolina line.
BIRDMAN TO ATTEND FAIR
Ofi^cials of the Transylvania
are planning to give people who come
to the county exposition this year a
new thrill. Negotiations are now on
foot to secure the services of Henry
Westall, the Asheville air artist, for
a flight here during the fair. Owing
to the fact that there is not at pre
sent a suitable landing place near
Brevard for airships Mr. Westall will
make a continious flight from Ashe
ville to Brevard and return and while
t
in the'skyward territory of Brevard
will do some of the special stunts
which have made his flying exhibitions
one of the most popular attractions
of Asheville during the past summer.
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NEW SHOE SHOP OPENS
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E. E. Lewis and Paul Bowen have
opened a shoe-repairing shop in the
building formerly occupied by the
Faulkner Millinery Store. Mr. Bowen
who is an experienced shoe mendw
will give bis whole tj^me and personal
attention • to the ^ work of the new
shop. Mr. I^wis will be unable to
take an active part in the new en
terprise as he has business interests
in Muscle Skoals, Ala. which demand
most of his time.. He vdll return next
-week ip Muscle Shoals for the win
ter. *' • .
VBITDR PLEASED
WITH BREVARD
Z. W. Whithead, editor of the
Sottthem Lumber Journal published
at Wilmington, N. C. is a guest with
his wife at the Franklin Hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. Whithead came from
Hendersonville to Brevard by motor
and Mr. Whithead in talking to a re
presentative of the News stated that
the section of this road in TransyP*
vania County is one of the best ex
amples of mountain highway he has
ever seen. Mr. Whithead is enthus
iastic in his praise of Brevard as an
ideal summer resort. He has travell
ed extensively in the resort regions
of thi^ country and abroad and he
states that he has never discovered
a combhiation of climatic and scenic
grander:* that equals in any measure
the natural advantages possessed by
Brevard. The visitor stated that he
expected to urge the state press as
sociation of which he is an officer to
hold its next annual meeting here.
The next yearly convention of this
organization is scheduled for the
Western pert of the state and Mr.
Whitehead thinks Brevard is the
place for the meeting. He speaks of
the hipest terms of accommodations
afforded by the Franklin and says
that n^t anmmer will find him among
the earliest visitors here.
,COULD NOT DO WITHOUT HOME
PAPER
The Brevard News takes on a new
significance to citizens of this county
who are making their homes in dis
tant states. They find that reading
the home paper is the best method
of keping up with the home news
is to read the home paper. We have
this week received a letter from a
former resident of this county who
now lives in Texas and says that she
could not get along without the Bre
vard News. The writer of the letter
referred to above, Mrs. Julia Whit
mire, of Midland, Texas, says that
she could not stay in Texas without
getting the Brevard News. She also
says that she is glad to leam of the
progress this county is making and
that she hopes to visit her old home
here before very long.
MARKETING HOGS
A meeting will be held at Calvert
school house Friday night Sept. 19,
at nine o’clock to discuss marketing
hogs. Mr. W. W. Shay state swine
specialist will be present at this meet
ing and make a talk on growing and
marketing hogs. There is a surplus
of hogs in the county this year but as
hogs are bringing a fancy price there
will be no trouble in finding a market.
Anyone having feeder shoats for sale
weighing around fifty to one hundred
pounds and fat hogs weighing one
hundred and fifty pounds or more
should get in touch with Mr. Shay'
or myself next week.
R. E. LAWRENCE, County Agent.
DR. E. S. ENGLISH TAKES A
SPECIAL COURSE
Dr. E. S. English left Monday for
New York City where he goes to take
a special course in the treatment of
diseases of infants and children. He
will.be away for several weeks.
WAYNESVILLE CONVOCATION
AT ST. PHILIPS
The fall meeting of the convoca
tion of Waynesville will meet inr St.
Plulip’s Episcopal Church Tuesday
and Wfe'dnesday Sept. 23rd and 24th.
A program of £he service will appear
in next week’s News. The public is
cwdially invit^ to attend.
thenahonmlitant
& aniRCH MILITANT
The Nation Wide Campaign is the
summoning up of the Church’s power
for her fully understood and fully ac
cepted spiritual war. It is the calling
into expression through the church
for the sake of the Kingdom of God
of the same intelligence, the same
swift efficiency, the same high conse
cration which the spirit of inan and
woman in America rose to at the chal
lenge of the Nation’s war. In the
months of war all of us,—men and
Women, boys and girls—felt a new
pride in being citizens of the United
States. And the reason for t^at
was this: W”e were working, we were
giving, we were sacrificing together
for a common cause. We loved the
country more, because more than ever
before we were identifying our lives
with the country’s life. We loved
because our hearts were on fire with
service.
So it can be also with the Church.
If we want to love the church more,
first we must see in the Church’s spir
itual adventure something that thrills
our best strength into action. It is
the first business of the nation wide
campaign to make us see that it bids
us consider what the church is here
for, what the Church is doing here
what the Church ought to do, to that
end each single one of us |iay re
cognize the inspiring bigness.'bf the
Churche’s duty and iii the midst of it
see the particular chance of which
we say.Here is the thing for me to do.
P. E. C.
T^NSYLVANIA BOY IN ARMY
Frank D. Nicholson of Brevard has
enlisted in the Quartermaster Corps
of the Army. He was one of a num-
•ber of ^joung* men to ^select this
branch when they enlisted at the Main
office of the Recruiting EHstrict in
Greensboro.
Mr. Nicholson’s idea in selecting
this branch, he stated, was to study,
travel and leam the ways of the
world.
Previous to his enlistment he was
employed by Mr. Will Warren of
Pisgah Forest. He state that he, be
ing aware of the many opportunities
offered by the service at present, was
taking opportunity by the hand while
he had the chance.
Although his many friends will
miss him in the community they may
rest assured that when he returns,
1^ exchange of one year of his life
in our county for that time in Uncle
Sam’s “University in Khaki” will have
fitted him to take up his work on a
much higher scale than he was travel
ing when he left.
Speaking as the voice of, the peo
ple of Brevard we wish our boy in
khaki Good Speed and a place in
the world of men.
FIRST MEETING OF WEDN^DAY
BOOKCLUB -
The first meeting of the Wedne»-
day Book Club for the season of 1919
—20 took place this week at tiie
home of tiie president, Mn. J. S.
Silv^rsteen. iThe meeting last Wed
nesday was a short business session
held for the purpose of arran|^!ig t^e
program which is ot be carried out
in tlic.^etii^jof the coming wintw.
RED CROSS CLASS *
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The third class in home nursingf to
be lieid here W^in the past few
months opened last Wedne^ay even
ing in the U, -D. C. Librai^.' The
class is taught by Miss lteece ] of
Asheville and a number of^Jlm^of
the to^lmve regiirtered
tares wlndi are gt^ren ■%.
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