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VOLUME XXV
BREVARD. N. C.^FRIDAY. APRIL 16/1920
NUMBER 16.
BREVARD MISINESS
MEN HOLD HEETMG
We were pleased to note that the
Brevard Ciub, in its meeting Tues
day night, took up several questions
of importance to our town and com-
r'unity.
One question of importance dis
cussed was that of advertising. The
business of attracting summer visi
tors here needs advertising the same
as drawing trade to professions or
mercantile houses. Wc must keep
our claims before the people if we.
expect to get them here.
A very heated discussion was
brought about by mention of our
ever present subject, the telephone
service in our county. This question
has been discussed for several years
and promises of relief made at diff
erent time, but so far nothing has
been done (except to jump from the
frying pan into the fire), and we no
longer speak of it as service. A com
mittee was appointed at t he Club
meeting to get evidence as well as
assurance that the system would be
improved immediately.
There is quite an undercurrent of
real impatience over the rotten ser
vice and general way of ignoring the
peoples rights by the telephone co.
And it is pointed out that it is not
a personal question at all, but sim
ply a question of a public utility
giving deccnt service to the people
of Tra nsylvania County. When ?7iy
Corporation or Company takes the
position that the people can stand
for anything that said company sees
fit to hand them, they are playing
with the most independant people in
the world, a people who when they
are once aroused and demand their
rights, generally either get them or
put said monopoly out of existance.
Transylvania County have put up
With this lack of any telephone sys- ’
tem so long that any excuses that
are advanced at this late day are
out of order. There are men who
arc progressive and who would give
us a telephone system if the business
men of Transylvania County would
take this question in hand. j
BlSTRiCT MEETING
OF WOMEN'S aUBS
The first District Meeting of Fed
erated Women’s Clubs met in the
parlors of the Hotel Gresham at
Black Mountain, N. C., on Saturday,
April 10th.. The Brevard Clubs were
represented as follows:—The Wed-
dr.y Ecok Club by Mesdames Sil-
versteen aad Doyle, and the Matha-
tasian Ciub by Mrs. J. C. Seagle.
All who attended felt the interest
and iiv pivation of the meeting. The
report rendered showed the wonder
ful work that organized women are
doing among the 30 clubs in this
Western North Carolina section.
They have encouraged the reading
of the best and most helpful books,
they have broadened their minds by
r.blc discussion of topics vital to the
best interests of home, school, church
and State. They have taken care of
the sick, given surgical attention to
the hungry and built community
houses to care for the boys and girls
and surround them with wholesome
rccreation and amusements.
Mesdames Silversteen, Seagle and
Doyle attended a meeting of Fedei’-
ated Women’s Clubs of distx’ict num
ber one which was held in Black Mt.
April 10th. Sixty delegates were
present. Many notable papers were
road on conservation, thrift, state
board of public welfare and music.
Among the papers that were read,
one on conservation, by Mrs. J. W.
Whitmire of Hendersonville, a sister
cf C. B. Dcaver, was highly compli
mented. There are more than seven
thousand women’s clubs in N. C. All
these clubs are co-operating with the
state board of public welfare, state
board of health and other uplifting
agencies for the betterment of the
human race. These important facts
were brought out at the meeting:
That recently the Mt. Mitchell spruce
pine forest, the largest spruce pine
forest in the’world, has been cleared
out; that two hundi'ed and fifty mil-
'Iran-'acres of foi'ests in the United
States were cut down or burned last
year; and also, the houses that were
burned last year in the U. S. would
line both sides of a street from New
York to Chicago; and at every fourth
house would represent a person burn
ed.
Mrs. J. S. Silversteen wafs unani
mously elccted president of the Fed
erated Clubs of this district for the
ensuing year. Brevard is to be hon
ored by entertaining the next meet
ing of the clubs in October.
MRS. W. s. PRICE IS
CALLED TO REST ITBAT ARE IN ORDES
Mrs. W. S. Price, Sr., died at the
home of her son, our esteemed citi
zen Mr. W. S. Price, Jr., on Friday
morning, April 9 at 5: 20 o'clock.
Her death was due to a stroke of
apoplexy. Mrs. Price had been un
conscious off and on for almost a
week. The funeral services were per
formed by Rev. C. E. Puette at the
Baptist Church. A long line of au
tomobiles proceeded and followed the
hearse to the grave side at the Oak
Grove Cemetery wher the weary body
was laid to rest; Floral tributes
from many sorrowing friends and re
latives attested to the esteem in
which she w^as held in her church and
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community. The following citizens
officiated as pall-bearers:—t)T. E. S.
English, Messrs. C. B. Deaver, J. S.
Broomfield, F. E. Shuford, B. W.
Trantham and S. C. Yates. The de
ceased was in her 65th year. The
News extends its sympathy to the be
reaved family.
WORK STARTED ON BREVARD
HIGHWAY
The Asheville Construction com
pany has just completed its camp '
near Davidson river and started 1
construction on the highway between \
the Henderson county line and Bre- J
vard, known as the state aid project
69.
The Transylvania county highway
commission* is nov/ making arrange
ments to start construction at an ear
ly date on the proposed improved
highway between Brevard and Lake
Toxaway. This i*oad has been talk
ed of for a long time and its final
construction will end protracted con
troversy.
U. D. C. MEETING
X
The April Meeting of the Transy-
[ivania Chapter, U. D. Cf., will be held
at the Library, Saturday afternoon,
April 17th, at 4 o’clock. COME!
TEA WILL BE SERVED.
MASONS TO MEET ON FRIDAY
The Ancient and Honorable Order
of Free Ma^’ons will hold their regu-
Irtr meeting at the Masonic Temple
cr. Friday, x\pril 16th at 8:00 oclock
for work in the First and Second De
gree.
“CHARLEY” SAYS A MOUTH
FULL — THANKS!
Allow me to compliment you upon
your praiseworthy efforts promoting
the construction of a railroad from
Roeman through Maple Gap and
connecting with some point in South
Carolina. Continue the good work
till success crowns your efforts.
‘•Where there’s a Will there’s a Way.
If t'ne people of our section and
those interested in South Carolina
v'ill do their part by voting the prop
er amount in railroad bonds, the
iporcy, men and material can be
found to put the road through.
I would be delighted to see sleepers
running direct from Atlanta to Tox
away. To se? the coal fields brought
ninety to one hundred miles nearer
to tiie South. To see new' homes and
towns built..by the coming of this
road. We should consult experts and
see whicTi under the circumstances
is the best a road with steam power
or an clectric road.
Vvlion this comes Brevard-, Eosman
and the Toxaway section will boom.
Our beautiful French Broad Valley,
surrounded, by the grandeur of the
B'tue Ridge and the mysteries of the
Great Smokies, v.’ill blossom like the
rose. Our towering mountain peaks
will hold forth the banners of pros
perity and progress. Tourists and
home builders will fill our borders.
C. E. ORR.
Some suggestion that are appar
ently in order—
Now that influenza has as far as
we can decide spent its force and
that we have from that standpoint
a .clean bill o'f health it is well to
take one’s reckoning and ascertain
our whereabout. In this we are to
an extent like a marineer, but pro
bably we have not as yet as well
tried methods of determining our
position. One thing though is pod-
tive viz.; that it is in order at all
times to clean up, clean out and keep
clean. The traditional time of the
year for that very important work is
begin and it behooves every house-
holdres to clean his premises out
door and indoors of every possible
source or breeding ground of danger.
Also to use every method known to
try to put his body in good condition,
yards, stables, corners of houses and
clothing should as far as may be ren
dered, be cleaned out.
This is of course a self evident
fafet but wc are so constituted for
some reason that the same warning
needs to be sounded over and over
again so engr,ossed are we with what
seerns at the time to be pressing, los
ing sight of the importance of “Keep
ing our powder dry.”
A high authority states that in
his belief influenza is always in the
eastern hemisphere and travels with
the lines of trade westward. Health
authorities have not yet sufficient po
lice powers to carry out his sugges
tion to isolate such sections of the
world. Because of increased facili
ties for transportation the Vi^orld is
in effect, smaller than it was a cen
tury ago, a thing to be reckoned with
from every str ndpoint.
'^No nation can now assume the
power or wish to live altogether to
itself alone. It may be that som
time in the not distant future the
world at large will grasp the su
preme importance of health and that
'nntions will consent, what individua
are slow to do now, to suffer for
time some local inconvenience 'f
the good of others. Then too
have an increasing number of fait
ful investigi-tors who are recogni
ing as rapidly as they can the cause
of diseases and learning specific^
methods of exterminating or con
trolling them.
And remember that physicians as
a body are at all times looking out
for and using the reports of each
man.
Very Sincerely,
W. J. WALLIS.
ffi PRAYER CORW
It is in prayer that God show3
is Face to His children, that they
aVe visions of His Beauty and of
His Glor^; that the syreet things of
His Lovo, come down as gifts into
their hearts,^ and that tKey are trans
formed into His Likeness.
A Prayer
Our Father, we remember with
sadness our want of faith in Thee.
I
What might have been a garden we
have turned into a de&ert by our sin
and wilfulness. This beautiful life
which Thou hast given us we hav&
w^asted in futile Worries and in vain
regrets and empty fears.
Instead of opening our eyes to the
Joy of Life, the Joy that shines in
the leaf, the flower, the face of an
innocent child^ and rejoicing in it as
in; a sacrament, we have sunk back
into the complainings of our narrow
and blinded souls.
O deliver us from the bondage of
unchastened desires and unwhole
some thoughts. Help us to conquer
hopeless, brooding and faithless re
flection of irratable weakness. To
this* end increase our faith, O Lord.
Fill us with a completer trust in Thee
and the desire for a more whole
hearted sui'render to Thy will.
Then every sorrow will become a
joy. Then shall we say to th« moun
tain that lie heavy on our souls. Re
move and be cast hence and they
shall remove and nothing shall be im-
[possible to us. Then shall we renew
strength and mount up. with
ings as eagles we shall run, and
t be weary; we shall walk and not
int.
e .offer this prayer in the name
us Chrjst, our Lord, Amen.
^ C. D. C.
SHIPMAN MADE ZONE OFFICER
Di strict of Coiumbic and Five States
Will Clear Employment Work
Through Him.
MATH AT AS IAN CLUB MEETS
The Mathatasian Club met at the
Rectory with Mrs. Seagle last Thurs
day. The attendance of members
was good and there were a number
of vi.^itors.' The program on “Immi
gration and the Labor Problem” was
in charge of Miss Maude and Mrs.
Eugene Allison. Miss Ellen Pike of
the Institute favored the gathering;
with delightful music. The hostess i
served a salad course. The next i
meeting is with Mrs. Norwood, April
22nd.
LITTLE VIRGIE WHITMIRE
IMPROVING.
A telegram fi'oni Dr. Hugh A.
Thompson, on Monday, to Miss Lula
stated that the fmai operation on i
little Virgie Whitmire had been suc
cessfully performed and the patient
was doing splendidly. He stated r
however that it would be several
Weeks before he w’ould be able to re-
I lease her. The withered limb, since
treatment, has attained size equal to
the v/ell limb. It will be remembered,
that this is the little girl who is be-
iing supported in the hospital by the
I public spirited citizens throughout the
I County and State.
The members of the Junior Red
'Cross society will be interested to
know that^the balance of their funds
amounting to ^24.00 has been dona
ted, to this cause..
'igf
^ - V
MISS GRACE GILLESPIE
We, the members of the Rosman
Baptist Sunday School sadly and
tenderly pay this last rtibute of re
spect to the memory of our beloved
sister Grace Gillespie w'ho peacefully
fell asleep in the evening liours of
Friday, April the 9th, 1920. Her
life of faithful service to the Master
has, and will continue to be an inspir-
tion to those who know her best. Her
example of whole hearted unsparing
service in Sunday School and what
ever ehe considered to be her duty
v/as unsurpassed.
First:—Therefore be it resolved
that Y»e extend to her father, mother
and sisters aur sincere sympathy in
^heir time of deepest sorrow, and
prity that they may find comfort m
th^ assurance that there is a place
wheijB sorrow is . never know.n, and
cyss are never dimmed witn tears.
Second:—That a copy of hhese resol
utions be sent to the Brevard News
for publicatfon.
(Signed) :-—L. V. SIGMON^ B. B.
REECE, HASSIE WHITMIRE.
I
Mr. M. L. Shipman, commissioner
of labor and printing and Federal
director United States Employment
Service in North Carolina, has accept
ed appointment as zone clearance offi
cer for Zone No. 5, comprising the
states of Maryland, Virginia., North
Carolina, South Carolina and District
of Columbia. The v/ork will be hand
ed v/ith the present force in the em
ployment office, now oporcted in con
nection with the State department
of labor and printing.
The duties of the zone clearance
ofncer are executive, involving the co-
ordinption of the activities of the
Federal directors for the various
states within their r.ones and do not
exterd to soliciting opportunities for
1‘ h;j object of the 2,one system of
clearance, inaugurated by the em-
plcyment s.rvlce ii, to cfTcCt a ftiore
speedy and econo:r.icaI adjustment
of the labor supply and demand in
the U. S. By means of this national
system it is hoped to widen the field
‘)f opportunities for employment and
sources of labor supply from the lim
ited commuriities and sources in the
country at large. The country has
been divided ii)^o thirteen zones.
Under the sjTStem now to be usccV
the local placement om(_er3 report
(:ircct to the Fedeial director of the
State. Any balances of opportuni
ties or applicants remaining within
the State after the State’s needs are
met will be reported to the zone
clearance officer, and if undisposed
of thsro, eventially will be reported
to the National Clearance House at
Washington.
“Your readiness to co-operate in
this manner is appreciated and it is
trusted that the benefits accruing to
your Stkte from the operation of the
propos^ system \«ill compensate you
therefor,” reads a letter from the
director general to Mr. Shipman of
the appointment. Ths fact that the
Washington office and, the states of
Maryland, Virginia, District of Col
umbia, North and South Carolina are
comprised in the zone is I'egarded as
a high compliment to the ^f|iciency
of the North Carolina Qffice.
4 —<RaleIgh News & Obser.
OF THE GRAND JURY:
X
ferm». 1920—State of North
a, Transylvania County:
onor, B. F. Long, Jndge
g:—.
(jrand Jury, respectfully
following report:
examined and passed on
us by the solici
tor fof^ our^ «Cfnsideration. But few
cases however have been brought be
fore us. We are thus impressed with
the fact that good order and general
obedience to law prevades the citi
zenship of our County.
By Committee we visited our Cou
nty Home and find everything in ex
cellent condition. The farm well
tilled, garden and grounds in first
class condition. The Home in
a sanitary condition, v/ith beds "and
linen kept nice and clean, food for
the inmates bountiiul and v’^ell pre
pared. All inmates seem to be well
contented.
By committee v/e examined our
chain gang and found everything- in
first class cindition.
The committe*^ exs.mlning the court
'House fin(f? the building inadiquate
for the" present needs, but the various
county offices well kept and effecieni-
ly a.V vir.iot jred.
The committee examining the
County Jail finds, as all former
Grand Jury have found, the build
ing almost uninhabitable.
We are glad to report that our
County Commissioners have the
foundation laid and are now erecting
a jail equipped with all modern con
veniences, and installing a steam
heat plant that will be sufficient to
heat both jail and Court Hoiisa.
They are als» • making extensive im
provements to the Court House,
which, we think, will meet the needs
of the. County for some time.
We want to congratulate the
people of Transylvania County, and
highly commend the Commi^ioners
of the County for their forward step
*^and efficient management of. their
affairs. ‘ .
V/e hereby commend His Honor,
B. F. Long, the presiding Judge, for
his able and interesting charge and
instructions to the Grand ^ury; and
also the ^oilcito^ E, Shipman, for
his courteous, proinpt and ^nttetnan-
ly consideration and j^iljgencis ib ipeir.'
forming his duties. '» -
.-Respectfijlly sabmifted, - ■
[ y J. M. .ZACIURV,
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