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..-y^ - iNT OF TRAN- SYLVANIA COUNTY. R STATE OFHCERS. SATURDAY. JUNE 5 evaroi X TWELVE PAGES IN THIS ISStJE VOLUME XXV BREVARD. N. C. FRIDAY, JUNE *4th, 1920. NUMBER 23. HOW WE TAMED THE BASHI- LELE. (By S. P.. Verner—Copyright pend ing. All right* reserved.) Midniffht Revels Lupumbu were not to be trifled rith. Old Joka once told me of an Imost grown boy who took too much ilm wine out in the bushes and had fen attacked by them while he was drunk to get away at once, and been eaten alive. I once lost a riber of parrots whose wings had ciiped, and who moved too ^ly to get out of the way of the ^uring army. course lupumbu refers to car- >us ants. There are several ^ies of them in different parts world, but the “army” ant of ^1 Africa is the most dangerous, le goes in a long column about 'Wide and sometimes several yards long. The ants arje I in solid ranks of about one abreast, and in continuous [throughout the length of )n. Commanded by captains officers, they march around in search of dead or sleep- ils, and woe betide the vic- found—^they leave nothing kones. Sometimes they find [non, stuffed with an ante- he has swallowed, and too to get away rapidly, and get snake, antelope and all. linclined to think that in addition *ir biting and tearing away of j |esh, they inject a poison with' iralyzing influence when there j .ough of them to make the qu-1 effective. For this reason it [ ••emely necessar?;^ to get away [ masses of them get on the j They are of a dark red color 1 )ut three c/ights of an inch j There are j practically only three way^h of«^apinjr from the lu pumbu—by e^ircling yourself with fire, by getinisrUnto water, and running far enough away. Curiously enough, they great ly dislike the mea) of the cassa-1 va root, (the big- potato-like vegeti:- j Vie of the tropics, vrhich ^ ^ ”niver-1 "sal staple of diet, and the Africa s i scatter this meal or the peclingti of'^ the cassava around their hu^s a: night. If a white man does not know this trick, he is apt to get ac quainted with lupumbu pretty soon after his first settlement in the jungle When Cassadi gave the alarm, there was nothing for me to do but to make a break for the river. I got pretty badly bitten on the feet and legs be fore I reached the sandy beach, where 1 was soon joined by the populace of my establishment, but they brought their precious hippo meat along with them, plunging it into the water to rid it of the ants. The next proceed ing was to start fighting them with fire, The modus operand! was in teresting and exhibited considerable ingenuity. Some of the men had had the presence of mind to bring along some chunks of burning wood fram the camp fire. They advanced close’* to the water’s edge and built a fire on the beach, blowing the coals into a lively flame. Them some of them made a qick dash to get more wood, until they had a roaring big fire. Then they built a circle of fires so as to let us come out»of the water. Sometimes the tenderf-oot in Afri ca is surprised to see a line of smouldering fire eating its way^long a row of refuse around the settle ment. But if he gets acquainted with lupumbu, he finds out the advantage of this arrangement. Then w^e had to wait until the ants had satisfied their hunger on every scrap accessible to them on the premises. It does not usually take them long to clean up a place. A couple of hours will suffice f or them ^to find everything loose and to go Fortunately they do not tar ry long after they cannot find any more. they make a clean sweep —Phaiaoh’s locusts were not in their class, frhey not only get every scrap of mefft around the place, cleaning up the garbage cans, polishing the kit chen tables, visiting the^bone yard, and incidentally, the hen roost, if there is one, but they rout out and destroy cock roaches, scorpions, rats, if the rodents can be cornered in their holes, beetles and every sort of vermin. From one point of view, I used to welcome a visit from lupum bu occ aionally, when my servants had exhausted my patience, and I would find scoroiu|^in my sho<3s, and roaches ggtui^^HimUiar with the BREVARD fS PUT ON THE MAP Great Bus Line Inaugurated on Mon day, May 31st. Means A Great Deal In Developing Transylvania’s Tourist Trade and Will Prova Good Financial Invest ment if Supported by the People. First Bus Received by Enthusiastic Mass of Transylvania’s Most Prom inent Citizens. On Monday, May 31st, thirty-five business men of Brevard and Tran sylvania County motored to Hender- sonvile and Asheville with Superin tendent W. H. Andrews of the new Red Bus Line lately installed from Brevard to Asheville and return. These gentlemen were carried free of all charge in order that they, as rep resenting the town and county, might be more closely associated with the Hendersonville and Asheville boards of trade respectively. The party left Brevard at one o’clock p. M. and joined three other bus autos at Hen dersonville which were completely filled with Hendersonville folk, among which were quite an abundance of femine folks of Hendersonville, who smiled at the wayfarer and mutely bade him “Watch Hendersonville Grow” and that he look longingly to ward the “city beyond the forest,” where the beautiful French Broad River winds her trembling way from the mighty Balsam Mountains thru the “Switzerland of America” to her goal in the west. The party journey ed on to Asheville where they were gloriously received by the Board of Trade of Asheville where speechletts and refreshments were served by the good ladies of Asheville. After the refreshments had been carefully car ed for the party again climbed on board the Red Bus and paraded thru the city to Grove Park Inn, Sunset Mountain and other places of in terest in that city. Mayor Roberts of Asheville made the speech of wel come to the visitors. Responses came from Prof. A. W. Hunnicutt of Hendersonville and Atty. Welch Gal loway of Brevard, After the city had been carefully toured the party returned to Hendei'sonville and from there to Brevard. Ai.irtng the men from Transylvania v,ere: Jos. S. Silversteen. Mayor. T. H. Galloway, Aldermen: Frank D. Cle ment, Ralph Zacnary, T. D. England; S. M. MacFie, H. R. Walker, Sheriff I Paxton, Register of Deeds, G., C. Kilpatrick, County Commissioners: C. F. Woodfin, C. K. Osborne, Jordan ■ Whitmire; T. J. Wilson, F. P. Sledge, i Sam Allison, Wm. A. Band, W. E.! Breese, Ralph R. Fisher, W. H. Duck- * worth, H. Plummer, R. L. Gash, Welch Galloway, C. H. Klueppelberg, Thos. H. Shipman, C. E. Orr, C. B. Deaver, Joe Pickelsimcr, Dr. E. S. English, W. L. Aiken and many more prominent Transylvanians, Another private car followed the bus in which were C. B. Osborne, C. B. Deaver, Alfred E. Hampton and others. The party arrived in Bre vard at ten o’clock and each expres- ed their delight at having had the op portunity of being in tjjie great festi val. The occasion was to inaugurate the Great Red Bus Line from Ashe ville, Hendersonville and Brevard. It is strongly hoped that the line will prove an overwhelming success. cupboard. If you set the posts of your bed in cans of kerosene oil, you may go to sleep and turn your house over to the lupumbu, and they will rid you of many enemies. It was long past midnight when the marauders fell into line and marched into the woods. The way they can do this from their scattered condi tion all over the place is one of the | marvels of natural history. This i time much of the hippo meat as had been saved—and mighty little, had been lost, trust the Africans for that —was put inside a big circle of fire under the sentry’s eye. When I ask ed V/embo why thed had not done this in the first instance, he said it, would roc have made any (difference, for lupumbu alv/ays made !a visit to a new settlement, and they had not yet had time to clean up the brush, and estab lish a fire line, but they would do that next day, sure. So I went back to bed, hoping not to be disturbed again that night. After a few hours of un disturbed sleep, something like a roar of artillery silluted the sunrise, and cut short my morning slumber. We were not -yet through with our ini tiation at Ben a Li^ (To Bo Co^'A^W Next Week.) V AUTO MtlVEItS-' STOP SPEEDING THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE MUST BE RESPECT ED AND THEIR LIVES MUST BE PROTECTED. LIMIT IN BUSINESS SECTION OF BREVARD 8 MILES PER HOUR. PLEASE DO; NOT EXCEED IT. T. H. GALLOWAY, Mayor. Where Wa* Brevard At The Booster’* Celebration In Asheville ? We were impressed with the fact that while Hendersonville and Ashe ville business men were all boosters for their respective cities, Brevard’s representation though modestly hesi tated to “blow their own horn” with out being more stoutly enticed. Not withstandingly Brevard has something to be proud of; \t is the county seat of Transylvania County, in “The Land of Waterfalls,” 'Brevard the Beautiful,” in “The Switzerland of Amierica,” “Tl\e City Beyond the Forest.” To tell the world these things and further develope our coun ty We need—aye, we must have a chamber of commerce. MAYOR GALLOWAY CALLS THE ATTENTION OF THE CITIZENS TO THE RECKLESS DISRE GARD OF SPEED LAWS WHY WE MUST ALL PULL TO GETHER FOR A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE The step recorded above is consid- ed the primary step of the people of Brevard toward the adoption of a Chamber of Commerce. For the past five years the Brevard Club has ben playing the part of Chamber of Com merce and great benefit has been de- ||ved from it, but many good^ citi zens have the wrong idea that the Brevard Club is inclined to be eland estine and that every class of people is not taken into proper considera tion. They believe also that the tendency of Brevard Club has been to become a social center for enter tainment of visitors and the estab lishing of a center where the young and old mingle in the quiet of even ing to enjoy the company of each other. As this kind of organization it is crowned with success. In many other ways it has proven a success but it has not convinced a goodly number of our citizens of the weight of its virtues as a Chamber of Com merce, wherein all the industrial in terest have been represented in de tail and minutely. Many men who would promote the interest of the industrial side of life care not to pay the dues the Club requires. They are not interest in maintaining compart ments for recreation of tired men. Without the Brevard Club the town is a failure, but with the hearty co-operation of an un-to-date cham ber of commerce it would be very much better. WEDNESDAY BOOK CLUB At a meeting of the Brevard Wed nesday Club, held with Mrs. Simmons on May 26th, it was reported that the recent “Evening with The Club,” has brought into the treasury more than $150.00 From this amount, after local ex penses and certain expenses inciuent to the State Federation of Clubs were ■met, appropriations were made to the Sallie Southall Cotton Loan Fund, and to a scholarship in Social Service work, at the State University. The Sallie Southall Cotton Loan Fund was created several years ago for the purpose of helping girls, who wish to attend college, but are fi nancially unable to do so. A num ber of Girls have received loans from this fund and in all cases, they have made excellent use of the opportunity thus afforded them. The Social Service Scholarships have been newly established. By making trained workers available for work in the State, it is hoped to make this new department of club work, of great value to our Old North State. A donation was also voted to the U. D. C. Library of tv.^enty-five dol lars. Votes of thanks were given the following for their help in making the evening successful and profitable: Messrs. Silversteen, White, Miller, Carrier, J. M. Allison, Erwin, Ward, Breese and Shipman. Mesdames. Simons, White, Sprague Hines, Farrell, Macfie, Riley. Misses Dorothy Silversteen and Re becca Blythe. I His Honor, T. H. Galloway called . on the Nicws and called our atten tion to the carelessness of some of our automobile drivers in disregard •ing the law. j He emphasized the fact that no one , must drive over 8 miles an hour while I passing thru the business section. He pointed out that there was too much parking on the main thoroughfares and that in turning the corners, a great many cars do so on two wheels. We are going, to have a great crowd of summer visitors and this means an addition of hundreds of automobiles during June, July and August and it behooves us all to put a stop to these rattle brained dri vers who are disregarding the famous slogan of “Safety First. Mr. Galloway pointed out that it was not the poor ignorant driver who was so much to blame, but some of the most prominent citizens of our county who ought to set a better ex ample. Mr. Galloway stated that all viola tors of-the speed laws would be dealt with as severely as the law will al low. ,WIL BUILD ROAD TO CAESAR’S HEAD Willimon Says Work Will Start on Hard Surfaced Highway Soon— Will Draw Tourists. TELEGRAM Shelby, N. C. June 2. Gardner’s Hcac’quarters, Brevard, N. C. Executive Committee Robison County Farmers Union has adopted resolutions condemning action of State Officials of Union in their cen sure of Gardner resolutions commend Gardners stand on questionaire and state that farmers of Robinson Coun ty regardless of political preference commend Gardner for his unpledged position. ^ Sign Manager Gardners Campaign. Supervisor Willimon yesterday in formed the Chamber of Commerce that work will begin at an early date on a hard surface road between Greenville and Caesar’s Head, the highway to connect with the road to Brevard, N. C., at the county line. The good roads department and the publicity department of the chamber, which is headed by B. H. Peace, has already formulated plans to adver tise this fact w'idely inasmuch as the construction of. the highway will draw hundreds of tourists to Caesar’s Head and that section and bring them thru Greenville. The new road is to be built under the supervision of State Highway Engineer F. H. Murray, and federal aid will be given.Especial attention is to be given to the grading of the road, and it will likely be as popular with motorists as the Greenville- Hendersonville highway now is. The residents of the upper section of the county will be greatly benefitted by the building of the road, , Caesar’s Head hotel is to be open on June 17, with Mrs. Mary Barton again in charge, and this will attract a large number of tourists to the sec tion during the summer months. The G. & N. railway, between Greenville and River Falls will probably be in operation within a few weeks.— —Greenville Daily News of May 27. PERSONALS The Democrats of Transylvania County Vote for Gardner for Gover nor. He is independent in his posi tion, but promises to be fair to both Labor and Capital and .cannot, be bufldozed by any faction. Signed Many Democratic Voters of Transylvania Co. U. D. C. MEETING Jhe June meeting of the Transyl vania Chapter U. D. C. will be held Saturday the 5th, at the residence of Mrs. W. W. Zachary at 4:3^0 P. M. An assessment of 35c per member has been made by the State Execu tive committee for entertainment ex penses of the General Convention in Ashevile. It is asked that this be paid in June. Come with a tribute to Jefferson Davis. Pres. s' MARRIGE ANNOUNCEMENT \ L The following announcement has een received by many friends in Transylvania: Mrs. Jos. Cary Walker requests the honor of your presence at the marriage of her daughter Margaret Ruth Strayhorn to Mr. Julian Austin Glazener on Saturday, June the twelfth at twelve o’clock, noon First Baptist Church Rafleigh, North Carolina SALVA'l lUN ARMY DRIVE A SUC- CESS IN THIS COUNTY The counties of Buncombe, Polk and Transylvania were the only coun ties in this district zone that succeed ed in the raising of the allotted quo ta in the recent Salvation Army Drive. Transylvania County, under the direction and lead of vice-Chair- man Breese were only two hours and thirty minutes in raising the neces sary amount. No people anywhere respond more readily to the eftlls of this natuire than the good folk of our county. y REV. C. C. DUCKWORTH Mrs Branch Lindey went to Hen dersonville on Monday. , L. L. Hillelson spent the week-end in Asheville. David Hunt spent Sunday in Bre vard from Anderson, S. C. G. K. Whitmer arrived bn Monday by motor from Montgomery, Ala.. Miss Lila Surrett from Penrose was in town Friday. J. W. Sluder of Asheville was . a business visitor to Brevard Saturday. Mis Olie Perry of Calvert spent Sunday in Brevard. William Marchant of Greenville is visiting his aunt, Mrs. Joe Clayton. ^ Mrs. Gillespie went to Asheville on Tuesday. Ernest Miller was in Asheville last week. T. B. Summey, Jr. spent Sunday with his family in Brevard. Clarence Poole spent Sunday in Hendersonville. Luther Cooper from Asheville spent the week-end here. Mrs. M. B. Waters of Greenville is visiting her son, Mrs. J. E. Waters. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Y. Carr spent some time in Asheville last week. Overton Erwin spent Sunday in Asheville. Miss Marie Kilpatrick was in Ashe ville several days last week. Rush Whitmire of Asheville spent Sunday in Brevard. S. F. Allison and family motored to Hend<;rsonville for the week-end. Walter Aiken left last Thursday morning for Atlanta, Ga. where he will visit his parents. Little Miss Sarah Withers, of Da vidson, is the guest of Miss Elizabeth Shipman at her home on Broad St. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Perla from Ashe ville spent the week-end in Brevard as guests of the Appalachian. M iss Daisy Orr of Asheville is ex pected at home this week for an ex tended visit. Mrs. J. M. Kilpatrick and son, Car roll, are visiting Mrs. Ira Hamilton, in Spartanburg. Miss Anna Foster went to Green ville Sunday, for a short visit to rel atives there. Dr. J. L. Aiken of Pickens spent several days in Brevard this week with his parents. Ralph R. Fisher left Wednesday af ternoon for a business trip to Ashe ville. Hume Loftis of Abbeville spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Loftis. Mrs. Cos Paxton and Mrs. B. H. Lewis motored to Hendersonville on Saturday. Misses Mabel and Nellie Miller vis ited Asheville for several days last week. Louis Carr of Pisgah Forest was a business visitor to ArSheville last week. There will be an ice cream supper at Little Riyer School house Satur day night, May 12th, everybody is invited. Mrs. J. W. McMinn left Wednes day morning for Charleston, S. C. where she wil be for a week or ten i kays. I PERSONALS Maj. H. E. Raines was in Brevard this week on business relatives to opening French Broad Camp. Mrs. A. D. Perkins is with friends and relatives in Charleston for a short visit. Mr. R. H. Russell of Birmingham, Ala. was in Brevard this week look ing after his property here. Mrs. Jeremiahson has taken the Boyden House and will conduct the same as a board house. Miss Nina Kate Clayton visited rel atives in Asheville Saturday and Sunday. H. V. Sniedberg wac called to New York last week by the serious illness of his sister. Born—^to Dr, and Mrs, V. V7. Os borne, Stone Mountain, Ga,, Tuesday June 1st, a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Mahaffey of Green ville spent the week-end with Mr, and Mrs. J. E. .Waters. Percy Verdery,will be ■«’ith his father A. M. Verdery after having wintered in Greenville, S. C. Miss Elizabeth Zachary has return-s ed to Brevard after having been off at collegc laist winter. Mounty Chapman is expected to^ visit Brevard for the coming week end. G. S. Osborne made a business trip to Virginia and Knoxville, Tenn., this week. Mrs. P. Noble Simons was in Hen dersonville Tuesday morning shop ping. Miss Hattie Aiken left on Wed nesday for North Wilkesboro, where she will be connected ^th the sum mer school. - Miss Miriam Silversteen, who has been a student at St. Marys, Raleigh, has returned to “Silvermont” for the summery viKcation. ; FORGETiltN0T--^^|IEN BAN-i QUfeT AWELWOLD HCyTEI., FI DAY NlGflT, 8:0e P. M. lUNE li Transylvania county, and especi ally Baptists feel keenly the great loss in tHe passing of the Rev. C. C. Duckworth. I desire to call atten tion to some of the reasons why this man held such a large place in the hearts of our people. Personally, he was his pastor’s friend. Unlike many preachers he did not find fault with his pastor, but was a faithful, prayerful assistant in all the work of the church. He is a model to church members of the prop er, sympathetic attitude toward those who carry the great burden of direct ing the spiritual welfare of the church. Brevard Baptist Church feels a dis tinct loss in his departurel His am bition and passfbn for the church were wholy spiritual. Standing above post of his fellows in this respect he was often misun derstood for that reason. He was al so a strong financial help to the', church and the denomination. His. interest and pledge to the Seventy- ■ five Million Campaign Fund was more than I thought he was able to • do, yet he persisted in doing it. Transylvania Association feels the great loss, I have heard it ex pressed on every side. Only a few months ago he went through-out the county aflame with a burning pas sion calling the people to their great obligation of the needs of a lost and ruined world. Sonie thought at the time he was too much wrought up, but now they know, since he has gone to give an account for his steward ship of the precious heritage in the gpspel that he v/as not too much in earnest but acted as every normal Christian should act for the night of our pilgrimage here is coming when no man can work. Men of no church connection feel the loss because he loved their souls and did not conceal that love for them. I have not buried a Christian who had such a strong hold on sin- nerSi I pray the memory of him may yet lead them to Christ. We feel the loss because in his going we have lost a true man. A fearless man, an uncompromising ad vocate of the truth. A man who feared none but God. Who dared only to do wrong. Who loved his family, his country and his God, more ardently than the most of men/ ’ We are poorer but heaven is rich er. He has been transplanted to the realm of light where unfettered he shall do the bidding of God forever- more. C. E. PUETT.
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