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NEWSPAPER
VOLUME XXV
BREVARD, N. C. FRIDAY. FIRDAY, OCTOBER IStk, 1920
NUMBER 40.
COMMUNITY !FAIRS COMPLETE
SUCCESS.
Tuesday closed the Commun
ity Fairs that have been conducted
by Miss Lula M. Cassiday, Home
Demonstration Agent ar^ Mr Law
rence. Farm agent in Transylvania
County. On Saturday the folks of
Little River held their fair. M^day
the scene was shifted to Lake Toxa-
-way and on Tuesday the
SJbled at Blantyre. At all of jtese
places the fairs were well attended
and some exceptionally fine displays
were on exhibition. Athletics ev
ents were much enjoyed by all those
present, especially the greased pole
climbing. The ladies of Blantyre
had a fine exhibit of fancy work, gar
ments quilts coverlets and canned
goods.* Miss Cassiday reports that
the display of canned goods at Little
River was equal in quality to any of
those seen at any State Fair. Lake
Toxaway led in the show of live stock.
The dinner that the good wives of
Blantyre set out to the hungry as
sembled crowd can hardly be dascrib
ed unless one was present to par
take of the huge plates of fried chick
en, toothsome biscuits, preserves,
cakes and pies, etc. Miss Cassiday
and Mr. Lawrence are to be con
gratulated over the success of the
fairs and for the co-operation given
by the people of these communities.
These fairs are a great encourage
ment for anv distrct to indulge and
work for. The people get to-gether
for recreation, talk farm crops, stock
exchange ideas along all lines and
incidentally listen to political speech-
ches. Lieutenant Allison and Ralph
R. Fisher, candidates for represen
tatives of their respective parties
were much in evidence telling the
voters the correct methods of voting
the merits of their partip and the
most up-to-date information on the
League of Nations . The best of
the exhibits at these different places
will be shown at Brevard at the Cty
Fair on October 15 -16.
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* APPLE SHOW:
MISS MARY JANE KING BECOMES
BRIDE SATURDAY.
Beautiful and impressive was the
ceremony that took place Saturday
at high noon at the First Presbyte
rian church, when Miss Mary Jane
King of Brevard, North Carolina,
plighted her troth to Mr. Hugh R.
Walker, of the same city.
The ceremony was performed by
Dr. S. E. Hodges of the First Pres
byterian church and was witnessed
by a few of the intimate friends of
the happy couple.
The bride is the only daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. King and a niece
of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Allison, of An
niston. She is an attractive girl of
brunette type, being an accomplished
musician of note She will be pleas
antly remembered as having visited
Anniston on several occasions, where
her lovely voice which she uses so
graciously for the pleasure of her
friends, has been heard in church and
concert.
Mrs. Walker was a student of
Greenville Woman’s college and a
graduate of Bessie Tift.
Immediately after the ceremony,
Mr. and Mrs. Walker left for an ex
tended wedding tour. They will be
at home to their friends after Octo
ber 25th in Brevard, where Mr. Wal
ker is a successful business man, be
ing manager of the Davis-Walker
Drug company. Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ker carry with them the congratula
tions and good wishes of their Annis
ton friends.—Anniston Star.
Final arrangements have been
made for the holding of the great
Western North Carolina Apple Show
in Asheville October 27, 28, and 29.
in which twenty Western North Caro
lina counties are taking part. The
show will be housed in three large
tents on the main business street of
Asheville, Patton Avenue and will
attract the attention of thousands of
people.
Ihe program of the Apple Show
includes many men prominent in pub
lic life and southern horticulture.
Special interest will be given to ru
ral credits, railway transportations,
trucks and highways, as well as the
problems of the growe^r in produc
tion and marketing.
The special premium list, half of
which is given by the State depart
ment of Agriculture is attracting
many apple growers to enter commer
cial exhibits. Those in charge of
this part of the show expect five car
loads of fruit to be on display.
Many cash prizes, silver cups and
special premiums have been arranged
for.
One item of great interest will be
the Rural Motor Truck Express Roijte
exhibit by the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce. This deals
with direct marketing between con
sumer and priducer. To bring out
the matter in ful and to show the
connection of truck transportation
and perishable fruit, the United S.
Department of Agriculture has en
tered an, exhibit of 600 square feet
dealing with good roads.
Because of the finances for the
apple show coming from twenty of
the counties no charge for admission
will be made. Many contributions
to the advancement of the apple in
dustry have been made but no money
has been solicited.
A free moving picture will be
shown “Apples” and the County
Agent” which deals with many of
the more recent practices of pro
ducing high class fruit. Many ex
hibits of materials used in apple or
charding will bo displayed.
Great importance is attached to
this meeting by apple growers as it
is the first big apple show ever hefd
in Western North Carolina and or
ganization of any Apple growers
society is expected to come after the
Show. Many fruit shipments have
already reached Asheville for the
Apple Show. This fruit is being
stored free for the growers exhibit
ing in the Apple Show. Those wish
ing information about exhibiting
should communicate with the State
Horticulturist, Raleigh. N. C.
A representative will be in Bre
vard on Fair Day to choose the best
display of apples for the Asheville
Apple Show.
BREVARD CLUB MEETING:
UNJUST COMPLAINTS
See the Goods Before
You Buy
The one sure way of knowing just what
you will get for your money is to go right
into a local store and pick it out. When
you buy from pictures and descriptions
you cannot see the actual yalue until
it is too late to decide you do not want it.
Our local dealers would not think of
demanding the full price before show
ing goods. Yet that is what is required
when you buy by mail.
%
Why don't you deal in known values
and get real bar
gains? W'hy don’t
'TRAbE\^\ you’re
pay for it?
Editor Brevard News:
Very much to our surprise and in
dignation we heard on Monday fol-
j lowing the presentation on the pre-
j vious Sunday of a Bible and Flag to
I the Brevard High School by the
' Junior Order of United American
Mechanics that the program v/as pre
pared, and the speakers arranged, for
political purposes. It was reported
to us that complaint had been made
WIDE PRICE RANGE ON THE
LUMBER MARKET ^
No liable Prices Predominating At
The Present.
Restriction of Credits by Bfrnkr Ei^
fects Mill Men and Their Sales Ai»«
Forced.
Lumber in this section is being dis
posed of on a declining market and
hardwood lumber is being sold by
by some of the patrons of the school many mill men at practically any
to one of the county school officials price which can be secured, a prom-
that this affairs was conducted by this inent lumber merchant who operates
fraternal order was turned into a poli several mills in this section, said yes-
tical exercise. We have been unable terday.
to find anyone who made this com- j Quotations on hardwood lumber
plaint, and the county school officials vary as much as fifty dollars per
have failed to give us the names of ^ thousand feet and this is pointed to
his complainants. Now we know that [ as sufficient proof that lumber is be-
no one who was present could justly, ing disposed of by great numbers of
make any such complaint, for there ! manufacturers at most any price they
was not even an intimation either in ' can get.
the program or exercises that could
by any stretch of the imagination be
construed in any such ligl^. The
Junior Order is not a political or sec
tarian association, and we do not per
mit any discussion of these subjects
in our deliberations. We care noth
ing for a man’s political affiliations,
so long as he squares himself with
The Brevard Club, Transylvania’s
Business Men’s Association, held a
very interesting and progressive meet
ing on Tuesday night. Quite a num
ber of the members were present.
Some very important movements
were inaugurated. The most im
portant at the present time, being
a movement to have night watchman
for the town of Brevard. A com
mittee was appointed to wait upon
the Mayor and Board of Alderman,
to determine what steps should be
taken to protect the property in Bre
vard from Fire or Robbery. It is
understood that a night watchman
will be put on at once.
RAILWAY WAGE AND RATE INCREASES
What Becomes of the Revenue
rived From Recent Advance
in Railway Rates
De>
Since the recent order of the Inter
state Commerce Commission, author
izing the railv.’^ays of the country to
udvance freight rates and passenger
fares, came only a few days after the
award of tl^e Railway Labor Board,
giving increased wager, to certain
classes of railway labor, there has
been a tendency in some quarters to
confuse the tv;o. A few days ago a
Southern editor was asked: “If the
railway employees^ receive an increase
In wages amounting to $625,000,000
and rates are advanced so as to yield
$1,500,000,000.00 what becomes of the
difference?”
The difference goes to help the rail
ways meet previous increases in
Images yhich were granted by the
United States Railroad Administration,
That Six Per Cent Return
In many quarters there seems to re
main some misunderstanding as to
the provision of the Transportation
Act of 1920 whicli makes it the duty
of*the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion to authorize rates which will
give the railways of each section of
the country a fair return on the value
of their property, devoted to transpor
tation purposes, and, for the two
years following the passage of the
Act, set the “reasonable return” at
5 1-2 percent with another 1-2 percent,
to be devoted to improvements, at the
option of the Commission.
Some persons have gotten the idea
that the Tranportation Act guarac-
It is said that the pine lumber
market is not as low as is the hard>
wood lumber market, this being due
to the fact that pine is used in the
erection of cheaper buildings many
of which are going up in all sections
of the county. However, the hard-
w’ood lumber is used in furniture and
' better class buildings, which are not
proper conduct, and meets the rigid : being constructed as rapidly as are
requirements of our Order with re-! the cheaper ones. The furniture fac-
spect to his Americanism. The pro- tories are said to be buying in only
gram in question was prepared by |^mall lots and taking advantage of
members of this order without any; the lowest possible prices which can
regard or thought of the political be-, be secured.
lief of any speaker assigned, and the Other reasons for the low prices in
subjects discussed had absolutely r>o | the hardwood lumber market are said
political significence whatever, much to be the fact that banks are to some
less of the cheap, unworthy sort that extent restricting credits and that the
has been ascribed to us. As it hap- ^ caj* shortage tias been slightly alle-
pened the program as published had | yiated.
Mill men are forced to sell their
products as they are manufactured
unless they can borrow sufficient
amounts of money with which to con
tinue operations and hold their stocks.
Since banks have been more strict
as many speakers on it of one party
as of the other.. However, when the
time came for the exercises to com
mence it was found that one of the
speakers W’as out of town, and of
course a substitute had to be pro
vided, which was done by selecting the ! on extending loans, many mill men
only brother present and available, I have been forced to sell, this throw-
and because, by mere chance a broth- j ing lumber on the market. The car
er was. selected who happened to be- j suituation has become such that buy-
long to a different political party
from that of the complainants, all
this unjust criticism was indulged in.
It is the purpose of our Order to pre
sent a Bible and Flag to every school
house in the county, which we have
been doing for several years, and this
is the first time that any such unwor
thy motive has been charged against
ers could get shipments from differ
ent sections without having to pat
ronize the higher markets.
Three local lumber dealers yester-"
day states that they could not make
satisfactory predictions concerning
further lowering of lumber prices,
but it is believed that the predomin
ating price for some time would pro-
us. If partisan politics has got to bably be just v/hat the individual
manufacturer and dealer could get.
—Asheville Citizen.''
be injected into schools, fraternal
orders, and all the associations of life
then indeed are we in a deplorable
condition, and the sooner such rank
and unreasoning partisanship is
to pay increased prices for fuel, cross
ties, bridge timber, steel rails and oth-i fact is that the Act says nothing about
any return on capitalization and no
railway is guaranteed anything. The
volume of stocks and bonds whicli any
railway company may have outstand-
tees ’the railway companies six per-, chloroformed, the better. Politics has
The! I’igl'tful and legitimate place in
life, but we do believe that one should
cent on their stocks and bonds.
MISS MARY E. MARSH, formerly
* a nurse in the service.
CALVERT NEWS;
The W. M. S. of Mt. Moriah Bap
tist Church gave a box supper and
bazaar on Saturday evening. They
made about sixty dollars which will
be used toward building a new
church.
Mr. Marion Glazener, accompanied
by his sister, Miss Bertha Glazener
and little Ann King of Williamston,
S. C., motored over for the week
itnd with their sister. Mrs;. Edith
Galloway.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Manly Pow
ell on Monday, October 12, a son.
Mr. Leo Hogsed and family visit
ed relatives in Greenville, S. C., Sun
day and Monday.
Mrs. Ann Lynch of Pisgah Forest,
N. C., visited her sister, Mrs. A. H.
Gillespie last week.
Misses Etta McCall and Maybelle
Orr spent Saturday in Brevard.
Misses Ethel and Agnes Harp spent
Saturday night and Sunday with
Miss Manie Harp.
Mrs. Annie Aiken visited her father
and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Mac Powell
last Monday.
Mrs. John Gillespie and Mrs. EU-
mer Gillespie visited Mrs. Edith Gal
loway last week.
“Katy Did”.
Anyone knowing above party’s ad
dress or location will please notify
Dr. C. W. Hunt, Brevard, N. C.
Said to have been at Penrose, N.
C. The Red Cross desires to get in
communication with her at once.
OLD TIME SINGING
Well, it’s an*even break. Both
Cox and Harding will have to rely on
something other than their looks to
corrall the feminine vote.
j The Annual Old Time Singing was
held at Etowah on the 4th Sunday in
September 1920. It was attended by
an unusually large crowd. The open
ing exercise was conducted by M. J.
Orr. Rev. P. P. Orr was organist, J.
M Orr was elected Chairman for the
day A short sermon was delivered
at 11 A M. by Rev. Pine. A large
number of Christian Harmony Singers
were present and the singing was ex
tremely good and was enjoyed by
both old and young. Miss Trow
bridge of Brevard read some very in
teresting poems.
Among the leaders from the Coun
ty and adjoining Counties wfere J. L.
Whitaker, Fruitland; Pace, Saluda; J.
A. Hipps, Asheville; J. R. Moffitt, of
Canton; M. J .Orr and C. Gillespie,
Brevard; J. M. Orr, Selica; Rev. B.
Clark, Blantyre. It was a great
pleasure to have everybody attend
and hope all can come again and
bring others, especially “Old Time
J Singers” and feel sure you will re-
^ ceive a hearty Wfelcome.
I J. H. MOFFITT.
cr materials of which the railways use
large quantities and, after paying
thQse increased, costs, to yield a fair
return on the value of the railway
property, devoted to transportation
purposes. Such a return is absolute
ly necessary if the railways are to be
able to attract new capital. "yfTis
must be had to provide the additional
facilities which sire badly needed to
.counrty over, but i-articularly in the
South where there has been such a
great increase in commercial activity.
The petition of the railways for in
creased rates was filed in May, long
belore the award of the Labor Board,
and showed that at that time many
railways were not earning their oper
ating expenses. After the award of
the Labor Board wa?! 'anouncsd, the
railways filed a suppKmental petition
•jsking further increases to meet the
idditional expense and the decision of
the Commission wa.<5 rendered after
Ronsiderlng both petiticns.
TRANSYLVANIA HAS REPRE
SENTATIVES ON STOCK
JUDGING TEAMS.
Messrs. Claiide Neal of Lake Tox-
be able to say one’s prayers, and car- | away and Louis Osborne of Brevard
ry on the ordinary associations and won places on the State Sto^ Judg-
. jf 1-^ 4. Team to represent the State at
civilities of life without first ha g International Stock Judging con-
to see if each squares with his politi-, Atlanta, Ga., Oct.
cal creed. In the name of the loyal, 21st. to compete for a team to re-
Juniors of this county we wish to < present the U. S. at the Royal Stock
ing will have absolutely no effect on | earnestly protest against this! Show to be held in London,
tlie return it will receive. , . . an insult • England next Summer. Twenty
While the Act makes it the duty of ' T . T I Atlanta
wnue me Act mdKes ii me auty oi j ygj.y integrity, and we hope enmnofo fViic
the Commission to authorize rates | and
which will give the i*a\lways of each | u^eral view of life will come
section an aggregate fair return on ■ ^^o were in the paryozism of
the aggregate valt/fe of their property, | political pain, caused to charge us un-
there is no assurance that any indl- i j^gtly
vidual raiilway will get a return of
six percent on the value of its i>vop-
erty, or any return at all. What it
w'll get will depend on the businrss
it secures and the officirncy ’.vith
which that business is liandlcd.
Under the new rates, if a railway
earns more than six percent, it must
divide the surplu.*! witli the govern
J. P. MASON.
C. O. ROBINSON
P H. GALLOWAY.
to compete for this trip.
The boys have been at Salisbury,
N. C., Raleigh, N. C., Richmond, Va.,
State Fair and Augusta, Ga., where
they will be given special training
before they enter the great contest
at Atlanta
Transylvania can well be proud of
these native sons and their compet-
itioif* will be watched with interest.
NEW REAL ESTATE AND INSUR-
"ANCE AGENCY;
W. H. Duckworth and D. L. Eng
lish have just formed a new real es-
ment; if i*', earns lass than six percent tate and insurance partnership under
or earns nothing at all, the loss falls
on its owners.
HARRISON FISHER ACCIDENTA-
LY KILLED BY SHOT GUN;
Harrison. 14 years old, son of Jam
es Fisher, of Quebec, was accidental
ly shot and instantly killed by a shot
gun wound at the hands of his young
er brother.
.Harrison Fisher, and his smaller
brother were out with their father
hunting squirrels. They had stop
ped to rest and Harrison was sitting
on his father’s knee, vfhile the young
er brother, it appears, was holding
the shot gun. The gun was acci
dentally discharged and the full load
entered the back of Harrison, kilHng
him instantly. This is probably the
saddest accident that has happened
in Quebec^ and the family of the
deceased have the sympathy of the
whole country.
MEETING OF THE BREVARD
WEDNESDAY BOOK CLUB
The Brevard Wednesday Club held
its second regular meeting of the
club year* ’20-’21 at the home of Mrs.
C. M. Doyle, Oct. 6th, sixteen mem
bers being present
As there was considreable business
before the club the program was
necessarily short and.there were no j
guests invited.
the firm name of Duckworth - Eng
lish Insuranjce and Reality . Co., with
offices in the law office of D. L. Eng
lish.
This firm will engage in a general
real estate and insurance business,
such as optioning and selling real
property, looking after vacant hous
es, renting same, and collecting the
rents, writing insurance and all kinds
of property both real and personal.
Those who have property for sale
or rent, or to insure would do well
to call Upon this new firm as they are
out strictly for business, and all busi-
™ .. , 'ness entrusted'to them, will be at-
1 K # J®®* studied y e , promptly and in a strictly
club f«r tlK ensuing year « “Amer.- ^
canization,” and Mrs. Bromfield gave
the first reading bn, “The Promise of ‘
America and the Struggle for pos-
sessons.”
After the serving of delightful re
freshments the club adjourned^ to
meet with Mrs. E. W. Blythe, Oct. 20.
HALLOWEEN PARTY
The U. D. C’s will have their regu
lar Annual Halloween party on Sat
urday night, October 30th. All
members are asked to contribute
sider, pies, coffee, gingerbread, cake,
doughnuts, candy, etc.
Sandwiches of all kinds will ateo
be in demand.
Report to committee as follows:
Mrs. Plummer, Mrs. Crary and Mrs.
Smith.
TRANSYLVANIAN SHIPS CATTLE
Tho Day’c Best Lansh — the fast
that delegates from t»venty - elglit
foreign countries attended the Anti-
Alcohol Congress in Wa^ington
with the intention of finding oat how
the United States does it!
F. D. Hunter, of Brevard, shipped
two car loads of fine Angug Steers
to South Carolina this week.
Mr. Hunter has one of the finest
stock farms two miles from Brevard
and breeds only registered Angus
Cattle.
He has recently erected a very
large Silo to fuitiish succulent feed
for his cattle during the winter.
THE SUDDEN DEATH OF f«iRS.
WM. WHITMIRE:
Mrs. Wm. Whitmire, of Queber,
was taken suddenly ill at the funeral
of Harrison Fisher and died the fol
lowing morning. It is believ^ that
death was caused from a leakage of
Ihe heart. The funeral took place
at the family burying ground in
Qoebe^ on Tuesday.