(EXPONENT OP TRAN
SYLVANIA COUNTY,
AN
INDEPENDENT
VOLUME XXVI.
BREVARD, N. C. FRIDAY, February 4th, 1921,
»o.m
MR. R. B. LYON TO MOVE TO
BREVARD
AN ERROR CORltECTEO:
Mr. Editor: — <
From some cause unaccounted for
DEATH OF MRS. JAMES H.
MAYHEW;
Wm. A. B^nd, dear sir:—
Mr. R. B. Lyon, who h«s for the Enclosed find a clipping of the death
past hree years held a responsible Mayhew at her home
postiion with the Wachovm Bank and Florida. Her many friends will | Hightower he omitted the name of
Tust Company of Asheville, has ac- be interested and deeply grieved to his daughter Jane, who should have
cepted a position with the Brevard j sure. j headed the list of four instead of
Banking Company of this city. Mr.; l three survivinR daupthters. Jane
Lyon has had ten years experience as this past Summer and Fall; also ! “
a banker and comes from a banking companion and all at-! 'T'
_gt Tx* ^ xi. • -rv-p 4-Vir« \\itn Vinlsi .^iSnocl noiioi in «,no C^on-
ami y. lo at er is s i tended the Presbyterian or Episcopal; federate service leaving three child-
Bank of Yancy which is a strong regularly. She was a beauti- ! ren to be reared by a v/iaowed moth-
banking institution. Mr. Lyon pre- character, and it was a great pleas perfor-
vroui to his connection with the Wa- med with honor to herseU at a time
KREVARD INSTITUTE NOTES:
TOXAWAY NEWS.
Miss Pike is giving a series of lec
tures on “musical appreciation”, in
She had, planned to return ;
an officer in the bank with his father. Brevard, and had engaged a suite
Mr, Lyon also served an apprmtice
by this Vv’riter in his article of last j
in Mia- ^ refering to the family of Joseph j connection with the Graphanola every
Saturday morning at the regular
Chapel exercises. The lectures are
very interesting and have received
much appreciation. ;
The Institute basket ball team
played ai^ainst Fruitland, last Monday
Ti’.e game resulted in a victory for
Brevard Institute of 22 to 15. The
Fruitland boys will play a return !
game on Saturday at the Institute, j
The snow-fall of last week was a !
, when her country as well as herself
chovia Bank and Trust Company was
missed. ,mu tu return prostrate. Perhaps this was her
mission: To demonstrate to a
of rooms for herself and companion doubting world and especially to her
snsp in the printing art and is a Summer of 1921.
practical printer, Mrs. Lyon and
four children will join him soon to
make their home in Brevard.
UNITED DAUGHTERS O# THE
CONFEDERACY:
i sex the possibility of overcoming ap-
Mrs. R. A. Dougherty. I pai’ent hopeless surrcunaings. Sirs.
MRS. JAMES H. MAYHEW I W. A. Grogan is the only one of this
The bodv of Mrs. James H Mav-'^^”''^ “"<> --omaining a-
; mong us.
^ hew, who died Thursday night at the , correction cheerfully made
i home of Mrs. Mayhew in Huntsville, does not, however, reinstate the old
j pleuro - pneumonia, will be shipped pioneer name of Hightower. As
'Sunday night by the W. H. Combs ruminating
to the ' Undertaking company for the old
on this subject of lost names memeory
My Dear Miss Gash:—
My recent appointment lu luu ^ ^ ^3gQgj,,j^pg 'vvith the one in har\d a
chairmanship of the committee for of Mrs. Mayhev.^ m Huntsville, ' j-mif^ber of once familiar and prom-
the Confederate Woman’s Home at foi* interment. Mrs. Cyrus 13. inent families whose descendents of
Fayetteville gives the delightful pri- Kitchen of Nevv^ York, a sister, U’-i]! today are moi'e or less iinmerous but
vi-k*ge of (Hroct touch vath the chap- accompany the body to Huntsville, ; family name,
tors of the State again — A great v.here she will be met by Mrs. N. R.
pleasure I have missed since my re- Coi\lon of Mew York. '
source of much pleasure and amuse- i
ment to our students, who spent their i
I
leisure moments in snowballing each ;
other, and coasting down the hill to ■
the north of the Institute.
^’he Register’s office at Asheville
tircrnent from the eliice of Registrar
ir. October. It is my plan to write
each chapter and ask for something
pho'v.? ^hat Isaac and Joe Brock were
the owners of real estate in this
P ur.eral services v/ill be held at the county. I3<?ac owned perhaps the
old historic Presbyterian churcli in E- Duckv.’oi’th place on Cherryfield
spvcific at a spccitic time, and thus
keep so-'r.ething going to the Home
Ilunlsvillc and will be conducted by
ibe Hex. Dr. Francis R. Gordon of
fivij Joe the Bracken land just out-
pjJu of Brevar.i. Isaac died in Tex
as a few YCTrs aero said to be 115
cach week. I am beginnmg with Shelbyville,.Ky., who was pastor dur- years old. ‘ With ns it is a lost name.
the chapters of my own and Mayhew’s membership in the | ‘ Trammel te?Med on his own
aiv ov.’n district. I am wTiting to |-j i
;is\ your chapter to ship a barrel of , ' ^ _ homestead rear the present Gallo-
potaioes next week. I am wonder- ^^-yhew was keenly interest- way railroad station. He raised
ine' if you '*ouid not ask for contri- literature and art and was pro- sons and daughters. J. Madison
hut ions of a 'ii^ ck or half bushel or minent in local club circles She married a daugnter. This
from many of your farmer „p-.dsentative type of the -^hsn a yo^ns mar v.as a bene-
f!v.n.is ami thus get them up and . , ^ ficiary <>f the cleverness that clung to
" omen of aie oic south. covvTi to old age. She was a
^ Southerner in sentiment out and out.
AI\’ONG TliE METHODISTS: There were at least two boys—Hugh
F're.?ic*ing Elder Willis came and and Wash, The latter was a bach-
Iways rode a fat horse,
member well the claybavik road-
i^'-xipped and not wait for a meeting
t)f ycur chaoter. Plea-^e ship by ,
e:;nvi a? irfi'.;hts are too .slow and
\ijv'v?2 irin. ''lease advise nio what
you have done, date of shipping, qua?!- ^ strong discourse on “The vler and
lity, etc.. a:, i am keeping a-rocord ^ I rememh
The first Quarterly Conference has ster. Mrs. Leo Fisher can claim and
been helu. Reports were encourag- not.be ashamed to claim Tram-
ing and showed Signs of life and
for my report at convention next
fall. With cordial regards and all
good wishes, I am. iname; it has
^ • 1 I progress.
Most sincerely yours, ; ^ -iwnv
I T^he reports on Finance indicated ^ a\a\.
ETHEL HAR o ^ b .. . ^ work being done along many lines. ! The J. M. Morgan heirs own a
'fhose who will respond to this re- A working church is a giving piece of land known as the “Beasley
quest will please send what they can church. These good people know Place”. The Beasleys were once a
give to Zachary and Deaver’a Feed hov/ to give. ^ fixture in the Cherryfield community.
Store before Friday, Feb. 11. Sec.
FINISH SURVEY JONES GAP
ROAD:
Highway Officials Make Preliminary
Examination Of Highway.
j May We all not only give of our When a small boy I heard much of
! money, but better still, “give our Beasleys and remember seeing Anna,
' hearts and lives,” in a more devoted . ^ u ou^
1 a spinster of a good old age. She
I and dttermined way. j much thought of by the Paxtons.
He wno gives most usually pra|^s ^ gbe ',vas a kind of regulator that kept
things straight and strait. Austin
' most.
Prof.
Orr of Brevard Institute
Seasley of a succeeding generation
v/as the last to bear the name. He
I v/ith all his excentricitieS passed a-
' way a few years ago. With him
went the name.
I Capt. James W. Killian, not strict-
I ly a pioneer came to this county early
in the Nineteenth Century. He gain-
... , ed his title in 1838 when put in com-
- artment in Columbia went to and let us run our attendance beyond „and of forces sent from Buncombe
Work of surveying the Jones Gap
Road, connecting Greenville with
Cedar Mountain, it has been announc
ed has be«n completed.
Several ing.
I led Sunday evening in a splendid
j educational address. The pastor
followed with some emest remarks.
The Brevard Methodist Sunday
School on Jan. 23rd, reached a high
v/ater mark in attendance and giv-
NAMUR NEWS:
We are having some nice weather I
here for the last few days. |
Every one in this settlement is j
sufiering with severe colds, ■
We regret to v/rite of Mrs. Polby ;
Hinkle being dead. She was 94 |
years old and was a very sweet old ■
lady. Her remains v/erp Irid to rest !
in the Travelers Rest on .
oo -I 1
Sunday, Januar;>
The school is out iTit nr-* :e and
we regret to give U': ot.
she was
»o’ teach- |
r-- v&urg
er for
lady.
Mrs. Perry Cheek is rro'T 'o her
fathers for a few da.’- her .'he
v\'ill joi:' her husbar.d in *heir future
home in Chattanoo;ra, Ten;.
Mr. L. E. Cash i-- ca’ryir'? the mail
from Namur to Oakland, !s. C,
Mr. Warren Alexander's houses
got buiT.ed recentlv in r?e Cove,
N. C. Supposed to h.ave caught from
the stove flue.
Mrs. G, H. Alexander and her
niece May Alexander visited Mrs.
John Hinkle Sunday.
Mr. Harry Grimshaw is home on an
extended visit to hi? father. Dr. C.
Grimshaw,
Mae Wilbanks and Bes=:e Hinarle '
received a prize for memorizing the
ten commandments. Thev both re- ^
ceived a prize for learning the states j
aifd capitals also. :
Roxie Parker receive ’ a prize for i
good behavier, one also for home ‘
marks. j
Bessie ard Essie Hinkle received ,
a prize for honor marks. " j
Mr, Perry Hinkle and Mr, Perry j
Cheek made a trip to Pickens re- j
cently. '
Mr. John Hinkle and Mr. Perry |
Cheek came back from Cane Creek
Saturday night. They were very j
tired from a hard ride. |
MAE WILBANKS ■
Mr. and Mrs. Davis Greene of Ros-
man have been visiting friends at
Toxaway for the last few days.
Mr. J. L. Osteen, Frin. of the Tox
away -High School, Misses Mari^ Gil
lespie and Beezie Bracken, attend
ed teacher’s meeting at Brevard last
Saturday.
Mr. Warren Fisher and Mr. Colie
Lee were Quebec visitors last Satur
day.
Rev. Nobles of Sapphire, preached
a very interesting sermon at the Tox
away Baptist Church last Sunday.
We understand that Lake Toxa-
Vv’ay School recently challenged the
Brevard High School (the only ac
credited High School in the County)
for a spelling- contest. We can’t
under.stand why the challenge was
not accepted. Surely it was not be
cause they feared defeat, since Bre
vard High School has its teens of in-
r.tructors and hunrlreds of pupils to
rclect from, while Toxaway has only
t’lrec instructors and less than seven
ty - five pupils to select from. Surely
it was not because Brevard “Hi”
would frov.n at such a contest or con
sider it detrimental to school v/ork or
even literary attainments.
Go ask the man or woman who’s
body is bent to the music of many
years, and who’s hair has turned
'■rov/y white, v.ith the hoary frost of
^’?.riV V,-inters, who “got his educa-
l:on from the old blue back speller”;
and when rrselling v%-as taught just as
thoroughly, or the writer believes
evan more thorcughly. and see if you
won't get the answer that many be
the spelling bees he or she engaged
in. and that ju~t as much refinement
WHS reali;:ed, if not more than any
other one thing that would have re-
ouired the same amount of time.
So come on Brevard “Hi” and take
cn Toxaway, even tho they be your
inferior in number and see if they
will measure up v.ith you in spelling
Mr. John Breedlove of Salem, S.
C., visited Toxaway friends last week.
Mr, Roland Ow?n of Brevard spent
the week end with his father, Mr. E.
D. Ov/en, of Toxaway.
“BUSY BEE^
officials form the State Highway Com.e on little and large folks
the upper section of the County
200
We can easily do it. Now!
for a preliminary cxamina-
and Henderson Counties to remove
He was a
partner in the merchandize business
^ with L. S. Gash for a long term of
^ , _ „ , « , , . ' years and it was said without the
Oak Grove Sunday School is also » i. j* • j.- Vr „
. I , ^ least company frictions. He mar
ried a Miss Clayton bought all that
Push! Every one to the wheel. See cherokee Indian.
I'xCr go! It will not only help you
t,o.i with a view of determining the jt will also help Brevard. Como on
cost of grading and top - soiling this men! Come boys!
road.
_ , , . 1 .e:oing by leaps and bounds. The
Even uhough the surveying has
bee. eon^pleted, no .statement can be h! NomS dSgS" Ws to the; Mill’s and
made as to when the actual work on hearers with a splendid discourse,
the road will begin, it was stated.
Osborne heirs; was a good Presbyter-
_ . „ , ion, took a hand in politics and was
ome. astors, an people and respected by his neighbors. He
of the family) whose natural talents, ;
aspiration, push, spank and pepp
brought them to the front. They '
J
v/ere strictly moral, being reared un- ;
der the shadow of the old Davidson ,
River Presbyterian Church in “Blue- ■
stocking” days. Ephrain went to col
lege, took the A. B. degree, entered
the Presbyterian ministry and did his
life v/ork in other climes. Tom
(wasn’t it, ’most forgot) was just
ready to make his debut into the busi
ness world as the Civil War broke
out. He enlisted and entered the
LITERARY DIGEST CHILD FEED-
ING FUND:”
i County by the name of Hefner? Pet- i
i er and George Hefner in pioneer
i days were substancial citizens. Don’t
there under a little unmarked mound.
His ovm personal worth is worthy of
i 1 .1 i at least a meterial token of apprecia-
In former Amount previously acknowledged . . '• weie o^ foreign biith 1 . . ...
This depends upon the funds avail- |et Us work until all of our people lost a son n the Civil War. He still ^ Confederate service with th first volun
able for road work and whether or Brevard are gathered into our lives within the memory of a few and teers. He became captain of the com-
not the legislature votes a sufficient '^Thf ptoptrnted"^'the churches “ , pany in which he enlisted, soon there-
appropriation to carry the work to y/ill all benefit by it. j this County is lost. j after he died at his post; his remains
completion i See the snow!— “R” 1 readers of the Bre- ; j.ent home and buried in the
The Jones Gap road connects with' ' i I Davidson river cemetery and are still
^he Buncombe road at Travelers Rest
l^nd furnishes a^lrect line between '
Greenville and Brevard. In former | amount previously acKnow,edged .. : t^.^ai'd'not hav'e'a good EnSsi | «<”■
years this road was much used, but $288.88 ijyogup Rev. E. Allison whose moth i supreme sacrifice of a young
due to the better conditions on the j M. J. $ 2.00 -yy-ag ^ Hefner, betrays his origin ; P^o“^ising life the appeal is arresis-
Buncombe road, there has been butj Total $290.88 by a peculiar pronunciation of a j His few surviving comrades,
little travel over this road within the • To the citizens of Brevard and few words. Some of the Tinsley ; their sons daughters, should see
past few years, it is stated. The' Transylvania County, Jan. 31st, 1921! families have Hefner blood. But, to it that the grave of Capt Young
^ • J 71PTDP I'OSf IT) rvOUTit'V I -S SUiXHuly ITl9,rKGQ Axt^r til© QC^Lil
maiority of travel is of a local nature Fellow citizens: — i josr m tnis oounty i .^ ^ w
^ . J , , , . . . 1 From a different motive, I wish to of the ate Dr. G. W. Young whom we
P ^ " y call your attention to another name all knc .v and who lived and reared a
the state going by the Buncombe road crary Digest” of New York, cashier’s known in tho past John Young more family rmong us, the name as ap-
to North Carolina. j check for $290.88, being the total familiarly called in this writer’s young pHed to this family so far as known
If the Jones Gap is completed top- amount received by the undersigned' “old Johnny Young”. He this writer is lost.
$1,200X00,000 WATER PLANS
United St?tcs Power Commission
Telis of IrKimense Projects
Contorr.p'sted.
Washinp:ton.—An}tlicmions for per-
ndts lookinfj toward tlu' <1('veio]^!nent
of ir.oiv tlian
KiitTlciont to suyply 20 fities tlio size
of ('hlca.i:<t. h:i(l I'.oen filed under the
fefleral w;itori>o\ver net with tlie fod-
ernl power oonnni?>^ion np to Pi'cem-
her IS, ilie connnission annnnnce>'.
Coniplotion of the contemplated
plan's iis s'i’own In the application, the
co;nnr'f?:ion cstimatos, will advance
'vaterpo’ver development in the United
States by more than 40-per cent, and
wil! involve an investment of ?1,200,-
■v^o.r.00.
Tlic pro.iects covered in the applica
tions ranse from a small ten horse-
pov.-er plant for a colony of summer
oottfises, to the storasre of the water?
of the Upper Colorado, j^ad its tribu
taries in a liuse reservoir.
Twentv-seven st.Ttes, in addition to
Alaska and the District of Columbia,
are represented in th.e 120 applica
tions. California leads in ilie number
of permits, with 35; New York is sec
ond, with 13.
A. E. HAMPTON HAS OPTOMIS*
TIC VIEWS FOR FUTURE OF
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTYs
A. E. Hampton, prominent mer
chant of Brevard and manager of the
Standard Clothing Companie’s Store,
in an interview with a representa
tive of the Brevard News, believes
that Transylvania has before it the
most progressive year of its history.
Mr. Hampton says:
“With the stabilizing of merchan
dise values and the undoubted pur
chasing power of the consumer, we
enter a new year confident that there
will be business for the merchant who
is prepared.
While there has been quite a lull
in general business conditions dur
ing the past several' months, due to
the natural readjustments following
the v;ar period, we believe that this
liquidation has taken place and in
many cases has been overdone, and
from now on our people are in posi
tion to proceed on a “Business as
Usual” basis.
We have never been impressed with
the opinion of some that the business
of ihe country was going to the
“PJverlasting Bov/ Wows.” To those
who have any such idea, we would
respectfully refer them to the re-
coi-d of America’s business achieve
ments ana its habit of surmounting
any and alT obstacles and always em-
ergin.g triumphant.
With this feeling of America’s Bus
iness Supremacy, our plans for 1921
have been based on “Good Business"
believing that this period is now at
hand, and we are sure that an in
spection of our offertftgs in our large
Store will fully demonstrate that we
have provided well.
We are firm believers in the Bre~
vard News and are confident that it
is honestly v/orking for the good of
the community and are personally sat
isfied that it pays to support the home
paper.
We are also of the opinion that a
good building program would go far
to stimulate an atmosphere of real
prosperity in this “The Land of Wat
er Falls”. We knov/ that the good
people of our grand old County ex
pect to trade at home and do so when
their wants can be supplied. This
is our reason for keeping up our
stock and v;a believe that we keep
a large variety of everything that is
wanted b- our patrons, if in the line
of our business. We believe in hon
est advertising and think that it pajrs
to haiidle only real quality and not
“seconds” or shoddy goods.
r.'he Standard Clothing Company is
the only exclusive Gent’s Furnishing
Store in Transylvania County.
soiled before the close of next sum-, for the above fund. Thanking you,
mer, much travel will be diverted that I am, yours sincerely,
way, it is believed. j ^j| ERNEST H. NORWOOD.
^ lived in the Davidson River commun
ity. Was a very poor man in this
World's goods. He raised three
J. M. HAMLIN.
The Brevard News will pull for
boys (were perhaps other members yo®
3,000 GERMAnS TO BRAZIL
Wait in Fatheriand to Embark for
South America—One Province
Wants 1,000.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.—Three thou
sand Germans, some unaccompanied,
others with their families, are wait
ing in Germany to embark for Brazil,
where they wisli to settle, accordin.^
to advices received by the Brazilian
ministry of agriculture from the Ger
man emigration department.
Governors of all Brazilian states
have been asked by the head of the
Brazilian immigration service wheth
er they wish to accept German colon
ists and bear expense of transporta
tion. Rsj<irito Santo state has replied
that it Is prepared to accept 1,000.
Other states have not yet responded.
FUNERAL OF JOHN THOMAS
KENNON
On Sunday, January 30th, John
Kennon of Pisgah Forest, who had
been with the Carr Lumber Company,
since i\ first came to the County, was
buried in Davidson River Cemetery.
The funeral was conducted from the*
home of his son Ira Kennon. Rev.
John R. Hay of Davidson River
Church officiating.
Mr. Kennon was bom in Newport
News, Va„ April 24th, 1850, and died
January 29th, 1921, at Pisgah Forest
He helped build the Carr Lumber
Company’s plant and was, until re
cently, head carpenter for this com
pany. He is survived by six child
ren and by his seconu wife who re
sides with the younger children in
the Carr village. He was not a mem
her of the church, but before his
deathj he confessed his faith in Jesus
Christ and died in the hope of fter-
nal salvation.
All unpaid subscriptions will cut
out with this i^ue. Renew or no
more papers.