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Tb« Aim b and SiBC«rilj4 wxtomMT or ^ \ ,. , - ■ ■ ■ ■■ 9TLVAM1A couimr^ VOLUME XXVI. V - : f : BREVARD, N, C.> FRlDAt, FEBRUARY 18th, 1921. fh-T / MOVEMENT FOR LAKE AND PARK IN BREVARDii|^ THE METROPOLITAN GLEE CLUB The Metropolitan Glee Club is Brerard Club Takes Up the Problem among the successful, popular quar- of Entertaining the Summer j tets of today. That this company has earned its popularity is shown by the large percentage of its re- V turn dates filled. Many places have MARRIAGE OF INTEREST Of interest to a number of tfriends in Brevard is the announcement of the marriage of LeRoy Case to Miss Virginia Cooper, both of Swannoa, N. C. Mr. Case is a grandson of T. S. Wood of this city. The Brevard Club at its regular .booked the I\Ietropolitans for a third | Announcement is made of the mar- meeting on last Tuesday night took -eturn engagement, which speaks j riage of Miss Virginia Cooper to Visitors. City Fathers EndoMe MoTement BREVARD PEOPLE URGED TO BUY NOW! Prices Ai^ at Low Ebb, Declares H. A. Plummer; Market Impres sions Seem to Indicate Slight In- creasttr DIFFERENCES IN ROAD THOUGHT: up the question of entertaining our summer visitors and a plan was in- | third season for this organ- augurated to buy the Franklin Park | i^ation under its present management Lake site and with the adding a very ; Much of the charm of the program small sum it is proposed to pipe water j is found in the sheer force of the to the lake and use the usual advertis- ^ irresistible personality of the individ- ing funds in permanently beautify- artists. The Metropolitans get There has been a brisk demand for spring apparel, offering everything volumes v;hen the fact is known that ■ Mr. LeRoy Case, both of Swannanoa. ' Dame Fashion has in store at prices ' I * The ceremony was performed yester day Hfternoon at 2 o’clock at the ranging from 30 to 35 per cent lower than at this time last season. Prices Manse of the Presbyterian church at ^ have reached their rock bottom, ac- Swannanoa, Rev. R. Eskridge ofB- ' cording to H. A. Plummer, member elating. Mrs. Case is a young wo- ' of the firm of Plummer & Trantham man of charming personality and has on Main Street, Brevard, N. C. ing the town for the coming season, their programs “over” beoause in | friends throughout this section | Since the first of the year, prices It was pointed out that instead of building them the music translations | the state. Mr. Case is the son of ^ have shown a few cents increase, giv- spending hundreds of dollars adver- I of the heart beats of the people are tising this year in booklets and other incorporated in each. Their enter- advertisiniT matter, it would be a far tainmcnt has been called “a sym- ' I better aavertisement if we were able i phony in music and laughter.” to send c^^ch visitor away with the The Metropolitans have mined in feeling of really having enjoyed our the depths of the v/orld's best music, hospitality. Aldermen Blythe Cle- and they bring to light its choicest mcnt and Zachary, v.ho have all been ';’ems. Few know quartet ensemble intore?tcd in beautifying the town i so well, and few are able to brine? by havinr.r flower beds, clean streets | forth the radiant beauty of four-part and recrentien J^rounds in and around I male classics' with such nobility of the city believes that the summer ' expression. At the same recital sufi- co’ony would be ti'ebled it’ the Club ^ ciejit attention is paid to “comic re ar 1 City would promote and encour- ! lief,’* as it is expressed, that none a.eo this niovenient jointly. ! composing: the audience may tire. A IT' -- Ht-r.or. IMayor T. H. Galloway j splendid evening-by a great company appo' 7. L). Clement, E. W. Ely-' assurad your people on the occas- the ard K. R. Zachary to confer with ; ion of the appearar.cc of the Metro- ' Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Case and is a ing the impression that ^values have prominent young business man who reached their lowest level and may is vicll I:nov/n here. Mr. and Mrs. ' now begin to climb, although not in Case, after a brief honeymoon, will any brisk manner. Mr. Plummer come to Asheville to make their futur stated he is impressed with the warn- — ings o/ the present business depres- DEATH OF JOHN ZACHARY sion throughout the country and be- —— lieves prices of merchandise, espec- i I Mr. Jno. Zachary, of Augusta, Ga. ially women’s wearing apparel, has i died suddenly at his home^ Febru- | dropped to the limit. Under the i j ary 6th, 1921. present conditions, ' the market is I I He was in his 62nd year of age. | rather uncertain in many ways, but { I His bo()y T,as brou!>ht to Brtvard , no lowering of prices will prob^Sly ' 1 and the funneral service was hold in ‘ rer,ult. I' ■ j the Methodist Episcopal Church, i Practically the same outlook was A BROOD SOW ON EVERY FARM! J. I’d. Allii'on, Presidcni: of the Club politans in your midst, and Mes.^rs. Kluenpelberp?, Dr. Sum- inev, !vlr. White, S. I.t. lMi:cfie, G. C. Kihiatricl; and the other officers of the .lab. It is planned to have the Cooperative Extension Work- tov.n buy the property and for the | Depariment of Agricul- busine: - men to finance the construe tion of a la’: fTouth, being con ducted by Rev. A. gathered by The News renresertative ^ rJ TJ • • 1 • ■ o. Eaper, "hs^sisted by Rev. J. C. Seag- ^ in his survey and rounds of the stores 7 i ]e. • The interment v.as in the Gil- of the town. Brevard retailers are iespie Cemetery. ; decidely pleased with the early spring ' ^ He leaves a widow and one daugh- turnover and look forward to a heal- j ter, an aged r.iother, brothers and thy business. They have their wares i 3 sisters to mourn their loss. ' in excellent shape and have practi- ' cally their entire stocks on the new i CARD OF THANKS! : level, and in some instances below i ture at Raleigh are making a splen-' Sinlard Mdshes to ex- ; the replacement cost. All the mer-! ar.d nark without any ' ^ brood sov/ on every ' thanks for ‘ chants wish to impress upon the pub- | ' farm this spring. I kindness, good will and sympathy : He that prices have reached their min- i ^ V>". W. Shay in charg® of the ' his recent illness. J level and that business condit-j ' Sxvine Exter.s’on Office, West Raleigh, | v/ishes to thank Dr. j ions to be bettered must have the j asliing the Agriculture Division of | the staff , support of the people. “Buy now!” | ! at the Stoke’s hosp^i;ai, and when in ' is the slogan of the business houses. 1 unne.,^-?ary was^e ot time. ^ It " a rcproach to the people of*| Brt'Vj-\i +hat with all their wealth, honorable history, public! ’ spirit and artistic sense, there is not a sin,ule place in this city of two-thou- and population set apart for the use of the people for health and recxe- ation purposes. Over a year ago the pret-ent ov-ners of the Franklin ParV Lake site of: ered to the people | North Carolina we coulcT all afford of Brevard at a rediculous Ioav price 1 embossed stationery and more per- this property because in their esti- j sonal letters. Also there would be mation the town ought to own it and j less business depression, and we could the Board of Trade to join with him in an effort to have at least one brood sow on every farm this spring, pro perly cared for. Mr. Shay says: “If there were more good hogs raised ^r pork in ! oetter health will be pleased to re- } ceive his many friends at his home where he has now been moved to. [ fo M not a company or private individual. This property contains about six acres and while small will be sufh'cient for our city for many years. It ought give the boll weevil the ’m.erry ha, ha’. MR. GRIMSHAVVE WRITES: Gentlemen: — Please accept my thanks for the “Brevard News Almanac”. It is surely a pretty thing-and ar tistic and full of choice references. 'Build good roads, schools and pay : have a place on rty right hand side O, CONSISTENCY! “Who is the indignant caller?” “One of our prominent citizens, said the editor of the home town sheet j who gave an interview to our local | reporter and expressly stipulated that his name must not appear in print.” “Then it evidently got into the paper.” “Yes, he’s mad because it was spoi lt could n^ be better and it will j wron^^-JI’ our debts more promptly. Hogs to be developed and used by the City j made these things possible in Iowa, for a beautiful little lake and park j r;nd yet that state has nothing on for the white people of this town, j North Carolina in the way of natural The shores can be leveled down and j advantages for pork production. The a sandy beach with the proper pre-1 trouble is hogs have never had a cautions would give bathers many a | chance to make good in North Caro- h-^-'-'y hour. The property is admir-j ijna, ably situated behind tjhe FVanklin Hotel and could be developed on most ar l-tic lines at comparatively small cost. The City authorities v/ill do weil to oo-operate with the Brevard Club in developing this progressiva movement and a word of praise is due the pwmotecs .as it will mean much and benefit Brevard in a great many ways — a small beginning, it is true, but a beginning. City parka cost fiioney; but, so do city streets, side walks, and roadways, city police, fire health and all other departments and activities of municipal life. We be lieve that under the leadership of these progressive citizens, who are be- ‘hind the movement, that we will now hav3 a system of flower beds, benches and beautifully kept boulevards ai^ streets that will be a credit to Bre vard. A cheJ p, ^inartistic, ill-equip ped, unkept system of streets would be worse than no system. Brevard has waited long enough for these - things to get the very belt. “One brood sow on every farm, ■properly cared for, will mean better times all around. Help put the brood sow for pork "production idea across.” INCOME TAX RETURNS—FEDER AL GOVERNMENT: of desk. Thanking you again I am, ^ C. GRIM SH A WE, Sapphire, N. C. R. L. LVON is ELECTED CASHIER OF THE BREVARD BANK: The Directors of the Brevard Bank MiCKiE SAYS: “YOU’LL DOUBT ! Company, at their rearular month- Japanese liberals are said to be intensely desii^ous of friendship with America. There are at least a doz en of them. Zone No. 3.H. B. Carter, Deputy Collector, Headquarters Henderson ville, Counties Henderson, Transyl vania,-Polk and Buncombe; February 21st, 1921 at Rosman. February 22nd, 23rd, 24th, and 25th, at Brevard. February 26th, at Pisgah Forest, N. C. For the information not only of petson^ desiring to make their in come tax returns, but also of those desiring to determjjie their Income Tax Liability under the law, Hugh A. Love, Chief, Asheville, N. C., an nounces the foregoing Itinerary for Zone D^uties, so that the public desiring help or information concern ing their Income Tax Returns, may know where to find the Deputy on the dates named. GEORGE CATHEY KILLED IN ASHEVILLE: THIS ONE! ^y meeting on Monday, February 14, elected Mr. R. L. Lyon Cashier. Mr. Mickie heard that the editor had' Lyoji is a banker of ten years exper- to be carried home on a stretcher! ience and for the past three years last week, as a result of the kind word i held a very responsible; position with of Dr. Hunt’s which were printed, j The Wachovia Bank & Trust Com- j The shock simply unnerved him. But ! pany of Asheville, N. C.'- j just as he reached home some one ! Mr. ■th os. H. Shopman, who has | gave him a good cussing about anoth- ! been Vice-President and Cashier for j j . I er article he had printed, and he got \ a number of years will be Active up and returned to work. I Vice-President. The officers are as follows: R. R. DEAVER, President; JOS. S. SILVERSTEEN, Vice-President; THOS. H. SHIPMAN, Active Vice- George Cathey, a well known dhar President, acter throughout Western North Car- | The Directors are: R. R. Deaver, ohna, v/as shot and killed in the Lan- I Jqs. S. Silversteen, R. V/. Everett, gren Hotel, Asheville, Monday Night, | w. S. Ashworth, C. E.. Orr, C. C. by J. V. ReiUy, house detective at' Yongue and Thos. H. Shipman, the Langren. ^ Lyon’s family have ar- From the evidence the coroner’s ■ rived and will make their future home jury found that Reilly acted in self- in the Boyden house on Main Street, defense, and he was set free. j The News predicts great success It will be remembered that Cathey foj. the new Cashier and the people was once tried in this coupty for of Transylvania point with great murder, having killed a man here pride to the phenomenal growth of some years ago.' jtg ban’: which necessitates these changes. Emma Goldman says she is mighty - sick of soveit Russia, and wants to Broad shoulders and narrow hips return to America. But at that she will be the style for men this spring, can hardly realize how we felt to- But that won’t bother us — we nev- ward her. er did care for style anyway. The North Carolina Good Roads Association has for many years ad vocated a State System of Highways connecting all county seats and prin cipal towns; the ultimate goal being a State system of hard surfaced roadsi The minimum mileage which would carry out this plan and do justice to the economic interests of EVERY county is from 5,500 to 6,000 miles. A system of 3,000 miles, such as is being proposed by some, would mean a SELECTED trunk 'system and not a State system connecting the county seats and commercial cen ters. It would mean the development mainly of tourist interests and not of commercial interests. Restricted to 3,000 miles, a good many count ies would of necessity be left off or given an extremely limited mileage. Who would say which counties would be the favored ones? Are we going to connect ALL county seats or just the PRINCIPAL ^ countj’’ s(eats? Trunk lines, of interest chiefly to tourist^-, may be developed from a '^tate-vide system; but, in fairness •' h. f;r'eater part of the State, whose ititeren; are agricultural and com- ; ;c'rcii-l. 'hey should be given secon- not primary consideration. Thf people of every county have a ■sh. to jU't and fair consideration ■r 'he master of mileage and not sel ected .sections. In the matter of money to be expend ed the North Carolina Good Roads A"'ociation has made st-itements re- peate !ly that the probably ultimate cost of such a State system of high cla3?s roads would range from $100, 000.000 to possibly $200,000,000, de- nendir.e on the cost of materials and labor. The amount to be raised at th - prc'Cnt time is a matter of econ omic expediency rather than political r-rrJpuIation. The great point is uirimately to build the whole system as rapidly and economically as poss. to do justice to every section and every county as the system develops, and to use such materials as are need ed to meet the traffic burdens of the roads. As to maintenance: What county in North Carolina has made a notice able success of the maintenance of its roads? The concensus of opin ion cf the road building highways is impossible, if efficient results are de sired. It is believed that every link of the proposed system v/hich is now constructed to the point where it can be maintained should be proper ly kept up by the State after it is taken over as a part of the State System, until it can be hard surfaced. Already the State has pledged its faith to the Federal' Government to maintain the roads built with Feder al funds and there are over 1,000 miles of sand-clay and gravel roads of this type, many of them very ex cellent roads. Who would advo cate breaking faith with the Federal Gevernment? Who would advo-». cate the State’s not taking care of detours while the State Highway in same principle applies to keeeping the dirt or sand clay or gravel roads al ready cc^fistructed in passable con dition' until they can be hard sur faced. This in no wise represents a waste of public funds, but will be ren dering the people of North Carolina an immediate service and will serve to keeep them satisfied until it is me- chanically possible to reach their links of the State system with hard sur face construction. Then, too, something is due the automobilist if he is to bear the en tire brunt of the burden of construc tion and maintenance. He should be given relief-in the matter of keep ing open the pr^nt roads as well as suitable detours while the main high- WIRELESS PHONE IN BRSVAm FOR INAUGURATION: LEWIE LOFTIS Has Wireles. Tho»» Outfit and Expects to Hear Hal’din’s Speech. ■ % ■ ■ Brevard will be on the map March 4th — the Wireless may which reack-> es clear around the world. Lewie Loftis,- the scientific yoim|r electirician of Brevard, has installed a wireless telephone outfit largely of ' his own creation, and he expects to hear the inaugural address of Fresi dent Warren G. Hardia on March 4. Through his wireless telephone re ceiver he received, last week, news and reports very accurate. Mr. Loftis, learning that a wireless . tele^one sounding board was to be placed directly above the speaker’^s stand on the day of Harding’s inair guration, so that all the Avireless tele phones within reach of the subtle waves could hear the great speech, decided to convert or modify his wire less telegraph outfit to a wireless telephone* The apparatus is already in satis, factory working order \nd each night Lewie hears snatches of conversat ion from various stations along the Atlantic coast. NOTICE Td THE LYCEUM PAT RONS Mrs. J. W. Smith wishes to fy her Lyceum patrons, that the de lay in our fourth and last entertain ment has been unavoidable. The Ward Quartet was selected for our last number. During the hoIida3rs two of that company had to give up the work on account of health. At this season of the year, Mr. Ward found it impossible to fill their places. Mr. Bryan, the Piedmont manager, has been trying to get another com~ pany to fill that place and at last has succeeded in securing the Metropoli tan Glee Club, a male quartet. The mei^bers are all artists in their line. The Swi^. bell ringing is the finest. Mr. Gates, the manager, is a trom bonist of exceptional merit. This number will be sent us the <*ighth of March. COAST TO COAST PERSONALLY^ CONDUCTED TOUR! Dr. Roy Z. Thomas, of Winthrop College, Rock Hill, S. C., is getting up a soast to coast personally con ducted tour. It is planned that this party will leave Columbia on Wednes day, July 27th, going from Asheville to Cinicinnati, Chicago, Denver, Col orado Springs, Salt Lake, Yellowstone Park, Sap Francisco; Yosemite Val ley, Los Angeles, Grand Canyon, Kan sas City, St. Louis, Louisivlle and returning to Asheviile,, Spartanburg and Columbia. This is known as an all-ex|)ense paid trip, the party occupying the same sleeping cars^ from the time they leave home until they return, and considerable interest is being ex pressed by a great many people thm out Western North Carolina in gard to this matter, and it is thoogbt quite a number of school teachers and others will spend their vacation in this manner. ways are being constructed. ^ The North Carolina Good Roads Association still maintains the ever lasting economic righteousness and wisdom of an ad valorem tax least for taking care of the bonds. It may be that the bonds eannot be sold without the stability of soch.& tax. However, such matters remam in the hands at ^ Llgislatia^ decide.