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SYLVANIA COUNTT.
VOLUME XXVI.
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BREVARD, N. C.,
FRIDAY, MARCH 18th, 1921
No. 11
1
LAKE IDEA OPENS
WAY TO SECURE
NEED^ SURVEY
Delegation From Brevard Takes Part
In Forming Association For Sur
vey of French Broad Valley From
AsheTille Up.
Will Leam Best Method For Develop
ing County.
An association, having for its ob
ject the economic survey of the
French Broad Valley from Asheville
up_, was formed in Asheville last Fri
day by citizens of Buncombe and
Transylvania Counties. Henderson
' ' v,as also included in the or-
gau;zation, although none of the citi
zens of that county were present
when the actual work of forming the
association was taken up.
In response to a call from Asheville
W. N. C. CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE IS MADE
AREAUTY
T. H. Shipman elected Treasurer of
Association and R. H. Zachary ap
pointed Director to Work up Or
ganization in County.
Plans Principally Shaped By The Bre
vard Delegation.
Transylvania County formally en
tered into the organization of the
Western North Carolina Chamber of
j Commerce recently through repre
sentatives of the Brevard Club who
I attended a mect'ng for this purpose
i at Asheville.
j In tho e’-oction of officers Transyl
vania was given ^a prominent place by
the selection of Thos. H. Shipman as
Trasurer of the Association.
Each of the 20 counties included
the Brevard Club sent a delegation to i the organization is represented by
meet with Asheville and Henderson- { director, appointed at the meet-
ville citizens in regard to a proposed . ^^d three others are to be select-
plan to build a dam at Buck Shoals, ' from each County to take part in
damming the French Broad River, ' permanent organization to be ef-
and thus covering the valley to a ^ fected about April 15. R. H. Zach-
point near Brevard with a great arti- was appointed director for this
licial lake.
PROJECT OUTLINED;
* County.
The object of the association is in
Col, Joseph Hyde Pratt, of the
BUEVJiRH THE BEJiUYlrUL
general the thorough advertising of
State Geogical Department, who has Western North Carolina and the indi
been active in agitating the proposed vidual counties comprising the cham-
lake, was present at the meeting in
the board of trade rooms, exhibited
a large map of the section with ter
ritory to be covered by the lake, and
outlined what he believed would be
the advantages to Western North
Carolina in having such a body of
water. According to Colonel Pratt,
this section is rapidly becoming the ■
ber of commerce. Co-operation of
the Western section of the State as a j
whole in making known to the world j
the resources and advantages is one i
of the principal objects sought, with |
the special features of each county
made more prominent through the as
sistance of associated effort.
A leading part in organizing the
great centre of tourist movement. He Chamber of Commerce was taken by
said that the loss in farm lands would the Transylvania delegation, who c<:in-
be more than offset by the enhanc- tributed largely to the plans of organ-
ed value of lands along the shore of ^ ization that was adopted,
the proposed lake tnrough the great | xhe men from Brevard taking part
in the organization were, C. H. Klu-
CmZENS ASK
PAVED ROAD AND
WORK ON OTHERS
FOR GREENVILLE
demand for home sites by well-to-do
tourists. The lake, he pointed out,
would cover approximately 20,000
acres of the valley and would have a
shore line of about 150 miles. He
spoke also of the enormous water
power which would be made service
able and of its possibilities.
The immediate plan proposed by
Colonel Pratt and others ass>ociated
with him was an organization of the
three counties affected in order to
obtain from the war department a
survey of the French Broad Valley,
which, he said, could be done at prac
tically no cost to the counties them
selves.
OBJECTIONS URGED
eppelberg, R. H. Zachary, Henry Ran-
son, J. Allison and W. E. Breese.
WATERFALL SCENE NBAt^DREVARD. ONE Oi- 1H£ MANY
NiATURAL ATTRACTIONS WHICH ARE DESTINED TO MAKE THIS
SECTION THE SUMMER PLAYGROUND OF THE SOUTH.
J. M. ALLISON URGES ADVER-
TISING BREVARD AS SUM-
MER RESORT
J. M. Allison, president of the Bre
vard Club, in talking to a represen
tative of the Brevard News, gave as ,
his opinion that one of the best ad
vertisements that Brevard can pos
sibly have is in promoting recreation
grounds and other attractions right
i in the town in order that the tourists
Clean-Up Drive Will Be
Carried On In Brevard
Campaign Launched by Committees
of Local Organization and Alder
men Will be Prosecuted with vigor.
could go away thoroughly satisfied
R. H. Zachary, speaking as chair- | with the hospitality of Brevard. They
man of the Brevard delegation, urg-1 would probably talk about Brevard as
ed a number of objections to the pro- ■ a summer resort in an enthusiastic
posed lake. On the basis that the manner, thereby bringing more and
altitude of Brevard is 20 ft. lower more visitors here.
Co-operation of Citizens Is Sought
By Committees.
The people will be asked to co-oper?
ate in cleaning up their own premis
es and assisting in every way possible
in the movement. On the general
clean-up day, piles of garbage will be
carted away. Further details of
the plans and work will appear in
later issues of this paper.
GETS
BUSY TO BUSD
IMPORTANT LIE
than that of Asheville, he said that
a dam at Buck Shoals 100 feet high
would back the water over all the
land in Translyvania county ever
covered by the overflow of the river,
or that at least it would make the
water 20 feet deep at Pisgah Forest.
Mr. Zachary also urged the objec
tions that much land not actually
covered by water would become a
marsh, that the railroad would be sub
merged in many places, and that ap
propriations for the present highway .
program might be held up. |
, The loss to Trai^ylvania in farm
lands was made a prominent objec
tion, and river drainage to develop
the valley as an agricultural section
was urged as more desirable than a
great sheet of water.
No attempt was made to ansv/er
these objections, but Colonel Pratt
insisted that the proposed survey
would tell all needed to be known
about the possibilities of the valley;
whether a lake would be feesible, or
whether drainage would be the wis
est thing to do. |
“Mack”, however, urged that in
stead of letting up on the advertising
in the way of literature and news |
paper ads, etc., that we do more of i
it. He pointed out that “The Far
mers Supply Company were strong
believers in honest advertising and
gave much credit to the advertising:
in the Brevard News in helping to '
make his Hardware and Furniture |
store probably the most popular in ‘
Western North Carolina.
Mr. Allison has just returned from
New York and other northern points
where he purchased his Spring and
Summer Stock of goods- which are
arriving daily.
instead of being centered on the build
ing of a lake, was laid on the econ
omic survey and the advantages to be
derived therefrom.
The important question of drain
age was brought to the front and fig
ured quite as largely in the closing
discussions as the lake idea had at
the beginning.
j A second meeting of the associa
On motion of T. *H. Shipman a re- ^ tjon ^^s set for March 25, to be held
solution was adopted forming the pro- ' ^t Hendersonville,
posed organization, and one directfor ^ The Brevard men attending the |
was appointed from each county to meeting at Asheville were:
continue the work of organization in 1 r. h. Zachary, T. H. Shipman, C.
his own territory. It was left open r. Klueppelberg, Henry Ranson C.
to the people in each county to elect e. Orr, C. M. Cooke, R. L. Gash, ani
four other committeemen to serve a. g, Riley,
with the directors appointed in repre
senting their counties.
GIVES ?HAPE TO POLICY
It was ft gi^ificant fact of the
meeting that the Transylvania dele
gation was accorded all possible con
sideration and that it really shaped
the policy of the association which
there had its birth.
MEETING AT COURT HOUSE:
At a meeting of citizens at the
court house on Wednesday afternoon
of this week, R. H. Zachary explain
ed the situation and the following
were elected to serVfe with him on the
committee to prfect the organization:
, R. W. Everett, E. J. Whitmire, W.
The emphasis, H. Duckworth and M. L. Hamilton.
Steps for co-operation in a general
clean - up campaign were taken this
week when committees from the Bre
vard Betterment Association, the Bre
vard Club and the Board of Alder
men met in the rooms of the Club,
discussed the situation, and appointed
committees to undertake the 'work.
Those present at the meeting were:
Mrs. b. L. English, Mrs. E. W.
Blythe, Mrs. A. B. Riley, D. L. En:c-
lish, F. D. Clement, R. Ht. Zr- ar.iy,
C. C. Yongue, Henry Ranso ’ .nd T.
H. Galloway — the last an-.ed acting
as chairman.
Henry Ranson r.ppointed chair
man of a general clean - up cfmmit-
tee, and Mr .. D. L. English v.ras named
as his acoociate.
Mrs. A. B. Riley, F. D. Clement and
D. L. English were appointed as a
committee to look after the beauti
fying of the school gTOunds.
Mr. Ranson and Mrs. English were
empowered to divide up the to^vn in
to sections and appoint sub-commit
tees to look after each section.
It was agreed among those present
that a general clean - up day should
be set for about three weeks hence,
in order to give ample time for all
preparations and sufficient publicity.
Some little discussion of plans took
place in the club rooms, but all seem
ed agreed as to the importance of the
movement. Co-operation in aim and
spirit was stressed by F. D. Clement
and others, and the opinion prevailed
that most could be accomplished by
enlisting the voluntary support* of
business men and private property
owners.
C. C. Yongue urged the importance
of having a number of garbage cans
provided at places in the business
section. Since the meeting, it is
understood that steps have been tak
en to get cans and locate them at suit
able points.
The plans for the clean-up cam
paign provide for general publicity.
LOOKING FOR LOCATION:
J, R. Crye of Hendersonville was
here last week looking over the town
with a view to locating here and go
i"” ' into business. Mr. Crye recently
t3o’d out his business in Henderson
ville anJ is now thinking of opening
up a rtcre here or in some town in
this part of the State in partnership
with another man now residing in
Hendersonville. He expressed him
self as pleased with the town, which
he had visited before, but had diffi
culty in securing a suitable place for
carrying on his business. He said
the room in the Dunns Rock building,
formerly used as a tea room, suited
hisideas perfectly, but seemed to think
it would be impossible to get hold of
this plkce. Mr. Crye expects to be
here 4|;ain at some early date, for he
has noi abandoned the hope of being
able td locate here.
..BAPTIST CHURCH REVIVAL;
A revival has been in progress at
the Baptist ChuTch since last Sunday.
Rev. Dean Crain of Greenville, S. C.,
arrived this week and is preaching to
interested congregations. Mr. Crain
is a forcible speaker, uses language
that all can understand, and goes aft
er evil practices without hesitation or
apology.
A large choir, directed by C. H.
Klueppelberg, renders excellent sing
ing at the services.
County’s Share of Hard Sarface Wan
ted on Henderson Road — Jack
son Road to Receive Attention.
Will Go To Meet Pickens At the S.
C. Line.
At a mass meeting of citizens held
at the courthouse Wednesday after
noon, over which M. L. Hamilton of
Little River presided as chairman,
several important resolutions looking
to the interest of roads in Transyl
vania County were adopted.
The meeting had been called by
the county road commissioners prim
arily to consult with citizens, in view
of criticism of the work on the high
way leading to the Henderson County
line, as to the best policy to adopt
concerning that highway. J. G.
Stikeleather of the State HigRway
Commission and Mr. Peyton, State
highway engineer, were present to
answer questions relative to road
building and give advice.
About 100 citizens were in atten
dance and the meeting was marked
by the 'close attention accorded the
various speakers and by the quietly
enthusiastic interest manifested in
the proceedings. The failure of the
road in question to meet the expecr
tations of the public was the occas
ion of many questions being put to
Messrs. Stikeleather and Peyton, all
of which they endeavored to answer
fairly and as fully as possible. Their
opinion, summarized from the many
answers given, seemed to be that the
great trouble in connection with the
construction of the road had arisen
from the lack of available material.
To relieve the present situation,
Mr. Strikeleather offered his services
in consulting with Mr. Page of the
State Highway commission to ascer
tain what could be done for Transyl
vania in the way of hard-surfaced
roads under the State program as
authorized by the last legislature.
Acceptance of this offer was shown
by a resolution enthxisiastically adop
ted by a unanimous vote authorizing
Mr. Strikeleather and T. H. Shipman,
chairman pf the County Road Com
missioners, to go to Raleigh at an
early date and consult with Mr. Page
as to when work on the hard sur
faced road might be expected. The
County road commissioners were in
structed to continue, in the meantime,
with energy the road building now
under construction and make the best
road possible out of the available
material.
TO PUSH PICKENS ROAD.
After disposing of the question a-
bout the road to the Henderson
County line, the citizens unanimously
and by rising vote adopted a resolut
ion instructing the county road com
missioners to assure the commission
ers of Pickens County, S. C., that
Transylvania County would meet
them at the State line by building the
highway from Rosman to the South
Carolina line.
WORK TO THE WEST:
Relative to the road to the Jack
son County line which, it is under
stood, has already been adopted by
the State Commissioners, two resol
utions were adopted:
First, that MV. Stikeleather and
Mr. Shipman be requested to urge
the State Commission to have their
engineers locate the road from Bre
vard through Lake Toxaway to the
Jackson County line at as early a date
as possible.
Second, that the coiithnission use all
possible effort to complete the road to
the Jackson County Line in prefer
ence to other roads South of Brevard.
Another resolution was adopted in
structing the road commissioners to
investigate the question of building
a road to King’s lake on Boylston.
J. L. Bell Writes Letter to Grcsnville
News Pointing Oui Advantages i|k
Connection of Sections By Jones
Gap Road.
Answer Shows Awakening To Need
Of The Highway.
ot abandoned
■ part of the
1 avol, is seen
T recently
’ i News. The
ROSMAN CARRIES $15,000 BOND
ISSUE FOR SCHOOL
In an election held Tuesday, March
15, the Town of Rosman carried a
$15,000 bond issue to supplement
$^10,000 already voted to build and
equip a new high school .building.
No vote against the issue was cast
Only four persons whoi reg»tered
failed to vot6i, . ^ x
BEGINS LAW PRACTICE:
R. Lee Whitn\ire, a recent law grad
uate, has entered the Ewbank law
firm as one of the partners — Hen
dersonville Times.
Lee Whitmire, son of W. P. Whit
mire, a former resident of Brevard,
I is well known here," where he began
{his education in the public school.
I His partnership in Hendersonville
makes him the legal associate of one
' of the ablest lawyers of that place—
E. W. Ewbank.
That Greenville
the idea of mak!’' •'
Jones Gap road fit ;'o
from the following, r,
appearing in the Crt^
first is a letter wrltttn by J. L. BeU,
pointing out the advantage? in the
connection of the two sections by
improvement of th:: h'.ghv/ay and de
ploring the apparent s-OAncss on
Greenville’s part to realize her oppor
tunity. J
Editor of the Greenville News:
■ It is with genuirse rearot to the
citizens of Brevard and this trans
mountain section to learn through th^
News of the seventh that Greenville
county is now without funds to build
the Jones Gap Road, and that youf
county delegation expressed “doubt
as to whether the road will he graded
and top - soiled as planned”.
For more than 4.0 years the citi
zens of Transylvania have hoped and
worked for* closer and more direct
communication with Greenville. In
days gone by every move for railroad
connection was heartily endo-'sej and
worked for by Biavard. They sent
strong delegations Avhentver a meet
ing v^^as held to bco?t Iho enterprise.
First to the old Cumberland, advo
cated by Major Lee, Capt. Kirk and
Col. R. E. Bro- n.
Then to the meeting of the C. K. &
W. After hopes of ralhoad com
munication were abandoned a deleg»»
iion 30 strong of enthusiastic citizen's
visited your^clty to co-operate in bis:'.3
ing a first dr.:3 top-soiled roai and I
regret to say they returned minus n
large share of the enthu~iasm w,t''>
which they str.rted. So anxious have
our people been to get in closer to'o';'*
with your city that I verily believe
that if there had been a Greenville
News to keep them no3te:l choy would
have sent a delegation 100 strong to
help realize the f-ream ox John C. Cal
houn and 5!r. Hajnie, when they ad-^
vocated -a road acrcc.:- the mountain,
to Tennerccc. But, Mr. Editor, ou:'
people did not krow then. Later on
Greenvillo '■/'ant and iS”‘rir'f5ro‘argrenl.
ized the fruition of Mr. Calhoun and
Mri Hayne’s T<rophetic vision.
The early history of Greenville i't
closely ider tified with the interest of
this section of North Carolina.
was forn'crly our market and all the
trade d this scctlon vreni througn
and he.TJci build Greenville year:*
ago. I remember on a trip to yoi’ ’
city ?eein" in one day sixty-tw^o wag
ons goine and returning from thii
cbuatj’- Creenville and the most c’:
them C6x-Gov»’cr wagons. Then th i
names of Cox and Gower, Mills and
McBrayr.r, Stradley and Barr, Fer
guson and Miller, A. S. Duncan, Ern
est Patten and Morgan Bros., wer3
household v.'ords in this country.
I think Greenville fails to realize
th6 opportunity she passes in this sec
tion. I foar that the young business
men think of this section only as a
nice p’r.ce to spend a few weeks in the
summer fcr a tishin" trip. This is a
mistake. From a business standpoint
thi^ section has’ developed rapidly in
the lart few years; it is no longer an
exclusively barter trade. Of the on(^
hundrc.i counties in North Carolina,
Transy'vania stands fifth in. per capi
ta wealth. She stands first in appro-
priafon for educational development.
The ir.anufacturie§ of lumber and
other enterprises gives it a large out
lay of cash. It is a conservative e?-
timate to say that §100,000 goes on :
of this country every year that if '
had i’ccess to Greenville w^ould be e r-
pended there, in addition to the farr j
products.
Mr. Editor, while your Young Men’a
Business League, your board of trade
and other civic organizations
reaching out North, East, South -'.nd
West for bi'isiness enterprise are viey
not ncj,Icct:ng a golden opnortunity
at their own door? Expcc’-^'’:^ to
meet you at the top of the ni'^ 'ntatr;.
our county two year3,^a^^Sli'i:540,
000 on the road
With the 1
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