EXMWENT OF TRAN-
SYLVANIA COUNTY.
Brevard
VOLUME XXVI.
BREVARD, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 1921.
rs- j
No. 32
Um£ REVEAUD
BYDRAMNGHOIE
Mesiy Tho«saa4k VMt Hoi* B«l C«t
Scmat Summmr
Qui«t Rttiga* la RalMck
K. L. Shipman)
Raleigl^ N. C., August '8. Mid-
Httmmcr fMsents the ussal quietude
around the oa^itol building and ia
the citlf lUkkigh itself. A number
of the State iaflcials an^ departmental
clerks «re «way on their vacations
and excessive he«tt here recently
is acotmnts^le in a large masure for
the deocaaxing number of visitors
from the surrounding country. ]>min
ing the old Rock Quany has held the
c«itfter<^ the stage the past week and
tke Yeail fife of tike city has bea tr-ans
ferred to the “pumping station” at
t&e «asl«m 'tesninal of Davie Street,
•where cr-'wds of the curious have as-
ambled daily to see the pumps in
(operation. The pumps were at work
:and nig^t for a week, l»efore ex
posing the bottom to the scorching
'nys of an August sun.
This pooJ has been gronsid
■for years and the mass of jenk focaid
:at the brttom represents contribu-
\tions -from practically einery ^lass -and
condition of -.humanity, moral and
■depraved. Garbage frcui the city’s
sanitary department aAled to wiys-
teribus packages from e^il hands con
stitute a collection of derbis which is
difHcuit of descriptiaii- Tisitnrs are
allowed to view the apcenes :iiwm a
distance, but instructed to touch no
thing taken from tlie big hole which
has provoked so muck discussiun for
the past three weeks.
By actual count 4,8JD0 automobiles,
bringing approximateJy 20,000 j)eople
to and from this Ealeigh ‘tettriosity'’
yesterday. Little was to be seen ex
cept a deep muddy hole in the earth
' with considerable fiJi&y water still on
thf bottom. Many brought lunches
•and made a day of the trip. Few
counties in the state were without
representation. The lake has reveal
ed “hidden myst^ijbs” jafher slowly.
The cushion of an ^lutomobile seat,
a brass dog-chain with rock attached
jmd a wooden box enclosings charred
tov/-sack containing a decaying object
omitting an unpleasant odor and in
such a state of deoompesare ras to
preclude the possibility of identifica
tion, is about all that has iheea fished
out of the pond except the “lost or
stolen” automobiles lirought to light
three v/eeks ago. Solicitor Norris is
^king all strange objects in hand and
may- start some invwitigatioris when
the entire contents of this old quarry
have been exposed.
The Executive is alwut the **‘quiet-
«est” of the state departments since
Governojr Morrison betook bknself
to the mountains for the summer.
But he keeps in close touch with his
office here by telepho-ne and no .State
business is suffering on accouni of
the temporary transfer of the copital
to the “Land of the Sky.” Bis atstion
in seeking a more agreeable location
for summer operations » gencTsJly
.appi»>ved. Other servants of ;&e
“dear pe-piil” here would not mind
0 the lead of the Chief
to a cooler atmosphere.
Li;i: .for tl:e State printing, binding
ui'i-stamping have not yet been
opened, the time for filing harimg
l>een_.extended by the Printing Com-
mision to W dnesday, August : 0th.
Extension of time for filing bids was
authorized at a meeting of the Com-
mision on Friday, when it became
known that a number of prospective
bidders desired more margin in which
to make their calculations. A strike
clause in the present contract has
occasioned unusual delay in delivery
of certain publications and an eflort
v/ill likely be made to eliminate that
clause from the new contract. Gen
eral chaos in almost every line of en-
deavor^ when the contract was made
two years ago, appeared to justify
the action tal.en, but the strike pro
vision has pro ven a detriment in the
operation of State departments the
past throe months, without recourse
to the bondsmen of the contractors,
a situation in which the State is not
likely to find itself again any time
soon.
Raleigh printers are still contend
ing for half-day off on Saturday
without pay, while the employers de
clare that to give in means a virtual
endorsement of the 44-hour week and
the curtailment of their productive
capacity at least one-twelth in the
OFFICE MOVED
The office of the County Board of
Education has been moved from the
second floor of the Kcklesimer build
ing to the old clerk of court's room
in the court houvfc.
SAPPBDtESARE
SmilNLEAD:
Baseball Now* cf Past Week ToM by
Maeagor Fiae Firiac Squad
Aad Timber Wielders.
Ralph R. Fisher)
flie ]iast week’s basebsll was real
exeilxng 3tom the Brevard and Hen*
dersonTifiie standpoint. The Brevard
Sapphinfs, as league leaders gomg
ap Against the Boosters foir four
sitraight games and divided the series
by loshtg the first, winning the sec^
<«rd, iKiing the third and taking tJie
fmirth.
The way things look now the Sap
phires are going to "nail the peftDsnt
of the W. N. C. League to the
tliis little mountain town-
‘?P.ad Eye” Guthrie, *^ig Jim”
Gu^er, “Runt” Lowe and ^‘Preacher”
Brewton compose the firmg squad,
wh'd« Clayton, Ives aad Thomas®*
wield the timber to satisfacti®n. The
I wifitiing of the last game depends up-
I on the settlement tsf a protest filed
I by President Brooks to President
! Br'ooks on a point involnng the wifi'-
ning of one score. Aside ^rom ^is
Brevard scored five men and claims
I ^^tory.
I
I Manager Fisher bas issued gtate-
i went to the effect that tbe Brerard
|%iseball club will withiirzrw from the
■ ieague if game tstfst be played ®ver.
;joSr. Fisher is supported in this po-
jiGtion by Messrs. Miller and
i White, director of the Urevard base-
i^all club.
i'KEW ROAD TO TRANSYLVANIA
i'iS COMING FROM PfCKENS. S. C.
\ (From GTfenTiSe Nev2s>
j Residents of Pickens county are
rejoicing that appewximately one-
■Oiird of the road Iwtween Pickens
and the North Caiiolinta line has been
graded and topsoiled and that the
l^ork will be pu^ed to completion as
i rapidly as possible.
i This road, known by tbe State
;®?ghway deparbneot oific^ak as the
I “Pickens-North Carolina line high-
; way,” is 22 miles in length and con-
jusiets Ilickens Brevard and
j Transylvania county. North Carolina.
! It /crosses the Bl»e Ridge mountaim
at Eastatoe gap, said to be the lowfSt
in the entire eastern mountains.
Thi grade on this i«oad is not over
j five per cent, it was stated ly super-
vijRj- J. T. McKinscy. That this :i»
an (excellent bit of engineering is evi-
doai v/hen it is considered ^hat manf
; roads traversing the mountains have
I a grade of from fifteen to «fehteen
per fflC'nt.
1 This road is being built from the
proceeds of the 6 1-4 mill lery passed
. by ti'rfe. legislature several years ago.
■ Whcji completed it is believed that
j hundreds of persons will use this
routt> western North Gjorolina,
compctiag with the routes in 'Green-
'ville and Spartanburg counties.
I Pickens county now has 85 miles
i of top-sci! roads, according to the
statement *of Mr. McKinney. The
i longest of thece is on the highway
, which parallels the Southern raihray
, from Saluda river to the Oconee
county line. The next longest
stretch of top-soil highway is from
i Easley to Price's store, a distance of
I about IS miles.
operation of their plants. Only one
of the contractors for state work is
handling his quota and this result is
attributable to an agreement with
his foBce reached soon after the trou
ble arose on the first of May. The
other two are holding out for the
“open shop” idea and claim to be
gradually filling the places of former
employees.
Only the work in process when the
strike occurred has been .delayed.
Current orders have been handled
with little difficulty. The demand
for prin^ng dtiring* the summer
is seldom very heavy and few deliver
ies would now be pending had no
strike been called. Pratically a
“clean sweep” was in sight when the
strike issue arose.
FOmNDiEJOIN ANXHMIS ABOUT
AT CASKS HILL^ LOST TRAVELER
MOVE BACK TO CANTON
HEAR ADDRESS ON
FOREST PROTECTION
SuccoMfvl Meetiag Closed Lact Week Family of Maa Settiag Out Oa Walk«
With 35 Beeomiag Caadidates in^ Tour Through Mouataias
For Baptism ] Ask Help To Fiad Him
The family of L. R. Hatcher, who i
came here last spring from Canton, i
have moved back to that place. While i
here they occupied the Sutton Wil-! • .
son house opposite the Baptist church. Clark Talks To Club Mombors
TEN DAY MEETING
COMES TO CLOSE
Who Become laterestcd In
The Movement
Thirty-five baptisms in the waters The continued absence of B. L.
of Hogsed Creek last Sunday attes- Harsell of Bedford, N. Y., is the
ted to the revival work carried on at cause of great anxiety to his family
_ vr.,1 n X- ^ L V J • and friev.ds. He left Roanoke, Va.,
Carrs Hill Baptist church daring the sixteenth of last February on a Final Services At The Presbyterian ' W. Darrow Clark of the
At the regular monthly meeting of
the Brevard Club Tuesday night the
regular business was dispensed with
and the entire time devoted to the
last days of July and the first few trip over the mountains to
of August. The total number of ad- Jasper, Ga. He planned to be in the
ditions to the church at this time wilds for at least six weeks. When
was 49 — fifteen being by letter. no v,ord of him came to his family
The meeting began on Sunday, the end of eight weeks they became
Chdrck Tuesday Night—^mark
ed Interest Shown
Ten days of continual revival
v/ork came to a close Tuesday night,
July 24, and continued till Wednes- worried. Post cards offering a $200 when the two evangelists, Rev. G. A.
day night, August 3. For the first reward were distributed among post Nickels and E. L. Wolslagel, appear-
five afac days Rev.W. A. Morris of officials and sheriffs along his ed in their last service and said their
Hendersonville preached. After that, W>«te. good-byes to the congregation that
the pastor Rev, S. B. McCall, took M*** Harsell is a naturalist and hun- filled the Presbyterian church. On
charge and preadied to the hirge con- of big game. Although he was the following morning Mr. Wilsla-
gregntions that packed the church not familiar with the southern moun- gel returned to his home in Asheville,
imildiiig at every service. Many ^ho *ain territory which he had mapped whence he will shortly go to meet en
aiJtended were not able to be ac- out for his trip, he had tramped, hun- gagement at Blue Ridge, and Mr.
comodated inside the house.
The me^ng at Carrs HiU was
noteworthy for several reasons. A
large percentage of the convc^, ac
cording to Mr. McCall, who Imported
.’ mountain hike
the results of the revival, were mar
ried men — heads of families, who
were awakened to a sense of their
responsibility. Another omsiderable
body of the new members were young
men and young women, ^ftnd several -T /'I, V
h&sU, weighed two hundred pounds
ted and fished in Maine, Wyoming, Nickels went back to Montreat-where
Canada, and in the Rocky Mountains, his family now is staying during his
He was without fear of dangers of vacation from Westminster Presby-
lonely trails. Moreover, he was arm- terian church, Charleston, S. C.
ed and fttlly equipped for a long
When last seen he
was in the best of health and snirits.
Wherever he went this mai| -Tnade
It vvas no small tribute to the evan
gelists that the last service was the
oest attended of the whole series.
The “Booster Choir,” which had
North Carolina Geological and Eco<
nomic Survey, Forestry Division.
The subject of Mr. Clark's address
was “Forest Fire Prevention” and
he impressed upon his audience the
imperative need and the ultimate re
sults of an organized fire prevention
department in the County. The state
through the Forestry Division of the
North Carolina Gealogical and Econ
omic Survey has appropiated $30,
000.00 to be used for this purpose.
Our part of this amount will depend
upon how much the County Commis
sioners give and to the extent of the
cooperation we will ei;tend in the
interest of fire prevention. It Wf"
proposed by Mr. Clark that Trunsy.*
vania give $500.00, the state $500.00
but that if we would raise a larger
amount the state would cover the
amount. His plan is to divide the
friends. He was forty-eight years >rro Ar, from about tweaty-five to over county into fire districts and employ
a hundred, was present in practically wardens to patr 1 each district
old, but clean- shaven and locked
younger. He was over six feet in
a»d was straight and rugged in build.
His brown hair was tinged with gray
^ , V V , V and grew well back on his forehead.
>ms«e by several men ^ho had be- iT j i j, ^
, . He had blue eyes, regular features
baptism. But no results were more
remarkable than the chrnge in front
come involved in whiskey transac
tions but were led te forsake suck
practices through the influence of the
meeting.
iu i 1 'rc-2 to hear Mr. Wo'slagel's
la.'t cha.k talk. These talks-were pre
liminary to every evening service and
were enjoyed by old as well as
young folks.
The subject of Mr. Nickel’s closing
scrn^on was “Immortality,” and it
was handled with the same'*force and
and the appearance of a healthy,
frank, outdoor gentleman.
His family are hoping that he has impressiveness as have characterized
^ „ ... merely met with delay of soni^ kind, h;s pulpit utterances throughout the
Mr McCall said be attributed ^uch fear that he may have become revival.*
cof the success of ^meeting to the disabled and is finable to get There were few additions to the
^lendid singing of ^e choir led T?y them. They realize the diffi- church, but both singer and preacher
H. A. Orr, and to ine faithful tnd ^ulty in tracing him and therefore had abundant evidence of interest
earnest work to tae members of the . treated if found in the meeting from the remarkably
^ ’ : alive and that word of him be sert ^cod audiences at the morning ser
in addition to receiving a large if he is known to be 4&Irve or dead. and the unmistakable atnios-
addition in membership^ Carrs Hill Information of him shoTild be sent phcre of united purpose in the con-
church is now benefiting from aid to his brother, Norman Harseil. of firp'rations generally. The inspira-
given by the State Mission Board Allendale, New Jersey^ <or to Frank non to better living was felt to be a
and is having services twice 'every Taylor Bristo!,Virginia, P. O. Box marked feature of the meetings.
726.
month.
PENROSE HIGH
■THRILLERS” ON THE STAGE
OF THE ROSEOLA THEATRE
BUILDING ON THE WAY:
The recent svxnd of saw aitd hani-
I mei' just outside the rear windows cf
^ The News Office calls attention to vhe 1 i Room!
■fact that the Pickelsim«- build-j Altendeoce Good First Day—Cla*^ i ^as walking along Broad Street
ing has reached the roof inu; stage | ence Bank* Burried at Enon—Reri-
CI^AAT AnriiT;D I would expect to find pirates,
HMHI ; dragons, genii and aeroplanes tucked
* ! away in one corner of the Brevard
and is giving pPDmise of early com-!
pletion. T)Jie finishing time, accord- j
va] To Besin Monday •
a few days ago and found myself in
' the midst of all these wonders, and
T II- . . was permitted to attend the child-
mg to Mr. J. K. Pickehimcr, is set j The Ladies Aid *ill give an ice Theatre.
for the first of October, when he ex- j ^amstwer Satoday evening Aug. p,ays were given, both written
pects the buildcKg will be ready for! 13. Everybody is urged to come. | staged by Mr. Booth. “The
occupation. Some 'deaning ^ and beautif^ng
Pirates,” given first, was most thril
ling.
Two little dolls named Pearly and
Harold approached and bowed and
talked to each other and the audience
in a most fascinating way. Then lit-
, , i ^ .L J ^ children, who started out to find
second floor, where the bmldmg wfll l«,rtment and Miss Myrtle Garren,. Golden Treasure on the Giants
be divided into nfflces. Completely | the Prinaiy. are doing p>od wonderful and exciting • "“mb® »* applications on file with
fillmg the old ^ between the drug I work. ^ , adventures. When the giant saw:‘he county superintendent, and from
iStorc and the Dwins Roiik tailding,! Our pastor, Rev. E. G. Ledford is them coming he jumped into his !‘his number it is probable that the
Facing on Bnaid Street the build-i work was done on the school ground
ing on the grouBfl floor will have two Saturday by the patrons and child-
appartments — sa large store room, ren.» Much more of this is needed,
and a smaller an£ narrower room ad-1 School opened Monday August 1st
joining the drug ^tore. A staiiwayi with a good attendance. Miss Reba
between these rtntms will lend to the ’ Ashworth has the Intermediate de-
and educate the people <along the line
of fire prevention. In the course of
his remarks he gave some interesting
data as to forestjjfire damage and un
less a systematic organization was
perfected at once it would only be
a few years until our greatest natura'i
rescource, tha forest, would be de-
pletd. H also spoke of the value of
the forest as a water shed.
At the conclusion of the address
there was a lengthy discussion and
much interest manifested. Upon
motion of F. E. B. Jenkins the Club
went on record as endorsing Mr.
Clark’s offer and a committee compo
sed of H. C. Ransom, Chairman, T. H.
Shipman, A. E. Hampton, D. L. En
glish, 0. L. Erwin, C. B. Deaver, and
J. S. Silverstecn were appointed to-
meet with the County Commissioners
and request that they give $500.00
for forest fire protection. Mr. Sil-
versteen very generously offered to-
add to this amount if the Commision-
ers would act favorably upon the re-
ouest.
BREVARD TL4CHERS
AND THEIR GRADES
Positions Now Ail Filled Except In
Fifth Grade—School Will Open
On Septemter 5
All the positions in the teaching
force of the Brevard public schools
hive been filled, v/ith the exception
of the fifth gradf. The resignation
of the teacher elected leaves this po
sition vacant, but there is a large
tte new structure will add much to away this n^k wo^ng a reviwl at ,„oplane and bombarded their ship,'
(lie appearance rf Broad slKet and: Enon chureh, Marshall. He expects n jo pieces before the
afford opportunity for the expansion ^ to begin a campaign here next Mon.
of business here
Mars fiiU
Thad BanVs son was buried at the
Enon cemetery Sunday. Rev. J. F.
Gent of Asheville conducted the iun-
With“7s famT? 1 ■’r'*' etmmun- vZCZLlTfri
wrth Ins family m Durham and clos- ity „ow living at Brevard.
mg his pastorate at Edgemonl Bap- ^e are all prou,
“-i have a good road s-,me day. The atten-j Parham, French and E
ons ruw ion ompany is now run- dance. Even a dragan appears cur- j Margaret Blythe, Mathematics
REV. C. C. SMITH RESUMES HIS
PASTORAL WORK HERE:
pkice will soon be filled. All the
members of the faculty whose names
are given below have accepted, and
the session will open on September
5.
High School Teachekrs *
In the High School eash of the
teachers has a department instead
of a grade. The teachers are as
. were carried back at once to the mys- i follows;
,,r „ ^ i teries of sparkling jeweled caves and ! Miss Cora Leigh Tyner, principal
palaces of kings and princes, ' »,.*• P
won-
A 1C ^ . dering eyes of the children in the
^ ■* * ^ audience. Pearl and Harold were
rescued in a little boat and were re
warded for the perils endured by
by finding a box full of gold.
‘Aladdin and His Wonderful
:ou
C. Smith returned to Brevard last
' and teacher of English;' Miss Tazzie
•science; Miss
I week to resume his pastoral work for
r ■nino’ ■rn/»lr li <4 h U 1 ———.wx. I jjijrbiic, ATianieiiiancs and
the Baptist church. Arriving the lat-Unrpadi«o> T-n/.V ^ j I wriggling across the stage ; Science; Mrs. Jennie Godfrey, His-
ter part of the week he mn hi, ® i «"<• y»“ '>»'<'• >>«ath until it is | tory and Latin.
XK>intment at the church last Sunday.
The remainder of the family are
; still in Durham. Mr. Smith has been
I busy this week in making preparat-
j ions for their coming by moving
j furniture to M. M. Chapman’s house
in the western part of town.
soon.
NEW MODEL DENIED:
MARRIAGE LICENSES
slain before your eyes by Aladdin, j Lower Gr
Such melodrama is hard to find even i In the elementary
“On Broadway” and as we sat after- j grades each teacher
Recent newspaper articles have wards in the Tea Room and refreshed : a grade or part of ?,
been to the elFect.that the Ford Motor ourselves A^tK sandwiches and ice- ing is the list
Company would put on the market a tea we gave a vote of thanks to the
new model Ford car on August 15, manager of our “Little Theatre” and
with a change in design to a ventil- his wonderful marionettes,
ating windshield and one man top.
rs
id primary
in charge of
Lade. Follow-
These rumors are emphatically de
nied by the company in letters sent
out recently to dealers. No such
ONE OF THE AUDIENCE
The following marriage licenses
have beee recently issued by Roland | changes are contemplated and there
Owen, Register of Deeds;
SCHOLARSHIP OFFERED:
July 25' Lee M. Bryson and Fran
ces McCall, both of Cherryfield.
August 1, Jesse Chapman and Ber
tha Powell, both of Rosman. '
August 3, B. B. Williams of Bre
vard and Lizzie Jackson of Cherry-
fleld.
The North Carolina State College
is no foundation for the report, ac-' of Agriculture and Engineering is
cording to these letters.
offering a scholarship giving free
tuition to one student from this
county.
will For further information and ap-j
AT CATHEYS CREEK
Rev. DeVane of Granville
pireach at Catheys Creek Baptist plication blanks those interested shoul' B.
church next Sunday morning, Aug-, apply to A. F. Mitchell, county super | Mrs. O. L. Erwin has been re-el^ct-
Mrs. A. B. Riley, seventh grade.
Mrs. Margaret Setzer, sixth grade.
Miss Louise Townsend, high fourth
grade.
Miss Elizabelb riortor, low fourth.
Miss Nell Melton^ high third.
Mrs. F. P. Sledge, low third.
IS^iss Elmira Jenkins, high second.
Miss Margaret Hayes, low second.
Mrs. Rebecca Lament, primary su
pervisor and teacher of high first.
Miss Bertie Ballard, low first A.
Miss Marjorie Gardiner, low first
ust 14.
i intendent of schools.
ed supervisor of music for the school