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'iv il EXPONENIB of TRAN SYLVANIA* COUNTY. ) t Mid Siacflirity^ VOLUME tvi. BREVARD, N. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1921 49-50 BREVAKI) CLUB HOUDS MEniNG. Enthusiastic Reeling Held. Ralph H. Zachary} Makes Strong Plea For ^O'Operation:. k At the i-ejjuhar meeting of the Bre vard Ciub heUV, on Tuesday night a large ni’mbcr w ere present. After the usual routine of business was disposed of, lialph H. Zachary Inade a brilliant talk and strong ap peal for co-operation among the busi ness men of Transylvania County and made an interesting, progressive sug gestion that, in all probability, will bear fruit in the early future. Mr. Zachary suggested a matter, whicli was fully discussed, looking to the betterment of conditions in Transyl vania County. He pointed out that we all realize we need more life, more energy, more homes, more people and more means of employment. The discussion lead to the suggestion of a joint stock company, composed of men who are willing to devote the necessary energy to build up and op erate the organization, not for the personal or selfish benefit of the in dividual members, nor for the organ ization; but purely for the benefit of Brevard. Lot the heart of the ma tte# be a spirit of pelf sacrifice, or complete el- imlr.ation of self interest, for the benefit of the town. To give a limited idea of the pur pose and working of the organization, let forty or more men take one share each of ? 100.00 a share; let those members elect a board of directors, of capable, conservative business men, to manage the affairs of the concern for the benefit of the towm, as bank directors manage the affairs of tile bank for the bank — instead of their individual interest. Sup pose they should elect to build cot tages: when the first home is built, say at a cost of $2000.00, i’lstead of asking S^OOO.OO for it, to make a thousand do'lars profit for the stock holders, sell it for ten per cent or $2,200.00; and add another fanii’y to help the town by helping to sup port the merchants, churches, schools .streets, etc. Then build another home in the same way. It is impos sible to give all the details and out line the possibilities here, so come <,0 the call meeting of the Brevard Club and hear the matter fully dis- cu<?sed, and help cut with the organi zation. If you have great pride in your home town, the Club asks you to help to make Brevard what it ought to be. I Santa Claus* 1 Books I WHEN'‘ the eveniiis shadows gatUer aiij the time is fcijrht o'clock You can heai, if you will listen, Mr ^and Man’s gentl.i knock. Then you’d better hiisile ii\ '?lv -time your evoning prayers were And caoh boy and girl well lucked In th.il ci>/v. d'.iwny li-'.'if For when Mr. Sand Man's Unooking sounds the sign;il, you niav know Santa 'Jhitis is cloa^.A’- watchfng from his ralace built of snow. And t!'.c thil'lren tiiat are naughty and ( on t irihio tli‘‘;r ma’s and jja s <jlet tl'ioir names down in the “Bad Book” liiat is kjpt by Santa C'laus. lioys wlio never split the kindling;, and the girls who always cry Whfe'i ihey're asked tw wash the dishes— Santa Ciais has got ijis eye On sucli boys and gula, and watches with a sad ar.il soiiy looiv As he writes tacli name in sorrow on the pases of his book. And the ;;iri who never hurries, but lets mamma do the work. And the l)oy who’s always scheming all his little chores to s.hirk— 'fhey may think nc one pays notice when they doi. t help ina’s and pa’s But tl’.eir tianics are cn the “Bad Book" that is kept by Santa Claus. But old Santa keeps a, “Good Book”—it’s the bw'stest book of ai!, Where he writes the names of cinldren who are prompt at duty’s call. And tile boys who split the kindiins and the gills who never shirk But rise early in the morning and heU) mamn.a with the work; And the boys who never grumble when there’s work for them to do, And tha girls who help their mammas till the housev.’oik is all through— Oh, they needn't ever worry when it’s Christmas time, l)ecfiuse .\11 their naises are In the “Good Book” thfit is kept by Santa ('!aus. Is your name down in the "Bad Book?’* Well, there Is still a chance for you. And if you will listen to me, I will teil you what to do. Don’t act naughty don’t talk rudely, d^n’i 4^ be noisy, be polite; tup early in the morning, and into bed c.'irlv at nivlit Cheerfully perform each duty, do your work before you pla.j’ Never put otT til! tornorrov/ work that should be done today. If you do these things, dear children. it will plea>'i! yo-. : nvi’s and {)a’a. And your name.® go in the ‘ Good Book” th;jit is kept by Santa Ciaus. IDE PRAYER C(HtNER. THE PATH OF LIFE: FORTY YEARS AGO Di WESTERN N. C Psalm 16:11 — “It is a wonderful sweet song that sings all through this Psalm. It begins with fleeing to God to refuge, and ends with stand ing at God’s right Hand in Glory at last. Gne strain of this song is this: “Thou wilt, shew me the path of life.” “The v;ord is singular — “me”. .^Doet; . the great God actually give thought to an individual life? We may believe that He directs the ca reer of certain great men whose lives .^re very important in the world; but does Ho show common people ' the way?” “Ho feeds the sparrows. He cloth os the lilies. He calls the stars by their names. Then the Bible is full of illustrations of God’s interest in individuals. The “Shepherd Psalm” has it. Tho Lord is my Shepherd; I hall not want. He leadeth me. Then we have it here: “Thou wilt show me the path". “The first thing, if we would have Divine Guidance, is to realize our need of it. Some people do not. The:: think they can find the way them selves. They never pray, “Show me i the vay”. i “Here is an experience from S ',’it-; zerland: Two men, o^ a mi’.itary 1 ofilcer from Zurich, undertook; the! ascent of one of tho Alps. They i started off without guides, ropes or j any other appliances of .safety. Their I conduct attracted attention, as they I were foolhardy, and the progress of the tourists was watched by many at the hotel, through strong glasses. Soon they were seen to be in troublo. wandering' aimlessly over the ice. in n little while one of the men disap peared and not long afterward.^, the other one Vv'as lost to sight.” A searching party went out and it was discovered that the first man had •5uddenly fallen into a crevice, hun dreds ol' feet deep. A .guide was lowered and brought up the dead body. The other had a severe fall, but more fortunate than his compan ion, he fell into the snow^, and was able to crawl out and make his w’ay to the hospice, wKere he was found in an unconsciou.s state.” “It is fool hardy to try to climb the Alps without a guide. It is far more perilous to try to go through xhis world without a jruide. Many peonie do. Jesus asked His disciples to fol low Him, but there was one who would not follow and he perished, “the son of perdition” and A'went to his own ‘place”. If we would find the way, v.e must be conscious of our need of guidance, and w^alk obedient- | ly in the path the guide marks out' for us”: “Thou Wilt Shew me the path of life.” Im. A PRAYER O God, our Guide and Guardian; Thou dost care for each one of us, as if Thou didst care for him only, and for-ail as if they were but one. We would commit our ways to Thee afresh in the assured confidence that Thou wilt suffer no real ill to befall us. Be to us a light in the darkness, a f overt in the tempest, a hiding place fiom the wind, and as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. • Gracious Father! Be near us, as we pass along the dim and perilous pathway of the of the years, and sup port us v/ith Thy Presence, Amid dan ger, sorrow and disaster. Lift up our eyes to Thy high resting place. May we be strong in the faith that all things v/ork together for good to them that love Thee. Take us all, as we journey through life, into Thy holy keeping. Grani uj all, when the days of our wayfar ing are pa-jt, to dwell in Thy abode of rest in unbroken fellowship with all whom wc have loved. V/e ask this for Jesm Christ’s sake. Amen. C. D. C. DESTROYED BY FIRE: The home of H. C. Gillespie of Brevard, and all the contents— every thing— was totally destroyed by fire on Tuesday morning, December 12, at 3:00 A. M. The property was only partially covered by insurance and the family just escaped uninjured. Mr. Gilles pie is more than eighty years old and Mrs. Gillespie follows close after her husband. The sympathy of the community is expressed on every side over this sad event — A home of a lifetime in ashes, everything completely wiped out and only a few hundred dollars insurance. Transylvania Hard Surfaced Road Rapidly Being Completed — Other Road News. J. L. Bell Writes Interestingly of Past Great Men of This Section From Asheville Citizen. My first visit to Asheville was in 1870. My frfend George Summey .(now Rev. George Summey, D. D.,) and myself left Davidson college, came by rail to Old Fort, the termi nus of the North Carolina railroad and thence proceeded part of the way by stage, but on the way the old stage collapsed and the stage driver substituted a wagon. The trunks and baggage occupied the body of th'e wagon and we boosted on top of the trunks, entered the metropolis of the west—then a city of about 1,700 inhabitants. I spent the first night at the hospitable home of Mr. A. T. Sumrney. The wagon-ride under a hot July sun and one or two Incidents re main fresh in my mind. One was that high-hecled boots were fashion able; some of the side walks were paved with rocks, from the river I suppose, because they were worn round by the water. At any rate j - ■ a^yx:ii nmca. ah ^ friend Summey and myself could not | I road, when finished, will be of sand navigate the side walk with our high- j Colonel Cameron still editor a.i j gravel. heeled boots and had to take the un- j North Carolina house or. , county chain eang, with r. representative's. Co.orei Cameron I ^ ^ ^ ' , , ^ , J. - ■ J- I foi'cc 01 about thirty oonvicts. 13 c. asked me to appiv for tne pos tm of 1 1 , r, t , , , . ■ , ^ , I work between Rosman and Lake assistant clerk :n the nc'd-e. 1 did r-o : m j , j . ^ , , , , - \ Toxaw'av and has finished about two and was elected and tnen cams oth''r cultral, her ^ocial, her political and her relig’ous history. Col. Cameron knew perfectly. In fact he knew almost everything about the state worth knowing from Cherokee to Currituck. A wonderful man, so courtly and yet so gent'e in his man ner, so profoundly learned and yet had the simple faith in his fellow man of a little child. Peace to his ashes —not often do we meet such a man. Year;: rolled by. In 1885, The Citizen became a daily—Bob Fur- ‘(MNTY TOHENDERSONVUiE The contraot for the hard-surfaced road between Transylvania county line and Hendersonville has been let to the Southern Davis Construction Company of Greensboro, N. C. The contract for the concrete bridges has been let to the Asheville Construc tion Company. The work is to stai’t at once. This will give a hard-sur faced road from Brevard to Hender sonville. The hard-surfaced road ir Transylvania has already been con tracted for. The contract from Bre vard to Rosman will ba contracted for by early spring. About four miles from the Hon derson county line tov/ards Erevar has already been laid with crusher’ stone and the other will be finished by June, 1922. . The State highway engineers start ed on Monday, Dec. 5, to survey part of State highway from Lake Toxa- OUR RALEIGH commncAnON Special Session Gets Dovfn To Busi ness — Interesting Bills In troduced: .L ii . J XU 1 ■ to Jackson county line, a dis- man was still Editor and the popular . .<• u j. m , , . J. .. , ■ tance of about seven miles. Th'r^ • Many things are wrong, but tl>.« world must be grateful that the mov ies have not learned to talk. • The "thicker list,” ui> to date, seems to be amde up of two clashes: 1— heroes; 2—imaginary persons. paved streets. Another incident, court was being he'ld in an old wood en building, the court house being previously burned. A murder case was on trial. One of Girk’s men had killed a citizen of Buncombe county. General Cocke v,’as prosecuting; a witness testified that the prisoner just before he fired the fatal shot looked at his companion and “wink ed.” I shall never forget General Cocke’;f description of the signifi cance of that wink. I have never be fore nor since heard such a vehement outburst of eloquence proceed from the mouth of any man, as he told ^ the jury of the significance and im port of that wink. EDITORS “RODE THE CIRCUT” IN THOSE DAYS. A few years later it was my pri vilege to know personally or claim as my intimate friends tw’o editors of The Citizen, R. M. Furman and Colonel John D. Cameron. Editors then, like lawyers and judges, “rode the circut.” Either Mr. Furman or Colonel Cameron attended the court at Brevard, usually Colonel Camer on. They reported the full proceed ings of the courts, collected from all the fiubscribers and solicited new ones; wrote up the agricultural in terest of the county and noted any new development. Of the older law yers, who followed the judge were Colonel A. T. Davidson, Nicholas Woodfin, Marcus Erwin, Colonel Da vid Coleman, James H. Merrimon, Theodore Davidson, V. S. liUck, Cap tain McCloud, J. C. L. Gudgei- and Captain Jim Gudger were the young er lights of ylriQ Ij^w and then gave prominence of,the eminence they W’^ould later achieve in their profes sion. 6 As I remember it; judge Cannon and judge Cloud usually held our courts, judge Connomj was a .s’ood farmer and an honest man, but ra ther innocent of.a profound under standing of the lav.’ and he knevv' it. I have often heard him remark dur ing the progress of the trial, “Colo nel Coleman, the Court docs not association? that I treasure.' The stock law fi^rht wa.s hot, real hot in Buncombe. H. A. Gudger v/as '.r. the senate. Johrston Jono'=- and li'c') mond Pearson wore in th'^ hou'c, an juat a I'.tt'e larer Mr. rc" ’'c.-i st'.oith ced that “his politics ’"a^ ‘r. iris hat.” A little ’ater he took c.r" •■i'.- rst and we naw hi'? politic^. Put a more im portant pro’?P'ir:c.1 '"'a r; ■> in che le gislature of North <"froiina. James L. Robinson from Macon introduced a bill to complete the Western North Carolina from Nantahala to Murphy. I have never known any question \o rrouaC more enthusiasir. or ir.cvi more bitter criticism. Lieutenant Governor Robinson ied the fight for the bill. Captain Jim Cooper, of Cher okee, and Ham Hays, of Swain, as sisting, as did most of the western members. Te'the surprse of every body before the bill came to a vote, Mr. Fearson rose from his seat and in a bitter speech denounced the bill, denounced most bitterly Swepson and Littlefield, and declared he would not give lo cents per acre for every foot of Ir’id fr'’--” to the Georgia line. The righteous indignation of Governor was aroused—his bill w£^ assaih'd but more than that the mountain country he loved so well was malig ned. I have never heard a forensic effort equal his defense of his bill and his defense and picture of Wes tern North Carolina as he drew near it—her rivers, her valleys and her mountains as they rolled like petri fied waves of the sea from Asheville' to Murphy. It v/as grand; it was superb. A few days later R. Y. Mc- Adcn, of Charlotte, a nephev/ of Swepson, appeared in Raleigh and meeting Mr. Pearjon at the entrance to the capitol grounds assaulted him vic!0ur:''y with a gutta percha cane. During the excitement over the pas sage of the bill, that jolly, rollocking, handsome reading clerk of the house, Burkhead, wrote'a parody — I have know hov; to rulo on the law pro- | forgotten the words, but the chorus pounded by the attouriiey and v;ill vwas: thank you for your opinion.” Colo- “We will build the road'to Murphy, nel Coleman would rise and wdth that Bye and bye, bye and bye.” dignity that always chaiacterized Leaping from the rostrum, at the him would give his opinion of the law involved in tho most respectful man ner, receive the thanks of the court and take his seat. Judge Cloud was a very nervous man and whistling music, too. James L. Robinson was was his abomination—^hc' co-iM not i a gi-eat big man — big of br%in — stand ^o hear it. Once v/hile holding big of heart — bog of soul £^nd big court h?re, he heard W. A. Gash,' of body. .His love for North Caro- then cu’te voung, corns up,the street lina almost amounte;i to idCiatry v;histlinr;. He jumped up and point- No wonder Nort^ Carolina loves anr ^ng mil'';' cf that section. With the present road building, -urvtylng, etc., now in progress, i': will not be many months before wc I will have a hard-surfaced highvca-. 1 straight through the county, from j Jackson county line to Henderson I county. The Road Commisioners contem plate, in the eary future, of building to King’s Lake (Deer Lick) and also meeting the Pickens road. ANOTHER NEW ENTERPRISE W. J. Morgan of Franklin, N.^C., has opened a five and ten cent s.tore in the W. E. Bishop building on Main Street, next door to Philipp’s Bakery. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan moved here from Franklin, N. C., and are now living in the upper story of the Bish op building. MAIL YOUR CHRISTMAS PACK AGES EARLY: Pa.stmaster, Wm. Henrj", requests the general public to mail all Christ mas parcel.s early — wrap the par cels securely — make addre.ss p’ain and complete and supply return ad dress. Parcels may be m?.rked “not to be opened until Christmas” or with a similar direction. T. M. MITCHELI. BUYS FARM T. M. Mitchell bought the f?rm known as the Jack Ashworth farm located two miles from Brevard near Kevstone Camp and intends to de velop a poultry and truck garden farm. granimiiiiinmiiiiuimuiiiiimniniig I THE FEAST | I OF LIGHTS I iiiiiiiiimmiimiiiraiiiiiiiiiiim ilK lights on the tree are said to be of .Tev.ish origin. In the iiionth of Kisiev, of the Jewish Mr Gash on the opposite side cheri.'?hed the meiv< of that .gre' of the exclaimed, “thar now, trunviratcj' Vance,..Jarv’" and liob'n- ‘nnr nov, li>.t^n at yofng Cash wiiist- >on. He was mv friend, prou'' ling on the street! He will never bo of it . Maior Steadman was “’’en ” He did not knov president'of the senate and pavm;.' Is the prospect of anotlier great wheat crop -a threat of higher priced tlour and bread for nest year? Honest pickpockets In Italy must be I leading a cheated life from the way victims are lying about their losses. that some day that that same :■ ounr’ ' Gash would one day become a pro • found student of the law. As yc?r:- I 70’ ^r, •■nt'mTcv between niy- ' self and Colonel Cameron grew. l^axim Gorky says Russian savants ore hunger. Are the Bolshevists imi tating the manbers of civilization? When attending court in Brevard h-^ of memories of “The Long A^o” to I usually made my house his home and come from the’r cePs, but there is no I I have never met a man who knev* one here to talk them over w’-th me North Carolina so well as did Colonel as there is not a man now living :r Cameron; her fauna, her flora, he ’ Brevard who was here when I crmr- gcological, her geographic, hfr agr:- zo I talk’rxg to you. , 1 ~ J > • 1. ' 1 correfci'ondiiig nearly to our De- close of the day’s session, he and J,.,-. Jews friends of the bill marched around ; ^1,^. feast of dedication of the hall singing at the top of their • teniple. It had been dedicated on voices — I can hear it now — good , d:iy by Antiochus. It was dedicated l»y .Judas Maccabeui;, and, according lo .Tewish legend, snliicient oil was found in tlie ■ temple to last for (he seven- i)ranched candlestick for eiglit days, and it would liave taiien eight da.vs to prepare new oil. Accordingly the Jews were wonr on tin? iwenty-lifth day of Kisiev in every Iiouse to light a can- ilie, on the next day two, and on the the eighth and hist day of the feast, eight caudles twinkled in every house. It is not very easy to tix the ex act date of the Nativity, but it fell most probably ( :i the last day of Kis iev, when every Jewish house in Beth lehem and .Terusalem was twinkling with liglits. Tt is worthy of note’that the German name for Christmas is Welhnacht (the night of dedicatipa), as though it were associated with this feast. The Greeks also call Christ mas the feast of lights, the name given to the dedication festival, Chan- ukah, by the Jews, tho v/ay to congress. ‘ Lee S. Over man V/Z2 then learning to be a sena tor. Vour recent edition giving the his tory of thev Citizen causes thousand': Raleigh, N. C., December 12 — The special session of the General Assembly of North Carolina conven ed on schedule time and is going at a lively “clip.” 324 bills have al ready been introduced in the House and 128 in the Senate. Practically all of these proposed measures are of !cc?.l significance, and of them v/ill require three readings in each branch of the Assembly of three separate, days and the idea of a short session appears to have gone “a glimmer- ng.” Those requiring no roll call may be passed through both houses :n a single day. The Municipal Finance Act has n-n the gauntlet and the educational bill is v.'ell on the way. The latter encountered some opposition in the House, but this was withdrawn on Sa turday and proponents of the meas ure do not anticipate any consider able delay in the upper branch. Ic is predicted here now that the ratifi cation of these on Wednesday or Thursday means an early adjourn ment thereafter and that Saturday of this week will find the members homeward bound. A safer bet on the date for adjournment would probab ly bo the middle of the week follow ing. One representative from an eastern county, in expres.sing disap pointment on the presentation of so many bills of var’ous characters, de clared that February would find them here- However, the per diem will stop atthe expiration of tv. ant/ days and right here is going to be a separation. A. D. Watts w’as confimied as Com •missioner of Revenue on the second day of the session without a dissent ing on the Democratic side. The Ee- publiean senators all voted against him. Democratic opponets, if the Commisioner ever had any, decided it the better part of wisdom to xake their medicine and support the ad ministration. This they did in the usual democratic way. Representative Doughton, of Alle ghany, although a member of the State Highway Commission, cai.ie down and is representing his county in the IIousp. On learning of the in tention of Mr. Roughton to serve in a dual capacity Representative Mc- Bee, r-jpublican, of Mitchell, follow ed thj lead of his democi-atic collea gue and is Charley-on-the-spot in the popular branch of the Assembly. Of course, the action of these two mem bers of the Assembly “put a crimp” in the effort to retire C. C. Brough ton as reading clerk of the Senate, who, since the regular session accept ed the poclticn cf mayor of his home town, Troy the county seat of Mont gomery county. Representative Ralph Fisher of Transylvania, has not yet ansv^ered •the roll-call. Fellow' mem-bcrs arc wondering what has bccome of him. Tho smiling face of V/illian E. Breese is also missed around the lob bies of the hotels and of the House and Senate in the capitol. These two gentlemen will disappoint their nu merous friends if they do not put in an appearance^ before the session closes. Local measures proposed for Hen derson county has brought a number of Hendersonville citizens to the cap ita’. An objectionable road bill and another to appoint a finance commit tee for the county were introduced by Representative Clark early in the session. These drew fire from tlie folks back home and large delega tion “hot-footed” to Raleigh to pro test. The contending’ parties reach ed a compromise an- .he fight ended in the “early stage ’ However, Mr. Clark and Senator .ates, by mutual consent, creatrd th- ofiice of treasur er for Henderson and passed a bill designating Witlshire Griffith, repub lican, to discharge the duties for a period of three years at a salary of $1800 per annum. The bill^ under a misleadin ; title, had passed both branches before it was discovered. And some folks are ripping mad. The woman’s exchange, in connec tion with the U. D. C. Librarj^i have a Christmas Sa^e of Fancy^w*^|^f’ Christmas Cards, Home-made candy= e^c., beginning Friday, 2 P. M., Dec. 17, continuing through Saturday. Come early> we have some beautiful goods. • • / ■5a-. -~T' 'a - ■ 7^^ V- •