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VOLUME iXXVll
BREVAID, N. C.
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GOVERROR HCKEf
ttaleigh, N. C.» January 2 —^Tha
^la topic of disconion in Raleigh
wBta days ia the audden passing of
fovmer Governor, Thomas W. Bcket,
ivlio died at^lw home here on Wed-
ntidiy morning of last week follow-
a stroke of paralysis the evening*
vions. The fatal stroke came
out warning as the former Gov-
onor was administering to a sick
ivife shortly before nine o’clock Tues
day night Mrs. Bickett was confin-
•d to her bed with an attack of rheu*
mtism, her servant had been taken
to a hosi^tal for treatment a day or
tiro before, leaving only the Gover
nor and his wife in the home. Mr.
Bickett prepared the evening meal
and together the two devoted com-
imnions had enjoyed it. Soon after-
'v^'ds the ex-Govemor screamed that
his head was killing him, made his
way from the reading room, fell ac-
rosis the foot of his wife’s bed and
never spoke again.
A little more than twelve hours
after being stricken Governor Bick
ett breathed his last without regain
ing conacionsness. At the bedside
were his grief stricken wife and son
and other numbers of the family ex
cept a brother and sister who could
not reach Raleigh in the early morn
ing. From the moment physicians
reached him, n© hope was held out for
the recovery of North Carolina’s war
Governor. He had received a knock
out blow, while apparently in the best
of health. "His death was a shock to
this city and state. Everybody was
stunned by the suddeness with which
the final sinnmons came to the great
est of all Governors since Aycock
and hundreds of smypathizing
fnends wired their deepest regrets,
or called in personal to express them.
The body of the former Governor
was renmnred from the residenc''
'Anirsday morning to ihe rotun’^a rf
the capltol where, for two hours, t&ie
public was permitted *to gaze
his face for the last time. HtindTed:;
of people took advantage of the op
portunity to pay their respects t»
this departed friend, after which a
brief funeral service was held from
Christ Church. The remains were
taken to Louisburg. the former home
of Governor and Mrs. Bickett, for
internment and a large concourse of
people were in waiting there to wit
ness the last sad rites of their neigh
bor and friend.
We pluck the fairest and most
beautiful flowers for special occa-
OF HOCS mULtO AT ^
pOSUAH TANERIES
G«|t|Umen: ^ ■
Unclosed you wjll idease find a list
of ^ hogs that have been killed at
Jtoiipihan, N. G., ahd brought to
Taimery to clean; The reason they
are brought to the tannery for clean
ing is because as they have hot water
free. They open the mud valve of
the boiler and a pipe carries the hot
water right out and into a barrel
where the- hogs can be dipped and
they have a frame with a chain hoist
w)iere they can be raised up for wash
ing and taking the entrails out, and
then they can be put, right onto a
pair of ecales and weighed all free of
charge to the employees of the com
pany, few of the neighbors have
brought them here to clean but only
one or two outside of the employees.
The largest one so far was killed
by B. B. White and weighed ’610
pounds but we have not done killing
yet and have a few more large ones
to kill.
I may send in a few more later on
for publication. We wish to call
your attention to the fact that these
are moat all young hogs and run from
a few months old to about 15 months
and very few of them ^were over that.
The total amount of meat we figure
is 20,240 pounds so far. Most of
these hogs were Durcos-and a few
were Poland China. There were just
a few exceptions of a mixed variety
but they did not weigh very much.
We wish to thank you in advance
for the publication, and oblige.
1.1ST OF HOGS AS WEIGHED
W. T. Cantrell, 1 hog, 256 lbs; W.
H. Teasley, 1 hog, 385 lbs; Monroe
Smith, 1 hog, 210 lbs.; W. A. Jamter-
son, 1 hog, 145 lbs.; L. R. Staton, 1
hog, 285 lbs.; C. 1^. Gant, 1 hog, 125
lbs.; W. B. Davis, 1 hog, 220 lbs.;
R. M. Powell, 1 hog, 295 lbs.; H.
Scott, 1 hog, 150 lbs.; W. J. Gibson,
1 hog, 472 lbs.; J. E. White, 1 hog,
42 lbs; C. Bailey, 1 ho«. 330
15. Randolph, h«*r, 7^*^' ^ Bdfn,
1 K-'k 211 B. 1.. Ghizener, 1
Iwg, 350 T's.; F. Glazener, - hog,
480 lb: ; Jess Love, 1 hog, 430 lbs.;
W. Jackson, 1 hog, 335 lbs.; C. B.
Mitchell, 1 hog, 360 lbs.; C. B. Mit-
cTiell, 1 hog, 370 lbs.; J. W. Steppe, 1
hog, 350 11^.; W. B. Reid, 1 hog,
315 lbs.; H. E. Morrison, 1 hog, 392
lbs.; J. Z. Stroupe, 1 hog, 340 lbs.;
Rex Galloway, 1 hog, 400 lbs.; W.
Jackson, 1 hog, 365 lbs.; A. M.
JKThite, 1 hog, 495 lbs.; W. A. Thomas
1 hog, 317 lbs.; L. M. Watkins, 1
hog, 305 lbs.; Jordan Whitmire, 1
hog, 440 lbs.; F. H. White, 1 hog,
405 lbs; D. H. Winchester, 1 «hog,
49^ lbs.; Allen Sisk, 1 hog, 31t> lbs.;
sions, or for personal adornment, yet l. X.. Winchester, 1 "hog, 330 lbs.;
we marvel when an All-wise Provi- j chag. Green, 1 hog, 345 lbs.-, A.
dence takes from our midst the brigh- Collins, 1 hog, 375 lbs.; E. A. Glaaen-
test specimens of genuinee manhood j er, 1 hog, 365 lbs.; A. M. Paxton, 1
in the prime of happy and fruitful | hog, 557 lbs.; L. E. Galloway, 1 hog,
lives. The sudden passing of Gover
nor Bickett serves to remind us that
every birth is a miracle and every
death the ringing down of the cur
tain of an tmfinished drama. But
death has touched that great heart
and it is stilled forever. We can only
mingle our tears with those of the
bereaved and recall, with them, the
virtues of a departed friend.
Whethfifr at home surrounded by
loved ones, in his oAce silently and
patiently listening to appeals for the
unfortunate, or in distant states
among strangers. Governor Bickett
was always the same genial, affable,
sunny spirited good fellow. And
who rendered her people more loyal
or effective service? He loved the
people and delighted to serve them.
He was in sjrmpathy with their needs
and withheld no effort which he con
ceived would add to their happiness
and comfort
The officials relations between
Governor Bickett and the heads of all
state departments were of a most
agreeable character. He was ap
proachable, considerate and possess
ed a soul overflowing with the milk
of, human l^ndness. He was a '*folk-
sy” ^ecutive and the folks loved
nv. Everyone who wished to see
Ad talk with Governor Bickett was
ven the opportunity. The latch
string was on the outside of the door
at all times and a card was not ne
cessary to secure admission.
The Bickett administration will un
questionably adorn one of the bright- j
est pages of North Carolina history.!
He took the helm at a time when big!
things were happening in North Caro'
lina and throughout the world and a similar great leader to Zebulon
he measured up to every responsibi- Baird Vance during the Civil; War.
lity all the way tibiroagh. He was he is gone, but wHl never be ^rgot
to this State^during. the World War ten. ^ '■
"HOPE**
**Hope is the eternal watchword of
the human soul, and it is the dutgr pf
all of .us to bid our fellows hope, to
look up and not'down, out and not in,
forward and. not back.’* More and
more we are coming to recognise this
duty that is laid upon us; newspaper
writers, merchants, bankers all of
us recognize the futility of panic fear
and if we are wise we sltoll never
cease to point out the strengthening
and recuperative power of faith and
courage.’*
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Amiel wrote: **At bottom every
thing depends upon the presence or
absence of one single element in the
soul — hope. All the activity of
man, all his effo;rts and his enterpris
es, presupposes a hope in him of at
taining an end. Once kill this hope
and his movements become senseless,
spasmodic and convulsive. A little
blindness is necessary if life is to be
carried on and illusion is the univer
sal spring of the movements.
In the mail one morning came an
envelope addressed. Inside was
card on which was printed:
“Don’t let the world cheat you.
Let it laugh at you; keep your youth,
keep your ideals, be true to your
dreams.”
“Whence comes this? The adless
on the envelope had nothing personal
about it, but is it not a fine, inspir
ing message with which to start off
the day? The voice of hope whisper
ing to yV>u, the spirit of hope jagging
yoTir elbows.
It is so easy too, to be hopeful
rather than fearful. It is your etm
mind that you must affect; you must
have faith, in your heart and soul, and
remember that:
“The might is mother of the day.
The winter of the spring.
And even'upon old decay.
The greeitest moss^divg '
Behind the cloud the starli^t lurks;
Througli showers'the sun beams fall.
For God, who loveth all His works,
Has left Hi» hope with all”.
A PRAYER:
Our Heavenly Father, it is good for
us to start upon the yearns journey
with liope, .and with noble resolution.
Let ns not be dismayed by any con
sciousness of failure in the past This
is a "New Year and Thou art still with
us. Give us vision to see a better way;
give ms strength to carry our resolu
tions into actions. O may life seem
real, may work be to us a constant
joy, quicken and deepen 9ur faith,
enrich our lives, that this may be to
us the best of all the years, and this
we ask for Jesus Sake, Amen. '
C. D. C.
jEJucatiwaf Fcatotiial vair^
leteeysls ‘ jd^romoto Tki^njg
City.
- (By B. tEl^ER)
C^hevill* Citiis;^ 30^1991)
At the enfrance" to iiie wonderful
Ss^hire country, upon the
tea^ between the
mighty Balsam mo«nt»i^s» stands, thie
beantiful town'lof Brevai^, Qnusmdly
weU fitl^^to play* a doable role as a
celiter ^ industiit7, upon the one
hand, aM a summer resort par ex-
celleK^^ upon the other,
H in a lai^d of majestic water
falls, inii^ty forests, gliding storms,
towering^ peaks and fertile vallesrs, at
once a Relight to the eye of a tourist,
a Mur<% of pride to the landowner,
and a vast reserviour of stored-up
wealth fol^ the many industries lo
cated throughout the section.
Hotels of ample accomidations and
modern equipment are found in large
nttmbera, inviting the visitor to rest
ai^ enjoy the beauties of nature in a
climate admirably adapted to work
and pliay. At tlte gateway of the
Pisgah National Forest, Brevard oc-
cupics a site of particular advantage
as a playground, reached by railroad
facilities upon the Southern and by
excellent highway ^om Asheville,
either by HendersbnvUle or by a
shorter route tlurough the Davidson
rivw country. The distance from
Ashe^lle is 44 miles, and from Hen
dersonville, half that number.
Brevard is not far ftom the Lake
Toxaway site and th^ restoration of
that summer reeort is looked upon
as a project of value to tho entire
community.
CITY SURROUNbED
A.-
340 lbs.; V. Webster, 1 hog, 150 lbs.;
M. Whitmire, 1 hog, 385 lbs.; L.
M. Glazener, 1. hog, 300 lbs.; B . B.
White, 1 hog, 595 lbs.; B. B, White,
1 hog, 610 lbs.; Isaac Holden, 1 hog,
352 Tbs; H. Scott, 1 hog, 265 lbs;
Bill D^vis, 1 hog, 240 lbs.; J. W.
Steppe, 1 hog, 400 lbs.; A. M. Pharr,
i 1 hog, 370 lbs.; C. L. Owen, 1 "hog,'
! 300 Tbs.; S. ^
lbs.; J. E. White, 1 hog, 455 lbs.; G.
P. Hightower, 1 hog, 220 Tbs.; H. C.
Caplan, 1 hog, 230 lbs.; W. P. Hog-
sed, 1 hog, 285 lbs.; L. E. Masters,
l.hog, 380 lbs.; A. J. Manley, 1 hog,
245 lbs.; Dan Glazener, 1 hog, 190
lbs.; C. B. Mitchell, 1 hog, 340 lbs.
Yours Truly,
A. M. WHITE
BUYS FINE COW.
R. W. Everett has recently purchas
ed Ravendale Devargoil, the cow that
was second to the grand champion of
her class at the International show of
Chicago.
WOLF-HAMPTON
By
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The following announcement has
been received by many Brevard
friends:
Announcing the marriage of
Mrs. Irene Maebell Wolf
to
Mr. Charles Edward Hampton
on Thursday, the twenty-ninth of
' ' December,
Nineteen hundred and twenty-one
Akron. Ohie
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PLEASANT HILL SCHOOL NEWS
The school children gendered i
very int^esting program^ FViday af
temoon, Dec. 23. It was as follows:
We Wish You a Merry Christmas,
song; Recitation, Why do Bells for
Christnras Ring? by 5 children.
Recitation, ’Twas the Night Before
Christmas, by Velmer Aiken; song
Away In a Manger, by school; reci
tation, 'Suppose Your Task, Norah
Powell; recitation. What I Ltve For,
Ethel Chapman; song. Away up
North, school; recitation, Santa
Claus, Etliel Chapman; recitation
Mark Me on the*Wall, Avery Powell
song. Ring the Merry, Merry Christ
mas Bells, by school; recitation. Dear
Dollie, Velmer Aiken; rlcitation.
Raises and Stars, Columbus Aiken;
recitation. Ten Little Turkeys, Has-
sie Aiken; recitation, Ten Little
Children, Leonard Chapman, song,
Santa Claus Land, by school; recita
tion, The Busy Bee, Niner Galloway;
play, safety first, by 15 school child
ren; song, Santa Has Come to Town,
school; recitetion, Christmas, Arie
Galloway; song. Here comes Jolly
Santa Claus; recitation, Bed in Sufh-
m#r, Conner Aiken; recitation,
Couldn’t be Done, Oscar Petit; reci
tation^ The Golden Ride, Myrtle 9e-
tit; Truth, Lear Aiken; Kindness,
Maxie Petit; One Thing at a Time,
Doshia Aiken; play. The Prettiest
Tree, by Norah Powell, Hassie Aiken
Arie Galloway, and Doshia Aiken;
Song, Santa Dear Sante.,
Mr. Louis Whitmire, Mrs. George
Dodson and Mr. William Dodson fur
nished string music which added
greatly to entertainment of the au
dience. Everyone seemed to enjoy
sthe cofiteBtB of a Christmas tree af
ter the program was rendered.
RICH RESOURCES
VrounSing" 'iHe wlrosc-
broad paved streets are in ^emselves
an indication of wise planning for
futi^^ growth, are fertile fields, sec
tions of modem, attractive homes,
and beyond, industrial plants whose
value totals into the millions and
whose annual payrolls put hundreds
of thousands of dollars into circula
tion in the community.
Brevard is the county sea^ of Tran
sylvania county. Standing in a cen
tral location in the town is an ornate
courthouse that has just been remo
deled upon the interiour at a cost of
$50,000 to include large courtroom,
steam heated, finished in oak; rooms
for all officials, including a home de
monstration agrent’s department and
one for the farm demonstration de
partment. Just at the rear of the
new $80,000 ji£l, steam heat and;
electric lights Irving the plant that;
will hold 50 forced visitors.
Just as the citizens of Brevard
have prat into practice the paved
street policy, so the citizens of che
county have joined with them in -a
policy of highway building that bids
fair to rival the most progressive in
the state.
- Under the direction of the state
highway commission there is being
built by the Asheville Construction
company a highway with wate^bound
macadam surface from the Hender-
con county line to the Jackson coun
ty boundry, with a branch extending
from this road at Rosman to the Pick
ens county {S. C.) line, where con
nection is had -with the highway
being buiU to that point by the South
Carolina commission. Seven miles
of the 41 to be finished now presevtt
a smooth, broad highway to the mo
torist. Much gradhig and bridge
work has been completed at a cost
of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Extensive improvements »upon the
highway from Brevard to Greenville.
S. C., via Caesar’s Head, the famous
scenic phenomenon, are being carried
out, the distonce to the South Caro
lina line being 16 miles.
SHOW HEALTHY
MUNICIPAL EXPANSION
Buildnig industry at- Brever>l is
knowing a steady growth indicativv
of a heidthy municipal expansion.
Many projects are under way. Pro
minent among these is the large brick
commercial building going up on
Broad Street at a cost of between
$10,000 and $12,00, property of Joe
Picklesimer and his brothers, leading
Brevard business men. This wiU
house, in addiUon to other commer
cial finhs, the Aewly-organized Pis
gah Banking company, W. B. Pavis,
sytvania im4 a
of 1(^
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ttoiw of-lfcssrs. _Asli^pi(lk;aii^
’ Ve«|^^ee9 4^r a eo^^'ial
Ifain jAd ]^oad'Gedxye
^hiUiiq^,^ balniy ^ :43aitoi%'
Brbad a large adtition tl^^^
Brevard Motor comity at
mated ^st of $65,000.
vate homes hay^ been built
among thae^ being an attra^ve
brick bungaVpw on Main Street built
by Mr. I^cld^mer. ^
The Harris-^ broihers^ve comide*
ted a modern machine diop, an enter
prise that, in. view of the arany indus
trial plants in et adjacent tp Brevard
is looked upon as an unmsual oppor
tunity for a splendid business.
-* The Weilt Commercial building on
East Main street has recently been
remodeled to give Gus Roman ample
space for a first-class cafe upon the
ground floor.
TREBLE CAPACITY
OF POWER PLANT
Power and lights are furnished
Brevard and vicinity by the Cascade
Light and Power company, headed by
Mr. Picklesimer. The present equip
ment produces 3,500 horsepower, but
vviMi a lditions now completed ,this
oufht to be trebeled, say the owners.
A new dam is soon to be ready for
use, it is announced. ’The plant is
nine miles from the town.
Brevard’s water supply comes
from a municipally-owned water-shed
where an abundant supply of crystal,
clear water is available, and is a
source of pride to the en^e commun
ity.
Among the industrial plants that
help to malce Brevard commercially
a power is the Brevard Cotton mills,
operating 3,100 spindles and vsiug
800 bales yearly of Mississippi staple
cotton in the manufacture of 30’s
and 40’s two-ply yam. About 60
operatives are employed here, the
plant being under the tftipervision of
J. W. Bumett, vice-president and ge
neral manager.
Nearby the combination plant of
J. S. Bromfield fumishes ample
laundry facilities , produces five or
six tons of ice daily as required
Some 15 employes serve this
company that has been operating* ten
or more years successfully.
The Brevard manufacturing com
pany produces for the export trade
mainly a supply of dogwood shuttles
used in French weaving. The Orr-
Sitton Lumber company is another
enterprise of which Transylvania is
proud, and the Moltz Lumber com
pany, operating in the Toxaway re
gion, covers thousands of acres ori
ginally purchased by the late J. F
Hayes, whose recent death came as
such a shock
Among the leading hostelries may
be mentioned the spacious tourist
hotel, Franklin, tl&e Crary hotel, Gal
loway house, Hampton house, Bryant
house, Idlewide^ Norwood, Paxton,
A’Arlingrton, Appalachain, Aehtel
wold and many others of pretentious
size and others of the homelike cot
tage type.
Summer camp life in and around
Brevard is a feature that draws up
ward of 2,000 campers and their par
ents each season. Camp Sapphire and
Camp French Broad are perhaps the
most elaborate, although there are
some six other camps of healthy pro-
port’on in the vicinity. The Rock-
brook Girls’ Camp is the finest in
America.
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SECTION ABOUNDS
IN VIRGIN PLAYGROUNDS
In connection with the playground
features of the section should be
mentioned the recent improvement
made by A.>H. and S. Q. King, weU-
known Brevard business men , in the
formation of Deer Lick Lake, cover
ing approximately '22^ acres some se
ven miles south of Brevard adjacent
to the Pisgah National Forest reser
ve. The entire forest holdings co
vers 714 acres where huntihg is aaic!
to be ideal. The new dam meiMttres
350 feet and the lake wffl sHortly be
I'eady for use in water sports of all
kinds. A golf course is to become a.
feature of the park, and aiqcBinesr
camp sites are said to. a|
viciniti^ ^ the new lal^'
lodge will be built at
to^,
a h«
givsnji
pad't];.‘-l>ii^^^erjsStlp ......
bun^i^f^ rear',' .9^'-.;^ ■
the' now "w'
grovnd^ Stolte ca|i^
to this sMdih ihrom •
and have become a coiai^ni^ a|i^
indispensible part^ of the cominuiii|y ’
life, a veritable God-send id
ted. Witii tiiem are twi» r^ater^
nurses who have become.^ry popu
lar to those in nieed of treatment.
The entii^ property, once ^e ,T. 0.
Trash farm, covers 120 aeries vt feie-
tile land. Equipment for hyidrothera
peutic treatment will be a feature of
the plant where surgical as jrell as
osteopathic methods are being car
ried out. ' ' ' '
Transylvania finds a fittiniT fliouth
piece in the Brevard News owned by
W. E. Brees, ai^d published Wm.
A. Band, the plant being, it is
said, one of the very best in the week
!y field of the stete, containing nmeh
modem equipment valued at around
$10,000. I
NOTE RELIGIOUS
AND FRATERNAL GIFT
There are a number of large mo
dem churches and several of smallef
capacity. The religious activities of
the town are varied and indicate sabr
ftantal growth in the tilings of Ingh- »
er values.
Fraternal life finds’expresaoh ixip^.
strong Masonic modies, also Modems
Woodmen of the World, Junior Or
der and Odd Fellows.
Commercial enterprise in reteil'
stores of all types is another heal
thy indication of the persistent daily
growth of Brevard and the surround
ing territory. ^
The town of Brevard has made-
strides educationally by the comple
tion of a new high school building',
costing about $443,000, a building:
of ample, accomidations. There are
in the school about 16 teachers hav
ing charge of. 500 children. There
has been instelled recently a new
science department with complete
laboratory equipment meeting the ap
proval of the state in every way as
part of the equipment required in a
stete high scho ol. •
BREVARD INSTITUTe"cIVES
EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES
tc CHILDREN of TRANSYLVANIA
So comprehensive are the addi
tions under way and planned at Bre
vard Institute, the large co-educa^
tional boarding school located in the
corporate limits of the town, that
even the fondest dreams of school
enthusiasts and patrons may be ex
ceeded in time.
Secured at a cost of upward^i "
$35,000, the institite has just aMed
to the former v3^^cre campus and
farm 80 acres of the best agricultur
al land in tlye entire section, together
with Savannah hill, a handsome brick
structure V:rowning a commanding
knoll. Somfe distance above the fer
tile fields surrpunding it. This will
be remodeled to become a boy’s dor*-^
mitory with quarters for some 30^
students, a teacher and his family.
A viaduct or bridc'o is proposed
across the low fiekU between the.
campus proper anr^ tiiis building. :
The new dormitory voH bear
name Taylor HaB. Boys witiiout^-.
funds to secure an education will
able to pay for their tn^ing upoi^;
this farm, it is pr-oposeH.
The present en^Ument of t
school IS about 176,. 1^ numt
being swellc i to around 356
summer students are included,
plailt is valued at around $150,0i|l|
There are 17^full time teach^
some piirt tame instructors, Sfl
tug under tiie efficient dfoectac
C. H. Tro^ridgf, sitpexintei
•nd princ^lste<»liM
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