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BREVARD, PT: C. FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1922
OURRAIBGB
ceimcAiioN
PROPOSED BREVARD HIGHWAY
ENDORSED BY WHOLESALERS
HIE nUYER CORNER.
Commissioner Shipman Says Wood*
row Wilson Foundation A Sure
Success.
Bureau Asks County Delegation To
Have Caesar's Head Road Built-
Li^ingston To Go To Columbia,
$35,000.00 STATE’S ALLOTMENT.
Raleigh, N. C., January 23—Mrs.
Josephus Daniels,, state chairman of
The Woodrow Wilson Foundation,
says good reports on the progress of
the campaign to raise North Caro
lina’s quota are coming in from va
rious sections of the State. Bad
weather during the greater part of
last week prevented expected results,
but the hope is expressed that the
work will continue until the $35,000
alloted to the State is in hand. The
large number of contributers is pleas
ing the Chairman, although some do
nations are small, for it indicates
that those of limited means appre
ciate the fine .spirit v/hich prompted
this lasting memorial to America’s
greatest benefactor. The matter has
not been pressed, it being the wish
of those in charge of the movement
that the amount proposed be raised
by voluntary donations.
Drive after drive, for one cause af
ter another have been made in Ra
leigh and elsewhere recently and the
end is not yet. This renders more
difficult tire effort to raise the amount
asked fori tlie Wilson Foundation,
The Chantber of Commerce, the Y.
M. C. A., the Near East Reftef Com
mittee, Associated Charities, The
Salvation Army, The Red Cross, atid
other organizations have recently
called upon the people here for as-;
sistance and the Jev/’sh Relief drive |
is now in progress. It is not snr-'
prising, therefore, that contributions'
have not found their way in greater'
volume to The Wilson Foundation
headquarters. However, the oppor
tunity to enlist as a member o"
Foundation will not be with'‘~ ' n
until l^orth Carolina has fulty sus
tained the reputation for “going r>~r"
the top.”
Ealeigh is pleased v.'ith the news
that the Wachovia Bank and Tirust
Company, of Winston-Salem now
operating branches in Asheville,
Salisbury and Higfi Point, proposes
to include this city in its list and will
begin lousiness as soon as quarters in
the Pullen Building have been com
pleted. Mr. Gilbert T. Stephenson,
a vice-president of the comirany is
to be in charge of the Raleigh
branch. The capital city is already
supporting seven banking institutions
with deposits of $15,000,000 on
January first. But Col. F. H. Fries,
president of the mother institution
in Winston-Salem, feels that tliere
is room for another and his • gt?od
judgement is universally acknowledg
ed in business circles- If Raleigh is
not already the financial center of
the State, it is likelj'’ to becom.e so
in the near future.
Commissioner of Revenue Watts
holds that all state officials from the
Governor down must pay income tax
this year. The Commissioner has
issued the following statement:
“The Commissioner of Revenue
holds that nnder the income tax pro
vision of the state constitution and
the statute enacted in pursuance
thereeof, all officials of the state, in
cluding justices of the Supreme and
judges of the Superior courts, are re
quired to list and pay income tax on
their salaries. The Commissioner
holds that this matter has never been
decided by the Supreme court. The
case of Purnell vs. Page 133 N. C.,
125, dqes not decidp it. The only
question presented in that case was
the right of the state to tax the sal
ary of a fedual judge. The right
of the state to tax its own judges and
other officials was not before the
courts, and was not argued. The
state was not a party or represented
by its attourney general. T^hat is
said in the opinion on the subject
of taxing salaries of the 'state jud
ges and officials was merely an obiter
dictum—only the views of the writer
cf the opinion.”
The statement of Commissioner
Watts brings no additional burden
to the heads of departmentil created
by the Legislature. They have been
listing and paying income tax for
some years and d< not expect to be
)cneficiaries of anv' special privi-
iges. The “drag net” thrown out by
Mr. Watts, whose opinion is clearly
jrustainod by the constitution and
laws of tha state, will catch Supreme
co’jrt iurticen, Superior court jud-
The executive board of the Whole
sale Bureau of the Chamber of Com
merce held a meeting which was at
tended by practically every membi;r
Satxirday morning at 11:30 o’clock to
consider whether the Bureau would
endorse the proposed road over the
mountains to Transylvania county,
North Carolina, finally deciding to
ask the legislature to take this step.
Thfl meeting was presided over by
W. K. Livingston, president of the
bureau, and after discussion it was
unanimously decided on motion of
Perry Woods that the bureau endorse
the road and petition the dele.ga-
Uon to the legislature to provide for
It. It wa-3 alao decided to appoint
the president of the bureau to act :
for the who'csale merchants in con-
ns'ction wi*h the special comniittce
appointed from the good roads bu~
rcr.u in pre lonting the matter to the
county delegation at a time conveni
ent to the delegation in Columbia
this week.
Another matter to come before the
meeting v/as the program for the
January meeting of the Wholesale
Bureau to be held on Thursday night
at Buke’s Tea Room at 7 o’clcfck. As
a program committee for this mect-
fng the president appointed Frank
Spratt, chairman, S. C. Templeton
and Perry Woods.
Can Get Federal Aid
John A. Russell said at the meet
ing that he thought it ought to be
made clear to the _ delegation that
there was no element of the county’s
population which was more keenly a-
live to the tax burden than the v;holo
sale merchant in view of the fact that
the mercantile interests were paying
far more than their share of the tax
es, but that he felt ’■ ■’ (I ba
fplpn advantage
of the oprortr7iity of rec^eiving fed
eral a‘d a' thi=: time and connecting
with Transylvania county, especially
since the citizens of tbat section had
repeatedry indicated their desire to
deal with Greenville.
J. I. Rose pointed out that the big
reason why he was in favor of the
project was that "It is the only sec
tion which had knocked at our doors
which v/e have so far failed to meet
v/ith a good road where they had built
one to join us.”
“There are,” said Mr. Rose, “sev
enty-five or eighty merchants who
have promised to give Greenville a
quarter of a million dollars worth of
business if v/e build the road, so let’s
have it.”
President Livingston, of the bur
eau. rtated after the resolution had
been unanimously carried that unless
there are good roads in the county
the business of the wholesale mer
chants will be seriously handicapped.
BOARD TO CONSIDER:
The resolutions of the bureau will
be forwarded to Columbia at once a-
long with those of the retail bureau
and the good roads bureau and the
board of directors of the chamber of
commerce will consider the whole
matter in meeting Monday at 12:45
o’clock. — Piedmont.
DEATH OF MRS. T. D. ENGLAND.
The sudden death of Mrs. T. D.
England, an esteemed citizen of Bre
vard, occurred in Mt. Dora, Florida,
on January 23rd, 1922, after an ill
ness of about one week.
The remains weree brought back
home for burial on January 24th, and
the funeral services were held at the
Local Methodist Church; all local
pastors officiating. She was buried
at Oak Grove Cemetery ’neath a
mound of beautiful flowers.
The estimation in which the de
ceased was held was attested by the
large jittendance at the funeral and
the general sympathy which is expres
sed on every side in the community.
Mrs. England leaves to mourn her
death her husband, T. D. England;
daughters, Mrs. Bertha Trantham;
Mrs. Ethel Harris; Mrs. Edith Patton.
The surviving members of the fam
ily wish to express their appi:eciation
to everyone for the sympathy and
kindness shown during this affliction.
ges and, perhaps, some of the con
stitutional officers. But they ought
to ‘ pay this tax the same as other
folks.
God’s Keeping
“The day is full of dangers, we
Psalm 143:8
dp not know it; we see qo danger.
We go out not dreaming of any pos
sible peril. Yet anywhere there are
enemip, :. Ti e ire lurks in the air wc
breathe, hides in the water y/e
drink, and is concealed in the fobd
v/e eat. Along the road whero ;^e
walk, on the railway* on which' we
ride, there-^are perils. No African
jungle is so full of wild beasts, sa
vage and bloodthirsty, as are the
common days with malign spiritual
enemies. We are aware of no dan
ger and, therefore, cannot protect
ourselves.
“What can we do? As we go out
in the morning, we, can offer this
prayer, ‘Deliver me, O Lord’ from
mine enemies; I flee unto Thee to
hide .’ Thus we can put our frail,
imperilled lives each morning into the
keeping cf the mighty God.” .
We have no promise that prayer
Vvill take the dangers out of our day.
It is not in this way that God usual
ly helps. Prayer brings God down
about us, a heavenly protection, mak
ing us safe in the midst of most hurt
ful things. Not to pray as we go into
the day is to venture among life’s
thc’jsand perils v/ith our heads un
covered, with no panolpy about us.
The problem of life is not to get an
easy, safe way, but to go through
the way, though beset with perils un
hurt ot be kept from harm amid sor
est dangers.
Every day^s experiences have their
perils for us, which with prayer be
come helps and blessings, but with
out prayer c.an only harm and deves-
tatee our lives.
“Wo cannot hein our'^elves, v/e can
not compel the dangers to become
our sh'Jter. Wc cannot cover oui*
'^wn pouls with nn'f sh’cld that '.viil
make us safe. The only safeW ~or
T*.=3 any da-*' is in iiraVer;^ TPwe^iiTv
derstood what perils there are for Tig,
if our eyes were opened to give US' a
glimpse of the enemies that wait 'or
us in cloud or sunshine, we would
never dare to go forth from our do-nr
any morning until we liad first call
ed upon God to deliver us from our
enemies. *
“We cannot keep ourselves. God
alone can keep us. We are safe no
where but under the shadow of His
win.gs. We should flee to Him to
hide us. It is never safe to go forth
any morning without a prayer of com
mittal.” I .
A PRAYER
O Thou Cod of pilgrims rnd cf
rtrangerr; who art God nesr and God
afar, we would not go forth any morn
ing without a nraver of committal.
The day is full of dangers. What
can we do? As wc go out in tbe
momin.e Ave can 'and do offer this
prayer “Deliver us. O Lord, from our
enemies; we flee unto Thee to hide
us.” Thus wc can put our frail, im
perilled lives each morning into Thy
keeping, who art mighty to save.
We cannot heln ouraelves. Wc
cannot compel the dangers to become
our shelter. We cannot cpver our
own souls with any shield that will
make us safe. Our only safety any
day is in prayers unto Thee to deliver
us from our enemies that wait for
us in cloud or sunshine, from the
dangers that lurk for us on every
side
We cannot keep ourselves. Thou
alone can keep us. We are safe no
where but under the shadows of Thy
wings. We flee unto Thee to hidfe
us, for Jesus sake, Amen.
C. D. C.
BREVARD nSTtnnE
BUILD THE JONES GAP LINIt^
NOTES.
(G'reen^Ue Nei)ra>
The News has' for a longT time
urged the economic value of rebuild'^
^ jQjjgg Qjjp road. In the' old
Among recent students entering' days it was one of the vital trade
for the second terhi are Misses Onyx routes to Greenville, bringing people
Picklfesimer Anzie Bagwell and to this city from the V/estem part'
Maud Clayton; Messrs. Reed Bame.
OV>X iir-iUS J/IcCloud and Loreu Kit
chen.
Miss Mary Elizabeth Lawrence of
Charlotte was called home on Sun
day on account of the serious illness
of her father.
Miss Grace Brakefield spent the
week end with her parentfs at Union,
S. C. »
Misses Virginia Elliott and Bertha
Gaunt w^ere dinner guests of Miss
Gertrude Falls on Sunday.
The B. I. basket ball team will play
against the Farm School team on
Wednesday at AshcAnlle.
of North Caro'ina in large numbers.
cillcT recalled some time]
ago that he had seen as many as 150]
wagons a day on this road, somini
to tind returning from Greenville,
Today the average is scarcely
half dozen. In developing highways^
Greenville county has not only failed
to improve the Jones Gap road, but]
has allowed it to go to the bow-wows.]
In fact, it can scarcely be called a]
road at ail now.
Betv/oen Greenvile and Brevard,
the termini of the road, it is only
forty miles. Tv/enty miles of this
road is improved in Greenville poUn-
ty and twelve miles in Transylvania
county, leaving an unimproved por
tion of only eight miles. This lies
in Greenville county and -Js in the
(Greenville News:) fastness of the mountains, improve-
V/illiam Goldsmith, well known ™ent being very difficult. Because
busineso man of GreenviHe, received j cost of construction the in-
from- C. Y/. Hunt, of Brevard, N. C., j tervcning eight miles Greenville coun
the fpllowing dissertation on the nullified all the trade benefits
UNIQUE FABLE OF JONES
GAP ROAD:
Jones’ Gap road, which he entitled
*A Fable of Aesop, the Slave — A
House With Four Gates.”
Oncc upon a time a farmer owned
that would come from a completed j
highway. Citizens of Transylvania
county have often made the asser-1
tion that the trade Greenville would
a home surrounded by four gates : from Western North Carolinians
opening into all of the country. The".e
gates were called, The East Gate, The
South Gate, the West Gate and the
North Gate.
In the course of time storm? hs'^
f.lled the North Gate with seeniing’y
impassable boulders. So this man
was content in his youth to ’osc
North Gate and only vt'^o It^ Eas
if the road were completed would j
pay ^ cost every year. Aside from
>>'t, it -vould open the most b«auti-|
ful r-;:cnic country in South Carolina]
3"id would bring many tourists!
lircu^h Greenville in the summer.
When a survey was made several!
he Iears ago the cost of improving this [
mountain stretch of the route was
South and West rrato ^ loading j estimated at more than $200,000.1
into beautiful and '■'j’ds. ! Recently, however, the State High-
Now it came to na-'s as the children I way'Commissfon has made a new and
of this self ?.at’pfi'''i rran became i ore thorough survey and says the[
nirny r nd v^’axed strong, they cried | road can bo built for about $12.5,-
Gv!, “Father must have more room ; X)00. Federal aid equal-to.half ih
open for +he “North Gate”. j amount has been premised provldedl
The fnther answered, “My children the State Highway Commission de-
1 am sorry, but I cannot open t^he N ! signatees the highway as a man ar-j
Gate, tho in olden times my father of \ tcry, and there is every reason tol
then passed thi-u it, bringing many , believe the commission will do that. I
treasures home. He said that it led I Thus the actual cost to Greenville I
to mountain and velley lands of health I County will be reduced to $65,0^00|
wealth and beauty.’* or $70,000.
Again the old man folded his hands county delegation is seriouslyl
a^id lapsed into his usual state of in- contemplating the construction ofl
difference and self satisfaction. j j-oad and the Nev/s hopes it will
Tim.e passed and lo upon a fortun-1 moved to action. The sound
ate day liis sons led their elder! business men comprising the retail
brothers called, skill, labor, nerv^,
energy and progress, cried tfot one un
to the other, while the old man slept.
“We will'onen at any cost oirr N.
Gate.” And v/ith one consent they at
tacked the barriers in the North Gate
wit^h ro much for'?e that they were
easily over come, and thru this gate
and Gap, called “Jones’ Gap” they
passed and lo a country of health,
wealth and beauty opened unto them.
Moral — Greenville and Greenville
county needs a modern hard surfaced
Jones Gap Highway. ^
C. W. HUNT, Brevard, N. C.
ROSMAN ITEMS
and wholesale bureaus of the Cham
ber of Commerce have given their 1
unqualified endorsement to tho pro-
je.’t, kno'Cnng that it is worth while
from an investment standpoint.
Nothing is so productive as a good
trade route and it is sheer shortsight-1
edness for the county to continue to
let this luci’ative field go undcvelop- |
ed.
For less money than one-tenth the
amount of money we spend for gaso
line in Greenville County in a year
we can complete the building of the
Jones Gap road and open for com-
flierce the vast Sapphire Country of|
Western North Carolina. It will be
a perpetual benefit to Greenville]
county. Are we too niggardly to
take advantage of such a good in-|
vestment? -
MARK R. OSBORNE WRITES:
Editor Brevard News,
Brevard, N. C.
CARD OF THANKS;
Brevard News, Brevard, N. C.
The Baptist Churches, Brevard,
Enon, and Mt. Moriah. I wish to
thank them for their very liberal con
tributions sent myself and wife dur
ing Christmas wfeek; also our friends
A. J. Justice, Bunyan McGaha, Wm.
Whitmire of Asheville. I wish to
thank you brethren for your kind
dpnations sent us. We shall eve?
remember you all and also with our
prayers. Also we can’t forget Virgil
McCrary for the very kind donation
he presented us. May Heaven’s
richest blessing rest upon the church
es and my dear friends that remem
bered us during Christmas. .
Rev. and Mrs. E. Allison, Penrose.
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VARD NEWS.
Miss Mae White has been on the
sick list for sometime.
Mrs. Hubert Eden has returned
from the hospital and is still improv
ing fast.
C. R. Clark is suflFering with throat
trouble. He was unable to be at
church Sunday. j
Uncle Bob Glazener has broken '
the record for last year’s hog killing j •
by killing one that weighed 720 • I am herewith inclosing check for
pounds. I renewal of my mother’s subscription
Mr. Glenn, an employee of the | (Mrs. Louisa M. Osborne) to the Bre
Rosman Tanning Extract Co. is spend, vard News. Please change the ad-
ing a month’s vacation in Asheville.. dress to Ebenezer, S. C.
J. E. White and family have mov-{ After eight years residence in
ed from church street to their resi- ^ Greenville S. C., we go to the nami
dence on Broad Avenue. j above named. I often think of the|
Miss Dora Gillespie closed he? ^ dear friends and relatives in anc
school last week at Pleasant Hill "^th about Brevard. The News helps me
an interesting entertainment. Dinner to keep in touch with the activities
was serveed on the ground.
Mr. Morris Osmrnsky, with Mr.
Jos. Schain from New York, spent a
few days hei« last week taking in
ventory of last year’s work. I- has
been a very unpleasant year for
them, and we hope that the coming
year will prove better.
Little Shirley White, the ^on of
Floyd White, is in the Mission Hospi
tal with a broken thigh, caused by
^-him and his elder brother wrestling.
The boy is the champion among his
playmatees. We hope for him a
speedy recovery and that he will not
lose his leg.
E. D. RANDOLPH
of our native county. For mor<
than three years I have been associa
te pastor of the First Baptist Churcl
of Greenville, S. C. I have alwa;
felt that I was near enough to Bre^
vard to feel the heart throbs ojf the
friends there. I fiiSl that I will be
near Transylvrnlans in. the new pas
torate, for two have already impart
ed; tb Florence and Timmonsville.
We shall continue to - welcome the
weekly visitor from the home county
and wish you and all the friends in
Transylvania all the luppiness and
success iK>8sible.
Yours CordiaUy,
MARK;ife;^BORNE
MISS WATERS ENTERTAIN^.•
Miss Rut]: WatQr3 entertamed
I. F. F.’s Friday afternoon, Jan.;
at her home on Park Avenue. . ^
was a business meetii^; j^t <
officers were elected
dent, Miss Helen
Miss Annie Yongae;
Agnes Cla'jHion, ^ter^^,^uri
meeting v^reshments
and .a sociid lM>ur was
club will meet next
noon with Miss Helen Abnij^ iff
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