North Carolina Newspapers

■ V'. > ' , •-V, EXPONENT OP TRAN SYLVANIA COUNTY. TRANSYLVANIA~"THE LAND OF WATERFALLS^—2,250 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVfeL rewrd News TIm Aim is PmkMs* mmI Siaewitj. VOLUME XXVIl BREVARD, N. C. FRIDAY, MARCH 31«t, 1922. NUMBER 13. A SELF SUPPORT ING CbMMDNITY Dr. HUNT URGES A “RAISE EVERYTHING CLUB OTHER IDEAS “A penny saved is a penny made.” Yes, in principle a penny saved is a dollar made. To properly prosper a man, family, community or county must be self-supporting. The best “money crop” for a coun ty or state is a crop that will save the money that is already in the pockets of the farmer. A county should raise practically all of the food stuff consumed by the people and animals of said county. Enumerate for yourselves all of the different food products shipped into this coanty. To mention a lew, hay ^orn and oats for the animals. For our people, com wheat, rye, bean,3 and peas, tomatoes, sweet po tatoes and spinach etc. in cans. Po tatoes h-ish and sweet, flour, meat, ’butter, eggs, chickens, cheese, sor ghum, tobacco, snuffy etc. Thousands and tens of thoasands of dollars are spent annually for ar ticles that we could and sliould raise in our own county. When we include bufiding material and ftirniture, we stand aghast and wonder where all of the money comes fr»m and how the people ,3tWid tliis everlasting ■drain. Ail will, agree -witli mf; but will sayj to themselves, '“very pood talk, nothing but tallc, we ’have heard all of this before,, Tiotliin'g has been done heretofore atid nothing can be doTi« in the present or future about it.” Yes, it is t^lk xjtntaining facts that no one can successfully contra dict. Now for action, immediate ac tion. If t"he farmers would aid ■our Farm Dem’onstratui, in forramg Raise Everything Cfexbs in each town ship in oxrr county. Consult and co operate "wi'tli eacli lothef. *P1p'» ro that everytliing wrrold be rSis« ’, ? ‘ least enough to supply the peop.'e of; the county. If tra« man was f"‘ BETrERMENT MEETS CONDEMN BDlBOARi) HON. C. B. DEAVER SAYS BILL BOARDS TO GO—PETITION CIRCULATED OVER TOWN The Betterment Society held its regular meeting on Monday after noon. The lawyers of the town hav ing been invited to meet with and ad vise the ladies as to the feasibility of getting rid of bill-boards. Mr. C. B. Deaver entered fullj^ into the matter and assured the society that the Ald ermen intended to do all they could to abolish the billboard nuisance. Mr. Breese and Mr. English sent regrets that they v/ere prevented from being present, but offered their services in any way that would help should the ladies call upon them. The committee on billboards reported that petitions against them were already being cir culated and advised the Betterment to aid iTi securing as many signatures a,5 possible in order that the City Fa thers might be assured that the whole town was practically unanimous in the desire to do away with these un sightly ©"bjects. This report 'was ac cepted Mid various ladies agreed to camra/3S their respective neighbor hoods. Mr. Deaver was tlanked for his tail:. The lawn tennis committee report ed that Mrs. W. W. Zachary had gen- erojiisly loaned her property in front of tlae school for courts. The com mittee was therefore instructed ‘Lc a full-sized double court pre pared for the use of the school while in session, and afterwards to be in care of the Betterment for tourists and others during the stnamer. l^eans of raising money were dis cussed and the fear that so many entertainments ®f a similar character nught prove tiresnme tc their patron.; k*d to the abandoning the project *4 home talent (concert. It was un^?- nimously voted ^ ^ol?; rui'nir.asvj sp.le in ks tlie ^iwist suitable j method of fill mg the 'excheques i* %ard times. Ttrs sale it to be a ram-' THE VALUE OF HOME GARDENS Dr. WALLIS STRESSES VALUE TO HEALTH AND PROSPER- ITY OF HOME GARDENS The year of 1921 was the banner year for typhoid vaccination cam paigns in North Carolina, but 1922 is bidding to be a close second. Al ready contracts have been signed by Anson, Beaufort, Chowan, Franklin, Hertford, Iredell, Lee, Stokes, Union and Yadkin counties requesting cam paigns to prevent, not only typhoid, but also diphtheria. The State Board of Health is of fering to direct and advertise . the campaign free of cost and the county pays to physicians eight and one-third cents for each dose administered. Local physician- were used in these campaigns last year in twenty-two counties and this proved to be a bet ter plan than to send a stranger into the county. It is frequently ominous when an indivual gets into a rut in any matter. Such appear^ to be the case with the writer whose mind dwells so persist ently upon health and the prevention of bodily ills. The present tending is however towards that goal in the Old North. State in common with other sections of the United States, We are apparently only now begin ning to I'ate fully the economic loss caused by not being well and that is the duty of the state to care in this respect for tlte welfare of its citizens as well as foT other personal rights. Notbt a right ias always a correspond ing duty it would appear therefore a duty for cach and every citizen to avail himself of the opportunities at his liand in this direction and co-op erate with the State in an endeavor dcliminale preventible diseases, tke node of tbeir prevention not now be ing debatal)le ground. Mention 'was made in a former article of the im portance of clean bodies, clean homes and clean premises. Governor ISor- rison ^ 'bxsinning a campaign in the tuated tw that Tie could not - ^^lage and n«ot va rubbisli sale, at? itj wheat to 'an advantage let him go^Uyas expressly decided fkat only arti- more heavily into 'corn and hogs and<, ^hich would "be really desirabi let his neiglibDr plan to rais« tliej! would be offeKd. wheat. One on account of his Boil.j The committee on Clsan-Up day re-j could best raise sorghum can-e or.j ported that tire prizes liad been ofj irish potatoes, another oats andsweet>! fgred, the p®stCTs'Xiri'rited and all arJ potatT^ea, (etc. ^ ^ {] rangements made. The treasurer ^vad We can raise crops that will take* authorized to 'pay the 'bill when PT«j the place in pan't at least of ■crops: that we cannot raise. Whole "wheat'; cooked win take 'the place in pTii't of;, rice. Om- flouring mill.g in Brevard can make all of the cereals needefl and the "very best graham flour, etc.,' etc. ! If every one 'had plenty of carrt syrup, much less sugar would be need; ed. ; Our people should see to it that' all cfinnea goods -needed should hej put up in* our -coutfty. The government will furnish pam-'^ phlets teHing how 'to save the swe^'i potatoes all winter. i “Create and save” should be trart v.ented to I»er. After some 'informal discussio>i oi other subjects the society adjoume^j until the last Monday in April. ANOTHER STORE FOR BREVARI Messrs. J. B. S. McIntosh an< George L. Pegus of Waynesville, N C., have moved to Brevard to mak^ thi.3 their permanent home and wil open up in the Allison T)uilding oi Main St. a general 'variety store. At cording to their -advertisement on xt other page the opening date is April 3rd. Mr. Mclnto^ is well known vnottoTev',^'farmer “and- patcW-l should either raise his own tobacco;] some or else horitiw a chew from his neigh- bor. Make a start at once. In the next ten days, now before all of the plant ing is planned we could get to work in earnest, organize and form “Raise Everything "Clubs.” C. W. HUNT. r ASKS FOR ELECTRICITY Editor Brevard News: Theje has been some statements about the light and power service in your pjper. 1 should like to as sure the company that we are ask ing very little, just to have lights every night and all night during the four summer months in order that our tourists may not "be inconvenien ced. We say nothing about power for our irons, washing machines, and vacuum cleaners. That is a home af fair, but the summer visitors com plained much last year at the way the lights went out at mid-night. They said that other towns gave good service. We do want to hear Brevard boost ed, not knocked. Now is the time to register our complaints, so that everything may run right in summer. Do let us make our town the very best in every way. I know I am voicing the sentiments of every one who takes summer vi sitors. H. M. NORWOOD. Mr. Pegnes is young man Avith nmch experience ii the mercantile hrusiness. 33ie Nei predict.7 much suceess for the nei Kiterprise. THOS. H. SHIPMAN DELEGATi TO V/ASHINGTON MEETING Jlr. T. H. Shipman has juit thij w«ek received notification that he haj been appointed a delegate to the ai nual meeting of the V. S. Chatnbel of Commerce to be held in Wa^ini ton May 16-18. Mr. Shipman represent the N. C. Bankers Assc ciation at this meeting. This is quite an honor that one ©i cur citizens has received and Brel vard should feel proud that one of her townsmen has been picked froi the entire state of North Carolina to represent this association. AT REST To the sorrow of the relative^ and friends of Mary Ella Collins, wif^ of P. M. Collins, was called away in] to eternal bliss last Sunday mornind at the hour of 1:05 o’clock. Aftei having spent 44 years inf this land o| troubles, and having been a membej of the Baptist Church of Henriet N. C. for a period of ’30 years and having lived a Christian life sine] joining that church. She is survived by Mother, Husl band, th^ee sisters, brother and sii children. OUR RALEIGH COMMUNICATION MILLIONS SAVED STATE BY RE CENT DECISION—COUNTY GOVERNMENT COMMITTEES nSIORYOF ROADBDPING A GENERAL HISTORY OF ROAD BUILDING FROM INDIAN TRAILS TO JONES-GAP Raleigh, N. C., March 27, 1922— A saving of million3 of dollars to the State is to result from^the deci sion of Judge Waddill, of the Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge H. G. Con nor, of the Eastern North Carolina District and Judge Boyd, of the Wes tern District, in the case brought by the railroads against the Commis sioner of Revenue, the interlocutory injunctions which the roads sought in the federal courts against the State being denied. The opinion, with no dissent, means a large amount of ad valorem and franchise taxes to the State’s credit which would have been lost to the people had the decision been different. The administrations is, of course, feeling good over the victory and hopes the decision may not be reversed by a higher ffount which may be appealed to by the carriers. A period of thirty days must elapse before the decision becomee operative, in order to give the rail roads an opportunity of appeal to the United States Supreme Court. Under the judicial code the case may be titken directly to the higher tri bunal, with request for a stay of pro ceedings, pending decision by the Court. Also, that the case shall be expedited. Should the opinion of Judges Waddill, Connor and Boyd overruled and the interlocutory in junctions granted, the cases v/ill b'j returned for hearing on their merits If sustained the cases will be dis missed and the cwntrovcrjoj- tcr.-ni- nated. Since the opin or unani mous, it is not be'ievcd ^ .lat the rail roads will be disposed to prolong the fight, although It is not one of their characteristics to “give in” so long as there is a, ray of hope of winning. They apporr to be playing a lodng game isi this contest. The time lasmit for '&e payment of income tax «:xpired March 15th and the Commissioner oif Revenue has since been iSemandin^ the peni&y re quired hy iaw froiJt all delinquents who vrere not grafted an extension of time foT satisfattory reastEis. Su perior coart judge;, having Veen re lieved ifT«m the p^iyment of incomc tax hy decision of the Supreme Coart, are placed in the privileged class and will not have to worry over this class v>f tax returns any more UDless the State Constitution] shall %e Simendecl so as to r^tmove the provisro which ei:empts them. There is Tilreftdy talk of asking the next Legislatare to submit an aenendment to the Constitution which, if ratifi ed, 'WonSd allow the State \o tax the salaries «f judges and o&er consti- tntaotBail o'fficeis the same t&s their as sociates and the people generally. The Governor recently put into ef fect I3ire suggestion he istade some months ago 'Bf appointing a commis sion tci study the subject of county government in the State and recwqi- mend ^be legislation with the ■view to providing a modern uniform -sy stem for all the counties. He d»es not tlnnk “w^ of the present system and has named thirty-seix«n men to cooperate with ten members of fhc House and ^ive of the Senate in evolving some plan that v/ill displac'' the present "“patchwork affair, taa^ is wholly dependent for cfRciency upon the character of the county of ficials.” The personnel of the com mission is as follows: Thos. D. War ren, Newbeme; W. A. Hart, Tarboro • (W. C. Rodman, Washington; L. V assett. Rock ]fik>unt; Geo. H. Brown, ashington; P. G. James, Greenville: W. H. Stone, Greensboro; John Bellamy, Wilmington; S. F. Pat erson, Roanoke Rapids; W. L. Par- •ns, Rockingham; W. C. Dowd, Char tte; U. L. Spence, Carthage; Jose- ihus Daniels, Raleigh; C. A. Webb, sheville; Heriot Clarkson, Char- itte; W. A. Finch, Wilson; John D. langston, Goldsboro; W. II. Neal, urinburg; O. Max Gardneer, Sh''^- R. H.'^Edwards, Goldsboro; C. B. ownsend, Lumberton; J. F. McMa- n^ Raleigh; James A. Gray, Win- ^oii-Salem; E. C. Branson, Chapel jill; Armistead Jones, Raleigh; John Wileye, Durham; E. T. Cansler, larlotte; J. E. Latham, Greensboro; M. Scales, Greensboro; James H. ou, Raleigh; Robert N. Page, Aber- een; E. E. Raper, Lexington; J. W. ailey, Raleigh; A. W. McLean, Lum THE FAMILY cow ASANASSET L 1- MR. LINDLEY WRITES ON THE PROPER CARE AND FEED ING OF THE COW This week I had thought of mod ernizing myself and ease down to the current topic of the day—good roads. Roads is one of the factors inidcative of the civilization to which a country' may have attained—the build, grade, upkeep; this county is not an exception to the rule. All at tainments worth while, physical, men tal and spiritual come through suf fering. This is axiomutis. The de velopment-of our own county attest the fact. We learn too the greater the achievement desired the greater' the suffering required. This county looking back whence she came and comparing herself with other ambi tious sections has reached a point in general development of which she need not feel ashamed. Some of our neighbors may be so exacting as to insinuate: “Do your roads indicate It?” Road enthusiasts may answer, “No,” but what do we say ourselves. Let us study our own road devejop- msnt that we may see what has been done and thereby infer what will done. Ifte roads of this county have stoo:’ as sigr,» of progi'css as any other iter.i o'! endeaver. In the days when our fatlicrs dwelt in pole-huts beside a spring with a few cleared acres around, the Indian Trail was the tb*: rough-fare. Geo. Glazener, you ’ jmeraber, trying to make his way to Frcnch Broad valley dropped his wa- '"on on east side of the Blue Ridge b^ause there was no road for ingress. Capt. Henry Lyon when found him self in the wilds of New Buncombe foresaw an opening for vfagons and prepared himself to supply. The axe man passed down the Trail making wider for vehickles. Tim« brought about broader f.eld? and dwelling of hewn logs. The road curved around the highest hills, sw*J*sps were csiBse^yed, aad boggy branches bridged. The saw-ia531 «ra arrived; two- stery log dwellings went tip> weather- bearded, ceiled ’With porches in front aad windows ’without glass; school houses and churches ■were floored with plank. Jick and diovel were made to do public service. New roads .sprang up; Jjrash was Iheaved into wash-outs and covered with dirt, and uncomfortahfre cross-dnins cut the ruts. AboaJc'thi* Sfth decade of the last century this county was noticed as a resort—^the Johnstoues, Humes Che.3olans and others frsin Charleston S. C., were attracted "by the natural perspective resources, Isought large farms, huih “fine” houses. The roads to these people from a level country were horrid. Pleasure -carriages were becoming more numeroiK. White houses -wifb slas.s windows began adorn many hill-tops. ‘“Road-Work ings” became more nuaaerous, began to talk about clearing roads of “grubs and runners*’ and definite width. Ad ditional hindges spanned the river To all of which the people responded ’oirr- the wwrk with their ov/n horny haiids. me commercial interest of this county lay in ^e direction of Green ville, S. C., and touched with the re- -.ort feature on to Charleston. The Mill Hill and the Island Ford swamr were interminable barriers, no bette: demonstration of the attitude of the people of this county toward good roads than was made in 1860 or ’61 when a rally was made to avoid the Mill Hill. The order to ftiake this amendment was, perhaps, the last or der issued by the court of Please and Quarter Session of Henderson Coun ty applying to this part of the coun ty. The order applied to all persons subject, to road duty south and we,3t of Davidson River and were under the supervision of Frank W. John- stane. When these workers gathered at the residence of William Mull, the beginning of the amendment ending at Connesstee falls, it gave a boy of that day the idea of a host. The su- (Continued on Pagre Five.) Although one of the most im portant of our domestic animals, she is one very much neglected and, may I say, abused. My reason for saying this is prompted as a result of the large number of calls constantly com ing for help with animals that for some reason are not doing what it seems they should. There is a reason and the main one is that they do not receive the proper ratior\g. The cow is a wonderful manufac turing plant in which some of our roughest and most inferior feeds are changed to a highly specialized pro duct—milk. A product which has no equal, for it is the nearest to a com plete food as any single product ever produced. A human individual will live longer on milk alone than any other single food. It is very palata ble, easily digested and if it were more liberally and universally used the present generation would enjoy better health and live longer. A few suggestions in regard to feeding: A cow should have a variety of feeds. Like a human, they soon tire of a single product, consequently they should have mixtures that bear the proper relation, one to the other, so as to give a balanced feed, one con taining proper amounts of carbohy drates, proteins and fats. Com con tains large proportions of the former and latter while cotton seed meal i» high in protein. Constantly a mix ture of the two is far better than either alone. And there are other feeds that are good milk producers, such as wheat bran, shorts and oats, , the latter being a splendid 'milk feed as experienced recently by actual test. Those who do not wish to go to the trouble of making their own mixtures.- should use some good dairy feed al ready mixed. However, those who- are willing to go to the trouble can use the following to good advantage: Crushed corn and cob meal, bran or shorts, oats and cotton seed meal. Equal parts, by weight, of the above mixture will give good results fed at the rate of one pound of feed to three pounds of miik producted the cow. That is, a cow giving three gallons per day (24 lbs.) should have 8 lbs. feed per day or 4 lbs each meal. The feed may be increased so long as the milk flow increases in the pro-- portion mentioned. One advantage the home mixed feed ha^} over the commercial dairy feed is, a cow need^ a bulky feed while moat dairy feed.^ are highly concentrated. This may be overcome by mixing with chopped hay or some other roughage so as to to make them enough bulk to satisfy their appetite. Beet pulp may be added to advan tage during winter when there is no green grass obtainable. All meals should be dampened be fore fed. Hulls are all right for fattening cattle but should not be used in feed ing milk cows. They cause digestive troubles. Better pay the same money for hay. Cut cotton seed meal out ration 6 weeks before cow comes fresh. This will save trouble at calv ing time. Begin again when calf is 10 days old, provided everything goes well. They should be allowed to go dry anjnvay and cutting off the quan tity of meal fed will help to dry them. Put a handful of salt in a bucket of warm water and give as soon as calf is dropped. This helps nature in taking care of the ^ ^w and usually prevent^ further trc-' le. If everjrthing is r'clear within 36 hours, assistance tl.ould be given. Better get someone who understands their business unless you have had some experience. Barren cattle are result of not being properly cared for. There is danger of blood poison, also unless a good anteceptic is used. FARM AGENT. berton; James O. Carr, Wilmington; A. D. Wat'-s, Statesville; James F. Boyd, Waynesville. The appointment > of this commis sion was not authorized by the Ge neral A^^sembly and members accept ing service do so with the understand ing that it will be “a labor of love.” SPECIAL NOTICE A meeting of all the citizens inter ested in home gardens and a county fair—^both ladies and gentlemen— are requested to meet in the Brevard Club room at 7:30 P. M. Friday, March 31. This will be the only no tice. Be there. /