VOLUME XXVll
dREVARD, N. C. FRIDAY, APRIL 7th, 1922
NUMBER 14.
OORIULEIGH
COMMUNICATION
STATE OFFICIALS **ON THEIR
METTLE”~PREPARATIONS '
FOR JUNE PRIMARY
ilSKFORNORE '
CUIBMEMffiRS
Boys and Girl« Urg«J to Volunteer
In 'Great >l^ation>wide
MoTement
lUleigh. N. C., April 3, 1922.—The
expected has happened in the tax
cues. The railroads have asked that
they be allowed to appeal from the
recent decision of Judges Boyd, Con
nor and Waddill, in which they held
that the railroads are not entitled to
an interlocutory injunction restrain-
ing the State from the collection of
taxes due on basis of assessment made
by the Commissioner of Revenues.
The Southern Railway is first to
the bat with its applicaton for con
tinuance of the restrainng order to
prevent the collection of the disputed
tftxes until the United States Supreme
Court passes upon the case. The
Stete resisted this motion and Judge
Boyd continued the application until
April 10, when he will hear ar^-
ments on the motion for the contin
uance of the staying order. This
new turn in the affairs has had the'
effect of putting state officials “on
their mettle” and they are going to
put up the strongest fight passible to
prevent the staying order from being
^ued. The State needs the taxes
due and sees no good reason why
“dilly dallying” tactics should be re-
Borted to in this last proposition.
Rev. Gypsy Smith Jr., a noted Eng
lish revivalist who >.recently took up
his abode in America, concluded a
^o weeks campaign here last night.
The meetings were held under the
auspices of the First Presbyterian
Church, the mammoth auditorium of
which was not large enough to accom
modate the great crowd.-; who throng
ed the building to hear this gifted
preacher present the simple erospel of
‘Christ and Him crucified.” Many
vrere brought to the pulpit steps night
after night by appeals for consecra
tion falling from the lips of the man
who had himself been lifted from a
Gypsy tent to the sanctuary. He is a
wonderful preacher and Raleigh I3
better for his coming.
Col. P. M. Pearsall, who succeeds
Col. Wilson G. L<amb, deceased, as
chairman of the state board of elec
tions, has established headquarters in
the speaker’,^ room of the Hov” -*f
Representatives and will “keep n
shop” until the result of the state
wide primary on Saturday. June 3, is
determined. His office wilt.distr" • ''
poll find TegiStration books, app-Jc" -
tion blanlcs to tltose indicationg a de
sire to enter the primary an(j other
blank- necessary in making and keep
ing the Tjecords in proper shape.
Tickets for state and district offices
»re also to be supplied by the State
Board.
Only two state officials are to be
nominated Bnd elected this year.
These are Chairman of the Corpora
tion Commission to succeeH W. T. Lee
and Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court to succeed Judge W. J. Adams.
No oijposltion to either of these of
ficials has been announced, or even
mentioned and the Indications are
that no ballots for eltective state of-
ficer^ win be needed for the June
primary. Should no opoosition to
Chairman Lee or Judge Admans de
velop they would b^ declared the
nominees of the Democratic party for
their respective jrositions.
An appeal to country boys and
girls in North Carolna to take up
club work has just been issued by
H. B. Mask, assistant state agent of
the Agricultural Extenson Service.
Pointing out that boys and (girls’
agrcultural clubs now have more
than 500,000 members in the United
States, he ^ks that North Carolina
this year increase her enrollment to
10,000.
“We need ten thousand wde-awake
boys and North Carolina to
enroll in this fine work. Will you be
one of tbe 10,000 to volunteer? This
opportunity I3 yours only for a few
years, so take my advice and get in
l^e game now. Just think what has
been done by other boys and girls
in club work. There is Jerry Moore
of South Carolina, and Walker Lee
Dunson of Alabama, who at fourteen
years of age made for themselves a
place in history and w^on a national
reputation, by growing more com on
an acre of land than had ever been
known before in the history of the
world. Then, too, there are the thou-
sand.<3 of boys and girls who have en
gaged in club work who can say that
club work has won for them many
tiihings which they could not have
won by staying out.”
Mr. Mask is sending out letters
to local club leaders outlining plans
for 1922 and suggests that c’.ub.-^ may
"be organized with five or more mem
bers. Information can be obtained
from school teachers, county agents,
or by writing to State Club Agent,
Raleigh. N. C.
HOSPITAL OPENS
AT EARLY DATE
Dr Robert L. Stokes, Physician and
Surceon of Experience, Secur^es
Handtome Private Home in Which
to Conduct Brevard Hospital —
Making Alternations.
AUNOTGOLD
THATGinTERS
EXCEPTION TAKEN TO CAMPAIGN FOR
POLITICAL ARTICLE! HOME GARDENS
LADIES TAKING KEEN INTEREST
IN POLITICS—INDEPENDENT
BUT A DEMOCRAT
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our apprecia
tion and thanks U> all who have so
kindly and generously administered
to our father and to the family dur
ing his severe .sickness and death.
ENGLAND FAMILY.
WORK BEGUN ON HARD SUR.
FACED ROAD.
On Tues(^^v of ‘Ho week'work was
stnrte ^ on tho hard .3urfacing of ;he
road from- Summey’s comer to the
corporate limits df the creek. _
The cost of this road is estimated
to be approximately $5000.00 and
the road wifi be finished in less than
sixty days.
TOWN COUNCIL MEETS
The city fathers met on Monday
night for the regular monthly session.
General important measures were
discussed at great lengfh, l>ut no pro
gressive moves of any kind were
made at this meeting, it Is said.
MRS. ROXTE
DUNN
URER
FOR TREAS-
The announcement of Mrs. Roxie
Dunn, widow of M. S. Dunn, of Seli-
ca. appears in the political column.
Mrs. Dunn is a daughter of Jim
Nicholson of-Hogback and is now
Mrs,
(The Asheville. Citizen)
BREVARD, March 30 — With
plans completed for the opening of a
splendid hospital early in April rapid-
ily being completed by Dr. Robert L,
Stokes, citizens of this town and
Transylvania county will doubtless
be highly pleased at the announce
ment of this progressive step.
The institution, to be known as the
Brevard hospital, will have accomo
dations for some 25 patients, and it
is to be under the ownership and
direct supervision of Dr. Stokes, for
five years a member of the staff of
the Baltimore College of Physicians
and Surgeons. He came to Brevard
about two years ago, conducted the
Riverside Sanitarium, a few mil^s
from the town upon the French
Broad river, and has been highly suc
cessful in his practice throughout
the country, particularly as a eur-
geon.
The hospital, long hoped for in
Transylvania county, was made pos
sible when Dr. St<ikes was able yes
terday to .'jecure the handsome 1'^
room house on Broad street, near the
heart of the town, originally built
bv George McC. Hickson, wealthy
New York merchant some seven years
ago. At the death of his aged father,
who was _ blind, Mr. Hickson relin
quished his plan- to make his home at
Brevard, so that for years the new
house, constructed of unusually good
materials, remained vacant until with
in recent months it was purchased by
Mrs. Rachael A. Doughtery, of Flor
ida.
The woodwork of the -Interior is
furnished throughout in attractive!
quartered oak, highly finished with'
much of the furniture prepared to
)natch. There are five bath and toilet
rooms in the house.
Following a short period in which
much expensive equipment was add
ed to a property generally estimated
as worth at least $25,000 the home
was sold to a group of loyal citizens
who in turn negotiated a sale with
Dr. Stokes. He plans the construc
tion immediately of a thoroughly mo
dern opperation room with lar^e
glass sky-lights, the completion of a
large, roomy attic as a ward, and
other minor alternations necessary
to adapt the hiouse to the needs of
a hospital.
He expects to add to hi^ hol^ingfs
in that section so that the two and a
half acres will be extended with a
view to precluding possible building
to close to the hospital at some future
date.
Dr. Stokes in the operation of the
Riverside .Sanitarium employs some'
eight nurse-3. He wil continue this
institution , he asserts, and at the
same time begin general hospital
work n town when the necessary al
ternations have been completed early
in April. The view of the mountains
from any window or porch of the
house is unexcelled in Brevard.
Dr.^ T. Jv Summey will be associa
ted with the new haspital as resident
physician, it is said.
Mv. HAMLIN DISCUSSES INFLU-
ENCE OF “NEWS”, CHURCHES
—OTHER IDEAS
111 ■■ ^
Once upon a tme a rambler drift
ing into the home of a reader of the
Brevard News, witnesocd the return
of an absent member who soon in
quired: “Where's the papej:?” mean
ing the Brevard News.
“Look on the dresser,” the good
lady replied adding, “but there^’s no
thing in it.’^
This was stunning to one who rje-
garded the county paper as a public
asset, as much so as the public
grounds and buildings. What the
one speaks mutely the other does
audibly and both unerringly. The
message of the one is fixed and
marks the date of attainment; the
other marks the pathway upward or
downward as made. It becomes
every citizen to see that these repre
sentatives speak the same thing and
correctly for they are “telling,on us.” | lature &s they didn’t tvant a negro
The idea of correct speaking doubt-! man’s name on _ the corner stone of
less prompted some time ago the sug- ! a white institution,
p'estion by the ladies the removal of We have a prima(ry system where
waste matters from the court hou-se a woman can go and exercise her
grounds and the ~planting of shrub- j judgement, and use her influence on
bery and flower, plants on lean cor- her husband to vote for the best man,
ners. No doubt it was the same feel- * or woman, for office, leaving no
ing toward the paper that suggested 1 chance ,for a political sharpster to
removal of obnoxious advertisements dominate and put out a lot of un-
from the “personals” column. When i clean men ^nd women for office. In
the people guard the exponents, ■ other v.'ords, we women are now
right interpretations follow. ?;hout one half the spokes in the po-
Editor of the Brevard News:
W'e read the article in last week’s
paper by Mrs. F. E. B. Jenkins, en
titled The Fair Sex Will Elevate Po
litics and other suggestions on inde
pendence. And to a part of her ar
ticle I want to take exception.
We don’t think a woman should
or would do as her husband does, to
elevate politics as we are new in po
litics and voting. We should be ad
vised by the party which has stood
for th^ best principles and fairness,
and try to help the men to make po
litics clean and decent. As for ring
politics and politicians they left
North Carolina with Butler Bonds
and Bdodle, Col. Jim Young of the
blind asylum, and the committe that
chiseled his name foff the corner
stone. This was caused by the Legis-
COUNTY FARM AND AGENT AR
RANGE SPEAKING SCHED
ULES—ALL ATTEND.
‘LIVE AT HOME”
NOTES
GARDEN
The same wanderer on the week
end embracing the issue of -^e24th
litical wheel, and are due to be re
cognized as such. And we are re-
ult. strolled into an intelligent home sponsible to all*the people for a clean
and accidently heard th^ eame inqui- ! and respedtable political era.
ry for the paper.
“It’s in the wicker basket,” add
ing. “it’s.a pretty ^od paper this
week.” replies the good lady of the
household. ,
Hearing this added remark and
"i. ■ i , teaching school in the County.
a ^number j Dunn deserves the office Tier friends
point out.
of judicial districts, in which term,
of judges of the superior ^ourt ex
pire. Judges Oliver H. Allen, of the
sixth district, and C. C. Lvon. of the
ninth, are retiring on their own voli
tion and candidates galore have shied
their hats into the ring for each of
these vacancies. Judge Walter Brock
of the thirteenth district, appointed
of the thirteenth district appointed
Adams, will have to face three or
four would-be judges who are after
his scalp.
A solicitor will have to be elected
in each of the twenty districts this
year ad there appears to be contests
• brewing in probably eight of these.
No opposition ha^j so far developed
to any of the congressmen.
CONDUCT GIRLS CAMP
LAKE TOXAWAY TO BE RENDEZ
VOUS OF NORTH CAROLINA
1 MAIDENS THIS YEAR
SOME CARP!
James Mills caught enough carp
during the recent freshet to feed a
small multitude. One er.rp~^sigire3
i over eighteen pounds. Jim got them
j with a pitchfork. The editor enjoy
ed » very delicious fish fry for whi^
I he expresses many thanks and hopes
for another freshet soon. '
WHITMIRE AND ROSS
A happy marriage occured "at Ros-
man, March 19th, 1922. The con>
tracting parties being Mr. Edd Ross
and Miss Lbrena Whitmire of Selica.
Rev; A. J. Manley performed the cere
mony in the presence of a number of
relatives and :,friends.
Mrs. Ross IS the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. Whitmirie of Selica
and is admired for her many loveable
traits. Mr. Ross is well known and
is held in high esteem as a young
man of good business qualities.
The newly married couple took the
afternoon tram for Columbia and
Charleston, S.' C. and after spending
Columbia
Miss Sallie Joyner Davis, of east Car
olina Teachers* college, will direct a
camp for girls this summer near
Lake Toxr.way. With her will be
associated Miss Katherine Davis, of
Savannah, Ga., anld Mrs. Clara Joy
ner Davis, of Greensboro, as camp
mother. Girls 8 to 18 of years will
be admitted.
The camp is ,six miles from Lake
, Toxaway. 4,000 feet above sea level,
i Adjoining are 43,000 acres of forest
land, with numerous briSle paths.
The camp is situated in the midst
of several acres of land and contains
an artificial lake. There are several
two-story log houses, originally in
tended for the summer home and
huntins: lodge of a Brazilian rubber
merchant.
The furnishings will be new, many
being Resigned by the directors in
charge. The red bird, the transla
tion of the Indian word. “Toxaway,”
will be used irf the decorating scheme.
The .bam is being converted into a
recreational hall on the first floor
NOTICE TO ALL CITIZENS
The county commissioners of this
county especially request the pre
sence of any and all voters of this
county on the first Monday in May,
either in person or by-^petition to
decide whether or not the work'of
the county Farm Agent shall be con
tinued for this year in this county.
Mpet the commissioners and each
other and decide.
COUNTY COMMISSIONEDS * ASK-
ING FOR PEOPLE’S VOICE
In another column the county com
missioners are appealing to the Tran
sylvania people for their advice in re-
1 gard to whether the County Farm
and Home Demonstrators shall be
We should discourage the indepen
dent woman voter. We think she
should ally herself to the republican
or denrocrat party. We have but io
’00’: back from 1894 to 1898 and see
v/h:;;^ could tak«r p!ace again. At
that time we had a lot of independent
vo.ers who fused with the republi-
'■•ans, and even the republicans vere
ashamed of the result."
We should be loyal to our party
and its principles. Therefore we are
• oyal to our conscience and princi
ples. When we go into a primary
and the majority of our party says
that John Doe is tha right man or
that Matilda Roe is the right woman,
who has received the majority of the
votes, it is our duty and our privilege
to vote for the man or woman no
minated or our la^alitjf ^ceases to be
a virtue.
Mrs. Jenkins says “It matters not
who collect^ the taxes, be he demo
crat or republican,- so he be trust
worthy.”
Politically, this county is very close
and if you vote the republican ticket
in the county, there is a chance that
in a few years the state of North
Carolina goes republican also.
And as for the virtue and loyalty
nf the republican party in North Caro
lina, I have only to refer you to the
times the republcans had the reins
of government of North Carolina in
their hands, 1866 to 1876, and call
your attention to the corruption, ne
gro rule, carpet baggers and bank
ruptcy. * The democrat party cleaned
the state of their disloyalty anl elect
ed the immortal Vance Governor.
Agrain from 1894 to 1898, the people
forgot the reconstruction and elected
Russell Governor along with nearly
three thousand negro office holders.
From George White of the third dis
trict in Congress, to negro school com
mitteemen, magistrates, clerks of
court, register of deeds, and also Col.
James H. Young, who was a direftor
of the State Institution for the Blind.
Had the right and the privilige to go
examine the clothes those poor, un
fortunate children had on, and nflake
himself useful and efficient in any
way he saw fit. No, we don’t want
give them another i;hance; you see
hat they have done in Ihe past.
L. B. WALLIS
tects effectually. Create a sentiment
that opposes blockading, bootlegging,
uncensored movies, gambling shows,
employed for another twelve months S?inday desecration.
their honeymoon in Columbia and and sleeping quarters on the second.! its columns to anyone wishing to give
Charleston, they returned to Sehca hunting lodge
where they will mak^ their future
home. The good wishes of their
many friends be with them.
■GARLAND DUNCAN IS INJURED
ON LOGGING TRAIN
Garland Duncan, who is connected
with the Rosman Tanning Extract
Company’s plant at Rosman suffered
a painful injury last Saturday on the
logging train. Mr. Duncan fractured
his leg and ankle but is now doing
splendidly.
will be u-ifed ag reading rooms. > topic.
A complete staff of attendants will
be constantly at the camp. These
include the camif mother, physician,
r-hvsical director, instructors in
swimming, horseback riding, dramat-
folk dancing, basket weaving,
sketching, wood carvnig, woodcraft.
The “land of waterfalls” makes an
ideal setting for summer activities of
girls.
these temptations will cease
Public sentiment; that’-, the rub.
We have open churches for socials.
Sunday schools f or entertainments as
counter attractions, -nuloit to public
denunciations, lectures from learned
opinion “either''wV on*thi^^Va * draining schoolg for service
or not.
-The News, like all progressive ci
tizens. believes that; Transylvania
county needs both a County Farm
and Home Demonstrator, and offers
THE BREVARD NEWS
WILL PULL FOR
YOU
JAMES ZACHARY FOR THE
STATE SENATE
The Honorable^ J. M. Zachary of
Cathey’s Creek Township, in another
coliunn announces his candidacy for
t^e State Senate. Mr. Zachary is a
native Transylvanian and a well-
known farmer whose many admirers
have bpcn very arx’ous for him •Jo
■p^akc th'j race Whp’i oloc^ei.
Nev. 3 believe'; tha- “.'*'oe’' wi'l mako
a migh-'y ,^oo;i.Scna or.
and still public sentiment is circum
scribed. There must be someth'rT
wrong with the guardians of the
young generation. They know their
wards are endangered and have not
power to xry aloud.
What is to be done? Would it not
be well to forget for the moment the
exnosvire of okir children and get
right ourselves. Let the clergy deal
exclusively with the blackness of sin.
Let. fivery church man and woman
make the Bible a daily companion.
The Bible through the“ church is the
crrator of nublic se^itiment on moral
and sijiri'ual subjects. Unfortunately
BREVARD CLUB TO HOLD MEET-
ING
The regular md5ithly meetiner of
the Brevard Club will be held on
Tuesday evening. April 11, at 8 P. M.
The Board of Governors are Reques
ted to meet promply at 7:30 P. M.
Th^' queston of a County Fair will
have first and foremost consideration.
Other progressive moves for the good
and welfare of the community will be
taken up also.
Extra fine refreshments and no
donations will be asked for. All club
men are requested to be there.
in our churches all that glitters is not
ero’d and this formative work is
erreatly impaired. This daily face to
face v;ith the Word of God will briner
about a dropping of pretense; from
it will be learned that eternUy is not
erood for shams. As one has said:
“Nothing gives sud\ upright dignity
of men as the consciousness ‘I am
what I pretend to be’ ”. Give us
such a constituency, public sentiment
becomes a power.
Well, sir, the rambler in hi/5 review
decided, “she’s right,”—^the News has
actually outdone itself and that is
but a beginnng. The promised great
er effort to make good cropped out
in last week’s copy—^the «heet was
very nearly filled with original mat
ter. Had you noticed? Careful
writers, payipg subscribers, well-wish
ing readers and willing boosters will j
mnke a good thin^ out of the Brevard
News. .
J. W. HAMLIN.
We are having splendid weather
for. gardening and everyone should
btr taking advantage of it. In order
to Jiave early vegetables we must
give garden work special attention.
It takes early planting to get early
vegetables,*so let’s risk a few seed at
this time.
Adding to last week’s list of seed
to be planted are the following:
Sweet com, snap beans, sweet po
tatoes should be bedded, and celery
seed sown. Early sown seed should
not be covered to deeply, for the soil
first warmg on top, and if seed are
too deeply covered there will not be
sufficient warmth to effect germina
tion, and consequently the seed will
rot. Only small quantities of com
and beans are recommended to be
planted at this time, as there is still
danger of frost, but those whotw’ish
to be among the earliest will take
the risk of losing some seed.
Strictly fresh stable manure should
be used for potato hot bed, for it
takes this to produce sufficient heat
to force the p’ants. However plen
ty of rich soil should be used to cover
liie manure.
Celery seed should be sown in very
rich soil, and an abundance of mois
ture provided. It takes lots of fer
tility and moisture to produce vigor-*
ous celery plants, but this is a very
healthful vegetable containing num
erous vitamine.g which are very es-
, ential in life giving properties. Every
family should grow some this year.
The bed should be kept moist and l^his
may be done by watering frequently
and keeping bed covered with old bur
lap bags until plants are up.
A Special Gardening Campaign ha^
been planned and a definite schedule
has been arranged by Farm and
Hon\e Agents. Arrangements are be
ing made for Speakers on TrucWng
and Gardening. Places of meetings
with dates are as follows:
Davidson’ River Schoolhouse. Sat
urday afternoon, April 8th, STo’dbck.
Little River Schoolhouse, Saturday
Night, April 8th, 7:30 P. M. Blan-
tyre l^hoolhouse, Monday afternoon *
April 10th, 3 o’clock. Penrose School
house, Monday night, April 10th, at
7:30 P. M. Selica Schoolhouse, Tjjes
day afternoon, April 11th, 3 o’clock.
Brevard Club, Tuesday night, April
11th. Cedar Mountain Schoolhouse,
Wednesday afternoon, April 12th, 3
o’clock. Island Ford Schoolhouse,
Wednesday, Night, April 12th, 7:30.
Calvert Schoolhouse, Thursday after
noon, April 13th, 3 o’clock. Carrs
Hill Schoolhouse, Thursday night,
April 13th, .7 ;30 P. M. Lake Toxa
way Schoolhouse, Friday Aftemoon,
April 14th, 3 o’clock. Quebec School
house, Friday nght, Aprl 14th, 7:30
P. M. Gloucester at Balsam Grove
Schoolhouse, Saturday afternoon^’
April 15th, 3 o’clock. Rosman, Sat
urday night, April 15th, 7:30 P. M.
Brevard Federation, Wednesday,
April 19th. Piney Grove School
house, Thursday aftemoon, April
20th, 3 o’clock.
We are going to try to make these
mMting interesting and. beneficial to
the gardeners of the County, and it
is hoped that we shall have a good
attendance at each meeting. We real
ize that this is a busy season with
the farmer, but if you can' give usr
an hour or so of your time for this
work it will be time well spent. Come
and let’s discuss together way^ and
means of gardening. You probably
have an idea that will help your neigif
bor. Come, bring a friend, and tell
us about it.
All these are joint meetings, and
we hope to have' the entire family
present.
LINI^LEY. Farm Agent
ANNOUNCEMNT FOR ROAD
OVERSEER:
The name of W. L. Morris hag been
announced for road* overseer. Mr.
Morris would make a good overseer
as he had had considerable experi
ence.
'MASKED
WRESTLES
MARVEL’
HERE
Frank Myer, the so-called champion
wrestler who accom^'anied the Car
nival, met more th' his match in
the “Masked Marv ”’ last Saturday
night. The “MasV \ Marvel” came
up from Asheville T aturday morning
and got acquainted around, town as
“Sniithy.’i Then*that night when
Myer, of the Carnival, made his claim-
to throw anyone, professional or non
professional, “Smithy” took him on,^
fi«gt for a five minute match. In
this and the following matches
“Smithy” v'^ 3 victorious. At the fin
ish the “Masked Marvel” took his
mask off and introduced himself as
Joe Shirmus of New York, a conten^-
%r for the middle-weight champion
ship of the world. \
Wrestling fans who witnessed the
falls were more than pleased with
Shirmus and applauded him greatly.
Mr. W. E. Bbr^ese refereed the
matches.
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