f. TRANSYLVANIA—"THE LAND OF WATERFALLS^'—2,250 FEET ABQVE SEA LEY^ exK>nent of tran- i SY1.VANIA COUNTY. Th« Aim |s FsMiini«H i SisMrity. VOLUME XXVU BREVARD, N. C. FRIDAY, MAY 1922. NUMBER IS. TRANSYLVANU FAIR MEETING ENTHUSIASTIC MASS MEETINa COMMITTEES APPOINTED- GOOD LOCATION, At the meeting held last Saturday in the Brevard Court House to or ganized a county fair , great interest nand enthusiasm >was manifest by "everyone participatn'g. Some splendid talks, suggestions and valuable information was obtain ed from every part of the county and it was the unanimous opinion of those present that Transylvania should have sn annual cqunty fair. The committee appointed to find suitable groands for holding the fair reported that a spl^ndid location had been obtained" behind the Franklin hotel at a most reasonable price. Its owners agreeing to accept fifty dol lars per year for a period of fivt years for the lease and since then a prominent ctizen has agreed to pay twenty-five dollars for the pasture It was decided to organize a cor poration with a capitalized stoclc of fire tirousand dollars at t^n dollars per sliart par value, and t* sell cnou^ shares now to meet the neces sary demand of prep»mg grounds and temporary buildings for this year’’* fair. This will be approximate 1y one thousand dollars. Al a more favorable finmicial time! additional stock sufficient to keep up| groraids, etc., will be pet <on fhe mar- Irel. The fair •committee airpointed to OTgrniize, etc., is as follows: W. E. Breese, chairman; Welch Gallowayi Wm. Grogan, Jr.; D. L. English; R. H. Zachary; R. Everett; Mrs. Nor wood; Mrs. W. W.Ray of Toxawav; TJIrs. Verner of Connestee*; Miss Bi^ op of Cedar Mountain. (SEAT DEHOCRAHC Swcutive elected. PYalfForni .AA^t- cd. Judges and OAer Routine Business FhuAed WEEK END RATES WDIBLSOLD Southern** Week-End Rates From Peintg South to Breva.lrd Given Out; Summdr Rates Cheaper A Democratic mass meelanx va-3 held in the Court House at B*' V£ir J ton Saturday, April 29. W. E. Breese picesiding. An enconraging of both men and women were ~ sent. Resolutions endorsing the “prac tice and principles of tlie Democratic •party were unanimwnsTy advjsted. June 3 was desi^patcd tht clay ■for the Democratic county primary and June 5 for the county conven- 'tion. A spirit of confidence and Tiar- TOony was Manifested "Qiroughont the meeting and the women in particular were heartily welcomed and urged to take their full sliare in the res- ponsibility which rests upon every member of the Democratic paity. A meeting of the precinct com- ■mitteemen was held immediately :af- ter the mass meeting. The follow ing 1.-5 a condensed report of the pro- •ce^ings: At the call of the chairman of the County Democratc Executive Com- -mittee, .a meeting ^as Tiel^ in the Court House in Brevard at 4 p^clotTc P. M., April 29, for tlie purpose of perfecting a county orgraization, and arranging for the democratic primary election. Fred Shuford was elected tempor ary cTtairman and W. B. "Henderson temporary secretary. 'j A roll of the townships was called | and a representative from each pre-! cinct except Little River and Cedar { Mountam responded to the call. ’ W. E. Breese wa.-, declared elected! as permanent chairman. Miss Martha Boswell was elected! permanent secretary. A. H. Ki^er r/as elected assistant secretary. As our coun||r i.^ exempt from the state primary law, it was upon mo tion decided to hold a primary elec tion for legislative and county offi cers at the same time the state pri mary is held, June 3, and it is re quested that the same registror and iudge selected for the state primary be requested to hold the county pri mary. It was decided that any democrat who will be entitled to vote in the general election in November shan be allowed a vote in the primary and the democratic plan of organization of the state primary was adopted for use in the county primary. It was further ordered that all democratic voters in the county may cast their ballots In the primary in A^hatever precinct most convenient ttiiem. It/was ordered that upon recomen- *ii»tVon of their township chairman, the registror of each precinct of the county shall appoint a delegation of ten democrats to attend the county convention at the Brevard Courtmon at 12 o'clock noon, qn June 5, for the purpose of tabulating the returns of the primary and such other busi ness as may come before them, and W. E. Breese is appointed a commit tee of one to select speakers for the meeting. It was ordered that all candidates have their tickets printed on white paper of uniform size, and that only one name be printed on each ticket, except that for county commission ers shall contain three names. MARTHA BOSWELL, Sec. The Southern I^ilway thig summer will restore its week end rates to Brevard, according to a letter re ceived by Secretary Brevard Club. In addition to this feature the Sou thern’s summer rates to Western North Carolina will be appreciably cheaper than they were last season. The sale of these tickets will begin May 15 and be continued until Sep tember 30, and will be good ^or the return joorney as late as October 31. Secreta^ Band of the Brevard Club urges that hotels and boarding houses particularly make note of these facts. General Passenger Agent Cary, in a letter to Mr. Band, says “because of the widespread busiaess depression throughout the countvy, and the importance of let ting the people know in advance that tlv^ can spend the summer in the nKnntain3 at much less cost than has prevailed for several years past,” lie trusts that as much publicity as pos- sfljle be given the annoxmcment. Continuing Mr. Cary said: “For t^e summer season, 1922. we have adopted a ifiost liberal policy of sum mer excursion fares and week end tickets, which we are bringing to your attention and asldng coopera tion from the Brevard Club, hotel proprietors and boarding house peo ple of Brevard, to make the coming Summer succcssful, from a view point of bringing large namlxeTs <of people to Brevard. “The following are examples of the approximate cost of excursion tick ets for the summer season, 1922, compared with 19211 To Brevard and letum, from: Bir mingham, Ala. $24.60; Atlanta, Ga. $14.70; Jacksonville, T^a. $27.45; Macon, Ga. $19.75; SavuTinah, Ga. $17.60; Charlotte, N. C. $8.35; Ra leigh, N. C. $18.25; Golnnbia, S. C. $9.45; Charlcstan, S. 916.]»0; Ii»uis ville, Ky. $26.00; Cincinnati, 1!>hio $27.20; St. Louis, Mo. $28.30; Mem phis, Tenn. $2S.90; New Orleans, La. $35.95. “These summer excursion tickets will be sold daily fr»m Mav IR September 30. eood -*ia" " irE J)our- ney until Oetaber S'JL, 1^22. a ♦lumber of years we have not had w’^at rre known a«! rates to Erevscrd, l>ii^ will ei^l>lish these rates for the coming season, as follows: To Brevard and Return, from At lanta, Ga. Macon, Ga. *$14.85; Savannah, Ga. $13.20; Charleston, S. $12.70; Columbia, S. C. $7.10; Spartanburg, S. C. $^.0^0 ; GrBcnville, S. C. $4.40; Ealel^, X C. $14.15; •Greensboro, N. C. $10.15; Enoxville, Tenn. $7.50; and Chattanooga, Tenn. $12.30. “These weelc end tickets wil l>e sold Friday evenings and ^turdays, good for return trip, lea-rmg Bxevnrd, un til Monday evenings following. “The particular oljject of these week end fares is to attract people who are not in a position to make extended summer trips, and for busi ness men visiting their families in the mountains for the week ends. “Your particular attention is call ed to the very marked reduction in these fares, and if all other interest,*? involved will make corresponding re ductions, we believe in the long run all will be benefited and pre-war iap- py conditions will result. “We are preparing attractive l»ok- lets, folders and other advertising matter which we will undertake i;o distribute beginning the early part of May, and we will also do an ap- nropriate amount of newspaper ad vertising. “We also expect to establish satis factory summer schedules and sleep ing car lines, at the proper time, to accomodate the travel- If the hotel and boarding house people cou’d promptly get in commun ication with their former and pros pective guests, advising them of the '">duced fare summer tickets, and what they propose to charge for ac commodations this summer, we be- 'ieve that it will be beneficial. We make these suggestions be- "'ause of the wide st)read business <]e- -•ression throughout the Country, and the importance of letting the people ’'now in advance that they can spend "^he summer in the mou^i+ains at much less cost than has prevailed for sever al years past. The Brevard Club will include this information in its hotel and boarding ’ ouse accomodation list, and it trusts ‘‘hat these institutions will give as nuch publicity to these low rates as is practicable. Secretary Band declares that his mail is being swampted with inquiries about Brevard, several coming from Cuba and Canada. BRICK YARD OPERATING The Brevard Brick Company has recently made some kiln and has "ome verv fine and hard brick in their yard. REGISTRATION BOOKS ARE NOW OPEN. > Fred Shuford says that the regis- ration book= are now onen to all i='.hing to :^=',i‘:i;er for the coming < ir.Gcra^:c ^,"'r.-;nry of June 3./ N. BUCKNER IS MUCHIimRESTED SAYS B. & L. ASSOCIATION IS A COMMUNITY PROPOSITION— FOR COUNTY AGENTS. ASHEVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. Asheville, N. C. April 27, 1922. b j. Mr. Wm. A. Band, Editor, Brevard News, Brevard, N. C. Dear Mr. Band: The editorial titled “Wonderful Growth” in your issue ofi Brevard News of April 21, which calls atten tion to the thirty-three and one third per cent growth in the Building and Loan Association without advertis ing is quite a remarkable evidence of the substantial growth of Brevard. If the Building and Loan Associa tion hag grown thirty-three and one third per cent without advertising, I have been led to wonder if the growth would not have been around one hundred per cent if the modem pub licity development methods of adver tising through your splendid paper^ had been done. There can be no question as to the value of advertising in building a private business of whoever kind or the building up of a city or communi ty. The same methods apply to the Building and L(^n and will build it up. The Building and Loan is di rectly a community proposition. , It pays to advertise. Likes Article Written By “Woman Tazpaytnr.** The letter signed “Woman Tav- payer,” in the April 21, issue of your splendid paper ought to carry convic tion to every man and woman in Tran sylvania county as to the definite pro fit value of the Farm and Home Dem onstrators. No man or woman with an eye to businea^ and income but that would be glad to pay IS 'cents a year if they paid taXes on $1000 worth of property; or $1.50 a year if they paid taxes on $10,00D worth of property, for the additioaal and increased pro fit value of land and crops through the work of the Farm and Home Dem onstrators. Hiis would mean only 1 1-4 cents a month extra for the person who pays taxe,, on $1000 worth of property or 10 1-2 centg a month for the person who pays taxes on $10,000 worth of property. The progressive farmers of Bun combe County and the business in terest-', of Aslieville and the other in corporate towns of Buncombe Coun ty, feel that the money spent for County and Home Demonstrators is one of its very best investmonts -ti that its hel]i5 to create and produce additional wealth and makes the farmer’.^ labor yield largely increased profits to him for his work and his land investment. Largely thru demonstration work with which the Asheville Chamber of Commerce has cooperated heartily the past 12 years, a splendid diary industry has been born. The farmers have made »oney out of milk and butter while the natural increae of the sto<ik and the increasea sou ;>ru- duction through soil fertilization has been greatly increased. As a matter of fact, the milk sup ply of Asheville has been increased from 1800 gallons a day in 1918 to around 4500 gallons a day in 1922. The farmers are getting much more for their milk now than in 1918. The average yield of corn per acre has been increased considerably over the county in the past few years due to the educational and practical value of demonstration work. The progress shown in the diary in dustry and in com production is only typical of every other kind of farm work. We believe Transylvania County will continue to go forward. Cordially yours, N. BUCKNER, Secretary, LADIES NIGHT AT BREVARD CLUB On Tuesday night. May 9, second Tuesday in the month, the regular meeting of the Bi’evard Club will be held in the club rooms. In addition to the routine of business, which President Macfie proposed to shorten as much as possible, the Club mem bers will be the hosts to their wives sisters or lady friends. This will be ladies Tiight and a complete and in- teres*-ing program is being arranged together v/ith a sumptous banquet. It is hoped that every member will bo with his lady friends. The Secretary asks that return cards be mailed back to him imme diately upon receiving the invitation in order that plenty of accomodation may be made for all who expect to k M. MACFIE, President Wm. A. BAND, Secretary WOODMEN TO HAVE BALL TEAM The W.'O, W. Base Ball Club has placed an order with Spalding for l2 uniforms and full outfit and will start practicing at once. Any mem ber of the Woodman Order wishing to trv out for this club will please see W. H. Grogan, Jr. Mgr. The club will be glad to hear from any base baM club that wants games +^his season with this club. PBtSEVERENCE GOT \ JONES GAP ROAD GREAT BENEFITS GREENVILLE WILL REAP FROM JONES GAP ROAD. (By Roger C. Peac« in “Greenville,” publication of the Greenville, S. C. Chamber of Commerce It’s a threadbare as your pet Irish joke, but somehow you can’t get a- way from the axiom that “persever- ence is the secret of success.” The ablest demonstration of how | well the thing workd is the way in | which the Good Roads Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce “put over” I the Jransylvania highway. | Ev6iy year when the local delega tion has gone to Columbia, some thing has been said about the road— but nothing done. Maybe it was be cause there was not enough pressure put back of it or nobody considered the highway important enough to ex pend the energy to get it. But the new president of the Good Roads Bu reau, F. F. Beattie, made it his hob by and went after it with as much enthusiasm as he would go after a million dollar depositor—or a frozen loan. The result: he got it. He did not encounter a hostile del egation at the capitol, but a delega tion with a reasonable “show me” attitude. So Mr. Beattie set out vo show it that the road was wanted by the people of Greenville county, that they were in favor of providing funds to build it by any saile method, and that they wanted it this year in order to get federal aid amounting to half the cost. The project dilly-dallied and be came apparently lost two or \-hree times, but fuel was kept burning un der it and new forces of propulsion were brought into action daily. The delegation finally saw that it was “buming issue’ that the people of the county were heartily in favor of building the highway, and on Febru ary 14 provideld for it by a bond issue. What will this highway mean to the county? It will mean another ’"mnoi^nt commercial and tourist Artery that will perpetually bring people and money to the city. It v;ill establish Grtenville as the gateway to the Blue Ridge, griving us direct route.- to every resort section of Western North Carolina. Salur^a Hendersonville and Brevard will be practically the same distance from Greenville. It will connect Greenville with the richest county in North Carolina in per capita wealth. Besides being a famous resort county. Transylvania county has immense hardwood forest that are being marketed tannin fac tories, dairying industries and a wide variety of agricultural products. It v/ill develop Greenville county’s resort section v/hich will be a thing of joy to all South Carolina. Before the advent of good roads, Caesar’s Head was one of the most popular re'orts iry the South. It will bring $75,000 of federal into Greenville county which will help to loosen up the clogged wheels of commerce. Finally, it will serve as notice io the world that Greenville is “Never too sc’ed “To go ahead.” KILLED BY LIGHTNING. rnmimik BAPTIST NEWS CO. CONMISSiONERS HOLD MASS MEETING THE SUNDAY SCHOOL TRAINING MESSRS. HAWKINS AND OWENS SCHOOL PROMISES TO ,BE GREAT SUCCESS. SHOW PROGRESSIVE SPIRIT —SPLENDID TALKS. Ag announced in a previous issue of the News the county commission ers, having received a petition bear ing 145 names, invited all persons interested in the above question to meet in at their office in the Court House on Monday, May 1," and show E, H, Hitchpn wa? n Brevard visi- tof this week. Mr. Leory O’Kelley, Forest Ranger for the United States Government on the Piseah Forest Reserve, was struck by lightning on Wednesday night about eight thirty o’clock and instantly killed, Mrs, O’Kelley was also slightly shocked and received some severe burns, most on the shoulder, but at this writing is doing very well. It is said that Mr. and Mrs. O’Kel ley was sitting in the Kitchen near the stove_ and the lightning struck a large white pine tree and jumpted from th^e into the kitchen of the O’Kelley home. The house, which is the old English place at Davidson River, was set on fire but soon pu*^ out by the severe rain. The body of Mr. O’Kelley will be taken to Big Hominy in Hajnvood County for bur ial. EXTRA SERVICES. The Brevard Presbyterian Church will beginning next Sunday, May 7. have services twice on Sunday instead of as heretofore only once.' The extra service will be at 8 P. M. every Sun day. This change is made possible by the fact that Rev. J. R. Hay can now give his full time to the Brevard church. NEW SAFETY INVFNTION ON SOUTHERN CARS. In our editorial of last issue cn the new equipnient of'the Southern R. R. in this territo^ we failed to mention that in addition to all the other new equipment ‘ these cars are now equpped with a device known as the “Wright Little Watchman,” which automatically applies the air in case the wheels of either truck get off the rails. All Southem coaches are being equipped that way. Flein Glazener of Rosman attend ed the Democratic Convention Sat urday. This the . last issue of this paper before the Sunday School Convention of the Transylvania Baptist Associa tion holds its first annual session with the Eilon Baptist Church ne*ar Pen rose, and for the past several weeks great interest in it jEieems to have been -—■>'** may x, ouu aroused all over the county, and it j counter petition or otherwise how is confidently expected by the leaders I upon this momentous ques that tiiis convention will oe a splendid _ success. , Transylvania’s advancement One feature that augurs success is that not a single person asked to take a place .on the program has re fused, After the program committee met and arranged the program the chairman. Rev. Chas. C, Smith wrote to ea«h one assigned a topic askint^ )him if he could not take the part assigned hm to notify him at once. It is splendid to think that each and every one of those on the program will be present to do his part. As has been announced severa' educationally, morally and financial ly was too large an issue to be de cided in an office room. When the time set by the commissioners for their decision of the case had arrivr ed, it was found best to postpone the ten o’clock meeting and issue a call for a mass meeting at two o’clock that same day. Some little time was spent in count ing up the names of the various coun ter-petitions, which had come in since the issue of the call by the county, commissioners, from all *•“* J 1 commissioners, from all over the County chairman, Hawkins, brief- a great mass meeting, or a very large crowd just to have a crowd, but the convention is pripiarity for those aU ,y gtated the object of the" meeting worlf invited all those who had any to Ll oXers an?teache^, to and to the young pe.pl. in th? ohur- "’tA*”H^NorwLd, teacher of Brevard Institute, thp ! Promptly accepted the invitation and that he had three main rea- pastor in this cou.*cy i gQu^ ^jjy these agents should be re- will^ attendj_ and all superintendent: Gained: FIRST Because of the Finan- of Sunday Schools, the other officers, the teachers and all others who want to be helped, will attend. It is better to attend both days if possible, but it is better to attend only one day than not at all. The program,has been published in a previous issue of the News. Combining Two Associations. Some weeks ago the Baptist •Pastor’ Conference of the Carolina (Hendersonville) Association invited the pastors of this couifty to meet with them in Hendersonville on Mon day after the first Sunday in May, which is next Monday, The pastors of thi.3 Assocation readily accepted the invitation and it is expected wha- a goodly number of them will go down next Monday morning. It is also understoood that the pastors of the Carolina Association will meet here with the Baptist Pas tors’ Conference of the Transylvania Association a month later, or Monday after the first Sunday in June. It is thought by some of the leaders in both of these associations that the two associations should com bine a;3 soon as a few more good cial Benefit to the County. .He men tioned that Mr. Lindley had 1^ hia prompt action saved the life of a cow taken with milk fever and thus saved his pocketbook fifty dollars. This- was only one of many instances all over the county where the county agent had saved the lives of the stock of farmers and citizens. SECOND Because of the Educational Benefit to the County. Mr. Norwood said that Mr. Lindley had recently giveif his agrcultural classes practical de monstration in stock judging and the Badcock milk test. The time'had gone by when the farm could be worked with the horse and the mule; thig is a day of the tractor and'the gahg plough. THIRD Because of the, Honor of Our County. He biad nt' ticed in his reading of various farm magazines that those counties which had farm and home demonstrators were always honorably mentioned. Tourists and settlers want to come to progressive counties * regard to *Miss Estelle Clarke s he was not so familiar with as with that of Mr. Lindley but Miss^ Clarke was a guest at “Norwood House for many months. He knew roads are built, for both of them .^re “Vr'''' .J’''* muuins. ne Knew rather small and" combined they would 1 her thorough preparation for the form one.of the large Baptist aKso- ^®*’^» ®xacting requirements both ciations of the state. Howe/er, tlr!s *®®**telly and physically and her un will have to be worked out .slo^vlT devotion to the call of duty and will be possible only ufi times. goodly number of first class loa:’ The next speaker, Mr. Ralph Za- shall have been built. chary, was briefly introduced by Wm SCI..O. T. B, B, R.„ J. J. I the Si'. School of the Baptist church of this place will begin on Monday evening next. May 8th, and will continue :*or five successive evenings, closing on will be conducted by Rev. J, J. Gen try of Asheville, The study will be in “The Conven tion Normal Manual,” the first divi sion being studied at this time. Thir division deals with Sunday ^hool Or ganization and Management, and can easily be completed in the one week. On Friday evening an examinatior. of the work covered during the wool: will be held. Those wishing to com plete the work nece-gsary for a dip loma may take the examination; or those who want certificates towavn r. diploma may take it. But examina tion is not required on the part of those who do not care to take it. eo even tho one may not care to -.akc the examination he is perfectly wel come to take the course any way. Is hag been asked by some of the other denominations if they may take this course. Mr. Smith, the pastor, assures all such that they will be en tirely welcome to come to these classes. Besides those in Brevard who may take this course it is expected tha" fow from each of several near-by Baptist churches will come ip e«ic'^ evening to take this work, particular- Can Transylvania afford to pay 18 cent^ on a thousand dollar valuation per year for the support of these agents?. The county is paying only Friday the 12th. As was announcod i one tWr'd of the bSl TheTtete?nS Wilf hithe other two thirds. This means that for every dollar the county pays for this work, two more dollars are paid by the state and fe- dearal governments. What comes of this money? Do our agents hoard it up? No, the farmers, the grocers, the dry goods stores, the doctors the preachers, in fact, everybody iii the county ig affected more or les3 by having the extra money spent here. These who signed the peti tion for the removal of these agents Were ones who had not come in touch with ther work, Mr, Zachary spoke of the work of the county agents for gie county fair and stated that if Transylvania is to have a fair thi.3 year, they must by all meang be kept among us. Who else, said he, will work up interest; tell the boys and girls how to prepare their exhibits; stimulate zeal for the fair throughout the county; plan and arrange the exhi bit^ the financing and the judging? He spoke also of the introduction of blooded hogs and other stock into the county through the county agent. Anot^r thing about the work of these officials was th--r never refus- e^d a call for servic- Day or night. P^sgahi Sunday or week d.-- the? \ro?e il^ Forest Enon. Mt. Moriah, and Kos-jways bn the job r id SSooSdS to man churches. j calls all over the county. We are 1 he ladies of the Brevard churcn [ consuming our lumber, our tanbark, will furnish a light lunch, consisting our cl^estnut wood rapidly. When of sandwiches and coffee, each even- these are gone what are our children ing, and those from other churclier going to do for a living? may assure themselves that they are not expected to bring their suppers, but that a plenty will be provided for all visitors. The following is the program for They must be educated to pro duce more out of the soil. The day IS coming when Transylvania will be one great garden. -i-viiuvviiiK 15 Tiic pi’u^^ram Tor Speaking of Miss Clarke’s work, each evening fr«m Monday thru Fri- j the speaker said: “If Miss Clarke suc- day*“76:30, devotional exercises for ceeds in influencing only one girl in ten minutes, a class period of forty- each community to ihake a better five minutes: then supper served in home, she ig well worth her salary,” l^e church; ihen another class period; I Rev. J. C. Seagle, R. W. EvereU closing with a short inspirational ad- and Jos. S. Silversteen also spolce dr^s by Mr Gentry. briefly of the great advant«ige of ' ' , The devotions will be conducted by these workers to the countvv R6v Ae follo™^ pastors:-—Monday, Rev. Seagle had a valuable cow’s‘life sav-' ’ Tuesday, Rev. E. G. ed. Mr. Everett'as a stock brMdw Ledford; Wednesday, Rev, S. B. Me- was enthusiastic is voicing Call; Thursday, Rev. J. E. DuPree; ciation of the work of th< ^ Fri<|ay, Rev. A. J. Manley. I (Coatinued On Pa^e

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