THE BREVARD NEWS. BREVARD* NORTH CAROLINA.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1922
THE BREVA^ID NEWS.
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22. 1922
MORE ANNUAL PAYROLLS:
Much has been written and pub
lished in these columns in regard to
the need of more annual payrolls in
“Transylvania County, Opportuni
ties Empire.” Too little attention
has been paid in the past in encourag
ing manufacturing industries to lo
cate in this section. Too much at
tention has been paid, always, to the
pessimistic knocker who is interested
only in the tourist season and tries to
belittle those who have promoted and
encouraged . more local industries.
It seems to be pretty well understood
that there is a certain group who do
not want their county to grow as it
should. This groop is satisfied per
haps because they are prosperous and
are not interested in anyone else but
number ONE o rthemselves.
While “The Land of Waterfalls”
cannot be surpassed as the Natural
All-Around-Playground and as the
most wonderful and attractive of all
known summer resorts, still it is well
to stop and ponder, in a serious man
ner, whether our great county can
■^TOw and advance as it should with a
two oi; three months annual tourist
trade. There are many young men
who have been born and raised to
young manhood who have found it
absolutely necessary to leave their
Native County in order to make a
living. There are several dozen
young men and boys in their ’teens
who are loafing and driving automo
biles in our community at the present
time and quite often getting into mis
chief, who ought to be “producing”
or earning a living and there
by preparing themselves for the bat
tle of life. These same youthful citi
zens and perhaps future leaders of
our State and Nation are just as am
bitious, just as energetic, just as fine,
straightforward young manhood s';
one could find anywhere in America
to-day. It is not their fault that
there is no suitable employment, no
steady year-around payrolls to help
make them the useful, patriotic and
productive citizens that our modern
civilization calls for; it is their mis
fortune, but certainly not their fault.
They are the same kind of red-blood-
ed young Americans that their fath
ers were at their age; probably not so
careless or even not half so mischiev
ous or reckless. There is, of course,
a vagrancy law; but it would be an
unwise thing to make criminals or to
try to force this law when the sub
ject would be only too pleased to go
to work if suitable employment was
to be had. Another bad thing is the
large amount of older citizens who
lave retired so ear*y in life, here in j
'.revard, and they are surely setting
!> mighty bad example to say the least.
There must be something done for
he younger generation. Transyl-
ania ought to find some way to pro-
/ide employment for her growing
;oys and not a few of her girls also,
-here are many of Transylvania’s
houghtful citizens who have given
his subject much thought; but there
ire (sad to relate) quite a number of
Dthers, who perhaps unconsciously,
itand in the way of the advancement
of Transylvania as a manufacturing
icnter. There are many citizens in
aur county who own power sites,
TiUch land, etc., that could be devel
oped; aild who have inuch money
vhich could be invested, in a conser
vative way, which would be to the
?reat good of their home county and
an ever lasting monument to them-
ielves; if they would only reaUze that
2very dollar invested at home means
that mucli more imported into our
community as dollars produce dollars.
Quite often some polished, long-wind
ed, slick tongued individual will come
into a (supposed country place like
“Wallingford and Blackie”) and will
sell stock for some get-rich quick or
quack scheme and sometimes a com
munity smartest and most brilliant
business men will “bite” and lose
(within the law) the money they
made in their community and ought
to invest at home. We know of many
instances. Think of the many splen
did ways to invest ten or twelve
thousand dollars in our own wonder
ful county. One can almost see tw^o
or three hundred employees working
in a canning factory during the busy
season, or furniture factory, a pot
tery or glass plant, more tanneries
and the many other manufacturing
industries heretofore mentioned. The
present local payrolls are the real
backbone of the County.
Transylvania County is endowed
with the greatest of natural resour
ces, rich in minerals, timbers, fertile
lands, natural power sites, etc., and
there are many thousands of dollars
that could be invested in our county
if it were not for a certain individual
selfish or “dog in the manger” atti
tude among not a few of us (plain
woi*ds, but necessary) — a lack of
working and pulling to-gether. Our
glorious county has grown too big for
this sort of thing. Nowhere on earth
will you find a more patriotic, God
fearing people, a finer citizenship or
a more easy going populace than in
Transylvania County; but the time
has come for a few of our leaders of
every political party, a few of those
politicians who have grown rich while
the good people toiled; to invest their
money in needed industries, not only
for the future development of our
County, butm ainly for the sake of
county, but mainlyl for the sake of
ens of unemployed, and to keep at
home the many hundreds of the
younger generation in our midst.
This is pr^ably the most serious
question of the present time in our
County and it is only proper that
those who have grown wealthy in our
midst should give more thought to
investing at home instead of foreign
towns, etc. Even if the investment
was not as good as elsewhere they
ought to give more thought in a
philanthropic way to the absolute
need of yearly payrolls and they
should realize that the summer re
sort feature v^^ll take care of itself
on account of the wonderful scenic
grandeur, etc , with which Nature has
so lavishly endowed “The Land of
Waterfalls.”
another column and explains itself.
There is going to be a great politi
cal battle this next Nevember and
will probably wage hot at times, still
everybody is friendly and there pro
bably will be less bitterness than ever
known in Transylvania County. There
will probably be an unusually large
vote cast and many candidates of
both parties are already on the job
working hard to get their ticket elec
ted as a whole.
THE BREVARD NEWS:
The official newspaper and expon
ent of Transylvania County. An in
dependent weekly. It’s aim is frank
ness and sincerity. A newspaper the
community is proud of, and probably
the best supported and most influen-
cial weekly newspaper in Western
North Carolina.
The staff: W. E. Breese and Wm.
A. Band, Editors;
Mrs. W. M. Cloud, “Society and
Personal”;
M. L. Shipman, “Our Raleigh Com
munication” ;
Rev. C. D. Chapman, “The Prayer
Corner”;
Rev. C. C. Smith, “Our Weekly
Sermon;”
Dr. C. W. Hunt, “For the Good of
the Community;”
Dr. W. J. Wallis, “Helpful Health
Contributions”;
Professor J. M. Hamlin, “Remini
scences of our County”;
In addition the “News” publishes
Short Editorials on topics of the day,
by the most famous citizens of the U.
S. of the present time.
The “Brevard News” prints all the
local news and DOES NOT publish
foreign or national news.
We do not publish anything of a
sensational nature; nor revolting
crimes, nor anything bad that the
most innocent child can read. We
publish a family newspaper for home
people with a determined and system
atic effort to help develop our county
without fear or favor in <'rder to
make “The Land of Waterfalls’’ a bet
ter place to live in.
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION REOR
GANIZED:
NEW VOTING PRECINCTS:
It was a good move upon the part
of both political parties to have more
voting precincts. It means more
voting, less crowding, shorter walks,
quicker returns. The legal ad is in
The Athletic Association of the
Brevard High School was reorganized
with great enthusiasm Wednesday
Sept. 13. The officesrers of the Asso
ciation are: Edwin English, Presi
dent; Harold Bradley, Treasurer;
Leslie Stradley, Reporter. Philip
Price was elected captain of the base
ball team by a unanimous vote.
Baseball practice is to be contin
ued and teams chosen a$ soon as pos
sible. Although it is rather late in
the season to begin playing, the team
..expects to play a few games before
the season is over. The association
has a lot of good material to choose
from and it is expected that a first
class team will be the result of a little
practice.
Basket ball practice will be started
as soon as possible. The captain of
the team will not be elected until
later on in the season. The present
court will be improved and another
one built in back of the new building.
It*fs not definitely known yet
whether or not football will be played
this season. The boys seem very en
thusiastic, but the cost and every
thing has to be taken into considera
tion. It was stated that if football
was undertaken that it should be en
tered into in the right way and with
the right spirit.
It is evident that plenty of friendly
rivalry will be manifest among the
boys, so it will not be “easy” to get
a place on the teams^
The High School is enthusiastic as
never before in the athletic line—
Watch ’em! '
ALL ABOUT RAIN
By a Man Who Evidently Has
Studied the Subject
Some Few Facts May Have Been Over*
looked, But In General It Will Be
%
Found Pretty Comprehensive.
“Rain," said the man who presides
over the fortunes of the all-night
lunch loom, “is a phenomenon familiar
to all of us from our earl.v years.
Scientists tell us that rain is the mois
ture which makes the clouds before It
Is condensed, into rain drops by com
ing Into contact with colder air cur
rents, and that is very Interesting.
“There are certain otlier interesting
facts connected with rain. I have
ipent much time in collecting them.
Uain can be c'ofidently expected to
fall on the Fo-.th of July, on the 17th
.»f March, on the dates of weddings.
'>pen-air prize fights, and Inaugurations
i)f the Presidents, when It sometimes
iippears frozen and Is then called
now. It can be looked for with as-
iiurance on other occasions too nA-
'neroiis to mention and it comes fre
quently In defiance of all known rules.
“There are certain cities In this
country which support a game called
baseball,” he continued. “In these
cities rain Is famous principally be
cause It produces what are known as
double-headers, an arrangement much
in favor among certain admirers of the
sport.
“In the days before children were
deprived of the pleasure of risking
their lives with fireworks in celebra
tion of the signing of the Declaration
t*f Independence each Fourth of July,
rain was hailed with delight on that
anniversary by ceitain nervous men
and women. It exerted a dampening
influence on the dangers of the day,
tended to reduce the noise of the oc
casion and made It almost Impossible
to set roofs on fire with skyrockets
and powder crackers.
“But today almost the only persons
who welcome rain are the husbands
smd fathers of the land, who seek
excuses for accompanying their wives
and childfen to places of so-called
amusement and who, by some strange
superstition, regard a holiday as a
period in which to rest. Rain is es
pecially unwelcome on days like the
Fourth of July to the people whose
profits depend on the assembling of
thousands of patriotic celebrators In
the open air.
“Aside from holidays, rain is deemed
a valuable stock In trade by farmers,
gardeners, the manufacturers of rub
bers, raincoats and umbrellas. House
wives usually object to it, because In
all the centuries of civilization the
male members of families have never
learned the real use of the mat at the
front door with ‘Welcome’ \tritten
on it.
“Rain is sometimes, but not often,
useful as an Inspiration to poets, ad
vertisement Illustrators and people
with bad tempers. The last class often
waxes really eloquent when the gentle
drops fall from the clouds.
“He told me that he had just been
pretented with something from over
the border that rendered him Immune
to the ills attendant upon rain, called
me a crass materialist and went out,
thinking of violets, I guess, because
he forgot to pay for his coffee.”—
Providence Journal.
Transylvania — “Opportunities Em
pire”; 2,237 Feet above sea level.
Do We Laugh in Dreams?
Why do we have no sense of humor
while we are dreaming? And why do
we take almost everything as a mat
ter of course?
In our waking moments we should
be surprised if a fat Chinese guest
were to swim like a goldfish through
the dining room where Lloyd George
Is gratefully eating a mud pie
brought in by a little girl whose hair
is done up in eight pigtails, and a
tailor is applying an immense flatiron
to the coat which its owner is wearing
while he is smoking a saxophone, and
a swarthy man Is chopping up books
and cording them in the center of the
room.
Perhaps we do laugh while we
dream, and then forget that we
ladghed.—Life.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts $6t8,48lA2
Furniturc and Fixtures 3,095.50
Real Estate 9,797.50
Stocks and Bonds... 5,750.00
Gish and Due from Bank i 61,370.16
$698,494.58
Statement of condition of
BREVARD BANKING COMPANY
BREVARD, N. C.
At the close of business September 15th, 1922
OFFICERS
Thos. H. Shipman, President
Jos. S. Silversteen, Vice-President R. B. Lyon, Cashier
DIRECTORS
- Jos. S. Silversteen, Chairman
W. S. Ashworth W. M. Henry
C. C. Yongue, R. W. Everett
Thos. H. Shipman
BREVARD
Battery Ccmpsoiy
W. F. HART, Manager
is prepared to repair and remodel
all makes of Batteries
Also Generator
and Starter Work
IGNITION PARTS FOR CARS
Willard Battery Service
Also free service on all batteries, such as testing,
refilling with distilled water, etc.
'Give us a trial and it will be appreciated.
All work guaranteed*
Br'evurd Battery Company
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Assured
eight to all cus-
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in and Caldwell Sts.
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Dividends Unpaid.
Deposits
Chas. E. Orr
We invite the accounts of firins, corporations and individuals.
.$100,000.00
. 31,500.00
3,827.55
. 58,586.44
210.00
. 504,370.59
$698,494.58
We pay 4 per cent on Time
Deposits.
Brevard Banking Company
Brevard, N. i3.
?ital and Surplus
$130,000.00
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