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TRANSYLVANIA "OPPORTUNITIES EMPIRE" NATURAL RESOURCES FOR LOCATING INDUSTRIES 4 New. rev; EXPONENT OF! TRAN SYLVANIA COUNTY, THE LOCAL NEWS An Idependent Weekly. VOLUME XXVIH REVARD, N. C. FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1922 NUMBER. 2 " JOE ZACHARY COMES HOME ILL Senator Zachary Member of Many Committees Duckworth Presents Bill RALEIGH, N. C, Jan. 8. The General Assembly of 1923 started off on schedule time Wednesday at noon. ; with practically every member of ' both branches in his seat The House ; members took the oath of office stand- j ing at their desks, the same being administered by Chief Justice Walter Clark, Associate Justice Staeey obli gated the senators. Those elected to positions in the HousL. are: Speaker, John G. Dawson, of Lenoir; Chief Clerk, Alex Lassi- ter, of Bertie; Reading Clerk, David , Win. A. Band, S. C Yates and F- E. P. Bellinger, of Gaston; Engrossing B. Jenkins, to investigate and report Clerk, Miss Rosa Mund, of Cabarrus; ' lo thc Club as to the possibilities for Sergeant-at-Arms, Major Woodhouse, launching this splendid movement, of Bertie. ; tiu. riub being indebted to Mr. Wm. Senate officials: President pro tern- ! ,. Band for the idea, Mr. Band hav pore, Sen. Lungsford Long, Halifax: jnjr hvvn an enthusiastic- '-booster'; Principal Clerk, Frank D. Hackett. of frr this movement. Wilkes; Reading Clerk, Philip C. j Tin-Club, which was organized oiily Cocke, of Buncombe; "Engrossing j a few weeks since, has secured a Clerk. Joseph Mackey, of Wake; Ser- ro,)n adjoining the Methodist Sunday geant-at-Arms, W. I). Caster, of Cum- j ydiool room for its winter meetings, berland; Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms, :uu t'nis gives a comfortable and at" Joseph A. Bryson. of Henderson. tractive place for meeting but -it is Lieutenant Governor Cooper, upon hoped that by the end of the winter whom devolves the duty of presiding ; ,;i.;,,(in the membership will have out over the Senate, was ready for the des 1 :r.wn its present quarters to such an patch of business when the organiza- j extent a to require larger room?, al tion of that body was completed, j though we are indebted to the Me- Isneakor l'awson took Mis tied with a ; severe cold on reaching the capital Monday and was unable for some ! days to pa.rticipate in the proceedings, except for a short time Wednesday, when he eame to the hall of the House long enough to be sworn in as presid ing officer. He is expected to com plete t.he House committees early this wet k. The larger committees have already been completed, and are "h'-aided," jjj the main, by experienc ed men. The chairmanship of the committee on Congressional Districts in the sen ate went to Senator Zachary, of Tran sylvania. Senator Zachary is als0 a member of the committees on Agri culture, Claims. Constitutional Anv-ndments, Corporations, Game E;v. Insane Asylums, Intitutions for the Deaf, Internal Improvements, Manufacturing;' Mining, Printing. Pomiois and Soldiers' Homes. The Senator was a sick man when he reached Raleigh and. fought man ful'! v ty stay on hi:- feet. But he final- ly had to give in and spent Thursday night in Rex Hospital On Friday Kopr.-.-entative Duckwoith am! other friends called to see him and were confronted with a positive demand to secure his release from the institu tion and permit him to return home, via ; e he might receive the ntt"ntion of h's family during the period of recuperation. Hi.- physician counsel ed against his taking the long trip in his weakened condition, but Joe knew which way he was headed and lopai ted on the night train Friday for the Transylvania hills. Th ate lias grafted an indefinite Sen leave on account of illness, but his col leagues hope to see him back in his scat, greatly improved in health, at an early date. Representative Duckworth, of Trail ylvania. presorted a bill on Friday providing for an increase in the mem bership of the board of education in his county from three to live-. The new members named in the bill are: Claude Osborne, Asa England and T " H. Galloway. Mr. Duckworth has himself been a member of the Board f;I"'a Tm.g period of time, but retires this yea and m's mimed his success or in the bill proposed. With the exception of two or three resolutions designed to put the Ku Kluy. Klan out of business, nothing of -3're than passing interest has been presented in either branch of j-isseill Ul . uut ii. e nit wiiy.- will start soon. BREVARD HIGH SCHOOL NEWS Thn Brevard High School, after a week's delay, on account of the flu, opened Monday morning with a large per cent of the enrollment present. Mr. John R. Hay make a splendid talk on "The Value of a Good Name," an(l Alvin Moore beautifully sang, VinU Thou Mv Hand." AH the faculty members were here for the opening except Miss Elmyra Jenkins, wh0 will not be back for a month, and Miss Elice Gray, who is detained-at home on account of the serious illness of her mother. LAYMEN'S CLUB WANTS Y. M. C. A. Believes "Land of Waterfalls Needs Institution Committee Appointed Tin- regular meeting of the Lay men's Club was held in the Sunday school annex of the Methodist church Sunday afternoon, January 7, at which there was an enthusiastic at tendance. A general discussion of the work for the winter months'was had, and among oilier things the feasibility of establishing a "Y. M. C. A." in Bre vard was brought up, an,i the Presi dent appointed a committee composed of Prof. C A. Wilson, Chairman; thodist church for exteiuiir. the Use as fol- ,,f thi ri'ju, lows: room at present. Club organization is C. H. Klueppelbcrg. President; O. H. Orr. Vice-President; Wm. .V. -Band. Secretary; D. G. Wari. Ree. Secre tary; J. A. Milb-r. Treasurer; S. C. Yates. V iee-Trea.- u r'!'. The Laymen's Club is composed of laymen from the various churches of the community, and 's purpose to meet each Sunday afternoon at !l : 5 o'cloc k, without regard to de- mmHation.i! k". a for a discussion of work that may be entered into with a view of furthering the cause of 'I i.isipumy m t - community. 1 his iCW VeiUUle t is honed i or our community ha? the movement row in membership A most cordial in in ; continue to : usefulness. vitation is extended to all laymen in Br'-vard an,j icinity lo join this club, ami a special invitation. i given to the young men ; meet with u. I.). G. W. LITTLE RIVER ITEMS Miss Fide MeCrary of Mar. sperii the holidays with her pa Mr. and Mrs. J. W. MeCrary. Miss Lora Hamilton of Brev; : Hi; rents visit ;ng Maitson Iv r narcnts. M r. Hamilton.. UK 1 Mi-. C. V. Nicholson a eturned home aftet family visit to M. N. a Vo her nar-. -tts Mr. and "VTi- .,,,,1 t, Brown of Etowah. Prof. Evert Jetfery vi-ited his par ents at I'rron. S. C.. lad week. Yerda Kilpatrick i- seriously ill. .Mrs. Jo Merrell has returned home afer a visit to Greenville, S. C. Miscss Jessie and L-.na Ray of Ar lington. S. C. visited their parents, Mr. and, Mrs. J. W. Ray, last week. Walter Niched. on. who ha - been a patient at Stoker' hospital at Brevard, ha- returned home Miss Ollie George of Arlington , S. C, visited relatives here last week. . M:-:--e--. .Minnie and Armed. as Mer rell of Greenville, S. C. are visiting their n;;rent Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mer- rell. Frank Shuford has recovered from a recent iilners. Mr. and Mr. TI a rb-y .Merrell have been sick for the past few weeks with in fluenza. Mr. and Mrs. Martin Shipman have returned home after a visit to Green ville, S. C. Miss Lila McCall is spending this week with her parents during her va- cation from Clyde Institute. I Cleveland Landres is seriously ill. Lu,a McCall of Hendersonville is visitin,. her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. q ,iccat The public school music, which is now a part of the curriculum of our ; school is being made most attractive i and helpful by Mrs. Hugh Walker. who is instructor in this work. In connection with regular class work. she uses a Victrola to demonstrate her lectures. , A number of new books for the li- j brary have just come; also a ship- E PRAYER CORNER The 23rd Psalm MY CHRISTMAS GREETING TO MY BELOVED FRIENDS Thert tame to me a few days ago from "Thc Sunset Land," "The Land of the Golden Poppy," from a sweet girl, the youngest of three genera tions of friends, a copy of "The Sy rian Sheperds Psalm," and you know it was "While Sheperds watched their flocks by night the wondrous glory shone around," that Christmas night, so dear to all who love the name of "Jesus Our Saviour." One can ima gine no better ligure to typefy the attitude of man toward God, (espe cially on this day of days I , than the attitude of thankfulness for life and all its blessings of perfect trust ant. unquetioning obedience expressed in "The Syrian Sheperds Psalm," the Twenty-Third. It is at once a sum mary of the idea of religion and a key to the race whose sweetest sing er produced it. Spurgeon calls it "David's Heaven ly Pastoral. What the nightengale is among birds that is this Divine odu among values, for it has sung sweets ly in the ear of many a mourner in his night of weeping, and has bidden him hope for a morning of joy. It is like th.. lark which sings as it mounts and mounts as it sings, until it is out of sight and even then it is not out of hearing. One of our greatest preachers said thatDavid has left no sweeter Psalm than the short twenty-third. It is but a moment's opening of the soul; but as when one. walking in the win- ter street, sees tl door opened for somone to enter, and the light streams moment forth, and the forms of gay children art. running to greet the comer, and genial music sound thru, the door shuts and leave- the night blai k, yet il cannot shut back again all that the eyes, the ears, the heart, the imagination they have seen, sc in this psalm, though it be but a mo ment's opemng of the soul, are emit ted bulk- of peace and consolation that will never be abreast from the world. Ir has charmed lm-re griefs to rest man ill philosophy of the world. It has comforted. t'u' nobe host of the rsoor. Il has sung courage to the army of the disappointed. It has poured balm ;;r-d consolation into the heart.-, of the - irk. of captives in dun geon. of widows in their pinching gi kfs. of orphan.- in their loncliness liying ; oidier.- have dit d asier as i. wa-- read to them, ghostly hospitals have been illuminated, it ha- visited 'lie prisoner and broken his chains 3 and like Peter's angel led him forth in imagination and. sung hire, back to his home again. It has made the dy ing Christian .-lave freer ;'.n;i his ma--r and comolcd those, whom, dying, lie left behjnd mourning, not so much that he was gone, as because they -ere lefj. behind and. could not go. too. 3 Nor is its work one. It will go ringing to your children and my child ren and their children through all gent rations of time; nor will it fold its wings till the la;t pilgrim is safe and time ended, and then it will fly back to the bosom of Cod whence it issued, an, sound out mingled with all those sounds of celestial joy, which make heaven musical forever. That is why. my beloved friends, f would have you read it this Christ mas Tide, for it needs no other key than that which every Christian may find in his own bosom. A Prayer O Blessed God. we bless Thee for Thy condescension in making Thy. elf known to its by such lovely emblems, and we bless Thee for ail that the emblems teach. Lord, increase ou faith. Helo us to accept Thee as Thou offerest Thyself to us, with ai' our heart and to know assuredly that God is our Shepherd. Continue Thy loving kindness to us in all the vavig.i scenes of life in i a its. good and e' ami sorrow. Grant es- brightness an. da'-knesr r-ornllv to each of us when we cas- though the dark valley Thou mayes' b(, near to us, to keep us from all evil, and when wo reach the end of our pilgrimage may we all be with the Lord forever through the merit--of His Precious Blood, Amen. C. D. C. r,cnt of supplies for the labratory. The boys are r.MM enthusiastic ov basket ball, and hope t0 play severs1 ore games b' "o,- th basobaT a ' trick season o-m. A rami -u Milb, River i - --m d--1 ' I for Friday BREVAR ANNUAL MEETING N e w Officers Elected Endorse Farm and Home Demonstration Offices Banquet The regular annual meeting of the Brevard Club was held i" the club room on Tuesday night at 8:00 P M. Much busin ess of importance was discussed and the annual election of officers took place: W. E. Breese was elected Presi dent; Robert White, Vice-President; A. E. Hampton, Secretary; Frank dememnt. Treasurer; Board of Governor.-: S. M. Macrie, Thos. H. Ship, man, Lewis P. Hamlin, Dr Zachary, Dr. Summey and The Brevard Club has done a great deal for Brevard, and in fact, it one time was the only real live organization to promote progress in Brevard. The great majority of the citizens, lowevor, art. now beginning to realize hat what other towns, much smaller than Brevard, are doing can easily be down here. That is the hiring with a suitable salary of an efficient sec retary who wilt give his full time to the work. Hundreds of dollars have been spent through literature and booklets in the past to adver tise "The Land of Waterfalls." At th present time, however, there are so many modern camps, etc., that are -ending out handsomely illustrated booklets, that it is not necessary to spend from five to eight hundred dol 'ars of the advertising money in this way. It is believed by many that a competient secretary would be a better advertisement for the county n account of the fact that he would be able to give a'd hi- time to aceom nodating and cthei-w i.-t- making it iVasant for the tourist after they 'lave arrived "In the Land of Water rails." After the tourists had gone they would ! o well pleased with ait they would do us .heir per-onal boast- of tile members pre r j aa.i : n a - hoi ng n; tlie Home ana Farm he hospitality untold good in ing, etc. The majoiit;.- nt went on w r.avor of keenia k'monstration oiiices in the county. An enjoyable banquet was enjoyed iy those present and tin retiring ad- mid tratimi of 'the the year I'.fl'J. wa. hanks, etc. I . revard e i'. . a Club fm i vo e of WE CORRECT AN ERROR FOR MR. R. N. HAW'dNS I.a.-t week in a edi.orial the Xew gafed that Mr. L::wre?:ce. a former "ountv Agent, had found it neec.-sar to iv sign on account of a t : 'ministration. In ju "ice ange o to the former Republican county Commis ; oners and e. pec: ally Mr. R. X. Hew--ins the N vs wines i. state tha" 'tis was not on a .-count of any a?'; '.ado upon their pari. Mr. Hawkin? -ays that as far as the commissioners wore concr rned at that time Mr Lawrence could have been here yet Mr. Hawkin.-; certainly made a good -omniis-ioner, has hosts of friends, ha.s alway- been a friend of the edi 'or and the Brevard News and is an ardent believer in the value of the County and Homo Demonstration work. The News hastens to explain the error made nu can truthfully ay that our neighbor and fello' townsman, Mr. II. N. Hawkins, is on' of our most progressive, leading an 1 nron inent citizens. A man who. re gaidless of politics, will do the righr am! proper thing and can never be -.waved from the straight and narrow path when it comes to promoting; and "ncourag'ng the growth and future orogress of "The Land of Water falls." BREVARD INSTITUTE NOTES When Mr. and Mrs. Gray reached Brevard last Monday, upon returning from their vacation trip to (Georgia, they found a telegram awaiting them announcing the serious illness of Mrs. Gray's mother at Wilmington, Ohio They left Tuesday morning and vere with their mother the rest of the week, returning on Sunday, hav ing left their mother somewhat im roved. As they did net get in from their first trip unti) 2 A. M. the pro ceeding Monday, they had only a few hour's rest before leaving for Ohio. and altogether found the end of their j dieted before Chriirnas. vacation rather strenuous. This is review week at B. I. and W. T. Bor-e, the hub of the Bre ho mid-winter term examinations vard News office, is at home ill with will be in progress next week. Con- "Grippe". RE DESTROYS KING BUILDING! Twenty-Nine Mules Burned to Death Over Dozen Automobiles $60,000 Blaze On Wednesday morning about three o'clock the night watchman, Eck Simms, discovered that the King building on ?Iain street was on lire and promptly sent in the alarm. The building was a substantial two story brick structure of large dimen sions. The ground floor, being below Main street, was used as a stable, where many horses and mules occu pied the sta'L. The upper story was used as a garage and was perhaps the largest of its kind in Brevard. Messrs. D. E. Henry and C. H. Klueppelberg were partners of this business and had the Ford agency. Thousands of dollars worth of supplies, parts, tires, new and -d "cars of every make and kind were stored ,n the building an nothing was saved except some live stock. Quite a few horses were i un out, but twenty - seven mule carcases show the rapid spread of th flames and terrible havoc wrought by the conflagation. Several mules which were run out were so badly burned that they had to be shot and there are a half dozen that are burn d so badly that they will probably die. Tlic Bishop building which houses he hardware and plumbing store was n serious danger of buring too for a' east two hours; but due to the heroi; ffort of the firemen and volunteer; he building was saved, although the tod was consnu rablv d a mas. d b , ater .etc id the roof badlv scorch- d in places. The city wa: !. F. W'aUrs yd rant in from o not iii vei v goi. hapo and the water pressure wa. arc ly strong nough to reach the to f a one story building, and for ; utg time it lo !;ed as if all the build gs adjeiiiim-' the garage would g-' 00. The ;- i d to be b tvc'i .'e thousa.nd dol :-:ty and sev-nty-;ive t tirs and it is ;rv!er.-too( oiily pa oven d by i m-uraoeo. It is not kuov. n how th." lire startf ut it di here wa il. gas. eade cr 1 star! table wher etc.. am olle ti grease, etc eat la ad w a;-, small spar) in r'-- . ' : , i". the garag and i-.robabl; was a ivarin- 'rom a 'i.rTiac. i twi. aty mmutos ugeested tiia' re.' ; it a-- th'rre a a - i -one. e tay havi tove t.r eg' a.ci oi o : o tiie r ; ; n t :ht w 1, my "HE MONUMENT IDEA IS GROW ING DAILY "idle j a. mojag eominittee consist f : .-. .!. C. Seaude; n am T ". tin v-. . .-v.i.n : i n . r. i t , . . - r T - : - 1 " an ; ceve-s ; T. .: . Summe ) o. iaier: II. il. V r. I '. : an Him: four i ais nionuntettt in each one v. i - lirmor tant : 1. In honor of T uisv i ran ia's so! liers of thc Civil War. '2. In honor of Transylvania's sol diers of the World. War. In memory of the Sons of Tran yivanja who died in se-rv-ce. 1. Marking Transylvania's: en--ance to tiu- great Fisgah National Forest. i his monument will be a ere ;: o the county ami state, am open pa v of history, from which all who pa ean read tiv.. i s-i a of devotion :.' patriotism. The hvmg i:i honoring th" dead, honor iheraseivcs. .Monuments --inc-all time cxprc-s tin- pride, progress, patriotism and cultivation of a peo ple, a lasting le.-son for all future generations. In marking lire Brevard entrance to the risgah National r oresf, tins monument will si rve as great ad- vertisement to Brevard and Tran sylvania's superior advantages and, will be worth thousands of dobar to the county. It will attract and charm, from year to year, every vi sitor who visits cur favored section. Pictures and post cards by the thou sands will be sv nt all over the North, South. East, and West. C. W. HUNT ditions here are quite normal and p0 a riou? results hav;- folhiwed the ilrv rv of "flu" with which v e were in- AGED COUPLET GET MARRIED Walk Thirty - Two Miles In Order To Enter the Holy Bonds f Matrimony And Bwoke. A story of more thatf usual iir.e;-( si developeti in connection with nar ri.ig,. jierf ormc'd on la.-t Tuesday niorniiig by Rev. ("has. C. Smith.. On that day at abqut 1 1 :00 o'clock an old couple knocked at his front door and the man said that he wanted to get the minister to say a few words "Over 'em'' that would make them man and wife. Of e'cj.r-e the i reachoi is al ways keen on me. ri iag-s, and gladly wa i coined them But they were all alone. ' and as there was no one else of the family at home at the lime, Mr. Smith had to go out and get three witnesses to mak; the marriage legal. While waiting for the witnesses to .arrive he old man . v1, "Say. pn m-r, how much d" ', oti dairg" for marrying folKs?" The minister replied. "Dif ferent prices. I married a couple a few das ago ait the man gave- mo ten dollars." "(ice," said tht man. "the Register of Deeds up town told me you hardly ever charged anything. I ain't got but fifty cents." The preacher told him the.: would ' The witnesses arriving, the cere mony war performed, and the man handed the preacher the fifty cent.-, but he told him that he would riot charge him one cent. The man is seventy years ol.i ,.nd the woman i. They both are from Cruso, in Haywood county, sixteen miles from Brevard. He js Mr. F-avi(j B. Watts, and she was Mrs. Maggi" Messer. Mr. Smith asked hi.m now 'hey were going to get home with only t'.ftv cent and they said they were going i0 walk it over the raoun ains! So a; ,,o: as the cerenony as performed the happy coupu put m llu-ir hats aa wraps and l,-ft hand a hand for :'t ,:r bri at! tour ow tiu uounta'r..- to their futui. ho mi. GROWTH OF THE BREVARD BANK. CO. Hood Dividorid Declared Officers Elected Sir c Treasurer c .-, t Zj r. z v.- :i v. o :i i . '.encc Tile ,;!. .. , 1.! i eg of t .. s . ;.-' -.ol-he's of I'.riVar.i Raiikiitg "oil:lgia .as it. hi in tr 1 'ir-. ctoi's' Roe a e! i1-- bank on -January Td2d. viti t very ; i-i an-! ratifying percent e.ee ni' t !V souev ..wnvdi 1 ep! c.-l r .. n iierson. Tin- oa'.a.:- of tiie I-ank i opof;.-.: e irospi rous ;a ai 's business, wnu i a- s;iea!'.y diy : a t coi'.rid-' rirv ' ' ' g e 't e 1 a . t' t: '. O St o t l-a-l ar-iughoii' i;' c e.intry. 'i lie la 1 Oi t a .i 'e liy the i'lv-' -t-!.; -.aieh redeete.; -.a-eitti cr---:dit on tK ai-tituti'm. was tiuit the ban!: 'had men aMe to take i are of r :! its eiisloiaers wltiioat having to cad or make a force io.-u re on them an. I i-eln- ,1 ,d' oil! r;. op'e to come tie. .-ig'i with "living colors." A vote of tit. :nks of apnrcv iatioi e.eii til odiccrs and !' of i dr.. etol's 'oy the a t o. i.ho ! V - f (. : the verv gratifying- r .-alts siio-.vi. f:e ' he ;. -air. :tn.j e-i h- . rd tile (dd Bo:.' d a lJirectvtrs to.- the en-uiiig yea:' ;. -follows: do . S. SiNer-teen. IX. W. Fver-.i: C. ( . Von-ju--.. W. M. Heitiy. Cha. E. (irr. W. S. Ashworth, Thos. II. Sb-p-nian. As a mark f coniid -re-- re or: State Tiea-urer. B. R. Lacy, Bre'-are: Banking Company was designate..! a a regular state depository about six months ago. At the meeting of the new Ecara of iirec ors. a substantial amour, was placed to the stfplus account for the yeav, after declaring a four po: cent dividend f'1'' die pas six months. The following ofiicers were electee! to serve for 'he ensuing year: Thos. H. Shipman, President: Jos. S. Silversteen, Vice-President: R. . Lyon, Cashier; H. L. Wibon, Telle-; Annie L. Shipman. Teller, Ralph a. I1n.4-n-- rtb Rookkopnpr J.v.viv.,..v.., - t FOURTEEN EARS IN ONE: W. A. Brown brought in a curious freak of Nature in the way of an ea of corn or we should say fourteen ear- all growing to-gether as one, but eac! little ear distinct in itself. It remind -one of tuh'p in appearance. i