TRANSYLVANA, "OPPORTUNITIES EMPIRE", NATURAL RESOURCES FOR LOCATING INDUSTRIES
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"EXPONENT OF
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TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY"
INDEPENDENT
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 5, 1924
HE PRAYER CORNER
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K'IIl ~-GUd S?pta*rt>?r Eft
Tty >aveB take^ on thaiir first
tint blush and .gold creep* / ip( ?
motjg; tie greqn of waving (AU and
rustling com. The skiea are tinged
with crimson stfeaks, ?*?. <Tu,t
hanga glowing from the bongha.
The earth is bright and beautiful as
if vthe Lord had looked from Heaven
?nd bathed it in His ^mile. I stand
with you this wonderous day, and
, leak with yoo, before, behind- and
' seo the gloriea of thrf year outspread
in all their bloom and growth; With
you I cry, how marvelous ! the self
same has made them all. Behind
the waking shooting bud, the sproot
ing oak the stirring sap, the long,
I 'dreamy summer. day*, the ten
e^ea and atairlit nijfcfr, and *1
growth of grain and fruit;, Ah
E||i ftill and hear the song all
( i* tuneful voice repeats:
in* hey, sing heyf the 'summer days I
are dying, _ '
T th' ? fir8t ^ IeBYefl
heart ^dear heart in 'leaf Vnd
fruit, we see, ' '
Rich .stores of love from Gpd afcove, |
Dropped down from exery tree.
y Sung: hey, sing hey, let joyful songs
Ortfifl '
Heaven snyles to day through glad
September, /eyes!
May your soul bp-lik* September
in it* brightness, ripening into frul
'tion for the, eternal harvpat.
A Prayer of Tbanltagiviog
l^pAlmighty Gad, our Heavenly fa
ther, deign to look upon nua in this
hour with all thy companionate ten
erncsH and love. Turn not away
' face and withhold not thy Holy 1
r- Those who followed thy )
1 when, he wan upon earth saw:
"{In need for a Pentecostal Sea
need is oura now. Pour
Wf thysMf tip4?n heart
^nd land; Bless. iftid be
lie who mould thought, who
e public opinion. ? lead rrten,
I? teacli tho'young. make them t.o
know $ie?. for th& wise- teacher1 we
ask, O God, at tljis tima> and jn this
need there is for such at all
hut surely n^ver more than
Multiply such amonng us J and
?_n?fclf' our hearts that we may,
' recognize them when they .speak, and '
fallow where thay point the way.
Let us see. the difference betweep
the true and the jfalse, and make .ns
to desire only thit which is. true.
?MaW the partisan io become patriot
and make equality* to be the .bond
maid of wisdim, and the daughter |
of love. ?
Stifle among us narrow prejudi
i ' ces, and unworthy ambitions, put in
their place a longing for the beauty
of holiness, and ibake us to . know
the mystery of Godliness. And thi?
weask in the name of Him who is
Lord over all. J Amen.
?1 S ' . C, D. C- l
BLANTYRE,;teREElZES
i K
, vMrs. J. T. Justus visited her bro
ther of. Hendersonville, Saturday.
Misses Maude and Amanda
Sparks took dinner with Miss Marie
Moody Sunday .
There was a large number from
Glade Creek- attended the singing at
< Blantyre Saturday night
/'? ? * s^r. and Mrs. J. T. Justus of this
place' took dinner with his mother
Mrs. Rhoda Justus Sunday.
Mrs. Earnest Scjott, who has been
visiting relative^ v At ^ Blantyre, re
turned to Hendersonville Sunday.
Jtr. Turbyfill of Spruce , Pine is
V visiting his sister Mrs. Vance/ Dun
can. i , > . , '
? * 'Miss Lois Blvt>?<? has been
<?; attending B?h6ol here will return to
jk -? her home near feeulah to attend
school there soon. ,
Mrs. Beck of Kansas City, Mo.,
.. - and Mrs. Greenwood; o{/ Brevard'
-.-v have been visiting their aunt, Mrs.
t Rhoda Justus and their cousin, Mrs.
J. F, Scott of Blantyre.
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Sims has just
. returned to th^ir home after spend
r ing several day? at Mrs. J. A.
Browns' at Boilston with Mr. Sims'
mother who receritly fell and broke
; her arm. ?/
? "Pansv"
Henry Thompson and 1 daughter
Mins Bertie Thompson of Miami,
Fla., are spending some time in Bre
vard. Mr. Thompson was once a
native of this country having left
Brevard more than sixty years ago
when he was a boy. He is a son of
the late Jessie Thompson vrho was a
blacksmith here during the civil
war. ' Mr. Thompson expects to buy
a home here where he and bis fami
ly will spend evpral months each
' summer. ?
OPENING OF
BREVARD SCHOOL
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Wednesday morning witnessed ?
splendid opening of the public
school. - , .
The streets were thronged with
children with "happy morning fa
ces." Twenty-five of last year's
graduates were present to bid their
senior successors God speed and say
farewell. Some of the class have
already left for college, others will
leave soon.
The best testimonial a school can
have is the number of graduates who
4<t on to college. Real education is
being done, that ' is, character is be
ing developed. ,
The bright, expectant, eager fa
ces. of the children assembled in the
auditorivpn Wednesday morning
should serve as an inspiration to
any teacher. - >
We are forteni&te in the charac
ter of our teachers, they are devel
oping Our children physically, men
tally and spiritually..,
*, At the school, opening ' the four
ministers of the town were on the
platform with the Con?*ty Superin
tendent of Education, T. C. ? Hen
derson; Miss Hosford, a 'welcome
visitor; the two music teachers, Miss
Robertson, piano; Miss Jones,, pub
lic school music; and the beloved
principal, Miss Cora Leigh Tyner. .
The children sang "America" joy
fully. . -Mr. Hartsell, after a few in
troductory remarks, read most im
pressively an, appropriate scripture
lesson. Mr. Hay prayed earnestly
for pupils and teachers.
Mr. Henderson as he looked upon
the crowded auditorium, with every
seat filled and j about ^ .'two r hundred
children standing, . promised the neifr
bnildiiig, k with its large auditorium,
for next commencement. He < said
a prominent citizen of the town had
eai^ to- ftim, "I wish we could quit
putting go much money into build
inKs^aijd But more iritq scho"oi itself."
Mr*.* Hendertoiri -replied ? that, . n$w
liuiMingi would be. constantly neces
sary as there was .a yearly increase
of about one hundred pupils. He
sa;d this would be a Very hard year
for. the# teachers on account of the
crowded condition , of tne buildings
and asked the co-operation of the
parents with the 'teacheTs.
Mr. Scagle Was the next. speaker.
He stressed the importance of a
right view of l>fe work. School is
work, or play as you look at it.
Scbiool life is) a race, the winner
must, be alert, ready, and* with mind
on tie goal.
y, M'ss Caroline Hosford, who while
assisting in a revival service at the
Methodist church last spring organ
ized a Booster Choir * among the
school children, was 'enthusiastically
received and had the Children sing,
-whistle and hum. To th^ astonish
ment of the entire audience the
girls outwhistled the boys.
Mr. Welch said it wfcs a libel on
the children to say they didn't want
to go to 3chool. ? Dpep in thpir
.hearts they loved it He welcomed
especially the new teachers.
( Mr. Hay said,* "Carthago delenda
est." > We need football. Judging
from the applause which greeted
*iis brief remarks, he struck a re
sponsive chord in his audience.
, The exercise cloed with a hort>
talk from Miss Tyner. She assured
the mothers that the ttachers would
do,all in their power for the child
ren, but in sp^te of the best ? inten- j
tions nr, stakes will sometimes be
made. She asked that if any mo
ther felt mistakes were made that
iphe would go td the > tracher and
talk the matter over.
She 'asked the pupils to begin a*,
the beginning to take an interest in
their work. She welcomed especial
ly the lovely little tots who were' in
school for the first time, ancl were
occupying seats of honor just in
?front of the platform.
Our schools are costing the tax
payers much money, but they are
N*orth it. There is no other invest
ment equal to an investment in the
development of the character of a
Child.
A Cherryville -school teacher
some time ago, asked her pupil*
what they regarded as the best and
I most valuable thing in this commun
i ity. The children wrinkled their
( brows, looked perplexed, and some
of them answered the question. But
. they were all wide of the mark.
? The teacher indicated the ans
1 wers were- wrong as each pupil made
his or her supreme effort to find the
, correct answer to the knotty prob
er-. ^in r.i'.y the fesfi-.e* when
they were all orpcrtant tnd wry'
.'"o"';r'i r* c~ Pa~e)
THE TRANSYLVANIA
MUNICIPAL BAND
COMPLETED ORGANIZATION-i
FORTY MEMBERS? MUCH
ENTHUSIASM
On Monday night, September fit
about fifty s people met in the
Brevard Court (House and perfected
a civic band organization. The fol
lowing were elected:.
Joseph S. Silversteen, president!
Wm. A. Band, secretary; Jerry Je
rome, treasurer; Mr. J. F. Cutter,
Ban;] master and Instructor j.^ume
Harris, assistant band master; ' fi
nance committee, N. Morris, ' chair
man; Thos. H. Shipman, W. E.
Breese, A. E. Hampton.
Much enthusiasm was manifest
at all the meetings a*d the follow
ing have expressed their . intentions
of being members; ?
jFf- Cutter, Hume Harris, Glitt
Paxfcm, J. S. Silversteen, Wm. A.
Band, Ralph Duckworth,
Branch Paxtoir, Fulton Gallowty, Py
J. Loftis, Goode LoftisJ Leon Eng
lish, Ashe Macfle, Spencer M'acfle',
Robert Kilpatrick, Charlie Com,
Charlie Moore, Donald' Moore, Thop
Hampton, Alfred Hampton, Phillip
Price, Tom Patton, John White, J.
R. Neill, 'Harry Clayton, Frank Fen
wick, Marvin Yates, Guy Lowe, Joe
Tirisley, L: M. Simpson, Jason Hug
gkis, Harry Sitton, Grady Kilpat-,
rick; Carl Bossie, Janjes _ Waters,
Burr el Daniels, Fred Grc'^an , . F rank
Osborrie, ? Pete Breese, Hayes Ship
man, Roy Delong, J. . W. Cobblfy
Edwin Johnson, Anthony Trantham,
Robert Plummer, Fred Miller, Frank
Duckworth, Walter Hart, ConrAd
Miller, B. E. Frady, Jack Trantham,
Glen Galloway, James Walters,' Ji'm
mie Sledge; Overton' Lewis, . Jerry ^
Jerome.
It was decided to hold twij meet
ings & week, Tuesdays and Thurs
days. > ?'
Arrangements are being madi
with.Miv. Hume Harri?. tp buy
struments from a" famous musical
bduse. Each and every instrument
will bq the very best that can be got
tfcn. Each member of the band
must have his own instruments
must own or buy one ? Easy terms
one fifth 'do wjj, balance in ten ''equal
payments.
The merchants and professional
men of Brevard have been unusually
liberal in their donations and the
band organization will buy the big
main or most expensive instruments
for the' band.
Each pupil who joins the band
will pay fifty cents a lesson ? two
lessons per week or Mr. Cutter will
r.nd, is giving- private lessons at any
one's home for seventy-five cents.
Each member of the bnnd agrees to
pny $1.00 a week whrtVier they take
two lessons or not. ? In case that
there are several who cannot be at
reheftrsals for some cause beyond
their control, Mr. Cutter will give
them their lesson at a time to suit
them without any extra cost.
In the early spring the ban?? mas
ter expects that Brevard will have
a municipal band playing. Then
the cost for teaching will be over.
The County Commissioners have
kindly consented to the use of the
Court House for practicing.
The first regular meeting will be
held on next Tuesday night at 8 :00
o'clock.
Mr. Cutter expects to make n
week end trip to the Eastern part
of the State whence he will bring
back a whole lot of paraphernalia
and musical instruments which he
has in stock and has been using in
promoting ministrel shows, concerts,
orchfstras and bands.
Anyone wanting to join the mu
nicipal band can gain all th? infor
mation necessary by applying to
either Mr. Fred Shuford or Mr.
Hume Harris.
A complete list of all donations
will be completed next week.
OPENING OF ROSMAN SCHOOL
I
The Rosman school had a fine
opening on Wednesday. Every
teacher in this school is a college
graduate.
There are eleven members of the
faculty. But a few years ago it was
a one teacher school. Now eleven
college grraduates are employed.
Nothing is too good for Transylva
nia's children. The teachers are:
V. E. Wessinger. principal: Mis.
Bculah Wnlhorn, Miss Katherinc
Fritz, .T. Verne Kneece. Mrs. V. E.
Wessinper. Mi?s Iris Wilkinson, Misf
Rachrl Cain, Miss Mary Tear'. Ly
day. Miss Emily Upfhaw, Mia- Ar
THE NEWS
ABOUTTOWN
' MORE BUlUblNQ
Another store and office building
is projected for Main Street.
Mr, Joe Tinsley will soon begin
the construction of a two story,
steam heated building adjoining the
new bank building.
The first floor will have, two store
rooms, one of which will bo occupied
by Mr. Tinsley as a first class, u'p-to
date real estate office.
The upper floor will consist of offi
cfc rooms.
The building will be given' an at
tractive front.
Mr. Tinsley^ believes in the fu
ture of Brevard and will build with
future needs of the town in view,
rather than for immediate needs.
Mr. ^Tinsley is investing largely
.in TiansVlvania real estate. He is
one of thd'se nyefi wise enough to in
terpret the "handwriting on the
?Wall." Having' lived here always
he, knovs a good thin^ when he sees
it.
A NEW ENTERPRISE
The Whitmires are welcomed
back to Brevard's business world. '
Announcement is made of tfie op- '
ening of the Whitmire Chevrolet
Go. in the Aethelwold Jlotel Build- '
ing on Broad Street. |
, All models of r.ov> Chevrolet car?
are now on. display.
Parts will be cirried in stoc'^. '
The company is for btth sales and
servjee. Old cars can be . traded in
on new ones.
V Rush Whitmire is manager of the
new ^enterprise. Htf will soon bring
his family to make their home here.
MEETING OF CAMP DIRECTORS
The annual meeting of the Appa
lachian division. National Directors'
fssp^tion of America, , was held
uesday'ln Hendersonville.l The
meeting brought together many pro
minent educators of the Sputh who
spend their summers in the moun
tains of Western North Carolina.
Those educational directors con
duct the many highly organized
camps for girls and, camps for boyr,
in the Appalachian 'mountains. They
were formerly members of the Na
tional Association of Girl Camp Di
. rectors and of the Camp Directors'
Association of. America. These
national associations were consoli
dated. in February and organized ii
to Gepgraphical sect'om.
Mrs. Henry N. Carrier of Rock
brook Camp was president of vh:r
Association last year. *
A large number c* ? np directors
from Brevard attended the meet'n'
in Hendersonville.
Major Henry K. Rm'ne3 of French
' Broad Camp wti /?'/? <-<?d president
I for the ensuing year. / 1
OPENING OF #HEALTH
I ^ CAMPAIGN
On Monday, Saptember 8, a
health campaign will be begun for
'.he children of Transylvania.
Mirs Theresa Dansdill who is
working under the nusnices of the
North Carolina Tuberculosis Associ
ation will be here to, lecture in our
schools and organize The Modern
Health Crusade.
I We believe in the old adage "Ar.
ounce of prevention is -worth c
pound of cure." The object of the
Health Crusade is to tench children
to form right health habits. Th
habits formed in> childhood govern
the adult.
The parent may be very careful
in the home but there is lacking the
spirit of emulation found in organi
zation in the school room. So mo
thers, see that your children join the
Modern Health Crusade. Their
health will be improved and your
burdens lightened.
The following program hAs bee
mapped out for Miss Dansdill:
9 to 0:30 lecture in Brevar ;
High School Auditorium: P:30 tc
10:30 visit class rooms ar.d organize
10:40 to 11:20 lecture and organize
a*. Scl:c a ; 11:3S to 12 lecture ar I
organise at Calvert 12:0S to 12:r'"
!unch at Rosman: 1: to 2: lecture
nr.d organize at Rosman: 2:30 to 3:
lecture ar.d organize at Quchcc:
3:30 to 1:00 lecture and organize
at Toxaway.
The parents are urged to be pre-'
sent at the meeting* as well as have
the chidren on hand.
"Brevard rMui *nd will |
MEETING FOR
DEM. WOMEN I
AN IMPORTANT MEETING
The Democratic $omen of Tran
sylvania County are called to meet
at the Count Bouse Saturday, Sept,
13. . : ?
An 'Interesting program is being
arranged for the occasion.
It is hoped every Democratic wo
man in the County will at least lend
her presence towards making a suc
cess of the meeting. Let's have a
large and enthusiastic gathering.,
The Democrats have a splendid
chance to win in the 'coming No
vember election. We h^ye a strong
county ticket, an excellent state
ticket and the finest presidential
nominee the Democrats have had in
three quarters of a century with ex
ception of the immortal- WoodroW
Wilson. '
Both parties concede, however,
that the contest will be close.
If you fail to do your part the
battle will be lost.
Every woman is expected to do
her duty.
FLORENCE GILBERT HANSCOM
ENTERTANIS FOR BENEFIT ,
AMERICAN LEGION
Under the auspices of the local
pos't^bf the American Legion and
the American Legion Auxilliary
Airs. Florence Gilbert Hpnscom en
tertained in prevard Friday night
August 20, with an attractive prq
^ram of monologues, ) pianologues, >
and songs.
Mrs. Hanscom's program was in- !
structional as Well as exceedingly
entertaining and showed throughout
her ability to bring sunshine ? into
thp life of all who come in contact
with her.
Mrs. Hanscqm was,< charming in
her presentation of a pianologue,
showing how much. James Whitcomb
Riley meawt to the-wevld and... .the
sadness his death cast over the
homes of all. .
True to life was the monologue
entitled Betty at the Baseball game
and this dramatization of a woman
a a baseball game "which she knows
nothing of, was a scream. Mrs. Han
s com and her accompainest Miss"
Mary Brooks performed before an
appreciative audience and it is hoped
that she will have a return engage
ment in Brevard.
"Brevard needs, wants and will
have a wholesale grocery."
CAESAR'S HEAD SOLD
Furman University otoned Cae
sar's Head property for about twen
ty-five years, and last week sold it
to a Greenville real estate corpora
;:on for a. ?um in^excess of $50,
?000.00. The transfer of the pro
perty to the new owners will be
made on October 1 of this year.
For the remainder of this season the
hojel will continue under Mrs. Mary
E. Barton, who has done^so much
to make Caesar's Head a perfect
place of rest and joy. The writer
spent the week end there last v^eek.
He had not been to the good old
place for more than a dozen years.
Of all the summer resorts ,in the
mountains "of Eastern America,
there surely is no place that surpas
ses Caesar's Head for beauty, w 1
Mrs. Barton sees to it that r.:x.al
scenery is not the only attraction.
We understand that the company
that bought Caesar's Head will spend
considerable money on it in making
the hotel site and vicinity an up
?o-daie summer resort. All South
Carolina wishes them success with
".his truly great and delightful place,
in the mean time Baptists will re
'cice that Fur man has disposed of it
at a price that justified the sale. ?
Baptist Courier.
"Brevard needs, wants and will1
Have a wholesale grocery."
Miss Caroline Hosford, who mad?
many friends in Brevard when she
s.<:s:ed in a revival serv ce r.t
Method. st church, is a w~!rome visi
tor here.
Mrs. W. B. Stanberry left Satur
day for Greensboro, N. C., to be 1
\ ith her daughter Georgia who was
opera'.ed on for appendicitus.
Miss MargucT'te R-bertson has
just returned fr^m .he teaeherr
of Mr. an.; Mrs. Crosby Adsns
in Asfr-HHe. an
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POLITICAL DOPE
DAVIS AND THE FARMERS
f :.'l
If one wants common sense and
common honesty in politics read that
portion of John W. Davis* speech of
acceptance dealing with the farmer?
?' ' Vf- ' . ? .'.1
of the country. i
"To the farmers of the ; United
States we promise not patronage 'r'i
but such laws and suoh edm'niBtra- , ,
tion of laws as will enable them to
prosper in their own right*** They
feel today, more severely, perhaps,' . ?.
than any 6thers the depressing ef
fects of discriminatory taxation. :
Buying in a protected market and 1
selling in -a market open to the
world, they have .been forced to cOjS..,..^;
tribute to the profit^' .of those in ' <St
her industries witl( nor .compen3Bt-r'.f -
ing benefit to themselves.
"Recent experience has proved, if ,!M
proof were needed, that ah effort
to help the farmer by a tariff on (his,
productaxis the boldest political false
pretence. He knows as well as any
economist can tell him that, the pricfe
he gets for his surplus crop depends $
on conditions at the place of sale;
and he realizes that his .permanent/ ' "
prosperity depends not upon the djj- yul
crease through crop . shortages " of
.the quantity ho has 1o ?<il, but. tip- ^
on the restoration ajrid expansion of v,
the markets to which his jroods must
go * * * W e propose to see to it tliat
the discrimination which the tariffs
makes against him -shall he renvjv'cd;! '^
that his government -by . doin? its V
share toward a European settlement' <M
shj)ll Help to enlarge and revive" His^ : -.
' foreign markets; that instead of lip
service to the principles of co-opoTr
ative marketing the- forces
deaVors; that the farmers shall
supplied not only with inforrfiation
on problems of production hut v>th
| information such as the dealer now\
receives concerning the proBablo
use and demand for his product, so !
that he may be) enabled to think as
intelligently as the dealer in . terms
of consumption -and demar.|3."
OHIO BOWS TO CAROLINA V
The federal government." reports i
of a year ago placed five states ;a- ?
head 'of North Carolina in ahtounts ;'-'j
paid the United States government '
in taxes. >'
This year North Carolina pay,yj?p
proximately eighteen m ilUorft^^ra
more in federal taxes than last
Duri the year ending June 30, 1 !|
1924, North Carolina paid into tKe -v;
federal treasury intares, one', hun- ?A;
dred and fifty-eight million dollars.
Thus the national, tax gatherer >
provev that North Carolina h^s past
ed Ohio in wealth and cf)i?mercial .? ^
development, , leaving onl}| four ,
states, New York, Pennsylvania, 111- J
inois, and Michigan ahead of us. ..it
From poverty in 1900 to' affluence
in 1924 North Carolina has 'pushed-':
herself ahead to leadership amcng-,- '
states by the weight of her oWtv '
greatness, the intelligent toil of her ?
own people, and the statesmanship .
J and foresightedness of her own lead- ,
? ers in the political and commercial ?
fields of endeavor. . . . ,<;^s
A quarter of a century ago North
Carolina was a liability to the tia- -
tion. Today the state is a powerful
national asset. '
Then a great potential wealth, a.
rich history, and the fact that the'
people of the' state were the purest "<
American stock to be found in any*''
state, were all that forecast the hap- -
py future of North Carolina.
In those short "ears th' dnvelep- ..
ment of the state ha'i '?><??? r*n:d c-d
w-? )??'?? reached so hitrh i r'-.ce t) "t
North Carolina ?--??? tvb n?:
vels of the age.
And yet, thank God, the state can -Jt
boast of a smaller per cent of fora
itrn blond than any of the state* of . I
[ the union.
I North Carolina has grown and
| prospered; and is sti" Tarheel -to
the core. ? Jackson County Journal- '
Rev. and Mrs. I.. A. F-IU wcre
velcome visitors '?> Brevard last,
week. Mr. Falls was the much lov
ed pastor of the Methodist church
for two years. Mrs. Falls a# Miss *
Myrtk- Fnkcr xt-.is a popultff mem
h" rf the Institut? farj'ty f?r r?v- '
oral yenr*.