/"HE COUNTY
PAPER
PAPER
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1924
ZEBUL.ON WEAVER
EAKS IN BREVARD
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A large and enthusiastic audience1
?brfaed out to " hear, Congretaman
Zebulon Weaver at the Court nouse
in 'Brevard on last Tuesday nlglit.
Pmjw- Weaver started off his speech J
paying a compliment to his oppo
nent, Hon. Lewis P. * Hamlin, and
stated -that the v Republicans had
nominated a good men.
Jtyr./ Weaver has made ? a vt.y
J ? study of the tax question and
ined the benefits of the Bim
i pltrti of taxation over the Mel
lon plan, and he also diseased na
tional Issues very fully. Thosef.ymo
heard Mr. Weaver say that tola
soeech was not only -interesting to
listen to, but educated; and that he
handled the. political . issues With
skill.* ability , and honesty.
Mr. WeaVer urged that the people
come out and hear the political is
sues -discussed end then make Up 1
their miridh howv they wopld ,yote.
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k,->
there was,
WML ( Davidson River
? Day at Davidson River Presbyierian '
Church. . .' . ,
\ ' Special invitations had been ex
tended to Brevard and Mills River
thhrches,' as well as the usual invi
tations to all interested in Davidson
Rive*- or its people.
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,. *? i the Morning service a power
ful aermon was delivered by R. D.
Cars6n, <D. D., of Bristol, Va-Tenn,,
^^SiAt^th&^afteijpioo" - ??*-? ? ' ^
,' cal address was i
*il?Van kddfdBLj?.JIJL
. vidson RiVef,' by the pastor,
Hutchison. > , .
r-Jftk - Thei church was peeked to the '
doors, with h substantial number un
able to get inside.
8-2 The usual picnW dinner was .
ved on the groan ds^ And, to , those'
"-rv'jjamiliar with David
~f'J] vidson Rivet* B&M.
^?pe^saxyWU: i? ? aW _
, x feast Tor the multitudes,
, more than the traditional
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>r Carson, Evangelist of. the
of Appalachia, is a preacHk?
n usual force, and one .of our
it - effective evangelists. . This
it he is conducting. ( a seriee^of
?jfifvices at Davidson1- Aiver Church,
RWpll attended ?by the ein
lunity.
V 'W-'-WV \*f , ? 1
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Raleigh,, N. U., ? Boosting' the
Stafe Fair has become such ? bablt
: with Raleigh that a- hpndred live'
boosters in the Capital City aye
, N going to provide the escOrt for Mrs.- ?
Edith Vanderbilt arid . Governor
^^ktorrison in the parade up historic
Fayette ville Street. That will fe?
, .ture the official opening of the Pair
on Tuesday, October 14th.
The hundred bopsters w?<f recent
ly trav?le4;tWo 4aya by, special
train on a pilgrimage to tell North
Carolina about Its'State Fair will
: 3pve the State College brass band
of siity\ pieces at their head.
Governor Morrison will follow
historic ? precedent when he stantfs
bfefore the assembled multitudes af-<
ter the parade -and proclaims the *
Fair officially opened. He will like*
.wise ? follew precedent if he makes
, his speech brief and 16 the point.
??*, 1 A speaker of national prominence
"* has been secured ,to lAke an ad
" ^tdress' at the State Fair grounds on
t Wednesday, Oct. 16th, while Thurs
day the big day of the Fair, will
be given ovejr entirely to inspection
of '^xhjbito and enjoyment of the
various recreation1 features. The
State College m University football'
game. be played near the Fair
grounds on; this day. ? ?
' ' Frfday, Oct. 17th, will see the
end of the State Fair. No exhibits
are avowed to be removed until the
official close and everything runs in
full blast till the closing whisjle
sounds. "i
Ample parking grounds for auto
mobilists U assured by the manage*
ment, and I record breaking crowds
. are expect^ ' !
"wEteT pf Asherille, was
of Aiheville, was
LOCAL ITEMS
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Mrs. George F. Marshall and 'lit
tle grand . daughter Nancy, spent the
week-end in Brevard visiting rela
tives.
Mr. A. K. Orr, popular Division
Freight Agent of the Southern Rail
way, was in tf revard and Bosnian on
u. uusiiieiss (i"P during ttie eariy
j pint ox the week. >
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. E. Orr apentt
Saturuay* in AsheviUe.'
Qu.ie a number of the prominent
bug..i?sss meh of Brevard and vicini
ty,' had _ important business in
Ashev^ie, on last Saturday, and. in
t-dtently it happened to be the same
aay that the returns from the Wusii
yigton-Nevv York baseball same
were received. . ' ,
Miss Hilda Rankin of New~York
City-is visiting Mrs. J. M. Allison.
- Mr. and Mrs. A. . K. King and
.their son, Frank, left on Monday
for Florida wheri .they Will spend
the1 winter. Mr. King and Frank
are engaged in business in that
State and not only 'aire'' doing :< well
tor themselves, but they a^e grtat
boosters for Brevard and Transyl
vania County.
W(e are glafl to report that ,Mrs.
^ush Whitmire is improving.
Hon. C.\B* Deaver is making a
series of speeches in the County in
Dena.it of the Republican nominees.
Mr. Deaver is a forceful speaker
and ?presenteyhis co/itehtionH , elo
'quentiy and ably. '
MIbs Elisabeth Shipman is repor
ted as rapidiy^mproving after a se
rotis operatiort at the ' Biltmore hos
pital and hop^es to be home next
v.OCK.
Mr. and1' Mrs. , J. Silversteen
ar?dB joying a trip from New York
city to Albany, via the Hudson
river, and to other points in New
England, and , have sent several
Ir.ends beautiful souverfir*cards de
scribing their trip*
Col. A. L. Cox has appointed Mr.
W. Croushorii, of Pisgah Forest,
as Chairman \pf the waterways/ port
department of shipping act cam
paign of Transylvania county, ike
campaign "cannot be in better hands,
es Mf. Croushorn is one of the
leading busines men npt /' only of
1ran3>)vania count$v,but,,of west
ern North Carolina. \ ,
$-*rs. A. Ella Enloe and daugh
ter; \Liiiie' left on Tuesday to visit
Mrs. Enloe's eon at Barbington, O.
Mrs. Enlcfe iolda a responsible posi
-.un jnth/a large locomotive machine
shoj and is doing .well' and prosper
.... adopted home. .
Misses Mabdi' and- Nell Miller1 and
Mr. M.' A. C, Johnson motored - to
Greenville, S. -C, Sunday. I ,
" Miss Louise Bruno^ .' who has
been'v Spending ten days with Miss
Bethy Pfeifer in Spartanburg, Re
turned Monday. ?.
Mr. Hiliary Brunot of Pittsburg,
P^., returned Monday after spend
ing tAree weeks at Chestnut Hill
Farm.
- Mrs. .Barclay, Miss. Louise Bar
clay, and MisB Violet Henry spent
Tuesday in AahavilleJ
Mr. Singfetary of Warsaw, N. C.,
ia spending two weeks at the Bry
ant House.
Spaulding Mcintosh ,and> Jud
Plott are putting up the 'guide rails
along the new. highway just above
ltosman and this will soon be a
s'plendid p^ece of road.
J. B. Neal ofLake' Toxaway left
for Florida last week where he is
engaged in the real estate business
for the Winter. W? \yish him much
prosperity in his new field.
The friends of BJr:-W. W. Crou
shorn gave him a ' surprise party on
his "steenth" biirthday last week.
Several of the presents he received
We're direct importations from
press's and other chain stores in this
vicinity.
, We. said we were not going to
publish any baseball scores and we
are going to live up to it, ' but we
are going io ? express the \yiah that
Washington wins ihe World cham
pionship Series.
Mr. and Mrs. Parsons who bought
the Crisp Inn a few months ago and
rah same during the latter part of
the summer, were in Brevard Mon
day and reported that they had had
a splendid season, and that they in
tended to make considerable addi
tions to the present Inn to take
care of the guests who had arrang
ed to return next season.
W. E. Breese went to Greenville
on Tuesday ta look after some mat
ters in the Federal Court which was
in session there. \
| Mr. tiulian Justus, one of the
? prominent citizens of Blantyre, was
I in Brevard on business last Mon
, day. ? .
| The many friends of Mrs. Bush
I Whitmire will regret to learn that
she has been quite ill. at the home of
her relative, Mrs. C.B. Deaver.
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1 W.
ATTEMPTED MURDER
T. O. BREVARD VICtIM OF
MURDEROUS^ ASSAULT
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| The good people of Western
1 North Carolina will learn with re
gret that one of its progressive citi
zens, the Town *of Brevard, and. al
so Transylvania County, >ydre severe
| ly wounded in the murderous assault
1 made upon them by a rich plutocrat
I from Washington, D. C., who goes
under the name of tlje Southern
Railroad.
| ; "This nefarious assault ' o<;cured
' last Sur.day about 1 :00 o'clock, and
Iwhije the said Brevard and said
i 'Transylvania will no doubt recover
from this unwarranted- attack, still
j there will always be a deep scar to
remind Brevard's and'Transylvania's
friends of this attack and who made
l4t , ; |
, Laying, all joking aside, for this
ia no joking matter, the people of
Transylvania County and Brevard
'were incensed by the action of
lithe Southern Railway, and also by
the action of, the Corporation Com
mission of the State in allowing the
Southern Railway to take off a train
and get Transylvania County and
Brevard down to one mail per day -
without the citizens of its communis
"ty being notified or heard ?> in the ?
premises. ?; \\ 1
There is no excuse thak can satis
fy the people of this community for
the Way they, have -been treated in
this matter. We sincerely hbpe that
we can get some redress, . legal,
equitable or . otherwise.
' To think that BrevSrd has gone
hack to' the old ante-bellum custom
of onp mail per day, is ?stonishing,
astounding' and altogether atrocious/
We do not know' who is to blame, '
but if the plea. of the. railroad is
lqck of mdijoy, said lack of' money,
is caused by bad. management and
'not' lack of patronage or apprecia-/
tipn. ? v
The people of Transylvania coun
ty have paid Aver' $500.00 a month
for many, years as interest and. owe
$85,000.00. as principal of the sub
sidy that they paid for getting this
railroad Iqn here. V ' ?,
The Tratjsylvania Railroad Com
pany bought rit -at a Margin and lead
ed it -to the Southern Railway at' a
fair, rental, and the Southern Rail
way included the Transylvania in its
total, mileage and has used hundreds
'of thousands of bonds on , 'the*
sLength ? of their lease. , ? ?
> We do not deny that the local
passenger business on the railroad
has fallen off, and it should have
done so, because not only in the
height of the 'tourist season this
{year, but also in other yearB, the
management of the railroad has
seen fit to put on their railroad an
tiquated passenger - coaches that
(.were a disgTace to any model rail
road and were ''incomputable and
dangerous to the passengers. '
Without consulting and over the
protest of the .people' of one section
of this County, the station at fielica
was abolished although the right of
>?jvcr which tl^e railroad runs
was. obtained by the promise that
th^re would always be a deppt main
^tained*at Selica, and' now one passen^
ger train, and the mail clerk "has
been takeq off and we are back to
the old one-mail pouch per day
method. v .?
If the author of this one train
per day .schedule could be found and
tried in the . court of jpubljc opinion,
he, she, it or they would be convic
ted and sentenced to be "hungfc
drawn and quartered without -bene
fit of clergy."
| The various orgfinizatiQns of the
I County are going to take this mat
ter up and see if this 'attempt to
cripple Transylvania County and
Brevard cannot be thwarted.,
The Corporation Commission
should certainly have refused their
permission .to allow any train to be
taken off simply at the request of
the railroad.
We humble cftizens of the moun
tains had heretofore thought that
<we were paying' our taxes directly
or indirectly as the case- may be, to
pay the salariesvand expenses of the
members of the corporation Cbm
mission, so that we would be pro
tected and at least have our day in
court and be heard before we were
deprived of what we consider our
rights, but in this, we seem to have
been mistaken, and the railroad pe
?( titions the Corporation Commission
I and the Commissioners sit in their
'offices in Raleigh and without a
word to the parties affected, have
relied upon the ex parte statements
of the plaintiff and rendered judg
ment against the defendants.
We have always been 'fair to the
railroad and intend to be fair in the
future and we demand the same
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MISS HARRIS WEDS
W. W. DUCKWORTH
[ 'penttring the interest of a wide
circle of friends was the marriage
of fylissi Jean Harris and Mr.* Wil
liam Walter Duckworth, which oc
curred Wednesday morning at 9
o'clock at 'the home of the bride'a
parents, Mr. and Mrs, A. H. Har
ris, on Broad street, Brevard,
j 'IW lower floor t)f the spacious
; house was, thrown 'en-suite and dec
' orated with a profusion of ever
green and graceful fall flowers. The
improvised altar was 1 formed with
spruce bacJcgrtAmd and ferns, be
fore which tail candelabra burning
white tapers were grouped. The
aisle w& formed Vith white floor
baskets tied with white tulle bows
and filled with lace fern and swan
sonia.
Preceding the ceremony a de
lightful musical program ' was
,rendered by Mrs. O. L. Erwin.
Just . before the entrance of the
bridal party Mrs. Hugh R. Walker
very beautifully sang "When I'm
With You" and "I Love You Truly"
with piano accompaniment by MVs.
Erwhj. ? , j
Preceeded by her maid of honor,
the bride came down the 1 stairway,
and was met at the * alter by the
groom,, who kad as his best man his
brother, Mr. Ralph Duckworth. The
impressive words of the .ring ser
vice were sjioken by the bride's pas
tor, the Rev. John R. Hay, assisted
by Rev.- Wallace Hartsell.f
The maid of honor, Miss Fsances
Scott, fit Knoxville, > Tenn., af>
adopted sister of the bride, was
charmingly gowned in black satin .
ty'jyihiohed along siraigj.},; hues,
trimmed with l?ands of > Chinese
embroidery; her corsage was Kil
larney roses.
The bride was lovely in' a gown
of penny brown crepe satin* with
trimmings of fur,, and carried t*
bouquet of Ophelia! roses, tied with
gold.
The &ride, the only daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. A. H: Harris, of Bre
vard, is a young woman of unusual
talent and charm. , She was grad
uated from the city high school, of
Knoxville, Tenn., 'and later attend-'
ed Converse college, Spartanburg,
S. C.. where she studied music. At
the time of her marriage she was a
teicher ih the Davidson River
school. ? She has a host of friends
throughout North. Carolina, partic- '
u laxly the western section, whexc 1
sho ia closely associated with musi- !
tal and Literary club work, being 1
an active member of Ihe Music 1
Lovers' club and faithfully serving :
as secretary and treasurer of tbau j
organization for the past two years.
The brideg+oom is the oldest Sfen
of Hon. and -Mrs. William H. Duck- t
worth, of Brevard. For the past ,
two years Mr. Duckworth has been
connected with the management ot
the Lowe Mcftor company, of this
eity. ,He is a World way veteran,
serving with the marine corps.
Immediately after the ceremony,
Mr. 'ar^d Mrs. Duckworth loft on a i
motor tour to High Hampton and
othear points. ' l
After October 15, they will be at
home to their friends in Brevard.
kEV. I. T. \jEWTON BEGINS
MEETING
Former Pastor I. T. Newton will
begin a meeting Tuesday night at
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Calvert,
N. C. It is~ hoped that YOU will
earnestly co-operate in making the
services count for much good in
this meeting. vt
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fairness. There have been rumb- '
lings and rumors of a change in j
schedule and perhaps the former '
management of the Brevard News 1
knew somthing about it, but the pre- j
sent management had no definite j
knowledge of what was going to be
done, for if it had have had sych '
knowledge, the famous Hell and
Mariah by Mr. Dawes, would sink
into insignificance, when compared
with the well deserved and freelv
delivered words of emphatic and
unmistakable meaning.
We call on all the good citizens 1
of Transylvania County Who have
interest of our County at heart, to
join in a popular movement to first
request then demand and lastly, re
quire fair and just treatment from
the railroad and from the Corpora- !
tion Commission. N
It is always best to ar^ue first, al
though we are greatly incensed ' at
our present treatment. Still let's
hear wha the railroad has to say and
they judge them and treat them ac
cording- as to whether their posi
tion is correct or not.
d
THE IVYER CORNER
Transition
, 'Summer ha, ^ and winter ha J
not yet come. It i, the "Transi
j tion time " If { *.u
? " is the getting old '
per.od-^perh^w the most difficult I
'^veV'thS abUJ ?*>$ ?>- ??
?>nth. It is uSue And hC:
rd;,"''d Phm3CS like decay
the fall o fdtho ' an(*
H ^ well that the;Cc7nn0trPberhaPS
S??tf.*nK
its- ?JP???>'nd uTSt 1
with I are out of touch with
pnwte.il,, too"""?,;
Sy tl?? k?.l
</
&JPJ" o'tt* the p5?,
SLK Zt'Z'l'l rr ~ ""??
to find October ^ll i^ SUrpriBed
culiar beauty a 7!^ ? itS 0Wn Pe"
'or the body Tn{fsoS0n'th' "
tb?ZS fk "? <"
snirrfion ir?, i '
r,h0"*
o'S^r0"'' *? *ShX
not take S8' aUtu.m.n'? <*"1* will
mistaken VZ3&J? "? ??
or unconcuerable /hey wiIlSenOUS
away. The autumn is a 5, Tl
stage in fiifl . . distinct
ural year and ^ 88 the nat
Jose any ;n. t0?HC;nn0t ***** to
calendar irZZ r ?Ur ?r-"
times for u^al" 8 ?re "eeded
* P^*yer Kor Th? Tr?n?ition Time
?t$;s??^r i
fhy goodness. wP u Z. V
before Christs cross and 1^ ^
Creator and let us * #. u BountlfuI
to .i :*rtT tLi"kiCd
hast .made so fair. Let ?!L ! '
voiceless when *]K creation ?
Tk??. ? ? ^creation praises
cent 'nf"d ,y?id ?? g00d ^ ali ex!
bleiin^n8 <tfe #raUght ^th
uenin *? Use ns, our Father/ for
and lo k8?' CVen M V*ter bearers I
^z\b7^ d^hr
dail?' 1 Let US ,orth upon"0 our
beautv Lh' *" ?nd to brin?
know it not SWee?neSs to those who
Know it not. Above all, touch our
hearts we beseech Thee, with the
rd\?iLJesuKchrfst'
and kind as He was following
exampJe in word, and Eft and
t&L? ? 8gainst 811 ii em
our 8? u?, JSa!i?n With others- Fill J
seek good rather than .j-j
of those around us, thlJt weC ?
dal of Z* n.the WOrld for the
we a 2 n ? Chri8t' and this
-ke. A^en ^ ?8me' 8nd '?r His
"Watkinson."
C- D. C. j
GAME LAWS FOR
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
i
The hunting season will soon be
| open and it may be of interest to
sportsmen of our country to know
what the state law is as to Tran
sylvania. '
This does not apply to the fed
eral game law covering migratory
birds, such as duck, geese, etc.
The open seasorfs are as follows: ]
Deer frofn November 1' to Decern- i
ber 15. It is unlawful to sell deer
meat at any time. Squirrel from
September 1 to Ajiril 1. Wild tur
key, pheasant, quail, doves and oth
er game birds, November 15 to Jan
uary 15. Foxes, September 1 to
November. n
The limit to be killed is as fol- ,
laws: Not more than three deer in j
a season; not more than two tur- i
keys or three pheasants, and not
more than 15 quail or 15 doves in '
any One day.'
Non-residents of the state are re- ?
quired to pay a license of $10. Non
residents of the county but resi- '
dents of North Carolina are requir
ed to pay $4. Non-residents are
not required tof pay any^ license
when hunting on own land. Writ
ten permission -is required to hull!
unless owned.
COMMUNICATION
FROM RALEIGH ?
Knleigh, N. C., Oct. 8.-^Th#re>
will bo three sets of presidential
bahota at each of the polling ^
places in NortK Carolina son Nd
vember 4? Davis and Bryan, Cool
idge and Dawes, LaFollettS and';
Wheeler. There are four or livit
other candidates for president and.
vice-president of this great Ameri-.,
can union, but the state .will fup^
nish ballots to the three "pairs" first,
named and no more.
The state boayd of elections re~, ,
versed its\ former ruling relative to. ,
the printing and distribution pi bal? ; ?
lots (of caruiulutej other than the. '-i
two major parties and has rcquisi- , i
tioned, through the department of:
labor and printing for the "printing.
bigots for LaFolIette ? ?
and Wheeler. This ballo^?cartries tbfc- i
names of' two electors-at-ljirge and.
a representative from each of the: 4
ten congressional districts. . ? IV/. ?
' The decision to print tKeLaFol- <???',
lette ballot is approved by demo? -,i>
cratic leaders who feel that every
citizen Bhould be given the opp^r- ?;
tunity to express his choice of a/.
candidate! for president without '
handicap, The printing and dis
tribution of this ballot will not ex
ceed $250, an item of expense ? J
which many; think is too small to
quibble over. The LaFollette
Wheeler ticket ia not expected ? , to- ,
poll exceeding 20, OOl) votes in the/.,.,,
state. Ten thousand is considered^ *
a rnorrf accurate estimate. Electoral
for the third ticket are:
At Large ? Toflfe P. Jimison and
A. C. Shuford; first district, H. ,L_..
Davis; second district; H. J. Bel top-,
third district, Jofel Powers; fourth,
district, J. M. Templeton; fifth ^s
QUicf, A. ' 8/ Ha?ies; sixth district,.
William I*. Hewett; seventh district.
Jftel^jc Cannon; eighth diiArict, W.
B. ' Gibson; ninth district,' H.' ' Q? -1
Alexander; tenth, .district, H. C~
CalHwell. 1 .
Information * compiled' recently ,
touching the progress of the cottor? .
.mill industry in the, state t show?,
the number of mills to be 386
amo,uAt invested ? $168,292,642 ;;
spindles, 5~,9 18,538; looms opfcra^
ed, 83, <102; car ?s, 13,4piV.Ba:tfl.";^ J
JiocdepoWer developed, 241,024^
pounds raw mAterials used, 663,?. i
086,686; value, of yearly output.. :
$252.078,364, /.There , is employed,
in-plant operations 48,609 males^.
30,347 femllSs^and 4,772 pbildren?
a totSl of 88,728. ?
1 North Carolina 1 leads all '? thes. |
states in the number of mills, rank?
second in the number of cotton
spindles, second in' the value of
products, second in value added by
manufacture and second in thet
number of \vage -earners employed.
[ This state is Jirst in the manuA
f acture of dehims; , canton flannel,
flannelettes and blanketings ; towels,
and towelings, yash cloths, v bath- \
mats, wiping aud pcfdshing cloths,
(except pile fabrics); cotton taUiir ..
damask; sheets and pillow cases; >
commercial yarns.
Second in the manufacture oC
tobacco, cheese, butter, bunting and
bandage cloths; ginghams; "stortings
(not silk striped); ticks; blankets;,
cotton v waste for, sale. -
Third in the manufacture of ~ pitatl? , ;
cloths; lawns, nainsooks, cambr}cs?
arid #imilar materials; tire fabrics;
(other than duck).( ?
.The mills are -fewn.ed largtly by ?
native North Carolinians and opety I
ated by home people who ^ are fa*
miliar with local conditions, Olosas
proximity to the base of 'supplied.. is
an advantage, while native lahor ?? ;
generally available to' the extent-;
needed. h
Reports show that t^iis industry - ^
has reached new high levels i?
North Carolina. What a decade ogjj;
two ago was but an industry in.-the'
embryonic stage is now the stat^lfci
greatest and bids fair soonj tcr read* 1
the entire nation. It now lead3 the
entire south. The capital invented*,
i^iw materials Used, value of prod? .
ucts manufactured and numtter of .
persons employed' are all several! $
hundred per cent greater in 1934.
than they were twelve years agcr. ?>;?'?!
During the last biennial period*.?
from time to time a greater mnn? ' 1
ber of spindle hours has fct-en re? ,C\
corded for North Carolina thamuc^P
any cher state, indicating that thes
industry has been and is in
thier shape and has more constant
activity than it enjoys in other.vij
states.
Sheriff V. B. McGaha was in town jji
the first of the week from his home ''2
in the Cedar Mountain section. Th?
Sheriff has bought the Walters
place just outside of Brevard an?l 4
we hope ti^at he will soon aaove intq>^
it and become one #f our [citizens^