North Carolina Newspapers

X Business is sensitive. It goes where it is invited and stays where it is well treated. Let us keep our's in Transylvania County fHE COUNTY PAPER VOL. XXX THURSDAY. JANUARY 15, 1925 No. 3 Letter from Mr. Ammon, Telling how "The Bc.ys" are Seeing It h Editor News: I wil Itry to give you some idea of what we county agents arc doin.tr : ? We arc in school studying, not theories, but practical methods of do ing what should be done in- our coun ties; we. are exchanging ideas, and from this source we gather much valuable information. Much stress is being laid on hav ing definite plans of work for the county, and for each community. The .making-up of these plans for devel opment is why we organize the county boards of agriculture. And the Extension Division will not be satisfied until each County has a Board of Agriculture. Another matter that is being em phasized is economics, as applied to farming. This is supposed to be a very dry subject and too theoretical for farmers, but it becomes very in teresting when they can show you that hogs sell at certain prices about every three years, and that at pres ent the trend of prices is up and is I rather certain to be up for twelve to ' eighteen months, and then down; farther that cattle are now on the up ward trend and will very likely be up for two seasons, and then buck down; and that when the interest rate of money in Wall Street and other money centers, is very low as this par^t summer, you can .expect farm prices in general to go up. So we have a year or two years of good prices predicted. From these lectures we learn that one of tin- farmer's big problems is to keep down production to the point of just meeting our needs. The department at Washington has j a man here teaching us the use of j the lantern slides, charts, posters, taking pictures, ar.d best of all how to use our local 'papers in giving to the fanner information that they should have. _ ! This study of publicity as applied , to Couvty Extension Work is very in- I , terestirig. and Mr. Editor, you may | yet tire of our efforts in trying to j ; put into practice what we have ? learned. The club work with boys and girls is receiving much attention. 1 he idea is that when we teach an adult, he wlil pass on in 10 to 15 year.--, but I with 'the boys and girls the good re sults will last 30 to 40 years. The conclusion arrived at from hearing the different agents tell of tin-it. c.x pefier.ee in starting work in new counties is that the best way to start is with the boys and girls. Most all agents tell storiiv ui how ciuii work with boys who have given up school has revived a desire tor an education. and have gone ahead with the result that some of those boys are now here in college. I have visited with our three Tran .sylvama boys, (Cloud. English and WatkinsK and find them well ami working hard. Seems good to sue some familiar faces among the 1-00 boys. The college has doubled in size in the iast ten years, and those wno ? ha'.e no: been, back in that time handy know the place. So maay new buildings. At last they have a r.al g.ymna.' u:n and all students are re qu:rcM to take some regular physical , exercises daily. TK> Extension - W* ork is now luuurj the supervision of the college, and | ? the president gave us to understand ? that we a.e teachers in me neiu. . Look for greater results in ,lve -luttuv. I ? L. A. AMMO.s*. Coil My A ^ v . i REV. N. A. MELTON TO SPEAK .A f BAPTIST CHURCHES Or COUNTY Rev. X. A. Melton, who has been i principal of the School at FruitlauU, wiii be in the Transylvania Associa tion and speak at the following I places on the dates mentioned. He hopes to reach every church in the County as so or. as possible. His speaking tour will be in the interest of Christian Educaion and particu larly I- tuitland Institute. below we give dates and places a. far as they have ben arranged : ?!: unary iS. at i 1 a.m., Cairs Hill; 3 fsra.. Gladys Branch; 7:30 p.m.. Cherry heid. Jah'Uiiry^'5, at 11 a.m., Lake Tox away; 3 p.m., Oak Grove; 7:30 p.m., Rosman. February 1, at 11 a.m.. Cedar Mountain; 7:30 p.m., Little River. February 8, at 11 a.m., Brevard; 3 p.m., Calvert; 7:30 p.m., Pisgah forest. February 22, at 11 a.m., Enon. BILLS INTRODUCED BY REP. WELCH GALLOWAY. I .. ? ' ?????' ? : ; . t . (By ML L. Shipman) Raleigh, Jan. 14. ? Represen tative Galloway has introduced the following Bills: H. B. -26- An act to increase the compensation of the Board of Commissioners of Transyl vania County. H. B. -27- An act to place the name of Lydia Haines, widow cf R. C. Haines on the Pension Rc-ll. H. B. -28- An act to allow thj County to transfer $25,000 from the Road and Bridge Funds to the County School Fund. H. B. -29- An act for the relief of Handsel McCall, Confeder ate Veteran of Transylvania County. Mr. Galloway has been ap pointed to membership on the following committees: Corpora tion Commission, Finance, Fish and Fisheries, Game, Institu tion for Deaf and Dumb, Pen sions, Salaries and Fees, and Trustee of the University. BLANTYRE BREEZES. Mr. Clannie Justus and Mr. Glynn Morgan, of this place, arc working at Spartanburg. S. C. Rev. Wm. Morn's of Huill visited Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Justus of this place Saturday night. Mr. Herman Brown of Glade Creek, visited in this section Sunday. Mr. Vance Duncan has been ill for sometime with rheumatism. Mr. Clannie" Justus visited his mother. Mrs. Julian Justus Sunday. Messrs John and Raymond Reed motored to town Tuesday. Miss Azlee Justus took supper Sun day nigh: with her aunt. Mr. Oat Frady has been very sick the past week. . ' ? Mr. J. I,. Justus visited Mr. John Reed Sunday. The Riantyre school is preparing for an entertainment at . the end of the school term. The folks are awful glad to see the sunshine after so much rain. For once in the history of East Pork, every one seems to be in the same notion, namely: wanting el<,n." weather. Water and dirt mixed will make mud, and seemingly no o?" pomes to. or leaves East Fork fo rt t present. I believe too. that 'Mr. Tason Iluggins. our R. F. D. man. has made his trip on schedule time [?very day lately. .Air. Leon Gillespie of Ashevilie. spent last Tuesday night at his father's home. Mr. Carey Whitmire, who was re ported ill lart week is improving. Mrs. Hubert Summey has been ill for a few days. Mr. W. C. Gravely killed a wildcat last week. Wonder how many folks who used to live on East Fork read our County paper? To those who' do. 1 wonder if you can realize the change that has takvri m'-.c in the lart ten j years in this vicinity. At the "Baptist . church, where there used to be a ; large crowd every Sunday morning, | trure is no Sunday School now and i i.o : erv!"cs of any kind more than , some volunteer preaching two or , three times a year. At the M. E. ; church the Sunday Schoo.l is small, o small that .when one student is ; way they arc misted very badly. Preaching otice a month at this church. So many people are away, some have died, others have moved, and but few moving in. The ones Left seem careless and indifferent. The cenvtc vys at both churches are in bad condition. The Baptist cem ?tery especially, is in a pitiful con ation. If we did not have faith and .new that the sleeping ones could rise from any where on ressurectio.i lay, we'od be skeptical as to whether .ho?e sleeping there could arise. It U almost completely grown up with! undevbru^li. True some of the graves lire kept in fairly good shape, but you can scarcely tell where the ma jority are. It is hoped the cemeteries in this community can be cleaned up and. made to look nice before the busy farming season conies on. We feei sure those who are out of reach and cannot attend in person the '?public working" it will take would iacli'y send funds to pay some one to work a. day. Later it will be an nounced who will take this work in : . ha\lge if it is undertaken, and any one having relatives buried at either j of the cemeteries will have an oppor i i unity to help with this work. Chamber of Commerce [? Canvass Is Big Success The Chamber of Commerce of Transylvania County had a most successful drive for membership Tuesday, and added about seventy-eight new members. Before the completion of the drive_ it is hoped that the membership will be at least two hundred and twenty-five. While there may be larger Chambers of Commerce in the State, there are none more active or doing more good than the Transylvania Chamber. Space will not permit us to go into the merits and show what the Chamber has done during its first year of existence, but we will wait until after the completion of this present campaign and then hope to publish an article^which will describe the activities of that body and which will be a source of pride to the citizens of our County Below is a list of the members of the Chamber of Commerce which shows that all sections of fhe County are represnted, as well as every line of business and profession: OLD MEMBERS Allison, J. M. _ Ashworth, Clyde ' Austin, Wm. C. Brevard News Brevard Bkg Co. 2 Brevard Lumber Co. Breese, W. E. , Band, W. A. Bromfield, J. S. Barnett, Sid Bishop, W. E. & Co. Bryant, The Boswell, Miss Martha Brevard Mfg. Co. Camp Rockbrook Camp Keystone Camp Carolina Cobble, J. W. Clement, F. D. Camp Transylvania Crousehorne, W. W. City Market Camp C-onnesstec Cove Camp Brevwrd Camp Sapphire Camp Merrie Woode Camp lllahee Camp Freeh Broad DeLong, Roy Davis-Walker Drug Cc Erwin, 0. L. English, E. S. Everett, R. W. Ashworth, W. S. * Boswell. T. S. Blake. II. N. Brevard Ins. Agency. Brevard L. <t l\ (' >. Brevard B. & L. As. Bagwell, Miss Emma Brooks. J. W. Carr Lumber Co. Citizens Telephone Co, Case. Harrison Case. A. M. Couch, Luther Central Market Deer Park Home Deaver, C. B. English, 1). L. Erwin, Mrs. 0. L. Fradv. B. E. Galloway, A. B. Glazener, Will Calloway, T. C. Gillespie, A. R. Gar re n, H. Harris, Mrs. A. H. Hollingsworth, C. B. Henry W. M. Fisher, Ralph 1 Galloway, F. E. Gray, H. A. R. Greenville Cham. Com Hampton, A. E. Harris, W. H. Hart, W. F. Hamlin, Lewis P. Henry, D. E. Hardin, Carl Hcndrix, J. C. Harris, Fred Jerome, Jerry Jenkins, A. N. Jennings, R. G. Kilpatriek, G. C. Kilpatriek, J. M. Kilpatriek, R. P. Kintr &, Waters Kern & Smith Kilpatrick, Mrs. C. C. Lowe Motor Co. t Lyon, R. B. Mcintosh, J. B. S. McCrary Motor Co. McCoy, % p. McNecly, C. R. McMSnn, Mrs. J. W. McCabe, C. C. i Maefie, S. M. Miller Supply Co. Mitchell, T. M. MacDoupald, Duncan NEW MEMBERS Hawkins, J. L. Johnson & Robinson Johnson, Fred Jordan, TT. S. Johnson, Joe Kilpatriek' T). P. Kilpatriek, C. C. Ki::cr, AIl :: II. T.yn-di, Dr. G. B. . Moffit, E. F. VrCidl. Frank 'To-jpsn. F. Miller, X. A. Mull, W. L. ?J;-G;:ha, V. B. NichqiFon it" DuClos Ni:!iol"on, ft. E. Will. E. C. Norwood, Harold ( bo:'-: c. ( K. & Son* PW-Aelsimcr, J. II. Pickelsimer, C. \V. 1 ClC CiiiO Simmons, G. H. Shu ford, F. E. Serup&s, P. B. Nicholson, R. L. North, Miss S. C. Norwood House Owen Roland Patterson, H. Pushell, Luther Phillips, Geo. Patton, T. E. Patton. Mrs. Bates. Patterson, V. R. Patton, it H. Roman, Gus Ranson, H. C. Silverstcen, J. S. 2 Summcy, Dr. T. J. Shipman, T. H. Smith, J. W. Schley, R. S. Sition, B. J. Sledge, Mrs. F. P. Sprinkle, Geo. Sapphire Cotton Mills Tinsle.v, J. H. Todd, B. B. Tharn. R. P. Talley, Miss Jeanette Ward, D. G. Wilson, H. L. Whitmire, T. W. Webb, Mrs. E. II. Wall is, Mrs. L. B. Yates, S. C. Zacharv, J. F. Sims, E. Ij>. Stowers, II. E. Summey, .i. B. Smith, Jess A. Shipman, W. E. Town of Brevard, 4 Tharp & Scruggs Transylvania County 8 Trnnth.-vm, B. \V. White, A. M, Wri ;?!;!, W. B. F. Wiikin in Chevrolet Co Wood, Tom "Yongue, C. C. . Zachary, Dick Contributing (members Johnson, Mrs. W. A. Town.'ond. Mrs. J. F. Mvtchdlj A. F. > V'.' J1. : tlU J l'", J. P. Soii-h:M ji, Eugene D.:;vfv, Jv' P. Wright J. E. Bagwell, F. F. Siniard S. II. .Will, Prof. MR. J. B. MITCHELL TAKLNG AUTOMOBILE COURSE I Mr. John Blanton Mitchell is in attendance at the Michigan State Au tomobile School, at Detroit, Mich., where he is taking special training to enter the automobile business. The Michigan State Automobile School is one of the leading voca tional training institutions of th:? world, and Mr. Mitchell's man; Bre vard friends will be glad to hear ihJ.1 he is thus preparing himself for :\ place in the great automobile in dustry. BAPTISTS OBSERVE WEEK OF PRAYER In accordance wit hthe plan of all Baptist churches throughout the country to observe annually the first week in January as a special week of prayer, the ladies of the Brevard Baptist church carried out this cus tom by conducting prayer services each afternoon last week. The spe cial object of these services was tc pray for the advancement ojf mis sionary work in foreign fields. The first meeting of the series was held at the local church, but the succeeding meetings throughout the remainder of the week were held in the homes of the various church members. The meetings proved very hclpf to all who were privileged to attend. m , ? Famous last words, ? "I'll catch him at the next corner." CALLED MEETING OF BOARD OF ALDERMEN There was* a called n? ?iing of the Board of Aldermen on Monday after noon, to transact some matters of importance. It wa^ agreed to take four m;n> bc^s in the Board of Trade. A res olution was passed asking the Legis lature to authorize a $1 00,000 bond for street and sidewalk improvement. ! This amount is to l>e spent during the ' next three years. ANOTHER LANDMARK GONE The past week witnessed the de struction of another condemned frame building on Main street. This building, which adjoined the Chamber of Commerce rooms and .vas formerly occupied by the .v for '"n. ; buught by Messrs. JoK.iw. :i -a.id Before ih.j wc : of tear.ig down the building wr. : completed, these gentlemen to. , the.. in it to Mi*. W. >. : Shipman, who i>. ought about thu final demolishing of the building. ! REV. J. R. HAY LEAVING BREVARD v'* ? ? ? . y. ; ;j: It is with deep regret that the peo ple of Brevard learn of the intended departure of Rev. J. R. Hay, pastor of Brevard Presbyterian church. Rev. Hay has accepted the pastor ate of the First Presbyterian church, Clover, S. C., and he and his family expect to move to that city the first of February. MRS. ROLAND WHITMiRE HAS NARROW ESCAPE Mrs. Roland Whitmirc, on last Thursday, while walking through a hall on the second floor of the Aethelwold Hotel, accidently stepped on a trap door which gave way. She fell down into the floor below, land ing on the kitchen table. Had it not been that the table was directly underneath the trap door, thus breaking the fall somewhat, Mrs. Whitmire's injuries might have proven very serious. Mrs. Whitmirc was rendered un conscious for sonic time after th'j ac cident. Fortunalely, however, !v <? j raped with only severe bruiies and :i nervous shock, from which she is now recovering. TOMMY NEWS Toxaway School re-opene<l on January 5th with a large enrollment, which gives promise to a successful spring term. Miss Raleigh Raines, who is a student at Brevard Institute, has re turned to school after spending the I holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Raines. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Croom spent several days of last week visiting Mrs. Groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. McNeely. We are glad to say that Mrs. H. C. Owen, who has been ill for some time is greatly improving. Mr. and Mrs . Dewitt Gillespie motored to Greenville for a short visit last week. Miss Nettie Saunders, who ha:; been suffering an attack of appendi citis. has gone to Brevard Hospital S'or an operation. Miss Lola Brooks who has bee-! visiting relatives in Charlotte for the past week returned home on Monday. Mr. Roy Rufty motored from Statcsville on Friday to pay a visit 10 his brother, Mr. J. E. Ruftv. Mr. Leonard Thomas has re turned to Spartanburg to resume his studies at Wofford College, ?iftc. spending the holidays with his mother, Mrs. C. J. Lee. Mr. and Mrs. John E. Rufty soent the holidays with Mr. Rufty s parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Rufty, at Statcsville. Mrs. Wm. Ray has returned from ; visit to friends and relatives in .Salisbury. Miss Jones has resumed her school v.ork in Toxaway School, after spend- j iiig the holidays with her parent.-, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Jones, at Saluda. Mr. Ilenry McCue, from Trenton. N. J., and Mr. Joe Brunner, from Pennsylvania, have been visiting the latters parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Brunner. FliAM FOREST mm ?.Uv. V t O \ The now pastor of the Baptist church. Rev. S. D. Tipton, has moved among lis. He and his family lepnit that they are liking their new home fine. His daughter. Miss Delia I ipton, has been teaching at the Davidson River school during the absence of % .< r ~ the tochers who was ill. ??rs. Howard ITcdrick has beer, on the sick list.butisa'oleoh hcTSHI? o:- the sick list, but h able to be out again. Miss Myrtle Fn-dy has al-o ben on the sick list.' but is recover.n. fast. Mies Govt rude Cnmnfield and Miss Emma Mackey hav?? just ??(turne from Ilendersoviville, where they have been vi.r.ur.2 .ur.au. idays. , . l Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wyatt and and Mrs. Walter Reece motored to Greenville last Thursday. Miss Dollie Allison has returned heme from Balfour, where sh- h<> been working for several weeks. Mr. C. E. Campficl.t! is recovering from a broken foot, which has bce.i giving him very much pam. " Prof. S. B. Wilson, principal of Davidson River High School, is called away from his work on ac count of the death of his mother at V.'i"-.ton-Salem. ? j We were all very sorry to hear c. ; the death of Mr. Steward. <?: For.- j ro e, and wish to extend to the be reaved ones our sympathy. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Campficu1. motored to Brevard Thursday .iftci noon. . Mr. Herman Brown and Charlie Orr, of Turkey Creek were i" section Wednesday afternoon. . Mr. R. E. Mackey is having to walk ? from his home to work now. ;is ihe , roads up his way are oO muddy he can't use his car. We extend a hearty welcome to everybody to come to our chuich and hear our new pastor. - TEE PRAYER CORN! THE NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION In Roswell's "Life of Samuel Johnson"' there is a saying that: '*1 Toll is paved with good inten tions.' Possibly a .\'ew Year resolu tion forms a larg-.' part of those good intentions. Tiias old world widen is experienced, shrewd, and on the whole ju:;t, both i):;ts (In; New Year ivsflution o!i the bad: am! sees througn it pitilessly. The person who floes not m.'k" iir.t of January ivolu lions is cu:!!u*iou.-ly 011; of styl ?; yet 011 '.lie first of February teh ; ? ."son who is still examing and resolving is equallly unfashionable. What is wrong with the N< w Year resolutions? The psychologi sts can tell, promptly and fully. It. la ks the motor nerve. Any mental expression that does not express itself in act in evitably dies in its tracks, or worse still, reacts and paraly-.es. 'I only safety for a resolution to ?.??in ? it immediately. Now most New Year resolalions are negative. They cannot he put into act because they are resolves io re frain from this or thai action. A .New Year resolution, to live beyond its home of adoption must be a positive resolve. One "J will do thus and so,-" outweighs and outlasts a thousand "I will not do this or that." A New Year resolution of this positive, practical species, even when planted in the winter snow, will turn out a hardy perennial instead of the usual hot house, winter killed va riety. Try it in 1 1)2 a. For the New Year then let us have no new resolutions save the de termination to use the strength that is ours, the church and the world and we will be better lor it. will hasten the completion of the New ness whose Light (Jod has bed abroad in our hearts, IJcnr.on states it for us ? "To lift up my heart io (Jod: to try to put my hand itvj I is ; t<> p/ay that 1 may u::e the chance lie gives me, and interpret the sorrows ile may send. He knows :ne utterly aim entirely, my faults and my strength. 1 cannot fly from Him. 1 oniy pi ay that 1 may have the courage I need." "All that 1 have of good. lie has given me and as for e\ii. fie Xiio?vs best why I am tempi.".'. : . -i why 1 fall, though I would not. 1 snail re member my friends, and while 1 n m r.iend them to God s !?..?' jn. ??;. i ?1 pray that they n.. ; a?i . .ir--r through any neglect ? >r i;.re!e-. :.-s of mine. It is not often a oi.es! cf tlie quantit yof wh'tl we <:o, : :r. the quality of ii." A PRAYER FOR TH l NEW YEAR 0 God, the King of tlie Ages, in whose sight a thousa;:' years are but as yesterday, behold u::>- da/.-. ar verily as nothing iii r. . ,;ee( oT Tin e, and as a shadow that decaviih. .hey 1 ass away. ()jr little re.\?ia:. -;s :.i ? like a tireani or ebilrf'en'.s lab- lhat is quickly told. W e can ? niy .-land i i - fore Thee, because in the spirit of man there is something of Thiv Eternal Life ? a;;d'iw,v. at tiie begin ning of this new year of human time, our hearts desire to r; new th. ai selves in the thoughts of Th e a::d Thine abiding strength. the a..-.: . ii ters the shcrtne.;.; of oar days, .-.it in the knowledge of Thy timeless iife we find our refuge, for 'lh.-u as\ i!ie same, and Tiiy years shall not a;!. Give us grace. 0 ("a .. our l! to rest in 'i n-. promise-'. beiii v ag i'i the word of i hy tSo.i. our i. :,>.?<!. '<> testified of Tiiee. We con:;' to ? .-. .a the falih that 'l iiou ;"ivc a: V'h'.i as \ Tin ' *a ?? : "? i *. . .? i ? r.t, ? iiat I i -? a. v-. sed up from t!." ' giorj of ths. rather, cwa \\ ,? ... o should walk ia th. v a- ; f . rejoicit.g in i !:y a! ! i with th> nov.M- -.iii v a ei 1925, for Jesus' sake. Ana ... ? I'. I>. AMERICAN RED CROSS TO HOLD INSTITUTE I ! ST." -.VJ Mr, l)avi:; ... \\,ii '\ ; > - Wvtr.i' ! IV_ A:.: . ? ' '?< ' i lit4 "".I'.'i!! !?\'t! \ "*? ' '? 1 Saturday and i-e:.:::i.i:-.! ...i. i day. While here. M:. Yr. ? s i: :! foi a ten day:;' Life JJ.ivi. r -? Institute to bt- He.:' Camp from .in:: -? Ur. Ya' ? state.? there \v ? I i be f- i - : '0 students in attenda ice ;:i ..lis tute. This gathering will he of v.- -y great importance, and on? tha. .. i; mcui; much to me to a a o- i>.'e ?. Brevard, and ea;?eci:iil; oc . Camp, is to be congratulated on being chosen as the place of meeting of this noted organization.