devoted to the upbuilding
of
Brevard
Transylvania County
VOL. XXX
THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1925
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No 19
FARM NEWS
By L. A. AMMON
The second trip of the chicken
truck was much better. Twenty-two
coops of chickens and ducks were
picked up. The total paid for the
load was $383.01. Friday, the loth,
they will make' the next trip.
Eugene Allison sold 22 capons for
$51, and C. C. Yongue 16 for $S& I
Roy DeLong sold four friers for
$4.05. Jennelte Talley, 43 friers for
$38:80. For this week hens are the
same price while friers have dropped
to 40 cents.
It now looks that we will have le:?.j
than one-eighth of a fruit crop. The
Toxaway section has not suffered
much, as apples and peachers are
i
showing1 up tine at this time.
While the cold has hit the fruit
hard, it has made it back in helping i
the grain and hay. crop. The dry, hot !
days would soon have sent the clover
to bloom at half height, but with the
? light showers and cool weather, the
clover and rye have had a much bet- ,
ter chance to crow in a normal way. j
Have you notived' the improved j
looks of the fruit trees around Bre- I
vard this spring? Some very nice
comments have been made in regards
to the improvements. It helps to j
beautify the town to have your fruit
trees kept in proper shape, to say
nothing about the extra returns in
fruit.
Considerable "flu" among cows of j
late. Rather unusual, but in most j
cases is a complication from other j
causes. It is hard to handle and J
takes one skilled in medicine to save [
some of the cases.
This is the season for "Holler tail j
and head." and many cases are on the .
road to recovery. Not a case has j
been found where some form of lime j
has been given the cow through the j
winter. Ashes, a teaspoon twice ,
each day. and one pound of saltz is j
the best cure that I have found.
If you want some soy beans and !
have not spoken to Mr. Ashworth or .
County Agent, better get busy soon i
place your order. Time to plant now
and up to July for hay.
With soy beans selling here at .
$3.55 per bushel for the cheapest va-ji
riety. ?vhy can't we raise some seed;
at home? One party in Toxaway j
will start in a small way this year.
A letter from the State Poultry j
Department at State College, brings
the following reply as to why we are
losing so many chickens .in cases j
where they have been shipped long ;
distances.
Raleigh, N. C..
May 2, 1925.
Dear Mr. Amnion:
Your letter received and content." ;
noted. I trust some day to have ev- j
erv County in a position where it will i
not have to jro out to buy baby chicks j
and especially not to buy baby chicks :
from out of the State, except occa-j
sionally for new blood for breeding j
stock, then we will be very careful ,
from where it comes. It is the same j
old story, chicks bought from big |
hatcheries are just simply chicks with j
perhaps little high breeding to back |
them up as well as bone stamina and
constitution.
I trust that you may be able to
get some of your people to put in a 1
large machine or a number of your
people on farms to buy 250-egg nia- ,
chines. Now, when buying any of
these incubators or brooders, if you ,
will take it up with me, I think that
I can save you 10 to 15 percent on
purchase price and that is well worth
while. I note what you s.ay about
the brooders,' hot water jugs, etc.
9 Pardon me for trying to make clear
in a definite way the functions of the >
brooder. When chicks are brooded,
naturally they run under the hen for
warmth only, when warm they pop
r right out in the- open. When they
get cold the scamper back and get
under the hen. Now, a brooder is
nothing more than the old hen. hav
ing many advantages over her due to
the fact that it is always sitting there
giving off warmth to which the chicks
may scamper at will, any time thev
wish to do so, not having to wait for
the old hen to nestle down to warm
them. Now, that is the function of
a brooder, and a brooder is not sup
posed to heat the whole house, and if
they try to do that, there is where
they fall down absolutely in the op
eration of same, and the sooner we
learn this simple lesson, the better
we will be off.
I wish plenty of fresh new air in
the house, in other words, clean air to
carry off moisture and to replace foul
air from which the oxygen has been ?
Star Mail Route to
! Brevard is Assured
______
The star mail route from Green
ville, S. 0., io Brevard is virtually,
an assured fact. Bids are now 6j>cn'i
for the mail route and will be open j
uniil May i *?. if the bids are favor
able, there will be no question ab
out securing the route.
The Greenville ? Brcvnrd route
wiil include also Travelers Rest,
Marietta, Cleveland,' Venus. Caesar . ,
Head andCedar Mountain. It will be
.">0 -miles in length and return, and
will be run six times a week. This.:
M'eatly improved mail service will
give Brevard all the advantages of;
the Southern mail on the main line, j
both outgoing and incoming. An ail- j
?jitional advantage will be that all j
Northern mail will reach Brevard by '
the time it reaches Ashevillc. Accord- j
ing to the proposed schedule, the in ;
coming mail will reach Brevard at j
11:30 a. nr., and leave Brevard at |
2 p. m. Including the present rail- ,
way mail service, Brevard will thus j
be able to boast of her former ser
vice of two outgoing and two1 incom
ing mails each day. It was found
that much better service could be ob
tained by the route through Green
ville rather than through Asheville.
WOMAN'S BUREAU MEETS
TUESDAY NIGHT |
The first meeting of the Woman's
Bureau, since its official organiza
tion, was held Tuesday evening in
the Chamber of Commerce* rooms,
Mrs. (). L. Erwin, president, con
ducted a short business session con
sisting of general discussions on
questions of civic improvements, and
the appointing of committees. A 1
committee on play grounds was ap- 1
anointed as follows: Mrs. A. B. I
Riley, chairman, Mrs. Beulah Zach
ary, Miss Florence Kern. The pur- 1
pose of this committee is to make in- '
vestigation as to the advisability of 1
developing the high school grounds .
into a well-equipped recreational
park for the children, with a full-time 1
play leader in charge. After investi
gating the requirements for same,
the committee will confer with the
town commissioners with the view of
? . ? 1
pushing this splendid project through
to a reality. , '
The following committee was ap
pointed to confer with the proper au- |
thorities in regard to enforcing the
laws concerning the breaking of '
shrubbery along the highways: Mrs. ,
W. E. Breose, chairman, Mrs. 0. H. !
Orr. Mrs. S. C. Yates I
? : . i.
A motion was made and carried, to i
the effect that Secretary Warren
communicate with Mrs. Robert I. j
Woodsides. president of the Green- j
ville Woman's Bureau, inviting her
to visit the local Bureau at its June
meeting, with the idea of inspiring
and informing the local organization
in its future work and growth.
The meeting adjourned to re- 1
convene Tuesday evening, June 2.
REV. HARRY PERRY ACCEPTS
CALL TO EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Rev. Harry Perry, of Bay St. j
Louis, Miss., has accepted the call to
the pastorate of St. Philips church,
and will assume , the duties of same
beginning June 7.
Rev. Perry is a Canadian by birth
and has resided in ths Country for
the past ten years. Mr. and Mrs.
Perry and three little girls will move
to Brevard early in June and will re
side in the Rectory.
burned out. This is done by ventila
tion, opening or dropping back of the
windows to allow circulation.
After they have been knocked out
from bad causes or management,
there is little or nothing that anyone
can do and all of the weak ones are
going to go by the boards, so to
speak, and for that matter, the
sooner the better, for they are prac
tically done for as a useful individ
ual thereafter. A little saltz and
very careful, judicious feeding, not j
overcrowding them with it, Anil do as
much as anything else to pull them j
through. When we have a whole '
house hot and our chicks then get
chilled by any method whatever, out
doors or otherwise, you have brooder
pneumonia right there, and it is
' good-bye little chick.
Yours very truly,
ALLEN G. OLIVER,
In charge Office of Poultry
Extension.
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DEMOCRATS WIN BY 174 IN
MUNICIPAL ELECTION
The municipal, election passed of;
quietly here Tuesday, with a victory
for the Democrats of 275 to 101 in
the race for Mayor, and a large-. 'ma
jority accorded to each of the Demo
cratic Aldermen.
Following is the vote count:
FOR MAYOR:
T. Vv". Vv hi tm ire 27 o
1). I.. English ; 101
FOR ALDERMEN:
W. M: Iienry ....... 290
R. P. Kilpatrick 2tH>
T. L. Snelson 270
B. W. Tranham 281
J. E. Waters .....282
L. P. Hamlin 103
J. W. Cobble 01
Judson McCrary ......... .-. ... 81
J. H. Tinsley 70
B. E. Nicholson 7(5
BREVARD TO HAVE
MODERN BEAUTY PARLOR
A beauty parlor will be
opened in Brevard May 12, in
rooms over Davis-Walker Drug'
Store. This will be under the
management of W. E. Ramsey, of
Brevard. A chiropodist will
also be connected with the the
beauty parlor.
Every convenience will be
provided for shampoo, massage,
marcel wave, and every accomo
dation found in a modern estab
lishment of this nature.
MRS. J. N. BIRD
DIES AT ROSMAN
Mrs. J. N. Bird died at her home
in Rosman, Monday morning, after a
lingering illness. Funeral services
were held at the Oak Grove church.
Brevard, Tuesday afternoon, con
ducted by Rev. Wallace Hartsell, pas
tor of the Brevard Baptist church,
assisted by Rev. Nicholson and Rev.
Ponder, both of Rosman. Interment
was made in Oak Grove cemetery.
Mrs. Bird leaves to mourn her
loss, a husband, two children, Ethel
and Lucy, a sister, Mrs. J. .P. Bowen,
and one brother, Mr. S. F. Allison,
both of Brevard.
SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS
WARRING ON WHISKEY
Owing to the fact that Sheriff Sit
ton has had an attack of tonsolitis,
he has not been in "the bushes'* in
the past few days. Nevertheless,
his department under deputies Fisher
and Owen has been warring steadily
on the whiskey makers.
Deputy Fisher, accompanied bv C.
Jaimpson, cut down two stills last
week, one near See-Off, a 40-gallon
complete copper outfit, along with.
300 gallons of beer; the other, a
150-gallon steamer outfit, and 700
gallons of beer, was destroyed near
the head of Carson's Creek.
On another jaunt, Deputy Fisher,
accompanied by Chief Barnett, cut
down a large outfit three miles from
Rosman, on the Old Turnpike Road.
Deputy Posey Owen of Toxaway,
came to the front last week by cap
turing a 60-gallon copper outfit near
Cold Mountain Gap..
Farmers Federation is
Aiding Local Farmers
NEWS FROM STATE CAPITAL
.. By M. L. Sliipinan
Raleigh, N. i\l i.\ . favor,
reaction from rill ei-tions of the
State met Governor M.'Lean in h i.s
direct appeal to the pi. i. pie to pp
the Salary 'in ! '? mission and
to judge that boiiy after its work
had been done. The ' .'ove.'nor in ht;
statement referred to the attempt
of "certain' parties to discredit the
Commission before it had begun its
work of equalizing the salaries of |
the State employees and asserted that
unfair and misleading information
was being disseminated.
This was perhaps the outstanding
news development in capital circles
during the week. That the Governors
course has the approval of the people
was demonstrated by the editorial
support of his policies from all sec
tions of the State which the state
ment brought out. The Governoi
branded as "false," statements made
to the effect that "spies" were being
sent into the various deparemtns to
check up on the attitude of employes '
and to ascertain in the volume of
work they were friving the state. He
added that the Wage Commission .
would go about its work just as any
other body appointed to investigate
any phase of government activity
would function. There will be i*e
quested for information from de
partments, this will be considered by
the Commission and decisions regard- j
ing salaries and unnecessary em
ployees will be made after the facts
in each indivdual case are consider
ed. There will be no uniform basis
of salaries which will not take into
account the individual performing
the work.
During the week it was announced
that a delegation of men from the j
Raleigh Chamber of Commerce would ;
present the name of Joscphus Dan
iels, Raleigh editor, to the National i
Chamber of Commerce convention at |
Washington on May 20. to be a na- 1
tional director. Mr. Daniels is fav- j
orably known over the entire coun- j
try and it i.s not unlikely that he will '
be elected on the national board.
The State Bar Association pro- j
gram for the convention at Ashe
ville, July 1-3, was completed and it 'j
indicates the lawyers will have a full i'
time during- their three-day stay in ,
the mountain city. Finis J. Garrett,
Congressman from Tennesseee, i.s
scheduled to be one of the speakers
of the occasion.
rev: seagle visits brevard
Rev. J. C. Seagle, formerly of
Brevard, but now of Salisbury, N. C., i
delighted his many friends when he i
arrived in town Wednesday of last
week. He spent a part of two day s !
visiting at the home of Mr. and Mr?. ,
D. G. Ward and greeting his host '?
of friends in Brevard. He returned to j
Salisbury Thursday, and was recalled
to Brevard the following Saturday
to conduct the funeral services of
Mr. J. A. Forsythe, Saturday after
noon. He spent Saturday and Sunday
with Mr. arid Mrs. .1. S. Bromfield.
A most appreciative audience greeted
Mr. Seagle Sunday morning at St.
Philips church, where he delivered
an excellent sermon to his former
church members.
Asheville, May G. ? (Special; ?
Ono of the most striking examples of
what the Farmers Fa. cc.ui m i i Jii
section is doing for toe fanner i
found in the ever ; oui ry i i
dustry fostered by th iV.b-ritiui. a i
farm extension li rc- j.
In the past fev. . . i. !' : : i. .
Federation has . ? i
lots of poultry t?? norti'i i n marKi
and lias supplied Aslv.viile and ne;:
by markets with choice birds.
Hut this is only hail' the story.
The real aid to the farmer lies in the
increased price on his commodity with
out adding to the cost of the com
sunier, declares James (I. K. Me
Clure, Jr., president of the eopoer
ative marketing association.
By sending trucks to ilenderson
ville, Transylvania and nearby count
ies, and collecting surplus poultry
from the large and small farms, the
federation has been able to secure
for the fanner from three to i'iv.
cents more a pound without adding
to the consumer's price.
A recent shipment of poultry
from Asheville to northern markets
iby the federation represented the
products of many small farmers in
the Hetidersonville, Tryon, Fletcher
and Brevard sections.
In the next few weeks the feder
ation is going to concentrate on the
poultry marketing business in these j
sections with the hope of building up |
a tremendous business by which the!
farmer will receive thousands of dol- j
1
lars a year more for his products
and at the same time ltarn the nee- 1
cssity for standardization of pro^
ducts.
Not only is the federation making
special efforts to market chickens,
but it is also going after the etfg bus
iness, Mr. McOlure points out. From
the truck routes operated by the fed
eration in various sections of Bun-j
combe, Transylvania, anil ueina-. ui; .
Counties, and from special poultry 1
deliveries by train and truck, the
federation is endeavoring to find a,
profitable market for eggs.
Herein agin is the need for stand
ardization shown. The federation
and farm agents are constantly teach
ing the lesson of standard commod
ities. Mr. McClure points out that a
shipment of ejrjrs of uniform shape.'
size and color, will be accepted with- j.
out ceremony on the northern mark- i
ets, while a lot of eggs of varying i
shades, weight and color, will find an ,
indifferent market.
The poultry and egg business is i
but an illustration of the ideals to j
which the Fanners Federation and j
extension forces are working, Mr. j
McClure declares.
The extension forces seek to edu- ,
cate ,to put into the hands of the far- 1
mer facts, formulas and method ?
which will give him increased product
-ion and better commodities.
The Farmers Federation follows
up this initial work by inviting the
farmer to band together to realize
more tprofjj't through cooperative
buying and selling.
It is not necessary to say that the
cooperative idea has taken root in
Western North Carolina, where a
recent audit of the books of the
Farmer Federation showed a volume
of business totalling over a quarter
of a million dollars for the first three j
i.1. _ _ ? i T .
Enthusiastic Interest is
Manifest in Tent Meeting
The union revival services being
held in the big tent on Caldwell
street, opened Sunday night with a
- 'i
capacity audience. Rev. Harvey I
Stanbury, of Mars Hill, is doing the
preaching. With him also are his
wife and daughter, Mr. Bell, the
evangelistic singer, and Mr. Colville
business manager and personal
worker.
Mr. Stanbury was converted three
and one-half years ago, and has been
preaching the Gospel practically ever
since. Previous to that time, he was
fireman on the local branch of the
Southern Railway, and, according to
his own statements, had tasted of
the very dregs of sin. He was for
merly a resident of Brevard.
Mr. Stanbury preaches the plain,
unvarnished truths of the Bible, and
it once convinces his hearers as on>
illed with power and the Holy Spirit.
Ele is without doubt, a man sent from
God. Two conversions were made
the first day of the meeting, with
twelve conversions reported up to
the present writing. Much interest
and serious thought about personal
matters of religion are manifest in
these first days of the revival, and
the seating capacity of the tent has
been taxed at practically every ser
vice since the opening night. It is
estimated that the seating capacity
of the tabernacle is 2,000.
Services are held in the tent each
evening at 8 o'clock, each morning
at 11 o'clock, and cottage prayer
meetings are held each afternoon at
3 o'clock in the different homes
throughout the various sections of
the town.
In this quarter of a million dollars
are represented little profit,-, by hund
reds of farmers who before the organ
ization of the federation had no
worth, while market for their pro
ducts.
BREVARD NOW IN THE
REAL ESTATE BOOM
Brevard is getting its name put
on the map with a vengeance of
late. Within the past week, real estate
transactions to the amount of $29,
'700 have been made in Brevard to
I i
! Ashcville people. It is estimated that
: real estate deals will have been
approximately $22,000 additional J
transacted this week. Among the
was the purchasing of the vacant 1
( lot. adjoining the Whitmire property '
on Main street by John O'Donnell,
real estate dealer of Asheville. The
consideration price was in the neigh
borhood of $4,000. It is expected
that this lot will be built up as a
business block in the near futre.
IF PBAVFR C(m*
T!IE GOOD SHEPii ? KO
"I am tin' Good . '?{>?? Til, tin*
Good Sir i >li? ???(! giveth !i,- I if?? f< r
the Sin ett.'
Cln.st. >? ihc ()?'(? 'I ?. 1 1 : 1 1 m1.
i'hoM. lit" S.'-Ild> . ? ? 'I ilhi
Fioc!;, i ? iily iii 1I1 ii I ' is
Flock, .'ici ; i'.Iy in II I or
i' 11 < ? ' i . :<<? !. J i i),
1 1 *
them linoi.,;!) paths
their sin had led 1 1:: -it: . i or w -m.
II" laid down Hi- life at i:: ?. His
life Mow is lor t ('???iii. !!?? I ? ; ?:.!
Watches hvi'i eve"y (nit' ?. ?. I j . ,<?
(lock. He goes b'fe.v ; -|l i
from fiaiwr. Hi' feed- . t . ? i 1 ? Y ??
es them, giving His o;\ii * ? j"?- 1 . Hu m,
thai they may lie ? vi . v. ;<?
111" llcavi lv Fold.
We have lieen brought into iii?*
Flock of Christ. We are of tho.-e
who listen in simple faith f x "The
(iood Shepherd's Voice," fh.ii V ?? ii.ay
follow Him whithersoevi li"
If so, thi n we : hall I 'i,-.
We need fe ar nothing. II ? v I: ? ;-i\e
His life for us loves l ? > i-ire ;"?.?? ail
our want.-, and to keep ?t- sal ? frojn
harm. The love that found u- as
sheep going astray, and fnld-?! us
carefully, will not fail u- now. v. hen
we are of His own Hoc!:.
He leads us to the Spri'v *?f ' 0111
f < ?rt, and gives our soul- the nour
ishment they need. In iii- own
means of grace He impar > His own
life to strengthen and r< fresh iih.
Obeying His calls, keeping in His
footsteps, we shall he safe tinder II is
care. He will warn us lesi we wan
der. He wil lift u.s when w sti.mhle,
He will cheer us when the way <? m?
weary and wo are sore ai.d weak.
I.et us only in obedient faith, keep
Him in sight and press after -Him.
He will lead us to the :piict fo!<J
where there is to be rest forever.
A PRAYER
0 Thou Good Shepherd who didst
give Thy life for the sheep ave u-,
and help us, we besecch Thee. ()
Lord. Grant us simple faith t'la; we
may listen for Thy voice am! f:i!i"W
Thee, whithersoever Thou leadest is.
then shall we lack nothing, and i'-ar
nothing. Thou who gave Thy life fu
lls, lived to care for all our want;
and to keep u.s safe from harm.
Lead u.s to the springs of eon fort,
they need. In Thy own mean- grace
impart Thine own life to r-ng: hen
and refresh us. Help us to <?l?ey Thy
calls. Keeping in Thy footsteps, we
shall be safe under Thy cart . Thou
wilt warn us lest we wander, ami lift
us when we stumble. Ch< or us we
pray Thee, when the way .-coins
weary, and we are sore and weak.
Let us only in obedient faith, keep
Thee in sight, and press after Thee.
0 Thou Good Shepherd, wh > didst
give Thy life for lis, pardon ear wan
derings. Call us after Thee. 'and lea l
us in safe ways, that we may be up
held by Thy grace, ami l i ought
safely to the Heavenly Fold. Amen.
? C. D. C.
It was with great sorrow Jiat th.?
many friends of Judge Po-sythe
learned of his death, which oc -lin ed
Thursday, April 30, at th*' iirevard
Hospital. Funeral services were con
ducted at the Hospital. Saturday
afternoon by Rev. J. C. Seagle, for
merly of Brevard, but recently of
Salisbury, N. C. Interment was made
in Gillespie cemetery.
One son who lives in Charlotte, was
with him at the time of his death, ami
another son from Birmingham, ar
rived in time for the funeral. Judge
Forsythe is survived by three sons
and two daughters, the most of whom
reside in distant states and were un
able to be present at the funeral ser
vices.
Mrs. Forsythe preceded her hus
band to the "Better Land" less than
two years ago, after which Mr. For
sythe became affiliated with the Kpi>
copal church of Brevard, un :er ti.o
pastorate of Rev. J. C. Seagle.
Save all your discarded household
furnishings for the Betterment rum
mage sale. Mrs. Lyon and Mrs.
Lowe are general managers, M >-s.
Deaver committee on place. M > s.
Jess Pickelsimer and Mrs. I). E.
Henry committee on solicitation.