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vol. xxx
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1925
No. 32
Great Development Planned Fcr This Section
* FARM HEWS
'
^ By L. A. AMMON
Thy com crop continues, to im
prove in our estimation as the fields
are topped. Much of the valley
will exceed the live year average.
Mr. Geter, the Extension Editor,
and a Federal photographer were
with us. last Wednesday, making pic
tures of things that looked gpra
and being done according to the tst
methods. One or two pictures of
most everything Ave prow was made.
They refused to take any pictures
of corn with the tops, cut off, as it
is considered poor practice.
Why do those who have barn
room for stover cut tops? Figures
obtained from last year's results,
show that it is actually cheaper to
save the entire fodder crop by
shyedding than in and other way.
These are figures from this County.
Those who have tried both ways
claim that one- acre made into stover
will feed twice as far as an acre
topped and fodder pulled. Some
definite figures art being kept this
? year.
Friday night's storms did consid
erable damage to the corn crop and
orchards through the Davidson River
section. v.
. r. The Everett shorthorns are doing
Some consistent winning again. This
years ri-bbons added to what he has
on hanii ought to make a nice bed
, _ spread.
The rains are coming about right
now. Enough to keep late garden
truck growing, and at the same time
'? allowing the saving of feed.
From many sources I learn that
Macon County "is- the only mountain
County that can ? hold us a light in
farni production this year. These
two Counties have' the least cleared
land, the District Forester says, and
emphasizes..
The district Forester was in town
Monday. He ha> appointed Mr. Gal
loway. our game warden, as County
fire warden. Mr. Alexander says we
are sure to be patted on the back
for our luck in not having fires the
last few week.-.
Markets
Rye moving slow at $2; potatoes
slightly sorted. S 1 cabbage at
patch. Scents; frier chickens -tO
cents pound; hens. 20; and wool for
September 4o v?*nts. Cattle are off
three cents from- two weeks ago.
Four to five c? nt> would be good at
present Richmond' prices.
FREE DENTAL TREATMENT
FOR CHILDREN AGE 6 TO 12
Free treatment >f teeth is being
given this \\'? ek by- Dr. A. L. Wooten
of the Stat, B "?ard of Health, to. all
children bet v., n the ages of six and
twelve^ Dr. 'Vi'wt-eh has located his
office in the old high school building,
and is taking a!! children who wish
? to have th? . - t-'e'b examined as fast
as he can get,: them.
Dr. Wooten hopes to finish his
work here this week, but may have
to stay until next week ? -until fin
ished. Xo child is required, to have
his or her teeih examined, but sup
erintendent Hanaman thinks there
are very few who will allow such an
opportunity to slip by.
CHANGE MADE IN
U. D C. LIBRARY HOURS
Beginning Wednesday. September
.16, a change, went into effect regard
ing the hours during which the pub
lie library will be open to the public
H JF for the fall "and winter schedule.
W' The library hours are no>v from
three to five-thirty p.m., and not an
all-day -schedule as has been carried
m out through the summer months.
? Eight new members have been ad
ded to the membership list during
the past two weeks, and eight books
have been donated, as follows:
"Treasure Traij." by Frederick
Niven. donated by Mrs. John Sum
mey; "Mistress Wilding." by Rafael
Sabatini. and "The Carolinian," by
Rafael Sabatini, both donated by
Miss Annie Jean Gash; "Sea Wreck."
by Yere Hutchison. "The Seven Con
undrums." by S. P. Oppenheim. -".A
Gentleman of Courage." by James
C. Curwood. donated by Mrs. S. M
Mac fie; "Going Some." by Re>
Beach, and "Mary. Midthorn." b\
- George Ban- McCutcheon, donate
by Mrs, Valdes.
W ealthy Florida Promoter Purchases 3,000
Acres To Be [Used As Resort Hotel
One Of Largest Land Deals In
North Carolina This Season
OTHER SMALL TRACTS ALSO
PURCHASED FOR PLAYGROUND
Constituting: perhaps the largest
land deal of the year in North Car
olina. announcement has just been
made, that Hon. William Lee Pop
ham. wealthy land owner and one of
Florida's greatest promoters, in ad
dition to purchasing several smaller
mountain tracts, has purchased in
one '.solid tract, 3,000 acres of valUy
and mountain land to be developed
I. into a pre at summer resort and play
ground for Florida resident mem
ji ?
?' hers of My Florida Country Club, In
corporated. of which corporation Mr.
Popliam is founder and president.
Property Well Located for Great
Summer Resort
j The 3.000 acres purchased by Mr,
j Popharn, which is one of the most
beautiful tracts of mountain land in
North Carolina, lies in the heart of I
| the Blue Ridge- Mountains in Tran
sylvania County embracing Joshua
Mountain and Indian Camp Moun
? '.aiir. with, an altitude of approxim
ately 3.000 feet. and include th?
/headwaters of the Middle Fork of
the French Broad River, begirtnintr
about, t.vo miles from the town, of
Bosnian and about eleven miles from
Brevard. State Highway N'o. L'S i
from Brevard is hard surfaced to
within about two miles of this prop
erty, und the 3,000 acres lies on both !
sides of State Highway No. . .'.
known as the Pickens Highway, the
short cut from Atlanta to Hender
. soiivdlf and Ashe'ville. saving- a dis- j
tame of nearly a hundred miles; 1
and. the tract contains a double road 1
frontage of <even miles on the
Pickens Highway. This property is i
only a few hours motor distance ;
from Atlanta and two days from'
Florida.
Popham Plant One of the Largest i
Hotels in the World
| It is the plan of Mr. Popham in
j developing this solid tract of 3.000
j acres in the Blue Ridge Mount^iys.
to build thereon an 18-hole to.df
course, artificial lakes from the
mountain streams rising on this ac
reage. natural parks, playgrounds,
shallow swimming pool and wading
brooks for children, and one of the
world's largest and greatest hotels
of several thousand rooms, each club
member desiring to d<j so. to pay
for building and furnishing from one
to three rooms, for the exclusive use
of the roonis financed by such mem
b*r
Hotel to be Modern, Fire-Proof and
Builded of Mountain Stone
The mammoth hotel proposed for
th iv development, which will be ab
solutely fire-proof, will be construct
ed of- natural stone, blue and grey
granite, which material is found in
i large " quantities on this property;
and every room is to have private
I bath, running h<v ;.;-d ioM
1 ceiling fan. steam or electrical heat
and running ice water from nearby
mountain springs, for drinking pur
poses. A uniq-.ie feature of this ho
tel will he. that gentlemen may enter
; the dining room without their coats,
j and there shall be. no tips given to
employees, as prompt and efficient
service will be ' had without the us
'.ual tips therefor.
Property Contains Water Supply,
Much Natural Stone, Blue and
Grey Granites; Cold Springs
On this property there are numer
ous ever-flowing mountain springs
of cold water for drinking purpose,
a beautiful water fall tumbling from
a high mountain cliff in one sheer
' dryp to the valley, which can be used
' for hydro electric power, a series of
wonderful cascades above the falls,
? a bountiful supply of head-waters
and streams for mountain trout fish
?' ing which have been stocked with a
? supply of speckled trout supplied by
: ihe United States government; and
? it is most forturrte that this tract
I of 3,000 acres stiny?'?e<s the needed
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BREVARD INSTITUTE
BEGINS SCHOOL YEAR
WITH FACULTY OF 15
TOTAL STUDENT ENROLLMENT
OF TWO HUNDRED
Brevard Institute; opened its 1925
'26 school year Wednesday morning,
September 9, with a large number
present including old and new stu
, dents, members of the faculty, and
j visitors. Fifteen teachers compose
! the faculty with a total enrollment
' of students estimated at 200.
I Ten members of the faculty have i
been previously connected with the j
li^titute in a teaching capacity, and
three of the number are former
Brevard Institute graduates. Both
the bovs' and girls* dormitories are
taxed to the extent of their capacity,
. :? , . .
with quite a nunmer on the waiting
li*t.
i Following is a list of the present
faculty, giving -home address and
subject taught by each.
O. H .Orr, Brevard, superintend
ent; Rev. S. C. Morris, South Caro
lina. French and science; R. P. Hol
lingshead, Georgia, dean of the
young men. history; .Mrs. R. P.
HolLingshead, Georgia, sixth and sev
enth grades; Mi>.- Iva Mat Piercw.
Louisiana, English; Miss Ruby Berk
ley, Mississippi. Latin ; Miss l.illie
Hendmrks, Alabama, mathematics,; I
Miss Inez Smart, Franklin, N. C.J
home economics;. Miss Rosa Taylor.
North Carolina, director of music;
Miss Kloise Hanaman, Brevard, as
sistant music teacher; Miss Earlcm
Poindexter, Brevard, director com- ,
mercial department ; Mrs. L. K. Stan
ford. Georgia, nurse; Miss Catherine
i Cline. Mississippi, dietitian; Miss
Emma Miller. Virginia, dean of
young women; Miss Esther Boggs,
South Carolina, bookkeeper.
Johnson Boys Freed Of Charges
In Connection W ith Father's Death
BUILDING 4 LOAN
WILL OPEN NEW
SERIES SATURDAY
HAS HAD UNUSUAL GROWTH IN
FIVE YEARS
The Brevard Buildihg and Loan
Association ? the Transylvania home
builders* organization ? will open
its thirty-fourth series Saturday,
September 19.
The thirty-third series which will
close with the opening of the thirty
fourth has been a hijrh water mark
in the life of the association, and
from all indications the new series
will go far in advance of that mark.
In the last five years the associa
tion ha.? nearly trebled its asset. v
increasing from SoD.OUO in 1U20, to
over $I(iU,OUO in 1U25. has increased
its membership from one hundred
citizens to two hundred and ha.v
built and improved one hundred and
twenty-live humw.
In the sixteen years of its life,
the association has made it possible
for many people to build a home \v:t;.
the money they would have paid
for rent.
Closely identified with the organ
ization are some of Transylvania",
most prominent business men. Of
ficers and directors of the. association
are. TliOs. H. Shipman, president;
.M. Allison, vice-president; .Mrs. H.
E. Perkins, secretary-treasurer. Di
rectors are: J. H. Tinslev, S. M. Mac
fie. W. M. Henry. J. >1. Allison, C.
Yongue and Thos. H. Shipman.
With the primary purpose of giv
ing the man with a small income an
opportunity of securing a home of
his own, the association has worked
well for the betterment of the com
munity? for what is better than a
community of home owners?
SHORTEST TRIAL IN STORY
OF TRANSYL 'ANIA GOUNTY
j One of the shorV-st trials in th
history of this section brought to a
close last Saturday the first chapte;
of perhaps the most gruesome yag
edy ever enacted in Transylvant:
County. The trial 1; "ted less thai
.one minute and resulted in the un
conditional discharge of Roy an..
Moultrie Johnson, two young men
of the Lake Toxaway section, hoK
in connection with the death of their
father. Charlie Johnson, aged farnu
of thr.t section, who was found l-a
in hi.- home on Sunday, Stptembei
6. by his daughter Annie J ?>hns? 1
with his head nearly blown otT by "
shot gun.
The large throng that filled thi
large court room waiu-d with tense
eagerness from ten o'clock. the lim
set for the hearing, until el- ve;
thirty, while W. K. Breeze: nppe: ?
;r.g f"r tin' Stat.-, .was -lu.-.-ted wit.
the State witr.i'.--es in hi.- "tf .<
tL'pon the arrival <>f Mr. lines.- n
the courtroom with the wiinesse
and the preliminary custom >>f ? P-r.
ing court, the prosecution aske^,
the court fcr the release "f the tw<
young men. having examined all i.!.e
witnesses and finding no pn-'ai.1
cause or motive. Justice of IVai ?
Shuford released the prisoners wi
the simple wo:u.-. "discharged .ui
conditionally.''
Sheriff Sitton is at work on t'ru
case, and although he is not makiiu
any statement in regard to rum?n-'
important clues, it is ??xpeeted i<i
some development wil lb<- made ::
the case in the near fuiuie.
STONE MOUNTAIN COINS
PRESENTED TO VETERANS
I
I ?
' At the Transylvania Confederate
' Memorial Library on Saturday after
i noon, the Brevard Banking Company
! presented a Stone Mountain coin t->
| each one of the Confederate Veter
ans in the County who were present.
A total of thirty-three coins wa
given to the veterans or widow
present, and ten or more coins wen
sold by /members of the Children's
Chapter.
The presentation of coins was
made by Mrs. T. H. Shipman. wife
of the president of the Brevard
Banking Company, and charter mem
ber of th'- Transylvania Chapter I .
D. C., having been a member ?
same for thirteen years. Mrs
Shipman wa* assisted in th- preset
tation of the coins by tlve Trans\.
vania Volunteers, members <>t ihi
Children's Chapter. Ice cream and
candy were served those present.
Immediately following the prosen
tation of ?-oins. a business meet it".:
of the U. 1). C. was held, with Mis
Annie Jean Gash presiding. Dele
gates were elected to the State mee
ing which will be held in Klizabetr.
Citv. October 20-24. 1 he delegate
are. Mrs. Beulah Zatharj. Mis. I.
H. Shipman, Miss Martha Boswell.
MCCALL REUNION TO BE HELL
AT HENDERSON VILLE OCT. 4
The McCall reunion, which . wa>
held at Little River last year will b
held at the HendersonvilU- tour;
house this year, on the tirst Sunday
in October, the fourth. All McCall.
and relatives are requested to be
present and bring picnic dinner.
S. B. McCALL, president.
W. O. W. TO HOLD UNVEILING
On the third Sunday, Sept. 20th.
at three o'clock, p.m.. the members
of Chestnut Oak Camp. No. 295, W.
O. W., of Rosman will unveil a mon
ument to Sovereign M. B. Baynard's
prave at the Gillespie Cemetery in
Brevard. All members from the dif
ferent camps are invited. Good
speakers and music by the Simpson
Male Quartette.
THE PRAYER CORNER
LOOKING AT THE INVISIBLE
A writer ha^ happily said th::'
"Th people who do the most :?
brighten a d uplift the lives .
oth.rs are not necessarily the pen
pie who Work most incess. nth*.
I hey are those who nre 'Looking ?'
the I fi vi.-i hie, anil who ean, w;>'.
(k><1 > help, ijo much to unseal 'h^
, morning with tares sh.uing like :U
j xaces of Mose-% and Stephen, shu.
j ing with reflected glory because the>
i have been gazing straight up into
i the face of God." They aert?p^ th?
little difficulties of .serious triaN
which meet them, with quiet c..?u:
i age. becnuoc they see (hr? t at the:'
side to give all the .-!lreitg[.h re.
quired for each mom^n'.. The-,
j never worry about possi trouble
i in the future, because everything
conit to tiiv.-ni as a spe iai gift fron
His hand, and they arc always loor
Lng up Confidently for new proofs
His ?ove. Everything is a holy sat*
rament. mu th'-y prize the i-utwar..
visible si*;ti because they looi
through it. and see tl. ? i:\ard spirit.
u;ii grace.
I It tile one you lo\< be. ori ea* li 1
S'.oui.. pick a rose ;iv.j jrjv:- j, ,
jou, that rose i.-' not a coj:)iiifn ojao
flower any long.*-. it h;:.^ power t<
thr.ll your ver\ :ji w . '.conderfu
gladness. H h y ' Her:. v*?u <|<
no: iook only at he v:.-:b!e petal
which can only gve a p?is.-;ng .-ens*
of .pleasure from the;r delicate col
oring. but you look through the vis
ible to the invisible lov? wh.ch make
any gift from that hand very pre
cious.
So it is with the everyday event'
of i;fe.* If we look only at the out
side, we so or. find life m?notoi,ous
and uninteresting whether we iiv?
in city or country, in cottage or ir
palace ? but if w?- keep "ur eyes al
ways open tu see God offe^ii;^ gift-^
of Jove to us, life is flooded with
ever-f/esh interest. -Each iiff :culty
is an opportunity for gaining new
strength. as the soul rca.hes out u
God for help. Pain of he.au or body
beautifies the character. w:ien it is
taken with bright willingness front
His outstretched hand.
No matter from what human
-source it may appear :?? -onie?
though -it may be caused ?y one's
own ;'ault or by tiie fault of others
! One who is not looking at : e things
which are seen, but at the things
which are .not Seen, can .-ay with
quiet confidence, "The cup >v.:iich my
Father hath given me, shai: I net
drink it?.
I
i A PRAYER FOR THE INVISIBLE
O Thou Unseen., but Kv? r- Present
(jo<I. help us to look at tin i ivi>:l.li>
like Moses, who wondered . t -e:; ?
ing Him who is invisible. i i j.??
Stephen, who. "looking -tvadfa- Ty
into Heaven, saw Thv i:'!- rv
1 1
Jesus .standing on Thy ?? itr; : - ::-:r.d.
Grant us to accept the e diffi
culties or serious n iais wh: ?- iin ? t
us, with quiet courage,. :ie ..us* \v>y
see Christ alongside t ? ? t .Jl , !??
strength required for each ;..r..-i;l.~
Let us not worry about ;o U??
trouble* in the future, for t vM'thing
COIllCS to US ii-S" ?1 j'S! f I ? ?TM
Thy hand. Enable u.- alw.iy- ?o b...k
up confidently for new ; , of. of
Thy love, making everyth t holy
sacrament, because we ?- the in
ward spiritual grace tnrout ? : e out
ward visible sign.
Help us to see Thee ir i!., , ? wry
day events of life, offering gift* 0f
love to us. and flooding ??;}. *,'fe wirfi
ever-fresh interest, making ? ... h dif
ficulty an opportunity fo, training
new strength, as our sou :>;.ci ut
to Thee for help. Thn: -r?i! w??
know that pain of hea . . t body
beautifies our bodies, w*ie:i .akij
it with bright willingness fi^n Thy
outstretched haml.
And no matter from what r.umair
source it may apper to com. 'hough
it may be our owit fauit. ? : by th?>
fault of others, we, looking not at
the things which are seen, but at
the things which are not -<en, shall
say with quiet confidence. "The cup
which our Lather hath jtiven us,,
shall we not drink it?" And this we
askyin the name of Him ?? first "
drank that run for us. Je--j '"hnst,
our Lord and Saviour.
? C. D.