Slogans are Good
But Hard Work
Brings Results
To Sell Anything
v ? Let Us
Advertise It
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VOL. XXXI
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, MARCH 18, 1926
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FARM NEWS
By l. a. Ammon
INTEREST
Perhaps few realize it as much as
I do, but interest in farming is about
fifty percent what it was last March.
Cold weather to blame for some of
but much-due to real estate boom.
All but two farm between Plenrose
and Blantyre are said to be sold,
and the two will likely go soon.
Many of these sold farms are to be
idle, some an eyesore. I understand
the Everett farm is to be mowed
down several times, even the abruzzi
rye. Others will have a few fields
farmed by close neighbors.
It is my opinion that our summer
visitors would rather see fields pro
ductive. Idle land shows poor eco
on somebodys part. If the
land is idle there will not be the com
ment, "What fine crops you have."
That was a. very pleasing expression
coming from so many last year.'
People of town like to see farm crops
growing. Many of them were raised
on the farm, and one object in com-1
ing here is to got next to th6 farm
again.
Soy bean seed is not so high this
year, Why not every one try to
induce the buyers to put these field
in soy beans. It is a crop that will
pay well. Better than corn.
Chas. Orr, of the Clough Farm,
shipped another car of seed corn
north the past week. The northern
crop matured so well that a smaller
car was ordered. We had hsped for
increased business.
The chicken truck comes Thurs
day of this week. Best prices ever
for hens.
Prices on Spring pigs run from $6
to 510 not so many yet. Mostly at
Lake Toxaway. Mostly $8.
SICK COWS.
Unusual number of sick cows now.
Keeping Ramer and myself busy.
Cotton hulls and greediness is the
?greater trouble. If cotton hull were
fifty dollars per ton the people
would get more milk and less trouble.
Watch the fresh cow and do not
let her appetite run away with her.
Several cases of eating ivey. See that
she gets plenty of salt, lime, and
water.
Will be a load of cabbage plants
in town Saturday. My advice is not
to go too strong on early cabbage,
unless you are planning on taking to
Asheville or Hendersonville.
Watch the temperature of your
brooder house as well as the brooder.
Keep the house comfortable but not
hot. If temperature rises above sev
enty, I would open windows to let in
fresh air rather than cut down the
fire. Stick to the feeding directions
for the mash you are feeding.
DEEDS REQUIRE NO STAMPPS
AFTER MARCH 29
According to a statement issued by
Postmaster R. L. Nicholson no stamps
will be required on deeds on and
after March 29, but must be placed
on the deeds until that time. This new
er3&tment js put into effect by the
Federal government as a result of the
Federal Tax reduction bill, and is]
"made effective throughout the coun
try. -
The monthly sales of revenue
stamps at the Brevard postoffice wilK
thus be diminished by some $400,
since the former law provided for a
fifty cent stamp on every- deed
amounting to a total of between $100
and $500, and a dollar stamp on
every thousand dollars over that sum.
MARY GALLOWAY ACCEPTS
POSITION WITH GADSDEN
ALABAMA BANK
< The many friends of Miss Mary
Galloway, daughter of Mrs. Georgia
; Galloway, will be interested to know
that after completing a business
cr?se at Fletcher Business College,
jQadsden, Ala., she has accepted a
jon in the bookkeeping depart
ment of the Gadsden National Bank.
The National Bank is one of the
largest banks in the city and eight
young ladies are employed there.
Miss Mary has been under the em
ploy of this banking company since
March first and is delighted with her
new work.
MALE QUARTET AT BAPTIST
CHURCH
Came to The Brevard Baptist
chtffeh. Sunday evening at 7:30 and
hear a real good male quartette
sung by1 The Brevard quartette.
CHERRYFIELD HAS
SERIOUS FIRE
MILL AND ..SHOP .OF.. C. -T.
MOORE'S BURNS COMPLETELY
DOWN
About ten o'clock Tuesday morn
ing Mr. T. Moore was starting his
engine to do some grinding. The
engine backfired and spouted out a
flame at the intake that caught some
oil soaked waste. Before one could
think, the entire engine was aflame,
and before any powder or water
could be used the flames had caught
dust and cobwebs and the entire
building was aflame. Mr. Moore and
those present called for help, and
soon twenty parties were present.
The adjoining building was used
as a wood working shop and black
smith shop. Many things of small
value were requested, but all equiq
ment was burned and warped beyond
use.
The bucket of water did not help
much, and soon the entire building
was crumbling under the fire driven
by a strong wind. The Southern
Railway tracks some twenty feet to
the rear caught on fire, and the
trussel at this point was in full
flame regardless of the buckets of
water. The local freight ^engine was
called for, and by empting its tank
on the two trussels the fire was
brought under control.
The switch trussel will have to be
rebuilt, and one rail was so hot
that-rt bucked and made a bad kink
in it. The main track trussel will
probably be safe for use without
much repairs.
Mr. Moore had from sixty to seven
ty five bushels of grain burned,
along with stores of flour and meal.
The total loss to Mr. Moore is es
timated at three thousand dollars
above insurance.
The wind drove the fire into a
?real smelter as the shaft was badly
bent and the pully wheels of the
engine melted. Small pieces of iron |
were melted.
Mr. Moore hates to see Cherry
field without its mill hopes to re
build, but would like to follow up
his rustic chair work and other
pieces of furniture, as in the past.
Given him orders, and help.
Lucky it was that the wind was
from the North, as the fine church.
lumber, wood, station arid stor ?
would now be in ashes.
C. E. NEAL OPENS
DEVELOPMENT
The T. H. Hampton place on Pro
barte avenue, West Brevard, has re
cently been purchased by Claude E.
Neal, and development of this tract
into homesites will be put into im
mediate operation. Improvements on
the property will include water,
electric lights, concrete sidewalks,
gravel streets, beautified with boule
vards and parks and planted with
^mountain shrubbery. Homesites will
be sold at private sale and special in
ducements will be made to those who
build at once.
r Mr. Neal, owner and developer, is
offering $50 in prized for the five
best names submitted for this de
velopment. The subdivision will oe
named for the first prize. The prizes
offered are as follows: 1st prize $25;
2nd, $10; 3rd, $7.50; 4th, $5; 5th,
$2.50. The contest opens March 24
and closes April 2, and names of win
ners will be announced on the prop
erty Saturday afternoon, April 3,
at 3:30 o'clock. Further details of the
contest may be found in the adver
tising columns of this issue.
W. N. C. TANNERIES
(Charlotte Observer)
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Walter Murphy, compiler of the
story in Commerce and Industry,
draws upon the Shoe and Leather
Reporter Annual to show that there
are J.3 tannery companies listed as
going concerns in the State. At. Bre
vard and Rosman we find respective
ly Transylvania Tanning Company
capitalized at $250,000 and engaged
in the production of scoured oak
leather and belting butts at the rate
of 1,060 pieces daily, and the Toxa
j away Tanning Company capitalized
at $1,000,000 and engaged in the
production of oak soles, finished
sides and belting butts at the rate
of 250 pieces daily.
BREVARD BOY
LOSES LIFE
Van Morris, 17 year old boy, of
Brevard, was killed last week when
the steering wheel of the Anderson
touring car which he was driving
went wrong and caused the ear to
turn over a 10 foot embankment in
to the edge of Turkey creek, a stream
near the city limits ^of Brevard.
Riding with Morris at the time
were Ed Henderson and Guy King,
two other Brevard boys, who escaped
uninjured. j
When the car had fallen into the
creek, Morris was pinned under the
back of the front seat with a great
I deal of weight on his chest. Hender
! son and King called Roland Owen,
I and the three tried to lift the car but
were unable to do so. Then, they
rushed into^Brevard and got help but
: -wlhen they got backj to' the place the
accident some 10 minutes of time
had been lost. They took the injured
man to Brevard hospital but he was
dead before a doctor could reach him.
The deceased is survived by hi.c
parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Morris,
one sister, Mrs. J. R. Smith, of Savan
nah, Georgia, and two brothers,
Homer and Ralph. His home was on
Whitmire street and he had been em
ployed until a few weeks before his
death by J. S. Bromfield.
Funeral services were held at the
home Saturday afternoon at two
o'clock, by Rev. E. R. Welch, pastor
of the Brevard Methodist church,
officiating. Interment was in Oak
Grove cemehery.
The pallbearers were: Gaston
Gorgan, Fred McGaha, Edward Hen
derson, John Kilpatrick. Dee Kilpat
rick, Herman Brown.
HEAVIEST SNOW IN MANY
YEARS VISITS THIS SECION
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People of Brevard and vicinity
were surprised on Thursday morning
of last week to find the ground
j blanketed with a six inch snow, which
was the deepest snow for this section
in many years and was most beauti
ful to behold. The snow apparently
fell steadily all Wednesday night and
until noon Thursday, but the warm
rays of the sun caused the bulk of it
to disappear by nightfall Thursday.
The snow capped mountains in the
distance, however, were clearly visi
ble for several days thereafter.
Flurries of snow again appeared Sat
i urday and Monday, but not to any
appreciable extent.
The snowstorm was followed by a
decided drop in temperature on Sat
urday and Sunday, the official weath
er bureau thermemeter registering 7
above on Saturday night, that being
the coldest time of the season with
one exception, when the mercury fell
to 2 below zero the last of December.
According to reports from other
sections, a heavy snowfall followed
by an unusual cold wave was pretty
general throughout the Southern
states, as well as in many of the
northern and western sections of the i
country I
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KIWANIS CLUB TO BE
ORGANIZED IN BREVARD
Thirty of Brevard's progressive
citizens will meet with the Hender
| sonville Kiwanis Club this Thursday
evening, March 18, at 7:30 o'clock,
at Lynch's cafeteria in the Athelwolc
hotel building. The purpose of thi:
gathering is to organize a Kiwanis
club in Brevard. Mr. T. Elmore, of
Spindale, will be present at the meet
ing and organize the club.
QUERY AND ANSWER
| Query: What is the peat indoo
sport this winter of Brevard women'.
Answer: Selling coupons for Triboni
Sales Corporation, New York City:
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our friends am
neighbors for their floral offering
and kindness in rendering assistant
at the time of the death of our be
loved son and brother.
M. and Mrs. C. C. Morris andfamily.
FANNIE HECK CIRCLE MEETS
TUESDAY
The Fannie Heck Circle will meet
with Mrs. Thos. Dodsworth Tuesday
afternoon, if the weather is favor
able; if not, the meeting will be with
Mrs. W. M, Henry. ? >
BREVARD MAN ON
GOOD WILL TOUR
In accordance with the urgent re
quest of the Smoky Mountain Natio
nal Park Commission Thornwell Hay
nes left Brevard Tuesday to accompa
ny the Asheville Good-will tour as one
of its representative speakers on its
itineracy March 16 to March. 29
through South Carolina, Georgia,
Alabama, Louisana, Texas, Oklaho
ma, Arkansas and Tennessee.
When asked about the trip Mr.
Haynes stated that of the many fact
ors working for the South's upbuild
ing few were more fitting or effici
ent than such gaad will tours.
"No history-making or precedent
breaking," he said has ever been j
achieved without enthusiasm. "If one
does not believe this it might be
well to get accquainted with some I
of the Old Testament prophets. I
understand that a woman in Illinois
recently married in succession a
William Brown, a William White
and a William Jones. In other words,
she has had the "willies." Asheville
Western North Carolina is having
a case of the North Carolina-itis, the
greatest eruption of which is the
great Smoky Mountain Park, and
I've been asked to tell other South
erners samething as to what it is, and
whose it is. And am talking the in
terests of every citizen in Brevard
Transylvania county.
Mr. Haynes is the special repre
sentative of the Great Smoky Moun
tains National Park campaign com
mittee, and will deliver a number of
addresses on the park project in the
19 cities which the party will visit.
A daily program of talks on West
ern North Carolina will be given at
the various cities, and Mr.Haynes will
be the chief spokesman for the pro
posed nationaj. park. In view of the
fact that Mr. Haynes has traveled
widely and is well acquainted with
the beauties of this country
and of the world, the park commis
sion is particularly pleased that he is
to represent it on this trip.
Mr. Hayes retired recently from
the consular service, his last post be
ing American Counsul at Berne,
Switzerland. He is a native of South
Carolina, was graduated from Wof
ford College and Vanderbilt Uni
versity, and has served as American
Council at Rouen, France, Nanking
China, Finland, and at Berne. Mr.
Haynes is also an educator, having
served as superintendent of schools
at Central, South Carolina, and at
High Point, and for two years as
president of Birmingham College.
He is also an author of note and
contributor to magazines.
NEEL REALTY COMPANY
OPENS BRANCH OFFICE
The Neel Realty Company, of
which R. Y. Neel is president, has
opened its first branch office at
Davidson River, with J. S. Patton and
G. H. Lydny in charge.
The firm deals in general real es
tate, acreage, residential, property
and farm lands.
MAKE THE CARELESS PAY
It has often been pointed out that
the surest way to better the fire
hazard condition in a city is to touch
the sensitive pocketbook of the per
son responsible for maintaining the
hazard.
In automobile, transportation, bu
ilding, employment, and every line
of industrial and commercial activity
we in this nation adhere to the policy
of personal resonsibility. But when
it comes to carelessness with fires
we have let the guilty party go or
for causing his neighbor, expense
through necessarily higher insurance
rates and property destroyed through
fires caused by carelessness or de
liberate recklessness.
Thq insurance commissioner of
Michigan is setting an example which
should be followed. A local citizen
maintained a dangerous fire hazard
and refused ti clean up his premises,
which endangered his neighbor and'
the whole city. After a fair warn
ing a unitiye increase in his insur
ance rates was permitted. If the
commissioner follows the policy of
increasing rates where unnecessary
fire hazards are not corrected, he will
get results and benefit the whole
nation through" other states follow
ing suit. ' ,
W. J. MORGAN HAS OLD COIN
W. J. Morgan, of South Brevard,
has in his possession a one dollar
gold piece of the year 1851. The coin
is in perfect condition.
STATE WIDE
SPELLING CONTEST
Here is a chance of a lifetime for
spellers of North Carolina to get real
money, as well as real fun, from the
covers of the old spelling book.
The Charlotte Observer will give
$175.00 in cash rewards to the best
speller in the state, and many Soun
ty champion spellers will pet free
trips to Charlotte. !
The spelling bee is to be state-wide I
and the schools of Charlotte ! in
the one hundred counties have beer,
invited the Charlotte Observer .
to practicipate. Each school will
pick its best speller in a reg
; ular spelling bee. Then all school
! winners, city and county, are to
1 meet at the county seat to select, in
an old fashioned spelling bee, the
| county champion. This lucky boy, |
or girl, may be among those who will I
come to Charlotte in May as the
guest of The Observer. He or she I
will stop at the city's best hotel,
will be royaHy entertained and wiil
enter the statewide finals. Then The'
Observer is offering the following
prizes at the all territory finals in
May; first, ?100, second, $50, and
third, $25.
In addition, the champion speller |
of North Carolina will be sent to
Washington, D. C., in June to take
part in the Second National Spelling
Bee Contest All expenses of both
the winner and chaperon will be paid
act as chaperon, in case a boy, The
Observer will provide a suitable
chaperon. In Washington more than
twenty spelling champions will com
pete for $222000 in gold and a gold
| medal. The first prize will be $1000;
[secor.d, $500; third, $200; fourth,
$150,; fifth, $100; sixth $50. A five
day sight-seeing tour and other en
tertainments are in store for the
winner of North Carolina.
BREVARD AERIAL VIEWS
APPEAR IN ASHEVILLE
CITIZEN
The special edition of Tuesday's
Asheville Citizen carried a nunlber
of aerial views of Brevard and vicin
ity taken by Lieut. M. A. C. Johnson,
of the Brevard Aircraft corporation.
Five thousand copies of this issue of
The Citizen went with Good will
tour as an advertising medium for
Western North Carolina.
MEMORIAL COIN
SALE URGED
Stone Mountain is in DeKalb Coun
ty, Georgia, about twenty miles
northeast of Atlanta, near the geog
raphical center of 'what was the
Southern Confederacy. It stands
alone in the midst of a plain, isolat
ed and solitary, no hills or mountains
near it.
By unanimous vote of the House
and Senate during a Republican aii
minstration, and with the approval
of a Republican President, Calvin ,
Coolidge, Congress passed the Act- j
authorizing the mintage of the Stone I
Mountain Memorial Coin as a finau- ]
cial aid to the Stone Mountain Con- ;
federate Monumental Assort'011! '
and as a tribute to the soldiers of the :
South. The act nationalizes the mon
ument. and bestows upon Confederate 1
soldiers, living and dead, the most
remarkable decoration of valor in
the history of any country.
The sale of the coin in the South
is in charge of the Southern Gover
nors, who are directors of the as
sociation. Each accepted for his state
a quota based upon white population
and bank deposits and assumed the
direction of a campaign to sell his
quota. Banking cities and towns in
the several states were given quota
in the same manner, Brevard's quota
bei^g 332. The time set for recalling
unsold coins was March 17, but this
hass-been extended to April 1, at
which time it is hoped the quota of
every state, city and town will be
made. ? ? .
Churches and schools, ciyic bodies
and individuals are earenstly asked
to give the sale of these coins all the
publicity that can be devised during
the remaining days of the campaign.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS PRE
- SENT PLAY FRIDAY NIGHT
MARCH 26th
The ? students of Brevard high
school \yill present a play "Out of
Court," Friday evening at the high
school auditorium. An evening of
wholesome fun and enjoyment is as
sured all who attend.
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THE PRAYER CORNER
Gentlenet*
In the next three Prayer ?oru< r*.
beginning with this one, there wi!J
be a talk on Gentleness that has com.
to me in my reading.
"Gentleness may not be easy t.,
define but we can easily describe it
charcteristics the delicate consider* .
n for the feelings of others, th.
wish to avoid wounding their susccp
totalities, the patience in makirtr
allowance ? for their difficult^,
scruples and prejudices, the williuc
ness for the young, the less we it
placed and Igks favorably circuit'
stanced, in care f?r the aged and 0,
suffering. It can be shown too whet
a disagreeable duty has to be
formed, when an unwelcome trtur
has to be told, or when a rebuke ma
be administered. It is revealed ,,ilr
ticularly by attention to small mat ?
ters upon which comfort may largclj
depend. Coleridge defines the gvr
tlemanly character as consisting i
generosity in trifles.
Then too we may contrast gen
tleness with its opposite. s ? will
roughness and coarseness, with t.ht
manner that is overbearing in it
dealing with the weak and the ?-?
sitive, with the callousness whict
prides itself upon its lack of per
ception, if it does not derive actual
satisfaction from the discomfort and
distress it inflicts.
Gentleness is all that is furth< .<
removed from everything of thr>
kind. Gentleness refuses to consul,
its own convenience and is ever mind
ful of the interests and feelings of
others. In well known lines Lore
Tennyson has drawn for us the vt-rj
picture of a gentleman.
Sir Launcelot as became a nofal#
knight
Forbore his own advantage and Um
king
Forbore his own advantage and
these two
W ere the most nobly manneroc1
men of all
For manners are not idle, but tht
fruit
Ofloyal nature and of noble mind."
Gentleness is much more than fin.
manners. It is not the exclusfvt
possession of any class. We recognit.
it as the sure sign of a delicate*)
tempered soul wherever it is fourth
A PRAYER FOR GENTLENESS
Oh, most Merciful God, tender anc:
gentle beyond all human thouj^t
teach us gentleness. Enable us to se<
it by its charateristics; that it is tht
delicate consideration for the feel
ings of others, the wish to avoir'
wounding their suscepitilities, tht
patience in making allowance for
their difficulties, scruples and pre
judices, the willingness to wait anc
attain an end by indirect mcthodi
and slow degrees.
Show us that gentleness, is thought
fulness for the young, the los*
well placed, and less favorably cir
cumstanced, in care for the aged and
the suffering; may men 'see it is uf
when a disagreeble duty is to Ik
performed, when an ultwholcsoim
truth is to be told, or when a rt
buke is to be administered, may wc
reveal it particularly by attention tr,
small matters upon which our com
fort may largely depend. May (b<
gentle in our character, as Cole
ridge defined it to be generosity it
trifles.
Give us grace to refuse to consult
our own convenience, and be evt-i
mindful of the interests and feelings
of others, forebearing our own ad
vantages, like Launcelot and Authur;
so shall we be nobly mannered nier
and women, for manners are nol
idle but the fruit of loyal nature ati<5
a noble mind. Help us 10 see tiial
gentleness is much more than fint
manners and is not the exclusive
possession of any class. Grant that
men may recognize it in us as (Ik?
sure sign of a delicatply tempered
soul and the praise shall we give to
Thee, Thou God of gentleness ikiw
and ever. Amen.
C. D. C.
MRS. WILLIAM JOHNSTONE
SUFFER^ STROKE SUNDAV
The community was saddened on
Sunday to learn of the stroke of
paralysis which Mrs. William Johii
stone suffered at her hoi^^Sunday
morning. She has been in^v health
for some weeks past but wa? thought
to. be improving until at tiiis time.
She was completely paralysed on the
; left side and is considered in a sei
iiotis condition.