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VOL. XXXI
BREVARD, NORTH CA OLINA, MARCH 1, 1926
I
No. 12
I
^ FARM NEWS
By L. A. AMMON
Chas. Ashworth, of Little River,
handed the County Agent a check in
two figures, with which to buy a
high blooded Light Brahma cock to
head his flock of hens, left after
being culled by Ruth, and approved
by State Poultry Specialist Parrish.
That is %he way to get on top.
Charles expeets to show the Ashe
ville Fair some real birds.
Due- to having sold the old
grounds, and a lack of time to build,
there will not be a State Fair this
year.
Poultry week in educational work
.brought out many people, and con
rerable interest was shown.
Please
Now is the time with the County
Agent along production lines, and
club work. The great number of
sick animals is seriously breaking my
plans for the year. Please be as
careful as possible with your feed
ing, salting, watering, and general
care that we may have the least
number sick. Especially watch thai
cattle do not eat poison plants, and
be sure that animal's bowels are
not constipated or seriously sluggish
when you give them the first chance
at grass.
The after effects of the drought
is the major cause of so much trou
ble, so it will take extra cart- to
keep the animals well.
Sorry I have net been able to an
swer all calls, but will do my best
within my health.
Chicken truck Thursday.- If on
time will reach Rosman about ten.
and then down the line. Time
reaching places will depend on the
amount of chickens to handle.
Prices are as good or better than
two weeks ago.
Two weeks ago the truck bought
close to live hundred dollars worth
of poultry. Glad to see the culis
and mongrels go, but there were
some very good hens sold. A ladv
at Calvert took the prize with one
rock h'en that weighed nine pounds
and brought $2.25.
Ideal time to sow oats and grass
now and the early clover. Mr. Wm.
McK. Fetzer will try a project in
White Sweet clover this year.
Have you noticed the improved
looks the county road men. Mr. bet
zer, and Miss Anna Gash are giving
to their section? Looks pood to me.
When the road is hardsur faced,
they will have one of the best look
ing sections in the county. Who is
nest?
The potato crop will not be large
due to the shortage of seed, and
'high price of seed. Most everything
is sold. A few around Quebec.
Three-fifty seems to be about the
price on good home grown seed.
Ordered seed higher.
The early cabbage crop or setting
is rather large, but well scattered.
The local corn market is easy
around SI. 10 to 51.25. There is
now no fear but that we will i-on
what is left. Sotith l urolina
wagons hauling considerable.
BUYS INTEREST IN
LOCAL SUBDIVISION
A sixty acre tract of land,
known as the G. T. Glazener place,
has recently been purchased by 0.
Max Gardner, of Shelby. O. M. Mull,
of Shelby, R. E. Lawrence of Bre
vard and others for the purpose of
development.
The transaction involved a consid
eration price around S24.U00. The
property is within 1UU yards of the
Lcity limits, on the road t<> the
| Duntry Club and extending to with
in 160 yards of the Country Club
property.
It is the intention of the owners
of this tract to develop it into a
restricted residential subdivision with
all modern improvements, including
surfaced streets, city water, lights,
and telephone connections. A two
acre lake will also be built, thus af
fording ample accommodations for
boating and swimming. The work
of grading the streets and othei
construction work will begin at once,
according to a statement made b\
'the owners and developers.
The development will be known a.
Lake Lawrence sub-division. The
firm will be incorporated.
THORNWELL HAYNES
RETURNS FROM THE
GOOD -WILL TOUR
Thornwell Haynes, now designated
as "Colonel," Brevard, acompanicd
the Asheville Chamber of Commerce
Good-Will Tout during ' its recem
two-weeks' itineracy of- the South
and Southwest, as the representative
speaker of the Great Smoky Moun
tain Park. He returned last Monday
morning and in a hasty interview
gave an interesting account of some
of the features of the tourr and of
its accomplishment. He expressed it
as his opinion that under the flirec
tion of some of the best business
men of Western North Carolina the
tour could not possibly have been
anything else but sueeess, and pav
j ticularly mentioned the names of
I Holmes Bryson, Roger Miller, J. G.
| Stikeleather, Dr. Ashley Chappels ;
j Dr. C. E. Cotton, Mark Brown,. ('. j
P. Taylor, W. E. Johnson, Donald
! Gillis, Harvey Holleman, and others
who contributed greatly to the suc
cess of the tour.
"These culturally rugged names are
accurately descriptive of the power
| of the men who carry them," said
i Colonel Haynes, and ended his sen
; tence with the remark that the exec
utive ability and successful thorough
ness of Mr. Roger Miller, secretary
of the Asheville Chamber of Com
merce, was 110 less than wonderful.
Mr. Haynes mentioned four things
j which impressed him greatly: First,
the conservative manner in which
the good-will members approached
the various communities visited.
! "Never before was there anything
' like hot-air," he remarked. "Noth
j ing like the word 'boom' was ever !
1 mentioned, nor any remark which
could in any way leave the imr-rCs
, sion that 'we have come to spread ?
' oir superiority.' The impression
| made was that North Carolina had
come to gather new ideas in the way (
of progressiveness; not to boost, but
j to receive as well as impart enthus
iasm."
Second: In the opinion of Coloij
' el Haynes no cities could have been
| visited which more significantly- em- ,
' phasized the fact that the progies
' siveness and greatness of comniuni- .
' ties, towns, and cities are 'n every
i instance due to the presence ami ,
persistence of big-hearted men ai '
women ? unselfish men and wome ?? ,
who thought and spoke the good aim
worthily worshipped. God.
Third: He was greatly .impressed
by the number of North C arolinians
found in almost every town and
i city visited, especially in Dallas,
Houston, Oklahoma City, Tulsa. Lit
tle Rock, and many other localities,
! most of whom had become pri>-'
itouucedly successful and wealth\.
' As an instance he cited one man who
j in days gone by had delivered groc
eries in Asheville in a wheelbarrow
now a millionaire. These old
North Carolinians spoke warmly of
the spirit of good-will and generos
ity with which the inhabitants of
; these progressive communities wel
? corned new-comers whether such
came to improve or be improved
' spritually, culturally, financially, or
, in any other way .
Fourth: The enthusiasm with
which all, even dwellers beyond the
! Mississippi, received information as
to what had been done and what
'was proposed- to be done relative to
i the Smoky Mountain Park was very
: marked and gratifying. Their ir.toi
I est in this great project would al
1 most put to shame the seeming
I lethargy of some of our people.
\ "Peop'e everywhere," remarked Co!,
onel Haynes, "fire vcr.Uzing to a
most commendable degree that th.
' troing forward worthily of oui
American citizenry can be accom
plished successfully by keeping fit
physically, mentally, and spiritually.
It may appear paradoxical, but it is
natural. that these Southerners' and
Southwesterners whom we visiter
are terrifically busy thinking of res' :
they are so highly practical thai t:?-y
I acknowledge no proper and prudent
: activity can continue without s.a
t sons of recreation. This is the ut
terance of all strong men and wo
! men everywhere that to be great
I doers we must be great resters.
I And this is the reason why histor
? j ians tell us that dreams prevent fail
ures ; why athletes tell us that cer
tain nourishment wins victory ; and
why, when the physical, mental, and
spiritual charm and inspiration
? which nature breathes is taken from
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V
APPALACHIAN HOTEL
IS DAMAGED BY FIRE
Fire, originating from a short
circuit on the third floor of the
Appalachian Hotel early Tuesday
morning, gutted a portion of the
house before being extinguished by
members of the Brevard Volunteer
Fire Department. :-i
The blaze was discovered at 3:50
a.m. by one of the guests in a
third-floor room. He immediately
woke the other occupants, number
ing eighteen, including Mrs. Hugh
Walker, daughter of the proprietor,
who turned in the alarm. All of the*
lodgers reached the street in safety.
Flames rising from the roof at
tracted the notice of many people
and a crowd was ? gathered outsidt
the hostelry in a few minutes afte j
the alarm pealed from the fire-bell.
A few of the first to the scene hclpc
to remove some of the more' valuai.
furniture from tb" lower floors.
Fire-Chief J. Bromiitld arrivei |
with. ? six minyu s after the fire"
was discovered, followed closely b,
the town truck and members of the j
Volunteers. The first stream o !
water was poured into the blazing I
building at 4 :00a.m., and thirty min- 1
utes later the fire was under control, j
Two hose-lines were directed fron
the rear, and a third from the side
of the hotel. As a result of this
strategetic cross-tire, the flames
were kept under the tin roof on the
back of the house, transforming a
threatened three-building disaster j
into a localized blaze.
A human element was injected in- J
to the excitement of the . morning j
when "Beau," a white collie dog, re- j
entered the burning hotel time after |
time in search of Mrs. Walker's two
sn ail children, who were taken from
the room beneath the burning gable j
immediately after the alarm was 1
* /
given.
In an interview with a News re
porter, Mrs. A. H. King, the resi
lient owner of the inn stated that the
real property was covered by insur
ance, but that the loss of personal
belongings was total. Although the,
fire was confined to two rooms on!
the top floor, thousands of gallon. 1
nf water shot under the roof, soaked
the wall-paper and softened the
plaster over the entire building.
Renovation of the hotel will be
started immediately pnd Mrs. King
plans to have the Appalachian op
ened again in time' for the summer
influx of visitors to Brevard,
THREE MARRIAGE LICENSES i
ISSUED IN MONTH OF MARCH J
Only three marriage licenses were |
issued at the register of deeds of-!
fice during the month of March, as
follows: March 0, Davis Whitmire,
Rosman, to Alice E Gravely, Cher- j
ryfield ; March 6, George Wade to|
Sarah Wililams, Brevard (coli:
March 26, A. M. Sisk to Kittie Bat
son, Rosman. ?
WORK PROGRESSING RAPIDLY
ON SIDEWALKS
The work of tearing up the old ,
brick sidewalks on the south side of
main street is progressing as vap
idly as cir cum. stances will permit, j
The heavy rains of the past few days
have delayed the work to a consider
able extent, however it is hoped the
work will now be pushed to a rapid
completion.
chas.1l deaver :
MS IN BREVARD
HOSPITAL FRM
Charles Boyce Deaver, age 5.1 .
prominent lawyer of Brevard, died
Friday morning March 26, at 5:15
o'clock, at Brevard hospital, following
a major operation performed on
Tuesday, March 16, preceded by a
lingering ilThess of eight months du
ration.
Mr. Deaver has been a resident of
Brevard for the past 27 years. He
graduated from Wake Forest college
at the age of 23, ant) immediately
after finishing college he accepted a
civil service position with the United
States internal revenue. A few
months after this time he married
Miss Nettie Loftis, of Brevard, Mr.
Deaver himself being a native of
Asheville. He resigned his civil ser
vice position to enter the practise of
law in Brevard, during which time he
served two terms in the general as
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4
BREVAt D MEMORIAL
COIN SELLS FOR $12C
According to previously announced
arrangements, Brevard's special Con
federate memorial coin was sold a,
auction to the highest bidder on the
courthouse lawn Saturday afternoo
at 4:30 o'clock, the coin going t
R W. Everett for $120. C. P. Wil
kins acted as auctioneer in placc of
Mayor Whitmire, and the bidding
was quite lively, starting at $10 and
increasing quickly to $120.
Brevard's quota in the Stone
Mountain Memorial Coin campaign
is stated to be 332, which with tin
addition of the sale of the specia
coin, is now over-subscribed. Sixty
three individual coin sales wer:
made following the auction of th;
special coin, whose serial numbei
is 57.
The BreVard band rendered mus
for the occasion.
The Brevard Banking Compan
has had charge of the Memorial
Coins, the sales being sponsored b
the Chamber of Commerce. Orders
were received to ship all remaining
unsold coins to the federal reserve
bank of Atlanta. April first, the
price to be raised to two dollars on
the fifteenth of April.
SNELSON'S BLACKSMITH SHOP
MOVED TO CASCADE AVENUE
The blacksmith shop of T. L.
Snelson, which has for many years
been located on Caldwell street, be
tween Main and Jordofl, was torn
down the past week. A part of the
same lumber is being used in til"
reconstruction of the shop which i ?
now in the process of erection near
Mr. Snelson's home just off Cascade
avenue.
BOX SUKPEK SOCIAL TO BE
GIVEN BY EPWORTH LEAGUE
The Epworth League of the Meth
odist church is giving a box supper
social, Friday evening of this week.
April 2. at eight o'clock, at Lynch 's
Cafeteria.
Each lady is expected to bring
with her a box lunch, all boxes l^e- 1
ing sold at autcion to the highest I
bidder, the men present to be the |
bidders. The proceeds of the sale]
will be used for the benefit of the j
League. , I
iT. W. Whitmire, C. P. Wilkins anil
R| H. Bennett will be auctioneer, .
Tiie public is cordially invited.
COURT CONVENES NEXT
MONDAY
The criminal term of superior
court will open in Brevard. Monday, !
April 5, with Judge A M. Stack, of |
Monroe, presiding, and .1, Will Pless,
Jr., solicitor. Some 100 cases arc
to appear on the calendar, the ma- j
jority of which are minor liquor
violations.
Following criminal court, the
civil cases on docket will be heard,
comprising fifteen in number. It is
thought that the two terms will in
clude a two-weeks sessior..
NEW REALTY FIRM ?
OPENS IN BREVARD
A new realty firm, known as.
Truluck & Alexander, Realtors, is
opening offices this week in the of
fice of Whitmire Realty Co., on
Broad street.
CONSTRUCTION IS
| BEING PUSHED ON
l LOCAL GOLF COURSE
i.
The construction work on the first
I nine holes of the eighteen holes golf
j course of the Brevard Country Club.
' located on the Montclove Estates
j about one and one-half miles from
J town, is rapidly being pushed to com
' pletion.
j The course: was designed by E.
! S. Draper of Charlotte, N. C. one of
| the leading landscape architects in
? the South. Mr. Draper has planned
I many golf courses in this section, the
j new one at Chimney Rock, also be
ing constructed at this time and the
course of the Brevard Country Club,
Inc., are two pf his latest master
pieces.
Mackintosh and Roser, Landscape
Engineers and Contractors of th'.'
High Point, N. C., have been
awarded the contract for the con
struction of the Brevard course and
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I
VERY ENTHUSIASTIC
POETRY WEEK HELD
BY COUNTY AGENT
By L. A. Ammon, Co. Agent
Mr. C. F. Parrish, the Sheik of j
poultrydom, from Raleigh, spent the
past week with the Home and Farm
Agents, giving special attention to
the feeding and care of baby chick
ens.
The work was carried on through
the poultry clubs of the county. The |
clubs in a number of places gave 1
excellent programs, after which the
poultry lectures were given.
At Blantyre the club and Com
munity club both, met. There were
a number of songs by the crowd, and
the Morgan family gave a numl>e> ,
of good old-time pieces on the string
instruments played by the family.
Oh Boy! It was hard to keep still.
Davidson River club brought the I
house down with their program, am, |
Mr. Parrish gave his best to his line, j
An excellent attendance was noted. I
Had an interruption at Penrose ,
due to a funeral, but were glad to \
give in. At Little River we ha:! a ;
barn meeting in culling and feeding.
Carr's Hill club in Dpmestic
Science wished for a stove, so the
girls each brought a box and Mr. j
Parrish auctioned them off ? netting ?
over twenty dollars. Then they j
heard a good talk on raising chick- 1
ens. "Some good time," I heard
many say.
Due to the smallpox scare the
general meeting at Connestec was,
called oft' anu we had a good meet
ing with the school children alone,
j Otherwise a good program would
have been rendered.
The meeting at Calvert was with
the school children, and they were
complimented for their interest and
!?bod behavior.
The Quebec club largely forgot
i their meeting, but some seriously in
terested adults and children were !
1 out.
Lake Toxaway gave the party
[ warm reception and made the work I
interesting.
The week ended at Silversteon
school, near Vance Galloway's. This i
was a night meeting, and was too
cold for many of the children to be I
out. After a real supper at Mr. j
Galloway's we met at the school
house and organized the community
with Miss Aiken being elected pres
ident or local leader.
j. Having not had previous talks on i
housing, Mr. Parrish also went into ,
this matter and built for them his j
j model chicken house. The work
was well taken by the people. Mss |
' Georgia Stanberry, of Brevard, was j
! with the party, and was heartily
| greeted by the people and the chil
i was well taken by the people. Miss]
j lavish fashion. Miss Stanberry was <
j a former teacher.
i INTEREST 1 COUNTY
CLUBWORKSTEADILY
GAINING AT CENTERS'
|
(Miss Ada Walker, Home Agent) !
The Rosnian primary grades de- '
serve special mention this- week be- [
cause of the outstanding work they !
have done in making posters showing
the pioper fooii for children, i'rac- j
tically every child in the first four
grades had an attractive poster
showing a variety of green leafy
vegetables, fresh fruits, milk and
milk dishes.
These children not . only know
what they should cat, but have de- :
cided to eat for luaith and not for
I taste. If you1 don't believe it, look
1 them over.
The Davidson River Girl's club
consisting of thirty-two members,
also deserve special mention for the
excellent program they gave at the
community meeting Thursday even
ing, March 25. The president of
the club, Mary Louise Croushorn, a
little girl twelve years old, conducted
the meeting as if she had had years
of experience. The girls practically
got ' up their entertainment by
themselves as I was too busy to prac
tice them as much as I should have.
Mr. Parish, State poultry special
ist, complimented the girls very
highly on their program. He says it
is the best he has seen put on
by any club in the State. The pro
gram consisted of club and health
songs and short health plays ant:
recitations.
THE PRAYER CORNER
THE GENTLENESS OF CHRIST
"I intreat you by the gentlene.su
of Christ." 2 Cor. 10:5. The gentle
ness of Christ was not one point
, out of many to be noted in His be
haviour, but rather the very element
and atmosphere in which He lived
and worked.
As we watch Him in His going*
to and fro, in the days of His flesh,
we arc inpressed times without num
ber by the native gentleness of His
! spirit and His bearing. If we could
have heard the tones of His voice
we are sure they would have been
gentle tones. It was noted as char
j acteristic of His method that Ho
did not strive nor cry aloud, neither
did anyone hear Ilis voice in the
streets. We should have been im
pressed the more because noise wax
then, as it is now, seldom absent,
from Oriental life.
If on special occasions our Lord
showed severity in word or deed,
the contrast to His ordinary de
meanor must have been fell with all
the more force, just because such
an attitude was so unlike His ordin
ary temper. That most arrest. ng of
His paradoxes, "The Wrath <"f th?
Lamb," is so startling in account of
the seeming incongruity of the ac
tion, and the nature from which ii
sprung. The righteous anger, that
once and again blazed forth from
the Lord was His "strange work."
By its very strangeness it served to
reveal the manner of Ilis habitual
gentleness.
As men commonly saw Him. 1
was gentle, not only in answering,
but in teaching, in rebuking.
helping, in suffering, in the mode of
His rising, and ? in some respects. it
is the most striking instance o! all
in the manner of His aiii'e.iiai.c -
lo His disjples after His Kesu-rec
lion.
Our childi.-h hymn was r::iht w.u-:?
it taught us to .name Him "Th
Gentle Jesus." The Aposlie kn< v.
that he was making an appeal which
could not be resisted, when he sum!.
"1 intreat you by the Gentleness
Christ."
A PRAYER FOR THE
GENTLENESS OF CHRIST
O Thou Mcgk and Lowly On. <"
Heart, teach us Thy Gentleness. A
we watch Thee in Thy ?uingx t"
and fro in the days -.1' Thy tlesh.
we are impressed times with""
number with the native geutlenc
of Thv spirit, and Thy bearing. If
we could have heard the tones o!
Thy voice, we are sure th; y won.,
have been gentle tows. <>h. ma
our tones gentle like Ihine. -
know front Thy word that to"
didst not strive nor cry alou- . ne
ther did anyone h.ar.Thy vo.ee
the streets. '
Save us, we pray 'I hi e. >""?
Thy righteous anger, that ..we and
again blazed forth from Tine when
Thou wast here on ?-u:lh in '><" <*?>'
of Thv pilgrimage, fo:- tt was ^ thy
strange work." And ?h,
most gracious Saviour, that, we m.is
never know "The Wrath of I. W
Lamb."
As men oorttm lously saw l he<
when Thou didst g<> about doi.u
good Thou wert |W?nile. not only i:t
answering, but in teaching, in
buking. in helping, in suffering. <? -
pccially in the manner of 'hy a|
pearances to Thy disciples after lb.
Resurrection
Make us too. O Thou genth
Jesus, gentle in answering, in teach
ing in rebuking, in helping and in
| suffering, in whatever we a> an.
i do, in all our manner of ?..ie an I
; conversation. So shall we put I h "
| on. in the sigi.t of Heaven and ...
'the sight of men and put on th
! robes of Thy rcspons.li.iUy, am!
! gentleness of Cod the l'athei, sh.ii
| make us great, and Thine own
I gentleness, Thou Lamb of
I shall make us gentle like Thyself, i ?
! thought, in spirit and in life. An
j the praise shall -be ever given unt .
the Father, Son and Holy Gho* .
Amen.
I ? C, U. < .
' LOCAL REPUBLICANS ARE
; APPOINTED TO STATE MEET
At a convention held in the court
' house Saturday afternoon the fo!
? lowing republicans were appointed a'
delegates to represent Transylvani .
at the state convention which meet -
j in Durham, April 8:
A. E. Hampton, U. CI. Reeves, ' .
R. McNeely, J. E. Frazier, At.
Douglas, Roland Owen, L. P. Ham
lin, R. L. Nicholson, J. L. O.-teen.
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