_ Tell your friends 4 to come to Transylvania County BREVARD A Brevard Auto Name Plate Is A Visitor's Card 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 . . (continued on editorial page) 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 (Continued on second page) 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 (Continued on secopd page) 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. 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. \