North Carolina Newspapers

Our Goal: Brevard The Beautiful NEWS Transylvania, Just A Step Forward VOL. XXXI BREVARD, NORTH CA ROLINA, JUNE 17, 1926 No. 23 FARM NEWS By L. A. AMMON The bean beetle is about one -fourth as bad as last year and not a drop compared with two years ago. Some have iiuito a few, many others none." Get the early ones and watch for eggs, and our season's troubles will soon be over. The spray or dust with calcium arsenate is yet the best killer, except hand picking. The soy beans were shipped May 20th, but not here yet. The Sou thern seems to be playing with them. Jlr. P. G. Surrett hail the lirst, green bean on the l~>th, and ImnMSj all others are. late. Tuesday night's showers were 1 enough to keep us going for a few days-, and- prospects are for more. ^ Had 10 go to the famous section ! of Michigan to find celery plants for sale. The price is $?'* V- '' tbou-. sand for transplanted plants. Oiu order is gi?-e and others to go Sat- j urday. Kt?i;i now till most the ' middle of July i- a good time to se" the transplanted plants. H M'i want some '-pfcnts see as the;, are cheaper in* large lots. Due to two facts, only direct or- , ders will be handled this year. ? There were many pounds ol seen not used last year, aad we do net 1 know how u> figure- Second, the ? merchants are busy as bees with other matters and will not have time to handle them as befo.'i. -so. begin to figure out your want* ami let me know. Prices are s;ill h:sh. There" were three pups? on.- took to eating oyster -hell with the chickens, the oth-.-r three <Ud not. The one eating shell- grew up with out "taking running lits. the three had them bad. Another thread in the line of evidence that lack of lime and phosphate is the back ground for this troublesome disease. Ashes and buttermik is the best remedy i have found so far. Our corn i< above our knees and those expecting to use nitrate 01 soda should add it during the next two weeks for best results. No one trying the soda has reported money lost as vet. i'ays big returns on most Sand, P;*w?W ?r:n? during drv weather, and the. green leaves do the work of making the ears. Have you ntaile arrangements about your cockerels for next year. Wednesday.; June will likely He the last trip for the chicken truck. We will have to ship and sell at home. Prices are said to be holuin- good at present, and by two weeks the summer prices will be an nounced. REVIVAL SERVICES BEING held AT METHODIST CH'JRCH The two -weeks' revival meeting at the Methodist church began Sun day morning, though the evangelist. Rev. Thurston B. PricO. was nat able to arrive until Monday in. time for the ' evening service. Th evangelistic party, in addition to Rev. Price, include.* tiie sons; leader. Mr. Costoa, of Ileiidersonville. ail1'. Miss Daniels. . pianist, >-t 1- i nitlan.i Rev. Price preaches the plain ? gospel truths in a most convincing and* appealing manner, carrying out his belief that a revival of religion is tirst needed within the churches themselves before any great and lasting results can be felt from a special series of revival meetings, j He expresses the belief that the; most important feature of any rt-j vival is not in the number of new converts brought in by actual count, but rather in the revival and reeon secration of the church n:embei> as a whole. Rev. Price with his apparent con secration and pleasing delivery, in 3 manner both tactful and out spoken, won the hearts of his hear ers from the first night, as is evi denced by the increasing numbers sn attendance at each service. Thursday night of this week a special service will be held for the voung men and voun^women at * u ?v, ftpie the evangelist will breach on the subject. "The Trail of an American Boy." The main body o{ the church will be reserved for the voung people, though room will * provided for those ot all ages Services will be held twice each dav throughout the two weeks, one in the morning from ten to eleven, and the Renins service at eight o'clock. A cordial invitation is ex tended to those of all denomina tions to attend all the services. Lake Toxaway To Be Rebuilt Famous Inn Will Open RED CROSS INSTITUTE HELD AT ROCKBROOK PURCHASE PRICE ANNOUNCED AS $1,500,000 The largest, and most important real estate deal ever transacted in Transylvania county, and perhaps the largest in. all of Western North Carolina, was the purchase - last week of the I-ake Toxaway tract of <>,000 acres by a syndicate of prom inent financiers of Ashevilie and other places, the consideration price being announced by the owners as $1,500,000. The. property was purchased from the Jennings estates, through (..has. E. Orr. by the owners, forming a company kftown as the Toxaway Company. Inc., of which. Lee Ellis, of the rirnt of Ellis and Beadles, Ashev.ilc. is president; Holmes Bry son. president of the Ashevilie Chamber ef Commerce, vice-presi dent; Li. (r. Barnes, well known fur iiittne manufacturer ol" High Point-, sect etarv ; and Charles Arbuinno;, capitalist of Pittsburgh, Pa., treas urer. In addition to the office . . . the board of directors comprises the following; Ashevilie investors ami business men: Dr. .1. A. Sinclair. Gray Gorham, Fred L. Sale, and Charles E. Waddcll. According to announcement of the present owners, it is their inten tion to rebuild the lake with a new concrete dan? across Toxaway river, at an estimated cost of ?150,000. and in addition they propose to cre ate a new lake: by building a dam across Indian Creek. The old Toxaway Inn. which was built in 1002 at a cost of $.17o,000, is alsb. included in the purchase and will be restored to use as in former days as a- famous and pop ular resort hotel. The hostelry is .; four-story frame structure con taining 250 rooms and 1)0 bains, and is said to be in practically as good conditi'-n as when abandoned ten vear? ago on account of the drainage of the lake due to the breaking of the d^ni. It is stateu that -the inn. ..the boat house and the lodge on top of Toxaway mountain have all been under supervision these ten vv:i'.s. iUlil that even th silverware and table linens still re main untarnished and unsoiled and the furniture and furnishings still in good condition, with the former pol ish of the floors yet in evidence. Lake Toxaway, situated 20 miles from Brevard, ha.-- an elevation of 3,000 feet, and is one of the earl iest famous resorts of Western North Carolina, drawing t" t.hi< beauty spot of the Blue ltidge eat! year hundreds of people represent ing Southern aristocracy. It was , -peciaily known as a favorite sum mer resort for numerous Atlanta people of wealth and distinction. The 6,000 acre tract which lie entirely in Transylvania county in cludes. in addition to the lake site, hotel building and Toxaway moun tain, also a nine-hole golf course which had just been completed at the time the riood waters overflowed the dam. The course had -nevti' been played on- and the present owners state that with comparative ly little work and expense the course can be again nut in excellent playing condition. Toxaway river and In dian creek both van through th; property, also included in the tract is Toxaway fails as well as numer uus other fails and points of inter est which have long been associated with this "far famed resort section. The former Toxaway lake bed contained 550 acres and was fed by pure sparkling waters originating some 2000 feet, above it. A 17-mile shore drive surrounds the lake bed, which when full ol' water was a mile wide and three miles long, with attractive homes dotted here ami there around the brink of the lake. The Toxaway property includes 8 miles of frontage on State highway No. 28, which is now under, con (continued on second page) The Southern Institute of First Aid and Life Saving of the American National Red Cross, with hearkitmr ters in Washington, D. opened a! Roekbrook. Camp Saturday, June 12. and will continue in session for ten days. The institute is under the di rectorship of Captain David J. Yates, of the First Aid Life Saving Insti tute of the American Red Cross. The student body is composed of 1 one of nine being conducted through various sections of the United States, this being the third year that We.-ir. I erii North CCarolina has had the honor of acting as host to this dis I tinguished body, and the secoritl tim< i that Brevard has been thus honored, j The student body s composed of j 72 boys and girls, men and women i from all over the South and middle | West, and some also front China ill! I Japan. Captain Yates is assisted by a fac ulty of twelve, anion- whom an numbered able and notable men and women from various sections of th country and respresenting variou walks of life. Some of the more im- , portant members of the faculty iii-j elude: Dr. A. D. Brown, in charge of | | physical education at Peaboy Col- | (lege for Teachers, Nashville, Tenn; j J Captain J. L. Reese, of the American ; | Red Cross, Washington, D. ('., Cap- ' j tain T. L. Moore, also of the Ameri- j I can Red Cross; Pete Desjardine, ? | national diving champion', who won second place in the Olympic '-games ? the past year, gives exhibitions in i diving; Miss Ruth Little, of the New Orleans school system physical edu cation department,, teaches canoeing. | Included in the courses of instruc tion offered during 'this ten day en campment will be found . norma! courses in first aid to the injured, life saving- and water safety, swim ming and diving, boatwork ami ca noeing, and kindred subjects. Two young men from I!rc.ard, Pete Breese and Edwin Perkins, are enrolled among the student body. so representatives from Ash. yille- ar. l Ilendersonville, including fireniei.. policemen and scout executive:-. North Carolina ha? a rcpr'esontnviv group in attendance, and the large;', group from any one . o, b.-i'i made up of people lit :.!i:ig respon sible and varied positions. No better location in all Wetsern North Carolina- could be secured as | a more beautiful and desirable site J for a meeting place of this distill.*.'- j 1 uished body of men, women aiie. { young people and Brevard, and Re-.-' - brook camp especially, is to be co::-l gratulaied upon acquiring- such dis tinction. CITIZENS TELEPHONE COMPANY INSTALLS NEW SWITCHBOARD In keeping with other progress: v steps manifest throughout ihe tow::, the Citizens Telephone comnuny , within the past week installed a new j ami enlarged . switchboard and n-.w cable at an expenditure of .$15, 0(' . i Four years ago the comssuiy in it:' j vision of a larger BreVai !, i n>"ts:1 K-> ' a new switchboard designed su, j posedly to t?kc "care of the 'phmViiij; j needs of the town for fifteen year's;, whereas in less than one-fourth ihat j time the de:"a:id for telephone fa cilities has far outgrown the pres ent equipment. The new switchboard is up-to-date in every respect- and designed to supply the needs of the town for many years to come. Five section1 comprise the new board, three local positions and two toll positions. Places for 280 phones were supplied on the former switch board, where as the new board is supplied with 480 places for phones with space for 300 additional ones. Eight op erators, including the day and night shift, are now employed, all uniting to render prompt, efficient and courteous service to the patrons and public in general. The company is to be congratu lilted on its -efficiency ami speed -installing the new siwitrhboj;: since ail was completed with nra. ticaliy no interference with dai!;. muti.ie calls, the majority of-?ftt patrons being unaware of the fact that a change of system was in progress. Tiie cable formerly running alonv the White Way in the business d:. trict, on Main and Broad streets, ha? beeni removed to less congested areas on the new street to be bull: at tn? rear of the court house ant! on Jordan .street. At a recent stockholders meeting! of he local telephone company : divi iend of eight per cent was di clai 3d, thus further attesting to tlu gro vth and present status . of this weM-functioning organization an important asset to Brevard. The officers of the Citizens Tele phone company include: President and general manager, J. S. Brom field; vice-president, Fred Johnston :| secretary-treasurer, Mrs. H. E. Perkins. The board of directors follow: C. C. Yongue, 0. L. Erwin, T. J. Sum mey, W. M. Henry, S. M. Macfie, Fred Johnston, J. S. Bromficld. Hotel Assured Brevard Soon AMERICAN LEGION IS REORGANIZED Site Given by Mrs.Zachary A meeting of the local Monro* Wilson. Post No. 88 of the American Legion was held Friday evening a; the Chamber of Commerce, at which time a reorganization of the post was perfected. The following officers were elect ed: Commander, Dr. Carl Hardin ; adjutant, F. A.- Starrette; treasurer, Ralph Duckworth; chaplain, W. A. Monroe. | Statement is made that unless the I e.'c-service men of Transylvania j county pay, their dues by the first of July, the post will lose its charter and members will thus be barred from the trip to Europe under the i auspices of the American Legion, f Plans were discussed whereby the 1 local post may be put back on its feet, and it was decided to make a drive for new members with the goal in view of 100 additional mern j bers. The present membership is 20. The members expect to hold a get-together banquet at an early date and start the membership drive. While the loeal ljv<f has not been in active organisation^ for some time, stil1 the. officers! have tried to taie care of the disabled ex-service men and to assist in getting their compensations. The American Legion Auxiliary, the ladies' department of the work, has' kept quite alive and active and in good shape, maintaining a pa tient's bed at Oteen and otherwse lending assistance to the ex-servie. men. CHARLES MOORE APPREHENDS PAIR OF CHECK FLASHERS Charles Moore, clerk in Staad.iri Clothing store did his part toward stopping local 'check flashers, "iuc ? day when he was inslriuncmai i, the capture of a pair of (hem. No. 1, Buck Pressly. after mak ing several purchases m the Siand ard Clothing: company store. pre sented Mr. Moore with a check ivt drawn on F. ti. Carr, which aroused bis suspicion. On pretext of sending the chick out to be ? ashed, Mr. .Moore sent for Deputy Fisher, who placed Pressly in jail. Comparing notes with O. iiiwin, who had cat'hed a check Monday for $:i2.50. Allen Simpson was also arrested and placed in jail, he later confessing io the writ ingot' birth checks. . . ' The two are held in jail "pendin; a hearing. I NEGOTIATIONS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED THIS WEEK The long talked of and much to be desired hotel for Brevard is now virtually an assured f:.'. . the practical assurance of which . made possible only through the foresight and spirit of civic i?r ni- - on the pari of one of Brevard'; most loyal and progressive citizen* in the person of Mrs. Beillnh Zaeh ary, who has donated a most desir able hoti 1 site located on the cor ner of Broad and Morgan streets. The property donated is valued at approximately $35,000. i Rlr,'. Zachary's broad vision, bu.-. ness acumen and impartial jtid;? ! ment along: all matters pertaining to civic welfare, together with her spirit of generosity and sincere de sire for the uplift of her native town, have all combined to prompt this most liberal offer to the people of Brevard, making possible a lonir felt need and a forward step in Iirevard's future prosperity and growth. i The lot is donated in its entirety, ! her only reque.--? being that she In allowed the privilege of naming * new hotel, which name will be an nounced at a later date. The 1m which has a frontage of SO feet on Broad street and 115 feet on Mor gan street, just, opposite the gram mar school building, is a most de sirable site for a hotel and is evi dently considered as such by the hotel corporation, which body made not the slightest hesitancy in its ac ceptance of th? offer, taking si p at once for erection of the ho! ?!. The hotel corporation includes J N. Jarrett, of Raleigh, as preside::!, and associated with him is II. K. ? Baker, a man who has had large i s ? perienee in hotel building and also in the erection of buildings for g.-:: eral manepaetufiirr pun. i i:: West Virginia, Ohio and Florida. The architect secured is Albert (j. | Wirt'h, of 50G Flatiron building.; Ashi ville. Mr. Wirih designed iV ' Flatiron building and ihe Wood fin apartments in Ashcville, and before locating in Ashcville he ha. I :?.v I eral buildings to his credit in Pennsylvania. Mrs. Zaehary li.:s agreed t<s con tribute five ii<W:tional feet at the rear of the hotel site and the cor poration will give another live feet from the site, making space for a ten foot alley at the rear of the: hotel, and allowing an openii g on three rides of the structure. The hotel will serve as both a to'ji'.stj and commercial center. will i ?> ? in | 100 rooms and be fireproof and; modern in every respect. "lie jiroposi! ion has been ac;e;;?ed! by the hove', veople and forme.ly agreed to by Mrs. Zaehary in je'r.i conference Tuesday afternoon, an ! | at an early date, probably tni. week, the hotel ration >vdl 'e- ! .gall.v take title to the property. A> ? soon as preliminary arrangements can be made, the promoters exjieet to begin actual i-onstrui ,:on work on the new hostelry. It is tile expecta tion that the work of charing th ? ground and excavation will be.v? not later than July 1. although a', this writing plans have not been definitely made for the formal m ceptance by a committee of Breiat' citizens a'ppointed to accept the plans. The plans of the promoters of t'1 hotel anticipate a .completed bud< ing not later than Apr.d 1, 11?? - - and to be furnished arc I ready IV operation by that date. MUNICIPAL BAND GIVES FIRST CONCERT OF SEASON The first band concert of the J season given by the municipal band under the direction of Prof. Cutter occurred on Tuesday even ing in the court hous-j bandstand. Quite a large crowd of people gath ered about the lawn and in car: t THE PRAYER CORNER THE FLOWER OF JUNE June never can be anything but full of the sweet anil the lovely; quaint, queenly June, rose crowned, the rose of all the garden of the year. The flower of June, the rose, would1 make thct impossible. Kng Iand has chosen it for its emblem. They claim it belongs to them as no other flower does, ll is tht-i*" prop crty a>id they look foi ll, and lind it in June. But ihey have no mononly of it. It is ours al.-o. <iear friends, and r.ii'.uy another people's. (iod's smile.-- are not confined to any one nation, and flowers are the smiles of God's goodness, lie is good l" ?ill, and His tender mercies and lo.ng kind'iesse.s are over all His work-:, among all peoples. He has given u too, the ' ro.** in June." Tie Hose! How full ii is of mystic meaning. We \V<- ? li rm is. mis-? a world of theuj^ht ,':nd bc .ity wh'.ch Is open to lln l'.a<'i'. i:< r.;. To the Oriental, the (lower v\ori I i.- as real as a world ;>eopied v.itli iiu'iinn beings. "lrt Eastern lands th.r talk it: cr?. And' they tell in a ?.aHand (In ii lo-es and cares. Each blossom thai 1>loor.is i:. their garden bowers On its leaves a mystical : . i.ijm wears." The gar?i. n <,f tin- lt<.;u:.n F.-s. ? n ary of New Pompeii, 1 tisl i> 1':;j il with roses. These rosy at': pulled to pieces, leaf l?y leaf, drieil, ;.:id made up in little packet- li the sick. The sick pt:'Hin (hein ami is supposed to leiovt'. The rose leaf cure is ccii ;naio<! throughout Italy. But really the rose leaf iwr< i celebrated throughout the v. ? i !?l. "They have healed the hurt oi tin' daughter < ? my people s"-nlly." What vain pluto. ophie/, t r>. - polities, o lackcries of cul:u . a"" suppost ? ! 'u cure the lieef v.-y irifi- maladies of our bosom! Only one Kosi lias the ri: 'i' of sovereign healing. The l; I Sharon alone cures the sick: of the soul. He brings unr.. I.i'e strength and beauty. I.et n.- hold Him closely to mv heart shall fill my life with .??v. loveliness, and delight. "I: ? thai prlonelh, let him glory in i!:< A PRAYER FOR THE FLG>VER OF JUNE Our Father Cod, Wh: are ? ? li and gracious to tis, Thy < nil, filling our lives with Thy j:> ? ,.:v.-s, and crowning us whit ' Thy ' vnig kindness anil lender merry. ? un ileservinjr of tben:. we t h: ;"h? o for all flowers. those i?- ?ml i'* ? . ??? iitions of Thy goodness an. 'I iiy love, but especially for the ! w.-r i>f June, the <;Uc.n of all ;'!!> ''iff prs. for "Of all the .Harden flow. ? The fairest is (he tos, Is it not the sweetest, s.iiiie ' ? riy iro:idness. and of Thy love ; us? rhy erring children'.' Thy r.i- !,-v is great, (>. our Father, il ! ?!. v (very morning and fresh tvcij i v sning. "There's a wideness i> Thy mercy, like the wideness of tie There's a kindness in Thy !'<c which is 1 1 tore than liberty. i'or Thy Love, 0 God. is'broadtr *. 11. . ; the measure of our mind. A lie Toy leart, our Father, is most u ? ?..!< >? fully kind. But above all thy other nit c- . Par, far above ihem, we thani: 'i '.< e. ive bless Thee, for Thy crov : ? i;?i_ mercy, Christ Je.ni- . The II. - ? of Sharon, who forgiv; '.Il ail on. in iquities and healelh all n ? dis ;. ind who alone can cure the si jf the soul. He alone brings jm< jur lives strength and beauiy. I ; is hold Him cloxely to o_ ? hi.riv md He will fill our lives w.'lh less, loveliness and ddi-ht. An.1 into Him shall be all the ; \ .isc ind honor and glory, both now and forever, Amen. ? ('. Ii. < . parked nearby to bear the vi.sious selections rendered by the band. These free concerts will be given sach Tuesday and Friday evening ihroughout the summer, and are a >Teat asset and drawing card in Brevard's recreational program.