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BREVARjQ i.1; The Mecca ol j Tourists TRANSYLVANIA America's , Garden Spot VOL. XXXI BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, JULY 29, 1926 f&lau ji_,. No. 29 FARM NEWS (By L. A. AMMON) Rye Market Dull It is threshing time and the great est amount of rye is on the market, hence the tendency to be draggy. Looking up old letters, I find that the demand does not develop until after the middle of August, and the old telegrams are mostly dated in September, so we need not expect rushing business until the latter part of August Our rye is above the average as attested by Mr. Mixson of the Mix son Seed Co., of Charleston, who was with us Monday looking over the crop. Mr. Mixson is hesitating to buy due to the failure of so many banks in his territory, waiting to see the outcome, also, he can buy some rye near home for present de mands, but later expects to pay us . our price. The Club encampment is over and we are all resting up some. The best crowd of boys and girls I ever saw together. No bad conduct. Ev eryone could and did have a good time. "Dog Days" are here and the rain started on time, so those who have held back on sowing seeds can go ahead now. May have plenty now. Katy-Dids are tuning up, and from their never failing sijrn, we will have a late fall, the first killing - frost coming the week of the 25th. This compared with the first, two years ago and the fourteenth, last year. Where is the prophet that said this would be a year without a Summer. All records were broken in this section last week, for hot _ weather. How about just discing up clean stalk land and sow to soy beans in stead of plowing first. A demonstra tion of Mr. Blythe's at Penrose shows two to one that it pays to plow the land. Rye is running above fifteen bu shels to the acre. Carl Allison, of Cherryfield, had one field that went better than, twenty-two to the acre. Some other good fields to hear from yet. The chicken market holds its own, cabbage strengthening, beans weak, and potatoes not moving enough to establish a market. STREET PAVING IS PROGRESSING SIX MILES STREETS, NINE OF PAVING BE DONE BY OCT. 1 [ Brevard's street paving program, , which has been underway for the past twelve months or more is pro gressing satisfactorily, and the six miles of paving included in the pres ent program will be completed, it is expected, not later than October lirst. It is the expectation also that the nine miles of concrete sidewalk ? to be constructed throughout the town will be completed by the same date. ! Contract has been let to Marshall Teeter company, of Concord, for the grading of North Broad street extension from Probarte avenue to its linking with State Highway No. 28 at Kings Creek bridge. The sewer mains along this new street are now being laid preparatory to the immediate grading of this im portant thoroughfare. The grading wil Ibe done at cost of $15,000. | The North Broad street exten sion from Main to Probarte, a dis tance of one block, has been graded .and widened to 75 feet, the curb and gutter are being laid, and the paving ! of this one block of highway will be | completed at an early date. | Included in the present program also will be the re-paving and widen ing to 75 feet of South Broad street from Jordan to the Rosman high I way, a distance of one-half mile. I The construction of curb and gutter j along this highway has already be t gun and a concrete sidewalk along | the east side of the street will be i laid. This construction work will | involve an expenditure of $22,000. I The street leading past the tannery to the railroad trestle is to be in cluded in the paving program, and will be' constructed at a cost of $14,000. i | French Broad avenue, known as | the longest straightest street in j Brevard, a distance of nearly 3000 feet, has been graded, the curb and i gutter laid, and over half of the paving completed. The present paving project in cludes 20 streets throughout the town, involving a total expenditure of $550,000 made possible by the j recent bond issue. TWENTY-SIX TRANSYLVANIA SCHOOLS OPEN NEXT MONDAY, AUGUST SECOND (By Supt. T. C. Henderson) The school year 1925-26 with its successes and failures, its discour agements and encouragements, its limitations and achievements, has passed into history. During that year, the most important event in the educational history of the county . occurred. No county in the state has made a more enviable record than did Transylvania in its elimin ation of all local tax districts and es tablishing a uniform special school tax, provides for a uniform term of nine months for the school children of every district in the county. In entering upon the new school year 1926-27, we begin with more favorable conditions for excellent schools than ever before in the his tory of our county, and we hope to have the hearty co-operation of all parents and teachers and school of ficials in giving to the children the best possible school advantages. Four schools in the county will not begin their 1926-27 session until Monday, August 30th. These are Brevard, Rosman, Pisgah Forest, Brevard colored. All the other schools in the county will open next Monday, August 2nd. The teachers for these schools are as follows: TURKEY CREEK? Miss Kate C. Gillespie. BLANTYRE? Miss Mary L. Butler, principal, Miss Mary Belle Orr, Miss Helen Alley. ^ PENROSE ? F. M.^ Alley, principal, ? Mrs. F. M. Alley, Miss Ruth Alli ? , son. . ENGLISH CHAPEL ? Miss Beryl Morgan. SELICA ? A. J. Manly, principal, Mrs. Florence Winchester, Miss Fay Wingo. CALVERT ? Miss Maxie Glazener, principal, Miss Mamie Hayes. CARR'S HILL ? Miss Janie Gilles pie, principal, Mrs. Madison Alli son. CONNESSTEE ? S. P. Verner, prin cipal, Mrs. H. B .Verner. SEE OFF? Mrs. Allie B. Harllee. CARSON'S CREEK ? Miss Siva Clarke. EAST FORK ? Miss Nora E. Rogers. OAK FOREST? Miss Rubye * McGil vary. OLD TOXAWAY? Clyde S. McCall, principal, Mrs. W. E. Galloway. PLEASANT HILL ? Miss Lois Ed wards. BOTHA ? Miiss Ima Owen. BALSAM GROVE? C. C. Bailey, principal, Miss Beulah Padgett, Miss Lou Ella Brown. SILVERSTEEN? Noah C. Miller, J Miss Vesta Young, Miss Lola Ow en. i QUEBEC ? A. P. Bell, principal, 1 Miss Beulah Gillespie, Miss Nor- ' ma Chapman. OAKLAND ? Otto Alexander. MONTVALE ? Miss Dovielennie 1 Glascon. LAKE TOXAWAY? Ezra 0. Burn ette, principal, Miss Lucy Bennett, Miss Lizzie Jarvis, Miss Virginia Holtsclaw, Miss Julia Skinner. CEDAR MOUNTAIN? Miss Ollie Nix. LAUREL CREEK ? Miss Bertha Huskins. LITTLE RIVER? John L. Hensley, principal, Miss Mittie - Huskins, Miss Ada Lee Sitton. Colored Schools GLADE CREEK ? J. W. Oliver, principal, Miss Minnie B. Hooper. EVERETT? Mrs. D. Ethelwyn Ken nedy Mills. Most parents are sufficiently in terested in the welfare ' of their children to give them every educa tional opportunity possible. The State has found, however, that there are some parents who fail to realize the importance of giving to their children the advantages provided for them in the public schools, and so has provided an attendance law to prevent such parents" preventing their children from securing the ed ucaton which the public schools provide. The following is a state ment of the provision of the law and the penalty fixed for its violation: "Every parent, guardian, or other person in the State having charge or (continued on second page) Country Clu Open To Me ...... r-- ' Golf Course Now bers And Visitors Much Labor And Money Has Been Expended By Governors The long wished for opening of the local golf course is at hand. Jos. S. Silversteen, president of the Brevard Country Club made this an nouncement today. Three months | ago the landscape contractors for-' mally turned over to the Board of Governors the completed course and since that time intensive work on* the part of ground keepers has | brought the fairways and greens in- i to playable condition and the gov- i ernors have authorized the opening of the course to the citizens of Bre vard and their visitors. A visit to the Brevard Country Club in the center of Montclove Es tates will demonstrate the work of an expert golf architect followed by a high class landscape contractor. To those who knew the property as it was a year ago will be revealed a wondrous change. Many acres : which were then in stumps and woods had to be cleared and grub bed in order to build the fairways and greens. Deep ravines were tiled and filled and are now a part of the smoothly graded fairways. Thret car loads of two foot sewer pipt were required to carry the streams under the fills and nearly two miles of drainage pipe were laid to insure a dry playing surface at all times. No expense was spared to transform the rough hillsides and meadows in to splendid fairways and greens and hardly, if ever, have natural beauty of setting, fitting topography and perfect detail of construction been so blended to achieve an ideal golf course. The uninitiated in such projects as the construction of a modern goJl course knows little of the detail? which enter into the work. The fairways are plowed, graded and harrowed time after time after the drainage system is installed. Much of this work is necessary to obtain the proper contours and to prepare the course for seeding. Applica tions of lime and fertilizer art made to insure a good stand of grass where so irittch labor and mon ey have been expended, for after all it is the turf which makes a goli course. The greens, bunkers and tees are made by hand and are wrought to a precision unknown elsewhere in landscape architecture. The seeding of the course is done under the close supervision of the superintendent of construction. The selection of grass seed of known quality, tested for purity and ger mination and the proper mixing of the seeds is an important factor in the building of every course. The sowing on the fairways is done with a mechanical seeder which distrib utes evenly the seed that has been mixed in bulk and the greens and tees are carefully sown by hand. Rolling is necessary to smooth th<? ground and pack the seed until it begins to sprout after rains. Every attention known to experts has been given the course at the Brevard Country Club with the idea of mak ing it interesting for the golfer of every type. Abundant opportunities will be given the player seeking sporty chances while the average golfer who prefers to play the course a neasier way, may do so. The ab sence of parcelling fairways, so common in mountain courses, is a particular characteristic of the Country Club course, and beginners will be fascinated with the charm ing surroundings. After a round, the spacious ve randas of the club house will have a restful appeal. A view seldom equalled in the mountains is to be had from the broad front porch. Set upon a knoll overlooking more than one-half of the fairways and greens, among age-old tall white pines and bushy spruce trees, thej club house commands a view of the French Broad River winding through the deep green foliage that lines its banks, the lighter green of the foot hills beyond and the purple of the distant mountains fading into the azure sky. Mountains, foothills, meadows, water and sky, all in in dividual colorings combine to create a scene of lasting delight, and to add to fascination of the "Royal and CIVIL COURT IN SESSION HERE DURING THIS WEEK The civil term of court is in ses sion here this week, beginning Mon day morning, and will continue through the week, with Judge Thom as J. Shaw, of the 12th District, pre siding. The case of J. Frank McCall vs. Gloucester Lumber company was continued until the next term of court. No judgment had been passed on the case of A. H. King vs. Brevard Banking Co., at the time of going to press. Twenty cases ap pear on the court calendar for trial in the July term. NEAR SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN NORTH BREVARD WEDNESDAY A Ford coupe was almost com pletely wreckcd and a Franklin car considerably damaged and three ne gro women occupants of the coupe were badly cut and bruised, when the two cars collided in North Bre- . vard early Wednesday morning. Three boys from Camp Sapphire were returning from Henderson ville in the Franklin car, which be longed to J. A .McAuley, director | of the camp, when the collision oc- ( curred with the Ford containing the; three negro ocupants en route to' Hendersonville, according to state- j ment of witness on the scene. The accident occurred, according V wit- 1 nesses, as the camp boys attempted ' to turn off the highway into the' road leading to Camp Sapphire. The occupants of the Franklin car,' whose names . could not be learned, escaped injury, it is stated. ? ZACK OSTEEN IS PAINFULLY BURNED BY ELECTRIC WIRES ...i Zack Osteen, who is employed by the Brevard Light and Power com pany, was painfully burned Thurs day afternoon while doing some electric wiring at the Sapphire Cot-| ton Mills. He was severely burned about the abdomen, back and arms and re ceived a great shock, it being neces sary to resort to resuscitation on ar rival of attending physicians. While Mr. Osteen's injuries are very pain ful, they are not considered serious. VISITING MAN DIES AT HOME OF MRS. BATES PATTON James L. Smith, of Jacksonville, Fla., who came to the home of Mrs. Bates Patton at Davidson River less than a week ago, died Saturday night while enroute in the ambu lance to a Brevard hospital. Mr. Smith had been in ill health for several years and came to this' section in hopes of relief from his; malady. He was accompanied here by his mother, who returned with the body on the sad journey to Jack sonville the day following her son's death. Deceased is survived by his wife. ! SIX MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED DURING fclONTH Six marriage licenses were issued during the month of July as follows: July 3 ? Jerry S. Orr, Brevard, to Mazie H. Moody, Blantyre; July 3 ? Fred J. Holden, Brevard, to Aileen Davis, Pisgah Forest; July 3 ? Ern-j est B. Ball to Elnore Campbell, Bre-| vard; July 3? Earl D. Hall to Em-| ma Majorie Ball, Brevard; July 9 ? 1 Herman H. Brown to Essie E. Met calf, Brevard; July 24 ? Clarence 0 Powell to Nettie Whitmire, Rosman. Ancient" gamev Following is the card: No. 1, 368 yards, par 4; No. 2, 403 yards, par 4; No. 3, 185 yards, par 3; No. 4, 335 yards, par 4; No. 5, 385 yards, par 4; No. 6, 465 yards, par 5; No. 7, 395 yards, par 4; No. 8, 425 yards, par 4; No. 9, 328 yards, par 4; total 3289 yards, par 36. Special provision has been made to enable visitors to use the privili eges of the club and requests for cards should be addressed to the Brevard Country Club. CURB MARKET BEING HELD | ON CORNER MAIN-CALDWELL The large vacant lot at the cor ner of Main and Caldwell streets is becoming quite a popular curb mar ket center. FOUR H. BOYS AND GIRLS HOLD CAMPI FOUR DAY OUTING IS ENJOYED | IN SOUTH CAROLINA (By L. A. Ammon) Tuesday afternoon of last week| a party of thirty-five boys, girls and helpers loaded into trucks and cars and crossed the Pickens gap to the i Pickens County Four H. Camp I grounds, for four days outing. The crowd was pleased with the camp on sight, and soon found places for their bedding and took their quota of eats to the kitchen, and sat down to enjoy the picnic lunch they had hrought along. After supper all joined in playing games, sjnging and a general jolly good time. At ten all were sent to their beds, and at ten-thirty lights were out. All were tired, and the cool evening air soon put all to sleep, contrary to other years. Next morning at seven all were | told to be up and wash for break fast. The boys, having been usea to early rising, found it hard to lay abed so long, so they were permitted to get out earlier. After the breakfast hour certain | ones had certain things to do for the day, and all went to work. After chores were all done, all wanted to take a plunge in the lake. At ten the rope was ' stretched and in the' crowd went for a swim. Those knowing how to swim soon qualified to go any place on the lake, others had to stay back of the line. An | adult was on guard. Some did not have bathing suits, while some did , not wish to go in and were kind enough to loan theirs, so we had a good morning. | Then came the fii ?d chicken, j beans, etc., that all were ready for | sometime before. After dinner those j having no chores to do had to spend | a quiet hour with their beds. After, the quiet hour there was some, games, but somehow the water was like a magnet, and by four all were in or around the lake. | This was the daily performance, j On Thursday morning we went to Sugar Liquor lake for the swim. I The officials and the children are ' very grateful to the Four H. Clubs of Pickens County for the hire of the camp, and for the kind assist? | ance of Mrs. W. C. Newton, and Stewart, the cook. | The Home and Farm Agent arc| I very well pleased with the conduct | of the children, and decidedly ! pleased that no one was seriously ' hurt or sick. It will help encourage more to go next year. The clubs are called Four H. Clubs. The H's stand for hand, head, heart, and health. Does the county as a whole appreciate such a program being worked out among its children? THE PRAYER CORNER WHAT A CITIZEN OWES "Ye were bought with a price." ? - 1 Cor. 6:20. In The Prayer Corner for July, the month- of the Declaration of In dependence, I have dwelt on "The Love of Freedom," or "Praying for pur Country," and on "Our Heri tage," for we need to love freedom more and prize it highly. Our Country demands our prayer.- more than ever, and we need to realize as we have never done what a glor ious Heritage we have. In this Prayer Corner let me speak of "What A Citizen Owes." What you owe as a citizen of thi* great Republic. You are born a citizen of the Re public, and that does not. mean very much as a bare fact, except a duty of paying taxes and a privilege which you may not prize very highly of voting with more or less regular ity. But suppose it flashes upon you some day as I believe it does flash upon most honest young people who read the history of their coun try, that all the hardships, an.! peril* and conflicts of the forefathers ? ail the patient endurance of privations and the brave defiance of oangei". all the offerings of tivasuir ; ml blood that have been m i le ??? found, liberate, defend and pri serv j our country ? are a price paid for you. Do you not see how that thought must kindle the flame of patriotism upon the altar of your heart? How it must awaken that strange inward warmth of feeling which glows at the very mention of your country's name.? How it will rise, if yo.i are a true man or woman, in the hour of need into that devotion which cries "It is sweet and beautiful in die for one's country." Surely the very soul of patriotism is this wonderful sense that w_ have been bought with a price. A PRAYER FOR WHAT WE OWE God of our Fathers and our God, to Whom we owe the Heritage of this great Republic, bring home to our hearts the mighty truth that we were bought with a price ? that all the hardships and perils and convicts of our forefathers, all th?? patient endurance of privations ind the brave defiance of dangers, all the of ferings of treasure and blood (hat have been made to found liberties, defend and preserve our country are a price paid for us. May that thought kindle the flame of patriotism upon tht- altar of our hearts and awaken in u-, that Strange inward warmth of feeling which glows at the very mention of our country's name. America! America! God shed His grace 011 thee. And crown thy good with brotherhood, from sea to shining sea! 0 make us true men and women, that in the hour of need, that price paid for us may rise into that d?vo tion which cries, "It is sweet and beautiful to die for one's country." Quicken and deepen in our milids and hearts the thought, that the very soul of patriotism is this won derful sense that we have been bought with a price. And unto Thee, Father, Son and Spirit, God of our Fathers and our God, shall praise and honor and glory be given, now and forever, Amen. ! . . ? c. ix c. CLEMSON THEATRE HOUSED IN NEW HOME, CORNER MAIN AND CALDWELL The Clemson Theatre, Brevard's new theatre owned by F. D. Clem ent and operated by his son, Verne I Clement, made its initial opening to the public Monday at the matinee performance. The two-story structure of buff tapestry brick with limestone trim mings is centrally located, having a frontage of 40 feet on Main street hnd 132 feet on Caldwell street, and was erected at an approximate cost of $100,000, the theatre proper hav ing a seating capacity of over 600.: The theatre is up-to-date and modernly equipped to the minutest detail, and is most decidedly a credit to Brevard and would be to any city many times its size. The entire plan of its construction and equipment! is similar to the latest design of' theatres found in the larger citicsi throughout the country. The tiled floor lobby in the center of the structure leads into the .-.pa cious theatre, and at the rear of the lobby is located the box office, Which is neat in appearance and equipment. Small ornamental lights are placed at intervals along the walls of the lobby, and large double doors lead into " the outer lobby, which also has its attractive tile flooring. The marquise which extends over the sidewalk in front of the building is ornamented with 31 electric lights. % The handsome upholstered opera seats of latest design are made to Jit the specially designed floor, which has four different levels, having a peculiar incline such as is recom mended fo rail first class theatres. The balcony with a seating capacity of 123 is also outfitted with opera seats, and the box - near the inner entrance is attractive with conifort ( continued on second uage)