Devoted to the Upbuilding of 'ransylvania County] Try a 'Want Ad' They Will Bring You RESULTS VOL. XXXI BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER 18, 1926 No. 36 FARM NEWS (By L A. AMMON) Kirkland Seed Co., of Columbia, S. C., turns down car of rye, claim ing musty. Shipper claims not, so trouble is in the air. Must in grain for seed purposes is a bad thing, and growers should watch their rye very careful after thrashing. Keep it stirred till through the sweat. If you wish to have apples for Christmas or later, be sure and take them off the tree, before they are dead ripe. As sooil as the windfalls are eating maturity, the rest should be taken in, place in cool place, and spread sq thin that the sweating will not cause trouble. After they have withered feeling and look, you can place them in barrles or other things. Apples that will not keep should be made into vinegar, as that seems to be about the best outlet for them now. Markets glutted from other sections. The Farmers Federation has a truck and two men in Florida, handling apples. They may be able to handle some later on. The wet weather is delaying fod dering, and many fear much loss of feed. You can cut corn for shredd ing any time it is not raining or wet with dew, so you have an ad vantage over the old system. Pays to shred. Those setting fruit trees during the fall, the past two years, have suffered mueh loss due to the dry ing out of trees. Spring is conceed ed by local men as the best time. Heel in on shady side of building, where sun wil lnot scald twigs. When buds of other trees start to swell set out your fruit trees, and they are soon taking up moisture. Interest in poultry is growing, as evidenced by the number seeking in formation. Now is a good time to think about poultry for next year. Well laid plans means greater suc cess. Plow under the weeds and add lime this Fall, and save the rush n?)x.t Spring. Fall plowing mean^ more moisture in soil next Spring if it happened to be dry. Half or more of next years turning should be done by Christmas. About time to start the boilers making molasse.s Prospects are that acre yields will be very high this year. Making without stripping leaves is the easy way to do the job. Mr. Nicholson makes just as good sirup one .way as the other. Just a little more skimming when leaves are not pulled. Find interest in establishing cream buying station very good. Hope to be able to say something deffnite soon. BREVARD INSTITUTE OPENS WITH 200 STUDENTS ON ROLL " SIXTEEN MEMBERS COMPRISE FACULTY Brevard Institute opened Thurs day morning of last week for the 1926-27 school session with an en rollment of approximately 200 stud ents. The school opened with bright prospects for an unusually good year in all respects, the students dis playing seriousness -and enthusiasm for a promising year's work. The Institute Chapel was well filled -at the opening exercises with students, former students and visi tors. Rev. A. S. Raper, of Shelby, and former pastor of the Brevard Methodist church, opened the exer cises with devotionals, after which Rev. E. R. Welch, pastor of the Methodist church, addressed the teachers and students with a few remarks. Superintendent O. H. Orr then introduced the new teachers and made announcement regarding the classification of students and other' necessary details of the school work. The faculty includes some 16 mem bers, the mi j.orits^ of whom have been connected with* the Institute for a number of years. Among the number are four new teachers, in cluding Miss Frances Denton, of | Arkansas, teacher of foreign lan guages; Miss Lucite Myers, of Tenn., director of athletics; Miss Mvy Long, Bryson City, director of music; Miss Sophia Elliott, Shelby, dieti tian. A toy balloon released by a child in Tenterden, Eng., sailed to the coast of Algiers before alighting. LOCAL KIWANIANS HOST TO N.C. SQUAD PLAYERS LEAVE HERE SATUR DAY FOR RALEIGH The local Kiwanis club entertained at a banquet Friday evening at the Pierce-Moore the North Carolina State football squad now in training here at Lake Sega. About seventy j were present, including thirty play- j ers, six of the managers and coach- ! ing staff, and members of the Ki wanis club. R. L. Gash at ' in the capacity of toastmaster aim other club mem-| fcers spoke. Responses were made by i Head Coach Gus Tebell, athletic di- 1 rector Johny Miller, and assistant coach medical adviser Dr. Ray Sermon. The Wolfpacks have been in train ing here for the past ten days and will leave Saturday for Raleigh to resume their school duties on Mon day at North Carolina State College. I The Tech football squad and man aging staff are all enthusiastic in their belief that Brevard affords the best climate and all-around best con ditions for training quarters that could be found anywhere, and ex press themselves as delighted with surroundings, the hospitality of the people and everything in connection with their encampment here. It is stated that this is th? only squad in the south that is training in full uni form, the heat being so extreme in the other training quarters necessi tates the temporary doing away with full uniforms. Members of the football coaching staff attended Tuesday night the an nual banquet of the Western North Carolina Alumni association of N. C. S. C. held at the George Vanderbilt hotel, Asheville. Speeches were heard from Coach Tebell, Captain Fred Lo gan, athletic director Miller, Mc Dowell, and others. WOMANS BUREAU TO MEET NEXT MONDAY AFTERNOON ? A special called meeting of , the Woman's Bureau will be held at the Chamber of Commerce room next Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. This is an important meeting and all members and prospective members are requested to be present U. D. C. HOLDS MEETING The local chapter of the U. D. C. held its first meting of the fall Sat urday at the library. A report for the year was made out for the State meeting to be held in Fay etteville, October 13-15, and dele gates were appointed to attend this meeting. Thirty grave markers to Confeder ate soldiers have been placed on Confederate graves in various sec , tions of the country. Twenty of the markers were placed in the David son River cemetery. c. P. WILKINS ACCEPTS SECURITY LIFE INS. AGENCY C. P. Wilkins has accepted, the agency for the Security Life anc" Trust company of Winston-Salem, and will operate in nine counties in Western North Carolina, with head quarters in Brevard. All the premiums of the nine counties will be handled through the Brevard agency, which will thu mean a great deal to the community and the local banks. Mr. Wilkins formerly held the position of local agent for this company and is now promoted to general agent. SHERIFF SITTON GETS HURRY UP CALL MONDAY NIGHT Sheriff B. J. Sitton was called to the Cedar Mountain section Monday night by Mrs. Mac Perry who stated that her husband was at home vio lently drunk and was beating hsr and the two children and she thought he had killed their one-year Old child. Sheriff Sitton rushed to the home, taking with him a coroner and two deputies, but found the child had not been killed, as at first reported. Perry was arrested and brought to Brevard and placed in jail on charges of wife beating and public drunk eness pending a hearing on Thurs day of this week probably. T. E. L. MEETS NEXT TUESDAY The T. E. L. class of the Bastist church will meet next Tuesday after noon at 3:;J0 o'clock aj, the home of . /.Irs. F. S. King. Louis Whitmire Is Blamed For Death , Of Jesse Masters Two Petit i Boys Freed WILL BE TRIED AT DECEMBER TERM OF COURT Louie Whitmire, of Rosman, was ordered held in jail here without bond until the next term of superior court, December 6, and Arthur, Petit and Oscar Petit were cleared of charges preferred against them in connection with the mysterious dis appearance and probable murder of Jess Masters, of Rosman, occuring Sunday morning August 15, this verdict being rendered by Magis trate F E. Shuford at the prelim inary hearing held at the court house Thursday September 9. The three men had been held in the county jail for a week just prior to tha hearing and for one week following the finding of the body of Jess Masters near Rosman on September 2, in a badly decomposed state, just 19 days after his disappearance. i Of the 31 witnesses summoned for the hearing, only 4 State's witnesses were heard, including Wade Masters of Easley, S. C., nephew of the slain man, Charlie Moss, Rosman policeman, Sheriff B. J. Sitton, and Truman Childress of Pickens, S. C. Wade Masters, in his testimony, practically cleared Authur Petit ill corroborating the statement made by his brother Ben Masters at the inquest, saying that Petit left the crowd on Sunday Agust 15, about 30 minutes before Whitmire ano Masters were last seen together. But he further incriminated Whit fnire in making the statement that the three men in the car, including Wade and Ben Masters and Walter Gunter, all of Easley, S C., drove off and left Whitmire annd Jess Mas ters standing together after the two had left the car presumably to walk a short-cut to Rosman. He further stated that the three drove off leav ing the two men standing together in the road in t he flat and he did not sec in which direction they went. This statement conflicts somewhat with that of his brother Ben, who previously testified that they saw Whitmire and Jess Masters start off together on the near-cut to Rosman. iWade Masters further testified that Jess Masters displayed a roll of bills the size of his fist which he idrew out from his trousers pocket, hut did not state the amount he had. He also stated that Jess and Whit mire had both been drinking and that Jess had a pint bottle of whis key in his pocket the last time they saw him alive, and that a bottle of the same size and appearance was later found near the body oi* Mas ters. Wade Masters was on the wit ness stand an hour and thi?ty minutes. The second witness, Charlie Moss, policeman at Rosman, testified main ly as to the condition of the slain iman's body when found and his clothing and as to the location of the body with reference to the main highway, which was, he stated, about 300 yards from the public road 011 a trail about one-half mile from (Tal Petit's home. Moss further stated that he was on the scene about an hour after searching parties had found the body of Masters, and told of 'cuts in the clothing of the slain man but that he saw no marks on any part of the body, which had reached such a stage of decom position to be beyond recognition. Following this testimony, court adjourned for lunch and re-convened at 1:30, the first witness heard b: ing Sheriff B. J. Sitton, who told of the location of the body when found in reference to the distance from public road, and of the condition of the body .and immediate surround ings, corroborating with that of previous testimonies. He stated that Whitmire, when arrested, appeal d nervous when asked if he had seen Masters on the day he disappeared, saying he had not * seen him but Jater on admitted that he had seen him on -the Old Toxaway road r.'ld had a drink with him and then ljft him, Jess going one way and he, Whitmire, going the opposite dir. c-: tion. Sheriff Sitton also testif:ed that he had two .otter v^rrraati, ?against Whitmire since the dfrsjv MRS. CHAMBERS HOLDS ATTENTION OF AUDIENCE Mrs. Gertrude Steele Chambers, in her lecture on "How To Get The Most Out of Life," which was de livered at the high school auditorium Thursday evening, held the strictest attention of her hearers throughout, all apparently intent on obtaining the most possible from the words of this noted lecturer. Mrs. Chambers, in her enter- ? taining and Instructive lecture, stressed the idea that in order to ob tain the greatest amount of happi ness and success in life one must keep his physical condition up N to the highest mark, stating good health as the greatest prerequsite to happiness and success. And the laws governing good health, states Mrs. Chambers, are really very simple and easily within the attainment of all, including in the main the obser vance of only four simple rules plenty of fresh air, an abundance of water, wholesome food and not too much of it, and exercise. In Mrs. Chambers' opinion good health is the most natural state of being and disease is unnatural since the laws governing good health are so simple in their observance that there is ho excuse for anyone disregarding them. [While Mrs. Chambers is no advocate for the cause of Christian Science, still she a great believer in the effect of a person's mental attitude on the physical condition, contrasting the mind to a modern radio, ready to tune in on every ailment, grouch or worry evident in another person. Mrs. Chambers expresses her opin ion that success in life is not neces sarily due to hard work, good char acter or unusual mental ability, but vather to a determination on the part of each individual to live righl and observe the few simple health laws, stressing the point that in order to get the most out of life and attain the greatest amount of hap piness and accompanying success on must be willing to pay the price aad meet the conditions, which are after all very reasonable and easy in per formance. A CORRECTION l ? I The News wishes to correct a. error in last week's paper, in which the name of little Tom Orr was mentioned as the son of Mrs. Elzie Burns and should have been Mrs. Elzie Hamilton. DELONG'S STORE MOVES TO NEW LOCATION ON JORDAN STREE'i j Delong's store operated and own ed by Roy DeLong, which has been located in the Dunn's Rock building on Broad street for the paet five years, has moved within the week to new quarters adjoining the post of fice in the Lawrence building 011 Jordan street There is now carried in stock a complete line of antiques, novelties, gifts and art goods. pearance of Masters, charging him -with larceny of a gun and of chick ens. Sheriff Sitton stated that Mas ters had been missing about 16 days jwhen the disappearance was first reported of him. The last witness heard was Tru man Childress, of Pickens, who tes tified regarding his knowledge of Arthur Petit, the two having worke ! together near Rosman, and tolri briefly of Petit's actions the Wocv following the disappearance and murder of Masters, stating that Petit appeared somewhat downcast that week but did not make anv mention of the Masters affair. * ? Jess Masters, who was about 40 years old, and unmarried, disappear ied from his boarding house, C; . Whitm ire's, at Rosman on Sunday imorning August 15, and his body was found by searching parties 0 Thursday, September 2,- near th home of Tal Petit, who is the father in-law of Louis Whitmire, the ma:: jiow being held on charges connect ed with the death of Jess Master; appearance. ' R. R. Fisher and W. E. Breese represented the defense at the pre liminary hearing, and L. P. Hamlin \ard Pat Kimzey prosecutors. V COUNTY TEACHERS ORGANIZE LOCAL PROF. WESS1NGER HEADS THE ASSOCIATION ? . . ?*? ... ' ,a. 4 ' ? . . * At 10 o'clock on Saturday of last week in the auditorium of the Brevard High School building the teachers of this county met and or ganized the ' ' Transylvania Local Unit of the " North Carolina Educa tion Association. '? The meeting ' held was called to ocder by the County Superinten dent, T. C. Henderson, who presided over the session.. At this meeting the County Supe.' intendent explained the provision of the North Carolina School Law which provides that the school day -shall consist of not less than sis hours exclusive of the noon recess. The "Teacher s Seif-Ar.aly.s ? Blanks" which were sent to every teacher in the county a few days ago were explained by Miss Ruth Heilig, the Principal of Brevard Elementary Schools. The teachers were asked to fill out these blanks and send a copy to the County Superintendent with in the next week. The Transylvania Local was or ganized for the year by the election of V. E. Wessinger, principal of Rosman High School, as President; W W. Hanaman, principal of Bre vard High School, Vice President, ;and Miss fcary L. Butler, principal of Blantyre School, Secreta;;, Treasurer. The problem of teachers absent ing themselves from the meetings of the Loc.-.i without lawful excuse was discussed by several teacheis present and it was decided to have certain rules and regulations in ~ gard to this matter passed on a. the next meeting of the Local and then present them to the County Board of Education for approval and adoption The Western District meeting of the N. E. A. is to be held this year at Hendersonville on October 15 and 16. The teachers of the coun ty will be fortunate in having this meeting so near. The next meeting of the Transy lvania Local will be held on Satur day, October 23, and one hundred per cent attendance is expected. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE REGISTRATIONS FOR WEEK TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 Jas. F. Barrett, Lexington, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. A. Y. Lindsay, Lake Worth, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. W. 0. Chambers, Sa v annah, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Harmes, Savan nah, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Cooley, Tranton, N. J. R. A. Dewces, West Palm Beach, Fla. P. B. Clement, Charleston, S. C. Miss S. B. Anderson, Columbia, s. c. Mrs. George Tennent, Gastoaia,. N. C. Mrs. J. W. Jennings, Lake City, Fla. Mrs. Roy Chalker, Savannah, Ga. Roy Chalker, - Savannah, Ga. Mrs. E. N. Jenkins, Summervilie, S. C. Mrs. L. B. Bradford, Sumter, S. C. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. W. Comer, Knoxville, Tenn. Mrs. K. L. Sanders, Asheville, N. C. Mrs. R. C. Freeland, Asheville, N. C. Mrs. Chas. M. Britt, Asheville, N. C. W. W. Cunningham and family. Eustis, Fla. Miss Edna Taylor, Conway, S. C. Gertrude Steel Chambers, AsheviJ. N. C. Kail D. Chambers, Asheville, N. C. A. S. Hair, wife and soil, Charier ton, S. C. B. R. Powers, wife and daughter, Clearwater, Fla. R. E. Moston, St. Petersburg, Fla. Pauline Albright, Pittsburg, Penn. Mrs. F. E. Sharp, Bradenton, Fla. Henry E. Scott, Wilmington, N. C. Samuel J. Dixon, Weldon, N. C. Leo. R. L. Dixon, Weldon, N. C. Mrs. G M Wall, Savannah, Ga Miss Francis Wall, Savannah, Ga. Dr. R. V. Kennedy, Chaflesic S. C. W. C. Holmes, New York City. Edith C. Holmes, Asheville, N. C. W C. Throgmorton, Miami, Fla. E. R. Courtney, and wife, St. Au gustine, Fla. Mrs. W. H. Hynes, Sanford, Fla. Miss E. Brigman, Biltmore, N. C. Mrs. H. L. Spangler, Somerset, Penn. Miss C. M. iSpangler, Somerset, Penn. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Stubbs, Hen i dersonville, N. C-. THE PRAYER CORNER l The GiiMe'sf Truth ? The Brea?t plate of Righteou