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VOL. XXXI
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 4, 1926
No. 43
COUNTY OFFICES WON BY BOTH PARTIES
DEMOCRATS WIN
FOUR; BALANCE
GO REPUBLICAN
DIFFERENT COUNTS I
SHOW SCRATCHING
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UNOFFICIAL FIGURES FROM
ALL PRECINCTS SHOW !
FOLLOWING RESULTS
Fiom all precincts in the county,
unofficial returns from Tuesday's
election indicate the election of a
democratic legislative m e m^b e rr
treasurer and tax collector, and
one commissioner, and republican
victory for sheriff, regsiter of deeds,
clerk of the court and two county
commisisoners.
No reports are given herewith for
coroner and surveyor.
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According to the figures available, 1
which are unofficial but which lead- j
ers in both parties have stated are
approximately correct, the following
tells the story of Tuesday's election
For Representative:
T. J. Wilson, dem 1944
L. R. Fisher, rep 1865
Wilson s majority 79
Clerk Superior Court: t
Roland Owen, rep..- 1921
N. A. Miller, dem ;...1886
Owen's majority 35
For Sheriff:
B. J. Sitton, rep 1919
E. L. Sims, dem ;...1871
Sitton's majority . 48
Register of Deeds:
Ira D. Galloway, rep-i. . .??. . . . . 1913
J. E. Rufty, dem 1898
Galloway's majority 15
County Treasurer: |
T. E. Patton, Jr., dem 1983
C. R. McNeely, rep..., 1793
Patton's majority 190
Board of Commissioners: i
A. M. White, rep 1996
J. H. Pickelsimer, rep 1963
G. T. Lyday, dem 1889
Virgil McCrary, rep 1872
Leo C. Case, dem. ..1861
T. S. Galloway, dem .....1857
There are no figures available on
senatorial, congressional or state
contests, interest in the county elec
tion being at such fever heat that
only county tickets had been counted
up to press time.
An interesting result of the elec
tion is the fact that in the success
of Roland Owen, if present figures
stand, Transylvania democrats have
relinquished the office of clerk of
the Superior Court for the first time
in the past thirty-four years.
The canvassing board will meet
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, at
which time official count of the bal
lots will be made. Next week's is
sue of The Brevard News will carry
the authentic tabulated returns from
each precinct for all the candidates.
All are agreed that the campaign
just closed has been one of the
most hotly contested campaign in
the history of the county, and the
fact that victory was divided be
tween the two parties testifies to the
strenuous campaign waged by both
sides.
REV. O. L. SIMPSON TAKES
CHARGE OF METHODIST
CHURCH NEXT SUNDAY
.Rev. O. L. Simpson, recently ap
f ~-J)?'nte<* Pastor ?f the Brevard Meth
i /^odist church, spent a few hours in
the city last Saturday, meeting of
ficers and members of the church he
is to serve during the coming year.
On account of illness in his family
Rev. Mr. Simpson will not move to
Brevard this week, but will bring
his family here just as soon as his
'children are sufficiently recovered
to be moved without danger to
them. The new pastor will preach
his first sermon here next Sunday
morning. Many favorable comments
were heard concerning the new pas
tor's appearance and the impression
-he- made upon those who met him
. here last Saturday.
ANNUAL PRAYER
WEEK OBSERVED
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Annual Week of Prayer services^
of the Womans Missionary society .
will be held at the Methodist church '
three afternoons next week, begin- '
ning Tuesday afternoon and continu- ?
ing through Thursday. The services
will begin at three o'clock each after- .
noon, and a cordial invitation is ex
tended to members of all denomina
tions ta be present at any or all of '
the sessions. The Week of Prayer of
fering this year in all Southern
Methodist churches throughout the
conference will go to Brevard In
stitute, and the main theme of study :
and prayer through the week will be
for this home mission school at our
very doors. ' <
The program for the opening ser- j
vice Tuesday afternoon follows:
Opening hymn, 649; Bible lesson,
Mrs. J. B. Pickelsimer; Week of
rrayer speeches : Brevard Institute
and Isabelle Hendrix School, Mrs.
Beulah Zachary; Intercession period
for our new Missionaries and Dea
coness, Mrs. 0. H. Orr; Candle Ser
vice, representing Home and Foreign
Workers; Solo, Mrs. Parker; Prayer,
Mrs. Julia Trowbridge. I
The Wednesday afternoon session
vviil be in charge of the junior mis
sionary society, under the supervi
sion of the leaders, Mrs. B. E. Nichol
son and Mrs. J. F. Zachary. The
general theme of this- program will
oc Brevard Institute, including a
playlet giving a sketch of the origin
und history of this institution.
The program follows: Song, "Sun
beams" by children; Bible reading,
Francis Plummer; prayer, Christine
Yongue; instrumental solos, Win
nifred Nicholson and Susie Hunt;
Act 1 scene 1 of the play entitled
"Mrs. Ross Helps Decide;" song by
the junior missionary society child
ren; Act I scene II of the play;
recitations, "Mother's Helper," by
Essie Mull, and "The Happy \Yay,"j
by Billie Nicholson, Act II scene I'
of the play; recitation, "Ten Lit'tle J
Candles," by ten little children; .re
citation by Bobby Neel; song, "A
Cure for Gossip," by ten little girls;
Act III scene I, the final scene of the
play; three short stories told by three
children ; benediction by Re~v. 0. L.
Simpson.
The program Thursday afternoon
will be carried out as follows: Hymn,
"My Country 'Tis of Thee," by all;
scripture reailsag by Mrs. A. L.
York; prayer by Mrs. Laura Miller;
hymn, "Jesus Shall Reign,'' talk on
Armistice Day by Miss Florence
Kern; prayer for school children/
Mrs. R. P. Hollingshead, for students,
Mrs. Oliver Orr, and for misison
fields by Mrs. George Woodward.
A collection will be taken for
Brevard Institute and for the misr
sion school in Brazil.
JACKSON COUNTY
MAN IN HOSPITAL
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Becoming involved in a dispute
in Jackson county Tuesday over
election rules, a pistol duel followed
in which the two participants,
Walker Breedlove and Jim Bryson,
were shot, Breedlove being brought
to Brevard hospital, and Bryson
taken to Sylva where he was placed
in a hospital.
Bryson is a Republican judge at
Glenville, and Breedlove was acting
register of the precinct for the
;i.iy. It is understood that the dis
agreement arose over the question of
' absentee voters ballots, resulting in
a heated argument in which pistols
, were used at close range. Latest
1 . .-ports at Brevard hospital 'state
! that Breedlove is resting well and
' is expected to recover, after being
' shot five times through different
| . a: cs o* the body.
REAL BOOSTER FOR
TRANSYLVANIA CO.j
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Speaking of boosters, there was,
one standing in the lobby of the
Waltermire one day recently whose
example it would be well for all
citizens of this county to follow. A
gentleman from Little Rock was
talking to a Brevard man, and asked
him what this city has to offer a
prospective homeseeker. Instantly
the Brevard man replied:
"Why, man, we have anything you
may want in improved or unim
proved property, and no boom prices |
attached to it, either. We are right 1
here in the midst of the Land of
Waterfalls and magnificent moun-'
tain scenery; right in the heart of'
the beautiful Sapphire country,
right in the center of the Sylvan :
Valley, the most beautiful spot in ?
the whole world.
"We have three large department |
stores, one men's and boy's store,
two A. and P. stores, 12 grocery
stores and markets, three furniture '
stores, two hardware stores, three [
five-and-ten-cent stores, three drug 1
stores and markets, three furniture 1
eight filling stations, two bakeries,
three barber shops, six cafes, one '
fine new theatre, three hotels, '
twenty-five boarding houses, two
hospitals, six doctors, only one un- j
dertaker.
"Then there is the Western Union
Telegraph company, the telephone j
company, fine new High School:
building and two graded schools, the
Brevard Institute with four large
buildings and an immense tract of
land, four churches, six real estate
stores, eight insurance agencies,
seven lawyers, two banks, Building
and Loan association, Chamber of
Commerce, Country Club "nd golf
course, Kiwanis Club, Masonic lodge
and all her children.
"In the manufacturing line we
have a big tannery, a cotton mill,
many wood working plants, and the
biggest lumber concern in the coun-j
try, two ice plants, laundry, and !
many smaller industries.
"We're 2335 feet above sea level.'
We have no hurricanes or cyclones.
The boll weevil is no bother to us.
"These,- and tnany other advan
tages we have to offer you. In ad
dition to these things, there is a
whole-hearted welcome here await
ing every newcomer. We do not let
a stranger remain a stranger. NW
initiate him into the society of sin
cere friendship upon his arrival
here."
And that is boosting one's town!
CHAS. J. PARSONS INJURED
'BY AUTO TUESDAY NIGHT
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Chas. J. Parsons, postmaster at
Sapphire, received injuries to his
back Tuesday night when the car in
which he was riding on the back
seat struck a hollow in the road. 1
Mr. Parsons at the time was return- '
ing to his home after leaving the (
election returns in Brevard.
CHEST DRIVE GOES
OVER FIRST DAY
Brevard's first community chest
drive staged on last Saturday
reached its full quota of $1600 im
the one-day campaign. Of this
amount, $700 will be apportioned to
the Associated Charities, and $300
to each of the three other organiza
tions involved, namely, The Red
Cross, the Girl Scouts and the Boy
Scouts.
The drive was sponsored by the
Kiwanis club, in co-operation with '
leading men and women of the town. '
The campaign included a house to I
house canvass of the residential and
business sections, the donors com
prising clubs, firms, organizations
and individuals in practically every '
section of the community.
The success of Brevard's first com
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munity chest campaign is due irr
a very large measure to the efforts |
of the following committee of solic
itors: Mrs. S. M. Macfie, Mrs.1
Beulah Zachary, Mrs. J. W. Smith, 1
Mrs. H. A. Plummer, Mrs. Oliver
Orr, Mrs. O. L. Erwin, Mrs. T. H.
Shipman, Mrs. W. H. Alexander,
Miss Florence Kern, Mrs. C. P.
Wilkins, Miss Violet Henry, Mrs. C.
C. Yongue, Mrs. S. C. Osborne, Mrs.
Elzie Hamilton, Mrs. H. C. Ranson,
Mrs. David G. Ward, Mrs. Rush
Whitmire, Rev. W. H. Hartsell, H.
A. Plummer, Jerry Jerome, W. H.
Alexander, T. H. Shipman, Rev. V.
A. Crawford, C. P. Wilkins, and F..
D. Clement.
Rev. W. H. Hartsell was chairman
of the men solicitors for the busi
ness district, and Mrs. S. M. Macfie
chairman of the ladies' division for
tiie residential section. T. H. Ship
nvn was treasurer of the campaign.
BREVARD MEN OH '
HUNT IN CANADA
Dr. G. B. Lynch one R. W. Ever
ett returned Friday from a two
months' hunting expedition in British
Columbia, reporting a successful
hunt and the capture of* some fine
tiame. Mr. Everett's capture con
sisted of two deer, two goats, a
)ose and an elk, the elk head said '
be one of the best ever taken
out of that section. Dr. Lynch sue- 1
(ceded in killing a bear, Rocky Mt.
goat, moose and elk, and track of a
grizzly was found.
The huntsmen report a wonderful
trip, encountering magnificent scen
ery through the Canadian rockies
and sunrises unsurpassed. The hunt
ing grounds were located at the head
of the Kootenay river in the north
em section of the District of Colum
bia, where they were in a 32 day
encampment. The trip from here
took them by the northern route,
and they returned through Denver
and a more southerly route.
GOOD MORNING, FRIENDS!
The Transylvania Publishing company makes its bow today
to the people of this county, as the new owners and pub
lishers of The Brevard News. The company is organized,
with James F. Barrett as president; J. M. Craig, vice president,
and W. H. Alexander, secretary. Several leading citizens oi'
Transylvania county are stockholders in the corporation.
Mr. Barrett is editor of the paper. He is an experienced
newspaper man, having been engaged in the business for the
past twenty years. Mr. Craig is from Birmingham, Alabama,
and is well known as a special writer and journalist- While
not actively associated with The News, he will write many
special articles that The News feels safe in saying will be thor
oughly enjoyed by the readers. Mr. Alexander is secretary
of the Brevard Chamber of Commerce, and is deeply interested
in placing this county's attractions before the people of East
ern America.
Miss Alma Trowbridge, for a long time news editor pf
this paper, will remain with the new organization, and her
friends are urged to call upon her as in the past.
Mr. C. M. Douglas, the genial linotype operator and
printer extraordinary, was purchased along with the equip
ment, being as necessary to the continuation of the paper as
the press and the machines which he so well manipulates. !
The News wishes for Messrs. Starrette and Sterling, formfer
publishers of the paper, the very best of success in their new
field of endeavor.
This short introduction cannot be. closed without an ex
pression of appreciation to the good people of thi? community
who have greeted our coming with such cordiality that w,e
already feel at home in this beauty spot of Western Carolmaf
Please call on us and let us get personally acquainted wit^i
you. We can serve you much better if we know you ? and our
only purpose is to serve the people of this county.
Thank you. f
TRANSYLVANIA PUBLISHING CO., Inc.
EXPLOSION FILLS
CITY WITH FEAR
THE PRAYER CORNER
THE STAIRWAY OF
DIVINE LOVE
Head Philippians 2:6 ? 8.
I was deeply impressed with my I
reading Sunday last on the Stairway-i
of Divine Love. I would share it]
with you, my friends,
1. Gqd took three steps down!
from His throne above the heavens |
In order to save. Being in the form
of God, He thought it not a thing
He should cling to, but emptied
Himself of His heavenly glory and
took upon Him tthe form of a ser
vant:
Lower still His unspeakable love
made Him condescend; He "humbled
Himself and became obedient unto
death. Yet even this would not sat
isfy His boundless love of His poor
fallen creatures. Therefore He
chose to die the death of the cross.
2. There are also three steps
my love takes, but they are upward
to the Throne of God. (1) I must
do unto others as I would that they
should do unto me. This is a rule
of fairness and justice, derived from '
the natural law .common to all man
kind. (2) I am required to love my
neighbor as myself. This means
that I must have the same love for:
my brothers soul that I have foi j
my own salvation. It appeals to me
for self consecration, since I can
only love my neighbor by seekitvt,
for him the best that I know tor
rty own soul. ? '
3. My third step in lova 'for oth
ers will place me on tMe level of
my Lord's love. For Me, Himself,
said "A new commai^dmentr-I give
unto you, .that ye lo've one another
as T have loveu you^' My obligation ,
of holy love to my; brother man is,
therefore, as boundless as thkt
which God, lnearnat\imposed upon
Himself, I must be readj^even to die
for another, if this I may; save his
soul from death. \
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A PRAYER FOR LOVE LIKE THE
DIVINE
J 0 Thou Divine Lover of Lovers, f
God Incarnate, we gaze in awe and ;
wonder upon the three steps Thou I
didst take downward 1 from Thy j
throne above the heavens in order
to save us. Thou didst empty Thy- |
self of Thy heavenly glory and took
upon Thyself the form of a servant,
the likeness of sinful man. Lower
still in Thy unspeakable love Thou
' didst humble Thyself and became |
1 obedient unto death. Yet even this
' would not satisfy Thy boundless
1 love for us, Thy poor fallen creat
ures. Thou didst choose to die the
death of the cross.
Write indelibly upon our hearts
the three steps our love must take '
upward to Thy throne. We must do
unto others as we would that they
should do unto us. Show us that this
is a rule of fairness and justice, de
rived from the natural law common
to all mankind.
Give us grace to love our neigh
bor as ourselves, having the same
love for our brothers or sisters soul
that we have for our own salvation.
Let us ever remember that it is an
appeal to us for self consecration,
since we can only love our neighbor
by seeking for him the best that we
know for our own soul.
Above all, may we never forget
that love for others will place us on
the level of our Lord's love. For
He, Himself said "A new command
ment I give unto you, that ye love
one another as I have loved you."
Bring home to our hearts the
blessed truth that our obligation of
holy love to bur brother man is as
boundless as that which God Incarn
ate imposed upon Himself. We must
be ready even to lay down our hfe
for another, if thus we may save
their soul from death, ior love so
amazing, so divine as His, demands
our soul, our life, our all. Amen.
v ? C. D C.
Everyone should attend church,
somewhere next Sunday. Adult at
tendance is encouragement to all
young people-? ? our rac-n and women
of tomorrow.
REWARD OFFERED
FOR GUILTY PARTY
BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN DONE
BY SOME THOUGHTLESS
NOISE-MAKER
Above the ordinary din and noise
of election night revelries, ter
rific explosion of a dynamite on
Main street Tuesday night caused
consUft-nation in Brevard. So pow
erful was the explosion that the big
plate glass windows in the store of
Plummer and Cobble were broken
from their framing, and office win
dows on the second floor of the
building were also ? shattered. Then
the force of the explosion reached
across Main street, breaking the
windows in A. E. Hampton's store
and took toll also of the front of
Simpson's barbershop. A Chrysler
car, belonging to S. R. Sharp, sit
ting on the north side of Main
street was considerably damaged,
while a new Chevrolet purchased
the day before by Carlie Powell of
Blantyre, was slightly damaged.
Most remarkable of all things in
connection with the explosion is the
fact that no one was injured. Hun
dreds of people were in the streets,
awaiting returns of election news,
but as good fortune would have ti,,
no one was in the immediate vicin
ity of the spot where it is thought
the dynamite exploded.
No -arrests have been made in the
case, but a?. investigation by officers .
was begun immvtiately. Wednesday
morning Mayor T. W. 'Vhitmire and
the city council offered a rev?-ri iS
five hundred dollars for the nrrest
and conviction of the paryt cr par
ties responsible for the explosion..
Many theories have beer) ad
vanced, some people claiming the
explosion was not caused b;- dyna
mite, but by some other powerful
explosive.
Some people have been h?^r<l to.
express the opinion and belief that
the explosive had been lyir!e<l at
Republican headquarters. T! e ex
plosion occurred near the head -
? quarters, which place was filled with,
people at the time.
Others there are who are confi
dent the explosio.1 was caused by
some one . actuated only by the
motive to make a noise. Previous
to the big explosion, cap pistols and
what sounded like firecrackers. had'
been playing a merry tune. It is
advanced by some, therefore, that
some thoughtless person or persons,
desirous of making a bigger noise
than any one else, procured a stick
of dynamite and made his no:V all
right, but with no thought of the
seriousness or danger of the thi?fr
he was about to do.
The Brevard News is in possession
of what it considers authentic infor
mation which removes from the irf
cident anything of political signifi
cance. This view is shared by m<;>i
(continued on page five)
SAMUEL OWEft SEW
BY SYLVANUS M'CALl
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I Samuel R. Owens of the Glcuces
ter section is in Transylvania
hospital suffering from wounJs in
his right leg above the knee, ?-> the
result of a shooting affray in which
he was acting . as peacemaiter. be
tween Sylvanus McCall and Sam>
Early at the Gloucester poli ng
booth Tuesday afternoon, Owens
being accidentally shot by McCalL
Owens is deputy sheriff of Gloucss=
ter township. McCall was arretted
and praced in Brevard jail where h?
is held without bond f<|r further in
vestigation. While Mr. d wen's con
dition is quite serious, att&nd.ng
physicians entertain hopes for his
recovery and report him to be rest
ing well Wednesday morning.
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1 When writing to friends in other
towns, don't .forget to add a post
script telling them something of the
wonderful growth and development
of Brevard and Transylvania ' coun
ty. It will pay.
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