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NEWS VOL. XXXII BREVARD, NORTH CARO UNA, MARCH 24, 1927 No 12 HAMLIN MADE FINE * SHOWING IN RACE FOR U. S. OFFICE Hb Opponent, Being one of State's Strong Men, Make* Mr. Hamlin'* Vote an Outstanding Record LARGE NUMBER FRIENDS ATTENDED THE MEETING Party Lines were Swept Aside in .County as Citizen* Worked for Mr. Hamlin's Appointment With one of the strongest men in NoHh Carolina as an opponent,'1 Lewis P. Hamlin, Brevard lawyer and banker, made an excellent fight , for the appointment of United States District attorney for the ' Western District of North Carolina, before the republican state execu tive committee in Grdensboro last Thursday. The successful candi-j date, Hon. Thomas J. Ilarkins of AlhfVttle, is one of the best known as well as one of the best loved men 1 in the state, apd his friends had' bten making a campaign for the Afheville man long before the, friends of the Brevard lawyer per- 1 suaded Mr. Hamlin to enter the race. In view of these facts, Transylvania coqnty is proud of the splendid showing made by Mr. Hamlin, and all , predict that his showing is an indi cation of his rapidly growing strength. >? \ Charles E. Greene, of Bakersville, another contender for the honors, withdrew his name before the bal loting began, leaving the contest be tween Mr. Hamlin and Mr. Harkins. Mr. Greene received two committee votes even after his name had been withdrawn. Ralph R. Fisher placed Mr. Ham lin in nomination, and A. E. Hamp ton made the speech in seconding! the presentation. Mr. Fisher made a fine impression upon the committee i in telling of the work and achieve- j ments of the Brevard lawyer. "He is just as good lawyer as can be found anywhere," Mr. Fisher assert- j ed, "and no man stands higher in his own community than does Mr. Hamlin," the speaker vowed. He j told of Mr. Hamlin's work as chair man of the congressional committee ' when Mr. Fisher was a candidate fori congress. "I searched the district ! over, for a man to manage my cam- I paign, and had to come back home to Brevard," Mr. Fisher said, "and j got Lewis 'famlin. All other lead- ; ers of the paity were 'too busy' to take the post. Lewis Hamlin was busy, too, but he is never too busy to serve his party and his friends, and he took tne management of my campaign and worked like a Trojan to get me elected." Then Mr. Fisner (continued on page five) NORTH BREVARD WANTS TO KNOW North Brevard has, by virtue of an act passed in the recent legislature, become a part and parcel of the Town of Brevard. Citizens of that section heretofore known as North Brevard are now wondering if they have a vote in the coming town election. There is a law on the books to the effect that one must have been a resident of the Town of Brevard for a period of four months before being entitled to vote in town elections. Since the ratification of the law making North Brevard a part of the town proper, it is pointed out, less than tne required four months have passed. The question being asked by many people now is whether the four-months law applies to citizens who have been taken into the town proper through legislative enact ment. It is expected a ruling will be asked on this question within the next few days. COPY OFLAWTHAT INCREASES BOARD In response to the request of many readers that the bill increasing the number of county commissioner? from three members to five, be pub lished. The News finally succeeded in obtaining a copy of the new law h * and it is herewith published An Act Increasing the Board o^ County Commissioners of Transylvania County From Three to Five. The General Assembly of North % Carolina do enact: Section 1. That the Board ?1 County Commissioners of Transjrl vania County he and it is hereby in creased from three to five member and E. .T. Whkmire and C. C Yongue he and 1h'*y are hereby ap pointed to ?ervi? on said board unti the first M??ndav ??* P???p?her. ??tv thousand nine hundred and twenty ? irht. Sec. 2. That all law?. and < Inus* ' f law* in conflict with 'hp prov:^ t"?n.? ??f this art ar. herehv repealnl Sec. 3. That -rw nc? sh:-.P v. force effort fr??m and aft?*r !' ratification. In the (t-nera! \-?emMv rm three times and ratified. :h;- da ?f March. 1927. ?I. Elmer Pre?..!e*n ?>f *he S.-r.aV, R T Ko-mtaiv. Speaker f>f the ll'ii]?e t, f R^prCM n'at ,v. V vf> jr?ine?l a- ! f-ti-d w.-c? : Pell. For Conim:.tt< COLD STORAGE IS NOW ASSURED FOR CITY AND COUNTY Purity Product* Company in Market I'or a 'thousand Cases of Kjgi to Buy Surplus PREFERENCE IN BUYING TO TRANSYLVANIA CO. Big Asset to Poultry Business, which is Already Making Rapid Strides ? Farmers Interested W. S. Ashworth, of the Purity Products company, makes the an nouncement that his concern is now [operating a cold storage plan:, and is in the market for a thousand cases of efgft. The company is al ready buying eggs and several cases have been placed in cold storage. Mr. Ashworth wants to purchase all eggs possible from Transylvania people, in order to stimulate the poultry business in this county, which is making rapid strides. It is ?ttfd thai ?qm could be purchased away from here and shipped into the cold storage plant in. Brevard, but the local concern desires to provide a ready cash market for all surplus eggs from Transylvania county pens before buying eggs from other sec tions. Non-fertile eggs are now bringing 25 cents the dozen, while fertile eggs are quoted at 20 cents, ac cording to Mr. Ashworth. In addi tion to being a great help to poul try raisers by having a ready cash market for surplus eggs right here in Brevard, there is another advnn tage, it i? said. During the summer months when the hens have stopped laying so well, and when the larg est number of people are in Bre vard, these cold storage eg(:S can be procured as needed, and it is pointed oat that whrn cold storage eggs are used within a short time after coming from the storage that they are just as good as fresh laid eggs. Announcement of the cold storage plant will prove of interest to the Hundreds of people who are now en gaged in raising chickens, and will stimulate this already rapidly grow ing business. REV. MOARTSELL TO VISIT HOLY LAND Friends of Itev. Wallace Hartsell are deeply interested in helping the Baptist pastor to secure a certain number of subscriptions to The Christian Herald. By securing a [certain number of subscribers-, Mr. Hartsell wins a trip to the Holy Land ? a trip that nearly nil preach ers' of the gospel long to take. Should Mr. Hartsell be successful in securing the required number of subscriptions, his trip would be taken next January. Friends of the popular minister talk about the great help it would do Mr. Hartsell to be able to take this trip, and walk on the ground where his Mas ter walked, and sail on the seas where the Christ that Mr. Hartsell preaches, sailed. It is pointed out that a minister, a student of the ' Bible, can have no greater inspira tion than to see and study the places I which the Bible talks" so much I about. TO STUFF IS AMONG NEWEST DRINKS HERE Sheriff B. .1. Sitton has had a new experience with those who feel they must have a stimulating drink. He is acquainted with men who take straight moonshine, and has had some experience with those who im bibe bitters, hair tonic, canned heat, j etc. This new drink that has come to the sheriff's attention is a mixture of red pepper and coca cola. Sher i iff Sitton was called to a certain I I place recently to investigate the 1 1 'carryings-on * of a bunch of col I ored brothers who were drinking te one another's health. Upon exam r ination the she-riff found the black i j hoys drinking their red pepper an?! ? - coca cola mixture. He asked th? ? fellows if the mixture furnished an\ I kick, and the negroes replied : ?: 4,It makes us hot, IWs, it make1 , us hot.'* CHIEF OF POLICE / SAYS "CLEAN-UP' ~ Chief of Police Barnett is urgini : all property owners and all nccu - pants of property, both husini > 1 houses and residences, to clean u p about th- ir premises. It :? a* nounred th.V the city wagon* 'vi1 , cart the trash away if b? plan . on the side "f the street. This con |t ? nr. ? v ??\p? etir.ir ?n-ituin .h ?i larvf -? m:mhi : ? f :--.-or- h ? . trj.t .-\er t am. . T . -w ; . a* I v . it ! i* 3 the a.::r..?r:- are \-rv ar.\ ? 1 to have the . tt\ : S-i Kl v el.,. - I ..f all t r.i-h aii. I f;w S. *!.? ? ' '-O M"l? ? ? \MANY SUGGESTED TICKETS IN | CITY PRIMARY FOR OFFICE Sinct' publication in la>t week's [ issue of The lirevard Xewa of ('it y ?Clerk Gallon's call for city primary, i many citizens have been bu*y mak i i?ig suggestions for various offices. ! Severn! suggested tickets have been {handed in to The News for publica tion. Mayor T. VV. Whitmire seems to be the choice of a large number ! of citizens for another term at the head of the ticket. Suggestions for I1 aldermen include many leading citi zens of Brevard. Following are suggestions for i mayor and aldermen as brought to | The News oflfic?, . with request fori their publication: For. Mayor: W. M. Henry. For j Aldermen.: Robert Kilpatrick, Chks. j V. Patton. <ft?iverly Trantham, N. A. 1 Miller and James Waters* For Mayor: T. VV. Whitmire. For ! Aldermen: VV. II. Duckworth, II. A. 1 Plummet*, . Dr. J. II. McLean, D. F. 1 Morrow, and R. P. Kilpatrick. For Mayor: Charles Y. Patton. : For Aldermen: Dr. T. J. Summey, J. L. Whitmire, Beverly Trantham, N. , A. Miller, J.. M. Allison. For Mayor: J. S. Bromfield. For Aldermen: II. A. Plummer, K. VV. i Everett, W. E. Ramsey., VV. M. Hen iry^J. E. Waters. For Mayor: T. W. Whitmire. For) Aldermen: H. C. Aiken, A. B. Gallo way, Ed Loftis, J. E. Waters, M. A. ? Mull. i I For Mayor: T. TvT. Whitmire. For1 Aldermen: Beverly Traniham. J. K. Waters, T. !v Snolson, R. P. Kilpat rick. W. M. Henry. For Mayor: T. W. Whit mire. Por! Aldermen: T. Jl. Galloway, II. A. j Plun.mer, T. I-- Snelaon, K. P. Kil- 1 Patrick, F. E. Shufort). For Mayor: T. VV. Whitniire: Fori Aldermen : W. L. Aiken, Coleman Galloway,. S, C. Yates, W. H. Duck worth, H. C. Aiken. For Mayor: T. W. Whitniire. For j Aldermen: Dr. Roy Long. O. L. Er- ' win. Dr. J. II.. McLean, C. K. ho we, ; R. P. Kilpatriek. For Mayor: T. W. Whitmire. For Aldermen: \V'. M. Henry, R. P. Kil patriek, J. E. Waters, 'f. L. Snel aon, li. \\\ Tranthani. In addition to these suggestions of entire tickets, there have been Mlg* gestions made concerning the office ' of mayor, with no reference to the board of aldermen. H. A. Plummet and R. W. Everett have been sug gested for the mayor's office by their friends. The primary will be held one j month from now, and nominees will be chosen at that time. There is some talk on the streets of a Citi- 1 y.ens ticket being placed in the field , to oppose the regularly nominated . ticket in th/j primary. AH candidates expecting to enter j the race, for any o( the city offices, in the primary must file their names . with the city clerk on or before the j 15th day of April. , f MASONIC TEMPLE TO BE BUILT HERE IN IMMEDIATE FUTURE Members of Dunn's Rock Masonic lodge have secured a site on the Al jlison property, facing on Johnson ? street, upon which will be erected | a Masonic Temple. Officers of the lodge hope to begin work, it is said, ? at an early date, and have the tem : pie ready for occupancy just as quickly as possible. C. C. Yongue was chairman of i the committee named to list avail I : ? ! able lots and- secure prices on same.. This committee reported to a spe- 1 I cial called meeting last Friday even ling, i nd the membership voted on i the final selection of the site. { Masons are elated that their ' | dream is about to be realized, fori many years they have wanted a tem- 1 I pie of their own in which to hold j ! their meetings, perform their labors | ' and enjoy tneir refreshments. PRISONERS HELP PUSH CAR OUT OF MUD, ON WAY TO PEN j One. day. last week Ralph Eden ; and Carl Lynch were taken to Ka- j I leigh by Sheriff Sitton, and turned j over to the authorities at the state ? penitentiary, to begin serving the ' sentence imposed upon them by Judge Parker at the February term : of court for the murder of .Tohn'i Chapman. Deputy Sheriff Clarence Fisher, went to Pickens, South Carolina, home of Lynch and Eden, and I j brought the two men to Bre- 1 vard. Mr. Fisher went aione. and the men came with him vo Brevard, j At one time Sheriff Fisher's car j I skidded and landed in a mudhole. The prisoners, neither of whom had -j (been handcuffed, helped Mr. Fisher I push the car out of the mud, onto j1 the highway, and crawled back into ! the car to be brought on to this j place, on their way to the peniten tiary. ? Sheriff Sitton did not manacle t I the young men. On the way down ; ] to Raleigh, the two men were: I treated just like any twr members; | of an automohile party. Stops were j made for the purchase of gasoline,! and lunches were enjoyed on thej trip, and no one who witnessed the j group entering- a restaurant, or at i the meal, or upon leaving the res taurant, would ever have known that two of the number were pris oners. on their way to the state penitentiary. It was this writer's privilege to ride with the party as far as Greensboro. The trip was made at night. Never has there been a more beautiful moonlight than on the night the trip was made. Many re marks were made bv various mem bers of the party about the match less beauty of the night. Eden, the older prisoner, talked with the group and laughed when others laughed. Not so with young Lynch. There w&s a wistfulness about his youthful face, a tragic air in his at titude of despair, which seemed to say that he was fully aware of the beauty of the night, but could not enjoy it because it was to be the last night in a long, long time that he would be permitted to ride over the- highways or to see the moon light, except as he would gaze upon it from his barred cell. Who Will Trouble The Waters? BY THORNWELL HAYNES j Easter Monday, April 18th. is | Hospital Day! 1 J Is there anything more nppro ' priate? Should we not also reach toward 1 1 the Easter spirit of restoring those [who ure sick or lame or in anyway helpless? . | Many are tfeojrraphically within a | few feet of us, but materially as far j away as Mars until someone remarks, i "They have taken her to the hos . jpital!" Just as though when every j other h-lp has proved unavailing, .ve run to the hospital's curative pool ? I only, only, there are so few to stir jthe waters! j Easter Monday is our day for ? this! Read the article in last week's Brivard News headed "Hospital Day ) Is (iiven Good Start." None ?>f us sufficiently realize the , wonderful value of a hospital to the community. \V,. r?m s<. ? r our souls we nfttimes forget the temples which contain them. We are always croinjj to church or to the post-office or to the bank. A church is an institution to save after death; a hospital is an institution to save during life. At a post-office we send ami receive letters; at a hospital we (rive and receive mes aires of health. A batik is a place where money is kept : a hospital is a place where health is dispensed. I've heard hundreds of prayers of fered in public for nearly ??verythinp on and off the earth, hut never do I remember havinir heard one offer ed for a hospital which is man's greatest institution of service! In Brevard there are two of them. 1 .?'t. v* all lift a prayer for them at l??a>t iti private and enter these (Iat"s called Beautiful between two and five o'clock Kastcr Monday afternoon with snpie ;rift to suh GIRL SCOUTS GIVE PLAY FRIDAY NIGU! * I. ??;:?! troop Ciirl art* i>-c ; n -liipJi' ? v':ny ? \M .1 .v' ?f j >f <l)?i (1.'tonr" .?? . vV .???? F:: !.? .. * 'hi Trw? t>ro. ? ? - f "* ?? }?!?' ? :?*"?? I ftij* . i m.i-1 .v.?Tih\ ? :? - ?* . ? h.v V ? <?.?' S. ,. ?? MRS. MILLS' BOOK OF POEM? READY Ms r> Hanip!nn Mill* ?? : m-ivir-.y Tin- ? ?* pv. ? ue.-k a r ?.f };? r original !'??? m*. :in ? "\V:!u.i ' i > Th- : rro v:.r ? I :hi*uvhl ;u.?l !?T %!??. ; : i .. ; al:1v n*n: ???'??!!???! v - f !>!???. i rlv r? ?*. 1. ? f-.V .V ? ' "\1 '? MRS. MACKEY WON FIRST PRIZE IN GARDEN CONIES'I County-Wide Garden Contest Under Mist Walker's Direction Created Great Interest MRS. LEWIS T1NSLEY WON SECOND PRIZE Serving Vegetables from One's Own Garden was Purpose of Plan ? Was Highly Successful Mrs. Ed Mackcy of Little Ilivcr, won first prize in the county gartlen contest, Mrs. Lewis Tinsley, Lake Toxuway, second, and Mrs. Homer Israel, Calvert, third. All three of these reports showed that a variety of vegetables had been grown ; 28 different vegetables having been grown by Mrs Mackey, 25 by Mrs. Tinsley, and 21 by Mrs. Israel. Mrs. Mackey '? report was out standing because of the number of green vegetables used through the Winter months. The goal toward which ail were striving was to serve at least two vegetables, one of which was a green leafy vegetable to their fam ily every day in the year. Mrs. Maekey's report shows ' that she' served 13 different varieties to her family during the months of December, January and February, which proves that there is something which one can eat during the win ter months besides beans and pota toes. % She served beets 45 times, celery 65, currots 51, cabbage 71, collards o, cow peas 63, Irish potatoes '83, lettuce 2#>, lima beans 44, mustard 10, onions 84, sweet potatoes 78, turnips and tops" 65. This makes an average of 4 servings of vegetables per 'lay, or two for dinner and two for supper, Following is a list of the vegetables grown ar.d served during the year: Asparagus 28 times, beets 156, celery 115, carrots 127, collards 31, cow peas, 113, cucumbers H)l, cantaloupes 29, English peas 64, Irish potfttocs 269, kale 15, lettuce 205. li: ? ? boons 164, mustard 53, onions 225,'okra 108, ' pepper 140, radishes 35, spinach 21, ?ugar corn 97, snap beans 152, squash 78, sweet potatoes 192, toriatoes 124, turnips (roots and tops) 130, water melon 20. rutabaga 20. The following story was sent to tin* extension service. -of State Col lege. at Raleigh with the report: "STORY OF MY GARDEN" The surest and most pleasant route to a good garden runs through the seed catalogues. If you would have a trarden this year of which you would be proud~a garden in which new and various vegetables will thrive ? get a collection of seed catalogues early and study them by your fire side during evenings and cold blustering days when there is nothing else to Jbe done. You will find this n grer.'t quickening of the garden spirit. You will soon be ; bubbling over with enthusiasm and I longing for the days when you can begin planting. ^ Do not be afraid to order seed ; liberally, and be sure to inculde at i least one or two vegetables which (continued on page six) THE PRAYER CORNER THE BLESSINGS OF WEAKNESS ? "I walked over a meadow and the air was full of delicious fragrance, yet 1 could see no flowers," said a beloved writer. "There- was tall grass waving on all sides, but the fragrance <li<l not come from the grass. Then I parted the grass, and | looked beneath it, and there, close to the earth, hidden out of sight by the J showy growths in the meadow, were multitudes of lowly little flowers. I i had found the secret of the sweet I ness ? it poured out from these hum jble hiding flowers. "This is a picture of what is true everywhere in 1 i f . Not from the great, the conspicuous, the famed in ' any community, comes the fra .grancc which most sweetens the air. but from the lowly lives hidden, ob scure, unpraised, which give out the | aroma of unselfishness, of kindness. I of gentleness. In many n home it is from the mom of the invalid, a sufferer that the sweetness comes which fills all the house. "Wt knowcth it is from the cross I of Christ that the hallowing influ ence flowed which all these centuries he? refining and enriching and of eninu th?- worlds life. So it i.* i always? out ?f weakness and suf ' ' fering and from crushed broker lives, comes the blessing that renew? and heals the world. "The healing of the world 'I Is in its nameless saints." ?*\V? need only to make sure ol ? ?r.e thing thn* we do in deer bri r "?ur weakness to Christ, an? li-;1 ? ^n Mini 5n simple faith. Thi i ? he vit ?; ' '.ink in wetting tin- bless ; 'Ven'.r ' '.-Of . ?v?rdt*r. : i' ? 'hi?.n> u|Min our limbs. If we . r\ r ? arrv it alone we shall onlv fail , Rut \\? lay >.? <?n the strong S??i ? ,"r<' Mini earrv :m? . .? ? *. i g i?n qui-*/ :<n< : ?i in ; v w ?? *. luty. !l wil t . fiiake ?vir *'? ry w?vikre?. a ^ren " ? i -?r? "gth. lie w :!1 tak? w pl.n. from -that i* r,..: M w.-n-i e- ? .it 1!.- w:ll :i'.' - wi:l it . ,v->, -v..- M ... >? [ANY MENACii TO I PUBLIC fJEALTH IS A NUISANCE Declared Dr. Buchanan fcl Fin. Ad dr?" Before Mealing of Parent I cachcr Body Laifc Monday election of officers at next meeting Mr. . R. B. l_yo? Pro.ided at Meolin* Nominating "ommideo Named | Interesting ?V.,r.m Given Community health .as the kuv. ? noto of- the Element:..; Parent meeting Monday a?, k?7J K 1 Hl,eaker of the on-.. on h^nlth^.ff. Buchanan, c<.ui. *? ? health officer, who dt&cusscd iulcr hhi office**1- ro,ative to lho duties .of knu,merat'ng some of the duties :!.I- T< ".r U|'"", him as health Oil i icer of Iransylvania countv. I)r. Buchanan mentioue., as among tho |n.ost important of tho*. coming un der his authority that of prevention of cohtagious diseases, abatement of nuisances, care of water and iniHc supply, tests for susceptible diseases among children in particular, health education and medical inspection in f schools inspection of public buildings and grounds, requiring im provements where necessary, anil I many other duties of more or lean importance. L.."r- Buchanun explained that any I " 15 - a "ace to public nealth is a nuisance and that the ( continued an page six) "nelson delivering^ MASONIC LECTURES | Jeff L. Nelson, Deputy Grand Lcc of Nnrth r r Rd !'<?,lge of Mason? of North Carolina, is in the cit?, delivering lectures and giving in iMasnni'"? aall u ,!lt'?<b<irs of the Masonic lodge here. Mr. Nelson has | been .111 Brevard on several previous i?hLa v1',"? 8 many friends j throughout Transylvania countv. Mr. Nelson is a native of Madi |son county, a mountaineer himself, t and expresses himself as beinir nl 1 ways happy when hi" work perm'!? I him to spend symv time in the | mountains. '1.. J,a??"5 ar" attending tho I infiel?f ? u l,ste.':>T<tr With deepest I ili'l' i 'be instructions being ; given by the Grand Lodge official. KIWANIANS GOING TO KENILWORTU All Aboard for K?nilworth Inn' t hats the order from Kiwanhi headquarters. The Brevard club, 1 Hendersonvtlle club and tho Asheville club will meet in joint session at Kemlworth Inn, Ashe I S' ,0" frtday evening. March 25. ;at 7:15 o clock. | Brevard Kianians have a good ^',iUtln'u" throH<fh th<' Carolinas, and all are anxious that a full one I hundred per cent attendance be re I corded at the Keiiihvorth meeting. I District Governor I.ytich will be the principal spea??r of the eveninr. iA great musical program is being arranged .and each club will have, something to do in the evenings work. ? .Members of the Brevard club who have no automobile will be asked to .go with some member who docs own a car, and it hoped that 110 one will remain away from the meeting M"*?" V' ha'-ing "o way to go." nlentt "f !' ! '"ty "f rOOUl .itld plent) of welcome for ali memb er ?C. OF C. ASKING i FOR INFORMATION I This issue of The Brevard News ;contams a convenient cou-.-on for the dntinn, f?SC Wh? hi,V ' nceomnln dafons for summer visitors and will flist the same with the Chamber I of C ommerce. I? various place, throughout Transylvania .-ountv anil 1 111 Brevard there are ccttages for rent, unfurnished and furnished and I boarding accommodations available for tourists and summer visitors, I 'oat arc not known to tl ? Chamber . of Commerce. It Is desi d have every clnss of accommodations listed ( in order to render she maximum ?-?? . vice in response t.. the im.uirivs that come to the Chan-.br of Conn ? Ihe following method s u?,.,| ,, handling inquiries Th ? eric .al . letter or card of he i-iinirt r v j nost eij the bulletin hoard as s. on ? as 11 has been rev. r-i. ,1. Cards c. t ( laming the inforn-iitK'ti ,?ske 1 r . lotrled the ,:a> r- ceived to 1 ' ? " rl'?tnh"r f . i* x -> i::? !;j -s r?*n. >>? ...-llM.e prmyrt i r,,T ? ? ???: th..: ? . i-.? - I " ; *? 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