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THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1927
THAT MATCHLESS
SPIRIT OF BREVARD.
Of course there are differences of
opinions anwift the citizens of
Transylvania county, and there is
also a strong tendency on the part
of these fine citizens to stand up for
what each one thinks is right, re
gardless of the cost. But when it
comes to standing together in com
mon cau.- j there is no finer com
munity spirit in the world than that
found right here in Transylvania
county.
Last. Thursday night a small uroup
of citiaens, representing the Cham
ber of Commerce, went to Asheville
to broadcast for Brevard over
WWNC. Just as soon as the first
number on the program had been
rendered, the telephone and tele
graph messages began pouring in
from citizens here, encouraging the
men and women who were doing
their bit in boosting Brevard. As
these messages were read the faces
of the pax-formers lighted up with
appreciation and with renewed de
termination to do their very best.
All through the hour the mes
sages came, and whatever of success
attended the efforts of Brevard
broadcasters, was due, in large
measure, to the thoughtfulness of
the people back home who so greatly
encouraged and strengthened those
Who were on the program.
Messages came to the broadcasters
from many sections of the country,
yet none were so highly appreciated
as those coming from the folks at
home. It is that very spirit which
will make cf this community, in
?...in.', one of the very choice spots
of all creation. The News is per
fectly safe in saying that every mem
ber of the broadcasting group
thank, -a God that night for this great
Brevard spirit.
SETOSE THE SYLVAN
VAi. SY SHOULD BE
WAS it ID AWAY!
Just suppose that floods should
come ir ? Jch fovo as to wash all
Rosma i u'-'y ? cv-.-ry home and ev
ery 3'oro and every factory
there, drown.ng many of the
peoplt. a;ia ur'tving the balance
to the bleak mountain sides. Just
supp . ! th: flood wafers should
come on down through that rich val
ley, sweeping ev_y thing b.ferc it ? ?
houses, farms, . oc!:, crops, and
people. And the y;ers> should then
strike Brevard, a:. I .uve not a house
in this town, an Jie raging flood
should continue i. take the Insti
tute, ;:.:d all the' -1 . :ns in the valley
below, and reach ? tit and take all
Pisgah Forest, and every movable
thing in it.
Tiiftii, with all th's accumulation
of human life and property within
its destructive embrace, continue its
way on down the valley, completely
sweeping everything with it, and
washing the dead forms of men,
women and little children along on
its bosom, and take all these prized
possessions away from us, carrying
in a mad torrent on down the
windings of the French Broad river
? a linal, irrevocable loss.
Can you imagine the desolation,
'.he suffering, the heartaches?
Well, if flood waters should do all
this, the damage and the loss would
be but a small fraction of just such
loss and suffering now being exper
ienced by the people in the Missis
sippi valley. We're just wondering
if the people generally are giving
sufficient thought and consideration
to the intense suffering of our
neighbors in their helpless condi
tion.
Ylu- Franklin Press says:
"When the mail arrives these days,
the po.s; oft Iti.' sounds like a brooder
house. Thoroughbred baby chicks!
ire coining in 1. the hundreds.'
'S'hen these chicks begin laying each 1
cheep' o jghi to bring in about one i
dollar."
/Now if Julian Glazener lived in ;
""?Franklin he would have a big I
hatchery there, and save all the I
money Franklin sends away for
baby chicks.
CONFIDENT OF
ULTIMATE SUCCESS.
ui to a number of Transylvania
hoys ami girls iuu graduating ?rom
the m. II II, lv high schools at this time.
Mit i'.y tliein will enter colleges
ami universities next fall. This is
.ii'Hui;>x the first real break in the
...\ ? <?; liw buys ami gills in this
l-eiii'ti ?.>f high school' completion.
. or years iirfd years tho hoys ami
girls, since the day they left their
. niher's lender care i?? enter school,
!ii> for each of them has been very
ui- of <1 routine. So many months
in ii?e year, so many days in tho
.. vi.. the sehuol room called them,
lliis routine is intended for the
graduating classes of the county;
? ife will be- dilfercnt with the begin
of the next school year. Those
i:o enter the colleges will be far
ivmoxed from the tender care of the
?Uollier who has helped each one
in v ugliout years spent in public
schools.' New faces will be seen in
the- classes next year, new acquaint
! iinccj w.;; be made, new friendships
I will be formed. The change is a
I shock in the regular lives of boys
j and girls, a shock intended to
I strengthen them for the many sur
{ prises that life holds and unfolds as
i the years go by. It has been said
by school authorities that the first
I year in collegc, meeting these new
j conditions, is the most important in
i a V?ung man's or a young woman's
i life. Personal initiative is brought
i into play. Crucial moments come
! when decisions must be made with
out the assistance of fathers and
mothers. In fact it seems that one's
whole after-life is largely shaped by
the fresman year in college.
The boys and girls of Transyl
vania county arc fortunate in hav
ing inherited that strength of char
acter which marks the mountain peo
ple as unusually strong folks,
strong in their opinions, strong in
character., strong in determination.
The Brevard News has no fears what
ever for any boy or girl- graduating
nbw and going out into college life
next fall. It has the utmost con
lidence in their ability to stand for
the right and fight the wrong; to
choose the proper and discard the
improper; to take their place among
the young men and young women of
a;i sections of the state, and all
other states in the Union, and in
years to come to briug back to
Transylvania county honors that
will be living monuments to their
achievements.
May fortune's best smiles and
God's greatest lov; attend our boys
anu girls who a:?: at this time say
ing good-bye to t:ieir old county
school room, and who, before long,
will step out into a new world.
JERRY'S LETTERS OF
COMMON SENSE. *
may ii. ceiling talas out of
to publish worry's letters to
members of the ICiwunis Club, yet
there is so much good philosophy
common sense in these com
iur.ications that The News is willing
.an the risk of violating the pro
proprieties in order to pass along to
our readers some of Jerry's sound
reasoning.
..i-i.J following:
D..J- K:\anian:
"A. id c.:il the members are com
ing in luic, and, not only that, some
ate just not cur.iing at all. .Are
uu get.ing tirea of hearing me say
tins so olun'.' If you are, let me
know, bccause I will continue to say
tr.ese tn.ngs until you say something
and show me some action. THIS
115 MY DUTY. HOW ABOUT
iOURS?? ? ? * *
"All out this Friday night, let's
have a real good attendance and a
live meeting.
"Begin now to do what you think
you can do. Don't wait for someone
to hold your hand. Step out. If
you are blessed with an intelligence
at all, you'll realize and be amazed
to discover that in a short time you
are as competent as those who al
ready occupy the field.
"l3o you ever sit and ponder
O'er Kiwanis and its work,
And the burden on the others
.lust oecause you're prone to
shirk?
Do you ever think for instance
Of a hint you might suggest,
That'll help along the program,
Thereby adding to its zest?
Do you think the club would func
tion,
it each member did as you?
Think it over and net busy ?
Let us see what you can do.
"Jerry ? Secretary."
Mayor John T. Wilkins of Hender
sonville, and J. Allan Rhoades. and
numerous other good citizens of our
splendid sister city contributed much
to the success of Brevard's hour on
the radio last Thursday night by
sending in messages of encourage
ment and good will. It was a fine
demonstration of the friendly feel
ing that exists between these two
towns whose interests are so inter
woven and intertwined that the suc
cess of either town means the 'sne
ers of the other, and suffering in
e: ur town is felt in the other.
I.et 'er rain! We'd be willing t<>
?...?? J. i mud puddl-.s and swim the
lakes along News Arcade in order to
'.?et ii good rain.
THE PRAYER CORNER
GRADUATION
l>o y?u know what the word
Graduate has come u> moan ? Ask a
fond fai !i m or mother, whoso son or
daughter has just received a diplo
ma i ? Ot.i hii,h school, ucadi .ny 01
, h>;. ?ll!(4 the Word Graduate sig
nifies, and thoy will miv, " hy ihey
are through" Through.' As it ed
ucation wore a Dismal Swamp an,
tho lad or lassie had just scrambled
out to firm land again.
A far different idea lies hidden in
the noble word Graduate an idea of
lie vuy. hill of learning, broadly
I. i<e?l on tho common world of every
dav things, and rising by tan; tor
a.i.r, tair terrace until it
i caches that golden cloud which
iii.n-s . ruin mortal eyes the throne
of God. _ .
To Graduate, to receive a degree
;s to ascend o;ily one step toward the
summit. There are many grades, up
U> which We IV.USt graduate. It is a
hill of many degrees, this lull of
1 -arning. and what are we to tluilK
01 m-opte who say of a graduate,
??11, ?'a or she's through?"
1 ot me give our graduates front
the '? ifh School this year an incident
from tin- life of Bruce Barton that
will help them to take the first step
(for it- is but a first step) wisely
and well.
"In solemn procession," he said,
"we went up to the Chapel to hear
I'rexy deliver the Baccalaureate Ser
mon.*. Only one sentence in it staid
with me. He was talking about the
Adaptibility which Education ought
to Kive; how the truly educated man
or woman should be able to create
his or her own world, regardless of
circumstances; how
"The mind is its own place, and in
Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of
heaven."
"This is the sentence I remem
ber, '1 have travelled very wjdely,
said Thoreail, in Concord'. 1 hat IS
a line true thought. Every town is
the universe if you have eyes to see
it. Brevard is the universe, if you
have eyes to see it; the sun and stars
shine for its exclusive benefit, and
God has exercised all His ingenuity
in arranging its hills and streams and
woods. Every street has every kind
of people that there are. or will
have, and over a period of twent.s
five years will be the scene of al
most everv tragedy and comedy that
has occurred in th- relations of men
and women from the beginning.
Remember that no education is
adequate to the needs o, life, ot
vour life, which does not produce
decision of character, courage, self
control and perseverance.
vou can and will find IN BREVARD.
ns you climb step by step the hill ot
knowledge, till you reach at last
that golden cloud which hides from
mortal eyes the Throne of God.
A PRAYER FOR GRADUATES
Almighty God, the fountain of all
wisdom, the true light Which ln;hteth
every one that cometh into the
world, we bless Thee for the free
and noble spirit that is breathing
with quickening power upon the ed
ucational life of our day, and for
'tin men and women of large mind
and loving heart who have made that
spirit our common possession Dy
their teaching and example.
Do Thou reward Thy servants with
a clad sense of their own personal
worth as teacher of the race, and in
the heat of the dr.y do Thou show
them the spring by the wayside that
flows from the Eternal silence oi
God, and gives new light to the eyes
of all who drink of it. _
Bless particularly the dear B'rjs
and boys that have completed then
work and are to go forth to the ac
tive pursuits of life, whether at
home or in business. Grant that tney
b" not slothful in business but hon
est, industrious and manful in every
pood word and work, remembering
that Thou rejoicest in every good
and thorough thing that we do.
Nothing which is beautilul or true
is small in Thy regard.
Grant that these youths look not
for that success which lijr'n upon the
surface of life, but for that which
is in the depths. In every thing may
they glorifv Thy Holy Name, and
finally, by Thy Mercy, attr.- a ever
lasting life, through Jesus Christ,
our Lord, Amen.
? C . D. v.
MANY GOOD COLORED
PEOPLE IN BREVARD.
It is to be hoped that the conduct
of the Allen and Kemp negroes last
Saturday night will not cause peo
ple to Rain the impression that the
colored people, as a whole, in Bre
vard are bad people. It has been
remarkod freely during the past few
days that there are some of as pood
colored citizens in Brevard as can be
found any where. In fact, it is as
serted by some of our leading white
citizens, the negro colony in Brevard
is far above the average.
Many neyroes have been heard this
week speaking bitterly of the few
colored folks who are in the toils of
the law so often. Of course the
conduct of the few always reflects
upon the innocent in any group.
That is why The Brevard N'ews is es
pecially anxious that the good cit
izens among the colored people not
be condemned because of the con- '
duct of a few members of t!?ir race.
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY
SINGING CONVENTION
This is just a reminder of the
fact that next Sunday. May 29.
at 10 a.m., is the time when all
singers and music lovers arc in
vited to be in your places in the
court house in- Brevard, for the
purpose of spending the '.ay
worshiping the Lord in song.
Z I. HENDERSON. Chr.in.
WE THANK YOU :
iMitor !'li - Brevard New.-: !
1 j i>t Wit lit to thank you ami your
paper for the way you arc lifting up
ami holding up the County of Trim?
sylvan ui, ami our mountain country
of Wi.-siern North Carolina.
We have pure water ami pure
' r ; ih ? seasons jire mil extremely
i:?'i ..?? cold as they a:v ill the ifor'.h
or far .-oiith, lull just line all the
.war. We have as line ami intelli
Kent people as ean be found in ih ?
world. They are a home loving
people, Kind and considerate of eftch
other, and true to their principles;
I am thankful that the children of
today have a better opportunity to '
gel aa education than we. of the ?
old, r folks had when we w mv chil
dren. I am proud of the North Car
olina schoVd of today. Good schools
and good roads are the life of any
community. All of these things I
am proud to see? it is something we
older folks did not have fifty years
ago. Only a few people lifty years
ago could get an education in our
Western North Carolina mountains.
But things have changed now ?
for the better. We have the finest
country to be found anywhere, and
we must let folks know about it.
If we have something we want others
to see we must let them know what
we have for them to see.
(Jive all a kind welcome to our
fine country and they will come
again and be one with us and one of
us, for again ? no people in the i
world have any better or liner place
in which to live than we in Tran
sylvania county.
Truly yours,
J. M. PATTON.
Brevard, N, C., R-2.
LAWRENCE TAKES
FR1GIDAIRE AGENCY
R. E- .Lawrence- has been appoint- ;
ed local representative for the Frig
idaire company. A public demon
stration of the great machine will
be held in the Salander Tea Room
on Thursday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock.
An editor wrote a clever para- j
gTaph in which he referred to "wild ,
oats." The linotyper made it read ;
?'ts wfvii made the editor j
as wild as a wild cat.
At Cornelia, Ga., is a monument i
erected to the apple. But why
neglet "Peaches?"
ft!
Dunn's Rock Lodge ? 257
A. F. & A. M.
Meets every Second and
fe Fourth Friday Nights at
7:30 O'CIock.
Visiting Brethren
Always Welcome
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lADItS WORK A SPCCIAlTYTf^-IwI^y^Ky H. MOTTSMAN,M&r
[DRY CLEANING -DYEING-PRESSING
Everything Electrical
Eelieving in Brevard
C. R.
ME 1
ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
Day Phone 265 NEWS ARCADE Ni?ht Phone 231
NATIONAL MAZDA LAMPS
Announcing a complete Electrical Store,
handling exclusively "Graybar" quality
products and Carolina Electric Supply
Company's fixtures, appliances and sup
plies. As we advertise, Everything
Electrical.
Do You Want
&?' . *?
Then save? Save systematically ? Save regularly. The
one way to obtain Power, to have Plenty, to really enjoy
Pleasure, is to save a part of what y ou receive each
week or each month.
A SAVINGS ACCOUNT
In our Bank, where every dollar you deposit grows with
the added interest we pay you, will soon have you a
nice, tidy sum of money to your credit.
THE GOOD SEASON
Is just now opening ? you will make much money this
summer. Save some of it. Talk it over with any of
our officers or directors. You will like the idea ? you
will like the result.
OFFICERS:
J. H. PICKELSIMER, President
LEWIS P. HAMLIN, Active V. P.
W. W. CROUSHORN, Vice Pros.
OLIVER H. ORR, Cashier
?I. L. WHITMIRE. Ass't Cashier
DIRECTORS:
H. A. PLUMMER
C. R. McNEEJ,Y
Dr. E. S. ENGLISH
L. P. HAMLIN
O. H. ORR
R. L. NCH OLSON
RUSH W. WHITMIRE
J. H. PICKELSIMER
W. W. CROUSHORN
.1. i.. WliiTMlRE