INTENSE INTEREST SHOWN
IN SCHOOL SITUATION
Action of the county commission
ers in cutting the school term to
seven months created much interest
throughout the county. Sentiment
I seems to be divided, anil many there
are who assert that the schools should
be kept to the full nine months
term, while others just as emphatic
ally* assort that the commissioners
havo acted wisely in taking steps
looking to the reduction of expenses'
until such time as .the county is in
better financial condition.
On one thing there seems to be
agreement, and that is that this
county has had unusual progress
during the past few years, and for
this there has been heard no criti
cism. While this temporary situa
tion faces the people, the fact re
mains, as gathered from conversa
tions heard in all kinds of groups,
that practically every one is proud
of the great advancement made by
the county during the past decade.
General regret is expressed over
discontinuance of the farm agent's
work and that of the county health
officer. A member of the board of
commissioners, in expressing regret
over the necessity for curtailment of
expenses, paid high tribute to the
work done by the county health of
ficer, asserting that Dr. Buchanan
has worked wonders in the county
during the short time he has been
here.
On the other hand, there are those
who assert that strictest economy is
necessary in order to avert a taxa
tion that would become burdensome
to every citizen of Transylvania
county. The fact that this county
is all the time sending its money out
of the county, and producing but
little that brings money back into the
county, is dawning upon every one,
it seems. It is in this knowledge of
affairs that some /citizens are work
ing so persistently in an effort to
interest some industrial plants in lo
cating here, and making every ef
fort to get the farmers to shipping
their dairy products, and working on
the sugar beet industry in ceaseless
manner, so that the citizens of the
county can have an income that will,
in . ome measure, offset the amounts
of money going regularly out of the
county.
All the arguments, pro and con,
that are heard about the situation
are of the most friendly nature.
There are certain problems facing
the county that must be solved. In
the solution of these problems there,
is work for every citizen to do. ?
The county commissioners will
meet on July 28 to take final action
on the suggested budget as published
in this paper last week. Under the
new law that budget cannot be act
ed upon until after 20 days from its
publication. At the meeting on the
28th it is expected that all matters
pertaining to the schools will be fin- ,
ally adjusted, and the actual prog- [
ram for the coming year adopted. |
County Superintendent T. C. i
Henderson has prepared the follow- j
ing statement, showing the cost of ,
operating the schools last year, and ,
the budget as presented and asked i
for to carry on the nine-months' i
term for the coming year. According I
to these figures, it will cost much j
less to operate the school for nine '
months this year than was spent for
the eight-months' elementary and |
nine-months' high school last year, j
Here are the figures prepared by
Superintendent Henderson:
Comparison of School Budgets
Six Months ?
Term
Total School Budget for 1926-1927 .... ..$226,508.41
Fund from Stilts, fines, etc 70,238.43
County Ad Valorem Tax $156,296.98
6 Months
Total School Budget for 1927-1928 ?126,854.65
Fund from State, fines, etc. .............. 28,938.75
County Ad Valorem Tax ......$ 97,870.90
Net Budgets after making deductions of Funds
from the State, fines, etc.:
1926-1927 ?: ....... .$156,269.98
1927-1928 97,870.90
Reduced . 58,399.08
Extended
.Term
$39,496.96
815.00
$38,654.90
3 Months
$36,024.27
1,190.00
$34,834.27
$38,654.96 !
34.834.27 j
$ 3,820.69 '
? i
Following is a statement issued by
the county board of education, con
cerning the losses sustained to the
county by reason o'f the action of
the county commissioners in reduc
ing the school term from nine months
to seven months:
Louei
The following will be some of the
losses sustained by the county if
the school term is cut to 7 months:
Lonti From the State
Rural High School Appropria
tions for Rosman High
' School $ 500.00
Voca. Agriculture Fund . . 2,000.00
Home Economics Fund . . . 440.00
From Equalizing Fund for
1928-1929:
On High School Princi
pals Salaries 933.33
On decrease in Teaching
Personnel 2,000.00
Total $5,873.33
The greatest loss by far would be
the loss of the honor of the county
in forfeiting its contracts with the
teachers, the certain loss of most if
not all the best teachers of the
county, the loss of the possibility of
the pupils in all our schools complet
ing a grade a year and therefore
compelling them to be "repeaters"
and causing them to have to take
twice the time to complete the pub
lic school work that would be re
quired in nine months terms, caus
ing a loss to the pupil of one-half
the time and extra cost of at least
one-fourth the teachers' salaries be
cause of the extra time required to
complete the work, and the loss of
the credit for our high schools by
reducing them to non-standard
schools.
* J. S. BROMFIELD,
C. F. WOODFIN,
C. R. SHARP.
' County Board of Education.
pickelsimer?
t PURCHASING AGENT
$L? *
? ? ? "" ?
1?< ;?/ County commissioners held a ses
v sion last Monday, at which time G.
Lyday, M. W. Galloway and A. H.
WKizer were named as a committee to
over the tax listers' books and
make equalization by townshtps.
!? When this work is finished, it was
ordered that this committee make a
report to the county commissioners,
who will then sit as an' equalization
board.
J. H. Pickelsimer was made pur
chasing agent "for the county and all
supplies for the county will be pur
chased through his office in the fu
L ture'.
^ A. H. Kizer, county accountant,
was instructed to attend the County
J* Government Institute to bo held in
^^Ralaigh on the 19th., at which, time
in new statewide
county government lnw will be given
? by representatives from the govern
? Or's office.
P*
COST-OF SCHOOL
BUSES ITEMIZED
Many tax-payers, it is said, hsvs
made criticism of the cost of oper
?*.Hon of the school buses, and the
county board of education prepared
the following figures, showing cost
of operation of the buses for the
school year of 1926-1927:
Bui Co.t 1926-1927
7 Busses Total Cost ....$5494.04
Cost per day 31.39
Cost per bus per day . . . . 4.48
Cost per pupil per day ... 17
Cost per mile per day .... .14
Cost per pupil per mile . . .13
Cost per pupil per mile per day .001
FINE VARIETYOF
SWEET POTATOES
Mrs. Caroline Thrash Dorsett,
formerly of Transylvamia county,
but more recently from Washington,
D. C., claims she is raising on her
rich farm land in the Davidson
River section the finest variety of
sweet potatoes and cantaloupes to be
found anywhere. She is expecting
a master potato crop of the old
fashioned Spanish and White Yam
varieties, and a big yield of the
Hollybrook luscious cantaloupes,
some of which have been known to
weigh as much as 15 or 20 pounds
each.
The Buckeye field of six acres on
the Evergreen Ridge farm is of j
sandy, loose loam on the rich farm
lands of the river bottoms between
j the French Broad and Davidson i
j rivers, and is said to be especially j
j adapted to successful potato and
i cantaloupe growth. Mrs. Dorsett I
states thatl many predict/ions have |
been made as to the yield of her
present crop of sweet potatoes, some I
estimating that she will realize any- !
where from 800 to 1000 bushels of
potatoes from her six apre field.
She expects the crop to be ready
for market in August, the entire
production having been already en
gaged by the Sanitary Grocery com
pany, of Washington, D. C.
SPECIALSERVICE
AT PRESBYTERIAN
Communion services and celebra
tion of the Lord's Supper will be ob
served at the Presbyterian church
next Sunday morning at the 11
o'clock hour of worship. The pastor,
'"-v. V. A. Crawford, extends an in
, vitatibn to all visitors as well as to
members to be present and partici
1 pate in this service.
After an absence of two weeks,
! V" nnstnr \v:m baek in his pulpit
i last Sunday and iroi.d services were
? held at both morning and evening
hours
? SUNDAY SCHOOLS TO MEET 4
? AT LAKE TOXAWAY, 19-20 ?
, * Announcement is made of the
j * meeting of the Transylvania
j * Sunday School Association, to
j * be held with the Lake Toxaway
:* Methodist church next Tuesday
, * and Wednesday, July 19 and 20.
CREAMERY DRIVE
STARTS ON 25TSI
Meetings Planned For Every Section
of the County Brevard
To Assist
Educational meetings relative to
!the proposed creamery for Transyl
vania county will be held during
the week beginning July 25, the
meetings to be for the purpose of
informing the farmers of the coun
ty, and other interested parties, of
matters concerning the details of a
creamery operation. Many of the
prominent business men of the town
and county have pledged their sup
port to the movement and have
promised to be present at one or
more of this series of meetings.
It is expected that a large num
ber of citizens of the county will be
in attendance at these meetings, and
a friendly rivalry is on foot to see
which community will show the most
interest in the movement by having
the largest attendance at the meet
ings.
The following schedule has been
arranged for the series of meet- j
ings:
Monday night, July 25, Blantye. ]
Tuesday. Little River.
Wednesday, Penrose.
Thursday, Calvert school.
Friday, Connestee.
ALL GOLFERS AT j
THE COURSE TODAY
If the Weather Man is good to j
members of the Brevard Golf club, :
this day will be one of the most in- i
teresting days in the life of the i
local club. A mixed tournament is '
on the cards today, and it is expected !
that hundreds of people will visit ,
the course to watch the men and;
women battle for the honors of the j
day.
CHICKASAW SECTION
BEGlNSUnS ISSUE
Chickasaw Camp will have a de- 1
partment in The Brevard News, be
ginning with this issue. All items of
interest to the campers and to the
public in general are to be found on
the Chickasaw page. The Brevard '
News is proud to be permitted to I
publish this camp department, and I
it is hoped that other camps will co- ;
operate with this paper in sending i
in news of each camp.
Chickasaw Camp is operated by I
Mr. George Morris, of The Memphis I
Comercial Appeal, who is associated |
with Luke Lea in the purchase of
The Atlanta Constitution, announce
ment of which was made last week.
Transylvania county is most fortun
ate in having so many camps located
here, and Mr. Morris, being a wide
awake newspaper man with inter
ests and influences throughout the
South, is an especially valuable as
set to this community through Camp
Chickasaw.
ROSETIMlWASAN !
ENJOYABLE PLAY
"Rosetime," three-act musical com
edy presented by local talent at the
high school audirtorium Friday even
ing proved entertaining and most
effective, with the pretty costumes,
fancy dances, peppy songs, at
tractive stage decorations and good j
acting on the part of the various
performers. The play was directed
oy Miss Edna Yost, of Atlanta, the
accompanists being Mrs. C. P. Wil
kins and Miss Marguerite Robertson.
It was given under the auspices of
the local Parent-Teacher association.
The comedy was generally consid
ered to be well chosen and well pre
sented, and the fact was clearly
demonstrated on this occasion that
unusual dramatic ability is possessed
by many of Brevard young people.
Much credit is due Mrs. R. E. Law
jrence and Mrs. Oliver Orr, presidents
of the two pari nt-teacher associa
tions. for their untiring efforts in
making a ?oec?s of this entertain-]
ment.
The cast of characters included:
Pa Perkins, Pat Kimzey; Ma Per
' kins. Mrs. J. B. Pickelsimer; Rose
'Perkins, Cornelia Norton; Jerry
Hunter, Clyde Clark; J. Dillingham
Jones, Ansel Fowler; Props O'Reilly,
, Philip Price; Babe Brunette. Annie
1 Yongue; Jackie Deauville, Dorothy
Silvcrsteen; Percy Peabody, Dr. Carl
Hardin; Squint Smith, Bill Barrett;
Reba Ashworth and Nan Kilpatrick.
j Chorus girls were: Marguerite
Pearce. Mary Wilkins, UeralHine
Barrett, Agnes Clayton, Martina
Pearce, Dorothy Barrett. Kathleen
jl.yon. Mildred Clayton, Molly Snel
!son, Ruth Cantrell, Almeda Waters,
Nar.ey Maefie. B.'tsy Hollinshcad
'Elizabeth Mills, Katherine Lowe
Sarah Barrett.
Om ik )n.y> v ' r f ? : ' If.ro! 1 Bmr!!w
ji.ir.es Wa'.i:-. Harry Clayton, Rufftr
I Wilkins, 'Cdwin English. L-on Engj
jlish, Guy Lowe, Marvin Yates.
O. M. Muggins
\
Song director with Rev. Jesse C.
? Owen, who has charge of the music
in the revival being conducted at
Rosman. J
IBIBLE ClASS TO i
j MEET TONIGHT j
Meeting Thursday evening at 8
o'clock in the dining room of the!
Methodist, church, the members of !
tjje Men's Bible Class-will hold a
get-to-tii ;:!er booster meeting, >
planning for enlarrriricr the influence '
?nu (ill'sCuyjiMisi of th2 class during
the Summer months. Supper will be
served, and after the meal a general
discussion of the plans will be had.
Officers of the class are some
what disappointed over the attend- ;
ance, it is said, or lack of attend- ?
ance would better describe the situ
ation. It is remarked that since j
summer came some members have 1
been absent, and this absence hurts !
not only those who fail to attend, j
but very materially affects those who |
do attend. It is generally recog- j
nized, it is said by many, that the !
influence exerted in a community by'
Men's Bible classes of various |
churches is one of the most poter? <
and faf-reaching influences enjoy?*;
by ?the community. Hence-' the de- j
sire of officers and leaders of the <
Methodist group to keep their class
to a one hundred per cent efficiency, '
and this can be done, it is asserted, j
only when members attend regularly '
and lend individual effort and influ- 1
ence to that of their fellows.
HYDER GOES wTffi
THE TGASTIE SHOP
C. R. Hyder, who sold his inter
ests in the Garrett Electric business
last week, has purchased an interest
in the Toastee Sandwich Shop, and,
with Tom Loftis, is now engaged in
operation of this popular place. Mr.
Hyder has made many friends since
coming to Brevard, and these friends
will be glad to know that he is vo
remain here in business.
Alterations of the building are
under way at the Toastee Shop
which will more than double the
room in that popular eating place.
The bus station is located in the
Toastee Shop, which is located di
rectly opposite the Waltermire hotel
on IJroad street.
BAND CONCERTS
DRAWING CROWDS
Free band concerts in the court
j house lawn each Tuesday and Satur
day evening are proving an attract
ive feature of Brevard's summer
'program. Many of the townspeople
and their visiting friends, as well as
people from other sections of the
I county, are showing their interest in
jthe band and their appreciation of
: good music by attending in large!
numbers these free concerts. Some j
are found strolling leisurely about
the court house lawn during the con- ,
' certs, while many more are sitting
comfortably in their cars parked;
?nearby, and enjoying the splendid j
music furnished by Bandmaster F. i
J. Cutter and his well-trained boys '
and girls.
DUKE ENDOWMENT TO AID
! TRANSYLVANIA HOSPITAL
Oil a recent visit to liivviiril, Dr. VV. S. Kimkin. of tin- Duke Kiuiow
liiH-nt, delivered two addresses which wore declared to be tilt' most
in.-i ructive lectures over hoard hire. One address v.i. bi fore the Chamber
I of Commerce, at which time l)r. Kan a explained the conditions undei
v.hich Hrevard can obtain a part of tlie money left by the late Mr. Duke
' for hospital purposes-'. At the Kiwanis meeting l)r. Rankin spoke on "The
j Purpose of Sickness."
DUKE'S MILLIONS
TO HELP THE SICK
But the Community Must Do Its
Part Also ? -Distribution Care
fully Planned
"Mr. Duke was not a ?sentimentail
ut, nor a preacher; neither was lie
an idealist, lie was a business man,
a man of most practical ideas., lie:
knew how to make money, and he
knew how to spend money in order
lo get the greatest value out of ev
ery dollar spent for any purpose,"
such was the description of the late
Mr. Duke, as given by Dr. Rankin,
of the Duke Endowment. The doc
tor was speaking to the directors of
the Brevard Chamber of Commerce,
having come here to consult with lo
cal citizens concerning financial as
sistance to the Transylvania hospital. :
Oontiuii'.g, Dr. Rankin said, in ef
fect: !
When Mr. Duke was planning the
uses t. which he would put his
great iortune, lie made thorough
study o i the greatest needs of North
and S< 1th Carolina. That his investi
gation!, lead him to look upon sick
ness ar one of the important fields of
endeavor, the fact that 30 per cent
oft lie Duke fortune, after relatives
had bo ?n provided for, was left to.
hospii'u! purposes, is proof conclus
ive that 'Sir Duke considered the care
of the sick as one of the most im- ,
por'ant tiv'igs- in life.
Statistics show that 25 people in
every thousand population are in bed
(Continued on page six)
FLOWER SHOW TO
BE STAGED SOON
? "
August 17 Date Set for Interesting
Event ? First of Its Kind
Here
According to plans formulated at
the Woman's Bureau meeting Mon
day afternoon, Brevard's 6rst annual j
flower show will be staged August
17, at which time it is expected that)
many ladies of the town will enter
a variety of homegrown flowers for
exhibition. A committee of ladies,
with Mrs. R. E. Lawrence as chair- j
man, was appointed to make final i
arrangements for the event.
It was the expressed wish of the !
committee and of the president of
the Bureau that all ladies of the
community cooperate in making this
first flower show a success, by dis
playing their best varieties of home
grown flowers on this occasion.
Later announcements will be made
as to the details of the approaching
event.
In addition to the chairtnan, other
members of the flower show commit
tee include: Mrs. D. MacDougald,
Mrs. T. H. Shipiman. Mrs. J. C.
Wike, Mrs. R. W. Everett, Miss
Martha Boswell, Mrs. W. E. Breese, I
Mrs. J. C. Maxwell, Mrs. Beulah
Zachary, Mrs. Oliver Orr.
Other matters pertaining to town
beautification and welfare were dis
cussed, among which was the eternal
question of eliminating trash from
the streets and sidewalks and vacant
lots in the business district, and
members present pledged their con
tinued support in cooperating with
the town officials toward a cleaner
and more beautiful Brevard.
MAKE 662 MILES
IN RECORD TIME
Edwin Saltz and Jimmie Sledge,
two Brevard boys now in business in
St. Petersburg, Fla., claim the dis
tinction of making a record run in
their Ford coupe to the Sunshine
City, since they left Brevard Tues
day morning of last week and made
the distance of 662 miles to St.
Petersburg in 18 hours and 50 min
utes, thus averaging aproximately 35
miles per hour. The two young men
issue a challenge to any driver of a
"Tin Lizzie" to beat this record.
In a recent communication to The
News from these young Brevard
boys, they state that they did not
name their machine "The Spirit of
Brevard,'' but that they consider the
little yellow Ford a twin brother to
"The Spirit of St. Louis."
TO BUILD *6W
IN MOF"' n""
Mrs. (jertrude K. Kent and son,
of Asheville, were interesting P-e
vard visitors th past work. vrs.
Kent intends tc tart the ,f
a home in Mon* -lovf on th 'in'- in
the near future. She :s n r-? - ' ?*?
of Beaver Lak . one of Ashev:Ue's
>nio?t popular residential sections.
? lii'fv.-ird f ? "\lreme!" h""inr
: li.tt pis l-.-vlnir the' !> au
tiful section to !> runic a iv. .. > i f
Monti lo
I
GREAT PURPOSE OF
SICKNESS BARED
Suffering Alcne Can Create Sympa
thy, And Nature Incomplete
Without Sympathy
"The Great Purpose of Sickness, "
was tne subject of the address de
livered by Ur Kankin before the Ki
wanis club. In every section of the
world there is sickness and suffer
ing. It is something, it is the one
thing, that conies to every one.
Sickness is not a thing that oneV
neighbor experiences while oneself
escapes it. It conies, sooner or
later, to every body. Some misfor
tunes come to only a few people,
but this thing called sickness visits
every human being and stalks vv.ory
homo in the wide world.
Sickness is either with or with jut
a purpose. Sickness is an accicj nt,
the result of an oversight in the
plans of the Creator, or it is lore
through the design of the Creator.
We are not willing to say the Cre
ator made a mistake. With all tlie
perfection of nature's plans, with the
sun, the moon, the stars, the earth,
and all things of nature working so
beautifully in its perfection. We
know that God made no mistake in
His Creation. Then it must be ihat
sickness is with us by uesign of vlie
Creator,
But why?
There have been three interpreta
tions, three answers, to this ques
tion. One age, the early age.
(Continued on page six)
.EAST FORK SPEAKS
ON SCHOOL ISSUE
Suggest Saving in Other Way? Than
by the School Cut
Route
(East Pork Correspondence)
I ' We feel sorry that our schools
arc cut down two months, while we
know that if the teacher could get
a hustle on and each student would
put in all their time in study, the
grammar grades could be made in
?seven months, but our high schools
cannot. And if they could, the stu
dents could not get credit for it. We
can't see why, (with all our county's
different branches of revenue) our
schoqfls should be picked on to
make up the deficiency. Perhaps it
would have done as well not to
bother our schools and have let the
county officers' old salaries stood.
If the county offices were worth
spending so much time and money
to secure at the old salary, we
think these officers would have been
content with the old salary. And if
they are men who are worthy of the
peoples' votes, they had rather do on
| the old salary than have the chil
dren of our county robbed of their
I school rights to pay them extra.
We can think of ever so many
jobs that our county pays for that
if the wages were cut down it
| would only effect a very few indi
viduals. while the cut in our schools
effects hundreds of children.
We could do without a county
road overseer. The road supervisor
could attend to that office, with the
ihelp of the township overseers.
That is just cne exampl? ? there are
numerous others we will mention
later.
Here's honing the commissioners
will reconsider and give us at least
our high schools the full nine
I months, and the grammar schools,
I too, if it can possibly be done.
I The Quarterly Conference of the
|M. E. church was very well attend
ed. Rev. Mr. Kirk gave a fine ad
dress at eleven o'clock on Saturday
morning, and the conference was im
mediately after lunch, which was
served on the church ground. The
following Sunday, Rev. O. L. Simp
son, of Brevard, preached a wonder
ful sermon. He and Rev. Mr. Kirk
exchanged appointments.
c. p. WiDoNsTo
j ENTERTAIN FORCE
Charles F. Wilkins, district man
ager for the Security Life and Trust
company, will entertain members of
the agmev force and high official?
' of his con.pai.y at a dinner to be
'given in Hghlands Friday night.
C. C Taylor, vice president and gen
era! manager of the company, of
W:p* 'on-Salem, and W. H. Harrison,
actuary, will be the guests of honor.
All the agents of Western Carolina
will be present in what promises to
be a most successful ngen's meeting
The Security I.ife and Trust com
pany is a North Carolina insurance
eompanv with a snlendid record to
its credit. Mr. Wilkins has all of
the western counties under h:s
agency direction and maintains
headquarters In Brevard. Jame- F.
of The New.*, h?..- be^n iu
Vitr.l to addrtsv the meeting.