THE BREVARD VOL. XXXII. BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER 15, 1927 ' No. 37 HOSPITAL MEETING SETS FALSE RUMORS IN PROPER COLUMN D.H niiely Shown That Citizen# Aro Intensely Interested in Progress and Development of Hospital EMPHASIS GIVEN THE GREAT VALUE OF HOSPITAL Or. Stokes Issues Statement, Setting Forth That He Sold Out Because It Was Best for All Concerned Citizens cf Brevard are giving loyal support to make Transylvania hospital one of the best of its kind in the country. They are definitely behind the public health program of the county hospital committee. Dr. Stokes declared that he sold his good will along with the real estate transaction that let him out of Bre vard hospital and thereby made pos- j sible the realization of the plan to ' hare one hospital to serve this sec tion. .;?? | These \v:re the high lights in an . interesting meeting in the office of Dr. T. .J. Summey, Monday morning, j The meeting was presided over by Miss Martha Boswell, chairman of the Transylvania hospital committee. The assurance of popular support, according to Miss Boswell, has un usual significance in view of the an nouncement of a visit to this section at an early date by a commission of distinguished physicians representing the Duke Foundation. Substantial aid from the Duke Foundation is sought in order to make possible ad equate hospital facilities for this important section. The commission will be shown that united public sen timent for a hospital is not lacking here. ' The meeting was called primarily to thrash out certain damaging rumors afloat with regard to the hospital situation in Transylvania. It was pointed out that if this situa tion were to continue it would lead ultimately to the defeat of an ade quate public health program. "These1 reports," said Dr. Stokes, "are en tirely without foundation. I sold Brevard hospital, believing it to be best for myself and the community." While selling his hospital to Drs. Summey ahd Lynch he voluntarily eliminated himself from hospital work in Transylvania, Dr. Stokes re- , mains in the community as a prac- i tising physician of outstanding abil- 1 ity. I Dr. Stokes further declared his interest in seeing a first class hos pital in this county and volunteered , to write an endorsement of Transyl vania hospital to be published in The Brevard News at the discretion of the hospital committee. Dr. Stokes' formal statement fol lows: "Brevard, N. C., Sept. 12, 1927. "TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: "Through a committee interested in the welfare of this community, I have learned that a report is being i circulated to the effect that the friends of, or Drs. Summey and Lynch themselves, brought pressure to bear upon the situation, forcing me to sell Brevard Hospital. I wish ; to say that such is not the case. On I the contrary, I sold same, believing it best for myself and the commun ity. Now since I have done so, I feel that my friends should not ask the Hospital Management to open its j doors to myself to be used as a gen- I eral hospital, but if they do, and a j refusal is the alternative, then those | who feel that I can be of service to | them, during my remaining sojourn here, can call upon me, and as a practicing physician, I will do for th 'in what I can, but I am obligated to have nothing to do with the own ership or management of a hospital or sanitarium in Transylvania Coun ty, for a period of ten years. * If all will stop discussing affairs without knowing the facts and give their individual support, all unreas onable rumors will soon die out. In th* meantime. I do not con sidr that 1 am obligated morally or 1 tally * i u it the practice of medi i ii-< it; tirs county and I intend to t?. practicing physician as long as 1 remain here. I have considerable p? rsorial busine-s in this county to wind up and when the same is con eluded. 1 expect t" trouble no one any 1 ? ? I.' must 1 . t i In tin- itieanv hile. I li vi- and I have no nth' r pro fession. ??'h< r than that oi' medi cine and I have a hi/h regard for the eth'a- i.f the nrnfe-sioti: as far ! k is ? ? I am living up to it. 1 am "ending this letter to each ? f t!i.- > ??. .? an- and to those of the cmniittc. ?.vliii called upon me and I authorise each >t' them to use it or , jbli-h i a - may choose. Ti i * ? h i s evida nati> n ? I*lsf ?. ' *.a!tie- folic, r'' ,l. and 1 a ' ! > :iv, nr-d- : '? a eriiphaia ! 1 "tild. and a th' -? int. !?? '? that I am hora -? ;?! tl> posit that 1 takt. I am "? ;,.rr'!v ?i:." TFARP "ArK FN PF'wwr, wop !: ! 'i r a: : . : a< k in the plunik :r i/ I ? ? i - - : . ? .it. ! ;i jin-parcl *'? M-rvf i ? ( . ?? ? ? ... f. rmcrly. Mr. I ' 1 . ' 'fj -rn ?; ;?? h,s! ? kept !??' n'*' ' . f >?]? ] aprons. ?, the yard of, his r?*s#il* r . . v. ? ???? fH" h.*,s a Iw.r of fix: is r ? * nr ! FAMOUS DOCTORS ; TO VISIT BREVARD Transylvania county physicians arc elated over the coming visit of em inent physicians who , will spend a few days in Brevard about the end of the month. Duke Foundation, pleaded by Or. VV. S. Rankin of Char Hotte, with twelve distinguished med j ical men from New York, Philadel- 1 i>iiia, Baltimore, ijnd othir medical I jv'Cnteis, are coming to make a fur ther .study of hospital needs here, ? wit a view to deciding upon the ! , : .tt of assistance to be rendered .y aie Duke Foundation. An exceptionally interesting mem- j ber of the group is Dr. Simon Flex- I ner, world-famed medical authority | jand research man, of the Rockefel- i ler Institute. Dr. Flexner, it is re called, is the physician who mastered j meningitis and many other danger- j ous diseases. It is agreed among j medical men that Dr. Flexner has contributed more to the advance ment of medical science than any | other living American. All the physicians of Transylvania j county will be called together at an early date, for the purpose of plan- | ning entertainment for the dis- , tinguished physicians when they j reach Brevard. 'OUR HOSPITAL' IS j SOURCE OF PRIDE When there were two hos pitals in Brevard, we were proud to say OUR HOSPITALS. Though both of these institu tions were owned by private in dividuals, we took them to our hearts and through our active . cooperation, our gifts, our faith, ?we helped to make of them true servants of the community. We cannot afford to estimate the good which was conferred, the lives saved by our two hos- ] pitals. i Now there is only one hospital . in Transylvania. It is a pri vately owned institution, but it i is OUR HOSPITAL. Without I it, we could not boast of a model town where people have a reas onable assurance of swift and adequate assistance in cases of dire emergency. With a well equipped hospital in easy reach, we can serve and safeguard our j | own people and our many visi tors and we can invite new camps and new industries with the assurance that they will have the protection which is their due. Pure water and pure milk, skillful physicians and a com munity spirit which is alive to the problems of public health and public safety guard our cit izens under ordinary circum stances; a modern operating room and a powerful X-ray bat tle for them in cases of acci dent and emergency. Transyl vania Hospital is OUR HOS PITAL because of our great ?need. Do you know how Transyl vania Hospital is equipped and operated? Do you understand its problems and its needs? Have yon considered how you can aid in building up the institution, in assuring it an adequate sup port and a larger field of ser vice? Do you know how visit ing surgeons rate the work ?which is being done in our town? Are you ready with yonr encouragements? Is your shoulder to tho wheel? COUNTY HOSPITAL COM. j LYNCH GETSPAROLE j FROM THE GOVERNOR Carl Lynch, of Pickens county. South Carolina, who was convicted of the murder of John Chapman, in Transylvania county, at the April term of court in Brevard, and who since that time has been serving a sentence of from thrte-to five year? at the Raleigh penitentiary, was pa- i roled on August lit) by Gov- ! ernor McLean. Richard Edens, who 1 was convicted of the mifc-der with | young Lynch, is still confined in the Raleigh prison. S. R. Craig, of Pickens county, wh- ' was one of the lawyers for the dc' use. states that he had one the ."trungvst petitions fur Lynch'.-' pa. ilon that he had ever known of. j and that the t: tieral opinion in that -ectioii is a:h 'Lynch was a vic tim i?f circumstance*. NEW HIGHWAY IS ! ABOUT COMPLETE Work on t h ? ? ru w highway h' t\v? <-n ISn-vurd ah'! A N v. IK thnviirh 1 Y\ ";< Hi', r. ? rvtVr::* rapid l?r??n>r ? Ti.t -vl* tr i . * i ? ? w with. p. ! w ? : t \ 1 < ? nf *:i?- I i ? : i ? io:?r?t\? ! : ?. wli.l- !!??:.!? r-< ? " 'I'liy ? !u? :i* * m hirhw.i.v ? . .. ? I* ' p.M-to.! ?K ? : !i" i r V...- *. V.JM- ? w th?' n?*x? f*w lay*. ratJ'.nir th?* d>!anmnii?ages and will soon, it is said, begin levying against personal property in the case of those who have not paid the/r 1926 taxes. Mr. Henderson says people goner ally have paid up, and only a com paratively few remain who have not, and that he intends to take drastic action in collecting all that is due the county. As the tax collector is charged up with the full amount of taxes due the county, and under the new law he is held absolutely responsible for the collection of all taxes due, if Mr. Henderson fails to collect, and then fails or refuses to take the course of the law in garnishing or levying, he and his bondsmen are held responsible, hence the necessity. Mr. Henderson says, the garnish-: 2 and the levy. INTENSIVE STUDY. MASONIC PROGRAM I Members of Dunns Rock Masonic Lodge, meeting every second and fourth Friday evenings, will devote the fall and winter months to an in teirSsive study of Masonry. The Kiw&nis club, which has here tofore met on Friday evening, hav ing chanced to Thursday evening for the future, to the end that Masons, who are also members of the Kiwanis club, will not have conflicting meet ings on Friday, was given a hearty expression of gratitude for the club's action last Friday evening. The educational committee an nounces that there will be a ten | minute lecture at every meeting of ?the lodge on some Masonic subject. These lectures are to be given by different members of the lodge and are expected to prove instructive as well as interesting. The first lecture in this program will be delivered at the next meeting by James F. Bar |rett, who has been assigned the sub ject. "The Trestle Board." TEN-INCH BEANS ARE BROUGHT TO OFFICE Mrs. Jason McCall, of Balsam drove, brought to The News office la.-! week a fine v.-.riety of green brans grown at hi r home place. The beans measuxed on an average of ten and three- four; h" inches in length, and are said to be the finest evor gr' in ia "his <"'iii' ?. Opening of Creamery and Produce Store Creates County-wide Interest and Activity lily L. A. AM. MUX ) The opening of the produce .store is cri-.tSng considerable interest j among ; l? > farmers, and they arc showing it by bringing in their of ferings. The honor for the first cream noes to Mr .C. lv. Osborne, I j Hill Fetxer second, and John Wal 'tlrpp third, making up about twelve gallons. . Mr. T. P. Galloway took to his I cabbage patch and brought in oyer a ; thousand pounds uf cabt>ufa.. 11;.. ley Merrill the first with . r. ' | Billie Owen of the Lake the secuuU. Have been helping with the work ; | and studying the problems of both sides. It is going to take some real ? team work. The market in Char lotte will take all we have, but we j can best serve it if we make arrange ments for our large lots before brine ingSthem in. The man here Will in turn let them know as he will talk to them each day. Prices seem good on all things, considering the general market con ditions. Potatoes one dollar, chick ens 20c, eggs 35c, cabbage 2 1 -2c, which was found to be wrong, and : tomatoes five cents for choice, but | I for these few bushels that were | brought in, they were a poor lot, as the market knows choice tomatoes. For tomatoes, cabbage, turnips, and all things that perish soon, call I and ask to be shown what the market | wants. They hesitate to tell you ! to take things back home, but will , | have to before many weeks. What I ! they can sell to a high class trade I ; they desire, but for the rest, they j must handle at a loss. ' The County Agent will be glad to j j come out and help toward harvest ! ing your products, so that you will i bring about the least worry for the j market. Call. i If you have eggs and Irish pota toes to sell, bring them in as you ' wish as they will hold their own for ; several days. Same for chickens, j ! unless it be for several hundred. j From my ih'ooiiug with the store ' i it will take two weeks for both ends ] to pet lined up, so they can tell you ; definitely about every question of [marketing you may have for them. [ The word went out that they would take tomatoes just turning. , From what I have learned, they will | have to make it all green, as the 1 ones just turning are red over night. [The green ones must be mature, I which is shown by the width of the | brown ring around the stem. Hxl | not pull any that have not this brown 'ring. Cooler weather will alter this some, as they will not ripen up so soon. | Before prices can be steady, ih? shrinkage, express costs, and cost of \ doing business will have to be stud i ied, and prices changed to meet. HAYES FAMILY HOLD i REUNION AT BOONE i i Over two hundred members of the j Hayes family, from this and other ? sections of North Carolina and Ten i nessee gathered at Boone on last Fri | day for their annual reunion at | Three Forks Baptist church, said to ; bo the oldest church in Western j North Carolina. After a picnic dinner, which was i soported to. be one of the best ever [set before a hungry gathering, had jbeen served, Rev. L. C. Wilson. G. W. Hayes of Brevard, and others addressed the members of the family who had gathered in honor of the grand old family name of Hayes. [An organization was perfected at this ; time which insures the reunion to be ; an anunal event. Transylvania county was repre- j sented by fourteen members of the j family, the party leaving e-arly Fri day morning and returning Saturday. I WOODMEN IN JOINT MEETING MONDAY NIGHT i | A joint meeting of the local Wood- ! men of the World and the Woodiaen | Circle will be held Monday night,:, September 19. at the Woodmen hall. The gathering will be of a social na- i ture and refreshments w.i. be served. !' MRS. HENDERSON IS RAPIDLY IMPROVING i Mrs. W. B. Henderson, who has i been seriously ill for several days, is i reported to be greatly improved, ; much to th; delight of her many i f Mends. Mrs. Henderson ??"? wife ( of County Tax Collector Henderson. 1 KIWANfS TO EAT BARBECUE '? AT TKOS. H. SHIPMAN'S CAMP K:\vuman* an : * w.vcs :in ! ' IMI Ii.it. (?- : i ? ? ' ?'< p rteil to he a' Mai'tK '..r. . afu! the jcroup '?:H I< avc t lin e promptly at 5 o'clock. 1 Mr. Rfiipirtnvt'ft camp is located ^ about tjnc and one-half mile? from 1 Ko?man. on thp Pickens HScrhway. 1 A arc at program h'ps hrm ar%*ani!"wl t :.?:?! this is ?xp"l Commerce met at .Maiden Hair FidU camp. Wm. K. Breesc'.s country place, and won I served a line barbecue dinner. i tiuests of Honor mi Mr. Hreese x party included Hon. Thomas J. .1 ohnson, n'fvwro in special hearing Transylvania court; Charles h. Jones, Col. (I corse H. Smathers and j. ,s. Adams, with several members of the local bar. Associates o.t J. S. I Silver? It -It, lu re on business, .were guests also, and added much to the enjoyment of the* occasion. A "meal fit for kind's had been ,>re I pared by Mr. Uive.se and his a ssist ants. After the dinner, a short bus iness session was held, after whien the members and guests sat about the camp fire, and many i ales we re told. and much laughter was heard. C C. Y on gue and Mr, Breese were encored time and again, and kept the big crowd of men laughing for an hour. It. was decided at liie business meeting to urge all members to pay ! up balance of their dues, m order that the commerce body may con tinue in serving the community. He- ( ports were made, showing that activ- . ities of the Chamber of Commerce . had been most successful in bringing people to this section. 1 I Another action that is believed I will prove beneficial to the work was ; the reduction in the number of di- . rector:: constituting a quorum. Here-] tofore 13 members were named as . a quorum. This number was reduced I ?to nin-.y FRA NKUN HOTEL CLOSES BIG SEASON i "Tired, but happy," was the way Manage, tlanunati of the Franklin ; Hotel expresse.d himself when giving out the information that the Frank lin has closed its first season under the new management, and the finest season in the history of that popular resort hotel. Mr. and and Mrs. Ham matt will remain here for some time, and will accept transient guests who , may desire to stop there, it is an nounced. , ' i Messrs. Stevens, owners of tnc | Franklin, and > Manager HammaU, |( who was so ably assisted by -Vi-"? , Hammatt, all express themselves a; bsing highly elated over th^ir tirs. season here. Mole than $25,000 was spent in remodeling and refurnish ing the Franklin and its new anc up-to-date appearance and splendid management brought unusually de sirable guests to Brevard. It is ex pected that the Franklin will run all next season with a full house, because of the favorable impression made upon the visitors during this first season of - its operation under . Mr. Hsrnmatt's management. KlWANiS TO MEET i; THURSDAY NIGHTS ,! Kiwanis club meetings will be j h Id each Thursday evening a. 7,, o'clock, the date having been j cKanged at the last meeting from Friday evening. This action was|, tr.ken because of the fact that the j Masonic lodge meets on Friday e\- 1 enings, and other regular meetings are also held on Friday. .i Miss Call was elected pianist for i the club, and Mrs. Shore wa3 nam'-'?; as music director. A good program is now assured c-ach .{ ? * _ , cring of Kiwanians. : Five new members were elecvc i. . embracing some new citizens. J. Allan Rhod?s, president of tlv? ; Hcndersonville Kiwanis clu b. a. "Bud" James, chairman of vttc in-' tef-City Relations committee of tn Hendersonville club, were visitors. and both made inspiring talks vo -.n | local club. It was agreed that Bio- , vard would send a delegation to Hendersonville to put on a program there, and afterwards Henderson ville will send a delegation here to j have charge of the program for the ^ Brevard club. ] W ALTERHARTPL AN5 1 FOR DEMPSEY F3G?'T ; Walter Hart, manager of the Bre- , ?,-ard Battery company, local dealers , At water-Kent Radios, has. en- f iarged hi.- office space and place ^ manv more scats in the roomy nine- t fur the comfort of the public wine'' , s invited to listen in on the radi i , my time. > Special arrangements have beer, ?nadc to take car - of the big crow 1 ^xP'-ctod 1o be at the Brevard B-. ^ ery company's place on the 22n< t o listen in on th<- Dempsijy-Tunn- - { ight. i 3IC r ex HUNT ON SFF. OFF MOUNTAi' f I Manv lovers of the hunt > irmuin'ir this w >ck on See Off moun- t ain to enjov a fox hunt. Capta'" u Walton. .1. T. Mills. Roland Owe ind "Red" Brewington. are amor f those enjoying the hunt. I>. English, who is engaged as one ? ho attorneys in the referee hearr a wfore Judge Johnson, will join t t] rr'sup as soon as possible after ; ronclusion of the referee hearing. I I ROSMAN RESPONDS TO CYCLONE MACK'S GREAT PREACHING i\Uibic U Also Thnruunhly Enjcyt'tt By Big Crowds Attending Revival SPECIAL EDITION Ol BREVARI) NKWS PLEASES Ministers and Church Leaders Stand in}; squarely to Great Evange list All tlie Tim; Rosman is attending ihe McLetidor meetings in a splenuid manner, and tliuch success is noticed at ouch Sri* yiee. The High School auditorium is well iilletl at each, evening levvk'e, ai,nl the people seem to thoroughly enjoy every minute of the meeting The piano playing by Mr. Aeklev is highly pleasing to tho Kostnun people, v.-hile the singing of the choir under the direction of Mr. Jones is thoroughly enjoyed, judging from remarks heard by regular attendants at the meeting. As for the preaching by Cyclone Mack, there are no words with which to ck scribe the apparent apprecia tion of the people. The old p'ain gospel iiauded out by this v.tatcnJess preacher has strong appeal fir ;he mountain people who are r.at.ira) lovers of direct and plain talk f>nd statements of fact without any apol ogy to any one. Brevard people ar-; attending the Rosman meetings 111 large numbers. while Mack's friends anil converts continue to com? from distant "points to listen again to the appeals of the man who led th?m from sin to the paths of righteousness. Rosman ministers and church leaders are standing squarely to the great evangelist in the Rosman meet ing. As the week-end approaches. when the meetings come 10 a jrcises. Fallowing scripture reading and prayer by Rev. O. L. Simpson, pas or Hi th*1 Brevard Methodist church, i piano solo was rsndered by Miss Lemons, head of the music depart neiit. in behalf of the church, and tlso si? a member of the faculty, Mr. S iii'ison spoke a few words of greet mr and welcome to the new and ol? tudei.ls. V.iui a few introductc. ry re<>> t.-ks, Wr. Winton introduced in turn each neither of the faculty in the ordor if tneir seniority of service, the 'acuity ^nembers being seated on th*: >iai form. A few remarks were made >y some of the members of the fae lily members. Following this part if the exercises, a vocal solo was emu-red by Mrs. Winton, assistant n die music department. 1 After a few announcements made iy Mr. Winton concerning the school vork. including eertajn regu|itw:v. o lie observed, the student bodv, acuity and visiting friends ad ( 1 1 led, the regular cla.'ss work be ne entered into thereafter. ** Supt. Winton stau s that th*1 fall e--io. i: opening with bright J.ros ieei.? f ir a most successful school ?ear, with a splendid corps of eachers and a promising student oily. tEY. HENDERSON TO PREACH AT EAST FORK SUNDAT Rev. Z. I. Henderson will preach t the East Fork Baptist church the. hird Sunday, Sept. 18, at 11:00 p. Rev. Mr. Henderaon is pastor aX ,ake Toxaway and Oak Grove.