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Published uver/ Thursday by THE TRANSYLVANIA PUBLISHING CO., I IK-. UlHiMX'd at (Uc i'os'.olVifO ill llivv; Nv 0-, UB second ilas.s uutnr . Juriii < !?'. Barrett ; . . t, Mis,-; Alma Trowbridge Asso.'iuti.' K. subscription kaies ? (payable hi a <ivj> ?<<.?<?) One Year . i'i.-."'. Six Months i t. ; Three Months rtu Headers are invited to use the columns ol The Brevard News in expressing their opinion's on t y fiiatU'Vs of public interest. Personal attack.. on individuals w ill not be published tor any one. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 192/ 6uR~NATIONAL~ HERO'S FIRST TESTING HOUR. Col.. Linubeigh, the young man who has- won a place in American history never, attained by any other mini, is now facing the guiis of ad- j ?versa criticism. For several months the > i>ui;g hurii has been able to hold the love and admiration of every body. But that is too good to last. No inan is perfect, and 110 man can. ?perlectiy serve . 120,000,000 people.' Sooner or later the time comes when one crowd swears by him, while an-1 other -'crowd swears at him, regard less of the man's service to his coun try or his sincerity of purpose. Lindbergh went to Europe, and was praised for his every word and act. He went from place to place in the United Status, and all honored Inni, He went to Canada, and che folks there approved him and the folks at home were prouder still of him. A few days ago Lindbergh \yent to Mexico. As per usual, the young hero captured the country to the south of us. But last Sunday there was staged in Mexico City a bull light, a sport that seems to be very popular down there. Of course, the officials of Mexico invited Lindbergh. He went. Now the howl has started, and ere long another hero will pass into history, all because the folks in the United States are the kind of people who demand one hundred per ccjit perfection in one hundred per <!eiit nertes? which is, of course, an impossibility. Lindbergh simply reached that plcca which all public men must face ?where he is damned if he does and ? , ? damned of he doesn't. STILL WE GROW, AND? CROW MORE DISSATISFIED. On Christmas Eve, just sixty years ago, the little children in ' Southern homes had but little hopes <jf .1 viait from Santa Claus. The Civil War had been ended but two years, at that time, and the South bad been so torn by the four-year conflict that Santa could not travel the devasted territory with any de gree of safety. Mothers in Southern homes at that time had either re ceived their crippled and maimed ^ons, or had become convinced that their sons had died on the battle field, and the task of keeping body and soul together presented such a problem that little . ought was given to the coining of oi Santa Claus. Just think of it! Only sixty short years ago ihs lathe, and mothers of the South were star; .g in all anew, to plan and to plan . to begin and to build anew, all thi.. had been torn to pieces in the war. Field and fac tory had been robbed and pillaged; store house and sehool house had to be rebuilt. With scarcely a murmur the men and women of the South went about their task, and ere long old Santa i'ouiul the way cleared for his annual visit. Of course he did not have the many beautiful pres ents to bring to the little ones that he now has, yet their happiness was freat, for the parents of the chil ren had so wrought that there was a .^eep sense of appreciation for the gifts of the gods, however small they might lie. On this Christinas Eve old Santa Clans is loaded to the breaking point with presents for the children of the South!::. id. Santa rinds the best of ronds over which to travel in his mission if gift-making. Fine homes everywhere he goes in the South will welcome his coming. Great schools, be.i.itiful churches, large business houses, fire on the route Santa trav els throughout the South. Right here in Transylvania coun ty old Santa will flrid a country which in nowise resembles the sec tion he once traveled through while nerving the children of this section. ' Ev.n >>:ir middle aged citizens can tell .,ou .it' the vast difference be-! twe ii this section now and that eon-! dition existing here a few years ago. j Ail tiiis rambling talk is simply to fl*U the line question: Why is it. with all the advance inent that has been made during the , past three score -years, that we are mbu; dissatisfied now iha'n ever be- I fore? Why is it, when nearly every eftlaen of this section is living bet- , ter than lie ever lived before, thai , there is more grumbling about con ditions now than have, river been ( heard in the past? We're glad <>ld Santa ClaUo will ot U here ion;; enough to hear I any of the grumbling- and. the kick i ing about present day conditions. : We know what he would say to some of us. He would say: "Boy, do you remember when .. II s,/. i h.ijipy .is a lark when 1 .ought you six slicks of striped , u cap pisiol, an orange and . ?: a? 1,10k what 1 am bringing . > i.ojr children? s-n whole load of . r.v finest ui presents." That's ? he'd .-ay, and we're glad He'll . !;e hero U.iik enough to bawl , 01 i.d out, much as we need it. ~AW VCU BOUNL? iOUR OWN COUNTY? In another column of . this issue of i '.e Brevard X'avs there is reprinted .in article from the University News t. Utter, published at Chapel II ill, in >vnieh 1 116 Charlotte Observer is jupt.d as saying the school children of the South know more about Russia than they know about the! Southern slates in which they live. The article is a terrific indictment j . oiie pnase of the school work? ) ihav which places greater stress upon the teaching of foreign subjects than that of every day interest to tha school children of the South. ; The Brevard News is gratified ' 'over the fact that The Charlotte Ob- , | server, The* University News Letter, and other periodicals of the South I ?? ? T i are taking this question and treating : ' it in the frank manner as illustrated ; 111 the accompanying article. It is charged in some of these j writings that, the average high school s-udent in the State of North Caro-j | lina knows but very little of the ro [mance of the terrific struggle this I state experienced during the Civil 1 j War and through the reconstruction ! period. It is indeed a romance, and more. A boy or girl, of whatever I generation, in North Carolina's pro ' grkssive family, who tails to siudy | and fully .comprehend all that the' ' Civil War and its following years j mean, is being denied one of the ?greatest pleasures of life. ? 1 J The Brevard News loves every' High School boy and girl in the ' county, as well as the children in the lower grades \..io will, within the next few years, be in High ? School. We are just wondering how ' many members of- ihe graduating ? I classes in the Transylvania High ! Schools could bound Transylvania 1 county, or tell when this county was organized. Suppose tha boys and girls try just for fun and profit, to ' see how little they really know not I only about the South and the State ! of North Carolina, but of their own j county in which they were born and ' raised. ? I Then you will understand fully | what '1 he Charlotte Observer means in its assertion that the average school boy and girl of the South ' knows more about Bussia than he or | .-lie knows about North Carolina. j EXPECTS WORK FROM | .no c.OIMMI'1'TEES. "Jim Barrett; you arc chairman of .i-.c publicity committee. X want you >o taKe particular notice of the com mittees which I appoint to carry on ! the work of this club. I am appoint-, 'iag a committee here tonight to dec orate the streets of Brevard forj Christmas week, and whatever com mittees 1 appoint to perform any public service for this community, 1 want the names of the members of uiu?. committee published, together with the purpose of their appoint ments, and then 1 want you, as chair man of the publicity committee, to tell the folks in the community the insults of that committee's work." Such, in effect, were the words spoken by Thos. H. Shipman, presi dent of the Kiwanis club, in the . e/ting last Thursday, whan he ap ?>iitud .Mac Allison, H. A. Plunimer, ?\ alter Cobble, Bob Garrett and A. II. Houston as members of the com t'.it'ce tu procure sufficient funds with which to buy necessary mater- 1 ial to decorate the streets of Bre- i vard for the Christmas holidays. Well, al} who have seen the streets ,' i need no word from The Brevard News, or the publicity committee, i , to inform President Shipman thatji his committee has worked wonders ! ' in following out the president's in-'' struetions. The money was raised,; a man sent to Charlotte for material! that could not be obtained in Bre v aid, Bob Garrett was put in charge , <?' s.riiiKinff the wires, and Louie t l.oftis* and Walter Hart's men 1 joined him in hanging the lights that reH.'et the national colors of red, white and blue. Beverly Trantliam brxuirht from his country home the 1 i'ii- tie. which il:.- :"m mjv I : '.'lie .' V , I ill I'm ... ; : l . 1 ?... . a ' I J jolts. I' -? >ulV 1 i ,.iy llliil: 'tin .>1 i i.' t- 1 >.?" iti 'v.ud pivyi'i lit j h ' : \:mt the' tio?l ju'.iiu.t til pi. (iii >? ,'V? i \\ it lit" id., ? n?.| !\V il ; i>!?I ? I. <:li/..;i-. litis pit- i itiiv is tin- f u ! (i 1 1 of iiv.tiilctu ' Siiipiiiitii'.s orders io ftis f'tnniitittec. ^ i- I; now tiiai ail rej'oi'co in the work , I hat has Licit .so wol I none, U(t<i that [In- vvlioUi county n-joiees} in the pc- 1 nits brought about through the of- j rmts of the lviwanis dub, working . !i toopvniUo)) witlt all the business itieil of the town. I'M;lTY STOCKING C'N CHK1S I MAS lUORN ! Km : ** ciiiM ha> ;. perfect riirht to .i t a vi.-.'. itvtji ."-auta ("In us. l it, i-.t Uiorniij;, as on all ?. Ji.ii i:ioniiil^s of past ages, \vill Le some children who ;.v. ;ik .? o.i I'hri '.mas -Morn to Iintl ... i t hiid faikii to visit their I. use. Just why this is a fact is bcyor.J the understanding of a poor mortal like this editor. Yet the rr.it iv main* si fact. Jv.cn as yt?u enjoy the pleasure of your little ones in their happy tie-] !i;.hr of S::ntnV visit, we're now ap l-aling to you to s .? io it that Old Silica visits the families of all the' poor in yvti .? section. You cannot 1 stanil. it t > f . e the little oik s in i your own hoisi^ snii!.' and laugh over j Santa's visit, if there is a single j child in your neighborhood who has , been forgotten by Santa Claus. . Since the day when Jesus Christ hung on the Cross of Calvary, ho other picture has been so pathetic as that of the boy or girl on Christmas Morn in the home where Santa failed xo visit. In the name of the Chiist who died for all. and whose j greatest love was for the little chil- J dren, this paper pleads with the big hearted men and women of this sec tion to see to it that no little child is to awaken here next Sunday morn ing to find an empty stocking hang ing where it had been placed on Christmas eve. "Even as ye did it unto the least of these, my brethren, ye have done it unto me," said the Master. He is looking to us to keep alive that faith, that most beautiful faith ? the faith of the little child in the love of Santa Claus. Let us not fail Him here in this section which He has so wondrously blessed. God forbid that a single empty stocking shall be found by a boy or a girl in Transyl vania county next Sunday morning! FREE PUBLIC BUS FOR ALL Editor The Mceyard News: ? I notice on Saturdays and Sun- 1 days that the school buses are op-: erated. You often see them on the streets, I suppose burning county i gas. Who has the authority to let > individuals use them? I think it hard enough on the tax j payers to furnish these buses just : for school purposes. It seems to me there is too much (FREE) or county gas used. You often see a car , standing on the street with engine ' running, but after investigation you ! generally find it's (FREE) county I gas being burned. I think it is high time the good j citizens and tax payers of this coun ty knew just how much gas is being ' used and charged to the county and to the town of Brevard. A CITIZEN. "LET BLAME "GO WHERE i T BELONGS" To th.' citizens and t:; "aycrs of I Little River township: As I was a mer.,.b;,r of i Ik- board of ta>: assessors o<" Little River | township, and being annoyed by [ some of the tax payers of the .own- j ship as to the high assessment of .he j land:- I only want to bear what I am guilty of. As a matter of fact, what myself. Messrs. C. V. Shuford and Manson Hamilton, my associates, did, did not amount to anything, for .1 \w made our returns to the county board of equalization, ; composed of Messrs. M. W. Gallo- ? way. G. T. I.yday, and Alex Kizer, ! they raised our assessment 40 per cent. also raised the tax rate 1 .r> percent on the $100.00 worth of property, making the total rate $2.40 on the ?100.00 worth of property. So you can see that the township board is not responsible for high tax. Mys?lf and associates tried as best ivo knew how. to equalize valuation ' of land in the township, realizing | that the assessment we made was i if" high, but hoping that the rate j would be lowered and that would j lower taxes. I hope this is sufficient [ mil that you can see where the 1 l>!itme is. I will stand by any plan that will reduce taxes: abolish offices, such as las collector, two county eommis ioner. . county treasurer, road su pervisor. abolishing chain-gang, and ?uttine salaries of all county offic ials. Yet I am as progressive as any rttizen in the county. ( Signed ) E. A. HEATH. The one great thing that Tarheel [aimers may learn from those in con tinental Europe is the practice of hrift, say those county agents who .?isited Northern Europe this past iMiimer. Anyway, the new freedom for ,'oiitli requires less prevarication ban was necessary to establish the ?Id-time alibi-. I'inii White: idi. , iii',;ni. arreted foi . chickens ai>tl having :.|in<r in his possession, in c. >\:th .Mrs. Unit-go Orr, white \to;tiu(t, tVii: jriviii a sentence of eighteen noiilhs in court ln.il week. Judge Walter 10. Moore seeini'd dissatisfied t!u> fait that lie oouUl not, un i.r the statutes, give tho negro a longer sentence. ? Mi :-. On-, In- i ni; sharply reprimand u liv tiio court for running around 1: a avu'i'o man. was given a ?o!> ? of sin months it i jail, sentence hi six ni, ?nth from nmv. This o . : i . w.is taken when it was point i w t'.;v> court, that tl,o Woman has . ' 1 S tumults' old li ;hy anil two ? ' s*tal| children, anil that her ?ut Ica.iii i.; serving a sentence now. I ? imprison lu at this time wouiil !i ? children without either of . > parents at home. ,(."i Moor > frankly stat.d he ? i. ' hiew what to iio with the i lie called upon the citi to assist him in arriving at a decision that would meet the situa t ??!). lie wa.ned lJrevat'd that such ?rsidil ions, if not checked, wou4d I -ml to ruination of any connnunity. Of cour-e, the court slat-eii. ? wry community has it.- prohU-nv. ivul un ;.-i si', it.*? ?.): , wi he declared . . . . i> in unu.-uuu m 'his t>: pur unict ti> sml while wptija.ii aiui negro men r.-i In i iiiiv. The court coulil .iu?t conceal the snll'crinjj which this t'ilM caused li lit) in his endeavor l<> nitrtv out propor justice to tin- \vo man. . SHORT SESSION OF THE ELEMENTARY P.? T. A li?? i-t mcotinK of tin K!< nientary 1'n rent -Teacher association was h;ld Moii day nftcrnoort, presided over by ? }iv president, .Mrs. Oliver Orr. Due to the busy season of the year, only a si. mil delegation of members was present, ami no program was pre sented. .Mrs. Rufty's rod!. i won the ,? cUire tor her frrnoe for tho l.e.-t of the year, for having had the largest number of parents present for three successive meetings. There are now lO'i membe s enrolled in this organ - i/ation. < or no Wa'shingtu;; was one of .he iiaif;s in America to promote a I'nim ??r^nnixation. \ nth Carolina fanners appear , to kiii v.* the need for a statewide or crair/ation hut are not unanimous as tu the financial support whirh should he jfiven. . Quite a lot of people have rushed into print to deplore the publicity rec< n'.ly iriven to a ''companionate iri-.'ajrc" at (Siraril. Kansas. Thus ?? it ? more publicity. ORIGIN OF CHRISTMAS Th-' celebration of Ucn iiii. i' ' in un oior.v of tli ? birth of Chi. i <la U s front the lll'th C.'lUU; , , I foil which time it u oi." . i ? conjointly ? with tjio fc;;..' i i. Epiphany on Jumuay (i. Inasmuch as the exact ell n.->t\s binh, or even the ;! ? unknown, tlie animal observanct ts in eoninu'inorution of ,h.- . vci;' rather, than as the anniversary of i:s actual occurence.. . The Christmas tree, i;ow an most universal symbol, is (kriv.-.l from the Egyptian use of a palin branch of twelve shouis i? sie.i :l'v the completed year, i\ custom who ! prevailed long'befoiv tin- Chri.'.w. era. Its present, xignificunro is I some thought to have originated i:; Germany. * , Tfii1 %,( t,v.i.,rj;r ?vii particularly mistletoe, ha- be ?:< ob served since tlu> time of .he hruMs ' In the Middle A fires tho ' festivi: ? incident U> Christmas were I '.ur t! by \Vih|ty hilarious proceed !?' ?. ? These culled forth i enionsti anc from church authorities, who <!e ploved* thi' t jndency to sIiys-s. t!iv festive rather than the .eriou.s sig nificance of the Christmas season. Within the past three years. iStil pure bred registered dairy hulls' have been brought into North Car olina through the work of the coun ty agents and * dairy specialists of Surte College. Give Your Mother-i n -Law A Y ear's Subscription to THE BREVARD NEWS As a Christmas Present L I V E w I R E S VOL I DECEMBER 22, 1927 No. 18 WE THANK YOU For being so good to us this past year ? we didn't deserve it ? and all we can say is HERE'S WISHING YOU An old-fashioned Merry Xmas and Happy New Year. May everything that's good and fine be yours during the coming year. THE GARRET! ELECTRIC
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