SOUTHERN PUBLIC
UTILITIES GIVEN
^ FRANCHISE HERE
Application Passed Third
Reading at Monday
Night's Session
DUKE INTERESTS OWN
PROPERTY IN COUNTY
No Word Given as to Plans for
Entering This Field ?
Official Visited Town
At the meting of the town council
Monday night, application for a fran
chise filed by the Southern Public
Utilities company at a former meet
ing, passed third and final reading,
and the franchise was granted. The
Southern Public Utilities company,
sellng agents for the Great Duke
Power company, made application
for the charter several weeks ago,
through the company's counsel. Wm.
E. Breese, following a visit,. to Bre
vard by W. S. Vei, president of the
Duke Power company, and Mr.
Marshall, president of the Southern
Public Utilities company.
The franchise gives permission to
the power company to erect poles
and electric power lines along and
over the streets of Brevard, to carry
on such work as is necessary for the
construction of these lines and their
maintenance, and sell electric cur
rent for pursposes of light and
power.
The Southern Public Utilities com
pany has made no statement for
publication as to the time .the com
pany will begin operations here, nor
has the company given any indica
tion to the press as to their future
plans in this community.
It is known, however, that the
company owns and controls consid
erable property in the upper end of ,
the County, and many citizens here
have high hopes of early develop
ment in Transylvania county which
will .mean much to this section.
The Duke company has been the
direct means of Dringing jnany in
dustries into North and South Caro
lina, to the towns and communities
.in which the. company operates its
power lines. It is believed by many
citizens here that industry will fol
low the Duke company into this sec
tion.
ANOTHER COMPANY !
ASKS FRANCHISE;
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Application Made at Board |
Meeting Monday ? De
ferred for 60 Days
Mr. Waugh, representing, he stat- '
ed, big New York interests, made
application to the town council
Monday evening for a franchise for
operation of electric power and light
lines in the town of Brevard. The
request came immediately after the
council had granted a franchise to
the Southern Public Utilities com
pany..
The New York man has been in
Brevard, at intervals, for several
weeks, and had gathered much data
about this town and county. His
company, he stated to the board of
aldermen, is especially anxious to
come into Brevard and operate here.
In view of the fact that Mr.
Waugh's company is not known here,
he was given sixty days in which to
present satisfactory proof to the
officials that his company is able
to carry out its obligations, should
# franchise be granted the concern.
One member of the board ex
Dressed the opinion that it would
hardly be fair to the Duke company,
after citizens of the town had invit
ed the big Charlotte concern to
come here, for the town to grant a
franchise to a New York concern
about ;\vhich the town knows nothing.
This view seemed to meet with the
approval of the majority of the
members of the board, it is said,
hence the delay of 60 days.
Applications for franchises here
would indicate that this community
is attracting the attention of outside
capital to a very marked degree.
Those citizens who have been urging
establishment of industrial plants
here are highly elated over the
bright outlook for the future of this
section.
dBOOKS OPEN OCT. 6
W FOR REGISTRATION
Registration books for the various
precincts in the county will oper
1 next Saturday, and voters who havt
moved into the county since the lasi
election, or have moved from ont
precinct to the other since last vot
ing, and all young men and womei
who have reached the age of 21
since th- last election, are require<
to register in order to vote in th<
November election.
Four precincts in the county
Boyd, and the three precincts it
Hogback township, demand an en
tirely new registration for the com
intf- election, according to officia
notice as published in The Brevari
News by the county board of elec
tions. in these four precincts eacl
and every voter must register on th
new registration books, according t<
the notice.
CLEMSON THEATRE
TO GIVE PROCEEDS
FLORIDA VICTIMS
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Great Movie, r>f Kings,"
Showing at Clemso?i
Monday and Tuesday
SPONSORED BY LOCAL
CHAPTER OF RED CROSS
I Ten Per Cent of Proceeds To
Be Given Red Cross
for Florida Sufferers
| Announcement made by the Clem
son Theatre that ten per cent of the
receipts on next Monday and Tues
day will be donated to the Red
Cross Florida relief fundi through
jihe Transylvania ^ Chapter, caused
much elation among those interested
in bringing this county's share in
caring for the victims of the flood
up to standard. The picture to be
shown next Monday and Tuesday i?
the wonderful presentation of "King
of Kings," pronounced by critics and
ministers everywhere as one of the
most powerful appeals for righteous
ness and Christianity ever put on
the American screen.
The Red Cross . workers in the
town and county, and all citizens in
terested in relieving the sufferers of
Florida, are already busy asking
their friends and neighbors to see
the great picture, as the Red Cross
will derive much benefit from the
success of the two days' showing.
Ministers of the county are urged
to make announcements of this of
fer by the Clemson Theatre from
their pulpits next Sunday, and urge
people from all over the county to
see "King of Kings," both for the
benefit to be derived from seeing
the great picture and because a por
tion of the proceeds will go to the
sufferers in Florida.
The management of the Clemson
Theatre makes still greater offers
concerning the wonderful picture,
and announces that all men and wo
men sixty years of age and over
will be admitted free on Monday
afternoon. This free offer to the
older people will be good only for the
show on Monday afternoon. Mr.
Clement states that he would be de
lighted to see the house packed with
the: old people of this age, as he
knows they would thoroughly enjoy
th? great picturization of the "King
cf all men.'
It is hoped the proceeds from th?
Clemson gift will do much to bring
this comity's share in the Florida re
lief fund up to what it ought to be.
GOOD SEED CORN IS
BEST GUARANTEE
Should Be Selected While
Corn is Standing ? Many
Reasons Given
(By J. F. Corbin, Roiman)
j Yields of corn can be increased
I more surely by using better seed
,than by the improvement of any
.other problem in growing corn.
The best strains of corn are those
ithat will produce the largest num
ber of mature ears during a normal
growing season in any one particu
lar locality. One of the surest ways
[to improve seed corn is to select it
in the field in the fall of the year.
Too many farmers do not think of
seed corn until they get ready to
plant. Some good money can be
made by some few farmers who will
take the pains and time to properly
'select and store seed corn.
' There are several reasons w?i
seed corn should be selected in tho
field during the fall of the year. The
tim? to select seed corn*is when the
majority of ears on healthy stalks
'are mature. This enables you to
tell which stalks died prematurely
because of disease, and also prevents
some gtfod ears left in the field and
'becoming diseased before selected
later on. In the spring of the year
;at corn planting time a farmer can
not go to the crib and by looking at
the ears of corn tell what kind of
field or what kind of stalks those
eprs came from. Fields to select
seed com from should show uni
formity of stalks as well as ears in
the crib, if the field is growing a
ilpure variety of corn. If corn has
| fallen down when other fields art
standing up, it indicates one or twe
j'nings: First, disease; second, t
lack of fertility. After the propel
j field has been selected to select seet
[ corn from, there is also relation be
| it ween the stalks and the yield ol
Icorn. Some of the qualifications foi
I good seed stalks are as follows: 1
i .Medium height of stalk and car. 2
i Sturdy stalks. 3. Tapering stalk
!lj. Large broad leaves. 5. Growin(
t j under average stand and fertility
! it). Not prematurely ripe. 7. I.oni
- shank and good shuck covering a
i I the end of the ear. The descriptioi
I ! of car itself is too long to be in
I 'eluded in this article, but they shouli
: [also be properly selected and stor
ed until planting time. Experiment
show if sufficient attention is give]
i :to this seed corn problem the yiel
-jean be increased ten bushels pe
- acre.
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i To Paint the County Home.
h | W. A. Williams has been awarde
p the contract for painting the count
0 home, and it is said work will hegi
at ohcc on the job.
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Business and Professional Women's
Club to Sponsor Next Week's Paper
'? Next week's issue &i The Brevard
.News will be sponsored by the Bus
iness and Professional Women's club
lof BV6>?.,u:- *?._ ..."."libers of that or
ganization will assist "In" K
jthe paper, soliciting the advertising
iWritin^ many feature articles for the
I'a per, and in addition will have full
accounts of the local organization's
activities, its membership, and arti
cles about the national organization
with which the local clulf'is affiliated,
The club will receive a percentage
the money earned by The News
next- ,!jcek.
Kiwanians Devote Mectiirg. ^
To Study of Community Growth
I Brevard Kiwanians devoted the
meeting hour last Thursday to a dis
cussion of the effect that the big
rayon plant at Asheville will have
upon this section of Western North
Carolina. The meeting was in
charge of John W. Smith and Mayor
T. W. Whitmire. Many interesting
facts were brought to light in the
discussions.
i Mr. Smith told something of the
-growth of Brevaijd during the past
!20 years, when he first entered bus
iness here. At thpt time there were
but two stores, three or four groc
iery stores, one drug store, one bar
ber shop. The streets were dirt
roads and muddy lanes, depending
, upon the condition of the weather.
;But with the coming of industrial
(establishments, the town began
growing. The tannery came first,
and added new life to the . commun
ity, then the Carr Lumber company
entered upon the scene of activity,
with its big payroll, and added much
to the prosperity of this section,
i "Brevard would never haVe been
anything but a cross-roads stopping
place had it not been for the indus
trial establishments here," Mr. Smith
said. This county now has an in
dustrial payroll of $1,275,000 annu
ally, according to figures given by
Mr. Smith, who pointed out the
greater business and advancement
this community could have -if there
were more industries here.
| Mayor Whitmire made a most in
teresting talk on the future of this
section, declaring it to have the
greatest possibilities of any other
section in Western North Carolina,
because of the great natural advan
tages that abound here. "This sec
tion will advance just as rapidly as
its citizens really want it to adr
vance," the mayor said. "In other
words, this community will grow just
ur wv nn;ke it prow. It cannot grow
of its own accord. The citizens must
do their part, and when we decide
just what we want, and then go
after it, that very thing will soon
become a reality here.
President Thos. H. Shipman told
of the growth of the wealth of this
community. There is but one man
in business in Brevard who has been
here longer than Mr. Shipman, there
fore, he is in position to ' speak with i
authority on this section's great1
growth in the past quarter of a cen
tury. He recalled the time when
the bank here had only $60,000 on j
deposit, all told, while now there are |
several individual accounts with that
much and even more, on deposit for i
each such account. "The town is o.
k.," said Mr. Shipman. "We have not
quite recovered from the real estate :
slump, but we are making rapid pro
gress, and the only thing needed now
is for all citizens tfo put their shoul
ders to the wheel, and push together .
and pull together, for a greater Bre
vard and a greater Transylvania
county."
IVm. E. Breese made a strong plea
for closer co-operation between the
citizens^of^he town, in one mighty
effort to d<^\ll possible for the com
munity. "We should not permit our
personal feelings to interefere with i
our work for the common good," said
the lawyer. "Of course* we have our
differences of opinion, but these dif
ferences should not be allowed to en- ,
ter into our work for this community. I
Take Asheville, for instance? over j
there the citizens would not . talk pol- j
itics even during the time they were i
closing for tWfe big rayon plant. All !
personal and political matters were
dropped,' while all the citizens com- '
bined their efforts to land the big .
prize for the community," he said. I
'mcCALL reunion to be held
IN COURT HOUSE SUNDAY
I Next Sunday will witness a gather
lint; ?f the McCall family, when the
I McCall reunion will be held at the
j county court house" There will be an
' all-day session of the reunion, with
I a picnic dinner at n oontime.
The McCall family is One of the
.largest and most influential fam
ilies in the western part of the state,
land the reunions are always largely
[attended, bringing relatives and many
friends from distant points.
j MANY COUNTY TEACHERS
GOING TO HENDERSONVILLE
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'Many teachers in Transylvania
I county plan to attend the meeting of'
jthe Western district of the North
Carolina Teachers association to be
| hold in Hendersonville on October 26.
I Eighteen counties are Embraced in
Jthe western district, and it said the
meetings are of tremendous import
ance to the teachers and to the va- j
. rious schools in which they labor.
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BASKETBALL TEAM TO USE
HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
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I Transylvania Tanning company's
basketball team was given permission
;to play games two nights each week
in the auditorium of the High School
'.building, by the board of education
'at Monday's session. The director of
the team, under the terms of agree
ment, is responsible for the building
while being used for the team, and is
, to pay for lights used.
SPECIAL MEETING CALLED FOR'
THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS I
For the purpose of receiving the
report of Tax Collector W. B. Hen
derson, the county commissioners will
hold a special session on October 15.
Mr. Henderson was ready with his re
port for the regular meeting of the
board Inst Monday, but owing to so
many matters coming before the
board, there was not time to go into
the report with the tax collector,
hence the special session on October
16.
PRESBYTERIANS TO ATTEND I
DAVIDSON RIVER MEETING ?
Regular services will be held at the '
Brevard Presbyterian church next
Sunday morning, and in the after-1
neon the members are expected to at
tend the services of Davidson River 1
Day at the Davidson River church.
Rev. Rauschenburg will preacfc at the
11 o'clock hour at the Brevard Pres
byterian church on Sunday morning.
County Teachers to Meet Saturday.
Meeting of the Transylvania Coun
ty Teachers association will be held
next Saturday morning, October 6,
pt the Brevard High School building.
U. D. C. Meets Saturday.
Regular meeting of the U. D. C.
will be held at the home of Mrs. Beu
lah Zachary on Saturday afternoon.
No Meeting of Kiwanis Club
There will be no meeting of the
Kiwanis club this week on account
of the fact that many members are
out of town.
W- H. FISHER MAKES ]
PLEA FOR SUPPORT
OF G. 0. P. TICKET
Candidate for Lieutenant-Gov- 1
ernor Pleases His
Followers Here
NO BITTERNESS IN THE
ADDRESS, WAS NOTED
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High Taxes, Unequal Costs of ,
I Public Schools In Various
Counties, Election Law's
.
Wiffl ? ^gourt house comfortably]
filled with meiT'aM w?men. Hon- w
H. Fisher, of CliiUonX?PubUcan can
didate for lieutenant-govfcr,2?''> sP?k? ?
here last Saturday in furtherS^lJ*' ?.
the candidacy of himself and his*v'"
low-republicans. Mr.' Fisher's addrefci^
has been highly complimented be- (
cause of the absence of any bitterness 1
or "mud-slinging." . 1 1
The speaker praised the mountain i
section of the state and expressed his
gratitude to the people of Western t
North Carolina for their, courteous '
reception; His visit was made neces- s
sary, he said, because of the illness c
of the republican candidate for gov- t
ernor, who, if he were able, would be
here himelf; ? ' s
"There is every indication,-' the i
speaker said, "that state and county \
tickets are getting but scant atten- \
tion in this intensely interesting h
presidential campaign." Taking up i
the public school question as first a
subject to be handled, Mr. Fisher
pointed out what he considered se- d
rious inequalities throughout the 1
state. The state law calls for a min- \
imuni school teem of six months, in h
all the counties, but under the pres- I
ent plan Of operation, the school h
term is not equal nor is the cost a
equally . distributed among the var- t
ious counties of the state. In some ;
counties, the speaker said, the school jj
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REFUSE REQUEST ii
TO CLOSE STREET!
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Brevard's town council refused the ]
request at* the meeting Monday,
night to close the short street in
front of the Elementary and Prir ,
niavy school buildings. The request j,
was presented by a committee from !
the Kiwanis club in compliance with g
that organizaion's wishes, based upon I
statements that had been made to t
the club by Professor Jones and'v
others interested in the proposition. J a
As the street is used but very little, ;t
it was believed by the Kiwanis club f
that closing the street during school;
hours would be a great safeguard '
thrown around the children, and give
them a place to play during recess '
and the noon hour. In rainy weather
the grounds about the Elementary I
and Primary buildings are not very j
desirable as play grounds. J
The board of aldermen felt it1
would establish a precedent in clos
ing the street for any purpose what
ever, and the opinion was expressed !
that the teachers should give more ,
of their time to supervision of play
during the play period. Others ,
thought it would be bad policy to
permit ' the children to play in the
street, that to do so in one street
would encourage them to play in all
streets, thereby creating still greater
hazard than that existing now. The
board instructed the policemen to
be on duty at the opening and clos
ing of the school day and direct the
traffic, not only on the street front
ing the school property but on Broad
way as well while the children are
crossing the street.
CARR INVITED TO j
| HOOVER BANQUET
Brown C*:..?% -i Pisgah Forest,
[has received an invitation to be
present at the reception to be given
M.\ and Mrs. Herbert Hoover by
the Johnson City Chamber of Com
merce next Saturday night. The re
ception will be tendered after the
Hoover address at Elizabethon.
Many people are going from Tran
sylvania county to Elizabethton to |
hear the republican candidate for j
president make his first address in the ,
South. Many citizens will leave ,
here Friday afternoon, while others j
plans to start early Saturday morri
ing. - ???''?' ' ? ?'
HOME-COMING AT
DAVIDSON RIVER
Next Sunday, October 7, is the i
Annual Home Coming Day at David- 1
son River Presbyterian church. Rev. I
F. Rauschenberg will preach in the i
forenoon and Rev. V. A. Crawford
in the afternoon.
The usual picnic dinner will be
served on the grounds. Come and
let us enjoy the good things of the
day together ? good preaching, good
singing, good dinner, good fellow
Mr. RAuchenberg will preach
throughout the week following Dav
idson Riv-?r May ? day services at
10:30 and nicht services at 7:30.
W. S. HUTCHISON-. Pastor. |
SOLD EFFORT MADE |
TO FLIMFLAM $200
FROM MRS. SALTZ
Negro Porter Uses Name of
Mrs. Saltz's Son In an
Effort To Rob Her
ARRESTED IN TAMPA
WALKING INTO A TRAP,
Sheriff Sitton Now In Florida
To Bring Negro Here
For Trial
Last Thursday noun, just n.s the
Kinwanians were gathering at the
Waltermire Grill for luncheon. Mrs.
,1. F,. Salt?., popular manager of the
Grill, was called to the telephone,
where long distance operator inform
ed her that her son, Edwin, was
^^ing from Tampa, Fla. "1 huvo
retk here ill Tampa, anil I
mi beimS^held f?r 5200. Wire it to
ne at oncSt. at Western Union
Telegraph oHSfe?''' was th-; ^message
hat came ove^i^0 wire to Mrs.
5altz. Chilled tfKh,,ft'are ,ho
afety of her boy, ?U!V?
luestioning the persOTt'" other
ind of the wire.
"This is not Edwin's vCTij?; e
?MG Nfaim "
"No, but 1 am speaking for
vas the reply. "Edwin has iuul
vreck, and his arm is broken, anir*^
le is in our custody, and we are go
ng to put him in jail unless you
vire us $200 at once.
Mrs. Saltz and her daughters were
leeply concerned about the message.
Their first thought, very naturally,
vas to rush the money to Edwin, so
ie could be relieved and released,
i'riends of Mrs. Saltz prevailed upon
ler to not act hastily in the matter,
ind permit them to make some inves
igation of the affair.
The Brevard News sent a tele
:ram to The Tampa Tribune, giving
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IOTHING SENT TO
VICTIMS OF STORM
rV oman's Bureau to Entertain
Directors of the Cham
ber of Commerce
Outstanding among the reports
fiven at the meeting of the Woman's
bureau held Monday afterpoon was
hat of the president, Mrs. 0. L. Er
irin, to the effect that this organiz
ation sent off this week two. large
loxes of clothing to the storm suf
erers in Porto Rico. This clothing
vas donated by many citizens of the
own, and the president expressed
ippreciation to all who so generously
isisted in making up these boxes for
he relief of the stricken ones jn
he storm area.
The program for the afternoon
vas in charge of Miss Florence Kern,
vho told of plaits to be carried out
n beautifying the school grounds of
he Brevard schools, which will be
he major project undertaken by the
bureau this year. County Superin
endent T. C. Henderson, Prof. J. B.
Tones and J. S. Bromfield, of the
ichool board, were present at the
neeting and told of plans the board
s expecting to carry out toward
>eautifieation and necessary improve
nents of the school premises, and
ill pledged their support and coop
>ration to the Bureau in any way
n making more beautiful and at
ractive the school premises. The
Sureau voted to pay necessary ex
Jenses for a landscaper from the
itate department at Raleigh to come
0 Brevard for the purpose of land
icaping the school grounds and draw
ng blue prints preparatory to begin
ling work at an early date on beau
ification of the grounds and build
ngs.
Upon vote of the Bureau, this or
ganization will entertain at an early
late the board of directors of the
Chamber of Commerce at a supper
,n the Chamber of Commerce rooms.
\ committee was appointed to have
:harge of the arrangements for this
jvent, as follows; Miss Grace Piercy,
Miss Rose Shipman, and Mrs. H. E.
Erwin.
COUNTY SHORT ON
PART RELIEF FUND
More than $300 ha"s been donated
by the citizens of Brevard and Tran
sylvania county for the relief of the
Florida sufferers. The canvass for
funds is still in progress, and it is
expected that this amount will be
considerably increased before the
drive is completed. Transylvania's
part in this great relk-f wo>k was
set at $750, qnd much gratification
is expressed by leaders in the cam
paign over the results of the can
vass thus far.
1 The largest contribution for this
worthy causi' made by r.v.y one firm
in the county was that of the Tran
sylvania Tanning company, which
cf>nc< rn made a donation of $40, the
employes contributing 100 per 'cent.
Mr. J. S. Silver'teen is chairman
of the local chapter of the Red
Cross, whitjh organization is spon
soring the relief drive. Assisting in
the canvass are the pastors of the
different churches, several young la
, e- .*nd other int. rested citizens.