MEETINGS FAR-REACHING IMPORTANCE DEVOTED TO STUDY OF LOCAL PROBLEMS Business and Professional Wo n,en'' Club Sponsored the Gathering PRESIDENTS OF VARIOUS GROUPS MAKE REPORTS Intended to Stimulate Interest In the Future of This J Community j A gathering unique in its purpose and personnel was that held at the Waltermire Hotel Monday evening, when the Brevard Business and Pro fessional Women's club was hostess ! lo representatives of the twelve or "J,0/? ?ther community organizations and some of the city officials in a Wf fc' meeting, discussing the subject The Town We Live In." The purpose of the gathering was ?^XchanP 'de,as for community betterment, to learn of past and present developments of the town of Mrevard from various aspects, and to discuss the host methods of proced ure in bringing about such results in , tuiurc as *'11 make for a better town in which to live. The keynote sounded at the meeting was that of cooperation, a* was stressed in prac tically all of the sixteen talks heard on this occasion. The concensus of opinion as summed up in the var ious talks appeared to be that Bre vard has experienced remarkable growth during the past quarter "of a century up to the present time, and that in order for this de velopment to continue, individuals and organizations must be willing to put forth effort toward, this end and to show a more energetic spirit of community loyalty and cooperation, bearing out the axiom, "in union there is strength." Included in the speakers on . l"'a -pciasjon were the presidents "f the five federated women's clubs of the town, the presi dent of the D. A. R? Kiwanis club, Chamber of Commerce, Wo men s Bureau, Parent-Teacher asso catlon and leaders of the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. Each told of the outstanding piece of worlj undertak en by the organization he or she rep resented, and briefly outlined plans of future undertakings for com munity betterment. In addition to ?fr these interesting and enlightening y m i Iwparts, informative talks of greater I Ul,n?th were enjoyed from the mayor of Brevard, the county superintend ent of schools, and the editor of The Brevard News. Mrs. Hugh R. Walker, president ?ir . Business and Professional Women's club, presided over the meeting and made the address of welcome, introducing in turn the various speakers, as follows: Miss Martha Boswell, chairman of the legislative committee of the Business Women's club, who told of the plans and accomplshments of this club during the short period of its exist ence; Mrs. J. S. Silversteen, former president of the district federation of Women's clubs in North Carolina, telling of some of the accomplish ments and methods of work of the state federation, and urging upon *h? organization members of Brevard to exercise a more cooperative spirit for town, hett'crmcnt; Mrs. W E. Breese, president of the Wednesday Bo'ok.'ciuu, 'the oldest federated club in Brevard, told of the recent health survey which this club sponsored and of their contribution of $100 to ward Transylvania hospital; Mrs. Nettie Benedict, representing the Mathatasian club, spoke of the out standing work of this club and ? pledged their cooperation in any thing for the good of the ib'wh ; Mrs. J. F. Zachary, 'president of the Fortnightly club, told of the contribution of $10,0 each this club had made toward the high school piano and to the Transylvania hos pital. and 01 its present study of legislative problems; .T. A. Miller, leader of the Boy Scout troop, told briefly of this organization, which now comprises a membership of 42 boys, all of whom try to live up to their motto, "Be prepared;'' J. S. Bromfield, president of . the Chamber of Commerce, told of the wcrk and aspirations of this organization and pledged the cooperation of its mem bers with the other organizations Mrs. Hinton McLcod, leader of one troop of Girl Scouts, spoke of the meaning of a scout and something of what this organization means in the lives of its members; Mrs. J. C. Maxwell, president 01 the High School I'arent-Teacher association, fold of the value, of such an organ isation in the life of the community bringing closer together the s'cliOoW and the parents; Mrs. E. W. '? Blytho, regent of the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, spoke of this organiza tion as stressing patriotism and the historical point of view, and of its present outstanding project of patri -* otic education; Mrs. A. H. Kizer. president of the Music Lovers club, told of the organization by this club in the Brevard school of a junior music club comprising a membership of 61 boys and girls. "nf the Women's Bureau, state.) that til l' !? new an enrollment in this 5 BASEBALL FANS PLAN * FOR COMING SEASON * | ? I * All baseball fans in the town * * and county are urged to be * j* present at a meeting, to be held * ; i* this (Thursday) night, 8 o'clock, * ? ;* Town Hall, Purpose of the meet- * ? i* ing to make plans for next j * ?- .ason's baseball program. I,t " | Is is hoped to have even better * ? baseball next year than the * 1 5 stellar performance of the past .* I * season. * , * This is an open meeting, and * j 9 every one is wclcome not only * j * to attend, but to take part in * i * the discussions of the plans that * I * are to be presented. * ! *' Representatives from Pisgah * * Forest and Rosman will be pres- * I ' eiit. *1 ...? ..v. .... *:i organization of 108 women of the town, ^and told something of its ac complfshments since its organization three years ago, an3 of its present main objective, that of beautifying j the school grounds. Following these reports, addresses were heard from Mayor T. W. Whit mire on "The history antf develop ment of our towft"; County Super intendent T. C. Henderson on, "Ed ucational developments in our town the past two decades;" and a paper on "Our Town" by James F. Bar rett, editor of The Brevard News. Accounts of these last three num bers on the program appear else where in this issue of the paper. Following the program, refresh ments were served by a committee in charge, assisted by a number of young girls, to the sixty or more members and guests present. , TO PRESENT PLAY AT THE INSTITUTE An entertanment will be given': by students of Brevard Institute in the Institute auditorium Saturday night, November 24 at 8:00 o'eloek. A one-act comedy, a comic picture, and readings will constitute the pro gram. A small admission will be charged, the proi<^ds going toward > defraying the expense of sending ?eiu'esenUitives from Brevard Insti- j tutc to the Older Hoys' Y. M. (>, A. j conference to be held at Morgan- j ton IVcember 7 -H-ll. Entertainments given by the In- 1 ?titute s'.udvnts heretofore have nil I ? pr?v< n of high order and it is ex-; peeled that a large audience will be | present at the program to be given' Saturday night. A corcfiat invita-j tion is extended by the Institute of-: ficials to the public. HIGH P.?T. ASSOCIATION ; ; TO MEET NEXT MONDAY High School I'arent-Teacher asso ciation will hold its regular meeting Ik xt Monday afternoon at :t o'clock at the school auditorium. Miss l.ouise Ashworth will ?jonduct the de votionals. A debate will be given. Resolved that the girls of today have a better chance than the girls of 20 years ago. The affirmative .side will lie tiiken by Ruth Snel-on and Roc Burrell, and the negative hy Sara Barrett and Cora Belle Orr. All parents are urged to l>e present. GUILD TO HAVE SALE DURING HOLIDAYS The Women's Guild of St. Philips Episcopal church will hold a Thanks giving food sale and bazaar at l'lummer's old store in the Erwin building on Wednesday before Thanksgiving, November 28, begin ning at 10 o'clock and continuing through the day. Among the many fancy articles to be on sale will bo. a choice selection suitable for Christmas presents. Housekeepers who desire to attend the football ?.ar. ic W? dn? -i?ay nft'Tnnon wiH be ? 'iabi ',1 to buy their Thanksgiving BIG MASONIC MEET TO BE HELD FRIDAY! Master Masons of the town and ! county are expected to attend the regular meeting of Dunn's Hock Lodge this Friday night, jis some very important business is to be transacted, in addition to degree work to be given an initiate. A chapter of the Eastern Star is ! to be organized at an early date, and this will necessitate action on the part of the Masons. All wives, mothers, sisters and daughters of Mastwr Masons, who have reached the age of eighteen years, are eli gible to membership in the Eastern Star, and it is expected that a ]arge class will be enrolled as charter members of the Chapter. COUNTY WOMEN TO MEET SATURDAY A county federation of farm wo- | men will be organized Saturday , afternoon of this week at 2:30 o'clock at the court house, accord- } Sng to announcement of the county ] home demonstration agent, Miss j. Juanita Sprinkle. The organization will be effected by Miss Sprinkle, ] who is desirious that all members of : home demonstration clubs through- | out. the county be present Saturday afternoon. The principal feature of the meet ing will be a talk by Mrs. Sarah Porter-Ellis, district home demon stration agent. Election of officers will also be held and plans for the next year's work wil be outlined and discussed. It is expected that a large number of club members and Others interested in the organization of a county federation of farm wo men will be in . attendance at this meeting. FRED HUNNICUTT KILLED BIG BEAR Fred Hunnicutt killed what is said to be one of the biggest bears ever seen in this section. The kill occurred one day Inst week, in the Gloucester section, and the bear was brought to town,.. cleaned and divid ed among the' members of the hunt ing party and their friends. With Mr. Hunnicutt were De\Vitt McCall, Everett Huggins and flohn Nicholson. LESLIE STRADLEY INJURED i IN SOUTH CAROLINA WRECK I Word was received in Brevard ! Tuesday of the serious automobile' accident occurring near Columbia. ? S. C., Monday night, when Leslie , Stradlay, who made his home in Brevard for many years with his | aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Z. W. , .Nichols, was seroiusly .injured,, svif- , fering two breaks in his left leg bv Ibw the kt:ee and numerous cuts \ and bruises. The other two occu pants of the car, Miss Leslie Wright and Tony Corn, were also slightly -J injured, all being removed to the Baptist Hospital in Columbia. It is | feared that-. it will be several weeks , before Mr. Stradley will be able to I-r.ve the hospital arid return to. his huine in; AsnOville, where he is em- . ployed by The Asheville Citizen. The r car in which the occupants were ricst therefor. The j deer was killed Tuesday, and the . rangers themselves witnessed the i killing from afar, yet no arrest was i made. ) The killer of this particular deer] |Was a wildcat, and he killed in his peculiar manner of killintr- ? by cut ting the dtoi-'s thro,-.'. TV rangtr made for the widcat. who. in turn. 1 made for his hidin.r place in the hieh cliffs. , !i. i 1: b?nv i ealleil. and the deer was taken to the county! hon-.i- a delicnc\ f ? : h- inmates I . ? :'f..,t institution. I COMMISSIONERS I IN BRIEF SESSION: County commissioners rjiet in an adjoured session Monday, and trans acted business, much of it of a routine nature. Final settlement was made by W. B. Henderson, tax col lector, and his bond for 1 {>27 taxes was ordered cancelled. The matter of compensation for County Attorney Martin in his work connected with back taxes was re ferred to the Superior court judge, the county commissioners to pay whatever, sum the judge says to j pay. A resolution was adopted, vacat ing theolfice of county treasurer on and after the first Monday in De- ! cember, in accordance with the bourd action of several months ago. ( The Brevard Banking company was selected to act as treasurer, handling the funds of the county in the man- j ner prescribed by the hoard. The present board ? will meet for ! its final session on Saturday, Decern-' ber 1. The newly elected noard will take charge on the first Monday in December. CANTON COPS GAME FROM LOCAL TEAM ,i After a hard fought battle, the : Brevard Blue Devils lost to the j itrong Canton, team on the latter's ' yrid last Friday by a 18 to 12 score. ?? The home boys fought a good, | :leari fight, but they didn't show :heir usual form. They had the dis- j advantage of playing on their bp- i jonents.' home field, and it seemed is if they couldn't get started. The whole team was slow, and Couldn't jet together on the plays. For some reason the line couldn't clean out :heir men and consequently the aackfield had to rely on end runs ?nd passes. Kilpatrick played a good brand of football, and downed the Canton lacks time after time. Morgan made | i pretty run of forty yards, as the! result of a Canton back's fumble, i Bryson made three good runs, one j for fifty-five yards and Macfie and ; Payne also made some good plays, j Bill Erwin, altho a little late in ar^ j riving, made up for it by his play- f ng. ' The boys are working out and aking training for the biggest game , >t. the year, to be played on the lome ground here next Wednesday, ivhon Hendersonville meets one of '.he hardest team's ever put out' by Brevard. Strict training rules are aeing observed and new plays are . jeing perfected With which the locals ! lope to show the many Brevard fans j ivho have turned out this year the , leatest grid work ever seen in this :own. ?. ? - ' ?? ,v| 50NG BOOK ISO YEARS OLD AT NEWS OFFICE An interesting relic of. olden days which was brought to The News of fice' by W. S. Hooker, is a four-note r.msic book said to be 150 years old ind belonging , to Mr. Hooker's mother.' The book is yellowed and worn with age. with both backs worn practically away and many of its pages torn out or frayed at the sdgos. The book, which contains many of the old hymns not now in common use, plainly shows frequent usage of the past century or more. OFFICERS GET STILL IN SIGHT OF BREVARD PUBLIC SQUARE Officers Freeman and Sims locat ed and destroyed a 50-gaIlon copper still along with X stands of beer ready to bo run. - . . ? I The still, which , showed signs of i being, operated recently, was evi- [ deiitly a daylight outfit, for had it I liven run at night n flection from I r It; furnjic could ha"e been easily ! seen fiom the, Brevard public square. I The still was located just above the ' Camp Sapphire property in a hollow facing Brevard. GOT MAN AND STILL AND DESTROYED BEER AND BOOZE Alex Siaemore, said to hail from ' Dark Corner. South Carolina, was ; arrested in this county soon after midnight of November 17 and a still which officers state he was operat- . ing was destroyed, together with ten gallons of whiskey and about two hundred gallons of beer. Sizemore was given a hearing Monday morning of this week, and bound over to court. Sheriff Sitton. Kck Sims and Chief Freeman made the arrest. MISS SILVERSTEEN GIVEN HIGH HONORS Miss Adelaide Silversteen, who is ' a freshman at Man eh College, Staun ton. Va? has recently received hon ors in that institution, in that she has been elected to the position of 1 hostess on the entertainment com mittee of both the Y. W. C. A. rind til? Studio club. She has also boon -elected as soloi-t in the ' college tli" club and manager of all bask etball teams. Miss Silversteen is tl-e youngest daughter of Mr. and Mr^. Joseph S. Silversteen. and was fi m< nd'er of the Br? vnrd High SebO'd ?.'radtintinir class the pa*t NEXT .WEEK'S PAPER GOING OUT TUESDAY On account ? of placing the paper in the mails Wednesday for distribution, next week's Brevard News will tic printed Tuesday instead of Wednesday. The postofficc will be closed next Thursday for Thanksgiv ing, hence the necessity of be ii?K one day early with the paper. All county correspondents are urged to get copy in Sunday or Monday. All advertisers are requested to have copy in the office Mon day morning. TO PRESENT BIBLE AND FLAG SUNDAY! Transylvania Counsel, 376, Junior i Order United American Mechanics,) will present a Bible and an American flag to the Etowah High School next' Sunday afternoon, at 2:30 o'clock.' Rev. J. P. Mason is master of cere monies. Rev. Wallace H. Hartsell will present the Bible, and Lewis P. Hamlin will present the flag. Simpson Brothers, of Brevard, will render several numbers with their famous male quartet. Jamesi F. Barrett, editor of The Brevard News, -will read a paper on "The At ] tacks Being Made on the Holv i Bible." Brevard Juniors and their friends) will a: semble at the local hall at: 1:45 o'clock, and i go in a body , to I the Etowah school, where they' will 1 be joined by the Councils from Bilt more? aruT?Ehrtetei'. The public is j cordially invited to attend these ex- i ercises, and It is expected that a* large number of patrons of the1 school .will be present, as will the i teachers . ul students of the Etowah ?] school. 36 DEEDTfILED | IN LAST SIX DAYS Thirty-six deeds and transfers of. town and county property were filed with Register of Deeds Galloway in I a six-day period, ending Tuesday!, evening of tthis week. This is said 1 to be a record for this section, anil , shows something of the intense ac-' tivity in the real estate field. Both town and county property.! changed hands in these . transfers. | , and some of the transactions were ' said to be for cash in hand. ' Experienced men in the real es-i tate market say that the bottom has) been reached in prices here, and wise investors .know that, now is the i time to buy. It is pointed out that at no time in the future wil lit ever 1 be possible to purchase property ' in I this county at the low figure of the | present, hence the activity in real1 estate. . .1 ROCKEFELLER IS VISING SECTION Asheville, Nov. 21. ? -Lured by the charm of the last great eastern wil-j derness, John I'. Rockefeller, Jr.. paid a visit to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in the Great Smoky Mountains near Asheville as a part of activities of his 'Vacation, which he is spending in the citv. Ow ing to the fact the $5.000, O.OO 'of the | Rockefeller Foundation funds will he i. expended in the purchase of lands' for the Great Smoky Mountains Na- ' tional Park, the boundaries of which! will include the Indian reservation, i the capitalist has a personal interest j which actuated his visit to the In- ! dian reservation, and Indian villages! which lie within the national park' area. , Accompanied by Mrs. Rockofrller. the New York financier lias seen much of the mountain section near' Asheville. Travelling by motor I he. J Rockefellers have seen .Mount Pis ' Rah, the Great Smokies, Mount i Mitchell and other points of interest in the vicinity of the resort .pity, i Mount Mitchell, the highest inoun- 1 tain in eastern America, the summit of which is (5,711 feet above the [ sea, was a principal point visited. ! The extreme summit of, the mountain' is capped by a huge stone' tower | which commands, a magnificent view ! of the mountains of Western North . Carolina. Nearby is located the grave of Dr. Elisha Mitchell who lost his | life in measuring the height of the : mountain. I The l'i-gah National Forest with its wonderful game preserve on! which over 4,000 dcCr are protected ; from hunters attracted the Kockc-j fellers to a visit to the sum mil .of i Mount I'isgah. During their jour- 1 neys through "The Land ..f the! Sky" they have also travelled j though many beautiful sections of I the mountain region. | Biltmore House and Biltmorr Es , tate arc a famous point of interest near Asheville. During the Rocke fellers' visit in the city they were |invited to the Biltmore ITous.' by |Mr?, John Francis A. Cecil (nee ?Cornelia Vanderbilt) the present owner of the famous country home j which was constructed here years ago by her father, George W. Van Iderbilt. The estate contains 11.000 acres of farm and forest land, the i liat* nii-lik. mansion and a dairv and PROMINENT MAN IS CALLED IN DEATH C. A. Allison Buried Sunday at Oak Grove Cemetery with Masonic Honors C. A. Allison, well known .through out the county, <|jw| Inst Friday night, after an Illness of several months. The deceased was a native of this county, but had spent much of his lifetime in An.niaton, Ala., where he was engaged in the furni ture business and other lints of ac tivity. He ere tired from active business two years ago, and came back to Brevard in an effort to re gain his health. \ The deceased is survived by his \ widow, who was, before her mar- > riage, Miss Daisy Clayton, daughter of Mr. E. B. Clayton. His mother, Mrs. J. L. Allison, also survives, and several brothers and sisters, as fol lows: J. M. Allison, of Brevard, and J. P. Allison, of Alabama ; Mrs. C. C. Yongue, Mrs. Eifest Webb, Mrs. T. D. Grimshawe, of Brevard; Mrs. Nye Garth of Alabama; Mrs. -1. I Aiken, of Ocala, Fla.;'and Mrs. Ada Weatherford, of Gainesville*, Texas. Funeral services were held at the Clayton residence" at Davidson River, Sunday afternoon. Rev. W S. Hutchinson, pastor of Davidson River Presbyterian church, of which church Mr. Allison was a member, conducted the services. Burial was made at Oak Grove cemetery, with Masonic honors. Mr. Allison was a 32nd Degree Mason and a Shriner. , A large crowd of friends attend ed the funeral services, and these, with the unusually large floral offer ings, gave evidence of the .high es teem in which the deceased had been held in this community. Many friends from distant points attend ed the last rites, while messages from many others unable to come were received by members of the family. ELEMENTARY P.-T. IN FINE PROGRAM (Mrs. R. W, Everett, Publicity -Sec.) Monthly meeting of the Elemen tary Parent-Teacher association was held Monday afternoon at the school auditorium, and there was an ap preciable increase of members over formej- months. Let's work to keep up this interest and get others to tome till we are 10ft per cent. Miss Robertson opened the meet ing with an interesting demonstra tion in transposition with this year's music class, using the npw method which she introduced at the first of the term, called the Melody Way. This method' cannot be used with pupils under the fourth grade. The opening song was "MassaV- in the Cold, Cold Ground," sung by nil, with Miss Eva Call at_the piano. This was followed with a good pro gram given by a number of the smaller children in costume. ? Mrs. J. F. Winton was in charge of the devotional and prayer, using as her scripture 1 Corinthians I!: 1 <1-1.7 and. 1 1. :2V taling as her theme pood health' for- the parents as well as the children: . Mrs. F.; P. Stedge announced that a 'Christmas operetta would be given by the primary children sometime before' Christmas. Miss Bertie Ballard's room won the picture last month for the larg est attendance of mothers for her room. GAME WARDENS ARE HOT AFTER HUNTERS Several people from various sec tions Of the county and country have greater respect for the panic laws now than they, had early in the Au I umn sciison. all because the forest rangers on the government property, and Game Warden Galloway, of Re man, have been milking arrests anil securing convictions of those who Violate the game laws. Within the recent weeks Many cases have been tried and eonvictiona obtained. Among those arrested and c years of age and is survived by his wife and two lit tle children. Mr. and Mrs. 0. A. Mull and family attended th< funeral sirnrf on Sunday.