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Published every Thursday by THE TRANSYLVANIA PUBLISHING 60., Inc. Entered at the PostofFice in Brevard, N. C., as second class matter. James F. Barrett Alma Trowbridge Associate Ed SUBSCRIPTION RATES (payable in advance) One Year $2.00 Six Months l.Ofl Three Months 60 THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1929 !< ii ?ii THE COUNTRY FOLKS AND THE TOWN FOLKS. Of ail the fool things on earth, that of a quarrel between the j" country districts of a county and thej town folks is the most preposterous, . foolish, far-fetched and fanciful thing ever heard of. Take it right here at home. It is said that there is eternal warfare between Brevard and the districts in the county outside Bre vard. It is even said that the peo ple of the county outside the town cannot get along. Further than that, it is said that anything the town wants is opposed by the people of the county, because it is a "town ring" that wants it. On the other hand, it is charged that the town people feel about the same way to ward anything the people of the j county outside the town wants. ' Good Gosh-a-mighty! What is Bre vard, but a community of country boys and girls come to town? Practically all the men and women in Brevard were reared on the farms hereabouts, or in adjoining counties. Take your court house bunch, and where did they come from? The * :a! I r ts] h la! tag to make a better place for their I own boys in the future. * .!???' ' DREAMING DREAMS AND SEEING THINGS. -Yon. take "it from this little old country newspaper- ? there 'U. be no . state-wide Australian Ballot Law pa?ed ;at this session of the legisla ture, and there'll be bat little tink ering with the Absentee Voters Law. Of course, there will be many bills introduced, and many speeches made in the general assembly on these two proposed measures, but in the end, that is at the end of the -60 days' session, the same election . laws that now prevail will still be in force and effect- A few counties may get these things as local measures,, but as. state-wide measures, there's nary a thing doing in this session. We may be mistaken. . The thing may be done. But if it is, then you just turn your New Testament over to the Book of Revelation, and read therein where the Millenium has al ready begun. Western Carolina is ready for these reforms. Piedmont Carolina is about ready for them. But ? the East? the gnat and powerful East ern North: Carolina. ? is not ready for them, therefore they will not be adopted, according to yours truly. Everybody can help somebody * else. When trouble comes weak men j flee. < i ji ' ? 1 ? iLREADY DAMNED IS THE IAN WHO CONDEMNS. During the past few years this aper has had much say about the lan who is always fading fault with is neighbor, makipg remarks about ( ther men in the town, tearing down ( wherever he finds a place it which to , law. As time goes on, we are moTe nd more convinced that the man ( i-ho is always condemning the other ellow is himself already damned? n the eyes of the public, his friends, timself and his God. J Just look about you. Look at the ellow who is all the time "cussing , >ut" some other man in the- com nflnity. Look at this fellow's com- : lition today, and see if he is not al ready damned for the damning he las done against his fellow man. A smart lawyer once asked the Lowly Nazarene: "What are the Great Laws?" And that sweet, peace-loving, for-] jiving, kindly, character answered: j "The first is that you love the! Lord thy God with all thy heart and( toul and mind, and "Second, but equally important, with the first, that you love thyi neighbor as thyself." | Such words! Such counsel! Such an answer! So you see that the man who pre tends to love God and at the same ; time gives his neighbor the very ( Devil, cannot hope to prosper, or live | peaceably, or get along, or enjoy ^ life, or meet death ? without the very ^ brand of the damned showing uponi the face of him who has condemned throughout his life. Already damned is the man who condemns! / DO SOMETHING TO REDUCED-TAX RATES. It is 'hoped that Senator Coleman Galloway and Representative Lewis P'. Hamlin will, with the advice and counsel of their friends, find some way to have legislation enacted in the present session of the genera assembly that will reduce the tax rate in Transylvania county. If legislation can be secured whereby the county can issue bonds for long term periods, thereby enabling the commissioners to fix a lower tax rate, then for the sake of the people of this county, let them do it. It is hoped that whatever legisla tion is enacted concerning the public schools will offer some relief from the big per centage of local taxes that *ro to our school fund. Then, with longer term bonds issued to take care of bonds falling due, the tax rate can be lowered until such time as increased assessments in the county, because of additional wealth coming into the county, will automatically reduce the rate. The county roads in Transylvania need attention. It is deplorable, in some sections of the county: Citi zens who must pay their full portion of the taxes have no roads that can be traveled in bad weather. Those citizens are entitled to immediate re lief. In the event the additional tax of one cent per gallon is placed on gasoline, the county getting that ad ditional one cent, then this county can have sufficient funds without further property tax with which the county roads can be put in good condition. We are confident that Messrs. Galloway and Hamlin will do all in, their power for the benefit and the relief of the people, of Transylvania county. - The couaty expects it of them, and the county will be disap pointed-. * ttey fffl" t0 measure up to these expectations....,;;. ? a v -mTi ? . HERE'S HOPINC- TO- -YOU, GOOD OU) HENDERSpNVlLLEl With the measure providing for a bond issue that will assure the com pletion of the Fleetwood Hotel, Hen dersonville, already presented in the legislature, and with no. reason to believe that the legislature will re fuse to enact a measure that is] purely Jocal, it is believed that | final obstacles in the w*y . of the ; completion of the Fleetwood will soon be removed. Brevard Kiwanis club is anxiously awaiting the time w^xen it* ^members can journey forth over^ Highway. 28, and meet wit h the HendersonviUe Kiwanis club, -in the banquet room of . a finished and completed Fleet wood Hotel. '-V'V COT: Of cottrse it isbonnd to come. All those pessimists who have looked at the old skeleton there on the top of Jump-Off Mountain, have bad their fun and frolic, pleasure and plague talced joy, in saying "I told you so." Now it is the time for the men who looked ahead to say: "Come on, Did Scout, and let's lunch at the Fleetwood, on top of Jump-Off Mountain today." Hurry up, fellows, we're getting rongry. Rarely seen in a newspaper office: V man who wants to know how* he tands on the subscription list. X DLil THE. DISPUTED TERRITORY But few pf the people now living ;now that approximately the south :rn half of what is now Transylvania :ounty was part of a strip of land ibout 12 miles wide, that was claim id by three states ? North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. This dispute arose chiefly out of he various efforts to locate or ex end the line that forms the southern )oundary of North Carolina, and >ut of tiie fact that a set of astron >mical instruments were out of or der. The original boundary of the >tate, from about what is now Rich nond County Arestward was the Thirty Fifth Parallel of North Lat itude. From time to time, this line was extended westward, by commis sions ;from the two colonies, placed here south of the line, and there south of it, and making digressions to include certain settlements n one or the other colony, until the line was located to Tryon Mountain in 1772. This ended extensions of the line until after the Revolutionary War. About 1800, the Legislatures of North and South Carolina agreed on he ime, in substance, on the line from the end of the line of 1772 to the Blue Ridge/ leaving the waters of the Saluda in South Carolina, and then following the Blue Ridge west ward to the point where the Blue Ridge crossed the Thirty Fifth Par allel of Latitude, and then West, and appointed commissioners to sur vey and locate the line. Maps made about this time give ar approximately correct location oi the Blue Ridge as far southwest a: Indian Camp Mountain, and alsc show the Thirty Fifth Parallel in i location some 12 or 15 miles nortl of the true location. In 1803, Georgia created a county extending from the Thirty Fifth Parallel on the north, to the Blue Ridge east, and extending west into what is properly Georgia Territory, and south of the Tugalo Indian Line. There were a number of Georgia set tlers in the southern and western parts of what is now Transylvania and in the southern part of Jackson (county, as well as farther west. Also in 1803, the commissions from North and South Carolina located and marked the line to the Blue !Kidge, and along the Blue Ridge to (the east end of Indian Camp Moun tain. Scouting ahead, they found that | here the Blue Ridge takes a turn to the northwest, and extends in that general direction for many miles. They stopped and talked the matter over, and agreed on a report to their respective states that to follow the Biue Ridge further would merely take them farther from the Thirty Fifth Parallel, and recommended that the state line from the east end of Indian Camp Mountain be run ia straight line to the point where the Chatooga River crosses the Thirty Fifth Parellel, and then extend west. This report was eventually ratified by the two Legislatures and in 1813 new commissions were appointed to locate the line according to that re port, which was done shortly there after. The line from Indian Camp j Mountain to the Chatooga River was about south seventy degrees west, forms part of the southern boun dary line of Transylvania county, and is marked by a stone at each end of the ' line, each stone called Elli cott Roek. In the meantime, North Carolina and Georgia had agreed on their mu tual line as the Thirty Fifth Parallel. The commissioners from the two states met in Aaheville in June 1807, and agreed on the various points in controversy, and that the first and most important point was to find the true location of the Thirty Fifth Parallel. They proceeded to a. point near the residence of Amos Justice, wtych they( the Georgians at- least) supposed to be on or hear the line. Imaging their ^surprise, after the scientists took their observations, and made their calculations, to find that they were approximately twenty two .miles north of the desired line, v Mr. Stwges, ;the surveyor genera) of Georgia, had previously located the line at the junction of > Davidson and Little Rivers (meaning juciion of ? V' Davidson and Frenro^BipSd Riverfr ? near whatS is - .now Pisgah Forest), but this also waff fouiid to be "about twelve miles too far north. .The reports of. the commissioners reposed in the archives of the two states for' some years. In 1809 Georgia asked the Federal Govern ment to locate the . true line, which waa.^ot done-. Withia the next few yeax^ Georgia abandoned all claim tojtod.^ijthis.sectio|i.v. During the1 early pfffit of ,the last century, a number of land grants were issued by South Carolina, either jiartlv or. entirely in What is Transylvania. county,/#ftd.some of jjjeae . granjfcf forth . the basis of i^:?xtote?ce. Where, fol lo.^d 'by actdal and continued eete tleroejjt and occupation, I understand they. Were recognized, or at least not disturbed.. ; While the 'negotiations were going on between North Carolina' find Geor gia, there was an aecadional dash between the citizens and officials of the two states. About 1810 there was * skirmish between Georgia set tiers and North Carolina Militia on the flat at the mouth of McGaba Branch (a few hundred yards below WuaOn'S bridge, in- front of the resi dence of Fs L. Wilson) . One man wasi killed, several wounded, and the pris oners wore taken by the militia, and) lodged in jail at Morganton. From Revolutionary times until about 181$, the southern portion of Transylvania county was claimed by three states, and the location of the boundary lines, caused much oratory and writing and printing before the legislatures, the appointment of many commissions, and their various meetings, surveys, and reports, an occasional conflict, and all because ...audrMDrtS Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Waldrop are visiting their son and other relatives! near Easley,. S. | Mrs. Frank Whitmire and Erma Gillespie spent Thursday of last week with the former's sister, Mrs. Jake Gillespie. itir. and' Mrs. Guy Whitmire made i a trip to Fayetteville last week, 1 with a view to locating in that sec- 1 tion. We will be sorry to lose tfaem, fi bat wish them the best of success in. 1 their new enterprise. r Lamar Batson of Pickens, S. C., is visiting in the Cherryfield section for a few days, I Mrs. J. C. Whitmire entertained the members of the Woman's Mis-j sionary society Thursday afternoon of last week. Weldon Gillespie of Easley, spent J the week-end with friends in Cher-, ryfield. Mr. and Mrs. Ed London are nowj occupying the cottage recently va-j cated by Lelon Gillespie, who moved j to Easley. j Ruth Whitmire left Tuesday last i for Mars Hill College, where she will ! remain for the spring term. Briscoe Whitmire returned from Biltmore Saturday, where he has been assisting his father, who is conducting a sale for Biltmore Sup ply Co. Odell Owenand Howard Whitmire made a business trip to Brevard Sat urday night. Chas. Whitmire was the guest of I his sister, Mrs. Pat Allison of Bre . vard Saturday and Sunday. I Mr. and Mrs. Taft Owen of Ros man, were Cherryfield visitors Sun day. , Frank Whitmire has been sick with flu the past week. ' Odell Owen spent a few days last week in the Gloucester section. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Whitmire and 'little sons, John Lee and Oscar, were guests of Mrs. A. H. Gillespie Wed nesday night. . Our Sunday School was well at tended last Sunday, considering the unfavorable condition of the weather. i NOTICE i Under and by virtue of authority i given by Section 2435 of the Con- 1 solidated Statutes of North Carolina relating to the sale of personal prop erty to secure payment for labor done and material furnished on said property and more than ninety days having passed since the completion of said work, and furnishing of ma terial, we will offer for sale and 'sell at the Court House door in the Town of Brevard, N. C., on Saturday Feb 16, 1929, at 12:00 o'clock M:' j at PUBLIC SALE FOR CASH to i the highest bidder, the following 'property to wit: 1 Overland Whip Ipett automobile Touring Car style 4, ?cylinder, supposed to be 1926 model (Motor No. 9634291 and being the 'property of Jack Hampton or Zeb iLedford. The total amount due be intr $146.61. K & M Auto Repair. 3c 31-7-14 State of North Carolina, County of Transylvania. Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain deed ?in trust dated July 28th, 1928, exe cuted by L. B. Prince, trustee ^to 'james McRae, trustee, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Transylvania County in book No. 22 at page No. 472. De fault having been made in the pay Iment of the indebtedness secured 'thereby and demand having been made by the holder of said notes for foreclosure, the undersigned trustee will, on Saturday, February 16th, 1929, at 12 o'clock noon, at the Court House door in Brevard, North Carolina, offer for sale, at public auction, for cash, to satisfy the in debtedness and expense of said sale, i the following* described land: i BEING that certain tract of parcel iof land lying and being in Hogback 'township, Transylvania county, North Carolina* ,.0 ,, , BEGINNING on a black oak a corner of the Zachary Tract No. 232 .and rara, with the Jbie of same gouth i-330 poles to a -chestnut oak, in an old* fine; then witfi the same north |78 deg. east 116 polee to a stake m the linir of .the Sanders tract; then ? with' the line of said tawct. $outh 35 d eg. east 150 joles to a stake; then northJJJ deg>east 160 poles to j a stake : then With' the old line north 61 d eg. Vfeet-llOpeleflto a/tnekory; then Iputh 167 e# t* a chestnut ; ttt^b -wett W-'polei - to White oak o ngrassy ridge: with tke topjof said ridge north 14-deg. west 20 poles to a? stake; iorth 24 deg. JW 46 poles stone. on top of a knoll (.on said jidge; thep north 15 deg. east 2b polA to a.Lstakft{ then same coots* 82 poles to a pine; then north 80 deg. east 12 poles to a stake in the line of G?nt No. 809: then with same north 60 poles to>* hickory a 4'erper of Sfcid tract; then\Porth 61 deg. w*at >10 pole* toiastatejtheii South 40 ttolee tO^theiBEGINNINGj Being that jwopprtr^ -described in a deed from Welch Galloway to Tf B. >fceid and % W- Reid, recorded in Book 58 at pa?J557of the rec ords of deeds of Transylvania coun toC'i merm& - to v , is hereby made and the same together with all references contained . therein is in eluded in and made a part pf this description. I This the 16th day of Jan. 1929. ^ James McRae, Trustee LB PI 780 . 4t J17-24-81 P7. the error in a set of- scientific instru ments caused an engineer, or rather several engineers; to locate the Thirty Fifth Parallel ;; several miles north of its true location. ,'v The territory in dispute was such an attractive territory that large numbers of the citizens of both South Carolina and Georgia have been visiting it ever since. THE BEATITUDE w OF THE PERSECUTED h Matthew 5:10. tl "The Eighth Beatitude is for those ' ? rho are persecuted for righteousness ' c ake." Some people avoid persecu- t] ion by conforming to the world, by 1 eing viery careful never to offend 'i he world. But ChriBt wants us to v ie loyal and true to Him, whatever j he cost may be. Blessing comes p ipon those who suffer persecution , or Christ's sake. 't St. Paul spoke of the wounds and p cars he had received in persecution 0 is marks of Jesus, honorable decor- r itions. We must notice, however, v hat it is when we are persecuted j. 'or righteousness sake that we get j his Beatitude. Sometimes people ; ;uffer for doing wrong, but the' jlessing cannot be claimed in this:* :ase. It is when we do the Will of;: Sod and suffer for it, that we canjf :laim the Divine Blessing. "We are commanded to rejoice,4 ind be exceeding glad ?when called to 1 suffer reproach and injury for 1 Christ's sake. It is not easy to do ' this, although many Christians have J actually rejoiced in pain and trial, so strong was their faith. Ignatius J an his way to Rome to be thrown to 1 the wild beasts, wrote exultantly, j 'Now I am beginning to be a dis-. eiple .. .. ..now am I made the ' fine flower, ground by the teeth of the wild beasts, to be the bread of ! God'." i "In the thought of my Lord's : blessing of the persecuted, let me : resolve to be ever reckless in obey ing Him, come what may. Let me resolve never to abandon principle or to surrender truth for the sake of peace. In matters of conscience let me not fear to offend an evil world, whatever the consequences may be. Come shame, reproach, hardship, loss, persecution, I will never deny my Lord ! Though all the world be against Him, yet not I. "And when trouble befall me for . so acting, I will not be discouraged, but I will rather rejoice and be ex ceeding glad for great is my reward J in Heaven. . To do this is but to take ! Jesus Christ at His Word: 'Beloved, think it not strange concerning the I fiery trial among you, which cometh 1 up on you to prove you, as though j a strange thing happened unto you, but inasmuch as ye are partakers of ! Christ's suffering, rejoice that at the revelation of His glory,' also 'Bless ed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake; for theirs is the, kingdom of Heaven'." PRAYER FOR THE PERSECUTED! FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS SAKE Dear Lord and Master, Thou wouldst have us, Thy children, strive after the highest attainment, and so Thou hast p^ven us the Beati tudes as Thy Divine conditions upon ? :r corner rj hich we may attain true peace and isting happiness. Thou taught us tat we must needs die to self and > the world. Hast Thou not said Blessed are they which are perse iited for righteousness sake, for leirs is the kingdom of Heaven." Thou wouldst have us, blessed 9rd, to be loyal and true to Thyself rhatever the cost may be for bless rjg comes upon those who suffer ersecution for Thy sake. May we, like St. Paul, glory in be wounds and scars received in ersccution as marks of Thine hon rabie decorations, persecutions for ighteousness sake, for it is when re do the will of God and suffer for ; that we can claim the Divine blessing. Are we not commanded to rejoice ,nd be exceeding glad when called o suffer for Thy sake, dear Master, n the thought of Thy Blessing jjl he persecuted, let us resolve to ven reckless in obeying Thee, conH riiat may. Let us resolve never toJ ibandon principle or to surrender ruth for the sake of peace ,and in natters of conscience let us not 'ear to offend an evil' world, what sver the consequence may be. Come hame, reproach, hardship, loss, jersecntion, may we never deny rhee our Lord and Master, though ill the world be against Thee yet lot us. And when trouble befall us for so acting, let us not be discouraged but rather rejoice and be exceeding glad for great shall be our reward in lieaven. We but take Thee at Thy world when we do this, for didst Thou not say by Thy Apostle St. Peter, "Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you, but rejoice inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings, that when His glory shall be revealed ye may be glad also with exceeding joy." "Blessed are they which are perse cuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven." Grant this blessing to us most gracious Lord and Master, and unto Thee shall be all the praise, Amen. ? C. D. C. It never pays to be untruthful. If you want your dreams to come true don't oversleep. Hard times stop few automobiles; the owners always manage to buy gas. THE RIGHT WAY TO TRAVEL is by train. The safest. Most com fortable. Most reliable. Costs less. Inquire of Ticket Agents regarding greatly reduced fares for short trips. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM THIRTY YEARS OF SERVICE WHICH WE HOPE YOU APPRECIATE NEARLY every bank has safety deposit boxes for rent ? writes insurance ? makes farm loans ? and transacts a general banking business. And yet, you have a preference when your personal banking is concerned. You find a certain indefinable influence or attraction which invites you to maintain an ac count at a certain institution. It is this indefinable influence made up of numerous personal . services that invites hun ? -j 'f, - ? s> '.' 1 * . ? dreds to maintain their account at the Brevard Banking Company. 4% PAID ON SAVINGS SAFETY DEPOSIT |OXES - State, County and City Depository. RESOURCES OVER $1,500,000.00 Officeri: I THOS. H. SHIPMANjireai'aent, I JOS. S. SILYERSTEEIf, V-President AKNIE JL. SHIPMAN, Cashier I R. J. JHJCK WORTH, Ass't Cashier K. A. MILLER, Ass't Cashier , J. I. CRAWFORD, A*s't Cashier Direfet^rts: j JOS. S. SILVEftSfpSN, Chairman R W. EVERETT W. i HENRY C. C. YONGtfE W. S. ASHWORTH THOS. H. SHIPMAN J. M. ALLISON _ 1 J _ I
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