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A Real Farmer Talking to the Real Farmers of Transylvania County ' (By C. C. YONGUE) In the first place I want to say i that what few remarks I may make [ will be addressed to the average farmer of the county, I bemg a farmer myself will put myself 111 tne class of the average farmer. As you know, I did business in town for 18 years and pretty well know the business condition of every man in town. I belonged and still belong to every organizfcaion m town whose aim and purpose is the hetterment of conditions throughout the county ? Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis, etc. I believe the average farmer beliefs that the Chamber of Commerce is a kind of secret 0J> der or something where the wn of the town get together every few nights and have a good tiome eating, dnnking, smoking and cracking jokes. Now, brother farmer, let me disabuse your mind of that one? and for all time. The Chamber of Commerce is an organization com posed of the progressive men of the town, a?d a few from the country. We would be only too glad for ev ery farmer in the county to be a member. Do you suppose that we would pay our good hard earned money, from $25 to $200 apiece just for a bit of foolishness. No, it is our aim and purpose at all times to do everything in our power for the advancement of the town ana county, and I here take the privil ege of giving each of you a cordial invitation to come and sit with us on any of our meeting nights, ana any ideas or suggestions that you will make will be appreciated ana considered. Now that we know what the Chamber of Commerce is and that its members have our in terests at heart," as well as the aim, we will talk of something else for a few minutes. Now it is not my aim to bore you with the old tiresome stery of hard times and high tax, still in order to get at just what' I want to say will discuss financial- conditions just a little. Let us make a little sum mary approximately what money goes ?nt of this county each year. This is somewhat guess work, but i don't think my guess will be very wrong. State and county tax, $300,000; town tax and assessment, $50,000; interest on farm loan ana out of town money, $40,000. ^kis is $390,000 which I believe is about right. Now I will leave you to guess hew much goie-s out of the . county annually for autowiobiles, auto tags, cas, oil and accessories, food and clothing and many other ,smal^r things too numeorus to mention. We wiii stop long enough to say a word about food: I have eaten with lots <?i the farmers, and they all set a . -uod table. Where do most of you :;vt it? why, at the store. Drop m io any grocery store and look around 1 and see? how much you can find that was produced in the county. Canned vegetables and fruits from Ten nessee, Maryland and California; preserves, jams and jellies from New York and California; side meat, hams, breakfast bacon from the Mid dle West; lard and other fats from all over the- cotton belt; fresh veg etables from Florida and California; condiments of all kinds from every where. That about cleans up his stock. How much did you find that was produced in the county, and I -forgot the most important items butte-r from. Tennessee and Illinois, and. eggs from Tennessee, or most anywhere out . of the county. All things are brought into the county ,:.nd sold, .so must be listed as money *1 saving the county. Now about clothing: If we pro duced enough wool to make what dothing is sold in the county we would be all right, but did you know that they rear seven times as many dogs in "the county as there are sheep. Now, brother -farmer, I have tried to show you where our money is going, I ani asking you one of these cold rainy days to cock your feet up on the fireboard, take a pencil and paper and see from where it is co'mrng. See if you can figure out where in the world the money comes from to meet these heavy demands that must be met. Frankly, I don't know, but this I do know ? There is decidedly more money leaving the county every year than there is coming into the county.' That being the case, we are getting poorer and poorer each year. Now, iiist how long can we stand this state of affairs? It is not my pur pose to try to offer a solution of the problem now. I want you to think this condition over carefully. When you do you will surely awaken to the fact that something must be done pretty quick. Brother Farmer, do you ever ride around over the county and see what your neighbor in the other part of the county is doing? If you do you will see that his farm, like your own, is in twenty per cent worse condi tion than it was five or ten years ago. Why this depreciation of farm lands? Now, Brother Farmer, let's be fair with each other about this and speak the facts just as they are. You will agree wih me that the stock has gone from the farms. You will also agree that when the stock went the means of soil improvement went with them. So we have since that time been trying to improve our farms by growing com and rye i and most of us have quit raising rye and now cultivate in corn one year then let the land lay idle the next year and grow up in - weeds and briars. Brother Farmer, don't it take as much from the soil to grow and ripen the seed in a field of ; weeds as- it does in a field of small | grain? Now, Brother Farmer, I am not criticising your way of farming,! nor trying to tell you how to farm, but merely tolling you that we are not farming, merely living on a farm, working about five months in the ?? year, loafing the year, cussing nigh tax ?"u tiffieS. ;?i0?n any kind of good cattle you wa believe there are threedozen go ^ rta^afVw "brought here from away ?UN ow,St Brother Farmer, what are jwe going to do abou 'nditionS( jf satisfied with Prese .. ot i?t'fl 'so, I've no more, 10 JJJ' *ut a plan get together and P_ theae con. whereby we. c?n,3*L mean get to-i ditions. Now 1 do?td?easnchfme to , tether and y ning some peo lower ?ur,~L ^ounty or to discuss pie out of the . to deviap politics, but by t y g where^y we s0m\SS oar own conditions. We 1 can better our county in believe we have tha j really i wodi all "the6 ^^j^on^oor fart Fol?%ihodrthat?rl? That?s plain S h5t I helieve yon will agree that I am ' has I Th%CHhafrom among ite members T?artcnlwS "ommitte*. This :SmSf?iU f every thmg P l^tr^o'C^ somendP.an , whereby we* can get g ^ lgin ? 5? The cTance" are W ,ing basis. in k o{ ^n, this committee that i P {am_ before long, call a lew o ers from the ^"n' f may ilk 'C0Unt?he?sS.ron and see?nlt what done Now, men, when you , can be done, i ^ tWs commlt f 6 -f'vou are iSerested in bettering tee if y?u ?re . ^nllntv come and conditions m thlVm?remember that s know that 1 am ae?i? jy farmers IS S3U to ten, and I know that the business men of the to i, P ticularly the members of the jbc, of C0mmerce t?l the0sam ^ Uo e ?S ?T?d have something imore definite to put before you. bachelorsform !? their own club a recently organized club in Bre ! vard is the Bachelors' club, which * ' composed' of young men oi 'UrJ whose slogan is, "Yonng men i who can get married but wno t. The club was organized sev"'^1 weeks ago with eight charter mem ; bers, having a limit of *5 ?e?^Sg ? TVip remaining seven eligible y s ,v'n will be. admitted to.mcmbership at the next meeting of the cju . Meetings are held each Monday night al \he home of Charles Moore on "f -nlo Street, and much interest is manifest on {he part of the members. Emblems of bachelor buttons a i worn by the members on the coat I The officers include:. ^esidi^ Coach Tilson; vice president, Tom j Hampton. Other members j are. 1 Jones. Clyde Jones, G^aid Sitton, I Melvin Gillespie, Arthur McLrarj, i Charles Moore. Pat Morrow After a valiant, fight for his life rand failure to rally following a blood 1 transfusion, little Pat Morrow, the I i 0-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. ;H. Morrow, died Thursday of last jwL'-ck at Transylvania Hospital, fol i lowing an illness of the past six | weeks caused by a severe attack of i 'nfiuenza followed by other compli , cations. j Short funeral services were held i last Thursday afternoon, conducted [by Rev. C. D. Chapman, former rec tor of St. Philips Episcopal church, and the body laid to rest in the little ; Episcopal cemetery, St. Paul's in the j Valley, about three miles from Bre lyard. Only members of the family [and close friends were in attendance j at the burial rites. ' Much interest throughout the com munity and elsewhere was centered in the illness of little Pat, due in part to the heroism, to an unusual degree, which was demonstrated on the part of about 60 of Brevard's citizens, including young men, older ,men and schoolmates of the little j boy, when they volunteered them selves for blood transfusions as a last resort to save the lofe of the young patient. After tests were made by attending physicians among the numerous volunteers, young Bill ,Erwin was selected for the transfus ion, but efforts proved futile to save! little Pat's life, who died three days, later. ! In addition to the sorrowing par ents. two brothers and one sister survive: Jimmie, Eben and Helen, all of whom are attending school away from home. "When Leah married Frank she j called him the light of her life." "Did she?" "Yes, and she evidently meant it, for he's never allowed to go out.", i LOCAL TEACHERS f VISIT SALISBURY! Julian Glazener, of the Brevard | High, and J. F. Corbin, of the Ros man High? in charge of the voca tional agriculture clashes of the two schools, spent two days in Rowan county last week, studying the work being done in that county by W. Y. Yeager, who is said to be one of the outstanding farm agents of the South. The Transylvania county men visited many farms in Rowan, giving special attention to the crops of swe^t clover and Korean les pedeza. The local teachers have long con teded that sweet clover will work wonders on the soils of Transylvania county, and they have been so in structing their clashes, and, in the meantime, they have several acres planted in sweet clover to demon strate thel value of this crop to the soils. Mr. Glazener told of the exper iences of the Rowan county farm agent in growing the Korean les ped(elza. It is found to be an unus aany fine legume, and has also a great value as a money crop. He is conndent that it would prove of great value to this county, as the soils her# are especially adapted to the crop. The Salisbury Post had' the fol lowing account of the visit made by the Transylvania county teachers: "J. F. Corbin and Julian A. Glaz ener, vocational teachers from Tran sylvania county, were visitors in Rowan yesterday. Under the super vision of W. G. Yietager, county farm agent, and W. V. Fielder, ag riculture teacher at Woodleaf, the men were taken to a number of leading Rowan farms, and special#t tention paid to the soil improvement program which is now being carried on. "The planting and benefits of Ko rean lespedeza and sweet clover were two topics given especial con sideration. County Agent Yeager has recetntly received honors for his work in soil improvement, and the visiting teachers wished to learn something first hand of the extensive program Mr. Yeager is now super vising." NEW INDUSTRY IS I GIVEN MUCH PRAISE | Have you visited it ? the Hand craft industries that is making rugs I in our town? It is a treat for any I one who cares for the beautiful things in the home. The rugs now on exhibition are first of all well made, closely worked, durable. But their loveliness thrills one with eagerness to learn the art for one's own enjoy rrjcnt and profit! Some of the d e signs carry back to the unique pat terns of Persia and the far East; some are severely classic in outline ; others riotous with romanticism. Whatever the figures, however, there is evidence of an artist's eye for har mony, color and form. And whn you meet the proprietor you will understand how such things can be, for Mr. Peckham sparkles with appreciation of all that speaks of beauty. He' is the designer, the creative power that directs the me jchanical workmanship of others j though his assistants carry out the ! details of supervision and instruction ! of the workers. j An enthusiastic group of women it was who paid their first visit on ?Monday, and expressions of appreci ation were still more pronounced when : Mr. Peckham presented one of the Jovdy rugs to the Children's Bazaar, which will be held in the early spring, j His gift is the first to be contributed by a Brevard business house to this enterprize sponsored by the Woman's i Bureau. YEAR'S GAS TAX IS $280,000,000 (By E. M. DUFFY) j Spending in excess of two billion dollars for gasoline in 1928, motor I iscs also contributed more than j $280,000,000 to the'country's high way building funds through the gas oline tax, conservative estimates show. This gas tax money was largely used for constructing ffrst class highways which, happily, re duced car operating costs by an amount greater than the entire gas tax outlay. 'The gasoline tax rate, varying throughout the country from two to five cents a gallon, averages 3.2 cents. Without this tax, which adds ibut from one-eighth to one-third in a few instances, to the gasoline cost the mileage of hard pavements would be far less than at present, for the gas tax represents a large share of the money available for highway improvement beyond the gravel stage. Although the total gas tax collec tion figure of $280,000,000 seems like an immense figure, it actually averages less than six million dollars for each state. It represents but a small portion of the total annual cost of motoring which has been var iously estimated from one billion dollars up. The gasoline tex is now well stab ilized as an equitable means for col lecting road money. In 1928 only three gas tax changes were made, both upward, while in 1927, 22 changes took place. A 15 per cent gain in the total gas tax income is estimated for 1928 over 1927. A survey of the figures indicates that although more cars were in operation the gain for the ? most part was due to increased use of the automobile. The old belief that the gas tax would lessen travel has been dispel'ed as tabulations have shown that motoring increases with the mileage of improved roads, largely made possible by the tax. ' ( TEAMS DESIRE 8 - MONTHS' TERM ti February meeting of the Transyl vania division of the North ^Caro line Educational association held last Saturday proved interesting and helpful. Carolina and Santa Lucia were suntr, after which the president, I Prof. J- B. Jones, presented Mrs. E. w Blythe, the speaker of the occa- 1 sion, who tolcf of the ten medals the D A. ? R- are giving to the pupils in the different schools in the county competing in the United States his tory contest in the seventh grade. The medals go to those making the highest average for the term. Mrs. Blythe also spoke on the code of the United States flag and the proper respect due it, 'stating that in order to keep down war, the children must , be taught to be law abiding citizens, and be taught the meaning of the Supt. T. C. Henderson read reso lutions to adopt a uniform minimum eight-months' school for the county, a copy of which was sent to Senator Galloway and Representative Ham lin at Raleigh. The resolutions were unanimously adopted by the teacher*, a copy of which follows; Senator T. Coleman .Galloway, Representative Lewis P. Hamlin. The following was unanimously 1 adopted by Transylvania Local of the North Carolina Education A-ssflcia tion, consisting of all the public school teachers of Transylvania county, in session at Brevard Saturday, February 2, 1929 . We, the public school teachers of Transylvania county, recognize the fact that investigation has proved the tragic wastefulness of short term schools, causing a large per cent of retardations, involving the I extra cost of teaching repeaters and causing a large number of boys an giik to drop out of school in the lower grades unprepared for we responsibilities and duties of useful citizenship. In order to avoid these ?great losses in time and.moneyfa^ manhood and womanhood, we favor a minimum eight months school term for all the children of our ;StaTo secure this much needed but long delayed result, the members o the present session of the ^ener<" Assembly of North Carolina are 'carefully considering ways and means whereby discrimination againt aTout ot-foJlh of the ch.l ren o ,the state mav cease to exist anu more nearly equal educational op portunities be provided, i We endorse the general prin cipies of the McLean bill which is now before the Educational Commit tees of the General Assembly, and we favor an Equalization Fund of around $10,000,000 by means which the state may share more equitably in providing a general and uniform system ' V? roSt"^^ veouired by our State Constitution, and enabling tiie. counties to mater mOmbert of our County Board of Education ?S s Bromfield. C. F. Woodfin and C R. Sharp? for their progressive, economical and efficient fdmm.stia tion of the public schools of the county. , ... a I \s C. R. Sharp's term of office expires this year, we hereby endor^ him for re-appomtment to _this po sition, as we recognize the leal value of his service as a board mem her '! ' J. B. JONES, President, I Transvlvania Local, N.O.JJi-- ? I . MRS." J. E. RUFTY, Secretary. LOST? On English Hill, one sle<i I Any information phone to 11 J 250 or see Rowell Bosse, The man who breaks the law oflV" find out that the law evens up bj breaking him. LIST YOUR HOUSES j WITH SECRETARY j | Commerce requested that all Pe?Pj? (having houses or apartmen s -for the summer months to list tnen. with the secretary, so far very few have complied with this request. . i We insist that you get some good j photographs (Kodak) of [houses, at least six, and leave them j at the Chamber of Commerce, also stating price by the week, month season. i\Ve -have written to several towns requesting a list of people who take vacations, and we are now getting a list of tourists, so let us have the information we desire concerning vour house or cottage at an ear y date. If we have a successful sea | son we must have the cooperation oi everyone in the county. We would suggest that all who keen tourists form an association an elect officers to handle the affairs. Call a meeting at the ,Ch?^?la?e Commerce rooms and formulat plans for carrying out an extensne campaign for tourists. _ Everyone must or should realize that it is going to take work and a more concentrated effort, to secure tourists, and every organization that we' have cen benefit us. Please call at the Chamber of Commerce at any time for aid and assistance. If we are unable to assist you we will see that the problem is worked out. DOUBLE-HI 3ER GAME SCHEDULE NEXT WEEK ' . ' ?- ? . ' J A double header basketball game will be staged at the High School auditorium Tuesday evening of next week, which event promises much fun for basketball fans. One game will be between the fat and lean ladies of the town, and the second between the faculty of Brevard High School and Brevard Institute faculty. Brevard High School girls. P.-T. ASSOCIATION FOR LEGISLATION A movement is on foot by the j State Parent-Teacher association to ' have legislation enacted whereby children, of North Carolina will be given certain educational and citi- ! zenship rights. i Following are the legislative aims of this organization: > The three legislative aims adopt ed by the North Carolina Parents and Teachers Congress concern the : children of ? the state in a most im portant way. First: "An eight months school term for North Carolina." Second: "Attainment as well as age the basis of compulsory education."; Third: "An eight hour working day for the children under sixteen years of age." It is the inalienable right of every child in North Carolina to receive the best possible education and train ing for citizenship. To do this we must do away with the short school term, it is a handicap. The short school term is a hindrance to educa tional progress, to the consolidated i ! school ,to the supplying of compe- ' tent teachers, to the health educa , tion which is going forward with | 'rapid strides. I Attainment as well as age should I be the compulsory basis for the ! compulsory education. There are so I many children of \ today, beyond the !age of compulsory school attendance (out working for a living, yet unable to read and write intelligently. Dif ! Acuities arise and important decis ions are to be made in life, they are not fitted to meet them. They are handicapped, the community and state is handicapped. We not only need our people to be able to think but it should be their heritage. The North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers asks that the child complete the fourth grade as well as attain the age of 14 before being permitted to leave school and go to work. The aim of Jhis association is to have every child able to read a newspaper and write an intelligent letter. Many states have a much higher attainment clause, some going as high as the 8th grade. i ?Mrs. R. H. Crowder, N. C. P. T. State Pub. Chrnn. CLASSIFIED ADS | BRING RESULTS! SECOND HAND Portable Phono i grabps for sale; also several Uprights ? all good as new ? $10 up; Easy Terms. Free Records with each machine. Houston Furniture Co. Jan. 3 tfc. NIGHT CLASSES? Will offer night j classes in Shorthand, Typewriting and Booklv&eping two evenings each week. Reasonable rates. If inter ested, communicate with Miss Earl eene Poindexter, Brevard, Institute. I TYPEWRITER FOR SALE ? Good I as new, up-to-date in every way. Cheap for cash. Apply at News of fice. dhD I ? FOR SALE? Willys-Knight "Four" I Roadster; good condition, at a bargain. Brevard Battery Company. FOR SALE ? An old "Atlas of the World" published in 1823 by Fielding Lucas, Jr. It contains about one hundred maps 8% by 11 inches. Mrs. W. T. Bosse, Brevard. . ltp i . LOST ? Truck tire chain, last Sat : urday night, between Brevard and the Tom Wilson place. Suitable re ward for return. B. & B. Seed Store. It?? J. ? ' . - ?? ' I: -. . ? ? " . WANTED ? Competent man to take j charge of my mill and truck farm in Brevard. Good proposition for man of character. Apply S. T. Lip sey, 820 Habershan St., Savannah. Ga. Janu 10-tms??? MONEY TO LOAN? On improved J farm lands at six per cent, for long or short term, in amounts from ; three to fifty thousand dollars pre ferred, however, one thousand dol lar loans will be accepted. l-20tfc50 A. F .MITCHELL, Atty at Law. i FOR SALE Fire wood, heater wood, i Split Stove wood, and sand. Cash Vhen delivered. Siniard Transfer Co. Phonp 118. D6 tfc 1 1 . . . . ~ ANNOUNCE NAMES' ! OF GRADUATES , Superintendent J. B. Jones, of the Brevard schools/ makes announce ment of members of the 1929 senior class of the- Brevard High school who. have qualified for graduation in May. Of a. class of 51 members, 33 have qualified to date for graduation. Following is the list. Others may ? remove deficiencies and be added to the graduating class later. Rowell Bosse, C. L. Corn, Joe Crary, Walter Glazener, Spencer Macfie, Tom Mitchell, Charles Mor gan, Edgar Osborne, Carlton Parker, Ralph Waldrop. Helen Allison, Azilee Baker, Ger aldine Barrett, Sara Barrett, Rowe Burrell, Willowree Byrd, Mary Etta Fisher, Ruth Galloway, Mary George, Louise Hayes, Alberta Jenkins, M ' Jewell Justus, Azilee Justus, Ruth Kilpatrick, Margaret Miller, Anna Mottsman, Margaret Patton, Lillie Raxter, Sadie Reed, Myrtle Wilson, Nina Wheeler, Ruby Whitmire, Mary Osborne Wilkins. ^ ? NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE | Under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in that certain deed in trust from K. Dahlberg and wife Viva Dahlberg, to the undersigned trustee, bearing date of September 2, 1925, and registered in Book No. 14 on page 613 et seq. of the records of deeds in trust for Transylvania County, N. C., said deed in trust se curing certain indebtedness therein named and default having been made in the payment of the indebtedess secured by said deed in trust where by the power of sale therein con tained has become operative, and all notices required as to said default having been given and said default has not been made good and the holder of the note evidencing said indebtedness having requested the undersigned trustee to foreclose said 'deed in trust and exercise his duties as in said deed in trust provided; ! Now therefore the undersigned trustee will on Saturday the second day of March 1929 at 12 o'clock M. j at the court house door in the town (of Brevard, North Carolina, offer for sale and sell to the highest bid "der for cash the following described 'real property, to-wit. j 89 acres more or less, and being the same land fully described in the deed in trust herein-before referred I to which deed in trust and the rec ;ord thereof reference is hereby made !for a description of said land by 'metes and bounds. i Excepting however one acre from said boundary heretofore released from the said deed in trust. The proceeds of said sale to be ap ; plied upon said indebtedness, com missions, and other costs of sale. I This the 30th day of January '1929. D. L. English, Trustee. F4-14-21-28 i Gas Tires | Oil Tubes ?Service That Pleases FRANK'S SERVICE STATION Just Across King's Creek Hendersonville- Brevard Road ' | FRANK GAITHER, Mgr. Cigars * Candies Cig'rets Cold Drinks T ransyl vania County People ! Like the Michelin & Richland Tires. Our advertisement in The Brevard News brought us many happy and well satisfied cus- , tomers. Every one who buys a Michelin or a ' Richland Tire immedi ately becomes a satis fied customer. May We Tire Your Car or Truck With Tires That Never Tire the Driver? COME TO SEE US. THE KEITH TIRE CO. HENDERSONVILLE, N. C. N. B. Transylvania County people always welcome at our store.
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