DOES IT PAY TO DEAL IN WHISKEY? ASKED
AND DISCUSSED BY NEK CfiRRESPONDENT
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(By W. A. WILLIAMS)
While standing on a street ii
BreVard talking to a group of men
one of them made this remark: "Ii
the government would only permil
me to open a saloon oil Main streel
like they used to do, I could pul
every merchant in town out of bus
iness in twelve months, and I could
retire from business at the end oi
one year with enough money to
keep me comfortable all my life."
After hearing this remark I bei
gan to "ruminate" on it. I began
to ask myself if it pays to deal in
whiskey? Has it ever paid? And
such questions as that and I went
back in my mind to -my boyhood
days and came on down through
~ life to the present to get my ans
wer.
And these are some of the things
1 found:
When I was quite small I knew a
farmer who could be considered well
to do in those days. He had a large
orchard and a good farm. He began
to operate a government distillery;
he made: his fruit into brandy, and
his corn and rye into whiskey. He
began to prosper and he commenced
to add acres to his farm until in a
few years he owned all thei land for
several miles around. He tore down
his old barns and built bigger ones;
his massive cribs bulged with corn;
his barns were full of stock of the
highest type; he built a house that
in those days was considered a man
sion; and everything was going his
way for a while. But the Creator
of all good said ''Thus far shaltthou
go and no further."
HiS prosperity "began to wane.
Tract after tract of his land had to
go to pay debts until it was all
gone. And he died a drunken
pauper. The old mansion, ^when I
last saw it was falling to pieces and
was the very picture of desolation.
Did it pay him to deal in whiskey?
Another fine farmer who never
drank and owned a fine farm, made
whiskey and brandy. He made and
sold it but he was never known to
drink any. He prospered financially
but died with a knife driven through
i his heart by one of his customers
while disputing about the measure he
had given. The family was broken
up and the fine farm went down and
the last time I saw it, it was so des
olate looking it made me feel sad
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, to look at it. And if I had space 1
, could name a dozen just such in
stances that happened to those who
f madfe and sold whit key. But w?
l will turn to another class of man.
. A very prosperous farmer, who was
' looked on by all as a model farmer?
; in fact if he lived in this age he
I could qualify as "master farmer ? -
> other farmers took thedr problems^to
; him for advice. Everything he did
seemed to be just right He had a
fine family and it was a pleasure to
" visit in his home.
Het got a job as store keeper and
gauger for a distillery. He didn t
: drink, but he lost his influence \^ith
' his friends. His popularity began
to fade away ; he began to lose his
property; he died in a pine P?'e
cabin, with a drunken set of boys
1 and a ruined home. Now some will |
say that didn't have a thing to do
w th his downfall. I don't say it
? ad. But the man himself said it
did. He said it was a judgment
sent on him for engaging in such
businetes. And Oh! I could
on and on naming instances of this i
kind, but I can't this time. ;
But for the most conclusive evi- 1
dence, go to the court records and j
search them and answer the ques- ,
? tion for yoursedves. Whiskey has j
cost Transylvania county more
money in court costs than it would ?
take to pave all our leading high- 1
way, pay off every cent of our
, county debts and run our schools,
nine months. Whiskey, in some ,
ways is responsible for more than j
90 percent of all criminal cases
i tri?d in this county, and more than ,
5)0 percent of the murder cases
started Of was prompted by a whis- ,
' key bottle. I
I One thing was clearly shown by
the results of our last election ,
that whiskey is outlawed in tne ,
i United States now and forever, and
i the man who would seek office in
Uha future must be a dry man. i
i I have just, mentioned a few points
from the money side of the question
But just think of the cost in sut
ferinjr that whiskey has brought on :
; the county ? broken hearted wives
and mothers, naked and half-starv
.ed children.
i Spend an entire day in the county
commissioners' office on the firs
Monday in any month in the year
and see for yourself who come tor
help from the county. Husbands in
jail or on the chain gang; wives and ?
children left to starve! if they don t ^
get help. ?
Strong drink has and always will .
be, the curse of the world. It strikes (
all classes from the lowest to the
highest. No one escapes who dab- j
bits with it. If all the bones of its
victims could be placed in a pile it ^
would build a mountain higher than ^
the highest mountain in the world. ,
When the sons of Jacob killed s
their hated brother Joseph they
dipped his coat in blood and brought (
it to their father and told him tney (
found it, but they didn't know
whether it was Joseph's coat or not- .
Poor old Jacob held it up and look
ed at it and cried out in his an
guish: "It is my son's coat; an evil
beast has devoured him. I will go
down to my grave in mourning for (
him." .... -i
Think of the countless millions ol
fathers who could hold up the
bloody, coat of a bright promising .
son. slain by the. beast of rum and j
in the language of Jacob, cry out ,
of. a broken heart "it is my son s i
coat An evil beast has devoured
him." But thank God people are ,
waking up at last and are sajing. j
"Thus far shalt thou go and no far- ]
ther ? you have killed our sons and ,
daughters in the past, but from now 4
on we will endeavor, God helping us (
to kill you." , 1
The money you make by selling
the stuff is blood money. And God .
will not let a man prosper who sells;,
it or makes his money in that way. ]
If we can destroy this demon we .
will empty our jails and other penal j
institutions and peace will reign on .
earth. , . j
The ptiople of the earth are wak
ing up at last, and King Alcohol is (
doomed. It is losing ground in ev- ,
ery nation of the world. One by one, ;
other nations will follow the great ?
example of the United States, and ^
before a great wbile the world will
! be drv and a safe place to live m. .
No,* I thank you, I don't want :
money if I have to make! it by sell- ;
ing whiskey to make it. ^
A woman writer says, "man is no
more foolish at forty than at any
other year." We were just wonder
ing if that's a compliment or what.
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BEGINNING OF THE
fSI $ft work
(LESLIE McGUIRE)
When ' Sir Robert Powell founded
the Boy Scouts in England it proved
too attractive to youth to make it
possible to limit its f great opportun
ities to boys alone. So the Girl
Guides were organized and proved
ta be very successful.
Mrs. Juliette Low, an American
who was visiting in England real
ized the need of the Girl Guides in
her own country. She founded the
Girl Guides in America and the first
patrols were enrolled' in Savannah,
Ga.f March 1912. In 1915 head
quarters were established in Wash
ington, D. C., and the name was
changed to Girl Scouts.
The first National convention was
held in 1915 and each year has
shown a larger and more enthusiastic
body of delegates.
BIRD PROTECTION
IN 1WS COUNTY1
(EMMA MARIE DEAVER,
Wise Owl Patrol)
Some of the most common birds '
in the county of Transylvania are:
the bluejay, chickadee, robin, blue
bird, wren, thrush, cardinal and
woodpecker.
The bluejay is one of the best
known and most beautiful birds 1
that we have. They are very active
birds and are always engaged in j
gathering nuts or acorns. Their note '
is a two-syllable whistle.
The chickadees are popular be
cause of their good nature. They
are common about farms and even ,
on the outskirts of large cities, j
Their song is a clear phe-be; a chick
a dee dee dee. j
The robins are most commonly ,
found about farms and dwellings in j
th? country. The male has a bright
reddish breast. The female is much '
paler. I
The bluebird is a beautiful, gen
tle, and well known bird. Its call is ,
short sweet warble, song a continued
warble.
The wen is a restless bird con
tinually creeping about in brush
heaps or along stone walls. It sings 1
a sweet chant of liquid melodious
notes.
The thrush sings very clear and
flute like, containing many notes on 1
a scale. It makes its nest usually
in brushes, or small trees near the
ground.
The cardnial is noble in carriage
and beautiful in plumage and an ex- !
:ellent singer. Its song is a loud
cl,ear and liively warble ; : call is a|
ow chip.
The woodpecker remains in open
,voods during the summer. Their j
food consists entirely of insects. Its
lote is a sharp "peenk" or a rapid
series of the same note.
The Scouts wish everyone in the
?onimunity to aid them in protection
>f birds and their young. j
SCOUT MOVEMENT
NOW WORLD-WIDE
(ELIZABETH MILLS)
Scouting appeals to boys and girlis .j
ill over the world. Theer are Scouts j
n the United States, Hawaii, Nor- !
ivay, Russia, Central America, Alas
ka, Phill ipine Islands and West India
ivho ask help in organization. The
Girl Guides, sisters to the Girl .
Scouts, are flourishing in England,
Palestine, Canada, Australia, Den
nark, Portugal, New Zealand and
thina. The French sisters, "Les
3clariuses," are rapidly attracting
he girls of France..
Scouting meets a need for recre
ation and education in the life of
?very gir! or boy.
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
Under and by virtue of the power
3f 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.
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.
89 acres more or less, and being
the same land fully described in the
deed in trust herein-before referred
to which deed in trust and the rec
ord thereof reference is hereby made
for a description of said land by
metes and bounds.
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.
This .the 30th day of January
1929
D. L. English, Trustee. F4-14-21-28
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BEGINNING OF THE
1 BOY SCOUT WORK
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I (CHARLES MORGAN)
W. D. Boyce a well known pub
lisher from the United States, was
seeking an obscure address in Lon
don. He asked information of a
young boy who showed him the de
sired address. When Mr. Boyce of
; fered to pay him, he refused to ac
cept pay, giving the answer that he
was a Scout. Mr. Boyce at once be
came interested, and gathered all
the information about Boy Scouts, to
bring back to the United States.
On February 8th Mr. Boyce, with
associates, formally incorporated
"The Boy Scouts of America." This
, stranger's good turn caused Scout
ling to be brought to the United
States and to millions of An^erican
boys.
With Colin H. Livingstone first
I president of the Boy Scouts, the or
ganization has grown as a great oak
from a little acorn. There are now
over 813,155 members in the United
States.
Presidents have changed, but the
Scout movement grows. If every boy
in the United States was enrolled as
a Scout, and tried as these Scouts to
keep the Scout promise, and laws,
this country would become indeed,
the "land of the free and home of
the brave."
SCOUT JOKES
If you cannot laugh at the
jokes of the age, laugh at the
age of the jokes.
Miss Lockman: "Gladys, have you
read The- Tale of Two Cities'?"
Gladys: "No, ma'am."
Miss Lockman: "Well," have you
read any of Lamb's Essays?"
Gladys: "No, ma'am."
Miss Lockman: "What have you
read?"
Gladys: "I have red hair.''
Fred : "Daddy, how do they catch
lunatics?"
Father: "With face powder, beau
tiful dresses an9 pretty smiles, my
PAW ' '
Alberta : "Are you the man who
cut my Hair last time?"
Barber: "I don't think so ? I've
been here only six months."
Mrs. Brittain: "Who was the
smallest man in history?"
Jolly: "The man who slept on a
watch."
DIGEST THIS:
"Whatchagotna packidge?"
"Sabook."
" Wassanaimuvit?"
"Sadickshunery fullinaims. Wife's
fronna gettaplacedog angottagetta
naimferim."
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