North Carolina Newspapers

THINKS TAX RATE WILL BE REDUCED Representative Hamlin, Here Sunday. Tells of Legis lative Matters Hon Lewis P. Hamlin, member of - the legislature from Transylvania county and minority leader in the Jlouse, spent last week-end with his Kmily in Brevard and in conference many of his friends here. Mr. Hamlin talked very interest ingly of the work being done ]n the legislature and believes that the tax rate in this county will be e ( * duced to at least $1.50 on the l?un dred. Mr. Hamlin bases this belief on his confidence in the passage of bills now pending in the legisla ture. Three measures will have to become laws if Mr. Hamlin's hopes are realized. He stated that if the McLean educational bill, or a sim ilar bill, is enacted that Transylvania county, according to figures pre?- 1 pared by the clerk for the body, j would receive $60,750 from the equalization fund in carrying on the county's school work. The road bill, which provides for one cent additional gasoline tax, would bring to Transylvania county another $17,000. Added to these savings is that which the Transyl vania legislative members hope to save in county operating expense something like $12,000 a year, these in the aggregate to effect a great saving for Transylvania coun ty. thereby enabling a gocd reduc tion to be made in next year's tax rate. Mr. Hamlin says there is a good chance for the enactment of the Workmen's Compensation bill, tak ing the compromise measure which has been agreed upon by capital and labor. Mr. Hamlin had but little to say concerning the Australian ballot law that is before the general assembly now. ' POULTRY MEETING j ON FRIDAY NIGHT ? ? ? "..'I, (By J. A. GLAZENER) ; The adult class in poultry study j will meet Friday night, February 22, ; in the agricultural room of the . Btavard High school building. All' persons interested 'n pouitij duction are urged to be present and j join the class. Poultry production i a real business and commands the j best "knowledge that one can give it j, along with real work, but it will pay [? one we'll if properly done. j Remember the time, the place and | that it's to your advantage to be j ?present. . ? ' ;? PREPARING COPY TO BE PRINTED IN BOOKLETS ? I Booklets are now being prepared' by the Tourist Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, to be used in the campaign to bring tourists ? here during the coming .season.. These booklets will contain the names of boarding houses where ar-l rangements have been made for such insertions. A listing of houses andj apartments that can be leased to' summer peopFe^will also be listed in the booklet for all who have made arrangements. Boarding1 houses and those owning houses /and apartments for rent will do well to see Miss Mattie Lewis, the secretary, at once. HIGH SCHOOL P.-T. CALLED Tp MEET NEXT MONDAY February meeting of the Hj&b School Parent-Teacher association will be held nexf Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the high school audi torium. All parents are urged to attend this meeting. FACTS ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Some facts about Brevard High School seniors show that 21 girls and fifteen boys took the state examina-( tion for high school seniors. Of this i number twenty-six expect to go to college. The number of pupils selecting each college is as follows:; Mars Hill 4, Duke 4, Berea 3, N. C C. W-, 2 Weaver 1, King 1, Cul lowhee 1, N. C. State 1, Boston School of Cooking 1, Flora McDon ald 1, Asheville Normal l: Davidson j 1, Tusculum 1, Salem 1, - . ? ' Thirty-four have selected their r life work as follows: Teaching 11, Office commercial I work 6, Medicine 3, Electrical En- j gineering 2, Law 1, Chemistry 1, j Telegraphy 1, Salesman 1, Dietitian , 2, Newspaper Reporter 1, Banking 1, Farmer 1, Mechanical Draftsman 1, Ministry 1, Civil Engineer 1. In only one case does a senior expect to follow the occupation of his father, and his father is an elec .. trical engineer. Their parents' oc cupations are: - .... Farmers 9, Merchants 7, Building Contractor 2, Editors 2, Printer 1, Brick Mason 1, Railway Laborer 1, Well Driller 1, Mail Carrier 1, Elec trical Engineer 1, Ofice Work 1, Car penter 1. Tailor 1, Dairyman 1. Painter 1, Railway Agent 1, Truck Driver 1. Insurance Man 1, Game Warden 1. The ages of the seniors are : Fifteen 1, sixteen 8, seventeen 16, eighteen 8r nineteen 2, twenty 1, twenty-one 1.. MONEY IN POULTRY SAYS C. C. YONGUE And H? Know# What He 1* Talking About ? Suc cessful Himself (By C. C. YONGUE) ^ When I wrote a little note to the (farmers of the county tWo weeks, ago I was sure that the committee I of which I spoke would have some thing of interest to say to the far mers by now, but the information we want seems a little slow m com ing. Just be patient, it wont be long now. i So as early spring is here and time to be planning about our poul try raising for the year, will say just a littis about that. It is use-i, less to tell you what most of tne j, s other mountain counties are doing _ m . i poultry, for you already know that j, ifrom this newspaper. I can t un -, [derstand why the farmers of this I county are so uninterested in chick j Ls and turkeys. Talk to one of , them and he will promptly tell >ou 1 that there is no money in it. t have . been asked several times lately it l was going to raise only chickens j this year. YES, it's my aim to put in around 1500. I think the people ; know me well enough to kn?^ i i don't continue any one kind Pr?3?J* loner if there is no money in it. lou surely don t think I raise ch.ckens j for fun. Now I would not advise any farm- 4 er to go in the chicken business m - a big way unless he intended mak-|( fne a specialty of it. But with from 1 two to three hundred weH-bred, well-cared for chickens on each farm of the county there would be j no part of the farm P|0^m that, would pay a better profit. From six I t years' experience. I can say that wit , j rSSonaJfy good stock reasonably , cared for one can make a net profit of from ?1 to $1.50 per hen perjg **1 want to be. perfectly fair and ) tell you all of it both good and ^bad. j For the past- two years I ha\e no done that well by any mean s- . fact I have not made any mone> torn them for the past two years for several reasons, all of which I , think is easy to overcome. Pnor to two years past, I made from six to n twelve hundred dollars per year net s profit out of from 100 to 700 hen..,b Three or four years ago we had es tablished in our midst wj.at is ?s a community hatchery. ^h,c , should , nave been and 1 hope is a d crrpal- help to the farmer. 1 ha\t 11 heard- some complaint about he p chickens they put out, they bung small, weak and hard to ra .. . Sve^m^tis S.ro 1 could readily see that it was my, <??'< . hatch" good Strong ' chick^from^ poor eggs- Another made me conclude that frfault wa" not in the hatching, was the fact that one customer has c for the past two & IJ i?veSC wefks 3each yearf hashing |E them by the thousand and raising them. He has traded for one of 0 Se machines again this year. Must d be pleased or he would go elsewher c with his eggs. . ^ Farmers think this over and give v vour Se or daughter a fair chance L do some real poultry rarsmg:,! Von fix for her to do her part Jind she will do more for the home than you are doing. You will hear from me again real soon. |i CONFEDERATE VETERANS TO MEET IN CHARLOETE IN JUNE Plans are now well under way for the 39th annual reunion and conven tion of the United Confederate Vet erans which will be held in Charlotte on Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday, and Frida^, June 4-7 mdosivj North Carolina is entertammg the Veterans for the first time and ev erything possible is being done : to make this reunion one of the best. A request is made at nauona headquarters that all staff ,off'cerd and camps put themselves in good sundry paying their dues m or der to secure representation^ the forthcoming meeting. The camp tax is twenty cents per member and must be paid by May 1st, according to of fiC1R ff1 the' intention to make the Charlotte reunion one long to De re membered, and all members ^he pos- . sibly can do so are urged to atten j this meeting in June. ,< i |i kiwanis to meet at noon I WALTERMIRE GRILL TO^AY Br?vard Kiwanians will meet to day (Thursday) at noon m ^ular weekly session. Program m charge of Dr. G. B. Lynch. rw AMBER OF COMMERCE TO MEET NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT Regular meeting of the Chamber of Commerce will be held nex Tuesday evening. In].portariLrc ness, and all interested members and all directors expected to be presen . PUSHELL RETURNED FROM BUYING trip in THE NORTH Luther Pushell returned Tuesday from New York markets, having pur chased new spring goods, many^o. which have already arrived a..d - C display in Pushell'a new stand, the Patterson Store building. 1 FARMERS 10 MhT MhDAY ittChl 10 SUDY CLOVERS (By J. A. GLAZENER) Farmers of the county are urged to attend the "Big Clover" meeting to be held Monday night, February 25, at the Brevard High School building. Sweet clover and Lespedeza arc I simply working wonders in Rowan, ' Stanley, Cabarrus, Alexander and many of the other counties in this state. "Lespedeza A Gold Mine for North Carolina Farmers" is the way The Charlotte Observer had it ijn head lines last Sunday. The writeup was on Stanley county and the mar velous progress made by using les pedeza. There were 75,000 acres in lespedeza last year in Stanley coun ty. Already 10,000 bushels o 1 seed have been sold to farmers from out side the county. Lespedeza is in the top rank when it comes to soil improving, furnishing a graaing crop, hay crop and the sale of seed makes it rank high as a money crop. There are different kinds of les- 1 pfldeza/as well as sweet clover. Better come to the meeting Mon- i day night and let us find out more about these wonderful crops and the ! better methods of growing them. It is being done in other counties. It j3 can be done here. It takes a start. I J Come, let us begin. .'f BOX SUPPER TO BE STAGED HERE SOON Supporting the Woman's Bureau] in its major work of beautifying the grounds about the Elementary school, the Parent-Teacher associa tion of that school will stage a box supper in the Tinsley Building on Saturday evening, March 2. The proceeds from the box supper will ?0 to the fund for improving the , school grounds. All ladies of the town and coun :y, whether members or the Parent Teacher association or not, are urg- ] 'd to bring box suppers to be sold. I Women who will agree to' bring joxes are asked to notify Mrs. C. C. 1 tongue, as early as possible. I The association hopes to add quite .'; t sum to the fund in the sale of the < >ox suppers, and a good time is j >romised all who attend. There will ; >e games and an old fashioned spell- *1 ng match, in addition to the box ] upper. p WOMEN'S CLUB EXPRESSES J -OVE FOR THE PRESIDENT1 ? ? ./ Members of the Business and ' Vofessional Women's club met i t londay night at the Waltermire 1 lotel for their regular February ? leeting, at which time a delightful jc upper was served by the local ranch of the Methodist Missionary ociety, under the direction of the resident, Mrs. D. L. English. In the absence of the club presi- ^ ent, Mrs. H. R. Walker, the ni6et- j ng was presided over by the vice j (resident, Mrs. R. E. Lawrence, t tcporfs Tr'om committee ' chairmen- fc i'ere given and other matters of, usiness relative to the club were ] ransacted. As an expression of j steem and sympathy for the club's t iresident, Mrs. Walker, because of p he serious illness in her family at t his time, the club voted to defray . j he expense of a nurse in her home;t or a stated time. .( Miss Hume, of the Asheville Bus-jg ness and Professional Women's ij lub, was a welcome guest at the j r netting and spoke a few words of!g ncouragement and praise of the l frevard club. | The program for the occasion was J n Colonial life. Mrs. "W. H. Un-' erwood told a story of the Ameri an flag, and Miss Alma Trowbridge ead a paper on "Woman's Work in 'olonial Times." riNSLEY'S BULL DOG IS ATTRACTING ATTENTION ? j ? |J Clarence Tinsley, well known I s Jrevard citizen, owns a bulldog [j hat is said to be one of the most in- j j elligent dogs ever seen in this sec-ij ion, and which the owner says he ' vould not sell for less than $2500. Remarkable feats of intelligence ] vere displayed by this dog, in which he animal proved his worth to his } >wner in a peculiar manner. Sev- j ral weeks ago the dog caught some1] ;teer belonging to T. H. Shipman, j ind which had been in a woodland I , >asture for the summer and since j, hat time had gone wild, not allow-'] ng any one to go near them. The i )Ulldog caught two of these cattle!, ind held them until they were tied.]' )uring the recent snow a track wasij )ointed out to the dog which had j, >een made 32 hours previously. Thej] log took up the qold track and trail ?d the steer for several hours and 1 vas heard to bay about a mile and i half distant from the men, who, on ?eaching the' dog, found the cattle J learby but the faithful dog had not 1 ittempted to catch the steer. On the nstant his master gave the word, lowever, the dog immediately caught )nc' of the steer by tMe lip and ;hrew him down. "FATHER AND SON" MEETING TUESDAY, ? ? 1 Among the enjoyable features1 planned among ^church social af fairs for next week will be the Father-Son banquet given by the' Brevard Methodist Sunday School at the Methodist church next Tuesday evening. It is expected that a j large number of men of the church with their sons will be present at ? this meeting on Tuesday night of j next week. In the event of there | being no son in the family, each | 'VV is expected to bring with him I some young man of his acquaint- : ance. Extensive plans are being i made for this event, which prom- 1 ises to be an enjoyable and profit- ' able one for all who attend. LOCAL CAGERS IN ' GREAT BATTLES Brevard High School cagers had ajl very successful week, meeting Swan nanoa in a twin bill here Saturday night and Hendersonville Tuesday night. In the Swananoa game, both jt teams were victorious, the boys win-jl ning by the score 25-17, and the } i girls 24-10. However, the Hender-h ?>?>viue Doys misplaced a star in.!] the crown of glory for the local boys Tuesday when they played an extraj tie-off quarter, the final score being 16-13 in favor of Hendersonville. Hendersonville started the game ivith an attack that looked like a ' <] landslide, the score reading 9-0 at j j :he end of the first quarter and 10-5 j.0 it half. But as usual, the locals: -?ame back in the second half ana played an exceptional brand of ball, ; J ind tied the score 12-12. During . ;he three-minute extra quarter the ' ocals only scored one foul goal.' while ths vistors scored two fields. .1 ! ELEMENTARY P.-T. GROUP ^ IN INTERESTING MEETING a February meeting of the Elemen- ' s< ary ParenU'eaeher association was lcld Monday afternoon in th2 b ichool auditorium, with the preri- ii lent, Mrs.* 0. H. Oit, presiding. . l" ?The meeting opened with the sing-| ng of America, followed bv a Bible e tOry' by Billi|e Nicholson, of the e hird grade. Miss Aiken's third X rrade children had charge of the v, >rogram for the afternoon, giving a i daylet, "In the ' Days of Washing on," including songs and minuets w the children dressed in. costume. Mrs. 0. L. Erwin and Mrs. B. F. p 3easleyj representing the Woman's 0 iureau, told of plans being perfect- p d for the Children's Bazaar to be ; riven early in April. It was voted ; J o hold a social at an early date, and ^ irrangements for this were left in ^ he hands of a committee. Supt. T. D. Henderson and Supt. J. B. Jones ' poke regarding the matter of ! andscaping the school grounds and ! nentioned 'the fact that a land-|e cape gardner had been her? and f ooked ovdr the grounds. 3REVARD ADVERTISED p IN NATIONAL PAPER J Brevard's name and fame was riven wide publicity this month in in article published in "Hunting and Ashing," a national magazine de moted to sports. The article was a :opy of a letter written by Jerry ferorne to the Department of Con- _ .ervation, at Raleigh, and its being ;c ?e-printed in the national magazine'], las already resulted in inquiries be- J t] ng received here as to this section: jg The article follows: i0 Brevard Kiwanis Club, Brevard, L N. C.: "Received 16,000 brook and|U 10,000 rainbow from Waynesville md Marion hatcheries. Loss 1,000 >rook*in transporting from hatchery, tfo loss while in nursery or in plani ng. Brook one inch long when re ceived ? six to eight inches long when planted. Expect to build more nurseries. Have spe<nt $400 on this one. Will want 25,000 brook and 25,000 rainbow next season. Thank you for interest you are tak ing in this work. Industries maj :ome and go but to make Western North Carolina a "tourists' para dise," the work you are now under taking is of the utmost importance." MASONIC MEETING FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE LODGE ROOMS Dunn's Rock Masonic Lodge will } ^ hold regular meeting Friday evening ' \ and officers urge all members to be < present. Petitions to be received. j B. S B. LEASES MILL | FROM W. E. BREESE: Further extending their interests in this section, the B. & B. Feed and Seed company has leased the Breese Mills, at Maiden Hair Falls. This mill is said to. be one of the most complete ever operated in this coun ty. Mr. Breese has been operating it for some time, making a specialty of corn $neal which was shipped to many sections of the Carolinas. The "Brittain boys," as they are known here, will produce corn meal, graham flour and do custom grinding and crushing. The crashing ma chine is said to be of the very lat est fype, crushing the corn in the shuck, making an especially fine feed for cattle. MISS RUTH RANKIN CAPTIVATES BODY Recital At Institute Given Praise By Faculty and Students (By RUTH BARTHOLOMEW) Ruth Rankin made her second ap pearance before the student body oi' Brevard Institute Saturday, Febru ary 16, when she charmed both the younger and older members of the audience. She so won the hearts of the students last year that they look ed forward with great pleasure to her return, while those who had i never heard her before were equally ' anxious for her to visit the Institute sgain. Much of Miss Rankin's success lies in the fact that, realizing her audi jnce is made up largely of young people untrained musically, she plans md executes a program that appeals particularly to them. She also ex alains each number so that the stu lent is interested and listens for th ^ j :ffecls described. j .Miss Rankin opened the program I vith a group of dances, the Partita; n B flat, by Bach. She named each ' lance and told the audience that i Bach was severely criticized for try-' ng to put into classical music what j vere, in his day, modern dances. The different parts were played with he beauty and sprightliness which ach demanded. For her second long number Miss! lanlon chose one to commemorate i Schubert, his Sonata in A major. ' Phis was melodic, the second num- 1 >er particularly having the quality." f a hymn. Miss Rankin placed her shorter se-, ections in one group. Of these the l Jovelette by Schumann was much j dm: red because of the clearness . pith which she rendered the con- 1 rasted parts; and the Capriccio by | )ohnar',i because of her agility and - kill in handling the quick notes. { he Dance Macabe by Saint-Saens j! nd Liszt was an interpretation 1 umber. It opens with the last|< ound of the clock striking twelve i nd proceeds through a lively and'i izarre ghest dance until tho crow- J ig of the cock sends the ghosts 1 unning to their graves. ,1 The audience gave Miss Rankin an nthusiastie encore and she respond- < d with another interpretation niece, J fyads of the Spring. The audience t ras told to listen to the Nyads danc- 1 ig and splashing in the water. ] The whole program was rendered rith a charm and grace which won ; le admiration of the audience. Her J erformanCe portrayed a possession T f unusual technical skill. The Bach j 'artita was played with such pre-1] ision and accuracy as to give a|s lear cut picture of the music of his j ^ ay. Among the outstanding fea- r ires of her technical equipment was i j lie ability to play legato passages j ith a rare beauty of tone quality, jj Her gifts of interpretation were I] videnced by the applause of the 1 1 udience after the rendition of cer-!s lin numbers of a descriptive type. 1 1 Throughout the program the . i layer revealed that quality without hich no music can be truly artis c, the ability to reflect her own ersonality in her performance. 'ATS WON OVER LEANS ! 1 IN MOST ENJOYABLE GO j That a superfluity of avoirdupois * oes not always militate against sue- 3 ess in basketball was demonstrated J ist week when the Fats won over ' he Leans, score being 18 to 14. This ; ame was played by young women . f Brevard, as was the succeeding 1 ame of* the same evening, the line- ' ip in the latter being the teachers 1 f Brevard city schools against fac ilty members of Brevard Institute. }y a close margin, the Institute Dst, score 25 to 26. This double-header game was un ler the auspices of the local branch if the Methodist Missionary society. ?he committee in charge wishes to hank all who patronized the event, ind all participants for their gener als support in making the game a uccess. Especial thanks are due 3oach Tilson for his services, and for the interesting boxing features le introduced between the games. 'LUMMER'S HAVE BIG SHOWING 3F NEW SPRING MERCHANDISE Invitation is given in the adver ting columns of this week's paper ;o the people of the town and :ounty to visit Plummer's Store, in ;he Erwin buliding, into . which the irm has recently moved. Announce nerit is made that the new spring stocks have arrived, and the_ new place fully arranged for showing of ;he large' stock of merchandise. Trantham's store having combined R<ith Plummer's gives to this sec tion an especially strong mercantile company. H. A. Plummer is presi dent of the company; B. W. Tran :ham is vice president, and H. L. Wilson, for many years with the Brevard Banking company, is secre tary and treasurer. JOHNSON'S GROCERY STORE CONDUCTING BIG SALE NOW Fred Johnson, of Johnson's Gro cery Store, is planning to make a change in his business on the first of March, ' and is now conducting, according to announcement made on another page, one of the bigeest groqery sales ever attempted h?'r. Th advrtisement tells in detail of the sale. J. L AIKEN DEAD; BURIED THURSDAY Death Occurred Tuesday Morn At Aiken Home In Ocala, Fla. J. L. Aiken, known to hundreds of friends hfere as "Jule" Aiken, died at his home in Ocala, Fla? early Tuesday morning after an illness of about one week. The deceased was a native of this county, and was in business here until ten years ago. when he went to Florida, and was one of the most popular men of the county. He was 61 years of age at the time of his death, and is .sur vived by his widow and one son, Walter. The body will arrive in Brevard today (Thursday) at one o'clock, and services will be held immediately thereafter at the Methodist church, the pastor, Rev. A. L. Avcock, con ducting the services, with special music by Simpson Brothers quartet. Burial will be mad? in the Oak Grove cemetery. Mr. Aiken married Miss Ida Alli son, sister of J. M. and James Alli son, and Mrs. Ernest Webb, Mis. C. C. Yongue, Mrs. T. D. Grimshaw, Mrs. N. G. Garth and Mrs. .1. H. Weatherford The deceased is survived by two brothers and one sister, R. T. and W. L. Aiken and Mrs. T. B. Rei?l. Pallbearers chosen to bear the re mains of their departed friend to its last resting place are: J. H. Pick elsimer, Fred Johnson, Will Hunt, A. H. Houston, Clyde Ashworth and John Smith. EVERETT OSTEEN GIVEN 15 YEARS Everett Osteen, native of Tran sylvania county, was given a si-ii :ence of fifteen years in the South Carolina penitentiary Tue sday vhen he submitted to the charge of nanslaughter in Superior court at Pickens. Osteen was charged with tilling Leo Calhoun last Christmas Day in Pickens. Wm. E. Breese and R. R. Fisher, >f Brevard, and Sam B. Craig, of Pickens, Were attorneys l'oi Os een. PRAISE GIVEN WOMEN'S CLUB FOR ACTIVITIES Praiseworthy comments hav ? been received from many sources regaini ng the efforts of the Business and 3rofessional Women's club in spon ;oring the Girl Scout organizations luring the present year. One com nent of especial interest and ;i? jreciated by the local club was that ?eceived in a communication from * Urs. Beulah Zachary. a well known Srevard resident who is spending he winter in Baltimore with her ion. The letter, addressed to Mrs. I. R. Walker, president of the Bus ness and Professional Women's :lub, follows: 'Dear Mary Jane: "I was so pleased when I read ast week's Brevard News and saw vhere your organization went <>n ecord as sponsoring the Girl Scouts. I think that is the very )iggest and best thing you could lave done. Am so pleased our wung women are willing to back >ur girls. It will mean much to the Scouts, and it will mean even more :o the Business and Professional Women to become interested in a liv ing organizations. I most heartily :ongratulate yea in putting this move across. "Sincerely, "BEULAH ZACHARY." Baltimore, Md., Jan. 31. WALTER REECE BROUGHT BACK TO COUNTY JAIL Walter Reece, serving a sentenw imposed at the last term of court, escaped from the County Home farm where he had been sent to work out his time, was captured in Mar ietta, S. C., this week and brought back to the Transylavnia county jail. It is said by officers that Re^e was found at the home of a Mrs. Townsend, with whom Ree<? was tried on a joint charge. 1 DISASTROUS FIRE AT GAUAMORE Hill Brevard's most disastrous ri:e In many years engaged the fire depart ment for several hours last Thurs day night, when the 16-roorm Creep wood residence on Gallimore ffill was almost totally destroyed. The fire had gained such headway that the roof had fallen, in before tht alarm was turned in. The night waa the coldest of the year, and the fire men suffered intensely fron the cold. Ice froze on the clothing ar,d the hands and faces of the firemen, so severe was the weather. Dr. Greenwood has owned the property for some time, which waa always in demand during the sum mer season. A tenant was occupying the premises at the time of the fire, ca r:n~ for the property. Chief Bromfield paid glowing- trib ute to the members of the- depart ment for the fight they put up in the face of such tremendou- odds. , . i