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GARRETT HURT IN STORM LAST WEEK J. C. Garrett, of Atlanta, who was seriously injured by a failing tree top in the big storm of last Thurs day, is making rapid recovery at She Transylvania Hospital, where h? wras taken immediately after having been struck. Mr. Garrett is a brother of Mr. A. T. Garrett, of the Brevard Hardware and Furniture company, and is em ployed by the Hoosier Engineering company in this county. On the night before the storm Mr. Garrett had come into town to meet his wife, who was expected to arrive on that date. She did not make connections so as to reach here on schedule time and Mr. Garrett was returning to the Hoosier camp at Buck Forest on the day of the storm, inter.' ling to return to Brevard that evening. He had gone out with Mr. John Watson, one of the company officials, in Mr. Watson's car. The wind tore a tree top from a big oak on the roadside, and hurled it with terrific force across the automobile in which the men were tiding. The heavy top struck Mr. Garrett squarely on top of the head, and for many hours, he was unconscious. Mr. Watson suffered from the shock and blow of the limb, bt soon recovered and went for as sis nice. The ambulance was called an. i the injured man brought to the ho; ;>;tai. After several hours the surgeons succeeded in bringing him ar i ml, and with the careful atten tion always available at the Tran sylvania hospital, Mr. Garrett has made great progress in his recovery. firstWcers ' TO REIGN AGAIN WT On Thursday, May 16, Kiwanis cli;l>> throughout the country will observe "Anniversary Week." In Brevard, the first president, his of fic> i s and directors, will have charge of the meeting and arrange tne program. Wm. E. Breese was fust president of the Brevard club, and all tiie officers that serVed with him, and his board- of directors, will sit with him and assist in conducting the meeting next week. The club is looking forward to this meeting, and it is believed an unusually fine program will be given. They Knew ?What this family needs ? " began the father crossly. "Are all the things they want, chorused the family. Barber Shop Fragrance He asked me if I'd kiss him ; kissed him once or twice, i knew I hadn't ought to, But, oh, gee, he smelled so nice MUSIC WEEK SHOWS LOVE OF BEAUTY i By RUTH BARTHOLOMEW) National Music Week which is be ing celebrated this week, is a spon taneous movement growing out ol the beauty-loviag side of our nation. It is not, as our critics might say, an indication of the American ten dency to standardize everything, even art; but is rather a proof that we have faith in our ideal of democ racy, faith that there is something beautiful in all classes of people that will respond to the appropriate ap peal. Music Week is not nerely a time when more artists a, ar, or when mote paid entert. :.ments are brought to town, it i. tim6 when all the community enj ys and par ticipates in as many t:..isical events as can be arranged. It gives a good opportunity to teachers and super visors to show what ha', been done during the school year. .Music mem ory contests are often held and demonstrations of the school or ch '-tra and glee club are given. 1 1 -e first city to observe Music Week was Boise, Idaho, in May 1919. I .at. : . Dallas. Texas, St. Louis, Mis sou and Sharon, Pa., followed suit. In 1923 fifty-six towns and citi? observed a week of music sometime during the year. In 1924 it was liecided to make the affair na t ior.ii I and to invite all cities to cel ebian at the same time. The number of i i s and towns answering this invitation has gradually grown until in M't-'s there were twenty-two hun <?i a. id sixty-eight. Since much of the success of Mu Week depends on the music teachi 's and organizations of the public schools, Brevard suffers from the fact that her school is closed and the organizations disbanded for the summer* However, the Music Lovers' club has made* some plans for this week and asked the coop eration of the town. Church choirs hav.' been asked to add to their reg ular music on the two Sundays. The club has been fortunate enough to get the Aeolian Choir of Asheville to give the town and community a con cert which will be on Saturday night of this week at the high school aud itorium. The choice of the Aeolian Choir is very wise, for while many untrained musically, would be bored by a single artist, they will not be by the varied program of a large group. Even the most uninitiated musically can not help but enjoy the harmonv coming from many voices and the charm of many personali ties. Added interest accrues to the group from the fact that its members are mostly business wmien who make music their iv:>ea'i<> t. 'I hey will be examples t*> us wlu hits ? io work "ut like to iinj. Scene About the Court House After ihe WiW Storm I Picture shows big tre?i blown down on Court House was demolished, as can be seen, while two large trees This picture was taken by M. D. F oxman soon after Lawn in wind storm last Thursday. The bandstand were uprooted just to the right of the entrance, the storm abate ed, and shows power of the winda. WORST SWRM IN COUNTY'S HISTORY SWEPT j ACROSS MOUNTAIN AND VALLE 1 LAST WEEK I Last Thursday witnessed the most I terrific wind storm ever known in 'this section, when a gale blew across 1 the county from Toxaway to the Henderson county line. Many large trees were uprooted, while apple trees were laid low along the path of the storm. But few houses were damaged and only one man was in jured through the upheaval. In the Toxaway section many fine old oaks were uprooted, while the roofs were blown from one or two unoccupied small houses. In this immediate section the first to suffer was the Country Club, .vhere some twenty-five pine trees urrounding the club house were >lown down. The gale followed a line then through the Maple street ?ection of Brevard, leaving uproot ed trees i nihe pathway. Seemingly it spread out,, reaching, from the Bromfield home on the east, to Caldwell street on the west, as the terrific winds tore across the town. Unusually large oaks were up rooted on the Bromfield estate, while havoc was wrought on the lawns of Mrs. C. E. Orr's home. One of the ; several trees blown down at the Orr home, fell across the .varage, doing 'considerable damage. The Grammar school grounds lost . many trees on the north lawn, the I wind taking them down like so ; many straws. At the beautiful Ev erett homo on Broadway giant oaks, completely uprooted, fell all about tite house. Adjoining this residential property is that of Mrs. John Mc j'Minn where other trees fell at the HOW MUCH CORN DO I YOU WANT TO MAKE, (By J. F. CORBIN, Rosman) ! I wonder how many bushels of corn any man ever made on an acre of this good, rich, black, moist, I loamy French Broad River bottom. I do not know of any better soil and climate for growing corn this' side ! of Ohio and Iowa than on this river between Rosman and Hendersonville. ! There are only a few things that ( determine how much corn you can J make on - an acre of land and you local farmers already have or can 1 get every one of them. The first j on:; is the soil, you have it; next : good seed of the right variety, you can get it; the amount of water ne cessary to make a big crop, you have ' it; sufficient number of stalks on the land to make the amount of corn you want, you. can put that there, i How many stalks of corn will it take to make 50 or 100 bushels of . corn per acre provided each one makes one good ear of corn. You ! have to know that before you can get a big yield. The corn sure won't !>? there if you don't have the stalks on the land. Corn in four feet rows jand eighteen inches between the hills, with one ear on the stalk can't make but about fifty or sixty bush els. Mr. Ira C. Marshall, Hardin coun i.v, Ohio, averaged I7G bushels to the ;.cre on a ten acre field. Mr. Mar shall has averaged 1G5 bushels on j this field for the last four years; he ;had twenty thousand stalks of corn I on an acre of land, which made, his . rows three feet apart and a stalk of I corn every eight inches. The amount of rainfall is the only | real limiting factor that a farmer cannot change in determining how i ; much corn he can make on one acre j i of land. The next big thing in 1 growing a crop of corn is the amount ( I of fertilizer to use. Once you de-;1 cide how many stalks you want on < the field then you must figure out how much and what kind of plant ( i food those stalks will need to be 1 1 properly fed. P To make a good crop of corn you e must not leave out any one of the! i elements like some of us are doing, . 2 you must be sure it is all there. Ex- j I ;>eriments show that we mnat use a ? J romplete fertilizer suck am: 12-4-4 jJ >v a 10-4-4, that middle flgure, or ,'t ho nitrogen, i svery important in i ? t the plant off in an early h same time. The Mrs. Shuford prop erty in the same section ielt the force of the winds, as did the Jordan property facing the postoffice build ing. Friendly old oaks that have pso vided shade and rest places for the people of the county as they gath ered on the cou.-t house lawn throughout the years of the past, were uprooted and fell on both sides of the hall of justice. The big one on the west side of the court house fell, across the Municipal Band Stand, completely, demolishing that structure. Mrs. Ira D. Galloway, deputy register of deeds, was in her office at the time of the crash and gives a vivid account of the inci dent: Trees on the east side of the cuurt house fell to the ground, do ing no damage to the building. These fell by the clerk's office win dows, and caused concern to Mr. and Mrs. Roland Owen and others who happened to be in the office at the time. The wind turned its course here, and swept to the northwest, next striking at the home of. Chief of Police Freeman on North Caldwell street, blowing trees down at thatl place, and at the home of Superin tendent Winton, of the Brevard In stitute. Beginning then at the Trowbridge home, corner Whitmire and Caldwell streets, the wind tore trees up by the roots on Ihe lnwns of severnl people, taking down two large ones on the lawn of the old Orr home, and one on the adjoining property. The next place where ser cold spring. A. S. Cline of the State Agriculture College, Raleigh, is com ing here to assist me in starting a fertilizer demonstration on* corn. This experiment is to be run perhaps for several years on the farm of Mr. Carl Allison. Fourteen different kinds of fertilizer will be used. It is very kind of Mr. Allison togo to ihe trouble to assist the county, the state college and myself in doing this work. MANY PROMOTED TO HIGH SCHOOL Promotion exercises of the seventh grade of the Brevard Grammar School were attended by a large number of patrons of the school and by the student body and faculty members Wednesday afternoon, May 1, in the school auditorium. Forty eight boys and girls of the seventh grade were promoted into the eighth grade and will be ready to enter high school in the fall. Diplomas and perfect attendance certificates were presented by Supt. J. B. Jones, who made a forceful address to the class prior to the presentation of diplomas. Mrs. E. W. Blythe, regent of the Waight still Avery chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, pre sented the medal given by this or ganization to the seventh grade pupil making the highest average average for the year in the study of American History, this medal being won by Ella Mae Scruggs. Following is a list of those com l-h'ting the seventh grade: lChuemma Beddingfield, Nell Duck worth, Helen Erwin, Clara Garren, Elizabeth Jenkins, Christine Joines, Emma Jean Kiddy, Allie Belle Mor- , ris, Mamie Mull, Rachel Orr, Ro - 1 naldo Orr, Ruth Pickelsmier, Ellma Viae Scruggs, Willie Kate Waters, Eva Whitmire, Elizabeth Wood, Jus ;ine Wright, Ralph Galloway, Ralph Jrogan, Elizabeth Bvrd. John Miller, James Mills, Jack Morgan, John Pickelsimer, Bruce leid, Clyde Sbuford, Ralph Under vood, Lois Barnette, Dallas Glazen >r, Irene Aiken, Inez Dunn, Kather ne Snelson, Gertrude Wilson, Edna klae Nelson, Idell Tinsley, Anna Jelle Allison, Richard Lance, Harold kelson, Otus Shipman, Roy Smith, '*ck ..Wilson, Gal yard Bowen; David fcsfiwortff; J?*k AUfcii, Walter Sin- : ard, David Price, Glenn Cunning- - lam, Arnold Smith. 1 ious damage was done was at the home or? Mis sMarguerite Robertson, wnere several trees were uprooted. Thence on its northward course the raging gale proceedde, across the val leys between the Blue Ridge moun tains and the Great Smokies, into Tennessee ar.d Virginia, where ser ious property damage and much loss of life was left as the toll of the strong winds. Another portion of the storm came from the Southover Caesar's Head, across the Cedar Mountain section, down the Little River Valley, and it was in this section that the only in jury was received, account of which s given in another column. The most remarkable thing about the windstorm was the fact that great trees were uprooted on lowns and blown to the ground all about the homes of the people here, not a single residence was damaged by the falling giants. Some few fell onto houses, but it appeared .that some great power had gently lowered :=uch trees to the roofs of the build ings. leaving them propped against [the houses, with no serious domage done. !n some instances trees fell on both sides of homes, as if an ex perienced Woodsman had fallen them 'in such manner as to barely miss the I house. Many citizens, hsve been heard to remark about the unusual manner in which the trees fell ali about the homes of the people, yet falling in such manner as to leave the houses and their occupants un hurt. BREVARD MEN GET THE GREAT HA-HA Brevard men can get in jams, get lost on the way to Raleigh, fall off old gray mares into rivers, lose their hats in the French Broad, and find themselves in most perculiar circum stances. The latest of these peculiar and laughable situations claimed Supt. T. C. Henderson and Supt-Elect S. P. Verner as victims. They were on their way several days ago to Raleigh, where they were to try to learn some thing about the new school law. Mr. Henderson left Brevard with a nep hew who had married him a bride. The county superintendent took the happy couple to Hendersonvijle, where they got a train for a wedding t r; p. Then it was that Mr. Verner joined Mr. Henderson and they pro ceeded on their way in Mr. Hender son's car, with Raleigh as their des tination. * * It is said that the two men, from the time they left Hendersonville, noticed people along the highway laughing at them. At Rutherford ton, the little bird said, they got out to have their gas tank replenished with some of John D.'s fluid. Then it was that they discovered the cause vi all the fun. Mr. Henderson's car was literally placarded with such statements as: "Just Married," ? "Bride and Groom," ? "Newly-Weds," ? Etc. And in that car were these two handsome, dignified, elderly looking school masters, erect with a primness, unblushing, sailing along the 'high way with these bride tags stuck* all over their car. W. M. U. ASSOCIATION TO ! MEET NEXT WEDNESDAY | The Transylvania Associations! meeting of the W. M. U. will be held on Wednesday May 15th, beginning1 at 10 a.m. at the Brevard Baptist church. Mrs. Edna R. Harris, cor responding secretary, will he the speaker of the day. All Bapt'st wo men of the association are urged to be present. . Lunch .will - be served by the" wo "?<>n of {jrevard Baptist church. W M U.V , The " Ashe'ville Divisional Meeting of the W.~IL U. will be held with the Baptiat ffiurch at Burnsville on May the 17 it 10 a.m. It is expect ed that a large delegation of local women will go to the meeting. 1 RECORDERS COURT NOW ESTABLISHED I FOR THIS COUNTY (Continued from page ona) LIVED A CENTURY, THEN PEACEFULLY WENT TO HIS REST (Continued from page one) :ases that are within the Jorisdic- b ion of a General County Court, and I ;he Regular Terms of the Superior h ]ourt is unable to clear the dockets a 'ither civil or criminal but the Dockets are becoming more crowded j ;ach month and year; ? "AND WHEREAS, in the opinion t )f the Board of Commissioners of 1 Transylvania County, the establish nent of a General Court for Tran- t sylvania County would result in a j ?reat saving to the litigants and al- c ;o to the tax payers of said County, t and that the public good would be j rreatly promoted thereby; , "NOW THEREFORE BE IT RE- 1 SOLVED by the Board of County c Commisisoners of Transylvania County tlial a General County Court j i.'l' and the same is hereby estab- j lished for the County of Transyl- ( t'ama, said Court to take effect and < begin the. transaction of business on j and after the First Monday in June, ; 1929; , "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE BOARD that D. L. English t be and he is hereby appointed the Judge of said General County Court j at a salary of Twenty Four Hundred < Dollars per annum, said salary to bo j paid in monthly installments in the | sum of Two Hundred Dollars per ( month, said Judge to hold said of- ; lice until the 1st. day of January, : 1931, and until his successor is elect- j ed and qualifies. I "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that R. R. Fisher be and he is hereby appointed prosecutor for "at'i Court j at a sum equal to the fees Solic tors as r.ow provided by law who are not on salaries, the same to be based upon the number of convic tions obtained in said court, and to be payable monthly. "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk, of the Superior Court for Transylvania County, be and he is hereby authorized and di rected for forthwith procure for the use of said Court all necessary, min ute books, civil and criminal do.jkots and any and all other supplies nec essary for the remaining of said court, and have the same ieady for use by the time of the first sitting of said Court as hereinbefore fixed in this resolution. "BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be spread upon the minutes of the Board, and the original filed as the original official record of this resoultion. "This the 6th. day of May, 1929. "J. II. PICKELSIMER, Chmn, W. L. TALLEY, "C. R. McNEELY." "Attest: Ira D. Galloway, Sec retary to the Board." POWER AND LKHT i CO. GIVEN PRAISE *? i Many com, iimtnts have been paid the officials a.-d workr.s of the Bre vard Light ar. ! r v w'cr company for the splendid work done last Thurs day and Thursday night in restoring i service which had been paralyzed by j the awful windstorm on that date. 1 Many wires were down as a result , of falling trees across the power j lines, and all current was cut off to j safeguard the lives of the people in ' their homes and on the streets, i Many citizens purchased lamps and candles, not dreaming that it would be possible to have current Thursday night, but as a result of I the well planned work of the of ficials, Brevard had lights that night, j ' The company officials give "much credit, however, to Mr. Pithoud, superintendent of the Hoosier En-j gineering company, who placed as many men as the power and light | people wanted at their disposal, and helped the local company in restor ing service. Superintendent Pithoud, it is said, lent great assistance to ? the Messrs. Pickelsimer in their work of re-stringing broken wires and making repairs necessary before the company could turn the power onto the lines. Anyway, it was qu;ck work, and Brevard has expressed its appreciation. EVERYTHING ROSY NOW, IS PRESENTED The Junior English class of Bre vard Institute, after studying drama for this semester, wrote original short plays. The best play was se lected by the teacher and presented J in i hapel by the class. The play was entitled "Everything Is Rosy Now" and was written by ; Thomas Graham and Charles Dun can. The plot centers around the n'eer-do-well son of a wealthy fam ily who at last redeems himself by discovering and capturing the bandit who robbed his sweetheart "Every thing is rosy now* when the father believes in his son's ability and con- 1 sents to his marriage with Rose. The parts were taken as follows: J i'i.k Ferguson, rich son. Tom ? Graham Mr. Ferguson, his father, ^ Charles Duncan; Rose Williams, 1 Dick's sweetheart, Arline Bryant; 1 Henry Elliot, friend of Dick, Jack Wiley; Mort Bryan, bandit, Troy j Boggs; Officer. Halley Bencomo; * Waitress, Viola James. ^ rO OBSERVE MOTHER'S I DAY AT BAPTIST CHURCH T Next Sunday, May 12, will be Mother's D*y. It will be observed 8 n the Brevard Baptist church. An- t )ffering will be taken for the Bap- c ;ist Hospital at Winston-Salem. appened that the screws resched Irevard last Saturday ? just a few ours before the fine old man passed way. Mr. Clayton was a member of the laptist church and the Masonic <odge. The Masons had charge of he funeral services and he was bur 3d with Masonic honora. The deceased had been married hree times. His first wife was Mis* , Jemaris Patman, of Georgia. Fivi. hildren were born in this umonW hree of whom are living as followsT Irs. Tom Henry and Tom Clayton, low living at Winlock, Wash., and Irs. Otto Candler, of Candler, Bun ombe county. The second union was with Mrs. Jary Jane Wilson, nee Osborne, and o them were born six children, four if whom survive, as follows: J. E. Clayton, Mrs. A. H. King and Mrs. )aisy Mackey, of this county, and Urs. W. L. Carmichael, of Ports nouth, Va. The third wife, who was Mrs. Hat ie Lankfosd, of Brevard, survives. A host of other relatives survive, md an army of friends. One of ;he latest friends of note made by :he aged citizen was Gov. Alfred E smith, with whom Mr. Clayton ,;peut some time last yt.ar, posing with the Mew Yorker, and the pictures taksn ly the newspaper men being pub ished throughout the country. The body was taken from the Old Davidson River church to the feme tery on the hill and placed ;R a jiave near where the bodies of rn&uy Dther pioneers of this section lie i?t sleep. The Confed-.s.'ole Cross, wa? placed at the head vi ;-he grave, to mark the four year's service given by the departed man to the great Lost Cause in the Sixties. Daugh ters of the Confederacy had charge of this portion of the service, and Sheriff T. E. Patton, Jr.. mesr.b-r ;?f the' Sons of the Confederacy, plant ed the cross. Boys ?iud girls from the Children of the Confederacy covered the grave with d)wer.j in the Confederacy cold's, the rei and the white. Friends from great tii&auce came to Brevard to attend !he last rites, and many messages of condolence were received by the family from ohters, representing Many sectiocs of the country. "Uncle Doc" Clay ton had endeared himself to count less thousands throughout the cen tury God bad permitted him toiivs, and his oldest friends could not re call having ever heard him speak in anger to a neighbor, or aay un evil v.-ord of any one. His was a long life of great, usefulness, alwuys cheerful, optimistic arid helpful,, and these fine characteristics were the cuase of great sorrow occasioned by his death. The fallowing acted as pallbearers: Active ? Eck Sims, Eugene JenJw, W. E. Byeese, J. M. Allison, Dick Zacfcary, R. L. Gash; Honorary ? Carlos Lyday, C. F. Woodfin, Ter rell Midflletou, F. E. Shuforct, Geo. Lyday, Robert Mackey, 'I'. H. Ship man, F. D. Clement, T. H. Galloway. PLACING ADSlN SOUTHERN PAPERS Practically a full attendance of directors, and several visitors, mark ed an interesting meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Tuesday eve sing. Plans are being perfected for making this season the most profit able in many years, from the stand point of tourist activties, while the agricultural and industrial commit tees made good reports of the work being done by those groups. Notice was given that a represen tative of the Southern Railway com pany, extension department, would soon be in Transylvania county to assist in establishing a real cream route here. The tourist committee was author ized to place advertisements in twenty-five newspapers, urging peo ple to visit this county and fish in the thousand miles of streams here. ? The fact that the fishing season on the government property in Pisgah Nationul Forest opens on the 15th of May was played up in the adver tising copy sent to the newspapers. Fred Miller, Scout Master, tend ered the services of the Boy Scouts in the clean-up campaign to be waged all next week, ana his offer ivas accepted with an expression of real gratitude. Nathan Morris, Luther Pushell and M. D. Foxman were among the mem jers of the body who attended the neeting of the directors. AEOLIAN CHOIR TO BE HERE SATURDAY In observance of National Music iVeek. the Aeolian Choir, of Ashe dlle, will present a concert Saturday (vening, May 11, at 8:15 o'clock in he Brevard High School auditorium, rhe concert comprises 35 women's 'oices and is under the direction of rlr. and Mrs. Crosby Adams, who ire both well known in Brevard. The musical entertainment is ponsored by the Brevard Music -.overs' club, and there will be no idmisaion charge. A cordial invi ation is extended the public to be iresent Saturday evening. THANKS FRIENDS 'o AH the Citizens of Brevard: I desire to take. this, means to iacerely thank my many friends for heir support r -in Tuesday's town lection. D. L. ENGLISH. .
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