THE BREVARD NEWS
i
Published Every Wednesday By 1
THHE TRANSYLVANIA
PUBLISHING CO., Im.
Entered at the Postoffiea In
N. C., u Second Qui Ihttar.
t
James F. Barrett
Miss Alma Trowbridge, Associate
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
(Payable in Advaao?)
One Year . . $2.66
Six 'Months 1.9#
Three Months M
* ? ?
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 11, 1929
GASTONIA GAZETTE AND
FRED ERW!N BEAL.
Two schools of thought, extreme
schools, ace represented in two in
fluences mixed up in the Gastor.ia
trouble ? trouble that led up to the
present trial in Charlotte of sixteen
communist officials for the murder
of former Chief of Police Aderholt.
The one is represented by The
Gastonia Gazette, the other by one
Mr. Deal, communist organizer. Both
sc!.'?ols are a menace to North Caro
lina, in that tlu-y are extreme, un
t';.. . dishonest, and selfish.
The Gastonia Gazette is for the
niiil owner, right or wrong, first,
last and all the time. A cotton mill
is that paper's shrine, and the cotton
n:i!i owner is its god, if a newspaper
tan hrxv. a god. To The Gastonia
Gazette. North Carolina is a cotton
mill. t..o United States is a cotton
mill, and heaven is just one big net
work of cotton mills. Saint Peter is
a former Gaston county cotton mill
owner, and no one who criticises a
cotton mill executive can ever enter
the pearly gates, as The Gastonia
Gazette sees it.
Fred Krwin Beal sees every mill
owner and employer of labor as some
kind of a hellion let loose upon the
earth for the sole purpose of
trampling the working people under
foot. He thinks hell is a cotton mill,
or a system of cotton mills; he be
lieves the devil learned his trade
here on earth as a cotton mill owner.
Heal thinks the United States flag
was made in a cotton mill, for the
?sole benefit of the cotton mill own
ers. therefore, it ought to be trampled
in the dust and spat upon, according
to Meal's line of reasoning.
Somewhere between these two ex
treme thoughts is a common ground
of nnht, and reason. The cotton
mill owners are not half so good as
Tile Gastonia Gazette thinks they
are. and they are not half as bad as
Beal thinks they are. It is the
eternal wrangling of these two ex
tremis that keeps the turmoil going.
1 iie Gastonia Gazette, by its blind,
unttai-oning methods of praising the
cotton mill owners surroundiny it,
made tortile the ground for the
quick harvest of hellish seed sown
by Beal.
U'e know not what that court in
Charlotte will do. We do believe,
however, in the final day of reck
oning that The Gastonia Gazette and
the 1' ted Krwin Beal will stand side
by side as the accusing finger of the
Kighteous Judge is pointed at the
cause of the murder ' Chief Ader
holt-v-anu that finger ..ill point, with
equal directness, at I. Ji Beal and
The Gastonia Gazette.
THE WEAKEST WEAKLING
OF A WEAKENING WORLD.
One of the most pathetic pictures
in everyday life is that of a man
who stays away from the church of
his choice because "there is some
hypocrite in that church which I do
not like." Isn't that SOME reason
fur a sensible man to give, in excus
ing himself from attending church?
Say. . >ud, did it ever occur to you
that you must do your own dying?
That you must make the trip across
the River all by your lonesome? That
the Devil laughs at your simple
mindedness and the ease with which
he won you, when he can get
you to s:ay away from the house of
God on such a flimsy excuse as that
there is some man there that you do
not want to sit with.
0, you are an easy one for old
Satan. He has to get most men to
drinking, or cursing, or doing some
downright wicked thing, in order to
make them safe for Hell. But you,
you po"'' easy-mark, you are no
trouble at all to the old Devil, when
he can get you by simply getting
you to be fool enough to want to go
to Hell rather than worship God on
account of some man in the congre
gation that you do not like.
If you really want to go to the
Devil, get out and raise some Hell.
Earn your place in Hades. Even the
Devil will despise a man so weak as
to go to Hell on the flimsy excuse
that you just cannot stand it to go
to a church where some fellow at
tends that you do not like.
MR. CREASMAN RETURNS I
TO HIS HOME HERE.
Brother Z. V. Creasman, who, it
will be recalled, notified The Bre
vard News a year ago to stop send
ing the paper to him at his home in
Penrose, as he wa3 leaving for Geor
gia, being thoroughly disgusted with
the roads in his community. While
sympathizing with Mr. Creasman on
account of the condition of the roads,
The Brevard News at that time noti
ced him, however, that Transylvania
county, with its occasional stretches
of impassable roads at certain seas- 1
ons of the year, was still far super- [
ior to any section that he might find
in our neighboring state of Georgia.
But Mr. Creasman persisted in his(
determination, and left us, despite
our strong pleading with him to re- j
main. One day last week, The Bre
vard News was delighted when Mr.
Creasman entered the office and
stated, "Well, I have come back
home." We were, as are all citizens
of the county who know the genial
gentleman, glad to see him back. |
Mr. Creasman has agreed with the
balance of us that this is, indeed,
one of the most favored spots on the
face of the earth in which to live, j
It is a pity, a pity beyond the1
power of expression to describe,
that a few stretches along the coun
ty highways are permitted to become
so impassable that our citizens be
come disgusted and are tempted to
leave here at all. Mr. Leo Baynard's
children, and children in the homes
of other citizens in this section
where Mr. Creasman lives, have an
awful time wading mud through the
rainy seasons of the winter time to
reach the school bus on the highway.
We prescribe a few truck loads of
cinders, if nothing else can be done,
as a remedy for the ills of that com
munity.
We welcome Mr. Creasman back
to the county where his influence
means so much.
PROPOSED TARIFF HAS
DIRECT BEARING UPON
TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY.
Many citizens may feel that the
tariff question is one of slight inter
est to the average American citizen.
Such is not true. Mr. J. S. Silver
steen, in his letter to Senator Sim
mons, showed how vitally this com
munity is to be affected by the pro
posed tariff on leather and its allied
subjects.
Now it is proposed to take the
duty off manganese. The United
States Steel company and the Beth
lehem Steel campany have made ar
rangements with Soviet Russia to
buy the entire output of the Mos
covite of the alloy. If this is per
mitted to come into America with no
duty, it means that the manganese
mines in Transylvania county will
have to close down. These mines have
just been opened, after the govern
ment experts had found that the
greatest deposits of this ore in the
United States is that found here.
It might be well for some citizens,
or organizations, to get busy and let
our representative know how direct
ly this proposed "No duty" on man
ganese will hurt this county.
A BEAUTIFUL TOWN
ON SUNDAY MORNING.
Brevard can boast one thing ? it
is the dirtiest town on a Sunday
morning that can be found this side
of Pittsburgh, and that's a fact.
Sunday morning church-goers and
visitors passing through early Sab
bath mornings must think that a car
nival had been held here on the night
before.
Papers are littered all over the
streets, coming from every conceiv
able source and direction.
Who has a remedy?
The murder case being tried in
Charl^^w ended Monday in a mis
trial, Mo the fact that one mem
ber of^pP jury went crazy. With
all the lawyers egnaged in that trial
the only wonder is that the other
eleven jurymen are not crazy.
A LETTER FROM CHINA
Dear Editor:
i Here comes a lettto from this land
of intrigue, graft, warfare, famine,
suffering, chaos, to tell you and the
readers of your excellent paper about
China's new woman who has a share
in the "goings-on."
i If a woman in China, twenty years
ago, had been given a Rip Van
Winkle sleep, she would be more
surprised than he was, should she
awake today. Then women had to '
stay indoors and work something like
domestic animals. Or, if of a better
family, be cooped up at home and
stay there. She was allowed to be
seen only by her husband and broth
ers.
Now what a change! The modern
Chinese youn? women skip around
the streets with a spring, grace and
freedom that's quite refreshing when
one remembers the women formerly
hobbling along on bound feet sup
1 ported by amahs. Now girls bob,
shingle, or permanent wave their
.Jiard. That's a sign of freedom!
'They ride bicycles, play tennis,
basketball and engage in other ath
letics. Formerly the parents ar
ranged their marriage. Now one
often sees the young ladies walking
very affectionately arm in arm with
their "best boys," and the
people often do the arranging. The
dress used to be the most modest of
any nationality. Now women are
often seen with short sleeves and
very low-necked frocks even at mid
day. Sometimes they're seen with the
most up-to-date up-beyond-tbe-knee
short frocks and flimsy silk hose and
flvery high-heeled shoes. Indeed the
Chinese girls are quite amusing flap
pers sometimes? shocking sometimes
?so much so that the officials have
felt it necessary to issue proclama
tions commanding them to dress
modestly. The girls have even learn
ed to flirt in the most up-to-date
wav. Thats freedom! They dance m
the latest style. They ride horses,
astride, with boots and riding breech
es. "That's English, you know.
Once the ideal for girls was that
they be able to do beautiful needle
work at home. Now they are doing
other things. They are clerks in
stores. Some are typists and stenog
raphers Some are bankers, iney
play the organ or piano or other mu
sical instruments. Some are becom
ing movie artists or actresses. Some,
are lawyers and judges and doctors,
are teachers and kindergarteners.
They even become soldiers and some
times they becomes generals secre
taries! Women also become street
corner politicians and scream the
Revolutionary platitudes such as
"Down with imperialism, Give the
people "freedom," to beat the most
zealous men Revolutionaries. Raielj
do you see meetings for propaganda
or riots without seeing girls or wo
men taking active part in them, urg
ing on the riots. I am glad to sa>
that some few of them are taking
part in the Red Cross work in re
lieving the suffering of those wound
ed in battle. Women, too, occupy
places of influence in the government
in Nanking. Once women s faces
lacked all hope and ambition, ana
there are still great hosts of women
who are the same drudges at home
or ? worse ? in great factories. But
among the yonger generation they
have ambition ? ambition that carries
[them to extremes.
I'm glad to say that there are
many modest, motherly women who
have gone through our mission
schools wno are making nice, c'cari,
i beautiful Christian homes where the
children are brought up well and
taught to be good useful members ot
society, children of whom they ana
missions can be proud and thankful.
One cannot expect great things from
a nation in which the people have
been brought up for ages in tilth,
physical and moral; but a new gen
eration is coming on, born anew in
the church of Christ and in these
clean Christian homes. W e are ex
pecting much from China from such.
Things are out oi- joint in China,
but we hope and pray that the com
mon sense of better Chinese and the
deeply planted power of the Gospe
will gradually overcome the crimina
influences and that China will find
peace, prosperity, and a place among
the great nations of the world.
Yours in Christ's glad service,
(Rev.). H. G. C. HALLOCK.
C.P.O. Box 1234,
Shanghai, China.
1 BLESS HER YOUNG HEART
1
Editor The Brevard News:
Find enclosed check for one year's
subscription, to the amount of $2.00
for which please send mt your paper
'right on. I get so much pleasure
'from reading your paper it seems as
,1 can't do without it, as the people
jof TBrevard and Transylvania county
'are very dear to me. I celebrated
, by 88th birthday the 30th day of
I August. I am still able to visit my
I children who live close in.
With good wishes, I am,
MRS. H. E. KING,
i Mountain View, Ark.
THE OLD NEST
Mother and Dad are living all alone
At the little homestead on the hill:
The children have to men and women
grown.
And prone out into the world their
place to fill.
No more is heard the tramp of little
feet,
'As the children play about the yard
and hall;
The little beds wherein they used to
sileep
Stand, unoccupied, against the bed
room wall.
They have put the children's play
things all away;
They would not part with them for
wealth or land ?
"It's foolishness to keep them" some
would say;
But, thank God, others know and un
derstand !
iThe apple trees down in the orchard
field,
That once produced such rousing,
rosy crops,
No more their wondrous loads of
treasure yield;
There's just a scattered few up near
their tops.
I
When these are ripe Dad gathers
them with care,
And Mother puts them in a box be
hind the door;
And the children, when they visit,
find them there;
Just as they did in happy days of
yore.
i
Somehow the old home doesn't seem
the same,
Since the boys and girls are all
away;
And though they feel the children
aren't to blame,
Yet they miss them sorely all the day.
They know those happy days can
ne'er return;
To have it so they'd give up wealth,
or fame;
But such is life, and though they
for them yearn,
Yet they bravely smile and try to
play the game.
? ZEB H. WOLFE, Easley, S. C. 1
Improved Uniform International
SundayScM
T Lesson T
(By REV. P. a. F1TZWATBR, D.D., Dean
Moody Bible Institute of Chlcn^o.)
(?. 1929. Western Newspaper Union.)
Lesson for September 15
TEACHING THE LAW OF GOD
GOLDEN TEXT ? The entrance oi thy
words glvoth light.
LESSON TEXT? Nehemtah 8:1-1S.
PRIMARY TOPIC? Studying God's
Word.
JUNIOR TOPIC? Studying God's
Word.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
IC ? Finding Joy In God's Word.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP
IC ? Ths Call for Trained Teachers.
This lesson Is a fine Illustration of
tlie rightful place of God's Word Id
the life of a nation. The only certain
cure for national Ills Is a return to
God and obedience to His Word
1. The Word of God Being Reac
<vv. 1-3).
L The eager assembly (t. 1).
The people gathered themselves to
gether and requested Ezra to bring
i he hook of the law.
2. A representative assembly (v. 2).
It was made up of men, women and
children. The men did not leave tile
spiritual affairs to the women, neither
were the children left at home. The
Spirit of God enn speak through God's
Word to the whole family sitting In
the pew.
The lesson lasted for five or six
hours, from morning until midday.
II. Tlio People'* Attitude Toward
God's Word (w. 4-C).
1. Due reverence shown (vv. 4, 5).
When Ezra opened the law, all the
people stood up out of respect for
God'i Word.
2. They joined heartily In the
prayer (v. 0).
As Ezra led tliera In prayer, they
Joined heartily in saying, "Amen,
Amen," bowing their faces to the
ground.
III. God's Word Being Interpreted
(vv. 7, 8).
The attitude of the people toward
God's Word largely depends upon the
minister. Proper dignity and solem
nity should be manifested by the min
ister when reading the Holy Scrip
tures.
1. He stood up where the people
could see him (v. 5).
2. He read distinctly (v. 8).
3. He caused the people to u""^der
stand the rending (v. S).
IV. The Effect of Applying God's
Word to the Life of the People (vv.
U-JS). t
1. Conviction of sin (v. 9).
The Word of God is quick and pow
erful (Heb. 4:12). It brings convic
tion of sin (Acts 2:37). The divine
method of convicting men of sin is
to have God's Word applied by the
Holy Ghost.
2. Weeping turned into Joy (vv.
10-12).
When sins have been perceived and
confessed, there Is forgiveness. God
desires forgiven sinners to enter into
the joy of forgiveness. Continued
mourning will not atone for sins that
are past, unfits one for present tasks,
and dishonors a pardoning God. Be
sides, Joy has a salutary effect on
one's entire being. "The joy of the
Lord is your strength" (v. 10).
8. Blessings were shared with
others (vv. 10-12).
True joy manifests Itself in giving
to others; pure religion goes out to
minister to the poor (Jas. 1:27).
4. The people obeyed (vv. 13-18).
from the reading of the Scriptures.
they found that the I'east of Tuber
nacles had long been neglected TIipj
proceeded to keep this sacred feasi
In a way that had not been observed
since the days of Joshua (v. 17). In
the keeping Of this feast they dwelt
in booths, thus typifying their pll
grim character and bringing to re
membrance the days of their wilder
ness journey.
V. Separation from the Ungodly
(Neh. 13:1-3).
As soon us they had heard the Word
of God, they separated themselves
from the mixed multitude.
VI. The House of Worship Was
Cleared and Order Restored (Neb
13:4-14),
No nation or people can be strong
which neglects the worship of the true
God.
VII. Restoration of the Sabbath
(Neh. 13:15-22).
Israel had long violated the Sab
bath. To Ignore the essential law <>i
the Sabbatb Is national suicide. On
numbered evils follow In the wake
of the desecration of God's Holy day
VIII. Restoration of God's Law of
Marriage (Neh. 13:23-31).
When those who had Intermarried
with the heathen were brought face
to face with their sin, they separated
themselves from their ungodly com
panions.
Magnetic Power of God
God's word of old, given through His
prophet Isaiah, was fur the multitudes
without the gate, and rt turned now
as ever: '1 am found ihem thai
sought me noL" Strait Is riie gate In
deed, but It Is ever an open gate; and
the Heaven behind Is too full of love
divine for any barrier to constrain It
Many an erring human s.Mil has been
drawn to the gata unawares, despite
Its ftfly erf btodJiess, by the slwer mag
netic fore* of God's unfailing love
within. \
The School Corner
"Brighten the corner where you are" c
Conducted by fc
S. P. VERNER j
County Superintendent
Mru. Ctupmno'i Cilb*r? Pitch !
The finest thing: between Rosman
and Quebec is Mre. Chapman's cab- ?
bage patch. This' venerable old 1
lady, at the age of 76, has produced
an exhibit right beside the highway *
which contains a les3on to tho whole t
county. I calculated that if the idle ?
land along the highway ? the good *
cleared level stretches only ? were as t
well covered with cabbages as Mrs. c
Chapman's patch, there would be at <
least twenty thousand dollars worth I
for these hard times. Moreover, there t
is plenty of idle labor, running I
round, looking for jobs, or dodging <
them; and so it was the aged Mrs.
Chapman with her own hands who \
produced that patch ? one of the few s
along the road; her daughter had an- (
other, and Mr. Elam Galloway a t
much larger one nearer Brevard. |
Irish potatoes and cabbages can solve j
Transylvania's economic troubles, if j
we just go at the business ? alone all i
lines. i
Mrs. Williamon and Mr. Jenkins j
were having a fine school at Quebec. ,
The children were enthusiastically ,
putting in the late hours of after- ,
noon at general cleaning. Mrs. Wil- ,
liamon is very popular there, and Mr. j
Jenkins, who has many relatives in ]
the county, is a recent addition to
| the force, a gentleman of large ex- ,
iperience, broad culture, energy, and ,
I tact. He was associated with Major
Raines at French Broad Camp this
summer and has held important
teaching positions in a number of ?
the best schools in the state, with the ?
highest grade of certificate.
Mrs. Bush, the wife of the new
principal at Rosman, wa3 busily at
work arranging and classifying the |
records of the pupils for a number of
years past. Mrs. Bush is not on the
faculty ? hers was a labor of love ?
but she was proving what a power
she can be if she were. Although a
teacher herself, she lets some of the
others fill places on the payroll this
time ? there are a number of other
well-qualified ladies acting upon the
same principle ? while she helps the
cause along. But she and they will
have their reward ? watch and see. |
The Board has ruled that substi
tute teachers must hold certificates
appropriate to the places they fill, 1
wherever possible. I shall also rec
ommend to the Board to pay the sub
stitutes directly and to pay teachers (
only for the time they actually teach;
themselves.
At the Teachers' Meeting the at- j
tendance was very fine, and it was j
not pay-day either. The Reverend ,
Messrs Perry, of the Episcopal i
church, Hartsell, of the Baptist
church, Aycock, of the Methodist
hurcli, and Alexander, of the Pres
lyterian church, united in conduct
ng the devotional exercises,
tfiss Pr.ette at the piano_
Wirti ItHlnr ii\
Altogether, this first meeting of
the teachers this year was delight
fully full in attendance, harmonious
in spirit, and co-operative in senti
ment. It greatly encouraged the
writer and he desires to thank them
all for their evident determination to
maintain and further develop their
high record in the past.
>!
Dedicated to
the Public
For Our Nation's Welfare
A NATION can be no better than the men and
women who compose it.
The public school has been founded with
the aim of training boys and girls for useful
citizenship.
Everyone should have an interest in school
children beyond giving them an up-to-date edu
cational system.
Youths need encouragement and the public
should manifest an interest in what they do.
Your encouragement will stimulate them to
utilize the school hours to the best advantage.
/
t
Brevard j Banking Cn.
; Brevard, N. C.
Resources Mare Than $1,500,000.00
4% PAID d|l SAVINGS ACCOUNT
... 1
OFFICERS DIRECTORS
THOS. H. SHIPMA&. Pres. JOS. S. SILVERSTEEN
JOS. S. SILVERSTBEN, V.-P. W. S. ASHWORTH
ANNIE L. SHIFMAN, Cashier R- W. EVERETT
R. J. DUCKWORTH, C. C. YONGUE
Aaft Cashier W. M. HENRY
N. A. MILLER, As&. Cashier THOS. H. SHIPMAN
J. I. CRAWFORD, fksst Cash. J. MACK ALLISON
\
|
3
s
i