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THE BREVARD NEWS Published Every Wednesday By THHE TRANSYLVANIA PUBLISHING CO., I at. Entered at the Postoffice is Br# mi, N. C., u Second CUm Mttto. James F. Barrett ? ? ? Miss Alma Trowbridge, Associate Kd. SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Payable in Adtanca) One Year ?.. $2.01 Six Zfonths l.H Three Months .11 t? * WEDNESDAY, NOV. 13, 1929 1 1 i WHAT'S THE MATTER DON'T YOU WANT ANYTHING? Insofar as we know, not a word has been said about the suggestion of Mr. T. A. English, concerning the proposition of inducing the govern ment to have the French Broad river cleared of the jetties placed in its bed years ago. This 'is, we believe, one of the very finest suggestions ?vu- made for the benefit of Tran sy! .ania county. . 'any hundreds of acres of valuable la: < could be reclaimed through thi course, if successfully prosecut ed a finish. It would, also, mean the expenditure of something like a quarter of a million dollars by the government, and all that money would be spent right here with our own p '^ple who would want to work on the job. There is one thing certain ? it is not coming through Santa Claus. If we get it, we have to go after it. Then the question arises: Does the county want this done? If so, then show an interest in the matter. We sat around here with our fingers in our ears and our thumbs in our mouths, and let slip by a fine chance to get that government Nar cotic Farm. Where is our old pep, anyhow? THAT ASHEV1LLE TIMES PARTY THE REAL THING. Unique in nature, far-reaching in extremely enjoyable and, ubovc all. most highly instructive^ lht? Thanksgiving party given by The Asheville Times Monday evening to some three hundred and fifty friends stands out as one oi-the very few . eft', I'm. ; made to co-ordinate the en ' eiK'i, - and crystalize the sentimen of the leaders of Western North Carolina. While pleasantries of the evening were most enjoyable, and the dinner at the Battery Park hotel most satisfying, the real treat of the evening came in the address by David Lawrence, the worlds greatest political 'writer. Mr. Lawrence took bis hearers to Washington, and pulled aside t ie curtain which has caused government to be something vague to the- man in the mountains or on the plain, far re moved from the center of govern mental activities. Those of us who had about come to the conclusion that government was nothing but an incubator for political aspirants, am the mecca of job hunters, learned that the government is manned by men of unusual abiliv. and highest integrity, striving at ; > times to do Vnintss that will best rve our na tion and the world. Wv who had been in the habit of r. --king funny remarks about our govt mnent and ridiculing public officers, were gently chided by the speaker, and warned that we should, on the other hand, lyt encouraging our boys anc girls, to study government, to create and cultivate embitions among the young people to seek places in gov ernmental life. This government ot ours must be carried on, and the most certain way of having men of ability to carry or. is that of edu cating the youth to this great ne cessity. to the end that young men and women will be preparing them selves for such positions. We were given first hand informa tion about foreign affairs, and learn ed that America is earnestly inter ested in maintaining world peace, and found that the other nations of the world are no less interested than America in a continuation of peace. No sentimental reasons enter into this desire for peace, we learned, but it is based on the ma terial welfare of the nations of the world. This world of ours has learned, the speaker told us, that war is waste, and a war at this time would hinder every line of business in the world, and halt the progress of all nations. Mr. Lawrence rendered a real sevice to the people of Western North Carolina. It is impossible to even suggest the vast information^ given the party by Mr. Lawrence. i< At the close of the meeting the i guests gave a vote of appreciation ( > to The Asheville Times not only for [I the wonderful entertainment and instruction of the evening, but for the great battle that the Asheville l afternoon paper is making for those I things that are good for Asheville and all of Western North Carolina. It was declared by those present to I be an outstanding service which The Asheville Times is rendering, and its policy of absolute fairness in all news matter, and its broad, sincere editorial policy, were given high praise. BEWARE OF BURGLARY IN THE FIRST DEGREE. People who have the mind to steal ( seem to be overlooking the fact that the penalty for first degree burglary is electrocution. Breaking into a house wherein people live or have ' sleeping quarters is a crime punish ab.'c with death. There have been several cases recentlyof house-break ing, notable among them being the negro who entered the room of Wm. H. Grogan, Jr., in a Sylva hotel. That negro, when taken into the mayor's court, asked the judge: "Say, Judge, Can't you just sen tence me now and let me begin serving my term in jail?' ' That ignorant fellow evidently thought his crime called for a month or two in jail. He was not aware of the fact, evidently, that he had com mitted a crime for which the state cf North Carolina places the death sentence. Some boys in this county are to be tried for second degree burglary, escaping the first degree charge on ly on account of there being no one in the house, or filling station, rather, when they entered. If you must steal, take something on the outside of a dwelling house. North Carolina says you must die if you enter a dwelling by stealth, whether you hurt any one or not, 01 whether you steal anything or not, the penalty is death in the electric chair. SAY, CORRESPONDENTS, LET'S HAVE A PARTY. The Brevard News wants to havt all the county correspondents of the ' paper meet in Brevard on a conven 1 ient day, enjoy a dinner together ' get acquainted with one another talk over matters of interest, anc then, p.tteid a good show at the Clem ' son Theatre. Let us know what you think about it. We want to get all of you to 1 gether and tell you some 'good things that have been j aid about the correspondents to The Brevard News Some mighty big newspaper men over the state have said that The Brevard News has the finest count.v correspondents of any county news paper published in the state. Some of you start the ball rolling, and let us find out what date would best suit all of you. A KINDLY ACT THAT WILL NOT SOON BE FORGOTTEN. The body of a man known as Ed. Gordon, of which nothing else is known here despite efforts that have been made to find out something about the fellow, laid in the under taking parlors Sunday afternoon. The county had caused a grave to be dug on the county home property where in the body was to be buried. The county had purchased a coffin and box, and had engaged a truck to car ry the remains to the newly made grave. The body had been wrapped in a sheet, the man's clothing not having been fit to put back on the body. Pete Pithoud, superintendent of the Hoosier Engineering company, and a veteran of the World War, called a friend and said: "Don't let that poor devil's body be buried with nothing but a sheet around it. Buy him some decent clothes, have him dressed, and I will pay the bill." A suit, shirt, collar, tie and sox were purchased, and Phillip Price and Charlie Com dressed the body. Mr. Pithoud then ordered the hearse to take the body to the cemetery at the County Home, where quite ? number of people gathered, ?nl funeral services were conducted h Rev. E. R. Pendleton. C. R. M Neely, member of the board county commissioners, had gone f the Rev. Pendleton, and took him the place o ? burial. Several Brevard men assisted the burial of the unknown man. Ju a wanderer upon the face of tl earth, the mau wns, with do fami here and no friends. In such conc tion he came to an untimely dea while, according to the coroner Jury, he was resisting arrest. Bu thanks to the tender spots in tl hearts of men, this man, some mot' er's little boy at one time, w given a decent burial. And thee (vere tears shed there, too, tea* from the eyes of meu and woml p/ho knew nothing of the dead maJ jistory; tears they were that spoil eloquently of the close kinship of1 the human family. Certainly these could not be tears of regret at the , death of the man, for none knew him. 1 They must, therefore, have been . tears for those who had loved this driftwood on the sea of life. In imagination one could see a proud mother somewhere, years agona, who ! had cuddled a little bundle of love j to her bosom as she gave him food I from her breast ? a bundle that had grown into this stalwart fellow who j had, doubtless, brought many hours and days of agony to her who once had been so fond and proud of him. Then, too, there was the thought in the minds of some that, but for the goodness of God, their own boy would have been in like circum stances ? dead, in a strange land, among strangers, to be buried in the potter's field. , Because of these things, then, Pete Pithoud's great act in buying a burial outfit for this derelict will long be remembered among the peo ple of this community as the act of a real big-hearted man. 1 IF NOT THE PULSE, THEN WHAT IS IT? Editor Fain, of The Henderson ville Times-News, assures us that his pulse is normal, his heart-beats reg ular, his disposition in its usual good and sound state, all of which we gladly admit as being true, for our Hendersonville neighbor is true as steel in all he does. With nothing but the warmest friendship and great est admiration for The Henderson ville Times-News, we still dare ques tion the manner in which it would go about exterminating the hateful communist. It was .this question, and this alone, that The Brevard 'News talked about last week, and ' which The Hendersonville Times News answered in the following man ? | "The Brevard News is mistaken in ! supposing that Communist activities in this State have alarmed The Times-News. The pulse of this news paper is positively normal at the present time, and has been all along. The subject is too large for news 'i paper discussion ? certainly, in the 'case of a newspaper with no more ? space at its disposal than The Times News has. Let us, therefore, say just a few words: | The Times-News has used whatever 1 influence it m-?y have to resist ,the ? planting of the seeds of Communism in North Carolina. It has, likewise, re sented the attitude of a few eminent ' | ly respectable newspapers and citi zens of North Carolina, who have I made themselves apologists for Com , munists and Communist activities in the State ? notably, at Gastonia. All ' this newspaper has had to say has ' been directed at these points. "The Times-News believes that the r good people of North Carolina should take such lawful steps as are neces sary to prevent the planting of Com munism in this State. We are confi , dent that an overwhelming majority of the people will never be fooled by the mouthings of the Russian Reds; but a few have already been fooled, and others will be fooled in the fu ture, if these Communistic activities continue, and a few under the leader ship of the aliens and imported Red agiators can make lots of trouble. They can do murder as was done in Gastonia. The Times-News does not believe that all the Communists, an archists, agitators of whatever name, who cumber and curse the world to day are worth as much as the life of one honest North Carolinan of the type of Chief of Police Aderholt of Gastonia. "Therefore, this newspaper would have the State take such lawful steps as are necessary to keep these foreign agitators out of North Carolina, or to forcibly restrain them when they come here if they cannot be kept away. "There are native North Carolinans who are law-breakers, whose most notable characteristic is downright jmeaness. In every cotton mill village such will be found. When the agita tors come in and hook up with this element, there is certain to be trouble. Another thing is that where ever the Communists gather and start trouble they are reinforced by tramps, loafers, gunmen, and law breakers of every class ? those who are seeking opportunities to live off strike doles, to find opportunities to steal, rob, and murder, if there is money to be made by it. "All of these elements came to gether in Gastonia. When the honest, decent operntives^^h^joraj^mill views and activities of the Devil, or those associated in doing his work is Kussia.or in the United States." The whole sue: and eubstance of. the polity of The Hendersor.vilJe Times-News that we take issue with is that statement contained in one short paragraph, above, to-wit: "Therefore, this newspaper would have the state take such lawful steps as are necessary to keep these foreign agitator* out of North Carolina, or to forcibly restrain them when they come here if they cannot be kept away." If there ever was a suggested violation of the spirit and the letter of the Constitution of the United States, and of the Declaration of Independence, that suggestion is contained in the above paragraph quoted from the statement of our friend. It is this very danger ihat wo see in the plan as proposed by those who so violently oppose com munism that in their opposition they also oppose the very fundamentals of our great government. When these communists, or when any one else violates the law of the state or nation, they should be tried for it and upon conviction given the sen tences as provided in such laws. Certain it is that the laws are all sufficient to deal with these com munists or with any other group or individual which or who does vio lence to our statutes. But to make effort to keep any one out of the state of North Caro lina, or to keep them from believing anything they want to believe, or to prevent them expressing such views, is the very thing that offers the dangerous thing that could happen in this land of the free and the home of the brave. As to the commun ists as such, we dislike them as much as does our friend in Hender sonville; as to their teachings, doc trines and principles we have noth ing but most emphatic disapproval. Yet as to their right to have their opinions, and express their opin ions, that is another thing, a some thing that is sacred in this land of ours, hallowed and made holy in the blood that was shed by great forefathers for this very right to be extended to every human being in America. If, in the expression of personal opinions, a man commit treason, there are laws to punish him. This same government*" tliat gave to every man the right of his own opinion, also and at the same time, laid down certain fundamental rules and reg ulations of conduct. These are all sufficient to handle the situation, without our resorting to a violation of the constitution of the United States in forcing our way with those with whom we disagree. Deny to the communists the right of expression, and the next step will be to deny that right to some one else. First thing you know, there would be some one wanting to deny the right of The Hendersonville Times-News to publish anything else about the Fleetwood hotel, or some other pet hobby of our sister city. We're really using too much space on this subject, yet it is so import ant, so fundamental, and presents so much danger, that it ought to be occupying even more time, thought, sincere attention and deep study than is being given it We're all struggling toward the same end, that of nullifying the influence of a bunch whose opinions are abhorrent to us. The only difference is as to the proper, safe, lawful and lasting way to go about it. Now that Christmas is coming, and jewelry is always an acceptable, ap propriate and worth while Christmas gift, we wonder if the people of this community fully appreciate the jewelry store of Frank D. Clement. That man Clement has just as good jewelry, right up to the minute, as can be found in any big jewelry ! store in any big city. Just now he is showing a new watch, made by one of the big concerns, which was on display in his store even before the inhhprs nf thP country h?H thmv, in THE BEST MEMORY SYSTEM Forget each kindness thet you do As soon as you have done it; Forget the praise that falls to you The moment you have won it; Forget the slander that you hear Eefore you can repeat ifc; Forget each slight, each spite, aach sneer, jiSBfii Wherever you may meet it. Remember every kindness done To you v/hate'er its measure; Remember praise by others won And pass it on with pleasure; Remember every promise made And keep it to the Setter; Remember those who lend you aid And be a grateful debtor, 'Remember all the happiness I That comes your way in living; Forget each worry and distress, Be hopeful and forgiving; Remember good, remember truth, | Remember heaven's above you, And you will find, through age and i youth, That many hearts will love you. Within the next twelve months you will be wondering why you ever cussed that piece of property which you had to hold, or cussing yourself for selling it when you did. Old Mother Earth is about to come back into her own, and be recognized once again as the nation's most valuable asset, the very foundation of all se curity and wealth. That prince of pastors, Rev. Wal lace Hartsell engineered a meeting of fine effect last Sunday evening, when he had the congregations of the other churches in town as worship pers at the Baptist church, and had the new Methodist preacher fill the pulpit. A closer, finer feeling ol brotherhood and neighborliness pre vails in the town as a result of this meeting. I A county without a farm agent if just like a ship without a captain an airplane without a pilot, a loco motive without an engineer, an au tomobile without gas, a surgeor without instruments, a drug store without drugs, a hot dog stand with out hot dogs. She's all dressed up and nowhere to go. C. D. Schwartz, biologist at State College, says rats destroy ? 6,000,000 worth of property every year ir North Carolina. The Pied Piper had nothing on this college man when it comes to knowing his rats. ?" "Cadet Breaks Rule and Weds Colonel's Daughter" ? headline in our favorite afternoon daily. That's right. Start in breaking business early, and it won't hurt so much to be always broke. NOTICE OF RESALE OF LAND BY TRUSTEE Under and by virtue of the power 'of sale contained in a certain deed in trust executed by Mrs. Gracie E. Jordan, to the undersigned Trustee, dated the 14th day of September j 1928 and recorded in the office of , the Register of Deeds cf Transyl vania County, North Carolina, in book 24 at page 70, the trustee therein named advertised for sale and sold the lands hereinafter de scribed, at the court house door in ^he Town of Brevard on the 28th , day of October 1929, when and where T. A. English became the last and highest bidder for the sum of ! $500.00; j And Whereas the bid has been raised and the Clerk of the Court has ordered the trustee to resell the j land, i Now Therefore, in accordance with law and pursuant to the order of the ! Clerk of Superior Court, the under I signed Trustee will sell at public I auction to the highest bidder FOR I CASH at 12 o'clock M. on Monday the 25th day of November 1929 at the court house door in the town of Brevard, North Carolina, the follow ing described piece or parcel of land, lying Rnd being in Catheys Creek township, County of Transyl vania and described as follows: BEGINNING at a birch on the south bank of the French Broad river about two hundred yards above Lyon's Ford Bridge on a bluff and runs south 22 degs. east 132 poles to a stone near the head of a branch in the line of a tract described in a deed from Henry Lyons to W. L. Lyons; thence with the line of said survey west 6? poles tc a stone, or iginally a hickory, corner of Henry Lyon's deed to W. L. Lyon; thence south 55 degs. west 6 poles to a chestnut on top of a ridge, corner on line between J. Zachary and R. H. Zachary; thence north 43 degs. west with J. Zachary's line passing a small beech on a point of ridge ?ud running thence with line fence between J. Zachary and K. H, Zach ary 135 poles to a stake on the south bank of French Broad River, r. Zachary's northwest comer whence iown and with the meandering* of he sr.id river 140 poles to the be finning, containing' 90 acres more or ess. Being the same tract of land con reyed by W. T. Jordan and wife, B. A. Jordan to F. M. Jordan and wife, Jracre E. Jordan and recorded in >0 ok 21 at page 296 of the records f deeds of Transylvania County, I. C. Said resale being m&de in com liar.ee with the order of the Clerk f Superior Court, and for the pur ose of satisfying said debt, inter st, cost and expense of sale. This the 9 dav of November 1929. EWIS P. HAMLIN, Trustee 13-20 BEE GEE'S CORNER THOSE UNMARKED GRAVES Our Numberless heroes "by the world forgot." Recently I passed through a raral cemetery, At one grave I scraped off the moss and deciphered1 the inscrip tion which included "A Colonel m the Revoultionary War." A few yards away another grave, marked by a slab of soapstone. This slab, roughly shaped, onco had an inscription carved with a jack knife. Fifty years ago the inscription could still be deciphered, and included the words that he followed the Colonel mentioned above. Now the erosion of close to a hundred years has taken away the surface of the slab, and with it al! traces of the inscription. In another corner of the ceirvetery is ancther group, that time and the'f> weather have removed all inscrip tions. The proud boast on one of these wa3 that the sleeper fought in the Battle of New Orleans, in 1815. Several veterans of the Mexican War are there ? most of them with out markers. I Veterans of the Civil War are all over the place. Many of them with a , Confederate Cross, and nothing else . but a rough stone marker. Veterans of the War with Spain, ; and of the World War are also to be found. There are many other cemeteries !in the county (and in most counties) about which substantially the same 1 account could be given. ? j We are all too prone to forget that ; the longer a grave is unmarked, the more likelihood that it will never be ' marked, or marked correctly. The 1 unmarked graves of those who ? fought in the various wars of our [ ' country are mute evidences of our , neglect. The saddest part of it is that , at this time, many of them cannot ? , be marked because the necessary in ? formation has vanished, as have also i those who once had that information. We owe it to those heroes who have gone before, and we owe it to poster ity, to so far as we can, see that i these graves are properly marked. | Many years ago, Congress passed ' a law providing for the furnishing at ' government expense headstones with ? | proper inscriptions for the unmarked ( ' graves of soldiers, sailors and marines who have served in our army or navy. 1 j This law has been amended from ? time to time, and now includes Con i federate Soldiers and Army Nurses. These headstones are furnished by the government, delivered at the nearest freight station, and have the . inscription including the name, rank, , command, and dates. The stones that I have seen were marble slabs, 1 , standing about two and a half feet ! | tall, about three inches thick, and from twelve to eighteen inches wide. The inscriptions were clear cut in Roman letters, and the workmanship and lettering showed up well, after , the "weathering" of many years. In the various cemeteries of the ' county there are scores and scores of i unmarked graves, that can be prop i erly marked at Government expense. All that is necessary it to get the 1 proper blanks and make out the ap plications, and furnish the necessary information for the inscriptions. Who will act in getting up this information The writer will be glad to assist in getting blanks, and carry ing out all of the required forms, for getting the work done. Bad Shoes ? Colds Thin soles on your shoes is the cause of most of your colds. Have them repaired right for Winter. J ENGLISH BROS. I 8 SHOE RE-BUILDERS i: PURE MILK The greatest gift of nature . . . the best food for both children and adults. We have pure milk and all other pure dairy prod ucts for sale at reasonable prices. For the sake of your health, get your dairy prod ucts at this dairy. If you feel wet k or ran down, nothing -will do you as much good as drinking plenty of pure milk. EASTVIEW FARM DAIRY PHONE 173
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