RUSH PLANS TO ASK I
GOVERNMENTS AID
^ IN CLEARING RIVER
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Petition To Be Made To Con
gress, Asking Removal .
of All Jetties
TO RECLAIM BOTTOM I
LANDS ALONG RIVER
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Plan Would Prevent Destruc-I
tion of Crops By Floods !
? Much Interest
Convinced that the greatest thing
Transylvania county can do at the
present time is to prevail upon the
irovernment to remove the jetties
placed in the French Broad half a
century ago, and through such re
moval reclaim thousands of acres of
valuable farming lands and prevent
further flooding of the fertile val
leys, interested citizens are now cir
culating a petition which is to be
presented to congress. The petition
prays for adequate funds with which
to do this work, basing its claim up
on the government's action in plac
ing the jetties in the river, and it is
because of these obstructions that
the lands have been wasted, crop af
ter crop destroyed, with great loss of
livestock and still greater losses in
decreased values of land.
Congressman George M. Pritchard
is said to look with favor upon the
proposition, and it is said he has ex
pressed his wish to do all he can
in the matter of having the govern
ment do this needed work at an
early date.
Petitions are being printed and
copies will soon be placed in the
hands of citizens throughout the
vounty. Henderson county and Bun
combe county have been asked to co
operate because both counties are in
terested in the matter.
Following is a copy of the petition
that is to be presented to the con
gress of the United States.
The Petition.
"To the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives of the United States:
? Whereas, About the year 1880,
or soon thereafter, there was appro
priated from the United States treas
ury certain funds for the purpose
of " making the French Broad river
navigable between the city of Asfle"
ville Buncombe county, and the
Town of Brevard, Transylvania coun
tv. North Carolina, and
"Whereas, To accomplish said pur
pose a large number of what is
known as 'stone or rock jetties were
built in said river between the points
above mentioned,, and
"Whereas, Instead of making said
river navigable said 'jetties' became
obstructions against which logs,
trees, sand, mud and other debris
accumulated and thereby raised the
bed of said river until the valuable
farming lands adjacent to said river
became wet, swampy and soggy and
unfit for agricultural use, and lurtn
er caused said river to often over
flow hundeds of acres of valuable
famring lands and destroy the crops
growing and being thereon through
the counties of Buncombe, Hendei
son and Transylvania; ,
"Mow, Therefore, the undersigned
citizens, land owners and tax payers
respectfully petition the Senate and
Congress of the United States to ap
propriate sufficient funds and render
sufficient Federal aid to remove said
?jetties," clean out and dredge said
river and lower what is known as
Long afM Buck Shoals and other
small shoals in said river, so as to
reclaim the farming lands along the
same, and thereby restore to the citi
zens of said Counties their farming
properties in their former produc
" "Your petitioners would furtheir
show that if this petition is granted
that the French Broad Valley will at
once become the 'Garden Spot; of all
Western North Carolina, and in duty
bound your petitioners will eveT
pray."
PARENT-TEACHER GROUP
TO HAVE PICP^fjMONDAY j
* A picnic supper will be given by
the Parent-Teacher association next j
Monday afternoon at Rockbrook.
All parents and teachers are urged
to attend, and are requested to meet
at the Elementary school building at
3:30, and bring with them their
lunch. Those desiring further in
formation regarding the picnic are
requested t.o communicate with Mrs.
}. M. Allison, chairman of the en
tertainment committee.
SPECIAL SERVICE
SUNDAY MORNING
Special services commemorative of
Thanksgiving will be held at the
iMethodist church next Sunday morn
ing at 11 o'clock. A sermon appro
priate to the occasion will be
preached by the pastor, Rev. J. H.
West, and special musical selections
will be rendered. This will take the
place of a service on Thanksgiving
day.
A special offering for the Chil
dren's Home at Winston-Salern will
be taken at this service, and it is
urged b| the pastor that everybody
come pafpared to make an offering
for thi^rorthy cause, whether large
or smai
COUNTRY EDITORS
IN ORGANIZATION
Meeting in Bryson City last Fri
day, editors of weekly newspapers in
Western North Carolina formed an
organization, and elected J. 0. Bar
rett, editor of The West Ashevil'e
News, as president, and Lyle Harris,
I of The Franklin Press, as secretary.
Another meeting will be held the
first week in December, at which time
! definite plans will be adopted which
will, it is believed, prove of tremen
dous value to the weekly newspapers
of the mountain section.
Dr. Clarence Pop, editor of The
Progressive Farmer, delivered an ad
dress to the newspaper men, ex
plaining many things in connection
with the service which country
newspapers render to the farmers of
their communities.
The weekly papers believe that
much good can be had through a
close organization and the resultant
co-operation between the editors of
these weekly papers. It is expected
that all the papers of Western North
Carolina will be present at the next
meeting, which is to be hpld in West
Ashevilie.
COUNTY LIBRARY
TO BE SPONSORED
One of the most interesting and
best attended meetings of the Par
ent-Teacher group said to have ever
been held was that of Monday after
noon when an estimated crowd of
200 parents and teachers gathered
at the Brevard High School auditor
ium for the regular November meet
ing of this organization.
After the calling of the meeting
to order by the president, Mrs. H. L.
Wilson, devotionals were led by Prof.
J. E. Rufty, followed by the presen
tation of charades by Miss Puette's
class, illustrating points on good lit
erature.
The organization voted to sponsor
a circulating library for the benefit
of the county schools, and members
were requested to donate suitable
books from their libaries for this
purpose. Miss Kern presented the
matter of the health Christmas seals,
telling pf the national, state and lo
cal health work.
The main speaker was Frof. G.
C. Bush, of the Rosman schools,
who spoke interestingly on the sub
ject of Good Literature.
Following the meeting, the mem
bers assembled in the Home Econo
mics room , where members of this
department, under the direction of
their teacher, Mrs. Pat Kimzey, pre
sented a fashion show of the girls'
own handiwork, after which tea and
cakes were served.
CHRISTMASSEALS
GO ON SALE HERE
Thirty thousand Tuberculosis
Christmas Seals have been received
by Miss Florence Kern, Seal Sale
chairman for Transylvania county.
The 21st annual Christmas Seal
Sale will be conducted in Brevard
and throughout the county and state
from Thanksgiving day to Christmas
day. The benefits conferred by the
seals sometimes bring health for a |
lifetime. The saie of Seals makes
possible the carrying on of a con
tinuous educational and preventive
campaign in North Carolina to fight
tuberculosis, and other diseases.
This year the eradication 01* heart
disease will receive major emphasis.
Tt should be remembered that 75
per cent of the funds received are
used for local work, 15 for state and
10 per cent for the National Tuber
culosis association.
The National association has or
ganized and supports the greatest
piece of cooperative research ever
known. The laboratories of thir
teen universities, the United StateB
(Laboratory of Hygiene, and two
[commercial houses art all studying
'the tubercle bacillus and hoping to
find a cure.
The State association aided the
North Carolina Sanatorium by
equipping its X-ray laboratory, also
by furnishing its milk sterilizing and
bottling plant. Established public
health nursing in North Carolina and
established health education in the
schools of the state brought to the
attention of the people that 30 per
cent of the children were undernour
ished, helped find them ou t and
demonstrated simple methods of
remedying this despoiler of future
citizens.
The local association is working
especially for the undernourished
children. During this year around
2,000 lunches have been furnished
these children. A case of incipient
tuberculosis in the county has been
aided by medical attention, medicine
land food.
DR. LYNCH TO TELL OF
BIG HUNTING IN CANADA
Dr. G. B. Lynch, rcently returned
from a big hunt with Randall W.
Everett in the mountains of British
Columbia, will have charge of the
program at the Kiwanis meeting
|this Thursday. Dr. Lynch has been
;urged by the members to tell some
thing of the experiences of the Bre
,vard men while or. the hunting trip.
LYCEUM NUMBER
IS WELL RECEIVED
First of the Lyceum numbers,
which was presented last Friday night
at the Brevard High School auditori- 1
um, proved highly entertaining and
of a high class order, and was ap- [
parently received with popular favor
by the large number of people pack
ing the school auditorium. The en
tertainment was given by the Ramos
Mexican Orchestra, anc was pre
sented under the auspices of the
Brevard Music Lovers' club, which
organization will sponsor the four
other numbers of the Lyceum course
which will appear here during the
winter.
The personnel of the cast included
a father and his son and three daugh
ters, all native Mexicans, dressed in
the colorful costumes of their native
country. The senior member of the
cast, Hesiquio Ramos, as director of
the orchestra, together with his son,
Rafael, as violinist, and the three
daughters, who played upon the
mandolin, mandocello and other in
struments typical of Old Mexico,
were all musicians of high rank, and
presented a program of variety and
jrare artistry.
Many expressions of praise from
those in the large audience were
heard regarding the high class nature
,of the program presented, and many
| expressed the belief that this, the
(first Lyceum number is no doubt
i a forerunner of the splendid enter
tainment features that will be given
jin the other four numbers.
MASONIC LODGE MEETING
THIS FRIDAY EVENING
i Regular communication of Dunn's
| Rock Masonic Lodge will be held
this Friday evening. Important bus
iness to come before the meeting, it
|is said, demands good attendance.
NEXT WEEK'S PA(PER TO BE
PUBLISHED ON TUESDAY
Next week's Brevard Newa
will be printed Tuesday, *o as
to be delivered in Wednesday's
mail*. Thursday being a' holi
day, the paper could not be de
livered on that day, hence the
change of date. Advertisers are
requested to have copy in the
office for next week's paper on
Monday. Correspondents and
those desiring articles in the
paper must have their copy in
Monday. Please co-operate with
the paper in this matter, f
tinned on
few more years, at leasT^flBUPj
more dependable results. This ma
terial will be worked up into touch
able form and used next spring in
the teaching with the boys and men.
SUPERIOR COURT TO
START 1ST MONDAY
With 46 cases docketed for the
civi! term of Superior court, which
convenes here on the First Monday
in December, in addition to the large
number of criminal cases, provides
a docket of unusual interest. The j
criminal docket will be taken up on |
the first day, and the civil docket is >
scheduled to begin on Saturday, i
December 7.
Of interest on the criminal docket j
is the case of Harrison charged |
with the murder of John Hinkie.
this being the only murder case for
the term.
Perhaps the mart interesting case
on the criminal docket is that of
Mayor T. W. Whitmire, in a damage
suit against J. B. Pickelsimer. This
case is docketed for Friday, De
cember 13.
The full civil caiendar appears in
another column in this issue of The
Brevard News. TKe calendar was
prepared by the Brevard Bar asso
ciation in a recent meeting.
NO COUNTY COURT
ON FIRST MONDAY
No County Court session will be
held untii the Third Monday in De
cember, according to an announce
ment made Wednesday by Judge D.
;L. English. Superior court convenes
here on the First Monday, and be
cause of the attorneys being en
gaged in cases in the Superior court!
for each day, Judge English was
requested to postpone the County
Court until the Third Monday.
AH cases that fiad been set in the
County Court for the First Monday
are automatically postponed until
the Third Monday, which will fall on
December 16.
SANTA CLAUS COMING TO
BREVARD ON DECEMBER 4
Say, Children, Santa Claus him
self, all alive, dressed up and happy,
is coming to Brevard Wednesday
noon, December 4th. Watch The
Brevard News next week'
most substantial manner.
BRAMATICCLUB IS
NEW ORGANIZATION
Brevard's latest organization is
:he Brevard Dramatic Club, which
jrg.inization has been recently per
fected, and its members are now at
Lvork on their first play production.
The membership of the club is
comprised entirely of local people,]
and its first offering will be "'The I
Sunbonnet Girl," which play will be .
presented at an early date, to bean-)
ncunced later. Various plays will |
be presented by this club from time
to time, and it is fel" that this or- 1
conization will add much to Bre
vard's entertainment features.
REPORT# WORK j
shows progress;
November meeting of the Business
and Professional Women's club,
whoch wa3 held Monday evening at
the Blue Moon, was featured by the
transaction of important matters of
business, pertaining chiefly to dis
cussion cf finai details concerning
the district meeting whieh will be
held in Brevard, next Tuesday.
Reports from the various commit
tee chairmen showed that the work
of the club in its different depart
ments is progressing satisfactorily,
and according to present indications
a most successful year in all of the
club's activities is in store for the
members. The president, Miss jean
nette Tab'ey, is putting icrth every
effort in behalf of the club, and with
the cooperation and support of the
members, it is felt that much will be
accomplished during ihe present
year.
i An interesting part of the program
was the second in the series of talks
which Mrs. R. E. Lawrence is pre
senting before the club on the sub
ject of color narmcny and the psy
chology of color. Many heliifur facts,
discussed in an interesting mariner,
were brought out. showing the in
fluence of color on the difereut
traits of character, how color pos
sesses weight, heat and forctfurness.
and the importance of stimulating
contrast'! or color vafues with refer
ence to dress and various types of
personalities.
Registration.
Conference called to orderbi^!?^
Hugh R. Walker, chairman Fir--t
District.
Devotionals, led by Miss Eunice
Simpson.
Group Singing.
Greetings: Miss Martha Bosvell
Brevard,
Business.
Round Table Discussions: Led by
Mrs. Elsie Flake, Vice president, of.
Winston-Salem.
Program and Public Relation'? ?
the Brevard club.
Lookout and Health ? The Hen
dcrsonville ciub.
Education and Publicity ? - Ashe
ville club.
Address ? State and National
Program ? Miss Lena Glide well, of
Reidsville, state president.
Evening jfieitioa.
Banquet Toastmistms ? Mrs. Inez
Zimmerman, HendersdnviUe club.
Music.
Address of Welcome ? Miss Jean
evte Talley,' president, Brevard club.
Responses ? Hentlersonvflle club,
Mite Lois M. Moss, presichsiu Hen
denonville club; Ashevill<s|$ Miss
Roxie Dobson. ?
Vocal ?o!o---AbC*lirugrft^'alJ<er;_
Address-? The Business ?f Being
ft Business or Professional Woman,
Mies Lutie Stearns.
Emblem benediction.
B.Y1JKGNDTO
GREAT PROGRAM
j Young people, of t!?e Brevr.ird Bap
tist church conducted a program of
[unusual interest at &?? regular
preaching service SuiiclaylHsht.
The genera! tir.eaj* of "^rnat tie
B. Y. P. U. nietrxB U th? yiwingpeo
IU biwt-. VU V'lGj XV & >Ar
subject mctfe by the
Wallace- Hartsell, Miner* w
on vaiwj s-p&ioes o i the B
work included, Kiss Gene
Miss Helen Sfeon, Miss M;
nett and Mia* Mary Fran ,
Sera, the lattwr tff nhem, is> director
of Use varioi.M B.- Y' P.,U. ohraniM
jtrTojia. Tht young peoples' cniir ab
ided, ranch to the enjoyment yf the
jocw&io'n.
The womram was generally pro
nounced of! ay;: "jrjulually tplendid
nature ami Was apparently; greatly
enjoy ec-Jby t|ie lar?e conp<efati?m
present. ^ SfeJj - --"VSfl Sat