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VOL. XXXIV.
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 27, 1929
No. 47
REV. W. H. HARTSELL
TO LEAVE BREVARD
FIRST OF THE YEAR
f jsigned Last Sunday as Pas
tor of ihe Brevard
Baptist Church
WILL TAKE CHARGE OF
CHURCH AT KING'S MTN.
Whole Town Grieved at Popu
lar Preacher's Decision
To Leave Brevard
Rev. Wallace H. Hartsell, pastor
?f the Brevard Baptist church ten
dered his resignation to his congr
nation at the conclusion of Sunday
evening's service, to become effective
January first. The last Sunday ? j
December will, therefore, terminate !
the work here of the Rev r M . Hart ,
sell The announcement of h s resig
nation seemed to almost paralyze the
big congregation, and it was s
momento before any member arose
to make motion that the resignation
be accepted. . i
Mr. Hartsell has accepted an in
sistent call to the First Baptist of
King's Mountain, a call which he ae
dined some few weeks ago but ;
which was renewed with such in,
sistence, as the preacher told his
congregation Sunday evening, that
he simply could not resist it a y
loneer It is known that two otner
churches have been calling Mr. Ha t
sell for some time, but these, w
in much larger cities than Brevard,
were ndt considered by the popular
pastor, it is said.
Mr. Hartsell has been pastor of the
Brevard Baptist church for the past
six and one half years and under
v leadership the church has had
phenomenal growth. The bugngs
have been greatly enlarged, while the
membership, both in the church and
in the Sunday school, have been
doubled. frtif
Brevard, as a community, felt
the shock of the resignation when it
became generally known Monday^that (
the popular pastor was to le (
Mr. Hartsell is one of tl.= most ac
live community workers m Brtvard.
Ho long has been at the head of the
A 'ciuted Charities; he is a member |
of the Red Cross committee, at"'
mud- of this work has
him- he is now vie president or tni
Kiwanis club, and was rcccntly
, , a president of the club to
Mt ad - he is an active Mason, and has
tork ;? the
of the Eastern Star, of ?? ne
patron, and in the Junior Order ami
Woodmen of the World Mr. Hart
sell has been most active.
In all sections of the county Mr
Hm-eil will be greatly missed, be
ause of h universal popularity. At I
church reunions, family reunion* ^in
revivals, and in all meetings for com-,
munity betterment, the , mmujer has J
been sought as speaker for _ sucn
occasions, and his readiness to
spond always to the call of tne
citizens has endeared him to the
whole county. mrf the
The Iocs of Mrs. Hartsell and tne ,
SJfof ?!.. gr."El?v? the -
ty ha^J0^h^h at King's Mcjntam.
while having a much larger mern ^
ship than the Brevard Baptist church.
does not however, possess the wen
equipped buildings that mark the
Brevard Baptist .church as an^out
standing institution in King's)
Nor is the salary paid at the King^
Mountain ;place equal to that
.Yioutita.i * rgceived here. As tne
Mr. Hartsell congregation
minister said to 6 that
Sun-Jay evening, the call f d
work wat 30 insistent that he fesrea
to resist it"? tojgjj
Uin, a?d it * WSg, J to th.1
conversions and addition ,
church were made as a result
powerful preaching, d
the people of that town
^ EL T?hfcfn^tio\i appar
S would n?i. U.k? "no" for answer
t0Noeiintfmatk,n has as yet been
made u Mr. Hartsell's successor.
MRS. MATHS DIES I
AT VIRGINIA HOME
Word was received in Brevard
Tuesday of the death of Mrs. George
F. Mathes, which occurred, at her
home in Petersburg, Va., Monday
night. Funeral services will be held
Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Mathes. who was the mother
of Mrs. Charlea Pickelsimer, well
known in Brevard, having visited her
daughter on several occasions, and
the news of her death was learned
with sorrow by her many friends in
the community. She had been in ill
health for the past year or more, and
had been confined in the hospital
much of the time during the latter
part of her life.
Mrs. Pickelsimer w$s with her
mother at the time of her death, hav
ing gone to her bedside several
weeks ago. Mr. Pickelsimer, who
had been with his wife in the Vir
ginia city, "liacl "Jusl returned to Bre
vard the day previous to Mrs.
Mathes' death. V
BUSINESS WOMEN
OF DISTRICT NO. 1
IN SESSION HERE
Large Number of Delegates
Attend Conference Held
At Pierce-Moore
RECORD OF" YEAR'S WORK !
SHOWS GREAT PROGRESS
Milwaukee Woman M a k e sj
Principal Address of
the Conference i
I
Annual meeting of District No. 1
of the Business and Professional
Womens clubs, which convened in
Brevard Tuesday afternoon and
evening at the Pierce-Moore hotel
was generally pronounced a success
ful conference by the large number (
of delegates in attendance from the
four clubs in the district, including ?
Asheville, Hendersonville, Waynes- 1
ville and Brevard. The visiting dele- '
gates were enthusiastic in their j
praise of the local club for the hos- ]
pitality and cordial treatment ac- 1
corded them, and for the splendid '
manner in which they carried out 1
their part as hostess of the confer
ence.
The conference opened at 4 o'clock
with the registration of delegates,
after which the meeting was called
to order by the district chairman, j
Mrs. Hugh Walker, of Brevard. Fol-j
lowing the leading of devotionals by I
Miss Eunice Simpson, of the Bre
vard club, assembly singing and
greetings by Miss Martha Boswell,
of the local club, matters of business
pertaining to work of the district
were transacted. This was followed ,
by a round table discussion led by j
Mrs. Elsie Flake, of Winston-Salem, j
state vice president, bringing out j
many valuable suggestions regard- ,
ing the club work in general. ,
Following reports on various |
phases of the club work from rep- ,
resentatives o.f the Brevard, Hen
dersonville and Asheville clubs, the (
principal speaker of the afternoon i
session, Miss Lona Glidewell, of j
Reidsville, state president of Busi
ness and Professional Women's clubs
was heard on the subject '"State and L
National Program." The address was |
a forceful one and many ?
thoughts were brought out
? jplnh work in the ^iI^'4KShH
tion.
At the conclusion of the afternoon
session, a social and recreation per
iod was enjoyed previous to the ban- <
quet, which was held in the Pierce
Moore dining room at 6:45, and was
pronounced one of the most enjoya
ble features of the conferencc. The
banquet toastmistress, Miss Anna <
Patton, of the Hendersonville club,
carried out well her part on the pro
gram of the evening session. <
Miss Jeanette Talley, president of
the Brevard club, gave the address
of welcome, followed by responses- 1
from Miss Lois Moss, president of the
Hendersonville club, and by Miss '
Roxie Dobson, president of the- Ashe
ville club, all of which were given
in a pleasing and interesting man
ner. !
The main feature of the evening :
session was the address bv Miss Lutie
Stearns, of Milwaukee, Wis., on the :
subject of "The Business of Being a
Business or Professional Woman." J
Miss Stearns, who is a lecturer of na
tional reputation and is well inform- j
ed on matters pertaining to the work
of business and professional women
throughout the country, delighted {
her audience with her thought-pro
voking remarks, presented in an en
tertaining and intelligent manner. It
was generally felt that the district
was indeed fortunate in being able
to hear this splendid address, as well
as that of Miss Glidewell, the state
president, and the other enjoyable
features of the program. The pro
gram was interspersed with musical
selections, all of which added to the
enjoyment of the occasion.
Adding much to the success of the
conference was the rendering of se
lections by the Brevard Toy Orches- [
tra, and the part taken by the Girl
Scout pages, including Christine
J'oines, Emma Deaver, Ruth Perry
and Mary Sue Jennings.
The report in concert of the Em-j
blem benediction concluded what '
was conceded to be one of the most j
[successful meetings to have been
j held by District No. 1 of the 3ur>i
iness and Professional Women's
I clubs.
MAIL EARLY AND
HELP THE P.O. BOYS
[ In making preparations fcr Christ
Jmas mailing Postmaster Roscoe Nich
' olson states that the postoffice staff
Iwill make every efort to handle the
Christmas mails with the least con
gestion and delay, and makes the re
quest that the public cooperate in
their efforts by mailing their let
ters and packages early for early
delivery. Owing to the enormous
volume of matter passing through the
mails at this season of the year, it
is said that facility of handling will
? only be possible through the co
poeration of the public and the fol
lowing out of suggestions in the prop
er adressing and wrapping of all
packages going through the mails.
ALL BELLS TO RING
9 O'CLOCK FRIDAY
Announcing the Beginning of
Sale of Christmas Seals
Throughout Nation
In keeping with the ringing of
bells throughout the United States
to herald the opening of the twenty
second national annual Tuberculosis
Seal Sale, bells throughout Brev
ard, and the county as far as possi
sible, will ring Friday morning at 9
oclock, Eastern Standard time, an
nouncing the ringing out of disease
and the ringing in of health.
In order that all the bells through- 1
out the United States may ring at
the same moment, the bells will ring
at 9 a.m. over the territory known as [
central standard time ,at 8 a.m. j
mountain time and 7 a.m. Pacific]
time. In this way, it will be known :
bells in every section of the country I
where this work is carried on will be j
ringing at precisely the same time.
This is an innovation of the Natio
nal Tuberculosis Association, start
ed this year with the purpose in view
of creating more interest in the
frreat health work carried on by this
organization throughout the country.
P.-T. ASSOCIATION
PROVIDES LUNCHES
Many Organizations To Assist
In Sale of Christmas Seals
Here This Year
At a meeting of the P. T. A. Seal
sale committee held Saturday at the
Chamber of Commerce, matters of
importance were acted upon, includ
ing a discussion of providing lunches
for underweight children and for the
distribution of Christmas seals for
the annual sale, which will bejtin
Friday, November 29.
The following organizations will
assist in the sale of seals at the
postoffice booth, on the dates given
below :
Monday, Dec. 2 ? P. T. A.
Tuesdav, J)ec. 3 ? Mathatasian
:lub.
WedijpA^SOcc. 4 ? Women's Bu
Vnpiint'Wi Afr-j
Saturday, Dec. 7 ? Eastern Star.
Monday, Dec. 9 ? Music Lovers.
Tuesday, Dec. 10 ? Fortnightly
?lub.
Wednesday, Dec. 11 ? D. A. R.
Thursday, Dec. 12 ? Methodist
Misisonary society.
Friday, Dec. 13 ? St. Philips Epis- 1
:opal Guild.
Saturday, Dec. 14? P. T. A.
Monday, Dec. 16 ? Wednesday
:lub.
Tuesday, Dec. 17 ? P. T. A.
Wednesday, Dec. 18 ? Presbyter- j
ian Auxiliary |
Thursday, Dec. 19 ? B & P W
?lub.
Friday, Dec. 20 ? P. T. A.
Saturday, Dec. 21 ? U. D. C.
The P. T. A. committee sponsor
ing the seal sale includes the follow
ing: Mrs. H. L. Wilson, Mrs. S. P.
Verner, Mis. Harry Perry, Mrs. E.
NT. Carrier, Mrs. Roy Long, Mrs. B
P. Beas'.ey, Mrs. Thosnas Teague.
Miss Florence Kern is general chair
man in charge oi the work.
MUBNOT
TO MEET THIS WEEK
On account of Thanksgiving Dayj
coming on regular Kiwanis meeting:
day this week, there will be no!
meeting of the club. Dr. G. B.
Lynch, recently returned from a
hunting trip with Randall W. Ev
erett in the Canadian Rockies, gave
an interesting sketch of the trip at
the meeting last Thursday. Dr.
Lynch kept a record of the experi
ences of the hunting trip, and a full
account of the eight weeks' big game
hunt will be published at an early
date in The Brevard News.
CHRISTMAS CLUB~FoRMED
AT PISGAH INDUSTRIAL)
Announcement is made by the,
Pisgah Industrial Bank of the organ-,
izaiton of a Christmas Savings Club,
and the advertisement, appearing in
another column of today's paper,
gives detailed information about the
wny in which next Christmas can be
made a certainty. Officers of the
Pisgah Bank invite all men. women
and children to call and investigate
the pin. The club is maintained in
all the larger cities; and turns loose
great sums of money for Christmas
shopping each ysar.
CHRISTMAS GOODS~ TO SE
[DISPLAYED AT PLUMMER'S
In an advertisement appearing in
today's paper, Plummer's Depart
ment Store tells the children of the
county that Santa Claus has already
shipped a great quantity of ToyB
and Dolls to that "Store, and these
will be or display within the next
few days. Plumm: ^"ites all the
children cf the county to watch the
windows at that store, for these
things from Santa Claus are to be
displayed as soon as they arrive, j
WORK COMPLETED
ON SCHOOL GROUND
Woman's Bureau Work Adds
Much to Appearance of
Elementary School
Work on beautifying the Elemen
tary school grounds has been in pro
gress the past few weeks, and is now
completed. This was the major pro
ject for the year of the Woman's
Bureau, the contract for the work
having been signed with the Howard
Hickory Nursery company, of Hick
ory.
Many varieties of shrubbery and
rare plants have been planted around
the school buildings and along the
borders of the grounds, according to
architectural blue printes previously
designed by the landscape gardeners.
Expressions of praise regarding
the improved appearance of the
school premises have been heard
and it is generally considered thai
this undertaking sponsored by th<
Woman's Bureau adds greatly tc
Brevard's many attractions.
The Howard-Hickory Nursery is
widely known as one of the Dest
landscape concerns in the country,
and it is felt hat Brevard is fortun
ate in having been able to secure for
this work such expert services as
furnished by this comDany.
HEADS THE LEGION
O. F,. Hodenhainer of Eldorado, Ail.,
who was elected national commander
of the American Legion at the Louis
ville conveii
l<
LciJWrrtr ixitn in ATKansas and In the
nation. Ills election was unanimous,
no roll call being necessary.
EVERYTHING TO BE
CLOSED THURSDAY
Banks, the postoffice, and prac
ically all the business houses of the
own will be closed Thursday be
cause of Thanksgiving Day. Many
lunting parties have been planned,
,vhile dinner parties will be enjoyed
)y others. Several citizens are in
Jhapel Hill to attend the annual
:ontest between Carolina and Vir
ginia, while others are at Davidson
;o see the football game there.
THREEDEER RAGGED !
IN ONE DAYS HUNT
There deer was the result of one
lay's hunting by a group of Brevard
nen last Friday. The party consist
jd of Judge D. L. English, Dr. E. S.
English, Edwin English, Clerk of the
Court Roland Owen, Judge Edward
P. McCoy, Capt. T. T. Patton, Sher
iff T. E. Patton,. Jr., Herman
Kitchin, Harve McCall, Morrison
Baynard and Gordon King. In the
kill there was a five-prong,, a four
prong and a spike buck. The party
left Brevard one day at noon, spent
the night at the hunting lodge on
the Sutton Creek Hunting preserves,
and returned to town the ne:<t day
at noon.
SUFFERS BROKEN
LEG IN FOOTBALL
Scott Ramsey, the 16 year -old i
grandson of M. A. Cooper of Bre
vard, and son of Mrs. L. C. Town- ;
send, of near Biltmore, suffered e
broken right leg and double fracture
of the knee cap on Monday, the
18th, while playing is a" football
game at Biltmore. He was taken to
Biltraore hospital, where an opera
tion was performed, and he is said
to be resting as well as could be
expected, accodring to last reports. !
Young ' Ramsey is a ? native of j
Brevard, attended school at the
Brevard High school until the fam
ily moved to Biitmore a few years
ago, and has many friends in the
comn nity; who will doubtless re
gret to learn of his serious accident.
ERROR IN DATE OF DENTON'S i
ADVERTISEMENT ON PAGE 8
Pleate take note of an error in
the <iat.e in Denton'* advertisement
or? page three. That date ia given
a* Wednesday, December 14, and
.should read Wedneiday, December 4.
I
PREACHER WARNS !
HIS congregation:
i
"Beware of Wolves Who Come
to You In Sheep's Cloth
ing" ? Strange Books
"Beware of wolves who come to
you in sheep's clothing," was the gist
of the warning given, by Rev. W. H.
Hartsell to his congregation last Sun
day evening, in what was pronounced I
one of the best sermons ever deliver- J
ed b the Baptist preacher here. The.
mini' i r had been speaking of those j
who would take the mind of the peo- \
pie away from Christ and Him cruci- 1
fied, and confuse the mind with dates
and chronology, predictions of the1
time when the world should come to
an end, and other such immaterial
matter. The only thing that matters'
is to serve Jesus Christ, and be ready :
for his coming at any time. ;j
There was no mistaking Mr. Hart
sell's meaning. He was warning the ?
congregation about a man who is sel
ling books in this community at pres
ent, presenting a doctrine dealing al
most entirely with the supposed
v.iicr. ti*> lYu.'ld would lu lff 1
end. Paul was quoted as forewarning
the people that such methods would
he pursued, and that it is the work of 1
the Devil in an effort to confuse the
people and keep them from thinking
of the one great plan of Salvation
through Jesus Christ.
The man whom the pastor is sup- ,
posed tn have been strikfng at has,'
been in the county for the past sev-ji
eral days, celling books and ti'. Iking ,
his "doctrine." i
"Beware of everything and every/
thought that leaves Jesus Christ out
of the proposition," Mr. Hartsell,
urged his hearers.
SANTACLAUSTO BE !
HERE WHOLE HOUR
?
One Wednesday of next week, Dec. ]
4th, Santa Claus will arivve in Bre-^
vard, being here from 11:30 o'clock!
until 12:30, giving all the school,
children of the town & chancc to see
the old man himself ,ta!k with him,
and hear him talk. Denton's Store,
in Aslieville, is sending Santa about
the towns of Western North Caro
lina, and lias selected next Wednes
day us Brevard's day.
According to announced plsns
Santa Claus will come to Brevard on
a large float, decorated in a mnner
to represent Santa's workshop, aai
each child will be- ?iver. "a token of
Santa's love and good fellowship.
Denton's store ha* made unenii.'
preparation.? for the holiday trade,
it is said, and the management gives
expression to theue preparations :is
follows:
"Uuring; me noliaay rusa, uic icia- ?
urely atmosphere of Denton's wiil j
be a relief from the usual discom- j
forts of shopping. Extra service has
been inaugurated, everything to
make shopping _a real pleasure. Ir? '
every department the utmost, cour
tesy will be practiced. Throughout
the store, Denton's staff is both]
competent and eager to act in an
advisory capacity. Everything has
been arranged with careful and di-.
ligent thought to the service and I
pleasure that can be given to any-j
one who enters the doors of this i
Western Carolina institution of ser- ,
/ice. There wiG be even a play-room I
for the kiddies to enjoy while mother
does her shopping. A nurse will be
in attendance every day from 9
o'clock in the moruing until 5 in'
the after-noon and brfrthers and ]
sister will. get every attention. -
"Th?n there Is a parking space j
awaiting you in a steam-heated fire
proof garage, provided by Denton's i
for your convenience. Nothing has
been left undone at this busy aad
progressiva store that would tend
to help make this holiday season of
1929 a merrier Christmas for. sit.
Denton's the Qhrigtmss sfcora for
everybody invites you to raahe their
store your headquarters f?henever
you are in Ashevule- And remember
that Santa Claus wilt visit l?rc7*rd.
LooJ- for announcement of. h's c**a?
ing to be found in thjs. p?9?w$||Sp*
jUP?RJOR COURT
TO CONVENE HERE
MONDAY MORNING
Judge Cameron F. MacRae of
Asheville To Hold the
Two- Weeks Term
important cases on
the criminal docket
Harrison-Hlnkle Moat Import
ant ? Slim son Case At
tracts Attention
actiWtv i|l0nnay wi" witness much
court will Brevard. when Superior
torn convcne * two week's
mpetino- ?e C0"nty commissioners
K ln ,re?u|ar monthly session,
and the school board holding its
usiness meeting. Several important
inek 17 Q? ? d durin? the first
reek of Superior court which will
?,de.votc.d to clearing the criminal
R J'S w h "" ?"tl
riiu ' i?<> McRae. of Ashe
ville, is scheduled to hold court at the
coming term. Solicitor J. Will Pleas,
Jr., has been engaged in prosecuting
the labor union cases in Marion for
!f-VVL d?ys' .and h is not known
wnether he will be here to handle
the criminal docket, or whether he
will designate some other attorney
to act as solicitor.
Among the important cases coming
up in the criminal section of Superi
or court is that of Richard Harrison,
charged with the murder of John
Hinkie. At the time Hinkle was kill
ed, Harrison was a school teacher at
Namur, in the upper end of the
county, bordering on South Caro
lne line. Hinkle was one of the most
widely known men of this section,
while Harrison comes from the piom
nent Mississippi Harrison family.
, Hearing of the matter of R. C.
atimson, charged with causing the
ieath of Opal Crane, of St. Louis,
who was killed when the hired car
n which she was riding through Pis
jah F orest left the highway, turned
nto the river, and wounded other
passengers in the car. A preliminary
rearing of this case resulted in hold
ng Stimson over to Superior court,
ind the case is scheduled for heur
Jjd^MMgM||L^'>'inson N a resident
Garland Metcalf and Herman Met
-alt are to be tried on a charge ot
stealing copper wire from the Hoosi
sr Engineering company. It is charg
ed that the wire was taken from the
3\g towers at Davidson River.
Clarence Stamey, Jess Shadrick,
Leonard Fanning and Clarence Cole
are to face a charge of second de
cree burglary, being charged with
jreakmg into the Lyday Filling Sta
tion at Davidson River. Tho place
was used also as living quarters, but
,he occupants were not at home at
the time of the alleged theft, mak
ing the charire second degree burg
ary.
Several other important esses are
to be beard, and numerous niin>;r
cases. It is not believed that the
criminal docket can be cleared with
in the five days ulloted to the hear
ing of cnniinal rases. The civil
docket is set to begin en Saturday,
leaving only five days for the crim
inal cases.
Brevard lawyers are bu.-.v this
week, preparing cases f<;r their re
spective clients.
"HA NSC I VI NG SERVICES AT
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Thanksgiving Day services will be
held at St. Philips Episcopal church
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, cel
ebrating hoiy communion, aod a
short sermon will be delivered by th?
rector, Rev. Harry Perry. A sjvsciai
offering will be taken fo rfthe Thomp
son ozpl'dnage at Charlotte.
NIKE O'CLOCK SERVICES
AT THE HAPT5ST CHU2tCft
Tbankagiviiig servi.c^f Vili twin?!!?
at the Baptist, y.iurch 'Thursday
morning at 9 o'clock, ur.miur cement
being made lo thhv effect, 1 ,?st ton
day. An early ho>j^ has bsea s>it ia
order to give the rcefibers an iypoi'
tunitjf to visit or hunt, .'t v?as nimU.-d,
and it is expected that ?t larsx- con
gregation will be present Visitors
are invited. ?; Bj.. v> '8| :',Sj ?. . || ,:i
Special serrices in observat?e of
Thwikngicintf were held at the jJre
vard Afe&oront church iiunday morn
ing, this taking the place of usual
service lv?ld on Thanksgiving 4ay_ :
A special sermon suitable te th^
occasion, ungual in its forccftiTofsa
sad timeliness, was deliverei by thfr
pastor, the Rev, J.JS. Went, telling
of ti$a various mt&U a*-d spirit-:
uai things for \vhk0fr nation