STAND UP FOR YOUR OWN
WHEN ATTACKED BY OTHERS.
If some book agent should tell
you that he and his doctrine had
been attacked by a Brevard minis
ter, and The Brevard News had re
fused that book agent space in which
to reply to the Brevard minister,
dont you swallow it, for the facts in
th" case are as follows:
Pemand was made upon The Bre
Ta J News by a certain book agent
for space in which to challenge a
B vard minister to a public debate,
?d upon statements made by the
vard minister from his pulpit,
quoted in The Brevard News,
agent asserted these state
constituted an attack upor
he wanted space to replj
Brevard preacher, or tc
him to debate.
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4. 1929
^fHE BREVARD NEWS
Wedn'ftday By
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Associate Id.
RATES
(Payable in Advaacc)
Year ?*<>?
Months
Three Months
fevard News told the gentle
that as he had beer
tacking all the preacher;
<1 Transylvania county
[lies they represented
c-ral weeks, he hac
Jenge the Brevarc
lebate. The Bre
simply upholding
of his church
: attack:
ien mak
irches ol
Lpr the
Kplute
Bone,
hi
m
until sent ror, ? i at
?lav ::i constant attaoW^^Kncl ir
bitter criticism of the churches aV<1
preachers of this section. Then
when one ofc these preachers who haci
keen attacked strikes back in sell
defense and in defense of his
church and his faith, we hold that
such preacher is not subject tc
challenge by the book agent.
BELLS DID NOT RING
AS ANNOUNCED.
Reports were made t.o The Bre
vard News lata week that On Friday
morning at 9 o'clock all the bells in
towr would ring, in keeping with a
nation-wide plan to announce the
beginning of the sale of Christmas
seals.1' Space was requested for an
nouncement of this 1 act, and it was
published on the front page of last
week's paper. i
Some dime alter \? o'clock the
people began calling i > know why
the beils were not rin;. rig, as an
nounced. We could not tell them,
nor can we tell them now. We do
lot know why the plan failed to
;uatt>tiuli2e. Those who made the
announcement say they had been as
sured by all people who had control
of the bells that they would peal
forth at Che morning hour, and even
thf se people do riot know, they s?y,
HMgKgl^kn failojk^^ ^
jaafiE^n ,
DO YOUR CHRISTMAS r
SHOPPING EARLY. ?
I
i If all the people who make pur- t
chases for the ? Christmas holidays i
coud only know the fatigue of those 1
who wait upon the public during the *
last few days before Christmas, j
surely the people would do their t
Christmas shopping early in Decern- c
ber. Tens of thousands of men and J
women who work in stores during
the holidays are so completely worn c
out because of the practice of peo- i
^ie in waiting until the last moment, x
that the holidays mean nothing to j
them. They cannot enjoy the occa- t
sion, so worn are they.
Then, too, it would save the pur
?haser much trouble, worry and in- J
convenience. There are many ladies
in this town who could begin NOW,
and have morning hours in the
stores with plenty of time and un- 1
ruffled clerks to assist them in the 1
selection of their Christmas pur- .
chases. Let's see if we cannot help
ourselves and help others, too, by
doing at least a part of our Christ
mas shopping this week, and next 1
week, not waiting until the last mad 1
rush is on to add our presence to '
the fretful, fuming, pushing, rush- 1
; ing, jostling crowd.
THE LOSS IS THEIRS,
1 AND A LOSS IT IS.
One of the most tragic scenes
' witnessed in this or any other town
is that presented in a group of
J young men congregating in some
place on Sunday evenings, talking
' and laughing about, just any old
subject that happens to come up, in
' stead of spending an hour in one of
1 .'<> churches of Brevard, listening
' to the music and the Word. Talking
? and laughing is good for youth, and
? good for the aged, provided the talk
' is wholesome and the laugh is not
' provoked by something that has a
" deadening influence upon the souls
> of men.
1 Time is coming when these same
' young men will wish that they could
' recall the opportunities that are al
lowed to pass so lightly now. Each
day brings us one day nearer the
?' end of it all, and the opportunities
1 that are lost today can never be re
i called. How many of us who have
! passed thfe middle milestone of life
^vish deep down in our hearts that
^ve could recall the golden hours that
' were literally wasted and thrown
: away!
' A young man coul'l learn the
1 meaning of ten wore.., or read a
1 chapter of history, or ihe life of
' some jjreat man, or learn about a
| new invention that might mean a fine
' future for himself, in any one hour
' that is wasted in frivolity and fool- i
' ishness.
1 But it is theirs to choose, and the.
i loss is their loss. If only ONE youny:
' fellow would take these words in the '
j spirit in which they are written, we j
would feel forever repaid for the
many shrugs of the shoulder and
sharp criticism such opinions as this
always bring forth.
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THE STATE OF POLK SAYS j(
AN EMPHATIC "NO/"
1 Suggestion made by The Hender- !
sonville Times-News as to consoli-^
dation of Polk, Henderson and1,
. Transylvania counties, meets cold j <
rebuff on the Polk county end cf the ; 1
line. The Polk County News, speak-',
ig editorially on the question, takes t
the following stand : i<
In another column of today's
News we reproduce an editorial from Ij
Sunday's Hendersnnville Times-News :
bearing the startling heading: '
"County Consolidation Stirs People ^
of Three Counties." The gist of thin
editorial in Tho Times-News is tlyit
there is a growing sentiment
and Transylvania coun^rjM?3gB
solidation w i t
tomic standpoint, resulting in gre.it
?x efficiency and reduced costs a?d
iltin.ately effect greater savings to
he consumers. But county consol
dation, in our opinion, will not prove
>ractical until county governments
ire operated on a business basis
omewhat similar to big business. As
ong as sectional politics and fac
tions have the controlling hand in
:ounty government few economies
an be carried through by consolida
ion or county mergers.
Until The Times-News can point
>ut some of the advantages that the
?.eople derive from consolidating
vith Henderson, we will flatter our
;elves with the assumption that Polk
s evidently a very choice morsel in
lie eyes of Henderson county.
iVHY GET ANGRY?
5TATE YOUR VIEWS
3N THESE QUESTIONS.
Word has reached us that some of
)ur good friends and subscribers do
.lot agree with many of our editor
ials, and some rather unkind, if not
Jnjust, criticisms have been made.
Why get angry with one's opinions
that do not meet your approval?
If a newspaper has an editorial
page, and anything is ever said on
that page, it stands to reason that
there are some people who will
agree with each editorial, while oth
ers disagree. No man on earth could
write editorials with which ALL the
people would agree.
The Brevard News Is a commun
ity paper. Its columns belong to
its reader? just as much as they be
long to the editor. Your opinion on
any public question will be just as
welcome in these columns as the
proverbial flowers in the springtime.
So, dear friends, if there are opin
ions expressed in these columns with
which you do not agree, please write
your own opinions on the subject,
send it in and permit us to publish
the same. If you do not want to
do this, then will you not give the
editor the benefit of your opinion by
calling or writing to him? It may be
that we are wrong more often than
we are right. We want to be right
on all questions. Perhaps your opin
ion will help us to place the proper
interpretation on public questions.
A SPLENDID LETTER
"Mr. James F. Barrett,
"Brevard, N. C.
"Dear Mr. Barrett:
"I have just this minute read your
article in the Charlotte Observer of
this date touching the labor situa
tion in this section, and I want to
express my profound appreciation
for it. This is the thing that I have
hcen wishing some one to say ever
since we have been tangled up in
this disagreeable mess of commun
istic activity.
"Certainly the American Federa
tion of Labor would not stand for
what has been going on down this
way of late if they had the facts of
the case and understood the situation
as it is. Your article should open
their eyes, and save them from mak
ing the collosal blunder which you
predict if they attempt to go ahead
in the way they have started.
"The article analyses the situation
with rare insight, and your summary
nf the whole is compelling. I hope
it will have a far-reaching effect up
on the whoie labor problem in Amer
ica.
"The thoughts of America, I mean
the beat thought, is turning toward
the working man as never before.
How to better his condition, that is
our passion these days. And for
the accomplishment of this end we
Jo not need half-baked ideas for our
diet, and communists for our lead
ers The awakened public sentiment
will go a long way towards the solu
;ion of this great problem. Cer
;ain!y the mill man and his brother,
;he farmer, have been negkc-ted all
,00 long, but nobody knows that bet
er than we do ourselves. Our pride
is the near future will be what wo
i&ve done for these two classes
vorkmen. It is bound to cojjaj^^^
^lightened age now
a demands it. anj tjwHLagg
IS COLE RIGHT,
OR IS HE WRONG?
The Hon. Cole L. Blease, United
States senator from South Carolina,
and before that, governor and one
thing and another most of his life, |
is quoted in The Pickeng Sentinel as t
making some rather funny remarks (
about some labor organizers he has e
seen "riding around in Washington, j
putting on airs." The Sentinel wrote t
a letter to a Mr. Shipp, of Columbia, i
advising him on the present labor up- 1
heaval in the South. Here is the clos- J
ing paragraph of the letter, as re- (
produced in The Pickens Sentinel : j i
"If you could see some of the ]
things that I see up here! People !
who call themselves "labor organi
zers" riding around in fine automo- J
biles, boarding at big hotels and put- (
ting on airs; while the people who
are paying for it, some of them, are
actually sending their money here to
keep up these organizers when their 1
own wives and children have not 1
enough to keep them from being
hungry and cold. If you could see
these things I think you would say,
"Cole is right."
Now ain't that just too bad ? What
right has a labor organizer to be rid- <
ing around in a fine automobile? (
There are plenty of old used cars for j
such folks as that .instead of them j
riding around in fine cars. Some of
the old worn out cars that have been
discarded by United State senators
and suchlike are good enough for
these labor organizers, you know.
And the blooming fools stopping at
big hotels! There are just lots of,
greasy corners and cheap boardinjt 1
houses in which these fool labor or
ganizers could live, or they could
sleep in the park, or at the depot, or
in the stables somewhere. The very
idea of a labor organizer stopping at
a big hotel is enough to run a United
States Senator crazy. Big hotels are
maintained only for United States
Senators, and paid lobbyists, and
crooks, and gamblers, and bootleg- 1
gers. What right on earth has a fool ;
labor organizer to stop in a big hotel,
dern him.
Big hotels are all right for govern
ment paid senators and employes to
stop in, but should never be disgraced
by the registering therein of a mere
labor oganizer. He is not human, any
how. Goshamighty! no wonder the
Hon. Cole L. is up in amis!
And just think of it! Poor working |
people "back home" are paying that j
labor organizer's expenses! What a,
pity! What a shame! They ought to j
be paid by rich folks, like Mr. Sena- 1
tor Blease gets his $10,000 a year
and expenses. The rich niggers of
South Carolina, and the affluent,
tenant farmers who raise cotton on
the shares in the Palmetto state can
well afford to pay Mr. Senator
Blease's small salary of ten thousand
per. It doesn't hurt the tax payers,
nary a bit, no sir, it don t. and dang
the difference.
For a man who has sucked the pub
lic tit as long as the Hon. Cole L.
Blease has pulled on it, to offer cri
ticism of a labor organizer's salary
and expenses is just about the big
gest piece of gall we've read about
in a many a moon.
THE R13HT WAY TO TRAVEL '
is by train. The safest. Most cons
fortable. Most reliable. Co its kss.
Inquire of Ticket Agents regarding
i ifreatly reduced fares for short fcripu.
'SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM ?
IMPORTANT RIVER WORK
PROPOSED
(Henderson villa Tiroes-News) !j
A news story from Brevard pub
ished in The Times-News of last (
Friday, told of a movement ins'dgu
?ated in Brevard and Transylvania
;ounty to secure the aid of the Unit- ,
?d States government in removing ,
>ld jetties from the French Broad ,
iiver, thus deepening the channel of ,
;hat stream. The Times-News is not j
familiar with the history of the jet- ,
;ies, but the story from Brevard stat- 1
;d they were placed in the river ;
ibout fifty years ago by the federal j
government. If that is true, as they ?
low serve no useful purpose, but
riave been the cause of great damage
to valley lands by obstructing the
flow of water in the river bed, the
government should now see the jus
tice of making an appropriation to
clear the French Broad and improve
the channel.
If the channel of the French Broad
throueh the counties of Transylvania
and Henderson and down to Ashe
ville through Buncombe could be
made wide and deep enough to pre
vent overflow at any point in time of
high water, it would not only result
in the reclamation of thousands of
acres of fertile land in the French
Broad valley but would also result in
the reclamation of thousands of
acres of land along the streams which
flow into the river. This is due to
the fact that the fall in the French
Broad under present conditions is
not sufficient to rapidly carry off
the water from the smaller streams. |
Obstructions in the river prevent
proper drainage in the creeks, re
sulting in the overflowing of many I
acres of creek bottoms in every per
iod of .flood v/ater.
Clearing the channel of the river
would draw the water out of the
smaller streams and in a few years
they would probably be clear of mud
and sand, their channels deepened,
and danger from overflow practically
eliminated, without the necessity of
dredging these streams.
This is a matter of great import
ance to the people of Henderson
county, and Transylvania should
have the hearty co-operation of this
countv in the effort to secure the
aid of the federal government in
Betting the job done. Buncombe
countv is likewise interested and will
profit by the work. The three coun
ties should be able to secure gov
ernment recognition and help. It is
said that the matter will be brought
to the attention of Congressman
George M. Prichard, and that he will
be requested to secure the necessary
government appropriation for the
proposed work on the French Broad.
WHAT TOWN IS THIS j
"What town is this." is a question
asked by tourists as they enter
town after town on a trip. Search
ing gaze follows the question and by
the time they have passed through
th" town an "opinion of it, favorable
c unfavorable, is formed. It may be
a correct opinion, or it may be in
con ect, but some kind of opinion is
formed of practically every town
through which one passes.
The factors which contribute 10
these opinions are many and varied.
But one thing which always is a big
factor is the manner in which the
rrs'dents of the town act toward
visitors. If the residents of a town
are friendly, a visitor invariably
has a good opir.'on of the place. If
the residents are not courteous, a (
poor opinion is formed. It takes on- (
lv t>ne or two rude people to give a
visitor a poor impression of an en
tire city. Likewise, it takes only one ,
or two courteous people to give a
visitor a good impression of a town. ]
The appearance of a town, the
manner in which the lawns are^ main
tained, the condition of paint on
homes, and many other factors ail {
enter in when it comes to forming ,
an opinion of a town through which
one is passing. ? Monroe Enquirer. ^
PAY YOUR SUBSCRIPTION
NOTICE H ill
?forth Carolina,
Transylvania County.
IN THE GEN. COUNTY COURT
?*3gah Industrial Bank,
v?.
Z. C. Wheeler, et al.
Notice of Summon* by Publication
The- defendant, C. C. Wheeler,
tbove named, will take notice that
in action as above has been com
nenced in the General County Court
>f Transylvania county, for the pur
pose of collecting note for the sum
if |160.00 signed by the said C. C.
Wheeler and payable to the Pisgah
Industrial 3ank, on which there is a
balance due of $125.00 on note,
which note is past due and unpaid;
And the said defendant Will fur
ther take notice that he is required
to appear at the term of said County
Court to be held on the first Monday
in December at the court house in
the said Transylvania County, N. C.
and answer or demur to the com
plaint filed in said action within tne?
time allowed by law, or the plaintiff?
will apply to the court for the relief
demanded in said complaint.
The defendant will also take no
tice that a warrant of attachment
was issued by the said court against
the real and personal property of
said defendant in Transylvania^
County, which warrant is returnable
before the General County Co{irtcn
the first Monday in December 1929,
when and where the defendant is
reo.uired tc appear and answer or
demur to the complaint within the
time allowed by law, or the relief
demanded will be granted.
This the 7th day of Nov. 1929.
ROLAND OWEN, Clerk Superior
Court and Ex-Officio Clerk Gen
eral County Court. 13|20|27|D6
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND j
Under and by virtue of authorifcr
conferred by deed of trust exeijf ' '3
by Eugene E. Lewis and wife jHiv*
E. Lewis, to the First Nation*' A (
of Durham, North Carolina
dated the 1st day of Avu-Jiitf' 1927,
and recorded in the ofTift
register of deeds of f sfHb&nia
County in Bool; 22 page 2T4, the
First National Bank of Durham,
North Carolina, trustee, will at 12
o'clock noon on
THURSDAY, DEC. 19th, 1929
at the court house door of the Su
perior Court of Transylvania county
in Brevard, North Carolina, sell at
public auction for cash to the high
est bidder, the following described
property:
All that certain piece, parcel or
lot of land, situate lying and being
in the Town of Brevard, County of
Transylvania, State of North Caro
lina, and more particularly described
as follows:
BEGINNING on a stake, said
stake standing at the point of inter
section of the east margin of Eng
land Street with the North margin of
Jordan Street, and runs thence with
the east margin of said England
Street N. 28 deg. 30 min. east 76
feet to a stake in said margin;
thence S. 61 deg. 30 min. E. 165
feet to a stake in the west margin of
an alley; thence with said west mar
gin of said alley S. 28 deg. 80 min
W. 75 feet to a stake at the inter
section of the said west margin of
said alley with the north margin of
Jordan Street; thence with the said
north margin of Jordan Street N. 61
deg. 30 min. west 155 feet to the
point of beginning.
And being all that certain lot of
land described in deed from R. L.
Gash, trustee, to E. E. Lewis and
wife Nola E. Lewis dated the 8th
day of June 1927 and rocorded in
book 58, page 444 of the Rpcoris of
deeds for Transylvania. County,
North Carolina.
This sale is made i>n account of
default in the payment of the' in
debtedness secured by said deed of
Vru3t.
Thia 7th day of Nov. 1929.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OK
DURHAM, N. C., Trustee.
K. W. Cobb. Atty. 2tfD4jll|lti
SELL IT ? USE A WANT AD
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