BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, JANUARY 22, 1930
5E XXXV.
umber of Commerce Annual Dinner
!eeting Forerunner of Better Business
or Brevard and Transylvania County
SPIRIT OF DETERMINATION IS SHOWN
IN CONCERTED ACTION OF IOO CITIZENS
Dinner Served Consisted of
County's Own Production
? The Hostesses
UNITY OF PURPOSE IS
STRESSED BY SPEAKERS
?*tter Farming, More Tourists
*nd Industrial Expansion j
Is tb& Program {
With more than one hundred of
Brevard business and professional
men and Transylvania county farm
ers gathered at the festive board, the
annual meeting of the Brevard
Chamber of Commerce Tuesday
night was unanimously declared to
be the finest gathering of its kind j
ever held in this town. The meet-|
ing was held in the Masonic Hall, and
the ladies of the Eastern Star pre- 1
pared and served the dinner. The ;
menu contained practically one hun- :
dred per cent Transylvania county
grown items, from the hot rolls ,
baked from wheat Hour grown on the
Brevard Institute farm, to the kraut
cocktail taken from the barrels on j
the farms in the county. Philips
Bakery baked the rolls. ,
Optimum Reigned Supreme
Throughout the session and in all ,
the reports and splendid addresses a ,
new note of optimism sounded pro- ]
nouncement of greater activity and ,
better conditions in this community 'j
for business and for farming. Presi
dent T. W. Whitmire was in his ,
giory, and in opening the meeting ,
declared that the large crowd of men ;
responding to the call of the Cham- |
ber of Commerce almost overwhelm- j
ed hi'm with pleasure and pride in |
the community spirit as manifest by <
this crowd. : |
NVm. E. Breese, president of the\
Brevard Bar association, was first
speaker, and told what a Chamber of i
Commerce means to a community. ;
It is the one organization, Mr. Breese j
said, that is always on the alert to 1
promote any interest or influence I
that means advancement for the ]
community. Other groups and organ- i
izations having a particular interest i
to serve interest themselves in that I
one thing. The Chamber of Com- !
merce, the speaker said, embraces <
all ot these organizations and groups, i
as well as serving the individual in 1
the community. Tourist business, 1
industrial expansion, agriculture, ]
civic improvement, and all lines of j 1
endeavor working for th?r*good of . ?
the town can best be served 'through j
the one cenUfd organization, the
Chamber of fijjjmerce.
Julian GIsBir, instructor in|
agriculture 'jjgiffltev Brevard High
school,, pr e a sMfDHL-s as to the ag
ricultural cc?flgMHr in the county,
and then pvAaNbST the possibilities
of agriculture he-re in u manner that
caused the assembled group to ex
press surprise /at the bigness of:
these possibilities. Mr. Glazener il- 1
lustrated his' lecture with charts, |
showing relative values of each i
crop, and analyzing the possibilities,!
using, as he', said, most conservative
figures baseoi on averages covering j
many years and a wide oection of:
the country. 4
Mr. Glazener first gave the num-|
ber of farmii in the county, in
groups as-semeled according to acre- 1
age. There.'are 131 farms in the;
county containing from 3 to 9 acres;!
128 farms winge in size from 10:
to 19 acre3 ?ch; 249 farms ranging j
DONATIONS MADE~7|
TO (j
Members <
knowledge i
donations n
and individ
used in the
nierce dinro
Bronifield g
potatoes us<
Farm Dairy
milk. Mrs,
quarts of
Sellers
desserts,
pave the
tails. TlieJ
the flour
lips Bakeri
dinner. Tl
Seed conilfl
Arthur Je|
members
various
been othe
eluded in
herewith
their nam?
in size from 20 to 49 acres; 249
farms with acreage of from 60 to 99
acres; 161 farmB range from 100 to
174 in acreage; 56 farms have from
175 to 269 acres each; only 31
farms ranging in size from 260 to
499 acres, and just 13 farms range
in acreage from 600 to 999 acres.
Of the really big farms there are
only five containing 156(T acres or
more.
Prof. Glazener showed by his fig
ures and charts that livestock in
the county has decreased in the
county during the past few years, de
ploring this condition and calling up- !
on the Chamber o? Commerce to
recognize the fact that decrease of j
livestock means decrease of wealth
in the county. There were just a '
few more than half the number of (
horses in the county in 1928 as there i
were in 1923. In 1923 there were
2574 hogs in the county, and in!
1928 this number had dwindled to
2031. Dairy cattle decreased in;
number some 25 per cent during the
two-year period from 1926 to 1928, j
and, while other cattle went down I
exactly one-half in number. Sheep'
decreased in number on the five-year
period from '23 to '28, some sixty
per cent, while hens went down in
number in the two-year period of
1926 1928, a little over 20 per
cent, or one-fifth.
All these decreases, Mr. Glazener
asserted, meant just that much loss
to the farmers of the county, and this
ioss accounts for a big portion of
:hc farmer's inability to have the
;hings he and his family want today, i
Forty per cent of the corn cropji
jrown in Transylvania county last ji
poar ,fed to hogs and the hogs mark- 1 <
sted at conservative prices, would. i
lave brought into the county $97,200
n money. Mr. Glazener proved
,hat corn fed to hogs and marketed '
;hrough hogs would bring in from 25
:o 40 cents more on the bushel than
selling corn as corn.
An average of three cows to the
farm in the county figuring only $50
, -early returns on each cow, which is
i very low estimate, would bring to
;he farmers of Transylvania county
:he sum of $150,000 annually. One
tundred hens on each farm in the
:ounty- would bring into the pockets
3f the farmers $100,000 a year.
Mr. Glazener offered the following J
suggestion for cash crops in the
.?ounty, showing clearly the possibil
ities of each item, and based his
Igures on extremely conservative
basis. He suggests planting the fol
lowing crops, giving "estimate of cash
the fanners would receive for these
:rops:
500 acres in Sweet potatoes
would bring in $ 50,000
! 000 acres in Irish potatoes
would bring in 95,000
300. acres in tobacco would
bring fn 42,000
100 acres in celery would
bring in 50,000
100 acres in lettuce would
bring in 50,000
3 'JO acres in cabbage would
bring in 20,000
Total cash crop possibilities
not now being touched
would add total of .... $307,000
Mr. Glazener's presentation of
his subject challenged the admiration
of the big crowd, and the address was
declared by many to be "an eye
opener," and one of the most valu
able and instructive lectures ever
heard in Brevard. I
Industrie*
Thcs. H. Shipman, Brevard banker, j
spoke on industries, and told of ef- i
forts that are being made to bring'
about ?n industrial expansion here. !
Mr. Shipman related incidents in '
connection with activities of the in- 1
dustrial committee of the Chamber I
of Commerce regarding a big plush j
"actory that was interested in mov
ig its plant to this section. Prae
[Cally all arrangements had been
|de for the plant's removal here,
n the labor troubles broke out at
.onia and Marion, and these dis
pnees completely stopped all ne
jtions for the time being. It is
^ed, however, the speaker said,
company's interest in this
n has not waned, and the plant
[/entually be established here,
ghipman quoted authorities as
:hat this county with its
:e of mountain water pro
tha government forests
in appeal to prospective
;ers unequalled anywhere
are we ourselves ready
was the pertinent
speaker addressed to the
l?. "We must be will
part when a concern
its plant here, and 1
"irtain that we ar?
wn minds for this,
?use in readiness,
res will come," the
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UNION MEETINGS
GROWING IN FAVOR
Continued interest is being mani
fested in the union services helfl
each Sunday evening in the different
churches of the town, as demon
strated by the large number in at- j
tendance last Sunday.
The second in the scries was held
Sunday evening in the Methodist
church, with the Rev, R- L. Alexan
der, pastor of the I'rcsbytenan
church, delivering the sermon. The
service was in charge of the Metho
dist pastor, Rev. J. H. West, assisted
by the rector of St. Philips Episco
pal church, Rev. Harry Perry.
Adding greatly to the service was,
the presence of the large choir, com- ,
prised of representatives from the |
choirs of the different churches.
The special selections rendered by
the choir End their leadership in the
congregational singing added much
to the success of the meeting.
The third in the series of services ?
will be held next Sunday evening at (
7:30 /o'clock at the Presbyterian ,
church, with the Rev. Mr. West de- ,
livering the sermon. A cordial wel- (
come is extenedd to the public to ]
attend all these services. ,
POWER COMPANY IS i
STARTING BIG JOBjj
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(Franklin Press)
The Nantahala Light and Power ,
:ompany, subsidiary of the Alumin-.,
im Company of America. has begun t
,vork near Beechers in this county j
/vhich bids fair to continue for sev-,,
>ral years, according to news reacn- x
ng Franklin from Beechers. s
Two large compressed air drills si
ire being put in operation on the s
railroad. Two steam shovels are c
dso pushing the grade through th. f
jliffs of the Nantahala gorge toward s
\quone. . !>
At the dam site, the coffer dam .
s almost finished. The rallJayj??? j,
,le crossing the river near Nantahala ?
station will be completed in a few i
lays, and track laying on the nev
:oad will begin soon. *
Work on the transmission line
from Andrews to the new dam site .
s going forward rapidly, as is also |
,vork on the incline to the mouth or
?he tunnel. Both are scheduled to
)e finished by January 15. Then
vork on the eight-mile tunnel which
(rill connect the dam with the power
louse near the village will be begun
md pushed night and day until com- ,
ilcted. s
Contracts have been let to two m
iifferent construction companies foi ^
;he building of the dam and of the
railroad. According to officials i1
>1'S will be added as needed. At the I
end of the coming summer probably ,
i total of 2000 men will be employed (
in the various activities having to do ]
with the project. it
The railroad is slated to be finishod ;
in two months, according to state-;
nients from Beechers. This will i
mean that a large force of workmen |
with modern machinery will be em-,,
ployed in the very near future lfthe j
railroad is to be completed m bo
short a time.
The railroad will be worked from
both ends of the line in order to (
make move rapid progress. With the
completion of the line material can
then be laid down at the site of the
dam for construction purposes. j
TWO PREACHERS IN i
CHARGE OF KIWANISl
Two ministers. Rev. J. H. West.)
pastor of the Methodist church, and
Rev. R. L. Alexander, pastor of the
Presbyterian church, will have charge
of the Kiwanis program this Thurs
day noon at the Wat.ermire dining
,room.
| The two wel! versed Kiwanians
are expected to use as their themes
for the program base "Why and
What."
REGULAR MEETING OF~ DUNNS
ROCK MASONIC LODGE FRIDAY
There will be regular communica
tion at Dunns Rock Masonic Lodg*
I Friday evening, beginning at 7:30
o'clock. Work in the First Degree
I'vill be taken up at this meeting.
iMT. MOK1AH CHURCH TO
I HEAR REV. J. K. HENDERSON
Preaching services at Mt. Mori ah
Calvert Baptist ehurch will be held
next Sunday, conducted by Rev. J.
K. Henderson. A cordial invitation
is extended to th.' r.'.ib*"s to be pres
ent.
FINAL HEARING ON
: SCHOOL QUESTION!
h
I
ool Board Becomes Plaintiff j
In Suit By Agreement ?
Hearing on Monday
OW IN COURSE OF
ORDERLY ADJUSTMENT!
Quection of Authority to Bej
Decided, Removing Cause
of Board Controversy
l<
, Controversy as to the powers of the
county school board and the county
purchasing agent and county ac
countant has been started on an or
derly process of adjustment in. tne-j
courts, this new course was an
outgrowth of mandamus proceedings
instituted by Memory Mull and Jason
Huggins against the scbooi board,
tho county superintendent, S. P.
Yerner, the county commissioners
aad the county purchasing agent and
accountant, C. R. McNeely. When
the mandamus case came up for
hearing in County court last Friday,
Judge English advised the litigants
to revise the case, and this was
ngreed to by counsel.
? The case in its new form, which
makes the county board of education
the plaintiff in the case, will come
up for hearing next Monday. Fol
lowing is the ruling made by Judge
English as to the matter:
"After preliminary argument in J1
the above entitled case, and it ap- ' '
uoaring to the Court therefrom that
important legal quesions are involv
ed, and it further appearing to this
Court that some of the parties in
:his action are not necessary parties,
ind that the present pleadings and
parties necessary are not so arrang
:d as to properly present said ques
;ions of law to the Court, it is now
}y consent of all parties and then
:ounsel ordered by the Court that
?he defendant, the County Board of
Sdsctaion, be and it is hereby made
)arty plaintiff to this action, and
hat the Board of County Commis
lioners and C. R. McNeely, county
iccountant and purchasing agent, be
md they are hereby retained as the
>roper defendants in this cause, and
he plaintiffs are allowed five days
'rom this date to file the necessary
>etition in this cause for a writ of .t
oandamus against the said defend- |j
tnts, and the said defendants are
illowed five days after the filing of
aid writ, or after_^the service of a
?opy tEsreof on said defendants to
ile answer, an2 upon the filing of
;aid writ as aforesaid, the said
danitiffs, and said S. P. Vomer shall jj
>e relieved as necessary parties to j
his cause, and this cause is oontin- L
led until Monday, January 27. 1930
'or heaiing between the said ve-!r
Arranged parties hereto and tho new i
>etiiions and answers to be tiled in I
aid cause." Ir
EN JOYABLEMEET 11
OF THE WOODMEN
Ir
Woodmen of the World and Cne | r
bVoodmen Circle meeting in a joint 1 1
;ocial gathering Monday night at the
;v. o. w. hall prcred an event of
creat enjoyment by the hundred or
nore members and visitors in at
;endance. Jy
A musical program of unusual
erest featured the opening of
;vening'e entertainment. Mrs. B. E. L
Nicholson was choir leader for
rroup singing, while Mr3. Madge Wil
sins presided at the pianc, adding
nuch to the pleasures of the occa
lion.
W. H. Grogan Jr. district man
ner of the W. 0. W., presided over
:he gathering. A. B. Galloway,
:onsul commander, made the address
li welcome, followed by two read
ings by Helen Galloway, and a short
talk by L. P. Hamlin. Mrs. Frank)
Carr rendered several piano selec- j
tions.
Following the program, a grand
march was enjoy* d by the large
ber present, the march being led by
Mr. and Mrs. Grogan.
The pleasures of the occasion were
climaxed by the square dance, in
which many couples participated to
the expressed enjoyment of those
taking part and of the on-lookers.
Callers of the dance were Dr. Car<
Hardin, Dan Glainer and Mr. Pax
ton. Music v/aa furnished by the
Rosman Fisher band.
IMPORTANT ROTICE
Ok account of earttin condi
tions arising within the past few
days a large number of people
are now ae?rfinf *11 the asiost
anco that the more fortunate
citizen can render. Rev. R. L.
Alexander, <.f the Associated
Cluritiei, wants every citieen
who hu tome clothing or shoes
that can be spared to bring such
either to the Presbyterian
Manie or leave at The Brevard
New, i office. Men'* clothing aad
shoes, boys' clothing' and shoes,
women's clothing and shoes,
children's clothing and shoes,
ary bed covering, or any gar
ments or articles that will help
to keep people was-iu, arc sorely
needed just now and righi iww.
The situation is acute, Rev. Mr.
Alexander says, and prompt ac
tion on the part of those who
are wiP.in? to he'.p in the said
sititattrpn v/ii! b- r S"?* WeWJnjf
!o nrrdy peopl-f.
Ask Ti
REVIEW OF WORK
IN COUNTY COURT1
? ?
Judge D. L. English, of the Gen- j
eral County Court, was asked for a I
statement as to the accomplishment
of that tribunal during the seven
months the new court hw been in ,
operation. The following figures, :
taken from the docket, jive an ap- 1
proximate number of c*ses tried,,1
&nd trte manner in which they were '
disposed.
About 225 cases have been tried !
in the County Court, 25 of these be- '
ing civil cases and 200 being crimin- 1
coses. Of the criminal cases there
have been X34 convictions and pleas
of guilty; 26 verdicts of not guilty: i
18 nol prosed; 20 nof prosed with
?cave; one case remanded and one in i
abatement.
Fines imposed amount to $1906.
and forfeitures to $150. Prison sen
tences imposed, including jail and
cham gang, aggregate 156 months in '
Ume. I
Judge English stated these figures '
may not be accurate to the penny, as
i sma.l amount of fines might net
aave been collected, and that a care- ')
Eul checking might show one or two '
Forfeitures needed to be stricken i
>ut, but in the main this report is !'
ipproximately correct. 1 1
smaiimerin |.;
REGULAR MEETING i
i
January meeting of the Business !
tnd Professional Women's club was
leld Monday evening at the Blue J
ioon, with cfljy a small represents- '
ion present. The meeting was pre- f
ided over by the president, Miss '
eannette Talley. f
The time was consumed mainly in i
he transaction of matters of busi- J
?ess pertainihg to the club work, J
nd with the hearing of reports from .
he various committee chairmen. The ;
itLsiness was transacted during and *
ollowing the supper hour.
The needs oi the Girl Scouts were '
?resented by the Scout chairman, ;
iiss Nell Aiken, and upon unan- ?
mous vote of the club it was decided !,
o donate to the Scouts a volley '
?all, scout manuals and other equip
nent necessary to the scouting work. *
The Legislative chairman, Mrs. A. j
I. Houston, read several amend- t
nents to the constitution and by- c
aws, which the committee had sub- j
niited for adoption, and upon mo- r
ion, they were adopted as a v/hole,
vith one exception.
In the absence of the regular ,
?rogram leader, Mrs. R. E. Law- t
ence, Miss Martha Boswel) told of ^
natters relating to Thrift Week, and r
o the League of Nations aniver- j
.ary, and of several pieces of inter-',
isting literature bearing on club1,,
vork which had been distributed .
tmong the members. jf
SffSMOlNER ji
P CLASS PRESIDENT,'
i>
Members of the junior class of the'
Brevard High school, numbering 73, i
ield a class meeting Tuesday morn- *
ng, The mail) feature of which was ? :
;he election of officers.
The following class officers for,'
the year were elected : President, ? '
Paul "Schachner; vice president, Re- '
becca 'Summey; secretary., M olli? j '
Sne'scn: treasurer. Hinton McLeod '
Jr. !]
Discussion was held of other mat- _
ters of importance to the class and .
to the senior class, the outcome of
ivhich ,ii is hoped, will prove one of 'J
tile rrost important events in the.!
iehoot year. j1
Miss Mary Frances Diggers and!
Mr. Hinton McLeoH are sponsors of
the junior class, and with their _help i
and the cooperation of the memoers, j'
it ic expected that many worthwhile 1
thingB will be accomplished during
the year.
DAVIS-LONG GETS AGENCY
FOR FRIG2DAIBE MACHINE I
Davis-Long Drug company have i
obtained the agency for the Frigid
aire machine in Brevard and Tran
sylvania county. One of the models
adapted to home use is now on dis
play at their stove, corner of Main
and Broad.
Q-iite a number of users in this
section of the Frifpdalre jjrodnct, are
reported as being well pleased with
the machines and in several instances
repeat etdera have been taken here. .
FURNITURE MEN GONE TO
HIGH POINT EXPOSITION
Joe Lyday and T. E, Raid, of the j
Housttfn Furniture company, are in,
High Po nt this week, attending the j
Furniture Exposition, one of the big
events in tta furniture business. The
Srevard . wf.l to Brevard
it '.he the week.
irfflHi
BURDENSOME LAND
. TAX NOW IN FORCE
Believed S^Ies Tax Will Be
Urged If Special Session
Should Be Called
THIS COUNTY MAY JOIN
IN STATE MOVEMENT
Buncombe County Is Taking
Lead ? All Counties Are
Asked to Join
* .
Buncombe county is taking the
laad in a movement to secure relief
from the tax burden on real proper
ty, and at a big meeting held i>
Asheville Monday nig lit request vraa
made to Governor Gardner to call
special session of the
the purpose of e
lhat would give
A.U other countie;
jeing asked to jo
;y in this mo
probable that a
rransylvania co j
Many inter
wrought out at
rille Monday ni?,
nake by bankers
nen that the ?
forth Carolina
10 longer considered
>ut on the other hand, .~
idered a liability. No lonl^^ia
lanlts in Ashevihe, it was said, ac
:ept real estate as security for
oans, because there is no market
or real estate, and the revenue
torn, it i* net ?a9ieie.Kt: to k-?v tfr*
axes and upkeep.
Newton Anderson, chairman of
he heard of cocmty ijomtnissionert
n Buncombe county, told of how tax
in land began when the state was or
tanized. At that time, Mr. Ander
on pointed out, the state was noti
ng but a series of large plantations,
[here was nothing else to plat-e
axes cn. But times changed, an*
iianl&TTons became cities, a no hip
nsnufacturitig plants and factory
louses covered what had been plan
ations. Yet the state and counties
ontinued to tax laiid, until now tV.e
imit has 'been reached, demand f'W
eal estate all but Stopped, and real
state placed on the i lability vather
han the asset side of i:Vie WljJ&r.
Wm. E. Breese, of Brevard, .n
ended the meeting iri reft'ponss to in
stations that had been to a'i the sur
ounding counties. The Br e vara
awyer told the group T rans;l
rania county is suffering .from the
,ame causes that are holding- the a>
ention of property owner-) >n Bu"
?ombe county now, and made ?pww
?eference to cut-over lends in this
:ount}' that are assessed at a hifihsr
figure than could be wild for. Mr.
Jreese expressed the opinion that
rransylvanis county would joi"
iuncombe county and other eountie*
n efforts to have taxes 011 lands re
Ificed.
The whole matter is expected
?esult in some kind of a skIss tas. It
s believed, too, that int-ingibles wtfi
oe forced t<> bear a greater part ok
.he burdon off taxation. flow* >e?dev*
if the tix reform movement have
expressed tie. -opinion that a sale*
tax tugbt to fie placed on every
article sold in commerce. Other* ex
pressed diemsejves in favor of a-salea
?ax 07! tus.wH*s, but not on .ieo v<>
ties of Me. In event of vhe ? *?.ver
nor's fa^om'f ^ attitude cn calling a*
extra sessto?! 'of the legiflfyrtote, it 11
known now that widely divergent op
inions as to the best meUode of shitt
inp the tax Isurdens will precipitate
1 bitter contest.
But one thing seems to be certai*
the oroperty owners of North C a>.?
lina are determined to have remove#
the unbearable tar burden on rea?
property.
C. OF C OFFICERS
BE ELECTED LAM
No election of officer? itnl dirte
to To of the Chamber of < 'omnaefq
was held Tuesday night ?s a?n?at
?vl, became of toe disco- ory in
by-laws of the organisation that
election must be nald on the T|
Thursday ni-jht in January of
year, aed this was overlooked '
the meeting w?s set for test T '
night!
Officer;.' of the body art
ing t.o find Home way flrou
snag, so the election can bl
held at a later date, n Bet
of which wiil he wade. In
tirae, the old director ar
aotomattaally hold over '
successors 3ha'I bsv<,t bef j
installed. '