THE
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VOLUME XXXV.
BREVARD, NORTH CARO LINA, FEBRUARY 12, 1930
Number 7
Great Promise In Celery
Growing for Man Who
Sticks Close to His Job
PROFITABLE TRIP !
OF BREVARD GROUP
IN FLORIDA FIELDS
Much Valuable Information
Gained as to Growing
of Celery
FINE RECEPTION GIVEN
BY FLORIDA PEOPLE
No Haphazard Fanning Can
Make Money at Celery
Growing Industry
Celery growing in its every Phas?'
from the seed bed to the ^aled car
for shipment, was explained in thor
ough detail to the delegation going
from Brevard to the Florida celery
fields last week. In the party were
C. C. Yongue, Porter P' H
J. F. Corbin, Mr .fnd Mrs. C. ?
McNeely ana James F. Barrett.
Bradenton was the first place vis -
ed. and on Monday morning the
party was met by Mr. C. C. ,
for many years king of celery grow- j
ing in Florida, and taken to the ce - .
ery fields. Mr. Hutches owns a sum- 1
mer home in Gloucester, near Ros-,1
man, and with his tamily spend ; the ?
summers here. He ar.d his g |,
wife, sons and neighbors, litera.ly
stopped their work for two days and
devoted their time to sbowing the
Transylvania delegation all there is i
to be seen in the celery business. <
Mr. Hutches' son married a Ros- j
man girl, Miss Moss, beautiful dough- , '
tCr of Mr. and Mrs. Charley Moss, 1 1
and it goes without saying that the ]
people in the party were dol.ghted to ,
sea this young woman from their ^
own county. .
Mr. Hutches had planned the tript(
for the local men so they cou.d see .
all operations of the celery crop. In
one fie'.d the plant was being cut,
graded, boxed and made reacy for
shipment. In the adjoining field a | j
new crop was being set on land ,
from which the first crop had just,
been cut. Plant beds were displaj- J
ed, and full instructions as to sow-|<
ing the seed beds were given to the j ?
interested party. . t
While not nearly so large as other , f
operations nearby, the celery fields
cultivated by Mr. Hutches were said ?
by all citizens to be among the best
in the state. Twenty-three acres in
one body of celery grown by Mr.,
Hutches, so even that looking over , {
the field presented what Voiced like,,
a well and evenly trimmed fl?wci;t
bed, was the first showing made to. j
the Brevard men. From there the i
party was taken to great plantations , (
where hundreds and hundreds of ?
acres in celorv caused one to won
der if there were enough people in J,
the world to consume the celery in,,
plain view. ? i
Then to the wash houses and load- 1 ]
ing stations, where the railroads
have been run right through the ,
fields. At one station the manager,,
expressed regret that the party had ,
not arrived a day or so earlier, stat- ,
ing that he was running only hall j
force at present, and was loading,,
onlv eighteen freight cars a day.,
"What in the world do you call a
day's work, if you apologize for,;
loading only. eighteen cars i a day.
the manager was asked. Well, we
load 38 to 40 cars every day when
we are running full time, was the
laconic reply.
Mr. Hutches had wired Mr. F. b. |
Tether, head of the seed merchants,
and seed growers of Ridgewood, N. J. [
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FINE RESPONSE TO
m CHARITY IS NOTED
? _ ?
Splendid response has been made
to the appeals of the Associated
Charities for the relief fund being
raised for the care of a few families
temporarily out of work. The goal
has almost been reached, and it is
believed the assistance of those who
have not as yet made donation to
this fund will be sufficient to take
care of the work.
Officials of the Associated Chari
ties are praising some citizens of the
town who are employing these men
now for work to clean up about the
homos of these citizens, do garden
work, and other odd jobs that really j
-^eed to be done. This gives work to j
.Several people. It is further sug
gested 'hat all citizens who can em
ploy these men for a day or several
days. dr. so, and this takes the place
of charity assistance to that extent.
Ciiizens who need work done may
obtain whatever help they need by
telephoning Rev. R. L. Alexander,
head of the Associated Charities, or
by lea ing their messages at the of
li:- ? of Th<* Brevard News.
SIDELIGHTS ON TRIP
TO FLORIDA POINTS
Mr. C. C. Hutches is one of the
best boosters Transylvania county
ever had in Florida. He tells of the
beauties of this section all the
time. Mr. Hutches and his family
will be here again next summer, and
we here and now place him in nom
ination for membership in the Ki
wanis Club, in the Chamber of
Commerce, and to the state legis
lature if he will but remove his citi
zenship to this county.
Sheriff Jim Davison, of Manatee
county, Florida, is a real prince. He
has many friends here, and was es
pecially close to the late Charles E.
Orr, whose death is still keenly felt
by the Florida official. Sheriff Dav
ison will be here this summer, and
when he conies we want him to have
every key in town presented to him.
Mr. W. A. Manning, real estate
iealer in Bradenton, former secre
tary of the Chamber of Commerce in
that beauty spot, is another man who
endeared himself to the Transyl
vania county delegation. Mr. Man
ning made every one of us want to
5tav. in Bradenton the rest of our
natural born days. He, too, ia
scheduled for a visit to Brevard dur
ing the coming summer. We may
jeep him here.
Down at Durham, N. C., a young
ad served his apprenticeship as a
:ub reporter, learning the fascinat
ing newspaper game there. Now.
;his same man is editor of The Brad
jnton Herald, up-to-date daily news
paper at Bradenton. His name is 1
P. Cates, and he was good to look
?t when the Transylvania county
:rowd met him and learned that he
ivas an old Tar Heel.. Mr. Cates is
:oming to see us this summer, even
f we have to send for him.
Another North Carolinian now
leaking good in Florida is a Mr.
Sogers, born and reared in the old
.own of Hillsboro, this state. He is
nanager of the big celery farm
>wned by the Palmers, of Chicago,
rhere are some 16,000 acres in this
'arm, and they have been loading 50
;o 60 car loads of celery each day
or some time, and are still cutting
he crop. Mr. Rogers gave the group
iome valuable informatoin about
:elery.
Trouble was experienced once in
totting Porter Morgan out of an or
mge grove He wanted to stay right
;here, he said, until he was once in
lis life completely satisfied with
?ating oranges. And there he stuck,
intil he could eat no more oranges.
Clarence Yongue was driving the
ford one day, on the return trip,
ind saw approaching a fine big car
ivith a New York license. He stop
ped the Ford, hopped out, and waved
?he New York car to a stop. "What's
:he trouble?" asked a big Yankee in
,he New York car. "Just wanted to
:ip you off to something. You know
ivhat they call little cats down here
n Florida?" Mr. Yongue asked.
'No. What is it?" asked the New
Worker. "Kittens," said Clarence
ifongue, as he climbed back into the
Ford and said: "Git up!" Any may
be the other passengers in the big
car failed to laugh at the big boy.
"No wonder Florida is filled with I
tourists all the time," said County J
Accountant C. R. McNeely. "If the,
cordial reception which we have re-1
ceived is anything at all like Florida j
folks give to all visitors, that alone i
would make visitors want to come
back. 1 am going to stay in Braden
ton a few days longer." "Mrs. Mc
Neely was with him, and the ladies
in Bradenton gave her great atten
tion and made her visit most pleas
ant.
Prof. J. F. Corbin laid aside the
role of teacher, and became a stu
dent for a few days on the Florida
trip. "Wait until I get back to my
Rosman boys," said the professor,
"and I shall have something worth
while to give them concerning agri
culture. in addition to our regular
course. My boys will be glad to
hear of these things that I have seen
and learned on this trip."
"If the Lord had done as much
for our section as He did in making
Transylvania county, all of us cel
ery growers and truck farmers would
be wearing diamonds," said Mr. C.
C. Hutches, in talking with a jnroup
of Florida growers, telling how fine
the soil is in this ','ounty.
! "Brevard is all right," said Mr.
[Hutches, ."bi t I like Rosman. The
people in Rosman are more friendly
i than I found them to be in Brevard.
iFact is, the Rosman people are the
! very finest I have ever met. I am
i anxious to get back up there with
j them." In telling this to some <>f
Abraham Lincoln
This is the anniversary of the
birth of this nation's greatest states
man and the best friend the common
people have had since America was
born. Without college oi- university
training, Abraham Lincoln was one
of the wisest men the nation has
produced. Precedent meant noth
ing to this man, for he turned his
back to the West, thinking nothing
of the setting suns of yesterdays or
yesteryears. He faced the dawn
and looked into the future of to
morrow and all the morrows to
come. Abe Lincoln had no past,
and no family of the past about
which to boast, so the past meant
nothing to him. That secret, un
known power which controls the des
tiny of men and of nations so plan
ned and arranged Abe Lincoln's life
that he was not hampered with
! thoughts of the past. Therefore, he
I could look with open eyes and
| keenly attuned soul into the future,
land envision this United States as of
itoosy, with human slavery but a
!iii*;niory and a Great South growing
I .creater as the years come and go.
| Other great men have lived, and
worked, and passed into history, but
none other has left, .the stamp of his
life and activities so indelibly stamp
ed upon America's heart as did
Abraham Lincoln. A bullet, from a
crazed assassin's gan stopped the
breath of life in Lincoln's body, but
as long as America lives and time
i lasts grateful citizens will cherish
the memory of Abe Lincoln ? (Jod's
| own instrument for national unity in
the nation's darkest hour of im
j pending danger.
Florida Is Packed and Jammed With
Tourists, and Reaping Money Crops
I
Tens of thousands of tourists
are packing and jamming Flor
ida's hotels and boarding houses.
It is pronounced one of the
very best tourist seasons that
fine state has ever enjoyed. *
This is good news for Bre
vard. This town always 'has a
good season in the summer ful
lowing a good winter season in
Florida.
Not only is Florida enjoying
a fine tourist season, but the
fruit and vegetable crops are
bringing in great amounts of
money to the Florida people.
Every hour in the day one sees
solid trains of refrigerator cars
bearing the golden fruit and fine
vegetables from Fiorioa fields to
the marts of the world.
Brevard needs to get busy,
however, in sending out her bids
for the summer business. One
good man could, within a
month's time, fill ?very boarding
house in Brevard for the sum
mer season, and rent every fur
nished house, cabin and apart
ment that the town and county
has for rent.
What Brevard does within
the next few weeks will deter
mine the kind of season to be
enjoyed here. Florida people
will hunt the mountain retreats
this summer. The town that goes
after them is the town that will
got them.
AIKEN ANNOUNCES |
FOR CO. TREASURER
H. C. Aiken, known to hundreds of
friends throughout the county as
"Caney," for many years connected
with the Southern Railway company,
announces this week his candidacy
for nomination on the democratic
ticket for the office of county treas
urer. Mr. Aiken has a host of friends
in the county, and these make free
prediction that he will draw strong
support for this office. Mr. Aiken
has never before been a candidate
for public office, although he has al
ways taken a most active part in all
campaign, working for his friends on
the democratic ticket.
MISSIONARY MEETING AT
METHODIST CHURCH SUNDAY
First meeting of the annual Mis
sionary Cultivation Period will be
[held next Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock at the Methodist church. The
meeting will be featured by a talk
by the pastor, Rev. J. II. Wets, on
"Our Oldest Mission Field," which is
the largest and at present the
biggest problem and the most strat
esric. This meeting is for the entire
church membership and all members
t>f the congregation are urged to bo
tueaent.
'he Rosman people, The Brevard
Vjws was assured that Rosman likes
VIr. Hutches.
LIVE AT HOME PLAN
IS OBSERVED HERE
(J. A. GLAZENER, Agri. Instructor)
! There is much interest being man
ifested all over the state in Governor
| Gardner's "Live at Home Cam
paign." County, school and com
munity campaigns are being organ
ized. I am just wondering if it
isn't about time for us to get organ
ized in this county and show the
governor that we believe in living st
home way up here in these beautiful
j hills and valleys as well as the rest
! of the folks in other parts of the Old
'North State.
j The governor has asked the Agri
cultural Supervisors and teachers to
j assist ir. this great work and in keep
ling with his wish, and believing I
l ean he of some help to my fellow cit
izens, I am planning to meet at an
early date with the teachers ir. the
various rural schools in the Brevard
?Hiprh school area to assist them iri
getting a live at home program be
fore tjie folks of their respective
communities. Plans, method? of
procedure and detail matters will be
worked ottt at these meetings.
Fellow teachers, it will be greatly
appreciated if you will begin, if you
have not already, to present this im
I portant subject to your students and
task that they carry the message
(home to their parents. Your earnest
I cooperation and valued assistaif n
'will largely determine the suecc?" of
? this "Live at Home Campaign."
Caution Farmers About
Depending Too Heavily
On Tobacco for Living
TOBACCO PLANTS
FOR FEW MORE MEN!
Nearly fifty farmers have made
application to the Brevard Banking
company for tobacco plants with
which to plant one acre each of this
money crop. The bank had made
offer 1,o furnish plants, free of cost,
to as many as fifty farmers who
would agree to grow one acre of
tobacco each during the years'
season. Julian Glazener and his
class of Your.g Tar Heel farmers are
to do the work in burning the plant;
beds and sowing the seed. The bank
proposed to furnish all money neces
sary in this work, and for the pur
pose of buying fertilizer for the
plant beds and the canvas covering!
for same.
Binning of the beds will be started,
at c:i early date, as this is the time!
to sow the seed. A few more farm- !
ers.can be accommodated, provided!
[they will make request at the bankj
'at once. It is believed that fifty
farmers growing one acre each will,
show such great results in Transy!-!
vania county that tobacco growing |
will become a part of the regular |
program of practically all the farm-j
ers of the county.
AUCTION SALE OF
LOTS ANNOUNCED!
Auction sale of lots! j!
This cry brings back the good old ,
days of yore. J,
Mayor T. W. Whitmire, one of the!,
i town's most enthusiastic boosters, !i
has always contended that the |
future of this town i? assured, and ,
that property in Brevard will ev:n-j.
tually come into its own and be the!,
most valuable asset any one can 1 !
hold. ,,
As an evidence of this faith >r? | .
Brevard, Mayor Whitmire is starting p
the ball rolling with an auction ;
sale announced for Saturday morn- ;
ing, March 1. The property to be
offered is that beautiful residential
property on the east side of Broad ,
street, lying between the Transyl
vania hospital and the magnificent;
jhome of Dr. and Mrs. Roy Long.
It is believed that a large crowd,
of citizens will be interested in this
announcement, and will lend all aid j
and assistarie in making this the |
real beginning of a renewed activ
ity in this community.
UNION SERVICES !
HIGHLY PLEASING!
Fourth in the series of union ser
vices was held Sunday night at St.
Philips Episcopal church, with rep
representatives from other churches
of the town in attendance. The
sermon of the occasion was deliver
ed by Rev. J. H. West, pastor cf the
Methodist church.
The service featured observance
of the anniversary of National Boy
Scout Week. Forty members of the
local Boy Scout troops were present,
all marching in a body, the leaders
bearing the flags to the front of the
church, where the boys were all
seated together. Special appeal to
the Boy Scouts was made in the1
forceful sermon of the evening. 1
Musical selection rendered by the
choir and a vocal solo by Alvin
Moore were added features of the
iservice.
The union service next Sunday
.night will be held at the Presbyter
ian church, with the sermon delivered
by Rev. Harry Perry, rector of the
Episcopal church.
IS. P. UJUljOWNG
NEW SUB STATION!
i
R. L. Peterson, vice president of I
the Southern Public Utilities com
pany with headquarters in Char-j
.lotte, spent Monday in Brevard, in-i
jspecting the activities of the com
pany here. Preparations are about
made for construction of a new sub
station at the nlnnt of the Cascade
, Power company on Little River. Sev
eral thousands of dollars will be ex
pended in the erertion of this new
sub-station, and work will begin
within a few days on the p/oject.
Especially pleasing to the com
pany officials is the large number of
|rural homes now being served ?ith
electric lights by the Southern Pub
lic Utilities. Miss Pearl Gash and
Mr. .T. J. Grey, of Etowah, are tho
[latest citizen? of the county having
J-l.'ctric !ight< conr.cotcd with tiieir
| ountry homes.
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TOBACCO IS FINE
CROP IF GROWN AS
SIDELINE FOR CASH
Farmers Warned, However,
That Grain, Stock and
Chicks Are First
FARM AGENT URGES ALL
TO GROW BETTER CROPS
Easier To Grow Big Crop on
Small Acreage Than Same
Crop on Big Acreage
"Caution" is the word most used
in the meeting of farmers held in
the Brevard High Schoo! building
Tuesday afternoon for the purpose of
studying tobacco growing. The meet
ing had been called by Julian G te
ener, and several farmers who are
planning to grow tobacco this y?ar
were present. It was to study tnia
crop that the meeting was ?. a'T?
Eari Brintnall, county farm agent
of Madison county, was the principal
speaker. It is under his lirection
that the farmers of Madison county
have experienced so much piosperity
from the growing and sale of to
bacco during the past few years.
Mr. Brintnall waa intrdoueed by
County Agent Jones, of Henderson
county. Farmers in Henderson are
planning tobacco for this yejsr, tout
on a moderate scale. Mr. Jouc-s said!
tobacco is n good thing for the feu/, ?
er, if grown in moderation, ao 6 if
Lhe farmer does not negSect his otbar
crops and does not sacrifice h:s
stock growing and chicken btismcsA
Mr. Brintnall gave instructions in
tobacco growing from the sowing of
Lhe seed to handling the crop (or
sale. Beds ought to bo prepared and
the seed sown not later than March
first. Choose a warm sit*, v.ith
southern or south-eastern exposure,
never a site facing the north or west
Make beds 9 feet wide and at Ien?t
30 feet long for one acre of tobac
co. Better to make the seed bed
9x50, then there is assurance that
one will have sufficient sect! for set
ting out an acre of plants. Burn the
ground thoroughly, to a depth of
four or five inches. Make bed very
rich, using either stable manure <-r
hen house manure. Enclose the bed
completely with planks stt on i-dgo
and dirt piled against outside of
planks, I'low or dig the bed, after
burning, until the dirt is pulverized.
Rake and clepr of all clods, roots and
rocks. Take teaspoonful of tvbacco
seed for each 20 square feet of bed,
and mix with ashes.so as to h?v
sufficient bulk for sowing evenly.
Brush seed in lightly, then covi ?
with canvas cloth of the 25-strand
weight. Care must be given to the
Ilea beetle that begins on??' some
plants as soon as they besriu to
come up through the ground.
Proper solution of Paris green and
arsenate of lead is recommended to
kill the flea. When plants ;ire
growing weeds may come up to
smother the tobacco plant. Tlicsa
must be kept pulled out of the bed.
Canvas should be removed several
days before transplanting, so the
plants may become toughened.
Rich ground should be selected for
the tobacco crop. Stable manure
ought to be put on the ground now.
Ten days or two weeks before plant
ing tobacco, the ground ought to be
finally prepared, laid off in rows,
fertilizer strewn in the furrow, this
covered, making the ridge for the
tobacco row. Rows should be laid
off four feet apart the plants set 15
inches down to 12 inches apart
From 800 to 1000 pounds of fertil
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40 BOYS ENJOYING
RECREATION NOW
An average of forty boys each
night, meeting tfiree nights a week,
are enjoying the play and practice
provided through the sponsorship of
the Brevard Kiwanis club. Rev. R.
L. Alexander is in charge of the
work, and with the assistance of
other men of the town, direct the
play and practice. It is planned to
work on this beginning as a nucleus
for organization of a Y. M. C. A. in
Brevard.
j Special arrangements were made
I with the school authorities for the
I use of the school building, it being
impressed upon all citizens that the
jtewn owes it to the young people of
? the community to provide such rec
reation hall for them. The Kiwanis
jclub is enthusiastic over the work,
land is especially proud of the fact
? that ther" is a man like Rev. Mr. Al
o-'cn I:'.r h'.ve 'o tike l3sd?)4?':i j|
'the work.