North Carolina Newspapers

DO YOU WANT A NEW CHEVROLET COACH? Know Your County and Win ? Car ? Estimate* Come In from All Over Country GET IN LINE BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE No Extra Cost, Just a Little Effort ? Some One Will Ride Car Home - from all over the county, from all ; parts of the United States, and from every postoffice and R. F. D. in thia section, there come estimates on the population of Transylvania county. ; The response has been -most surpris ing, even to as optimistic group as tiicra is in The Brevard News office, j Each one feels that he or she will win the new Chevrolet Caoch, which The Brevard News is offering to the subscriber who makes the nearest correct estimate of the number 01 people now living in Transylvania county. The census enumerators will soon begin taking the census, :uid the winner is to be decided by United States government figures. The prize being offered in this Know Your* County Contest is a sPa,}K fired new Chevrolet Coach, fully equipped, with extra tire, bumpeis and all, even filled with gas and oil and ready to drive home. Have YOU submitted your esti mate yet? 1 If not, better not delay, for we reserve the right to close this ofter on one week's notice, and wtien we have obtained a certain number of paid up subscribers this offer will end rght there and then. And that is not all. When this offer ends, every name on the list that is not paid up for this year is going to be taken from the list. We are going on the pay in advance plan, and that is why we are offering this great prize, so you will pay up and not be cut oft our list. Remember the rules. Any one, anywhere, can submit an estimate of the number of people now living in Transylvania county. Onlv those whose subscriptions are paid up for the full year of 1930 will be eligible to receive the auto mobile in case of submitt'ng the win ning number. If you are behind in your subscrip tion, then pay up amount necessary to finish out this year of 1930 anu vou will be eligible to win the car. If you are not a subscriber, pay a years' subscription now, which is 52. and submit your estimate and you are eligible. Onlv one estimate to each sub scriber. In case of a tie, that is, if two or more people submit the number nearest the correct government fig ure, then those tying must divide the prize suitable to themselves. There is but one prize. The question now is: Do not wait any longer. It costs nothing extra. Just vour regular subscription price tr. The Brevard News, paid up for this whole year. To show how greatly interested the pepole away from here are, we give you these names: Miss Nettie Hightower, of Longvicw, state of Washington, sent in her estimate. From New Orleans, from all over Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, the estimates have come pouring in. Pisgah Forest has sent in more than any other one section in the county, outside of Brevard. Some estimates have been as low as 9,000, and others have been as high as 35,000. Do your own figur- . ing. Here we give you again the figures that will help you in arriving at your ecsimace. In 1890 the population of the county was 4,000. In 1900 the population of the county was 6,020. In 1910 the population of the county was 7,800. In 1920 the population of the county was 9,503. Now, the question for you to de cide is what is the population now, in t'lis year of 1930? As further material for you to work upon, the vote in the elections nee 1920 are herewith given: In 1920 the vote in the county; was 3,206. In 1922 the vote in the county, was 3,645. In 1924 the vote in the county, was 3,622. In 1926 the vote in the county was 3,822. In 1928 the vote in the county was 3,983. Take these figures, and what you know of the county in the past two 1 years, and figure out your estimate j of the population at present. It is A-orth while. It will make you know your county better. It costs noth ing extra to try it. All in the world you have to do is to pay your sub scription up for this present .year, and you ought to do that anyway. Then if you are not a subscriber, you ought to be, so all you have to do is to send us two dollars for one year's subscription, make up your es timate and sr>nd it in. You have just as fine opportunity as anybody else has to ride this Chevrolet home. Home one is eroinj? to throw her in high and go home in a brand now Chevrolet coach. What are you waiting on? It may he too late, if you put it off i any longer. CARD OF THANKS Wo wish to extend our thanks to ? ach and everyone for their kindness durir.T the sickness and death of our beloved son and brother, Woodrow, also for the beautiful floral offer ings. Mr. and Mrs. .T. L. Lane and family. Subscribe for The News - ?2.00 per year. ALL DIRECTORS TO MEET FRIDAY MORN ' I President Whitmire Urges Ail To Be On Hand and Prove Interest Every member of the Board of Di rectors of the Chamber of Com merce is expected to be at che Chamber of Commerce rooms promptly at 8:30 o'clock Friday morning, for the purpose of making a drive for memberships for this year. President Whitmire says this is the first task presented to the 25 men .vho were honored last week by be ing selected as the board of direc tors, and this first call for service will determine each member's sin cerity and give indication of his in terest in the community. All pepole realize that there is 1 ,:o::ter nee I for concerted action I h:s year than ever before, and it is believed the 25 men will take the I part in the great task of .community building. Membership on the board of diroc 1 tors of the Chamber of Commerce carries with it a great responsibility ? to the community, and the manner in which the members respond to this j first call to service is to be taken as reflecting exactly the interest each member of the board has in the i community, the president stated. , WHITMIRE CHOSEN FOR ANOTHER TERM i Mayor T. W. Whitmire was un animously reelected president of he Chamber of Commerce last r'.ui'sday evening, and J. M. Gaines, hunger of the Southern Public ?'Hities company was chosen as fir t vice president. Jerry Jerome, .secretary cf the Building Loan "s ; ociation was elected second vice president. Miss Mattie E. Lewis was re elected secretary, and Oliver H. Orr, of the Pisgah Industrial Bank ? was named treasurer of the organi zation. President Whitmire has named all committees for the year, placing ev ery member of the Chamber of Com merce on one of the committees, and I planning to give a go'.d prize to the member doing the best work for the Chamber of Commerce. A full list of these committees will be pub lished next week. NO EXTENSION ON PAYMENT OF TAXES There is to be no extension of li.iu- on payment of 1925 taxes, ac ? liinsf to announcement made by C. R. McNeely, county accountant. This statement is matte because m many people have been under im pression that there is three month's , xtension of time. The legislature provided last year a three jnonths' extension of time for payment of 1928 taxes before advertising property for sale. But that does not, it is pointed out, ap !y to the taxes this year. All 1929 taxes were due last Oc tober. The law says that all prop erty on which taxes remain unpaid on the first day of May shall be advertised for sale, and be sold, on (the first Monday in June. County officials pointed out that they have no voice in the matter at all, and must, of course, follow the law. DELEGATES NAMED TO RALEIGH MEET Following is the complete list of !< legations appointed by J. H. Piekelsimer, chairman of the board of county commissioners, and T. W. V.'hitmire, mayor of Brevard, to at tend the tax meeting to be held in Raleigh on March 31: J. S. Silversteen, chairman; T. G. .Miller, W. W. Croushorn, Carl M'oltz and R. R. Fisher. The mayor's selection follows: S. W. Radford, J. S. Bromfield, W. E. Breese and James F. Barrett. This delegation will represent the county and the town at the general state tax meeting called for March 31, to be held in Raleigh, at which time the tax question will be studied by similar delegations from all over the state. The primary purpose of the meeting is to find some remedy for over-burden.ed real estate. It is hoped that some plan may be found whereby the heavy taxes on land may be reduced. NAME TAX LISTERS AND CALL MEETING Tax listers for the several town ships have been appointed, and are called to meet with county officials next Monday morning at 10 o'clock. This meeting is important, officials say, and all list takers are expected be sit the meeting, on time. Following are the list takers for the county: Brevard township: W. S. Price, Jr. and J. P. Mason. Boyd township: S. V. Brown. Cathcy's Creek township: R. I.. 1 Ilogsed. Dunn's Rock township: Kd Mc- I Gaha. Eastatoe township: P. L. Glazcnev. ' Hogback township: W. J. Raines. I.ltt' - ' Rive- township: M. L iT.. . iiton. *5 ! " 9 Gloucester township: W. V. Gal loway. MANY WOMEN HERE J OWN THE BUSINESS (Continued from page one) such expert manner as to cause this ' agency to be the subject of compli- j mentary statements from insurance ? officials of the district and state. ] In addition to her business inter- , ests, Mrs. Walker, who was the first president of the local Business and ! Professional Women's club, is in i great demand as soloist and gives , much of her time to her music. Mrs. Walker is the mother of two children, and the fact that she is a busy busi ness woman in nowise inteferes with her life as a mother, nor hinders her in her activities in the town. The Blue Moon Lunch Room is 1 operated entirely under the owner ship and management of women. Mrs. R. S. Pearce and daughters. Their attractively arranged and equipped rooms are the official meet ing place for the monthly meetings of the local Business and Profession al Women's club. j Mrs. Pearce and daughters open ed business in Brevard in July of the past year, operating a sandwich shop on North Caldwell avenue, and in that looatioj for two months catered to the vacationist as well as to home people, proving themselves extremely popular with all alike. In September, the management moved into an up-town location, with im proved opportunities . and facilities, and since that time they have con ducted a staple and permanent busi ness, catering to the public desire ?'or eats. Space will not allow mention made of the various women in Brevard '.v.n anti operate their own boarding houses or hotels TOWN OFFICIALS NOT AT MEETING To Talk Park Question ? 49 Acre Tract Offered Free for Municipal Park On account of some members ui' the board of nldermen having an other meeting last Thursday evening, the joint meeting of the Woman's Bureau, the Chamber of Commerce and the town council was postponed to Tuesday evening. At this time the ladies of "the bureau and the direc tors of the Chamber of Commerce met, but there being only two mem bers of the board of aldermen pres ent, no joint meeting was held. It is not known why the aldermen did not attend the meeting, as no reason was given at all as to why the town of ficials failed to attend the last meet ing. j 'I he purpose of the joint session was to discuss plans looking to the establishment of a recreation park, or places of amusement especially for the tourists who visit Brevard. Urn. E. Breese had offered his beau tiful place at Maiden Hair Falls. The Franklin Park property had been offered to the town, with a tentative proposition submitted by the own ers. J. H. Pickelsimer had authorized the offering of a 40 acre tract to the town, rent free, for a period of five years, the town to make any im provements in the way of lakes, swimming pools, tennis courts, or whatever the town desired to do with the property. This place is lo cated a little more than one mile from town, just below the intake, where city water would be available for lakes or swimming pools. CENSUSTMERS ARE I NASD FOR COUNTY Census enumerators who are to count the people in Transylvania will begin work shortly after the first day of April, when the govern ment will begin the regular ten veav count of all the citizenship. Nine people will be engaged for the pur ' pose of taking the eensus in this county. Ralph R. Fisher, county chairman of the republican executive commit tee, gives as a tentative list | names of the people who will take :the census in this county. They are 'as follows: | Brevard: Mrs. Nettie Benedict. Brevard township, outside the 1 town: V. B. McGaha. Boyd township: Rhett Talley. Cathey's Creek: Wash Fisher. Easjtatoe: W. H. Summey. Little River: David Merrill. Dunn's Rock: Ed McGaha. Information as to the other town- I ships will be given at a later date. ! I S. W. Radford is taking the ! census of business and manufactur- j |ing plants, gathering data for the | 'government which will give Uncle ! iSam an absolute insight into '1 business that is transacted hire. r THEODOREE REiB ! OUT FOR SSERft?! ___ i Theodore E. Reid, pronrnent citi- j zen of Brevard, adds interest to the : democratic primary campaign 1 y making announcement in today'? j Brevard News of his candidacy for the office of sheriff and tax co" .? j tor. Mr. Reid, son of T. K. Reid, of | Oakland, has never before been a : candidate for office. He was horn ' and reared in the county, having : lived here all his life with the exeep- j tion <if two years spent in Florida in < business, and retained his citizen- hip here at that time. He is a graduate 'i of th? Brevard Institute. For the ? ???it :.vo amrl a half years>h-; V been connected with the Hor.t f .'i j; Furniture company, and has many i friends throughout the county. M HISTORY OF LOCAL I CLUB SHOWS GREAT j PROGRESS IS MADE! (Continued from page one) pose of the club will be consuminat- ( 2d. .As yet little has been done. But ] just ; the childhood of an individ- , ual is a time of growth, education ] and adjustment, so the early years i of an organization must be spent in : gaining membership, adjusting reg- , ulations and conditioning its mem bers to cooperative effort. When this period has past, the club will be able to meet the test which justifies any club's existence. Among the highlights of the year 1928 was the adoption of an initia tion fee of $2.00, voting a club shower to Transylvania Hospital sending Mrs. L. K. Stanford to the state convention at Fayettevilie, sponsoring the October lith issue of The Brevard News, and an evening program in November at which the town officials and the different c?ub presidents discussed most interest ingly, "The Town we live in." In April, which ends the fiscal year, all oli'icers were re-elected. January oi 1929 finds the work smoothly going. It was in this month that the Girl Scouts were adopted; the Christinas Gift committee reported giving sixty gifts; the Public Relations compm tee sold thirty-four more Red Cross memberships than any other club in town; and Senator Coleman ' 1 - way and Representative ^ !j. i>. lin were requested by the clu: suppovt live legislative mea?u''.: One, the Australian ballot law, be came a law. Suddenly it was time for again electing and installing new officers. When qualified voting members were counted, there were twenty; the i*i mainder of the forty-three to which the membership had grown had ap parently been spirited away. Later two members resigned? Annie Sitton married and Mrs. L. IC. Stanford loft town. Very much have they, as well as the vanishing twenty-three, been missed, wanted and needed; although the eighteen have been valiant and faithful. For the year 1929 30, the club elected Miss Jeannette Talley president; Mrs. Luther Pushell, wee president; Miss Odell Nicholson, re cording secretary; Miss Nell Aiken corresponding secretary; Miss Mary Allison, treasurer; Miss Alma Trow bridge, reporter; and Mrs. Flax Law rence, state councilor, Chairmen for the important committees above mentioned are: Legislative. Mrs. A. H. Houston; finance, Mrs. M. k. Joines; education, Miss Martha Bos well; personnel research, Miss Fay Clayton; public relations, Mrs. Nath an MoitIs; health, Miss Eunice Simpson. Because of a major local work, the Girl Scouts, it was found necessary to create a new standing cM. iv.iiive under the direction of Mi,-.; Nc-11 Aiken. This committee liai worked very faithfully, nnd the club feels that it is being honored .r. being able to secure Mrs. W lllis Brittain as one of the Scout leader.-. That committee is still looking for a leader for another Brevard troop. More money ha? been given to the Scouts than to any other one object, w rhaps. The Penrose Scouts, too, are sending in splendid reports, but even so the committee has much more to accomplish. Also, the club feels that the program committee is to be congratulated on persuatiinjr Mrs. Flax Lawrence to give a series of illustrated lectures on the differ ent phases of personal culture. Notable ieatures ox mu jmi c work has been entertaining Miss Lot tie Starnes, nationally known speaker, Mis3 Lona Glidewell, state president, Mrs. Elsie Flake, state vice president, and Miss Roxie Dobson, state vice president, at the district meeting: held in. Brevard on Novem ber 26; and sponsoring the Fo!!: Carnival on December 17. A few of the necessary changes in the by-laws and the constitution have been made, and some amendment!" adopted. The important ones v . ro to abolish the initir.tion fee, t > allow persons becoming members during the second half of fiscal year to pay only half of the yearly dues. This agree 3 with the Federation ruling. The present year's work has ii.i1 as yet become history. The reports of committeess have not been re- j Corded, for their work is not finished until April of this year. Many avenues are open to the ! modern business woman to wisely invest her earnings. By following certain thrift rules she establishes a savings reserve that enables her to choose the position she wants in stead of having to take any job she ean get, in other words, she quali fies as a real independent woman. A wise investment for business women is that of a savings account with a stipulated amount to be de posited systematically, since this is generally recommended as a great help in instilling the habit of saving. As an investment of particular in terest to local club members, Build ing and Lean shares is especially recommended, since it pays a good rate of interest and is non-taxable, and can be paid monthly, weekly or in advance. Life insurance is another food rrtehod of investment for the business woman, since it makes a splendid savings and creates a quick etsate. United States Fourth four-and Dne-quarter Liberty Loan bonds ar also recommended as better invest ments than stocks for the reason %at the bonds are absolutely secure, and in securing "tacks on the New Yov!; >tock exchange the average woman :ioes not have the information as to :he stocks best to buy. 1 I CLUB CO-OPERATES ; WRH ALL WOMEN'S WORK OF THE TOWN j (Continued from page one; j jf the town, looking toward the ulti j mate goal of establishing a Y. M. C- ( A., organization for Brevard, is . highly commendable and something I that is greatly nedeed in community progress and uplift. i The Associated Charities, a re- 1 , cently re-organized association, is an * organization which is of well recog- i nized value to any community, an" ( is one in which all alike can share ir- 1 making contributions and in reaping i the benefits derived from serving 1 needy humanity. Its present work in rendering valuable assistance to the unemployed men and women of the community is without doubt worthy of the highest commendation. The United Daughters of the Con federacy, in its sponsorship of the public library, which is undoubtedly one of Brevard's greatest assets, u of inestimable value in the li^e ol the community. Many other activi ties for community welfare are also accomplished by this organization. The local chapter of the Daug ters of the American Revoiuti^.i renders valuable assistance through its various activities. Its outsUn-. ing undertaking, perhaps, is ;U <? ierin.T gold medals annually lo fc;i schools in the county to the pupil in eacif school making the hinhest average for the year in the study oi United States history, thereby creat ing greater interest in this study an 1 promoting better citizenship. The Brevard Mu?ic Lovers' clu i has made its existence well wort ; while in its sponsoring of a L; c:u i course providing high class cnU ? tainment during the winter montiv, and in its sponsorship of a ju::i(V music club in the High School. The three federated literary v.c men's clubs, the Mathatasian. . Wednesday and the Fortnightly, aio all doing great work toward into - lectual development among its mem - bers, and all are ever ready to len 1 a helping hand in any worthy com munity cause. The Girl Scout and Boy Scout ?? - ganizations are too well known lor the benefits derived by the members and the communities in which tr?<y are located to need further common, here. Both of these organization are of great value in the life of s< many of Brevard's young people, an ? their existence in the iocal schoo.s is undeniably of mutual benefit ^ the members and to the town. The fraternal organizations a> all recognized as a force for good t community activities, and t.o them thi , Business Women also extend cord:a. greetings. , It is nee lless to mention the var ious religious organizations in che i different churches, for the usefulness and pood influence exerted on ac count of their existence would never , be questioned. ! The accomplishments, aims and purposes of the Business and Profes sional Women's club are made known elsewhere in this paper. REGULAR MEETING OF DUNNS ROCK MASONIC LODGE FRIDAY Regular meeting of Dunn's Rock Masonic Lodge will be held Friday night of this week. There will be regular comunication of the Mason ic order, beginning at 7 :30 o'clock. WANTED ? To rent or buy small 1 second-hand incubator in good con dition. Apply 647 \V. 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