THE BREVAR
VOLUME XXXV
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER 24, 1930
Number 39
Proposed Lake to Extend
From Rosman to Biltmore
ENGINEERS MAKE
REPORT ON GREAT
WATERWAYS PUN
Government Map Now In Of
fice of The Brevard News
Shows Project
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION
AS TO THE BENEFIT
Gigantic Proposition Creating
Intense Interest In Sev
eral States
Reports from government en- '
gineers received in Brevard indicate 1
the possibility of erection of a dam
at Biltmore which will form a great ;1
lake from Rosman #o Ashevllle, com
pletely covering the whole of the
beautiful Sylvan Valley, and wiping
out of existence all buildings along
the valley from Horse3hoe to Bre
vard. Maps showing the govern
ment's reports are in the office of
The Brevard News, and are made
from an. investigation by engineers
which cost more than one million |
dollars. With Knoxville as the cen
ter, the! huge proposition calls for a
series c,f locks and dams which
would create 4,000,000 horsepower
of electricity, control floods over a
vast area of low lands and provide
storage basins for water that would
contain billions upon billions of gal
lons of water.
Waters backed up the French
Broad river would cover all that area
from Biltmore to Rosman, including^
the Mills River section, Fletcher,
Arden, through Cane Creek, and
reaching Hendersonville through the
streams flowing by that town. In i
fact, the map shows that Henderson- <
ville would be a lake city, if not ac
tually covered by water.
Because of the heavy rainfall in J
Transylvania county, greater by far ;
than in any other section of West
ern North Carolina, and because this
is the furthermost point in the pro- 1
posed gigantic plan, it is believed i
that first work would be started on
the Biltmore dam, should the gov
ernment actually begin the great
task. A study of the map is an in
teresting one, and any citizen may
see at this office.
The War Department announces
that report will be made to congress
(Continued on back page)
HUMS ATTEND [
OPENING OF RANCH
Blue Ridge Fox Ranch Center
Of Attraction Over
Week-End
Hundreds of people attended the
"open house" event of the Blue
Ridge l''ox Range last Saturday and
Sunday, despite the fact that heavy
rains fell, and it is said that many
more would have been in attendance
had the weather been fair. The
place is not now closed to the pub
lic, and any one so desiring can be
shown through the ranch on any
day of the week. Great interest was
taken in the opening of this new ,
enterprise, which means much to this !
section.
There are forty foxes on the
ranch now, with more scheduled to \
arrive at an early date. Twenty of
the bunch are the silver fox, while
the others are of the blue fox fam
ily. The whole state is taking notice
of the fox ranch, and the efforts of
Mr. Homer E. Whitmire to make it
one of the leading enterprises of
the state. The fact that the United
States government has classified this '
particular section as being in abso
lute keeping, climatically speaking,
with Prince Edward Island in Can
ada, is sufficient reason for the state
of North Carolina to bring its pro- j
posed fur-bearing ranch to thi3
county. It had been planned by the
state authorities to establish its
r ranch in Randolph county, so as to
v be in the center of the stati. But
that section being entirely unsuited
to the life of fur-bearing animals,
and this section being classed with
the most highly favored section in
North America, it is now believed
that the state enterprise will be es
tablished in Transylvania county.
All people who were at the ranch
on opening days report great inter
est in the proposition, ?>nd predict
that it will soon assume propoitioJiS
as a business enterprise which will
place it among the leading assets of
the state.
DEER SEASON CUT SHORT
ANNOUNCED BY ENGLAND
Announcement is made that
tbe deer teaion in Weetern
North Carolina will open on
November 1 and cloie on De
cember 31.. Thii ruling chop*
DEEP INTEREST IN
THE M. E. REVIVAL
Rev. Walter B. West Preaching
Powerful Sermons ?
Services Daily
Much interest is being shown by
the people of the town in the revival
.that is being conducted this week at
the Methodist church. Unusually
large crowds are attending the ser
vices every evening at 7:30 o'clock.
The Methodist people of Brevard are
very grateful to the members of the
other churches of the community
who are giving such splendid sup
port during this series of meetings.
Rev. Walter B. West, who is pas- j
tor of the Hendersonville Methodist !
church and the son of Rev. J. H.
West, local pastor, is conducting the
services. He is delivering great soul
stirring sermons that are proving of
great benefit to the spiritual life of
the community. Rev. Mr. West took
for his opening sermon, Sunday
night, the subject, "A Revival
Yearning Church." He declared in a
very soul-touching manner that the
greatest need of this nation, this
state, and this town, is an old-time
spiritual revival. He declared fur
ther that this revival, if a success, !
must begin in the heart of each in- '
dividual and must be paid for with
the price of full consecration to God.
"Marks of a soul-winning church"
will be the general theme of the ser- 1
vices for the whole week.
Splendid music is being provided
through the efficient cooperation of
Mrs. Johnson of Brevard Institute,
the junior choir and the regular ?
music organization of the Methodist
church.
MRS. BRYAN COMES
TO THE INSTITUTE
The faculty of the Brevard In
stitute has been strenghtened by
the arrival of Mrs. Selden Epps j,
Bryan, who will have charge of the ;
pupils of the Elementary Depart- j
ment of the school.
Mrs. Bryan, originally from South
Carolina is a woman of wide ex
perience, having worked under the
Woman's Missionary Council of the
Methodist Episcopal church, South,
for the past fourteen years. During
that time she has had charge of a
co-operative Home for girls in Rich
mond, Virginia, and has been active,
as a community worker, is West
Tampa, Florida, and Chattanooga.
She comes to Brevard Institute di
rectly from the Wesley community
house in Chattanooga.
DAHLIA AND TOMATO
GROW ON SAME VINE
Brevard may not have a Luther ;
Burbank but peculiar things can
happen here just the same. Mr. J.
P. Bowen, of North Brevard, has per
formed a marvelous grafting feat
this summer. He brought to The
News office, last Saturday, a tomato
vine grafted on a dahlia plant.
Growing on the plant was a ripe to
mato and a dahlja bloom.
Mr. Bowen says he grafted a toma
to onto a potato plant and had them
blooming when a chicken ruined the
whole project.
DEEDS REGISTERED
SHOW MUCH ACTIVITY
It is interesting to note, during
this "hard-time" talk, some of the
information coming from the Tran
sylvania county register of deeds
office. The register reports that
more deeds have been filed this
month than in any other month of
the year up to this date, and that
fewer deeds in trust have been filed
than in any previous month. That
is encouraging news indeed and
fehows definite signs of the end of the
depression in business.
REV. J. P. MASON IN
EVANGELISTIC WORK
Rev. J. P. Mason is in Brevard
this week, having closed a most suc
cessful revival at Lake Toxaway
Methodist church on last Sunday.
The meeting had been running two
weeks, during which several conver
sions were recorded. The Toxaway
meeting closed a continuous eight
weeks' revival services conducted by
the Brevard minister, having begun
these series at Newfound, in Bun
combe county, then at Black Moun
tain for two weeks, going from
there to Fairview, after which the
Toxaway meeting was begun.
During these eight weeks' meet
ings, 85 conversions were witnessed,
ad fifty additions to the Methodist
chmrcn have been made.
EFFORTS MADE TO
ABANDON DEPOTS
IN THIS COUNTY
Corporation Commissioner W.
T. Lee In Brevard for
the Hearing
STRONG OPPOSITION TO
PROPOSAL MADE HERE
Would Close the Penrose and
Cherryfield Stations ?
Railway Criticised
Hearing was held last Thursday
before Hon. W. T. Lee, member of
the Corporation Commission,, an
application of the Southern Rail
way company to close the station at
Penrose and at Cherry field. Su
perintendent Cooper, of the Ashe
ville Division, with his assistants
were to present figures intended to
substatiate the company's conten
tion that the stations should be
closed.
Opposition was voiced by several
citizens, with Attorney A. F. Mitchell
leading the fight. Determined opposi
tion developed as the case proceed
ed, and it was brought to the atten
tion of the commission that Brevard
had already suffered the loss of sev
eral of its families when the South
ern Railway company changed the
"lay over" from Brevard to Hender
sonville, forcing th? train crews to
move to Hendersonville. ji
Further objectio i was based upon ;
the fact that people in Transylvania '
are trying to build up this commun- !
ity, and felt that it should have the
cooperation of the railway company i
rather than be forced to suffer on j,
account of reactionary movements f
as proposed. It was pointed out to J
the commissioner that, this county i
voted bonds, and the tax payers are'
still paying interest on these bonds,
for construction of the lines in this
county, and the citizens feel that
the Southern Railway company J
should not make any further reduc
tions in its activities here, but. on
the other hand, should be working 1
hand in glove with the citizens of
the county in building up business
here and increasing activity of the
community. I
Mr. Lee took the matter under ad- ;
visement, and it is expected that he |
ivill make announcement of his <
findings at an early date. 1
GOSSIP FROM THE
STATE CAPITAL IS
NEWS OF INTEREST
Governor Preparing Report To
Be Submitted to the
Legislature
LARGE CASH BALANCE
SHOWN BY REPORTS
Governorship Race for 1932
Holding Center of Stage
Just Now
Raleigh, Sept. 24 ? The North Car- 1
olina Tobacco Relief Association, if
organization is completed and op
eration carried out as planned by
Governor Gardner, can double the
tobacco prices within a month, re
sulting in saving the state's growers ,
from impending bankruptcy and
bringing milions of dollars into the
State, prominent business men claim.
Headed by a man, such as Frank
Page, Felix Harvey, or another in
whom the people have confidence, it
could sign up 200,000,000 pounds,
about half of the North Carolina
crop, within two weeks, and if held
from the market two weeks, would
result in twice the price paid so far
this reason, it is claimed.
Since North Carolina grows about ,
one-fourth of the tobacco of the
nation and one-fourth of the crop
withheld indefinitely can dictate the \
price of the entire crop, the asso- \
ciation, with the help of the Federal
Farm Board, can practically demand
its own price. The manufacturer? .
are not taking such great profits as ;
it seems, the big profits being in
stock turnovers, and the people gen
early would stand for an increase i
of one cent a package in cigarettes, ?
if by doing the growers were as
sured of double their present prices
for the leaf, and the manufacturers
would readily give such assurance, It .
is believed.
If the organization is carried out
as planned, it will make this the
greatest achievement of the Gardner
Administrtion, for it will in reality
save the State's tobacco growers. In
accordance with the action taken at ;
the meeting the week before, Gov
ernor Gardner has named an execu
tive committee of the organiation I
(Continued on page seven)
MASONS TO MAKE
PLANS FOR EVENT
Plans will be made at the meeting
of Dunn's Rock Masonic Lodge, to
be held this Friday evening, for the
great home-coming event to be stag
ed in October. It is hoped to have
every member of the lodge present
for this great event, which was
started last year and proved so tre
mendously successful that it was de
cide to make it an annual affair.
Invitations are to be sent to all for
mer members of the lodge who have
demitted to other lodges, and have
them present. In addition, officers
of the Grand Lodge of Masons in
North Carolina will be present for
the occasion.
The home-coming ev< r.t will be
gin at 4 o'clock in the afternoon,
and at 6 o'clock a dinner will be
served, like that of last year, when
the Eastern Star prepared a dinner
that is still talked about in Masonic
circles. Then, after the dinner, the
Master's Degree will be conferred.
Plans for the day will be made this
Friday night, and all members who
are interested in the work are urged
to be present and take part in me';
ing arrangements for the big event
to be helJ next month.
BREVARD MEN ON
COLLEGE BOARD
Presbyterian laymen and ministers
from Brevard and vicinity are
t among the members of the General
I Committee of the King College
Campaign of Completion, it was
learned from the campaign head- 1
quarters in bristol today. Rev. R.
L. Alexander and J. A. Miller will i
represent Brevard.
Members of this General Commit
tee will gather at Bristol next Thurs
day, September 25, for a big educa
tional rally to mark the official
launching of the campaign to com
plete the college standardization
fund.
Sam R. Sells, of Johnson City,
general chairman of the campaign,
will preside {it the session which will
begin at 12 o'clock with the serving
of dinner in the college dining room.
A program of inspiration and educa
tion will follow.
This is expected to be one of the ,
most important educational gather- '
ings in the history of the Synod of
of Appalachia, and prominent lay j
and ministerial leaders will be amor;"
jthe speakers. Between 200 and o09 j
'persons are expected to attend.
South Carolina Now Paving Link to
Connect with. N. C. at Caesar's Head
Since work was started by the
North Carolina Highway commission
on the Brevard-Caesar's Head high-'
way, the South Carolina people have
revised their road' building program,
and will -at once begin paving the
link betwen Marietta and the North
Carolina line, at Caesar's Head,
thus giving a direct completed route
from Brevard to Greenville. North
Carolina people are most apprecia
tive of this activity on the part of
the sister state.. Heretofore, the
only paved road from the south,
'through Greenville, was one to Hen
dersonville. With this link paved
by South Carolina, and the comple
tion on the North Carolina side,
thousands of automobiles will come
this route now, instead of going on
the former route from Greenville to
Hendersonville.
In telling about the plans, the
Greenville News published the fol
lowing article:
Contract for paving the Marietta
Caesar's Head road from end of the
present hard suriacemg to the North
Carolina line and for relocating cer
tain portions of the Greer highway
on the mountain will be awarded at
tih. Novcc??r l.'.V.r.0 ci contracts by
| the State Highway department, and
the project completed in time 'for
next summer's traffic it was an
nounced yesterday by W. A. Floyd,
local member of the State Highway
commission, following a meeting of
that body Wednesday night in Co
lumbia.
Decision of the commission gives
definite asurance that work on th:
highway will proceed in the near
future, and is the first oficial ac
tion designating the route for pav
ing. Under the original highway act,
the road was designated for sur
face treatment, but unofficial under
standing for some months had been
that ha-rd surface would be substi
tuted.
Floyd Secure* Change
Mr. Floyd's influence was instru
mental in securing action for hard
surfacing on the route. He pointed
out that the unusually heavy traffic
over the highway, especially during
summer months, and the steep grade
encountered on the mountain made
concrete the only satisfactory and
permanent surfacing.
Work will proceed immediately af
ter contract is let in November, and
paving of the lower end of the road
(Continued on back page)
Chamber of Commerce Is
Completely Free of Debts
COOKING SCHOOL
IS GREAT SUCCESS
Large Number of Ladies Pleas
ed With Work of
Mrs. Pate
Large numbers of interested ladies
attended the cooking school con- [
ducted here last week under the 1
joint sponsorship of the Bon Marche
and The Brevard News. Mrs. Mae I.
Pate, of the Bon Marche, is a most j
instructive lecturer on cooking, and '
many expressions were heard by the
Brevard ladies commending the
Asheville woman's work while here.
Among the merchants and busi
ness houses cooperating with the
cooking school were the A. and P.,
furnishing the groceries for demon
stration purposes; the Southern
Public Utilities company, with the
popular Kelvinator used for keeping
foods fresh; the Brevard Banking
company, in stressing the import
ance of budgeting household ex
penses; Pushell's and the Morris
Footwear Department; Houston Fur
niture company, in providing the
famous Hooser Kitchen Cabinet as
demonstration of convenience to the
housewife; the Asheville Baking
company, furnishing bread for the
demonstration, having a supply of
the popular Butter-Krust bread for
the school, and The City Market,
with meats for demonstration at the
school.
Wm. 0. Barrett, of Asheville, had
charge of the cooking school, anu
expressed appreciation of the man
ner in which Brevard people respond
ed to the efforts put forth to stage a
real cooking school here.
Miss Katherine Griffin won the
grand prize, an electric iron, while
the child's prize, a small electric
iron, was won by Patsy Grimshaw.
OWEN FAMILY WILL
HOLD BIG REUNION
Organization of the Owen Family
Reunion has been perfected by a
committee recently appointed for
this purpose, anu the first meeting
of the Owen Reunion will be held at
the Silversteen school house in Glou
cester on Saturday, October 25, be
ginning at 10 o'clock in the morn
ing. Organization reports, singing,
speaking, a picnic dinner, and renew,
ing old acquaitances and making new
ones will be the order of the day.
Election of officers will be a feature
of the program of the first session.
John Owen and wife were the
first family of that name to settle
in these mountains, and now the
name is legion. The Owen family is
one of the largest and most influen
tial in all this great section, and
friends of the family expect the
Owen Reunion soon to assume great
proportions. All relatives, by blood
and marriage, are expected to attend
this first reunion, and all friends of
the Owen family are invited to
spend the day with their friends at
the reunion.
\ Rev. Jesse C. Owen, grand-son of
the pioneer John Owen, acted as ,
chairman of the comnitto? ~n~
fecting plans for the fi. ? ...;0 ,
and for the organization of the re
union. Hundreds of people are ex
pected to attend the meeting on
October 25.
MEETING TUESDAY
HEARD REPORT OF
GLADSOME NATURE
Last Note Cancelled, Framed
and Perched on Secre
tary's Desk
MUCH BUSINESS AWAITS
ACTION BY THE BOARD
Would Establish Colony for
Writers and Authors In
This County
"Brevard has the only Chamjxrf'
of Commerce in the world that i?
completely out of debt," is the be
lief expressed by Mayor T. VV.
Whitmire, president of the Brovard
Chamber of Commerce, at a m-jeting
of the directors Tuesday night. The
last note that was owed by the or
ganization had been paid, stamped
paid, placed in a pretty frame and
now perched on top of the secre
tary':. desk in the Chamber of Com
merce rooms.
Plans were discussed for geuir...'
down to real business for th;.s com
munity at Tuesday night's meeting.
The body went deeply into debt dot
ing the real estate boom, who* a
thousand dollars was an in-i.unif:
cant item in the minds of {he peo
ple here, and when stock was taken
after the slump, it was found that
the Chamber of Comemrce owe 1
considerable money. This now lia-s
all been paid off, and in addition to
this, thousands of dolars have bce.i
spent in advertising the commonit ?
and in bringing tourists here. "It
has been a remarkable four .war.
work," some member? declared Tu.
day evening. With all debts paid, it
is believed that much more officii nt
work can be done for the community.
At the meeting to be held vw#
weeks from Tuesday evening, man.'
important matters will come up for
consideration and possible action.
It is reported that inquiries for r: :-1
estate, including farms, homes
home sites, factory sites, huntin
preserves, fishing lands, and so on
are being received every day. Tln-.-e
inquiries are to be answered. One
lady is desiring suitable location,
back from the main highway, where
a writers' and authors' colony may
be established. This would bring
Brevard into print in a treni 'ndouly
big way.
FOOTBALL SQUAD
IN GAME FRIDAY
Will Go To Weavervilie for
First Game of Season ?
Schedule Announced
People /of the town who ex
pect to attend the football
games away from home are re
quested to make room in tiielr
cars for some of the players.
The team is not using tin
school bus this year, and n-.ust
find means of tranr.jortation to
and from the q:~. when play
ing out of town, vv'ord to Coacb
Tilson or Capt. Glenn Miller us
to number of players that car.
be carried will be greatly appre
ciated.
P. T. A. TO HO! P P!CN*C
ON FRIDAY AlTT?iiK .... .
With a good crowd expected, the
ladies of the Parent-Teacher Assoc
iation are making preparation f .'
the annual picnic of the organization,
which will be held Friday ai. liock
[ brook Camp. The parents and
teachers are urged to meet at the
Grammar School building promptly
at 4 p.m. Friday. All the parents
who have cars are urged to brin^
^hem along but those who don't have
| cars are asked to come just the
same, as transportation will be pro
vided for them.
The supper is to be served early in
order that those who wish to attend
church services may do so.
BARRETT TO SPEAK
AT CRUSO FRIDAY
James F. Barrett, republican nom
inee for the office of state senator,
will formally open his campaign at
a big rally to be held at Cruso, in
Haywood county, Friday evening of
this week. A string band will make
music for the occasion. Prof. Chas.
F. Owen, Haywood republican can
didate for the legislature, will ap
pear with the Brevard man, and di
rect his addres sto problems that are
purely local in Haywood county.
Several friends of the Brevard man
in this county plan to attend the
meeting. Cruso is across Pisgah
Mountain from Brevard, on' High
way 28.
Brevard High School will open the
football season with Weaverville *>>
High at Weaverville Friday after
noon. With every position on tiie
team being sought after by two or
more huskies, prospects look fir.i' f< r
a winning team here. Practical!?
the same backfield combinat'in 01
that of last year seems certain io
win out for positions. Althourn
I In the line several new face. ;n;
there may be a switch on Friday.
showing up and working hard fcr
place. One of the outstanding new
men is Langdon English, who is
making a bid for end; Henry Erwin
working hard to beat Dobv I.ance
out of center, and other places not
yet assigned, being doubtful
. Several new plays have been put
to work by Coach Tilson, and with
the aggressive spirit being shown by
the large number of candidates, Bre
vard fans can well anticipate a gooJ
' season.
Following is the schedule:
Sept. 26 ? Weaverville, there.
Oct. 3 ? Blue Ridge,1 here.
Oct. 10 ? Pending.
Oct. 17 ? Grace High, there
Oct. 24 ? Christ School, there.
Oct. 31 ? Canton High, there
Nov. 7? Mars Hill, there
Nov. 14 ? -"Pending.
Nov. 21 ? Pending.
Nov. 26 ? Hendersonville, here.
ALEXANDER TO HAVE CHARGE
OF KIWANIS ON THURSDAY
Rev. R. L. Alexander will bave
charge of the Kiwanis program this
Thursday at noon. Th" rn<?"Hn<r will
be held at Siiipinau'b Cfc?e.