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Cm, fvard r coun calm Fj; in the Tt'now who er in de- | ne institutions. ( worth while the fact that business ' on in and about Bre 'with none of the excitement in other towns experienced here, and none of the suffering now being borne in other communities felt here. Because of this spirit, this loyalty to a common cause, the banks and : business houses here are going right on with their business, and the citi zens of the community are looking forward with greater hope now than for the past two years to a bigger,' better business as general conditions make gradual recovery from the world-wide stagnation which has pre vailed for such a long time. THANKSGIVING DAY COMES IN MIDST OF TROUBLES. Thanksgiving Day in Western North Carolina will be a testing time for many men and women who have lost heavily because of the closing of banks in Asheville and other moun tain towns. These crashes came at a time when nearly all people were al ready "at the end of the row," as it seemed. Then, with this additional suffering it causes many people to wonder if there is anything, in fact, for which to be thankful. Well, let us see. Perusal of the daily newspapers discloses suffering in other sections far greater than anything which we of the mountains have suffered. There are reports of storms, taking heavy toll in life and wealth; mine disasters, in which scores lose their lives while trapped in the bowels of the earth, and scenes are depicted of frantic women and wild-eyed children standing about the mouth of the mine, hoping against hope that "Daddy" may bo brought to the surface still alive. Pestilence stalks the land in some countries, while actual starvation is rampant in others. When our section and the condi tion of our people are compared to those in sections where real suffering is being endured, then it is that we begin to understand that we still have much for which to be thankful, and we ought to be thankful. There's < health here, and an abundance of food stuff, and a citizenship that is ' big-hearted and kind, ready to divide ( the last peck of meal with their , neighbors. There's safety here from j 1 storms, and health-giving atmos- ' phere, and pure water, and beauty. , Money matters arc serious, it is i . triie, but- there is an abundance of I things for us yet, more, perhaps, j than we really deserve. Let us be ; thankful for all these blessings, and i courageous in face of whatever ob- , ' stacles we may meet. COLONEL COHEN KINDLY REMEMBERS THE NEWS. Col. W. B. Cohen, of Charleston , and Brevard, one of the town's most popular summer residents, gladdened the hearts of The News force last week by sending us a box of pecans, 1 ^ grown in Mr. Cohen's pecan grove | on Point Hope Farm. The pecans i? were line, and we thank Colonel |0 Cohen for the actual gift, yet it was ! f; the kindly spirit prompting this gift j * that we so appreciate. One of the Is, great pleasures of the coming aum-'c, mer is the fact that summer brings Col. Cohen back to Brevard. N And now comes word from Raleigh that school books will be changed again for next year's study. Howjir long will the people of this state of submit to the this high-handed, mefh- ol od of legalized, consistent, persistent, ! b< damnable method of gouging the, el school patrons? ftc HARLOTTB OBSERVER IS L OMPLETE ENCYLOPEDIA } Last Saturday's issue of The Char >tte Observer ought to be in every! a :hool room in North Carolina. This V ?ue of the Queen City paper was a | it pjfiial number, carrying full ac- ii feats of the industrial life ^of tho,t( ^and contained more real in- ( t Bpn about North Carolina than ft Maries and books ever pub- c BttL Every pessimist in p be forced to sit s ^^^^??^fough, from front t have his blues j ler reads IHce a c . who stops to c rapid develop- f ftwo decades. t The Observer < stories of the . t r- ' ^ ? iries of the state, in- (< w now standing on what was , < pi old field but a few years ago, 1 with up-to-date towns surrounding I these industries ? homes and business 1 houses, churches and schools, and all I that go into the making of community j life. No wonder that people in other,' states look upon North Carolina and . marvel at its growth, its ever expand ing industries, its broad acres of rich : farming land. 411 thece, and more, were shown n the special number of j The Charlotte Observer. The issue of the Charlotte paper is, j without question, one of the most ( valuable pieces of publicity work ever p done for this state. We trust that the schools of the state will study the whole paper, for we believe that it would prove more valuable than time given to any book ever used in the | schools, insofar as knowing North Carolina is concerned. A DEMOCRATIC PAPER TELL i> j OF RANK INJUSTICE DONh IN ABSENTEE VOTING , The Beaufort News, a strong dem-j ocratic newspaper in Eastern Caro Una, points out the manifest injustice , of the election laws and their inter- ( pretation by election officiaLs, a j the meaness with which these laws , are manipulated. All thinking peo pie know that the elections as now , conducted are but farcial of the intent and purpose of den.ee . racy and give the lie to the ton stitution itself. The Beaufort paper very wisely points out the da1g*" a continuance of the such mishandl ing and manhandling of the election, setting forth the great fact that, while the law is so constructed and manipulated as to give one party an advantage over the other party. the practice is now reaching the " A??, ing point where it is destined to tear down the very party that it is sup posed to help. Read the words of wisdom from The Beaufort News on this subject. Thr Hvnt (iCnCVCll dCCt ICXM th(lt UlS s? ?J&iffgPE demonstrated conclusively that it M defects which ought to be readied. These defects are glaring c!w[lPh t?t he apparent to anybody who us not wilfully blind to them. ? " ZZ'nT'rWA JnLt in the next, Democrats for various offices |?oi governor and U.S. senator on down to the county offices. Intel est (nil lection law is not confined en a, ./ ^ party. It concerns everybody '"perhaps the worst feature of the North Carolina election lawu iiltsentje voting. In the > eeei e Hon thousands of people 1 rts absentees who had no right to to te all Hero in Beaufort some peop e were voted who had not tiears and others who had neu ftctn . residents of the town were voted also. ( Another manfest injustice is flic method in which voters are . :d. Each political party should have , registrar. This w done in New ] York and other states and ?houldJ>.e. \ lone in North Carolina. 1 here shoii d ( )c no markers allowed at the Pollvf duces. Persons who dcsiic to iOte < should get such instruction as may be , teeessary before entering the pol img j daces. The so-called mr^ V j n most instances merely woikcis f heir party. The law say* the inark- t n-s must not "m any manner seek to e n-rsuadc or induce any voter to cast t lis vote in any partieulra way ana hall not hecp a memorandum or rc ?eai to any one how any vote r ?? J ? kw fi allot. In Morehead City two r ?anduiatct were actually aesignatea ^ !? markers. Does any sane Pcrs?'\ \e;' , ieve for one minute that a cand - i late of any party would not use his c nfluence to get votes for hunpelf and \ is friends? > U The purpose of an election w to ge , fair and untrammeled ?xprc88toii f the opinion from, the voters. Whe hat has been done every 90?d citizc hould abide by the result without omplaint. When an election has been vndueted unfairly everybody ? hoosss has the right to object and ught to do it. Next week's issue of The Brevard ews will contain much interesting iformation. There will be an account J the new county officials taking Tice, and then there is an article to > published concerning the recent! ection \.i.i t'.'J.c tfivfct ui-.n. rest to the citizens/ !b< ESSONS TO BE TAKEN t ROM BANK FAILURE In the failure of the Central Bank ^ c nd Trust company of Asheville, i Western North Carolina lost one of t ? most progressive influences. There t i not a section of all the mountain t srritory to escape the deadening ef- t ect of the bank's failure in the| sme manner and degree that all j ommunities had benefitted in the , iast years because of the progres- , ive influence of the great institu- j ion. !j Wallace B. Davis, president of the j , lefunct bank, has been one of the lUtstanding leaders for the paat | iftseen years, and his contribution to t he development of Western North , Carolina has not been exceeded by , hat of any other one man. Whatever ,, ,f suffering that follows in the wane 3f the bank's failure cannot drive; from the memory of the people the ( great work and worth of Mr. DaviB j throughout the years that are gone t>y. , Failure of the Central Bank am Trust company i? but one more dem onstration of the fact that a bank has no business assuming the role of political dictator. We do not know, of course, the extent of the Central Bank's political activities, but it has been charged all along that the bank was in politics neck-deep, and it has long been considered one of the strongest political influences in Ashe ville and Buncombe county. It has been the history of banks that dabb p in politics to face failure, sooner or later, for it seems to be the inevitable result of such activities. A banks activities in politics creates a grea force and influence against the in stitution, not only in the circles of the opposite political party, but al so within the rankB of its own party as the factional line-up is gradually built to such proportions aB to form a strong antagonism within its own party. A bank has no place in politics, and cannot endure as a financial institution supposed to be serving the public while in all^eality it is serving its own political ends. There have been other instances of bank failures in Western North Carolina in which the cause of the trouble could be traced directly to the politi cal activities of the banks in ques. tion. A bank wields a powerful in fluence in the community in which it operates. Happy, indeed, is the bank that is not charged with being in politics, for it has the full sup port of the entire community and the good-will of everybody. In talking with men in Asheville, this writer was surprised at some of the statements made by outstanding men of that community, men in both political parties. Deep regret was ex pressed because of the terrific suf fering resulting from the failure of the Central Bank and Trust com pany, yet there was discemable a spirit of elation, as these men re called the bank's alleged political ac tivities of the past. They had felt the cold steel of the bank's political influence being driven into their sides between the third and fourth l'ibs, and it was only natural for them now to enjoy a certain secret satis faction that the inevitable end had come to a bank that had been so of ten charged with leaving its field of finance and stalking through politi cal battles, mowing down those whom it opposed and sotting in high places the men of its own choosing. As banks are built upon the con fidence of the people of a community, with good-will as its most essential factor, these influences should not be sacrificed upon the altar of political activity. The Asheville incident, with its horrible results, ought to be a esson to every other banking insti ;ution in Western North Carolina. Df course, no one would make th? :harge that political activities alone :aused the failure of the Central 3ank, yet it is generally conceded that t is because of political activity that he bank had brought down upon it elf most of the opposition and an agonism which have long been hind ances to the success of the bank, ind contributed largely to the ( final esult which caused the bank to be inable to any longer withstand the orces sweeping it on toward the rash. )UKE POWER COMPANY SETS EXAMPLE FOR THE STATE. , While most of us are devoting our 1 ime and energy to inconsequential ; asks that loom large because of an < pparcnt local interest, the great' ] luke Power company is spreading J le let to make a big catch for the j hole state. In a recent issue of The < aturday Evening Post the Duke { ower company told, in an expensive , J flvertisement, of the great oppor- ] mities in North Carolina for those j ho desire to enter the manufactur- . ig business. This power concern has j n<v?rl m?iiv manufacturing concerns * . noi (i viarolina, and others villi J i located here from time to time I J trough the efforts of the company. ? Whenever a new industry b lo ated in North Carolina, new money j s brought into the state, new jobs! ire created for the business men and ' tew opportunities are presented to he young men and women who have he desire to forge ahead. Here are some of things recounted >y the Duke Power company to the nillions of people who rea(i The Sat urday Evening Post: Carolina people right now buy from distant states goods equal to the output of five hundred and eighty four manufacturing plant# in ten classes of industry alone/ In twenty-two other lines the Car olina* import millions of dollars worth of good* every year. Factories are needed to supply the demands for the following items : Ma chinery, men's shirts, meatp (fresh j find smoked), canned goods, confec-\ tionery, clay products, aluminum ; wore, electrical fixtures and appli- 1 ances, aircraft, women's clothing , ! wood products, window shade*, but- : tons, brooms, brushes, shoes, soap, I rayon, roofing, glass, chemicals, cer amic wares, hosiery, leather goods, , disinfectants, paints, paper products, thrown silk, trunks, tires, and rubber goods. Fifty packing planpp and abattoirs of average capacity are wanted to supply the fresh and preserved meats and meat products now imported into the Carolines at a freight cost of over fiive million dollars annually. A number of packing plants are in suc cessful operation \c rc. Thirty-two shirt factories of aver age sise are needed here to make the etght million dollars worth of shirts that are now brought t'nfq the Caro lina * each year. At present, several manufacturers of shirts arc operating factorite successfully in this terri tory. Twenty leather goods plant * of aw erage sue would not be able, with their entire output, to meet today's demand for such goods in the Caro lina*. One htiildred canneries could thrive here supply present Carolina demand for canned fruits and vegetables. We no w pay. two million dollars per year for freight on such goods shipped in from other states. Meanwhile we ship ? away canning crops in carload lot*. ! AX ALLEGORY . Once upon a time there lived a man with his interesting little family of one wife and two sons, in a small mountain town. This man held a | fine job with a great big corpora tion, was efficient, alert, a good citizen, a church worker and a de voted member of the highest frater nal orders. He was a frank soul, saying things that he thought ought to be said. There was another man in this little town who tried to run every thing. This second man didn't like the first man, so this second man be gan to lay plans and hatch schemes to get the first man thrown out of his employment, so he would have to move away from this little mountain town where the two of them lived. This second man was a big business man, and had the big head awfully bad. He went to another town one day to sret another man to come to that little mountain town and take the job held by the first man. Well, the first man had lots of friends, and when they learned of the efforts of the second man to have their friend thrown out of his job. why, they just stopped trading with j this second man, all at once, and the | time soon came when this second man went broke, and HE had to move | away from this little town, instead of I the first man. And the people, they IjiiBt laughed and laughed when this second man had to move away, in a one horse dray, while the first man remained in the town, prospered, was elected mayor of the town, and his sons grew up and prospered and were great assets to that little town. Moral: He dug a pit for his neigh bor, and fell into it himself, this sec ond man did, just like such fools have been doing ever fince the begin ning of time. Lordy, at the lies that will be told about the sums of money lost in the banks that have been closed! Many a guy will use these bank closings as an excuse to keep from paying his bills. Others will use it si,mply to be bragging. ^ HOOK: We Give 24 Hour Electrical Service We have Light Bulbs for Farm Lighting Plants and for City Current Also, other Electrical Equip ment Electric Service by Guy Dean R. F. THARP Day Phone Night Phone 224 225 S3 West Main Street NEXT We contribute to yoat good looks. You can get a Vitalis treatment hew, the vegetable oil tonta also the Fitch products. It Paya To Look Well SMITH'S BARBER SHOP THE BREVARD UNDERTAKING CO. D. F. MOORE and PURDE OSBORNE SOLE OWNERS DAY PHONE, 88 NIGHT PHONE: D. F. Moore, Phone 250 Purde O* borne, Phone 159 AMBULANCE Service At ALL HOURS WE EXTEND TO THE PEOPLE OF BREVARD AND TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY THANKSGIVING WISHES Set aside since the days of the Pilgrim Fathers in appreciation of divine guidance through peril and pros perity, and after their illustrious example we rever ently pause on Thanksgiving day to offer our thanks for the year's blessings. We take this opportunity also to express our appre ciation of the patronage and good will extended by our clientele and to promise continued diligence in the same faithful service characteristic of this store since its founding. Store closed all day Thanksgiving. Frank D. Clement, The Hallmark Jeweler CLEMSON THEATRE BUILDING THE FORD 13-PLATE BATTERY, $7.50 STRONG and STURDY The Ford battery has abundant mechanical and electrical strength to give long service and excellent performance in a car or truck. It is a 13.plate battery, and is so designed that it will give a continued and steady supply of power which is ample for starting an engine under the most severe weather conditions. Few things about a car can cause more serious inconvenience than a weak, faulty or neglected battery. A new Ford battery, with reasonable attention, will serve you unfailingly for an ex tended period of time. BUILT TO FORD STANDARDS The finest materials are combined with skilled workmanship in making the Ford battery. It passes our exacting tests, which tax its quality and capacity to a degree seldom reached under operat ing conditions in a ctfr. LOW-PRICED The price is $7.50, and it takes but a short time to install. Allowance made on your old battery. JOINES MOTOR CO., Inc. BREVARD, N. C. =? :ass?m shk&s e's Money In Foxes!! I Silvers or Blues Foxes are money makers. The net profit on either Silver or Blue Foxes from a pelting basis will run between 20 and 30 per cent. We now have for sale a few choice pairs of Silver and Blue Foxes. These are proven breeders, from our climatized herds. The females are bred to have pups on or before May 1st, 1931. We guarantee four pups for each pair of Blue Foxes and three pups for each pair of Silver Foxes each year the fo.^es are ranched on our ranch. This offer is only good until Dec. 21st. See us now for foxes that will whelp big litters and make money for you. BREVARD, N. C.
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