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THE BREVARd NEWS Pubiahed Erer? Thuredaykf THE TRANSYLVANIA PUBLISHING 00- I?. j Entered at the Poetofffee is Bmui { N. C, as Second Clam Matter I James P. Barrett Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATB6 (Payable In Adrenal) One Year $8J? fHs Man tin iM Sts Mentha Three Months Thursday, March 26, 1931 BELIEVED NO ESCAPE FROM PROPERTY TAX. In the fight that has developed in the legislature over the MacLean school bill, and the method of raising the money with which the state is to pay for operation of the six months' school term without taxing property, unusual situations have arisen, and a dead-lock came into existence which may last for several weeks. The leg islature has already been in session three weeks longer than the regular two months' term, and the end is not in sight yet. A general sales tax of one per cent on gross sales of everything has been proposed. This is said to be suffic ient to raise $9,000,00 a year. This plan is opposed by Governor Gardner, Mr. Maxwell, and other leaders of the administration. The merchants of the state are opposed to the sales tax. A luxury tax has also been pro posed. Opposition to this form of tax ation is growing daily. It appears now that the legislature will, in the end, increase the equaliz ation fund, and place a tax on real property of from 20 to 30 cents for support of the schools. It is not be lieved that the sales tax can be put over with the opposition now facing it. things good here /.V COMPARISON. . Survey of many counties m West; ,.m North Carolina discloses the fact that Transylvania county is active far in excess of other sections, witti the exception of Haywood county. With the state highway forces or 284, turning loose hundreds of o lars each week in payrolls and othei necessary expenditures; with th< work being done in #the Pisgah Na tional Forest, from which other hun dreds of dollars flow into this com munity each pay day; with the activ ities of the Silversteen interest grad ually increasing; with the Carr Lum ber company adding men to its big force from time to time; with th< cotton mill opening next Mondaj morning, adding another $1,400 week ly to the payroll here; with numer ous smaller industries and jobs go ing, .and with the veterans receiving their loan checks every day, this com munity is far removed from the in active list. But two things are needed now foi an almost normal resumption of bus iness, and these are: Banking facilities. Some real pep. A bank is absolutely necessary t< the business life of a community Brevard has lost much money during the past few days because there is nc placo here where checks in large amounts can be cashed. It becomes necessary for the holder of the checV to go to another town and get il cashed, and very naturally a portior of the money is then spent in thai town. Pep is just as necessary in business and community life as air, or water or food, is to the human body. When a man g^ves up, he couldn't stoop down and pick up the coins if it should rain gold dollars all about him. A whining, growling, belly aching business man is just about as useful in a community as a fingei with a run-a-round on it is to the right-handed carpenter. While there is some difficulty in the way, Brevard can arrange for banking facilities. Most assuredly that other thing can be remedied. Each citizen can attend to that part of the program. Just shake off that old feeling of despair, and go to work. It iB going to take work to re-build your busi ness. It will never come back to you, if you simply stand around and mope about things. You're too old for Santa Claus to pay any attention to, so he's net going to bring you any business. There is just one v/?y to get it, and that is to go after it. We ought to be thankful that we have as much about us as we have, instead of spending our time in fuss ing and cussing about things. INFALLIBLE SIGN (Orangeburg Times and Democrat) The industrial prophets, trying to guess when good times will return, i ought to get weekly reports from the i church collections of the land. When ! they show increased receipts better ' times are here. < NOW, COLONEL WADE, YOV SHOULDN'T SAY SUCH. The Charlotte Observer, favorite morning newspaper of many thou? ands, is speaking about Brevard and the incident of Mrs. Shipman's de parture, and says: "Anyhow, the interesting mountain city of Brevard got front page con sideration in all the papers of the Nation out of the escapade of its 'rich widow.' " Of course, Brevard is not averse to front page mention in all the papers of the Nation, and is appreciative of the consideration of the press and the 'agencies serving the press, especially of The Associated Press. But the fact is1, Brevard was genuinely distressed over the disappearance of a woman | who had been so generaly liked as had been Mrs. Shipman. Her late 'husband, Elzie Shipman, had a/many j close friends as any one living in this 'or in past generations, and these 'friends were really frightened over the disappearance of the woman. | Quotation marks are innocent lit tle things, speaking generally, but ir | the hands or on the typewriter of a master like Col. Wade Harris, thej j become darts that pierce like 45's The Observer used these quotation , marks in referring to the town's rich j widow. The size of a fortune is some ; thing relative. Mrs. Shipman is not t rich woman in a community where the Dukes, the Cramertons, the Can nons, the Morrisons, live. > Yet, in a community where littli value is placed upon the actual dol lar; where men and women live ant love to live because Nature's beautj abounds on every hand and in everj direction that one may look; when food is brought from the soil, and fuc comes from the mountainsides; when fruit is gathered from one's own or chard, and fish is taken from th< dashing, crystal Btreams; when neighbors sit up with the sick, an< trained nurses are not in demand where neighbors dig the grave for i departed friend, and with their owi hands shovel the fresh dirt back inti the yawning gap, until the final toucl | is placed upon the making of a nev ' mound? in a community like this, wi ! repeat, any one who possesses severa 1 thousand dollars in money, mucl lands and houses and a supply of jew ' elry, that one is rich. Brevard does appreciate the help fulness of The Associated Press, th< ! great daily newspapers, the fin country weeklies, and all of the radii broadcasting stations which joined ii the search and assisted Sheriff Pat ton and his deputies in locating Mrs Shipman. Brevard is relieved t learn that she is alive, but the fear ' felt here during the long days of tha : uncertain period brought much dis r tress to the community. ' I TO WHIP OR NOT TO WHIP IN SCHOOL ' Editor The Brevard News: ' i Please allow me space in The Bre - vard News to say a few words in de fense of our school teachers. , ? There was an article in The New a week or so ago in regard to th ' whipping of children in school, am written by one of the leading educa tional men of our county. Seems t lay the blame on the teacher whei the school is a failure. Now is th> 1 question I want to ask: How can i . school teacher take a large crowd o r children and make them obey the rule ' in school, when every lasting one ha 1 been let to do as he pleases in th' 'home and elsewhere? , I i I say it is almost impossible whei : ' a school teacher comes to a com ' ' munity to teach, and the children an 'i unruly and tho parents take side i , with the children in their misbehav ; ior. What chance hds the teacher [Instead they should teach their chil Idren at home what the word "obey' lj means, and thereby help the teache; ? with all your heart, for they nevei t get credit for half the hard work thej ( ' do. ' I Our school at Quebec would hav< ' been one of the best had the parenti ' j done their best and stood by th< , teachers. , The very first thing to hurt oui school, was, when a great big boy I we'll call him Jim, got smart andgol a whipping, walked out of the school' iroom with his book satchel on his I back, went homeland his parents die inot send him back. And believe 01 ;not, his father is one of the leading jmen of our community. Well, this had a bad effect on the whole school If our teacher had kept his switches and used them just a bit more, all would have gone well. But I think our teacher thought the other parents would follow the example <of the one I who had not sent his boy back to , school. So for awhile the children t were let go without whipping. But aome of tha good folk got up courage i enough to tell our teacher to put the wood on, or the kds would get the best of him ? So then they tried their jbest when they saw there were a few patrons who would stand by them; and I can honestly say, we believe they have done their best with the ma terial the have had to do with. How can we expect our children to obey a teacher when they don't even know what the word "obey" means at home. This same big boy, Jim, quit his own school at home because of a whipping he deserved ? He tried the school at Lake Toxaway, also Rod man, but for some reason he didn't pass his grade, and we think the reason was: he's just had a littlr too much petting and his own way all his Jiff to ever iovc a scnool where there should never be . petting or par- 1 tiality in order. When a child iB given | its own way all its young life, it. might well prepare itself to get some | hard crimps wnen grown up, because there will be some place on the high* way of life, where ne will find he doesn't get his way every time. So, I say, let the good old fashioned ' switch rule at home, and don't ever ' lot your child get tho best of you? let it know you iovt it, but whip it if it needs it at home, and the teacher r wont have to use the switch very ! much. j The teacher has a small chance of a successful school if every time he I goes to whip a child for something, 1 and the big brother or Bister of the child that is being punished, jumps on the teacher and he has them both to whip. I want to hear from others on thie subject: Whether it's right to whip when the child needs it, or not, in school. I've never believed in the parents or the teacher either hitting or slapping the child on his or her head, but I do believe in the genuine old fashioned whipping, and I believe also, that. if we rule our children right at home, they will be very little trouble to their teachers. Yes, some have the cheek to say whipping is old fashioned and out of date. Why, the weak-minded would know that, if tic 1 will onl.v look around and see how the I children misbehave. ' Come on, some one and let's hear , from some one else on this subject. , Yours for all good school teachers, 'and better schools. 'l MRS. ROLAND FISIIER. I I EGGS AND PRICES . 1 Editor Brevard News: j While folks are talking about eggs. I want to say a few thing about eggs 3;ahd egg markets and cash markets. ? and I am sure that every farmer will I1 agree with me. What should be call ed a cash market .for eggs? Experi ' , ence in the poultry business shows ' 1 shows that it costs at least 25 cents ; 1 per dozen to produce eggs on th? j'farm. Well then, I think that should , be about the minimum cash price. " i Then, let it fluctuate high enough to ??bring the average up to about 35c : per dozen. That would be putting it , : in a business way. But if it costs 25c i and you have to take 12 l-2c you lose 1 50 per cent. Where is the merchant I or any business that could run in i that sort of way? Talk about supply ,'and demand! If, aB Mr. Mull says, the demand is so great, why does it ' not bring up the price as in every i thing else? i ] The truth of the business is, the ? price of eggs was talked down. Di . j rectly after Christmas, befote the I price had started off much, about all i the grocers and dealers began predict . ing 10c eggs. It succeeded well enough ? that they choked the price to 12 l-2e. That shows what talking ";and quoting prices will do for a e market. This situation will not last 8 long this way. People will be forced 3jto sell off a lot of their hens. That of course Would be killing the goost " that lays the golden eggs; but it will - : nut egg prices back where they should i. be for awhile. In fact, the only reason that hens are not leaving by the car i load now, is that hens arc being s ' quoted below cost of production. It t was Mr. L. A. Ammon, our last > county farm agent, who said thai I "The farmer is the only one whe could go in the hole at everything . he tries to do, and still exist." He saic I the farmers did this by depriving I themselves of the things others en 'joyed. I guess he was about right; | but it does not look fair. ? i As it looks now, Easter will come ? a*id go without eggs bringing cost ;It seems we farmers are slow ir 3 learning that if we would use ai 0 least one half our eggs at home wt ^ could get just as much for the other - ( half, and everybody would have plenty 0 of eggs. I I I lived in town more than IE 0 years, and I never thought eggs high 1 until they passed 40c per dozen. i ! T. S. WILLIAMS, s Brevard, R-2. s I e i REAL CO-OPERATION i : Editor The Brevard News: - 1 I wish to say that I have had the e|best cooperation in my music school s ; at Lake Toxaway, that I ever wit - nessed anywhere. But cooperation ? means all working together, and is - j the only road to 'progress and when ' ' each one of us walks together for a i" I good cause, we may rest assured i' i that we are on the way to sucess. f ! We give everybody a special invi tation to meet with us at the Baptist s ? church Saturday night, Murch 28, if ' the weather permits. 5 , The ' Rosman Singing Class is : planning on being present, r E. D. RANDOLPH, .j Rosman, March 23. YOU BET WE WIIJ.! 1 1 1 1 Editor The Brevard News : ? | I am enclosing a one dollar bill J1 which you will please take as part i payment on my subscription. I want you to let the paper come on and 1 will pay you some more as soon as I can. Yours truly, A. I). GALLOWAY. THANKS? BROTHER JOHN F. Editor The Brevard News: Herewith is check ?2.00 in answer to your appeal to keep the wolf from your door of about two weeks ago. Don't know how far this puts me to I the good, do not keep track of it, (leaving that to you, but don't stop the , paper from coming to us, we need it, and when the subscription runs out . I just "holler" and I'll "kiss the kitty ' again." Sincerely, ' JOHN F. NORRIS. | Clinton, S. C., March 19. THANK YOU Editor Brevard News: ? Please credit the enclosed check, $2.00, on my subscription account and oblige. J. M. CLARK. Sarasota, Fla., March 19. FROM A FLORIDA FRIEND | Editor The Brevard New?: j You will enclosed And cheek for | two dollars for which please keep The , Brevard News coming to me each j week. I'm always anxious to receive I the paper so I can see what is hap-' pening around the old" town where I , spent my boyhood days. It seems to me that you folks up there travel in the same path after us Floridians. Just for an illustration, Florida had : those boom days, then it wasn't long until Western North Carolina fol> ? lowed suit 'j' Then, .worst of all, we had an aw- ' ful epidemic that spread over our i state like a wild Are. This epidemic was bank failures. I was awfully sorry when I heard that the same thing had happened to you good peo ple. | We seem to have killed or scared I all the fruit-fly out of Florida, so get your fly swatter out and the first one you see leaping over one of those high I mountains, swat him right on the 1 bean. Oranges and celery are both bring- 1 ing a good price, so things are look ing fine to us again. Most of us that are burdened with too much money for the banks to take care of, just let Uncle Sam have it. Best wishes to you and all my 'friends. I W. P. GROG AN. Sanford, Fla., March 22. COMMUNICATION [Take mo back to the oldtime way, Where all in quiet through all the day. There 111 take a good quiet rest, For there's nothing to disturb but a gest, | No news to read for there were none. No song to sing, but a hum, hum, hum. i But I woke one day, with a sigh; Language was known, no one would 1 deny, The neighbors come and go with the news, And we have not the courage to re | fuse. All day long I'm restless, walking to and fro, Waiting for a neighbor to come and j go. The man with his pony his service did lend, Now we can get news from far away 1 friend; Letters, newspapers, magazines for all, With a little effort to make the post master a call. They tell about weather, whether rain, or snow, And news from other countries we'll j know. , The lovely days we've spent at home, Have been abolished since the tele I phono, Social transactions and business too, I Got ovfer the line for me and you; Send your wants over the telephone , i ' line, You'll get service almost any time. I . i In these latter times came the radio . I along, . With the preacher's sermon and the simple story, ; The president's speech and musician ? i band, [ And if we give diligence to commun , ' ication i We'll have no excuse for non-educa . j tion. I Submitted by Daisy Belle Hampton. WAR PROFITEERS '? I (Calhoun Times) v Admiral Sam McGowan is in favor i of a vote of the people before going : to war. For various reasons that will ' never be. The war-makers will see ' to that. Barney Baruch's plan is to freeze out all profiteers. That would mean the millenium. The only sure ? pop cure for war is to pass a law that i every member of Congress, between 25 and 65 years, be forced on the fir ing line. Make that a world propo sition, including presidents, kings, em perors, dukes, counts, etc., and there will not be another war till Gabriel blows his horn. Isn't it strange that you seldom hear a word or read a line 1 of defense of the American end of the World War. No wonder they are trying to prevent a repetition of such a foolish and disastrous calamity. (Bamberg Herald) Eight carloads of hogs have been shipped from Bamberg county since the first of the year. This compares with four carloads during the whole of 1930. Hogs are worth just about seven cents a pound this year, com pared with ten cents last year, but seven cents is probably equal <o ten cents a year ago. I The county agent has received numerous inquiries during the past few days in regard to loans from the government seed and fertiliser fund, but he said Monday that not one of those selling hogs has made inquiry about the loan. I "This may be only a coincidence," j said Mr.- Craven. I PRISONERS I (Edgefield Advertiser) j The men and women who have been consigned to prison cells, as punish ment for crime scommitted, doubtless deserve the penalty under the law. But even if they are guilty and de serve punishment it is the state's duty to see that they are properly pro tected while serving the sentence. Prisons in other states have burned, with resulting heavy toll of human line, and if Souti) Carolina's peniten tiary is in such condition as to be of ficially pronounced a "fire trap" it should receive immediate attention. NEVADA (Greenwood Index-Journal) The state of Nevada should be abolished or made over into a terri tory of the United States. SPRING (Clinton Chronicle) This is the time of the year when the town man begins to wonder if the dear little fish down "in the creek aren't getting hungry. loves brsvard Editor The Brevard News: I am enclosing my check for $2.00 1 for which please renew my subecrip- 1 lion, for another yea*, to your paper, I always enjoy reading the paper ind naturally I should for I was brought up there, however after read ing the paper, many times, there are things I would like to say, for tho* I may never live there again, I am Itill very much interested in the town 1 ?nd I suppose any thoughts I may bev? are batter left unsaid. With best wishes for your and tho town's success, I am your very truly. C. E. HAMPTON, 210 PKden Ave. Gadsden, Ala. March 22, 1981. LET US DO YOUR JOB PRINTING AND THE COUNTY LOVES YOU TOO, BROTHER LYDA Editor The Brevard News:' PWase find enclosed money order for $1.00 on my subscription to Th? Brevard News. I know that my sub scription was up in August 1930. But I want you to continue sending me the paper, for it is one of the best county papers that come to my home. To read the Brevard News is like reading a letter from Home, for 1 do and alwayi will thing of N. C. and Transylvania county as home, for it was there I spent 25 happy years of my life. Yes, I love Transylvania county and its good people, and shall till God calls ?? home. Yours very truly, ffH. L V. LYDA. Porterdale, Ga., March 29. FORD SAFETY Triplex shatter-proof glass windshield has saved many lines in collisions EVERY new Ford is equipped with a Triplex ? hatter proof windshield. This is made so that the glass will not fly or splinter under the hardest impact. It has saved many lives and prevented injuries in many automobile collisions. This shatter-proof glass windshield is just one of many features that make the new Ford a value far above the price. Others arc the silent, fully enclosed four wheel brakes, sturdy steel body construction, four Hou daille double-acting hydraulic shock absorbers, more than twenty ball and roller bearings, extensive use of fine steel forgings, aluminum pistons, chrome silicon alloy valves, torque-tube drive, three-quarter floating ? rear axle, Rustless Steel, and unusual accuracy In manufacturing. In addition, you save many dollars because of low first cost of the new Ford, low cost of operation and upkeep, and low yearly depreciation. The New Fom? De Luxe Coup* low, PRICES OF FOBB CABS $430 TO $630 F. O. D*trolt, plat fr might and dmllvory. Bumper t and I pare tiro at small eott. You can purchato a Ford on economical ttrmt through (At Authorised ford F Inane t Plant of tha V nl portal Crodlt Company . Checkerboard Chatter Volume 1 March 26, 1931 Number 16 Published in the in terest of the people of BREVARD and T R ANSYLVANIA County by the B&B Feed & Seed Co. "The stork is the funniest bird alive. It kids the world." For best results use V ? C Special Potato fertilizer under your potatoes. EVOLUTION One fellow who is sure tkat men came from monkeys is the man who sweeps up the peanut shells after the ball game. Special the rest of this week "So Good" Flour, at sixty- five cents quarter sack ? plain or xelf-riaing. Long: I hear ye've give up terbaccy, Ezra. Green: Well, Si, I'm sorta tapering off like. I don't swallow the juice no more. We are still giving best quality Gladiola bulbs away ? Get yours while th$y last. * Whenever you see one of these flappers hoofing it back from a little ride you can bet your last penny that she "no's'1 her fellow. When yon kill that spring pig don't for get Morton's Figaro Meat Salt is best, cheapest, and most convenient way to care the meat. History Prof. ? "Ah, what, my dear- pup lis, could be sadder than the spectacle of a man without a country?" Flippant Flapper ? "Please, sir, a coun try without a man." For garden vfie u>t recommend the V-C Konqueror Truck Fertilizer. Glovers I m p e r ial Medicines for dogs have been used for 50 years. "Did brudder Brown gib de bride away?" "No sah; he let de groom fin' out for hisself." B&B Feed & Seed Co. Brevard, N. C. The Store with the Checkerboard Siffn