lilt BKfcVARD NEWS
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Thursday, October 29, 1931
CONCERNING MATCHLESS
BEAUTY, GOOD PEOPLE, FINE :
ROADS AND THE FOREST i
FIRE MENACE
If you want to see the mountains in
their greatest beauty, gjet into them
within the next few days. We mean
that you should really go away back
into the mountains, through them,
cross them, stand on top of them and
gaze just as far as your vision will
reach. The red and yellow and the
green and the brown and the amber
and pink and purple ? in fact, every
hue and color of cloud and sky are
reflected in the gorgeous scenes of the
mountains now. Pity the tourist who
leaves the mountains before the end of
October. /
Last Sunday morning we left Bre
vard for no (definite destination. Just
wanted to fget into the mountains, and
the bigger they were the better it
suited, our purpose. We followed
?'Highway 28 to Lake Toxaway, turn
ed right and followed No. 281 by
Owens Gap into Jackson county by
way of Wolf Mountain and then
down the Tuckaseigee Gorge; arriv
ing at the home of our good friend,
Ralph Rigdon, just in time to partake
of a bounteous dinner.
After rest and refreshment and a
long talk with the Rigdons and those
who gathered in, among them being
the old war horse himself, "Uncle
Mitch" Rigdon, we went on by Dr.
Hunters famous brain factory, for
years known as Cullowhee but now
called Western Carolina Teacher's
College and to Sylva. After having
a cup of coffee in Mrs. McKee's beau
tiful little city, we took No. 10 tc
W aynesville, passing the orchards
in which trees are loaded to breaking
point with apples. At Waynesville wc
turned right, taking 284 across Pis
gah and back home.
It would take painter, poet, psalm
ist, philosopher, linguist, orator anc
a Philadelphia lawyer to describe the
wonders seen on this trip. No on?
can even begin to portray by pen ot
brush, the beauties of the wooded hills
and towering peaks, clothed as thej
are in al! their Autumnal regalia
which is a sublime distinction frorc
any other season's dress. Regardless
of the elevation of the peak ascended
there were others nearby, or in the
distance, which were higher and more
majestic, causing one to look still up
ward to see the pinnacle where the
tree tops seemed to be sweeping the
Sky' irJS
Along the good roads which bear
testimony to the wisdom of Governor
Oardner s state-controlled highway
plan, we saw the strength and sup
port of America's religious life, giv
ing guarantee that the church of God
is established here as firmly as the
everlasting hills upon whose knolls
the church buildings stand. Group
after group, sometimes it being the
father, mother and family of children,
at others a stalwart mountain youth
and the girl of his choice, all going
happily toward the church house for
Sunday school and preaching service.
A little further on the way, as time
passed, we would hear the sacred
songs being sung, as only mountain
people can sing, the words echoing
and re-echoing from hill, to hill,
thrown out into space and being heard
in Heaven over the receiving set that
needs no ground wire or aerial. In
the hearts of these people the light
of Christianity shall survive all at
tacks being made upon it by the learn
ed, sophisticated, big-headed, upstarts
who thing it big and smart to pro
claim themselves as infidels and
agnostics. ,
Climbing the steep grade to pass
through Owen Gap, we were held up
a while, because a man driving an old
Model T Ford had car trouble. We
could not pass. Already Mr. and
Mrs. Tom English, in a car with New
York friends, had stopped, being un-i
able to pass the disabled Ford. We '
enjoyed the delay, because the forced
stop was made at a fine .vantage
point whe^; a splendid view of sur
rounding mountains presented itself.
Then, too, we enjoyed the short chat
with Mr. English.
Again we stopped to see Brother
Nicholson and his good wife at Wolf
Mountain, where Mr. Nicholson is
postmaster. They were gone, but
their bright children were there, and j
we enjoyed a visit with them. :
Through that particular section we 1
were skirting the gruat boundary of
land owned by Charlet: A. Webb, J. G.
Stikeieather, By. Jamee G. K. Mc-j
Clure and others. This great bound
ary is now the private fishing and
hunting property of these" men and
their associates, and is duly guarded.
We fell to wondering whether or not
it is right for a few men, simply be
cause they possess the necessary
wealth, to buy up great bounds ries of
land through which the natural |
streams flow, and close these fishing
streams to every one else save and
except their own members. Of course,
it is legal in every way. We were not
thinking of that phase of the question
at all. We were simply moralizing,
and it is hard to see the justice in
anything that keeps a little tow-head
ed, bare-foot mountain boy from cut
ting himself a fishing pole, attaching
thereto his twine fish line, and fishing
in any stream of water which God's
own plan sends rushing through the
mountain fastness or along the peace
ful valleys. This may become a
question in the North Carolina legi
slature someday, so we left off think
ing about it
That bumpity stretch of highway
from Cullowhee to Sylva should be
fixed right away. Driving over this
stretch one encounters ten bumps to
the foot, and feels ten years older at
the end of the hateful stretch. They
make good coffee in Sylva. Old Num
iber 10 is the State's main highway,
and the State fish hatchery at the top
of the mountain is an interesting
sight.
One wonders why there is not such
a place on Davidson River, in the
Pisgah National Forest.
Haywood county is busily engaged
just now in gathering, sorting and
crating the apple crops. Crossing the
Haywood-Transylvania county line
just at sunset, we stood in awe at
the day's dying, and then gazed in
'rapture at night's beginning, as the
soft glow of a full moon fell over
Mount Pisgah and the National For
est. The man who has never witness
ed a sunset from the top of Pisgah
has not really lived at all, and he
who has never seen a full moon from
the same point is entirely without
' romance, and lives a drab life, in
deed.
Winding down the perfectly goot
1 higway through the Pisgah Forest w<
1 were brought to a sudden stop, be
' cause there stood in the highway tht
1 most beautiful of all animals ? t
young deer. The car lights blinder
the fine young fellow for a few min
' uUs, and he stood and gazed wit!
' unseeing eyes at the bright lights. W<
1 thought how mean a man must be t<
' use a spotlight in shooting deer. Sue!
a man would murder his granny u
1 cold blood.
' At White Pine camp many car:
^ were parked about, and the gai
1 laughter of campers about the camp
1 fire gave evidence of thorough en
' joyment.
1 It was, indeed, a beautiful day anc
1 a perfect drive. But there was one
? terrible thought that kept creepinj
1 into one's mind all the time. Every
1 thing is so dry, there having beer
| no rainfall in such a long time, that
the careless toss of one match, or 8
' lighted cigar or cigarette, would caust
such a forest fire as has never been
witnessed in the mountains of West
ern North Carolina. One careless act,
or one malicious deed, would destroy
much of the great beauty of this
matchless beautiful section.
For your own sake and that of the
members of your family, take a trip
through these mountains of ours.
Upon your return, you will really
understand why it is that many
people are looking forward to a great
era of prosperity in this mountain re
gion, for, with completion of the
highways and the opening of the
Great Smoky Mountains' National
Park, America's millions will crowd
the mountainsides with an endless
stream of money-spending sightseers.
MR. McCRARY PLEASED
WITH THE ROAD WORK
Virgil McCrary, farmer and well
digger, and plumb good at either, or
both, in speaking of the road work
now going on in the county, says that
Little River section is coming to the
front in fine manner. He says there ,
has (been great improvement made!
on the roads in the Little River com- ^
munity during the summer, and vows (
that a Little River man is really
proud now to take other folks home
with him. J
Mr. McCrary expressed hope that ,
the citizens of the county would have
a real barbecue soon, and invite the
road, men including Chairman Jef
fress, Mr. Neal and other officials,:
and the forces of the county that have
been doing such fine work, as guests
of honor. In this way, he says, the
people of the county could, in a man- <
ner, express their appreciation for'!
the great work that has been done on ^
the roads since the state took over (
all the couny roads. '
What do you think of the sugges- i
:ion? i
THIRTY THOUSAND CHURCHES
CLOSED DURING RECENT PAST
Thirty thousand churches in the
United States have closed their doors
and suspended operations during the
past few months. Tb.la is on average
qf 625 churches to the state that have
ceased operations. In our state, that
would mean six churches to the coun
ty, on an average that have been
closed.
Can anyone grasp the full signifi
cance of this trend of events? Docs
anyone really know the cause for such
terrible conditions, or can there be a
remedy offered that will stop this de- 1
at ruction of America's greatest force j
and influence? the church?
I Many thousands of other churches
are facing gerat difficulty in meeting
interest and principal payment on
' debts. Mortgage companies are clos
ing in on much church property just
now, and the end is not in sight.
Can we truthfully say that inabil
ity of people to pay money into the
church is responsible for this condi
tion? Can we, while meeting pay
ments on automobiles, radios and
' other obligations, lay the whole blame
' f0r the condition of the churches on
the depression? Will such an explan
ation stand the full light .f investi
' gation? We think not.
| Church debts were piled high dur
ing our period of high living, and it
may well be charged that more money
! was spent upon pledges and promises
of payment than should have been
: spent. But does that excuse us now
! jn repudiating those debts and letting
the churches close up, or down0 Is
there a community in America that
' can really afford to permit a cKurch
to cease its operation? What is more
I valuable than a church in a commun
ity from the moral, social or economic
i standpoint? Wh^t family, or what
i business for that matter, would be
'safe in a community where there 1?
no church influence?
! It is a serious, a most serious,
situation.
' THAT'S JUST EXACTLY WHAT
i TEACHERS ARE TRYING TO DO
i j The Asheville Times, impressec
; with the pumpkin story going oui
? from here last week, wherein it if
told that Mr. W. L. Aiken harvestec
I 1000 pounds of pumpkin from orn
? vine, opines as follows:
. I "It's a tall yarn that comes out
i of Brevard about the pumpkin vine
' that yielded 1000 pounds of fruit?
1 ; is the pumpkin a fruit? And it was
I I a volunteer at that !
.1 "The story, however, appears to
,i be backed by incontrovertible
I proofs, and it interestingly lllus
: . trates a truth that is important
) ; other than from the freakish angle.
, i The fact that the soil and climate
i of Western North Carolina lend
' i themselves remarkably to the
I growth of certain crops.
5 1 "Once we realize that farming in
. I this country must be specialized :
: orice we realize, city folk and ru?'
"i alike, that farming is one of the
? ! most important industries we have
or ever will have; once all of our
I farmers use the scientific methods
| some of them now employ when
' these things come to pass, Western
: North Carolina will enter upon a
period of great and substantial
) ' prosperity."
; The Times hits upon a truth thai
; has long been stressed by Prof. Jul
, Jan Glazener and J. F. Corbin, teach
ers of vocational agriculture in thi
. county. Study of the soil and its
adaptation to crops has been for years
one of the main studies pursued by
the Young Tar Heel Farmers in their
class work. There are young men m
thi3 county now who know soils as
the druggist knows the ingredients
with which he fiHs prescriptions.
And, it might be added, it is the ap
plication of this knowledge to actual
farming methods that has resulted in
bringing Transylvania county so
'rapidly back to successful agricul
ture, as evidenced by the bounteous
crops garnered this season.
i With the start along the lines sug
gested in The Asheville Times, about
all that Transylvania county now
needs is a good farm agent to work
in conjunction with the farmers and
' with the teachers of vocational agri
culture. There is a generation of
young men now entering activities
here who will make agriculture the
greatest business ever known in this ;
neck o' the woods.
Bet you a quarter of a dollar that j
there is one commodity in and about
Asheville that will soon advance in ;
price.' You just watch the Whitewash
market during the next few weeks,
and sec the tape ticker up.
? i
UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF
PLANS ARE UNDER WAV |
Raleigh, Oct. 28? Extensive prcpar- j
atione are under way for getting i
ready for the problem of unemploy- !
ment and distress relief in the State ?
during the winter months. While the
problem will be primarily local. Gov- j
amor Gardner's commission will head
up and dircct the efforts from Raleigh. 1
Representatives of several social and ,
governmental agencies have met to
'onsider methods of meeting what is i
expected to be a pressing need in (
Tinny communities this winter. Th )
ivorfe is being directed by R. \\ Hen- <
linger, us executive secretary.
BIG EVENTS TOLD IN
UTTLE PARAGRAPHS
(Gleaned by Ctifford Moviii'A t.) j
"Rockne Day" will be observed in !
honor of Knute K. Rockne through- [
out the entire country on Saturday,
November 14, according to plana be
ing made by the National Coaches
association in co-operation ',vith the
Rockne Memorial association. It has
been suggested that a Rockne Mem
orial service be held between the
halves at every football game in the
country on that day,
_
| A fen-year industrialization plan,
calling for the expenditure of $11,
i 000,000,000 for machinery construc
tion alone, is being considered by the
Chinese government. When Japan
gets through with them they will need
to do some constructing.
; The new George Washington bridge
: spanning the Hudbon river and link
ling the two states of New York and
iNew Jersey, was opened Saturday,
jOctober 25. The $60,000,000 struc
ture was officially opened by cutting
a ribbon stretched across the road
jway midway between the two states.
j Major James H. Doolittle last week
; visited three nations in one day. Tak
ing off from Ottawa, Canada, at
4:30 o'clock he flew to Mexico City,
via Washington, Birmingham and
Corpus Christi, arriving at 3:15 in
the afternoon.
J- t- . ; v -T- -
Last Tuesday officers and men of
j the United States sea forces through
lout the world celebrated Navy Day,
'which comemorated the introduction
jiiY the continental congress on Octo
ber 27, 1775, of the first navy bill:
which provided for the building of 12
sloops and brigs,
i More than 50,000 acres of dens?
timberland have been destroyed by
forest fires in North Carolina this
year.
The largest cotton shipment evei
to go to New .Orleans arrived Octo
ber 26, when the Barge E. S. Jewet!
docked there wif i a cargo of 6,20(
bales of cotton.
| Because her domestic crop has beer
damaged by unfavorable weathei
j France is a prospective customer foi
50,000 bushels of America's surplus
? wheat ? on credit.
'l
; | Jimmie Johnston, Madison Squar<
. promoter, has announced an offer o:
'-40 per cent gate receipts to Jacl
' Dempsey for a match in Miami, Fla.
i next February against the winner o:
the Primo Carnera-Victorio Campo
lo heavy-weight match November 27.
' Henry C. Bourne of Tarboro ha
been installed as Commander of th<
North Carolina department of Tin
American Legion.
i Governor Murray's action in cap
ping Oklahoma's oil wells with thi
might of the militia has been pro
tested by a large refining compan;
in that state.
I
Mrs. Helen Burnell, 101, of Sai
Diego, Calif., the oldest living Civi
War nurse, will not be able to atteni
the annual convention of Civil Wa
nurses this year.
Because Japan firmly refuses to ac
cept the formula of the League of Na
tions for solving the Manchuriai
trouble, the league council has beci
forced to adjourn until Novembe
16, without having accomplished it:
purpose.
What has been characterized a;
the most vital organization wlthii
the southland during the past half
century was formed last week, wher
? Professional, Industrial, agricultural
i social and educational leaders fron
all of the southern states gathered ai
: Savannah, Ga., and organized thi
southeastern economic council.
| The International Good- Will Con
gress will convene in Chicago Novem
ber 10 for a three day session. The
.themes for discussion will be Dis
'armament, peace and prosperity.
i A. M. York, chief of the Cuban
army signal corps and the only Amer
ican holding a commission in the Cu
ban army, died at his home in Camp
Columbia, Sunday. October 26.
?
The U. S. S. Army, at the Aber
'deen proving grounds in Maryland,
? is trying out an armored truck tKat
combines all the power and speed of
the first tanks, with a speed of 50
miles an hour.
i
Bertrand Russell and H. G. Wells,
I two of the most brilliant writers and
! thinkers of their day, are in America
I to see what is the matter with us.
| Despite the attempts of the League
of Nations to settle the Manchurian
trouble, Japanese troops are steadily
spreading deeper into the Northern
Chinese province.
The steamer Belgeniand has reach
ed Plymouth, England, on its voyage
to France and Belgium loaded with
approximately $15,000,000 worih of
gold sent from New York.
Arkansas bankers have done their
part in connection with the New Or
leans plan to with-hold 7,000,000
babs of cotton from the market nn
til July, 1932, by pledging 400,000
bales.
Half a million persons gathered in
the greilt 20-acre Piazza cle Pi^bisci
to in Naples, Italy, last Sunday and
plain how the world should remov
listened to Premier Mussolini ex
:he. sand in its economic gears.
President Hoover and Premier La
ral of Franec have concluded their
inferences with the groundwork
".id for a sweeping re-adjti ?-?Trent -f
Serman reparations and Allied war .
lebt payments tojfhe United '|
NOTICES OF LEGAL INTEREST
NOTICE
State of North Carolina,
TransyivKaij. County.
In The Superior Court
Atlantic Joint Stock Land Bank
of Raleigh, ?r corpora tiori, Plaintiff.
! Va ?
'A. H. Gillespie and wife, F. M. Gil
lespie, J. L. Gilleflpie and ?rt.fe,
Annie S. Gillespie; Lewis P. Ham
line, Trustee, & J. V. Bowers;
Brevard Banking Company, and
State Commissioner of Banks;
I H. E. Marti?, Tnutee and T. H.
; Shipman ; W .W. Steerman and
, wife, Cora J. Steerman ; F. K. Gard
ner; W. W. Woodley, Jr., Liquidat
ing Agent of Brevard Banking
' Co.; Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., Trustee,
'and J. L. Whitmire; T. A. English;
O. H. Orr; T. H. Galloway; Tran
vania County, Defendants.
I The above named defendants, W. W.
: Steerman, and wife, Cora J. Steer
: man, will take notice that an action
I entitled as above has been commenced
in the Superior Court of Transyl
'vania County, North Carolina, tc
I foreclose that mortgage from A. H.
Gillespie and wife, Fannie M. Gilles
> pie to the above entitled plaintiff, of
| record in Book No. 11, at page No.
! 23, of the records of such Deeds for
I Transylvania County, which said
j mortgage conveys a tract of land
situate in said Transylvania County,
! North Carolina, on the French Broad
(River, containing 254 acres, more or
i less, excepting therefrom a small
(tract which lies within the above de
scribed boundary, which has hereto
fore been conveyed as being 2.9o
? acres, more or less, and is not includ
ed in this conveyance and in which
.land of 254 acres, more or less, less
the small exception, the said defend
ants claim an interest under thosi
' two deeds from A. H. Gillespie ant
! wife, Fannie M. Gillespie, and J. L
.'Gillespie and wife, Annie S. Gilles
? pie, each of date March 27, 1928, on<
. 1 of which is of record in Book No. 61
' ! at page No. 8, and the other of rec
lord in Book No. 60, at page No. 19<
- of the Records of Deeds for Transyl
vania County. Said defendants wil
. 1 further take notice that they are re
i quired to appear at the Office of thi
Clerk of the Superior Court of sai<
Transylvania County in the Cour
i House in Brevard, North Carolina
-Ion the 7th day of November A. D.
f 1931, and answer or demur to tin
; complaint in said action on said date
or within thirty days thereafter, o
the plaintiff will apply to the Cour
i for the relief demanded in san
f complaint.
. I This 5th day of October, A. D.
' 1931. ,
f| OTTO ALEXANDER, Clerk
Superior Court, Transylvania Count;
4tc Oc 8,15,22,29.
I ?
\ 1 NOTICE
el Under and by virtue of the powe
of sale contained in that certain Dee<
of trust from William Harrisoi
- Rhodes and wife, to the undersignei
0 Trustee, dated May 8, 1931, and re
- corded in Book 28, page 143, Tran^
j sylvania County Records, defaul
having been made in the payment o
jthe indebtedness thereby securec
1 and demand having been made upoi
1 the undersigned Trustee to advertis
J and sell the property described ii
r -said Deed of Trust,
| Now, therefore, the undersignei
Trustee will, on Saturday, the 31s
- dav of October, 1931, at 12 o'clock
- noon, at the Court House door, i:
1 Brevard, N. C., offer for sale an<
i sell to the highest bidder for cash
" the following described real proper
5 ty, to-wit :
I Containing one acre and 37 1-.'
poles, more or less, and being all o
3 the land described by metes an<
i bounds in said deed of trus
- recorded in Book 28 page 143, t<
i which reference is hereby made foi
> a full and complete description ol
i said land.
t The proceeds of said sale to bo ap
J plied upon said indebtedness and ex
penses of sale.
; This the 30th day of September
? 1931.
? i RALPH H. RAMSEY, Jr., Trustee
? Oct. 7-14-21-28
NOTICE OF SUMMONS
In Special Proceeding Before
the Clerk.
/V THE SUPERIOR COURTlM
' BEFORE THE CLERK
State of North Carolina,
Covaty of Transylvania.
N. A. MuLtr, et ah, Plaintiff*.
r ,
T C. Galloway, Trustee, l/ida
Jhiehworth, ldoU.it Aiken, et ah.
Defendants.
The defendants, Lula Duckworth
land Moilie Aiken will take notice
lihat an action entitled as above has
i'ooen commenced in the Superior
I Court of Transylvania County, N. C.,
| to sell certain lands known as tb?
J. E. Duckworth Farm for partition
of proceeds; and the said defendants
will also take notico that they are
required to appear at the office of
the Clerk of the Superior Court of
j said County in the Court house in
.Brevard, N. C., within TEN days uf
jter date of aervice hereof, and answer
I or demur to the complaint and peti
tion in said action, or the plaintiffs
will apply to the Court for the re
'lief demanded in 9aid complaint and
petition. ? ,
This the 14 day of October, 1931.
OTTO ALEXANDER
Clerk Superior Court,
Transylvania County.
4tc Oct 29Nov6 12 19
NOTICE
1 Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in that certain Deed
1 of Trust to the undersigned Trus
tee, dated the 2nd day of January,
1 1931, and recorded in Book '28, page
! 109 of the record of Deeds of Trust
' for Transylvania County, default
\ having been made in the payment
' of the indebtedness thereby secured,
and demand having been made upon
' the undersigned Trustee to avertise
1 and sell the property described in
? said Deed of Trust.
j Now, therefore, the undersigned
Trustee will, on Saturday, the 31st
i day of October. 1931, at 12 o'clock,
' noon, at the Court House door in
^ Brevard, N. C., offer for sale and
i sell to the highest bidder for cash,
, the following described real proper
ty, to-wit: ,
'I FIRST: A 1-G undivided interest
' in 161 acres, more or less, described
in Deed recorded in Book 1 page 365,
'' Transylvania Sounty records.
, SECOND: A 1-12 undivided intor
. ' est in 300 acres, more or less, de
scribed in deed recorded in Book 15
page 458, Transylvania County rec
ords.
I THIRD: A 1-6 undivided interest
, in 39 acres, more or less, described in
Deed recorded in Book 16, page 223,
I Transylvania County records.
- 1 All three of said tracts to be sold,
subject to dower rights of Sarah J.
Shuford. And being the Second,
>' Third and Fourth tracts in said Deed
of Trust recorded in Book 28, page
j 109, reference to which if hereby
made for a full and complete descrip
" . tion of said lands.
' : The proceeds of said sale to be ap
j plied to the payment of said indebt
, edness and expenses of sale.
This the 30th day of September,
n 1931.
fc, RALPH H. RAMSEY. .Ik.. Trustee
" Oct. 7-14-21-28
| Administrator's NOTICE
' Having qualified as executor of the
i last will and testament of G. L. Glaz
I ener, deceased, late of Transylvania
, County, North Carolina, this is to
- notify all persons having cla:ms
against the estate of said deceased to
1 exhibit them to the undersigned at
f Brevard, N. C., on or before the 23rd
5 day of September, 1932, or this no
t tice will be pleaded in bar of their
j recovery. All persons indebted to said
r estate will please make immediate
f payment
This the 23rd day of Sept. 1931.
Paul Glazener, Executor of the
. ! Last Will & Testament of G. L.
Glazener. Ct S24 thru Oc29
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