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VOLUME XXXVI - ? - "|J BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 12, 1931 REV. DR. CHAPMAN PASSES WEDNESDAY AT AGE OF 87 YEARS Wm One of County's Best Lov ed Men, Having Friends Everywhere i RECTOR OF ST. PHILIPS IN BREVARD 20 YEaRS Wrote "The Prayer Corner" j for The News, Consoling Thousands of People Rev. Dr. Chalmers Durant Chap nun, one of the most greatly loved men of Brevard, died early Wednes i day morning after a brief illness, at the age of 87. Funeral services will be held at St Philips Episcopal church Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, and interment will be in Saint-Pauls in-the-Valley. Rev. Mr. Chapman was rector of I St. Philips for twenty years, retir ing fifteen years ago. Prior to com- ; ing here, the deceased was rector of ' Grace Episcopal church, Greenville, suburb of Jersey City. He served in this rectorship for a period of twen ty years. Dr. Chapman was a gradu ate of New York University, class of '68, later graduating from the Union Thelogical Seminary. Although Dr. Chapman had retir- 1 ed from active rectorship, he was never idle, and has written many ar ticles that have brought peace, com fort and happiness to countless thousands of people. About twenty years ago Dr. Chapman, began writ ing for The Brevard News. He con tributed a weekly feature called "The Prayer Corner," and this fea ture has been copied by other news papers throughout the nation. The deceased ' was loved by all people of the community, and had friends everywhere. Officials prom inent in the Episcopal church throughout the South have visited j Dr. Chapman at his home here, and announcement of his death will cause widespread sorrow. Dr.. Chapman is survived by an only daughter. Mrs. David G. Ward, and Mr. Ward, Mr. and Mrs. Ward had long made their home with Dr. Chapman. Rev. Harry Perry rector of St. Philips, will conduct the funeral ser- ' vices, and the following have been j selected as pallbearers: Jos. S. Sil-i versteen, William Wallace, F. E. B. ! Jenkins, Henry N. Carrier,' A. H. Kixer, and W. E. Breese. ; FIRE WARDENS FOR COUNTY ARE NAMED! Transylvania county has joined the ! state in forest fire protection, and a ! force of fifty-five men is scattered i throughout the county, all under the supervision of E. R. Galloway, coun ty game warden, and this warden ! has the privilege of naming five men . to act as assistants. Those named as district wardens j are: | G. W. Whitmire, Dunn's Rock; D. , R. Holliday, Boyd; R. A. Merrill, Littl- River; W. C. Gravely, Easta toe; J. Chapman, Eastatoe; L. E. Cash, Oakland; Cole I. Lee, Lake Toxaway; S. G. Fisher, Brevard; Cha'rle.s Norris, Gloucester; E. R. Bishop, Cedar Mountain; J. L. Lance, Cathey's Cre?k. County Game and Fire Warden Galloway announced Wednesday that so far there has been only one Are in the county, and this covered less than a quarter of an acrebefore it was e\tingu-.i,ci ? '? HIGHWAY ACTIVITIES Paving on the road to Caesar's Head has been almost completed, it was announced here late Wednesday. The last coat is being applied now j id officials believe that the road "-?ill bo complete within a few days. The school bus for the Brevard High school, which has been cut 'off since work began on the road, mak ing it impossible for over 20 children to attend school, resumed its regu lar route Wednesday afternoon. (The last penned message of our deceased friend, the Rever end Dr. C. D. Chapman , is here ? with published muter the simple heading of "The. Prayer Comer" Dr. Chapman's own. corner in this newspaper for the past twenty years. This copy, like all copy sent in by Dr. Chapman, was written in long hand by the beloved man, using pen and ink. In this, Dr. Chapman's last con trflntiioH to The News, the mes sage is directed to the ministers and the prayer made for them.) "THE DEMAND FOR , PREACHING" I was so impressed by a?br}?f ar ticle on the above subject by Dr. Crane, that I want to share it with my readers. People want preaching. That state ment is made in defiance of the com mon notion to the contrary. People arc deserting the churches, not be cause they don't like preaching but because they don't get it. Men and women are now, as they always have been since they emerg ed from animalism and as they al ways will be till the end of time, more deeply interested in the prob lem of death, of the meaning of life, of conscience, of sorrow, of peace, of God, and immortality, than they are in making money, playing base ball or golf, and cracking jokes. They may not seem s6, but they are. The civilized man and woman of today conceal their deepest feelings. People want to know how to be true, happy, brave, good and loving. Anybody that will talk or write on these themes and do so in plain Erig jlish, and in a human way, and with ENON CHURCH BUSY" WITH THE CANVASS i Members of the Enon B?ptist church Imet Sunday evening for a- study of >_'/*? ? - ? ^ preliminary t^thc (every-member canvass, to be worked /the first week in December. Several i members were present and a good number of the B. Y. P. U. Much interest attended the meeting. An other meeting was held Monday night, when methods of giving for church expenses were discussed with one mind and one accord. Another meet is planned for Sunday evening at 7:30, at which time the' items for a church budget will be discussed and a budget prepared to be submitted to the church for approval on the fourth Sunday. Kizer Named Permanent Chairman of Transylvania County Welfare Group Alex Kizer, prominent in civic af fairs in Brevard and Transylvania county was selected Monday night as permanent chairman of the County - Welfare Association. Definite plans were discussed at the Monday night, meeting for the immediate relief; work in this county. The object of the organization has been announced, that the Association will endeavor to unify and systematize the welfare work of the county, combining the re Hei work of the County comission ers, Associated Charities, Red Cross -and other civic organizations. . Thursday the following com mittee chairman were selected and they in turn will select their own committeemen to aid them in tha re lief work throughout the county: Publicity, James F. Barrett and Miss Alrrtk Trowbridge; Red Cross Roll Call, Rev. Harry Perry; Health, Dr. Charles L. Newland; Soliciting, Jul ian Glazener; World Relief, Ernest Webb; Clothing, Mrs. 0. L. Erwin; Shelter, J. S. Silversteen; and Sur vey and Information, Prof. J. B. Jones. The Red Cross Roll Call drive be gan Wednesday, on Armistice Day, led by Rev. Harry Perry, chairman of the Roll Call. Mr. Perry announc ed at the Monday "meeting that the Kiwanis club had consented to take charge of the Roll Call drive in the business and professional section of the town. Rev. Mr. Perry announced Wed nesday that he had selected chairmen from four of the women's clubs of Brevard, who will in turn choose their own committees to help them canvass the residential sections of the (Continued on rxigt eight) At Rest \ . REV. DR. CHALMERS DURANT CHAPMAN THE PRAYER CORNER ?genuine sincerity and without some ulterior motive or selfish scheme up 'his sleeve, will find an audience; that ' is, of course, provided he is not ia | an organization that chokes to death ! all his efforts. i There should be more books of plain moral instruction. Essays as a 1 rule -are flippant and purposely triv 1 ial. It is the utter uselessness of the I essay literature that has killed it. i But abandon posing and fine w^ting !and speak clear words right at the i hearts of men and women, and they j will respond. j This is a day when story telling is overworked. As a consequence the average . story is poor, magazinoB have become 4b convention*!- pwr pits. The print nothing except that which conforms to certain establish* ied types. Originality and virility j languish. There is a vast virgin ! field for gifted writers upon life, its I philosophy and it? sanctities. ' The numberless, unchurched mass 'es are hungry for the Word now as they always have been. Only it must be disinfected from medievalism. It , must be veal and ring true. Even if people will not admit they care about being good, they want their children i to be good. i Tell us, say the dumb masses, if , there be a way to be at peace with | the unknown without stultifying the j intelligence. How to cull the joy of love, and escape the thorn of lust; ; how to be reverent and not bigoted ; j how to have content and not lose ambition; how to be patient and not n drudge; how to be clean and sweet land not a prude, and characterless; | how to be great and not vain; how I to meet death with joy, but not in a silly delusion. Th^ftteat bulk of the people today are better than they have ever been before in the world. America is seething with moral sap Let the leaders emerge from their mediealisin and speak plain words of heart and fire and human interest to (us, and we will listen. A PRAYER FOR MINISTERS 0 Jesus, we Thy ministers bow be Thw coiifes 1 'Of our~ ca!ling7Trho? knowest ai things. Thou knowest that we lov< Thee, and that our hearts desire is t< serve Thee in faithfulness. And ye like Peter, we have so often failec Thee in the hour of Thy need. If ever we have loveo our owr leadership and power when w< sought to lead our people to Thee we pray Thee to forgive. If we have been engrossed in narrow duties ami little questions when the vast need? of hunianity called aloud for proph etic vision and apostolic sympathy We pray Thee to forgive, if in out loyalty to the church of the past, w? have distrusted Thy living voice and have suffered Thee to pfiss fromoui door unheard. We pray Thee to for give. If ever we have been more concerned for the strjaig %nd the rich than f&r the shepherdless throngs of the people for whom Thy soul grieved we pray Thee forgive us. O Master, amidst our failures we cast ourselves upon Thee in humility and contrition. We need the ancient spirit of prophecy and the leaping fire and joy of a new conviction, and Thou alone canst give it. Inspire the ministry of Thy church with daunt less courage to face the vast needs of the future. Free us from all en tanglements that have hushed our voice and bound our action. Grant us grace to look upon the veiled sins of the riah and the coarse vices of the poor through Thine eyes. Give us j'Thine- inflexible sternness against sin and Thine inexhaustible compassion for the frailty and tragedy of those who do the sin. Make ub faithful shepherds of Thy flock, true seers of God and true followers of Jesus, for the sake of ourselves and our beloved people, we as^ it. Amen. -C, D. C. [.BITERS TO SANTA CLAVS TO BE HANDLED BY THIS PAPER No*th Pole, Nov. 11 ? (Santa CU mu Ntwt oiwrtci ) ? Tm brc. rard Nercs has been selected to] /Dandle all my correspondence tn. Transylvania County. I will mail them one of my instil boxes in a few day* and all the kiddiss in Transylvania County are re quested 'o send thetr letters to The Brevard News or drop them in 'he box which will be placed in front of their of ice. The Bre enrd ? News will forward the 'el ters to my North Pole Office where / will read them and en deavor to satisfy till your wishes. Watch for my letter in The Brex>ard News next week. Yours merrily, SANTA CLAUS. ALEXANDER AGAIN HEAD OF KIWANIS i I Rev. R. L. Alexander, pastor of , . Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian , church, was reflected president of the Brevard Kiwanis club at its regu lar meeting last Thursday. F. Brown Cerr, was re-nnmed to thj vic? presi dency and Ilayor Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., district trustee. Dr. C. L. Newland, F. D. Clement, Rev. Paul Hartsell, Jerry Jerome, R. F. Tharp and Rev. J. H. West were named as directors. Committee ap pointments will be named by Presi dent Alexander at an early date. Brevard Kiwanians have enjoyed a successful year during 1931, much outstanding work being done by that j organization for the community. Red | Cross Roll Call will be the immediate work of this body daring the latter part of this week, members of the club having charge of the business section of the town. Several teams from the club will canvass the busi ness and professional people Friday for memberships in the Red Cross drive. Plans will be perfected at the next meeting of the club, to be held Thursday, Nov. 19, for a "Go Tp Church" movement. FORGET-ME-NOT DAY SUCCESSFUL EVENT f The sale of Forget-Me-Nots spon sored by the locail Parent-Teachers I organization for the benefit of the I solders at Oteen was a splendid suc i cess, Miss Sarah Keels, leader of the ' High School girls who sold them (Saturday, announced Tuesday. She reported that the girls soldi enough to take in a total of $37.36, one-fourth of which goes to the Par ent-Teacher Association and the ; three-fourths to the Oteen hospital, i The officials of the Parent-Teach-] er Association were well pleased .Eith the success of the sale and they wish I to extend to the general public sin : cere thanks for the cooperation they 'received in the sale. i Miss Keels said that the Parent ! Teacher Association greatly appre ciated the excellent work done by the committee composed of high schtoi | girls who did the selling of the j flowers. They were: Miss's Anita Galloway, Dorothy Schachner, Mabel 1 McNeely, Helen Galloway, Louise I Gillesn;o, Helen Rrwin, Rachel Orr, | Winlired Nicholson, Margaret Bar j nette and Christine Saltz. FOOTBALL FRIDAY i . ! Proclaimed as an unconquercd eleven the Mars Hill high school foot ball team will meet the Blue Devil aggregation on the JocaLgrid Friday ajierno'1" I j The IvAi-s Hill eleven has been , defeated only once in two years and j ] she has not been defeated so far this I I season. She met her Waterloo, last I year at the hands of the Brevard ! Blue Devils. Members of the local , [eleven are working and drilling steadfastly in an effort to perfect a team that will be able to repeat thc game of '30. If COUNTY DIRECTORY Beginning next week The Brevard News will contain a new feature to be known us the "Transylvania Di rectory." This directory will include ja complete church bulletin and an I up-to-date calendar of all civic, so |cial? religious and fraternal organiz ations. All officers of clubs,. so cieties, associations and leaders are urged to send the required data tc The Brevard News office, or phone No. 7, their officers, time, date and place of meeting, together with any j other information pertaining to the | organization which they may wish to see in publication. I The directory will become a regu j lar feature and The News wishes the (citizens of Transylvania county to I make use of it in any way they de I sire, especially to announce sched nled meetings and religious organiz- ! ations. MR. PATTON INJURED Capt. T. T. Patton, of Pisgah For est; 84-year-old patriarch of Transyl vania county, and father of Sheriff T. E. Patton, .wan severely injured Wednesday wjien he flell through a bam loft floor near his home. Capt. Patton wa? restive as well a- roi'H f bt expected, reports said Wednesday evening. NOTED RECTOR TO BE AT ST. PHILIPS FOR! FOUR-DAYS' SERVICE; Rev. GribbirTwiUCo duct The Teaching Mission On the I Great Commission EVENING SESSIONS TO BE HELD EACH DAY OF WEEK Visiting Rector Popular Lead-' er In Christian aiid Civic "Work of Winston Rev. Robert E. Gribbin, rector of St, Paul's Episconal church, Winston Salem, will conduct The Teaching M.ssion on the {Jreat Commission, at! St. Phillips church, commencing with j the Evening service on Sunday, Nov- ! ember 15, at 8.30 o'clock. Rev. Harry j Perry, rector of the church, announc ed Tuesday. TV service will continue through Wednesday night, November 18. Each morning the services will begin with ? REV. ROBERT E. GRIFFIN Holy Communion at 8:00 o'clock. At four o'clock each afternoon there will be a conference with Woman's Aux iliary, Women's Guild, Vestry and other Church Workers. The Mission services will be held each evening at 7:30 o'clock. The movement known as the Teach ing Mission on the Great Commission, states its object as being" -"r ? - vision of the Kingdom >fa, .0 deepen the individual spiritual life and to present channels of expres sion through the Program of tho Church." Rev. Mr. Gribbin was appointed (Continued on page eight) REGULAR MEETING OF P. T. A. MOpY The regular morvthly^uvting of | 1 the P. T. A. at the High School bulaing, in the Home Econom ics room, Monday, November 16, at ? 3:00 o'clock. Mrs. Kimsey and her i Home Economics girls will have charge of this meeting ar.d they will render the following interesting program: Topic, Character Building Through Vocational Training. Devotional, Mildred Mcintosh. Five Minute Talks on Home Economics, in the Curriculum, ! Hoix^Ecnmw^^Mdj asm pelnTt^The Ways FT^ession, Olga Dermid; Health ?; . 1!: .Harnet Boffis; Business Methods Eltis Osteen; How to Keep Well Informed and Up-to-Date, Mar garet Full bright; How to Get the Most Out of Twenty-Four Hours in the Day, Mabel Gillespie ; What Good Manners Should I Observe, Frances King; High School Girls Wardrobe. Virginia Cansler. Fashion, Home Economics Girls. The girls will wear garments which tney nave made themselves under th* supervision of their teacher. Tea will be seiHed at the conclusion of the program. BANK TO BE OPENED IN CREVARD BY THE FIRST OF NEXT WEEK Transylvania Trust Company Is Name Selected for New Institution CHARTER AUTHORIZED BY N. C. BANKING OFFICIALS J. H. Pickelsimer, J. 5. Silver steen and Others Sign Ap plication for Charter Announcement is made by Lewi* P. Hamlin, acting ss attorney for a group, that a new bank, to be known as "The Transylvania Trust Com pany," wil lopen for business in Bre vard within the next few days. The charter has been authorized by the State Banking Department, all stock to the $25,000 institution subscribed, and final details are being worked out this week. The following well knowa .men signed the application for the char ter, their names appearing thereon : J. H. Pickelsimer, Jos. S. Silver steen, H. R. Kelly, S. R. Joine*. F. D. Clement, C. W. Pickelsimer, Jud snn McCrary and Lewis P. Hamlin. It is said that numerous citizens of the county took stock in the insti tution. this- list to be given to the public upon completion of the final plans for opening the bank. Brevard has been without a bank since last December fifteenth when the Brevard Banking company clos ed its doors as result of the failure a month previous of the Central Bank and Trust company of Ashevllle. Constant efforts have been made since the first of the year for open ing a new bank here, and it is only because of the tirplesa efforts of some citizens of the town that success has finally crowned their efforts. This community has lost many thousands of dollars in trade because of the fact that there has been no bank here during the past eleven months. Another loss that has been felt because of this condition is that experienced when men and women coming to Brevard found no banking facilities here, left this community and spent their vacations in places where they could have the conven ience of banking connection. It is believed that the opening of the bank in Brevard will he the vficana of greatly reviving business in the community. A meeting of the stockholders will be held at once, and officers and directors for the new in stitution chosen, while u o'.ace of business will, at the same time, be selected. ( CoHtinued on pagr ? PLUMMERS TO GIVE CASH I 4 WAY FRIDAY "Wi expect the biggest Christmas trade this year that w<- have ever had," said officials of Plunioier's Department Store Monday, "and we have ordered an unusually large as sortment of Christmas goods, which will soon be piling in upon us. We need all the room we can get. and all the money We can get to pay on the Christmas stock, and these tw< reasons are why we are staging thin jbig sale just now." A page advertisement was then laid out, which appears in today's iBrpvorHK^^j^which unusually People of fine offerrirgS are mW^ i Transylvania county kno^^^^flU ?depend absolutely upon what is said ,in Plummer's advertisements, he ' cause of the fine reputation of that j store, which has long been one of ; the very leading places of the com munity. Plummer's store has never had a fire or a failure, and keep> on hand a complete department store stock twelve months in the year. Early comers at the opening of the sale Friday morning will be gi\i>n ! dimes, quarters, half -dollars and dol lars. These gifts go to the first fifty people entering the store Friday morning, according to the advertise ment.. Brevard Institute Literary Societies Battle (or Honors in Annual Contest The spirit of rivalry reigned su preme over the Brevard Institute campus, Friday evening and Satur day, for the traditional ? struggle be , twecn the literary societies was in ! full swing. The Ross and Taylor, j brother and sister societies, versus , the Adelphian and Lanier, brother j and sister societies, fought long andi. hard for the coveted banner. The.: Ross-Taylor societies won the honor j by several points. . )( History reveals that the Field Dav'< contests have been held each year ji since the organization of the four so- 1 cieties, many years ago. Only oncaji have the Adelphian and Lanier so-ji cieties won the banner, that was in ; 1 1927,. < Russell Henderson, president of the j Lanier society, and George Mangum. i president 'nf the Taylors, led the':- { members to a hijh spirit of compcti tion during the contests. Friday night, widely proclaimed at Field Night, ended in a tie when the judges brought a decision of 6-6. The events of Field/Night included: Declamations, Readings, Piano Dyete. Vocal Duets, Stylish and ? Tackev couples. Miss Willianna Peters won the au dience and also the judges, wilh her reading "How the LaRue Stakes Were Lost," a thrilling little story if a jockey, who follows his own ideas sf the right thing, believing nt- the tame time that he is going against lis master's wishes. - He loses the race, saves a child's life and "in the >nd dicovers that his action* were lighly commendable y^j^ja^fctor'a syes. Miss Pe ^delphian (Pon two ] Pro San ?
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