VOLUME XXXVI
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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
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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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