BREVARD, NORTH
DEC
I
FOR BIG CELEBRATION
? ? I M v%' -Mi
TO BE STAG? FRIDAY AT CAESAR'S HEAD
r&ncylvaiuft ^ Gi'eenviUe to Me?t In Celebration of Cosnple
of Highway? -Only One Hour From Brevard to Green*
v^W*~~Gw?avilIe ?aper? and Brevard New*, with the Cham
^ Coawnerce, planned Celebration?Bree?e to Represent
9?"r- at Celebration.
Friday, January fret, will be a red
letter day hi Ttfani'lvania county's
history, when the eiU*ena of the town
i and county will meet with a large
delegation of people f iTn Greenville
T. at Caesar's Head to celebrate the
'completion of the highwty between
Brevard and Greenville, vinsMf
the two points within an ho<f ttm
travel. For a hundred years Peo"
pie of the Greenville section the
?"eople of this community h/f been
closely associated both i^rVtaineea
and socially. For many yef" the
people of the Greenville sectiol wend- (
ed their way over winding r?u.*tain
trails on horseback and ,i wagon
and carriage to the m?ur%iln hejjfta
here for summer vaeat9ns* They
were met along the wa' by Tran
sylvania county wagtfca with
vegetables, produce, frutf' chickens
and eggs, going to the^reenville
market In those daye *r?m
Brevard to Greenville wtw? even'
that called for long hour* slowly
moving vehicles. H,
The meeting Friday will
the past years of friendship stV co
operative spirit between the tw\sec- j
tions, and there will be muic\r?
joicing over the fact that nt\ it
takes only one hour to make the SP
from Brevard to Greenville, or r jP
Greenville to^ Brevard.
This celebration had its incept.' \
in the offices of The Brevard Ne\ j
and The Greenville News and Tl 5
Greenville Piedmont. These news
papers have long sought the comple
tion of these highways, and two
years ago, when the goal was in
sight, Col. B. H. Peace, owner of the
Greenville newspapers, and James P.
Barrtt, editor of The Bievard News,
began planning for this celebration
which is to be held Friday. The
Chamber of Commerce ( in Brevard
and the Chamber of Commerce in
Greenville assumed the planning of
details for the meeting, and it is un
der the direction of these two bodies
that the happy event i? to be staged.
Governor 0. Ma* Gardner was in
vited by the Brevard Chamber of
Commerce, but is in New York and
cannot attend. The governor has ap
pointed Wm. E. Breese, Brevard
lawyer and former chairman of the
road board in Transylvania county to
act as the governor's personal repre
sentative at the meeting and do the
Honors for the state of North Caro
lina. Governor Blackwood, of South
Carolina is to be present as guest of
the Greenville Chamber of Com
merce.
President Jerry Jerome, of the
Brevard Chamber of Commerce, and
Duncan MacDougald, chairman of
the good roads committee, have work
ed hard in completing the plans for
the celebration. Among the out-of
town guests who have been invited as
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JUNIOR ORDER IS TO J
WAGE BIG CAMPAIGN
\D CLAYTON HOUSE
| DESTROYED BY FIRE
J. Marvin Glance Isaues Call
to Arm* In the Fraternal
Organization
Announcement has just been made
of a vigorous district-wde member
ship campaign to be waged by the
Junior Order United American Me
chanics in the second district. The
campaign will get underway on Jan
uary first according to J. Marvin
Glance, district deputy state counci
lor and the ultimate goal is 300 rein
listments. Fifteen subordinate coun
cils located in Buncombe, Haywood,
Polk, and Transylvania counties will
take part in the campaign.
When the National Council of the
Junior Order met at Baltimore last
June a law enacted providing for a
reinstatement fee of $1.50 after
January first^ and it is believed
? that a large number of former mem
bers of the. lodge will take advantage
of this nominal fee.
Hon. Lewis P. Hamlin of Brevard
is the present State Vice Councilor
of the lodge and a strong effort will
be made to increase the membership
of the Order in the second district .as
a favorable gesture to him. The dis
trict deputy state councilor has is
sued a call to all members ot the
subordinate lodges asking each of
them to obtain at least one applica
tion for reinstatement.
The present membership of the
second district is more than T500 and
this number is being gradually in
creased. Within the past two months
two new councils have been organized
with a roster of more than fifty mem
bers each. One of these new lodges
was established at Hendersonville and
is designated Skyland Council No.
266. The other one at Bethel in Hay
wood County is called Old Bethel
Council, No.. 264.
ALL SCHOOLS TO OPEN
FOR WORK ON MO,
Wns\ne of Oldest Houses In
th< County ? Interest
v ing History
The o John Clayton Homestead,
one of (Jdest dwelling houses in
the count, legated at Davidson Riv
er, caught f i|0 from some unknown
source Mon/ay night and was burned
; completely , t/ie ground, fitnesses
fi-om nearb>^0 \ses first noticed the
flames short ; .jfWr 1:00 o'clock Mon
day night ai r\w>?rts have it that
the flames w< f rising from the
upper story o ft*\tructure.
I The house h. ?' ? av vacant for over
'a week wher Bloodhounds
were takei to ^ Jn an effort to
trace any i vC^jugs for set
ting the firt N $ t\en> found to
.indicate that < O had been
deliberately se
i J. E. Clayto. who .^vborn and
reared in the old hou^V a recent
, discussion of the buiu'H history,
revealed that it was 94 y, old hav
ing been built in the yt\of 1838.
Mr. Clayton said that tb Wae was I
built by George Orr, fa '^f Jus- J
per Orr who now lives in Bre- I
vard. '
Ephraim Clayton was boi. ^ the
old house while it was in Bifr&ibe
county. He lived there while it in
Henderson county and when hi-Aed
;it was in Transylvania county. 'A
Mr. Clayton said that hw fatn\
E. B. Clayton, as a young boy w$r'
ed for Mr. Orr in constructing tK
house in 1838. His father wentwitl
a team of mules to Augusta, Ga,, t
'get the hardwood for the building
construction.
The kilns were so hot in which th
bricks were made for the house Mi
Clayton declared that the young-boy
and men found sport in placing
i board at one end of the kiln aq
j shooting a rifle at
| heat of the kilns wa^B
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All schools in Transylvar
will resume work next Moj
4 after having a twelve
Jachers whose home an
county ar$ expected
latter part of the W?
lollege students here^
will leave during^
resume their studied
.nsylvania county i|
_my of the higher
learning throughout
As The J
"How One State Cleans House" is
the title of an article in the current
issue of The Saturday Evening: Post,
written by Gov. O. Max Gardner.
The article deals with legislation
enacted during the 1931 General As
sembly, with stress laid on the man
ner in which North Carolina met a
situation which the chief executive
'and North Carolina statesman mulled
Sover for a period of many weeks.
Thousands of extra copies of The
Post are being sold in North Caro
lina this week. Dr. Hoy Long, of the
Long Drug Store, reports a wide de
mand for this magazine in which
Governor Gardner has portrayed as
he put it "new bottles for new wine"
Itnent the burdens of this s^ate.
GOD'S OWN WORK TO
BE CARRIED ON IN
SCHOOL THIS YEAR
Lunches for Undernourished
School Children To 6e
Provided Again
WAS OF UNTOLD VALUE
DURING THE PAST YEAR
List of Those Who Will Pro
vide Lunches During the
First Two Weeks
At a meeting of the Executive
Board of the Parent-Teachers Assoc
iation held, Tuesday evening, it was
decided to continue the lunches served
to undernourished children in the El
ementary School, adopting much the
same plan pursued last year.
A small equipment, consisting of
*oup plates, spoons, wash pans, etc.,
"ss been offered the Association by
MH. Avery Galloway, Dr. Newland,
: andrVhers.
] Anyone wishing to aid in this work
in any ?y by adding necessary ar
ticles to ^ equipment, by donations
if money % supplies, or in serving
jjches, are^ked to telephone Mrs.
ry Erwin, -Jicirman of the Social
/ice Commit^. phone 229.
S S merabers \ the Executive
MR. AND MRS. MOLTZ
[PLAY SANTA CLAUS
? AT LAKE TOXA WAY
I ' -
J Join With Churches o L Com
munity In Preparing
Christmas Tree
! CLARK PRAISES PEOPLE
FOR THElfc GREAT ACT
Over Two Hundred People Re
ceive Gifts From the
Heavily Laden Tree
! The greatest and most beneficial
(Community'" Christmas Tree program
ever seen in Transylvania county
.was held at the Lake Toxawav School
I house Thursday, December 24, at 2
. o'clock.
This unusual event was made pos
sible through the noble, Christian
generosity of Mr. and Mrs. C. J.
Moltz, of Lake Toxaway, and Mrs.
Lucy Johnson, of Rochester, Minn.,
who is a daughter of Mrs. Moltz.
This great treat consisted of cloth
ing, shoes, candies, fruits, nuts, etc.,
amounting to more than $340.
On account of the low prices pre
vailing at this time, and tne methods
pursued by the committee chosen to
;buy the gifts, more than 225 children
J and parents were made happy at this
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c
cent holiday season, one of tb?
greatest of which, nceordin? to many
cititem hero, m ?nnounc{?ent by
the highway commit* ton that Uigh
way No. 28 had be?n exuuded fciun
Bat Cave to the Virginia line, at
Twin Oak a. No. 28 is nfiw 338 miles
long, and is made the most important
link in the Eastern National Park-to
Park highway. No. 28 now forms
the backbone of the finest scenic
highway system in Eastern America.
One traveling highway No. 28 now
enters upon that scenic road at the
Virginia line, with the whole of the
? beautiful Blowing Rock section un
folded to the gaze of the traveler. On
by Old Fort, across the foothills and
finally the Blue Ridge range is top
ped by the "winding highway. Lake
Lure, Chimney Rock, Bat Cave, and
again the gradual easy climb to the
plateau in the midst of srhiQjT Hen
derson vi lie sits. as a queen upon her
throne. Passing Henderson ville on
this highway the traveler lifts Sis
eyes to the great Pisgah range, of
pi untains, and on through the beau
, tiful Sylvan valley through which
,thc French Broad' river winds its way'
" to the big waters dotfn in Tennessee.
Then Brevitrd, center of- tHe or
ganized summer camp life of the
j South, is reached. On to Rosman,
Lake Tdxaway, Fairfield and through
the beautiful Sapphire country high
way 28 goes, and with another great
?iffi* the traveler com* to Ctthiers
Valley, and cn by Whfc?idt Mmn
u .in, ond Qua tP HiAUadf The
traveler had stopped m Blowing/
Rock upon his first entrance int tW
state, and when he reacnw
lands he will have visited tke^ta
j higheHalfini^
Rock and Highlands! The wonderful
Linville Gorg?, in the Blowing^Rock
section,, is equalled only, by the won
ders of Cullasaja iiorge in the High
lands section. Highway 28 then gwg
on through sections of unfolding
beauty to Murphy, thence to the Ten*
nessee line, sk;.rting the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park.
if. fc. 3wyn, of Lenoir, sgys No. 28
is the greatest thing in Eastern
America, as No. 28 will now serve
practically every resort community in
Western North Carolina, and iy a di
rect route from the great population
centers of the East into mountains
of .Western North Carolina, and will
soon become the favorite highway for
all tourists going to and returning
from Florida iii Fair and Spring.
Then, coupled with this great High
way, the opening of 284, and the
plans for widening and surfacing tlie
western end of this higfiway through
Pisg'ah National Forest to Waynes-jj
viile, connection with the highway
from Knoxville and the great Central
West, it places Brevard in exact cen
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REV. MACK GROGAN
HEARD IN BREVARD
i Preached Sermon to Students
at Baptist Church
Sunday Night
^ ^
j Rev. Mack Grogan,, student in
J Wake Forest college, preached a set -H
t mon to the students of Brevard at
jtbe Brevard Baptist church last Sun
day evening, iij which the youthful
minister hurled challenges at both''
the young people and the older s citi
zens; His challenge to the young peo
ple, especially to those who are in
college, was to prepare themselves for
the tremendous tasks that are to face
the young men and women when they
j complete their .school work and go
out to take their places as men and
women in carrying on the affairs of j
state and nation.
It was while directing his challenge !
to the older people .that you ug Mr. j
Grogan was at his best. He was de- j
fending his generation against the ,
numerous charges that have b?en :
made against the young people of to- !
day. "They say the boys and girls i
are. going to Hell," he said, "and if I
they are, I charge it to the fact that .
the older people started first" and |
I led the way. If young people are
| drinking, it is largely because the
; parents drank before them. If the {
| young people show little interest in .
, religious and church work, it is
j largely because the parents of these .
! young people were the first to lose
interest in such institutions," -he said.;
Rev. Paul Hartsell set aside Sun
day evening services for the Brevard
and Transyh'a'nia county boys and;
girls who are in college, and who had
come home for the Christmas holi
idays. Special music for the occasion
' added greatly to the enjoyment of
' tbj Warm welcome was ex
'' ?*?- hr"* and girls who
COUNTY WELFARE
GROUP IS ACTIVE
Most People Needing A*sUt
? Mice Ask for Work
To Do
| am very proud of the spirit of
I cooperation which has been exhibited
by the people of the county in offer
ling aid. for the .needy," Miss Florence -
[Kerii7 one of the most active workers
'in the Welfare work here announced
1 Monday.
Miss Kern has been, .placed in
charge of the County Welfare office,
in the building four doors below The
News office on News Arcade. She in- ' "
terviews ail applicants for food and
clothing and investigates their canes,
thereby giving them the aid heeded.
An urgent appeal to the people of
the county has been issued by Miss
Kern for shoes and clothing, to be
given children between the ages of
6 and 14. Many children Wave been
forced to -stfrp scliool for the lack of
proper, apparel and the Welfare of
ficals are insisting th8t Transy- ?
Ivania Citizens^ continue their splend
id cooperation 'with the movement in
order that these children may return
to school.
The expressions of cooperation
from the needy persons who have ap
plied for help has been encouraging.
Miss Kern, said recently in discuss
ing the Welfare Work. She cited
several instances where the parties
applying for aid had asked for coffee
or other foods and had brought corn
or canned goods in exchange. " :
i The Employment agency which hatf
been organized and U being
ducted under the direct"
Welfare Board 16
.decided succ
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