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Thursday, February 4, 1932
NOW, COUNTRY EDITORS, YOV
WILL WATCH YOUR ST-EPl
Last Friday's United Fvess sent
out from Raleigh the following item:
The Raleigh Times yesterday warn
ed the press of America to count a
figurative ten before criticising Japan
i n connection with the taresat situ
at ion. "JSvery little country weekly,
when it has nothing else to say, de
nounces Japan," "Who knows any
thing about China and Japan ana
tlieir intimate relations Certainly
not some cross roads editor smoking
a pipe."
Now wouldn't that frostbite your
fingertips? Wouldn't that pronounce
ment from the big Raleigh editor
gripe your innards? Say, fellow
country editors, we poor, ignorant,
idiotic, pipe-smoking, unsophisticated
children must be careful new, for the
great mogul hath spoken, the wizard
hath wizarded. the dean of the editors
has deaned and dinned his durned
ulitmatum to us little boys. Don't you
dare say anything about China and
Japan, especially while you are at
your cross-roads office, smokiny your
pipe or chawing yer terbacker, you
crazy, hair-brained, idiotic little
Devils you. If any of us do commit
this grave, dangerous act and say
anything about Japan, we're apt to
throw the whole world into the hor
rors of warfare, so says his mighty
? nibs down at Raleigh.
The thing we ought to do is to
assemble all the little editors who live
at the cross-roads, and go in a body
down to Ralcish and call upon that
high-powered editor of the Raleigh
Times, and sit at the feet of that
mighty monarch and learn something
about Japan and China. What do you
say, fellow idiots, to hitching up the
oxen to the old ox cart, piling into it,
lighting our pipes and going down to
the seat of iniquity where knowledge
abounds, and see if we can get some
sense clubbed into these empty heads
of ours ? heads that are good for
nothing except to build a mouth in so
we can smoke a pipe? It would be an
ordeal, of course, but it is out:
patriotic duty to do it lest we burst
loose and cast the whole cock-eyed
world into war. The light of his
countenance when we would come to
stand in the presence of that power
ful editor of The Raleigh Times,
would bo as blinding to us poor
country editors as was the light in the
burning bush when Moses stood in
the presence of God. But it is far
better for us to endure the agony and
suffer the blinding light of matchless
knowledge than it would be for us to
run the risk of staying at our cross
roads offices, smoking our pipes and
writing something that would cast
? the whole world into bloody warfare.
0 Medes and Persians, Solomon,
Socrates, Gladstone, Blackstone, Blue
atone, Soapstone, Washington Jeffer
son, Lincoln, how blindly ignorant
were all of you when compared to
that journalistic genius, that sophisti
cated, swell-headed son of a seventh
son of a prophet, the editor of The
Raleigh Times, confound his impud
ence.
BREVARD OFFICIALS SHOW
INTEREST / ;V CITIZENS.
That last Monday evening's session
of the mayor and board of aldermen
was anything but pleasant was evi
denced by the manner in which the
town officials approached the question
of advertising the property of the
citizens of the town to satisfy the
town's claim for past due street as
sessment payments. The matter had
been acted upon at a previous meet
ing, decision reached to advertise all
such property during the month of
February, and sell same the first of
March. But when the time came for
beginning such proceedings, the
thought of one's home Jbeing sold by
the town of Brevard, or ? one's busi
ness property being placed upon the
block, the officials very wisely and
very thoughtfully re-considered the
matter.
It was held by the officials that the
citizen who had made at least one
payment on the principal indebted
ness of street assessment, and had
paid the interest on the anjount up to
the firt of November, 1930, had show- '
ed good faith with the town of Brt- j
vard, should not be made to suf
i'er the hardship and humiliation of
having their property advertised and
sold by the town. Since the first day
of November, 1930, the town officials
declared, the citizens of Brevard have
not been able to meet their obliga
tions, bcause the failure of the bank
here and of the banks throughout
Western North Carolina, had made
it impossible for the average man to
meet his obligations. It was the opin
ion of the town authorities, however,
that the man who had not made any
payment at all upon his street assess
ments, and had failed to meet inter
est payments prior to November 1,
1930, had not acted in good faith with
the town, therefore the town was un
der no obligations to such man, hence
the sale of property in the hands of
these men would be advertised at this
time, and sold.
The action of the town officials is
of such rare fine nature that all cit
izens must feel gratified that men of
this calibre are in charge of the
town's affairs. The fine attitude of
the Brevard officials is in marked
contrast to that of some other offic
ials, who, apparently, have no regard
at all for the element of good faith,
but exercise their powers regardless
of the punishment, cost and inconven
ience that may result to citizens of a
governmental unit.
Brevard's officials have established
a precedent that is to have much ef
fect upon other towns, cities and
counties. Good examples are always
welcomed by people who are looking
for good.
GOVERNOR PAROLES BREWER.
CONVICTED IN BANK MATTER
Governor 0. Max Gardner exercised
his powers of clemency Tuesday when
he paroled John M. Brewer, convicted
former banker, upon urgent request
of the citizens of Wake county and
other sections of the state. Brewer
had been convicted on charges in
connection with failure of the bank
of which he was president, a \Vak<>
Forest institution. The Supreme court
upheld the lower court's decision
where Brewer had been sentenced to
the penitentiary. This marks the
first time that Governor Gardner has
issued parole to a convicted man be
fore any of the sentence had been
served. Brewer was to have been
taken to the prison this week.
Mr. Brewer has taken a prominent
part in the state's affairs. He bas
been a member of the board of direc
tors of the state prison ; he has served
as a member of the North Carolina
legislature; he has been Democratic
chairman of the Wake county execu
tive committee; he has been promin
ent and active in fraternal and relig
ious work for a great many years.
But, like many other men in the
state, Mr. Brewer got caught in the
entangling web of circumstances
which carried banks to failure
throughout the land. The Governor
was convinced that there was "no
moral turpitude" in Brewer's conduct,
and very wisely granted the parole.
The Governor, who bears excellent
reputation for clear thinking, evi
dently took into consideration the fact
that there must be criminal intent
before an action becomes a criminal
act. Fair-minded people throughout
the state and nation will applaud the
action of Governor Gardner- This
newspaper most heartily cvnimends
the Shelby statesman fot exercising
his power of clemency in the Brewer
case.
"SO THAT'S WHERE MY MONEY
GOES," SAYS THE OLD SONG. ..
That revelation made in the meet
ing of the farmers last Saturday,
showing the amounts of money paid
out for farm, garden and dairy
products shipped into this county
from other places came as a stagger
ing blow to many people of the
county. Here we are, with the richest
little old county in the State, from
the standpoint of productivity of soil,
perfect climatic conditions and a
rainfall that is unequalled in the
state, yet here is what the figures
show that we purchased from farm
ers, truckers and dairies in other
states:
Eeef, 11,000 pounds; pork, 100,000
pounds of shell beans; 1,000 pounds of
butter, 4,700 pounds; butter substi
tutes, 16,500 pounds; 45,000 cans of
canned milk; 7,000 pounds of cheese;
1,330 dozen eggs.
Then come the vegetables, as J
follows, that we bought from outside
Transylvania county and had shipped
into the county:
1,500 bushels of onions; 50,000
poinds of shell beans; 1,000 pounds of
dry peas; 250 bushels of Irish
potatoes; 7,000 pounds of cabbage.
Then comes the canned stuff, which
would be eliminated if we had a
cannery in operation. These figures
show :
18,000 cans tomatoes; 4,000 cans
beets; 5,000 cans corn; 6,000 cans of
peas; and so on.
There is but one conclusion: Tran
sylvania county must produce its
own, and grow a surplus lor snip- ^
mwt into pther markets, before |
farming, trucking and dairying can
bo made to pay. It is good to face
the facts, and these facts were
presented last Saturday. We know
that good will come from presentation
of these statistics.
i
THE TROUBLE AXD THE
REMEDY
Editor The Brevard News:
What is the trouble with the
wheels of progress that prosperity
has stopped so suddenly?
Why the depression and hard times,
with all the idle wealth in this coun
try and all over the United States?
The population of the United
States is in the neighborhood of
140,000,000 people. There is one man
alone who could give away as many
dollars as that, and still have that
many more. He is but "one of a hun
dred thousand millionaires in the
United States. Now, why should one
man alone be allowed to horde that
much money, and stop the wheels of
progress whenever he feels like it?
There should be a limit to the sum
of money that any one man could
bank away for. himself, and every?
thing that he makes above that
*amount should go toward promoting
progress and prosperity. It is better
'to have prosperity than to have war
and discontent. This is no time or
place to promote war. Privation,
hunger and idleness promote war,
crinic and corruption among the
people. The millenaries have all the
money and are holding it. Now, they
are blaming President Hoover for
the present condition. If Hoover
could lay his hands on every idle
dollar, he could and would soon bring
prosperity back, but he has not the
power to do so. It is impossible for
him alone to bring prosperity back.
So give the President more power
so he can be president in fact as well
as in name.
And let us put men In office with
the constructive idea, liko. Gov. Hart
ley of the State of Washington, and
Gov. Alfalfa Bill Murray, of Okla
homa, then we could have a country
that we would be proud to live on.
The trouble with the world today
is that we have too many educated
incompetents holding office. We will
have to weed them qut and put in
good men in their places. There are a
lot of good men to be had. They can
be found among loggers, farmers,
railroad men, business men or labor
ing men of any kind of trade. They
could take their places and run the
government to the advantage of us
all. If we want to have peace and
prosperity, then we do not want to
let our animal nature over-rule our
higher nature.
(REV.) ROLAND ROBINSON
Clatskanie, Oregon,
January 29, 1932.
LISTEN, FOLKS!
Editor The Brevard News:
A good deal is being said and much
more might very well be said about
political conditions in this county.
I think that a good deal of what
the "Veteran of Eighteen" had to
say in connection with salaries of
"various officers was timely, pertinent
and to the point. Public servants ?
including officers and others whose
pay-checks come from the public ?
should be willing to "live and let
live'' and to ask that they be paid by
the tax payer only such wages as their
services would command in the busi
ness world outside of politics. My
private personal opinion is, should
this system be adopted, that a salary
reduction more drastic than anything
yet advocated by the Governor Gard
ned or any other governor would be
the result in many instances right
here in this county.
I can hear some body snicker
right now and say why, "he's a
candidate for Sheriff. You know tie
don't mean a word he says." True
enough, I am a candidate for sheriff,
but I shall advocate that our Rep
resentative in the next General
Assemly either e n a ct legislation
I materially reducing all salaries paid
i public officers in this county or that
he put them back on a fee basis as
they were a few years ago. Put back
'on the fee system would relieve the
taxpayers of the burden of their up
keep while the officer is idle. That
system would also relieve you of hav
ing to help pay my personal bills and
vice versa.
I This is a time that calls to every
patriotic citizen to do his bit in help
ing to reduce public expense, and the
man asking for the nomination to
any public office who is unwilling to, 1
or refuses to do that is unworthy of 1
the honor that a nomination and ,
election would confer upon him.
I spent months in the muddy
trenches, where the rofcr of cannon
and shriek of shell were constant re
minders of one's dirty to his country,
and while these were not the most
' charmTng" music as one listened to
i them, still yet, it was our country's
' need, not our pleasure ov entertain
ment, that was uppermost then. The
same thing is true today. Our whol?
country, and especially little old
Transylvania county, needs men to
serve her who are willing to serve
at what her citizens are able to pay.
j Yours for service,
ECK L. SIMS
Feb. 1, 1932.
NEW ARRIVALS
Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
McCall on January 22, a boy.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
MeKelvey of Little River, on Jan
uary 31, a son, John Robert.
Hunting Seasons Near Close
The dove> hunting: season expired
January 31 while the season on quail
wild turkey and other birds ends on ,
F ebruary 1 5.
Charlotte Man Suicides
James H. Bobbitt. 66. druggist
representative, shot and killed himself '
in his Charlotte home cn January 2S, :
ill-health causing his de?ponden?.*}\ !
THE PRAYER CORNER:
From The Files Of Long Ago !
INDIVIDUAL PRAYER
Prayer is the breath of the soul.
When a child is born, the first con
sideration is that it breathes. If it
does not breath, it dies. The first in
stinct of the soul with its capacity
for God is to pray. The soul that does
not pray, dies. It takes the soul longer
to die for want of prayer than the
body to die from want of breath ?
absolutely but not relatively, in the
light of the souls immortality.
Like breathing, praying must be
: regular, not spasmodic. Prayer must
be regular ? daily.
Nearly all the people who pray at
all, pray at night. To pray at night
is good," but to pray only at night is
inot sufficient. It is not so important
a* to pray in the morning. A boy
'asked why he prayed at night and
not in the morning, replied "I can
take care of myself in the daytime."
He was wrong. The soul is exposed to
more dangers during the day, than
; during the night ? bad examples, evil
suggestions, undesirable companions,
etc.
i Prayers should be said at night and
? especially in the morning. It should
be rythymical like breathing.
? It is good also to establish the habit
of a noonday prayer. It may be only
as the factory whistle blow "Thy
kingdom come" Evening and morning
and noon will I pray, said the Psalm
ist, and He shall hear my voice,
i With regular habits of prayer, es
tablished, prayer will soon rise in
stinctively to the lips as occasion
demands, temptation, danger, the
need of guidance, etc.
The attitude in praying, morning
and evening is not unimportant. If
we trust to praying while we are in
bed, the tendency is toward desultor
iness and neglect. The attitude of
prayer helps toward prayerfulness.
: Pray on the knees lrforning and night.
See 'Daniel 6:10; Luke 22:44; Psalm
95 :G.
MORNING PRAYER
! Pause to realize God, infinite in
love and power and holiness, ruler of
the universe, yet ever present and
ever near.
Praise God in such words r.t
"Praise the Lord, 0 my soul and for
get not all his benefits."
Pray to God in such words as ?
(For others) Heavenly Father,
hear us as wie pray for others es
pecially those near and dear to us ?
Bless them indeed in all their ways.
' Keep them safe in body and soul.
Grant that we may all so live that
wc may never be separated from
i Thee, or from each other, through
Jesus Christ, our Lord.
I (For self) 0 Lord our Heavenly
Father, almighty and everlasting God
' who hast safely brought me to the
j beginning of this day; Defend me in
! the same way with Thy mighty
power; and grant that this day, 1
jfall into no sin, nor run into any kind
!of danger, but that all my doings
be ordered by Thy governance, may
be righteous in Thy sight, through
Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
| Into Thy hands 0 God, I commend
myself this day. Let Thy presence be
| with me even to its close, that at
eventide I may again give thanks to
Thee, through Jesus Christ, -ur Lord.
NOONDAY PRAYER
Pray for the worlds needs in such
words as "Thy Kingdom come". Bless
ed Savior, who at this hour didst
hang upon the cross, stretching forth
i Thy loving arms, grant that all man
kind may look into Thee and be
saved; through Thy mercies and
merits, who livest and reignest with
the Father and the Holy Ghost even
as one God, world without end.
I EVENING PRAYER
Pause to realize Gods presence.
Thanksgiving for the blessings of
MlCANEWS
j Rev. Nathan Chap man w il 1
preach at the Selica Methodist church
next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock,
i J. C. Melton and family of Green
! ville, S. C., were visitors of Wesley
? McCall last week.
I Mrs. Huston Barton and famliy
! visited uncle Harvey Searcey of
| Rosman, who has been vei'y sick, one
iday last week.
j Clarence Galloway, of Cherryfield,
, was a church visitor last week.
Newton Teague, of Lake Toxaway,
[visited Mr. and Mrs. Harclus B<.r
!ton Sunday.
i Henry McKinna lost one of his:
| houses last week.
Rev. Jack Eldridge preached an
interesting sermon at Cathey's Creek
Sunday, which was received by eager
hearers.
Rev. Mr. Yates preached to a large
congregation Sunday morning at the
Methodist church.
We are proud of our veteran of 18.
and especially his writing. The one of
Seldon Barton was wonderful.
David Orr, Sr., of our community,
was on the sick list last week and is
not greatly improved at this writing.
We had messrs. Frank Gaither and
Elmer White as visitors at the union
Sunday School Sunday. They are both
great church worker# Come again
brother.
LEGAL TRANSFERS
Jessie L. Glazener to Mrs. M. C.
Whitmire.
Dr. A. White and wife to F. E.
Kitchen.
MAYOR'S COURT
Only one case was tried before^
Mayor Ramsey during the past week.
Charles Erwin, colored, was found
guilty of drunkness and fined SI 5.00
and costs.
$200,000 Edenton Fir <
Kiic. late on January 28, destroyed
the Edenton plant of Farmer? Pea
nut company with loss of ?200,000.
Sparks from a motor wa? th;> cau-e.
Oakland News Items
When we saw in last week's Ashe
vilie paper someone boasting about
flowers blooming in his yard in mn
winter, we said, let us boast too, o
what we have at Oakland. At th.
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. McCall.
Pansys have bloomed all winter, and
other varieties of summer flowers
have bloomed without any protection.
Mrs. I. S. Sanders could have gath
ered a bouquet of roses in her yard
at Christmas, and Mrs. E. A. Reid
has a perfectly lovely Christmas cac
tus now in full bloom. We are proud
of our' flowers, but had not thought
tq say so until now.
Mr. E. P. Reid and daughter, Miss
Lula Reid visited friends and rela
tives in Salem, S. C., last week.
Mr. Bunion McGaha of Brevard,
vistiter Rev. S. B. McCall Thursday.
Mrs. Henry Alexander spent two
days last week with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. S. L. Sanders.
We are glad to report Mrs. W. W.
Reid much improved in health.
Loyd Bryson spent Saturday night
with Robert Sanders.
Bud Nicholson, of White Water,
the day should be offered in such
words as:
Blessed be Thy name, 0 heavenly
Father, that Thou hast brought me
safely to the evening hour. I thank
Thee for all Thy goodness toward
me, for my health and strength ant!
circumstances, for (here mention
special mercies) for my faith in Thee
and for Thy love in Jesus Christ, out
Lord.
Pray in such words as:
(For pardon) 0 almighty God
Lord of heaven and earth, I confess
that I have sinned against Thee ir
thought ? in word ? and in deed. 1
am sorry that I have grieved Thee
Forgive me for Jesus sake.
(For particular objects, -espcciallj
family and friends).
(For protection). Father into Thj
hands I commend myself and all whc
are dear to me. Keep us this nighl
and rejoice under Thy Fatherly can
and protection. Grant refreshing
sleep and renewed strength to serve
Thee more and more.
"I will lay me down in peace am'
take my rest, for it is Thou Lord
only that makest me dwell in safety.'
has many friends who read the Bre
vard News that will be sorry to learn
of his death which occured Wednes
day of last week.
Rev. S. B. McCall and B. McGaha
visited T. B. Reid Thursday.
W. F. McCall was a business visit
or to Lake Toxaway Saturday.
Clarence Norton visited W. W.
Reid one day last week.
Mrs. Clyde Chappel and daughters,
Misses Connie. Al'tence and Mammie
Jewel visited Mrs. S. L. Sanders and
Mrs. I. S. Sanders Friday afternoon.
J. L. Lesly and Miss< Evon
Nicholson, who are school
at Rosfnan spent the"^*^^nd here
witfi their parents, Mr. Sj Mrs. Lee
Nicholson. ,/T s
Mids Myrtle McCall and Miss
Evaund Sanders visited Miss Othe
lene Reid Sunday afternoon.
i Rev. and Mrs. S. B. McCall spent
Sunday afternoon with friends at
Lake Toxaway.
Rev. S. B. McCall was in Brevard
Monday on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Whitmire of
Quebec spent Sunday with their
Strand parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. L.
Sanders.
' Rev. Mr. Curtis, of Old Fort, and
Rev. G. E. Keller and his mother of
Rosman and a number of their
friends held prayer service at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Ried
Sunday afternoon.
Charlie Reid of Sapphire called on
L. E. Cash Monday.
Lake Toxaway Baptist Sunday
school was honored last Sunday by
a visit from Mr. and Mrs. Carl Moltz
, and their friends Rev. and Mrs.
I Brank, of New Jersey, who are visit
i ing Mr. and Mrs. Moltz. After the
Sunday School hour, Rev. Mr.
. Brank preached an excellent sermon.
His subject was taken from the fifth
? chapter of John. The story of the
man that had an infirmity for thirty
? and eight years. There was some
> wonderful thoughts brought out that
we would have been glad for all out
friends to hear.
: ' Sunday school every Sunday and
B. Y. P. U. every Sunday night.
Every body cordially invited to wor
! ship with us.
TRY OUR WANT ADS.
uMmmg^aggr
CUT "Wash Day" from your
program. Leave the scrubbing
and rubbing and boiling to us.
All you have to do is hang it
up to dry. We call for and
deliver promptly.
ALL FLAT WORK IRONED
Think of it!
Wet Wash at
6c lb.
PHONE 44
Brevard Steam Laundry |
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