THE BREVARD NEWS
Published Every Thursday by
THE TRANSYLVANIA
PUBLISHING CO., Inc.
Entered at the Postoffice in Brevard,
N. C., as Second Class Matter '
James F. Barrett Editor
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Thursday, September 22, 1932.
WHAT IS THE MATTER j
WITH OUR CHURCHES *
Every onc<2 in a while one hears
the question:
"What is the matter with our
churches?"
Charge is made that the churches
are not functioning as they should;
that people will not attend church as
they should; that financial support
is not forthcoming as some think it
should. First one charge and then
another is made in answer to the
question of ?
"What is the matter with our
churches?" <- .i. ,
As we see it, there is not a thing
on earth the matter with the church
es. They are the same fine institu
tions that they have been since the
earliest establishment of the church.
The church is today the one bulwark'
against anarchy and the only force
or power that stands between the
American people and absolute savag
ery. The church is the one and only
influence that keeps our civilization
within bounds.
There is much the matter with
many of us who belong to the church.
That's where the trouble is to b?
found. The real influences of that
portion of the membership which he
longs to the church but doej not be
long to God. The church has proven
its everlasting qualities and its im
pregnable position because it has
stood in the face of the onslaught
of the enemy and the undermining
influences of its members who are
church members and nothing more.
Survival of the church during this
past era of intoxication of the world
is absolute proof of its divine mis
sion, for nothing less than a divine
mission could withstand what the
church ha3 withstood.
Some folks do not like the min
ister, therefore, they cannot support
the church. Others do not like some
members in the church, therefore they
will not support the church. Others
say there are so many hypocrites in
the church that they prefer to be on
the outside. One of these excuses is
just as foolish as the other. After
all is said and done, each of us must
look out for himself. The man who
looks after his own salvation is do
ing well. It is a poor specimen of
manhood who says he prefers to go
along to perdition rather than travel
the high road with some fellow he
does not like, or believe to be a hyp
ocrite.
Just remember this: If you are
living in a community that is kept
safe for you and your family because
of the churches existing there, and
you refuse to help carry on the work,
then you are obtaining something that
others are paying for, and you can
not be anything other than a dead
beat along life's pathway to that ex
tent. No man wants to live in a com
munity where there are no churches.
No man with any sense would live
in such community. Therefore, the
man who refuses to assist in main
taining the church, is simply dead
beating on his neighbors.
There's nothing the matter with the
church. It is our salvation, both here
and hereafter. The trouble is to be
found with the citizens of a commu
nity. If we would be honest with God
and with His church, no one would
be asking the question:
"What is the matter with our
churches?"
YOUNG FARMERS DESERVE
SUPPORT OF COUNTY
All thinking men agree that the fu
ture of this county lies entirely, al
most with the advancement and de
velopment of our agricultural and
live stock business. It is our one cer
tain source of wealth, and every citiz
en whose interests lie in Transyl
vania county should be interested in
the one thing that means future pro
gress and prosperity.
This being so, then the least that
each of us can do is to support agri
culture in every way that we can.
One o? the be3t ways is that of en
couraging the young farmers who are
making a study of agriculture and
stock raising* They soon will be hold
ing fairs here for the promotion of
. their -work. Let us cut down on ciga
rettes, cigars, tobacco, coca cola, or
whatnot, and give some real support j
to these young farmers. It takes a j
certain amount of money to carry on j
these projects, no matter how freely
the boys work and strive and study.
A few cents here and a few dollars
there will go a long way in assisting
these young men in the Rosman and
Brevard High schools upon whom the
county is so thoroughly depending for
its future progress.
Let us not look at our support of
these young men as an expense, cr a
luxury. Let us get the broader vision,
the true vision, and look upon it a8
an investment in the best promising
business for Transylvania county.
J. Paul Lucas, vice president of the j
Southern Public Utilities company, is I
naturally interested in industrial ex- >
pansion. Establishment of industries i
in Transylvania county would mean '
direct returns to him and to his com- j
pany, for power would be required to !
operate such industries. Yet in a
conference with him recently as to
the future of Transylvania county he
said not one word about establish
ment of industries. Mr. Lucas was
talking all the time about the won- !
derful possibilities here of agricul- J
ture and stock raising, and singing .
the praises of Julian Glazener and !
John Corbin for the great work they j
are doing with the young farmers of !
Transylvania county. Surely, then, if !
an industrialist like Mr. Lucas can
see the advantages of agriculture
here and the need for just such study
and development as our boys are en
gaged in, then how can we as citizens,
fathers and neighbors do less than to !
give of our very best support, both j
morally and financially, to these |
young men who will soon have abso- !
lute charge of our county?
Let everybody go to the fair, and
lend every encouragement possible to
those who are promoting this great
interest for Transylvania county.
WALLACE HARTSELL'S
LIFE A BENEDICTION.
People of Transylvania county will
? long remember the Rev. Wallace
! Hartsell, whose death last week
! caused sadness not only in this coun
1 ty, but throughout the state. The
I seven years that were spent by the
beloved minister in Brevard were suf
ficient for the formation of ties
I throughout the county. Practically
' every man, woman and child in the
county knew Mr. Hartsell, and almost
j without exception those who knew
' him also loved him.
I Wallace Hartsell was a minister;
he was a preacher; he was a pastor;
1 he was a friend; above all, he was
I a MAN. While people held the high
! est regard for him as a minister, yet
I he could be approached as a man, a
I friend, one to whom one could talk
' about the things dearest to one's
1 heart. People went to Wallace Hart
I sell with their troubles, knowing full
! well that they would find ready re
i sponse and sympathetic comfort.
The man is gone, as we know men
j here on earth. Yet that eternity so
j dreadful to some of us and so inviting
! to others, will always know the in
1 fluence of Wallace Hartsell's seven
j years in Brevard. So long as genera
tions succeed one another the fine in
fluence of his life and his work will
be handed down from generation to
generation. Then, when time is no
more and the' real period of eternity
begins Wallace Hartseli will be sur
rounded by those countless thousands
whose lives he touched and influenced.
We loved him. We loved him for
what he was and what he did. We
loved him because he could hate sin
and love the sinner; deplore wrong
doing and sympathize with the wrong
doer. He was a man among men and
a man of God. His life was a bene
diction to all who knew him.
MISS GERALDINE BARRETT
IS HIGHLY HONORED
The Brevard News has long de- 1
lighted in the accomplishments and '
achievements of the sons and daugh- j
ters of our neighbors, and it has
been a genuine pleasure to us to pub
lish accounts of these things that
bring such great joy to the parents
and friends of our boys and girls
who have been signally honored.
This time it is cur own daughter ,
who has had unusual honors bestow- j
ed upon her, and we are confident j
that all of you will gladly recognize J
the justifiable and pardonable pride j
we take in telling about the matter.
Geraldine is a Senior at Mars Hill
College, and last week was selected
by the fine student body there as
editor of The Laurel, Mars Hill's :
annual. She is the second woman to
be selected for this post in the 75
years that Mars Hil! has been estab
lished.
You know that we ore proud, end
we know that yo>a will share our joy
in this spleadid distinction, even '
as we have rejoieed with you in the
achievements of your children.
BUILDING FOR FUTURE
PROSPERITY.
Every citizen of Brevard is no
doubt interested in the future pros
perity of the town, and is making it
one .of the best little towns in North
Carolina; and there is no reason why
it should not be. Everything is here
that goes to make a good town and
an attraction to summer visitors and
tourists who play a large part in its
prosperity.
It is only natural that each indi
vidual should want to do his part
in assuring the future prosperity of
the town. You may not realize it bat
you can play a bigger part in this
than you think you can.
Poople like to go where they feel
they are welcome; where they are
made to feel at home. There is no
way in which you can better assist
in attracting visitors and perhaps fu
ture residents than by radiating a
spirit of friendliness and welcome.
Whether it is in business or in the
social contact, make people feel glad
they have met you; proud that they
have visited your town. This is a
problem for each individual to work
out.
When strangers visit your church
appoint yourself a committee of one
to see to it that they are made to
feel at home there. Don't wait for
the other fellow to do it or it will
never be done.
When people come into your place
of business let them know you are
glad they came in regardless of how
much they spend and make them want
to coine back.
Friendliness and prosperity go hand
in hand. Why not make Brevard such
a friendly town that people who visit
. here will always remember it as such
1 and will want to come back?
NOTED ADDITION TO THE
COUNTY'S CITIZENSHIP
Transylvania county will welcome
Mr. and M"rs. Hamilton Basso, of
New Orleans, who have taken Mrs.
Verner's cottage near Connestee, for
; a year. Mt. Basso is, or was, rather,
I a newspaper man of New Orleans.
| Since publication of his last book,
j and its almost unprecedented sale,
i Mr. Basso has retired from the daily
! grind and will devote his efforts to
I the weaving of storieB.
' "The Great Creole," the last story
' written by Mr. Basso will appear in
' Jaunary number of Scribner's Mag
' azine. This story is woven about the
' life and work of General Beauregard,
and it is safe to say that Ward's
1 News Stand will have a large num
ber of Scribner's on hand for the
people of this community who will be
all the more interested because the
I author is now living in our commu
! nity.
Mr. Basso will write several stones
during his residence here.
DETERMINATION ESSENTIAL
TO SUCCESS.
The world is full of failures; men
| and women, who regardless of what
I they may have accomplished are fail
i ures to the extent that they have not
j achieved what would have been pos
j sible if they had applied themselves
i to their tasks in the proper manner,
| There are those who have risen far
I above the rank and file yet they will
I admit that they have not done their
best, for it is always the man or
woman who has gotten somewhere
in life who realizes the importance of
making mistakes. The disgrace does
not lie in making a mistake but in
repeating it. A mistake at least in
dicates that something has been at
tempted. The success or failure of
the task in hand is dependent, to a
large extent, upon the determination
with which one applies one's self to
it.
Good intentions are of value if one
does not possess the determination
necessary to carry tliem out. And it
is a deplorable fact that this quality
is one of the rarest possessions known
to man. It is far too easy to follow
along the line of least resistance; to
do the things that require little or
no effort. The wiser man becomes the
more difficult he finds it to meet
difficulties, trials and temptations
and easier it is for him to merely
drift along. On first thought this
idea seems contradictory but as man
becomes wiser; as knowledge increas
es to the extent that man is surround
ed with all kinds of labor-saving de
vices which reduce physical exertion
to minimum he becomes lazy physi
cally because he has machinery tc
perform his physical tasks and as ,
this physical inertia becomes chronic ?
it is sure to extend to his mind. It is
only natural that we should expect
to find a lazy mind in a lazy body i
for it is the mind that direct# the 1
activities of the body. As conditions ,
around us ctti for less exertion it re- -
quires lens anil leas effort to be di- i
rected by the mind. The habit of de- ^
termination, like any other habit, be- ,
comes more perfect with practice. 7i i
we are never called upon to exert it
we soon lose the power of will which
is so essential to the accomplishment
of things worth while.
The person who says he can not
break a habit is admitting that he has
no will-power, n o determination.
That is what is required. A habit of
any kind, especially a bad one is
easy to acquire but will-power and
determination must be exercised to
break it.
If children were required to com
plete everything they begin, whether J
it be a task required of them or be- :
gan of their own volition, this qual- '
ity of determination would, by the
time they reached young manhood and
womanhood, be so thoroughly develop
ed that it would be a genuine asset
to them. The tendency, however, is
to permit the child to give up after
a little attempt, especially if the
thing appears to be of no particular
consequence. If parents realized the
importance of these apparently un
important things in the later life
of the child they would more closely
observe his work and his play and
all his habits of life and would give
especial attention to the cultivation
of the will.
Many a man, now an absolute fail
ure in life would give anything on
earth if He could have his life to live
over and begin practicing the art of
determination frcm childhood, which
is the difference bet-ween success and
failure.
People and ihe
_ _ _ I Learn by ob
1 Meet . ? ? serving them.
{By Harold Brendan)
Everyone thought of Jim as a
genius; a ma n with a heaven-sent
"gift" for inventing things and mak
ing discoveries. I often found myself
thinking of him in that light myself
and wishing fervently that I had been
born a genius. While I plodded on,
working day by day, taring to make
ends meet, Jim was taking out patent
after patent on various little "gad
gets" and fairly coining money.
He never talked very much. He was
friendly enough but a bit distant. We
supposed that was the way with every
genius and let it go at that, so never
very much was learned about the man
and his methods.
Then, one day I had an opportunity
to visit his laboratory and looking at
some devises on which he was work
ing. I was surprised at the number
of things there that were only par
tially completed and asked him about
them. He said that as he got the idea
for any of his inventions he began
work on it and went as far as he
could and then worked out the final
details as he had the time and op
portunity. Sometimes it required only
a little while to complete an inven
tion and again he might spend sev
eral years on one, working as he had
a definite plan to work on.
I mentioned how lucky I thought
him to be born a genius and that I
heartily wished I might have been one
instead of a nobody. His reply to that
surprised me.
"People who have the idea that a
genius, as you choose to term me, is
born, are wrong. I have been reason
ably successful in my work," he said"
and people think it is an inborn qual
ity. They have the idea that all I
have to do is think of something and
there before me is an invention. They
are wrong. I am no more gifted in
my line than you are in yours and
my work is no easier than yours, nor
any more remunerative.
"Here is one of my inventions. I
conceived the idea for this more than
ten years ago.. It is very simple, now
that it is finished. It seems ridicu
lous that it should require ten years
to complete it. I have spent hours and
hours at a time working with it, try
ing to puzzle out the various parts
so that they would work as they
should. I finally succeeded and here 1
you have the finished product. The
price I got for it is ridiculously small .
for the amount of work required to
complete it. It is that way with most
of my inventions. They are all sim
ple. Sometimes I complete one in a
very short time and get a fair price
for it but that is not often.
"Inspiration plays or.Iy a smal'.
part in the work of an inventor. I
was inclined to be lazy when I was
a boy and I spent a lot of time trying
to devise methods of minimizing the
physical effort required to perform
any given task. Now I spent my time
doing this for the world in general.
Every time I see any one performing
a task I ask myself the question, Isn't
there any way this task could be sim
plified through the use of some sort
of mechanical devise. I then observe
very closely the work that is being
done and try to picture in my mind
some sort of contrivance that might
be employed to perform this task, al
ways bearing in mind that it must
be of a nature to do the work much
more rapidly than is possible for the
person to do it and that the device
must be so simple that it's' cost will ;
not be out of proportion to the ser
vice it can be made to render. The :
balance is simply work; trying thi?
and trying that. It isn't a question of '
inspiration but of work? working 1
along definite lines toward an end.
[ may fail to produce the machine for
a time and leave it. Later I may come i
back to it.
In this manner J may work for i
psarg on a single invention. Often 1
1 find that whiia working on one in- 1
.-ention I will git an idea for another <
that I have laid aside for the time;t
>eing. Then I go back to it, work as i
ong as I can, then go to another one. ' c
ks long as I can continue on the thing i
FORCED LANDINGS
By R. J. Poole
Todays Nuisance is that "Pug': j
Hintcn, the Brevard boxer, lost bis
last fight. It is thought that if Pug j
would rash the women a little more I
he could learn a few new holds that j
would do him much good while in a !
clinch fighting and this would elimi- '
nate losing any more battles.
j
Heard and seen what makes the
world go around ? "Liquor."
Somp people are so dumb that they i
actually think of The New Yo*k j
World, a newspaper, as being another i
world or planet i 9 which to live.
Today the people are taxed every
way imaginable with the exception of
breathing this good refreshing atmos
phere that we have in these moun
tains, but it is thought that they will
soon put a tax on it by the use of
meters, which will be placed upon the
nose of each person and be permit
ted to breathe a certain amount at
a minimum cost.
Something that is not so interest- j
ing is to have Becky Summey and
a few others to scream and awake
the west side of Brevard. Having all
the neighbors to get up out of bed
and only find that someone was play
a joke on the girls, and disturbing
them during Beckys visit.
If you were not a soldier in the
last war and want the thrills of war,
you can get it right here at home?
"Providing you get married."
The police, detectives and all of
their relatives, including a few
neighbors are in search of a reason
that caused the disaster of that 44
year-old steamer Observation. Prob
ably after getting clues from every
port of the world they will come to
the conclusion that one of the boilers
got the "swell head" and had to blow
up for relief.
What newspaper men detest
Is the rambling of presses;
The knocking on desk3,
And can never get any rest.
Some people can rest
But newspaper guys get less,
Until the jiaper is on the press;
That is why he is in distress.
It is strange that you never hear
of ignorant people comraiting suicide,
but if you will read your papers
closely and take such notice you will
find that they who commit these acts
are the intelligent people ? "Are you
intellige.it?"
Recently a couple of Bozo's told
Flora Wike, Reba Kitchen and Rose
Schachner that they were going to
be lonesome this winter as far as they
were concerned. Then the girls start
ed talking about men with false teeth
? "We wonder if they meant the men
with false teeth would do to entertain
them."
I Customer: Entering store.
Store Manager: John can you play
checkers?
Clerk: Yes, Sir.
I Store Manager: "Well it is your
imove John."
Something disgusting to a Football
coach is to have a first-class player
to get groggy during the play and
carry the ball over the wrong goal.
Something startling to me while
ushering in church Sunday, was to
see Almeda Waters ? "Immediately I
know Joe Schachner was out of town.
Wes Ferrell, Cleveland pitcher,
has climbed to the top of the ladder
in baseball and has the record for
being the worlds best pitcher. But
we wonder how long it would take
him to fall when one of those pretty
little screen actresses comes along.
R. J. P.: Speaking to Mack Sitton,
Hello General.
Mack: Thanks for the compliment
Dick.
R. J. P. "I meant General Nuis
ance."
' Recently there was a "Million Dol
lar Leg Revue" staged at Fernandina,
Fla., bv local talent. If they have
Million Dollar Leg Shows down there j
I wonder what the screen actresses 1
of Hollywood would be worth.
Old Jimmy Foxx who plays for the |
Athletic3, and is mauling home runs
like the Mighty Babe, is at the top
of the list now? I'll bet he once maul
ed cord-wood for a living, and if base
ball business does not pick up more
than it is zt the present he will have
to go back to the woods and maul
some more cord-wood. Even if he did
maul wood for a living he accomp
lished lots hy it.
An incident cccured in New York
some time ago that will be startling
news to the southland inhabitants
that have never heard of how easy
it is to get the things they want. The
following is a brief 3ketch of said
occurence:
Once there was a poilceman work
ing for the City of New York, that
become- very rich. Me working- for a
small salary, it would have beer, im
possible for him to save such an ,
enormous sum of money and not be- i
ing left any great amount of money .
I have in mind I do so, net leaving 1
intii I can go no further." ji
So, after all 'an inventor ia juet t|]
nan who works; who thinks construe- 1
ivdy and who pntf tin idea to work 1
when he has one. Thinking, like any
>ther work, is better done by prgs-ii
:ice. The man who seldom thinks ( 1
'inds it an effort while the one who <
!oe? in continually becomes proficient <
n it. . . .
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J ' HANGING OUT ON
:: MAIN STREET f
? Sy A. Lounger ?
And now comes a letter from A.
Nonymus inform in' us VERY tact
fully that we made a serious error
in cur collum last week. We were
amazed. It seemed incredible that we
could possibly err, so to prove we
were right we looked the matter up
and imagine our amazement on find
in' that we really had made an error.
We stated that Mr, Donald Moore
sang at the Baptist church last Sun
day night. What we shoultfAjwe said
was that "Mr. B. Lj MuTRnax, of
Asheville, rendered a beautiful solo."
To both these gentlemen we offer our
apologie3, but are unable to offer an
acceptable excuse other than the fact
that we are not so well acquainted as
yet, havin' been here only a few
weeks. We appreciate the criticism
made by A. Nonymus.
Two incidents which, of course,
may have absolutely no connect
ion ? (1) Clifford Monteith has
gone off to school, (2) Marjorie
Young seems to be a bit down
hearted and blue Bobbie Kel
ler back in Brevard and we can't
help wondering just what the
particular attraction is. All we
can do is guess and ? well Bobbie
hasn't denied it very vociferous
ly. .. . Ralph Fisher's wife out of
town and try as we will we can't
find anything to tell on him; but
give us time Harold Duck
worth still wantin' to sell a wrist
watch ? wonder who he originally^!
intended to "sell" it to
And just when we were fcelin' all
tuckered out and down-in-the-mouth,
in breezes Bertie Ballard with her in
exhaustible supply of good nature and
friendly banter and the remainin'
hours are not so hard .... Rebecca
Summey and "Mose" Macfie ? well
that'd be tellin' ? .."Red" Fulbright
tellin' us emphatically "no" when all
the credit we wanted waa for a meas
ly dime's worth of stamps ? he must
have been talkin' to some of our
creditors. .. /'Uncle Tommy" givin'
detailed instructions to a couple of
young ladies in the art of bewlin'
Toe Vigodsky back from New Yawk
| and bubbling over with his usual good
; nature? bet he's got a surprise for
I the old town for he has been on a
! shoppin' tour Sheriff Patton
! swingin' along in his usual brisk,
j Jburinesa-like manner ? sure) we're
i friends, ain't we sheriff? And
| then there's all that talk about this
one and that one bein' secretly mar
ried. Well, the ones that's been point
1 ed out to us as bein' in that shape
may be or may not be, but we do know
. this ? if we wuz hooked up with the
? ladies they are said to be hooked up
; with we'd be so proud we just
j couldn't keep it no secret--. . . . George
I Simpson's cook chasin' a couple of
\ chickens that flew the coop.
i And now take note of this: Mr.
Oliver On- had the job handed
him of te&ehin' a class at the
Methodist church ? that class, in
\ just the short time he has been
! teachin' it has grown from three
j to about twenty-four in atten
dance Rev. Hartsell back in
the pulpit at the Baptist church
and preachin' a wonderful sermon
on the "Egotism of Christ"
; Rev. Alexander off on his vaca
tion and Dr. Anderson preacbin'
I at his church Brevard has
j some mighty fine churches and
Sunday schools and there ain't r.o
better place a feller could be on
these fine Sundays than at one of
them Well, how do you know
we didn't attend Sunday? You
couldn't have been at all of them
at the same time Elizabeth
Case, vivacious and exurberant
(them words ain't bad) as usual
; breerin' along in the Essex, and
? wavin' to her friends ? remindin'
us strangely of the famous "it"
| girl of the screen.
| Paul Keller, despite the fact that he
j denies there is anything to certain
j rumors which you must have heard
1 by this time, continues makin' pur
I chases of curtains, cookin' utensils
and, ah, er somebody said he was in
I Bob Plummer's place buvin' ladies'
! hose. Course there's nothin' to it all.
; Just rumor A group of gay Cu
j ban Cabeilerros in Doc Galloway's
i listenin' to the radio play some lively
Spanish tunes.. ..Otto Alexander
I still tossin' some fast ones ? sure we
i mean at the bowlin' alley Mrs.
I Lawrence storin' up some more si
cology ? a subject which is a bit over
our heads His Honor, Mayor Ram
sey, selected to speak for our burg
at an Optimist club meet in Asheville
....A couple of ladies arguin' poli
ties and the one who thought she was
a Republican arguin' Democratic
principles and the one who was stout
ly maintainin' she was a Democrat
arguin' points known only in the So
cialist party ? but give 'em time,
they'll learn.
"Somebody" told us thaT^ey
think Mr. Otto Alexander has one
of the most expressive, pleasing
smiles they have ever seen ?
Now we are going to find out if
Mr. Alexander thinks "Some
body" has some nice little quality
? then we are going to work a
very simple problem in arith
metic.
by relatives tfcur, had passed on, so
a close watch was kept on him. One
day he pulled a Furniture dealers
daughter for speeding and also caught
the Furniture dealer twice the same
day. The last time that the man was
jscght he got inquisitive and asked
r/hat ft is the reaa?n of Ms being
pulled when he had not broken the
isnr. The no!iec?aa? gei&y leentd
upon hi? 3hool(ks assd aaid if you '
sdfl give as t that ?ii* of fursitaare
re y*ur wifidwar I -orili swifc let sech
usppen again. The Fondta?? ae&Ic?
ronaenUd to gh-? fciro t&e suite t* S?
>liznl?iate further dieterfeane*. ?
?Easy Going,"
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