VOLUME XXXVIJ
SAYS ONLY ISSUE IN
PR$PT CAMPAIGN
IS f HAT OF REPEAL
Vote for Man Who Wants Re
peal Is Direct Vote
For Repeal.
TfyO FORCES, WET AND
DRY, NOW TO FRONT
Every Voter Confronted With
This Issue, And Party
Names Not Count.
(By Rev. J. K. Henderson)
To legalize or not to legalize, that
is the question.
Shall we legalize the manufacture
and sale of the worst crime-produc
ing agency in the world, or shall we
continue to forbid suc.h manufacture
and sale by our constitutional law? |
That is the question that confronts |
us in the coming election. Ali other I
issues have been overshadowed by !
that one question.
There is no need fooling ourselves
with such words as "Democracy" and
"Republicanism." We all know in the
present election these are oniy words
to conjure with. They have been i
stripped of every principle that may
have been justly claimed for them in j
the past. The forces are lined up for
and against legalized alcoholic bev
erages. And the responsibilities in
cumbent on that issue confronts ev
ery one of us that is privileged to
vote.
If we vote for' a man or a set of
men, who are pleading for the repeal 1
of the 18th amendment, we are lined
up with the forces that favor legal
izing this awful crime-producing
agency. Both logic and common sense
confirms this contention.
Every murder committed in Tran
sylvania county in recent years, I
am informed, was directly or indi
directly the result of strong drink.
And I "understand that the only plea
for acquittal for the man now in jail
to be tried for his life for a most
hideous murder is that he was drunk.
But someone may say that this was
not legalized liquor.
No! Neither was the murder legal
ized! And there is just as much rea
son for legalizing the murder as
there is for legalizing the things that <
caused it. I
But those who are clamoring for)
legalized liquors claim that the pres-l
ent crime wave is caused by the pro- )
hibitior. law. And that, young people
especially, arc drinking much more j
now than when strong drink was le- j
galized.
Every reasonably informed person I
on the subject knows that this great- 1
ly misrepresents the facts. j
The Chicago Tribune, a militant [
friend of the liquor traffic, said of ;
the barrooms:
"An overwhelmingly large propor
tion of crime against the person and
property due to the saloon. There it
is that the foreigners and vagrants,
the thieves and murderers, are made.
Men that would otherwise be decent,
respectable orderly members of so
ciety, earning their living by the
sweat of their brow, get into the hab
it of going to these places, abandon
labor, and, unable to pick up a liv
ing in any other way, resort to crime
for it."
"Three years after the prohibition
.
(Continued or, back page )
FIREMEN'S BENEFIT !
SHOW BIG SUCCESS;
Packed House Greets Locat !
Talent At High School
Auditorium.
The Brevard High school auditori
um was packed to capacity here last
Thursday night when the Firemen's
Minstrel was staged.
The exhibition has been acclaimed
one of the best ever seen in this sec
tion and the promoters have been
highly complimented on the success
of it. The entire program was origi
nal, being prepared by the various in
diviriy'ik directing it and did not con- j
sist otVie usual "cut-and-dried" ma
terial such as is usually presented by
promoters of home-talent plays.
Phillip Price, George Simpson and
Miss Margaret Barnett, who were in
charge of the program are to be
highly complimented on the success |
? of the play although they claim that i
its success was due to the splendid |
co-operation they received from those j
who participated in the play and
from th'.> merchants of the town as j
well as many others who gave of
their time that it might be carried
through successfully.
The attractive simplicity of the
stage settings, the originality of the
parts played and a r.nniber of novelty
features contributed greatly to mak
ing the presentation distinctive and
unusual.
^ The profits derived from the min
strel are to go to the local fire de
partment for the purchase of boots,
helmets and coats, and it has been re
ported that the promoters are well
pleased with the financial returns.
Elected Mascot
GEORGE SIMPSON, JR.
George Simpson, Jr., the five year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. George
Simpson, was unanimously elected
mascot of the Junior and Sophomore
classes of the Brevard Institute last
week. He will be remembered as hav
ing been elected to a similar position
in the Brevard High school by the
class of '32. Officers of the Institute
class are: Mary B. Downs, president;
Ruby Scott, vice president; Elizabeth
Wenz, secretary-treasurer and Leona
Giles, sponsor.
Junior, as he is generally known,
has received considerable commenda
tion for his remarkable rendition of
"Mammy," in the Firemen's Minstrel
giver, here last week at the Brevard
High school.
i. BAT SMATHERS IS
HEARD IN BREVARD
Col. J. Bat Smathers, prominent
Asheville attorney, spoke to a crowd
of 250 persons at the Court House
here Saturday night.
Col. Smathers was introduced to
the people by T. C. Galloway, local at
torney. His speech dealt with the
more vital problems with which the
Democrats are being faced during the
present campaign, dwelling for some
time on the tariff question which he
assumes to be one of the most im
portant issues. He touched briefly on
the prohibition issue, and many other
points and stressed the importance at
this time of whole hearted coopera
tion and urged that a great deal of
attention be given the local and state
tickets as well as the nationnl.
CRAWFORD F. JAMES
TO SPEAK IN COUNTY
Hon. Crawford F. James, of Mari
on, Republican candidate for Cong
ress, is scheduled ,-to make three
speeches in Transylvania county next
week, according to announcement
made, Mr. Nicholson said, therefore
the dates of the meetings could be
given out. It is said, however, that
Mr. James will speak at Lake Toxa
way, Rosman and Little River. Hav
ing already been in Brevard Chpir
man Nicholson said Mr. James would
not appear here any more, but would
speak in the sections above mention
ed.
Chairman Nicholson stated that
county candidates are holding meet
ings in each of the precincts from
time to time, and that all county can
didates will accompany Mr. James* on
his trip through the county.
HOME COMING DAY
AT ENGLISH CHAPEL
The annual home coming at Eng
lish's Chapel, which was scheduled
for Sunday, October 30, bat post
poned because of the heavy rains, is
to be held on Sunday, October 30.
This event is one that annually
attracts people from the entire wes
tern part of the state arid dates
back to the founding of the institu
tion.
A most interesting and inspira
tional program has been arranged,
as previously announced and every
one is extended a cordial invitation
I to be present. The program of
"speaking and singing, dinner on the
grounds and good music should at
tract many who have attended these
home-comings, during: the past few
years' and who lock forward to them
each year. A cordial invitation is
extended to the public to attend.
BROWIELD CLOSES
LAUNDRY BECAUSE
LACK OF BUSINESS
Laundry Had Been in Opera
tion For Past 28 Years
l!n Brevard.
workers Thrown out
OF JOBS AS RESULT
? ' 4"
I
Greenville Concern Has Ob
tained Much of Laundry
Business In Brevard. j
Bromfield's Laundry closed d<jwn j
| Wednesday for an indefinite period.]
! reasons assigned being lack of suffi- j
I cient business to keep the plant go- 1
ing. The laundry has been in contin- 1
mous operation here for the past 28 j
years, being taken over by Mr. Brom
field 18 years ago. Among the em
ployees thrown out of work is one
man who has been with Mr. Brom
? field throughout the 18 years, and
! another who has been employed in the
laundry for the past 10 years.
For many years the laundry xras
one of the thriving business places
of the tow, and it is said the pay
roll alone ran from $12,000 to $14,000 ,
a year. From fifteen to eighteen worn- ]
en were regularly employed in the
( Continued on back page)
MRS. MULL VICTMW
PNEUMONIA ATTACK
Funeral services for Mrs. W. P. j
Mull were held Sunday afternoon at j
2:30 o'clock from Brevard Baptist j
church with the pastor, the Rev. Paul i
Hartsell, in charge. Interment was
made in Oathey's creek cemetery.
Death was due to pneumonia, the
' deceased having been ill for one week,
passing away Thursday night.
Surviving are her husband, W. 'P. I
Mull, and the following children: i
Mrs. Dewey Sizemore, Mrs. W. H. 4'" j
! len, Miss Edith Mull and Miss Geh- j
eva Mull, of Brevard; three sonSj j
Warrior, Edgar, and Charles Lee, of >
Brevard, and Harry1 Mull of Miarai, '
Fla. Also surviving are the parent?, j
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Aiken, Brevard; [
two sisters and three brothers, Mrs. i
E. C. Cooper, Brevard, Mrs. P. W. I
Atkinson, Greenville, S. C., W. W. J
and N. R^ Aiken, Greenville, E. W. ?
> Aiken, Brevard and H. P. Aiken, I
| Greensboro.
JZEBULON WEAVER IN
i COUNTY THIS WEEK
i .
Congressman Zebulon Weaver
spent some days this week in Tran
sylvania county, speaking at Rosman
Tuesday night to a large audience of
interested voters. Mr. Weaver is the
' Democratic candidate to succeed him
[ self, and has a large following of
j friends and sunoorters in the county.
; Congressman Weaver, in his Ros
j man address, placed blame for the de
i pression. upon the Republican admin
I istration, declaring that the tariff
j program of the Republican party had
i resulted in robbing the United States
j of much world trade. He also pointed J
j out the unfilled promises of Presi- !
j dent Hoover made in the campaign of ;
! 1928. Mr. Weaver has predicted his
j re-election by a majority of over ten
j thousand. His opponent is Hon.
j Crawford F. James, of Marion. ,
SALVAGING CORN
Several industrious farmers of the
Enon section are shucking and gath
ering corn that has been under the
flood water of French Broad. While j
some considerable damage is report -
! ed, it is expected that much of the
crops can be gathered now, dried find
saved. Much corn fodder in way of
tops has washed away or otherwise
destroyed.
MONKEY RAMBLES
| AROUND THE TOWN |
Harry Clark's monkey, evidently j
incensed at his enforced incarcers-:
tion, made his escape late Sunday'
afternoon and chatteringly made his i
way around the town, investigating 1
everything that interested him. Ho I
chattered his derision at those who
made desperate attempts to ca
him and rambled oil, climbing to the
tops of buildings, and hurling epi
thets in monkey lingo, at those who
were so far removed from their
original state that they could not
follow him as they might have done
several thousands of years ago, '
when according to tho evolutionists,
they too, were monkeys.
However, man's superior intellect
proved too much for the littie mis
creant and with the aid of a net, C.
C. Gibbs took him into custody near
the Methodist church, much to the
'little fellows discomfiture.
CHAIRMAN SREESE
SAYS FORMER BOARD
CREATED BIG DEBT
Speaking Ai Court House Says
Board Piled Up Debt
of $363,000.
i MAKES VIOLENT ATTACK
[ UPON TRIBUNE EDITOR
I
S&ye Republican Editor Will
Not Come Out and Speak,
But Uces Tribune.
(C. 0. Brantley)
During the course of his talk be
fore a capacity audience at the Court
House here Saturday night, Hon. Wil
liam E. Breese, Chairman of the Dem
orcatic Executive Committee, charged
that the Republican Board of County
Commissioners, elected in 1928, plung
ed the county into debt, through the]
issue of bonds, to the tune of $388,000
and there is nothing to show for it ?
that of this amount only a small part
was used to pay the county's indebt
edness. Enumerating the only items
he could find where this money had
been expended he cited $9600 to the
County Attorney, a $2300 printing bill
and $.1700 to the County Physician.
( Continued on back page)
CARR AGAIN HEADS
j THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
Members of the Sunday School of
the Brevard Baptist church held an
election of officers last Sunday, and
again named F. Brown Carr as sup
erintendent, with S. R. Joines, A. B.
Galloway and E. C. Neill as associate (
superintendents. Knox DeLong was
elected general secretary, and em
powered to name his own staff of as
sistant secretaries.
The Brevard Sunday School of the 1
Baptist church here is one of the
largest schools in Western Carolina,
and is an important factor in the re- j
ligious life of the community. Mr. i
Carr has long been a faithful work
er in the BapffMrtitirrch and "Snmfey J
School, and is, perhaps, one of the
youngest men of the state to be at
the head of school with such member
ship. He is also active in civic and
fraternal circles, being vice president
of the Kiwanis club, secretary of the
Masonic Lodge, a member of the
Knights Templar and the Shrine, and
other fraternal groups.
The associate superintendents are
among the town's leading business
men, while officers throughout the
departments are men and women
whose combined influence is most ex
tensive.
Rev. W. S. Price, Jr., is church
clerk at the Brevard Baptist, and in
this position is considered a great
help to the pastor, the Rev. Paul
Hartsell. Interest in both the church
work and the Sunday School work is
great, officers say, and further addi
tions to the church and school are
expected to be made during the win
ter months.
i
UNUSUAL OFFER IS
MADE BY MCCRAJ
Car! M'eCrary makes announce.?
in today's Brevard News of a 20 1
cent discount until October 31 orj
Firestone batteries, spark p|
brake lining?, anti-freeze and cfl
winter auto accessories. Ke alsoj
nour.ces that liberal allowances I
be made on old tires in exchange
new Fitestone tires. The Firea
company is co-operating with Mr,
i Ciary in these unusual offers.
Mr. CcCrary also announces
i free battery tests will be made
:ng this period; also free tests
brakes and spark plugs, and the
known dealer urges car owner:
prepare for the coming of vvi
weather during this period when f
great savings can be made.
BLUE DEViLSTAKE
| FRUITLAND GAI
The Blue Dovils of the Brc
High school, playing the Fruit
Institute team here last Friday a:
noon , came out victorious with a s
| of 13-0.
The Fruitland Institute team
| good, one ? the two teams being ;
ty tral matched ? and the game
rather fast arid furious, remai
tied until the fourth quarter, i
the Brevard Soys put over some
ploys and began taking the
which they held throughout tht
; mainder of the game. English, C
ton end Price starring with ? i
ber of excellent passes.
Harry Clayton referred ths g;
1'or.y Trantham acted as umpire
Henry Ervrin as head linesmen.
The Blue Devils will meet the 1
son City team on the home fteld ]
iFiiJr.y afternoon at 3:30 o'clock
PLANS FOR THE RED
CROSS ROIL CALL
Rev Karry Perry, chairman, an- 1
nounces that plans are beings per.ect*J
ed for the annual
Red Crops Roll Call
which will be in
augurated on Ar
mistice Dav? and
continue --trough
Thanksgiving Day.
The Kiwanis club
has been requested
to have charge of
. the business district for the call,
j while a committee from each of the
i churches in town will make the drive
j through the residential sections of
jthe town. Frank Woodfin will be in
charge of the drive in the Penrose
section, while Miss Annie Gash wili .
lead the work in Davidson River com- !
ro unity. The principals of each of the
schools of the county will, with sanc
tion of Superientendent J. B. Jones,
'nave charge of the drive throughout
the county. i
Transylvania county has always ,
responded in splendid manner to the
Red Cross Roil Call, and Rev. Perry
expects even a larger number will
| enroll this year than ever before.
iH. A. PMERNOW
I WITH NEW COMPANY
I
I Announcement tin today's Brevard
News carries the Information that H.
I A. Plummer, one &f the oldest and
i best knowp business men of Brevard.
' has severed his connection with The
I Plummer Company, and is now with
I the recently organized new store of j
The R. H. Plummer and Co. H. A. j
Plummer has been in business in ?
Brevard for 'about twenty years. A
few weeks ago his son, Robert H.
Plummer, opened the new place in
the Tinsley Building next door to the
bank under the firm name of R. H- J
Plummer and Company, and it is this J
I new firm that the announcement says
H. A. Plummer has joined.
H. A. Plummer is a member of the
board of county _?ommissicners, but
is not standingjfor re-election. He has
been . president of the Chamber of
Coratoerce, akmember of the official
TJofffiT of ttfe M. "E. Church, a mem
ber of the board of directors of the
Kiwanis club, and has long been ac
tive in all phases of the community
life of Brevard and Transylvania,
county.
REVlVALSi?fCES
j AT PRESBYTERIAN
? |
Revival services at the Presby
terian church will be started next
Sunday, with the Rev. H. B. Denby,
of Weaverville, preaching the #rmons
Rev. R. L. Alexander, pastor of the
Brevard-Davidson River church, will
have charge of the services Sunday,
and the Rev. Mr. Denby will arrive
Monday and begin the series of ser
mons that he is to deliver here.
RECULARSiNGING
I f (OTFNTIflN HF.RL
CHURCH PAPER SAYS
REPUBLICANS AVE
BEST DRY PLATFORM
Explanation Set* Forth the
Fact Neither Party Can
Repeal Prohibition.
SO LONG AS/THIRTE?N
STATES STAND TOGETHER
Senate and Congress Members
Are the Ones Paper Slays
Should Be Selected.
(""Christian Standard)
The two major parties of
United States have adapted their
platforms; and, while there may be
some grounds for objecting lhat other
issues cloud the contest, both Wets
and Drvs ought to be happy that we
have a clear-cut issue upon Prohibi
tion. Here again is n Presidential
campaign that may be considered a
popular referendum on the question.
For, despite all that some excited per
sons may say, the Republican -plat
form is Dry. No otic vjill dispute the
statement that the Democratic plat
form is dripping Wet.
In the first place, it must be kept
in mind that neither the Republican
nor the Democratic party can repeal
the Eighteenth Amendment. Only
the two-thirds votes of Congress and
three-fourths vote of Statesman do
that. Thirteen States .can stop it, not
to speak of a minority of Congress.
Nevertheless, the parties exert an
influence, and the Democratic party
has thrown down the gauntlet.
If a vote for the Democratic can
didate means endorsement of the
platform, then that vote means that
the voter favors (1) repeal of the
Eighteenth Amendment; " (2) modifi
cation of the Volstead Law to allow
real beer and wine; (3) some effort
to prevent the return of the saloon
(through no one seems to know how
this is to be guaranteed)
freedom of States to deal with the
liquor business any way they desire,
with the Federal Government to
undertake the protection of no one
knows how many State frontiers.
If a vote for the Republican candi
date jjjeasi^tbat o^.fav^ the Ht~
pSEncan platform, fWn the voter fa
vors (1) enforcement of the law; (2)
submission of an amendment to re
peal the Eighteenth Amendment, but
only with (3) a definite substitute
plan, and (4) that plan providing
that the States shall have opportuni
ty to choose whether they desire to
have liquor, and yet (5) the Federal
government retaining control of
manufacture, sale and distribution
even irf-W?t States.
In essence, the two planks differ in.
that (1) while both commit the par
ties to submitting the question of
repeal to the people, the Democratic
plank commits the party to repeal,
and the Republican plank explicit1?
refuses to do so; (2) the Democratic
plank offers no substitute for the
Eighteenth Amendment, while tha
Republican pl2nk insists on an alter
native; (3) the Democratic plank
throws the matter back to the.Statei^
while the Republicart^^SSilHl