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

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