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The Transylvania Times FASTEST GROWING WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1932 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE : $1.00 PER YEAR ITS EST for ;man Iched- il- ' ,ecutiv8 Valley umbled lost to r’s field e score 1 came ■ies for and C. y, Hoi- 1, with ; game, der in lan on : score, Talley lie for- oup for able to m with d, and ■r Walt first to rinners. go in ah al- /ed up. 1 meet tfcLean 2 doing , 'both :ts Aid welfare opinion ave at several y made is .not Baptists Meet At Oak Grove County Association to End Session Thursday Baptists of the Transylvania as sociation will finish the regular annual sessions Thursday after noon, the meeting starting Wed- nesday morninp' for a two-day convention with the Oak Grove Baptist church near Q.uebec. Reports and miscellaneous busi ness were major parts of Wedne.s- day’s .sessions, with the annual sermon being delivered by the Rev. J. H. Burt, pastor of Zion church. The Rev. Paul Hartsell, pastor Brevard church, opened the meeting at ten o’clock yester day morning, with a large num ber of delegates in attendance. Convening at 10 o'cloclc Thurs day morning, 15 minutes rvill be devoted to the worship period; 10:15, miscellaneous bu.sine.'^-s; 10:30, Sunday .‘•'chool report, .1. A. Glazener; 11, W. M. U. report, Mrs. Martin Shipman; 11:30, Fruitland Institute report, tha Rev. W. S. Price; 12, luncheon. The song- and praise service will begin the afternoon service at 1 o’clock; 1:15, B. Y. P. U. report, Paul Glazener; 1:15, temperance report, the Rev. A.-L, Vaughn; 2:15, miscellaneous bu.siness and adjournment. Officers elected were: the Rev. Paul Hartsell, re-elected modera tor; the Rev, J. K. Henderson, vice-modcrator; Mrs. C. F, Galb.- more, re-elected clerk, and Lloyd Cantrell, re-elected treasurer. No Changes in School Booke for High Grades There# will be no changes this year, in the high school books, according* to Prof.'J. B. Jones, county superintendent, an^t only two changes in the elementary books, that of third grade arithmetic and fifth grade arithmetic, the “New Day Arithmetic” having been adopted for these two grades. Brevard Pharmacy, Brevard, and McNeely’s Store, at Lake I'oxaway, will handle the ele mentary books for all grades, while Plummer’s Department Store, Brevard, will handle high school booki; for the en tire county, while many of the co'Linty’s business *11011863 will handle school supplje.s of stan dard type. * At least one item needed fo)- school children is down, and that is pencils, the jirevailing- price in Brevard being way below the past two year aver ages. TRANSYLVANIANS SHOULD DO THEIR BUYING IN COUNTY lur lere unload- morn- i, Cross ief for second •s been lent by nerican 5eph S. FARM MEETING TODRMMANY Local People Planning to Attend Swannanoa Farm Sessions Nearly a hundred farmers and agricultural students of Transyl vania county are planning to at tend the 20th annual Farmers Field Day at. the Mountain Test farm of the North Carolina de partment of agriculture at Swan nanoa, on Thursday (today), it has been estimated by Professor Julian Glazener and Professor John Corbin, farm leaders of the county. A program of interest to farm- er.s will begin .at 10 o’clock, with an hour’s intermission at 1 o’clock for lunch, convening again at 2 o’clock. 0. M, Mull, of Shelby, will be principal speaker of the day, with several state specialists also on the program. Young Tar Heel farmers of the Rosman and Brevard high schools are expected to enter into the judging contests which will be held during the day. Greenville Road Designated 276 Route Now Extends From Brevard to Laurens Word has been received by ) Duncan MacDougald, chairman of ;.the roads committee of the Cham- j ber of Commerce, that the Bre- j vard-Greenville highway is now a jpart of U. S. Route 276, from I Laurens. S. C., to Brevard, and ties in with U. S, 76 at Lauren.s, j which federal route extends on to I Florence, S. C. Chairman HacDougald is mak- I ing an efibrt to have the route j from M5rrtle Beach, on the eas- I tern coast of South Carolina, to ] Newport, Tenn., designated as U. j S. 276, thus giving a federal route I from the popular beach resort into {the middle west. j Chairman JelTress and highway authorities are co-operating in a 'large way with local interests in ^the highway undertakings here. B. I. TERM TO BEGINSEPT.I Large Enrollment Expect ed at Methodist School in Brevard Miss Daisy Ritter, who assumed her new duties as superintendent of Brevard Institute the past week, following Supt. J. F. Win- ton’s resignation g’oing into effect, states that prospects are good for a full enrollment and a success ful school year, which begins the fail term on September 7. Miss Ritter, whose home is in Cope, S. C., comes to Brevard highly recommended for success fully exeeutin.g her duties as su perintendent of Brevard Institute. She has be^- connected with the Women’s Missionary Council of the .Methodist Church South, since 1915, which organization is the controlling body of the institute. For 13 years Miss Ritter held the position as superintendent of Spofford Hcrme, in Kansas City, Mo., an institution for dependent children. During her administra tion of this home she developed a new type of Avork, changing it from an orphan home to a study home for children between the ages of 5 and 18, She is a graduate of Scarritt College, now located at Nashville, Tenn., in the class of 1914, and was connected with Wesley Com munity House, in Atlanta, Ga., fpr a number of years. Miss Ritter was given a cordial welcome to the Brevard Methodist church and to the community on Monday night, when that church held a get-together vineeting in honor of former Superintendent J. F, Winton and family before their departure from Brevard, and as a welcome to the incoming su perintendent as she begins her residence here. Many expressions of welcome,, co-operation and best wishes for success in her new field of endeavor were given Miss Ritter on this occasion. “Buy at home and bank at home,” was advocated by Don F. Elias, co-publisher of The Ashe ville Citizen and The Asheville Times, speaking before the Bre vard Kiwanis club last Thursday. “Transylvania county people should buy in Transylvania coun ty, and do their banking in Tran sylvania,” the speaker asserted declaring that the welfare of .this particular county should be first in the hearts and minds of its citizens. If, and when citizens here find that all their wants and needs cannot be supplied in Brveard and Transylvania, the Asheville man said, they should try Hen dersonville Or Asheville as their source of supply—not New York, not Chicago, not Knoxville or Greenville, but a center that is interested in the welfare of Western North Carolina. There is a mutuality of prob lems among the counties of West ern North Carolina, he said, and he pointed out the wisdom of working unitedly for the develop ment of the 18 counties. The .speaker emphasized five points, the first being that, above nil. thw people of Transylvania county should trade in their own communities and put their money in their own bank. These factors, he said, are absolutely essential to the retuim of pj'osperity and progress. In event the people of Transylvania cannot find what they want within the confines of their county, he said that they .should then trade either in Ashe ville or Hendersonville in pref erence to sending their money outside of the section or state to purchase merchandise. Circulation of money, he de clared, is the blood stream of economic prosperity and progress. Don’t deplete your economic sys tem of this flow, he advised un less you expect to become’eco nomically anaemic. The seiKmd point was in re spect to food, which, he pointed out, is one of the lai’gest items in expenditures. He urg'ed the buy ing of Western North Carolina products. Nowhere, he declared, are there- better vegetables, fruits and other products of the farm than are to be found in this re gion, In this connection, he also said that there is a substantial saving in freight rates in the adoption of the by-at-home plan. He urged the farmers to grow more salable and shippable prod ucts. This, he said, is e^entially an educational task, and iS one of the points being emphasized in the Western North Carolina 5- 10 year fai-m program, which is .sponsored by . The Asheville Citi zen and 'fhe Asheville Times. Mr. Elias said that those behind the farm progi'am are very much gratified at the success of the Tnovement to date. PRAISES PUREBRED PLAN The speaker praised the people of Transylvania for adopting a fine purebred hog-raising pro gram, and pointed out that this will result in a large increase in income. He said that Ashe ville business men should get be hind a movement similar to the one in Transylvania, for the adoption of purebred hog pro grams iu all the Western North Carolina counties. In this third point, Mr. Elias said that Western North Carolina should have more creameries and cheese factories pointing out that Swift and company would put (Continued on page three) QUILT SHOW IS HUGEJUCCESS Much Interest Shown in Event Staged by Wo man’s Exchange Great success was accorded Brevard’s first quilt show, held Friday and Saturday of last week at the Woman’s Exchange and I sponsored by the Woman’s Bu reau. I More than 50 quilts and spreads, ^ of beautiful, original and varied design^ were on display, exhibited BEGGAR FAVORS HTH HIS PRESENCE iUt man during 'in Au-- to his nulaior Jfevard iday in of thfe out Q.f, et near ded to fe and rst he '!• SUp- began ir Sam >on by e peo- bastile id per- less to kil and rooms ed by Bai'nett for the guests—but here ■d b^lk was made by the , lady who ' asserted in nb uncertain termg'that ^she had;.n.ever slept in a j.ail and what’s; morevshe never, intended to.. Down’ they .came and parked m,the: rattletrap flivver, waiting- P^^oeiimore in keeping with tnoir dignity in which to lodge; . amount of'.prevailing, ca joling and arguing seemed’use less in budging the family from the car, and finally arrest of the luan on a vagrancy charge was threatened before the decision was made by the cross-country pullmanites that the jail would L ’ T bathing facilities by Jailer Barnett was spurned next morning by the party, and likewise breakfast. Back on the streets, looking lor up-town breakfasts” the party came. Chief Freeman again let his soft heart take the better ot . him. on account of the small mldren, and he purchased gas and oil for the trip out of town, (Continued on page three) Young Glazener’s Pigs in Contest Much interest is being shown in the pig project started this spring by Edgar Glazener of the Connesstee section, who entered a litter of cross breeds in the Pu rina Pig Chow contest, checking of the ten pigs at the age of five months giving them an average of 187.9 pounds each. Accurate records on the litter of Spotted Poland China-Duroc pigs have been kept by the Young Tar Heel Farmer, his preliminary cost sheet showing that he has received over one dollar per bush el for all corn fed to his hqgs. This is the second pig project that the young Brevard high school, agricultural student has tried, his first netting him a nice profit. Final figures in the con test will be announced during the last part of September. Ball Game Today At Lake Toxaway Lake Toxaway and Henderson ville will mix it up on the Toxa way diamond Thursday afternoon bt 2:30 o’clock, according* to Wal ter McNeely. manager of the crack mountaineer team. The boys are enthused over the game they won last Saturday from Pisgah Forest and are look ing forward to a good game Thursday. by ladies of the town and county. It is estimated that around 500 peeople attended the show during j the two opening days. ■ Prizes were offered by the I Woman’s Bureau for seven, dif ferent entries, each one of the I seven winners being awarded a I prize of $1.00. I Following were the prize win- ,ners: Best antique quilt, Mrs. 0. ; H. Olney; best silk quilt, Mrs. G. j F. Gallamore; best patchwork j quilt, Mrs. G. H. Morrow; best I applique quilt, Mrs. 0. L. Erwin; ' best crochet spread, Mrs. R. H. Zachary; best candlewick spread, Mrs. Sam McCullough. No prize was given for the best crochet Afghan, according to previous an nouncement, they were not en tered in time to be judged. An interesting feature noted about some of the prize-quilts and spreads was the fact that Mrs. Olney’s antique quilt was made'in 1866 by a 16-year-old girl ,and that Mrs. McCullough's candlewick spread was made by her grandmother at the age of 15 years and the m,aterial made by slaves. Summer visitors in Brevard comprised the majority of those .who attended the show and view ed assortment of handmade quilts and spreads, many of the visitors expressing surprise and delight over the beautiful and rare col lection on exhibit and for sale. Entire credit for the success of the show is-due Mrs. B. F. Beas ley and Miss Katherine Griffin of the bureau committee, who la bored faithfully and. efficiently in soliciting, collecting and arrang ing the various articles for ex hibition. Judges of the event were three guests at the Franklin hotel, well qualified in their knowledge of such things to select the prize winning articles.' The judges were: Mrs. G. W. Fisher, Deland, Fla., Mrs. Percy Thomas, Louis ville, Ky., and Mrs. J. H. White- man, Deland, Fla. BUILDING NEW BRIDGE ROSMAN, 'Aug'. 17.--r-A foot bridge is being erected across the French Broad river where the old highway bridge formerly crossed near Dan Glazener’s store, T. S. Galloway has charge of the work of constructing* this passage-way which will .be a. great addition to town, sinc.e. thq . lower section o,f Rosman has been cut off to a large extent. Former Resident Buried Sunday News has been received in Bre vard of the death of Prof. J. B. Clayton, a former Brevard resi dent, but who for the past sev eral years has^ made his home in Durant, Okla.. where he was a member of the faculty of the University of Oklahoma. Funeral services for the de ceased were held last Sunday, ac cording to information .reaching Brevard, he having passed away at' Wheatlandj Wyoming, while making a tour of the west. Y.T.H.F.B0YS LEAVEAUG. U Four-Day Outing Trip to Georgia Will Be Enjoyed Around 20 Young Tar Heel Farmers of Brevard high school will leave early next Tuesday morning for Atlanta and other points in Georgia, on their annual observation and outing trip as a part of their regular course to vocational agriculture. They will be accompanied on the trip by their teacher, Julian Glazener. Schedule decided upon calls for leaving Brevard at 8 o’clock Tuesday morning, reaching At lanta late in the afternoon, where they will spend Tuesday night and Wednesday as guests of the White Provision company, and will inspect the large packing plant and farms operated by the company there. Invitation was extended the group several weeks ago by E. S. Papys, manager of the concern while on a visit in this county. On Thursday the aggregation will leave for Rome, where they will visit the Berry Industrial school, and will camp out Thursday nig'ht, returning to Brevai’d some time Friday of next week. TANNERYWORK RESUMED HERE Two Hundred Men Given Employment at Brevard and Rosman Around 200 men are resuming work at the plants of Transyl vania Tanning company, Toxaway Tanning company and Toxaway Tanning Extract cornpany this week. Only regular employes will be given work in the plants, it being the policy of th^se industries, headed by Jos. S. Silversteen to employ home labor at all times. Hamlin Slated as State Councillor Lewis P. Hamlin, prominent Brevard attorney, will be elevat ed to state councillor of the Junior Order in North Carolina a tthe 42nd annual convention to be held in Morehead City, begin ning Tuesday of next week, Aug. 23. Mr. Hamlin has served dur ing the past year as vice presi dent of the state coujicil, and will, according to custom follow ed in the order, be chosen as president at the annual conven tion. National officials of the Junior Order will join hands with mem bers of the state council in mak ing of the convention one of the best to be held in years, over 500 delegates from practically every county in the state expected to be in attendance, according to word received here from, the east- city. FLOWER SHOW TO BE EVENT OFTHBWEEK Display To Be Shown on Friday Afternoon and Evening FRIDAY n'oON LAST MINUTE FOR ENTRY Ribbon Awards Will Be Given for Best Displays and Varieties Plans are now complete for Brevard’s annual flower show, an outstanding event* of the season, which will be staged at the Wo man’s Exchange Friday (tomor row) in an afternoon and eve ning display of a varied assort ment of homegrown flowers and v/ild flowers. The Woman’s Bu reau are sponsors of the show, the opening hours to be from. 3- 9 o’clock. Request is made by the com mittee in charge that all flowers and plants for exhibit be brought to the Woman’s Exchange rooms not later than noon on Friday, and that as many as possible be brought there on Thursday, with a slip attached showing the own er’s name and name of the ex hibit. It is requested also that the greatest number of varieties in one exhibit be labeled with card containing names and num ber of varieties, and the greatest number of wild flowers labeled also. No prizes will be offered this year except the blue and red rib bon's for first and second awards in the various entries. The judg ing will be done soon after noon Friday, and any exhibits en tered after that time will be too late to compete in the different entries. Following is the classification for the various entries: Distinctive 'Variety—(1) The most artistic arrangement of two or more kinds; (by) the greatest number of different varieties in one exhibit. Dahlias—(a) Best collection; (b) single specimen; (c) assort ment small dahlias. Gladiolus—(a) Collection; (b) single specimen; (c) greatest number of kinds. Zinnias—(a) Basket, bowl or vase of large zinnias; (b) basket, bowl Or vase of small zinnias. Marigolds (large and small), .snapdragons, asters, roses, del phinium, verbenas, petunias, phlox, pinks stocks, anemonae. Following classes of potted plants: Most beautiful potted plant of any kind; most beautiful bloom ing plant; most bea*itiful foilage plant; most beautiful fern; the most unusual plant; large leaf be gonia; small leaf begonia. Following classes of wild flow ers: (a) Greatest number; (b) best arrangement. Exhibits will not be admitted later than noon Friday, Aug. 19. Brevard Fair to Be Held On First Day of October Tentative plans for the Young Tar Heel Farmers’ Fair have been announced by Prof. J. A. Glazener, leader in the movement, with Friday after noon, September 30, and Sat urday, October 1, as date for the annual event. It is the plan of the fair or ganization to have all exhibits and booths made ready on .Friday afternoon, and ready to open to the public early Saturday morning, with a pos sible showing on Friday night of a part of the exhibits. Livestock, of the purebred type, and diversified farm crops, Will play a large part in the showings of the Y. T. H. F. students, whiie the Home Eco nomics class, farmers and farm women are expected to add to the interests of the event. Circas Is Coming Here This Week Fun and frolic is promised by “Professor’’ Curley, at the Coun try Fair and Circus, which will be staged Friday and Saturday at the Joines Motor company place, sponsored by the Business and Professional Women’s, club. The performances will start at 7 o’clock Friday night, and at 2:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon, when Professor Curley will open the show with all the formality and ballyhoo that goes with a regular circus, he being an expert in this line, having spent years under the “big top” as a per former. Bands, acrobats, tumblers, sing ers, clowns, dancing, stunts, and, according to the Professor, every thing* that should go with a real good-time circus. Local talent will be featured, assisted by sum mer campers. A beauty contest will be featured. Proceeds of the circus will be used by the business women on a deficit incurred by the Girl Sebut camp. A small admission will be charged, the Joines people donat ing the building. Schools to Start Here August 29th Teacher List Given; Eight Month Term Aim Preparations are being made by school officials for the opening of all county schools on Monday, August 29. with an expected en rollment of practically the same as last year. Plans as recently announced from the office of Professor J. B. Jones, county superintendent, call for operation of an eight-months term. Teachers for all schools have been selected, as follows: Brevard — J. B. Jones, Hinton McLeod, J. A. Glazener, Miss Juanita Puette, Miss Mary Fran ces Biggers, Miss Martha Boswell, C. E. Wike, Miss Sarah Keels, Miss Janie Strickland, Ernest Til- son, Miss Sherrill Bromfield, Miss Nancy Macfie, J. E. Rufty, Mrs. J. E. Rufty, Miss Myrtle Barnette, Mrs, F. P. Sledge, Miss Agnes Clayton, Miss Josephine Clayton, Mis Willie Aiken,* Mrs. S. P. Ver- ner, Miss Garnet Lyda, Mrs. T. E. Reid, Miss Ruth Waters, Miss Eva Call, Miss Virginia Wilcox, Alvin Moore and Miss Lilian Jen kins, the last two named to have charge of music. Balsam Grove—Clyde McCall, Miss Rosa McLean. Cedar Mountain—Miss Dixie Jones. • Connestee — Miss Edna Mae Henderson. i Carson Creek—Miss Ruth Whit mire. Lake Toxaway—W. B. Hender son, Miss Ruby Whitmire, L. C. Case, Jr. Little River—Miss Sallie Mer rill, Miss Julia Wood, Miss Flora Allison.' Montvale—J. T. Harrison. Pisgah Forest—R. D. Jenkins, Miss Julia Deaver, Miss Flora Ly- day, Miss Mamie Lyday, Miss An- (Continued. on wage three) DR.W.M.LYDAY FUNERAL HELD ONffEKDAY Beloved Physician Passes After Stroke of Par- - alysis Sunday business“houses CLOSE FOR FUNERAL Large Crowds at Services Attest to Popularity of Brevard Man Dr. W. M. Lyday, known throughout Transylvania county as “Dr. Bill,” died at his home on Maple street Monday morning at 10:30, following a stroke of par alysis On Sunday afternoon from which the beloved physician fail ed to rally. He was 69 years of age, and had been a practicing physician and surgeon in this sec tion for nearly 50 years. Funeral services were held at the residence Wednesday at 11 o’clock and attended by hundreds of sorrowing friends and relar tives. The Rev. Jesse R. Owen of Asheville, and the Rev. Paul Hartsell, pastor Brevard 'Baptist church, were in charge of the services. Interment was made in the Davidson River cemetery at Pisgah Forest. All business houses of Brevard closed their doors from 11 to 12 o’clock Wednesday morning dur ing the funeral hour,, one of tha largest crowds ever seen at a fu neral service here attending, at testing to the esteem of the de ceased. : Cars lined the street for blocks, people braving the rainfall to pay their last respects to a man who had served them in a way that only a real friend of his type could serve. Estimation of cars parked in the vicinity of the Lyday home was conservatively estimated at 125. Dr. Lyday graduated from the University of Maryland while a very ’ young man, and returned to the Penrose section where he entered practice with his father, the late Dr. Andrew J. Lyday, pioneer physician of this county. He moved his offices to Brevard in 1914 and maintained practice in the entire county that was more than a mere business, he answering calls when and where (Continued on page three) Camp Directors Guests at Club Camp directors from the eleven organized boys’ and girls’ summer camps in Transylvania will be guests of the Brevard Kiwanis club at the England home on Thursday of this week at noon. President R. L. Alexander will in charge of the program *which will be in the nature of a get- together between business men of the town and directors of the camps. Funeral Services For Lewis Grogan A large number of people at tended the funeral services of Lewis Grogan, seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H, Grogan, Jr., which was held at the Bre vard Baptist church last Thursday afternoon, with interment follow ing at the Oak Grove cemetery, with the Rev. Paul Hartsell, pas tor, in charge. The young lad suffered for sev eral days from an infected foot, having undergone several opera tions at Lyday Memorial hospital, and two blood transfusions were given in an effort to overcome the deadly poison that sapped his strength. Ralph Grogan, brother of the lad, gave the blood in each instancy. Pallbearers were: Harry John son, Charles Moore, Clyde Mc Crary, Charles Cunningham, Kail Bosse and Carl Kilpatrick. Moore and Osborne had charge of fu- ngral arrangements. Henderson Clan Meets in Macon Henderson family reunion will be held on Saturday of this week at Pine Grove Baptist church, near Franklin, with Hendersons from all sections of Western North Carolina expected to attend the annual event. Descendants of the late Geo. W. Henderson and “Grandma” Hen derson, who came to this county from Macon nearly sixty years ago, are planning to attend, with several invited friends. Gravely Family To Hold Meeting The annual Gravely family re union will be held at Rocky Bot tom camp ground, just over the state line, on Sunday, August 28, according to announcement made to The Times. An interesting program has been aranged for the day. w!th a picnic dinner to be served the large assemblage at the noon hour. A number of Transylvania people, relatives and friends of the family, will be in attendance at the reunion. DANCE HALL ORDINANCE GETS VETO BY BOARD OF ALDERMEN Dancing and frolicking will no longer be looked at askance by Brevard city fathers, according to action taken at the board of al dermen meting Monday evening when the ordinance prohibiting operation of dance halls in Bre vard was rescinded. The ordinance which has been in effect for several years was to the effect that only hotels and boarding houses could give public dances to which an entrance fee was charged, and charges that this order was discriminatory in its ruling have been often heard the town by those who felt that they should have equal privileges with hotels and boarding houses and the further reason that other towns in this section of the state grant permission for public or script dances. Present at the meeting of the aldermen were a full membership, with the exception of Mayor Ram sey, who is on his vacation, all of the board voting unanimously for repeal of the ordinance. In celebration of the new ruling a street dance is expected to be given at an early date, according to announcement made to The Times by interested parties, who assert that the gala event will be staged in the uptown section, with all the furbelows and fiirbishings of the famed Mardi Gras. It was pointed out at the meet ing of the aldermen that there is a general exodus of young people from Brevard and the surround ing community with regularity each week, the youngsters going to nearby towns where dancing could be enjoyed without running afoul of the law. Expressed opin ion was also to the effect that summer visitors in the town would appreciate the privilege of attend ing dances here. A street dance will be given Friday night, sponsored by the Business and Professional Wo man’s club. A nine-piece orchestra from Asheville will supply m^sic.