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SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $1.00 PER YEAR BREVARD, NORTH CARLOINA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1933 VOL- 38? No. 8 PATTON'S NAME IN i LIE FOR POSITION! Former Sheriff Endorsed As' U. S. . District Marshall At Meeting Here "HANDS OFF" POLICY IN j MATTER OF POSTOFFICESj Sims Recommended For Place j On Prohibition Force By the Committee Transylvania county Democratic executive committee, in session here Saturday afternoon unanimously en-; dorsed T. Edgar Patton, Jr., for the. post of United Stales Marshal for the western district, and sent copies ' of the resolution to both Senator, R. Reynolds and Congressman Zeb; Weaver, Resolutions adopted at the meeting of the executive committee which was called for this express purpose, i and attended by the entire commit-, tee, follows: "Resolved, that the Democratic ex ecutive committee of Transylvania; county 'at a meeting duly assembled, do hereby unanimously endorse the I application of T. E. Patton Jr., for ', United States Marshal for the West-! <'iTi district of North Carolina, and "Resolved further, that a copy of chese resolutions be sent to the Hon. j R. "R. Reynolds, United States Sena-j cor for North Carolina. ?2>d that tie . be earnestly requested by said execu-J tive committee to give Mr. Patton, this appointment." In addition to the abeve endorse-) m?nts from practically every county; in the western district -which are . T>ascd upon his splendivl record of, party service and his fitness for the| position. This, it was pointed out at 1 the meeting of the executive com- 1 mittee Saturday, according to state-1 ment by National Chairman Tar-; ley, will be a strong factor in ap-i fpointments for all political offices,! and members of the Transylvania committee are enthused over thei prospects of the Brevard man in; that he has been very active in all J party affairs in this section of the' state for a number of -years. Resolution was also adopted and sent to Senator Reynolds and Con gressman Weaver, unanimously re questing that Eclc L. Sinsms, for a number of years on the rural police force of the county, and at one time Democratic nominee for sheriff, be ?given a place on the prohibition force. After a full and free discussion, it was decided that the committee ( Continued On Tctfft 'Eight) CliNICS TO BE HELD FOR CHARITY CASES * j Dr. Lynch To Be af Rosman' Friday Afternoon, and Brevard Tuesday Announcement is made by Dr.. G B. Lynch, county physician, that be-' sinning this week, free clinics will | be held at Brevard and Rosman for I treatment of indigent or charity cas- 1 es. Clinics will he held at Rosman \ each Friday afternoon from 1 to' 2:30 o'clock, with offices at the Ros man Tanning Extract company. On Tuesday afternoon of eachj week Dr. Lynch will "be in his office ? at Brevard from 1 to 2:30. He an nounces that all eases of the charity type, are to call at his office oil these dates, as he will not treat them on other days, and that this clinic is for charity cases only. WOMEN ORGANIZING | IN TWO SECTIONS I Heme Demonstration Club To Meet Thursday In Little River Community Oiganization of a Home Demon- 1 'ration club is expected to be per-! iccted oil Thursday afternoon of this week, when interested ladies and J girls of the Little River community will meet with Miss Virginia Wil cox, at the home of Mrs. E. H. Mack- ( ey. The meeting is set, for th,ree o'clock and all ladies of the com munity interested in the work are asked to be present at the Mackey Home. Plans will also be discussed at this time in regard to the curb market which is being agi tated for Brevard this summer. Miss Wilcox announces that a meeting of the same type will bo held at the home of Mrs. Norman Whitmire in the Selica section on Wednesday afternoon of next week. Any lady or young girl interested in the work is invited to attend these* meetings. W. H. HAM RITES TO BE HELD TODAY - ? _ ( Prominent Business Man Died) Tuesday After An Illness of Four Months Funeral services for W. H. Harris, j who died at his home on West Main I street Tuesday nighrfit eleven o'clock! will be held at the residence Thurs- 1 day morning at eleven, with the Rev.j J. H. West, pastor BrevaTd Metho-. dist church, and the Rev. R. L. Al-j exander, pastor Presbyterian church. I in charge. Mr. Harris was 52 years of age, and had bee-u ill since the early part of last November, becoming critic ally ill last Thursday right, and failed to rsfily. A native of Buncombe county, son of the late Dr. Harris, practicing physician of the Jupiter section, Mr. Harris came to Brevard as a young man. making Brevard his home, and winning a large host of friends throughout the county. For several years he was engaged in mercantile business here, and has been doing practically all of the local sign painting for years, being rated among the- best in thislint of skilled j work. He Avas a moving factor for , good in the community a? id through! efforts exerted by him the Brevard Municipal ~Band which organization rendered excellent service to this community for several years, was operated. After living in Brevard for several years, Mr. Harris moved to Asheville where he "was connected with the! city police force and served in the; capacity oT nlainclothes man. resid-, ing there from 1918 to 192 1 . when he 1 again came to Brevard. After services at the home Thurs- f day morning the body will be carried) to Oak Grove cemetery, North Bre-| vard for interment. Four nephews of' the deceased, Arthur Rtb'binson, of j Weavervillt, George Robinson, of I Asheville, Jack and Anthony Tran-j tham of Brevard, together with Dr.j Carl Hardrn and Dr. G. B. Lynch 5 will act as pallbearers. Arrangements J by Kilpatrick Funeral Home. } Surviving is the wife, Mrs. Ethel. England Harris; one daughter, Mrs.] Oliver Crary of Charlotte, and one, sister, Mrs. William Robinson, of "Weaverville. MASOS'S TO MEET Regular communication of Dunn's i Rock Masonic Lodge will 'be held ' Friday evening of this week at the! Lodge rooms, beginning at 7:S0. All' members and visiting Masons invited. J Tax Relief Bills Given Favorable j Report By Committee On Finance j A tctegram from Mayor Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., who is in Raleigh it> interest of legislation for the Town of Brevard was received Wednesday at noon, bringing the information | that the finance committee hadj agreed to report favorably on bills; which had been introduced by Rep- j resentative Galloway, for tax relief! Ji\ Brevard. I Mayor Ramsey's wire stated that) the committee had agreed to report favorably on the bill extending time, of paying paving assessments; ac cepting bonds for the debt service portion of taxes; also amended bill alowing payment of paving assess ments with bonds due or to become due in- the fiscal years in which in stallment of the special assessment would become due. Tha bills, which were printed in The TSmes of February 9, were in troduced by Mr Galloway and re ceived a favorable report from the finance committee to which they were referred after being introduc ed. After coming back to the house, influence was exerted t<? have the bills re-referred to the committee.! Mr. Galloway immediately wired the' town officials of the status in which' the bills had been p'laced by opposi tion, and the board decided to send' Mayor Ramsey to Raleigh in an ef-j fort to have the bills again reported! favorably, -which he has succeeded in j doing. I LARGE CROWD ATTENDS PLAY j GIVEN BY ALL-WCAL ARTISTS j ; t A large crowd of enthusiastic! ! Brevard citizens witnessed a fine ' performance in the Brevard high [ school auditorium last Friday night. ! The variety entertainment was spon | sored and given by the High School ! Athlctic Association, and the pro j ceeds will be used for local athletics. ! A huge womanless wedding, a radio performance, two one-act plays, and ! a variety of musical numbers were ! presented for the entertainment of a ! large audience. j Miss Sarah Keels, director of the j entire show, deserves much credit | for her outstanding work in prepar | this entertainment program. Tobacco Meeting To Be Held Saturday Afternoon Farmers of the county who arc interested in growing tobacco this season arq called to meet at Bre vard court house Saturday after noon at 2:30 o'clock, at which tima Victor H. Shelburna of the New Banner warehouse, Asheville, and Bruce Webb, promotion manager of The Asheville Citizen-Times, will speak. Mr. Shelburne is said to be an ex perienced tobacco riAiser r.nd later entering the buying field. It :s with the idea of promoting the rais ing of burlcy tobacco in this county that the tobacco expert is coming to this county Saturday for the meet ing. which is announced through Professor Julian A. Glazener. Mr. Shelburnsi has been In the county this week and expresses him self as being highly impressed with local conditions as fitting in with a tobacco growing program. Farmers of Transylvania county are showing much interest in the plans for small plots of tobacco to be grown as cash crops, and belief is expressed by both Professor Ju ; lian Glazener and Professor John Corbin that from one to three hun dred farmers will grow the weed on a small scale this season. Already twenty-five farmers of I the Little River section have start i ?ed cn plans to grow trim one-half ? ' to three acres of Judy Pride tobac- J I co, seeds having already been pur-j ?chased through Professor Glazener. f I and plans being made for sowing, j I A meeting of interested farmer? lis called at Little River school house) ! Friday evening of this week, at) ' which time "Soils and Fertilizers" ! will be discussed, according to Pro I fessci Glazener. j Other meetings in various com i munities will be held at an early | date, with both agriculture teach j ers announcing that they will be ' glad to meet with farmers in any | [community and go over the proposi-; i tion from all angles. j Stress is laid on the fact that to make a success of tobacco growing, j seed beds should be sown within the next few weeks, as March fif teenth is regarded as limit for best plants. EFFORTS BEING MADE TO GET ! FEDERAL AID FOR RIVER WORKl Transylvania and Buncombe coun- ! ties are requested by Henderscn to j join in a movement to have the Fed- , cral government clear the French j Broad river of all jetties and wing danr; placed there a number of years ago when effort was made to make the river navigable on a com mercial basis. Initial action on the matter was taken at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce directors of Iknder scnville last week, when the plan was brought before that board by Dr. W. W. Carpenter, which calls for people of the three counties through which the French Broad flows to renew efforts trough Con gressman Zeb Weavfi and Senator Robert Reynolds to procure Federal i funds for clearance of man-made' obstructions in the river and other- j wise deepening the channel, which would reduce flooding of thousands' of acres ox productive bottom lands] along the tiver. Clearing and deepening of the channel would aid drainage on the Case of smaller streams flowing in- < to the F rench Broad, it was pointed j out at the meeting, and would make possible the reclamation oi' lands now ;n swamps or not under cultiva tion because of the danger of over flow. People of Transylvania county (Continued On Pogc Six) J A. C. LANDRETHLA1D TO REST SATURDAY Buried In Cemetery Named In His Homer, Attended By j Number of Friends A large number of people attend- 1 od the last rites "held for Alfred I Carr Landreth, at the home of the! prominent Transylvania County man! in the Dunn's Rock section on Sat urday morning of last week. Mr. Land ret h, 73 years of age. had been m ill 'healtjj for several years, becoming seriously ill t-wo weeks ago, and passed away Friday morning at 5:30. I Burial was made in Carr's Hill i cemetery, following the last rites at j the home, at which thil Rev. Paul I llartsell, pastor Brevard Baptist ' church, and the 'Rev. C. C. Reece, ! foi; yealrs pastor of the deceased, were in charge. The body was laid to rest in the cemetery of the church he loved, and -which was named in : his honor. Mr. Landreth was one of j the first members of Carr's Hill j church, and lent his efforts to or-i ganization and erection of the beau-* tiful little chapel that graces the! mountainside just beyond the French [ Broad river on the Greenville high-t way. Land upon which" the church] and cemetery are located was donat- , ed by the deceased. Surviving 'is the widow who wasi. before her marriage, Miss Esther' Boggs of the Dunns Rock section; three daughters ad "three sons, twenty grandchildren and three great grandchildren! also survive. (Continued on pa^-e eight) R. H. PLUMMER"TO MOVE HIS BUSINESS Announcement is made by R. H. Phimmer & company, of plans to move their department store from the Main street location, next to Transylvania iTrust company,; to the Pickelsimer Building on Broad; street, former location of the Hous-j ton Furniture company. i Mr. Plummer announces that ac-[ tual removal will not be made forj several days, and in the meantime, he is offering some worthwhile bar-! gains in the way of clothing and j drygoods, shoes, etc., in an endeavor j to avoid moving his entire stock of j goods to the location, the removal' to be made some time during next week. One feature of the removal sale wijl appeal to pcopls, inasmuch [ as a "one cent sale" is announced.! !r> which merchandise up to ten do!-' 'sr value will be bought for onej rent. j REV. JESSE C. OWEN ! IN DRY CAMPAIGN! Eighteenth Amendment Repeal Passed By Senate And House During Week Coming upon the heels of an nouncement of the overwhelmingj vote of the United States Senate] and Congress to repeal the eighteen- j th amendment, is announcement of the North Caroling Anti-Saloon League that a militant campaign will bo waged in this state against legalized sale of intoxicai-i ing drinks, and the further an nouncement that the Rev. Jesse C. j Owen has been appointed assistant; superintendent of the league. The Rev. Mr. Owen, native of Transjrlvatia county, outstanding minister tnd missionary, will have ?charge of the fight against repeal movement? in the 10th and 11th congressional districts of North Carolina. While anti-Saloonists are prepar ing for tie battle, vet "leaders are, jubilant mcr the bifr victory won in the Senate and Congress, and are going1 about in business-like man ner to hwe three-ifourths of the states ratify action of the federal lawmakers, thirty-six states being, required to ratify the bill before it fan become law. Action is expected to be taken at an early date by ft.e North Caro-, lina Gener.il Assembly to call a state convention whi($i will ratify or reject the repeal act. FASHION SHOW WILL j BE HELD NEXT WEEK] announcement is m&fe in this week's Time* of a style show and, spring fashion parade to be staged I by the Nobby Shoppe on Friday] evening of newt week. The event, winch promises to be| outstanding in interest tti ladies of ! the community, will be held in thej building just below thd Western' Union -on Jordan 6treet, beginning) at 7:30 o'clock. Assisting Mrs. Flax A. Lawrence, owner and manager of the Nobby Shoppe in putting on the style show will be a large group of young ladies of the town, who will display to best advantage the extensive line of dresses and wearing apparel to be shown. E. E. Gepheart, of the Chippewa Woolen Mills, will be in Brevard for the show and will bring with him a wide line of apparel; !Hr. Gep heart is scheduled to lecture at th? show o present day styles and mode.'. VERNER SAYS BANK BILL SHOULD PASS Praises Measure Introduced By Representative Gallo way In Assembly Professor S. P. Vernor, for years connected with county schools and former superintendent of public in struction, iri a '.etter to The Tiir.es praises the bill introduced recent- 1 ly by Wallace Galloway in the Gen-, eral Assembly, and sets out that will' be a great help to financial prob-J lems here. The letter follows: "To The Editor of The Transylvania Times: t 'The state-wide interest in Mr.! Galloway's banking and tax reform' bills calls for earnest support by ( every citizen who feels the urgent) necessity of helping to get the coun-l tjy, State and nation out of their ! present deplorable condition. It rnayt be said of these bills that t'uey go' to the roots of the problems with which we are struggling. They arej ( Continued, on page eight ) CURB MARKET^ 'LAN GETTING ATTENTION Farmers and Business Men J Show Interest In Com munity Organization Much interest is being shown in ' all sections of the county in a curbj market for Brevard this summer,! through which hope is held out that! an established market for farm ano j gr. den products can be perfected.} The matter has been under ad-1 vHement, t-y the Brevard Kiwanis club and other civic clubs of the ' town for several weeks, vocational agriculture teachers and home eco- 1 nomics instructors of the high 1 schools joining in the preliminary ( work. Professor Julian Glazener discus-! sed the topic of a curb market at ; the regular meeting of the Brevard j Kiwanis club last Thursday and I pointed out some of the advantages to be derived, both for the farmers] and business men as well as consum- 1 err. in Brevard. In order to make the market a success, Mr. Glazener said, it would, I he necessary to have a long build ing or shed to be used as sales' place. Provisions could be made in the building for taking care nf per ishable foodstuffs in case of rain. Scales, measuring apparatus and other equipment would also be a ! necessary prerequisite. ! Standardization of products to be I sold would have to be maintained i in order to bring the outside buyers [ to the market, Mr. Glazener as serted, and further pointed out that outside buyers would' be necessary in order to make a success of the market, a? there would not be suffi cient demand in Brevard fox- a'l the products which would be brought in, in event the market is started. It was the idea of Mr. Glazener. who has given the movement much ! study, that a system of notifying [outside buyers as to expected variet i ies to be had on certain days of I each week, and amounts that could jbe expected to be on sale on these ' dates would have to be taken care J of by a committee in charge of ? sales, this same committee to keep j in touch with growers, notifying them of the desired amounts and j types. i Community leaders over the coun ; ty are enthused over the idea, and 'meetings are expected to be held, j at which semblance of the organi Jzation which will have to be. per jfected before the movement can be (launched proper will be taken uf. TO GET SALARY CUT THRU LEGISLATION Legislation Wili Be Introduc ed During Week To Reduce Salaries SLASH WILL BE MORE THAN 10% IS SOUGHT Clerk of Court, Register of Deeds, Sheriff, County Ac countant Included. A special dispatch to The Ashe vi'le Citizen l'rom Raleigh last Sat urday carries the announcement that Representative M. W. Galloway is planning to introduce a bill in the General Assembly to cut salaries of Transylvania county officials, in cluding the clerk of court, register of deeds, sheriff, and the county ac countant. No definite amount was named ;i? the news dispatch to The Citizen. B Salaries now drawn by the officials mentioned are as follows: Clerk of Court Otto Alexander, $2400 per year; Register of Deeds Jess Gal loway, $2200 ; Sheriff Tom Wood, $3000; County Accountant L. V. Sigmon, $1500. The article taken from The A she vine Citizen of Sunday, Feb. 19 fel lows : RALEIGH, Feb. 18? Drastic re ductions in salaries of various Tran slvania county elective officers will be made if present plans of Repre sentatives W. M. Galloway, of Tran sylvania, materialize, it was an nounced today. Representative Galloway said to day that he will introduce a bill to reduce the salaries of the clerk of Superior Court, sheriff, register of deeds, and county accountant of Transylvania county. He explained that he had not dfcJ cided on the amounts of reduction but insisted they would be in keep ing with general scheme of economy in the state. The Transylvania county board of commissioners ha? the authority to reduce these salaries by 10 per eent, but the representative takes_ the po sition this cut is not sufficient. W. E. Breese, of Brevard, coanty attorney will probably be in Raleigh next week for a *r'1 ? 11 - rMijfrfc n Representative Galloway when it is probable that tho question of salary , reductions will be adjusted. Mr. Galloway said he did not con i template bothering the salaries of Brevard officials in view of redoc ' tions already made in their salaries ROSMAYBOYS WILL BECOME BOY SCOUTS ; Large Number Applied For Membership Under Lead ership of Rev. Hall I I ROSMAN, Feb. 22 ? Organization of a Boy Scout troop is being per fectcd here, sponsored by1 the Bos nian Methodist church, with th-? Re1. J. N. Hall, pastor of the church avl who has had wide experience young people, as Scoutmaster. | About twenty-five boy> have a ? ? plied for membership in the tro- ? . i and a formal application to the i National Council Boy Sci-uts >u ! America is being made for charter. ! While all details of the new or ganization have not beer, completed, 'it is announced by Scoutmaster Hall I that Tenderfoct tests will be given within a few days, allowing the mem bers to become full fleiiged member of the troop, and also entitling them to wear the insignia and official uniform of the Boy Scouts. IGarden Plans For People of County j To Be Put Into Effect Immediately Plans by which people of the coun-j ity who have been forced to ask for! aid, some for the bare necessities of { life, will be assisted in making1 themselves independent to a large1 extent are practically complete, de-_ (tails being worked out by the Wei-' [fare Board, county officials, and I others, under the guidance of Miss Pearl Weaver, district supervisor of the Reconstruction Finance Corpora tion. An agricultural advisory council, was named a!, the meeting of the; welfare board last Thursday night, with W. L. Aiken, chairman of the county board of commissioners; Mrs. S. P. Verner. ef the relief council;! Professor Julian Glazener and John) Corbin of the Agricultural depart-} ments of the two high schools; Missj Olga Fortenberry and Miss Virginia IVilcox. representing the Homo Eco nomics department: Jerry Jerome, representing the Kiwanis club; Mrs. ?J. S. Silversteen the Red Cross; Chairman J. M. Calloway of .the hoard of education; W. A. Wilson, superintendent of welfare. Under the plan of operation, those people who have been receiving aid from the R. F. C. funds will be as sisted in getting small plots of lard, from one-half acre up, on whiri: they will be required to plant an-.: cultivate garden and fa nr. crops '? ' sufficient quantity to take care <vV their needs during the siinnnei iv. r the coming winter. Professor Corbin end Professor Glazener will have direct oversight of these farming and trucking pro jects, assisted by committees in each section of the county. Inshort, the movement is based up on the idea of "growing their own." with future aid to families depend ing solely upon willingness to plant and cultivate food and feed crops and can surplus vegetables where possible, according to schedule fur nished them. Cooperation of all farmers^ of the county will be asked, in patting the movement over, in order that land may be procured and work stock furnished Labor will be basis of (Continued On Page Etf't)