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NORTH CAROLINA, VOL. 38? No. 11 LAKGE NUMBER PASS REQUIRED WORK AT BREVARD HI SCHOOL Thirty-Seven Members of Sen ior Class Scheduled For Graduation Thirty-seven members of the Bre vard high school class have c; ;t ed required work, and are eligible for graduation, according ??? an nouncement made Tuesday by Pro fessor J. B. Jones. S .Tal other members of the seniov class will probably make the required grade before expiration of the term, Mr. Jones stated. List of qualified seniors follow ? Lois E. Bainette, Rhuemma Bcd dingfield, Frances Elizabeth Bishop, Ruth Elizabeth Boggs, Nelle Kate Duckworth, Helen Elizabeth Erwin, Claia Joe Gavren. Dallas D. Glazen er, Frances Chtistine Joines, Allie Bell Morris. Edna Mae Nelson, Ruth Ad: 'ade Pickelsimer, Norma Eliza beth Ponder, Ethel L. Raster, {Cath erine Christine Saltz. Ella Mae Scruggs, Gladys Idell Tinsley, Wil lie Kate Waters. Julia Jane Wilson, Virginia Wil son, Elizabeth Cordelia Wood, Jus tine Roberts Wright, David Ash worth, Doyle Edmundsen, Eari Full bright, Ralph Galloway, B. F. Gil lespie, Jack Lyday, Hayes Merrill, Allison Moore, Robert Pearce, Otus Shipman, Clyde Shuford, Merriman Shuford. Raleigh Waldrop, Lawrence I Williams, Mildred Whitmire. large" egg brought to TIMES OFFICE BY LANE T. B. Lane of Brevard, is run-' ning a close second to Mrs. Rufusj McCall in the big egg contest. Mr. ( Lane brought an egg to The Times! office Tuesday that measured exact ly with the one sent in last week, and weighed a slight fraction of anj ounce less. The egg was laid by a Black Giant hen. which breed of chickens, Mr. Lane says, is recognized for lay ing eggs of above the average size. J toxawaymeT take ! UP POTATO STUDIES! . Meetings To Be Held Each] Monday Night For Farm Problem Discussion i LAKE TOXAWAY, March 15? j Forty farmers of this community met! with Professor John F. Corbin at I the school house Monday night, at | which time the study of potato rais-j ing was taken up by the group. Eleven practices were named as deciding factors in growing potatoes i t'or profit, and discussion of two of j these points ? soil and seed ? wasi talked over at the' mooting. Next! Monday is set aside as meeting of j the group when other phases of po-i tato growing will be taken up. BUSINESS MEN SPONSOR I SCOUT TROCP AT ROSMANi i ROSMAN, March 15? Local busi-j ness men met with Rev. J. N. Hall and the Boy Scouts Friday night to] discuss plans for the Scout organiza tion. these men forming the Scout board of the Rosman troop. It has been suggested that the an nex of the Rosman Methodist church j be used for a meeting place for the] Scout until a permanent place can I be located. The boys arc now study- 1 ing for econd class Scout tests. The Scout board is comprised of the following men: Jordan Whitmire, Craig Whitmire, J. W. Glazener, I). H. Winchester. W. R. Lewis. A. M. White, J. E White. B. B. White, A. M Pharr. (J. H. Woodard, W. J. Moore, H. J. Schain, A. H. Harris, E. R Galloway, J F. Corbin. J. I. j Cline. J. E. Burt. 1 COUNTY SCHOOLS 16 RUN FULL. 8 MONTHS County . Superintendent . Says j Teachers Are Most Loyal People In World "Transylvania schools %vi!l be op j orated eight months," according to j | a statement made by Professor J. B. J jJoneS? county superintendent, Jinn-! jday morning. | i Schools of the county are schi duledj i to clos. or> May 3, and plans are be-! ? ing made for a large number of grad-; ' uates. It is on account of the large ? number of high school pupils whO| 'will graduate, and the further fact 1 ! that many of the other grada pupils j I would have to take another year's . i work in order to complete grades,) ? that the school head is positive in j this1, assertion that the schools will be | j operated for the full eight months j ? term. ! Professor Jones states that he feels j I no fear of his staff of teachers quit- j I ting on account of the shortage of \ funds, and at the same time express- 1 ' es the hope that there will be suf-i j ficient money on hand to meet all ob- 1 (ligations. However, Mr. Jones point- 1 Jed out, as was the case last year, the! ?teachers failed to get their money on: Itime and the schools went or. justj 'the same, with final payment of the! ! last month's salaries being paid in j I February of this year. ! "We have one of the best sets of teachers in any county, anywhere,", Mr. Jones said, in discussing the' force under his supervision, "and these folks think a lot more of their j puDils' advancement than they do of _ getting their pay checks promptly." | j hist of graduates are being made', [up in both Rosman and Brevard! [high schools and will be ready for| [publication within a few days. HIGH AVEMGE MADE j BY 2 ROSMAN GIRLS' I Miss Jordan and Miss Glaz-1 ener Honor Winners Of Graduating Class ROSMAN, March 15? Miss Ruth! Jordan, with an average for the four year high school period of 90.4 has been selected as valedictorian of Itosman High School. Miss Louise Glazener, with an average of 89.3 has been chosen as salutatorian, with Miss Myrtle Bry son following close for high honors. Other representatives of the class | who will take part in the graduating ? [exercises will be announced later, ac cording to Professor T. C. Hender-j j son, principal. Twenty-eight mem-] bers comprise the Rosman high j school graduating class. EASTERN STAli TO MEET Regular meeting of the Eastern | I Star will be held Tuesday evening at j 7:30 o'clock in the lodge hall. j The installation of officers and j ; birthday celebration have been post-j 'poned until a later date, according tot announcement of worthy matron Mrs. j I ina Rustin. IMUSICFEATURE TO [ BE GIVEN MONDAYj ? : i | The Scotts, musical entertainers,] j are scheduled to give a recital at ! Brevard high school on Monday af j ternoon of next week, the program i to begin at 2:45 in the afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Scott, formerly | with the Chicago Civic Light Opera j company, who will give the enter tainment, are rated as high class en Jortainers, and will include on their | repertoire solos, readings, humorous , -kits and instrumental numbers, all in appropriate costumes. The pro i j'.vani will last for 45 minutes. ! Rrovard high athletic association) ?is sponsoring the entertainment, and I will "harge a small admission. i Jurors Draw?. For April Term of Superior Court By Commissioners Revision of the jury list for Tran sylvania was completed last Satur day, and the county commissioners drew the list of citizens who will serve during the April term Super ior court which convenes on Monday, April 3. The board of commissioners arc taking care of duties formerly per formed by the jury commission, which body was dissolved by a bill introduced in the General Assembly by Representative M. W. Galloway several weeks ago. The list follows: First week ? R. V. Manley, J. \V. Duckworth, J. B. Galloway, C. C. Kilpatnck, T. A. Snyder, Wilkie McCall. H. V. Cison, W. I. Fisher. N. A. Reid, W. C. Gravely, W. H. Hin kle. Winston Ashworth, G. W. Max well. John Mann, Fred Ki!n;Vlriek. James Hamlin, N. P. FMden. J. H. Garten S. W. Siniard. W .iltt ?? Nich olson, J. A. Btvson. B. A. Gil!esr>ie, H. A. I-riul, Karl Bosse. Charles Ashworth, L. F. McCallj 0. H. Paxton, H. R. Sellers, J. C. Maxwell, G. C. Sontelle, Frank Wil son. John Kilpatrick, W. C. Morris, h. H. Thomas, D. L. Holliday, S. B. Parker, Henry S. Orr, T. J. Kimzey, ?1. H. Parker, T. E. Waters, Homer i Orr, T. D. Floyd, Henrv Garron, F.j J. Whitmire, M. C. Fortune, W. C. Whitmire, B. E. Nicholson, Geo. M. Bromfield. Second Week ? J. M. Whitmir?. Clarence. Allison, C. V. Green, Carl Case, Charley Nicholson, Harrison W. Miller, Jess O'Shields, Steve ! Boyd, L. F. BIythe, W. 0. Galloway. |C. Wike, John 'Ashworth, J. B. Pet lit. J. W. McCall, M. M. Feasts, T IE. Carter, Alvin Fowler, George W. I'lendrix, A. I). Rogers, IT P. Tinsle.v |L. B. McLean. C. J. M It z. W. E. jGalloway. Fred Xicholsoo. I First week of the court w'.ll ' ; given over tc hearing of' crursha' c-ases; second week, civil. Banks Opening In N. C. ! As Conditions Improve ' Ninety-three banks in North Car-1 olina had been ordered re-opened i Wednesday by Guerney P. Hood,1 state bank commissioner. It was emphasized by Mr. llcod in a statement made public Wednesday that the list was incomplete and that because u baiik was not included in the list announced Tuesday and Wed nesday should nut be taken as a re flection on its soundness or solvency. New names were being added to the list during the day Wednesday, which j will be announced today. Application for opening of the! Transylvania Trust company was forwarded to Commissioner Hood onj Monday of this week, and permis-j sion to open is expected to be had | momentarily, ipossibly Thursday or Friday. The delay in opening of some of the banks is caused by the fact that the applications are being taken upi as received in the office of the state j banking department, each bank being checked individually. I No restrictions are being placeu on | the ::tate banks opening, other than j those imposed by the federal govtrn i ment on hoarding and business in volving yro'd and j;?M certificates, j It is expected thai a large amoun. of gold and gold certificates will be; placed in the local bank immediate:." upon its opening, as the penalty for hoarding gold ar.d gold certificate? is very stringent. With reference to hoarding of gold! or currency, the new federal banking1 law provides that "whoever wilfully, violates any of the provisions of t'ni= : sub-section, or any license, order or1 regulation issued thereunder shali. upon conviction, be fined not mors than $1 0,000" or imprisonment "for not n^ore than ten years, or both;] and any officer, director or agent o? any corporation who knowingly par-! ticipates in such violation shall b<?j punished by like fine, imprisonment,] or both.'' VOCATIONAL TALKS ; IN THREE SCHOOLS, Kiwanis Club Sponsors Move To Help Students Decide Lines of Endeavor Brevard Kiwanis club is sponsor ing a vocational guidance movement, which will be held in connection with the high school and Brevard In stitute, in an endeavor to assist graduates make up their minds as to, type of work they will take up. j Plans of the club, as outlined by | the Rev. Paul Hartsell, program chairman, is to send speakers to the various schools, these speakers to outline briefly the vocation or pro-, fession which they are following, r . j Brown Carr. Mayor Ralph Ramsey,, the Rev R. L. Alexander and C. 61. Douglas have been placed in charge of the schedule. The following speakers have beer. I asked to speak on the dates men-j tioncd : ! At Brevard high school? March 16, Ralph H. Ramsey and R. H. Mor- ; row; March 21, Rev R. L. Alexander; anil Frank D. Clement; March 2.5, M. Gaines and Mrs. Carl McCrary;! March 28, A. L. Ripper and F. Brown Carr; March 30, Dr. J. L. Cobb ana A. H. Harris; April 4, Dr. t. L. Newland and A. G. Kyle; April 6, Paul Glazener and C. C. \ongue. April 11, M. B. Mc Daniel and JUrs. Hinton McLeod; April 1-5, w ? L Price and R. F. Tharp; April 18, Mrs. K. T. Kimzvy and Mrs. . i Newland. At Brevard Institute, March 24? Ralph II. Ramsey and R. H. Morrow; March 31. Rev. R. L. Alexander and Frank D. Clement; April A. I ...Kip per and F. Brown Can; Apn; H; Dr J. 1- Cobb and A. H. lis*: --m An'ril 21, Dr. C. h. Newland ai: ' A., a.' (Cyle; April 28, Paul Glazener ami C. C. Yongue; May 5 , > ? ?? M. Daniel and Mrs. llinton !'?*'? Mnv 1" W S. Price and R. 1 ? Tharp; "May 19, Mrs R T ?M,d Airs C. L. Newland; May 2b, Miss I.innie Charles and C. M. Doug-j las. ! At Rosnian High school? March 17. Oliver H. Orr and Dr. C. E. Cun-. ningham : March 21PatKimzey and] v-ink Clement; March 31, Ham , Sellers and J. M- Oainc^ Apr. ] Rev R L. Alexander and Miss l.in STUDY COURSE W HI BE HELD NEXT WEEK Study course of the B. ^ ? P- U ? ; [;f the Baptist church will be hold next week, with meetings cach night during the week beginning at 7 ; o'clock. Classes will be held begin ning Monday night and continuing, through Friday night. Aside from the regular class work there will bel special features. j The following courses will be of fered; For seniors ? Senior Manual, taught by Ralph H. Ramsey; Pil grims Progress for B. Y. t\ u., taught by Lewis P. Hamlin. For in termediates ? Intermediate Manual, taught bv Rev. Paul Ilartsell. For juniors ? Junior Manual, taught by Mrs Hugh Hol'field. Bible Heroes i taught bv Miss Marjorie Garren. j KIWANIS CLUB TO HEAR DISTRICT MAN THURSDAY Dr. Jos. R. Sevier, of Henderson ville, will pay his official visit to the Brevard Club Thursday of this week, the meeting to be held at the England Home at noon. Every member of the club is ex p,-c-t(il to be in attendance at the Thursday, and several in arc also ?xpected. ASKS LAW TO PLACE j ROAD ON STATE LIST! j Short Stretch Near Brevari ' Should Be Taken Over, j The Bill Asserts A bill has been introduced in th' , General Assembly by Representative i M, W. Galloway, requiring the State Highway commission to place a two and one-half mile stretch of roac near Brevard ori the State-maintain ed list. The road in question is located ! southeast of Brevard, beginning at' the end of Maple street and termi-j nates in the Island Ford road. Pe- 1 tition was presented several months j ago by residents of the section ser ved by this road, and failing to get) the action asked for, Representative; Galloway is seeking legislative power; in the matter. The bill follows: ''That the State Highway commis sion be, and it is hereby requested, ordered and directed to place upon the list of State-maintained county roads the public road set out and described in the petition of Mrs. H. S. Jordan and others, and to main tain same, said road being set outi and described in said petition sub ; stantially as follows, to-wit: 'Begin ning at the corporate limits of the town of Brevard, at the end ol' Maple street, and runs through the lands of Dr. Marr. Mrs. C. A. Shu-f ford, rat Henry, R. T. Aiken, Mrs.! X. K. Jordan, Camp Chickasaw and) ethers, passing around the South' sid<> of Sugar Loaf .Mountain .inter secting the Island Ford Road, at a| point just south of E. 0. Shopman's j re sidence, covering a distance of ap j proximately twor and one-half miles.' j "That any and all laws , rules c'. j regulations, pleas, excuses or subter-; fuges contrary to the provisions <> i section one of this act, by, through! or under which the State Highwayl commission has been able to suc-J ccssfully refuse and decline to com J ply with the request of the board of , county commissioners of Transylva nia county that said commission takei over and maintain said road, be and! they arc hereby repealed." B. & 15. USING DUE BILLS i I The B. & B. Feed company is is- ! suing due bills to farmers for prod j ucts sold at their place, the seller! being allowed to trade the bills all any time for merchandise. ROSMANBOARD CUTS GOVERNMENT COSTS ROSMAN, March 15? The most! drastic step since the incorporation | of this town has been taken by th j mayor and board of aldermen, cut ting salaries and expenses to the I bottom and even below. Order has been passed by the of ficial board cutting pay of the town policeman from $50 per month to $35 per month, white the mayor and board of aldermen slashed their own pay to exactly nothing, from $12 per year. This step was necessary, Mayor A. M. White stated to a representa tive of The Times, as a means, of meeting conditions as they exist to day and further, that it was the opinion of the officials that other] governmental units of the country! could take like steps, though prob-l ably not so drastic as that taken by ! his board. All other expenses of the town have also been cut by the board, work having been stopped on the streets only in cases of payment of fines, using the town truck cur tailed, and a general practice of economy invoked. R. M. Collins. A. M. Sisk and G. H. Woodard- eompri-? the bnard of |aJderrr.?n. w::h A- M. White mayc 'nr.d W. N. c'.' ' man. > PEOPLE RESPONDING j TO WELFARE PLANS: Farmers County Assists?!? In Carrying Out Relief Program Underway Great response is being- made toj 'the appeal for assistance in carrying lout the gardening plans of the Wel i fare Association, farmers in the ul-j fcrcnt communities cooperating ,n the movement. j Work is being given to people i..| the communities by many farmers, paying for the labor in needed seeus land supplies, r.nd giving horse labor | in return for day labor, in order that these people who do not have horses | icon get their ground prepared. i Workers in each of the communi-) ties report that the best people of, i the various sections are doing ??| ' they can to boost the movement tr, ^ I make the people self-supporting, tne; workers who are assisting in the 'movement being highly elated over the response made for he.p. Seed and in some cases, fertilizer, will be furnished to those people who are unable to pay for same, and work .given rhem in older to take care cf the bill. .These seeds, how ever, are limited and great care is be-; ing exercised in placing them. Requirements also make it com nulsory that those people who are jo receive help from the K. r . funds, through which the seed are to n- furnished, must show an aptitude work, and really "stay on the "'plans for the individual gardens! are under supervision of the Agn-| cultural Council of the Welfare Asso ciation, with W. L. Aiken as Chan man, Professor Julian Glazener and r-ofessor John Corbin, together with Welfare Officer W. A. Wilson. LUTHERCOUCH HURT i IN FALL FROM TRAIN; Prominent Transylvania Man! Seriously Injured In Asheville Yards ? ' \ Luther Couch, well known resi-! dent of the Enon section, was ser-| iouslv injured last Friday when he, fell from a moving tram on tne ; Asheville railway yard. , Mr. Couch's condition was report- 1 ed favorable early this week One arm was badly crushed in the fall and one leg broken at the ankle. Mr. Couch was for a number of > ? " I prominent in business circles w] Brevard, being wth the WMnm Motor Sales company and the Jon le. Motor company. He served one te ... as treasurer of Transylvania c , tv. and was republican nominee , Sh1-T?'isnat "'Mission Hospital. Ashc-| villi- for treatment. MRS. NICHOLSON TO j GET OAKLAND OFFICE! j Mrs. Maggie Nicholson has been designated as appointee .m post mistress a< Oakland accord.ng to advices from Washington. Con pressman Zcbulon Weaver has sent the name of Mrs. Nicholson to the postoffice department, and hei ap , pointment is expected within a t. , ''"Mrs .Nicholson served in the > oa-j meitv of postmistress toi years, assisting her mother, the late > Mrs. Tom Reid. 1 HOUSTOX AXD BVRXETT ARE REPORTED ! SETTER Reports from Lyday Memorial hospital Wednesday were to the e feet that L. B. Houston and Jack [ Burnett were improving nicely. The two Greenville gentlemen were se-, verely injured in an automobile ac cident on Tuesday afternoon of last week and brought to Lyday Memorial for treatment. | LOCAL PEOPLE SAFE AFTER HEAVY QUAKE DOES MUCH DAMAGE Los Angeles Badly Shaken and Number of Residents Lose Their Lives i ? i-Sai I Word has been received fro._ Transylvania county people who are now residing in Los Angeles, Cali ? fornia, to the effect that they are 'safe, and suffered 110 injuries from effects of the earthquake which has caused a number of d< if.hs and much property damage '.n that city March 10. A telegram from Jack fline to Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Breese was to the effect that, while ha and his children iwere rather badly shaken by the [quake, and thair automobile wrecked, j presumably by a failing building, no ! personal injury was suffered. | A letter from Roy Johnson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Johnson, of North | Brevard, tells of his experience dur ing the shocks. Young Mr. Johnson I is employed in a Los Angeles cafe land was at work wher. the first herd shock was recorded. Part of his let ter follows: "'I was in the Boar.ery, with my hands full of dishes, when of a sud den, I was slung- against the counter then across the pie case breaking all the dishes, many people were in there and I jumped the counter and out the door and so did all the employees'. Just as I went out the floor, the en tire wall cracked all the way across. To my amazement; I saw parts of buildings fall, street cars rock and sky scrapers swing bee!; and forth. What a sight, I will never forget. Abbout 400 killed so far and the.v haven't found them all, they wont let anyone into Compton ad the pa per says or rather the radio, says that Compton is completely ruined every house is torn down, and I can't tell you about Uncie Boyd, but just as quick as I hear. I will write again. Gee! How things are shaking now, sometimes, now I have to hold my typewriter to keep it on the table." PUREBRED PIGS ARE REPORTED BY BOYS Agri Class MemWrs Owners of 43 Sof^ed Poland China Beauties Fouy litters of purebred Spottel Poland China pigs are now owned by members of the Vocational Agri culture class of Brevard hi^h school. 43 of the fine pigs coir prising the four litters. The sows are oi the lot purchased last spring by busini-s men of t: ?? community in connection with ? movement started here by P fessor .Julian Glazener ;o bring puie blooded swine into the county. Edward M at key. u hoc pig wa< bought by Wm. !?'. Creese, report the largest litter, 15; Otis Shipmar. whose pig was purchased by F;a> > D. Clement, reports 12; Herbert VT liams. pig bought by W. Mull r. ports 12; and Clyde McCrary, whf pig was furnished by Harry r iers, reports the smallest litter of lot, six. BRADLEY'S STORF TO BE OPENED HERE FRIDAY S L Bradley's will open a store in Bre vard on March 17. which will bo o: erated by 0. Bradley. Mr. iJradlcy i widely known in this station, being former member of the firm or Brae ley Brothers, who have opnratf i stores in Asheville. Ilendai sonvlfi Canton and Greenville, S. C. The new establishment will fea ture men's work clothes, ^hoc-s. sport ing goods, camping equipment and harness. Mr. Bradley will move his family here within a few days, p.:' I intends to make Brevard his home. : 9 Town oi Brevard Primary {$ Set For May 2; Books Will Open Saturday Town of Brevard Primary will b held at the court house on Tuesday May 2, with polls opening at eigh o'clock in the morning and closing a: sunset. Registration books will be open or. Saturday of this week. Registrai J. A. Miller to be at the court houst each Saturday until Saturday, April 15, which will be challenge day. Any person desiring to become a candidate for either mayor or mem ber of the board of aldermen must file notice of his candidacy with the city clerk, H. H. Patton, at least ton days before the primary. No announcement has been made' as to candidacy by any citizen of tho town, iij'though a proposed list of candidates was announced by E. L. Sim? last week. Mayor Ralph H. Ramsey, Jr., wh? 1 head of the town's government for the past two yea) . II has made no statement as to \vheth< >" or not he will stand for re-election. Nor have members of the board made public statement a:; to their candi dacy. The present board is composed <?> Clyde Ashworth, Frank D. Clement. T. H. Galloway, S. N. Macfie ard William Wallis. P. T. A. MEETING WILL RE HELD MONDAY AFTERNOON March meeting of the Parent Teacher association will be held next Monday afternoon, beginning at 2:45 o'clock instead of the usual hour at 3:15, at the elementary school builu ! inp:. Special features will !>.? shown, and ail members of the organization r.re .- serially requested to V.- present Monday afternoon at 2:45.