SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $1.00 PER YEAR
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1933
FIFTY-SIX MEN WILL
BE GIVEN WORK ON
REFORESTATION JOB
Extra Crew of 45 Will Be Al-j
lotted To Transylvania
In Forest Work
A total of 56 men from Transy
lvania county will be given employ- 1
ment in Pisgah National For ;:, ac- j
cording to W. A. Wi son, director i
of relief of this county.
Original quota was eleven, these
men between the ages ( f 18 and 25
being required to enlist for a
period of six months. The extra 45
men are not to enlist as first quota
are required to do, rather working
as general utility men in the pro
ject to be started in the forest.
Ranger Duncan stated Tuesday
that he had not received any def
inite- statement from tho war de
partment as to actual date of con
struction of the huge camp at John's
Rock on Davidson River, but that
plans and details of the camp were
expected daily.
As soon as the camp sites are ap
proved, detachments of soldiers and
a number of men of the recondition
ed unemployment corps will be sent j
here to begin construction of the!
nine camps in Pisgah Forest. Work:
is expected to be under way within
a week or 10 days.
Construction of nine camps in
Pisgah National forest, and several,
others in Nantaha a National forest)
and the Great Smoky Mountains!
park, will require a large amount of f
materials. These camps will also need]
large supplies of food, ice and other j
commodities. All of these things will
be purchased from firms most avail
able to each camp, it was learned.
Army officers are now busy securing
information as to the availibility of
necessary building and maintenance
supplies.
The young men in the camps will!
be put to work building roads and!
constructing lookout towers, culverts)
and telephone lines, buildirfg trails}
and doing reforestation work. For-|
esters said yesterday that 90 per|
cent of the private nursery stock for;
reforestation or 90,000,000 young ?
trees, are east of the Mississippi i
river. In the southern states, there 1
are now 5,000,000 young trees avail- j
able. ['
BILL INTRODUCED TO <
REQUIRE NO LICENSE!
? ? ? 1
Galloway Trying To Have New
Fishing Measure Passed
By General Assembly -j
i
A bill to permit fishing in the .
French Broad river from the forks
above Rusnian to the Henderson '
county line, without license has <
been introduced in the General As- 1
sembly by Representative Wallace >
Galloway. It will be recalled that a :
bill, wider in its scope, was intro- j
duced several weeks ago but failed j
to pass after local and state wide.,
opposition to the measure was,,
shown. j(
Following is the new bill introduc-i
ed : j c
Section I. That citizens of Tran- I
svlvania County are hereby per- j <
mittcd to fish in the French Broad l<
River from its forks above Rosmahjt
to the Henderson County line with- t
out procuring a fishing license; Pro
vided. this act shall in no manner \
affect the requirement to procure 1
permit before fishing on the prop- i
erty of another. r
I
Wins First Place
? ? ?
(
Miss Rheuemma Beddingfield,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Beddingfie'd, of Brevard, won first
place in the North Carolina State
Music contest held in Greensboro
last week. She won second place in
the state contest in both 1931 and
1932. ? (Cut courtesy The Citizen).
FEW BALLOTS CAST
IN TOWN ELECTION
New Board Sworn Into Service
Wednesday ? No Changes
Have Been Announced
Only 23 votes were cast in the
municipal election here Tuesday, the
Democratic tickct chosen at the pri
mary held on April 17, having no
opposition.
Elected as mayor, J. ('. Wike; al
dermen, A. H. Harris. Ralph Duck
worth, S. M. Mac fie, R. P. Kilpat
rick and A. A. Trantham.
The new mayor was given oath
of office by Mayor Ralph H. Ram
sey Wednesday at noon, Mayor
Wike in turn administering the
jath to the board members.
No announcement has been made
Dy members of the new board as to
probable changes in the personnel
)f the town, although several people]
are seeking places with the jiew
administration.
At least four men are said to be
seeking the place of night police
man, now held by Church C. Mor
ris, and one or more not reluctant
to fill Chief Bert Freeman's shoes.
Members of the board approached by
the press would make no statement
n regard to probable changes.
EMPLOYMENT PLAN
WELL RECEIVED HERE
Several business people in Brevard
nave wired President Rooseve't that
;hey will cooperate in his unemploy
ment plan, which calls for putting
>ne or more men to work by June 1.
Three million men, now unemploy
>d are expected to be placed back on
payrolls throughout the country un
ler the plan now in the making, in
lividual business cooperating with
:he national government in effort
:o minimize unemployment.
According to Mrs. Carl McCrary,
vho is placing the matter before
Hisiness people here, fine response
s being made throughout the com
nunity, state and nation.
Women's Civic Club Plans To Operate;
Chamber Of Commerce This Season!
!
Decision to operate an informa-i
tion bureau for tourists, providing '
sufficient .funds can be secured,!
was made by the Women's Civic club |
at its rejjular meeting held Mon-j
day afternoon. j
In furtherance of this movement,)
a committee was appointed to so
licit donations from the business j
firms, hotel and boarding house (
managers in order to defray ex-j
penses of operation of an ini'orma-,
tion bureau ./through Uhe summer]
months. The following committee]
was named, or volunteered their I
services: Mrs. D. G. Ward, Mrs.;
Harold; Norwood, Mrs. B. F. Beas-;
ley. Mrs. C. L Newland, Mrs. C. E. |
Cunningham, Miss Florence Kern. J
In view of the fact that it has
been definitely stated by leading
men connected with the Chamber of.
Commerce that a Chamber of Com-'
merce for Brevard will not be re
organized, and the civic club real
izing the necessity for such a ser
vice for tourists, agreed to sponsor
a tourist information bureau this
season, if the citizens of the com
munity benefiting thereby will at
least partially finance its operation.
It was decided to operate th-> in
formation bureau in connection with
the Woman's Exchange, with the
laiiy who is to bs in charge of the
exchalnge operating the/ tourist in- '
formation also. Miss Alma Trow
bridge was elected to continue in
her capacity as secretary of the or- ,
ganization, receiving and answering,
all correspondence pertaining to:
tourists coming to Brevard.
It was the genera'ly expressed |
opinion of the club that the mer-j
chants and boarding house and hotel
operators of the town would co-op
erate with the movement for an in
formation bureau and tourist head
quarters in Brevard, and wouid
heartily support lit with sufficient
| donations fo'- its operation.
The information bureau will open
in the Exchange rooms as soon as j
sufficient funds are secured.
At conclusion of the business'
transactions of the meeting, pre-'
sided over b.vi the president, Miss
Florence Kern, a most interesting
and instructive program was pre
sented in charge of the American
Home committee, of which Mrs. Roy
Long is chairman. Discussion was
made by members of this committee
on problems that pertain to the
hnme arid homemaking, Mrs. D. G.
Ward telling of room arrangement
:?nct decoration; Mrs. Pat Kimzey
iN\v; Thinp- ?;<> Eat: and Mrs. -J. M.
on window and porch flower
boxes.
TOWN PROPERTY TO
BE CUT 50 PERCENT
New Council Meets With Old
Board At Its Last
Regular Session
Kt'ul property in the town 01' Bre
vard will be reduced 50 per cent, ac
cording to action taken by the city
| board in its meeting held at the
Ivity hall Monday nifjht.
I The order was passed by the board
?of aldermen to make property of
the town tax books conform with
I those of the county, the order read
ing "to conform with the county
levy."
Several matters of routine nature
were taken up by the board in its
meeting which was the last meeting
| of the board that has served for
i the past two years. Members of the
(council present were Mayor Ralph
{ II. Ramsey, Jr., Aldermen Clyde Ash
I worth, Frank D. Clement, S. M.|
jMaefie and William J. Wallis, Al-I
Jdernian T. H. Galloway not having;
jbeen able to attend any meetings of l
jthe board for several months duej
} to his severe illness.
Meeting with the old board werej
I the new council ? Mayor J. C. Wike.j
Aldermen A. H. Harris, Ralph i
Duckworth, S. M. Macfie, and R. P..
Kilpatrick, Anthony Trantham, fifth]
member of the board being out of '
town. The new board which was]
elected Wednesday, was invited to J
"sit in" with the outgoing board i
Hnd take part in discussing the)
town's affairs.
CALVERT SERVICES i
j Announcement is made that the j
j Rev. J. E. Burt will preach at Cal-j
vert church Sunday morning at
eleven o'clock instead of at Glady
Branch as previously announced. 1
Services will be held by Mr. Burt
at Zion church at eight Sunday eve
ning.
B. I. ALUMNI MEET |i
I TO BE HELD SUNDAY!
BONDS ACCEPTED IN
PAYMENT OF TAXE;
! Big Savings Effected Throug
| Acceptance of Paper For
Debt Service Portion
I Payment of street and speck
I assessments ami debt) service po:
;tion of taxes with town of Brvvar
(bonds have already started, wit
? big savings being effected, accor<
'ing to Harry Pitton, city clerk an
[treasurer.
. One party., paying taxes for th
i'year 1932, ihe tax amounting t
'$368.30, effected a total saving o
j?170.53 by reason of taking .advan
[tage of the bond payment plar
Right other tax payers of the towi
had taken advantage of the plan uj
jto Monday night, Mr. Patton saiti
I their savings amounting to varyinj
?sums.
j The measure allowing payment o
I the debt service portion of towi
[taxes and all of special assessment:
and interests was passed by Rep
resentative M. W. Gallcway in thi
Genera! Assembly several weeks ag>
at behest of the mayor and board 01
aldermen, who saw a saving could b<
effected by passage of the measure
Bonds of the town are listed 01
the market at varying prices, some
being listed from thirty to fortj
cents on the dollar. These bonds arc
taken at face value by th<? town un
der the measure passed in the Ge^
eral Assembly, thus allowing a tn
payer to pay the debt service po
tion of his taxes or ail of hi
special, assessments, including strep
and sidewalks and whiteway levies
and interest, for a very nominal sr. r
in comparison to the amount callc?
for on the tax books.
Several thousand dollars in sav
ings to the taxpayers at no cost to
the town are expected to be effect
ed through this method of paying.
Anyone seeking complete informa
tion on the matter are referred to
City Clerk Harry Patton.
All Former Pupils Invited To 1
Attend Farewell Party At
I Brevard Institute !
j Mnny former students and alumni
of Brevard Institute are anticipa,t- :
i"ig the reunion to be held on the In-!'
stitute campus Sunday for the an-jt
nual get-together and picnic of stu-|">
dents, graduates and any connected <
with the institution at any time. ii
i Those attending are expected to!
bring lunch baskets with them, then
lunches to be put together and serv- j 1
ed on long tables on the campus at j I
the noon hour. The families of those ;<
attending are invited a'so. '<
! It is expected that those not able | '
to be present for the picnic lunch j!
will attend some time during the,*
day and renew former friendships. :<
! A program will be presented in the i ^
afternoon, featuring musical selec
tions and addresses by i'ormer su- t
perintendents C. H. Trowbridge and't
0. H. Orr, and the present superin-jl
tendent, Miss Daisy Ritter. ? ]
j The alumni committee in charge of '(
(arrangements for the reunion i?- t
elude Mrs. John Gatlin, Mrs. J. R.I
Hamlin and Mrs. H. K. Crowell, ullu
f Ashevi le. j!
Millers Called Away i
~
Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Miller were f
I called to Waynesville the first of
the week on account of the critical (
illness of Mrs. Miller's father, Mr. c
Fisheu who died Tuesday morning <c
i following an illness of three days.c
due to a stroke. Funeral services 1
were held in Waynesville Wednes
day. The deceased had reached ad- r
vanced age. t
Mr. and Mrs. Miller are expected ic
to return to their home at Davidson! a
River within the week. Mr. Miller isja
depot agent at Pisgah Forest.
BANK OFFSET BILL IS ii
PASSED BY SENATE]
Raleigh, May 3 ? The Senate passed!
and sent to the house a ' compromise j 1
bill on Tuesday to allow depositors in t
closed banks in 16 counties to buy or [r
sell deposits and use them to pay j j
accounts owed the banks, after the I a
institutions have been closed lS.i
months. )
The measures makes the provision i!
apply to Buncombe county by amend - 1 ^
ing a law recently parsed which a.-ji
lowed immediate purchase and sale r
of bank deposits.
Other counties included are: Cher- \
okee, Haywood, Henderson, Macon, ?
Jackson, Rutherford, Transylvania, (
Craven, Sampson, Robeson, Halifax.
Edgecombe, Stanly. Johnson and s
Wilson.
P.IRTH A NNOl 'WCEMENT
Mr. anil Mrs .Willis Britta!" an
nounce the birth of a daughter.
Elizabeth Mary, on Sunday morning :
Arnl "0, at Lydav Memorial hospi
tal. <
GROGAN CHOSEN TO
HEAD STATE W.O.W
Brevard Man Given Recogni
tion At State Convention
Held This Week
W. H. Grogan, Jr., of Brevard, for
i number of years active in Wood
nen of the World, being manager of
he Western North Carolina district,
vas elected head advisor of the State
Tamp at the annual convention held
n Asheville Monday and Tuesday.
Other officers for the fiscal year
vere elected as follows: J. Love
Davis, Wilmington, re-elected head
?anker; W. L. Ross, Salisbury, re
'lected head clerk; R. C. I.itaker,
Concord, head escort; C. P. Goforth,
Kings Mountain, head Watchman;
ind L. L. Odom. Wadesboro, head
secretary. Judge Barrington T. Hill,
if Wadesboro, becomes junior past
lead consul.
W. H. Bell, of Newport, was elect
id chairman of the head camp audi
ors. Other auditors elected are: D.
vedbetter, Asheville; J. G. Pritchett,
Burlington; James H. Paterson,
Charlotte; and J. B. Collins, Greens
?oro.
V. L. Hunt, of High Point, was
lected sovereign camp de'egate from
<orth Carolina to the national con
'ention, which will be held in Chi
?ago in July or August. J. Milton
Todd, of Charlotte, was elected state
raternal correspondent.
Judge William C. Braden, of Lake
Charles, La., was the speaker Mon
lay afternoon, while D. E. Bradshaw
if Omaha, Neb., national president
f the Woodmen of the Wor d, spok
Tuesday morning.
L. L. Odom, president of the Pied
nont District Log Rolling Associa
ion, presented a gift to E. B. Lewie. |
if Kinston, chairman of the nation- j
il board of directors and state man
iger. This gift was presented in be
lalf of the district.
MEDALS PRESENTS j
BY BREVARD D. A. R !
I
According to annual custom, the
ocal chapter of the Daughters of
he American Revolution awarded
nedals to the 7th grade history
lupils in five schools of the county
it the commencement exercises dur
ng this week.
The medals are given each year
>y the local D. A. R. to the 7tb
:rade ?tud-;nts in each of six schools j
in the county md'.dng the highest
iverage for the year in the study of
United States history. The medals
vere presented in the different
ichools by members of the D. A. R
:hapter.
The following medals were pvc
!ented :
Brevard? Billy Nicholson.
Pisgah Forest ? William Albert.
Rosinan ? Q-v'ntOn C tune.
Lake Toxawa.v ? J. R. Breedlove
Little River ? Name not yet avai'
!ble.
Brevard Institute ? To be awaid
*d later.
Graduates * J
? ???, i '
5 ! ~
| Miss Louise Kimzey, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Kimzey,
) of Brevard, who will graduate
' with honor at Flora MacDona d
college at Red Spring?, N. C., ill
June. Miss Kimzey has been prom
inent in all student activities, ex
celling especially in dramatics,
! during her college career. ? (Cut
I courtesy The Citizen.)
hlANY TROUT PUT IN
! STREAMS OF COUNTY
i
| Over Hundred Thousand Rain
, bow and Brook Trout
Fingerlings Placed.
Over a hundred thousand finger
ling trout were released in streams
.'of the county last week, when citizens
jfrom all sections of the county ob
tained rainbow and speckles from
I the federal hatchery at Wytheville,
jVa.
Nineteen thousand were placed in
I Pisgah Forest rearing pools, this
[being the biggest lot to be put in
:any one particular place. Lots of
:five, six and ten thousand were re
ceived by various citizens at Bre
jvard, Rosman and Lake Toxaway,
all of which were placed in streams
of the county. The fish were received
through co-operation of Congress
man Zeb Weaver, interested -peonle
of the county making up the ship
ment.
iWHITE AGAIN HEADS i
i COUNCIL AT ROSMAN
j
j ROSMAN, May 3? Mayor A. M
] White was re-elected without, onpo
jsition in the town election held herr
[ Tuesday, when a small vote war
! cast.
Allen Sisk. G. II. Woodard and E
I M. Collins were elected to places on
[the board of aldermen, there being
i no opposition to these gentlemen, all
(of whom had been selected severa
I weeks ago at a convention, no pri
jmary being held
, The Rosman mayor and board of
j aldermen have been serving for some
" time without any pay in an effort
I to cut expenses of the town govern
ment to the very minimum.
RE II) APPOINTED
1 T. B. Reid of Oakland, has been
'appointed as tax lister for Hogback
? township, taking the place of Gran
Iville Fisher, who was originally ap
j pointed, but asked to be released
jfrom duty.
I i.i ? -r -
LEGALIZED BEER ON
SALE IN COUNTY AT
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
Five Business Places Granted
License To Sell ? Few
People Buy Monday
Legalized beer made its advent in
to Brevard Monday morning U 12:01
very quietly, no parties being staged
and no disorderly conduct of any
nature being reported. Sevei al peo
ple were up town at midnight to wel
jcome the return after more than
?.twenty-five years of legalized beer.
. Around 100 bottles of the Inevv
'were sold over the counter immedi
ately after 12:01, and the four Bre
jvard concerns handling beer contin
I ued to have a regu ar sale of beer
1 throughout Monday and Monday
i night, with some slacking up on
I Tuesday.
| Red Arrow, Old Glory, Pilsener
'and other brands were in vogue Mon
| day, with word going the round that
a price war between wholesalers sup
plying Transylvania county was
: probable. Retail prices were 25 cents
iper twelve ounce bottle at all places-'.
> License to sell beer were granted
?Saturday to Macfie Drug company,
? The Canteen cafe, P. &. G. cafe, Main
Street A. & P., with permit being is
sued on Monday by the board of
commissioners to the G'oucestor
Lumber company store at Bosman.
Annual license fees are set. at $25
per year, county tax $10; and fifteen
for town license; state and federal
tax bringing the amount to $65 per
year.
Those who really "know thc-ir
beer" were pleased with some of the
brands being sold in Brevard th?
first of the week, with beginner*
wondering whether or no it was
something to get excited over Sev
eral were seen to drink their first
bottle with relish, while several hot
ties were not completely drained, th ?
taste evidently satisfying the curio -
ity in short order.
The John's Rock camp sit? was ap
proved last Thursday by Major 0.
P. Matthews of Fort McPhearsor.
. Ga., who is inspecting other car: >
sites in western North Carolina and
Tennessee.
MTRARYCHEVROLET
! DEALER !N BREVARD
i
Takes Agency For Light Car
? Will Maintain Sales
I Offices Here
|
I Announcement is made by Mc
Crary Tire & Battery service garagi
; that they are now Transylvani.t
county dealers for the famous Chev
rolet car, having secured thf? agency
i recently, and now havimr two mo-1
els on their showroom floors on ?
? well street opposite the um? .??.!
battery station.
i Mr. McCrary, in announcing his
agency for the Chevrolet, slate
that he had the choice of agency fo
several low price cars, hut chose th
Chevrolet for its adaptability to th
section, and its outstanding record
durability.
Business men of the commun:
are elated over the fact that a 1?.c
man has the agency here, this bc;
the only auto sales concern v.
headauarters in the county. AM
from having the Chevrolet at:
the McCrary people al.io operate .i
one-stop service station, handling a
comp ete line of gas, oils, aci'e'-so'-:. -.
repairs and Firestone Tire and Rub
ber products.
Much Interest Shown In Location Of
Methodist Owned College In Brevard
! Much interest is being shown in
1 1 h e probability of locating t h e
i merged Weaver and Rutherford
college in Brevard, and many > letters
: by Brevard people and others inter
ested in the proposition have been
'sent to Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon and
members of the commission on loca
tion.
Chief among endorsements was
that of the Hendersonvi le Kiwani?
{club, which unanimously adopted a
resolution at its meeting last Thurs
! day, asking that Brevard be given
; preference over other sites. Aside
from the Kiwanis endorsement, which
was n-.ailed to all members of the
commission headed by Bishop Mou
zon, interested citiiens of Henderson
ville have also written letters in re
gard to the Brevard site.
Resolutions were adopted by both
the Board of County Commissioner:'
and the Board of A'dermen in their
meetings Monday, asking Bishop
Mouzon and his commission to favor
Brevard, and pledging support of
both municipal governing bodies tr>
r.r.-ir* ir any way possible, both in
locating and operating of the school.
Tt will bs recalled that the "Wo
man's Missionary Council, who have
owned ai?<l operated Brevard Insri
tuu : 11 a .'lumber of years :;s a co
educational institution. dccided in a
meeting heid recently that the schoi !
would not be operated after July 2S
of this year and offered the entire
i property, valued at more iban two
! hundred thousand dollars, to the
| Western N'orth Carolina Conference
I of the Methodist church as a site ft .
i the merged college.
Ranking is one of the best schoo'
! in operation in Western North Car ?
? lina for years, Brevard Institute hr> .
.in a way, completed the task f
which it was built, thet of offorii
to deserving boys and girls of limit'
means a high school education. Wit
.the coming of the fine education;
J system that is now in force in Norl
; Caro'ina, the school has lost its nei
| for this type work, and it is th<- pu'
pose of the Woman's Council to pi
a'l its efforts toward operation of tli
Vashti School at, Thomasvilfc. Ga.
Realizing the need of a proper site
for the merger of the two college-.
Weaver and Rutherford, both of
which are church institutions. th?
Woman's Council is tendering off< r
of the fine properties located here for
site of the merged institution.
The proposed college will l>o ope<
atef, it is understood, on the Berta
plan, givirjr training in vocational
'hrs an-l nr. the same time being an
' accredited junior college, S