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J Only ^wspapcr NANCY GALLOWAY IS KILLED IN ACCIDENT Nine Year Old Child Die* From Injuries—Parents Slightly Hurt Funeral services for Nancy Eliza beth Galloway, nine year old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Fulton E. Gal loway were held Christina* day at Brevard Baptist church, with tho Rev. Paul Hartseil, pastor :« charge. Interment was made in the Glazener cemetery. The child was killed in en auto mobile accident Saturday atternoon near For»st City, when too car in which she, her father and mother, and an uncle, Eckel M. Galloway, were riding struck a tree and threw all four of the occupants onto the pavement. Mrs. Galloway and Nancy were riding in the rumble seat of the light car when the accident oc curred . Mr. Galloway said that the cat skidded off the pavement, the soft dirt causing the machine to swerve sharply. In an effort w> miss a tree by the roadside the rear of the car was thrown with heavy force against the tree the shock throwing, all four of the occupants clear of the car, the young child’s skull being fractured and her entire body badly bruised and crushed. She died in a Rutherfordton hospital at five o’clock Saturday afternoon. Others of the party, while suffering from the shock - and ‘slight cuts and bruises, were| discharged from the hospital and; came on to Brevard Saturday night.; Mr Galloway, who resides at Sax a paw, hi* wife and daughter and Eehel Galloway were en route to Brevard to spend the Christmas hol idays with Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Gal-j loway. JUNIOR ORDER PLANS SUPPER FOR MEMBERS Plans are being made by the local Junior Order to hold their ladies night and geti-tog'cther meetirg on Saturday night, January 6 at the Junior hall in Brevard. Plans call for a fitting program, including music and other entertain ing features, ended by a banquet. All Junior members me expected to bring their wives or sweethearts as, the case may be, and join in the fes | tive occasion. j QUICK WORK SAVES CAR I FROM DAMAGE BY FIRE, Quick work on the part of D. R. Be yd, employe of the Southern Public Utilities on Wednesday morn ing-put out a blaze that had stait ;d in the engine of a car belonging to Harrison Case on West Main street. , . In some manner the engine caught from the ignition wiring, a tall flame bursting from the engine. Mr. Boyd happened along on a truck of the Southern Public and used an extinguisher which is part of allj the company’s trucks to put out the blaze. The fire department had. been called and made a record run to the blaze car, not taking over a minute and a half at the most, but the blaze was already extinguished by Mr. Boyd. MASONIC LECTURER SS HERE FOR WEEK _ I Many Masons are taking advnti-j tage of the opportunity afforded j them this week of hearing Jeff Nel-, ?on, lecturer for the Grand Lodge, of Masons who arrived here Tues-: day afternoon and has been giving, lectures in the Masonic hall. Mr. Nelson came here well recom-; mended and his brilliant lectures. have received tho approval ol a; large number of hearers. He will | continue to speak in the Masonic; hall throughout the week to those of the brotherhood who desire to hear him. All members are urged to, attend as many of these lectures as they possibly can. __ _ i BUSINESS WAS GOOD HERE FOR CHRISTMAS Buriness was good in Brevard stores last week, a checkup here Tuesday revealed, the week being I considered the best since 1929. It was estimated that around I twelve hundred people attended the I drawing for nine pieces of furni jt'ire that were given away by the j R. H. Plummer store at the court j house Saturday afternoon. BOYLSTON ROAD TO BE PAVED IN SPRING I Chairman Jeffress States To Kiwanis That Project Is Approved Construction work on the Boylston road will be started in the spring, according to a letter received bv tho Brevard Kiwanis club from Chair man E. B. Jeffress of the state highway commission. The kiwanis club and several citizens of the community have writ ten letters to Mr. Jeffress, J. C. Walker, Frank W. Miller and others of the highway commission request ing that the work be started immed iately. Following is reply to the club by Mr. Jeffress: Brevard Kiwanis Club Brevard North Carolina I am in receipt of yours of Decem ber 18th with reference to improving the Boylston Road. Federal money has been set up for this project and we expect to get it under construc tion in the spring. As to whether we do it by force account or com petitive bids cannot yet be deter mined. Yours very truly, E. B. Jeffress, Chairman. NO EXTRA WORKERS ALLOTED TO COUNTY Although several projects have been given official o. k. by the Ral eigh office of the Civil Works Ad ministration, no extra allotment of workers has been given the county, according to W. A. Wilson, CWA di rector here. Mr. Wilson said that while he ex pected to receive an extra quota within the near future, there were no more places to be filled at this time unless some of the present workers quit their jobs. Only those people who have registered at the unemployment office are to be put on'at any time. Mr. Wilson said, all workers now coming through that of fice. Two case investigators, Mrs. C. Y. Patten and Mrs. Ryan, arc working every day checking cases of need and reported need ,the direc tor said, in an effort to cover the, county in as short time as possible. MUCH MAIL IS HANDLED BY LOCAL POSTOFFICE Around fifteen thousand pieces of mail were handled by the Brevard post office during the past week, according to Postmaster Coleman Galloway, an extra clerk being used in order to facilitate handling of, the mail. | All packages for city deliveryi were gotten out Saturday afternoon] and Saturday night by Gerald Sit ton and Edwin English carriers,] the entire force working overtime] in order to take care of the in-] creased business. All cent and one-| half stamps in the office were sold before Saturday. At Lyday Hospital The following patients at Lyday Memorial hospital were reported on Wednesday morning to be doing nicely: Miss Bill Aiken, Victor Griswold, Katherine Ballard. Threlkeld Appointed Superintendent of Public Works For City of Asheville p. L. Threlkcld, for the past year district engineer for the state highway department with head quarters in Brevard has accepted , the position of director of public] works for the city of Asheville and, will leave here to take up his new work as soon as his successor in the; highway work is appointed. Mr. Threlkeld stated to The Tillies that he regrets very much having ] to leave Brevard and the work he; has in Transylvania, Henderson,! Polk. Jackson and Macon counties, | but that he could not afford to ( turn down the promotion offered m| the new work. The district engineer has made many friends throughout this district and especially is this true in this immediate community. He was elected as a member of the board of directors of the Bre vard Kiwanis Club in December and made chairman of the inter-club relations committee of the dub. Mr. Threlkeld’s election to the post of public works director is , said to have been unanimous by the city board of Asheville where he has made his home for the past several years. Mr. Threlkeld was educated as a civil engineer at the University of Kentucky. He became connected with the state highway commission in 1920 and has been with that or ganization "since with the exception of a year when he was sales engi neer for the Carolina Tractor and Equipment company end for seven.' months engineer on a bridge project He has had considerable expert ence in the practical construct^’ end of engineering and in handling men on his various jobs. EASTERN STAR TO MEET The regular meeting of the East ern Star will be held in the Masonic hall Tuesday evening at 7:30 o’c'oc' All members are requested to attend the meeting, al'o all visiting mern l::rs. Negro Shot While Entering Home of Robert F. Tharp; May Recover Harry Builey, a twenty year old negro is in serious condition at Ty day Memorial hospital, result of be ing shot twice with a .38 calibre pistol early Wednesday morning as he entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Tharp ir. West Brevard. Frank Duckworth, son of Mr. ar.d Mrs. W, H. I^uckworth, was accidentally shot in the thigh by A. B. Owen sometime later when the negro was being arrested. He is reported rest ing comfortably at the hospital. Mr. Tharp said that he was awakened during the night by some I one on his front porch yelling some thing about shooting and calling his I name. Just awakened, Mr. Tharp i was unable to clearly understand what the negro was saying, and by j the time he had gotten out of bed the negro had smashed the four | panes of glass in the front dooi of ; the Tharp home and was crawling in through one cf the holes in the doer. Mr. Tharp, gun in hand, called, thinking at. first that it was another ! negro who was possibly drunk. No 1 answer was made by the negro climbing through the aperture apd Mr. Tharp said he began shooting. He fired twice, the negro being struck by two bullets from the heavy revolver. With the last shot, Mr. Tharp said the negro fell to the floor and he returned to the bedroom where his wife, son and daughter were. The negro was in the room where the telephone was located so Mr. Tharp decided he would come into town for the officers. In a very brief time the negro was heard to get up and begin thrashing around in tho front of the house. Knowing that he only had one more shot in his gun, Mr. Tharp took his family out through the rear of the home and got into his car, coming to town for the officers Sheriff Tom Wood, Deputy Tom Wood, Jr., Policeman Morris and several residents of the town immed iately went to the Tharp home where search was made of the house and surroundings. The negro was seen in the garden just below the home and Deputy Wood and Frank Duckworth took liold of him At first the negro offered no resistance, saying “Don’t shoot, white folks,” and raised his hands above his head. However, as soon as Deputy Wood and Mr. Duckworth had taken hold of him he began fighting and Deputy Wood was compelled to , strike liim oyer the head with a j revolver. Continuing to fight, Mr. I Owen and Sheriff Wood stepped up jto assist in taking the negro when he is said to have suddenly kicked out with both feet, striking Sheriff Wood with one foot and Mr. Owen with the other. Mr. Owen had a gun in his hand and the negro is said to have kicked him on the hand, causing the gun to go off, the ball striking Mr. Duckworth in the thigh. Mr. Duckworth was brought to) the hospital end his wound dressed by Dr. E. S. English, the negro be ing later brought in and given treat ment by Dr. Newland and Dr. Cun-i . ningham. j During the time that Mr. Tharp' , had coma into town for the of-, ' ficers, the negro had been into ev | ery room of the house, broke out window glass, smashed furniture, turned over dressers arid generally i demolished the place. Evidence of ; blood showed that he had been to i each of the three bedrooms and had I his hands about the bed clothing as , if seeking the occupants he thought jto be there. When found he was' | naked, having pulled off part of l his clothing in front cf the Tharp I j home and parts at other place? | 1 about the yard. j Officers say that the young heavi I ly built negro has been seeming!;. I quiet heretofore. His father works as janitor at the Transylvania Trust company, while his mother, Ella Bailey, does laundry work and hou=o cleaning for several families in the i community. The young negro man is said to | | have been acting- very queerly early i I in the night according to his father, ) Ossie Baiiey. who said that the, young negro had been in bed and had gotten up and aroused members I of the family, built a fire and want ■ ed religious services. Becoming un 1 ruly, he fought his father, and bit him on the arm severely, later get ting away, and from the Bailey home ] above Camp Transylvania evidently: ; went to the home of Mr. and MTs.1 Tharp. The elder Bailey was seek ing his son when he w'as arrested. It was not known Wednesday at noon just what charges would bej preferred against the negro pending I outcome of his wounds. He w'asi shot once through the abdomen, the! ball entering his left side and rang-) (Continued on back page) TAGS MUST BE ON ] CARS JANUARY 1ST! __ i Local officers have received re-1 quest from the State Revenue do-] partment calling upon them to as-] sist in seeing that no car is driven, after sunrise on January first, (Monday of next week) without a I new tag. New tags may be procured. from the McCrary Auto Service, the. Walker Insurance agency handling' the business for Mr. McCrary. Fol-j lowing is copy of letter to local of-! ficers: ! The Governor and the Commis-! sic.ner of Revenue of the State of i North Carolina have positively or dered that the enforcement of the] Motor Vehicle Laws of North Caro-; lin, pertaining to the use cf 1933, tags after December 31, shall begin | at sunrise on January 1st. The laws of North Carolina] make it the duty of every peace of-! ficer, whether he be state, county, | city cr township officer, to enforce • the motor vehicle laws, and I am | writing you to urgently request yeur complete cooperation. The State Automobile inspectors and State Highway Patrol will be ordered to arrest each and every person found operating a motor] vehicle on and after January 1st, without 103*1 tags Itfing displayed] on it. I You can be of invaluable as-j sistanec to the State in bringing about the enforcement of this law by seeing that the officers; under your jurisdiction are properly in structed and commanded to arreset each person found violating the law after sunrise, January 1st. MRS. HALSELL DEAD [ I AFTER LONG ILLNESS, Word was received by Mrs. Bates Patton on Friday of the death of Mrs. E. L. Halsell, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, who died Friday morning •t. her home in the west after an ’Pnoss of two years. Funeral services were held Ratur ’•iv from St. Paul’s Methodist hurch. and interment was made in Muskogee cemetery. .. Mrs. Halsell was a daughter of bate William Patton of this untv, moving to the west after tv» married Colonel Halsell. Mr. •rnd Mrs. Halsell have a summer home at Davidson River where they hive been spending each summer ntil this vear when Mrs. Halsell ■ t/'o ill'to make the long trip ENON SCHOOL PUPILS GIVE XMAS EXERCISE A Christmas program consisting of two plays was given by the Pen rose school grades last week at the P. T. A. meeting. Penrose school children observed Christmas at school, in their usual custom, having a Christmas tree and exchanging presents, and receiv ing a treat of fruit and candies from the teachers. The Christmas season was one ofj the usual quic-t, with college students and teachers returning home, rela tives and friends visiting and en joying Christmas dinners. The conventional custom of the day was fulfilled when numbers of the men and boys of the community went rabbit hunting. MISS ALLISON ACCEPTS POSITION WITH SENATOR All secretarial positions in the of fice of Senator Robert R. Reynolds are now held by graduates of Bre vard Institute all three of the young ladies being former pupils of Miss Earleene Poindexter. Miss Mary Allison, popular young Brevard lady, left last week to as sume duties in the office of Senator Reynolds, Miss Paulette Gillespie and Miss Elsie James already being at work for the senator. Miss Alli son has, until -be accepted work int Washington,, been with the Walker I Insurance agency, and has worked | in several offices in Brevard and Western North Carolina. MANY CHILDREN ARE! GUESTS OF THEATREj Nearly six hundred children of the community were guests of the Clem son Theatre at a free show Christmas morning, the theatre observing their annua] treat to children. In addition to being guests at the showing of “Tamm the Ape Man,” bags of candy and oranges were also given the youngsters as they left the show. Every seat in the house was taker several minutes before the show was scheduled to start with a large group taking up standing room. While this was the largest crowd ever to assemble in the local pic ture house, perfect order prevailed throughout, (the entire assemblaiga sdercinelv enjoying the treat (■' the fullest. OFFICERS ARE ELECTED BY BOY SCOUTS OF BREVARD Hoy Scott* of America Troop IN./. 1 in a regular weekly session Friday night elected officers for the onuing term, with Assistant Scout master C. M. Douglas, presiding. Officers elected were- Scribe, Hil ly Beasley; Doorkeeper, Oliver On ;. Flagbearer, Max Ashworth; Librari an, John Hollen; Monitor, John Walker; Reporter. Jimmy Deaver. NOAH CMLER FOR! REGISTER OF DEEDS. School Teacher and Active In Democratic Circle*—Pri- | mary Held In June ___ 1 The political pot has begun to, boil early in the campaign, first • public announcement for office be-1 ing made today by Noah C. Miller, of the Lake Toxswny section whoi announces for the office of regis-] ter of deeds on the Democratic ticket. i Mr. Miller, principal of the Sil versteen school' is a native of this j county, son of D. H. Miller of the j Sapphire section. He has been a. school teacher in the county forj several years, and has been very ac-j tive in hi3 party’s affairs. , - j ALL COUNTY SCHOOLS TO i OPEN ON NEXT MONDAY i _ All county schools will open Mon-1 iliv miming, January first to re-1 me their work after having been; closed ten day's for the Christmas [ holidays, drawing together again ■ large group of students and teach who have been separated since J .’m holiday period began. RED CROSS QUOTA IS* CERTAIN FOR COUNTYi _ i The Red Cross county roll call! will have reached its quota by the time the final report is ,sent in to! national stadquartm s,^ Believes Jer-', ry^JelormTcduifiy fflairman. who ha* been leading in the local drive. One hundred and seventy-two' memberships have been actually re-' ceived and seven more canvassewj who are expected to report this; week will send the roll call to the; two hundred mark. This year’s re-! port more than doubles that of last! year officials of the Transyiveniai chapter are proud to note. Nine of Brevard's business houses J were one hundred percent for thej roll call as was the county court; house which joined the drive one hundred percent. Good reports were seen from the Rosman and Brevard high schools, as well sa the ele mentary schools of the county. SELICA SCHOOL HOLDS CHRISTMAS EXERCISES Brevard, R-3—Special Christmas* exercises were observed at Selica | school or. Thursday afternoon of last j week, with around 100 patrons of! the school joining with the pupils! and their teachers in enjoying the. event. A biack face comedy skit was given by the pupils, Christmas songs i sung and presents distributed among | the punils by the teachers, Profe3-, sor Ruffin Wilkins and M:ss Marion! Henderson. Commissioners To Meet j The board of county commissioners will hold their regular monthly meeting on Wednesday of next week instead of Monday, Chairman W. I.. Aiken has announced. One Couple Married The oniy marriage license released | during the Christmas season bj j Register of Deeds Jess A. Galloway! was that of Miss Elizabeth Gravely to Lewis Hensley, both of 'Brevard. MSS CLAYTON NOW 1 IN RUTHERFORDTON _ Q Other Change* Announced Ey Kimzey In Liquidation of Old Banks Announcement is made by W. P»t Kimzey, liquidating agent for sev eral bank* in this section, that Mfam I.auna Clayton, for the past year bookkeeper and assistant at the Bre vard Banking compuny, has been moved to Rutherfordton where she will have charge of bookkeeping and stenographic work in that county. This move is being made in order t > cut expenses in liquidation of the several banks. Mrs. A. B. Owen, formerly legal secretary to Mr. Kimzey, has been placed in the Brevard bank as book keeper. Mr. Ximzey has moved his legal office from the Long Drug store building to the bank, bulk of his legal work now being in con nection with liquidation of the Bre vard bark. Erskine Duff of Raleigh and Elizabeth City, has been appoint ed general assistant liquidating agent in this district. Mr. Kimzey states that he is (lov ing out the work at the American Bank & Trust company at Hender sonville and the Chimney Rock Trust company, both banks having paid off all preferred claims, and that dividends, to general depositor® of the two banks will be mailed af ter the first of the year. The Try on Bank & Trust company, Mr. Kimzey said, has already paid off ail preferred claims and a five per cent dividend was sent all depositor* just before Christmas bringing the total paid general depositors to thirty percent. Dividends will soon be paid to depositors in the Ruther ford County bank and the Fenners' bank at Forest City. It is impossible to state now, Mr. Kimzey said, just when general de positors at the Brevard bank and the First Bank & Trust company at Hendersonville wilt receive their first dividends on account of thjfV big volume of preferred and secured claims against these two institu tions. However, Mr. Kimzey stated, cost of liquidation of the locul bonk Is being taken care of entirely from interest and other incidental income of the bank’s holding, all assets of the bank having been applied again*' perform! and secured claims. PENROSE CHURCH HOLDS AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM Enon Baptist church observed Christmas Sunday with a special sermon on “The Significance and Joy of Christmas” by the pastor, the Rev. C. W. Hiicmon, and with soecial Christmas songs by tho :ho;r and congregation. The songs were selected from the new hymn books recently bought by the church. Another feature Of the celebration ivas the singing of Christmas carols »y the Girl Scouts who drove from house to house in a wagon, Ch mas morning. Rev. Penny To Preach Rev. VV. B. Penny, cf Henderson- • villc. will preach at the Brevard Presbyterian church next Sunde. morning at 11 o’clock. ONLY SEYEN DRUNK IN JAIL CHRISTMA Brevard and Transylvania! county experienced an unusually qui*t Christmas this, year with town of ficials reporting only seven person* being confined to the county jo.' for public drunkne3s; five of the being town cases and two’ count;.. Although Christmas revelers i;> some instances may have allowed the drinks to flow freely, according to some observers the Christmas season passed quietly and unevent fully insofor as drunken orgies <T disturbances were concerned. Jennings Case Ends With No Damage AwardedTo Carolina Timber Company After a trial that lasted for eleven days, jury in the case of Carolina Timber company V3 E. H. Jennings turned down the plaintiff’s plea for damages in the amount of $27,000 asked for, answering the query "was damage to the property of the plaintiff, Carolina Timber company, caused by the negligence of the defendant, E. H. Jennings, a# alleged in the complaint?” NO. The Carolina Timber company al leged that considerable damage was done to holdings of the company by flood waters from the Toxaway dam that went out in 1916, and alleged that the dam went out due to negli gence on the part of Jennings. The case was started on Monday, Dec It, and lasted until"Thursday of last week when the -tsjwe was given to the jury. After dJSJioorating for several hours a verdict was re turned Friday morning, answering the query a» to negligence on th* pert of Jennings “no.” |H|L. nig Thirty-four witnesses were hea ! during the trial, among them I ■ ing several engineers and techni: men cm both sides of the case. Ninety days were given the plain tiff to perfect an appeal to ihe^ss pveme court by Judge Miens Schcnck, who presided over t court. While formal motion for ap peal was made by the Carolina Tin her company, no definite stateme t has been made as to whether tn* aopeal will be made. George M. Pritchard and J. ?. Jordan Jr., of Asheville and Lew.' P. Hamlin of Brevard, represent. 3 the Carolina Timber como.Vy. wit a J. S . Adams, of Asheville. W. E. Brecse and D. L. English of Bre vard representing Jennings. The following men served ; j jurors: C. 0. Robin-on. G$pton Gro gan- Taul Bowen, Ralpfc»40*barr<, Will McKelvey, John Mtfgis. Wal lace Short, Melvin GilloOTj, Eugcifi Carter, H. E. fttouimfci*- P* G,!" lespie, Nelson Bowen, tjs ‘
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