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UNIQUE MOONSHINE OUTFIT DESTROYED Officers Get 3 Men Chargee With Stealing, At Still £ Near S. C. Line Sheriff Tom Wood and a party oi officers from South Carolina brok< up a “Carolina distillery” last Sat urday morning in the Whitewat( > section. arresting three men and re' covering a big lot of stolen groceries It seems that the three had made a raid several days ago on a Pick ens grocery concern, carrying ofi flour, sugar, coffee, meal and other groceries and canned goods and had carried them into the fastnesses of the hills just this side of the South Carolina line where they had literal ly set up camp and had things fit as a fidulu for living and manufact uring. The steamer outfit had not been called into use when the officers arrived on the ?C‘’ne, but all the mak ings were in higb state oi readiness and a few more days grace would have seen the steady trickle of the near-famous Carolina beverage flow ing from the still. As many of the groceries as could be carried out by the officers were taken back to South Carolina along with the three men who are being held by the Pickens officials on ^ charge of theft. ROSMAN LEADS ALL SCHOOLS IN COUNTY Rosman high school led alt schools of the county in average daily at tendance, according to figures from the office of County Superintendent G C Bush .overage of Rosman high being 98.60. Montvale .'v »»cc ! .. Sapphire, taught by Prof. J. T. Harrison, prob ably made the outstanding record for the month, with an average daily attendance of 96, and this with an enrollment of only 20. Other averages reported by Pro fessor Bush incude; Pisgah Forest, 96.40; Seli^, 96; Brevard high, ^*4 69; Rosman eiement*i%_ ^Little River, 90.89; Old Toxsway, 89; T^ike Toxaway, 88.37; Connestee, 88; Brevard elementary, 87.80; Que bec 82; Cedar Mtn., 81; Turkey Creek, 80: Balsam Grove, 64; Sil* versteen, 61.80. JORDAN^ STREET ONLY TO BE USED ONE DIRECTION _ I Traffic violators on the one-way' street, Broad to Caldwell, are warn ed by Mayor J. C. Wike that traf f fie is only permissible from Cald-1 well to Jordan, and arrests are to be made fi r any violation of this I ordinance. Stress is also laid on violationf by childrvn of the skating ordinance, it being against the town law to -.kate on any part of Main, Broad, Caldwell, Jordan from Caldwell to j Gaston. Gaston from Main to Maple, or the Greenville highway. j PENROSE P. T. A. IS DOING GREAT WORK PENROSE, Jan. 19—Penrose P. T. A. held an executive meeting last week and discussed different projects that might be worked for the good of the school. The one considered of importance to begin was furnishing hot soup to underprivileged chil dren. A stove was put in a vacant room Monday morning and about 15 chil dren received the benefit of a hot lunch. Miss Floy Ponder assisted by Miss Hazel Greene of the seventh grade did the cooking and serving. They report it a very enjoyabie bit of work. Mrs. Amy Corpening fol lowed Tuesday with her services. Frank Cox and R. M. Blythe work ed Monday evening making tables on which luncheons are served. There will be more than Monday’s 15 to be served at other days. COLD WEATHER NOT AS FIERCE AS IN NOVEMBEI | Folks who shivered and huggc wraps closely about them on Mon day and Tuesday of this week ar I reminded by City Clerk Harry Pat 1 ton, who is official weather observe for this section, that the chills wer< (more or less of an imaginary na ture, lowest point reached Monday i being 21 above. j Two days in December were mucl ! colder, the official thermomete recorded down to 19 on Dec. 30 am ■ down to 17 on Dee. 10. Coldest day! ! this winter were Nov. 16 and 11 I when 13 above was recorded. N. C. TEACHERS WILL | BE PAID SAYS BUSH j - I Money For January Payroll I* Aleardy In Hands of School Official Despite the- fact that several states I ever the nation are faced with the ' problem of clos;ng all schools, with . thousands of children to be sent j home, North Carolina teachers arc already assured of getting their pay in full for the fifth month of school, : according to Professor G. C. Bush, county superintendent, who states ! that he already has on hand over fve thousand dollars with which to J pay for February school work, to be t paid out two weeks in the offing, i The local school official said he re ceived vouchers from the state treasurer last week. Insnll Must Leave Greece London — Samuel Insuil, former utility magnate, who fled to Greece 1 to escape jurisdiction of the U. S. I Court, will have to leave Greece be fore Feb. 1 according to the decision I of the high court of Greece. TOXAWAY ROAD TO BE DONE UNDER CWA Project for construction of a six mito stretch of roadway from Lake Toxav... to the Jackson county line _L'v_u : Camp Toxaway has been giveiS—■ Sfc--Jrfr.L' JfiCJCt'twW* g> t under way at an early date. The project calls for relocation, construction of this stretch, and ef fort is being made to have the Jack son county officials tie in on their side of the line with a road to give adequate passage through that sec tion . McCOY NAMED CENSUS TAKER IN THE COUNTY E p. McCoy, former postmaster at Pisgah Forest, has been appointed business census taker for Transyl vania county, having assumed his duties on Monday of this week. He is working under the Federal gov ernment . Marriage Licenses Only three marriage licenses have been issued by Regi-ter of Deeds Jc?s A. Calloway during January, these being Wallace Foster to Cora Lee Wilson Brevard; Flemon Erne icy, Tryon to Maude Hale, Brevard; Robert Green Nashville, N. C., to Hnzcltine Rhinehart, of Hazlewood. FARMS WANTED FOR UNEMPLOYED FOLKS A number of would-be farm ten [ants have registered in the re-em ; ployment office, these people seek ing farms for rent, Dewey Gravely, manager of the local office :aid Mon day. There is need for farm o^aers to get in touch with the local office in order that tenants may be^ placed. There are no charges for this ser vice, Mr. Gravely explained, it be j ing duty of the office to bring owner i and tenant together. Help to some j families who wish to return to farm : ing can be secured through his of i fice, Mr. Gravely said. Magazine Offers In Connection With Transylvania Times Proving Attractive Thirty-four subscribers to The Times have either come in or mailed in their renewals to the paper since Wednesday of • last week, setting a new high mark for the past twolve months for one week’s circulation by A three. - Aside from the fact that mo3t people in the county and several hundred who at one time called Transylvania home, like tto read the home paper, interest is being shown in the two attrac ^ tive magazine offers that are procurable through The Times. Kt- * The following people have re newed during the week; Henry Queen, R-l; Ed Duclos, Fort Worth, Texas; W. P. Alli son, Brevard; Corrine Ashley. Hendersonville; Mrs. W. H. Davis, Greenville; Jim Alexan der. R-2; L. E. Bagwell, Bi— ' vard; J. K. Mills R-2; Jas A. King, Union City, N. Y.; Clyde Ashworth, Brevard; Miss Car rie Duckworth, Raleigh; Mrs. Nath S. Galloway, Rosman; Carl Queen, Balaam Grove; W. M. Cioud, Brevard; C. E. Lance, K-l; A. P. Boggs, R-2; Joe Cur to, R-2; Web Hollingsworth, Pis gah Forest; Vance Galloway, I>ake Toxaway; Clarence Nor ton, Oakland; Eck Simms, Bre vard; Nathan Morris, Somerset, Ky.: Mrs. R. J. Orr, Brevard; Henry W. Marshall, Durham; Floyd Gash, Lenoir; Mrs. L. E. Lewis, Raleigh; B. F. Beasley, Brevard; Mrs. Truman Crary, •Brevard; Mrs. Mamie Fisher Galloway, Rosman; I„ P. Beck, Asheville; Mis3 Jack Clayton, | Biivard; W. D. Lance, Cross Anchor, S, C.; May Jenkins. | New York; D. Rr Bryson, R-3; 1 L. H. Moore, Penrose. 9 t Governor Refuses To Issue Pardon | To Four Transylvania County Men • Governor E'nrir.ghaus denied clern > ency to T. H. Shipman, J. H. Pickel simer, Ralph R. Fisher and C. R. > McNeely at a hearing in his office in Raleigh last Thursday, but allow ; e<l the men 30 day3 to get their bus-i 1 iness in shape. The hearing was attended by G. j Lyle Jones and J. Bat Smathers of Asheville, and Letois P. Hamlin, of| i Brevard, attorneys for the four men,! ( together with Judge N. A. Town send of Charlotte, who re-sentenced the men December of 1932, J. E. Shipman of Hendersonville, the Rev. ! Paul HartselL Ralph H. Ramsey, Dr. j Charles L. Newland and M. B. Mc ' Daniel of Brevard. | Pardon Commissioner Gill and j Governor Ehringhaus heard pleas of J the men for their clients and friends I but refused to grant the pardon ask I ed for. However, friends of the men j are still hopeful of a pardon, and ! are working toward this end. Hundreds of telegrams and letters were before the governor at the hearing, coming from Transylvania people, and leaders of prominence i throughout the state asking that a I pardon be issued in accordance with! the judgment of Judge Townsend’s; recommendation, who also appeared; before the governor and stated that j a study of the records and an inves-j tigation into the case convinced him; that the four men did not deserve a; prison sentence. He stated that hoj would have imposed a fine on the; men at the time he sentenced them] to two years in prison if it had beenj possible' for the men to pay a finej at that time, and that his reason, fer making his ruling to the effect | that he would recommend a pardon J | if the lump sum-of thirty thousand] I dollars were paid into the county I 'was in order to allow the men time ito get the money up. Tried in August of 1931 on aj 1 .'•-i.o.p of conspiracy to defraud] Transylvania .cuuty fnr the aid of ■ the Brevard Banking Cou*«-np ' which institution dosed its doors I December 15, 1930, ibe men were' given sentences of from two to five, were tried. Practically two weeks were taken i up in the original hearing, a jury| from Haywood county hearing the j evidence and returning a verdict of, guilty. Volumes of evidence was of-j fered by the state at the hearing,1, setting'forth that, the county com-i missioners and officials of the bank conspired in the sale of a $100,000; tax anticipation note, using the mon-j ey for benefit of the Brevard Bank-' ihg company, which was at that time the county depository. No evidence was offered by ths men at the first trial, counsel for tie defense declaring at the turn that, in their opinion, the state had failed to make a case against the men. Practically ail people of the county concurred in this belief, and the verdict of guilty was one of the most unpopular verdict)! ever rend ered here. Appeal was made at once from the verdict by the men, and a petition was circulated over the county, and signed by over 3700 people, asking tlife governor to pardon the men. Hbwever, this petition was not pre sented to the governor, a stay of execution being obtained after the supreme court in a 3-2 decision had upmeld the lower court in its ver diit as to part of the men tried, three being released by the h:gh cot«.vt. Following a stay of execution granted at Rutherfordton by Judge J. H. Clement, motion for a new trial on the grounds of newly dis covered evidence and the assertion by the defendants that the Haywood county jury who heard the case wore guilty of irregularities while sitting on the matter, was denied by Judge Walter E. Moore in August of 1932, and an appeal was again made to the supreme court, the ap peal setting forth that the law go\ erning the case did not call for ; prison sentence and also a fine. This appeal was allowed by the supreme court, and Judge N. A. Townsend of Charlotte was given task of re-sentencing the men a December term Superior court here in 1932. Two of the defendants, J. H. Pickclsimer and C. R. MeNeely,. and several other witnesses went on the stand and testified before Judge Townsend, making sweeping denia; jf the charges upon which they had jeon convicted by the Haywood coun - and asserted that the $100, tay-rital'cipatie" m»fe to procure'mJney for /''expenses of the —bounty;] had been a custom of pre _ boards of commissioners; that funds then on hand in the Brevard Ranking company had been borrowed 7or the express purpose of retiring jends, duo and to become due, th< ict of legislature providing for the oan of $278,000 setting forth that ;he money could not be used for cur rent operating expenses; that they] lad been so advised by the attorney ■ ,vho handled the sale of the bonds, \ F. Mitchell of Brevard, who was (Continued on back puyc) C. Z. OSBORNE DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS C. Zeb Osborne, well known in Transylvania county, died at bis ihcine in Umatilla, Fla., on Sunday afternoon after an illness cf two years. Funeral services were held at Umatilla on Tuesday. Mr. Osborne, son of the late Mr. land Mrs. C. L. Osborne, was reared : near Brevard, moving to Florida about thirty years ago where be was a successful contractor until a ! few years ago when ill health forced him to resign. 1 Surviving are the wife, one son land three daughters, as follows; I Charles Osborne. Umatilla, Fla.. [Mrs. H. E. Hudson, Chipley, Fla.; Misses Claudia and Josephine Os borne Umatilla. One brother, C. K. Osborne, of Brevard, and five sis ters also survive. The sisters are Mrs. P. B. Lankford, Spartanburg; Mrs. I. T. Newton. Whitevilie, N. C.; Mrs. Josephine O. Moeller, New Bloomfield, Pa.; Mrs. T. C. Hen derson*, Lake Toxaway; Mrs. F. L. Owen, Umatilla, Fla Mr. and Mrs, C. K. Osborne and daughter, Mrs. Eck Sims, attended the funeral services in Umatilla on Tuesday. CAPT ADAMS RELIEVED j OF CCC CAMP COMMAND | Capt. Vi,. G. Burt, U. S. Army has relieved Capt. K. F. Adam? « I the command at Gloucester CCC i camp, Capt. Adams having beer ' sent to the government hospital ai ' Ft. McPherson for treatment. A genial and outspoken man Capt. Adams has made many friend? in this community and especially, ai the CCC camp who will look forwarc to his return here. WORKWILL BE DONE ON HIGHWAY NO. 21 Beautification and repairs ti shoulders of highway 28, from thi Henderson to Jackson county line has been authorized by the CWA according to W. A. Wilson, director The work will give employment t lit men under the present set u] and is expected-to be started on Fri day of this week. Exact nature o the work to be done has not bee announced. STUDY COURSE TO BE TAUGHT AT PENROSE PENROSE, Jan. 17—Rev. C. W. Hilemon, pastor of Enon Baptist church will begin teaching a B. Y. P. U. study course at his church here on Monday after the fourth Sunday, using the Union Manual and a book on training for church membership. About fifteen members of the young people’s organization have signified intention of taking] the course. 1 “Making Better Temples of our 'Bodies” was topic of the pastor’s, I sermon‘last Sunday morning and 1 “Watching” at the evening hour, j Recommendation by the board of | deacons that the weekly prayer ser 1 vice be changed from Wednesday night to Friday night was passed by the congregation. HAYES MOTOR OPENING 1 STORAGE PLACE ON MAIN ■ Announcement is made in this is i sue of The Times by Freeman Hayes i to the effect that he is moving his [ repair department into the old Lowe i Motor company place on West Main ' street, where he will have ample , room, for storage end shop work. Mr. Hayes will continue to operate the rock filling station cm corner of ! Oak and West Main. BREVARD PHARMACY UN NEW MAIN STREET HOME i The Brevard Pharmacy ha9 moved | its location from the south side of West Main street to the north side, j just above the Joines Motor com .pany place. This is one of the older business ; of Brevard, Dr. J. B. Pickelsimev, i proprietor .having- been in the drug j business here for a number of years. jPOISONKILLSMANY ( DOGS AROUND TOWN 1 Several dog owners in the im i mediate Bdevarrl vicinity reporl their animals either dead or verj near as result of poison that was ’ put out in die community Sunda; ■ and Monday. > In some instances medical ass it » tance and remedies were sufficien • to save the lives of dogs that wen ’ valuable to the owners, while, it i»other instances the dogs were to< jfav f»one to respond to treatment. fd. UNEMPLOYED TEACHERS ASKED TO WRITE BUSH All teachers of the county who are out of employment are requested by Professor G. C. Bush, county sup erintendent, to write him at once, telling of their experience an teach er, the type of certificate held and other information that should be in the hands of the county superinten dent. Movement is being made under the federal government, Mr. Bush said, to give all unemployed teachers work and it is necessary that the above information be in the hands of the county superintendent in w'rit ing. SALES TAX MUS”T BE PAID ON CWA SALES Only Relief Order* Exempt From Levy—Misunder standing In County Carl Felmet, of Hendersonville, | sales tax supervisor for the western; North Carolina district, was ini Brevard Tuesday and requested that] all firms in the county take notice j of the fact that sales tax leports! must be filed at once or else penalty j wdl be attached. Mr. Felmet said that he had re ceived word from this county that some merchants and business houses war* not charging sales tax on tax ble articles sold to CWA workers, be misinformation having been put lit in some instances that money ] - ned on CWA projects was fed , ral funds and that supplies bought with same were tax exempt. All supplies sold to any federal n^oloye, CWA, PWA, or ether, arc subject to the state sales tax, Mr Fe’met said, only relief orders be ing exempt. SOUTHERN GENERAL LAUDED AT MEETING "R^rTrTc?" —Si^jewaH Jackson, outstanding Southern gen erals in the War Between th; States, were lauded at the regular meeting of Brevard Kiwanis club Wednesday. Professor J. B. Jones, of Brevard high school delivering the timely i address, _and pointed to these two. men as worthy of emulation. Miss Myrtle Barnett also appeared! before the' club and asked coopera tion in the adult schools which are being conducted in this county un-| der the FERA. -I OFFICERS ELECTED BY CALVERT YOUNG PEOPLE^ Officers elected last Sunday night by the Calvert B. Y. P. U. include the following: President, Ruth Whitmire, vice president, Annie Whitmire; secre tary, Lila Gillespie; Bible group! leader, Helen Owen; chorister, Kate Waldrop; organist, Miss Susie Jor dan. Noted Comedian Dead Mesa, Ariz.—Charles E. Mack, of the “Two Black Crows” vaudeville team, died in a Mesa hospital Thurs day from injuries he received a few hours before in an automobile ac cident. UNEMPLOYED ASKED TO REGISTER AGAIN All unemployed people of the( county who registered in the re-j employment office prior to January first are urged by Dewey Gravely,, manager of the local office that they j I are required to re-register at once. This re-registration is being made,] ; Mr. Gravely said, in order t'nati a j check-up can be made on those who, i have secured work and those who : ere still unemployed. Likewise, those 'who registered prior to January first | for farm labor or rental before the [first of the year are required to| come in and have their names placed] jon the 1934 files. 1 ROOSEVELT BATWING NEW PHRASEOLOGY Descriptive of Over-Sized Pint Bottle Said! To Be In Great Demand Here | New word to fit the case ha* been coined in Brevard—Roosevelt Bat wing—which, interpreted from lan guage of the street, means an over sized pint, but some short of a quart. The phrase is used in. describing a receptacle for joy?? water which finds its way more or less promis cuously into the community The “Roosevelt Batwing” is just ai»out twice the size of the tegular bat wing that made its appearance around here a couple of yean; ago, the word batwing being descriptive of a short pint, holding two ounces less than regular size. The one found in front of The Times office Sunday night while being empty except for a few drops, had the high and mighty smell and evidently had been of a gTeat kick ing nature .judging from the hii-'ing sound that came with loosening of the screw cap. Dutchman In Beheaded Leipzig, Germany—Mannus van der Lubbe wac beheaded during the past week for the* burning of the Richstag building last Few nary DISTRICT B.Y.P.U. TO MEET NEXT SUNDAY ROSMAN, Jan. 17—Upper Dis trict B. Y. P. U. will meet at Zion Baptist church here Sunday after noon, Jan. 21, at 3 o’cIock, the fol lowing program to be give Song service; Scripture Cln > ry field union; musical prayer, Lake Toxaway union; ‘‘The Basic of Au thority in Religion," Calvejt union; "The Authority of Christ jr Christ ian Experience,” Rosma. unton: song. Middle Fork unior: inspira tional tulk; business; closjng song. district ficers’in each sponsible for a large number of members being present. R. L. GASH NAMED AS SUPERVISOR IN COUNTY R. L. Gash of Brevard ?.a. bier appointed to supervise "ork in Transylvania county of cbet king till tax sales of farm propeity. de linquent tax payers of the -amc type real property, and transfer:- of farm property in the county in the past few years. Mr. Gash will have rev- a->is tants in this work, who bad not been ramed Tuesday. Principal work will be done in the register of deed4 office and the tax collect j office SUPERLATIVES ARfi CHOSEN AT ROSMAN ROSMAN. Jar.. 17-S. - .ative of Rosman high school sC'.o i cm: as selected by the junior2 ncluii the following: Originality, Ann Moore: ‘'c tility, Ophelia White; ,e tonal; Maxie Moore; cutenes- Bern' Reid; sincerity, Thomas Let ; schol ship, Lila Gillespie; dignity, F nie Morgan; capability. Mildred Henderson; popularity, All* 1 White; athletic boy, E. J. Whitn, . * daint iness, Ethel Manly; r.am'-omest. boy, Ear! White; class bar; Oscar McCall; man hater, Daisy iallowey ■ class monkey. Howard Calloway : best all round sport, Ear! Whitt: ugliest boy, Btiren Huggc- 1 great est bluffer, Douglas Eldridg* big gest feet, Clinton Greer: biggest fibber, Jack Gillespie; ni■ t Jove. Bruce Reid; prettiest hart, Paul Whitmire; class gossip. Ltd Bess Owen; most mannish. Edith Clarke; biggest primper, Aiken _ , iazoner; most conceited, Reba Met:1': most fickle, Inez Owen. —Lila Gillespie. Cla* Reporter Process Tax Law Explained As To Hogs and Corn Sold On the Farm Process tax must be paid ou any hog that is butchered and sold re gardless of whether it is sold to a market or to the consumer, accord ing to the state revenue depart •ment. Likewise, when one farm er buys corn from another and has ft ground into meal for bread pur poses or for sale, the process tax must be paid. However, if a farmer buys a hog from another farmer and afterwards kills the hog and uses it at his home there is no charge. Likewise, if one fanner buys corn from another for feeding to livestock on his (the buyer’s farm) there is no process tax. - This information is taken from the following from the tax department to State College, as follows: In reply to your letter of Janu ary 1st making Inquiry in bahalf of Mr. C. M. Douglas, Editc. of th • “Transylvania Times,” ci Brevard. North Carolina, we wish to &dvi ■ that if Farmer Brown butchers th hog that he sells to Faimei Jone.-. Farmer Brown would have to pay the tax. If Fanner Jone- buys the [hog alive from Farmer Biown and kills the hog himself and eats it himself in his own home, it la our understanding that there -will be no tax on same. If Farmer Brown buy- a wagors load of corn from Farmer Jone . feeds this corn to his cattle cr hogs there woud be no tax on it; but if Farmer Brown had the com ground into meal for his own use it his table and not for feed purpose-: only, he would be required to pay the tax as he is not the producer I thereof ; Respectfully, ' C. H. Rocertecn Collector '
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