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FLOWER SHOW WILL
BE HELD JULY 27TB
Women’s Organization Moves
Summer Event Up One
Month for Visitor*
Date for the annual flower show,
sponsored by the tyomens Civic
club, was set for July 27, at a meet
ing of this organization held Mon
day afternoon at the library. It was
decided more advantageous for all
concerned that the date for tins
outstanding event of the summer
season be put forward one montn,
instead of holding it the customary
time the last of August.
Featuring Monday’s meeting was
an interesting and profitable pro
gram in charge of the garden com
mittee, cf which Mrs. John Max
well is chairman. Mrs. Maxwell
had secured Miss Martha Boswell,
an expert on flowers and flower cul
ture, to discuss the subject of flow
ers.' Miss Boswell gave a ccmpre
henive discussion i of .the topic,
basing her fa<ts mainly on her pev
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W. WGR AVELY DIES
AT EAST FORK HOME
Funeral services for W. W.
Gravely, Sr. were held Wednesday
afternoon at two o’clock at East
Fork Methodist church, conducted by
the Rev. J. N. Hall, pastor. In
terment was made in the cemetery
nearby.
Mr. Gravely, who was in his
seventy eighth year, died Tuesday
morning after a brief illness at his
home in the East Fork section where
he had been active "as a eommuhity
leader and farmer. He was a 'Sbn
of the late Mr, and Mrs. Joseph
Gravely, who moved to the Eapt
Fork section from South’ Carolina
75 years ago. '
Surviving are the widow, who was
before her marriage Miss Ollie Gil
lespie; one daughter, Mrs. B. A.
Gillespie and cue sen W. C. Grave
ly, all of the Fast Fork section.
A large number of people from
all sections of the county and from
upper South Carolina attended the
last rites conducted Tuesday,
CH’A’s Strike
Wilmington—Claiming that they
had been discriminated in the wage
reduction of the CWA. Union work
ers on four projects here that em
ploy skilled labor, “suspended” op
erations on Monday, the CWA of
ficials terming the “suspension” a
plain strike, and pointed to the fact
that picket lines were being formed.
Union workers said they had sus
pended pending adjustment of the
wage scale.
FARMERS TO MEET AT
LITTLE RIVER SCHOOL
Farmers of the Little River com
munity will meet with Professor
Julian A. Glazener at the school
house on Monday night, March 12,
at 7:30 o’clock for a get-together
j meeting and discussion of farm
problems.
Matter^ to be taken up at the
meeting to which all farmers of the
community are especially invited,
will be discussion of the production
credit loans and the corn-hog reduc
tion contracts.
It is also expected that evening
classes will bo organized at the meet
ing to bo held Monday night for the
study of truck and general farming.
Commissioners To Meet
The board of county commissioners
•will hold their regular monthly
meeting at the court house in Bre
vard on Thursday of this week.
CHIEF FREEMAN IS ILL
AT SILTMORE HOSPITAL
Chief of Police Bert H. Free
man is very ill at Biltmore hospital
where he was carried on Monday
morning fcr diagnosis and treat
ment. Reports from the hospital
Wednesday were to the effect "that
I the chief was a sick man.
| Night Policeman Church Morris is
| acting chief in the absence of Mr.
| Freeman, while Eck L. Sims, for
| mer policeman, is on night duty.
COS PAXTON ASKING
SENATE [NOMINATION
Former Public Official’s Hat Is :
In Ring For District
Senator Place
! Cos Paxton, known in every cor
i ncr of Transylvania and adjoining
, counties as “Sheriff,” makes an
1 nouncement in this week’s Transyl-,
Ivania Times of his candidacy for)
j nomination on the Democratic ticket
i for the place of State Senator, mak
| ing the third man to announce for
[this post
i Mr. Paxton is not new to the sena
torial work, he having been elected
senator from this district in 1914
when the district was composed of
Transylvania, Haywood, Jackson andj
Swain, the latter county since having
been taken from the 32nd.
Ho was clerk of Superior court
for four years, 1910 to 1914, being
elected as state senator upon comple
tion of his clerkship. Then for four
years he was sheriff, rounding out
four years of service in 1920. A
native of this county, he has been in
the lumber business here practically
all his life, living in South Carolina
for a short while a few years ago.
j Mr. Paxton stated that he wanted
j his votes counted out in the first
! primary and that he would enter into
an agreement with other candidates
for the office for the “high man to
win,” thus saving the county expense
| of a second primary in event such
would be necessary.
1SW1MMINGP00L TO
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; Ali CWA Forces To Be Coti'J
I certed On Job if Found
Necessary ... „lient
j Completion of the Brevard swim
jming pool and recreation park is an
(assured fact, according to W. A.
r Wilson, civil works adminsifrator,
(who said Tuesday that part of the
•materials for the pool are now on
{hand, and other materials are being
{ordered and shipped within the next
few days.
Fear was expressed in some quart
ers that with curtailment of the
CWA, the pool project would not be
completed, but Mr. Wilson said that
this was regarded as a major pro
ject and would have preference over
all other projects in the county.
Transylvania county’s quota of
men under the curtailment program
will be 168, beginning Friday-of this
week, Mr. Wilson said, with fifteen
hour shifts at 30 cents per hour.
DR. ZACHARY RESUMES I
PRACTICE OF DENTISTRY
j Announcement is made by Dr. J.
| F. Zachary, well known Brevard
•dentist, of re-opening of his offices
in Brevard after an absence of sev
eral years.
Dr Zachary is widely known in
the county, he having practiced his
(profession here for some time be
! fore going to the state of Washing
ton where he practiced until a few
weeks ago. Dr. Zachary says he is
more than glad to get back to his
native county and that he and Mrs
Zachary are through with wander-!
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Miss Whitmire Calls Public Attention |
To Needed Work On River View Road;
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Editor The Times:
Through the columns of your
paper I would like to say a few
words to Mrs. Gravely of East Fork,
also the people of Transylvania
county.
Two weeks ago in Mrs. Gravely’s
article about the East Fork road she
said that particular road was the!
only road which had not been work
ed either by the state or the CWA.
Well Mrs. Gravely you are sadly
mistaken and you need not feel so
badly about being mistreated because
we people who live on the River View
road have been treated just as badly
and have had nothing done on our
road in nearly two years except oc
casionally (and then at the wrong
time) a road drag comes through
and fills up the ruts which then have
to be ploughed out by the first car
going over the road after a rain,
and what I mean it is put on chains
and some times take a shovel and
ditch out or you would never get out
at all.
I think it a dirty shame, the tax
that is being paid and has been paid
by the people living on this road
~ that they have to plough through
such a terrible road—even when a
doctor is needed they sometimes have
to be brought in or otherwise sickj
people suffer for medical attention.
Sure, you can go to Brevard and
talk to the ones who have influence
and they will tell you to go and
see Mr.'So and So then you can go
see Mr. So and So and he will tell j
you seme other kind of a tale until
you wonder if theie really is any
body who has the authority to fix
roads—and during the time you will
be told enough lies to make a pot
of soap. Please pardon personal
mention but we have a 83-year-o!d
lady living cn the River View road
who has lived here most all of her
life and whose husband served the
people of Transylvania County as
County Commissioner for 30 years
or more devoting his ability and
time for a mere nothing besides pay
ing hundreds upon hundreds of dol
lars taxes (as do the other people
living on this road) and then just
recently when Miss Vic Galloway
died (she a life long friend of Mrs.
Brooks) in order to attend her fun
eral Mrs. Brooks and Mrs. M. C.
Whitmire had to be taken out to
the highway in a wagon as it was
most impossible to get a car over
the road, and now when this elderly
lady has to go to Brevard on busi
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Petition of Brevard Men Denied By
State Supreme Court Late Wednesday
Word from Raleigh just as
The Times was going to press
late Wednesday afternoon was to ,
the effect that the Supreme
Court had denied the petition. It
was not knovjn late Wednesday
afternoon what steps would be
taken by attorneys for the men.
Petition for writ of certiorari was
in the hands of the State Supreme
Court, on Wednesday, with expecta
tions by attorneys of the four Bre
vard men, Thos. K. Shipman, J. ri
Pickelsimer, Ralph Fisher and C. R
McNeely, that the court would pass
on the petition sometime Wednesday
afternoon.
Judge T- B. Finley denied plea for
writ of habeas'corpus in Superior
court at Hendersonville Monday, but
allowed the men time in which to go
before the State Supreme Court in
effort to get reversal of his verdict
of the habeas corpus proceedings.
The writ of habeas corpus set out
that the men were tried by a court
which was improperly organized, the
grand jury which indicted them was
improperly drawn, as was the trial
jury from Haywood which returned a
verdict cf guilty. Judge Finley dis
missed all pleas except the one with
reference to constitution of the court
at Marion, and refused to grant the
latter Monday.
Eugene J. Coltrane Elected President!
Of Brevard College; Coming Here Soon!
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Eugene J. Coltrane was selected
as president of the Brevard College
at a meeting of the board of trus
tees held in Hickory on Monday of
this week, according to a letter^ re
ceived here from Rev. J. H. West-,
who acted as chairman of the facul
ty committee.
Professor Coltrane is widely known
is an educator of note, now being
connected with the national commit
tee on education, with headquarters
in Washington. He has served a>
president of the North Carolina
Education association, and has other
wise been active in state and nation
al affairs pertaining to education.
Mr. Coltrane was educated in the
Randolph county schools and grad
uated from Guilford college in 1907.
He obtained his A. M. degree at
Columbia university in 1925, and also
did graduate work at Cornell, Har
vard, Virginia and North Carolina
universities. • ,
He was superintendent of the Rant
dolph county school system from
1907 to 1910 and principal of James
town high school from 1910 to 1919.
He also has taught in the summer
schools of the North Carolina _ Col
lege for women, Duke- University
and Catawba college. ___
Prior to becoming head of the
State Education association in 1932
he was president, of the City Super
intendents’ association, a subsidiary
body.
The Rev. Mr. West said that three
outstanding men were considered for
the post, but that Mr. Coltrane was
elected by a large majority of the
fifteen members of the board of
trustees present.
Mr. Coltrane, together with his
family, is expected to move to Bre
vard sometime in April. Mrs. Col
trane is the daughter of a immi
nent Methodist minister and is ex
pected to be a decided asset to the
community.
The executive committee, of which
President Coltrane is a member,
will as soon as convenient, select the
personnel of the college" faculty.
Next meeting of the board of trus
tees will be held in Brevard, accord
ing to Rev. H. C. Sprinkle, of Lex
ington, chairman, which time con
firmation of the faculty is expected
to be made.
The college is expected to open for i
its fir-t term in September of this
year at the oltl Brevard Institute lo
cation donated to the college.
MANY PEOPLE SEEK
DEMOCRATIC POSE
With the Democratic primary)
nearly three months off 10 people
have already made announcement
for office in the county, with the
register of deeds place, now held by
Jess A. Galloway, taking the lead
in number of aspirants with five in
this race, as follows: Noah C Mil
ler of Lake. Toxaway; Edwin A.
Morgan of Cherryfield; Eck L. Sims
of Brevard; Jess A. Galloway of
Brevard and Glenn Burrell of Bre
vard.
Three men, M. W. Galloway, Ralph
H. Ramsey and Cos Paxton are
seeking the post of senator for the
12nd district, with only one man, W.
M. Henry, for state representative
and one" for clerk of court, Otto
Alexander.
Announcement is expected to hb
made within a few days by Sheriff
T1 m Wood and possibly one other
for the sheriff’s post, while 0. L.
Erwin is also expected to have op
position in his race for re-election
as tax collector. No announcement
has been made by any member of
the board of county commissioners
as yet.
HEAVY RAINFALL IS
SEEN DURING WEEK
Over an inch of rain fell daily in
Brevard from Sunday night, Feb.
25 until the following Sunday night,
according to Harry Patton, city
clerk, who checks the water here for
the U. S. Department.
With an average of <50 to 70 inches
of rainfall per year, this section
had over a months supply during the
seven day period, and cause the
French Broad and tributary streams
to swell to flood stage. No serious
damage has been reported.
PROTESTSCUfnNG
OFF CWA PROJECTS
A number of Transylvania county
leaders have written to Congress
man Weaver and Senator Reynolds
in regard to continuing the Civil
Works administration or similar
-et-up for relief employment.
It is pointed out by those who
ire interested in the matter here
as well as other parts of the,
JOuntry, that between the winter
r.onths and the time crops and
Cardens begin growing is one of the,
•rucial times for trucks and small
'armors as well as those who seek
jmployment in industrial pursuits.
Professor S. P. Verner makes the,
suggestion that as many people as]
will, write Congressman Weaver
and Senators Reynolds and Bailey,]
'requesting that the work be con
tinued in full force for at least six]
more weeks.
NOTE OFFER TO END I
M FIRST OF APRIL
Announcement is made by the
board of aderinen of the town of
Brevard to the effect that tax pay
ers who wish to take advantage of
extension of time for payment of
taxes for the year 1931 and prior
must act at once.
On April first the offer to fi
nance the delinquent taxes will be
withdrawn by act of the legislature
and all property on which taxes for
the year 1931 and prior will Ire
foreclosed and sold, this last being
mandatory by law and is not _ in
discretion of the town authorities.
Penalties and costs will also be add
ed, under the law to the taxes due,
this being eliminated if re-fineneing
is done by the note plan.
WORK BEING DONE ON
EAST FORK ROADWAY
Two rock crushers and around
[twenty men are now engaged in re
pairing, widening and surfacing of
the East Fork road, according to W
A. Wilson, civil works administra
tor.
Much traffic goes over the East
Fork road and the improvement will
be of vast help to that section.
SPRING OPENING AT
R. H. PLUMMER CO.
Spring opening sale of the R. H.
Plummer & company store is an
nounced in this issue of the paper,
h two-page colorfd section being
used by the popular Brevard store.
Mr. Plummer has been in business
here a little more than two years,
end during that time has built up
a reputation for fair dealing and
honest values that is known through
out the county.
LARGESUMWOULB
BE PAID LOCAL VETS
The sum of $117,389.36 as an im
mediate payment to the l^>rld War
veterans of Transylvania county, is
involved in the special order of busi
ness set before the House of Con
gress on March 12, as to the sol
diers’ bonus bill. A total of nearly
39 millions would be paid to veterans
in North . Carolina should the bonus
bill peas.
The bill, uccording to advices from
Washington, will, in all probability
come up as special business on Marcn
1.2 in the house and that the neces
sary votes will be cast to. insure the
Treasure passing. Status in the sen
ite is somewhat questionable, observ
ers say. with possibility of its pass
ng the upper chamber, but with
1 not enough votes to over-ride a
^residential veto, which is looked
for.
YOUNG PEOPLE TO HAVE
CHARGE SUNDAY EVENING
_
The Young People’s division of
Brevard Methodist church tvll have
charge of services at the church on
Sunday evening at 7:80, when ai
special program of music and other'
features will be rendered by the!
young people.
Young People’s Day is being ob
served on this date at all churches ■
in the district with similar pi ngramr.
GLENNBURRELL OUT
FOR REGISTER PLACE
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Brevard Man Is Fifth Entrant
In Race — Well Known
In This County
Announcement is made in this is
sue of The Times of the candidacy
on the Democratic ticket Oif Glenn
Burrell for the office of register of
deeds, Mr. Burrell making the fifth
man to seek the pmst.
A son of the late Zeb V. and Mrs.
Burrell, Mr. Burrell is well known
throughout the county, having been
constable of Brevard township for
the past two terms, and has been
active in Democratic political cir
cles for several year.1}.
Mr. Burrell has worked for the
Transylvania Tanning company, with
the state highway department and
on the Toxaway and other divisions
of the Southern Railway as train
man.
FIRST DEGREE WORK TO
BE FEATURED ON FRIDAY
The first degree will be conferred
by Dunn’s Rock lodge No. 267, A. F.
& A. M., at the regular communica
tion Friday night at eight o’clock.
T. G. Miller, junior warden, will be
in charge of the degree work and will
be assisted by Leon English, senior
deacon. The Worshipful Master urg
ently requests that all member' be
present.
A cordial invitation is extended to
all visiting Masons.
DEPARTMENT STORE
OPENS FRIDAY MORN
Edward J. Bogen Moves Busi
ness Here From South
Caroline. Location __
Brevard's new department store.
The Fashion, under management of
Edward J. Bogen of Denmark, S.
C„ will open for business here Fri
day morning, and are displaying an
exceptionally nice line of merchan
dise that should appeal to all peo
ple of Transylvania.
Mr. and Mrs. Bogen have moved
to Brevard to make their homo, and
are delighted with the fine reception
that has been accorded them during
their short stay here.
It is the purpose of the store, Mr.
Bogen says, to give to the people of
this county the very best merchan
dise possible. The mew stolia will
handle a complete line of ladies’ and
men’s furnishings, ready-to-wear,
shoes, notions and piece goods. A
page advertisement in this issue of
the paper tells in detail of the lines
they are handling.
WORD RECEIVED HERE
OF DEATH OF TURNER
Charles W. Turner, 46, of Tur
ner, Va., died at his home on Tues
day. after an illness of the past
year. Funeral services were held in
his home city Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Turner is survived by bis
wife, who was before her marriage
Miss Louee English, daughter, of
1 Mr. and Mrs. C. 0 English, of
'Etowah. Many friends in this com
munity of Mr. and Mrs. Turner
! will regret to learn of his death
REPUBLICANS MEET
HERE ON MARCH 24
--
Precinct Group* To Meet On
Friday, 23 — State Con
vention April 4
Call is issued by Roscoe L. Nichol
son, chairman of the Transylvania
county Republican executive commit
tee for a convention to be held in
Brevard on Saturday afternoon,
March 24 at. two o’clock.
The convention is to be held in
the county court house, main busi
ness being election of delegates to
the state convention to> be held in
Charlotte on April 4, nine Republi
cans to i)e elected at the county con
vention to attend the state meet.
Precinct conventions are to be held
at the regular polling places on Fri
jday before the county convention
here Saturday, Chairman Nicholson
said, the precincts to elect delegates
I to the county convention.
No nominations for county offices
will be made at the convention hve
on the 24th, Mr. Nicholson said, the
I nominating convention to be held at
in later date.
CANNOTBURNTRASH
IN UPTOWN SECTION
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Ordinance against burning trash
in the business section of Brevard
is to be rigidly enforced, according
to action taken at the board of al
dermen meeting Monday night, order
being made at the sann time that
the city trash wagen collect trash in
the business section three times each
week hereafter, on Monday, Thurs
day and Saturday.
Several complaint;, were consider
ed at the meeting, some from
citizens who objected to tilt- burning
of trash and the resultant ••moke
and ashes being wafted about l»y
winds, while other complaints were
to the effect that trash was not be
ing properly placed and causing un
sightly and unnecessary scattering.
Under the system no • in effect,
it shall be required that trash of all
nature, including paper and pm king
materials, boxes and cans, be placed
ic. such cans cr receptacle.- that
there will bo no chance of scat! ring
between the trips made by the ash
wagon, and in no evc-nt shall ’ be
I burned .
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At Lyday Hospital
The following patient? at Lyday
Memorial hospital were reported on
Wednesday to be doing nicely: Mrs
Thomas Barclay III. Mrs. II. L Wil
son, Mrs. Dewey Gravely, Woodrow
j Cooper. ^ J | ■
ITonorroll
The following people have ;ub
scribed to The Transylvania Times
during the week ending Wednesday
r.ight:
Lewis Orr, Brevard R-2
B. E. Nicholson, Brevard
Mrs. Z. K Justus, Davidson
R. W. Owen, Brevard R-3
Briscoe Whitmire, Brevard R-3
Obie Fisher, L. Toxaway
G. W. Hendrix, Brevard R-l
W. M. Hicks, Balsam Grove
Osee C. Orr, Etowah
S. J. Summers, S. C.
W, L. Stophel, S. C.
1 T. A. Snyder, Pisgah F rest
i J. W. Jones, Etowah
1 E X. McCrary, Brevard R-l
J. E. Bishop, Brevard
j Mrs. Julia Gillespie, Brevard
• C. E. Campfield, Brevard R-2.
Burlin Owen, Lake Toxaway.
Mr'. C. F. Baldwin, Brevard R 2.
O. V. Summey, Brevard.
C. C. Yongue, Brevard, R-2.
Mrs. Annie Rabb, Brevard R !.
A. M. Paxton, Rosman.
S. R. Robinson, Oregon.
1 Mrs. Cordia King, Brevard
Doesn't Like The Way Civil Works ^
Has Been Handled in Transylvania
Editor Transylvania Times:
This is a note to ray that I en
joyed the correspondence letter from
the East Fork section.
We are proud that we have a few
good people who are wot afraid to
speak the truth; afraid they will
lose a little business or a vote. I am
glad the truth is coming to light. Tf
the honest-to-goodness citizens of
Transylvania county, who are in
terested in the welfare of the peo
ple a3 a whole would take the stand
Mrs. Gravely has in regard to find
ing out just where to lay the blame
for the rotten selfishness and bad
management that has been used in
the CWA works our people would be
more comfortable.
The result is: Thousands of dol
lars have been spent here and only
a few of the chosen ones have had
i a taste. We are not prejudiced
I against the men that were chosen;
I we are glad to see people prosper
but why hasn’t this money that has
been given for the benefit of the
needy and unemployed been divided
up a» in other places, sc everyone
could have a crumb from Uncle
Sam’s table?
The last round-up finds numbers
of people with families with little
children hungry and coM. I heard
two widow women say they had beg
ged for sewing arid one said she
had no food in her house and she
was refused work, by saying, "Ns
vacancies. Take a tater and wait.”
There are around 35 women em
ployed in four sewing rooms in t’’
town and county. The same ones a •»
working now that were put on i:i
the beginning. If it had been man
aged as intended a new shift every
two or four weeks a total of from
onto to two hundred women would
have been employed on this project,
who are as badly in. need as the 35
that are getting it all.
The $ame tiling applies to the
men on the road and other project*.
When they are chosen they stick as
though they had been elected to an
office, Wonder why the other poor
fellow can’t get a chance? Yes, we
know it would take a little longer
and somewhat harder work for the
office force to get these shifts work
ed out. But as there are eight and
sometimes nine in the two offices,
|I believe it could have been done
and no sleep lost either.' Wonder
what secretary Ickes would say if
he knew some of our men who are
bolding political offices, have a big
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(Contintud on !<rfc P*#e) .
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