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' I ( \ [ ; jgp ■ i VOL. 42: NO. 34. IMPROVEMENTS IN UPTOWN PROPERTY Galloway and Canteen Cafes Renovated—Dr. Stokes’ Offices Painted Decided improvements * have been made in the uptown district within the past few days to business property. The Ptckelslmcr building on Broad street has been remodeled, with a mo dern apartment and offices finished up stairs. Entrance to the offices may be either from Broad street or through the Belk stairway on Main street. Both cafes—the Canteen and Gallo ways—have renovated their places New stools, seats, tables and ether mo dernization work has been done at Gal loway's. The Canteen, likewise, has add ed to its establishment, and Brevard now boasts two modern and up-to-date cafes. The Burckmyer building, occupied by Dr. R. L. Stokes has been gone over thoroughly by carpenters and painters, and this Is one of the neat office suites to be seen tn the community. The Pickelsimer building on Broad street has been completely finished up stairs, with Dr. H. J. Bradley and Dr. C. J. Goodwin occupying two suites, the Masonic hall one. and one suite vacant at this, time. Altogether, more repairs and modern ization have taken place in Brevard dur ing the past six months than tn the previous six years. Local Exhibitors Win Hendersonville Prizes Several member^ of the Brevard Gar den club and other local interested flower growers won prizes at the flow er show at Hendersonville on Tuesday and Wednesday, and received favor able comment on the high type of their exhibits. Of the eight exhibitors from Brevard, six were prize winners of first or second prizes, or both. The local prize winners were: F. E. Shuford, blue ribbons, for best stx large dahlias and for largest and best dah lia; Mrs. Fred Shuford. red ribbon, for smallest dahlia; Miss Julia Deaver, blue ribbons, for smallest dahlia, best pom pon dahlia and single dahlia, and red ribbon for single dahlia; Mrs. T. H. Shipman, red ribbon, for artistic ar rangement; Mrs. Emma Zachary, blue ribbon, for large zinnias; Mrs. Harry Bradley, blue ribbons, for dahlias In un usual exhibit, asters and pompon zin nias. Mrs. Pat Klmzey and Mrs. Walter Banks also made exhibits but did not win prizes. Town Tax Payments By Bonds Stops 15th Announcement Is being made by the town of Brevard that on and after Sep tember 15, there will be no more bonds accepted at the city hall in payment of taxes for the years 1933 and later. Act of the legislature,'in conjunction with bondholders who demanded such action In connection with the refinance program, makes this move mandatory. Back taxes may be paid at a consid erable saving by the use of bonds. How ever, after 15th of September this will not be possible, the town officials state. Zachary Reunion at Cashiers on Saturday Annual Zachary reunion will be held at Cashiers Valley next Saturday, Au gust 28, when several hundred friends and members of the family are expected to gather at the historic burying ground. The reunion is an event that has been held for nearly a hundred years, and had its beginning back when this section of the country was first being settled by the hardy pioneers who went deep into the "new country of the Blue Ridge" to hew out homes in the wilds of the forests 91 Men Employed In Pisgah National Forest Road Work Crushed Stone Surface Being Put Down—Lower Link To Be Let Sometime During Fall Work of surfacing highway 284 with stone got underway last week, and a crew totalling 91 men was at work on the road project Monday, it was re ported by the C. A. Ragland construc tion company. Majority of the workers on the pro ject are employed In the stone quarry and around the crushers 'which are lo cated about a mile above Looking Glass falls. Others are engaged in grading and other work on the top link of the high way which is also under construction by the Ragland company. The crews' in the quarry work six hour shifts, with two shifts being used each day. Local people are employed on the job as much as possible. present plans of the company are to have the job completed before spring of next year, and with the letting of the short link of the highway below the mouth of Looking Glass creek, the 14 mile stretch to the top of tho mountain will be completed. Highway officials have stated that the lower link of the road will be let within a short period, and work is ex pected to att under way on the lower flv TK'h thls fa,1‘ County Teachers To Meet Here Saturday Dr. H. T. Hunter, president of West ern Carolina Teachers College, will speak at the first teachers meeting which Is called for Saturday morning of this week. The program will bo hold In the au ditorium of Brevard high school, and Superintendent J. B. Jones states that all principals and teachers are expect ed to attend, and that any patron of the school who is interested is ^cordially in vited. The program will begin at 10 o’clock, and group meetings will follow the short program in the main auditorium. Baptist Churches To Hold Meet at Quebec Several hundred people are expected to attend the first meeting of the re cently organized Baptist Worker** Council which will be held at Oak Grove, Quebec church, Sunday. The program will start at 11 o'clock, and continue until 4. with Intermission at the noon hour. Pastors, officers of churches, Sunday schools, organizations, and lay members are Invited to attend. Transylvania Dahlia Show To Be Held In Brevard Saturday — Plans are complete for holding the fifth annual Transylvania dahlia show In Brevard on Saturday of this week. The show will open to the public at I o'clock Saturday afternoon, and re main open until 11 In the evening. Lo cation is the Harris building on West Main street. Several hundred exhibits are expect ed to be seen at the show, many of them from professional growers, who will compete for places in a separate class from the amateur growers. Exhibitors are requested to bring their flowers to the building as soon after 8 o'clock Saturday morning as IM>sslble. All entries must be in before I II o'clock. A new entry will bo placed this year, with six best dahlias from any com munity to be entered. Members of the Dahlia club will not compete in this class. Growers from any of the several communities in the county may group their six best flowers for this class. Another strictly Transylvania entry will be class 30—the largest and most perfect dahlia exhibited by a local grower! A silver loving cup will be giv en as prize in this class, and winner for three consecutive years will ba per mitted to keep the cup. There will be no charge for entering flowers ,nor for entrance of spectators. A silver offering will be taken at the door, however. There will be three sections in the classification. Section "A' is open to all exhibitors: section “B” is open only to Transylvania growers: section "C" is open to those who are Inexperienced In growing flowers for show purposes. First and second prizes will be award ed to winners in each of the 43 classes. Mrs. Marcus Williams Is chairman of the dahlia show: Dr. G. B. Lynch is president of the Transylvania Dahlia club, sponsors of the show. Mr. and Mrs. G. Latta Clement of the Nlc-Nar Nurseries, Biltmore, will again act as judges. They have done a credit able work the past two seasons, and were unanimous choice of the club members recently when the matter was brought up. Parkway Plans Be Followed Members of the Western North Car olina Advisory committee have been advised by Senator Robert R. Reynolds that the original routing of the Blue Ridge Parkway will be flowed, which brings the scenic road within 17 miles of Brevard, and touches Transylvania county for 25 miles or more. Senator Reynolds said last Thursday that he had been definitely assured by Secretary of Interior Harold Ickes that there would be no change in the loca tion of the parkway west of Asheville. Some weeks ago the park service filed with Secretary I«-kes a complete study of the original parkway route and all proposed alternate routes. The report discussed such subjects as cost, scenery, distance, and various other factors In volved in the different routes. After reviewing the entire situation the park service recommended that the original route be followed. When asked about the report some days ago, Secretary Ickes said he had the document on his desk but had not read It. In view of his statements to Reynolds last Thursday, It is apparent that he has now read the report and approved the recommendations of the park service. Members of the WNC committee, the council of state, and Chairman Prank Dunlap of the state highway depart ment. have been In constant contact with officials In Washington for the past several months In an effort to have work started on the parkway at Wagon Road Gap where highway 284 from Brevard to Waynesville will Intersect Temperature and Rainfall In Brevard Date . Mai. Min. Rain Week Ending August H, 1931. August 18 . 88 61 August 19 . 87 60 August 20 . 88 63 August 21 . 93 63 August 22 . 86 63 August 23 . 84 63 August 21 . 80 66 .76 Average . 87 63 .11 Transylvania Officers Seeking Bandits Who Slew Patrolman Penn Sheriff George Shuford and other of ficers in this county have been notified to be on the look-out for two escaped convicts who shot State Highway Pa trolman George Penn to death near F’airview in Buncombe county last Sun day evening. The 26-year-old state patrolman was killed as he stood beside his car after he had chased the two men for several miles. Identification of the killers was made from fingerprints on the car by Buncombe county officers Tuesday, and further checkup revealed that they are William Payne and Wash Turner, serv ing long terms for bank robberies. The two convicts escaped from Caledonia State Prison farm last February. The young patrolman waa assisting in checking traffic near Black Moun tain Sunday afternoon when a car driven by two men whirled in the roadway just before It reached the checking station and started in the di rection from which it came. The officer gave pursuit In a patrol car, and after chasing the men several miles, came upon them at the home of Van Patton where the road ended in a dead end. Mr. Patton said that one of the fugi tives stood behind a barn with a shot gun and fired at the officer while the other used a rifle. The officer was struck only once—In the forehead—by a rifle bullet Several slugs had ripped into the patrol car beside which be Was standing when he was killed. T Two Bound To Court In Auto-Truck Wreck Two men were bound to superior court following a head-on collision Sun day between a truck and automobile. The wreck happened just across the French Broad river on the Pickens road In Rosman late Sunday afternoon, and five people were more or less seriously injured. E. W. S. Calkins, of Clemson, S. C., was heading south In an old model car when he met a truck driven by H. D. Longwell, of Salisbury, just as the road makes a quick turn near the river. Several occupants of the car were more or less seriously injured, and were brought to the Lyday Memorial hos pital where one was released Tuesday, and three were still being treated. Drivers of the two vehicles were bound to superior court I5y Justice of the Peace Fred Shuford, at a hearing here Tuesday. Fisher Family Will Meet September 4th Annual Fisher reunion will be held at the Lake Toxaway Baptist church on Saturday, September 4, with an all day program being arranged for. Ralph Fisher, president of the re union, states that two very prominent speakers have been invited to make short addresses, and that the Fisher string band will furnish music. A picnic dinner will be served at the noon hour. The reunion has been an annual event for the past 15 years, and grows in interest each year. Smilin’ Charlie Says u A lotta women’re^ that way - - you brin£ home tHl bacon and find it’$ ham they want I# Transylvania County High School Principals ROBERT T. KIMZEY ERNEST F. TILSON Above picture shows Robert T. Kimzey and Ernest F, Tilson, principals of Brevard and Rosman high schools, re spectively. Mr. Kimzey has been principal of Brevard schools for the past two years; prior to that time he was principal at Rosman. Mr. Tilson has taught in the Brevard high school for the past nine yearo, and in addition has acted as coach. All County Schools Ready For Opening Term Monday Free Text Books For Lower Grades To Be Provided By The State—High Studies Rented Nearly 2500 Transylvania county school children will trek back to school Monday morning after a four-months’ vacation. Faculty for all schools are complete, and buildings and equipment are ready for the opening bell Monday morning. Buses have been reconditioned, mo tors tuned, brakes re-lined, and other wise mechanically tuned up for the job of hauling nearly half the students to and from school. Mrs. Flora Allison Plckelsimer has ■resigned as principal of Little River school, and Mrs. Birch C. Jorgenson, a graduate of Wlnthrop College, has been elected to take her place. Mrs. Jorgen son has served as demonstration teach er in the Asheville Normal summer school, and has been principal of Lowndsvllle, S. C., school. Mrs. Lorene Y. Osborne will serve as teacher of the middle grades at Little River. Miss Lenore Swain, of Asheville, has been named teacher at the Rosman high school, completing the faculty there. O'Dell McKinney has been selected to drive the Little River bus. Holland Tal ley, who had resigned as driver of the Penrose bus, has reconsidered, ard will again drive the bus. Considerable improvements have been made about the buildings and grounds of the various schools since closing of the term, with NYA and WPA workers assisting the regular repair men on the work. Approximately three thousand books have been received during the past week by the county superintendent, to be added to the 12 or 15 thousand al ready on hand, for use of county stu dents. Children in grades one to seven will be furnished all text books free of charge with exception of the supple mentary readers. High school subjects will not be free, but may be rented for one-third the price of the books, or bought outright from the school princi pals, if so desired. Safety Parade Draw* Big Crowd* To Town Crowds lined the streets in Brevard last Friday afternoon to witness the Safety Day Parade, which featured a "magic car” controlled by Captain J. J. Lynch who was riding in another car in rear of the driverleos auto. The Chevrolet car started, stopped, blew the horn, turned left or right at 1 will of the operator who was riding in a Plymouth 10 to 12 feet behind the "magic car.” The fire department, city officials, Boy Scouts, state highway patrol, as well as other agencies from Brevard participated in the parade. Captain Lynch explained that purpose of the parade was to prove that art automobile is not dangerous within Itself, but is only unsafe when it is handled Impro perly by careless drivers. A wrecker pulling a smashed auto and followed by an ambulance brought the. parade to a fitting climax. However, chief attraction was the car which went along without a driver. Revival Services at Cherryfield Church j Revival services are being conducted at Mt. Moriah Cherryfield church this week with the Rev. Jesse C. Owen and the Rev. M. L. Lewi? in charge. Sendees are held-fn the morning at 11 o'clock and in the evening at S. It la expected that the series of meetings will continue for Id days or two week*. Thirteen Graduates Receive Diplomas at College Wednesday Thirteen students who have complet ed the required work at Brevard Col lege received their diplomas Wednesday morning In an impressive graduation ceremony. The Rev. Reid Wall, pastor of Ca tawba, delivered the address to the graduates, following which diplomas were awarded by Dr. C. H. Trowbridge In the absence of the president, who was ill, to the following: Bessie Price Cornelius, Cedi Powell Evans, Ray Jackson Goodman, Joe Lee Heffner, Mary Lou Latham, Eva Mc Creary Noland, Marjorie Parnell, Thom as Oliver Porter, Irene Self. Harold Atherton Severs, Kate 3ttton, Edward Hamrick Swan, Samuel Blnford Tweed, Jr. In addition to the Rev. Mr. Wall and Dr. Trowbridge, those appearing on the program Included the Rev. J. R. Kirby, Mrs, Kirby, Dr. F. W. Sumner, and Professor Bunyan Andrew. Fall term of Brevard College will be gin September tth. Singing Convention to Meet Again at Rosman Plans are being made for holding the Five-County Singing convention at the Rosman high school on the third Sun day In October. Several classes and groups of singers are being Invited, and Professor Sebren of Asheviile, a music teacher and leader of note, has been asked to preside at the convention. College to Enroll Over 400 r Brevard College offlcals have an nounced that all available space In the dormitories has been reserved and that applications from students are continu ing to come to the college office. The present prospect Is that nt least four hundred students will be enrolled when the college opens Monday. September 6. In order to accommodate a larger number of students, the college has rented Virginia Lodge from Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Webb and also a house on Caldwell street, formerly occupied by Chief Freeman. President E. J. Coltrane has just an nounced that two changes have been made !n the faculty. Miss Alma Cade, of Wilmington, NT. C., a recent graduate in music at Greensboro College, will teach piano in place of Miss Irene Clay, who has been granted a leave of ab sence In order to teach in a girls’ school [in Ram Aliah, Palestine. Mrs. C. 8 McCollum, a graduate of Berry College, ! will succeed Otis G. Daniel as assistant in the department of business education. Mr. and lira. John B. Bennett are attending the Leadership Training school which- is being held at Lake Jun aluska. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hwwtt ore making special study of coutstAlNkli and guldanci.. ' DENTAL CLINICS TO AID ALL CHILDREN Typhoid and Diphtheria Work To Continue in County at Health Unit Dental work for Transylvania school children Is being done by Dr. W. /. Farrell and Dr. C. P. Kyle of the state board of health, with cervices of the two dentists being given free, as a part of the Transylvania health unit pro gram. Dr. Farrell began work at the Bre vard elementary school on Monday of this week, and Dr. Kyle will start at Plsgah Forest Monday of next week, August 30. Dr. Farrell plans to be In the Bre vard school for at least another week.. The age group Includes those children between ( and 12. The work comprises filling, cleaning, and extraction of teeth, and Instruction In oral hygiene. The following schedule has been made for the dentists by Dr. W. H. Windley, health officer for this county, and will be followed as closely as possible. How ever, the schedule may have to be va ried In some Instances. The tentative schedule is: Brevard elementary, until September 10; Rosman elementary, September 18 tc 24; Plsgah Forest school, August *<* 81, September 1, 2, 3; Little River, Sep tember 6, 7, 8; Penrose, September 9, 10; Lake Toxaway, September 18, 14, IB; Quebec school, September 18, 17; Bilverateen school, September 20, 21; Balsam Grove school, September 22, 28; Connestee school, September 24; Rosen wald colored school, Spotember 27, 28, 29; Seilca school, September 30, 31. Dr. Windley announces that the Im munization clinics for typhoid fever and diphtheria will be completed next week. Those who have had only two In jections of typhoid vacclue at the end of this time may report to the Brevard Health department, Tinsley building, at 2 o'clock on September 8th, for their third and last Injection. In addition, residents of the county will note that this Immunization service is available at all times, and diphtheria, typhoid, or smallpox, immunization may be had by reporting to the health de partment on any Wednesday afternoon between the hours of 2 and S o’clock. Fishing Season Here Ends September First Trout season closes September 1, ac cording to E. R Galloway, county gome warden, and the small mouth bass sett son on October 1. The following statement it made by Mr. Galloway pertaining to tho season just closing: I want to thank the citizens of the county who have mode it possible for us to get so many fish this season, by paying for transporting and planting, which amounted to 1110.00. Fifty per cent of the license sale* goes to the raising of fish, and it cost* an average of five cents per inch to grow them. License receipts tor last season amounted to $848.60, and Ip re turn we received 91,000 fish two inches, long, and 16,000 fish four Inches long, or a total value of $19,100.00. 1 wish to state that I am willing to. do anything X can (day or night) to put a stop to any unlawful means of taking fish, but X need cooperation of every. interested clthcsn, —E. R Galloway. , Battery F To Hold Reunion In Brevard Battery F, 118th Field Artillery, AEF, will 'hold the annual reunion in Bre vard next year, It was decided at the convention In Mooresville last week. Eck L. Sims, who represented this county at the convention, 'Carried a let ter with him from business and ctvio leaders, inviting the group here for 1988, and there was no dissenting vote when Brevard was proposed. Last year the batten' met at Breese’s Mill east of Brevard. Eugene Allison, formerly of Brevard, now with the Federal Court in Ashe ville, was elected president of the re union, and J. N. Kincaid of Statesville, vice president; C. C. Hope of Charlotte was re-elected secretary and treasurer. Carrs Hill Services The Rev. M. E. Summey, pastor of Rosmati Baptist church, will preach at Carrs Hill church Sunday morning at 11 o’c'ock. Plans for holding a singing convention at Carrs Hill on Sunday have been postponed indefinitely. An nouncement as to tho singing conven tion will be made later. County Road Funds Allotted RALEIGH, Aug. 26.—Transylvania county has been allotted $9,000 from the $2,000,000 fund for Improving school bus routes and farm to market roads. These funds will be matched by simi lar or larger amounts from the WPA, with the state highway department to have supervision of expenditures. Speeding In Brevard Costs Drivers $14.25 It is worth exactly $14.26 to speed on the atreots of Brevard, according to Mayor A. H. Harris, who said Monday night that he intended hanging ten dollars and the costs on every case of speeding which was brought before him and the party proven guilty. Only one case was hefore the mayor Monday nighr for cpccding, but he re fused to make a "Prat offense with warning,” and said that all cases would be ten dollars and costa * Three other cases Involving too much whiskey were also tried at the weekly session.
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