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fS=F};' THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES MTj County I A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County_ *1.00 PER YEAR IN TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY VOL. 48: NO. 5. BasasssBOBHniBBEnsgeasBBnMM DR. LYNCH ASSUMES HEALTH OFFICE POST Program of Preventive Work Will Be Instituted In Transylvania Dr. G. Boyce Lynch. Brevard phy sician and surgeon, took over active charge of the Transylvania Health unit on Monday as county health of ficer. and will have offices In the Tins ley building on Main street. Dr. Lynch has just returned, from Chapel Hill xshcre he took a 4-months special course in health work offered by the State Department, with especial emphasis on preventive prcatices. Dr. Lynch "ill maintain regular office schedules, which will he an nounced next week, and in addition to his office work where he will treat Indigent, and county charges, he will also visit all schools regularly, and other places in furtherance of the pre ventive educational program. Immunization of school children against small! ■■■<• dipthcria. and other like comma 'Me diseases will he a part cf th< w. rk whirh the health of fleer will do well as the treatment and Instni ' ■ offered in clinics In the office and > immunities. Major porti >n of the expense of the health uni* •■■!** borne by the state and feder ' alth departments, and the TV \ v ' the county and town joining to ■ •'* l«*y M.r.00 per pear of the salaries. Other workers in the office of the health unit bib's Mrs Mfre.1 Chance as public nurse Miss Lilian Jenkins as office secr> * and 1*1. L. Hinton ns Sanitarian. * In addltlo to the work done by the throe member: of the staff here, the county also when needed the as sistance of the district health offi cials. and t! • state department. Dental eh- s were held this year in the schools ■ 1 under the setup, at least six v ks services of an ac credited dentist will he given in the county sehooK : well ns other clin ics which require additional aid of specialists. Dr. Lynch is especially fitted for the work as hr '**' officer. He is a grad uate of V ■' I’nlverslty of Maryland with the . of 1011. Following his graduation • the medical college, ho served tv v. irs 'n St. Joseph’s gen eral hosp I at Baltimore, and was superlnten ' of the Kernan Hospi tal for cr pl< ' < hiklren in Baltimore for two yi Hnlisti: ti'.e are: ' during the world war Hr. l.yr h served as or thopaedy surgeon at Fort McPherson for IX in -hs. rid following his dis charge moved *o Bosnian where he .vas in gr. 1 practice for four years. Vie has !...•• in Brevard for the past tw. Ive or f .er'een years, ns general practitioner and surgeon. AUTOMOBIIE CRASH Popular Young Brevard Man Is Instantly Killed Near Royal Pines Harold Duckworth and Miss Gret chen Osho: n* were Instantly killed last Wednesday night when the ear in which they were ding loft the highway near Asheville d crashed into a telephone pole. Went Du •-.worth. Who was in the car. was eonsld ’ My bruised and knocked unconsclon hut escaped serious in juries II d Duckworth and Miss Osborne h suffered fractured skulls, the ' uncomhe county coroner said, and ustantly when the tele phone pel' • ' coped ihe car. Went Du north said that the car was belnc n bv Harold when the accident n<-, -red. and that th<- speed was betwi • :tv and sixty miles per hour. H. aid give no reason for Harold's lo- - control of the car. and said that • steering gear seemingly locked and car swerved instantly to the bank of the road, climbed a bank, crash Into the post, and then careened h k onto the highway, turning over several times In the road. The fact that Weilt Duckworth was riding In the front seat with Harold and Miss Osborne probably saved his • life, as he was on the outside of the seat from where the pole struck the car after it left the road. The accid< ? t occurred near Royal p|nes on the Sweeten Greek road snme (Continued on back pane) Smilin' Charlie Says “Remember that while you're or.your vacation ill* Bogs has a pretty good chance t’ find out how much he really needs y*—" Seven Grandmothers To Love This One __ SIUKI.hY CHRISTINE ROGERS of Lake Toxaway, has ten living grand parents. which is believed to he a re cord. Shirley is 2$ months old. the only child of Mr. and Mrs. O. (1. Rogers. .Tr. That she is an attractive young lady is proven by her picture carried on this page. On the paternal side there are four living grandparents, and on the ma ternal there are six. Cntil the recent death of Gideon Miller (lie young miss boasted of eleven grandparents. I.isting tlie grandparents on the paternal side—Mr. and Mrs. C. (■ Rogers. Sr., of Cashiers, parents of the young lady's father: Mrs. George R. McCall of Cashiers and New Jersey, mother of Mrs. C. G. Rogers, Sr., and great grandmother of Shirley: Mrs. Rolen of Salem, S. widow of a prominent Confederate veteran, mother of Mrs. McCall, and great great grand I mother of Shirley. Mr. and Mrs. 11. P. T-ec of Rake Toxaway arc parents of Mrs. Rogers, and grandparents of Shirley: Mrs. j Charlie T.oe( Mrs. J. ! Thomas by her firs! marriage) of T-ake Toxaway. j mother of Mrs. T.ee. and great grand mother of Shirley: Mr. and Mr\ A. .1. I.eo of Rake Toxaway. parents of It. 1 >. 1 .no. and great grandparents of Shir lev Mrs. Gideon Miller of Quebec, mother of Mrs. Charles Ree. and gr.-at .-rc'-1 grandmother of Shirley. The matter of visiting "Grandmoth er" takes unite a bit of deeisinn on the part of Shirley Christine, ns there are seven living grandmothers, and three living grandfathers. The young lady stays with her grandmother (Mrs. II 15. Ree) while Mrs. Rogers teaehes school at Mont vate in Rohnney. Mr. Rogers is as sociated with IT. P. Ice in the timber business. Skating In Uptown Is Ordinance Violation Skating? in the uptown section is strictly forbidden by a town ordinance. Chief of Police P-. H. Freeman stated Wednesday, and asked The Times to remind parents and young? folk of this fact. Ttesldenttnl skating? ban was lifted some several years ag?o. Mr Fiaemanj pointed out. but the specific ordinance was passed prohibiting? skating? 1 n | any part of the uptown section. 1 Lawn Growers Called To Meet February 10 (.1. 1. Ctla.'cncr. County .\ornt) In response to numerous requests for information on lawns, a meeting? will he held in the County Atrent’s office Thursday evening?. February 10th. at S o’clock to discuss lawn improvement. No part Of the landscape adds more to the attractiveness of a place than a beautiful rich, grreen lawn. Numerous soil tests made tn different sections of town, reveal a plant food deficiency. Tills is closely related to the cause of so much moss in our lawns, which if not checked, will soon take them. All persons interested In improving? their lawns are invited to attend the meeting? and bring? a small sample of soil taken from three of four places In the lawn. I.et us plan now to make our town more attractive hy a united effort to improve our lawns. Beechbrook Owner To Be Buried Thursday Wm. H. Shamo, 72. died at his homo near Penrose early Sunday morning from heart trouble. He had been in ill health for some time prior to his death. The body was sent to Rake Worth, Fla., on Tuesday by the Osborne Simpson funeral home, and interment will be made In the Woodlawn ceme tery. West Palm Beach, Fla., on Thursday. Mr. Shamo has been coming to this section for a number of years, and four years ago built the Beechbrook cottage tourist center. He was a barb er by profession, and operated a place of business in Rake Worth for 54 years before coming to Brevard. Surviving are the widow, three daughters—Mrs. Fred T. Kerr, Mrs. John Evans and Mrs. Rogers, and one ; son, William H. Shamo, Jr., ail of | Florida. Three stepchildren, one sister • and two brothers also survive. FARMER FEDERATION WILL OPEN FEB. 12TH Property On East Main Street Purchased for New Ware house and Mill Anouncement was made at the meet ing of the Fanners Federation stock holders here last Saturday that the Brevard warehouse would open on Feb. 12. The Allison building on East Main street has been purchased by the co op as their warehouse, and workmen started Monday morning to remodel and repair the large frame structure. Plans are to have a complete ware house, with seeds, feeds, fertilizer and other farm supplies, as well as corn and feed mills In operation at the warehouse. David Norton, of Brevard, who has been connected with the Asheville warehouse for several years, will be manager of the local ware house. it has been announced. Five members of the locnl advisory committee were elected at the meeting Saturday, and the other five will be named at a later meeting. Those elect ed last Saturday included O. E. Ship man. l.loyd Cantrell. R. A. Merrill. Tinsley E. Brown. Yancey McCrary. Dirtiest Thief OF ALL THIEVES Steals Turkey Somewhere in the land (hope he is J not a native Transylvanian) there is the most ordinary, common, mediocre, mean, cheap, trite, plebian. inelegant, vulgar, ilostestable. unrefined, odious, abominable, repugnant, repulsive, soaln wagisli. etc. etc. culprit in all the world. Mrs. rsoyce Wnlkcr( Mr. Walker says they were his) raised some nice tur keys last year, and two of them were particularly nice and plump. On Thursday of last week Mr. .and Mrs. Walker. uencronsly concluded that they w<-rc going to kill one of the nice, fat. plump turkeys, and Invite Tin Times editor down for dinner, which In the mind of the editor is one of Hie very nicest things that a good home maker could possibly db. However, like the "road that was pa veil with good intentions-." the plan wont awry Thursday night . the scalawag mentioned in paragraph one stall both the turkeys. Consortuontlv. the editor will -t his meals at a hotd' g stand as per usual. FamHy Row Ends In One Man Being Shot, Two Bound To Court A family row ended up with one man shot and two people bound over to Superior court here Saturday nitrht. It seems, from the story told in Magistrate Fred Shuford's court Mon day mornine, that some of the Coerce Orr family, the Shadrlek family and the Shndraok family, all cot mixed up in a ceneral row and rock-thro wine meoloo. ami durine tlm fracas flenrc" Orr's wife is alleced to have shot Al bert Kilpatrick in the loc with a .21 rifle. fleoree Orr and his wife were both bound over on the oltareo of assault with a deadly weapon b\ Tudee Slut ford. after he had’ heard the evidence. The woman said she did the shoot Inc after "they” had been tlirowinc rocks at her. one of which struck her. Kilpatrick was not seriously wound ed, it was found after the shootinc scrape was over-the bullet front I lie small calibre rifle ltavinc struck him below the knee. Civic Club Meeting Pat Kimzev. local lawyer, will ad dress the Womens Civic club Monday afternoon at the club room on mat ters portal nine to civic club and‘com munity affairs. __ How Times Do Change T ' 7WI5 UP—AND DON'T ' • F0Q6CT VOUC MITTEN* AND VOUft MUFF— t AND DOKTT STAV ^ f) Kiu*t-rr AT Tt-4' SUOTIKr _ POK'D USED TO CALL EOQ. A -f-r-mimJ LOT Or EXT/ZA rHl HE AW CLOTHES- * I * I'tjPJ — BUT-:— •'AND LISTEN. YOUNG AJOW-A-OAtVE 772V LADV--1F YOU COME AH' MAKE TAT HOME WITH A GAL5 WEAR AW- COLO DON'T tkik/o -that look to me po« we tans over akjv svmPathv-// E/VE OUKfCES -/ V —- V. Three-Act Comedy To Be Given Friday Eve By Little Theatre "The Late Christopher Bean,” a three-art comedy, will be presented by members of the Little Theatre Friday evening of this week at 8 o’clock at the Little Theatre building. This will be the first public performance of the new year. An interesting incident of the play will be an original oil portrait of Mrs. Becky Macl'ie painted by Lorenc Payne, local artist, which will be prominently featured throughout the performance. The cast of characters Includes: Leon Kngllsh. .Tr.. Boris Thorne. Becky Macfle. Mrs. John B. Verner, Jane Ton gue, Griffin Campbell, Jimmy Rogers, Runyan Andrew and Billy Middleton. Miss Beulah May Zachary is director of the play. Associational Group Will Meet Sunday "A Program for the Whole V ear will be coneral theme of Associational Sunday school meetinc to he held at Little River Baptist church Sunday afternoon at 2.'SO oclorlc. Plaxton Henderson, chairman of the county croup extends an invitation to nl! Sunday School workers, and any others interested to attend the sessions. TOBACCO FARMERS PLAN MODEL FARM Burley Growing Will Be Su pervised By Specialist From State College f,l. A. nin'.rnrr. County Ancnt) Twenty-five farmers interested In growing hurley tobacco met in the County Agent's office. Friday after noon. January 28th and voted to make “quality” the slogan in their produc tion this year. The group gave hearty approval to the idea of having a tobacco demonstra tion located on Harley Merrill’s farm in the Little River community. Mr. Merrill has agreed to carry out in this demonstration the approved practices as recommended by E. A. Floyd, State Extension tobacco specialist. Important facts that would influence quality, such as strain of tobacco grown, soils, kind and amount of fer tilizer and many other Important things were discussed by the group ns they readily cooperated in planning the demonstration. Jack Whitmire Dies After Long Illness LAKE TOXAWAY. Jan. 2—Uncle Jack Whitmire. 85, of this community, died at the home of his son, 15. T. Whitmire at 1 p. m. on Monday. Jan uary 81, after several weeks of ser ious Illness. Funeral services were held Tues day afternoon at Oak Grove Baptist church, conducted by the pastor, Rev. N. H. Chapman, and Rev. Clyde 8. McCall. Osborne-SImpson had charge of the funeral arrangements. Inter ment was made in the Whitmire fam ily grave yard in this community. The pallbearers were Cecil Whit mire, Edwin Whitmire, Roy Whitmire, Leroy McCall, Leon Putman and Paul Odom, all grand-sons of the deceased. Those having charge of the flowers were Roma Whitmire. Laura Whit mire. Ruth Whitmire. Della Whitmire. Mrs. Claude Whitmire, Mrs. Carrie Powell. Mrs Roxle Brittain, Mrs. Os borne and Mrs. Orville Simpson. Three brothers and one sister survive the deceased They are Mark Whitmire and Rabe Whitmire of this community. Goodie Whitmire of South Carolina and Mrs. Sis Chapman of the Botha sec tion. Purvivinp their father are thirteen children. They are Mrs. R. C Simpson. Mrs. K. T,. Putman. Mrs. Mina Odom. Mrs. Morris Crain. Claude Whitmire and Mrs. Ansel Williams all of Green ville. ft. C.; R. T. Whitmire. Garland Whitmire and Mrs. M A. McCall of I,nko To seaway; Rev. Ranza Whitmlr of Pickens. Toll Whitmire of Canton. Cnv Whitmire of Rosntan and Mrs Karl T.nnnlnp of Woodniff. P. C. Also survlvinp the deceased are HI jrrnnd-children, G9 creat prand-ohildren and 2 preat-preat prand-children. 1'ncle .Tack spent most of his lone life In this community and was an honest, honorable, npripht citizen, at all times loyal to his home, his chtireh and the state. TTe was pure in speech ns well ns in acts. Pome of his children were heard to say, "We never heard our father use a vulpar nr profane word in our lives.” TTe was hiphlv honored hy all his children and preatly ad mired by a multitude of friends. TTe professed faith in Christ at the ape of 23. joined Old Toxnway Baptist church and remained a loyal member durinp the remaininp G2 years of bis life. "Blessed are the dead which die In the l.ord * * that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them.” Mrs. Addle Mae Herman Friends In Brevard were In receipt of news the first nf the week from Mrs. Margaret Setzer. of Stanley, a former resident of Brevard, telllmr of the death of her mother. Mrs. Addle Mae Herman, which occurred at iter home in Stanley on January 1st. Mrs. Herman was S4 years old. Itinerant Soap Seller Knew His Customers He was a nondescript sort of a fellow, unusual in many respects, but to the casual passerby, just an other fellow “with somethin? to sell.” He had a voice that carried far and clear, and despite the fact that he was minus both legs from above the knees down, he managed to get about at a rapid speed, and with his compelling voice (he said he could sin? as good as anyone in the coun try_not in town) he soon managed to get a crowd of folks around his truck that would make a camp meeting preacher turn green with envy. With his hands he could do things, lots of them, and with his fast mind he could tell just how the ever grow ing crowd was responding, and change his tactics accordingly. Psychology, might be the proper name for the man ner In which he handled the throng of several hundred people—anyway, he held them for over an hour, and nev er did they grow tired or stop won dering just what was next, and what the whole thing was about. First off. he told the folks that he wasn’t going to sell any patent medi cine—and he didn’t—he gave some away later. He could toot on some sort of a trlble do-jigger horn concern, and get music out of it like nobody’s business. He could twang on a guitar, and very probably he coud sing well "in the country.” A lot of the jokes and wisecracks he pulled were old ones, but the fel lows who have told and retold them hundreds of times before Saturday didn’t have the yen for telling them just so-so. Be it said to the chap’s credit—he wasn’t vulgar—and he didn’t have to hold his listeners with anything sug gestive of vulgarity. He had a mother in-law (he said he did. at least) and he used her a lot to make his wise cracks go over. He had a bucket of water on the back of his truck that was Interesting. He said that this water was so hard that he could put his finger in it. and make a hole, but that the hole closed up just as soon as he withdrew the finger. He had "been places” (so he said) and had seen a lot of things (also he said); had learned a lot, some of which had cost him plenty. But (he said) he was willing to serve mankind In the best way he could—FREE, without charge. He finally got around to the an nouncement—(give him credit for do ing it different) that he was going to give somebody, or everybody who would have it, a box of some sort of high class wood-shed medicine, not recommended to cure all His, or to make a dead man well and whole again. The medicine was being given with a triple cake of soap which anybody could make if they were so-minded to —and he was willing to tell just which herbs and plants wcie to be used If one wanted to make his own soap from herbs which grow right here in Transylvania county. The soap was 50 cents for one single bar. (he said) but if people would hurry up they could have three for 50 cents, and a box of the medicine thrown In. He even got generous and gave six bars of the soap for 50 cents, and the real crux of the hour’s har rangue started. The man sold more soap In ten min utes than every merchant In Transyl vania county sold all day Saturday, and he didn’t have to insist on the people buying, either. Some bought because they believed he (the soap man) was teling the truth about his wares, and others bought just because they wanted to, or because the char next to him was buying. He was different-he led up to Ids sale, sold what he was going to in ten minutes. . . clasped his hands over his head in prize ring style and said "goodbye folks. I appreciate your patronage” and out he checked. Maybe his soap is not worth a whoop, maybe it is-but his show was worth 60 cents to anybody who heard him, and the man who bought six cakes and was given a box of tree medicine, got all that was coming to him, value received, and good Metho dist measure besides. POULTRY GROWING IS STRESSED BY CLUB Need Felt Here For Increas ing Money Crop u Side Issue In County Brevard Kiwanlana could well go Into the poultry business and make money for the county, was gist of the farm committee's suggestions at the meet ing last Thursday. Julian Glazener, Randall Lyday, and Clarence Maness, members of the com mittee, each discussed some phase of Transylvania farming and the rela tions which could be improved between the business men of Brevard and the farmers of the county. Shortage of cattle and milk pro ducts was also stressed as one big con tributing factor to the low income of farming here. The Income on cattle and milk products In this county Is far below that of the average western sec tion. Mr. Glazener said, and the money derived from cattle and poultry is way below that of the other sections. Plans for starting three or four poultry projects as demonstrated were touched upon by the three men who are conversant, with the agricultural setup in the county. The plan of the committee whereby the demonstra tion projects may he started had already been taken up at a meeting of the directors several weeks ago, and request made for presentation to the club as a whole. Lt. Governor Pritchett of Lenoir was a guest of the club, and in his official remarks said that Brevard was one of the live clubs in his district, and that he had no criticism to offer as to con duct of affairs. Alton Owen Funeral Services January 22 WOLF MTN., Feb. 2 -Alton Owen, aped 20, died at Waynesvllle Hospital on January 20. and was burled on the followlnp Saturday at Wolf Creek Methodist church, with the Rev, Mr. Younpblood, pastor. In eharpe. The younp man was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Vess Owen of Waynesvllle. and a nephew of Mrs. Rurlln Owen and Mrs. Cole T.ee of the I .alee Toxawny section. He was well known in this section, where he had often appeared in musical features, and at community slnpinps. Fish Supper Will Be Given Friday Evening A fish supper will be piven In the dtnlnp room of the Methodist church Friday evenlnp by ladies of the church, for the benefit of the Indebtedness fund campalpn now In propress. Followlnp Is the menu for the sup per: Fillet of haddock or baked ham, catsup and lemon slices, French fried potatoes, saner kraut, corn sticks, white bread, pickles, lemon pie aud coffee. Supper will he served between the hours of 6:30 and 9 o’clock. Tickets are beinp sold this week by individual members. WILD FLOWERS ARE FEATURED IN BOOK Chamber of Commerce Plans New Appeal In Litera ture For Tourists Especial appeal will be made to na ture lovers and botanists by the Chamber of Commerce this year, it was revealed here last week by the adver tising committee. Ten thousand booklets have been ordered from the Miller Printing and Lithographing company, of Asheville, and along with the attractions which have been featured in the past, a spec ial section has been devoted In the now booklets as an appeal to those interest ed in mountain flora and trees. Nearness to Plsgah National Forest Is being emphasized in the booklets, with the rare shortla being given prom inent display. This flower Is found only in the two sections of Western North Carolina, and in China. The fact that there are over 1,500 flowering shruhs in Plsgah National Forest, which lies for the most part In Transylvania county, is being stressed, and the fact that good roads and trails now traverse the forest is also being emphasized. The new booklets are expected to be ready for distribution within the next week, and an up-to-date mailing ,11st compiled by the Miller Printing com pany has been made available to the local committee. Plans now are. to send out several thousand booklets during the last of February,and March, and send other* to the selected list of travel bureaus and automobile associations in March and April. Brevard YTHF Wins Nine-School Contest Chapter of the Brevard Young Tar Heel farmers win first place in ft two county contest for chapter ritual worlc, ar Hendersonville last Saturday. 'Tie Brevard boys entered against eight ether chapters, and each of the officers of the local group were pre sented with FFA belts. Officers of the chapter taking part in the winning contest Included Jones Garren. president; lister Brown, vice president; Marvin Jones, secretary; Joe Jones, treasurer; O’Dell Scott, re porter.