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COURT ADJOURNS TO
MONDAY MORNING
Many Criminal Cases Heard—
Instanter Processes Order
ed By Judge
Criminal term Superior court ad
journed Wednesday afternoon, and the
civil docket will be taken up Monday
morning. All civil cases set for this
week were continued until next week.
Judge J. Will Pless Is presiding at
the term, and has literally “shoved
along" with the criminal cases—not
1 hurrying, but keeping the court mov
ing evenly and smoothly.
The solicitor, Clarence Ridings, kept
a number of bills ready for the grand
jury which completed Its work Tues
day afternoon. Another factor In the
smooth working of the* term was the
minute book work done by Miss Lassie
Kelly, as court stenographer, and Mrs.
N. A. Miller, deputy clerk.
Only one capital case was on the
docket—state against Floyd Youngblood
of Fletcher, charged with the death of
Clifford Gravely of Brevard, In an
auto-truck crash here a few weeks ago.
The grand jury returned a “no true
bill" against Youngblood Tuesday and
he was released by the court. He was
being held under $2,000 bond.
Two divorce cases were heard Wed
nesday afternoon, after the regular
jurors had been dismissed, and the
judge told the several men who served,
Including attorneys, and others that
they were serving without pay, so there
would be no argument.
Mrs. Bonnie Kilpatrick was given
divorce from Vannoy Kilpatrick on
grounds of two years separation: also
Mrs. Leona Gray Holllfield versus Ver
ney Holllfield, on the same grounds.
Several cases of Interest are to be
. taken up In the civil term, beginning
^Monday.
W List of jurors who are to serve the
second week are:
Clarence Whitmire, E. L. Hamilton,
J. A. Allison, F. Brown Carr. J. P. Mc
Cloud, Bert Alexander. H. H. Brown.
Floyd Orr, Kenneth McCall. Fate Rax
ter. Boyce Bishop, J. B. Rogers. Robert
Wilson. Seldon Jones. E. A. Reid, Lewd*
Tinsley, W. P. Allison. A. B. Riley,
TRAIL WORK PUSHED
IN NATIONAL FOREST
Hikers and Horseback Riders
Finding Many Interesting
Places In Pisgah
(risgah Ranger Sendee.)
Construction and maintenance work
•n foot trails on the Pisgah Ranger
District is receiving high priority, as
announced by Ranger John W.
Squires.
The trail that receives the most use
on the District and probably In West
ern Nor'h Carolina is the Pisgah Mt.
Trail from the parkirg area on the
Pisgah Motor road to the top of Mount
Pisgah. This trail is a mile and a half
t in length and rises to an elevation of
■ 5,749 feet above sea level. The Forest
' Service Is reconstructing this trail by
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Recreation Benefit
A benefit bridge party, sponsored
by the WPA recreational council, will
be held at the NYA hut on the even
ing of Tuesday, August 9. at 8 o'clock.
Merchants of the town will donate
prizes, and refreshments will be serv
ed. A nominal admission will be
charged.
Work Progressing On
Wheeler Hosiery Mill
Additional Building
Work Is progressing on the addition
to the A. W. Wheeler & Son full fash
ioned silk hosiery plant in Brevard.
New roof, new cement floor, and
other repairs have already been com
pleted, and other work Is going for
ward.
The new addition Is expected to be
In operation within a couple of months,
and will give work to a total of around
130 people, most of whom will be local
workers who have received training
in the plant which has been in opera
tion two year*.
The Wheeler concern manufactures a
high grade full fashioned silk hose for
ladles.____
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VANCE A. BROWNING
J, Q, K. McClure, Jr„ will be
principal speaker at the Farmers
Federation picnic which is slated to
be held at Pisgah Forest school
next Tuesday, August 2.
All farmers, and their families are
Invited to attend the Federation picnic,
which begins at 10 o’clock, and all are
requested to bring well-filled baskets
for the picnic lunch at noon time.
Watermelon will be served by the Fed
eration.
The event will be staged at Pisgah
Forest School, where there will be
shelter In case of rain. The program
will be held on the school grounds, and
Includes music by the Federation string
band, short speeches, athletic contests,
and old-time singing in the afternoon.
Motion pictures will be made of the
picnic and. later In the year will be
shown at Federation meetings.
Speakers at the Transylvania county
picnic will be James O. K. McClure,
president of the Farmers Federation:
Prof. S. C. Clapp assistant director in
charge of the Swannanoa Test Farm,
and the Rev. Dumont Clarke, director
of the Religious Department of the
federation.
POSTOFFICE BIDS TO I
BE OPENED AUG. 3RD
Location Proposal* Being Re
ceived By Brevard Poet
master This Week
Bids for Brevard’s new postoffice
site will be opened by Postmaster T.
Coleman Galloway next Wednesday
morning at 9 o'clock. AU bids are be
ing received sealed, and will be pub
licly opened by the postmaster.
Mr. Galloway said Monday that more
than a dozen proposal blanks had been
given out to prospective bidders. It
is expected that’ several more bidders
will ask for blanks this week.
The new proposed building will cost
975,000, and site will be selected by
the procurement division of the treas
ury department.
Battery F. Reunion
Be Here August 18
Plans are being made to hold the
Battery F. reunion In Brevard on
Thursday. August 18, with 100 or more
members in attendance.
Eck L. Rims and Ralph Duckworth
of Brevard, and Leo Morris of Hender
sonville. met here Friday, and made
tentative plans for the reunion which
will be held at BreeBe's Mill near Mald
en Hair falls. The business session
will be held at 11 o’clock in the morn
ing, followed by a barbecue dinner.
Capt Reid R. Morrison of Moores
vllle, commander of the battery, which
made an excellent record In the World
war, is expected to be principal speak
er at the meeting.
Last year the reunion was held at
the home of Captain Morrison, and
the battery voted to come to Brevard
this year, where they were given a
royal entertainment two years ago.
Complete program will be announced
within a few days.
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Win tons On Visit
The Rev. J. F\ Wlnton, of Slater,
Missouri, and three daughters arrived
in Brevard Wednesday night for a
visit of several days with Mr. and Mrs.
Anthony Trantham and other friends
here. The Wlntons are pleasantly re
membered here as leaders of the Bre
vard Institute, and as active church
and community workers.
Mrs. Patton Presents
Paper at State Meet
Mrs. C. Y. Patton welfare superinten
dent for Transylvania county attend
ed an institute for all county superin
tendents of welfare In Chapel Hill last
week, and presented a paper to the
meeting on Wednesday.
The Transylvania lady's theme for
discussion was "Trends In Relief
Work." with especial emphasis being
placed on the fact that any and all
federal or state aid should go through
the county welfare office in order that
complete check-up could be had at all
time on all relief or assistance clients.
Arguments presented by Mrs. Pat
ton were acclaimed by the officials,
and public acknowledgement was also
made of the type work she Is doing In
Transylvania as welfare superinten
' dent.
l Seen and Heard Around Court j;
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{By the "Old Man")
I wish we would not have court dur
ing July and August ... too many folk
busy. Business men need to be at their
places. Inasmuch as It Is THE busy
season of the year for them, and farm
ers need to be at home In their crops,
as It's also THE busy time for them.
Judge and solicitor say It’s oke for
them, though, as they would a lot
rather come to the mountains than go
down state where the weather Is hot.
Two against two hundred, however,
Is not much of a vote, and I hope the
midsummer term Is changed.
Need more seats In the court room,
especially Inside the bar. Not enough
for the Jurors, the attorneys and the
"old man.” Mostly the “old man” I'm
worrying about.
Don’t know whether the fact that
there were a lot of shining lights of
the legal profession In town Monday or
not—but the sun started shining just
about the time court convened Monday
morning.
EXTRA! EXTRA! Judge said “the
press” could have a seat just to the
right of His Honor's bench, and now
Til be able to quit worrying about
somebody getting my place when I
have to dodge out to see about an adv.
or collect from a subscriber who Is In
arrears.
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Lot of people present when Sheriff
Shuford said "Oyer, oyer, oyer,” and
the rest of the rigamarole about the
court opening. Some few were spec
tators, lot were witnesses, and a very
few were defendants.
The fact that there were few de
fendants in court did not mean that
the docket was not well filled. One
man was sick (so a doctor’s certificate
said); another had broken out of jail
several days ago; three were In jail
when their cases were called: 23 were
ha parts unknown (they left Sunday
or Monday morning, some of them at
least); and 13 defendants wen present
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Must have been close to a hundred
folk absent who were supposed to be
In court, and the orders Judge Pless
made when they were called, Is going
to make bondsmen sweat real blood this
week. The_ court Issued capiases for
the defendants, and orders for the bonds
to be forfeited unless defendants were
brought In.
Judge Pless said he was coming back
In December, and excuses about non
payment of fines and costs assessed at
this term would have to be paid or
else. He put several fellows In jail
Monday morning because they hadn't
paid since former court orders had
been made. 'T can’t violate the law,"
he said, "and the law has made order
at previous term that such and such
fines and costs SHALL be paid before
July term, so it’s either pay or take
the consequences.”
"You know your business, and the
court expects you to do your duty,”
Judge Pless told the grand jurors.
“You are not a rubber stamp for the
solicitor, like some would have us be
lieve—yours Is a district function of the
court, and a necessary one,” he said.
Wasn’t so much nolBe In the court
room Monday. The squeaky door at
the side of the judge’s bench didn’t
have to be opened and shut, and that
was a great relief for those who want
ed to hear the proceedings.
First case called was a negro boy
who had stolen or rather misapplied
$10 from Simpson Barber shop, when
he was sent to the bank for change.
The negro, Earl Gibbs, told a straight
story and he was let-off by paying the
costs, and paying this $5 weekly. Also
put on good behavior for five years
with a 12-month suspended sentence
hanging over his head.
Telling the truth paid off for one
young chap—George Barton—who was
charged with driving a car under In
fluence of whlBkey. He told the court
that he was drinking whiskey, and fhe
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Highway Patrolman
Assigned To County
Beginning on Friday
Transylvania county is to have a
highway patrolman who will assume
active duties here Friday of this week.
Patrolman R. E. Ervin will be trans
ferred here from Charlotte, where he
has been on active duty for the past
five years. He is a native of Cleveland
county, and rates well with the state
department, according to Lieutenant
W. B. Lentz of the Asheville district,
who was here Saturday, and stated
that arrangements had been made
whereby a regular patrolman would be
stationed in Brevard.
Patrolman Ervin will have head
quarters in the city hall, and will pa
trol roads in all sections of the county.
TOWN REFINANCE
PROGRAM ORDER
BEING PUBLISHED
Large Saving On Interest and
Past Due Coupons Will
Be Effected
Bond order Is being published in this
issue of The Times by the town of Bre
vard. which is final step in completing
the refinance program which has been
worked out by City Attorney Ralph
Ramsey and the town officials.
Under the plan, $521,000 In new bonds
will be Issued to refinance the prin
cinal bonded Indebtedness of the town
which is outstanding and past due. and
$28,000 to refund interest coupons on
the bonds.
The $28,000 represents only one
fourth of the total amount of past due
interest, which was basis agreed upon
by the bondholders and the town in
settlement for the unpaid coupons and
Interest, thus effecting a saving of
nearly $85,000.
New bonds to be issued for the
amounts now outstanding will carry
a much lower rate of interest, and will
effect a total saving to the town of
approximately $370,000 in Interest
charges over the period of years.
Under the plan put through by the
town officials, rate of interest for the
first two years is 1 percent; 1938 to
1940, 1 1-4 per cent; 1940 to 1943, 1 1-t
per cent; 1948 to 1946. 2 per cent;
1946 to 1956, 2 1-2 per cent; 1956 to
1966, 3 per cent: 1966 to 1976, 4 per
cent, or averaging 2.78 per cent for the
entire period of 40 years.
The Brevard settlement is said
Local Government officials at Raleigh
to be the second-best settlement made
by any unit in the state. Asheville
and Buncombe county’s settlement is
regarded 'as a little better in some re
spects.
Dr. Abernethy Speaks
Here Sunday Morning
Dr. L. B. Abernethy, missionary sec
retary of the Western North Carolina
conference, of Elkin, will deliver Jhe
sermon at the 11 o’clock service Sun
day morning at the Methodist church,
It has been announced by the pastor,
the Rev^J. H. Brendall.
Dr. Abernethy Is rated In the con
ference and elsewhere as au able and
interesting speaker, and an excellent
sermon Is assured all those who bear
him here Sunday morning A cordial
Invitation Is extended by the pastor to
the public to attend the service.
Singing Convention
Be Held On Sunday
A singing convention will be held
In the court house at Brevard Sun
day afternoon, according to plans laid
at a recent Plsgah Forest meeting.
The program will begin at * o’clock
In the afternoon, with E. D. Randolph
of Rosman In charge of the afternoon’s
affair. It Is expected that a perma
nent organisation will be set up at the
meeting of singers which will have for
Its purpose a county singing each fifth
Sunday In Brevard.
Several groups of singers from out
side the county have been Invited to
the Sunday afternoon meet, and all
groups and leaders of Transylvania are
given a cordial Invitation to be preo
int ■ ! ! ‘
Harry Patton Head*
Superior Court Jury
Harry H. Patton, Brevard and Pisgah
Forest business man was named fore
man of the grand Jury Monday morn
ing after It was selected by little Miss
Molly Ann McCall.
The following were named on the
jury: John Collins, Frank Galloway,
Geo. W. Hayes, W. M. Henry, James
Holden, Claude Jones, E. W. Lyday,
C. M. Lance, Ralph H. Landreth, Leon
Manley, Virgil Merrill, Dwight Mof
fltt, Alvin Moore, Charlie Nicholson,
Edwin Wlke, T. J. Wood, J. H. Sledge.
Only a few of the summoned Jurors
asked to be excused, and only two of
these were permitted to go home by
the Judge—V. H. Galloway, because he
Is hard of hearing, and C. F. Norton,
timekeeper for the PWA, Verne Clem
ent fireman.
Dwight Moffltt, clerk In the Broad
street A&P store, was allowed each
afternoon off from grand Jury work
atfer 4 o’clock, In order to help take
care of the rush hours; Alvin Moore,
counselor at Camp Rockbrook was per
mitted to be excused after Tuesday
afternoon due to the fact that he Is
hike leader at camp; and Edwin Wlke
was given afternoons off to look after
the municipal swimming pool of which
he Is manager.
Several of the jurors had Intention of
asking off, but after the Judge had
gone over the excuses so thoroughly
of those who did ask off, the remain
der withheld their requests.
M. B. Bagwell was named special
Jury’ officer.
Miss Lassie Kelly of Franklin Is
court stenographer, and Solicitor Clar
ence Ridings of Forest City Is appear
ing for the state.
E. C. Hedden Rite*
Held Tuesday Morn
E. C. Hedden, 73, died Sunday in a
Sylva hospital, following an illness of
two months. Funeral services were
held at the home of his daughter in
Webster Tuesday morning. Burial was
in the Webster cemetery.
Mr. Hedden was a former resident
of Transylvania county, making his
home at Pisgah Forest, where he was
connected with the Carr Lumber com
pany. He was candidate for the legis
lature In 1924, and prominently con
nected in the county,,
Surviving are two sons, James Hed
den, Pisgah Forest; George Hedden,
Badin; two daughters, Mrs. T. S. Mor
rison and Miss Lucy Hedden, of Web
ster; one sister, Mrs. D. F. Beach
board, and several grandchildren.
W. W. Croushom and F. Brown Can
attended the funeral of Mr. Hedden In
Webster on Tuesday.
New regulations governing the open
and dosed season for hunting have
been announced by the State Depart
ment of Conservation and Development
as follows:
Open season on bear: Oct. 20 to Jan.
1; deer, Oct 1 to Jan. 1; o’possum and
raccoon (with gun or dogs only) Oct
16 to Feb. 16; quail, Dec. 16 to Feb.
20; squirrel Sept 15 to Dec. 15; rab
bit Nov. 20 to Feb. 15: dove. Sept
1 to Sept 30; and Dec 20 to Jan. SI;
duck, geese, Jack-snipe (Wilson), and
coot Nov. 15 to Dec. 20; rail, marsh
hen, and galllnule, Sept 1 to Nov. SO;
turkey, Dec. 15 to Feb. 20; ruffed gouae,
Dec. 15 to Jan. 16.
New combination hunting and fish
ing license as shown at the top of this
story may be purchased at a price of
$3.10, whch is a saving over the two
Individual licensee of $1.10, It la point
ed out by E. BL Galloway, warden. (
The new license are of metal, finish
ed in nickel, with black numeral*, and
are made up In the form of a shield.
WATER DEPARTMENT
INSTITUTED IN TOWN
All-Time Employe Will Check
Outlets end Collect Rent
From Users
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A water department was set up at
meeting of the Brevard board of aider
men In meeting Monday night, with
C. P. Mlsenhelmer named as super
visor In charge.
Under plans of the new department,
all activities In the water department
will be under Supervisor Mlsenhelmer,
who will be charged each month with
total amount of water payments due,
and It will be his duty to see that such
water charges are paid, or that ser
vice has been discontinued to patrons
who refuse to pay. Mr. Mlsenhelmer
will begin his services August 1st.
It was pointed out at the meeting
fhat there Is a large group of water
users who have not been paying their
rent, and further, that In many In
stances It has been found that new
water taps and extra uses have been
put on the town's system without the
patrons mentioning this fact to the
water department.
It will also be duty of the water
supervisor to Inspect properties and
see that proper precautions are used
to minimize the waste of water, and
to see that the water ordinance In gen
eral Is complied with.
Preliminary work looking toward es
tablishment of the proposed water de
partment has been done by members of
the town police force and other em
ployes, and the reports made at the
Monday night meeting showed that
extra income In the amount of better
than two thousand dollars-could be ex
pected from the. new setup.
John’s Rock CCC Is
Now at Full Strength
John’s Rock CCC has been raised to
212-enrollee strength, and the young
men are now engaged In doing con
structive work In Plsgah National
Forest.
Captain George S. Obear, commander
of the camp, which Is designated as
F-28, states that most of the enrolleea
are from the Macon and Central
Georgia sections, and In addition to the
fact that he has a good crew of work
men In the boys, they are enjoying the
summer In the mountains.
Groups are now engaged In work
which Is of particular value to thts
Immediate section. One detail Is en
gaged In building' the highway from
the old Balsam Grove camp to Tenn
essee Bald which will connect with
the road which la to be finished from
Sunburst to the top of the ridge, and
from the lower entrance to next link of
the Blue Ridge Scenic highway to be
built in North Carolina.
Another detail is working at Pink
Beds on the recreation project; another
at Frying Pan Gap, White Pine and
Davidson River recreation areas, and
other work at the Fawn Plant, fish
rearing station, and other Improve
ments.
F-28 has been designated as the
"Model Camp” In this district, and has
gained recognition as such.
FUNDS ALLOTED TO
COUNTY FOR ROADS
WPA and State Will Finance
Farm-to-Market Work
In Transylvania
Announcement has come through the
office of Congressman Zeb Weaver to
the effect that S4«,7«3 has been approv
ed In Washington for farm to market
roads In Transylvania under the WPA.
The allotment of federal funds will
Insure continuation of projects already
started In Transylvania, and the need
ed work on others, W. A. Wilson, en
gineer for this county said Tuesday.
Mr. Wilson said that work was now
going forward on four roads In the
county with WPA workmen, sponsored
by the State Highway commission.
Crews are eagaged In surfacing with
crushed stone from Little River, ex
pecting to continue through to Cedar
Mountain, 7 miles; the Sllversteea
school to Quebec road, surfacing with
crushed stone, 14 miles; widen and'
drain Balsam Grove to Tennessee Gap
road, « miles: widen and drain and'
surface with stone the Lower Boheney
road toward Whitewater.
The new approved setup will permit
up to 300 men to work this fall and
winter, for a six-months period begin
ning Sept. 1, Mr. Wilson said.
Rotmd Dance Friday
First round dance of the season will
be given at the Mclntoah Recreation
center on Friday night of this week,
beginning at 10:15. Louis Jones or
chestra has been secured for the event.
Bishop Gribbin Will
Preach at St. Philip*
The union sendee of three churches
of the town wjll be held at St Phil
ip's church Sunday evening at ft
o’clock. The sermon of ths occasion
win be delivered by ths Rev. John
Grainger, rector of St Luke’s Episco
pal church In Lincolnton, and counsel
or at Camp Carolina this summer.
The Rt Reverend Robert E. Grib
bin, D. D„ bishop of ths Western North
Carolina diocese, win deliver the ser
mon at St Philip’s Episcopal church
Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. It has
been announced by ths rector, ths Rev.
Bury Perry.