I3FI THE TRANSYLVANIA TIMES 8 I
A Newspaper Devoted to the Best Interest of the People of Transylvania County M -—
Tol. 48- NO. 35 BREVARP. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. 1938* ^jljore^^RJWTOAWmVAWUCOUWTT
CCC BOY SAVES MAN
FROM WATER-DEATH
Artificial Respiration Brings
Life Back To Drowning
Youth Wednesday
Knowledge of artificial respiration
probably saved the life of George
Mundy, 22, of Fletcher at Davldsor
River swimming pool Wednesday af
ternoon.
Young Mundy was In swimming
with a group of agriculture students
from Fletcher high school in the Dav
idson River pool when he became ex
hausted and sank In water nine to IQ
feet deep.
The unconscious man was pulled from
the water by companions after about
two minutes, and George Bryan, an
enrollee of CCC F-28 applied artificial
respiration as It had been taught him
by the Army Corps at Rakemont, Ga.
Within four to five minutes the near
victlm was conscious, and was soon
fully recovered without medical assist
ance. The accident occurred about
3:30, and when the group left the
swimming pool an hour later Mundy
had practically recovered from the
. shock.
Attendant Bryan is in charge of the
pool as regular life guard.
’Chamber of Commerce
Picks Officers Friday
Annual election of officers will fea
ture the Friday night meeting of the
Brevard Chamber of Commerce.
The meeting will be held at the city
hall, and all members who have paid
L or pledged to pay Into the civic body
I are invited to attend and take part In
business of the evening.
Mrs. Ralph Fisher, secretary, and
Mrs. John Smith, treasurer will make
their annual reports at the meeting,
and the finance committee's report will
be of especial Interest to all members
as well as the community at large.
The Chamber of Commerce has done
exceptionally good work the past
spring, and Is continuing to function
in fine manner. Decision as to per
manent secretary, and continuatilon of
the office will be made at the meeting
Friday evening.
Enrollments Are Up
At Schools of County
Brevard elementary, and Busman high
schools each reported materially In
creased enrollment the first two days
of the 1938 term.
Reports from other schools had hot
been made Wednesday, and In some In
stances enrollment will be under that
of last year.
Dr. I. W. Farrell and Dr. Raymer.
from the state board of health are
examining and treating children In
Rosman and Brevard schools this week. |
They plan to visit each section of the
- county while hree under auspices of
i ) the county health unit.
Union Services Will
Be Held Sunday Eve
The regular Sunday evening union
services, scheduled to be held Sunday
evening at the Methodist church, will
not be held, it has been announced,
due to the absence of the pastor, the
Rev. J. H. Brendall. The union ser
vices will be resumed the following
Sunday evening at the Methodist
church, and continue for three suc
ceeding Sundays.
The usual morning services will lie
held at the Methodist church next Sun
day. though the speaker for the oc
casion has not yet been announced to
fill the pulpit in the pastor’s absencel
STAMP EXHIBIT HERE
FRIDAY-SATURDAY
Interesting Display Will Be
Placed In Office of
County Agent
Second annual, stamp club exhibit
will be held In Brevard on Friday and
Saturday of this week In the county
agent’s office.
A general Invitation to the public Is
extended by members of the Brevard
Stamp Club, and there will be no ad
mission charge to see the exhibit.
However a silver offering will be tak
en to help defray expenses of building
the exhibition stands.
United States stamps. First Day cov
ers. foreign'issues from almost every
country, and special issues from sev
eral nations will be on display. Some
of the more colorful stamps are being
arranged In attractive sertes by club
members, and judging from last year’s
exhibit a rare treat Is In store for those
who attend.
Only local club members will ex
hibit, and there will be no awarding
‘ of prizes, as the show Is put on purely
£ ’gfl an educational and entertaining
V feature. The exhibit will be open dur
\ lng the days Friday and Saturday, and
each evening from S to 10 o’clock.
Officers of the Brevard club are:
Harold 13. Norwood, president; Mrs.
John Vemer, vice president; Mrs. Row
ena H. Summey, secretary and treas
urer; Raoul Bosse, program director.
Members of the cIud Include—Mrs. J.
S. Brownfield, T. K. Chamberlain, Hale
Chamberlain, Jakob Rohwer, Mrs. Ag
nes Rohwer, Alex H. Klzer, Jr., Bob
T. Oauh, Pendleton Banks, Jeannette
Austin, Bobby Norwood. Oliver Orr, Jr.,
John Walker, Henry Miller.
Golf Tournament Be
Played This Week
On Brevard Course
Brevard handicap golf tournament
will get underway Friday morning,
with more than 25 entrants having
qualified.
Play will go on through Saturday,
Sunday, and Monday, with prizes for
low score, and for handicap winners
to be made Wednesday.
Attendants at the course state that
Interest In playing here has materially
Increased during the past two weeks
and that more Brevard people are join
ing the visitors in making the rounds.
Prizes for the tournament were do
nated by the following firms and are on
display In the windows of Maofle Drug
store.
Macfie Drug store, Whiteway Clean
ers, Dixie Cleaners, Trantham's Dept
store, Scott's Grocery, Transylvania
Times, City Market, Belk’s Dept, store.
Simpson Barber Shop. United Variety
store, Farmer Supply Co., A&P Stores
Main & Broad, Tinsley Service Station,
McCrary Auto Service, B&B Feed &
Seed Co., Smith Barber shop, McFee
Jewelry store, Buy-Rite Grocery, Farm
ers Federation, Whitmire Service Sta
tion. Dixie Stores, Galloway Cafe. Ward
News Stand, Plummer’s and Tinsley
Barber Shop.
Sunday School Meet
At Enon On Sunday
A Baptist assoclattonal Sunday school
meeting will be held at the Enon Bap
tist church Sunday, beginning at 2:30
o’clock In the afternoon, it has been an
nounced. A training campaign in Oc
tober will be discussed. An interesting
program has been arranged, as fol
lows: Devotlonals, Rev. Walter Mc
Guire; business and announcements;
testimonials as to value of a training
school In a church: the need for train
ed Sunday school workers, Valry Car
ter: books suggested for study, Rev.
N. L. Ponder; discoveries and demon
strating soul-winning power, Rev. Yan
cey C. Elliott: department conferences,
t -aining conference, plans and suggest
ions, Rev. M. L. Lewis; intermediate
conference, evangelism Miss Helen
C wen; elementary conference, enlarge
ment, Miss Lorena Merrill; adjourn
ment at 3:45 o'clock. I
TUBERCULIN CLINIC
HERE SEPT. 6,7,8
State Sanatorium Workers To
Assist Health Unit In
/ Making Examinations
Extension workers from the North
Carolina Sanatorium will hold a clinic
In Transylvania county on Sept. 6, 7,
and 8, for making tuberculin tests.
The work will be done through the
Transylvania Health Unit, and Dr. G.
B. Lynch, health officer, states that
the clinic will examine any patients
which Transylvania physicians see fit
to send to his office during the three
days.
A portable fluoroscope has been de
veloped by the Sanatorium workers and
will be used here In the examinations,
doing the work more quickly and more
accurately than by physical examina
tion alone.
Any persons who suspect that they
have the disease, or feel that they have
suspicious symptoms, and who are un
able to go to a private physician are
urged by Dr, Lynch to attend the
clinic.
Eighth grade students at Brevard
and Rosman high schools were exam
ined last spring by the health unit,
and it Is expected that a large number
of school students will be among those
who are examined at the clinic here
next week.
Bank and Postoffice
Will Close Labor Day
The bank and postoffice will be clos
ed for Labor Day on Monday, but the
county offices will remain open, and
the board of commissioners will hold
their repular monthly meetinp.
The peneral delivery' window at the
Brevard postoffice will be open from
8 to 8:30. and from 10:30 to 11.o'clock,
only. There will be no city or peneral
delivery.
New Arrival
Mr. and Mrs. Glanna Shipman of
Little River announce the birth of a
dauphter, Jo Anne, on Friday. Aup. 26.
Mrs. Shipman was Miss Dola McCrary
before her marrlape.
Banner Enrollment Anticipated
For Opening Of Brevard College
All indications at Brevard College
point to a banner enrollment. For the
past several days young people and
their parents from points in North Car
olina and other states have been to
the college looking for accommodations.
Extra beds are being installed in Tay
lo- Hall to accommodate the overflow
of young men. Arrangements are be
ing made to accommodate several young
nv>n in the community outside the col
lege buddings.
Freshmen are expected to arrive
Monday and second year students
Wednesday. Classification of all stu
deits should be completed by Thurs
day night with classes scheduled to be
gin at eight o’clock Friday morning.
Se ptember 9th.
There appears to be increasing in
terest among young people in Transyl
vania county in Brevard College. More
day students are expected than at any
tirre in the past two years. Day stu
der ts arc expected to register at the
college Monday morning at ten o'clock.
The college administration has an
noi need that young people In the coun
ty who have reached the age of eighteen
and can be certified for N. Y. A. aid
because of a budgetary deficiency in
the family will be placed on special
N. Y. A. projects In the community
and given substantial aid in the pay
mert of their bills. All young people
who are interested in this arrangement
arc requested to see college officials as
soor as possible In regard to this ar
rangement.
President Coltrane has just announc
ed the appointment of the Reverend E.
D. C. Brewer as special representative
of the collepe in the field of public and
conference relations. Mr. Brewer has
just completed a pastorate in a church
in Port Sulphur, Louisiana, and will
Join the collepe staff September 1st.
Mr. Brewer will have no teachinp
duties but will pive his entire time
to field work of various types. Upon
invitation from the Secretary of the
Board of Christian Education of the
Western North Carolina Conference,
Mr. Brewer will spend next week in a
traininp school on the Catawba Cir
cuit. of which the Reverend Reid Wall
Is pastor. Mrs. Brewer, who before
her marrlape to Mr. Brewer last Sun
day at Camp Dellwood near Waynes
ville was Miss Ethel Kerr, wiill Join
the staff as secretary of the collepe
and assistant repistrar.
Football practice will begin Thurs
day afternoon of this week at three
o'clock. Coaches Chrlstenhury and
Farthing will have several young men
from the local high school and from
other points In North Carolina and
Tennessee out for the first practice.
Three young men from the Johnson
county high school In Tennessee have
already arrived on the campus ready
to begin practice. Young men In the
community who are expecting to par
ticipate In football this year are re
quested to join the squad on the ath
letic field Thursday afternoon.
The first faculty meeting will be held
at the college Thursday afternoon at
two o’clock.
Little River Church
To Celebrate 100th
Anniversary Sept. 11
Plans are being made for the annual
T.itt le River home coming which will
be held at the church there on Sept.
11th.
A i all-day program will be observed,
with speeches, singing, and music. All
whc attend are asked to bring basket
lunches to be spread together on the
long table at noontime.
Trils will be the 100th anniversary of
the formation of the church.
Change Library Hours
The U.D.C. library will be closed all
day Labor Day, Monday. September 5,
It has been announced by the librarian.
Miss Annie Jean Gash.
After that time, until further notice,
the library hours will be from 10 to
12 n the mornings, and from 2 to 5
In the afternoons.
Eousta Official Here
For Plant Inspection
■p'a'ter M. Schwarz, vice president of
the Ecusta Paper Corporation was here
last Thureday for a short visit, and
looked over the work that Is progress
ing on the new plant at Plsgah Forest.
Vr. Schwarz who Is a member of the
law firm of Rtegelman, Hess, Stras
eer A Hlrsch, of New York, Is attorney
for the Ecusta corporation and had
cha rge of all details In connection
with starting the new plant here.
McKinney and oimpson
Family Meeting Sunday
The McKinney and Simpson reunion
will be held at the Boylston Baptist
church Sunday, September 4, announce
ment has been made.
The evangelistic club of the Pickens
Mill Baptist church will he there, also
Rev. Benjamin Ross, a converted Jew,
will be present and will bring the mes
sage at 2:30 o’clock.
All friends and relatives are Invit
ed. A basket dinner will be served on
the grounds at the noon hour.
Brother of Brevard
Man Buried In S. C.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at Newberry, S. C., for John
William Smith 72, who died Friday
afternoon at his home In Atlanta fol
lowing a week’s Illness. Burial was in
♦he Newberry cemetery.
Mr. Smith was a brother of Thomas
H. Smith, of Memphis, Tenn., who has
been spending his summers In Bre
vard for many years.
The deceased was a native of Blair,
S. C„ but had made his home for more
than 40 years In Atlanta, where he was
manager of the .Merchants and Miners
Transportation company and later was
connected with the Columbia and
Georgetown Steamship company. More
recently he had been engaged In the
mortgage and loan business.
Surviving are his wife, three sisters
and two brothers.
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Brevard Girl Visited
Abroad This Summer
Miss Adelaide VanWey, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joheph S. Silversteen of
Brevard, has just returned from an
extensive trip abroad, having sailed on
the Queen Mary, the largest and most
luxurious liner afloat, and returned on
the Saturnia, an outstanding cruise
boat of the Italian line.
While abroad Miss VanWey visited
the following countries: England, Hol
land, Belgium, France, Switzerland.
Italy, Capri, Sicily, Africa, Portugal,
Gibraltar, and the Azores. She sang
tin several countries with' great suc
cess.
She had the rare treat of being in
Paris during the visit of the English
king and queen.
Miss VanWey reports outstanding
events of her trip to be the ascent to
the Jungfrau; her trip to the active |
volcano, Vesucius; the premier per
formance of Mascagnle’s new opera
"Isabeau.” at which Mussolini appear
ed; her visit by special permission to
the Moslem Mosque In Algiers, and the
I most perfectly preserved castle in
I Europe at Slna, Portugal.
But the greatest thrill was seeing the
New York skylln.. and the statue of
Liberty. Miss VanWey declared that
one of the greatest benefits of a trip
abroad 1s the "realization and deep ap-;
predation of the blessings of our own (
wonderful United States, the greatest j
| and best country in the world.”
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Bishop Thomas Will
Preach Sunday Morn
The Rt. Rev. Albert S. Thomas D. D„
bishop of South Carolina, of Charles
ton, S. C., will deliver the sermon at
11 o’clock Sunday morning at St. Phil-1
Ip’s Episcopal church It has been an
nounced by the rector, the Rev. Harry
Perry.
The well known bishop and his fam
ily have a summer home In Brevard,
and have been coming here the past
15 years.
Business Courses at
High School Offered
Courses in typewriting, bookkeeping,
and shorthand will be offered from
3:30 to 5:00 at Brevard hiph school.
The extension courses include all work
piven in the ropular hiph school com
mercial subjects. Hiph school prad
uates or any other interested individ
uals are ellpible to take the course.
Miss Poindexter requests that persons
Interested in these courses meet in the
commercial room, 301, at 3:30 Friday,
September 2.
Trash Dumping Place
Moved to Rocky Hill
Trash dumping grounds for the town
of Brevard have been bought to the
left of the Rocky Hill section, off the
Rosman highway, and Is now being
used.
The property was acquired from
Fleet Shipman, and a road leading from
the Illahee road has been built into
the area.
Brevard people are requested by the
town of Brevard officials to stop us
ing the old dump grounds near King’s
Creek, as this property is no longer
under lease. _
N. C. Farmer* Have
Received Huge Sum*
From AAA Program
North Carolina farmers received $8,
893,691.05 cents up to August 13 for
their participation In the 1937 agricul
tural conservation program, E. T.
Floyd, of State College, has announced.
Last year, he continued, growers of
this state earned some $9,350,000 by
regulating their acreage of soil-deplet
ing crops and by carrying out soil
building practices. Only about $456,
800 remains to be paid.
The AAA also gave North Carolina
farmers $11,932.52, up to May 31, In
"grants of aid;” this Is, triple-super
phosphate given farmers In lieu of part
of their payments.
Floyd pointed out that Tar Heel
growers as a whole can earn consider
ably more this year than they did in
1937 if they don't over-plant their soil
depleting crops and if they carry out
all the soil-building practices recom
mended for their farms under the pro
gram.
Among the practices for Improving
the soil are: terracing, applying lime
and phosphate, reseeding pastures,
growing legumes, and turning under
green manure crops.
F. Brown Carr Heads
Baptist Sunday School
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F. Brown Carr of Plsgah Forest
was re-elected superintendent of tlie
Brevard Baptist Sunday BChool last
Sunday. Mr. Carr is beginning his
fourth consecutive term as superin
tendent.
Gerald Sitton and Randall Lyday
were named assistant superintendents,
and Hugh Hollifield secretary and
treasurer. Other officers of the school,
and for the various departments will
be elected at a later date.
Civic Club Move* To
New City Hall Home
Completion of plans for moving the
Civic club room from the Jordan street
location to a room In the city hall on
West Main street was a feature of the
meeting of the Women's Civic club
Monday afternoon .
Due to the expiration of the lease on
the Jordan street room, the club ac
cepted the Invitation of city officials
to make use of a room on the second
floor of the city hall, over the city
clerk's office, as headquarters for the
club and a place for holding the meet
ings. The moving of furniture and
equipment belonging to the club was
made the first of the week to the new
locatlon, where future meetings will lie
held.
Report of the recent flower show
sponsored by the club showed that the
annual event was a success, financial
ly and otherwise, attended by several
hundred tourists and residents.
The meeting was presided over by the
president, Mrs. Oliver Orr.
At Lyday Hospital
Patients reported at Lyday Memorial
hospitl on Wednesday were; Julia
Simmons, Donald Kilpatrick Alton Hub
bard, Walter Dowdy, Mrs. Ernest Giles,
Mrs. Lester Thomas, Mrs. Arthur Pack
and Infant son, Arthur Lamar, born
Saturday, August 27, and Arthur Mc
Falls.
“Cotton Ed” Smith Winner In
South Carolina Primary Voting
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GREENVILLE, Aug. 31— (Special
Prom Greenville Piedmont)— Senator
Ellison D. (Cotton Ed) Smith wad re
garded oeasy 30,000 winner over his new
deal opponent, Governor Olln D. John
son late today, with 260 precincts out
of 1,607 to be heard from.
Greenville, as a wnoie, wan juuuaiu.
from early Tuesday evening when first
returns started coming In from the
boxes over the state, through Wednes
day as station WFBC continued broad
casting the Increasing Smith strength.
Governor iohnston, who had the
"nod” of President Roosevelt, was re
garded loser as soon as 8 o’clock Tues
day night when scattered returns from
over the state showed the strergth of
the man who had served the state In
Washington for thirty years.
The withdrawal of Edgar Brown on <
Saturday, thought at first to be a dan
ger point for Smith, was regarded as
a material aid, •especially after the re
tiring candidate pointedly told Joh-.iston
in answer to his query that he “state
his position," that, he was "emphatical
ly not a Johnston man,” and accused
the governor of shoddy political tactics.
Mayor Burnet R. Maybank of Char
leston waa high In the 8-mau race for
governor, with Wyndham M. Manning
second, and Cole I* Blease third.
Joseph R. Bryson, Greenville attor
ney, and kinsman of many of Transyl
vania county's Bryson family, waa
leading Congressman Heyward Mahon
by 1,200 votes Wednesday afternoon
with 18 hoses still unreported.
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BASEBALL GAME TO
HOLD SPOTLIGHT IN
BREVARDSATURDAY
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Enka and Tanners Will Decide
Second Half Pennant Race
On College Field
Last scheduled ball game of the sea
son for the Brevard Tanners will be
played Saturday afternoon on the Col
lege field.
The game will be a decision-maker
between Brevard and Enka for honors
In the second half, and win by Bre
vard gives the locals opportunity to
play Enka In the series at Asheville.
The game will start at 4 o'clock
sharp, and along with the several hun
Ired local fans who are expected to
turn out for the title battle, a largo
group of Enka loyalists are expected
here for the game.
Manager Kyle has not announced his
batteries for the final tilt, and will
probably have three twlrlers on hand
for the game.
The Tanners defeated Biltmore last,
Saturday afternoon by the score of 8-4.
Brevard Playhouse In
First Feature Monday
Tal 8herroan announces that he will
operate the "Brevard Playhouse" here
this fall and winter, with one or more
features each week.
For the opening entertainment on
Monday, Sept. Eth, he Is bringing
"Happy Sam and hts Stringsters" here
for a performance. This group plays
regularly over station WWNC.
Boxing matches, square dances, home
talent plays, and other entertainments
will be given during the winter months.
Pisgah Deer Hunt To
Be Held In November
Annual Pisgah National deer hunt
will probably start the first week In
November, according to tentative plans
of Ranger John S. Squires.
Several people have proposed that
the hunt start October 1st, In order to
cotnlclde with dates of the Transyl
vania county deer hunting season, but
rangers In the forest are of the opinion
that leaves will not be down suffi
ciently to permit good vision, and the
further fact that deer will not be stir
ring much at that date.
Guessing Contest At
Dahlia Show Sept. 10
In connection with the annual dahlia
show to be held September 10, a guess
ing contest will be featured, It has been
announced by the Transylvania Dahlia
club president. Dr. G. B. I-ynch.
The contest will consist of a prize
offered to the person who guesses the
nearest to the number of petals in the
dahlia adjudged to be the largest and
most perfect exhibited In the show.
School Principals To
Hold Meeting Friday
All principals of Transylvania coun
ty schools have been requested by
County Superintendent .1. B. Jones to
meet at the Brevard high school build
ing Friday afternoon of this week at
3 - o’clock. The principals will meet
with representatives of the state de
partment of public Instructions.
All French teachers of the county
schools are requested to meet at the
Lee Edwards high school In Asheville
Monday afternoon. September 5, at
2:30 o’clflfk.
Fisher Family Meet
At Lake Toxaway On
Saturday This Week
Annual Fisher reunion and Lake
Toxaway home coming will be held at
the Lake Toxaway Baptist church on
Saturday, Sept 8, beginning at 10
o’clock.
The Rev. L. M. Lyday of Porterdale,
Ga., who was reared In the Upper Tran^
sylvanta county will he principal
speaker on a program of short talks,
music by the Riverside quartet, and
other musical features.
At the noon hour a picnic dinner
will be served and all who attend are
requested to bring lunches. Barbecue
for the occasion will be prepared by
Sam Allison of Brevard, which Is posi
tive assurance that the meal will have
a central goody of enviable taste.
The reunion has been organized 12
years, and during that time has erect
ed 25 or more monuments and markers
to graves of the family ar.d Its con
nections. Ralph R. Fisher Is president
of the organization, Mrs. Mamie Fisher
Galloway, secretary and Mrs. Lee F.
Norton, treasurer.
Bishop Finlay Rites
Held in Columbia, S.C.
The Rt. Rev. Klrkman George Fin
lay, 66, bishop of the Episcopal diocese
of Upper South Carolina, died at T-ake
Kanuga late Saturday afternoon, Fun
eral services were held In Trinity Epis -
copal church, Columbia, Monday.
Bishop Finlay had ofter vteitsti In
(his section as an official of his church,
and with friends who reside In this Mo
tion. He was instrumental in build
ing the Kanuga Lake assembly grounds
near Hendersonville, and worked for
several years in an effort to establish
the colony In Transylvania before It
was located In Henderson county.