NEWS
VOL. XXXIII.
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, MARCH 22, 1928 No. 12
T. C. HENDERSON, JULIAN GLA2ENER AND
DONALD LEE MOORE INJURED IN ACCIDENT
BEING TREATED IN
SANFORD HOSPITAL
Party on Way To Raleigh To Attend
Annual Convention In the
Capitol City
YOUNG MOORE TO PLAY
ALL STATE ORCHESTRA
Seriou> Injuries Received By All
Member* of Party ? Relative!
done to Sanford
Superintendent T, C. Henderson,
Prof. Julian Glazener and Donald
Lee Moore are in the Sanford Hos
pital at Sanford, suffering from in
juries received in an automobile
wreck Wednesday afternoon. The
three Brevard men left Wednesday
for Raleigh, where Messrs. Glazener
and Henderson were to attend the
sessions of the Teachers and Super
intendents convention, and Mr.
Moore was to take part in the All
State Orchestra, a place the young
man had won through his diligent
study of music in Brevard.
Superintendent Henderson is suf
fering dislocation of the left shoul
der, fracture of tha bones in the
shoulder and cuts about the hands.
Mr. Glazener suffered a fractured
knee cap on the right leg, fractured
hip and several cuts about the head.
Young Mr. Moore is injured about
the knees, both knee caps having
been fractured in the smasn-up.
Details of just how the accident
occurred could not be learned be
fore The News went to press late
Wednesday evening.
When news of the- accident was
received it caused much concern,
especially among the school children
who are fond of both the superin
tendent and of Mr. Glazener, and
especially proud of young Mr.
Moore, their fellow-student who had
won his right to play in the All
State Orchestra, bringing honor to
his school here.
Charles Moore, a brother of Don
ald Lee, William Glazener of Ros
f>, a brother of Julian Glazener,
a Mr. Hogsed left Brevard Wed
Jay night for Sanford, to be
? the injured trio.
ater reports~~coming to Sheriff B.
J. Sitton were to the effect that
Prof. .Henderson's oar ran into a
bus, completely demolishing the car
and causing the injuries to the three
CONYERS TO SPKEAK
AT KIWANIS CLUB
Hon. W- P. Conyers, of Green
ville, will be the principal speaker
at the "meeting of the Kiwanis club
this Thursday evening. It is said
that Mr. Conyers is one of the fore
most orators of South Carolina, and
Brevard people who have had the
good fortune to hear him are au
thority for the assertion that the
Brevard club has a real treat in
store for the meeting ton'ght.
At the meeting last week Judge
Cameron F. MacRae made a most
interesting talk, after which he cap
tivated the club members with his
violin. It was known to Mr. Wm.
E. Breese, who is a closs personal
friend of the judge, that he was a
real violinist. Mr. Breese -brought
the instrument to the meeting, and
at the conclusion of the judge's
address, requested the jurist to
"either piny the violin or fiddle,"
whichever appealed to him most. The
judge asserted he preferred to play
the "fiddle," and he did ? to the de
light of the club.
Earl Lowe, formerly of this place
but a citizen of Concord, was pres
ent. Dr. Edwards, mayor of Ken
ilworth, was a guest of Mayor ' T.
W. Whitmire at the luncheon.
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M'CALL WINS BIG
VERDfCT IN CASE
{Jury Awards Plaintiff $9,500 Dim
J agei- ? Whole Week Consume*!
By. the Case
Transylvania county's special term
I of Superior court for the trial of
I civil cases ended last Saturday, with
most of the cases oin the aocket
'continued to a later date, while sev
' eral cases were settled by litigants
1 without going into trial.
In the case of McCull vs. Glouces
ter Lumber compnny, a verdict of
119,500 Wi)S rendered for Mr. Mc
! Call. This case consumed practic
ally the whole week, and was a hard
, fought legal battle. The dispute in
jthe case was based upon a charge by
| McCnll that the Gloucester Lumber
.company had damaged the plaintiff
: through fa lure to carry out the pro
visions of a contract said to have
been made between the litigants
;o v ci ai years ago. An unusually large
volume of evidence was offered by
I both sides, in which pract ically the
| entire week was consumed.
| The defense gave notice of ao
peal to the Supreme court. R. R.
(Fisher of Brevard, and G. L. Jones
and T. B. Galloway of Aslieville,
represented Mr. McCall, while Win.
1 E. Breese and Coleman Galloway of
Brevard, and J. S. Adams of Ashe
ville were counsel for the lumber
t company.
REVIVAL SERVICES
! TO BEGIN SUNDAY
i
| Special series of revival services
1 will beg n at the Brevard Methodist
[church next Sunday morning at the
1 1 o'clock hour of worship, and
will continue for two weeks, con
cluding with ?the evening service on
Easter Sunday. The preaching will
K* done by the pastor, Rev. A. I..
Aycock. Services will be held each
night at the church at 7:30 o'clock.
Preparatory to the ser.es of nieet
I ings, cottage prayer meetings are
! being hejd in the homes of the mem
bers in various sections oi the town
this week, and for the past several
Sundays the pastor has been deliv
ering sermons along evangelistic
lines, and otherwise getting in readi
j tiess for the revival. The Brevard
| Institute will attend the meetings in
'a body every other night, and morn
ing services will be conducted at the
i Institute by the pastor every morn
ing at the regular chapel hour,
i Rev. Mr. Aycock states that a cor
i dial inv tation is extended to mem
'fcer-.- of othr?r denominations to at
tend any and all of the services
held at the church during the two
weeks' series, and that he anticipates
many singers from the other church
is will assist in swelling the large
eho'r which is expected to fill the
? choir loft each night.
ARBOR DAY WAS
OBSERVED HERE
Arbor Day was appropriately ob
served Friday morning: at the Bre
Ivaid Elementary school when the
I Woman's bureau sponsored a pro
gram ftttinjr to the day at the regu
lar chapel exercises, followed by
tree planting ceremonies on the
? school grounds.
An interest'ng program was rend
ered as follows: Song, America, by
I the school; scripture reading by
'Prof. M. H. Shore: talk by Mrs. Ade
line Garrett on "Trees and Birds;"
!vo_cal solo "Trees" by Mrs. J. M. Al
|lis'on; reading on trees by Mrs. V.
| A. Crawford; presentation of trees
to the school by Mrs. David G. Ward.
The president of the Woman's Bu
reau, Mrs. O. L. Erwin, presided over
J the exercises, and Misses Robertson
t and Call assisted with the musical
| numbers.
Mrs. Garrett, in her instructive
and authoritative discussion of trees
'and birds, stressed the importance
of preserving the trees, shrubbery
and wild flowers, mentioning four
main reasons for not destroying
these natural attractions, as follows:
Because of their usefulness, their
.beauty, their benefit to mankind,
and their protection for birds. The
I planting of a tree for each child in
la family was Urged by the speaker,
I who suggested also that every child,
jas well as the grown-ups. pledge not
to break for mere pleasure any trees
.for a year.
I At the conclusion . of the program
I held in the school auditorium, the
! Bureau members present and a few
of (he school officials witnessed thi'
tree planting ceremonies. Two spruci
trees were planted at one end of
each of the two school buddings,
lone of which was presented tr> th<
Primary grades and the other to the
Grammar grades. The trees werf
given the nanu s of Gertrude and Ad
eline .honoring Mrs. f). Krwin anil
Mrs. Adeline Garrett.
Tli" planting of trees ami shrub'
? ' I'v on the school grounds will l>i
<arri"d on' on a more exl'-nsivt
scale hy the Woman's Itunnu a! tin
close of the school term, acro'rdinv
to present plans.
DR. T. J. SUMMEY TO
GO TO NEW JERSEY
{County Hospital Association Host to
| Dr. Summcy and Hospital
Associates
DR. G. B. LYNCH TO BE
HEAD OF INSTITUTION
Dr. Charles L. Newland To Be Ad
ded To Hoipital Staff ?
Mr?. Lynch in Charge
At a call meeting of the standing
committees of the County Hospital
association, which was held at the
home of Miss Martha Boswell on
Saturday evening, Dr. T. j. Summey
announced that he had signed a
year's contract with a New Jersey
hospital and that he expected to (
take up his new work about May the |
,nrst. ur. Summey's friends through
out' the county will rejoice to hear!
thaf he will not completely sever h s!
connection with Transyivan a hos- j
pital. He will remain part owner of I
the hospital and will continue to j
?lend actove support to the stall'. |
Dr. Summey expressed his deep
appreciation of the support given to
hospital work by the County Hos
pital association and assured the
members present that the hospital is
now running on a sound business J
basis, that its equipment, particu
larly in the operat ng room, is of the |
highest quality and that it would be I
the constant endeavor of the owners j
and the staff to add to tho efficiency, i
comfort an attractiveness of the I
plant.
Dr. and Mrs. Lynch will remain |
in active charge of the hospital and
Dr. Charles L. Newland. of Jackson. !
Ky., will be added to the staff. Dr. !
Newarid is at present on the staff I
of Stuart Circle hospital at Rich
mond, Va., and he comes to us w'th
fthe hijehe^t recommendations from
the Stuart Circle staff and from Dr
' .Laughinghouse of the State Board
of Health.
| Dr Summey pointed out that th"
imofnlness of anv ho.-nital is meas
ured, not by equipment mil endow
ment, but by the strength of it6 j
?'aff and that with all the doctors of |
the county cooperating on the staff, :
the future of Transylvania hospital
seems secure. RevieVtng the his
torv of the hospital. Dr. Summey
paid special tribute to the financial
support given by Dr. Lyday during
the first years of operation and
called attention to the fact that ev
ery doctor in tho county was sending
patients to the hospital at the pres
ent time.
Rev. Wallace Hartsell expressed
jthe deep regret of the County Hos
j pital association, while congratulat
ing Dr. Summey upon the new res
ponsibilities which have come to
:him, partly as a result of the fine
| record he has made in our own hos
Mr. Hartsell's talk was de
lightfully informal and it faithfully
'reflected the congratulations and
good wishes of the hospital commit
tees.
| J. S .Bromfield spoke of the im
portance of an adequate charity fund
end of close investigation of all,
(charity eases. Encouraging reports!
wer? made by the Guild and finance
icommitteo antf a program for Hos
|p!tal Day was apnroved.
j After the business meeting. Mrs.
|D. L. English and Miss Boswell en
itertained the committee in honor of
jDr. Summev and the Transylvania
{hospital staff.
MASONS READY IN
i RED LETTER MEET
i .
I Everything' is in read'ncss for n
igreat gatherin-j of Masons Friday
evening, at which time the "Rod
1 1. otter Educational Night" will he
jnbserved. Many members of Dunn's
I Rock Lodge have signified their in
tention of attending the meeting
while it is known that several vis
itors will he present.
I In addition to the nroirram that
jhas been prepared, a eh:ck"n dinner
?will be served during the evening.
m. BARNES FREED IN
OWENS MURDER CASE
Claude Barnes, well known here,
having married a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. W. Galloway, was set
free in the court at Morganton on
Wednesday, where he had been held
in connection with the slaying of
Claude Owens last January. The
< brother, Gordon Ramos, was found
? l'uilty of manslaughter and given
from five to ten years in the peniten
tiary.
It w'll be recalled that the trouble
occurred in January at Valdese, near
Morganton,
Mr. Galloway and Mr. \V. C. Mo
Call. of Rrevard,- attended the heat
ings, returned from Morgnnton We.l.
tesdav afternoon. People hole were
glad to learn that Claude Itapics had
been cleared of all connection with
tlir trouble.
ALL SHOULD JOIN
IN COMMON CAUSE
Brevard l.awyer Urge* Citizne* To
Serve County, RegArdlen
of Politic*
URGES REDUCTION OF
| EXPENSES IN COUNTY
Those Who Are r-t Kir Should Pay
Taxes At Once Do Away
With Soma Offices
(By Win. E. BREESE)
i It is indeed unfortunate that the
| business question of local taxes has |
I arisen during an election year, as
j there are some people who ar eap- '
parently unable to view a pubic
quc>t on front any other standpoint
than the political one, and if a plan
is proposed by a democrat it is
charged with b;ing a democrat cam
paign scheme, and if a plan is pro
posed by a republican, it is charged
u- th being a republican scheme, and
the opponents of the proposition "ri
courage this VH'W a:id load the prop- ;
osition down with politics in order to !
! defeat it. 1
| It is true that I am a democrat, '
[but I am not a candidate for any of-'
flee and what I say is not said for '
any political purpose, but only from
my understanding of what is best
!for Transylvania county and its
citizens. I believe that there should'
be two strong political parties even
ly matched as to strength, and that i
each party should take positive and!
flrni stands on every public question,
so that the citizens and voters could ^
knov? what they should expect from;
the party, if it is placed in power,
and cach party should declare its !
principles' clearly. If a question is
properly placed before the people, I
they \v 11 usually decide it properly, ;
arid if the party leaders of both our j
great parties would spend more time |
in studying the needs of the people, I
and stats what every party will do j
if placed in power, then they would ?
not have to spend so much time in j
sr?tting up campaign funds, for I '
believe that the majority of the peo- t
pie will vote for what is right and j
(Continued on page four)
REDS AND BLUES
WAGING BATTLEi
The battle is on! '
The lines of division have been
drawn! j
Fighting ctaptains have been
named, and militant, aggressive,
scrapping armies of volunteers have
taken the vows.
The two armies are to be known ;
as the "Reds" and the "Blues." '?
Captain Henry Plummer, a seas- ,
oned campaigner, is leader of the ,
"Reds."
Captain Mac Allison, a veteran of i
many contests and so far victorious
in every struggle in which he has en- ,
gaged, is leader of the "Blues." j
General Roscoe Nicholson is oc
cupant of the headquarters camp,
directing the battle between the t
two forces.
All of which is a round-about way |
of telling of the big activities of j
the Men's Bible class of the Metho- j
d st church. Plans for the campaign
were made at a meeting held in the j
church Tuesday evening. The pur- (
pose of the campaign is to interest ?
jail men of the town in the Bible!
? class, that is, all men who are not '
now attending, such class meeting in i
'anv church.
I It is hoped to increase the mem-.
Ibership to at least two hundred.
FISHINGSlASON
I OPENS APRIL 15TH
| Raleigh, March 20. ? It is unlaw- j
ful to take fish from the inland
.waters of North Carolina, but use of
! fish traps, baskets or nets, state of
. ficials pointed out today in broad
casting a general reminder to sports
! men. This trap and basket law is
j in effect all times, in season and
i nut.
I The closed season for fish in
j eludes such dates as April 20 to
June 10, annually, for large mouth
bass; September 1 to Apr 1 15, brook
or rainbow trout, and June 10 to
October 1, annually, small mouth
bass (mountnin counties only.)
The state game anil fish law reads ,
j that it is unlawful to take more fish)
Ips-r day. of the species named, and'
!"f less than the number and size Sas
follows:
j Large mouth bass 8. 12 inches;!
> blue or red bream 50, six inches;
jhrook trout 25, six inches; rainbow
j trout 25. eight inches; rock 10, eight
inches; crappie or Chinquapin perch
50. .
Word is being circulated through
Transylvania county that traps and
baskets are being used even now, be
fore the season opens. This is ab
solutely a violation of the state fish
and game law; and no traps are al
lowed to be used at any time in this
county.
DR. LYNCH ATTENDS
CLINICS IN N. Y. CITY
Dr. G. B. I.vnch. of the Transyl
vania hospital staff, is in NVw York
city, attending surgical rlinies and
; doing -pecial work in surgery in
..-nine of the largest ho-pital- there,
lie w II also atten.l clinic;- in Phila
delphia and in Baltimore. Dr.
Lynch will be away for six weeks.
REPUBLICANS IN CONVENTION
WANT COMMISSION FORM OF
GOVERNMENT FOR COUNTY
RAXTER HOME IS
BURNED TO GROUND
Early Monday morning the home
of J. W. Raxter, near Wilson
Bridge, was totally destroyed by
fire. It is said the lire started from
the over-heated pine lumber in the
kitchen ceiling. Only an organ and
one or two smaller' pieces of fur
niture were saved, the loss on both
the house and the furnishings being
almost a total loss. It is said Air.
Raxter had quite a sum of money in
the house, which was also ]<>st in .he
flames.
Mrs. Raxter was visit ng in Green
ville at the time of the fire, while
Mr. Raxter and other mombers of
the family had gone to their work
at various points, leaving only a
young 16-year-old daughter in cht
house at the time of the fire. It is
said no insurance at all was carried
on either the house or the furniture.
John McKelvey, a neighbor, was
011 the scene shortly after the iire
had bo 'n discovered! and assisted in
savin? a few pieces of furniture.
The life had gained such headway,
flio^faver, that but (little eoxvld be
saved. Many people have expressed
a willingness to assist the Raxter
family in re-ftirnishing a home.
CRIMINAL COURT
BEGINS APRIL 1ST
Joe Revis, charged with the mur
der of his son-in-law, Ulys Robinson,
will be tried for his life at the
spring term of Superior court, con
vening in Brevard Monday, April 2.
This will be the chief case of interest
docketed for trial before Judge P.
A. McElroy.
Robinson was shot on Tuesday
evening, January 17, in the mountain
home of Revis and Robinson in Hog
back township, and died the follow
ing Sunday morning at Transylvania
hospital where he was brought late
Weiinexlay by Sheriff B. J. Sitton.
In a coroner's inquest held immed
iately after the death of Robinson,
before "Special Coroner C. \V.v Fish
er, the jury ordered both Revis arid
his . daughter be held for further in
vestigation of the murder. In the
coroner's investigation Revis was
not placed on the stand, but h s
daughter, Mrs. Robinson, wife of the
slain man, star witness in the pro
ceedings, stated that, her father, Joe
Revis, shot Robinson in defense of
herself and her father.
A number of witnesses were
placed in the stand at the prelimin
ary hearing by the prosecuting attor
neys in an effort to show a conspir
acy between Mrs. Robinson and her
father for the death of the woman's
husband, but she was given her free
dom by Justice F. E. Shuford at the
conclusion of the hearing.
D. L. English appeared for Revis
at the preliminary hearing, with
County Attorney H. E. Martin ap
pearing for the state and Ralph R.
Fisher for private prosecution.
STUDY COURSE OF
B. Y. P .U. POPULAR
In accordance with previous ex
pectations, the annual study course
of the three organizations of th? B.
Y. P. U. in progress this week at
the local Baptist church is the larg
est delegation ever in attendance for
th's purpose, and the successful out
come of the gathering is meeting
with high approval on the part of
the members and officials partici
pating in this annual study course
of South-wide observance in the Bap
tist denomination.
The session started Monday night
and will continue each night
through Friday, at which time the
examinations in the vur ous depart
ments will be held for the awarding
of certificates and seals. At the
opening session 88 young people
were in attendance and the follow
ing night 100 were present, the total
enrollment of the study course in
cluding 110.
The three Unions taking part in
this annual event include the
senior, intermediate and junior de
partments, with two teachers in
charge of each department.
CHICKEN AND EGG
! CAR HERE FRIDAY
.
Tontorro.v (Friday) the car sent
here by the Farmers Federation will
lie on tho siding at the South' ri>
Railway station- for the purpose of
buying chickens and cegs. This is
the second trip the car has made
here this year, and if business justi
fies it, the car will conw once each
month.
Those bringing eeirs mv ?-xpected
to have them crated. All kinds of
poultry will be purchased. It i
hoped in tii.: ? to induce the I'.'der.V
t on to buy all kinds of larnt pro
duel- .but on this trip it is planned
to buy only poultry and eggs.
, Platform Declares for Rigid Econ
omy In Handling Affairs of
the County
HAMLIN ENDORSED FOR
CONGRESSIONAL RACK
Severe Criticism of Actions of Op
position Party Voiced In Reso
lutions and Platform
Republicans of Transylva: i:t coun
ty met In the county com r house
Monday afternoon, and named *fk*U
gates to the state, congressional and
judicial conventions, auopted h'koIu
tions pf_ endorsement for many pub
lic officials, and adopte'1 the plat
form upon which the pa. d .vaj;c
the com iijj: county campaign. Inter
esting among the endorsement was
that of Lewis P. Hamlin for con
gress, and instruction of <jekt;utcs
to the congressional convention to.
vote for Air. Hamlin.
; The convention declared > <-i
commission form of government for
: Transylvjirj'm courtly, with n.bol sh
ment of "many offices now fanciion
ing. Another interesting ftaltn'e of
the platform was a demand ih.r. th?
state finance the public schorl*.
I. Following is a copy of the party
platform, which was presented, by
the vote of the convention, to Tlic
Brevard News for publication .
The Platform
"Be it resolved that we, the Re
publicans of Transylvania county in
convention met, on this 19th day of
March 1928, adopt the following as
the platform of the Republican party
in the campaign in Transylvania
county, in the year of 1928':
I.
"That we, the Republicans of the
county of Transylvania, do pledge
ourselves to the people of Transyl
vania county, to give to them a good
and efficient administration with the
success of the Republican candidates.
We believe that only moral, upright
men should ever be inducted into of
fice in Transylvania county, and
pledge ourselves unto the selection
of such men as candidates r. 1' out
party in our regular convention .:> be
convened .hereafter.' We hrivo
abotinding faith in the woeum'-od
o'f Transylvania county, and
that the "women of Transylva; i.-s v-v I
exercise the ballot in the com>nff
election, with discretion and in
connection we look hopefully for . ;h i
future of the boys and girls
Transylvania county and respectful
ly inv-te thsm to join the Republican
party, the management and opera
tion of which rests upon every voter
in the party and we conriomn cliitues,
rings and political combines atitl es
pecially condemn a ring in the owr?
of Brevard, our county seat, that hus
imposed a yoke upon the tax payers
of Transylvania county, that is
(Continued on page nine)
MISS ZACHARY IS
| GIVEN HIGH HONOR
i At a recent meeting of the .senior'
class of the Brevard High School,
selection was made of those in the
! class receiving highest honors, and
the following members were chosen
;for the various honors: Beulah Mae
Zachary received highest honor as.
veledictorian ; Lilian Jenkins ?ccon<l
? highest as salutatorian : address Tont
Hampton,; history, Billy AliilJlaton-;
will, Vera Jones; prophecy, Ad: la.de>
1 Silversteen; po^t, I.ouise Kimzey;
class song, Mildred Clayton, .ilartnti.
i Cowan, Anna Jenkins; grumbler,.
J Vernon Fullbright. These ivniorrv.
, wo ro selected according to .the r
grades for the four years of iiigfr
school work.
The following marshails were se
lected from the sophomore classr
Kthel McMinn, Betsy HnllittKlicr.il,
Elizabeth Mills, Molly Snrlsoi:, j'. .5
McCall, Fred Miller! Tom Fatton,
Ruel Hunt.
The stage managers are Geraldine
'Barrett and Spencer Macfie. chosen
from the jurrtor class.
LAST WARNING TO
I ONE-EYED AUTOS
I
' Since the North Carolina .'.nv re
quires that every automobile Imve
two head lights and one tail light in
operation at night on the public
highways, it is my intention to en
force this law, and I will arrvs-t any
driver of a ear who is caught viol
ating this state law. This it: tho
ilast notification that will be given
before enforcement of th'.% law goes,
into effect.
Eek Sims. Rural Policeman.
BROTHER OF J. W.
COBBLE IS DEAD
Walter Cobble was railed Knox
ville, Trim.. Tuesday on noc-vinit of
the death of !vs b-nthe-. IViiJiani,
who filed ?-a-I; Tur-d: v .?*? "ihi-r, \r,
details of l!u- sudden liln ?? I
death could 111- Irani: -i. f.-J t-#
is r\ pectrd to return to 'Brevard I h -
lattir pin-l of the week.
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