VOL. XXXIII.
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, MAY 3, 1928
' No. 18
MISS WiLHELMlNA
BREESE TO MARRY
Vernie Clement, Popular Son of
Mri. Alexandria Kizer, 1 ? the
Lucky Groom
GERALD1NE JEROME TO BE
THE GROOM'S BEST MAN
Rev. Ralphinia FUher To Tie the
Knot ? Mill Wortherina Croui
horn It Flower Girl
A womanlcss wedding' will be
presented at the Brevard High school
uud torium Friday evening of this
week, unilsr the auspices of the
-Music Lovers' club. Prominent bus
iness and professional men of the
town will be participants in Jie
wedding, and an evening's fun and
enjoyment is promised all wh.o at
tend.
The following characters will ap
pear in ihe wedding :
Bride Miss W'ilhelmina Breese
Groom . Vernie Clement
Father of Bride .... Harriet Patton
.Mother of Bride
Mrs. Alexandres Riser
Bride's Uncle ... Frcdrica Zachary
Bride's Aunt .... Mrs. Davie Ward
Bride's Grauatather
. Kushabei Whitmire
Bride's Grandmother
... . Mrs. Frances Sledge
Guest .... Miss Spencerian Macfie
A Ne ghbor .... Mrs. Patsy Kimzey
Jilted Sweetheart pf Groom . -
Miss Josephine Alfreda Miller
Colored Nurse .... Caroline Hardin
Baby Sister of Bride ........
Little Philipina Price
Ring Beaver Maxine Allison
Train Dearer .... Bertie Freeman
Best Man Geraldine Jerome
Soloist Miss Thonuisina Dodsworth
Flower Girl
. . Miss Wortherina Croushorn
Brides Maids
Miss June Fraser, Miss Frankie
. Carr, Miss Jamie Winton
Grooms Men
Henrietta Ranson, Jimmie Sher
l'itl Bromlield, Thoniasina Col
leen Galloway
Minister Ralphinia Fisher
Twins ...... Clcvie Robinson, ? ?
Wilhelmina Aiken
AWARD DIPLOMAS
Dr. RoncKBaler Delighted Large
Audience With Masterful Ad
dreis ? Other Feature*
Commencement exei-cises of the
Brevard H gh School came to a
close Friday night, with the deliver
ing of the address to the graduates
by Dr. Howard E. Bondthaler, pres
ident of Salem College before a large
assemblage of patrons and friends of
the school and the senior class of 40
members seated on the platform.
Dr. Rondthaler, in his scholarly
address, spoke of the technical
knowledge acquired by students, in
the study if the sciences, history and
languages, and of their importance in
one's education, but stressed the
point that the deeper, r'.cher, spirit
ual implications gained thereby are
the really essential things for which
to strive in the sc eking of knowledge. .
The speaker told of the derivation of
various words in the English lang
uage, and what they convey in all of
their spiritual poss.bilities.
Other features 01 the program
were the salutatory address by Lilian
Jtnk ns, the valedictory by Btulah
Mae Zachary, presentation of di
plomas by Superintendent J. B. j
J opes, invocation by Rev. V. A. j
Crawford and benediction by Rev.
Harry Perry.
On?,Thursday n'ght, the senior
class "program was held, including, an
address by the class president,
Thomas Hampton, the reading of the 1
class history by Billy Middleton,
poem by Louise Kimzcy, prophecy by
Adelaide Silverstnen, grumbler, Ver
non Fullbright, will and testament by
Vera Jones, music by the High school
orchestra, and class songs.
HOME COMINGDAY
TO BE CELEBRATED,
Next Sunday, May 6, will be ob
served as annual Home Coming Day
at the Oak Grove Baptist church,
and it is expected that a large dele,
gatio.n of people from various sec
tions of the county will be in attend
ance at this all^day celebration.
The following program has been
arranged :
Morning Section
9:45 a.m. ? Devotional Services
10:00 a.m. ? Welcome Address by
Rev. Z. I. Henderson
** Response
Address : Rev. A. J. Manly
Address : Rev. L. M. Lyday
Special Music and Recita
tion
Noon
Social hour and dinner on ground.
Afternoon
1 :30 p.m. ? Short Talks and Ques
tion box
Address: Rev. W. H. Nich
olson
*r Special Music and Recita
tation
Address: Rev. J. R. Owen
Congregation Singing and Adjourn
ment.
All members, all former members,
all formei pastors nf this chureh
ERWIN APPOINTED
AS MILL RECEIVER
Will Operate Sapphire Cotton Mill
to Fullest Capacity, It I*
Announced
11. K. Krwin, for many years gen- 1
oral milliard of the Sapphire Cotton
| Mill, has been named receiver of I
.the foiu-i rn as a result of mutual
agnomen t reached between the j
i stockholders and directors of the.
mill. Proceedings were held in'
.1 vni. ? . ? Webb's court in Shelby last
'.V ; uday.
It is said that there has been dis
agreement anions some of the d. rec
tors for some time as to the best
policy to pursue in operating the
mill, hence the friendly agreement
to have the courts appoint Mr. Er
win, upon recommendation of nU' di
rectors;' to have charge of the plant.
Mr. E'rw n announces that he will
continue to operate the mill on full
time and to its fullest capacity, 'i'he
Sapphire Cotton Mil) was organized |
here and began operations in l'.iOH,
and has contributed much to the J
growth of the town and county !
Imnigh tha regular employment ,
given a large number, of people.
Friends in Brevard have expressed
thenisjlves as bg.ng elated that Mr. j
Ei' win was named as receiver, which!
gives assurance of continuation of j
the mill activities and the further I
guarantee that Mr. Erwin will con- j
tinue to live here, where he has iiiadv*
numerous friends. i
Wm. E. Breese is attorney for ih-; |
mill company.
FAREWELL DINNER j
TO DR. T. J. SUMMEY!
I
High tribute was paid Dr. T.' J. '
Sumniey at the meet ng of the Ki
watiis club last Thursday evening, i
when the program rendered was in
the nature of- a farewell meeting to
the Brevard surgeon. Dr. Sumniey
is past president of the club, and is
now holding the office of distr ct
tmirtur' .Ue also represented the
Broyard club iTT~the^_ International
convention held in Memphis last
year.
Physicians of the town and coun
ty had been invited to attend the
meeting. Dr. It. L, Stokes was the
iii.it speaker, and exprt sscd appre- ,
ciat on for . the work Dr. Sumniey had
done here, and predicted that the,
Brevard man's contribution to his!
profession would increase in the I
larger field to Which Dr. Sumniey
has been called. Dr. Lyday made an
impressive talk. i)r. English was
attending a pat ent, and sent his re
grets at being unable to attend the
micting.
Dr. G. 13. Lynch, associated with !
3r. Sumniey in the Transylvania hos- 1
pital, spoke feelingly of Dr. Sum- j
mey, as he told of how they had ;
Worked together in Brevard.
A book was .presented to Dr. !
Sumniey by the club, in which his j
connection w'th the organization was
explained, and then each member of j
the club wrote an appreciation of
Dr. Sumniey, apd this book was pre. I
ranted to him.
Kev. W. H .Hartsell spoke for the
club in expressing to Dr. Sumniey
the club's -regret at his going, and in
wishing for him the very best there
is in life.
LOCAL" CITIZENS !
IN AUTO ACCIDENTl
Woodford Zachary, of Baltimore,
Md., son of Mrs. Beulah Zachary,
of Brevard, is in a Statesville hos
pital suffering from a seriously in
| jui-cd eye and minor injuries as a
result of an automobile wreck oc
' curring near Statesville Wednesday
of last week, when he and his sis
ter, M'ss Elizabeth Zachary, of
| Winston-Salem, were driving in aj
iBuick car en route to Brevard to
! visit their mother nnd to attend the,
[commencement exercises of the Bre- !
ivard High school, their sister, Beu
!lah Mae, be inn a member of the;
graduating class. The car in which
j they were riding skidded and fell
! down an embankment, it is said,
'throwing both occupants out. Miss
Elizabeth received cuts about the
head, but was able to continue the
journey to Brevard in another earv
'She returned to her teaching duties
in Winston-Salem on the following
Saturday. *
Mrs. Zachary and daughter, Beu
lah Mae, left for Statesville Saturday
to be with their son and brother,
; who is reported to be recovering as
well as could be expected.
MRS. A. H. HARRIS
| RESIGNS P. 0 POST
Friends of Mrs. A. H. Harris and
| members of the staff of thr Brevard
post office are lamenting the fact
that her familiar and jovial presence
i will no longer he a part of the local
i office, since she has resigned from
her post of duty, which position she
, has held for the past six or eight
years.
I Mrs. Harris states that the work
has been too confining for her, and
that she will now take a mmh.itee'ded
? i est. Gerald S tton, who has been
jemplovi.l at the local post office
during the *umm<-r seasons,' has
|taken Mrs. Harris' place.
M'INTOSH BREAKS
FROM COUNTY JAIL
Sawed Bars From Window and De
parted - ? Was in Death Car
on April 6th
15. E. Mcintosh sawed hi* way t<>
liberty from the Transylvania county
jail Inst Thursday morning, and made
his escape. lie was being held on
charges of violation of the prohibi
tion laws.
It will be recalled that Mcintosh
was in the car with S. It. Eyans,
when the latter was killed in an auto
accident early 011 the morning of
Apr 1 li. The accident occurred on
the Toxaway highway near the
Toxaway Baptist church, when the
car left the road and turned over.
Officers found evidences of whiskey
about the car, and near the seen"
about sixteen gallons of liquor was
found. The coroner's jury held Mc
intosh on the charge of manslaugh
ter, and at a hearing before Judge
McElroy, sitting as a committing
magistrate, Mcintosh was set free on
this count, but was ordered held on
account of the wh skey in the car.
It is believed by officials that
people- from Asheville, claiming to
be relatives and attempting to make
bond for -Mcintosh, slipped the ft.-.tr
hacksaws to the prisoner with which
he saw.d his way to freedom. An
ron bar over the window was sawed,
twisted out of place and the prisoner
escaped .through this opening. Other
men were in the. same cell, but dis
claim any knowledge of the activities
of Mcintosh while he was sawing the
bar front the window.
IEM0EMTS GATHER
HERE ON SATURDAY
il is eXpccU-d that lio'ge itUi.l'v-.
of democrats of the county will 1
gather at the. court house Saturday
nftei;no?n ut 2 o'clock, in Kiponw
to a call issued bv the mass meeting
held here two weeks ago. Precinct
meetings were held throughout the
county last Saturday, and delegates
were named to attend the county
meeting til's coming Saturday. Pre
cinct No. 1, Brevard, did not hold a
meeting last Saturday, but has called
a gathering for this Thursday eve
ning, to be held at the Elementary
school building.
BNUSUALC
SUNDAY SINGING'
One of the largest crowds ever in
attendance sit the fifth Sunday
Tl ansylvania County Sing ng conven
tion was that held at the Brevard
court house last Sunday, when hun
dreds of people from all sections of
the county were present on this oc
casion. Many of those in attendance
were heard to express the opinion
that this convention was one of the
most enjoyable and successful ever
held. Various song leaders from
different sections of the county had
charge of. the music, and all present
joined enthusiastically in the singing
?.if the old-time favorite songs.
i
Li :
KIWANIS PROGRAM
Lawyers of Brevard will have
ehargj of the program of the Ki
wanis club this Thursday, and it is
expected that one of the most in
teresting programs of the year will
be presented. Just what will be
done is uncertain, it is sa:d by of
ficials of the club, as the ways of
the lawyer are hard to understand,
and when there are several lawyers
in charge of a program, what tiny
may do is not even good guesswork.
It is saf ? to predict, however, that
there will be plenty doing.
"UN C LET B AB E"^ OO P E R
HONOR GUEST AT PARTY
i". M. A. Cooper, familiarly known
I to hundreds of friends as "Uncle
| Babe." was honored at Saluda on
last Saturday when his daughter,
Mrs. I.. Townsend, gave a birthday
party in his honor. Mr. Cooper was
?3.r> years of age on that date, and his
grandson, Scott Townsend. had
reached the age of fifteen on the
I same day. Mrs. Townsend gave the
party to both her fahter and her son.
A fine b'rthday dinner was servtwl,
'and the two cakes, one bearing <!">
(candles for Mr. Cooper, the other
I be aring fifteen candles for young
i Townsend. gave added beauty to the
banquet room. A large number of
guests were present to join in the
'celebration of the event.
I MR. AND MRS. HAMMAT
RETURN TO BREVARD
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman I'. Hani
matt, managers of the Franklin
Hotel, have returned from Miami,
Fla., where they spent the winter
I months, and express themselves as
.delighted to be able to breathe aga n
the invigorating mountain air and to
enjoy the beautiful scenery of this
j section. Mr. Hammatt states that
(the Franklin will be open and ready
for euesis about the first of June.
Sirs. Hamma!!'." mother, Mrs. 1!.
F. Rice, accompanied Mr. an?l Mrs.
Hammatt to Brevard, and all are
now located at the hotel.
MAY FESTIVAL WAS
BRILLIANT EVENT
Institute Grounds Appropriately Dec
orated for Occasion ? Miss
Wells Is Queen *
l In .'-pile of tlie vain whih lugnn
I to full early in the evening, the .May
Fete was given with the omission of
| only one or two numhcrs on the
program, at Brevard Institute Mon
day evening.
The lawn in front of Taylor Hall
was lighted for the occasion and tin
steps and porch of the building dec
orated with flowers and the throne
for the queen and her attendants,
Miss Eugenia Wells of the Senior
class was chosen queen by the stu
dent body. Her attendants weiy:
Maid of honor, lUith Mac Daggett ;
ladies in waiting, Kthel Williams anil
Jessie Vereen; erownhearer, Mar
cia Winton.; pages, Cornelia and
Harriet Winton; jester, Nancy Dag
gett.
The program opened with
coming of the heralds who approach
ed the throne after a stately march
around the lawns used for the fes
tivities.. They were followed by four
lords and ladies of the court, and
they by the queen and her ladies.
The dances that followed were given
in costume ami were very gracefully
executed, il?_ cause of the rain the
qn ? 'U was- erov.ncd early in ihe eve
ni'iic, the. may jiid dance g von and
t ?;?.? (ittilieiic! a.-keii to go to the au
ditorium for the ininiu t:
The maypole was hung with green
and ivhitj streamers' and the may
pole dancers made up of the smaller
girls of the school, dressed. in green
arid, white costumes. The lords and
ladies who danced the minuet were
dressed in the costume of George
Washington's day,- the gentlemen 11
powdered \v gs and buckled shoes;
the ladies in bouffant dresses of
trifht colors.
1 iie queen had to share honors
with the. jester who won much ap
plause and who added much liicrri
niiiit to the evening by her clever
"antics and mimicry of the dances.
Much credit for the success of the
fete is due Miss Alberta. Tarr,
teacher of physical education and to
her helpers, Mrs. J. R Winton and
Miss EUne. McCav.
BASEBALLGAMES
START TEE SEAS1
Local fans greatly enjoyed the
baseball game between the Tannery
and the Cotton Mill trains, which op
ened the summer season here be
tween teams of local concerns, Sat
urday. It is said both teams will
soon appvar in new un forms, and it
is hinted that other teams are in the
making, and it may be that there will
be several aggregations contending
for local honors at .110 distant date.
Further suggestion has been made
that Rosman and Pisgah Forest will
have teams sending challenges to the
Brevard outfits, which may develop
into a regular county league.
Box score information of the first
game shows something' of the excit
ing time had by the two teams in the
opening game :
T. T. Co. AB R 11 PO A E
Rucker. 3b .... 3 2 1 2 0 0
Fullbright, 2b ..54 I 3 I 3
Jlelislev, ? sa .... 5 2 3 3 0 0
m if n ] 11 ? 0 1
?NJOY 71H GRADE
CLOSING PROGRAM
Prof. Shore Spoke on "Standards of
Success" ? Other Enjoyable
Features
j Forty graduates from the seventh
grade o f the Brevard Elementary
school received their diplomas at
the commencement exercises of this
school he'd Friday afternoon 'u the
school auditorium, the exe.reisis be
ing presided over and the . diplomas,
presented by l'iinci|ial M. 11. Shore.
Diplomas were also presented at this
tiiitii to M boys and gills who had
completed the seventh (trade iii sx
other school; of the county, making
a total of 77 young people entitled
to enter high school in ths fall.
Mr, Shore, in his address to the
young graduates, chose as his sub-,
ject "Standards of Success," tracing
in an interesting manner various
kinds of success atta'ned- through
material development of our country,
emphasizing tin fact that real suc
cess of ii nation and of individuals
lies in the training, and development
of good e tiy.eits and in finding one's
work ill life and serving' his fellow
men.
Other features of the exercises
were the valedictory address by
Louise Gillespie, the reading of the
class pi ophecy by Edward Motts
man, la-:; will and testament by Mil
dred 1 tayc-s, statistic an, Emma
j Heave' and poet, Cora liell Orr.
The nedals given annually by the
local i hapter of the Daughters of
the American Revolution 1o the best
is'.ven'' grade pupil making the high
est avi age for the year in the study
of United States History were pre
sentee! to a student in each of nin
differ! nt schools of the county by
.Mrs. E. \V. Bl.vthe, vegvnt of the D.
A. iC. The following received mod- j
als: Er. na Denver, Brevard; Lnv'ern j
Whitiniie. UOsmnn ; Truxton Hcndsr- !
son. Qm ; ; Harrison Hall, Lake'
? Titx'nway : eba Owen, Silverstcen;
Elizabeth Case, Davidson Hiyer; Mar- _
jorie Hamilton, Connestee; Leslie
McGuire, Penrose; Harold Kilpat-i
rick, Little River.
i A complete list of seventh grade
graduates over the county will be
published next week.
? 31. L. Kh'pmnn,- formerly a resi- i
dent of Brevard and at one time edi- '
tor of the newspaper here, was ill
the county this week in connection :
with his candidacy for nomination to !
the office of commissioner of labor ?
and printing. 'Mr. Shipman held this
office for many years, and made
thousands of friends throughout the
state. |
Frank D. Grist, present incumbent, ;
defeated Mr. Shipman for the nomin
ation in a previous campaign, and
had the support of a group of print
ers in Raleigh who had waged bitter
fight against Mr. Shipman. Friends
of Mr. Shipman are confident, how
ever. that the former Brevard man
will beat h"'s opponent in the June
primaries and come back into the
office which he so satisfactorily
filled for many years.
TAXPAYERS RUSH
I ? CLOSING HOURS
Taxpayers from over the county
ha.ve been crowding the tax collect
jor's office, making last minute pay
ments. Next week the tax sales will
! appear as advertised for sal? all
property upon which the 1S127 taxes
have not been paid. Mr. Henderson
has worked long hours each day dur
ing the closing week in an effort to
i wait upon all who crowded the of
fice.
| At the commissioners' meeting
I Monday official order, under the new
,law. will be given for publication of
jth? tax sales.
j Mrs. Helen Adolph
j Many friends in tin- community
will regret to learn of the death of
.Mrs. Helen Adolph, which occurred
at her home in New Orleans Friday
Slight. Funeral serv'ces were held
at the residence, conducted bv the
Irector of the church of the Annun
ciation Episcopal, where Mrs. Adolph
'worshipped for the pnst 35 years.
; Mrs. Adolph was a native of lie.
jland, being a direct descendant of
'Sir Joshua Reynolds, famed English
[portrait painter.
! Mrs. Adolph is survived by her
(husband, Fred Adolph, prominent
! lawyer and churchman of New Or
leans. by three sons and three daugh
ters, one of whom is Mrs. J. Wate
Kilpatrick, of Transylvania county.
Miss Rebecca Glazener
Miss Rebecca Glazener, aged St>.
died Wednesday at the home of G.
G. Ballard in the Cross Road section
in South Carolina. She was buried
the following day in the Robinson
cemetery near ( ' vo.-s Road.
Miss Glazener was a native of
Transylvania county, but made her
home in South Carolina with the
liallartl family.
Surviving are a lister, Mrs. Eliza
beth Lynch, of Dacusville. S. a
nieeo, Sirs. -I. M. Hand, of Easley. S.
and several nephew- and ni'ces
lii North Carolina. '
NEW REVALUATION
FOR WHOLE COUNTY
Citizen* Urge Commissioners To
Take Such Action' ? ?
Popular Movement
ASSESSORS NAMEP BY
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Judson McCrary and B. W. Tran
tham Named To Work With
Township Listers
Transylvania tuna.;, will haw a
new ami complete revaluation of all
.property for assessment of ta'.'/s in
next year's listing. h s action was
taken at a Meeting of th hoaril of
j county' commissioners lust Monday,
; when several citizens iipinare.l Se
fore the board ami urged such ac
tion.
Judson McCrrtry and li. \V. T can
't ham were named as county tax as
sessors, fid will place (be. assess
ments against taxable property
throughout the count, \. The tax
listers in each precinct \v 1! assist ihe
two county assessors in their, work ,
in each tax lister'* district, that is,
the two. county assessor*. for in
sanee, will have the assistance of
the regular 1st takers hi - Brevard
township for assessing the property
in BrOvanl township, and so 011
throughout the county, giving to each
precinct its own local representative
011 the board.
This action was urged by the citi
zens and taken by the board of com
missioners as a result of iha general
dissatisfaction expressed; throughout
the county became of the. valuation
'placed against taxable prop ;, ty.
It has been admitted by all con
cerned that thei'c are many discrop
ncies. unavoidable however, in too
former method of assessing, ploi>et'iy.
It is agreed that under this plan of
the two county assessors work tiff in
connection with the local men in
each township or precinct, thai a
general; uniform' and fair valuation"
can be placed upon all the property
of the entire county.
It is to be noted however, that this
action in nowise affects the payment
of 1927 taxes, which are now being
collected. The assessments for the
year just closing remain the same,
and any change made in the Valua
tion for the coining year will not. it
is said, affect the situation as re
gards the year now elos'ng.
Alex Kizer, tax supervisor of yh?;
county, and II. E. Martin, .county at
torney, will assist the new assessors
in planning the huge task., . .
CHILDREN'S BIBLE
For All Children Between Ages
6 and 14 Years ? Competent
Teaching Staff Organized
Monday morning, May: 7. at
o'clock, Brevard's th'rd annual. Sum
mer Bible school will open with an
ant cipatcd enrollment of over I DO
boys and girls. The school will be
open to the children of the entire
community, irrespective of denom
ination, from G to 14 years of i^e.
Those who attended last year are re
minded to bring their report cards.
Announcement will be mad" it the
d TFerent churches on Sunday as to
the place of meeting of th< Bible
school.
As in previous years, the school
will run for four weeks, of iiv. day-;
c-ach, closing on June 1st. The daily
schedule will be from 8:4o a.m. to
1 1 :45 a.m.
! A thoroughly competent faculty
of teachers, who have taught in the
local and nearby public schools, and
have been active in the several
| churches which they reprc-s.'nt. will
i be in charge. Included on thtf facui
i ty are: Miss Julia Skinner. Miss
Bernice Bridges, Miss Lucile Wik ,
i Miss Flora Lyday. and Rev. V. A.
Crawford, active ?-n organizing tho
Jschool, with all pastors cooperating.
The Summer Bible School ipove
! ment in Brevard began in l!>2d,
'when Mr. Wayne A. Monroe, Sunday
school missionary from Chester. I 'a.,
. introduced this all Bible type of
schools to tin Brevard churches In'
1!>2'! the Brevard Baptist and Pres
byterian churches each had a school,
and n 1927 the Presbyterian chureii
conducted the school for children of
all churches. This summer all the
churches are cooperating to make it
a community Bible school.
CLEAN-UP BREVARD
IS NOW BEING PLANNED
It is expected that t?le Woman's
Bureau and other Organizations of
the town will launch a , clean-up cam
paign at an early date, and the co
operation of all property owners and
'citizens is desired to make of this
annual movement a success. Tin- sug
gestion has been triade that if each
one will begin at ,home by el'-anirt;
up his own premises, the work o?
I the promoters of the campaign ?\)l
jl> greatly facil.tated.
Mrs. Cora Miller
Mrs. Cora Miller d ed at her home
in Saphive on Sunday. April _'7. ba
ling 58 years and two days old.
Funeral services were held at the
Union, cemtery, the Kev. S. |{? l!oh
inson ;o(T:ciating. Mrs. Miller was
meinhcr of the Union Bapt'st church,
and V knnwii a? si splemi >1 Chris
tian woman.
Surviving are her husband and ^
ho.-t "f relatives and Xl'iemlv.