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Welcome To Transylvania County, Ladies Of Woodmen Circle!
HUNDREDS OF DELEGATES HERE
* FOR WOODMEN CIRCLE MEETING
FUN, FROLIC, WORK,
MARK ACTIVITIES
OF WOODMEN CIRCLE
Sessions Being Held at Camp
Sapphire Full of
Interest
VISITORS COME FROM
TWENTY-FOUR STATES
Big Parade To Mark Thurs
day's Program as "Caro
lina Day."
Fun and frolic, bathing, boating,
horseback riding, automobile trips,
and then drill and lectures, reports
and analysis, all go to make a busy
week at Camp Sapphire where some
three hundred officers, members and
visitors are attending the confer
ence of the Woodmen Circle. Twenty
four states are represented, and the
highest officers in national organiza- 1
tion are here.
Delegates began arriving Sunday, ;
and on Monday more came, and Tues- j
day morning found the roll call com- j
plete. Everything has been so per
fectly arranged by District Manager |
W. H. Grogan, Jr., Mrs. Grogan,1
Capt. Bill Fetzer, with asisstance of
Mrs. Rogers, state manager for North 1
Carolina, that the machinery of the f
conference moved off smoothly from '
the very beginning. There was some
business transacted Tuesday, and
Tuesday evening was devoted to the,
j easant task of '/getting acquaint
td," and much real enjoyment was
had during the evening hours.
Wednesday morning another bus
iness. session was held, and in the
afternoon an- automobile trip was
taken to Caesar's Head, the people
of Brevard taking part in this por
tion of the program.
Today, (Thursday) is known as
"Carolina Day," and a parade will
feature this occasion. Hundreds of
Woodmen from the two Carolinas
are in town for this day. The dele-'
gates and visiting Woodmen will
march from the camp to Brevard,:
leaving Camp Sapphire at 2 o'clock. [
An exhibition drill tefim will be given '
on the square. The Brevard Munic-'
ipal band will lead the parade and
furnish music for the occasion.
Following is the program for the
balance of the week:
Thursday "Carolina Day"
Instruction in team work, Nation
al Drill Instructor Jeanie Wil
lard presiding
"Pep and Ginger" luncheon
Street parade by W. 0. W. and
Woodmen Circle degree teams
of Brevard
Team Frolic
Friday.
Junior graduation
Ceremony of draping the charter j
Social evening
Saturday:
Installation of officers
Closing ceremony.
National officials of the Woodmen
Circle, now in session at Camp Sap
phire, issue a cordial invitation to the
townspeople and their friends to
come out to camp on Thursday eve
ning at 8 o'clock to see the team
drill. Teams participating in the
drill will include those from Alexan
dria, La., Birmingham, Ala., Atlanta,
Ga., and Cleveland, Ohio.
Actuary H?re
James A. Blaha, Omaha, Nebraska,
the society's actuarv is present at the
conference to explain the order's
new certificates to the field workers.
TRIP TO BREVARD
WON BY MUCH HARD
WORK BY MEMBERS
List of Those Winning Coveted
Trip, and Their Home
Addresses
NATIONAL OFFICERS ARE
HOSTESSES OF MEETING
Woodmen Circle Is Explained
? Doing Great Work For
Women of Country
The hard-worked-for, long-looked
forward-to meeting of the Woodmen
Circle opened Tuesday at Camp Sap
phire. Hard-worked-for, because the
winning field workers in whose hon
or the meeting is being held have
strained every effort during the last i
few months to pile up new business
records which would make them win
ners. Long-looked-forward-to, be
cause every one of the 200 field
workers, national officers, drill
team members, and interested mem
bers have been hearing wondrous
tales of the scenic beauties of the l
Land of Waterfalls and have been
anticipating with the keenest delight
their visit to this "most alluring spot,
in the very heart of a natural vaca
tion land."
The society awarded the trip to j t
its field workers in the eastern and|t
southern middle parts of the coun-i
try who reached certain stiff quotas t
assigned by the Field Work commit- c
tee, consisting of National President. r
Mary E. LaRocca and National Sec-|<
retary Dora Alexander Talley ofjt
Omaha, Nobr., and National Drill ( (
Instructor Jeanie Willard of Deni-|j
son, Tex. [c
Anticipate "Carolina Day" ii
Although the members do not |S
know a great deal of the plans for f
"Carolina Day," they have all been ,
notified of it and are looking for- t
ward to it as a surprise and climax. ' j
When two great states, North andjj
South Carolina, and two great iro-jc
ternal societies, the Woodmen Cir- , ,
cle and the Woodmen of the World, 1 3
get together to put across an event
of any kind, it >s bound to succeed |
and to be something that will be longjt
remembered by everyone who has u
the privilege of attending. "Carolina t
Day" is Thursday, August 30. i
What the Woodmen Circle I* i
The Woodmen Circle is an ade- i
quate rate, fraternal benefit society 1.
which offew protection at cost. It is 1
more than 102 per cent solvent and
has $21,000,000 assets. Its; - total ?
combined membership is 1 55, Bab. t
This is a net gain of 14,694 in the |<
last ten months. The society is man- ,
aged entirely by women. It owns : ,
214 acres of lana at Sherman, Texas, ,j
where it will soon begin building op- ( ,
orations on a Home for Aged Menu <
bers und Orhpan Children. More1(
than 130 people are employed at 11a- ,
tional headquarters of the society in .
Omaha, Nebr. ?_?*?, I'
That the Woodmen Circle has faith |
in North Carolina, faith in its pres- |
ent and faith in its future, is shown :.
bv the fact that it has invested j
356,000 in North Carolina bonds. |J
Winners Come From Far and Near |
Many of the society s leading
field workers, who won the trip by
dint of honest-to-goodness hard worn
are present representing the follow
ing state, Ohio, Louisiana, Arkansas,
Mississippi, Georgia, Indiana, New ;
Jersey, Florida, Connecticut, New , ,
Yolk, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ken
tucky, Alabama, Tennessee, Vir- .
ginia. and West Virginia. !
Winning the trip proved to be
, contagious in many localities, for it
1 happened a number of times that ,
1 there was more than one winner
'from the same town. The state to
! have the largest delegation of vn n
ners is Pennsylvania, it has nine
'in all, including State Manager
1 Itasca L .Young of Harrisburg, who
lis also a national auditor and mem
| |x?r of the board of directors. Three
of the Pennsylvania winners are
fronv McKees Hocks. Mrs. Elizabeth
Sassano, Mrs. Rose Yerics, and Mrs.
Mary jedinak. The other winners
from that state are Mrs. Elizabeth
Shields of Greensburg, Mrs. Verna ,
Spack of I.ansford, Mr. Richard Stef
anski of Nanticoke , Mrs. Jennie
Gallman of Reading, an<l Mrs. Mar
garet Schofield of Pittsburgh.
I The city with the largest number
iof winners is New Orleans, 1-a.,
<vh:ch beasts of six. They are State
Manager Elmire I>. Vaeth, State
President Belle Hurke. Mr. and Mrs.
Jostph Huber .Mrs. Katherine Cas
sidy, and Mrs. Gladys Turk.
I There are four winners from the
town of El Dorado, Ark.: Mrs. Mary
U.ee Barnett. Mrs. Estelle Gilmore.
Mrs. Bes? Dillard, and Mrs. Isa Kin
I'^A number of places sent two win
ners each. Mrs. l^ura Armstrong
and Mrs. Josephine . Dinnat came |
from Alexandria, l.a., Mrs. Mary
Bennett and Miss Annie Johnson
Watts from Meridian, Miss., Mr. Wil
liam Bodeker and Mrs. Tillie Raleigh
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MRS. ETHEL HOLI WAY
Montgomery, Ala.
Chairman of National Auditors,
Woodmen Circle, State Manager of
Alabama.
MRS. MARY E. LAROCCA
Omaha, Nebr.
National Pre?i<ient of Woodmen
Circle, attending conference at
Camp Sapphire.
MRS. DORA A. TALLEY
Omaha, Nebr.
National Secretary of the Wood
men Circle, attending conference
at Camp Sapphire.
TAX RATE SET AT
$2.75 FOR COUNTY
Rate Definitely Fixed By the]
Board ? Tax Assessors
Finish Work I
Transylvania county's tax rate for
his year will be $2.75 on the huti
ired dollars assessment.
This definite action was taken by
he county commissioners last Mon-1
lay, after a fair estimate had been
nade of the total assessed valuation
>f the taxable property in the coun*
y. The tax assessors, Judson Mc-'
>ary and Beverly Trantham, who
lave completed their work through
lut the county, having the asisstance ?
n each township of the township as
lessor, were unable to give the exact -
igure of the total assessed valuation, '
lue to the fact that the commission- 1
irs were still making adjustments
Monday. Yet the estimate could be
irrived at sufficiently close, in the 1
>pinion of the commisisoners, to war. J
?ant the reduction in the rate from
>2.90, the first figures named, to the 1
>2.75, as finally adopted.
Failure of many citizens to list '
heir personal property for taxation 1
las caused rauch extra work for Tax <
Supervisor Alex Kizer, it is said. It l
s intimated that names of those who :
'ailed to list their personal property 1
'or taxation may be presented to the
jrand jury, and indictments asked <
'or such failures. j'
Messrs. Trantham and McCrary !
lave had an unusual experience in :
heir work of assessing the property ;
>f the county. Many complimentary j
?emarks have been heard as to their ?
efforts to treat every one alike, and ;
ilace fair valuations upon the prop
srty of the county. J. S. Silver- :
iteen, the largest tax payer of the I
:ounty, spoke very highly of the
,vork of the assessors last Monday, /
ilthough the assessments on his var- '
ous holdings are considerably higher
:his year than ever before.
FISHER REUNION j
NEXT SATURDAY!
Annual Fisher reunion will be
held next Saturday, September 1, at
the Lake Toxnway Baptist church, i
This reunion is one of the big coun. i
ty events of the year, attended in
previous years by large numbers of
people connected with the Fisher ,
family, and it is expected that hun
dreds of people from all sections of
the county and elsewhere will be ,
present this year.
Prominent speakers will be heard
and a general time of pleasure and
profit is expected. A picnic dinner l
will be served on the ground at the
noon hour.
ORGANIZEDCAMPS
CLOSING SEASON
All of Transylvania county's 14'
summer camps for hoys and girls
have closed for the 1028 season, and
the 1,000 or more campers have left
for their homes in various sections
of the country.
According to reports coming from
directors of the different camps, the
season just closing has been a most
successful one and practically all
camps have been filled to capacity.
The camps have been in operation
for the past eight weeks, the offic
ials and campers representing prac
tically every stale in the union.
Statements from many of the
campers were to the effect that Bre
vard and surrounding sections are
ideal locations for summer encamp
ments, and many were heard to ex
press the opinion that they expected
to return next summer and hting
'others with tin in. l,-"-rnt indication*
point to a full camp s-ason in l'J'J!*.
BIG BALL GAME TO
BE PLAYED MONDAY
Tryon To Play an All - Star
. Team From the Com
mercial League
Many holiday events are being
planned^ for Labor Day next Mon
day, chief among which will be a
baseball game between Tryon and
an Ail-Star team selected from the
various teams in Transylvania Com
mercial league. The game will be
played on the Institute grounds, at I
3 o'clock Monday afternoon, and it is
expected that a record-breaking!
crowd of fans will witness the con- 1
test.
The probable ? line-up will be: i
Simpson, Fisher, Payne or Grogan
pitching; Winecoff catching; Mc-j
Clure first; R. Bryson second; Clay
ton short; Fullbright third; with
lluit, Short and Jones in the outfield. 1
It is thought that the game Mon
day will be only the beginning of
several games to be scheduled during'
the early fall, providing sufficient
support is given.
All positions on the "All-Star" i
will be hotly contested for by mem
bers of the. four teams. Price is an j
outstanding man on first; Paxton is!
regarded as an extra good man on !
second or third with Edwin .English ?
trailing close behind; Ross, little In
dian utility man for Carr Lumber!
company will be looking for a place:
on one of the three bags, while in the '
outfield Pruett and Allison from j
Pisgah Forest are classed as good ;
Macfie from the Tanners; and two 1
players from Rosman. No doubt is
in the minds of local fans that from '
this wide range of talent a winning
team can be whipped into shape and
real first class ball will be played.
Payne and Fisher, both first year
pitchers, are going strong with plenty
of speed and control. Tommy
Grogan has the slow ball to a fraz
and is counted upon as a life saver
where fast pitchers go down.
MASONS TO HOLD
SPECIAL MEETING;
Master Masons of the town and
county are urged to attend a meet-]
ing this Friday night in the Masonic
Hall, when members of the Executive
Committee for the Advancement of
Scottish Rite Masonry, from Ashe-!
ville, will ?ell something of the high-'
er degrees in the Order, and of the !
plans of the Scottish Rite Reunion 1
to be held in November.
All members of the Scottish Rite ,
living in the county are expected to I
be present without fail at the Friday
night meeting. All Master Masons:
desiring to hear interesting talks on !
the higher degrees are cordially in
vited to be present.
NOTICE^ KIWANIANS,
MEETING CHANGED
Members of the Brevard Kiwanis
club will take lunch with the Wood
men Circle at Camp Sapphire Friday
at 1 o'clock. Each and every mem- 1
ber of the club is expected to be on
hand promptly, as this wil be the !
club's regular meeting, and at the
same time give the members an op- !
portunity of meeting the several hun- '
dred visitors -and showing the Ki-'
wanis welcome to the ladies who are'
holding their sessions at Camp Sap-!
phire this week.
There will be no meeting of the ?
club Thursday.
BOARD EDUCATION TO
MEET ON NEXT TUESDAY]
I Regular meeting of the county
jboard of education will be held next
. week on Tuesday instead. of Monday,
on account of l.ahor Day holiday on
M? nday.
TOM SURRETT MYSTERIOUSLY
DISAPPEARS FROM HIS HOME
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SCHOOLS TO OPEN
ON NEXT MONDAY
Fine Corps of Teachers For
the Coming Year's
Work
TO BEGIN REAL WORK
ON OPENING DATE
Will Endeavor To Do Nine
Months' Work In
Eight
The Brevard Public School will
open Monday, September 3rd at
8:30. The outlook is promising for
a much increased enrollment and a
splendid year. About seventy-five
new faces will be seen in the High
School and an equal number will be
added to the Elementary School.
Teachers for the different sub- j
jects und grades are as follows: ?' |
J. B. Jones, superintendent; Hin-i
ton McLeod, principal of High'
School and teacher of Mathematics;
J. A. Glaztener, Agriculture; Ernest
Tilson, Science and coach; C. E.
"ike, Latin and History; Miss Thel
man Lockman, English; Mrs. Velma 1
Brittain, History; Miss Juanita Puett,
French and English; Mrs. E. B. Ham
ilton. Science; Miss Dorothy Russell,
English; Miss Margaret E. Wanna
maker, S.ience; Miss Sarah Keels,!
Mathem;;' :cs ; Miss Marguerite Rob-1
ertson, Music; Miss Elizabeth Weav
er, Home Econoinics.
Miss Izorah Reese, principal of
Gramniar School and teacher of sev- )
enth grade; Miss Alta Herring, sev-'
enth grade; Miss Rose Hamilton,'
sixth grade; Mrs. Ralph Duckworth,
sixth grade; Miss Pearl Lyday, fifth1
grade; Miss Lois Wike, fifth grade;!
Mrs. J. B. Jones, fourth grade; Miss I
Garnet Lyday, fourth grade.
. Mrs. F. P. Sledge, principal of
Primary department and teacher of
third. grade; Miss Willie Aiken, third
grade; Mrs. J. M. Tatum, second,
grade; Miss Bertie L. Ballard, sec
ond grade j Mrs. J. E. Rufty, first j
grade; Miss Julia Skinner, first'
grade; Miss Eva Call, music. i
The new teachers are: C. E. Wike, |
an A.B. graduate of the University !
of North Carolina and one year of i
successful experience- as principal of i
Lake Toxaway school. He is inter
ested in athletics for boys who are |
not members of. first teams.
Miss Thelma Lockman is a B.A. '
graduate of the University of South ]
Carolina. Among the honors she re
ceived at this institution was that of)
being president of the Euphrosynean
Literary society. She has acted as;
referee and umpire at several events i
of the University. She will devote '
a part of her time to physical train
ing for girls.
Mrs. Velma Brittain needs no in-j
troduction although she appears fori
the first time in the high school fac- j
ulty, and has a new name. She was
formerly Miss Velma Deyton, teacher
of the sixth grade at our elementary
school. She is an A-B- graduate of
North Carolina College for Women.
Miss Juanita Puett is an A.B. i
graduate of the North Carolina Col
lege for Women, and has had sever
al years of successful experience at
Hamlet and Greensboro High schools.
Miss Dorothy Russell is an A.B.
graduate of Meredith College and has
had four years of successful exper- '
ience in the Athens Georgia High
School. Miss Russell also has a de
gree in music.
Miss Margaret E. Wannamaker is'
an A.B. graduate of Newberry Col- ,
lege and has had successful experi- .
ence at Candor High school.
Miss Sarah Keels is an A.B. grad- 1
uate of Greensboro College and has .
had several years of successful ex- '
perience at Ellerbe High school.
Miss Alta Herring is an A.B. .
graduate of North Carolina College |
for Women and has had four years j
of successful experience in the Ral '
eigh schools.
Miss Rose Hamilton has complet
ed three years of collcge work at
Asheville and North Carolina Col
lege for Women. For the past three i
years she has been one of the most
popular teachers in the Aberdeen 1
schools. ? j
Last year an attempt was made to'
do nine months' work in eight. The i
results as measured by tests sent out '
bv the State Department of Educa- 1
tiori show Brevard two points above .
the state average.
In order to save time for regular]
work there will be no general open
ing exercises, but parents ami friends
are always welcome at any <-f the
school buildings. A hig part of the
success of last year was due to the
splendid co-operation of parents,
teachers and pupils.
COUNTY SCHOOLS
Teachers for the schools of the
county, outside Brevard, havo been
t selected, and with one or two pns
sible exceptions, the following is a
list of the places they are assigned
I for the year:
Pisgah Forest ? J. E. Rufty, Miss
Julia Deaver, Miss Annie May Pat
ton. Miss Flora Lyday, Mrs. Laura
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BELIEVED TO HAVE
DROWNED HIMSELF
IN FRENCH BROAD
Letter to Brother-in-Law Saya
"I'll Pay Rest off High
Bridge."
DILIGENT SEARCH HAS
BEEN MADE FOR BODY
Financial Worry Said By His
Friends To Have Affected
Surrett's Mind
Wednesday .Nathan.. Norton,
brother-in-law of Tom Surrett, re
ceived a letter said to haVe been
written by the latter, in which a li?t
of Surrett's indebtedness was given
with instructions to Norton to sell
Surrett's stock and apply on debt*.
The letter is said also to contain ?
request to Norton to look after Sur
rett's family. He said in the letter,
it is reported," that he could not bear
to see his family thrown out of their
home, and closed with the statement:
"I will pay the rest of my debts
off the high bridge at Penrose."
Late Wednesday afternoon the
sheriff and citizens were dragging
the river below the Penrose bridge.
Tom Surrett, farmer of the Pen
rose section, mysteriously disap
peared from his home late Monday
evening, and since that time no trace
whatever has been found, although
officers and many citizens have made
diligent search. Officers are working
on the theory that Surrett has com
mitted suicide, and search of the
section for the body has been thor
ough.
Mr. Surrett had been working on
the' railroad since the freshets two
.weeks ago,, and it is said he worked
Monday, quitting at 6 o'clock. The
report is /that he gave his^ dinner
bucket to a lad and asked him to go
by the Surrett home and tell Mrs.
Surrett and the children to attend to
the milking and feeding, as he in
ended to go by his father's home and
visit with them for a while. Conse
quently no alarm was felt for tne
safety of Surrett until about mdi
night, when he had not reached home
the alarm was given.
Neighbors and officers were called
in and the search began. One place
was found, it is said, where the miss
ing man had been seated in the weeds
and high grass, and fragments of
many checks were found, radicating
that Surrett had emptied his pock
ets of all papers. The checks had
been torn into bits. ?
Another report is that the barking
of a dog at the home of Mr. John
Wilson, near Enon, aroused one ot
the summer boarders who says she
looked out the window and saw a
man passing through the yard, very
late in the evening. Search was
then made at the deep water skirt
ing the edge of Lyday s Bluff, and
it is said a pencil and a piece of
"hlnnk nauer was found. Also there
wet ffi leading .to the
edge, but none returning. Tbe water
is verv deep at this place, and it is
said (he peculiarities of *he chlrtiX
here were well known to Suirett.
The sharp bend of the river at Ly
day's Bluff has washed out ^very
deep place in the stream on the blull
side* where the waters turn back
upstream, in swirling fashion.
Sheriff Sitton and Eck Sims ha\e
been leading the parching parties,
and under the direction of Mr. Sims,
the deep pools were dynamited late
Tuesday afternon. Sheriff Sitton anil
many citizens of the community re
turned to the task of both dynamit
ing and dragging the river along the
WUlt 'is '??d Mr. Surrett was very
1'* .
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MRS EFFtE ROGERS
Raleigh. N. C.
St&tc Manager .of Woodmen Cir
j cle in North Carolina; at Camp
Sapphire this weak.