VOL. XXXIV.
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, JULY 10: 1929
NEW RATE OF TAXES BASED
UPON $9,500,600 VALUATION
DEBT SERVICE AND
SCHOOLS FURNISH
THE BIGGEST CUTS
Roads and Extended Term
Funds Given Only In
crease Allowed
UP FOR ADOPTION BY
BOARD ON MONDAY, 22,
!
New Rata Set at $2.23 on the
the Hundred Dollar Val- !
uation In Estimate
Transylvania county's tax rate is1
given a cut of 52 cents, according to'
the budget estimate as prepared, and !
which will be considered for adop- j
tion by the board of county com-'
missioners at a special meeting to
be held on Monday, July 22. The ?
rate in 1928 was $2.75 on the hun
dred dollar valuation, and the rate
?'or this year is to be $2.23, accord
ing to the budget estimate.
Assessed valuation of property in
the county is placed at $9,500,000.
Following is the table, showing
how the estimate places the cost of
county operation, and the rate of ;
taxation to carry on each branch of
county government. Comparison is
made between the rates for last
year and those of 1929, showing
where the reduction of 52 cents was
made:
1928 1929
County General $ .15 ? $ .15
Health and Poor .05 ? .02
Roads .17? .19
Debt Service 1.00 ? .01
Six months school term 1.11 ? .95
Kxt. school term ..... .27 ? .31
Totals $2.75 ? $2.23
it will be seen that the big reduc
tions came in the two items of debt
service and the six months' school
; .-mi. iK'bt service rate is reduced
i ;. '9 cent's, while a saving of It!
if ins i- made on the six months'
school term. Another three cents is
taken off the item "health and poor"
making a tot; .1 reduction of 58 cents.
Two items were increased, however,
that of roads b^ing increased two
cents, and the extended school twill
rate being raised four cents, leaving
a net reduction of 52 cents.
MANY NEW BOOKS
AT U. D. 1 LIBRARY
Report of the U. D, Library
for the month of Juno, as submit
ted by the librarian, shows an in
creased attendance and circulation
of books, with many new books ad
ded to the shelves.
During the past month there were
?'.?0 adult books taken out and 171
juvenile books, making a total of
,">61 books in circulation through the
month. A total of seven books
were added to the shelves and 23
new members were enrolled. The
adult attendance during the month
was 358 and the juvenile attendance
201.
The following new books are re
c-nt additions to the library: Gard
en Oats, by Baldwin; Bishop Murder
? a;e, by S. S. Van. Dine;. Silver
Slippers, by Bailey; Old Pybus, by
Deeping; Wings of Healing, by
Martin; Treasure House of Martin
Hews, by Oppenheim ; Doomsday, by
Deeping; Mamba's daughters, by
Heyward; Silver Virgin, by Wylie;
Storm House, by Norris; Scarlet
Sister Mary, by Peterkin; Rhine
stones, by Widdemer; Peder Victor
ious, by Rolvaag.
NOTEDMlSTER
TO PREACH SUNDAY
Rev. Dr. W. S. Ford, pastor of the
First Baptist church in Andrews, one
of the outstanding Baptist ministers
of the state, will preach Sundaj
morning in the Brevard Baptist
church. It is expected that man;
Baptists in the county who havt
heaTd of this g^eat preacher, bui
have not before had an opportunity
of hearing him preach, will attern
the services Sunday morning.
Rev. Wallace H. Hartsell is nov
conducting a revival in the Andrew:
church, and Rev. Mr. Ford is com
ing here for the Sunday services s<
Mr. Hartsell will not have to breal
into the revival at Andrews, where
it is said, interest in the meeting
is aiready at high pitch.
Visitors in Brevard are cordiall;
invited to attend the services at th
Baptist church.
*
* COUNTRY CLUB HOSTESS *
i * VALUABLE ASSET TO TOWN *
I * Mr?. Harry Patton, Country *
i * Club koitw, it proving her *
, * value to Brevard by hur charm- * j
( * ing hospitality to the visitors in *
; * town who play golf on Brevard's "
* matchless course. Many visitors *
| * and tourists have expressed ap- ?
* preciation of Mrs. Patton's man- * ,
* ner of receiving them at the *
* club. Then, too, the home peo- * j
* pie are appreciative of her ef- * t
* forts in providing an ideal placc * '
* at the club house for dinners *
* an entertainments, and for the * '
* service she renders on such oc- *
* casions. ?
OXFORD CLASS TO
Coming! '
Next Monday night!
The Oxfo|l Singing Class.
At the High School Building!
Masons of the county are planning ;
for one of the biggest attendances in i
the history of the lodge in Brevard. I
when the Oxford Singing class comes I
to the High School auditorium next!
Monday night, July 15.
: ? Oxford <"??:< is a band of boysl
and girls in the Masonic Orphanage
at Oxford, and their concerts are I
given for a two-fold purpose ? first
to show to <lihe public and to Master
Masons the tine training given the
boys and girls in the orphanage, and,
next, to raise whatever money that 1
can be taken in at these concerts to
help defray the expenses of the in
stitution. Every cent of the admis-'1
sion charges at each concert is put
into the orphanage.
The Oxford Orphanage lakes o ?
phan children from Masonic hum s
and non-Masonic homes. In fact, the,
majority of the children in the Or
phanage are from non-Masonic
homes,
Members of Dunn's Rock Masonic |
Lodge and ladies of the Eastern Star
are selling tickets to the concert next
Monday night. It is believed a rec
ord-Wreaking attendance will gn , .
the fine boys and girls on their ap
pearance.
MftS. GAULTTO SING
AT KIWANIS MEET
After having "skipped'' two meet-!
ings, the Kiwanis club will gutln-: I
at the Waltermire Grill Thursday at;
noon, and it is believed every mem- j
ber will be present. Two weeks at: I
the dub met with the Asheville or I
ganization, at Asheville, and last |
week the meeting was called off on
account of the Glorious Fourth be
ing (in the meeting day.
f'rot. and Mrs. B. II. Gault, popu
lar summer residents, have consent
ed to appear on the program this
Thursday, the professor to deliver ari
address, and Mrs. Gault to sing ?>>.
numbers. Mrs. Gault is a woman of
unusual ability, and has delighted
many hundreds of people with hei
singing at the Methodist church.
SOPERMCOURT
BEGINS ON 29TH
Judge James L. Webb is scheduled
to open a two-weeks' term of Su
perior court in Brevard on Monday,
July 29, for the trial of civil cases.
There is a large docket on the
civil calendar, which it is hoped will
be largely disposed of in the two
weeks.
Transylvania's General County
court will begin its august term on
the second Monday, or the 12th of
August, it is believed. Of course
the court will have to be called on
I the first Monday in August, but it
? is believed the term will be contin
! j ued then until the second Monday,
; in order to have but one court in
r 1 session at one time.
'r HELD FOR STEALING WIRE
FROM THE HOOSIER CO
Two mer. giving their names as
1 Metcalf, and said to be residents oi
Henderson county, are in the Tran
r 3ylvania county jail, charged wit!
s stealing copper wire from the Hoos
- ier Engineering company. The Hoos
3 ier people are stringing the wire:
< for the Carolina Power and Liglr
, company through this county. It i
s said the wire had been stretchec
along the line, hut had not beer
y strung on the poles. It is charge'
e ( the men carried off quite a lot o
j this new copper wire.
fishing grounds
ji FOR {JUNES ONLY
Four-Mils Stretch on Avery'a
Creek Set Aside for
I Women
Four miles of Avery's Creek, in
the Pisgah National Forest, has been
>et aside by government officials as
fishing grounds for ladies only. Aloag
this four-mile strdtch the banks of
the stream are smooth and of easy
approach, and automobiles can be
driven along the. stream. .Avery's
Creek is one of the best trout streams
in Western North Carolina, and be
cause of its eleared banks is set aside
for women whe love to cast the fly
for the sporty trout.
The season will be re-opened dur
ing half the month of August, and
it is believed hundreds of women wili
fish in the waters of this, the first
stream to be set aside for ladies only.
Men who may want to accompany
their wives on a fishing trip may use
any of the other streams, contain- 1
ing more than one hundred miles of
fine fishing waters, but must not cast
a hook into this four-mile stretch on
Avery's Creek ? for that belongs to
the ladies only.
MRS. ROBT. L. GASH
CALLED IN DEATH
Funeral service? for Mrs. Robert
L. Gash, who died Thursday night,
July -1th lit her home near Brov:: ?<!,
were held there Friday aftcn;o ..
conducted by the Rev. liar-.* P*?-r
rector of St. Philips Episcopal
church, Brevard, assisted by the Rev.
Malcom Taylor, rector of the Epis
copal church, Greenville, S. C., and
the Rev. W. S. Hutchison, pastor of
Davidson River Presbyterian church.
Following the services the body was
removed to Bloomfield, Va., where
interment was held at 1 1 o'clock
Saturday morning.
Mrs. Gash's death followed a Ion.
illness, borne with noble couia;
and fortitude.
She was before her mania
years ago Miss Lucy nia.-uv.
"Glenmede," Bluemont, Va.
In addition to her husband ;.tul
one son, Robert T. Gash, aged four
years, other survivin grelatives are:
Mrs. J. S. Bromfield, Brevard: Mrs.
A. P. Osborne and Mrs. Nellie U y i ? I
Thomas, of Berryville, Va., and
several brothers living in Washing
ton, D. C.
iWHUMIRE WOK IK
1 GOLF TOURNAMENT
i ! Fourth of July T wo-Ball Four
some Pronounced Best
Event Held Here
In the two-ball foursome, the July
Fourth trournsment was by far the
most interesting event staged on, the
local course in many a day. Ttie
j course was in perfect condition, and
i many visitors in Brevard for the
i Fourth expressed their admiration
for a town of this size that can
boast such a perfectly kept course as
that of the Brevard Country ciub.
Tom Whitmire, son of the mayor
and a Chapel Hill student, won first
prize in the tournament, with a 46,
! score, while J. S. Silversteen and
T. H. Shipman tied for second place
with a 47 each. Beverly Trantham
and yours truly tailed the list with
71's, thereby qualifying for booby
prizes.
i Following is the official score card
as recorded at the close of the tour
nament:
Tom Whitmire 46
J. S. Silversteen 47
T. H. Shipman 47
Dick Breese 48
W. W. Croushorn 48
Henry Carrier 51
Harry Patton 51
Walter Cobble 52
Dr. Hester 52
Sherman Hammatt 53
Rev. H. Perry 53
E. Hadley 55
Kev. R. L. Alexander 55
Bob PfiJmhier 56
Ed McCoy 56
Chas. Jones 56
C. M. Douglas 56
Paul Smathera 60
F. Brown Carr 60
Billie Watts 60
Beverly Trantham 71
Jim Barrett 71
* MISS NANCY MACFIE MAKES
* RECORD ON LOCAL COURSE
* *
Miss Nancy Macfie made a *
* straight score of 52 on the
golf course of the Brevard *
" Country club last Tuesday,
thereby setting a new record for *
women on the local course. A *
' visiting lady mid' a 54 'ait *
year, which stood as the record *
until the Brevard girl lowered *
* it by two in Tuesday's game.
* ?
Thank You, Friends , for Your Ready
Response to Our Iwo-for-One Offer
From every section of good old
Transylvania County, and from :il! i
thu surroundinir counties, and from
other states from Florida to New
York, and from Tennessee to Texas,
the people have been bringing in
and sending in their dollars in our
proposition to give "Two-for-One."
That is, a receipt for two dollar
for each dollar paid us on subscrip
tion, |
Several subscribers who had al- j
lowed their subscriptions to get 1
three years behind, owing us six dol
lars, have squared the bills by send
ing three dollars and getting their
reecipt for six dollars.
Others have sent in their money,
but would not allow us to give the
two-fur-one receipt, insisting that;
they are paying straight and in full. |
and that The Brevard News is worth
the full price and more. But that
was not the intention of our offer,
and while we appreciate to the ful
lest such sentiments, we meant our
offer in good faith, and to all who
are sending in the money or bring
ing it in, we are issuing a receipt
for two dollars for each dollar we
receive.
Following is one letter we re
ceived that was great encourage
ment to us. It is from Mr. Ottis
Green, of The Green Hardware com
pany in Asheville, and is as follows:
James F. Barrett, Editor,
The Brevard News,
Brevard, N. C.
) Dear Jim
Believing that you are doing
Western North Carolina in gen
1 eral. and Transylvania County
in particular a distinct service,
I am enclosing you two dollars
for my next year's subscription
' instead of the special offer you
j make of one dollar.
) Yours sincerely,
OTTIS GREEN
f Asheville, N. C., July 5.
We are deeply sensible of the ob
ligations we are under to our sub- 1
scribers for thc-ir always ready res- '
ponse to our appeals. W'e want yen j
to know that we do indeed appreci-j
Bte it. I
i
This offer will be open for a i
days yet, but may close at any
time, for we cannot go on and on.
offering The Brevard News at ONE
DOLLAR A YEAR!
While we regret very much to
have to do it, yet there is but one
thing for us to do in cases where
people are away behind and fail to
..ike advantage of this offer ? and
'.hat in to cut them off our list. But
we've carried some people just
long as we can carry them, and the
fellow who will not accept this prop
osition of paying one dollar and
getting a receipt for two dollars
does not want the paper, or, at
least, we feel that way about it.
Of course, there may be people
who simply cannot pay now. If such
people will notify us, by letter or in
person, we shall continue sending
the paper to them. But unless we
hear from those who are so far be
hind within the next few days,
either sending us money on their
subscriptions or asking for an exten
sion of time, the paper will be
stopped.
Again thanking you, one and all,
who have sent in your money and
who will send it in within the next
[few days, we again declare this
! paper to be your paper, working al
Hie time for you and your interests
seeking favor and commendation 01
.ALL the people, and giving n<
thought to any particular clique o
group.
A regular communication o
Dunn's Rock Masonic Lodge will b
held this Friday evening. Ballotim
on petitions, and first degree wor
will occupy the attention of th
members.
THRONGS WITNESS
PARK DEDICATION
Mayor Whitmire Pitehea First;
Bail Jn New McLean
Field, Thursday
FISHER MADE STRONG
ADDRESS AT OPENING
Band Played National Anthem
as Players Saluted
Old Glory
? ?' ' ? in i? I
' Dedication of the new basnbal' 1
grounds on the McLean Field pro
vided one of the most interesting
and inspiring event in the celebra
tion of the Fourth of July in Bre
vard. The ceremony was begun with
an introduction of Hon. Ralph K.
; Fisher, who made an address to the
hundreds of people gathered in the
new park. The remarks of Mr. Fisher
were timely, and geratiy enjoyed,
being especially impcessive at. the,
close of the address when the Bre
varo' lawyer dedicated the new field
to the people of Transylvania county
as a place where clean snorts may be
enjoyed by all the people.
The Pisgah Forest team, wuh
Frank Carr as manager, and the
Brevard team, wtih Lawrence Holt1
as manager, were then introduced. ?
Brt'-ard's own band then marched to
second base, where the national col- 1
ors had been planted, and played the'
National Anthem. The teams march- 1
ed, single file, about the flag a:..;
saluted, presenting a beautiful : '
inspirit scene.
Unij e Misenheimer then ar. '
nounced the batteries for the li:
game, and presented Mayor T. V.
Whitmire, who pitched the first L... ..
over on the new diamond. And it'
was pitched over, too, as pretty a
strike as one ever saw, and the first
batter up missed it by inches.
Announcement was made that two
five dollar cash prizes had been of
fered by the Fourth of July commit
tee, to be given to the player mak
ing the most runs in each game of
the double-header. Mr. Terry, a big
business man of New Orleans, whose
family is here for the summer, then
offered, through a local man, to
give five dollars to the first playi"
>.!io founded the piil over the fence.
Brunch Fa:;tsn won the five dol
lars in the first game by makiiv
three runs.
In the second game there was r.
tie. and the prize was divided be
tween several flayers.
Tom Carson won the five dollars
offered by Mr. Terry for being the
first man to paste the pill over tin?
fence in the new park.
Gate receipts for the double
header were more than satisfactory
to the team managers, and Messrs.
Carr and Holt expressed delight at
the manner in which Bri vard had '
ceived their enterprise in providii: ?
a rral ball park for the fans of the
county Tho Mcf.ean Field is a ?? _
one, far better thaji even Ashev: i.
had up until the time of the erec
tion of their new park a few y u;v
ago.
; p.; ?yt jcntiii
FRIDAYNIGHT, 8:30|
With a double-barrel attraction
| for this Friday night, baseball fan;
will gather at the new ball pari:, ir
! the McLean field, to witness a ball
game at night ? and with women
playing on one side, and Transyl
j vania boys on the other. The game 1
i is to be called at 8:30 o'clock. The
! field is to be illuminated to look like
' daylight, and it is said the women
on the visiting team can play bail
like big league performers.
Read the advertisement on the ,
back page for full information about i
this unusual game, at an unusual i
hour, with an unusual team. 1
HELD TO SUPERIOR COURT
i IN THOUSAND DOLLAR BONDS
1
Milford Moore and Grady Gallo ^
I way, given hearings in the Count} '
1 court, were held by Judge English to
, the Superior court in bonds of $1000
each, on charges of burning a house
on Diamond Creek, formerly occu
pied by John Wood. Deputy Frank
Jordan, of the State Insurance de
partment, assisted in working up the
, J case against the two men.
?MR. JOLLY CAUGHT BIG JACK
| AND HAD JOLLY GOOD TIME
5 ?
li D. C. Jolly ,of Anderson, S. C.,
landed a 15-pound Jack fish one day
' last week in Little River, and, from
1 all accounts, scared other fish al
) ! most to death with his yells of joy
, iat his catch. Mr. Jolly considers the
I Little River section the most profita
i ble place on earth. He camc into that
] community several years ago and
f ' married Miss Cannie Merrill, daugh
e | ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Merrill. I'
e,was while he and his wife were on ?
visit to Mrs. Jollly's parents las'
week thet he caught the big Jacl
fish. '
BIG JULY FOURTH
PROGRAM ENJOYED
Cash Prizes Won By Mari
Contestants In Yarioui
Events of the DayH
?
BIG CROWD ATTENDE
THE ALL-DAY PR
List of Prize Winners Given ? -
Ail Events Were Hotly
Contested
i ? i
Thousands of people from all over
the county and from many adjoin
ing counties spent the day' in Bre
vard on the Fourth of July, enjoy
ing the program as arranged by the
committee. This program included
many events in field sports, a double
header baseball game, dedication of
the new baseball park, band music
throughout the day, a trolf tourna
ment, and a dinner-dance at the
Frank!, "n in the evening. What is
'aid to have been one of the largest
crowds ever attending holiday fes
tivities ' in Brevard witnessed these
events.
Cash prizes were awarded to all
winners in the various events, and
these winners were forced to really
win their honors, because of the de
termined spirit of all entrants in
each event.
The program began at 10 o'clock
in the morning, when Bnvaid't own
band jjave a concert at the band
stand, ar I then led th crowd to the
athletic field c:i th . -rh School
grounds.
The first event was a IftO-' -jrd
dash, open to all, wi mar.y < n
trants. Prize of $5 won by Mr.
Gray.
Harold Cox won in the jv.nd
event, 100-yard dash for bovs under
15 years of age, prize ot' ?'
Cylde Owens won the iz?
offered on the 100-yard ?!? ?:
boys ten year* of agr ' un 1 r.
Gray won again in th - ? 'U >r
camp boys a!one, 100-y. : i i-di.
One of the most inten t i ? ? * -ts
of the day was that of th - ]f -ito
race for girls. The committee was
confused in making effort t< d- ??'ore
the winner in the first '.rial ,f this
event, and it had to be u' < . .
Miss Ruth Pickelsimer -
prize of $5.
In the 100-yard dash f' iv.iip
boys ten years of age and undci. the
prize of $2.50 went to Edw: ?! ;
The biggest fun of the <? iy ame
when the boys began c'.inib n"
greased pole. One gill i
the admiration of the i
ing an attempt to wir
lar prize. Young man a -i -ng
man tried it. and final J .! n
after much >rd work, i ? * -? '
five dollar bill that wa- '
top of the pole, and - . i ' '.h '
ground, one happy fellow
Jack Fowler won in c m ? ' '?
yrease'er pi:r races, gettint:
and five dollars. Jack 1-of: '
the other pijr race, and
as a reward.
In the tug-of-war bc-tv. < ?
Forest and Kosman. real ?: " ><? 'j
was in evidence. The?>- '
tugging at the rope, In :? ? : V|"
stalwart men from the e ? ' vn~"
were at each end of ihc '?
Pisgah Forest finally yank' ? the
knot in th- rope over the ? nter
spot, and was given the ' oollar
prize. . ,
Perhaps the hardest fou, I oat
tle was thai in the running road
jump, which was finally wi : :? n"
sel Jones, prize being ten . ...ars.
MISS MACFIE WINS
IN LADIES EVENT
Ladies of Brevard aro highly
pleased with the outcome of the
Ladies Tournament played kst Mon
day. Miss Nancy Macfie v. on the
prize for low score, with Miss Kose
Shipman taking second honor*. This
tournament lias ben pronounced one
of the most interesting ever played
on the local course.
The following ladies were paired
in the playing:
. Miss Mary Lpuise Croushorn with
Miss Nancy Macfie.
i Miss Dot Fetzer with Miss nnie
Aiken.
I Miss Charlotte Patton with Miss
Mildred Trantham.
Mrs. T. W. Whifmlre with Mrs.
Harry Patton.
Mrsv Bill Carr with M Rush
Whitmfre.
Miss Rose Shipman with Mre.
Spank Macfie.
Mrs. Harry Perry with Mrs. Jim
Jones.
Miss Ruth Perry with Mrs. M. A.
Moltz.
MT. MORIAH BAPTIST CHURCH
Cherry field, N. C.
, W. S. PRICE, Jr.. Pastor.
I I Preaching each 1st and 3rd Sun
days; Sunday School each Sunday,
? 10 a.in. ; BYPU each Sunday eve
? ning. Come and worship with us.
I Visitors ere especially invited to join
f us in our worship while in the com
i! munity.