VOLUME XXXV. ? BREVARD, NORTH CAK f)LINA, MARCH 5, 1930 ? 4 _ , ? Number 10 FISHER , WASHINGTON, D. C. Will Require Survey and Inves tigation by Department of War Engineers MUST SHOW FEDERAL INTEREST IN MATTER Commissioners Must Approve Sale of Land to the United States in the Future That there is much red tape con nected with obtaining government aid in removing the jetties from the French Broad river placed there fifty years ago by the government, was emphasized in a report made by Ralph R. Fisher to the county com missioners Monday and to the Cham ber of Commerce Tuesday evening. Mr. Fisher wa3 named by the Cham ber of Commerce and by the county commissioners as a committee of one to go to Washington and see. what could be done about the matter. It was hoped that the government would remove these jetties, which may be done, to the end that many hundreds of acres of valuable rivor bottom lands might be reclaimed from oveflow of the river caused by these obstructions. Mr. Fisher's report, while pointing out the great amount of work ne^ cessary to do, indicates, however, that there is a way to get this relief if the citizens will work together on the question and not give up in their efforts. Following is Mr. Fisher's report: "To the Chamber of Commerce, Brevard, N. C. "Gentlemen: I "I have the honor to report on my work in Washington as a committee from this body and the board of county commissioners. I went to the 'capital on your instructions to maks certain investigations in connection with the flood conditions that exist in the French Broad Valley during heavy rains. "I found that any a:d afforded would come through the War De partment, and not through tho De partment of the Interior, as had been thought by some of our citizens; that the War Department has no au- ! thority from Congress to act in the I matter; that it would not be possible ! to secure an act from Congress af- j fording proper relief until an engi-| neer fom the War Department made ' survey and investigation of the ' river, and the alleged flood condi- J tions. "If this engineer found that re lief was needed and there appeared any federal interest in the river, that Congress, acting upon this re port, may enact sufficient legisla tion to give relief. It may be neces sary to appropriate a certain per cent of the desired funds, or as (Continued on page four) CROWDS PACKED GLAZENER STORE Necessary to Keep Door Lock ^ ed All Day, Opening at Intervals Only _ I Brevard's newest business con cern, A. C. Glazener, Inc., expressed ??oiriplete satisfaction with the open ing sale here last Saturday. This concern purchased the store formerly owned by 0. L. Erwin, on Main street, and tn last weeks Brevard News announced opening Saturday morning at 9:30 o'clock. A large number of people were awaiting the moment when the doors were to open, some having been at the en trance since shortly after 7 o'clock. The store quickly filled, and it was necessary to lock the door until the crowd inside could be waited upon, when the door would be opened again for a few minutes, then locked again, for the store would fill in a loment's time. This plan had to be l^ipt in force all through the day, and until late Saturday night. The sale was pronounced by many older citizens here to have been one of the most successful ever conduct ed here, and hundreds of people vis ited the store. Something over four ?2en hundred pairs of shoes were [gold Saturday and Monday. The crov.-ds were large practically all day Monday, and good business was en joyed through Tuesday and Wednes day. Mr. Glazener, manager of th< storp, has another advertisement ii today's paper in which he states thai anotneT big surprise is in store foi the people of the county this com ing Saturday. The store will b< closed Friday while arrangements an being made for the special sale oi Saturday. Ono of the county correipond ents to The Brevard New* sent in last week some news items, but failed to state where the j| news was from, hence we were unable to publish it. It is re quested that news itoms submit ted for publication always be accompanied by the name of writer and place from which written. 'OFFICERS WILL BE ELECTED TONIGHT ,lNew Directors Named By C. | of C. Will Elect President and Vice President ! With a large number of members ! present, the Brevard Chamber ol |Co.nmerce elected directors Tuesday night, and the new board will meet ' Thursday night for the purpose of "electing officers and starting the ' year's work. Following are the names and business classifications of the twenty-five men chosen as the new board of directors, from which a {president and vice president are to be selected: J. Mac Allison, furniture and hard ware merchant; James S. Bromhela, coal, ice, laundry and drayage busi ness ; Willis Brittain, B. &. B. Feed Co.; James F. Barrett, Editor The Brevard News; Wm. E. Breese, law yer and chairman of the board ol road commissioners; Frank D. Clem ient, jeweler and theatre business, 10 L. Erwin, merchant and farmer; 'Ralph K. Fisher, lawyer, county at torney; Julian A. Glazener, instruc tor of agriculture, Brevard High School ; Ashley H. Houston, furni ture; Jerry Jerome, building and . loan: Fred Johnson, grocer; fa. M. I Mactie, druggist; T. G. Miller, agent. Southern Railway company; James M. Gaines, manager Southern ruo lic Utilities company; Hinton Mc Leod, teacher and camp director; Dr. Chas. L. Newland, phvscnan ana surgeon; R. L. Nicholson, postmaster; Oliver H. Orr, cashier Pisgah Indus trial Bank; Henry A. Plummer, mer chant; Thos. H. Shipman, president Brevard Banking company ; John w. Smith, barber snop proprietor; Jos. S Silversteen, capitalist and manu facturer; T. W. Whitmire, mayor ?nd real estate; Clarence C. Yongue, farmer. CITY OFFICIALS 1 TO MEET TONIGHT Woman's Bureau, C. of C. and Others To Urge Park and Swimming Pool All members of tne Chamber of Comm??=? .1 the Woman's B???, the Kiwanis club, and any ana citizens interested in esUbhshmen of a park, playgrounds and a swim ming pool for Brevard areurged to (be nresent at joint meeting held" this Thursday evening at 7 .30 o'clock. The mayor and board of aldermen will be present, and the question of providing these atten tions for the summer visitors will be acted upon. For a long time the town has fe the need of such improvements, and the Woman's Bureau undertook some time ago to crystallise senti ment for such additions. Many meet ings have been held by the women's Sup, and much study given to the matter. Then the Chamber of Com merce began an active it later being joined by the Kiwanis ?lub Every one who has given the question any thought at a agree that the town netds such attractions not only for its own people, bu more especially as a card to get tourists here and have a *i!aee to offer them while spending I vacations In this community. I It is expected that a large crowd will be present. R. H. Morrow and j M Gaines have been making sur veys for the Chamber of Commerce and will present the question to the town council Thursday evening for the Chamber of Commerce. iSILVERSTEEN AND . FISHER ARE NAMED Transylvania county will send a full delegation to Raleigh on the 31st of March, to attend the state meeting: of citizens who desire tax reform legislation. Chairman J. H. Pickelsimer was instructed by the board to name the delegates, and jR. R. Fisher, county attorney, and Jos. S. Silversteen, capitalist, were named. It is expected that 'Chairman Pickelsimer will name other delc ' gates as soon as he ascertains the 1 names of those who would attend. 1 Transylvania commissioners arc ' not favorable to the calling of an ? extra session of the legislature, it ? is said, but are in hearty accord with plans to study the tax question and ! be prepared at the next session of 1 the general assembly to procure 1 remedial legislation on the tax quss r tion. These members expressed the " belief that the meetings now being 8 heJ4 throughout the state, and the e big central meeting to be held on 1 March 31 in Raleigh, are good foi the state and will result in much foi the tax payers of North Carolina. BREESE IN RALEIGH AT ELECTION OF PRESIDENT Wm. E. Breese, member of th? board of trustees of the UnJvertltj of North Carolina, is in Raleigh anc Chapel Hill this week, where th< board has been called for the purpose of electing a successor to Presides W. H. Chase, of the University. 10. L Erwin, As Me Appears Today OLDEST MERCHANT IN W. N. C. RETIRE In the two photos herewith are shown 0. L. Erwin, for forty-four years a merchant in Brevard and Transylvania county, being- the old est merchant in point of continuou: business operation in Western North Carolina. The baovs picture is from a recent photo of Mr. Erwin, while the smaller one is a picture cjf th< Brevard man when he began his mer cantile career at Calvert 44 years ago. Mr. Erwin sold his Brevard store last week to A. C. Glazener, Inc., but still retains an interest in the business of J. W. Glazener & Co.. Rosman, and is owner of large farm lands and town property. Mr. Erwin expresses his apprecia tion of his friends in the following statement: "In retiring from the mercantile business in Brevard, 1 wish to give expression of my gratitude and ap preciation to my many friends throughout the ' county for their patronage and loyal support during the forty-four years of my business life. "0. L. ERWIN." LYCEUM NUMBER HERE WEDNESDAY Fourth and last in the series of Lyceum numbers will be given at the Brevard High Schol auditorium next Wednesday night, March 12. This entertainment was postponed from last Monday night, which was the previously announced date, but it was found necessary to change it to next week. Miss Fern Casl'ord, reader and en tertainer, will appear in this last number, in her versatile role. She is said to captivate her audience with her varied type of program .With her clever character sketches and play cutting she portrays the actual char acters on the stage. She is said t' portray the Chinese Maiden, the Italian peasant girl, the old tody and the old man as if they had actually been on the stage with her. She is declared to have a wide range of impersonations, from child to old man and from funny comedy sketches to the dramatic and, rub lime personages of history. I I Mr. Erwin as Was 1 i VETERAN OF WORLD ! WAR BURIED HERE; Hugh T. .McCarrell, former resi- j dent of Brevard, died last Saturday evening in the Veterans Hospital, Augusta, Ga., and the remains were brought here for interment. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock at the home of the deceased's sister, Mrs. S. W. Radford, and burial wrs made in the Gillespie cemetery. Rev. E. R. Pen dleton conducted the services. The deceased was a World War veteran, having seen much active 'service overseas. Death was result J of shocks and nervous breakdown as a result of these experiences. The widow and one child two [years of age, survive. In addition to Mrs. Radford, two other sisters and .one brother survive, as follows: Mrs. T. E. Hume, Greensboro, and Mrs. ;M. M. Howard, Asheville; and the 'brother, Harold McCarrell. The jbody was accompanicd from Augus ;ta to Brevard by relatives of the 'deceased, Mr.* and Mrs, Reed Kirl; 'and Mrs. Wm. R. Folds, of Atlanta. Pallbearers were: R. R. Fisher, I Leonard and Oliver Simpson, L. P. I Hamlin, George Nicholson and J. M. iTatum. County Commissioners Requested TcF Re-Instate All Items Deducted From the School Board's Budgei Formal request was made by the school board Monday to the board of county commissioners that all items deducted from the school board's budget now be re-instated. It will be recalled that the county commis sioners cut the sum of $4,990 from various items in the budget as pre pared by the school board last sum mer. Members of the school board assert the budget was prepared, sign ed by the school board and by the chairman of the board of county com missioners, and then sent to Raleigh for adoption by the state. Some time later, it is said, the county com missioners cut out some items in the school budget and reduced other items, mrJcing a reduction of the ag gregate in fhe sum of $4,990. The action was resisted at th< time by the school board, its mem bers declaring that the origina budget estimate as prepared by thi board and signed by the chairman o: the board of county commissioners ought to stand. This renewed ef fort to have the commissioners re instate the items and the amount de ducted is said to be based on the re cent decision of the Supreme court in which it was declared that th< school board is recognized as a par of the state government, hence no to be classed purely 'as a division o the county government. The commissioners took no actioi on the request at Monday's meeting It vas not stated just when the mat ter would b< attention by th . .ty t'o."5i?5iss;oners. V/HG WILL DIVE THE NEW CHEVROLET HOME & BIG QUESTION IN MINDSlff MANY PEOPLE The One Making the Nearest Correct Estimate of the Number of People In Transylvania County Is the One Who Will Get the Car ? Many People Are Already Sending In Their Estimates ? How About You? ? Have You Placed Yours? Your Opportunity to Win Just as Good as- Any Mr. Man's. All. off for a try -at winning the , Mew Chtvrolet Coach. It costs nothing, not an extra p^nny, and no work to do but to fig ure out how many people you think there are in Transylvania county. It is absolutely fair and square the fairest and squarest contest of, skill you ever etotered. YOU have just as fine opportunity! to win this brand new car as any-] body else in the world. Already the. estimates arv coming | in, from as far away as the state cf i Washington, clear on the Pacific i coast! Are YOU going to sit idiy by, and perhaps lose a new Chevrolet car? We are re-printing the census as taker ten years ago, and giving you, in addition the number of votes cast in all the elections since 1910, to . help you make up your estimate of , the umber of people now living in Txiii.-tylvania county. A. k your friends what they think 1 about, it. Ask your teacher to help you, you boys and girls in school, 1 and you help your parents figure on ' thu mcrea3e in the last ten years, and j suli.iit YOUR estimate of the coun-f ty's population this year. j! WANT FORD SCHOOL TO LOCATE HERE ? i Effort is to be mads to persuade Mr. Henry Ford to establish one of] his schools in Transylvania county. ! Mrs. Carrie Doraett, of Brevard und Washington, has already been in communication with Mr. Ford, and is reported as having received some encouraging letters from the auto mobile manufacturer regarding the matter, ? f Mr. Ford has set aside several mil lions of dollars for the purpose of establishing schools where High School graduates may take special courses of instruction which pre pares them for life. It is intended especially to help the young man or ivoman who has finished High school ' but cannot afford a college course. All branches of mechanics are to be taught, and a practical education, or training, added to the High school course. It is believed this section would prove the most ideal spot to be found anywhere for the establish ment of one of these schools. Let ters are being mailed to Mr. Ford, urging him to send representatives here for the purpose of looking over the field. Many complimentary words! have been spoken for Mrs. Dorset! for her fine interest in Transylvania county. W. H. DUCKWORTH | IN RACE FOR HOUSE! W. H. Duckworth, prominent citi zen of the county, makes announce ment in today's paper that he is can didate for nomination on the demo cratic ticket for the legislature. Mr. Duckworth represented this county in the 1923 session of the legisla ture, and his friends claim that he did much for the county at that time. He is credited with giving Transyl vania county the Australian ballot law, and friends lay stress upon the fact that it was Sir. Duckworth's bill that placed the county offices 011 salary basis. Mr. Duckworth has been active in public affairs for a great many years. ' and his entry into the race for rep- 1 resentative will add zeal to the pri mary campaign. ROAD TAX MATTER MAY BE ADJUSTED Wm. E. Breese, chairman of the board of road commissioners, asked the county commissioners in session Monday to join the read authorities in permitting citizens of the county to work out their road tax at the prevailing wage scale for such labor, in lieu of demanding the full i six days' work on the roads as re quired by law. The road tax is four dollars, or six days work on the roads. Mr. Breese called attention of the county commissioners to the scarcity of money just now, assart ing that many of the citizens would have to work the road tax out be cause they didn't have the ?4 with which to pay; that at the rate pro vided in the law, the citizens so working the six days would be labor ing at the rate of 66 2-8 cents a day, wor!dng six days fcr four dol lars. The county commissioners! refer red the flatter ta attoraoy-general of the state, taking tike posifc.oa that county commissioners (To 71 ot have iDthority to change or' 'repeal or tmend state laws., The United States government will start taking; the census of the county ion April 2. The United States government census figure# will determine the winner of the new Chevrolet coach, which is dowa there at the Whitmire Motor com pany's place right now, and will b? ready for the man or woman, boy ok girl, whose estimate comts nearest; that figure found to be the county's population by the census ulren. That car will be waiting for its new owner, all complete, with extra tire, bumpers,- and alj, filled with gas and oii, ready to roil you home. If you get your estimate into the office of The Brevard News on or before the Tenth day of March, and that number Wins the car, you gut two eztra" tires, Firestone make, Bold by Carl McCrary. So it will pay you to act NOW ? at, once. Only our subscribers whose sub scription is paid up for the full yeaz of 1930 ? this year ? can entc;.- ' aa estimate, you know. If yon* suit acriptioc is past due, then pay up for this whole year and you axe qualified' ?that's all. You most certainly get jrour money's worth in The Brevard News, and this prize ie being offer ed only to those who are on nnr list ind paid up for the year. If you irs not a subscriber, then al! yon have to do is tc subscribe for one rear, pay in advance, and er.ter your istimate. Be certain to send in your ea .iraate in the name of the person. ?ho is receiving the paper, or who ' ? subscribing to the paper. That is, f John Jones m getting the paper, md SaJiia Jor.es is his daughter, lo not submit the estimate in the lame of Saily Jont's, but submit it n the nume of John Jonee, the one vbuse name is on the subscription tftt Do not eend bet one estimate for me subscription- Some of out sub icribers are sending in an estimate 'or each member c.f the family ? the nan w'60 takes the paper, his wife md each of his children. That is lot right Just one estimate for ;ach subscriber. All the family caa lelp figure out the estimate of the :ounty population, if all members of ;he family desire to help in it, but >nly one estimate to each subscriber s allowed. Sit down right now. Begin fig iring like this: In 1920, when the government took the last census, .here were 9503 people in Transyl vania county. Let's see. How much (Continued on page four) rHE ASSOCIATED CHARITIES' PLAN ro Meet Twice Weekly to Hear Requests for Aid ? Tues days and Thursdays Directors of the Associated Cliari :ies will meet each Tuesday and Thursday, from 11 o'clock in the morning until 1 o'clock in the after noon. in the Chamber of Commerce rooms for the purpose of receiving; those who desire to see these offici als. The work of the Associated Char ities has become so burdensome that the directors were forced to adopt this plan, in order that these men might have time to attend to their own Business. All people desiring aid from The Associated Charities, or having any kind of business to transact with this group, will have to see them nt this time on Tuesdays and Thurs days, as the members of the board have stated positively that they can not give time and r.tteution to the work all through the week, as has been done in the past. It is requested that no more visits be paid to the homes or officos of the board of directors of The Asso ciated Charities, unless some extreme case where immediate attentidn is demanded. All business will be trans acted at the offices of the Chamber of Commerce, oa the above . named days and hours, ?Tuesday ar.d fliprs day, fiom 11 o'clock in the morning until 1 o'clock in the afternoon. HALT! TAKE NOTICE I Toe Business and Professional Women'* Clnb of Brevard will edit next week's issue of Tfe Brevard l>iews. Watcfc for it, for there are many fine articles ?.nJ eJl'.critLi cfvrntnt te the readers uf tbis pa pgr. Tlie amtn fctrs of the club wiQ appreciate your aiBiitiBM in this undertab in(. Aajf aewj item*, social #?? tiritiei , or suggestions ?> gMu ibem wiH be appreciated pot only by those tpinndid