North Carolina Newspapers

DEBT PAYING PLAN i NOW IN OPERATION * IN TRANSYLVANIA Oliver H. Orr at Pisgah Bank To Certify Checks, Which Will Be for $5.00 MOVEMENT SPONSORED BY MINISTERS OF TOWN ?Plan Expected to Be of Tre mendous Value ? To Cir culate Like Money Brevard will begin circulating the "Golden Rule Debt Paying Jflan'' check this week, as a result oi action taKen ac a mass meeting held in the court house Tuesday mgnt. i'he tail for the mass meeting was issued by the .vuniatenai Association. Mayor I Whitmire presided at the mass meet ing, and Rev. Walter West and Noah Huiioweil, of Hendersonville, were in vited speakers, giving first hand in forraatio.i as to the operation of this plan; i^Muersonviile having had the plan in effect for the past month. j ijuj.K i-o uencmiuation will be issued by Oliver il. Orr, of the Pisgah Industrial Bank, to any citi zen of the town or county who will deposit live dollars. The check can not be cashed by Mr. Orr until -25 endorsements have been entered upon |< the back of the check. This makes one live uoilar bill pay ?12o debts, or i1 purchase that amount of merchan- 1 dise. The checks are good only in * Transylvania county, and no one is expected to keep the check in his or ' her possession more than 24 hours, j' It is believed the plan will be of 1 tremendous value to the town and 1 county, as it will enable the people ! here to clear up their indebtedness to ' one another, and provide a substitute ? :'or money, an article that is some- I what scarce about here just now. The principle of the plan is to keep the t checks going. As soon ? as a man < goes to the bank, deposits $5 and ob- < tains this certified check from Mr. ? Orr he is expected to pass it along t ? ? | I ( Continued on back page ) !c DR. NEWLAND NAMED I CO. HEALTH OFFICER Dr. Charles L. Newland was named ] county physician and quarantine of ficer for two years, dating from the i appointment on January 19 to the I first Monday in January, 1933. The [ county board of health was in session I on the 19th, and transacted much oth- 1 er business. The ooard of health is constituted 1 as follows: 0. L. Erwin, chairman; t S. P. Verner, secretary; Mayor T. W. |a Whitmire, Dr. E. S. English and Dr.lt J. B. Wilkerson. is Dr. Newland, -while beinjf one of j the youngest physicians of the county, v has made many friends since coming lc here, and these will be glad to learn | of his appointment to this important 1 c position in county affairs. TO PROVIDE LUNCH j: FOR 20 AT SCHOOL : !t P.-T. Debate Enjoyed ? Group A Now Working for Needy J, School Children t 1 <. Mrs. A. H. Harris and Mrs. Oliver i Orr won a two-to-one decision over c Ralph II." Ramsey, Brevard lawyer, < and Edwin Wike, Latin teacher in t Brevard High School, in the debate staged at the meeting of the Parent- Li Teacher association Monday night. ; The iadi. s were on the negative side , of the question, which was: "Resolved < That The Chief Aim of Education Is j a Development of the Practical." All J , debaters were given applause by the . Jarge crowd in attendance, and the ; "ikyaeches were greatly enjoyed. Mrs. T Vac Allison, Prof. J. B. Jones and A. K. Hampton served as judges. ? The musical program, an enjoyable feature of the evening, was made more interesting by the presentation , of one number by Donald Lee Moore, i phiyirif ti'.s own composition which was recently on the air over the , Columbia Broadcasting system. ^ j Mrs. H. L. Wilson, president of the association, presided, and the secre tary, Mrs. J. B. Jones, introduced tne speakers. Business of the, evening brought to 1 light the fact that there are about twenty boys and girls in the school for whom it 1b necessary to provide at the noon hoar. Mrs. P. P. who had made investigation cases, made report on the The association asfeed-ior : among the members and the Parent-Teacher group , sandwiches for these chil- ? banned that each vol- ! ?? ? HUNDRED MEN NOW AT WORK ON ROADS IN PISGAH FOREST Minimum Wage of 30 Cents an Hour Being Paid on That Job GOOD WAGES ESSENTIAL TO SOUND CONDITIONS Citizens Express Hope Thai State Highway CominS ion Will Make Increase More than one hundred men are al ready employed on the highway work being started by the United State.! Government in the Pisgah National Forest, and just as soon as tools can" be purchased and other details work ed out, another group will be put to work. Mr. Charles L. Dunn, in charge of the work in the National Forest, it optimistic about the improvements to oe made in ll^roads and trails. Mr. Dunn announced that decision hat been reached to pay the workers a minimum of 30 cents an hour, it be ing the government's policy now to i not only improve its roadways, but 1 offer relief to the jobless, and there is not much relief offered in low wages, : hence the decision to make 30 cents ; an hour the minimum. This, too, is in keeping with President Hoover's assertion in the very beginning of the spread of economic depression ? : :hat the wage level should be kept up. Many citizens express hope that :he state highway commission will 1 follow suit, and make 30 cents the ninimum on the state work. It is pointed out that good wages make, jood times, and low wages are of but ittle use in creating good conditions, :ven when there is no depression or ! ack of employment. One camp is being maintained in he Pisgah Forest, while many men :onie from miles about to work. On me job, Mr. Dunn reports, the gov- , irnment had not received working i ;ools, and the men were so anxious to >egin work that they brought their I wn tools and started the job. FOUR MORE JUDGES ASKED IN NEW BILL -awj To Better Safeguard All Public Funds Offered In the House irevard News Bureau ialeigh, Jan. US. The special judge act now in effect ; las been introduced again, providing ' hat the governor shalj appoint four : pecial judges, two from the east and ' wo from the west, and may, if neces- j ity exists, appoint two others, one ' , rom the east, the other from the vest, to assist the 20 regular judges , if the Superior Court. The "Guilford county court clerk in- 1 ident, in which W. M. Gant was sen- j enced for using funds from Confed- ! rate veterans pension checks, is loubtless responsble for the bill whch ' equires the state auditor to furnish ! mnually lists of all pensioners to the bureau of Vital Statistics and to :heck the pension rolls with the regis er of vital statistics "to prevent vrongful collection' of nensions." A move to prevent mob violence is : ieen in a bill which would require ' hat a person charged with a capital rime or attempted rape be conlined n a jail of another county than the me in which the alleged crime was :ommitted or in the state penitcn iary. Two worthless check law amend ments have been introduced, one lim ting the punishment for issuing a worthless check not over $50 to a fine )f $50 or imprisonment for not more ;han 30 days, and another to make it inlawful for the officer issuing or serving warrants to act as collecting igents for the payee named in. the :heck. A bill to better safeguard city and :ounty funds deposited in banks or jther depositories, by requiring a surety bond, or government, city or county bonds, or other security ap proved by the State Sinking Fund Commission, as collateral, has been dropped into the hopper. An illegal punch board or slot ma chine is defined in a bill introduced as one which does not produce or give to the person putting in coins a return in market value every time a coin is placed in it. The General Assembly, which is now getting down to business, turned aside Monday night to celebrate the anniversaries of the births of General Robert E. Lee and "Stonewall" Jack son. Friday night the members and their wives- were gueste of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Bland at a reception at the Sir Walter Hotel and Thursday in joint session the members heard an address by Mark Sullivan, interna tionally known writer, who spoke at Press ? Institute at Chapel Hill ' it. >r John A. McRae, Mecklen iced a bill in the Senate is the established and recog wrtradition law, ap eommittee of the ih. It would od of ex law in one in an u Your Town Needs You Urgent call is issued by town authorities for peoplfc to make immediate payment of water rents. It is, in fact, an appeal to the patriotism of the citizens of the town. The town's credit and good name may suffer, if this appeal is not heeded. Interest on town bonds were due on January first, and through strenuous efforts of town officials an extension of time for a few days has been granted. If this interest is not paid, the town defaults, and ser ious consequences might result. Water rents are now due ? some of it past due. These ifums will save the tow;i, hence the appeal of the town au thorities to the citizens to make immediate payment. Let every patriotic citizen give this matter immediate attention. Town Clerk H. H. Patton will gladly explain the circumstances to any citizen. The need is urgent. Ready response is imperative. TODAY is the proper time, and the patriotic citizens who pay water rents NOW, will be rendering the town of Brevard a really big service. EFFORTS MADE TO OPEN COTTON MILLS New Plan Negotiated by Mr. Silversteen, Well Under Way Here Negotiations for the purchase and ! operation of the Sapphire Cotton Mill are progressing in a manner most satisfactory to those who are making effort to complete the details. 1 Several citizens met Saturday at the j Chamber of Commerce rooms, at the call of Jos. S. Silversteen, and held conference with Messrs. Norwood and ! Geer, of Greenville. A plan was adopt ed by this group which, if it mater ializes, the mill will be in operation within the next few weeks. Mr. Norwood is a banker of Green- , ville, while Mr. Geer is best known as j a textile manufacturer. All citizens in ; the group w>ere highly elated over the | prospects, and especially pleased that; the plan, if adopted by the commun ity, which places Mr. Geer as presi dent of the Sapphire Mill. A committee composed of H. A. , Plummer, A. H. Houston, 0. L. Er win, F. E. B. Jenkins and James F. Barrett was appointed to work out details of the plan, and, with Messrs. Norwood and Geer, complete the plan. This committee will ,it is be lieved, complete its work within a few days. i Many expressions of gratitude to Mr. Silversteen for his interest in this work have been heard since the meet- . ing, for it is said that the entire plan was conceived and started on its course by him. Re-opening of the ; mill would provide employment for ? many people who have been without i work for more than a year. LOCAL MANAGER IS i LEAVING BREVARDi W. H. Underwood, for the- past, four and one-half years manager of, the Main street store of the A. & P. ' company, has resigned his position,! and will scon leave Brevard. H. E.j' Moffitt has been named to succeed | Mr. Underwood, and is now in charge , of the business. Mr. Underwood is not decided as to | his next place of business, as he is ; considering two or three offers that he has received. The Underwood fam- ; ily will be missed in Brevard, es pecially in the Methodist church and in Masonic circles. Both Mr. and Mrs. j Underwood are active members of i the Methodist church, and Mr. Under- ! wood is a Mason, while Mrs. Under- , wood is active in Eastern Star work. She is also an active club woman, j Both Mr. and Mrs. Underwood have many friends in Brevard and throughout the county. TEN DOLLAR CHECK MOVES ONE THOSUAND TEN DOLLARS j Business transactions amounting to ?1,010 in 21 days resulted from the circulation of a check for $10 on the ! Clarksville, Texas, Times. When it J was finally received at the bank for I deposit it had 101 indorsements. RE-QRGANlZATiON OF K1WANIS CLUB; To Be Service Club With the, Luncheon Features Not To Be Included After having suspended regular ? meetings for the past two months, t the Brevard Kiwanis club re-organiz- , ed Tuesday, named officers and adopt ed drastic changes in its activities The . club will no longer be a "luncheon club," but will be a real service club, holding regular meetings and carry ing on all activities, but with no luncheons being served. Because of the conditions existing 1 now, with so many people needing 1 aid, it was decided to have no dinners j served the club, yet it was believed j that- regular meetings of the club are i more necessary now than at any time in its history. There is real ser vice for the club to perform during these trying times, hence the deter mination to re-organize. Rev. R. L.. Alexander was named, president of the club, with F. Brown Cari; as vice president, and Ralph H. Ramsey becomes district trustee. C. | M. Douglas was re-elected secretary. ! Following are the members of the j board of directors: F. D. Clement, J. | M. Gaines, Rev. Paul Hartsell, R. F. Tharp and Rev. J. H. West. | Franklin C. Keene, from the Inter- 1< national office, and Rev. John C. \ Peeler of Lenoir, district governor, j were here Monday and Tuesday as-, sisting in the re-organization work. , A meeting will be called at an early I date, and regular meetings will then : be observed. j! HALT WORK WHILE BILL IS PENDING i G. T. Lyday, county tax supervisor, | announces suspension of the work of , revaluation here, pending action of > the legislature. Efforts are being ! made to postpone this work to a later i , date. The following ieiters explain the 1 matter: Editor The Brevard News: Enclosed you will find a letter from i Mr. A. J. Maxwell to me relative to1 revaluation which explains itself, i Please let this letter come out in j this week's issue of The Brevard News. Respectfully, G. T. LYDAY. To the County Tax Supervisor: Dear Sir: You are no doubt familiar with the ! provisions of the pending bills before the Legislature in reference to reval uation. I would suggest the suspen sion of this work pending the out come of these bills. There is one proposal to postpone revaluation for two years and an other to suspend the work until Feb ruary 15th. Yours very truly, Yours very truly, A. J. MAXWELL, Chairman. 0. S. THOMPSON, Secretary. , )oung Girl Faints from Hanger On Way to School In Brevard . A girl fainted Tuesday morning, on the way to school, from hunger. She is in the Fourth grade,' being one of five children in a home where the father has but part time work. The girl lives in Brevard, North Carolina. This is not a story about someone in China ? it is right here at home. There are others needing food, and the need is urgent Prof. J. E. Rufty, principal, and Miss Josephine Clayton, te&cher, gave immediate aid to this hungry girl It is because of such conditions as these that the Parent-Teacl^r assoc iation is sponsoring the movement to provide lunch and milk each day "for some twenty school children. It is because of such conditions tha the Associated Charities has placed boxes about the grocery stores and the markets, asking people to make some purchases of food for the poor, as they do their own shopping, and deposit these articles in the boxes. It is hard for some people to pur Ifamly, yet ? chase food for any but their own | It is harder still to witness the sad ; spectacle of a young girl falling in a faint from hunger. A loaf of bread, a dime's worth of potatoes, a pound of meat, any and everytniiig that' the: peojtle. can. buy and place in the boxes wifl be ft god send to these hungry people. ? < As we sit at our tables, enjoying our 1116815, let us think of the thing in this light: Suppose it was YOUR little girl, hungry, and weak, and feinting, on the way to school* JUDGE ENGLISH IS CONVINCED LAW IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL Copy of Henry's Bill Killing County Court Appears Herewith I PROVIDES $5 A MONTH FOR COURT OFFICIALS j To Transfer All Cases In the County Court to Super ior Court Docket In a communication on the editor ial page of this issue, Judge D. L. !, English, deposed from the bench of', the General County court through legislative act, declares the act abol- j ishing the court to be in violation of | the State constitution. Intimation is . made that the matter will be carried : to the Supreme court for final settle- ; ment. ' , Judge English further declares that < Representative W. M. Henry, author j of the bill abolishing the county 1 court, has not furnished the judge ] with a copy of the bill, nor has he r sent one to the clerk of the court. : The copy appearing below is, accord- 1 ing to Judge English, an unofficial i co; . given him by Wm. E. Breese. '? Many people in Brevard are won dering why the County Court was 1 abolished by a le^is'ature that is at 1 th. same time enj-aged in enacting legislation that will increase the number of Superior court judges in the state, "because of the congested condition of the dockets." The bill, as handed to the press, is as follows: \ The Henry BUI H. B. No. 21. A bul to be entitled an act to abol- J ish the General County Court of Transylvania County. T Whereas, on the 6th day of May j one thousand nine hundred and twen- j ty-nine the Board of County Com- . missioners of Transylvania County j purported to create a General County j (Continued, on back page) NO REVALUATION t Bill Passes Both Bodies to Post pone Work Until March t IS ? Plan Opposed * Brevard News Bureau Raleigh, Jan. 22. n Revaluation of property, machinery ( for which has been set up and in ^ many counties is in operation, will be t postponed at least until March 15, ? according to action taken by both 0 houses of the General Assembly, n which devoted the last two or three j Jays of its session to this subject. s Although revaluation .probably has | been the most important matter up, d consideration has been given to re- d taction of salaries 10 per cent of all state, county and municipal employes, j, a Constitutional Convention in 1933 a to rewrite the State Constitution and f reorganization of the administrative 0 division of tho state government, bills j on all of which are now before the t body.. Three bills on revaluation, in view J of the four-year revaluation law, \ were introduced, one to postpone it I for two years, another to allow coun ties so desiring to keep their present i assessments and another to postpo.ic | the revaluation until the present Gen eral Assembly gets further along on its own fiscal policy. The House pass ed the Neal bill postponing until April 1, but the Senate changed it Friday to March 15, and the House 1 is expected to concur when it i-eeon venes this week. The argument of many, including the N. C. Tax Relief Association, i" that values were inflated at the last property assessment four years ago, - the reply to which is that they arc depressed now, and if the valuation.0 were too high then, they will be too low now. It is argued that the ma chinery is ready to go on with the re valuation work now and that to stop even temporarily, will be expensive, to which is the answer that the machin ery apparently is too costly anyway and may be reduced. Many inequal ities exist now that should be evened up and much personal property should be uncovered, enough to re duce the tax on real estate, propon ents of revaluation say. Governor Gardner states that a re valuation now which would reduce the taxable valuation to anything like 'the figures sought by many would en danger the bonds outstanding against 'practically every unit and make harder refunding some of the bonds \ which are falling due and which the : units will be unable to pay during the uext few years. He proposed the two- : year postponement. PROF. VERNER SPEAKS AT ASHEVILLE LEAGUE MEETING Prof. S. P. Verner, county superin tendent of public instruction and Brevard correspondent to the Ashe- 1 ville newspapers, was the invited ' rspeaker at a meeting of the TV'omeh's League in Asheville last Saturday. iProf. Verner spoke on the subject: I ."Better Schools, nt Lower Cort.' MANY ENGAGED IN WORKING ON PLANS FOR OPENING BANK a No New Development* This Week ? Definite Informa tion Promised - REPORT OF AUDITORS NEARING COMPLETION *ig Task Confronts the Volun teer Workers on Plans of Opening Institution Interest in the question of banks and banking in this community, in creases as days pass, and is the sub ject of conversation in almost every group where two or more people are gathered. There are but few new develop ments since last week. Announce ment is made that several confer ences have been held and some work done in the movement to re-organize and re-open the Brevard bank. There has been but little talk of the pro posed new bank during the past week. In rt-opening the old bank under re-organized plans there is much work to to do, and it is said that many citizens have volunteered their services in performing the necessary work to get plans completed to the point of reopening. It is believed :hat a definite plan will be ready to submit to the depositors within the tiext few days. Then it will be a juestion for the depositors to decide " is to whether or not the plan is ae septable. Work of auditing the books and ac :ounts of the closed bank is almost :ompleted. People of the county are kwaiting with great interest the re Dort that is to be fi'.^d upon comple ;ion of the audit. The agent in charge :annot do much, it is said, in the vork that faces him until the audit s complete and the report in his lands. Promise is given that definite in formation as to the opening of the iank can be given the public next eeek. \GED CITIZEN IS CALLED IN DEATH Mills M. Bryant, of Rosman, one of he oldest and best loved citizens of he county, died last Thursday, and 7&s buried the following day at Jreenwood cemetery, the Rev. Mr. Jreen, Methodist minister of Ros ian, conducted the services. Mr. Bryant was 91 years of age, a Jonfederate veteran, having served our years in the Civil War. Prior o the establishment of the Tannery t Rosman, the deceased owned much f the land where the town of Ros ier} now stands, and was engaged in arming;. He married Miss Ellen Bry on, and one daughter, Mrs. Jesse Iracken, was born to them. The aughter survives, but Mrs. Bryant ied four years ago. Two sisters also survive, these be ng Mrs. Bob Glazener of Rosman, nd Mrs. Lydia Raines. Hosts of riends throughout the county and in ther sections of the state and ad orning states were truly fond of heir friend, Mr. Bryant. Pallbearers were: Flem Glazener, ordan Whitmire, F. E. Shuford, Vill Glazener, Elmer White and D. Sutler. MAT RELIEF WORK BEING DONE HERE Response to Appeal of Associ ated Charities Most Gratifying Response to the appeal of .the Associated Charities for food and Nothing for the needy has been most jenerous, according to a statement nade by Dr. R. L. Alexander, chair nan of the group. The boxes- that iave%een placed about the grocery itores and markets into which people ire asked to place any gifts of food ;hat they want sent to the poor, have >een well filled, the food being taken ip by town authorities and placed in ;he Chamber of Commerce rooms, Trom which place it is distributed to :hose who call for help. Quite a lot of clothing- aha has >een sent to the Chamber of Com merce rooms for those who are in need of wearing apparel. The offices there will be open each Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings, from 9 until 12 o'clock, noon. People having any articles of food or cloth ing are asked to notify the Chamber of Commerce, and those needing aid are asked to call during these hours. Rev. Mr. Alexander states that the greatest need just now is for potatoes and corn, or meal, and he makes- urg ent appeal to the fanners to aid in this work by giving potatoes, ctffn, meal, or other farm products. It is a big task, the officials of the Associated Charities say, to fill the needs of the community, and all peo ple are urged to give, just as liberally as they can, of food, clothing and farm produce.