THE BREVARD NEWS
Pubished Eviiry Thursday by
THE TRANSYLVANIA
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Entered at the Poatoffice in Brevard,
N. C., as Second Class Matter
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Thursday, August 27, 1931
NOW HERE'S A JOB FOR
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
" we intended to come up.
there and spend the latter part of i
the summer, but we understand that
North Carolina does not allow out-of-!
state cars to come without going
through a lot of red tape, so we will
go elsewhere."
Such was the closing paragraph of
a letter written by Mr. H. C. Hanor, |
Dunedin, Fla., to The Brevard News. |
Mr. and Mrs. Hanor have been com- !
ing to Brevard for many years, and ,
own some property here. Now, be
cause of the unfortunate battles rag
ing around the truck and auto license
laws when the last legislature erect- 1
ed such tariff walls about our state,
this impression as expressed in the ,
Hanor letter is keeping our regular j
summer people away from Western
North Carolina. !
Our Chambers of Commerce have
much work to do within the next few
months in order to undo all the harm
that has been done through this un
fortunate legislation and its devast
ating influence. Western Carolina
can ill afford to lose the interest and
patronage of such fine people as Mr.
and Mrs. Hanor. There is no way of
knowing how many thousands of
tourists were kept away from the
mountains of Western North Caro
lina this summer because of the im
pressions created by the automobile
laws enacted in the last legislature.
Now is the time to begin work on
clarifying this matter.
BOYLSTON ROAD WORK
OF GREAT IMPORTANCE.
While many people assisted in var
ious ways to bring about the im
provement of the Boylston road,
most of the credit is due to the ef
forts of Duncan MacDougald and his
good roads committee of the Cham
ber of Commerce. Mr. MacDougaid's
enthusiastic work has been done
quietly yet consistently and persist
ently, and the success which now
crowns his efforts will be felt by
thousands of people. Work will be
gin at an early date on the Boylston
road, it is said by highway officials.
In addition to opening up a high
way which means much to a large
and rich section of the county, the
actual work to be done in improving
the road will be the means of liveli
hood to a large force of men working
on the road. It means more than ap
pears on the surface. Already people
are wanting to buy homes and farms
along the highway. The Brevard
News is running an advertisement
now from a gentleman in Virginia
who wants to buy a home on the
Boylston road, having read the in
formation in this newspaper that the
road is to be improved.
Hats off to Chairman MacDoug
ald, and may he succeed in another
project upon which he is now en
gaged in the same fine manner that
he succeeded in bringing the Boylston
road to the front.
CAMPERS LEAVING COUNTY
AFTER HAPPY YEAR HERE.
Once again the camps are closing,
and hundreds of young men and wo
men are returning to their homes in
every part of Eastern America and
the Central West. It has been an un
usually good season, according to the
directors of these splendid camps,
the general depression not being suf
ficiently strong to prevent full en
rollment at all the camps.
During the next ten months Tran
sylvania coi/nty will be the subject of
tens of thousands of conversations, as
the boys and girls attending camp
here tell of the wonders of this sec
tion, and the pleasant experiences
enjoyed while here. That is a guar
antee that another camp season will
find the camps filled in 1932. We
hardly appreciate the bigness of the
camp business here, nor can we read
ily grasp all that it means to this
community to have so many young
men and women singing the praises
of Transylvania county.
The Brevard News is confident
that it expresses the sentiment of
the entire community in. wishing for
all camp directors and officials, and
all the boys and gyrls who have been
here this summer, a most pleasant
year and an early return next sum- 1
mer to their old haunts in Transyl- ;
vania county.
SCHOOLS BEGIN WORK t
UNDER HANDICAPS. F
Schools of the county begin work ?
next Monday under a tremendous ?
handicap. The teaching force has e
been greatly reduced; schools have ?
been consolidated that must cause .
more or less confusion; teachers are ^
entering upon another year's work t
with last year's money still due them j
and unpaid. ^
Facing a situation like this, with
the lives of the county's children at <
stake, it is time for every citizen to 1
throw his whole influence into one |
combined force and in every way ]
possible encourage pupil and teacher 1
to forge ahead despite all of these j
handicaps. The school year just be- ,
ginning will mean much in the lives i
of hundreds of boys and girls, and '
when the year comes to an end it will !
be gone ? forever and beyond recall. ,
Each day will count, and each hour 3
in the day will count. We parents 1
of the school children ought to urge
upon the boys and girls the import- j
ance of using every waking hour to ,
advantage.
Difficulties that face people i.;ay be '
turned to good advantage if people 1
would only meet such difficulties in
a determined spirit to capitalize up- 1
on such difficulties by turning them
into means of strengthening charac-,
ter, much as the prize fighter trains
with the sparring partner in making
ready for the main bout to come.
Let us all say: All right, Old Ob
stacles, we'll just make this the best
school year in the history of the
county, just to show to the world
that we are not daunted by difficul
ties.
. C..
I
! splendid statement in i
JACKSON COUNTY JObRNAL j
, Among the many newspaper com- :
' ments upon the conviction in Super
ior court here before an imported ,
jury of eight of this county s J
outstanding citizens, an editorial i J
The Jackson County Journa comes
nearest hitting the mark. Yet Editor
Tompkins seems to have overlooked
some of the most vital points m the
' evidence, as published. We would call
his attention to the fact that evi ente
! brought out at the trial show . that
1 the county commissioners withdrew
| from the Brevard Bank and paid out
1 on the county's account the sum ol
1 $218,000 between Sept. 1 and Nov. . >
' when it was charged by the state that
the county sold the $100,000 note to
help the bank."
I If the bank was "tottering" at that
'time, and the commissioners wanted
to help the bank, doesn't it seem
strange that the county would have
withdrawn more than double the
1 amount that it obtained for the note
'which the state claims was sold to
help the bank?
I Following is the editorial appear
'ingin last week's Jackson County
' Journal:
1 With the conviction of former
'bankers and county officials tried in
j Brevard on a charge ^.^o^some
(defraud the county of $100,000 som
of the leaders and buildeis of Iran
i ylvania have been branded as crim -
I are known throughout Western North
i Carolina. Most of them are men of
I vision who have striven mightily to
! promote the growth anddevelopmen
1 6f their county and the mountain
^Thomas H. Shipman, president of
the closed Brevard bank.^h'ch^e"n
down with numerous other banks in
Western North Carolina, eaily last
winter was sentenced to serve from
Two to' five years in the State prison
?S ^form^r 'chairman 'of V county '
!Cs:rilScfaesrSdiddrceWRa McNeely, &\
Krte&s? tsss i
Sh E. Fisher. form,r ?ountS;
attorney, world war veteran and for
mer candidate for congress was giv
en the same sentence ^ fineJ)y !
Judge Sink. Joseph S. SUverstein,
vice president of the bank and one ,
of the leading capitalist s of Western
North Carolina, was fined s>
R Owen, A. M. White and W. L.
Talley, former county commissioners,
were fined $1,000 each. ?PW=. I
It is not the province of the news |
papers to try court cases, nor to pass ,
judgment after a jury has determin ,
ed the facts, and we are not so doing. (
However, on the face of the case,
from newspaper accounts, it would j
appear that the county officials and ,
the bankers had no intention of d ^
frauding anybody; but a "?te
issued by the county a aid 1 the money
placed on deposit in the bank, ine
jury evidently took the position that
themoney was borrowed at a time
when the county really didn t need
to borrow, and that the transaction ,
was made in an attempt to save the
Brevard Bank, and at the same time,
to protect county funds already on
deposit. In other words, it seems that ,
the county's money was used to nn- ,
ance a private institution. Perhaps
the bankers and the c?un^ official
realized the seriousness of the situ \
ation, and were actuated by high (
motives, that is to say they were ,
probably trying to save the people of
Transylvania the embarrassmen t
that has come in the closing of the
bank. But one need not have the
wisdom of Solomon nor the legal
TeaSr of JohnMarshaltoknow
that it is unlawful to use the public s c
moneys and the public's credit t r
finance private businesses, and tne i
Ha^ood jury has evidently decided
hat that was what was done. The
irobability is that this is not an iso- '
ated instance of snch a transaction, i
iome played their cards and loBt, and |
heir acta are public knowledge. Oth- j
irs have probably held winning hands
md the public will never know. 1
The verdict of the jury is reported >
is having been a great shock to our ,
Transylvania neighbors, many of
vhom saw their best friends, and the
nen to whom they have looked for
eadership and advice, branded as
violators of the law.
The whole matter, from beginning
jo end is one of keen regret to the
jeople of this section. Under strenu- |
>us circumstances good men will j
lometimes do things that they would \
lot ordinarily do. A drowning man
will catch at a straw, and he cares
little whose straw it is. A man with
his back to the wall will fight with
iny weapon that comes handy, and
few people will allow their life work
to be destroyed, their business go
down, and carry their neighbors' with
it, without making desperate efforts
and taking desperate chances to save
themselves, their friends, and their
communities.
STATESVILLE LANDMARK
MISSES THE MARK.
Every once in a while an editor
of a newspaper will take a side glance
over long distance at some event, and
turn loose an editorial comment not
at all in keeping with facts in the
case. Even the most careful editorial
writers make this blunder occasional
ly. Last week The Statesville Land
mark, one of the most highly esteem
ed newspapers in North Carolina and
one of the most ably edited, fired loose
at the "Brevard case," and went far
afield in his surmises, doing, uninten
tionally, of course, a very serious
wrong to eight unfortunate men.
The following editorial appeared in
The Statesville paper:
SOME MORE SACRIFICE
The Haywood county jury sitting
in Transylvania Superior court on
the conspiracy charge brought
against two former bank officers and
six former county officials ? five ex
county commissioners and the former
county attorney, found all guilty of
'conspiracy and also found the five
former commissioners guilty of mis
application of funds. A Brevard bant
was so shaky, according to the evi
dence, that the president and vice
president called the commissioner;
and attorney in council and told then
if the county drew out money to meel
a note coming due the bank would b<
compelled to close. Thereupon th<
county officials agreed to help th<
ibank with public funds, borrowinj
I $100,000 on the county's credit ant
i depositing it in the bank. But the
;bank was sick unto death and diet
despite drastic actions.
The indictment was for conspiracj
to defraud the county for the whole
and misapplication of funds on th<
I part of the commissioners. Judge H
Sink, who presided at the trial, sen
tenced Thomas H. Shipman, formei
president of the bank; former com
missioners J. H. Pickelsimer and C. R
McNeelv, and former county attorney
i Ralph R. Fisher, to State prison foi
jtwo to five years each and imposed i
J fine of $5,000 each. Jos. S. Silver
' steen, vice president of the broker
bank, was fined $5,000; A. M. White
iS. R. Owen and W. L. Talley wen
'fined $1,000 each. Presumably Judg<
I Sink differentiated the punishmeni
| according to his view of the difference
'in guilt. Judgment was suspended or
the misapplication charge on the pay
'ment of costs and the costs of all
'cases are attached to the defendants
i Appeal taken.
It is a matter of news that a law
yer is convicted and sentenced tc
State prison. But it is just as well
for any who take satisfaction on thai
account, if any, to wait until tht
lawyer is actually in prison. He isn't
! there yet. This Fisher is the lawyer
! who is alleged to have complained tc
Breese, Democratic county chairman,
that they ? the county commissioners
and attorney ? had sacrificed the Re
publican party to save the d bank
and the Democrats hadn't kept quiet
about it as they had agreed. Not on
ly did the Democrats talk for political
advantage but indictments were re
turned. Fisher didn't mention the
sacrifice imposed on the taxpayers of
Transylvania on account of the
breach of trust ? the taxpayers of all
political faiths. The Republican party
in Transylvania was sacrificed to
save a bank that wouldn't be saved;
the taxpayers were sacrficed, and now
some of those who are held responsi
ble for the sacrifice are on the way to
doing a bit of sacrificing themselves.
Which some multitudes of folks will
hope will cotne true, on general prin
ciples for the public good.
Where The Statesv?lle Landmark
obtained its information, that it was
in evidence that the president and
vice president of the bank informed
the commissioners that if they drew
out the money with which to pay a
county note coming due, the bank
would have to close, is beyond us. As
we get it, the statement referring to
this matter was one alleged to have
been made that the bank would have
to force collection of notes owed the
bank by business men of the town and
the citizens of the county.
The Statesville Landmark failed al
so, apparently, to read the evidence
wherein the county withdrew from
the bank and paid out on its account
:he sum of $218,000 during the time
;hat this tax anticipation note of
5100,000 was being issued and sold,
md which it is claimed was done to
'save the bank."
The Statesville Landmark also ov
irlooked that bit of evidence brought
iut that the convictH of com
nissioners went out of office two
veeks before the bank closed, and
turned over to their successors every |
cent of the county's funds. I
The Statesville Landmark also ov
erlooks the fact that evidence in the
case showed that the county commis
sioners sold a tax anticipation note
at the beginning of the school term
just as each and every county board
had issued and sold such notes each
and every year for many, many years
back.
The Statesville Landmark also ov
erlooks that bit of evidence brought
out by a state's witness who had ac
cess to and swore that he did exam
ine all accounts and records in the
bank bearing on the county accounts,
and not one instance did he find
where a dollar of the county's money
had gone except to the credit of the
' county.
'i Let The Statesville Landmark come
'into Transylvania county, where it
I will find the citizens almost solidly
imbued with an unshakable faith in
i the integrity of these convicted coun
ty officials; and that newspaper will
then realize juBt why it is that the
editorial in The Landmark is so gen
erally resented. It was written with
out the usual careful thought given
to subjects that are to be discussed in
The Landmark. Two of the convict
ed officials have many relatives in
Iredell county who have long looked
upon The Statesville Landmark as
being the perfect newspaper, they say
but this editorial so evidently written
in haste and without due considera
tion has caused them much concern.
Knowing The Landmark as we do,
we assure those Iredell friends and
relatives of these unfortunate former
county officials that The Landmark
will give further study to the case
and have something more to say
about the matter.
For consolation of those Iredell rel
' ' atives and friends of the convicted
. men, we can assure them that the
' : people in this community have lost
? none of their confidence in the hon
' esty and sincerity of purpose of the
former county commissioners.
.1
5 REV. J. R. OWEN KNOWS
i THE MEN
t
; : Editor The Brevard News:
j | I have read with deepest interest
\ your account of the trial and sketch
j of the defendants in the recent trial
> and conviction of eight of your most
j prominent citizens. I too was amaz
. ed on account of the outcome of this
case. I have known these men many
' years and have been happy to count
1 them among my warmest personal
2 friends. And I hold them in the same
? high esteem today as before. Certain
" ly all of us feel that somebody should
be punished for all we have suffered
" , in these trying times, yet is it not
? true that all of us are guiilty in a
[ large measure for bringing about
'"'conditions that have brought public
1 : institutions and private fortunes
' alike to ruin. Our extravagent living
1 and reckless buying could not have
> ! resulted otherwise.
; I I have no criticism of our courts of
justice, but in this particular case
, does it not seem a pity that the court
! could not have gone back of the mere
technicality of the law and found out
if these men could have and should
have done otherwise than they did. I
' ! did not hear the evidence in this case,
only as it was reported in the pap
' ers, but I fear it was a travesty on
j justice.
. I If our courts are to proceed with
[the indiscriminate punishment of
: good and innocent men I greatly fear
| that they will only aid the thieves and
( thugs in bringing all law into disre
1 pute. My deapest sympathy goes out
j to these stricken men, and I sincerely
hope that their sentence may some
. , how be averted and their good names
' 1 saved.
Very cordially yours,
' I J. R. OWEN.
Mars Hill, Aug. 22, 1931.
CRAB CREEK NEWS
R. H. Kuykendall of Tryon, N. C.,
and R. L. Kuykendall of Columbus,
'N. C., visited friends and relatives in
this section Saturday.
I Mr. Amos Reese has returned to
his home at Canton, N. C., after
'spending a week with his brother, J.
A. Reese.
Mrs. Lee Kilpatrick and daughter,
Verta, of Bat Cave, N. C., were visi
tors here recently.
Mr. Lonzo Osteen has returned
home from spending a few days with
relatives at Tryon, N. C.
Miss Edna Corn is spending a few
days with relatives and friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Reese and fam
ily of Canton, N. C., visited Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Reese Sunday.
Miss Marjorie Shipman has re
turned home after spending a week
with her aunt, Mrs. J. J. Gray, of
Etowah.
Mr. and Mrs. 0. D. Reese and chil
dren, Evie and Roy, visited Mrs.
Reese's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Holden of Little River. I
Mrs. Neal Hamilton and children
were callers at the home of Mrs.
Parmer McCrary Sunday.
Little Miss Grace Osteen of Tryon,
N. C., is visiting relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Holden of Little
River are visiting their daughter,
Mr3. 0. D. Reese.
Those attending the Orr reunion
from this place are as follows: Mr.
and Mrs. C. C. Orr, Mr. and Mrs. Ho
mer Orr and children, Mr. and Mrs.
Pet Anders, Homer Anders, Mr. and I
Mrs. JferroH Patterson, Elmer An- 1
deis, iulilie Anders, Misses Carrie,!
Emily and Emma Anders and Miss
Rebecca Peahuff. 1
SCOUT TROOP NO. I i
PLANS FOREST TRIP
(Scout Reporter )
Scouts of Brevard Troop No. 1 of
the Boy Scouts of America are plan
ning: a four day trip into the wilds
of the Great Smoky Mountains. This
troop takes an annual trip each fall,
aside from the many hiking and
camping trips enjoyed during the
year. One year they invaded the
Cherokee Fair; another year the
State Fair and they have experienced
several lengthy camping tours to var
ious points of interest.
Fred Miller, Jr., Eagle Scout. Scout i
monitor and Patrol Leader of the '
Silver Fox Patrol gave a short talk '
Friday at the regular weekly scout
meeting on the possibilities of sight
seeing and Nature Study during the
contemplated trip. He discussed some
of the most important peaks of the
Smokies; one of which rivals the1
world renowned Mt. Mitchell in
height. He mentioned a ridge 65 miles
long, that is devoid of any sufficient
water supply.
Fred described the beauty of these
.virgin forests, of their untamed spirit
land of the myraid wild animals to be
I found among them. Bear, Panther,
I Fox, Deer, Elk and many others of
i interest to the nature lover.
The Smokies though only a few
I hundred miles are undoubtedly wild
having only a few trails cut thru
them and still less roads. However,
since the forest was made into a Na
tional Park, steady workers are main
tained, building roads, trails, and
erecting signs for the convenience of
hikers. Only comparatively few of the
Smoky Mountains have been sur
veyed.
Several tribes of pure blooded In
dians still live in the r,;cesses of these
beautiful forests. Carrying on many
customs as of old. Many of them can
not speak a word of English since
they are direct descendents of the In
dians who lived there when Columbus
discovered America.
The Smokies have been visited and
worked by many great men, such as
Slingman after whom one of the larg
: 1 est peaks was named. Clingman's
; Dome. Horace Kephart of Bryson
;Citv who died recently, traveled and
] explored there very much. He wrote
several books on the Smokies and on
'the Hillbillies who live there in the
(mountains and secluded vallies. It is
thought that the Smokies were first
officially visited by De Soto when he
sailed up the Savannah River in
search of Gold. Instead he found a
valuable berry that is a health giver
as termed by the Indians.
Fred completed his talk explaining
the value of such a trip to the Boy
! Scouts and what a pleasure it would
. i be to invade the Forests, in that sec
i tion of the country.
Scoutmaster J. A. Miller is very
enthusiastic concerning the l.rip and
I has promised to furnish a truck to
. transport the boys and baggage to a
. convenient base camp.
I I
ETOWAH NEWS ITEMS
j Miss Pauline Will of Spartanburg,
? ' has been the guest for two weeks of
her grandmother, Mrs. L N. McCall.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Roberts and
daughter, Miss Gwendolyn Roberts,
:have returned to ther home in Fort
I Myers, Florida.
j Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Justus of
Blantyre were Sunday visitors here.
Master Jerald Weece of Spartan
burg is the guest of relatives here.
Mrs. Mann of Haywood county is
the guest of her son J. A. Mann.
Mr. and Mrs. Edney, Mr. and Mrs.
Chapman aitd son of Rosman were
callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Saunders Sunday.
j After an extended stay here, Mr.
I and Mrs. Lee Johnson and dau
jghter, Miss Mona Johnson and Miss
i Catherine McKevitt have returned
to their respective homes in Miami,
Florida.
Mrs. Chas. Turner of Turner, Va.,
is spending some time at the home
of her parents Mr. and Mrs. C. 0.
Eng:lifeh.
Miss Susan Read has arrived from
Brooklyn, N. Y., and is the guest
of Mrs. C. E. Mallet at her home
"Bryn Avon."
Mrs. Robert Henly who has been
a guest at "Bryn Avon" has return
ed to her home in Wilmington.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur English of
i Charlotte were week-end visitors
I here.
Mrs. C. C. Bellamy and daughter,
I Miss Caroline Bellamy, and son,
] Robert Bellamy have returned to
their home in Wilmington. ,
Raymond English is visiting rela
tives in Charlotte.
The Etowah school opened Mon
day with the following teachers:
R. W. Jones, principal; Miss Izora
Reece, Thos. Freeman, Martin Gar
ren, high school. Mrs. R. W. Jones,
Miss Ward, First grade; Miss Mary
L. Gash, second grade; Mrs. Chris
tine Garren, third grade; Miss Hazel
Brown, fourth grade; Mrs. Effie
Kellar, fifth grade; Miss Annie Mae
McKinna, sixth grade; Mrs. Mar
garet A. Combs, seventh grade.
Children from the following for
mer school districts were enrolled on
opening day: Etowah Boylston,
Blantyre, Pleasant Grove, Beulah,
Hebron, Rhymer, Yale and Horse
Shoe. ,
Members of the B. Y. P. U. and
quite a number of their friends were i
delightfully entertained at the home i
of Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Whiteside i
Saturday evening.
Mr. Theodore Britton of Panama
was the week-end guest of Horace (
Maxwell. j
THi? RIGHT ffAY TO TRAVSJ 1
i?*by train. The safest. Most com.
fortable. Most reliable. Costs less, (
Inquire of Ticket Agents regarding ^
greatly reduced fares for short trips, j
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM c
BIG EVENTS TOLD IN
LOTH PARAGRAPHS
(Oletmed by Clifford MontUtk)
James A. Alexander, of Statesville,
N. C., graduated from High School
at 13, received his Bachlor's degree
from Davidson College at 17, and
took his Master of Arts degree from
the same college at 19. And now he is
the winner of a scholarship in the
Unlveriity of North Carolina.
Cincinnati, the only American city
named for a Roman hero, is to re
ceive a gift from the city of Rome,
to remind her of the origin of her
name.
M. Oechichen, of Orly, France, has
built a one-man dirigible of 400 cubic
meter capacity that is capable of
maneuvering in any direction, eithe
forwerd, backward, or sideways.
J. T. M. Stoneroad, president of
the Carnegie Coal company, pro
poses that the Governors of Penn.,
(Ohio, and W. Virginia use police
i powers to control *the production of
cbal, as the Governors of Oklahoma
and Texas have to control oil pro
| duction.
At the slighest buzzing sound from
the sky, the detectors of the "compa
rator", latest protective device a
gainst hostile aircraft, cause the
machine to swing powerful search
lights into position, outlining the en
! emy plane and making it a perfect
! target for the guns.
j Jimmy Doolittle, famous speed
'and stunt aviator, piloted a secretly
| constructed plane at a speed of 251
miles an hour over Ashburn field,
Chicago, last Saturday.
! Over 30,000,000 people in China
have been driven from their homes
and 10,000,000 are def+itr.te, facing
starvation because of floods in the
; Yangtse river valley.
The new east Texas oil field is so
large that the Hobbs pool of New
Mexico, which has been considered
the largest in the world, could flow
into it and still have room for two
or three more such pools.
Because immigration officials have
barred him from the United States
and England, Peter Russel is a "Man
without a country." He has been
shuttling across the ocean for two
months trying to find a place to
land.
| The record yield of wheat for
.Western North Carolina goes to
? Claude Wells, Jr., of Leicester, who
jgTew 54 bushels on one and one
J eighth acres of land.
4
The latest record of Captain Frank
Hawks is a flight from New York
to Fort Worth, Texas, in seven hours
and 57 minutes.
! Miss Mary 0. Holler, of Rock Hill,
South Carolina, has been crowned as
Queen of Junaluska for 1931.
| Sir Hubert Wilkins, commanding
t the submarine Nautilus, has reach
'ed the ice pack zone where it will
be necessary to go under the ice in
order to advance.
Darwin 0. Lyon, of N'ew York, has
?chosen Misda, Africa as a suitable
' spot for his next experiment of
launching a rocket into the upper at
' mosphere.
France and England are waging a
battle for trans-Atlantic speed hon
ors. France with a gigantic new liner
powered with Diesel electric motors,
and England with the new 70,000 ton
( Cunard liner that is powered with
steam driven turbines.
| Major General D. Butler's applica
tion for retirement from the Marine
1 Corps has been approved by Presi
dent Hoover with the understanding
.that his services will be available in
case they are needed.
I Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lind
ibergh completed the next to the last
l leg of their flight from the United
j States to Toyko when they landed at
|Nemuro Harbor, Japan Sunday at i
1 7:51 p. m. d
The spread of disease and an in
vasion of serpents have added to the
horrors faced by survivors of re
cent floods in Mexico.
William H. Murray has announced
that every oil field in Oklahoma will
remain closed under martial law un
til all companies in Oklahoma, Texas
and Kansas agree to pay $1 a barrel
for crude oil.
The German seaplane DO-X will
return to Germany from New Yor\
via New Foundland, Azores, Portu
gal, France and England.
Leaders of the Cuban revolt
against the rule of President Gerar
do Machado insist that although
there has been no serious clashes
lately the revolution is far from
irushed.
Einstein himself admits that he
Joes not thoroughly understand Doc
Mr Pauling's latest discovery ? "the
lature of chemical bonds that fasten
;he elements together."
The second highest bridge in North
Carolina, the Wade H. Harris bridge
which spans Lewis Fork of the Yad
tin river in Wilkes county, will be
?fficialiy opened to traffic Saturday.