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VOLUME XXXVI
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, SEPTEMBER 17, 1931
N umber 37
Lyday Would Reopen BrevardlBank and Seek
'? Pardons for Men Convicted at Recent Hearing
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SUGGESTS ASKING SOLICITOR TO NOLPROS
ALL PENDING CASES TO END TlMSIENS
OF COUNTY MAY BEGIN CONSTRUCTIVE TASK
1
County and Town Officials Unable to Carry On Work Under
Present Conditions ? Urges All Citizens to Pay *Taxes and
Support the County and Its Institutions ? To Lay Aside Petty
Quarrels and Damaging Political Bickerings, and Work for
Common Good of All the People of the County.
"Let us all come together in one mighty movement for
Brevard and Transylvania county, re-organize and re-open the
Brevard Bank, pay our taxes, support our institutions, and send
a hundred men and women to Raleigh with a petition signed by
our entire citizenship, seeking pardon foa* every one of our cit
izens recently sentenced, and then implore Solicitor Pless to
no! pros all such pending cases, and go to work, all together,
for re-building our town and county," is the soul-stirring ap
peal of G. H. Lyday. prominent Davidson River citizen.
Mr. Ly<lay was chairman of the
Depositors Committee which worked
so long: and faithfully in attempts
during the winter to re-organize and
re-open the Brevard bank. He be
lieves that there is every possibility
for sp doing now. He believes, he
says, that practically all citizens ot
the county are ready and anxious to
throw aside all petty quarrels, and all
political bickerings, and all work to
gether for the upbuilding and ad
vancement of the community.
Mr. Lyday expresses the belief that
the county funds tied up in the bank,
and the town funds likewise tied up,
belonging to the public, should be
the last to be paid back, leaving the
bank to make its first repayment to
the individual depositors, declaring j
that these deposits could be paid in
full within three or four years, and ^
then start payment of the public j
funds.
"We have everything to gain by j
working together, and everything to .
lose it' we fail to work together," Mr.
Lyday asserted. "As it is now, our j
county and town officials can do noth- ;
ing ; no money can be borrowed, and I
but few people are paying their tax
es. Business has all but stopped,
handicapped for lack of banking fa- ;
cilities in the county, and the awful
state of mind existing because of our
financial troubles, and because of
the further reason that some of our
bvst men are under sentence, while
indictments are expected against
more of them. Foreclosures will soon
be started against those whose notes
are held by the bank. But few of
these can pay their notes, hence the
foreclosures will result in nothing but
the bank having to bid in land that
cannot be turned into cash, leaving
the depositors still without any of
their money.
"With the deposits frozen for a
given period of time, enough money
could be raised to satisfy the demands
of Commissioner Hood, and the old
bank could be re-opened. Given the
proper chance to do business, most of
the men who owe the bank could be
gin paying on their notes, and this
is the only way that the depositors
can ever get their money that is now
tied up. The people who owe the
bank must pay, if the depositors ever
get anything. They cannot pay until
conditions improve here; there can
be no improvement until we get to
gether and work together for the
common good of all.
"Let's get together on this matter,
neighbors of mine, and re-organze
and re-open the old bank, and rejuv
enate business here in this county,
and take such steps as will restore
freedom to those of our citizens who
are now living under sentence, and
remove the dark cloud of dread and
despair hanging over the heads of
others. We know that whatever guilt
there is. is technical guilt only, as
none of our friends committed any
act purposely to hurt the county or
to help themselves.
"Commissioner Hood is a good man,
and reasonable, and will help us out
if we will but help ourselves.
"Governor Gardner is a good man,
and will do air in his great power, I
am confident, to help Transylvania
county.
"Solicitor J. Will Pless, Jr., is a
good man, and knows the conditions
here, and will, I am confident, go
more than half-way in helping us to
get out from under and on top again,
if we will but show the proper
spirit."
Mr. Lyday is considered one of the
best men in the county, and worked
many long, weary weeks during the
winter in trying to solve the prob
lems here and re-organize and re
open the Brevard bank. His greal
spirit of unselfish citizenship is dis
played by his earnest work in behali
of the community. He is a leading
democrat of the county, a churcl
worker, a merchant and farmer. Ii
his appeal meets with any response
Mr. Lyday says, he will take sue!
steps a will call together the citizens
of the county in an effort to begin i
movement which will enable the
?county to come to the forefront, and
j in time, meet its obligations, restore
I business, re-establish confidence and
! remove the paralyzing effect caused
| by many of the county's leading citi
zens living under sentence already
i passed,, and others living in dread
;and uncertainty of what may come.
! Citizens interested in the sugges
?tions offered by Mr. Lyday are urged
I to communicate with him, or see him.
jGREAT CHURCHMAN
! IS CALLED TO REST
G. L. Glazener, 75, Answers to;
Final Summons ? Was
Native of County
G. L. Glazener, 75 died at his home j
I on the Country Club Road, Thursday j
j morning Sept. 10 at 5 o'clock, llisj
'death followed an illness of several]
| weeks standing, and though hot un
j expected, the news of his death
i brought gloom and sadness to his
I many friends, relatives and neighbors
I of this community.
Mr. Glazener was a stockraiser
land farmer. He was known as one
of the best farmers in this section,
j He was a member of the Brevard
! Baptist church and attended regu
ilarly when it was possible for him to
;do so. He was a native of Transyl
-.vania county and had always been
.known as an honest, straightforward'
jman of very high principles.
Funeral rites were conducted at i
I the Brevard Baptist church, by Rev.;
] Paul Hartsell, pastor, Friday after- ;
| noon at 2:30 o'clock. Mr. Hartsell
I was assisted by Rev. I. N. Kuyken- ;
[day, Rev. J. H. West and Rev. R. L. ;
Alexander. |
Pallbearers were: J. A. Bishop, K.
|0. Shipman, W .S. Price, Jr., R. P.
'Kilpatrick, W. T. Brown and G. D.
iShuford. Honorary pallbearers were:
W. M. Henry, W. H. Duckworth, B. |
F. Beasley, G. F. Gallimore, Joe,
jBryson, and J D. Simpson,
i Interment was made at the Glaz
ener family cemetery in Forest Hills.
Mr. Glazener is survived by his
wife and one daughter and one son:
I Davis Glazener of Brevard, and Mrs.
IM. C. Whitmire, of Cherryfield.
j Funeral arrangenflmjp ^r-JESftat
jrick and Sons. tSW"
(INSTITUTE GRlP
j GIVEN WELCOME
Students and faculty of Brevard
(Institute were given a hearty wel
come service in the Brevard Metho
dist church Sunday morning.
Rev. J. H. West, pastor, after a I
brief sermon, made a few introduc
tory remarks of welcome, followed by
0. H. Orr who was superintendent of
the school for four years, who gave a
brief historical resume of the prog
ress of the school since it was started
by Mr. and Mrs. Fitch Taylor many
, years ago.
, t C. M. Douglas, chairman of the
? j board of stewards, spoke to the f ac
julty and students of the Institute,
! j expressing the gratitude of the
I ; church members for their interest in
; [ church work. He welcomed them to
? all the church activities, ."stressing the
? i point that they were part of the
;! church and that the church needed
. j them in its work.
' : Mrs. L. E. Brown, dean of girls,
Hand Miss Floyd, professor of Bible,
I I responded to the welcome speeches
E j with words of gratitude and apprec
, iation.
i | Prof. J. F. Winton, superintendent
s ' of the Institute, preached Sunday
i night, thus the entire church services
i were for or by the Brevard Institute.
ORRIS IN CRITICAL
CONDITION RESULT
OF GUNSHOT WOUND
Said by Members of Family to
Have Accidentally Shot
Himself Monday
LITTLE HOPE IS HELD
FOR HIS RECOVERY
Was Taken to Patton Memor-i
ial Hospital Immediately
* After the Accident
Walter W. Orr, 24-year-old son of j
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Orr, of the
Clough Farm, suffered severe injur
ies from the accidental discharge of |
a shotgun Monday afternoon, and is |
now in the Patton Memorial hospital,
Hendersonville, where physicians are
fighting for his life. The young man j
had been home several days, recup- ;
erating from injuries received in
parachute jumping at Hempstead,
New York, on July 7. i
His father said that voung Orr re- 1
turned home Monday afternoon from .
Brevard, and stopped at the home of
Andy Tipton, where he borrowed a
shotgun, stating to Mrs. Tipton that |
he had seen two squirrels which he
wished to take a shot at. He had j
reached the Orr home, a short dis
tance away, when members of the
family, they state, heard report of
the gun, followed by Walter's cry of
one word, "Mother." They rushed to
him where he had fallen after hav
ing received the load of shot in the
left breast and shoulder.
As quickly as possible, Dr. New
land was notified and reached the
scene of the tragedy. Kilpatrick's
ambulance was called and the young
man was rushed to the Henderson- |
ville hospital, and Dr. Newland and i
other surgeons dressed the wounds.
Young Orr is in a critical condi- '
tion. the shot plowing through the
left breast and shoulder. Many
friends of the young man and his
family are keeping in constant com
munication with the hospital, hoping
to receive report of a turn for the I
better.
W?LL IMPROVE ROAD |
BY DAVIDSON RIVER
Work will soon be started on im-J
proving the county road through che ;
DaVidson-River and Little River
section, Mr. Howard announces. Im
provement will Start at Davidson
River, and the road traversed by the
school bus down by the Thos. A. Eng
lish place, on around by the Everett
Farm and The Pines, by Eagles Nest
Camp and on to the Merrill settle
ment. The State Highway commis
sion agreed to this work, provided the
citizens of the community would sup
ply the rock and timbers necessary.
The citizens have assured the state |
that the highway forces could have |
all the stone necessary and all tim
bers to be used.
One of the small crushers will be
used in his work.
This announcement is especially |
pleasing to the citizens of a large]
and progressive community. There
are manv fine farms, thoroughly ,
cultivated, in this section through
which the road to be improved runs.
KITCHENCABINET
SALE ON SATURDAY
I 'I
"That man Houston beats any man J
I ever saw," remarked a resident of
the county Wednesday. The man
happened into The News office and
saw proof of an advertisement of
the Houston Furniture company,
starting another sale of the famous
Hoosier Kitchen Cabinets. Continu
ing, the man said:
"Mr. Houston just goes right on
doing business, and seems to pay no
attention to the times. Now, I am
willing to bet ten dollars,'' this man
said, "that Houston sells his full car
load of cabinets."
Of course he will sell his whole al
lotment. He always sells them.
First, because the cabinet is good,
and something that people want;
next, because Houston keeps ever
lastingly at it and the man who does
that will bring home the bacon.
The cabinet sale starts thii Sat
urday and ends Saturday night of
'next week.
"DOC" GALLOWAY IMPROVING
AT THE B1LTMORE HOSPITAL
"Doc" Galloway, who underwent
an operation for appendicitis Wed
nesday, Sept. 9, at the Biltmore
.Hospital, is improving ragidly and is
| expected to be able to return to his
'home here within a week.
V
CRAWFORD MISSING
SINCE HIS TRIP TO
BREVARD IN AUGUST
i
I Last Heard From Him Was
From Charlotte On the
15th of August ;
'CAME HERE AS WITNESS,
| BUT DID NOT TESTIrY
. ?
Received Pay from County and
I $90 from Brevard Build
ing and Loan
J. I. Crawford, formerly assistant j
cashier of the Brevard Banking com- 1
pany, has been missing since August j
13, when he was last heard from, be- j
ing at that time in Charlotte and |
mailed a package to his wife in Euro, |
N. C. Crawford had been in Brevard,
summoned by the state as a witness j
in the conspiracy cases against for- 1
mer banker and former county offic
ials He was not called to the stand, ]
however, and left Brevard on Aug.
12, after having received pay for his
court attendance. I
Mr. Crawford also received
from Jerry Jerome, secretary of tnc
Brevard Building and Loan associH- ,
tion. on shares held in the association ,
by Mr. Crawford. Relatives and i
friends have been unable to account j
for the strange disappearance 1 ne
Associated Press was appealed to
last Saturday by Mrs. Crawford, an
the wires carried the story of his i
disappearance into all parts of the |
country. :
Mr. Crawford had lost much weight !b
since leaving Brevard, and his ap- a
pearance upon his return heic was
the cause of much comment and \
great sympathy on the pait of his
friends. He was a member of the s
Masonic Lodge, the Baptist church, ,t
and other fraternal orders and was I s
considered to be one of the finest ;r
men ever living in Brevard. j(
MISS DELIA GASH {
DIES AT AGE OF 84 ,;
ic
Miss Delia Gash, 84 years of age. |r
died at her home on Probart *tiee t
Sundav night, following an lltoess
caused by a broken hip she suffeied.c
a week before. |?
Miss Gash was the daughter of L. |t
S. Gash who was one of the foun ders ^
and principal men of Henderson ,
countv in 1838, and Transylvania in 1
1861. She was born in Henderson,
county, but moved to Brevard upon ,t
the death of her father in 18(2 and|t
has lived here ever since. !.?
Her brother, Thomas L. Gash, was U
Clerk and Master in Equity just aft -
er the Civil War, was afterward
Clerk of Superior Court and held
various other offices. Another broth
er Waight still A. Gash, was a prom- ,y
inent attorney for many years. t
She is survived by one sister, Mrs. |
Adeline Garrett brother ? - m-taw, j
Thomas S. Boswell; nephews D.
Gash, of Philadelphia, E. L. Gash ot
New Orleans, R. L. Garrett of Enka,
and R. L. Gash of Brevard; nieces, ,
Miss Martha Boswell and Miss Annie ]
Gash of Brevard and Miss Margaret
Gash of New "Vork.
Funeral services were conducted
in the Brevard Methodist church, o ,
which Miss Gash was one of the ?ld- ,
est members, by the pastor, Rev. J
H West, at 3:30 o'clock Monday aft
ernoon. Mr. West was assisted by |
Rev. R. L. Alexander of the Brevard,!
Presbyterian church.
Home grown flowers alone werel]
used and they were abundantly and ^
beautifully supplied by friends, rem
tives and neighbors of the deceas^d.
Interment was made at Shaws Creeic
cemetery, near Horse Shoe, Hende .
son county. j
Pallbarers were: Dick Zachary,
J. S. Bromfield, J. M. Allison, Sam
: McCullough, William Wallis and
I John Maxwell. Funeral arrangements
I by Brevard Undertaking company. ]
SYLVAN VALLEY FAIR
iSET FOR OCTOBER 2
aSSSSMSfi'
nomics classes of Brevard High
School, has been changed into a j
community fair, announc
J A. Glazener, instructor of agncul |
ture. The fair will be. sponsored by (
the Home Economics Girls and Agri ,
JStuTboy. ?'
Schools. It will be held Friday, Oc
tober 2. ,
; Entries and prizes offered will
; announced later.
A.J. MAXWELL'S PLATFORM RINGS WITH
MAXWELL SPIRIT, STRIKING PUBLIC WASTE
A. J. MAXWELL
DR. SUMMEY HEARD
AT KIWANIS MEET
I
i
?leads for Men to Stand by 1
the Community During
Trying Times
Dr. Thos. J. Summey, for a nura- j
ier of years, an outstanding phy
ician and surgeon of Brevard, but '
fho for the past several years has i
leen making his home in New Jer- 1
ey where he is connected with one of
he large hospitals there as chief of I
taff. held the strict attention ot" |
nembers of the Brevard Kiwanis I
31ub last Thursday with a speech '
hat was filled with optimism.
Dr. Summey, in his informal man
ier, discussed some of the things
hat are uppermost in the minds of
Jrevard people at this time, declar- ?
ng in emphatic terms that this is no
ime for quitters or shirkers. He
xpressed surprise at the fact that a
lumber of Brevard people had failed
o pay their taxes on the ground that
it was no use.'' Dr. Summey holds
xtensive property in Brevard and as
erted that he intended to hold it, ,
hat within a few more years he in- j
ended to make Brevard his home |
igain, and that he had implicit faith 1
n the future of this community.
However, Dr. Summey declared,
here are elements in the community
hat tend to be a dire detriment.
Too much knocking, too much talk
ng about the other fellow and a .
ipirit of mistrust, are elements that |
he speaker pointed out as drawbacks
;o progressivness.
Miss Eva Call was given a rousing
velcome to her old post as pianist of j
he club. Kiwanian 0. K. Coe, of j
Sustis, Fla., who is spending his va
:ation in the mountains, was intro
iuced and given official welcome to
ill club privileges while here.
RUSHING WORK ON
HIGHWAY NO. 28'
FRANKLIN, Sept. 16? While sur
facing on No. 28 from Jackson county
s now well this side of the Macon
ine, machinery is being installed at
;he HiihJ&nds municipal quarry for
Dlarirrg-the rock crusher in operation
iera which- has been used at Cashier's
/alley.
The rock crusher near Whitesides I
mountain will remain in operation for
i month or six weeks, or until the
surfacing crew which is operating
from it is met by the crew working
from the crusher which is being
placed here this week.
About 125 men, including graders,
will have headquarters in or near
Highlands until Christmas or later.
Surfacing from Highlands to Skitty's
:reek, where the crew from the Short
:reek crusher stopped operations, will
be done after the surfacing from here
to the Jackson County line.
Rock will be crushed at the Short
creek quarry for the asphalt oil bind
er that is to be laid from Gneiss to
Sapphire. Part of the stretch will
receive the binder this fall, highway
officials state.
ROCKINGHAM LAWYER IS
PLEASED WITH BREVARD
Hon. W. L. Parsons and Mrs.
Parsons are spending several days
at the Franklin, delighted, they as
sert, with the matchless beauty qf
the mountains and valleys. Mrj,JP**~
sons is a lawyer of note in the ?wte.
His Entrance Throws the Cam
paign of Uthers Completely
Cut of Gear ? Best Informed
Man In State.
Raleigh, Sept. 11.? A. J. Maxwell,
looked upon as the best informed
man in the state on state affairs, has
made announcement of his candidacy
for the Democratic nomination for
j governor, and makes startling state
ments in his platform proclamations.
Following are some of the clear
cut statements of this plain speaking
man whom the politicians fear:
To the People of North Carolina:
"The supreme issue which I wisk
to present ? the issue which in its im
perative demands dwarfs all others to
be determined in the next primary,
cannot be described as 'economy in
public expenditures.' From the "time
?whence the memory of man runneth
not to the contrary candidates and
platforms have pleaded the cause of
economy in government. Present con
ditions demand the abandonment of
platform euphemisms and the adop
tion of plain language that fits the
times and conditions under which we
live.
Readjustment of Public Burden x
"If we are to preserve our social
order; if we are to save the homes
of our people; if agriculture, busi
ness and industry are to survive the
ordeals of time; if we are to restore
( Continued on page sir)
WORK OxM BOYLSTON
ROAD BEGINS SOON
Activities on the Boylston road will
begin within the next ten days, it is
announced bv highway officials, and
the work will be rushed to comple
tion. This project has been the ob
ject of much interest for the past
several years, and now that success
has finally crowned the efforts of
those who have worked so hard
for improvement of this highway,
there is much rejoicing.
The Boylston highway chops off
many miles of the distance between
Brevard and Asheville. and, in ad
dition, opens up one of the richest,
sections of the county. The Boylston
roads skirts the Pisgah National For
est practically all the way to Ashe
ville, and will, it is believed, become
one of the most popular highways
leading into Brevard. With eJTep
tion of Little Mountain, which is lit
tle, indeed, the Boylston road is a
level highway, straight as an arrow
almost, from Brevard to the out
skirts of Asheville. Improvement of
this highway will add tens of thous
ands of dollars of the value of the
land through that fine section.
NINE CASES HEARD
IN MAYOR'S COURT
Nine cases were tried in the May
or's court during the past week, total
ing $30 in fines in addition to the
costs.
Mabel Armstrong (colored) for
fighting, $5 fine -and costs.
Bertha Darity (colored) for fight
ing, $5 fine and costs.
Effie Gaston (colored) for fighting,
$5 fine and costs.
Conrad Killiam (colored? for fight
ing $5 fine and half costs.
Conrad Killiam (colored) for fight
ing $7.50 and half costs.
Rivers Jeter (colored) for fighting,
[half costs only.
Bubber Harris (colored) for fight
ing $5 fine and half costs.
Ed Moore (colored) for assault and
battery ?5 fine and costs.
Lyday Melton, drunkenness, prayer
for judgment continued until October
5.
CHURCH TO OBSERVE
HOME-CONING DAY
Home-coming day will be observed
at Rocky Hill Baptist church, Cedar
Mountain, September 20.
Among the speakers of the day are
Mrs. A. F. McKissick, of Greenville,
S. C., Captain Smythe of Flat Rock,
N. C., Rev. A. L. Vaughn of Cedar
Mountain. A number of good singers
are expected to be present, also sev
eral good quartets.
An invitation is extended to al
former pastors, members and friendi
of ?he church to come and bring pic
nic baskets. Dinner will be served OB
grounds.
JENNIE L. BISHOP, Secret*^