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VOLUME XXXVI
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, DECEMBER 3, 1931
Number 4B
NEW YEAR'S DAY IS |
AGREED UPON FOR I
BIG CELEBRATION:
Brevard and Greenville Willi
Meet at Caesar's Head
for the Evcni
GOVERNORS OF BCTH
CAROLINAS INVITED
t Brevard Men Highly Elated
Over Expansion to Fol
low Road Opening
New Year's Day was tentatively
agreed upon last Monday as the day
of the big celebration to be staged by
Brevard and Greenville to mark the
formal opening of the highway con
necting the twp. points. It also was
tentatively agreed to hold the celebra- ;
tion at Caesar's Head, and prepara
tions will be made for about three
hundred people to attend.
This program was outlined last i J
Monday in Greenville, when a dele- j j
gation of Brevard men met with rep- j
resentatives of the Greenville Cham-,]
ber of Commerce and the newspapers I
of Greenville. A joint committee to j 1
be named, by Secretary Glenn, of the ,
Greenville Chamber of Commerce, 1
and Jerry Jerome, president of the <
Brevard Chamber of Commerce, will i
work out the details of the celebration. 1
Attending the first conference from s
Brevard were: Duncan MacDougald,
chairman of the good roads committee j 1
of the Chamber of Commerce ; Roy 1
Morrow, civil engineer; J. M. Gaines, iJ
vice president of the Chamber of .J
Commerce, and James F. Barrett, edi- ; '
tor of The Brevard News. .
Spokesmen for the Greenville j(
Cliamber of Commerce were: Secre-;^
tary Glenn, of the Chamber of Com-j(
merce, and Judson Chapman, editor
of The Greenville Piedmont. <
Jerry Jerome, president of the Bre- j
vard Chamber of Commerce, was un- j
able to attend the conference on ac- ]
count of the serious illness of Mr. t
Bromfield, father of J. S. Bromfield. :
Mr. Jerome accompanied Mr. Brom- c
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SUPREME COURT TO
DECIDE LOCAL CASE
Cases on appeal were argued in (
Supreme court Tuesday for'Thos. H. [7
Shipman, Jos. S. Silversteen, J. H. j
Pickelsimer, C. R. McNeely, A. M. '
White, W. L. Talley, S. R. Owen and
Ralph R. Fisher. The above named I
were convicted in August term of i
court on charge of conspiracy in con- *
nection with the sale of a county note j
to the old Brevard Banking company. J
L. P. Hamlin and G. Lyle Jones ap- f
peared in Supreme court for the
county commissioners and Mr. Fish
er, while J. Bat Smathers appeared
for Mr. Shipman and W. E. Breese
appeared for Mr. Silversteen.
The decision of the Supreme court ! 1
is expected to be handed down within
the next few days. ie
It will be recalled that the Superior j
court trial lasted for almost two j <
weeks, and the Brevard men were j (
tried before a jury brought in from ! i
Haywood county. There is intense in- '
terest throughout the county in the
coming decision of the Supreme
court, the eight defendants being
among the county's most highly res
pected and best loved men.
ORR HEADSBOARD
OF LOCAL CHURCH
!
0. H. Orr, long prominent in af- i '
fairs of the Brevard Methodist |
church and Sunday School, and an I,
active figure in the business life of
Brevard, was elected chairman of the
board of stewards of the Methodist
church at the organization meeting
Mnday night.
)ther officers chosen to assist
airman Orr in the year's work
t beginning were: Prof. J. F.
nton, vice chairman; Miss Alma
Trowbridge, re-elected secretary; A.
H. Houston, treasurer, and Harry
Sellers, assistant treasurer. The Rev. |
J. H. West, pastor, is beginning his
third year as pastor of the local
church.
Retiring officers of the board were:
C. M. Douglas, chairman; H. A.
Plummer, vice chairman; Dr. J. F.
Zaehary, treasurer, and C. 0. Rob
inson, assistant treasurer. At a meet
ing to be held next Monday 'night,
committees will be appointed for the
year, and program of work outlined.
An every-member canvass will prob
ably be first work of the newly or
ganized board.
SANTA CLAUS COMES
TO TOWN THURSDAY
MORNING, 9 O'CLOCK
Comes First to Brevard News
Office to Get His Big
Bundle of Mail
THEN TO THE BAPTIST
CHURCH CORNER LOT
School to Greet the Famous
Old Friend of All Little
Children
Comes a welcome whisper from the
Northlands, that land of cold and ice
and snow. Santa Claus, clad in his
regalia of velvet and fur will arrive'
in Brevard Thursday at 9:00 o'clock,
riding upon his forty-foot float and
accompanied by an escort
Santa Claus will come directly to
The Brevard News office where he
will get all the communications and
letters that the little children of Bre
vard and Transylvania county have
eft there for him. He will personally
place them carefully upon his float
:o be read diligently at his earliest
;onvenience.
If you have not written Santa yet,
jlace your letter in the box in front
>f The Brevard News office or mail
t to Santa ? Claus, care of The Bre
vard News, "a'ftd old Santa will be
mre to get your missive.
The jolly old fellow has established
lis headquarters at an igloo in Ashe
rille, through the courtesy of The
\sheville Citizens and Times, two
treat daily newspapers. Santa is vis
ting many Western North Carolina
;owns during this week.
He will arrive in Brevard at 9:00
>'clock, get your letters at The Bre
vard News office and ride directly to
;he lot by the Baptist church where
le will personally receive all visitors.
Santa is particularly eager to see all
he little boys and girls and Prof. J.
3. Jones, superintendent of the pub
ic schools, has promised to excuse
hem from school to visit him.
Santa has promised to bring all the
ihildren some very choice candy and
rifts which he will hand out Thurs
lay morning to his young friends.
Now children, if you want to see
>anta, be on hand at 9:00 o'clock
vhen your teacher lets you out for
chool and Santa will talk to you for
lalf an hour, after which he will get
n 'his float' and -visit other little boys
ind girls of Western North Carolina.
m CAMPAIGN IS
OFF TO GOOD START
ipoiuored By Parent-Teacher
Association and Church
Organizations
The annual sale of Tuberculosis
Seals was launched Tuesday morning,
December the 1st by ladies of the
Voman's Auxilary of the' Brevard
)avidson River Church. The sale is
?eing sponsored by the Parent-Teach
t Association.
The booth for the Tuberculosis
Seal drive is located in the Post
DfFice and each day ladies, represent
ng certain organizations of Brevard
vill have charge of the sale. An ex
cellent reminder! Whenever you mail
i letter or package at the post office,
[top by the Seal booth and buy
ieveral seals for your missives. Stick
;hem on all your Christmas cards
?nd give the ladies in charge your
learty cooperation.
The schedule for the early days in
December follows:
Dec. 1 ? Woman's Auxiliary of the
Brevard-Davidson River church.
Dec. 2 ? Woman's Auxiliary of the
Episcopal church.
Dec. 3 ? Baptist Woman's Mission
ary Society.
Dec. 4 ? Fortnightly Club
Dec. 5 ? Girl Scouts ? B revard
Troops 1 and 2.
De<\ 7 ? Wednesday Book Club.
Dec. 8 ? Woman's Bureau.
Dec. 9 ? The Episcopal Woman's
Auxiliary.
Dec. 10 ? Baptist Woman's Mission
ary Society.
Dec. 11 ? The Fortnightly Club.
Dec. 12 ? Girl S c o ut s ? Brevard
Troops 1 and 2.
These tiny seals, sold for one cent
each, have made possible an organiz
ed campaign against tuberculosis that
has been carried on with ever increas
ing emphasis year after year. But
they stand for something more, for I
they are truly health seals, since
whatever helps to prevent tuberculo
sis makes for health. The tuberculosis
pennies provide nurses for a vast
number of communities, olinics super
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Hello # i
People/
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Old Man Santa himself comes to Brevard this morning to j
gather up the letters written to him by the children and left
in his mail box at The Brevard News office. Those who have
not written their letters are urged to do so at once and they
will be mailed on to Santa.
LET HARMONY PREVAIL IN THIS WORK OF
CHARITY RELIEF
In the early period of Autumn, when it was apparent to all j.
that many people in this community would reed assistance during
the winter, the leading men and women very wisely decided that
the only way to successfully cope with the situation was through
concentrated effort. President Hoover and Governor Gardner, in
clearly stated messages, set forth the advantages of concentrated
community effort in providing relief for the needy in each commun
ity. Th?se suggestions were properly acted upon in this commun- j
ity, and a strong central organization was effected, with Mr. Alex
Kizer placed at the head of the group. All county agencies, the ]
Red Cross, the town government and church groups entered into 1
the work in splendid manner. The schools, working through the !
vocational departments of agriculture and home economics, were
the first groups to perform real service in this relief work. The ]
farmers throughout the county joined in the movement with that
whole-hearted spirit which makes them known far and wide as
responsive souls to ^every worthy call. j
Joining whole-heartedly in the community effort of concen
trated relief, The Brevard News abandoned for the time being its
age-old custom of distributing Christmas dinners and Christmas
toys to the needy families of the community, knowing full well that
this work could be done so much more effectively through the (
central committee headed by Mr. Kizer. Then, too, The Brevard
News knew the danger in a community movement of dividing the
work, thereby dividing the efforts and defeating the very purpose
of the centralized community activity to be performed for the re
lief of the needy. We believed then, and still believe, that there ]
should be no division, and that all the work along these lines should j
be done through the central committee.
This county welfare work is just now at its best. This
Friday morning will witness the beginning ^ a county-wide drive .?
for food and funds to be used by the County Welfare Associa- '
tion in providing relief for the needy. All people are asked to give
of whatever they have, and as liberally as they can, to this relief
work. Food, fuel, clothing and money will be gladly accepted by
the central agency for distribution to the needy. When the soli
citors approach the citizens, making request for donation to the
fund, we should remember that these solicitors are giving their
time and using their cars and buying their own gas, coming to us \
merely as collectors of food, fuel, funds and clothing for the needy,
and we should be as pleasant to them as their noble work demands.
With its county-wide organization working perfectly, the
County Welfare Association will also have detailed information
about every family to receive aid fwnvjthis work of charity and
helpfulness, thereby guaranteeing that no worthy case will be
overlooked and that no unworthy man or woman will be permitted
to "sponge" upon the community's good nature by receiving aid
when such aid is not needed. In other words, when a citizen makes
a donation to this great cause, and gives of his farm produce, his
canned goods, his clothing or his money, he may rest assured {hat
such gifts will be given unto those who really need it, and who
are worthy of such assistance.
All citizens and all agencies should work through this central
County Welfare Association, to the end that the most effective
work may be done in an intelligent and effective manner. The
people of the community should not be solicited to donate to differ
ent organizations, groups or individuals. Confusion will result
and the whole plan of operation will be hindered. That is why The
Brevard News abandoned its plan of soliciting Christmas dinners
and toys for distribution on Christmas eve. Let ALL this work
be done through the splendidly organized work of the County
Welfare Association. There should be no division of county
efforts. The combined, centralized work, intelligently directed and
enthusiastically performed, will result in great good to the com
munity. Meet and greet the solicitors from the County Wel
fare Association with a smile that always comes to him who hears
the small voice whispering:
"As ye did it unto the least of these, my brethren, ye did it
unto me ... I was hungry, and ye fed me; I was naked, and ye
clothed me."
CHARITY FOOTBALL
TO ATTRACT CROWD
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Old Timers Getting In Condi
tion for Affairs With
the Youngsters
MUCH EXPECTED OF
THE FOUR HORSEMEN i
Stores To Close for Event, Pro
ceeds from Game Go to ]
County Charity Fund
The epic of the ages, the very high
est glory of the roval pigskin! Friday
afternoon, when an the principle bus
iness houses of Brevard have closed
their doors and the school buildings i
are silent, all loafing corners vacant !
and homes locked for the hour: The'
extraordinary "All-Star" eleven of ;
this little city will meet on the field of j
battle a mighty football team chosen
from the combined aggregation of
the Brevard Blue Devils and the Bre
vard Institute Green Flashes.
Fighting not only for victory, but
for amusement and for the needy of
this town and county. Give them jour j
cooperation! Buy a ticket for "two |
bits;," 25 cents, and donate 10, 15 or J
25 cents in addition ? For the entire '
proceeds will be used by the County j
Welfare Board in their work for the j
needy. \
Led by Rev. R. L. Alexander, Joe (
Vigodsky, Pat Kimzey and Joe Clay- i
ton, Transylvania's four horsemen,
selected from the prominent men I
of this thriving little village, the All- .
Stars will struggle mightily on the !
gridiron to attain glories unknown |
and achievements, gained only on the
football field. |
"Tony" Trantham and Coach .Til- '
son, stars in the days gone by, will !
work side by side with members of |
their teams against the all-star i
;leven.
Ruffin Wilkins, director of the All-:
Brevard team urges all Transyl- 1
/ania citizens to give this game their !
learty support. He is working stead- j
ly and hard for the success of the i
fame and desires the aid of everyone. !
Buy a ticket today. They are being j
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WELFARE WORKERS
TO START BIG DRIVE
Lhairman Ulazener Makes!
Announcement of Plans
For Work
The drive of the County Welfare i
Board for finances, food, clothing;'
ind supplies will begin Friday, De- !
:ember 4, A. H. Kizer, chairman of i
;he board, announced Tuesday.
Julian Glazener, chairman of the.
soliciting committee, has chosen his
committee leaders in the principle
districts of the county. They include:
Little River, Martin Shipman ; Boyd,
Edwin Ponder; Catheys Creek, Mrs. I
H. N. Blake; Dunns Rock, Mrs. L. j
P. Wilson; Brevard, Jerry Jerome.
Prof. J. F. Corbin and Prof. G. C. 1
Bush are leading the Welfare activi
ties in the upper district of the coun
ty.
Mrs. H. E. Perkins, Mrs. John
Smith and Mrs. A. H. Harris will
lead the work in Brevard. They will
appoint a committee to aid them in
the drive and begin the soliciting ;
Friday.
These committee heads, aided by
their committees will begin their
drive Friday for clothing of any
description, corn, meal, potatoes, and
any form of food which may be used
to an advantages by the unfortun
ates.
Canned goods, dried fruits, in fact
all forms of food are needed. Request |
is made that citizens ransack their |
attics for garments that are of no i
value to such one. These discarded |
pieces of clothing, the leaders of the i
movement assert, may keep someone i
from suffering from the intense cold
of winter.
Jerry Jerome, leading the finance i
work in Brevard will solicit for funds |
to aid in carrying on the work. The
proceeds of the charity football game j
to be played here Friday will be used ;
by the board in this work also.
Citizens acquainted with any per- 1
sons suffering or in desperate need, :
are requested to get in touch with !
the chairman of the immediate sec- j
tion of the county and this chairman '
will report the .case to the executive
committee of the Welfare board. It
is the intent of the Welfare board to
allow no one. to. actually suffer- from,
lack of fuel, food or clothing this
winter.
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CRIMINAL DOCKET
IN SUPERIOR COURT
j; UNUSUALLY LARGE
More Than Hundred Case* T?
Be Tried, Beginning
i 1 Next Monday
JUDGE HOYLE SINK IS
TO HOLD THE COURT
Murder, Rape and Prohibition
Cases Constitute Largest
Part of Docket
December Term of Superior C?urt,
which will convene here, December
7, with Judge Hoyle Sink, presj<}ia*
will deal with 32 types of criminal
cases, aggregating a total well wtr
a hundred. Solicitor J. Will Ple?s? Jr.
will lead the prosecution for thr
State.
The leading trial will be thai of
Tal W. Petit and his nephew Ar
thur Petit, both of the Rosman sec
tion who are being held in jail, fal
lowing preliminary hearing held be
fore Justice of the Peace F. K. Sto
ford Saturday, November 21, in *>m~
nection with the murder of Jesse
Masters in August of 1926.
were brought against the two Petite
by Louie Whitmire who was coiv
victed of the murder and had ?r?
ed four years of a 15 year xent??.vce
before he was given & parol* by
Governor Gardner. After beinp ar
rested for larceny and breaking m
to a Rosman store, with probability
of having to return to prison to com
plete his 15 year sentence, Whitmrre
confessed allegations against chr
Petits, which re-opened the nwirdlw
case.
Outstanding criminal cases i?
clude: violation of prohibition lava,
18 cases; public drunkness, 15 casea;
larceny, 11 cases; assault with dead
ly weapon, 8 ca3es; false pretense.
5 cases; worthless checks, o cases;
assault, 5 cases; and driving a caw
under influence of liquor, 4 cases.
Other cases on the docket
charging, destruction of pwswal
property, disposing of mortgajred
property, forcible trespass, assault
and drunkenness, dynamiting fish,
transporting, resisting officers, aban
donment, carrying concealed weapo mt,
failure to get bond, embezzlei??st.
Attempt to rape, secret aswoMw.
rape, violation of sanitary ordiria?c?,
violation of Town ordinance, dtw
ing without motor license, treaspsw
and assault of female, -V. P. L.
assault on female, seducement, dis
turbing religious worship, h?se
breaking, larceny and house sal
store breaking.
J. J. PATTON TAKES
50-P0UND SEA BASS
The following article clipped fr?<t
the Smyrna Daily News of Sew
Smyrna, Florida refers to wl?at ll*
New Smyrna people term the tergwi -
bass ever taken on the East Coast
"A Florida fight which w.afl isat
broadcast took place at Turtle M<seb<
Tuesday ofternoon between a has* ,
weighing 50 pounds and its rapto*,
J. J. Patton, of Brevard, N. C., an<f
T. Ayers of Atlanta. Either modesty
or excitement prevented the anglrr*
from stating just which ma/i re?#Sr
did hook the beauty. "We hooked .krim
and we fought him for " three Vwr: >.
and he pulled us. in 'tht 4co?ti tkrec i
times," they declared. The refw*? . f
and two spectators who attended Ut>
fight were a bit hazy as to just r
started the rumpus but all said is
a battle royal, which Mr. Bass lost >
in the fourth round."
KIWANIS TO STUDY
BREVARD FINANCES
"The Brighter Side" ill bp
for discussion at the Brevard JCi
wanis club Thursday at noon, coc
tinuing the program began last meet
ing by Mayor Ralph Ramsey. Jerry
Jerome will have charge of the oro
gram, and he is expected to deal with
the statistical part of the brighter
side of the town's affairs.
Mayor Ramsey gave some thougM
provoking figures at the last meci^flK
of the club, and members have askul
that Frank D. Clement, program
chairman, have the assets of the town
I shown in an effort to balance Ae
somewhat dark appearing figures
?shown by the mayor, who for the ladk
of time did not get to the "brighter
j side" during his alloted time.
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AGREEMENT IS MADE THAT ALL BUSINESS PLACES BE CLOSED DURING THE FOOTBALL UAMt i-kiua i at 1E.K1MUU1M, au au
CLERKS AND WORKMEN MAY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY OF ATTENDING THE GAME. IN EVENT A PLACE CANNOT BE CLOS
ED, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE BOSS STAY ALONE, OR DESIGNATE SOME ONE TO REMAIN IN THE PLACE, AND GRANT ALL
OTHER EMPLOYES A LEAVE OF ABSENCE FOR THE PERIOD OF THE GAME. THERE WILL BE FUN GALORE AT THIS FOOT
BALL GAME, AND ASIDE FROM THAT, EVERY PENNY COLLECTED WILL GO INTO THE RELIEF FUND OF THE COMMUNITY
. WELFARE ASSOCIATION, TO BE USED IN BUYING FOOD AND FUEL FOR THE NEEDY FAMILIES OF THE COMMUNITY. THIS COM
jJftMUNITY WELFARE ASSOCIATION IS THE WORK OF THE COMMUNITY. BEING DONE BY THE GOOD MEN AND WOMEN OF THE
COMMUNITY, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE DESTITUTE OF THE COMMUNITY. LET'S ALL GO; IF WE CANNOT GO, WE CAN, AT
LEAST, BUY A TICKET AND SWELL THE FUND FOR FOOD AND FUEL FOR OUR NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE NEITHER OF THESE.