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rtNROSE SCHOOL DECEMBER Coki December is here The last" month in the year Brings tke ?l??t and the snowv Sleigh riding we like to go Brings happiness and toys To little girls and bofra On Christmas day \ Santa, Santa goes away Leaving little girls and boys A ton of candy, nuts and toyo ALICE LANDRETHC 6th Grade. SANTA CLAVS Santa Claus. Santa daus Comes in the night I From the Northern snow fields All gleaming white. Santa Claus, Santa Claus Comes with his toys, He comes to bring cocsr : ? To little girls and hoyfc Christmas, Christmas, "the very next day ... jH When all little childrein Are waiting say, "Hurrah for good old Santal'' EVA CASE, 7th Grade. TRACK AND TRAIL Track and Trail went up the dale To catch o'possum by the tail. They crept to the dale as slow as d snaii, When they got there Whom should they meet but a bear? They became scared and ran to a cave. Then they became brave and ran into the cave and met a bat. And they got scared at that. But they spon went up the dale And caught that o'possum by the tail. MILDRED CHEEK, 5th Grade. ENGLISH CONTESTS At Penrose school recently all the boys and girls in the fifth, sixth and seventh grade have been correcting one another in English. When some one hears some one else use incorrect English, he puts the expression on a poster. At Christmas- the one who has the fewest mistakes in English will get an all-dav sucker for a prize. FRANCES SURRETTE, 5th Grade. OUR NEW GRADES We have a new game in school. It gives us much sport and good exer cise. We call it tug-o'-war and tug we do to play the game. We have a iope about an inch in diameter and about 20 feet long. We choose up with about six to a side and each side tries to out-pull the other. Sometimes v. ,> have a boy and a girl contest. The boys and girls take turns pulling at recess. This is an excellent game for rainy days. Each one in our room is tn bring money to buy a basket ball. We shall probably order it by the first of the week. MILDRED CHEEK, 5th Grade. % OUR NEW GAME Our school has a new game. We like it very much. In this game we use a rope. We divide up in two groups or teams. One team gets at each end of the rope. Th<? name of this game is tug-o'-war. One has to be a goodypuller if he wants his side to win. ^ f PENROSE GIRL SCOUTS The Girl Scouts of Penrose met last Friday afternoon at 4:00 o'clock, with their leader, Mrs. Rustin. The meet ing was very interesting. One of the laws, "A Girl Scout is Courteous," was dramatized by each patrol. Mrs. Rustin and Lieutenant Miss Freeman decided which demonstration was the best. This honor went to the "Night ingale Patrol." Mrs. Rustin has been away for some time and the scouts are delight ed to have her back. Christmas plans are being made, but, aside from sing ing carols on Christmas Eve, no defin ite plans have been made. LESLIE McQUIRE. ENTERTAINMENT AT SELICA Frank Fenwick announces that an entertainment of music, dancing and fun will be given at Selica school on Tuesday night, Dec. 22, at 8 o'clock. the Acid ?ICK stbmaeHs, sour stomachs and J indigestion usually mean excess acid. The stomach nerves are over-stimulated. ? ? Too much acid makes -the stortftfclr and- intestines sour. Alkali kill* asid instantly. The -best ferpr-y Phillips' Milk of Magnesia; because one harm leas dose neutralizes ' many times its volume in acid. For50yearsthestand ard with physicians evsei$<where. Take $spoqn(uli?.watjB5aiid your unhappy will, probasjly end know what.to -do ! Cru^?Sndi^2iii method} lyill never app?al to you. Go, prove this for your own sake. It may save a great mai?y djsagpigabJe hours. Be sure to gut the genuine Phillips' Milk of Ma^fcesia prescribed py physicians if sorrectini; etoew ttfMp' CHURCH RALLY MONDAY j Flans are being made for a 'rally to be held at the Brevar^ Methodist church 'Monday evening at 7:80. All members and firends of the church ?r? invited. * SINGING CONTEST TUESDAY Announcement is made that a quar tet vSHiging contest will be held at the court house Tuesday evening at 7tf8< with a number of quartets ?iteriag. THREE MEN HELD IN COUNTY JAIL AFTER SPECTACULAR RACE {Continued from, page one) !uer, leaving men stationed at each , approach to the scction where the ! men had left the car. About 10 i o'clock in the evening Mrs. Patton i called her husband, the sheriff, and I told him that a man had just stopped : at the house and asked directions to a hotel or lodging house, and that she i had directed him to the club house at Pisgah Forest. She was confident, ! from the man's appearance, that he was one of the men being sought by i her husband. Deputy Tom Wood, Sheriff Craig of Pickens, and others went to the club house and found their man. This was Richard Cloud, , and he had about $90 on him. Cloud : was playing in poor, very poor, luck,, ! according to the opinion as express ed by the sheriff and others. Hp had, in the first place, made record time in crossing mountains, wading ^ creeks i and rivers, covering the distance from Cedar Mountain to Pisgah For est, only to call at the home of the sheriff of the county in quest of in formation as to a place of lodging and safety. Throughout the day, Wednesday, Sheriff Patton received calls from of ficers bv wire and over the telephone. Sheriff 'Brown, of Buncombe county, and the sheriff of Burke county came in person to see the three men, to ascertain if they tallied with descrip ' ticns of men wanted in their counties or about whom they had information. Sheriff Craig, of Pickens county, South Carolina, who happened to be here when the excitement started, went with Sheriff Patton throughout the mafi-hunt, and rendered great as sistance to the local officers in making the capture. The Henderson county officers were also with the local offi cers throughout Tuesday night, and were still engaged on the hunt for the fourth man throughout the day Wed nesday. One high-powered rifle and a re volver were taken from the car. j One theory is that the man who was chased by the four men from ] Asheville to near Hot Springs, was cither a former associate of the four men, or he was a hi-jacker, and had "broke in" upon the liquor deals of the four men, and they were after him for a fair split. The men ack nowledged, officers said, that they were engaged in the liquor traffic. ? Records of day's haolings were neatly 1 kept by one of the men, itemizing the | number of cases and bottles of liquor, ' its kind, and the amount received for same. The standard price seemed to be $45 a case, according to the fig ures on these detailed statements. ? The men are being held in the coun jty jail, and Sheriff Patton did not : say what final disposition of the case would be made. Intimation is made i that something of a startling nature is to follow the capture of the three men. Some officers are convinced that they are bank robbers, citing the i number of one hundred dollar bills and fifty dollar bills found in the pos ! session of the men. It was pointed ?out by some officers that robbery of I filling" stations and mercantile estab lishments would not yield so many i bills of such large denominations, it 1 being against the policy of the av i erage business firm to keep such bills ion hand. Only in banks, it was I pointed out, can there be found such ( an accumulation of bills in these de i nominations. It is believed that the fourth man will be captured at an early date, as I the officers are continuing strict j search for him. i FARM MOVEMENT IS GIVEN APPROVAL BY ! LEADING FARMERS I ( Continued from page one) what can be grown in this community. 13. Inform farmer as to what the merchant can sell. 14. Canneries in each county with a united sales chain. 15. Sale of carloads of feeder cattle in Eastern North Carolina and elsewhere for manure and the market. 16. Prepare to build the cattle in dustry to the point that a packing plant can be supported in W. N. C. 17. Game. 18. Fish. 19. Reforestation and protection of existing forests. 20. Improvement of home condi tions. '21. Carry campaign into all sec tions by speeches and general meet ings amply advertised in advance. 22. Radio programs' at seasonal times. School ijjoetings receiving the rrogram .with' discussions afterwards. Variations of these plans -will be de vised at all times. Prof. J. A: GJazcner pad1 Prof. J. F. Corbin, instructors- in Vocational Agrkutt?i? in the Brevard and Ros man high schools forked diligently and faithfully far the slttfcciss of ' the meeting, urging and eneoil'agittg cit izens of Transylvania- 'e'onnt? to at tend the meeting and -give the otfic tlj$j?;Jjpwr*y W/& s I ' MURDER CASE GOES TO JURY THURSDAY; TALPET1TSET FREE tC<nUinu*-d from page one) arose, witness said, Arthur Petit ; pulled out his knife, opened it and stabbed Masters twice in the throat. Masters fell, and did not get up any more. Witness said the following excla mations were made, when the three realized that Masters was dead: Whittpire said ? "My goodness, what & tbitV Tal Petit exclaimed ? "This is aw- ; ful." Arthur said ? "This had better not ' be told." Witness said he left at this junc- 1 ture, being greatly frightened. He J said that Tal also left, going in oppo- 1 site direction to that taken by he i witness. Whitmire said he went to C. I C. Galloway's house, at Middle Fork, and there told Mrs. Galloway that j I Arthur Petit had killed Jesse Mas<> |ers. Witness said he then met Alon ? zo Galloway, and they left for the ' mountains to get some liquor. In abgut an hour they returned to Mrs. C. C. Galloway's house and took din ner there. I Then, witness said, he started back up the Blue Ridge road, on his way to Tal Petit's house, where Whitmire's {wife and children were; that his wife was the daughter of Tal Petit, j He said he met them coming down the road in a truck with some other people, and got in the truck and went with the people in the truck to Big Eastatoe, in South Carolina, to spend the rest of the day. Returned home at 9 o'clock that night. Did not see Ar thur Petit until the following Sun day, a week after the killing. Met Petit in road near Tom Whitmire's shop. They have some drinks togeth er, after which witness said that Ar thur Petit told him that Masters had $30 on him. Witness said on stand that Petit said to him: "If you are taken up before I am, don't say anything about it, for it would be easy on you, and it would be a life sentence for me." Witness said he saw Tal Petit on ' Monday following the tragedy on Sunday. Said that Tal begged him not to tell anything, that it would geUsJl of them in trouble. | Witness said he was arrested and ! tried at the December tern of court, that he did not go on the stand upon advice of his counsel; that he was found guilty, and sentenced t.o the ! penitentiary for a term of from fif teen to twenty-five years. While in I prison witness said he told Gordon ! Barnes, a fellow-prisoner, that he did not kill Masters, and that one of , the Petits struck the fatal blows. Said he was paroled in January, 1931, after having served four years. Upon his return home, witness said, his wife begged him to tell her all about it; that she had never believed i him guilty of killing Masters. Then, , he says, he told his wife that Arthur ; Petit killed Masters, and that hei ' father. Tal Petit, was present when .Masters was killed. Told of being charged with breaking into Walter Whitmire's store; of being arrested for this offense by Deputy Sheriff Tom Wood. Witness said that Sheriff ; Wood asked him to tell him the straight of the Masters murder, and he did so, telling the officer that Ar thur Petit killed Masters, later tell jing the same story to Sheriff Wood i in the presence of his brother, Craig Whitmire, and Chief of Police B. H. j Freeman. j Whitmire was given severe cross , examination Tuesday morning by de fense attorneys, and stuck to his 'story throughout the gruelling ordeal, j J. A. Hamlin, next witness for the state, told of being at Tal Petit's house on Saturday after the alleged j murder had been committed and said : he smelled an awful odor, and asked j Tal Petit what caused it. Said Tal ! Petit said it was a hog that had died ion him and he had removed it to the j woods. Whitmire was recalled to the stand | by Solicitor Pless, and in response to | questions explained that the reason |why he cried out so loud during the 1 first two or there nights he was in ( jail in 1926, on the murder charge, ;was that he was where he could not | get a drink; that his nerves were 'gone from having drunk so much and being suddenly shut off; that he could see all kinds of things coming to "get him." Mrs. C. C. Galloway, of Middle Fork was next state witness. She cor roborated Whitmire in his testimony | that he had told her that Arthur j ! Petit killed Masters. Upon cross ox jamination, Mrs. Galloway was asked (why she did not tell this at the first I trial of Louie Whitmire, and she re I plied by saying that she was not j asked the question. Defense attorneys j asked Mrs. Galloway about trouble that she^and Tal Tetit had had over some chickens, and witness testified ! that they had ifad some misunder standing, but that she did not have anything against Tal Petit now. Gordon Barnes was called and cor roborated Whitman's testimony. W. N. Galloway testified that he was talking to Arthur Petit soon after the first preliminary 'trial when Petit, had been released in 1926, and Arhur said that he was going to stay in South Carolina until the trial was' over; and that if a warrant was taker, out fochim that he was gning to akip the United States. Eck L. Sims, rural policejnan in ' 192& told uf finding the., body ql Masters after a long' search. Several other -Avjtnesses wore of fered by the state for corroboration. When state rested, Wm. E. Breese, counsel ihi Pdtits, made motion for non-siait Petit, .and Jtidge Sink ordered the non-suit tek 6ti feeauab1 of Jact of evidence- ? connect Til Petit with tlie "crime. v; . .s j'ctit 0^.- Stand j Arthur retifc-is first witness ;n own i Said ? -Jessed itMfers'- came'- to I C**- : r jjjc . .. \rvs- -tv*?}' '??" * t? " ?">??*-* V" ?:s^rarTi him that Sunday morning1 to fee < about getting some liquor; witness Mid he toU Masters be did not have wy; th?^ w could go up to Tal Petifs house and get a quart. They . bwtfi"went to Tal's house and got the liquor. Tal told them, the witness said, for _fch* ihree .of them to go dqtm to where a car was parked on the rdatlf wfth two men in it, and that all ?f them would have a drink. Two men standing riearBy also came up, and all drank. Then the four men got into the car and left for South Carolina. Then, witness said, he went home. Witness emphatically de nied knowing anything about* the murder; had nothing to do with it, aiid is absolutely innocent of the crime or any participation in it. Cross examination of Petit by So licitor Pless brought no change in testimony, but developed information about several fights that Petit had been in. Defense attorneys called Arthur Petit back to stand Wednesday morn ing, and asked him about statement Petit was alleged to have made in South Carolina as testified by W. N. Galloway. Witness denied making the' statement. On re-cross examination Petit was asked more about fights that 'he had had. Witness claimed he re membered something about the fights, but said he was so drunk at the I time that he did not know whether or not he had done the cutting. j Tal Petit was called by defense. ; Said he met Masters, and W'hitmire in jthe road that Sunday morning of the : alleged slaying, between 9 and 10 o'clock; that they stood and talked a few minutes, when two Masters boys and two more boys drove up; that , thev drank together and talked a while; that Petit's son, Walter, drove up in his car; that Whitmire and Masters got into the car with the Masters boys and the other two South Carolina boys; that he himself got in- , to the car with his son, Walter, and went back home. Witness said he stayed at home until 4N>'cIock in the afternoon, when he drove to South Carolina, returning home about 11 o'clock that night. Witness denied making statement about killing hog and dragging it off into he woods, and that the last time he ever saw Jesse Masters was when Masters got , into the car and drove off that Sun day morning. I Cross examination was short. 1 Walter Petit corroborated testi mony of his father, Tal Petit. Thurman Galloway, testified that he was at the home of Mrs. C. C. 1 Galloway on the fatal Sunday, work ing on a car; that he was there from 9 o'clock in the morning until lor 2 that 'afternoon; that he did not see Louie Whitmire at Mrs. Galloway's house. Admitted that he could have been at the Galloway home without Witness seeing him, as at one time he was about half a mile from the house. On further cross examination witness said he was at Mrs. Gallo way's house on the morning after Louie Whitmire was convicted ; that Mrs. Galloway told him that they had convicted the wrong man; that Louie Whitmire did not kill Jesse Masters, and that she knew who did kill him. but that she was not going to tell it. Mitch Aiken was called to stand as defense winess, and testified that he was at Mrs. C. C. Galloway's house on that Sunday when the alleged murder was done; that he did not see Louie Whitmire at Mrs. Galloway's; that he was up the creek with Mr. Galloway for half hour and that Louie could have been there during that period. Witness said that Jesse Masters came to Mrs. Galloway's house between 9 and 10 o'clock want ing some whiskey, but failing to get it, went on off. I Garland Chapman took the stand and testified that on the Sunday aft ernoon of the alleged murder he met Louie Whitmire in the road; that witness was driving a truck in which Mrs. Louie Whitmire was riding; that they picked Louie up, and that Louie asked witness if he knew where | they could get some whiskey. Where upon Mrs. Whitmire, witness said, 1 told Louie that he didn't have the money to pay for whiskey, and that Louie then pulled a roll of money from his pocket big as a man's wrist. ' Mrs. Whitmire asked Louie where he got the money, and Louie .replied: I It makes no difference where I got it." The party went to South Caro lina, stopping at Cane Brake, where they got some liquor, and returned I to Louie Whitmire's house, where they spent the night; that Louio J arose about 4 or 5 o'clock next morn ing, lit his lantern and left and that ejsts; i charged with the murder of Miaaters. Ves Chapman teetifted that Louir Whitolre came to his house early thargnMey morning, about 6 o'clock and wanted to buy some whiskey; Whkmire. said he.hud no money, but had a cheelc for $2.50 on hi? brother? Coy Whitmire, Witneas said he didn't | have any liquor, so Louie, left Several character witnesses testi fied to that both Louie Whitmire and ' Arthur Petit were men of bad char- ; acter. i Whitmire was recalled after de- ' fense had rested and denied much of the evidence that had been offered by some of the defense witnesses, prin cipally about the money that wit nesses had testified Whitmire had or this Sunday afternoon when Mast ers was alleged to have been killed. Also denied going to Ves Chapman'* house. L. P. Hamlin and Pat Kimzey as- 1 sisted Solicitor J. Will Pless, Jr., in j the- prosecution, while T. Coleman i Galloway and Wm. E. Breese repre-| sented the defense. | '? , I Blantyre Breezes | Uncle Vance Duncan has been spending some time with his son. Virgil Duncan and family. Mrs. 'Clannie Justus called on Mrs. , John Reed Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Miller and family | have moved from the Clannie Justus house to Shoal Creek. Pink Fletcher of Charlotte, has been visiting relatives here for some time. Mrs. W. K. Duncan and little daughter, Celeste, visited Mrs. John Reed Friday. Mrs. Otho' Scott and children were visiting Mrs. Scott's mother, Mrs. Cornelius Rhodes, of Glade Creek, last week. Freelow Moore visited relatives here last week. Herman Brown of Glade Creek, called on friends here recently. Clannie Justus is doing some work 011 his house here. When it is finish ed he and Jiis family expect to movi into it. i Mr. and Mrs. Otho Scott have moved into the cottage by the road near the home of Mr. and Mrs Jones. Mr. Milford Morgan of Etowah, visited his daughter, Mrs. Clannie Justus, one day last week. I We are glad to see the sunshine after so much rain, and here is hop CHOf-O-PEP NAME CHOSEN FOR DRINK ?j#'* "Choc-O-Pep" won first prt*e in the name contest conducted by- the onny Side Dairy for the new chocolate milk drink that is proving a popular Mller here. Miss Beatrice Green, of Penrose, was winner of first prize, |fi.OO. County Accountant Alex Kizer was winner of second prize, $2.50, with the name "Sunny Choc." Other prize winners were: Hr?. E. R. Pendleton. Mr?- Sue f. Reid, Frank Woodfjn, Harold Whitmire, Mrs, T. D. Grim shawe, Tom Whitmire, W. F. Short, Jones Garren, T. W. Whitmire, E. R. Pendleton, Wallace Galloway. Paul Glazener, manager of the Sunny Side Dairy, stated that sev eral hundred names were submitted * by people from all sections of the county. Judges were Lee Arledge^t manager of Main Street A&P; Harrf S Sitton, manager Caldwell Street Standard station, and J. A. Glazener, teacher of Vocational Agriculture in Brevard High school. TURKEY CREEK NEWS We certainly did have plenty of rain Sunday. We had a large number at church services Sunday even though it was rainy and the roads were muddy. Our pastor, Rev. I. N. Kuykendall, delivered a good sermon. His text was "Life." We are sorry to learn of the illness of the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Morrison Baynard. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Moody spent Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Orr. We are glad to report that D. E. j Lyday, of this place, who has been ill, is slightly improved. Mr. and Mrs. Wade Lyday were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Lyday. The Ladies Aid Society will give a Christmas program Monday night, Dec. 21, beginning at 8 o'clock. Our aid society does quite a bit of work toward helping the sick and needy of the community. ing it will continue to shine, at least until the stove wood gets dry. i Emmitt and Thomas Brown of Lit tle Mountain, were recent visitors in our section. CLASSIFIED ADSf ir i FOR SALE ? Beautiful hand ham mered pewter from Episcopal School nt Penland, on display at Mcintosh Gift Shop. ltp VICTOR RADIOS . . Victor Phono graphs . . Victor Records . .If It's a Victor, it's* good. For sale al Houston's Furniture Store. M12tf FOR REST ? Two or three room Apartment, upstairs, furnished ;| sink in kitchen; bath upstairs; handy I garages. Rent reasonable. See Mrs. A. N. Hinton for terms. Dec 10 4c 1 WANT TO RENT A FARM. I am a good farmer. Will pay share or ; cash rent. D. M., care Brevard News. CHRISTMAS THINGS See our many items for Christmas and New Year.! Especially .fine cig ars, package candies and a beautiful i line of Novelty Goods. Brevard Phar- j macy, Jes?e B. Pickelsimer, Ph.G. Proprietor. thru D j NEWEST MAJESTIC RADIOS at t Houston Furniture Company, Bre vard. Guaranteed no "A-C hum." A high class Radio at a reasonable price. Jly Sit# FIRE WOOD, Stove Wood, Kindling, I Sand and Gravel. Trunks and Baggage and general hauling. Rates reasonable. Siniard Transfer Co. Phone 118. Aug 13 4tc FOR RENT ? Well located business property, splendid locations for merchandise establishments, gee Jud son McCrarv, Tinsley Building, Tele phone 172. 029tf RADIO REPAIRING by an expert ? John Reese Sledge, recognized in Brevard as an autherity on Radios and Television is now with Houston Furniture Co. Aug 27 tf W. I. R E E S E Authorized. Dealer In DELCO LIGHT PLANTS Pumps ? Batteries ? Radios The DELCO Is Built by GENERAL MOTORS And you know that nothing can be better than a General Motors Prod uct. Light up your home, stop carry ing water in a bucket or pumping by hand. Enjoy the best music on the air by the best Radio built? an Ail Electric 32-volt Radio. See W. I. REESE p4t oc29 ROSMAN, N. C. I HAVE A CLIENT who hqs a 50 acre farm, good home, outbuild ings, in Jackson county. He wants to swap for a place in Transylvania county. What have you to trade on? See Judson McCrarv, Tinsley Build ing, Phone 172. Oc29tf WANTED ? Evory one interested in Radios to call and see the wonder ful Atwater-Kent Radio. Hear it and see it at the Houston Furniture com pany's stcre. J15tfc ENGLISH BROTHERS, Shoe Re Builders- Anything in Shoe repair ing ? We satisfy. Rose Building, Fourth ave., Hendersoriville, N. C. We pay postage, so mail your shoes to us. Junll 4t WHAT IS CHRISTMAS WITHOUT WARMTH and COMFORT? SUPPLY YOUR COAL BIN With Our G-O-O-D COAL Recognized as the Best Coal;, at the lowest price on the - Brevard market , . " . V* . . ? . ? : . r?- .'k,v ;
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