North Carolina Newspapers

^ i| mi 1 1 IMI' Pi ?MI ; '? ' ;v ? *? ?; ? ^ .-?-?? ? ? ?*?... y. ' ?.. ? g VOLUME XXXVI BREVARD, NORTH CAROUNA, DECEMBER 24, 1931 Number gl ~ ? ' ?" ARTHUR PETIT GETS LONG SENTENCE FOR MASTERS' MURDER Louie Whitmire, Who Served Four Years for Crime, Was Star Witness JUDGE SINK DECLARED PETIT "COLD-BLOODED" I Taken to Raleigh by Deputy Sheriff Wood ? Others Also Taken ? ' Arthur Petit, 25, was found guilty 1 of manslaughter in Transylvania county Superior court last Thurs- . day afternoon in connection with the slaying of Jess Masters, and was sentenced by Judge H. Hoyle Sink, presiding, to serve a term of not less than five and not more than 15 year in State's Prison, Raleigh. He, was was taken to the State's prisipn at Raleigh Monday by Deputy Sheriff j Tom Wood. J. B. Owen and Chief : Galloway, who. were convicted of j larceny and breaking and entering ; in December term of Superior court ? and given sentences of three to five : years in prison were also taken to the penitentary Monday. ] Masters was killed on August 15, 1926, and his body was found 19 days later in the woods by the side of an abandoned mountain trail. Louie Whitmire, Tal W. Petit, and Arthur Petit were arrested and the'( coroner's jury released the two Pe- , tits, holding Whitmire for Superior j. court. Whitmire was tried at the;, December, 1926, term, found guily : and given a sentence of 15 years. | , Whitmire served four years of his ! ? sentence and was paroled last Jan- i uary by Governor 0. Max Gardner, j ; Several weeks ago Whitmire was ar- ( rested on a charge of storebreaking ; by Deputy Sheriff Tom Wood, to 1 j whom Whitmire related the story that Arthur Petit killed Masters and ? < that Tal Petit was with him at the ] - time. ' ; < Officers followed up this startling t statement, and the two Petits were arrested. The trial opened Monday, t December 14, and, upon completion 1 1 of the State's evidence, Tal Petit was j c released upon mption of defense ; c counsel, it being shown that no evi-'c dence had been offered which con nected Tal Petit with the crime. j ; The Judge, however, ordered that ' the case against Arthur Petit go to, the jury, which returned its verdict' Thursday afternoon, Dec. 17, follow- j ing which Judge Sink immediately , passed sentence. !* The youthful convicted slayer is said to have a long record of fights in which, it was shown during the trial, j his favorite weapon was a pocket knife. When pronouncing sentence, Judge Sink remarked upon the cool ness of the defendant, who sat en- [ tirely without show of emotion as the verdict of guilty of manslaughter was returned and the sentence passed upon him. x "He is the coldest blooded man I : j ever saw," the Judge said. "Yet he^ has plenty of nerve, and will power | and the making of a man in him. I j j am giving him a light sentence, hop- ^ ing that he will return home at the j end of the time and make a man of himself. Notice of appeal was given. Louie Whitmire, who spent four years in the penitentiary for the ; I crime which is now laid at the door i of another man, will remain here, his 1 1 friends say. He is married and has ^ several children. i* t TO WELFARE WORK! County Welfare work is progress ing rapidly under l?he able superv ision of A. H. Kizer and the county . ABfi'd town chairmen have reported un- : *sual success in collecting food and j ijhthing for the needy of the county. ! A new feature has been added to I the work' officials announced Tuesday. Kiss Florence Kern has been ap- , pointed chairman of an employment i agency to be operated in .connection ' with the usual work. All persons hav- ! ing work to be done and all persons desiring work are requested to get in touch with Miss Kern at the earl iest possible date and perfect plans for the year. The office of the agency is located next door to Smith's Bar . fcer Shop, in the room formerly occu pied by Tharp's Plumbing shop. BREVARD IS PLACE OF BEAUTY IN ITS CHRISTMAS DRESS f ... Street Lights, Dect rations and Tree on Square Perfects Fine Picture BANK TQ CLOSE FOR THE USUAL HOLIDAY: Schools Have Closed for thej Season and Scores Will Be Closed Christir.as Day Christmas is here! The magnific ent cedar tree standing gracefully in the center of the square, bedecked with ornaments and sparkling d or ations cheerfully proclaims the spir it of Christmas. Lights gleaming < red and green are stretched along the' main thoroughfares and the store j windows arranged with suggestive ; gifts and tinsel add quaint touches to the scene. I The tree was decorated and erect ed through the influence and labors of the ladies of the Woman's Bureau and the lights were hung by the town and individuals and institutions of Brevard who were interested in dress ing up the town for Chirstmas. The local schools of the county closed their doors for a 12 day rest,'; Tuesday afternoon, releasing num-'i bers of children to celebrate the yule- j tide. ! Colleges over the country have re- 1 cessed for the Christmas holidays, I jnd collegians, absent for many days ( 1 ire spending the happy season with ii :heir parents and friends. i The Transylvania Trust Co. will i .?lose late Thursday afternoon and 1 1 will not open its doorg until Monday '] norning, M. B. McDaniels, cashier, 1 1 innounced Monday. The bank will re- ! >pen from 4 to 5 o'clock Thursday j ifternoon for the convenience of de-j< positors. 1 1 The post office will be closed I Christmas Day, Postmaster Roscoe ! Nicholson announced Monday. All ' Christmas mail must be mailed before ;hat time. Pastors of the various churches of he town have announced their inten ion to celebrate the Christmas seas in with suitable exercises and many. )f the county schools held exercises >f unusual interest. The Girl Scouts have promised to idd an interesting touch to Christmas lay by singing Christmas carols on Christmas morning for persons who vill leave a lighted candle burning in heir window. SPECIAL SERVICES ON CHRISTMAS DAY Christmas services at St. Philip's Spiscopal church, as announced by he rector, the Rev. Harry Perry, are is follows: Celebration of the Holy Commun on at 11:40 p.m. Christmas Eve: Processional ? Uleste Fidelis ? "0 Come all Ye Faithful" Reading introit ? "Away in a Manger" ? Spilman vyrie Cruickshank Jradual ? "Holy Night, Silent Night'' ? G ruber Jloria Tibi ? "Glory be to Thee, 0 Lord" Cruickshank l,aus Tibi ? "Praise be to Thee, O Christ" Criuckshank lymn ? "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" Dykes Jffertory Solo ? "Behold a Virgin ? Nevin JursunTcettra . . ? Cruickshank ( . ianctus CruicksfclHk .-g ) Salutaris Uglow ! v Jloria in Excelsis Chant ! 1 *Junce Dimittis Gregorian i( Recessional ? "Angels of the Realm j of Glory" Smart ( j Christmas Day Service Chora. Celebration of the Holy Com- j j mtnion 10 A.M. j GIRL S.COUTS TO SING CAROLS The Gel Scouts have announced that they will sing Christmas carols at six o'ieck Christmas morning. Those desWng to hear them have been requesed to place a lighted | candle in th<r window. I The Girl S?juts have been planning and rehearsiij this carol program for several wt>ks. and it is expected that a large ijmber of people will have lighted cadles in their windows Christmas mortng, in order to hear, the delightful msic furnished by the ? i Girl Scouts. " Ii * I; Grand Jury Sets Duckworti Free ^ Of all Blame In Death o Dalton Walter W. Duckworth, automobile dealer of Marshall and son of Mr. ? and Mrs. W. H. Duckworth of Bre- \ vard, was freed of a manslaughter charge by the Buncombe county find jury. Tuesday.- The grand jury . led to return a true bill in the in- ' tment charging him- with the death Garfiejd DajjUyi, farmer of the ^Tali-view section several weeks ago. It is reported that the accident oc curred on the F.airview road about ' five miles from AsheviHe while Dal ton and J. H. * ore \ve pushing an '? automobile along the ghway. The car had run out of g^and the two men were attempting tce^ jt out of the road, Fore explaint ^ officers. Dalton was pushing fro the ]eft side and was steering t machine when he was struck by ta.aT driven by Duckworth. V ! 'Mr. Duckworth was ari^ ? charge of reckless driving pd re_ leased under h $1,500 soon after the accident \ I \ Plans Perfected For New Year's Day Celebration at Caesar's Head There are only about fifty tickets available to Brevard and Transyl vania county people for the big affair to be staged at Caesar's Head on New Year's Day, when Greenville and Brevard will meet to celebrate the opening of the highway between these two points. Those who desire to attend would do well to sen President Jerry Jerome, of the Brevard Cham ber of Commerce, or Duncan Mac dougald, chairman of the highway committee of the Chamber of Com merce. The meeting is to be held at the noon hour, and a genuine turkey dinner is to be served, with all the trimmings. The governors of North Carolina and South Carolina have bsen invit ed to attend, and many other notables of both states, and the meeting is ex pected to be one of the most import ant events in the history of this sec tion. The highway between Brevard and Greenville, being No. 284 in North Carolina, connecting with the newly paved South Carolina highway at the state line. This highway re duces the time of travel between Greenville and Brevard to an hour and a quarter, easy driving. Opening of this highway means much for Transylvania county, in that farmers and truckers will have a good market within a short distance of home; shopping in larger stores will be made a pleasure instead of a task, and much money now being sent to mail order houses will be diverted into the Greenville channels, and be brought right back to Transylvania :ounty through the pay which farm ers here receive for their produce, and by the people who come from Gireenville to spend the summer months in the mountains of the coun ty. i 1 As an indication of the interest [being taken in the New Year's Day 'meeting, the following is reproduced (from ' last Saturday's Greenville I Neva: "An old fashioned turkey dinner . 'will be served at the Caesars Head' hotel at noon on New Years day as* feature of the joint celebration of Greenville and Brevard at completion I of a paved highway between the two cities, it was announced yesterday at the Chamber of Commerce. "Arrangements were completed yes terday for use of the hotel and facil- 1 ities at Caesar's Head. Accommoda- . tions will be made for 200 persons and the affair held indoors so that it can not be affected by inclement weather. 1 "Dr. Frank Poole, of Furman uni- ! i iversity, .has consented to make the . principal address,, and Major G. " Heyward Mahon, Jr., will act asj1 toastmaster. Brief remarks will be ; ' made by a number of invited guests, j : including high officials of both North 11 and South Carolina. "Brevard has already reserved 50 ' 1 tickets to the dinner, and around 25 1 1 more will be allotted to invited guests. '] Thus only 125 tickets will be avail- ! 1 able for citizens of Greenville. 11 "Plans are to invite members of the ; 1 Chamber of Commerce to make reser- j i vations, and if not all of the tickets | are taken, they will be placed on gen- , j eral sale. Persons expecting to at- i t tend are urged to secure their tickets . ; as soon as possible as the crowd will ; be limited to capacity of the dining ! j room. ! ( "Final link of the new pavement, ? near Marietta, will be opened next Tuesday, thus providing an all wea- t ther road the entire distance between '? (? Greenville and Brevard." ja it G. W. MONTIETH DIES AT AGE OF 82 YEARS The last rites for George W. M011 eith, 84, father of Mrs. James F. Barrett, who died at the home of his laughter, Mrs. J. J. O'Neal in New )ort, Tennessee, Saturday at 12 t'clock were held at the home of j Jrs. Barrett Monday morning at 11 j ('clock with burial following at the | ?Metcher Baptist church cemetery. The Rev. Paul Hartsell, pastor of he Brevard church, conducted the ervices. He was assisted by Rev. R. j. Alexander and Rev. J. H. West. Prior to his death Mr. Monteith lad suffered an extended illness and j lis condition had grown steadily | vorse until his tired soul crossed to | ts reward. Surviving Mr. Monteith are his , vidow and five children, three daugh- ; ers and two sons; John Monteith md Mrs. J. M. Bishop of Long Is and, Alabama, Mrs. J. J. O'Neal of >?ew Port, Tenn., M. F. Monteith of | iast Flat Rock, and Mrs. James F. Jarrett of Brevard. Pallbearers were: E. F. Moffit, Henrv Henderson, 0. i. Orr, W. P. Fullbright, J. M. Al- I ison, H. A. Plummer. 182 LETTERS SENT THROUGH THE NEWS Santa Claus letters to the number j if 482 were published in The Brevard \ "Jews in the issues of December 3, 1 7, and 24. The communications were j eceived from every section of Tran viKflnia county, and others from i ?arious parts of North Carolina, one j etter being received from a South ? Carolina town. The missives from the kiddies were I >rinted in this paper and immediate- 1 y forwarded to Old St. Nick for his j >erusal. i The Brevard News extends to the children who used its columns to , :ommunicate with Santa Claus, a i ,'ery Merry Christmas and hopes ! hat Old Santa will answer their let ters with the gifts desired. WESTERN UNION MAY DISCONTINUE OFFICE Brevard stands to lose the local ' uptown office of the Western Union , unless provisions are made to combat j the intention of the company. Offic- j ials of the Western Union have an-; no'unced that the local office will be t closed the first of the year and re- ! main closed for an indefinite period. ; In this case, as was the situation 1 here five years ago, messages will be sent through the office at the Sou- ' them Railway depot. Many comments of the inconven ience of this change have been made by leading citizens of the town since the plan was announced several day& ago. SINK AT KIWANIS CLUB Judge Hoyle Sink was speaker at the Brevard Kiwanis clnb. last Thurs day at the regular meeting. Mrs. Harris, hostess, came in for warm praise from His Honor for -the excel lent turkey dinner which she served to the club. j J GREAT SUCCESS IN THE SEAL SALE HERE f a The sale of Tuberculosis Christinas I jj seals sponsored by the Parent- j ? 'Jis Teacher Association was a splendid success, officers of the organization | announced Monday, Though the en-j, fire quota of seals was not sold, the r leaders in the work were proud of ' 11 the success that had been accomplish ed. Seventy-five cents or each dollars worth of seals sold here remains in , the hands of the Parent-Teacher, association to be used as they deem j necessary. Heretofore the funds have! I been used to supply undernourished j 1 children with proper food. j Organizations which aided in th? j work by selling seals at the postof- j fice booth include: Baptist Missionary Society, Fort- j nightly Club, Girl Scouts, troops 1 and 2, Mathatasian Club, Presbyter- j t; ian Woman's Auxiliary, U. D. C., j P D. A. R,. Business and Professionals Woman's Club, Methodist Missionary i ii Society, Parent-Teacher Association, I c Woman's Auxiliary of the Episcopal h church, Baptist Woman's Missionary q Society, Fortnightly Club, 'Wednes-jii day Book Club, Woman's Bureau. jn BLUE FRONT MOVES TO NEW LOCATION ii lo The Blue Front Grocery store and! meat market was open for business " Wednesday morning in its new loca tion in the building formerly occupied ]? by the Blue Moon on Broad street. * Ira Galloway, former register of deeds of Transylvania county, and C. 0. Robinson, for a number of : " years in the meat and grocery hasi- j ness in Brevard, are in charge of the ! S new place. With a large front in which to dis- h play their wares and the interior of C the building renovated and made into v an up-to-date store room, the Blue a Front is one of the nice stores of 1 1 Brevard. iv A complete stock of fresh grocer- . b ies and meats will be carried at all , ? times, the firm announces. Fresh I vegetables and fruits will be carried j o regularly, and this, in connection^ with the meat market, makes the new jv Blue Front stand a veritable "One- ; t St'op^ grocery store. in FOURlARSGROWN ON ONE EAR OF CORN W. L. Justus, prominent farmer of the Penrose section was in the Bre vard News office Saturday, exhibiting unusual specimens of com growth. {The peculiar ears of com had been grown on his farm at Penrose. j One of the ears had a fully devel oped centra] ear and art additional ear ion either side of ,i;; The second. ( ; specimen, in addition to the central j' 'fully developed ear held four sraaUefcT ears grouped around it. 1 j The two ears of corn excited con siderable interest among visitors in the Brevard News office where they are on display and many comment* were heard in regard to the Unusual j' growihs. *. | MRS. CARRIER MUST ' PAY ASSESSMENTS ON HER BANK STOCK | Loses Appeal from Action of Gurney P. Hood, Com- , missioner of Banks THE COMPLAINT CHARGED FRAUD WAS PERPETRATED j Appeal Taken by Mrs. Carrie from Decision of Judge H. Hoyle Sink Judge H. Hoyle Sink, in Transy- . Ivania County Superior Court late Thursday afternoon, December 17. ienied the appeal taken by Mrs. N. B. C. Carrier from the assessment levied against her by the State commission- , 2r of banks, Gurney P. Hood, in the sum of $10,000 as holder of 100 ; shares of stock in the defunct Bre vard Banking comply. The assessment against the stock holders was made in due time after 'ailure of the bank, and last July, VI rs. Carrier, through her counsel, Vlayor Ralph H. Ramsey, appealed to ;hc Superior Court, the issues being ' icard by Judge Sink Thursday af xraoon. Mrs. Carrier charged that fraud' las been practiced by the officers and , i' rectors of the closed bank when it j l creased its capital stock in 1923 j i om $100,000 to $125,000, the com- . ilaint of Mrs. Carrier alleging that ; ; he bank at that time was insolvent ? md while in this condition, which wa? j n own to the officers and directors of ho bank, or should have been known 0 them, the president of the bank, in icco, dance with instructions from the Kianl of directors, approached II.N. Harrier, agent for Mrs. Carrier, and i , nduced him to purchase the 100 j , hares of stock, the par value berrig , 100 per share, but for which she paid < 1150 a share, or a total of $15,000. j] Mrs. Carrier asked that the stock (j raudulently sold to her be cancelled . 1 ,nd that the assessment against her | ie likewise cancelled. She also asked , or the return of the $15,000 which j he paid for the stock. All charges in the complaint as to ' raiftl were denied by the commis- < aner of banks, through counsel. J.'< Vill Pless, Jr., and W. P. Kimzev. < Judge Sink denied the appeal of i Irs. Carrier and notice of appeal to 1 he Supreme Court of the State was '? aken. * 5 :0UNTY ROADS GET GREATEST BENEFIT j ? ? ? i Raleigh, Dec. 23.? Maintenance of I he county highways by the State, as ? rovided by the 1931 General As- j embly will save the State $400,000 n transpoptation. despite the 15 per , ent increase in'number of pupils auled. Governor O. Max Gardner ; iiotes Dr. A. T. Allen, State super- ! itendent of public instruction and ; < lembers of the State Board of i Equalization, as predicting, as a re- i ult of the 6plendid condition the , I ounty roads ha'f\been placed in by .i he State Highway Commission. In many mountain counties, -in > rhich roads were allowed to go dur- j ' ig the winter months, leaving many : 1 f these impassable from December 1 1 March, the Stdte Highway Com lission has treated them to 640,000 * sns of gravel, in order. to make them !?! assable, Governor Gardner said. ;1 'his "releases" many of the moun-|< ain people who were ''bottled up"'i tiring the winter months, except for ' ulking or horseback riding, he ?aid. ( "I am hearing from all over the > itate and many people who opposed I he State maintenance i/.ir are now) eartily in favor of it,'' Governor, iardner said. "I feel sure that if it j /ere left to a vote of the people now : s to whether the State should con- i inue or the counties resume high- ] /ay maintenance, the verdict would i e overwhelmingly and decisively for]] itate maintenance. "It is hard to convince property | wners that this system is wrong ,s /hen they travel over the roads and't ,-hen they see the great reduction in t heir tax receipts," Governor Gard-H ler said. < COUNTY GETS MORE MONEY FROM STATE FOR BUS DRIVERS Five Hundred Dollars Allotted for the Attendance Officer Here 46 COUNTIES ENTERED IN RURAL SUPERVISION State Equalization Board Plays Santa Claus to Many Schools of State Raleigh, Dec. 23. ? The State Board of Equalization, at its meeting last week, alloted $165,078.18 to three items in connection with the opera tion of the public schools, including $63,883 for additional transporta tion, $54,870 as part of salary and expenses of school attendance offic ers, and $37,325.18 to aid in rural supervision, Secretary LeRoy Martin announces. The transportation amount is in addition to the amount allotted for last year and is to take care of schools in which consolidation has been made since last year, at the rate of $5 a year per child added to those transported. Seventy counties partic ipate in the new allotment, 21 ethers having no consolidations since last year and no reports are made by the remaining nine. Chatham leads in number of children transported as a result of the new consolidations, with 594 children, getting $2,970. XVake gets 52,545, Yadkin $2.4G0, Wilkes $2,450. Attendance activities are support ed jointly, the State Board paying from $400, plus $100 traveling ex penses, to $1,200 plus $200 traveling expenses, the cpunties being required to match the amounts, or may exceed them, the State allotments, being made on a sliding scale, based on county population. Eighty - seven counties are participants in this al lotment, receiving $43,715 on salary and $11,155 on travel expenses of at tendance officers. Forty-six counties participated in the rural supervision allotment, the State paying one-third of the salary *nd $200 toward travel t-xpenses. Twelve counties have both white and :olored "supervisors, eight have white inly and 26 have colored only. The 'olored supervisors are, in a sense, serving as county superintendents for the colored schools. Colored schools get $20,155.18 and white schools $17,570 from this fund. Transylvania county, under the new allotment, gets $1,386 additional for transporting pupils; $400 for salary ind $100 for travel expenses of the attendance officer, and nothing for rural supervision, Secretary Mart n's figures show. FREE SHOW AT THE CLEMSON THEATRE Hundreds of children will- ftll the Ilemson Theatre Christmas morning it 10:30 o'clock to see the. annual :rea picture show given by Verne Clement to the children of Transyl vania county. The Christmas show for this sea ion is entitled "Charlie Chan Carries 3n'' and as usual all the children within the county are cordially in cited to attend. Mr. Clement has given this free show to the children for the past ten .ears and it has become an annual feature for all the youngsters of the :ounty look forward to this additional A 'eattire of Christmas every year. STUDENTSMGHT AT^ THE FIRST BAPTIST Students night will be held at the 3revard Baptist church Sunday night it 7:30 o'clock, Rev. Paul Ilartsell, castor of the church, announced Monday. All students of Brevard and Tran lylvanin county are urged to attend he services and -collegians home for :he Christmas holidays are es-pecial y urged to be preserif for the exer lises. Men Arrested Here Are Taken To Madison County Jail for Investigation Three Madison county officers took nto custody here Friday morning the hroe men, Archie McPhail, of Ham nond, Ind., Richard Cloud, of Ind anapolis, Ind., and James Prine of Foledo, Ohio, who were captured here astJtyiwday, Dec-ember 14 by Sheriff r. E. Patton and his posse after u jpirlted chase.. A fourth man ea raped. The three then were taken to the Madjpen county jail to be lodged thefr and held without bond, pending further investigation at the ca?\ The trii! wifl be held in Marshall Thurs day.^' ?B ? ? :y. The men are charged with attempt fing to hold up and rob J. L. Johnson of Orangeburg, S. C., on the Mar shalf-Hot Springs highway. The men are alleged to have fol lowed Johnson in his car from Ashe ville to Hot Springs, where a idide in the road- blocked the car. Johnson, a short distance ahead, is said to have {informed the road crew that the men i in the car behind were attempting to rob him t Charges of reckless driving and transporting whiskey have been made against the three men here. They will be tried ia Transylvania county after the case at. Max-shaft ha* been 'dipjxWd of.