HAlfY QCCASJBN
** Nearly Tw0 Hundred People
Gather To Celebrate Com
pletion of Highway
GREENVILLE IS HOST TO
NORTH CAROLINA GROUP
tr Highway 284 Becomea This
Section's Most Valuable
Awet, Leaders Say
Brevard-Greenville's New Year's
party, held last Friday at Caesar's
Head, was pronounced one of the
most successful sad Important events
in this section's history, as nearly two
hundred people gathered to celeorate
the completion and opening of the
highway connecting Brevard and
Greenville. President Jerry Jerome
and Chairman Duncan MacDougald, i
of the Brevard Charaher of Com- 1
ruerce, have asserted that the event
marked a new day in Transylvania
county's history, and means more to
the advancement of the tourist busi
ness in this section than has evtx ,
been witnessed before.
Greenville Chamber of Comme
officials and business leaders
equally enthusiastic over the op"
of the highway, and predict
increased business transactions
tweeri the two sections.
The celebration was held in Ca#- ,
sar's Head hotel, and Major G. Hev*.
ward Mahon, Jr., ? past master injM, 3
art, served as loastroaster. J?jr. I"
Frank Pool, professor at Funjykih 1
(Coiitmuod on back page).
MOST BUY AUTO TAG
/ NOW, SAY OFFICIALS?
"There is positively i^S ?#xtehsionJ
of time for automobile owners to bijjl!
their licenses and all pe'rwns operfr?!;
ingr cars without licenses or'with ih? '
1931 tags are violating ?~"
geant E. S. Guthrie of the ' Noi
Carolina Highway Batrol (fecial
here Tuesday, in an interview, with,
members of The .Brevard .NewSwJl
porting staff.
Sergeant Guthrie and H. R. Frym
yer were in town Tuesday checking
up on cars without licenses and, in
discussing the matter, Guthrie said ,
that though he realized the depres
sion existing in the state today, the '
law firmly commanded him to arrest (
and have punished all the violators, j
"I realize that many people cannot j
buy their tags now, simply because
they do not have the money," the ser- j
geant said, "however, I do know ?
that many people who can buy them
are not doing so, for the reason that
they are relying upon the other fel
low's hard luck to excuse them.
"The Highway Patrol will extend
leniency to all operators for a few
days more and then we will close
down upon them strictly," he further
said, "and then the owner will have j
to buy a license and in addition pay"
a large fine."
Sergeant Guthrie also said that he | ;
desired the car owners of the district |,
to realize that the driver of the car j
must have the registration card at all ,
times. Ho announced that if the j
driver is halted for some minor detail
by a member of the highway patrol, '
they will be requested to show their ?
registration card, and unable to do I'
so, the owner will be severely prose- j
cuted. He suggested that if different j
members of a family or a business
firm used the same car, that the card |
be hidden in the car where only mem- ,
hers of the family or the customary ,
drivers could find it.
Little Mis EtiJfen Pickelsimer,
daughter of Mr. aid' Mrs. C. W.
Piceklsimer has decided that she
will furnish, the undernourished chil
dren of th? Brevard Grammar and
Primary grA#*a with lunches on Fri
day, January 28, which is her eighth
.birthday, celebrating the day iniWe
[splendid, maimer, instead of having ?
birthday pajty.
The litthtejidy's mother, ask ; her
recently i^be wanted to %Ave a
birthday pafliy arid she' answered in
the negative, s^ing thit she thdllgfct
it would, Qe much better to furnifeh
lunches fa f Uta ?hik Iren who were ih
need of fowl '
Prof. J. ?a. Sen* s, was very proud
of the ljttje girl's ideas in the mat
ter, for the >ehtimeht which she ex
pressed in thir instance, if empha
sised as sttQngly befell the citizens of
Transylvania couity by this spirit of
sacrifice, the needy "Would be amply
cared for. - : ^ v .
V .
? W .It C. CHAIRMAN
Heads Su%Comttiittee of 5-10 1
Year Plan Movement
far- Farmers
&
Prof. Julia* A, Glaiener, agricult
>1 instrowor in Brevard High
~.iool, and farm leader of Transyl
vania county, was appointed chairman
of the sub-committee of the Werterh
North Carolina 5- ID Year Organized
Farm Program aft a meeting heTd in
Asheville Monday night.
Prof. Glazener heads the imflprtant
committee of farm crops, veget^bjes
and live stock, one of the three main
divisions of the farm movement belrife
sponsored in Western Nottfc Carolina
by The Asheville Citizen ancf Times.
Working with Prof. Glazener' in the
organization program are represent
atives from the*18 counties in which
the movement will be carried on.
Plans were, made at the meeting,
( Continued on back page)
GALLOWAY WANTS j
TO CUT SAURIESj
|
x j
Register of Deeds Jess A. Galloway ;
records qn the minutes of the board
of county comrissioners show, made
a proposition last Monday to take a
ten per cent cut in salary, providing
all other county officers would do
likewise. No action was taken on the
proposition by the board, according ;
to the minutes.
Mr. Galloway's proposition would ;
vejult in saving quite a sum of money ,
to 'the taxpayers of the county, should |
all officers agree to put the decreased .
salaries into effect. It is not known
what attitude other county officials
have taken on the matter, or whether ,
they have been informed of Mr. Gal- j
loway's action.
The last session of the legislature J
effected a ten per cent decrease in the ?
salaris of all teachers and school !
officials of the state, but the measure |
did not include county officers. .
Should Mr. Galloway's proposition'
meet favorable action, the county of- '
ficers would tnen be taking the same
cut in pay as that made on the
teachers through legislative enact
ment.
Former Bankers and Officials May
Know Their Fate by Friday Night;
(The Asheville Times)
The state supreme court is expected
to hand down its opinions in the
various Brevard and Transylvania
bank cases in the near future. At
torneys look for them to be included
in the batch due Friday.
? The cases were tried in Transyl
vania county superior court in Aug
ust and the appeals were argued 1>e
for the supreme court last month.
Following conviction of the eight
bank and county officials, Judge H.
Hoyle Sink of Lexington, presiding,
sentenced four to the state's prison
at Raleigh for from two to five jears,
and fined the other four defendants.
Thomas H. Shipman, president of
the closed Brevard Banking com
pany; J. H. Pickelsimer, former
chairman of Transylvania county
board of commissioners ; C. R. Mc
Npely, former county commissioner
and county accountant for Transyl
vania, ana Ralph Fisher, former
county attorney, were given two to
five years each in the state's prison
and fiHed ?5,000 and costs.
Joseph S. Silversteen, chairman of
board of directors of the closed Bre
vard Banking company, was fined
?5,000 and costs; and three other de
fendants ? A. M. White, S. R. Owen,
and W. L. Talley, former county
commissioners ? were fined $1,000 and
costs each.
These sentences were imposed fol
lowing their conviction for conspir
acy to pervert the credit of Transyl
'vania county, while Pickelsimer,
| White, Owen, and Talley were also
'convicted of misapplication of the
'county's funds. In this case prayer
for judgment was continued upon
! payment of costs. Judge Sink also
] ordered that the defendant Fishes
be disbarred from practice of law in
'this state. All the defendants ap
! pealed.
, The charges were the outgrowth of
a $100, COO note issued by Transyl
jvania county on Sept. 13, 1930, the
proceeds of which were deposited in
the Brevard Banking company. The
state contended the note was sold to
bolster a tottering bank.
J. Will Pless. Jr. solicitor of the
eighteenth judicial district, was aid
ed by Felix Alley, of Waynesville, in
the prosecution of the case, while de
fense counsel included Lewis P. Ham
lin, D. L. English and W. E. Breese
of Brevard, Jones and Ward* Merri
mon, Adams and Adams, and John
son, Smathers and Rollins, of Ashe
ville.
The transcript of record, filed with
(Continued on "back pa<+e)
? '.vV
Announcement ?u made late Wed
nesday, by officials of the Piftgah MSB
that Mr. W. C. Bobo, forjnerly of "
Judson Mills in Greenville, and
of the best known mill men of
South, had been plaeed in charge
the Pisgah Mill here as general man
ager arid one of its principal officeri
- Mr. B. E. Geer, president <rf ? thd
mill, and associates were in Br-'?""-*
Wednesday afternoon, when,
said, plans were fleeted for plaej
ing Mr. Bobo in Charge of the plantf
and for resuming operations of thf
mill within the next few days. Thf
mill has been closed down for Beverajj
weeks. <
chMmmIOsot
ROAD WORK DONE i
IN NORTH CAROLINA
School Bus Routes Given First
Attention by the State
Force
NEARLY FIVE THOUSAND
PRISONERS BEING USBDj
State Assumed Full Control of j
All State and County
Roads July 1
{By E. B. JEFFRESS) .
Chairman, State Highway
Commission
Raleigh, Jar. 6? Outstanding
velopment in highway work in "
Carolina during 1931 was the
over on July 1 of all the co
roads, and all of the pails
?i* jvhcwe terms were 60 dayrjor m ? _
and the inauguration of a program
of maintaining the 67,000 miles of
state and county roads in North
Carolina out of revenue derived from
automobile registration and gasoline
taxes.
North Carolina was the first state
to expand its highway organization
to include all of the roads, and to
prohibit levying of any taxes on real
ami personal property for road work.
Other states are watching the prog
ress of the North Carolina program
with indications that it will be fol
lowed by some of the other states
shortly.
To do this job of maintenance the
general assembly, after providing for
debt service requirements of about
$8,000,000, set aside $10,000,000 for
state and county road maintenance i
work, and then appropriated a sur-|
plus for construction purposes.
Federal Aid Funds
In other words,' maintenance ofl
state and county roads was placed |
ahead of new construction due to j
more than $5,000,000 federal aid !
funds, of which $1,920,000 was emer- 1
gency federal aid not required to be I
matched, being used by the highway
commission to construct roads and
bridges at a cost of ?8,400,000. Dur
ing 1932, unless there is another
emergency fund from the federal j
government, the construction pro
gram will, of course, be very largely
(Continued on back page )
. Mr. Bobo trill move to Bievard at
joftcc,' it: ia aaidf and his many Green
ville friends have stated to The Bre
vard News that Mr. Bobo will be a
it addition to the community aa
citizea of Brevard. Mr. Geer stated
it Mr. Bobo b a spfendid citizen
Md a man of wide experience in both
the management of industry and in
merchandiser the products of the
mill
The Pisgah Mills employs about
people and its resumption of ac
tivity here wilt mean a tremendous
lot to the community.
, Announcement of actual date of
will be made soon.
WELL TELLS OF
SOCO GAP ENTRANCE
TO NATIONAL FOREST
Importance of Highway 284 la
Stressed ? Need for Pav*
' ing Pisgah Road
r f . .
00 MILES FROM BREVARD
TO VERY HEART OlP PARK
Completion of Brevard-Green
% ville Link Only Firs it Step
? In the Work
( Editor Seawell, of Waynesville,
writtng in The Sunday Citucenr
\ Times, gives important informa
tion as to the real mev.nimg to
tkia territory of Highway No.
284, and points out the naceseary
work to be done on the Western
end of this grebt route. Follow
m^Jng ? the .statement in, full.)
r "
With the completion of the South
| Carolina link in the interstate high
iway from Greenville to Brej'ard, road
enthusiasts in Western North Caro
lina are turning to the ta jk of im
j proving that portion of State High
iway No. 284 from Brevard across a
I portion of the Pisgah National For
est to the top of M,ount Pisgah where
?the Haywood county line is met.
j From the top to Waynesville the road
;is already hard surfaced and in good
; shape.
I But the task of improving the link
: from Brevard to the top of Pisgah
is not the most important link in
I this road. The movement on foot
jto build a road from Waynesville to
Cherokee by way of Soco Gap is the
most important step in road con
struction that now demands the at
tention of Western North Carolina
leaders. The tremendous commercial
advantages of the road just paved j
from Greenville, S. C., to the North I
Carolina line near Brevard, opening!
up a new market for the products :
of a vast expanse of mountain coun- j
try, sinks into insignificance in com- j
parison with the value of this road
as a highway from the South into
the Great Smoky Mountains National
Park. Only the building that link
of a few miles in Haywood county,
which will give access to the park;
at Soco gap, remains to be accom- ,
( Continued on page four)
CONDITION BETTER
AS TO EMPLOYMENT
Farm Labor, Women Workers
Constitute Bulk of
Unemployed
Raleigh, Jan. 6. ? Unemployment
conditions were better in the State
on January 1 than on last September
1, although 13 per cent, or 148,347
persons out of the 1,141,129 normally
employed were out of work at the
start of the year, an estimate made
by the State Department of Labor
shows. An estimate September 1
placed the number of unemployed at
178,016. Another January 1, 1931,
placed the number at 70,596, and U.
S. Census figures for April 1, 1930,
showed 44,122 unemployed.
Of eight classifications, agricult
ural wage earners showed a greater
increase in unemployment, partly
seasonal, from 7 to 24.7 per cent;
factory worker# had increased from
13 to 19.5 per cent unemployed, while
bujlding apd construction,, common
laborers and domestics decreased in
number unemployed; mechanical
trades about held their own and busi
ness, clerical and professional, and all
other unclassified trades showed con
siderable improvement. Of the un
employed, 32 per cent are women, who
comprise 40 per cent of the unemploy
ed factory workers, 44 per cent of
business, clerical and professional
workers, and 90 per cent of the do
mestic servant!,
k\ '? v .yr- y
BETTING 2 TO 1 THAT
DANIELS COMES IN
Raleigh Editor BelieVed To Be
Ready to Enter Govern
orship Race
Raleigh, Jan. 6. ? A few two-to-one
offers to bet have been made ? and
covered ? that Josephus Daniels will
be a candidate for Governor this year.
This may not be an indication of the
general view. The known bets of this
nature are few and small, but it does
show how some Raleigh folks feel.
While many believe Mr. Daniels
would prefer having A. D. MacLean,
Beaufert county representative, as a
candidate, they doubt that Mr. Mac
Lean will be forced into the race, and
feel that Mr. Daniels, if he does en
ter, will do so because Mr. MacLean
will not and he finds no candidate in
the list to whom he could give whole
hearted support.
Kinston folks are trying to help
show him his "duty" to run, taking up
his statement to the Pitt county del
egation recently that he would not de
lay If he ib shown it is his duty. He
gave no satisfaction to Washington
reporters, suggesting facetiously that
he may be a candidate for President.
Whatever he will have to say may
;be expected soco, and his statement
i may serve as the spark to set off the
dormant b.ut waiting announcements
? of. candidates for other State, district
[and county offices.
WORK OVER COUNTY
[ 2000' Boy* and Girls Go Back
to School Work After
Two thousand students and 72 j
teachers gathered in the Transylvan
ia County Schools Monday morning,1
[January 4, to resume their school
duties after a 12 day Christmas holi- 1
loth the teachers and pupils have
enjoyed ideal Christmas weather and
events, the majority of the teachers
having spent the holidays in their
own homes, in Brevard and other sect
ions.
Prof. J. B. Jones, County Super
intendent and Superintendent of Bre
vard Public School is looking for- 1
[ward to an unsualiy successful sem- '
ester's work, and all the teachers and |
students ere prepared for four I
months of study and work together. I
Collegians spending their holidays I
in Brevard and Transylvania County
with relatives and friends are re-j
turning to their prep schools and col- :
! leges this week to their scholastic i
' duties. Transylvania County has j
over sixty boys and girls in many of j
the larger colleges and universities I
of the country.
muchYorkdone
BY COMMISSIONER
Many Matter* of General In-j
teres!: Acted Upon by the I
Board Monday
The Board of County Commission-!
ers in regular meeting Monday
advised the county officials to trans- '
fer ail county funds from the State '
Trust Co. at Hendersonville where
they have been deposited since the !
closing of the Brevard Banking Co. 1
in December, 1930, to the Transylvan- !
ia Trust Co. The Commissioners ap- !
pointed the Transylvania Trust Co. 1
as official depository for all funds of [
Transylvania County.
The Board appointed O. L. Erwin, ,
L. V. Sigmon and A. H. Kizer to
audit the tax books of T. E. Patton j
for settlement of taxes for year 1930
and
meeting
! completed
|taxes of 1931 to Sheriff and Taxi
, collector.
It was deemed advisable by the
i Board to have a list of parties which
Jare supplied with permanent relief,
leach month given to Professor J. B. !
( Continued on back page)
PISGAH FOREST S.S.
HAS FINE OFFICIALS
! I
j With election of an efficient corps
| of officers and teachers last Sunday
i the Pisgah Forest Baptist Sunday
i School is looking forward to a pros
perous and profitable year.
[ Officers are as follows:
! D. H. Orr, superintendent; H. L.
Souther, assistant superintendent; I
Carlos Morris, secretary-treasurer; '
R. E. Mackey, choir leader, and Miss
j Dorothy Souther, organist. '
Teachers in the school are: R. E.
Mackey, ladies class; Charles Orr,,
j men's class; W. A. Lyday, young
i men's class; Mrs. Alcova McCall,
young ladies' class; Mrs. Duncan,'
Intermediate girls; Henry Mackcy,
'Intermediate boys; Miss Dorothy
Souther, junior girls; Mrs. H. 0. 1
Parker, junior boys; Mrs. C. E.
[Campfield, children's class; Mrs. Belle
Corn, beginners.
Sunday School is held each Sunday (
morning at ten o'clock. A large and
loyal enrollment is reported by offi
cers of the school.
TRANSYLVANIA CO.
ADOPTS FARM PLAN
AND NAMESIEABERS
J. A. Gluenef aM& Mr*. Bate*
Pattoo Selected To Head
Two Group* Here
URGES EMPLOYMENT
OF A FARM AGENT
To Develop Greater U*e ef
I Lime-? Many Deposits In
Transylvania County
| Much enthusiasm was shoevinthc
6-10 Year Plan being advocated by
The Asheville Citizen and Times by
members of the Transylvania Farm
Committee which held it initial meet
ing at the court house last Saturday
afternoon.
Lady members of the committee
who attended the meeting entered in
to the general round table discussioa
of the movement which was was led
by Prof. J. F. Corbin of Bosnian,
and Prof. J. A. Glazener of Brevard.
Business men of the town who were
iqvited guests at the meeting also
entered into the discussion, and every
angle of the question was thoroughly
gone over from all vtewpoints.
Unanimous vote of the committee
members to adopt the plan for Tran
sylvania, was followed oy the election
of general working chairmen. Prof.
Glazener was chosen general chair
man for the men's organization,
while Mrs. Bates Patton of Davidson
River, was selected by the ladies.
These chairmen with the committee
members will have charge of the gen
eral organization program.
Decision was made to hold a mass
meeting of all fanners, farm ladies
and business men of the county at an
early date, at which time the plan
will be gone over and a county-wida
organization perfected. Local precinot
organizations will in all probability
follow' the general organization, with
each community having a working
organization. Date for the mass meet
' _ (Continued, on back pane)
BANK STATEMENT
SHOWS BIG GROWTH
Officers and directors of the
Transylvania Trust company, in mak
ing their first statement of condition,
express genuine pleasure in the
splendid showing made by the bank.
The statement shows deposits of
$92,225,55, at the close of business on
December 31. The bank opened for
business on November 24, and the
fact that deposits have climbed U?
the great figure shown in the state
ment in little more than 30 days
speaks volumes for the support being
given the new institution.
The bank now has total resource*
of .$117,233.92, with only $2,710 loan
ed out. H. B. Kelly is president of
the institution, while S. R. Joines is
vice president. M. B. McDaniel is
cashier and in active charge of the -
bank. The di lectors are, in addition to
the officers, as follows:
J. H. Pickelsimer, H. A. Plummer,
C. R. McNeely, Lewis P. Hamlin,
Judson McCrary, Jos. S. Silversteen.
Otto Alexander. Frank D. Clement
and A. H. Houston.
Deposits to be made by the county
of Transylvania, in accordance with
action taken by the board of count',
commissioners last Monday, will adil
a considerable sum to the deposit
item.
Among the resources listed the
largest item is that of State of North
Carolina bonds, which the statement
shows to be $55,000, and $4,175 in
United States government securities,
and cash on hand and due from
banks, $46,212.37. The bank is capi
talized at $25,000.
I Miss Kern Sets Forth Imperative Need
:0f Transylvania County Welfare Board
j The County Welfare work, under
ithe able direction of Miss Florence
(Kern, is supplying many families
' of the county with food and clothing. j
j During the past week many needy '
i families have applied to Miss Kern'
for assistance and after investigating j
the cases carefully she has given
them the necessities of life accord- j
ing to their condition and need of im- !
mediate attention.
Office of the Welfare board, where)
all applications for help are received ?
is located four doors below The News I
office, and Miss Kern may be found I
there from one until four o'clock
each afternoon.
Miss Kern stated Tuesday that J.
S. Silversteen and the B. & B. Feed
company have rendered very valu
able services to the work. Mr. Silver
steen donated a large quantity of
wood to be distributed among the
families who have no fuel. The cash
valuation of the wood has been es
timated at over $50. Six unemployed
men worked one week to cut the wood.
The B. & B. store ground the corn
given by citizens of the county, into
aeal
, "We have received many caHs
.1 Mmm
. s.,. P ? : ?
for children's clothing, especially
shoes for children between the ages
of 6 and 15," Miss Kern said. "We
do not have any shoes for women or
children at present and many children
are being kept out of school for lack
of proper apparel. This should be
given immediate attention."
Miss Kern is confident that thi?
appeal will bring many pairs of
shoes and a quantity of coats and
dresses to be used in the work.
Vegetables are needed at this time,
Miss Kern said, for a large number
of families. Cabbage, turnips and po
tatoes will be gladly accepted and
used where the need is greatest.
Citizens of Transylvania county
are urged to enter into this work
with spirit. Leaders in the welfara
work urge each individual to give
freely of any food or clothing they
mayo have, though it may call for ?
little sacrifice in so doing. Some fam
ilies in itht county are in desperate
straits for food. Any person bavin*
j something that can be used in tUft
'.vork is urged to take it to the We
lfare office on News Arcade, and Miaa
jKem will see that it is placed wher*
lit will. do the most good.