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iiittWAY EVENT S HAPPY OCCASION m HEW YEAR DAY ii M 1 1 an mi , {Cvntimed from pa^t <m*) University,' *aa principal speaker of the day. Addresses of welcome were 1 rieltvered by F. G. Hamblen, presi dent of the Greenville Chamber of. Commerce, and Hon. A. C. Mmh, ! mayor of Greenville, Response to. the ? address of welcome vu made by j Mayor Balph H. Ramsey, of Brevard. Tbe Associated Press sent a rep resentative from Columbia to cover the day's work, while many news papers had their ?aus representatives present to sepd adtwewd of the event, I this section thus obtaining much valuable publicity. The following account of the meet- ! iug was given in Saturday sforning's Gwarville News: A spirit of friendship marked the ! event, many new acquaintances be- j ' tween residents at the two cities be- , 1 iilg made and old friendships re- j newed. Before and after the formal , program, general gettogether sessions | were enjojed by all present. Fog an4 lowering clouds, together j, with chilly weather, made driving . . conditions unpleasant, but the disa- 1 g resale conditions were forgotten ; . before the glowing fire in the lobby i of the hotel and in the dining room, ; which was heated for the occasion, j Massages of greetings and con- . ! giatulations were read from Govern or Gardner, of North Carolina; !( Governor Blackwood, of South Caro lina; United States Senator Cam- ( eron Morrison, of North Carolina; , E. B. Jeffress, chairman of the North Carolina Highway commia- . sion, and B. H. Peace, publisher of j The Greenville News and Piedmont. 1 Dr. Pool spoke of "heroic" ac- ! complishments in the early develop- ; roent of the two states, declaring "To ! , the aid of that desperate struggle; science has brought a tool in the j ' shape of mechanical devices, of steam, ' of waterpower, of electricity, of im proved transportation. "And to this high mission," he con- 1 tinued, "as a tool of human need do j we dedicate thts highway." j| Scenic Country The new highway, approximately | c;n in length, winds through a , ZSSk 'SrA unusual ?a? Tlie significance of completion of ; the new route in the development not only of Western North Carolina and upper South Carolina but t? ?d whole of two states "as emphasized , bv Mvs. E. L. McKee, of Sylva, , V state senator from her district. , "?'I think," Mrs. McKee said, good | roads are more responsible for the ( development of Western North Caro Hna as a whole, South Carolina and the south possibly than anything , else. This highway x x x >n P?^cu lav should mean the bringing of the, culture of the world to our doors." - The same thought was expressed , bv Mayor Ramsey, of Brevard who , said, "Commerce, industry and cul . ture of tho world advance with the , H The dinner was sponsored by the I Chambers of Commerce of Green ville and Brevard. Other speakers included: William E. Breese, Brevard attorney, who officially represented ; Governor Gardner; J. G. Stikeleath , er of Asheville, former highway com- , missioner; Otis Greene, mayoi o 1 Asheville; Jerry Jerome, president ot the Brevard Chamber of Commerce, ?James F. Barrett, Brevard news paperman, and W. A. Floyd, of Greenville, district highway engineer. Mr. Barrett urged that united ef forts be made to extend the new im n roved highway on from Brevard to Wavnesville to connect with a route under construction across the Creat Smoky Mountain National Park to Gatlinburgr, Tenn., by the way of Soco gap. He suggested rep resentatives of congress of. botn states be asked to seek federal aid for the project. Completion of this unite, he said, would place Greenville within three and a half hours travel from Knoxville. , High tribute was paid by Air., Barrett to Mr. Peace for. the lat- . ter's part in bringing about the com pletion of the Greenville-Brevard l? "Mr. Peace has dotie yeoman's service in the building of this road and the development of this sec tion," Mr. Barrett said. At his sug gestion a rising vote of thanks was given Mr. Peace. Dr. Pool paid tribute to the "thousands of heroic mold who labored unceasingly toward the. "P building of the two states and Science Has Aided "To the aid of that desperate strug i'le .science has brought a tool in the shape, of mechanical devices, of steam, cif water power, of electricity, of improved transportation. ? "This highway," he said, is. more than '"a strip' of. concrete twenty-odd feet wide; itJS' a ?[ ?fur () ,/e c. und an agenffchd symbol of our ae. this high' mission,' rontinued, "as tool of human need do we dedicate this highway. - Harking back to the early.,., days, inthe development" of the two sta^gx. the speaker eulogized Sbfomgn Jones, who built' one of first, road* - ?? this sectlqn, and to ?.th?r - Pioneer Road Buudei . "I pay tribute'," Dr. A . the folks who before us m thestf two states have sought to. advance fcipian Wll bcin* to Mr. Solomon Jones, the pioneer road builder, owr whose grave tb?e is the inscription? He Built aSWad." And to those who are coming in tl^se times there^ to be the ?same kind of ? He described the scenic beauty .01 this raountain section aaCpomted W MUCH WORK DONE (Continued from jmm OM] | Jonee. Prof. Jones has Mn requested to pay this relief each month and Uw Board will no longer handle thia item. The board agreed to pay the Transylvania Times $760.00 for . ad vertising the tax sales, deeming it advisable to pay 1300.00 immediately and pay the remaining 1440.00 aa it becomes available. The county was ordered by the Board to employ Mrs. Sadie S. Patton of Hendersonville as Court fStenoj grapher, she to receive 110.00 per day during court. The Board voted to cooperate with the Western North Carolina Farm Movement in every way possible. It was voted to give Welch Gallo way $20.00 for four stills he has des troyed W. E. Breese, county attorney was appointed by the Board to confer wllE officials of the Pisgah Mills relative to the agreement they made as to the operation of the mill when the county agreed to reduce valuation of the Mill property. Two petitions were submitted to the Commissioners to be reccomended to the State Highway commission in order that the petitioned roads might t>e added to the State maintenance roads. T. C. McCall presented a petition signed by 94 others relative to closing :he road leading from the Quebec station to Stat* highway No. 28 by the Beck place and completing and maintaining a road leading from Quebec station to Highway No. 28 by B. T. Whitmire's. A petition was presented by Mrs. H. J. Jordan and signed by 19 others n reference to having the road from ;ast Maple Street and passing by Patrick Henry's, R. T. Aiken, Alfred Tinsley, Herman Jordon, Camp Chickasaw and the Country club, be added to the State Highway commis sion's list of mainten$pce roads. Both petitions were forwarded to the Commission by the Commissioners svith their recommendation. GLA2ENER CHOSEN W .N. C. CHAIRMAN (Continued, from page one) county, those crops and products of which it has a surplus and those where a shortage exists, with a view to adapting the production to meet the demand. , The points of the program which 1 wera unanimously adopted by the workers at the meeting Monday night ' are. The five-year objectives: 1. Grow enough for our needs. I 2. Devise model schedules of space | allotment to crops and products on j each farm, according to size and lo- ' cation, to assist farmers who can't ' plan to best advantage. 3. Maintain high, quality in every thing. 4. Have more and cheeper feed production. 5. Have permanent pasture im provement. 6. Improve the soil. 7. Use good seeds, certified if pos sible. 8. Raise more vegetables and other truck crops. 9. Produce more cheaply, so the surplus can be shipped away apjl sold; educate farmers in wrolesale methods. 10. Urge consumers to use what can be produced in this region. 11. Inform farmers as to what ' merchants can sell. 12. Improve home conditions. 13. Irrigate with water from storage dams built in spare time, to j be independent of drouths. The 5-10-yeai' objectives: j Must Be Continued (In some lines of endeavor, resuiTs can be well obtained by the end of the five-year period, but activity must be continued into !0 years to be nearer a satisfactory point). 14. Standardize breeds and pro duets, each county making its own , decisions. 15. Increase poultry, hogs, sheep jand eattls. ? (One may readily see that a stan ! dardizacion of vegetables, poultry, i hogs and sheep can be more quickly ! attained, than a standardization of | heavier livestock and dairy cattle. An | increase in poultry, hogs, sheep and llivestock can be made in five yej; 's to | present number,' which admittedly is I unsatisfactory) , j The l/)-year objectives: 16. Maintain canneries in each county, with a united sales chain. 17. Sell carloads, of feeder cattle for manure and the market. 18. Prepare to -build the cattle in dustry to the point that a packing plant can be supported in Western North Carolina. 19. .Ir.crcase and protect wild game. 20. Stock streams and lakes with fi?h. ... . 21.. .Carry on reforestation and protection of . existing forests. Smoky Mountain park." ? The Greenville- Brevard . ^highway, approximately 50 miles in lengtK, has been described as oi}e of the, most beauiifci scenic routes in the two Btateqir The entire- highway cost -more than a. million, dollars, the last link, a ,Se?tMn.betweeg Manetta and Cleve land,! ,Jiaving been d'oinpieted & , days ago. ? . ... . : < m.i I WANT TO RENT A FARM. I am a good farmer. Will pay share or cash rent. Mre Brevard- Ne\vs. FOR RENT? Well located business' prop&-tyv spJenBi^ Bcatio?si?or merchandise- estaHjsiJhentS. Sac'-dEd 3on JM^cara, Jin>le.v. Builjing rr"fa CHAIRMAN TELLS OF ROAD WORK DONE WNORTH CAROLINA ;v]7. ;..y : i (Centkuic4 /rota pastt one} j* reduced: . . 2 On July 1 the eld construction dis- t tricts were abolished, and five main teaapce divisions set up with capable ] supervision over each division and { district, and all the roads placed 5 under the patrol system of mainten- f ?nce so that every mile of road has | someone responsible for it More than (800,000 worth ef new machin- , , sry and equipment was purchased for f i maintenf nee work, the last of these , ] deliveries now being completed. |] The highway commission is, there- j fore, able to carry on with efficient , i machinery during the next 12 c month. A corresponding increase has been made throughout the. state for the proper servicing of this ma- r chinery. 1 Prison Camp Work t Christmas found the highway com mission in custody of 4,276 men scat hed in prison camps throughout the jtate. Three camps were completed, j and a dozen more were under con- ' itruction with sites acquired at sev- J ;ral other places so that in the early part of the new year the housing problem for prisoners in comfort!- 1 able and satisfactory quarters will ye accompished. Immediately upon assuming charge t >f count/ roads in July a careful^ :heck of school bus roads was made j is soon as the equalization board had ^ determined upon its consolidation ^ program on the various counties and j ?special attention was given to school e >us routes. Where local rock was ; ivailable many of these roads 'have , received rock or gravel surfacing, and j portable crusher outfits were organ- 1 ized to crush the local stone. Many , thousand tons of such stone has i seen placed giving a satisfactory . surfacing, particularly the mountain j j roads. : , Where top soil was available many : ( miles of new soil roads were con-i( structed, and 33 bridges gangs were' operating at the year's end in repair- : ing state and county bridges on | larger projects in addition to repairs i ( to smaller bridges and construction ] af new bridges under the various i ] district engineers. The highway , commission was a large purchaser of , local bridge lumber in the various ( sections of the state during the last ( half of the jyar. Reserve Sand Supplies , 1 In order to meet the winter emer gencies 60,000 tons of crushed stone , is being stock-piled, and spread as the need develops on the roads. In ; many counties reserve supply of sand , and gravel has been stored also for emergency use. Snow removal equipment has been purchased, and some constructed by highway forces, in order to niefct emergencies caused by heavy snows. The highway commission enters the tfew Year with a feeling of con fidence that its entire force, from top to bottom, has done its best to do a good job in highway mainten- 1 ance and construction. Revenues have held up so for to estimates, and the work has been done within the budget allotments. If revenues continue on a satisfac tory basis during 1932 the highway, commission will be able to continue its maintenance work on a most sat isfactory basis, thereby giving em ployment to many people throughout North Carolina this winter. WILL ALLOW LAND I TO BE REDEEMED The board of commissioners in reg ular session Monday, realizing that a large number of foreclosure sales un der, the power of sale in judgments rendered prior to December 1, 1930. duly advertised, property sold and sale confirmed by clerk of the court and the deeds for land ordered to be made, and deeds for said land made and executed by the commissioners, to i the county; and further that it is the desire of the commissioners noc to work any hardships on parties who failed or neglected to pay ta-xes- for which said lands were sold ? they therefore passed a resolution ;o the effect that when owners or assignees of the land so sold, shall pay tax'es, interest, penalty and cost connected with the foreclosure proceedings, the commissioners would make a deed for the land to the assignee or owner of the land; provided that this, is done prior to July 1, 1932. GEO. NiefilSOl IN PRESSING BUSINESS George Nicholson, for a number of years- in the cleaning and pressing business here, has re-entered the bus iness after an absence of several weeks, and is operating his plant next dooi> to tj^e Joines Motor company/on Main street.. Associated, with. Mr. Nicholson at the i "Barrel v-GJeaners," which is the name ol the new toncern, will be A. P. Russell, of Ft. Worth, Texas, who comes to Brevard highly recommend ed, .having had a number of years of experience" in this line of work. ? iffi. vb Little sister, eager to see the new baby ? May 1 see .the' new baby the dentist brought? ? r " 'f, " ! I; ? .3 "? ?" - -666 ; ? ? . .*. i' ' - ? ? 666 Limud -or liabllts lised internally and '668 Sdlve externally, make a complete fra? 'Effective treatment >for ; ? V^WJQ.in ?ashjfsri?e# ? M w'V* FORMER BANKERS AND OFFICIALS MAY ' KNOW THEIR FATE BY FRIDAY NIGHT ae supreme court last Net ember, lonpioted of 282 mimeographed page*. jrWle separate brief* were AM by Hiipman, SilVersteen and the other tix defendants. fhe state's brief was submitted by j Dennis Q. Brummitt, state attorney-' renerar, and A. A. F. Seawell, assist int attorney-general. Mr. SeaweU" irgued the case. Defense Briefs ' The brief for the defendant Ship nan was prepared by the Asheville aw Arm of Johnson, Smathers and lolling, T. A. Uzzell, Jr., and Moore Jryson. Lewis Hamlin and Jones and Ward nibmitted the brief for the defend mts, Fisher, Pickelsimer, McNeely, iVhite, Owen and Talley. The Asheville law firm of Merri non, Adams and Adams appeared on ?he brief for Silversteen. John Sneed ^damB, of this firm, argued the case >efore the supreme court. The state's brief contended: "The evidence tended to show that he county of Transylvania had a arge amount of funds on deposit in J?e Brevard Banking company, be ween $600,000 and $600,000, and that his was quite sufficient for all of its >eeda. "The evidence further showed that ;he bank was in a shaky condition ind, in fact, at that time was insol vent, and its condition was known \ot only to Silversteen and Shipman, >ut should have been known to all of .he county conftnissioners who were lealing with it, and actually was cnown to a number of them, who had itated that they could not get the noney out of the bank. Two Things Followed "Shipman and Silversteen were ;een at the court house in consulta :ion with members of the board of :ommissioners, and almost immedi itely thereafter two things followed: first, a letter by Shipman and Sil versteen to the board of commission 's which, on account of the political ;ffect of the act which they were ap parently about to accomplish, was published in the newspaper as an ipolOgy for the act. This letter itself lppears to have been a false pre pense, but it was acted upon. Im mediately a proceeding was begun to sell $100,000 bonds of the county, which the defendant McNeely, in his capacity as county accountant, de clared to. be necessary, and ail of the defendant commissioners, as well as the defendant Fisher, signed the pro ceedings, and all of the defendant commissioners the resolution to issue? the $100,000." During the course of the trial, the defendants, either collectively or in dividually, listed 333 exceptions which are summarized in four groups: faulty bill of indictment in that it al leged felony and misdemeanor in same bill; incompetency of much of state's evidence; evidence of insuffi cient force and authority to warrant submission to jury; and incorrect statement of evidence by the presid ing judge. Claim Unfair Charge _ Reviewing the trial and the var ious evidence, the commissioners' brief concluded with criticism of Judge Sinks charge to the jurv, in sistmg: "The court gave the contention of the state and called the attention of the jury to some extent with regasd to the contentions as to the funds on deposit in the bank . . but at no time did the court give the conten tions of the defendants as based on the evidence. The court a number of times told the jury that the defend ants contended they were not euiltv and contended that the money was teWe,d+in g00d faith' and such broad statements as that, but the jury_was deprived of instructions from thevowirt'M to the effect vo*d I weight which it should give to the evidence." The Shipman brief also criticised! the court's charge, and declared the ccurt erred in "failing' to state in a ' plain and correct manner the evi- j dence , given .in the case, especially to; explain'- '-to the jury the evidence re- i lied on by the defendants." The Silversteen brief, prepared by Sneed Adams, described the evidence as inadequate and faulty, concluding with ? masterful plea in behalf of the Brevard financier and lumberman: , _ "The financial world- had experi enced a great shock about this time all over Western North Carolina; banks had failed, five or six in Bun combe, several in Rutherford, Mur eiy, ? Waynesville, HendersonviHe, arshall, Burnsville, Black Moun tain, Sylva, Bryson City ? all of them had gone down shortly prior to the failure of this institution, which was jone of the last. People were fright ened . . they withdrew their money from the banks as fast as they could get it . . collections could not be made ?. . the whole financial world was at sea. Any man who was un fortunate enough to be connected with an institution wis pillored . . the mass of people who had lost, some of them their all, in these in stitutions. took up the cry which has been universal ever since the time of Jesus Christ ? 'Crucify Him' . . . about all that was necessary to se cure a conviction was to charge a bank official with a criminal act, any criminal act. j "We do not ask for a new trial . . the defendant does not believe the ; evidence warranted the verdict as to him.! Defendant is not willing to go . through the terrible ordeal of anoth er trial to escape the consequences of ? the monetary punishment imposed I . . if this court is of opinion that , the evidence in this case measures up"fo the kind and character requir ed in felony cases ? the evidence be ;ing purely circumstantial -^/the de fendant will bow in humble submis jsion and perform the sentence im posed . . the state could certainly j produce the same evidence against I him in any future trial, and he is ;not willing to undergo this on the I doctrine of chances." TRANSYLVANIA QO.-* rmrn AND NAMES LEASERS L <o-b /rem om) ingwiU be announced within the next few days. Need for ? cooperative lime I to take care of the vaa? shortage line in soils of the county was stress ed by the faqnera present. The fact that lime can be bad very cheaply in Transylvania with the proper organ ization of the fanners in their pur chase of this necessary item, and al so the Tact that there are several mines in the comty from which jt high grade of lime can be obtatirip^ .was stressed. Several of the farmers present | were outspoken in their plea thst I concerted effort be made to obtain aa all-time farm agent to assist profes sors Glazener and Corbin in their work. Those attending the meeting Satar day and taking part in the di ;scn*~ sion were: Prof. J. F. Corbin, Boa man agricultural instructor; Prof. J. I A. Glazener, Brevard agricultural instructor; Claude Shuford<bf the county board of education; Jeny Jerome, President of the Brevard Chamber of Commerce; J. Wade Dixon, Selica; Paul Glazener, of the Sunny Side Dairy; Willis Brittain, of the B. and B. Feed company; S. M. Macfie, Brevard druggist; E. Carl Allison, of Cherryfield; Frank D. Clement, Jeweler; H. B. Glazener, of Con nes tee; Otis Shipman, of David son River; Sam McCullough, Cheny field; Mayor Ralph Ramsey, Brevard; and the following ladies: Mrs. Bates Patton, Mrs. T. P. Galloway, Mrs. Sam McCullough, Mrs. Marcus Wil liams and Mrs. F. Henderson. Other members of the Transylvania Farm Committee are ? Farmers: Ar thur Whitmire, C. F. Woodfin, Carlos Lyday, Sam Owen, Will Raines,; Farm Ladies: Mrs. W. C. Gravely, Mrs. Martin Shipman, Mrs. Claud? Shuford, Mrs. Jordan Whitmire, Mrs. Tinsley Brown; business men: W. L. Talley, A. M. White, J. W. Glazener, C. R. McNeely, L. E. Pow ell, S. R. Joines, A. H. Harris, James F. Barrett, W. W. Ellison. LET US DO YOUR JOB PRINTING CLASSIFIED ADS FARM WASTED? About fifty to | one hundred acres, with buildings, must be* clear of debt. Will trade a nice nine room house in. Brevard, clear of debt, now rented. Describe fully what you have to offer. J; B. Nolan Co., Shelby, N. C. D3lJ7c ENGLISH BROTHERS, Skoe Rc Builders? Anything in Shoe repair ing ? We satisfy. Rose Building, Fourth ave., Hendersonville, N. C. We pay. postage, so mail your shoes to us. Junll 4t NEWEST MAJESTIC RADIOS at i Houston Furniture Company, Bre vard. Guaranteed no "A-C hum.' A high class Radio at a reasonable price. jly 31ti FIRE WOOD, Stove Wood, Kindlrng. Sand and Gravel. Trunks and j Baggage and general hauling. Rates treasonable. Siniard Transfer Co. j Phone 118. Aug 13 4tc ! ? : : 1 HAVE A CLIENT who has a 50 acre farm, good home, outbuild ings, in Jackson county. He wants tc swap for a place in Transylvania county. What have you to trade on'! See Judson McCrary, Tinsley Build ing, Phone 172. Oc29tf VICTOR RADIOS . . Vio?or Phono graphs . . Victor Records . . It it's a Victor, it's* good. For wit At Houston's Furniture Store. M12tf WANTED ? Evory one Interested i? Radios to call and sea the wonder ful Atwater-Kent Radio. Hear it and [Bee it at the Houston Furniture com pany's store. JIBtfc i i . PIANO ? We have a beautiful up right piano in this community that will be returned to us. For lack of storage space we will transfer this account to some responsible party, allowing all that has been paid on >same. Terms if desired. Quick action necessary. Address Box 478, Concord, N. C. Jan 7,14,21c JANUARY SPECIAL? Best time in the year to use our Beauty Cream and we again offer absolutely free one trial size bottle on each Monday in January on the presentation of this advertisement. Brevard Pharmacy. Jesse B. Pickel simer, Ph.G., Prop. thru Jan RADIO REPAIRING by an expert ? John Reese Sledge, recognized in Brevard as an auth#rity on Radios arid Television is now with Houston Furniture Co. Aug 27 tf I mm Condensed Statement of the Transylvania Trust Company at the close of Business December 31, 1931 RESOURCES 2,710.00 . 4,175.60 . 55,000.00 . . ; 9,097.21 Loans and Discounts U. S. Government Securities . . . North Carolina State Bonds .... Pisgah Industrial Bank, Guaranteed Asset Account Accrued Interest Paid on Bonds Purchased 38.74 Cash and Due from Banks ....... . \ 46,212.37 t- $117,233.92 LIABILITIES XfV*-. Capital Stock ? : P," 25,000.00 Undivided Profits ........ ..... . /; ?? " . 8.37 Deposits r. ; ;;1:.r:^2, 225.55 $117/233.92 ' ?:> ?? ?">* r:" . . Officers *' ' >**?-*>>??> ? - 4V^= ... HVjJ3. KEL^Y, President A. M. WHIT Wm&F, V-Pres. S. k ? JGtfNBS, Vice-President M. B: McffMlEL, CasJiier , H, . .. .. *"??????? ?? * Directors H. B. Kelly er S^B^Jstnes J. H. Pickelsimer HV XUThim?# C. R. Mc^eely A* Hr Houston , Judson Mcty&ry J,- . p. Clement . Jos. Lewii.BjJIamliB Otto Ate Jtai&er ;S: 24, ,1?#V -itimnmiiHwmwmwmmiui i ? ? Mha m - ? * " ."AC ?T- --.C *' ? ???? " -? r?f ?ir , * r .??? ?'* if > : V ? ? . ' -