BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, MARCH 3, J932
VOLUME XXXVII
LETTERS WRITTEN
* BY HENDERSON AND
-VHALL OF INTEREST
Baptist Mini?S -v Plead With
gL. Small to Support Na
ygp&r tional Prohibition
SMALL THEN MEMBER OF
CONGRESS FROM N. C.
Letters Written 17 Year* Ago
[ Interesting Now as Small
I Speaks Here
I '
I Correspondence between Rev. J. K.
mlenderson, of this county, and Hon.
PJohn H. Small, carried on back in
1915, when Rev. Mr. Henderson was
living in Camden county and Mr.
Small was a member of Congress
from the district embracing Camden ;
county, will prove most interesting to j
the people here because of the ap- ,
pearance in Brevard tonight of Mr. |
Small. The former congressman is j
here to deliver an address against |
prohibition, or for the repeal of the
prohibition laws. Rev. Mr. Hendersons
is one of the outstanding preachers I
of the county, being an official in the I
Transylvania Colin ty Baptist associ-J
ation. j
The correspondence between the ?
noted minister and the former Con- !
gressman passed at the time that !
national prohibition was gaining its j
first real foothold in congress. Mr. ,
Small was then working against :
national prohibition, while Rev. Mr. j
Henderson, as a minister and as a j
citizen, was working'for the adopt-:
ion of national prohibition laws. ,
Beginning of the correspondence had ,
its setting in a meeting in Camden
county, over which Rev. Mr. Hender- ;
son presided; a resolution was adopt-!
i d at that meeting, urging Mr. Small i
as their representative in congress to '?
vote and work for a national pro- j
hibition law. The Hobson resolution I
was then before congress, providing 1
for an amendment to the constitution
prohibiting the manufacture or sale
of intoxicating liquors. Mr. Henderson '
upon authority of the Camden county
meeting, sent the resolutions adopted
at that meeting to the then Congtvss- |
man Small. j
In reply to that resolution and ]
accompanying letter, Mr. Small wrote ,
as follows to Mr. Henderson:
Small's Letter
Washington, i). C.
November 23, 11U5.
''Mr. J. K. Henderson, Chm.,
"Shiloh, N\ C.
"Dear Mr. Henderson :
"I am in reedpt of a printed reso- !
lution signed by yourself as Chair- j
man and Mr. J. C. Wright, Secretary, i
purporting to have been passed at. a J
meeting in Camden County, asking '
me to vote for the "Hobson Resolu
tion.'' I assume this refers to a
resolution considered at the last |
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TO COMPLETE WORK !
AT MONDAY MEETING
Completion of the Veterans of !
Foreign Wars post will be made at I
the court house Monday night, March
7, at 7 :30 o'clock when the post will |
be officially mustered iti and officers (
elected.
A number of men who have seen 1
service in foreign lands have alfeady I
signed application for the charter, >
which is being hefd open in order to j
obtain an many charter members as j
possible.
State officers from Asheville will j
be here to give the local post its start i
at the meeting Monday night.
Immediate work of the V. F. W.
is to procure payment in full of all
adjusted compensation certificates, a
bill being ready to offer in Congress
to this effect. Officials of the organi-j
zation state that if the bill passes for ;
immediate payment in full of the cer- ]
tificates that over one hundred thous- '
and dollars will be paid to the
veterans of this county.
FORMER CITIZEN !
CALLED IN DEATH:
j
Funeral serrf* for J. W. K. j
banning, who died at his home near j
Hendersonville, early Thursday morn-j
ing, were held Friday afternoon at
3 o'clock, at Mt. Moriah, Calvert Bap- '
tist church, with the Rev, W. S. Price,
Jr., in charge. Interment was made
in the cemetery nearby.
Mr. Lanning lived in Brevard for;
a number of years, and operated a
shoe shop here, which business he was
in at Hendersonville at the time of
his death.
Surviving are his widow, who was;
before her marriage, Miss Heater ,
Whitcsldes, and five children as fol-,
lows: J. H., T. C.. and D. A. Lan- j
filing, oil of Hendersonville; S. N.
Lanning and Mrs. L. Ci. Scruggs, of
Asheville. He also leaves grandchil
dren and one great grandchild. Mr.
Lanning is also survived by his fath
er, J. M. Lanning, of Hendersonville,
wto brothers and two listers.
MRS. J. S. SILVERSTEEN
BREVARD WOMEN TO
ATTEND D.A.R. MEET
Mrs. Silversteen Is State Offi*
cer ? Mrs. Patton and Mrs.
Osborne Delegates
? /
Delegates and visitors from all !
parts of the state, arid a number ?
from out of the state, are expected j
to attend the 32nd annual North
Carolina conference of the Daugh- ;
ters of the American Revolution to |
be hclil Tuesday, Wednesday and !
Thursday at the Washington Duke !
hotel in Durham, with Mrs. Sydney ;
I'. Cooper, of Henderson, state reg- !
ent, presiding. Mrs. T. Edgar Cheek, '
of Durham, is regent of the General j
Davie hostess chapter. Mrs. J. S. j
Silversteen, of Brevard, will act in |
her capacity as state recording seen i
tary. Mrs. T. E. Patton, Jr., and j
Mrs. Ralph Osborne are expected to i
represent the Waightstill Avery
chapter as official delegates to the I
meeting and Miss Dorothy Jean Si!- j
versteen will be a conference page. |
A George Washington Bi-Centen- !
nial dinner will be held at G:30Tues?j
day night at the hotel, in "commem-j
( Continued oil back payc)
B. Y. MTCOURSE TO I
START ON MARCH 21;
Intructors have been chosen for the'
Baptist B. Y. P. U. study course .
which will begin Monday March iilj
and continues through Friday the 2f> <
Ralph Ramsey, B. Y. P. U. Director!
of the Brevard Union announced j
Tuesday.
Rev. Paul Hartsell will teach the |
Senior course, Miss Janie Strickland j
the Intermediate course and Missj
Marjorie Garren the Junior course. ;
The members of the three unions i
have already started an intensive j
drive for members to attend the study j
course evening classes and a contest
is being waged between the three
unions to see which will get a tOO
per cent attendance record.
These Study courses are being held
throughout the South in the Baptist
Young Peopk'3 Unions and it is ex
pected that several Baptist churches
of the county will hold the classes
some week curing this month.
FOREST FIRES DO i
DAMAGE IN COUNTY;
Several forest fires were reported !
in the county Tuesday and Wednes
day, four going at one time near
Rosman /Tuesday night, and much ac
reage burned over.
Several counties over this section
of the state have reported serious
blazes, some believed to have been set
out. This is the case with at least
one at Rosman, it is believed. Marnier
of burning on Joshua Mountain
caused several citizens of the com
munity to express belief that the fire
on this particular mountain was noti
accidental.
ROSMAN GIRLS TcTpLAY
IN W. C. T. C. TOURNEY
Cullowhee, March 2. ? Rosman High j
school girls basketball team is sched-,
miled to meat the andrews team here j
Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. !
The boys team is scheduled to playj
Uobbinsville at 10, in the tournament,
being staged *he re Thursday, Friday i
and Saturday.
Mrs. Emma Blake
A large number of friends here will
be saddened to hear or the death of
Mrs. Emmu Blake Prince of Boston,
Mass., who died Wednesday of lust
week at her home following a linger
Alness.
, Mrs, Prince was the sister of H. N.
Blake of SelJca and ? she spent the
winter with Mr. and Mrs. Blt^ke
during" the winter of 1930, making
' many friends Tic re during thai tin." .
HOPE ENTERTAINED
THAT OFFICES WILL
REMAIN IN BREVARD
I
Quick Work on Part of Citi
zens Said To Be Bear
ing Fruit
MEANS MUCH TO TOWN
TO RETAIN THE OFFICES
Plan Was Launched to Make
Headquarters In Hen
dersonville
There is probability that the State
| Highway offices will remain in Bre- ]
vard as a Result of efforts put forth :
by many citizens here, following an- 1
nouncement several days ago that
the headquarters for this district ,
were to be removed to Henderson- :
i vilJe. District offices were established!
here when the State took over all the
highways, with S. B. Howard engin:
eer in charge. Brevard was especial
ly proud to have been selected as head
quarters, the community deriving
material benefit because of selection
of this place as headquarters. >
Several days ago announcement
was made that the offices were to be
removed to Hendersonville, after re
organization and enlargement of the
district. Engineer Ferguson was
placed in charge of the enlarged dis
trict, with' Mr. Howard as assistant
engineer. When word was received in
Brevard that there was talk of re
moving the offices to Hendersonville
the Chamber of Commerce, the Ki
wanis Club, and many citizens be- !
came active and took the question up i
with Engineer Walker, Chairman |
Jetfress and other highway and
State officials, the governor included, j
Members of the county board of .
commissioners in a special meeting ,
Friday night, Voted to offer the high- j
way department land suitable for j
erection of any .buildings which the ;
department might- see fit to erect for j
their convenience, this property be- .
ing close to the town of Brevard. Of- !
I
,
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KIWANIS OFFICIAL !
^ VISITS LOCAL CfcUB'
i
!
Harry L. Millner, of Morganton,
lieutenant governor of Kiwanis clubs
in the district, was a visitor at the !
Brevard club meeting held last Thurs- :
day. Mr. Millner spoke enthusiastical
ly of the membership campaign that |
is 'to be staged by all Kiwanis clubs ,
of the Carolinas district during the '
month of March, and commended the i
local club for its active participation !
in matters o^ civic interest during the!
past year. j
Prof. J. F. Winton, superintendent :
of Brevard Institute, was welcomed
as a new member in (he club. Two
members of the Moland-Dfysdale com- !
pany, of Etowah, which company is;
making extensive expansion in the;
brick manufacturing industry, were!
guests of Paul Smathcrs. Mr. Drys- j
dale is expected to be a guest of the |
club at. an early date, at which time i
he will give details of his company's i
plans.
MR. SMALL TO SPEAK i
AT THE COURT HOUSE!
Hon. John H. Small, Washington,
D. C., attorney and former congress- i
man from the First Congressional
district of North Carolina, will speak
at the court house Thursday night of
this week, at 7 :30 o'clock, advocating
repeal of the 18th Amendment.
Mrs. Lucile C. Mclnturff, attorney
of Asheville, is also scheduled to make
an address, speaking primarily, it is '
announced to the ladies who are ex
pected to be present. She, too, is an
ardent advocate of repeal and has
been very active in organizing
women's clubs to work for repeal of
the prohibition laws.
Much interest in the event is being
shown in the community. Announce
ment as to who will preside at the
meeting has not been made.
BROAD STREET TO BE
LINK IN HIGHWAY 28
Broad street, from the Kings Creek
intersection at the Brevard Institute j
to the square will soon become a link I
in Highway No. 28, according to I
a statement made Wednesday by I
Messrs. J. C. Walker and Engineer j
Ferguson , of the Sta'? Highway '
commission. It is probable that work j
will begin within the next thirty I
days on pavement of this link, giving
iNo. 28 a straight line from King's
creek, through town. At present, No.
28 traverses North Caldwell street
to --Mtiin,Jhen up Main one block to
the square, thence south on Broad
street.
Many interested citizens have been
working tor teveral years in an ef
fort to have this link taken over by
the state as the highway, and an
nouncement that work is soon to bo
gin v.ill be '.velcoint n<ws.
CITIZENS TO ENTER
SUT AGAINST THE
TOWN, IT IS SAID
In an Effort to Force Brevard
to Accept. Bonds on Street
Paving As:essment?
BELIEVED SUPREME COURT
WILL REVERSE THE ORDER
[Local Government Commission
Had Refused to Per
mit Course
Plans are being perfected by some
property owners in Brevard who
hold town bonds to enter suit against
the town in an effort to force the
town 'officials to accept its own past
due bond3 in payment of street pav
ing assessments, it became kncwn
"Wednesday. It will he recalled that i
the town of Brevard had expressed j
a willingness to accept bonds al
ready due and any falling due before
June 30, this year, in payment of
street assessment taxes. The local j
government commission at Raleigh, '
however, sat its foot down on the j
proposition and would not permit the '
town authorities to accept its own
bonds in payment of street assess
ments.
Mayor Ramsey went to Raleigh in j
on effort to have the plan approved, 1
but upon his return several days ago
announced that the local government!
body would not agree to it, and the j
matter was thought to have been i
ended. Some attorneys have ex- j
pressed the opinion, it is said, that
there is probability of a Supreme j
court ruling being obtained that
would reverse the decision of the
local government commission, and ;
force the town to accept its own past ?
due and due obligations in payment i
of street paving assessments , ?
It is said that some of the lead
ing citizens of the town are in the 1
pool to employ counsel and institute i
suit, and that other property own- j
ers who hold the town's bonds may !
come into the case as parties to the j
suit.
AGED MINISTER IS \
-VICTIM OF STROKE
Final rites for Rev. W. R. West,!
67, who died at 1:15 o'clock Monday
afternoon following a stroke of
paralysis which he suffered Satur- j
day, were held at English Chapel |
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock,
with Rev. D. L. Earnhardt, pastor of I
English Chape), in charge. Interment J
was made at the Davidson River;
cemetery.
Surviving Mr. West are his wife i
and seven children. Mrs. Grady'
Minor of Ninety-six, S. C.. Mrs. 0. C. !
Ta.Vlor, of Gullowhee, and Misses:
Vera and Jennie West of Brevard. [
Sons are Carter, Chester and Car- j
mon West, of Brevard.
Pallbearers were: Wade Lyday, W. i
L. Morris. C. C. Morris, C. H. Parris, j
J. R. Alexander and H. L. Souther ;
Honorary Pallbearers were: J. C. '
McCall, C. S. Edmundson, D. L. ]
OKelley, J. W. Single, L. P. Hamlin!
and Morris McCall.
Funeral arrangements in charge of .
Brevard Undertaking Co.
VARIETY STORE TO j
BE OPERATED HERE;
Lease of the large Main street
room of the MlcMinn building has
been obtained by the United Variety
Stores, and preparations are no-*
being made by that concern to open a t
branch store in Brevard at. an early !
date.
The United Variety Store, headed |
by L. M. Hinshow, of Taylorsville,
has seven other branches in North
Carolina, all handling goods and mei?
ehandise from five cents to one dollar.
F. G. Feimstcr, who will be in
active charge of the Brevard store,
is here assisting in the extensive re
novation of the large store room and
the installing of fixtures.
J. B. Galloway
Jeff B. Galloway, formerly of j
Transylvania county, but for the past |
23 years a resident of Greenville, S. j
C., died Saturday morning. Mr. Gal-i
loway was a resident of the East Fork j
section and had many friends in the ,
county.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at the Woodside Baptist
church, Greenville, and interment was
made in the Graceland cemetery. Mr
Galloway' was an uncle of E. R. Gal
loway, game warden of this county.
MANY SOUTH CAROLINA i
CARS HERE ON SUNDAY j
Call of the mountains was felt by j
many South Carolina motorists on
last Sunday, judging by the large
number seen in Brevard.
Big cars, with chauffers, little
family cars, middle sized cars, with
twos, fours and s'ixcsfc^nd the inevi
table 8t.rip.down were - part of the
caivaeade wit]' a fnv f);otor
r- v'f'lojs _ ... |
MRS. ?. L. McKEE
LADY ALMOST READY:
TO SAY YES, SHE SAYS1
i
If 3 More People Ask Her To,?
Mrs. McKee Will En
ter Race
Raleigh, March 2. ? "If three more 1
people ask me to, I'll run," jokingly '
responded Mrs. E. L. McKee, Jackson
county senator, to questions of her
entry into the lieutenant governor
race while in Raleigh last week. It is
assumed she will find the three other
persons, and will become a candidate.
She was of the sales or luxury tax
group in the Senate last year, and 1
is understood to be a lieutenant of
Lieutenant Governor Fountain in her
section, mayhaps to insure ftarmdhy
in th j administration, if both are
elected. However, it is not sure shei
can conquer the suave A. II. Gra-;
ham, the shrewd P". D. Giles and the ?
sonorous D. P. Bellinger, already ;an
didates in that race.
Robert R- Reynolds started his
campaign for ,U. S. Senate with a
bang in Shelby last week, and will be
heard from on his "wet" issue ali
along. Frank D, Grist is already ac
tive over the State, while Thoma.- C.
Bowie, has been quiet recently Sen
ator Cameron Morrison, whom they
are to "unhoiW -is-cunlinu
ing about His duties in Washington,
apparently not worried by them.
MRS. CUNNINGHAM !
SS LA? TO REST
Funeral services for Mrs. Harry
Cunningham, 31, who died at hei
home here .Sunday afternoon at 1 i
o'clock, after an illness of several
months, were held at the Oak Grove;
Methodist church Monday afternoon t
at 1 o'clock, with the Rev. Paul Hart- [
sell, pastor of the Brevard Baptist/
church and the Rev. W. P Price Jr. I
in charge. Interment ws made in |
the cemetery nearby,
Mrs. Cunningham is survived by I
her husband and one son, Carrol, 11, [
one sister, Mrs. Pearl Owen, and one i
brother, Lewis Bracken.
Active pallbearers were W. P.
Fullbright, B. II. Freeman, D. P.
Kilpatrick. C. 0. Robinson, Ira I).
Galloway, Clyde Ashworth. Substi-j;
tute pallbearers included: Glen Bur-'
rell, Leon English, John Brown, Tur-\
ner Allison, Roy McCall and Roy
Smith. \
Honorary pallbearers were D. L. !
English, R. P. Kilpatrick, J. S. ;i
Bromfield, T. G, Ward, J. K. Mills,'
J. M. Kilpatrick, Joe IrfcCrary, Tom!
Wood, S. M. Ma:fie, Thomas Smith,'/
John Ashworth, 3. F. Allison, W. M. '
Henry, 0. H. Orr, F. E. Shuford ,
and T. H. Galloway, Arrangements !
were in charge of the Brevard Un-ji
dertaking Co.
STATE GOVERNMENT MEN
TO BE HERE MONDAY
Miss Peari Weaver, one of Cover- ?
nor Gardner's field workers on the '
unemployment commission was in ,
Brevard Wednesday convening with ;
the welfare workers here and she,;
said that R. W. Henniger, executive :|
secretary of Governor Gardner's'
counsel and B. F. Goodman, District |
Farm agent would be in Brevard al! <
day Monday to perfect plans for I
Welfare measures among the citizen? jJ
of Transylvania county.
It is expected that plans will be
made in regard to the community!
garden plots, and other welfare prob- i
lems.
MAN HURT IN FALL IS f
IN CRITICAL CONDITION | :
George Nelson, caretaker of Camp
Ilahee, which is owned by Mr. and
Mrs, Hinton McLeod. fell 8 feet from
an apple tree which he was pruning,
to the ground, the fall causing a
compound fracture of the right arm
and crushing the shoulder.
Mr. Nelson was rushed to the Pat
ton Memorial Hospital shortly after
the accident which occurred Saturday
morning at 9:30 o'clock by the Kil
patrick and Sons ambulance.
His condition i? reported to be very
critical and it is feared 'hat he wii:
contract pneumonia.
SAYS GOLD VEIN IN
PISGAH FOREST IS |
RICHEST 1 SOUTH
Uncie J<w Orr Tells of Time
When Mine Wi t Success
fully Worked
MINING CLAIM CAN BE
LEASED FROM THE U. S.
Mr. Orr Has Many Samples of
the Ore ? Many People
Interested
"In view oi many, many years
experience in the mining work, I say
that the vein of gold ore found on
Black Mountain in the Pisgah Nat. .
iorial Forest is the richest I have
ever seen," "Uncle" Joe Orr de
clared in a recent interview with tho
Brevard News.
The vein is found approximately 3
miles northwest of the Boylston gold
mine in the Northwest ^side of Black
Mountain. A car may be driven with
in 1 1-2 miles distance of an old
shaft which, was formerly operated to
secure gold there.
"ft was over fifty years ago," M'.
Orr jairi. "ihafc a com pay know:-, ax
the Bir.ck Mountain Gold mining C<>.
was formed to mine the ere. At thar
time Prof. Hayden, noted minerole
gist, was in charge of the company
and Mr. Davis Jones, of Buncnmb*
county and John Orr, of Boy 1h tor.
with several others, were member? of
the organization.
"This company operated f*>r -tow
time.'' Uncle Joe arserted. "under
the direction of Porf. Hayden. Ow
year some trouble arose among thrt
members of the com puny and tfco
work was discontinued for a season.
"In 1880," Mr. Orr said. "I *&s
employed to reopen the rmre at th<
rate of ?10 each foot that 1 sunk
the' shaft into the ore. I sunk it 30
feet, before ire discovered that the
grade located :hcre in the Hornbiain?
rock, which is very hard, could net
be yrorked to any profit by the met
hods employed. The vein wus con
sidered the richest in Western North
Carolina." '"'Consequently the worir
was discontinued," Mr, Orr Mtic,
'."when it was found that the crude
mining methods were not bringing
any profitable returns and that
work has died out."
Mr. Orr said that h? believed tfu>
old shaft could be cleaned o;>t ar.d
work resumed for S50.00.
The property fell into the- har:d.<
of the Candler heirs in a few years
and was later sold to the Vanderbi't
estate. At the present time it is in
the hands of the government as b
part of the Pisgah National Forest.
According to Ranger Duncan, >n
charge of this district of the Pisgah
National Forest, the mining claim
( Continued on bade />??'>')
selecWaiIn
FOR VICTORY DRIVE
? ?
Committee chairmen were selected
Friday night by Democratic leaders t.->
make the Victory Fnr.d drive in
Transylvania county at. a meeting'
held in the county court house. Thei*
chairmen will name a jfroup of work
ers to assist them in making the drivn
to obtain funds with which to carry
an the 1!'(32 campaign.
It was pointed out at the meeting,
at which Chairman N. A. Milier pre
sided, that the funds obtained in this
drive will not be used U> take care of
any deficit of the party's treasury, but
would be used to defray necessary ex
pense of the coming campaign.
Committee chairmen for each pre
cinct are as following.
Brevard No. 1, Ralph H. Ramsey;
Brevard No. 2, Clyde Ashworth; Bre
vard No. 3, Frank Fatten ; Boyd.
John Wilson; Catheys Creek, Edwin
Morgan; Cedar Mountain, Paul Rob
erts; Dur.ns Rock. S. P. Verner:
Esstatoe, Walter Wliitmirc; East
Fork, W. C. Gravely; (Gloucester No.
1, A C. Price; No. 2, Walter Fisher;
Hogback No. 1, Broadus Henderson;
No. 2, Cole I. Lee; No. 3, E. A. Reid; _ -
Little Rh'er, Claude Shuford; OW
Toxawa?. Weklon Galloway; Roaman.
D. H. Winchester.
FIRE THREATENS
PROF. JONES' HOME
Fire threatened the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Jones, on Main street,
early Monday morning, and but for
the splendid work of the lire depart
ment, it is said that much damag.;
would have resulted. Prof, and Mr*.
Jones are occupying the Nathan Mor
ris house, now owned by one of the
big mortgage compart* represented
here by Judson MeCrary. The fire
was believed to bave nod its origin
underneath the fireplace. The damage
war. completely covered by insurance.
Mr. MeCrary says.
The Brevard fire department has
been praised by many pefcpie for
efficiency, and Mr. iMcCntry ? ha*
written, to the big centra which h?
represent?, netting fortb- i y^Blendid
manner in which th<;
handled this threaten*:#*??/*-.