North Carolina Newspapers

^ 16-YEAR-OLD BUTTER * IS FOUND IN TUNNEL 1 AT BOISTON MINES \ ? Unusual Discovery Is Made by r Workmen Engaged In Clear ing Old Tunnel In Mine WORK PROGRESSING ON BOYLSTON PROPERTY Each Day Brings Crew Nec.rer the Rich Vein That Lies Buried In Mountain Hack in th ? year 1900, the Canadian Southern Mining company was working what is now known as the Boylston Gold Minn. A tunnel had been driven into Forge Moun tain through which to reach the main vein of gold that lies hidden in the bowels of the earth. Work stopped on the project for reasons not known to the present generation. For several years thereafter, Mrs. Laura Allen, living close by, used the mouth of this tunnel as a "spring house," in which she kept butter, milk and other articles requiring a cool place. Fn July. 1 9 10. ''the flood," that is remembered by all people of this section, came rushing down the moun tainside and completely filling the tunnel, sealing its mouth the spjne as if cement walls had been erected. At that time Mrs. Allen had some forty pounds of butter, in jars and cic.-ks, and much canned fruit, stored in the tunnel's mouth. Xow the Southern Exploration company, having leased the proper tie.- of the Boylston Goid Mine, are busily engaged in reopening the tun nel, preparatory to commencement of mining and milling the gold that lies hidden there at Boylston Mine. One day last week the workmen en gaged in re-opening and clearing the tunnel found this butter that had bowi placed in the tunnel sixteen years ago come this next July, The "find" is on display in the windows of the Justus Pharmacy, in Render sonvilie, and request has been made (Continued on back paye) THE FASHION NAME OF NEW BUSINESS Vigodsky Becomes Permanent ly Identified with Business Life of the Town Announcement is made in this issue of The Brevard News that "The Fa-hii n" has .superceded the Ameri ca 11 Sales company, and will operate a ? . tnpltl<' department store in the old Pushei! stand. .ins. J. Vigodsky, owner and man ager of The Fashion, in his page an nouncement. invites the people of the community to visit his place and see the wide line that he is carrying for the benefit of people here. Ladies ready to wear, piece goods, millinery; nvn's wear in its every department, a:;;! the largest stock of shoes ever sh >.v.-n in Brevard are some of the things that Joe is featuring, and he is emphatic in his statement that no one ever need leave town to procure anything in the wearing line. The Fashion is connected with a largo group of high class department ste . operated in larger centers, and has a tremendous buying power. Mr. Vigodsky, manager, has had several years experience in merchandising, in the manufacturing, jobbing and retailing line, and his decision to lo cate permanently in Brevard will be welcome news to many people of the community. MISS WEAVER TO BE AT ROSMAN TUESDAY Miss Pearl Weaver, member of the Governor's "Live-at-Home" program, will meet with citizens of the upper end of the county on next Tuesday night at the Rosman High school, at .which time chief topic will be the brfv and why people of North Caro fflti come through ecenomic depves ; in the pastjA f An urgent invitation is extended by ?%-hool and community leaders of . the Rosman section that every citi zer.. young and old of the community be in attendance at the meeting. GREEN HANDS HOLD FORTH AT BANQUET The Y. T. H. F. club of Brevard High School met Friday, March 11: with John Collins, the president, pre siding. The members of the pig club dis. foss*' the plans concerning the pur< bred Poland China pigs which thej hop ? "to get by May, and many sug .pes ions were offered for study. Tfci- wis the first meeting that th: (, 'ands ha' ? attended this year (r >:,ing the lowest in ran in th' c fieri. UNSOLVED PROBLEM ! OF EDUCATION WAS j HUNTER'S SUBJECT Urges Selection of Legislative I Members V/ho Will Stand By the School ?: ecou nteITfavorable AND UNFAVORABLE ACTS Declares That the Child Is Greatest Responsibility of the Commonwealth ! Dr. H. T. Hunter, president of Western Carolina Toucher's College, .'.ddressed the Parent Teacher As sociation Monday afternoon in the High school auditorium. Prof. J. F. Winton, superintendent of the Bre vard Institute, gave the Invocational and the speaker was introduced by Prof. J. B. Jones, county superinten I dent. Dr. Hunter spoke on "The Unsolved Problems of Education," stressing the power of the legislature in the suc cess or failure of the modern school system. He mentioned several favor able and unfavorable enactments of the legislature which have created changes in the scools of North Caro lina. The legislature demands that the Governor of North Carolina pro vide money for six months school term iu all the schools of the State,.. even if he is forced to bornv. Dr. Hunter explained to the as sociation that this state., is the only one in the union which gives a six month term without any reservations whatever. He said that the state educational fund was decreased over SO.OOO.OOO iii the year 1931, this lie ine' the largest decrease ever noted in the United States. The times and troubles which we a iv having in the n;hool systems at this time are the hardest, Dr Hunter ' lieves. of the century. "Our educa tional leadership is being constantly lowered,"' he continued. Dr. Hunter rewa'ed that 1500 teachers were propped from North Carolina schools during 1U31, this being an average of United on bud; puyt) ? ? j, I . GILLESPIE DIED EARLY WEDNESDAY Funeral services for J. Litchfield Gillespie, 70 who died at the home of , his brother A. R. Gillespie on 1 Country Club Road Wednesday morn ing at 5 o'clock following a stroke of paralysis which he suffered ten days ag.i will be held at the Kilpot riek and Sons funeral home Thurs day at ten o'clock, with interment at the Gillespie eemetary. The services were conducted by Rev. Paui Mart sell, pastor of the Brevaid Baptirl church and Rev. G. C. Brinkman. Mr. Gillespie is survived by three V.oilnrs. Will Gillespie of Easley. S. C., A. R. Gillespie and E. F. Gil of Brevard and two sisters, Mr.-. Maria Arledge of Henderson V'lle anil Mrs. E. F. Moffitt of Bre vard. Pa|l bearers will be Geo. Shui'ord, fcld. Loft is, E. X. Norton, Lynch Moors, .1. E. Galloway and J. E. Clark CLEMENT TO HOLD COURT IN COUNTY } April term of Superior court will begin in Brevard on April 4, with ; Judge J. H. Clement, of Winston Salem, presiding. This term will be | for the trial of both criminal and i civil cases, the first week being de ' voted to criminal and the latter to ; civil cases. Solicitor J. Will Pless, Jr. ; will be in charge of the prosecution [ for the State. ' Jury list for the term as selected by L. E. Bagwell, chairman of the jury commission, and E. A. Reid and Dan Merrill, commissioners, follows: First week: B. M. Mull, Branch Tinsley, J. M. Gaines, P. W. Jenks, G. T. Frady, D. II. Winchester. C. E. Lance, A. 0. Kitchens, R. F. Giazen er, W. J. Raines, Chas. Gravely, C. W. ? Cwen, Geo. Magaha, C. G. Fisher, D. L. Holiday, W. B. Daniels, P. A. Mor gan, W. W. Ray, R. L. Canseler, J. R. flinkL', J. 0. Cantrell, P. H. Gallo ; way, J. D. Golden, V. P. Waldrop, I Duncan MacDougal, V. C. McCrary, I Fred Nicholson, J. F. Corbin. V. B. j Scruggs, C. C'. Reece, C. Y. Manley, iRolcnd Fisher, G. W. Hendricks, W. i P. Fisher, ,1. C. Scruggs, Mitchell 1 Holden, J. Frank Martin, B. F. Mer ! rill, Geo. E. Merrill, C. E. Fortune, H. P. Chapman, G. H. Paxton. Second we. -1;: Ed. Jones, H. Tied 1 nek. R F. William.-', J. W. Glazener. > !. M. Allison, Barnie Chapman, G. C. ? McClure, Dick Zachary, W. M. Max ' well. W. W. Pruett, Frank Wilson, J. ? Frank Hays, .J. L. Sanders, B. C. ? i'atson, .1. B. Iliiggins, Geo. Bedding r field. W. F. Daniels, J. E. Gillespie ? ; W. M. Brittain, D. E. I.yday. J. R, i Cantrell, E. Bishop, R. A. Gillespie : Walter Blyth". . A number of important civil cases > -.re- schedule;! to come up at this I Is Some One Practising In Art Of Burghring at Mac's Place? I j For reasons unaccounted for, prow ilers have entered. Mac's Cafe with regularity during the past week, and i inasmuch as no theft has been re ! ported, there is much speculation I here as to the real motive of the three or more traces that have been 'made within the past week. On Tuesday night of last week en ; trance was made through a rear win .dov of the cafe ant! Mr. McFaul ap parency frightenc! the intruders .away returning to .ii ? place prior to ! midnight, he having closed his place I of business sometime after nine. A i sack of groceries and supplies were ; found lying in the middle of the floor. ; Wednesday night entrance to the cafe was again made by a rear doer and a large hole was burned in the kitchen floor, approximately two feet each way, and the strange part of ? this nocturnal visit was the fact that : the fire was put out by the culprit, i evidence having been found to prove the theory that the fire did not of its ownself die out after burning for i some time. | Again on Friday night, entrance was made through the rear this time no damage being done that could be FAMILIES IN NEED ; OF FOOD AND FUEL' Miss Kern Issues Call for Im mediate Assistance to Avert Suffering "The njbedy of the county are in desperate circumstances now," Miss Florence Kern, who has charge of the County Distribution olFice for needy cases, declared Monday. Representa tives from 20 different families re ceived help from her last week.) and she said the number grew as the ; days passed. Monday March 7 she aided 20 families end a number of , others applied. To add to the unusual conditions existing at this time, Miss Kern said ' that her department was practically i. ut of the clothing, and food needed. 1 There are no funds available vith which to buy food. According to Miss Kern the Wel fare Board needs boy's shoes for di.-' tribution, especially sizes J, 2, 4. ? and 5.- Several boys have been kept! out of school during ihe winter j nn.nths for lack of shoes. Since up until this time the wintci ; has been mild, the welfare funds have j been spent for food instead of cloth ing, however the change of weather brings the need of clothing into prominence also. I Miss Kern cited several instances of where families are in need of bed j linen, blankets and she said that a; ? number of people have only rags in ?vhich to sleep and other have noth ing at all. Miss Kern urges the citizens of Transylvania County to make an extra effort to provide clothing and food to her department in order that I she may distribute it where the need I is greatest. APPEAL MADEFOR ! j SCHOOL LUNCHES Mrs. A. B. Galloway, chairman of j II he lunch committee in charge of I providing lunches for the 40 under j nourished children of the Brevard I Elementary school under the auspices ' .of the Parent Teacher association,! I said Wednesday that she wished to j I appeal to the civic organizations,! I societies and ladies clubs of the town j to assist in the work, in an inter- ! view with the- Brevard News. Mrs. Galloway declared that the | individuals of the town have offered j their services and funds many times | and that she finds it more difficult j each week to locate someone to take j change of the lunches. A large num iber of the local ladies have already] j served one or more times. i She believes that it would be ad visable for the local organizations to ; take a hand and aid in the work. 'The only organization that has had {charge of the work during the year i was the Business and Professional ! Woman's club which served for an ! entire week. I Only two days for the week of March 21 through 25 have been filled Tuesday and Wednesday when Mrs. . L. R. Scruggs and Mrs. 0. H. Orr will serve. Monday, Thursday and j Friday are still open. nr six ess picking up Unfitness w picking up in Brevard, according to T. V. I Mil Ur, agent of the Southern Railway company, who" reported a one hundred thousand dollar deal which he closed Tuesday. I tiis is so.id to oe the largest deal made, in It reward since the , ?> boom of '25. I Mr. Miller bought a $100,000 J Bulldog from Hurry Cunning - j horn, giving m ?xrh<tvye then - 1 | for tvjo 350,000 cats. Both pa r iu\< to the dial aerm- pU?s;d 1 traced directly to this uninvited vim*, i However, a shirt and cup was found j Saturday morning, pertly burned," in n luck room of the building. From appearances fire had been set to the garments and the blazing articles pi tied in the drawer of a wooden i ybind. Again, mystery showed, in I that the fire was put out or died of jit: own areo.i'd after burning for only ,a few mitiutcs. This time only a part jaf the drawer in which the burned garment was found was burned away land the bottom of the drawer im ! mediately over that in which the part . ly destroyed garments were found. . No definite date has been fixed by ? Mr. McFaul or officers who have ! been at work on the case as to when ; the fire was put into the stand of : drawers in the back room of the cafe, but it is believed that this was done Friday night, ! Theories are rife as to the why and wherefore of the almost nightly visits to the cafe, and officers are more or less baffled in their work on ?the case by reason of no real rea soh having been found after thorough investigation just why entrance would be made and nothing stolen. JOINT MEETING OF CIVIC CLUBS HELD , | Kiwanis and Women's Club Enjoy Evening at the England Home j Members of the Brevard Kiwanis j Club and the Business and Profes sional Women's Club meet in joint s-.-sion at the England Home last Thursday evening and after a hearty dinner, discussed problems of mutual interest to the two civic ovganizar tions and to the community. Included on the evening's program I v.'iie talks by members of both clubs. I The Rev. R. L. Alexander, president j of the Kiwanis flub, and Mrs. Lo- 1 (it ma Robertson, 'president of the Business and Professional Women.' presided at the meeting. Miss Jcanriette Talley. of Penrose, spoke of the Reconstruction program be- ? ing forwarded by the national govern- 1 men l. Mrs. Flax A Lawrence spoke i on curb market prospects for Bre- : vard, which project is being consid- ; ered as a project for this summer. Mrs. Carl McCrary told <?f the Girl Scout work being done by the wo men's club. Dr. C. L. Newiand spoke interest ingly of the major objective of the Kiwanis Club ? the underprivileged, child work, stressing the importance of this humanitarian work, and of possibilities of aiding crippled chil dren in the county. Duncan Mac dougald, road enthusiast, asked for cooperation of both clubs in the mat ter of highways, declaring that with proper effort by citizens here Brevard could be made into a beehive of ac tivity by cashing jn on the geograph ic position of Brevard, connected as it is with the outside world by a magnificent network of highways. NAME TAX LISTERS FOR THE COUNTY The personnel! of the tax list takers appointed for the year 1932 by Tax Supervisor G. T. Lyday, in cludes : Brevard Township, J. E. Clayton, Brevard, N. C. Boyd township, A. E. England, Brevard, N. C., Rte. 2. Cathey's Creek township, Craig Whitmire, Rosman, X. C. Dunn's Rock township, G. W. Max well, Pisgah Forest, X. G? Eastatoe township, J. Ellis Gal loway, Rosman, N. C., Rt-1. Gloucester township, A. C. Price, Lake Toxaway; N: C.; Rt-1 Hogback township, M. 0. McCall, Lake Toxaway, X. C., Rt-1. Little River township, C. V. Shu ford, Penrose, X. C. .4 1 .LEX H. WOOD COMING TO IIREVARD TO INSPECT ORES j AiiiioitncemaitLis: made that I Mr. Allen H. Wood, head of the j Southern Exploration company I now working the Boyhton Gold Mine, will he in. Brevard on Fri day, March 25, for the purpose '? of inspecting any oren or miner. ( p./k that citizens ; may wish to sub mit to him for examination. Mr. j Wood is a mi'iing engineer of note, and the community is for. innate in obtaining his services ' for a day. Of course, there is no ' charge for this inspection, ana j (ill citizens having samples of minerals or ore of any kind may meet Mr. Wood here on the above j date., fie _ will be in The Bre i vdrd. News office. Citizens who ennnnt he here on ! that (lay way bring their samples ] in at any time before. Fridcy, March 25, jilac 6 their ram* on the wrapper :ind Jca-iu. >?' her. <o> REPEAL SPEECHES WERE ASTONISHING I ! TO MANY PEOPLE : Brevard Lady Replies to State ments Made By Mrs. Mc Inturff, Repealer SPEAKEASIES FLOURISHED [ AS FAR BACK AS 1 889; Would Want Repealers to Of fer Sensible Plan Before , Actual Repeal Is Made I (By MRS. PRANK JENKINS) j The account, in last week's News, j | of the address recently made in Bre ;vard, in the interest of prohibition ' i repeal, refreshed the memories of !? 'those who heard the speeches. ? i Some of the statements made in | these speeches caused us to come ;home and look in our histories and . iencyelopEedias. Some of the infer lences drawn were rather astonish jing to those of the inferior mentality ; ascribed to prohibitionists. And fin ! ally, some of the hearers were quite , Icrushcd to learn that an upholder of . I prohibition might be highly esteemed' i for his honesty, but could not h<ipe to i have his intelligence respectcd ? by J the speaker. There are many of us who think the present laws should be modified, w!v> yet prefer to retain prohibition \v ' : h its admitted follies and abuses, .tm'ii some sanely devised plan for ! control and regulation, with some pri'spect of real enforcement is offer ed us. Even at the cost of forfeiting . pretensions to intelligence, we; car. not lend ourselves to destroying ; the >resent scheme of things, until , we : what is proposed in its . placc Mrs. Mclnturrf told us that the en- j actment of the 18th amendment has i brought the speak-easy upon us. Some of her hearers make bold to | question the accuracy of this asscr- J tion. How long these establishments ' have plied their trade, I do not ( Continued 011 hack paye) GLAZENER TO SPEAK 1 OVER RADIO FRIDAY Prof. J. A. Glazener. vocational ' agriculture instructor in Brevard . High school, and "prominently identi fied with the Western North Carolina j Farm Improvement program, known as the 5-10 Plan, is scheduled to speak over station WWNC, Asheviilo, Friday night, March 18. Ih'ofessoi Glazenev, who will be op the air between 8 and 8:30, will ??? as his topic the Transylvania 5-10 slogan, :i-L T P? Lime, Legumes. Livestock, Trucking arid Poultry, i This slogan is being advocated as the surest foundation for Transylvania progress by farm leaders here. HONORS BESTO WEB , UPON HI STUDENTS i I Misses Jane Pearce and Louis"] {Gillespie have received the highest ' j honors it is possible to confer upon a 'senior in high school, according tr jProf. J. B. Jones Superintendent ol ?Brevard Public Schools. After fol lowing the records of each girl fo. her four J in high school Mr. , I Jones found that Miss Pearce's were , the highest she receiving the Valedic ! torian title and Miss Gillespie plac ing second, Salutatorian. SCHOOLSUPPUES : j IN HANDS OF JONES i ! Pfof. J. B. Jones, county superin- . i'tendent, announced Monday that he | ? had received a shipment of school ! supplies and writing paper. The 1 (materials are for the use of schools j ! exclusive of the Brevard and Rosman ?schools, except the writing pnper i which has beer, secured for al! i county schools. Mr. Jones urges the I school principals to call for their plies at their earliest convenince. ? J jMILK FOR HEALTH ! ! IN COUNTY SCHOOiSi i , ! Milk for Health programs are be- i jintr hold over the entire state this week in connection with the drive I being made bv the State Board of j Ht alth. Brevard and Transylvania county I schools have received literature from i the State Board of Health in regard I to this Health program and several contests are being held among school j Students. Exercises of an interesting and I instructive nature are being staged 1 in several uehools. The Brevavd |Pavent-T.ac!ur a ? .1 iaiior. offer? s i orisc t-; Elementary school stu ?'dor ^vT'itcs lN? bos* osfoi** ? ' t>-. - : ? BAPTIST MINISTER REPLIES TO SPEECH MADE BY EWBANK Rev. J. K. Henderson Flays the Hendersonville Lawyer for Statements Made Here SAYS BGOZE BOYS WANT TO PROHIBIT PREACHERS Says Mr. Ewbank Accused the Preachers of Beinti Ignor ant and Meddlin" (By .1. A. Henderson) The- meeting ai the Court II ou.-'' Thursday night, March 3, was ad dressed by attorney E. W. Ewbank of Hendersonville, who served notice on the voters of the County, and of the country at large, that the fight is on against the prohibition law un til the Eighteenth Amendment is re pealed. That may be true- or it may not. It seems that tho Ihiny ;hat i> troubling the Booze Boys most in this fight is the influence of th; preachers. They seem to think that if they could just "prohibit" thu preach ers the' battle would already be won. He defied and double defied any one to mention any preacher of note in al>i the world's history that ever favored . prohibition. He said he would pay five dollars to any one that would name such a preacher. Then he modi fied his challenge by saying hf wiiif.t ? be a world character, Iifc? Marti;. Luther or John Wesley. I suspected he was pr^oaoly iik'. most of the rest of ?s i:i t) at respect and didn't have the five on ...".n'l, and . so he modified after he defied. For there are many preachers <.f note thai could be mentioned amon? the advo cates of prohibition. Ami sf tome one had called out the name m oar own George Truett I am - - re that he would haw been hotiJibountl to pay or to crawfish. I am >uie that if We have world-famed j reac-her today he ^^>ne. And Dr. .r.. V. M ul ( Continued on back r.-t'/ SEE THE HOODOO AT BREVARD HI FRIDAY Annual Senior Class Play Al ways an Event of In usual Interest An annual event tha; always attracts and always plea;*?,- a large number of people in Bi ..-.-d?the Senior ciass play ? will ! . given a. the Brevard High schoo! : . tlitofium Friday evening of this ok. '?>: ginning- at 8 o'clock. "The Hoodoo," directed Mis Sarah Keels of the Big:. .-clvv faculty, is a mystery drama, wit!, the story woven around a: Jigyptia. .scarab, given to the hero a wed ding gift. Much work has been pu* or. :h play by members of the su. or ."lass, and the well chosen ess*-,, lend promise to an evening ? real tfn j'oymen'/by those who atte::<.:. Cast of characters inciuac-s: Brighton Early, Roy Neill; Billy Jackson, Walter Ashwort:. Pro! Solomon, Spiggot, Lester King, Mr Malachi Meek, Harry John m; Mi Dun, Wilson Middleton; Misjj Amy Lee, Mildred Hayes. Mrs. Perrington (shine Mildred Norton; Gwendolyn I ? nington (shine), Louise Gillespie. Dodo de Graft, Winifrt Nichol son; Mrs Doris Ruffles. Margaret Barnette; Angelina dinger. Evelyn Mcintosh. Mrs. Semiramis Spiggot, Nina Burrell, Eupepsia Spiggot, 1 Catherine Case; Miss Longneck, Emms Deaver; Lulu, Thelma Johnson; Aunt Para dise, Jane Pearce; four little Spig gots, Nell Case, Bobbie McCall, Har old Saltz and Larry Wilson. QUICK WORK OF FIREMEN SAVE MAIN STREET HOME Quick work on the part o: Brevard firemen saved the Harris house ok West Main street Sunday. The blase, which began on to;: of the roof near a chimney was extinguish ed before much damage was do r.e. WORK TO START ON PAW BROADWAY Gravel has been plan.H: on two miles of the Pisgah National Forest /? ? highway, 284, the gravel uxtendtnj, from the entrance on the Boylstor road to the bend of th?' ??jv.'r, ov?:r . which distance the school b-: -aavd*. Considerable travel, both winter and ; summer, over this piece of scenic ! highway has kept it pretty rough ) heretofore, but much improvement is j noted since the recent wor' done by | the highway department. ! Work is expected to bt started i within the next couple of week? on , North Brosd street f'-om tne sqnare j to King's Creek bridge, making this unim^oved street the r.nectinj , lir:l ir. H'ghway 2s-.