Number 19
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, MAY 12, 1932.
VOLUME XXXVII
GALLOWAY WANTS TO
SEE PROPERTY BACK
IN HAN JS OF OWNERS
In Statement Setting Forth Hi*
Flans, Galloway Raps
Tax Sales Costs.
SAYS PENALTY SHOULDN'T
BE PLACED ON POOR MAN
Wants State To Operate In Full
Six Months School ? Book
Costs Too High.
M. W. Galloway, candidate for
nomination on the Democratic ticket
for the legislature, has made public
the platform upon which he is ask
ing the people to consider as his
claim for recognition at the hands of
his party in the June primary. The
statement is an interesting document,
in which Mr. Galloway declares that
he shall work for a law that will pro
vide complete operation of the six
meruit school term without any ad
valorem tax ; that cost of school books
should be ma serially lowered now,
with arrangements looking to adop
tion ot' plans in the future for pro
viding books at cost, or free.
Mr. Galloway wants immediate re
valuation of property downward,
makes his strongest statement re
garding exorbitant charges in con
nection with sale of real estate for
taxes, and the penalizing of poorer
citizens who cannot pay taxes prompt
ly.
Mr. Galloway's statement in full is
as follows.
"Si- ce announcing my candidacy
for the legislature many voters have
(Continued on page eigkt)
FORMER PASTOR iF
BE HEARD SUNDAY
Rev. Wallace Hartsell, former pas
tor of the Brevard Baptist church anrf
at present pastor of the Lake Wood
Baptist church at Durham will. preach
at both the morning and evening
hours of worship at the Baptist
church Sunday, according to Rev.
Paul Hartsell, pastor.
Mr. Paul Hartsell will on the same
day, at morning and evening services
preach at the Citadel Square church,
Charleston. S. C.
Mr. Haitseli returned Friday from
conducting a two-weeks revival meet
ing at the Lake Wood Baptist Church,
Durham.
TOV/N BOARD MOVES j
TO COLLECT TAXES
Street Assessments Ordered
Advertised And Matter
Brought To End
When Mayor Ralph Ramsey andi
the city alderman met in regular ses
sion Monday evening the board ruled
? hat the delinquent street assessments
and tax payments be advertised for
four weeks and sold on the second
Monday in June.
A copy of the minutes of the meet
ing follow:
Present: Mayor Ramsey, and Al
dermen Clement, Galloway, Macfie
and Wallis.
Minutes of Aprl meeting were read
:ind approved .
Report of committees.
Sanitary ccommittee instructed to
investigate Duck Pond in rear of W.
K. Breese's property.
Sanitary committee instructed to
first adopted March 7, 1932 and
which passed second reading at meet
ing of Anril 4, 1932, third and final
reading.
Clerk and Tax Collector presented
delinquent tax list for the year 1931,
both ^personal and real and also a list
of delinquent street assessments,
whereupon a motion was introduced
by Alderman Wallis and seconded by
Aldernian Macfie ordering clerk and
tax collector to advertise property
for the non-payment of 1931 taxes in
this weeks issue of the Brevard News
and to continue such advertisement
for four consecutive weeks and to sell
said property gjf the City Hall door
on the second Monday in . June. A like
-^rdcr was made as to street assess
ments at least where one payment
has not been made on principal and
interest paid to November 1, 1980.
Board made an order to have traf
fic lines painted at once.
A two weeks vacation for Chief,
Freeman was approved by the Board :
one week during this month and a
week sometime during the coming
fall. I
Clerk was instructed to purchase
Land Sale Certificate Book.
Alderman Wallis introduced a res
olution to have the Mayor and Clerk
offer R. Emmett Smith the sum of
MMOO.OO In settlement for services
rendered in making audit for a period
of nineteen months ending December
g- 31st. Seconded by Alderman Clement
and adopted.
Motion adopted to adjourn.
Attest . f-,\
tf. H. PATTON. Clerk.
U. D. C LIBRARY NOW
HOME OF THE C. OF C.
Post C&rd Day to Be Observed
on Friday May 20? -%AI1
To Work.
j The U. D. C. Library was chosen
i as the office of the Chamber of
Commerce when the location com
mittee met Monday morning follow
ing the JTvwlny 2T"?^:pp. According
I to President Jerry Jerome the of
| fice will be opened each (Jay in the
i week for the benefit of summer tour
| ists, beginning June 1st.
j Post Card day was set for Friday
j May 20 when all the loyal friends
I and supporters of Brevard are urged
. to "end picture postcards of scones
, in Transylvania county to friends in
[other sections of the country inviting
them to visit here during the sum
] rner.
i Each person is asked to mail at
i least ten cards and are urged to mail
j as many more as possible with a
personal appeal written on the re
j verse side of the card.
) The Ki'.vanis club will have charge
; of the business section and the Wb
I man's Bureau will have charge 01"
| the work in the residential section,
i These two organizations plan to cam
; paign the community urging the eit
I izens to mail the cards to their out of
town friends.
1 It has been said fhat the Post
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PLAN MOTORCADE "
FROM GREENVILLE
I __
Decision to cooperate with the
| Chamber of Commerce in sponsoring
|,a good will trip to Brevard early in
I June featured a meeting of the Re
tail Merchants Bureau of the Green
ville Chamber of Commerce, Friday
, May 'i.
According to an account of tho
'.meeting in the Greenville News:
j Date for the trip will be selected
I after local schools and colleges have
' closed for ihe present term. Plans
are for a group of 30 or 40 business
men of Greenville to go to the North
Carolina city and entertain a repre
! sentative group there at a supper
.meeting.
The program would be a forerun
ner to a good will tour to Brevard,
llcndertonville, Tryon, and Greer
later in the summer.
A large number of the citizens of
Brevard have expressed themselves
favorably in regard to the planned
motorcade of Greenville Chamber of
Commerce and are' confident that
Brevard through its Chamber of Com
merce will give the movement every
cooperation and aid possible.
HAYES RITES HELD
FRIDAY AFTERNOON!
Funeral services for Carlos Ed
ward Hays, 34, Brevard Mechanic and
son of J. W. Hays were held at the
home Friday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock
i with Rev. R. L. Alexander, pastor of
, the Brevard Presbyterian church of
| ficiatihg. Interment was made at Oak
I Grove cemetery.
Mr. Hays who was at the time of
his death employed as mechanic for
| the Hayes Motor Company died
Thursday afternoon at 2:10 o'clock,
, following an illness of several days
resulting from the contraction of
pneumonia.
The deceased is survived by two
brothers, Homer Hays of New York
' and Ray Hays of Brevard. Four sis
ters, Miss Elsie Hays of Asheville;
i Mrs. Wallace Bryant, Miss Gene and
; Mildred Hays of Brevard.
: Pallbearers were: Harry Clark,
Philip Price, Dan Merrill, Walter
' Hart, George Nicholson and Hale Si
niard.
Funeral arrangements by Brevard
Undertaking Company.
LYDAY OPERATING
MACHINE SHOP NOW!
Will Lyday of Pisgah Forest an-j
nounces in this weeks issue of the
Brevard News that he has complete
charge of the machine shop at the
Oar i' Lumber Company and is equip
ped to do all kinds of custom work,
i He invites the patronage of everyone '
needing any kind of custom work.
| Mr. Lyday is skilled in machinery
and customs work, he having had 16
years experience along that line. He
| has worked with the Transylvania ]
Tanning Company., Sid Barnette,
I Carolina Machinery Company of
Asheville and for the past 11 years
, he has been connected with the cus
I toms department of the Carr Lumber ,
! Company.
j Mr. Lyday is widely known and ad
mired in Transylvania county, he
having been born and reared in the
county. He studied in the Public
schools of Brevard an ^ was graduat
j ex) from the Brevard Institute in the
[class of 1916.
RALPH GALLOWAYS
ESSAY GIVEN PRAISE
BY STATE OFFICIALS
j Declared To Be One Of Beat
j la A Contest With 700
Students In State.
| RELATION OF FORESTS TO
FISH AIV'D GAME IN STATE
t
Young Galloway Is Brevard
High School Student ? His
Essay Printed In Full
Ralph Galloway, popular Brevard
school boy, attracted attention of the
official* of the department of conser
vation and development at Raleigh,
with an essay written on the subject
of forests, game and fish relationship.
There were more than seven hundred
I lett<*s written by students through
i out the state, and young Galloway's
'essay was of such high order that
; State Forester J. S. Holmes has had
it printed for distribution to the
newspapers of the state.
Following is a letter from Mr.
Holmes, and a full copy if Ralph's
essay :
The Letter
i ''Editor The Brevard News:
j "As you probably know, we have
i been conducting a state-wide essay con
i rest on the subject "The Relation of
j Forests to Our Fish and Game"
t sponsored by the North Carolina For
(cstry Association, the American For
? estry Association, the North Carolina
i Council of the Izaaic Walton League,
| am! the North Carolina Department
of Conservation and Development.
"There were over 700 essays writ
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i:pmWwIssn"
| BATTLE WITH HAIL
I "Pug" Hinton, clever Brevard box
er, won an eight round decision ovi r
j Soldier Hall of Burlington, N*. C. Sat-1
; urday night May 1>. although weigh
ting 154 pounds to Hall's 164, it haS|
I been reported.
! According to recent accounts of the
[battle, it was "Pug's" fight all the
;way. In the first round, Hinton
' knocked his opponent through the ;
j ropes with a lightning left to the .jaw.!
'this being the first punch of the i
fight.. The Soldier was down for a!
? count of 8 and successive rounds were
decidedly in favor of the Brevard boy
who constantly kept Soldier Hail in
a groggy stupid condition. It was said
that it was only his ability to take
hard knocks that saved Hall from be
ing knocked out.
In this fight "Pug" celebrated bis |
return to North Carolina rings aftei*\
a successful campaign in Florida <lur-j.
ing the winter months.
Hinton has been fighting for
comparatively short time and his ever,
increasing list of knockouts and de
cisions include a large number of ex"-'
perienced veterans of the pugilisuo i
world. He received his early training!
at the hands of Prof. Edwin Wikel
who won a name for himself in col-!
legiate boxing circles.
'
ZACHARA, MUSICAL 1
ARTIST, TO BE HEARD
i 7 i
Mrs. Louise Simons, member o f the
Wednesday Morning Musicale of j
1 Asheville and chairman of Brevard of ,
the invitation list for the recital Fri-I
day, May 20th of the great Polish \
I Pianist, Zachara, makes the following!
? announcement.
! Franciszek Zachara, the young Pol- ;
ish artist, though only thirty years]
of age has already achieved in Europe '
a reputation as a master pianist com
parable to that of Paderewski.
j He was graduated from the Im
! perial Conservatory of Petrograd and '
[Saraton. He has made triumphal con-:
cert tours to the capitals of Russia, j
Poland, Austria, and France. He was '
,I)irector of the Conservatory of Mu-|
sic in Carini, Russia and for six years \
was professor of Piano in the Conser
vatory of Katonce, Poland.
The president of Brenau College
i discovered Zachara in New York
City, several months after his arrival
in this country and induced him to'
come to Brenau college. Here he is,
professor of Piano and is giving ? ?
t number of brilliant recitals. The pro- '
gram of his Asheville recital, Friday j
May 20 will be published next week. .
The above announcement was writ
ten by Mrs. Annie Sanford Donohoo.
I of Asheville, who is a personal friend j
[of Zachara's and has given Mrs. Sim-;
| ons authority to issue an invitation j
list to prominent musicians of Bre-i
vard. The invitations are not trans- j
ferable and will be issued only to !
those postively able to use them, as1
the demand for invitations in Ashe- 1
ville is double the capacity of the hall, j
J&KVMtl TV MSCrUKti
Jerry .T?rome, ,?<>nk>r WnrH- -H'! '
give instruction hi Master's Degree
at .\?asonic meeting Friday night.
BOYD FARMERS HOLD
IMPORTANT MEET AT
JONES RESIDENCE
' Committers Named and the
Chaimsn of Each Called
to Meet Tonight
1 SISTERS OF THE SKILLET
NAME OF NEW GROUP
Executive Committee and the
1 Chairmen of Each Group
to Meet at Lyday's
by t. g. miller
Monday evening May 2nd the niem
1.7s <" the Executive committee of
'the Industrious Farmers Club of
I Boyd . Township 5-10 year orgar.iza
, hon met at tr.e home of Mr. and Mrs.
, &.H. Jones jor the purpose of naming
, the various committees and th?>ir
i chairmen to serve until re-appointed
and to see what neighbor Jone's had
in the way of refreshment.
1 Mr. J. A. Glazener and Mrs. Bates
* . members of the Regional
-Stair of r?s eighteen Countv 5-70
year organization were with us and
.|vc certainly enjoyed the evening.
> Mrs. Jones being disqualified for
cooking on account of broken arm. wc
. '"joyed cake and coffee served by Mr,
? ?! /' J?nes having demonstrated
, his ability along that line the cx
fccutive committee decided to name
SkiHettT "The S,'Sters nf The
j Th,. various committees and the!r
I thoh-Z" we!VveCted with cai'e a"d
1 , *18n,es *>? bo in each of the Bre
vaj , papers this week and we ask you
I ' !""k to the committees and
j ( Continued on page five)
.CfKCOMlNOEB
1 OVER THE COUNTY
I
riiii :,<?1^nce v:ith tho pre-school
[clinic schedule outlined by Prof. J B
1 Jones the clinic work will continue
Thursday with Dr. C. L. Newland
1 county health officer nnd Miss Robbs!
, *tate nurse in charge.
The health workers will be at the
Cedar Mountain School house. Thurs
day afternoon; Lake Toxaway Fri
day morning; and Balsam Grove Fri
day afternoon.
Colored children will be given the
tovid treatment Monday Mav 1<; at
the Rosmwald School building.
'"'"-school clinic was sponsor
ed by Mrs. S. F. Verner. president
p.- r r ' al'ent-Teacher association,
r roi . j. B. Jones, county-city super
intend.'!, t and -43 r. C. L. New land,
county health officer. A!) children en
tering : the school next year fcr the
tiret ntne will be expected to have
'taken tn<? toxiat)-, treatment.
MkdEDELEGATION
f ATTENDS MEETING
, 4VV
fr?f Brevard MethA
disrt Church whl attended the Ashe
w"e.D.lstvr,cLC&forehee held at" the
U6?ti Asheyille Methodist church in*
eluded EjjP; J. H. West, Rer.. ?<}.'?'<?
Brink/rfan, Rev. Marr, Prof. J. F.
VViirfon. Miss Florence Kern, Mrs.
Cordis King, Mrs. A. R. Giljespie,
Mrs. Oliver Orr, Mrs. L. B. Haynes,
George Hays, Prof. J. F. Rufty.
-.*?{"? Litaker, presiding elder
of the district, presided over the ses
sion and reports, speeches and ser
mons were heard from many of the
outstanding Methodist ministers and
toymen of Western North Carolina
The session was held Tuesdav and
W ednesday and over 300 delegates,
pastors and laymen were present.
BOX SUPPER FRIDAY
AT THE ENON SCHOOL!
For the benefit of the Penrose ball
club a box supper will be held Friday
evening at the Enon School house,
according to N. L. Ponder, secretary^
of the Sylvan Valley League and|
manager of the Enon Club.
Ice cream and candy will also be
on sale while a number of musical1
numbers have been scheduled for the
evening's entertainment including a,
quartet and a string band.
ROSMAN GROUP IN I
FLORIDA MEETING;
?
Rav. J, E. Bert, pastor of the Ros
rnan Baptist church with Will Glaz
ener, Rosman merchant and A. M.
Paxton left Wednesday May 11 for
St. Petersburg, Florida to attend the
Southern Baptist convention.
The pastor and his two prominent
laymen will return from the meeting
will be published in the Brevard News|
next week.
COOL KNIGHTS TO BE
STAGED NEXT WEEK
Busine?? And Professional
Women's Club to Sponsor
Big PS&y.
f The Brevard Business and Pr&fes
S sional WomafTs Glut will present one
> of the largest ar.d latest home talent
jeii musical comedies of the season at
the High Schooi building here Thura
; day May 19 and Friday evening May
,20, according to Walter Rucklcy who
| will direct the entertain; ant.
| Mr. Ruckiey a member if Yhe Tri
angle Producing Company of Greens
i boro is very optomistic and promises
| the public one of the best entertain
? ments Brevard has ever seen.
; The production entitled '"Cool
j Knights" will include ISO persons in
jits cast including the choruses and
other special numbers. Mr. Ruckiey is
. here at this time working with the
: selection and development of the char
| acters and he states that he has found
i some of the best talenc here, that can
'be found anywhere.
I Seats may be reserved at Macfie
1 Drug Company with no advance in
price. Admission prices 20 and SO
cents.
The Business and Professional
Woman's club has been doing splendid
work in this community and the citis
c.":- arc urged to support them in their
klw venture.
S COUfflY SINGING
CONVENTION HERE
t ?
| The annual Five-county singing
convention which is to be held at the
, Coin ty court house Sunday is expect
ed to draw a large number of persons
j from Western North Carolina poinu
j as well as other parts.
! The counties which arc expected to
] participate in the convention include,
! Haywood, Transylvania, McDowell,
j Buncombe and Henderson.
Orviile Simpson of the Simpson
Barber Shop and a widely known
singer is president of the convention
and will preside over the Sunday scs
' si on.
; Everyone is cordially invited to at
i tend this convention and take part !'
; the congregational singing.
neebyiIrealIeed
NOW SAYS MISS KERF
i
' A call has been issued by Miss
Florence Kern to citizens of Transyl
1 vania county to give their hearty and
' sympathetic support to the County
| Welfare Board.
According to Miss Kern, who has
; charge of the disbursement office
| here the demands have far exceeded
(the supply of food and clothing here
and it is necessary that citizens rc
! spond immediately in order to relieve
i the suffering in various sections of
: Transylvania.
I Recent generous contributions of
f food and clothing have been made by
'the following persons: F. E. B. Jen
'kjna, Robert Gash, ,Tud McCrary,
; Mrs. Ed' .Patfon, Miss Annie .lean
j-Gash, Mrs. Flora Hart, Mrs. Jerry
Jerome.
TWO SCAPE FROM
i COUNTY JAIL HERE
!
! Milas Perry of the See-Off section
and peorge Smith of Quebec who
i were confined to the county jaii for
i violation of prohibition laws escaped
; Friday night by sawing through the
bars of their cell.
It is said that the two men sawed
into the bar through a piece of soap
' and in that manner concealed the
| noise of the sawing.
Officers have been working on the
case but when the Brevard News
went to press no development? had
been made.
LOCUSTS TAKE EAST
! MAIN ST. BY STORMi
I I
Seventeen -year locusts were gath
| ering in numbers beyond estimation
on the trees and shrubs of East Main
' Street during the early part of tho
, week and their numbers increased as
| the week passed.
' Especially large numbers were seen
'and heard on the estate of J. S. SH
versteen and near the home of R, L.
Nicholson where the big insects gath
ered on the limbs in such numbers as
to bend them to the ground. Deserted
shells were seen in piles on the ground
beneath the trees. The incessant sing
ing of the creatures kept the air
throbbing at all hours during the day.
Thousands of holes beneath (he
trees revealed from whence the lo
custs dame as they crept from the
ground to the trees during the dark
ness of the night.
Old citizens here say that the lo
? ' were noted in even great -
jer numbers in the year ItftS although
[only a few were seen in 1915. .
?i-/- ws
FARMERS OF LITTLE
! RIVER MAKE PLANS
| FOR SEASONS WORK
Martin Shipznan, President rf
the 5-10 Farm Group, la
Charge,
GLAZENER, HAMLIN AND
i OTHER INVITED SPEAKERS
!
Webb to Address Nexi Maw
Meeting To Be First F ?
day In June
[ More than 200 little River fanners,
farm women and young people gath
ered at the Little River School hmwe
Friday evening for one of the most
enthusiastic farm meetings < ver h??W!
in Transylvania county.
Martin Shipman, president of Ore
Little River, 6-10 farm organization
presided over the session.
Neat Hamilton, Littie River farmer
and musician of note, introduced a*
original composition of music whicfe
he had recently composed while pleat
ing. The song entitled "The Farmer'*
Prosperity" was dedicated by Me.
Hamilton to the 5-10 farm movement
of Transylvania county, the number
being sung by a quintet including"
Mr. Harm lfon. A. II. Pickelsimer,
Newt Pickelsimer, Parmer MeCrary
and T J., McCall, with Mr. Hamiftos
, playing a guitar accompaniment.
Throughout the entire progntw
musical numbers were rendered 1 *T *
Little River String band.
Will Glazener, Rasman meichat.t ii.
a short talk praised the Little River
citizens for their enterprising
and their enthusiasm in the farw
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(M SCOUTS TO BE
IN TEN DAY CAMP
I
Plans are being perfected by tJirt
Scout leaders here for the Ten-day
Girl Scout camp which is to be heW
at Camp Sapphire early in .lune for
the benefit of the Brevard Girl Seoul
Troops I and II and the Pwitosr
troop.
According to officials of the loort
troops the cam]) will be standardize!
and every effort is being made w
make the ten day camp e.vci-ilingly
valuable for all the girls.
A call has been issued by Gufl
Scout officials of the county for the
loan of books and files of magazines
suitable for girls to read. These books
and magazines may be left a}
Plummer Co.
It is expected that 40 girls ana
between 10 and 15 counselors will
attend the camp. During tlie
days of the camp session Girl Scout
officials from headquarters in Xw
York are expected to visit the Scor.cr
Miss Willie Aiken is Captair. <>?
Troop No. I, while Miss Ethet Mo
Minn is Lieutenant, Mrs. Hinton Vo
Leod is Captain of Troop No. II with
Misses Ethel McMinn and Lillian ??<?
kins as Lieutenants.
Mrs. Ina Rustin is Captair. .f lb*
Penrose troop and Miss Fret-man if
Lieutenant.
CHANGE IN BEAUTY
! SHOP ANNOUNCED
! ?
Exclusive F amous Harper*
Method, Under Supervision
of Mrs. Lodema Robert ion
According to an announcement in
this week's issue of the B rev ml News
the beauty parlor formerly knc-wn as
the Nobby Shoppe Beauty Par'nr ha*
been changed to Harper Method
Beauty Shop, under the supei-visiwi
of Mrs. Lodema Robertson, a Harper
method trained specialist.
The announcement and invitation in
vites all ladies of this community t?
visit the shop, which has been re
modeled and redecorated, in order l?
give move efficient and skillful ser
vice. Harper method cosmetic-, for
i shop and home use will be on hand
'for the inspection of visitors.
, In order to acquaint local
with the new service and its benefit*
and advantages, as well as, the n<rw
i Harper Method Beauty Culture treat
ment, Mrs. Robertson plans to present
each lady with a sample of powder
blended to her individual type of
complexion.
; Mrs. Robertson's treatments Tievr
1 gained wide popularity since she "ire
gen her shop here and it is exported
that a large number of ladies will
take advantage of her generous offer.
?JVTien the senior exercises were'hefii
at the Brevard and Rosman high
schools many people were heard to
remark that th? seniors of 1932 were
the most handsome .and most bcaafiful
ever to grace the respective sctawls.
A large amount of the crtdit fr-r this
praise was due to the work of Mra.
, Robertson and her assistants who ap
plied the gentle art of make up t?
the class members and in this man
, rcer established her skill as a beauty
specialist and brought out all the
hidden beauty of the school students.