BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, JUNE 2, 19-32,
NUMBER fSL
VOLUME XXXVII
r DEMOCRATS TO NAME
STAH AND COUNTY
TICKro SATURDAY
Great Interest Being Taken lnj
The Selection of Party
Nominee*.
SECOND PR1marY MAYBE
necessary, prediction
_ Race for Governor and the
C United States Senate Creat
ing Big Interest.
sn?rf?r^?,.?rcto?s;
"sjsrs'ss.
te&'sS&'s&z,
for the various offices.
In the legislative race for repre
sentative tout strong
W M Henry. Mr. Henry is the pre
;?pUL.iv? in fcljpWJ
?ind is making his race on his recoru
as a member of the 1931 session Mr.
Verner and Mr. Henderson ore bo*
33 men/and both have served the
T? Mr
"ii- ptfiTatU ?*?"?
he has not in recent years ; >een be
fore the people as a Candida .
Republicans bave nominated Re ^
B McCall as candidate of that Pa -
believe^hat .? s?ond primary will be
necessary in this ra.ee.
Interest in the sheriff's. race is also
at feverheat, with T. S. Wood, ^epu y
heriff H C Aiken, fireman on
Southern and John L. Wilson, farm
er in the running. Not many people
believe that either of ^c^day's
receive a majority in Saturday's
primary, leaving the ^ai ^lection
hp made in a second primai>, Pr?
viding the second high man should
call for a run-off. !
For ????T H gS"v,
L To" do" . ??o. Mrs! Galloway
county. .
For commissioners therc are four
entries, two members ot the present!
board Messrs. W. B Henderson L. ;
V Sisrmon and L. F. Lyday, on^ ?]
I \iken. Three are to be selected.
The number of commissioners goes
Jack from five to three this year as
a result of legislative enactment (
the last session.
less A. Galloway, register ot
deeds, in not opposed in ^ Primary
I but will be opp?sed in the general
election by Mrs. Roland Owen, the
county's first Republican woman
.ss85?. ?'? o- ?? HLrf w? i
nosed for coroner, and J. C. w,Ke.
the only candidate in the primary ^
surveyor. , .
In the state race the governorship
and United States senator are hold
ing greatest interest. Ehnnghaus,
maxwell and Fountain, candidates
for governor, all have stronf= P
Dorters in the county, and much hard
work" being *?. for all thr.o ???.
Bob Reynolds, Senator Morrison,
Tam Bowie, Frank D. Gnst and one
or two others are in the race lor
United States senate. This race is,
perhaps, the most interesting out;
side of the county offices. The real
contest is between Reynolds and
Morrison, and there are ?mbers of
people- who say that the race between
these two will be very close in
Transylvania county.
HENDERSON MAKES
FINAL STATEMENT!
Details Plans By Which He j
Hopes To Better Condi
tions In the County.
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I
> BY T. C. HENDERSON !
y The Democrats of Transylvania !
bounty will decide at the Democratic |
Primary on Saturday of this week i
who is to b'ijjk'ieir candidate to rep
resent this coonty in the next session j
of the Legislature of North Caro- 1
lina.
I wish to make this final pre-Pri- 1
mary statement to 'the Democratic |
voters and to the entire citizenship j
of the county:
If I am nominated and elected as ;
Representative of the county I shall ?
do all that can be done to secure the
enactment of laws that will bring
about the following results:
(1) Provide the children of thc
county and the state with essential
school opportunities at the lowest
possible cost consistent with efficien
cy.
(2) Bring relief to our citizens
"whose tax burdens are unjust and
intolerable." This can be done by re
ducing expenses of administering the
state and county governments; abol
ishing any unnecessary bureaus, com
missions or boards; removing' the 15c
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WESTERN CAROLINA
BUYS MORE MEATS
THAN IT PRODUCES
! . ?
Startling Figures Presented At
Meeting of Farmers On
I Lenoir Gwyn Farm.
i PLANS BEING PERFECTED
TO INCREASE LIVESTOCK
Here Is Key to Future Success
of Agriculture In Wes
tern Carolina
I enoir Gwyn Farm, Haywood
1 County ? Assurance that there is an ,
ample market tor all >ke ljv? ttd.
the 18 mountain counties in West j
North Carolina can P/?duce was
given 1,600' farmers who gatheiea
here May 25 for a huge livestock field
Ida" and demonstration.
Speakers urged the farmers to pio
1 duct- enough livestock to supply th
!. annual demand of their own counties
amounting to about 5 ,000 ,000
Dcunds It was shown that altnougn
this section is suited for livestock
raising that it imports far more meat
than it produces. The f??k
launching the mammoth livestock
nroKram which is designed tc bring a
' mvf day of prosperity to the moun
tain country, were urged to build
first toward their home market and
then to produce quality livestock foi
outside markets.
Plans for regular sales days aie
being worked out so the packers ca
have their buyers .. on the ground
when the farmers have a lai^e
enough supply to make up carload
lots. This can be done more easily for ,
lambs and beef cattle than for ho^
as there arc practically none for the
market now. It was pointed out that
the beef and sheep men should en-,
courage hog Taisers as hogs will make |
the market stronger and more diver- ,
sifted.
Idle acres on the farms ot these
18 counties, if properly pl^nted 'n
permanent pastures and finishing
feed crops, can be made to support
and produce ten times the livestock
now grown in this area, Horace Mc-|
Doweli, livestock promotion managei
for the South for Swift and Com-,
pany and manager of the Moultrie,
Ga? plant told the crowd. I
He urged the farmers ta go at the ,
livestock business with steadiness and
conservative judgment, so that suc
cess will reward their efforts enstead
of failure.
He declared that the business men
in the cities and towns of this section ,
have an equal share in the responsi-,
bilitv of opening up this new souice,
of wealth through a comprehensive,
livestock program and stated th
while he had no fear that the farm
!ers would produce what the public,
wanted, they would have to have the,
support and counsel of the business
men in financing the new ventures,
i The meeting was opened by Arthu
Osborne, chairman of the re*>_?,
; council of the ^ V** L^Vunty
land prominent Haywood County
farmer and business man. Mr. Os
bore then introduced Bruce Webb
promotion manager for.?Th? .Ashe^l?
Citizen and The Asheville Times, who
,1s active in the development of the
1 5-10 year farm program.
' Mr." Webb outlined the purpose ot
! the meeting and declared that it was
i through the livestock end of the pro
! gram that many of the goals ancl
aims , of the movement would finally
? be accomplished. He told of tbesteps
he and his co-workers had taken m
inducing the White Provision com
? panv and Swift and company to give
[assurance of a steady ^l-year eash
! market for all surplus livestock
The next speaker was Dean l. u.
' Schaub, of the State College Extension
j department who gave a
sive talk on the general agricultural
situation in western North Carolina
and stressed the need for such a pla
L the 5-10 year farm program. He
declared that while he was inclined to
be an optimist he did not believe the
farmers who kept waiting for the it
turn of boom prices would ever get
on the road to prosperity. He uigeu
the crowd to strive for lower produc
tion costs per farm acre, and lowe j
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CHILDREN CALLED i
TO MEET WEDNESDAY!
A call has been issued by Dr. C. L. \
Newland, county health officer for
the pre-school children and others
who received the toxiod diptheria
treatment to meet at his office,
Wednesday June 8, for the second
injection.
Colored children are requested to
meet Thursday June 9, for the
treatment.
Dr. Newland who will be in charge
of the work, requests that the
patients arrive at his office at nine
[o'clock for the treatment.
NEW ARRIVAL
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mull,
Friday evening, a daughter, Mary
Louise.
REVIVAL SERVICES AT
BAPTIST CHURCH TO BE
LED BY REV. J. R. OWEN
I Rev. Jesse R. Owen, former Brevard
| pastor, has been called to lead a series
of revival services here at the Bre
'vard Baptist Church beginning Mon
' day June 6, according to Rev. Paul
I Hcrtsel), pastor.
| Rev. Mr. Owen is widely known
I here, he havir.g been pastor of the
| Baptist church here years ago. He
| was pastor of the Mars Hill church
[for a number of years and he is at
| fhis time leading a charge in Ashe
! ville.
The announcement that he would
f 1
\ mm , jo-h i ?? iiiiimmu? wu
conduct evangelistic services here was
received with enthusiasm by members
, of Brevard's churches wn<?!t theyi
gathered at the Baptist . Church for
: the regular Fifth Sunday Union fkr
! vices, Sunday evening.
Rev. J. H. West, pastor of the'
; Methodist church preached to the con
| gregation and he challenged them, !
i that now was the time to sacrifice I
; if necessary in order to give support |
jto the 300 Brevard and Transylvania j
j county families who are in desperate |
[need of food.
SERIOUS CHARGE IS 1
MADE AGAINST THE '
STATE'S OFFICIALS;
Department Heads Accused of|
Spending Public Money
In State Primary.
TWO DEPARTMENTS OF
STATE IN ACCUSATION ;
|
Says Effort Is to Defeat Foun-j
! tain And Nominate Eh- .
| ringhaus for Governor
(By Jas, H. Hollo-tvay)
Raleigh, May 31. ? For the first ?
j time in the memory of the present j
| generation, the North Carolina Tax I
? Payers money is being openly used by ;
certain office holders to defeat one !
Democratic candidate by another j
Democratic candidate.
The personnel of the Conservation j
and Development Department presi- j
I ded over by Col. Harrelson and Char
jley England, from all reports are
j working harder to defeat Dick Foun
tain and elect John Christopher
[ Blueher Ehringhaus ? than they will j
[work against any Republican candi
date in the fall campaign. The high- '
[way department under Jeffres for j
; the' first time since its creation has 1
also entered the political arena for
I Ehringhaus and against Fountain.
Reliable information has been ob-j
itained which points to a powerful
: organization in these two depart
: ments with the avowed purpose of
' defeating Dick Fountain for the
! Governorship. Secret orders have ?
I been issued, according to well found-;
| ed rumors, to every little office holder
: to go down the line for Ehringhaus j
? and put him over. This was not a
request but a demand. "Carthage
must be destroyed," was the ancient
i battle cry of the Roman rulers,
| "Dick Fountain must be destroyed,"
I is the battle cry of the Democratic
? rulers of this state. The battle is
| going against Ehringhaus ? the
I special interests have become alarmed
i ? drastic methods must be resorted
| to ? or your job will not be worth a
"Tinkers Dam," is the edict which
has gone all over North Carolina.
The fact that these state employees
are paid by the tax payers of the
commonwealth does not bother the
conscience of the overlords who have
issued this decree. "That the election 1
of Dick Fountain will break the j
stranglehold of the special interests j
and the political ring on the throats i
of the people and this must not bo ,
permitted."
For years the Republicans have j
been denounced by Democratic news- 1
papers and politicians for the shame- j
ful practice of federal office holders ,
activities in political campaign but ;
! certain Democrats are now doing in (
i a retail way and so far no newspaper
I of any standing has printed one word;
j of protest against the activities of j
Charlie England and Jeffres through '
their army of office holding hench- !
men. The S. 0. S. call has gone forth'
to the office holding clan to rush tn j
the rescue of Ehringhaus, the modern j
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CAMP SAPPHIRE IS 1
FACING BUSY SEASON
With the Girl Scouts in camp at
Camp Sapphire for ten days, aft<?r
which a pre-season girls' camp will
open on June 15th, and the regular
boys' camp season opening on June
30, Capt. Bill Fetzer and his crew
arc busily engaged in gutting every
thing in readiness for an unusually
busy season. There are many happy
girls |at Camp Jiapphire now, the i
camping season being made possible j
by the Business and Professional ;
Women's club, sponsoring the Girl
Scouts in the county.
Camp Sapphire is the pioneer camp
in Transylvania county, and the
community owes a great "deal to Capt.
Bill Fetzer for instituting camp life
here. The organized camps of Tran-j
sylvnnia county are the county's
greatest asset today.
INSTITUTE ENTERS
I UPON 37TH ANNUAL
! CLOSING PROGRAM
Rev. J. G. Huggin Preached;
Inspiring Sermon To Grad
uating Class.
FINAL EXERCISES TO
BE HELD THIS EVENING!
Rev. J. O. Smith, of Furman, to
Deliver Literary Ad- j
dress Thursday.
Rev. J. G. Muggins, pastor of the |
Asbury Memorial Methodist Church
Asheville, launched Brevard Insti
tute's thirty-seventh Commencement
exercises and a large representation
from the churches of Brevard in the |
Methodist church.
Mr. Huggins challenged the young
people of the senior ciass that the
world today was in desperate need
of lives of their calibre; to labor, to
sacrafice and to accomplish. His ser
mon was one of an inspiring nature,
delivered in an eloquent manner
which held the congregation spell
bound throughout the entire sermon.
The Processional of the Brevard
Institute Glee Club followed by the
Senior class attired in their grey
graduating cloaks and caps was one
of the most beautiful and impressive
ever seen in Brevard. The Glee Club
and Seniors entered, two by two,
singing "God of our Fathers, Whose
Almighty Hand."
Ushers for the services were: Jack
Brewer, Shirley Mooney, Virgil Rit
chie and Eugene Dumas.
Tuesday evening in the B. I. San
Angelo Chapel, Miss Julia Merritt's
music pupils gave their annual reci
tal and their musical accomplish
ments expressed favorable sentiment
for their credit and that of the mu
sic teacher.
Students participating on the pro
gram were: Misses Sarah Bishop,
Katherine McClure, Harriet Winton,
Cornelia Cathey, Pauline Wenz,
Eileen Willingham, Marne Hogle,
Marcia Winton, Itaska Morrow, Cor
nelia Winton and Messrs. L. E.
Brown, Junius West and the Girl's
Glee Club.
Recitation and Declamation con
tests for the Mabel Jetton and R. Y.
Neel medals were held Wednesday
evening and the winners vill be an
nounced next week. The p.agram in
cluded the following recitations and
declamations:
Pro Patria by Miss Frances Scott.
The Laurels of a Mother by Mr.
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GALLOWAY ASKING !
NO PERSONAL VOTES
Wants Citizens to Vote For
Man In Whom They Have
Confidence.
BY M. W. GALLOWAY
To the Democrats of
Transylvania County. J
I fully appreciate the fact that j
"last minute appeals" in political J
contests are not popular- It is so
often that in such appeals "new mat
ter" is brought out in which oppos
ing candidates have not the chance
to be heard, creating the impression
the candidates resorting to such ap- j
peals would resort to unfair methods, j
In this article I shall raise no new j
issues, but only try to clarify my po- j
sition on old matters.
In last week's papers Prof. Verner, j
one of my opponents, had en ably
prepared article in which he claimed
to have been preaching the doctrine
for the past several years for which
I declare in one paragraph of an ar
ticle written several weeks ago. I am
taking no exception to brother Vern
er's claim. If, as he says, he has for
years been preaching the things I
advocate (which fact has heretofore
been unknown to me) I certainly have
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RICH FOLKS GIVE TO
FUND THAT'S SPENT
AGAINST DRY LAWS
Mrs. Jenkins Offers These Fig
ures And Facts In Reply
To Reynolds.
PURPOSE OF THE RICH
TO ESCAPE TAXATION
Th? Masses Would Pay the1
Whiskey Tax? That 5s Why ,
the Rich Are So Active.
Mrs. F. E. B. Jenkins, of Brevard, j
after hearing Hon. Robert R. i
j Reynolds' speech last Saturday, hand- j
|od the following article, taken from;
j The Christian Statesman, of Pitts- '
[burgn. Mrs. Jenkins stated that the \
i assertion made by Mr. Reynolds to f
! the effect that legalized sale of i
whiskey would relieve the problem of
taxation is not correct; that million
aires ant' millionaire corporations
are the largest contributors to the I
forces lighting tho prohibition laws; |
that these people of great wealth !
want prohibition repealed and the j
manufacture, and sale of whiskey j
legalized, so the tax from the liquor |
business would reduce the tax of the f
rich.
"But who would pay this other
| form of taxation?" Mrs. Jenkins!
!asi:s. "It would be the average man,!
the working man, the farmer; those!
who purchased whiskey would be the i
ones to pay the new form of taxes." j
The list of those giving large ,
amounts to the forces trying to do |
away with the prohibition laws is |
given below, being taken from the j
j Pittsburg paper, and brought ir. for |
| publication by Mrs. Jenkins:
| Multi-Millionaires Fill War Chest I
of Wets
According to reports filed with the
Clerk of the House of Representatives
, of U. S. Congress, the Association I
: Against the Prohibition Amendment j
i (one of a score of Anti-Prohibition
I organizations) raised:
Jan. 1, 1931 to Dec. 31,
| 1931 $507,92 5.15
!Jan. I, 1932 to Feb. 29,
1 1932 108,828.20
j Total for 14 months ,.$616,752.35;
| "Big-Shot" Givers to the Wet Fund ,
' Pierre S. DuPont, Wilming
i ton, Del $70,000 1
ILammont DuPont, Wilming
ton, Del
Irenne DuPont, Wilmington,
| Del
;John J. Raskob, N. Y. City. .
! Edward S. Harness, N. Y.
I City
| Arthur Curtis James, N. Y.
j City
R. J. Crane, Jr., Chicago..
[Charles H. Sabin, N. Y. City
: Thomas W. Phillips, Butler,
; Pa
jEldridge R. Johnson, Morris
town, N. J
! THESE 10 GAVE 59% OF
i TOTAL, OR $362,875
57,500 :
60,325
45,000 (
35,000 !
30,000 !
30,000 i
12,500 j
12,500 I
10,000 }
t j
! Tidbit Givers to the Wet Fund |
William S. Knudson, Detroit,
Mich $9,500'
William H. Harkness, N. Y.
City 5,000
Stanley Field, Chicago 5,000
Grayson M. P. Murphy, N. Y.
City 5,000 ;
Vincent Astor, N. Y. City... 2,500 |
I Arthur Lyman, Boston 2,000 '
I Siegfried Roebling, Trenton,
N. J 1,500
Mrs. Edith Van Gerbig, New
Cannan, Conn 1,200
;Mrs. Annie B. Jennings, N.
Y. City 1,100'
Percy S. Straus, N. Y. City.. 1,000 i
Of the above $616,752.35
$187,825 (30%) came from
Wilmington, Del.
$138,600 (22?f>) came from
New York City
Of the above $616,725.35
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PRECINCT MEETING j
ON DAY OF PRIMARY!
Raleigh, June 2. ? Three dates to
clip and stick in the old hat band: I
June 4? Primary day and Demo
cratic precinct meetings.
June 11 ? Democratic county con- ;
ventions. '
June 16 ? State Democratic Con
vention, Raleigh.
Although objection has been made :
to holding the precinct meetings on i
the primary day, on the ground that
Democrats would be busy, the date J'
fixed by the executive committee, '
June 4, will stand in practically
every instance. The precinct meetings
elect delegates to the county conven
tions, the county conventions elect
delegates to the State convention ,
and the State convention elects dele- !
gates to the National Democratic '
Convention in Chicago the latter part
of Jane. These delegates probably :
will be instructed for Franklin D. :
Roosevelt, judging from apparent
sentiment of file Democrats of the
State.
HUNGRY WOMEN AND
LITTLE CHILDREN
ASKING FOR BREAD
Miss Florence Kern And As
sociates Show Strain Under
Which They Work.
PROF. JONES HAS PAID
ONLY SALARY GIVEN OUT
Some Have Given, Others Give
Nothing ? .Voice Is Sav
ing, "I Was Hungry*'.
"They're milling around out there,
hungry, hopeless, and we have noth
ing in here to give them except po
tatoes, some canned goods and some
clothing. God alone knows what ??n
be done, for I am at the end of the
row."
Jt was Miss Florence Kern w)kl/5g-.
For a long time Miss Kern has been
doing the actual work for the Asso
ciated Charities. The peojtfc were
crowded into the headquarter* zoom,
about the door and along th<* street
in front of the place. There xttrt
about four womer. to each mail in the
crowd, and a majority of the womea
had babies in their arms, or little
ones tugging at their skirts, 'or hcth.
That there were hungry people in the
crowd no one who looked upon then*
could have doubted. It is equally true
that there were professional bnma
and beggars in the crowd, unworthy,
of course, of any assistance from any
source. But these constituted only a
small portion of the crowd. Most of
them were needy, many actually
hungry.
Miss Kern's heart was heavy, iuara
in her eyes, a tremor in her voice.
"Many people have given until h has
hurt them," she said, "while martf
others in the town have given noth
ing. This is Monday. I don't know
what the situation will bo by the end
of the week," she said. Miss Kern
does her own work at home, and then
acts, as Uncle Tom Galloway stated
it, as liquidating agent for the forces
of depression. It is a hard task, thix
thing that Miss Kern is doing. It i*
a service so nearly like that perform
ed by Jesus Christ when Sit- was here
on earth and mixed and mingled witb
suffering humanity that there is a
kind of sacred air about the plaee.
Miss Kern is not being treated prop
erly by some people of th<* town, if
reports are true.
Some people say they will not do
nate to the Associated Charities be
cause there are three or four pc-op ie
drawing salaries from the charity
fund. This is not true at all. No one
has ever drawn any pay for any work
done for charity with the exception
of a small sum drawn by Miss Kern
during January and February, when
she was giving her whole time to the
work. She was given a little- some
thing then, because, as it happens.
Miss Kern must also eat, if she is to
live. But she drew nothing from anv
funds or donations made to the As
sociated Charities. All that she re
ceived was given to her by Prof. J.
B. Jones, out of his own pocketbook.
Everything that has been donated
to the Associated Charities has been
passed on to the poor of the town and
county.
Women and children suffer pangs
of hunger, while people fume and
fuss about some false report a? to th-r
workings of the charity group.
Miss Kern is ready to resign, and
turn the work over to any one wlv
will take it up. She cannot much long
er endure the strain or suffer the
constant cortact with suffering hu
manity, unable to relieve thoir dis
tress.
It is a problem. People of the com
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VERNER STATES IS
PLATFORM PLAINLY
Wants State Park In County,
Road From Oakiand to
Whitewater Falls, Etc.
BY S. P. VERNER
Here are some of the things I
advocate and shall do my utmost to
secure, if I should be sent to the
Legislature.
1. A state park for this county
wisely located, so as not to interfere
with homes or farm lands, operated
by the state, for ? the purpose of
breeding and distributing larv".
quantifies of fish, and, be cause of itr.
state control, to afford work to sorv;
of our iocal people.
2. The grading and hard-surfaeinjr
of the road from Oakland to White
water Palls, to meet the South Caro
lina system there, so as to have a
direct and short iine to Atlanta and
the Scuth-West via Walhalla.
3. Readjustment snd modification
of the fishing, game, and forestry
laws and regulations to* ameliorate
the present wide-spread dissatisfac
tion, to give a larger support and
responsibility to the state, and to pro
mote more wisely protection and con
servation without so much o f the
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