Number 27.
BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA. JULY 7, 1932.
VOLUME XXXVII
WILL J. FISHER !S
DEMAND CUFFORD
FISHER IS IN JAIL
Clifford Fisher Held By Cor
oner's Jury For Death of
His Relative.
TRAGEDY OCCURRED IN
REID'S SIDING SECTION
Eye Witness Testified At Cor
^ oner's Inquest ? Sheriff
Wood Made the Arrest
Will J. Fisher, 55 years ol' age,
died early Tuesday morning in the
I.yday Memorial Hospital as a result
oi" an attack made upon him Sunday
evening by Clifford t isher, according
to a verdict rendered by a. coroner's
jury Tuesday. Clifford Fisher was
held without bond for a preliminary
hearing which will be held within the
next few days. The victim was a son
of Mr. and Mrs. I. S. Fisher, of Lake
T o \ w a y, and was unmarried.
Clifford Fisher is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Fisher, of Reed's Siding,
and is 22 years of age.
At the coroner's inquest, presided
over by Dr. G. B. Lynch, coroner,
with a coroner's jury composed of I
Lem Brooks, Jess A. Galloway, Ed.!
Gillespie, T. J. Wilson, E. R. Gallo-j
way and M. 0. McCall, the only eye j
witness to testify was Edwin Owen, i
of Reid's Siding.
Owen testified vhat as he was
passing the home of Ben Thomas,
where the tragedy rccurred, that he
saw Will Fisher backing out of the
front door, followed by Cliffoi^j
Fisher who appeared to be pushing
Will Fisher along: upon entering the
yard, the witness said, Clifford I
Fisher knocked Will Fisher down,)
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BIBLE SCHOOL WAS j
DECIDED SUCCESS;
Commencement exercises for the!
eight clay Vacation Bible School held j
at the Brevard Methodist Church, (
which had a maximum attendance of ?
84 pupils were held at the church I
Sunday evening with George Mangum !
a member of the faculty presiding. ,
The teaching staff of the school '
included: Mrs. J. F. Winton who di- '
rected the operation of the school in
addition to teaching a class; George
Mangum of the Brevard Institute,
Miss Winifred Nicholson, Mrs. A. A.
Trantham, Miss Hattie Aiken.
The teachers were well pleased with
the success attained by their pupils
and were highly proud of the pro
gram rendered Sunday evening as
were the parents and friends who
packed the church to hear the exer
cises.
The program for the evening read:
Song ? Praise ye the Lord (child
ren.)
Song ? America (congregation).
Talk ? Program and Objectives of
the V. B. S., George Mangum.
Bible Verses (Missionary) child
ren.
Original Prayers, Children.
Song ? "This is my Father's World"
children.
Primary Department program.
Story of the Piano, Margaret Moss. |
Story of the Shoe, Robert Mos:!.
Song ? "Lift Up your Heads", chil
dren.
Pageant ? "Mrs. United States
Goes To Market."
The Mission Map of the M. E.
Church So., Cornelia Winton.
"Giving" Bible Verses. .
Song ? God Loveth a Cheerful Giv
er, children.
Song ? "America the Beautiful",
congregation.
The Benediction sung by children.
Daily Vacation Bible School to Start
At Baptist Church Monday, July 18
Plans aio^apidly being completed
for the Daily Vacation Bible School
to be held at the Baptist church dur
ing the two weeks beginning July 18
and ending with commencement ex
? ereises Sunday evening July 31.
Numbers of children have already
expressed their desire to come. The
sessions will begin at 9:00 o'clock
each morning and close at 12:00
o'clock noon. No Saturday or Sun
day classes will be held.
The well equipped Sunday School
plant of the Baptist church will be
used. Every minute of the time,
from the time when the children first
arrive on the church grounds to the
time of dismissal at noon', will be
directed by trained workers. The
time i- divided in worship periods,
Bible study, story telling and drama
tization tierirds, music periods, hand
work and play periods.
Since the school /is a vacation
school, every effort is being made by
the facultv to make every form of
wor': in the school attractive to the
boys ar : rr-'i'!? who attend. Pupils
COUNTY SCHOOLS TO
OPEN ON AUGUST 25
i
1 Board Names Many to Places
In Operation of the
School System.
Transylvania county schools will
oi>en Monday morning August 25 for
the regular school term, according to
I decision of the county board of edu
cation when they met at the court
'house Tuesday with ail members pres
ient for their regular meeting.
' L. C. Case, Jr., was reappointed re
i pair man for the school buses in the
I upper part of the county and Erwin
'Galloway was reappointed repair man
i.for the lower half of the county.
The Cedar Mountain school bus was
I rerouted by way of Ellen Bend and
J the residence of Tom Wilson,
i Charlie Gravely was appointed
j sruardian of the school property at
' lower East Fork, he to have general
j oversight of the building and prevent j
| trespassing.
f A resolution was passed by the !
; board to ask the state board of equal- j
j ization to reestablish a school on up- i
j per east fork at what is known as I
'the Oak Forest school hovlse.
' It was ordered that the school]
| bus not be used over the East Fork ;
j route until the road is made safe for j
travel.
I Frank Galloway was appointed jan- j
itor of the Rosman school buildings;
J James Nelson, Brevard high school
and J. B. Petit of the Brevard Elc
Jmentary buildings.
! R. P. Aiken was appointed a mem- 1
; ber of the school committee at Old I
I Toxaway to fill the unexpired term
of Wiley Meece who tendered his
resignation to the Board Tuesday.
Aston Heath was reappointed coun- 1
ty mechanic and Mr. Ileath will also
drive one of the school buses. The |
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WORKING ON PUNS
FOR '32 COUNTY FAIR
Organized plans for the annual
Sylvan Valley Fair to be held this:
year early in October have been under
way for months, according to Prof.
Julian A. Glazener, instructor of vo
cational agriculture in the Brevard
Public Schools.
Committees in both the Enon and
Little River townships have been
working diligently for two months,
Mr. Glazener said and they are pro
gressing rapidly in preparing for a
bigger and better Transylvania coun
ty fair.
W. W. Shay, Swine specialist, said
to be the outstanding authority on
swine in the South has been engaged
to judge the swine projects for the 1
fair through the efforts of Mr. Glaz-|
ener and it is expected that the swine J
department will be one of the most j
interesting features of the fair.
An additional shipment of 14 pure
bred Poland china pigs are expected
to arrive here Thursday to be distri
buted upon a plan similar to that
upon which the first lot was distri- 1
buted.
MR. MORRIS PATIENT |
AT HOSPITAL HERE!
George Morris, editor of the lead
ing newspaper in Memphis, Tennessee
and owner of Camp Chickasaw, is
confined to the Lyday Memorial Hos
pital. Authorities of the hospital state
that Mr. Morris is improving steadi
ly, being afflicted with chronic arthri
tis.
Mrs. Rebecca Glenn and Mr. Single
terry, patients at the hospital for the
past several weeks, are both respond
ing to treatment very nicely, it is
said.
are not asked to do any home study
or use any books. The teachers do
the studying and have the book3
used. The Bible is presented in story
form and character building lessons
are given by means of well selected
stories, interesting handwork, and
games which teach lessons and furn
ish fun and recreation. For example,
the Intermediate boys will use ham
mers and saws and other woodwork
ing tools part of the time as they
learn to make to make useful things
out of scrap lumber.
No efforts have been spared to ob
tain a competent faculty. The faculty
includes nine public school teachers
I four college students, preachers, an |
Sunday school workers. All have had
an abundance of experience in deal
ing with young people. While the list
is not , 'complete, the tentative lisit
which follows gives some idea of the
quality of the teachers who will have
charge of 'the boys and girls.
The faculty for the Intermediate
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M? W. Galloway Defeats Henry
In the Legislative Contest Here
M- W. Galloway, second high man
in the June primary for nomination
on the Democratic county ticket for
the legislature, entered into the sec
ond primary against W. M, Henry,
present member of the lower house
and high man in the four-cornered
June primary, defeating the present
incumbent by 41 majority. The vote
in the Juno primary was as follows:
Henry 692
Henderson 482
1 Verner 171
Galloway 537
Official reports given out by the
board of canvassers Tuesday showed
the run-off vote as follows:
Galloway 1032
Henry 991
Mr. Galloway, while long an active
worker in his party and most active
in public affairs, has never before
held an elective office. Mr. Henry,
defeated candidate, had held many
offices, both elective and appointive.
Ho is a veteran in the General As
sembly; he has been postmaster in
Brevard; held the office of register
of deeds, and for many years was a
member of the board of aldermen in
Brevard.
Mr. Galloway went to the people
with a platform calling for economy
in county affairs; reduction in taxes,
and pledged to a program of legis
lation that \vould assist the average
citizen in home ownership.
Both men waged active campaigns
and each had large fellowings, .us I
evidenced by the close margin of
votes in deciding the winner in the
run-off primary election,
Welch Galloway won the race for
constable of Eastatoe township, de
feating Sylvester Galloway by a 72
majority. The vote read:
W. Galloway 1"1
S. Gall away 99
COUNTY BOARD HAS
BUSY DAYS SESSION
Tax Advertisement Ordered
Postponed Another Month
? Contract With Hospital. j
The Board of county commissioners j
met Tuesday July 5 for their regular;
monthly meeting with the following j
members present: 0. L. Erwin, L. V. |
Sigmon, W. B. Henderson, A. C. Ly-j
day and H. A. Plummer. ]
The budget presented by the school j
board was approved by the commis-j
sioners upon the motion of H. A. ;
Plummer and the second of L. V. Sig- j
mon.
It was voted that the Board of j
Commissioners appoint a committee j
of not more than 3 to partition the
real property at Pisgah Forest not
to include personal property, form
erly belonging to the Brevard Tan-J
ning Co., into two equal portions as,;
nearly as same can be divided and'
that T. C. Cox of Asheville, receiver!
of said Tanning Co. be allowed to j
choose such portion as he desires and*
that then proper deeds be made fromj
said T. C. Cox to the County and from
the county to said Cox.
Upon the vote of the board the i
County Treasurer was authorized to j
accept any 1932 taxes until books are?
completed' and obtain tax receipt for!
same when books are turned over to j
the tax collector.
The Tax collector was authorized j
to refrain from advertising the 1931 :
delinquent taxes for a period of 30 j
days.
The Commissioners voted to reccom- 1
mend and file petition that the road j
leading from the present public road j
at what is known as the old Allison j
field near Old Toxaway church and j
passes by G. W. Halcomb to the j
South Carolina line and also the road J
leading from the public road near;
the Mt. Moriah church at Calvert to 1
the sweat ford a distance of about j
two miles be taken over for state sup
ervision.
It was agreed for the county to en
ter into a contract with the Lyday
Memorial hospital for the hospitaliza- j
tion, treatment and care of indigent!
and insolvent citizens cared for by
the hospital.
GRAND MASTER IS TO
VISIT LOCAL LODGE
i
Member's of Dunn's Rock Masonic
Lodge are planning another night of j
instruction this Friday evening when
Jerry Jerome, Senior Warden will
give instruction in the Fellowcraft De
gree. Much interest is being attached
to the announced visit of Grand Mas
ter Alexander of the Grand Lodge of
North Carolina, who will visit Dunn's
Rock at an early date.
Visiting Masons are invited to at
tend the meeting Friday evening and
enjoy the work of instruction. Renew
ed activities in Masonic circles j
throughout the state and nation are j
being noted, and the Grand Lodge of i
North Carolina is taking the lead inj
this work.
TAKES THREE CENTS
TO MAIL LETTER NOW
Postmaster R. L. Nicholson
[ Pleased With Manner Pub
lic Met the Change,
i i
Three cent stamps bearing the fa- 1
mous Stuart portrait of Washington i
identical in size and design with the i
two cent stamp of the Washington |
bicentennial series except for the ?
change of denomination numerals and |
oramission of dates were being sold
Wednesday for the first time, in or
der to help the government get out |
of the red. f
It is said that it will be several j
months before all of the two cent
stamps now in existence are exaust- .
ed and it will be necessary to use i
a two center and a one cent stamp i
in order to mail a letter. Post card I
postage rates will remain the same. I
Two other varieties of three-cent j
stamps will be used ? the current Lin-j
coin stamp of the regular issue and j
tjie three-center of the bicentennial |
Series.
Four billion new stamps are being j
manufactured. Despite the publicity
given the change in postal rates, of
ficials say that thousands of let
ters probably will be mailed tomor
row and in the next few days after j
that bearing the old-two-cent variety. J
It takes time, they say, to get the
public to comply.
Not a single letter stamped a two
center was found in the Post Office
Wednesday morning in the letter box,
according to R. L. Nicholson post
master, all of the letters bearing a '
two cents stamp and a one or three ?
ones. This exhibiting the thoughtful- j
ness of the people in complying with i
Uncle Sam desires and requests.
SHOT BY PLAYMATE
BUT WILL RECOVER
Hope was held out for L. E. Brown, j
Jr., Wednesday evening when the lat-j
est report was received here concern- 1
ing his condition following an acci- )
dent during which he was shot in the j
abdomen by a playmate.
Young Brown, the son of Mrs. L. j
E. Brown, dean of girls at the Bre- 1
vard Institute was spending some
time at his summer home in Montreal j
when the accident occurred, and he j
was taken immediately to the Mission,
hospital.
Young Brown and his friend, E.
S. DeLancy, Jr., 12, were playing on
the porch of a cottage at Montreat
when a .22 calibre rifle in the De
Lancy boy's hands was accidentally
discharged, the bullet penetrating
young Brown's abdomen. The boys
said they did not know the gun was
loaded.
An operation was performed at
Mission hospital in an effort to save,
young Brown's life. Outcome of the
operation could not be determined
but hospital authorities said the boy
had a chance to live.
I
B. Y. P. U TO GATHER j
AT ENON SUNDAY!
The Seven Unions of the lower dis
trict of the B. Y. P. U. for Transyl
vania county will meet at the Enon
Baptist church Sunday afternoon
July 10 at 3 o'clock, according to
Paul Glazener, president of the Coun
ty B. Y. P. U. The following program
has been arranged for the occasion:
Theme ? Better Leadership.
Song service ? Pisgah Forest Union
Devotional ? Blantyre Union.
Special song ? Boylston Union.
Roll Call and business.
"Bettor Christian Leaders for To
morrow" ? Vernon Gosnell.
Special Song ? Turkey Creek Union.
"What I want of My leader" ? Bil
ly Middleton. ^
Adjournment.
COUNTY STRONG FOR i
ITS TWO FAVORITES
Ehringhaus, Democratic nominee for
Governor defeated his opponent foi
the nomination, R. T. Fountain, by
a majority of 778 in Transylvanis
according to official, report of the
vote Saturday. 1334 votes were cast
for Ehrir.ghaus in the county and
55G were cast for Fountain. ' The
other nominations settled by the
second primary received the follow
ing vote in Transylvania county.
Commissioner of Labor
Clarence Mitchell 642
A. L. Fletcher 1087
V. S. Senate ( Short term)
Cam Morrison 307
R. R. Reynolds 1687
V. S. Senate (Long term )
Cam Morrison 282
R. R. Reynolds 1651
JONES AGAIN HEADS
HIGH SCHOOL FORCE
Board Names Teaching Staff
For City Schools ? Only
Two Changes Noted.
Brevard's school committee com-;
posed of Chairman R. P. Kilpatrick,
Secretary A. H. Kizer and Fred
Johnson met Saturday evening and
elected a teaching staff for the Bre
vard public schools. Oniy two chang
es were made in the entire person
nel; Miss Martha Boswell will re
place Miss Jessie Copp in the High
School English department and Miss
Ruth Waters will teach the second
grade of the grammar school, which
was taught last year by Miss Geneva
Neill.
The high school teachers follow: J.
B. Jones, city superintendent; Hinton
McLeod, Principal and Mathematics;
iMiss Sherrill ;vl. jtirumtiehl, History;
[Miss Martha Boswell, English; Miss
| Mary Frances Biggers, English; Er
[nest Tilson. Science and Coach; Miss
Sarah Keels, Mathematics; Miss
Xancy Macfie, Science; Miss Janie
Strickland, Commercial department:
C. E. Wike, Latin and History; Miss
iJaunita Kimzey, Home Economics
and Miss Jaunita Puette, French and
| Librarian.
! Grammar school teachers follow:
J. E. Rufty, principal and seventh
g: ade; Miss Agnes Clayton, Gth
j ;ade; Mrs. T. E. Rcid, 5th grade;
. ::.r,s Myrtle Barnett, 5th grade; Miss
(.amett Lyday, 4th grade ; Miss Joso
phine Clayton, 4th grade; Mrs. S. P.
Verner, 3rd grade; Miss Willie Ai
ken, 2nd grade; Miss Ruth Waters,
2nd grade; Mrs. J. E. Rufty, 1st
giade and Miss Eva Call, 1st grade
and public school music.
FUNERAL SERVICES I
HELD FOR FISHER
Funeral services were held at the
Lake Toxaway Baptist church Wed
nesday at noon for Will J. Fisher
whose death occured early Tues- |
day morning as a result of a con-;
flict with the Clifford Fisher. A great j
throng of relatives and friends at
tended the services, which were con
ducted by Rev. S. B. McCall and Rev.
Paul Hartsell.
The deceased was a member of
Glenville Masonic Lodge, whose offi
cers requested Dunn's Rock Masonic
Lodge to conduct the rites, and thi
funeral was attended with Masonic
honors.
Kilpatrick and Sons, Brevard
undertakers, had charge of the fun
eral arrangements.
Surviving the deceased are his pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. I. S. Fisher, of
Lake Toxaway, three brothers, Gran- j
ville, Warren and Louis, of Lake I
Toxaway, and three sisters, Mrs. Leo !
Case and Mrs. Walter McNeely, of |
Lake Toxaway, and Mrs.. Spaulding i
Mcintosh, of Brevard.
W. A. WILSON NAMED
WELFARE OFFICER
W. A. Wilson was appointed, coun- !
ty welfare officer, Tuesday when the J
members of the Board of Commis-j
sioners and Board of Education met!
in joint session.
Mr. Wilson will assume his new!
duties at onceAccording to a recent J
explanation of his duties Mr. Wilson |
will have supervision of the execu- .
tion of the child labor laws, prisoners
payroled in the county, children on ,
probation from reform schools, and i
the county poor fund. He will also as
sist in seeking employment for the
unemployed, act as county school at
tendance officer and have charge of
the County Welfare office here.
MIRACLE MAN OF THE
MOUNTAINS WONDER
! WORKEOFTHEAGE
i
R. R. Reynolds Defeats War
Horse for Nomination in
I . the Run'Off Primary.
;ehringhaus majority
I IS SURPRISINGLY small
! Wet Candidate Given More
' Than 100,000 Majority
Over Mr- Morrison.
I Raleigh, July 0. ? Robert Rice Rey
i nolds, Asheville, "playboy of the
, western world," is now the "miracle
' man" of the entire nation. Ail eyes
are now centered on this ruddy 2nd
debonair campaigner, who, defeated
twice in state-wide contents, took the
third tip and overwhelmingly defeat
ed that warhorse of Democracy, for
mer Governor and Senate appointee.
Cameron Morrison, in a primary \rot<?
Saturday which still has the old
, timers staggering.
Richard Tillman Fountain camc up
from under to such an extent in the
second race for the nomination for
. Governor that the bulk of those in
terested will await the official report
1 of the primary before they will cele
brate what now appear* to be a clear
i victory for John C. B. Ehringhaus,
Elizabeth City, whose lead of 47,000
in the first, primary was whittled
| down to around 18,000 in the second.
Major A. L. Fletcher, deputy In
surance Commissioner, was assured
| by a big lead of the nomination for
: Commissioner of Labor over Clarence
E. Mitchell, Raleigh printshop opera
tor, in the third state-wide second
primary contest.
I But the remarkable race was that
| of Mr. Reynolds, embracing the "wet"
? issue in "dry" North Carolina ? al
legedly dry ? who piled up a majori
ty that may exceed 100,000. or almost
two to one in a total vote of some
328,000, against Senator Morrison.
Incomplete returns indicate that Mr.
Reynolds must have carried more
than 90 of the 100 counties, to les?
ithan 10 for Senator Morrison, the
| vote, for [the short and long term
! running fairly close.
' This contest has the old-timers
shaking their heads and wondering
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GALLOWAY THANKS
THOSE WHO HELPED
To My Friends
I desire to express my appreciation
of the manner in which my friends
over the county stood by m<- in last
Saturday's Primary. We had a strong
and well drilled organization to op
pose and political -workers o i long
perience in the hustings to overcome.
I have not witnessed a jno re splendid
exhibition of friendship ar.d loyalty
than was shown me in this contest,
and especially was this true on the
part, of the farmers and working men
and women of tito county.
My one wish is that I may not
prove disappointment to those who
made possible the success won.
From this point onward through
the November election I rate eve.
democrat in the county (and almo-J
every republican) as my friend, at;:i
by and through the combined effort ?
of all we are hoping for a political
land-slide in November that will go
far to re-establish confidence and re
store, at- If est in some measure, the
prosperity we aJ! desire^
Again let tnc- thank every uTKi-WbQ.
had part in making possible my suc
cess in Saturday's primary.
Respectfully,
M. W. GALLOWAY.
Bishop Mouzon Calls Upon People
Of State to Rally to the Dry Cause
Charlotte, July 5 ? "Now is thoi
time for all lovers of their country'
and for all friends of righteousness I
to stand together" and to elect to the i
state legislatures and to the United j
States congress people who will fifchtl
the fight of prohibition, declared !
Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon of the |
Methodist Episcopal church yesterday ,
in repudiating both the "soaking weti
plank" of the democrats and the j
"damp" plank of the republicans. j
Bishop Mouzon declared that the)
fight on the prohibition law is not|
over, that it is just bc-ginning. The j
Volstead act still stands as the law]
of the country, and, although "the j
wet hysteria has for a moment had j
its way," and "the intolerance and j
bigotry of the wets has for the time .
being drowned the voice of clear and :
calm reason," the people who have|
the real interests of the country at :
heart will work for "principles that i
we believe to be fundamentally mor- 1
al, since they have to dp with pri- ]
vate and public righteousness," hr j
said.
Sitnatim Is Changed
He explained that the situation
with reference to the eighteenth
amendment is not in 1932 identical
with that of 1928. Then it seemed
plain that the candidate for the pres
idency put forward by one political
party stood for prohibition while
there was no doubt that the other
party's candidate stood for the re
peal of prohibition laws. In such a
case, most of the men in the Chris
tian ministry and many conscientious
church members could do nothing ex
cept take the side of prohibition.
"This created a very embarrass' tfg
situation." he. continued. "The min
isters in particular were embarrass
ed, as it seemed to some that they
were taking- the church into politics;
the political leaders also were em
barrassed since, standing by their
party as in conscience they felt they
must do, they seemed to be accused
of deserting thc-ir morel principles,
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